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* DropTheHammer: Rolf's preferred weapon is a massive warhammer.
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Alternate universe versions of the Skullkickers. Expect a lot of confusion over [[NamesTheSame who's who]].

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Alternate universe versions of the Skullkickers. Expect a lot of confusion over [[NamesTheSame who's who]].
who.


* AnAxeToGrind: His preferred weapon. One of the tavern tales even features a lengthy monologue by him about why an axe is the best weapon.



* AnAxToGrind: This Rolf uses a two-handed battleaxe.
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* BalefulPolymorph: She can turn things into plants, whether they're demons, someone's eyes, or [[spoiler:an arrow aimed at her chosen one]].

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* BalefulPolymorph: ForcedTransformation: She can turn things into plants, whether they're demons, someone's eyes, or [[spoiler:an arrow aimed at her chosen one]].
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* AllMightyJanitor: Whoever or whatever she is, she can perceive and understand Baldy's gun and convinces Kusia to turn on Poppa Plant with a few whispered words. [[spoiler:As it turns out, she's Mother Marsh herself]].

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* AllMightyJanitor: AlmightyJanitor: Whoever or whatever she is, she can perceive and understand Baldy's gun and convinces Kusia to turn on Poppa Plant with a few whispered words. [[spoiler:As it turns out, she's Mother Marsh herself]].
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* KnifeNut: Rex wields a pair of daggers in combat.

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* KnifeNut: DualWield: Rex wields a pair of daggers in combat.
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* BaldOfAwesome: A major badass and not a hair on his head. Or his body for that matter, he has to drawn his eyebrows on with charcoal. [[spoiler:As it turns out, this is because passing through a dimensional portal scoured it all away]].
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* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler:Chosen by Mother Marsh to save everyone]]. He was also [[soiler:the avatar of Thool]] for a while.

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* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler:Chosen by Mother Marsh to save everyone]]. He was also [[soiler:the [[spoiler:the avatar of Thool]] for a while.

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* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler:Chosen by nature to save everyone]].
* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler: Nature is willing to step in on occasion to ensure he's around to do the jobe it's chosen for him. Case in point, when one of Kuisia's arrows was dead-on to nail him through the back of the skull before it grew vines and flowered mid-flight, sending it tumbling into the sewer]].
* Evil Weapon: [[spoiler:His gun is a magical weapon granted to him by an eldritch abomination that won't stop firing until ''[[OmnicidalManiac everything is dead]]'']].

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* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler:Chosen by nature Mother Marsh to save everyone]].
* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler: Nature is willing to step in on occasion to ensure he's around to do the jobe it's chosen
everyone]]. He was also [[soiler:the avatar of Thool]] for him. Case in point, when one of Kuisia's arrows was dead-on to nail him through the back of the skull before it grew vines and flowered mid-flight, sending it tumbling into the sewer]].
a while.
* Evil Weapon: [[spoiler:His gun is a magical weapon granted to him by an eldritch abomination that won't stop firing until ''[[OmnicidalManiac everything is dead]]'']].dead]]''. It also mentally enslaved him to Thool until he broke free]].



* TrapepdInAnotherWorld: [[spoiler:Originally a cowboy on Earth, until Thool threw him through a portal]].

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* TrapepdInAnotherWorld: TrappedInAnotherWorld: [[spoiler:Originally a cowboy on Earth, until Thool threw him through a portal]].



* CompleteImmortality: [[spoiler:After Taxthalmus's meddling gets him barred from the Halls of the Dead, he becomes unable to die (though that doesn't mean getting killed feels pleasant)]].
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: [[spoiler:As it turns out, the world in the story isn't his world of origin, though it's close enough that it's unclear if he realizes it]].



* ActionGirl: One of the biggest badasses in the comic.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Never made overt, but the only person she calls "sexy" is a woman, who also happens to be the only person she compliments on their physical appearance.
* AndTheAdventureContinues: Ends the comic continuing Baldy and Shorty's tradition of charging headfirst towards dangerous adventure.




!Mudwich
[[folder:Pordacio]]
A necromancer whose theft of Chancellor Kenby's body kicks off the first story arc.

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\n!Mudwich\n[[folder:Pordacio]]\nA necromancer whose theft [[folder:SPOILER CHARACTER]]
!!Alternate Skullkickers
Alternate universe versions
of Chancellor Kenby's body kicks off the first story arc.Skullkickers. Expect a lot of confusion over [[NamesTheSame who's who]].

!!!Rex Maraud and Rolf Copperhead
The most prominent pair of alternate Skullkickers, who show up all the way back in the end of arc 2.



* ArcVillain: Of One Thousand Opas and a Dead Body.
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Oh, he does die, but the worse part of it comes when his soul is collected by his demon lord master]].
* TheToothHurts: Takes a bullet to his talk-hole, which emphasizes the hole part and greatly reduces the talk part.
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!Urbia
[[folder:Pankey]]
A half-goblin who leads the Urbia thieves' guild.

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* ArcVillain: Of One Thousand Opas AnAxToGrind: This Rolf uses a two-handed battleaxe.
* HeroesPreferSwords: This Rex does, a massive two-handed sword.

!!!Rolf Copperhead
and a Dead Body.
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Oh, he does die, but
Rex
A pair of (ostensible) dwarves whose roles have been reversed; Rolf is
the worse part of it comes when his soul big guy and Rex is collected by his demon lord master]].
* TheToothHurts: Takes a bullet to his talk-hole, which emphasizes
the hole part and greatly reduces the talk part.
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!Urbia
[[folder:Pankey]]
A half-goblin who leads the Urbia thieves' guild.
little guy.



* CompleteImmortality: Due to a curse from the gods of deceit, the halls of the dead won't accept him until he atones for an unknown wrong. In the meantime he can certainly be killed, but it won't stick for more than a few minutes at most.
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[[folder:The Tavern Keeper]]
A short old lady who's more than she seems.

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* CompleteImmortality: Due DropTheHammer: Rolf's preferred weapon is a massive warhammer.
* KnifeNut: Rex wields a pair of daggers in combat.
* OurDwarvesAreDifferent: Both of them. Rolf is the size of normal Rex (he's sensetive about his "condition"), and Rex is still hairless (it's rude
to a curse talk about the beardless).
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In-universe. [[spoiler:They're
from the gods of deceit, the halls of the dead won't accept him until he atones for an unknown wrong. In the meantime he can certainly be killed, but it won't stick for more than normal Rolf's original universe, where this Rolf was a few minutes at most.
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[[folder:The Tavern Keeper]]
A short old lady who's more than she seems.
narrative replacement when normal Rolf was hurtled to another dimension]].

!!!Li-Shi and Lou-Ku
An odd pair from a shaolin martial arts story. Li-Shi is a monk and a meditator, Lou-Ku is a mercenary and troublemaker.



* AllMightyJanitor: Whoever or whatever she is, she can perceive and understand Baldy's gun and convinces Kusia to turn on Poppa Plant with a few whispered words.
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[[folder:Poppa Plant]]
A blood-sucking plant capable of growing to truly titanic proportions in the right conditions.

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* AllMightyJanitor: Whoever or whatever she is, she can perceive {{Wuxia}}: Their clear inspiration.

!!!Rolf Goldbottom/Axeman the Skull Knight
and understand Baldy's gun and convinces Kusia to turn on Poppa Plant with a few whispered words.
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[[folder:Poppa Plant]]
A blood-sucking plant capable of growing to truly titanic proportions in
Rex Rexerson/Little Gun the right conditions.Bald Wonder
A "crime-fighter" duo from a superhero story.



* ArcVillain: Of Five Funerals and a Bucket of Blood.
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!''Mermaid's Bottom''
[[folder:Captain Cutlass]]
Captain of the pirate ship ''Mermaid's Bottom''.

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* ArcVillain: AffectionateParody: Of Five Funerals ComicBook/{{Batman}} and a Bucket Robin.
* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: They consider profanity deserving
of Blood.
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!''Mermaid's Bottom''
[[folder:Captain Cutlass]]
Captain of
a swift beatdown because it "leads to a breakdown in the pirate ship ''Mermaid's Bottom''.moral order."
* SociopathicHero: Let's put it this way, their idea of cleaning up the city is punching old ladies, shooting a random bystander who objected to them punching an old lady, and telling people to stop being poor.

!!!Rexxor and "Old Chum"
A pair of heroes modeled after old space adventurer comics.



* CoolSword: She has a sentient cutlass called Rutilus. It's bade is made of ruby, it glows when it senses danger, and it can detect lies. It also speaks in rhymes with an English accent, a standard feature for magic swords in the setting.
* HookHand: Replacing her right hand.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:After she's claimed by Thool, Rutilus runs her through]].
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Willing to abide stowaways as long as they behave themselves and work for their passage.

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* CoolSword: She has a sentient cutlass called Rutilus. It's bade is made of ruby, it glows {{Jetpack}}: They have them when it senses danger, they're not getting stolen by technopaths.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: As one would expect from the particular time period they're modeled on, they're of the opinion women shouldn't get involved in fighting.

!!!Rex
and it can detect lies. It also speaks in rhymes with Rolf
A pair of biker adventurers.
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* BayonetYa: Rolf has
an English accent, axeblade on his shotgun barrel.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Rex & Rolf, who are
a standard feature for magic swords in the setting.
* HookHand: Replacing her right hand.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:After she's claimed by Thool, Rutilus runs her through]].
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Willing to abide stowaways as long as they behave themselves and work for their passage.
pair of biker detective zombie hunters.



[[folder:Drissle]]
First mate of the ship ''Mermaid's Bottom''.

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[[folder:Drissle]]
First mate of
!Allies and Neutral Parties
[[folder:Pankey]]
A half-goblin who leads
the ship ''Mermaid's Bottom''.Urbia thieves' guild.



* EyepatchOfPower: Wears a bandanna over her left eye.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:Gets brain drilled by Thool and goes down with the ship, but we never actually see her die]].

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* EyepatchOfPower: Wears CompleteImmortality: Due to a bandanna over her left eye.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:Gets brain drilled by Thool and goes down with
curse from the ship, gods of deceit, the halls of the dead won't accept him until he atones for an unknown wrong. In the meantime he can certainly be killed, but we never actually see her die]].it won't stick for more than a few minutes at most.



!Others
[[folder:Taxthalmus]]

A demon lord of the 9th Circle of Hell.

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!Others
[[folder:Taxthalmus]]

[[folder:The Tavern Keeper]]
A demon lord of the 9th Circle of Hell.short old lady who's more than she seems.



* ManBehindTheMan: To Pordacio.

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* ManBehindTheMan: To Pordacio.AllMightyJanitor: Whoever or whatever she is, she can perceive and understand Baldy's gun and convinces Kusia to turn on Poppa Plant with a few whispered words. [[spoiler:As it turns out, she's Mother Marsh herself]].
* BalefulPolymorph: She can turn things into plants, whether they're demons, someone's eyes, or [[spoiler:an arrow aimed at her chosen one]].
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: She recaps the plot at the start of each new arc and is aware of the story's nature as a narrative, up to calling Baldy and Shorty the protagonists.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:The nature creatures she summons to defend the Gizzard accidentally kill its master and cause it to collapse entirely]].



[[folder:Deep Thool]]

An ancient being that exists across worlds, times, dimensions, and universes.

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[[folder:Deep Thool]]

An ancient being that exists across worlds, times, dimensions, and universes.
[[folder:Captain Cutlass]]
Captain of the pirate ship ''Mermaid's Bottom''.



* TheAssimilator: It can make others into its children, and its children are all Thool.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Despite its human mannerisms, it has little focus beyond spreading itself as far as it can.
* EldritchAbomination: Looks down on humans as specks? Existed long before everything else? Shapeless, tentacles form? It checks all the boxes.
* NighInvulnerable: Even a baby Thool is nearly impossible to kill, no matter how much punishment is heaped on it.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Most of the time, if it talks, it talks in a grandiose, fragmented way with distorted text and [[PaintingTheMedium gibberish symbols punctuating its speech bubbles]]. When talking to those whose mind's it's already ensnared, it talks far more casually, which is how you get an eldritch abomination calling things "bad ass" or "so lame."

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* TheAssimilator: It CoolSword: She has a sentient cutlass called Rutilus. It's bade is made of ruby, it glows when it senses danger, it can make others burst into its children, flames, and its children are all Thool.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Despite its human mannerisms,
it has little focus beyond spreading itself might be able to sense lies. It also speaks in rhymes with an English accent, a standard feature for magic swords in the setting.
* HookHand: Replacing her right hand.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:After she's claimed by Thool, Rutilus runs her through]].
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Willing to abide stowaways
as far as it can.
* EldritchAbomination: Looks down on humans as specks? Existed
long before everything else? Shapeless, tentacles form? It checks all the boxes.
* NighInvulnerable: Even a baby Thool is nearly impossible to kill, no matter how much punishment is heaped on it.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Most of the time, if it talks, it talks in a grandiose, fragmented way with distorted text
as they behave themselves and [[PaintingTheMedium gibberish symbols punctuating its speech bubbles]]. When talking to those whose mind's it's already ensnared, it talks far more casually, which is how you get an eldritch abomination calling things "bad ass" or "so lame."work for their passage.


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[[folder:Drissle]]
First mate of the ship ''Mermaid's Bottom''.
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* EyepatchOfPower: Wears a bandanna over her left eye.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:Gets brain drilled by Thool and goes down with the ship, but we never actually see her die]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Deity of Doors]]
Master of the Gizzard, an interuniverse narrative nexus.
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* KillTheGod: [[spoiler:Killed by a stray unicorn for no reason other than that unicorns are stupid]].
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!Antagonists
[[folder:Pordacio]]
A necromancer whose theft of Chancellor Kenby's body kicks off the first story arc.
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* ArcVillain: Of One Thousand Opas and a Dead Body.
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Oh, he does die, but the worse part of it comes when his soul is collected by his demon lord master]].
* TheToothHurts: Takes a bullet to his talk-hole, which emphasizes the hole part and greatly reduces the talk part.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Poppa Plant]]
A blood-sucking plant capable of growing to truly titanic proportions in the right conditions.
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* ArcVillain: Of Five Funerals and a Bucket of Blood.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Taxthalmus]]

A demon lord of the 9th Circle of Hell.
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* BadBoss: Regularly immolates his underlings. Not even for failing them, at one point he burns two of them just because someone else brought him news, and not even ''bad'' news.
* EvilIsPetty: Out of every possible attack, he chooses to bitchslap Thool when they fight.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:''Literally'', as he lays out Thool using nothing but his abre hands when they fight]].
* ManBehindTheMan: To Pordacio.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Deep Thool]]

An ancient being that exists across worlds, times, dimensions, and universes.
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* TheAssimilator: It can make others into its children, and its children are all Thool.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Despite its human mannerisms, it has little focus beyond spreading itself as far as it can.
* EldritchAbomination: Looks down on humans as specks? Existed long before everything else? Shapeless, tentacles form? It checks all the boxes.
* NighInvulnerable: Even a baby Thool is nearly impossible to kill, no matter how much punishment is heaped on it.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Most of the time, if it talks, it talks in a grandiose, fragmented way with distorted text and [[PaintingTheMedium gibberish symbols punctuating its speech bubbles]]. When talking to those whose mind's it's already ensnared, it talks far more casually, which is how you get an eldritch abomination calling things "bad ass" or "so lame."
* TrulySingleParent: In its own words, it's both mommy and daddy. In fact, it's its ''own'' mommy and daddy thanks to some time shenanigans during its attempts to spread itself through reality.
[[/folder]]


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* {{Unicorn}}: One of many monsters to appear in the comic. And yes, monster is the correct term; Skullkicker unicorns seem about as peaceful and pure as rabid dogs with knives strapped to their faces.

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!Mudwich
[[folder:Pordacio]]
A necromancer whose theft of Chancellor Kenby's body kicks off the first story arc.

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!Mudwich
[[folder:Pordacio]]
A necromancer whose theft
[[folder:Kusia]]
!!Kusia
An elven huntress, assassin, and part-time zealot
of Chancellor Kenby's body kicks off the first story arc.nature's balance.



* ArcVillain: Of One Thousand Opas and a Dead Body.
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Oh, he does die, but the worse part of it comes when his soul is collected by his demon lord master]].
* TheToothHurts: Takes a bullet to his talk-hole, which emphasizes the hole part and greatly reduces the talk part.

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* ArcVillain: Of One Thousand Opas and a Dead Body.
CoolSword: She claims [[spoiler:Rutilus]] after its former owner is claimed by Thool.
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Oh, he does die, but the worse part of it comes HeelFaceTurn: She turns on Poppa Plant when his soul is collected by his demon lord master]].
* TheToothHurts: Takes
she has a bullet to his talk-hole, which emphasizes revelation about the hole part balance of nature, and greatly reduces over the talk part.course of the next story arc she goes from an enemy of the Skullkickers to a reluctant ally to a full-on friend.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: The shot she makes to kill Chancellor Kenby is downright superhuman considering the distance involved and the fact that she was using a bow.



!Urbia
[[folder:Kusia]]
An elven huntress, assassin, and part-time zealot of nature's balance.

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!Urbia
[[folder:Kusia]]
An elven huntress, assassin, and part-time zealot

!Mudwich
[[folder:Pordacio]]
A necromancer whose theft
of nature's balance.Chancellor Kenby's body kicks off the first story arc.



* CoolSword: She claims [[spoiler:Rutilus]] after its former owner is claimed by Thool.
* HazyFeelTurn: She turns on Poppa Plant after a revelation regarding the spirits of the land, but it's unclear whether this was out of a full moral shift or just a new stance on the current plan.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: The shot she makes to kill Chancellor Kenby is downright superhuman considering the distance involved and the fact that she was using a bow.

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* CoolSword: She claims [[spoiler:Rutilus]] after its former owner is claimed by Thool.
ArcVillain: Of One Thousand Opas and a Dead Body.
* HazyFeelTurn: She turns on Poppa Plant after a revelation regarding FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Oh, he does die, but the spirits worse part of it comes when his soul is collected by his demon lord master]].
* TheToothHurts: Takes a bullet to his talk-hole, which emphasizes
the land, but it's unclear whether this was out of a full moral shift or just a new stance on hole part and greatly reduces the current plan.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: The shot she makes to kill Chancellor Kenby is downright superhuman considering the distance involved and the fact that she was using a bow.
talk part.



!Urbia



[[folder:Deep Thool]]

An ancient being that exists across worlds, times, dimensions, and universes.

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[[folder:Deep Thool]]

An ancient being that exists across worlds, times, dimensions, and universes.
[[folder:Taxthalmus]]

A demon lord of the 9th Circle of Hell.



* TheAssimilator: It can make others into its children, and its children are all Thool.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Despite its human mannerisms, it has little focus beyond spreading itself as far as it can.
* EldritchAbomination: Looks down on humans as specks? Existed long before everything else? Shapeless, tentacles form? It checks all the boxes.
* NighInvulnerable: Even a baby Thool is nearly impossible to kill, no matter how much punishment is heaped on it.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Most of the time, if it talks, it talks in a grandiose, fragmented way with distorted text and [[PaintingTheMedium gibberish symbols punctuating its speech bubbles]]. When talking to those whose mind's it's already ensnared, it talks far more casually, which is how you get an eldritch abomination calling things "bad ass" or "so lame."

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* TheAssimilator: It can make others into its children, and its children are all Thool.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Despite its human mannerisms, it has little focus beyond spreading itself as far as it can.
* EldritchAbomination: Looks down on humans as specks? Existed long before everything else? Shapeless, tentacles form? It checks all the boxes.
* NighInvulnerable: Even a baby Thool is nearly impossible to kill, no matter how much punishment is heaped on it.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Most of the time, if it talks, it talks in a grandiose, fragmented way with distorted text and [[PaintingTheMedium gibberish symbols punctuating its speech bubbles]]. When talking to those whose mind's it's already ensnared, it talks far more casually, which is how you get an eldritch abomination calling things "bad ass" or "so lame."
ManBehindTheMan: To Pordacio.


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[[folder:Deep Thool]]

An ancient being that exists across worlds, times, dimensions, and universes.
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* TheAssimilator: It can make others into its children, and its children are all Thool.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Despite its human mannerisms, it has little focus beyond spreading itself as far as it can.
* EldritchAbomination: Looks down on humans as specks? Existed long before everything else? Shapeless, tentacles form? It checks all the boxes.
* NighInvulnerable: Even a baby Thool is nearly impossible to kill, no matter how much punishment is heaped on it.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Most of the time, if it talks, it talks in a grandiose, fragmented way with distorted text and [[PaintingTheMedium gibberish symbols punctuating its speech bubbles]]. When talking to those whose mind's it's already ensnared, it talks far more casually, which is how you get an eldritch abomination calling things "bad ass" or "so lame."
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!!"Baldy", real name [[spoiler:Rex Maraud]]



* BaldOfAwesome: A major badass and not a hair on his head. Or his body for that matter, he has to drawn his eyebrows on with charcoal.

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* BaldOfAwesome: A major badass and not a hair on his head. Or his body for that matter, he has to drawn his eyebrows on with charcoal. [[spoiler:As it turns out, this is because passing through a dimensional portal scoured it all away]].



* Evil Weapon: [[spoiler:His gun is a magical weapon granted to him by an eldritch abomination that won't stop firing until ''[[OmnicidalManiac everything is dead]]'']].
* HandCannon: His pistol has a ''massive'' barrel.
* InfiniteSupplies: Always has ammo, regardless of the situation. [[spoiler:This is because the gun is a result of a soul wish. If he ever runs out of ammo, he'll just find himself vomiting more up]].



* TrapepdInAnotherWorld: [[spoiler:Originally a cowboy on Earth, until Thool threw him through a portal]].



!!"Shorty", real name [[spoiler:Rolf Copperhead]]



* CoolSword: She claims [[spoiler:Rutilus]] after its former owner is claimed by Thool.



* CoolSword: She has a cutlass whose blade is ruby red and might be literally made of ruby.

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* CoolSword: She has a sentient cutlass whose blade called Rutilus. It's bade is ruby red and might be literally made of ruby.ruby, it glows when it senses danger, and it can detect lies. It also speaks in rhymes with an English accent, a standard feature for magic swords in the setting.


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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:After she's claimed by Thool, Rutilus runs her through]].


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* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:Gets brain drilled by Thool and goes down with the ship, but we never actually see her die]].
[[/folder]]

!Others
[[folder:Deep Thool]]

An ancient being that exists across worlds, times, dimensions, and universes.
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* TheAssimilator: It can make others into its children, and its children are all Thool.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Despite its human mannerisms, it has little focus beyond spreading itself as far as it can.
* EldritchAbomination: Looks down on humans as specks? Existed long before everything else? Shapeless, tentacles form? It checks all the boxes.
* NighInvulnerable: Even a baby Thool is nearly impossible to kill, no matter how much punishment is heaped on it.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Most of the time, if it talks, it talks in a grandiose, fragmented way with distorted text and [[PaintingTheMedium gibberish symbols punctuating its speech bubbles]]. When talking to those whose mind's it's already ensnared, it talks far more casually, which is how you get an eldritch abomination calling things "bad ass" or "so lame."
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[[folder:Assorted Monsters]]
* KrakenAndLeviathan: The former is real at least, and has some sort of bond with Thool.

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* BaldOfAwesome: A major badass and not a hair on his head. Or his body for that matter, he has to drawn his eyebrows on with charcoal.
* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler:Chosen by nature to save everyone]].
* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler: Nature is willing to step in on occasion to ensure he's around to do the jobe it's chosen for him. Case in point, when one of Kuisia's arrows was dead-on to nail him through the back of the skull before it grew vines and flowered mid-flight, sending it tumbling into the sewer]].
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: He understands the language of animals in arc 2, which understandably freaks him out when it doesn't go away. [[spoiler:This is a side effect of being chosen by nature]].



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* AnAxeToGrind: His preferred weapon. One of the tavern tales even features a lengthy monologue by him about why an axe is the best weapon.
* BoringButPractical: A tavern tale has a lengthy speech from him talking about how much unnecessary complexity a sword brings to combat and how an axe is better because of its simple design (the handling bit and the cleaving bit) and how he only needs to know two types of attack (chop and chop harder).



* ArcVillain: Of One Thousand Opas and a Dead Body.



An elven archer who serves Mother Marsh.

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An elven archer who serves Mother Marsh.huntress, assassin, and part-time zealot of nature's balance.



* HazyFeelTurn: She turns on Mother Marsh after a revelation regarding the spirits of the land, but it's unclear whether this was out of a full moral shift or just a new stance on the current plan.

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* HazyFeelTurn: She turns on Mother Marsh Poppa Plant after a revelation regarding the spirits of the land, but it's unclear whether this was out of a full moral shift or just a new stance on the current plan.



* AllMightyJanitor: Whoever or whatever she is, she can perceive and understand Baldy's gun and convinces Kusia to turn on Mother Marsh with a few whispered words.

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* AllMightyJanitor: Whoever or whatever she is, she can perceive and understand Baldy's gun and convinces Kusia to turn on Mother Marsh Poppa Plant with a few whispered words.words.
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[[folder:Poppa Plant]]
A blood-sucking plant capable of growing to truly titanic proportions in the right conditions.
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* ArcVillain: Of Five Funerals and a Bucket of Blood.
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!''Mermaid's Bottom''
[[folder:Captain Cutlass]]
Captain of the pirate ship ''Mermaid's Bottom''.
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* CoolSword: She has a cutlass whose blade is ruby red and might be literally made of ruby.
* HookHand: Replacing her right hand.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Willing to abide stowaways as long as they behave themselves and work for their passage.
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[[folder:Drissle]]
First mate of the ship ''Mermaid's Bottom''.
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* EyepatchOfPower: Wears a bandanna over her left eye.
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!The Skullkickers
[[folder:"Baldy"]]
The human half of the Skullkickers. Usually wields a six-shot revolver.
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[[folder:"Shorty"]]
The dwarf half of the Skullkickers. Usually wields a pair of handaxes.
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!Mudwich
[[folder:Pordacio]]
A necromancer whose theft of Chancellor Kenby's body kicks off the first story arc.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Oh, he does die, but the worse part of it comes when his soul is collected by his demon lord master]].
* TheToothHurts: Takes a bullet to his talk-hole, which emphasizes the hole part and greatly reduces the talk part.
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!Urbia
[[folder:Kusia]]
An elven archer who serves Mother Marsh.
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* HazyFeelTurn: She turns on Mother Marsh after a revelation regarding the spirits of the land, but it's unclear whether this was out of a full moral shift or just a new stance on the current plan.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: The shot she makes to kill Chancellor Kenby is downright superhuman considering the distance involved and the fact that she was using a bow.
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[[folder:Pankey]]
A half-goblin who leads the Urbia thieves' guild.
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* CompleteImmortality: Due to a curse from the gods of deceit, the halls of the dead won't accept him until he atones for an unknown wrong. In the meantime he can certainly be killed, but it won't stick for more than a few minutes at most.
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[[folder:The Tavern Keeper]]
A short old lady who's more than she seems.
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* AllMightyJanitor: Whoever or whatever she is, she can perceive and understand Baldy's gun and convinces Kusia to turn on Mother Marsh with a few whispered words.
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