History Characters / CriticalRoleCalebWidogast

* CharacterDevelopment: [[DefrostingIceKing After spending enough time with the Mighty Nein]] not only he gets some confidence back, [[spoiler: but he gradually stops hiding and [[HeCleansUpNicely starts to wear clean clothes again]], he is more open about using his spells just for the sake of having fun with his friends, and he decided to try and stop [[DecadentCourt the corrupt system]] that brought him and many other children to be brainwashed into murdering their own families instead of [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong going back in time to prevent himself to kill his own parents]] as he was originally planning.]]

** In the campaign wrap-up, [[spoiler: this is one of the reasons Liam gives as to why he decides to not risk going back in time: He realized that with how meticulous and paranoid Trent Ikithon was, there was a small chance he would have wanted to confirm the corpses in the cabin were Calbe's parents, which could have had terrible consequences if he went ahead with his plan.]]

* ProperlyParanoid: He obsessively casts ''Alarm'' before going to sleep, even if the group is sleeping in an inn. It pays off in Episode 8 when bandits slip past Mollymauk's dismal 6 Perception. [[spoiler:He's got good reason to be paranoid: his former teacher, Trent Ikithon, is TheArchmage and leads a magical SecretPolice. Caleb murdered one of Trent's associates and stole a piece of jewelry that he says keeps him hidden from attempts to find him magically. Furthermore, the ''Origins'' comic reveals that the FalseMemories that eventually drove him and his fellow disciples to commit murder as Trent's ChildSoldiers in grooming were implanted in them when they slept in his mansion at the academy, giving Caleb further reason to take precautions before sleeping, to ensure he is never again left vulnerable to the will of another]].

* ScaledUp: Uses the 9th level spell [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Shapechange]] during the battle against [[spoiler:Uk'otoa]] to change himself into an adult blue dragon.

* TheLostLenore: A WrongNameOutburst while drunkenly dancing with Jester, along with his mention of having fallen in love during his studies both imply he has one: Astrid, one of his fellow students.

* BreakTheBeliever: On Talks, Liam describes Caleb in his younger days as a patriot. As he puts it, he was raised that way and it formed a lot of his motivations when he initially became a wizard. [[spoiler: His loyalty and patriotism to the Empire died along with his parents]].
-->'''Caleb [[spoiler:(about his dedication to killing for the Empire)]]:''' But we were-- are-- at war. Many of us felt that way-- feel that way.\\
'''Nott:''' Do you still feel that way?\\
'''Caleb:''' I don't believe in anything now.

* DisintegratorRay: Learns the ''Disintegrate'' spell upon reaching high levels and utilizes it to great effect, particularly against [[spoiler: Vokodo, where it's the finishing blow.]]

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* IronicFear: The wizard with a large repertoire of fire based spells is also a pyrophobe. It becomes much less ironic when one realizes that he does that [[NeverLiveItDown to never forget what he has done]].

!!!Played by: Creator/LiamOBrien

* AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: Not exactly, in-universe, but in the fourth episode of ''Narrative Telephone'', Liam recounts a zemnian fairy tale about three children symbolicaly sacrificied for their country, each one losing a piece of themselves in the process. [[WordOfGod He later confirmed]] that the children were Eadwulf, Astrid, and Bren.

* BadassBookworm: He's an avide reader and forms with Beau the pair of Nerd of the Mighty Nein. He's also an accomplished wizard fully capable of sinking an entire ship by himself.

* BewareTheQuietOnes: As far as arcane practitioners go, Caleb is far from impressive at first glance, but get on his bad side, and you'll understand why one of the most powerful archmages of the Empire calls him a prodigy. During the [[spoiler: [[StormingTheCastle Vergesson Sanatorium heist]], he brutaly murders several guards with ''[[GravityMaster Gravity Sinkhole]]'', a dunamantic spell he reverse engineered by himself.]]

* CharacterDevelopment: [[DefrostingIceKing After spending enough time with the Mighty Nein]] not only he gets some confidence back, [[spoiler: but he gradually stops hiding and [[HeCleansUpNicely starts to wear clean clothes again]], he is more open about using his spells just for the sake of having fun with his friends, and he decided to try and stop [[DecadentCourt the corrupt system]] that brought him and many other children to be brainwashed into murder their own families instead of [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong go back in time to prevent himself to kill his own parents]] as he was originally planning.]]

* ProperlyParanoid: He obsessively casts ''Alarm'' before going to sleep, even if the group is sleeping in an inn. It pays off in Episode 8 when bandits slip past Mollymauk's dismal 6 Perception. [[spoiler:He's got good reason to be paranoid: his former teacher, Trent Ikithon, is TheArchmage and leads a magical SecretPolice. Caleb murdered one of Trent's associates and stole a piece of jewelry that he says keeps him hidden from attempts to find him magically.]]