History Characters / TheAdventureZone

* ''Characters/TheAdventureZoneKNights''

* ''[[Characters/TheAdventureZoneBalance The Adventure Zone Balance & The Hogsbottom Three]]''
* ''[[Characters/TheAdventureZoneKNights The Adventure Zone (K)Nights]]''

See characters from individual campaigns:

Because each campaign is set in a different universe, the character page is split according to campaign world:

* ''[[Characters/TheAdventureZoneBalanceAndTheHogsbottomThree The Adventure Zone Balance & The Hogsbottom Three]]''

* ''[[Characters/TheAdventureZoneNights The Adventure Zone Nights]]''

* [[Characters/TheAdventureZoneBalanceAndTheHogsbottomThree The Adventure Zone: Balance & The Hogsbottom Three]]
* [[Characters/TheAdventureZoneNights The Adventure Zone: Nights]]

* [[Characters/TheAdventureZoneBalanceAndTheHogsbottomThree The Aventure Zone: Balance & The Hogsbottom Three]]

* Characters/TheAdventureZoneBalanceAndTheHogsbottomThree
* Characters/TheAdventureZoneNights

* Characters/BalanceArcAndHogsbottomThree

* Characters/TheBalanceArcAndHogsbottomThree

* Characters/TheBalanceArcAndTheHogsbottomThree

* Characters/TheAdventureZoneBalance and The Hogsbottom Three

* Characters/BalanceArcAndHogsbottomThree

* Characters/BalanceArc/HogsbottomThree

* Characters/BalanceArcandHogsbottomThree

* Characters/BalanceArcAndHogsbottomThree

!!Due to the lack of official artwork, most of the character images are pieces of fan art that have been reblogged on [[http://theadventurezone.tumblr.com The Adventure Zone's tumblr]]. All artwork has been put here with the original artists' permission.

!!"Adventure Zone: Nights" Characters

A SpinOff series available to Maximum Fun Network backers, set in a SteamPunk inspired universe and [=DMed=] by Travis with Griffin, Clint and Justin playing.

[[folder: Tom]]
!!Tom Collins

A half-elf bartender and "wizard" who totally went to wizard school and is certainly not a warlock. A milquetoast and shy man who's made a pact with an [[EldritchAbomination ancient and forgotten god on the fringes of reality]]. Played by Griffin.

* EldritchAbomination: Made a pact with The Great Old One to get his powers which occasionally commands him to collect people's spinal cords.
* SitcomArchNemesis: To Lenny, who can't stand him after whatever happened between them, despite Tom's attempts to bury the hatchet.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Out of fear of the social stigma that follows Warlocks, he claims, repeatedly, to merely be a wizard.
* ThemeNaming: Names his bat {{Familiar}} "Chaser". Invoked by Griffin.
--> '''Griffin:''' I'm going for a drink theme.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Lenny]]
!!Lenny Manolito

A sarcastic and crass human bard played by Clint. He used to work at Tom's bar before a falling out that neither of them seem willing to discuss. He uses a [[BizarreInstrument steam-powered key-tar]] called "The [[Music/SteelyDan Fagenblaster]]."

* CasanovaWannabe: Attempted to put the moves on Troth at least once, as Justin pointed out it's a little odd to have a man hitting on his own son's DungeonsAndDragons character.
* DeadpanSnarker
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Was once a successful and popular musician (although Canis claims his later albums were terrible) until the incident with Tom left him playing on the street corner for Copper Coils.
* NoodleIncident: Whatever he did to get Tom to fire and blackball him among all the venue owners in the city has yet to be revealed, other than Tom telling him "You know what you did!"

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Troth]]
!!Troth

Justin's Tiefling monk character. She was abandoned on the steps of a monastery as a baby and raised by the clergy as a monk. She's taken a vow of poverty and frequently volunteers to aid the destitute and needy, while also [[WarriorMonk punching things really hard]].

* ActionGirl: "I've finally cracked the Adventure Zone secret and put a competent woman on our team!"
* BareFistedMonk: She gets various bonuses and abilities provided she doesn't wear any armor or use weapons.
* GoodIsNotSoft: LawfulGood overall, but punches Lenny in the throat without a second thought after a crack about her tail.
* NoSocialSkills: Struggles to fit in with people and is awkward overall.
* OnlyOneName
* TheStoic

[[/folder]]

[[foldercontrol]]

!!The Party (aka Tres Horny Boys)

[[folder: In General]]

!!The Party
-> "I think we could use people like you."
--> -'''Killian'''

The [=PCs=] in general.
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* AnAdventurerIsYou: Magnus, with his heavy armor and shield, acts as the Tank and consistently puts himself in the front of the formation. Merle is the Healer as well as casting defensive buffs. Taako is the DPS caster in addition to support magic.
* BadassCrew: The only known people in the world that can collect Grand Relics on top of being D&D [=PCs=].
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Sure, the three of them gleefully cavort about and take a very irreverent and at times downright ''stupid'' approach to their adventures, but they haven't destroyed five Grand Relics without being exceedingly competent at what they do (even if that competence seems to be the exception rather than the rule). Out-of-universe, Justin, Travis, and Clint are actually quite compentent at playing their characters and classes when push comes to shove, especially considering their prior lack of skill at the start of the podcast.
* CerebusRetcon: A lot of their personality quirks get this treatment in the penultimate episode of the Eleventh Hour Arc. To wit;
** Magnus' [[spoiler:compulsive need to rush in and protect people stems from witnessing bullies torturing an animal when he was a child, and he got the shit kicked out of him defending it. His carpentry also comes from his time in Raven's Roost, where he had deposed a despotic governor and got married shortly after his successful rebellion. However, when he left town to go to Neverwitner for a craftsman's competition, the governor returned and blew up the supporting column for his section of the town, killing his wife, his mentor/father figure, and 74 others and led to the rest of the town getting abandoned by the frightened populace.]]
** Merle's [[spoiler: easy-going attitude and seemingly blasé nature regarding his faith in Pan stems from having a domineering and hyper-religious father who basically forced his faith on his son. He was also trapped in a borderline abusive arranged marriage and basically abandoned his wife to become a hedge cleric, leading to his vagabond lifestyle.]]
** Taako's [[spoiler: seeming cowardice in the face of danger is a holdover instinct he picked up due to basically living on his own from the time he was twelve, traveling with passing theater troupes and wandering knights and wizards in order to survive. His disastrous final show of Sizzle It Up With Taako is also worse than it was first described; initially it was believed that Taako's transmutation magic accidentally and fatally poisoned the forty or so people that he was performing for, but in actuality his jealous assistant Sazed laced the ingredients with arsenic as revenge for Taako not wanting to include him in the show. While Taako was relieved to discover that it wasn't his fault for what happened, he is still cut up over the fact that it was his unwillingness to share fame with Sazed that caused the disaster that ended Taako's career.]]
* GetYourMindOutOfTheGutter: Merle mostly, but they all experience it at least once an episode. Usually due to DungeonMaster Griffin's AccidentalInnuendo.
* HeroicComedicSociopath: Our [[InformedAttribute good-aligned]] [[SarcasmMode Paragons of Justice]] murder a low-level gangster who [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything commits no serious crimes that the audience is privy to]] and then throw his body off a cliff rather than use up a healing spell to avoid, y'know. [[MurderIsTheBestSolution Murder.]]
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: "The Eleventh Hour" reveals that they're all missing a significant chunk of their memories, from roughly the same time period. [[spoiler:This is because of Lucretia using a second Voidfish to remove their memories of being Red Robes.]]
* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: {{Lampshaded}}. There are [[MacGuffin seven ancient artifacts]] that must be collected and destroyed for the safety of the world. Secret society of powerful wizards organized for that exact purpose who live in a secret base on the moon: 0. Three jokers: 5. Two to go. The Director of the Bureau of Balance notes this in-universe after the Petals to the Metal arc and decides to dismiss all other reclaimers and put the Bureau's full resources behind supporting the party.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Their go to plan.
* NominalHero: The "heroes" are in the business of tracking down [[ArtifactOfDoom Artifacts of Doom]] for two reasons: because they don't want the planet destroyed ([[WesternAnimation/TheTick it's where they keep all their stuff]]) and because the pay is pretty good. [[HeroicComedicSociopath They'll gleefully lie, cheat, steal, and murder]] along their way toward saving the world from the latest threat, and everyone else has to put up with it, because [[UltimateJobSecurity their track record at world-saving can't be beat]].
* TheRolePlayer: All three players are pretty good about this, attempting to negotiate with enemies whenever possible and occasionally making suboptimal decisions that are in line with their characters. For example, Travis plays Magnus as an impulsive man of action who will leap into situations without thinking or go along with the other party members rather than thinking for himself, and Clint plays Merle as [[HonorBeforeReason loyal to a fault]], refusing to condone looting his fallen family members.
* TooDumbToFool: Mostly Taako, but Merle credits all of their ability to resist the Grand Relics to their own stupidity.
* UltimateJobSecurity: See NominalHero
* UnderestimatingBadassery: People are generally surprised to find that the [=PCs=] are actually competent, though [[IdiotHero to be fair...]]

[[folder: Magnus Burnsides]]
!!Magnus Burnsides, the Hammer
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/magnus_9.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"Magnus rushes in!"'']]


The party’s human protection-style fighter/rogue [[note]] He started off as a Fighter, then cross-trained as a Rogue, becoming a hybrid class Travis at first calls "Mercenary," and then is jokingly dubbed "Ruffboi" by the rest of the Group [[/note]].
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler: The reveal that ''he'' was the Red Robe who accompanied June and Jack to Refuge casts him in this light. He certainly isn't allied with the Red Robes now, but given the big patch of static in his memories, he may have done some pretty unconscionable things that were later wiped out.]]
* AnAxToGrind: His weapon of choice.
* AnimalMotif: A grizzly bear as featured in Petals to the Metal and the Live Boston Stunt Spectacular.
* BadassBaritone: Described as having a gruff voice.
* BadassNormal: The only PC that's not a spell caster.
* BaldOfAwesome: He has no hair on his head, or his face, except for his impressive sideburns.
* TheBigGuy: Physically the biggest of the adventurers, and the typical meat shield.
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: He's huge and muscular, and also the kindest member of the party.
* CelibateHero: Not interested in romance, and is very uncomfortable when put into romantic situations. See TheMourningAfter below.
* CrusadingWidower: Of the rare heroic variety.
* DoomedHometown: [[spoiler:His home, Ravensroost, ended up being attacked once more by the tyrant he drove away - not to conquer it, but to destroy it. Only a portion of it got damaged, but it was enough to scare the surviving locals off, leaving the place a ghost town.]]
* HumanityEnsues: [[spoiler:Inverted. At the end of ''The Suffering Game,'' his real body disappears or is destroyed, leaving him stuck as a mannequin indefinitely.]]
** [[spoiler: Played straight in Lunar Interlude V: Reunion Tour when he dies in the mannequin body and regains his old body which was [[ItMakesSenseInContext regrown by Garfield the Deals Warlock]].]]
* HeroesPreferSwords: Averted in that he always wields an axe. [[spoiler:Until he gains possession of [[InfinityPlusOneSword the Flaming Raging Poisoning Sword of Doom]] in Lunar Interlude V.]]
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: In addition to the missing time mentioned above, Magnus ''specifically'' also gets hit with this during "The Suffering Game," [[spoiler:giving up his memories of the Mad Governor Kalen so he can't directly seek revenge.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: Magnus has a [[RunningGag habit of ripping arms off of robots and the like.]] [[spoiler: When he gets put into the body of a mannequin and Edward the Lich gets put into Magnus', the shoe is on the other foot.]]
---> '''Griffin:''' [[spoiler: I know what he ''does''. Magnus, Edward's gonna make a strength check to see if he can rip one of your ''fucking arms off''.]]
* LeeroyJenkins: Has a tendency to run into danger without thought. It works as often as not.
* TheMagnificent: The Hammer.
* TheMourningAfter: He's uninterested in romance because he still loves [[spoiler: his late wife Julia]].
* NonIndicativeName: "The Hammer"--''in battle,'' he prefers to use an ax, and now has a spear as well. (However, the name ''actually'' refers to his work as a ''carpenter.'')
* StoneWall: A protection-style fighter.
* ThemeNaming: [[spoiler: He shares one of a series of titles with his seven fellow Red Robes, elucidated by Lucas' mother when she had her vision in the Cosmoscope; he is "The Protector."]]
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by Travis. [[spoiler:When offered immortality by the Animus Bell, he ''immediately'' shuts it down... because it would rob him of his chance to reunite with Julia in the afterlife.]]
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes?: Has a fear of spiders. The first arc villain is spider-themed.
* WorkingClassHero: Has the Folk Hero background.

[[folder: Merle Highchurch]]
!!Merle Hitower Highchurch
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/merle.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"Zone of Truth!”'']]
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The party’s dwarven nature-domain cleric.
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* TheAllSolvingHammer: Gets a lot of mileage out of his Zone of Truth spell to the point of a running gag.
* AnimalMotif: Has a slight association with owls, though it's only mentioned twice.
** The first was in Petals to the Metal, where he wears an owl mask during the battlewagon race.
** The second was in The Suffering Game, where [[spoiler: he receives an eye-patch with an owl on it after sacrificing his left eye.]]
* BadassBaritone: Described as having a gruff voice.
* BadassPreacher: He's a cleric. It comes with the territory. He even tries to convert some [=NPCs=].
* ButtMonkey: The RandomNumberGod ''does not'' like him.
* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler: Turns out that that unhappy arranged marriage he walked out on resulted in at least one child that he hardly ever sees. His relationship with his son and stepdaughter is friendly, or at least civil, and Merle's trying to make amends now.]]
* DropTheHammer: Wields a warhammer.
* EyepatchOfPower: [[spoiler: Receives one after giving up his left eye in The Suffering Game.]]
* ICallItVera: Calls his warhammer “Smusher”, and his hand axe “Lil' Choppy”.
* HandicappedBadass: Lost his arm in the Crystal Kingdom; it has since been replaced by a soul wood prosthetic. [[spoiler:Subsequently lost his left eye in The Suffering Game.]]
* NatureHero: A Nature domain cleric and devout worshiper of Pan.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Griffin suspects his dad of using spells he shouldn't be able to. He's occasionally right.
* ThemeNaming: [[spoiler: He shares one of a series of titles with his seven fellow Red Robes, elucidated by Lucas' mother when she had her vision in the Cosmoscope; he is "The Peacemaker"]]
* SmartGuy: Given this role by default.
* TheMedic: He's a cleric. It comes with the territory.
* TookALevelInBadass: Sort of. Around Chapter 9 of the "Crystal Kingdom" arc, Clint declares himself "The New Merle Highchurch," and starts taking the game more seriously (i.e. actually bothering to learn what spells he actually knows and using them effectively).
* TruthSerum: Zone of Truth
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Taako]]
!!Taako
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/taz.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''“Abracafuck you!”'']]
-->


The party’s high elf transmutation school wizard.
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* AngstySurvivingTwin: [[spoiler: Lup was his sister who died and left him the Umbra Staff. Complicated by LaserGuidedAmnesia so he forgot she existed.]]
* BadassGay: Taako is an extremely powerful wizard not to be trifled with. He's also canonically gay.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: He's TheLoonie and the comic relief. He's also a highly-proficient magic user with an arsenal of powerful offensive spells. He also possesses the Umbra Staff, which magnifies his spell-casting abilities to god-like levels.
* BrainlessBeauty: He's a complete idiot, but an extremely good-looking one. [[spoiler: Until the Suffering Game arc, when he has to sacrifice his beauty in Wonderland. He doesn't become ''ugly'', he's just less handsome than he used to be.]]
* CookingShow: ''Used'' to have a traveling one. [[spoiler:Then his sidekick/roadie poisoned everyone who attended a particular show and he had to pack it in.]]
* TheDitz: Even by the standards of the Trés Horny Boys, Taako is remarkably stupid.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Justin's initial character concept for Taako was that of an absolute idiot. However, starting around the time of the Petals to the Metal arc, he becomes more of a quietly brilliant trickster, who only doesn't take advantage of his brilliance because of his fixation on returning to his life of stardom. It would be difficult to pull off some of his stunts if he were truly the idiot he pretends to be. That being said, he still does things like carry loose pudding around in his pockets.
* EurekaMoment: How he comes up with ingredients for the taco.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Justin has decided to play Taako as humorously thick, even describing himself to [=NPCs=] as a "simple idiot wizard." His Intelligence score is 18, roughly equivalent to a 140 IQ, and his Wisdom score is 12, above-average. This is handwaved as Taako, despite being dull, is highly educated.
* GeniusDitz: A highly educated and powerful wizard. Also a complete idiot that probably couldn't function without the other [=PCs=].
* HoldingBackThePhlebotinum: [[spoiler: Owns the Flaming Poisoning Raging Sword Of Doom, but refuses to give it to either Merle or Magnus, or use it himself, preferring to use it as a fancy accessory. This ends in Lunar Interlude V, where he ensures that Magnus will have it upon entering his new body.]]
* TheLoonie: Justin has decided that Taako's mission in life is to invent the taco and name it after himself. Considering that the setting of the game has yet to discover concepts such as grinding meat, processing dairy into cheese, or growing corn for food, it looks to be a significant challenge.
* LovableCoward: Recent experience has caused Taako to be a bit more...cautious about rushing into danger. His new motto is "Taako's Good Out Here." [[spoiler: It is revealed Taako is naturally cautious due to him believing he was isolated and didn't have anyone to protect him for most of his teenage years.]]
* MeaningfulName: He's a chef called ''Taako''.
* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler: Screwed up a transmutation spell during his cooking show that resulted in everyone who ate the samples of what he made getting poisoned and dying on the spot. Retroactively subverted when he learns, years later, that his jealous roadie Sazed had actually poisoned the food with arsenic.]]
* NamesakeGag: Guess.
* OnlyOneName:
--> '''Justin''': I do have a last name but it's a secret that will only be revealed later in the adventure.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Ninja Looter Taako actually objects to stealing some gold they find in a lockbox in a ruined bank. Apparently he makes a distinction between looting a fallen enemy (or unsuspecting ally) and straight-up bank robbery.
* ParasolOfPain: The Umbra Staff, a powerful magical item disguised as an umbrella, is his weapon of choice.
* SmarterThanYouLook: As stated, Justin usually plays Taako like an idiot, but does have a high INT and above-average WIS. From time to time, he also shows flashes of genuine cunning, best shown off when a trip to Fantasy Costco has him buying the Slicer of Tapeer-Wheer Isles for 900g, then Rickle Axager's Guide to Adventuring 3rd Ed. for another 1100g, then immediately [[spoiler: uses the Guide to Adventuring to bolster his Persuasion to trade the Slicer, which can be traded for someone's highest value item on a successful persuasion check, ''back to Garfield the Deals Warlock'' to buy the ''[[InfinityPlusOneSword Flaming Poisoning Raging Sword Of Doom]]'']].
* SquishyWizard: Has obtained an almost god-like arsenal of spells, but often comes ''very'' close to dying.
* TeamChef: {{Subverted}}, in that, with few exceptions, he doesn't cook for anyone close to him [[spoiler: because he doesn't want to accidentally poison them.]]
* ThemeNaming: [[spoiler: He shares one of a series of titles with his seven fellow Red Robes, elucidated by Lucas' mother when she had her vision in the Cosmoscope; he is one of "The Twins", a title he shares with his sister Lup.]]
* TheTrickster: Evolved into this over the course of the first few story arcs.
* TraumaButton: "Who taught you how to do magic?"
** Angus asks Taako to transmute his macaroons so they would taste better. Not only is Taako reluctant, but tells Angus several times that magic and food should never mix.
** As mentioned above, he has a fear of being alone and isolated. [[spoiler:It's revealed after The Suffering Game arc all his memories of his twin sister were erased, so he simply believed he had been alone all that time.]]
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: As a Transmutation Wizard, he is able to do this once per day, [[spoiler:and is even able to transform into something as large as a T. Rex, calling himself "Dupree"]].
[[/folder]]

!!The Bureau of Balance

[[folder: In General]]

!!The Bureau of Balance

The organization looking to find and destroy [[FantasticNuke Grand Relics]].
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* ArtifactCollectionAgency: The Bureau of Balance combines this with a side of medieval [[TheMenInBlack Men in Black]]. They collect and (ostensibly) dispose of magical artifacts too powerful to be allowed to exist.
* ClingyCostume: Bracers of Balance can't be removed.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Can preform this thanks to the Void fish.
* SpaceStation: The headquarters is what the people of Faerûn believe to be one of their moons.
* ThatsNoMoon: The underside of the base is a facade of a second moon.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Madame Director]]
!!Madame Director [[spoiler: Lucretia]]

The Director of the Bureau of Balance
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* BenevolentBoss: Cares very much about her agents and gave the [=PCs=] sizable Candlenights bonuses.
* BigGood: Well, more of a Big Neutral, but in a setting with {{Fantastic Nuke}}s that could allow any faction that gets the upper hand to trigger an ApocalypseHow, neutrality starts looking pretty good.
* DaChief: She has very little patience for the adventurers' antics, constantly just trying to get them to stay on point and booting them out of her office immediately after giving them their assignment.
* DarkSkinnedBlonde: As of The Suffering Game's first episode, she's confirmed to have dark skin, and in her age her hair is very pale.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: She prefers to be called "Madam Director," claiming her real name is classified. There doesn't seem to be any plot-specific reason for that, however. She's quite annoyed when Lucas calls her [[spoiler: Lucretia.]]
* MsExposition: She provides a great deal of exposition regarding the Bureau and the Relics in the form of briefings.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Thus far has done nothing without an at least understandable reason and is willing to bend the rules to get the job done. Also, she enjoys the party's antics so long as they don't interfere with the mission.
* TheExtremistWasRight: [[spoiler: The Reunion Tour Interlude shows that the reason she was so secretive and committed planet wide memory-wiping on everyone save herself was to recover the Relics so she could recombine them into the Light of Creation and use it to create a ward that would keep The Hunger from killing everyone she loved and countless innocent lives.]]
* ThemeNaming: [[spoiler: She shares one of a series of titles with her seven fellow Red Robes, elucidated by Lucas' mother when she had her vision in the Cosmoscope; she is "The Lonely Journal Keeper".]]
* TreacherousAdvisor: [[spoiler:Subverted. She misled the boys about their true past and the purpose of the Bureau of Balance, and used the second Voidfish to ensure that she would be the only Red Robe to remember anything about their mission... but all of that was a miserable trade-off she made in pursuit of the greater good, and she's happy to explain everything and work together with them again once they find out what's going on.]]
* YoungerThanTheyLook: "The Suffering Game" reveals that she wagered twenty years of her life on a game of chess during her foray into Wonderland. Needless to say, she lost.
[[/folder]]


[[folder: Davenport]]
!!Davenport
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/director_and_davenport_8.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"Davenport!"'']]


The Director's assistant. A gnome who can only say his own name.
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* TheDogWasTheMastermind: [[spoiler: In a very literal sense; Davenport was the commander of the mission that saw Magnus, Merle, Taako, Lup, Lucretia, Barry, and himself leave their reality and travel to the Planar System of the main world. The only reason he ''became'' the dog was because Lucretia wiped out his memories of everything save for his name.]]
* PokemonSpeak: Initially he could speak normally, and saying his name was merely a VerbalTic, but Griffin later [[RetCon retconned]] it to make it official that he could only say his own name.
-->'''Madame Director:''' Davenport!
-->'''Davenport:''' Davenport!
** [[spoiler: TheReveal in The Reunion Tour Part Two shows why this is; when Lucretia was hiding everyone's involvement with the Light of Creation to get The Hunger off of their trail, she had to erase all of Davenport's memories save for his name. This became the only word he would speak until he gets re-inoculated by the baby Void Fish.]]
* ThemeNaming: [[spoiler: He shares one of a series of titles with his seven fellow Red Robes, elucidated by Lucas' mother when she had her vision in the Cosmoscope; he is "The Wordless One."]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Avi]]
!!Avi

A humble guard who works for the Bureau of Balance. He works reconnaissance and operates the bubble ships that the Bureau uses to transport agents.
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* CaptainObvious: "Was that a Purple Worm?"
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Magnus really likes him.
** [[spoiler: Avi cries and drinks from his flask during Lunar Interlude V when Taako tells him Magnus died in Wonderland.]]
* MisterExposition: Fills in a lot of information for the party when they first reach Bureau HQ.
* NiceGuy: The Bureau's friendliest member.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Angus [=McDonald=]]]
!!Angus [=McDonald=]
[[quoteright:300:[[http://electricgale.tumblr.com/post/154048712308/protect-this-boy http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_ohomsqbm2x1roa5h7o1_500.png]]]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"I'm the world's greatest detective."'']]

The party’s [[VoiceWithAnInternetConnection voice with the Bureau of Balance’s knowledge]].
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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: He calls himself the world's greatest detective, tries to solve murder mysteries, or sneaks after the characters trying to protect them, but is extremely anxious when assigned with the task of operating the cannon to shoot the main trio to refuge, and panics when Magnus steals his nose.
* AscendedExtra: He's introduced as a bit player in the second arc; he proved popular enough with the players and the audience to be brought back in the fourth arc as the team's VoiceWithAnInternetConnection.
* ButtMonkey: Often on the receiving end of the [=PCs’=] antics. Merle seems to like him the least.
* KidDetective: Claims to be the world’s greatest boy detective. His investigative efforts were enough to get the attention of the Bureua so he might not be wrong.
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Well, Voice with Access to the Combined Knowledge of Bureau of Balance, anyway. After the Petals to the Metal arc, KidDetective Angus [=McDonald=] joins the Bureau to feed the boys intel through their Stones of Farspeech (basically fantasy Bluetooth headsets).

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Robbie, AKA "Pringles"]]
!!Robbie/"Pringles"

The team's original stoner roommate with a passion for Pringles, he was later imprisoned by the bureau, seemingly because Griffin thought his name was stupid. [[spoiler: Although Magnus's visit to him in jail implies there's a darker reason for him being locked up]].
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* AerithAndBob: Lampshaded viciously by Justin. His nickname "Pringles" wasn't much better.
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: Not quite demonic, but the Red Robe possessed him in order to get information on the Bureau of Balance's layout.]]
* TheStoner: Always had an ample supply of "dank potions."
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Mofo ''loves'' Pringles. When Magnus [[spoiler: visits him in the brig]] it's the first thing he asks for.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Void Fish]]
!!The Void Fish
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/void_fish.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''E.G.G. B.A.B.E'']]

The... um... thing that wiped the memories of the Grand Relic war from the populace.
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* AmbiguousGender: Evidence points to female but one can't be sure yet. After all, it's a big magic jellyfish.
* GodGuise:
--> '''Johan:''' What are you doing?
--> '''Magnus:''' Bowing to your weird jelly fish god.
--> '''Johan:''' Are you bowing? It's not a god. At least I don't think so; none of us really know.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Her(?) specialty -- information can be "fed" to her, making anyone not attuned to her unable to remember or even ''perceive'' it.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Johan]]
!!Johan
[[quoteright:300:[[http://ohcorny.tumblr.com/post/110820888620/the-new-adventure-zone-character-is-great http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image_09.png]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm like the greatest violinist basically ever"'']]

A half-elf bard who tends to the Void Fish.
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* DeadpanSnarker
* TheEeyore: He's always sad. Given that his job is to feed the Void Fish knowledge - in this case, his awesome compositions - which is immediately erased from the world, it's hard to blame him.
* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler: After The Hunger goes to town on the both of them, Magnus sees Johan's spirit in the Ethereal Plane who implores Magnus to not let the Bureau erase his memory like all of his compositions have been.]]
* InformedAbility: He calls himself the greatest musician alive, and no one disagrees. We listeners never get to hear his compositions, but one song was so great that Magnus was reduced to a sobbing wreck afterwards.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Killian]]
!!Killian
-->"Time to get busy livin' or get get busy dyin'."

One of Bureau’s star regulators.
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* ActionGirl: As a regulator, she's able to kick significant ass whenever a reclaimer falls to the thrall of a Relic.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Orcs are typically AlwaysChaoticEvil.
* BadassGay: Killian is a badass in a relationship with another woman.
* BadassNormal: A badass regulator with no spellcasting abilities.
* ICallItVera: Named her heavy crossbow "Billips".
* InterspeciesRomance: With the dragonborn Carey Fangbattle.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Carey Fangbattle]]
!!Carey Fangbattle


A Dragonborn Rogue who also works as a Regulator alongside Killian.
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* TheAce: She's ''very'' good.
* AmbiguouslyGay: [[spoiler: may or may not have a thing going with Killian.]]
** Made less ambiguous in the Lunar Interlude III when [[spoiler:in return for her help training Magnus, Magnus helps carve her a puzzle box as a gift for Killian. At the end of the training, he also gives her an engagement ring that he carved, telling her that if she ever needed it for Killian, it's there.]]
** Stated outright in Episode 58. The word "girlfriend" is finally used!
* BadassGay: Carey is a badass in a relationship with another woman.
* DraconicHumanoid: Dragonborn, but she's described as being very slight, even jokingly called "Lizardborn."
* InterspeciesRomance: With the orc Killian.
* LesbianJock: Her athletic prowess and "surfer dude" demeanor (as described by Griffin) evokes this.
* LightningBruiser: She's amazingly fast and powerful. It even impresses ''Magnus''.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Literally with the roaring part; [[spoiler: After Killian is injured by The Hunger that is attacking the Bureau headquarters she flares her previously unseen neck frills out and belches a cloud of blue fire and lightning that immolates and electrocutes everything around the two of them.]]
* TricksterMentor: Plays this role with [[spoiler: Magnus as he cross-trains as a Rogue.]]

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Boyland]]
!!Boyland

One of the Bureau's star regulators on Killian's team [[spoiler: who dies during the events of Crystal Kingdom.]]
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* GoodParents: Had a massive family of 400 sons, 13 daughters and a few wives and husbands, and apparently loved every single one of them.
* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler: Found dead and crystallized halfway through the Crystal Kingdom arc, having taken his helmet off for a smoke.]]
* NiceGuy: Volunteered every weekend at the Boy's and Girl's and Dwarf's club, always brought donuts into the office, and was always full of great, inoffensive jokes.
* TooDumbToLive: NiceGuy or not, Boyland apparently didn't have a lot going on upstairs, [[spoiler: he dies when he takes his helmet off and opens the window in an incredibly dangerous lab being encased in viral crystal, all for a smoke break.]]
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Got a grand total of one line before [[spoiler: dying off screen.]]
--> '''Travis:''' Well I feel nothing about this.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Leon]]
-->'''Oh, fucking hell...'''

The much abused artificer of the Bureau who runs the Fantasy Gachapon machine.
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* ButtMonkey: Angus has it easy by comparison.
* DespairEventHorizon: Edges dangerously close to this in Lunar Interlude III after [[spoiler: Taako uses his magic to swap out the three candies Leon was offering the party for successfully using the Fantasy Gachapon with his token for it]]. The man turns into a sobbing wreck, but is still determined to get through to them.
** Taken UpToEleven in Lunar Interlude IV. [[spoiler: Taako leads Leon to believe he gets the Fantasy Gachapon correct on his first try, filling the poor man with rapturous bliss. Of course, it was just the result of a Mislead spell on Taako's part, a spell which caused the real Gachapon token to fly across the room and strike Leon in the head. This immediately leads to...]]
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Lunar Interlude IV finally breaks him.]]
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: Pulls this in Lunar Interlude II after the party's shenanigans regarding the Fantasy Gachapon and their constant misunderstanding of it drives him away for the rest of the Interlude.
[[/folder]]


[[folder: Garfield the Deals Warlock]]
-->'''HEY GUYS, IT'S ME! GARFIELD THE DEALS WARLOCK, HOW'S IT GOING!?'''

The resident semi-spectral Deals Warlock of the Fantasy Costco, there to sort out any price discrepancies or make exchanges for goods.
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* BloodMagic: Insists on getting a few drops of Magnus's blood and hair during multiple trades for "[his] purposes" which he never elaborates on.
** [[spoiler: Turns out he was growing a second Magnus body, again for reasons that aren't elaborated on.]]
* CanonForeigner: Started life as a character on ''Podcast/MyBrotherMyBrotherAndMe'' before transferring over here in Lunar Interlude I.
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Lunar Interlude V shows that Taako grifting him out of the Flaming Poisoning Raging Sword Of Doom sent him into a deep depression and convinced him to close up shop due to how badly he lost that particular wager (as well as the oncoming apocalypse.]]
* NamesakeGag: Let's just say that the man loves himself a good deal.
* NoIndoorVoice: Griffin gives him Taako's Emo Phillips voice but with the volume knob cranked UpToEleven and broken off.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:At the sight of the apparent apocalypse at the end of The Suffering Game he packs up the inventory of the Fantasy Cosco and takes off to parts unknown, but not before making one last deal.]]
* SlasherSmile: An audio form; he always sounds chipper and upbeat, but his mannerisms are exceptionally unnerving.
* StealthHiBye: He only really appears when there is a payment discrepancy to sort out, and given that he has NoIndoorVoice and always starts statements by announcing his name and title this tends to happen a lot.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Brad Bradson]]
An orcish bard and member of the Bureau of Balance administration. He teams up with the party for the (four person) team-building exercise in the [=MaxFunCon=] East live episode.

* CompellingVoice: He has no proper bardic instrument, with his catalyst being purely oratory in the form of cheesy motivational quotes and words of encouragement.
* HeroicSacrifice: He's more than happy to do this, and even casts a spell that requires an enemy only attack him [[spoiler: during the fight against the real skeletal dragon.]]
--> ''If that is going to be my truth, then so be it.''
* NiceGuy: Very earnest and pleasant, standing in stark contrast to the rest of the boys.
* NonActionGuy: He's decent with bard spells, but working in human resources doesn't lend much to fighting skills.
* TokenGoodTeammate: While none of the player characters are ''evil'' as such, he's the only one of them (especially in the episode) who doesn't once act like kind of a tool.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Lucas Miller]]
!!Lucas Miller
The Bureau's resident scientific consultant. Technically not a member of the organization, though he has a great deal of input and influence on how things are run.
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* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Does this at the end of The Crystal Kingdom with the [=PCs'=] help.]]
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: His mother was killed while exploring alternate planes of existence. He's screwing around with arcane technology in an attempt to resurrect her.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: He's introduced arguing with Johan and trying to convince him to give him the Void Fish for study.
** JerkassHasAPoint: He argues that the Voidfish may produce a kid that makes the Bureau forget its existence. [[spoiler: This is later proven correct.]]
* MadScientist: More oblivious than malicious, but he's got a laundry list of typical interests, including robots, messing with arcane technology, [[spoiler: MindControl, and parallel universes.]]
* NonActionGuy: Bordering on DirtyCoward levels.
* StealingTheCredit: Uses his grandfather's emerald mirror to see into the Plane of Thought [[spoiler: ''our world'']], and gets "new" ideas for technological inventions.

[[/folder]]

!!Antagonists

[[folder: The Black Spider]]
!!The Black Spider, aka Magic Brian


A Drow wizard in search of the Phoenix Fire Gauntlet.
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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Was killed in Here There Be Gerblins, but returns as a soul-bot in The Crystal Kingdom.]]
* AdaptationNameChange: In the campaign Here There Be Gerblins is based on, [[ForgottenRealms Lost Mine of Phandelver]], his name is Nezznar.
* BeastMaster: Appropriately, has a giant pet spider.
* FaceHeelTurn: Used to be a Seeker, tasked with finding Grand Relics for the Bureau of Balance, until he decided to take the Grand Relics for himself instead.
* HauntedTechnology: [[spoiler: Reappears in the Miller Laboratory as a ghost posessing a slender robot with an ArmCannon.]]
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His spider is named ''Bryan''.
* StarterVillain: Along with Klarg, the first major foe our heroes face.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Some kind of weird fake German, mixed with Taako's Emo Phillips impression.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Gundren Rockseeker]]
!!Gundren Rockseeker

Cousin of Merle, rightful owner of Wave Echo Cave, and unwitting thrall of the Phoenix Fire Gauntlet.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Most [[ForgottenRealms Gundren Rockseekers]] don't become power mad fire gods.
* FantasticNuke: In his final act, he reduced the town of Phandalin to a half-mile wide circle of perfectly flat black glass.
* FantasticRacism: He ''really'' hates orcs.
* FreudianExcuse: He hates orcs because orcish marauders stole Wave Echo Cave away from him.
* PlayingWithFire: The Phoenix Fire Gauntlet gave him unparalleled mastery of fire magic.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: After being thralled by the Gauntlet, he goes on a mad rampage, and ultimately destroys his home town, and himself.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Jenkins]]
!!Jenkins
-->"Smell ya later."

A wizard working as the butler aboard the Rockport Limited train. Is also the infamous "Rockport Slayer," a thief and murderer being tracked by Angus.
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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Was killed in Murder On The Rockport Limited but returns as a soul-bot in The Crystal Kingdom.]]
* FleshGolem: Creates Meat Monsters out of the hands of the train conductor, Hudson.
* HauntedTechnology:[[spoiler: Reappears in the Miller Laboratory as a ghost posessing a small robot covered in wires, looking like a [[McDonalds Fry-Fuy]].]]
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Is relentlessly mocked by our heroes for his seemingly poor spellcasting abilities, until he is revealed to be the mastermind behind the plot.
* SharpDressedMan: Wears a snappy bowtie. This becomes a clue at one point.
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: When he attempts to destroy his own Flesh Golem, it turns on him and tosses him off the train to his [[NeverFoundTheBody apparent]] death.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Raven]]
!!The Raven, aka Sloane
-->"You shouldn't be here..."


A Goldcliff Battlewagon racer who turned to a life of crime after finding the Gaia Sash.
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* AGodAmI: As the Gaia Sash gains control over her, she begins to feel like a god.
* AmbiguouslyGay: With Hurley. Confirmed later by WordOfGod.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: She's described as Elven-looking, but it's never outright stated whether or not she's actually an Elf.
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Completely loses it in the final battle, in a superpowered meltdown that would make the Emperor Palpatine jealous.
* GreenThumb: The Gaia Sash grants her powers over nature, usually local plant life.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Utterly curb-stomps our heroes in a straight fight, a first for them.
* WhenTreesAttack: Usually attacks with vines or poisonous thorns. Created a Treant (named Trent!) at one point.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Marvey]]
!!Marvey

Battlewagon racer and leader of the gang, The Hammerheads.
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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Was killed in Petals to the Metal, but returns as a soul-bot in The Crystal Kingdom.]]
* GangOfHats: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. Like all Battlewagon racers, The Hammerheads have an animal theme, but since their wagon is a tank, they don't need to wear masks. They do, however, wear leather jackets with a hammerhead shark on the back.
* HauntedTechnology: [[spoiler: Reappears in the Miller Laboratory as a ghost posessing a large, gorilla-like robot.]]
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Attempts to give one, but stumbles over his words
-->[[spoiler: '''Magnus:''' [Killing you] wasn't even in my book of top-ten kills!]]
-->'''Marvey:''' Well let's see if I can make a mark, in that book—on my—in my—hey fuck you!
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Kravitz]]
!!Kravitz
-->"Well, that was a lot easier than I thought."


A mystical bounty hunter responsible for retrieving souls that have escaped the underworld. He works for the Raven Queen, a deity responsible for maintaining order and balance between the worlds of the living and the dead.
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* BadassInDistress: Kravitz is undeniably a powerful entity, [[spoiler: so to see him barely able to hold his head above the now choppy and turbulent seas of the Astral Plane signifies that something is ''terribly'' wrong with the whole planar system.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: He's gunning for all our heroes (especially [[ButtMonkey Merle]]), claiming that they've died more times than they've gone to the Afterlife. At first this seems just like the typical Podcast zaniness, [[spoiler: until the "Eleventh Hour" arc, where it becomes clear that our heroes have ''a lot'' of Missing Time, and possibly more involvement with the Grand Relics than they previously thought...]]
* DivineDate: Kravitz, powerful Grim Reaper, Bounty Hunter for a goddess, and resident of the Astral Plane, unwittingly goes on a date with Taako to a couples pottery class. [[spoiler: And after realizing it, apparently really wants to see him again.]]
* FakeBrit: InUniverse, He fakes the accent while on the job to seem more intimidating.
* GodJob: He's literally TheGrimReaper, complete with a black cloak, a scythe, and a book full of people he's gotta kill.
* ImplacableMan: He can't be killed by mortal means, he doesn't like to negotiate, and he never forgets a slight or promise.
* InsistentTerminology: He's ''a'' Grim Reaper, not ''The'' Grim Reaper.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Griffin can't keep this accent straight to save his life, to the point of a RunningGag. By the fourth Lunar Interlude, Griffin just gives up on it.
* {{Psychopomp}}: By classification, if not by occupation.
* PunchClockVillain: He's not really evil; he's just a Grim Reaper doing his job.
* PuzzleBoss: Attacks indirectly using Crystal Golems and crystal creatures, forcing our heroes to figure out a more roundabout way to defeat him.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: His humanoid form is that of a strikingly handsome dark haired man, usually wearing a [[SharpDressedMan suit]] under his cloak.
* TheWorfEffect: He's virtually unstoppable throughout the "Crystal Kingdom" arc. [[spoiler: Legion utterly crushing him sets up just how scary it/they are,]] and [[spoiler:when Taako sees him barely able to stay afloat in the Astral Sea, it's a sure sign that something really, ''really'' bad is happening.]]

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lydia and Edward]]

High elf brother and sister, who are the proprietors of Wonderland.
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* AffablyEvil: They're absolutely ''fabulous'' in their presentation and mannerisms, and seem fun and friendly until you remember that they preside over a facility that '''[[spoiler: literally feeds on misery and suffering.]]'''
* BaitAndSwitch: They're behind a pretty amazing one after [[spoiler: the Monster Factory battle. When Merle goes to heal the party (for far less than he should've been able to), they appear and reveal one of Wonderland's core tenets; [[OhCrap there is no healing in Wonderland]]. They then deal an amout of necrotic damage equal to what Merle healed them for that also causes the party's physical wounds to open back up.]]
* DeathByDespair: [[spoiler: After Magnus uses his divinity-infused Chance Lance to drive Edward from his body and reduce him to ash, Lydia kneels over his corpse and unleashes an ungodly howl of despair as she throws all her remaining power at the party, turning herself to ash in the process.]]
--> '''[[spoiler:Lydia:]]''' [[spoiler:I guess... we really did need each other.]]
* EmotionEater: They feed on suffering, and have learned to use the emotion to create illusions and physical objects.
* OurLichesAreDifferent: [[spoiler: It turns out that they're actually a pair of liches, but unlike most liches that lose their sanity and become elemental forces of pure magical destruction, these two are using emotional power to sustain themselves. Specifically they're using the misery and suffering of everyone that comes to Wonderland, rather than something intrinsic to themselves like devotion, love, or determination.]]
* SiblingsInCrime: [[spoiler: They also had a younger brother who died of an unspecified illness, their attempts to save him led to their becoming liches.]]
* StartOfDarkness: [[spoiler: They joined a necromantic order in an attempt to save their brother and became corrupted by the power.]]
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Following Edward's destruction by Magnus, Lydia retaliates by destroying Magnus's body before she turns to ash. He's technically still alive as a soul inhabiting a mannequin, but he cannot return to his body.]]

[[/folder]]

[[folder:'''Spoiler Character''']]
!!The Hunger

A group of vaguely humanoid creatures that appear to inhabit the ethereal plane - Taako has seen them a couple of times when casting Blink. They seem to have a certain interest in our heroes.
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* AbstractApotheosis: [[spoiler: It's hard to define whether or not the small creatures Taako has seen are either inhabitants of the thirteenth plane or ''are'' the thirteenth plane manifesting in a corporeal form, due to Griffin describing the thirteenth plane as a "living plane" with a seeming malice and sentience intrinsic to it.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Confirmed to be this in Lunar Interlude V. They inhabit a recently-appeared thirteenth plane of existence (outside of the twelve which the game universe have come to accept until this point), bigger than the other twelve combined. The eyes are described as "burning with malice and hunger" as they all turn to focus on the Bureau of Balance.]]
* GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath: Whether or not they're undead is speculation, but their defining trait is their large glowing white eyes.
* HumanoidAbomination: Griffin has described them as looking humanoid, but they're about a foot tall and have long and thin arms and legs with white skin. Travis compared their description to Salacious Crumb.
* InvisibleMonsters: [[spoiler: The dark, featureless manifestations of the Hunger that attack the Bureau of Balance can only be seen by Noelle and the people who have been inoculated by the baby voidfish.]]
* NightmareFetishist: They seem to be attracted to death and destruction, as the first time they're seen is in the lobby of the recently destroyed Goldcliff Trust. When they're seen again in Wonderland (a place rife with necrotic energy and host to many, ''many'' deaths and untold amounts suffering), there are ''hundreds'' of them lining the walls and ceiling.
* OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler: They seem to be going for [[ApocalypseHow/ClassZ omniversal destruction]], given the fact that they're capable of destroying whole planar systems and have done so before.]]

[[/folder]]

!!Others

[[folder: Announcer]]
!!The Announcer
The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin guy that announces]] the beginning of [[OnceAnEpisode each episode]].
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%%* DontExplainTheJoke: Is guilty of this at times.
* DontTryThisAtHome: Warns the audience of this during the [[WackyRacing PetalsToTheMetalArc]].
* NoNameGiven: He’s not referred to by anything, or referenced at all, in the show. We just call him the Announcer because that’s what the [[http://theadventurezone.wikia.com/wiki/The_Adventure_Zone_Wiki TAZ wiki]] calls him.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The intro to the second Reunion Tour interlude forgoes his usual goofy, [[LargeHam hammy]] announcement style in favor of a solemn introduction, signaling that the episode is ''much'' darker and more plot-heavy than usual.
%%+{{Pun}}: Makes these from time to time.
%%* IncrediblyLamePun: Sometimes they’re really [[http://theadventurezone.wikia.com/wiki/Ep._35:_The_Crystal_Kingdom_-_Chapter_Seven bad]].
* SkewedPriorities: Is more concerned with his job than the people that could die because of a runaway train.
* TakeThatCritics: Says that anyone who says that Griffin can’t have elevators can take a hike.
* TitleDrop: OnceAnEpisode, he says “the Adventure Zone” at the end of his announcement.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He’s afraid of aliens and fears that they will be found on the moon.

[[/folder]]
[[folder: Klarg /[[spoiler: Daniel Butler]]]]
!!Klarg

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* BadBoss: Was [[{{Understatement}} not popular]] with his underlings.
* BadassBiker: Shows up as this in the Petals to the Metal arc.
* CharmPerson: On the receiving end of this for most of his air time.
* HiddenDepths: He's a surprisingly gracious host. [[spoiler: This may be due to some side-effect of Lucas's MindControl process, during which he was known as "Daniel Butler" and was Lucas's manservant.]]
* MaskedLuchador: [[spoiler: Competes in Battlefest Wrestling under the guise of a werewolf named "Moonbeam".]]
* SpotOfTea: Apparently makes a damn good cup.
* StarterVillain: The first threatening opponent the party faces.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Steven]]
!!Steven

Magnus’s pet goldfish. Has no abilities and serves no purpose whatsoever but is loved by Magnus.

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] several times regarding the fact that Steven lives in a sealed ball of water with no known way to open it. He should've been dead within a few days of Magnus owning him due to waste contamination and running out of usable oxygen in the water. It was eventually [[HandWave Hand Waved]] that while Steven isn't magical, the water and ball he lives in are and can eliminate his waste and turn it into usable oxygen and (presumably) keep him sustained with nutrients.
* DeadGuyJunior: [[spoiler:Turns out it's named after Magnus's deceased mentor/business partner.]]
* NonActionGuy: Comes part and parcel with being a literal goldfish.
* TeamPet

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Lieutenant Hurley]]
!!Lieutenant Hurley

Halfling Monk and lieutenant of the Goldcliff Militia.
----
* AmbiguouslyGay: With Sloane. Confirmed later by WordOfGod.
* BareFistedMonk: Her fighting style of choice.
* CowboyCop: It's unlikely Captain Bane would approve of her plan to catch The Raven by entering in an illegal [[WackyRacing Battlewagon]] race.
* DirtyCop: Partered with The Raven to compete in [[BloodSport illegal]] [[WackyRacing Battlewagon]] races.
* KiManipulation: As a monk, she uses this to cast spells, such as HealingHands and [[BlowYouAway Thunder Wave]]
* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler:The Suffering Game revealed that Hurley used this to save Sloane from incurable silverpoint poison, [[HeroicSacrifice at a cost to herself]]. ]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Garyl]]
!!Garyl
-->"Believe."


Taako’s spectral binicorn created by the spell Phantom Steed.
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* AdaptationalIntelligence: Phantom Steeds, having the same stats as a regular horse, typically cannot speak.
* CoolHorse: He's fast, intelligent, and has two unicorn horns growing from his head.
* TalkingAnimal: With a chill Creator/MatthewMcConaughey-esque voice, no less.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Pan]]
!!Pan
[[quoteright:350:[[http://bluedelliquanti.tumblr.com/post/138259610834/hes-got-it-on-speakerphone-from-the-commune http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image_371.png]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"What is it, my child?"'']]


The god that Merle worships.
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* TheGodsMustBeLazy: While he'll step in every so often when he's prayed to he's mostly concerned with chilling out and baking.
* HaveYouSeenMyGod: [[spoiler:Has seemingly gone missing in The Suffering Game, causing Merle's divine magic to falter.]]
* KingOfAllCosmos: Mellow, talks like a stereotypical parody of a millennial, treats prayers like phone calls and bakes pies.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sheriff Isaak]]
!!Sheriff Isaak

The Sheriff of Refuge, who is mysteriously absent for the greater part of it.
----

* BadBoss: Bad enough to neglect his post to sit outside the [[spoiler:bubble containing June and the Temporal Chalice]] and to have [[spoiler:Roswell take his Sheriff’s badge]]. Although in his defense, [[spoiler: he's been trying to stop the worm from destroying the town for over a thousand loops.]]
* {{The Gunslinger}} With a wand, rather than a gun, of the {{Quick Draw}} variety.
* MoralityPet: June, and to a lesser extent, Roswell.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Isaak gains quite a lot of guilt after killing his best friend and June’s father, Jack.]]
* PoliceAreUseless: See {{Bad Boss}}.
* SecretDiary: Isaak’s [[ChekovsGun diary]] is the [[spoiler: treasure in the bank vault and key to controlling Roswell.]]
* {{The Sheriff}}: {{Played Straight}}.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: According to his {{Leitmotif}}, ‘’The Diary Of Sheriff Isaak’’, it’s spelled with a K.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Deputy Roswell]]
!!Deputy Roswell

The Protector of Refuge, an earth elemental of one consciousness split between two bodies: that of a Vermillion Flycatcher and a red clay golem.
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* AmbiguousGender: Griffin messes up and uses he/him at first, but he specifies that Roswell uses they/them. (Not, apparently, based off of the fact that they have two bodies- they don’t consider the bodies separate entities.)
* BewareTheNiceOnes: They’re a really nice and fair deputy, but they’re also one of the most powerful in combat-- had Taako not found [[spoiler: Sheriff Isaak’s diary]] they would all have been killed by Roswell until the loop reset.
-->'''Cassidy:''' Roswell’s gonna kick your ass!
* Golem: Well, earth elemental with a bird body, but they are made out of clay.
* NoSell: Merle’s Dispell Magic and Taako’s Planar Binding had no effect on them. [[spoiler: this is because of Jack’s magical LastRequest to protect June and Refuge.]]
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: After the minecart chase it seems that Roswell exploded themselves to slow down the Purple Worm and give our heroes the chance to defeat it. Only after Istus causes the seven years of missing time inside of Refuge to catch up with them that we see that the bird part of Roswell survived. Now that they aren't tied to defending Refuge anymore (and much more free due to not being bound to an Earth Elemental), they decide to fly around and see the world.]]
* PrecisionFStrike: In the [[spoiler:minecart chase, Roswell tells Magnus that his idea is a “shitty shit shit ''shit'' plan!”]]
* ShoutOut: An otherwise passive hulking humanoid in a set of armor who could ''wreck your shit'' if accosted, tasked with protecting a young girl, and [[spoiler:can be mind controlled into fighting for you]]. Are we talking about Roswell, or a [[BioShock Big Daddy]]? Even their name is similar to Rosie type Big Daddies.
* TriggerPhrase: [[spoiler:Junebug]]. More benignly, [[spoiler:“You’ve made Refuge safe”, which ''frees'' Roswell.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Julia]]
!!Julia Burnsides

The deceased wife of Magnus Burnsides, killed when the governor that Magnus helped depose returned to destroy the town of Ravensroost.

----
* EarlyBirdCameo: She's referred to by name when [[spoiler:Magnus asks Kravitz to tell her that he still loves her]] late in the Crystal Kingdom arc, but we know nothing more about her until nine episodes later, in the penultimate episode of the Eleventh Hour arc.
* TheLostLenore: Magnus is still affected by her death years after the fact, to the point where [[TheMourningAfter he is no longer interested in romance with anybody]] and is [[WhoWantsToLiveForever completely disinterested in the prospect of immortality]] because, given the way the afterlife is an actual plane of existence that he can go to, he knows he will be reunited with her in death at some point.
* MoralityChainBeyondTheGrave: Magnus admits that even though he wants nothing more than to [[spoiler:use the Temporal Chalice to prevent Julia's death,]] doing so would not be what Julia wanted, and so he refuses.
* PosthumousCharacter: Died several years prior to the beginning of the story. As such, most of her relevance comes from how her death has affected Magnus in the years since.
* SatelliteCharacter: To Magnus. We don't know much about her besides her relationship with him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kalen, the Mad Governor]]
!!Mad Governor Kalen

The former ruler of Ravensroost, and presumably several other towns in the area. [[DrunkWithPower Became extremely corrupt due to seeing his power in the region as endless.]] Deposed by Magnus, only to return while he was away and destroy a significant chunk of the town, sending all the survivors running.
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* TheCaligula: He massively abused his power as governor and terrorized his citizens.
* IfICantHaveYou: This was basically his reasoning for destroying Ravensroost.
* SatelliteCharacter: Again, to Magnus, being integral to his backstory but having no direct impact on the plot as of yet.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sazed]]
!!Sazed

Taako's former assistant on "Sizzle It Up With Taako."
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* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:When he felt like Taako wasn't giving him enough recognition, he proceeded to poison the food he was cooking in an attempt to kill him.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: His jealousy over Taako keeping him out of the show [[spoiler: drives him to try and kill Taako and causes the death of the entire audience.]]
* SatelliteCharacter: To Taako, so far appearing only in his backstory.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Cam]]
!!Cam

A disembodied head that the boys meet during Wonderland. Since he's unable to do much in his current state, they take him along, taking his penalties in the process. [[spoiler:Also a powerful sorcerer who accompanied Lucretia on her own journey through Wonderland.]]
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* ChangedMyMindKid: [[spoiler: He leaves the party late in the arc because escaping Wonderland would kill him, but returns during the final battle and willingly gives up his life to heal the unconscious Merle.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: After he realizes that Wonderland is the only thing still keeping him alive, he gives up the last of his HP to heal Merle and turn the tide of the battle against Lydia and Edward.]]
* LosingYourHead: Wonderland's magic allows him to survive as just a head.
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%% Not actually sure if this should be here given that it's a character trope, but there should be ''something'' about his relationship to Lucretia.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Turns out Lucretia got out of Wonderland by having him stay behind during the "bonus round."]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:'''Spoiler Character''']]
!!The Red Robe, a.k.a. [[spoiler:Barry Bluejeans]]

A member of the supposedly long gone order of Red Robes that caused the Relic War by creating the Grand Relics who has taken an interest in our heroes.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: On the one hand, they are a Red Robe, a crazy powerful dark wizard that nearly destroyed the world by creating the Grand Relics. On the other, they haven't done anything to ''actually'' antagonize our heroes, seems to have some of their interests at heart, and actually ''saved'' Merle's kids from a runaway wagon in Lunar Interlude IV. [[spoiler:''The Suffering Game'' pretty much puts all these fears to rest.]]
* BerserkButton: They became incensed upon seeing that Taako had possession of the Umbra Staff, screaming "YOU FOUND HER!?" before vanishing into thin air. [[spoiler: It turns out that Barry has spent much of his time in this world searching for Lup, the owner of the Umbra Staff and Barry's romantic partner.]]
* BodyBackupDrive: [[spoiler: He possesses a pod that can regrow an inanimate body using some of his blood. As a lich, he can possess this body, but doing so prevents him from remembering anything blocked by a voidfish.]]
* FluffyTheTerrible: [[spoiler: Well, assuming "Barry Bluejeans" is his actual name, at least.]]
* HumanoidAbomination: The term Red Robe turns out to be shockingly apropos; nothing inside the Robe seems to be visible save for a white light in place a head, and a pair of gnarled and skeletal hands, the rest being shrouded in darkness.
* NotesToSelf: They have a magical coin that they use to record these in order to [[spoiler:deal with their memory loss upon entering a new body.]]
* RedHerringShirt: [[spoiler:We first encounter him as an irrelevant mercenary hired by Gundren, who dies when Phandalin is engulfed in flame. He ends up being among the most important [=NPCs=] in the entire show.]]
* ThemeNaming: [[spoiler: He shares one of a series of titles with his seven fellow Red Robes, elucidated by Lucas' mother when she had her vision in the Cosmoscope; he is "The Lover".]]
* WhamEpisode: A new one crops up every time they make an appearance. To wit;
** Their appearance at the end of Petals to the Metal signified that the Red Robes still exist despite the Director insisting they all died off during the war.
** Their appearance during The Crystal Kingdom tipped off Trés Horny Boys that there may be more to the Red Robe mystery than what the Director has told them, as well as the Robe asking our heroes to trust them to some capacity.
** At the end of Merle's chapter in Lunar Interlude IV, the Robe saves Mookie and Mavis from being run down by a runaway wagon for seemingly no reason at all other than to gain Merle's trust.
** [[spoiler: The Robe shows up again inside of Wonderland during the Heart Attack game when Taako casts True Seeing on Magnus, allowing him to pierce the illusions surrounding Wonderland. Even Lydia and Edward seem oblivious to its presence despite being powerful liches that have nearly complete physical and arcane control over Wonderland.]]
** Episode 7 of The Suffering Game finally reveals the Red Robe's motivation and identity: [[spoiler: he's Barry Bluejeans, and he's trying to stop the complete destruction of the universe]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder: '''Spoiler Character''']]
!!Lup

A high elven member of the Red Robes, and Taako's twin sister who perished before the start of the campaign.
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* HalfIdenticalTwins: Lup is described as looking strikingly similar to Taako despite them being a set of male/female fraternal twins.
* ParasolOfPain: The Umbra Staff is her weapon of choice.
* PosthumousCharacter: Long dead before the adventure begins.
* ThemeNaming: [[spoiler: She shares one of a series of titles with her seven fellow Red Robes, elucidated by Lucas' mother when she had her vision in the Cosmoscope; she is one of "The Twins", alongside her brother Taako.]]
* ThemeTwinNaming: If {{Fanon}} is to be believed, their names both come from traditional Mexican dishes (taco and cha'''lup'''a).
* TragicKeepsake: Her Umbra Staff, although unintentionally given that Taako looted it off of her corpse without realizing whose it was.
[[/folder]]

!!The Hogsbottom Three

As part of the "Great Switcheroo!" promotional event with other Podcasts in the Maximum Fun Network, the hosts of the Flophouse took over for one episode, playing a brand new set of characters in the same universe. [[HeroOfAnotherStory Their adventure]] happens concurrent with the events of the main story, approximately around the same time as the "Moonlighting" arc. The story proved to be popular enough that characters and events referenced there were made Canon and are frequently referenced during the main story. When the main cast took a hiatus, they were invited back for another adventure.

[[folder: Tanzer Silverview]]
!!Tanzer Silverview

A Human Ranger, heir to the famous Silverview fortune. Played by Zhubin Parang.
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* CampStraight: Zhubin describes his character as "sassy" more than once.
* CasanovaWannabe: Tanzer hits on anything female. Zhubin is ''terrible'' at rolling Persuasion Checks.
* FamedInStory: Or so he insists at every turn.
* GentlemanAdventurer: A bored aristocrat looking for adventure, he tends to use his ranger abilities so little you'd almost assume his class is just "rich".
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Arrogant, mercenary, and snippy, but he still helps out buddies when they need it.
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: He once gave away a priceless magical horse because he didn't have cash for a tip.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Seemed to be the case in their first adventure, as he spent a large amount of time dropping the Silverview family name in Hogsbottom to try and get respect and having it not work at all. The trio's second adventure takes place in a more high-society setting, and it turns out that the family name does in fact have a fair amount of cachet. Most likely Hogsbottom is so far down the social ladder that some fancy-lad from Waterdeep isn't going to make any kind of impression.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Between the trio's first and second adventures, Tanzer apparently spent a great deal of time defending his family name from scandal and accusations of corruption. The experience has left him bitter, paranoid, and a bit of a Straw Libertarian.
* WhipItGood: A bullwhip is his melee weapon of choice...which adds to the aforementioned sassyness.
* WhiteSheep: Tanzer's a bit of a jerk, but he's clearly the least evil of the Silverview family, considering that most of the family business interests are stereotypically EvilInc industries, like strip-mining and whaling, and that "baseless" accusations of corruption are being constantly levied against them. And particularly if one is to compare him to his ClassyCatBurglar sister.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Lucian Buttwatcher]]
!!Lucian Buttwatcher

A High Elf Druid, and the party's main magic user. Played by Dan [=McCoy=].
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* ForScience: He seeks higher knowledge, cost be damned. This definition of knowledge can range from the cosmic great unknown to just being really curious about staring at a perfectly mundane hole in the ground.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Apparently when he's not adventuring with the rest of the trio he's out solving mysteries with his sidekick Gartholomule.
* {{Omniglot}}: Speaks several languages, including Goblin, which turns out to be an important plot point.
* OurElvesAreBetter: Dan plays him as a stereotypical Elf: aloof and superior to the puny mortals around him.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Scales]]
!!Jeremy "Scales" Fangbattle

Dragonborn Bard and ComicRelief of the group. Brother of Carey Fangbattle (see above). Played by Elliott Kalan.
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* ActorAllusion: Elliott is (in)famous for ad-libbing long annoying songs during the Flophouse Podcasts. Playing a Bard, he not only has a logical reason to do the same here, but he's actually able to ''weaponize'' it.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: He's blue (da-bu-dee, da-bu-dow...)
* BlackSheep: The only non-warrior in his clan. His sister kicks ''much'' more ass than him.
* CasanovaWannabe: He's looking for love, just like Tanzer. Elliott is only ''slightly'' better at Persuasion Checks.
* DraconicHumanoid: Being Dragonborn, he is this.
* InterspeciesRomance: With Hathaway Redcheek, a Halfing woman.
* MeaningfulName: His nickname, "Scales," references both his physical appearance (a scaly Dragonborn) and his choice of profession (musical scales).
[[/folder]]

!!"Adventure Zone: Nights" Characters

A SpinOff series available to Maximum Fun Network backers, set in a SteamPunk inspired universe and [=DMed=] by Travis with Griffin, Clint and Justin playing.

[[folder: Tom]]
!!Tom Collins

A half-elf bartender and "wizard" who totally went to wizard school and is certainly not a warlock. A milquetoast and shy man who's made a pact with an [[EldritchAbomination ancient and forgotten god on the fringes of reality]]. Played by Griffin.

* EldritchAbomination: Made a pact with The Great Old One to get his powers which occasionally commands him to collect people's spinal cords.
* SitcomArchNemesis: To Lenny, who can't stand him after whatever happened between them, despite Tom's attempts to bury the hatchet.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Out of fear of the social stigma that follows Warlocks, he claims, repeatedly, to merely be a wizard.
* ThemeNaming: Names his bat {{Familiar}} "Chaser". Invoked by Griffin.
--> '''Griffin:''' I'm going for a drink theme.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Lenny]]
!!Lenny Manolito

A sarcastic and crass human bard played by Clint. He used to work at Tom's bar before a falling out that neither of them seem willing to discuss. He uses a [[BizarreInstrument steam-powered key-tar]] called "The [[Music/SteelyDan Fagenblaster]]."

* CasanovaWannabe: Attempted to put the moves on Troth at least once, as Justin pointed out it's a little odd to have a man hitting on his own son's DungeonsAndDragons character.
* DeadpanSnarker
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Was once a successful and popular musician (although Canis claims his later albums were terrible) until the incident with Tom left him playing on the street corner for Copper Coils.
* NoodleIncident: Whatever he did to get Tom to fire and blackball him among all the venue owners in the city has yet to be revealed, other than Tom telling him "You know what you did!"

[[/folder]]

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: In addition to the missing time mentioned above, Magnus ''specifically'' also gets hit with this during "The Suffering Game," [[spoiler:giving up his memories of the Mad Governor Callen so he can't directly seek revenge.]]

[[folder:Callen, the Mad Governor]]
!!Mad Governor Callen

* ThemeNaming: [[spoiler: He shares one of a series of titles with his seven fellow Red Robes, elucidated by Lucas' mother when she had her vision in the Cosmoscope; he is "The Protector."]]

* ButtMonkey: Often on the receiving end of the [=PCs’=] antics.

* AdorablyPrecociousChild: He calls himself the world's greatest detective, tries to solve murder mysteries, or sneaks after the characters trying to protect them, but is extremely anxious when assigned with the task of operating the cannon in the hangar of the BoB and shooting the main trio to refuge, and panics when Magnus steals his nose.

* AmbiguousGender: Evidence points to female but one can't be sure yet. After all it's a big magic jellyfish.

* CatchPhrase: "Magnus rushes in!"

-->"I look like whatever Taako wants me to look like."