Line #135 Characters/PathfinderAdventurePathRiseOfTheRunelords


1	The characters of the first adventure path, ''Rise of the Runelords''.
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3	Back to the main characters page [[Characters/{{Pathfinder}} here]].
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5	[[foldercontrol]]
6	!!Sandpoint
7	[[folder:Aldern Foxglove]]
8	!!Aldern Foxglove, the Skinsaw Man
9	->'''Race:''' Human (Chelaxian), later dread ghast
10	->'''Class:''' Aristocrat/Rogue
11	->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticNeutral, later ChaoticEvil
12
13	%%* GreenEyedMonster
14	* MaskPower: Has a literal magic mask.
15	* ObfuscatingStupidity: How he originally appears.
16	* OurGhoulsAreCreepier: He transforms into a ghast between the first and second installments of the adventure, becoming a mentally unstable SerialKiller and cultist of the god of murder in the process.
17	* SerialKiller: As the Skinsaw Man.
18	* SplitPersonality: He has three -- the sorrowful "His Lordship", the brutal "Hurter" and the sadistic "Skinsaw Man".
19	* StalkerWithACrush: Becomes one of these to a particularly attractive female PC.
20	* TragicMonster: At first he was just a man looking to redeem his family name, but he made deals with the wrong people and became their patsy, becoming a ghast in the process.
21	%%* TheUndead
22	%%* UnstoppableRage
23	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: His last act before succumbing to ghoul fever and his turn to outright villainy was to deliver a sample of Vorel's Phage to the Skinsaw Cult, which, as noted below, directly causes the devastating blood veil plague that sweeps Korvosa.
24	* UnwittingPawn: Of the Skinsaw cult, and by extension of Karzoug. His actions in the cult's service also unknowingly lead to the creation of the plague that devastates Korvosa in ''Curse of the Crimson Throne''.
25	* TheVirus: He was turned into a ghast by a magic disease and can spread it to his victims. He single-handedly starts a minor plague of ghouls this way.
26	%%* WasOnceAMan
27	[[/folder]]
28
29	[[folder:Ameiko]]
30	!!Ameiko Kaijitsu
31	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ameiko_kaijitsu.jpg]]
32
33	->'''Race:''' Human (Tian-Min)
34	->'''Class:''' Aristocrat/Bard/Rogue
35	->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticGood
36
37	Ameiko Kaijitsu is best known in the Varisian town of Sandpoint as the proprietor of the Rusty Dragon, the most popular tavern in town. A member of the town's small aristocracy, she is the eldest daughter of Lonjiku Kaijitsu and Atsuii Kaijitsu, and half-sister of both Amaya and Tsuto Kaijitsu (who are unrelated to each other).
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39	* ActionGirl: Not in ''Rise of the Runelords'', where she's just a DamselInDistress despite her [[FauxActionGirl history]]. She gets to shine in ''Jade Regent''. In the IOS game, she's one of the two characters you start off with so she's this trope by default.
40	* BreakTheCutie: Her half-brother Tsuto kidnaps her as a sacrifice for Nualia, has his goblin minions beat her within an inch of her life, ties her up in a basement, and kills their father before the [=PCs=] rescue her.
41	* DamselInDistress: After getting captured by her half-brother Tsuto.
42	* FauxActionGirl: She has a history as an adventurer, but in ''Rise of the Runelords'' she doesn't do much besides get kidnapped. See ActionGirl above. This tends to happen frequently in ''Jade Regent'', as well.
43	* JustFriends: In the comics, it's mentioned she has many admirers and suitors in Sandpoint. She quickly friendzones them.
44	* LostOrphanedRoyalty: The Kajitsu family was originally one of the five royal houses of Minkai, before being nearly eradicated by oni and being forced to flee across the Crown of the World and go to ground in Varisia, on the other side of the world. As the eldest surviving child of House Kajitsu, Ameiko is thus -- unknown to most inhabitants of either Varisia or Minkai -- [[spoiler:the true heir to Minkai's throne]].
45	* NonIdleRich: The Kaijitsu family are extremely rich and even ended up being aristocrats outside of their homelands, running an inn is just to help out adventurers and pass the time. But don't think that her side-project means she's not serious about making money, in the comics she quickly gives the Seoni, Valeros and friends the boot when Sandpoint stopped paying for their rent and bar tab.
46	* RoyalBlood: As revealed in ''Jade Regent'', Ameiko is [[spoiler:the heir to the throne of the Minkai Empire]].
47	[[/folder]]
48
49	[[folder:Lonjiku]]
50	!!Lonjiku Kaijitsu
51	->'''Race:''' Human (Tian-Min)
52	->'''Class:''' Aristocrat / Expert
53	->'''Alignment:''' LawfulNeutral
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55	* AbusiveParents: Physically to Tsuto (despite not being his real father), emotionally to Ameiko.
56	* AssholeVictim: He was such a dislikeable man, that not even Ameiko mourned him much.
57	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Being encased in glass by your own illegitimate son isn't a nice way to go.]]
58	* TheFriendNobodyLikes: While he was a rather important figure in Sandpoint, none of the people there liked him much.
59	* HairTriggerTemper: He was known to be rather easy to enrage.
60	* HateSink: There wasn't much to like about this man, that's for sure.
61	* HonorRelatedAbuse: Lonjiku cared more about his personal honor than the well-being or happiness of his family. [[spoiler:It is heavily hinted that he murdered his own wife to avenge the dishonor of Tsuto being born out of wedlock.]]
62	* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler: Despite being incensed about his wife cheating on him, he himself cheated on her with a Cheliaxian woman, which resulted in the birth of a stepsister to Ameiko.]]
63	* {{Jerkass}}: Quick to anger, misanthropic and obsessed with a toxic brand of "honor".
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65	[[/folder]]
66
67	[[folder:Lyrie]]
68	!!Lyrie Akenja
69	->'''Race:''' Human (Garundi)
70	->'''Class:''' Wizard
71	->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticEvil
72
73	* BerserkButton: Harming Tsuto.
74	* DirtyCoward: Will flee from battle after the first hit she takes, unless she believes the PC's have hurt Tsuto.
75	%%* EvilGenius: To Nualia.%%ZCE
76	* StalkerWithACrush: She's madly in love with Tsuto, and carries a pouch of items taken from him, including hair and fingernail clippings; Tsuto doesn't give her the time of day, being in love with Nualia.
77	[[/folder]]
78
79	[[folder:Nualia]]
80	!!Nualia Tobyn
81	[[quoteright:276:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/286px_nualia.jpg]]
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83	->'''Race:''' Aasimar
84	->'''Class:''' Fighter/Cleric
85	->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticEvil
86
87	Nualia Tobyn was an aasimar foundling raised by Ezakien Tobyn, the head pastor for the Varisian town of Sandpoint. She was recently found to have planned and executed a raid on the town by local goblin tribes. Although these attacks failed, she was eventually tracked down to the island-fortress of Thistletop, where she met her death.
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89	* AlasPoorVillain: Meta-example. Many players were quite upset upon finding out her backstory, and many wanted to do ''something'' to redeem the poor girl. Officially however, she's killed by the adventurers in the first part of ''Rise of the Runelords''. This hasn't stopped some [=DM=]s from editing the campaign to allow the players to do redeem her.
90	* {{BFS}}: She wields a bastard sword[[note]]Second biggest type of sword behind the greatsword, though in Inner Sea Magic she seems to have a nodachi[[/note]], that's usually shown to be [[BlackSwordsAreBetter black]] and [[SerratedBladeOfPain serrated]].
91	* FetusTerrible: She unknowingly conceived her child in an area desecrated by Lamashtu, the goddess of monsters. As a result, it was born stillborn and monstrously deformed. This threw her over the edge into insanity.
92	* FreudianExcuse: Her hatred of the angelic and of Sandpoint stem chiefly from being treated as an object of superstitious awe by Sandpoint locals and by an adoptive father who saw her more as a prestigious status symbol to be groomed for a life of chastity than as a daughter. She eventually snapped under the pressure of living up to an idealized angelic heritage and being constantly objectified by her community, leading to her eventual fall to evil.
93	* LightIsNotGood: She's an aasimar, which is a race of humans who have been blessed with the blood of angels, but is the first major arc antagonist of the campaign.
94	* RedRightHand: She had a literal demonic hand (usually her left, though in ''Inner Sea Magic'', [[DependingOnTheArtist it's her right]]). Also a huge gash across her abdomen from the aforementioned pregnancy's end.
95	* SinisterMinister: A priestess of Lamashtu, the ChaoticEvil Mother of Monsters.
96	* StarterVillain: She and her goblins are this for the campaign and, more broadly, for ''Pathfinder''[='=]s adventure paths as a whole, being the first major villain in the very first adventure path.
97	* ShoutOut: [[WordOfGod James Jacobs]] confirmed that her adoptive father Ezakien, and by extension herself, are named after Creator/TobinBell, the actor who plays Jigsaw in the ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' movies.
98	* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Because of her angelic heritage, Nualia was gifted with unearthly beauty. Unfortunately, the townsfolk became obsessed with her and constantly begged her for blessings she couldn't provide. That was the start of her spiral into madness.
99	* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Averted in her backstory, later played straight after her HeelFaceTurn from the TraumaCongaLine.
100	* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: She was put on a pedestal by her neighbors, restricted in her activities by her adoptive father, knocked up by her bastard boyfriend who then [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere left her]], [[IHaveNoSon disowned by her father]], and gave still birth to a deformed monster thanks to being in an area desecrated by [[MonsterProgenitor Lamashtu]] at the time. [[AlasPoorVillain No wonder she went crazy.]]
101	[[/folder]]
102
103	[[folder:Orik]]
104	!!Orik Vancaskerin
105	->'''Race:''' Human
106	->'''Class:''' Fighter
107	->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticNeutral
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109	* TheBrute: While he's not exactly stupid, his contribution to Nualia's cause amounts to nothing more than hired muscle.
110	%%* KnowWhenToFoldEm
111	* MurderTheHypotenuse: He has a crush on Lyrie, but knows about her obsession with Tsuto, so he's been planning on killing him.
112	* NoodleIncident: He was forced to flee Riddleport after a scam involving a tiefling prostitute, a shifty alchemist, and an elixir of love.
113	* OnlyInItForTheMoney: He's the only member of Nualia's organization who isn't evil, and is rather uncomfortable with what she's planning. But she pays in platinum.
114	* TokenGoodTeammate: Though he's hardly a saint, and the bar is set pretty low, he's the most decent person in Nualia's gang.
115	* VillainsWantMercy: If reduced to five hitpoints, he'll drop to his knees and beg for his life.
116	[[/folder]]
117
118	[[folder:Shalelu]]
119	!!Shalelu Andosana
120	->'''Race:''' Elf
121	->'''Class:''' Fighter/Ranger
122	->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticGood
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124	* ActionGirl: This woman faces murderous goblins on a daily basis and comes out none the worse for wear.
125	* ArchEnemy: She and Bruthazmus have been trying to kill each other for years, and the hatred between them is very mutual.
126	* TheCameo: She reappears, leveled up, as an elf captain in the ''Second Darkness'' campaign.
127	* HunterOfMonsters: Goblins piss themselves when they hear her name.
128	* MemeticBadass: "Some say she was the first elf to ever set foot on Groeteus. Some say her face appears on ancient Azlanti coins of high denomination. Some say she overcame a troll's regeneration by insulting its mother. All we know is, she's called Shalelu."
129	[[/folder]]
130
131	[[folder:Tsuto]]
132	!!Tsuto Kaijitsu
133	->'''Race:''' Half-elf
134	->'''Class:''' Monk/Rogue
135	->'''Alignment:''' LawfulEvil
136
137	%%* BareFistedMonk
138	* BastardBastard: He's the result of infidelity and one of the more despicable villains in the first book.
139	* CainAndAbel: The Cain to Ameiko's Abel.
140	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Kills his legal father by encasing him in glass.
141	* TheDragon: He's basically Nualia's right-hand-man.
142	* HalfHumanHybrid: Human mother, elf father.
143	* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: His birth really stirred up the rumour-mill in Sandpoint, as he's a half-elf "somehow" born to two human parents who are pillars of the community.
144	* UnholyMatrimony: His relationship with Nualia seems surprisingly healthy, though he does express worry that she won't be attractive anymore after her demonic transformation.
145	[[/folder]]
146
147	!!Magnimar
148	[[folder: Justice Ironbriar]]
149	!!Justice Ironbriar
150	->'''Race:''' Elf (forlorn)
151	->'''Class:''' Cleric/Rogue
152	->'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil
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154	* EnemyMine: If freed from Xanesha's charm spell he's instantly willing to cooperate with the [=PCs=], though with the condition that he have twelve hours to leave Magnimar forever.
155	* ReligionOfEvil: He's the leader of the Magnimar branch of the Skinsaw Cult, who worship Norgorber in his aspect as the god of serial killers.
156	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: As a Justice of the city of Magnimar, he's considered to be a keeper of law and order, and none but the Skinsaw Cult know his true nature.
157	* UnwittingPawn: In the end he's little more than a charmed slave of Xanesha.
158	[[/folder]]
159
160	[[folder: Xanesha]]
161	!!Xanesha
162	->'''Race:''' Lamia matriarch
163	->'''Class:''' Rogue
164	->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticEvil
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166	* ArcVillainess: She's the main instigator of the plot of ''The Skinsaw Murders'', and the final boss of that book.
167	* LiteralManeater: The lovers she meets in human guise either get ditched or brought back home as food.
168	* SiblingRivalry: She and her sister Lucrecia are both trying to harvest souls for Karzoug, and it's turned into a sort of competition between Xanesha's approach of hunting down and killing as many greedy people as she can and Lucrecia's approach of corrupting people to turn greedy before killing them en masse.
169	* SnakePeople: As a lamia matriarch, her lower body is that of a snake.
170	[[/folder]]
171
172	!!Hook Mountain and Turtleback Ferry
173
174	[[folder: Barl Breakbones]]
175	!!Barl Breakbones
176	->'''Race:''' Stone giant
177	->'''Class:''' Wizard (necromancer)
178	->'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil
179
180	* BigBadDuumvirate: He and Lucrecia act as the two main villains of ''The Hook Mountain Massacres''.
181	* TheCaligula: Barl's become more than a little unstable, having one of his bodyguards killed merely for pointing out that they were behind schedule.
182	* OrcusOnHisThrone: For the most part he just sits around on the Dread King's throne, giving orders and letting Lucrecia figure out the details of the plan to drown Turtleback Ferry. He doesn't even get off of it to fight the [=PCs=] until his remaining bodyguard and Lucrecia are defeated.
183	* TheStarscream: He's gone a little mad with power after taking control of the Kreeg ogres, and is deliberately ignoring Momkmurian's orders to extend his time as "king".
184	[[/folder]]
185
186	[[folder: Kaven]]
187	!!Kaven Windstrike
188	->'''Race:''' Human
189	->'''Class:''' Ranger/Rogue
190	->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticNeutral
191
192	* DirtyCoward: Described as such in the text, though he's smart enough not to reveal it to his allies unless he thinks he can get away with it.
193	* TheMole: Sold out the rest of the Black Arrows to Lucrecia and the Kreegs, leading to all but three of them being slaughtered.
194	* MoreThanMindControl: Though Lucrecia started out controlling him with magic, he's eventually become loyal to her even without it.
195
196	[[/folder]]
197
198	[[folder: Jakardros]]
199	!!Jakardros Sovark
200	->'''Race:''' Human
201	->'''Class:''' Ranger
202	->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticGood
203
204	* TheAtoner: After being reunited with Shalelu, he becomes very protective and eager to make up for his past failure.
205	* DeathSeeker: Before he reunites with Shalelu, he's just looking for an opponent to finish him off. Thankfully, she gives him a reason to live again.
206	* DisappearedDad: Or rather disappeared stepdad, to Shalelu, who he abandoned out of guilt for not being able to save her mother.
207	* EyepatchOfPower: He's considered the toughest Black Arrow ranger save for the (now deceased) commander, and he's got a patch over his right eye.
208	* InterspeciesRomance: With Shalelu's elven mother. [[spoiler:It ended in tragedy.]]
209
210	[[/folder]]
211
212	[[folder: Lucrecia]]
213	!!Lucrecia
214	->'''Race:''' Lamia matriarch
215	->'''Class:''' Sorcerer (Fey bloodline)
216	->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticEvil
217
218	* BigBadDuumvirate: She acts as the main antagonist of ''The Hook Mountain Massacres'' alongside Barl Breakbones. Though she's encountered and potentially killed much earlier than he is, she's also the one that does most of the work.
219	* TheCorrupter: As opposed to her sister's approach of getting serial killers to hunt down as many greedy souls as possible, Lucrecia's been spending the past few years corrupting the townsfolk of Turtleback Ferry into worthy sacrifices through her gambling barge. She's also corrupted Kaven Windstrike into her loyal servant and lover.
220	* KickTheDog: Her treatment of the nymph Myriana was as brutal as it was unnecessary.
221	* SiblingRivalry: She's sent at least one letter to taunt her sister about the superiority of her methods.
222	* SnakePeople: As a lamia matriarch, her lower body is that of a snake.
223	[[/folder]]
224
225	[[folder: Vale]]
226	!!Vale Temros
227	->'''Race:''' Human
228	->'''Class:''' Fighter/Ranger
229	->'''Alignment:''' NeutralGood
230
231	* TheStoic: Most of the time he's very taciturn and serious.
232	[[/folder]]
233
234	!!Jorgenfist
235
236	[[folder:Mokmurian]]
237	!!Mokmurian
238	->'''Race:''' Stone giant
239	->'''Class:''' Wizard (transmuter)
240	->'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil (original), ChaoticEvil (Anniversary Edition)
241
242	* DiscOneFinalBoss: He serves, directly or indirectly, as the main antagonist for the first two thirds of the adventure path, but is killed at the end of book four. Unlike most of the boss fights, which can end with the villain fleeing and becoming a more dangerous foe later on, there is no scenario where the [=PCs=] progress past this part of the AP without his death.
243	* TheDragon: Though technically not the most high-ranking of Karzoug's servants, he is the one who Karzoug sends out into the world to actively do his will.
244	* EvilSorcerer: Though he is in fact a wizard, not a ''sorcerer'', which is in fact a major distinction which caused his StartOfDarkness.
245	* TheNapoleon: He's very sensitive about his relatively small stature.
246	* TheQuisling: In ancient Thassilon, giants were slaves of the Runelords. When Mokmurian awoke Karzoug, he willingly let the wizard enslave his people.
247	* TillDeathDoUsPart: He murdered his wife after she [[SheKnowsTooMuch discovered that he gained his magic from books rather than innate sorcerous powers.]]
248	* YouHaveFailedMe: When he tries to flee after his boss fight, Karzoug pulls a VillainOverride to give a monologue through him to the [=PCs=], and then kills him.
249	[[/folder]]
250
251	!! Runeforge
252
253	[[folder:Atroxis]]
254	!!Highlady Atroxis
255	->'''Race:''' Human
256	->'''Class:''' Fighter / Evoker / Eldritch Knight
257	->'''Alignment:''' LawfulEvil
258
259	* AmazonianBeauty: Her skimpy armor doesn't hide her impressive physique.
260	* ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: An adamantine [[FlamingSword flaming ranseur]], befitting of an Alaznist loyalist.
261	* MagicKnight: As an Eldritch Knight, she is skilled at both hand-to-hand fighting and destructive magic.
262	* NoSocialSkills: The flavor text outright says that Atroxis has little in the way of social graces. In an example of GameplayAndStoryIntegration, her Charisma score is a below-average 8.
263	* WhiteHairBlackHeart: She's got white hair and is a fanatical servant of Alaznist.
264
265	[[/folder]]
266
267
268	[[folder:Jordimandus]]
269	!!Jordimandus
270	->'''Race:''' Human (Azlanti)
271	->'''Class:''' Conjurer
272	->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticEvil
273
274	* BeardOfEvil: He has a large, forked beard and is a demon worshipper.
275	* BodyHorror: He has traded his own heart with a demonic enhancement, in the form of a black, tentacled heart that grants him great defensive powers.
276	* CanonForeigner: Of a sorts. He did not exist in the original Adventure Path, and only appears in the Anniversary Version.
277	* DarkLordOnLifeSupport: He cannot leave his room without dying, as his mutated heart only allows him to survive on the alchemical concoction in his room.
278	* DirtyCoward: If he's clearly outmatched, he has zero qualms against [[VillainsWantMercy begging for his life]] and spilling the beans to the [=PCs=]
279	* FatBastard: A truly reprehensible man with an impressive girth.
280	* LazyBum: As can be expected from a Warden of Sloth. He will not intervene in any fight that happens in his domain, and is just content to sit still and let his summoned monsters do the fighting.
281	* OrcusOnHisThrone: Justified by his incredible slothfulness and by his peculiar [[DarkLordOnLifeSupport condition]]. He is content to literally sit on his throne and just cast spells.
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283
284	[[/folder]]
285
286
287	!!The Kodar Mountains and Xin Shalast
288
289	[[folder:Runelord Karzoug]]
290
291	[[Characters/PathfinderThassilon See the Thassilon character page.]]
292
293	[[/folder]]
294
295	[[folder:Svevenka]]
296	!!Svevenka
297	->'''Race:''' Nymph
298	->'''Class:''' Druid
299	->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticGood
300
301	* FullFrontalAssault: As like other nymphs, she doesn't wear anything but will not fight the players unless attacked or provoked first.
302	* HandOrObjectUnderwear: Her artwork in the Anniversary Edition depicts her covering her left breast with her right hand.
303	* AnIcePerson: Part of her powers as an ice nymph.
304	* RetCon: She was Chaotic Neutral in the original print, but changed to Chaotic Good in the Anniversary Edition.
305	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: If the players engage in battle against her, she fights until brought below 25 hit points, at which point she teleports to the opposite side of the Icemists; she does not seek another confrontation with the players.

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