History Characters / PillarsOfEternityNPCs

* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Turned against the Huana, yes, but in doing so, remained loyal to the Engwithans. The're very much bound to their original programming. This is also why the allow Eothas through without a fight, since he too is a creation of the Engwithans.

* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:What exactly caused his resurrection as a Death Guard. Raedric himself believes that it was his devotion to Berath that triggered it. This seems unlikely however, as Berath generally despises the undead, as they subvert the cycle of life and death.]]

* VillainRespect: If you manage to reach him without killing or alerting anyone in his castle, he'll be genuinely impressed.

* BonusBoss: Easily the toughest enemy in the game, found at the bottom of the optional bonus dungeon.

* BonusBoss: Dealing with him isn't actually necessary to complete the game. Good thing too, since [[spoiler:both times you can fight him]] he's quite difficult.

* BonusBoss: One of the most powerful archmages in Eora and the game's only lich, with sinister designs on the Watcher's soul. Completely optional.

* BonusBoss: If you seek her out at Mowrghek Îen, be ready for a fight, or at least a decidedly fraught conversation.

* AbandonedWarChild: One of Maerwald's past lives, the Soldier, was fathered by a Glanfathan marauder, the Raider, who raped an Aedyr settler woman. The father was killed by militia afterwards, and the Soldier's mother told him his father was [[MetaphoricallyTrue a soldier who had died before he was born]], not knowing that he was his own father's {{reincarnation}}.

* ChildByRape: The Soldier's mother was raped by the Raider, who was then killed and reincarnated ''as'' the Soldier.

* DramaticIrony: One of his past lives [[spoiler:grew up believing that his father was murdered by Glanfathan raiders, due to some deliberate AmbiguousSyntax from his mother. It's also strongly implied that his Glanfathan rapist father's soul passed directly [[ChildByRape into his body]] [[OutWithABang right after conceiving him and dying]]. The son then dedicated his life to avenging his father on the Glanfathan tribe, not knowing they were the tribe of both his biological father and his soul's previous life.]]

* IHatePastMe[=/=]FutureMeScaresMe: He's haunted by his past lives and unable to be certain of where he ends and they begin. As a Glanfathan marauder, he brutally attacked and murdered Dyrwoodan settlers and [[spoiler:participated in the rape of settler women]]. He was then reborn as a boy who would grow up to become a soldier of the Dyrwood, going on to [[spoiler:burn the villages of his past self's tribe]], and is implied to be [[spoiler:the ChildByRape of the Glanfathan marauder]]. It's no wonder the two hate each other so much, and that the guilt has utterly destroyed Maerwald's sense of self.

* MadeOfEvil: The Watcher can accuse Maerwald's soul of being this, considering [[spoiler:the Dyrwoodan Soldier committed atrocities on a Glanfathan tribe after his biological father and soul's previous life, the Glanfathan Raider, committed atrocities and raped Dyrwoodan settlers. Note that Maerwald himself seems very kindly and torn with anguish over the evil memories, so it's likely not the case.]]

* WeaksauceWeakness: All of the Eyeless are vessels according to the game's mechanics, [[spoilers: so St. Ydwin's Redeemer turns them into scrap metal pretty easily.]]

** Played straight if you choose to reincarnate her to the Wheel with none of her memories regarding the nature of the gods. It phases her so deeply that she literally begs the Watcher not to do it.

* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: She's all about projecting a very particular image of strength and regal majesty to her people and the world at large. She can give you a glimpse behind it using her telepathy, if you gain her favor.

* VillainHasAPoint: The Watcher is free to explicitly agree with him during your final conversation, which is the ''only'' thing in the game that seems to catch him off-guard. [[spoiler:It doesn't stave off his last effort to kill you, however. His point being, in brief, that the gods, despite being artificial entities engineered by the Engwithans, are still incredibly powerful supernatural beings able to intercede on the behalf of mortals, and thus god enough to hold up to scrutiny by human standards. Thaos argues that without gods and the concrete consequence they represent, there would be nothing to rein in [[HobbesWasRight kith's worst nature]]. He further argues that the 'truth' Iovara would have you propagate would actually do more harm than good, removing a sense of deeper meaning and purpose from people's lives. Your companions' reactions to this vary, based heavily on the Watcher's interactions with the rest of the party -- not just based on whether or not you resolved their personal quest, but 'how'', as well as being shaped by your reputations and dialogue choices throughout the game. Most party members can either shake off Thaos's words... or [[BreakThemByTalking be utterly broken by them,]] tying into the ending you get for each character.]]

* FalseProphet: He's a complex case. He is legitimately the HighPriest of one of the settings' gods, Woedica, however, [[spoiler:the gods themselves are exposed at the end of the game as artificial constructs, created by ancient soul-smiths as means of ideological and moral control over the peoples of the world. What's more, said soul-smiths were led by one of Thaos' previous incarnations, whose memories and identity he has inherited. However, because the gods' artificiality is all but forgotten in modern times, the only time someone actually refers to Thaos as a false prophet is in a flashback of when his past incarnation's former disciple Iovara call him out on it]].

The first seat of the Consualgo mes Casitàs (Council of Captains) and nominal leader of the Príncipi overall. Furrante leads the old guard, seeking to cleave ti the values of Old Valia and return to their former glory.

* TheRedBaron: The Last Marceso.

* TheRedBaron: The Sea Wolf.

* CoolPet: She has two white tigers as pets on her rooftop throne, as a display of authority and fearlessness. Their names are Kohopa and Tangaloa, after the two eels of life and death, the aspects of Berath worshipped by the Huana.

* PantheraAwesome: Kohopa and Tangaloa, two white tigers the queen keeps [[CoolPet as pets]], named after the [[{{Ouroboros}} twin eels of Rikuhu]] -- Berath, god of death, in other words.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Even after [[spoiler:you restore her memories]], she has trouble recognizing faces and seems more attached to objects to people. The book you give her to help remember the stars seems to have been written with older children in mind.

* AnAxeToGrind: He wields a battleaxe in combat.