History Characters / IcewindDale

* VillainHasApoint: Despite everything, she's probably right when she claims her prowess is the only reason the Black Raven barbarians haven't wiped out the villagers yet. The barbarians are very dangerous opponents, vastly outnumber the Wandering Village, and the woods -- clogged with Limha's abominations -- provide the only buffer between them.

* BigBadDuumvirate: As the leaders of the Legion of the Chimera in ''Icewind Dale II'', you spend most of the game fighting through their minions on your way to the final confrontation with the twins.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: As a BigBadDuumvirate. Madae speaks less than her brother, but while Isair sometimes makes decisions for both of them, he never acts without asking Madae's opinion. This constant back-and-forth makes up the majority of their dialogue.

* MeaninfulName: Poquelin is the family name of Molière, famous French comedian and playwright. Fitting for someone who is simply playing a role.

-->'''Belhifet:''' [[spoiler:As for the vanquished ''demon, Belhifet'', defeated on the Prime... [[NarratorAllAlong he was]] ''[[NotSoStoic banished]]'' back to the depths of Hell, where he languished for a period of a ''hundred years, '''tormented''' by the memory of his '''mistakes''', and '''waiting''' ''for the day he would ''[[WeWillMeetAgain return'' to Faerun, and ''exact'' his ''[[BestServedCold revenge]]''.]]

-->'''Belhifet:''' [[spoiler:As for the vanquished ''demon, Belhifet'', defeated on the Prime... [[NarratorAllAlong he was]] ''[[NotSoStoic banished]]'' back to the depths of Hell, where he languished for a period of a ''hundred years, '''tormented''' by the memory of his '''mistakes''', and '''waiting''''' for the day he would ''[[WeWillMeetAgain return'' to Faerun, and ''exact'' his ''[[BestServedCold revenge]]''.]]

* BigBad: The ultimate villain of the original ''Icewind Dale''. [[spoiler:Also the FinalBoss of ''VideoGame/BaldursGateSiegeOfDragonspear'', after Caelar reveals that the true purpose of the entire Crusade was to rescue her uncle from Belhifet's clutches.]]

* BigBadDuumvirate: Of ''Icewind Dale II''.

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* FauxAffablyEvil: She'll sell the party mid-level spells and provide them a safe place to rest, and she seems to genuinely care about her "son" Agog, but once she's been exposed her true nature becomes all too evident.

* WeWillMeetAgain: As a fiend, death is not the end for him, and he promises to return one day for his revenge. [[spoiler:He says this in-character as the [[NarratorAllAlong narrator]], making it seem as if he's addressing the player directly. Twelve years later, he makes good on his promise in, of all places, ''VideoGame/BaldursGateSiegeOfDragonspear'', where he is the [[HijackedByGanon final villain]] yet again.]]

* MageTower: His first home was a tower in Kuldahar. In the sequel, after the Heroes of the Ten-Towns clear out the haunted Severed Hand, he abandons his tower and resettle in the Severed Hand's library to continue his research close-up.
* MeaningfulName: Orrick '''The Gray''' remains neutral at every turns. He doesn't take sides in conflicts between good and evil, or order against chaos.

* {{Druid}}: He even has a Celtic accent to boot.

* ArcVillain: Of Dragon's Eye.

* EldritchAbomination: Much of her dialogue and trappings (her yuan-ti cult, for instance) would be right at home in a CosmicHorror story. [[spoiler:She's actually a marilith, which isn't even the highest rank of tanar'ri, ''D&D''[='s=] stock ChaoticEvil race of demons.]]
* EvilVersusEvil: She's locked in a millennia-long conflict with the Old Enemy, which has only found its way to Toril and the Dale in the past few hundred years. [[spoiler:Specifically, she's a demon, aligned with chaos and evil in the neverending conflict of the Blood War. Her enemy, Belhifet, is one of the LawfulEvil devils.]]
* ItsPersonal: Towards you, by the time you fight her. If you attempt to cut off dialogue with her and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere excuse yourself]], she's having none of it, claiming that she's going to take some pleasure in making you ''pay'' for the havoc you've caused.
* JustTheFirstCitizen: She's a ancient demonic entity who is literally worshipped as a god in Dragon's Eye. What does she say when you ask her who or what she is? A soldier.

* OurDemonsAreDifferent: She's actually [[spoiler:a tanar'ri, a race of ChaoticEvil fiends from the Lower Planes of the ''D&D'' multiverse. More than that, her serpent-bodied, many-armed form is that of a marilith, somewhere below the highest ranks of demons and not unique by any means. Which gives a sense of the relatively minor scale of these events on a cosmic scale.]]

* TheStoic: Part of the reason her Odd Little Girl form is so [[CreepyChild creepy]].

* EvilVsEvil: She's locked in a millennia-long conflict with the Old Enemy, which has only found its way to Toril and the Dale in the past few hundred years. [[spoiler:Specifically, she's a demon, aligned with chaos and evil in the neverending conflict of the Blood War. Her enemy, Belhifet, is one of the LawfulEvil devils.]]

* WickedWitch: Lives alone in a haunted forest? Check. Steals children for her own purposes and turns them into animals? Also check. It's a wonder the villagers didn't catch on sooner.

%%!!Saablic Tan

[[folder:Isair and Madae]]
!!Isair and Madae
->''"At this point, I think we're supposed to say something to the effect of... 'You're too late to stop us!' Isn't that the way it works in the storybooks, sister?"''\\
''"Come now, Isair. You know I don't like to read."''
-->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/PeterStormare (Isair), Mari Weiss (Madae)

A pair of half-fiend twins and the leaders of the Legion of the Chimera, a self-described organization of creatures cast out from the rest of society due to their inhuman nature. Together, they seek to make the Legion a force to be reckoned with and end the prejudice targeted towards them, even if it means going to war.

* VirginPower: As part of Poqulein's master plan, she intents to corrupt unicorns and them into [[EvilCounterpart black unicorns]]. [[OnlyTheChosenMayRide Being a elf and a virgin means she can easily lure unicorns who shunned away everyone else.]]

-->'''Oswald:''' Can't see this airship crashing in the near future. Sturdy as a rock.\\

%%!!Archdruid Iselore

* WouldHurtAChild: She doesn't [[BlueAndOrangeMorality really understand]] why beings on this plane are generally hesitant to attack children, but she considers this a weakness to be exploited and thus uses a child as her avatar. Where Yxunomei comes from, there's no concept of man, woman, or child; all are fair game to be reaped in the harvest of souls.

->''"But it wasn't for blood that I fought and bled all those years. It was for something grander, more powerful than mere riches. Adventuring is something that is in your blood, not your purse."''

* DisproportionateRetribution: What led to Isair and Madae declaring war on the Ten-Towns? [[spoiler:A priest of Helm in Bryn Shander thought it would be clever to gift them with wine and pastries filled with holy water.]]

* {{Retcon}}: Ilmadia has stolen artifacts and magical tomes from the ruins of the Severed Hand. When confronting her, she says she doesn't give a rat's arse about her kind and their ways. In the sequel, she's revealed to have joined Poquelin out desperation to restore her ancestral home, the Severed Hand, to its former glory.