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!! Edmund Dumais
One half of the duo summoning demons in Comvos. Also Salome's cousin, but unlike her he wasn't able to escape The Society of the Lotus.

* ExtremeDoormat: Part of his indoctrination into the cult involved him suppressing his own desires and opinions.
* HiddenDepths: He's actually a very talented artist, since it was his one outlet.
* TykeBomb: He was raised from a young age to be a Blade who carried out the cult's dirty work.

!! Dahlia Kemper
The other half of the demon summoning duo, Dahlia was a mid level acolyte who survived the raid on the original Society of the Lotus. She's restyled herself as the leader of the reborn cult.

* AtrociousAlias: When reading her journal, the entire party audibly groans when they find out she planned to rename herself "Mother Scarlet."
* DidYouJustScameCthulhu: This was her plan, since the terms of her contract said he could collect her soul when she died. But since she planned to become a vampire he wouldn't be able to collect. But Morax knew about the deception and mocks her when he takes her soul.
* DraggedOffToHell: After the party kills her, Morax takes her soul and drags her back to the Infernal Plane.
* ItIsDehumanizing: She never calls Edmund by name, only "Blade" because she doesn't consider him a person.
* SmallNameBigEgo: She has exactly one follower to her name (and he mostly sticks around for familiarity) but she already stylizes herself as the leader of the reborn cult.

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* MeaningfulTattoo: She has a stylized elephant's head on her arm, and explains that many of the children Dipali rescued got one and call themselves the Elephant's Children.




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* StoryboardBody: She has a stylized elephant's head on her arm, and explains that many of the children Dipali rescued got one and call themselves the Elephant's Children.

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Savitri Satrapi is the half-elf leader of Merchant's Guild, a very powerful group of entrepreneurs and traders in Raetia.

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Savitri Satrapi is the half-elf leader of Merchant's Guild, a very powerful group of entrepreneurs and traders in Raetia.
Raetia. She is a survivor from the city of Jadwal, where a powerful Warlord tried to kill all the half elves in the city, but was rescued by a Loxodon trader named Dipali.
* HappilyAdopted: Dipali adopted her after she rescued her from the genocide in Jadwal.
* MeaningfulTattoo: She has a stylized elephant's head on her arm, and explains that many of the children Dipali rescued got one and call themselves the Elephant's Children.
* MultiethnicName: Savitri is Sanskrit while Satrapi is a Persian surname. This is deliberate to demonstrate her mixed heritage.

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* FirstGreyHair: Inverted, when he finds that he's not only growing facial hair again but has a few greys he's thrilled, since it means he's aging again.

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* FirstGreyHair: DisappearedDad: He laments he ended up being this to his own child, since Titania took him while his wife was pregnant. He never even found out if their kid was a boy or a girl.
* FirstGrayHair:
Inverted, when he finds that he's not only growing facial hair again but has a few greys he's thrilled, since it means he's aging again.



* RummageSaleReject: After returning Rolen's clothes to him he goes to a thrift shop and the resulting gear is rather slapdash in appearance.

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* RummageSaleReject: After returning In order to Rolen's borrowed clothes to him he goes to a thrift shop and the resulting gear is rather slapdash in appearance.


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* FallenHero: He was actually a decent Commander, but the way he handled Ezra's disappearance spelled the end of his career.
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* {{Asexuality}}: When they ask him about Dominic's accusation that he's sleeping with Lady Julia he outright laughs and says he's not interested in anyone.


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* FirstGreyHair: Inverted, when he finds that he's not only growing facial hair again but has a few greys he's thrilled, since it means he's aging again.


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* RummageSaleReject: After returning Rolen's clothes to him he goes to a thrift shop and the resulting gear is rather slapdash in appearance.


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!! Dominic Wainwright
The Former Crownsguard Commander, he was forced to resign after refusing to investigate the disappearance of Ezra Carpates, and is now a washed up alcoholic.

* TheAlcoholic: While he already was a bit of one, after his wife died he really amped it up. Consequently his Constitution stat is his worst one.
* BarBrawl: After the party visits him, he goes to his local bar and starts a massive brawl and requires three bouncers and a Banishment spell to finally stop him.
* DeliberatelyBadExample: Dominic is basically what the DM ''though'' Agravayne would be like before [[IJustWriteTheThing the character had other ideas]]. Mainly a caustic asshole.
* StoppedCaring: What his son and Agravayne think ultimately led to his decisions on Ezra's case. His wife was sick and dying, Ezra had already been missing for a week, and Dominic just didn't see the point of trying to find him since he thought Ezra was already dead.
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* PrecisionFStrike: She's one of the nicest characters the party interacts with regularly, so it says a lot when she hears what the Leanansidhe did to Ireena and outright calls her [[CountryMatters a cunt]].

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* NoNameGiven: Leanansidhe is just what her particular variety of creature is called, her actual name is unknown.

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* {{Matricide}}: She killed her own mother Nimue, and explained her reasoning as "she got in my way."
* NoNameGiven: Leanansidhe is just what her particular variety of creature is called, her actual name is unknown. The DM revealed out of game it was [[ElectraComplex Electra]].




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* {{Tykebomb}}: Tam Lin speculates that Nimue sought out Ovid specifically to have a very powerful child she could use as a weapon. It blew up in Nimue's face when her daughter took her mother's lessons in treachery to heart and killed her instead.
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* NoNameGiven: Leanansidhe is just what her particular variety of creature is called, her actual name is unknown.
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!! Little Boy
Ireena's summoned Paladin mount, a red haired warhorse. Being a Celestial, he's far smarter than a regular horse.

* BondCreatures: As a summoned mount he's this.
* CoolHorse
* RoadApples: When Rolen tries to communicate with him, he lifts his tail up and drops a giant turd.
* SapientSteed: He's not capable of speech, but he manages to communicate otherwise, and his Intelligence score is actually higher than No's, meaning he's as smart as an average human.
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Originally a human Knight, Tam Lin was abducted by the Archfey Titania and made into her consort against his will to spite Titani's husband Oberon. After Titania got back with Oberon Tam Lin wandered under he ended up in the Foloi Forest and eventually climbed his way up tot he position of Archfey himself. Based on [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TamLin that Tam Lin]].

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Originally a human Knight, Tam Lin was abducted by the Archfey Titania and made into her consort against his will to spite Titani's husband Oberon. After Titania got back with Oberon Tam Lin wandered under he ended up in the Foloi Forest and eventually climbed his way up tot he position of Archfey himself. Based on [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TamLin [[Literature/TamLin that Tam Lin]].



* WhoWantsToLiveForever: He ''hates'' it, and that's why he contacts Savana to help break her contract so they both can get out from Titania's thumb.

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* WhoWantsToLiveForever: He ''hates'' it, and that's why he contacts Savana to help break her contract so they both can get out from under Titania's thumb.
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* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: One of her boons from Lathander gives her this, allowing her to turn her blood into liquid sunlight, which is bad news for any vampires trying to suck her blood. Doubles as RegretEatingMe as she immediately declares that if she wants her blood she can have it and throws it in her face.

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* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: One of her boons from Lathander gives her this, allowing her to turn her blood into liquid sunlight, which is bad news for any vampires trying to suck her blood. Doubles as RegretEatingMe as she immediately declares that to the Leanansidhe if she wants her blood she can have it and throws it in her face.
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* RegretEatingMe: One of her boons from Lathander gives her this, allowing her to turn her blood into liquid sunlight, which is bad news for any vampires trying to suck her blood.

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* RegretEatingMe: TooSpicyForYogSothoth: One of her boons from Lathander gives her this, allowing her to turn her blood into liquid sunlight, which is bad news for any vampires trying to suck her blood.
blood. Doubles as RegretEatingMe as she immediately declares that if she wants her blood she can have it and throws it in her face.
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* NoSell: The Leanansidhe's Charm fails completely on her, which pisses her off, due to certain events in FOTR.


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!! The Leanansidhe
A strange creature encountered in the Feywild, she is a Fiend instead of a Fae as expected.

* CharmPerson: One of her innate abilities. She's pissed when Ireena manages to completely NoSell it.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: She decides to bite Ireena, pissed off that her Charm completely failed to work on her, and gets a mouthful of liquid sunlight for her trouble that stops her from regenerating.
* HornyDevils: She's essentially a succubus, luring (usually) men in with her charms and then drinking their blood and turning them into her thralls. She latches onto Rolen immediately for this reason.
* NonhumanHumanoidHybrid: Her mother was a Fae, while her father was the vampire Ovid. This resulted in a unique combination that makes her a Fiend instead of either parents' creature type.

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Originally a human Knight, Tam Lin was abducted by the Archfey Titania and made into her consort against his will to spite Titani's husband Oberon. After Titania got back with Oberon Tam Lin wandered under he ended up in the Foloi Forest and eventually climbed his way up tot he position of Archfey himself.

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Originally a human Knight, Tam Lin was abducted by the Archfey Titania and made into her consort against his will to spite Titani's husband Oberon. After Titania got back with Oberon Tam Lin wandered under he ended up in the Foloi Forest and eventually climbed his way up tot he position of Archfey himself.
himself. Based on [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TamLin that Tam Lin]].


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* InvoluntaryShapeshifter: Titania turns him into a warhorse, a wolf, a lion, a giant snake and finally an Adolescent White Dragon as she tries to hold onto him.


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* WasOnceAMan: He was originally an ordinary human man.
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* HeroicRROD: Her boon from Lathander has some pretty big drawbacks, and results in her coughing up blood, among other things.




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* RegretEatingMe: One of her boons from Lathander gives her this, allowing her to turn her blood into liquid sunlight, which is bad news for any vampires trying to suck her blood.


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!! Tam Lin
Originally a human Knight, Tam Lin was abducted by the Archfey Titania and made into her consort against his will to spite Titani's husband Oberon. After Titania got back with Oberon Tam Lin wandered under he ended up in the Foloi Forest and eventually climbed his way up tot he position of Archfey himself.

* AnimalMotifs: He first appears to Savana from an illusion from a luna moth, one of his familiars.
* HornedHumanoid: Initially played straight, but it's actually a headdress and he hates it, saying how it's heavy and strains his neck.
* NakedOnArrival: After they manage to free him he's completely naked, so Rolen gives him some of his cold weather clothing.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: He ''hates'' it, and that's why he contacts Savana to help break her contract so they both can get out from Titania's thumb.

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* BladOnAStick: Fights wiht a Glaive.

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* BladOnAStick: BladeOnAStick: Fights wiht with a Glaive.



* AnimalJingoism: Hates snakes, because she's a Secretary Bird.



* BadassGrandpa: He has multiple grandchildren, one of whom come over and sits on his lap as he's talking to the party, but still a badass.

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* BadassGrandpa: He has multiple grandchildren, one of whom come comes over and sits on his lap as he's talking to the party, but still a badass.

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Eamon Agravayne is a Paladin of the Crown and the leader of the Crownsguard. Known for his grating personality, Agravayne is nonetheless acknowleged as being an effective leader and is permanently off of Terrasyn Oleander's kill list, since while he is a pain in her ass he's reasonable and willing to work with her.

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Eamon Agravayne is a Paladin of the Crown and the leader of the Crownsguard. Known for his grating personality, Agravayne is nonetheless acknowleged acknowledged as being an effective leader and is permanently off of Terrasyn Oleander's kill list, since while he is a pain in her ass he's reasonable and willing to work with her.



* ToBeLawfulOrGood: He proves to be more the latter than the former when he intervnes at Johari being beaten by the Old Bone Mother. Even ''the DM'' was surprised at this.
* WeAreAsMayflies: Keladry, his second in command, mentions that he was first in the Crownsguard academy with her great-granfather. He's 157 years old.

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* ToBeLawfulOrGood: He proves to be more the latter than the former when he intervnes intervenes at Johari being beaten by the Old Bone Mother. Even ''the DM'' was surprised at this.
* WeAreAsMayflies: Keladry, his second in command, mentions that he was first in the Crownsguard academy with her great-granfather.great-grandfather. He's 157 years old.



* BladOnAStick: Fights wiht a Glaive.



* IrritationIsTheSincerestFormOfFlattery: To Ireena, much to the latter's dismay. Ireena had to talk her out of taking a Vengeance Oath because she couldn't figure out what she wanted to avenge.

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* IrritationIsTheSincerestFormOfFlattery: To Ireena, much to the latter's dismay. Ireena had to talk her out of taking a Vengeance Oath because she couldn't figure out what she wanted to avenge.
avenge. Instead she took an Ancients Oath.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He hasn't been seen for a couple decades because he believes he obliterated a burglar who tried to break into his cave, not realizing she was a young girl. [[spoiler:Finding out said girl was Terrasyn who is very much alive snaps him out of his funk]].



* PapaWolf: The reason his fight with Alcmene was so brutal was because [[spoiler:Alcmene had just killed his daughter Aykut]].



* ElementalPowers: He's a Storm Sorcerer, which he uses both to attack and help manuever his ship using the winds.

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* ElementalPowers: He's a Storm Sorcerer, which he uses both to attack and help manuever maneuver his ship using the winds.
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* AntiMagic: All attempts to communicate with him or magically analyze him have failed, and there's clearly more to him since he's been observed to spend time in a vacuum with no air with no ill effects.

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* AntiMagic: CatsAreMagic All attempts to magically communicate with him or magically analyze him have failed, and there's clearly more to him since he's been observed to spend time in a vacuum with no air with no ill effects.
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!! Nicodemus
A very large, golden-retriever sized cat who lives in the Temple of Deneir. He just showed up out nowhere one day and no one is entirely sure what the story behind him or his unusual size, rumor has it he was once a witch's familiar.
* AntiMagic: All attempts to communicate with him or magically analyze him have failed, and there's clearly more to him since he's been observed to spend time in a vacuum with no air with no ill effects.
* CatsAreSuperior: He walks around like he owns the Library, and is referred to as "Chief" by the Librarians, half-jokingly.
* MegaNeko: He's about the size of a golden retriever and has an extremely deep, guttural meow.
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* ChildrenInTow: How he ends up with four ducklings who imprint on him because he resembles their mother (a black [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscovy_duck Muscovy duck]] with similar coloration)
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!! Minthe and Nikos Greenleaf
Two Halfling Archdruids in charge of Ariadne's Rest in the Foloi Forest.
* GoodParents: They're excellent parents to their adopted daughter Meliae, even modifying their house to better accommodate her.


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!! Meliae Greenleaf
A Green Dragonborn Paladin of Silvanus who is the Emissary to the Archfey, Tam Lin.
* FlowerInHerHair: She has flowering branches tied to her horns. And occasionally gets bees in them.
* HappilyAdopted: By her parents, the Greenleafs, a pair of Halfling Druids.
* IrritationIsTheSincerestFormOfFlattery: To Ireena, much to the latter's dismay. Ireena had to talk her out of taking a Vengeance Oath because she couldn't figure out what she wanted to avenge.
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!! Savana Velikova
Another transplant from FOTR and played by Savana's original player as a guest character.
* BadLiar: Osculates between this and good lies.


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!! Brennan
A Tortle whose defining feature is that he's perpetually baked, he runs in a smoke shop in Lake Alcmene.
* KitschyLocalCommercial: His name comes from one from the New England area, mainly Brennan's Smoke Shop, well known for their radio commercials featuring the owner.
* TheStoner: The entire joke of his character.
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!! Tristan Aredt

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* ElectiveMute: No can speak, but he usually doesn't.

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* BiTheWay: Was in a relationship with Kolero, a male Tiefling, but clearly has feelings for Salome.
* ElectiveMute: No can speak, but he usually doesn't.doesn't, and instead uses drow sign. When he does speak out loud it has TheSilentBob effect.
* TheLostLenore: Kolero, his former lover who died along with the rest of The Spyte of Darkness.




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* TwiceShy: With Salome, to the point even Kolero's ghost tells him to stop beating around the bush.



* MushroomSamba: He acquires some hallucinogenic mushrooms in The Suburra that he later decides to bring out just for fun and spends the next hour tripping balls.
* PowerTattoo: He gains The Raven Queen's symbol on his shoulder after forming his contract with her.




* FacialMarkings: She has a marking that resembleds a lotus on her forehead.
* HeroicBSOD: She doesn't take being subjected to Sayyida's Dominate Person well at all.

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* HeroicBSOD: She doesn't take being subjected to Sayyida's Dominate Person well at all.
all. Humorously, she also goes into one after sampling one of Rolen's hallucinogenic mushrooms and suffers complete ego death for about an hour.
* {{Tsundere}}: A classic case.



* PintSizedPowerHouse: She's five foot nothing but manages to shame Ramzan, a six foot tall half-orc for attempting to mug Rix.



!! Rix
A Baltra Lizardfolk Cleric of Semuanya, he joins the party as part of his quest to see the world and try as many foods as he can.
* ExtremeOmnivore: Part of his personal journey is to sample as many foods as possible, so he's not picky.
* LizardFolk: He's a Baltra, a native species to Raetia.



* ComicbookFantasyCasting: He's pretty much a slightly older version of Creator/JeromeFlynn.
* CoolUncle: He doens't like being referred to as "dad" (since he went out of his way to avoid having biological children) but he'll accept being referred to as an uncle.

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* ComicbookFantasyCasting: He's pretty much a slightly older version of Creator/JeromeFlynn.
Creator/JeromeFlynn, specifically as [[Series/GameOfThrones Bronn]]. His letter to the rest of the Fellowship has him amazed at "The God of Tits and Wine" (Sharess) as a callback to this.
* CoolUncle: He doens't doesn't like being referred to as "dad" (since he went out of his way to avoid having biological children) but he'll accept being referred to as an uncle.




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* SmokingIsCool: Is almost always smoking a cigar.



* SemiDivine: As an Aasimar, he has a small bit of Celestial in his family tree.

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* SemiDivine: As an Aasimar, he has a small bit of Celestial in his family tree.
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* SmokingIsCool: She's always seen smoking a giant cigar.


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* DatingCatwoman: Though her and Hassan aren't enemies, they work for different factions and were both tasked with following the party. After enough time together they fall in love and start a relationship.
* IllGirl: After being stung by the undead pseudodragon she reacts badly to the poison and is bed ridden.


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!! Hassan
A Tabaxi Rogue tasked by Terrasyn to shadow the party.
* BoxedCrook: How Terrasyn recruited him. He tried to steal from her organization, was caught, then offered a 5 year contact serving her to make up for it as opposed to getting turned in to the Crownsguard.
* DatingCatwoman: Though he and Chi'ome aren't enemies, they work for different factions and were both tasked with following the party. After enough time together they fall in love and start a relationship.
* FurryReminder: He's a Tabaxi, so his tail puffs up or his ears go flat if he's experiencing strong emotions.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Specifically [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan-i_Sabbah Hassan i Sabbah]], the founder of TheHashshashin.
* TheSneakyGuy: The main way Terrasyn uses him.
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* FloralThemeNaming: Her alias "[[spoiler:Nerium]]" is derived from the scientific name of the Oleander flower.

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* CainAndAbel: In their backstory, though Yeenoghu didn't managed to kill Gorellik.



* AlmightyMom: As a bonus is literally almighty since she's a Goddess.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: She's noted as sounding suspiciously like Creator/GillianAnderson, a reference to Anderson's role in ''Film/PrincessMononoke'' where she played the Wolf God Moro.

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* AlmightyMom: As a bonus is literally almighty since she's a Goddess.
Goddess. Once the issue with The Carrion King is sorted out she says she's going to have a ''long'' talk with her two sons.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: She's noted as sounding suspiciously like Creator/GillianAnderson, a reference to Anderson's role in ''Film/PrincessMononoke'' ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' where she played the Wolf God Moro.


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!! Sharess
The Goddess of hedonism, festhalls and sensual fulfillment, she has an entire district in Comvos (The Suburra) maintained by her Clerics.
* EthicalSlut: Her mantra, and that of her Clerics, who work to make sure everyone in The Suburra is treated right.
* LoveGoddess
* PettingZooPeople: In her aspect of Bast she has a cat's head.

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* AlmightyMom: As a bonus is literlaly almighty since she's a Goddess.

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* AlmightyMom: As a bonus is literlaly literally almighty since she's a Goddess.Goddess.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: She's noted as sounding suspiciously like Creator/GillianAnderson, a reference to Anderson's role in ''Film/PrincessMononoke'' where she played the Wolf God Moro.




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* {{Troll}}: When No tells him he could stand to be a little less cryptic, Nobanion's response is "Yes but where's the fun in that?"
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* OhCrap: His reaction to seeing Bakirian go full Dragon, since he had already suspected something was up with the "Dragonborn" Wizard since he took a Blight spell without even flinching but he didn't expect ''that''. His outburst also allowed Rolen to pin point his location since he had gone invisible.
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* MoneyFetish: Like all dragons.
* LetsGetDangerous: While fighting the zombie hill giant he says "screw it" and shifts to full dragon form. In this form he does a total of ''60 points of damage'' to the zombie on a single turn, and not even while using his acid breath (which does ''14d8 damage'').7

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* MoneyFetish: Like all dragons.
dragons. He's found sleeping in a literal mountain of coins.
* LetsGetDangerous: While fighting the zombie hill giant he says "screw it" and shifts to full dragon form. In this form he does a total of ''60 over 60 points of damage'' damage to the zombie on a single turn, and not even while using his acid breath (which does ''14d8 damage'').7damage'') because he didn't want to catch anyone else in it.

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