History Characters / SaltAndSanctuary

* {{Foil}}: To you, the PlayerCharacter. Her situation is very similar to yours: she was the bodyguard to a prince who was being sent out to form a marriage alliance when the ship they were both on was attacked. [[spoiler:When she finds out the prince wasn't a prince at all, but a slave, it raises some dark implications of what your mission was really about.]]
* HeroicBSOD: As her name indicates, she's in the middle of one of these when you first encounter her, having grown too despondent to move anymore. Killing the Kraekan Wyrm cheers the thief up enough to get back up and continue on her journey. [[spoiler:But once she finds out her prince was really a slave, she falls back into it again and this time decides the only worthwhile thing to do is to get off the island at once.]]

* ThereAreTwoKindsOfPeopleInTheWorld: Reapers and Plants according to her. She'll only deal with you if you can sufficiently prove that you're a Reaper.

* SideQuest: Finding and speaking to him in all six locations he appears in will have him give you a King's Order, a rare upgrade material.

* ConvenientWeaknessPlacement: [[DownplayedTrope Slightly less convenient]] is the Sodden Knight's weakness of Birian Firepots to the back (his cape is apparently very flammable), since you can buy them for 100 gold each right at the first Sanctuary... unless you picked Devara's Light as your starting creed, in which case you're out of luck as your merchant will sell Lightvessels instead.

The Architect is the sister of the Witch of the Lake, and the one responsible for the creation of many of the islands bizarre and dangerous monstrosities. The unskinned is her personal bodyguard and greatest creation. They are both fought as a DualBoss at the end of the Salt Alkymancery.

* AGodAmI: The final boss arrogantly declares himself greater than any other god, man, or flying spaghetti monster who ever lived. Unlike most examples of the trope, he has some evidence to back his claim: ''he stuffed the entire pantheon in his basement''. The newest three are rotting and killable.

* KneelBeforeZod: In your first conversation with him, the Scarecrow says that no matter how much you persist, you will one day kneel before him. It's technically true; you're forced to take fall damage when commencing the fight against the Nameless God, making you look as though you're kneeling. Doesn't mean you're ready to submit just yet. However, if you know exactly where and how long this fall is, you can actually prove him wrong by rolling at the exact time you hit the ground to avoid the kneeling animation (but not the damage).

** Greaves – An image of a man is engraved on the bottom left of its heel and a woman on the right pair. This represents his contempt for saltborn as crushes them under his feet.
** Gauntlets – An image of the candle is engraved in its palm. Much like the Candelabra, this symbolizes his wish to grasp the unattainable in the land.

* DrivenToSuicide: He is implied to drown himself after your last conversation with him, when he has come to realize the true nature of the island and decides there's only one way out.
--> "This island wants me to kneel. To abandon my soul to it... I can't... I won't. I should've died at sea. I... I can still die at sea."

--> "You ever drink pessmud out of a boot?"

* TheRedBaron: Introduces herself as Devil Skell the Fearless, Scourge of the Red, but says you can just call her Mints.

--> "Island full of wicked things, shattered lands and broken kings. Ruled, ruler, rule, heed the wisdom of the fool."

--> "Greetings friend you've come to chatter? From where I sit, you seem the madder! Fork, spoon, knife, and a drowned man's wife."

--> "One quest ends, but a dozen more take its place."

--> "Excuses are the lies we tell everyone we know... including ourselves."

* HopelessBossFight: Subverted. It's tough, it can one-shot you very easily, and you're in large part expected to die against it, but the Unspeakable Deep ''can'' be defeated, and doing so gets you a healthy heap of salt and a rare item.

* OptionalBoss: The Sodden Knight can be skipped if you make a very precise LeapOfFaith from the correct ledge, landing on a platform just high enough that the fall damage doesn't kill you.

A religion worshiping the Devara, the goddess of light, humility, kindness, and forgiveness. It is the oldest still-practiced religion in the setting, though it's been slowly dying out for centuries.\\\

* CainAndAbel: Devara is the Abel to Azredak's Cain. Devara is the patron goddess of the Devara's Light creed, and upholds the virtues of kindness, humility, and foregiveness. Her brother, Azredak, leads the Order of the Betrayer, which calls for murdering indiscrimately and spreading malice across the world. And fittingly, Azredak intends to one day murder Devara.

* AncestralWeapon: The Black Widow is stated to have been originally carried by the country's founding matriarch, Gandra the Warrior, and handed down through generations of her successors until finally reaching the hands of Queen Lenaia.
* ArrangedMarriage: Lenaia was Tristini, and her betrothal to King Adnan of Liven was a loveless diplomatic union.
* ArtifactOfDeath / EvilWeapon: Her sword, the Black Widow, seems to have been the reason for her madness and tyranny. [[GameplayAndStorySegregation Thankfully, it has no effect on any player who wields it]].

* KneelBeforeZod: In your first conversation with him, the Scarecrow says that no matter how much you persist, you will one day kneel before him. It's technically true; you're forced to take fall damage when commencing the fight against the Nameless God, making you look as though you're kneeling. Doesn't mean you're ready to submit just yet.

* BoozeBasedBuff: Their focus-restoring item is spiced mead. This is a straightforward healing item which has no downsides, unlike the wine offered by the House of Splendor which inflicts poison if [[RealityEnsues consumed too rapidly]].

* PathOfInspiration: Pretty much what [[spoiler:the creed of the Three]] is or has devolved into. [[spoiler:The Knight, the King, and the Judge are little more than decaying husks barely clinging to life. Every prayer directed to them is implicitly heard by the Nameless God instead, who's been using the creed to drown the world in endless war for centuries.]]

* HigherUnderstandingThroughDrugs: Or Higher Understanding Through Wine, in this case. The House of Splendor's mages believes that dulling one's inhibitions draws out their primal connection to the Warp, which enhances their magical abilities. To that end, they believe in forever partaking in revelry and indulging in wine to strengthen their connection to the Warp.

* HyperactiveMetabolism: Their healing item is a Hearty Roll, which is still perfectly good at healing despite being a seemingly ordinary piece of bread.

* EmpathicWeapon / EvilWeapon / ArtifactOfDeath: It's an Executioner's Axe that craves more victims. The ghosts that wield it are actually slaves to their desire for the Coveted (hence why they are called "The Coveting" in their bestiary description). The description of the scaled down weapon version transmuted from its ashes claims that all of its past owners eventually succumbed to increasingly unbridled and self-destructive desires. The axe is also said to be capable of enslaving the souls that it takes. Once wielded by Erland, the Executioner King, he died together with his son during a struggle over the axe. [[GameplayAndStorySegregation Fortunately, this has no in-game effect when wielded by the player character.]]

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* TheHedonist: An entire cult of them. They believe that dulling one's inhibitions, they draw out their primal connection to the Warp, which enhances their magical abilities. To that end, they believe in forever partaking in revelry and indulging in wine to strengthen their connection to the Warp.

* MercyKill: The battle against the Third Lamb is essentially putting a once-noble beast out of its misery after everything the Untouched Inquisitor did to it.

* MercyKill: Killing them is this, since you are ending the tortured imprisonment of the Three by the Nameless God so he can steal their prayers.

* TheJester: Obviously. He's as clownish as you can expect, and speaks in riddles and rhyme, but you need to find him in order to get a brand. [[spoiler:He's also one of the few people who knows about the Nameless God and what the island really is.]]

* BoozeBasedBuff: Their focus-restoring item is spiced mead.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The Axe of Splendor is noted in its description to be about as effective in combat as one would expect from an axe made of solid gold. Subverted in gameplay, where it's actually one of the best one-handed weapons in the game (though the price tag makes it impractical in its own way).

* DeityOfHumanOrigin: The Nameless God. This is ''not'' a good thing, since unlike the gods of fire, he is still killable, fallible, and driven by the same desires he had as a mortal. Given that the last three areas in the game include the Salt Alkemancery, it is possible that, rather than being born a god, The Nameless God was one that was manufactured artificially. Given that the Witch that runs the place has a large, brutish creature that is allegedly her "best" creation, the Nameless God was either created on accident, or was viewed as a failure.

* AGodAmI: The final boss arrogantly declares himself greater than any other god, man, or flying spaghetti monster who ever lived. Unlike most examples of the trope, he has some evidence to back his claim: [[spoiler:''he stuffed the entire pantheon in his basement''. The newest three are rotting and killable]].

* ClassicVillain: The final boss, [[spoiler:the Nameless God, possessing the classic traits of greed, wrath, pride, and envy]].

* DeityOfHumanOrigin: [[spoiler:The Nameless God. This is ''not'' a good thing, since unlike the gods of fire, he is still killable, fallible, and driven by the same desires he had as a mortal. Given that the last three areas in the game include the Salt Alkemancery, it is possible that, rather than being born a god, The Nameless God was one that was manufactured artificially. Given that the Witch that runs the place has a large, brutish creature that is allegedly her "best" creation, the Nameless God was either created on accident, or was viewed as a failure.]]

* ViciousCycle: [[spoiler:The Nameless God causes conflict and war to spread across the world; one or more of the ruling kingdoms [[HumanSacrifice sends a tribute of ignorant dupes to the island he lives on]]; sometimes it's a boat of diplomats, sometimes it's a war boat of knights and mercenaries, sometimes it's an escort ship carrying slaves disguised as lords or ''princesses''; the sacrifice grants the Nameless God some of the candle-lit power he craves and new artistic material to build his twisted island, and he puts a stop to the conflicts... then he begins lusting for more power or gets bored of his latest creations, and the cycle begins anew.]]

* CrystalDragonJesus: The Three are the most recent and popular of the three starting Creeds. They are devout worshipers of the three gods who bring order to the world -- the King, the Knight, and the Judge. They resemble Christianity - worshipping a trinity and their holy icon resembling a cross. [[spoiler:Though it turns out The Three are long dead and their role was usurped by the Nameless God.]]

* HaveYouSeenMyGod: [[spoiler: The Three are imprisoned by the Nameless God in the Crypt of the Dead Gods just so that he can steal the power obtained from the [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly prayers of their worshipers]].]]

* CardCarryingVillain: Those who follow the Order of the Betrayer are openly sadistic, with some members gleefully saying how they prefer to kill women, children, and anyone who can't fight back

* DeathOfTheOldGods: While it's still widely practiced, the creed has been slowly dying out over the centuries. Most of that is due to being supplanted by the younger religion of the Three. [[WildMassGuessing However, if you follow the theory of the Candlelit Lady being Devara Herself]], then this is {{Averted}} hard. [[spoiler:Every other god is either dead or dying, whilst the Candlelit Lady being Devara would mean that She managed to outlast them all. And if the Nameless God is killed, prayers being left unanswered would lead to the collapse of other religions, giving Devara prominence again.]]

* AmbiguouslyHuman: She looks human, but she has a candlelit soul, something that seems to normally only be possessed by some gods and at least one very powerful kraeken. It's possible that she is some kind of spirit, or potentially Devara Herself.
* HiddenInPlainSight: If she is indeed Devara, then that basically means she’s hiding from the Nameless God... [[RefugeInAudacity right in his own domain.]]

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It’s unknown if she’s human or something else entirely.

* DeathOfTheOldGods: While it's still widely practiced, the creed has been slowly dying out over the centuries. Most of that is due to being supplanted by the younger religion of the Three. However, if you follow the theory of the Candlelit Lady being Devara Herself, then this is {{Averted}} hard. [[spoiler:Every other god is either dead or dying, whilst the Candlelit Lady being Devara would mean that She managed to outlast them all. And if the Nameless God is killed, prayers being left unanswered would lead to the collapse of other religions, giving Devara prominence again.]]

* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Pretty much everyone you can find who's affiliated with the Order of the Betrayer is sporting sickly pale skin and black hair, in keeping with their ominous nature. They also appear to be from Tristin, which gives them a creepy Cheshire Cat Grin as well.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: She looks human, but she has a candlelit soul, something that seems to normally only be possessed by some gods and at least one very powerful kraeken. It's possible that she is some kind of spirit.

* DeathOfTheOldGods: While it's still widely practiced, the creed has been slowly dying out over the centuries. Most of that is due to being supplanted by the younger religion of the Three.

* ArtifactOfDeath / EvilWeapon: Her sword, the Black Widow, seems to have been the reason for her madness and tyranny. [[GameplayAndStorySegregation Thankfully it has no effect on any player who wields it]].

* BreathWeapon: Capable of breathing fire. Thankfully the area preceding the fight contains both a ring and a shield that offer protection from fire damage.

* PowerFloats: The Architect.

* BreathWeapon: Has the ability to breath lightning out of his mouth.

* HeWhoMustNotBeNamed: It used to have a name proper, but it has been lost out of fear that [[SpeakOfTheDevil just saying it would make it appear]]. So now, it is merely referred to as "The Unspeakable Deep."

* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: In life she was a ruthless and violent tyrant whose reign was known as the reign of blood. She was infamous for decorating her kingdom with the grotesquely smiling corpses of the people she killed in her mad tantrums.

* OptionalBoss: The Queen of Smiles can be bypassed entirely, though its not recommended, since killing her gives access to areas with good gear.

* ShoutOut: His name, location, appearance, and dialogue are all a reference to the ''Series/TheMightyBoosh'' episode "The Legend of Old Gregg."

* GravityScrew: Both times he's encountered he's sitting upside-down on the bottom of a platform, presumably with the help of the Vertigo Brand.

* CrutchCharacter: It is one of the stronger creeds to start the game with due to the high variety of items for sale by their vendors and the ability to get rare weapon buff items. It's also the most balanced of the three starting Creeds, though it does favor melee builds thanks to the buffs available to the Creed. However, it becomes one of the weakest creeds later in the game once weapon buffs become easier to purchase due to its lack of any unique reward items for devotion.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The axe of splendor is noted in its description to be about as effective in combat as one would expect from an axe made of solid gold. Subverted in gameplay, where it's actually one of the best one-handed weapons in the game (though the price tag makes it impractical in its own way).