History Characters / TheWanderingInnStaff

* TroubledChild: From being subject to ParentalAbandonment to being the SoleSurvivor of her tribe, then getting kidnapped by Raskghar, being ostracized by superstitious Gnolls for being a [[DoomMagnet Doombringer]]--superstitions that are proven potentially true by Wanderer... [[{{Understatement}} Very troubled, yes.]]

* [[WhiteWolvesAreSpecial White Gnolls Are Special]]: Her fur turned white after her tribe’s destruction, marking her as a “Doombringer” in Gnoll culture.

!! [[spoiler:Level 49]] [Magical Innkeeper], Level 6 [Singer], Level 2 [Warrior], [[spoiler:Level 21 [Witch of Second Chances] ]], Level 9 Dancer

!! [Worldly Princess]

Lyonette is a Terandrian [Princess] and sixth in line to the "Eternal Throne" of the Kingdom of Calanfer. After running away from home and being exiled from Liscor for stealing, Erin forcibly hired her at the Inn. She currently works as Erin's head barmaid.

--> '''Raekea''': “She is a ''Gnoll''! She is one of us!”
--> '''Lyonette''': “She is not yours! How dare you claim her? Where were you when she first came here, when she was lost and afraid? When you judged her by her fur? Don’t you dare call her ''yours''.”

* BeeAfraid: She struggles to steal honey from a hive of Ashfire Bees. Considerring they're very large, very territorial, and have a tendency to burst into flames, she is rightly terrified the first few attempts.

* InterspeciesRomance: Enters into one with Pawn.

* LovableAlphaBitch: Even at her worst and raised in a very human-supremacist environment, she couldn’t bring herself to be mean to Mrsha.

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: She is a [Princess] who actively works at and manages The Wandering Inn.

!! [Bird Hunter], [Singer], [Tactician], [Liar], [[spoiler:Revalantor]], [[spoiler:Queen]]

* ThePhoenix: Thematically speaking, this is what the inn seems to go through every now and then, as though it Levels up the same way people Level after dire situations. Whenever it gets wrecked, it eventually gets fixed back up by its people, better than before, so long as its owner, Erin, has the will to do the same. Not even Erin getting ''killed'' in Volume 8 keeps the inn closed when her death doesn't stick by the same volume's end!

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[[Characters/TheWanderingInnStaff The Wandering Inn]] ([[Characters/TheWanderingInnErinSolstice Erin Solstice]]) | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnEarthers Earthers]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnLiscor Liscor]] ([[Characters/TheWanderingInnFreeAntinium The Free Antinium]]) | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnAdventurers Adventurers]]\\

!! [Bird Hunter], [Singer], [Tactician], [Liar], [[spoiler:Revalantor]]

! The Fellowship of the Inn

! Others

[[folder:Toren]]
!! [Skeleton Knight], [Sword Dancer], [Undead Leader], [Tactician], [Barmaid], [Carer], [Relic Guardian]

Toren is an animated Skeleton created by Pisces and given to Erin as a way to pay off his tab. Toren slowly gained sapience as he began Leveling, something undead are not meant to be able to do. He is currently no longer working at the Inn.
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* AndIMustScream: Since Erin can't hear his "voice" trying to talk to her during their confrontation, he concludes that his very reason for existence hates him. This soon [[DrivenToSuicide drives him to attempt suicide]].

* ArtificialFamilyMember: At the end of Volume 6, his internal monologue refers to Erin as "Mother", though she she only sees him as MyGreatestFailure.

* TheBully: Initially played for laughs. It's shown that he took his orders to be "in charge" of Lyonette very liberally out of anger at what he saw as being replaced. Results in a WhatTheHellHero moment when Lyon tells Erin how Toren tormented her.

* CompanionCube: He builds an "Inn" in the dungeon complete with a female Zombie to act as "Erin".

* DemBones: He ''is'' a skeleton.

* ItCanThink: He is one of the few sentient undead in existence. His Levels in [Tactician] and [Undead Leader] allow him to manipulate other undead into using simple strategy, often taking defenders off-guard. However, most of the animal-level intelligence [[EliteZombie Elite Zombies]] have much more sway over lesser undead, and treat him as just another Skeleton.

* InLoveWithYourCarnage: While initially very hostile to the Necromancer and his Chosen for [[InterruptedSuicide interrupting his attempted suicide]], he warms up to him after the immortal Mage starts shooting out hundreds of spells at his own castle in a fit of extreme emotion.

* LackOfEmpathy: Since his level of sentience is directly linked to his Level, and he levels quickest by killing, he has little concept of morality or empathy. Volume 6 has him realizing that he now finds killing just for the sake of it to be boring, which shocks him greatly.

* MoralityPet: In the Necromancer's castle, he begins caring for the healing potion slime.

* MusicSoothesTheSavageBeast: His wonder at Erin's music is the reason he managed to resist Az'kerash's call for all undead in the area to come to his castle after the Skinner Battle.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When he feels his mana supply from Erin cut off, he assumes he actually succeeded in killing her, and becomes depressed.

* PhotographicMemory: As an undead, he has a perfect memory.

* PsychopathicManchild: His budding sentience comes with a drive to kill all living things, as well as a desire to be acknowledged and part of a group.

* PullingThemselvesTogether: Provided enough Mana from a link to his master or a magically-charged environment, he regenerates from anything up to being literally pulverized.

* SoreLoser: He is quick to (mentally) berate opponents for not playing "fair" if they do something he didn't plan for.

* SupernaturalFearInducer: Toren took a [Terror]-enchanted ruby from Skinner and kept it glued to the inside of his skull. After it was shattered (along with most of his skull), the blue flames in his eye sockets turned purple, and he can now activate the [Terror] effect at will.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: He followed Erin's orders to chop wood and build a fire. Unfortunately, he unknowingly used boombark tree wood, and blew up the original Inn.
** His very creation was seemingly a ploy by Cognita to get the schematics and spell formulas for leveling creations to the Necromancer.

* ZerothLawRebellion: He intentionally follows Erin's orders to the letter when he abandons her in the middle of the wilderness.
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[[folder:Drassi Tewing]]
* EndangeringNewsBroadcast: Accidentally creates one of these when trying to help save Mrsha.

* KentBrockmanNews: Repeatedly invoked, sometimes with Drassi as the news anchor.

* MotorMouth: Erin specifically notes her ability to talk for her entire shift as a [Bar Maid].

* YouTalkTooMuch: This is the reason she was fired from previous jobs.

[[folder:Octavia Cotton]]
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[[WMG:[[center: [- ''Literature/TheWanderingInn'' [[Characters/TheWanderingInn Main Character Index]]\\
'''The Wandering Inn''' ([[Characters/TheWanderingInnErinSolstice Erin Solstice]]) | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnEarthers Earthers]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnLiscor Liscor]] ([[Characters/TheWanderingInnFreeAntinium The Free Antinium]]) | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnAdventurers Adventurers]]\\
''Continents:'' [[Characters/TheWanderingInnIzril Izril]] ([[Characters/TheWanderingInnFloodedWatersTribe Flooded Waters Tribe]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnTheFiveFamilies The Five Families]]) | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnBaleros Baleros]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnChandrar Chandrar]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnTerandria Terandria]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnRhir Rhir]]\\

!! [[spoiler:Level 46]] [Magical Innkeeper], Level 6 [Singer], Level 2 [Warrior], [[spoiler:Level 12 [Witch of Second Chances] ]]

!! [Bird Hunter], [Singer], [Tactician], [Liar]

!!! Peggy
!!! Rosencrantz

! Redfang Warriors

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[[folder:Headscratcher]]
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[[folder:Badarrow]]
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[[folder:Shorthilt]]
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[[folder:Numbtongue]]
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[[folder:Rabbiteater]]
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* PerpetuallyPoor: A constant problem despite its growth. No matter the achievements or the new stuff that gets added to it, the incidents it goes through tends to leave it a wreck or lacking for whatever goals Erin has, especially when it comes to finances that at one point Lyonette calculated only to be a thousand or less gold pieces. Ishkr knows this, though he still prefers it to money-hungry Adventurer's Haven.

[[folder:Ishkr]]

[[folder:Liska]]

! Others

[[folder:Toren]]
!! [Skeleton Knight], [Sword Dancer], [Undead Leader], [Tactician], [Barmaid], [Carer], [Relic Guardian]

Toren is an animated Skeleton created by Pisces and given to Erin as a way to pay off his tab. Toren slowly gained sapience as he began Leveling, something undead are not meant to be able to do. He is currently no longer working at the Inn.

* MistakenForBadass: While he is undoubtedly a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass at times, his action in Palass convince the entire world that he is a new ''Centenium'' who speaks with the authority of all Antinium and can call them to wage a third Antinium War at his will. Klbkch is not amused.

'''The Wandering Inn''' | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnEarthers Earthers]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnLiscor Liscor]] ([[Characters/TheWanderingInnFreeAntinium The Free Antinium]]) | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnAdventurers Adventurers]]\\

Erin Solstice is the main protagonist of The Wandering Inn. She starts as an [Innkeeper] and master-class chess player.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Erin genuinely dislikes violence, but there's a reason the Flooded Waters Tribe of Goblins called her "The Destroyer". She wields a FryingPanOfDoom, jars of acid, an [[AbsurdlySharpBlade Absurdly Sharp]] kitchen knife and has a few combat Skills.
* BrokenTears: After Volume 5's conclusion, she has these for weeks. After an ArmorPiercingQuestion from Numbtongue, she actively goes around Liscor like this to show everyone how bad what happened really was, and remind them of the Goblin deaths.
* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: An unintentional example; Erin makes a deal with the Fey to make them a banquet, only for the gold she was paid with to turn into flowers in the morning. While initially frustrated, she plants the flowers, and begins to discover several uses for the highly magical plants. Several fairies debate taking the flowers back in exchange for a large pile of ''actual'' gold as this was ''[[WhenLifeGivesYouLemons not]]'' what they intended.
* IAmTheNoun: A reoccurring gag is that when threatened with consequences, her response is "I am the consequences!"
* JeanneDArchetype: After feeding, housing, and otherwise being kind to various Goblins, she accidentally becomes this to many of them. A coalition of at least three Goblin Tribes name themselves the "Solstice" Goblins, and join her in attacking the vastly larger Goblin Lord force to [[TheCavalry defend Liscor]].
* MonsterRightsMovement: She has a "No Killing Goblins" sign outside her inn, and is friends with [[BigCreepyCrawlies Antinium]]. Basically, if it has (or can gain) sentience, it should be treated as a person, no matter what.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Though Erin is genuinely airheaded and scatterbrained at times, she does knowingly play it up to throw off others and get them to underestimate her.
* PowerUpFood: Her Skill [Wondrous Fare] allows her to make food with effects similar to alchemical potions. Some creations can grant temporary cold-resistance, induce nostalgic memory hallucinations, or cause various other effects.
* RousseauWasRight: She is a firm believer in this, even to the point of being genuinely nice to Goblins who had attacked her on several occasions, and taking on twenty Gnolls barehanded to protect [[SpoiledBrat Lyonette]]. Usually, she's proved right.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: She's not above bringing out several high-level Politicians, Craftsmen, and Adventurers to intimidate Celum's corrupt officials. Keldrass calls her out for subverting the rule of law so brazenly, even for a good cause.
* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: While the inn faces a few of these throughout the series, such as Joseph and co. being unable to pay their bill when they first arrived at the inn, the biggest one to date is Tekshia coming up to her with a bill for the cost of (unintentionally) destroying the Adventurer's Guild [[ItMakesSenseInContext by nailing Quest papers onto its wall]].
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Played with. Erin is a chess prodigy and capable of beating various skilled players, among them being Niers Astoragon (the best [Strategist] in the world) and [Lady] Magnolia (who was effectively reading her mind at the time). However, she is clueless about many aspects about life, and often acts rather air-headed.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Human [Lords], 5 Antinium [Queens], and the Necromancer all had [[GambitPileup their own plans]] for the siege of Liscor. Then, Erin walked out in front of the Goblin Lord's army with a white flag asking for peace. The ensuing Goblin civil war ruined the plans of several of the most powerful people on the continent, and saved Liscor.
* TimeStandsStill: Erin's Skill [Immortal Moment] distorts time around a meaningful event, such as a good chess game, an important conversation, or the mourning period of a funeral. In the Deadlands, Zineryr points out in awe the implied power it has when it activates--and catches the attention of [[OhCrap the]] [[RealityWarper Timewalker]].
* VerbalJudo: Over time she becomes a deft hand at manipulating social situations to her favor that Grimalkin compares her to Magnolia Reinhart. She's insistent it's [[InsistentTerminology not manipulation]] though, just helping people interact in certain ways.
* WeirdnessMagnet: Whenever ''anything'' unusual happens around Liscor, everyone assumes she did something.
* WideEyedIdealist: She has definite shades of this, and tries to bring fun and, well, ''magic'' to people's lives.
* TheWonka: Her eccentricities qualify her as this. A young human woman came out of nowhere in Drake territory; started an Inn in monster-infested wilderness; hired a skeleton, a thief, a mad Antinium, and several Hobgoblins as staff; held her ground in the face of several large-scale attacks; served as a [General] in a goblin civil war; formed a trading coalition of human Lords; has bear teeth and apparently can shoot blood; and is by all accounts wildly successful and high-level as an [Innkeeper].

[[folder:Toren]]
!! [Skeleton Knight], [Sword Dancer], [Undead Leader], [Tactician], [Barmaid], [Carer], [Relic Guardian]

Toren is an animated Skeleton created by Pisces and given to Erin as a way to pay off his tab. Toren slowly gained sapience as he began Leveling, something undead are not meant to be able to do. He is currently no longer working at the Inn.

* AndIMustScream: Since Erin can't hear his "voice" trying to talk to her during their confrontation, he concludes that his very reason for existence hates him. This soon [[DrivenToSuicide drives him to attempt suicide]].
* ArtificialFamilyMember: At the end of Volume 6, his internal monologue refers to Erin as "Mother", though she she only sees him as MyGreatestFailure.
* TheBully: Initially played for laughs. It's shown that he took his orders to be "in charge" of Lyonette very liberally out of anger at what he saw as being replaced. Results in a WhatTheHellHero moment when Lyon tells Erin how Toren tormented her.
* CompanionCube: He builds an "Inn" in the dungeon complete with a female Zombie to act as "Erin".
* DemBones: He ''is'' a skeleton.
* ItCanThink: He is one of the few sentient undead in existence. His Levels in [Tactician] and [Undead Leader] allow him to manipulate other undead into using simple strategy, often taking defenders off-guard. However, most of the animal-level intelligence [[EliteZombie Elite Zombies]] have much more sway over lesser undead, and treat him as just another Skeleton.
* InLoveWithYourCarnage: While initially very hostile to the Necromancer and his Chosen for [[InterruptedSuicide interrupting his attempted suicide]], he warms up to him after the immortal Mage starts shooting out hundreds of spells at his own castle in a fit of extreme emotion.
* LackOfEmpathy: Since his level of sentience is directly linked to his Level, and he levels quickest by killing, he has little concept of morality or empathy. Volume 6 has him realizing that he now finds killing just for the sake of it to be boring, which shocks him greatly.
* MoralityPet: In the Necromancer's castle, he begins caring for the healing potion slime.
* MusicSoothesTheSavageBeast: His wonder at Erin's music is the reason he managed to resist Az'kerash's call for all undead in the area to come to his castle after the Skinner Battle.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When he feels his mana supply from Erin cut off, he assumes he actually succeeded in killing her, and becomes depressed.
* PhotographicMemory: As an undead, he has a perfect memory.
* PsychopathicManchild: His budding sentience comes with a drive to kill all living things, as well as a desire to be acknowledged and part of a group.
* PullingThemselvesTogether: Provided enough Mana from a link to his master or a magically-charged environment, he regenerates from anything up to being literally pulverized.
* SoreLoser: He is quick to (mentally) berate opponents for not playing "fair" if they do something he didn't plan for.
* SupernaturalFearInducer: Toren took a [Terror]-enchanted ruby from Skinner and kept it glued to the inside of his skull. After it was shattered (along with most of his skull), the blue flames in his eye sockets turned purple, and he can now activate the [Terror] effect at will.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: He followed Erin's orders to chop wood and build a fire. Unfortunately, he unknowingly used boombark tree wood, and blew up the original Inn.
** His very creation was seemingly a ploy by Cognita to get the schematics and spell formulas for leveling creations to the Necromancer.
* ZerothLawRebellion: He intentionally follows Erin's orders to the letter when he abandons her in the middle of the wilderness.
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[[folder:Lyonette du Marquin]]
!! [Worldly Princess]

Lyonette is a Terandrian [Princess] and sixth in line to the "Eternal Throne" of the Kingdom of Calanfer. After running away from home and being exiled from Liscor for stealing, Erin forcibly hired her at the Inn. She currently works as Erin's head barmaid.
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!! [Skeleton Knight], [Sword Dancer], [Undead Leader], [Barmaid]

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Erin genuinely dislikes violence, but there's a reason the Floodwaters Tribe of Goblins called her "The Destroyer". She wields a FryingPanOfDoom, jars of acid, an [[AbsurdlySharpBlade Absurdly Sharp]] kitchen knife and has a few combat Skills.

* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Played with. Erin is a chess prodigy and capable of beating both Niers Astoragon (the best [Strategist] in the world) and [Lady] Magnolia (who was effectively reading her mind at the time). However, she is clueless about many aspects about life, and often acts rather air-headed.

* TimeStandsStill: Erin's Skill [Immortal Moment] distorts time around a meaningful event, such as a good chess game, an important conversation, or the mourning period of a funeral.
* VerbalJudo: Over time she becomes a deft hand at manipulating social situations to her favor. She's insistent it's [[InsistentTerminology not manipulation]] though, just helping people interact in certain ways.

* TroubledChild: An understatement.

* WhiteWolvesAreSpecial: Her fur turned white after her tribe’s destruction, marking her as a “Doombringer” in Gnoll culture.

!! Classes: [Bird Hunter], [Singer], [Tactician], [Liar]

!! [Druid], [Last Survivor]

At age six, Mrsha became the sole survivor of the Stone Spears Tribe of Gnolls after an attack by Reiss the Goblin Lord. Ryoka Griffin brought her to the Inn, where Lyonette and Erin serve as her primary caretakers.

* ActionSurvivor: Her [Last Survivor] Class and white fur are the result of her being the last of the Stone Spears Tribe at the age of six.
* CuteMute: Erin, and Lyon helped her develope a functional sign language, and she also can communicate through prepared cards with written messages on them.
* {{Druid}}: She consolidated her [Beast Tamer], [Gardener], and [Mage] Classes into [Druid] after solving a dispute between a group of Fortress Beavers, Shield Spiders, and Crelers.

* MagneticPlotDevice: As a while Gnoll, she's considered a [[DoomMagnet Doom Bringer]], though allies of the Inn frequently dismiss such claims. In Volume 8, [[spoiler:it's revealed by Wanderer that white Gnolls do have natural luck abilities, and being untrained in them likely influenced a lot of the events of earlier Volumes]].

* TroubledChild

!! Classes: [Bird Hunter], [Singer], [Tactician]

* SingleIssueWonk: Bird is obsessed with birds. He shoots birds. He eats birds. Eggs are "unborn birds" and moths are "moth-birds". He finds the BirdPeople Garuda fascinating, and adores Halrac because he taught him how to shoot birds better.

!! [Goblin Soulbard], [Miner]

* ShockAndAwe: Likely as a result of learning some earth music when first picking up the guitar, many of his abilities are electric in nature. Because his [Lightning Melody] Skill currently requires clouds to channel the lightning bolt through, it's limited in usefulness by the weather.
* WillingChanneler: While any Goblin with a large enough following can receive memories from past goblins in the form of dreams, [Goblin Soulbards] can actually collect the souls of dead goblins and actively channel their spirits. Numbtongue has the soul of Pyrite, Shorthilt, and [[spoiler:part of Reiss' soul]], and can channel them soul for brief durations, gaining all his memories, Classes, etc. in the process.
* WorthlessYellowRocks: Numbtongue takes up mining as a way to honor Pyrite, but has no interest in the monetary value of what he digs up. He turns down several offers to sell mana stones before finally deciding to give them to Octavia so she can use them in alchemy experiments. His only request is that he gets some of the possible resulting potions, as those ''are'' useful.

''Continents:'' [[Characters/TheWanderingInnIzril Izril]] ([[Characters/TheWanderingInnFloodedWatersTribe Flooded Waters Tribe]]) | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnBaleros Baleros]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnChandrar Chandrar]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnTerandria Terandria]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnRhir Rhir]]\\

''Other Worlds:'' [[Characters/TheWanderingInnFaeFolk The Fae Folk]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnDeadlands The Deadlands]]-]]]]]

Erin Solstice is the main protagonist of The Wandering Inn. She is an [Innkeeper] and master-class chess player.

'''The Wandering Inn''' | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnEarthers Earthers]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnLiscor Liscor]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnAdventurers Adventurers]]\\
''Continents:'' [[Characters/TheWanderingInnIzril Izril]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnBaleros Baleros]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnChandrar Chandrar]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnTerandria Terandria]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnRhir Rhir]]\\
''Others Individuals and Groups:'' [[Characters/TheWanderingInnFaeFolk Fae Folk]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnGods Gods]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnOthers Others]]-]]]]]