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!!CharacterSheet for ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina''. For tropes appearing in [[WebVideo/CriticalRole the original livestream]], see [[Characters/CriticalRole here]].

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!Vox Machina

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A band of mercenaries, and the self-styled greatest mercs in all of the realms. Too bad that the reputation they have suggests otherwise.
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* AdaptedOut: Tiberius was one of the founding members and parted ways with the group partway through the Briarwood arc in the webshow. Here, he is nowhere to be seen and never mentioned, due to his player Orion Acaba parting ways with the show and later being caught in a number of controversies.
* AntiHeroTeam: While they're the good guys in all of this and are ultimately good-natured, they don't always behave heroically. Scanlan is a shameless sex maniac, Keyleth is incredibly awkward, Pike is short-tempered and crass, and Grog is a BloodKnight DumbMuscle who's quite socially inept. Even the more level-headed Vex and Vax are willing to steal, bribe, and even kill to protect themselves and each other, and while Percy appears collected on the surface, he's carrying a considerable amount of trauma and is obsessed with revenge because of it. The ruling class of Emon are thus dismissive of them at large, because Vox Machina don't act like traditional heroes.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Pike, Vex & Keyleth in respective order.
* ColorCodedCharacters: All the members of Vox Machina have one or two colors associated with them.
** Vax'ildan has [[DarkIsNotEvil black and charcoal gray]] befitting a StealthExpert.
** Vex'ahlia's is cerulean, a color associated with [[DefrostingIceQueen cooler temperatures]].
** Grog is associated with grey.
** Percy mainly dons navy blue and black, mirroring his DarkAndTroubledPast and his blossoming attraction towards Vex.
** Keyleth has a strong association with [[RedHeadInGreen forest and emerald green]], quite appropriate for a Druid with a strong emotional and power connection to flora and fauna. The second color being [[RedIsHeroic autumn red]] going with her [[SignificantGreenEyedRedHead hair color]] and her [[MorphicResonance color scheme when in animal form.]]
** Pike is white and gold, befitting her status as a [[TokenReligiousTeamMate Gnome Cleric]].
** Scanlan wears varying shades of purple garb and casts [[PurpleIsPowerful magic spells that are purple.]]
** Finally, [[BearyFriendly Trinket]] has the closest associations with brown, the same as his pelt color and silver, mirroring his armor.
* HeadbuttingHeroes: While they care about each other like family, they're also prone to petty arguments and disagreements.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: More than half of the party fall into this in their own special ways. Grog is a violent meathead, Scanlan is a shameless sex fiend, Vex is cold and judgmental toward basically everyone, and Percy most of all is curt, aloof, and prone to spates of terrific cruelty. However, by the same token, all of the above are also ultimately very decent people balanced out by their respective virtues; Grog is deeply loyal and affectionate toward his teammates, Scanlan is chivalrous and absolutely stellar at propping up his party's morale, Vex is a loving sister who dotes on her pet bear, and Percy is keenly understanding of his companions' traumas and, like Vex, loves his remaining sibling above everything in the world.
* NiceGuy: As for Keyleth, Pike, Vax and Trinket, who, despite their flaws (and being a bear, as the case may be), are very kind and compassionate.
* NiceMeanAndInBetween:
** For guys we have the [[UndyingLoyalty faithful]], [[CutenessProximity cuddly and affectionate]] [[BearyFriendly grizzly bear]] [[TeamPet Trinket]] and the [[NiceGuy kind-hearted]], [[UndyingLoyalty protective and supportive]] Vax'ildan as the Nice. Percy counts for The Mean as he's [[RevengeBeforeReason revenge-driven]], [[DarkAndTroubledPast tortured]], and [[ByronicHero prone to violent shifts between calm and gentlemanly and hateful and murderous.]] Thankfully [[TookALevelInKindness he gets better at the season's end.]] Then finally there's [[ExtremeOmnisexual shamelessly horny]], yet [[PluckyComicRelief morale-boosting]] and [[EveryoneHasStandards ultimately respectful]], Scanlan and [[BloodKnight axe-happy]], [[TheBerserker short-tempered]] but [[GentleGiant ultimately kind and protective]] Grog as The In-Between.
** On the girls' side we have [[NervousWreck the insecure]], adorkable, [[NiceGirl sweet]] Keyleth as The Nice. The [[ColdSniper aloof]], [[DeadPanSnarker sharp-tongued]], fault-finding Vex'ahlia as The Mean ([[TookALevelInKindness Like Percy she dials down these traits towards the end of the season]]) and the [[TheLadette slightly coarse]], yet [[TeamMom nurturing]] and [[TokenReligiousTeamMate religious]], Pike as The In-Between.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: They start out this way. The BarBrawl from Episode 1 shows they've got three silver to their name, mostly from messing up various jobs. It's only by luck that they stumble into getting the eye of the higher-ups of the land. The trailer for the second season literally describes them as "the worst team ever assembled".
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[[folder:Grog]]
!![[Characters/CriticalRoleGrogStrongjaw Grog Strongjaw]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"She told me you have dick for brains... Which doesn't seem possible."'']]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TravisWillingham (English), Matti Klemm (German)
-->Race: Goliath
-->Class: Barbarian (Path of the Berserker)

A goliath with a large axe, a big heart, and a slow mind.
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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: He displays much more shame about the kind of person he was in the past than he did in the webshow.
* AdaptationalDumbass: A rare instance of this being PlayedForDrama. In the original webshow, after his first fight with Earthbreaker Groon, Grog understands that his strength comes from his friends, satisfying Groon with his answer. In the cartoon, Grog doesn't learn the lesson Groon tries to teach him, and is unable to give an answer. This lead Groon to tell him he has a lot to learn before he can truly consider himself a warrior.
* AdaptationalHairstyleChange: Grog is clean-shaved here like early in the original campaign, except in the stream he had grown a beard by the time of the Briarwood arc thanks to the Belt of Dwarvenkind. He finally gets his iconic bushy beard in season two after acquiring the belt at Gilmore's which, combined with his facial tattoos, makes him look not too dissimilar to [[VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4 Kratos]].
* TheAlcoholic: The man loves his ale. He handily wins several drinking contests in a row in Episode 1, and the fact the Briarwoods are cutting off ale to Whitestone sees Grog vowing to "fucking murder everyone" until he gets some booze.
* AndThisIsFor:
** "That's for Pike! And me and maybe Scanlan 'cause he probably won't survive!"
** And, ''much'' more seriously, the one-liner by which Grog [[spoiler: sends his uncle Kevdak off to his great reward]]:
-->'''Grog:''' ''FOR '''STRONGJAW!'''''
* TheAtoner: Grog has spent his adult years trying to live a righteous life in line with his surrogate family's decency and principles, standing up for those smaller and weaker than him, in atonement for the carnage he wrought as a murderous, untethered teenager under his uncle's yoke.
* AxCrazy: Grog is a violence-loving nut job who enjoys slaughtering his enemies with reckless abandon. In season 2, Silas' black [[EvilWeapon blood-drinking sword]] starts to exacerbate this to levels even Pike, his closest companion, is unnerved by, as he repeatedly stabs his enemies' corpses in front of her with bloodshot eyes. [[spoiler:This all culminates in some unfortunate goliath-on-gnome conflict in S2 E6.]]
* BadassBaritone: Travis voices Grog with nearly his max vocal depth, befitting of a nearly invincible barbarian wall of meat.
* BaldHeadOfToughness: The physical strongest of the group with a shining head.
* BattleTrophy: Grog loves collecting reminders of his conquests whenever given the chance. It can be anything from a severed hand, to a dragon's tooth, to a giant's eyeball. [[spoiler:He even takes Lord Sylas' [[BlackSwordsAreBetter black-bladed sword]] after assisting Keyleth in killing him. This, of course, turns out to be his worst idea ever.]]
* BearHug: He grabs both Keyleth and Pike in different occasions and leaves them without breath.
* BeardOfBarbarism: Grog, a goliath, gains an instant beard once he wears the belt he found at Gilmore's place. And he is very proud of it. [[BerserkButton Whatever you do, don't cut it]].
* TheBerserker: An incredibly strong unarmored barbarian warrior who flies into a frenzied bloodlust in battle.
* BerserkButton: Do not, under any circumstances, cut or touch his new beard. He won't react well to it.
* BigBrotherInstinct: A direct threat against his surrogate sister and best buddy Pike is enough to throw him into an immediate rage.
* TheBigGuy: He's the most melee-focused of the group, wielding a greataxe to great effectiveness. The first few episodes show Grog using the axe to cut off someone's hand and split Brimscythe's head open.
* BlackSwordsAreBetter: [[spoiler:Seems to have had this trope in mind as he eagerly takes Lord Sylas' black-bladed sword, after seeing what it can do in their first fight.]]
* BloodKnight: Grog ''loves'' to fight and is very eager to get into any sort of brawl or battle.
* BloodSplatteredWarrior:
** Due to his close combat style, he ends up covered in the blood of his enemies far more often than the rest of the party.
** In season 2, seeing Grog covered in blood is not so funny anymore, as it becomes a sign something is off with him because he enjoys the violence and the blood a bit too much.
* BoisterousBruiser: The loudest, physically strongest member of the party, but also a fun-loving, ale-chugging {{Manchild}}.
* BrainsAndBrawn: He is the LiteralMinded BloodKnight to Pike's ReligiousBruiser.
* BroughtDownToNormal: Less than normal even. The sword punishes Grog for refusing to obey its order and kill Pike and Scanlan, by absorbing all of its strength and turning Grog into a powerless lanky guy. After {{Depower}}, he looks as if all his muscles are atrophied and he doesn't even have the stamina of a mere human, being constantly exhausted and in need to be carried by Scanlan and Pike.
* BrutishCharacterBrutishWeapon: Grog is a goliath [[TheBerserker barbarian]] wielding a huge battleaxe, unadorned apart from a few notches and scratches.
* CatchPhrase: "I would like to [[TheBerserker rage]]."
* ChivalrousPervert: His demeanour towards the female members of the team is warm and cordial, especially towards Pike with whom he shares an adorable, platonic friendship. Still, he appreciates a nice ass and is not subtle about it. In Episode 2, he practically drools over a "booty-ful" painting of a sexy, nude Dragonborn girl. In Episode 5, Scanlan inadvertently transforms himself into a very tall and shapely elven woman and Grog's first instinct is to reach for Scanlan's butt. And in Episode 9, as Pike explains to him that she is glowing because of astral projection -- Grog, unfamiliar with the term, only hears the word "ass".
* ChildhoodFriends: He was raised by Wilhand and grew up with Pike after he was exiled from the Herd of Storms by his uncle.
* CloudCuckoolander:
** Grog thinks that leadership should have a height requirement, therefore Percy and Scanlan do not qualify.
** In season 2, this gets deconstructed. Earthbreaker Groon, whom he meets in ones of Vasselheim's temples, warns Grog that his weak mind will cost him dearly if he doesn't do something about it, which it shows once the black sword starts whispering and affecting him, and he doesn't even realizes that hearing voices from the sword is not a good sign.
* {{Cuckoosnarker}}: He can be surprisingly witty when he wants too. Percy comments that he did not expect Grog to say things with so much depth when he confesses he doesn't like losing nor the grief he feels over the village slaughtered by the blue dragon.
* ConfusionFu: In his final showdown with Sylas, Grog closes his eyes to resist the vampire’s hypnosis and starts swinging his axe with wild abandon. Sylas is unable to predict the random swings and takes a massive hit to the stomach as a result.
-->'''Grog:''' If I can’t see where I’m swingin’, then neither can you!
* CorruptTheCutie: Grog is endearing like a child with his shenanigans and how stupid he can be sometimes, but since he acquired Sylas' black sword, he slowly becomes consumed and mind controlled by the sword's CompellingVoice. He is warned that the sword is a weapon of dark magic and is very dangerous for its wielder. This being Grog, he doesn't listen nor he can understand what it means. All he cares is that he got a cool sword. [[spoiler:He ends up having to care a whole bunch.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Grog is a sweet man underneath the mountains of muscle and rage, but even he has a troubled past, in which he himself was the villain. As a teenager, he reveled in the RapePillageAndBurn lifestyle of the Herd of Storms just as much as any of his tribesfolk, and was one of its deadliest and most ruthless warriors. Then he met Wilhand Trickfoot, Pike's great-great-grandfather, in one of the the Herd's raids - just an unfortunate old gnome with a beloved great-great-granddaughter, begging for his life. Not being a completely uncompassionate BloodKnight, Grog refused to murder the old man and tried to sneak him out, only to be caught by his uncle Kevdak and nearly beaten to death for his perceived weakness, only spared from death by Wilhand himself, with little Pike in tow to heal his wounds. Since then, Grog has been a surrogate grandchild and brother to Wilhand and Pike respectively, living his life according to their principles in order to atone for his past and, in his own words, look out for the little guy for once.
* TheDragonslayer: He gives the final blow to the blue dragon and kills it.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: After acquiring Craven Edge, he starts dreaming of killing his friends on an arena. He deadly injures Pike after she interposed herself between him and Umbrasyl.
* DumbMuscle: Grog is ''gloriously'' unburdened by intelligence, rarely having any deep grasp of what's going on around him and sometimes proposing strategies to the group that are straight-up batty. When Vex tells Grog that Scanlan had "dick for brains", Grog takes it literally.
* EasilyForgiven: Pike immediately forgives Grog for accidentally impaling her during a blind, Craven Edge-induced frenzy. Unlike a lot of cases, this is fully justified in that Grog is as good as Pike's brother and she knows very well that he'd never lift a finger to hurt her in his right mind.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** DumbMuscle obsessed with killing as he is, even Grog is disgusted by Scanlan's story about their worst kill.
-->'''Grog:''' What the fuck?
** In Season 2, while it takes him a while to catch on, he grows more and more uncomfortable with [[EvilWeapon Craven Edge]]'s desire for blood at all costs, especially when it tries to push him to take blood from [[LikeBrotherAndSister Pike]]. [[spoiler:When he accidentally stabs Pike through the chest in his battle rage against Umbrasyl, he snaps out fast and is utterly horrified.]]
** Even in his teenage years when he was a bloodthirsty marauder, Grog didn't believe in killing people who weren't able to fight back.
* FacialMarkings: Like all goliaths, he has tattoos over his face and shoulders.
* FearlessFool: Except for zombie giants, Grog knows no fear. Immortal vampire with HealingFactor? No problem, engage with the excitement of a child. Blue Dragon? Charge at it even everyone would rather retreat. Guards pointing arrows at him? Climb the ledge they are on and grab them like sticks. Deadly acid pool trap? Jump and swim on it.
-->'''Vax:''' Grog, you dumb, brave asshole!
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Both Grog and Pike are BoisterousBruiser BloodKnight types but Grog is especially reckless compared to Pike.
* GentleGiant: Grog very much acts like a small, slightly feral child in an incredibly large body. He's huge, dumb, vulgar, and always the first member of the crew to jump to violence, but he's also very earnestly kind and protective toward the people around him, ''especially'' Pike, and is one of the first members of Vox Machina to give voice to their grief following [[spoiler:Brimscythe's massacre of the village in the first episode]].
* HappilyAdopted: by his "Poppop" Wilhand Trickfoot.
* HeroicBuild: Grog is the tallest member of the party and looks like a body-builder.
* HeroicRematch: He loses his first battle with Sylas, but does much better in their second one where he even gives the vampire some serious blows like almost cutting him in half with his axe. Lampshaded by Grog himself.
-->'''Grog:''' How's about you and me go for a rematch?
** After Kevdak [[spoiler: nearly killed him as a kid, he comes back for a rematch years later in '''The Kill Box'''.]]
* HeroicSecondWind: During his fight with Kevdak, Grog is easily beaten and impaled on a stake by his uncle, and Pike and Scaland are taken as prisoners. Just when all hope is lost, Grog has a vision of Earthbreaker Groon asking him again and again from where his strength comes, forcing Grog to finally find his resolve. As he screams "I would like to rage", he reverts back to his HeroicBuild and starts to attack Kevdak again, doing better this time in the battle. It gets subverted because his uncle defeats him again.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Grog the goliath and his best friend Pike the gnome.
* InsaneTrollLogic: When Scanlan and Keyleth rhetorically ask Percy how many dead people are in his town, Grog is quick to give dissertations on the question. According to a very serious Grog, dead people come from the ground because that's where they '''live'''.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A violent brute who cares about his friends and innocent lives.
* LeeroyJenkins: The physical embodiment on charging without thinking.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Pike acts for Grog like a CoolBigSis. They were raised together by Pike's great-great-grandfather.
* LiteralMinded: Very, for example when Allura puts Vox Machina under house arrest a horrified Grog exclaims "'''How''' do you arrest a ''house?!''"
* {{Malaproper}}: He cannot understand complicated words, and mistakes the word fulcrum for "fuck room".
* {{Manchild}}: Grog acts like a little toddler frequently. He throws tantrums whenever the beer runs out anywhere, and at one point, he begs Scanlan to get him a sandwich like how a kid asks his parents to get him food.
* ManlyTears: He misses Pike so much that he starts to cry like a child in her absence. Vax mistakes his wailing as him trying to take a shit on the cart.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When Craven Edge's creeping corruption causes him to nearly murder Pike, the person he loves the most, Grog completely breaks and finally takes his ensuing rage out on the blade itself, shattering the cursed thing.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: His plan to save Archie from the prison is to kill every guard... and Archie too.
* NoodleIncident: Sometime before the start of the series, Grog accidentally decapitated their last employer.
* OddFriendship:
** Grog, the boisterous giant goliath, is best friends with Pike, the kindly cleric gnome. They bond quite well over booze. Turns out, they grew up together after her great-great-grandfather effectively adopted Grog.
** He is also good friends with Scanlan, a [[TheDandy dandy]] gnome bard.
* OldShame: Grog is very ashamed of the brutal killing machine he used to be in the past and never dared to open up about it to anyone. He talks with Pike about his past only because the extreme circumstances that are forcing him to come out clean. In Westruun, he choses to confront his EvilUncle despite his weak state, because he feels that if he runs away one more time, it will just prove to his uncle that he is indeed weak as he always said.
* OrcRaisedByElves: In this case, goliath raised by gnomes. After being abandoned by his brutal marauder herd, he was taken in by the kindly old gnome he spared.
* PeltsOfTheBarbarian: He wears pants and fur-trimmed pelt around his waist, making him to look savage in contrast with his more modern looking friends, especially Percy who is a BadassInANiceSuit.
* PuppyDogEyes: He is very good at this. He gets Scanlan to bring him a sandwich by making sad eyes and whine like a pup.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Grog finally finds the answer for Earthbreaker Groon's question about the source of his strength during his fight with Kevdak.
-->'''Grog''': My strength come from my friends.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Normally Grog raging is a good thing, but a raging battle lust with bloodshot eyes is a sign that Craven Edge is taking control.
* RedOniBlueOni: He is a berserker ManChild obsessed with killing, while Pike is mature and calm, making her a MoralityPet for Grog.
* RelativeButton: He doesn't tolerate people speaking ill of his late father. Kevdak lost his right eye for daring to do so.
* SeriousBusiness: Grog does not swear vengeance on the Briarwoods to avenge all the innocence lives they have taken, but because they took all the alcohol in Whitestone.
* ShouldersOfDoom: He wears a pauldron with an utility belt over his left shoulder.
* SimpleMindedWisdom: Despite being the DumbMuscle of the group, Grog occasionally has some great insight. Examples include:
** Taking a tooth off [[spoiler:Brimscythe]] to prove they killed [[spoiler:the dragon.]]
** Stating the obvious solution to Pike's disconnection to the Everlight.
** Pointing out that the hordes of undead in Whitestone are coming from the graveyards.
** Realizing that [[spoiler:Sylas]] won't be able mind control him or predict his attacks if he closes his eyes and swings recklessly.
* {{Sizeshifter}}: After gaining the Titanstone Knuckles, Grog can smash them together to grow in size, strength, and durability.
* {{Squee}}: He's ''delighted'' to find out that the Belt of Dwarvenkind made him grow an impressive beard.
* StrongAndSkilled: Despitte being the DumbMuscle, there's several situations that show he's a lot better of a fighter than he would appear to be. Once he regains his strength, he proves capable of outfighting his uncle and forcing Kevdak to pull out his trump card to regain the advantage.
* SuperToughness: Grog is incredibly resilient, capable of surviving things that would have killed any of his companions.
** Being shot by arrows or stabbed with a knife only seem to annoy him.
** He barely registered having a chair smashed over his head.
** In Episode 10, Grog dives into a literal pool of acid, and manages to survive long enough to pull one of the three levers to drain the acid. Pike's healing magic was helping him survive, but the fact that Grog lasted as long as he did is still a testament to his durability.
** In Episode 11, he takes a hit from Keyleth's blast of divine power in the form of a WaveMotionGun. While Keyleth was aiming at [[spoiler:Sylas Briarwood, whom Grog was holding in a full-nelson armlock]], Grog still took one hell of a hit and shrugged it off.
*** Before hand, he was thrown off the top of a stories high ziggurat and came back more annoyed by the experience than anything.
** In Episode 19, Craven Edge's DyingCurse saps all his strength and leaves Grog so weakened, he can't even stand up by himself or move without assistance, leading to multiple example of comedic injury during the TravelMontage against the helpless Grog. The include getting used as a raft to traverse some rapids, accidentally dropped off a cliff into some ''very'' thorny brambles, half-drowned in a bog and being used as the rope in a tug-of-war with Pike and Scanlan against a wild wolf that has its jaws clamped ''firmly'' on [[GroinAttack his groin]]. Though painful, none of it leaves a lasting mark on him.
* SuperStrength: Grog is strong enough to crush a dragon's skull and move a giant door with his hands.
* TrueCompanions: With Pike. Being separated from her for even a fairly short period of time is enough to send him into a fit of depression. [[spoiler:The Craven Edge manipulating him into stabbing her clean through her body is enough to snap him out of his rage immediately.]]
* UnstoppableRage: In Episode 2, he screams "I would like to RAGE!" before charging Brimscythe, slamming his axe into the dragon's head and splitting it down the middle.
** In S2E10, seeing Pike crying for him to save her is enough for him to not only shrug off being impaled ''through the stomach'', but to suddenly regain all of the muscle mass he'd lost to Craven Edge's curse. While once again bellowing "I would like to RAGE!"
* VictorGainsLosersPowers: Grog makes a habit of taking powerful weapons from people he defeats. He claimed Craven Edge from Sylas after helping defeat the Briarwoods, and later takes the Titanstone Knuckles from his uncle Kevdak after besting him in combat.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Vax. They play painful pranks like hitting each other on the crotch and have {{Snark To Snark Combat}}s.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: His default outfit is wearing furred trousers and a pauldron, not that anyone complains. After Craven Edge's DyingCurse saps all his muscles, his reedy physique is thin enough that Scanlan accidentally pulls him out of his trousers whilst dragging him along the ground, as Grog's too weak to walk by himself.
* WalkingSpoiler: Of a sort - it's really difficult to avoid some black bars in the trope entries because of certain late developments in season 1 and how they influence season 2, [[spoiler:with Grog's entire plotline revolving around his struggles to control Craven Edge, and struggling to make ''it'' not control ''him''.]] [[spoiler:And of course, the consequences for him finally failing to do so for a moment.]]
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[[folder:Keyleth]]
!![[Characters/CriticalRoleKeyleth Keyleth of the Air Ashari]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Come on, come on, come on, you've got this!"'']]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MarishaRay (English), Katharina Schwarzmeier (German)
-->Race: Half-elf
-->Class: Druid (Circle of the Moon)

The future leader of the Air Ashari, out on a mission to prove her worth.
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* EleventhHourSuperpower: Keyleth struggles for most of the season to use Sunlight spells, until the end of the Season 1, where with the help of the Sun Tree, she obliterates Sylas with the Sunbeam spell.
* AccidentalMurder: Keyleth's strangest murder was entirely accidental. She was attacked by a Duergar and her wind attack sent him into lava, then she panicked and pushed him into the lava with her leg.
* AdaptationalDeviation: In the original stream, during the battle at the ziggurat, [[spoiler:Delilah hits Vex with a Finger of Death spell, nearly killing her outright. In the show Keyleth leaps to Vex's defense and takes the hit instead]].
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Keyleth and Percy are good friends, but they are not close LikeBrotherAndSister as they were in the web show, where she would often hug Percy, butt-head with him, they would often disagree over the importance of morality, but otherwise being so close that even Vex considered they could start a romantic relationship.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the source material, many found Keyleth more reckless, self-righteous and preachy. Here, Kiki makes bad decisions less out of lack of foresight, and more out of being usually in a state of panic, and she's by far the shyest and least confrontational member of the group.
* AgeLift: In the livestream, it was Percy who was the youngest member, here, is Keyleth.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Keyleth has feelings for Vax, but when Vex puts a hand on her shoulder and addresses her as "darling," Keyleth blushes mightily.
* {{Animorphism}}: Her Wild Shape ability allows her to shift into various beasts and birds. Keyleth turns into a hawk to swoop down and attack Sylas in Episode 3, She turns into a jackalope to escape the wraiths in Episode 4, and in Episode 5 she turns into a squirrel and later lets out a loud tiger-like snarl at a wolf, complete with fangs in her mouth. In episodes 6 and 7, Keyleth also transforms herself into a [[PantheraAwesome hulking, white and red-striped saber-tooth tiger]].
* AffectionateNickname: Keyleth is called "Kiki" by Vax multiple times in the show and eventually by Vex in the season finale.
* ApologisesALot: Going hand-in-hand with her anxiety and insecurities, Keyleth is very prone to nervously and rapidly apologizing for even the smallest of mistakes.
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Keyleth certainly qualifies as she looks to be about in her very late teens and is rather sheltered and naive to the world outside her Ashari whereas the others appear in their mid-to-late twenties and have more life experience and street-smarts.
* BadassAdorable: She's powerful but also sweet. Her vines were able to subdue Brimscythe for a brief time; a wall of thorns she made manage to hold back the Briarwoods, she created light bright enough to [[HolyBurnsEvil burn some wraiths that attacked the group]], she can turn into a [[PantheraAwesome giant white and red saber-tooth tiger]] and she can body-check and frighten off a [[AnimalisticAbomination mutant demogorgon-mouthed zombie-wolf.]] And she does all of it as a cute redheaded woman that becomes a stuttering nervous wreck when she's anywhere near danger.
* BattleCouple: With Vax. They always look after each other.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Not only is she adored by everyone in Vox Machina -- even Vex, who doesn't like the fact that Keyleth's flirting with her brother -- but Kiki is surprisingly powerful when push comes to shove. [[spoiler:Her vines hold down a full-grown dragon's wing in Episode 2, and her sun magic takes the form of a WaveMotionGun to fry Sylas Briarwood to ashes in Episode 11.]] And even before that, Keyleth can transform into a [[PantheraAwesome large, white and red-striped saber-tooth tiger]] [[spoiler:which she utilized to attack Stonefell after he [[CruelAndUnusualDeath knee-capped and brained]] a [[MauveShirt rebel who bravely and whole-heartedly aided the gang practically every step of the way]] and would have likely killed Stonefell had he not been bodyblocked by two armed guards.]]
* BlackMage: She evolves into this by the end of Season 2, once she learns to control her spells (except her medical abilities) far better and plays a more active role in combat by using many offensive spells like turning into a Fire Elemental Juggernaut.
* BlowYouAway: She is part of the Air Ashari tribe, and uses strong spells that are associated with wind. If pushed enough, her wind spell can be so powerful it can freeze anything in its radius, including zombies.
* BondingOverMissingParents: Subverted. She tries but fails to connect with Percy over the fact that both are missing their parents. Keyleth may have been sent on exile to complete her Amarente journey and believes she will never get to see them again because she feels unworthy of becoming the leader of her people, but as Percy points out, her parents will still be alive even if she'll never get to see them again, while his are dead forever.
* BookDumb: She often fell asleep during the ancient abyssal class missing out most of the lessons.
* TheChick: She is the youngest, most naive, and more feminine than Pike or Vex, and serves as the team's heart.
* CantHoldHisLiquor: Apparently, Keyleth has a very low alcohol tolerance level as she gets very drunk to the point of vomiting constantly after she had just one ale in the first episode.
* CelibateHero: [[spoiler:She chooses not to engage in any romantic relationship with Vax because she believes the duty she has to the realm and her people comes first, making any romance for her impossible]].
* CharacterTics: Keyleth has a tendency to clench on her MagicStaff whenever she is scared or is nervous.
* TheClan: She is part of the Air Ashari tribe.
* ClassicalAntihero: She is the typical insecure, shy and SociallyAwkwardHero. She is always snapped out of her insecurities by the others in order to use her powers. Keyleth could easily be one of the strongest magic users, but is crippled by her low self esteem; she does become more confident in her abilities as the season goes on, but still has a long road ahead.
* CombatMedic: Keyleth is barely a rookie and does not have Pike's healing abilities or wide knowledge about medicine, but she knows enough to save Cassandra and heal her slashed throat.
* ComboPlatterPowers: Keyleth has the most random and widest range of abilities and magic spells; talking to animals and plants, manipulating vines, ElementalPowers, using crystals as shields, Sunlight magic, WeatherManipulation, heating and melting metals, transforming into animals, HealingHands, and creating portals.
* CoolCrown: She wears wooden antlers.
* CuteBruiser: Once she gathers enough nerve, Keyleth will attack with all her might.
* CuteClumsyGirl: She has a habit to trip and drop her stuff.
* CuteWitch: Keyleth is endearing, insecure, went to a WizardingSchool, and was sent on an sacred pilgrimage because she is TheChosenOne for her people.
* TheCutie: Pike may have the size to qualify for this, but Keyleth has everything else. She's shy, panics a lot, and seems more confident interacting with animals than people, all while being wholly adorable and unfailingly kind toward pretty much everyone.
* DimensionalTraveler: Keyleth gains the ability to travel among different planes of realities in Pyrah.
* {{Druid}}: Keyleth is a druid of the Air Ashari, capable of wielding magic tied to the natural elements as well as transforming into beasts.
* ElementalPowers: Keyleth was shown being capable to manipulate almost all elements of nature; lightning, ice, fire, earth, the power of the sun, air, and manipulating the vines.
* ElementalShapeshifter: Aside from beasts, Keyleth can also transform into elementals.
* TheExile: [[spoiler:She has been unwillingly nominated by the Air Ashari for a sacred pilgrimage known as the Aramenté. She cannot return home unless she succeeds, and is riddled with anxiety over it.]]
* {{Expy}}: According to Creator/MarishaRay, Aang's journey to become the {{WesternAnimation/Avatar|TheLastAirbender}} was a big inspiration for Keyleth's Aramente. Keyleth too is part of an ethnic group with air-based powers, has ElementalPowers similar to Aang, and shares [[FriendToAllLivingThings his affinity with the animal kingdom]].
* FireIceLightning: She can generate a wall of ice, use Sunlight magic, fire-based spells, and invoke thunders from the sky.
* FirstLove: When Vax confesses his love for her, Keyleth tells him this is the first time someone ever told her that, implying he is the first person she ever fell for.
* FlowersOfFemininity: Keyleth loves to wear flowers in her hair, and invokes flowers when she is in a happy mood.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: She can talk to animals and trees. Pike and even Grog think it's weird when they witness Keyleth interrogating a tree about the mysterious attacks in Tal'Dorei.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: She is always on the receiving end from the others when she enters the HeroicBSOD in a fight. Vex especially tells her several times to get her shit together.
* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: Keyleth is shy and peaceful, and loves flowers and animals, but she is not above participating in drinking contests.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Kiki's eyes will glow white if she uses a powerful magical attack, and green if she turns into an animal.
* GoOutWithASmile: She smiles [[spoiler:while TakingTheBullet for Vex. Subverted, she survives Delilah's attack because Vax heals her on time]].
* GreenThumb: Her preferred spellcasting involves manipulating vines to do anything from entangling enemies to creating a wall of thorns.
* GrewASpine: In Season 1, Keyleth started as a SociallyAwkwardHero, crippled by her own fears about the Aramente, and constantly having a HeroicBSOD moment in the middle of a battle. In Season 2, she grows to be more confidant on herself after mastering the power of fire in Pyrah and single-handling sealing the rift between the planes. She is also more combat-involved than before, best seen how she bravely she dealt with Umbrasyl, versus the NervousWreck she was in the battle with Brimscythe. She also holds her liquor far better than in Season 1.
* HeroicBSOD: She can panic quite quick to the point where she freezes, like when Vox Machina confronted a dragon and needed Pike to snap her out, or when everyone was attacked by wraiths at the castle, and all she could do was to hide under an altar and tremble.
* HeiressToTheDojo: Keyleth was chosen to be the future leader of her people, which is the main source of all of her anxieties.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Due to her insecurities and inferiority complex, Keyleth can get really down on herself.
* InformedFlaw: Initially, Vex would occasionally undermine Keyleth's accomplishments and mentioned that Keyleth would "get your shit together eventually" as if Keyleth is [[TheLoad constantly making things worse in combat,]] but in actuality she proves herself to be quite useful in fights. This is justified, as Vex is just jealous of her relationship with Vax and constantly snarks at her due to bitterness.
* AnIcePerson: She's able to generate a wall of ice to stop an incoming zombie horde.
* IncompletelyTrained: The reason Keyleth can barely use most complex spells is that she never fully trained or finished her studies. She also has the complete her Aramente first.
* LightIsGood: Pike counts on Keyleth to become the light to their team in her absence.
* LightEmUp: When Pike was unable to access her holy power, Keyleth filled the role by casting Sunlight to repel the wraiths that were attacking the keep. She also uses a WaveMotionGun of light on Sylas Briarwood in Episode 11, [[spoiler:which is enough to burn the vampire lord to ashes]].
* LittleNo: Her horrified 'no' is the last thing seen before [[spoiler:the arrival of the Chroma Conclave in Emon]] in the season one finale.
* LuminescentBlush: The twins always get Keyleth to blush.
* KamehameHadoken: She kills Sylas by using her Sunbeam spell against him after channeling the Sun Tree's life force.
* MagicPants: Keyleth's uniform always changes when she shapeshifts and is back in one piece when she's returns to normal, as if it was part of her skin.
* MagicStaff: Is the owner of one. She usually uses it to fight in melee and to gather her power when she has to do a complicated spell, but also to lean on it whenever she is drunk.
* MasterOfOneMagic: Keyleth struggles most of the time to use her ElementalPowers, except for invoking vines, which she perfectly masters and use it in very creative ways.
* MissingMom: Keyleth's mother left to fulfill her Aramente when her daughter was just a tiny girl. She never returned home. The only thing Keyleth knows about her mother is that she was seen alive in Pyrah, the home of Fire Ashari, a long time ago.
* MorphicResonance: Whenever Keyleth morphs into an animal, some of her physical aspects (more specifically her hair color, and/or her eye color are retained. In episodes 3, 4 and 5 Keyleth transforms into a hawk, a jackalope and a squirrel respectively and all with red fur/feathers but, with the exception of the hawk, [[BlackBeadEyes have fairly realistic black eyes opposed to Keyleth's trademark green irises]]. However, in episodes 6 and 7, Keyleth morphs into a [[PantheraAwesome large saber-toothed tiger]] with white fur but with green sclerae matching Kiki's irises and red stripes mirroring her hair color. [[spoiler:Her Fire Elemental form has flames trailing from her head resembling her crown.]]
* MuggleMageRomance: Vax is a half-elf falling for Keyleth, who is more or less a princess for her people. [[spoiler:This is even the reason why she refuses to pursue a romantic relationship with Vax, she has a duty to her people]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: PlayedForLaughs when it comes to the duergar bandit she accidentally gave a [[CruelAndUnusualDeath horrific death]] to.
* NervousWreck: Poor girl is as anxious as a chihuahua and has all the self-confidence of a flower pot.
* NiceGirl: Keyleth is a bona fide NervousWreck whose barely-contained anxiety frequently causes her to freeze, make mistakes, or [[BewareTheNiceOnes unintentionally graphically murder Vox Machina's enemies]], but she's also a complete sweetie who likes talking to trees.
* NoSocialSkills: Keyleth is gullible and not exactly the best at reading a situation, which can make her land on embarrassing situations, like asking Scanlan when did he ever owned beads. Yeah, she realised too late he meant anal beads.
* OutOfFocus: Downplayed in comparison with Percy and Pike because she has her own episode where she gets a power-up. This being said, she has rather supportive role, does not receives any vestige like Pike and Percy, her romance with Vax is side-lined unlike the first season where it was the main focus for both of them, and she does not has her own sublot or any personal conflict with other characters like Vax, Vex, Grog and Scanlan.
* PlayingWithFire: In the episode "Pass Through Fire", she learns to master the power of fire. Needing to close the rift from which the dragons came in Pyrah, Keyleth concentrates all her powers, puts her hands into the rift, and walks into the fiery portal. She is instantly set ablaze and becomes one with the flames. This provides Keyleth with new powers and a new set of clothing as she decimates all the drakes in the vicinity, before closing the rift for good. Returning to the Material Plane, Keyleth receives the blessings of Pyrah for her efforts.
* ThePowerOfTheSun: Uses sunlight in contrast to Pike's divine light (though in practice it functions the same).
* PrecisionFStrike: Keyleth’s no stranger to profanity, yet she is a lot more reserved about it. She has her moments, though. For instance, [[spoiler:after seeing Kamaljiori wipe the floor with Vax, Vex, and even Grog in subsequent one-on-one battles, she finally blows up and shouts, “FUCK his rules!”]]
* RedheadInGreen: Keyleth is an Elvish princess with red hair who wears leaf-themed green clothing. [[spoiler: The “green” part changes midway through Season 2, that is.]]
* RejectionAffection: She receives two from Vax. [[spoiler:And she rejects them both because duty comes first, despite returning Vax's feelings]].
* ShockAndAwe: She's able to summon lightning from the sky and tries to use it against Brimscythe. Unfortunately, due to him being a blue dragon, it actually empowers him.
* ShrinkingViolet: She's got the least nerve of Vox Machina. She has to frequently tell herself that she's okay, fumbles in combat, and needs to be talked into helping out when push comes to shove. However, [[BewareTheNiceOnes her violent side is shown to be brutally effective in the right circumstances]].
* SignificantGreenEyedRedHead: Keyleth has emerald green eyes and autumny red hair and she's an exceptionally powerful and important member of Vox Machina.
* SignificantWardrobeShift: [[spoiler: Completing her fire trial rewards Keyleth with a new ensemble in autumn colors and a red jewel affixed between her antlers.]]
* SquishyWizard: Keyleth's magical attacks have the most potential, but her lack of experience in proper combat puts her at a disadvantage against strong opponents. She can get knocked down quite easily.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Keyleth took after her mother in both appearance and role.
* SuperMode: [[spoiler:She gains the ability to transform into a Fire Elemental on top of her previous animal transformations.]]
* SupernaturalFloatingHair: Her hair starts to float when she channels the Sun Tree's life force to attack Sylas.
* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:Keyleth willingly gets shot square in the chest by a necrotic bolt meant for Vex, preventing Delilah from killing her by a factor of mere inches and nearly dying herself in the process.]]
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: ''Turning Tides'' and “Blinded by the Light” serve as this for Keyleth when she invokes the PowerOfTheSun with the help of the Sun Tree and kills Sylas.
* ThinkingUpPortals: Keyleth can open up portals only once a day through sentient trees.
* TookALevelInBadass: In Season 2, from an insecure NervousWreck who could barely use most of her spells, to mastering the fire and becoming a fire elemental.
* ThousandYardStare: Keyleth recounts her [[CruelAndUnusualDeath accidentally horrific]] killing of a duergar bandit with a blank smile and one of these. She's obviously trying to play it off for laughs to suit the moment, but her traumatized expression and the uniformly horrified reactions of her fellow party members massively say otherwise.
* UnskilledButStrong: Keyleth is an incredibly powerful mage, but is not as refined in her magic as Scanlan or Pike, on top of being held back by her own self-doubt.
* WatchingTroyBurn: Keyleth seems to be the most affected to witness [[spoiler:Emon being destroyed by Dragons]] because that was the first place it felt like a home for her and her friends and where they were accepted as they are.
* WeatherManipulation: She's capable of manipulating the weather, notably using it to form the de Rolo crest with the clouds above Whitestone as a signal.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: The Sphynx Osysa reveals that Keyleth's other biggest fear beside failing her Aramente, is witnessing her dear ones dying because as a druid, she will age ''10'' times '''slower''' than normal once fully realised, putting her final life expectancy to anything in between 800 to 1000 years.
* WindIsGreen: Being part of the Air Ashari, Keyleth wears mostly green. When she uses wind spells, the air currents have a greenish hue, while her staff and palms glow green.
* YouthfulFreckles: She sports these in the animated series, which emphasizes her youth and naivety.
* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: She has rare moments, when her friends and especially Vax are attacked or hurt, where she becomes so enraged that sports a DeathGlare and growls like an animal ready to attack, usually followed by her turning into an animal.
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[[folder:Percy]]
!![[Characters/CriticalRolePercivalDeRolo Percival "Percy" Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/percytlovm.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"And for the record, I have a magnificent bitch face."'']]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TaliesinJaffe (English), Arne Stefan (German)
-->Race: Human
-->Class: Fighter (Gunslinger)

The sole surviving member of the de Rolo family, out to find the ones who killed them and make them pay.
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* AccidentalMurder: Despite Vax's warning to not mess around the Matron's temple, Vex and Percy don't listen, which [[spoiler:leads to Vex'ahlia's accidental death when Percy activates a black magic trap from a sarcophagus]]. Percy earns a punch in the face from Vax for his troubles.
* AdaptationalJerkass:
** Percy is more arrogant due to his rich upbringing than he was in the original web show, Keyleth mentioning how he's embarrassed to be associated with the rest of Vox Machina. At least part of this seems to come from his simmering anger issues over his DarkAndTroubledPast and tendency to [[TheStoic bottle them up]], rather than let them show, making him all-round irritable at his current circumstances.
** In the original campaign, Percy has had more time to grow close to the team and is thus willing to admit to being frightened of what he is becoming, openly asking Vox Machina to restrain him if he goes too far. His awareness of his corruption also leads him to taking a RestrainedRevenge on Delilah and at least attempting to reason with her before letting Cassandra have the honor of killing her. Here, he is much more repressed and less honest with himself about what's happening to him, trying to put off dealing with it until after the Briarwoods are taken care of, which means he more easily falls under Orthax's sway and he primarily spares Delilah so he can exact revenge on her by slowly torturing her to death.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Percy and Keyleth are good friends, but they are not close LikeBrotherAndSister as they were in the web show, where Percy would often get hugged by her, butt heads, finding themselves disagreeing over the importance of morality, but otherwise being so close that even Vex considered they could start a romantic relationship.
* AdaptationDyeJob: In both Kit Buss's original art for Campaign 1 and the [[ComicBook/CriticalRole Vox Machina Origins tie-in comics]], Percy's eyes are blue; here, they're a light green.
* AntiHero: While this goes without saying due to the [[AntiHeroTeam group he’s in]], Percy really stands out with his moral ambiguity horrifying and even turning him against his allies.
* ArchEnemy: All of his greatest enemies' names are magically engraved on his pepperbox pistol: Lord and Lady Briarwood, Dr. Ripley, Professor Anders and Kerrion Stonefell.
* ArtificialLimbs: [[spoiler:He makes himself a prosthetic that covers the palm and index and middle fingers of his left hand after he shoots a hole through it to finally fight off Orthax.]]
* AnimalBattleAura: The smoke that emanates from Percy when he confronts a target of his revenge always takes the form of a massive crow.
* AxCrazy: Usually keeps his cool, but during his time seeking revenge against the Briarwoods, Percy reveals himself capable of going ''completely off the chain''. He threatens his allies and innocent people, his threats to his enemies are graphic and terrifying, and he murders his targets in brutal fashions.
* BadassBaritone: Percy gets ''much'' more use out of Taliesin Jaffe's lower register than he did in the original stream.
** TenorBoy: The German dub choice is an odd contrast, as Arne Stefan is a Tenor, making him sound far more intellectual and tragic.
* BadassBoast: After he kills Stonefell, Vax confronts Percy about running off. Percy responds that he's not about to stop with Stonefell.
-->'''Percy:''' I am the sole surviving de Rolo! I will have my vengeance! ''And no one will stand in my way!''
* BadassBookworm: Most of his badassery comes from the fact that he invented his own guns. He was also shown in his teenage years being very studious.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Percy is the only one in his team who is sharp dressed.
* BadassLongCoat: He rocks one in the Victorian era fashion, emphasizing his aristocratic origins.
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Against Orthax who tries to take over Percy's mind and make him kill all of his friends.
* BlueIsHeroic: His attire is mostly dark blue.
* BadassNormal: He is only human on the team and lacks any magical abilities, but this doesn't make Percival any less dangerous than his friends. He is very intelligent and skillful and one of the strongest combatants of Vox Machina, especially if he is enraged.
* BecomingTheMask: The more Percival allows himself to be consumed by hatred, the more he becomes alike to Orthax. Whenever he is about to kill someone guilty for what happened to his family, the smoky entity that Percy made a deal with becomes prominent and his PlagueDoctor mask appears on his face.
* BestServedCold: Percy prepared for five years to finally get his revenge, and nothing could stand in his way. He was even willing to go back to Whitestone by himself to deal with those who wronged him once and for all.
* BewareTheQuietOnes: Percy is mild-mannered and quite most of the time and becomes deadly quiet when he hunts down his enemies.
* {{BFG}}: He shows off the prototype of his famous rifle, 'Bad News', by ''blowing the arm off of an undead giant''.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He is fiercely protective of [[spoiler:Cassandra, once he learns she's still alive. He flies into a rage when Anders slits her throat in front of him, and her calling to him is what breaks Orthax's control over him after he blows Anders' head off. He also [[MySisterIsOffLimits shuts down Scanlan's attempt to flirt with her with a very firm "No."]]]]
* BlackEyesOfEvil: Whenever Percy is in No Mercy mode (usually when facing one of the targets on The List), he sports some very sinister blackened eyes with fiery irises beneath his ScaryShinyGlasses. This is best shown when he takes off his mask just before killing Stonefell in Episode 6. [[spoiler:This is a sign of being influenced/possessed by Orthax]].
* BlueBlood: Percy is part of the de Rolo dynasty, the noble family that ruled over Whitestone until the Briarwoods took over.
* BoomHeadshot: No Mercy Percy's favorite way to kill someone.
* BritishStuffiness: Downplayed; although Percy is not British due to the fact that the series takes place in a fantasy world, he acts very sophisticated and well mannered and Scanlan describes him as an "aloof tight-ass". However, Percy harbors great anger towards the Briarwoods and their associates due to what they did to his family, and it's the first time anyone on the team sees a crack in his facade.
* BrokenAce: Percy is a handsome young nobleman, talented at many things: a skilled engineer and the first gunslinger in the world with a firearm of his own invention, with decent hand-to-hand combat skills to boot. Despite all the magnificent things Percy has done and is capable of, he’s also unstable and volatile thanks to his past once his trauma has come home to roost.
* ByronicHero: Just like his livestream version, Percival is handsome, a sophisticated young nobleman, snarky, intuitive and intelligent. He is also a talented brooder prone to wild mood swings, with a DarkAndTroubledPast, whose entire arc is to get revenge on those who murdered his family. He is determined and self-centered enough to risks his friends' lives just to get his revenge.
* ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction: An unusual version in that it's not played for comedy - [[spoiler: Orthax's plague doctor mask can simply ''appear'' on Percy's face [[OffscreenTeleportation whenever Percy is obscured from the camera for a second.]]]]
* TheComicallySerious: Percy is the typical aloof OnlySaneMan in RagtagBunchOfMisfits, who reacts with deadpan seriousness to almost all the wackiness Vox Machina gets into. Even when he falls out of a window and lands on Vax and Scanlan, Percy maintains his prissiness and upper-class way of speaking.
-->'''Percy''' ''(flatly)'': I fell out of the window.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Was subjected to torture for weeks at the hands of an assistant to the Briarwoods, Dr. Ripley. Percy would be cut open and beaten just to satisfy the sadism of his captors.
* CreepyCrows: [[spoiler:Orthax]] has a crow-like appearance, and Percy seems to have unwittingly modeled his rather unsettling face mask after it.
* CulturedBadass: His intellectualism is emphasized several times in the show.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: "The creation of the pepperbox begins five years ago. With my family murdered, I hand no way of striking back, so I did the only thing I could; I fled. Washed away to a new life, I feared the de Rolo name was a death sentence, so I disappeared, wandering aimlessly. My days spent struggling for survival, my nights filled with fear, blood and cruel nightmares. These unrelenting visions of my family's end. I worried I would go mad from grief."
* DealWithTheDevil: Unwittingly made a pact with a shadowy spectre to exact his vengeance for his family, which inspired him to create his firearms. Said spirit’s influence emanates from him when he eliminates his mark. [[spoiler:The spectre is a demon by the name of Orthax.]]
* DeathGlare: Percy stares daggers towards the Briarwoods during the royal dinner at the palace, and nothing the rest of the party does can snap him out of it.
* DesignatedBullet: Everyone who played a significant role in the Briarwoods' coup got their name written on his pepper box.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In his flashbacks, it is shown that Percy had his bangs let down with a split in the middle, having the looks of a typical sheltered nerd. After his family was murdered and being forced to flee, Percy's hair turns white and changes his hairstyle to a brushed-up fringe cut, making him look serious and unapproachable.
* {{Facepalm}}: Percy's favorite reaction to his friends' antics.
* FatalFlaw: His {{Wrath}}. Percy lets his anger cloud his mind and morals, which puts himself and others in danger and even lets demons takes over his soul. The plan to save Archie gets delayed because Percy didn't respect the plan and went after Stonefell, which resulted into several prisoners getting killed by the guards when they could have been saved. He also accidentally pointed his pepperbox at Vax's face in a fit of anger.
* GentlemanSnarker: Being an aristocrat, Percy has a sophisticated and dry sense of humor.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: It takes Vex slapping him across his face and yelling at him to get over his [[spoiler:sister's betrayal]].
* GottaKillThemAll: Percy's gun has a magical list of everyone he wants to kill as revenge for the Briarwoods attack. A name is magically engraved on each barrel, and fades off when the target dies. Only five of these six people have been revealed as of episode 9: Lord Briarwood, Lady Briarwood, Professor Anders, Sir Stonefell and Dr. Anna Ripley. The whole concept gets {{Deconstructed}} when the list updates with [[spoiler:Cassandra's name after she betrays them, despite it being due to a combination of Sylas' mind control and the years of abuse that made her subservient to the Briarwoods. And when Vox Machina get in Percy's way when Orthax is directly pushing him to finish off a badly-wounded Delilah, the list then includes their names as well, showing that Orthax will add as many names as it can to turn Percy into its personal killer and deliverer of souls. The more targets Percy kills, the stronger the vengeance demon's hold over him grows as well—when three names are removed from the list, Orthax can directly control Percy's body to an extent and manifest as SuperSmoke to attack those around him. It's implied that if one more name had been removed, Percy's soul would have belonged to Orthax forever]].
* GadgeteerGenius: Comes with the territory given that Percy is an engineer. He created the first guns in Exandria and even a prosthetic.
* TheGunslinger: Really sticks out in a medieval fantasy setting by being the first person in Exandria to develop guns. It's even suggested the very idea of black powder firearms in Exandria in general was demonically inspired.
* HaughtyHmph: He is quite confident in his abilities and he does it in a smug manner.
* HeroicBSOD: He is so shocked by [[spoiler:Cassanndra's apparent betrayal]] that he enters in a catatonic state and is ready to just give up on his life.
-->'''Grog:''' Oh, great; Percy's broken!
* HiddenDepths: Who expected the stoic and OnlySaneMan Percy to be such an enthusiastic geek for the Fey Realm?
* ICallItVera: He likes to name his various arms and contraptions, such as his large rifle "Bad News" and his prosthetic arm "Diplomacy".
* ImpaledPalm: [[spoiler:Shoots a decent-sized hole in his left hand to throw off Orthax's influence. The epilogue shows him with a prosthesis [[MythologyGag that looks distinctly like his shock gauntlet from the web series]].]]
* ImpliedLoveInterest. For Vex in season 2. When she fights Saundor who wants Vex-ahlia all for himself, she tells him that her heart already belongs to someone else. Next shot is Percy reacting to her words.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Pinned against a wall during the fight against Anders, Percy pulls off a very impressive trick shot, firing a bullet that bounces off metal plates before impacting against and blowing off Anders' jaw. [[spoiler:Possibly aided by Orthax; since this is after the first name (Stonefell) had been struck off the list, it's possible Orthax had enough control to give the bullet a little demonic assistance.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Percy is stuffy, emotionally distant, and a little arrogant, on top of being capable of nearly outlandish brutality when presented with [[PayEvilUntoEvil an evil enough target]]. He's also a loving brother, loyal to a fault, and keenly understanding of his teammates' insecurities and traumas, which only makes sense when his personality faults are largely the result of the horrific trauma in his own past.
* KubrickStare: When he is angry, this becomes Percy's default expression.
* LastOfHisKind: Subverted. He thinks he is the last de Rolo, until he learns from Archie that his sister, Cassandra is still alive.
* LessonsInSophistication: He tries to instruct his friends about manners and how to behave at a party with noble people. He gets almost completely ignored, though to their credit, Keyleth, Pike, and Grog at least make an effort.
* LuminescentBlush: Percy blushes for the first time around Vex in season 2, after giving her his coat when she complains about the cold in Rimecleft.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When he [[spoiler:accidentally kills Vex]], this is written all over his face.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: Percy snaps a very firm ''"No"'' and gives Scanlan a DeathGlare to keep the sex-crazed gnome away from his sister.
* NonchalantDodge: During the BarBrawl, Percy sits down bored and makes the most minimal amount of movement necessary to avoid a pint thrown at him and a female orc attacking him.
* NotSoAboveItAll: While Percy believes himself to be above the other members of Vox Machina, he will occasionally join in on the fun; he [[{{Facepalm}} facepalms]] as they initiate a BarBrawl, but still ends up participating with a smirk on his face.
* NotSoStoic: He's usually fairly in control of his emotions. But when a target of his {{revenge}} comes up, Percy is angry and ruthless, frequently shouting and [[PrepareToDie giving off indications that his target is about to die]].
* OnlySaneByComparison: Because of his aristocratic upbringing, Percy is the most visibly put-together person in the group. He tries to make them behave themselves for the feast and calls them out for behaving unprofessionally. No wonder he is ashamed to be associated with his team.
-->'''Percy''' ''(as Grog and Vax fool around)'': Must you?\\
'''Scanlan:''' We can't all be aloof tight-asses, de Rolo.\\
'''Percy:''' I'm simply suggesting you could all benefit from some well-practiced restraint.
* OrphansOrdeal: His parents' death put Percy on a journey of self-destruction for the sake of revenge. Good thing Vox Machina is there to stop him.
* OutOfFocus: It's {{Downplayed}}, but in contrast to the majority of season 1 revolving around his {{Revenge}} against the Briarwoods and [[spoiler:gradually falling further into Orthax's control he does so, to the point that the final battle of said season was to protect him from the vengeance demon rather than the Briarwood's machinations with the Whispered One]], season 2 has his role reduced to mainly being a supporting character for the other members of Vox Machina going through their own CharacterDevelopment arcs in their search for the vestiges, particularly Vex and Vax. [[spoiler:By season's end, he's one of the only members who hasn't received a vestige or a major power boost like Keyleth]].
* OverlyLongName: His name is a fairly accurate reflection of his entire lineage, as most of his middle names are the families that married into the de Rolo family. [[note]]His parents must have checked every European country when they gave him his name.[[/note]][[note]]Taliesin Jaffe poached a long list of names from people he knew to come up with this, causing the weird cross culture mash.[[/note]]
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Percy's life's work is to hunt down every name etched into his gun and slaughter them with extreme prejudice and merciless brutality. Considering said names are those of the people who murdered his entire family, [[WouldHurtAChild his young siblings included]], and then violently oppressed the people of his home for years, it's very hard to argue with his ends.
* PlagueDoctor: The mask he wears when going for someone on the List is fashioned after a plague doctor, complete with the beak. [[spoiler:It seems to be based on Orthax's demonic form, implying the demon subconsciously influenced him to make it.]]
* ThePowerOfHate: Percy acknowledges that what kept him alive in the five years he was trying to survive was the growing and consuming hatred in his heart. He ends up [[spoiler:unwittingly making a pact with Orthax, a demon of vengeance]].
* PrematurelyGreyHaired: Percy had reddish brown hair in his youth, but after seeing his family murdered and enduring weeks of torture, his hair turned completely white with the time.
* PreppyName: His full name showcases his noble heritage -- Percival Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III.
* PrincelyYoungMan: Percival is never addressed as prince or anything like that, just as lord, despite his family being explicitly referred as a royal house. He tries to use his impressive long name and status to achieve his ends with mixed results, not exactly impressing the people with his inheritance.
* {{Revenge}}: His main motivation. As Scanlan points out, Percy was 'insane with vengeance'.
* RevengeBeforeReason: He yells at his teammates, gets them arrested, and abandons a mission for the sake of getting his vengeance. In Episode 3, Percy [[AnArmAndALeg shoots off Desmond's hand]] [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique to get him to talk]], and he leaves the rest of Vox Machina to fend for themselves while he goes to kill Stonefell in Episode 6. Vax calls him out on it, but Percy isn't swayed.
* ReluctantRuler: While he is the heir to Whitestone after the rest of the de Rolo line was massacred, he is uncomfortable with taking the position, arguing that not only did he flee instead of staying to try to help, he has also spent far too much time dwelling on his anger and revenge, and that he therefore lacks the temperament of a leader.
* RichesToRags: From a member to one of the oldest and richest noble dynasties in Tal-Dorei to a StreetUrchin for years.
* ScaryShinyGlasses: Frequently used to [[RuleOfSymbolism represent when his darker traits are taking over]]; the shine to his glasses only shows up when he's discussing or enacting his revenge and it heavily resembles [[spoiler:Orthax's BlankWhiteEyes, suggesting that these moments are when Orthax's influence is strongest.]]
* ScienceHero: Of the engineering variety.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: If Percy wants to explain something, changes are that he is going to use scientific and complicated terms that only a ScienceHero like him would know, and go on a long rant about it.
* TheShadowKnows: His shadow occasionally moves on its own to take the shape of Orthax, notably when he prepares to kill Desmond in episode 3. When Scanlan asks him who the sixth barrel on the List is for, Percy's shadow is framed such that it looks like he's pointing the gun at his own head -- [[spoiler:though as it turns out, this is less literal and more a metaphor for how Orthax (and by extension Percy's spiral into vengeance) will eventually consume him.]]
* ShockAndAwe: The prosthetic he fitted to the palm of his hand is indeed revealed to be the animated series' counterpart to the shock gauntlet Diplomacy, and he uses it to kill a threatening fey creature while it's submerged in water.
* ShoutingShooter: He loses his cool while attacking at several points, particularly in episode 12 when he's [[spoiler:attacking Vox Machina due to Orthax's possession making him believe they are actually the targets of the List.]]
* ASinisterClue: Percy appears to be ambidextrous, using both of his hands interchangeably for different tasks, but notably wields his pepperbox primarily with his left hand, hinting at the darkness of his vengeful pact. As he marks more names off the list, he starts using his right hand more, showing how his own will [[spoiler:is aligning with Orthax. When he finally expels the demon from his soul, he does so by firing a bullet through his left hand.]]
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: GenderInverted with Percy and Vex. If Percy's own words about Vex-ahlia having a rare quality like a pure heart are of any indication, he is probably attracted to her because she is a good person who does not get distracted from her path.
* TheSmartGuy: Percy is interested in science, engineering and naturalism, and in his flashbacks, it was shown he was intensely schooled and enjoyed his tutoring. Dr. Ripley tries to appeal to him to let her live by reminding him they are both are engineers in search for knowledge.
* SoleSurvivor: The only surviving member of the de Rolo family not killed by the Briarwoods. [[spoiler:Or so he thinks; Episode 6 reveals that his sister Cassandra is still alive]].
* StoicSpectacles: Percy is the most level-headed and calmest person in Vox Machina and wears rounded glasses.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Percy more than often, is embarrassed to be seen around Vox Machina because of their shanenigans.
* SurvivorGuilt: He always felt guilty for failing to save his sister.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Played with. The slaughter of the village in the Shale Steps moves him to fight as much as it does everyone else, and while he acts pragmatically it's largely to ensure everyone's survival. But as he is increasingly consumed by revenge, he becomes so wildly vicious and cruel at times he horrifies his already morally ambiguous companions and even shows willingness to hurt them for getting in his way. Thankfully, the breaking of [[spoiler:the pact with Orthax]] marks the point where he drops this, as he begins healing and starts [[WhenHeSmiles genuinely smiling]] and interacting with his friends more often.
* TokenHuman: The lack of pointy ears, giant size, or gray skin all make it clear Percy is the only human member of Vox Machina.
* TookALevelInCheerfulness: Now that Orthax and his desire for revenge don't weight on him anymore, Percy's cynical mood improved a lot since liberating Whitestone from the Briarwoods. He is far more relaxed and more willing to engage with the shenanigans of his friends without feeling embarrassed. You can see how a part of his cheerfulness he had as a child returned only by how enthusiastically he is talking about the Fey Realm to his friends.
* TranquilFury: After meeting the Briarwoods after many years, Percy spends his time being mostly angry. No wonder he is called No Mercy Percy by the fandom.
-->'''Percy:''' Please stop that. I'm trying to concentrate.\\
'''Vex:''' Oh, is that what are you doing? I thought you were practicing your resting bitch face.
* TroubledButCute: An aristocratic PrettyBoy obsessed with revenge who is dealing with the unjust murder of his family.
* TrapMaster: To catch Umbrasyl, Percy devised an ingenious but overly complicated trap to keep the dragon on the ground. When he explains the physics needed and the mechanism, he bores everyone because they don't understand the academic and scientific terms he uses. Make no mistake, his trap was very efficient and well executed, but Umbrasyl proved to be too powerful to be contained.
* UnexpectedSuccessor: As a middle child, he wasn't in line for the role of taking over as ruler of Whitestone; it was expected to go to his oldest brother Julius, who died in the Briarwoods' attack. This is one of the many reasons Percy feels UnfitForGreatness.
* UnstoppableRage: Percy can become very unstable and bloodthirsty, when Orthax takes over. He pointed his gun even to Vax in blind rage. His rather youthful face gains wrinkles to emphasize his supernaturally-enhanced fury.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Percy couldn't to wait for Vex'ahlia to finish checking the traps from the sarcophagus, and as a result [[spoiler:he accidentally activates a hidden dark magic mechanism which kills her.]] [[spoiler:Vax'ildan has to trades his life to the Raven Queen in her stead]].
* UnusualEyebrows: Of the kinked type.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: He was outgoing and a cheerful young boy who loved playing with his younger sister and enthusiastically pursued his academics. Then the Briarwoods murdered his family, tortured him and Cassandra, and turned him into the {{Runaway}}. Over the course of 5 years, the only things that kept Percy alive were revenge and hatred, and he is cold and cynical in the present.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: Whenever Percy puts his mask on, there's a faint-but-distinct echo to his voice. [[spoiler:This second voice is Orthax's, and as time goes on and the demon's grip on Percy grows stronger, so too does this effect.]]
* WaistcoatOfStyle: He wears an aristocratic vest.
* WeakToFire: When his coat gets set on fire by the fire elementals he screams that he is very flammable in a panic, which considering the amount of gunpowder he has on him is understandable.
* WineIsClassy: While his friends usually choose to drink ale, Percy prefers the wine.
** In Season 2, Percy celebrates with Grog and his cousin the defeat of Kevdak and is served with a mug of ale. He pours it on the floor when no one is looking. Percy really likes only his classy wine.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: He tells Keyleth she is "damn worthy" to complete her Aramente, and encourages her to prove herself.
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[[folder:Pike]]
!!Pike Trickfoot
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Maybe we could try doing some good this time?"'']]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AshleyJohnson (English), Lea Kalbhenn (German)
-->Race: Gnome
-->Class: Cleric (War Domain)

A gnomish cleric of the Everlight who struggles to find faith in an unforgiving world.
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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In ''Critical Role'', Pike is a polite, motherly NiceGirl who mostly kept her vices [[CovertPervert under the surface]]. In the show, while still a kind and compassionate person, she's also a [[TheLadette crass, somewhat short-tempered lover of alcohol]] who's far more likely to be involved in the wacky antics of the party.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: She's far more open to Scanlan hitting on her than she was comparatively at that point in the campaign. In Episode 9, Scanlan exclaims "Marry me!", to which she playfully replies "Sure, let's do it right now" before Grog interrupts them. In the campaign, Pike spends most of the Campaign rebuffing Scanlan's advances, partially because she's put off by his womanizing ways, and it's only late in the campaign where she begins openly reciprocating his advances, following much character growth for both of them.
* AffectionateNickname: She has a tendency to call Grog "Buddies" (yes, plural).
* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: She wears a symbol of Sarenrae around her neck that she uses as a spellcasting focus. When the necklace is destroyed by Delilah, Pike loses temporarily all of her powers.
* AstralProjection: With the help of Everlight, Pike projected her conscious mind just in time to Whitestone, since going there physically would take too long.
* AuraVision: With the help of her Everlight Amulet, Pike can detect magical objects and even demonic possessions.
* BadassAdorable: Definitely when she arrives in Whitestone clothed in an aura of light, and destroys an army zombies. Scanlan even compares her to an angel.
* BestFriend: Grog calls Pike his best friend.
* BigDamnHeroes: She returns back to the group and saves everyone just when they were surrounded by zombies and ready to give up the fight.
* BloodKnight: She confesses to Everlight that she enjoys the violence and fighting.
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: The Guiding Bolt spell she uses to destroy zombies and giants.
* BrainsAndBrawn: She is the knowledgeable ChurchMilitant to Grog's DumbMuscle.
* ChildhoodFriends: She grew up with Grog after her great-great-grandfather adopted him.
* ChurchMilitant: She worships Sarenrae, and wears armour all the time.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: She always acts as voice of the reason and TheWatson for Grog.
* CombatMedic: She is the doctor of the team. Her healing magic is powerful enough to keep Grog save while he swims through acid.
* CoyGirlishFlirtPose: Pike does this to Scanlan to encourage him to steal the Knuckles from Kevdak. LuminescentBlush ensues from Scanlan.
* CrisisOfFaith: What keeps her temporarily away from the party for the middle of the first season—after Delilah's spell smashed her holy symbol, she begins to doubt herself (specifically, her choice of War Domain instead of Life) and her devotion to the Everlight, and the connection between them is temporarily severed.
* DynamicEntry: Pike's divine intervention when everyone was about to be killed by zombies in Whitestone.
-->'''Pike''': S'up?
* EnlightenmentSuperpowers: She is gifted with new set of light-based powers from Everlight, after she resolves her CrisisOfFaith and achieves spiritual balance.
* GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: Pike prays to the goddess Everlight, and her powers are linked to light. When she projects her consciousness at Whitestone, she is dressed up in an golden armour, conjured by a white and yellow aura.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a small scar over her left eye, and is a holy woman of the Everlight.
* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: Is visibly jealous when Scanlan is musically flirting with Kaylie. This later turns into disgust when she realizes their relation.]]
* HardLight: Pike can turn her light magic into solid objects, like a mace and shields.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Grog the Goliath and Pike the gnome.
* InnocentBlueEyes: Pike is a lot more vulgar and short-tempered than most examples of this trope, but she's still the moral heart of Vox Machina and frequently their literal guiding light, with bright blue eyes to match.
* InstantArmor: Beginning in Season 2, Pike is able to magically don the plate armor outside of Astral Projection.
* JackOfAllStats: Pike is physically strong, but not as much of a brute as Grog, she is fast and agile, but she is not a McNinja like Vax, and while she is better at using magic than Keyleth, she does not have the latter's ComboPlatterPowers. Her main standout talent in the group is as a [[WhiteMage healer]].
* JourneyToFindOneself: After her bond with Everlight is severed by Sylas, Pike leaves the gang mid season to rekindle her bond with her goddess, but also to rediscover herself after being plagued with guilt for too long about whom she has became.
* TheLadette: She once swiped three champagne flutes off a tray at a fancy dinner, drank one like a shot, and smashed the glass on the floor. When the team finds Brimscythe's hoard, she celebrates with Grog that they could be "drunk for weeks". [[spoiler:This becomes PlayedForDrama as she believes it's unbecoming of a follower of the Everlight, it being revealed that her self-doubt is the main reason why her connection is severed]]. However, after receiving the Everlight's blessing and astral-projecting into Whitestone to help fight off the undead, she's back to being an enthusiastic bruiser.
* LastKiss: She kisses Scanlan on the lips thinking he is dying after the battle with Umbrasyl. Fortunately, he was just faking to get Pike to admit her feelings for him.
* LightEmUp: Unlike in the campaign, Pike here does not usually carry weapons, and fights entirely through holy and light-based magic, or buffing/protecting her allies.
* LightIsGood: Wears mostly white clothing and her magic is linked to a goddess of light. When is arrives at Whitestone, she is encircled by her light magic, illuminating the whole town.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: One of her most commonly used spell is summoning a shield made of light, which she wields as a regular shield or [[ThrowingYourShieldAlwaysWorks even throws]] like ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica''.
* MageBornOfMuggles: Pike Trickfoot grew into a poor family and used to live in the outskirts of town near the Bramblewood.
* MagicKnight: She wears a shining golden armour and wields a shield and a mace made of HardLight.
* MistakenForRomance: Poor Pike does not know that [[spoiler:Kaylie is Scalan's daughter]] and gets jealous over their so called chemistry.
* MysticalWhiteHair: Pike has platinum-blonde hair and wield light-based magic. Notably, Grog's flashbacks make it clear that this isn't her natural hair color; as a child, Pike's hair was a perfectly unremarkable mousy brown.
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: When she and Vax go to Gilmore's Glorious Goods shop, Vax gets very touchy-feely with Gilmore, completely forgetting about Pike. She has to interrupts them just to introduce herself.
* NiceGirl: Pike can brawl and swear with the best of them, just like everyone else in Vox Machina, but she's also the most proactively good person in her party, swearing her loyalty to a goddess of love and being the first person in the group to suggest that they become actual heroes. Pike is the only member of Vox Machina to perfectly strike the balance between good intentions and the emotional maturity to unfailingly act on them. Notably, her response to Grog accidentally running her through during a blind rampage is to forgive and comfort him despite just being critically wounded, showing that her Poppop isn't the only one with monumental wells of mercy stored in a tiny body.
* OutOfFocus: {{Downplayed}}. In season 1, she had a major CharacterDevelopment side-arc going alongside the rest of Vox Machina's journey to Whitestone and investigation of the Briarwoods, [[spoiler:and her [[EnlightenmentSuperpowers power boost]] from overcoming her CrisisOfFaith was sufficient to make her a major threat to the Briarwood's dark magics even through AstralProjection]]. In season 2, she instead becomes a supporting presence towards the other members of Vox Machina going through their own CharacterDevelopment arcs as they search of the vestiges, particularly Grog and Scanlan. [[spoiler:By season's end, she's one of the few that hasn't received a vestige or a power boost to her magical abilities]].
* ThePaladin: Pike wears armor, worships a GodOfGood, is an accomplished CombatMedic and has light-based powers gifted to her by Everlight.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: She's the only one other than Grog able to go toe-to-toe with Sylas, and she's the only one just as quick as him to try solving a problem with brute force.
* PowerStereotypeFlip: A violent {{Ladette}} WhiteMage.
* PowerStrainBlackout: Before taking a level in baddass, Pike would faint for simply healing Grog.
* PstandardPsychicPstance: While her powers are not really psychic in nature, she puts her hand up to her head sometimes, while trying to sense if magic was used around her.
* RaisedByGrandparents: She was raised by her great-great-grandfather, Wilhand, since she was little girl.
* TheReliableOne: Being the expert in magic in the team, the others always go to Pike for answers and solutions to problems involving magic. Scanlan screams for her to save him from being killed by the dragon's roar, and Keyleth asks her if she can save the king from Sylas' mind control abilities.
* ReligiousBruiser: [[spoiler:The crucial point of her character development in Season 1 is realizing that she can be both and still be accepted by her goddess]].
* RuggedScar: She has a scar over her left eye.
* SavageSpikedWeapons: She is BloodKnight wielding a mace made of HardLight.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: She wears a [[BlueIsHeroic blue scarf]] all the time.
* SignificantWhiteHairDarkSkin: She is an olive skinned gnome with white hair.
* ShockAndAwe: She can turn her magic light into lightning, as seen in her fight against Sylas.
* SolemnEndingTheme: Episode 9 ends with a ballad about Pike's origins, singed by Scanlan in a chilly and romantic manner.
* StrongAndSkilled: She is one of the best hand to had combatants in the team, and the best magic user. Grog believes she is stronger than all of them.
* TeamMom: Pike is beyond any doubt the most nurturing member of Vox Machina, especially towards Grog and Keyleth.
* TokenReligiousTeammate: Seems to be the only explicitly religious person in Vox Machina.
* TookALevelInBadass: In the early episodes, Pike was barely capable of healing a single person per day, and she was more of a SupportPartyMember than anything else. After receiving the Everlight's blessing however, she essentially becomes a [[OneManArmy one woman army]] against the undead, and is capable of such feats as curing Scanlan of necrosis with a single touch, blessing the weapons of countless Whitestone citizens, and holding her own in a one-on-one fight against Sylas Briarwood, who is a vampire lord.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: While not exactly a couple, Pike warns Delilah to stay away from ''her gnome'' after attacking Scanlan.
* WarriorTherapist: She always comforts Keyleth and Grog.
* WhiteMage: She is specialized in healing magic and is often called a holly person by other characters. In episode 1, she is asked by peasants to bless their children.
* WhiteMagicianGirl: She is extremely gifted at healing and protection magic compared to other users in the series.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Scanlan]]
!![[Characters/CriticalRoleScanlanShorthalt Scanlan Shorthalt]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/scanlantlovm.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"We're Vox Machina, we fuck shit up!"'']]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SamRiegel (English), Marius Claren (German)
-->Race: Gnome
-->Class: Bard (College of Lore)

A gnomish bard who travels the world for fun, profit, and hardcore loving.
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* AdaptationalWimp: While he does succeed in beating Vedmire and burning his manor by himself in the show, he does it by bumbling around haphazardly and chugging random potions and escapes by the skin of his teeth. In the stream, he starts the attack in his polymorphed triceratops form and seems far more in control during the entire operation, making a joke of Vedmire by pushing him off the roof before he even gets a chance to make an attack.
* AffectionateNickname: Grog calls him from time to time 'Scanman'.
* AmazonChaser: Scanlan literally goes all [[WingdingEyes heart eyes]] for Pike when she defends him from Delilah.
* {{Animorphism}}: His animorphism scroll gives him the power to shapeshift into animals like Keyleth. In season 2, he turns into a dragonfly.
* AssShove: Happens twice in Season 2:
** The remedy Wilhand creates to heal Grog of his condition, has to be administered this way an Scanlan is more than happy to help because he knows how to work both ends.
** In order to keep Umbrasyl from flying, Scanlan proposes to Vax enter the dragon through the backdoor. He uses his magic hand to shove themselves up the beast's cloaca and into its stomach, where he uses Kaylie's enchanted sword to keep Umbrasyl from lifting off. It works for a while, but Umbrasyl ultimately powers through it.
* TheBard: He has the campy looks of one and owns a magical lute, and is in charge of spreading stories about the legend of Vox Machina with his songs.
* BattleAmongstTheFlames: He has a heated battle with Vedmire which takes place on the roof in flames.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: At first glance, you wouldn't expect much from a silly, sex crazed, singing gnome. But said gnome was also able to single handedly take out a squad of soldiers, burn Vedmire's manor to the ground, and fight toe to toe with the goliath himself with his wit and magic.
* BlatantLies: He lies the guards that his lute is not a weapon, but a simple musical instrument.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Between his unusual magic and combat style, his cavalier self-confidence, and his prolific, often [[NoodleIncident implicitly bizarre]] sex life, Scanlan is probably the flat-out weirdest member of an already weird party. It just so happens that that confidence is ''very'' deserved.
* ButtMonkey: Scanlan is a magnet for troubles on a daily basis, and he is always in the middle of weird events happening. Who else but him could find troll genitals while searching for gold in the dragon's layer, or getting sprinkled with piss or ending up in the bathroom when someone takes a dump while trying to infiltrate in the enemy's camp?
* CantActPervertedTowardALoveInterest: Played with, then subverted. The one and only sexual rule Scanlan seems to have is not sleeping with team members, which makes his crush on Pike a bit awkward. The moment she indicates that she reciprocates, Scanlan is overjoyed and starts saying some very nasty ([[CensoredForComedy muted]]) things while hugging her.
-->'''Pike''': Probably a good thing I can't hear you right now!
* CaptainObvious: He comes out as this to King Uriel and his advisers when he makes the big announcement that the creature who terrorized Emon was a blue dragon. They tell him they know, as they were already informed by General Krieg whose troops were slaughtered by said dragon.
* CarpetOfVirility: In a series that also contains the [[WalkingShirtlessScene perpetually shirtless]] Grog, Scanlan is the only man shown with visibly-detailed chest hair. Combined with his HotBloodedSideburns, it strongly gives him the vibe of an '80s film star.
* CasanovaWannabe: Zigzagged. While Scanlan does succeed sometimes in his flirting and seducing of people, he flirted with a Whitestone man in episode 12 only to be dragged away by Vax.
* CasualKink: Scanlan owns anal beads and when Vex slaps him across his face, he tells her it was kinda hot what she did.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Scanlan's haaand!", sung when he casts his signature spell and summons a large purple hand (also a copyright-friendly version of the ''arcane hand''/''Bigby's hand'' spell from the tabletop game).
* ChekhovsGun: His animorphism scroll. He initially treats the scroll as a joke, only for it to come in handy against Vedmire when it turns Scanlan into a rampaging triceratops.
* CowardlyLion: He would rather run away than put his life in danger, just like when he wanted to abandon everyone on their mission to explore the dragon's secret layer; but once he stays, he will fight to teeth and nails. In season 2 finale, Scanlan has a moment of weakness and almost abandons his friends to their fate against Umbrasyl, bringing him close to a DirtyCoward.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: You'd be forgiven for thinking Scanlan would perform poorly in a life-or-death showdown with an ImplacableMan like Goran Vedmire. You'd also be dead wrong; with his potions, he single-handedly defeated Vedmire and his army and burned down his mansion.
* TheDandy: Scanlan has both the looks and the personality. He is always immaculately groomed, and wears a tailored silk chemise with a NavelDeepNeckline to show off his CarpetOfVirility. At the royal dinner, he goes over the top by wearing make-up, a flamboyant costume with a Tudor hat and a multicolored cup between his legs.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: He cannot lose his left arm to necrosis, because he needs his arm for... stuff.
* DeadpanSnarker: His way of snarking is friendly and very joyful.
-->'''Scanlan:''' It says pyramid, spirits of the dead and right here in tiny letters it says 'Fuck you, Vax!'
* DistractedByTheSexy: Constantly. Chances are that if he sees an attractive woman or man, he will abandon the mission he is given to complete just to go and have some fun.
* DoppelgangerSpin: One of Scanlan's magic techniques is to create illusions of himself to distract his opponent.
* DraggedByTheCollar: Vax drags him away by the lute from a man he was trying to romance.
* TheDragonslayer: [[spoiler: It's him who deal the killing blow towards Umbrasyl.]]
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Scanlan is not in lack of male attention. At the royal party, when he sings, the same old noble he accused earlier of asking for advances, is shown shamelessly blushing and staring at Scanlan's manhood in front of his wife.
* EveryoneHasStandards: He may be a foppish and ignorant bard obsessed with getting laid most of the time, but when the dragon kills the villagers Vox Machina vouched to protect, he is the one proposing to kill the dragon and bring justice to its victims.
* ExtremeOmnisexual: Shamelessly wants to bed anybody he can in Emon. ''Anybody''. He seems to gravitate mostly toward women, but he flirts pretty much without regard for gender, size, or species. At one point, a monster restraining him [[CombatTentacles shoves a tentacle in his mouth]], and Scanlan's almost immediate reaction is to begin ''sucking it''.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:He kills Umbrasyl by impaling his left eye with the Mythcarver sword]].
* TheFace: Shares this spot with Vex. He convinces King Uriel to hire Vox Machina despite all of them looking in a pitiful state and dirty, by singing.
* FashionableAsymmetry: He wears tiny golden earrings on a single ear.
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: While hiding from zombies, Scanlan complains that he will be the first to be taken down by them because they always eat the little guy first. Several seconds later the zombies break into the hideout, grab him first and bite his arm.
* FlippingTheBird: He has an exchange of flipping the bird with Vax over translating the book, and later he does it again after his battle with Vedmire.
* FunPersonified: Nothing can destroy the sex-crazed gnome good mood. He is the main source of comedy in the show, but he is the one who initiates all the fun by being snarky or doing something depraved, like sucking a tentacle while being kidnapped by zombie wolves.
-->'''Scanlan:''' When I die, it will be the way gods intended, chocked to death by a disgruntled pimp.
* GagPenis: When he presents his plan to save Archie, his idea of becoming a OneManArmy through the potions, is to be turned into a {{Hunk}} with genitals so giant they drop down.
* GenreSavvy: Scanlan seems to know in what world he lives in and reacts as such sometimes.
* GiantHandsOfDoom: He can summon a giant hand with which to punch and throw, he can also ride on it giving him a limited range flight ability. In Episode 2, he uses this hand to not only punch a giant boulder out of the air, but also throw Vax onto a falling stone. He may also shout "[[CallingYourAttacks SCANLAN'S HAAAAND]]!" when he does it.
* GiftedlyBad: Zigzagged. Scanlan is a lyricist of questionable talent despite his lovely voice. Most of his songs are about bad sexual metaphors that seem to impress only his sexual partners and the king, while Vax and the rest of Vox Machina are certainly not fans of Scanlan's songs.
* GuileHero: Going hand in hand with being a MasterOfIllusion, Scanlan shines at screwing with people's heads. Most notably when he was able to use an illusion of himself to completely throw off a group of the Briarwoods soldiers, despite the fact that one of them was actively ''holding'' him.
* HiddenDepths: Season 2 brings to light Scanlan's caretaker side, which positively surprises Pike.
* IndyPloy: He's remarkably good at coming up with plans on the spot to save his own ass, like setting a mansion on fire.
* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: By the end of Season 1, Scanlan turned Vox Machina's epic adventures into a ballad about the dragon, the vampires they fought and the cyclops he vanquished.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: There is no doubt Scanlan is quite the perverted jackass, but his heart is in the right place.
* LadykillerInLove: While he does bed a lot of people, there are hints Scanlan is very smitten with Pike.
* LongLostRelative: Scanlan has no idea that Kaylie is his daughter.
* LongingLook: When the team departs for Whitestone without Pike, Scanlan doesn't tell her anything, but he is shown looking back quite upset that she chose not to join them.
* LovableSexManiac: Scanlan is a whole lot of pansexuality contained in a very small body, but he's an exceptionally good bard and a valued friend of the crew. He doesn't go after anyone who rejects his advances (like Pike), though he can be fairly insistent about repeatedly trying.
* LuminescentBlush: For a shameless ExtremeOmnisexual like Scanlan, is quite something to see him blushing around Pike.
* MagicMusic: Generally uses music in his spell casting. Turns out it's something of a thing with him; the reason he couldn't get his [[{{Animorphism}} Polymorph]] scroll to work the way he wanted was because he was saying the incantation instead of singing it. When Scanlan sings it instead, he transforms into exactly what he wants.
* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: In his EstablishingCharacterMoment, Scanlan is bedding the tavern owner's daughter, and later he tries to initiate a menage-a-trois with two zombies he mistakes for lovers, in the middle of the night, right after his battle with Vedmire.
* MaleFrontalNudity: Scanlan is the only male character whose private parts are explicitly shown. When he is thrown out of the tavern along with his friends, there is a BlinkAndYouMissIt moment where his genitals are shown in all of their splendor.
* {{Manchild}}: The only really mature thing about Scanlan is his sexual appetite. Otherwise, he lacks the emotional maturity to handle a complex serious situation and just rambles about things he should be more considerate about. His answer to being told off by Vex was to mutter 'mi-mi-mi'.
* MasterOfIllusion: He has the ability to create some relatively deceptive illusions. He was even able to trick Brimscythe with an illusion of all of Vox Machina.
* MetalScream: Most of the time he uses his magical hand in combat, Scanlan loudly proclaims it with a PowerMetal falsetto.
* {{Metaphorgotten}}: After [[spoiler:learning Kaylie is his daughter]], Scanlan tries getting Pike's advice. However, not wanting to say what actually happened, he tells her a story about trying to have sex with a puppy.
-->'''Scanlan:''' Say you just found out you had a puppy… and you tried to, uh… ''sleep'' with that puppy.\\
'''Pike:'''…Please, god, tell me this is a metaphor.

* MomentKiller: Scanlan manages to kill ''his own moment'' with Pike by jokingly suggesting he could dress up as a naughty nurse if she likes so much Scanlan the caretaker, after she praised him for his unexpected caring side. Pikes leaves out a disappointing sigh at his immaturity and leaves. Scanlan is not happy with the outcome and calls himself stupid for ruining the moment.
* MorphicResonance: When he turns into a dragonfly to spy on the Herd, he keeps his skin color and different shades of mauve that he wears intact, as well as his beret, which is shrunken to the size of an insect.
* NavelDeepNeckline: A GenderInvertedTrope. Scanlan's chemise is wide open to show off his CarpetOfVirility.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: He gets beaten to a bloody pulp by Vedmire off-screen. He saves himself through a HeroicSecondWind.
* OddFriendship: After passing the Sphinx's challenge, Scanlan and Kamaljiori become fast friends. The other party members are perplexed to learn about this, to say the least.
* OnlyOneFindsItFun: His story about his weirdest kill ends up being so disgusting that he's the only one who finds it funny; the others are so revolted they'd rather never hear it again, and the game comes abruptly to a halt.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Scanlan's go-to reaction to overwhelming odds is to run the hell away, but after seeing the aftermath of Brimscythe's attack on Shale Shore, he's the ''first'' of Vox Machina to resolve to stop the Dragon before he can kill anyone else.
* PluckyComicRelief: He always provides lighthearted moments when the things are dark and hopeless.
* PlayboyHasADaughter: [[spoiler:Scanlan, the shameless gnome who declared he wants to bed anybody he can, has a daughter, Kaylie]].
* PlayingWithFire: Some of the potions he took with him in Vedmire's house give him the power to vomit fire.
* ThePowerOfLove: Weaponized to great effect by Scanlan. when physically wounding Kamaljiori proves to be impossible, Scanlan opts to sing a love ballad by Osysa's behalf, wounding him on an emotional level.
* ProperlyParanoid: [[spoiler:After Orthax is defeated, he opts to chuck Percy's pepperbox into the acid as he felt something was off despite only guessing. He turns out to have been right, as the demon had retreated to it afterwards, and the acid finishes him off.]]
* ProudBeauty: He has a high opinion of his looks, he concluded that Allura must be in cahoots with the dragon attacking Shale Steps because he never trusts anyone prettier than him.
* PurpleIsPowerful: His magic is purple and can go from HardLight spells to creating lightning.
* QueerPeopleAreFunny: Most of the fun about Scanlan comes from his sexual preferences, especially if it's a male involved.
* RenaissanceMan: In Scanlan's own definition of himself when Kaylie question his identity, is "sort of an adventurer. Rebel leader. Musician. Some would say philosopher".
* RuleSixtyThree: In episode 5, he reads a spell that turns him into a female elf version of him. Of course, he is attracted to his own female version.
* SadClown: Despite all his jokes, he admits to Kamaljiori that he feels unloved deep down, and wishes he could find someone to truly love.
* SafeWord: 'Mommy'.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: {{Subverted}}. In several instances, he expresses that the group should give up instead of fighting Umbrasyl, but he ultimately follow them. When Vox Machina is [[spoiler:all but defeated]], he begins to run away, before remembering Kaylee's words. [[spoiler:He then proceeds to steal Mythcarver from Umbrasyl, and OneHitKO him by stabbing him into the eye with a powerful magic blast from the sword.]]
* ShamelessFanserviceGuy: No nudity taboo here. In the first episode, Percy is thrown in the room where Scanlan has sex with the host's daughter, and he couldn't care less being seen by everyone in the tavern pleasing the young lady.
* SignatureHeadgear: Scanlan the Revolutionary wears a beret like he promised during the mission to rescue Archie from the dungeons.
* SkewedPriorities: He genuinely believes the zombies will eat him first because they know how delectable he is.
* SmarterThanYouLook: He can read Abyssal, but Delilah's script is so incomprehensible he can only make out a few words after days of trying. He still gets enough clues out of it.
* TheSneakyGuy: He may not be Vax, but Scanlan is quite slippery himself, which is why he was sent to spy on the Briarwoods forces in season 1, and in Season 2, Pike asks him to sneak around the Herd of Storms and steal the Titanstone Knuckles.
* SpoofAesop: During his battle with Vedmire, the latter insults Scanlan for being an insignificant small thing ready to be crushed. Scanlan contradicts him and tells him that while he may be small, the brothels taught him that size doesn't matter, but how one use it. He defeats Vedmire with a ShockAndAwe spell.
* StealthInsult: During the royal dinner, Scanlan tries to have a conversation with Lady Delilah Briarwood and tells her he own beads like hers too. When Keyleth points out that she never saw him wearing beads and asks what kind of beads he owns, she realizes he meant anal beads.
* SurpriseIncest: Scanlan had quite the ShipTease with [[spoiler:Kaylie for a few episodes, and flirts with her the whole time]].[[spoiler:He almost has sex with her, until Kaylie reveals she is his daughter, making him to come out as an PervertDad to her]].
* TamerAndChaster: Make no mistake: Scanlan's still a shameless sex maniac who makes dirty jokes at the drop of a hat, but his crassness was pulled back dramatically compared to his antics in the livestream. It's most noticeable with his interactions with Pike where he's surprisingly respectful in how he flirts with her.
* TooKinkyToTorture: When the undead hound shoves one of its tentacled tails inside Scanlan's mouth, he appears to be enjoying it.
* UnreliableNarrator: He openly admits about adding events that did not happen in Whitestone, like him killing cyclops to make a better story. When Vax sarcastically asks what cyclops did he fought, Scanlan adds he may have "taken some artistic license".
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Vax. They always hurl insults to each other, but will save each other asses if the other gets in troubles.
* WanderingMinstrel: Scanlan in his own words, is both an adventurer and musician. He travels with Vox Machina and sings about their adventures.
* WeakButSkilled: Combat wise, he's the least capable member of Vox Machina, but he makes up for it with a wide variety of spells and some very clever ways of using them.
* WeNeedADistraction: He offers himself to go and distracts the prison guards and make a signal so the rest could go and rescue Archibald.
* WritingAroundTrademarks: In the campaign, Scanlan's songs were parodies of pop songs. In the show, Scanlan's songs are original compositions to avoid any licensing issues.
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[[folder:Vax'ildan]]
!!Vax'ildan Vessar
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"She's Vex."'']]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LiamOBrien (English), Jeremias Koschorz (German)
-->Race: Half-elf
-->Class: Rogue (Assassin)

A half-elven rogue who wanders Exandria with his twin sister Vex to find a new home.
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* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: An unusual case applies to his armour, that seems to be the result of an odd case of CompositeCharacter with his enchanted items. The Deathwalker's Ward armour in the ActualPlay granted Vax a number of useful buffs, including resistance to one type of damage per day (that he gets to choose), bonus to his AC, advantage on death saves, and an hour of flight every day. Though the animated version has a cape that ''looks'' like wings so the flight may come soon, no mention of its other advantages is given, and instead it's depicted as giving him SuperSpeed. The unusual part of this though is that Vax in the game ''did'' have SuperSpeed, but it was from his Boots of Haste, which gave him the effect of the Haste spell (short burst of super speed, ane without the drawback of exhaustion of the spell). However, in "The Hope Devourer", the Vestige evolves further, being capable of sprouting wings to let Vax fly like in the webshow.
* AmazonChaser: Vax loses no chances to compliment Keyleth over everything she does, from simply throwing a book at a painting and discovering a portal by accident, to freezing an army of zombie.
-->'''Vax to Keyleth:''' Have I mentioned you're amazing?
* AmbiguouslyBi: He's romantically interested in Keyleth, but it's also heavily implied he has some kind of a relationship with Gilmore. The flirty dialogue between him and an orc in Episode 1 was between two men, but that could have been said in jest. With Gilmore, it's a lot more serious flirting that's a lot less ambiguous.'
* AffectionateNickname: He often refers to Pike as "Pickle" and Grog, fittingly enough, [[TheBigGuy "Big Man".]]
* AnimalMotifs: The intro associates him with ravens. In Season 2, he becomes the Matron of Raven's new champion, being gifted by her with the vestige.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: With the possibility of being killed by zombies, Vax finally confesses his feelings to Keyleth, [[spoiler:only for Keyleth to point out that this is the worst time for a love confession and rejects him]].
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: He is quick to link the clue he learned about dragons at Gilmore's shop about the twin rivers meeting to the dragon's neck veins having same shape as what he saw in the book.
* BadassNormal: Compared to everyone else in Vox Machina. He doesn't have Grog's overwhelming strength, Percy's gun or desire for revenge, any sort of magic, or even his sister's expert marksmanship. The only thing he has is [[SummonToHand the ability to summon his daggers back to his hand]] from anywhere. However, Vax is lightning quick, nimble, and so good with his knives that he can still keep pace with everybody else. He becomes an EmpoweredBadassNormal with the Vesitage of the Matron of Ravens, which gives him SuperSpeed.
* BattleCouple: The BackToBackBadasses variety with Keyleth. He even tells her they making a good team.
* BrokenBird: Pun notwithstanding, Vax's dark, roguish demeanor hides a man who's emotionally co-dependent on his sister especially after they ran away from their abusive father. This is exasperated even further when the Matron of Ravens takes him as her new champion and haunts him with visions of his inevitable death.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: During the battle on the ziggurat, Sylas mind-controls Vax through the bite he left on his neck and sends him to kill his own friends.
* CantActPervertedTowardALoveInterest: Vax is not above flirting with others and hinting at having a kinky sexual life, but when he is with Keyleth he always behaves very chivalrous with her and never makes any uncomfortable moves on her.
* CapeWings: The Deathwalker's Ward's cape can be turned in a pair of raven wings at will, giving Vax the appearance of an WingedHumanoid. After escaping from Umbrasyl's stomach with Scanlan, they both fall from a great height. With Scanlan unconscious, Vax asks for the Matron's help and she gifts him with the wings, saving himself and Scanlan in time from becoming scattered guts on the ground.
* ChekhovsSkill: He helps Keyleth heal Cassandra's slashed throat and later he would prepare himself same the herbs Keyleth used for Cassandra to save her life.
* ClingyCostume: Vax tries to take Purvan's armor off, but he cannot remove it. He is not very happy about it.
* CombatParkour: He can jump on rocks mid-air like Legolas.
* CoolBigBro: While initially shocked to discover he had a younger half-sister, Vax is quickly comes to love her, affectionately rubbing her head at one point.
* CosmicPlaything: The Fey Realm is really out for Vax because of his armor. All the creatures Vox Machina met there, attacked only because of Vax's presence.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Downplayed. Vex has an annoyed look on his face every time Kash makes a move on Keyleth.
* CynicismCatalyst: [[spoiler:Witnessing the destruction of Emon, the death (albeit temporary) of his sister and becoming a Matron of Death's champion]] proved a little too much to take even for Vax. After all those events, he exchanged his MellowFellow and ComicRelief persona for someone more somber, stoic, somewhat a brooding loner, and is far more concerned with the events going on around him. Vex tries to comfort him that despite what happened to her, everything is still the same. He disagrees.
* DanceBattler: He makes his escapes with graceful leaps and spins.
* DarkIsNotEvil: He wears mostly black, but is one of the nicest people in Vox Machina.
* DeadpanSnarker: Less so than his sister, but Vax still has a very similar dry wit to him, contrasting him against the absurdity of the rest of his party in the same way as Vex.
-->'''Vax:''' These people just survived the apocalypse, Scanlan. They don't need your gonorrhea.
* DeviousDaggers: Primarily uses daggers, one of which will magically return to his hand after it is thrown. As a rogue, he largely fits the archetype as well.
* DoggedNiceGuy: [[spoiler:Poor guy confessed twice his love to Kiki, and got rejected every time]].
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Since becoming The Matron's of Death champion, Vax receives weird, cryptical visions from her about future events. He doesn't fully understand the matter with those visions nor why the Matron shows him those visions.
* DrunkenMaster: In his EstablishingCharacterMoment, it is shown that Vax is a good fighter even while drunk. He finds time to drink and steal a pouch with money during the BarBrawl.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Despite being married to Delilah, Sylas gets very touchy feely with Vax and calls him interesting and delicious. And then there's his mutually-flirtatious relationship with Gilmore...
* TheFatalist: Becomes this after fully committing to his role as the Matron's champion, sharing her philosophy that all things are tied by fate and it is their destiny to face it.
* FlashStep: After [[spoiler:gaining the Deathwalker's Ward and becoming the Matron's champion]], Vax has gained a serious speed upgrade, allowing him to move faster than the eye can see.
* ForeseeingMyDeath: In the Fey Realm, Vax sees a rotting reflection of him in a floating stream of water. Naturally, Vax feels uneasy and doesn't fully understand at what he is looking.
* FragileSpeedster: Vax is very light on his feet and quick with his knives, but a blow from someone physically imposing will leave him incapacitated.
* FriendToAllChildren: He easily befriends the children of Shale Steps and shows them his tricks.
* TheGadfly: He often teases Grog and Scanlan just to get a reaction out of them.
* GenreSavvy:
** Once he gets bit on the neck by Sylas, he expects to turn into a vampire.
** To his knowledge, authentic zombies are supposed to be slow.
* HalfBreedAngst: Implied in his childhood and Vex. Their father was Elvish nobility while their mother a mere human. After their mother's death, they were taken in by their father, who was openly contemptuous of them for being half human.
* HalfIdenticalTwins: In his song trying to introduce Vox Machina to king Uriel, Scanlan sings that he cannot tell the twins apart.
* HatesTheirParent: During their search for the Vestiges of Divergence, Vex remembers that Vax never liked their father for his mistreat of them, nor her need for his approval. In the end, he convinces Vex to leave with him, because their father will never accept them anyway.
* HeldGaze: He is the one initiating all the gaze with Keyleth, who becomes easily flustered every time and breaks the moment.
* HeroicBastard: He and Vex were conceived out of the wedlock by their parents. Never the less, they are both good people.
* HeroesWantRedheads: He falls in love with the redhead Keyleth.
* ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: Becoming the Matron of Raven's Champion gave him enhanced abilities, but it also gave him terrifying visions, a suit of armor he can't remove, [[AnimalsHateHim an enmity with everything in the Fey Realm]], and as he admits to Percy, a creeping fear that whatever the Matron will require from him will take him away from his sister and friends.
* KnightInSourArmor: It seems that getting Purvan's armour made Vax dourer and more salty than usual. His banter is not as jovial as it once was, snarking with at people with bitter one-liners. Only by the end of Season 2, he regains part of his idealism back, after making peace with the Matron of Ravens.
* LadyKillerInLove: Downplayed in comparison with Scanlan. He flirts with two men in different occasions, but is in love with Keyleth.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: A tall, trim half-elf with long black hair, elegant facial features, and black gear. Oh, yes.
* ManlyTears:
** He cries over [[spoiler:Keyleth when she almost dies from Delilah's attack]].
** He is in complete and utter distress and crying rivers when [[spoiler:Vex dies from a trapped sarcophagus.]]
* MasterOfUnlocking: He's got a series of lockpicks that he can use to break into just about anything. He once broke into a giant door with a sturdy lock using just a toothpick.
* MellowFellow: He is a laidback fellow, and much more approachable than his sister.
* McNinja: Vax wears black, is stealthy and very agile. He even uses his knives akin to kunais and shuriken stars.
* MissingMom: She was murdered by a dragon.
* MuggleMageRomance: He is a half-elven falling for Keyleth, who is more or less a princess for her people. [[spoiler:This is even the reason why she refuses to pursue a romantic relationship with Vax, she has a duty to her people]].
* MyFistForgivesYou: He punches Percy for [[spoiler:accidentally killing Vex, but does not forgives him]].
* MyGreatestFailure: Not killing the blue dragon Brimscythe, who went to destroy a village the party had been investigating, including a family whose son Vax had bonded with and taught a simple magic trick.
* MySuitIsAlsoSuper: [[spoiler:After asking the Matron of Ravens to take his life instead of his sister]], she gifts him Purvan's armour, which gives Vax enhanced abilities like SuperSpeed, SuperReflexes, ImprobableAimingSkills, turning him into a LightningBruiser.
* NiceGuy: A bit snarky and willing to go along with the group’s antics, but he gets along well with most people and regularly defends Keyleth.
* TheNicknamer: He's constantly applying affectionate nicknames to his fellow party members—Pickle for Pike, Kiki for Keyleth, and Stubby for his sister.
* OnlySaneMan: Vax, more often than not, is the most normal person in his team at any given moment. He's relatively friendly with everyone, is mostly firmly grounded emotionally save for some snark and trickster tendencies, and he's the least prone to petty bickering with the others. Accordingly, his skills and fighting style are the least fantastical of the lot.
* TheOnlyOneITrust: Vex tells Vax that he is the only person she trusts even after all the time spent with Vox Machina. Vax doesn't buy it and he's annoyed at the fact Vex is happy that [[spoiler:Keyleth rejected him]].
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: He has an ''extremely'' good reason for it, but after [[spoiler: literally selling his soul to a god who basically amounts to the Grim Reaper to undo his sister's death]], characteristically friendly, well-balanced Vax becomes quiet, taciturn, and palpably sad for a long stretch of episodes. Once he [[spoiler: learns to embrace fate and comes to peace with the thought of death]], he goes back to being the Vax everyone loves.
* PowerGivesYouWings: [[spoiler:While falling from the sky with an unconscious Scanlan, Vax calls on the Matron of Ravens for help, who gifts him with the ability to turn his cape into a massive pair of wings. He is then able to save himself and bard, and uses the power again while fighting Umbrasyl]].
* PragmaticHero: When Allura makes a speech about how only the most noble an honorable people could complete this mission, Vax interrupts her and tells her that him and the others are in just for the money.
* ThePrankster: In Season 1 mostly, where he hits Grog on the groin in the most unexpected moments.
* QueerEstablishingMoment: His flirting with the orc in the first episode.
* RejectedApology: Vax does not takes kindly to [[spoiler:Percy's accidental murder of his sister]], and when he comes to apologize, Percy is met with a fist in the face. Over the course of Season 2, though, they seem to start coming to peace with each other again.
* TheSneakyGuy: As a Rogue, this is his specialty. Unfortunately for him, he is usually traveling with others who lack his skill.
* StartsStealthilyEndsLoudly: His mission to sneak into the Briarwoods' guest room and search for clues goes South when he gets caught in action by the Briarwoods.
* StylishProtectionGear: He wears black fur over his cape in the Jon Snow style.
* SummonToHand: Vax's daggers immediately teleport back to his hand after they land on something.
* SuperSpeed: The first and most consistantly-used power Vax gains from the Deathwalker's Ward is superhuman speed, almost appearing to teleport with how fast he can move.
* TakeMeInstead: [[spoiler:When Vex'ahlia dies]]. Vax sees the Matron of Raven coming to reclaim her soul. He shouts to take him instead, thus becoming her new champion.
* TallDarkAndSnarky: Checks all three categories by being a world weary, black-cladded rogue and having the wit to match with his twin sister Vex.
* TookALevelInIdealism: [[spoiler:After formally meeting the Matron of Ravens in "The Belly of the Beast", he fully embraces being her champion and all it entails. He starts smiling again and taking comfort in her presence, and has faith that she is leading him and Vox Machina where they need to go.]]
* TheSneakyGuy: As a Rogue, this is his specialty. Unfortunately for him, he is usually traveling with others who lack his skill.
* VaguenessIsComing: Even before becoming her champion, Vax started to have weird visions of the Matron of Ravens. He keeps on having vague dreams from her that he doesn't understand even after their deal, which affects him on a deep psychological level. Vax knows she wants something from him, but not knowing want frustrates him.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Grog. They play painful pranks like hitting each other on the crotch and have {{Snark To Snark Combat}}s.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Vex'ahlia]]
!!Vex'ahlia Vessar
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"He's Vax."'']]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LauraBailey (English), Julia Kaufmann (German)
-->Race: Half-elf
-->Class: Ranger (Beast Master)

A half-elven ranger who wanders Exandria with her twin brother Vax to find a new home.
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* AffectionateNickname: Vex always refers to people close to her as 'darling' or 'love'.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Vex is a tall, beautiful and cold as ice half-elven woman. She is always calm and dignified and rarely loses her composure. Keyleth and Scanlan get easily intimidated by her.
* ArcherArchetype: She is an IceQueen and a talented bowman. She acquires the legendary Fenthras in season 2.
* ArrowsOnFire: Vex shots arrows on fire at the mutants dogs send by the Briarwoods to kill them.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:She is accidentally killed by a dark magic trap when Percy was meddling with a corpse in a tomb's sarcophagus.]][[spoiler:Vax saves her by asking the Matron of Ravens to take his life instead, which she complies and returns Vex'ahlia's soul back to her body]].
* BastardAngst: Unlike her brother, Vex'ahlia cares a lot about her father's opinion of her, even while knowing he never had any love for her and always felt a need to overcompensate for her half-human side in her childhood. Even as an adult, she confesses to Percy she feels she hurt herself more than her father by telling him off.
* BestServedCold: She studied everything about dragons and prepared for years until the day she will find the one who murdered her mother.
* BetterTheDevilYouKnow: After Keyleth warns everyone that if Percy kills Delilah, [[spoiler:his soul will be consumed by Orthax]], Vex tries to stop Percy at any costs from killing Delilah.
* BottomlessMagazines: She never seems to run out of her arrows.
* BraidsOfAction: She has a single braid in the back.
* BrainyBrunette: She has raven hair, studied dragons all her life and is a very good planner.
* BrokenBird: In present day, she is a cynical and a troubled young woman, much more affected by the death of her mother an the emotional abuse she and Vax were subjected to by their own father than her twin brother.
* BrutalHonesty: Vex does not mince her words.
* CallingTheOldManOut: In season two, after her father insults Percy, Vex lashes out at her father and calls him out on his negligence of her and Vex and tells him he failed as a parent. Syldor couldn't be more bothered by Vex'ahlia's speech.
* CantActPervertedTowardALoveInterest: Something that she shares with her brother, Vax. She's charming and flirtatious, and not above trying to seduce men, but when it comes to Percy, she is always sincere and confides in him all of her insecurities.
* ColdSniper: More or less the fantasy equivalent of this. Vex is by far the most distant member of Vox Machina toward everyone else in the party not named Vax or Trinket, and she's an absolutely lethal shot with her longbow.
* TheConscience: She acts as such for Percy. She calls him out on attacking a kid just because they were working for the Briarwoods, and later she tries to snap him out of being possessed by Orthax.
* ContraltoOfDanger: Consistently speaks in a low register.
* CoolBigSis: She becomes this after learning she and Vax have a younger half-sister resulted from their father marriage to Devana. Vex dotes on Velora immediately and doesn't resent the little girl for the obvious favoritism of their father toward her. Vex even gifts Velora with her blue feather.
* DeadpanSnarker: This woman's wit and tongue are as sharp as her arrows. Not hard to see why, considering her company.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Slowly becomes friendlier and more personable with Vox Machina over the course of the first season.
* TheDragonslayer: Trained her entire life to slay dragons ever since one destroyed her and Vax's childhood home.
* ElementalWeapon: Fenthras' arrows can turn into flames or vines once they hit the target.
* EmotionsVsStoicism: She believes that emotions are not meant to be bottled up and advises Percy to cut loose in a while. It backfires spectacularly later when Percy blows up at the Briarwoods during the banquet in the third episode.
* TheFace: She is the one leading the negotiations with Gilmore.
* FascinatingEyebrow: Is Vex's default expression, as seen in her character picture.
* FashionableAsymmetry: She carries her white fur on the left shoulder.
* FlyingBroomstick: Vex makes good use of a broomstick that Scanlan found in what remained of Gilmore's store after the dragons' attack. The flying broomstick proves to give her a lot of battle advantage against the drakes that attacked Pyrah, making her job to kill them far easier.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: On a lesser level than Keyleth, but Vex'ahlia does care about the wild too. When she was a child, she and Vex tried to escape a band of human traffickers and hid into a bear cage where she discovered a heavily wounded mother bear. At her request, Vax {{Mercy Kill}}s the animal. She than adopts her cub, who grows to be Trinket.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Is strangely upset that Percy didn't brief the group on the Briarwoods before their encounter despite the fact that not only was Percy blindsided by their appearance and powers, but Vex herself didn't warn the group when her Primeval Awareness detected [[spoiler:a dragon in the Council room]].
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: She may be rough around the edges, but she is always the one to call others to snap out when they go through HeroicBSOD, like Keyleth, Percy and Scanlan, and even slapped the latter two on different occasions.
* AGirlAndHerX: Vex has Trinket since she was a little girl and him barely a bear cub.
* HalfBreedAngst: Implied in her childhood and Vax. Their father was Elvish nobility while their mother a mere human. After their mother's death, they were taken in by their father, who never lost the change to show how much he despises and blames his own children for being half human.
* HalfIdenticalTwins: In his song trying to introduce Vox Machina to king Uriel, Scanlan sings that he cannot tell the twins apart.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: She enjoys drinking alcohol contests because it's the fastest way to get drunk.
* HeroicBastard: She and Vax were conceived out of the wedlock by their parents. Never the less, they are both good people.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: She tries to reach Percy when he finally succumbs to Orthax.
* ImpliedLoveInterest: She and Percy appear to be quite close and while Vex has a habit of addressing people as "darling", [[spoiler:in Episode 12, she tells Percy (who is under the influence of Orthax) to take of his mask, and her use of "darling" seems to have more meaning and sincerity compared to her other uses of it.]]
* ImportantHairAccessory: Her trademark blue feather.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Downplayed because Vex'ahlia often indulges herself with drinks and male attention, on top of being a very pragmatic person interested in money. In the same time, she is a good person and she does not let insecurities and those distractions to stay in her path of doing what's right. Percy tells her that she a pure heart, a rare quality among people; he is proven right later when she snaps out of Saundor's poisonous words on her own.
* JerkassRealization: Vex'ahlia has a minor one when Keyleth [[spoiler:takes a near-fatal curse]] to protect Vex from Delilah's wrath since beforehand Vex had been fairly suspicious and derisive of Keyleth. [[DownplayedTrope However, while Vex had initially been a bit frosty towards all Vox Machina beforehand sans Vax, Trinket and Percy to a degree, she does protect and stand by Vox Machina regardless and Vex did compliment Kiki's magic when she formed the de Rolo crest in the sky with the clouds.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Vex is largely chilly and frequently critical of everyone else in the party save for her brother, and has a particular disdain for Vax's love interest Keyleth. Nevertheless, she looks after her people to the best of her ability, proves a reliable shoulder to lean on for both her brother and Percy, [[spoiler:and is completely beside herself when Keyleth takes a seemingly mortal wound protecting her from Delilah.]]
* TheJoyOfFirstFlight: She laughs when she flies for the first time on the broom and it gives her immense joy to kill the drakes while flying.
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: She fights the Briarwoods in Emon while wearing a blue SexySlitDress.
* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:As she calls for Percy not to remove the Deathwalker's Ward from the Champion's coffin, Vex says "Stop. We need to wait for my bro-" and is hit with a burst of necrotic energy, which instantly kills her.]]
* LadykillerInLove: Is implied that the sensual and flirtatious Vex is in love with Percy.
* LadyOfWar: Vex is a tall, graceful martial artist whose weapon is a longbow.
* TheLeader: While Vox Machina has no official leader, Vex is the smartest and most level-headed member of the party and thus tends to fall into the role. This is particularly evident in Vox Machina's battle against Delilah's wraiths in the fourth episode, where Vex directly issues commands to her companions.
* LittleSisterInstinct: Is very protective of her brother, especially when he starts showing interest towards Keyleth. The "little" part comes in because she's the younger twin by two minutes.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: It is made clear early on during season 2 that Vax depends a lot on his sister, admitting to her in a flashback that she doesn't need him, but ''he'' needs her. Being separated from her for just a few moments when they were kids leaves him a sobbing wreck. [[spoiler:When she dies during "The Sunken Tomb", the grief completely overwhelms him.]]
* LongRangeFighter: She is an expert with her Archery fighting style.
* MasterArcher: Comes with being a well-trained ranger. She manages to shoot a blessed arrow into Brimscythe's neck from quite a ways away, despite the dragon thrashing in pain.
* MissingMom: She was murdered by a dragon.
* PassiveAggressiveKombat: She shows her disdain for Keyleth by making snide comments about her.
* ShippingTorpedo: She disapproves of Vax being in love with Keyleth, often taunting Keyleth about her insecurities.
* TheSnarkKnight: She's hard to approach and dishes out snide remarks about all her teammates, especially Keyleth.
* TheSneakyGal: Not quite to the extent of her [[StealthExpert brother]] and not showcased as much as in the source material, but Vex makes it clear that, compared to the rest of the group, she would have no problem keeping up with Vax if they decided to escape their house arrest together. Vax doesn't dispute this.
-->'''Vex''': The guards might catch the group, but not you and me.\\
'''Vax''': True.
* TheSocialExpert: Vex knows to behave herself in the high society and play dumb if the situation asks for it. She also easily seduces two Briarwood guardians to distract them.
* SpiderSense: How her "primeval awareness" manifests in the series. Vex gets sudden migraines when she's close to a dragon or anybody who might have been in contact with dragons.
* TheStrategist: When Grog, Scanlan and Keyleth come up with a plan to save Archie from prison, Vex brushes them over for being impossibly stupid. Everyone ends up executing her plan.
* TheTeamNormal: Among the girls, Vex is the only one lacking any sort of magic abilities.
* TookALevelInKindness: Throughout most of the first season, Vex was quite frosty, sharp-tongued and critical towards almost everyone in the gang, '''especially Keyleth''' whom she initially sees as an incompetent fighter and a threat to her sibling bond with Vax. This comes to a head in the 10th episode of the first season [[spoiler: when Keyleth rejects Vax's declaration of love when they were cornered by the zombies Delilah summoned]] and Vex took this as an opportunity to playfully punch Vax in the arm and joke about how she warned him [[ItMakesSenseInContext "those vines had thorns"]]. At first Vax dismisses her with a "yeah, yeah" but then Vax insinuates [[WhatTheHellHero? how Vex doesn't trust anyone not even him, indicating that Vex's comment was a low blow.]] However, in episodes 11 and 12, Vex gets a major wake-up call when [[spoiler: Keyleth [[HeroicSacrifice throws herself in front of a necromantic curse aimed at Vex]] and smiles as she sees Vex alive and well.
* TrueBlueFemininity: She wears blue all the time, and has a rather dignified and snarky personality. At the dining party with the royal family, she wears a blue SexySlitDress.
* {{Tsundere}}: Unlike her brother who is more open up about his feelings, Vex acts very rough and frosty around Keyleth, but she looks after her nevertheless.
* UndyingLoyalty: She expects this from her brother, and makes him promise to never let pretty things (Keyleth) get between them.
* WellDoneDaughterGirl: As a child, and hinted that even as an adult, Vex'ahlia was always hungry for her father's approval because she desperately wanted him to love her and brother and accept them as his children despite being only half-elven. She would often overlook his FantasticRacism and blindly believed making him proud would be enough. The cursed Archfey Saundor knows this is her greatest weakness and almost mind-controls her to give him her heart.
[[/folder]]

!!!Companions
[[folder:Trinket]]
!!Trinket
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MatthewMercer, [[Creator/CheechAndChong Cheech Marin]] ("The Fey Realm")
-->Race: Grizzly Bear
-->Class: Ranger Companion

Vex'ahlia's loyal animal companion.
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* AllAnimalsAreDogs: He’s super cute, friendly, treated like a BigFriendlyDog and obeys Vex like any dog would. Safe to say, he is this to a T.
* BadassAdorable: Just about the cutest enormous, monstrously strong, plate-armored grizzly bear you'll ever find.
* BearsAreBadNews: To any of Vex's (and by extension the Vox Machina's) enemies he is definitely something to be feared.
* BearyFriendly: To his allies, especially Vex, he's the TeamPet by virtue of being a cute creature. Vex treats Trinket as if he's a big dog, and he's oddly friendly and receptive to her orders.
* CutenessProximity: Seems to have this over Sovereign Uriel and a couple of the king's guards.
* DemotedToExtra: While he tended to be OutOfFocus, Trinket was much more involved in the original stream than he is in the show. The biggest example being how in the original stream, he accompanies Vox Machina during the Briarwood arc, while here, he's left behind in Emon for the majority of the season. Vex even points out that the undead monsters they're fighting would be a bad match-up for him, given how unsanitary the rotting corpses are.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The "Terror Of Tal Dorei" 2 parter showcase the basics of Trinket's character. [[spoiler:In the bar brawl of "The Terror OF Tal Dorei Part 1" after Vex'ahlia whistles for Trinket due to being cornered by a thug, he [[BarrierBustingBlow rams through the wall]] and [[RoarBeforeBeating lets out a huge roar]] as though to say "Leave my Vex alone!!", but he doesn't attack until Vex tells him.]] This cements his protectiveness, loyalty and obedience towards Vex. Afterwards, Trinket is seen sleeping by Vex even after the commotion showing that he's normally calm and laid-back when there's no danger present. Another trait established in the first part is his dislike of being separated from Vex and the gang for any reason. [[spoiler:When Vox Machina go to implore Sovereign Uriel and the Council to be hired to kill the beast terrorizing Amon, the guards open the doors for them but say that Trinket has to stay outside. Trinket is visibly sad by this despite being comforted by Vex.]] In "The Terror Of Tal Dorei Part 2" [[spoiler:The castle guards who at first barred him entry to the throne room [[TookALevelInKindness are now giving Trinket scratches, belly rubs and words of praise when no one's looking]] and Trinket [[EasilyForgiven loves this and enjoys being with the guards,]]]] showing that Trinket is [[BearyFriendly eager to befriend anyone who shows him and his loved ones even a smallest bit of kindness]]. Finally, when Vox Machina is discussing [[spoiler:who in the council who might be in league with the blue dragon]] Trinket goes around to all the members of the gang greeting them: nuzzling Pike, getting a nose rub from Vex'ahlia, sniffing Scanlan and walking up to and listening to Keyleth. This demonstrates Trinket's loyalty and affection for '''all''' the members of Vox Machina, not just Vax and Vex.
* TeamPet: Serves this role for Vex and the entire team by proxy. Several times, his CutenessProximity causes them goodwill they're otherwise struggling to earn on their own merits, with Sovereign Uriel offering them the job of killing Brimscythe in part because he liked the bear.
[[/folder]]

!Villains

!!The Chroma Conclave
[[folder:In General]]
A fearsome pact of dragons who collectively have the power to raze all of Tal'Dorei.
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* AchillesHeel: Two variants.
** Vax discovers through a flowery poetic verse that dragons can be slain "where the twin rivers meet", realising during the fight with Brimscythe that it's referring to a particular spot on the base of their necks where the dragon's BreathWeapon charges up. Hitting this spot greatly incapacitates Brimscythe and causing his lighting to spew out haphazardly, but the elder Ancient dragons prove their scales are tougher than his, with Grog's attack on Raishan's own weak point breaking his axe instead.
** Furthermore, the other members of the conclave prove to be skilled in magic, with Raishan and Umbrasyl casting dispel, invisibility [[spoiler:and polymorphing]] throughout season 2. This allows them to use healing magic as well, meaning that even ''if'' their tough hides can get damaged, all they need is a rest period to recover like the fight never happened. [[spoiler:However, this depends on them being capable of casting magic in the first place. Umbrasyl recovers from Vox Machina's trap after a few moments of healing, but Scanlan firing a SwordBeam off inside his skull fries his brain, leaving him with a lethal wound and in no fit state of cast magic to recover from it, meaning their brains are the most reliable targets to kill them]].
* AdaptationalBadass: While the dragons on stream were extremely formidable, they take it up a level in the show, with each having an array of new abilities that make each of them a flying cataclysm.
* BreathWeapon: Comes with the territory. Each member of the Conclave having their own depending of their type.
* AGodAmI: The end goal of the Conclave is to rule the world as god-kings, with Thordak in particular believing them to already be gods.
* GreaterScopeVillain: As Brimscythe's elders and partners, they were behind his attacks on Emon in the two-part pilot, which laid the groundwork for their eventual assault on the city in the beginning of Season 2.
* {{Kaiju}}: They are each exceptionally large and powerful even by dragon standards, and are fully capable of laying waste to a major city.
* KnightOfCerebus: The Chroma Conclave are the darkest villains in the series. Brimscythe firmly established that the series wasn’t going to be a fantasy comedy, and the rest of the Conclave’s attack on Emon is the most harrowing scene in the entire series, firmly establishing season 2 as DarkerAndEdgier.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: All of them are ancients and powerful dragons, noted to be far more powerful than Brimscythe from season 1. Each is of a different colour and possess a different set of ElementalPowers. Their appearances are also [[YouDontLookLikeYou notably distinct]] from the original tabletop game.
* RedBaron: Each of the dragons have their own impressive titles; Brimscythe dubs himself the "Iron Storm", Umbrasyl uses "Hope Devourer" and Thordak styles himself the "Cinder King".
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: As Season 2 progresses, it becomes obvious that the Conclave is anything but united, with Umbrasyl, thanks to [[spoiler:Anna Ripley]], becoming more interested in obtaining the Vestiges than his loyalty to the group, and Raishan [[EvenEvilHasStandards getting tired of Thordak's megalomaniacal nature]] to the point of [[spoiler:[[EnemyMine proposing an alliance with Vox Machina]]]]. {{Justified}}, as chromatic dragons are so egotistical they ''never'' usually work together, with the fact that the Convclave existed at all being terrifying because of this.
* WalkingWasteland: Each of the four ancient dragons are the walking embodiments of their destructive elements:
** The sheer heat of Thordak's body can melt anything in his presence, and that's before he supercharges his fire breath.
** Raishan is clouded in thick toxic fumes that spread out for miles beyond her body.
** Umbrasyl is covered in acidic mucus which rains upon anything and everything that's beneath his wingspan.
** Frost and snow forms around Vorugal's presence before the dragon himself appears to brutally freeze anybody in his path.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Thordak]]
!!Thordak, the Cinder King

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LanceReddick
--> Race: Ancient Red Dragon
A tyrannical red dragon and leader of the Chroma Conclave.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Even crueler than his original incarnation. In the stream, Vorugal attacked refugees at Greyskull Keep on his own, with Thordak having to stop him to get him back on track. Here, it's strongly implied that Thordak explicitly ordered Vorugal to kill anyone trying to flee Emon. Additionally, while in the original campaign Thordak was perfectly content on letting the citizens live after the initial attack, here, Thordaks incinerates a large amount of civilians in Emon [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness as the Conclave no longer had use for their offerings]].
* BadassBoast: Introduces himself with one:
-->"People of Emon! Thordak demands capitulation! Submit to the Cinder King!"
* BigBad: The main antagonist of the Chroma Conclave arc beginning in Season 2, leading the group of dragons in laying siege to the entirety of Tal'Dorei and plundering the continent's riches. However, his lack of interest in either hunting down Vox Machina, gathering the Vestiges, or doing much of anything other than taking over Emon and having the rest of the Conclave bring him treasures means that Umbrasyl and Ripley are instead the [[TheHeavy preeminent threats]] initially opposing the party. Season 3 is set to have him take a more active role, [[spoiler:planning to create an army of dragons to expand his rule.]]
* BreathWeapon: As a red dragon, Thordak breathes out flames and uses it to lay waste to Emon. He's also able to supercharge his fire breath, turning the flames blue in order to completely burn through Emon's royal palace along with the mountain it sits on.
* DragonsAreDemonic: While it could be said of all the members of the Conclave, due to their malignance, Thordak's design makes this trope especially clear in his case, with his [[HornsOfVillainy horns drawing a direct comparison to a devil]].
* EvilIsBurningHot: As his title suggests, Thordak is a red dragon that immolates all before him. His body emits such incredible heat that he can passively melt steel and stone just by remaining in its vicinity.
* AGodAmI: When Umbrasyl brings him Mythcarver and insists that the Vestiges of Divergence will assure their ascension to Godhood, Thordak snaps that they've ''already'' assured their ascension.
* KneelBeforeZod: He spends much of the attack on Emon delivering booming speeches to this effect.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: After the devastating attack on Emon, Thordak is content to remain in the background as the rest of the Conclave brings him riches. He's uninterested in dealing with Vox Machina himself, delegating the task to Umbrasyl once he finishes pillaging Westruun, and doesn't care for the power of the Vestiges that Ripley promises them, with the black dragon having to go out of his way to personally claim them for the Cinder King.
* PowerCrystal: Thordak has a massive glowing red crystal embedded in his chest.
* WalkingWasteland: The sheer heat of his body melts and burns everything around him.
* WaveMotionGun: He can supercharge his fire breath to create such an effect, using it to completely destroy Emon's palace.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Raishan]]
!!Raishan, the Diseased Deceiver
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/raishan_9.jpg]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CreeSummer
--> Race: Ancient Green Dragon
The all-seeing green dragon.
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* BreathWeapon: As a green dragon, Raishan breathes out poison gas. It is less directly destructive than her fellow dragons, but proves just as deadly when breathed in.
* DeadlyGas: She belches poisonous fumes that suffocate anybody who breathes it in, as fitting for a green dragon.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Her eye briefly appears in a magical communication stone in Brimscythe's lair in the second episode, before she makes her first proper appearance in the Chroma Conclave's attack a full season later.
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:Forms an alliance with Vox Machina to kill Thordak due to him becoming increasingly insane and irrational.]]
* EvilSorcerer: Is an accomplished spellcaster in addition to her draconic strength and abilities.
* GreenAndMean: She's a green dragon, a poisoner and an evil strategist.
* HazyFeelTurn: Though she helps destroy Emon and clearly thinks little of everyone around her, [[spoiler:she offers aid to Vox Machina and has possibly been helping Whitestone for weeks in the fight against the Conclave, having grown weary of Thordak's increasing madness]].
* IfIWantedYouDead: [[spoiler:When introducing herself to Vox Machina as an ally, she assures them they can trust her because if she wanted to kill them, they'd have been dead as soon as they stepped in the room.]]
* ImAHumanitarian: She eats people alive, and says she enjoys the taste of (their) fear.
* IsThatTheBestYouCanDo: Asks this pretty much verbatim as she easily disspells Scanlan's attempt to keep her mouth shut, displaying her own sorcerous prowess. [[spoiler:Later, when Vax tries to assassinate her with a surprise attack, she actually groans with annoyance at the display.]]
* TheKingslayer: Raishan is directly responsible for Sovereign Uriel's death, as he dies to her poison gas.
* PoisonousPerson: Her green gas is potent enough to kill an adult within second in an [[BloodFromEveryOrifice extremely violent fashion]].
* SnakesAreSinister: Her head and neck resemble a cobra which fits with a being who is both cunningly evil and spews toxins.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Like Brimscythe, she is able to transform her appearance, using this ability to [[spoiler:pose as Keeper Yennen]].
* WomenAreWiser: The sole female member of the Chroma Conclave and one of the most intelligent members. [[spoiler:Raishan poses as Keeper Yennen and goes to Vox Machina for aid when she tires of Thordak's madness, a considerably better move than Umbrasyl's decision to trust [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Ripley]]]].
* WouldHurtAChild: A mother and baby are among the many victims of her poison breath.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Vorugal]]
!!Vorugal, the Frigid Doom
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LiamOBrien
--> Race: Ancient White Dragon
The brutish white dragon.
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* BreathWeapon: As a white dragon, Vorugal breathes out a beam that freezes anything it hits.
* TheBrute: Is a beast of few words and acts more animalistic than his kin. He's also the most heavily built of the Conclave.
* EvilIsDeathlyCold: As expected of a white dragon, his breath weapon is an icy blast that freezes and shreds its victims.
* FreezeRay: An especially brutal version of this where his ice blasts explode his victims from the inside out before they're instantaneously frozen in a giant block of ice.
* HuskyRusskie: Creator/LiamOBrien accentuates Vorugal's brutality with a [[BadassBaritone rumbling, growling]] Russian accent.
* OutOfFocus: He's the least active of all four dragons.
* WouldHurtAChild: Fires his breath weapon at two young children, though Pike manages to save them.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Umbrasyl]]
!!Umbrasyl, the Hope Devourer
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MatthewMercer
--> Race: Ancient Black Dragon
The sadistic black dragon.
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* AcidAttack: He spews a corrosive acid that melts his victims into fleshy goo, as expected from a black dragon. He also seems to secrete acid from his wings which [[VisualPun rain]] down on his victims as he simply flies overhead.
* ArcVillain: While the other members of the Conclave are threats on the entire world as a whole, Vox Machina spend a good amount of time (half of season 2) dealing with his immediate machinations. From the moment he kills Kalimajori and steals Mythcarver, he becomes the most persistent, pressing foe Vox Machina deal with for the season.
* AssShove: On the [[spoiler:receiving end of one thanks to Scanlan and Vax's plan to get inside him via the back door]].
* AttackItsWeakpoint: After tanking unholy amounts of punishment, the only way Vox Machina manages to land a fatal wound is [[spoiler:Scanlan stabbing him in the eye and using the wound to attack his brain directly.]]
* BadBoss: To the Herd, whom he sees as diposable minions at best and insects at worst. Umbrasyl promises Kevdak rule over Westruun should the Herd keep bringing him tithes, but as the half-giants scoure the city ever cleaner and their tithes get progressively smaller, Umbrasyl's patience wears thin. He at one point grabs an unfortunate raider and [[FacialHorror melts his face with acid]] just to show he can, and judging by the others' reactions this wasn't the first time he'd murdered wantonly.
* BigBadDuumvirate: {{Downplayed|Trope}} with his partnership with Ripley for Season 2. Umbrasyl is not the true BigBad, but he is still TheHeavy for Thordak, as the Cinder King is an OrcusOnHisThrone unconcerned with fighting Vox Machina or seeking out the Vestiges of Divergence. Umbrasyl's alliance with the doctor sends him on a quest to personally claim the powerful artifacts for the Conclave, and he enters into the VillainTeamUp with seemingly genuine good faith in contrast to his subjugation of the Herd.
* BigNo: He screams one when he [[spoiler:sees Scanlan has grabbed Mythcarver.]]
* BreathWeapon: While his wings also drip with flesh-melting acid, he's able to spew a far more concentrated dosage of it from his mouth to melt through solid stone buildings.
* CompositeCharacter: He borrows some traits from Ghurrix the Pit Friend from the stream's City of Brass arc: acting as the ClimaxBoss in Scanlan's character arc [[spoiler: and being killed by him with a newly-awakened Mythcarver]].
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Scanlan kills him by stabbing Mythcarver into his left eye and letting loose a huge magic burst ''inside his skull'', pretty much obliterating his brain and burning the other half of his face off.]]
* CurbStompCushion: As the [[TheHeavy most active member]] of the Chroma Conclave, Umbrasyl shows himself to be vastly powerful but not invincible. During the attack on Emon, Allura manages to knock him out of the sky before he brings a tower crashing down on her. At Rimecleft, he completely dominates Grog in their one-on-one duel, but Grog does manage to get a few cuts in.
* DarkIsEvil: He's a black dragon who enjoys raining down or breathing acid on his unfortunate victims.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: In the webshow, Grog kills him by cleaving through his skull with Kevdak's Bloodaxe. [[spoiler:In the cartoon, it's instead Scanlan who kills the dragon, stabbing him in the eye with Mythcarver and letting off a massive magical burst inside his head.]]
* DesecratingTheDead: [[spoiler:After killing Kamaljiori, he tears off his head and impales it on a spike in his lair as a trophy.]]
* EvilSorcerer: While not as proficient as Raishan, Umbrasyl demonstrates a considerable knowledge of magic. He is shown to be able to dispel Scanlan's Hand, turn himself invisible, and heal his own wounds.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Scanlan kills him by stabbing Mythcarver into his eye and letting off a massive magical burst inside his skull. The burst obliterates his other eye and [[FacialHorror most of the right side of his face.]]]]
* FacialHorror: [[spoiler:When Scanlan let's loose a burst of magic inside of his head, it explodes out the right side of his face, leaving it little more than a scorched, bloody mess.]]
* GodhoodSeeker: Part of the reason Umbrasyl is so insistent on claiming the Vestiges is because he thinks they can be used to ascend the Conclave into true gods, and he indicates that the entire reason he joined the other dragons is because he thinks Thordak's plans will bring them all godhood.
* TheHeavy: Thordak is the leader of the Chroma Conclave, but Vox Machina is nowhere near powerful enough to take him on when the dragons begin their assault on Tal'Dorei. Umbrasyl, working with Ripley, is instead their primary opponent for Season 2 as he is tasked by the Cinder King to hunt the group down, leading to him stealing one of the Vestiges of Divergence needed to oppose the Conclave. The black dragon's attack subsequently splits the party, sending half into the Feywild and half to oppose the Herd of Storms who are pillaging the land on his behalf, and freeing Westruun from his conquest becomes the central conflict for the season's climax.
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Kills the sphinx Kamaljiori after a vicious brawl and proves to be a utterly terrifying foe who almost kills Vox Machina]].
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: {{Downplayed}}. His obsession with collecting the Vestiges of Divergence [[spoiler:brings him into direct conflict with Vox Machina without any of his fellow dragons around as backup, which eventually gets him slain by Scanlan. He does manage to nearly wipe out the party by himself, however]].
* IgnoredExpert: Umbrasyl, acting on Ripley's advice, attempts to convince Thordak to prioritize locating the Vestiges so that the Conclave could "ascend to true godhood", but Thordak ignores this in favour of increasing his hoard's size.
* {{Invisibility}}: Umbrasyl uses magic to turn invisible after Vox Machina and the Herd of Storms get the drop on him, and he uses it to terrifying effect in his own lair.
* LightningBruiser: Umbrasyl proves to be terrifyingly fast for such a a large creature. Even on the ground he's fast enough to hit a Deathwalker's Ward-wearing Vax, and in the air he can fly faster than either Vex's broom or Keyleth's giant eagle form.
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:There's a close up of his eye going wide with the iris narrowing as he sees Scanlan about to [[EyeScream embed said eye with Mythcarver.]]]]
* {{Phlegmings}}: He's constantly drooling acid even when he's not spewing it on his victims.
* SpikesOfVillainy: He's covered in spines that drip with acidic mucus.
* VillainTeamUp: Ripley approaches him with a warning about Vox Machina's plans, setting him on the party's tracks in their search for the Mythcarver. The two subsequently make a long-term alliance, working together to find the remaining Vestiges.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Brimscythe]]
!!Brimscythe, the Iron Storm
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I will sunder your bones!"'']]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DavidTennant
-->Race: Adult Blue Dragon

The blue dragon who is terrorizing Emon. And he didn't come alone.
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* AdaptationalBadass: In the original home game, Brimscythe was roughly the dragon equivalent of a teenager, matching Vox Machina's level at the time. In the animated series, Brimscythe is much larger than a standard "young" or "adult" dragon would be and proves to be a much bigger threat than the original, though the appearance of the rest of the Conclave in Season 2 clarifies that he's still in no way considered an "ancient" dragon like them.
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Is only half the size of any one of the other Chroma Conclave.
* BadassBoast: Uses his own title as a boast while fighting Vox Machina, proclaiming himself to be the Iron Storm.
* BreathWeapon: As a blue dragon, Brimscythe breathes lightning out of his mouth, leaving devastation in his wake.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: A SlashedThroat killed him in ''Critical Role''. In this show, that slash certainly deals quite a bit of damage, but it takes Vex shooting him with a blessed arrow and Grog splitting Brimscythe's head open with his axe to finish the job.
* HumanDisguise: [[spoiler:As General Krieg. It was how he knew exactly to cause the most damage to the troops who were sent to kill him]].
* KnightOfCerebus: Despite being the StarterVillain, he firmly establishes this isn’t just going to be a fun and comedic fantasy.
* NormalFishInATinyPond: He was able to singlehandedly terrorize the armies of Emon and required a good deal of trickery to defeat but when the rest of the Chroma Conclave show up, they're all at least twice as big as Brimscythe was and the tricks that worked on him are completely useless against them.
* ShockAndAwe: He has the ability to breathe lightning. On top of that, he can NoSell getting hit with a thunderbolt from Keyleth. If anything, [[FeedItWithFire it made him even more powerful]].
* StarterVillain: Brimscythe is the first major villain to be fought by Vox Machina in the animated series.
* ThisCannotBe: "What? Impossible!" is the only thing that Brimscythe can muster up once Vox Machina manage to trick him with Scanlan's illusion magic.
* ThoseWereOnlyTheirScouts: He's a deadly threat and takes a massive amount of effort to finally put down...only for season 2 to show that Brimscythe was actually the ''weakest'' member of the Conclave and his four, much larger and stronger partners were still on their way and he was just preparing the way for them.
* ViolentGlaswegian: Creator/DavidTennant normally has a fairly subtle accent, but he slams the dial all the way past eleven here, accentuating Brimscythe's brutality with roaring Scottish pronouncements.
* WalkingSpoiler: The identity of Brimscythe or his ally on the Council is a key question for the first two episodes. He's actually [[spoiler:General Krieg or at least was actually posing as Krieg]].
[[/folder]]

!!The Briarwoods

[[folder:In General]]
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The current rulers of Whitestone, a mysterious noble couple with connections to the even more enigmatic "Whispered One".
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* ArchEnemy: Inarguably Percy's most hated foes, responsible for massacring all but one of his entire family.
* AristocratsAreEvil: A pair made up of an immortal vampire and a BlackMage that made a pact with a demonic entity, murdered the de Rolos and nearly destroyed the city the de Rolos previously ruled over.
* BadBoss: Neither care about the well-being of their servants. Sylas throws Desmond off of their carriage and leaves him for Vox Machina so the unrepentant couple can escape.
* BigBadDuumvirate: Sylas and Delilah are the dual main villains of the first season as the masterminds behind the Whitestone coup and Percy's primary targets for revenge, which also makes them indirectly responsible for Orthax becoming a secondary threat as the demon preys on Percy's festering hatred to gain a hold over him. While Sylas is the physical powerhouse, Delilah is the driving force behind their reign of terror responsible for the horrors they subject Whitestone to through her necromancy.
* FauxAffablyEvil: They act polite and cordial to most everyone they interact with, but are quick to reveal their monstrous nature. Best exemplified when they invite some of their subjects to a banquet, [[spoiler:only to kill them and hang them on the Sun Tree to mock Vox Machina.]]
* SwordAndSorcerer: Sylas is the dangerous vampire swordsman, while Delilah is the necromancer.
* UnholyMatrimony: By all accounts, the love between these two dark terrors is genuine. They compliment each other, praise their dark deeds, and admire their unholy powers. Delilah in particular compliments Sylas after [[InLoveWithYourCarnage slaughtering a group of bandits that]] [[MuggingTheMonster had no idea what they were messing with]]. [[spoiler:When Sylas finally dies permanently at the hands of Grog and Keyleth, Delilah voices a cosmos-tearing shriek of outrage and despair and, in her grief, attempts to summon The Whispered One to bring Sylas BackFromTheDead]].
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: The Briarwoods, thanks to Sylas' CharmPerson abilities, are seen as the legitimate rulers of Whitestone by the denizens of Emon, resulting in Vox Machina getting into trouble after their fight with the nobles.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lady Delilah Briarwood]]
!!Lady Delilah Briarwood
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"The Whispered One is coming."'']]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GreyDeLisle
-->Race: Human

A powerful necromancer from Wildemount with grave intentions for Whitestone.
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* AdaptationalDyeJob: In the original campaign, Delilah's hair was auburn while in the TV series, it's dark brown.
* BlackMage: She became one by making a pact with the Whispered One.
* CastingAShadow: Her magic is black and purple, and it's explicitly shown to be evil. In Episode 4, she summons wraiths to track down one of her lost books with an unholy sigil on the ground.
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Sylas' final death at Keyleth's hands causes Delilah to take a terrifying freefall plunge into furious, howling insanity.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Delilah was willing to sell her soul to necromancy in order to save her husband Sylas from illness, and her love for him remains her only great redeeming quality even years later.
* EvilCounterpart: Like Percy, Delilah made a DealWithTheDevil out of love. Percy for vengeance for his family, Delilah to save Sylas' life. Unlike Percy, Delilah shamelessly doubled down on the deal afterwards.
* GhostlyWail: Her magic is accompanied by banshee-like screaming.
* GothGirlsKnowMagic: She wears a gothic black Victorian dress and uses demonic magic powers.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Her entire motivation is the desire to never be separated from her beloved husband, a fate she considers to be worse than death. She forces countless innocents to suffer similar losses and then some.
* TheIllegible: Scanlan, who wields similar arcane magic to hers, remarks while deciphering her book that her handwriting is "the worst".
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:She dies at Cassandra's hands, after killing her entire family and controlling her for years]].
* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:Courtesy of Cassandra stabbing her in the throat with a saber. Delilah is proudly proclaiming that "the rivers will flow with the blood of-!" before Cassandra provides her pointed counterargument]].
* LadyOfBlackMagic: Delilah is an elegant and sophisticated woman with dark demonic powers.
* LickedByTheDog: A little girl Delilah has called to her presence is delighted when given the gift of a necklace by Delilah who acts sweetly towards the child. [[spoiler:Shame the girl is the victim Delilah has picked out to be an analogy for Pike for Vedmire to murder and string up dead on the Sun Tree. The necklace was a simulation of Pike's Holy Symbol]].
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Delilah’s immense love for Sylas was what drove her to turn him into a vampire as she did not want to lose him when he fell ill to a fatal disease. It also drove her to become a wicked dark sorceress who dabbles in necromancy.
* {{Necromancer}}: Delilah is a very powerful necromancer, raising dangerous wraiths to retrieve her missing book and a giant horde of undead to snuff out the rebellion in Whitestone.
* {{Necromantic}}: She became a necromancer to save the love of her life, Sylas, and bring him back from the dead as a vampire.
* PurpleIsPowerful: She's a powerful arcane caster in a position of authority (Lady of Whitestone) and has purple eyes. Her black magic has purple edges as well.
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:Courtesy of Cassandra.]]
* TalkToTheFist: [[spoiler:She's mid-[[TheResonYouSuckSpeech rant]] towards Vox Machina and preparing to cast another dark magic spell when Cassandra [[KilledMidSentence shuts up Delilah with a rapier through the throat]]. Delilah can only feebly choke and gurgle on her own blood before Cassandra nearly takes her whole head off pulling the blade out]].
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Delilah is distraught when Keyleth kills Sylas, and attempts to summon her patron the Whispered One...only to fail at the last second. She invites Percy to kill her because he can't possibly take any more from her, but his Orthax-induced threats of torturing her to death frighten even her.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Orders the death of two children (which Duke Vedmire is only too happy to perform) as part of her attempt to send a message to Vox Machina. She has a Whitestone civilian murdered for each member of Vox Machina—hung on the Sun Tree in the center of town and using two human children as the analogues for Scanlan and Pike]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lord Sylas Briarwood]]
!!Lord Sylas Briarwood
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"You are a curious one... And you look delicious."'']]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MatthewMercer
-->Race: Human vampire

Delilah's husband, a powerful vampire and ruthless swordsman in his own right.
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* AdaptationalBadass: In the first fight against Vox Machina in ''Critical Role'', he took one heck of a beating and only barely escaped. In this show, it's a CurbStompBattle in his favor. The only thing that happens to Sylas is [[CurbStompCushion a small cut from Grog's axe that his vampirism can't heal]], and it doesn't even seem to bother him all that much.
* BeardOfEvil: A well-trimmed goatee, fitting for an evil vampire lord.
* BlackSwordsAreBetter: Wields Craven Edge, a black blade that feeds on blood to grow bigger and [[SummonToHand can be magically summoned to his hand]].
* CharmPerson: He has a vampire's innate charm abilities, which he demonstrates by mentally dominating the Sovereign over dinner into leaving Whitestone's independence unchallenged and later making Vax leave himself defenseless to be bitten.
* CoolSword: He has a [[BlackSwordsAreBetter black-bladed sword]] that feeds on blood (not only making it larger with more blood it "feeds" on, but also changing its appearance slightly) and can be magically summoned to hand. [[spoiler:After Grog helps Keyleth kill him, he decides to [[YouKillItYouBoughtIt keep it]] in addition to his Axe]].
* DevilishHairHorns: Downplayed in that Sylas' hairstyle isn't shaped like horns, but he has two thin, grey streaks of hair that resemble thin horns from certain angles.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: In the webshow, his body was downed by Percy's gunfire before Keyleth destroyed his gaseous form with ''Sunbeam''. Here, while he still dies from the same spell, Grog grabs Sylas and holds him in place for Keyleth to incinerate his body directly.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** Downplayed, but he does seem rather perturbed, albeit briefly, by Delilah murdering their steward to use as fuel for her necromantic ritual.
** He seems taken aback when Grog accuses him of seducing him during their rematch.
* FangsAreEvil: He has the typical vampire fangs and he uses his bite to mind-control others.
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Pay attention when he and Delilah are returning to their room and one can notice his distinct lack of a reflection in a mirror they pass, a few minutes before his vampiric nature is revealed by biting Vax.
* HungryWeapon: While not very explicit, his blade is also a bloodsucker like he is and it actually grows bigger once it consumed enough of Grog's blood during the first fight between Vox Machina and the Briarwoods.
-->"My blade thirsts."
* KillItWithFire: A variation. [[spoiler:He is completely incinerated by Keyleth's light magic going at full power when Grog has him restrained]].
* NoSell: His reaction to Grog's [[GroinAttack balltag]] is an annoyed look and nothing more.
* ReducedToDust: [[spoiler:Keyleth's spell chars his body to a partially skeletal husk which quickly turns to dust in Grog's arms.]]
* VampiresAreSexGods: Played with; the scene where he charms Vax and bites his neck while Delilah looks on is framed rather erotically, but during the battle at the ziggurat when Grog outright claims that the vampire swordsman is [[StupidSexyFlanders trying to seduce him]], Sylas is momentarily baffled, either because he has his limits or because Grog accused him so casually.
[[/folder]]

!!!Associates

[[folder:Professor Anders]]
!! Professor Byron Anders
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/StephenRoot
-->Race: Human

The former tutor of the de Rolo children who betrayed the family to the Briarwoods.
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* AdaptationalBadass: In the original, he's only able to charm one person at a time, but here he takes control of all members of Vox Machina sans Percy. [[NiceJobFixingItVillain Had he bothered to control Percy as well instead of trying to draw the latter's demise out, he likely could have defeated the whole party by himself.]]
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:A point blank one at that, with a decent does of YourHeadAsplode]].
* CaughtMonologuing: Significantly {{Downplayed}}. After Anders [[BrainwashedAndCrazy takes control of Vox Machina]], he can't resist indulging in a bit of EvilGloating, which Percy draws out by appealing to his massive ego. [[LampshadeHanging Anders quickly realises what's going on]], but, unluckily for him, he's already given Percy all the time he needs to [[ImprobableAimingSkills pull off his trick shot]].
* CharmPerson: Thanks to the Briarwoods gifting him with a magical tongue, he is able to take control of first Grog, then the rest of Vox Machina to turn them against Percy.
* CompositeCharacter: Downplayed, but Anders has a manor in Whitestone, and invading it to take him down requires Scanlan rampaging through Duke Vedmire's mansion as a distraction; in the original campaign, that role belonged to Count Tylieri, and the battle with Anders to rescue Cassandra instead occurred in Whitestone Castle itself.
* TheDragon: As their first collaborator, the primary betrayer of the de Rolo family, and the one who benefits the most from the new management, Anders functions as this to Delilah and Sylas.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: His motivation for joining the Briarwoods and turning on the de Rolos, as he believed Percy's parents saw him as a mere tutor and repeatedly turned down his proposals to increase residuum production.
* FacialHorror: [[spoiler:Percy blows his face in half, [[TongueTrauma tearing his tongue out and]] [[{{Jawbreaker}} unhinging his jaw]] in the process. And this doesn't even kill him]].
* FasterThanTheyLook: He's a middle-aged, heavyset man who looks like Humpty Dumpty, but is quick and agile enough to dodge many of Percy's shots.
* FatBastard: Overweight and very, very evil.
* FlunkyBoss: While Anders does briefly fight personally against Percy, he spends the rest of the fight standing in the back and letting his minions fight in his place. Mixed in with his CharmPerson capabilities that also extends to using Percy's own friends against him.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Wears round glasses and he's a despicable individual who betrayed his patrons and aided in the murder of the de Rolos.
* HateSink: While Anders did believe the de Rolos looked down on him and didn't appreciate him, his personal feelings pale in comparison to the amount of despicable things he did. He betrayed the de Rolos, including their children; he worked with the Briarwoods to oppress Whitestone; he slit Cassandra’s throat in front of Percy; and he attempted to force Vox Machina to kill Percy out of pure sadism.
* ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: For Percy, it's very much personal with all five of his targets, but as he points out to Anders before giving him an explosive CoupDeGrace through the head, being his personal tutor and then outing him and Cassandra to the Briarwoods out of spite against his family when they trusted him to see them safe cut him ''deep''. Having just sliced Cassandra's throat in front of him and then trying to give him a sadistic drawn-out death at the hands of his friends didn't improve his feelings towards his old teacher either.
-->'''Percy:''' We trusted you. You were our teacher. We would have done anything you asked. And you betrayed us when we needed you most. ''You're the face I saw when murder entered my heart.''
* KarmicDeath: For as long as the audience has seen him, Professor Anders has been associated with talking. As he teacher, he gives long lectures to the de Rolo children, is fond of doling out TheReasonYouSuck speeches to Percy and Cassandra and [[NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead a posthumous one to their deceased mother, calling her a "bitch"]] and most famously uses his [[CompellingVoice literal silver tongue to mind control others to his will]]. He dies by getting his [[FacialHorror jaw '''shot off''']] which [[TongueTrauma severs his tongue, his most valuable tool, completely from his mouth.]]
* LivingApart: [[spoiler:More dying apart than living apart, but when Percy shoots off Anders' magical tongue it tries to crawl off and escape on its own; Grog stabs it with an arrow while Percy deals with the rest of Anders]].
* PersonalityPowers: In Percy's flashback in the prior episode, Anders demonstrated frustration at Cassandra ignoring his lesson to mess with Percy, as well as Lord de Rolo refusing his suggestions to improve residuum production—in other words, a dislike of people ignoring him or disobeying his commands. The Briarwoods’ gift ensures that nobody can ever ignore him or his orders ever again. Ironically, Percy, the one person who apparently always listened to his lessons and behaved himself as a model student, is the one person he never controls with the ability, out of a sadistic desire to torment him.
* SinsOfOurFathers: Anders attempts to kill Cassandra and Percy because he felt slighted by their parents after all of his greater ambitions were shut down. Cassandra and Percy had been nothing but loyal to Anders, even saying "we would have done anything you asked". But Anders wanted his vengeance, and it cost him dearly.
* SmugSnake: Anders is smug and confident throughout the entire encounter with Vox Machina, toying with them and taking his time with killing them. His overconfidence proves his undoing as he doesn't mind control Percy but instead intends to let his friends kill him, only for Percy to shoot him with a trick shot.
* VillainBall: While having the last target of revenge at his mercy, Anders saw fit to draw out the demise by making Percy's friends kill him instead, which gave Percy an opening to shoot his jaw off.
* WickedCultured: As a professor by trade, Anders is incredibly erudite, intellectual, and well-spoken, and his voice actor Creator/StephenRoot emphasizes this with an upper-class accent circa early 1900's America, not unlike what old recordings of the Presidents sounded like. He's also a petty, sadistic traitor and easily one of the most unlikable people in the entire first season.
* YourHeadAsplode: [[spoiler:A point-blank shot through the roof of his mouth into his head is what kills him after Percy blasts Anders with the List, sending him out a window. When the camera shows his corpse, his head is nothing but a red smear on the ground]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kerrion Stonefell]]
!!Sir Kerrion Stonefell
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DarinDePaul
-->Race: Duergar

Captain of the guard for the Briarwoods. A disgusting, evil mess of a man.
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* AdaptationalUgliness: Is human and described as having an almost boyish charm in the original campaign, but in the animated series is a [[{{Gonk}} fat bald man who is described as a disgusting, evil mess]].
* AdaptationalVillainy: Much more openly sadistic and cruel in the animated series.
* AnArmAndALeg: His left arm is severed at the shoulder just before Percy kills him.
* BadBoss: At one point he kneecaps one of his own men in order to bring the poor sod down to the proper height for Stonefell to use him as a human shield.
* BaldOfEvil: Adding to his ugliness and his evilness, Kerrion has no hair at all on his head.
* CompositeCharacter: His AdaptationalUgliness is largely the result of taking on the rotund form and disgusting physical appearance of [[AdaptedOut Count Tylieri]]. His nature as a hammer wielding Duergar who serves as the arc’s StarterVillain also harkens to the unnamed Duergar General from the stream’s Underdark arc.
* DropTheHammer: Kerrion wields a large hammer when fighting the rebels trying to rescue Archibald and kills a fair few of them with it.
* FatBastard: Stonefell is small, pudgy, and singularly repulsive in looks, morals, and personality.
* {{Gonk}}: Kerrion is a grotesque and disgusting mess of a man, as ugly as he is evil.
* MoreDespicableMinion: Sylas and Delilah are obviously a more serious threat and commit '''plenty''' of monstrously evil acts on-screen, [[WhamEpisode the ending of "Fate's Journey", anyone?]] However, Delilah's descent into villainy was [[LoveMakesYouEvil to save her beloved husband from succumbing to a rare fatal disease]] which makes her motive a bit more sympathetic with fans than if she turned to villainy simply for power or other selfish desires. Also, both Sylas and Delilah [[UnHolyMatrimony are still openly affectionate with and protect each other even after all these years]], and are [[EvilIsCool charismatic and entertaining enough to endear themselves to fans and casual viewers.]] Meanwhile, Stonefell has ''no'' love for anyone beyond himself (He is respectful and obedient to the Briarwoods, but mainly because they let him run an ''pseudo Spanish Inquisition'' for rebels who try to take Whitestone back), commits sadistic acts of torture and murder for no other reason than [[ForTheEvulz sheer enjoyment]], which he even admitted in an episode and has little to no characterization beyond being a sadistic, murderous toadie for the real antagonists.
* RaceLift: In the original campaign he is a human, but the blueish-grey color of his skin, his brutish features and especially his short size paired with his stocky build imply that he is a Duergar in the series.
* StarterVillain: The first named antagonist to be confronted in Whitestone.
* StoutStrength: He has a notable girth, but wields his hammer with enough strength to bash someone's head in with a single strike.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Goran Vedmire]]
!!Duke Goran Vedmire
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RoryMcCann
-->Race: Goliath

A mercenary turned lord under the Briarwoods with a knack for torture.
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* ActorAllusion: Thanks to Scanlan, Vedmire loses about half of his face to burn scars and comes out looking nearly identical to his actor's [[Characters/GameOfThronesHouseClegane most famous role]]. He's also bald with massive sideburns, like Tywin Lannister, as well as freakishly strong and outlandishly violent, like Gregor Clegane.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the original webshow, he was only a mild threat to Scanlan when the latter raided his mansion, and was defeated and captured offscreen by the people of Whitestone. Here, Scanlan barely makes it out with his life during the first encounter with him. Later, Goran returns with a pack of giant zombies, nearly kills Scanlan ''again'' and [[spoiler:kills Archie in combat]].
* BaldOfEvil: Being a goliath means he has no hair and he's a brutal enforcer of the Briarwoods.
* {{BFS}}: Vedmire wields a large executioner's greatsword with a rounded and wide tip. Very fitting for a person serving as enforcer and executioner for the Briarwoods.
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:In the webshow, he was spared by the people of Whitestone in exchange for him being forced to help rebuild the city. Here, after killing Archie, Percy shoots him in the leg and then lets the citizens of Whitestone do the rest.]]
* EgomaniacHunter: Implied. His mansion is filled with taxidermies and trophies of various creatures, and he makes a remark about usually being the one hunting beasts in ''their'' domain as a [[{{Animorphism}} polymorphed]] Scanlan wreaks havoc inside.
* GoldTooth: He noticeably has a few gold teeth, implying he lost them in a fight and replaced them once he became a wealthy lord under the Briarwoods.
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Kills the rebellion leader Archibald Desnay]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Percy incapacitates him in retribution for Archie's death, but because he's not on Percy's [[GottaKillEmAll revenge list]], he decides not to kill him personally, instead calling upon the citizens of Whitestone, whom Vedmire had helped to brutally oppress, to [[DoWithHimAsYouWill have their way with him]]. They oblige, and Vedmire is hanged from the Sun Tree just as he had done to many innocent townsfolk.]]
* NeckLift: Vedmire lifts up Archibald by the neck during his interrogation, slamming him against the wall and choking him.
* OneHandedZweihander: Being a super strong goliath, Vedmire has no issue swinging around that large greatsword of his with just one hand.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: [[spoiler:Attempts this when the battle turns against the Briarwood forces, only for Percy to shoot out his leg and then [[CruelMercy leave him to the mercy of the long-oppressed people of Whitestone]]]].
* ToiletHumour: In the episode "Scanbo", Scanlan tries to sneak into Vedmire's house to create a distraction for the rest of Vox Machina. Unfortunately, he finds himself in the privvy, and Vedmire is on the toilet itself at the time taking a poop.
* TrophyRoom: Has a room in his house filled with trophies of beasts and animals that he's hunted, including the skull of a triceratops somehow. After Scanlan ends up pissing him off with his intrusion, he intends to add his head to the wall.
* ViolentGlaswegian: Creator/RoryMcCann tones down his powerful native accent to a growling burr that is nonetheless audibly Scottish. As for the "violent" part, [[spoiler:he tears a man's ear off with his ''fingers'' in his opening scene]].
* WouldHurtAChild: Reveals that he strung up the children from the Sun Tree while taunting Scanlan in "Scanbo".
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Doctor Anna Ripley]]
!!Doctor Anna Ripley
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KellyHu
-->Race: Human

An ally of the Briarwoods, and one of the targets on The List.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Sat out the conflict with the Chroma Conclave in the original stream, but here she actively aids Umbrasyl in stealing a Vestige of Divergence.
* AdaptationExpansion: Takes a bigger role in the Chrome Conclave arc. In the stream, she was the ArcVillain of one of the many subplots during this storyline, providing Vox Machina with competition with chasing the Vestiges of Divergence, but she did this with the aid of mercenaries and was uninvolved in the affairs of the Chroma Conclave as well as her own bargain with Orthax. Here, she's more directly connected to the Chroma Conclave and takes a more prominent presence in the storyline.
* AnArmAndALeg: Lost her right hand while trying to create her own firearm.
* ArtificialLimbs: After her escape she replaces her missing hand with a metallic one.
* BigBadDuumvirate: {{Downplayed|Trope}} with her alliance with Umbrasyl in Season 2. The Chroma Conclave are the overriding villains, but it is Ripley's deal with the black dragon that poses the [[TheHeavy biggest immediate threat]] after she informs him of Vox Machina's quest for the Vestiges of Divergence and the strength the weapons could grant him, resulting in the two teaming up to hunt down the artifacts and oversee the pillaging of Westruun in their mutual pursuit of greater power. Umbrasyl, for his part, seems to consider Ripley a legitimate partner, allowing her to ride on his back and backtalk the likes of both the Herd and even Thordak himself.
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Percy is talked into letting her live when they find her imprisoned in the castle dungeon because she's the only one who has even the faintest idea of what the Briarwoods' endgame is.
* DragonAscendant: Ripley served as one of the Briarwoods' very first conspirators, a chief player in both the slaughter of the de Rolo family and the torture of the survivors, and one of the architects of the ziggurat summoning ritual, though this alliance has considerably soured and she has lost the role to Anders by the time Vox Machina arrives in Whitestone. She is nonetheless the only one of the Briarwoods' associates to escape the city unscathed, going on to enact her own plans with the Chroma Conclave as one of the main villains of season 2.
* EnemyMine: After she was thrown in the dungeon by the Briarwoods when her usefulness came to an end, Ripley had no love for them and offers her aid in helping Vox Machina thwart their scheme. It takes a lot of convincing to persuade Percy to stay his hand long enough to reach the Ziggurat.
* EvilCounterpart: Like Percy, she's a brilliant engineer. She was even trying to make her own guns.
* HiddenAgendaVillain: [[spoiler:In Season 2, after learning of Vox Machina's plans to collect the Vestiges of Divergence via [[SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands scrying]], she informs Umbrasyl of the party's intentions and encourages the vile black dragon to collect the Vestiges for himself. Ripley, however, seems to have other plans for the relics, and mentions in episode 11 that she's helping the dragon in exchange for "resources." Regardless of whether this refers to his aid or the Vestiges themselves, it's clear she's got her own scheme on the go, and there's no telling what it is]].
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: After everything she's put Percy through, including murdering his parents and (seemingly) his little sister right in front of him, she ''genuinely'' believes she can talk Percy into becoming partners in episode 11. Percy's answer is obviously 'no'.
* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: When torturing Percy for information doesn't work, she moves to torturing Cassandra in front of him (and vice-versa, according to Cassandra's traumatic memory flashes).
* KarmaHoudini:
** Zig-zagged. Working with the Briarwoods to dispose of the majority of the de Rolos got her thrown into a dungeon when she attempted to leave after the job was done. However, she is the only one out of the Briarwoods' henchmen [[spoiler:who survives the events in Whitestone and escapes unscathed to live another day.]]
** [[spoiler:After manipulating Umbrasyl into collecting the vestiges, which results in massive strife for Vox Machina and those around them, Ripley escapes completely undetected when the dragon is killed, free to regroup and continue her plans again]].
* ManipulativeBastard: She feeds Umbrasyl promises of vast power that the Vestiges could grant him after leading him to Mythcarver, sending the black dragon into an obsession with the artifacts and driving a wedge between him and Thordak--although the Hope Devourer is slain before she can get him to outright turn against the Cinder King.
* NonActionBigBad: Ripley's lack of fighting prowess or magical abilities means she generally stays out of direct conflict. She instead manipulates Umbrasyl into doing all of the heavy lifting in recovering the Vestiges, never once confronting Vox Machina throughout season 2--the only interaction they have with her is when Scanlan spies on her and Umbrasyl meeting with the Herd, and he completely fails to recognize her.
* PetTheDog: She saves Percy from being impaled by one of her traps. Though knowing her, it's likely she was just attempting to manipulate him into letting her go.
* PsychoForHire: By comparison to the other names on Percy's list, two of whom masterminded his family's destruction and the other two he knew personally, Ripley is no more than an exceptionally talented, exceptionally amoral mercenary purely with the Briarwoods for her own benefit.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
** After leading Vox Machina to the ziggurat, [[spoiler:Ripley makes her escape before the battle with the Briarwoods is joined, saying that that was more than she signed up for.]]
** [[spoiler:She tries convincing Umbrasyl to escape with her and cut their losses after he flees Vox Machina's trap. When he refuses and decides to stay and fight, she doesn't involve herself and leaves unscathed while he is killed by the party]].
* TheSociopath: Outright called this in the series itself, and it's not hard to see why. Ripley seems to have no emotional attachment to anyone at all, betrays whoever she must and switches sides at the drop of a hat to save her own skin, and is willing to murder and torture for personal gain without so much as a change in expression. She also doesn't seem to process fear to any rational human degree, taking Percy's Orthax-empowered threats to her life and later scaling a lake of acid in cold, professional stride.
* TortureTechnician: Brutally tortured Percy and Cassandra when they were children.
* VillainExitStageLeft: [[spoiler:She escapes before the final confrontation with the Briarwoods, Percy being unable to stop her without his pepperbox alerting the Briarwoods, and promises him that WeWillMeetAgain.]]
* VillainRespect: She acknowledges Percy as a brilliant fellow scientist and attempts several times to converse with him about weapon technology. In episode 11 she even goes so far as to offer him a partnership, and seems honestly disappointed when he declines.
* VillainTeamUp: Ends up forming an alliance with Umbrasyl in the second season, helping him to track down Vox Machina and steal the Mythcarver.
* WouldHurtAChild: She tortured Percy and Cassandra for information about the De Rolo family and the properties of residuum. In Episode 10, this is shown with a flashback of Ripley slicing a young Percy's chest open with a hook.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Craven Edge]]
!!Craven Edge
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/craven_edge_0.png]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MatthewMercer

Sylas Briarwood's personal sword, later claimed by Grog after the noble's death. Unfortunately for him, the blade is more than it appears.
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* AdaptationalBadass: Craven Edge was just a sentient, bloodthirsty sword in the game, and any control it exerted over Grog was simple, mundane manipulation. Here, it is able to magically influence the Barbarian. Even when it is destroyed, it unleashes a massive burst of magic that drain’s Grog’s strength.
* AdaptationalSeriousness: While it was a pretty horrifying weapon in the stream, it was treated as TheComicallySerious and its hold on Grog and his attempts to hide it from the others was oftentimes source for dark comedy. Here, the corruptive hold it has on Grog is more readily PlayedForDrama and treated not unlike a drug addiction.
* AdaptationalWimp: Craven Edge’s last action is to sap Grog of his strength. In the stream, Craven Edge sucked out his soul and killed him.
* BlackSwordsAreBetter: Not only is it a black blade, it also feeds on blood, growing bigger and meaner-looking the more blood it drinks, and can be [[SummonToHand magically summoned by Sylas]].
* CompellingVoice: The sword can communicate with Grog, but he just assumes is a normal thing to communicate with an evil black sword taken from an even more evil vampire like it was his closest friend. Later, when he fights off the fish-people, the sword talks again and compels Grog to kill as much and as brutally as possible to feed its own hunger for blood.
* CoolSword: It feeds on blood (not only making it larger with more blood it "feeds" on, but also changing its appearance slightly) and Sylas can magically summon it to hand.
* TheCorruptor: Begins influencing Grog into more unnecessary, sadistic violence, something that Pike notices rather quickly, leaving her quite disturbed by her companion's sudden change in behavior.
* DeathByAdaptation: Gets snapped in half by Grog, rather than being sealed in a demiplane like in the original stream.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Literature/TheElricSaga Stormbringer]], a malevolent sword that influences its wielder into bloodthirsty violence.
* HungryWeapon: Craven Edge has a mind of its own, constantly hungering for more bloodshed.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Despite its corruption of Grog being played dead seriously, it actually ''sighs'' when Grog farts in its presence.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Like Percy's pepperbox in the season before it, Craven Edge is a sentient, malevolent weapon that tries to corrupt its wielder.
* TakingYouWithMe: Screams this at Grog when he musters up the nerve to destroy it. While it tries to make good on this, Grog survives, albeit reduced to an emaciated husk.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Whispered One]]
!!The Whispered One
-->Race: Lich

The undead patron of the Briarwoods and the true mastermind behind their plans in Whitestone.
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* AntiMagic: The black orb that manifests in his location after Delilah's ritual failed has this effect, nullifying Scanlan's bardic magic, banishing Pike's Astral projection, and negating any magical effects caused by their healing elixirs. This is a problem, as Delilah ran Keyleth through with a spike of dark magic before he was summoned, forcing Vox Machina to retreat a safe distance from the orb until they can use magic again to try and heal her.
* CompositeCharacter: Even moreso than in the source material, the Whispered One has elements of both the classic ''[=D&D=]'' Vecna (the ability to be an ethereal presence, vaguely divine-esque powers including anti-magic, and eye and hand symbology) and of ''[=Pathfinder=]''[='s=] Tar-Baphon (heavy use of proxies and a dedicated group of necromancers and other students of undeath, deep hatred of other divinities, needing to be "unsealed" to act upon the world again, and the use of "whisper" in his title).
* TheCorrupter: Very heavily implied. Though the show doesn't give viewers a completely clear read on what the Briarwoods were like before Delilah made her pact with her patron, what little we do see of her, at least, is very far from the deranged, tyrannical {{Hypocrite}} she became under the Whispered One's influence.
* DealWithTheDevil: It was sheer desperation and heartbreak that drove Delilah to seek any means to bring back Sylas, leading to her bargaining with the Whispered One to return her husband in exchange for the couple entering his employ to summon him into the world.
* EarlyBirdCameo: He makes two very short appearances far earlier than his debut in the livestream, once when Delilah's performs her ritual and earlier when he scares Pike (and the audience) half to death by [[JumpScare rushing towards her at lightning speed]] during her communion with the Everlight.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Delilah and Sylas are the chief antagonists of the story arc in Whitestone and Vox Machina's targets, but the duo are ultimately the servants of a higher power.
* TheUnfought: Vox Machina never gets the chance to come to blows with the Whispered One, as Delilah's ritual only briefly manifests him before his image quickly dissipates upon appearing.
* WritingAroundTrademarks: Much like how Sarenrae is only ever referred to as her title of the Everlight, the Whispered One's true name as Vecna is never once uttered.
[[/folder]]

!!The Herd of Storms

[[folder:In General]]
A ruthless band of raiders that are working under Umbrasyl's wing.
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* AdaptedOut: Kevdak's right hand man, Greenbeard, is absent in the cartoon. As is Zanror's girlfriend Worra.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: There appears to be a couple of non-goliath members in a normally purely goliath herd. As the herd value strength above all, even blood, it appears that they welcome any race or gender should the individual be strong enough to raid.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: While normally sadistic and merciless raiders, the rest of the Herd can't bring themselves to watch Kevdak brutally beat Grog to an inch of his life. Similarly, many look away at Kevdak beating down his own son, Zanror.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Once Kevdak is slain and Grog appoints Zanror as the new Thunderlord, they happily switch to Vox Machina's side to slay Umbrasyl.]]
* TheHorde: They're the classic fantasy marauders that value strength above all and pillage anything in their path. Even their name evokes this trope.
* MightMakesRight: Rigidly follow this as their guiding philosophy. The biggest, toughest warrior is in charge, and everyone else has to do what they say -- that is, unless someone even bigger and tougher [[KlingonPromotion kills them in single combat]] and becomes the new leader.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Their alliance with Umbrasyl is very strained, with the dragon ready to wipe them out the moment they stop becoming useful and many members of the Herd, including Kevdak's own son, clearly unhappy with being forced to serve someone else.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kevdak]]
!! Kevdak
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kevdak.png]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RalphIneson
-->Race: Goliath
The Thunderlord of the Herd and Grog's uncle.
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* AbusiveParents: Ready and willing to beat his son and nephew nearly to death for any slight.
* AmbitionIsEvil: While the rest of the Herd isn't good, per se, Kevdak is set apart from them by a desire to rule Westruun rather than remain nomadic, and is especially evil.
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Grog nearly slices his left arm off just above the elbow. Kevdak rips it the rest of the way off and tries to beat Grog to death with it.]]
* BadassBaritone: A given for any Ralph Ineson character.
* BadBoss: Is unafraid to beat any insubordinate members of the Herd to near death with the Titanstone Knuckles, including his own son.
* BerserkButton: ''Never'' suggest that he's weak.
* BigBadWannabe: Despite his ambitions of ruling Westruun in Umbrasyl's name, Kevdak's efforts to appease the dragon are all for naught, as the Hope Devourer intended to kill him and steal the gauntlets the moment they had collected enough gold for the Conclave's plans.
* ClimaxBoss: Kevdak is the climactic opponent for Grog's character arc in season 2. After struggling with Craven Edge's corruption and Earthbreaker Groon's question of "where does [his] strength come from" throughout the entire season, Grog's duel with his uncle is what gets him to realize his strength comes from his friends, throwing off Craven Edge's curse to engage in an epic battle that escalates into the entirety of Vox Machina taking on the Herd of Storms, which culminates in Grog killing the tyrannical Thunderlord in a final rejection of the marauder ways he almost slipped back into under the black sword's sway.
* DeathByLookingUp: [[spoiler:Only has a single moment to look up just as Grog comes down from high in the air to bisect him vertically with an ax swing.]]
* TheDragon: Umbrasyl's primary tool through which he plunders Westruun. Unlike the black dragon's alliance with Ripley, which he seems content to treat as a partnership, it's obvious who is in charge in his dealings with the Herd.
* TheDreaded: On top of being the ruthless leader of a gang of murderous marauders, he invokes a special amount of fear from Grog after nearly killing him for his refusal to murder Wilhand. Wilhand himself is naturally just as scared when Grog brings him up.
* EarlyBirdCameo: He's shown in a few short flashes two episodes before he properly appears in "A Test of Pride": in Grog's dream and Scanlan's vision of the Vestiges.
* EvilCounterpart: The embodiment of everything Grog fears and regrets from his past life with the Herd, a merciless warlord who values strength above everything and everyone else. While he's being corrupted by Craven Edge, Grog at one point sees a vision of Kevdak congratulating him for his ruthlessness, further signifying just how close he is to going off the deep end.
* EvilOldFolks: Kevdak was fairly old even in Grog's flashbacks, which logically had to have been a good twenty years ago, and he's positively elderly in modern day. He's still a ruthless monster of a man and he's still built like a grain silo.
* EvilSoundsDeep: In cast full of scary baritones, he certainly stands out.
* EvilUncle: To Grog, who he raised to be a violent, ruthless barbarian in his marauder days.
* {{Foil}}: To Wilhand. They're both the patriarch and have served as some kind of ParentalSubstitute to Grog, but Kevdak was an abusive monster who nearly killed Grog while Wilhand saved him and helped shape him into the man he is.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler:As in the campaign, Grog bisects him vertically with an ax swing from high in the air.]]
* ImplacableMan: He can be hurt. He can be wounded. But in combat, he ''cannot be stopped''. Any injuries inflicted on him, no matter how severe, can be shrugged off, endured and the favour returned tenfold upon his attacker. Grog slicing out his eye seemed more to startle and anger him than effect his combat prowess. [[spoiler:Grog almost cutting his arm off just leads to him tearing the remainder off and using it as a bludgeon to smack him away with a scowl on his face, and he's still presented as a formidable force that is barely restrained from turning the tide by Vex's vine arrows. Ultimately it took Grog cleaving him vertically in half with a blow powerful enough to crater the ground to kill him, and going by Kevdak's expression, if he'd still had an arm on the side his head was on, he'd have tried to swing at Grog even on death's door]].
* ItsPersonal: His alliance with Umbrasyl puts him in Vox Machina's way, but his relationship to Grog is the central part of his antagonism.
* PowerFist: Wields the Titanstone Knuckles and asserts his dominance by beating anybody in his way with his fists.
* PragmaticVillainy: It gets him accused of cowardice by both the Herd and Grog, but ultimately, Kevdak is proven to be correct that the Herd allying with Umbrasyl is better for them than going against him. [[spoiler:Even when Grog takes his Titanstone Knuckles and attacks the black dragon with the Herd in a coordinated trap, along with the additional vestiges wielded by the rest of Vox Machina, he proves too powerful to contain, kills large numbers of the Herd, and very nearly killed Vox Machina in a protracted fight, only failing at the last second by Scanlan's near HeroicSacrifice and a lucky shot. Kevdak attacking him with his single vestige would have decimated the Herd in the end]].
* UnskilledButStrong: It becomes apparent that for all his sheer strength, Kevdak isn't all that skilled. Once Grog regains his strength, Kevdak struggles to land an actual hit on him due to Grog having became much more skilled. It takes using the Titanstone Knuckles to power up enough sheer brute strength is all he needs, and even then Kevdak has trouble hitting him.
* TheRedBaron: "The Thunderlord," though this appears to merely be the title of anyone who leads the Herd.
* WouldHurtAChild: Happily beats down his teenage nephew and son.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Zanror]]
!! Zanror
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zanroar.png]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Abubakar Salim
-->Race: Goliath
The son of Kevdak and Grog's cousin.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the Campaign, Grog broke his jaw before he was banished, and it healed crooked, giving Zanror a distinct look. In the animated series he does not have this injury and is fairly handsome among the half-giants shown.
* BashBrothers: Was this with Grog when they were young.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: One of the handsomer members of the Herd and the one chosen to lead the Herd into a more noble future. While none of the Herd is "good," Zanror doesn't engage in nearly as much direct violence. His introduction in flashback is even him protecting Grog, rather than simply being part of the raid.
* DistressedDude: Is chained up and in need of rescue when Grog shows up at the end of ''A Test of Pride.''
* EarlyBirdCameo: Appears for a second as the half-giant making an offering to Umbrasyl several episodes before his proper introduction as Grog's cousin.
* EasilyForgiven: Grog doesn't hold it against him that Zanror told Kevdak about his attempt to rescue Wilhand when they were young, despite it leading to Grog's beating and banishment. In adulthood, Zanror does seem to admire the fact that Grog stood up to Kevdak.
* {{Foil}}: To his cousin Grog. They're both young half-giants challenging the leadership of the Herd, who were both raised by Kevdak. Grog stood up to Kevdak when they were young and it took Zanror until well into adulthood. Zanror is smart and calculating while Grog is notably ditzy and recklessly brave.
* PunchClockVillain: He's less interested in killing and raiding than his father (moving to kill Wilhand just so his dad doesn't find out Grog hesitated), just keeping it up to spare himself Kevdak's abuse. He's happy to agree to lead honorably and help kill Umbrasyl.
* TheStarscream: Believes his father is running the Herd into the ground to the point of challenging his leadership.
* YouAreInCommandNow: [[spoiler: Takes over as Thunderlord upon his father's death.]]
[[/folder]]

!!Others
[[folder:Orthax]]
!!Orthax
[[quoteright:336:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/orthax_lovm.png]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MatthewMercer
-->Race: Demon

A malevolent spirit that is guiding Percy's path of vengeance.
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* AdaptationalWimp: Downplayed. While just as dangerous as before, in the original web series, Orthax was capable of leaving the host's body if it wanted to engage in combat. Here, he requires the host's body to fight.
* BlankWhiteEyes: They're reflected in Percy's mask, and the ScaryShinyGlasses trope is also used to suggest his influence because of the resemblance to him.
* BottomlessMagazines: While Percy normally needs to reload between his revolver's six shots, he never once stops firing after Orthax starts to take his hold on him. Vex [[LampshadeHanging comments on]] this oddity, implying that Orthax is magically augmenting the pepperbox for infinite capacity.
* TheCorruption: Twists Percy into a nightmarish avatar of vengeance whenever he executes a target on The List.
* CycleOfRevenge: It's a demon of vengeance, and constantly adds names to Percy's kill list. At one point, it adds Cassandra's name to the list for her apparent betrayal, though she was being controlled by the Briarwoods at the time. Later, it adds the names of Percy's companions in Vox Machina.
* DarkIsEvil: It's a black, smoke-like demon that corrupts Percy into vengeful rage.
* DemonicPossession: Feasting on Percy's desire for vengeance against those who murdered the De Rolo family, Orthax keeps Percy focused by feeding this desire into RevengeBeforeReason.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: In the original web series, Orthax was killed in combat by a combination of Grog and Trinket. In the cartoon, Orthax retreats to Percy's gun after Percy shoots himself to harm Orthax, and is dissolved with Percy's weapon after Scanlan throws it in acid.
* EvilVsEvil: Orthax wants to help Percy kill the Briarwoods and their associates, but only because doing so strengthens its hold on Percy and gives it souls to feed on.
* FinalBoss: With the Briarwoods defeated in the penultimate episode, the first season's finale centers around Percy overcoming Orthax's influence as the demon possesses him to fight the rest of Vox Machina.
* TheHeavy: The Briarwoods are the {{Big Bad}}s of the first season with farther reaching plans than the demon's desire to possess Percy, but it's because of this corruption of their friend that Orthax becomes a more personal enemy for Vox Machina as a whole. Percy's quest for revenge (which Orthax encourages and enables) already drives the plot, but the demon's growing influence causes the de Rolo heir to fall into obsession and begin using excessively violent methods that put him at odds with his friends, ultimately leading to Orthax eclipsing the usurper nobles as the climactic (if lower-stakes) final fight of the season in a battle for Percy's soul.
* MovingTheGoalposts: Played for drama. No matter how many people Percy kills, The List will always gain new names for him to hunt down thanks to Orthax wanting to consume more souls. It even adds the names of Vox Machina for a perceived slight, and gradually takes over more of Percy's mind as he kills more people on the List.
* NoNameGiven: It is never named out loud on the show, referred to only as "The Smoke" or "The Demon" by other characters, but is still listed as "Orthax" in the credits and subtitles.
* PeoplePuppets: It has at least some control over Percy's body. Percy has to fight to prevent Orthax from shooting Vex with The List, tries and fails to kill himself with The List when he just barely stops, and has to shoot through his own hand just to shock himself out of the DemonicPossession.
* SoulEating: Devours the souls of whoever Percy kills with The List.
* SuperSmoke: Manifests itself as black smoke whenever Percy finds a target of his revenge. At first Percy dismisses it as smoke from the black powder when Keyleth brings it up, but eventually the smoke is so visible and plainly wrong that none of the team can deny its presence.
* WritingAroundTrademarks: He's clearly based on an invidiak/shadow demon from both ''D&D'' and ''Pathfinder'' (and ''was'' one in the tabletop games), actually leaning a bit more toward the ''PF'' interpretation of such a creature (which makes sense, since ''Vox Machina'' began as a ''PF'' campaign and this is when Taliesin likely would've pitched the initial idea to Matt). He's never referred to as anything other than a "demon" generically in the show, however, and his show design has some notable divergence from standard invidiak design. Specifically, his show design places a far greater emphasis on being smoke-like and suggestive of inner fire, to follow on thematically with him helping inspire Percy to make black powder wepaons that he forges and metal-works himself, all elements that call back to glowing embers, fire, and smoke.
* YourSoulIsMine: It consumes the souls of those Percy slays with The List.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hotis]]
!!Hotis
[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hotis_2.jpg]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MatthewMercer
-->Race: Rakshasa

Vax's "strangest kill".
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* TheCameo: Makes a minor appearance in episode five in the flashback montage of the party's strangest kills.
* DemotedToExtra: A brutal encounter in the stream that took half the party and members of the Slayer's Take to kill, here he's just a minor throwaway gag.
* DestinationDefenestration: Falls out of a window after getting a dagger through the head.
* WeWillMeetAgain: Claims he will return for vengeance once Vax defeats him. Whether he will make good on this promise like in the original campaign remains to be seen.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Saundor]]
!!Saundor
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saundor_8.jpg]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SendhilRamamurthy
-->Race: Archfey

The prince of the Shademurk Bog.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Saundor's tragic past and all sympathetic qualities he had from the webshow are completely removed here. Additionally, rather than trying to genuinely establish a bond with Vex like he did in the webshow, in the cartoon he attempts to MindRape Vex to persuade her, while leaving the rest of the party to die to his traps.
* AlienBlood: The same black mud that fills the Shademurk Bog runs through Saundor's veins and seeps out of him whenever he suffers a blow.
* AttackOnTheHeart: As a heart-broken recluse, there was no better way for Vex to kill them to first reject his predatory advances and then stab him straight in his broken heart.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: Saundor's eyes lack irises, but are simply pools of black tar. As he corrupts Vex, her eyes also begin to turn black.
* BottomlessMagazines: Saundor has no need for a quiver, since he can create wooden arrows from his body on a whim.
* FisherKing: The dark, creepy bog reflects the prince's desperate, depraved nature.
* GreenThumb: Most of Saundor's powers unrelated to Fenthras seem to involve manipulating the massive tree he resides in. He can summon {{Treants}} to fight for him, send vines to incapacitate his opponents, or even create massive walls of wood to protect him from attacks.
* IfICantHaveYou: It seems Saundor has made a habit of this, since not only does he begin a rampage against Vex at the slightest rejection, but he makes note that she is just like "the rest." The skulls sunken into the bog were probably potential lovers who spurned Saundor and met his wrath.
* LoveHungry: He latches onto Vex immediately, offering her everything she wants and insisting they would be perfect together and that he can fix her. When she breaks the spell, he snaps and tries to kill her while screaming at her for rejecting him. Judging from his comments and the skulls in his bog, she's probably not the first person he's attached himself to and then killed. Keyleth comments that even [[FisherKing the plants in his domain]] radiate longing.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: He serves as the main antagonist of "Echo Tree" as the wielder of the Fenthras longbow, but is killed off before he can leave any greater impact on the story.
* NotGoodWithRejection: When Vex refuses to join him, he immediately starts trying to kill her and her friends, focusing the entirety of his attention on her in the ensuing battle.
* PlantPerson: The cancerous tree has seemed to grown around and into Saundor, turning his elven skin to bark and causing branches and roots to pierce through his back.
* VillainHasAPoint: While Saundor was mostly being a manipulative creep, he's right when he tells Vex that her father will never approve of her, and that running herself ragged to earn his love is a losing game.
* VillainousCrush: Saundor is taken with Vex'ahlia and hopes to exploit her sorrows to make her his new mate.
* WeCanRuleTogether: He actually freely offers his bow, Fenthras, and his aid in fighting the dragons if Vex'ahlia is willing to forsake her friends and join him.
* WickedHeartSymbol: Saundor's heart is as black as soot and pumps similarly wretched tar throughout his wooden body. Fittingly, he is depicted as a sorrowful figure who preys on the misery and broken-heartedness of others.
[[/folder]]


!Allies and Other Characters

!!Emon, the City of Fellowship

!!!Royal Family

[[folder:Sovereign Uriel]]
!! Sovereign Uriel Tal'Dorei II
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sovreign_uriel.png]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KharyPayton (English), Peter Flechtner (German)
-->Race: Human

The sovereign ruler of Tal'Dorei and its capital Emon.
----
* AbdicateTheThrone: [[spoiler:He declares he will do this during his speech at the end of "The Darkness Within", shaken by the relative ease with which he was manipulated by General Krieg and the Briarwoods.]]
* BaldOfAuthority: He's bald and is the ruler of Tal'Dorei.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Sylas Briarwood uses his powers to brainwash him into not investigating Whitestone any further.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:He is too late to get behind Allura's protection spell and ends up caught in Raishan's poisonous breath. He gets to look one last time at his family as the dragon's poison causes him to bleed from every orifice.]]
* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:As he is caught by Raishan's poison, he spends his last moments with a relieved expression, seeing that his family got out of danger, and shines a final smile to his wife.]]
* RaceLift: In the original webshow he was white and had a head full of hair, but here he's bald, black and with a white beard.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Unlike the rest of the council, he's at least willing to give Vox Machina the chance to prove themselves, mostly because he likes Trinket the bear. Even while brainwashed, he at least leaves Vox Machina's punishment to Allura's discretion. After all is said and done, [[spoiler:he decides to abdicate in favor of establishing the council as the new governing body, reasoning that one person being given so much authority means that the country's leadership is at greater risk if that one person is corrupted or controlled.]]
[[/folder]]

!!!Council of Tal'Dorei

[[folder:Lady Allura]]
!!Allura Vysoren
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lady_allura_8.png]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IndiraVarma (English), (German)
-->Race: Human
-->Class: Wizard

Master of Arcana of the Tal'Dorei Council.
----
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In the original game, she was very friendly with Vox Machina by the time of the Briarwood arc. Here, she barely knows them, and their exploits are much less impressive by Episode 3. As such, this version of Lady Allura is barely tolerant of Vox Machina.
* BattleCouple: With Lady Kima, having adventured alongside her for years before joining the council of Tal'Dorei.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Allura is said to have saved the world from Thordak when she was younger, but we only gleam a short flashback of her and a group of friends much like Vox Machina.
* NiceGirl: Always polite to everyone, even the wacky Vox Machina.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She's naturally angry with Vox Machina for attacking the Briarwoods at the feast (unaware that they're sadistically evil), but she also realizes that Uriel is acting rashly, listens to Vox Machina's side of the story, acknowledges that the kingdom owes them for killing a dragon, and places them under house arrest rather than throwing them in the palace prison.
* SilkHidingSteel: When the Conclave attacks Emon, Allura is able to shield civilians from Raishan's noxious gas and magically restrain Umbrasyl long enough to knock him out of the sky. She's the Master of Arcana for a REASON.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lady Kima]]
!!Lady Kima of Vord
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ba4fa3f7_29df_45c8_ad20_7e427d843d25.png]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/StephanieBeatriz
-->Race: Halfling
-->Class: Paladin

The headstrong companion of Lady Allura.
----
* AdaptationalJobChange: In the stream, Lady Kima was a paladin of Bahamut from the holy city of Vasselheim. Here, she's a member of the Council of Tal'Dorei, which is on a whole other continent. The guards at the Platinum Sanctuary in Vasselheim wear similar armor as her, implying the connection is still present but not confirming it.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In the original game, Vox Machina rescued Kima and so she was a strong supporter of theirs, to the point of being an HonoraryTrueCompanion. Here, she is a fairly skeptical member of the Council instead.
* BattleCouple: With Lady Allura, using brawn in tandem with Allura's magical abilities as adventurers and council members.
* DeadpanSnarker: She's rather dismissive of Vox Machina and prone to throwing snarky comments at them.
* DropTheHammer: Lady Kima carries around a large two-handed hammer as her personal weapon and uses it with her divine magic as well.
* LightEmUp: During the Chroma Conclave's attack on Emon, Kima blasts Umbrasyl with a bolt of light from a strike with her hammer.
* MagicKnight: As a Paladin, Kima is primarily a physical fighter who also wields divine magic.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:General Krieg]]
!!General Krieg
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/general_kreig_3.png]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DavidTennant
-->Race: Human

Master of Law and General of Emon's Army. [[spoiler:Brimscythe killed him a long time ago and took his appearance]].
----
* AnimalMotifs: Keyleth notes that Kreig's lab really has "a thing for dragons" when Vox Machina searches it. There's a huge painting of a nude dragonborn woman covering one wall, and a symbol featuring five dragon heads is on the ground. [[spoiler:Makes sense, since the owner themselves is a disguised blue dragon in human form.]]
* CovertPervert: The battle-hardened and jovial General Krieg doesn't seem the type to have a gigantic, practically nude painting of a dragonborn woman hanging in his office. [[spoiler:It's hard to tell if this was something General Krieg owned or was something added in by Brimscythe, although the fact that the portal behind the portrait leads directly into the cave containing Brimscythe's hoard seems to imply the latter]].
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:The real General Krieg was slain by Brimscythe long ago and the dragon has taken the General's identity for itself]].
* AFatherToHisMen: General Krieg appears to be close to the soldiers under his command and inspires a contingent with a rousing speech during the hunt for Brimscythe. [[spoiler:Of course, it's all an act done by a disguised Brimscythe and he slaughters the soldiers afterwards in his true form as the dragon they're hunting]].
* GeneralRipper: Seems far too eager to send his troops to fight a blue dragon, especially given how woefully outmatched they are. [[spoiler:Except that was part of his plan all along]].
* KillAndReplace: [[spoiler:Brimscythe killed the real General Krieg sometime ago, taking his appearance and his position of power for himself]].
* MoleInCharge: [[spoiler:As general of Emon's armies, Brimscythe in the guise of Krieg is in perfect position to manipulate Sovereign Uriel and slaughter his own soldiers, leaving the capital defenseless]].
* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:He's long dead by the time we meet him and it's just Brimscythe running around with his likeness]].
* RousingSpeech: Gives an impressive speech to rally some of the soldiers hunting Brimscythe.
* StoutStrength: General Krieg is an experienced soldier of a wide and heavy build with armor on top.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sir Fince]]
!!Sir Gregory Fince
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sir_fince.png]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TonyHale
-->Race: Elf

Master of Defense of the Tal'Dorei Council.
----
* DarkIsNotEvil: Is a Drow-looking elf who is snooty to boot, but [[spoiler:he was loyal and gathering information]].
* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:While he does propose capturing the dragon or bribing it away, he is actually loyal and gathering intelligence on the true traitor before he is killed]].
* InTheBack: [[spoiler:Krieg kills him by stabbing him in the back with his sword]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:He's not the most pleasant person, but he was honestly trying to help Emon and put his life and reputation on the line to expose Krieg/Brymscythe.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: He is a snobby aristocrat who acts very rude and condescending towards Vox Machina.
* ObviouslyEvil: Vox Machina suspect him of being the dragon's inside man in the council once Vex clarifies that there's ''definitely'' somebody working with the beast in the room, pointing put his shifty attitude, Jerkass attitude towards them, and Percy even pointing out that he looks like '[[EvilMakesYouUgly a withered piece of scrap leather]]'. [[spoiler:He's not, but he didn't really do himself any favours acting and looking as suspicious as he does]].
* RedHerringMole: Fince is set up as the traitor on the council working with the dragon Brimscythe, with Vex's dragon senses acting up around him along with his general jerkass attitude causing them to suspect him. [[spoiler:But he is actually trying to uncover the true traitor: General Krieg]].
[[/folder]]

!!!Military

[[folder:Jarrett Howarth]]
!!Captain Jarret Howarth
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jarret_7.png]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EugeneByrd
-->Race: Human

Captain of the Guards in Emon's Army.
----
* AdaptationalJobChange: Here Jarett Howarth is a Captain of the Arms of Emon instead of a mere guard at Greyskull Keep for Vox Machina.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: As a result of his AdaptationalJobChange, Jarett is much colder and antagonistic towards Vox Machina as opposed to being a friendly employee to them.
* AFatherToHisMen: Part of the reason he lets Vox Machina go is that they intend to stop the people who sent wraiths to kill his guards.
* DeadpanSnarker: When Scanlan asks what the hell Vox Machina are supposed to do without their gear (including his lute), Jarrett dryly notes that he's sure they'll figure ''something'' out, considering they have the run of the entirety of Greyskull Keep.
* NoNonsenseNemesis: He takes his job of keeping Vox Machina under house arrest very seriously. Even when Vox Machina found a secret escape route, Jarett and his men were waiting for them at the exit.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Once he realizes that Vox Machina isn't responsible for killing his men and that there may be some truth to their story, he gives them weapons to fight the wraiths and eventually lets them go.
* SoleSurvivor: The only one out of his squad who isn't gruesomely murdered by the wraiths.
[[/folder]]

!!!Civilians

[[folder:Gilmore]]
!!Shaun Gilmore
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shaun_gilmore_2.png]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Sunil Malhotra (English), Oliver Feld (German)
-->Race: Human
-->Class: Sorcerer-Runechild
The fabulous proprietor of Gilmore's Glorious Goods.
----
* BewareTheNiceOnes: His shop is well-armed against would-be thieves, as Vex, Vax, and Keyleth discover in "Fate's Journey".
* BigBeautifulMan: Gilmore is a big man with a large midsection, and he's also gorgeous and flamboyant.
* BigFun: Gilmore has a husky physique and an extraverted personality to match.
* CampGay: A very flamboyant man with a romantic history with Vax.
* FriendlyShopkeeper: Friendly, even when he catches some of his favorite customers (well Vax at least) attempting to steal from him. Doesn't stop him from magically defending his stock, though.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Despite openly carrying a torch for Vax, he is delighted once he picks up on Vax's feelings for Keyleth.
* MrExposition: Is Vox Machina's go-to person for tips on how to take down magical enemies.
* NoHeroDiscount: While in Season 1 where even his friendly discount is steep, but averted in Season 2 where he tells Vox Machina to grab whatever they from the ruins of his shop since the city is burning down anyway.
* ShipperOnDeck: He immediately picks up on Vax's crush on Keyleth and seems very supportive of it. Much to Vex's chagrin.
* YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious: A nonverbal example. Gilmore is left dumbfounded by Vax when he suddenly calls him Shaun in season 2, being just another sign that something is off with Vax.
[[/folder]]

!!Whitestone

[[folder:Cassandra de Rolo]]
!!Cassandra de Rolo
[[quoteright:308:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cassandra_0.png]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Esme Creed-Miles
-->Race: Human
-->Class: Rogue-Swashbuckler

The sole surviving daughter of the de Rolo family, and currently a ward of the Briarwoods.
----
* AdaptationalHeroism: In the show, she is explicitly enthralled by Sylas the entire time, and turns on the Briarwoods the moment his control over her is broken. The campaign was more ambiguous, with Sylas only directly controlling her when her resolve begins to waver during her battle with Percy. Prior to that, it was implied she was acting of her own accord[[note]]as the heroes were well aware of Silas' mind control powers and had subjected her to numerous tests to try and see if she was under his influence, all of which she seemingly passed[[/note]] but had been [[DespairEventHorizon so thoroughly broken]] by the Briarwoods that she had begun to willingly aid them out of a StockholmSyndrome-esque survival instinct. In particular, her betrayal of Percy in the acid trap seems to have been genuine rather than forced as it was in the show.
* AgeLift: Cassandra was originally the youngest of the de Rolo siblings; here, she appears to be the middle child and only slightly younger than Percy, with two younger twin siblings.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Flashbacks in episode 7 show she was this to Percy, frequently attempting to distract and bother him when they were being tutored. She still excipits some of this in the present, occasionally teasing Percy.
* BewareTheQuietOnes: Most of the time she has an exhausted calm about her and simply follows Vox Machina around. However, once she gets her hands on a weapon, she proves to be a very skilled fencer. She also shows just as much if not more contempt for her and Percy's tormentors, icily informing Dr. Ripley that she only kept Percy from killing her because they need her as a guide. When finally freed from Delilah's influence, she assists Percy in torturing the necromancer, and in the end she is the one to put her blade through the usurper's throat when Delilah tries for [[LastBreathBullet one last spiteful attack]].
* BloodFromTheMouth: The horribly realistic outcome of Anders cutting her throat is that, rather than dying quickly like most examples of this trope, Cass spends about ten minutes drowning in her own blood and feebly trying to cough it out.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Not only did the Briarwoods torture her throughout her imprisonment, Sylas also put her under a charm to use her as an undercover agent and personal attack dog. This leads to her turning on and almost killing Vox Machina in the refinery, then fighting Percy alongside Sylas when Vox Machina arrives at the ziggurat. Though it's possible that her doing this was MoreThanMindControl.
* BrokenBird: After a lifetime of trauma, the once-vivacious Cassandra now looks as exhausted and lifeless as the dead in Delilah's service.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Most of her family were killed by the Briarwoods. She and Percy were repeatedly tortured. And while he escaped, she was forced to be with the Briarwoods, as her older brother genuinely thought she was dead. Cassandra survived but remain a pawn for the sadistic couple.
* TheDogBitesBack: After a life of torture, brainwashing, and loneliness, Cassandra finally manages to get karmic balance against the Briarwoods by putting her sword through Delilah's throat at the end of Season 1.
* LockedIntoStrangeness: Has a white streak in her hair, likely due to trauma and whatever messed-up experiments the Briarwoods performed on her.
* MoralityPet: Downplayed. She talks Percy down from shooting Dr. Ripley, but makes it very clear to the latter that she wasn't doing so out of mercy, but because they need information. It's also her calling out to him that gets Percy to fight Orthax's influence for the first time.
* MoreThanMindControl: Implied. Her FaceHeelTurn was influenced by Sylas' supernatural abilities, but the reasons she states for why she joined the Briarwoods hit close enough to home that there was probably some measure of genuine resentment from being left behind with them.
* RoyalRapier: During the undead attack, she pulls out a rapier stabbed into one of the shambling undead from its body and uses it thereafter to defend herself, showcasing some impressive skills with it. A very fitting weapon for a noble daughter.
* SlashedThroat: Anders does this to her in the {{Cliffhanger}} for episode 7, right in front of Percy, just to taunt him, though thanks to Keyleth's healing spell, it's ultimately not fatal.
* VampireHickey: She has Sylas' bites all over her neck. He minds-controls her through the bites.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Keeper Yennen]]
!!Keeper Yennen
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/keeperyennen.png]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GinaTorres (English), Susanne von Medvey (German)
-->Race: Human

One of the few people in Whitestone who opposes the Briarwoods' rule.
----
* AdaptationalJobChange: Originally a priest of the Lawbearer in the livestream, she worships the Dawnfather in the animated series.
* BadassPacifist: She's questioned about supposedly being a pacifist this as soon as she meets the party, but she makes it clear she's not going to stand by and let others do the fighting.
* CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:Because Seeker Assum is DemotedToExtra, Yennen is instead the ally Raishan impersonates to meet with Vox Machina.]]
* GenderFlip: Was male in the original campaign, is female in the animated series.
* GoodShepherd: A cleric of the Dawnfather who does her best support the people of Whitestone.
* TurbulentPriest: Host sermons to keep the spirits of Whitestone's citizens up while also choosing her words carefully to stoke the rebellion.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:At the end of [=S2E12=], it's not entirely clear what happened to her after Raishan impersonated her to propose her EnemyMine alliance]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Archibald Desnay]]
!!Archibald Desnay
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/archie_07.png]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DominicMonaghan
-->Race: Dwarf

Childhood friend of Percy turned rebel leader.
----
* AdaptationalBadass: The original Archibald was an elderly, frail man who served as the chancellor of Percy's father; while he did help coordinate the rebellion, he never fought in combat. This time around, he's a much younger and stronger man who was childhood friends with Percy, a skilled warrior and one of the active leaders of the Whitestone rebellion.
* AgeLift: This version of Archibald is significantly younger than the original, having grown up as one of Percy's childhood friends instead of serving his father as an elderly chancellor.
* BraveScot: Archibald may be from a fantasy world, but he comes across as this with his thick Scottish accent and red hair.
* BringIt: "Just like the old days, creating a diversion while you get away", while charging at the prison guards.
* ColdBloodedTorture: He is beaten and has his ear ripped off by Vedmire.
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:The original Archibald survived the liberation of Whitestone, but here he is killed in battle against Vedmire]].
* EarAche: Vedmire brutally rips off his left ear during his interrogation.
* FieryRedhead: He is decisive, fearless, and most at home on the battlefield.
* GutturalGrowler: Has a very gruff, raspy voice that fits his rough and tumble personality.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler:Is bisected by Goran Vedmire during a battle with undead hordes]].
* InNameOnly: Has little in common with his namesake from the original campaign.
* InterspeciesFriendship: With Percy, since childhood. They would often create havoc in the kitchen.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:He jumps in between Scanlan and the Duke when the latter goes after him for burning down his mansion and rendering him TwoFaced, and is almost immediately cut in half once the Duke turns his attention to him]].
* PintSizedPowerhouse: He is a strong dwarf are very strong for his size, and takes down many guards.
* RebelLeader: Archibald leads the resistance efforts in Whitestone.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Archie is killed by the Duke as a part of Vox Machina's DarkestHour.]]
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler:Compounding the tragedy of his loss, Archie gets cut in half by the Duke in an instant and collapses dead immediately. No final words, not even a reaction shot of his face, just gone. As he and Percy were just starting to reconnect and reminiscing on their childhood escapades, it leaves Percy shellshocked upon losing another person he held dear from his past]].
[[/folder]]

!!Vasselheim

!!!Dawn Marshals
[[folder:Highbearer Vord]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vord.png]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SumaleeMontano
-->Race: Elf
----
* AdaptationalJobChange: Was a priest of the Platinum Dragon in the livestream, but in the series she instead serves the Lawbearer.
* BystanderSyndrome: Despite sympathizing with Emon's plight and offering hospitality to those affected she refuses to allow her forces to battle the Chroma Conclave, prioritizing the safety of Vasselheim above all else.
* GenderFlip: The original Highbearer Vord in the campaign was male, while here Vord is female.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Earthbreaker Groon]]
!!Earthbreaker Groon
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/earthbreaker_groon.png]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IkeAmadi
-->Race: Human
-->Class: Monk
----
* BareFistedMonk: Being a monk, Earthbreaker Groon fights Grog with only his bare hands.
* BareHandedBladeBlock: During their fight, he catches Grog's black sword in one hand. And while it cuts his hand he manages to keep it in place.
* CrypticConversation: His first conversation with Grog involves him directly telling Grog his problems, but refusing to explain his meaning leaving it for a confused Grog to ponder.
* FigureItOutYourself: His core question to Grog "Where does your Strength come from?" is repeated multiple times over the course of the fight. When Grog finally answers that he doesn't know, Groon is satisfied and let's Grog go so he can figure an answer on his own.
* OldMaster: Groon is an old monk who completely curb stomps the much younger and larger Grog with his bare hands.
* WarriorTherapist: His philosophy is that answers can only be earned in the field of battle, likewise he teaches Grog about his own weakness by sparring him.
[[/folder]]

!!!The Slayer's Take
[[folder:Zahra Hydris]]
!!Zahra Hydris
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zahra.jpg]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn
-->Race: Tiefling
-->Class: Warlock
An aloof warlock of the Slayer's Take with a history with Vex.
----
* AdaptationalHairstyleChange: Downplayed somewhat. Zahra's official portrait from the stream gave her a full head of long white hair, whereas her depiction in ''The Legend of Vox Machina'', while still having long hair, has the sides completely shaved below the horns.
* AdaptationalJerkass: Zahra's and Vex's relationship during the stream started off frosty but quickly grew into a close friendship. Here, their relationship is more hostile, owing to the fact that Vex stole a kill worth 12,000 gold pieces that was rightfully Zahra's. Also, while they are helping Vox Machina try to recover Deathwalker's Ward from the Sunken Tomb, she and Kashaw do so with the intention of stealing the vestige out from under them, and they have no qualms about letting them go ahead to set off any traps in their way.
* AdaptationalVillainy: While already more antagonistic than she was in the stream, here Zahra decides to impede Vox Machina by unleashing the Onlooker she's been keeping in her amulet so she and Kash can swipe the vestige once they're petrified.
* CompositeCharacter: Downplayed, but her more antagonistic relationship with Vox Machina and higher rank among the Slayer's Take seem to take from Vanessa Cyndrial, the leader of the Slayer's Take in the stream. This includes having Zahra reject the request for aid against the Chroma Conclave; whereas in the stream, Vanessa was reluctant to offer help unless they were given a contract, Zahra and Kashaw were happy to offer aid almost immediately, and took part in preparing Whitestone's army for potential dragon conflict.
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: She's resentful of the fact that her own patron sent outsiders to get the Vestiges that she sees at the rightful property of the Slayer's Take. However, her greed and selfishness prevents her from seeing that the reason Osysa tasked Vox Machina with retrieving them is because they're the only people trying to stop the Chroma Conclave's reign of terror.
* EasilyForgiven: Despite almost getting the group killed to steal the Deathwalker's Ward from them, she and Kash part amicably with Vox Machina after coming to realize they truly are worthy of its power.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Her intimidating and callous personality is established when she's introduced killing and eating a [[EatTheDog rather cute snail]].
* EvilIsNotAToy: Letting loose a creature with powerful, swift attacks and able to petrify people with ease, a creature which obviously has no plan to go back to its prison, was not the smartest move.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Releasing an EldritchAbomination on Vox Machina works quite well, but said monster is extremely strong and has no real loyalty to her. Thus, when Kashaw abandons her to help the team and she begrudgingly tries to capture the creature back, she gets petrified for her trouble.
* {{Jerkass}}: While her distrust for Vox Machina (and Vex, in particular), is perfectly warranted, her callous attitude of using them as baits and meat shields for traps is cold-hearted and manipulative, and she makes it clear she is only there to snatch the vestige from them, her matron's will be damned. She then decides to use a powerful monster to incapacitate and possibly kill all of them, right after Vex nearly died, something that Kashaw doesn't approve, voicing his concern that this is a step too far. She only stops when Kashaw essentially turns on her, and after Vax demonstrates that he has been chosen by the Matron of Ravens.
* PrehensileTail: In her first appearance, she's shown using her tail to grab her drink.
* TheResenter: She hates the fact her patron has given the task of retrieving the Vestiges of Divergence to a bunch of outsiders.
* YouOweMe: Holds the fact Vex stole one of her quarries over her head.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kashaw Vesh]]
!!Kashaw Vesh
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kashaw.jpg]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/WillFriedle
-->Race: Human
-->Class: Cleric
A caustic cleric who is a member of the Slayer's Take.
----
* AdaptationalHairstyleChange: Kashaw during the original campaign was depicted as clean shaven and his long hair was styled in a loose braid. His ''Legend of Vox Machina'' incarnation wears his hair loose, and he also sports thicker eyebrows and a pair of mutton chop sideburns.
* AdaptationalJerkass: Downplayed to the point where it is barely noticeable, but Kashaw in ''The Legend of Vox Machina'' is more of an arrogant jerk than his original incarnation, who was already rather prickly and aloof. Also, while they are helping Vox Machina try to recover Deathwalker's Ward from the Sunken Tomb, he and Zahra do so with the intention of stealing the vestige out from under them, and they have no qualms about letting them go ahead to set off any traps in their way, though he does slightly call Zahra out for them abandoning Vox Machina after they mutually saved each other during a merman ambush.
* AdaptedOut: While this applies to Zahra as well as the initial Slayer's Take arc is skipped over, Kashaw in particular is hampered by it as much of the depth to his relationship with Kayleth is replaced with casual flirting[[note]]in the stream, Kashaw and Kayleth initially had a prickly relationship born from a mix of Kayleth's NoSocialSkills and Kash's withdrawn and aloof nature, but led to an OppositesAttract relationship[[/note]], and his [[RapeAsBackstory backstory]] and unique relationship with his patron Vesh, which makes his aloof nature more understandable, is completely cut out outside of some scars on his arm. Strangely, Vesh was an original creation of Critical Role, so unlike the Raven Queen, Vecna, or other gods, there was nothing stopping them from properly acknowledging her.
* DualityMotif: One of his eyes is gold while the other is more grey.
* EasilyForgiven: He and Zahra part amicably with Vox Machina even after blatantly attempting to steal the Deathwalker's Ward from them, although in Kash's case he at least objected to risking the group's lives to achieve their goals.
* EveryoneHasStandards: He has no problem with stealing Deathwalker's Ward out from under Vox Machina, but he draws the line at leaving them to die, even when he's threatened with being seen as betraying the Take.
* FailedASpotCheck: Uses magic to find the location of Deathwalker's Ward and assumes it's in one of the false tombs before leading Zahra through the tunnel it leads to. However, Kashaw fails to notice a floor panel that, when activated, reveals the true tomb, owing to the fact a merman's corpse was covering it.
* FashionableAsymmetry: His armour is either missing a pauldron on his left shoulder or he is using a pauldron that belonged to a completely different set of armour. Either way, it is this.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kashaw is a smarmy jerk who plots with Zahra to steal the Deathwalker's Ward under Vox Machina's nose, but when Vex dies from a trap in the tomb he quickly jumps in to try and revive her. He also objects to Zahra summoning her captured aberration to take the Vestige from them and jumps in to help fight it.
* LightEmUp: Like fellow cleric Pike, Kashaw in the series doesn't carry a physical weapon, instead using his divine magic to manifest spears of light, similar to his weapon of choice in the original campaign.
* MoralityPet: To Zahra, to some degree. While they are usually on the same wavelength, he is the one who ultimately convinces her to stop her actions against Vox Machina.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Goes by "Kash", and is rarely called by his full name.
* TheTease: Casually flirts with Keyleth even though he's ultimately got no attachment to her.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Osysa]]
!!Osysa
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/osysa.png]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AlannaUbach
-->Race: Sphinx

The patron of the Slayer's Take.
----
* IKnowWhatYouFear: She outright questions the will of each member of Vox Machina by exposing their fears and sending them through their own personal hell.
* LastOfHerKind: Sphinxes are believed to be extinct, making Osysa and her mate the only two known to still exist. [[spoiler:She likely becomes this after Umbrasyl kills Kamaljiori.]]
* OurSphinxesAreDifferent: She's a massive creature with a feline body and a humanoid head. Though she doesn't speak in riddles, she does test the mental fortitude of Vox Machina by attacking their personal fears and insecurities.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Osysa traps the members of Vox Machina into an illusionary PsychologicalTormentZone where she torments them about their inabilities to face their deepest fears and insecurities. After she releases them, she comes to the conclusion that just like others before them, Vox Machina are another bunch of fools who think they can make a difference but lack the determination to complete their tasks. But Pike does not accept what Osysa has to say about them and refuses to leave or give up. Seeing that Vox Machina actually do have the will to give everything to make a difference, Osysa accepts to give them the knowledge they need to defeat the Chroma Conclave.
[[/folder]]

!!!Civilians
[[folder:Victor]]
!!Victor
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/victor_47.png]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MatthewMercer
-->Race: Human

A peculiar vendor of mining equipment who's crazy enough to sell black powder.
----
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Learn from my mistakes!"
* {{Expy}}: His animated look takes direct cues from King Bumi mixed with Matt's [[InkSuitActor Halloween cosplay of Victor.]]
* {{Fingore}}: Already lost a couple of fingers from botched experiments.
* MadBomber: He's a crazy old man who sells black powder and appears to enjoy experimenting with the stuff.
[[/folder]]

!!The Ashari
!!!Zephrah
[[folder:Korrin]]
!!Korrin of the Air Ashari
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/korrin.png]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FredTatasciore
-->Race: Half-elf

The leader of the Air Ashari and Keyleth's father.
----
* GoodParents: A loving and supportive father, standing in stark contrast to Vex and Vax's dad.
* ShipperOnDeck: He seems to approve of Vax, much to his and Keyleth's mutual embarrassment.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Vilya]]
!!Vilya of the Air Ashari
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vilya.png]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JanetVarney
-->Race: Half-elf

Keyleth's long lost mother.
----
* CastingGag: It's not the first time Janet Varney voices [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra an elemental master]].
* MissingMom: She left Keyleth to fulfill her Aramente, and hasn't been seen since.
[[/folder]]

!!!Pyrah
[[folder:Cerkonos]]
!!Cerkonos the Flamespeaker
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RobbieDaymond
-->Race: Human

The leader of the Fire Ashari.
----
* AnArmAndALeg: Appears to have lost an arm in the time between Thordak's imprisonment and the attack on Pyrah.
[[/folder]]

!!Syngorn
[[folder:Syldor Vessar]]
!!Syldor Vessar
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/syldor.png]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TroyBaker
-->Race: Elf

An elven noble and the father of Vex and Vax.
----
* AdaptationalJerkass: Even more of an ass than he was in the campaign. Here, when Percy declares that Vex is a noblewoman and baroness of Whitestone, he stubbornly refuses to accept that either of his half-breed children could ever amount to anything. We also see more of his abuse towards the twins via flashbacks, when previously this had been only informed by their reaction to him, as in the present he was trying to make some degree of amends. And while in the original campaign he was bigoted, this was a cultural issue with [[CantArgueWithElves Syngorn as a whole]] and Syldor himself was actually one of the more ''progressive'' members by comparison; here, Syngorn's larger issue with anti-non-elf racism isn't touched on or shown in contrast to his racism becoming his most defining trait.
* AbusiveParents: Belittles his own children for being half-human.
* BlueBlood: Has this in spades. He has significant influence over the city and hates when his family name is used by those he deems unworthy. It's especially notable when he's only polite to a fellow noble such as Percy.
* DistinguishedGentlemansPipe: Syldor smokes a pipe during Vox Machina's visit to Syngorn, serving as a symbol of his high status in society.
* FantasticRacism: Considers both of his children to be diluted half-breeds.
* {{Jerkass}}: '''Wow.''' From the top, Syldor is sneeringly racist and classist, abusive to his half-elf children, completely dismissive of Vox Machina and the draconic threat in general, and doesn't seem especially bothered by the idea of Vex possibly losing her life trying to earn his approval. Even compared to the Briarwoods, who at least balanced their actions with being classy and evidently being alright people at one point, and even compared to the Chroma Conclave, who are at least sinister and magnificent while being kaiju-level apocalyptic threats, Syldor is just a plain-out ''asshole.''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Devana Vessar]]
!!Devana Vessar
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/devana.jpg]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ToksOlagundoye
-->Race: Elf

The wife of Syldor and by extension the stepmother of the twins.
----
* GoodStepmother: Devana is nothing but polite and welcoming to her stepchildren, not showing the same prejudice as her husband. In turn, the twins are quite polite and affectionate with her, and don't seem to hold any ill-will.
* NiceGirl: Unlike her husband, she is on good terms with the twins and even introduces them to her daughter.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Velora Vessar]]
!!Velora Vessar
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/velora_vessar_4.jpg]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Jayla Lavender Nicholas
-->Race: Elf

The young daughter of Syldor and Devana.
----
* AlliterativeName: '''Ve'''lora '''Ve'''ssar.
* CainAndAbelAndSeth: Subverted. Vex and Vax are a bit shocked to learn about Velora, but they are loving toward the little girl and her existence doesn't disrupt their BrotherSisterTeam.
* CheerfulChild: She's happy to meet her half-siblings and even compliments Vex's feather.
* InnocentSwearing: She innocently asks her mother what "fuck you" means after hearing Vex say it. Her mother is appropriately horrified.
* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: She is a little girl, who doesn't seem older than 8, while her older siblings are adults in their twenties.
[[/folder]]

!!The Feywild
[[folder:Garmelie]]
!!Garmelie
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/garmelie_1.png]]
[[quoteright:350:[[labelnote: Click here to see his true appearance]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/artagan.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BillyBoyd (Garmelie), [[spoiler:Creator/MatthewMercer (Artagan)]]
-->Race: Satyr/[[spoiler:Archfey]]

A puckish satyr who's been following Vox Machina through the Feywild.
----
* GodWasMyCopilot: After Vox Machina leaves the Fey Realm, [[spoiler:Garmelie takes the appearance of a majestic exaggerated elf that looks a lot like the archfey they just fought.]]
* GreatGazoo: Garmelie may be an immature pornographer, but he also knows his way around the dangers of Faerie better than anyone and can even open magical portals to other dimensions on a whim.
* MythologyGag: Refers to himself as a "traveller"; in the original web series's second campaign, The Traveller is the patron diety of Jester, [[spoiler:and is later revealed to actually be an alias used by Garmelie, or rather, their true identity, Artagan.]]
* ThePeepingTom: Is stalking Vox Machina for kicks and enjoys drawing lewd sketches of them.
[[/folder]]

!!Westruun
[[folder:Wilhand Trickfoot]]
!! Wilhand Trickfoot
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wilhand.png]]
->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/HenryWinkler
--> Race: Gnome

The great-great grandfather of Pike Trickfoot, who rescued and raised Grog after he was exiled from the Herd of Storms.
----
* AffectionateNickname: He calls Grog "big boy" and Pike "pumpkin". Pike and Grog call him "Poppop."
* {{Foil}}: To Kevdak. They're both the patriarch of their families and have both served as some kind of ParentalSubstitute to Grog, but Kevdak was an abusive monster who nearly killed Grog while Wilhand saved him and helped shape him into the man he is.
* NiceGuy: Wilhand is friendly, grandfatherly, and merciful to almost untold degrees, having saved the young Grog's life in spite of nearly being on the wrong end of the boy's axe. He might just be the kindest, most all-around decent person in the entire show, and it's quite obvious where Pike gets it.
* ParentalSubstitute: To both Pike and Grog.
* ProperlyParanoid: He is introduced concerned that raiders are coming after him, which is reasonable considering the Herd has taken over nearby Westruun.
* SecretKeeper: He never told Pike about the exact circumstances behind meeting Grog or Grog's previous life in the Herd.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kaylie]]
!! Kaylie
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kaylie.png]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AislingFranciosi
-->Race: Gnome

The apparent leader of the (few remaining) Westruun civilians, trying to survive and escape from the Herd of Storms.
----
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Downplayed. Upon first encountering Scanlan, she's dismissive, snarky, and forceful in getting him to help Westruun's survivors. This is, however, leagues better than in the source material, where she's actively trying to humiliate and ruin him. Granted, the life-or-death situation may have caused her to reorganize her priorities.
* ChildishToothGap: Has a small but noticeable gap in her upper teeth, indicating she's still rather young, at least for a gnome.
* CowardiceCallout: In her anger, [[spoiler:after informing Scanlan that she is his daughter, Kaylie accuses him of being just a hedonistic coward who always runs away and abandons everyone, especially women, and calls him a selfish gnome who doesn't even bother to remember the women he beds]]. Which is not totally untrue.
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Already deeply enraged by how Scanlan abandoned her mother, Kaylie is utterly furious when he's completely unable to even recall the woman's name. Despite having him completely at her mercy, Kaylie decides death would just be an escape and spares her father, knowing the burden would torment him]].
* FightingIrish: Kaylie is a scrappy, HotBlooded revolutionary, and her Irish voice actress makes no attempt at all to hide her natural accent.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:She bears a very strong resemblance to Scanlan and is a talented bard just like him. It turns out she's related to him- being the daughter of one of the many women he slept with]].
* HatesTheirParent: While she loved her mother very much, she absolutely hates [[spoiler:Scanlan's guts for abandoning her mother with nothing and even forgetting her name. She comes very close to killing his before realizing the burden of knowing what he did would be worse]].
* LukeYouAreMyFather: In possibly the most ''awkward'' way imaginable. [[spoiler:Kaylie invites Scanlan to have sex with her and ties him up under the pretence of BDSM before telling him about her mother and revealing she is his daughter. Kaylie then delivers a ReasonYouSuckSpeech and nearly kills him for abandoning her mother]].
* NonconformistDyedHair: Has a notable splash of pink in her hair, which fits her being a member of a band of roguish bards.
* WhatTheHellHero: Calls Scanlan out a couple of times as she thinks his attempts to go get Pike and Grog are him trying to run away instead of help.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dr. Dranzel]]
!!Dr. Dranzel

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MatthewMercer
-->Race: Half-Orc

The leader of a travelling band of musicians, and a big fan of Scanlan's.
----
* AdaptedOut: His role in Scanlan's backstory, as here the two are strangers and Dranzel is instead just an admirer of Scanlan's work. In the original stream, he was the one who ''made'' Scanlan famous in the first place.
* TheDandy: As to be expected of a travelling musician.
* StereotypeFlip: Orcs and Half-Orcs are typically stereotyped as being large, brutish creatures tailored towards being roaming barbarians or at least marital types. Dr. Dranzel is a campy musician and couldn't be further from the expectation.
[[/folder]]

!!Deities
[[folder:The Everlight]]
!!The Everlight
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/theeverlight.png]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TracieThoms
-->Race: Celestial

The goddess of healing, temperance, and redemption and the deity that Pike prays to.
----
* BigGood: A goddess of light and the source of Pike's holy power.
* LightIsGood: The goddess of light and pretty benevolent and reasonable, asking only that Pike be honest with herself.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: While at first she seems to be a punishing goddess, it's only an act to get Pike to confess her doubts to herself and discover the true reason for why her powers have stopped working. She even doesn't fault Pike for the way she acts with the rest of the group, and instead tells Pike that her friends can dictate how she acts in the world, while her temple dictates her faith, marking them as separate, but not invalid, paths. She even says that whether she's a good cleric or not doesn't matter, and that any path she walks can be holy, only finding fault with Pike's divided loyalty between her temple and the team.
* WritingAroundTrademarks: Much like the other gods, she is never referred to as either Sarenrae or Raei; only her title is used. She's a bit more notable as the ''first'' god on the show to establish this practice for the adaptation.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Matron of Ravens]]
!! The Matron of Ravens
[[quoteright:290:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/matron_of_ravens___lovm.png]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CourtenayTaylor
-->Race: Psychopomp

The goddess of death, fate, and winter.
----
* CreepyCrows: This goddess of darkness and death has her tombs decorated with ravens carrying dead spirits and lined with traps that shoot out killer raven feathers.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Well, some of our crew might have a low opinion of her, but for all that she can be sinister, she has not seemed ''evil'' as such; she simply carries out her duty with virtually no hesitation, and is unafraid to lay challenges at the feet of the one who would presume to be her champion.
* DontFearTheReaper: Despite the intimidating appearance of both herself and her temples, the Matron is ultimately a benevolent Goddess. In her eyes, death is what makes life so precious, and dying is not the end, just the next step on the journey.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Vax briefly glimpses her among the carnage in Emon, and then later at her temple, before she shows up in full in "Those Who Walk Away" to take Vax as her champion.
* EnigmaticEmpoweringEntity: She bestows the Deathwalker's Ward on Vax and names him her Champion, but has not yet revealed her motive for choosing him. Instead, she sends him cryptic, terrifying visions, leaving it to him to decipher what she wants.
* GodOfTheDead: Described as the god of death by Kashaw, the Matron has appeared only in scenes of mass death and has only been seen to be worshipped in the form of an ancient tomb filled with elaborate sarcophagi.
* MindScrew: Her MO. Instead of just directly communicating with Vax, she prefers to haunt him with confusing dreams and illusions about ravens, dead people and ghostly appearances that he cannot decipher.
* ProperlyParanoid: Out of all the Vestiges in season 2, her Deathwalker's Ward has the most security on it: it's hidden underneath a lake in a forgotten temple with a deadly trap tied to it, Vax can't access its power until he passes her tests, and it [[ClingyCostume refuses to come off when Vax tries]]. Given that the three other Vestiges found that season are stolen by Umbrasyl and two of them were found in the hands of villains, she was right to be cautious.
* {{Psychopomp}}: Vax sees the Matron tending to the corpses of those killed by the Chroma Conclave. Her ravens also ferry souls off to the afterlife, if the murals in the Sunken Tomb are to be believed.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: [[spoiler:Her terrifying visions are her way to testing if Vax has the fortitude to be her Champion. When he decides to come to her, she finally tells him what his role means and asks again if he'll be her Champion, even knowing what it might entail. He accepts.]]
* SlidingScaleOfFreeWillVsFate: As a goddess of fate, she falls on the "Prophecies are Guides, not Rules" portion of the spectrum. People have destinies, but they still ultimately choose whether to follow those destinies or reject them. [[spoiler:Vox Machina are being guided to slay the Chroma Conclave and quite a lot of strange coincidences align to prepare and arm them for that task, but they are still capable of turning it down.]]
--> '''The Matron of Ravens''': The threads of fate are not puppet strings.
* WhiteMaskOfDoom: As in the livestream, the Matron's face is completely hidden behind an expressionless porcelain mask. She is not evil, but she is the goddess of death, and seeing her is a bad sign.
* WritingAroundTrademarks: "The Raven Queen" was introduced with the TabletopGame/NentirVale setting for D&D 4th edition, before being backported to other settings. So like other gods on the show she's not addressed by her more common name. Thus "The Raven Queen, Matron of Death" has been condensed down to "The Matron of Ravens".
[[/folder]]

!!Other
[[folder:"Matt Mercer"]]
!! "Matt Mercer"
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mattmercernpc.png]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MatthewMercer
-->Race: Elf or Half-elf

A poor, hapless civilian that's always on the receiving end of Vox Machina's shenanigans.
----
* ButtMonkey: No matter where he is or what he's doing, something is always going to go wrong for this guy.
* CreatorCameo: Was drawn to look like Matt Mercer and is voiced by him too.
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: The only way he can show up in any place no matter where Vox Machina goes. A couple versions of him even get killed brutally.
* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Several of them end up dying horribly.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kamaljiori]]
!! Kamaljiori
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kamaljiori.png]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TonyPlana
-->Race: Sphinx

Mate of Osysa, he is a sphinx who defends his lair in the Rimecleft mountain. Keeper of the Vestige of Divergence known as Mythcarver.
----
* BarrierWarrior: Blocks all of Vox Machina's attacks with powerful magic shields during their trial. [[spoiler:Only Umbrasyl's acid and brute strength is powerful enough to overpower them.]]
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He tests Vox Machina by having them try to wound him, as he states he has never felt pain. Scanlan makes him feel the pain of heartbreak and longing with a song reminding him of his mate. [[spoiler:He also undoubtedly felt large amounts of pain in the following battle against Umbrasyl, where he was eventually killed by the dragon.]]
* CurbStompBattle: Easily defeats each member of Vox Machina who fights him during their trial to wound him, even when three of them, Pike, Percy, and Keyleth, try to attack him all at once. Only Scanlan, who decides to wound Kamaljiori emotionally instead of physically, manages to succeed.
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Is killed by Umbrasyl when the black dragon launches a surprise attack after Vox Machina's trial. No such event happened in the campaign.]]
* EyeBeams: His primary attacks aside from his size and strength are blue beams of force that shoot out of his eyes, slamming his targets away.
* OurSphinxesAreDifferent: Instead of a riddle, his challenge to Vox Machina is to simply wound him once, as he has never felt pain in his eons of life. It does still require some lateral thinking to win, though. [[spoiler:Scanlan succeeds where all of the others failed by showing Kamaljiori a vision of his love, hurting his heart by reminding him of how long they've been separated.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Purvan Suul]]
!! Purvan Suul
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/purvan_suul.png]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MatthewMercer
-->Race: formerly humanoid

The Champion of the Matron of Ravens ever since the Calamity.
----
* GutturalGrowler: His single line of dialogue.
-->'''''"[[PassingTheTorch Hail the new champion.]]"'''''
* PassingTheTorch: After testing Vax's will in a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind, he passes his vestige to him.
* PosthumousCharacter: Is long dead by the modern age of the Post-Divergence.
* SkeletonMotif: Befitting a champion of the goddess of death, the faceplate of his helmet is skull-shaped.
* ThresholdGuardian: Purvan's spirit ferociously attacks whoever wears the Deathwalker's Ward in an attempt to see if they can accept mortality and the burden being a champion of death brings.
* UnfortunateNames: The Party laughs that his name sounds like "Perv On".
* WorthyOpponent: After Vax figures out the point of their duel, Purvan respectfully bows to him, acknowledging Vax as his successor.
[[/folder]]

* TookALevelInKindness: Throughout most of the first season, Vex was quite frosty, sharp-tongued and critical towards almost everyone in the gang, '''especially Keyleth''' whom she initially sees as an incompetent fighter and a threat to her sibling bond with Vax. This comes to a head in the 10th episode of the first season [[spoiler: when Keyleth rejects Vax's declaration of love when they were cornered by the zombies Delilah summoned]] and Vex took this as an opportunity to playfully punch Vax in the arm and joke about how she warned him [[ItMakesSenseInContext "those vines had thorns"]]. At first Vax dismisses her with a "yeah, yeah" but then Vax insinuates [[WhatTheHellHero? how Vex doesn't trust anyone not even him, indicating that Vex's comment was a low blow.]] However, in episodes 11 and 12, Vex gets a major wake-up call when [[spoiler: Keyleth [[HeroicSacrifice throws herself in front of a necromantic curse aimed at Vex]] and smiles as she sees Vex alive and well. Vex

* TookALevelInKindness: Throughout most of the first season, Vex was quite frosty, sharp-tongued and critical towards almost everyone in the gang, '''especially Keyleth''' whom she initially sees as an incompetent fighter and a threat to her sibling bond with Vax. This comes to a head in the 10th episode of the first season [[spoiler: when Keyleth rejects Vax's declaration of love when they were cornered by the zombies Delilah summoned]] and Vex took this as an opportunity to playfully punch Vax in the arm and joke about how she warned him [[ItMakesSenseInContext "those vines had thorns"]].

* TookALevelInKindness: Throughout most of the first season, Vex was quite frosty, sharp-tongued and critical towards almost everyone in the gang, '''especially Keyleth''' whom she initially sees as an incompetent fighter and a threat to her sibling bond with Vax. [[spoiler: when Keyleth rejects Vax's declaration of love when they were cornered by the zombies Delilah summoned

** For guys we have the [[UnDyingLoyalty faithful]], [[CutenessProximity cuddly and affectionate]] [[BearyFriendly grizzly bear]] [[TeamPet Trinket]] and the [[NiceGuy kind-hearted]], [[UndyingLoyalty protective and supportive]] Vax'ildan as the Nice. Percy counts for The Mean as he's [[RevengeBeforeReason revenge-driven]], [[DarkAndTroubledPast tortured]], and [[ByronicHero prone to violent shifts between calm and gentlemanly and hateful and murderous.]] Thankfully [[TookALevelInKindness he gets better at the season's end.]] Then finally there's [[ExtremeOmnisexual shamelessly horny]], yet [[PluckyComicRelief morale-boosting]] and [[EveryoneHasStandards ultimately respectful]], Scanlan and [[BloodKnight axe-happy]], [[TheBerserker short-tempered]] but [[GentleGiant ultimately kind and protective]] Grog as The In-Between.

* DistractedByTheSexy: Constantly, changes are that if he sees an attractive woman or man, he will abandon the mission he is given to complete just to go and have some fun.

* GuileHero: Going hand in hand with being a MasterOfIllusion, Scanlan shines at screwing with people's heads. Most notably when he was able to use an illusion of himself to completely throw off a group of the Briarwoods soldiers, despite the face one of them was actively ''holding'' him.