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14[[WMG:[[center:[-[[Characters/TheOrderOfTheStick Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/TheOrderOfTheStickTheOrderOfTheStick The Order of the Stick]] – [[Characters/TheOrderOfTheStickHumanPartyMembers Human Party Members]] – [[Characters/TheOrderOfTheStickNonHumanPartyMembers Non-Human Party Members]] | [[Characters/TheOrderOfTheStickTeamEvil Team Evil]] | [[Characters/TheOrderOfTheStickTheLinearGuild The Linear Guild]] | [[Characters/TheOrderOfTheStickTheOrderOfTheScribble The Order of the Scribble]] | [[Characters/TheOrderOfTheStickAzureCity Azure City]] | '''Greysky City''' | [[Characters/TheOrderOfTheStickTheEmpireOfBlood The Empire of Blood]] | [[Characters/TheOrderOfTheStickNorthernLands Northern Lands]] | [[Characters/TheOrderOfTheStickAnimalCompanions Animal Companions]] | [[Characters/TheOrderOfTheStickDivineBeings Divine Beings]] | [[Characters/TheOrderOfTheStickOthers Others]]-]]]]]
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16[[foldercontrol]]
17
18->'''Haley:''' It's a dangerous place where people get killed for having gold in their pockets. Not everywhere on this plane is Happy Sunshine Land, you know.
19
20Haley and Ian Starshine's city of origin; an {{exaggerated|Trope}} hive of scum and villainy if there ever was one. Visited during the "Don't Split the Party" arc, much to Haley's displeasure.
21
22[[folder:In General]]
23* CityNoir: The town is painted in drab colors, the citizens all have shady careers of varying legality, and one of the most powerful people in the city is the head of the Rogues Guild.
24* DescriptiveVille: Very grey and always cloudy describe well the sky above the city.
25* MoreCriminalsThanTargets: When Celia walks in, everyone is either committing a crime or being a victim of it.
26* ThievesGuild: ''Rogue'' in this case. It operates like a mafia with protection rackets and "no one leaves" rule.
27%%* ViceCity
28* WretchedHive: This is a grim and dangerous place run by a guild of thieves and the most legitimate profession seen is a mad scientist with grave robbers on his payroll.
29[[/folder]]
30
31!Thieves' Guild
32
33For Haley Starshine, see [[Characters/TheOrderOfTheStickHumanPartyMembers The Order of the Stick]].
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35For Ian Starshine, see [[Characters/TheOrderOfTheStickOthers Others — Starshine Family]].
36
37[[folder:Bozzok]]
38!!Bozzok
39[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2017_03_09_at_52200_pm.png]]
40
41->''"You have to understand, our entire business model relies on exclusivity. If we allow non-Guild thieves to come and go from the city as they please, we lose our leverage over those who buy into our protection rackets."''
42
43->'''Race:''' Half-orc\
44'''Gender:''' Male\
45'''Class:''' Rogue\
46'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil
47%% Alignment confirmed by Word of the Giant.
48
49The head of Greysky City's Thieves' Guild. He tries to kill Haley for defecting from the organization.
50----
51* BrutalHonesty: Regardless of whether or not it was a smart idea for him to do so, everything he says to Crystal right before [[spoiler:she kills him]] is pretty much 100% true.
52* BullyingADragon: Thinking it was a great idea to tell [[spoiler:the murderous, enraged Crystal golem that she's a complete moron and a "rabid dog" who always needed someone to hold her leash]]. [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown What happens next is entirely predictable.]]
53* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Bozzok's word has very little value. He used Pete as a scapegoat when his operation against Haley, Belkar and Celia went wrong, he raided Grubwiggler's castle despite Grubwiggler paying him substantial amounts of protection money and doing nothing to betray him, he gave Crystal orders to betray Haley and make it look like an accident during the raid, he has open contempt for the lives and well-being of his low-level subordinates, slightly less ''open'' contempt for the lives and well-being of his higher-level subordinates, and tricked Ian into a life of suffering in the Empire of Blood. He ends up dying due to a MistreatmentInducedBetrayal.
54* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: The only reason that Crystal is still alive is that she has him to do the thinking for her. [[spoiler:After her death and reanimation as a flesh golem, Bozzok is openly pleased at how much easier it has made keeping her on-task.]]
55-->'''Bozzok:''' Really, it's an improvement all around.
56* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: The flesh golem scheme. [[spoiler:Both Haley and Grubwiggler point out the problems with it: Haley argues that it would have been safer and cheaper to just raise Crystal, give her a couple magic items, and throw her at Haley again, and Grubwiggler points out that it would have been safer and cheaper to just buy a regular, mindless, perfectly controllable golem. However, Bozzok's pride and control-freakishness causes him to take one of his most loyal and skilled servants and force her into a procedure that turns her into a monster at the cost of her sanity and putting her through constant pain that only ceases when she harms others. Once Haley can actually talk to Crystal, it takes her only a few sentences to point out that Crystal has every reason to try to kill him--and once that's happened, there is absolutely nothing he can do to stop her from beating him to death]].
57* TheDon: Since the Thieves' Guild runs like a mafia he fits this trope; making deals, running protection rackets, etc.
58* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: On the receiving end when [[spoiler:Crystal, in revenge for turning her into a horrible monster that can't feel anything but pain and rage, impales him on her fist and continues PummelingTheCorpse for a while.]]
59* FauxAffablyEvil: Bozzok is superficially a {{reasonable|AuthorityFigure}}, {{honor|AmongThieves}}able head of the Thieves Guild, but shows himself to be utterly amoral. He twice betrays truces with Haley to try to have her killed, [[spoiler:engineered Ian's imprisonment]] because Ian's [[JustLikeRobinHood non-violent methods]] were too popular in the Guild, refused to honor his deal with Grubwiggler about getting back Grubwiggler's property, straight up robbed Grubwiggler despite never betraying the Guild, and [[spoiler:animated Crystal as a [[AndIMustScream tortured]] flesh golem]] instead of having his dead employees raised. And when there were easy ways out for both of those situations that would have ''made'' him money, he refused to take them if it meant accepting someone got the better of him.
60* FatalFlaw: His {{Pride}}. He rejects win-win situations multiple times simply because the thought of someone he doesn't like getting ahead is intolerable to his ego.
61* FillerVillain: Bozzok turning up in Tinkertown had no bearing on the overall plot. It's ultimately just tying up loose ends for Haley.
62* GeniusBruiser: He's a half-orc with a broadsword and more intelligence than any five members in his guild.
63* HalfHumanHybrid: Half-orc.
64* HateSink: Bozzok gives the audience very few reasons to like him, as he's a murderer, backstabber, and con-artist who only stays in people's good graces for as long as it benefits him, and believes that being the head of the city's Thieves' Guild gives him the right to control its members' lives. [[spoiler:Turning Crystal into a sentient flesh golem that's [[AndIMustScream in constant agony]] instead of just resurrecting her, all to get revenge on Haley, just cements how petty and self-centered he is.]]
65* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Oh yes, Bozzok, turning Crystal into [[spoiler:a flesh golem was a great idea, regardless of the cost... especially an advanced form that retains all of her memories and skills. She's even deadlier than before, and no longer wont to get distracted... except it also makes her self-aware enough to realize her dreadful state and constant pain are not Haley's fault but Bozzok's, and thus allows her to turn against her former master. It is fatal for him.]]
66* IconicOutfit: Bozzok's very large and long boots are pretty much one of his defining features. Even when he changes up his outfit when visiting [[spoiler:Tinkertown]], those boots still remain a part of his ensemble.
67* IdiotBall: Bozzok grabs onto it when he continues to demean and boss around [[spoiler:the Crystal golem, who's already pissed at him. It ends poorly for him]].
68* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Crystal [[spoiler:kills him by punching a hole right through his chest, which is followed by a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown]].
69* ImprobablePowerDiscrepancy: Aside from being the leader of a thieves guild, not obviously special or notable to any degree... but his ability to Sneak Attack Haley implies he's at least 16th-17th level. This would make him roughly the same level as Redcloak, and possibly higher than Miko. According to him, killing people trying to leave the Guild makes for good practice.
70* InconsistentSpelling: Spelled "Bozzak" in ''On the Origin of [=PCs=]''.
71* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Laid out his role in having Ian "removed from play" to Haley, [[JustifiedTrope allowing Crystal to take a flanking position.]]
72* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: After surviving the events of "Don't Split the Party" because a truce was reached seconds before Haley would have killed him, he gets hit pretty hard with this in "Utterly Dwarfed" when [[spoiler:his attempts to kill Haley with Golem Crystal get him betrayed and killed by her because of the AndIMustScream side-effects being brought back as a golem had on Crystal]].
73* KarmicDeath: He used the money he could have used to revive the rogues Haley killed paying Grubwiggler to [[spoiler:turn Crystal into a self-aware golem, and is killed by said Golem while Grubwiggler refuses to help him]].
74* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Killed by Golem Crystal at Haley's suggestion. Normally the Thieves' Guild would have the means to resurrect him, but since he died far away from Greysky City, it's unlikely that they'll ever find his body to do so. Grubwiggler also implies the Guild will simply replace Bozzok before leaving him to die.]]
75* MercyLead: When Haley quit the Thieves' Guild in the prequel, Bozzok accepted it with a smile. Hank took it upon himself to warn her she had an hour to make tracks before the order to kill her went out; the grace period was out of respect for the amount of gold she'd brought in for the Guild in the past.
76* MoneyIsNotPower: Learns this when Grubwiggler has had it with him, and doesn't care how much he tries to pay him.
77* MusclesAreMeaningless: Belkar can block his attacks with a shield despite Bozzok being a half-orc twice his size. Justified by their character builds, Bozzok is a Rogue while Belkar is a Ranger/Barbarian, which means in straight combat Belkar has the edge.
78* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Oh Bozzok, if only you hadn't paid extra to have the [[spoiler:Crystal golem still be sentient. Then Haley couldn't have reasoned with her]].
79* ResignationsNotAccepted: You can run off if you're fast and smart enough, but the official paperwork ''always'' states that ''every'' rogue is in the guild until death. It's bad public relations to have people quitting on them.
80* {{Revenge}}: Tracks Haley down in a city in the far north with the intent of killing her for humiliating him during the Greysky City arc. This results in [[spoiler:his death, as once the Crystal Golem turns on him and Grubwiggler decides that he's fed up with the Guild, he's left with no-one to help him]].
81* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: A villainous example with the GenreSavvy and maliciously cunning Bozzok and the psychotic, bloodthirsty Crystal.
82* SmugSnake: Grubwiggler tells him he was never as clever as he thought before teleporting away. Bozzok ''was'' clever... but Grubwiggler is still right. This also applies to his combat skills; he's evidently proud of his abilities, but his only onscreen victory is against an injured, unarmed Haley that he was fighting two-on-one. Belkar describes him as a glorified pickpocket, and without his Sneak Attack, he has trouble even whittling Haley down in melee while she shoots his flankers to death.
83* TheSociopath: Bozzok has little respect for his fellow guild members as people, moreso viewing them as resources to be expended and utilized at his own discretion, [[ResignationsNotAccepted and disposed of if they try to break free from his grasp]]. [[spoiler:When Crystal dies, instead of simply resurrecting her, he pays Grubwiggler nearly ten times the amount that would have cost to instead turn her into a flesh golem that feels endless pain, just because she's more useful to him that way.]]
84* StereotypeFlip: Yes, he's a half-orc. No, he's NOT the stereotypical dumb brute you'd expect him to be.
85* TooDumbToLive: Sure Bozzok, make Crystal into [[spoiler:a sentient, free-willed Flesh Golem in a constant state of agonizing pain, ''without'' any sort of failsafe, allowing Haley to persuade her into turning against you. And when Crystal notes how you always call her a moron, you call her a moron ''again'' and then try to assert your authority over her?]]
86* VillainousBreakdown: Descends into this after [[spoiler:the Crystal golem turns against him and Grubwiggler abandons him. He tries to bully Crystal back into submission and she kills him]].
87* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Defied. When Crystal wastes valuable killing time cutting Haley's hair with her dagger, Bozzok tells her to quit procrastinating and get on with it.
88[[/folder]]
89
90[[folder:Crystal]]
91!!Crystal
92[[quoteright:125:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2017_03_09_at_52001_pm.png]]
93[[caption-width-right:125:[[labelnote:In part 6]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2017_03_09_at_52810_pm.png]][[/labelnote]]
94
95->''"♪ I get to kill Ha-ley! I get to kill Ha-ley! ♪"''
96
97->'''Race:''' Human (later Flesh Golem)\
98'''Gender:''' Female\
99'''Class:''' Assassin\
100'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil
101%% Alignment confirmed by Word of the Giant.
102
103TheRival of Haley and a {{Goth}} assassin of the Thieves' Guild. She met Haley when they were both 19 and they've hated each other ever since. She has no levels in Rogue -- she steals from people after she kills them.
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105* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Being brought back as a sentient flesh golem leaves her in constant agony]].
106* ArchEnemy: And as one of a PC, she [[LevelScaling levels up when Haley does, regardless of what she's doing]].
107* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:She was a serial murderer who killed people for money and for less than that on a regular basis, but even Haley admits that being turned into a sapient flesh golem was a fate that nobody deserved.]]
108* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: According to Bozzok, Crystal would often get bored with her assignments, resulting in her wandering off to get high or just plain forget what she was doing.
109* AxCrazy: What she lacks in intelligence, self-control or emotional maturity, she makes up for in sheer bloodlust. Bozzok explicitly compares her to a rabid dog [[spoiler: before she kills him]].
110* BackFromTheDead: Crystal reappears [[spoiler:as a sort of flesh golem, punching Elan across the street with a Sneak Attack and going after Haley with her bare hands.]]
111* BadassNormal: She kicks ass without relying on magic -- despite the fact that the assassin {{prestige class}} in ''D&D'' 3.5 is a spellcaster. She certainly has too low Intelligence to cast even a cantrip, so (just like Belkar) she's an example of awful character build still being quite dangerous.
112* BareMidriffsAreFeminine: Crystal is a DarkActionGirl whose top doesn't go all the way down, similarly to Haley's first outfit. Perhaps the lack of full-covering armor is a rogue thing.
113* BewareTheSillyOnes: She's a complete idiot who once tried to kill Haley by throwing pickles at her. She's also a high-level assassin who's come very close to killing the party at several points.
114* BunnyEarsLawyer: Dumber than a sack of hammers, but she's one of the guild's most powerful members.
115* CameBackStrong: Once she [[spoiler:gets turned into a flesh golem]], Crystal is clearly stronger than ever, and much more dangerous.
116* CameBackWrong: After [[spoiler:returning as a flesh golem]], she claims that she feels nothing ''but'' pain. Haley uses this to turn her against Bozzok.
117* CoDragons: With Hank, she's Bozzok's most dangerous subordinate in combat but isn't smart enough to hold any authority beyond that distinction.
118* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When she ambushes Haley in Pete's house, she tries attacking her with pickles of all things. Apparently back when Haley was a guild member and they had to go on assignments together, [[DoesNotLikeSpam Haley would always order her sandwiches without pickles]] whenever they ate. [[TheDitz Crystal]] made the conclusion that, rather than Haley simply not liking how pickles taste, she must instead be physically vulnerable to them. She never realizes how stupid this is either, even after Haley just gets annoyed over getting splashed with brine. In fact, Haley is able to distract her by telling her to check the bottom of the pickle barrel for damage stats.
119* CruelMercy: She's left in such a state by Belkar after he brings her down to 0 HP, incapacitating her. She's not dead, and Belkar sees her as NotWorthKilling and rock his new boat with Haley, so just leaves her there so Haley can kill her later and so he can go find Mr. Scruffy [[VillainousBreakdown as she screams at him that she's important and worth killing]].
120* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Crystal talks about shoving a barrel full of pickles up Haley's uterus.
121* DamageReduction: When she returns as [[spoiler:a golem, a type of monster renowned for high damage reduction]], Haley's arrows bounce harmlessly off of her.
122* DarkActionGirl: A ruthless assassin that will gleefully kill anyone Bozzok tells her to.
123* DeadlyBath: Is on the end of one when Haley {{interrupt|edBath}}s Crystal's shower to kill her before leaving the city. While Crystal [[CantBatheWithoutAWeapon does keep her magical dagger and items in the bathroom with her]], she isn't smart enough to actually equip herself with anything but a ModestyTowel before answering the door and being sneak attacked by Haley, who finishes off Crystal by [[HoistByHisOwnPetard slashing her with her own magical dagger]] (and then [[TheEnemyWeaponsAreBetter taking said dagger for herself]]).
124* DeviousDaggers: An assassin using a wicked-looking +4 dagger. Haley uses it to kill her and takes it for herself. It proves to be a ChekhovsGun when Haley later uses it to distract [[spoiler:Golem]] Crystal.
125* DisproportionateRetribution: The original cause of her and Haley's feud: [[spoiler:Haley insulted her haircut and she insulted Haley's boots]].
126* TheDitz: She's not intelligent enough for anything more complicated than "kill that person". [[spoiler:Turning her into a sentient flesh golem probably hasn't made her any smarter, but at least she's more focused.]]
127* TheDogBitesBack: Turns on Bozzok after Haley points out that he could have raised her and bought a bunch of powerful items for the same cost as [[spoiler:turning her into a golem]].
128* DumbMuscle: Rich mentions that she's an inversion of the trope. The hulking half-orc is cunning and has a dumb-as-rocks, lithe, petite girl as his deadliest enforcer. [[spoiler:Being resurrected as a golem has significantly increased her physical strength, and though she's still not very bright, she doesn't get bored or distracted any longer.]]
129* DumpStat: Intelligence, obviously, which is a horrible choice for the Assassin PrestigeClass, since its Death Attack ability and spellcasting are reliant on Intelligence. Haley says that [[spoiler:being turned into a flesh golem]] caused her intelligence to move laterally, instead of down, and the strip's title implies she may have come out ''ahead''.
130* DyingDeclarationOfHate:
131-->[[spoiler:'''Crystal:''' STARRRSHINE!! HATE YOU... so... much... hate...]]
132* ElementalAbsorption: [[spoiler:Using a LightningGun on her flesh golem form just made it ''even more dangerous''.]]
133* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Her existence as a Flesh Golem: [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0978.html "I FEEL NOTHING BUT PAIN!!"]]]]
134* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler:Bozzok had her remade into a self-aware golem so she can retain her skills, and her new state is actually more focused. However, this means Haley is able to convince her that Bozzok is the one responsible for her constant pain, and being self-aware means Grubwiggler doesn't have a override to control her]].
135-->[[spoiler:'''Grubwiggler:''' If you were willing to pay me extra to craft a golem that gives up the main benefit of employing a golem, who was I to argue?]]
136* {{Goth}}: Although far less explicit than Haley's teenage self (and consequently, the embodiment of her self-loathing), Crystal's character design is close to this.
137* HateAtFirstSight: The flashback of her first encounter with Haley strongly hints at this, given that the first thing she said was an insult, and that it was reciprocated.
138* HardHead: Does a NoSell when Haley hits her over the head with a sap, which should at least stun most people. Haley lampshades she should have realized Crystal wouldn't be injured by hitting her in the head.
139* HardWorkHardlyWorks: As a Personal Rival to Haley, Crystal gains free XP whenever Haley levels up without having to lift a finger, to ensure she remains a challenge. She's actually willing to let Haley go with a warning in Greysky instead of killing her to get another level of assassin, but Bozzok insists she die anyway.
140* HeelFaceTurn: Averted. She turns on Bozzok when Haley points out [[spoiler:her golem state]] is his fault, but she has no intention of redeeming herself, making it clear she intends to go on random killing sprees to dull the pain of her existence. [[spoiler:So Haley puts her down for good.]]
141* HostageSituation: When Haley escapes her reach with a ''fly'' spell, Crystal starts killing {{Innocent Bystander}}s left and right until Haley returns to the ground.
142* IllKillYou: First toward Haley, of course, and then to Belkar (because she was furious that he left her at 0 HP for Haley to kill later).
143* InsaneTrollLogic: She noticed that Haley didn't like pickles and somehow ended up thinking they were her WeaksauceWeakness.
144* ItCanThink: [[spoiler:Bozzok has Grubwiggler use a much more expensive method of golem creation that allows Crystal to retain her intelligence and her memories as a flesh golem. She's also at the very least much more focused than her old self, and might possibly be more intelligent than before -- if the HostageSituation is the result of an actual plan rather than a happy coincidence from venting her frustrations.]]
145* IResembleThatRemark: [[spoiler: Her response to Bozzok calling her a rabid dog who has to be constantly restrained from going feral is to...beat him death and rampage through the town of gnomes killing people for fun.]]
146* KickTheDog: Haley mentions Crystal once headbutted an elderly gnome woman into a coma. The print version shows this happening.
147* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Haley kills the Flesh-Golem Crystal by dropping her into a LavaPit that's used to dump waste. It is impossible to bring her back now, not as a flesh-golem or anything else.]]
148* LastSecondChance: Haley tries to subtly give her an opportunity to go off and find a more positive life after she kills Bozzok. Crystal decides she'd rather just stick with killing random people to temporarily dull her pain. [[spoiler:Haley leads her to her death in a lava pit rather than let her do that.]]
149* LevelScaling: Anytime Haley levels up, she does (even if just sitting around playing poker.)
150* MagicalAccessory: Haley mentions that her jewelry grants protective magic.
151* MagnumOpus: Grubwiggler refers to [[spoiler:her Flesh Golem form]] as "my finest creation."
152* MeaningfulEcho: Haley kicks Crystal in the face and says, "I got your 'nice boots' right here!" as a call-back to the insincere compliments they paid each other at their first meeting. Two strips later, Crystal, having sliced off a defeated Haley's ponytail, responds in kind by saying, "HA! NOW who has the nice haircut? Ha ha!"
153* NighInvulnerability: Between immunity to Sneak Attacks, most spells, and high Damage Resistance, Crystal is very hard to hurt [[spoiler:in her golem form. It takes being completely submerged in lava to finally bring her down.]]
154* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Does this to Bozzok, beating him long after she has killed him.
155* NoPunctuationPeriod: [[spoiler:Once turned into a golem]], her speech bubbles have barely any punctuation (save for a few exclamation marks), probably reflecting lack of inflection.
156* OurZombiesAreDifferent: [[spoiler:After her death she's turned into a kind of flesh golem, which belongs to the Construct class of creature and is thus immune to stuff that works on the undead.]]
157* PetTheDog: She speaks positively of Elan during her last conversation with Haley, mentioning that "he seemed nice".
158* PsychoKnifeNut: A bloodthirsty and violent assassin who primarily uses a large knife to fight.
159* RedemptionRejection: [[spoiler:Haley suggests that Crystal go on a quest (far away from any towns) to try and go out on her own and figure out how to ease her own pain, but Crystal admits that she'd rather kill others to make her own pain go away. Haley then realizes it's too dangerous for Crystal to run free killing people, so she kills her.]]
160* TheRival: To Haley, and she gets levels for free as Haley does so they're always even. Though Belkar claims that Sabine is Haley's true nemesis (and is much hotter).
161-->'''Crystal:''' ''[ding]'' Sweet! Starshine must have gone up a level!
162* {{Sadist}}: She enjoys killing people, and after [[spoiler:being made into a flesh golem]], discovers she can reduce the pain by hurting others.
163* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: A villainous example with the GenreSavvy and maliciously cunning Bozzok and the psychotic, bloodthirsty Crystal.
164* StealthPun: Yes, a crystal golem is a golem made of crystal, which can exist... except [[spoiler:Crystal isn't one, she's a [[DontExplainTheJoke flesh golem named Crystal]]]].
165* SuperStrength: Following her [[spoiler:transformation into a flesh golem]], her unarmed attacks are powerful enough to send characters [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom flying through the air with every blow]]. It's even worse once supercharged by lightning: she rips apart a LightningGun bigger than her and throws it at Haley like it weighs nothing, and kills Bozzok by punching a hole right through him.
166* ThereWasADoor: [[spoiler:Golem]] Crystal smashes through a wall [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0976.html right next to an open door]]. Later, [[spoiler:she bursts right through the wall of Bozzok and Grubwiggler's abode, intent on revenge]].
167* TooDumbToLive:
168** The Giant mentions in the commentaries that Crystal doesn't have the intelligence to survive in Greysky City but has Bozzok to think for her and so she does. When you tell your rival, after a tiring mission during which you attempted to betray and murder said rival, that you're [[ShowerScene going to take a shower]] (and thus will be unarmed and not wearing any protective magic items) you deserve the fatality and qualify for this trope.
169** [[spoiler:As a Flesh Golem she realized killing eases her constant pain somewhat, so she intends to stay in Tinkertown and kill, and tells this to Haley's face. Haley promptly leads her on a walk, talking about her and keeping her so distracted that she never notices she's being led to the [[KillItWithFire Tinkertown waste-disposal facility.]]]]
170* TurnCoat: Haley manages to point out that while she killed Crystal, Bozzok went the extra mile of [[spoiler:turning her into a flesh golem]], causing her endless pain. To Bozzok, Crystal is just a tool. Crystal then turns on Bozzok.
171* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Sure, [[spoiler:as a golem]], Crystal is hell-bent on crushing Haley for revenge... but when it is pointed out to her, after a lengthy chase, that Haley just killed her, and it was Bozzok and Grubwiggler who are responsible for her [[spoiler:coming back as a flesh golem in constant pain]], she turns her rage toward them. Grubwiggler points out that it was Bozzok's fault for wanting Crystal to have free will.
172[[/folder]]
173
174[[folder:Hank]]
175!!Hank
176[[quoteright:100:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2017_03_09_at_52244_pm.png]]
177
178->''"I mean, I'd prefer nobody got killed here, but what can you do? The Guild needs to keep its reputation. Nobody leaves, except in a casket."''
179
180->'''Race:''' Halfling\
181'''Gender:''' Male\
182'''Class:''' Rogue\
183'''Alignment:''' TrueNeutral
184%% Alignment confirmed by Word of the Giant.
185
186The second-in-command of Greysky City's Thieves Guild. More reasonable than Bozzok, he's shown sympathy for Haley's plight, but still strictly enforces the Guild's rules.
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188* AmoralAttorney: Not stated to be a lawyer, but definitely has the firmest grasp of the Thieves Guild's predictably byzantine rules, laws, and regulations, and, more importantly, how to exploit them at the expense of the Guild's employees to enrich himself, Bozzok and other high-ranking members (but mostly himself). Essentially, he's an AmoralAttorney in all but name.
189* BaddieFlattery: Compliments Celia's reasoning while chasing her [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0604.html for a supposed pot of gold]].
190-->'''Hank:''' You make a very convincing argument in these tough economic times.\
191'''Celia:''' Thank you! can I use you as a reference on my resume?\
192'''Hank:''' By all means.
193* CoDragons: With Crystal, he's the official NumberTwo to Bozzok and acts as a MookLieutenant but doesn't get his hands dirty.
194* ConservationOfCompetence: He's smart enough to arrange his underlings for flank beatdowns, but [[SurroundedByIdiots they've still got a lot to learn]] about execution.
195* TheConsigliere: Keeping with the mafia equivalence, he is this to Bozzok's Don, ensuring the smooth running of the guild by handling the bureaucratic part.
196* ContractualGenreBlindness: Finishing off the target is one thing, but [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0604.html profit is profit]].
197* FriendlyEnemy: Haley regards him as one, seeing as he informed her that Bozzok had no intention of letting her go. [[spoiler:In Haley's ideal vision brought on by Girard's Gate's defenses, Hank stands with her father and her when they defeat Bozzok (or he's just happy with the regime change), indicating that she doesn't hold an enmity with him.]]
198* {{Halfling}}: His race, and like Belkar he is not jolly. Unlike Belkar, he has more intelligence than a lemming.
199* KarmaHoudini: Unlike Crystal and Bozzok, he never shows up again after Haley agrees to a truce with the Guild (outside of Haley's fantasy in a LotusEaterMachine) and so never gets his comeuppance for trying to kill Haley.
200* MakesUsEven: Hank's reason for telling Haley Bozzok has no plans of letting her live -- since she knew Hank was skimming off the top, they agree they're even.
201* MookLieutenant: Doesn't get his hand dirty, but he needs to be present since his underlings are low-level thieves and one slightly dim fighter who need coordination.
202* PragmaticVillainy: He's the go-to guy for verifying the Guild's laws, including the Guild's obligations, and he's willing to talk if the other side wants to renegotiate those terms but he's not a pushover -- his memory is especially good regarding any loot that's owed to the Guild.
203* ThisIsReality: Tells off Yor (a fighter) for [[CallingYourAttacks calling his attacks]], despite how often ''all'' classes do that in the ''[=OotS=]'' world.
204[[/folder]]
205
206[[folder:Jenny]]
207!!Jenny
208[[quoteright:103:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jenny.PNG]]
209
210->''"My name is Jenny, by the way! ...[-Just in case you ever... you know...-]"''
211
212->'''Race:''' Human\
213'''Gender:''' Female\
214'''Class:''' Rogue/Bard/Sorcerer\
215'''Alignment:''' ChaoticNeutral
216%% Alignment confirmed by Word of the Giant.
217
218A bard employed by the Thieves' Guild; one of the few people Haley got along with at the time. She has a fling with Belkar during his stay in Greysky City.
219----
220* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: She falls for ''Belkar'' after he stole a kiss from her and killed a bunch of her guildmates.
221* MasterOfNone: Her multiclass (specified in ''On the Origin of [=PCs=]'') means plenty of redundant abilities and no strong point.
222-->'''Haley:''' Third level and you've already got three classes. So what kind of Base Attack Bonus are you sporting there now?\
223'''Jenny:''' I don't want to talk about it.
224* ModestyBedsheet: [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0622.html Check,]] to show how successful Belkar was at seducing her.
225* MusicForCourage: Like all bards, she has spells for music.
226* TakeThatKiss: She's the victim of one at Belkar's hands (or rather, lips) halfway through a fight, [[InstantSeduction and is so enamored by him]] that she begs him to remember her when he leaves, which is how their brief relationship starts.
227[[/folder]]
228
229[[folder:Old Blind Pete]]
230!!Old Blind Pete (formerly Eagle-Eyed Pete)
231[[quoteright:100:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2017_03_09_at_52503_pm.png]]
232
233->''"A word of advice: If you're going to do business with criminals, don't pick a nickname based on any body part you can't afford to lose."''
234
235->'''Race:''' Human\
236'''Gender:''' Male\
237'''Class:''' Rogue\
238'''Alignment:''' Unknown (probably Chaotic Neutral)
239
240An old blind man who was Haley's friend when she was still in the Thieves' Guild. He used to be called "Eagle-Eyed Pete" before he had his eyes removed after selling Guild secrets to Bozzok's enemies.
241----
242* AffluentAscetic: His home is fairly sparsely decorated, but it's big enough to have a few dozen people running around engaging in battle and even fly, has a large basement complete with scry-proofing (done by a cleric who overcharges due to the risks involved in going against the Thieves' Guild), and possesses multiple powerful magical items he puts on display, including a +5 Icy Burst Bow (which would be worth almost 100,000 gp).
243* BlindBlackGuy: He's blind, and he's dark-skinned. Unlike many examples of the trope, though, [[spoiler:he's not benevolent]].
244* BlindPeopleWearSunglasses: Old Blind Pete (formerly Eagle-Eyed Pete) wears shaded round glasses, in case the nickname and the eye-bruising purple-and-orange outfit weren't enough of a hint. Might be because the ThievesGuild [[EyeScream stabbed out his eyes]] -- twice -- in retribution for [[TheStoolPigeon selling its secrets]].
245* ChildhoodFriends: With the Cleric of Loki, which is why they have their under-the-table business. [[spoiler:Pete betrays him.]]
246* GoryDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:The Cleric of Loki bashing his head in takes place just off-panel. Even when Celia and Haley come across his body, it isn't seen on-screen and the two merely comment on the sight.]]
247* ImpossiblyTackyClothes: When he gets his sight back, he's upset that nobody told him he had been wearing purple and orange together.
248* ImprobableAimingSkills: He was an archer in his youth and was even called "Eagle-Eyed Pete", presumably for his accuracy with arrows.
249* KarmicDeath: "Maybe we ought to start calling you... 'Brainy Pete'." One guess what organ Pete loses.
250* MakeAnExampleOfThem: Pete was blinded because he was caught selling Bozzok's secrets to his rivals.
251* NamedAfterTheInjury: Was blinded by Bozzok as punishment for selling Thieves' Guild secrets. Before that he was Eagle-Eyed Pete.
252* NotInTheFace: [[spoiler:"Please don't stab my eyes out, please don't stab my eyes out, please don't stab my eyes out..."]]
253* OhCrap: He has this reaction [[spoiler:when he realizes the Cleric of Loki is about to kill him messily.]]
254* TooDumbToLive: He returns to his house in the middle of a guild operation involving several dangerous belligerents [[spoiler:whom he personally betrayed. Naturally his death is quick and painful]].
255* TurnCoat: [[spoiler:Betrays Haley, Celia, Belkar, and his Cleric friend to the Thieves' Guild, so he could get his vision back.]]
256[[/folder]]
257
258!Other
259
260[[folder:Hieronymus Grubwiggler]]
261!!Hieronymus Grubwiggler
262[[quoteright:100:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2017_03_09_at_52415_pm.png]]
263
264->''"And indeed, he is not undead -- he's a construct, bones animated by an earth elemental spirit bound under my control.\
265[-Which I guess technically makes my statement of, 'It's alive,' inaccurate, but I just love saying that.-]"''
266
267->'''Race:''' Human (presumably)\
268'''Gender:''' Male\
269'''Class:''' Wizard\
270'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil
271%% Alignment confirmed by Word of the Giant.
272
273A wizard specialized in the creation of flesh {{golem}}s, whom Celia hires, mistakenly thinking he's a cleric. Has a deal with the Greysky City Thieves' Guild to avoid further looting of his estate, Haley having done so already twice in the past.
274----
275* AllThereInTheManual: In the print version of ''Don't Split the Party'', [[spoiler:Giro and Grubwiggler are killed by Crystal.]] The main comic later shows the latter in a flashback panel.
276* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:In Book 6, we learn that Bozzok had Grubwiggler resurrected after Crystal killed him, so that he could make a flesh golem out of his very own killer.]]
277* BaldOfEvil: No hair on his head at all.
278* EvenEvilHasStandards: He won't create undead, but bone or flesh golems are fine.
279* EvilMakesYouUgly: He has green and warthy-looking skin, probably as a result of his unnatural experiments, as part of the ObviouslyEvil package.
280* ExactWords: "I promise, no undead. Vile, loathsome things. I would never create or use them." Fortunately, golems are constructs and not undead.
281* ForScience: He hates the guild's politics and just wants to be left alone to do his research. It's also part of the reason why [[spoiler:he accepted to make Crystal into an intelligent flesh golem: he wanted to see what would happen.]]
282* FrankensteinsMonster: What he creates, complete with the obligatory statement, "It's alive! [+ALIVE!!!+]"
283* GraveRobbing: He doesn't do the dirty job himself, but he pays for corpses.
284* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: His attitude toward Celia when she refuses to pay him, though his interest in her body is explicitly for "spare parts".
285* KarmaHoudini: Skips out after [[spoiler:Crystal turns on Bozzok]] and faces no punishment for his role in these events.
286* KilledMidSentence: By Crystal. He gets resurrected.
287* LightningCanDoAnything: Such as animating golems.
288* LukeNounverber: "Grubwiggler"
289* MadScientist: The quintessential one; his lab, his assistant, and his golems are part of the parody.
290* MadScientistLaboratory: We got the darkness, the table with the straps, Tesla coils, you name it.
291* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: He ditches Bozzok while [[spoiler:Bozzok is getting beaten to death]] because he is sick of the Guild's politics interfering with his work. Understandable given the Guild had robbed him repeatedly and killed him at one point, despite him paying for their extortionate "protection".
292* {{Necromancer}}: Though he doesn't create undead, he's still animating dead bodies.
293* ObviouslyEvil: Not just him, but his hideout too. Even Celia notices.
294-->'''Celia:''' Oh my gods! Looks at this place! It's like you got your furnishings from Hate & Barrel!
295* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: His lesson on why Bozzok wanting to pay extra for a self-aware golem is incredibly stupid, and ruin the whole point of having a golem, [[WhatWereYouThinking is delivered matter-of-factly but is clearly insulting]].
296-->'''Grubwiggler:''' If you were willing to pay me extra to craft a golem that gives up the main benefit of employing a golem, who was I to argue? Also I was to curious to see what would happen. Now I know.
297* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Bozzok [[spoiler:is being beaten to death by Crystal]], he refuses to help him because he is sick of the thieves interrupting his research, and calls Bozzok out on his stupidity. He then teleports away.
298* SicklyGreenGlow: The color of his magic aura.
299* WizardBeard: He has a beard and he is an old wizard class character.
300* YourLittleDismissiveDiminutive: When he tells Bozzok that he has had enough of being dragged into Thieves' Guild's squabbles.
301-->'''Grubwiggler:''' I'm sick of your banal little guild's petty intrigues interfering with my magical research.
302[[/folder]]
303
304[[folder:Giro]]
305!!Giro
306[[quoteright:100:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2017_03_13_at_30133_pm.png]]
307
308->''"I'm not even a real hunchback! I stuffed my hump to get this job!"''
309
310->'''Race:''' Human (presumably)\
311'''Gender:''' Male\
312'''Class:''' Unknown\
313'''Alignment:''' Unknown
314
315The stereotypical assistant to Grubwiggler's stereotypical mad scientist.
316----
317* EvilMakesYouUgly: He shares Grubwiggler's green and warthy-looking skin, although like his hump it might be faked just to fit in his role.
318* TheIgor: He fits the role of the typical MadScientist assistant as faithfully as possible, including the slavering devotion to his master, the ugliness and the hump (although that one at least is fake).
319* ObfuscatingDisability: He isn't a real hunchback -- he stuffed something in his shirt to get the job.
320* SignificantAnagram: Just in case it isn't completely obvious already he's TheIgor for Hieronymus Grubwiggler, his name is an anagram of "Igor".
321[[/folder]]
322
323[[folder:Cleric of Loki]]
324!!Cleric of Loki
325[[quoteright:100:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2017_03_09_at_51917_pm.png]]
326
327->''"Look, I'm happy to help out a friend of Pete's, but you have to make it worth the huge risk I'm taking."''
328
329->'''Race:''' Human\
330'''Gender:''' Male\
331'''Class:''' Cleric\
332'''Alignment:''' Unknown (probably Chaotic Neutral)
333%% If we assumes Loki is Chaotic Evil, his clerics cannot be True Neutral.
334
335A nameless Cleric of Loki that Pete hires to heal Belkar and send a message to Haley's friends.
336----
337* AmbiguousSyntax: When one of the guild members refers to him as a "rogue cleric," another says he can't be too dangerous with that kind of unfavorable multiclassing. The first then clarifies he means a cleric who has betrayed them, not that he has levels in both classes.
338* ChildhoodFriends: With Pete. [[spoiler:He's dismayed when Pete betrays them, and accepts Belkar's advice to kill him.]]
339* CombatMedic: He un-curses Belkar, and assists him and Mr. Scruffy in escaping, by killing some enemies and healing Belkar.
340* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: The Thieves' Guild {{Mooks}} who come after him don't regard him as much of a threat, and individually he might not be, but with Belkar doing the heavy hitting, he's plenty capable with his mace and offensive cleric spells.
341* DarkIsNotEvil: With the black armor, red cape, and worship of Loki he looks bad, but he's rather neutral.
342* DecompositeCharacter: Initially believed to be one from Hilgya (who'd been the only cleric of Loki to appear in the strip and was still in NeverFoundTheBody territory) but {{Jossed}} by the Giant, saying he needed a cleric for the plot and picked Loki for a believable enough god for a criminal cleric to worship.
343* EtTuBrute: He does not take [[spoiler:Pete's betrayal]] well. At Belkar's suggestion, [[GoryDiscretionShot he finishes him off by smashing his head to bits.]]
344* HealingHands: As a cleric he can use healing spells, and removes Belkar's ''mark of justice'' curse.
345* MauveShirt: "I don't want to die, I've only been in one strip so far!" [[spoiler:He survives.]]
346* NoNameGiven: InvokedTrope. He keeps his name untold, as he doesn't want to be identified by the Thieves' Guild.
347* PreMortemOneLiner: "Maybe we ought to start calling you... 'Brainy Pete'."
348* ProperlyParanoid: Believes that a panel cutaway means that people are planning on killing him. They are.
349* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Skips town after the whole ordeal; he offers Belkar a job as a bodyguard, but Belkar declines, and the Cleric leaves on his own.
350* WorfHadTheFlu: As a cleric strong enough to cast ''sending'', it's explained why he isn't strong enough to try to fight the thieves himself or escape the area: he was on healing duty in the temple, and as a cleric of an evil god, he can't convert prepared spells into healing, so most of his spell list that day is just ''cure wounds'' or ''cure disease''.
351[[/folder]]

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