History Characters / ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura

%%* WhosLaughingNow: To Stout's eyes.

A half-orc Master of Throwing, she's a weapon enthusiast and dreams of mastering one particular weapon - Azram's Star. Unfortunately, she's also a professional bodyguard whose current contract prevents her from aquiring the star herself.

%%* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Well, he's certainly got the attitude.%%How?

* {{Superboss}}: Himself and his crew. It's probably ''the'' toughest confrontation in entire game.

* BadassBookworm: She's perfectly capable of standing her ground in combat, while in the same time being highly-trained physician.

* PlayingWithSyringes: A heroic example once she starts indulging in [[SuperSerum Theurapevtics]].

* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: [[spoiler:His lost clan turns out to be the legendary Iron Clan. He restores it and is proclaimed chief. And later, if Loghaire doesn't return, even the king of all dwarves.]]

** "''NEVER'' ask a Dwarf the name of his Clan!" Because he doesn't actually know what it is. Shalefist is apparently just his last name made to sound dwarfy.

* DisappointingHeritageReveal: He's a city dwarf born and bred and is secretly ashamed of this (his real name is Malcolm Schulefest), as he really wants to live up to the OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame ideal (live under a mountain, be good at mining, etc.). He can be taken along an early quest involving a dwarf clan and is severely disappointed, since the dwarves in question are hideously mutated, but keeps going and he eventually finds out he's related to a legendary lost dwarf clan.
* DoNotCallMePaul: There are hints that Magnus' real name is Malcolm Schulefest, but he will rather cut his beard than admit it.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He is arrogant to the comical extent, but he sincerly wants to discover his roots and is otherwise kind-hearted.

* BlessedWithSuck: [[spoiler: Has orcish strength and vitality, but also the appearance. In the world where FantasticRacism flourishes.]]
* CulturedBadass: [[spoiler: He comes from a high class family and received all the proper education any wealthy gentleman could get]].
* FantasticRacism: [[spoiler: He shows nothing but disdain for orcs despite posing as one, believing them to be a race of savages and criminals who deserve their lot in life.]]

* HidingYourHeritage: [[spoiler:He deliberately plays up the lie that he's a full-blooded orc rather than a human to protect his family from prejudice, and because the freak-show act he puts on needs people to believe he's an orc to be convincing.]]
* HulkSpeak: [[spoiler: Until you goad him into blowing his cover... or are just dumb enough that he doesn't bother to pretend]].
* HumanAllAlong: [[spoiler: Despite that he is completely indistinguishable from orc, he is a full-blooded human]].

* InterfaceSpoiler: [[spoiler: Moving the cursor over him reveals the crossed pistols icon of a human character in the status window]].

* NobleBigot: [[spoiler:He is very bigoted against actual orcs. Considering his appereance, it is not hard to see why]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler: The entire act of the "smartest orc" is based on the fact he's in fact a quite intelligent ''human'' with a looks of an orc]]

* CharacterTic: His periodical howling.

* AristocratsAreEvil: Geoffrey is a scion of a rich aristocratic family who decided to committ himself to the dark arts of the Black Necromancy for the fun and thrill of it.

* EvilVersusOblivion: [[spoiler: Even though Geoffrey agrees with Kerghan's point of view, he turns on him and will attack you if join him, simply because there isn't much fun if any living thing ceases to exist]].

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:A hardened killer he is, he'll be deeply shocked and sickened if you take him to Half-Ogre Island. Makes sense, as Molochean Hand rebelled when they learned of Derian-Ka's necromantic experiments while what was going on the island is ''much, much worse''.]]

* TheMole: [[spoiler:For the Molochean Hand. Eventually he will try to assassinate you if the player doesn't become friendly with Molochean Hand and reveals TheConspiracy.]]
* ProfessionalKiller: [[spoiler:He's a Molochean Hand member sent to get the ChosenOne killed]].

* SquareRaceRoundClass: He's dwarven ''mage'' and really competent at that. Sadly, he still operates under the standard penalty all dwarves have, making his spells cost double.

An ancient warrior from Kree, who lived somewhen at the Age of Legends, but was raised from the dead a millenium later as part of Derian-Ka's Gray Legions to fight the Molochean Hand who rebelled against the order after learning about the horrible deeds of Kerghan, its founder. After their defeat, Torian was among a few survivng Legionaires who returned to the temple of Derian-Ka. They stayed there for centuries, and eventually their flesh rotted away, reducing them to crumpling skeletons and later to dust...

* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:At the end, he will join Kerghan regardless of PC's choice, as only Kerghan can "free" his undead friends.]]

* ArbitraryEquipmentRestriction: Averted. Bedokaan biology and strature is considerably different from other humanoid races of Arcanum, to the point it justifies why he can't wear armour, but hats are fine.
* BadassNative: Not counting the dog, he's by far the best combat-oriented follower in the game, with self-earned Mastery in Melee and really good statistics. He also becomes expert archer, making him very flexible.

* BerserkButton: Perriman is strongly prejudiced against Black Necromancy and [[MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers will not tolerate being in one party with Geoffrey]]. The fact Geoffrey finds [[EvilIsCool being necromancer]] ''[[EvilIsCool fun]]'' only makes it harder. Comparing to other inc (Raven and Z'an Alurin, Magnus and Torian Kel), you can't have these two together even if you are the master of Persuasion and have 20 charisma

* OverratedAndUnderleveled: Not only you meet him late in the game after probably hitting ArbitraryHeadcountLimit, he's only level 25 and his skills are not something extraordinary. The fact that he doesn't even rise his stats after level-ups doesn't help.

* DarkIsNotEvil: She is anything, but evil at this point. While once she believed strongly in dark elves and their philosophy, she is now disillusioned with all of it, but still retains all her training and skills.

* ThievesGuild: He's a member of Thieves Underground.

The King of all dwarves, who was forced to sentence the entire clan to banishment under the threat of a world war between dwarves and elves (whose woods are now being destroyed with dwarven technology, which was given to human by said clan). Soon after he begun to suspect that he was deceived ( and felt himself a traitor. The guilt finally broke him and drove him to exile.

* TheExile: Sent himself into Exile as atonement for banishing the Black Mountain Clan.

* HappilyEverAfter: [[spoiler: With Adkin in a neat house in Roseborough after you bring him the potion and tell him her whereabouts]].

* SoProudOfYou: [[spoiler: Joachim expresses his pride for Virgil upon the latter's rebirth in Caladon and says that the Living One couldn't have a better compainion]].

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Gil Bates, an eccentric millionaire, inventor of revolutionary technology. Oh, and his rival is called ''Apple''by.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: They fought against and defeated Kerghan's necromancer order when they learned of their plans. You can cause them to repeat this when everything breaks loose a second time.]]

* AlmostDeadGuy: The only thing he can is his begging to find "the boy"

* GodzillaThreshold: [[spoiler: Stennar shaves his beard to look like a gnome in order to hide from the Molochean Hand's assassins. Given that shaving is absoultely unacceptable in the Dwarven culture, one can wonder how desperate he was...]].

* HiddenInPlainSight: He's drinking in "Sobbing Onion", in the next room to one of Expert trainers.

* BackstabBackfire: [[spoiler: While you seem to convince him that you have no intent of turning him in and are there only for the training, his paranoia finally takes over as you are about to leave, and he literally and figuratively backstabs you, with a thrown dagger. However, that fails to kill you, and the resulting fight ends poorly for him.]]

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler: He stopped killing, reformed, atoned and paid for all the evil he did. Thing is, Thorndop didn't kill all his enemies and left some of them alive, with monumental grudge against him]].

* ShoutOut: He's [[Film/{{Unforgiven}} William Munny]], but rather than finding love, he found god.
* ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer: [[spoiler: Turns out, if you are a cold-blooded killer and gunslinger, better be sure to kill everyone and their dog, or they will come after you with a vengeance]].

* AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: [[spoiler:The conclusion of his story about the prince who was framed up and imprisoned on the island.]]
* BadassArmy: [[spoiler: After returning to the throne, he reformatted Dragon Knights (who were already this) with modern weaponry and technology, including [[MechanicalHorse steam horses]].]]

* TheGoodKing: [[spoiler:Unlike his brother, he is willing to embrace both magic and technology in a way similar to Caladon. After his return, the dying country started to rise to its former glory.]]
* RightfulKingReturns: [[spoiler:With a little help of the Living One.]]

* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: He went from already ruthless and cruel pirate to the stuff from nightmarish SeaStories under the influence of Bangellian Scourge

* ForTheEvulz: Why he [[spoiler: defiled Halcyon's altar]]. It backfired spectacularly in his face, as he [[spoiler: ended up as a cursed wraith and can't reach Afterlife until atoning for his sins]].

* BrokenPedestal: To Arronax. She, like any Dark Elf, used to worship Arronax and had no doubts about the natural advantage of Elves over other races, but at some point became disillusioned with his teaching and the Dark Elf philosophy in general.

* WeakButSkilled: Though game describes him as quite a powerful man, gameplay-wise he is too weak to use his BFG properly... but then he proves surprisingly effective with it.

* TheAlcoholic: Fortunately, a fully functional and jolly one. Or it's just the amount of alcohol it takes to knock this guy down.

* LightningBruiser: Since he's a half ogre and a dedicated melee fighter, he quickly ranks up Dexterity, Strength and Constitution to maximum.

* SweetTooth: She likes sweet cakes.

* CameBackWrong: [[spoiler: In earlier versions, after his ressurection in the Caladon tavern, Virgil, irregardless of his previous experience, got the 25th level and lost all items you gave to him]].

* TookALevelInKindness: After he was converted to the Panarii religion, he abandoned his... questionable ways of life. [[spoiler:After the ressurection in Caladon, he becomes much softer and kinder in his manners]].

* {{Necromancer}}: Although White Necromancy (the healing of spirit and flesh, and ressurection magic) was common magic beforehand, Kerghan discovered the entire school of Black Necromancy (harming spirits and flesh, raising souls against their will, and animating soulless bodies).

* VoiceOfTheLegion: His BadassBaritone has some unearthly reverberation in it, a trait he shares with Silver Lady.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He is one of the best melee characters in the game and also happens to be dwarven king.

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%%* MemeticBadass: In-universe.

* BonusBoss: Himself and his crew. It's probably ''the'' toughest confrontation in entire game.

* EleventhHourRanger: Can join your party if you promise to bring him back to Arcanum (wheneverif you lie or not).

* EleventhHourRanger: Can join you if you give him some food in the form of a lizard carcass. If you can give him food every time when he demands it, he can ever stay in your party for longer time.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: He became the leader of the convicts not only because he spent the longest time in the PenalColony, but also because he's really strong and could beat down most of them. The downside is, naturally, that his authority over criminals is as strong as his ability to enforce it, and showing any sign of weakness will end badly for him. Later he hired even stronger half-orge Oldin as his personal bodyguard.

* ShockAndAwe: Geoffrey studies the Force school of magick along with Black Necromancy and Fire.

* ShockAndAwe: And this.

* SelfMadeMan: Actually not so much, as his invention was an improvement on an already-existing dwarven engine, though most people don't know that. He feels a bit guilty about this. Also, he capitalized the invention with his inheritance from his father.

%%* DumbMuscle: He is a half-ogre. It comes with the package.%%What does?

%%* PlayingWithFire

%%* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Due to his high constitution score.
%%* BowAndSwordInAccord: His other fighting specialty.%%Is?

* CameBackStrong: [[spoiler:Not his physical body, but his ''mind'' and ''spirit'' became much stronger.]]

* CombatMedic: He is a decent fighter and and can support your party with his HealingHands.

* BerserkButton:
** His skeleton will attack you if you enter his chamber equipped with a Molochean Hand Medallion.
** While he was busy being dead, Bane of Kree devastated his hometown, destroyed his house, [[spoiler: stole his sword]] and killed his descendants. Let's just say Bane sits on Torian's Berserk Button firmly.

%%* TheMentor: To Virgil.

* TheArcher: Starts with minor archery bonus.

->'''Tyron:''' [[spoiler: You're an half ogre, haven't you ever wondered why you never knew your parents? A hundred years ago, an half ogre was a rare thing, usually the result of raping and pillaging. But human women aren't...equipped to birth a baby the size of an half ogre]].
->'''Muck Evil Eye:''' [[spoiler: I knew my parents, and I was not the result of rape, sir!]]
* DumbMuscle: He is a half-ogre. It comes with the package.

* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Due to his high constitution score
* BowAndSwordInAccord: His other fighting specialty.

* GoodOldFisticuffs: His fighting specialty.
* LightningBruiser: He was an amateur boxer after all.

* ProfessionalKiller: [[spoiler: He's a Molochean Hand member sent to get the ChosenOne killed]].
* ScienceHero: Knows gunsmithing and chemistry.

A world-wide known adventurer, explorer and hunter, who always seeks for some trouble and will follow you gladly to the island of Thanatos - just to shoot a hundred more of a lethally dangerous beasts.

* TheMentor: To Virgil
* PlayingWithFire: Has entire Fire School of Magick mastered.

[[spoiler: Actually, he used dwarven technology, a deed which he deeply regrets and which almost costed the existence for the Black Mountain Clan.]]

* BigGood: In the final stretch of the game.

* WhereDidWeGoWrong: Towards Arronax.

-->'''Kerghan:''' My reasons for returning aren't what you'd think...I have no aspirations for power or domination like your companion Arronax did...aspirations that I became the victim of. No, those are the motivations of the living, and I no longer place myself among them...

* ArrogantKungFuGuy: [[spoiler: Softens to you a lot if you restore his eyesight.]]

* WhosLaughingNow: To Stout's eyes.

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* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Well, he's certainly got the attitude.

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* OneHitKill: He knows the Disintegration spell and uses it well.

* BadassInANiceSuit: And a top hat!

* ProfessionalKiller: [[spoiler: He's a Molochean Hand member send to get the ChosenOne killed]].

* ShoutOut: As Virgil is your follower in the mysterious world of Arcanum, poet Creator/Virgil was the guide to the protagonist of ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'' in the Hell and the Purgatory.

* AnAxeToGrind: Harrow the First Axe, a massive double-bladed axe [[AncestralWeapon passed down in his family]].

* JerkAss: Oh yes.

%%* StalkerWithACrush

* BigGood: He's the chairman of the Industrial Council and thus the leader of the Unified Kingdom.
* CoolOldGuy

* {{Shopkeeper}}: She counts as a Magic Merchant. She even offers her services to technologist PC's, should you need them.

* UltimateEvil: InUniverse, the Panarii religion presents him as this; a Satan-like figure who's more metaphorical than literal. Which is yet another result of Dark Elves hijacking it.