History Characters / TheUnexpectablesAntagonists

* KickTheSonOfABitch: His genocide of the Iron Oath tribe ends up being this. The tribe was made up of murderous cowards who abandoned their previous tribe to die, killed any other tribe they met, and stole their young. The only person who's actually sad about their death is Task and even he admits to their faults.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: He's the United Clergy's most powerful Paladin and the right-hand man of the Speaker.

* CreativeSterility: It cannot create, only take. Most of it's fight with the party involves it recreating previous bosses and even when it takes the field itself it's mostly copying Icarus's body.

* DifficultySpike: He is much more difficult than the previous enemies the crew has faced, armed with a recharging AOE spell that averages damage in the 30’s, legendary actions and resistances, an outright immunity to fire, and high-level stats. It’s noticeable that despite the fact that his allies were defeated with minimal trouble, he was still able to fight everyone evenly and was the first person since Helga to reduce Borky’s health to 0, with Borky only staying conscious due to his orc feature.

* BalefulPolymorph: Can turn people into dogs of various breeds with a “ dog zone” of magic, which it did to the party and a small village of people.

* CreativeSterility: It cannot create only take. Most of it's fight with the party involves it recreating previous bosses and even when it takes the field itself it's mostly copying Icarus's body.

[[folder: Raunfalt]]

* NotSoAboveItAll: [[spoiler: In General he’s a very serious and solemn man who usually doesn’t have much patience for Borky’s antics, but he’s made a comment or two in support of a few of Borky’s jokes while wielding him. One time he even called Greckles a “casual” for only having a few voices in his head when he made a comment on how weird it was, in reference to how many more Borky has in his own head on a frequent basis, one which includes Raunfalts.]]

* SpiritAdvisor: [[spoiler: Is this to Borky and essentially anyone who wields him if he wills it. To Borky he is essentially his advisor in matters of leadership, diplomacy and strategic thinking, imparting on him all his experience as a warrior king to help Borky become the prospect War Chief of the Alivastian Orc Tribes.]]

[[folder: Dullmar]]

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: After his defeat, he remains trapped in his soulstones, and is kept in Alivastian custody in that condition. Eventually he gets transferred to Edward's holding within the Shadow Realm, where he is kept on display like a museum piece.]]

[[folder: Pug]]

* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler: We know for a fact the Dog Zone was dispelled and whatever Pug was was turned into confetti... but we have no confirmation if he was actually killed in the permanent sense when he was called a good boy, as a good number of magic creatures can come back when their bodies are killed as is the case with many extraplanar creatures liked demons and devils.]]
* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler: The last of its trials is a question that plagues all of dogkind; "Who's a good boy?" When Panic answers that Pug is a good boy, it pops like a paper bag and releases some cheap confetti.]]

* BreatherEpisode: The entire Dog Zone Arc that Pug is the villain for is one of these, since it follows the fairly harrowing Murders in Alivast Arc and directly precedes the [[spoiler: Lys and Stillhavity arc, which is a massive case of CerebusSyndrome and dives deep into the backstories of the party and Solly.]]

* WrongContextMagic: Whatever Pug is, he is something downright weird even by Alivast (a continent known for weird magic) standards and was imprisoned for a reason. He possesses some kind of polymorphic magic zone that will immediately effect anyone and is so strong it can effect miles in length (and was growing), can teleport and communicate telepathically at will, and [[spoiler: died instantly when he was called a good boy...probably.]]

[[folder: Captain Bladefoot]]

* HeartbrokenBadass: [[spoiler: Seems to have lost his trueborn son some time ago, and his current menagerie of adopted children is only how he tries to fill the void his son left behind.]]

[[folder: Arkgenos]]

[[folder: Lobo Slackjaw]]

[[folder: Gobbo Gourmet]]

[[folder: Darkus]]

* BadassArmy: He is the leader of the Dragon Cult, an organization that mainly consists of Chromatic Dragons whose numbers are in the ''thousands'' [[spoiler: and when they actually go out and fight, they almost instantaneously overwhelm Alivast's forces.]]

* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: After Insdroc's death he begins to mutate and melt as the fight goes on.]]
* TheChosenOne: He's this for Insdroc [[spoiler: As implied by him morphing into an Abishai]]

* DeaderThanDead: [[spoiler: His death at Task's hands is permanent: he became an Abishai, and as a result was directly tied to the rebuilding Innsdroc. With Innsdroc's best vessel dead and his form cut away, he melts away into nothing and his soul shall forever remain in limbo, ending his threat for good.]]
* DullSurprise: [[spoiler: His reaction to the invasion of Alivast is simply a cold and calculated gaze over the carnage.]]
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: The fate of any outsider whose god has died is to be banished to Limbo for eternity. As an abishai, he is considered a demon, not a dragonborn, so he does not even receive an afterlife, only eternal nothingness.]]

* PowerGivesYouWings:[[spoiler: When he makes his debut, he's shown having grown a pair of wings. This is used to deduce that he's morphed into an Abishai.]]

[[folder: Yugoloths]]

* DidntThinkthisThrough: The Yugoloths are sneaky, conniving, and extremely smart...but they also get absolutely sloppy when in regard to the Unexpectables;

* GodhoodSeeker: [[spoiler: The Arcanoloth, whose initial master was beaten twice over by the machinations of LYS, found that his mask was capable of giving the right person who knew enough about it the ability to ascend to godhood.]]
* KillAndReplace: [[spoiler: The group did this with some of the guards they captured, most notably Stendin.]]

[[folder: In General]]
!! In General

** Dukotsu has conquered the Earth Plane and taken over it's capital, spreading his minions throughout the plane to find any remaining resistance and crush it and is the first of the Oni to have it's minions go on the offensive against the party. When he ends up fighting the party on his own he's able to give them the fight of their life [[spoiler: and even manages to kill Seika during their fight.]]

[[folder: Kokyu]]
!! '''Kokyu, The Air Oni'''

* StealthExpert: His unique role among the Oni and what he’s famous for in legend. The Unexpectables easily could've ''never'' learned that the [[spoiler: temple guard had been compromised]] due to how complete the deception was, and his innate powers means most of the time the players couldn't even detect he was there thanks to how it disrupted magic in the temple.
* WeaponizedOffspring: ''offspring'' might be a bit of stretch but after a certain threshold of damage is reached, Kokyu bleeds out living shadow monsters who follow his commands and harass the party.

[[folder: Kosui]]

* CrazyPrepared: Kosui’s campaign against the Elemental Plain of Water was not won with brute force alone. [[spoiler: As the party explored the deeper parts of his lair, they found several chambers dedicated to strategy and research, among which they found materials for Kosui’s past assault on the Coral Citadel. With the party finding meticulous blueprints of the entire kingdom, battle plans, magical talismans and numerous other strategic materials that made it obvious the Water Planes never stood a chance with how well thought out the attack was.]]
* EqualOpportunityEvil: Unlike his counterpart Kokyu, who employed hobogoblins exclusively, Kosui is far more open minded on who he has under his thrall. Employing aquatic hobogoblins, baby krakens, a kraken priest, numerous sharks, electric eels, myrmidons and even made a pact with a Wastrilith to bolster his ranks.

* HookHand: He has his right hand replaced with a hook as his main weapon. [[spoiler: During his boss fight, Borky is able to steal it and use it against him.]]
* LightningBruiser: He is incredibly fast and hits like a torpedo. He was able to clear half the distance of his chambers in one movement round, and can, on a standard action phase, hit 5 times, most of which hitting in the double digits! To call him an absolute monster of ferocity and power would be an understatement. [[spoiler: Just ask Seika, who he dropped to 0 HP on three separate occasions during The Unexpectables confrontation with him, the first time he did so was when Seika had close to full HP!]]
* MakingASplash: Naturally, as the Oni of the Elemental Plane of Water, he has water-based abilities. [[spoiler: His very being intimidates the water around him into servitude, allowing him to use it in a manner unlike any magic can intimidate. He makes use of this to create massive depth charge like blasts and in conjunction with his weapon, force his prey closer to him.]]

* {{Sadist}}: Kosui is a monster who revels in causing pain and suffering for the hell of it. [[spoiler: He tortures the Water Plane Princess by brutally mauling her subjects in front of her and feeding their remains to his enslaved sharks, with the implication being if she was not kept in a impenetrable, talisman worded bottle, he would have done even worse to her.]]

[[folder: Dukotsu]]

* BreakThemByTalking: He tires to do this to Greckles and Seika, the former by bring up the idea that [[spoiler: his father doesen't care about him and is only using him as a tool]] and the latter by bringing up the fact that [[spoiler: the Fire Genasi are almost extinct.]]

[[folder: Taimatsu]]

The final Primordial Oni. He’s already conquered the Fire Plane by the time the party met Seika, having later [[spoiler: corrupted the primordial Phoenix]] and begun reshaping the plane into his own twisted image.

* FauxAffablyEvil: He’s very polite and downright amicable when he meets Greckles, ironically being more grateful to him thanks to, unwittingly, [[spoiler: inspiring Stillhavity to free him and his brothers]], evening making an attempt to persuade Greckles [[spoiler: to go back to the Eastern Isles to try and win Yukiko back, having killed her husband in front of her as a token of gratitude to Greckles]]. At the end of the day though he’s still a tyrant who was didn’t miss a beat in committing to kill Greckles and the rest of the party when “diplomacy” failed, relishing the pain and suffering he’s causing, not even hiding the fact [[spoiler: he enjoyed killing Yukiko’s husband in front of her or the anguish and sorrow his regime is causing.]]

* SequentialBoss: His first phase is against him riding [[spoiler: the corrupted Phoenix.]] While the second phase is against him on foot.

[[folder: In General]]

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: FantasticRacism issues aside, they have some rather strange rituals and practices due to their faith. All darkness and shadow, even the shade of a tree, is considered bad to them, and thus followers of the United Clergy are forbidden from resting in shade and must not be in a building or other covered location at midday. Also, no temple of Orun can ever be built underground and be considered a temple of United worship, [[spoiler: which was the main hint that the one Solly and the party found in the woods wasn't real but was instead a projection by Stillhavity to get his hands on Solly and, by extension, Solar and Orun.]]
* TheCorruption: According to Edward Enrobso, there is some kind of corruption that has taken hold in the United Clergy, which may explain their current militarism and xenophobia. [[spoiler: Eventually it's revealed that a parasite like being infected Orun and pretended to be him to the UCO's speaker, this influence has led nearly every higher up UCO member to be infected by a black miasma.]]
** Later events also imply that part of the issue is [[spoiler: that an unknown being is tricking the Speaker of the UCO into believing that it's actually Orun and is forcing the UCO to do it's bidding.]]

* CripplingOverspecialization: In a way. The UOC gets it's clerics from Paraton as young, naïve, painfully inexperienced women from the safest parts of Paraton and pair them off with Paladins. While the Paladins know what to do and can often draw from years of experience of fighting, the Clerics the party encounters are understandably ''terrified'' and some even have breakdowns during the middle of the fight. Unfortunately, the raw numbers and sheer preparedness of the UOC can even that out. [[spoiler: Though without the numbers advantage, they end up faltering quick.]]

* JumpingOfftheSlipperySlope: Flashbacks and notes left by long dead members show that the Clergy at one point did defend the weak from the horrors of the underground and were completely tolerant of benevolent underground races. (A tiefling was shown to be a member of the clergy at one point.) But around the time [[spoiler: They stole Solly from her mother.]] They ended up quickly slipping into xenophobia, misogyny, and currently the group has no problems raiding innocent vessels and killing anyone on board, regardless of race.

* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: They are being manipulated by a false voice talking to the speaker who's currently trying to get the UCO to destroy Alivast so they can get their hands on the Attic.]]

[[folder: Viantius Apastrophi]]

[[folder: Ragus Cade]]

* BloodKnight: He has a habit of fighting first and asking questions later, as he was the one who started chasing down Task and Panic in the street [[spoiler: and, when he stated that he was sorry for having to brand Solly as a heretic, she replied that he really wasn't before burning his eye out.]]
* EyeScream: He's missing his right eye, [[spoiler: since Solly burned it out with a hot poker before she fled the Clergy.]]

* TortureTechnician: [[spoiler: Whether it was belt whippings and hard practice as a child to branding as a young adult, he was this for Solly and what led to her fleeing and the EyeScream incident above.]]

[[folder: Lionel]]

[[folder: Athtar]]
!! Athtar, Herald of the Sun

* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: Borky ends up cutting both of his arms off as part of the killing blow.]]

* BattleTrophy: He has swords owned by the captains of all the ships he’s raided put into his treasury. [[spoiler: After his death, Borky decides to take his spear.]]
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: It’s shown that his blood has been replaced with a black fuzzy ichor similar to fungus that has a consistency of bubbles.]]

* DefiantToTheEnd: It’s stated that as long as he draws breath, he won’t surrender the base, and when the base actually gets raided that statement holds true. [[spoiler: Even after all of his immediate allies are dead, and the rest are retreating, he holds his ground despite being outnumbered nine to one.]]

* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler: Borky's finishing blow completely removes his head from his shoulders. Panic uses it to taunt the retreating survivors of the camp.]]

[[folder: Icarus]]
!! Icarus

[[caption-width-right:350: The Champion of the Sun]]

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler: His death is played for tragedy as he notes that he's been in pain all of his life and only was able to rest with his death.]]

* BatmanGambit: During the meeting between the UCO and the Council he [[spoiler: Pulls out his sword to point at Solly knowing that it will promote others to bring their weapons out as well. Including Task and Panic's god fragments, allowing him to confirm where they are and who has them.]]
* BrokenAngel: His once-majestic Aasimar wings have been [[spoiler: taken by The End]] leaving only a black ichoris copy remaining
* DispelMagic: One of his weapons is a blue staff that specializes in removing magical effects

* DragonInChief: To the speaker as while the speaker is the highest authority in the UCO it's Icarus who's pushing for his will to be done including [[spoiler: finding the fragments of the dead god.]]

* DualWielding: He consistently wields two swords glowing with light and switches them out with his FlyingWeapons when appropriate.

* WorldsStrongestMan: He's the strongest fighter in the UCO and is implied to at least be on the level of [[TheJuggernaut Tiengo.]]

[[folder: The False Voice ( UNMARKED SPOILERS)]]
!! '''The End'''

* CreativeSterility: It cannot create only take. Most of it's fight with the party involves it recreating previous bosses and even when it takes the field itself it's mostly copying Icarus's body

* FusionDance: After being defeated it gets fused back into Lys

* HiddenAgendaVillain: Exactly what it wants is completely unknown outside of wanting the UCO to claim Alivast's "Attic"
* HiddenVillain: The idea of a being manipulating the United Clergy from the shadows hasn't even been hinted at until a hundred plus episodes after their debut with the implication before being that their attitude was a side effect of Orun dying.
* LastDitchMove: When brought down it takes the max hp out of the person who did the killing blow equal to its remaining health

* WalkingSpoiler: The idea that there's a creature manipulating the higher ups of the United Clergy recontextualizes almost everything about their downfall and current actions, and its status as a part of Lys only gets revealed right at the beginning of the final arc

* BatmanGambit: During the meeting between the UCO and the Council he [[spoiler: Pulls out his sword to point at Solly knowing that it will promote other to bring their weapons out as well. Including Task and Panic's god fragments, allowing him to confirm where they are and who has them.]]

* DissonantSerenity: He never once raise his voice during their battle with the Unexpectables, nor does he seem to react to the dangers and threats of the party.

* DualWielding: He consistently wields two swords glowing with light and switches them out with his FlyingWeapons when appropiate.

The unseen being that's tricked the Speaker of the United Clergy into believing it's Orun. It is a piece of Lysalivast that fell to the material plane some very long time ago as the original deity could not bear to think of it as part of itself, and has been slowly, ever so slowly, corrupting and warping every singular deific thing that has ever touched it or has ever begun to fail in health; leaving only behind a "Fuzzy", black, fungus-like goo as it's calling card in the deity's most devout worshippers and in the most extreme cases, the deific being itself.

* DidntThinkthisThrough: The Yugoloths are sneaky, conniving, and extremely smart...but they also get absolutely sloppy when in regards to the Unexpectables;

* DispelMagic: One of his weapons is a blue staff that speciallises in removing magical effects

* FlyingWeapon: When he fights, he sends out four weapons covered in light that provide a veriety of effects. He can also destroy them himself to heal.

[[folder: The False Voice (SPOILERS)]]
!! [[spoiler:'''The End''']]
The unseen being that's tricked the Speaker of the United Clergy into believing it's Orun. [[spoiler:It is a piece of Lysalivast that fell to the material plane some very long time ago as the original deity could not bear to think of it as part of itself, and has been slowly, ever so slowly, corrupting and warping every singular deific thing that has ever touched it or has ever begun to fail in health; leaving only behind a "Fuzzy", black, fungus-like goo as it's calling card in the deity's most devout worshippers and in the most extreme cases, the deific being itself.]]

Its influence has led to the organization's transformation from a normal religous order into what it is today.

* TheDreaded: While its implications are quite harrowing, the most notable person who is afraid of it is [[spoiler:Lys itself, who begins to have a panic attack over the possibility of either reuniting with it or experiencing it ever again.]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: Serves as this for all the arcs related to the United Clergy of Orun, as it's the being responsible for its actions. [[spoiler: It's also this for the Panic in the Discord arc as it was the End that was causing Omnimaw's failing health.]]

* RealityWarper: [[spoiler: Other than decaying what in-universe is a concept or universal constants given sentience, such as harmony in sound or the stars in the sky, it can apparently create dimensions of ''itself'' to trap people in a void of absolutely '''nothing''', where nothing can be seen, and nothing can be felt.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: The idea that there's a creature manipulating the higher ups of the United Clergy recontextualizes almost everything about their downfall and current actions. [[spoiler: and its status as a part of Lys only gets revealed right at the beginning of the final arc]]

* BadassArmy: He is the leader of the Dragon Cult, an organization that mainly consists of Chromatic Dragons who's numbers are in the ''thousands'' [[spoiler: and when they actually go out and fight they almost instantaneously overwhelm Alivast's forces.]]

* PowerGivesYouWings:[[spoiler: When he makes his debut he's shown having grown a pair of wings. This is used to deduce that he's morphed into an Abishai.]]

* BoringButPractical: In comparison to Kokyu and Dukotsu, he employs crude, but effective means of conquest that are as direct as possible. [[spoiler:Instead of subtly subverting and taking over the plane with spies, imposters and death threats to political figures, Kosui instead rallied an army, and assaulted their kingdom at their weakest with a swift and brutal assault. It worked incredibly well and only failed to win him the Plane entirely because of some quick thinking from the Queen, who stashed her daughter and the Leviathan in an bottle with wards that he can’t break on his own.]]

* TheBrute: Downplayed but present. He’s the most straightforward and simple of all the Oni, relying mostly on his animistic, scavenger like cunning and general pragmatism, while letting his minions superior intellect and strategy handle matters of battle plans and vision. At the same time he’s a incredibly strong and fast monster of an Oni, being praised as the physically strongest Oni by Dukotsu but lacks much respect for his actual intelligence.

* {{Greed}}: Kosui and his followers are incredibly greedy and treasure hungry creatures. Having numerous treasure rooms across his lair and he often goes out to loot and pillage the ever flowing wreckage and ships that enter the Plane of Water.

* MakingASplash: Naturally, as the Oni of the Elemental Plane of Water, he has water based abilities. [[spoiler: His very being intimidates the water around him into servitude, allowing him to use it in a manner unlike any magic can intimidate. He makes use of this to create massive depth charge like blasts and in conjunction with his weapon, force his prey closer to him.]]

* GameplayandStorySegregation: Dialogue with Vanguard Jade indicates that Dukotsu hits hard but is relatively slow. Thanks to legendary actions though, he's capable of making multiple attacks per turn and zipping around the battle field at a pace that makes the party struggle to keep up with him.

* GiantSpiders: As hinted at by the Elder Tempest, Dukotsu commands hoards of elemental spiders of regular to massive sizes for minions. [[spoiler:His stronger ones, the Falsantulas, are particularly terrifying as, beyond their size, are capable of psionically controlling people as strong as most of the The Unexpectables with ease and puppet dozens of Earth Genasi corpses and operate them like their normal people without anyone the wiser.]]

* BigBad: For the mundane side of things alongside the Fire Giants to the south who have thus far gone unseen. Forms a BigBadDuumvirate with Stillhavity, though as time goes on, they're ''firmly'' the biggest problem in Alivast.

* TheCorruption: According to Edward Enrobso, there is some kind of corruption that has taken hold in the United Clergy, which may explain their current militarism and xenophobia. Whether this sickness is the cause or is only exacerbating what was already there is yet to be seen. [[spoiler: When Athtar, a high-ranking member of the clergy is killed, it’s noticed that his blood has been replaced with a black fuzz similar to fungus, indicating that whatever is infecting them is pushing them into these extremes.]]
** It's later revealed that the corruption is [[spoiler: A byproduct of Orun dying, as when a god dies, they end up causing their worshippers to go mad and considering that the Clergy is the most devoted worshipers of Orun, they got hit the hardest.]]

Its influence has led to the organization's transformation from a normal paladin order into what it is today.

* BeastMaster: In comparison to the rest of his brothers, who never got far enough in their plans to pull this off, Taimatsu managed to [[spoiler:corrupt and enslave the primordial Phoenix.]] He makes use of it in combat, essentially fusing to it and relying on its incredible power to cement his rule. On the flip side however, it gives him most of combat ability, ironically being relatively weaker than his siblings without it.

* BeastMaster: In comparison to the rest of his brothers, who never got far enough in their plans to pull this off, Taimatsu managed to [[spoiler:corrupt and enslave the primordial Phoenix.]] He makes use of it in combat, essentially fusing to it and relying on its incredible power to cement his rule. On the flip side however it give him most of combat ability, ironically being relatively weaker than his siblings without it.

* {{Determinator}}: His special gimmick [[spoiler:is that he can't be knocked out or killed in battle, draining his HP to zero only puts him into a state where he can be sealed, and even then he must be physically restrained first.]]

* EvilOverlord: The most apparent and self styled one of his brothers. Being much more interested in control and subjugation than his much more murderous counterparts of Kosui and Dukotsu. Alongside that, he’s erected a massive obsidian fortress that he resides in the top in while his hoards of hobgoblins do his bidding, styling himself as the true god of the plane, and relies of fear and terror tactics to cement his rule.

* WeCanRuleTogether: He tries to do a variation with Greckles, asking him to leave Taimatsu alone, and if he does so Taimatsu would allow him to rule over the Eastern Isles [[spoiler:and marry a now-widowed Yukiko]]. Needless to say Greckles refuses.

* TheCorruption: According to Edward Enrobso, there is some kind of corruption that has taken hold in the United Clergy, which may explain their current militarism and xenophobia. Whether this sickness is the cause or is only exacerbating what was already there is yet to be seen. [[spoiler: When Athtar, a high ranking member of the clergy is killed, it’s noticed that his blood has been replaced with a black fuzz similar to fungus, indicating that whatever is infecting them is pushing them into these extremes.]]
** It's later revealed that the corruption is [[spoiler: A byproduct of Orun dying, as when a god dies they end up causing their worshippers to go mad, and considering that the Clergy is the most devoted worshipers of Orun, they got hit the hardest.]]

One of the paladins stationed at Canary’s Channel, it’s quickly revealed that he was Helina’s planned Paladin partner/Husband, and has been looking for her for some time.

* BaitTheDog: At first he seems to be a decent person due to not treating Remy like shit and trying his best to find out if Helina’s safe, but once he’s captured it turns out that he’s as misogynistic and racist as the average UC Paladin.

* CurbstompBattle: It’s implied that his fight with Gruul was this in his favor. Come their actual fight with the Unexpectables, it becomes very clear Gruul wouldn't have survived too long.

* LaserGuidedKarma: After spending god knows how long raiding innocent ships and killing everyone on them, [[spoiler:his operation is completely destroyed when the survivors of one of their raids come back for revenge, leading to his base being overrun, most of his clerics defecting and every high ranking member of his group dead. And as the cherry on top, the Unexpectables and orcs end up stealing everything of value from the base, including everything he’s stolen... along with the contents of his personal shrine.]]

!! Icarus, Champion of the Sun
The top Aasimar Paladin and one of the leaders of the United Clergy of Orun.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: He never takes off his armor and it's noted that he moves very unnaturally.

* DissonantSerenity: They never once raise their voice during their battle with the Unexpectables, nor do they seem to react to the dangers and threats of the party.

* TheJuggernaut:
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: [[spoiler:As he lays dying, he reveals that he's been suffering for ''years'' under the influence of the UCO and The End, but dies too late to enjoy any of his freedom.]]
* PuzzleBoss: Icarus' fighting style is based around four specially constructed swords that have unique effects, and part of the danger of the fight is that all of them hit hard, all of them can hit independently of each other, and can be swapped out with the swords he currently carries to gain seriously powerful effects. They have to be used in order, but he is in full control of them.

The unseen being that's tricked the Speaker of the United Clergy into believing it's Orun. [[spoiler:It is a piece of Lysalivast that fell to the material plane some very long time ago as the original diety could not bear to think of it as part of itself, and has been slowly, ever so slowly, corrupting and warping every singular diefic thing that has ever touched it or has ever begun to fail in health; leaving only behind a "Fuzzy", black, fungus-like goo as it's calling card in the deity's most devout worshippers and in the most extreme cases, the deific being itself.]]

It's influence has lead to the organization's transformation from a normal paladin order into what it is today.

* TheDreaded: While it's implications are quite harrowing, the most notable person who is afraid of it is [[spoiler:Lys itself, who begins to have a panic attack over the possibility of either reuniting with it or experiencing it ever again.]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: Serves as this for all the arcs related to the United Clergy of Orun [[spoiler: and any god-related arc]], as it's the being responsible for its actions.

* RealityWarper: [[spoiler: Other than decaying what in-universe is a concept or universal constants given sentience, such as harmony in sound or the stars in the sky, it can apparently create dimensions of ''itself'' to trap people in a void of absolutely '''nothing''', where nothing can be seen and nothing can be felt.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: The idea that there's a creature manipulating the higher ups of the United Clergy [[spoiler: and potentially every other god it's ever interacted with]] recontextualizes almost everything about their downfall and current actions.

* PuzzleBoss: Icarus' fighting style is based around four specially constructed swords that have unique effects, and part of the danger of the

!! [[spoiler:The End]]
The unseen being that's tricked the Speaker of the United Clergy into believing it's Orun. [[spoiler:It is a piece of Lysalivast that fell to the material plane some very long time ago as the original diety could not bear to think of it as part of itself, and has been slowly, ever so slowly, corrupting and warping every singular diefic thing that has ever touched it or has ever begun to fail in health; leaving only behind a "Fuzzy", black, fungus-like goo as it's calling card in the diety's worshippers and in the most extreme cases, the diety itself.]]

* HiddenAgendaVillain: Exactly what it wants is completely unknown outside of wanting the UCO to claim that Attic

* WalkingSpoiler: The idea that there's a creature manipulating the higher ups of the United Clergy recontextualizes almost everything about their downfall and current actions.

* FreedomFromChoice: Their clergy and paladins have their lives essentially pre-ordained for them; they go to foreign lands to crusade or to conduct church business, they are paired up, they have children, and the cycle repeats. Many do obviously rebel against this, but just as many see it as comforting.

* JumpingOfftheSlipperySlope: Flashbacks and notes left by long dead members show that the Clergy at one point did defend the weak from the horrors of the underground and were completely tolerant of benevolent underground races. (A tiefling was shown to be a member of the clergy at one point.) But around the time [[spoiler: They stole Solly from her mother.]] They ended up quickly slipping into xenophobia, misogyny, and currently the group has no problems raiding innocent vessels and killing anyone on board regardless of race.
* KnightOfCerebus: Whenever the UCO is brought up, all the jokes and fun and goofiness Alivast provides grinds to a screeching halt. The UCO's threat to Alivast as a whole is brought into '''sharp''' focus in Episode 66, and especially 67: [[spoiler:The clergy is ''prepared'' for whatever Alivast throws at them, using a powerful and potent buddy system to and overwhelms the party to the point that Remy willingly surrenders himself to them in order to save the crew's lives...only to find the Clergy is going to use his influence to strike up alliances within the system, have to watch as each member of the Unexpectables is looted as well as himself, their most prized possessions tossed into the ocean, and finally, '''dump the main party overboard'''.]]
* ReligionOfEvil: While they were at one point a generally well-meaning religious group [[spoiler:Orun's failing health]] has turned them to a bunch of Xenophobic war mongers who steal their power from a god to insane to give consent who plan on wiping out all dark dwelling races, and everyone who gets in their way.

* VillainTeamup: They're trying to ally themselves with the Dragon Cult and the Fire Giants, while it's not known how successful they are overall, they're at least on trading terms with the Dragon Cult.

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* AbusiveParents: Solly describes him as the closest thing she had to a father, and his treatment of her was so bad that the likes of Borky and Panic (both also abuse victims) could only look in disgust at seeing what he did to her. Indeed, while he is a bastard, he does seem to look upon Solly like an estranged father might on his second return to Alivast.

* CurbstompBattle: It’s implied that his fight with Gruul was this in his favor.

* EliteMooks: In the long run it turns out he's this with the Clergy having hundreads of people on his level when they come to talk to the Alivastian Council.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When he’s first introduced, he punishes Audrey’s refusal to kill the group and when Remy willingly surrenders on the terms that his friends receive mercy, Athtar decides to drown them, stating that drowning is a mercy compared to burning to death

The unseen being that's tricked the Speaker of the United Clergy into believing it's Orun. Leading to the organization's transformation into what it is today.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Serves as this for all the arcs related to the United Clergy of Orun, as it's the being responsible for its actions.