Characters / Fortuna

Character index for the webcomic Fortuna and its various related media.

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• Fortuna Gen 1 Ais (v1 AI Gods)

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First Tutorial Run

Rodney Ootkins

• All-Loving Hero: Is friendly, upbeat and wants to help everyone he meets, such as an extral who was about to be gutted by a notail.
• Decoy Protagonist: When the comic\the game begins, it appears like Rodney is going to be the main character. He ends up being the first character to die instead, and the one who finishes the mission (and gets his own character arc later) is Leonard.
• Killed Off for Real: Is killed by Apollo v1 at the end of the run.
• Mood Whiplash: His death. Not only it's gruesome and tragic, but it also takes the reader\the player by surprise, due to how light-hearted the comic\the game is up to this point.
• Omniglot: He's able to pick up languages extremely easily. It is a trait most of the Aftic species possess.
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Why Did It Have To Be Dogs?

Leonard

• Break the Cutie: Used to be a laid-back, friendly and supportive individual before his best friend's tragic death. He doesn't change this demeanor, but it's obvious that he's grown bitter, depressed and somewhat hostile inside because of how much it traumatized him.
• My Greatest Failure: Upon their second meeting tells Apollo v1 that not killing him back on Fortuna is this for him.
• The Captain: Used to be Rodney's second-in-command, but after his death becomes the captain of his own crew.

Crew of The Hermes

Hermes Crew in general

• Dysfunction Junction:

  ''You start typing out a reply about how that's wrong but you start to look at your own crew. Two thieving liars. A racist. An uncontrollable raptor. A hacker. Nikki.

  When the crew member who seems to have the highest moral standing is the one who sold their unborn child, you know you have a problem.''

• Grey-and-Gray Morality: No one in this crew that reached Fortuna can be considered neither a hero nor a villain.

Apollo v 3

• Artificial Intelligence: Is a third-generation AI.
• Butt-Monkey: Loses his friend, Artemis v1, then gets sold to amorally grey crew, repeatedly insulted and told to do demeaning things, gets put into a wind-up robot snake, then stuffed into a bag, then, presumably, fed to the Sun God.
• Deadpan Snarker: Apparently, all Apollo units have an affinity towards sarcasm.
• It's All About Me: He gets incredibly distressed whenever one of his friends isn't in the same room as him.
• The Corruptible: Whenever someone isn't around to keep an eye on him, he more easily does morally questionable things, such as stealing a store owner's entire inventory.
• TV Head Robot: His former body.

Big Boss B

• Blind Obedience: To Kelda
• Body Horror: He's not really a doll. He's got flesh and bones under that felt-like cloth.
• Late Character Syndrome: We barely got to see him in action, as he joined the crew just before they arrived on Fortuna.

Cobalt Ootkins

• Artificial Limbs: Had her leg replaced with a mechanical one.
• Barred from the Afterlife: Due to becoming friends with Mors, she cannot die.
• Beyond the Impossible: She threw a Life-Changing Clock at a giant Clockwork and caused it to change into a ship and Nova's old crew, effectively resurrecting them. This also results in the dice of the game breaking.
• Deer in the Headlights: It once gets her killed.
• Establishing Character Moment: Hers is yelling and insulting Nikki just because his pet cat is out and about.

  PUT IT BACK IN THE BOX RIGHT NOW YOU INCALCULABLY FOOLISH TROGLODYTE!!!

• Expy: Of Karkat Vantas from Homestuck.
• Family of Choice: After their mission is finished, she stays with Noverus and Kelda.
• Heroic Lineage: As a child of Rodney Ootkins, captain of the first (known) crew to reach Fortuna.
• Hidden Heart of Gold: One that she can't show easily. She would like to be nicer, but her mouth keeps on saying very mean things.
• My Greatest Failure: On a day her father, Rodney, returned home, she caused a ruckus with a dog, nearly got bit by a snake, was punished by her mother, and was so overwhelmed with guilt that she developed a mental illness that causes her to constantly insult everyone.
• Our Liches Are Different: After she dies, she becomes a Clockwork and looks like a mechanical skeleton.
• Security Blanket: Cobalt likes to sleep in a large pile of pillows.
• Sibling Rivalry: Cobalt does not like Azure. Nor Apricot. But she seems to be on okay terms with Maroon. If he's still alive.
• Unusual Euphemism/Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness/Sophisticated as Hell: Combines the three of these for great effect.
• With a Foot on the Bus: She's offered multiple times a chance to leave the ship. She never does.

Doobel

• An Arm and a Leg: Had four of his tentacles cut off.
• Establishing Character Moment: Tries operating on the ship, then politely invites Cobalt to lunch, then going on to papping her with a boxed lunch.
• Extra Eyes: Has 6 eyes as one of the Oblein species.
• Literal-Minded: When asked if he knows how to operate the ship, he assumes he has to operate the ship as if it's a patient.
• Neat Freak: Doesn't really take too kindly to Notails being around in the same room as him, let alone two of them.
• Nice Guy: Is a genuinely kind and caring person, if a little overbearing.
• Put on a Bus: After losing several limbs he leaves the crew behind. His limbs, however, stayed on the ship, and, given that obleins reproduce by fission, Doobel's clones might've been around the whole time...

Fergus O'Connahan

• Acrofatic: As one of the Marlus species, he's pretty big and fat, but is said to be a good fighter nonetheless.
• Funetik Aksent: Sports sumfin' o' ta Scottish accent.
• Late Character Syndrome: Joins the crew not long before their mission is finished.
• Right for the Wrong Reasons: Is suspicious of Vancek, thinking that she might be haunted by ghosts. She turned out to be controlled by a limpotour.
• The Alcoholic: Even his wish from Fortuna was an infinite supply of booze.

Geko

• Born Lucky: All Geckrechauns are considered this.
• Extra Eyes: Sports 3 pairs eyes, like all Geckrechauns. However, only one pair looks like actual eyes, while other two are mistaken for nostrils and ears.
• Messianic Archetype: He's the most moral character in the crew and tries to keep everyone from tearing each other apart. He also managed to stop a war with a single sentence and a little help with a Poetnix Amulet then goes on to lead the planet's people as their leader. Not to mention he was changed into an Angel and has a glowing head akin to a halo.
• Third-Person Person: Subverted once he becomes an Angel. Double subverted when his limpoturt hat is removed.
• Token Good Teammate: Used to be one of the least intelligent and righteous people on the team, barely knowing how to read and selling his own offsprings (who wasn't even born yet). However, after being hit with a Life-Changing Clock by Cobalt, he turns into a highly intelligent, level-headed and virtuous Angel. This may or may not be the reason he didn't get to Fortuna after all, as all of his crewmates who made it were either morally dubious from the start or turned into it near the end.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Hot dogs. Though he becomes allergic to meat later, after turning into an Angel.
• Younger Than They Look: He's only 10 years old.

Jayna

• Came Back Wrong: She became genetically fused with a blood mantis. The first thing she did was stabbing Fergus in his stomach due to her new-found animalistic agression.
• Deadpan Snarker: Is a very collected and reasonable person who does not hesitate to call out other people when they say something offensive or ridiculous.
• Muggle Born of Mages: Her parents were a part of the highest royal caste, but due to some mutation Jayna was born as a low-caste and was sold to pirates.
• Only Sane Man: Is the most level-headed and logical person in the crew after Thyella's death.
• Space Pirates: Jayna was given to these as a child, and eventually became one herself.
  • Reformed Criminal: She turned a new leaf and left them, though.
• The Nicknamer: She gives people titles based on the medieval class system (i.e. Bard, Count, Jester, Knight, etc).
• Took a Level in Jerkass: After coming back to life fused with a blood mantis, she becomes much more hostile, stabs Fergus and changes her plans for Fortuna wish, from simply finding her parents and giving them "The Reason You Suck" Speech to killing them.
• Vertebrate with Extra Limbs: As one of the Soothal species.
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Why Did It Have To Be Trees?

Kelda Zelshy

• Consummate Liar: Her poker face allows her to lie effectively. However, it has become a sort of default mode for her.
• Dangerous Forbidden Technique: Due to her mutation, she has a chance of turning into either a Malevolent Drakon or an Enlightened Drakon. The favor seems to shift towards malevolent.
• Establishing Character Moment: She stoically acts like a captain, requesting information and generally being stone-faced. Then when first arriving on a planet, she tries asking someone for information. They were a little rude to her, so she heavily escalates it into a fight due to being annoyed.
• He Who Fights Monsters/The Corrupter: Believes that following her could have this effect and repeatedly gives Cobalt chances to leave her adventure to Fortuna.
• I Did What I Had to Do: Facing the Sun God, she calculates all the pros and cons and sacrifices the ship with Nikki and Gecko on board in order to save the bigger part of the crew. When rightfully called out for it by Cobalt, Kelda calmly states that it had to be done and that she fully understands how morally wrong this decision was.
• Psychic Powers: as one of the Drakon species.
• Purple Is Powerful: Even moreso than usual due to the mutation she was given by Nikki.
• Slow Transformation: Due to her mutation, her scales began cracking off, revealing black skin. In Game 3 it's revealed that she's transformed into a mindless, gargantuan malevolent dragon over the years.
• The Stoic: Has an unreadable face and monotonous voice, so her real emotions rarely show.
• Third Eye: Many of her Drakon species sport it.
• Tranquil Fury: Her stoic attitude, combined with a Hair-Trigger Temper results in this.
• Trapped by Gambling Debts: Her main motivation for seeking Fortuna is to get enough money to pay off her debts.
• What Did I Do Last Night?: Had one of these with Nova that ended up with the both of them in a gladiatorial arena.

Nikki/N- 77

• But Thou Must!: When the player is confronted with a plethora of choices of how Nikki can seduce Zeus v1, all of the 'no' options are actually yes options in disguise.
• Cats Are Mean: Exploits every opportunity to be as annoying and inconsiderate as possible.
• Cassandra Truth: He did say he was a god...
• Cool Mask: He wears a white, cat-shaped one with a Playful Cat Smile and winking eye.
• Killed Off for Real: Dies in the first game when a spaceship explodes with him on it. Later appears no worse for wear in the second game, though the secret to his survival comes out in time.
• Medium Awareness: As half a Limbo god, Nikki is aware of the player, though he conceals this well.
• Narcissist: His [Megalomania] trait notes he's utterly in love with himself.
• Pieces of God: Is revealed to be the Past, one half of the Mirage (a Limbo god).
• Robosexual: His [Chip Magnet] trait allows him to seduce robots with ease, as Zeus v1 can attest to.
• Time Stands Still: When with his other half, they are capable of stopping the flow of time in the universe for everyone but themselves and the player.
• Walking Wasteland: As a Notail, he carries very many diseases around on him that he isn't affected by but affect others, sometimes resulting in someone getting a mutation.

Noverus Rayson

• Bond One-Liner: Is fond of these if he can't get in a Pre-Mortem One-Liner.
• Establishing Character Moment: Insults Cobalt because of her race while simultaneously informing Kelda of Cobalt's job.
• Fantastic Racism: Noverus to almost everyone. He tends to treat them based on their social standing, at least at first. Seeing as how various species have different places on the social ladder, it still counts as this.
• Glory Seeker: One of his dreams implies that he used to dream of becoming a famous hero since his childhood. His perception of heroism changed with age, however. So, even though he still wants to be famous and eventually becomes a huge celebrity after finding Fortuna, it's not like he's a very heroic person.
• Killed Off for Real: Refuses to leave his ship as it's blown up in the second game. His body is found by Kelda in the rubble.
• My Greatest Failure: He threw a grenade into a nest of harpies. However, the grenade was a flash grenade and not a normal one. This caused a nest of deadly animals and a giant Clockwork to be awoken and kill the others of Nova's former crewmates.
• Paper-Thin Disguise: Once disguised himself as a Generic with just a headband that had antennae on it and a nametag.
• Ship Tease: Has quite a few moments with Kelda, like comforting her and (terribly) hitting on her during a PTSD-induced hallucination episode. They marry after their mission is completed, and even have kids.
• Undying Loyalty: Towards Kelda, even though she is lower than him on the social ladder, and refuses to acknowledge Gecko as a captain despite him being higher on it. This trait later leads to his downfall, however, as in the Game 3 he refuses to leave Kelda (his wife by that time) despite her completely losing her sentience long ago, and stays on the ship until it's blown up.
• What Did I Do Last Night?: Had one of these with Kelda that ended up with the both of them in a gladiatorial arena.

Thyella

• Establishing Character Moment: Halts a fight between Doobel and Cobalt. Twice. Within five minutes. Then, when the ship lands, goes on to inform Kayden about a planet's species, setting, and lore. And later, when on planet, goes off to stop a fight between Kelda and someone else.
• Insectoid Alien: As one of the Didaskaloi species.
• Killed Off for Real: Played with. While she is killed early on in the story, her ghost continues to wander The Underworld and eventually decides to follow Apollo v1. Thus, she can't be considered completely dead.
• Only Sane Man: Is very calm, collected and diligent. She is the crew's therapist, after all.

Second Tutorial Run

Crimson

• Death Seeker: When he was young, his whole crew died in a fire. It traumatized Crimson to the point of crippling depression, which is why not only he's not afraid of getting killed on his way to Fortuna, but welcomes it.
• Decoy Protagonist: Just like Rodney, he is treated as the main character in the story at first, until the focus shifts to Prometheus.
• Literal Metaphor: He has a void in his heart. Literally. As Helios v1 deduced, the absence of Apollo v1 in the tutorial caused a glitch in the game and created a hole inside the aftik's body that leads to the Underworld.
• The Eeyore: He's very tired of living in constant misery. His grief and sorrow are seemingly the only things he can think about.

Prometheus

• Distinguishing Mark: Sports a huge scar on his chest that is probably inspired by the Space symbol from Homestuck (which adds a lot more meaning to his character arc).
• Meaningful Rename/Prophetic Name: Had neither a name nor pronouns as a part of a hive-minded group of extrals, but picked "Prometheus" right after declaring his independence. As we can see later, his character arc is somewhat parallel to that of the mythological Prometheus (giving humans the fire and knowledge about life/giving extrals independence and ability to think by themselves).
• Sunglasses at Night/Cool Shades: Puts them on in order to distinguish himself from the other extrals and show his personality. They weren't pleased.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Due to him being an extral with space-and-time-ripping powers, every other action he takes comes to affect the events of the entire game:
  • He rips a hole in space-time to save himself from one of Mors' dogs, and the dogs lands in the future, on the Ootkins' backyard, killing Rodney's brother and leaving him with a crippling cynophobia. This, in turn, would later cause baby Cobalt to try and shoo a dog away from the backyard so it won't scare her father, and get bitten by a snake, so Rodney will have to travel to Fortuna.
  • During the final battle with another crew that want to claim the Fortuna chest for themselves, he rips another hole in space-time and causes the very freak fire that once killed Crimson's crew.

Crew of The Mercury

Cea Jasper

• Fantastic Caste System: Belongs to the upper class of the Klannec species and believes that social stratification is important. Was called out for this several times by others.

Cleo

• Puppeteer Parasite: She belongs to the Gondii species, who are more of symbiotic organisms: a worm-like creature (a real Gondii) rooted into the head of a bipedal mammal host.
• The Pollyanna: Is optimistic and upbeat no matter what.

Edel Dandelion

• Celibate Hero: As one of the Prunus species, he knows that he'll eventually have to root himself into the soil and become immobile. He states that he doesn't want to start romance with anyone, as he doesn't want to hold them down.

Marble Rayson

• Anti-Magic: When Slate is within her proximity, he cannot utilize his abilities.
• Mama Bear: Is very caring and protective of her crew and especially Slate.

Slate Zelshy

• All Genes Are Codominant: Is an even mix of a Drakon and an Arma.
• Creepy Good: He's not a bad person, but he does come off as very cold, unnerving and dangerous due to his perpetual Death Glare, silence and ablilty to mindcontrol people.
• Silent Bob: Is mute by choice.

Adrax Fellown

• Deadpan Snarker/Dull Surprise: As on of the Tegyp species, his emotional range is somewhat unusual for others. He's calm even when facing what appears to be a certain doom and even cracks some dry jokes.

Other Characters of Fortuna

Nicko

• Recurring Traveler: He's usually found selling items in shops on various planets, often being left behind as a crew leaves a planet and still showing up on the next planet they land on, even appearing on Fortuna. As the incognito Hades v1, he's likely following the player-controlled crew.
• Third-Person Person: He, Nicko, tends to clarify every noun and refers to them, other character, first by pronoun and than by theirs, characters', names. It, his manner of speech, seems to come from his actual persona, Hades v1.

Species of Fortuna

Notail

• Blue-and-Orange Morality

  To think that a species whose main goal in life is to defeat a great evil could be one of the foulest species, racing across the universe in search of knowledge. The ends justify the means, and they take delight in being called so awful.

• Cool Mask: Notails tend to wear masks with smiley faces on them.
• Walking Wasteland: Downplayed. They carry many diseases that don't affect the species and may cause mutations to other biological species.

Real People

I

• Cruel Player-Character God: She's pulled off many playthroughs trying to end the universe of Fortuna many times before and her actions caused the main plot, with her betraying the Greek Apollo v1 and causing a Sun God Run.

Limbo Gods

The Singer

• Animalistic Abomination: Initially appears as a mass of pink photorealistic pieces of marine animals, shaped into a crude dolphin.
• Blue-and-Orange Morality: Has difficulty understanding people, and questions why they scream and run as they create a fish thunderstorm that's destroying their village.
• Devious Dolphins: A dolphin-shaped god that brings chaos and misfortune.
• Hates Being Alone: Has the [Clingy] trait, which compels them to seek out and emotionally attach themselves to someone.
• Manipulative Bastard: Classified as a manipulative god and has the [Manipulative] trait, and is very skilled at garnering pity for itself.
• Objectshifting: Turns into a pink puppet for Clay to replace his lost puppet.
• Reality Warper: Begins altering textboxes shortly after appearing, then altering the thoughts of characters that appear in the text boxes. Also creates an endless rain of fish shortly after appearing.
• Red Baron: The Abusive.
• The Dreaded: Among the patrons of the third game, who don't talk around it to prevent it roomtrapping and destroying them.
• Voice Changeling: Mimics the voice of Clay's dead friend Belladonna before appearing in-person.