Line #310 Characters/DeathsGambit


1	Characters' page for Death's Gambit. Needs More Love.
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3	[[foldercontrol]]
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5	!Main Characters
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7	[[folder: Sorun Galbraith]]
8
9	!!Sorun Galbraith
10	-->'''Voiced By:''' [[TheVoiceless None]], [[spoiler:Creator/AleksLe (After Thalamus is defeated)]]
11	A soldier of Vados sent on the latest Great Expedition to Siradon to claim the Source of Immortality - and personally, to find his missing mother Everly who was sent there earlier for the same purpose. The expedition goes south fast when his forces and then himself are killed by Endless. He comes back to life thanks to Death and ends up drafted by him to be his servant in destroying the Source.
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13	* AmnesiacHero: He starts the game like this. [[spoiler:This is due to Thalamus wiping his memories at the end of each loop. He gets hit with it again at the start of the Collapsing Nightmare, but the Observer helps him recover.]]
14	* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Most characters - chiefly Vrael - seem to think so, but [[SubvertedTrope they could not be further from the truth.]] Death explicitly explains him that his current state (neither dead nor alive) is an unnatural state of flux, and that it will take its toll on him. [[spoiler: Dying enough times shows clearly that Sorun's mind is falling apart, as if Thalamus' machinations weren't wearing him down enough. This is shown as the Will stat in-game. It doesn't represent his force of will, it represents [[BigBad Thalamus']]. The more Will Sorun has, the stronger Thalamus' influence over his mind will be. If he has more than 100 Will when he confronts Death where the endings branch, Sorun will only be able to side with Thalamus.]]
15	* {{Determinator}}: He won't stop until he finds his mother. [[WhoWantsToLiveForever Vrael]] is more than happy to chew him out for it, asking if he thinks throwing himself at the enemy without fear of death is going to solve his problems. [[spoiler: This stubbornness actually manages to yield fruit in Ending A.]]
16	* DisappearedDad: Sorun's father left his family behind when he was a kid, leaving his wife Everly alone in raising him [[spoiler:and Ash.]]
17	* EvilMakesYouUgly: [[spoiler: By the time he reaches Death in Ending B, his portrait degrades into one of the withered "dark" Soruns you've met before.]]
18	* GroundhogDayLoop: NG+ has him realize that he's been here before. Come ''Afterlife'', [[spoiler: If Sorun sides with Death, he reveals to him he was actually stuck in a [[LotusEaterMachine dream-like state]] ever since he got sucked into Y'lnoth, and had been there for several years. Ash freed him from it shortly before their latest meeting. Because of this, he never entered Caer Siorai, killed Endless and destroyed the Source, and the last two are still alive and whole, respectively.]]
19	* LockedIntoStrangeness: Death's revival of Sorun left him with greenish skin. It also made his body emit a horrible smell.
20	* MiniBoss: Not himself, but various "dark" Soruns found throughout the world are powerful non-respawning enemies who drop abilities when killed. About a half of them have to be fought, notably the ones in [[spoiler: Y'lnoth.]]
21	* MissingMom: The main reason he went to Siradon is because his mother, Everly, disappeared in a past Great Expedition when he was a teen and he's looking for her.
22	* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler: Having to kill Endless a.k.a Everly over and over again is the "greatest regret" that Thalamus's been feeding him for an undisclosed amount of years. You can finally avert it come Ending A.]]
23	* SuddenlyVoiced: [[spoiler: Audibly speaks once you defeat the Avatar of Thalamus and end up in Vados.]]
24	* TearsOfBlood: On occasion his portrait is shown with these. [[spoiler: They become more frequent with subsequent deaths/hallucinations.]] Come ''Afterlife'', [[spoiler: one hallucination does it at Ending A and Sorun himself in Ending B.]]
25	* TheVoiceless: Though Sorun speaks quite a lot, unlike everyone else his voice can't be heard. [[spoiler:It's finally subverted once Thalamus is defeated in Ending A, where Sorun speaks with his own voice.]]
26	[[/folder]]
27
28	[[folder: Death]]
29
30	!!Death
31	->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/MatthewMercer
32
33	* AllPowerfulBystander: Despite his incredible powers, he cannot directly interfere with the mortal world; hence the need for Sorun to act as his agent. Defied here and there for a joke however, i.e. at Garde Tum where he can be seen playing a game or being a hapless cookhelp of a caustic Lumberkin chef. [[spoiler: It's a subtle foreshadowing that something is off about this whole adventure.]]
34	* DidntSeeThatComing: Not even Death himself is as omniscient as he'd like to be. [[spoiler:Blame Thalamus for that. Sorun was locked in a deep sleep ever since he first encountered Thalamus at Y'lnoth, causing Death to lose contact with him for ''years'' until Sorun suddenly appears ''in his own domain'' in the afterlife, leaving him gobsmacked until Thalamus reveals himself.]]
35	* DontFearTheReaper: Although he can be caustic and intimidating, he is there to offer advice or [[spoiler: console Sorun after he finds Everly's corpse, or rather, its hallucination.]] He's also willing to humor some banter.
36	* FinalBoss: [[spoiler: Of Ending B, as The Crow.]]
37	* NoodleIncident: Not allowed to directly interfere with events on the mortal plane after an incident of some kind.
38	* SinisterScythe: A huge golden scythe he uses to reap Sorun's soul once he dies.
39	* ThankingTheViewer: [[spoiler: In Ending A, thanks you for guiding Sorun through the adventure and crisply remarks that he'll see you again "in a while".]]
40	* WhatTheHellPlayer: [[spoiler: Doesn't address you directly, but ponders just what else other than "sick curiosity" could have spurred you to trust Thalamus of all people.]]
41	[[/folder]]
42
43	[[folder: Vrael]]
44
45	!!Vrael
46	->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/CarsonBeck
47
48	A tailless lizardman exile from Vil'Dradur, he's the first person Sorun interacts with after reviving. Not a very friendly fellow all in all, and utterly unsympathetic for immortals.
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50	* ActionDad: [[spoiler:Ending A reveals he has a daughter named Nive, and they're seen playing together.]]
51	* AssistCharacter: [[spoiler: He, alongside Ione and Endless, help you out against Thalamus in Ending A.]]
52	* DualBoss: [[spoiler: He and Ione's hallucinations ambush you just before Endless. They're also fought in Y'lnoth.]] No longer the case come ''Afterlife''.
53	* TheLancer: Shares the role with Ione.
54	* LeaveYourQuestTest: When he first meets Sorun at the very beginning, he asks him to leave Siradon and return to Vados so that his people know what happened. Unfortunately, if Sorun listens to him, [[spoiler:his own people will execute him for abandoning his men.]]
55	* LizardFolk: Unlike his immortal brethren that you face in-game, he's both tailless and mortal.
56	* MyGreatestFailure: As seen during the Ending A route, Vrael is haunted by his time being ostracized and disowned by his people and family for wanting to destroy the Source. This is also the reason for his tail getting cut off.
57	* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Although he isn't immortal himself, he's seen his homeland and his people tear themselves apart over their desire for it, and he wants to stop the issue for good by destroying the Source.
58	* YouAreTooLate: [[spoiler: He and Ione arrive just in time to see Sorun getting sent to Y'lnoth. They die by Endless's hand shortly after.]] [[spoiler:Subverted in that Vrael didn't die, but all three of them were trapped in a nightmare by Thalamus after Sorun falls into Y'lnoth.]]
59	[[/folder]]
60
61	[[folder: Ione Eku]]
62
63	!!Ione Eku
64	->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/AllegraClark
65
66	A woman initially working as Endless's lackey, she eventually defects and becomes a companion of the journey alongside Vrael, with her designs set on destroying the Source of Immortality. She also teaches Spear and Halberd skills.
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68	* AchillesHeel: Ione can hit quite hard in her fight, but nearly all of her moves hit horizontally. Her attacks can also be parried.
69	* DualBoss: She and the Forgotten Gaian take turns fighting you before they attack you together. [[spoiler: Her and Vrael's hallucinations also ambush you just before Endless. They're also fought in Y'lnoth hallucination.]]
70	** [[AssistCharacter Inverted]] in the Afterlife update if you fight the Dark Knight after defeating the Forgotten Gaian, where she will assist you against the Dark Knight [[spoiler: and against Thalamus in Ending A.]]
71	* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:In Ending A, she's clearly still furious with Endless for what she forced her to do, but she's still willing to fight alongside her for as long as they're stuck in Thalamus' realm.]]
72	-->'''Ione:''' [[spoiler:I thought I felt the nauseating resonance of your soul. Endless, you will answer for the horrors you've inflicted.]]
73	-->'''Endless:''' [[spoiler:Ione... I'm not naive enough to ask for your forgiveness. The choices we made-]]
74	-->'''Ione:''' [[spoiler:You didn't give me a choice. The blood on my hands will ''never'' come clean. And neither will yours. But... there are forces here beyond my understanding. And you three are the only things familiar to me in this strange new world.]]
75	-->'''Endless:''' [[spoiler:Then we are agreed. We are united, until we get through this. Should we survive, you may have your retribution, Ione.]]
76	* HeelFaceTurn: After defeating the Forgotten Gaian, she'll end up at Central Sanctuary as a, initially begrudging, ally. [[spoiler: It turns out she was never planning to join Endless, but chose to out of fear for her own life.]]
77	* TheLancer: Shares the role with Vrael. Unlike him, she steadily warms up to Sorun over the course of the game.
78	* MyGreatestFailure: As seen during the Ending A route, Ione's greatest regret was choosing to turn on her comrades in the Expedition and hunt them down with Endless's forces in exchange for being spared.
79	* SoleSurvivor: She was the only survivor of the Great Expedition sent before Sorun's, spared by Endless in exchange for working for her.
80	* WarmupBoss: The game's first boss at Gaian's Cradle. The jury's out if she's easier to beat than the Owlking after.
81	* YouAreTooLate: [[spoiler: She and Vrael arrive just in time to see Sorun getting sent to Y'lnoth. They die by Endless's hand shortly after.]] [[spoiler:Subverted in that Ione didn't die, but all three of them were trapped in a nightmare by Thalamus after Sorun falls into Y'lnoth.]]
82	[[/folder]]
83
84	[[folder: Endless]]
85
86	!!Endless[[spoiler:/Everly Galbraith]]
87	->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/EvanneFriedmann
88
89	The Immortal responsible for Sorun's death. Her plans are a mystery, but her martial skill cannot be questioned.
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91	* ArchnemesisMom: [[spoiler:She turns out to be Sorun's disappeared mother, Everly.]]
92	* {{BFS}}: Her sword is a more unusual variant, being slender and thin, but quite long and sharp. It also glows green like her eyes.
93	* DiscOneFinalBoss: No longer the final boss as of the Afterlife update, [[spoiler: unless it's Ending C.]]
94	* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: In Ending A, uses Thalamus' tantrum attack against him to destroy the Source of Immortality, though she dies from the long fall.]]
95	* FinalSpeech: [[spoiler:In Ending A, after destroying the Source and saving Vados from Thalamus' last attack, she gives one of these to Sorun in her final moments.]]
96	-->[[spoiler:'''Everly:''' Do you remember? The days gone by? It feels like... we've been fighting forever to have them back. Maybe we finally did. If only for a... brief moment. You and Ash... were everything to me. So promise me... you'll live to see a new dawn.]]
97	* FlashStep: Her signature move. She can quickly teleport and shred anything in front of her with a swing of her sword.
98	* TheHeavy: She's the main antagonistic force in the game, but it's [[spoiler: Thalamus]] who's in charge.
99	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: In Ending A, joins forces with you, Vrael and Ione to fight Thalamus.]]
100	* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:She seemingly kills Ione and Vrael after Sorun falls into Y'lnoth.]] [[spoiler:Fortunately averted. Thalamus trapped all three of them in his nightmare realm.]]
101	* HopelessBossFight: The fight at the Caer Siorai gate. Double Subverted in that while you still need to defeat her (she has a health bar to deplete), [[spoiler: Thalamus]] will kill you once you do.
102	* LockedIntoStrangeness: [[spoiler:Whatever Thalamus did to Everly to turn her into Endless, it turned her black hair white, her skin pale and her eyes black.]]
103	* MasterSwordsman: Her first [[spoiler: chronological]] appearance in the original game involves cutting down four horsemen and their horses in the blink of an eye, and then again... and again. [[HopelessBossFight You fare a little better, at best.]]
104	* MyGreatestFailure: As shown during the Ending A route, [[spoiler: Everly is in utter anguish over her failure to protect Ash from the Magisters as a child.]]
105	* PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler: Subverted. Once Endless reveals herself to be Everly, one has to wonder why she never bothered to address Sorun about this and save at least him a lot of grief. And yet, the alternate outcome from her first fight and the Zero Fear ending in the original game imply that her mind and actions were not her own the entire time...]]
106	* ResurrectiveImmortality: Endless became an Immortal and is unable to be permanently killed for as long as the Source exists. Ione saw her suffer otherwise mortal injuries during their time together, only to stand back up shortly after, no worse for wear.
107	* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: Zero Fear ending reveals that she expected to be transported to Y'lnoth upon her death - which implies Thalamus has been influencing her decisions for a while now.]] ''Afterlife'' implies she's [[spoiler: actually a ''witting'' pawn.]]
108	* WeaponTombstone: [[spoiler:After her death in Ending A, Sorun plants her sword alongside her grave near their home.]]
109	* WhatASenselessWasteOfHumanLife: Her opinion on the Great Expeditions. She doesn't enjoy killing so many people, but she believes it's necessary to keep the Source of Immortality away from them. She was in fact planning to unite the nearby kingdoms against Vados and kill its king to end them for good.
110	[[/folder]]
111
112	[[folder: Everly Galbraith]]
113
114	!!Everly Galbraith
115	->'''Voiced By:''' [[spoiler:Creator/EvanneFriedmann]]
116
117	Sorun's mother, sent on an earlier expedition to Siradon. Never returned. Finding her is one of Sorun's primary motivations during the game, even in spite of everyone finding it unlikely she survived the ordeal...
118
119	For further information about her, consult the [[spoiler: Endless folder]].
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121	* ActionMom: Like mother, like son.
122	* ExactWords: One conversation with Death has him state that he never reaped Everly's soul. [[spoiler: That's because she's an Immortal.]]
123	* MissingMom: Finding Everly was Sorun's primary goal during the expedition even before he became Death's servant. [[/folder]]
124
125	[[folder: Ash (UNMARKED SPOILERS)]]
126
127	!!Ash Lorn
128
129	''Afterlife''-exclusive character (although he was alluded to before and the NPC now known as Nier used to have his name); Sorun's older adoptive brother. First seen as a hallucination after escaping Y'lnoth, he is also the voice addressing you as you defeat Heroic bosses. Thalamus' left hand who breaks you out of the {{Lotus Eater Machine}} to try and win you over on his master's side.
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131	* BlackEyesOfCrazy: His eyes are completely black.
132	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Killed his abusive father in a gory ritual killing - which he might have had some help with - before trying to kill himself. That didn't take due to the Exiled Gods' intervention, so he ended up at Everly's household - and then was torn away from there once the Magisters seized him. By the time you meet his real form in-game, he's a burnt-out puppet of Thalamus.
133	* TheDragon: Thalamus' real second-in-command.
134	** DragonTheirFeet: Doesn't really show up to help his master until [[PostFinalBoss the final fight with Thalamus]] in Vados, and even then he's busy fighting Ione and Vrael in the background.
135	* DualWielding: Uses two curved swords wreathed in black and purple energy.
136	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite Thalamus' influence on him, he still loved his mother Everly/Endless and was heartbroken after her sacrifice in Ending A. In the credits, he can be seen grieving alone in Y'lnoth, slamming his fists on the floor and howling at the sky.
137	** It was also the main reason he freed Sorun from the nightmare, as he hoped Sorun will fight alongside him and help Thalamus end Death. He's visibly saddened if Sorun sides with Death.
138	-->'''Ash:''' I see... I was fool for expecting anything less.
139	* HornedHumanoid: He has five horns growing around his head. The horns' shape resembles the crown of Sirad.
140	* InstantArmor: Manifests one made of pure Soul Energy in his heroic rematch's second phase. It will be temporarilly dispelled if his attacks are parried.
141	* TheKingslayer: He kills King Valz by running him through with his sword, pinning the king's corpse on his own throne.
142	* MisplacedRetribution: After the events of Ending A, he blames Sorun for Everly's death, despite her sacrificing her life to save all of Vados from Thalamus.
143	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: He's the only reason why you're able to destroy Thalamus' nightmare. Death posits Ash broke you out either because he wanted to manipulate you or [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes out of genuine familial bond.]] (It was the latter). Thalamus even [[KickTheDog rubs it in his face]] if you choose to side with Death.
144	-->'''Thalamus:''' This is what your family bond is worth, Ash. ''Nothing.''
145	* PostFinalBoss: He's fought after Thalamus, the TrueFinalBoss, is defeated.
146	* RageBreakingPoint: Everly's death turns his anger towards Sorun for not siding with Thalamus into murderous hatred.
147	-->'''Ash:''' Everly is dead! By your own doing! All you had to do was kill the Crow! Instead, you ''betrayed'' me... '''AND HER!!'''
148	* RevengeBeforeReason: Wanted Sorun to be fully awake and cognizant so he could witness the destruction of Vados. This backfires on him severely.
149	** His anger towards the Magisters that ruined his life drives him to devastate Vados alongside Thalamus, killing the king personally.
150	* VillainousBreakdown: The double combo of Everly's death and Sorun defeating him shatters what remains of his psyche, reducing him to a furious and screaming wreck that wants nothing but to destroy all of existence to end his own misery.
151	-->'''Ash:''' Why won't you die?! You are nothing. I WAS '''CHOSEN!!''' This... this is just another nightmare... haha... ahahahaha... [[LaughingMad AHAHAHAHAHA!]]
152	-->'''Sorun:''' You can't keep running from grief.
153	-->'''Ash:''' ... Everly... was the last person who remembered me for who I was.
154	-->'''Sorun:''' I remember... a shy but caring older brother.
155	-->'''Ash:''' Look at me. [[ThatManIsDead There is nothing left of what you remember.]] And you ''killed'' the last of what ''I'' remember! I will unmake this reality, once the Dormant Father wakes! I 'll never forgive you, Sorun! If it means crossing dreams, and shattering reality... '''''I will make you suffer.'''''
156	* WalkingSpoiler: His very existence makes him this. If you don't play a heroic rematch, you will never even know he lives still.
157	* WhyWontYouDie: After he's defeated in his heroic rematch, he screams the trope verbatim.
158	[[/folder]]
159
160	[[folder: The Observer (UNMARKED SPOILERS)]]
161
162	!!The Observer
163
164	Yes, you. Only Death, Thalamus and Xyarlohatp acknowledge you, but it is through your guidance that Sorun's actions in either Ending A or B are possible.
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166	* FromBeyondTheFourthWall: Thanks to Death giving you a shard of Sorun's soul, you're able to control him and interact with his world.
167	* NoNameGiven: You're just referred to as "The Observer" most of the time. Thalamus averts it at the start of his FinalBoss fight, calling you by your computer's name.
168	* SpannerInTheWorks: You can become this to either Thalamus or Death. Your intervention alone saves Sorun from being trapped for eternity inside Y'lnoth as another plaything of Thalamus.
169	* YouBastard: Gets called out by Death on Ending B for seeing what the route entails. Pre-emptively gets invoked in Ending A, as initiating NewGamePlus will undo the hard-fought happy ending.
170	[[/folder]]
171
172	![=NPCs=]
173
174	[[folder: Sigur]]
175
176	!!Sigur of the Flame
177	->'''Voiced By:''' Sarah H. Fairbrook
178
179	A knightess of the Covenant, sent here together with Sorun on an expedition. Fairly resigned about her fate. She teaches a number of skills, chiefly a handy Light spell for navigating dark areas.
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181	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler: Gets killed by her reanimated brother at the end of her questline.]]
182	* HeroicBSOD: She's stuck on one, having lost her brother, who was killed by Endless when she attacked the expedition.
183	* SoleSurvivor: She and Sorun were the only survivors of the Expedition after Endless killed everyone else. If not for Death bringing Sorun back to life, Sigur would've been the only survivor.
184	* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: The Covenant of the Flame binds and enslaves immortals into eternal servitude. She even threatens to do the same to Sorun should he linger around for too long.
185	[[/folder]]
186
187	[[folder: Bast]]
188
189	!!Bast, Emissary of Vil'Dradur
190	->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/EvanSmith
191
192	--> ''You've strayed far from your herd, little sheep. Any solace you might've found here has long since fled.''
193
194	An emissary of Vil'Dradur, or so he claims, this lizardman can teach you Dagger skills. He also requests that the player gathers NPC's to bring some life and closure to the Sanctuary.
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196	* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:He is in fact a SerialKiller and, unless killed, will slowly begin picking off the people of Central Sanctuary one by one as you progress further in the game. If not stopped, he'll kill everyone except for Ione and Vrael.]]
197	* LizardFolk: Unlike Vrael, he still has his tail. The two never actually interact.
198	[[/folder]]
199
200	[[folder: Jaco of Basilus]]
201
202	!!Jaco of Basilus
203	->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/EvanSmith
204
205	* TheCavalry: [[spoiler: Shows up at Vados with Vrael and Ione in tow to help out against Thalamus. In a flying balloon carriage, no less!]]
206	* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler: His fate if you let Bast kill him.]]
207	[[/folder]]
208
209	[[folder: Zuma]]
210
211	!!Zuma
212	->'''Voiced By:'''Creator/MatthewMercer
213
214	A servant of Death, and a liaison to His chosen - that being you. Freed after defeating the Amarog Shaman guarding him short ways from the Sanctuary, he offers enchanting/disenchanting services, a number of Scythe and Tome skills, and a chance to reflect on the past...
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216	* DistressedDude: Sorun finds him tied between two poles by Kaern (Original version) or an Amarog mage (''Afterlife''). After killing it and freeing him, Zuma moves to Central Sanctuary.
217	* EquipmentUpgrade: Zuma can upgrade Sorun's items with the right amount of Soul Stones. He can also scrap unused equipment and turn it into more Soul Stones.
218	* ItsTheJourneyThatCounts: [[spoiler: He waits for you on top of the stone giant. Sorun is disappointed to find no grand fight on top of the creature, to which Zuma replies sometimes one has to do other things than just scale giant monsters in search of a challenge. He does give you some goodies as a consolation prize though.]]
219	[[/folder]]
220
221	[[folder: Nymeria]]
222
223	!!Nymeria
224	->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/AllegraClark
225
226	An archer from the Isles, she and Grimgaud are first found prisoners of the Amarog. Once freed, she returns to the Sanctuary where she teaches Bow skills.
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228	* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Speaks with a French accent.
229	* HiredGuns: Explains that people from the Isles are compensated to join Great Expeditions, and clarifies to a baffled Sorun that "immortality doesn't pay taxes".
230	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: If you let Bast kill her, her corpse wounds up impaled on the broken pillar near where Ione stands. Ione herself is notably shaken by the event.]]
231	* TheStraightAndArrowPath: Wields a huge golden crossbow. Sadly it's not available for use.
232	[[/folder]]
233
234	[[folder: Grimgaud]]
235
236	!!Grimgaud
237	->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/CarsonBeck
238
239	A huge warrior, he and Nymeria are first found prisoners of the Amarog. Once freed, he returns to the Sanctuary where he teaches various skills pertaining to Strength-scaling weapons.
240	[[/folder]]
241
242	[[folder: Alistair]]
243
244	!!Alistair
245
246	A snail-like creature, allegedly cursed into this form by Astromancer Amulvaro. While his role in the original game was greatly limited, in ''Afterlife'' he lets you craft weapons, armor, and items.
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248	* FateWorseThanDeath: Calls his current predicament such verbatim.
249	* ForcedTransformation: Amulvaro turned him into a snail.
250	* VoiceOfTheLegion: Speaks in at least three different voices.
251	[[/folder]]
252
253	[[folder: Braeorn]]
254
255	!!Braeorn
256
257	An agent of the Vados crown, and a character exclusive to a Noble playthrough. He sells unique items.
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259	* DiscOneNuke: He's in possession of an Aldwynn Halberd +5 for 1100 shards - which can be acquired well before you set foot in Obsidian Vale and even gain an ability to enchant weapons.
260	[[/folder]]
261
262	[[folder: Fink]]
263
264	!!Fink
265	->'''Voiced By:''' Keenan Mosimann
266
267	A strange little critter that offers wares and shows up throughout the game, trying to swindle you out of your essence.
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269	* DeviousDaggers: A dishonest swindler who attacks with a poisoned knife if made hostile. Come ''Afterlife'', you can get his knives from him.
270	* HarmlessVillain: If non-hostile, he'll just try to swindle you out of Essence here and there, usually over things that you can easily do yourself. If made hostile, he's barely a roadbump even early in the game.
271	* HonestJohnsDealership: Half of his stock when you first meet him is useless, and the other half has questionable applications at best. Subverted later if you do buy something from him where he gains access to useful items.
272	* NotSoHarmlessVillain: [[spoiler: He traps you and Vrael in a crusher pit and nearly kills the two of you. Subverted when Vrael decides he's done playing around and simply busts out of the trap with little effort.]]
273	* PermanentlyMissableContent: If you don't buy anything from him at Gaian's Cradle or attack him by accident (Not that hard to do, actually, Gaian's Cradle is full of shambling enemies and he comes right after Ione, so you may be too tense to realize he isn't hostile), he'll turn hostile for the rest of the playthrough, locking you out not just from his services, but also Sigur's questline.
274	[[/folder]]
275
276	[[folder: Nier]]
277
278	!!Ash'Nier of the Deep
279	->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/MarishaRay
280
281	A strange dragon-like creature found at Journey's End. Not hostile, but scorns Death.
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283	* DraconicAbomination: [[spoiler:Heavily implied to be an Exiled God, like Thalamus and Xyarlohatp. Her presence in their realm to aid Ash in his fight with Sorun confirms it.]]
284	* OneSteveLimit: Was originally called Ash, before ''Afterlife'' added Ash.
285	* OurDragonsAreDifferent: She resembles a dragon, but her body seems to be made of tree roots and bark, she has no eyes and her wings are like a dragonfly or a fairy.
286	* ShoutOut: Since her name change, She's now named after ''that'' [[VideoGame/{{Nier}} Nier]].
287	* TokenGoodTeammate: [[spoiler:Unlike her kin, Nier isn't interested in fighting or harming Sorun in any way.]]
288	[[/folder]]
289
290	[[folder: Eva]]
291
292	!!Eva
293
294	A young girl found in the Collapsing Nightmare during Ending A. Sorun rescues her, and she goes on to try to find her mother and father.
295	----
296	* SmallRoleBigImpact: Literally just an ordinary girl that Sorun finds and helps out in the midst of finding Ione, Vrael, and Endless. Freeing her though allows her to find and wake up her parents, who in turn wake up more people who in turn wake up ''more people'' beyond that at an exponential rate who then play the role of TheCavalry, rescuing Sorun and his friends just as Thalamus seemed poised to defeat them.
297
298	[[/folder]]
299
300	[[folder: The Lumberkin]]
301
302	!!The Lumberkin
303
304	A race of diminutive, reptile-esque creatures. In a game about immortality [[{{Foil}} they stand in polar opposite, as a race whose members only live for a day]].
305	----
306	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: One Lumberkin is also in the employ of Death like Sorun, but trash talks Sorun for using Death Idols to save his progress. Death himself confirms that the Lumberkin in question has died fewer times than Sorun.
307	* FakeUltimateHero: Sir Thomas, who co-opts Sorun's victory over the Owlking by claiming he was the one who did it. When you confront each other, he offers to let Sorun get the first hit in. [[SuicidalOverconfidence It doesn't go well for him.]]
308	* KillerRabbit: Throughout Siradon, you can find several Lumberkin riding frogs and wearing knight helms. Despite their frailty, they can hit quite hard.
309	* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: One of the Lumberkins running Frupi's restaurant gang pressed Death into working as a cook.
310	* OneSteveLimit: The last Lumberkin of the colony in Central Sanctuary is also called Sorun. His parents named him after you.
311	* PluckyComicRelief: WordOfGod establishes that their presence is just there for levity.
312	* RewardingInactivity: When you meet Lumberkin Sorun, he tells Sorun to wait for him for 10 minutes in the cave. Once those 10 minutes pass, an older Sorun returns with a rare Immortalite stone he gives you for free.
313	* ViolationOfCommonSense: A race of creatures whose members that only live for a day, and have domesticated giant slugs for conducting exoduses. One of them rightfully questions why they are using such a slow animal.
314	* WeAreAsMayflies: You can't get much more short-lived than a single day. One particular room in Central Sanctuary chronicles the rise, and inevitable fall, of a Lumberkin society, with its final member visibly aging significantly in just the span of ten minutes.
315
316	[[/folder]]
317
318	[[folder: Burlag]]
319
320	!!Burlag the Great
321
322	A gigantic rabbit that lives in the Burrow, a cave system that lies beneath Gaian's Cradle. He's a vendor that has no interest for shards, but for something more... carroty.
323	----
324
325	* CollectorOfTheStrange: Burlag's wares are highly rare and unusual, including Immortalite, Dark Matter, [[RareCandy Seeds of Knowledge]], stat-enhancing boots and even intel on Endless' true nature.
326	* DentedIron: His body bears several scars.
327	* LemonyNarrator: His speech pattern is like this, narrating Sorun's encounters with him.
328	* NoNameGiven: His interactions only call him "Rabbit". His Golden Carrot Aura reveals his name.
329	* {{Telepathy}}: Burlag speaks with his mind, but prefers to call it his stomach rumbles over his hunger for carrots.
330	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He loves Golden Carrots. He also accepts them as currency for his wares.
331
332	[[/folder]]
333
334
335	[[folder: Valz]]
336
337	!!King Valz
338
339	The king of Vados and organizer of the Great Expeditions sent to Siradon every four years, due to his desire for immortality.
340	----
341
342	* TheGhost: Goes unseen for nearly all of the game, except for two occasions: [[spoiler:Sorun's execution if he returns to Vados at the beginning of the game, and his death at the hands of Ash.]]
343	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Is killed by Ash when he stabs him with one of his swords.]]
344	* PuppetKing: [[spoiler:In the grand scheme of things, he's just a puppet of the Magisters' bidding.]]
345
346	[[/folder]]
347
348	[[folder: Magisters (Unmarked Spoilers Ahead)]]
349
350	!!The Magisters of Nurem
351	->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/AleksLe (Wounded Magister), Creator/KeithSilverstein and Creator/MatthewMercer (Vados Magisters)
352
353	An ancient and highly influencial cult, the Magisters of Nurem act as advisors to the kings of several nations, who hide their true treacherous nature behind their golden masks. A large group of them have a base in Siradon known as the Magisters' Labyrinth, led by the Grey Wanderer.
354
355	* AlmostDeadGuy: Early in the Labyrinth, you can find a dying Magister that discovered the AwfulTruth about his cult.
356	* AssholeVictim: Once Ash returns to Vados to DestroyTheAbusiveHome, the Magisters in the city are his main targets. You can even see when he brutally kills two of them while he heads towards Valz' palace.
357	* HumanSacrifice: The real reason of the Great Expeditions is to feed Thalamus with the souls of the many poor sods that die in them.
358	* LightIsNotGood: They wear white robes and golden masks, but they're rotten to the core.
359	* LightningBruiser: Magisters have it all. They can teleport, their spells hit really hard and they're very sturdy.
360	* TheManBehindTheMan: They are the ones directly responsible for the terrible suffering Siradon's neighbors have suffered in trying to obtain immortality. They're also the reason Sorun has no family anymore, having lost both his brother and his mother to their machinations.
361	* ReligionOfEvil: They worship the Exiled Gods, especially [[BigBad Thalamus]]. They weren't always this way, as they used to worship Death.
362	* SquishyWizard: Averted. Despite mainly using magic to fight you, they're surprisingly tough and hard to kill.
363
364	[[/folder]]
365
366	!Bosses
367
368	[[folder: Owlking]]
369
370	!!Owlking
371
372	* AuthorityInNameOnly: One of its Journals states it's "royal only in name, with no subjects to speak of".
373	* BodyHorror: It has a huge gaping maw going through its torso and two bone blades for hands, as well as a mismatched face.
374	* DeadGuyOnDisplay: [[spoiler:After its death, the Lumberkin Sir Thomas of Dark Hole took its corpse and decorated his stash with it.]]
375	* DegradedBoss: Owlkings show up ''en masse'' at Amulvaro's Observatory. They're actually stronger than the original, though they do not possess the boss's bombarding attack.
376	* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Subverted. Normal Owlking has a red cape; Heroic Owlking instead dons a blue one.
377	* NoodleIncident: The byproduct of one, according to a Lumberkin at Frupi's describing someone else fed a bunch of Soul Stones to an animal and turned it into a monster.
378	* WarmupBoss: Though technically a second boss in the game, it's the first to get a proper title card and a health bar. It's still much, much easier than anything else you'll face ahead.
379	[[/folder]]
380
381	[[folder: Forgotten Gaian]]
382
383	!!Forgotten Gaian
384
385	* AgonyOfTheFeet: How you defeat it: by hacking away at its foot until it topples. Afterlife goes one step further, where depleting its health there will make it fall to one knee and expose more vulnerable spots.
386	* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: It's positively huge, and swings with enough power to let you feel it.
387	* ColossusClimb: You can climb its sword, though it will try its damnedest to shake you off. If you succeed, it will simply extend the blade and let you duel Ione without interruptions. The rework to this fight in the Afterlife update removes this though.
388	* DualBoss: At first it and Ione take turns fighting you. Once you deplete her health enough, the two begin attacking in unison.
389	* FlunkyBoss: Heroic fight has it summon reinforcements from time to time.
390	* OptionalBoss: You don't actually need to defeat it, but doing so lands Ione in the sanctuary and begins her questline (on top of the Talent Point and the essence). No longer the case come ''Afterlife''; it drops a [[GoombaStomp Crash Down]] upgrade you'll need to progress.
391	[[/folder]]
392
393	[[folder: Soul of the Phoenix/Phoenix Rider]]
394
395	!!Soul of the Phoenix/Phoenix Rider
396	->'''Voiced By:''' Sarah H. Fairbrook
397
398	* TheCameo: [[spoiler: Shows up during a fight with Thalamus as a hallucination.]]
399	* AGodAmI: Calls herself a god after she finishes taunting Sorun over [[spoiler: Everly's death]] if you die to her in the fight in the Orange Forest.
400	* GlassCannon: Much squishier than your average boss, but with enough range and ferocity to kill you in seconds. Getting caught in her second phase's {{Spin Attack}} might as well be a {{One Hit Kill}}. Doubly so in the Heroic rematch - which, prior to ''Afterlife'', was the sole Heroic fight you ''had'' to do.
401	* MythologyGag: In ''Afterlife'', upon gaining the ability to Dreamshift, you can warp to the "Orange Forest" and fight an alternate version still retaining the name Soul of the Phoenix. This version of the Rider replicates the environment and gimmicks of the original release's mandatory Heroic Rematch version of the Rider, though it still has its own tougher Heroic Rematch.
402	* NonIndicativeName: Defeating her doesn't actually do any harm to a Phoenix. Journals of the Immortals straight up call her a parasite leeching off the Phoenix's endless energy. The Afterlife update renames it the Phoenix Rider.
403	* SelfDuplication: Its Heroic Rematch lets it summon additional copies of itself, though they all share the same health bar.
404	* TurnsRed: Inverted. The Rider/Soul ''starts'' red-orange but turns blue after its health drops too low, and employs stronger attacks.
405	* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The Phoenix itself sleeps in the background during the first fight.
406	[[/folder]]
407
408	[[folder: Tundra Lord Kaern]]
409
410	!!Tundra Lord Kaern
411
412	* AnIcePerson: Can summon icicle projectiles like Amarog Shamans, but also throws around giant ice blocks.
413	* BodyHorror: He's basically a rotting body with a skull on top of it.
414	* TheCameo: [[spoiler: Shows up during the fight with Thalamus as a hallucination.]]
415	* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: You see him getting revived by the Amarogs on your first entry to Obsidian Vale.
416	* OptionalBoss: Come ''Afterlife'', the entire Obsidian Vale is an optional area, with Kaern at the top of it all. Defeating him does net you an extra plume however.
417	* TookALevelInBadass: Kearn is fought much later in ''Afterlife'' than he is in the original release, when the only real obstacle between you and him was the Soul of the Phoenix and holding Zuma (and thus the means to upgrade gear) captive meant he was a priority earlygame target. ''Afterlife'' puts more bosses and obstacles between you and him, and provides a significant damage buff to Kaern so he can still be a challenge to Sorun in spite of newfound power and mobility.
418	[[/folder]]
419
420	[[folder: The Bulwark of Aldwynn]]
421
422	!!The Bulwark of Aldwynn
423	->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/JalenKCassell
424
425	* AnimatedArmor: Natch. Once you hit him enough, his soul comes out and start throwing out AOE's. Unlike what you may think, it isn't his weak spot and you simply need to force it back in the armor to continue damaging him. Origa states that he used to be an actual person underneath the armor, but the passage of time robbed him of it.
426	* {{BFS}}: He's able to use Storm Caller, which turns Skybreaker into a gigantic blade of light.
427	* TheCameo: [[spoiler: Shows up during the fight with Thalamus as a hallucination.]]
428	* DamageIncreasingDebuff: Getting hit by the shockwaves released by his exposed soul will increase the damage you sustain from attacks for quite a while. This is a concern during his fight, easily qualifying as ThatOneAttack, which goes into overdrive when [[spoiler: Thalamus summons MULTIPLE OF THEM during your boss fight against him, who do nothing but spam this attack.]]
429	* DoubleJump: The upgrade you get from defeating him. Defeating the Bulwark in a Heroic rematch nets you the Bulwark's Pride, an aura that lets you ''triple'' jump and permanently manifests his wings behind Sorun's back.
430	* FlunkyBoss: Periodically summons mobs to distract you.
431	* GracefulLoser: Once you approach him for the Heroic rematch, he can teach you a powerful Longsword skill instead.
432	* NamedWeapons: His sword, the Skybreaker. The sword was used as Aldwynn's guillotine before the kingdom's collapse and has the power to summon the Bulwark's soul when Sorun has 100 Soul Energy.
433	* PowerGivesYouWings: He manifests a pair of glowing golden wings when his fight starts, though he doesn't fly with them. Sorun obtains an Aura that gives him those same wings after defeating him in a Heroic rematch.
434	* SinisterScythe: He's able to turn Skybreaker into a scythe when he swings it downwards.
435	* SmallRoleBigImpact: The immortalization of the Bulwark gave way to the craze that beset Aldwynn and led to its society's complete destruction. Despite that, he's fought fairly early in the game.
436	* WakeUpCallBoss: It's possible for Bulwark to be your third boss - and it's likely you'll get your butt handed to you if you try to tackle him right away. Between his solid health pool and strong-hitting attacks, you may want to consider arming up appropriately first.
437	* YouRemindMeOfX: After he's defeated for the first time, he tells Sorun he reminds him of [[spoiler:Everly.]]
438	-->'''Bulwark:''' You remind me... of... of [[spoiler:her...]]
439	[[/folder]]
440
441	[[folder: Origa]]
442
443	!!Origa Magdalena, the Ghost of Aldwynn
444	->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/EvanneFriedmann
445
446	* CardboardPrison: Traps you in one after you die to her. Double Subverted in that while the prison ''is'' effective (though Origa wryly notes that "the bars will rust, eventually"), you can just use a Crow Plume to warp to the last visited Death Idol or use a Suicide Blade that's in the very same cell. If you get die to her a second time, Vrael will simply bust the cell doors open if you wait long enough.
447	* ColdSniper: She wields a sniper rifle and will shoot Sorun from afar when he first enters Aldwynn.
448	* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: Ending B reveals that her soul is in the Afterlife.]]
449	* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: She's simply meditating on Aldwynn Graveyard as she expires.]]
450	* LaserBlade: Wields a katana-like energy sword in case she empties her rifle's magazine.
451	* LastOfHerKind: She's the last surviving human from Garde Tum.
452	-->'''Sorun:''' Are you the last of your people?
453	-->'''Origa:''' In... a manner of speaking... My people live as memories... ''violated'' by the specter of our past... I was spared, for better or for worse.
454	* MysticalWhiteHair: [[spoiler:Her hair is stark white.]]
455	* NotAfraidToDie: Her desire for death has made her opinion for it the opposite to most people in Siradon, as she knows how much suffering being immortal can bring.
456	* OutsideGenreFoe: What is a cyborg sniper doing in this dark fantasy world? [[spoiler: But then you find Garde Tum...]]
457	* {{Precursor}}: She's the last survivor of Garde Tum, the oldest human civilization in Siradon.
458	-->"Once my home, now a derelict tomb."
459	* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Her people lived centuries before Siradon and Aldwynn existed, and she's seen the fall of both nations over their obsession with immortality. She has lived for over 1,000 years.
460	* TheSoulless: According to herself, her soul is already gone. [[spoiler:Ending B reveals she's serious about it. The incident with Bysurge separated her soul from her body.]]
461	* WhoWantsToLiveForever: In her long life, she's seen the lives of everyone she cared about be destroyed by their immortality, including her people, her parents, the Bulwark's, and her own.
462	-->'''Origa:''' Death needn't be so loathed... for you will be reunited with the loved ones you lost. But my soul has perished long ago, and I have naught but dust to commune with my family. My choice to die was taken from me. Venture no further, while you still have that choice.
463	[[/folder]]
464
465	[[folder: Dark Knight]]
466
467	!!Dark Knight
468
469	* BodyHorror: He's a prime example on why the Source's power is too dangerous, as it twisted a [[spoiler:loving father]] into a horrific monster.
470	* TheCameo: Shows up in a [[spoiler: flashback of Adult Sorun]] to scare away his horse in the original game.
471	* DarknessEqualsDeath: Not directly, but one of his attacks will summon motes of darkness that will explode after a period of time which also subsequently dim visibility to almost nothing if you don't have the Light of the Grey Wanderer equipped.
472	* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler: Manages to wrench himself off Thalamus' grasp in Collapsing Nightmare for a few moments to talk with Ione before his form degrades.]]
473	-->[[spoiler:'''Dark Knight/Mr. Eku''': I... Ione... Take... my soul... Save... me...]]
474	* HumanoidAbomination: His shape remains human, but he's been so warped by his immortality that he's more akin to a Lovecraftian horror than a mere monster.
475	* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler:You first meet him eating a guy while Ione speaks with him.]]
476	* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Ione reveals him to be her missing father.]]
477	* NotQuiteDead: Once you deplete its health bar, a specter will show up to try and revive it. Depending on how fast you deal with it, you might need a couple more hits or a whole new boss fight.
478	* ShoutOut: He's a walking expy of [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Guts]] with his Berserker Armor on. His head also resembles Grifith's helmet as Femto.
479	* ShapeshifterWeapon: His right arm is the Darkeater Greatsword, a blade of flesh and teeth. He also has several attacks in which he shapeshifts into massive masses of black liquid, tentacles and teeth.
480	* TurnsRed: Or rather, gets a [[PurpleIsPowerful purple aura]] as darkness coalesces around him a few minutes into the fight, which increases his damage output and grants a few new attacks.
481	[[/folder]]
482
483	[[folder: Bysurge the Lightning Lurker]]
484
485	!!Bysurge the Lightning Lurker
486	->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/JalenKCassell
487
488	* AllForNothing: Not even accounting for how the mind merge left Bysurge criminally insane, [[spoiler: you find them in the Collapsing Nightmare as yet another of Thalamus's thralls.]]
489	* AxCrazy: Their overriding desire for more energy drove Bysurge's component minds murderously insane. Now they hunt anything that dares enter their home/tomb.
490	* BarrierChangeBoss: You and Bysurge are both either positively or negatively charged during the boss fight. Matching polarities halves the damage you inflict to each other while opposing polarities double the damage. In its Heroic Rematch, Bysurge also has an attack summoning sweeping waves of projectiles coming from both sides of the screen that players will have to carefully try to maneuver through (matching colors won't hurt them)... or just avoid the attack altogether on the hovering platforms.
491	* BossArenaIdiocy: Their Heroic Rematch incarnation stupidly has ''levitating platforms'' on their assembly line. The platforms stay online indefinitely once powered up and not only are essentially to avoid several of Bysurge's attacks, but in fact most of their moveset can't reach them. [[TacticalSuicideBoss If not for trying to use his energy-transferring attack, none of this would've been a concern either]].
492	* FlunkyBoss: Summons progressively more dangerous foes as the fight goes on. At the last stretch they'll move on from [[spoiler: drones and droids]] to [[spoiler: assassin droids]] which can quickly ruin your day.
493	* HiveMind: They're all that's left of an attempt to grant the people of Garde Tum immortality. It... didn't work out very well. ''Afterlife'' reveals instead that [[spoiler: the people of Garde Tum were already immortal, and the mind merge was a desperate attempt to escape Thalamus' hordes.]]
494	* LargeHam: Among the more talkative and bombastic bosses. "I AM THE FUTURE!", indeed.
495	* MadnessMantra: "Energy! I need more... '''ENERGY!!'''"
496	* WarmupBoss: Come ''Afterlife'', fought briefly during an elevator ride down further into Garde Tum, though they're scared off after enough damage is inflicted.
497	[[/folder]]
498
499	[[folder: Cusith]]
500
501	!!Cusith
502
503	* AdvancingBossOfDoom: Its lightning attack covers the entire floor and can quickly wipe out even the tankiest Soruns. To avoid it, one can jump on platforms scattered across the boss room - but Cusith slowly advances forward, destroying the platforms on contact and putting the player on a time limit. No longer the case come ''Afterlife''.
504	* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: It makes the Forgotten Gaian look like a toy.
505	* EarlyBirdCameo: Come ''Afterlife'', you can see it milling in the background at Gaia's Cradle.
506	* OptionalBoss: Even further out of the way than Forgotten Gaian is, and with even less incentive to fight it. No longer the case come ''Afterlife''; as you need to confront it to acquire one of the key items to reach Caer Siorai. However...
507	* SkippableBoss: Battle against Cusith in ''Afterlife'' only begins when you attack Cusith. Interacting with the beast gives you the option to pet it instead, skipping the fight outright. You even receive a unique aura for it.
508	[[/folder]]
509
510	[[folder: Wraith King Sirad]]
511
512	!!Wraith King Sirad
513
514	* AchillesHeel: Sirad's attacks are devastating, but many of them are well-telegraphed, making Perfect Blocks or Parries easy to do against him.
515	* AmbitionIsEvil: The desire to mark his place in history is how he ended up founding the Kingdom of Siradon.
516	* BeatStillMyHeart: Uses his own heart like an incendiary grenade.
517	* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Wields a giant scythe for an arm. You can get it for yourself.
518	* BuriedAlive: Although he's little more than bones and rags, Sirad is still very much alive and will fight Sorun as soon as he touches his sarcophagus.
519	* EarlyBirdCameo: If you played the original Death's Gambit, you would have seen him already as the relief at Caer Siorai's main gate.
520	* {{Egopolis}}: Siradon was named after him, its founder.
521	* FromNobodyToNightmare: He was once a humble, but ambitious pilgrim who found the Source of Immortality in the ruins of Garde Tum.
522	* ImmortalitySeeker: Abhorred Death with a passion, such that the Death Idol found at the start of the Sky Tomb is fashioned like a demonic monster, and did all that he could to find a means of immortality. He succeeded.
523	* LivingForeverIsAwesome: Despite the decay of time ravaging his body and mind, Sirad isn't bothered at all by his immortality. In fact, he's glad his legacy of immortality seekers lives on, even a millenium after his rule.
524	* PurpleIsPowerful: A purple ghost who throws his heart on the ground to trigger massive purple waves of fire.
525	* WakeupCallBoss: As the first new boss that returning players will face, Sirad has a simple but aggressive moveset that tests if players know how to best make the most of their newfound mobility. His Heroic Rematch similarly changes things up with ''entirely'' new moves too.
526	[[/folder]]
527
528	[[folder: Amulvaro the Galaxy Mage]]
529
530	!!Amulvaro, The Galaxy Mage
531	->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/JalenKCassell
532
533	* AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield: The background for the fight is a sprawling shot of galaxy.
534	* BarrierWarrior: Though no slouch in hand-to-hand combat, one of the greatest threats in the battle against Amulvaro are the walls of damaging energy created by Amulvaro's blue orbs. They linger on the battlefield for a long period of time, making it all the harder to maneuver around, and if any is present, then Amulvaro can create clones of himself and fire destructive rays across the area that Sorun will have to dodge through.
535	* DualWielding: One of his attacks has him swinging two sabres in a series of rapid strokes.
536	* FriendlyEnemy: Not with Sorun himself, but he's on speaking terms with Death.
537	* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Realizing how truly insignificant their existence is in the grand scheme of things, on top of his immortality and the recognition of dark forces out there, did him no favors. He alternates between raving bombast and being {{Crazy Sane}}.
538	* HeroAntagonist: Is opposing [[spoiler: Thalamus]] in his own way, but you need to defeat him to reach Caer Siorai
539	* VillainForgotToLevelGrind: the incarnation of him summoned by the Black Wanderer is fairly tame if you've been doing the Heroic Rematch bosses in order, only drawing on attacks from his normal variation and lacking the layered environment that made his lunging slashes so deadly.
540	[[/folder]]
541
542	[[folder: Eldritch Inquisitor]]
543
544	!!Jocasta Holdrem, the Eldritch Inquisitor
545	-->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/MarishaRay
546
547	* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Inquisitor is first brought up when Vrael mistakes her name as being that of Siradon's first ruler. She then takes an active role upon reaching Journey's End. The same location also serves as the first major giveaway about the presence of [[spoiler: Thalamus]] and [[spoiler: the lie that the afterlife is just reliving your greatest regrets over and over]].
548	* ImproperlyParanoid: "Thoughts of betrayal", possibly instilled by [[spoiler: Thalamus]], made her brainwash - [[FateWorseThanDeath we think]] - her peers at the council. There is no other member of the Council present by the time you fight her.
549	* ReligionOfEvil: The head of it, and it's [[spoiler: Thalamus]] we're talking about, so it's pretty dang evil.
550	* TimeLimitBoss: The first phase of the fight involves smashing crystals and then summoned mooks. During that time, the blood level raises until it will become impossible to escape it - and it saps health ''fast''. The second phase does away with the rising blood as the Inquisitor comes down to fight you herself. [[TakeAThirdOption Alternatively,]] if you can bring her down to half health, she'll come down either way and skip the first phase.
551	* WardensAreEvil: It's implied that the Crimson Court she rules over decided the fates of prisoners in Aldwynn. [[EldritchAbomination Considering just]] [[WhamEpisode what you]] [[HellholePrison find at Journey's End...]]
552	[[/folder]]
553
554	[[folder: The Grey Wanderer]]
555
556	!!Sybil, The Grey Wanderer
557
558	The leader of the Magisters of Nurem in Siradon and the mastermind behind the Great Expeditions.
559
560	* BreatherBoss: Far easier to deal with than the TimeLimitBoss fight against the Eldritch Inquisitor. Thanks to relying on her copy and Amulvaro for the heavy lifting, the Heroic Rematch against the Black Wanderer is arguably even easier!
561	* ChekhovsGunman: Twice over. The base game had an aura and shield alluding to the Gray Wanderer that are found in Amulvaro's Observatory. You finally meet her in ''Afterlife'', and in her Heroic Rematch [[spoiler: she summons either a copy of Amulvaro or the real deal to help her.]]
562	* FallenHero: Her corresponding shield and aura describe her as a force for good and peer to Amulvaro, though defiant in the face of the gods that granted her power in the first place. Her own tomes though detail her involvement with establishing the Great Expeditions and the influence and wealth gained as a result, and by the game proper has "fallen to darkness".
563	* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Regards [[spoiler: Thalamus]] as a mentor and guide on a path to renewal and rebirth.
564	* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Her Heroic fight has her don black clothes and retitle herself as "Black Wanderer".
565	* OptionalBoss: You do not need to defeat her to progress, but doing so unlocks the Advanced Talent Tree.
566	[[/folder]]
567
568	[[folder: Thalamus]]
569
570	!!Thalamus
571	->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/JalenKCassell
572
573	One of the Exiled Gods, an ancient group of {{Eldritch Abomination}}s that has terrorized the world for countless centuries. He feeds from the trauma of living beings and [[spoiler:is the real antagonist of the game, the creator of the Source of Immortality and the one responsible for the downfalls of Garde Tum and Siradon. He's also feeding on Sorun's grief without his knowledge.]]
574
575	* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:In Ending B, where Sorun helps him kill Death. In exchange for trapping him, Endless and Ash in a LotusEaterMachine where their family never broke apart, Thalamus claims the souls of the dead for himself, dooming all life that dies to a FateWorseThanDeath.]]
576	** Also the case, or at least his defeat is delayed, if [[spoiler: you jump the gun and start NewGamePlus immediately upon being prompted after beating him.]]
577	* BigBad: [[spoiler:He's the real antagonist of the story, and the one responsible for all of the suffering that's ravaged the land of Siradon since the times of Garde Tum. Especially Sorun and Everly's.]]
578	* BigNo: [[spoiler:Once his souls break free from his control and empower Sorun, he starts screaming one when he's about to defeat him and break free from his nightmares.]]
579	-->'''Thalamus:''' [[spoiler:MY NIGHTMARE! MY REALM! '''NOOOOOO!!!''']]
580	* BrownNote: His own name is this. Death doesn't speak openly of him for a good reason. Too bad Sorun stumbled across him on his own.
581	-->'''Death:''' For a mortal to say his name is to invite him into your mind. Like a whisper that burrows through your memories.
582	* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: The Heroic Rematch incarnation of Thalamus takes away your ability to heal, leaving you wholly reliant on what stray lost souls you can knock out of the bastard. This is taken a step further once you knock him below half health, as a screen-wide, near-undodgeable attack that does 1000 damage damage that previously would provide you a single lost soul to confer a few seconds of invincibility ''doesn't'', all but necessitating perfect dodging or the player bringing along the upgraded Fortitude ability.
583	* CivilizationDestroyer: His forces did this to Garde Tum centuries before the game. [[spoiler:Near the end of Ending A, Thalamus and his minions invade Vados with the intent of doing the same, but is stopped at a heavy cost.]]
584	* {{Determinator}}: Unfortunately for you and everyone else, Thalamus is as strong-willed as Sorun. [[spoiler:The Will stat in your character interface isn't Sorun's willpower, it's Thalamus', and it grows each time Sorun dies.]]
585	* EarlyBirdCameo: ''Afterlife'' gives him a few.
586	** The realm Sorun starts the game in is [[spoiler:Y'lnoth. And Thalamus is the narrator in the class screen.]]
587	** [[spoiler:You can see his face in some of Garde Tum's TV screens. Fitting, as he's the one who destroyed that city.]]
588	* EldritchAbomination: Certainly has the look.
589	* EnemySummoner: Summons ''hordes'' of previously-killed bosses during your initial encounter against him, just so he can show Sorun how little he's accomplished... though these copies can't hurt you just as you can't hurt them. [[spoiler: The Avatar of Thalamus fight pulls off the breaks by letting him summon copies of the Phoenix Rider, Bulwark, Sirad, and Bysurge who ''can'' kill you and aren't going away unless you kill them first. Oh, and there is seemingly no limit to how many of them he can have active at once.]] The Heroic Rematch version goes a step further, summoning [[spoiler: Ash]].
590	* EyesDoNotBelongThere: One on his palm, two more on the shoulders, [[EyelessFace none where they're supposed to be]]. [[spoiler: You acquire one of his eyes come Ending A, and you use it to trigger NewGamePlus.]]
591	* FateWorseThanDeath: Delivers the trope name verbatim during his BreakingSpeech.
592	* FauxAffablyEvil: Even when not being overtly antagonistic to Sorun, his efforts to sound reasonable and friendly are undercut both by how he sounds and what he's actually asking you to do.
593	* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: [[spoiler: Threatens to come after the player next once he's done with Sorun; after reading your computer's name, no less.]]
594	-->'''Thalamus:''' [[spoiler:None of this had to happen. None of this WOULD have happened, was it not for... the Observer. You there, Observer... (Computer's Name), That's your name, right? Or... is that your computer's name? Hahahaha! What? You didn't expect me to notice you? I can tell you've been guiding Sorun... But your charade ends here. When I'm done destroying Sorun, I'm coming for ''you'' next! NOW WATCH HELPLESSLY AS I REND HIS SOUL!]]
595	* FinalBoss: [[spoiler: Of Ending A. Once Sorun reaches the heart of the Collapsing Nightmare, Thalamus will fight him personally.]]
596	* GodOfEvil: Called such by [[spoiler: his Journals.]]
597	* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler: The puppetmaster manipulating both Endless and you for his benefit.]]
598	* HopeCrusher: He goads you to renounce the contract with Death, well aware of what that entails, and when that fails, settles for torturing Sorun personally, [[spoiler: both in and outside of Ylnoth. Turns out he's actually been doing that for a while now.]]
599	* HostileShowTakeover: [[spoiler: After you meet him, he changes the title screen; instead of a pile of corpses and the main theme, it instead shows young Sorun curled up under a withered tree as Thalamus's hand lingers underneath.]] ''Afterlife'' goes a step further: [[spoiler: it reboots the intro cutscene, but with a couple of distressing changes and an off-key tune, ''{{VideoGame/Undertale}}''-style.]]
600	* ImmortalitySeeker: [[spoiler:Not specifically for him, but the Source of Garde Tum is still necessary for his plans. Normally anyone who falls into one of Thalamus's dreams will die after a few days due to a lack of food and water, significantly limiting how long he can torture people. This is not a concern with Immortals, however, hence Thalamus opposing Death's efforts.]]
601	* InterfaceScrew: The fight. [[spoiler: Screen splitting in five, item descriptions turning into gibberish, ''your own stats taunting you'', among others. He's happy to use it for the rematch at Collapsing Nightmare. Just as he's about to be defeated, he attempts to stop the Observer by bringing up the NewGamePlus menu and tries to convince Sorun to go through with it. Unfortunately for you, the NG+ screen is the real thing and you can accidentally revert the game back to the start if you fall for it.]]
602	* InvincibleVillain: [[spoiler:Downplayed. Although Thalamus is an immortal god that's impossible to kill outside of his home realm, Sorun and the Observer were still able to defeat his Avatar, ruin his plans and save Vados from sharing the other kingdoms' fate.]]
603	* IShallTauntYou: Does he ever. [[spoiler: Breaking speeches? Check. Preying on Sorun's guilt complex? Check. ''Warping the interface just to deliver his message?'' Check.]]
604	* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler: In Ending A, Thalamus quips that Sorun is the only person to ever escape his nightmare, and in doing so rescued the souls of all of Vados. Thalamus is ''not happy'' and guns for Sorun not even minutes after he woke up.]]
605	* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: [[spoiler: Thalamus himself is one; he can be faintly seen right at the top of Caer Siorai, just before your final confrontation with Endless.]]
606	* MeaningfulName: "Thalamus" is a part of brain that regulates, among other things, consciousness, sleep, and alertness. Quite a fitting name for a god of nightmares.
607	* NightmareSequence: [[spoiler:Since he fell into Y'lnoth, Sorun is kept in one of these by him. Each time Sorun killed Endless and destroyed the Source of Immortality in the nightmare, Thalamus would bring him to his realm, wipe his memories and force him to relive the game's events over and over. He did so for several years until Ash freed Sorun.]]
608	* RealAfterAll: The original version of the game made it ambiguous whether Thalamus was a real god or if he was simply a manifestation of Sorun's brain undergoing SanitySlippage over dying so many times. ''Afterlife'' confirms that he's indeed real, and a civilization-destroying menace.
609	* RequiredSecondaryPowers: With a dash of pure and raw irony, the power in question is [[spoiler:'''living'''. His victims forced to slumber eternally eventually [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome die from malnourishment because they can't wake up to eat or drink]]; he can't generate suffering for his nightmare realm from a soul that no longer exists. A major reason Thalamus is as dangerous as he is is because of the Source of Immortality "fixing" this pesky human limitation, and his realm and his plans fall apart after the Source is destroyed.]]
610	* ShapeshifterWeapon: His avatar is able to transform his limbs at will, turning them into sharp weapons like axes and massive blades.
611	* ShowsDamage: [[spoiler: His body melts and distorts as you gain hope. Unlike what the trope name suggests, he's not any worse for wear. He does it again during the rematch in Collapsing Nightmare, but this time you're actively undoing his plans.]]
612	* SkippableBoss: Should you renounce the contract with Death, Y'lnoth becomes inaccessible and he cannot be "fought". [[spoiler: You still have to fight his Avatar as the final boss of Ending A though.]]
613	* SphereOfDestruction: [[spoiler:In their final fight on Vados, once Sorun and Everly push him over the edge, Thalamus tries to destroy the entire city with a final attack. He's ultimately stopped by Everly, who teleports him far above the skies and throws the Source of Immortality at the sphere, destroying both and saving Vados at the cost of her life.]]
614	* WalkingSpoiler: His presence casts shadow on Sorun's entire quest and questions just about every single foundation of the world.
615	* WhamLine: Have a look at your stats during the fight. [[spoiler: YOU HAVE ALREADY FAILED EVERLY AND ASH.]]
616	* YankTheDogsChain: '''Loves''' to provide provide [[HopeSpot Hope Spots]] only to then immediately undo them, and in some cases doesn't even bother with the first part. To whit:
617	** The ''Afterlife'' update has him taunt Sorun at the start, commenting how maybe on ''this'' run of the game he'll be able to save his mother. [[spoiler: Endings B and C leave Sorun trapped in the cycles, leaving both him and Everly being tortured by Thalamus. Ending A breaks the cycle, but Thalamus's final attack on Vados is only stopped by Everly's HeroicSacrifice.]]
618	** Hold your own against a seemingly HopelessBossFight against Endless? Thalamus just kills you anyways.
619	** Escape Y'lnoth and overcome Thalamus in his boss fight and gain the Dreamshift power to return to the real world? [[spoiler: Turns out you actually never escaped and the reset of the game -and all subsequent New Game Plus runs- are all with Sorun trapped in the dream.]]
620	** Defeat Endless and try to destroy the Source? [[spoiler: Unless you fulfilled the requirements to have Ash wake you up, Thalamus just resets the cycle to feed on Sorun's regrets and despair in perpetuity.]]
621	** Finally awaken from the Dream? [[spoiler: If Thalamus's will over Sorun is too strong, you have no choice but continue obeying him and grant him access to the Nexus of Souls, and whatever reprieve Thalamus grants for Sorun helping him is undone once the cycle resets.]]
622	** Resist Thalamus's control and start to gather allies to oppose him? [[spoiler: He just separates all of you, renews his torture of everyone, and would have won if not for the Observer helping Sorun recover his memories.]]
623	** Get to his actual boss fight? [[spoiler: Thalamus invokes TheBattleDidntCount after seemingly losing and tries to overwhelming you by cutting loose. And when ''that'' falls through due to unexpected reinforcements and he's soundly beaten again, he tries to trick you to start NewGamePlus again to reset the timeline and undo his defeat. AND EVEN THEN you still have one final battle in the real world in Vados where even the narrative acknowledges he was only defeated, not killed.]]
624	* YourMindMakesItReal: [[spoiler: There is no conclusive evidence whether if Thalamus is a genuine {{Eldritch Abomination}} or a particularly vivid hallucination that refuses to let Sorun go - if not both. The fact that you end up right where you last died after escaping him or that his face is faintly visible just before the final boss fight does not help in answering these questions.]] ''Afterlife'' confirms that [[spoiler: he is a fully-fledged god however.]]
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626
627	[[folder: Aberrant AI]]
628
629	!!Aberrant AI
630
631	* EarlyBirdCameo: She's the cybernetic ghost greeting you at Garde Tum on your first visit.
632	* FaceHeelTurn: Fascilitated by Xyarlohatp upon encountering him.
633	* RouteBoss: Only fought on the way to Ending A. She also doesn't get the Heroic rematch and is treated as Xyarlohatp's "normal" fight instead.
634	[[/folder]]
635
636	[[folder: Xyarlohatp (Unmarked Spoilers)]]
637
638	!!Xyarlohatp
639
640	* AntiMagic: Highly resistant to elemental and magical damage. Raw is the way to go here.
641	* CombatTentacles: He uses his tentacle arms as his main way of attacking Sorun.
642	* DeathByAThousandCuts: For a Heroic Rematch-exclusive boss fight, Xyarlohatp's attacks aren't too terribly impressive. The real through though comes in the fact that to get anywhere in the fight, Sorun can't bring Phoenix Plumes to the fight because Xyarlohatp will just steal them to recover as soon as he takes damage.
643	* EldritchAbomination: Another Exiled God, though this one at least seems happy to mind his business. He's also capable of perceiving all of time at once, including every possible version of his fight with Sorun.
644	* GetBackHereBoss: Attempts to retreat multiple times in the span of the fight. You need to fiddle with in-game or console time settings to find him again and continue.
645	* GlassCannon: Once you work through Xyarlohatp's main gimmicks (escaping through time and stealing your Phoenix Plumes), the actual fight is fairly straightforward. The bad news is that no Plumes makes healing harder if not impossible. The good news is that you can use all the ones amassed to increase your damage output to the point that Xyarl breaks like cheap glass from Sorun's offensive.
646	* GuideDangIt: The method to reach him is extremely complicated. In fact, when Afterlife was first released, he was completely inaccessible until three riddles were resolved in real life.
647	** You need to beat the game, with Ending A (Death's Gambit). Thalamus' Will over Sorun must also be beneath 100.
648	** You must obtain the Al Aziph Grimoire in Garde Tum.
649	** Craft the Crimson Egg, made with three Tortured Souls found in the Collapsing Nightmare, and four pieces of Otherworldly Flesh, which only drops from invisible creatures found across Siradon.
650	** You also need the five Fragments of an Exiled God, which drop from five unique enemies that can only be killed with the Al Aziph Grimoire.
651	** With all the stuff, bring it all back to Garde Tum and look for the Portal control console.
652	** Open the portal and enter.
653	* HumanoidAbomination: The best way in describing his form is as a humanoid-shaped white void, with a blade-shaped head with a single vertical eye, a ragged skirt and bundles of tentacles that act as limbs.
654	* LifeDrain: Not directly, but after taking a relatively small amount of damage Xyarl will steal one of Sorun's Phoenix Plumes if they're available and heal himself back to full. To avoid this, you need to go in without any.
655	* OptionalBoss: Completely out of the way, and only accessible if you're going for Ending A. [[GuideDangIt Not that it's an easy process...]]
656	* ShoutOut: One of the forms he takes during his fight resembles the [[VideoGame/{{Terraria}} Eye of Cthulhu's]] second form.
657	* TimeMaster: Uses it to escape from his own boss fight. You have to follow him through the portals and deduce the correct number of hours to go forward/backward. The blue dust means he traveled forward, the red dust - backward. You will have to change your computer's time settings or input the correct amount of time if you're on Switch.
658	* TheBattleDidntCount: Invoked after defeating him. As a god of time and space, there are infinite timelines where Sorun either lost or just never fought him in the first place, so he's not going anywhere anytime soon.
659	[[/folder]]

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