History Characters / NeverwinterNights2

* TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight: As barmy as he is a lot of the time, he ''is'' still a smart guy and a lot of the things he says are correct, useful and helpful.

--> '''Voiced by:''' Milton James

* PrettyBoy: Downplayed. Despite his rugged, grizzled exterior, his character model and ''especially'' [[https://lparchive.org/Neverwinter-Nights-2/Update%2031/ concept art]] give him a boyish, almost androgynous look. (Most fan art tends to play up the [[RatedMForManly rugged, grizzled, "manly" part,]] though.)

* BladeOnAStick: A divine spellcaster who favors spears? Perfect recipe for the Stormlord {{prestige class}} if you build her right.

* BadassBaritone: Some of the male voice options.

* BadassBaritone: He has a deep, resonant voice.

* SquareRaceRoundClass: The player can point this problem out the first time they hear he wants to be a monk. Putting aside that his stats are not ideal for it, there's also the fact that his quick-temper and fight-happy personality clash heavily with the traditional monk ethos of dissolution and eschewing violence unless forced into it.

* UnexplainedAccent: He has the traditional Dwarven "bad impression of Scottish" accent, but nobody else in his clan has it.

* RaisedByWolves: Raised by wild elves, which are so insular and feral compared to most races that Daeghun is ''really'' NotGoodWithPeople.

* NotGoodWithPeople: Not even to you. This is also why he sends you to deal with the merchant in the prologue and Neverwinter to uncover the mystery of the shard in Chapter 1, since you were raised in a human village and thus understand their ways better than he ever could.

* BadassInCharge: Of Crossroad Keep. You'll have to go out yourself and solve most of the problems that being master of the keep brings.

* BareYourMidriff: You can hang a lampshade on it, but she justifies it with the explanation that Chult is a hot, humid tropical region, which makes her starting attire quite practical, if not exactly protective.

* TheTeam: The cast of the original campaign.
** TheLeader: The Kalach-Cha/Knight-Captain. They lead the group and hold everything together.
** TheLancer: Shandra, Bishop. Both are sarcastic, from similar backgrounds as you, tend to lampshade how ridiculous this adventure can be, and deny being concerned about you even at high influence. While who challenges your authority depends on how you roleplay, they're the ''most likely'' to do so across all playthroughs--Shandra because she wants to keep you on the straight and narrow, Bishop because he's just abrasive.
** TheBigGuy: Khelgar, Qara, Casavir, the Construct. The former two are the most battle-loving, combat-ready of your group; the latter two are a GeniusBruiser and a war golem respectively.
** TheSmartGuy: Sand, Zhjaeve. Both possess considerable knowledge and insight, and are important to advance the main plot during Act 2. The former serves as your legal adviser when you are being accused of a village massacre; the latter helps you perform the Illefarn rituals and assemble the InfinityPlusOneSword.
** TheChick: Elanee, Neeshka, Grobnar. They are the most emotionally stable ones, and are best off playing support roles in battle.

* NoPronunciationGuide: Most characters pronounce it "kwar-uh", but some say "kar-uh".

* OneHundredPercentAdorationRating: Not ''quite'' one hundred, but Shandra is the most well-liked member of the party, having no stand-out rivalries like Khelgar-Neeshka, Qara-Sand, or Casavir-Bishop. The only conflicts that might arise are jealousy-inspired ones if the PC is male. [[spoiler:And Elanee and Neeshka will still be upset by her death. Heck, even [[TheSnarkKnight Bishop]] seems angry about it.]]

* DeadpanSnarker: See the above quote for one of her best.

* {{Pride}}: Kaelyn's FatalFlaw, besides her black-and-white view of the world. She has been alienated from her family, her friends, her home, her faith, and her afterlife, in her single-minded crusade against the Wall... and she refuses to listen to anyone who tries to dissuade her from it, holding fast to her belief that it ''must'' be brought down and that ''she'' will be the one to do it, no matter the cost. She further claims that doing so will be righting a cruel injustice, yet, as horrible as the Wall is, its purpose is ''not'' to administrate justice; it is to punish those who do not worship the gods, thereby ensuring that [[GodNeedsPrayersBadly the gods have the faith they need to keep the world running]].

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Has a pet deinonychus named Yushai who serves as his animal companion. Appropriate, seen as Ubtao is the Father of Dinosaurs.

* AnAxeToGrind: Big ones, in fact.

* BaldHeadOfToughness: He is a bald, [[AnAxeToGrind battle-axe wielding]], dwarven fighter who is built like a MightyGlacier with high Strength and Constitution base stats. Unless you've built your character for durability too, he'll be the only character of your initial party capable of taking hard hits.

--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChrisMurney

* SinisterScythe: His WeaponOfChoice is a scythe +4.

* IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow: In the canon game, the most detail Casavir will give on why he truly left the Paladin Order and Neverwinter was due to "politics." In his DummiedOut backstory, it was really that he got caught schtooping a popular courtesan.

* GrumpyBear: Quite literally.

* StillFightingTheCivilWar: This, as it turns out, is his motivation: [[spoiler:he was created to protect Illefarn. Illefarn hasn't been a solvent kingdom for well over a thousand years by the time the story takes place, but he's still determined to try to keep its borders clean of outsiders... which is everything.]]

* HumanoidAbomination: As the Spirit-Eater, you are required to devour sentient beings' souls to survive. You can end or exorcise the curse, or [[FromBadToWorse master it and take this trope]] UpToEleven.

* WarriorTherapist: You were already good at this game in the Original Campaign (especially with Khelgar and Neeshka, not to mention the trial) but it's turned UpToEleven in ''Mask Of The Betrayer'' where you verbally fight against PhysicalGods and win. It goes so far, you'll be seen as a MessianicArchetype [[RuleOfSymbolism by angels]], gain the respect of absolutely everyone you meet and generally come out as the kind of person who starts legends on your path.

* OvershadowedByAwesome: Bishop and Neeshka are better archers than him, while Qara, Sand, and Ammon Jerro are better spellcasters. This gets taken UpToEleven, however, if you yourself are a bard -- in which case you completely blow Grobnar out of the water in terms of musical and magical talent.

* EvilVersusEvil: His quarrel with the [[BigBad King of Shadows]] is this taken UpToEleven. He has a more even-split conflict with the [[ScaryAmoralReligion Githyanki]] as well.

* TheCasanova: He puts his high Charisma score to exactly the use you think. Taken UpToEleven, in that it's possible to resolve Anya's sidequest by making him out-sweettalk an idealized version of ''himself.''

* [[FarmBoy Farm Girl]]: When you first meet her, she's just a ordinary farmer with no skill in combat.

* [[MrExposition Ms. Exposition]]: She's also there to fill in the gaps in the story that no one else is in a position to fill.

* AntiHero[=/=][[AntiVillain Villain]]: It's up to you whether she's a hero or a villain, but whichever she is, she's right on the borderline. She wants to end the curse, definitely a noble thing, and she's motivated purely by love. But she specifically chose to curse ''you'' (for your connection with the Silver Sword of Gith), freed the curse from its makeshift binding in Okku's barrow, put you in terrible danger, and has done many extremely questionable things to achieve her goal.

* [[EvilSorcerer Evil Sorceress]]: [[spoiler:Her human disguise is a red-headed mage.]]

* TheGenericGuy: Many players find him bland and a little cardboard compared to Bishop.

* TheRival: Casavir and Bishop are a study in opposites, LawfulGood and faithful versus ChaoticEvil and Faithless, armored hammer-swinging knight versus master archer and woodsman, [[TheFettered sworn to defend others and fight for justice]] versus misanthropic sociopath. This makes them natural opponents. They were also supposed to form a LoveTriangle with the female Knight-Captain but Bishop's half didn't make the final cut.

* BaldOfAwesome: Not a hair on his head and he's a mighty force on the battlefield.

* BaldOfAwesome: Has lost the remainder of his hair between games.

* BaldOfAwesome: Red Wizards traditionally shave their heads completely bald, whether male or female.

* WhiteSheep: Bevil is the only decent Starling kid. His older Brother Lorne became a stooge for [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Luskan]] (and [[spoiler:slaughters a whole village in magical disguise to frame you]]), and his younger siblings are ''[[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior way]]'' [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior too eager to hear the details of their dogs ripping dwarves apart]].

* {{Expy}}: As is common in Creator/{{Obsidian|Entertainment}} titles, the villain is a deliberate reenvisioning of a character from one of their own previous games, in this case [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords Darth Nihilus]]. Both are ChaoticEvil [[HumanoidAbomination abominations]] that [[WasOnceAMan used to be people]], and were turned into said abominations though perverse means involving the death and suffering of countless of others. The Spirit Eater is feeding on souls in similar fashion to Nihilus feeds off the LifeEnergy of others as well as TheForce itself. Both are shadowy and strangely featureless if not for their [[MalevolentMaskedMen sinister masks]]. The primary difference is that the Spirit Eater is a blind parasitic spirit, while Nihilus is capable of independent action. The use of masks and shadows as a {{motif}} are common throughout Obsidian's work: ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment''[='s=] shadows, the aforementioned Nihilus and his Sith assassins, and ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas's Dead Money''[='s=] Ghost People, and even the masked MindHive the Faces of Nerat in ''VideoGame/{{Tyranny}}''.