History Characters / Dimension20TheUnsleepingCity

[[center: [-[[Characters/Dimension20 Main Index]] | [[Characters/Dimension20FantasyHigh Fantasy High]] | [[Characters/Dimension20EscapeFromTheBloodkeep Escape from the Bloodkeep]] | '''The Unsleeping City''' | [[Characters/Dimension20TinyHeist Tiny Heist]] | [[Characters/Dimension20ACrownOfCandy A Crown of Candy ]] | [[Characters/Dimension20PiratesOfLeviathan Pirates of Leviathan ]] | [[Characters/Dimension20MiceAndMurder Mice & Murder ]] | [[Characters/Dimension20MisfitsAndMagic Misfits and Magic ]] | [[Characters/Dimension20TheSeven The Seven ]] | [[Characters/Dimension20ShriekWeek Shriek Week]]]]-]

* MulticoloredHair: Her hair is dyed several different colors.

* BaldOfAwesome: He's completely bald and a powerful sorcerer.

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* BaldWomen: [[spoiler:Kingston hits her with a fourth-level [[BoltOfDivineRetribution Lightning Bolt]] toward the end of her fight, singeing off all of her hair and turning her to this.]]

* 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.

'''Class:''' Bard\\

* BitchInSheepsClothing: She appears to care for Pete and to acknowledge his feelings, but in the end, she proves to be completely uninterested in him as a person, and pretended to in order to rip off Marina Abramovi&#263's "The Artist is Present".

* CorrupCorporateExecutive: 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.

* UnfazedEveryman: He takes every weird and magical occurrence within New York in stride. No surprise given how long he's dealt with the Unsleeping City.

* EmotionEater: Seems to feed off the joy of her fans. Literally.

* TokenEvilTeammate: She's more amoral than evil, but she's not saving people purely out of goodwill, but because of her deep desire in freedom and her need for her fans' adoration to survive. She treats her assistant like crap, and sees no problem at all with locking people into magical caves for the slightest faux-pas.

* MagicalNativeAmerican: Averted, surprisingly. While yes, JJ does have magical powers it has absolutely nothing to do with his Native American ancestry but rather his exploration into quantum physics and his technomagical expertise.

** [[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 helping Tony, and went for the kill.]]

* ContractualBossImmunity: [[spoiler: He's fully immune to the Stunned condition and is resistant towards magic, as a result of the horrific mutilations he did to his ki and body to better fight the Dreaming.]]

* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler: Reunites with his wife in Heaven after he is killed in the final battle

* DragonInChief: [[spoiler: He's pretty much doing Null's bidding, but he's the antagonist that's the most present, and has the most personal antagonism with the Dream Team.]]

* AmbiguouslyJewish: It's hard to tell with his gravelly voice, but Willy sports a Yiddish accent, lives in a very Jewsih neighborhood, and generally leans heavily towards the cultural aspects of the golem myth.

-->'''Rat King:''' [[spoiler:Our tail! Our tail! Our tail! Our tail! Our tail!]]

* ShabbyHeroesWellDressedVillains: In Chapter I, Kugrash, Pete, and to a lesser extent Kingston, wear worn-out clothes with no refinement at all in their styling (MTA rags, long jacket with no shirt, old wearied longcoat), while Robert Moses and his close allies wears a tasteful suit. In addition, Misty, who's more amoral than the rest of the team, is dressed in a flamboyant, expensive outfit.

* AnimalStereotypes: Averted. Kugrash acts as the Shepard 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.]]

%% * BeYourself: After her mother drops the idea of pushing into the role as their family's next generation warlock and lets her pursue her wish to become a wizard, she becomes significantly happier with the magical world.

%% * 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, that'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, that's more independent and dislikes treadition.]]

* CrazyPrepared: He's been a mage in New York for sixty-five years. You think he wouldn't have protection against being shot?

* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler: Reunites with his wife in Heaven after he is killed in the final battle.]]

* BerserkButton: Due to her curious and inquisitive nature, she cannot understand how Iga can be so disinterested in learning about the properties of her box, which annoys her to no end.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Esther's character art depicts her with a dyed streaks of blue hair.

* AmbiguouslyJewish: It's hard to tell with his gravelly voice, but Willy sports a Yiddish accent and heavily leans towards the cultural aspects of the golem myth.
* LocationThemeNaming: His home turf is Williamsburg, hence he goes by Willy.

-->'''Meighborhood:''' NYPD

A centaur who works for the Unsleeping City branch of the NYPD [[spoiler: and secretly for Robert Moses.]]

*** They're both the physical fighters of the team, and are on par with each other damage wise, but while Sofia is frailer and [[FragileSpeedster deals fewer damage per attacks a lot of times per turn]], Ricky is tougher and packs a whole lot more punch with each of his attack, [[MightyGlacier even though he has way less of them per turn]].

* BrooklynRage: Averted. Despite hailing from Brooklyn and being the most physically formidable human we've seen in the show, he's a pretty mellow dude who can't even bring himself to openly dislike anyone.

* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler: Esther's mother forgives him for what he caused her. Bluntly telling him after he lifts her curse that she knew he would eventually learn his lesson about being a metaphorical rat after being a literal one.]]

* KnightInSourArmor: Subverted. He's pessismistic of the Dream Team's chances of success, his life quality and the strength of his moral character [[BeingGoodSucks are inversely proportional]], but he might be tied with Ricky as the most idealistic character in the show, refusing any chance he might have to go back to [[EvilPaysBetter his old life]], being willing to [[spoiler: give Pete a chance and taking pity on him when it's clear the latter is a dangerous force of chaos, and even sacrificing his chance at a reunion with his sons two times over.]]

* TokenEvilTeammate: She's more amoral than evil, but she's not saving people out of goodwill, but because of her deep desire in freedom and her need for her fans' adoration to survive. She treats her assistant like crap, and sees no problem at all with locking people into magical caves for the slightest faux-pas.

Characters from the third and seventh season of WebVideo/Dimension20. [[Characters/Dimension20 Back to the main character page]].

* TransNature: A young trans man who is first introduced in a doctor's office having recently underwent top surgery. His transness, as well as his relationship to the dream realm, often makes his character represent transformation, fluidity, and dream-fulfillment, which makes him somewhat of a MagicalQueer.

* HeadTurningBeauty: Not so much at the start. Misty Moore does look like shes aged very well for an older woman [[spoiler: but from the reactions of a lot of guys including a frustrated Pete she's now a 'very' attractive young woman.]]

* 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 Talons]]) card and losing everything ''except'' his powers and his now-extremely impractical sword.]]

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

!Residents of the Unsleeping City
[[folder:Angel of the Waters]]
!!Em, Angel of the Waters

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-->'''Race:''' Celestial

-->'''Neighborhood:''' Central Park

The angel statue of the Bethesda Fountain.

* DamselInDistress: Is ripped from her fountain by an extremely powerful entity and kidnapped by the Rat King to become his new bride.
* HealingHands: Capable of healing others on touch, likely through ''Cure Wounds''.
* MakingASplash: She can control the water in her fountain, enabling her to make invisible cups of it to feed others, or to prevent Pete from drowning in sewage.
-->'''Em:''' I'm the angel of the friggin' water, kid. I would never let this shit hurt you.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: She has a genuine celestial aura, but is a statue. However, she has control over water anyway.
* WingedHumanoid: As a classic, metal image of an angel.

[[folder:The Rat King]]
!!The Rat King

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-->'''Race:''' Rats

-->'''Neighborhood:''' NYC Sewer System

The proclaimed king of New York City's rats.

* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: His plan for the angel of the Bethesda Fountain.
* TheBeastmaster: Controls the rats of the sewers, as well as four [[SewerGator albino alligators]].
* HiveMind: He seems to be a singular individual despite the myriad of rats that make up his form.
* LargeHam: Brennan brings out all the histrionics when voicing the Rat King.
* RatKing: It's what he is.
* RoyalWe: What he uses to refer to himself, though given his nature it's actually more accurate than "I."
* 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]].
-->'''Rat King:''' [[spoiler:Our tail! Our tail! Our tail! Our tail! Our tail!]]
* VoiceOfTheLegion: Brennan's voice is redubbed to give it this effect while speaking for the rat king.

[[folder:Don Confetti]]
!! Don Confetti

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I am a bad man, I am a piece of shit and you are welcome to beat the shit out of me, I can't stop you. Every woman should feel like a princess on her special day and I believe that 100%."'']]
-->'''Race:''' Pixie

-->'''Neighborhood:''' Central Park

The Don of the Park Pixie mafia that resides in New York.

* BannedFromArgo: For his cowardice [[spoiler:in the battle with the American Dream, Rowan demands he leave New York and never return. He elects to go to Arizona and burn off his fingerprints]].
* DirtyCoward: Will do anything and sell out anyone in order to save his own skin. After being captured by the party he immediately caves and says he'll answer all of their questions and give them any information. [[spoiler: And in the FinalBattle, after being summoned by Ricky the first thing he does is run away and hide.]]
* TheDon: Has everything from the mob, the suit, and even the accent. His introduction is basically the opening for the first Godfather.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite being a reprehensible, ruthless mobster he loves his daughter Angela.
* JusticeByOtherLegalMeans: [[HistoricalInJoke He stopped paying his tithe to Faerie a long time ago, so he was brought in on tax evasion.]]
* MisterBig: He's a 2 foot pixie who runs the mob.

[[folder:La Gran Gata]]
!!La Gran Gata

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-->'''Race:''' Celestial
-->'''Class:''' Patron
-->'''Neighborhood:''' Astoria, Queens

The feline celestial spirit that guards the bodegas in Queens.

* DashingHispanic: A female variation of this trope, if her suave Spanish accent is any indication.
* RightHandCat: To Sofia when she accepts her patronage.
* VocalDissonance: She has a very deep voice, despite being female

[[folder:Willy]]
!!Willy

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-->'''Race:''' Golem
-->'''Class:''' N/A
-->'''Neighborhood:''' Williamsburg, Brooklyn

A golem that resides in Williamsburg.

* AmbiguouslyJewish: It's hard to tell with his gravelly voice, but Willy sports a Yiddish accent and heavily leans towards the cultural aspects of the golem myth.
* LocationThemeNaming: His home turf is Williamsburg, hence he goes by Willy.
* RockMonster: Exactly what you'd expect a golem to be.

[[folder:Officer Cirillo]]
!!Officer Epona Cirillo

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-->'''Race:''' Centaur
-->'''Class:''' Fighter
-->'''Meighborhood:''' NYPD

A centaur who works for the Unsleeping City branch of the NYPD [[spoiler: and secretly for Robert Moses.]]

* DevouredByTheHorde: [[spoiler: Kugrash siccs his army of rats on Epona, and they eat her alive while leaving no trace of her behind]].
* DirtyCop: [[spoiler: Is a minion of Robert Moses]].
* OurCentaursAreDifferent: Except for being a police officer, she seems to pretty much be a typical centaur.

[[folder:Robert Moses]]
!! Robert Moses

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-->'''Race:''' Human[[spoiler: Lich]]
-->'''Class:''' N/A
-->'''Neighborhood:''' Wall Street

One of New York's most influential figures. He's responsible for the infrastructure of the city and has a vested interested in the Dream Team.

* WhyWontYouDie: Or rather, "why won't you stay dead." He gets seriously angry when people keep coming back into the fight at the New York Stock Exchange, even telling Kingston.

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

* TheChessmaster: Successfully tricked the party into advancing his EvilPlan: [[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]].

* BatmanGrabsAGun: Throughout chapter II, Ricky does his best to remain a CombatPacifist... [[spoiler: [[LetsGetDangerous until Tony Simos decides to kidnap Esther, taking up her baseball bat]] and eventually dealing 90 damage in a single turn to Tony.]]

* {{Transgender}}: A young trans man who is first introduced in a doctor's office having recently underwent top surgery. His transness, as well as his relationship to the dream realm, often makes his character represent transformation, fluidity, and dream-fulfillment, which makes him somewhat of a MagicalQueer.

* WhiteSheep: Of the Bicicleta family, not including Sofia. While the rest of her family doesn't have a problem with being active criminals and [[spoiler: arranging to have Dale murdered]], Marie strongly objects to it and even takes the initiative to support Sofia when she shows up to Christmas dinner.
* TechnologicallyBlindElders: Is not aware of the concept of cat-fishing, the very thing she's doing by posing as Sofia on Tinder. She asks Sofia if that means she's doing well.