Follow TV Tropes

Following

History Characters / IcewindDale

Go To

OR

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* EvilRedhead: Her human avatar. Lampshaded with this humorous response to her quote under CrypticConversation.

to:

* EvilRedhead: Her Both her human avatar.avatar and her true form have red hair. Lampshaded with this humorous response to her quote under CrypticConversation.

Added: 119

Removed: 128

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* LoneWolfBoss: One of only a few antagonists in ''Icewind Dale II'' completely unrelated to the Legion of the Chimera.



* PlotIrrelevantVillain: One of only a few antagonists in ''Icewind Dale II'' completely unrelated to the Legion of the Chimera.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: [[spoiler:Vanquished on the Prime, Yxunomei, like Belhifet, assuredly reformed in the Abyssal plane. By ''Icewind Dale II'', her rival had been restored to power in the Hells and there ran into his half-devil children, the BigBadDuumvirate of the sequel. He even reprised his role as the BigBad of ''VideoGame/BaldursGateSiegeOfDragonspear''.]] Unlike the Old Enemy, however, Yxunomei's character was never revisited.

to:

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: [[spoiler:Vanquished on the Prime, Yxunomei, like Belhifet, assuredly presumably reformed in the Abyssal plane.plane -- the two "old friends" have apparently played out this drama, to one or the other's defeat, ''many'' times across their long acquaintance. By ''Icewind Dale II'', her rival had been restored to power in the Hells and there ran into his half-devil children, the BigBadDuumvirate of the sequel. He even reprised his role as the BigBad of ''VideoGame/BaldursGateSiegeOfDragonspear''.]] Unlike the Old Enemy, however, Yxunomei's character was never revisited.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: [[spoiler:Vanquished on the Prime, Yxunomei, like Belhifet, assuredly reformed in the Abyssal plane. By ''Icewind Dale II'', her rival had been restored to power in the Hells and there ran into his half-devil children, the BigBadDuumvirate of the sequel. He even reprised his role as the BigBad of ''VideoGame/BaldursGateSiegeOfDragonspear''.]] Unlike the Old Enemy, however, Yxunomei's character was never revisited.


Added DiffLines:

* TheStrategist: Several of her minions accord her royal, even divine gravitas, but she conducts herself more like a soldier plotting a war. [[spoiler:On balance, this is an indicator of her species: marilith demons are predominantly Abyssal tacticians famous for averting their alignment's inclination to StupidEvil with cold, rational thinking and a talent for strategic warfare.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* FriendToAllAnimals: Subverted. When he's finally encountered in person, Poquelin is flocked by a variety of high level monsters glamoured to appear as harmless animals.

to:

* FriendToAllAnimals: Subverted. When he's finally encountered in person, FriendToAllLivingThings: Invoked with the imagery of Poquelin is flocked by a variety of high level monsters glamoured to appear as harmless animals.animals.

Added: 948

Changed: 8

Removed: 209

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


[[folder:Brother Poquelin]]

to:

[[folder:Brother [[folder:Revered Brother Poquelin]]



* BlackAndWhiteMorality: [[DefiedTrope "When will you learn that there *is* no black and white?"]] He considers the destruction he's wrought upon the Dale no more "depraved" than any other conquest found in the annals of mortal warfare, itself unjustly legitimized under the banner of war, and insists that the mortals in his service were corrupted of their own free will. As Brother Perdiem and the other fallen Ilmatari enthralled to Poquelin's idol can attest, the latter isn't [[HalfTruth entirely]] true, but the PC [[VillainHasAPoint doesn't argue]] with the first bit.
* TheCorrupter: His specialty, and ''raison d'être''.
-->'''Poquelin''': I exist solely for corrupting the corruptible. To me, this world is nothing but a fertile field, a vast crop of temptable souls.



* FriendToAllAnimals: Subverted. When he's finally encountered in person, Poquelin is flocked by a variety of high level monsters glamoured to appear as harmless animals.



* TheCorrupter: His specialty, and the reason for his visit.
-->'''Poquelin''': I exist solely for corrupting the corruptible. To me, this world is nothing but a fertile field, a vast crop of temptable souls.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Trope was cut/disambiguated due to cleanup


* ArcherArchetype: Jaiger of the Fanged Season, the bowman of the Lost Followers, who was bound to the elemental Plane of Air at birth and thus capable of manipulating the wind to empower his archery and misdirect his enemies. These handy skilled availed him little against Kholsa, who despite being fettered by Jaiger's arrows managed close the gap and cut his throat.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* EvilRedhead: Her human avatar. Lampshaded with this humorous response to her quote under CrypticConversation.
-->'''PC''': Enough, red-headed step-child of Acheron!
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


-->'''Seer''': One woman clutches a heart like a drowning man clutches a stone and knows not that it drags her down. Her dreams are watchfires, signalling to her of war and victory that can never be.[[note]]"Heart" and "stone" call Yxunomei to mind, as she seized the Heartstone Gem in the game's first act, and she identified herself as a soldier -- in the Blood War, which [[ForeverWar cannot be won]]. However, it's worth noting that Yxunomei dismisses the entire concept of gender if pressed on the topic, and elements of the vision could apply to Lysan, the priestess of Auril, whose objective to unleash an EndlessWinter upon Kuldahar was doomed to failure thanks to treacherous allies.[[/note]]

to:

-->'''Seer''': One woman clutches a heart like a drowning man clutches a stone and knows not that it drags her down. Her dreams are watchfires, signalling to her of war and victory that can never be.[[note]]"Heart" and "stone" call Yxunomei to mind, as she seized the Heartstone Gem in the game's first act, and she identified herself as a soldier -- in the Blood War, which [[ForeverWar cannot be won]]. However, it's worth noting that Yxunomei dismisses the entire concept of gender if pressed on the topic, and elements of the vision could apply to Lysan, the priestess of Auril, whose objective to unleash an EndlessWinter upon Kuldahar was doomed to failure thanks to treacherous allies.[[/note]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


-->'''Seer''': One dwells beneath a mirror of the sky and has a heart like an ocean, too big for her will to contain. She once knew love, then loved again, and her love is what has damned the North.[[note]]Almost certainly Elisia, the sea spirit; the sea is often called the sky's mirror. She loved Aihonen, then transferred her affections to his descendant Jhonen, to whom she bequeathed the blade whose retrieval [[NiceJobBreakingItHero set loose Icasaracht upon the Dale]]. Although, taking the "mirror of the sky" less and more literally, respectively, this also eerily describes the plight of [[OhCrap Icasaracht herself]].[[/note]]

to:

-->'''Seer''': One dwells beneath a mirror of the sky and has a heart like an ocean, too big for her will to contain. She once knew love, then loved again, and her love is what has damned the North.[[note]]Almost certainly Elisia, the sea spirit; the sea is often called the sky's mirror. She loved Aihonen, then transferred her affections to his descendant Jhonen, to whom she bequeathed the blade whose retrieval [[NiceJobBreakingItHero [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom set loose Icasaracht upon the Dale]]. Although, taking the "mirror of the sky" less and more literally, respectively, this also eerily describes the plight of [[OhCrap Icasaracht herself]].[[/note]]



* NeutralNoLonger: Her desire to protect the Dale's people -- not least of all her own -- from [[spoiler:Icasaracht's]] conquest ultimately prevails over the fear of her impending death, and she departs the Gloomfrost to help you expose your villain.

to:

* NeutralNoLonger: Her desire to protect the Dale's people -- not least of all her own -- from [[spoiler:Icasaracht's]] conquest ultimately prevails over the fear of that kept her impending death, aloof in the conflict, and she departs the Gloomfrost to help you expose your villain.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


-->'''Seer''': One woman clutches a heart like a drowning man clutches a stone and knows not that it drags her down. Her dreams are watchfires, signalling to her of war and victory that can never be.[[note]]"Heart" and "stone" call Yxunomei to mind, as she seized the Heartstone Gem in the game's first act, and she identified herself as a soldier -- in the Blood War, which [[ForeverWar cannot be won]]. However, it's worth noting that Yxunomei dismisses the entire concept of gender if pressed on the topic, and elements of the vision could apply to Lysan, the priestess of Auril, whose objective to unleash an EndlessWinter upon Kuldahar was doomed to failure.[[/note]]

to:

-->'''Seer''': One woman clutches a heart like a drowning man clutches a stone and knows not that it drags her down. Her dreams are watchfires, signalling to her of war and victory that can never be.[[note]]"Heart" and "stone" call Yxunomei to mind, as she seized the Heartstone Gem in the game's first act, and she identified herself as a soldier -- in the Blood War, which [[ForeverWar cannot be won]]. However, it's worth noting that Yxunomei dismisses the entire concept of gender if pressed on the topic, and elements of the vision could apply to Lysan, the priestess of Auril, whose objective to unleash an EndlessWinter upon Kuldahar was doomed to failure.failure thanks to treacherous allies.[[/note]]

Added: 5283

Changed: 565

Removed: 252

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


!Foes

[[folder:Yxunomei]]
!!Yxunomei
->''"I am a soldier by day, a farmer by night. The harvest of dead souls provides nutrition for my nation's war."''
-->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/TaraStrong

An ancient and powerful entity which has taken the volcano of Dragon's Eye for her fortress and the yuan-ti and lizardfolk within for her followers. The heroes must seek her out after she steals the Heartstone Gem.

to:

!Foes

[[folder:Yxunomei]]
!!Yxunomei
->''"I am
[[folder:The Gloomfrost Seer]]
!!The Gloomfrost Seer
->''"A woman knows
a soldier by day, woman's heart, and a farmer by night. The harvest strange, beautiful, and cruel thing it is. But the cruellest of dead souls provides nutrition all is a heart of winter, for my nation's war."''
-->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/TaraStrong

An ancient
it beats not with love, but with loss, and *nothing* may comfort it."''

A barbarian prophetess once of the Tribe of the Elk, gifted with shamanistic Sight so
powerful entity which has taken legends claim it turned her eyes to dust. In self-imposed exile the volcano of Dragon's Eye for Gloomfrost Seer now resides in the eponymous glacier, hiding herself from her fortress and the yuan-ti and lizardfolk within for her followers. The heroes must seek her out after she steals the Heartstone Gem.own foretold end.


Added DiffLines:

* BlindSeer: A seer whose visions were so intense as to apparently turn her eyes to ''dust''.
* CowardiceCallout: With high enough intelligence or wisdom, you can shame her into confronting [[spoiler:Icasaracht-possessed Wylfdene.]]
* CrypticConversation: She's seen much of your future, and hones in on four significant women whose fates you're destined to either cross, learn of, or [[CharacterDeath make]] in your travels. However, she leaves you to relate the imagery to the ladies in question without the benefit of their names.
-->'''Seer''': One woman clutches a heart like a drowning man clutches a stone and knows not that it drags her down. Her dreams are watchfires, signalling to her of war and victory that can never be.[[note]]"Heart" and "stone" call Yxunomei to mind, as she seized the Heartstone Gem in the game's first act, and she identified herself as a soldier -- in the Blood War, which [[ForeverWar cannot be won]]. However, it's worth noting that Yxunomei dismisses the entire concept of gender if pressed on the topic, and elements of the vision could apply to Lysan, the priestess of Auril, whose objective to unleash an EndlessWinter upon Kuldahar was doomed to failure.[[/note]]
-->'''Seer''': One dwells beneath a mirror of the sky and has a heart like an ocean, too big for her will to contain. She once knew love, then loved again, and her love is what has damned the North.[[note]]Almost certainly Elisia, the sea spirit; the sea is often called the sky's mirror. She loved Aihonen, then transferred her affections to his descendant Jhonen, to whom she bequeathed the blade whose retrieval [[NiceJobBreakingItHero set loose Icasaracht upon the Dale]]. Although, taking the "mirror of the sky" less and more literally, respectively, this also eerily describes the plight of [[OhCrap Icasaracht herself]].[[/note]]
-->'''Seer''': Another woman builds great ships upon molten seas, all the while dreaming of beasts of purity and how they might be corrupted... as she once was. I see her die, and her dreams become ash.[[note]]Maiden Ilmadia Bariel, a blackhearted elven virgin whose goal is to corrupt unicorns and drown the drow city of Rilauven in lava after breaking the cavern wall between them with a longship.[[/note]]
-->'''Seer''': And the last... oh, the last. The elder races... their passions burn so *brightly* when fuelled with justice and hope. One, but a child, loved so much she abandoned her own father to die beneath the earth for a people she had never met.[[note]]Evayne, daughter of Larrel, who left the Hand of the Seldarine to fight and die alongside the dwarves of Dorn's Deep, rightly holding to their innocence in the crime her father believed them guilty of.[[/note]]
* DoNotGoGentle: Downplayed. She doesn't have the power to avert her death, whether at your hands or [[spoiler:Icasaracht's]], but even knowing that, she'll not hasten the dreaded moment.
-->'''Seer''': Reason and fear are not brothers, and while I yet live, I shall not run to face my death *this* day or any other.
* DisproportionateRetribution: When the dwarf smith Tiernon happened upon the Gloomfrost in his racial calling, which specified ''ice'' as his forge's material, the seer stabbed his eyes out with a dagger, so terrified was she that he'd alert his clan in the Sunset Mountains to her haven. The player can cite this as justification enough to kill her, but Tiernon has gotten over it and now serves as the old woman's guardian and caretaker, and will try to kill ''you'' if you insist on doing her harm.
* FaceYourFears: Death is her greatest fear, and she knows it "walks in your shadow," which she's spent a decade fleeing from. But she reflects that fear has frayed her spirit once you face her, and invites you to kill her. If you refuse to do so, and galvanise her into facing [[spoiler:Icasaracht]] directly, she'll meet her death having truly conquered her fear of it.
* ForeseeingMyDeath: And now, forestalling it.
* TheNarrator: ''Heart of Winter's''. Unlike the main game, the expansion's narrator [[spoiler:is not its BigBad.]]
* MythologyGag: Makes an interesting comment that strongly suggests she's one of [[VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment Ravel Puzzlewell's]] avatars.
-->'''Seer''': I have seen visions of the past, of death, of spiralling cities and a black-brambled garden, of creatures both spirit and stone. In all these things... I was not myself... yet always I see through a woman's eyes.
* NeutralNoLonger: Her desire to protect the Dale's people -- not least of all her own -- from [[spoiler:Icasaracht's]] conquest ultimately prevails over the fear of her impending death, and she departs the Gloomfrost to help you expose your villain.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The Gloomfrost Seer is the only moniker she goes by now.
* {{Seers}}: A legendary one; she's known by no other name.
* TitleDrop: See her character quote.

[[/folder]]

!Foes

[[folder:Yxunomei]]
!!Yxunomei
->''"I am a soldier by day, a farmer by night. The harvest of dead souls provides nutrition for my nation's war."''
-->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/TaraStrong

An ancient and powerful entity which has taken the volcano of Dragon's Eye for her fortress and the yuan-ti and lizardfolk within for her followers. The heroes must seek her out after she steals the Heartstone Gem.
----

Added: 231

Changed: 238

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ObviouslyEvil: By the time you meet him, he's dropped any pretense and does all his gloating in sneering, self-amused manner. He's also got pale, bluish skin, and [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black robes]]. One assumes he made more of an effort to maintain his disguise previously, but he already knows you've found him out by the time you confront him.

to:

* ObviouslyEvil: By the time you meet him, he's dropped any pretense and does all his gloating in sneering, self-amused manner. He's also got pale, bluish skin, "hands of blood," and [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black robes]].robes dipped in blood]]. One assumes he made more of an effort to maintain his disguise previously, but he already knows you've found him out by the time you confront him. One of the Ilmaterans who survived his exodus claims Poquelin hypnotised their entire congregation, and reflects on the revered brother's deeply disturbing airs once restored to his senses.
-->'''Brother Perdiem''': There is something cold and unnatural about his eyes. His skin, his hair... everything about him rings false. The way he walks, the way he holds himself... it is as though he is a stranger in his own body.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


-->'''Revered 'Brother Poquelin:''' I am the beginning and the end of this story. I, and ''only'' I, will determine how it plays out. Goodbye.

to:

-->'''Revered 'Brother Brother Poquelin:''' I am the beginning and the end of this story. I, and ''only'' I, will determine how it plays out. Goodbye.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


-->''Revered 'Brother Poquelin:''' I am the beginning and the end of this story. I, and ''only'' I, will determine how it plays out. Goodbye.

to:

-->''Revered -->'''Revered 'Brother Poquelin:''' I am the beginning and the end of this story. I, and ''only'' I, will determine how it plays out. Goodbye.

Added: 518

Changed: 163

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: At first.[[note]]"Sidereal translations" simply being another way of saying "the movement of the stars."[[/note]]

to:

* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: At first.[[note]]"Sidereal translations" simply being another way of saying "the movement of the stars."[[/note]]"[[/note]] Her rival and opposite in the Blood War laments that he's had to endure ''centuries'' of "laboriously worded speeches and delusions of grandeur" from her.



* SoreLoser: Her nemesis claims she's guilty of this, but she's banished from the plane without a VillainousBreakdown. [[{{Hypocrite}} He]], on the other hand, is ''very much'' this.



-->'''Brother Poquelin:''' I am the beginning and the end of this story. I, and ''only'' I, will determine how it plays out. Goodbye.

to:

-->'''Brother -->''Revered 'Brother Poquelin:''' I am the beginning and the end of this story. I, and ''only'' I, will determine how it plays out. Goodbye.


Added DiffLines:

* TheCorrupter: His specialty, and the reason for his visit.
-->'''Poquelin''': I exist solely for corrupting the corruptible. To me, this world is nothing but a fertile field, a vast crop of temptable souls.


Added DiffLines:

* TheExile: He was exiled from his home plane when certain of his "superiors" deemed his vendetta with Yxunomei out of control.

Added: 307

Changed: 18

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* AxCrazy: Insanity is a dangerous trait in an archmage. The first time the party encounters him, he unleashes a fireball upon a squirrel he'd mistaken for a dwarf. (Although the squirrel deftly evades the blast.)

to:

* AxCrazy: Insanity is a dangerous trait in an archmage. The first time the party encounters him, he his sending, it unleashes a fireball upon a squirrel he'd it'd mistaken for a dwarf. (Although the squirrel deftly evades the blast.)


Added DiffLines:

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: His view on the miscast mythal, even after its disastrous result.
-->'''Larrel''': Some say believing we had the power to bestow such magic was arrogance. Others would say using the mythal in such a way was blasphemous. I stand by my decision. I did what I had to do to protect my people.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* AxCrazy: Insanity is a dangerous trait in an archmage. The first time the party encounters him, he unleashes a fireball upon a squirrel he'd mistaken for a dwarf. (Although the squirrel deftly evades the blast.)
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* BadassCape: Owner of the Mantle of the Coming Storm, a beautiful and powerful cloak of the Aurilite faith. Unusually, you don't loot it from her corpse, but claim it along with the other possessions she left behind at her

to:

* BadassCape: Owner of the Mantle of the Coming Storm, a beautiful and powerful cloak of the Aurilite faith. Unusually, you don't loot it from her corpse, but claim it along with the her other possessions she left behind at from her former employer back at Kuldahar, either through diplomacy or blackmail.

Added: 2121

Changed: 270

Removed: 253

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: The triplets believe their beloved Lysan was unjustly murdered for her faith. While it ''was'' the party who initiated battle with her, it was to prevent her unleashing an EndlessWinter upon Kuldahar, not religious persecution.



[[folder:Oria, Cathin, and Lysara]]
!!Oria, Cathin, and Lysara
Conjoined triplets who serve the Frostmaiden as high priestesses. They've joined the Legion of the Chimera in alliance and overseen the magical construction of a majestic ice temple to buffer the Western Pass.

to:

[[folder:Oria, Cathin, and Lysara]]
!!Oria, Cathin, and Lysara
Conjoined triplets who serve
[[folder:Lysan]]
!!Lysan
An Aurilite priestess doing her goddess' [[EndlessWinter good work]] in
the Frostmaiden as high priestesses. They've joined the Legion region of the Chimera in alliance and overseen the magical construction of a majestic ice temple to buffer the Western Pass.
Kuldahar.


Added DiffLines:

* BadassCape: Owner of the Mantle of the Coming Storm, a beautiful and powerful cloak of the Aurilite faith. Unusually, you don't loot it from her corpse, but claim it along with the other possessions she left behind at her
* TheChosenOne: Claims that Auril herself blessed and empowered the curse she cast upon the Vale of Shadows, and concluded that this confirmed her as the goddess' chosen. The PC can call her delusional, but to her credit, another Aurilite called Kontik shows up near the game's end to kill you for slaying "Auril's chosen."
* EarlyBirdCameo: Makes her first appearance in the guise of an unassuming barmaid in Kuldahar, but this encounter is optional and easily missable. She's actually surprised if you expose her with its remembrance, so brief was your acquaintance.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: If you meet her in Kuldahar's Root Cellar Tavern and pick her mind about the town, she'll idly betray her discomfort with its warmth-giving tree. Whitcomb the barman will also lament that attractive as she is, Lysan has too much of "winter's chill" in her for his liking.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: The triplets believe their beloved Lysan was unjustly murdered for her faith. While it ''was'' the party who initiated battle with her, it was to prevent her unleashing an EndlessWinter upon Kuldahar, not religious persecution.
* NoSympathy: For Kresselack, whom her scheme will condemn to an eternity in the cold dark.
* StarterVillain: Of the first game, after the BaitAndSwitch with Kresselack.
* UnwittingPawn: She's in alliance with Yxunomei's servitors, who also seek Kuldahar's downfall, but the Talonite necromancer Presio dismisses Lysan as a gulled twit who'd never have allied with them were she aware of their true plot: to restore the dale to a tropical paradise at primal odds with Auril's desired EndlessWinter.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Oria, Cathin, and Lysara]]
!!Oria, Cathin, and Lysara
Conjoined triplets who serve the Frostmaiden as high priestesses. They've joined the Legion of the Chimera in alliance and overseen the magical construction of a majestic ice temple to buffer the Western Pass.
----

Removed: 286

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Trope was cut/disambiguated due to cleanup


* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The final Lost Follower, Veddion Kairne, sought out Kholsa rather than await his death. Theirs was first a battle of words, with Kairne challenging his foe to ''prove'' his guilt in the Barbed Kingdom's slaughter, but it inevitably came to bloodshed.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


-->'''Voiced By:''' [[Creator/JimCummingsVoiceActor Jim Cummings]]

to:

-->'''Voiced By:''' [[Creator/JimCummingsVoiceActor Jim Cummings]]
{{Creator/Jim Cummings|VoiceActor}}



-->'''Voiced By:''' [[Creator/JimCummingsVoiceActor Jim Cummings]]

to:

-->'''Voiced By:''' [[Creator/JimCummingsVoiceActor Jim Cummings]]
{{Creator/Jim Cummings|VoiceActor}}

Top