History Characters / Dimension20TheUnsleepingCity

* AnimalStereotypes: Averted. Kugrash acts as the Shepherd of the city's lost and abandoned, helping the outcasts and the little guy even at the detriment to himself. [[spoiler: He acts more like a man as a rat than when he was Bruce Kugrish, who acted more like a rat than a man.]]

* BarrierMaiden: In a sense. His role of protecting, caring for and remembering the homeless population of New York City kept beings like [[spoiler:Null]], who thrive on feelings of isolation and forgottenness, out of the city, just like the Dragon of Bleecker Street. [[spoiler:Null's encroachment on New York began shortly after Kugrash's ascendance.]]

* YouDirtyRat: Subverted, as despite being a sewer-dwelling rat man, [[KnightInSourArmor he still works to shelter and protect the city's forgotten]]. [[spoiler:Played straight with his original AmoralAttorney self, who was cursed by Esther's mother to suffer a KarmicTransformation.]]

* BadassBiker: Rides into battle on a magical moped, which has the stats of a warhorse and [[TheAllegedCar about as much actual horsepower]]. Still, in battle, Cody uses its speed to [[LightningBruiser get around fast and hit hard]].

* {{BFS}}: Owned a to-scale replica of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII the Buster Sword]] until it got confiscated by the police. He also mentions wanting to hang a copy of Soul Edge in his house's shared living room, and when [[spoiler: the Questing Blade chooses him it changes into a barbed, two-handed greatsword]].

* EpicFail: His first time trying to use his new "[[ImpossiblyCoolWeapon Triple Blade: Thirsting Blade Dark Excalibur Mega Genesis]]" ends with him crashed off his moped, knocked prone and greatly damaged by the impracticality of this huge multi-edged sword. And on his second attempt, he just manages to lift it off the ground... and instantly throws his back out and goes right back down.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: As part of his ItsAllAboutMe attitude, Cody can be remarkably insensitive to other people's feelings, both when he means to and not (on both ends of his JerkWithAHeartOfGold). When [[spoiler:he is chosen as the new wielder of the Questing Blade over Ricky]], he is too busy fawning over his new blade, swinging it around making fake sword sounds, and saying that it's the best sword he hasn't had to buy to notice Ricky and Sofia positively fuming at [[TheChosenZero the disrespectful little punk]]. He even offers Ricky the replica Frostmourne he was planning on using before he was chosen, oblivious to Ricky's barely-suppressed frustration.

* TooDumbToLive: Fortunately doesn't die, but [[spoiler: fusing all of his three swords together into an incoherent mess was a really bad idea that literally inflicted him 30 points of damage (the minimum this sword does) by being unable to lift it.]]

* ParentsAsPeople: She loves her children dearly, but she struggles to relate to them, and she herself has her personal doubts in regards to familial traditions. When her children choose to pursue their interests in their own way, all she can do is sob with pride.

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* CareerVersusMan: She was on track to becoming the district attorney before her relationship with Kingston pulled her into the Unsleeping City. Now not only are her goals impossible to reach, but because of Kingston, her life, in general, has turned into a cartoon.

* FollowInMyFootsteps: Iga wants Jessica to carry on her family's tradition of protecting her family's magical heirloom chest, but she isn't that interested in doing so. Even after a visit to the Gramercy Occult society reignites her interest in magic, she's more interested in learning about and from her family traditions out of curiosity as opposed to continuing them personally.

* MageKiller: Has tooled his ki and techniques to specifically combat spellcasters. In addition to the Mage Slayer feat, he can incapacitate spellcasters by crushing their throats to prevent them from verbally speaking magic words or breaking their hands to prevent somatic gestures.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: As the most present theme in the season is duality, it's normal that this trope sees a lot of use. Outside of Misty, who's a fairy and therefore has a very alien sense of morality, the [=PCs=] of Chapter I have a wide array of positions on this scale:

** Sofia is a nice and kind woman whose desire to protect others from nasty people has gotten her into quite a few scraps and who believes in love above all else, but she's part of an order that is specifically axed on pragmatism and realism, and is pretty comfortable with violence, murder, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking scamming bars]]. Interestingly, as her [[spoiler: separation from Dale becomes more pronounced]] in Chapter II, she grows both more jaded and more idealistic, forsaking her order's credo of pragmatism for a philosophy more in line with the Dreaming World, but being more deceitful, mistrustful, and harsher when it comes to dealing with Cody.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Cherry Tomatoes, which serve as a major part of his journey to sobriety.

* StepfordSmiler: Ricky has trouble articulating his more negative emotions which he usually hides behind a smile or a relaxed attitude. Esther and Sofia pick up on this, and let Ricky know it's alright to not be happy all the time, but even then he remains uncomfortable presenting as anything other than positive. It becomes especially difficult when the Questing Blade [[spoiler: chooses Cody as its new champion instead of Ricky once more as he expected,]] and struggles to keep a lid on his obvious frustration and anger.

* AwesomeButImpractical: [[spoiler: His Beyblade fusion of 3 swords deals a frankly ridiculous amount of damage and would probably kill a boss in a couple of hits, but its wielder always attacks with disadvantage, can never be granted advantage to cancel it out, and must succeed a DC 15 Athletics check to even be able to lift it.]]

* BlackKnight: As an Oathbreaker paladin, Cody ticks off a lot of the hallmarks of this trope without actually being villainous - wears dark colors, has a sinister and menacing aura about him due to both his personality and devilish powers, and is extremely powerful despite having a flimsy grasp on his abilities.
* BladeEnthusiast: Has a huge obsession with swords and collects many replicas, with a desire to own real ones. So he's extremely excited when [[spoiler:he gets the Questing Blade, which turns into a giant spiked greatsword]].
* BookEnds: He started the story recklessly forging a pact with a demon he thinks is Lucifer. At the end of the story, [[spoiler: he forges a pact with the actual Lucifer]].

** "Just this once, [[LimitBreak I'm gonna go all out!]]". Said whenever he performs a big slash or smite to attack an enemy, often said multiple times in the same battle.

* EpicFail: His first time trying to use with "[[ImpossiblyCoolWeapon Triple Blade: Thirsting Blade Dark Excalibur Mega Genesis]]" ends with him crashed off his moped, knocked prone and greatly damaged by the impracticality of this huge multi-edged sword.

* LaserGuidedKarma: After ten episodes of new swords and powers being handed to him in front of people much more worthy of them; he finally gets some push back after [[spoiler: drawing the Tower ([[RichesToRags Ruin]]) card and losing everything ''except'' his powers and his now-extremely impractical sword.]]

* TookALevelInKindness: It takes literally losing everything in his life after drawing the Ruin card, but he realizes just how irresponsible he's being with his weapons and his overall attitude towards his powers, and becomes a more stable person for it, even if he does still have an obsession with swords.

!!Iga Lisowski aka Madame Anastasia

* FortuneTeller: Ticks off the major hallmarks of this trope: an older woman with a thick Eastern European accent who reads tarot cards, who also bears the classic appearance of one with the head-wrap, long scarf and chunky jewellery.

* ParentsAsPeople: She loves her children dearly, but she struggles to relate to them, and she herself has her personal doubts in regards to familial traditions.

* SeenItAll: Reacts to most bizarre situations as if she's seen stranger. Iga's debut episode has her see a family chest go haywire by basically warping the reality around it and she acts with only mild surprise.

* SeriousBusiness: Takes his dominoes very seriously.

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* CareerVersusMan: She was on track to becoming the district attorney before she found out about the Unsleeping City. Now not only are her goals impossible to reach but because of Kingston, her life, in general, has turned into a cartoon.

* FollowInMyFootsteps: Iga wants her to carry on her family's tradition of protecting her family's magical heirloom chest, but she isn't that interested. Even when she visits the Gramercy Occult society, she doesn't want to continue the family tradition, only interested in learning about and from it.

* TakingUpTheMantle: Since his sister's magical aspirations lie elsewhere, he volunteers to take up the mantle and carry on his family's duty of protecting their heirloom chest, despite their magical line being purely [[MagicIsFeminine matrilineal]]. Though her ancestors protest, Iga doesn't give them a choice in the matter.

-->'''Race:''' Human

* TheArchmage: As expected of a 94 years old wizard who's been studying magic since he was in his 20's, he's an incredibly learned and powerful spellcaster.

* LightIsGood: [[spoiler: His Celestial is radiant with heavenly light, and he's still the same CoolOldGuy we knew before.]]

* BigGood: She takes this position after [[spoiler: Alejandro's death]], coordinating the defens of New York and providing the ressources necessary for our intrepid heroes to succeed.

* KarmicThief: After learning of the unethical keeping of culturally important artifacts from Native American communities by the Metropolitan Museum of New York, he steals them in order to give them beack to their original owners, or rather their descendants.
* LonelyAmongPeople: Admits to Ricky that traveling away from his family to study and living in a big city where he doesn't know anyone has left him feeling rather alone. [[spoiler:This gives Tony Simos an in to use his feelings and collect dirt on the Dream Team.]]

** [[spoiler: Despite their differences, Sofia was mostly opposed to attacking Tony Simos, even reaching out to him to offer him a chance to save his wife, Heather Simos, from the Deeper Dreaming. The above-mentioned event caused Sofia to drop any hope of redeeming or even sparing Tony, and went for the kill.]]

* MageKiller: Has tooled his ki and techniques to specifically combat spellcasters. In addition to the Mage Slayer feat, he has other abilities that allow him to incapacitate spellcasters by crushing their throats to prevent them from verbally speaking magic words or breaking their hands to prevent somatic gestures.

* MisplacedRetribution: [[spoiler: His desire to destroy the Dreaming World stems from a feeling of revenge for his wife's apparent death, but not only Nod wasn't even remotely guilty of hurting Heather Simos, the previous Vox Phantasma, but they were actually trying to rein her in to save her. In addition, the actual culprit of Heather's disappearance, Null, was actually trying to achieve the same goal as him.]]

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: The real Robert Moses was, and still is, a controversial figure known for holding extremely racist views, leading to a lot of his genuinely helpful developments coming at the cost of black neighborhoods on purpose, but he was (probably) not [[spoiler:an apocalyptically-evil lich]].

* HeroicLineage: The Shen family were the guardians of the Dragon of Blecker Street since the 1870's, and he has magical cousins in every Chinatown.

** Pete and Kingston are the Vox Phantasma and the Vox Populi respectively, and each are responsible for being the voice and protector of their respective realms, the Dreaming World and the Waking World.

----> '''Ricky:''' I'm all for keeping New York safe, [[spoiler: but that includes Pete, in my mind]].

** Kugrash is introduced to us as a very pessimistic and jaded person, which would be understandable, considering his life is really shitty by his own admission. However, [[spoiler: after the reveal that he used to be a human AmoralAttorney who was cursed to be a rat man]], he shows a great deal of compassion and trust in the good of other people, [[spoiler: as if he cannot believe in the redemption of others, he cannot believe in his redemption.]]

* GlassCannon: His status as Vox Phantasma makes him the party's offensive caster. However, if he takes more than a few hits, he's down for the count, having the lowest hit die value of the party (a d6).

* SupernaturallyValidatedTransPerson: Not only does the will of Nod punishes his father for trying to call him by his deadname, but [[spoiler: during the fight against Null on Ellis Island, he encounters his ancestors, which tell him a prophecy which, amongst other things, say that they will meet a young man who knew his name before anyone else.]]

* HeroesLoveDogs: His summoned steed is a dalmatian of pure light named Ox.

* HumbleHero: Ricky always performs his heroic duties - both as a firefighter and champion of the Questing Blade - with no trace of arrogance, merely seeing it as doing his civic duty.

* LightningBruiser: Ox's bonus to his speed and Pete's habit of casting haste on him makes him extremely fast without taking away his tank status.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Ricky is genuinely kind and tries to be nice towards everyone. [[spoiler: He even takes an Oath of Redemption in Chapter II, turning into a MartialPacifist and focusing more on support.]] [[spoiler: So when he tells Tony Simos "get fucked, dude" and unleashes ''90 points of damage'' on him [[note]] This was the record for most damage in a single turn on a single target, the previous one being Liam's 80+ damage on Archbishop Onionpatch[[/note]], you know you've pissed him off.]]
--> '''Ricky:''' You know, at best, we were non-entities to each other, and now I really want to ... I need a fucking weapon!

* PassingTheTorch: At the end of the first Unsleeping City, [[spoiler: he gives up his Questing Blade and passes it onto Dale.]]

* StepfordSmiler: Ricky has trouble articulating his more negative emotions which he usually hides behind a smile or a relaxed attitude. Esther and Sofia pick up on this, and let Ricky know it's alright to not be happy all the time but even then he remains uncomfortable presenting as anything other than positive. It becomes especially difficult when the Questing Blade [[spoiler: chooses Cody as its new champion instead of Ricky once more as he expected,]] and struggles to keep a lid on his obvious frustration and anger.

* WithCatlikeTread: Mechanically, he wears a plate armour, which causes him to have disadvantage on Stealth checks. InUniverse, however, this disadvantage comes from being too damn sexy to go unnoticed.

* BadassLongcoat: Often seen in a snazzy black duster.

* AnimalStereotypes: Averted. Kugrash acts as the Shepherd of the cities lost and abandoned, helping the outcasts and the little guy even at the detriment to himself. [[spoiler: He acts more like a man as a rat than when he was Bruce Kugrish, who acted more like a rat than a man.]]

* OlderThanTheyLook: It's implied she's far older than she appears. [[spoiler: She is at least 400 years old, having lived in New York since its very inception]].

* AwesomeButImpractical: [[spoiler: His Beyblade fusion of 3 swords deals a frankly ridiculous amount of damage, and would probably kill a boss in a couple of hits, but its wielder always attacks with disadvantage, can never be granted advantage to cancel it out, and must succeed a DC 15 Athletics check to even be able to lift it.]]

* EpicFail: His first time trying to use with "Triple Blade: Thirsting Blade Dark Excalibur Mega Genisis" ends with him knocked prone and greatly damaged by the impracticality of this huge multi-edged sword.

* HeroesPreferSwords: Cody has a deep obsession with swords and bladed weapons, owning an extensive collection of replicas from several video games and anime. As of episode 5 he owns/owned the Buster Sword from VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII, Soul Edge from [[VideoGame/SoulCalibur Soul Caliber]], says he has a replica of Frostmourne from [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft World of Warcraft]], the Peasant Sword, [[spoiler: the Questing (Thirsting) Blade, a Nod-based Excalibur, and the Triple Blade: Thirsting Blade Dark Excalibur Mega Genesis]].

* ItsAllAboutMe: Cody is quite self-centered and believes he is the ChosenOne and the Queens Center Mall is the focal point of all the trouble that's going on in New York. While Cody is correct that Gladiator is responsible for a lot of problems, including the demolition of the mall, it's only part of the bigger picture. Additionally, even though [[spoiler: he was chosen as the Questing Blade's latest champion]], Cody is part of a group that has three other [[ChosenOne Chosen Ones]] (Pete, Kingston and Sofia) so he's hardly unique in that regard.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Though he is, in his player's words, "the fucking worst", he is still bent on protecting New York and its people, and does try to be friendly with people.

* SelfAppliedNickname: Constantly introduces himself as Night Angel but does not ever seem to catch on, with everyone else exclusively referring to him as Cody. This also applies to his other titles "Ambassador to the Dark Lord" and [[spoiler: The Jersey Devil]], the latter of which is technically correct but again, nobody calls him by.

* TooDumbToLive: Fortunately doesn't die, but [[spoiler: fusing all of his three swords together into a incoherent mess was a really bad idea that literally inflicted him 30 points of damage (the minimum this sword does) by being unable to lift it.]]

* BagOfHolding: Iga owns a magical wooden chest that is an heirloom passed down through her family for generations. Aside from the chest being able to change its size at Iga's command, it is revealed to be a doorway to a demiplanar space that is large enough to hold an old European castle and a small forest.

* ShoulderSizedDragon: Iga owns a sickly pet pseudo-dragon named Misiek, that masquerades as a chihuahua underneath the Umbral Arcana.
* StylisticSuck: Iga's warlock magic is described as looking like it's being accomplished through cheap special effects; whenever she casts Fly it looks like she's being carried by wires or her Eldritch Blasts shoot out as shoddy fireworks.

* DorkKnight: [[spoiler: A powerful monk who's barely contained by Heaven on his own, but he is passionate about accounting, and weeps like a very sensitive father anytime he sees deers or thinks about adopting deers.]]

* HeKnowsTooMuch: The reason why [[spoiler: Isabella Infierno killed Dale. Sofia's family was laundering money for Robert Moses, with Isabella acting as his representative. Dale, being an accountant thought he'd be able to help with the books unaware of the criminal nature of these dealings. After discovering what was truly going on, Isabella magically charmed and forced Dale to leave Sofia before quickly killing him after that]].

* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: After being transformed into a vampire in the third to last episode of Chapter I, David takes the change rather well.

* VampireHunter: A mundane variation of the HunterOfHisOwnKind type. In the interim between Chapter I and Chapter II, David even calling himself "Van Helsing with a legal brief." He does this by charging the powerful vampires of New York with decades old tax fraud and then bull-dozing their homes during the daylight, which he finds to be much more efficient method of hunting.

Kingston's ex wife and District Attorney for the Unsleeping City of New York.

* BrooklynRage: She's willing to throw hands if you mess with her, [[spoiler: and the only reason she doesn't in the finale is that she doesn't have any magic]]
* CareerVersusMan: She was on track to becoming the district attorney before she found out about the Unsleeping City. Now not only are her goals impossible to reach but because of Kingston her life, in general, has turned into a cartoon.

* TookALevelInCheerfulness: [[spoiler: After she and Kingston manage to repair their relationship]], she's much more lively and happy in her life, even starting to enjoy her life in the Unsleeping City, which she previously loathed.

* WorkingWithTheEx: Her current position as counsel for the Unsleeping City forces her to work with Kingston. She's not happy about it.

%%!!! Iga's Family

%%[[folder: Jessica Lisowski]]
%%!! Jessica Lisowski

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%%-->'''Neighborhood:''' Greenpoint, Brooklyn

%% Iga's preteen daughter.
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%% * BeYourself: After her mother drops the idea of pushing her into the role of their family's next generation warlock and lets her pursue her wish to become a wizard, she becomes significantly happier with the magical world.
%% * FollowInMyFootsteps: Iga wants her to become the next warlock of the family, but she's not very interested in this endeavour, or the magical world in general. Even when she visits the Gramercy Occult society, she doesn't want to continue the family traditoin, being more interested in being a wizard than a warlock.
%% * MotherNatureFatherScience: [[spoiler: Inverted with her brother. She's a wizard, a spellcaster that relies on pure intellectual understanding of magic to use it and whose tied ability is Intelligence, that's more independent and dislikes treadition, while he's a warlock, a spellcaster that relies on their relationship with a higher power and whose tied ability is Charisma, that's attached to his family and its legacy.]]

%%[[folder: Oskar Lisowski]]
%%!! Oskar Lisowski
%%!!!Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

%%-->'''Race:''' Human
%%-->'''Class:'''
%%-->'''Neighborhood:''' Greenpoint, Brooklyn

%% Iga's husband.
%% ----
%% *UnderstandingBoyfriend:
%%[[/folder]]

%%[[folder: Nick Lisowski]]
%%!! Nick Lisowski
%%!!!Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

%%-->'''Race:''' Human
%%-->'''Class:'''
%%-->'''Neighborhood:''' Greenpoint, Brooklyn

%% Iga's teenage son.
%% ----
%% * IJustWantToBeSpecial: Without any jealousy of his sister that we see of, it's clear he really wants to be valued by the magical side of his family as her.
%% * MotherNatureFatherScience: [[spoiler: Inverted with his sister. He's a warlock, a spellcaster that relies on their relationship with a higher power and whose tied ability is Charisma, who's attached to his family legacy, while she's a wizard, a spellcaster that relies on pure intellectual understanding of magic to use it and whose tied ability is Intelligence, who's more independent and dislikes her family's tradition.]]
%%[[/folder]]

!!Gramarcy Occult Society
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!!Alejandro Ortiz

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-> ''"I've been a wizard in New York City for what, 65 years? You think a bullet is going to do the trick?"''
-->'''Race:''' Human
-->'''Class:''' Wizard
-->'''Neighborhood:''' Unknown

The archmage of the Gramarcy Occult Society.

* CoolOldGuy: Is well-liked amongst the party and for a ninety four year old man lives life to the fullest. When it becomes clear that Pete is selling drugs to his granddaughters, he doesn't bother getting upset, just saying that as adults they are welcome to live their own lives.

* DiedHappilyEverAfter: [[spoiler: He's lived a long and full life, and went to Heaven to join his wife,. And even then, his desire to keep helping the Unsleeping City is fulfilled by Kingston summoning him from time to time.]]

* ReluctantRetiree: He's forced to stop running the Gramercy Occult Society [[spoiler: after his death, but he's eager to take action again in the world of the living as Kingston's summoned Celestial]]

* MagicKnight: She's not exactly a knight, but she's a prodigious spellcaster and uses her arcane focus, a bat that does more damage the more spells have been cast on the user, to great effect as a melee weapon. [[spoiler: Following her mother and grandmother's advice, she ditches the bat for a more traditional staff later on in Chapter II, with Ricky taking the bat in her stead.]]

* CoolBigSis: They act like this towards Liz, Iga's daughter, showing her around the Gramercy Occult Society and teaching her the magic of wizards.

* IneptMage: Granted, he was literally inducted into the society on the same day, but because they were pressed for time and the Occult Society's forces were spread thin, Esther has JJ accompany the Dream Team to the Holland Tunnel to reinforce the magical barrier there. He does succeed in repairing the force field, but after much struggle and failed casting. Out of universe, Brennan notes that JJ is a level 1 wizard who was in the middle of a fight between an army of devils and a group of level 10 adventurers.

** [[spoiler: Despite their differents, Sofia was mostly opposed to attacking Tony Simos, even reaching out to him to offer him a chance to save his wife, Heather Simos, from the Deeper Dreaming. The above-mentioned event caused Sofia to drop any hope of redeeming or even sparing Tony, and went for the kill.]]

* ManipulativeBastard: He preys on people's sensibilities in order to get them to do what he wants, as shown when he uses JJ's feelings of alienation in order to turn him to his side and against Pete and Sofia.
* MisplacedRetribution: [[spoiler: His desire to destroy the Dreaming World stems from a feeling of revenge for his wife's apparent death, but not only Nod wasn't even remotely guilty of hurting Heather Simos, but they were actually trying to rein her in to save her. In addition, the actual culprit of Heather's disappearance, Null, was actually trying to achieve the same goal as him.]]

* RedemptionRejection: [[spoiler: Sofia offers him to join forces in order to defeat Null and retrieve his wife, Heather Simos. His response? Attacking the Gramercy Occult Society, kidnapping Esther, and trying to destroy New York's part of the Dreaming World by overloading the Umbral engine.]]
* StupidEvil: [[spoiler: Perhaps gloating over text to the former First Fist of your order about kidnapping her best friend, who also happens to be the girlfriend of a freakishly strong superpowered paladin, along with revealing your evil plan early enough for it to be stopped, wasn't the smartest move in the world, which Tony realises when the Dream Team busts in the Gramercy Occult Society to fight him.]]

* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's a friendly and kind doctor, but he's absolutely not to mess with, as the gangster who tried to kill him during Pete's mastectomy found out the hard way (don't worry, he cleaned afterwards and patched them up).

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Where to start? He's very old money, due to having been alive for the last 150 years and was even rich back then, and his plan consists in [[spoiler: releasing the American Dream into the Waking World in order to make it immutable and therefore, profitable]]. His biggest (and arguably only) edge against the heroes is the ludicrous amount of ressources and connections he has at disposition.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: His biggest weakness by far is his inability to predict his opponents acting selflessly. His attempts to get the Dream Team out of his way non violently have all failed because he didn't expect them to care so much about the people he's going to harm with his plan, [[spoiler: and the final steps of his plan are foiled by the sacrifices of Ricky and Kugrash, the latter's ending up destroying him]].

* FauxAffablyEvil: He acts politely and chooses his words very carefully in order to manipulate people, but he's seen for the monstrously vile person he truly is by our heroes everytime he tries to sway or threaten them.

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: The real Robert Moses was, and still is, a controversial figure known for holding extremely racist views, leading to a lot of his genuinly helpful developments coming at the cost of black neighbourhoods on purpose, but he was (probably) not [[spoiler:an apocalyptically-evil lich]].

* ThanatosGambit: Successfully tricked the party into advancing his EvilPlan as [[spoiler: he was specifically counting on the party killing him, as he turned his SoulJar into a time stone, meaning it would reform at a specific auspicious event - in this case, New Year's Eve. Once Robert reformed he would trap the American Dream after it emerged from the Golden Door and put it under his control]].

!Residents of Nod, the Sixth Borough
[[folder:Nod]]
!!Nod, the Gray Orphan

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-> ''"I knew I chose right."''
-->'''Race:''' Dream Monarch

-->'''Neighborhood:''' Nod

The ruler of the Dreaming Realm and the personification of all the lost children of New York.

* AmbiguousGender: It's unclear whether Nod is a boy or girl, or even if they have a gender they identify with. Brennan uses they/them pronouns with Nod.
* BerserkButton: Being referred to as a "grey baby."
* CreepyChild: Described as a grey-skinned child with black eyes, and when they cry their tears are the same color. They also hover and float across the ground instead of walking and are wearing a Victorian nightgown.
* CreepyGood: Despite their generally off-putting appearance and mannerisms they seem to be generally benevolent.
* MoralityPet: They're one for Pete, who feels very protective of them and is touched by their choice to trust him with a part of themselves.
* NonHumanNonBinary: Nonbinary/ambigiously-gendered dream entity. Their siblings also seem to be this.
* YouNeverAsked: Nod just assumed that Pete wanted his dad to be trapped in the dream forever because Pete didn't ask if his dad could leave for four months.

%%[[folder: The Unicorn]]
%%!!The Unicorn of New York City
%%!!!Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

%%-->'''Race:''' Unicorn
%%-->'''Class:''' N/A
%%-->'''Neighborhood:''' Nod
%%[[/folder]]

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!! The American Dream

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-> ''"This place is ... filthy."''
-->'''Race:''' Celestial

* ItIsDehumanising: Unlike the rest of the Monarchs of Dreaming, who uses they/them prounouns to show that they are akin to people, it is specifically reffered to using it/its pronouns to show that it is far more incomprehensible than its siblings, and more like a powerful force than a singular entity.

* TimeAbyss: Null is noted to be older than the known universe, and considers the concept of time to be an insult to its very essence.

!!Faerie
[[folder:Queen Titania]]
!! Queen Titania

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-->'''Race:''' Fairy (Seelie)
-->'''Class:''' Sorcerer
-->'''Kingdom:''' The Seelie Court

The Fae monarch of the Seelie Court who is seeking out Misty Moore.

* ColdIron: The reason why she's both hunting Misty and cannot follow her to the mortal realm. New York being a city of iron and smoke is naturally dangerous for more powerful fae. The only way Titania circumvented this is with a pair of magic shoes that cancels out this weakness - a pair that Misty stole when she left Faerie which Titania is now trying to get back.
* TheDreaded: Misty is rightfully afraid of Titania, having spent centuries hiding in New York beyond her gaze.
* TheFairFolk: Despite being the fairy queen of summer and having powers over light, she is no less psychotic and vengeful than most traditional depictions of fairies.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Queen of the Seelie Court as well as a vicious, vain and spiteful creature. [[spoiler:Aquamarine, a Seelie representative, notes, postmortem, that Titania was "very hard to work with."]]
* GreenEyedMonster: Another reason why Titania is hell-bent on hunting Misty is retrieving the glamor that Misty is "stealing" by playing her former Queen in "Midsummer Nights" which Titania believes rightfully belongs to her.
* PublicDomainCharacter: The famous Fae Queen herself. According to Misty in Episode 9, Creator/WilliamShakespeare was a bard who had been to Faerie.
* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler:She is stunned, her crown taken from her, forced to dance uncontrollably in front of an audience with that stun still in effect (meaning the dance is probably awful)... and then Misty uses Vicious Mockery to essentially insult her to death.]]

[[folder: Puck]]
!! Puck a.k.a. Bobby Goodfellow

-->'''Race:''' Fairy (Unseelie)
-->'''Class:''' N/A
-->'''Kingdom:''' The Unseelie Court

Herald of the Unseelie Court.

* TheFairFolk: Of the Unseelie Court, specifically. He is more benevolent to Misty than Titania, though.
* PublicDomainCharacter: He is Robin Goodfellow, a.k.a. Puck, from ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream''. According to Misty in Episode 9, Creator/WilliamShakespeare was a bard who had been to Faerie.
* SecretIdentity: Hides as "Bobby Goodfellow" or "Robin Goodfellow" at times.

-->'''Class:''' N/A

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* VillainousBreakdown: Gradually breaks down into a panic over the course of Episode 3, culminating in [[spoiler:Sofie cutting apart his tail into the component rat tails, dissembling the mass entirely]].

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: ''Heavily'' implied to be one, to the point that [[PoliticallyCorrectVillain the alternative]] would be bordeline inconceivable. He's a big fan of Ronald Reagan, considering him a genius, was based on a real-life man that held extremely racist views, and refers to the incident of Pete's father using his deadname and being subjected to his first Wild magic Surge by this sentence:

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* EpicFail: His first time trying to use with "Double Blade: Thirsting Blade Dark Excalibur" ends with him knocked prone and greatly damaged by the impracticality of this huge multi-edged sword.

* SilverFox: Despite being a grandfather, he looks quite handsome.

* KarmaHoudini: Appears to be so at the beginning of Chapter II, having become happily engaged to another man. [[spoiler: Somewhat subverted, given that her new beau is found to be a chronic cheater.]]