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The newest clan to rise to the Council of Nine. The Vloz'ress was originally a small nether cult under the leadership of Kiel's mother Ven'ndia, but after her death Sene'kha formed alliances with the Sharen that allowed the Vloz'ress to take the seat left vacant after the collapse of the Val'Dutanvir. Besides the Sharen, they are the only clan who identify themselves as Vels instead of Vals due to their association with demonic magic. Despite their Val status, the Vloz'ress are the least liked clan in Chel, and living conditions among most members are second only to living on the street. "Houses" (more accurately described as gangs) within the clan are mostly defined as which nether summoner one serves under, and exactly who has the power among the summoners is constantly shifting.

  • Always Chaotic Evil: Their reputation, though individual members sometimes avert this, and Word of God is that they deliberately play up looking evil as part of their battle tactics. The most correct bit is the "Always Chaotic" via the setting's Blue-and-Orange Morality. Chaos is their hat, the rest is subject to change. With or without notice.
  • Animal Motifs: Their clan mount is the snake◊, and Word of God is that the large snakes they ride actually belonged to the Dutan'vir originally and were engineered by the Jaal'darya.
  • Army of Thieves and Whores: The Vloz'ress is the last stop for many of the most desperate people in Chel, and the life expectancy of their troops can be measured in weeks. Given how many land here simply because they got tainted, this might not be the worst of possible outcomes, either.
  • Bedlam House: Essentially what their fortress is.
  • Breaking the Fellowship: The Vloz'ress clan disbands in the aftermath of Ni'bai's treachery.
  • Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: A prerequisite for anyone who wants to gain power in the clan.
  • The Coup: With Kiel'ndia, Larvova, and Nyo'ka preoccupied, Ni'bai seizes control of Kharla'ggen and the Vlozz'ress fortress from right under their noses.
  • Dark Is Not Evil: Under Ven'ndia, they were weird but harmless, and despite being demon worshipers sought to learn from them rather than use them as weapons. Thoroughly averted once Sene'kha took over.
  • Dwindling Party: In Chapter 41, Kiel's group infiltrating the Beldrobbaen fortress gets gradually picked down after they make their escape. Kiel Lampshades this and, as the protagonist, decides to be the one to make the last stand to put an end this trope, sending Vicyl and Fame away.
  • Eldritch Location: Invoked. Their fortress is intentionally designed to confuse people who enter it, including golems that reached out and attack you as you enter.
  • Evil Is Visceral: Their fortress definitely seems to play off this.
  • The Friend Nobody Likes: On a whole clan level the Vloz are this to the rest of Chel, only being a Great Clan by virtue of their partnership with the Sharen, and even the Sharen don't seem all that fond of them.
  • Machiavelli Was Wrong: The clan provides an interesting contrast to the Sarghress, who themselves were born out of the disparate, disenfranchised dregs of Chelian society and were united around one leader. Despite all her faults the Sarghress still respect Quain'tana and her ideals, while the Vloz'ress fear first Kharla'ggen and Sene'kha and later Kiel but remain internally fractured to the point that they do not have much political clout and everyone is essentially out for themselves. Kiel at least is attempting to change this with Baliir's influence, but still largely rules through fear of Kharla keeping the others in line.
  • Mask Power: Everyone in the clan wears masks, likely playing off of Kharla's appearance, and Word of God is that they intentionally make themselves look scary. Also is handy on a few occasions when other characters, most notably Chrys, Shinae and Nau in Chapter 44 are able to pass themselves off as Vloz'ress at the Nidraa'chal gathering by donning masks and no one looks twice at them.
  • Meaningful Rename: Kiel convinces Kharla to change the Vel prefix to Val as a matter of signalling her efforts to reform the clan, and likely as a middle finger to the Sharen.
  • Obfuscating Stupidity: The Sharen under Zala'ess' command believe the reason behind the Volz'ress' crazy and dysfunctional behavior is so they can throw off enemy spies with deliberate misinformation.
  • The Purge: Ni'bai eliminates Kharla'ggen's original servants to ensure she and her co-conspirators have full control over her.
  • Unwilling Nagafication: The Corrupted. Formed from breedable snake-like biological weapons created by the Jaal'darya that clamps on to the lower body of an unfortunate drow and turns them into artificial nagas. Usually from any enemies that dared to attack the clan.
  • Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: Originally, and after becoming a "proper" Val clan they're the most internally disorganized of the nine Great Clans, and next to the Sarghress and Nal'Sarkoth are probably the most diverse clan in terms of race.
  • Rummage Sale Reject: One of the signs that the Vloz are not the most affluent clan is that they have no clan uniform to speak of, and everyone's gear is scrounged from somewhere else, in some cases such as Finol and Korrin literally out of the trash. The only consistencies are color scheme, which can be done with a quick coat of paint, and use of masks, which are all custom made to the user.
  • The Unfavorite: Nobody likes the Vloz'ress, just check the clan relations chart. Even the Sharen, who were behind the Vloz's rise to power, only like them on the surface, everyone else either hates them or is neutral towards them.
  • Unwitting Pawn: It's stated several times that the Vloz are really nothing more than a pawn of the Sharen. After the Timeskip, this seems to have been lessened as Kiel has taken to openly opposing them. Though she's not as free of their control as she thinks since she's still aiding Snadhya'rune's goals.

Vels

     Kharla'ggen 

Kharla'ggen Vel'Vloz'ress

  • Animal Motifs: Ducks are her associated animal. She has a duck-shaped alarm clock in her bedroom, she scarfs down boiled eggs with duck-shaped yolks for breakfast, and one of her favorite bath toys is a rubber duck.
  • Big Sister Instinct: Seems to have developed one of these for Kiel'ndia. This is Kharla, though, so she still may turn on Kiel at any minute, just like she did to poor Ven'ndia, and Larvova explicitly warns Kiel about this.
  • Blue-and-Orange Morality: Kharla is so crazy that regular morality just doesn't apply to her.
  • Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Crazy or not, cross Kharla and you will pay, as the Sharen sent to attack them found out the hard way.
  • The Caligula: Despite her better aspects, she's still this trope through and through. Because of her insanity, she was used as a figurehead for Senekha's faction, as well as a warning to the other clans what would happen if they crossed them.
  • Did You Just Romance Cthulhu?: Any romantic relationship with Kharla would count by default, and in Chapter 46 Khaless gives us the rare sight of one Cthulhu romancing another.
  • Did We Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?: Any scene with her that doesn't end with someone getting dollified turns out like this. Bonus points for involving literal tea a couple times.
  • The Empath: Several of her abilities appear to revolve around empathy.
  • Enemy Within: After absorbing the demon god, it proves to be too much for even Kharla to control.
  • The Faceless: She's had her mask off or pushed up so she can eat or drink a few times since she was first shown receiving it in a flashback, but her face is always partially obscured by her hair, a convenient shadow that sometimes appears out of nowhere or partially off panel. Apparently she looks pretty normal without her mask, but this trope helps emphasize her unique nature.
    • Her freakouts seem to be based around the fact that she is not this, yet according to Khaless the demon component of her is.
  • Fan Disservice: Everything about her since she has a beautiful body that's shown off with low cut tops but is totally insane. And then there's chapter 46, which reveals she slept with Khaless, a prime source of Fan Disservice on her own.
  • Girls Love Stuffed Animals: She loves plushies, and her room is full of them.
  • The Glomp: to Naal, and yes, Kharla manages to make a glomp terrifying.
  • Glowing Eyes of Doom: The red eyes of the Tainted have a faint glow anyway, but it's especially pronounced with Kharla.
  • Godiva Hair: Demonstrated in Chapter 43.
  • Happily Adopted: She was this to Ven'ndia until Sene'kha manipulated things, and after the timeskip she and Kiel seem to have a functional sisterly relationship.
  • Humanoid Abomination: Even among the tainted Kharla is unique, hence Sene'kha's plans to use her in her plan to take over Chel.
  • I Am Legion: It's heavily implied that she has multiple people in her head, and thus refers to herself as "we", and not in the Royal "We" sense. Kiel even comments that it means that Kharla's probably never felt alone. It isn't until her final moments that she uses the word "I".
  • Insane Equals Violent: Subverted; despite her insanity Kharla only seems to be violent when provoked, and she usually has to be goaded into it.
  • Living Doll Collector: She provides the page image.
  • Mask Power: Sort of, since the mask was actually to keep her from chewing her own fingers.
  • Mind Hive: Her aura is very unique, and is effectively a veritable nether realm in and of itself. Many ancient, extremely powerful demons have been trapped in her aura, each contributing to her power, and very likely making her the World's Strongest Woman. As a result of having so many demons in her being, she refers to herself as "we". Sene'kha's plan revolved around using this to trap a demon god in her aura, which would have made her so powerful, that Sene'kha would be able to blackmail all the clans into disbanding and setting up a democratic state.
  • Navel-Deep Neckline: Her robes usually have a long "V" cut that reveal part of her boobs and her navel.
  • Not Too Dead to Save the Day: In chapter 47 enough of her consciousness remains in her turtle summon, even as she's falling into the rift, to reach out and grab Nau'kheol before he and Kiel fall too
  • Obliviously Evil: It's been hinted that she doesn't have the mental capacity to understand the full extent of what she's doing. Notably, Kiel doesn't blame her for what happened to her mother, while she does blame Sene'kha.
  • People Puppets: She can manipulate peoples' limbs with threads of Mana without necessarily using Puppet Permutation. As Kalki finds out when she tries to punch Sara'hilana for damaging her "toys".
  • Puppet Queen: But not if Kiel has anything to say about it...
    • And played with after the timeskip. It's fairly obvious that while Kiel essentially runs things Kharla still acts as a figurehead/way to dispose of troublesome people (as Maki found out firsthand) but it seems to be more that Kharla doesn't have any interest in the clan's day to day affairs.
  • Powers via Possession: Her incredible power is derived from her ability to trap demons in her own aura.
  • Psychopathic Manchild: For some, the childish traits she shows just make her more terrifying, while for others, her playing with a rubber duck while bathing to be absolutely adorable. And the extent she's actually psychopathic is debateable, since it seems that a lot of her actions were just her doing as Sene'kha told her to.
  • Rage Against the Reflection: The first time she saw her face in a mirror, she had a Freak Out and tried to tear her own face off. Her mask is the only thing that keeps her calm.
  • Self-Made Orphan: The Char sidestory strongly implies that she dollified her parents, though it's left ambiguous as to whether this was an accident or if they did something to provoke her. And then there's what she did to Ven'ndia, who was effectively her adopted mother, though it was also implied that Senekha saw Ven'ndia as an obstacle to her plans and convinced Kharla to dollify her.
  • Shout-Out: Possibly, since her hairstyle and mask make her resemble Washuu.
  • Trademark Favorite Food: Tea and boiled eggs with duck-shaped yolks.
  • The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You: Her first appearance in Chapter 43 has her suddenly leap out of bed, completely nude but for her mask and Godiva Hair, and start chasing the rapidly-retreating camera until she catches us.
  • World's Strongest Woman: While unconfirmed, she is very likely to be this and easily has the potential. Her aura is massive and ever growing, thanks to all the demons trapped in it. She was able to single handedly power a summon that should have required 12 summoners at a minimum, each at least a century old. She does have her limits, though. During the gang's escape from Felde, Kharla collapsed from hunger due to Kiel not bringing enough food for the return trip, depowering their turtle summon and leaving everyone stranded in the middle of nowhere. After Ni'bai finally enacts Sene'kha's plot to summon a demon god for Kharla to devour, she almost certainly becomes this.

     Kiel'ndia 

Kiel'ndia Vel'Vloz'ress

The only surviving child of Ven'ndia, Sene'kha used her as a "sister" for Kharla'ggen. After Sene'kha's death, Kiel manages to take back control of the clan. As Khaless reveals after the Timeskip, Kiel has merged with her seed. But rather than the demon becoming her, she has become the demon and retained her identity. Link to profile art.

  • Abhorrent Admirer: To Nau'kheol, though when pressed he claims to already be taken by her◊, apparently considering that preferable to being used as a Baby Factory to help his mother's alliances. At the end of Chapter 46 he seems to have decided a relationship wouldn't be so bad.
  • Animal Motifs: Turtles, due to her statement that the Netheworld is "turtles all the way to infinity".
  • Atomic S-Bomb: Drops this when she realizes she forgot to feed Demon!Naal during her trip to Felde.
  • Big "NO!": Upon seeing Naal get stabbed.
  • Body Horror: Due to the influence of a massive nethergate, she mutates into a full demon and her body grows horns and extra eyes.
  • Break the Cutie: She's undoubtedly gone through this, between watching her mother get turned into a puppet, whatever else she's seen in the Vloz'ress, seeing her best friend taken over by her seed and being poisoned.
  • Breaking the Fourth Wall: Her habit of talking to her "imaginary friend" who just happens to be in the same place as the reader is seen by the other characters as a symptom of madness.
    • Later manifests as a Tear Jerker after Naal's death when she tells the "audience" to leave her alone and throws a belt at them.
      • Don't link to it. What part of leaving her alone don't you understand?
    • By the Time Skip, she apparently even has actual knowledge from beyond the fourth wall and her "imaginary friend" has gone from being the point-of-view of the panel to a swarm of black demons that follow her around.
  • Cerebus Retcon: Kiel's habit of addressing the fourth wall was originally just something the author thought would be interesting, but then after the timeskip it's been revealed that it's actually because her seed is a human-like demon and far more serious.
  • The Chessmaster: One in training.
  • A Child Shall Lead Them: After Sene'kha's death she begins taking over the clan, and by the time of the timeskip seems to have more or less succeeded, at least as much as one can with a group like the Vloz'ress.
  • Cloud Cuckoo Lander: 'Cuckoolander' barely even begins to describe all the crazy stuff that floats through her head.
    • The Cloudcuckoolander Was Right: It seems she really was right about there still being something left of Naal in Demon!Naal and she correctly realizes that she's actually in a comic/
  • Comedic Shotacon: Played for laughs, but not as squicky as some examples since it's more innocent than anything and they're not too far apart in age.
  • Cute Little Fangs: Often displays these during her more mischievous moments.
  • Despair Event Horizon: Naal's seed taking her over nearly causes her to cross it, to the point that she's willing to let Demon!Naal eat her, but luckily there's enough of Naal's mind left that she pushes Kiel out instead.
  • Didn't Think This Through: Kiel was so occupied with helping everyone flee from Felde that she forgot to restock for the return trip. So when Kharla, the group's "pilot", collapses from hunger, everyone is left stranded in the middle of nowhere. If Kuso hadn't thought to salvage food from Felde, they'd all probably starve to death if the cold didn't do them in first.
  • Emergency Transformation: Subverted, it was All Just a Dream, much to fans' relief.
  • Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: The "bad" is up for debate since she's one of the more decent Vloz'ress, but she certainly loved her mother and was devastated by what happened to her.
  • Exotic Eye Designs: After the timeskip, she displays the same sort of white spiral in her eyes as Sha'sana on several occasions, which most likely represents how she's merged with her seed completely.
  • Faking the Dead: In Chapter 41, Nau'kheol and Chrys'tel help her throw Nir'naya off her trail thanks to Chrys'tel's blood sorcery making it look like they killed her.
  • Five Stages of Grief: Immediately after Naal's horrific demise she shows classic signs of stage 1, denial.
    • Now seems to be quite fully into stage 2, anger, and later seems to go right to 4, despair. Although the bargaining part may have been already dealt with her refusal of Senekha's offer.
  • Flipping the Bird: Gives both barrels at once to Khaless.
  • Foe Romance Subtext: Has a lot of interaction with Chirinide outside of regular story context, but still more or less canon. Her fight with Chirinide also involved a kiss.
  • Forgot to Feed the Monster: Realizes with an Oh, Crap! that she forget to feed Demon!Naal while in Felde, and immediately rushes off to fix this. This sets off a chain of events that indirectly saves the day, as this resulted in Demon!Naal breaking out and ultimately being present to try and devour Kharla just as Kiel was about to be possessed.
  • Harmful to Minors: Seeing her mother get dollified seems to only have been the tip of the iceberg as far as what she's experienced. She's also tellingly referred to as Ven'ndia's only surviving daughter, implying that she's also lost siblings to the violence in her clan.
  • Hearing Voices: A side effect of being tainted and experiencing a Split-Personality Merge with a human-like demon. The voices she hears are actually the fragments of the demon's personality.
  • Heroic Sacrifice: Kiel practically pulls one after allowing her soul to be sucked into a nethergate opened by Snadhya'rune to destroy Chel. She gets pulled into The Void Between Worlds and gets trapped there when the gate closes and prevents her from coming back to her world. And even if she found a way back, her body would have been destroyed by the tower's explosion
  • Hostile Show Takeover: She once took over the Drowtales Twitter account and promptly demanded a tribute of princes, though she'd also accept princesses.
    • She also has her own Facebook account now.
    • At various times she's also taken over several of the other site archives, including rampaging through Slavemaster collecting princes and princesses and taking over the Relic Hunter archive to have them search for Kharla's ducky.
  • Humiliation Conga: She puts Chiri through one of these in the "Netherworld TV" series of flash animations, which are shown to have taken place before the events of chapter 41 and emboldened her to carry out later events.
  • Identity Amnesia: In the final chapter, the massive amount of nether mana flowing from Snadhya'rune's nether gate causes her to mutate into a full demon. While she retains her sapience and mannerisms, and has a vague notion she left something important behind somewhere, she pretty much forgets her previous life.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She's not always the nicest person, but if she counts you as a friend or a member of her "crew" she'll do anything in her power to help and protect you, even if it involves going head to head with someone like Kalki or risking the wrath of Snadhya'rune to break you out of prison.
  • Kid Hero: Played straight and then horribly deconstructed when she almost gets killed by poisoning, has a nightmare where she gets a doll body and Larvova scolds her to emphasize how stupid it is to try to do it all on her own.
  • The Lad-ette: Despite being only 24, or physically 12 by human standards, she fits this among the other female characters in terms of personality. After the timeskip even more so.
  • Lampshade Hanging: In Chapter 32 she breaks the fourth wall and addresses how reckless opening the morgue where Demon!Naal is trapped is.
  • Leeroy Jenkins: She is strongly motivated by her emotions and very rarely considers the long-term consequences of her actions. This is clearly a double-edged sword for her. On the one hand, she has found and exploited some prime opportunities that a more conservative drow would have clearly missed, like wrestling control of the Vloz'rez away from Sene'kha's faction, and showing all of Chel that the Sharen were lying about Diva. On the other, she often finds herself in way, way over hear head either requiring rescue, or taking massive losses during her escape attempt.
  • The Lost Lenore: Naal'suul becomes something like this to her, with the twist that the "Lenore" is not technically dead.
  • Lovable Sex Maniac: "Princes, I tell you. Lots of them. Just. Waiting. For. Me!"◊
  • Medium Awareness: Seems aware that she's in a comic, and the final Ask Kiel page says that she'll be showing up in the story proper on September 4th, and then in the comic itself makes a reference to Daydream, another section of the website.
  • Messy Hair: Not immediately obvious, but just compare her hair when it's down here to when Naal manages to brush it out at the cost of her hairbrushes. Not washing it for a long time will do that.
  • Mooning: Shown doing this to Snadhya'rune in a chibi page for Chapter 44. Word of God indicates that it was originally supposed to happen in the actual chapter, but he changed his mind since it would have broken the mood, but it stayed on as a chibi since Kiel totally would have done it.
  • Moral Myopia: This is one of Kiel's more pronounced character flaws, since as long as the people she personally cares about are safe she doesn't particularly mind what happens to the rest of the world, something Baliir calls her out on when Kharla's demon-God possession puts the entirety of Chel, if not the world, at risk.
  • Not Me This Time: Chiri of all people comes to this conclusion when she hears it theorized that Kiel killed Shimi'lande, since while it does fit Kiels' M.O. she thinks certain things do not match up. Kiel herself also insists she didn't do it when Chrys'tel refers to her as doing it, but she's ignored.
  • Oh, Crap!: Her response to learning that Khaless introduced Kharla'ggen to sex, meaning that childhood games will no longer be enough to keep her occupied.
    • She almost says this word-for-word once she realizes she forgot to feed Demon!Naal while she was away at Felde with her friends.
  • Odd Friendship: With Naal, since they are from the newest clan to Chel and one of the oldest respectively, and Naal comes from wealth and privilege while Kiel comes from the opposite, even after the Vloz'ress rise to Val-hood.
  • Official Couple: After being his Abhorrent Admirer for a good chunk of the story, Nau accepted being her mate at the end of Chapter 46 and eventually had a child with her in the three year timeskip. However, as of the last chapter of the series, she is now stuck Void Between the Worlds and is now cut off from the rest of the world, which means they will never see each other again.
  • Omnicidal Neutral: Her solution for the District War, inspired by Baliir. She hates the Sarghress and Kyrol, but also hates Sarv'swati's faction of the Sharen almost as much. The only major side she likes is Zala'ess's faction of the Sharen. She aims to murder Quain'tana, Sil'lice, Shimi'lande, Sarv'swati, and the false empress, believing this will end the war. But in practice, the only one of those people she succeeds in assassinating unintentionally aids the Sarghress and hurts the Sharen.
  • The Pigpen: More of an Informed Flaw than anything, but references have been made about Kiel's personal hygiene not being the best, to the point that when she does put the effort in it shows, see She Cleans Up Nicely.
  • Playing with Fire: It isn't her elemental affinity, but she is able to manipulate it thanks to the foci embedded in her gauntlets.
  • Powers via Possession: Some of Kiel'ndia's unique abilities seem to have something to do with the demon she was tainted with.
  • Refuge in Audacity: Her strategy for entering Beldrobbaen territory to assassinate Diva's body double is to brazenly ride up in a turtle tank while making small talk with the sniper and guards patrolling. And then offer to make out with one of the guards. And it works.
  • Replacement Goldfish: Played for laughs in one chibi page where she makes a Naal'ga then not so much when we see that she actually did it.
  • The Scapegoat: She was planning to eventually murder Shimi'lande on Snadhya'rune's behalf, but she never actually gets the chance. A different assassin does the deed while disguised as her, successfully fooling the Kyorl and nearly sending the Order of the Twin Eyes on a Snipe Hunt. Ironically Chirinide seems to be the one person who doubts the official version of events despite their history together.
  • Scars Are Forever: Certain pieces of NSFW art have shown that the scarring on her chest from the poisoning incident remain even after the timeskip.
  • She Cleans Up Nicely: Courtesy of Naal, and later when she gets a new outfit her hair gets brushed out.
  • Split-Personality Merge: Over the timeskip, she safely merges with her demon seed, giving her Powers via Possession and causing her eyes to have a swirl pattern.
  • Symbiotic Possession: An even stronger case compared to many others considering that she and her demons actively cooperate with each other instead of just merely coexisting.
  • Staring Down Cthulhu: She more or less confronts a demon god, and Word of God suggests that it may well be intimidated by the fact that she is unafraid.
  • Take That, Audience!: Mentions that a couple of the voices in her head want her to "get it on with [Khaless], but hey, they're Daydreamers".
  • Tomboyish Ponytail
  • Tomboy and Girly Girl: The tomboy to Naal's girly-girl, and to a lesser extent with Kharla, who tends to wear more feminine clothing that Kiel.
  • Took a Level in Jerkass: In her first appearance after the 15 year timeskip she orders Shoki and Baliir to break Maki's arm, and it's implied that she'd been torturing or at the very least threatening the other members of Maki's gang. This more ruthless side of her had been hinted at before, especially with her response to the attempt on her life where she nearly killed Nyo'ka, but it was still a shock to most fans. She also flat out refers to herself as a tyrant when talking to Baliir.
    • Played with later when talking to Fame, she keeps up the Tyrant act, then when her minions are out of ear shot greets her cousin slightly more warmly, and hints half the time she's putting on an act. Then threatens her again.
  • Trauma Conga Line: Chapter 27 has Naal's death and then Chapter 28 has her break down because of Naal's death, then be poisoned and have a nightmare where her body has become a doll and only live because one of her rivals was forced to save her life by Kharla, and then she's reminded of her own mother when she bursts in to kill Nyo'ka and sees her kids, and then break down again.
    • Chapter 47 does this to her again leaving her without Kharla, Naal (again), her clan's fortress, and ultimately the end of the Vloz'ress itself as a clan. But at least she has Nau.
  • Trolling Translator: Naal is reduced to an incorporeal demon, limiting her to communicating via demon Telepathy, which normal Drow cannot hear. Kiel helpfully forwards what she says to Nau'kheol, and sometimes changes what Naal said to troll her. Ironically, Nau'kheol disbelieves her when she says Naal called him cute, at a time when Naal actually did.
  • Unwitting Pawn: Not entirely so, but when Kiel assassinates the false empress with Khaless's help, it is unlikely that she fully understands just how insidious Snadhya'rune's plans are. In fact, Khaless offers to let Kiel be a proxy in assassinating quite a few major figures, which would greatly help Snadhya'rune's efforts to create a power vacuum.
  • Weirdness Coupon: A lot of her strange behavior in-universe is dismissed this way, ither with "It's Kiel" or "Well she is a Vloz'ress".
  • Well-Intentioned Extremist: After the timeskip she winds up parroting some of what Balirr's said about the clan system, and Word of God is that she's not consciously aware of it but has been around him enough that it's rubbed off.
  • Wild Card: Post-timeskip, she seems to be one of those to the Sharen Sarghress War. While she likes Zala'ess, she opposes the Sharen as a whole, but hates the Sarghress as well. Her actions, like assassinating Diva'ratrika's body double are described by her as her attempt to throw a wrench into the entire status quo. She hopes to assassinate Quain'tana next.
    • Also hinted at on the cover of chapter 43, where Kiel is the only member of the cast pictured who's holding the rope connecting them rather than being tied to it, suggesting she could break away from the others with relative ease if she wished.
  • Wolverine Publicity: Gets a certain amount of this since the start of Arc 2. Besides now being one of the "face" characters in the Rotating Arcs, she's also shown up in most of the other site's archives including the Relic Hunter games and Slavemaster.
  • Wrong Context Magic: Her ability to see, hear, and even manifest the readers as demons is the only known case of this ability in the setting. Sha'sana, a master summoner, is utterly perplexed at how she and her demons work. Word of God outright states that he is never going to completely explain it.
  • Your Mom: Seems to like this tactic.

     Mir'kiin 

Mir'kiin Vel'Vloz'ress

     Sene'kha 

Sene'kha Vel'Vloz'ress

  • The Chessmaster
  • Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Comes naturally with the Vloz'ress, but Sene'kha seemed to be especially good at it to not only get her position, but hold it for as long as she did.
  • The Dog Bites Back: Kiel refuses to help her escape and leaves her to be executed.
  • Manipulative Bastard: Is heavily implied to have purposely arranged Kiel's mother's death, and a sidestory shows that she actually went looking for Kharla and found her in her insane state.
  • Off with His Head!: But not before beating stabbed, beaten up, and then after being beheaded set on fire and having her aura sealed for good measure.
  • Rasputinian Death: See above.
  • Shout-Out: Her name is likely a reference to Seneca the Younger, an advisor to Emperor Nero who was executed for supposedly being complicit in an assassination plot.
  • The Starscream: It's heavily implied that she pulled this on Kiel's mother.
  • Suicide by Cop: She tries this after Kiel refuses to help her break out, and screams after her insults about her mother while her thought bubbles indicate that she wants Kiel to kill her so she can be "set free", i.e. either spared the Kyorl execution, able to release her seed to cause more destruction, or both. Unfortunately for Sene'kha, Kiel's already left.

Minor Nobles

     Kar'liir 

One of the last remaining members of the Vloz'ress as they existed under Kiel's mother, Kar'liir is a mechanic and mostly keeps to himself.

     Kes'sen 

Kes'sen Vloz'ress

Sene'kha's mate and Soul Seeker, he led the quest to bring back Discordia.

  • The Dragon: To Sene'kha.
  • Dual Wielding
  • Eyes Do Not Belong There: When his seed starts to awaken he gains a second set of eyes above his own.
  • Karmic Death: Kiel intentionally invokes this by using her mother's golem against him.
  • Rasputinian Death: Is set upon by nagas, and after fighting through them narrowly survives a manabomb, two stab wounds to the abdomen, and a fire blast. Then he releases his seed only to have his head split by Kiel'ndia's chain weapon. People on the forums agree that this takes the cake for Rasputinian Deaths out of all the characters in the comic.
  • Scars Are Forever: Has several scars on his face.
  • Unholy Matrimony: We never see them really interact, but it can be inferred he had this relationship with Sene'kha, though the gender roles were flipped due to drow society.

     Larvova 

Larvova

A nether summoner in the clan. She has ambitions of leading the clan after Sene'kha's death.

  • Enemy Mine: Winds up in this situation with Kiel after she's poisoned and forced to save her life.
  • Facial Markings: Has what are probably tattoos that resemble stitch marks all over her face.
  • In the Hood: Almost always has her hood up.
  • Nerves of Steel: In Chapter 44 she is even willing to approach Kharla'ggen and try to calm her down after the latter starts dollifying people at the Felde gathering. This is after it is already stated by Kharla'ggen no less that she is not liked by the Vloz'ress Ill'haress.
  • Number Two: The fact that she sits in for Sene'kha after her execution during the gathering of the Clans suggests that she was already fairly high ranked.
  • Only Sane Man: She comes off as considerably more level headed than many other Vloz.
  • Put on a Bus: After the TimeSkip it is said that she's leaving for Felde, and if you connect the dots is probably going to Snadhya'rune's gathering. This is later confirmed in Chapter 44.

     Nyo'ka 

Nyo'ka

A nether summoner within the clan.

  • Chekhov's Gunman: the scourges with her in this scene appear later to watch Kiel succumb to the poison.
  • Even Evil Has Loved Ones: What Kiel realizes when she bursts in to kill Nyo'ka and sees her kids.
  • "Not So Different" Remark: Kiel realizes this when her children come out after Kiel burst in to kill her and is reminded of her own mother.
  • Pet the Dog: The way she talks about her children.
  • Put on a Bus: She did this to her kids by sending them to the Illhar'dro city of Nuqrah'shareh, though she had referenced earlier that she was going to do this, and the two of them later appear in chapters 33 and 34, where their names are revealed to be Tamiir (the boy) and Kys'sae (the girl).
  • Snakes Are Sexy: She's seen with a snake wrapped around one of her arms a couple times.
  • Unwitting Pawn: Kiel was poisoned in such a way that Kharla thought Larvova did it, but Kharla was smart enough to get Larvova to save Kiel instead. Because Nyo'ka's scourges show up to watch Kiel thought that Nyo'ka ordered it, but they were in fact acting on their own, hoping to turn Kharla against Larvova. It nearly cost Nyo'ka her life, so needless to say she wasn't pleased with them, and one of them gets killed for his troubles. Kiel later feeds his body to Demon!Naal.

     Ven'ndia 

Ven'ndia

Kiel's mother and the former leader of the group that later became the Vloz'ress, Ven'ndia's aura was sealed in a puppet body by Kharla.

  • And I Must Scream: Her puppet body is implied to still be conscious.
  • Deal with the Devil: She tainted herself knowing the risks, and it's heavily implied that Snadhya'rune wanted her to help with the Nidraa'chal War and/or her faulty seeds, and when she refused they were attacked.
  • Deceased Parents Are the Best: Demon worshipper or not, she's one of the best parents in the series. And dead. We think.
  • Fate Worse than Death
  • Hope Spot: A small one for Kiel in that Ven'ndia's golem reacts to Kiel's voice commands when anyone else needs to use a certain command. Kiel touches on it slightly and tries to convince herself Sene'kha did it to mess with her to avoid the above And I Must Scream.
  • Nice Girl: From what little we see of her, she appeared to be a very compassionate and reasonable woman. At the very least, we know she was a Good Parent to Kiel.
  • Spell My Name With An S: Is it Ven'nedia, as she is called in Chapter 11, or Ven'ndia, as in Chapter 24 and after? It appears to be the second, and like Snadhya'runes vs. Snadhya'rune, has been quietly changed in the later chapters.
  • The Farmer and the Viper: Poor, poor Ven'ndia, she was just trying to help Kharla.

Retainers

     Baliir 

Baliir

A berserker who is initially introduced as part of Sene'kha's faction where he is often seen in the company of Kuso, a mercenary. An advocate for complete destruction of the clan system, he is notably devoted to this cause. After the Time Skip, he becomes Kiel's chief administrator and overall number two who seems to run the day-to-day operations of the clan.

  • The Big Guy: As is the norm for most berserkers, and his build in general can best be compared to a gorilla since he initially walked on his knuckles.
  • Cool Mask: Part of the standard beserker uniform.
  • Enigmatic Minion: He originally supported Sene'kha's plan to empower Kharla'ggen with a demon god and blackmail Chel into becoming a democratic state. But after her death, he abandons the plan and follows Kiel. It takes a long time to get a proper explanation for why he turned on Sene'kha and he's generally a hard person to read. But it is eventually revealed that he has since concluded that Senekha's plan was mad, and that he wants the will of the people to bring the change he seeks.
  • The Faceless: His mask covers his face except for his eyes and sometimes his mouth. In the few times he takes the mask off, the audience doesn't see his face, but the cast does...
  • Genius Bruiser: Is apparently just as good of an administrator as he is a fighter, considering the Vloz'ress districts have yet to fall into complete anarchy anyways.
  • Gentle Giant: When he's not curb stomping people who challenge him.
  • Hyper-Competent Sidekick: Kiel states the reason the Vloz'ress even have districts is because Baliir runs everything, after the Time Skip he seems to be her Number Two.
  • Number Two: First for Sene'kha, and then for Kiel after the timeskip.
  • Primal Stance: In his early appearances, he was usually shown standing like this due to his long arms. While they're still long, they're much more proportional now than in his early appearances.
  • Those Two Guys: With Kuso pre-Time Skip.
  • The Stoic: The mask probably helps.
  • The Unreveal: At one point Baliir takes off his mask in a restaurant. Though we don't actually get to see his face, he's stunningly handsome, judging by the reactions of the other diners and the chef. (Kuso, who misreads the situation and thinks he's disturbing the other customers, asks him to put it back on.)
    • Considering what Larvova's berserker looks like, he got off pretty lucky since he wasn't disfigured by mutation. They later reaffirm that he's handsome, though we still don't see much of his face.
  • Warrior Poet: Compared to most Vloz'ress speaks in an extremely polite manner.

     Kuso 

Kuso

A mercenary with the Vloz'ress clan. Kuso often appears interested only in money and food as opposed to his more ideologically motivated companion, Baliir. Mainly appears to provide comic relief. As of the Time Skip, Kuso has joined Larvova.

     Ni'bai 

Ni'bai

A former Sharen of Nishi'kanta's bloodline, now a Vloz'ress nether summoner. Her twin, Ni'ju, is now a demon that serves her.

  • Angsty Surviving Twin: Considering that her sister is a demon, or at the very least a possessed summon, this trope is pretty easy to infer. As both have an apostrophe in their names (signaling Val status) its implied that they were actually biological twins rather than a protector-twin set up, making Ni'bai's angst status even more telling.
  • Defector from Decadence: She left the Sharen after the Nidraa'chal War.
  • Disney Villain Death: In chapter 47, after the fortress collapses, she's left clinging to the side of the rift and then falls to her death while Kar'liir is just within earshot — but given all the crap she pulled it's not surprising he doesn't intervene.
  • Didn't See That Coming: When she ordered a demon controlled Kharla to 'kill all the Vals,' she most likely didn't anticipate that Kharla would mind control her along with everyone else.
  • Dragon Ascendant: After Sene'kha's death, Ni'bai announces that she'll finish the job Sene'kha started. Appropriately, as a former Sharen she's also a dragon in another sense as well.
  • Evil Laugh: Bursts into one as her Evil Plan starts to succeed.
  • Facial Markings: Like Kiel, has red lines that look like tear marks under her eyes.
  • Ignored Epiphany: Not Ni'bai herself, but when she tries to tell Desmonde Kyorl'solenurn the truth about the War she's ignored. Ni'bai herself pulls this in chapter 47 as Baliir is attempting to talk her down from her plan to wipe out Chel, not that she listens.
  • Noble Fugitive: As seen above, Ni'bai was a former Sharen Val. Why she left the Sharen after the Nidraa'chal War isn't ouright stated but its easy to infer that she found out the truth behind the War and the attack on her grandmother)
  • Number Two: She was evidently something like this to Sene'kha, and uses her notes to continue the project to use Discordia as a summoning conduit after her death.
  • Put Them All Out of My Misery: She is willing to enact a plot that risks destroying the entire world to get revenge upon her former clan. While the actual end of the world is not quite her intent, she does aim to annihilate every one of the clans, and has no concern for the collateral damage.
  • Revenge Before Reason: She was once a Val'Sharen of Nishi'kanta's lineage. Nearly her entire family was wiped out during The Purge of Diva'ratrika's loyalists. Her vengeance scheme against her former clan involves empowering a Psychopathic Manchild with the power of a demon god. Not only that, merely the act of opening said demon god's gate results in a Foreboding Fleeing Flock of demons great enough to flood Chel. And since Snad, the actual mastermind of said purge is safely out of Chel, her plan to kill all the clan leaders actually aids her with all the chaos that ensues.
  • Stripperiffic: Not by human standards save for her Impossibly-Low Neckline, but by drow standards walking around with a bare neck makes her even naughtier than Mel with her dental floss.

     Nainai 

Nainai

An old human woman, she seems to be Kharla's caretaker. After the timeskip it's implied she has died and her role has been taking up by Nimael.

  • Bilingual Bonus: Her name is a Chinese honorific for 'grandmother'.
  • But Not Too White: Averted, since she may be a Rift Halme who was born underground, and thus has no natural coloring.
  • Milky White Eyes: On account of being blind.
  • Never Mess with Granny: Fans have decided that she must be this if she's survived in the Vloz fortress.
  • Parental Substitute: To both Kiel and Kharla.
  • We Are as Mayflies: Compared to the fae she lives with, and it's implied that she died during the 15 year timeskip, but justified since she was already quite old.

     Umpus 

Umpus Vloz'ress

An intelligent demon (aka a Vel'Akar) possessing the body of a drow/naga symbiote and serves as Sene'kha's attendant. Much like Khaless for Snadhya'rune, Umpus is very loyal to the Vlozress ideals set out by Sene'kha and later is seen to be plotting with Ni'bai to revive the old idea of bringing a demon god into the world by using Discordia as bait.

  • Anime Hair: Has short and spiky hair not seen on any other male character.
  • Blank White Eyes: Save for red schlera, this signifies that he is fully demon, not merely a tainted drow.
  • Distaff Counterpart: This appears to be the case with him and Khaless, though its unknown how their respective power levels match up.
  • Facial Markings: He is noticeably tattooed all over his upper body.
  • Fluffy Tamer: Was visibly sympathetic to Discordia whilst the latter was being captured, stroking her arm and referring to her as "a poor thing", while the other characters just comment on how easy it was to capture the shard. He also attempts to reason with her in Chapter 12.
  • Hidden Agenda Villain: It is too early to tell if he is a villain, but as of yet readers know nothing about his true motives or why he is helping Ni'bai beyond ending the world as it is.
  • Killed Off for Real: Sara'hilana tosses Umpus through a nether gate. Nether gates are effectively portals for mana, but not physical objects, and as such, this effectively causes Portal Cut, causing the demon to be ripped from his host body. Word of God says this results in his death, and his aura is seen to get devoured by a demon god.
  • Tattooed Crook: As seen above, he is covered in body markings.

    Maki 

Maki Vloz'ress ( nee Sarghress)

A fire-wielding Vloz'ress who first appears in Chapter 38 attacking the North Cliff district. She is in fact a former Sarghress.

  • An Arm and a Leg: Downplayed. She had an arm broken for insubordination against Kiel, telling the latter "it's none of your business" when asked about her squad, and then was handed off to Kharla as a toy being laid out in one punch when Kiel caught her trying to escape.
  • Asshole Victim: She doesn't have anyone to blame but herself for everything that happens to her in the aftermath of her actions in chapter 38.
  • Dirty Cop: Her backstory, since under Syphile's management she was apparently allowed to do whatever she wanted, but once Ariel took over she was demoted.
  • Fallen Hero: At the end of Chapter 38, we see that her squad helped defend the district in the Nidraa'chal War. Word of God is that Maki and her squad's fall from grace came from taking too many bribes until their reputation was soiled to the eyes of their peers within the Sarghress and the commoners they were supposed to protect.
  • Fate Worse than Death: As punishment for attacking a district without Kiel's permission, she is given to Kharla as a new toy.
  • Female Misogynist: For some reason she does not like other females, as she points out when she reveals that she knows her "Scourge" is really Ariel in disguise because she doesn't recruit females.
  • Playing with Fire: Her specialty.
  • Pyromaniac
  • Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Combined with Revenge Before Reason. The stated reason why she attacked North Cliff and attempted to kill everybody with a Nether gate is that Ariel wasn't "playing the game" by turning a blind eye to her corruption and bribery like Syphille did. Maki took a crossbow bolt to the shoulder when she proclaimed that the commoners would all suffer from Bystander Syndrome, and then the commoners decided to Zerg Rush her and her squad of scourges.
  • Shadow Archetype: Her gang is one of these to Ariel's squad, and Maki seems to be one for Ariel herself, in addition to being a former Sarghress.
  • Shut Up, Hannibal!: She has this pulled on her by a Badass Bystander with a crossbow.

    Fame'nidea* 

Fame'nidea*note 

A rather eccentric Vloz and Kiel's cousin, first seen in Chapter 39. She has reappeared consistently throughout the story in Chapters 41, 43, 44, 46, and 47. Her concept art can be found here◊, here◊, and here◊.

    Tsuris'lok* 

Tsuris'lok*note 

A scourge first introduced working for Maki in Chapter 38, he now works for Kiel'ndia as one of her personal meatshields, err, bodyguards. He was once a member of the Dutan'vir clan, but his paranoid mother suspected him of plotting against her and had him cast out prior to the Nidraa'chal War.

  • Abusive Parents: According to his character info, his mother was one of these; having him scarred and having him cast out of the Dutan'vir to get back at his father Cas'nihlus, whom she suspected of plotting against her.
  • Butt-Monkey: He himself recounts having been kicked out of so many clans he doesn't even seem to know where to go next.
  • Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Due to being driven insane by his taint and inability to control his empathy, he tends to be very detached and quirky. Also tends to hallucinate seeing a talking stag-wolf demon.
  • The Empath: Albeit a very bad one, seeing as how his inability to control his powers lead to his insanity.
  • Fate Worse than Death: In his Last Stand in Chapter 41, he is taken over by his seed and is now a demon. How much of his personality remains is unknown to the audience.
  • Heroic RRoD: In Chapter 41 he gets badly injured in the escape from the Beldrobbaen fortress that his seed starts to take him over, and he stays behind for a Last Stand against the Beldrobbaen troops.
  • In the Blood: In Chapter 42 we meet his father Cas'nihlus, who is also an empath and thus readers find out that not all of Tsuris'lok's insanity was because of the tainting.
  • Perpetual Frowner: Even without the scars that make him look like he's constantly scowling this seems to be his default expression.
  • Scars Are Forever: Has a collection of cheek scars, which were apparently given to him by his brother at the orders of his mother. No wonder he's so screwed up.
  • Slasher Smile: The only times we've seen him smile in the comic, it was one of these.
  • The Unfavorite: Was this to his mother.

    Minor Clan Members 

Cac'bolg*note 

Originally one of Maki's scourges, but now working for Kiel'ndia. First appearing in Chapter 38, he reappears in Chapters 39, 41, 43, and 47. His concept art can be found here◊.

  • Butt-Monkey: After Maki's caught, he gets assigned to be Kiel's food taster in case of poison for his role in her activities, which is rather practical on her part given what nearly happened to her pre-TimeSkip. Understandably, he has passed this duty onto rats. As of Chapter 39, he's on on NotDeadRat #3.
  • The Dog Bites Back: After Maki's fall, he had to put up with constant abuse from Kiel. He ends up aiding Ni'bai in her plot to weaponize Kharla with the power of a demon god.
  • I Am a Humanitarian: At one point he's shown with what's probably another drow's finger casually hanging out of his mouth. According to his creator he used to be a butcher and developed a taste for drow flesh.
  • Mad Eye: One of his irises is noticeably larger than the other.
  • The Mole: His true loyalties are not to Kiel, but Ni'bai.
  • Punishment Detail: As mentioned above, one of his many duties is to test Kiel's food for poison. However, he also is stuck cleaning floors, doing heavy lifting, and generally is kept on hand for any miserable tasks Kiel can think of.
  • The Stoner: Uses poisons to clean the floors and enjoys the high from the fumes.

Vicyl*note 

A former Sarghress and scourge of Maki. He gets recruited into Kiel's gang after Maki gets delivered to Kharla as a new toy. Appears in chapters 39, 41, and 47. His concept art can be found here◊.

  • Not Now, Kiddo: He warns everyone that something deeply suspicious is going on in the old Vloz'ress tower. But even though his concerns are well founded, no one takes him seriously since they always expect unusual behavior from the Cloud Cuckooland that is the Vloz'ress Clan and Cac'bolg deliberately undermines him.
  • Only Sane Man: He's pretty neurotic, but he is also fairly rational. As a result, he tends to complain a lot about his comrades' crazy behavior.
  • Scars Are Forever
  • Token Minority: Is a drowussu in a clan mostly composed of drowolath.
  • Tragic Keepsake: He kept Tsuris'lok's mask after he fell during the mission to assassinate the fake Diva'ratrika.

Naal'ga

A Corrupted formed from a young girl who has a resemblance to Naal'suul. Shows some emotions beyond the regular drone-like obedience of the Corrupted.

  • Mauve Shirt: A step-up from the other artificial nagas and is dressed more nicely than the others.
  • Personal Mook: She appears to be Kiel's personal Corrupted and grew older alongside her.
  • Replacement Goldfish: To Naal'suul for a time after Kiel thought she was lost.
  • Spear Carrier: Literally and role-wise. Usually shows up as an aide for Baliir or Kiel.

Nimiel*note 

Nimiel Vloz'ress (nee Val'Beldrobbaen) is the replacement caretaker for Kharla'ggen after the death of Nainai, as of Chapter 39. More information can be found here.

Elbinac*note 

One of Kiel's scourges, seen accompanying her to the Beldrobbaen fortress to assassinate the false Diva'ratrika during Chapater 41.

Jysmur*note 

One of Kar'liir's assistants, she accompanies Kiel in the turtle tank. First appearing in Chapter 41, she reappears in Chapter 43 and 47. Her concept art can be found here◊.

  • Ax-Crazy: Even by Vloz standards, she's a nutjob.
  • Bizarre Taste in Food: According to the author Jysmur actually eats garbage. Which does explain why she is such a Gasshole and why her farts are so stinky.
  • Fartillery: She managed to escape capture by the Beldrobbaen by breaking wind to discourage her attackers and making them think she was about to detonate the golem core.
  • Gasshole: Having terrible gas is listed as one of her talents. She even weaponises this in Chapter 41!
  • Genius Ditz: Possibly. She's an engineering assistant, but her speciality is "breaking things".
  • The Hyena: Virtually all of her dialog is her laughing.
  • Wild Child: She is best described as a feral child.
  • Wolverine Claws: She carries a clawed gauntlet as her preferred weapon.

Koana Vloz'ress*note 

A ex-Kyorl with a berserker seed, first appearing in Chapter 43. His concept art can be found here◊.

Kor'rin*note 

A Soulseeker in the employ of Kiel'ndia, he really likes snakes. Appears in Chapter 43. His concept art can be found here◊.

  • Animal Motifs: Likes snakes, has a snake tattoo and a pet snake named Saliva.
  • The Dark Arts: Males are incapable of using true nether summoning. But, as a Soulseeker, he's as close as it gets.
  • Dual Wielding: Uses a sword in one hand and an axe in the other.
  • Facial Markings: Has a number of tattoos on his face and jaw.
  • Lead Drummer: Serves as this for Fame, during Chapter 43. He think it's lame, but plays along for the fun of it.
  • Rummage Sale Reject: His armor is a salvaged Sharen armour, that once belonged to a female. Vloz'ress don't get to be picky.
  • Scars Are Forever: Has a prominent scar over his blind eye.

Vren*note 

A former Beldrobbaen soldier, and Kharla'ggen's latest caretaker as of Chapter 43. Reappears in Chapter 47. His concept art can be found here◊.

Finol*note 

A Vloz mercenary and one of Larvova's scourges, first appearing in Chapter 44. Reappears in Chapter 47. Her concept art can be found here◊.
  • Dumpster Dive: She scavenged one of Zala's discarded dresses from the garbage, and wears it under her armor.
  • Magic Music: Her affinity is spellsong.
  • Panty Thief: A rare female example, if her reaction to Chrys'tel is any indication.
  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here: When Kharla begins freaking out in a crowded market, her reaction is to get clear and wish Larvova luck in dealing with it.

Labran'che*note 

A drowussu with a split personality and one of Larvova's scourges. He's among those Kiel brought to Snadhya'rune's meeting in Chapter 44. Reappears in Chapter 47, having been tainted at some point during the return trip. His concept art can be found here◊.

Lind'orm*note 

A Vloz Soulseeker and one of Larvova's scourges, first seen in Chapter 46. Reappears in Chapter 47, during the closing cycles of the District War. His concept art can be found here◊.

Be'tor*note 

One of the few drowussu in the clan and a scourge of Ni'bai. He works to help her achieve her goals. First appearing in Chapter 47, his concept art can be found here◊.

Nin'katsu Vloz'ress*note 

One of Larvova's scourges, first seen in Chapter 47. His concept artnote  can be found here◊.

Pen'ri*note 

A former sealer and one of Ni'bai's scourges, first seen in Chapter 47. Her concept art can be found here◊.

  • The Dark Arts: As a sealer, she has at least a working knowledge of nether summoning.
  • French Maid Outfit: Dons this to lure Kharla to Discordia and the nether gate Ni'bai has opened.
  • The Pollyanna: Taken to a dark extreme, in that she's not even concerned about her role in trying to end the world.
  • Stepford Smiler: Outward cheerfulness aside, there is no denying something is deeply wrong with her.

Poncho*note 

A rare untainted Vloz and scourge of Nyo'ka. He seems associate closely with Xenon. First appearing in Chapter 47, his concept art can be found here◊.

Xenon*note 

One of Nyo'ka's more eccentric scourges, she seems to associate closely with Poncho. First appearing in Chapter 47, her concept art can be found here◊.

     Demon Princes* 

Demon Princes

A group of Vel'Akar (sapient demons) that follow Kiel and seem to represent the Drowtales fandom.

  • Big Damn Heroes: To blob!Naal. After a cameo literally stabs the host, the Demon Princes swarm blob!Naal and carry the nether being away from a sealer, straight to Kiel.
  • Blob Monster: They are usually relatively shapeless. Though the especially strong willed ones (fan cameos) can take more defined forms when they need to. They tend to acquire this ability around Naal. Strange things happen around her.
  • Cool Crown: They sprout these when they take on a humanoid appearance.
  • Familiar: Play this role to Kiel.
  • Fighting a Shadow: Demon princes start out immaterial just like most other demons. But on rare occasions, they acquire a physical body from Naal, much like a summon, enabling them to interact with the physical world without a host. If said physical body is destroyed, they merely return to their immaterial state or get temporarily banished back to their homeworld, though they are still vulnerable to the weaknesses of any other demon, like getting sealed.
  • Flipping the Bird: They do this en mass at Khaless on Kiel's behalf.
  • From Beyond the Fourth Wall: As they are representational of the fanbase, they end up reflecting reader comments.
  • Greek Chorus: Often make comments on the situation, including one who lets loose a very loud "Bullshit!" in response to Khaless' claim that Snadhya'rune agrees with Kiel about the clan system.
    • But, they will occasionally nudge events to fit their mob-preferred choral outcome, sometimes when asked to by Kiel or when roped into it by e.g. her using their decapitated heads as ad hoc weaponry. Though, they'll also occasionally do so off their own bats. Like, when guiding/ piggybacking the lost blob!Naal to Kiel once they find her.
  • Horned Humanoid: When they take on a defined shape. At least some of them also have cloven hooves.
  • Literal Split Personality: All of them are essentially fragments of the personality of the demon Kiel was tainted with, each fragment developed into an individual Vel'Akar.
  • Losing Your Head: This is at most a minor inconvenience for them.
  • Mind Hive: Most of them are usually clustered into a a handful of multifaced entities, though individuals do split off and rejoin as they please. All of them are demonic manifestations of Kiel's taint that reflect the comic audience.
  • Painting the Medium: They are meant to be literal avatars of the readers of Drowtales. So when Sha'sana briefly manages to seal all of them, the camera blacks out until Nau'kheol's intervention.
  • Our Demons Are Different: Even by the setting's standards.
  • Snakes Are Sexy: Demon Princes/Princesses that manage to gain a defined form sometimes have serpent-like apparitions attached to their body. Sindas and his two snakes form more of a comedy trio, but it seems to be played straight with Bast.
  • Super-Deformed: Those with a defined form can shrink down to chibi size.
  • Telepathy: The means by which they communicate with each other and Kiel. Any attempt to speak out normally won't work and no one else can hear them. But although they cannot be heard, they can still influence the thought processes of others.

Bast*note 

A demon princess often accompanying Kiel, first seen in Chapter 39. Reappears in 44 and 46.

Sindas*note 

One of the more prominent demon princes. First seen in Chapter 39, he consistently reappears at Kiel's side in Chapters 41, 43, 44, 46, and 47. His concept art can be found here◊.

  • Badass Cape: Made of two serpent-like creatures. They have both a mind of their own and very little respect for him.
  • Butt-Monkey: He's rather prone to hilarious abuse from Kiel, his own serpents, and others that can detect his presence.
  • Sweet Tooth: A trait shared with N'jack.

N'jack*note 

A naga-like demon prince first seen in Chapter 41. Reappears at Kiel's side in Chapters 43, 44, 46, and 47. His concept art can be found here◊.

Inten*note 

A vampiric demon princess. She is set to appear in Chapter 50. Her concept artnote  can be found here◊.

Naal'suul Val'Beldrobbaen

See this character's entry under the Beldrobbaen clan entry.

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