History Characters / TheLegendOfVoxMachinaVoxMachina

* 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.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Enough is made of Percy's aloofness and uptightness in the first couple episodes that the sheer brutality he begins to display in Episode 3 and continues to show throughout the rest of the season manages to both shock his team members and indicate to them that something is very, very wrong, even without the SuperSmoke and the BlackEyesOfEvil.

* ThePaladin: Pike wears armor, worships a GodOfGood, is an accomplished CombatMedic and has light-based powers gifted to her by Everlight.

* CatchPhrase: "I would like to [[TheBerserker rage]]."

* HeroesFrontierStep: Keyleth has ''two or three'' of these. The first one coming from the Season 1 penultimate episode, "Whispers At The Ziggurat". During the battle, Keyleth gets temporarily knocked out by Sylas and is still weakened when she regains consciousness. But seeing Grog down for the count, Pike and Scanlan getting dark magic blasted at their shield by Delilah, Percy struggling to fight off Sylas and Vex'ahlia [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness desperately pleading with Keyleth for help]] while getting attacked by [[BrainWashedAnd Crazy a mind-controlled Vax'ildan]] is enough for Keyleth to commune with the Sun Tree and receive the remnants of its power to [[LightEmUp incinerate Sylas to death]]

* HeroesFrontierStep: Keyleth has ''two'' of these. The first one coming from the Season 1 penultimate episode, "Whispers At The Ziggurat". During the battle, Keyleth gets temporarily knocked out by Sylas and is still weakened when she comes to, but seeing Grog down for the count, Pike and Scanlan getting dark magic blasted at their shield by Delilah, Percy struggling to fight off Sylas and Vex'ahlia [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness desperately pleading with Keyleth to help them]]

* HeroesFrontierStep: Keyleth has ''two'' of these. The first one coming from the Season 1 penultimate episode, "Whispers At The Ziggurat". During the battle, Keyleth gets temporarily knocked out by Sylas and is still weakened when she comes to, but seeing Grog down for the count, Pike and Scanlan getting dark magic blasted at their shield by Delilah, Percy struggling to fight off Sylas and Vex'ahlia [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness desperately pleading with Keyleth

** This becomes more prevalent in Season 2 when [[spoiler: Keyleth unleashes her tiger form once again as well as her newly acquired Fire powers to [[NoBarredBeatDown graphically injure a hoard of goliaths who were cheering on Grog's brutal beating at the hands of Kevdak]]. She even tiger-bites one herd member ''on the neck'' (most likely killing that herd member) that was [[LittleSisterInstinct beating up Pike.]] Keyleth even snarls a warning to approaching herd members shortly thereafter as though to say, "You want some, too?"]]

* 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. This trait diminishes in Season 2 as Keyleth is shown drinking a decently sized pint with Pike and Vex after celebrating Kevdak's defeat. She's still buzzed and less inhibited than usual, but she's not the vomiting hot mess who could barely walk she was in the very first episode.

* HartmanHips: Contrasting Vex'ahlia's buxomness, Keyleth's hips are a bit wider than her bust.

* HeroicBSOD: She can panic quite quick to the point where she freezes, like when Vox Machina confronted a dragon and needed Vex and Pike to snap her out of it, or when everyone was attacked by wraiths at the castle, and all she could do was [[ItMakesSenseInContext hop away with Delilah's book]] or hide under an altar and tremble [[LightEmUp at least at first.]] These moments are ''all but absent'' from the 2nd season.

* HeroesFrontierStep: Keyleth has ''two'' of these. The first one coming from the Season 1 penultimate episode, "Whispers At The Ziggurat". During the battle Keyleth gets knocked out by

* INeedAFreakingDrink: While everyone is partying with the Herd of Storms, Keyleth asks Vax to dance with her, but he outright rejects her because he was haunted by visions at the moment sent to him by the Matron of Ravens. Keyleth, not knowing this, becomes quickly depressed and decides to drown her sorrows in ale.

* 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 and, with Keyleth's ability to commune with plants and animals, [[ElementalPowers summon and manipulate air and eventually fire]], and transform into miscellaneous animals, is even ''more powerful than Vex.'' This is justified, as Vex is jealous of her relationship with Vax (and possibly of Keyleth in general) and constantly snarks at her due to bitterness, but Vex abandons this animosity and [[ShipperOnDeck urges Keyleth to admit her feelings for Vax.]]

* 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.

* CollateralAngst: [[spoiler:When Vex'ahlia dies temporarily and is brought back, she is barely affected by it]]. She looks immediately back to her high spirits, cracking jokes about it. It's Vax'ildan reaction and adjustment to what happened to his sister that get all the focus for the rest of season two.

* HeroesWantRedheads: He falls in love with the redhead Keyleth.

* McNinja: Vax wears black, is stealthy and very agile. He even uses his knives akin to kunais and shuriken stars.

* BlueBlood: She and her brother are the result of an affair between their human mother and elfish father. Syldor is part of the Elvish nobility but he considers his own children too diluted to be truly part of his world.

* HeroicBastard: She and Vax were conceived out of the wedlock by their parents. Never the less, they are both good people.

* 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.

* PriceOnTheirHead: In Season 2, is revealed that Vex an Vax have a bounty on them of 12000 golds for stealing the head of a hydra from Slayer's Take and ditching everyone. For that, the twins were on the run for some time.

* 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.
* TwinTelepathy; It's implied that Vex'ahlia can feel whenever her brother is in danger, as she is asked by Keyleth if she feels Vax in danger, after he takes too long to return from spying on Umbrasyl. This is yet to be actually demonstrated, however, as Vax ''was'' in danger in this situation and she remained unaware.
* UndyingLoyalty: She expects this from her brother, and makes him promise to never let pretty things (Keyleth) get between them.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Scanlan. They have an almost antagonistic back-and-forth, they're almost never ''nice'' to one another, but they care a lot for each other and each is visibly crushed when one [[spoiler:thinks the other is dead]].

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: On par with her personality change, is also her views on morality and how she views the rest of the group. While Keyleth was still the nicest member of Vox Machina, In ''Critical Role'' she always lectures the team on their morality and usually viewed the world and people as being completely good and virtuous or inherently immoral and wicked which caused Keyleth [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity great distress over not knowing what even is good and evil and believing she and the rest of Vox Machina are awful people who don't deserve happiness]] and at one point threatens to ''leave Vox Machina'' if they don't do at least one good thing. Here, lacking her MoralMyopia and ProtagonistCenteredMorality, Keyleth goes along with her team's decisions (as long as it doesn't doom or screw anyone over) and doesn't lecture anyone on morality, believing them ''all'' to be good people [[WartsAndAll despite their flaws and bad decisions]] and [[UndyingLoyalty standing by them through thick and thin.]]

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the source material, many found Keyleth 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. Keyleth also tries to sympathize with the group instead of just castigating them, so she's by far the nicest and least confrontational member of the group.

* HeroicBSOD: She can panic quite quick to the point where she freezes, like when Vox Machina confronted a dragon and needed Vex and Pike to snap her out of it, or when everyone was attacked by wraiths at the castle, and all she could do was to hide under an altar and tremble [[[[LightEmUp spoiler: at least at first.]]]] These moments are ''all but absent'' from the 2nd season.

* 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. These moments are ''all but absent'' from the 2nd season.

* HeroesFrontierStep: Keyleth has ''two'' of these. The first one coming from the Season 1 penultimate episode, "Whispers At The Ziggurat". During the battle

** This becomes more prevalent in Season 2 when [[spoiler: Keyleth unleashes her tiger form once again as well as her newly acquired Fire powers to [[NoBarredBeatDown graphically injure a hoard of goliaths who were cheering on Grog's brutal beating at the hands of Kevdak]]. She even tiger-bites one herd member ''on the neck'' that was [[LittleSisterInstinct beating up Pike.]] Keyleth even snarls a warning to approaching herd members shortly thereafter as though to say, "You want some, too?"]]

* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Though not to the degree of Pike, Keyleth has a slight compulsion to save anybody who needs help. In "The Terror Of Tal'Dorei" Keyleth is one of the first members to voice her approval for slaying Brimscythe [[spoiler:after he destroyed a village and [[WouldHurtAChild all its citizens]]]] [[CowardlyLion despite openly admitting to being terrified out of her mind about it.]] She also wholeheartedly commits to freeing Whitestone from the Briarwood's reign of terror and [[spoiler: magically healing Cassandra's slit throat despite her healing magic not being up to snuff]]. This trait carries over (and strengthens) in Season 2. [[spoiler: The most prominent moment is "Pass Through Fire" when the Pyrah was overrun and destroyed by millions of man-eating salamander-bat monsters from the Fire Plane and [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight Keyleth leaves the group to save Pyrah by herself after Vax'ildan sternly tells her they have to stay the course.]] This decision ultimately paid off as not only did Keyleth save Pyrah and close the rift to the Fire Plane, but she also gained the power to transform into a Fire Elemental Titan and travel between planes.]]

%%* HeroesFrontierStep: Keyleth has ''two'' of these. The first one coming from the Season 1 penultimate episode, "Whispers At The Ziggurat". During the battle

* 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 and, with Keyleth's ability to commune with plants and animals, [[ElementalPowers summon and manipulate air and eventually fire]], and transform into miscellaneous animals, is even ''more powerful than Vex.'' This is justified, as Vex is jealous of her relationship with Vax and constantly snarks at her due to bitterness but Vex abandons this animosity and [[ShipperOnDeck urges Keyleth to admit her feelings for Vax.]]

* 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 or an eagle, 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 one of the reasons why she refuses to pursue a romantic relationship with Vax, she has a duty to her people]].

* 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. This trait diminishes in Season 2 as Keyleth is shown drinking a decently sized pint with Pike and Vex after celebrating Kevdak's defeat. She's still buzzed and less inhibited than usual, but she's not the vomiting hot mess who could barely walk like she was in the very first episode.

* 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.

* MageBornOfMuggles: Pike Trickfoot grew up in a poor family and used to live on the outskirts of town near the Bramblewood.

* 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.

* OfficialCouple: Implied by the end of Season 2 when she kisses Scanlan on the mouth as he is dying, only for the gnome to reveal he was just tricking her. She joyfully hugs him.

* PluckyGirl: Pike is a brave and optimistic idealist who refuses to give up no matter what are the odds and allways inspires others follow her example. Vox Machina passes Osysa's SecretTestOfCharacter simply because she stepped up and refused to leave, telling Osysa her teammates are willing to die for their ideals and goals.

* PowerStrainBlackout: Before taking a level in baddass, Pike would faint after simply healing Grog.

* SolemnEndingTheme: Episode 9 ends with a ballad about Pike's origins, singed by Scanlan in a chilly and romantic manner.

* TokenReligiousTeammate: Seems to be the only explicitly religious person in Vox Machina.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the campaign, [[spoiler: upon realizing Kaylie is his daughter from another casual fling]] and after Kaylie tearfully [[CallingTheOldManOut rips into him for leaving her mom to raise her daughter by herself with next to no money and only caring about getting his next one-night fix.]] Scanlan tries to weasel his way out of the blame by saying
* AdaptationalContextChange: Scanlan tries to bed [[spoiler:his daughter in both show and ''Critical Role'']], but in the latter [[spoiler:the way he founds out Kaylie is his daughter is still different]]. In ''Critical Role'', he doesn't take his clothing off and jumps directly on the bed, but instead, the build up to the reveal is much slower and emotionally-charged; they drink wine, share their adventures, and talk about each other's lives for hours. [[spoiler:Kaylie reveals her true identity to Scanlan only after starting to talk about her past]].

* 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? And in Season two, [[spoiler:he almost bangs his own daughter]]. In his defense, he did not know.

* CasualKink: Scanlan owns anal beads and when Vex slaps him across his face, he finds it "kinda hot".

* ChivalrousPervert: Scanlan ''really'' loves receiving attention from all genders possible, but he is very romantic with his conquests. He is introduced in the show, singing a lovely ballad to the tavern owner's daughter while bedding her.

-->'''Scanlan:''' It says pyramid, spirits of the dead and right here in tiny letters it says 'Fuck you, Vax!'

* 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.

* GiantHandsOfDoom: He can summon a giant hand he uses to punch and throw things (or people). He can also ride on it, which gives 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.

* HornyBard: One of his defining traits. Scanlan is both legendary with a lute as he is in the sheets, and he rarely lets anybody forget it. It's ultimately [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]], as Scanlan is regularly hit with the very real consequences of being a flippant, serial womanizer. His friends routinely doubt he'll actually come through when he's needed, the one woman he genuinely loves is more often annoyed by him than anything else, and [[spoiler:his illegitimate daughter hates his guts while he can't even remember her mother's name]].

* LadykillerInLove: While he does bed a lot of people, there are hints Scanlan is very smitten with Pike.

* 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.

* MomentKiller: Scanlan manages to kill ''his own moment'' with Pike by jokingly suggesting he could dress up as a naughty nurse if she likes 'Scanlan the caretaker' so much, after she praised him for his unexpected caring side. Pikes lets 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.

* 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.

* SpoofAesop: During his battle with Vedmire, the latter insults Scanlan for being an insignificant small thing ready to be crushed. Scanlan agrees, but tells him that while he may be small, the brothels taught him that size doesn't matter, but how one use it does. He defeats Vedmire with a ShockAndAwe spell... summoned through his dick.

* VitriolicBestBuds: With Vax. They always hurl insults to each other, but will save each other asses if the other gets in trouble.

* 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.

* AmicableExes: Vax and Gilmore, while the exact nature of their past relationship is left in the air, they look like parted in good ways. Is it known that Gilmore still has a soft spot for Vax and is always courteous to him. He's even interested in Vax's own interest in Keyleth.

* 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]].

* BadassNormal: Only for the entirety of Season 1, compared to everyone else in Vox Machina. He doesn't have Grog's overwhelming strength, he is not possessed by a demon praying on desire for revenge like Percy was and owning a supernatural gun, he doesn't have any sort of magic, or even his sister's expert marksmanship. The only thing he had up until Season 2, was [[SummonToHand the ability to summon his daggers back to his hand]] from anywhere -- and that's probably a property of the daggers, not his own magic. However, Vax he was lightning quick, nimble, and so good with his knives that he could still keep pace with everybody else. He becomes an EmpoweredBadassNormal in Season 2 with the Vestige of the Matron of Ravens, which gives him a long array of supernatural abilities.

* BlueBlood: He and his sister are the result of an affair between their human mother and elfish father. Syldor is part of the Elvish nobility but he considers his own children too diluted to be truly part of his world.
* 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. [[TookALevelInIdealism After officially meeting with the Matron of Ravens however, he does get better.]]

* 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.

* 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.

* CollateralAngst: [[spoiler:When Vex'ahlia dies temporary and is brought back, she is barely affected by it]]. She was immediately back to her high spirits, cracking jokes about. It's Vax'ildan reaction and adjustment to what happened to his sister that get all the focus for the rest of season two.

* 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.

* 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.

* HeroicBastard: He and Vex were conceived out of the wedlock by their parents. Never the less, they are both good people.

** He is in complete and utter distress and crying rivers when [[spoiler:Vex dies from a trapped sarcophagus.]]

* 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]].

* 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]], the 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.

* 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.

* 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.

* DudeMagnet: Vex'ahlia, a raven-haired beauty, does not lack the attention of the opposite gender. It's enough for her to just flirt or wink to have men drool all over her. Scanlan acknowledge that Vex slapping his face was hot, Saundor develops a VillainousCrush on her, and she has tons of ShipTease with Percy.

* 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.]]

* 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.]]

* 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 when Vex took [[spoiler: Keyleth's rejection of Vax's love when they were cornered by the zombies]] 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 that 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 about her behavior when [[spoiler: Keyleth [[HeroicSacrifice throws herself in front of a necromantic curse aimed at Vex]] and smiles as she sees Vex alive and well]] this causes Vex to break down in tears out of fear for Keyleth's life and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone possibly guilt for her prior treatment.]] Thankfully, [[spoiler: Keyleth survives the curse]] and from this point on, Vex is more compassionate and supportive towards Keyleth, even calling her Kiki and [[ShipperOnDeck encourages Keyleth to confess her feelings for Vax.]]

* 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.

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the source material, many found Keyleth 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. Keyleth also tries to sympathize with the group instead of just castigating them, so she's by far the nicest and least confrontational member of the group.]]

* BigBrotherInstinct: A direct threat against his surrogate sister and best buddy Pike is enough to throw him into an ''immediate rage.'' [[[[spoiler:PowerOfLove: It's what gets him to shake off Craven Edge's curse and stand a chance against his EvilUncle]]]]. Grog also demonstrates this towards Keyleth on occasion. He stood up for her when one patron called Keyleth a bitch and shoved her after he stepped in [[CantHoldHisLiquor her alcohol-induced vomit puddle]] in the very first episode, they also worked together in the climatic battle between the gang and the Briarwoods in "Whispers At The Ziggurat" when he chokeholds Sylas [[spoiler:as Keyleth [[ThePowerOfTheSun channels the remaining energy from The Sun Tree and incinerates Sylas with it,]]]] and Grog [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness softly tells Vax "I got her from here" and gently carried Keyleth outside the tomb]] [[spoiler: when she was close to death from [[HeroicSacrifice leaping in front of Delilah's curse to save Vex.]]]]

* Heroes'FrontierStep: Keyleth has ''two'' of these. The first one coming from the Season 1 penultimate episode, "Whispers At The Ziggurat". During the battle

* AdaptationalCurves: [[DownPlayedTrope Slightly, but]] in the Critical Role livestream, Grog's height was stated to be 8 ft. and 7 in. tall. Whereas in The legend Of Vox Machina while Grog is still the tallest member he's closer to Percy and Vax's height.

* BigBrotherInstinct: A direct threat against his surrogate sister and best buddy Pike is enough to throw him into an immediate rage. [[[[spoiler:PowerOfLove: It's what gets him to shake off Craven Edge's curse and stand a chance against his EvilUncle]]]]. Grog also demonstrates this towards Keyleth on occasion. He stood up for her when one patron called Keyleth a bitch and shoved her after he stepped in [[CantHoldHisLiquor her alcohol-induced vomit puddle]] in the very first episode, they also worked together in the climatic battle between the gang and the Briarwoods in "Whispers At The Ziggurat" when he chokeholds Sylas [[spoiler:as Keyleth [[ThePowerOfTheSun channels the remaining energy from The Sun Tree and incinerates Sylas with it,]]]] and Grog [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness softly tells Vax "I got her from here" and gently carried Keyleth outside the tomb]] [[spoiler: when she was close to death from [[HeroicSacrifice leaping in front of Delilah's curse to save Vex.]]]]

* BigBrotherInstinct: A direct threat against his surrogate sister and best buddy Pike is enough to throw him into an immediate rage. Grog also demonstrates this towards Keyleth on ocassion. He stood up for her when one patron called Keyleth a bitch and shoved her after he stepped in [[CantHoldHisLiquor her alcohol-induced vomit puddle]] in the very first episode, they also worked together in the climatic battle between the gang and the Briarwoods in "Whispers At The Ziggurat" when he chokeholds Sylas [[spoiler:as Keyleth [[ThePowerOfTheSun channels the remaining energy from The Sun Tree and blasts Sylas with it incinerating him,]]]] and Grog [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness softly tells Vax "I got her from here" and gently carried Keyleth outside the tomb]] [[spoiler: when she was close to death from [[HeroicSacrifice leaping in front of Delilah's curse to save Vex.]]]]

** This also shows up again in the fifth episode of Season 2 "Pass Through Fire" when Keyleth anxiously urges Vox Machina that they have to save Pyrah from becoming devastated and overrun [[spoiler: by the millions of man-eating, bat salamander monsters emerging from the rift to the Fire Plane]] Vax interrupts Keyleth by saying that they need to follow Osysa's instructions to find her mate and later tries to justify his statement [[spoiler:[[(ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight after Keyleth flew off to save Pyrah by herself)]]]] by pointing out that ''all of Tal' Dorei'' is in danger and they can't take detours for everyone they run into. However, Pike and Vex correctly point out that the Fire Ashari are KiKi's family and that she'd drop everything to help any of Vox Machina if any of them needed help with anything, ''especially Vax.'' Given his slightly sad expression watching Keyleth fly off and after Vex and Pike's pep talk, it's strongly hinted that Vax was kicking himself for rebuffing her and ignoring her troubles.

** 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. This dynamic changes in Season 2 with Percy becoming [[TookALevelInKindness happier and more supportive]] [[ShipTease especially towards Vex,]] even standing up to her [[AbusiveParent racist, abusive father]] for her. By contrast Vax [[TookALevelInJerkAss grows colder, more hostile and withdrawn]] towards Vox Machina ''especially'' Percy and ''even Keyleth'' for a brief time [[spoiler: after striking a deal with The Matron of Ravens to save Vex'ahlia's life]] becoming more of The Mean. Thankfully, after his second meeting with the Matron Of Ravens and learning that she means him and Vox Machina no harm and [[GoodAllAlong is one of the more benevolent goddesses,]] [[TookALevelInIdealism he reverts back to his friendlier self.]]

* UsedToBeASweetKid: He was once 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.

* MultiEthnicName: His parents must have checked every European country when they gave him his name. Taliesin Jaffe poached a long list of names from people he knew and characters he voiced to come up with this, causing the weird cross-culture mash.

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the source material, many found Keyleth 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. Keyleth also tries to sympathize with the group instead of just castigating them. [[spoiler: Like when she tries to relate to Percy's problems by bringing up that she won't be allowed to go home to her family until she completes her Aramente which she says will never happen. [[SubvertedTrope It doesn't really work since]] Percy rightfully brings up that Keyleth's family is still alive if she completes her trials or not (which he says she's damn worthy" of finishing) whereas his family is gone forever no matter what he does. Yet he does make it clear to Keyleth he honestly appreciates her effort to understand and sympathize with him and and she's by far the nicest and least confrontational member of the group.]]

* 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. This trait diminishes in Season 2 as Keyleth is shown drinking a pint with Pike and Vex after celebrating Kevdak's defeat. She's still buzzed, but not the vomiting hot mess who could barely walk like she was in the very first episode.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: [[spoiler: Upon realizing Kaylie is his daughter from another casual fling]] and after Kaylie tearfully [[CallingTheOldManOut rips into him for leaving her mom to raise her daughter by herself with

** 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. This dynamic changes in Season 2 with Percy becoming [[TookALevelInKindness happier and more supportive]] [[ShipTease especially towards Vex,]] even standing up to her [[AbusiveParent racist, abusive father]] for her. By contrast Vax grows colder, more hostile and withdrawn [[spoiler: after striking a deal with The Matron of Ravens to save Vex'ahlia's life]] becoming more of The Mean. [[TookALevelInIdealism thankfully after his second meeting with the Matron Of Ravens, he reverts back to his friendlier self.]]

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the source material, many found Keyleth 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. Keyleth also tries to sympathize with the group instead of just castigating them. [[spoiler: Like when she tries to relate to Percy's problems by bringing up that she won't be allowed to go home to her family until she completes her Aramente which she says will never happen. [[SubvertedTrope It doesn't really work since]] Percy rightfully brings up that Keyleth's family is still alive if she completes her trials or not (which he says she's damn worthy" of finishing) whereas his family is gone forever no matter what he does. but he does make it clear to Keyleth he honestly appreciates her effort to understand and sympathize with him and and she's by far the nicest and least confrontational member of the group.]]

** This becomes more prevalent in Season 2 when [[spoiler: Keyleth unleashes her tiger form once again as well as her newly acquired Fire Elelmental powers to [[NoBarredBeatDown graphically injure a hoard of goliaths who were cheering on Grog's brutal beating at the hands of Kevdak]]. She even tiger-bites one herd member ''on the neck'' that was [[LittleSisterInstinct beating up Pike.]] Keyleth even snarls a warning to approaching herd members as though to say, "You want some, too?"]]

* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Though not to the degree of Pike, Keyleth has a slight compulsion to save anybody who needs help. In "The Terror Of Tal'Dorei" Keyleth is one of the first members to voice her approval for slaying Brimscythe [[spoiler:after he destroyed a village and [[WouldHurtAChild all its citizens]]]] [[CowardlyLion despite openly admitting to being terrified out of her mind about it.]] She also wholeheartedly commits to freeing Whitestone from the Briarwood's reign of terror and [[spoiler: magically healing Cassandra's slit throat despite her healing magic not being up to snuff]]. This trait carries over (and strengthens) in Season 2. [[spoiler: The most prominent moment is "Pass Through Fire" when the Pyrah was overrun and destroyed by millions of man-eating salamander-bat monsters from the Fire Plane and [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight Keyleth leaves the group to save Pyrah ''by herself'' after Vax'ildan sternly tells her they have to stay the course.]]]]

* DudeMagnet: Keyleth attracted the attention of two men without even trying by simply being a kind-hearted, adorable and [[CuteClumsyGirl clumsy]] [[CuteWitch Druid]].

* 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. [[TookALevelInBadAss However, this eventually becomes not the case as Keyleth gains more magical capabilities and self-confidence]] and as Vex warms up to Keyleth.

* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Kiki's eyes will glow white if she uses a powerful magical attack, and green if she turns into an animal.

* 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. These moments are all but absent from the 2nd season.

* INeedAFreakingDrink: While everyone is partying with the Herd of Storms, Keyleth asks Vax to dance with her, but he outright rejects her because he was haunted by visions at the moment sent to him by the Matron of Ravens. Keyleth, not knowing this, becomes quickly depressed and decides to drown her bitterness in ale.

* SignificantWardrobeShift: [[spoiler: Completing her fire trial rewards Keyleth with a new ensemble in autumn colors and a red jewel affixed between her antlers.]]

* 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. [[WordOfGod The Critical Role creators state]] that when she becomes an archdruid, Keyleth will [[TimeAbyss age one year for every ten,]] putting her final life expectancy to anything in between ''800 to 1000 years.''

** 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.
%%** The dynamic does flip in Season 2 between Vax'ildan and Percy. Now that Percy is no longer [[spoiler: possessed by Orthax]] and [[DarkAndTroubledPast tormented by the murder of his family sans Cassandra,]] he is much more

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: On par with her personality change, is also her views on morality and how she views the rest of the group. While Keyleth was still the nicest member of Vox Machina, In ''Critical Role'' she always lectures the team on their morality and usually viewed the world and people as being completely good and virtuous or inherently immoral and wicked which caused Keyleth [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity great distress over not knowing what even is good and evil and believing she and the rest of Vox Machina are awful people who don't deserve happiness]] and at one point threatens to '''leave Vox Machina''' if they don't do at least one good thing. Here, lacking her MoralMyopia and ProtagonistCenteredMorality, Keyleth goes along with her team's decisions (unless it involves leaving a village to be overrun by murderous Fire Plane monsters) and doesn't lecture anyone on morality, believing them '''all''' to be good people [[WartsAndAll despite their flaws and bad decisions]] and [[UndyingLoyalty standing by them through thick and thin.]]

* AnimalLover: Given that the Ashari are deeply connected to the flora and fauna of Exandria, she has a strong fondness for animals and [[AndroclesLion seeks to befriend and help them]], though it doesn't always work out. In "Fate's Journey" the gang comes across a wolf hiding just out of sight and whimpering. Keyleth's first instinct is to coo at the animal and ask if he's hurt. [[BaitAndSwitch However, it turns out it's not an ordinary wolf,]] but one of four or five [[AnimalisticAbomination undead, long-tongued, mold-covered wolf-like monsters with blood oozing from its mouth.]] summoned by Delilah to retrieve her notebook and stop Vox Machina from reaching Whitestone. Another instance of Keyleth's love for animals comes in "The Fey Realm" when she coos at a small, green-and-pink bird-like creature [[TemptingFate right before it gets torn apart and eaten by the nearby plants.]]

* 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.

* CharacterTics: Keyleth has a tendency to clench on her MagicStaff whenever she is scared or is nervous.

* GrewASpine: In Season 1, Keyleth started as a SociallyAwkwardHero, crippled by her own fears about the Aramente, struggling with spells that didn't involve tuning into an animal, talking to plants or creating and manipulating vines and constantly having a HeroicBSOD moment in the middle of a battle. In Season 2, she grows to be more confident in herself after mastering the power of fire in Pyrah and sealing the rift between the planes ''by herself.'' Keyleth is also more combat-involved than before, best seen how she bravely she dealt with Umbrasyl and the Herd of Storms, versus the NervousWreck she was in the battle with Brimscythe. She also holds her liquor far better than in Season 1, and is a touch more prone to profanity.

* 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.

* 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 and, with Keyleth's ability to commune with plants and animals, [[ElementalPowers summon and manipulate air and eventually fire]], and transform into miscellaneous animals, is even ''more powerful than Vex.'' This is justified, as Vex is jealous of her relationship with Vax and constantly snarks at her due to bitterness but Vex abandons this animosity.

* MasterOfOneMagic: Subverted in that while Keyleth struggles most of the time to use her ElementalPowers, except for invoking vines, which she perfectly masters and uses it in very creative ways, Keyleth also has a knack for communicating with various flora and fauna [[spoiler: such as her communicating with The Sun Tree and it granting her the remainder of its power to destroy Sylas]] and transforming into miscellaneous animals, even [[AnimalsNotToScale growing in size as said animal.]] Like when she transformed into a red-tailed hawk large enough to catch Pike, Vax and Vex from falling and to carry Percy and Pike on her back [[spoiler: while they were chasing an airborne Umbrasyl.]]

* PragmaticHero: Vax has moments of this, but in the end he's usually the most ethical out of the Vox Machina men. 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. [[spoiler: Though not so much after Brimscythe demolished a small village [[KillEmAll killing everyone living in it.]][[TearJerker: Including a mother and two children.]]]].

** The dynamic does flip in Season 2 between Vax'ildan and Percy. Now that Percy is no longer [[spoiler: possessed by Orthax]] and [[DarkAndTroubledPast tormented by the murder of his family sans Cassandra,]] he is much more

* AGirlAndHerX: Vex has Trinket since she was a little girl and him barely a bear cub.