History Characters / TalesFromMyDDCampaign

* AllTheOtherReindeer: Growing up as a child, Jinx did her best to blend in with others (somewhat literally, given her abilities) but was always aware of her true nature, and grew to be uncomfortable with both her "true form" and her "disguises", feeling that neither are truly ''her'', so to speak.

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: As a Changeling, Jinx can essentially transform into any humanoid race she likes, and can even copy the appearance of other specific people (though this requires at least some study to be accurate).

* AllTheOtherReindeer: As a "goblin", Blue often faces a certain degree of racism in humanoid settlements. In one instance, this got Blue angry enough to [[spoiler:try to kill an innkeeper who had treated him more like an animal in regards to rooming, though the attempt failed and he later felt regret for giving in to his temper[[.

* LonelyTogether: Starts to form a bond with Blue over their shared sense of isolation from others (with Jinx being a [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Changling]] who's not comfortable with her "true form" and has some identity issues about it, and Blue not being certain if there's anyone else like himself out there).

* HairTriggerTemper: Blue has little patience when dealing with idoicy, or bigotry, and in a moment of impulsive anger, [[spoiler:attempted to murder a racist innkeeper using his psionic powers while everyone in the place was distracted. The attempt failed, but Jinx sensed the psionic energy, putting two and two together. When she approached him in a private conversation, he admitted that he [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regretted what almost happened]] and bemoaned his lack of self-control]].

* HiredGuns: Was formerly a member of a group of mercenaries known as the Yellow Cloaks that operated in the country of Laric, whose motto was "We're free lads, but we don't work for free". Pelor describes two jobs the Cloaks pulled off in the cold open of episode 4, the first being to rescue the captured children of a governor and the second to take down a corrupt politician after being paid to do so by "concerned citizens". After hearing the stories (including the name of the politian and that the first story took place in the southern province) and making some knowledge checks, the party realized that the governor and the politician were ''the same person'', highlighting that the Cloaks wouldn't bat an eye trading sides if the money was right, though apparently Pelor himself never connected the dots until it was pointed out to him.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Is the last of the Dark Ancients to be introduced in the series, but is different from them in several ways. While the others are presented as cruel, calculating foes that usually discard any bodies that have suffered too much PossessionBurnout to be useful, Gamma seems to be a barely sentient, gargantuan monstrosity made up of the various bodies he's taken throughout his extended lifespan, with "Alpha" remarking that Gamma "never learned how to let go."

* ArcherArchetype: His primary weapon is his convoluted {{Magitek}} crossbow.

* KillSteal: In their early adventures, the party noticed an unusual trend where, despite his low attack damage, he would end getting the final blow on many of their enemies. It's since become a RunningGag that both the player and character do this on purpose (they don't)

* ArcherArchetype: Unlike most of the party (with the exception of Dravin), Krillidin prefers to fight from a distance with a bow and arrow, and can be quite effective at it.

* HolographicInterface: How they tend to communicate over long distances.

* RealityWarper: One of their inexplicable abilities seems to be the power to [[KarmicJackpot expend built-up Karma to fuel subtle, but extremely powerful and wide-ranging effects.]] Notably, Lord Kintemazu estimates that just his and his brother's personal Karma stores would be enough to safely cure a member of the party of the [[ThePlague Astral Plague]], which not even [[Precursors the Yttarans]] could do at their height, and Lord Kinnekoro threatens that if the party killed his brother, he could [[BadassBoast "turn their fate into their]] ''[[BadassBoast doom."]]''

!!The Shadowfel
[[folder: The Shadowfel in general]]
A dark reflection of the Fadelands.

* CrapsackWorld: Oh so much. The continent is split between five horrific vampire kings, the ocean is filled with eldritch horrors, and under the surface the Drow rule supreme.
* EldritchAbomination: The aptly named Fell Ocean is filled with them.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Spelled "shadowfel", with one "l", as opposed to the traditional "shadow''fell"'', with two.
* ZombieApocalypse: The undead just seem to pop out of the ground there. And in the backstory, a major invasion from The Shadowfel led to the creation of the Warforged by the Ytarrans.

* {{Expy}}: His appearance takes a lot of inspiration from RobinHood and [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Green Arrow]]. His name also seems to be inspired by [[Manga/DragonBall Krillin]].

* SeenItAll

* FusionDance: [[spoiler:During the climatic fight in episode 66, an aspect of the Albtraum that the demigod had smuggled into the Material Plane merges with a phantasm of the Headless Horseman to become the [[FinalBoss Nightmare Knight]], replacing the steed's flames with green lightning and with his head on top of the Horseman's armored body, creating one of the party's most fearsome opponents (at least in theory; some of the party, especially Little One, were ''overjoyed'' at having a physical target to smash).]]

[[folder:[=Temple1=]/"Alpha"]]

A large human dressed in furs, Uhamicho is Barbarian/Shifter multi-class that specializes in dealing vicious unarmed attacks, shifting his hands into claws that can tear into even metal.

A changeling Spellthief (a type of Rogue that can steal spells from their targets instead of dealing Sneak Attack damage). Can technically take any humanoid form they like, but their preferred form is a young human woman, with the only hint to her nature (to the audience) being her black eyes with green sclera.

A blue "goblin" (even Blue doesn't know what they actually are), possessing psionic abilities and a short temper.

An eladrin Beguiler (a type of spellcaster that specializes in charms and enchantments).

!!The Party

!!Tarq
[[folder: Tarq as a nation]]
The dwarven nation of Tarq comprises a large chunk of what used to be the territory of the Ytarrans, before all the Ytarrans died off. These days it is principally inhabited by the dwarves, who spread south from the three ancient dwarfholds in the wake of the Ytarran's disappearance, glutting themselves on the empty space.
The dwarves of Tarq are divided into several clans, each ruled by a "Don". It should also be noted that Tarq is the only major nation to border both the Illud and the Deluvian factions of the Kua-Toa, putting it in a unique position with regard to their EnemyCivilWar.

* LostTechnology: There are still caches of ancient Ytarran {{Magitek}} hidden throughout the land. Uncovering one of these can produce relics of unimaginable value.
* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Mostly fit the trope.

[[folder: Don DiCorso]]
The ruler of the mining town of Corso's Chasm and a close ally of the humans, Don DiCorso serves as the mastermind behind the Spoons Of Plenty quest arc.
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* DealWithTheDevil: Does some degree of trading with the Illud faction of the Kua-Toa, including trading a StaticStunGun for one of the three Spoons Of Plenty.
* FreeSamplePlotCoupon: Already has one of the three Spoons in his possession at the time he hires the party.
* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Standardly dwarfy dwarf.

[[folder: Supervisor Huevo/"Daggerface"]]
Supervisor Huevo was once a mild-mannered and friendly overseer in the Corso's Chasm mining operations, but that was before he was taken prisoner by drow raiders. Horrifically disfigured by their poisoned knives, he was then dumped right next to a tree that radiates overpowering magical terror, and then left there, tied up, for hours. After he was rescued by the party, he adopted the name "Daggerface" after his horrific facial scars, and joined the party to hunt monsters. Was left behind when the party teleported to Vistria, but rejoined them after the first adventures in Polaron.
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* CensorBox: His face is always covered by one after the scarring
* GoodScarsEvilScars: His horrific facial scarring lends him his new name.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Apparently went on to have quite a few adventures of his own after separating from the party.
* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing: Tended to become this while fighting with the party, due to inexplicable bad luck on his dice rolls.

[[folder: GE-7]]
Back when the Ytarrans still lived, GE-7 was simply a menial worker in the laboratory/temple of Ginaron. But after the death of the Ytarrans in the Astral Plague, GE-7 devoted himself to studying the mysteries of artificing and to the worship of Ytaru, God of artifice, innovation, and discovery. While most other Warforged either put themselves in stasis or broke down from lack of repairs, GE-7 learned enough to sustain his Warforged body indefinitely, and was still functional nearly a thousand years later when the party stumbled across him within the depths of Ginaron.
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* HeroicSacrifice: {{Averted}}. While the DM's script called for him to sacrifice himself to destroy the malfunctioning teleport gate, the party TookAThirdOption and discovered how to save him.
* LastOfHisKind: GE-7 is one of the handful of "Ancients" who survived all the way from Ytarran times to the modern day.
* PoweredArmor: Thanks to several ''centuries'' of cumulative tinkering, his Ytarran Power armor is an incredibly advanced bit of {{Magitek}}. He gives it to the party in preparation for a HeroicSacrifice, and is happy to let them keep it when they figure out how to actually save him.
* PutOnABus: Last seen heading off to speak with the elves, perhaps the only people who remember as much as he does.
** TheBusCameBack: He returns at the end of the Polaron arc, rejoining the party to see a still fully-functional Ytarran facility.

!!Vistria
[[folder: Vistria as a nation]]
The last of the Three Brother Nations, Vistria is a kingdom on the edge of catastrophe. Locked in a perpetual war against the evil Kua-Toa on three sides, and the vicious Orcish warbands on the fourth, Vistria still carries the legacy of the Smith.
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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Heavily inspired by Western European culture and government, though with far more ethnic diversity due to the number of refugees they've taken in over the years.
* FantasticRacism: A major issue in Vistria. Since Vistria's own population is almost exclusively human, and the only non-humans they have regular contact with are the Kua-Toa, the aquatic slave armies that serve the Kua-Toa, and the vicious Orcs, a fair amount of pro-human racism has accumulated.

!!The Shadowfel
[[folder: The Shadowfel in general]]
A dark reflection of the Fadelands.

* CrapsackWorld: Oh so much. The continent is split between five horrific vampire kings, the ocean is filled with eldritch horrors, and under the surface the Drow rule supreme.
* EldritchAbomination: The aptly named Fell Ocean is filled with them.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Spelled "shadowfel", with one "l", as opposed to the traditional "shadow''fell"'', with two.
* ZombieApocalypse: The undead just seem to pop out of the ground there. And in the backstory, a major invasion from The Shadowfel led to the creation of the Warforged by the Ytarrans.

[[folder: The Vampire Kings]]
The five vampires that rule over the continent.

* CannotCrossRunningWater: One of their few weaknesses. For all their incredible power, both Swayne and Cornello are stopped dead be even simple streams.
* CapturedSuperEntity: The Vampire Kings derive the bulk of their power from "spirit shackles", arcane rituals that bind the spirits of the Shadowfel to their control and force them to grant various supernatural powers. The five Kings keep the best of these powers for themselves, while bestowing those which are redundant, incompatible with vampirism, or otherwise undesirable onto various lieutenants.

!!Swayne
The Vampire King that rules over the Shadowfel equivalent of Western Vistria
* DissonantSerenity: He pretty much always looks bored, regardless of the situation.
* TheDreaded: Described as the most fearsome Vampire King, despite his limited territory. [[spoiler: When he shows up in person in episode 50, he has the party running scared.]]
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Wears nothing from the waist up but an unbuttoned leather jacket and a necklace.
!!Alyssa
The Vampire King that rules over the Shadowfel equivalent of Verandi and Laric
* IHateYouVampireDad: Not fond of the vampire who turned her. [[spoiler: Considering it's Swayne, a fellow Vampire King, which are constantly at war, this really takes it beyond the pale.]]
* SheIsTheKing: Still called "King" despite being a women.
* UndeadChild: Alyssa has the body of a nine-year old girl. Creepy.
!!Cornello
The Vampire King that rules over the Shadowfel equivalent of eastern Vistria, Northern Urruk, and Korstraad.
* ILoveYouVampireSon: Was the lover of the Vampire King Vladimir, who turned him in order to preserve him for eternity.
* MaliciousMisnaming: In a stinger, the party dubs him Cornholio. Yep.
* ManBehindTheMan: The party fights a lot of his minions. Including a cult leader in Castle and a necromancer in Goodplace, but haven't encountered him directly.
!!Lockhart
The Vampire King The rules of the equivalent of Urruk and the Elven lands.
* HufflepuffHouse: The party hasn't traveled in his lands or their corresponding lands in the Fadelands much, so they haven't dealt with his forces at all.
* SpaceFillingEmpire: While he controls a huge amount of territory, his lands are relatively poor in spirits suitable for shackling, making him less powerful than his territory would indicate.
!!Hastings
The Vampire King which rules over the equivalent of Tarq.
* HufflepuffHouse: His forces haven't been encountered by the party.

[[folder: Lieutenants of the Kings]]
While the vampire kings naturally bestow the best of the powers granted by the Spirit Shackles on themselves, many of these powers are redundant with other powers, incompatible with vampirism, or otherwise undesirable for the Kings. These powers are instead bestowed onto various lieutenants.
!! Baron Deathmoor
A lieutenant-archetype in Cornello's service, consisting of several CastFromLifespan powers. A previous Baron Deathmoor was killed by Rygax, and the current holder of the title is hampered by his lack of an {{Immortality}} power.
* CastFromLifespan: The abilities that make up the "Baron Deathmoor" archetype are powerful, but consume the wielder's life force to use. This is why Cornello (who as an undead has no life-force to spend), cannot keep these powers for himself.
** One of the party's main goals during the "Week of Hell" arc was to prevent the current Baron Deathmoor from drinking from the Oluanna spring and gaining immortality, which would have let him use his abilities without limit.
* LegacyCharacter: Like many lieutenants, Baron Deathmoor is less a specific individual and more an archetype created by a combination of shackles. Thus, when one Baron Deathmoor is killed another can soon be appointed.
!! "Wormy"
The leader of a cult of Verandian refugees in lower Castle, whose human disguise impossibly conceals a massive worm-like monster. Claims to be in the service of Cornello, but may [[FalseFlagOperation actually be working for Swayne]]
* BloodMagic: The cult he was leading used special incense to unleash blood-draining scarabs on their victims, harvesting the blood for some unknown purpose.
* FalseFlagOperation: Wormy publicly claims to be in the service of Cornello. However, according to the Rajs his Spirit Shackle is traditionally held by Swayne.
* {{Hammerspace}}: Somehow manages to conceal his true form (a worm about fifteen feet around and hundreds of feet long) inside the body of a pudgy human.
* ReviveKillsZombie: Can regenerate from any damage other than that inflicted by positive energy.
!! Tod, the Hollow Swarm
A lieutenant of Swayne, with the power to summon large numbers of shadow minions at extreme range and speed.
* GlassCannon: His minion-summoning is one of the most potent offensive abilities in the series, but he has a mere ''eight hit points''.
* MookMaker: His primary power. He can spawn shadow-minions at a rate of 3 a round, each of which has fairly good attacks and a decent defense due to the 50% miss-chance from incorporeality. Better yet, he can summon shadows from nearly a mile off so long as he has line of sight.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: "Tod" is Elvish for "extremely unpleasant death".
* ResurrectiveImmortality: One of his shackles allows Swayne to instantly resurrect him if he's killed.
!! Morduval
A lieutenant of Swayne, with the power to turn into a giant tentacle monster.
* MagicPants: {{Subverted}}. His clothing in his human form does regenerate when torn to shreds by his transformation, but it takes about 20 seconds to fully repair and he transforms far more often than that in battle.
* OneWingedAngel: An interesting variant. Per WordOfGod, his tentacle monster form costs a massive amount of energy to maintain, but shifting into or out of the form is almost instantaneous and costs little energy. So whenever he needs to strike or tank a blow, he will flash into the tentacle monster form for a fraction of a second, then back into his wrinkled-old-man form.
* ProtectiveCharm: In addition to the powers granted by his spirit shackle, the mind hunters granted him a set of powerful defensive wards that made him almost indestructible.

[[folder: Spirits]]
Spirits native to the Shadowfel
!!Balvan, The Millstone
A mountain spirit that the party encounters, but doesn't fight. Has a much more in depth, and tragic, backstory than his brief appearance would suggest.
* DealWithTheDevil: Made a deal with Swayne to [[spoiler: vampirize his daughter Alice.]] It doesn't really work out for either of them, as [[spoiler: Alice becomes the Vampire King Alyssa.]]
* HeroOfAnotherStory: His life has been detailed in the four-part Sage of Balvan [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kS6HHObuaA here.]]
* OneManArmy: Fights hordes of Drow, and wins.
* RedBaron: The Millstone. Says it all, really.
!!Oluana
A spring spirit than can grant immortality... once every hundred years or so.
* TheAgeless: What Oluona grants to those who drink of her first waters.
* ImmortalityInducer: A living one. But she can only do so once every one-hundred and ten years.
* OnlyThePureOfHeart: Implied. Dialogue from [[spoiler: Cornello]] suggests that Oluana can sense people's hearts and minds. However, she can't hold back her waters forever, she just prefers not to grant agelessness on those who would abuse it.
!!The Darktrees
A species of spirit resembling an inverted tree (with the roots on the surface and the branches growing ever downwards) that feed off the corrupted spiritual energies of the Shadowfel. [[spoiler: Secretly the custodians of the spiritual energy that will be used to usher in the True Dawn]].
* [[spoiler: NoPlaceForMeThere: The Darktrees feed off of the corrupted energies of the Shadowfel. When the True Dawn comes and the plane is healed, they will inevitably wither and die. Despite that, they are so tired of feeling the suffering of the plane that they work to bring about the True Dawn anyway.]]
* PsychicPowers: Are powerful telepaths and empaths.
* SupernaturalFearInducer: One of their primary defenses.

[[folder: Other Shadowfel Denizens]]
!!Rygax
A legendary hero, servant of [[DontFearTheReaper Ankou]], and sage of the Shadowfel. Appears after years of foreshadowing to aid the party during the Week of Hell. Though his power and wisdom are great, his social skills have been blunted by long years spent fighting alone.
* CrazyPrepared: Seems to always have exactly the spell scroll needed for any given situation. [[spoiler: Pulling out a scroll of ''earthquake'' to create a makeshift river just to slow [[TheDreaded Swayne]] down in episode 50 is particularly impressive.]]
* DontFearTheReaper: A member of the same order as Zaheer.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Has been opposing the Vampire Kings for hundreds, possibly even ''thousands'' of years.
* MrExposition: PlayedWith. He has encyclopedic knowledge of the Shadowfel and its dangers and will gladly share when needed, but he is so ''used'' to the plane's various horrors that he [[YouDidntAsk often forgets to even bring up important information until it's nearly too late.]]
* SeenItAll
* YouDidntAsk: Has a bad habit of doing this, much to Little One's annoyance.
!!The Albtraum
A lieutenant of Asmodeus, the Lord of Hell, who holds control of a small demesne within the Shadowfel as a result of some unknown divine pact. Has the physical appearance of a vaguely humanoid shape made of solid green lightning bolts.
* FusionDance: [[spoiler:During the climatic fight in episode 66, an aspect of the Albtraum that the demigod had smuggled into the Material Plane merges with a phantasm of the Headless Horseman to become the [[FinalBoss Nightmare Knight]], replacing the steed's flames with green lightning and with his head on top of the Horseman's armored body, creating one of the party's most fearsome opponents (at least in theory; some of the party, especially Little One, were ''overjoyed'' at having a physical target to smash).]]
* GodsHandsAreTied: Something that works in the party's favor when he confronts them. Had they entered his realm of their own free will, they would be utterly in his power and he could have reshaped or erased them at will. But since he extended his realm beyond its proper borders to entrap them, divine law requires that he at least give them a fighting chance to survive and escape.
* RealityWarper: Within his own borders, he is essentially omnipotent, able to reshape anyone and anything to his will.
* TalkingToThemself: Does a variation of this where one of his creations ([[EliteMook a copy of an old but powerful Monitor]]) starts to backtalk his master/creator, being self-aware enough to point out that the Albtraum ''could'' take direct control of him but it would weaken the duplicate's fighting ability as the Albtraum can't directly copy a Monitor's fighting style himself (relying on implanting copied memories into a compatible soul in the first place). [[EveryoneHasStandards Even the Albtraum is weirded out by this conversation.]]
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: During the party's time in the Albtraum's domain, it takes control of the parting words of each episode (proclaiming that these are the tales of ''his'' D&D campaign) away from Demonac, leaving the original host trapped in a pocket dimension until the party finally escapes, releasing Demonac as well.
* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:Is on the receiving end of this at the hands of his god Asmodeus after the events of episode 66, as the dark god was not amused at the Albtraum's failure to kill Rygax or the party (twice in the latter case), nor at the Albtraum's rather unimpressive attempts to spin the failure into a success at planting seeds of fear in the mortals. It's unclear if the Albtraum is actually dead or not, but he was clearly suffering.]]

!!The Dark Ancients
A group of evil war-forged that found a way to cheat death by becoming ghosts. They seek the complete destruction of all organic life.

* ImmortalityImmorality: Dark Ancients survive the slow degeneration of Warforged bodies by stealing the bodies of other Warforged.
* MortalityPhobia: One of the prerequisites for becoming a Dark Ancient is a fear of death so all-consuming that you are willing to do ''anything'', including killing innocents and stealing their bodies, to survive.
* PossessionBurnout: A Warforged body host a Dark Ancient ages at roughly triple speed due to the alien mental energies. True constructs are an even worse match, burning out in a few months.

[[folder:[=Temple1=]/"Alpha"]]
The very first Dark Ancient the party meets. While at Ginaron, he pretends to be a cleaner named [=Temple1=]. However, after the party decides to bring him along, he possesses the core of the facility, which causes a chain of events that gives the party "space aids."
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* DirtyCoward: Even as he was pretending to be [=Temple1=], he hates being damaged. This gets used against him as a taunt during the Polaron Arc.
* FinalBoss: Of the Polaron Arc, taking possession of the "[[AllYourPowersCombined Strategic Withdraw Unit]]" in an attempt to radiate half of the continent. [[spoiler:He's finally KilledOffForReal at the end of the battle, even trying a fruitless TakingYouWithMe self-destruct.]]
* NoNameGiven: Because of hearing Greek Letters as names from Beta, Delta, and Gamma, the party gives him the name "Alpha." [[spoiler:In actuality, his name is Epsilon, with Alpha being the first of them, [[KilledOffscreen and he didn't make it]].]]
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Dying, he tries to blow up his Strategic Withdraw Unit to take them down with him, but it fails thanks to the Force Wall erected by Draven.]]

[[folder:Beta]]
A golem that ambushes the party on their way to Castle.

[[folder:Del/Delta]]
A Dark Ancient that takes the form of an Orc and acts as the right hand of the Orc leader, having manipulated others bellow him into gathering artifacts.

[[folder:Gamma]]
A massive MechanicalAbomination created from countless Warforged bodies that attacks the party in front of Polaron.

A Half-Elven soldier in the elven military in the Feywild, he was unlucky enough to cross through a natural portal into the Shadowfel, where he was chased by wolves and other horrors until he ran into and joined the party while they were fleeing from [[spoiler:Swayne]]. A talented Arcane Archer with a [[WeaponOfChoice Bow of Splitting]] that literally doubled each shot, he was a welcome addition to the group.

* MasterArcher: Unlike most of the party (with the exception of Dravin), Krillidin prefers to fight from a distance with a bow and arrow, and can be quite effective at it.