History Characters / TalesOfTheDrunkenPaladin

* ArcherArchetype: His weapon of choice is bows, though he's WAY less cold and arrogant than most examples of this trope.

Introduced in the final story arc, Greg is (supposedly) Lord Groobs' butler and manservant. Of course, it's quickly established that his role as a butler is a ruse in order to remove his lord from power and re-build Hobotropolis/the Save Realm from the ground up into a better place. Anebriate and co. decide to help him out with his plans after hearing about how screwed up Groobs and the Save Realm at large is. [[spoiler: Greg is notably unique in that he's the one party member who can [[FaceHeelTurn permanently turn against you,]] should you choose not to support him further near the end of the game.]]

* BeleagueredAssistant: To Groobs, and arguably Anebriate [[spoiler: if the lattee chooses to stick with him]].

* DisproportionateRetribution: Taking away Anebriate's memory and riches is one thing, but demolishing Palmer's church while killing a protesting nun quickly establishes that he's too far gone to reason with.

* FauxAffablyEvil: He acts like a composed and soft-spoken king, but he's really a megalomaniac obsessed with petty vengeance.

* BigBadFriend: He's arguably the BigBad of the entire game, due to his machinations going back as far as ''the first story arc'', though he doesn't take center stage until the China incident. Even following his defeat, his actions and influence continue to linger throughout the remainder of the story and he posthumously accomplishes his objectives through Anebriate. However, he does like Anebriate deep down and wants the latter to succeed.

* BigBadEnsemble: He goes from GreaterScopeVillain to one of the main antagonists, once it turns out he's still alive and planning to start another war. Not to mention he's controlling the Save Council and Groobs from the shadows. However, he's OutGambitted by the previous ArcVillain Theodore, who kills the council and leaves him with only the incompetent Groobs as a pawn.

* PlayAlongPrisoner: When Anebriate's party confronts the Save Council, Theodore easily busts out of [CardboardPrison prison]] and kills the entire council, showing that getting arrested for breaking protocol was always part of his plan.

* BigBad: Arguably of the entire game, due to his machinations going back as far as ''the first story arc'', though he doesn't take center stage until the China incident. Even following his defeat, his actions and influence continue to linger throughout the remainder of the story.

* TheChessmaster: Plays pretty much everyone but [[BigBadDuumvirate Professor Reynolds]] for chumps in order to accomplish his goals. He planned out everything intricately enough that ''[[ThanatosGambit his own death]]'' tied into things, as a post-game side-quest details.

* BigBadEnsemble: He goes from GreaterScopeVillain to one of the main antagonists, once it turns out he's still alive and planning to start another war. Not to mention he's controlling the Save Council and Groobs from the shadows.

Anebriate's [[JustifiedSavePoint save file manager]] for the first arc. Snarky, rude and dismissive of our hero throughout, and bails on the party near the end; thankfully, he comes back just in time to save your game before the fight against [[ArcVillain Steve]]. It's soon established in the China arc, of course, that your Save Hobo (real name Theodore) is not who he appears to be...

* BigBad: Arguably of the entire game, due to his machinations going back as far as ''the first story arc'', though he doesn't take center stage until the China arc. Even following his defeat, his actions and influence continue to linger throughout the remainder of the story.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: He dissolves the Save Council, because they were corrupt and working with the Old One.

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: He waged war against Maine out of petty boredom and ran Lewiston to the ground. It's also evident that he didn't care about his family, despite Albert thinking he was a noble father.

* WorldsStrongestWoman: A contender

* AmbiguousDisorder / {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Often gets [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny easily distracted]] and goes on [[SeinfeldianConversation bizarre tangents,]] to the point of both annoying and freaking out Anebriate.
* ArcherArchetype: His weapon of choice is bows, though he's WAY less arrogant than most examples of this trope.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Escapes imprisonment in the Save Realm without even fully realizing it, for starters. He also comes close to killing Anebriate in his introduction, until the latter talks him down.

* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Tells Anebriate [[spoiler: at the end of "Big Trouble In Little China, Maine]] that he wants everyone to remember his name. He also wants to make his late father proud of him.

* MagicalNativeAmerican: Parodied and subverted. While Robert dresses as a stereotypical Native American and his abilities often invoke Native American Stereotypes ([[FlayingAlive Scalping]] to deal heavy Damage over Time, CryingIndian Tears in order to resurrect the entire party, and so on), personality-wise, he is as far removed from the spiritual aspect of the Native American stereotype as you can get. He's more of a JiveTurkey instead.

* TokenMinority: The only explicitly nonwhite human character to be seen in Tales of The Drunken Paladin [[spoiler: not counting [[VideoGame/BarkleyShutUpAndJamGaiden Barkley]] in Hobotropolis's Danger Dome.]]

* BonusBoss: [[spoiler:If you choose not to side with him, he and the Red Lion will fight you after you find Theodore's journal.]]

* TokenEvilTeammate: As well intentioned as he may be, Greg [[spoiler: doesn't hesitate to dispose of people, should]] they get in his way.
* TokenNonhuman: Aside from Sergeant B'arby.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: While he genuinely wants change for the greater good in the Save Realm, he won't hesitate to use less than savory methods that may end up hurting bystanders. [[spoiler: If Anebriate chooses to turn against him, Greg will immediately react by sending most of the party into a pit, and will be removed from the party for the rest of the game.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Arguably a straighter example than Theodore. He's just as much of an ass to Anebriate as the latter was, but unlike Theodore, he stays loyal to him throughout the rest of the game from the moment he's introduced. He's also willing to give credit where it's due, in spite of his snarky personality.
* JustifiedSavePoint: He replaces Theodore during the China arc, due to the latter breaking regulations by helping Anebriate in the Super Castle. [[spoiler:Later, he loses this role due to all the chaos from the Save Council's demise.]]
* SourSupporter: He tried to be polite to Anebriate when they first met, but had to threaten the paladin into accepting their partnership. Then he proceeds to be nearly as snarky as Theodore at each of his save locations.
* TookALevelInBadass: He starts as a newbie Save Hobo [[spoiler:and eventually uses his powers to stand up to Theodore. If you choose his side, he'll successfully lead his rebel group to overthrow Groobs.]]

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Dave is a kind, if somewhat goofy fellow, but he is revealed to be [[spoiler: a notorious and feared pirate]] after leaving Bowdoin. This will likely shock players.

* ElementalPowers:

* PirateKing: [[spoiler:All those pirates with scary-sounding names answer to him.]]

* AmazonianBeauty: While her beauty isn't emphasized a whole lot, she still manages to become the subject of [[spoiler: Palmer's]] crush [[spoiler: in spite of his misogyny.]]

* HalfHumanHybrid: She shares her mother with Emma, who is a [[spoiler: witch.]]
* HuskyRusskie: Invoked, while the Chinese in the context of Maine aren't exactly a [[FantasyCounterpartCulture cultural analogue]] to Russia, they still have their accents, and it is repeatedly emphasized that Karla is one of the toughest and most fearless people around.

* TrainingFromHell: She explains her morning workout routine as running up and down the slopes of China, then weight lifting boulders and crushing them between her shoulder blades.
* WorldsStrongestWoman: Ingame item descriptions and the [[http://www.drunkenpaladin.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=29 official character guide]] don't shy away from describing her as physically resilient badass.

* AxCrazy: Just ''look at his portrait'', for one. His behavior is also very typical of the trope: he'll offer to rip apart pretty much anyone he believes is a threat to his friends, and [[NoIndoorVoice shouts the majority of his dialogue.]]

* CloudCuckooLander: He's got quite the... interesting thought process, to say the least.

* NeverLearnedToRead: The reason why he [[spoiler: never wrote back to his family when being gone for 10 years]] is because he never learned to write.

* ThirdPersonPerson: Refers to himself entirely in such.

A wizard who joined Anebriate, Palmer, and King Steve in stopping "They" prior to the beginning of the game and a former mentor of Emma. He joins the party when Palmer suggests that he might have been the one behind the explosion at Larry's.

* TheArchmage: Among the wiset of Anebriate's group, along with Emma, and is arguably the most powerful spell-caster of the bunch, [[OldSoldier even as an older man.]]
* BlackMage: The main offensive mage of the party.
* ElementalPowers:
** MakingASplash: Starts off with some water spells.
** KillItWithIce / KillItWithFire: His more advanced spells are either fire or ice.

* MagicStaff: His weapon of choice.

* OnlySaneMan: Of Anebriate's group, along with Emma, Greg and possibly Karla. He tends to be one of the few people in the party who takes things seriously, and has a good head on his shouders.
* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Many [[spoiler: hobos]] who meet him often remark on how intelligent and knowledgeable he is for a human.

A small time thief who the party can recruit in Litchfield before they set off for other areas. [[GuestStarPartyMember He sticks around for the majority of the first third of the game,]] then ditches everyone for (at first) unexplained reasons until the end of the story, where-upon he rejoins for good. After quite a while, it becomes evident that there's far more to him than meets the eye.

* BecomingTheMask: He was originally planning to kill Anebriate, Palmer, Deemer, and Steve for killing his father. However, his time with Anebriate combined with his realization that his father was evil [[BigDamnHeroes caused him to save the party from Steve at the last second.]]

* FragileSpeedster: The fastest party member you recruit by far, though his attacks tend not to do much damage. He's also very reliant on his Evasion to keep himself from eating the ground due to his poor Defense and middling HP.

* TheQuietOne: His lines are quite infrequent compared to most of the cast, though they're always poignant. [[BrutalHonesty And harsh as FUCK.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: A lot of the more mysterious details about him aren't really touched upon until the final third of the game. Until that point, he mostly just comes off as a GuestStarPartyMember who sporadically appears throughout the story and forces you to fight him at the end of a late-game dungeon.

* GuideDangIt: While not quite as bad as Emma, recruiting him [[spoiler: requires taking on a quest from a man who had his goods stolen by Albert, than confronting Albert at night by the square of Litchfield and beating him.]]
* IHaveNoSon: He disowns his father, who turns out to be the Old One and is nowhere near as benevolent as he thought.
* NeverLearnedToRead: Implied, instead of talking directly to others he simply writes down what he says down on paper. The problem being his lack of proper grammar and spelling. You can find letters and signs that Albert had written and misspelled throughout Maine and the Save Realm after taking down King Steve.

* UnscrupulousHero: If not for his genuine moral compass and moments of good, he'd be no better than Anebriate.

[[folder: Albert]]

A small time thief who the party recruits in Litchfield.

* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:He was originally planning to kill Anebriate, Palmer, Deemer, and Steve for killing his father. However, his time with Anebriate combined with his realization that his father was evil caused him to save the party from Steve at the last second.]]
* CuteMute: Is incapable of talking. [[spoiler: Turns out he simply prefers not to talk.]]
* DivineParentage: [[spoiler:His father is the Old One, aka the Save God.]]

* IHaveNoSon: [[spoiler:He disowns his father, who turns out to be the Old One and is nowhere near as benevolent as he thought.]]
* NeverLearnedToRead: Implied, instead of talking directly to others he simply writes down what he says down on paper. The problem being his lack of proper grammar and spelling. [[spoiler: You can find letters and signs that Albert had written and misspelled throughout Maine and the Save Realm after taking down King Steve.]]
* WolverineClaws: Uses claws in combat