History Characters / NeverwinterNights

%%* DevilsPitchfork: A pitchfork and boy does it really hurt.

%%* EvilSoundsDeep

* TheStarscream: Even if the Valsharess is forcing him to serve her, he's not happy about it and wants out. [[spoiler:And you're his ticket to freedom.]]

* AdvertisedExtra: She is introduced with the other, potential companion students, gets a unique portrait and voice acting proceeds to do nothing for the rest of the plot.

* ThePaladin: Her class.

* AntiHumanAlliance: Her forces include lizardmen, orcs, frost giants, Uthgardt tribes, duergar, dragons, and various humanoid races of various classes, all united to destroy Neverwinter and conquer the world.

* HeroicSacrifice: At the end of the game [[spoiler: the destruction of the Source Stone and the Words of Power means the death of Haedraline and the other Word Slaves after many thousands of years of life. They know this and are accept it without rancour. She doesn't even expect sympathy over this, not even mentioning it to the player until after it's happened.]]

* WhipItGood: Her weapon in battle.

* ChildByRape: Possibly: one story he was told was that he was conceived when a band of orcs raided his tribe, and raped his mother. Others said his mother actually fell in love with and orc and his father was killed by other warriors of the tribe when this relationship was discovered. He has no way of finding out which is true. He faced the stigma of being orc-blooded and considered by some to have been conceived through violence growing up, and strives to be better than whoever his father was.

* ShipTease: Male player characters can romance her.

* TheKlutz: She's very foolish and clumsy. She claims while serving at the Temple of Tyr in Neverwinter, she was so tired from healing she fainted on a glass statue's display, sending it flying across the room to shatter behind the head of a priest just as he sat down, and did so on a particularly large splinter. After that she was asked to serve Neverwinter somewhere else.

* ChildByRape: He was conceived when a band of orcs raided his tribe, and raped his mother. He faced the stigma of being orc-blooded and conceived through violence growing up, and strives to be better than whoever his father was.

* GreaterScopeVillain: As a devil, he's far more dangerous and powerful than the Valsharess, but is forced to be subservient for her. [[spoiler:Turns out he's the real BigBad all along, manipulating the Valsharess and you through her as a plan to free himself and take over the mortal plane.]]

%%* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:He's a frickin' ''archdevil''. What did you expect?]]%%ZCE, word cruft.

* Jeanne d'Archétype: Before her fall. A female holy knight born of a humble background and with "de" in her name.

* Jeanned'Archétype: Before her fall. A female holy knight born of a humble background and with "de" in her name.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Invoked and enforced, the gnolls listen to her because she's demonstrated she could casually kill them if they don't.

* WidowWoman: She presumes to be since she hasn't heard from her husband in years. [[spoiler:She's right to be worried.]]

* [[MrExposition Ms. Exposition]]: Appears pretty much to plotdump things about Morag and Maugrim that you wouldn't otherwise learn.

* HeroesPreferSwords: She goes for the traditional longsword as her weapon. Subverted [[spoiler: when she becomes evil and still uses a sword.]]
* InformedAbility: Many promotional art and cutscenes have Aribeth [[DualWielding using two swords]], while in the game, she never do such thing.
* InformedEquipment: No matter how hard you try, if you remove [[ChainmailBikini her armor]] or replace it with another, the appearance will remain the same.

* OutlawCouple: [[spoiler: In ''Hordes'', with an evil player character who romances her, keeps her on the dark side and maintains her loyalty at the final battle (and chooses not to rule in Hell if he knows Mephistopheles's True Name.]] Coupled with shades of InLoveWithYourCarnage.

* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Spends Chapter 1 and most of Chapter 2 hanging about at your base relying on you to do everything yourself. Subverted in Chapter 3 when she finally takes a more active role in the story, but by then it's because she's done a FaceHeelTurn. Averted in [[spoiler: ''Hordes'', if she's redeemed. A paladin fighting evil in Hell, anyone?]]

** [[spoiler: If you're working with her and Mephistopheles starts talking to you, she immediately decides that you're planning to betray her and picks a fight which gets her and her Red Sisters killed. The possibility that Mephistopheles might have been pulling something and that you might be a genuine ally doesn't cross her mind - then again, she ''is'' [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder a drow]], so "an ally who isn't planning to stick a knife in her back" is a concept outside her frame of reference.]]

* TakeUpMySword: You can pick up Prince's pike a use it as a weapon. [[spoiler: You later may learn how to use it to easily resurrect yourself without going through the maze]]

* TheWitchHunter: [[spoiler: What you and the entire Prince Ahmed's army actually were.]]

* FriendlyEnemy: [[spoiler: She is nothing but helpful and kind to you. Strange, considering you and Prince Ahmed killed her.]]

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Night Hag is the "she" from Prince Ahmed's message for the king.]]

* DoomedHometown: [[spoiler: The game ends with you sailing off in pursuit of Crimson Prophet as the city is sacked by his worshippers]]

* PartingWordsRegret: Subverted. You surprisingly do not have much a chance to express guilt over being a jerk to [[spoiler: ocaris]] in your only conversation before his death.

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: The family mansion is locked for most of the game, once you can actually go there [[spoiler: It blows up.]] You also [[spoiler: End up the game leaving your city as it is sacked by soldiers of Crimson Prophet]].

* ArtifactOfDoom: He has found one and is now desperately trying to protect his city from it. [[spoiler: To the point that he seems to have tried selling it to Crimson Prophet only for the man to kill him and steal it for himself.]]

* PlotTriggeringDeath: [[spoiler: He is killed by Crimson Prophet, triggering the final part of the module and what was supposed to be the main plot before AbortedArc happenned]]
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: He will make an effort to reconcile with you in your only conversation. He later dies. Whenever this trope is in motion depends on if you played along with his efforts.]]

* BigDamnHeroes: He shows up to save you from an assassination attempt. [[spoiler: and in the final part of the module, from execution by Crimson Prophet's followers]]

* GoneHorriblyRight: She summoned a ghost to haunt a shopkeeper for a while. The ghost would not leave because [[spoiler: it was the shopkeeper's father, whom he murdered. This trope is in play if you will read to the shopkeeper's arrest.]]

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: She is a member of the Shadowguard]]

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: He is a member of the Shadowguard]]

* AnAxeToGrind: Fights with a [[DoubleWeapon dual-headed]] axe.

* AnAxeToGrind: Carries a battle axe as her primary weapon.

* ProudScholarRaceGuy: Gnomes as a whole are known as a book-smart and intellectual race, while Lantan has a reputation for creating outlandish machines and inventions. Boddyknock is no exception, though he manifests it more with his magic skills rather than technical knowledge.

* EpicFlail: His WeaponOfChoice.

* HeroesPreferSwords: She goes for the traditional longsword as her WeaponOfChoice. Subverted [[spoiler: when she becomes evil and still uses a sword.]]

* CoolSword: Short swords are her WeaponOfChoice, and she starts with one named for her as custom equipment.

* KukrisAreKool: Unlike your typical rogue who's likely to [[KnifeNut wield a dagger]], Tomi uses a kukri.

* KnifeNut: Fights with daggers.

* KnifeNut: As a rogue she wields daggers.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: "Daelan Red Tiger". Awesome indeed.

* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:"Enslaves" Mephistopheles, the second most powerful devil in the Nine Hells. It goes as well as you might expect. He even mocks her for it when she oversteps the extent of her control over him and he breaks free.]]

!''NeverwinterNights/ShadowsOfUndrentide''

!''NeverwinterNights/HordesOfTheUnderdark''

[[folder:Xanos Messarnos]]

* AmbitionIsEvil: His alignment is ChaoticGood, and through dialogue he turns out to be a fairly good person. His major character flaw is that he's hungry for power and wants to someday ruler over a kingdom as a benevolent king.%%InUniverse

-->'''Xanthos:''' To be a great leader, to create a lasting kingdom, one must not only be able to conquer or subject his people, one must also be able to win their hears.

* ProngsOfPoseidon: Type 2. A pitchfork and boy does it really hurt.