History Characters / CriticalRolePercivalDeRolo

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Demonstrated in the second (Mighty Nein) campaign's Episode 14 without him actually being present. [[spoiler:Try as he might to guard his shameful invention of firearms, Anna Ripley sold several of them and even gave blueprints to tinkerers. Add on another two decades, and rifles are present on the continent of Wildemount, since he couldn't have found all of them in time to prevent their proliferation.]]
--->'''Taliesin:''' Literally everything's coming back to haunt me. Okay.
** In the third campaign (Bell's Hells), while he does understand their sorrow, [[spoiler: once the connection between Laudna and Delilah is made undeniably clear, and that attempting to revive the former could bring back the latter instead, Percy immediately forbids Pike from completing the ritual, as he of all people knows what horrors Delilah could unleash upon the world if brought back, which he notes is too much of a risk to take for just one person.]]

-->"[[CallBack What's Kaylie's mother's name?]] What is it? ''(throws the bag at Scanlan)'' Dick. For the record, it's Sybil."

-->'''Taliesin:''' I sacrificed a small child to these dice.

-->'''Percy:''' [[spoiler:''It was so expensive!'']]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Demonstrated in the second (Mighty Nein) campaign's Episode 14 without him actually being present. [[spoiler:Try as he might to guard his shameful invention of firearms, Anna Ripley sold several of them and even gave blueprints to tinkerers. Add on another two decades, and rifles are present on the continent of Wildemount, since he couldn't have found all of them in time to prevent their proliferation.]]
-->'''Taliesin:''' Literally everything's coming back to haunt me. Okay.

-->'''Vex:''' Do you recognize [Ripley], Percy?
-->'''Percy:''' ''(very quietly)'' Yes.
** Later:

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** When Percy is attacked by assassins while he is sleeping in his personal room in his own castle, in a town where everyone loves him, Talesin and Matt have this exchange, which demonstrates how safe Percy feels in such a secure situation.
---> '''Talesin''': I do keep my small pistol under my pillow.

-->"[[CallBack What's Kaylie's mother's name?]] What was her name? ''(throws the bag at Scanlan)'' Dick. For the record, it's Sybil."

* DiseaseBleach[=/=]PrematurelyGrayHaired: His natural hair color is brown, but it turned white after the trauma of seeing his family massacred before his eyes.

* ElementalWeapon: He can use Ice Shot and Fire Shot. [[spoiler:His elemental shots are done away with when Scanlan tosses The List into an acid pool.]]

* NayTheist: Generally wishes to live in a way where the gods are "hands-off" in regards to him. This unknowingly came to the forefront in Episode 69, [[spoiler:during his resurrection ritual. Taliesin had told Matt that Pike or Vax successfully using their divine favors to aid in the ritual would cause Percy to choose to remain dead - Pike did try Divine Intervention, but thankfully failed]]. In the post-timeskip arc, [[spoiler:Percy is reconsidering his stance a bit, as he's now met multiple deities in person. Notably, he is poised to become a champion of Ioun, the Mistress of Knowledge - a perfectly thematic choice for TheSmartGuy who went into a state of bliss upon entering her nigh-infinite library...[[BaitAndSwitch and then her blessing went to Scanlan instead.]][[note]]Ioun's logic being that despite Percival seeking knowledge and learning, he doesn't necessarily believes in sharing that knowledge with the world, while Scanlan; being a Bard from the College of Lore and a storyteller; technically is part of Ioun's domain, making him a better fit for her blessing than Percival.[[/note]] Ultimately, Percy accepts himself as the counterpart to the faithful and finds peace in that]].

* DiseaseBleach/PrematurelyGrayHaired: His natural hair color is brown, but it turned white after the trauma of seeing his family massacred before his eyes.

* BlueBlood: If his incredibly long name wasn't a big enough clue, he is appropriately educated and well-mannered. The party fields Scanlan when they need a convincing lie, but if they need a ''respectable face'', Percy's their man. It adds an interesting degree of obligation to his vengeance against the Briarwoods beyond the purely emotional and moral outrage—they've stolen his birthright and dishonored his family name. He's also more conscious of class distinctions than others in the party might be.

* DiseaseBleach: His natural hair color is brown, but it turned white after the trauma of seeing his family massacred before his eyes.

* LockedIntoStrangeness: Official art by Kit Buss indicates he was born with darker brown hair, so it's possible that the change is the result of the trauma of losing his entire family or because of the strange gun-fashioning accord he made with the unknown magical being of vengeance. In Episode 24 he alludes to this, saying he looked different when he was younger.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Not for what you think. By inventing firearms and seeing evil people potentially using them, he's very worried he's unleashed something evil, so much that he begs the Raven Queen in Episode 57 for some way to "fix" it.

* PowerfulPeopleAreSubs: Percy comes from old money, has the best claim to inherit the rulership of a city-state (Whitestone), is well-read, with a cutting wit, is intelligent, able to deal out terrifying amounts of damage without being a magical or close-quarter combatant, while wielding dangerous, unpredictable, and destructive weapons on par with high-level spells. He also enjoys being on his hands and knees. In the picture that Doty drew, Percy and Vex are in bed together with Vex being the dominant partner.

* PrematurelyGreyHaired: The trauma involved in the death of his family is why his hair is white despite him being a human in his early twenties.

---> '''Matt''': Of course you do (laughs). Yes, you would, Percy.

** After receiving Anna Ripley's pepperbox, taken off her corpse on the Island of Glass, he re-named it "Animus".

* BrainsAndBondage: Percy is, of course, exceptionally intelligent, well-read, and well-spoken. He also rather casually mentions that he enjoys being on his hands and knees—and, when Grog successfully Insight-checks him, says he's never been so honest about anything in his life.

* NayTheist: Generally wishes to live in a way where the gods are "hands-off" in regards to him. This unknowingly came to the forefront in Episode 69, [[spoiler:during his resurrection ritual. Taliesin had told Matt that Pike or Vax successfully using their divine favors to aid in the ritual would cause Percy to choose to remain dead - Pike did try Divine Intervention, but thankfully failed]]. In the post-timeskip arc, [[spoiler:Percy is reconsidering his stance a bit, as he's now met multiple deities in person. Notably, he is poised to become a champion of Ioun, the Mistress of Knowledge - a perfectly thematic choice for TheSmartGuy who went into a state of bliss upon entering her nigh-infinite library...[[BaitAndSwitch and then her blessing went to Scanlan instead.]][[note]]Ioun's logic being that despite Percival seeking knowledge and learning, he doesnt believe in sharing that knowledge with the world, while Scanlan; being a Bard from the College of Lore and a storyteller; technically is part of Ioun's domain, making him a better fit for her blessing than Percival.[[/note]] Ultimately, Percy accepts himself as the counterpart to the faithful and finds peace in that]].

* NayTheist: Generally wishes to live in a way where the gods are "hands-off" in regards to him. This unknowingly came to the forefront in Episode 69, [[spoiler:during his resurrection ritual. Taliesin had told Matt that Pike or Vax successfully using their divine favors to aid in the ritual would cause Percy to choose to remain dead - Pike did try Divine Intervention, but thankfully failed]]. In the post-timeskip arc, [[spoiler:Percy is reconsidering his stance a bit, as he's now met multiple deities in person. Notably, he is poised to become a champion of Ioun, the Mistress of Knowledge - a perfectly thematic choice for TheSmartGuy who went into a state of bliss upon entering her nigh-infinite library...[[BaitAndSwitch and then her blessing went to Scanlan instead.]] Ultimately, Percy accepts himself as the counterpart to the faithful and finds peace in that]].

* ActionDad: [[spoiler:His and Vex's first child, Vesper, was born in the year between "The Search for Grog" and "Dalen's Closet", and ''[[TabletopGame/TalDoreiCampaignSetting Tal'Dorei Reborn]]'' reveals that they have four more by the time of Campaign 2. Taliesin notes in Percy's epilogue that he still goes on adventures in his retirement from time to time, and in Campaign 3, he leads the entire Whitestone Rifle Corps with Bad News at the ready in case Laudna's resurrection ritual goes wrong.]]

* AmbiguousDisorder: Despite usually being TheStoic, he's had at least three panic attacks: one in Episode 57, when he nearly drowns in the Raven Queen's temple, one in Episode 59 when he's temporarily blinded, and one in Episode 70 after speaking with a spy. Considering what happened to his family, he's likely suffering from PTSD and/or some kind of panic disorder.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Is more arrogant due to his rich upbringiing in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina'' than he was in the original web show, to the point where he's embarrassed to be associated with the rest of the party.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Percy is almost always the [[OnlySaneMan most level-headed person in Vox Machina]]. He spends the entirety of Episode 25 getting progressively more and more violent and crazed, until he's roaring the names of enemies and blowing baseball-sized holes in people who cross him. With the continuation of the Whitestone arc, these outbursts become more frequent, intense and disturbing.
* OverlyLongName: Introduces himself to strangers by his full name. The others chiming in afterwards to call him by his nickname is a RunningGag. Incidentally, it seems the long name is a fusion of both parents' family names, and he's the only one of his siblings so impressively designated, since he wasn't expected to inherit much or be married off.
* PapaWolf: During his appearance in Campaign 3, he proves himself to be this, albeit with a threat instead of an action. [[spoiler:When he finds out that Laudna is connected to Delilah Briarwood, and that resurrecting the former may bring back the latter, Percy immediately calls off his help. Ashton bares his soul to try and convince Percy to help, but Percy still refuses. He even says that, should Bell's Hells resurrect Delilah Briarwood, then he will "send them to the same place" that he'd send Delilah to keep his family and his city safe.]]

** Also did it in Episode 7 with The List to knock out a duergar. With a Natural 20, no less.
* PoorPredictableRock: For a time, Percy suffered from this ever since losing his magical weapon. In more than a few instances, his nonmagical bullets from Retort and Bad News have had very little effect in certain battles (or, in one case, ''no effect'' to the point where only the necrotic damage from Hex would register). After acquiring the magical handgun Animus, this seems to have been resolved.
* PragmaticHero: It's becoming something of a theme that Percy is willing to pay for the well-being of others with his own soul. When he refuses such bargains, it's not because he won't compromise his morals, but because he won't be cheated.

** Lord and Lady Briarwood draw out special hatred in his heart because they betrayed his parents, killed his family, and drove him from his home. Their associates qualify as well, and the List has barrels specifically marked for all of them.

* JerkassHasAPoint: In his appearance as an NPC in Campaign 3, while still disposed to help the party, he acts in a notably harsher way towards Bell's Hells than the rest of Vox Machina does. [[spoiler:When Pike drops TheReveal that [[ExBigBad Delilah Briarwood]]'s soul is tied to Laudna's and completing the resurection ritual might end up bringing ''her'' back instead, Percy outright forbids the completion of the ritual as long as the result is uncertain. As he points out, Delilah Briarwood is one of the most dangerous necromancers of the third age, and Laudna just isn't worth the risk.]]

* JerkassHasAPoint: In his appearance as an NPC in Campaign 3, while still disposed to help the party, he acts in a notably harsher way towards Bell's Hells than the rest of Vox Machina does. [[spoiler:When Pike drops TheReveal that [[ExBigBad Delilah Briarwood]]'s soul is tied to Laudna's and completing the resurection ritual might end up bringing ''her'' back instead, Percy outright forbids the completion of the ritual as long as the result is uncertain. As he points out, Delilah Briarwood is one of the most dangerous necromancer of the third age, and Laudna just isn't worth the risk.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Arrogant, snarky, insufferable and vengeful, but Percy ultimately cares about the rest of Vox.

* NotAMorningPerson: When he allows himself to sleep he apparently dislikes waking up. Vex fondly describes him as "grumpy."

** Quiet and level-headed he might be, but he's been known to indulge in pranks, wisecracks and petty revenge almost as much as Vax. Mostly by abusing his reputation for being quiet and level-headed. He has a really good poker face.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Percy is almost always the [[OnlySaneMan most level-headed person in Vox Machina]]. He spends the entirety of Episode 25 getting progressively more and more violent and [[AxCrazy crazed]], until he's roaring the names of enemies and blowing baseball-sized holes in people who cross him. With the continuation of the Whitestone arc, these outbursts became more frequent, intense and disturbing.

* PrematurelyGreyHaired: The trauma involved in the death of his family is why his hair is white despite him being a human in his twenties.

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: He and Vex—both officially Chaotic Good aligned—only get together after both of them have had enough character development that they think they're healthy for each other, and more references are made to their ''very'' active sex life than to any other character's in the show (besides Scanlan).