History Characters / HandOfFate

-->'''Until she finds her daughter's killer, she will not rest, she will not die.'''

* TheNameless: Subverted in the second game, his actual name is [[spoiler: Kallas]]

[[folder:Keturah]]
Known as Cruel Keturah. An aged bounty hunter. Introduced in the A Cold Hearth DLC.

* BountyHunter
* CoolOldLady: Considerably older than the Player and the other human companions.
* FantasyGunControl: Averted. Uses nothing but firearms, and for the first time, gives the Player access to them too.
* FindTheCure: [[spoiler:Her CompanionSpecificSidequest at one point involves this after an encounter with the Prince of Poisons.]]
* MultiRangedMaster: Carries a pair of pistols, and has a musketoon slung across her back, which is used for her activated ability.
* NeverMessWithGranny
* NiceHat: Gains one on upgrading to platinum.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution
* [[spoiler:OutlivingOnesOffspring: Her beloved daughter Tamar died long ago.]]
* StandardStatusEffects: Her upgraded combat ability causes bleeding.

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[[folder:Event Characters]]
!!! Oswin
A temporary companion who appears only in The Lovers challenge. A simple potato farmer.
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* FantasyGunControl: Averted. The only party member with a firearm.

[[folder:Event Characters]]
!!! Oswin
A temporary companion who appears only in The Lovers challenge. A simple potato farmer.

!!! Lord Apollyon
A rich noble who helps the player during The Devil challenge in exchange for challenging him to card games. [[spoiler:Eventually he is revealed near the end of the challenge to be TheDevil who lures people with help then takes their soul through an unwinnable card game]]

* BarrierWizard: His ability protects the Player from one hit in combat. Upgrades to create an explosion when destroyed.

* FriendToAllChildren: Defied. Despite two of his {{CompanionSpecificSidequest}}s involving rescuing mage children from TheEmpire, Malaclypse remains confused and alarmed by child behaviour.

* BecauseDestinySaysSo: the fortune teller in Stiegal told the young Ariadne that she would die a hero, so she has sought opportunities for heroism ever since. Whether the fortune teller is [[PhonyPsychic:phony]] or not is left ambiguous.

* [[spoiler:AssassinationAttempt]]: [[spoiler:Her assassination as newly-crowned [[TheEmpress:Empress]] leads to the BadFuture of The Mapmaker, from the Outlands and Outsiders DLC. The Player must SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong.]]

* SuperMode: When Veles' blood lust is sated, he becomes a Brimstone card for the next battle, with increased damage output and a stun attack.

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* BadassBeard: He sports a very long beard, and he is a badaass

* MultipleChoicePast: The Wildcards DLC allows the player to select a set of different Fates which affect different attributes about the player character. Such as being a Monk who forsakes material wealth but does more damage against skeletons.

* GameMaster: His role. While the player can set up their own deck for the most part, he himself sets up the rules of the game and the challenges.

* BigGood: Acts as this, especially in 2, slowly teaching the player how the game is played and never tries to do them any harm.

* TheSnarkKnight: Often has some pretty barbed quips about the state of the world. Even the player character, who he is mostly cordial to, can get this treatment sometimes when failing minigames.

* TheQuiteOne: While he does talk he doesn't really say anything outside of necessity.

* TheHero: The main protagonist and the one you control in the first game.

A rich noble who helps the player during The Devil challenge in exchange for challenging him to card games. [[spoilr:Eventually he is revealed near the end of the challenge to be TheDevil who lures people with help then takes their soul through an unwinnable card game]]

* RedRightHand: [[spoiler:At the end of his questline he has to get his right arm amputated to stop a disease and has it replaced by an artificial arm made from green crystals]].