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* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: He's a werelion. Like most D&D lycanthropes, he can change from human to BeastMan form at will and retains his intelligence while transformed.
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* OffTheWagon: He once had a crippling addiction to a drug called cheeeese. He's been clean for many years, but a chance encounter with the substance almost leads him to relapse in one issue.
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* HealingHands: Like any good paladin, he can heal others by laying on hands.
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* WilfullyWeak: Vartan refuses to make use of his clerical powers during his CrisisOfFaith, even in situations where there's a dire need for his healing abilities. This gets to the point that Vartan would rather trick a delirious Agrivar into laying hands on himself to heal the paladin's broken leg instead of Vartan healing said leg for Agrivar.
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* OldMaster: Elminster is clearly the prime example of this in the setting. He's very, very old but most magic characters speak with respect and awe about him, even the morally ambiguos Khelben ''Blackstaff'' Arunsun.
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* OldMaster: Elminster is clearly the prime example of this in the setting. He's very, very old but he's capable of defeating a whole group of ancient evil mages and most magic characters speak with respect and awe about him, even the morally ambiguos Khelben ''Blackstaff'' Arunsun.
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* OldMaster: Elminster is clearly the prime example of this in the setting. He's very, very old but most magic characters speak with respect and awe about him, even the morally ambiguos Khelben ''Blackstaff'' Arunsun.
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* WizardClassic: Elminster is traditionally portrayed this way. It's demonstrated in novels and explicitly confirmed by WordOfGod that he's a man of many masks and the Old Mage with the iconic hat and pipe is his "good example for young wizards" role, because lots of folk look up to him. Elminster is not inclined to play by the rules unless it's the whole point, and when he goes out to "meddle", he isn't always recognizable as a living creature, let alone as himself.
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* FromZeroToHero: Went from an unlucky farm boy to becoming TheArchMage and one of the most powerful heroes of the world of Toril.
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* GuileHero: El uses his wit and charisma to deal with his foes besides magic. In ''Elminster's Daughter'' he believes that deception and manipulation are part of human nature but he uses them to do good.
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* {{Irony}}: Elminster in his youth hated wizards because of the one who ravaged his hometown, and then he ended up being of the most powerful spellcasters in the history of Toril and Mystra's champion.
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* PalsWithJesus: He was a close confidant and occasional lover to the original Mystra and he has a friendly relationship with Midnight, the current Mystra.
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* GodInHumanForm: He appears before Vartan in the guise of a mortal elf in the final issue.
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* MustMakeAmends: By the final issue, Labelas has realized that his actions during the Time of Troubles were reprehensible, and that he deeply wronged one of his most loyal servants. He appears before Vartan and tries to make amends by offering to grant him a wish, but Vartan won't accept it unless Labelas extends the same courtesy to the rest of the crew, whom he also wronged.
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* TimeMaster: He ''is'' the god of time, after all. In the final issue, he [[TimeStandsStill stops time]] for everyone but himself and Vartan so the two of them can have an important talk.
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* FootnoteFever: There are a set of in-universe travel guides written by Volothamp Geddarm, or "Volo" for short. The books are peppered with footnotes by Elminster, who corrects Volo's often erroneous facts, refutes Volo's conclusions, or plain mocks Volo's intelligence!
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!! Los
Leader of the Akri, a tribe of werecats living in a set of ruins beneath the Anauroch desert. His forces capture the party to either recruit them into his pride or use them as food.
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* FashionableAsymmetry: He wears a glove on his right hand but leaves his left hand bare.
* ImAHumanitarian: Like the rest of his tribe, Los likes the taste of humanoids.
* KingOfBeasts: The leader of a tribe of mostly female werecats turns out to be the only werelion amongst them. Go figure.
* {{Loincloth}}: He wears a leopard-skin loincloth as one of his only articles of clothing.
* NaturalWeapon: He doesn't bother with artificial weapons, instead preferring to slash foes with his claws.
* TheSocialDarwinist: He's big on survival of the fittest. He wants to recruit Ishi into his tribe not just because she's a woman, but because she is clearly a warrior and the only member of her party who isn't badly hurt, crazy, or of small size. He also has no qualms about letting his living statues massacre his followers, telling the survivors that any who died were unfit to live.
* TakeOverTheWorld: He plans to expand his territory by using an army of {{Living Statue}}s that can absorb the powers and skills of whomever they kill.
* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: He assumed leadership of the tribe by killing the previous leader, Karse's mother. [[spoiler:Karse kills him in turn after Los proves himself a crazed megalomaniac unfit to lead.]]
Leader of the Akri, a tribe of werecats living in a set of ruins beneath the Anauroch desert. His forces capture the party to either recruit them into his pride or use them as food.
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* FashionableAsymmetry: He wears a glove on his right hand but leaves his left hand bare.
* ImAHumanitarian: Like the rest of his tribe, Los likes the taste of humanoids.
* KingOfBeasts: The leader of a tribe of mostly female werecats turns out to be the only werelion amongst them. Go figure.
* {{Loincloth}}: He wears a leopard-skin loincloth as one of his only articles of clothing.
* NaturalWeapon: He doesn't bother with artificial weapons, instead preferring to slash foes with his claws.
* TheSocialDarwinist: He's big on survival of the fittest. He wants to recruit Ishi into his tribe not just because she's a woman, but because she is clearly a warrior and the only member of her party who isn't badly hurt, crazy, or of small size. He also has no qualms about letting his living statues massacre his followers, telling the survivors that any who died were unfit to live.
* TakeOverTheWorld: He plans to expand his territory by using an army of {{Living Statue}}s that can absorb the powers and skills of whomever they kill.
* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: He assumed leadership of the tribe by killing the previous leader, Karse's mother. [[spoiler:Karse kills him in turn after Los proves himself a crazed megalomaniac unfit to lead.]]
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* JerkassGods: Labelas acts like a complete asshole during the Time of Troubles. He effectively maims and enslaves the population of Rauthym. He cures Omen and Foxy of their personal demons via exorcism, only to keep said demons around so he can put them right back where they came from if Omen or Foxy get out of line, which he later does. He tortures and kills a man for accidentally dropping a piece of lumber which narrowly missed him. Worst of all is his attempt to force himself upon Ishi; when Priam intervenes, Labelas punishes him by magically amplifying his alcohol addiction. And when Minder tries to stop this, Labelas ''blasts her to bits''. For all this, though, Labelas is not evil in the D&D sense of the word: he is simply profoundly uncaring.
* PossessionBurnout: His power is too much for a mortal host body to bear. When the party arrives at Rauthym, his host—a random elvish woman—is covered in glowing red cracks from head to toe, and she crumbles into a pile of dust when Agrivar strikes her with his sword, revealing that Labelas had reduced her to a literal empty husk. Vartan begins developing these same cracks as Labelas draws more heavily on his divine powers, though they disappear once the god is expelled from his body.
* PossessionBurnout: His power is too much for a mortal host body to bear. When the party arrives at Rauthym, his host—a random elvish woman—is covered in glowing red cracks from head to toe, and she crumbles into a pile of dust when Agrivar strikes her with his sword, revealing that Labelas had reduced her to a literal empty husk. Vartan begins developing these same cracks as Labelas draws more heavily on his divine powers, though they disappear once the god is expelled from his body.
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* JerkassGods: Labelas acts like a complete asshole during the Time of Troubles. He effectively maims and enslaves the population of Rauthym.Ruathym. He cures Omen and Foxy of their personal demons via exorcism, only to keep said demons around so he can put them right back where they came from if Omen or Foxy get out of line, which he later does. He tortures and kills a man for accidentally dropping a piece of lumber which narrowly missed him. Worst of all is his attempt to force himself upon Ishi; when Priam intervenes, Labelas punishes him by magically amplifying his alcohol addiction. And when Minder tries to stop this, Labelas ''blasts her to bits''. For all this, though, Labelas is not evil in the D&D sense of the word: he is simply profoundly uncaring.
* PossessionBurnout: His power is too much for a mortal host body to bear. When the party arrives atRauthym, Ruathym, his host—a random elvish woman—is covered in glowing red cracks from head to toe, and she crumbles into a pile of dust when Agrivar strikes her with his sword, revealing that Labelas had reduced her to a literal empty husk. Vartan begins developing these same cracks as Labelas draws more heavily on his divine powers, though they disappear once the god is expelled from his body.
* PossessionBurnout: His power is too much for a mortal host body to bear. When the party arrives at
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!!Elaith Craulnober
->'''Race:''' Elf (Moon)
->'''Class:''' Fighter/Wizard
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil
A notorious crime lord of Waterdeep and infrequent FriendlyEnemy of Arilyn Moonblade.
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!!Elaith Craulnober
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->'''Class:''' Fighter/Wizard
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil
A notorious crime lord of Waterdeep and infrequent FriendlyEnemy of Arilyn Moonblade.
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!!Elaith Craulnober
->'''Race:''' Elf (Moon)
->'''Class:''' Fighter/Wizard
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil
A notorious crime lord
The elven god of
For more information on Labelas Enoreth as he appears in other D&D works, see Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsDemihumanDeities.
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* AllForNothing: Labelas' plan to get back into the upper planes fails completely because Helm saw the Realms Master coming and smashed it out of the sky before it could hit him. The only things Labelas managed to accomplish was alienating one of his most devout clerics and making himself an enemy of the Realms Master’s crew.
* BigBad: He's the closest thing the series has to a main antagonist, and he singlehandedly does more damage to the Realms Master and her crew than any villain before or since.
* {{Blackmail}}: He exorcises Omen and Foxy of their respective personal demons, but despite having the power to destroy said demons outright, he instead keeps them imprisoned in jars. As he later makes clear to Omen, he can and will put those demons right back where they came from should either man step out of line.
* DisproportionateRetribution: A hapless worker accidentally drops a piece of lumber which nearly falls on Labelas. In response, Labelas furiously tortures the man with magic and then kills him with an energy blast that strips him down to the bone.
* DivineIntervention: He briefly possesses Vartan in one story arc to spout a prophecy that points the party in the right direction. In another issue, he again possesses Vartan to cast a DispelMagic that Vartan had not prepared, saving him from otherwise certain doom.
* FantasticRacism: He has nothing but contempt for the dwarves and their gods. He offers to restore Minder to her original body, only to callously rescind that offer when he learns that she's actually "a rock-grubbing stone-bitch". He's not fond of humans and other non-elves in general either, though he's at least somewhat more tolerant of them than he is of dwarves.
* JerkassGods: Labelas acts like a complete asshole during the Time of Troubles. He effectively maims and enslaves the population of Rauthym. He cures Omen and Foxy of their personal demons via exorcism, only to keep said demons around so he can put them right back where they came from if Omen or Foxy get out of line, which he later does. He tortures and kills a man for accidentally dropping a piece of lumber which narrowly missed him. Worst of all is his attempt to force himself upon Ishi; when Priam intervenes, Labelas punishes him by magically amplifying his alcohol addiction. And when Minder tries to stop this, Labelas ''blasts her to bits''. For all this, though, Labelas is not evil in the D&D sense of the word: he is simply profoundly uncaring.
* PossessionBurnout: His power is too much for a mortal host body to bear. When the party arrives at Rauthym, his host—a random elvish woman—is covered in glowing red cracks from head to toe, and she crumbles into a pile of dust when Agrivar strikes her with his sword, revealing that Labelas had reduced her to a literal empty husk. Vartan begins developing these same cracks as Labelas draws more heavily on his divine powers, though they disappear once the god is expelled from his body.
* SizeShifter: He grows to gargantuan size to throw down with the colossal avatar of Clangeddin Silverbeard.
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!!Elaith Craulnober
->'''Race:''' Elf (Moon)
->'''Class:''' Fighter/Wizard
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil
A notorious crime lord of Waterdeep and infrequent FriendlyEnemy of Arilyn Moonblade.
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* BigBad: He's the closest thing the series has to a main antagonist, and he singlehandedly does more damage to the Realms Master and her crew than any villain before or since.
* {{Blackmail}}: He exorcises Omen and Foxy of their respective personal demons, but despite having the power to destroy said demons outright, he instead keeps them imprisoned in jars. As he later makes clear to Omen, he can and will put those demons right back where they came from should either man step out of line.
* DisproportionateRetribution: A hapless worker accidentally drops a piece of lumber which nearly falls on Labelas. In response, Labelas furiously tortures the man with magic and then kills him with an energy blast that strips him down to the bone.
* DivineIntervention: He briefly possesses Vartan in one story arc to spout a prophecy that points the party in the right direction. In another issue, he again possesses Vartan to cast a DispelMagic that Vartan had not prepared, saving him from otherwise certain doom.
* FantasticRacism: He has nothing but contempt for the dwarves and their gods. He offers to restore Minder to her original body, only to callously rescind that offer when he learns that she's actually "a rock-grubbing stone-bitch". He's not fond of humans and other non-elves in general either, though he's at least somewhat more tolerant of them than he is of dwarves.
* JerkassGods: Labelas acts like a complete asshole during the Time of Troubles. He effectively maims and enslaves the population of Rauthym. He cures Omen and Foxy of their personal demons via exorcism, only to keep said demons around so he can put them right back where they came from if Omen or Foxy get out of line, which he later does. He tortures and kills a man for accidentally dropping a piece of lumber which narrowly missed him. Worst of all is his attempt to force himself upon Ishi; when Priam intervenes, Labelas punishes him by magically amplifying his alcohol addiction. And when Minder tries to stop this, Labelas ''blasts her to bits''. For all this, though, Labelas is not evil in the D&D sense of the word: he is simply profoundly uncaring.
* PossessionBurnout: His power is too much for a mortal host body to bear. When the party arrives at Rauthym, his host—a random elvish woman—is covered in glowing red cracks from head to toe, and she crumbles into a pile of dust when Agrivar strikes her with his sword, revealing that Labelas had reduced her to a literal empty husk. Vartan begins developing these same cracks as Labelas draws more heavily on his divine powers, though they disappear once the god is expelled from his body.
* SizeShifter: He grows to gargantuan size to throw down with the colossal avatar of Clangeddin Silverbeard.
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!!Elaith Craulnober
->'''Race:''' Elf (Moon)
->'''Class:''' Fighter/Wizard
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil
A notorious crime lord of Waterdeep and infrequent FriendlyEnemy of Arilyn Moonblade.
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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: He gives Akabar Bel Akash the runaround when the latter tries to book an appointment with Elminster in ''Literature/AzureBonds'', making him fill out form after pointless form for hours until Akabar falls asleep from exhaustion. Then when Akabar wakes up, Lhaeo tells him that Elminster just left on an interplanar journey, finally leading Akabar to give up in disgust.
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->'''Race:''' Human
->'''Class:''' Fighter/Wizard
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralGood
Elminster's scribe and secretary. [[spoiler: He's actually Prince Haedrak of Thetyr.]]
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* CoolSword: The Lion Sword, Elminster's signature +5 thundering longsword. In addition to having amped-up accuracy and damage over non-enchanted weapons, it is capable of emitting supernatural sonic blasts when it lands a telling blow.
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* DissapearedDad: Elminster has fathered several children by different women, but is mostly absent in their lives. Some, like Nastra, he had to leave for their own safety, but they later meet and team up. Since he's constantly off on various dangerous adventures however there is little chance of much relationship.
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* InvincibleHero: Downplayed, Elminster is one of the most powerful beings on Faerun, but he often needs the help of other heroes and he is often taken by surprise by sufficently powerful and crafty bad guys like Manshoon or Larloch.
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* InterspeciesRomance: Elminster manages to romance elves, a song dragon, and the goddess of magic, among others.
* InvincibleHero: Downplayed, Elminster is one of the most powerful beings on Faerun, but he often needs the help of other heroes and he is often taken by surprise by sufficently powerful and crafty bad guys like Manshoon or Larloch. WordOfGod said this is partly due to ExecutiveMeddling as TSR forbid Greenwood to make the villains an effective threat to Elminster.
* InvincibleHero: Downplayed, Elminster is one of the most powerful beings on Faerun, but he often needs the help of other heroes and he is often taken by surprise by sufficently powerful and crafty bad guys like Manshoon or Larloch. WordOfGod said this is partly due to ExecutiveMeddling as TSR forbid Greenwood to make the villains an effective threat to Elminster.
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* IHaveThisFriend: PlayedForDrama in issue #10. Priam, after seeing how Foxy reacted to the cheeeese, tells the halfling a story about "a friend" who struggles with alcoholism. He does this to commiserate with Foxy, recognizing him as a fellow addict who almost fell OffTheWagon, and to assure him that his friends will always be there for him.
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* ImpossiblyTackyClothes: He takes it upon himself to make a new outfit for Priam after the latter's original getup starts getting threadbare. Unfortunately for Priam, Foxy chooses the most garish color combinations imaginable, making Priam the laughingstock of the crew.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: In issue #9 he pesters Foxy to tell him about the treasure that he mistakenly assumes Omen must possess. A passing {{fish|people}}man overhears this conversation and goes to tell his buddies about the ship full of treasure sailing through their waters, leading to an attack on the ''Realms Master''.
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* PowerFloats: Omen is a high-level wizard, and he frequently casts the ''fly'' spell on himself before going into battle.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The comic drops many hints that Minder is something more than an ordinary golem. Minder invokes the name of the dwarven god Clangeddin Silverbeard when surprised in one issue, and she can be polymorphed to take on different forms, something which Elminster notes is normally impossible, as golems are typically immune to that kind of magic. [[spoiler:Sure enough, she is actually the spirit of a dwarf bound to an animated statue, and not a proper golem at all.]]
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* ReriredBadass: Elminster claims he retired from being an adventurer, but the thing is, with wizards, being "retired" isn't always that straightforward. (Folks in the Realms often suspect that a wizard who makes this claim is up to something, and they're usually right.)
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: During the Time of Troubles, he managed to defeat the god Bane (with a bit of help from the mage heroine Midnight).
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* TheArchMage: He's the greatest wizard Toril has ever known, one of the most powerful beings and a charismatic man who has a vast array of acquaintances which he can call upon.
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* TheArchMage: He's one of the greatest wizard Toril has ever known, known (with the legendary Netherese characters Larloch, Karsus and Iolaum being the only ones above him), one of the most powerful beings and a charismatic man who has a vast array of acquaintances which he can call upon.
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