History Characters / NeverwinterNights2

* CloudCuckooLanderHasAPoint: Believe it or not, he *is* a mechanical genius, as well as several other types of genius, and is capable of some surprising feats of engineering if he's with the party at the appropriate moments.

[[spoiler:In the final battle, if Bishop fights alongside Garius and Grobnar's influence is low, Bishop will sabotage the Construct, making it turn against the party.]]

Thus begins a lighthearted tale of adventure, discovery and merchant finance, set in both the familiar Sword Coast, and the exotic Chultan penninsula.

An...eccentric gnome bard the party encounters shortly after arriving in Neverwinter. He is a self proclaimed writer, mechanic, and general story teller. He decides to join the party because he believes they're on a grand adventure.

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: So very much. The developers intended for you to be able to help him with it, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen but]], [[ObviousBeta] well...

Bishop is an...interesting look at what it means to be ChaoticEvil. He genuinely believes that the concept of civilization and culture is a total sham, and is convinced that everyone, even him, is just a rabid animal waiting to strike. He despises being ordered about, but will grudgingly admit he respects towards the Knight Captain if your influence with him is high enough.

A githzerai cleric that was imprisoned in Crossroad Keep while it was under Garius' control. She is one of the only people who truly knows what is happening, and helps the Knight Captain learn about the King Shadows, its origins, and how it can be stopped.

[[spoiler:Whether or not she survived the destruction of the King of Shadow's lair is completely unknown. Not even Ammon Jerro knows what happened to her.]]

[[spoiler:He survives the [[RocksFallEveryoneDies final battle]] of the OC by way of being pure BadAss. In ''Storm of Zehir'', he watches over Crossroad Keep in the Knight Captain's absence. Later on chronologically, in the best ending of ''Mask of the Betrayer'' he is present at the Captain's wedding to either Safiya or Gann alongside Neeshka or Aldanon.]]

The cast of ''NeverwinterNights2'', ''Mask of the Betrayer'', and ''Storm of Zehir''. Not related (mostly) to the characters of ''NeverwinterNights''.

Better known as Gann, this young hagspawn is a Rashemi Spirit Shaman that the Captain encounters while searching for allies against Okku. Abandoned by his parents at birth, the wild spirits of Rasheman raised him as their own. Interestingly and unusually, Gann is quite [[Bishonen]] a trait he takes great pride in. As a Spirit Shaman, he is capable of walking in the realm of dreams, which can come in handy at various points in the game.

:: '''Kaelyn'''

[[spoiler:Okku's clan barrow is the prison the Knight-Captain awakens in at the beginning of the game. To ensure the curse never threatened the world again, the previous Spirit Eater crafted the prison and spent his last days there in the hopes that once he died the curse would be trapped in the prison and never spread to another person. Okku, out of respect to his friend and a sense of duty to end the curse, remained within the Barrow to watch guard the prison against interlopers. The curse had disastrous effects on his clan members, most of whom went feral, or mad due to the curse's influence.]]

* YourSoulIsMine: Like the Captain, it can absorb souls, but instead of devouring them, it adds them to its HiveMind.]]

[[spoiler:Araman is a jaded, depressed man. To this day, he believes firmly that Akachi's betrayal of his god for his love was madness, and believes that no good could come of upsetting the order of the Planes. He takes no pleasure in what he does, instead seeing his actions [[NecessaryEvil necessary evils]] to maintain balance in the world.]]

* [[spoiler:AntiVillain]]: [[spoiler:[[YourMillageMayVary Arguably.]] ]]

* [[spoiler:TheDragon]]
* [[spoiler:HeroAntagonist]]: [[spoiler:[[YourMillageMayVary Again, arguably.]] ]]

* [[spoiler: OptionalPartyMember]]: [[spoiler: Should the player decide to betray the Betrayer's Crusade and side with Kelemvor, Araman joins in place of Kaelynn, who leaves the party.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:As valuable their knowledge may be, killing these selfish bitches is nevertheless extremely satisfying.]]

[[spoiler:Akachi was once the high priest of the now-dead god Myrkul, who once was god of the dead. When his lover Founder died without pledging herself to a god, her soul was condemned to the Wall of the Faithless and Akachi chose to rebel against his god to save her. This became known as the First Crusade, and earned him the title "The Betrayer". His Crusade failed, and as punishment he was bound to the Wall himself. However, Myrkul seeing an opportunity to spread misery (and alive-in-death by exploiting the ForgottenRealms early GodNeedsPrayerBadly system) decided that Akachi had not suffered enough, and so inflicted a ''real'' FateWorseThanDeath on him. He was stripped of his mind, his humanity and everything that had made him a person, and left with an insatiable hunger for souls: the Faceless Man. The Spirit Eater curse is his parasitic ravenous remnant, attaching itself to people and condemning their souls to the Wall in his place. Over time, his victims are slowly "digested", devouring more spirits to hold off the encroachment of the curse, but needing more and more spirits to hold off the hunger.]]

[[spoiler:At the end of the game, the player character recovers the stolen soul from the Wall of the Faithless, but must then battle Akachi for control over it. Depending on what whether or not the three fragments of the [[TitleDrop Mask of the Betrayer]] were recovered in the game, the Knight-Captain can choose to [[GoldenEnd restore Akachi and end the Spirit-Eater curse]], subdue Akachi and spend eternity on the Fugue Plane, or [[CompleteMonster ''devour the Faceless Man'' and become a power to shake the planes]].]]

* LadyKillerInLove: Should the Knight-Captain pursue a relationship with him, he falls well and truly in love, going so far as to [[convert to the worship of Kelemvor to stay with the player character in one of the endings]]. Some of his endings also have him settling down with a girl you help during the main story.

[[spoiler:Kaelyn was originally a devout servant of Kelemvor, god of death. However, as time went on she began to question her faith, specifically, the highly controversial Wall of the Faithless. Unable to in good faith help shepherd the souls of the dead into what many consider a FateWorseThanDeath, she left the faith and attempted to forcibly tear down the Wall. Even though she failed and was cast down into Faerun, she still wishes to see the Wall destroyed.]]

[[spoiler:Okku was the one who helped construct the prison the Knight-Captain awakens in at the beginning of the game. The previous Spirit Eater, in an attempt to ensure the Curse never threatened the world again, crafted the prison and spent his last days there in the hopes that once he died the curse would be trapped in the prison and never spread to another person. Okku, out of both respect to his friend and what he felt to be his duty to safeguard the world from the curse, remained within the Barrow to watch over the Curse and ensure it never escapes. However, this inadvertently lead to his fellow Spirit Bears going mad and feral due to the Curse's influence, likely dooming them to extinction.]]

A mysterious undead being who is actually many souls acting as a HiveMind. [[spoiler:If the Knight Captain chooses to devour Okku, it will appear shortly afterwards and offer to join the party.]]

* TokenEvilTeammate: [[spoiler:Driven home by the fact that the only way to get it is to perform a blatantly evil act.]]

[[spoiler:Araman is actually the brother of Akachi the Betrayer. Centuries ago, when Akachi chose to rebel against Myrkul for the sake of his lover, Araman chose to stay loyal to his god. As a "reward", Myrkul made him immortal and gave him a new task: Track down the Founder and destroy her. His takeover of Thaymount was so he could access a portal that would lead him to the Founder's Sanctum. Before he can reach her, however, the Knight-Captain's party confront him. Despite his potent magic and having a small army of Myrkulites at his disposal, Araman is ultimately killed. ]]

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Despite being a little thick-headed and stubborn, Khelgar is also one of two LawfulGood companions and has his own reasons for being off on an adventure with some random ChosenOne from the swamps. [[spoiler:Khelgar was kicked out of his clan for abandoning them during an attack by fire giants, and they haven't forgiven him yet. Aside from wanting to rejoin his clan,]] Khelgar also aspires to be a monk, since the first people who ever beat him in a fight were a group of traveling monks.

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* CloudCuckooLander: So very much.

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: So very much. The developers intended for you to be able to help him get over it, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen but]], [[ObviousBeta] well...

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: If you confront Ammon Jerro about all the evil he's unleashed in his private war against the Big Bad, he's wholly unrepentant unless you had high influence with Shandra, in which case you can give him a truly awesome Reason You Suck Speech at which point he drops to his knees and begs his granddaughter for forgiveness.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Takes a bit of doing, but you can make him realize his mistakes.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: After realizing that no one took his warnings about the King of Shadows seriously, he decided to act on his own. In order to combat the horde of undead under the thrall of the King of Shadows, he turned to the infernal powers for an army of his own.

[[spoiler:In reality, she is one of the three fragments of Akachi's lover, the Founder. She was unknowingly planted in the Knight Captains party as part of the Founder's plan to end the Spirit Eater curse.]]

:: '''Gann'''
A Hagspawn Spirit Shaman that the Captain encounters while searching for allies against Okku. Abandoned by his family at a young age, the animals of the wild took him as their own, explaining his choice of class. The main interesting aspect of Gann is that unlike most other Hagspawn, he is quite handsome and {{Bishonen}}, a trait he takes great pride in. As a Spirit Shaman, he is capable of walking in the realm of dreams, which can come in handy at various points in the game.

[[spoiler:It is later revealed that her mother actually truly loved him, and was forced to abandon him by the Hag Coven. Upon discovering this, he implores the Captain to kill the Coven in retribution.]]

* TheCasanova: Definitely has elements of this.

::'''The Faceless Man/[[spoiler: Akachi the Betrayer]]'''

* [[spoiler:BigBad]]

* [[spoiler:EldritchAbomination]]
* [[spoiler:TragicMonster]]
* [[spoiler:WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Its hard not to feel sorry for him in the end.]]

* [[spoiler: OptionalPartyMember]]: [spoiler: Should the player decide to betray the Betrayer's Crusade and side with Kelemvor, Araman joins in place of Kaelynn, who leaves the party.

The embodiment of the Spirit Eater curse, dealing with the Faceless Man is the only way for the Spirit Eater curse to be ended. His title is due to him being the first person to attempt to tear down the Wall of the Faithless. However, who exactly he was, why he tried to destroy the Wall, and what ultimately happened to him is a complete mystery.

[[spoiler:Akachi served as the high priest of Myrkul alongside his brother, Araman, and his lover, the Founder. However, when the Founder died without pledging to a God, and thus became condemned to the Wall, Akachi chose to rebel against his god and led the First Crusade in an attempt to save her. His Crusade was doomed to failure, and as punishment he was bound to the Wall himself. However, Myrkul, seeing an opportunity to ensure his ressurection if he ever died, decided that Akachi had not suffered enough, and so gave him a punishment about 100 times worse: He was stripped of his mind, his humanity, and everything that made him a sentient being, and was morphed into a nonsapient being of pure, insatiable hunger, the Spirit Eater.]]

[[spoiler:At the end of the game, Akachi attempts to forcibly take control of the Knight Captain's soul. Depending on what actions were taken in the game, the Captain can either submit to Akachi's hunger, suppress him and trap them both in the Fugue Plane forever, or, if all three mask fragments were obtained, the Captain can put Akachi's spirit to rest, ending the curse forever.]]

-->''Know this name our enemies have draped upon you - this Kalach-Cha - its sound travels far, even reaching the ears of my people.'' - Zhjaeve, Resident ObiWan - sort of

[[folder:Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of The Betrayer characters]]

[[spoiler:Okku was the one who helped construct the prison the Captain found themselves in at the beginning of the game. The aforementioned previous Spirit Eater, in an attempt to ensure the Curse never threatens the world again, crafted the prison and spent his last days there so that, once he died, the Curse could not leave the prison. Okku, out of both respect to his friend and what he felt to be his duty to safeguard the world from the curse, remained within the Barrow to watch over the Curse and ensure it never escapes. However, this inadvertently lead to his fellow Spirit Bears going mad and feral due to the Curse's influence, likely dooming them to extinction.]]

* HeroAntagonist: [[spoiler:at first]]

A mysterious Red Wizard who has usurped Safiya's mother as leader of Thaymount Acadamy for unknown reasons. He seems to have a vendetta against the Knight Captain.

[[spoiler:Araman is actually the brother of Akachi the Betrayer. Centuries ago, when Akachi chose to rebel against Myrkul to save his lover, the Founder, Araman chose to stay loyal to his god. As a "reward", Myrkul made him immortal and gave him a new task: Track down the Founder and destroy her. His takeover of Thaymount was so he could access a portal that would lead him to the Founder's Sanctum. Just before he can reach her, however, the Knight Captain's party (and, optionally, Ammon Jerro) confront him. Despite his potent magic and having a small army of Myrkulites at his disposal, Araman is ultimately killed. ]]

[[spoiler:Araman is suggested to be a jaded, depressed man. To this day, he believes firmly that Akachi's actions were madness acted out of love, and believes that no good will ever come of such emotions. He seems to take no pleasure in what he must do, but views it as a necessary evil to maintain balance in the world.]]

* [[spoiler:AntiVillain]]: [[spoiler:Arguably.]]

* [[spoiler:HeroAntagonist]]: [[spoiler:Again, arguably]]

A Hag coven that operates in Rashemen. While undeniably evil and depraved, most of the people in the nation grudgingly accept their presence due to their wealth of ancient knowledge. The Knight Captain's party is directed to them when trying to learn more about the Spirit Eater curse, but the Coven, fearing that the Captain will lose control and devour them, betray the party and dump them in a debilitated prison.

[[spoiler:The Hag Coven turn out to be directly responsible for Gann's childhood trauma. When it was discovered that Gann's mother had sired a child with a human, the Coven forced her to abandon the child...but not before forcing her to ''devour her husband alive'', driving her completely insane. Needless to say, Gann is less than pleased with this, and insists that they must die. The Coven attempt to dissuade the Captain from this, claiming that killing them would rob the world of countless bits of knowledge, but ultimately it is the Captain's decision whether they live or die. In either case, the Coven do end up telling the party their next destination: Thaymount Academy.]]

::'''Akachi the Betrayer'''
A now legendary figure in Faerun's history. His title is due to him being the first person to attempt to tear down the Wall of the Faithless. However, who exactly he was, why he tried to destroy the Wall, and what ultimately happened to him is a complete mystery.

::The Slumbering Coven

::Akachi the Betrayer

[[spoiler:Akachi served as the high priest of Myrkul alongside his brother, Araman, and his lover, the Founder. However, when the Founder died without pledging to a God, and thus became condemned to the Wall, Akachi chose to rebel against his god and led the First Crusade in an attempt to save her. His Crusade was doomed to failure, and as punishment he was bound to the Wall himself. However, Myrkul, seeing an opportunity to ensure his ressurection if he ever died, decided that Akachi had not suffered enough, and so gave him a punishment about 100 times worse: He was stripped of his mind, his humanity, and everything that made him a sentient being, and was morphed into a nonsapient being of pure, insatiable hunger, the Spirit Eater.

At the end of the game, Akachi attempts to forcibly take control of the Knight Captain's soul. Depending on what actions were taken in the game, the Captain can either submit to Akachi's hunger, suppress him and trap them both in the Fugue Plane forever, or, if all three mask fragments were obtained, the Captain can put Akachi's spirit to rest, ending the curse forever.]]

[[spoiler: In a climatic battle twenty years before the story begins, Ammon Jerro battled the King of Shadows in West Harbor, at the head of an army of demons and wielding the Silver Sword of Gith. While his demons fought the undead, he dueled the King of Shadows. He managed to win , but the explosion of power released by the King of Shadows' death throes shattered the Silver Sword and sent Ammon Jerro to Hell.

Having [[LikeABadassOutOfHell made his way back to the Prime Material Plane]], Ammon Jerro again plans to fight the King of Shadows by seeking out the shards of the Silver Sword, and binding demons to his will. The party encounters some of his demons and manages to track down his Haven thanks to his granddaughter, Shandra. When the party and he finally face off, he kills his granddaughter in a rage at her unbinding his demons. After realizing his mistake, Ammon Jerro [[DefeatMeansFriendship agrees to join the party to defeat the King of Shadows]]. If the player character's influence with Shandra was high enough, it is possible to make Ammon Jerro admit that his methods of combating the King of Shadows were flawed, and beg Shandra's forgiveness.

Ammon Jerro survives the end of the original campaign, and potentially has a minor role in ''Mask of the Betrayer''. The party encounters his body at the Academy of Shapers and Binders, and with a bit of clever [[DealWithTheDevil dealing]] can recover his soul and restore him. He explains that he managed to follow the player character during his kidnapping, and is the one to provide details about the fates of your companions from the OC. He [[GuestStarPartyMember joins the player for a small amount of time in chapter two, and also sends demonic reinforcements to aid the player in the final chapter of the expansion.]]

* ThoseWhoFightMonsters: After realizing that no one took his warnings about the King of Shadows seriously, he decided to act on his own. In order to combat the horde of undead under the thrall of the King of Shadows, he turned to the infernal powers for an army of his own.

[[spoiler:He is confirmed to have survived the final battle of the OC by way of being pure BadAss. In ''Storm of Zehir'', he watches over Crossroad Keep in the Knight Captain's absence. Later on chronologically, in the best ending of ''Mask of the Betrayer'' he is present at the Captain's wedding to either Safiya or Gann alongside Neeshka.]]

* BloodKnight: He's probably the most fight-happy of your entire party, which is fitting for the sole [[spoiler:surviving]] fighter.

* DeadpanSnarker: She gets a few fantastic hits in on other characters.

* LawfulGood: He's a ''paladin''.

Bishop is an...interesting look at the concept of ChaoticEvil. While undeniably evil and bloodthirsty, there is a method to his madness. He genuinely believes that the concept of civilization and culture is a total sham, and is convinced that everyone, even him, is just a rabid animal waiting to strike. He despises being given orders, but will grudgingly admit respect towards the Knight Captain with high enough influence.

[[spoiler:Ultimately, Bishop's beliefs and free spirit cause his undoing. During the siege on Crossroad Keep near the end, he betrays the party by sabotaging the keep's gates and allowing the undead entry. He is later seen at the grounds of the final battle. If his influence is low, he will assist Garius in the battle, and may even sabotage the Construct. However, if his influence is high, the Captain can appeal to his inherent hatred of being someone's servant, and he will agree to leave in peace.]]

[[spoiler:No matter what path is taken, Bishop ultimately dies, either by the player's hand or by being crushed by rubble. He makes a cameo appearance in ''Mask of the Betrayer'' in a dream, where it is revealed that he has been bound to the Wall of the Faithless. After giving some last few snide remarks to the Captain, he is fully absorbed into the Wall, but not before giving them the final mask fragment.]]

[[spoiler:Canonically, Sand survives the final battle by transforming into an iron golem, rendering him impervious to the falling debris of the King of Shadow's lair.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Takes a bit of doing, but you can make him realize his mistakes.

[[spoiler:Ultimately, Bishop's beliefs and free spirit cause his undoing. During the siege on Crossroad Keep near the end, he betrays the party by sabotaging the keep's gates and allowing the undead entry. He is later seen at the grounds of the final battle. If his influence is low, he will assist Garius in the battle, and may even sabotage the Construct. However, if his influence is high, the Captain can appeal to his inherent hatred of being someone's servant, and he will agree to leave in peace.

* ClingJealousGirl: At times with a male PC.

* HeriocWillpower: [[spoiler:If her influence is high enough, she'll resist Garius' MindRape through sheer willpower.]]

* Fan Preferred Couple: Neeshka and a male Knight-Captain.
* I Have You Now My Pretty: [[spoiler:During the VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon, [[TheDragon Black Garius]] captures Neeshka and proceeds to torture her and attempt to bind her to his will.]]

* Neutral Good

* Neutral Evil

NeutralEvil

Despite being a little thick-headed and stubborn, Khelgar is also one of two LawfulGood companions and has his own reasons for being off on an adventure with some random ChosenOne from the swamps. [[spoiler:Khelgar was kicked out of his clan for abandoning them during an attack by fire giants, and they so far haven't forgiven him yet. Aside from wanting to rejoin his clan, Khelgar also aspires to be a monk in the service of Tyr, since the first people who ever beat him in a fight were a group of traveling monks.]]

* BoisterousBruiser: Post-CharacterDevelopment
* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame