Main Characters
First Arc (Ravenwood Staff & Faculty, Wizard City, Krokotopia, Marleybone, Mooshu, Dragonspyre)
Second Arc (Celestia, Zafaria, Avalon, Azteca, Khrysalis) | Third Arc (Polaris, Mirage, Empyrea)
Fourth Arc (Karamelle, Lemuria)
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The Wizard
The Wizard is the protagonist and player character of the game. When creating a character, you choose between the Fire, Ice, Storm, Myth, Life, Death or Balance schools of magic, then spend the game advancing your knowledge of your chosen discipline while adventuring through the game's worlds.
- 11th-Hour Superpower: As the Divine Paradox, Scion of Grandfather Tree - you have 50,000 Health and mastery of all schools!
- An Ice Person: If your chosen school is Ice. One of their summon spells is literally an angry, top-hat-wearing Snowlem.
- Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: As the Divine Paradox, to fight an equally sized Aethyr Titan.
- Badass Adorable: The player is seemingly just a kid, but still embarks on endless dangerous adventures without fear or hesitation.
- The Bard: The player can cast their spells with wands that look like harps, mandolins, guitars, and flutes.
- The Beautiful Elite: The game notes that Fire wizards tend to be very attractive.
- Casting a Shadow: Regardless of whatever school the wizard starts in, they will eventually learn Shadow magic.
- Competitive Balance: Although each school has a different specialization, they're designed to be generally equal in terms of power.
- Crippling Overspecialization: Life wizards are exceptional healers, but have fun trying to deal any significant damage without high-tier gear, especially at early levels.
- Damage Over Time: Fire magic, for the most part, operates on this mechanic, with high-damage hit spells spread out over multiple rounds. Storm wizards deal comparably high damage, but it's all combined into larger single hits.
- Dishing Out Dirt: Sand-based magic fuels most of the Balance school's offensive spells. The Myth school's Earthquake spell is also a literal example.
- Glass Cannon: Storm and Fire wizards. These schools all have relatively low accuracy and health (especially in the case of Storm), but high damage.
- Green Thumb: Life wizards. Some of their advanced spells, particularly heals, are more comparable to pure White Magic.
- The Hero: By the time you reach the endgame, you've saved the Spiral from destruction four times. If you include side quests, nearly every NPC in the game has the Wizard to thank for solving their problems.
- Jack of All Stats: Balance wizards, which makes sense as the lore states that they draw power from all the other schools.
- Life Drain: Death wizards specialize in these.
- Luke Nounverber: This trope is practically enforced, as players must choose parts of their character's names from a set of lists rather than inputting them directly. However, you can choose "(none)" on at least one of them. Even the Trope Namer is possible, though it's not as overused as you'd think.
- The Medic: The Life school's playstyle revolves around healing. Death wizards also have shades of this, but can only heal themselves (by extracting health from their opponents).
- The Minion Master: Myth wizards can summon a vast range of minions to assist them in battle, and the Monstrology activity lets you capture the essence of certain mobs to create summonable minion versions of them.
- Necromancer: Death wizards. It's even the formal title of their class.
- One-Steve Limit: Averted. You choose your wizard's first and last name from predetermined lists, which can lead to many wizards with the same name running around.
- Playing with Fire: If your chosen school is Fire. In a more literal example, the Immolate spell involves burning yourself, dealing high fire damage to your opponent if you manage to survive.
- Powerful, but Inaccurate: Storm and Fire spells have poor accuracy (70% and 75%, respectively), but are the most powerful.
- Sand Blaster: Plenty of balance spells involve deserts or sand.
- Shock and Awe: If your chosen school is Storm. Some summon spells, like Storm Shark, also have shades of Making a Splash.
- Silent Protagonist: The only sounds you hear your wizard make are the "hurt" sounds that you make when you take damage in a fight.
- This is subverted in that the Wizard can talk... You just can't hear him/her. There's a "menu chat" system for players under 13, and more traditional (but still highly restricted) text-based chat for players over 13. For players over 18, there's a much less censored version, only available if you are confirmed to be 18 or older, with an active membership and a valid credit card on file.
- Stone Wall: If his/her chosen school is Ice. They don't do as much damage as most other schools, but boast high health and resistance, enabling them to tank very effectively.
- Life wizards can also qualify. They have similarly high health (if not to Ice's extent) and low damage, rely on healing (which makes them all the more difficult to take down), and can train Spirit Armor, which will No-Sell damage taken from spells.
- Summon Magic: Most offensive spells are based around this, although the summoned creatures disappear after they've attacked.
- Vague Age: The player looks like they're a teenager, but they may be just below or above that age range.
- Weak, but Skilled: Myth wizards have below average health and their attacks are average in terms of damage dealing, but they are able to remove wards and charms, stun, and summon minions as a backup. One myth spell, Earthquake, even deals damage, attacks all enemies, and removes wards and charms.
Wizard's Allies
Merle Ambrose
Headmaster Merle Ambrose
Aha... the spell is working.
"I should say, young wizard, that I was quite impressed with your courage. There is little doubt but that a great destiny awaits you."
Voiced by: Nigel Lambert
Magic School: Unknown
Merle Ambrose is the Headmaster of the Ravenwood School of Magical Arts. Originally from the world of Avalon, he journeyed to the heart of the Spiral and built Wizard City around the World Tree, founding the Ravenwood School to teach magic to young wizards of all origins. An ancient and powerful wizard, Headmaster Ambrose prefers to share his arcane knowledge with others rather than hoard it for himself— he truly loves and cares for his students and faculty, regardless of race or origin. While he keeps Wizard City secluded from the politics of the Spiral, he is treated with a great degree of respect by leaders of its various worlds.
- Big Good: Of Wizard City, and later of the entire game as head of the Council of Light.
- Cool Old Guy: The most powerful wizard alive and the leader of the Council of Light, as well as the headmaster of the most prestigious wizarding school in the Spiral.
- Did We Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?: Shares a bond with Grandfather Tree, one of the three Primordials that shaped the Spiral from the shattered fragments of the First World.
- Expy: Bears similarity to another magical headmaster, as well as the famed wizard Merlin of Arthurian Legend.
- Really 700 Years Old: The player encounters Merle while reliving Morganthe's memories of her time as a Ravenwood student, centuries in the past. The Headmaster doesn't even look any younger. In an Avalon flashback, we see him as Artorius' court wizard, centuries before that. He still looks the same.
- Sink or Swim Mentor: Although he's shown to care deeply about his students, he's not hesitant to send the player into extremely dangerous situations.
Grandmother Raven
Lady Nightstar, Grandmother of Ravens
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"I have long watched you as you made your way through the Spiral. Perhaps you have felt my presence before."
Magic School: Unknown
Grandmother Raven is the narrator of the game and one of the three Primordials. She is the sister of Grandfather Tree and helped him create the Spiral after the First World was destroyed. She is also responsible for locking Grandfather Spider away and using his heart to fuel the Spiral. In Empyrea, she tries to end the Spiral due to her hatred for her brother Spider's shadows and chaos needed to keep it alive as part of the natural balance.- Arch-Enemy: Grandfather Spider. In ancient times, she locked him away, and then took his heart to fuel the Spiral.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Initially, in Wintertusk, she is very kind and helpful. At the end of Empyrea Part 1, it's revealed she plans to end the Spiral and that no one other than herself and her mortal daughter, Mellori, will survive.
- Never Mess with Granny: Is powerful enough to cast you out of the Astral Plane and lock away another Primordial, Grandfather Spider.
- Rule of Three: Is one of the three Primordials, along with Grandfather Tree and Grandfather Spider.
Mellori
Mellori
"Oh, hey there. I think you maybe took a wrong turn somewhere. You're either lost or you're some kind of crazy wanderer."
Magic School: Life
Mellori is a character introduced during Polaris and is the daughter of the Myth scholar, Baba Yaga. She appears to be similar in age to the Wizard and accompanies them through the world's questline. At the end of Polaris, she enrolls at Ravenwood, where she joins the Life School and helps you fight Grandfather Spider during the events of Mirage. After the fight is finished, it's revealed that she is actually Grandmother Raven's mortal daughter, and was sent to finish off Spider as Raven knew you wouldn't be able to finish the job. Spider deflects her blast and ends up capturing her so that he can use her to get his heart back. During the first act of Empyrea, you manage to reach her, but Bat nearly kills her and she is currently unconscious.
- Action Girl: Mellori helps you stop Rasputin from breaking the Sky Anchor and comes with you to stop Spider in Mirage. She even tries to kill him when you refuse, but fails.
- Attack Backfire: Her attacking Spider is what allows him to capture her.
- Healing Hands: As a student of the Life School.
- I Just Want to Be Special: Mellori desperately wanted to explore the Spiral and be a hero. She gets her chance when she accompanies the Wizard to stop Rasputin.
- Meaningful Name: Mellori's name is derived from the corvus mellori, aka Little Raven. Fitting, as she is the mortal daughter of Grandmother Raven.
Father Bat
(Warning: This character is a living spoiler for Empyrea. All spoilers are unmarked.)
Father Bat
"Yes, I sabotaged the lava tubes and the steam vents, but I did it for good reason. My father wants to get his heart back. I don't want him to."
Magic School: Shadow
The Bat is the youngest son of Grandfather Spider and first appears in Empyrea. Initially presented as a villain, you later learn he wishes to stop his father and save the Spiral.
- Dark Is Not Evil: Despite being the son of Grandfather Spider, he wants to preserve the Spiral and is generally pretty nice.
- Heel–Face Turn: Is revealed to have pulled one against his father after the Temple of Light.
- Genius Bruiser: A powerful Shadow lord, and fiercely intelligent to boot.
- Overlord Jr.: Subverted, unlike his older brothers, who serve as the Big Bads for their respective worlds. Bat is more of an antihero.
- Physical God: He is a demi-Primordial and one of the most powerful Shadow wizards in the Spiral.
- The Unfettered: Is very, very focused on his goal of saving the Spiral, to the point where he attempts to murder Mellori.
- Walking Spoiler: It's hard to talk about him without spoiling a lot of Empyrea.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Ends up attempting to kill Mellori, as she is the only one who can break Spider's chains.
- White Sheep: Bat turns out to have been born from Spider's dreams, unlike his brothers, who were born from Spider's nightmares.
- Youngest Child Wins: As the youngest child of Spider. he is the only one who is successful is his goal (that is, saving the Spiral).
Villains
Malistaire
Malistaire Drake
"Face my cold fury."
"The lords of Dragonspyre lacked the will to command the Dragon Titan. I am far stronger than they were."
"Young Wizard, I had nearly forgotten how much I despise you."
Magic School: Death/Shadow
The former Professor of the Death School and self-proclaimed Master of Death, Malistaire Drake is the brother of Cyrus Drake and Big Bad of Act One. Driven mad by the death of his beloved wife Sylvia, the pursuit of the power he believes would bring her back leads him to first rip the Death School from Ravenwood, steal Grandfather Tree's Eye of History, and then orchestrate an Undead assault on Wizard City.
By the time that the Wizard catches up to him, he has stolen the Krokonomicon, and plans to wake the ancient Dragon Titan, responsible for destroying Dragonspyre, to serve him - placing the entire Spiral in grave danger.
In an attempt to kill the player, Morganthe brings back Malistaire as the lich Malistaire the Undying, but he is sent hurtling off of Xibalba into space. Confused and angry, he lands in Darkmoor and challenges the Wizard to a duel, which he loses - finally laying him to rest for good.
- Arch-Enemy: The Wizard becomes this to him as the game goes on, especially once he makes his return as Malistaire the Undying.
- Berserk Button: Absolutely loses it when he thinks Cyrus is using Sylvia's memory to manipulate him.
- Big Bad: Of Dragonspyre, and the first story arc as a whole. He's also the Greater-Scope Villain of Wizard City, Krokotopia, Marleybone, and Mooshu. As Malistaire the Undying, he briefly acts as The Dragon to Morganthe during the Azteca storyline. Finally, he returns as the Big Bad of the special side world of Darkmoor.
- Came Back Strong: While Malistaire was always a tough cookie, his short-lived tenure as Malistaire the Undying gave him power beyond anything he attained in life.
- Driven to Madness: What began as a quest to restore his wife to life descended into a quest for forbidden knowledge that corrupted Malistaire's heart and soul, causing him to abandon his morals in pursuit of greater power. When he's brought back from the Afterlife by Morganthe, he loses his mind again, becoming an undead creature of pure hatred.
- Love Makes You Evil: Everything he's done was in the hopes of bringing Sylvia back to life.
- One-Winged Angel: In Darkmoor, greatly reducing his health as Malistaire The Undying results in his transformation into a Haunted Malistaire, a being of pure shadow.
- That One Boss: Invoked. Malistaire the Undying is the single most powerful Exalted tier boss in the game, and his dungeon can take hours to complete without a well-prepared team. As he drops some of the highest-tier endgame gear available (Empyrea/Karamelle gear is now considered even better in some respects), dedicated players often must fight him several times. Thankfully for more casual players, he's an optional boss.
- Together in Death: After his first and second defeat, Sylvia's spirit comes to comfort him and guides him to the afterlife so they can be together.
- Tragic Villain: Malistaire truly loved and was an exceptional husband to Sylvia, and was an outstanding professor at Ravenwood. In the end, his own inability to cope with loss led him down a path of darkness and insanity, losing everything he didn't even realize he had left.
Morganthe
Queen Morganthe Malory
The Mirror will break... the Horn will call. From Shadow I strike, and the skies... will fall!
"I have long dreamed of this. I may not have the pleasure of killing Ambrose with my own hand, but sending him your head may be sweeter, still. I forget myself. A queen should not act so basely. Such a threat is beneath me, especially on the eve of my victory. Mirror Lake broke, then Huracan, the horned one, called to Xibalba. And then I brought down the sky. And you failed and failed and failed. But really, in the face of prophecy, what choice did you have? You dabble in Shadow, but you have no idea what it truly means. Shadow bends to reality. And reality bends to my whim. Face me in all my forms, and despair!"
Voiced by: Lilas Lane
Magic School: Death
Morganthe is a malicious and powerful sorceress who acts as the Big Bad of the second Story Arc. Born in Avalon, she learned mighty magic studying under King Artorius' court wizard, Merle Ambrose. Journeying with Ambrose to Wizard City, she became one of Ravenwood's most promising students but was expelled for practicing forbidden magic and nearly causing the city to fall into the Void. Humiliated and betrayed, the young Morganthe wandered to the lost world of Khrysalis, earning the allegiance through cleverness or fear of its denizens. As she grew in age, she grew in power, committing great acts of evil and darkness in the name of her new kingdom, the Shadow Web.
She is first mentioned in Celestia as the cause of the world's destruction— she brought down the Celestians in a bid to take their Astral Magic for her own. After the Wizard rescues Thurston Plunkett and his expedition in Celestia, she reveals herself and her plan: Use the Astral Magic to fulfill the ancient Grand Prophecy and remake the Spiral in her image. The player chases her through the worlds but keeps falling one step behind as the Grand Prophecy nears completion. Finally, with the help of the Council of Light and the mysterious being known as Old Cob, the Wizard confronts Morganthe in her Shadow Palace and defeats her, breaking her spells and pulling her forever into the Void between the Worlds.
- Alas, Poor Villain: Ambrose takes no joy upon learning of her death, calling her story a tragedy, one that must be learned so as not to repeat further ones.
- Arachnid Appearance and Attire: Of course, with her being the queen of the Arachna, you can't expect her to dress any other way.
- Arch-Enemy: To Merle Ambrose, her mentor in Avalon, headmaster in Ravenwood and nemesis as leader of the Council of Light. While Merle wants to preserve the Spiral's structure and protect its worlds, Morganthe considers the system flawed, seeking to remake it in her own image.
- Big Bad: Of Khrysalis, and the second story arc as a whole. She's also the Greater-Scope Villain of Celestia, Zafaria, Avalon, and Azteca.
- Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: Arc Villain variety when compared to Malistaire. While both villains seek to gain great power, Malistaire only desires it to save his wife, and much of his story arc involves him simply gathering the components for his ritual. While Malistaire's actions do cause chaos in the worlds, they mainly act as distractions for his real goal and the Wizard is able to set them right. Morganthe on the other hand, desires to rewrite reality out of selfish Pride and actively attacks the worlds, deliberately trying to destroy some, such as with Azteca, which she succeeds in destroying with Xibalba.
- Disney Villain Death: Falls into the Void between the Worlds through a rift in the fabric of reality after becoming overwhelmed by the raw power of the Primordials' Song of Creation.
- God Save Us from the Queen!: Umbra Queen of the Shadow Web, tyrant of Khrysalis, and a very evil woman.
- Ms. Fanservice: Not bad-looking for a centuries-old sorceress.
- Becomes Fan Disservice at the end of Khrysalis, when she transcends her mortal form to become a giant spider Shadow Goddess.
- One-Winged Angel: The Morganthe boss fight in the Shadow Palace is against five versions of herself at once. There are only four duel slots on the mob side of a dueling circle.
- Out-Gambitted: Right up until Khrysalis, the Wizard is always unable to keep up with her plans. In Azteca, she actually manages to bring down Xibalba and destroy the entire world, right after the player finishes the long process of preventing that exact scenario.
- Spiders Are Scary: Has several pet spiders, and her Umbra Legion is heavily spider-themed. Her elite commanders are Spider Magi people, and the Spider Temple in Zafaria marks the beginning of her Grand Prophecy. Even her outfit is... spider-y.
- That One Boss: While the final confrontation in Khrysalis is challenging, the Young Morganthe battle in Ghost Avalon is notoriously difficult due to her unpredictable attack patterns and cheats.
- Token Human: The Umbra Legion consists almost entirely of Khrysalis Arachnids, but its leader is a human sorceress from Avalon.
Old Cob
Old Cob/ Grandfather Spider
Time, time, time, see what's become of me.
"And, at long last, the inevitable showdown between the forces of Light and Shadow. It's not so clear-cut, however, is it, Tainted One? But battle we must. With the Sands of Time in such a state, I suspect it will add quite an... unpredictable dynamic to this contest. Who knows? It might help you win. Of course, the odds of defeating a being such as I... well, they are slim, but come, give me your best."
Magic School: Shadow/Storm
Freed from imprisonment by the Wizard in the forsaken depths of Khrysalis, the mysterious being known as Old Cob aids the Wizard in their quest to defeat Morganthe. At the end of the Khrysalis questline, he betrays the Wizard, revealing himself as the Primordial god of shadow, Grandfather Spider. Free from his prison, he and his children launch an assault on the worlds of the Spiral, working with the shadowy and elusive Cabal to bring about and end to the universe itself. An insanely powerful and intelligent entity, Old Cob represents the strongest and most dangerous threat the Wizard, and the Spiral itself has ever seen.
- Affably Evil: States several times that he considers the Wizard a friend, and only engages in conflict with them because they're refusing to stop interfering in his business. Compared to the previous two arc villains, he has many more bits of humorous and witty dialogue. Don't let it all fool you, though— he's much more dangerous and powerful than he lets on, and his plans are numerous, ancient and infinitely complex.
- Arch-Enemy: Grandmother Raven, who broke his heart and went against his wishes when she created the Spiral.
- Big Bad: Of the third story arc. He's also the Greater-Scope Villain of Polaris, Mirage, and Empyrea. As of the end of Empyrea Act One, it looks like he may be sharing the role with Raven.
- Blue-and-Orange Morality: Justified in that he's a Primordial. His true endgame, and even the purpose of his actions are mostly unknown to the Wizard, but his schemes over the course of Polaris and Mirage fit him squarely into the 'villain' category.
- Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: Arc Villain variety, with Morganthe. He is introduced differently from her, coming into play during the later half of Khrysalis, taking an active role in usurping the Big Bad position from her to set up Arc 3, while Morganthe was introduced a few zones into Celestia, completely independent of Malistaire's defeat. In terms of temperament, Old Cob is a patient and affable foe, versus Morgathe's immense gloating ego. And while Morganthe becomes more despicable with time, eventually dying as her own ambitions exceeded her capabilities, Grandfather Spider's evil begins to diminish as more of his past and conflict with Raven is revealed, to the point where he is not the Final Boss, that position going to the Aethyr Titan, and he ultimately locks himself in the primordial forest alongside Raven, no longer troubling the Spiral or its inhabitants.
- The Corrupter: To Morganthe, and the Duck of Death in Pirate101. He's also heavily suggested to have had a role in Malistaire's descent into madness.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: Destroys Overlord Xerxes' entire army with one quick spell. It's implied that he was only defeated in Mirage because he was holding back out of subconscious respect for the Wizard, plus the sands of time being messed up threw a wrench in the works, and even that was basically a tie.
- Deadpan Snarker: A lot of his dialogue with the Wizard, post-Khrysalis, falls into this category. At certain moments, he drops the act completely, becoming almost ominously serious. You can practically feel him shift his tone from Old Cob to the primordial Grandfather Spider.
- Eldritch Abomination: At the end of Khrysalis, he is revealed as Grandfather Spider, one of the three Primordials that shaped the Spiral. While he appears in a (relatively) humanoid form ingame, he's consistently depicted as a colossal, shadowy spider by the Luphilim Oracles' images.
- We finally get to see his true form while in the Reverie in Empyrea Part 2. Even Mellori is horrified to see his freakishly large form.
- Evil Sounds Deep: His voice actor does an exceptional job at this.
- Greater-Scope Villain: Of the entire Spiral, spanning both Wizard101 and its sister game Pirate101. However, the beginning of the fourth arc may have relegated him out of this role as a whole.
- Rule of Three: Is one of the three Primordials, along with Grandfather Tree and Grandmother Raven.
- Sealed Evil in a Can: Locked in the Black Hole in the depths of Khrysalis by Grandmother Raven. Even the Umbra Legion is terrified of the Thing in the Pit. Taylor Coleridge tricks the Wizard into releasing him towards the end of the second arc.
- Stone Wall: When fought in the Sands of Time, he had 99,999 health before an update reduced it to just over 30,000 (he would have had 100,000, but the game's engine couldn't handle that number at the time.) Multiply that with resistance to every school but Myth, and you get one hell of a tank. He was considered the most difficult main-quest boss until the release of Empyrea— and as the plot implies he was handicapping himself, a second, even more, challenging battle might've been even more grueling had he not begun to feel emotions again after being near his heart, resulting in the Aethyr Titan taking over that role.
Rasputin
Rasputin/Father Rat
Click here to see his true form
"Oh, what a pleasant surprise! You decided to attend the ceremony after all. The final moments of this twisted experiment called the Spiral. For centuries, we lay in the darkness and torment, but we dreamed of this day when shadows would rise and pure Chaos would be properly restored."
Magic School: Shadow
The treacherous advisor to the Empress of Polaris, Rasputin's schemes threaten to escalate tensions between the Empire and the Penguin Rebellion and bring chaos to Polaris. In Horizon Hold, his true form is revealed: Father Rat, one of Grandfather Spider's demi-Primordial children. The Wizard stops him from destroying the Sky Anchor and the Spiral along with it, and he retreats to nurse his wounds under his father's protection.
- Big Bad: Of the Polaris storyline.
- Expy: Probably the most obvious one in the entire game, which is saying something.
- The Minion Master: His boss fight is based around him summoning his Titan Experiments to aid him in battle.
- Really 700 Years Old: He appears as a fairly old man, but is, in reality, the immortal son of an ancient Physical God.
- Token Human: The one human official in the Polarian Empire, surrounded by walrus, polar bears, penguins, and moose. Subverted when it turns out he's the Rat.
Xerxes
Overlord Xerxes/Father Scorpion
"Finally, the forger of this feeble alliance deigns to make an appearance! If we had just besieged the city, it would be over by now! I offered to parlay to spare innocent lives. I know it wounds the pride of these great Houses, but I assure you, surrender is your only option."
Magic School: Shadow
An ancient warlord who once ruled over all Mirage, Overlord Xerxes has been unwittingly reanimated by the Chronomancers and has returned to retake his lost empire. Halfway through Mirage, he is revealed as Father Scorpion, another son of Grandfather Spider. When he is defeated by the Wizard, he too flees to safety, with an irritated Spider scolding him for his recklessness.
- Amazing Technicolor Population: Downplayed. His dark skin can easily be mistaken for purple. Played Straight with his true form.
- Back from the Dead: He was supposedly resurrected from the dead in order to take back Mirage. Subverted when it turns out he was Not Quite Dead.
- Big Bad: Of the Mirage storyline.
- Didn't Think This Through: Unlike his brother, he rejects Old Cob's great strategy for Mirage, opting instead to lay siege to Aggrobah and retake the world for himself. When he's defeated by the Wizard, he doesn't exactly get sympathy from Cob for his rebellious actions.
- Disc-One Final Boss: Serves as this for Mirage, both at the 1/4 and halfway points of the world.
- Evil Overlord: The straightest example of this trope in the game— it's even his title. He's an ancient warlord who commands an army of the undead, and a definite badass as well.
- Really 700 Years Old: He's been awoken from eons of eternal stasis. It's revealed that he's Father Scorpion, son of the Primordial Grandfather Spider.
Medulla
Medulla
"Prepare to be mind-meddled!"
Magic School: Myth
- 0% Approval Rating: Quite a few of the Cabalists will mention they don't really like Medulla after you defeat him and the only reason they followed him was due to his mind-control. The Bat even remarks that he seems like a terrible boss.
- Big Bad: Of the Empyrea Act 1 storyline.
- Brain Monster: He even fights you inside an even bigger brain, just to pound in the theme.
- Glad I Thought of It: All of Medulla's self-proclaimed ideas are not his own, with a lot of them originally coming from Bat.
- Hypno Ray: When he hypnotizes Mellori to break the chain of Ice and Fire, a ray shoots out from his eye.
- The Mole: He managed to infiltrate the Arcanum and volunteered to check out Empyrea, but was wrongly presumed dead.
- Not-So-Harmless Villain: Medulla is an egotistical floating brain with a high-pitched and very grating voice; he also got extremely close to his goal of attaching Mellori's essence to an essence canon and blasting the Paradox Chains holding the Chaos Heart in place. Not only that, but he's also one of the hardest bosses currently in the game.
Other Characters
Grandfather Tree
Grandfather Tree
Magic School: Unknown
Grandfather Tree, nicknamed "Bartleby" by Merle Ambrose, is the eldest of the Primordials and creator of the Spiral. Despite his unfathomable power, the vast majority of his energy is spent holding the Spiral together from his place at its center, leaving him tired and unable to intervene in mortal affairs. When Merle Ambrose journeyed from Avalon to Bartleby's island at the heart of the Spiral, he built his magic school there due to its proximity to Tree, and the two have become unlikely friends.
- Barrier Tree: His power and concentration combined with the energy of the Chaos Heart is what keeps the worlds of the Spiral from falling into the Void.
- Broken Bird: Despite being, essentially, the Spiral's equivalent of God, the constant energy required to maintain the Spiral leaves him perpetually tired and unable to interact with his children's lives, instead simply standing inert at the center of Wizard City. On top of this, one of his eyes was stolen by Malistaire after the game's events, and he's infected with disease following the Wizard's graduation (he recovers from both, however.)
- Heroic Fatigue: His main personality trait, due to his situation. In his rare interactions with the Wizard, he often speaks of how tired he is, and his bark has formed into Exhausted Eye Bags.
- Physical God: In a world full of MacGuffins, Doomsday Devices, and Reality Warper wizards, the buck stops at Grandfather Tree. He is the first of the Primordials and has power which hypothetically exceeds that of Raven and Spider combined. Although he can't directly intervene in Spiral affairs, he singlehandedly maintains the Spiral Thread that keeps the worlds from the Void. Only the Titans exceed him in raw power.
- Portal Network: His energy fuels the Stormgates that allow travel between the Spiral's worlds. Ancient wizards tapped into that magic to create the World Doors, which improve the system by making the process instantaneous. To honor Tree, Wizard City's world door lies within him, making him a living Hub Level.
