History Characters / CultOfTheLambOthers

* ButtMonkey: They suffer a lot from Sozo's abuse. The Lamb can also kill them for Menticide Mushrooms, being the only friendly characters you can outright kill in a crusade. A new scene in the Relics of the Old Faith update also has the Lighthouse Keeper see them and immediately call them hideous, to which they take offense. In ''Sins of the Flesh'', [[spoiler:Sozo as a follow will cartoonishly ''eat'' them]].

* TheSpook: While few if any of the [=NPCs=] get much in the way of backstory, it's fairly easy to understand thier main deals. With Haro, you never really know what he's about; you just keep encountering him camping in the Lands of the Old Faith, and he never tells you anything about himself, and simply tells the player of the events that shaped the world.

* TheSpook: While few if any of the [=NPCs=] get much in the way of backstory, it's fairly easy to understand thier main deals. With Haro, you never really know what he's about; you just keep encountering him camping in the Lands of the Old Faith, and they never tell you anything about himself; only about the events that shaped the world.

* TheSpook: While few if any of the [=NPCs=] get much in the way of backstory, it's fairly easy to understand his main deal. With Haro, you never really know what he's about; you just keep encountering him camping in the Lands of the Old Faith, and they never tell you anything about himself; only about the events that shaped the world.

* MrExposition: Their primary role is to shed light upon the {{Backstory}}.
* TheOwlKnowingOne: They're an owl who appears to be a historian of sorts, providing the Lamb with information about the setting's lore.
* TheSpook: While few if any of the [=NPCs=] get much in the way of backstory, it's fairly easy to understand their main deal. With Haro, you never really know what they're about; you just keep encountering them camping in the Lands of the Old Faith, and they never tell you anything about themself; only about the events that shaped the world.

* NoSell: Their Mithridatism card grants anyone who draws it complete immunity to poison.

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* UnwittingInstigatorofDoom: Downplayed, but in "Sins of the Flesh", [[spoiler:The Mushroomos are the ones responsible for Sozo's madness, as they're the one's who made him hooked when he arrived in the Spore Grotto to study the Menticide Mushrooms.]]

* ButtMonkey: They suffer a lot from Sozo's abuse. The Lamb can also kill them for Menticide Mushrooms, being the only friendly characters you can outright kill in a crusade. A new scene in the Relics of the Old Faith update also has the Lighthouse Keeper see them and immediately call them hideous, to which they take offense. In ''Sins of the Flesh'' Sozo as a follow will cartoonishly ''eat'' them.

* ButtMonkey: They suffer a lot from Sozo's abuse. The Lamb can also kill them for Menticide Mushrooms, being the only friendly characters you can outright kill in a crusade. A new scene in the Relics of the Old Faith update also has the Lighthouse Keeper see them and immediately call them hideous, to which they take offense.

* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Klunko doesn't seem all too bothered about losing his hand to a bet. If anything, he finds it hilarious and will crack a few jokes about it.

* {{Jerkass}}: Is never anything but snooty and rude to the Lamb whenever they interact.

[[folder: The Mushroomos]]

* UncertainDoom: It's unknown what happens to them after Sozo dies but given the dangerous creatures and cultists lurking in Anura, it's likely that they were killed or sacrificed.
** Subverted as of the "Relics of the Old Faith" update. They'll now pop up in a random room in Anura and comment on Sozo's demise and how it's the reason they've left him.

* MushroomMan: They are this.

[[folder:Ratoo]]
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[[caption-width-right:255:"I'll trawl the depths, for the heart she took from my chest!"]]
A rat in search of his heart.

* TheAloner: Outside the Challenge Room, he's usually alone fishing for hearts whenever the player comes across him, his only company being the tiny heart creatures surrounding the spring. That said, he doesn't mind the Lamb's company and welcomes them.
* BeatStillMyHeart: A victim. He's still alive despite his ribcage being torn wide open, and he knows his heart's still beating out there, wherever his old lover went.
** It seems he was correct, as his heart has since become (or always was) [[spoiler:Hathor, one of the demons the Lamb can summon for added buffs during the dungeon runs. If the Lamb encounters Ratoo while accompanied by Hathor, he will request the Lamb to hand the heart-demon over.]] The Lamb can, of course, [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential decline]].
*** [[spoiler:Keep in mind, however, that the only way for the Lamb to bring Hathor along with them is by summoning it into the body of one of their followers, and should they give Hathor back to Ratoo, they also [[SadisticChoice lose the follower]].]]
* ChallengeRun: If encountered away from his spring, he may challenge the Lamb to try and complete several rooms this way, such as clearing them without dodging or without using curses.
* DubNameChange: Similar to Ratau being called "Nezumu", the Japanese translation calls Ratoo "Nezunu" (ネズヌ), based on the Japanese term for "rat", which is "nezumi" (ネズミ).
* HealingSpring: His area acts as one. By interacting with the pond he's fishing in, the Lamb can restore all of their health at once.
* HeartSymbol: Has a heart on his hat, another wedged into the top of his wooden staff, and carries another in a birdcage, along with all the ones he's caught over the years.
* TheLostLenore: His old lover who has both literally and metaphorically stolen his heart. He's fishing for hearts in the hopes he might see her again. [[spoiler:As it turns out, his heart is the demon Hathor that the Lamb can summon. If the player comes across him in the dungeons whilst having the demon accompanying him, he will ask for it back in exchange for a permanent half-heart.]]
* OrganAutonomy: His heart [[spoiler:either gained autonomy when it got possessed by the demon Hathor or was always autonomous.]] It is not exactly clear which way it is.
* RuggedScar: Like Ratau, has a scar over one of his eyes -- the right one, in his case.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: DownplayedTrope; he looks like an older, taller version of his brother Ratau, and the two can be easily distinguished because of this. [[TorsoWithAView And his unique condition.]]
* TorsoWithAView:
** Most of his chest is missing, with bones visible on the sides. Presumably, his lover went for the full Aztec sacrifice treatment before fleeing with his heart.
** If Ratoo is reunited with his heart, [[spoiler:he will just jam the thing back into his chest without bothering to close his torso wound or even bandage it over.]]

[[folder:Flinky]]
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[[caption-width-right:255:"I have ''debtsss'' to pay and ''debtsss'' to gain!"]]
A snake who serves as your second opponent for Knucklebones.

* NoSell: Their Mithridatism card grants anyone who draws it complete immunity to poison.
* SssssnakeTalk: Speaks like this at times.

[[folder:Klunko and Bop]]
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[[caption-width-right:255:"Talk about [[{{Pun}} overplaying your HAND]]! Ha ha!"]]
A kindly Crow and Worm duo that are friends with Ratau. If encountered during a crusade, a quest to play Knucklebones with them will appear.

* AnArmAndALeg: Klunko is missing a hand due to betting it in a game of Knucklebones.
* TheGamblingAddict: Klunko admits that he has a problem with gambling, as it's the reason he lost his hand. He still plans to win it back.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Klunko doesn't seem all too bothered about losing his hand to a bet. If anything, he finds it hilarious and will crack a few jokes about it.
* NiceGuy: They're nicer than Ratau's other friends, and tell the Lamb not to feel bad for losing to them because they gave it their best shot.

[[folder:Shrumy]]
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[[caption-width-right:255:"Get out of my way, I've got Knucklebones to play and money to win."]]
Another old friend of Ratau's. A high roller who enjoys playing for the largest stakes.

* BullyingADragon: Antagonizes the Lamb despite knowing [[DarkMessiah exactly what they are]] and what they're capable of.
* InadequateInheritor: Treats the Lamb as one, insisting they'll never be able to measure up to how Ratau ran ''his'' cult.
* {{Jerkass}}: Is never anything but snooty and rude to the Lamb whenever they interact.
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[[folder: Monch]]
A moth that raises the Loyalty of any Follower of the Lamb.
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* EnlightenedAntagonist: Isn't an antagonist to the Lamb but is a seeker of enlightenment.
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[[folder: The Mushroomos]]
Followers of Sozo that travel around Anura in search of Menticide Mushrooms.
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[[folder:Sozo]]
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[[caption-width-right:255:"Mushrooms are Sozo's passion. But Sozo need more! Sozo always need more..."]]
A devout lover of Menticide Mushrooms, willing to share their secrets with fellow fungi lovers... provided they prove themselves worthy.

* AddledAddict: While he never attacks you for your mushrooms, it's clear from his erratic behavior and constant mood swings that his addiction to them hasn't done his brain any good.
* BadBoss: His followers are all terrified of him due to how erratic and paranoid he's become. He keeps their loyalty by brainwashing them with mushrooms, a process of which he knows has a good chance of making them deathly ill. [[spoiler:It says something that almost all his followers depart without fanfare after he dies, and they don't bother to bury him, burn his corpse or even cover it up.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Upon completing his quest line visiting him later will show him dead with mushrooms growing on (and within) his corpse, presumably having overdosed on shrooms.]]
* MoodSwinger: Turns on a dime between friendly and furious.
* MushroomMan: Not Sozo himself, but his followers--the Mushroomos--all resemble anthropomorphic mushrooms.
* MysteriousPast: If you find him in Anura, he reveals he had friends and companionship of some kind that he disregarded for his mushrooms, but it's not elaborated on much.
* TheParanoiac: Frequently rants about how none of his followers are actually trustworthy, and swings back and forth between regarding the Lamb as an ally and railing against ''them'' as well.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Sozo frequently refers to Sozo in the third person, when not directly threatening his Mushroomos or the Lamb.
* UndignifiedDeath: Rather than falling in an encounter with the powers or sacrificial customs that rule the land, as so many others, [[spoiler:he dies huddling in the corner of his home, in the middle of a ''really'' bad trip, overdosing on the same mushrooms he loved and used to control his followers. Followers that immediately depart and literally leave him to rot.]]

[[folder:Midas]]
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[[caption-width-right:255:"Fortune favours [[FreudianSlip the gold]]... I mean [[LastSecondWordSwap bold]]!"]]
A strange little servant of the gods of fortune and riches, seemingly running a sanctuary dedicated to their (and his) endless hunger for gold.

* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: Come the Relics of the Old Faith expansion, it's possible to encounter him postgame in a random combat room during Crusades, where he'll have a short conversation with the Lamb before attacking them and taking 2/3rds of their gold. He's allowed to get away with this for a while... [[spoiler:until the third encounter that occurs in the Silk Cradle, where the Lamb is able to deliver a sound beating to him and steal back all their gold.]]
* TheAlmightyDollar: Whatever gods he worships definitely include gold, money and other such riches in their domains.
* AndIMustScream: Not a victim, but definitely someone who inflicts these fates onto many. Everyone else in Midas' Cave has been coated in a thick layer of gold, and you can sacrifice followers to him in the same manner... and you cannot resurrect them, because beneath all that molten metal that's completely immobilized them, they are in fact ''still alive''.
* BullyingADragon: [[spoiler:Stealing large amounts of [[RealityWarper the Lamb's]] gold certainly qualifies]].
* FauxAffablyEvil: He acts polite and pleasant with you, sure, but he'll take some undue jabs at you during your first meeting for looking like a prole, and his cavern is ''littered'' with the gold-encased remains of what may have once been followers or customers.
* GoldFever: And a cavern plastered from end to end with golden coins, so gilded even the ''followers'' are golden statues, is not enough.
* KarmaHoudini: As he's mostly your ally, his crimes (namely inflicting fates worse than death on people by coating them in gold) go unpunished. [[spoiler:[[KarmaHoudiniWarranty Once he starts stealing the Lamb's coins, though, they're more than willing to teach him a lesson.]] [[DownplayedTrope That being said however]], all he gets is a bruised eye and is otherwise free to run his business as usual.]]
* PerpetualSmiler: He has a constant dishonest smile plastered on his face.
* ScamReligion: Seeing that the Bishops and The One Who Waits are supposedly the last remaining gods in the Lands of the Old Faith, there's a possibility that the gods Midas worships actually don't exist and that he's just using them as an excuse to obtain gold.
* WishingWell: He runs a deluxe, high-priced version of one where you sacrifice large amounts of gold, and ''might'' get a return on it later.

[[folder:The Red Fox]]
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[[caption-width-right:255:"[[CatchPhrase Little Lamb!]]"]]
A robed predator who awaits those willing to peer into the darkness, eager to bargain with those brave enough to seek them out.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: Ambiguously FunnyAnimal, in this case. Other than most overworld [=NPCs=] he cannot be contacted through normal means, instead needing to be summoned at night. Him asking for a prize in exchange for something is treated not unlike a DealWithTheDevil (see below). This all points to him being a supernatural being, rather than a regular merchant.
* DarkIsEvil: He wears a black robe and can only be summoned and spoken to at night. He also offers the Lamb various items but always in exchange for a high price. [[spoiler:His very last request has him demand you kill Ratau.]]
* DealWithTheDevil: Offers the Lamb prizes in exchange for various trades, which escalate quickly in price from [[spoiler:a large fish to eat, to a follower, to either two follower sacrifices or 1/2 Hearts, and finally, he'll ask for Ratau's death, permanently killing him.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He has a clear contempt for The One Who Waits, saying that at least he, the Fox, wouldn't resurrect someone just to force them into eternal servitude.
* EvilLaugh: Gives a long, deep, echoing laugh if the Lamb [[spoiler:gives Ratau to him]], apparently genuinely both amused and impressed at their ruthlessness.
* ForTheEvulz: He gives no reason for wanting [[spoiler:Ratau]] dead, seemingly only doing it out of sadism.
* GoryDiscretionShot: Whatever he does to the Followers you sacrifice to him, it's so horrible it happens offscreen.
* HellishPupils: He has red slits in his otherwise black eyes.
* HorrorHunger: He doesn't seem to be too bothered by it, but he does emphasize how ''famished'' he is when he asks the Lamb [[spoiler:offer him a follower to eat.]] Extra points for referring to himself as a [[FoodChainOfEvil predator and his victims as his prey]].
* InTheHood: Always wears a black cloak with a hood. Unlike most other example, said hood doesn't conceal his head.
* JabbaTableManners: Implied: He asks the Lamb to look away when accepting offerings to eat.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: He has noticeably deep and echoing voice that stands in sharp contrast to most of the other characters.

[[folder:Flinky]]
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[[caption-width-right:255:"I have ''debtsss'' to pay and ''debtsss'' to gain!"]]
A snake who serves as your second opponent for Knucklebones.

* NoSell: Their Mithridatism card grants anyone who draws it complete immunity to poison.
* SssssnakeTalk: Speaks like this at times.
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[[folder:Klunko and Bop]]
[[quoteright:255:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/klunk_and_bop_1.png]]
[[caption-width-right:255:"Talk about [[{{Pun}} overplaying your HAND]]! Ha ha!"]]
A kindly Crow and Worm duo that are friends with Ratau. If encountered during a crusade, a quest to play Knucklebones with them will appear.

* AnArmAndALeg: Klunko is missing a hand due to betting it in a game of Knucklebones.
* TheGamblingAddict: Klunko admits that he has a problem with gambling, as it's the reason he lost his hand. He still plans to win it back.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Klunko doesn't seem all too bothered about losing his hand to a bet. If anything, he finds it hilarious and will crack a few jokes about it.
* NiceGuy: They're nicer than Ratau's other friends, and tell the Lamb not to feel bad for losing to them because they gave it their best shot.
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[[folder:Shrumy]]
[[quoteright:255:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shrumy.png]]
[[caption-width-right:255:"Get out of my way, I've got Knucklebones to play and money to win."]]
Another old friend of Ratau's. A high roller who enjoys playing for the largest stakes.
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* BullyingADragon: Antagonizes the Lamb despite knowing [[DarkMessiah exactly what they are]] and what they're capable of.
* InadequateInheritor: Treats the Lamb as one, insisting they'll never be able to measure up to how Ratau ran ''his'' cult.
* {{Jerkass}}: Is never anything but snooty and rude to the Lamb whenever they interact.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Monch]]
A moth that raises the Loyalty of any Follower of the Lamb.
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* EnlightenedAntagonist: Isn't an antagonist to the Lamb but is a seeker of enlightenment.
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[[folder: The Mushroomos]]
Followers of Sozo that travel around Anura in search of Menticide Mushrooms.
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