History Characters / CriticalRoleMarquetVillains

* ArchnemesisDad: [[spoiler:He sired Fearne during his flirtation with Birdie and intentionally had her birthed in Exandria under Ruidus to serve as a pawn in his and the Ruby Vanguard's scheme. Unfortunately for him, Birdie realized he intended to use Fearne as a tool so she ran away with her daughter and Ollie. Unbenownst to him Fearne was aged up by Morrigan and she is now one of the heroes trying to stop him. Fearne even personally torched the Feywild Malleus Key right under his nose without either of them realizing the relationship.]]

* TheDreaded: Ashton describes her as "nightmare fuel" in-universe. In Episode 33, we see that he wasn't kidding. The Green Seekers, when asked to track her down [[spoiler:for [[HeroKiller the murder of Lord Eshteross]]]], immediately decline.

* VillainTakesAnInterest: She sees Imogen as one of the strongest Ruidus-born and aims to draw out her power by any means necessary. She also displays a minor interest in Fearne because she had "the Seed,"[[labelnote:Note]]Presumably referring to Fearne being Ruidus-born.[[/labelnote]] but quickly loses that interest because she wasn't "strong enough."

* HeroKiller: Perhaps one of the biggest in the series. To start with, she was behind the attack on the Air Ashari that killed Orym's husband Will. During the Hells' first real encounter with her, [[spoiler:she manages to permanently kill Laudna, and temporarily killed Orym and Fearne, [[CurbStompBattle all while demolishing the rest of the party.]]]] [[spoiler:After clashing with the party, she heads to Jrusar and murders Lord Eshteross, the party's employer, while the Hells are busy in Whitestone reviving Laudna.]] Then, during the battle at the Mallius Key, [[spoiler:she effortlessly took down Keyleth in seconds and would have killed her if not for the intervention of Vax, [[BatmanGambit which she and her master, Ludinus, had been expecting and even counting on to further their goals]]]]. Then, when the Hells' were forced to fight her again, [[spoiler:she immediately temporarily killed Chetney before engaging in another brutal CurbStompBattle that almost resulted in a TPK, [[HeroicSacrifce until Fresh Cut Grass blew himself up]] in order to [[TakingYouWithMe finally kill her]] resulting in the second truly permanent player death in the series.]]

* SuperMode: [[spoiler:During the party's second confrontation with her, she transforms into an evolved Exaltant that sets her armor class at 25, refreshes her action surges, and makes her resistant to all damage. This transformation, combined with a health potion that restored 66 points of health, nearly resulted in a TPK.]]

* ImplacableWoman:
** In her confrontation with Bell's Hells she casually shrugs off their attempts to restrain her (thanks to Legendary Resistance) and then calmly and dispassionately cuts them down one by one, taunting Imogen all the while.

** [[spoiler:During the party's second confrontation with her, she [[SuperMode transforms into an evolved Exaltant]] that sets her armor class at 25, refreshes her action surges, and makes her resistant to all damage. This transformation, combined with a health potion that restored 66 points of health, nearly resulted in a TPK.]]

* ImplacableWoman: In her confrontation with Bell's Hells she casually shrugs off their attempts to restrain her (thanks to Legendary Resistance) and then calmly and dispassionately cuts them down one by one, taunting Imogen all the while.

** She takes it to an even worse degree [[spoiler:when, during the party's 2nd confrontation with her, she [[SuperMode transforms into an evolved Exaltant]] that leaves her AC at 25 and, as Matt put it, made her resistant to damage. This transformation, combined with a health potion that restored 66 points of health, nearly resulted in a TPK.]]

* MamaBear: Each time Imogen tries to contact her, Liliana pushes her away and tells her she's not safe. It's clear that it pains her to push her daughter away, but is doing it to keep her safe. In her telepathic conversation with Imogen in episode 49 she reveals that her primary motivation for going along with the Ruby Vanguard's plan is to ensure a peaceful life for herself and Imogen, even if it comes at the expense of others. [She also tried to reach Imogen and the rest of Bell's Hells during their second battle against Otohan Thull, but she arrived when the encounter was already over and all she could do was comfort Imogen for F.C.G.'s loss.]]

* CurbStompBattle: Their fight with the Hells in Episode 33 is less of a battle and more of a slaughter, playing out like a videogame HopelessBossFight. (Matt implies she was beatable, but a combination of being unprepared for the fight and bad luck caused things to go south for the party ''fast'')

* TheWorfEffect: The first thing she does when the Hells enter combat with her is knock [[TheBigGuy Ashton]] out in a single turn.

* BeyondRedemption: Imogen repeatedly tries to get her mother Liliana to pull a HeelFaceTurn after it's revealed that she's been working with one of the villains, which comes to a head in episode 89. Imogen tries reaching out to Liliana in her dreams. Imogen succeeds, and tries to talk Liliana into switching sides once again. Liliana refuses, gives many excuses as before, and reiterates that she always just wanted Imogen to run from the conflict. Imogen finally has enough and ends the conversation by saying "Maybe it's ''your'' turn to run" to Liliana, showing that Imogen is done trying to talk.
* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Every time Imogen makes contact with her mother, Liliana quietly tells Imogen she shouldn't be here and sends her away. As Imogen asks why she left her as a child, all Liliana tells her is that she was trying to keep her safe.
* IgnoredEpiphany: At the culmination of the Ruby Vanguard's plan, Imogen seems to momentarily get through to Liliana, but Liliana shakes it off and insists that she's doing the right thing.

* MamaBear: Each time Imogen tries to contact her, Liliana pushes her away and tells her she's not safe. It's clear that it pains her to push her daughter away, but is doing it to keep her safe. In her telepathic conversation with Imogen in episode 49 she reveals that her primary motivation for going along with the Ruby Vanguard's plan is to ensure a peaceful life for herself and Imogen, even if it comes at the expense of others.

** She takes it to an even worse degree [[when, during the party's 2nd confrontation with her, she [[SuperMode transforms into an evolved Exaltant]] that leaves her AC at 25 and, as Matt put it, made her resistant to damage. This transformation, combined with a health potion that restored 66 points of health, nearly resulted in a TPK.]]

-->'''Otohan:''' Is she your favorite?

* HeroKiller: Perhaps one of the biggest in the series. To start with, she was behind the attack on the Air Ashari that killed Orym's husband Will. During the Hells' first real encounter with her, [[spoiler:she manages to permanently kill Laudna, and temporarily killed Orym and Fearne, [[CurbStompBattle all while demolishing the rest of the party.]]]] [[spoiler:After clashing with the party, she heads to Jrusar and murders Lord Eshteross, the party's employer, while the Hells are busy in Whitestone reviving Laudna.]] Then, during the battle at the Mallius Key, [[spoiler:she effortlessly took down Keyleth in seconds and would have killed her if not for the intervention of Vax, [[BatmanGambit which she and her master, Ludinus, had been expecting and even counting on to further their goals]]]]. Then, when the Hells' were forced to fight her again, [[spoiler:she immediately temporarily killed Chetney before engaging in another brutal CurbStompBattle that almost resulted in a TPK, [[HeroicSacrifce until Fresh Cut Grass blew himself up]] in order to [[TakingYouWithMe finally kill her]] resulting in the second truly permanent player death.]]

* HeroKiller: She was behind the attack on the Air Ashari that killed Orym's husband Will. During the Hells' first real encounter with her, [[spoiler:she manages to permanently kill Laudna, and temporarily killed Orym and Fearne. After clashing with the party, she heads to Jrusar and murders Lord Eshteross while the Hells are busy in Whitestone reviving Laudna.]]

An ancient being who hunted the gods before being sealed away inside Ruidus.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: It has a powerful pull on the Ruidusborn and apparently caused several to defect from the Exandrian forces fighting the Ruby Vanguard.
* EldritchAbomination: Neither the real life audience nor most of the characters in-game know exactly what Predathos is, except that it's powerful enough to be able to annihilate the gods. Ludinus' attempts to free it are also causing havoc with Exandria's magical fields, such that "sending" spells are unreliable and even dangerous to use.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: We still know almost nothing about what exactly it is, its connection with other entities like the Luxon or the Primordials, or even how sentient it is.
* GodzillaThreshold: It says a lot that the gods were willing to team up with their enemy the primordial titans in order to seal Predathos away.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Predathos is the entity that BigBad Ludinus is trying to free, with disastrous consequences for Exandria if he succeeds.
* KillTheGod: It devoured at least two gods: Ethedok the Endless Shadow and Vordo the Fateshaper. The gods went to great lengths to obscure this fact to prevent mortals from attempting to do the same.
* MonsterProgenitor: All life on Ruidus and the Ruidusborn apparently originated from it.
* NoSell: Part of what made it so dangerous to the gods was its seeming immunity to divine magic, forcing the gods to capture it instead of simply killing it.
* NothingIsScarier: Very little is known about it besides its conflict with the gods and subsequent imprisonment, making the Ruby Vanguard's plan to release it especially dubious.
* SealedEvilInACan: The gods teamed up with the titans to seal it inside a chunk of Exandria and launch it into space. The prison was supposed to drift off into the void of space but instead it entered orbit around Exandria and became the moon Ruidus.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: In episode 83, Imogen actually tries to telepathically connect to it. [[spoiler:She's nearly driven mad by the sight of multiple red lights and voices telling her to "Welcome home. Join us. Wake us." ]]
* WorldWreckingWave:
** Ludinus tapping into Predathos during an Apogee Solstice corrupted the arcane crystal well beneath Molaesmyr, twisting and mutating the residents and wildlife into what is now known as the Savalirwood.
** The Bloody Bridge cracking the seal on its prison was enough to disenchant many magical items, jam long-range communication spells like Sending, and take resurrection magic offline worldwide. It remains to be seen what an escape from Ruidus would mean.

[[folder:Edmuda]]
!!Willmaster Edmuda
--> '''Race:''' Reilora (Thought Eater)
A member of the Dominion who was sent to the rural farming village Razora to enforce doubled work quotas to supply the war effort.
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* DePower: When she is captured by Bell's Hells they use the Quintessence Array to temporarily drain her psychic powers so they can safely question her.
* HumanShield: She uses mind control to move villagers into the path of blows meant for her, forcing Bell's Hells to knock all of the nearby bystanders unconscious so they can reliably target her.
* MassHypnosis: Her specialty is controlling large groups of people at once, which she utilizes both for attack and defense.
* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: Orym absorbs her ability to ''Dominate'' and turns it back on her, forcing her to explain the Dominion's goals and motivations. Naturally, she is horrified when she realizes what she was compelled to do.
* TelepathicSpacemen: She is so reliant on her telepathy that she initially has difficulty remembering how to speak verbally.
* UndignifiedDeath: She is drained to death by Laudna when the Hells need to leave in a hurry to escape Otohan Thull then left in the Portable Hole to avoid leaving behind evidence.
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* IveComeTooFar: Conversations between Liliana and Imogen hint that Liliana regrets her actions, but [[SunkCostFallacy uitting now would mean that everything she's done until now was for nothing, so she feels that she must continue]]. Eventually, when Liliana keeps making this excuse as to why she's done what she's done, [[BeyondRedemption Imogen has enough in episode 89]] and says that maybe it's Liliana's turn to run instead.

* NotBrainwashed: Leading up to the Apogee Solstice Imogen is certain that Ludinus must have brainwashed her mother or be manipulating her in some way. When the pivotal moment comes she reveals that not only is she working with Ludinus willingly, she captures the Raven Queen's Champion and installs him in the Malleus Key herself.

* MoralMyopia: In her mental conversation with Imogen in episode 89 she insists that by staying at Ludinus' side she has prevented him from doing more harm, neatly ignoring all of the people the Ruby Vanguard has assassinated just for discovering their plans. She even emphasizes that she has protected the children recruited by the Ruby Vanguard, ignoring that she is speaking to her own daughter whom she abandoned.

* SunkCostFallicy: It is strongly implied that she disapproves of Ludinus' actions, but cutting ties with him would cost her only lead on Predathos and make her decision to abandon her family and subsequent 25 year journey of self-discovery AllForNothing.

[[folder:Edmunda]]
!!Willmaster Edmunda

* VoiceOfTheLegion: In episode 83, Imogen actually tries to telepathically connect to it. [[spoiler:She's nearly driven mad by the sight of multiple red lights and voices telling her to "Welcome home. Join us. Wake us."

** EldritchAbomination: Neither the real life audience nor most of the characters in-game know exactly what Predathos is, except that it's powerful enough to be able to annihilate the gods. Ludinus' attempts to free it are also causing havoc with Exandria's magical fields, such that "sending" spells are unreliable and even dangerous to use.
** GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: We still know almost nothing about what exactly it is, its connection with other entities like the Luxon or the Primordials, or even how sentient it is.

* GodzillaThreshold: It says a lot that the gods were willing to team up their enemy the primordial titans in order to seal Predathos away.

** The Bloody Bridge cracking the seal on its prison was enough to disenchant many magical items, jam long-range communication spell like Sending, and take resurrection magic offline worldwide. It remains to be seen what an escape from Ruidus would mean.

* GodzillaThreshhold: It says a lot that the gods were willing to team up their enemy the primordial titans in order to seal Predathos away.

!Other
[[folder:Laudna's Patron (Spoilers)]]
!!Delilah Briarwood
For more information on Delilah, see Characters/CriticalRoleVillains.

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A bird of indeterminate breed, among other things, that has inexplicably dedicated itself to making Fresh Cut Grass' life a living hell.