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* CompleteImmortality: Jourrael was exalted through an agreement between Lolth and Asmodeus, Lord of the Hells. Thus, she cannot be completely destroyed unless the contract of said agreement is broken. During The Calamity, the best mortals could do to stop Jourrael was sunder her body apart and hide them in faraway, secure locations.

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* CompleteImmortality: Jourrael was exalted through an agreement between Lolth and Asmodeus, Lord of the Hells. Thus, she cannot be completely destroyed unless the contract of said agreement is broken. During The Calamity, the best mortals could do to stop Jourrael was sunder her body apart and hide them the parts in faraway, secure locations.
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* BladeBelowTheShoulder: The Laughing Hand's right arm is a massive blade is sharp enough to cut through a demonic gorilla in just a few quick slashes.

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[[folder:Cardinal Respa]]
!!Cardinal Respa
-->'''Race:''' Human
-->'''Class:''' Cleric

Apparently a high ranking cleric of Pelor in Rexxentrum, she is in fact a traitor. She was corrupted into the worship of the Angel of Irons some time ago, not knowing that the Angel is in reality Tharizdun.

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!!Cardinal Respa
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!!Ganix, the Laughing Hand
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-->'''Race:''' Human
-->'''Class:''' Cleric

Apparently a high ranking cleric
Fiend

The "undying chosen"
of Pelor in Rexxentrum, she is in fact a traitor. She was corrupted into Torog, the worship of the Angel of Irons some time ago, not knowing that the Angel is in reality Tharizdun.Crawling King, sealed away by Celestials beneath Bazzoxan. Obann seeks to release it, and other "lost children".



* BadBoss: She [[KillItWithFire attacks one of her own fellow cultists in order to get at the Nein.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: As a cardinal of Pelor, she would have appeared to be a kind force for good in the world... until she showed her true colours.
* FaceHeelTurn: If she was ever a true follower of Pelor, then her turn to Tharizdun counts as this.
* FalseFriend: At the very least, she poisoned a number of clerics of Pelor. She possibly killed all of them that way. If any survived, her fellow cultists would have finished them off.
* ImpromptuTracheotomy: Nott finishes her off with a crossbow bolt through the throat that pins her to the wall.
* TheMole: Within the clergy of Pelor.
* SmugSnake: She chastises Vence for being an idiot, but she isn't much better. She does call back Obann and co. when the Nein and Pumat break into the Chantry, and her chastisement clued Vence into the fact that he was easy to scry on, but she catches her own guards in her attacks after their ranks had already been thinned, she goes down pretty quickly once combat begins, and she doesn't know about the Angel's true nature.
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!!Ganix, the Laughing Hand
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-->'''Race:''' Fiend

The "undying chosen" of Torog, the Crawling King, sealed away by Celestials beneath Bazzoxan. Obann seeks to release it, and other "lost children".
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!!Cardinal Respa
-->'''Race:''' Human
-->'''Class:''' Cleric

Apparently a high ranking cleric of Pelor in Rexxentrum, she is in fact a traitor. She was corrupted into the worship of the Angel of Irons some time ago, not knowing that the Angel is in reality Tharizdun.
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* BadBoss: She [[KillItWithFire attacks one of her own fellow cultists in order to get at the Nein.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: As a cardinal of Pelor, she would have appeared to be a kind force for good in the world... until she showed her true colours.
* FaceHeelTurn: If she was ever a true follower of Pelor, then her turn to Tharizdun counts as this.
* FalseFriend: At the very least, she poisoned a number of clerics of Pelor. She possibly killed all of them that way. If any survived, her fellow cultists would have finished them off.
* ImpromptuTracheotomy: Nott finishes her off with a crossbow bolt through the throat that pins her to the wall.
* TheMole: Within the clergy of Pelor.
* SmugSnake: She chastises Vence for being an idiot, but she isn't much better. She does call back Obann and co. when the Nein and Pumat break into the Chantry, and her chastisement clued Vence into the fact that he was easy to scry on, but she catches her own guards in her attacks after their ranks had already been thinned, she goes down pretty quickly once combat begins, and she doesn't know about the Angel's true nature.
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[[folder:The Laughing Hand]]
!!Ganix, the Laughing Hand
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-->'''Race:''' Fiend

The "undying chosen" of Torog, the Crawling King, sealed away by Celestials beneath Bazzoxan. Obann seeks to release it, and other "lost children".

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!!Ganix, the Laughing Hand
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[[folder:Cardinal Respa]]
!!Cardinal Respa
-->'''Race:''' Fiend

The "undying chosen"
Human
-->'''Class:''' Cleric

Apparently a high ranking cleric
of Torog, Pelor in Rexxentrum, she is in fact a traitor. She was corrupted into the Crawling King, sealed away by Celestials beneath Bazzoxan. Obann seeks to release it, and other "lost children".worship of the Angel of Irons some time ago, not knowing that the Angel is in reality Tharizdun.



* BadBoss: She [[KillItWithFire attacks one of her own fellow cultists in order to get at the Nein.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: As a cardinal of Pelor, she would have appeared to be a kind force for good in the world... until she showed her true colours.
* FaceHeelTurn: If she was ever a true follower of Pelor, then her turn to Tharizdun counts as this.
* FalseFriend: At the very least, she poisoned a number of clerics of Pelor. She possibly killed all of them that way. If any survived, her fellow cultists would have finished them off.
* ImpromptuTracheotomy: Nott finishes her off with a crossbow bolt through the throat that pins her to the wall.
* TheMole: Within the clergy of Pelor.
* SmugSnake: She chastises Vence for being an idiot, but she isn't much better. She does call back Obann and co. when the Nein and Pumat break into the Chantry, and her chastisement clued Vence into the fact that he was easy to scry on, but she catches her own guards in her attacks after their ranks had already been thinned, she goes down pretty quickly once combat begins, and she doesn't know about the Angel's true nature.
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[[folder:The Laughing Hand]]
!!Ganix, the Laughing Hand
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-->'''Race:''' Fiend

The "undying chosen" of Torog, the Crawling King, sealed away by Celestials beneath Bazzoxan. Obann seeks to release it, and other "lost children".
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[[folder:Cardinal Respa]]
!!Cardinal Respa
-->'''Race:''' Human
-->'''Class:''' Cleric

Apparently a high ranking cleric of Pelor in Rexxentrum, she is in fact a traitor. She was corrupted into the worship of the Angel of Irons some time ago, not knowing that the Angel is in reality Tharizdun.
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* BadBoss: She [[KillItWithFire attacks one of her own fellow cultists in order to get at the Nein.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: As a cardinal of Pelor, she would have appeared to be a kind force for good in the world... until she showed her true colours.
* FaceHeelTurn: If she was ever a true follower of Pelor, then her turn to Tharizdun counts as this.
* FalseFriend: At the very least, she poisoned a number of clerics of Pelor. She possibly killed all of them that way. If any survived, her fellow cultists would have finished them off.
* ImpromptuTracheotomy: Nott finishes her off with a crossbow bolt through the throat that pins her to the wall.
* TheMole: Within the clergy of Pelor.
* SmugSnake: She chastises Vence for being an idiot, but she isn't much better. She does call back Obann and co. when the Nein and Pumat break into the Chantry, and her chastisement clued Vence into the fact that he was easy to scry on, but she catches her own guards in her attacks after their ranks had already been thinned, she goes down pretty quickly once combat begins, and she doesn't know about the Angel's true nature.
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An agent of the cult placed within the [[CriticalRoleNPCsDwendalianEmpire Cerberus Assembly]], Vence has been a thorn in the Nein's side for some time.

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An agent of the cult placed within the [[CriticalRoleNPCsDwendalianEmpire [[Characters/CriticalRoleNPCsDwendalianEmpire Cerberus Assembly]], Vence has been a thorn in the Nein's side for some time.
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An agent of the cult placed within the Cerberus Assembly, Vence has been a thorn in the Nein's side for some time.

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An agent of the cult placed within the [[CriticalRoleNPCsDwendalianEmpire Cerberus Assembly, Assembly]], Vence has been a thorn in the Nein's side for some time.
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* EvilSorcerer: ''The Nine Eyes Of Lucien'' has him find a journal written by [[https://criticalrole.fandom.com/wiki/Nonagon_mage the Grand Archivist]], a wizard born after the Calamity who was the first person the Somnovem contacted. The Archivist's journal describes his conflcit with [[https://criticalrole.fandom.com/wiki/Lorni%C3%AB Lornie]], a more humane wizard who studied the Somnovem's actions. Lornie described Fastidan as a "sick tyrant" for the way he used and abused large numbers of slaves in constructing the threshold crests the Somnovem needed for their schemes. Given their fanaticism, hubris and not seeming to mind Fastidan's use of slavery, it's unlikely the rest of the Somnovem were any better during their mortal lives.
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* SelfMadeOrphan: ''The Nine Eyes Of Lucien'' reveals his backstory. He was born into a family of musicians, but his parents were abusive {{Jerkass}}es who violently beat their kids, even TheDutifulSon Elric. When Elric was murdered because the Tavelles didn't pay a large debt to the Jagentoth family, they [[spoiler:had him semi-resurrected as a CameBackWrong creature that moved with his body but had a creepy UncannyValley manner. Lucien was eventually so disgusted with "Sock Brother", as he called the revived Elric, and his parents' abuse that he finally torched the family's wagon with his parents and Elric inside.]] He and his sister Aldreda set out on their own.
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* DarkMessiah: He presents himself as one to the rest of the Tombtakers, saying that they'll be able to use the Somnovem's power to shape Exandria to their will and live like royalty.


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** ''The Nine Eyes Of Lucien'' shows that Lucien feels this way about his pre-Nonagon life after he bonds with the Somnovern.
* TookALevelInJerkass: ''The Nine Eyes Of Lucien'' shows what he was like before his first death. He was ruthless, self-centered and amoral, but he grew up in {{Wretched Hive}}s like the Shadycreek Run and wasn't much worse than anyone else. He still cared about his TrueCompanions and other family members like his sister. [[spoiler:After his resurrection as the Nonagon, he started abusing and manipulating the Tombtakers, treating them as expendable puppets that he had to corral and force into obedience. When most of them are killed by the Nein's ambush, he brushes their deaths off as their being "meant" to take him and Cree there and no further. Later, when the Nein are close to capturing him and Cree, he turns her into a BlobMonster to buy himself time to reach the Somnovem.]]


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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: When most of the Tombtakers die in Aeor, he dismisses their deaths and says they served their purpose. He later [[spoiler:turns Cree into a BlobMonster to slow the Nein down while he gets to Cognouza. He even views the ''Somnovem'' as this, deciding that their madness and bickering keep them from being truly effective. He later hijacks them into being his puppets, putting all of Cognouza under his control.]]
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* AxeCrazy: What makes them so dangerous. While already being tough creatures, their absolutely insane ways of thinking, combined with their love of killing, makes them one of the only threats the group cannot reasonably handle with tact so far. These Gnoll's kill, laughing hysterically as they do so.

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* AxeCrazy: What makes them so dangerous. While already being tough creatures, their absolutely insane ways of thinking, combined with their love of killing, makes them one of the only threats the group cannot reasonably handle with tact so far. These Gnoll's far; these Gnolls kill, laughing hysterically as they do so.
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* OddFriendship: With Jester, who seems to pick up on Isharnai feeling lonely and chooses to make her feel geuninely happy. Jester even continues to send her cupcakes long after the party has left her. [[spoiler:Matt revealed in the post-game wrap-up that Isharnai recovered from the ''Modify Memory'' later and was so genuinely impressed by Jester as a fellow trickster that she didn't go out of her way to seek vengeance.]]

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* OddFriendship: With Jester, who seems to pick up on Isharnai feeling lonely and chooses to make her feel geuninely happy. Jester even continues to send her cupcakes long after the party has left her. [[spoiler:Matt revealed in the post-game wrap-up that Isharnai recovered from the ''Modify Memory'' ''modify memory'' later and was so genuinely impressed by Jester as a fellow trickster that she didn't go out of her way to seek vengeance.]]



* SadisticChoice: Forces one on the Mighty Nein, offering to lift a curse she put on a hafling friend of theirs only in exchange for [[EquivalentExchange an equal source of misery]]. The Nein make several terrible offers to her and ultimately have argue between themselves whether to sacrifice their limbs, their friends, or their dreams of peace to help their friend.

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* SadisticChoice: Forces one on the Mighty Nein, offering to lift a curse she put on a hafling friend of theirs only in exchange for [[EquivalentExchange an equal source of misery]]. The Nein make several terrible offers to her and ultimately have argue between themselves whether to sacrifice their limbs, their friends, or their dreams of peace to help their friend.



* SlippingAMickey: [[spoiler:Falls victim to this courtesy of Jester and a cupcake sprinkled with Dust of Deliciousness, impairing her mind to allow Jester to use ''modify memory'' and avert the SadisticChoice.]]

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* SlippingAMickey: [[spoiler:Falls victim to this courtesy of Jester and a cupcake sprinkled with Dust of Deliciousness, impairing her mind to allow Jester to use ''modify memory'' and avert the SadisticChoice.]] SadisticChoice]].



* WorfHadTheFlu: [[https://bixbiboom.tumblr.com/post/190573796119/okay-now-im-intrigued Matt implied on twitter]] that she is a Legendary Creature, which should grant her three automatic saving throws successes each day. For some reason that Matt doesn't reveal, she did not use them.
* WorthyOpponent: Was revealed by Matt in the Campaign Wrap-up to feel this way toward [[spoiler:Jester]], as she recovered from the ''Modify Memory'' but remained impressed enough by the [[DidYouJustScamCthulhu trickery she fell for]] that she's not willing to seek vengeance... ''[[TheEndOrIsIt yet]]''.

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* WorfHadTheFlu: [[https://bixbiboom.tumblr.com/post/190573796119/okay-now-im-intrigued Matt implied on twitter]] Twitter]] that she is a Legendary Creature, which should grant her three automatic saving throws throw successes each day. For some reason that Matt doesn't reveal, she did not use them.
* WorthyOpponent: Was revealed by Matt in the Campaign Wrap-up to feel this way toward [[spoiler:Jester]], as she recovered from the ''Modify Memory'' ''modify memory'' but remained impressed enough by the [[DidYouJustScamCthulhu trickery she fell for]] that she's not willing to seek vengeance... ''[[TheEndOrIsIt yet]]''.
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* AndShowItToYou: [[spoiler: How Beau finally defeats it. However, since it's a very large creature and its heart is equally massive and heavy, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome this looks a lot less cool than Beau envisioned.]]]]

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* AndShowItToYou: [[spoiler: How Beau finally defeats it. However, since it's a very large creature and its heart is equally massive and heavy, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome this looks a lot less cool than Beau envisioned.]]]]]]
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* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Her accent definitely helps add to her EvilIsSexy appeal.

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* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Her accent definitely helps add to her EvilIsSexy sexy appeal.

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* MiseryBuildsCharacter: A very firm believer in this. He views Caleb's trauma, namely being forced to murder his parents, being institutionalised in an asylum for over a decade and everything he went through with the Mighty Nein, as instrumental in helping him reach his true potential, and claims to have orchestrated all of it out of ''love''.

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* MiseryBuildsCharacter: A very firm believer in this. He views Caleb's trauma, namely being forced to murder his parents, being institutionalised institutionalized in an asylum for over a decade decade, and everything he went through with the Mighty Nein, as instrumental in helping him reach his true potential, and claims to have orchestrated all of it out of ''love''. ''love''.
** [[spoiler: And he still believes it after being imprisoned for seven years, as most of the messages he left for Caleb at the Rexxentrum Archive were him gloating that the time he spent thinking in his cell made him stronger than ever. Caleb and the Nein were just mildly annoyed until [[ThisMeansWar Trent threatened Essek]].]]



* NoMisterBondIExpectYouToDine: He invites Caleb and the rest of the Nein to a dinner at his tower, where he is flanked by Astrid and Eadwulf, which he frames as a "family reunion".

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* NoMisterBondIExpectYouToDine: He invites Caleb and the rest of the Nein to a dinner at his tower, where he is flanked by Astrid and Eadwulf, which he frames as a "family reunion". [[spoiler: He invited Caleb to dinner again in ''The Migthy Nein Reunited: Echoes of the Solstice'', in his childhood home and with his undead parents as special guests. Caleb's decision to spend the night inside his Tower so that everyone could fight and protect Luc at their best [[PunctualityIsForPeasants turns it into a breakfast]].]]



* NotSoStoic: He likes to present an image of being an unflappable mastermind who is above petty conflicts, but a couple jabs from ''Caduceus'' of all people is enough to crack his facade. [[spoiler:Later, when the Nein steal some cloaking amulets from him he tries to convince Caleb that he isn't angry but just wants to talk. Except when Caleb blows him off he comes charging after them with a full Volstrucker strike force.]] [[spoiler: He also keeps a smug sneer on his face even after being defeated, gagged, and shackled... except when it's [[ForceFeeding feeding time]], at which point Matt says he gets "a little bitchy."]]

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* NotSoStoic: He likes to present an image of being an unflappable mastermind who is above petty conflicts, but a couple of jabs from ''Caduceus'' of all people is enough to crack his facade. [[spoiler:Later, when the Nein steal some cloaking amulets from him he tries to convince Caleb that he isn't angry but just wants to talk. Except when Caleb blows him off he comes charging after them with a full Volstrucker strike force.]] [[spoiler: He also keeps a smug sneer on his face even after being defeated, gagged, and shackled... except when it's [[ForceFeeding feeding time]], at which point Matt says he gets "a little bitchy."]]



* PostFinalBoss: [[spoiler:He faces off against the Mighty Nein in the final episode, after they've dispatched ArcVillain Lucien in the previous one. While he's far from a simple fight, he's less of a challenge than Lucien was.]]

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* PostFinalBoss: [[spoiler:He faces off against the Mighty Nein in the final episode, after they've dispatched ArcVillain Lucien in the previous one. While he's far from a simple fight, he's less of a challenge than Lucien was.]] [[spoiler: And then he comes back as the main antagonist of ''The Mighty Nein Reunited: Echoes of the Solstice''.]]
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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:After the Mighty Nein place an anti-magic collar on his neck and defeat him, he's taken to trial. It's described as being unable to talk or use his hands, being force-fed, and leaving him with nothing but his thoughts about how badly he's messed up.]]

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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:After the Mighty Nein place an anti-magic collar on his neck and defeat him, he's taken to trial. It's described as being unable to talk or use his hands, being force-fed, and leaving him with nothing but his thoughts about how badly he's messed up. He somehow manages to [[CrossesTheLineTwice double down on this trope]] after being freed from the collar during the [[WhenThePlanetsAlign Apogee Solstice]] by getting himself sealed in a [[SealedEvilInACan Athtiri Menthal]] in an attempt to take his revenge on Caleb and the Nein.]]

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* FauxAffablyEvil: She's reasonably personable when things are going her way, and seems to genuinely like Fjord's company, but, if her plans for Vandran are any indication, she planned to sacrifice him all along. Not to mention the whole plan to unleash an EldritchAbomination upon the world.
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** His Pressence in an important War Meeting also allowed Jester to stumble into the empire's plans to retake the Ashguard Garrison, giving the Kryn Dynasty enough time to defend themselves and improve the party's standing with the Bright Queen.

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** His Pressence presence in an important War Meeting war meeting also allowed Jester to stumble into the empire's plans to retake the Ashguard Garrison, giving the Kryn Dynasty enough time to defend themselves and improve the party's standing with the Bright Queen.
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** His Pressence in an important War Meeting also allowed Jester to stumble into the empire's plans to retake the Ashguard Garrison, giving the Kryn Dynasty enough time to defend themselves and improve the party's standing with the Bright Queen.

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