Characters from the third and seventh seasons of Dimension 20.

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The Dream Team

In General

Big Applesauce: Everyone is a proud New Yorker.
The Chosen Many: In the Dream Team alone, there are three ( later five) Chosen Ones all of whom serve different purposes and are elected to protect different parts of New York.
- Pete and Kingston are the Vox Phantasma and the Vox Populi respectively, and each are responsible for being the voice and protector of their respective realms, the Dreaming World and the Waking World. In fact, the two of them are the first Vox Phantasma and Populi to be active at the same time.
- Ricky is the Champion of the Questing Blade, which he later discovers to be one of many throughout history that are tasked with defending great cities (along with New York, Camelot and Ur are also listed). At the end of Chapter I, Ricky bequeaths Dale his Questing Blade which in Chapter II passes to Cody after Dale gives it up.
- Sofia is an interesting case. In the Order of the Concrete Fist there is a prophecy that states a member is destined to ascend to the top of the Empire State Building where someone will be there to choose them to defend New York in a time where a great catastrophe will befall the city. Her husband Dale was thought to be the Chosen One until they died, but it actually was Sofia who discovered nobody was waiting at the top of the Empire State Building, and unlike most stories with a Chosen One she had to choose herself.
- Even Kugrash turns out to be one, as as the Dragon of Bleeker Street tasked his three totem spirits to find an individual that helps and remembers the homeless and forgotten and support him, and they chose Kugrash.
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- The two Voxes are a strong study in contrast, and their opposing personalities both complement each other very well and cause them to clash on occasion.
  - Pete is selfish and hedonistic whereas Kingston is selfless and rarely indulges in his vices. On a less serious note, Pete is jumpy, kinda snarky, and goofy, while Kingston is serious, steadfast, and polite.
  - Kingston's magic manifests in soft, golden hues and he often uses it for support and healing, while Pete's sorcery, which he uses almost exclusively offensively as the team's nuker, is unpredictable and often colorful, phantasmagorical and explosive.
  - Kingston is well-versed and familiar with the goings-on of the Unsleeping City, having been the Vox Populi for 20+ years, whereas Pete was appointed as the Vox Phantasma only recently and is still learning the ropes.
- Sofia and Ricky also contrast each other, though this doesn't cause conflict between them.
  - They're both the physical fighters of the team, and are on par with each other damage wise, but while Sofia is frailer and deals fewer damage per attack many times per turn, Ricky is tougher and packs a whole lot more punch with each of his attacks, even though he has far fewer of them per turn.
  - Ricky is the most childish of the team, and is often compared to Superman due to his public acts of heroism and his strict honour code, while Sofia acts as the Team Mom of the group, and later scours the nights of New York to help people in need, much like Batman.
  - Regarding their personal lives, at the top of the series, Sofia struggles with alcoholism, and the romantic aspect of her life is about coping with the loss of her husband, while Ricky only eats the healthiest food possible, and his romantic life is revolving around his crush on Esther.
- In Chapter II, Ricky finds a foil in fellow paladin Cody.
  - Ricky is an Oath of Devotion ( later Oath of Redemption) paladin, which presents itself as a holy, shining aura related to his kindness and devotion to his civic duty. Cody on the other hand is an Oathbreaker paladin, and his powers are of devilish origin which manifest in an unholy aesthetic of fire and brimstone. One of his abilities includes emanating a powerful aura of fear and hatred, as opposed to Ricky's, which is designed to boost and buff his allies in combat.
  - Ricky is friendly with almost everyone, relaxed and safety-conscious. Cody is anti-social and a major Jerkass, hot-tempered and prone to injuring himself on multiple occasions.
Shabby Heroes, Well-Dressed Villains: In Chapter I, Kugrash, Pete, and to a lesser extent Kingston, wear worn-out clothes with no refinement at all in their styling (MTA rags, long jacket with no shirt, old wearied longcoat with simple clothes), while Robert Moses and his close allies wear tasteful suits. In addition, Misty, who's more amoral than the rest of the team, is dressed in a flamboyant, expensive outfit.
Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism: As the most present theme in the season is duality, it's normal that this trope sees a lot of use. Outside of Misty, who's a fairy and therefore has a very alien sense of morality, the PCs of Chapter I have a wide array of positions on this scale:
- Ricky is by far the most idealistic and principled character in the entire show. He believes in doing the right thing, lives by that principle, and is the only person in the party to not have killed or considered killing an actual living human. Nevertheless, he's not all naive, and proves that his philosophy of life is much more thought out than could be assumed from his behaviour when the rebuttal he gives to Kingston about potentially killing Pete is the only one that's not immediately rejected by Kingston
  Ricky: I'm all for keeping New York safe, but that includes Pete, in my mind.
- Sofia is a nice and kind woman whose desire to protect others from nasty people has gotten her into quite a few scraps and who believes in love above all else, but she's part of an order that is specifically axed on pragmatism and realism, and is pretty comfortable with violence, murder, and scamming bars. Interestingly, as her separation from Dale becomes more pronounced in Chapter II, she grows both more jaded and more idealistic, forsaking her order's credo of pragmatism for a philosophy more in line with the Dreaming World, but being more deceitful, mistrustful, and harsher when it comes to dealing with Cody.
- Kugrash is introduced to us as a very pessimistic and jaded person, which would be understandable, considering his life is really shitty by his own admission. However, after the reveal that he used to be a human Amoral Attorney who was cursed to be a rat man, he shows a great deal of compassion and trust in the good of other people, because if he cannot believe in the redemption of others, he cannot believe in his own redemption.
- Kingston holds the same belief in doing the right thing than Ricky, but unlike him, he's much less scrupulous and more practical when it comes to stopping threats to his city. He's the first to propose murder when it comes to people dangerous to his city, even if they happen to be one of his closest friends and his surrogate son. His work as the Vox Populi, and even before, his willingness to sacrifice everything in his life to help those around him, have also greatly impacted his worldview, to the point where he doesn't even have enough thoughts for himself to be affected by the Dream magic of Nod.
- Pete is completely selfish and detached because, as Nod points out, he hasn't had anyone truly taking care of him. Additional content reveals that, had the tension between him and Kingston not deescalated, his player would have made him to be an antagonist, as they believe that he's the exact type of person to cut ties for something like that. In addition, he finds Ricky's boy-scout personality annoying at first, and when Kingston warns him against selling stuff to his family, he says that he doesn't create desire in people, but draws on their already-existing desire to sell them drugs.
Technical Pacifists: Unlike most D&D parties, they usually don't kill people. They do use lethal force in fights, but the fact that most of their enemies are either from the Dreaming World, and can come back from the dead very easily, or undead, and therefore aren't really killed, means that most of them have a kill count of zeros. When they face actually living people from the Waking World, they're much more careful not to kill them.
Technologically Blind Elders: Downplayed. Kingston, Kugrash, Iga, and, surprisingly, considering she's far younger than the rest of them, Sofia all have troubles with technology, but they manage to get by enough to not need assistance, except for Kugrash, who last touched a computer in the 70's or so.
Two Girls to a Team: Unlike Fantasy High, the team is made up of four men and two women. This is still maintained in Chapter II when two of the original party members are switched out.
What You Are in the Dark: In the final episode, The American Dream offers each member of the Dream Team exactly what they want if they agree to let it win. Just to make sure that this is a true example of this, Brennan makes every other player leave the room when the offers are made. Every single one of them rejects the offer.

Pete Conlan

Peter "the Plug" Conlan

Played by: Ally Beardsley

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Chapter I

^{Click here to see Chapter II Pete}

"I panicked, man. You never say your real name!"

Race: Human^*
Class: Sorcerer (Wild Magic)
Neighborhood: Astoria, Queens (formerly Greenpoint, Brooklyn)

A young transgender drug dealer who's stumbled upon the city's magic through sheer chance and a mouthful of shrooms.

Anti-Hero: He starts out Chapter I as a selfish, deceitful, irresponsible man who doesn't really care about who he hurts with his drug dealing, but he does have a good heart.
Badass Longcoat: His first outfit includes a cool longcoat with no shirt, and he's a very powerful sorcerer.
Bad Powers, Good People: He may be a drug dealer, but Pete's not a bad guy. His magic isn't precisely evil, either - but given that it's drawn from dreams and nightmares alike, his spellwork can have unpredictable outcomes, and its sources are often horrifying in retrospect. For example, his scorching ray is channeling the spirits of everyone who's burned to death in their sleep in NYC.
- This becomes a Zig-Zagged Trope when we see and learn more about him and the role of the Vox Phantasma. While Pete isn't truly evil, he actively scours the darkness with his lifestyle, more so than the previous Vox Phantasma, whose magic was drawn from the beautiful dreams of New Yorkers due to her kinder, happier disposition. When Pete decides to go straight, his magic is no longer fueled by dark dreams anymore, showing the beginning of his Character Development.
Beyond the Impossible: Due to Ally's tendency to roll just right in the most significant moments, Pete manages to see past the American Dream's physical appearance to see its true form, and thus understanding how much he lied to our heroes.
- In Chapter II, he rolls no less than 3 of these:
  - In his first encounter with Null, all alone, and on its turf, Ally manages to roll a Nat 20 when any other roll would have ended up with Pete dead. It's likened to punching a shark on the nose, in that it’s not very damaging, but it’s stunning and bold enough to cause a much more dangerous creature to flee. This ends up driving Null out of the Sixth Borough temporarily.
  - In the fight at the Gramercy Occult Society, on one of his Wild Magic surges, Pete gains a use of the Reincarnate spell on himself if he died in the next minute. Because of Sofia's efforts to bring Dale back, and JJ's breakthroughs in using Umbra to do time travel, it was adjudicated that this would count as resurrecting Dale.
  - In the final episode, Kingston has the opportunity to roll for Divine Intervention, and manages to roll, among other numbers, a 15, as he needed to roll a 12 or lower on a d100. This number being low enough to be significantly affected by a d4, Pete used Bend luck, and rolled a 4, allowing for Divine Intervention to happen, and greatly helping our heroes.
Body Horror: Being a Wild Magic Sorcerer who is the Vox Phantasma, but also perpetually on hard drugs tended to make his magic manifest thusly. Spells would do things like forcibly explode out of his arms, destroying them, and causing them to re-stitch themselves back together afterwards.
By the Power of Grayskull!:
Pete: [To Titania, Queen of the Fae] With the power of the Dream World - fuck off! [Launches high-level Fireball]
Character Development: Goes from a selfish, lying addict and drug dealer who doesn't consider the consequences of his actions and becomes a kinder, more self-assured person who gets clean and comes to understand, even control, the scope of his powers as the Vox Phantasma. The difference in character is apparent in Chapter II, where Pete is sober with a steady, legal job and now acts as the voice of reason to Cody, a new recruit to the Unsleeping City who wreaks havoc with his newfound powers like Pete once did.
The Chosen One: One of two, along with Kingston. Pete is the Vox Phantasma, an avatar of Nod and the dreams, nightmares and wishes of New York's residents.
Compulsive Liar: He's wary of every person he meets, and will often opt to introduce himself under a pseudonym so that they can't rat him out to the cops. Even three years later as an honest bookstore clerk, he's managed to barely break the habit.
Cowboy: Gives off this visual aesthetic, what with the nice looking Stetson and holstered gun on his hip. He's also mentioned growing up on a farm in a small town.
Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: He manages to cast Banishment on Null, an incomprehensibly powerful entity, courtesy of a Nat 20 from Ally. It was compared by Brennan as punching a shark in the nose and scaring it away.
Entropy and Chaos Magic: Being a Wild Magic sorcerer, this is how his magic manifests. Any time Pete casts a spell, there is an accumulating chance that a surge of magic happens and a random effect occurs, ranging from making himself float, making other objects float and generating multicolored light capable of incinerating twenty vampires.
Familiar: Has a rainbow butterfly named Luna as a Familiar in Chapter II.
Friend to All Children: Pete's biggest soft spot is children, and is at first the root of his heroism (see What You Are in the Dark). He also becomes a bookstore worker who inducts young, imaginative, and creative children into the Unsleeping City to allow them to experience a world which they desire to see.
Functional Addict: At first, Pete is perpetually high on a multitude of medications and recreational drugs, but he can otherwise function just fine.
Going Cold Turkey: After the disastrous events in Astoria, Queens and rescuing Nod from Robert Moses, Pete decides to give up both using and dealing drugs, instead committing to his role as the Vox Phantasma.
Heel Realization: After Going Cold Turkey, he goes to meet up with 53\/3N for a refill, and a normal briefing between the two smacks him in the face with how fucked up his occupation is, leading him to fully dissociate for the rest of the discussion.
Mushroom Samba: Experiences one after literally ingesting some shrooms. But it could possibly be magic too?
No-Sell: After Tony crushes his throat to stop him from casting spells with verbal components, Pete feigns being affected, then mockingly puts a finger over his mouth before using Subtle Spell ^note to send a Fireball towards one of the traitor wizards.
Not Good with Rejection: If the wall of text he's leaving his ex is any indication. Fortunately he gets over her and develops into a much better person as a result.
Off the Wagon: Not on-screen, but in his introduction in Chapter II, which takes place 3 years after the events of Chapter I, he sports a 60-day chip, meaning he's had at least one relapse in the mean-time
Running Gag: He will not stop eating his hallucinogics while people explain him things. When he goes cold turkey, he replaces the hallucinogenics with snacks.
The Paranoiac: Downplayed. He's distrustful of everyone he meets and never reveals his name unless it's necessary or his interlocutor has proven themself trustworthy of him. The reason this trait of his is less pronounced than other examples of this trope is that he's currently on antipsychotics to treat his paranoia.
Pretty Fly for a White Guy: Pete listens to rap, is given a magical grill (even to Ally's hesitation as a white person), and is playfully made fun of for being a white man who beat Kingston's black father in a game of Dominoes.
Recovered Addict: As of Chapter II, he is completely sober.
The Runaway: Being the only transgender person in his entire hometown and having an unsympathetic father lead Pete to become one.
Spell My Name with a "The": In Chapter I, he is never referred to with his last name, only "Pete The Plug.
Squishy Wizard: His status as Vox Phantasma makes him the party's offensive caster. However, if he takes more than a few hits, he's down for the count, having the lowest hit die value of the party (a d6).
Supernaturally-Validated Trans Person: Not only does the will of Nod punishes his father for trying to call him by his deadname, but during the fight against Null on Ellis Island, he encounters his ancestors, who tell him a prophecy which, amongst other things, say that they will meet a young man who knew his name before anyone else.
Trademark Favorite Food: Cherry Tomatoes, which serve as a major part of his journey to sobriety.
Trans Nature: A young trans man who is first introduced in a doctor's office, having recently undergone top surgery.
Voice of the Legion: His voice is backed up by thousands of New Yorkers' dreaming spirits as he addresses Null, basically declaring war on it, befitting of his title as the Vox Phantasma.
Walking Shirtless Scene: His two outfits bare his chest.
What You Are in the Dark: As everyone in the campaign is doubting Pete due to his darker nature than the previous Vox Phantasma's and the rest of the heroes, he demonstrates that his allegiance is ultimately to the side of good as he immediately reaches to protect Nod when Robert Moses pulls them in the Waking World in order to badly hurt/kill them.

Sofia Lee

Sofia Lee (née Bicicleta)

Played by: Emily Axford

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Chapter I

^{Click here to see Chapter II Sofia}

"I don't know what the fuck else is going on, but I can fight."

Race: Human
Class: Monk (Way of Shadow; formerly Way of the Drunken Master) / Warlock (The Hexblade)
Neighborhood: Staten Island

A recently divorced hairdresser who's trying to rebuild her life.

Always Save the Girl: If she sees a young woman in what appears to be a bad situation, Sofia will get involved.
Bare-Fisted Monk: Generally uses her fists to brawl.
Brooklyn Rage: Do NOT mess with her. She will throw hands.
Combat Stilettos: Her heels are used fully during combat.
Crusading Widower: Once it's revealed that Dale actually was murdered by Isabella Infierno, Sofia vows to kill her and avenge Dale's death. She eventually succeeds in "Panic at the Art Show," getting the killing blow on the succubus.
Drowning My Sorrows: Been hitting the bottle hard since her divorce. After the end of the first campaign, she goes on a nine-month bender after Kugrash's sacrifice.
Drunken Master: Her specific Monk subclass. Sofia becomes a better fighter the more intoxicated she is.
Earn Your Happy Ending: After an entire season and a half spent struggling with Dale's death, whether it's coming to terms with it, waiting for his escapes from Heaven, or finding a way to bring him back to life (the latter causing her to fall from grace in the eyes of the Order of the Concrete Fist), she finally gets him back in the penultimate episode, thanks to an enormous number of factors ^note
Good Old Fisticuffs: Though she's mechanically a Monk, her fighting skills don't come from any martial art training, much less ones that actual monks would be trained in, but from her being a short-tempered woman who got into many fights in her life. Essentially, she's closer to a bar brawler than any actual martial artist.
Fragile Speedster: In opposition to Ricky. Her unarmed strikes are less powerful and she can't withstand much punishment, but she gets much more hits in one turn, has naturally high mobility that she can boost with ki points, and her high armor class comes from her dodging rather than blocking.
How the Mighty Have Fallen: Sofia becomes the First Fist of the Order of the Concrete Fist in Chapter I. However, in Chapter II, she's deposed from the monastery after being Caught on Tape denouncing the Order's creed.
Heartbroken Badass: She's clearly reeling from the divorce, but she's also one of the party's most effective fighters.
- It becomes even worse when she learns that Dale is in reality dead, having several breakdowns over it and becoming completely desperate to bring him back to life.
In-Series Nickname: "Sofie Bikes".
Kicking Ass in All Her Finery: As stylish as Fran Drescher but willing to fight with her bare hands.
Kindhearted Cat Lover: Develops an immediate rapport with La Gran Gata and happily becomes a warlock for her.
Kung-Fu Wizard: Takes a level in warlock in "We Need To Talk About Pete" after accepting La Gran Gata as her patron. Supplementing her martial arts skills Sofia becomes capable of using Hexblade's Curse and casting cantrips and spells.
Lady Drunk: She's been sipping some sangria in the salon well before 10 AM.
Mama Bear: She always looks out for people (especially young women) who might be taken advantage of, even if she's just met them.
Mighty Whitey: Despite being Italian-American, Sophia's class is based on Buddhist monks and various martial arts, and becomes the leader of an otherwise mostly Asian monastery because of her natural brawler skills and having cracked the riddle of the Chosen One.
Mystical Pregnancy: In Chapter II, Sophia takes a pregnancy test and finds out she's pregnant with her late husband Dale's baby. Since Dale is now an angel, the fetus is half-celestial and therefore completely invincible.
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Sofia's offering to Tony Simos to rescue his wife from the clutches of Null, possibly the most merciful offer a villain ever received from the heroes of New York, is rewarded by him kidnapping her best friend and trying to destroy the entirety of the Dreaming World.
Not So Similar: She's offended when a devil suggests that Staten Island and New Jersey are basically the same.
Pals with Jesus: Meets Jesus around Christmastime in Chapter II and even gets his number.
Platonic Life-Partners: Quickly forms a close bond with Kugrash, who even pre-game had helped Sofie on a previous occasion. In Chapter II, memories or mentions of Kugrash actually act as triggers for her alcoholism.
Recovered Addict: As of Chapter II, she is completely sober.
Taking Up the Mantle: Post-Chapter II, she decides to take up Kugrash's mantle as the person who remembers and helps the homeless and forgotten (though she tries to leave the smell out of the equation).
Trash Talk: Coming from a very confrontational family where arguments are the norm, it'd make sense that she would be good at it, and she's very good at it.
Sofia: (to Tony Simos) I just want to say right now, what do you want me to tell Heather Simos when I find her and I say, "I'm sorry, Tony passed"?
The Unchosen One: Despite her title being "Chosen One", she was just the first person to understand that, following the order's motto, she just had to choose herself.

Ricky Matsui

Played by: Zac Oyama

Chapter I

^{Click here to see Chapter II Ricky}

"Just… promise me you’ll be careful ‘cause you seem like you won't!"

Race: Human
Class: Paladin (Oath of Devotion formerly, Oath of Redemption currently)
Neighborhood: Clinton Hill, Brooklyn (formerly Cobble Hill, Brooklyn)

A heroic firefighter who has only recently started working alongside the magic veil of the city.

Achievements in Ignorance: After detecting the smell of smoke coming from Staten Island, Ricky immediately jumps into the Hudson and swims across in two and a half minutes, getting to Sofia's house just in time to put out the fire and keep it from burning to the ground. He states he was just doing what anyone would do, only to be informed that that was not even close to a normal response and his feat was near superhuman.
Asian Airhead: Ricky is Japanese, good-looking, and, in the words of his own love interest, "so fucking dumb." Ricky, for his part, seems both aware of this and unselfconscious about it.
Batman Grabs a Gun: Throughout chapter II, Ricky does his best to remain a Martial Pacifist... until Tony Simos decides to kidnap Esther, taking up her baseball bat and eventually dealing 90 damage in a single turn to Tony.
Beware the Nice Ones: While his naive and mellow attitude would suggest otherwise, Ricky is incredibly powerful, and won't hesitate to fight anyone who threatens New York's safety.
The Big Guy: The strongest and most durable fighter of the team, filling the role of tank in the team. Oddly enough, though he's much more muscular than any of his teammates and 5'8" are nothing to scoff at, he isn't significantly taller than them, being only an inch taller than Sofia and actually smaller than Pete and Kingston, who stand respectively at 5'9, pushing 10, and 6'2".
Brooklyn Rage: Averted. Despite hailing from Brooklyn and being the most physically formidable human we've seen in the show, he's a pretty chill dude who can't even bring himself to openly dislike anyone.
Charles Atlas Superpower: Ricky at one point swims across the Hudson River - during winter through freezing cold water - from Manhattan to Staten Island to save Sofia's house from burning down in what a news reporter later describes as a "record breaking two-and-a-half minute swim" that was "bordering on super-heroic."
Chronic Hero Syndrome: Ricky is hellbent on helping and saving anyone he can, no matter the way, and refuses to harm the people of New York, with very few exceptions for the most vile villains of the show. In fact, he's so selfless that the only desire that wasn't completely altruistic in Chapter I was wanting to date Esther.
- Deconstructed in Chapter II. Ricky's life has revolved about other people's lives so much that, when he finds himself in situations where he doesn't have to save anyone, he struggles to find his own personal identity. He finally finds it in founding a family with Esther.
Dark Secret: Parodied. He claims his secret is... he wasn't always a firefighter, but used to be in high school before, with a year and a half in community college in between. He doesn't seem to be aware that is not a secret, but just a normal life path.
Dumb Is Good: As with Gorgug, he is simultaneously the least intellectual and nicest member of the party.
The Fettered: Fitting for a paladin, he's very conscientious of safety precautions, of morality and ethics, and is the most honourable of our heroes.
Full-Frontal Assault: In "Broadway Brawl" he strips down to his birthday suit to distract the audience during the performance-turned-battle.
Heroes Prefer Swords: Averted. His Questing Blade is an axe and not a sword, and in Chapter II, he gets numerous opportunities to take up magic swords but declines because they don't feel right for him. Eventually, he settles on Esther's magic baseball bat.
Heroic Fire Rescue: His introduction is a textbook case.
Heroic Sacrifice: In the climactic battle, Ricky gives up his life in order to destroy the American Dream's corporeal form and prevent it from crossing over into the Waking World. Fortunately, thanks to Kingston, he is revived soon after.
Heroes Love Dogs: His summoned steed is a dalmatian of pure light named Ox. That said, Ricky doesn't actually ride him and just runs alongside him as if Ox was granting him Super-Speed.
House Husband: He becomes one after the events of Chapter II, being mostly focused on being a good father to his daughter Alejandra.
Humble Hero: Ricky always performs his heroic duties - both as a firefighter and champion of the Questing Blade - with no trace of arrogance, merely seeing it as doing his civic duty. Zigzagged in Chapter II, after the Questing Blade chooses Cody instead of him and he has to struggle with his new feelings of envy and frustration. He even finds a magical sword called the Peasant's Sword that works better the more humble the wielder is - which would've fit him to a tee if he wasn't dealing with his feelings that he deserved the Questing Blade back.
Incorruptible Pure Pureness: Ricky has zero traces of jaded cynicism that would be typical of any New Yorker. Not even Grandma Sinclair could find darkness in his heart, and Kingston had to go to Heaven to bring him back to life, something that only happens with the purest souls there are.
Lightning Bruiser: Ox's bonus to his speed and Pete's habit of casting Haste on him makes him extremely fast without taking away his tank status.
Made of Iron: He naturally has an AC of 18 due to having the benefits of a full plate armor without wearing it, meaning that his muscles are so strong that they can stop attacks incoming.
Magical Asian: Intentionally averted. Although he is an Asian man with magical power, his player specifically chose to have them come from his sense of Civic Duty rather than any 'ancient Japanese magic'.
Magic Knight: Since he's a paladin, he's primarily a melee fighter with a few support spells and the power to empower his attacks with Smites.
Mighty Glacier: In opposition to Sofia. He has far fewer attacks in a turn than she does, but he's much more resilient, bearing the highest HPs of the party and a high AC due to being Made of Iron, and deals way more damage in a single attack.
Mr. Fanservice: Why yes! He IS Mr. March of the yearly FDNY calendar!
Nice Guy: Really sweet with kids and just a beam of sunshine.
O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Ricky is genuinely kind and tries to be nice towards everyone, and hardly ever swears. He even takes an Oath of Redemption in Chapter II, turning into a Martial Pacifist and focusing more on support. So when he tells Tony Simos "get fucked, dude" and unleashes 90 points of damage on him ^note, you know you've pissed him off.
Ricky: You know, at best, we were non-entities to each other, and now I really want to ... I need a fucking weapon!
- The first time Esther hears him drop a cuss word, she is so shocked she drops her cup.
The Paladin: Ricky has access to paladin powers like Lay on Hands and Divine Sense. He also gives off a holy aura, but rather than being connected to any particular god, it originates with the ideals of safety and civic responsibility.
Passing the Torch: At the end of the first Unsleeping City, he gives up his Questing Blade and passes it onto Dale. In Chapter II, when Ricky tries to take the blade back, it turns out the torch in question has feelings about being passed on without its permission.
Running Gag: Whenever he texts a photo to someone of something serious or plot-related, he usually takes it as a goofy selfie.
Super-Senses: Ever since he was turned into a dog during the Bugster fight, Ricky has retained a keen sense of hearing and smell beyond normal human limits. This presents as advantage on olfactory and auditory-related Perception checks.
Stepford Smiler: Ricky has trouble articulating his more negative emotions which he usually hides behind a smile or a relaxed attitude. Esther and Sofia pick up on this, and let Ricky know it's alright to not be happy all the time, but even then he remains uncomfortable presenting as anything other than positive. It becomes especially difficult when the Questing Blade chooses Cody as its new champion instead of Ricky once more as he expected, and struggles to keep a lid on his obvious frustration and anger.
Taking Up the Mantle: Between chapters I and II, he quits being a fireman and becomes a homeless helper in memory of Kugrash. This in turn links him to Kugrash's three totem spirits, who gave Kugrash his druidic magic because he was helping the homeless.
Weapons of Their Trade: He's a fireman and his Questing Blade takes the form of a fireman's axe.
With Catlike Tread: Mechanically, he has the defensive attributes of plate armour, which causes him to have disadvantage on Stealth checks. In-Universe, however, this disadvantage comes from being too damn sexy to go unnoticed.

Kingston Brown

Played by: Lou Wilson

Chapter I

^{Click here to see Chapter II Kingston}

"We're family. We take care of each other, all right? You're on the block, you come ask Kingston."

Race: Human
Class: Cleric (City Domain)
Neighborhood: Harlem, Manhattan

A proud Harlemite who works as a nurse at St. Owen's hospital and is very savvy about the magical underground.

All-Loving Hero: Averted. He will help as many people as people and he is very empathetic, but he doesn't have a problem with disliking and outright hating people.
Badass Longcoat: Often seen in a snazzy black duster. It's passed down from his grandfather, who bought it shortly after his wedding.
Berserk Button: Threatening and harming his family is one for Kingston and will set him on a righteous warpath against anyone who does. When Robert Moses sends vampires to assault Liz so badly she gets sent to the hospital, Kingston falls into a terrifying rage, as detailed in the trope below.
- Gentrification and overtaking his neighborhood/city is another button for him, as seen in Chapter II. When Kingston discovers Gladiator has been buying up large amounts of property and seemingly behind or working with the unknowable Eldritch Abomination from Nod, he incinerates the computer monitor he found the information from and later roars "Gladiator dies!" with such force the sentiment echoes throughout the entirety of NYC.
Beware the Nice Ones: He may be a nurse and everyone's friendly neighbor, but god help you if you harm any of his friends and family, a lesson learned by series antagonist Robert Moses. There's a reason he's proficient in Intimidation.

Kingston: [to Robert Moses] You stupid motherfucker! You come for my family! You come for my friends! I will fuckin' drop you, and anyone you attempt to bring at me!

The Chosen One: One of two, along with Pete. Kingston is the Vox Populi, an avatar of New York City itself and the collective power and spirit of its people.
Combat Medic: Is a nurse by profession and a cleric with a lot of healing spells, but knows how to deliver a powerful Lightning Bolt to any enemies that get in his way.
Cool Old Guy: 55 years old and the chillest guy on the block.
Family Man: He dotes on his mother and his cousin's family who live in the same apartment building. His biggest dream is also to have a child.
Good Is Not Soft: He's one of the most moral characters in the show, but he will not shy away from killing anyone that endangers New York City.
Hypocritical Humor: In Season 2, when it's clear that Ricky is bugged by Cody's whole deal basically, Kingston says "I'm the Vox Populi, and I don't like people" to try and get Ricky to stop being such a nice guy.
Man of the City: Kingston's clerical domain certainly makes him this. Everything within NYC just seems to "work" for Kingston, from his bus fare being automatically paid by the city to being able to weave through traffic without breaking his stride.
Muggle Foster Parents: He and Liz are the foster parents of the new dragon of New York, Langston Brown.
The Needs of the Many: Kingston's greatest strength and his biggest flaw is his tendency to put the needs of his friends and the city above his own wants in the name of serving the greater good. This trait is the reason he was chosen to be the Vox Populi - flashbacks of his life show Kingston helping and standing up for the people of New York in ways both big and small for all of his life. This is often to his own detriment, as it's also shown he's given up both his time and many major life opportunities (attending a prestigious medical school outside of Manhattan, starting a family with his ex-wife Liz) in order to stay and serve the city of New York. This outlook is why Kingston is initially motivated to neutralize Pete before the chaos caused by his role as Vox Phantasma grows out of control, stating that if he was forced to choose between Pete and New York, "ten times out of ten, he would choose New York." Kingston eventually comes to see the error in this line of thinking and apologises to Pete for considering it.
Alejandro: You are the Vox Populi of New York City, which means you speak on behalf of its people. And you know what I think? […] There is one person in New York who you have always refused to speak for. And I'm looking right at him.
Nice Guy: Everybody in the neighborhood loves him, and it's justified.
Non-Action Guy: He can take a hit and dish out powerful spells, but during action scenes, he's the only one who can't keep up physically, since his Dump Stats are Strength and Dexterity, limiting his Athletics and Acrobatics checks.
Paranormal Mundane Item: His cleric icon that he uses for spellcasting is an eternal subway token that he wears around his neck, given to him by the Dragon of Bleecker Street.
Parental Substitute: Becomes one for Pete, who he looks after, instructs him properly about the inner workings of the Unsleeping City, and acts as the grounded, lawful force to Pete's wild, chaotic nature that helps him become more responsible.
Phrase Catcher: "Kingston Brown, from uptown!"
Shock and Awe: One of his frequent offensive spells is Lightning Bolt, possibly from his clerical domain.
Shut Up, Hannibal!: Robert Moses' threats and his declarations that Good Is Dumb and free will doesn't matter when the big decisions have already been made doesn't sway him at all.
Kingston: Well Mr. Moses, how about this? How about you have a choice, right now. Where you can leave this city. You can walk away. And I will not come for you. You can choose to stay here. You can choose to continue on this course of action and me and my friends can choose to stop you. Clean and simple. And that's much easier than me trying to get the five of them to go one way or another.
Unfazed Everyman: He takes every weird and magical occurrence within New York in stride. No surprise given how long he's dealt with the Unsleeping City.
Voice of the Legion: Turns out his title of Vox is literal as well as figurative. In Chapter II, when he declares that "Cody is right. Gladiator dies!!" his voice reverberates through the entire city and layered with a hundred other voices echoing the same sentence.
Younger Than They Look: He’s only 55 but with a head of fully white hair.

Kugrash

Kugrash/Bruce Kugrich

Played by: Brian "Murph" Murphy

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"I eat the real shitty stuff. You can have the good stuff."

Race: Rat^*
Class: Druid (Circle of the Shepherd)
Neighborhood: NYC sewer system

A rat-man from the sewers of New York and a friend to the city's lost and forgotten.

Amoral Attorney: David Kugrich's letter implies he used to represent some really shady people before his Karmic Transformation.
Animal Stereotypes: Averted. Kugrash acts as the Shepherd of the city's lost and abandoned, helping the outcasts and the little guy even at the detriment to himself. He acts more like a man as a rat than when he was Bruce Kugrish, who acted more like a rat than a man.
Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: After consuming the Bagel of All Things as part of his Heroic Sacrifice, Kugrash's consciousness expands to the point it can no longer be contained by corporeal form and he becomes one with the universe.
The Atoner: Is evidently trying to make amends for his checkered past.
Barrier Maiden: In a sense. His role of protecting, caring for and remembering the homeless population of New York City kept beings like Null, who thrive on feelings of isolation and forgottenness, out of the city, just like the Dragon of Bleecker Street. Null's encroachment on New York began shortly after Kugrash's ascendance.
The Bus Came Back: When the Champions of New York meditate at the cockroach-run Monastery of the Sacred Rat, they commune with Kugrash's consciousness, who appears to them as a trash-smelling constellation to provide valuable information. He also appears at the finale as the last component of the ritual to hatch the new Dragon of New York.
The Chosen One: The Dragon of Bleeker Street tasked his three animal totems (unicorn, pigeon and cockroach) to find and aid someone who remembered and helped the homeless and forgotten in his stead, and the person they chose to aid was Kugrash.
Death Equals Redemption: His Heroic Sacrifice is the final piece that gets him added to Santa's nice list.
Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?: His response to the offer from the American Dream. It seemingly scares the being.
Kugrash: I used to be a lot like you. You're a rat.
Easily Forgiven: Esther's mother forgives him for what he caused her, bluntly telling him after he lifts her curse that she knew he would eventually learn his lesson about being a metaphorical rat after being a literal one.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Even back when he was an amoral white-collar criminal, he loved his family dearly.
Forced Transformation: Esther's mother cursed him by using a spell to make his body match his soul, and since he was basically a rat as Bruce Kugrich...
Guardian Entity: His druidic circle gives him three animal totems (a unicorn, a spicy pigeon (reflavored from hawk) and a juicy cockroach (reflavored from bear)) that he can summon to provide him and his allies buffs in combat.
Heroic Sacrifice: In order to stop Robert Moses's plan to control the American Dream, Kugrash eats the Bagel of All Things to learn the incantation that destroys Robert's lich phylactery. He succeeds, but gives up his corporeal form in exchange.
Homeless Hero: More like a sewer dwelling hero, but otherwise fits the profile.
Karmic Transformation: He wasn't just turned into a rat: his body was made to match his soul, which would have become a rat in Hell anyway.
Knight in Sour Armor: Subverted. He's pessismistic of the Dream Team's chances of success, his life quality and the strength of his moral character are inversely proportional, but he might be tied with Ricky as the most idealistic character in the show, refusing any chance he might have to go back to his old life, being willing to give Pete a chance and taking pity on him when it's clear the latter is a dangerous force of chaos, and even sacrificing his chance at a life with his sons two times over.
The Minion Master: Summoning rats, bugs, and other sewer creatures is one of his favorite tactics. The buffs they gain from his subclass make them surprisingly powerful.
Mr. Exposition: Takes this role when he reappears in Chapter II, as that is the reason the Dream Team summoned him, and that he's basically omniscient short of predicting the future.
Parents as People: He truly loves his sons David and Wally, but he was also not the most scrupulous business partner, which was the reason he turned into a rat in the first place.
The Pig-Pen: Being a sewer dwelling rat makes you this.
Platonic Life-Partners: He is basically Sofia's introduction to the Unsleeping City, and they become bar-hopping buddies soon afterward.
Prone to Tears: He cries so much, especially when his sons are involved.
Rat King: Becomes the new Rat King after the party defeats the old one and Kugrash takes his crown.
Rodents of Unusual Size: An MTA worker described him as being the size of a dog.
Sir Swears-a-Lot: By far has the foulest mouth of the party.
Speaks Fluent Animal: Aside from being a rat that speaks English, Kugrash's druid powers allow him to communicate with other creatures like cockroaches and squirrels.
Token Non-Human: Is the only member of the party that is obviously non-human.
Was Once a Man: Was once a human named Bruce Kugrich… and is later revealed to be Wally the MTA worker's Disappeared Dad.
Wham Line: In Episode 5.
Kugrash: I wasn't always a rat!

Misty Moore

Misty Moore/Rowan Berry

Played by: Siobhan Thompson

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"Everybody should move to New York. But you know, some people should leave. But you don't know until you get here, darling."

Race: Fairy^*
Class: Bard (College of Lore)
Neighborhood: Broadway, Manhattan

A veteran Broadway star with a flamboyant vestige and a magical nature.

Alien Fair Folk: Her raw form gives off aspects of this trope; her glowing, gaunt and bug-eyed body evoking the image of a Grey alien.
Animate Inanimate Object: Shown to cast the Animate Objects spell in the fight against Robert Moses at the New York Stock Exchange.
Blue-and-Orange Morality: Despite having been in the mortal world for quite a while, she still shares some morals with the inhabitants of the Dream World where she came from, her love for chaos and unlimited freedom as well as her disregard for consequences in the mortal world that doesn't affect her or her friends.
The Bus Came Back: Becomes Siobhan's PC again in Chapter 2 after Iga gets kidnapped.
Emotion Eater: Seems to feed off the joy of her fans. Literally. Since the emotion she evokes is positive and her feeding off of it doesn't seem to bother her fans, she's far more benevolent than most of the other Emotion Eaters in fiction.
Fairy Godmother: Instantly declares herself to be this to Kingston's new son.
The Gadfly: Not that she wasn't before, but as Rowan she becomes a lot more flirty and playful, especially with Pete as she seems to get a particular thrill out of teasing him.
Head-Turning Beauty: Not so much at the start. Misty Moore does look like she's aged very well for an older woman but from the reactions of a lot of guys, including a frustrated Pete, she's now a 'very' attractive young woman.
I Just Want to Be Free: Misty at her core wants more than anything to have the freedom to be anything she wants to be. To have choices she was denied under Titania. When she speaks to the American Dream she calls it her one true love because she loves what it represents more than she has any other being.
Immortality Bisexuality: Pansexual to be specific. Misty has mentioned having many lovers of all genders and species throughout the centuries she's lived. In the show itself, she's seen flirting with Priapus the satyr, making out with the woman in the moon from Nod as well as Willy the golem. Misty has also voiced a very strong desire to sleep with Kingston a number of times throughout the show.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Misty can be a bit of diva, and her berating her assistant Alissa can come off as somewhat cruel, but she is a hero who fights for New York, genuinely supports her close friends and is deeply grateful to and appreciates her fans.
Lady in a Power Suit: Shows up in Chapter II wearing a yellow pantsuit, as she has been trying to manage the goings-on in Faerie.
Large Ham: As fitting for a Broadway star.
Older Than They Look: It's implied she's far older than she appears. She is at least 400 years old, having lived in New York since its very inception, and shows up in the past under the name Holly Branch.
Parasol of Pain: Carries a gigantic parasol that has a hidden blade, mechanically the same as a rapier in 5th edition.
The Prima Donna: Occasionally has shades of this behavior, notably in episode 7 when her performance is a bit off and she demands the accompanist pick up the beat despite playing a slower ballad. Not to mention her rather poor treatment of her Beleaguered Assistant Alissa.
Put on a Bus: In Chapter II, Brennan mentions that she has since relocated to Faerie, taking some time to help establish the new ruling system there. Out of universe, Siobhan has stated that after Chapter I Rowan's story felt complete and didn't have any strong idea of where else to take the character, instead electing to create a new character for Chapter II.
That Woman is Dead: When Misty completely rejuvenates her body, she renames herself Rowan Berry and embraces her new identity.
Token Evil Teammate: Downplayed. She's more amoral than evil, but she's not saving people purely out of goodwill, but because of her deep desire in freedom and her need for her fans' adoration to survive. She treats her assistant like crap, and sees no problem at all with locking people into magical caves for the slightest faux-pas.
White-Dwarf Starlet: Subverted in that she's still an active and beloved Broadway actress, but she shares the same theatrical nature and trappings of an older stage star.

Chapter II Members

Cody Walsh

Cody "Night Angel" Walsh

Played by: Brian "Murph" Murphy

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"It's so fucking sick that I work for a devil, but Lucifer kind of sucks."

Race: Human
Class: Paladin (Oathbreaker)
Neighborhood: Astoria, Queens

A mall goth without a mall. Owns 12 swords.

Awesome, but Impractical: His Beyblade fusion of 3 swords deals a frankly ridiculous amount of damage and would probably kill a boss in a couple of hits, but its wielder always attacks with disadvantage, can never be granted advantage to cancel it out, and must succeed a DC 15 Athletics check to even be able to lift it.
Badass Biker: Rides into battle on a magical moped, which has the stats of a warhorse and about as much actual horsepower. Still, in battle, Cody uses its speed to get around fast and hit hard.
BFS: Owned a to-scale replica of the Buster Sword until it got confiscated by the police. He also mentions wanting to hang a copy of Soul Edge in his house's shared living room, and when the Questing Blade chooses him it changes into a barbed, two-handed greatsword.
- Taken to extremes after the latter gets upgraded to the Double Blade: Thirsting Blade Dark Excalibur after merging with a dream Excalibur. Its fifteen feet long and weighs about 275 pounds. And then that gets topped when it becomes the Triple Blade: Thirsting Blade Dark Excalibur Mega Genisis after he picks the Sun card from Iga's deck.
Black Knight: As an Oathbreaker paladin, Cody ticks off a lot of the hallmarks of this trope without actually being villainous - wears dark colors, has a sinister and menacing aura about him due to both his personality and devilish powers, and is extremely powerful despite having a flimsy grasp on his abilities.
Blade Enthusiast: Has a huge obsession with swords and collects many replicas, with a desire to own real ones. So he's extremely excited when he gets the Questing Blade, which turns into a giant spiked greatsword.
Book Ends: He started the story recklessly forging a pact with a demon he thinks is Lucifer. At the end of the story, he forges a pact with the actual Lucifer.
Butt-Monkey: He's the target of a lot of ridicule, most of it self-inflicted, to great comedic effect. The players and DM are all extremely entertained by this, but none more than Brian Murphy, his creator.
Calling Your Attacks: Overdramatically announces every attack he makes with "Sword Arts: X Blade!", which his allies can barely keep from cringing at. He slowly grows out of it.
Character Catchphrase:
- "[X] and [Y] are two sides of the same coin", something he says to make the things he cares about seem more profound than they actually are.
- "Just this once, I'm gonna go all out!". Said whenever he performs a big slash or smite to attack an enemy, often said multiple times in the same battle.
The Chosen Zero: Has managed to become a Chosen One three times over and has barely improved for it as a person. Out of these only one was deserved, the rest being dumb luck that everyone but him can see.
- He became the new wielder of Ricky's Questing Blade (renamed the Thirsting Blade; it thirsts for blood), not on his own merit but because he was the closest person available for the blade to use as a rebound to get back at Ricky for abandoning it.
- Inherited the domain, army, and title of the Jersey Devil after landing the killing blow on him.
- Pulled a dream version of Excalibur with a faded claim from the Met after no one else could come up with a good excuse to pull it first. As he did so, he declared himself "the Wielder of the Ultimate Double Blade Thirsting Blade" and because he believed with every fiber of his being that it was true, it worked.
Deal with the Devil: Cody immediately signs his soul away to the first fiend he sees, without any prompting whatsoever from said fiend, in exchange for the power to take down Gladiator Industries.
Delinquent Hair: Murph describes Cody's hair as long and black with a blue streak running through it, while one side is shaved in a Skrillex-esque fashion.
Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: Cody fits the physical profile of the anti-social, loner Goth with his stringy, black hair, pale complexion and off-putting personality.
Epic Fail: His first time trying to use with "Triple Blade: Thirsting Blade Dark Excalibur Mega Genesis" ends with him crashed off his moped, knocked prone and greatly damaged by the impracticality of this huge multi-edged sword.
Hell-Bent for Leather: Wears a lot of leather in his daily outfit.
Heroes Prefer Swords: Cody has a deep obsession with swords and bladed weapons, owning an extensive collection of replicas from several video games and anime. As of episode 5 he owns/owned the Buster Sword from Final Fantasy VII, Soul Edge from Soul Caliber, says he has a replica of Frostmourne from World of Warcraft, the Peasant Sword, the Questing (Thirsting) Blade, a Nod-based Excalibur, and the Triple Blade: Thirsting Blade Dark Excalibur Mega Genesis.
Hot-Blooded: Loses his temper easily and whips out his insane arsenal of weapons at the slightest hint of provocation.
It's All About Me: Cody is quite self-centered and believes he is the Chosen One and the Queens Center Mall is the focal point of all the trouble that's going on in New York. While Cody is correct that Gladiator is responsible for a lot of problems both mundane and supernatural, including the demolition of the mall, it's only part of the bigger picture. Additionally, even though he was chosen as the Questing Blade's latest champion, Cody is part of a group that has three other Chosen Ones (Pete, Kingston and Sofia) so he's hardly unique in that regard.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Though he is, in his player's words, "the fucking worst", he is still bent on protecting New York and its people, and does try to be friendly with others.
Klingon Promotion: Cody becomes the new Jersey Devil after slaying the previous one.
Laser-Guided Karma: After ten episodes of new swords and powers being handed to him in front of people much more worthy of them; he finally gets some push back after drawing the Tower (Ruin) card and losing everything except his powers and his now-extremely impractical sword.
Occidental Otaku: Carries around samurai swords and ninja stars and only knows about Japanese culture from anime. Is later attempted to be subverted when he apologizes to Ricky for trying to take an authentic samurai sword and learns more about Japanese culture and history.
Self-Applied Nickname: Constantly introduces himself as Night Angel but it does not ever seem to catch on, with everyone else exclusively referring to him as Cody. This also applies to his other titles "Ambassador to the Dark Lord" and The Jersey Devil, the latter of which is technically correct but again, nobody calls him by.
Sir Swears-a-Lot: Injects the f-word into every other sentence, it being his go-to adjective/expletive.
Too Dumb to Live: Fortunately doesn't die, but fusing all of his three swords together into an incoherent mess was a really bad idea that literally inflicted him 30 points of damage (the minimum this sword does) by being unable to lift it.
Took a Level in Kindness: It takes literally losing everything in his life after drawing the Ruin card, but he realizes just how irresponsible he's being with his weapons and his overall attitude towards his powers, and becomes a more stable person for it, even if he does still have an obsession with swords.
Vampire Wannabe: Implied to be the case. Cody doesn't seem averse to the idea of being one, and declares to David that being a Hot Topic goth he is "vampire-adjacent". He also gets excited when he meets Ana and Amelia for the first time. Funnily enough, his debut scene has a group of construction workers mock him by calling him Dracula. Cody balks at the comparison, but rather because if he were a vampire he'd be more of a Daywalker like Blade.
Weapon Twirling: Often dramatically swings his oversized swords around in an attempt to look cool.

Iga Lisowski

Iga Lisowski aka Madame Anastasia

Played by: Siobhan Thompson

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"I don't try to get involved, but, you know, sometimes maybe we can help each other out a little bit, you know."

Race: Human
Class: Warlock (Genie) / Sorcerer (Draconic Bloodline)
Neighborhood: Greenpoint, Brooklyn

A Polish tarot reader and fortune teller in New York City. She uses her psychic business in the Upper West Side to launder money for a number of eastern European crime families.

Appeal to Tradition: Gives this as the reason why she and none of her ancestors have ever looked into or asked what her magical chest actually contains, only passed down the rule to never ask to the next generation. Esther's questioning gives her cause to become more curious, and when the spirit of her oldest ancestor just gives "It seemed like a bad idea" as the initial reason, it prompts her to start looking closer.
Badass in Distress: She ends up in Null's dimension during the fight at the Ellis Island Museum, and has to be rescued from there.
Bag of Holding: Iga owns a magical wooden chest that is an heirloom passed down through her family for generations. Aside from the chest being able to change its size at Iga's command, it is revealed to be a doorway to a demiplanar space that is large enough to hold an old European castle and a small forest, the spirits of her ancestors, and a captured dragon.
Commonality Connection: She strikes up a respectful relationship early on with Kingston, another sensible old person who's Seen It All with an interest in protecting a legacy and history and a strong familial sense.
Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: Not only did she completely counter Null's Mind Blast, but she's the one who deals the final blow on it.
Fortune Teller: Ticks off the major hallmarks of this trope: an older woman with a thick Eastern European accent who reads tarot cards, who also bears the classic appearance of one with the head-wrap, long scarf and chunky jewellery.
Heroic Neutral: While Iga is a powerful warlock, she is typically reluctant to participate in heroic activity, preferring to avoid the more untoward aspects of the Unsleeping City and be left alone. This is justified as many parts of the Unsleeping City are dangerous and she has a family she doesn't want to put in harm's way.
- No longer the case as of episode 6, when Iga commits to working with the Dream Team in protecting New York, seeing that if the city is in danger that means her family will be put in jeopardy as well.
Immigrant Parents: She and her husband Oskar are this to their children Jessica and Nick, having emigrated from Poland. This is a source of tension between Iga and Jessica, the latter of whom is ashamed of her Polish heritage and resistant towards taking up the duty of protecting her family's heirloom chest.
Lovable Rogue: She's a con artist and works with drug cartels, but she's no less loved by the fans for it.
Madame Fortune: Iga's professional name is "Madame Anastasia."
No-Sell: She resists Null's Mind Blast the first time, and the second time, she becomes completely immune to it.
Parents as People: She loves her children dearly, but she struggles to relate to them, and she herself has her personal doubts in regards to familial traditions.
Phony Psychic: Subverted. Iga insists that unlike other psychics her readings are actually accurate. The reason for this being is if her fortunes aren't real then the cops know she's running a fake business and she'll get charged. However, she does have psychic abilities, she just doesn't use them to make a living.
Refusal of the Call: She at first refuses to fight along with the heroes of New York, reasoning that there is no reason to worry about the changes happening as of late because New York City has always been in constant flux. However, seeing personally how harmful these changes are sets her on the path of active heroism.
Seen It All: Reacts to most bizarre situations as if she's seen stranger. Iga's debut episode has her see a family chest go haywire by basically warping the reality around it and she acts with only mild surprise.
Shoulder-Sized Dragon: Iga's Familiar is a sickly pet pseudo-dragon named Misiek, that masquerades as a chihuahua underneath the Umbral Arcana.
Stylistic Suck: Iga's warlock magic is described as looking like it's being accomplished through cheap special effects; whenever she casts Fly it looks like she's being carried by wires or her Eldritch Blasts shoot out as shoddy fireworks. As she says, if people are convinced her magic isn't real, they won't go looking for real magic. After she connects to her draconic magic, her magic looks less flashy and more real.

Residents of New York City

Family Members of the Party

Pete's Family

Mitch Conlan

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Race: Human

Class: N/A

Neighborhood: Outsider

Pete's estranged father.

Go Mad from the Revelation: A more benign and less severe version than most examples. After being carried away to Nod by Pete's accidental magical surge, Mitch spends the entirety of campaign witnessing things that are beyond most mortals' comprehension (for example, seeing a giant snake fellating and consuming itself) and slowly going insane. When Pete meets up with him again he seems to have adjusted somewhat, though is still frazzled and notes what he's seen has "changed him forever".
Jerkass: Within a few minutes of reuniting with Pete, he goes to use his deadname.
Uncertain Doom: Last seen floating off into the skyline of Pete's nightmare realm. Is revealed in the penultimate episode to have survived being spirited away and living in Nod as an exotic dancer (along with five other clones of himself).
Took a Level in Kindness: Being trapped in Nod for the better part of a month (seven if you count the epilogue) gives Mitch some major perspective and he becomes more accepting of his son, seeing that Pete's transition isn't the strangest thing out there.
You Never Asked: Nod just assumed that Pete wanted his dad to be trapped in the dream forever because Pete didn't ask if his dad could leave for four months.

Sofia's Family

Dale Lee

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

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"You'd have to be crazy to leave Sofie Bikes."

Race: Human

Class: Monk

Neighborhood: Outsider

Sofia's ex-husband.

Badass Bookworm: Is a practical, nerdy accountant who also happens to be a muscular badass able to fight off a group of angels.
Dead All Along: Revealed to have been this in "Borough of Dreams." He was charmed and killed by Isabella Infierno, who was revealed to be a succubus in disguise, and Sofia encounters Dale in Nod, trying to break his way out of heaven.
Determinator: Nothing will stop Dale from reuniting with Sofia. Not angels, not even death itself will keep Dale away from her. The epilogue of the campaign shows that he successfully manages to escape Heaven and find Sofia again.
Dork Knight: A powerful monk and former First Fist who's barely contained by Heaven on his own, but he is passionate about accounting, and weeps like a very sensitive father anytime he sees deers or thinks about adopting deers.
The Ghost: Has yet to be seen in the story itself, though the impact of his marriage and divorce with Sofia continues to be felt. He finally appears in episode 7, though it's posthumously.
He Knows Too Much: The reason why Isabella Infierno killed Dale. Sofia's family was laundering money for Robert Moses, with Isabella acting as his representative. Dale, being an accountant, thought he'd be able to help with the books unaware of the criminal nature of these dealings. After discovering what was truly going on, Isabella magically charmed and forced Dale to leave Sofia before quickly killing him after that.
Let's Fight Like Gentlemen: When he comes back to life, he helps a young monk off the ground before kicking his ass.
Someone to Remember Him By: When he decides to stop trying to escape Heaven partway through Chapter II, on his last escape, he gives Sofia the Questing Blade and spends a romantic evening with her that leaves her pregnant with a part-celestial child.
Status Buff: After he's brought back to life, he has a 'Wife-guy Aura' that gives buffs to anyone who's married to him.
Uptight Loves Wild: The sweet, mild-mannered, accounting-loving Dale married the brash, short-tempered, trash-talking Sofia.

Mario Bicicleta

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Race: Human

Class: N/A

Neighborhood: Staten Island

Sofia's older brother.

Brooklyn Rage: Shares Sofia's short temper, which runs in the family.
Family Honor: Sticks with whatever's best for the family no matter how morally bankrupt it is. His inaction lead to Dale's death, as he believed getting rid of him was the best for Sofia.
Get-Rich-Quick Scheme: Seems to always be starting a new business which never really goes anywhere.

Marie Bicicleta

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Race: Human

Class: N/A

Neighborhood: Staten Island

Sofia's mother.

My Beloved Smother: After she leaves her husband and moves in with Sofia in Chapter II. Even though she loves Sofia a lot she tends to be invasive of her space and becomes extremely involved in her daughter's love life. This is to the point Marie signs Sofia up for Tinder without her knowledge, having catfished several men by pretending to be her daughter.
Technologically Blind Elders: Is not aware of the concept of cat-fishing, the very thing she's doing by posing as Sofia on Tinder. She asks Sofia if that means she's doing well.
White Sheep: Of the Bicicleta family, not including Sofia. While the rest of her family doesn't have a problem with being active criminals and arranging to have Dale murdered, Marie strongly objects to it and even takes the initiative to support Sofia when she shows up to Christmas dinner. Ultimately, she divorces her husband over his behavior by the epilogue of Chapter I, something nobody in the family has ever done.

Ricky's Family

Emiko Matsui

Dr. Emiko Matsui

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

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Race: Human

Class: N/A

Neighborhood: Harlem

Ricky's sister who works as a nurse with Kingston at St. Owen's hospital.

The Matchmaker: Tries to be this for Ricky and set him up with her friends to no avail, unaware that Ricky has a crush on Esther.

Bruce Kugrich's/Kugrash's Family

Wally

Wally Kugrich

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

"Wherever you are Rat Jesus, I love you!"

^{Click here to see Chapter II Wally}

"Wherever you are Rat Jesus, I love you!"

Race: Human

Neighborhood: Unknown

An MTA worker who Kugrash often encounters in the sewers of New York.

Cassandra Truth: Nobody believes Wally when he says he saw Kugrash, a rat the size of a dog that he swears smiled at him.
Hidden Depths: Is shown to be an unusually talented singer in "Broadway Brawl," after he and the party pretend to be part of Misty's play.
Kindhearted Simpleton: Being a rather ditzy Manchild, he's not very bright, but is extremely kind and compassionate, so much so that after he reunites with his father Kugrash, he immediately forgives him for abandoning his family and takes him in. Kugrash even repeatedly dissolves into tears in the face of Wally's unwavering kindness, since he's The Atoner and doesn't believe he deserves it after what he's done.
Manchild: Seems very simple, and reacts to most things with a sense of child-like wonder and awe.
Subbing for Santa: Becomes the new Santa after the old Santa is unfortunately killed in the final battle.

David

David Kugrich

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Chapter I

^{Click here to see Chapter II David}

"Wally, it's late. Look, Dad's on some fuckin' island somewhere. He's never comin' back, all right? He's gone. He left us."

Race: Human/Vampire

Neighborhood: Forest Hills, Queens

A civil litigator who specializes in white-collar crime, later revealed to be Kugrash's other son and Wally's brother.

Calling the Old Man Out: David for most of his life has hated his father Bruce/Kugrash for leaving (unaware that Kugrash was cursed into becoming a rat) and made sure that he didn't become a father like he was. Kugrash finds an unsent letter from David addressed to him detailing this exact animosity and disdain to which Kugrash doesn't object. When he meets him in person and enters the Unsleeping City, he calls him out directly, noting that despite his reasons, he did in fact run away.
David: I don't have to forgive you? I don't have to forgive you. Oh, that's nice to hear. There was a time in my life when I needed you. That time's gone. And for you to waltz back into my life now, as a rat wearing a cape… I don't give a fuck. I don't give a fuck. I don't think that you'd be talkin' to me or Wally if it didn't help you. Have a nice rest of your life, you fuckin' rat.
Friendly Neighborhood Vampire: After being transformed into a vampire in the third to last episode of Chapter I, David takes the change rather well. In Chapter II, he is seen rising out of a coffin in his living room when his kids call him and warming up a blood bag in the microwave.
Rebuilt Pedestal: Downplayed. Hearing how his father takes care of the homeless helps him to realize he isn’t the worst, if nothing else.
David: I woulda loved for you to figure out how to not be a piece of shit when you were around me, but you'd have to be an asshole not to recognize when someone's trying not to be a piece of shit in general. And I don't know that we're good, but that doesn't mean that you're not good.
Vampire Hunter: A mundane variation of the Hunter of His Own Kind type. In the interim between Chapter I and Chapter II, David even calls himself "Van Helsing with a legal brief." He does this by charging the powerful vampires of New York with decades-old tax fraud and then bulldozing their homes during the daylight, which he finds to be a much more efficient method of hunting.

Kingston's Family

Victoria Brown

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

"It's not a trouble when you love somebody."

Race: Human

Class: N/A

Neighborhood: Harlem

Kingston's doting mother.

Beware the Nice Ones: Played for Laughs in Chapter II. During a Thanksgiving dinner, Victoria catches Sofia in her kitchen washing dishes and gives her a gentle, but extremely terrifying look which Brennan says Kingston has gotten maybe twice in his entire childhood. She then politely asks Sofia to go back to the dining area and continue enjoying herself.
Granny Classic: Down to the home cooked meals and doting attitude.
Like Mother, Like Son: Looking at Victoria, it's obvious where Kingston's generosity and kindness comes from. In any given scene, Victoria is seen going the extra mile taking care of people, cooking food and sweet treats and pushing food from her plate onto another person and making sure they're well-fed.

Winston Brown

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

"You gotta spice it up. Dominoes without money? Come on, that's crazy. That is a crazy thought."

Race: Human

Class: N/A

Neighborhood: Harlem

Kingston's crotchety father.

Grumpy Old Man: Fits this trope to a T. Winston overall has a very grumble-y attitude, is wary and skeptical of Pete the first time they meet and asks Kingston if Pete is trouble.
Friendly Rivalry: He's quite fond of Pete, even if he doesn't show it much, and they usually spend the holidays at the Kingston home playing dominoes against each other.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Naturally, being a member of the Brown family he's going to have a heart of gold. Winston may be hard around the edges at first but is a nice man when you get to know him. It's clear he loves his son dearly (in his own curmudgeonly way) and takes a shine to Pete and makes him feel welcome at the Brown family's Christmas dinner.
Let Us Never Speak of This Again: Tells Kingston not to remind him of the time Pete beat him at dominoes in front of his friends.
Serious Business: Takes his dominoes very seriously.

Liz Herrera

District Attorney Elizabeth "Liz" Herrera

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

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Chapter I

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Chapter II

"And because I have to fucking work in this department now, I have to prosecute Twinkle and Pinkie."

Race: Human

Class: N/A

Neighborhood: Harlem

Kingston's ex-wife and District Attorney for the Unsleeping City of New York.

The Alcoholic: Goes through half a bottle of whiskey a day as a coping mechanism.
Brooklyn Rage: She's willing to throw hands if you mess with her, and the only reason she doesn't in the finale is that she doesn't have any magic.
Career Versus Man: She was on track to becoming the district attorney before she found out about the Unsleeping City. Now not only are her goals impossible to reach but because of Kingston, her life, in general, has turned into a cartoon.
Muggle Foster Parents: She and Kingston are the parents of the new dragon of New York, Langston Brown.
Took a Level in Cheerfulness: After she and Kingston manage to repair their relationship, she's much livelier and happier in her life, even starting to enjoy her life in the Unsleeping City, which she previously loathed.
Unfazed Everywoman: Has become this as of Chapter II. She doesn't react much to a cloud with green tea in it hovering in her kitchen and after she's processed Kingston's offer for them to adopt the dragon's egg and he's stopped nervously rambling, she's on board quite fast, with her only concerns being very mundane.
The Unmasqued World: Her marriage to Kingston caused her to become aware of the magic side of New York and she deeply resents him for dragging her into it.
Working with the Ex: Her current position as counsel for the Unsleeping City forces her to work with Kingston, who she couldn't start a family with due to his responsibilities as Vox Populi of New York. She's not happy about it.

Iga's Family

Jessica Lisowski

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Race: Human

Class: Wizard

Neighborhood: Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Iga's preteen daughter.

Be Yourself: After her mother drops the idea of pushing her into the role of their family's next generation warlock and lets her pursue her own desires, she becomes significantly happier with the magical world.
Child of Two Worlds: Wants to be like other girls in New York and have fun with her friends and not care about her Polish family's old traditions and magic, but still wants to learn about the magic world and loves her mother's borscht bites.
Follow in My Footsteps: Iga wants her to carry on her family's tradition of protecting her family's magical heirloom chest, but she isn't that interested. Even when she visits the Gramercy Occult society, she doesn't want to continue the family tradition, only interested in learning about and from it.
Instant Expert: Learns a cantrip from the Gramercy Occult magicians to read entire books by just touching them.

Nick Lisowski

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Race: Human

Class: Warlock (Hexblade)

Neighborhood: Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Iga's teenage son.

Extremely Protective Child: Charges into the final battle and deals a hit to Null for kidnapping his mother.
I Just Want to Be Special: Without any jealousy of his sister that we see of, it's clear he really wants to be valued by the magical side of his family just like her.
Magic Knight: Takes up the Peasant's Sword as his hexblade weapon when he says he wants to carry on his family's magical tradition as protector of their magical chest.
Taking Up the Mantle: Since his sister's magical aspirations lie elsewhere, he volunteers to take up the mantle and carry on his family's duty of protecting their heirloom chest, despite their magical line being purely matrilineal. Though her ancestors protest, Iga doesn't give them a choice in the matter.

Gramarcy Occult Society

Alejandro Ortiz

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

"I've been a wizard in New York City for what, 65 years? You think a bullet is going to do the trick?"

Race: Human

Class: Wizard

Neighborhood: Unknown

The archmage of the Gramarcy Occult Society.

The Archmage: As expected of a 94 years old wizard who's been studying magic since he was in his 20's, he's an incredibly learned and powerful spellcaster.
Cool Old Guy: Is well-liked amongst the party and for a ninety-four-year-old man lives life to the fullest. When it becomes clear that Pete is selling drugs to his granddaughters, he doesn't bother getting upset, just saying that as adults they are welcome to live their own lives.
Crazy-Prepared: He's been a mage in New York for sixty-five years. You think he wouldn't have protection against being shot?
Died Happily Ever After: He's lived a long and full life, and went to Heaven to join his wife. And even then, his desire to keep helping the Unsleeping City is fulfilled by Kingston summoning him as a Celestial from time to time.
Eccentric Mentor: He's way less serious than his status suggests, being prone to goofing off at any opportunity.
Alejandro: Right before you summon me, I look at Maria and I say: "I'm getting too old for this shit." And it was so cool!
Immune to Bullets: Apparently getting shot at with no effect is a party trick for him, likely through the use of a Shield spell.
Light Is Good: His Celestial is radiant with heavenly light, and he's still the same Cool Old Guy we knew before.
Like an Old Married Couple: He's very fond of Kingston, his best friend, and they spend a lot of time lightly bickering, especially about Alejandro taking a great liking to the juul Pete gave him.
No Body Left Behind: When the American Dream kills him, his body falls outside of the phylactery, disintegrating in the process.
Old Soldier: Chapter II reveals he fought in World War II.
Reluctant Retiree: He's forced to stop running the Gramercy Occult Society after his death, but he's eager to take action again in the world of the living as Kingston's summoned Celestial.
Sacrificial Lion: One of the casualties in the fight against the American Dream.
They Don't Make Them Like They Used To: He doesn't demean or criticise JJ's choice of a laptop as a spellbook, but he states that he prefers the old musk of an actual grimoire.
Together in Death: Reunites with his wife in Heaven after he is killed in the final battle

Esther Sinclair

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Chapter I

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"Magic can't just solve everything. That's how we have all these books. It's actually quite complex."

Race: Human

Class: Wizard

Neighborhood: Clinton Hill, Brooklyn

A mage of the Gramarcy Occult Society and Proctor of the Clinton Hill Chantry.

The Archmage: Steps up to this as Alejandro's death leaves her the most powerful mage of the setting.
Batter Up!: Her arcane focus is a silver baseball bat, which she also uses to great effect as a bludgeoning weapon.
Berserk Button: Due to her curious and inquisitive nature, she cannot understand how Iga can be so disinterested in learning about the properties of her box, which annoys her to no end and makes her leave the room ranting.
Big Good: She takes this position after Alejandro's death, coordinating the defens of New York and providing the ressources necessary for our intrepid heroes to succeed.
Contrasting Sequel Main Character: Neither of them are main characters, but Esther is a nice contrast to Arthur Aguefort. Both of them are powerful Black wizards, they serve as the Big Goods of their respective worlds, they both hate the idea that The Power of Love is a tangible form of magic, and they have an incredible love and curiosity for the world. However, whereas Aguefort is pure chaos and is very expressive, Esther leans heavily towards order, and has made the decision to never express or even feel emotion. In addition, Aguefort is an old man, is less than scrupulous by nature while remaining good, and is mostly a comedic character, while Esther is a young woman, pushes herself to make the hard choice for the good of New York despite how she feels, and is often the most serious character around.
Love Interest: For Ricky.
Magic Knight: She's not exactly a knight, but she's a prodigious spellcaster and uses her arcane focus, a bat that does more damage the more spells have been cast on the user, to great effect as a melee weapon. Following her mother and grandmother's advice, she ditches the bat for a more traditional Magic Staff later on in Chapter II, with Ricky taking the bat in her stead.
Mr. Exposition: Explains a lot of the concepts of the Unsleeping City to both Ricky and the audience, like the Umbral Arcana, the Highway Hex and the truth behind SantaCon.
The Power of Love: She defies such a notion by saying that the most powerful magic is a matter of personal ability and preference, but certainly not love, when Orlando and Rovias claim it was love, the most powerful magic of all, that brought Rovias back.
Pregnant Hostage: In the end of Chapter II Episode 15, it is revealed Esther is both pregnant and being held hostage by Tony Simos.
Safety in Indifference: As part of Esther's family curse she constantly has to keep a lid on her emotions, specifically suppressing her sadness since she is the Fury of Sorrow and experiencing any strong feelings of misery will complete the transformation. She finally lets herself feel when Kugrash uses his Rat King crown to cast a very powerful Remove Curse that removes it from the entire family.
Screw Destiny: Is destined to become a fury like her mother and grandmother, so she takes it upon herself to study as much magic as possible to prevent this from happening.
Shoot the Dog: Doesn't hesitate to second Kingston's argument that they should kill Pete if he becomes too dangerous.
The Spock: Even without the lid on her feelings that she's keeping to escape the curse of the Sinclair family, she's rational, calm, very smart and educated, and doesn't hesitate to engage in strong pragmatism to defend New York. However, as a sort of departure from the trope, these qualities stem from a deep curiosity and sense of wonder at the magical world and the concept of magic itself.
Took a Level in Cheerfulness: In Chapter II, Esther is a much happier person, getting to spend the rest of her life with her mother and grandmother as well as being able to express her emotions more freely and be with Ricky.

Ana and Amelia Ortiz

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

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Chapter I

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Race: Human/Vampire

Class: Wizards

Neighborhood: Clinton Hill, Brooklyn

The twin granddaughters of Alejandro Ortiz.

Bad Liar: Unlike Pete, who's used to deceiving others about his criminal activities, they are very bad at hiding the fact that they're buying weed from him.
Ana or Amelia: (in a very unconvincing manner) Whoa! Oh man, who are all these new people? Are they all new to The Unsleeping City? I've never seen either of these two people before. They are both brand new, both this person [Sofia] and especially this person [Pete], not yet.
Cool Big Sis: They act like this towards Jessica, Iga's daughter, showing her around the Gramercy Occult Society and teaching her the magic of wizards.
The Dividual: Are never seen without each other.
Friendly Neighborhood Vampire: Despite being bitten and turned, they're still just as friendly as they were in life.

JJ Jacobs

Joe "JJ" Jacobs

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

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"I don't have any spells that hurt people but I will punch someone? I don't know."

Race: Human

Class: Wizard (School of Conjuration)

Neighborhood: Manhattan

A physics grad student at Columbia University recently inducted into the Gramercy Occult Society in Chapter II.

Inept Mage: Granted, he was literally inducted into the society on the same day, but because they were pressed for time and the Occult Society's forces were spread thin, Esther has JJ accompany the Dream Team to the Holland Tunnel to reinforce the magical barrier there. He does succeed in repairing the wards, but after much struggle and failed casting. Out of universe, Brennan notes that JJ is a level 1 wizard who was in the middle of a fight between an army of devils and a group of level 10 adventurers.
Karmic Thief: After learning of the unethical keeping of culturally important artifacts from Native American communities by the Metropolitan Museum of New York, he steals them in order to give them beack to their original owners, or rather their descendants.
Lonely Among People: Admits to Ricky that traveling away from his family to study and living in a big city where he doesn't know anyone has left him feeling rather alone. This gives Tony Simos an in to use his feelings and collect dirt on the Dream Team.
Magical Native American: Averted, surprisingly. While yes, JJ does have magical powers, it has absolutely nothing to do with his Native American ancestry but rather his exploration into quantum physics and his technomagical expertise.
Magitek: JJ records his spells on his laptop and Esther specifically recruited him because she was looking for members who are looking to integrate magic with science/technology.
Nice Guy: A very kind and sweet guy, if rather lonely and trusting of the wrong people.
Science Wizard: He is deliberately chosen because he is good with both magic (in progress) and technology.
Unwitting Instigator of Doom: In episode 6, JJ becomes acquainted with Tony Simos, who is very curious to learn about the two battle spells that were cast on him by Sofia and Pete that JJ saw through Detect Magic. JJ, who initially trusted Tony and informed him about this, and this information was unfortunately an important factor in Sofia's demotion and subsequent expulsion from the Order of the Concrete Fist.

Order of the Concrete Fist

Jackson Wei

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

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"Jesus fucking Christ, I didn't ask for your whole fucking life story."

Race: Human

Class: Monk

Neighborhood: Staten Island

The abbot of the Monastery of the Midnight Sun and First Fist of the Order of the Concrete Fist.

Brutal Honesty: Doesn't mince words and in general has a brusque disposition.
Like a Son to Me: Was very close to Dale during his time at the Monastery, and says to Sofia that Dale eventually became like family to Jackson.
Magical Asian: Former head monk of the Monastery of the Midnight Sun that schools Sofia in the ways of being a monk.
Old Master: Practically straight out of a kung fu movie, only he's a born and bred New Yorker.
Opposing Sports Team: As a devoted Mets fan, he's annoyed when he learns that the Hall of Heroes has reappeared to Ricky Matsui at Yankee Stadium.
Retired Badass: Jackson steps down from the position of abbot and First Fist at the end of Chapter I, having sustained numerous injuries during the fight at the Gramercy Occult Society. Cindy Wong and Sofia take up his former positions as abbot and First Fist, respectively.

Tony Simos

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

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"Shit fit is coming, but not today, pal. Yeah, that's where I'm at right now. I'll roll with it. It is what it is."

Race: Human

Class: Monk

Neighborhood: Staten Island (formerly San Francisco)

A former member of the Order of the Concrete Fist who in the 1980s left to found a branch of the Order in San Francisco. Tony returns to the New York temple in Chapter II after his claims the San Francisco temple was attacked and destroyed.

Ambiguously Evil: Tony hasn't revealed his true colors yet, but while not outright villainous he definitely isn't on the up-and-up. He's certainly an antagonist to the party but it remains to be seen if he is actually evil. In episode 8, Wally, the new Santa, reveals that Tony is on the naughty list but doesn't specify why that is. Kingston also finds that Tony reached a business settlement with Gladiator Industries to buy the property that was the San Francisco temple to the Order of the Concrete Fist, which is definitely suspicious.
- It's confirmed when we learn that he was involved in the killing of the Dream Monarch of San Francisco, as well as when he kidnaps Esther, hijacks the Umbral engine to wipe out the Dream World from the memories of everyone in New York, and tries to brutally murder the protagonists.
Antagonist Abilities: Justified, as the reason for his villainy is what pushed him to pursue these abilities. In addition to the legendary actions and resistances common to D20's other big bosses, he mutilated his body and ki deliberately to protect himself from common magical effects, and he has the ability to stun people without spending ki on every second attack, which means he can stun people as long as the fight keeps going with him in it, and he can cripple a spellcaster in order to stop them from using the components necessary to cast spells (breaking their arm or punching their throat in).
Awakening the Sleeping Giant: Tony's Evil Gloating over text to Sophia, confirming his kidnapping of Esther Sinclair, really bit him in the ass hard, as Ricky, who decided to be a pacifist for most of the season, completely lost it and started fighting at full power.
- Despite their differences, Sofia was mostly opposed to attacking Tony Simos, even reaching out to him to offer him a chance to save his wife, Heather Simos, from the Deeper Dreaming. The above-mentioned event caused Sofia to drop any hope of redeeming or even sparing Tony, and went for the kill.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: On the surface, Tony is friendly and approachable provided you don't cross his path or represent anything related to the Sleeping World. It's hidden well, but Tony has a deep hatred for anything related to Nod: his support toward the expedition into the Deeper Dreaming and declaration of fighting monsters from there is very eager, not to mention his extremely rude attitude towards Pete.
- He later sinks further when he orchestrates not only Sofia's demotion from position of First Fist but her expulsion from the Monastery as well.
Contractual Boss Immunity: He's fully immune to the Stunned, Frightened, and Charmed conditions, and is resistant towards magic, as a result of the horrific mutilations he did to his ki and body to better fight the Dreaming.
The Dragon: He ends up being Null's most effective ally.
Dragon-in-Chief: He's pretty much doing Null's bidding, but he's the antagonist that's the most present, wants only to destroy the dreaming instead of everything like Null, and has the most personal antagonism with the Dream Team.
Even Evil Has Standards: Downplayed and Played for Laughs. In the final confrontation, Sofia dramatically reveals to him during their one-on-one duel that she's pregnant. While this does nothing to deter him from trying to kill her, he does briefly pause his assault to admit that he now feels bad about it.
Fallen Hero: Was once a stalwart First Fist of the Order of the Concrete Fist, but after he started getting too zealous to destroy the Dreaming Realm, he had a falling out and left to start his own Order of the Ironheart in San Francisco.
Freudian Excuse: His hatred of the Dreaming World stems from having lost his wife to Null and blaming Nod for it.
Jerkass Has a Point: While the above points are true and his overall suspicious story and negative behavior are something requiring further investigation, when Tony confronts Sofia he is correct that he so far hasn't anything wrong yet Sofia is treating him like a criminal. The Order later notes that Sofia and Pete's casting of curses and battle magic on Tony was unnecessary and a violation of conduct.
- His recording of Sofia's frustration and disagreement with the Order's fundamental mantra of "It is what it is" and later showing it to the Monastery's leaders was extremely underhanded, but from his perspective was also important information that needed to be shared. It would be very alarming to the rest of the Monastery that their First Fist is a radical who believes that their raison d'être is fundamentally wrong and needs to be changed.
Knight Templar: His belief in the Order of the Concrete Fist's teachings that the dreaming world is dangerous and should be destroyed if the opportunity presents itself is a big part of his motivation. To enact that, he's willing to manipulate, hurt or even kill people.
Mage Killer: Has tooled his ki and techniques to specifically combat spellcasters. In addition to the Mage Slayer feat, he has other abilities that allow him to incapacitate spellcasters by crushing their throats to prevent them from verbally speaking magic words or breaking their hands to prevent somatic gestures.
Manipulative Bastard: He preys on people's sensibilities in order to get them to do what he wants, as shown when he uses JJ's feelings of loneliness and alienation in order to turn him to his side and against Pete and Sofia.
Misplaced Retribution: His desire to destroy the Dreaming World stems from a feeling of revenge for his wife's apparent death, but not only Nod wasn't even remotely guilty of hurting Heather Simos, the previous Vox Phantasma, but they were actually trying to rein her in to save her. In addition, the actual culprit of Heather's disappearance, Null, was actually trying to achieve the same goal as him.
Motive Rant: When Sofia hits him up before the meeting between the Order of the Concrete Fist and the Gramercy Occult Society, he ends up making one of these.
Tony: Yeah, it's not really magic what we do. The power of your strength, your ki, your soul. Ki is literally life force. It's not supernatural, it's the most natural, right? And even people that cast spells with the best of intentions can sometimes be meddling in forces that they don't fully understand. [...] And I don't want to be that asshole that comes back home and tries to tell people the way to do things or whatever. Look, hey, you crack the riddle, right? Turns out Dale was right, the chosen one was a real thing, right? So I'm not going to tell you your business. What I will say is that it's a slippery slope. It's a slippery slope, because of course Haste is going to be useful. Of course, it's going to be useful for someone to summon some kind of spirit, do something quick, so you let it slide, right? And that's a little more, it's a creature from the dream realm is something crossing over, it's something else. Eventually the line gets drawn somewhere and if it doesn't, well, what the hell happens then, right?
Oh, Crap!: He really regrets taunting Sofia over text when he sees her busting in, ready to kill him, with the rest of the Dream Team.
Redemption Rejection: Sofia offers him the chance to join forces in order to defeat Null and retrieve his wife, Heather Simos. His response? Attacking the Gramercy Occult Society, kidnapping Esther, and trying to destroy New York's part of the Dreaming World by overloading the Umbral engine.
Villain Ball: Perhaps Evil Gloating over text to the former First Fist of your order about kidnapping her best friend, who also happens to be the girlfriend of a freakishly strong superpowered paladin, along with revealing your evil plan early enough for it to be stopped, wasn't the smartest move in the world, which Tony realizes when the Dream Team busts in the Gramercy Occult Society to fight him.

Other Residents of New York

Dr. Lugash

Dr. Lugash Primjitzski

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

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Chapter I

"This, in the medical profession, we would say is a lot going on."

Race: Human

Class: N/A

Neighborhood: Greenpoint, Brooklyn

A Polish mob doctor who works out of a warehouse in Greenpoint.

Back-Alley Doctor: Dr. Lugash is not an officially licensed physician who works in a repurposed warehouse. Most of the appointments that he has involve him pulling bullets out of gangsters but occasionally he gets to flex his other medical skills, such as performing top surgery for Pete.
Beware the Nice Ones: He's a friendly and kind doctor, but he's absolutely not to mess with, as the gangster who tried to kill him during Pete's mastectomy found out the hard way (don't worry, he cleaned afterwards and patched them up). Pete constantly describes the incident as "[Lugash] shot my tits off!"
Gentle Giant: He's described as a huge, muscled man covered in tattoos but beneath his intimidating appearance he's very friendly and understanding.
Nice Guy: Aside from being a skilled physician, Dr. Lugash is also a kind and compassionate person who cares for patients like Pete. He even becomes Pete's AA sponsor in Chapter II.
Not That Kind of Doctor: Dr. Lugash is technically a surgeon - and not even a properly licensed one at that - and primarily works in trauma-based procedures but also shows knowledge in reconstructive surgery when he performs Pete's mastectomy. In Chapter II, has apparent expertise as an OB/GYN when he is asked to examine the current state of Sofia's pregnancy.
Power Tattoo: In Chapter II, he's revealed to have been inducted into the Unsleeping City and as a result has moving tattoos, though their actual purpose is not elaborated upon.

Priya Danger

Priya "Danger"

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Race: Human

Class: N/A

Neighborhood: Brooklyn

Pete's ex-girlfriend. A "true artiste" so to speak.

Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: She appears to care for Pete and to acknowledge his feelings, but in the end, she proves to be completely uninterested in him as a person, and pretended to in order to rip off Marina Abramović's "The Artist is Present".
Jerkass: She behaves horribly to Pete, luring him with the hopes that they could rebuild their relationship, and then using him in order to fuel her bad art performance.
Karma Houdini: Appears to be so at the beginning of Chapter II, having become happily engaged without suffering any long-term punishment for her treatment of Pete in Chapter I. Somewhat subverted, given that her new beau is found to be a chronic cheater.
Know-Nothing Know-It-All: Of the artistic variety. She comes off as a pretentious artist with none of the talent to back it up.
Only One Name: Unless "Danger" really is her last name
Terrible Artist: Her performance art piece titled "Cruelty: An Exploration of a Relationship" is a petty ripoff of Marina Abramović; "The Artist is Present". Pete immediately calls her out on it.
Pete: Not only is this so fucked up, but this is a pure ripoff of a very popular performance art piece. This is so dumb. […] If you're gonna publicly fuck with me, at least let it be original.

Lowell Masters

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Race: Human

Class: N/A

Neighborhood: Brooklyn

An artifact collector who's a regular at St. Owens.

Ass Shove: The major reason for why Lowell comes to Kingston regularly. It's also how he identifies the magic properties of various artifacts.
Collector of the Strange: Not so much the collection itself, but what Lowell does with them.

53\/ 3 N

53\/3N

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

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"Money is made up by the government, dude! It's a fiat currency!"

Race: Human

Class: N/A

Neighborhood: The Bronx

Pete's drug supplier and only friend before he meets the party.

Conspiracy Theorist: Paranoid and deeply anti-surveillance, decrying social media as "voluntary panopticon." He's so paranoid that he's managed to remove himself from the grid, replaced his daily food intake with a soylent drip and hides a golden AK-47 underneath his computer desk.
The Cracker: 53\/3N is a petty criminal hacker, making his profits by dealing drugs.
Even Evil Has Standards: He's so offended by Gladiator's rise to power in the city that he accepts Pete's request to hack into their servers for free.
Hacker Cave: His apartment loft is described as a dark, windowless complex with rows of buzzing servers.
Jerkass: Is rude, paranoid and has no compunctions about selling hardcore drugs like cocaine and heroin to teenagers.
Letters 2 Numbers: How his name is spelt, most likely this way because he's a hacker. Pronounced as "seven."
Only Friend: 53\/3N is this for Pete, for a given value of friend. Their dynamic is very cold and stiff, and Pete particularly doesn't seem to enjoy 53\/3N's company and takes the opportunity to snark at 53\/3N and his incredibly depressing lifestyle.
Shadow Archetype: He's what Pete would be like if Pete didn't have any definable conscience, morals or attachments to other people.
Would Hurt a Child: He checks in with Pete (who has just become sober for the first time in a while and is starting to realise the errors of his ways) to see if he sold hard drugs to minors, and stresses the importance of not stopping at weed.

Maddie Park

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

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"Bad things happen and they're bad and good things happen and they're good. And sometimes one leads to the other but it doesn't justify the other."

Race: Human

Class: N/A

Neighborhood: Long Island City, Queens

A talented hacker who contacts Pete in order to help him.

Asian and Nerdy: A Korean-American woman who's a great hacker and general techie.
The Atoner: Helps Pete out to make up for selling his location out to his transphobic father.
Commonality Connection: Just like Pete, she's a transgender Reformed Criminal who's looking to help people with her abilities.
The Cracker: Used to be this, having a side-job of tracking people, regardless of the intentions of the people who engaged her services.
Implied Love Interest: Pete shows a small amount of interest in her after their first meeting and brings her to the picnic in Chapter II's epilogue.
Reformed Criminal: Formerly The Cracker, she now reserves her hacking for good, or at least harmless, purposes.
Trans Nature: Just like Pete, she's trans, having discovered this shortly after tracking him down as a private investigator hired by his father.

Residents of the Unsleeping City

Angel of the Waters

Em, Angel of the Waters

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

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Race: Celestial

Class: N/A

Neighborhood: Central Park

The angel statue of the Bethesda Fountain.

Damsel in Distress: Is ripped from her fountain by an extremely powerful entity and kidnapped by the Rat King to become his new bride.
Healing Hands: Capable of healing others on touch, likely through Cure Wounds.
Making a Splash: She can control the water in her fountain, enabling her to make invisible cups of it to feed others, or to prevent Pete from drowning in sewage.
Em: I'm the angel of the friggin' water, kid. I would never let this shit hurt you.
Our Angels Are Different: She has a genuine celestial aura, but is a statue. However, she has control over water anyway.
Patrick Stewart Speech: She gives one after the deadly battle with the American Dream.
Em: Pain is a part of healing. And the things we've lost should hurt. But it does not mean that we are defeated or that they will hurt forever. [...] These sacrifices are never made in vain. All these people, their lives are our lives, and ours is theirs. All intertwined together. I think that's kinda beautiful.
Winged Humanoid: As a classic, metal image of an angel.

The Rat King

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

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Race: Rats

Class: N/A

Neighborhood: NYC Sewer System

The proclaimed king of New York City's rats.

And Now You Must Marry Me: His plan for the angel of the Bethesda Fountain.
The Beastmaster: Controls the rats of the sewers, as well as four albino alligators.
Hive Mind: He seems to be a singular individual despite the myriad of rats that make up his form.
Large Ham: Brennan brings out all the histrionics when voicing the Rat King.
Rat King: It's what he is.
Royal "We": What he uses to refer to himself, though given his nature it's actually more accurate than "I."
Villainous Breakdown: Gradually breaks down into a panic over the course of Episode 4, culminating in Sofie cutting apart his tail into the component rat tails, dissembling the mass entirely.
Rat King: Our tail! Our tail! Our tail! Our tails! Our tails!
Voice of the Legion: Brennan's voice is redubbed to give it this effect while speaking for the rat king.

Don Confetti

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

"I am a bad man, I am a piece of shit and you are welcome to beat the shit out of me, I can't stop you. Every woman should feel like a princess on her special day and I believe that 100%."

Race: Pixie

Class: N/A

Neighborhood: Central Park

The Don of the Park Pixie mafia that resides in New York.

Banned from Argo: For his cowardice in the battle with the American Dream, Rowan demands he leave New York and never return. He elects to go to Arizona and burn off his fingerprints.
Dirty Coward: Will do anything and sell out anyone in order to save his own skin. After being captured by the party he immediately caves and says he'll answer all of their questions and give them any information. And in the Final Battle, after being summoned by Ricky the first thing he does is run away and hide.
The Don: Has everything from the mob, the suit, and even the accent. His introduction is basically the opening for the first Godfather.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Despite being a reprehensible, ruthless mobster he loves his daughter Angela.
Justice by Other Legal Means: He stopped paying his tithe to Faerie a long time ago, so he was brought in on tax evasion.
Mister Big: He's a 2 foot pixie who runs the mob.

La Gran Gata

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

"I will come to you in my own time. Where you cannot expect. Walk the streets of this New York City. And I will come to you, when it is time for you to fight."

Race: Celestial

Class: Patron

Neighborhood: Astoria, Queens

The feline celestial spirit that guards the bodegas in Queens.

Dashing Hispanic: A female variation of this trope, if her suave Spanish accent is any indication.
Right-Hand Cat: To Sofia when she accepts her patronage.
Vocal Dissonance: She has a very deep voice, despite being female

Willy

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Race: Golem

Class: N/A

Neighborhood: Williamsburg, Brooklyn

A golem that resides in Williamsburg.

Ambiguously Jewish: It's hard to tell with his gravelly voice, but Willy sports a Yiddish accent, lives in a very Jewish neighborhood, and generally leans heavily towards the cultural aspects of the golem myth.
Distressed Dude: In Chapter II, Kingston finds him frozen in his apartment due to the magic words in his mouth being erased, and he has to get a rabbi friend of his to carve them back in.
Location Theme Naming: His home turf is Williamsburg so he goes by Willy.
Rock Monster: Exactly what you'd expect a golem to be.
Support Party Member: Plays this role in the battle against the American Dream, focusing entirely on catching people so that they aren't thrown out into the void and lost forever.

Officer Cirillo

Officer Epona Cirillo

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

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Race: Centaur

Class: Fighter

Neighborhood: NYPD

A centaur who works for the Unsleeping City branch of the NYPD and secretly for Robert Moses.

Devoured by the Horde: Kugrash siccs his army of rats on Epona, and they eat her alive while leaving no trace of her behind.
Dirty Cop: Is a minion of Robert Moses.
Our Centaurs Are Different: Except for being a police officer, she seems to pretty much be a typical centaur.

Robert Moses

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

"You think people make choices? No, people think they make choices. They think they're gonna steer right, or steer left, but they didn't build the roads."

Race: Human Lich

Class: N/A

Neighborhood: Wall Street

One of New York's most influential figures. He's responsible for the infrastructure of the city and has a vested interested in the Dream Team.

Ambiguous Situation: After Kugrash destroys his phylactery in the finale, it's unclear where he ended up, since he promised his soul to both Faerie and Hell, or if he even still exists
Big Bad: For Chapter I. The most notable threat the party faces and whose plan starts the chain of events leading to the apocalypse.
Bloody Murder: Uses what is essentially a lasso made from his own blood to tear Nod out of a mirror and into physical form beyond the Dreaming.
Corrupt Corporate Executive: Where to start? He's very old money, due to having been alive for the last 150 years and was even rich back then, and his plan consists in releasing the American Dream into the Waking World in order to make it immutable and therefore, profitable. His biggest (and arguably only) edge against the heroes is the ludicrous amount of resources and connections he has at disposition.
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: His biggest weakness by far is his inability to predict his opponents acting selflessly, given how he scoffs at Kingston's memories of giving up his dreams for New York and calling him a schmuck. His attempts to get the Dream Team out of his way non-violently have all failed because he didn't expect them to care so much about the people he's going to harm with his plan, and the final steps of his plan are foiled by the sacrifices of Ricky and Kugrash, the latter's ending up destroying him.
Evil Sorcerer: As a lich, he has plenty of magical abilities and no incentive to use them for anything good.
Faux Affably Evil: He acts politely and chooses his words very carefully in order to manipulate people, but he's seen for the monstrously vile person he truly is by our heroes every time he tries to sway or threaten them.
Historical Domain Character: The real Robert Moses is the man who engineered New York City to the modern city it is today and is a polarizing figure in his own right.
Historical Villain Upgrade: The real Robert Moses was, and still is, a controversial figure known for holding extremely racist views, leading to a lot of his genuinely helpful developments coming at the cost of black neighborhoods on purpose, but he was (probably) not an apocalyptically-evil lich.
Manipulative Bastard: Robert sold his soul to both Hell and Faerie, creating a dispute over who gets to claim him. In the end he managed to find a loophole in which he got to keep his soul and get off scot-free. This is part of his typical M.O.; rather than fight anybody directly he prefers a combination of trickery, blackmail, veiled threats or attempts to sway people to his side.
Morally Bankrupt Banker: A Wall Street financier and a vile, greedy and manipulative individual.
Non-Action Big Bad: Subverted. In the later half of the season, he uses the great amount of money and allies he has for the sole purpose of getting rid of the Dream Team before they decide to finish it and deal with him once and for all, implying that he's not very threatening in a fight. However, he reveals in the stock exchange fight that he is a powerful sorcerer.
One-Hit Kill: Has "Power Word Kill," which he uses to (temporarily) kill Pete.
Our Liches Are Different: Revealed to be undead, more specifically an undead sorcerer using a phylactery to stay alive for more than four centuries. After cleansing himself with the water of the Bethesda fountain, he is even more different, having all of the benefits and none of the detriments of the undead.
Politically Incorrect Villain: He's a big fan of Ronald Reagan, considering him a genius, was based on a real-life man that held extremely racist views, and refers to the incident of Pete's father using his deadname and being subjected to his first Wild magic Surge by this sentence:
Moses: Wouldn't wanna say your real name or bubbles'd come out of my mouth, huh?
Thanatos Gambit: Successfully tricked the party into advancing his Evil Plan as he was specifically counting on the party killing him, as he turned his Soul Jar into a time stone, meaning it would reform at a specific auspicious event - in this case, New Year's Eve. Once Robert reformed, he would trap the American Dream after it emerged from the Golden Door and put it under his control.
Villainous Breakdown: Panics when Kugrash eats the Bagel of All Things and begins to expand in consciousness, then attacks his incorporeal form, which would normally be impossible.
Robert Moses: What the, the fuck, what the fuck is going on? [Kugrash bites him] Gah! Aah, you fucking rat! You fuckin' rat bastard!
Why Won't You Die?: Or rather, "why won't you stay dead." He gets seriously angry when people keep coming back into the fight at the New York Stock Exchange, even telling Kingston:
Robert Moses: I'm getting real tired of you putting people back in the fight, Vox.

Stephen Sondheim

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Race: Human(?)
Class: Bard (College of Swords)
Neighborhood: Broadway, Manhattan

A famous composer and lyricist who is apparently a figure of importance to the theater on a magical level.

Ambiguously Human: He doesn't seem quite human, and Brennan implies that he is some kind of theater-based entity.
Big Damn Heroes: During Null's destruction of the Sixth Borough, he reconstitutes and appears in the nick of time to save Pete
Cool Old Guy: Everybody loves him, and he helps out in his own way despite being in his nineties.
Dual Wielding: Santa gives him dual broadswords in the final battle against the American Dream.
Historical Badass Upgrade: It’s unlikely that the real Sondheim is a magic-and-sword-wielding agent protecting the theater from otherworldly entities.
No Body Left Behind: When the American Dream kills him, his body falls outside of the phylactery, disintegrating in the process.
One-Handed Zweihänder: Is capable of wielding two broadswords one-handed each.
Unexplained Recovery: Makes an appearance in Faerie with Rowan in "For the Hoard", looking no worse for wear.
Secret-Keeper: He is well aware of the magical side of New York, but doesn't say anything about it or the actions of the Dream Team to anyone.
The Stoic: Constantly has a level voice. Rather than being creepy, it comes across as him being experienced and good with pressure.

Jung Wei Shen

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Race: Human
Class: Sorcerer (Draconic Bloodline)
Neighborhood: Chinatown, Manhattan

The patriarch of the Shen family, a powerful family of Draconic Sorcerers, a good friend of Kingston Brown, and a strong believer in tradition.

Bald Mystic: He's completely bald and a powerful sorcerer.
Cool Old Guy: He's a very affable and charming old man, as demonstrated by his hospitality and friendliness towards the Heroes of New York
Heroic Lineage: The Shen family were the guardians of the Dragon of Blecker Street since the 1870's, and he has magical cousins in every Chinatown.
Magical Asian: Much like JJ, it's pointedly averted. His family's powers actually come from the dragon of their family, and the legacy of their heritage.
Mundane Made Awesome: Inverted. He indulges Pete's amazement over his tea, and surreptitiously hides the numerous shelves of this type of tea.
Silver Fox: A grandfather who looks quite good for his age.

The Dragon of Bleecker Street

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Race: Dragon

Class: N/A

Neighborhood: Bleecker Street, Manhattan

A dragon that was brought to New York City by the Shen family many years ago, and built a Dragon Hoard in a subway station beneath Bleecker Street. Was the one who chose Kingston Brown as the Vox Populi.

Barrier Maiden: As Dragon Hoards are a symbol of things dragons find worthy of keeping and remembering, the Dragon's mere presence kept Null and its desire for forgottenness and isolation away from the city. When it died, it had to find a new champion to remember the people of the city in order to keep it away.
The Chooser of the One:
- Is the one that gave Kingston Brown his eternal subway token that marked him as the Vox Populi of New York City.
- On its deathbed, it asked three totemic spirits of the unicorn, pigeon and cockroach to find a champion of the homeless and forgotten to care for them and keep Null away from the city until a new dragon could come, and they ended up choosing the human-turned-ratman Bruce "Kugrash" Kugrich.
Dragon Hoard: Natch. Kingston first met it lying in piles of subway tokens, broken subway cars and street signs.
Posthumous Character: Died in 1994 shortly after giving Kingston his subway token.

Residents of Nod, the Sixth Borough

Nod

Nod, the Gray Orphan

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

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"I knew I chose right."

Race: Dream Monarch

Class: N/A

Neighborhood: Nod

The ruler of the Dreaming Realm and the personification of all the lost children of New York.

Ambiguous Gender: It's unclear whether Nod is a boy or girl, or even if they have a gender they identify with. Brennan uses they/them pronouns with Nod.
Berserk Button: Being referred to as a "grey baby."
The Chooser of the One: Is the one to select people to become the Vox Phantasma and protect the Dreaming Realm, including Pete Conlan and Heather Simos.
Creepy Child: Described as a grey-skinned child with black eyes, and when they cry their tears are the same color. They also hover and float across the ground instead of walking and are wearing a Victorian nightgown.
Creepy Good: Despite their generally off-putting appearance and mannerisms they seem to be generally benevolent.
Morality Pet: They're one for Pete, who feels very protective of them and is touched by their choice to trust him with a part of themselves.
Non-Human Non-Binary: Nonbinary/ambigiously-gendered dream entity. Their siblings also seem to be this.
You Never Asked: Nod just assumed that Pete wanted his dad to be trapped in the dream forever because Pete didn't ask if his dad could leave for four months.

The Unicorn

The Unicorn of New York City

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Race: Unicorn/Celestial

Class: N/A

Neighborhood: Nod

The personification of the Unicorn Tapestries in the Cloisters. One of Kugrash's three totem spirits.

The Chooser of the One: Was tasked by the Dragon of Bleeker Street, alongside her fellow totem spirits of the pigeon and the cockroach, to find an individual who was caring for the homeless and remembering the forgotten and aiding them by giving them druidic magic. The individual they chose was the rat-man Kugrash.
Healing Hands: As Kugrash's totem spirit, she gave him a boost to his protective and healing magic, and even on her own she can cast healing spells.

The American Dream (Spoilers for Chapter I)

The American Dream

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

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"This place is ... filthy."

Race: Celestial

Class: N/A

Neighborhood: Nod

Originally the formless personification of the American Dream itself, through the machinations of Robert Moses it escapes from behind the Golden Door from Nod into our world in Robert's plan to make it the new Paragon of the Waking World.

The All-American Boy: Is described as a white, blond, square-jawed, clean-shaven and well-dressed middle-aged humanoid probably in homage to the image of the standard American man. Albeit with tendrils of roiling magical energy emerging from its back.
Angelic Abomination: Being the Celestial personification of every U.S, citizen's vision of the American Dream, it has no singular form and is many things all at once. Once it steps through the Golden Door it is forced to stay in a humanoid, corporeal form but is shown that its mind is incredibly alien compared to any mortal.
Anti-Villain: While its desire to be real is in and of itself an innocent goal, the Dream does make it clear it will annihilate anybody that stands in its way of achieving that.
Final Boss: The final threat the Dream Team faces in Chapter I.
Hero Killer: In the short time it exists, it manages to (temporarily) kill Sofia and Pete, indirectly kill Ricky (who sacrifices his life to destroy its corporeal form) and cast Alejandro, Stephen Sondheim and Santa into oblivion.
Lack of Empathy: Brennan describes the Dream as a being without malice, cruelty, empathy or any recognisable emotion to show how truly inhuman this creature is.
Last Chance to Quit: Attempts this with the party. It tempts each member with an ideal version of their dream, and promises to make it come true - and given the power it wields, it's unlikely it was bluffing. In exchange they don't have to hurt or betray their friends; all they have to do it put down their arms and let it pass into the Waking World. Thankfully, they all refuse and continue to fight it.
Light Is Not Good: Is a celestial, but definitely not one of the good guys and is amoral at best.
Oh, Crap!: When Kugrash manages to change its face into that of a rat by merely telling it that it is one (figuratively), it shows more emotion than most other times.
"I am not a rat. I am not. A rat."

Spoiler Character for Chapter II

Null

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

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"What are you afraid of?"

Race: Dream Monarch

Class: Leviathan

Neighborhood: Nod (Deeper Dreaming)

A mysterious silhouette of a suited figure that appears in Chapter II. It is later revealed to be Nod's eldest sibling, an entity of the Deeper Dreaming that is older than time itself.

Berserk Button: Do not give it a name. Its second attack on Nod and the Sixth Borough was motivated by Pete naming it, and were it not for Sondheim's Big Damn Heroes, the Dream Team would have been erased by Null as well.
Big Bad: Appears to be the most present antagonist of Chapter II, and is the orchestrator of Gladiator's systematic erasure of the history of the city Null attacks.
Cain and Abel: This creature is revealed to be a sibling of Nod, and it starts the season slowly devouring its younger kin and the dimension that they rule over. Then, in episode 10, it straight up abducts Nod and spirits them away to the Deeper Dreaming.
Eldritch Abomination: Compared to its siblings and other Dream Monarchs, Null is on an entirely different scale of incomprehensibility. Its true form is described as boundless, and its mass as massless and larger than the entire city of Nod extending all the way into the Deeper Dreaming. Not to mention that it is ancient, predating the very concepts of time and space.
Expy: Its status as the incomprehensible primordial entity from which the universe originated who's related to the rest of the Monarchs of Dreaming, who are akin to deities in this world, make it very similar to Chaos, but unlike Chaos, who never takes actions after the birth of their children, Null uses its unfathomable power to try and destroy everything but itself.
Hopeless Boss Fight: The Dream Team evaluate Null very well and decide in the Ellis Island Battle not to fight it, but evade it until they can gather the rest of the Hoard's artifacts and then flee. Even then, Iga has to be left behind, as she's captured by it.
It Is Dehumanising: Unlike the rest of the Monarchs of Dreaming, who uses they/them pronouns to show that they are akin to people, it is specifically reffered to using it/its pronouns to show that it is far more incomprehensible than its siblings, and more like a powerful force than a singular entity.
Meaningful Name: The name that Pete assigns them - Null - is Latin for "none" or "nothing." Appropriate for a being whose main power is erasing things from existence.
Omnicidal Maniac: It wants to destroy everything, down to the concept of time itself, and wishes for nothing but it to remain.
Power of the Void: This entity appears to be an embodiment of nothingness, specifically the all-consuming void of the Deeper Dreaming that erases everyone that comes into contact with it. Its nothingness is also represented visually through it appearing as a colorless silhouette.
Take Away Their Name: A self-inflicted version. Along with time, this thing despises having a name as its greatest advantage is its inability to known or understood. Having a name makes it known and therefore vulnerable and so it took steps to expunge all records of its true name.
Time Abyss: Null is noted to be older than the known universe and considers the concept of time to be an insult to its very essence.
Unperson: Anytime anybody comes into direct contact with this being they are erased, which is what happened to the three Vox Phantasmas (Hans Fischer, Josefina Gatsby and Heather Simos) that previously ventured into the Deeper Dreaming where Null resides. This erasure was so powerful that all but a few of their memories were removed from the Metropolitan Museum of Memories and only Iga's chest - a powerful relic for preserving legend - could restore them.
Visible Invisibility: How its silhouette appears to people. Whenever it stands in front of a vibrant background, they appear as if invisible but their outline causes everything they are standing in front of to be sapped of color.
Walking Spoiler: Its status as an elder sibling of Nod, the cause of the deaths of three previous Vox Phantasmas and it being behind Gladiator's rise all qualify it as a major spoiler character.
You Cannot Grasp the True Form: That silhouette it appears to people as? That isn't its true form. Null is described as a creature who is boundless and cannot be defined through physical measurement, and that silhouette is how the people that encounter Null can comprehend it. It is also the form that it uses to lure them close enough so they can be devoured and erased, which Brennan explicitly likens to the lantern of an angler fish.

Outsiders

Santa

Santa Claus

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Race: Human(?)

Class: Sorcerer

Neighborhood: Outsider

Jolly Old Saint Nick, who brings toys to children all over the world. He's also a scientist and an incredibly powerful sorcerer and deposits an army of defective Santa clones in NYC every year under the guise of SantaCon.

Badass Santa: Capable of fighting if necessary, though not much.
Big Good: It's a given.
Clone Degeneration: He clones himself millions of times over every year, so there are always enough flubbed attempts to appear to be a massive yuletide pub crawl every year.
Damage Reduction: Has fire resistance, as he would need for sliding down chimneys so often.
Legacy Character: There have been many Santas across the ages, with the original Saint Nicholas having been killed by the Catholic Church during the Dark Ages. This Santa isn’t the last one, either.
Nice Guy: Very, very nice to everyone.
No Body Left Behind: When the American Dream kills him, his body falls outside of the phylactery, disintegrating in the process.
Sacrificial Lion: Dies helping the party fight the American Dream and stopping the apocalypse.

Isabella Infierno

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

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"Oh, Sofie Bikes. I didn't think you were classy enough to go to an art show."

Race: Fiend (Succubus)

Class: Monk

Neighborhood: New Jersey

The woman who stole Dale away from Sofia and her arch-nemesis.

Action Fashionista: Subverted. Try as she might, her supposed designer clothes are knockoffs.
Dark Action Girl: To Robert Moses.
Evil Counterpart: To her Arch-Enemy Sofia, obviously. Like Sofia, Isabella is a gorgeous woman with a heavy New York/Jersey accent and a similar fashion sense (heavy on the leopard print). She shares Sofia's fiery temper and is a monk just like her, as Brennan mentions that Isabella has the ability to use ki points in combat.
Evil Gloating: While fighting the party at Priya's art loft, she brags about her villainous deeds completely unprompted, which the party immediately lampshades and mocks her for.
Misty: What are you, fucking James Bond villain? You're just fucking telling us your entire plan, you idiot.
Pete: God, I'm glad I didn't send her to Hell. We got a lot of great info.
The Heavy: While Robert Moses is the Big Bad of the campaign, it's Isabella's actions (on the orders of Robert) that drive the majority of the conflict in the show's first half. It was she who stole Santa's list and crashed his sleigh, forcefully removed Em from Bethesda Fountain and handed her over to the Rat King and killed Dale because he knew too much about the racketeering business going on between Don Confetti and Robert Moses.
Mad Love: Is deeply in love with Robert Moses and says she is going to marry him. Whether this is a reciprocated romance on Robert's end is left unclear, and after Isabella's death this is not followed up on in the party's subsequent interactions with him.
Meaningful Name: Her surname is very similar to the Italian word for "Hell". Not such a surprise she turns out to be a fiend literally from Hell.
Not Hyperbole: The first conversation Sofia has about Isabella, Sofia derisively refers to her as a succubus saying how only dark magic could have taken Dale away. Turns out, Sofia was one hundred percent correct on that count.
Mario: You know how you often called Isabella Infierno a succubus? […] Sofie, she is a succubus!
Succubi and Incubi: Is secretly a succubus.
Traumatic Haircut: Kingston hits her with a fourth-level Lightning Bolt toward the end of her fight, singeing off all of her hair and turning her to this.
Your Head Asplode: How Sofia kills her. Sofia uppercut punches Isabella so hard that they crash through three stories of a building and Isabella's teeth and skull burst out of her head and are sent flying.

Smoczamatka

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Race: Dragon

Class: N/A

Neighborhood: N/A

A Polish dragon that was captured by Iga Lisowski's ancestors and contained in their family heirloom chest for centuries.

Attack Animal: Was used by the Visigoths as a beast of war in the old days until Iga's ancestors captured her.
Easily Forgiven: While she is angry at Iga's ancestors for capturing her and keeping her chained all these years, she is grateful to Iga herself for being the one to release her and offers her draconic magic.
Fisher King: While Smoczamatka was chained, Iga's chest's demiplane was mostly restricted to a big castle and a wide-open forest. When she is released, the demiplane expands to include mountains, a living village and shooting stars.
Sealed Badass in a Can: Was a powerful war dragon captured in Iga's magical chest by her ancestors, until Iga decided to free her. And while the modern outside world may be too dangerous for a dragon, the chest's forest and castle demiplane is big enough for her liking.
Truly Single Parent: Despite not having another dragon to mate with all these years, her Dragon Hoard contains several dragon eggs, including one with a graffiti pattern that keeps rolling away trying to explore the world. Kingston and Liz adopt that one and name him Langston Brown, the new Dragon of New York City.
Voluntary Shapeshifting: Has this ability like all dragons. She first appears to Iga as a pretty elfin woman sitting on a Dragon Hoard in her castle's dungeon.

Faerie

Queen Titania

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

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Race: Fairy (Seelie)

Class: Sorcerer

Kingdom: The Seelie Court

The Fae monarch of the Seelie Court who is seeking out Misty Moore.

Cold Iron: The reason why she's both hunting Misty and cannot follow her to the mortal realm. New York being a city of iron and smoke is naturally dangerous for more powerful fae. The only way Titania circumvented this is with a pair of magic shoes that cancels out this weakness - a pair that Misty stole when she left Faerie and which Titania is now trying to get back.
The Dreaded: Misty is rightfully afraid of Titania, having spent centuries hiding in New York beyond her gaze.
The Fair Folk: Despite being the fairy queen of summer and having powers over light, she is no less psychotic and vengeful than most traditional depictions of fairies.
God Save Us from the Queen!: Queen of the Seelie Court as well as a vicious, vain and spiteful creature. Aquamarine, a Seelie representative, notes, postmortem, that Titania was "very hard to work with."
Green-Eyed Monster: Another reason why Titania is hell-bent on hunting Misty is retrieving the glamor that Misty is "stealing" by playing her former Queen in "Midsummer Nights" which Titania believes rightfully belongs to her.
Public Domain Character: The famous Fae Queen herself. According to Misty in Episode 9, William Shakespeare was a bard who had been to Faerie.
Undignified Death: She is stunned, her crown taken from her, forced to dance uncontrollably in front of an audience with that stun still in effect (meaning the dance is probably awful)… and then Misty uses Vicious Mockery to essentially insult her to death.

Puck

Puck a.k.a. Bobby Goodfellow

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Race: Fairy (Unseelie)

Class: N/A

Kingdom: The Unseelie Court

Herald of the Unseelie Court.

The Fair Folk: Of the Unseelie Court, specifically. He is more benevolent to Misty than Titania, though.
Public Domain Character: He is Robin Goodfellow, a.k.a. Puck, from A Midsummer Night's Dream. According to Misty in Episode 9, William Shakespeare was a bard who had been to Faerie.
Secret Identity: Hides as "Bobby Goodfellow" or "Robin Goodfellow" at times.

Hell

Bazathrax

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Race: Devil

Class: Patron

Domain: The Nine Hells

A minor devil that Cody had signed his soul to.

The Imp: Despite being Cody's patron, he's actually closer to this due to his non-threatening nature.
Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: Is barely worth notice by New York's anti-fiend protection wards, but can still do a considerable amount of damage on Earth.
- It's completely subverted when he encounters Pete, who's dozens of leagues above him, and gets sealed by him in a tattoo on Cody's chest. He's basically rendered harmless, except for the useless or downright stupid advice he gives to Cody.
Rodents of Unusual Size: Has the head of a marmot and the centaur-like lower half of a capybara.
Stupid Evil: A devil, and stupid enough that Cody thinks he sucks and is an idiot.
Sure, Let's Go with That: Cody immediately mistakes him for Lucifer, and he's happy to oblige.
Swapped Roles: Cody's signing of his soul to him makes him Cody's boss. By the story's end, the actual Lucifer takes his place as Cody's patron and makes Bazathrax Cody's subordinate.

Characters / Dimension 20 The Unsleeping City

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The Dream Team

Peter "the Plug" Conlan

Played by: Ally Beardsley

Sofia Lee (née Bicicleta)

Played by: Emily Axford

Ricky Matsui

Played by: Zac Oyama

Kingston Brown

Played by: Lou Wilson

Kugrash/Bruce Kugrich

Played by: Brian "Murph" Murphy

Misty Moore/Rowan Berry

Played by: Siobhan Thompson

Chapter II Members

Cody "Night Angel" Walsh

Played by: Brian "Murph" Murphy

Iga Lisowski aka Madame Anastasia

Played by: Siobhan Thompson

Residents of New York City

Family Members of the Party

Pete's Family

Mitch Conlan

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Sofia's Family

Dale Lee

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Mario Bicicleta

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Marie Bicicleta

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Ricky's Family

Dr. Emiko Matsui

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Bruce Kugrich's/Kugrash's Family

Wally Kugrich

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

David Kugrich

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Kingston's Family

Victoria Brown

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Winston Brown

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

District Attorney Elizabeth "Liz" Herrera

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Iga's Family

Jessica Lisowski

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Nick Lisowski

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Gramarcy Occult Society

Alejandro Ortiz

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Esther Sinclair

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Ana and Amelia Ortiz

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Joe "JJ" Jacobs

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Order of the Concrete Fist

Jackson Wei

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Tony Simos

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Other Residents of New York

Dr. Lugash Primjitzski

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Priya "Danger"

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Lowell Masters

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

53\/3N

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Maddie Park

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan

Residents of the Unsleeping City

Em, Angel of the Waters

Played by: Brennan Lee Mulligan