| 1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 2 | !Season 3 Characters (Ilium) |
| 3 | !!The Avant Guards |
| 4 | !!!Player Characters |
| 5 | [[folder:Viscount Bumbershoot Von Victrola]] |
| 6 | [[quoteright:255:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c8bfdghumaqsgqu.jpg]] |
| 7 | [[caption-width-right:255:By [[https://twitter.com/cosmignon Cosmignon]]]] |
| 8 | ->'''Played By:''' [[WebVideo/RenegadeCut Leon Thomas]] |
| 9 | -->"What are you doing in there, you busy little sausage?" |
| 10 | Viscount Bumbershoot Von Victrola is a LawfulEvil vampire from the land of Fangsylvania who has lost sight of his sire, Count Danto. |
| 11 | ---- |
| 12 | * AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: While not everyone is happy with his imprisonment, it's generally agreed that he deserved it]] |
| 13 | * AboveGoodAndEvil: He considers himself as such. [[BerserkButton Rolen would disagree.]] |
| 14 | * AristocratsAreEvil: He's a dangerous, murderous, Viscount. |
| 15 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: While he is a very goofy character, he does have an interest in astronomy that suggests he might be a little cerebral, as indicated by the astrolabes and telescopes in his room. |
| 16 | * CampGay: Specifically in an old school Oscar Wilde kind of way. |
| 17 | * CannotTellALie: This is specific to his sire, Count Danto. |
| 18 | * ClassyCane: Conceals an [[CaneFu actual weapon]]. |
| 19 | * TheCharmer: He is a charisma based character, and angled towards smooth-talking. What's more, he always has advantage on persuasion. |
| 20 | * DayWalkingVampire: If only because Ilium functions with artificial daylight, produced magically, that contains no [=UVs=]. |
| 21 | * DoomedHometown: Fangsylvania was burned to the ground by a vampire hunter called Raven Stern. |
| 22 | * EvilIsPetty: Bumbershoot has a tendency to hold grudges against those who offend him, whether the insult is intentional or not. Being petty might be a good way to rationalize murdering a minimum of one person a week... |
| 23 | * GothicHorror: He is very faithful to this aesthetic, to the point of redecorating his bedroom door at the Avant Guards' office. |
| 24 | * HatedByAll: No one who knows Bumbershoot has anything nice to say about him aside from Danto. |
| 25 | * HighClassGlass: Wears a monocle to complete his very fancy look. Goes with his mustache. |
| 26 | * HorrorHunger: Bumbershoot has no moral qualms about his station, but the practical fact remains: if he doesn't drink from someone at the very least once a week, he will die. Played with in that he theoretically doesn't ''have'' to kill the person he feeds from, he just thinks that's what vampires are supposed to do. |
| 27 | * MaliciousMisnaming: A frequent victim of this, with some people calling him "Bumblesnoot" and "Bumbles." |
| 28 | * MustBeInvited: Vampire rules sadly apply to him, and he cannot enter any private dwelling without permission from one of the residents. |
| 29 | * OlderThanTheyLook: He was turned at 46, but is actually 104. |
| 30 | * PutOnABus: [[spoiler:Jailed indefinitely in a distant dimension by Warden Light, due to Leon taking a hiatus. Although his mirror was among those shattered when the Tower fell, TheBusCameBack [[BackForTheFinale for the finale, with his mirror being the final one to be repaired]].]] |
| 31 | * ShapeShifting: Can become a bat, a wolf, or even mist. |
| 32 | * SharingABody: After a disastrous attempted feeding, [[spoiler:Bumbershoot ends up sharing a body with the necromancer Maximilian Hawthorne]]. |
| 33 | * UpperClassTwit: Very snooty, while also being remarkably unwise. |
| 34 | * VampiresAreRich: Believes vampires to be the peak of high society. |
| 35 | * VegetarianVampire: Everyone is under the impression he gets his blood through the mail. He's actually ''quite'' murderous. |
| 36 | * WouldHarmASenior: [[spoiler: attempts to kill the elderly Alice Hawthorne.]] |
| 37 | * WouldHurtAChild: His first reaction upon meeting Zoey: |
| 38 | --> '''Bumbleshoot:''' Oh, is it snack time already? |
| 39 | [[/folder]] |
| 40 | |
| 41 | [[folder:Rolen Hawklight]] |
| 42 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c8c_wyeuaaaflmj.jpg]] |
| 43 | [[caption-width-right:350:Art by [[https://twitter.com/cosmignon Cosmignon]]]] |
| 44 | ->'''Played By:''' Skitch |
| 45 | -->"It's not going to make more sense until it makes less sense at first." |
| 46 | |
| 47 | Rolen Hawklight is a half-elven lawful good justiciar, raised in the Nynsun Chapel, who was a knight of the Order of the Merciful Sword, until he refused some rather unmerciful orders and was thrown out as a result. He wandered out on his own, looking for redemption, ending up in Ilium. |
| 48 | ---- |
| 49 | * AnimalMotifs: Is associated with the griffon. |
| 50 | * TheAtoner: He's trying to fight for good in a better way than his order did. |
| 51 | * BerserkButton: He flips out at Veltari when she jokingly threatens to implicate Winifred in her crimes. |
| 52 | * CelibateHero: Rolen is more interested in embodying the virtues of the Triad than in any type of romance. |
| 53 | * ChronicHeroSyndrome: He is a paladin with the main stat switched after all. His first action in the game is to rush Zoey away from vicious attention. |
| 54 | * CoolHorse: Has a warhorse named Trinity. |
| 55 | * CoveredWithScars: Was cruelly flogged by his own comrades when he refused to kill innocents for them. |
| 56 | * DefectorFromDecadence: Left his order after he was flogged for refusing to slaughter a harmless orc village. |
| 57 | * DorkKnight: Beyond the dorkiness that might be attributed by his lack of charisma, he delivers this humdinger after being escorted to a party by a skeleton guard: |
| 58 | -->'''Rolen:''' I'll have your bones to pick with your boss. |
| 59 | * EvenTheGuysWantHim: Implied by Bumbershoot, and all but stated by Wulf. |
| 60 | * GoodIsNotNice: While Rolen is good and knows what he's doing, his charisma score means he's not very good at advertising his particular program. That said, he does believe that individual demeanor can be a tool in maintaining morale and making life more bearable, and takes... [[PungeonMaster steps, into implementing this in his personal behaviour.]] |
| 61 | * TheHeart: Surprisingly, given he is a low charisma character, but he tries his hardest to unite the team through emotional means, aiming to kill their differences with kindness. For example, when he offers his shield to Zoey, and his sword to Veltari. |
| 62 | * HeWhoFightsMonsters: When Rolen takes down fascist extraordinaire [[spoiler:Gylan Cadun]] he dispatches him in a rather brutal fashion that makes Austin remark that he is not being merciful, but vindictive. |
| 63 | * HonorBeforeReason: He will never strike down an unarmed foe, no matter how evil they are. |
| 64 | * ImpossiblyTackyClothes: For the party heist, Dora makes him a very frilly shirt. Austin describes as the puffy Seinfeld shirt, whereas Lauren describes it as having a Music/{{Prince}} vibe. |
| 65 | * KnightErrant: His quest for redemption is certainly evocative of this archetype. [[spoiler:He takes up this role again in the epilogue, leaving Ilium after the mirrors are repaired and wandering the world in order to give aid whether it is needed.]] |
| 66 | * TheLeader: Described as always pushing himself into a place of authority, even when he has no authority. |
| 67 | * {{Mangst}}: No more visible than when he discovers [[spoiler:the body of his old friends Warder, and concurrently the extent of the corruption in the Order.]] |
| 68 | * MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:In the mirror prison, he finds the slain bodies of his mentors Esard Bradun and Tane Hamor, and carries them out.]] |
| 69 | * NeverHurtAnInnocent: Nor does he suffer the hurting of innocents. |
| 70 | * NiceGuy: Decidedly so. Unprompted, he decides to deliver Dora's crabs for her because he ruined her Prince costume, and when he meets Carrie after the party, offers her a friendly ear to vent to. |
| 71 | * OnlySaneMan: Rolen is the closest thing to a normal guy the player party has, as well as the closest thing to a functioning adult. |
| 72 | * OrphansOrdeal: Spent the largest part of his childhood in an orphanage at the Nynsun Chapel. Whatever happened to his parents is unknown. |
| 73 | * ThePaladin: He was almost made to have this class, due to having been part of a paladin order, but in order to balance the very charisma heavy party, Skitch went with an intelligence based character. |
| 74 | * TheParagon: Incredibly righteous and kind, and his good nature helps push others to better themselves. |
| 75 | * PluckyComicRelief: He tries to be this, making silly puns in the hope of putting good vibes into the world. |
| 76 | * PungeonMaster: He loves making lame puns and does so at every opportunity. |
| 77 | * PurpleIsPowerful: Has purple eyes, has power. |
| 78 | * RealMenLoveJesus: Or rather, real men love Tyr, Ilmater, and Torm. |
| 79 | * TheSmartGuy: In a grand departure from the previous season, Skitch plays the brain. |
| 80 | * TeamDad: His initial interactions with the party, Zoey especially, point towards him being this trope. |
| 81 | * VigilanteMan: Enacts justice according to his own authority. He is described as "judge-like". |
| 82 | * WalkingTheEarth: [[spoiler:In the epilogue, he wanders the world as a lone Paladin, spreading teachings and offering direction to those in need.]] |
| 83 | [[/folder]] |
| 84 | |
| 85 | [[folder:Theodora]] |
| 86 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/avatar_of_abominations_by_nikisinsignificant_dbscrxq.png]] |
| 87 | [[caption-width-right:350:By [[https://nikisinsignificant.deviantart.com/art/Avatar-of-Abominations-712753262 Nik]]]] |
| 88 | ->'''Played By:''' Lauren Morgan |
| 89 | -->"Hey guys, what's going on! It's Crab Day!" |
| 90 | |
| 91 | Dora is a chaotic neutral Nixie from the Feywild, who was sought out by the God Ghaunadaur for a special assignment in Ilium. |
| 92 | ---- |
| 93 | * AccidentalMurder: Theodora is so proficient at this that her patron mistakenly believes she does it on purpose. |
| 94 | * AlasPoorVillain: An InUniverse one. As horrible as her actions were, [[spoiler:she was still friends with the Avant Guards and they're all sad about her death]]. |
| 95 | * AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Usually depicted as purple or blue. |
| 96 | * AnimalMotifs: Associated with the peryton. |
| 97 | * AscendedExtra: Dora was a fairly minor character in Lorelei, given that she was a resident of the Feywild where the player characters spent only a short amount of time. Now, however, she has planeshifted for Ghaunadaur's purposes. |
| 98 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: She mostly seems like a cuteness proximity afflicted goof in the vein of Vinnie at first, but when she [[spoiler:converts Zoey and snidely takes killing Garic into her own hands]] it becomes clear that she is fearsome. |
| 99 | * BigBadSlippage: She starts off as a morally questionable but ultimately friendly member of the Avant Guards.[[spoiler: However her god orders her to take more and more evil actions until she's told to destroy the Barrier. This puts her into conflict with Zoey who she nearly kills. Eventually Ghaunadaur makes her team up with Zariel which causes her to attack Ilium to kill Zoey.]] |
| 100 | * BlackEyesOfEvil: [[spoiler:Her eyes become pure black after she becomes Ghaunadur's avatar.]] |
| 101 | * BlackMagic: Dora's patron is the ''God of Abominations''. |
| 102 | * CasanovaWannabe: Is an unashamed flirt, with rather ''uneven'' results. |
| 103 | * ChronicPetKiller: She has a history of this. |
| 104 | -->'''Dora:''' They're good for friends ''and'' food! |
| 105 | * CloudCuckooLander: For some reason, has a secret crab breeding operation. |
| 106 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Goofy as she is, [[spoiler:Mardis]] immediately points to her as the strongest member of the team. |
| 107 | * DoNotTauntCthulhu: She talks down to Ghaunadaur and coos at him the same way she does with everyone else, so far going unpunished. |
| 108 | * ExactWords: Ghaunadaur demands that she sacrifices a friend to him. She does so by boiling some crabs whom she repeatedly referred to as her little friends all season long. He congratulates her thinking outside the box. |
| 109 | * EyeMotifs: As her patron is a giant eyeball, Dora carries them as a symbol on her cape and as a brooch. |
| 110 | * TheFashionista: Sews her own clothes. |
| 111 | * FightingFromTheInside: [[spoiler:Veltari uses Planar Binding to force Dora into striking the already fading Ghaunadaur down. Dora begs Ghaunadaur to kill her, and he does, but too late: she throws the killing blow.]] |
| 112 | * FinalBoss: [[spoiler: She's the last persont he party fights and her defeat and resulting MutualKill with Ghaunadaur ends the the threat to Ilium.]] |
| 113 | * FragileSpeedster: Extremely brittle in terms of damage-taking, but relies on quick wits and pranks. |
| 114 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: From minor NPC in the previous season playing in a swamp to main character of season 3, to [[spoiler:living avatar of a dark god that is perfectly willing to condemn thousands to fates worse than death.]] |
| 115 | * GrotesqueCute: She tends to find things cute that others... do not, and is generally depicted by fanartists as corresponding with this trope herself. |
| 116 | * GuileHero: Rather good at socializing, and appears to be everyone's friend, or almost. |
| 117 | * TheHeavy: [[spoiler: In the final arc, she's technically just TheDragon to Ghaunadaur but she's functionally the main villain due to the god's lack of physical presence.]] |
| 118 | * ItsWhatIDo: Her response to Rolen confronting her about [[spoiler:converting Zoey]] is to proclaim that she never lied about who he was, and that he hired her ''because'' of who she was. |
| 119 | * JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: [[spoiler:By episode 29, Dora authorizes Asriel to eat Zoey's brains, but the real leap comes in episode 31, when she destroys every mirror prison in the Sacrum, reducing all of the captives to AndIMustScream fates.]] |
| 120 | * LackOfEmpathy: There are early clues of this, such as Dora being willing to sacrifice and eat the crabs that she insists are her friends. [[spoiler:By the end of the season, she claims not to care for anything but Ghaunadaur, and is willing to precipitate an age of war that engulfs everyone else. After being defeated by the rest of the party in the finale, when Veltari calls her out for all of the lives she's ruined, she shows zero remorse, instead complaining that nobody ever considered her, and even tries to blame the rest of the party for betraying her.]] |
| 121 | * LoveMartyr: Her [[spoiler:ex-]]boyfriend Robin, at least, seems to consider her to be one. [[spoiler:The logic is that Ghaunadaur exerts too much influence on her, threatens her, alienates her from her loved ones, and she has come to mistake that for love. This is demonstrated by Ghaunadaur in Nim's form saying that other people will betray her, claiming that she means more to him than his other servants, feeding her ego for her service, asking her to become a literal embodiment of his will, promising to be with her forever if she obeys.]] |
| 122 | -->'''Dora:''' I have nothing else. |
| 123 | * LovableSexManiac: When Asriel detects her surface level thoughts, they are filled with the ludicrous amounts of sex she has with the Rocs. |
| 124 | * LonelyAtTheTop: Dora believes the only viable way to survive is to follow Ghaunadaur's commands and keep him happy, and in doing so, slowly but surely loses all her friends and lovers. |
| 125 | * MakingASplash: Dora can create water once per short rest. |
| 126 | * MirthlessLaughter: After undertaking the difficult task of [[spoiler:destroying the Sacrum to satisfy Ghaunadaur, believing Asriel would be there to help put it a new barrier into place, she's told that he is dead and begins giggling, knowing that Robin ruined the protection he and Claudia needed, along with everyone else's in Ilium.]] |
| 127 | -->'''Dora:''' You fools! [...] I was doing it for you! |
| 128 | * PassThePopcorn: Like any good trickster, she thrives on drama and has a magic teleporting popcorn pot to accommodate this. |
| 129 | * ThePrankster: Trickery is her main weapon, given that she is only four foot tall. |
| 130 | ** DeadlyPrank: They can, sometimes, result in this... |
| 131 | * SuperNotDrowningSkills: Nixies are effectively amphibian, though they are humanoid. |
| 132 | * SwampsAreEvil: Given that Welch lived there, that forest cops were required, and taking into account Dora's penchant for murder... |
| 133 | * TeamPet: Owns the snapping turtle who inspired the Avant Guards' symbol. |
| 134 | * TechnicallyNakedShapeshifter: When Dora evaporates into mist, her clothes and everything she carries evaporate with her. |
| 135 | * ThenLetMeBeEvil: [[spoiler:Theodora realizes that there's no point in her trying to love people, and decides to resort to destructive measures with those who disagree with her.]] |
| 136 | * TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:She kills Ghaunadaur, the thing that she loves most, as he kills her. They are likely not going to the same place though, if it can be said that they're going to any place at all.]] |
| 137 | * TokenEvilTeammate: Given that Bumbershoot [[spoiler:gets put on a bus]] and Veltari [[spoiler:gets an alignment change and chooses not to destroy the barrier]], Theodora becomes the most nefarious character due to her service to Ghaunadaur. |
| 138 | * TragicVillain: [[spoiler: Dora ends up alienating all of her friends, and the woman and man that she loved, with her need to serve Ghaunadaur. For someone who craved people liking her so much, there can hardly be a worse punishment.]] |
| 139 | * IWarnedYou: [[spoiler:She gives this speech to the townspeople when she learns that Asriel was killed, thus ruining their safe haven forever.]] |
| 140 | * WillingChanneler: Dora does Ghaunadaur's bidding, and in exchange he grants her full time use of a range of supernatural powers. |
| 141 | * WowingCthulhu: When she sacrifices [[spoiler:her crabs rather than a more sapient being, as she has referred to them as her friends before,]] to Ghaunadaur, he is flummoxed and slightly admirative. |
| 142 | [[/folder]] |
| 143 | |
| 144 | [[folder:Zoey Legrand]] |
| 145 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c8k4eqzxuacgqn.jpg]] |
| 146 | [[caption-width-right:350:Art by [[https://twitter.com/MathewCollier Mathew Collier]]]] |
| 147 | ->'''Played By:''' [[WebVideo/RolloT Quinn Larios]] |
| 148 | --> "So... you guys aren't a restaurant?" |
| 149 | |
| 150 | Zoey is a 19/7 year old neutral good runaway trying to become the very best magic user that ever was, and heads into Ilium hoping to find something new. |
| 151 | |
| 152 | ---- |
| 153 | * AllLovingHero: Zoey has unvirtuous emotion as proven by Claire-Elise's existence, but the person she eventually becomes shows support to everyone she can, and offers second chances whenever she's allowed to. |
| 154 | * AlwaysSecondBest: After Zoey thought she was rid of Stellarosa, she acquires a doppelganger with less unpredictable powers. |
| 155 | * AnimalMotifs: Compared to the Rust Monster, due to her perceiving herself as ruining everything she touches. |
| 156 | * ApologisesALot: As a result of her wild magic surges. |
| 157 | * AudienceSurrogate: Zoey is the newcomer, and the character with the most easily relatable personal struggle. |
| 158 | * BigSisterInstinct: Though Claire-Elise is technically her shadow, Zoey is reluctant to harm her and regards her as a person in her own right. Affection builds between the two, reaching a mutual protectiveness best exemplified with [[spoiler:the conversion scene.]] |
| 159 | * BindleStick: Carries one as she crosses the light barrier into Ilium. |
| 160 | * BratsWithSlingshots: Her weapon of choice. |
| 161 | * BrattyHalfPint: While she really ought to have outgrown this behavior, Zoey knows she can use her childlike appearance to get away with doing almost whatever she likes. |
| 162 | * ButtMonkey / TheChewToy: Zigzags between the two with regards to her wild magic, while the individual effects are often humorous, it's clear that the constant chaos she causes takes a heavy toll on her. |
| 163 | * CainAndAbel: Has this twice over. |
| 164 | ** She exists in continuous resentment to her much more successful sister Stellarosa, who also ends up [[spoiler:serving a major antagonist of the story.]] |
| 165 | ** After Zoey obtains a shadow twin in the form of Claire-Elise - who is also more successful than her, though only in the short term - she is commanded by Lady Nim to assassinate her.[[spoiler:In the end, she refuses to.]] |
| 166 | * AChildShallLeadThem: [[spoiler:In the end game, Zoey comes to lead Ilium conjointly with her sister Claire-Elise.]] |
| 167 | * CosmicPlaything: Fate tends to pile it onto Zoey, visually exemplified no more clearly than when a rain cloud literally follows her around. She is effectively the Drop of season 3. |
| 168 | * DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:Zoey makes a deal with Ghaunadaur to learn Lady Nim's name to spare Claire-Elise the pain of doing so.]] |
| 169 | * DeliberatelyCuteChild: This is part of her background bonus, meaning that people are less likely to tell her off. |
| 170 | * DesperatelySeekingAPurposeInLife: It becomes evident that her original goal of one-upping Stellarosa is really just her trying to find her purpose after a life of being dismissed and overlooked. She eventually finds her purpose as [[spoiler: the mayor of Illium.]] |
| 171 | * EveryonesBabySister: While she looks older than she is, she actually is younger than any other person in the party. Rolen is immediately protective of her, while Dora is just happy to meet someone almost as short as herself. |
| 172 | * EvilTwin: Zoey accidentally creates a shadow of herself, which actually turns out to be not so much evil as just selfish. |
| 173 | * TheDeterminator: No matter how gutted and demoralized, she still keeps trying. |
| 174 | * GirlsWithMoustaches: Near the end of the season, one of her many wild magic surges leaves her with a very spiffy mustache. She doesn't seem to mind and it fits her very well in her role as [[LIsForDyslexia Maqer]] of Illium. |
| 175 | * HandicappedBadass: [[spoiler:As of episode 32, she has a permanent limp and loss of mobility in her right hand.]] |
| 176 | * LittleBitBeastly: One of her Wild Magic spells gives her a chimp tail, fitting in with the overarching Dragon Ball Z theme. |
| 177 | * LIsForDyslexia: Said in the first episode to have mild dyslexia. |
| 178 | ** Upon becoming mayor of Illium, she proudly wears a sash that reads "MAQER". When Stellarosa points out the error, she corrects it to "MAYO". |
| 179 | * LivingShadow: Her wild magic creates a shadow clone of Zoey, which becomes hostile at the end of the episode. |
| 180 | * ManChild: It's easy to forget Zoey isn't actually seven... |
| 181 | * OlderThanTheyLook: Conclusively so. Due to an effect of her wild magic, Zoey appears seven though she is actually nineteen years old. |
| 182 | * OvernightAgeUp: [[spoiler: Her episode 16 wild magic transformation leaves her as the 19 year old - albeit high elven - version of herself.]] |
| 183 | * OvershadowedByAwesome: Zoey's sister Stellarosa is a prodigy with perfect control of her magic, whereas Zoey's magic has literally stunted her growth. |
| 184 | * ParentalNeglect: She tends to be sharply overlooked by her parents, who don't mean anything by it, but never change their behaviour either. |
| 185 | * PowerDyesYourHair: A bit of wild magic ends up turning her hair spiky and yellow - effectively, Super Saiyan. This quite conveniently distinguishes her from her evil double. |
| 186 | * PowerGivesYouWings: Another bit of wild magic gives her functional dragonfly wings. |
| 187 | * PowerIncontinence: Whenever Zoey uses her magic, she is at great risk of causing harm to herself or her friends and family. |
| 188 | * PowerStrainBlackOut: [[spoiler: When she becomes a warlock of Ghaunadaur, she faints from the shock of it.]] |
| 189 | * TheRunaway: Even has a bindle. |
| 190 | * {{Sleepyhead}}: Her wild magic can cause her to, say, immediately pass out and smash into a vase after teleporting. |
| 191 | * TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour: Quinn and Austin consider the possibility of making Zoey smoke weed with Ishmael. Given the following munchies, it's implied that she totally did. |
| 192 | * WackyParentSeriousChild: While she and Rolen aren't related, her annoyance at his puns and him asking her to play chess with him smacks of a teenager embarrassed at her dad's pleas to spend more time with her family. |
| 193 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: Zoey holds Mardis back from any rash action by telling him [[spoiler:Dora once was her friend, and that person still exists somewhere within. She also refuses to act hostile and apologizes for not aiding her more.]] |
| 194 | * WildMagic: There is literally no predicting how Zoey's powers will manifest. She is under X-Men rules. |
| 195 | -->'''Zoey:''' Do you know if maple syrup is bad for the lawn?\ |
| 196 | '''Alice Hawthorne:''' [[FlatWhat What.]]\ |
| 197 | '''Zoey:''' ''Gottagobye!'' |
| 198 | [[/folder]] |
| 199 | |
| 200 | [[folder: Veltari]] |
| 201 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dg9qmttvwaacuwr.jpg]] |
| 202 | [[caption-width-right:350:Art by [[https://twitter.com/JJRambles/status/896051924843114496 JJ Hernandez]]]] |
| 203 | ->'''Played By:''' Laura Kate Dale |
| 204 | --> "This is ''great''. This is great! Wonderful! I get here too late, Bumbershoot's already gone, and I'm now stuck in the city where it always rains." |
| 205 | |
| 206 | Veltari is a Tiefling bard, who first appears in episode 9 taking an assignment from Count Danto to retrieve his sire Bumbershoot, or bring back the heads of those who may have harmed him. |
| 207 | ---- |
| 208 | * AffablyEvil: While she has an alignment of Chaotic Evil, she is shown to be quite cordial and casual when dealing with people. |
| 209 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: She ended up where she is largely because of prejudice based on her visible demonic heritage. |
| 210 | * AnimalMotifs: The manticore, due to its spikiness. |
| 211 | * AtLeastIAdmitIt: Really cuts into Warden Light for condemning Bumbershoot to eternal imprisonment on his sole authority, under the guise of justice. |
| 212 | * TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Her growing attachment to her friends and girlfriend, as well as the trust they place in her, convince her to make amends for the things she's done and the lies she's told.]] |
| 213 | * TheCavalry: She responds to Bumbershoot's SOS, though she may or may not be too late. |
| 214 | * TheCharmer: In a team of charisma based characters, she may be the strongest. Notably, she is the only one able to befriend Wulf who is otherwise suspicious of the "popo". |
| 215 | * ChekhovsSkill: Midway through the season she learns Planar Binding to use against Warden Light. Much later [[spoiler:she uses it on Dora to make her kill Ghaunadaur.]] |
| 216 | * DisappearedDad: Veltari gets her infernal genes from her father's side, but never knew him. This isn't a big issue, by her own admission. She wrote a couple angsty songs about it then got over it. |
| 217 | * EmoMusic: Laura describes this as her style. |
| 218 | * EyeScream: [[spoiler:She has one of her eyes split when she is nearly killed during the battle against Gylan.]] |
| 219 | ** EyepatchOfPower: [[spoiler:How she chooses to cover it. Austin and Laura even specifically refer to the wound as an "eyepatch scar" when determining what form Veltari's lasting injury will take.]] |
| 220 | * GodGuise: [[spoiler:She essentially becomes the Bozogs' god as part of rallying them in defense of Illum in the endgame. As shown in Season 4, even after the very lengthy TimeSkip, Veltari is still a highly popular name in Bozog culture as a result.]] |
| 221 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:The power of friendship and her own compassion wear her down, and eventually, when she turns herself in to Penny for theft, she switches from ChaoticEvil to ChaoticNeutral.]] |
| 222 | * HeroWithAnFInGood: After [[spoiler:changing alignments, confronting her guilt, and leaving Ilium,]] Veltari is struck with an extraordinary string of bad luck which is terrible enough to make her doubt her entire worldview. |
| 223 | * HonestyIsTheBestPolicy: [[spoiler:After having lived as a liar, saying whatever was needed to get her through the day, her main way to turn a new leaf is to be terribly, painfully honest about her wrongdoings. This includes Wulf and Penny, neither of which can bring themselves to resent her very much.]] |
| 224 | * HyperAwareness: Has a +10 to perception rolls, which basically makes it a superpower. |
| 225 | * IChooseToStay: [[spoiler:She chooses to stick around in Ilium with her casual/not so casual girlfriend Carrie, and her friend Wulf. Given how she's lacked a home and reliable loved ones for most of her life, this is unsurprising.]] |
| 226 | * IGaveMyWord: Though she may not always be able to keep it, she always strives towards it. Whether this is out of decency or career respectability is unknown. |
| 227 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: When she first arrived in Illium, she was impatient and rude until she learned what happened to Bumbershoot, afterwards she softened a bit and occasionally shows a much nicer side. |
| 228 | * MemoryGambit: She comes up with the deal to [[spoiler:let Light take their memory of his daughter in exchange for giving them his memory of the nature of Ilium.]] However, she then circumvents this by casting Magic Mouth upon her guitar to repeat the secret to her once it is removed from her mind. This is not malicious in intent however: [[spoiler: knowing that Light has a daughter is the one thing keeping her from harming him as Danto hired her to do, since she doesn't want to orphan Grace.]] |
| 229 | * MidSeasonTwist: Her first appearance marks the first mid-season appearance of a new player, as well as the first mid-season departure of a player. |
| 230 | * TheMole: Due to her occupation, she finds infiltrating various organisations and buildings to be fairly easy in spite of the suspicion towards Tieflings. |
| 231 | * NobleDemon: Veltari may serve Count Danto, but in doing so she is largely kind to the vulnerable, and bound to her word. [[spoiler:She also refuses to harm a man on whom a child depends, which may have to do with her orphan background.]] |
| 232 | * NotMyLuckyDay: [[spoiler: Meta-example-- shortly after Veltari and Rolen leave Ilium, Laura's dice rolls (which had, up until now, been pretty solid) turn incredibly sour, ultimately culminating in Veltari [[EyeScream losing an eye during the fight against Gylan]].]] |
| 233 | * OddFriendship: [[spoiler: Ends up forming one with [[HillbillyHorrors Wulf]] at first just to [[ManipulativeBastard get info out of him]], but it quickly [[BecomingtheMask becomes genuine affection.]]]] |
| 234 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: Cannot be bothered to care of the why and how of her assignments, so long as she gets paid and fed. Or so she claims. |
| 235 | * ParentalAbandonment: Her father never was a part of her life, whereas her mother could not withstand the shame or pressure of raising a tiefling, and walked out on her when she was six. |
| 236 | * PersonalityPowers: She's manipulative and opportunistic so it makes sense that her most used spell is [[CharmPerson Hypnotic Pattern]] |
| 237 | * RebelliousSpirit: Intensely averse to Warden Light's brand of evangelical authority, or really any authority or aspect of righteousness. |
| 238 | * RedemptionDemotion: This is Veltari's main struggle in the later arc, feeling that she's lost her edge due to her new moral compass. |
| 239 | * TheRockStar: She largely evokes this aesthetic, and gets very excited at the idea of having a band in Ilium, even giving a concert with Zoey at the Lilies' bar. |
| 240 | * StreetMusician: Veltari started out this way, as a means of scratching out a living. |
| 241 | * TheUnfettered: In general, has no scruples about getting missions done. Her relentless repetition of "Where is Bumbershoot?" illustrates that. |
| 242 | * ThisIsGonnaSuck: She has a small panic attack when [[spoiler:Danto, who she helped Rolen kill, comes back in the endgame as a demonic spirit possessing one of the Order of the Merciful Sword.]] |
| 243 | |
| 244 | [[/folder]] |
| 245 | |
| 246 | !!!Non Player Characters |
| 247 | [[folder:Winifred]] |
| 248 | A phlumph who serves as secretary to the Avant Guards. |
| 249 | ---- |
| 250 | * BeleagueredAssistant: Though not in an incompetent way. Winifred is good at his job, but is decidedly bumbling. |
| 251 | * DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Garic freezes the Avant Guards headquarters over, and the team momentarily believes Winifred to be dead.]] |
| 252 | * MrExposition: His primary role is to be an information hotline for the Avant Guards to call for help while out on jobs. |
| 253 | * TeamMom: He's very concerned with keeping everyone fed and well. |
| 254 | [[/folder]] |
| 255 | |
| 256 | !!The Lilies |
| 257 | [[folder:Lady Nim]] |
| 258 | The fiendish head of the Lilies |
| 259 | ---- |
| 260 | * AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: Zoey accidentally traps her soul inside Ghaunadaur's sword and it's painfully twisted and mutilated over the course of the rest of the season until it's unclear if there's any part of her left or if it's been completely overtaken.]] |
| 261 | * BadassFingersnap: She snaps her fingers whenever she changes gravity on someone. |
| 262 | * BadBoss: She is both an example, given her interactions with Carrie, and a victim given her own superior. |
| 263 | * FallenAngel: [[spoiler:She and her boss Zariel were angels of Avandra before she disappeared.]] |
| 264 | * GodInHumanForm: [[spoiler:After her death, she is no longer just herself, but also Ghaunadaur incarnate, speaking both in his name and as him.]] |
| 265 | * GravityMaster: She can manipulate gravity. She'll reverse it if she wants to mess with you. She'll increase it if she wants to crush you to death. |
| 266 | * IKnowYourTrueName: Zoey uses this against her, pronouncing [[spoiler:Baraquiel to defeat her.]] |
| 267 | * PetTheDog: She mentions feeling sympathy for Light's immortal grief, and does not mention asking for anything in exchange for the amnesia spell he asked her. |
| 268 | * SurroundedByIdiots: Reacts this way when Zoey comes to her asking for a weapon to kill [[spoiler:Claire-Elise.]] |
| 269 | |
| 270 | [[/folder]] |
| 271 | [[folder:Claire-Elise Legrand]] |
| 272 | A double of Zoey's created through wild magic, whom she has a tumultuous relationship with. |
| 273 | ---- |
| 274 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Zig-Zagged she's initially this to Zoey, having all of her power without the Wild Magic, however as Zoey's list of accomplishments grows Claire ends up resenting Zoey even more than she already did. |
| 275 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Despite their initially ''very'' rocky relationship, Zoey keeps treating Claire-Elise with enough kindness that they reach a level of mutual trust and eventually [[spoiler:co-run Ilium.]] |
| 276 | * BrattyHalfPint: She's a troublesome girl, explained by her being overshadowed not by one but two sisters. |
| 277 | * GlorySeeker: Claire wants to prove herself, just like Zoey, only ''way more''. |
| 278 | * GreenEyedMonster: She is a construct based on jealousy, and her initial drive was to replace Zoey. |
| 279 | * LackOfEmpathy: Any danger Zoey finds herself in, Claire will construe as an attempt to steal her thunder. Also, she does not care about the wounds sustained by Claudia [[spoiler:when trying to protect Zoey, her own sister.]] |
| 280 | * ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:It turns out she greatly exaggerated the threat posed by Lady Nim in order to get into a position of power.]] |
| 281 | * PromotedToPlayable: [[spoiler:While Zoey is held hostage by Dora and gravely wounded, Quinn plays Claire, who has many similar spells minus wild magic.]] |
| 282 | * ShadowArchetype: Quite literally. Claire-Elise is driven by the impulsiveness and envy that lie in Zoey's heart, and tends to take the bad directions that Zoey doesn't, and lacking her altruism. |
| 283 | |
| 284 | [[/folder]] |
| 285 | [[folder: Carrie King]] |
| 286 | An employee of Lady Nim's, who is in all probability having a bad day. |
| 287 | ---- |
| 288 | * AmicableExes: [[spoiler:Carrie and Veltari's relationship was effectively on hold, if not completely broken due to Veltari's evaluation of her priorities. However, they negotiated this separation in a cool headed way, with the possibility still open for them to get together again. They rekindle their relationship in the epilogue.]] |
| 289 | * TheBartender: Carrie is behind the bar at Tarsus. |
| 290 | * BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler:She, like every other immortal being, becomes mortal when Death intersects with their plane.]] |
| 291 | * HatedHometown: More than almost any other inhabitant of Ilium, Carrie desperately wants to ditch down. [[spoiler:She leaves town after the barrier is brought down, but ultimately returns in the epilogue to be with Veltari.]] |
| 292 | * TheMole: [[spoiler:She becomes Dora's agent within the Lilies, in spite of Zoey and Penny rejecting her and her plan.]] |
| 293 | * NothingPersonal: [[spoiler:It's clear that she has fairly favorable views of her new boss Claire-Elise, but she still carries out her mole function.]] |
| 294 | * OutlawCouple: [[spoiler:She ends up forming such a pair with Veltari. You could even say robbing Penny constituted a second date.]] |
| 295 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:As soon as Dora takes the barrier down, Carrie skips town-- although she returns in the epilogue.]] |
| 296 | * SuperMode: She can change her appearance from quasi-human looking to a bright red demonic look with yakuza-style tattoos. |
| 297 | * TattooedCrook: She is a gangster with, as formerly mentioned, yakuza-style tattoos. |
| 298 | * {{Yubitsume}}: Falls victim to this when her absence at the Hawthorne party is noticed, being a demon they grow back eventually. |
| 299 | |
| 300 | [[/folder]] |
| 301 | [[folder:Penny]] |
| 302 | A purveyor of peculiar items who is involved in various operations of extortion and exploitation |
| 303 | ---- |
| 304 | * BrainsAndBrawn: She was the brain to Lyra's brawn until her death. |
| 305 | * TheImp: She is both literally an imp, and fits the description as a tiny creature of vice. |
| 306 | * MushroomSamba: She gets severely high with Dora [[spoiler:which inhibits her ability to react when Veltari robs her safe.]] |
| 307 | [[/folder]] |
| 308 | |
| 309 | [[folder:Lyra]] |
| 310 | An enforcer for Penny who winds up the victim of a murder that the Avant Guards are hired to investigate. |
| 311 | ---- |
| 312 | * AssholeVictim: People are more... inconvenienced than saddened by her death. And even then, only Penny misses her in that sense. |
| 313 | * BarbaricBully: She's an enforcer for the Lilies, who shakes people down for extortion or to "encourage" people to meet their quotas. |
| 314 | * EvilIsPetty: Her posthumous last request is to collect the money she's owed. Which has no value in Ilium, and she can no longer make use of it. |
| 315 | * PosthumousCharacter: The first time we hear about her is when she turns up dead. Though due to Veltari's magic she is able to talk to the Avant Guards. |
| 316 | |
| 317 | [[/folder]] |
| 318 | !!Residents |
| 319 | [[folder:Alice Hawthorne]] |
| 320 | An old lady who keeps a household of skeletons for sole company since the death of her husband Max. |
| 321 | ---- |
| 322 | * BadWithTheBone: She is an osteomancer. |
| 323 | * CoolOldLady: An exceedingly powerful magician, who is also much more accommodating than she really ought to be towards her constant intruders. |
| 324 | * SuicideMission: Once Alice meets with her husband again, she decides [[spoiler:to spend the rest of her life with him, even if that means she has to let Light lock her in the mirror prison. However, she leaves the mirror with Bumbershoot in the epilogue.]] |
| 325 | |
| 326 | [[/folder]] |
| 327 | [[folder:The Rocs]] |
| 328 | The Rocs are both researchers, who happen to be rival bounty hunters to the Avant Guards. |
| 329 | ---- |
| 330 | * CantHaveSexEver: Due to Robin's [[HollywoodAcid condition]], touching is rather difficult. [[spoiler:Eventually averted, first with (temporary) magic, then with Garic's mask.]] |
| 331 | * CigaretteOfAnxiety: Claudia lights one after [[spoiler:she is beaten to a pulp by Asriel and Dora, and Zoey is taken hostage.]] |
| 332 | * DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Austin explains that Robin is meant to be a deconstruction of the idea of a SlimeGirl, instead of being a sexualized trait it's shown as harmful to his relationship with his wife since they can't touch each other and their primary goal is to turn him back. This is somewhat downplayed as Dora is still incredibly persistent and interested in him and Claudia despite this. |
| 333 | * FriendlyRivalry: They know that they'll get more from their rivals if they keep them on their good side. |
| 334 | * GoneHorriblyWrong: A science experiment lead to Robin turning into an Ooze, and while he can reshape himself to look however he wants, he is still rather unstable. [[CantHaveSexEver He also can't touch anyone, since he's acidic.]] |
| 335 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:When Dora threatens Zoey, Claudia and Robin become hostile and leave Team Evil.]] |
| 336 | * IJustWantToBeNormal: Claudia doesn't want any excitement in her life, and only hopes to cure her husband. |
| 337 | * OneTrueThreesome: Becomes this with Dora. [[spoiler:They break up with her during her DescentIntoDarkness.]] |
| 338 | |
| 339 | [[/folder]] |
| 340 | [[folder:Garic The Great]] |
| 341 | An enigmatic masked figure who no one seems to know of in Ilium. |
| 342 | ---- |
| 343 | * AnIcePerson: Garic is empowered by the [[spoiler:First Snowflake, offered by the God of Winter.]] |
| 344 | * DemBones: [[spoiler: His true identity is the skeleton of Earnest, a man who was killed by Asriel]]. |
| 345 | * {{Expy}}: Austin uses a picture of Tuxedo mask, and his outfit is very similar. |
| 346 | * LegacyCharacter: Invoked after Veltari gives Wulf the mask. She claims to have been Garic, but is now retiring and wants Wulf to [[TakingUpTheMantle take up the mantle]]. |
| 347 | * MalevolentMaskedMen: He is described as similar to Tuxedo Mask, and while he believes himself to be good, the Avant Guards unilaterally disagree. |
| 348 | * MaskOfPower: [[spoiler:Whoever wears his mask gains his appearance. The First Snowflake is what grants him his actual powers, though.]] |
| 349 | * PunnyName: His name is a reference to a character in Bumbershoot's backstory; a vampire hunter named Garlic the Great. Leon eventually decided this was ''too'' silly, even for him, and renamed him to Raven Stern. Austin decided to reference the original name in the form of the (less punny) Garic. |
| 350 | * VigilanteMan: He takes justice into his own hands in Ilium, in sometimes arbitrary ways, prompting the Avant Guards to set on his trail after the murder of Lyra. |
| 351 | |
| 352 | [[/folder]] |
| 353 | [[folder:Asriel]] |
| 354 | A prisoner for murder, in captivity in the mirror held by Warden Light. |
| 355 | ---- |
| 356 | * AffablyEvil: He is an evil creature and unashamedly so, but also has a quite genial manner. |
| 357 | * BrainFood: This is what leads him into Warden Light's custody. |
| 358 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: He suffers this himself, when Zoey polymorphs him into a turtle, and a vengeful Robin Roc uses his ooze body to dissolve him alive.]] |
| 359 | * {{Cthulhumanoid}}: Asriel is an Illithid, meaning that his head is effectively a squid. |
| 360 | * TheDragon: To [[spoiler:Dora]] of all people. |
| 361 | * HorrifyingTheHorror: When Dora passes on the message from Ghaunadaur that "War is coming", he begins panicking at the idea that [[spoiler:some anonymous "war" is closing in on them while they are locked inside with the most evil of gods.]] |
| 362 | * NoodleIncident: It's mentioned that he's an outcast from Illithid society and was betrayed in the past, which ended up with him being [[ReassignedToAntarctica sent to Ilium]] but we never get specific details. |
| 363 | * RedemptionEarnsLife: He is not redeemed in the sense of making amends for his actions, but rather in repenting. Veltari tricks him into considering his victims feelings upon his murder, and he cannot help but feel remorse. For this, he is freed from his imprisonment. |
| 364 | * RedemptionRejection: [[spoiler:Beyond the initial moment of empathy, he chooses to obey Ghaunadaur's orders for his own self-preservation, and in doing so nearly kills Zoey and Claudia Roc. It doesn't end well for him.]] |
| 365 | * UnexplainedAccent: Just like the Drow in the Dice Funk universe, apparently Illithids have Russian accents. |
| 366 | |
| 367 | [[/folder]] |
| 368 | [[folder: Wulf]] |
| 369 | A farmer troll with a link to the mysterious Garic. |
| 370 | ---- |
| 371 | * AnimalMotifs: [[spoiler: The [[SandWorm purple worm]] being frighteningly strong, but constantly underestimated.]] |
| 372 | * TheCavalry: [[spoiler:Wulf charges the scene at Hawthorne Manor to rescue Zoey and Claudia Roc from Dora and Asriel. The situation deescalates fairly quick with Robin's intervention however.]] |
| 373 | * DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: He tends to be a little... brutal... when playing tag with the Avant Guards. |
| 374 | * HillbillyHorrors: He is a bumpkin who is also from a species that rips each other's limbs off to work through emotional baggage. |
| 375 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: His key motivation, [[spoiler: the Avant Guards ignoring him turns him hostile, at least for a while.]] |
| 376 | * LosingYourHead: [[spoiler:He was beheaded offscreen during the Battle for Illum. Being a D&D troll, it doesn't kill him, and he eventually makes a full recovery.]] |
| 377 | * OddFriendship: Forms one with [[NobleDemon Veltari.]] |
| 378 | * PsychopathicManchild: A more benevolent version then most, but his idea of morality is killing "[[BullyHunter bullies]]", and his idea of friendship is playing tag and drawing crude, violent pictures of dwarfs. |
| 379 | * SandWorm: His Stand is a big purple worm who could easily eat everyone in town. |
| 380 | * SourOutsideSadInside: He's a grumpy, standoffish jerk, but it's clear that he's actually hiding a lot of insecurities and is deeply lonely. |
| 381 | * VigilanteMan: [[spoiler:Becomes one after Veltari gives him Garic's [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman mask]].]] |
| 382 | |
| 383 | [[/folder]] |
| 384 | [[folder: Ishmael]] |
| 385 | Ishmael is a friendly stone giant who takes various contracts with other Ilium inhabitants. |
| 386 | ---- |
| 387 | * DrowningMySorrows: As a stone giant, the world above ground is a strange dreamlike place, so his state of mind is not unlike that of a person dealing with severe insomnia, where everything is slightly unreal. Austin claims that if the players had befriended him, they would've learned this is the reason he "self-medicates." |
| 388 | * GentleGiant: Ishmael ''can'' throw down, and twice almost came to blows with [[spoiler:Dora]], but he's usually very mellow. |
| 389 | * KindheartedCatLover / HeroesLoveDogs: Ishmael has a giant scale cat and dog, which he loves enough to trade for a dagger sheath the dog grew fond of. |
| 390 | * TheStoner: The most decisive and inarguable aspect of Ishmael's personality is that he loves the pot. |
| 391 | |
| 392 | [[/folder]] |
| 393 | [[folder: Sylvia Belle]] |
| 394 | A Shadar-kai witch residing in Ilium, who aids the Avant Guards in their investigation of the robbery. |
| 395 | ---- |
| 396 | * CuteWitch: Bakes cookies, makes pancakes, trades ghost companions for jewelery, and is generally a very nice person. |
| 397 | * DangerousForbiddenTechnique: It turns out she was banished by her family for her use of [[spoiler:the Wheel of Forms]] in her magic, though ultimately it did not seem that anything bad came of her magic use. |
| 398 | * FortuneTeller: She provides a great deal of plot clues through her use of tarot, and attributes the major arcana to the characters of the story. |
| 399 | * KaleidoscopeHair: She's introduced changing her hair color with magic. |
| 400 | * NiceGirl: Arguably the most friendly person in Illium. |
| 401 | * NonActionGuy: She's one of few inhabitants of Ilium to not have any combat abilities. |
| 402 | * TattooedCrook: Averted. Sylvia is probably one of the best behaved inhabitants of Ilium, and her body modifications are just part of Shadar-kai culture. |
| 403 | * YouCantGoHomeAgain: Sylvia was estranged from her family in an irretrievable way, and it's clearly quite raw still, since she cries when it's brought up. |
| 404 | |
| 405 | [[/folder]] |
| 406 | [[folder: Ghaunadaur]] |
| 407 | The god of abominations himself. |
| 408 | ---- |
| 409 | * BigBad: The closest thing the season has to one. He's behind most of Dora's horrible actions and he intends to destroy the barrier. At the end he takes a more direct role, [[spoiler: having Dora invade Illium with an army of demons.]] |
| 410 | %%* DomesticAbuser: While his relationship to Dora is not romantic, Robin sees him this way. |
| 411 | * ForTheEvulz: Ghaunadaur knows ''something'' is coming, though he doesn't know what, and wants the best seat to watch it wreak havoc. |
| 412 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:His actions ultimately lead to him losing his immortality (like all of the other immortals). He gets immolated by the dragons of Bahamut via Dora's staff in the final battle.]] |
| 413 | * TheGadfly: His main reason for doing anything is to upset the greatest number of people possible, especially the other gods. |
| 414 | * NoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler:His killing blow against an already-mortally wounded Dora in the finale deals over '''5000''' damage.]] |
| 415 | * SealedEvilInACan: He is in Ilium, specifically a pocket dimension within Ilium, or so Warden Light believes. |
| 416 | |
| 417 | [[/folder]] |
| 418 | !!The Sacrum |
| 419 | [[folder:Warden Light]] |
| 420 | An angel dedicated to the Triad who entered Ilium long ago, he offers bounties for the capture and delivery of select wrongdoers, rarely interfering with the Lilies gang. |
| 421 | ---- |
| 422 | * AmbiguousGenderIdentity: A throwaway line by Austin jokes that he would have to bind his pillowy pecs to cosplay, which is a rather odd thing to say about a cis character. Austin said after this episode that he did not intend for him to be trans, but he [[https://twitter.com/austinyorski/status/891684438312144904 could be interpreted as such]]. Then, later on, [[spoiler:the fact he has a biological daughter with another man seems to corroborate this theory.]] |
| 423 | * ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:He leaves Illum with Grace in the epilogue, deciding to see the world with her for whatever time he has left.]] |
| 424 | * BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler:He's made mortal, with no idea what lifespan he has left, by the end of the series.]] |
| 425 | * AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: He's thrown into one of his mirrors by Theodora.]] |
| 426 | * ChromeChampion: His skin is cited as looking this way. |
| 427 | * HangingJudge: He is judge jury and executioner on anyone he considers a wrongdoer. |
| 428 | * HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:When he recalls the suppressed memory that the Sacrum pins the Spoke of Guilt in place in order to prevent something worse from overlapping with their world, he goes into a freak out that nearly doubles as a HeroicRROD.]] |
| 429 | * [[spoiler: HoistByHisOwnPetard: Imprisons criminals in magic mirrors. Guess what happens to him?]] |
| 430 | * KnightInSourArmor: Light enforces the principles of the Triad within Ilium, and attempts to reform criminals in doing so, but does not have great faith in this ever succeeding. |
| 431 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: Light once asked Lady Nim for an amnesia spell to forget his husband and the grief his death caused. [[spoiler: He actually forgot about the purpose of the CosmicKeystone Sacrum.]] |
| 432 | * MayFlyDecemberRomance: He once was married to Lucas Rosemary, a gnome, and therefore a mortal. Lucas died not too long after they entered Ilium together. |
| 433 | |
| 434 | [[/folder]] |
| 435 | |
| 436 | [[folder:Lucas Rosemary]] |
| 437 | A gnomish inventor who helped design the mirror prison. |
| 438 | ---- |
| 439 | * TheAtoner: Deeply regrets inventing firearms, and his inventions since have steered in a rather different direction. |
| 440 | * {{Elopement}}: His family disapproved quite virulently of him and Light being together. [[spoiler:This lead to Mardis chasing them into Ilium.]] |
| 441 | * FourthDateMarriage: It came across this way to his family, though it's likely they spent more time together than disclosed. |
| 442 | * GadgeteerGenius: As befits a member of the Rosemary family, he was an unparalleled engineer. |
| 443 | * LikeParentLikeChild: [[spoiler:Grace, who cannot have known him for very long, has all the same taken on the challenge of continuing his work.]] |
| 444 | * PosthumousCharacter: Lucas is long dead by the time the campaign starts, but his impact is felt sharply through the carceral system he helped Warden Light develop, along with the impact his death had on Light. |
| 445 | [[/folder]] |
| 446 | |
| 447 | [[folder: Grace]] |
| 448 | Warden Light and Lucas Rosemary's sheltered but brilliant Aasimar teenage daughter. |
| 449 | ---- |
| 450 | * GirlInTheTower: The only occasion we know of her leaving the tower is to retrieve a familiar from Sylvia Belle. |
| 451 | * HomosexualReproduction: [[spoiler:What can be assumed by the fact that she is an Aasimar with gnomish traits. This is instrumental in the plot, as it is what convinces Mardis that the elopement was based on genuine feelings.]] |
| 452 | * HumanPopsicle:[[spoiler: When the Sacrum collapses over her, she takes possession of the First Frost, and the Hydra forms a protective ice bubble around her and itself to shield them from the falling rubble.]] |
| 453 | * NiceGirl: Though bewildered, she is thoroughly pleasant and a good host to the intruders in her tower. |
| 454 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: Her main goal is to escape Ilium to see the world. To do this, she [[spoiler:allies with Dora, unlocking the chains to let her in the Sacrum. Dora enters an encounter with Warden Light, and throws him into a mirror, and the ensuing corruption of the Spine causes the tower to collapse and shatter all contained prisons. Grace's remaining parent is as good as dead, according to Austin's warning to Lauren.]] |
| 455 | * RebelliousPrincess: She really wants to get out there and see the world, [[spoiler:and is willing to collaborate with Dora for it.]] Fits the bill for living a rather cushy life of a princess, is utterly polite and sweet, while having a discerning talent for engineering and jewelry, and a thirst for the unknown. |
| 456 | * WalkingSpoiler: She certainly explains a lot about Warden Light. |
| 457 | * WrenchWench: She continued her father's work with the mirrors, and is an accomplished jeweler to go with that. |
| 458 | [[/folder]] |
| 459 | |
| 460 | [[folder:Mardis Valamin]] |
| 461 | Mardis Valamin, son of the Archmage Alias, who once pursued Warden Light and his uncle Lucas Rosemary in the mistaken belief this the latter had been kidnapped for trade secrets. |
| 462 | ---- |
| 463 | * AndIMustScream: Mardis was one of those locked up the earliest of all the prisoners in Ilium. |
| 464 | * BigBrotherInstinct: His devotion to his family (including his family that isn't through blood) comes across this way. The moment he sees Grace's face, this extends to her, and to Light as he realizes that the relationship between him and Lucas was genuine. |
| 465 | * GracefulInTheirElement: Mardis is an awkward and mild mannered young man, who none the less is very flashy in his fighting style. |
| 466 | * IfWeGetThroughThis: A family reunion dinner awaited him once he got back home. He never got back. |
| 467 | * ParentalHypocrisy: Averted. When Mardis wants to run off on a quest, Alias is mostly relieved that he told him, unlike what he did with his parents. |
| 468 | * PromotedToPlayable: Skitch takes control of him during [[spoiler:the [[StormingTheCastle assault]] on [[SupervillainLair Hawthorne House]]]] |
| 469 | * YoungGun: Has the dubious honor of firing the first gunshot in Dice Funk. |
| 470 | [[/folder]] |
| 471 | |
| 472 | !!Outside Ilium |
| 473 | [[folder:Count Danto]] |
| 474 | Bumbershoot's sire, who once ruled over Fangsylvania. |
| 475 | ---- |
| 476 | * AffablyEvil: He comes off a genuinely friendly to people who aren't his enemies and seems to be a BenevolentBoss |
| 477 | * AgeLift: Initially described as young looking by Leon, Austin eventually revamps (ahem) him into a middle-aged silver fox when he finally appears. As it turns out, drinking blood has a very immediate effect on his apparent age. If the same effect existed in Bumbershoot, we never got to see it. |
| 478 | * AristocratsAreEvil: He's a villainous Count, and is no less evil when he becomes a Lord. |
| 479 | * BloodyMurder: His whip is made from his own blood, and is summoned by biting into the back of his own hand. |
| 480 | * ClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:He's the GreaterScopeVillain for most of the campaign and the fight with him happens shortly before the endgame. Dowplayed as despite the dramatic nature of the fight, he's defeated relatively quickly.]] |
| 481 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: His disintegration via Stellarosa's Sunbeam is described in fairly graphic detail and is clearly not a pleasant way to go.]] |
| 482 | * CrusadingWidower: Danto appears to be both motivated by the loss of Fangsylvania, and by the loss of Bumbershoot who is repeatedly described as being very dear to him in circular though transparent terms. |
| 483 | * DeaderThanDead: [[spoiler: Stellarosa's sunbeam disintegrates him down to his very essence. Austin then explains that his plan was to have Danto shift to mist to reform later, but there's no way in hell this could happen now. He is NEVER coming back.]] |
| 484 | * DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:His soul is one of the souls Theodora summons to possess the Order of the Merciful Sword.]] |
| 485 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Rolen runs him through with the Forgiveness Sword, attempting to stake him. While the staking attempt narrowly misses, it would have reduced him to his mist form had Stellarosa not intervened with a fatal Sunbeam.]] |
| 486 | * NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler:Danto is effectively vapourized by a combination of being impaled by Rolen's holy weapon, being lit on fire by his Searing Smite, and Stellarosa casting Sunbeam as a coup d'grace, not even leaving behind a pile of ashes. Unfortunately for Illum, his soul survived, and ends up becoming part of Theodora's demonic army in the endgame.]] |
| 487 | * SmugSnake: A higher functioning example than most but he's still very fond of bragging about his own intelligence but is ultimately [[spoiler: tricked and defeated surprisingly easily by Veltari and Rolen]]. |
| 488 | * TortureTechnician: The man who burned down his domain, Raven Stern, winds up having a rather bad time with Danto. |
| 489 | * VampiresAreRich: He's described as being adorned with extravagant finery, while governing over a domain. He is more akin to conquering warlord than to idle aristocrat, however. |
| 490 | * WeakenedByTheLight: Vampire, natch. [[spoiler:Stellarosa hitting him with direct sunlight in a weakened state obliterates his body.]] |
| 491 | * WeaponSpecialization: His weapon of choice is a two-tailed whip [[BloodyMurder made from his own blood]]. |
| 492 | [[/folder]] |
| 493 | |
| 494 | [[folder:Stellarosa Legrand]] |
| 495 | Zoey's older sister, who became a celebrity through her magical accomplishments. |
| 496 | ---- |
| 497 | * AloofBigSister: Zoey does not remember her older sister in any kind terms, though given how Claire's jealousy distorts her view of Zoey, it is possible that the same can be said for Zoey's view of Stella. [[spoiler:While she was too focused on her studies to be very sisterly towards Zoey, it seems she genuinely cared for her and wanted her to be happy, even if it was in a curious scientist sort of way.]] |
| 498 | * CelebrityEndorsement: Using her popularity, she exchanges an endorsement of Danto for a Relic of Oghma. |
| 499 | * DragonWithAnAgenda: She's only working with Danto in order to get the Relic of Oghma and [[spoiler: betrays him the moment an opportunity presents itself]]. |
| 500 | * HotWitch: Quinn describes her as effortlessly pretty, and also, in a throwaway line, as a Rule 63 version of Tom Brady because Quinn's taste in men is inscrutable. |
| 501 | * MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:Stellarosa gave Zoey wild magic, in trying to help her become more proficient and overcome her inferiority complex.]] |
| 502 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Stellarosa aimed to increase Zoey's base level of magical talent by turning her into an arcane beacon of sorts, but this made her magic incredibly chaotic.]] |
| 503 | * TheSmartGuy: Where Danto values muscle more, Stellarosa lives by the cliché that knowledge is power. |
| 504 | * SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic: Stellarosa has a scientific approach to magic, and the intellectual detachment that goes with that. |
| 505 | * TeenGenius: Unlike Zoey, Stella has effortless control of her magic, to the point that it has earned her status and fame. |
| 506 | [[/folder]] |
| 507 | |
| 508 | [[folder:Gylan Cadun]] |
| 509 | Gylan Cadun was once Rolen Hawklight's commanding officer within the Order of the Merciful Sword. |
| 510 | ---- |
| 511 | * BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:He's reanimated as a zombie as part of Theodora's demonic army during the endgame.]] |
| 512 | * IronicNurseryTune: Battle Hymn of the Republic is not a nursery rhyme, but the way Austin performed the song as Gylan definitely recalls this type of cover, instantly giving him the vibe of a horror villain. What's more, due to it being a patriotic American song, it linked this bigoted and brutal character to a specific historical context in a way that made fans thirsty for his blood at once. |
| 513 | * HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler: After a difficult battle, Gylan is dispatched by Rolen by a vertical version of this... ouch.]] |
| 514 | * HateSink: As the cast themselves note at the start of episode 33, Gylan is the one villain of the campaign with absolutely no redeeming traits, and as a fascist cop absolutely [[spoiler:had to be dispatched in as spectacular a fashion as possible.]] |
| 515 | * IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: In response to Veltari trying to stop him from torturing Rolen, he grabbed an innocent person from his blood farm and ordered her to kill him to prove she's really evil. When Veltari's attempt to fake the murder fails, Gylan attacks her. |
| 516 | * KillerCop: It is clear that Gylan and his underlings use their position for personal gain and power trips, and brutalize people who do not submit. |
| 517 | * MoreDespicableMinion: While Danto is a tyrant and murderer he's pretty friendly and has redeeming qualities. Gylan by contrast is a racist prick who kills and tortures people out of sadism and pettiness. |
| 518 | * PeopleFarms: If anything could make it clear that Gylan is irredeemable, it's that he organized a blood farm within Nynson Chapel, draining people all day long. |
| 519 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He calls Rolen an "orc-lover" before anything else when he meets him, which given his status as a fantasy cop, recalls real world incidents of racially motivated police brutality in a striking way that given the DM is likely intentional. |
| 520 | * RasputinianDeath: [[spoiler:His reanimated body is destroyed by Rolen quartering him as his head is impaled by Veltari.]] |
| 521 | * YouAreInCommandNow: Gylan inherited command of the whole Merciful Sword after the upper echelon was decimated, and now works for Danto. |
| 522 | |
| 523 | [[/folder]] |
| 524 | [[folder:Mara Sleydon]] |
| 525 | --> '''Mara:''' I highly suggest setting things on fire, it’s very therapeutic. |
| 526 | Mara Sleydon is the last remaining member of the Scales of Justice, outside of Rolen himself. |
| 527 | ---- |
| 528 | * DamselOutOfDistress: Rolen is motivated to rescue her (along with salvaging the Order of the Merciful Sword) after Warder Tewold warns him about her. When he arrives, it turns out that she has been biding her time for being changed into a vampire with various assignments requiring daywalking. |
| 529 | * GuestStarPartyMember: Lauren plays her in the off-Ilium game. |
| 530 | * KillItWithFire: As her character quote would indicate, she has tendencies. |
| 531 | * ReformedButNotTamed: Mara hasn't wholly rejected the violence that is an undeniable part of her. This is actually part of her burgeoning friendship with Veltari, who herself struggles with feeling tame and ineffectual due to her new moral compass. Mara advises her to retool her dubious means towards a morally justifiable end, and make use of those tendencies that helped her survive. |
| 532 | * SleptThroughTheApocalypse: Mara was off on missionary work while the takeover of the Order of the Merciful Sword was happening, and as such, was not killed or turned. |
| 533 | * TechnicalPacifist: Mara has a special ability called Vow of the Pacifist... which she loses almost immediately in her first battle until her next long rest. |
| 534 | * TameHerAnger: Mara apparently ''really'' needs to work at her pacifism to be any good at it. |
| 535 | |
| 536 | [[/folder]] |
| 537 | [[folder:Zariel]] |
| 538 | Lady Nim's superior, an Archdemon commanding the forces of hell. |
| 539 | ---- |
| 540 | * AffablyEvil: Zariel is quite cordial and patient with Theodora. She does not extend the same courtesy to Lady Nim. |
| 541 | * BadBoss: Doesn't hesitate to put a hand around Nim's throat when she thinks she's mocking her. |
| 542 | * ChekhovsGunman: She initially appears in a flashback that Zoey uses to learn Nim's true name, but she later appears in person [[spoiler: When Dora goes to hell to enlist her aid]]. |
| 543 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: She is regularly baffled by the lengths [[spoiler:Dora]] will go to, and especially by their lack of concern at the idea of centuries of interplanar war. |
| 544 | * EvilIsVisceral: Her office is decorated with a blood fountain and bone furniture. |
| 545 | * FallenAngel: [[spoiler: Like Lady Nim, she was once an angel of Avandra.]] |
| 546 | |
| 547 | [[/folder]] |
| 548 | [[folder:Iris]] |
| 549 | A mysterious elf employed in the medical care of the blood farming subjects. |
| 550 | ---- |
| 551 | * AlmightyJanitor: Iris is just an ordinary elven nurse. Really. [[spoiler:She is, of course, an eladrin come to avenge her son whom Dora murdered in the Fey Wilds.]] |
| 552 | * DeadpanSnarker: When she says that she came to the blood farm because of the booming job opportunities, Veltari and Rolen aren't quite sure if she's joking or not. |
| 553 | * ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:She's after Dora for her son's sake. He cannot move on while Dora lives.]] |
| 554 | * TheMedic: She's not a cleric, but can administer some basic non-magical care. |
| 555 | * MindControl: She sends some of the exsanguinated subjects to assist Rolen, Veltari, and Mara in battle. The presence of these living "zombies" would suggest that she is the person who sent stalkers after Dora. |
| 556 | * RapidAging: [[spoiler:How she is dispatched, paired with an energy ball in the face.]] |
| 557 | |
| 558 | [[/folder]] |
| 559 | [[folder:Cyldiel Valamin]] |
| 560 | !!! See Characters/DiceFunkLorelei |
| 561 | |
| 562 | [[/folder]] |
| 563 | [[folder:Oghma '''Unmarked Spoilers''']] |
| 564 | The God of Knowledge himself. |
| 565 | ---- |
| 566 | * GodIsDead: When Zoey meets him, he's already moribund and coughing up blood. |
| 567 | * HeroicSacrifice: He uses the last of his strength to protect the party from Dora's Circle of Death. |
| 568 | * PhenotypeStereotype: Said to look Celtic, with red hair and freckles. |
| 569 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: He's described as looking equally like an older guy with some vigor, and a younger guy who's had a hard life. |
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