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| 6 | !Vox Machina |
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| 8 | [[folder:In General]] |
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| 11 | A band of mercenaries, and the self-styled greatest mercs in all of the realms. Too bad that the reputation they have suggests otherwise. |
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| 13 | * AdaptedOut: Tiberius was one of the founding members and parted ways with the group partway through the Briarwood arc in the webshow. Here, he is nowhere to be seen and never mentioned, due to his player Orion Acaba parting ways with the show and later being caught in a number of controversies. |
| 14 | * AntiHeroTeam: While they're the good guys in all of this and are ultimately good-natured, they don't always behave heroically. Scanlan is a shameless sex maniac, Keyleth is incredibly awkward, Pike is short-tempered and crass, and Grog is a BloodKnight DumbMuscle who's quite socially inept. Even the more level-headed Vex and Vax are willing to steal, bribe, and even kill to protect themselves and each other, and while Percy appears collected on the surface, he's carrying a considerable amount of trauma and is obsessed with revenge because of it. The ruling class of Emon are thus dismissive of them at large, because Vox Machina don't act like traditional heroes. |
| 15 | * BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Pike, Vex & Keyleth in respective order. |
| 16 | * BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Vax and Keyleth's dynamic. He's a rogue with a DarkAndTroubledPast who always wears black and is occasionally moody ([[spoiler:''especially'' in the period between his first and second encounter with the Matron of Ravens in season 2]]) and somewhat of a PragmaticHero, while Keyleth, by contrast, is a naive, sweet and shy CuteClumsyGirl. |
| 17 | * ColorCodedCharacters: All the members of Vox Machina have one or two colors associated with them. |
| 18 | ** Vax'ildan has [[DarkIsNotEvil black and charcoal gray]] befitting a StealthExpert. |
| 19 | ** Vex'ahlia's is cerulean, a color associated with [[DefrostingIceQueen cooler temperatures]]. |
| 20 | ** Grog is associated with grey. |
| 21 | ** Percy mainly dons navy blue and black, mirroring his DarkAndTroubledPast and his blossoming attraction towards Vex. |
| 22 | ** Keyleth has a strong association with [[RedHeadInGreen forest and emerald green]], quite appropriate for a Druid with a strong emotional and power connection to flora and fauna. The second color being [[RedIsHeroic autumn red]] going with her [[SignificantGreenEyedRedHead hair color]] and her [[MorphicResonance color scheme when in animal form.]] |
| 23 | ** Pike is white and gold, befitting her status as a [[TokenReligiousTeamMate Gnome Cleric]]. |
| 24 | ** Scanlan wears varying shades of purple garb and casts [[PurpleIsPowerful magic spells that are purple.]] |
| 25 | ** Finally, [[BearyFriendly Trinket]] has the closest associations with brown, the same as his pelt color and silver, mirroring his armor. |
| 26 | * HeadbuttingHeroes: While they care about each other like family, they're also prone to petty arguments and disagreements. |
| 27 | * HunterOfMonsters: They are a band of mercenaries who take all the kind of jobs for themselves, including killing monsters and dragons especially. |
| 28 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: More than half of the party fall into this in their own special ways. Grog is a violent meathead, Scanlan is a shameless sex fiend, Vex is cold and judgmental toward basically everyone, and Percy most of all is curt, aloof, and prone to spates of terrific cruelty. However, by the same token, all of the above are also ultimately very decent people balanced out by their respective virtues; Grog is deeply loyal and affectionate toward his teammates, Scanlan is chivalrous and absolutely stellar at propping up his party's morale, Vex is a loving sister who dotes on her pet bear, and Percy is keenly understanding of his companions' traumas and, like Vex, loves his remaining sibling above everything in the world. |
| 29 | * MagicIsFeminine: The three people who are capable of proper magic are Keyleth, a CuteWitch with ElementalPowers, Pike, a WhiteMagicianGirl knight, and Scanlan, a [[TheDandy dandy]] HornyBard specialized in MagicMusic. |
| 30 | * NiceGuy: As for Keyleth, Pike, Vax and Trinket, who, despite their flaws (and being a bear, as the case may be), are very kind and compassionate. |
| 31 | * NiceMeanAndInBetween: |
| 32 | ** 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, making him more of the Nice. By contrast Vax [[TookALevelInJerkAss grows colder, more hostile, sharper-tongued 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.]] |
| 33 | ** On the girls' side we have [[NervousWreck the insecure]], adorkable, [[NiceGirl sweet]] Keyleth as The Nice. The [[ColdSniper aloof]], [[DeadPanSnarker sharp-tongued]], fault-finding Vex'ahlia as The Mean ([[TookALevelInKindness Like Percy she dials down these traits towards the end of the season]]) and the [[TheLadette slightly coarse]], yet [[TeamMom nurturing]] and [[TokenReligiousTeamMate religious]] yet [[TheLadette crass]] Pike as The In-Between. |
| 34 | * RagtagBunchOfMisfits: They start out this way. The BarBrawl from Episode 1 shows they've got three silver to their name, mostly from messing up various jobs. It's only by luck that they stumble into getting the eye of the higher-ups of the land. The trailer for the second season literally describes them as "the worst team ever assembled". |
| 35 | * SiblingTeam: Vex and Vax tend to fight together [[DownplayedTrope while remaining part of the group]], and this was played straight before they joined Vox Machina. |
| 36 | * TookALevelInBadass: Befitting the show's origins as a D&D campaign, each member of Vox Machina gradually becomes stronger and more powerful through overcoming massive challenges and their experiences as a team together. |
| 37 | ** In season 1, Percy subtly, then more and more overtly grows stronger as the season progresses, particularly when facing off with those whose [[GottaKillEmAll names are on his List]]. Percy's bullets become stronger, gain improbable ballistics to hit a target and Percy doesn't need to reload as much. [[spoiler:This is actually because of Orthax's increasing [[DemonicPossession possession]] over him in accordance with the 'unspoken partnership' they forged when creating the pepperbox. When 3 names are killed, Orthax's possession becomes more overt, shrouding Percy's body in [[SuperSmoke black smoke]] that can act as a shield or extended physical weapon, granting him [[FlashStep lighting-quick movements]] and BottomlessMagazines, at the cost of puppeteering Percy's body to his will. These abilities all [[DePower go away]] once Percy successfully excises Orthax from him and Scanlan destroys the Pepperbox in acid]]. |
| 38 | ** Once she overcomes her CrisisOfFaith, Pike gains a [[EnlightenmentSuperpowers massive power boost]], gaining a [[InstantArmour summonable suit of Paladin armour]], able to create a powerful mace and shield from holy energy to attack from close or mid-range, and becoming strong enough to remain the biggest threat to the Briarwoods even through AstralProjection. |
| 39 | ** Keyleth had powerful elemental magics and shapeshifting, but once she successfully [[spoiler:completes her fire trial, she becomes capable of transforming into a powerful flaming titan that can be as much of a physical threat as Grog, making her more durable as well as harder to fight close-range]]. |
| 40 | ** In season 2, the vestiges of Divergence are implicitly sought out by the party to enable them to become strong enough to fight the Chroma Conclave, with several of them already fitting their wielder's fighting style. |
| 41 | *** Vax gains the Deathwalker's Ward, which grants him SuperSpeed and enhanced agility, allowing him to run around the battlefield like ComicBook/TheFlash and SpeedBlitz opponents with velocity-enhanced blows. [[spoiler:By season's end, he also figures out how to make it grow [[PowerGivesYouWings raven wings]] to enhance his agility even further]]. |
| 42 | *** Vex gains Fenthras, an elven bow that can create [[BottomlessMagazines arrows from nothing]] and [[TrickArrow imbue them with elemental properties]], enabling her to shoot flaming, freezing or electrified arrows non-stop and even shoot arrows that sprout vines from the ground to bind and restrain targets. She also gains access to a flying broom from Gilmore's shop that enables her greater versatility and mobility around the battlefield, as well as a necklace that can seal a living being inside for easy transport, enabling her to summon Trinket whenever she wants or quickly teleport her party members around. |
| 43 | *** Grog gains the Titanstone knuckles, which apparently make him stronger and allow him to imbue his fists with electricity for [[EnhancedPunch increased damage]]. Slamming both knuckles together also allows Grog to change his size at will, allowing him to grow large enough to briefly wrestle with Umbrasyl, a dragon. |
| 44 | *** Scanlan gains Mythcarver, a sword that is connected to all the myths and legends of the world, and can be used as a scrying tool to locate the other Vestiges. [[spoiler:As Scanlan demonstrates to finish off Umbrasyl, harmonising his singing with the blade's low humming turns it into a {{Vibroweapon}} that can unleash a SwordBeam powerful enough to blow the black dragon's head in two from the inside-out]]. |
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| 47 | [[folder:Grog]] |
| 48 | !![[Characters/CriticalRoleGrogStrongjaw Grog Strongjaw]] |
| 49 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/grogtlovm.png]] |
| 50 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"She told me you have dick for brains... Which doesn't seem possible."'']] |
| 51 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TravisWillingham (English), Matti Klemm (German) |
| 52 | -->Race: Goliath |
| 53 | -->Class: Barbarian (Path of the Berserker) |
| 54 | |
| 55 | A goliath with a large axe, a big heart, and a slow mind. |
| 56 | ---- |
| 57 | * AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: He displays much more shame about the kind of person he was in the past than he did in the webshow, likely owing to the fact that Grog was younger and less of a direct participant in the Herd in the campaign, whereas the cartoon gives him a slight AgeLift. |
| 58 | * AdaptationalDumbass: A rare instance of this being PlayedForDrama. In the original webshow, after his first fight with Earthbreaker Groon, Grog understands that his strength comes from his friends, satisfying Groon with his answer. In the cartoon, Grog doesn't learn the lesson Groon tries to teach him, and is unable to give an answer. This leads Groon to tell him he has a lot to learn before he can truly consider himself a warrior. |
| 59 | * AdaptationalHairstyleChange: Grog is clean-shaved here like early in the original campaign, except in the stream he had grown a beard by the time of the Briarwood arc thanks to the Belt of Dwarvenkind. He finally gets his iconic bushy beard in season two after acquiring the belt at Gilmore's which, combined with his facial tattoos, makes him look not too dissimilar to [[VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4 Kratos]]. |
| 60 | * 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 (who admittedly are not diminutive men). |
| 61 | * AgeLift: While Grog's age as an adult is unknown, during the stream he explicitly refers to himself as being a child when he's exiled from the Herd, while in the cartoon he's in his mid-teens when he goes to live with the Trickfoots. |
| 62 | * TheAlcoholic: The man loves his ale. He handily wins several drinking contests in a row in Episode 1, and the fact the Briarwoods are cutting off ale to Whitestone sees Grog vowing to "fucking murder everyone" until he gets some booze. |
| 63 | * AloneAmongTheCouples: Downplayed, because nobody in the team is ''officially'' in a relationship, but Grog is the only member of Vox Machina who has no LoveInterest of any sort while [=Scanlan/Pike=], [=Vax/Keyleth=], and [=Percy/Vex=] have all been repeatedly [[ShipTease Ship Teased]]. |
| 64 | * AndThisIsFor: |
| 65 | ** "That's for Pike! And me and maybe Scanlan 'cause he probably won't survive!" |
| 66 | ** And, ''much'' more seriously, the one-liner by which Grog [[spoiler: sends his uncle Kevdak off to his great reward]]: |
| 67 | -->'''Grog:''' ''FOR '''STRONGJAW!''''' |
| 68 | * TheAtoner: Grog has spent his adult years trying to live a righteous life in line with his surrogate family's decency and principles, standing up for those smaller and weaker than him, in atonement for the carnage he wrought as a murderous, untethered teenager under his uncle's yoke. |
| 69 | * AxCrazy: Grog is a violence-loving nut job who enjoys slaughtering his enemies with reckless abandon. In season 2, Silas' black [[EvilWeapon blood-drinking sword]] starts to exacerbate this to levels even Pike, his closest companion, is unnerved by, as he repeatedly stabs his enemies' corpses in front of her with bloodshot eyes. [[spoiler:This all culminates in some unfortunate goliath-on-gnome conflict in S2 E6.]] |
| 70 | * BaritoneOfStrength: Travis voices Grog with nearly his max vocal depth, befitting of a nearly invincible barbarian wall of meat. |
| 71 | * BaldHeadOfToughness: The physical strongest of the group with a shining head. |
| 72 | * BarbaricBattleaxe: He uses an axe as a weapon and even snidely comments that Sylas's sword is "Cute". |
| 73 | * BashBrothers: As an adult with adoptive sister Pike and as a teen with cousin Zanror. |
| 74 | * BattleCry: "I would like to [[TheBerserker RAGE]]!" |
| 75 | * BattleTrophy: Grog loves collecting reminders of his conquests whenever given the chance. It can be anything from a severed hand, to a dragon's tooth, to a giant's eyeball. [[spoiler:He even takes Lord Sylas' [[BlackSwordsAreBetter black-bladed sword]] after assisting Keyleth in killing him. This, of course, turns out to be his worst idea ever.]] |
| 76 | * BearHug: He grabs both Keyleth and Pike in different occasions and leaves them without breath. |
| 77 | * BeardOfBarbarism: Grog, a goliath, gains an instant beard once he wears the belt he found at Gilmore's place. And he is very proud of it. [[BerserkButton Whatever you do, don't cut it]]. |
| 78 | * TheBerserker: An incredibly strong unarmored barbarian warrior who flies into a frenzied bloodlust in battle. |
| 79 | * BerserkButton: |
| 80 | ** Do not, under any circumstances, cut or touch his new beard. He won't react well to it. |
| 81 | ** Also don't mess with his ale or cause it to run short. |
| 82 | * 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.]]]] |
| 83 | * TheBigGuy: He's the most melee-focused of the group, wielding a greataxe to great effectiveness. The first few episodes show Grog using the axe to cut off someone's hand and split Brimscythe's head open. |
| 84 | * BlackSwordsAreBetter: [[spoiler:Seems to have had this trope in mind as he eagerly takes Lord Sylas' black-bladed sword, after seeing what it can do in their first fight. Once he sees what Craven Edge truly does and what it drives him to do, he destroys it]]. |
| 85 | * BlatantLies: Whenever someone notices Grog behaving weirdly due to Craven Edge's influence in Season 2, he usually comes up with [[ImplausibleDeniability some sort of lame excuse]] to conceal the cursed sword's sentience and effects. Nobody is buying it. |
| 86 | * BloodKnight: Grog ''loves'' to fight and is very eager to get into any sort of brawl or battle. |
| 87 | * BloodSplatteredWarrior: |
| 88 | ** Due to his close combat style, he ends up covered in the blood of his enemies far more often than the rest of the party. |
| 89 | ** In season 2, seeing Grog covered in blood is not so funny anymore, as it becomes a sign something is off with him because he enjoys the violence and the blood a bit too much. |
| 90 | * BoisterousBruiser: The loudest, physically strongest member of the party, but also a fun-loving, ale-chugging {{Manchild}}. |
| 91 | * BrainsAndBrawn: He is the LiteralMinded BloodKnight to Pike's ReligiousBruiser. |
| 92 | * BroughtDownToNormal: Less than normal even. The sword punishes Grog for refusing to obey its order and kill Pike and Scanlan, by absorbing all of its strength and turning Grog into a powerless lanky guy. After {{Depower}}, he looks as if all his muscles are atrophied and he doesn't even have the stamina of a mere human, being constantly exhausted and in need to be carried by Scanlan and Pike. |
| 93 | * BrutishCharacterBrutishWeapon: Grog is a goliath [[TheBerserker barbarian]] wielding a huge battleaxe, unadorned apart from a few notches and scratches. |
| 94 | * ChivalrousPervert: His demeanour towards the female members of the team is warm and cordial, especially towards Pike with whom he shares an adorable, platonic friendship. Still, he appreciates a nice ass and is not subtle about it. In Episode 2, he practically drools over a "booty-ful" painting of a sexy, nude Dragonborn girl. In Episode 5, Scanlan inadvertently transforms himself into a very tall and shapely elven woman and Grog's first instinct is to reach for Scanlan's butt. And in Episode 9, as Pike explains to him that she is glowing because of astral projection -- Grog, unfamiliar with the term, only hears the word "ass". |
| 95 | * ChildhoodFriends: He was raised by Wilhand and grew up with Pike after he was exiled from the Herd of Storms by his uncle. |
| 96 | * CloudCuckoolander: |
| 97 | ** Grog thinks that leadership should have a height requirement, therefore Percy and Scanlan do not qualify. |
| 98 | ** In season 2, this gets deconstructed. Earthbreaker Groon, whom he meets in ones of Vasselheim's temples, warns Grog that his weak mind will cost him dearly if he doesn't do something about it, which it shows once the black sword starts whispering and affecting him, and he doesn't even realizes that hearing voices from the sword is not a good sign. |
| 99 | * ConfusionFu: In his final showdown with Sylas, Grog closes his eyes to resist the vampire’s hypnosis and starts swinging his axe with wild abandon. Sylas is unable to predict the random swings and takes a massive hit to the stomach as a result. |
| 100 | -->'''Grog:''' If I can’t see where I’m swingin’, then neither can you! |
| 101 | * CorruptTheCutie: Grog is endearing like a child with his shenanigans and how stupid he can be sometimes, but since he acquired Sylas' black sword, he slowly becomes consumed and mind controlled by the sword's CompellingVoice. He is warned that the sword is a weapon of dark magic and is very dangerous for its wielder. This being Grog, he doesn't listen nor he can understand what it means. All he cares is that he got a cool sword. [[spoiler:He ends up having to care a whole bunch.]] |
| 102 | * {{Cuckoosnarker}}: He can be surprisingly witty when he wants too. Percy comments that he did not expect Grog to say things with so much depth when he confesses he doesn't like losing nor the grief he feels over the village slaughtered by the blue dragon. |
| 103 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Grog is a sweet man underneath the mountains of muscle and rage, but even he has a troubled past, in which he himself was the villain. As a teenager, he reveled in the RapePillageAndBurn lifestyle of the Herd of Storms just as much as any of his tribes folk, and was one of its deadliest and most ruthless warriors. Then he met Wilhand Trickfoot, Pike's great-great-grandfather, in one of the the Herd's raids - just an unfortunate old gnome with a beloved great-great-granddaughter, begging for his life. Not being a completely uncompassionate BloodKnight, Grog refused to murder the old man and tried to sneak him out, only to be caught by his uncle Kevdak and nearly beaten to death for his perceived weakness, only spared from death by Wilhand himself, with little Pike in tow to heal his wounds. Since then, Grog has been a surrogate grandchild and brother to Wilhand and Pike respectively, living his life according to their principles in order to atone for his past and, in his own words, look out for the little guy for once. |
| 104 | * ADayInTheLimelight: Episode "A Test of Pride" explores his DarkAndTroubledPast as a marauder in the Herd of Storms -- and shows him, despite being in a severely weakened state, [[spoiler:[[CharacterDevelopment finally deciding to confront]] his vicious EvilUncle Kevdak]]. |
| 105 | * TheDragonslayer: Though he's not the one who finishes off [[spoiler:Umbrasyl]] in this adaptation, Grog does deal the final blow to Brimscythe. |
| 106 | * DreamingOfThingsToCome: [[spoiler: After acquiring Craven Edge, he starts dreaming of killing his friends in an arena... Which starts to become reality after he impales Pike after she interposed herself between him and Umbrasyl. However, he manages to destroy the sword before he can do the same to anyone else, and Pike luckily manages to survive]]. |
| 107 | * DumbMuscle: Grog is ''gloriously'' unburdened by intelligence, rarely having any deep grasp of what's going on around him and sometimes proposing strategies to the group that are straight-up batty. When Vex tells Grog that Scanlan had "dick for brains", Grog takes it literally. |
| 108 | * EasilyForgiven: Pike immediately forgives Grog for accidentally impaling her during a blind, Craven Edge-induced frenzy. Unlike a lot of cases, this is fully justified in that Grog is as good as Pike's brother and she knows very well that he'd never lift a finger to hurt her in his right mind. |
| 109 | * EveryoneHasStandards: |
| 110 | ** DumbMuscle obsessed with killing as he is, even Grog is disgusted by Scanlan's story about his worst kill. |
| 111 | -->'''Grog:''' What the fuck? |
| 112 | ** In Season 2, while it takes him a while to catch on, he grows more and more uncomfortable with [[EvilWeapon Craven Edge]]'s desire for blood at all costs, especially when it tries to push him to take blood from [[LikeBrotherAndSister Pike]]. [[spoiler:When he accidentally stabs Pike through the chest in his battle rage against Umbrasyl, he snaps out fast and is utterly horrified, and is driven to destroy the thing.]] |
| 113 | ** Even in his teenage years when he was a bloodthirsty marauder, Grog didn't believe in killing people who weren't able to fight back. |
| 114 | * FacialMarkings: Like all goliaths, he has tattoos over his face and shoulders. |
| 115 | * FearlessFool: Except for zombie giants, Grog knows no fear. Immortal vampire with HealingFactor? No problem, engage with the excitement of a child. Blue Dragon? Charge at it even everyone would rather retreat. Guards pointing arrows at him? Climb the ledge they are on and grab them like sticks. Deadly acid pool trap? Jump in and swim in it. |
| 116 | -->'''Vax:''' Grog, you dumb, brave asshole! |
| 117 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Both Grog and Pike are BoisterousBruiser BloodKnight types but Grog is especially reckless compared to Pike. |
| 118 | * GentleGiant: Grog very much acts like a small, slightly feral child in an incredibly large body. He's huge, dumb, vulgar, and always the first member of the crew to jump to violence, but he's also very earnestly kind and protective toward the people around him, ''especially'' Pike, and is one of the first members of Vox Machina to give voice to their grief following [[spoiler:Brimscythe's massacre of the village in the first episode]]. As he says in the second season, protecting the little folk is his job. |
| 119 | * HandicappedBadass: He breaks his leg after Umbrasyl drops him from a great height and has to fight with his leg barely splinted. During the fight with the dragon, he does well until he breaks his leg a second time. |
| 120 | * HappilyAdopted: by his "Poppop" Wilhand Trickfoot. |
| 121 | * HeroicBuild: Grog is the tallest member of the party and looks like a body-builder. |
| 122 | * HeroicRematch: He loses his first battle with Sylas, but does much better in their second one where he even gives the vampire some serious blows like almost cutting him in half with his axe. Lampshaded by Grog himself. |
| 123 | -->'''Grog:''' How's about you and me go for a rematch? |
| 124 | ** After Kevdak [[spoiler: nearly killed him as a kid, he comes back for a rematch years later in '''The Kill Box'''.]] |
| 125 | * HeroicSecondWind: During his fight with Kevdak, Grog is easily beaten and impaled on a stake by his uncle, and Pike and Scaland are taken as prisoners. Just when all hope is lost, Grog has a vision of Earthbreaker Groon asking him again and again from where his strength comes, forcing Grog to finally find his resolve. As he screams "I would like to rage", he reverts back to his HeroicBuild and starts to attack Kevdak again, doing better this time in the battle. It gets subverted because his uncle defeats him again. |
| 126 | * HugeGuyTinyGirl: Grog the goliath and his best friend Pike the gnome. |
| 127 | * InsaneTrollLogic: When Scanlan and Keyleth rhetorically ask Percy how many dead people are in his town, Grog is quick to give dissertations on the question. According to a very serious Grog, dead people come from the ground because that's where they '''live'''. |
| 128 | * IronButtMonkey: This is weaponized more than once as Grog's endurance allows him to withstand much more punishment than his friends. He is often seen getting thrown, burned, brutally beaten and smashed to the ground by his opponents, but almost always gets up and continues to fight. |
| 129 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A violent brute who cares about his friends and innocent lives. |
| 130 | * LaughingMad: Grog delves into this[[spoiler: as he becomes [[BrainwashedAndCrazy more corrupted and goaded into brutal slaughtering]] by [[HungrySword the Craven's Edge]] in battle.]] It all comes to a head when in his blood-lust [[spoiler: Grog [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice graphically stabs Pike,]] his '''best friend and sister in all but blood''' (pun not intended) and nearly kills her. Thankfully, Pike survives and is even well enough to walk the long trek to her PopPop's cabin.]] |
| 131 | * LeeroyJenkins: The physical embodiment on charging without thinking. |
| 132 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: Pike acts for Grog like a CoolBigSis. They were raised together by Pike's great-great-grandfather. |
| 133 | * LiteralDisarming: Grog cuts off Kevdak's left arm, but it barely slows him down. |
| 134 | * LiteralMinded: Very, for example when Allura puts Vox Machina under house arrest a horrified Grog exclaims "'''How''' do you arrest a ''house?!''" |
| 135 | * {{Malaproper}}: He cannot understand complicated words, and mistakes the word fulcrum for "fuck room". |
| 136 | * {{Manchild}}: Grog acts like a little toddler frequently. He throws tantrums whenever the beer runs out anywhere, and at one point, he begs Scanlan to get him a sandwich like how a kid asks his parents to get him food. |
| 137 | * ManlyTears: He misses Pike so much that he starts to cry like a child in her absence. Vax mistakes his wailing as him trying to take a shit on the cart. |
| 138 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When Craven Edge's creeping corruption causes him to nearly murder Pike, the person he loves the most, Grog completely breaks and finally takes his ensuing rage out on the blade itself, shattering the cursed thing. |
| 139 | * MurderIsTheBestSolution: His plan to save Archie from the prison is to kill every guard... and Archie too. |
| 140 | * NoodleIncident: |
| 141 | ** Sometime before the start of the series, Grog accidentally decapitated their last employer. |
| 142 | ** When Vex hears Grog crying, he exclaim that Grog better be not be shitting in another car again. |
| 143 | * OddFriendship: |
| 144 | ** Grog, the boisterous giant goliath, is best friends with Pike, the kindly cleric gnome. They bond quite well over booze. Turns out, they grew up together after her great-great-grandfather effectively adopted Grog. |
| 145 | ** He is also good friends with Scanlan, a [[TheDandy dandy]] gnome bard. |
| 146 | * OldShame: Grog is very ashamed of the brutal killing machine he used to be in the past and never dared to open up about it to anyone. He talks with Pike about his past only because the extreme circumstances that are forcing him to come out clean. In Westruun, he choses to confront his EvilUncle despite his weak state, because he feels that if he runs away one more time, it will just prove to his uncle that he is indeed weak as he always said. |
| 147 | * TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: That's how he justifies wanting to fight Kevdak, in order to redeem himself of his shameful past. He provokes his uncle to a fight in his weak state despite Pike's and Scanlan's protests. |
| 148 | * OrcRaisedByElves: In this case, goliath raised by gnomes. After being abandoned by his brutal marauder herd, he was taken in by the kindly old gnome he spared. |
| 149 | * PeltsOfTheBarbarian: He wears pants and fur-trimmed pelt around his waist, making him to look savage in contrast with his more modern looking friends, especially Percy who is a BadassInANiceSuit. |
| 150 | * PuppyDogEyes: He is very good at this. He gets Scanlan to bring him a sandwich by making sad eyes and whine like a pup. |
| 151 | * PowerFist: The Titanstone Knuckles give Grog the ability to grow in size and amplify the wielder's power. |
| 152 | * ThePowerOfFriendship: Grog finally finds the answer for Earthbreaker Groon's question about the source of his strength during his fight with Kevdak. |
| 153 | -->'''Grog''': My strength come from my friends. |
| 154 | * RaisedByGrandparents: Adopted and brought up by Wilhand Trickfoot, who he calls Poppop. |
| 155 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Normally Grog raging is a good thing, but a raging battle lust with bloodshot eyes is a sign that Craven Edge is taking control. |
| 156 | * RedOniBlueOni: He is a berserker ManChild obsessed with killing, while Pike is mature and calm, making her a MoralityPet for Grog. |
| 157 | * RelativeButton: Kevdak bringing up his father enrages Grog to the point of him blinding Kevdak in one eye. |
| 158 | * ScreamingWarrior: Will gleefully charge into any fight roaring at full volume. And then there's his {{Catchphrase}}: |
| 159 | --> '''Grog''': '''I would like to''' '''''RAGE'''''! |
| 160 | * SeriousBusiness: Grog does not swear vengeance on the Briarwoods to avenge all the innocence lives they have taken, but because they took all the alcohol in Whitestone. |
| 161 | * ShouldersOfDoom: He wears a pauldron with an utility belt over his left shoulder. |
| 162 | * SimpleMindedWisdom: Despite being the DumbMuscle of the group, Grog occasionally has some great insight. Examples include: |
| 163 | ** Taking a tooth off [[spoiler:Brimscythe]] to prove they killed [[spoiler:the dragon.]] |
| 164 | ** Stating the obvious solution to Pike's disconnection to the Everlight. |
| 165 | ** Pointing out that the hordes of undead in Whitestone are coming from the graveyards. |
| 166 | ** Realizing that [[spoiler:Sylas]] won't be able mind control him or predict his attacks if he closes his eyes and swings recklessly. |
| 167 | ** Choosing [[spoiler: Zanror to lead the Herd after Kevdak's death]] after finding out he turned against Kevdak. |
| 168 | * {{Sizeshifter}}: After gaining the Titanstone Knuckles, Grog can smash them together to grow in size, strength, and durability. |
| 169 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:His first death via Craven Edge devouring his soul is averted, instead "merely" having his strength sapped by the cursed blade.]] |
| 170 | * {{Squee}}: He's ''delighted'' to find out that the Belt of Dwarvenkind made him grow an impressive beard. |
| 171 | * StrongAndSkilled: Despitte being the DumbMuscle, there's several situations that show he's a lot better of a fighter than he would appear to be. Once he regains his strength, he proves capable of outfighting his uncle and forcing Kevdak to pull out his trump card to regain the advantage. |
| 172 | * SuperToughness: Grog is incredibly resilient, capable of surviving things that would have killed any of his companions. |
| 173 | ** Being shot by arrows or stabbed with a knife only seem to annoy him. |
| 174 | ** He barely registered having a chair smashed over his head. |
| 175 | ** In Episode 10, Grog dives into a literal pool of acid, and manages to survive long enough to pull one of the three levers to drain the acid. Pike's healing magic was helping him survive, but the fact that Grog lasted as long as he did is still a testament to his durability. |
| 176 | ** In Episode 11, he takes a hit from Keyleth's blast of divine power in the form of a WaveMotionGun. While Keyleth was aiming at [[spoiler:Sylas Briarwood, whom Grog was holding in a full-nelson armlock]], Grog still took one hell of a hit and shrugged it off. |
| 177 | *** Before hand, he was thrown off the top of a stories high ziggurat and came back more annoyed by the experience than anything. |
| 178 | ** In Episode 19, Craven Edge's DyingCurse saps all his strength and leaves Grog so weakened, he can't even stand up by himself or move without assistance, leading to multiple example of comedic injury during the TravelMontage against the helpless Grog. The include getting used as a raft to traverse some rapids, accidentally dropped off a cliff into some ''very'' thorny brambles, half-drowned in a bog and being used as the rope in a tug-of-war with Pike and Scanlan against a wild wolf that has its jaws clamped ''firmly'' on [[GroinAttack his groin]]. Though painful, none of it leaves a lasting mark on him. |
| 179 | ** Episode 20 features what is probably the most brutal beating Grog has ever taken, repeatedly getting pounded into the ground by Kevdak before getting ''impaled on a wooden stake.'' Even after getting a HeroicSecondWind, Grog still takes more punishment, finally collapsing after [[spoiler: falling from the sky & bisecting his uncle]]. |
| 180 | * SuperStrength: Grog is strong enough to crush a dragon's skull and move a giant door with his hands. |
| 181 | * TemptingFate: Grog is really asking for it when he proudly informs Umbrasyl is gonna be very hard for him to shake Grog off and than haughtily asking the dragon to prove [[IsThatTheBestYouCanDo what else he has got]]. Umbrasyl answers by slamming Grog into tree trunks and a cliff. And he does get shaken off Umbrasyl the moment the dragon shoots acid on him. |
| 182 | * TrueCompanions: With Pike. Being separated from her for even a fairly short period of time is enough to send him into a fit of depression. [[spoiler:The Craven Edge manipulating him into stabbing her clean through her body is enough to snap him out of his rage immediately.]] |
| 183 | * UndyingLoyalty: He cares about all the members of the team, but Pike Trickfoot, his adopted sister, is easily his closest friend. [[spoiler:She is able to talk him out of a hypnotic trance that Craven Edge put him in and seeing Kevdak threaten to kill her instantly puts him into an UnstoppableRage]]. |
| 184 | * UnstoppableRage: In Episode 2, he screams "I would like to RAGE!" before charging Brimscythe, slamming his axe into the dragon's head and splitting it down the middle. |
| 185 | ** In S2E10, seeing Pike crying for him to save her is enough for him to not only shrug off being impaled ''through the stomach'', but to suddenly regain all of the muscle mass he'd lost to Craven Edge's curse. While once again bellowing "I would like to RAGE!" |
| 186 | * VictorGainsLosersPowers: Grog makes a habit of taking powerful weapons from people he defeats. He claimed Craven Edge from Sylas after helping defeat the Briarwoods, and later takes the Titanstone Knuckles from his uncle Kevdak after besting him in combat. |
| 187 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With Vax. They play painful pranks like hitting each other on the crotch and have {{Snark To Snark Combat}}s. |
| 188 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: His default outfit is wearing furred trousers and a pauldron, not that anyone complains. After Craven Edge's DyingCurse saps all his muscles, his reedy physique is thin enough that Scanlan accidentally pulls him out of his trousers whilst dragging him along the ground, as Grog's too weak to walk by himself. |
| 189 | * WalkingSpoiler: Of a sort - it's really difficult to avoid some black bars in the trope entries because of certain late developments in season 1 and how they influence season 2, [[spoiler:with Grog's entire plotline revolving around his struggles to control Craven Edge, and struggling to make ''it'' not control ''him''.]] [[spoiler:And of course, the consequences for him finally failing to do so for a moment.]] |
| 190 | * WeakButSkilled: In his atrophied state Grog was shown to fight with some technique and tactic against his uncle instead of just fighting like he usually would. Sadly none of his punches do any damage whatsoever because at that point he didn't have any strength. |
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| 193 | [[folder:Keyleth]] |
| 194 | !![[Characters/CriticalRoleKeyleth Keyleth of the Air Ashari]] |
| 195 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kikitlovm.png]] |
| 196 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Come on, come on, come on, you've got this!"'']] |
| 197 | |
| 198 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MarishaRay (English), Katharina Schwarzmeier (German) |
| 199 | -->Race: Half-elf |
| 200 | -->Class: Druid (Circle of the Moon) |
| 201 | |
| 202 | The future leader of the Air Ashari, out on a mission to prove her worth. |
| 203 | ---- |
| 204 | * EleventhHourSuperpower: Keyleth struggles for most of the season to use Sunlight spells, until the end of the Season 1, where with the help of the Sun Tree, she obliterates Sylas with the Sunbeam spell. |
| 205 | * AccidentalMurder: Keyleth's strangest murder was entirely accidental. She was attacked by a Duergar and her wind attack sent him into lava, then she panicked and pushed him into the lava with her leg. |
| 206 | * AdaptationalCurves: Inverted as a result of her de-aging. In the webshow, she is around 6'0" and a StatuesqueStunner, taller than the twins, but here she is almost a head shorter than Vex and Vax. |
| 207 | * AdaptationalDeviation: In the original stream, during the battle at the ziggurat, [[spoiler:Delilah hits Vex with a Finger of Death spell, nearly killing her outright. In the show, Keyleth leaps to Vex's defense and takes the hit instead]]. |
| 208 | * 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 that Marisha struggled with handling at the table, Keyleth goes along with her team's decisions (as long as it doesn't doom or screw anyone over), tries to sympathize with the group instead of just castigating them (like with Percy in the episode "Shadows At The Gate") 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.]] |
| 209 | * AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Keyleth and Percy are good friends, but they are not close LikeBrotherAndSister as they were in the web show, where she would often hug Percy, butt-head with him, they would often disagree over the importance of morality, but otherwise being so close that even Vex considered they could start a romantic relationship. |
| 210 | * AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the source material, many found Keyleth reckless, self-righteous and preachy due to Marisha's attempt to play into Keyleth's morality and background, while also trying to be in character as a somewhat naïve person. Here, Kiki makes bad decisions less out of lack of foresight, and more out of being usually in a state of panic, which lines up more with how Marisha was trying to portray her. |
| 211 | * AffectionateNickname: Vax (and the rest of Vox Machina) call her "Kiki", and Kash refers to her as both "Antlers" and at one point "Earth, Wind and Fire." Both men display romantic interest in her. |
| 212 | * AgeLift: In the livestream, it was Percy who was the youngest member. Here, it’s Keyleth. Is shown even in her character design, she is the shortest among the "big folk" of the team, where in the show, only Grog and Percy were taller than her, and sports rounder facial features than anyone. |
| 213 | * AmbiguouslyBi: Keyleth has feelings for Vax, but when Vex puts a hand on her shoulder and addresses her as "darling," Keyleth blushes mightily. |
| 214 | * {{Animorphism}}: Her Wild Shape ability allows her to shift into various beasts and birds. Keyleth turns into a hawk or an eagle to swoop down and attack Sylas in Season 1 Episode 3, She turns into a jackalope to escape the wraiths in Season 1 Episode 4, and in Episode 5 she turns into a squirrel and later lets out a loud tiger-like snarl at a wolf, complete with fangs in her mouth. In episodes 6 and 7, Keyleth also transforms herself into a [[PantheraAwesome hulking, white and red-striped saber-tooth tiger]]. |
| 215 | * 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]] sent 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.]] |
| 216 | * ApologisesALot: Going hand-in-hand with her anxiety and insecurities, Keyleth is very prone to nervously and rapidly apologizing for even the smallest of mistakes. |
| 217 | * TheBabyOfTheBunch: Keyleth certainly qualifies as she looks to be about in her very late teens and is rather sheltered and naive to the world outside her Ashari whereas the others appear in their mid-to-late twenties and have more life experience and street-smarts. |
| 218 | * BadassAdorable: She's powerful but also sweet. Her vines were able to subdue Brimscythe for a brief time; a wall of thorns she made manage to hold back the Briarwoods, she created light bright enough to [[HolyBurnsEvil burn some wraiths that attacked the group]], she can turn into a [[PantheraAwesome giant white and red saber-tooth tiger]] and she can body-check and frighten off a [[AnimalisticAbomination mutant demogorgon-mouthed zombie-wolf.]] And she does all of it as a cute redheaded woman that becomes a stuttering nervous wreck when she's anywhere near danger. |
| 219 | * BattleCouple: With Vax. They always look after each other. |
| 220 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Not only is she the kindest out of the group and adored by everyone in Vox Machina -- even Vex, who doesn't like the fact that Keyleth's flirting with her brother -- but Kiki is surprisingly powerful when push comes to shove. Her vines hold down a dragon's wing in Episode 2, in Episode 5 she bodychecks and roars at one of Delilah's zombie-wolves [[FunnyMoment causing it to sit and whine like a puppy]], Keyleth can transform into a [[PantheraAwesome large, white and red-striped saber-tooth tiger]] [[spoiler:which she utilized to attack Stonefell after he [[CruelAndUnusualDeath knee-capped and brained]] a [[MauveShirt rebel who bravely and whole-heartedly aided the gang practically every step of the way]] and would have likely killed Stonefell had he not been bodyblocked by two armed guards.]] and her sun magic takes the form of a WaveMotionGun to fry [[spoiler: Sylas Briarwood to ashes in Episode 11.]] |
| 221 | ** This becomes more prevalent in Season 2 when spoiler: Keyleth unleashes her tiger form once again [[spoiler: 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.]]]] As a tiger, she bites one herd member that was [[LittleSisterInstinct beating up Pike]] ''on the neck'' (most likely killing said herd member). Keyleth even snarls a warning to approaching herd members shortly thereafter as though to say, "Oh, you want some, too?" |
| 222 | * BlackMage: She evolves into this by the end of Season 2, once she learns to control her spells (except her medical abilities) far better and plays a more active role in combat by using many offensive spells like turning into a Fire Elemental Juggernaut. |
| 223 | * BlowYouAway: She is part of the Air Ashari tribe, and uses strong spells that are associated with wind. If pushed enough, her wind spell can be so powerful it can freeze anything in its radius, including zombies. |
| 224 | * BondingOverMissingParents: Subverted. She tries but fails to connect with Percy over the fact that both are missing their parents. Keyleth may have been sent on exile to complete her Amarente journey and believes she will never get to see them again because she feels unworthy of becoming the leader of her people, but as Percy points out, her parents will still be alive even if she'll never get to see them again, while his are dead forever. |
| 225 | * BookDumb: While Keyleth's ''nowhere near'' as dumb as Grog, She admitted to often fell asleep during her ancient abyssal class missing out most of the lessons. |
| 226 | * 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 drinking a decently sized pint with Vex and Pike after celebrating Kevdak's defeat. While she's clearly less inhibited than usual, she's ''not'' the vomiting hot mess who could barely stand like she was in the very first episode. |
| 227 | * CatchPhrase: [[DownPlayedTrope Of a sorts.]] When someone asks or suggests Keyleth to perform a powerful spell, she'll respond with "Me?" or "Who, me?" |
| 228 | * CelibateHero: [[spoiler:She chooses not to engage in any romantic relationship with Vax]] because she believes the duty she has to the realm and her people comes first. Season 2 also shows that one of the big reasons for her apprehension in the pursuit of romance with Vax is that as a druid, she will age ''10'' times ''slower'' than normal. Meaning that once fully realized, Keyleth's final life expectancy will be anywhere between ''800 to 1000 years'', so [[WhoWantsToLiveForever she'll outlive most of her friends by centuries.]] Those reasons make any romance for her impossible… [[WillTheyOrWontThey at least for now]]. |
| 229 | * CharacterDevelopment: At the start of the series, Keyleth was a [[ClassicalAntiHero crippingly insecure, socially awkward]] IneptMage (barring her talents for vine creation, speaking to animals and plants and [[{{Animorphism}} turning into various animals]]) who would often freeze in panic during the heat of battle, but she was also very [[NiceGirl sweet, helpful]] and [[CowardlyLion willing to throw herself in danger to protect her loved ones and people who needed her despite being scared out of her wits.]] While [[NiceGirl still holding onto her kindness and heroism.]] as the series went on however, not only does Keyleth garner more magical abilities, but she also becomes more [[TookALevelInBadAss involved and formidable in combat as well as more self-assured and eager to leap into action to protect her loved ones with zero hesitation.]] |
| 230 | * CharacterTics: Keyleth has a tendency to clench on her MagicStaff whenever she is scared or is nervous and will point to herself when saying "Me?" or "Who, me?". |
| 231 | * ChekhovsLecture: Before she leaves on her own Aramente, Keyleth's mother tells her to listen to the elements and to never hesitate before them, as she was made to pass through fire. Keyleth embraces her mother's lesson to push through to the Plane of Fire, sealing it and completing her fire trial. |
| 232 | * ChronicHeroSyndrome: Though not to the degree of Pike, Keyleth has a 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 snake-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.]] |
| 233 | * TheClan: She is part of the Air Ashari tribe. |
| 234 | * ClassicalAntihero: She is the typical insecure, shy and SociallyAwkwardHero. She is always snapped out of her insecurities by the others in order to use her powers. Keyleth could easily be one of the strongest magic users, but is crippled by her low self esteem; she does become more confident in her abilities as the seasons go on, but still has a long road ahead. |
| 235 | * ComingOfAgeStory: Keyleth's Aramente is about having to prove herself worthy of becoming the leader of the Air Ashari and shaking off her sheltered upbringing, transitioning from an insecure CowardlyLion to someone willing to take the matters into their own hands. |
| 236 | * CombatMedic: Keyleth is barely a rookie in terms of healing, so she does not have Pike's level of healing abilities nor wide knowledge about medicine, but she knows enough to save Cassandra and heal her slashed throat. |
| 237 | * ComboPlatterPowers: Keyleth has the most random and widest range of abilities and magic spells; talking to animals and plants, manipulating vines, ElementalPowers, using crystals as shields, Sunlight magic, WeatherManipulation, heating and melting metals, transforming into animals, HealingHands, and creating portals. |
| 238 | * CoolCrown: She wears wooden antlers that look like one. In the 2nd season, [[spoiler: after becoming a Fire Elemental and passing her fire trial for her Aramente,]] Keyleth's antlers gain a ruby between the antlers making it look more like a simple crown. |
| 239 | * CuteBruiser: Once she gathers enough nerve, Keyleth will attack with all her might, whether with her staff or her spells, or sometimes both. |
| 240 | * CuteClumsyGirl: She has a habit to trip and drop her stuff. |
| 241 | * CuteWitch: Keyleth is endearing, insecure, went to a WizardingSchool, and was sent on an sacred pilgrimage because she is TheChosenOne for her people. |
| 242 | * TheCutie: Pike may have the size to qualify for this, but Keyleth has everything else. She's shy, prone to panicking, and seems more confident interacting with animals than people, all while being wholly adorable and unfailingly kind toward pretty much everyone. |
| 243 | * DaddysGirl: Due to the disappearance of his wife, Korrin had to raise Keyleth by himself, and it's clear that he absolutely doted on his only child. They have a very close bond, and are overjoyed to see each other again in Pyrah, despite the tragic circumstances. |
| 244 | * DimensionalTraveler: Keyleth gains the ability to travel among different planes of realities in Pyrah. |
| 245 | * {{Druid}}: Keyleth is a druid of the Air Ashari, capable of wielding magic tied to the natural elements as well as transforming into beasts. |
| 246 | * DudeMagnet: Even though Vex is more of the flirt, Keyleth attracted the attention of two men without even trying by simply being a kind-hearted, adorable and [[CuteClumsyGirl clumsy]] [[CuteWitch Druid]]. |
| 247 | * ElementalPowers: Keyleth was shown being capable to manipulate almost all elements of nature; lightning, ice, fire, earth, the power of the sun, air, and manipulating the vines. |
| 248 | * ElementalShapeshifter: Aside from beasts, Keyleth can also transform into elementals. |
| 249 | * TheExile: Of a sorts. Instead of the usual reason being the exiled character is cast off for an offense and never wanted to be seen nor heard from again,[[spoiler:she has been unwillingly nominated by the Air Ashari for a sacred pilgrimage known as the Aramenté in which the druid chosen is to pass the elemental trials of other Ashari and become the ruler of the Ashari known as "The Voice Of The Tempest." She cannot return home unless she succeeds, and is riddled with anxiety over it.]] |
| 250 | * {{Expy}}: According to Creator/MarishaRay, Aang's journey to become the {{WesternAnimation/Avatar|TheLastAirbender}} was a big inspiration for Keyleth's Aramente. Keyleth too is part of an ethnic group with air-based powers, has ElementalPowers similar to Aang, and shares [[FriendToAllLivingThings his affinity with almost every animal he meets]]. |
| 251 | * FireIceLightning: She can generate a wall of ice, use Sunlight magic, fire-based spells, and invoke thunders from the sky. |
| 252 | * FirstLove: When Vax confesses his love for her, Keyleth tells him this is the first time someone ever told her that, implying he is the first person she ever fell for. |
| 253 | * FlowersOfFemininity: Keyleth loves to wear flowers in her hair for formal occasions, and invokes flowers when she is in a happy mood. |
| 254 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: She can talk to animals and trees. Pike and even Grog think it's weird when they witness Keyleth politely interrogating a tree about the mysterious attacks in Tal'Dorei. |
| 255 | * 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 all but vanishes as Keyleth gains more magical capabilities and self-confidence]] and as Vex warms up to Keyleth. |
| 256 | * GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: Keyleth is shy, peaceful, and loves flowers and animals, but she is not above participating in drinking contests and will [[BewareTheNiceOnes battle just as ferociously as Grog if any of her friends are in danger.]] |
| 257 | * TheGlovesComeOff: Keyleth is worried that she will mortally burn Grog too if she uses the Sunbeam at full capacity to defeat Sylas, but he encourages her to give it all while he still holds the vampire. Said and done, she obliterates Sylas without restraint, burning Grog's skin in the same time. [[MadeOfIron Not that he's affected by it or anything, though.]] |
| 258 | * GlowingEyesOfDoom: Kiki's eyes will glow white if she uses a powerful magical attack, orange when she uses her [[spoiler: Fire Elemental powers]] and green right before she turns into an animal. |
| 259 | * GoodIsNotSoft: While Keyleth is ''undoubtedly the nicest'' member of Vox Machina and the one ''most opposed'' to killing, that ''doesn't mean'' she can't and won't ''end you'' if you attack her friends or innocent bystanders. In Episode 6 "Spark Of Rebellion", [[spoiler: Stonefell makes the mistake of [[CruelAndUnusualDeath knee-capping and braining]] [[MauveShirt a rebel who bravely and wholeheartedly aided Vox Machina and the rebellion in general]] right in front of Keyleth.]] Keyleth sheds a tear but she doesn't sit there and cry, oho no. Her irises and pupils turn into slits and she transforms into a [[PantheraAwesome hulking, white and red-striped saber-toothed tiger]] launching herself at Stonefell, who ''would have'' been killed had he not been bodyblocked by two armored guards. |
| 260 | ** In the 17th episode, "Pass Through Fire" [[spoiler: after Keyleth [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight leaves the group to save Pyrah by herself after Vax shut down her pleas to go save the Fire Ashari]]]] she attacks a bat serpent monster that was about to eat a Fire Ashari girl and [[spoiler: after gaining the powers to control/summon fire and transform into a [[ElementalShapeShifter flaming Fire Elemental Titan]]]] incinerates ''all'' the serpent-bat monsters and seals the rift permanently. |
| 261 | * GoOutWithASmile: She smiles [[spoiler:while TakingTheBullet for Vex. Subverted, she survives Delilah's attack because Vax heals her in time]]. |
| 262 | * GreenThumb: One of her preferred spells involve manipulating vines to do anything from entangling enemies to creating a wall of thorns. |
| 263 | * 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 better than in Season 1, and is a touch more inclined to profanity. |
| 264 | * HartmanHips: Contrasting [[BuxomBeautyStandard Vex'ahlia's buxomness]], Keyleth's hips are a bit wider than her bust. |
| 265 | * HealingMagicIsTheHardest: Whike Keyleth can use healing magic like Pike, she absolutely sucks at it. When she uses what appears to be Cure Wounds on Cassandra, she has to sit down and take out material components to make a poultice first. She has to apply pressure to the wound in order to slow the bleeding long enough for the spell to work its magic. It takes longer than six seconds for Cassandra to heal. This is a lot more work than Call Lightning or shape-changing. |
| 266 | ** She does no healings on Season 2 despite having several opportunities when Pike gets too exhausted to do it. |
| 267 | * TheHeart: She is more feminine than Pike or Vex, as well as the youngest, kindest and most naive member of the party. |
| 268 | * 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 in tears with Delilah's book]] or hide under an altar and tremble [[LightEmUp at first.]] These moments are ''all but absent'' from the 2nd season. |
| 269 | * HeiressToTheDojo: Keyleth was chosen to be the future leader of her people, which is the main source of all of her anxieties. |
| 270 | * 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 [[BrainWashedAndCrazy 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]]. |
| 271 | * HeroicSelfDeprecation: Due to her insecurities and inferiority complex, Keyleth can get really down on herself. |
| 272 | * 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 a vision of the Matron of Ravens. Keyleth, not knowing this, becomes quickly depressed and decides to drown her sorrows in ale. |
| 273 | * IncompletelyTrained: The reason Keyleth can barely use most complex spells is that she never fully trained or finished her studies. She also has the complete her Aramente first. |
| 274 | * 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 communicate 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.]] |
| 275 | * InkSuitActor: She resembles her voice actress here even more than in ''Critical Role'' official arts. |
| 276 | * InnocentFlowerGirl: Youngest and most naive member of the party, painfully shy at times, and a NatureLover who invokes flowers when she feels happy. |
| 277 | * AnIcePerson: She's able to generate a wall of ice to stop an incoming zombie horde. |
| 278 | * LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: As the most important women in Vax's life, Keyleth and Vex'ahlia have this dynamic. Vex'ahlia (Dark Feminine) is world weary, confident and an AloofDarkHairedGirl. She loves to flirt with men and knows how to navigate the high society. She is a archer and always wears the color blue with black accents. Keyleth (Light Feminine), is her complete opposite, a ginger next door who wears green, a naïve CuteWitch with a lot of potential, but sucky social skills, with whom Vax is hopelessly in love. Vex is not very thrilled that her brother has the hots for Keyleth, but she warms up to Kiki in time. |
| 279 | * LightIsGood: Pike counts on Keyleth to become the light to their team in her absence. |
| 280 | * LightEmUp: When Pike was unable to access her holy power, Keyleth filled the role by casting Sunlight to repel the wraiths that were attacking the keep. She also uses a WaveMotionGun of light on Sylas Briarwood in Episode 11, [[spoiler:which is enough to burn the vampire lord to ashes]]. |
| 281 | * LittleNo: Her horrified 'no' is the last thing seen before [[spoiler:the arrival of the Chroma Conclave in Emon]] in the season one finale. |
| 282 | * LuminescentBlush: The twins always get Keyleth to blush. |
| 283 | * KamehameHadoken: She kills Sylas by using her Sunbeam spell against him after channeling the Sun Tree's life force. |
| 284 | * MagicPants: Keyleth's uniform always changes when she shapeshifts and is back in one piece when she's returns to normal, as if it was part of her skin. |
| 285 | * MagicStaff: Is the owner of one. She usually uses it to fight in melee and to gather her power when she has to do a complicated spell, but also to lean on it whenever she is drunk. |
| 286 | * MasterOfTheMixedMessage: For the entirety of Season 1, is implied but never outright stated that Keyleth has mutual feelings for Vax, [[spoiler:only for her to reject him no less than twice, because she puts duty above romance]]. In Season 2, it looks like she was not so sure of her own decisions. She blushes around Kash the way she does around Vax, tries to improvise Vex's mood whenever he is feeling down, drunkenly asks him to dance with her and secretly follows him around. Vex'ahlia advises her to support him from now on because he is going to need her. |
| 287 | * 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 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.]] |
| 288 | * MissingMom: Keyleth's mother left to fulfill her Aramente when her daughter was just a little girl. She never returned home. The only thing Keyleth knows about her mother is that she was seen alive in Pyrah, the home of Fire Ashari, a long time ago. |
| 289 | * 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 the season 1 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.]] |
| 290 | * 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. As well as the fact that once Keyleth completes her Aramente and becomes an Archdruid, she'll gain an extended lifespan, aging ''one year'' for ''every ten'' ultimately outliving all of Vox Machina by ''centuries'']]. |
| 291 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: PlayedForLaughs when it comes to the duergar bandit she accidentally gave a [[CruelAndUnusualDeath horrific death]] to. |
| 292 | * NayTheist: Keyleth has a vast knowledge about Exandria's gods and goddesses, but doesn't seem to worship any of them. However, she does acknowledge and respect their presence and influence upon the world such as when she's communicating with the Sun Tree and has a lot of reverence for their temples. |
| 293 | * NervousTics: She tends to mumble about anything and nothing whenever she is nervous, much to Vex'ahlia's annoyance. |
| 294 | * NervousWreck: Poor girl is as anxious as a chihuahua and has all the self-confidence of a flower pot. |
| 295 | * NiceGirl: Keyleth is a bona fide NervousWreck whose barely-contained anxiety frequently causes her to freeze, make mistakes, or [[BewareTheNiceOnes unintentionally graphically murder Vox Machina's enemies]], but she's also a complete sweetie who likes talking to trees. |
| 296 | * NoSocialSkills: Keyleth is gullible and not exactly the best at reading a situation, which can make her land on embarrassing situations, like asking Scanlan when did he ever owned beads. Yeah, she realized too late he meant anal beads. |
| 297 | * OutOfFocus: Downplayed in comparison with Percy and Pike because she has her own episode where she gets a power-up. This being said, she has a rather supportive role, does not receive any vestige (just like Pike and Percy), her romance with Vax is side-lined unlike the first season where it was the main focus for both of them, and she does not have her own subplot or any personal conflict with other characters like Vax, Vex, Grog and Scanlan. |
| 298 | * PlayingWithFire: In the episode "Pass Through Fire", she learns to master the power of fire. Needing to close the rift from which the dragons came in Pyrah, Keyleth concentrates all her powers, puts her hands into the rift, and walks into the fiery portal. She is instantly set ablaze and becomes one with the flames. This provides Keyleth with new powers and a new set of clothing as she decimates all the drakes in the vicinity, before closing the rift for good. Returning to the Material Plane, Keyleth receives the blessings of Pyrah for her efforts. |
| 299 | * ThePowerOfTheSun: Uses sunlight in contrast to Pike's divine light (though in practice it functions the same). |
| 300 | * PrecisionFStrike: Keyleth’s a lot more reserved about profanity, though she has her moments. For instance, [[spoiler:after seeing Kamaljiori wipe the floor with Vax, Vex, and even Grog in subsequent one-on-one battles, she finally blows up and shouts, “FUCK his rules!”]] |
| 301 | * RedheadInGreen: Keyleth is an Elvish princess with red hair who wears leaf-themed green clothing. [[spoiler: The “green” part changes midway through Season 2, that is with her clothing becoming more reddish-brown with green trims.]] |
| 302 | * RejectionAffection: She receives two from Vax. [[spoiler:And she rejects them both because duty comes first, despite returning Vax's feelings]]. |
| 303 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness While Keyleth would never dream of permanently abandoning the gang,]] she briefly pulls this in the fifth episode of Season 2 "Passing Through Fire". In that episode, [[spoiler: Scanlan reports about a relatively nearby volcano that in his own words is "more pissed off than Vex." Said volcano happens to be an opening to the [[EvilIsBurningHot Fire Plane]] complete with armies of [[BatOutOfHell hungry, murderous salamander-bat monsters.]] This volcano also happens to be located in Pyrah, the home of the Fire Ashari and Keyleth's "cousin tribe", so to speak.]] When Keyleth anxiously urges that the gang has to help them. Vax shuts it down saying that Pyrah will have to figure it out themselves and they have [[PragmaticHero to focus on finding Osysa's mate,]] to which everyone else reluctantly agrees with. Shocked at Vax's sudden callousness, Keyleth grunts in frustration and polymorphs into a hawk, soaring towards Pyrah with a screech. [[spoiler: However not long after, Vax has a change of heart and Vox Machina catches up to Keyleth at Pyrah to help her save the village.]] |
| 304 | * ShipTease: |
| 305 | ** Keyleth shares many romantic moments with Vax. He always praises and encourages his Kiki, making her to blush around him a lot. Too bad [[spoiler:she rejects his love confession, twice only in season 1, before we see signs that she’s falling for him again in Season 2. Notably, when The Matron Of Ravens blesses Vax's newly acquired armor to sprout raven wings to save himself and Scanlan from falling to their deaths, Keyleth watches in awe and calls him "beautiful" when he lands]]. |
| 306 | ** In Season 2, Kash hints on her several times, making Keyleth to blush just as much as she does it when she is around Vax. |
| 307 | * ShipperOnDeck: Keyleth can be seen smiling in the background at Percy offering his coat to Vex'ahlia. |
| 308 | * ShockAndAwe: She's able to summon lightning from the sky and tries to use it against Brimscythe. Unfortunately, due to him being a blue dragon, it actually empowers him. |
| 309 | * ShrinkingViolet: She's got the least nerve of Vox Machina. At least in the first season, Keyleth has to frequently tell herself that she's "got this", fumbles in combat, and needs to be talked into helping out when push comes to shove. However, [[BewareTheNiceOnes her violent side is shown to be brutally effective in the right circumstances]]. |
| 310 | * SignificantGreenEyedRedHead: Keyleth has emerald green eyes and autumny red hair and she's an exceptionally powerful and important member of Vox Machina. |
| 311 | * SignificantWardrobeShift: [[spoiler: Completing her fire trial rewards Keyleth with a new ensemble in autumn colors with a capelet and a red jewel affixed between her antlers.]] This makes her outfit look more like something a member of royalty would wear. Appropriate for a girl selected to lead the Ashari one day. |
| 312 | * SquishyWizard: Keyleth's magical attacks have the most potential, but her lack of experience in proper combat puts her at a disadvantage against strong opponents. She can get knocked down quite easily. |
| 313 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Keyleth took after her mother in both appearance and role. |
| 314 | * SuperMode: [[spoiler:She gains the ability to transform into a Fire Elemental on top of her previous animal transformations.]] |
| 315 | * SupernaturalFloatingHair: Her hair starts to float when she channels the Sun Tree's life force to attack Sylas. |
| 316 | * TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:Keyleth willingly gets shot square in the chest by a necrotic bolt meant for Vex, preventing Delilah from killing her by a factor of mere inches and nearly dying herself in the process.]] |
| 317 | * ThemeMusicPowerUp: ''Turning Tides'' and “Blinded by the Light” serve as this for Keyleth when she invokes the PowerOfTheSun with the help of the Sun Tree and kills Sylas. |
| 318 | * ThinkingUpPortals: Keyleth can open up portals only once a day through sentient trees. |
| 319 | * TookALevelInBadass: In Season 2, Kiki goes from an insecure NervousWreck who would [[HeroicBSoD freeze up in battle]] and could barely use most of her spells, to passing the fire trial and becoming a fire elemental as well as gaining enough courage and confidence in battle to take on an ''army of goliaths and a giant adult dragon.'' |
| 320 | * ThousandYardStare: Keyleth recounts her [[CruelAndUnusualDeath accidentally yet equally horrific]] killing of a duergar bandit with a blank smile and one of these. She's obviously trying to play it off for laughs to suit the moment, but her traumatized expression and the uniformly horrified reactions of her fellow party members massively say otherwise. |
| 321 | * UnskilledButStrong: Keyleth is an incredibly powerful mage, but is not as refined in her magic as Scanlan or Pike, on top of being held back by her own self-doubt. |
| 322 | * WarriorPrincess: She is never called princess, but she fulfils the role by being from a royal Ashari household and expected to inherit her parents' sovereignty one day. Her Aramente journey is all about becoming badass and competent enough to fill the role. |
| 323 | * WatchingTroyBurn: Keyleth seems to be the most affected to witness [[spoiler:Emon being destroyed by Dragons]] because that was the first place it felt like a home for her and her friends and where they were accepted as they are. |
| 324 | * WeatherManipulation: She's capable of manipulating the weather, notably using it to form the de Rolo crest with the clouds above Whitestone as a signal. |
| 325 | * 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 realized. [[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.'' |
| 326 | * WindIsGreen: Being part of the Air Ashari, Keyleth wears mostly green. When she uses wind spells, the air currents have a greenish hue, while her staff and palms glow green. |
| 327 | * YouthfulFreckles: She sports these in the animated series, which emphasizes her youth and naivety. |
| 328 | * YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: She has rare moments, when her friends and especially Vax are attacked or hurt, where she becomes so enraged that sports a DeathGlare and growls like an animal ready to attack, usually followed by her turning into an animal. |
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| 330 | |
| 331 | [[folder:Percy]] |
| 332 | !![[Characters/CriticalRolePercivalDeRolo Percival "Percy" Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III]] |
| 333 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/percytlovm.png]] |
| 334 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"And for the record, I have a magnificent bitch face."'']] |
| 335 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TaliesinJaffe (English), Arne Stefan (German) |
| 336 | -->Race: Human |
| 337 | -->Class: Fighter (Gunslinger) |
| 338 | |
| 339 | The sole surviving member of the de Rolo family, out to find the ones who killed them and make them pay. |
| 340 | ---- |
| 341 | * AccidentalMurder: Despite Vax's warning to not mess around the Matron's temple, Vex and Percy don't listen, which [[spoiler:leads to Vex'ahlia's accidental death when Percy activates a black magic trap from a sarcophagus]]. Percy earns a punch in the face from Vax for his troubles. |
| 342 | * AdaptationalJerkass: |
| 343 | ** Percy is more arrogant due to his rich upbringing than he was in the original web show, Keyleth mentioning how he's embarrassed to be associated with the rest of Vox Machina. At least part of this seems to come from his simmering anger issues over his DarkAndTroubledPast and tendency to [[TheStoic bottle them up]], rather than let them show, making him all-round irritable at his current circumstances. |
| 344 | ** In the original campaign, Percy has had more time to grow close to the team and is thus willing to admit to being frightened of what he is becoming, openly asking Vox Machina to restrain him if he goes too far. His awareness of his corruption also leads him to taking a RestrainedRevenge on Delilah and at least attempting to reason with her before letting Cassandra have the honor of killing her. Here, he is much more repressed and less honest with himself about what's happening to him, trying to put off dealing with it until after the Briarwoods are taken care of, which means he more easily falls under Orthax's sway and he primarily spares Delilah so he can exact revenge on her by slowly torturing her to death. |
| 345 | * AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Percy and Keyleth are good friends, but they are not close LikeBrotherAndSister as they were in the web show, where Percy would often get hugged by her, butt heads, finding themselves disagreeing over the importance of morality, but otherwise being so close that even Vex considered they could start a romantic relationship. |
| 346 | * AdaptationDyeJob: In both Kit Buss's original art for Campaign 1 and the [[ComicBook/CriticalRole Vox Machina Origins tie-in comics]], Percy's eyes are blue; here, they're a light green. |
| 347 | * ArtificialLimbs: [[spoiler:He makes himself a prosthetic that covers the palm and index and middle fingers of his left hand after he shoots a hole through it to finally fight off Orthax.]] |
| 348 | * AnimalBattleAura: The smoke that emanates from Percy when he confronts a target of his revenge always takes the form of a massive crow. |
| 349 | * AntiHero: While this goes without saying due to the [[AntiHeroTeam group he’s in]], Percy really stands out with his moral ambiguity horrifying and even turning him against his allies. |
| 350 | * AxCrazy: Usually keeps his cool, but during his time seeking revenge against the Briarwoods, Percy reveals himself capable of going ''completely off the chain''. He threatens his allies and innocent people, his threats to his enemies are graphic and terrifying, and he murders his targets in brutal fashions. |
| 351 | * BaritoneOfStrength[=/=]TenorBoy: Percy gets ''much'' more use out of Taliesin Jaffe's lower register than he did in the original stream, while the German dub choice is an odd contrast, as Arne Stefan is a Tenor, making him sound far more intellectual and tragic. |
| 352 | * BadassBoast: After he kills Stonefell, Vax confronts Percy about running off. Percy responds that he's not about to stop with Stonefell. |
| 353 | -->'''Percy:''' I am the sole surviving de Rolo! I will have my vengeance! ''And no one will stand in my way!'' |
| 354 | * BadassBookworm: Most of his badassery comes from the fact that he invented his own guns. He was also shown in his teenage years being very studious. |
| 355 | * BadassInANiceSuit: Percy is the only one in his team who is sharp dressed. |
| 356 | * BadassLongCoat: He rocks one in the Victorian era fashion, emphasizing his aristocratic origins. |
| 357 | * BadassNormal: He is only human on the team and lacks any magical abilities, but this doesn't make Percival any less dangerous than his friends. He is very intelligent and skillful and one of the strongest combatants of Vox Machina, especially if he is enraged. |
| 358 | * BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Against Orthax who tries to take over Percy's mind and make him kill all of his friends. |
| 359 | * BlueIsHeroic: His attire is mostly dark blue. |
| 360 | * BecomingTheMask: The more Percival allows himself to be consumed by hatred, the more he becomes alike to Orthax. Whenever he is about to kill someone guilty for what happened to his family, the smoky entity that Percy made a deal with becomes prominent and his PlagueDoctor mask appears on his face. |
| 361 | * BestServedCold: Percy prepared for five years to finally get his revenge, and nothing could stand in his way. He was even willing to go back to Whitestone by himself to deal with those who wronged him once and for all. |
| 362 | * BewareTheQuietOnes: Percy is mild-mannered and quite most of the time and becomes deadly quiet when he hunts down his enemies. |
| 363 | * {{BFG}}: He shows off the prototype of his famous rifle, 'Bad News', by ''blowing the arm off of an undead giant''. |
| 364 | * BigBrotherInstinct: He is fiercely protective of [[spoiler:Cassandra, once he learns she's still alive. He flies into a rage when Anders slits her throat in front of him, and her calling to him is what breaks Orthax's control over him after he blows Anders' head off. He also [[MySisterIsOffLimits shuts down Scanlan's attempt to flirt with her with a very firm "No."]]]] |
| 365 | * BlackEyesOfEvil: Whenever Percy is in No Mercy mode (usually when facing one of the targets on The List), he sports some very sinister blackened eyes with fiery irises beneath his ScaryShinyGlasses. This is best shown when he takes off his mask just before killing Stonefell in Episode 6. [[spoiler:This is a sign of being influenced/possessed by Orthax]]. |
| 366 | * BlueBlood: Percy is part of the de Rolo dynasty, the noble family that ruled over Whitestone until the Briarwoods took over. |
| 367 | * BoomHeadshot: No Mercy Percy's favorite way to kill someone. |
| 368 | * TheBore: Can become this when he delivers long, intellectual explanations for his various plans and traps—almost everyone falls asleep after he attempts to explain the elaborate mechanism he intends to catch Umbrasyl with. |
| 369 | * BritishStuffiness: Downplayed; although Percy is not British due to the fact that the series takes place in a fantasy world, he acts very sophisticated and well mannered and Scanlan describes him as an "aloof tight-ass". However, Percy harbors great anger towards the Briarwoods and their associates due to what they did to his family, and it's the first time anyone on the team sees a crack in his facade. |
| 370 | * BrokenAce: Percy is a handsome young nobleman, talented at many things: a skilled engineer and the first gunslinger in the world with a firearm of his own invention, with decent hand-to-hand combat skills to boot. Despite all the magnificent things Percy has done and is capable of, he’s also unstable and volatile thanks to his past once his trauma has come home to roost. |
| 371 | * ButIReadABookAboutIt: Percy studied the Fey Realm as a child, and gets frustrated when it doesn't always function the way he read in the books. His knowledge is crucial at times, but not enough to fully navigate or understand the strangeness of the place, and because of this, he doesn't like accepting the help of Garmelie, one of the natives. By the end of the journey, Percy mutters to himself that he hates the Fey Realm. |
| 372 | * ByronicHero: Just like his livestream version, Percival is handsome, a sophisticated young nobleman, snarky, intuitive and intelligent. He is also a talented brooder prone to wild mood swings, with a DarkAndTroubledPast, whose entire arc is to get revenge on those who murdered his family. He is determined and self-centered enough to risks his friends' lives just to get his revenge. |
| 373 | * ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction: An unusual version in that it's not played for comedy - [[spoiler: Orthax's plague doctor mask can simply ''appear'' on Percy's face [[OffscreenTeleportation whenever Percy is obscured from the camera for a second.]]]] |
| 374 | * TheComicallySerious: Percy is the typical aloof OnlySaneMan in RagtagBunchOfMisfits, who reacts with deadpan seriousness to almost all the wackiness Vox Machina gets into. Even when he falls out of a window and lands on Vax and Scanlan, Percy maintains his prissiness and upper-class way of speaking. |
| 375 | -->'''Percy''' ''(flatly)'': I fell out of the window. |
| 376 | * CommonalityConnection: [[spoiler:Recognising that Vax has been deeply shaken by the horrific visions he's been experiencing after attuning to the Deathwalker's Ward, Percy lets him know in the Fey Realm that he's got his back, since he "knows what it's like to carry darkness" -- reasoning Vax's deal with the Matron of Ravens may be akin to his own with Orthax. Fortunately [[DarkIsNotEvil she appears to be rather more benevolent]]]]. |
| 377 | * 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. He also tortures one of the Briarwoods' lackeys, ultimately maiming him, to the horror of the rest of the group. |
| 378 | * CreepyCrows: [[spoiler:Orthax]] has a crow-like appearance, and Percy seems to have unwittingly modeled his rather unsettling face mask after it. |
| 379 | * CrushBlush: Percy blushes for the first time around Vex in season 2, after giving her his coat when she complains about the cold in Rimecleft. |
| 380 | * CulturedBadass: His intellectualism is emphasized several times in the show. |
| 381 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: As he himself puts it here: |
| 382 | --> '''Percival''': The creation of the pepperbox begins five years ago. With my family murdered, I hand no way of striking back, so I did the only thing I could; I fled. Washed away to a new life, I feared the de Rolo name was a death sentence, so I disappeared, wandering aimlessly. My days spent struggling for survival, my nights filled with fear, blood and cruel nightmares. These unrelenting visions of my family's end. I worried I would go mad from grief. |
| 383 | * DealWithTheDevil: Unwittingly made a pact with a shadowy spectre to exact his vengeance for his family, which inspired him to create his firearms. Said spirit’s influence emanates from him when he eliminates his mark. [[spoiler:The spectre is a demon by the name of Orthax.]] |
| 384 | * DeathGlare: Percy stares daggers towards the Briarwoods during the royal dinner at the palace, and nothing the rest of the party does can snap him out of it. |
| 385 | * DesignatedBullet: Everyone who played a significant role in the Briarwoods' coup got their name written on his pepper box. |
| 386 | * DorkKnight: Starting with Season 2, he shows more of his geeky side. He is far more relaxed and enthusiastic to talk about the things he is passionate about, often leaving his friends confused because they are not used to seeing the sophisticated and stuck-up Percy becoming so dorky. |
| 387 | * ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In his flashbacks, it is shown that Percy had his bangs let down with a split in the middle, having the looks of a typical sheltered nerd. After his family was murdered and being forced to flee, Percy's hair turns white and changes his hairstyle to a brushed-up fringe cut, making him look serious and unapproachable. |
| 388 | * {{Facepalm}}: Percy's favorite reaction to his friends' antics. |
| 389 | * FatalFlaw: His {{Wrath}}. Percy lets his anger cloud his mind and morals, which puts himself and others in danger and even lets demons takes over his soul. The plan to save Archie gets delayed because Percy didn't respect the plan and went after Stonefell, which resulted into several prisoners getting killed by the guards when they could have been saved. He also accidentally pointed his pepperbox at Vax's face in a fit of anger. |
| 390 | * FiringOneHanded: Percy has no troubles firing with his pepperbox one-handed, sometimes while performing various acrobatics without affecting his accuracy. |
| 391 | * GadgeteerGenius: Comes with the territory given that Percy is an engineer. He created the first guns in Exandria and even a prosthetic. In season 2 he sets up a diorama to explain how to trap a dragon, complete with ''working'' mini-trap. |
| 392 | * GentlemanSnarker: Being an aristocrat, Percy has a sophisticated and dry sense of humor. |
| 393 | * GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: It takes Vex slapping him across his face and yelling at him to get over his [[spoiler:sister's betrayal]]. |
| 394 | * GottaKillThemAll: Percy's gun has a magical list of everyone he wants to kill as revenge for the Briarwoods attack. A name is magically engraved on each barrel, and fades off when the target dies. Only five of these six people have been revealed as of episode 9: Lord Briarwood, Lady Briarwood, Professor Anders, Sir Stonefell and Dr. Anna Ripley. The whole concept gets {{Deconstructed}} when the list updates with [[spoiler:Cassandra's name after she betrays them, despite it being due to a combination of Sylas' mind control and the years of abuse that made her subservient to the Briarwoods. And when Vox Machina get in Percy's way when Orthax is directly pushing him to finish off a badly-wounded Delilah, the list then includes their names as well, showing that Orthax will add as many names as it can to turn Percy into its personal killer and deliverer of souls. The more targets Percy kills, the stronger the vengeance demon's hold over him grows as well—when three names are removed from the list, Orthax can directly control Percy's body to an extent and manifest as SuperSmoke to attack those around him. It's implied that if one more name had been removed, Percy's soul would have belonged to Orthax forever]]. |
| 395 | * TheGunslinger: Really sticks out in a medieval fantasy setting by being the first person in Exandria to develop guns. It's even suggested the very idea of black powder firearms in Exandria in general was demonically inspired. |
| 396 | * HaughtyHmph: He is quite confident in his abilities and he does it in a smug manner. |
| 397 | * HeroicBSOD: He is so shocked by [[spoiler:Cassanndra's apparent betrayal]] that he enters in a catatonic state and is ready to just give up on his life. |
| 398 | -->'''Grog:''' Oh, great; Percy's broken! |
| 399 | * HiddenDepths: Who expected the stoic and OnlySaneMan Percy to be such an enthusiastic geek for the Fey Realm? |
| 400 | * HotBloodedSideburns: Percy has well-trimmed sideburns, and can have a very explosive temper. |
| 401 | * ICallItVera: He likes to name his various arms and contraptions, such as his large rifle "Bad News" and his prosthetic arm "Diplomacy". |
| 402 | * ImpaledPalm: [[spoiler:Shoots a decent-sized hole in his left hand to throw off Orthax's influence. The epilogue shows him with a prosthesis [[MythologyGag that looks distinctly like his shock gauntlet from the web series]].]] |
| 403 | * ImpliedLoveInterest. For Vex in season 2. When she fights Saundor who wants Vex'ahlia all for himself, she tells him that her heart already belongs to someone else. Next shot is Percy reacting to her words. |
| 404 | * ImprobableAimingSkills: Pinned against a wall during the fight against Anders, Percy pulls off a very impressive trick shot, firing a bullet that bounces off metal plates before impacting against and blowing off Anders' jaw. [[spoiler:Possibly aided by Orthax; since this is after the first name (Stonefell) had been struck off the list, it's possible Orthax had enough control to give the bullet a little demonic assistance.]] |
| 405 | * ItsPersonal: All of his personal enemies' names are magically engraved on his pepperbox pistol: Lord and Lady Briarwood, Dr. Ripley, Professor Anders, and Kerrion Stonefell. |
| 406 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Percy is stuffy, emotionally distant, and a little arrogant, on top of being capable of nearly outlandish brutality when presented with [[PayEvilUntoEvil an evil enough target]]. He's also a loving brother, loyal to a fault, and keenly understanding of his teammates' insecurities and traumas, which only makes sense when his personality faults are largely the result of the horrific trauma in his own past. |
| 407 | * TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Percy visibly geeks out when he sees the Fey Realm for the first time. He spent his childhood learning everything he could about the realm and knows how to orient himself only from what he has read in books despite being there for the first time. |
| 408 | * KubrickStare: When he is angry, this becomes Percy's default expression. |
| 409 | * TheLancer: While Vex is the unofficial leader of Vox Machina, Percy often acts as her second-in-command. Being the most intelligent members, they usually work out plans together, and Percy backs up her decisions. |
| 410 | * LastOfHisKind: Subverted. He thinks he is the last de Rolo, until he learns from Archie that his sister, Cassandra is still alive. |
| 411 | * LessonsInSophistication: He tries to instruct his friends about manners and how to behave at a party with noble people. He gets almost completely ignored, though to their credit, Keyleth, Pike, and Grog at least make an effort, and Vex and Vax are already well-versed in etiquette from their time in Syngorn. |
| 412 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When he [[spoiler:accidentally kills Vex]], this is written all over his face. |
| 413 | * MySisterIsOffLimits: Percy snaps a very firm ''"No"'' and gives Scanlan a DeathGlare to keep the sex-crazed gnome away from his sister. |
| 414 | * NegatedMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:In ''less than a day'', he [[GadgeteerGenius makes full use of his engineering prowess]] to build an elaborate trap for Umbrasyl in "Belly of the Beast", consisting of two giant wooden frames which spring out of the ground and pin the dragon down. He escapes in less than thirty seconds]]. |
| 415 | * NonchalantDodge: During the BarBrawl, Percy sits down bored and makes the most minimal amount of movement necessary to avoid a pint thrown at him and a female orc attacking him. |
| 416 | * NonIdleRich: Even after gaining his ancestral home back, Percy refuses to settle down and prefers to work in the service of the king, and protect Tal'Dorei. |
| 417 | * NotSoAboveItAll: While Percy believes himself to be above the other members of Vox Machina, he will occasionally join in on the fun; he [[{{Facepalm}} facepalms]] as they initiate a BarBrawl, but still ends up participating with a smirk on his face. |
| 418 | * NotSoStoic: He's usually fairly in control of his emotions. But when a target of his {{revenge}} comes up, Percy is angry and ruthless, frequently shouting and [[PrepareToDie giving off indications that his target is about to die]]. |
| 419 | * NothingLeftToDoButDie: {{Implied|Trope}}. After explaining how his pistol has six bullets saved and names the five people he aims to kill in revenge, Scanlan asks who the sixth bullet is for. Percy doesn't say anything, but [[TheShadowKnows his shadow behind him]] looks like it's holding the pepperbox to his own head. |
| 420 | * 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. His pistol, the List, is also subject to this, its chambers bearing the names of five of the people who betrayed and murdered his family... and [[NothingIsScarier one conspicuously blank chamber.]] |
| 421 | * OnlySaneByComparison: Because of his aristocratic upbringing, Percy is the most visibly put-together person in the group; he tries to make them behave themselves for the feast and calls them out for behaving unprofessionally. No wonder he is ashamed to be associated with his team. |
| 422 | -->'''Percy''' ''(as Grog and Vax fool around)'': Must you?\ |
| 423 | '''Scanlan:''' We can't all be aloof tight-asses, de Rolo.\ |
| 424 | '''Percy:''' I'm simply suggesting you could all benefit from some well-practiced restraint. |
| 425 | * OrphansOrdeal: His parents' death put Percy on a journey of self-destruction for the sake of revenge. Good thing Vox Machina is there to stop him. |
| 426 | * OutOfFocus: It's {{Downplayed}}, but in contrast to the majority of season 1 revolving around his {{Revenge}} against the Briarwoods and [[spoiler:gradually falling further into Orthax's control he does so, to the point that the final battle of said season was to protect him from the vengeance demon rather than the Briarwood's machinations with the Whispered One]], season 2 has his role reduced to mainly being a supporting character for the other members of Vox Machina going through their own CharacterDevelopment arcs in their search for the vestiges, particularly Vex and Vax. [[spoiler:By season's end, he's one of the only members who hasn't received a vestige or a major power boost like Keyleth]]. |
| 427 | * OverlyLongName: His name is a fairly accurate reflection of his entire lineage, as most of his middle names are the families that married into the de Rolo family. |
| 428 | * PayEvilUntoEvil: Percy's life's work is to hunt down every name etched into his gun and slaughter them with extreme prejudice and merciless brutality. Considering said names are those of the people who murdered his entire family, [[WouldHurtAChild his young siblings included]], and then violently oppressed the people of his home for years, it's very hard to argue with his ends. |
| 429 | * PlagueDoctor: The mask he wears when going for someone on the List is fashioned after a plague doctor, complete with the beak. [[spoiler:It seems to be based on Orthax's demonic form, implying the demon subconsciously influenced him to make it.]] |
| 430 | * PluckyComicRelief: Having resolved his anger issues, [[spoiler:dispelled himself of Orthax's influence]], and made peace with his DarkAndTroubledPast, not to mention reconnected with family he thought lost, Percy is much more light-hearted throughout season 2, showing more emotion and being the subject of more than a few jokes at his expense, particularly during the jaunt in the Fey Realm. This contrasts with Scanlan, Vax and Grog, the usual offenders of said antics, having more serious storylines and CharacterDevelopment throughout said season. |
| 431 | * ThePowerOfHate: Percy acknowledges that what kept him alive in the five years he was trying to survive was the growing and consuming hatred in his heart. He ends up [[spoiler:unwittingly making a pact with Orthax, a demon of vengeance]]. |
| 432 | * PrecisionFStrike: Percy swears even less than Keyleth because he was raised to be a gentleman, but even he snaps a 'For ''fuck's'' sake!" when something malfunctions. |
| 433 | * PrematurelyGreyHaired: Percy had reddish brown hair in his youth, but after seeing his family murdered and enduring weeks of torture, his hair turned completely white with the time. |
| 434 | * PreppyName: His full name showcases his noble heritage -- Percival Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III. |
| 435 | * PrincelyYoungMan: Percival is never addressed as prince or anything like that, just as lord, despite his family being explicitly referred as a royal house. He tries to use his impressive long name and status to achieve his ends with mixed results, not exactly impressing the people with his inheritance. |
| 436 | * PromotedToLoveInterest: Inverted. In ''Critical Role'' early on, is revealed Pike used to have a secret crush on Percy, but here, she's never romantically attracted to him. |
| 437 | * {{Revenge}}: His main motivation. As Scanlan points out, Percy was 'insane with vengeance'. |
| 438 | * RevengeBeforeReason: He yells at his teammates, gets them arrested, and abandons a mission for the sake of getting his vengeance. In Episode 3, Percy [[AnArmAndALeg shoots off Desmond's hand]] [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique to get him to talk]], and he leaves the rest of Vox Machina to fend for themselves while he goes to kill Stonefell in Episode 6. Vax calls him out on it, but Percy isn't swayed. |
| 439 | * ReluctantRuler: While he is the heir to Whitestone after the rest of the de Rolo line was massacred, he is uncomfortable with taking the position, arguing that not only did he flee instead of staying to try to help, he has also spent far too much time dwelling on his anger and revenge, and that he therefore lacks the temperament of a leader. |
| 440 | * RichesToRags: From a member to one of the oldest and richest noble dynasties in Tal-Dorei to a StreetUrchin for years. |
| 441 | * ScaryShinyGlasses: Frequently used to [[RuleOfSymbolism represent when his darker traits are taking over]]; the shine to his glasses only shows up when he's discussing or enacting his revenge and it heavily resembles [[spoiler:Orthax's BlankWhiteEyes, suggesting that these moments are when Orthax's influence is strongest.]] |
| 442 | * ScienceHero: Of the engineering variety. |
| 443 | * SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: If Percy wants to explain something, changes are that he's going to use scientific and complicated terms that only a ScienceHero like him would know and go on a long rant about it. |
| 444 | * TheShadowKnows: His shadow occasionally moves on its own to take the shape of Orthax, notably when he prepares to kill Desmond in episode 3. When Scanlan asks him who the sixth barrel on the List is for, Percy's shadow is framed such that it looks like he's pointing the gun at his own head -- [[spoiler:though as it turns out, this is less literal and more a metaphor for how Orthax (and by extension Percy's spiral into vengeance) will eventually consume him.]] |
| 445 | * SharpDressedMan: Complete with ClassyCravat, WaistcoatOfStyle, and BadassLongcoat. |
| 446 | * ShockAndAwe: The prosthetic he fitted to the palm of his hand is indeed revealed to be the animated series' counterpart to the shock gauntlet Diplomacy, and he uses it to kill a threatening fey creature while it's submerged in water. |
| 447 | * ShoutingShooter: He loses his cool while attacking at several points, particularly in episode 12 when he's [[spoiler:attacking Vox Machina due to Orthax's possession making him believe they are actually the targets of the List.]] |
| 448 | * ASinisterClue: Percy appears to be ambidextrous, using both of his hands interchangeably for different tasks, but notably wields his pepperbox primarily with his left hand, hinting at the darkness of his vengeful pact. As he marks more names off the list, he starts using his right hand more, showing how his own will [[spoiler:is aligning with Orthax. When he finally expels the demon from his soul, he does so by firing a bullet through his left hand.]] |
| 449 | * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: GenderInverted with Percy and Vex. If Percy's own words about Vex'ahlia having the rare quality of a pure heart are of any indication, he's attracted to her because she is a good person who does not get distracted from the right path. |
| 450 | * TheSmartGuy: Percy is interested in science, engineering, and naturalism, and in his flashbacks, it's shown he was intensely schooled and enjoyed his tutoring. Dr. Ripley tries to appeal to him to let her live by reminding him they are both are engineers in search for knowledge. |
| 451 | * SoleSurvivor: The only surviving member of the de Rolo family not killed by the Briarwoods. [[spoiler:Or so he thinks; Episode 6 reveals that his sister Cassandra is still alive]]. |
| 452 | * StoicSpectacles: Percy is the most level-headed and calmest person in Vox Machina and wears rounded glasses. |
| 453 | * SurroundedByIdiots: Percy more than often, is embarrassed to be seen around Vox Machina because of their shanenigans. |
| 454 | * SurvivorGuilt: He always felt guilty for failing to save his sister. |
| 455 | * TeenGenius: He created his pepperbox as a teenage boy, after he ran away from Whitestone. Even as child, he was already very knowledgeable about engineering and the Fey Realm. |
| 456 | * TokenEvilTeammate: Played with. The slaughter of the village in the Shale Steps moves him to fight as much as it does everyone else, and while he acts pragmatically it's largely to ensure everyone's survival. But as he is increasingly consumed by revenge, he becomes so wildly vicious and cruel at times he horrifies his already morally ambiguous companions and even shows willingness to hurt them for getting in his way. Thankfully, the breaking of [[spoiler:the pact with Orthax]] marks the point where he drops this, as he begins healing and starts [[WhenHeSmiles genuinely smiling]] and interacting with his friends more often. |
| 457 | * TokenHuman: The lack of pointy ears, giant size, or gray skin all make it clear Percy is the only human member of Vox Machina. |
| 458 | * TookALevelInCheerfulness: Now that Orthax and his desire for revenge don't weight on him anymore, Percy's cynical mood improved a lot since liberating Whitestone from the Briarwoods. He is far more relaxed and willing to engage with the shenanigans of his friends without feeling embarrassed. You can see how a part of his cheerfulness he had as a child returned only by how enthusiastically he is talking about the Fey Realm to his friends. |
| 459 | * TranquilFury: After meeting the Briarwoods after many years, Percy spends his time being mostly angry. No wonder he is called No Mercy Percy by the fandom. |
| 460 | -->'''Percy:''' Please stop that. I'm trying to concentrate.\ |
| 461 | '''Vex:''' Oh, is that what are you doing? I thought you were practicing your resting bitch face. |
| 462 | * TrapMaster: To catch Umbrasyl, Percy devises an ingenious but complicated trap to keep the dragon on the ground. When he explains the physics needed and the mechanisms, he bores everyone because they don't understand the academic and scientific terms he uses. Make no mistake, his trap was very efficient and well executed, but Umbrasyl proved to be too powerful to be contained. |
| 463 | * TrickedOutGloves: Diplomacy, a gauntlet created by Percy. It has the power to generate electricity. |
| 464 | * TroubledButCute: An aristocratic PrettyBoy obsessed with revenge who is dealing with the unjust murder of his family. |
| 465 | * UnexpectedSuccessor: As a middle child, he wasn't in line for the role of taking over as ruler of Whitestone; it was expected to go to his oldest brother Julius, who died in the Briarwoods' attack. This is one of the many reasons Percy feels UnfitForGreatness. |
| 466 | * UnstoppableRage: Percy can become very unstable and bloodthirsty, when Orthax takes over. He pointed his gun even to Vax in blind rage. His rather youthful face gains wrinkles to emphasize his supernaturally-enhanced fury. |
| 467 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Percy couldn't to wait for Vex'ahlia to finish checking the traps from the sarcophagus, and as a result [[spoiler:he accidentally activates a hidden dark magic mechanism which kills her.]] [[spoiler:Vax'ildan has to trades his life to the Raven Queen in her stead]]. |
| 468 | * UnusualEyebrows: Of the kinked type. |
| 469 | * 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. However once the Briarwoods are killed and Whitestone is liberated and he reunited with his sister Cass, Percy's [[TookALevelInCheerfulness mood very much improved]] and is [[TookALevelInKindness nicer and more supportive of his friends.]] |
| 470 | * VoiceOfTheLegion: Whenever Percy puts his mask on, there's a faint-but-distinct echo to his voice. [[spoiler:This second voice is Orthax's, and as time goes on and the demon's grip on Percy grows stronger, so too does this effect.]] |
| 471 | * WeakToFire: When his coat gets set on fire by the fire elementals, he panics and screams that he is ''very'' flammable—which he most certainly is, considering the amount of gunpowder he has on him. |
| 472 | * WineIsClassy: While his friends usually choose to drink ale, Percy prefers drinking wine from fancy glasses. In Season 2, Percy celebrates the defeat of Kevdak with Grog and his cousin, and is served a mug of ale that he pours on the floor when no one is looking; he's later seen toasting Keyleth's tankard with his own glass of wine. (This is actually a departure from his stream counterpart, who regularly partook in the same ale and shots as the rest of the party.) |
| 473 | * WritingAroundTrademarks: Percy comes off as a reskinned warlock, with the pepperbox being a focus for eldritch blast, his black smoke like the hex spell, and even comes complete with a deal with a demon. It's a subversion, however, as he was a gunslinger in the web series in both Pathfinder and in a homebrewed variant in 5th Edition. |
| 474 | * YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: He tells Keyleth she is "damn worthy" to complete her Aramente, and encourages her to prove herself. |
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| 476 | |
| 477 | [[folder:Pike]] |
| 478 | !!Pike Trickfoot |
| 479 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/piketlovm.png]] |
| 480 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Maybe we could try doing some good this time?"'']] |
| 481 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AshleyJohnson (English), Lea Kalbhenn (German) |
| 482 | -->Race: Gnome |
| 483 | -->Class: Cleric (War Domain) |
| 484 | |
| 485 | A gnomish cleric of the Everlight who struggles to find faith in an unforgiving world. |
| 486 | ---- |
| 487 | * AdaptationPersonalityChange: In ''Critical Role'', Pike is a polite, motherly NiceGirl who mostly kept her vices [[CovertPervert under the surface]]. In the show, while still a kind and compassionate person, she's also a [[TheLadette crass, somewhat short-tempered lover of alcohol]] who's far more likely to be involved in the wacky antics of the party. |
| 488 | * AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: |
| 489 | ** She's far more open to Scanlan hitting on her than she was comparatively at that point in the campaign. In Episode 9, Scanlan exclaims "Marry me!", to which she playfully replies "Sure, let's do it right now" before Grog interrupts them. In the campaign, Pike spends most of the Campaign rebuffing Scanlan's advances, partially because she's put off by his womanizing ways, and it's only late in the campaign where she begins openly reciprocating his advances, following much character growth for both of them. |
| 490 | ** She is not secretly in love with Percy here like she was in ''Critical Role''. That said, the original stream never shown her to be attracted to Percy either, with it only being revealed in the "Talks Machina: Campaign Wrap-up" special. |
| 491 | * AffectionateNickname: She has a tendency to call Grog "Buddies" (yes, plural). |
| 492 | * AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: She wears a symbol of Sarenrae around her neck that she uses as a spellcasting focus. When the necklace is destroyed by Delilah, Pike loses temporarily all of her powers. |
| 493 | * AngelicBeauty: She certainly is perceived as such by Scanlan when she arrives in Whitestone encircled by light magic, illuminating the whole sky. |
| 494 | * AstralProjection: With the help of Everlight, Pike projects her conscious mind just in time to Whitestone, since going there physically would take too long. |
| 495 | * AuraVision: With the help of her Everlight Amulet, Pike can detect magical objects and even demonic possessions. |
| 496 | * BadassAdorable: Definitely when she arrives in Whitestone clothed in an aura of light, and destroys an army of zombies. Scanlan even compares her to an angel. |
| 497 | * BestFriend: Grog calls Pike his best friend. |
| 498 | * BigDamnHeroes: She returns to the group and saves everyone just when they are surrounded by zombies and ready to give up the fight. |
| 499 | * BloodKnight: She confesses to the Everlight that she enjoys the violence and fighting. |
| 500 | * BoltOfDivineRetribution: The Guiding Bolt spell she uses to destroy zombies and giants. |
| 501 | * BrainsAndBrawn: She is the knowledgeable ChurchMilitant to Grog's DumbMuscle. |
| 502 | * ChildhoodFriends: She grew up with Grog after her great-great-grandfather adopted him. |
| 503 | * ChurchMilitant: She worships Sarenrae, and wears armour all the time. |
| 504 | * CloudcuckoolandersMinder: She always acts as voice of the reason and TheWatson for Grog. |
| 505 | * CombatMedic: She is the doctor of the team. Her healing magic is powerful enough to keep Grog save while he swims through acid. |
| 506 | * CoyGirlishFlirtPose: Pike does this to Scanlan to encourage him to steal the Knuckles from Kevdak. LuminescentBlush ensues from Scanlan. |
| 507 | * CrisisOfFaith: What keeps her temporarily away from the party for the middle of the first season—after Delilah's spell smashed her holy symbol, she begins to doubt herself (specifically, her choice of War Domain instead of Life) and her devotion to the Everlight, and the connection between them is temporarily severed. |
| 508 | * DyingDeclarationOfLove: Inverted. While not outright spelling out she is in love with him, Pike tells to an unconscious Scanlan that she always knew, even more than him, that he was capable of great things. She seals her confession with a kiss on Scanlan's lips. Luckily for her he wasn't dying, he was just taking advantage to hear Pike saying all those things. |
| 509 | * DynamicEntry: Pike's divine intervention when everyone was about to be killed by zombies in Whitestone. |
| 510 | -->'''Pike''': S'up? |
| 511 | * EnlightenmentSuperpowers: She is gifted with new set of light-based powers from Everlight, after she resolves her CrisisOfFaith and achieves spiritual balance. |
| 512 | * GoodShepherd: Cleric of the Everlight who suggests the party "do some good" at the start of the series. This trope is examined in season 1 as Pike struggles with the idea of being all pious and noble while also being violent and vulgar. |
| 513 | * GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: Pike prays to the goddess Everlight, and her powers are linked to light. When she projects her consciousness at Whitestone, she is dressed up in an golden armour, conjured by a white and yellow aura. |
| 514 | * GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a small scar over her left eye, and is a holy woman of the Everlight. |
| 515 | * GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: Is visibly jealous when Scanlan is musically flirting with Kaylie. This later turns into disgust when she realizes their relation.]] |
| 516 | * HardLight: Pike can turn her light magic into solid objects, like a mace and shields. |
| 517 | * HugeGuyTinyGirl: Grog the Goliath and Pike the gnome. |
| 518 | * InnocentBlueEyes: Pike is a lot more vulgar and short-tempered than most examples of this trope, but she's still the moral heart of Vox Machina and frequently their literal guiding light, with bright blue eyes to match. |
| 519 | * InstantArmor: Beginning in Season 2, Pike is able to magically don the plate armor outside of Astral Projection. |
| 520 | * JackOfAllStats: Pike is physically strong, but not as much of a brute as Grog, she is fast and agile, but she is not a McNinja like Vax, and while she is better at using magic than Keyleth, she does not have the latter's ComboPlatterPowers. Her main standout talent in the group is as a [[WhiteMage healer]]. |
| 521 | * JourneyToFindOneself: After her bond with Everlight is severed by Sylas, Pike leaves the gang mid season to rekindle her bond with her goddess, but also to rediscover herself after being plagued with guilt for too long about whom she has became. |
| 522 | * TheLadette: She once swiped three champagne flutes off a tray at a fancy dinner, drank one like a shot, and smashed the glass on the floor. When the team finds Brimscythe's hoard, she celebrates with Grog that they could be "drunk for weeks". [[spoiler:This becomes PlayedForDrama as she believes it's unbecoming of a follower of the Everlight, it being revealed that her self-doubt is the main reason why her connection is severed]]. However, after receiving the Everlight's blessing and astral-projecting into Whitestone to help fight off the undead, she's back to being an enthusiastic bruiser. |
| 523 | * LastKiss: She kisses Scanlan on the lips thinking he died in the battle with Umbrasyl. Fortunately, he was just faking to get Pike to admit her feelings for him. |
| 524 | * LightEmUp: Unlike in the campaign, Pike here does not usually carry weapons, and fights entirely through holy and light-based magic, or buffing/protecting her allies. |
| 525 | * LightIsGood: Wears mostly white clothing and her magic is linked to a goddess of light. When she arrives at Whitestone, she is encircled by her light magic, illuminating the whole town. |
| 526 | * LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: One of her most commonly used spell is summoning a shield made of light, which she wields as a regular shield or [[ThrowingYourShieldAlwaysWorks even throws]] like ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica''. |
| 527 | * MageBornOfMuggles: Pike Trickfoot grew up in a family "with an unsavoury reputation" and used to live on the outskirts of town near the Bramblewood. |
| 528 | * MagicKnight: She wears a shining golden armour and wields a shield and a mace made of HardLight. |
| 529 | * MistakenForRomance: Poor Pike does not know that [[spoiler:Kaylie is Scalan's daughter]] and gets jealous over their so-called chemistry. |
| 530 | * 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 darkn brown. |
| 531 | * MyFriendsAndZoidberg: When she and Vax go to Gilmore's Glorious Goods shop, Vax gets very touchy-feely with Gilmore, completely forgetting about Pike. She has to interrupts them just to introduce herself. |
| 532 | * NiceGirl: Pike can brawl and swear with the best of them, just like everyone else in Vox Machina, but she's also the most proactively good person in her party, swearing her loyalty to a goddess of love and being the first person in the group to suggest that they become actual heroes. Pike is the only member of Vox Machina to perfectly strike the balance between good intentions and the emotional maturity to unfailingly act on them. Notably, her response to Grog accidentally running her through during a blind rampage is to forgive and comfort him despite just being critically wounded, showing that her Poppop isn't the only one with monumental wells of mercy stored in a tiny body. |
| 533 | * OfficialCouple: Implied by the end of Season 2 when she kisses Scanlan on the mouth when she thinks he died, only for the gnome to wake up and troll her. She joyfully hugs him. |
| 534 | * OutOfFocus: {{Downplayed}}. In season 1, she has a major CharacterDevelopment side-arc going alongside the rest of Vox Machina's journey to Whitestone and investigation of the Briarwoods, [[spoiler:and her [[EnlightenmentSuperpowers power boost]] from overcoming her CrisisOfFaith was sufficient to make her a major threat to the Briarwood's dark magics even through AstralProjection]]. In season 2, she instead becomes a supporting presence towards the other members of Vox Machina going through their own CharacterDevelopment arcs as they search of the vestiges, particularly Grog and Scanlan. [[spoiler:By season's end, she's one of the few that hasn't received a vestige or a power boost to her magical abilities]]. |
| 535 | * ThePaladin: Pike fits the archetype despite not being a paladin in the context of Dungeons & Dragons; she wears armor, worships a GodOfGood, is an accomplished CombatMedic and has light-based powers gifted to her by Everlight. |
| 536 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: She's the only one other than Grog able to go toe-to-toe with Sylas, and she's the only one just as quick as him to try solving a problem with brute force. |
| 537 | * 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 she and her teammates are willing to die for their ideals and goals. |
| 538 | * PowerStereotypeFlip: A violent {{Ladette}} WhiteMage. |
| 539 | * PowerStrainBlackout: Before taking a level in badass, Pike would faint after simply healing Grog. |
| 540 | * PstandardPsychicPstance: While her powers are not really psychic in nature, she puts her hand up to her head sometimes, while trying to sense if magic was used around her. |
| 541 | * RaisedByGrandparents: She was raised by her great-great-grandfather, Wilhand, since she was little girl. |
| 542 | * TheReliableOne: Being the expert in magic in the team, the others always go to Pike for answers and solutions to problems involving magic. Scanlan screams for her to save him from being killed by the dragon's roar, and Keyleth asks her if she can save the king from Sylas' mind control abilities. |
| 543 | * ReligiousBruiser: [[spoiler:The crucial point of her character development in Season 1 is realizing that she can be both and still be accepted by the Everlight]]. |
| 544 | * RuggedScar: She has a scar over her left eye. |
| 545 | * SavageSpikedWeapons: She is BloodKnight wielding a mace made of HardLight. |
| 546 | * ScarfOfAsskicking: She wears a [[BlueIsHeroic blue scarf]] all the time. |
| 547 | * {{Seers}}: She can be granted visions from the Everlight of both present and future events. |
| 548 | * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Pike is attracted to Scanlan's brave and caring side, and gets easily disappointed whenever he takes that for granted and starts to make blatant advances towards her. |
| 549 | * ShockAndAwe: She can turn her magic light into lightning, as seen in her fight against Sylas. |
| 550 | * SolemnEndingTheme: Episode 9 ends with a ballad about Pike's origins, sung by Scanlan in a soft and romantic manner. |
| 551 | * StrongAndSkilled: She is one of the best hand to had combatants in the team, and the best magic user. Grog believes she is stronger than all of them. |
| 552 | * TeamMom: Pike is beyond any doubt the most nurturing member of Vox Machina, especially towards Grog and Keyleth. |
| 553 | * TokenReligiousTeammate: Seems to be the only explicitly religious person in Vox Machina. |
| 554 | * TookALevelInBadass: In the early episodes, Pike was barely capable of healing a single person per day, and she was more of a SupportPartyMember than anything else. After receiving the Everlight's blessing however, she essentially becomes a [[OneManArmy one woman army]] against the undead, and is capable of such feats as curing Scanlan of necrosis with a single touch, blessing the weapons of countless Whitestone citizens, and holding her own in a one-on-one fight against Sylas Briarwood, who is a vampire lord. |
| 555 | * ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: While not exactly a couple, Pike warns Delilah to stay away from ''her gnome'' after attacking Scanlan. |
| 556 | * WarriorTherapist: She always comforts Keyleth and Grog. |
| 557 | * WeHelpTheHelpless: As a cleric worshipping the Everlight, Pike's job is to help those in need. Her worldview clashes sometimes with the more pragmatic ways of her friends. |
| 558 | * WhiteMage: She is specialized in healing magic and is often called a holly person by other characters. In episode 1, she is asked by peasants to bless their children. |
| 559 | * WhiteMagicianGirl: She is extremely gifted at healing and protection magic compared to other users in the series. |
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| 561 | |
| 562 | [[folder:Scanlan]] |
| 563 | !![[Characters/CriticalRoleScanlanShorthalt Scanlan Shorthalt]] |
| 564 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/scanlantlovm.png]] |
| 565 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"We're Vox Machina, we fuck shit up!"'']] |
| 566 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SamRiegel (English), Marius Claren (German) |
| 567 | -->Race: Gnome |
| 568 | -->Class: Bard (College of Lore) |
| 569 | |
| 570 | A gnomish bard who travels the world for fun, profit, and hardcore loving. |
| 571 | ---- |
| 572 | * ActionDad: He wants to be this [[spoiler:for Kaylie by showing he won't run away anymore]]. |
| 573 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: Zig-zagged. Scanlan is noticeably less crass than in the campaign and less of a DoggedNiceGuy in his pursuit of Pike. But when [[spoiler:Kaylie reveals she's his daughter and rips into him for having a casual fling with her mom before leaving her to raise Kaylie alone]], he was 100% ready to sleep with her to the point that he was in his underwear; in the campaign, he did invite her to his room for drinks but how much he intended to carry it further is anyone's guess. |
| 574 | * AdaptationalContextChange: Scanlan tries to bed [[spoiler:his daughter in both show and ''Critical Role'']], but in the latter [[spoiler:the way he finds 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]]. |
| 575 | * AdaptationalWimp: While he does succeed in beating Vedmire and burning his manor by himself in the show, he does it by bumbling around haphazardly and chugging random potions and escapes by the skin of his teeth. In the stream, he starts the attack in his polymorphed triceratops form and seems far more in control during the entire operation, making a joke of Vedmire by pushing him off the roof before he even gets a chance to make an attack. Justified by the change in media - in the stream, Sam was rolling incredibly well and Matt Mercer very poorly, which was clearly expressed to the audience. In the show, having Scanlan devastate Vedmire so easily could raise the question of why he bothers with the rest of Vox Machina, since the audience would have no way of knowing it was almost all down to good luck. |
| 576 | * AffectionateNickname: Grog and Vax call him 'Scanman' from time to time. Vax also calls him 'shorty'. |
| 577 | * AmazonChaser: Scanlan literally goes all [[WingdingEyes heart eyes]] for Pike when she defends him from Delilah. |
| 578 | * {{Animorphism}}: His animorphism scroll gives him the power to shapeshift into animals like Keyleth. In season 2, he turns into a dragonfly. |
| 579 | * AssShove: Happens twice in Season 2: |
| 580 | ** The remedy Wilhand creates to heal Grog of his condition has to be administered through the backdoor. Scanlan is more than happy to help because he knows how to work both ends. |
| 581 | ** In order to keep Umbrasyl from flying, Scanlan proposes to Vax to enter the dragon through the vent. He uses his magic hand to shove themselves up the beast's cloaca and into its stomach, where he uses Kaylie's enchanted sword to keep Umbrasyl from lifting off. It works for a while, but Umbrasyl ultimately powers through it. |
| 582 | * AttractiveBentGender: The anymorph scroll can turn people into their opposite gender if someone reads the spell written on it. Scanlan does this and is turned into a female elf version of himself. Grog, in his own words of wisdom, gets both confused and aroused by female Scanlan. |
| 583 | * TheBard: He has the campy looks of one and owns a magical lute, and is in charge of spreading stories about the legend of Vox Machina with his songs. |
| 584 | * BattleAmongstTheFlames: He has a heated battle with Vedmire which takes place on the roof of a burning house in the rain. |
| 585 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: At first glance, you wouldn't expect much from a silly, sex-crazed, singing gnome. But said gnome was also able to single handedly take out a squad of soldiers, burn Vedmire's manor to the ground, and fight toe to toe with the goliath himself with his wit and magic - and [[spoiler:slay a dragon]]. |
| 586 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Scanlan always cared for Grog, but in season 2, he shows more of his caring side, which surprises Pike. |
| 587 | * BlatantLies: He lies to the guards that his lute is not a weapon, but a simple musical instrument. |
| 588 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: Between his unusual magic and combat style, his cavalier self-confidence, and his prolific, often [[NoodleIncident implicitly bizarre]] sex life, Scanlan is probably the flat-out weirdest member of an already weird party. It just so happens that that confidence is ''very'' deserved. |
| 589 | * 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, 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. |
| 590 | * CantActPervertedTowardALoveInterest: Played with, then subverted. The one and only sexual rule Scanlan seems to have is not sleeping with team members, which makes his crush on Pike a bit awkward. The moment she indicates that she reciprocates, Scanlan is overjoyed and starts saying some very nasty ([[CensoredForComedy muted]]) things while hugging her. |
| 591 | -->'''Pike''': Probably a good thing I can't hear you right now! |
| 592 | * CaptainObvious: He comes out as this to King Uriel and his advisers when he makes the big announcement that the creature who terrorized Emon was a blue dragon. They tell him they know, as they were already informed by General Krieg, whose troops were slaughtered by said dragon. |
| 593 | * TheCaretaker: In Season 2, after Craven Edge depowers Grog and leaves him so weak he can't even walk, Scanlan carries him and attends to all of his needs. |
| 594 | * CarpetOfVirility: In a series that also contains the [[WalkingShirtlessScene perpetually shirtless]] Grog, Scanlan is the only man shown with visibly-detailed chest hair. Combined with his HotBloodedSideburns, it strongly gives him the vibe of an '80s film star. |
| 595 | * CasanovaWannabe: Zigzagged. While Scanlan does succeed sometimes in his flirting and seducing of people, he flirts with a Whitestone man in episode 12 only to be dragged away by Vax. |
| 596 | * CasualKink: Scanlan owns anal beads and when Vex slaps him across his face, he finds it "kinda hot". Season 2 shows he's also into bondage (the receiving end). |
| 597 | * {{Catchphrase}}: "Scanlan's haaand!", sung when he casts his signature spell and summons a large purple hand (also a copyright-friendly version of the ''arcane hand''/''Bigby's hand'' spell from the tabletop game). |
| 598 | * ChekhovsGun: His animorphism scroll. He initially treats the scroll as a joke, only for it to come in handy against Vedmire when it turns Scanlan into a rampaging triceratops. |
| 599 | * 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. |
| 600 | * CloudcuckooLandersMinder: Whenever he is paired up with Grog, he has to put up with the big guy's childish antics. |
| 601 | * CowardlyLion: He usually prefers to fight from a distance rather than put his life in danger, and feels completely outclassed against dragons to the point that he repeatedly pleads with the others to get away while they can. It makes him skirt the line to DirtyCoward late in season 2 when he almost abandons his friends to their fate against Umbrasyl. Once he stays, though, he fights tooth and nail, and even [[spoiler:delivers the killing blow himself against Umbrasyl]]. |
| 602 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: You'd be forgiven for thinking Scanlan would perform poorly in a life-or-death showdown with an ImplacableMan like Goran Vedmire. You'd also be dead wrong; with his potions, he single-handedly defeats Vedmire and his army and burns down his mansion. |
| 603 | * CrushBlush: Given that he's a shameless ExtremeOmnisexual, it's quite something to see him blushing around Pike. |
| 604 | * TheDandy: Scanlan has both the looks and the personality. He is always immaculately groomed and wears a tailored silk shirt with a NavelDeepNeckline to show off his CarpetOfVirility. At the royal dinner, he goes over the top by wearing make-up, a flamboyant costume with a Tudor hat and a multicolored codpiece between his legs. |
| 605 | * DeadpanSnarker: His way of snarking is friendly and very joyful. |
| 606 | -->'''Scanlan:''' It says "pyramid", "spirits of the dead", and right here in tiny letters it says 'Fuck you, Vax!' |
| 607 | * DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: He acknowledges to Kaylie that he's always felt empty on the inside, and that's why he always slept around so much, to fill that void, but now that he knows [[spoiler:he has a daughter, his goal in life is to become the father she deserves]]. |
| 608 | * DisappearedDad: [[spoiler:Kaylie reprimands him for abandoning her and her mother. Subverted and justified in that Scanlan genuinely didn't ''know'' Kaylie existed, so he wasn't even aware there was a child to disappear on, though the fact that he can't even remember Kaylie's mother's name is still a legitimate sore spot.]] |
| 609 | * DistractedByTheSexy: Constantly. Chances are that if he sees an attractive woman or man, he will abandon the mission he was given to complete just to go and have some fun. |
| 610 | * DoppelgangerSpin: One of Scanlan's magic techniques is to create illusions of himself to distract his opponent. |
| 611 | * DraggedByTheCollar: Vax drags him away by the lute from a man he was trying to romance. |
| 612 | * TheDragonslayer: [[spoiler: It's him who deals the killing blow to Umbrasyl.]] |
| 613 | * EvenTheGuysWantHim: Scanlan is not in lack of male attention. At the royal party, when he sings, the same old noble he accused earlier of asking for advances, is shown shamelessly blushing and staring at Scanlan's manhood in front of his wife. |
| 614 | * EveryoneHasStandards: He may be a foppish and ignorant bard obsessed with getting laid most of the time, but when the dragon kills the villagers Vox Machina vouched to protect, he is the one proposing to kill the dragon and bring justice to its victims. |
| 615 | * ExtremeOmnisexual: Shamelessly wants to bed anybody he can in Emon. ''Anybody''. He seems to gravitate mostly toward women, but he flirts pretty much without regard for gender, size, or species. At one point, a monster restraining him [[CombatTentacles shoves a tentacle in his mouth]], and Scanlan's almost immediate reaction is to begin ''sucking it''. |
| 616 | * EyeScream: [[spoiler:He kills Umbrasyl by impaling his left eye with the Mythcarver sword]]. |
| 617 | * TheFace: Shares this spot with Vex. He convinces King Uriel to hire Vox Machina despite all of them looking in a pitiful state and dirty, by singing. |
| 618 | * FashionableAsymmetry: He wears tiny golden earrings on a single ear. |
| 619 | * FiveSecondForeshadowing: While hiding from zombies, Scanlan complains that he will be the first to be taken down by them because they always eat the little guy first. Several seconds later the zombies break into the hideout, grab him first and bite his arm. |
| 620 | * FlippingTheBird: He has an exchange of flipping the bird with Vax over translating the book, and later he does it again after his battle with Vedmire - with his ''giant magic purple hand'', to parry the blows from Vedmire's sword. |
| 621 | * FunPersonified: Nothing can seem to destroy the sex-crazed gnome's 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. |
| 622 | -->'''Scanlan:''' When I die, it will be the way gods intended: choked to death by a disgruntled pimp. |
| 623 | * GagPenis: Invoked when he presents his plan to save Archie and his idea of becoming a OneManArmy through the potions: to be turned into a {{Hunk}} with genitals so giant they drop down. (Although in a BlinkAndYouMissIt moment of MaleFrontalNudity in the first episode, everything looks average gnomish standards down there.) |
| 624 | * GenreSavvy: Scanlan seems to know in what world he lives in and reacts as such sometimes. |
| 625 | * 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 1.02, 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. |
| 626 | * 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 don't appear fans of Scanlan's songs. Out of universe, his music ranges from ridiculously fun to genuinely metal. |
| 627 | * GuileHero: Going hand in hand with being a MasterOfIllusion, Scanlan shines at screwing with people's heads. Most notably when he was able to use an illusion of himself to completely throw off a group of the Briarwoods soldiers, despite the fact that one of them was actively ''holding'' him. |
| 628 | * HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Kaylie revealing herself to be his illegitimate daughter and that her mother suffered trying to provide for her because Scanlan wasn't around causes him to realize the very real consequences of his careless womanizing, and he tries to make himself a more responsible man for Kaylie's sake, even if his daughter believes he will never change.]] |
| 629 | * HiddenDepths: Season 2 brings to light Scanlan's caretaker side, which positively surprises Pike. |
| 630 | * 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, he constantly disappoints the one woman he genuinely loves, and [[spoiler:his illegitimate daughter hates his guts while he can't even remember her mother's name]]. |
| 631 | * HotBloodedSideburns: He has muttonchops. |
| 632 | * IndyPloy: He's remarkably good at coming up with plans on the spot to save his own ass or cause a distraction, like setting a mansion on fire. |
| 633 | * IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: By the end of Season 1, Scanlan turns Vox Machina's epic adventures into a ballad about the dragon, the vampires they fought and the cyclops he vanquished. |
| 634 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: There is no doubt Scanlan is quite the perverted jackass, but his heart is in the right place. |
| 635 | * LadykillerInLove: While he does bed a lot of people, there are hints Scanlan is very smitten with Pike. He eventually slips in [[spoiler:a LoveConfession disguised as a joke]]. |
| 636 | * LongLostRelative: Scanlan has no idea [[spoiler:that Kaylie is his daughter]]. |
| 637 | * LongingLook: When the team departs for Whitestone without Pike, Scanlan doesn't tell her anything, but he is shown looking back quite upset that she chose not to join them. |
| 638 | * LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: As he confesses to Kaylie, he made lifetime of mistakes concerning his conquests, and perceives himself as an awful person for just using people for sexual pleasure only to leave them. It may be that Scanlan is desperate to find a meaningful relationship. When he realizes that he might have found that meaningful connection in Pike, he still approaches her like a CasanovaWannabe, turning Pike off, to the point where she tells him to just be himself for once. |
| 639 | * 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, though he can be fairly insistent about repeatedly trying. |
| 640 | * MagicMusic: Generally uses music in his spell casting. Turns out it's something of a thing with him; the reason he couldn't get his [[{{Animorphism}} Polymorph]] scroll to work the way he wanted was because he was saying the incantation instead of singing it. When Scanlan sings it instead, he transforms into exactly what he wants. |
| 641 | * MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: In his EstablishingCharacterMoment, Scanlan is bedding the tavern owner's daughter, and later he tries to initiate a menage-a-trois with two zombies he mistakes for lovers, in the middle of the night, right after his battle with Vedmire. |
| 642 | * MaleFrontalNudity: Scanlan is the only character whose private parts are explicitly shown. When he is thrown out of the tavern along with his friends, there is a BlinkAndYouMissIt moment where his genitals are shown in all of their splendor. |
| 643 | * {{Manchild}}: The only really mature thing about Scanlan is his sexual appetite. Otherwise, he lacks the emotional maturity to handle a complex serious situation and just rambles about things he should be more considerate about. His answer to being told off by Vex was to mutter 'mi-mi-mi'. |
| 644 | * MasterOfIllusion: He has the ability to create some relatively deceptive illusions. He was even able to trick Brimscythe with an illusion of all of Vox Machina. |
| 645 | * MasturbationMeansSexualFrustration: He cannot lose his right arm to necrosis, because he needs his arm for... stuff. |
| 646 | * MetalScream: Most of the time he uses his magical hand in combat, Scanlan loudly proclaims it with a PowerMetal falsetto. |
| 647 | * {{Metaphorgotten}}: After [[spoiler:learning Kaylie is his daughter]], Scanlan tries getting Pike's advice. However, not wanting to say what actually happened, he tells her a story about trying to have sex with a puppy. |
| 648 | -->'''Scanlan:''' Say you just found out you had a puppy… and you tried to, uh… ''sleep'' with that puppy.\ |
| 649 | '''Pike:'''…Please, god, tell me this is a metaphor. |
| 650 | * 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 disappointed sigh at his immaturity and leaves. Scanlan calls himself stupid for ruining the moment. |
| 651 | * 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. He also keeps his sideburns as a triceratops. |
| 652 | * NavelDeepNeckline: A GenderInvertedTrope. Scanlan's shirt is wide open to show off his CarpetOfVirility. |
| 653 | * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: He gets beaten to a bloody pulp by Vedmire off-screen. He saves himself through a HeroicSecondWind. |
| 654 | * OddFriendship: After passing the Sphinx's challenge, Scanlan and Kamaljiori become fast friends. The other party members are perplexed to learn about this, to say the least. |
| 655 | * OfficialCouple: Implied. As Pike kisses him on the mouth believing he is dead, Scanlan reveals that he is alive by jokingly continuing Pike's confession with "and I am in love with you too, Scanlan". Pike calls him motherfucker for that, than hugs him with a big smile on her face. |
| 656 | * OnlyOneFindsItFun: His story about his weirdest kill ends up being so disgusting that he's the only one who finds it funny; the others are so revolted they'd rather never hear it again, and the game comes abruptly to a halt. |
| 657 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Scanlan's go-to reaction to overwhelming odds is to run the hell away, but after seeing the aftermath of Brimscythe's attack on Shale Shore, he's the ''first'' of Vox Machina to resolve to stop the Dragon before he can kill anyone else. |
| 658 | * PluckyComicRelief: He always provides lighthearted moments when the things are dark and hopeless. |
| 659 | * PlayboyHasADaughter: [[spoiler:Scanlan, the shameless gnome who declared he wants to bed anybody he can, has a daughter, Kaylie]]. |
| 660 | * PlayingWithFire: One of the potions he took with him in Vedmire's house give him the power to vomit fire. |
| 661 | * ThePowerOfLove: Weaponized to great effect by Scanlan. When physically wounding Kamaljiori proves to be impossible, Scanlan opts to sing a love ballad on Osysa's behalf, wounding him on an emotional level. |
| 662 | * ProperlyParanoid: [[spoiler:After Orthax is defeated, he opts to chuck Percy's pepperbox into the acid as he felt something was off despite only guessing. He turns out to have been right, as the demon had retreated to it afterwards, and the acid finishes him off.]] |
| 663 | * ProudBeauty: He has a high opinion of his looks. Early on, he concludes that Allura must be in cahoots with the dragon attacking Shale Steps because he never trusts anyone prettier than him. |
| 664 | * PurpleIsPowerful: His magic is purple and can go from HardLight spells to creating lightning. Also counts as an ActorAllusion given [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 the time his actor (and creator) voiced Donatello]]. |
| 665 | * QueerPeopleAreFunny: Most of the fun about Scanlan comes from his sexual preferences, especially if it's a male involved. |
| 666 | * ReallyGetsAround: Scanlan is a highly promiscuous gnome who has had sex with a lot of people, both women and men. He also mentions having spent a lot of time at brothels [[spoiler:and went as far as trying to guess who Kaylie's mother was by blurting out past lovers' names, including a 'Burt']]. |
| 667 | * RenaissanceMan: In Scanlan's own definition of himself when Kaylie question his identity: "Sort of an adventurer. Rebel leader. Musician. Some would say philosopher". |
| 668 | * RuleSixtyThree: In episode 5, he reads a spell that turns him into a female elf version of him. Of course, he is attracted to his own female version. |
| 669 | * SadClown: Despite all his jokes, he admits to Kamaljiori that he feels unloved deep down, and wishes he could find someone to truly love. |
| 670 | * SafeWord: 'Mommy'. |
| 671 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: {{Subverted}}. In several instances, he expresses that the group should give up instead of fighting Umbrasyl, but he ultimately follows them. When Vox Machina is [[spoiler:all but defeated]], he begins to run away, before remembering Kaylie's words about running from things. [[spoiler:He then proceeds to steal Mythcarver from Umbrasyl, and OneHitKO him by stabbing him into the eye with a powerful magic blast from the sword.]] |
| 672 | * ShamelessFanserviceGuy: No nudity taboo here. In the first episode, Percy is thrown in the room where Scanlan is having sex with the innkeeper's daughter, and he couldn't care less being seen by everyone in the tavern pleasing the young lady. |
| 673 | * SignatureHeadgear: Scanlan the Revolutionary wears a beret like he promised during the mission to rescue Archie from the dungeons. |
| 674 | * SkewedPriorities: He genuinely believes the zombies will eat him first because they know how delectable he is. |
| 675 | * SmarterThanYouLook: He can read Abyssal, but Delilah's script is so incomprehensible he can only make out a few words after days of trying. He still gets enough clues out of it. |
| 676 | * TheSneakyGuy: He may not be Vax, but Scanlan is quite slippery himself, which is why he was sent to spy on the Briarwoods forces in season 1. In Season 2, Pike asks him to sneak around the Herd of Storms and steal the Titanstone Knuckles. |
| 677 | * 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, it's how you use it". He then defeats Vedmire with a ShockAndAwe spell... summoned through his dick. |
| 678 | * StealthInsult: During the royal dinner, Scanlan tries to have a conversation with Lady Delilah Briarwood and tells her he owns beads just like hers. When Keyleth points out that she never saw him wearing beads and asks him what kind he owns, she realizes he meant anal beads. |
| 679 | * StepfordSmiler: Underneath all of that clownery, smugness and dick jokes, there's a gnome who has always felt hollow on the inside. Season 2 serves to highlight that Scanlan's ReallyGetsAround behaviour is a means to conceal his longing for deeper emotional bonds, which he's never really had, and that he knows that this hasn't made him a very good person as a result. |
| 680 | * SurpriseIncest: Scanlan has quite the ShipTease with [[spoiler:Kaylie for a few episodes, and flirts with her the whole time]].[[spoiler:He almost has sex with her, until Kaylie reveals she is his daughter, making him to come out as an PervertDad to her]]. |
| 681 | * TamerAndChaster: Make no mistake: Scanlan's still a shameless sex maniac who makes dirty jokes at the drop of a hat, but his crassness was pulled back dramatically compared to his antics in the livestream. It's most noticeable with his interactions with Pike where he's surprisingly respectful in how he flirts with her. |
| 682 | * ThePowerOfRock: When struggling to lift the party out of a rapidly-filling pit of acid, Scanlan finds that switching from lively lute playing into a heavy metal solo (a song, fittingly, titled ''Heavy''), complete with conjured guitar pick, is enough for his conjured hand to take the strain long enough for the rest of the group to disable the trap. |
| 683 | * TooKinkyToTorture: When the undead hound shoves one of its tentacled tails inside Scanlan's mouth, he appears to be enjoying it. |
| 684 | * UnreliableNarrator: He openly admits to adding events that did not happen in Whitestone, like him killing a cyclops to make a better story. When Vax sarcastically asks what cyclops he fought, Scanlan adds he may have "taken some artistic license". |
| 685 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With Vax. They always snipe insults to each other, but will save each other's asses if the other gets in trouble. |
| 686 | * WanderingMinstrel: Scanlan in his own words, is both an adventurer and musician. He travels with Vox Machina and sings about their adventures. |
| 687 | * WeakButSkilled: Combat-wise, he's the least capable member of Vox Machina, but he makes up for it with a wide variety of spells and some very clever ways of using them. |
| 688 | * WeNeedADistraction: He offers himself to go and distract the prison guards and make a signal so the rest can go and rescue Archibald. |
| 689 | * WritingAroundTrademarks: In the campaign, Scanlan's songs were parodies of pop songs. In the show, Scanlan's songs are original compositions to avoid any licensing issues. |
| 690 | [[/folder]] |
| 691 | |
| 692 | [[folder:Vax'ildan]] |
| 693 | !!Vax'ildan Vessar |
| 694 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vaxtlovm.png]] |
| 695 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"She's Vex."'']] |
| 696 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LiamOBrien (English), Jeremias Koschorz (German) |
| 697 | -->Race: Half-elf |
| 698 | -->Class: Rogue (Assassin) |
| 699 | |
| 700 | A half-elven rogue who wanders Exandria with his twin sister Vex to find a new home. |
| 701 | ---- |
| 702 | * AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: An unusual case applies to his armour, that seems to be the result of an odd case of CompositeCharacter with his enchanted items. The Deathwalker's Ward armour in the ActualPlay granted Vax a number of useful buffs, including resistance to one type of damage per day (that he gets to choose), bonus to his AC, advantage on death saves, and an hour of flight every day. Though the animated version has the flight ability, no mention of its other advantages is given, giving him SuperSpeed instead. The unusual part is that Vax in the game ''did'' have SuperSpeed, but it was from his Boots of Haste, which gave the wielder the ability to use Haste (A spell that double's the character's speed and without the drawbacks the spell usually comes with). |
| 703 | * AffectionateNickname: He often refers to Pike as "Pickle" Keyleth as "Kiki" and Grog, fittingly enough, [[TheBigGuy as "Big Man".]] |
| 704 | * AmazonChaser: Vax loses no opportunity 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. |
| 705 | -->'''Vax to Keyleth:''' Have I mentioned you're amazing? |
| 706 | * 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. |
| 707 | * AnimalMotifs: The intro associates him with ravens. In Season 2, he becomes the Matron of Raven's new champion, being gifted by her with the vestige. |
| 708 | * AngelicBeauty: Invoked after his new cape displays the ability to turn into wings. As he stands with his back to the sun in front of Keyleth and Vex'ahlia, the rays encircle him like a HolyHalo. Usually a NervousWreck, Keyleth calls him beautiful. |
| 709 | * 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 reject him for the time being]]. |
| 710 | * AwesomenessByAnalysis: He is quick to link the clue he learned about dragons at Gilmore's shop about the twin rivers meeting to the dragon's neck veins having same shape as what he saw in the book. |
| 711 | * BadassInDistress: His mission to spy on Umbrasyl quickly goes South, as the dragon was expecting company. He is nearly killed before the rest of the party shows up just in time. |
| 712 | * 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 preying 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 is lightning quick, nimble, and so good with his knives that he can 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. |
| 713 | * BargainWithHeaven: He begs the Matron of Raven to [[spoiler:take his life instead of Vex'ahlia's, not knowing what will happen as a result. She accepts and he becomes attuned to the [[ClingyCostume Deathwalker's Ward]], with no indication as to what she wants from him aside from frequent, nightmarish visions. When he finally confronts her about all the MindScrew she put him through, she assures him that they were always fated to meet, and she simply wishes for him to become her mortal champion, helping her guide souls into the afterlife]]. |
| 714 | * BattleCouple: The BackToBackBadasses variety with Keyleth. He even tells her they make a good team. |
| 715 | * BigBrotherInstinct: He is very protective of his sister. |
| 716 | -->'''Vax to Vex:''' Do not go far from me. |
| 717 | * BlueBlood: He and his sister are the result of an affair between their human mother and elvish father. Syldor is part of the Elvish nobility but he considers his own children too "[[FantasticRacism diluted]]" to be truly part of his world. |
| 718 | * 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. |
| 719 | * 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 exacerbated 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.]] |
| 720 | * 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 chivalrously with her and never makes any uncomfortable moves on her. |
| 721 | * CapeWings: The Deathwalker's Ward's cape can be turned in a pair of raven wings at will, giving Vax the appearance of an WingedHumanoid. After escaping from Umbrasyl's stomach with Scanlan, they both fall from a great height. With Scanlan unconscious, Vax asks for the Matron's help and she gifts him with the wings, saving himself and Scanlan in time from becoming scattered guts on the ground. |
| 722 | * ChekhovsSkill: He helps Keyleth heal Cassandra's slashed throat; later he uses the same herbs and magic Keyleth used to save her life. |
| 723 | * TheChosenOne: The Matron of Ravens chose Vax to become her mortal champion and guide the lost souls in the afterlife. |
| 724 | * ClingyCostume: Vax tries to take Purvan's armor off, but he cannot remove it. He is not very happy about it. |
| 725 | * 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's reaction and adjustment to what happened to his sister that get all the focus for the rest of season two. |
| 726 | * CombatParkour: He can jump on rocks mid-air like Legolas. |
| 727 | * CoolBigBro: While initially shocked to discover he has a younger half-sister, Vax immediately loves her, affectionately rubbing her head at one point. |
| 728 | * CosmicPlaything: The Fey Realm is really out for Vax because of his armor. All the creatures Vox Machina met there, attacked only because of Vax's presence. |
| 729 | * CrazyJealousGuy: Downplayed. Vex has an annoyed look on his face every time Kash makes a move on Keyleth. |
| 730 | * CynicismCatalyst: [[spoiler:Witnessing the destruction of Emon, the death (albeit temporary) of his sister and becoming a Matron of Death's champion]] proved a little too much to take even for Vax. After all those events, he exchanged his MellowFellow and ComicRelief persona for someone more somber, stoic, somewhat a brooding loner, and is far more concerned with the events going on around him. Vex tries to comfort him that despite what happened to her, everything is still the same. He disagrees. |
| 731 | * DanceBattler: He makes his escapes with graceful leaps and spins. |
| 732 | * DarkIsNotEvil: He wears mostly black, but is one of the nicest people in Vox Machina. |
| 733 | * DeadpanSnarker: Less so than his sister, but Vax still has a very similar dry wit to him, contrasting him against the absurdity of the rest of his party in the same way as Vex. |
| 734 | -->'''Vax:''' These people just survived the apocalypse, Scanlan. They don't need your gonorrhea. |
| 735 | * DeviousDaggers: Primarily uses daggers, one of which will magically return to his hand after it is thrown. As a rogue, he largely fits the archetype as well. |
| 736 | * DoggedNiceGuy: [[spoiler:Poor guy confessed twice his love to Kiki, and got rejected every time]]. |
| 737 | * DreamingOfThingsToCome: Since becoming The Matron's of Death champion, Vax receives weird, cryptical visions from her about future events. He doesn't fully understand the matter with those visions nor why the Matron shows him those visions. |
| 738 | * DrunkenMaster: In his EstablishingCharacterMoment, it is shown that Vax is a good fighter even while drunk. He finds time to drink and steal a pouch with money during the BarBrawl. |
| 739 | * EvenTheGuysWantHim: Despite being married to Delilah, Sylas gets very touchy feely with Vax and calls him interesting and delicious. And then there's his mutually-flirtatious relationship with Gilmore... |
| 740 | * TheFatalist: Becomes this after fully committing to his role as the Matron's champion, sharing her philosophy that all things are tied by fate and it is their destiny to face it. |
| 741 | * FlashStep: After [[spoiler:gaining the Deathwalker's Ward and becoming the Matron's champion]], Vax has gained a serious speed upgrade, allowing him to move faster than the eye can see. |
| 742 | * FlatJoy: Vex'ahlia cracks jokes with Pike about how she is a whole new person, and more mature after [[spoiler:her death experience]], and asks Vax if he agrees. Vax flatly agrees and cynically ads that it's a whole new perspective. |
| 743 | * ForeseeingMyDeath: In the Fey Realm, Vax sees a rotting reflection of him in a floating stream of water. Naturally, Vax feels scared and confused and doesn't fully understand what he is looking at. |
| 744 | * FragileSpeedster: Vax is very light on his feet and quick with his knives, but a blow from someone physically imposing will leave him incapacitated. |
| 745 | * FriendToAllChildren: He easily befriends the children of Shale Steps and shows them his tricks. |
| 746 | * FriendsWithBenefits: It's [[ImpliedTrope strongly implied]] that he may have had this sort of relationship with Gilmore. |
| 747 | * TheGadfly: He often teases Grog and Scanlan just to get a reaction out of them. |
| 748 | * GenreSavvy: |
| 749 | ** Once he gets bit on the neck by Sylas, he expects to turn into a vampire. |
| 750 | ** To his knowledge, authentic zombies are supposed to be slow. |
| 751 | * HalfBreedAngst: Implied in his childhood and Vex. Their father was Elvish nobility while their mother a mere human. After their mother's death, they were taken in by their father, who was openly contemptuous of them for being half human. |
| 752 | * HalfIdenticalTwins: In his song trying to introduce Vox Machina to king Uriel, Scanlan sings that he cannot tell the twins apart. |
| 753 | * HatesTheirParent: During their search for the Vestiges of Divergence, Vex remembers that Vax never liked their father for his mistreat of them, nor her need for his approval. In the end, he convinces Vex to leave with him, because their father will never accept them anyway. |
| 754 | * HeldGaze: He is the one initiating all the gaze with Keyleth, who becomes easily flustered every time and breaks the moment. |
| 755 | * HeroicBastard: He and Vex were conceived out of wedlock by their parents. Nevertheless, they are both good people. |
| 756 | * ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: Becoming the Matron of Raven's Champion gave him enhanced abilities, but it also gave him terrifying visions, a suit of armor he can't remove, [[AnimalsHateHim an enmity with everything in the Fey Realm]], and as he admits to Percy, a creeping fear that whatever the Matron will require from him will take him away from his sister and friends. |
| 757 | * KnightInSourArmor: Vax'ildan is usually the first to oppose helping every Character of the Week with their problems, as he views it as a distraction from Vox Machina's main objectives. In season 2, it seems that getting Purvan's armour made Vax dourer and more salty than usual. His banter is not as jovial as it once was, snarking with at people with bitter one-liners. Only by the end of Season 2, he regains part of his idealism back, after making peace with the Matron of Ravens. |
| 758 | * LadyKillerInLove: Downplayed in comparison with Scanlan. He flirts with two men in different occasions, but is in love with Keyleth. |
| 759 | * LongHairedPrettyBoy: A tall, trim half-elf with long black hair, elegant facial features, and black gear. Oh, yes. |
| 760 | * ManlyTears: |
| 761 | ** He cries over [[spoiler:Keyleth when she almost dies from Delilah's attack]]. |
| 762 | ** He is in complete and utter distress and sobs his heart out when [[spoiler:Vex dies from a trapped sarcophagus.]] |
| 763 | * MasterOfUnlocking: He's got a series of lockpicks that he can use to break into just about anything. He once broke into a giant door with a sturdy lock using just a toothpick. |
| 764 | * McNinja: Vax wears black, is stealthy and very agile. He even uses his knives akin to kunais and shuriken stars. |
| 765 | * MellowFellow: He is a laidback fellow, and much more approachable than his sister. |
| 766 | * MissingMom: She was murdered by a dragon. |
| 767 | * MoreExperiencedChasesTheInnocent: He occasionally flirts with other men and was involved with Gilmore in the past, certainly having experience with how romance and intimate relationships work. He chases after the [[ShrinkingViolet socially inept and timid]] Keyleth for most of the show, for whom Vax is implied to be the FirstLove. |
| 768 | * 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, as she has a duty to her people]]. |
| 769 | * MyFistForgivesYou: He punches Percy for [[spoiler:accidentally killing Vex, but does not forgives him]]. |
| 770 | * MyGreatestFailure: Not killing the blue dragon Brimscythe, who went to destroy a village the party had been investigating, including a family whose son Vax had bonded with and taught a simple magic trick. |
| 771 | * MySuitIsAlsoSuper: [[spoiler:After asking the Matron of Ravens to take his life instead of his sister's]], he becomes attuned to the Deathwalker's Ward, which grants Vax SuperSpeed, SuperReflexes, [[spoiler:and, later, flight]]. |
| 772 | * NiceGuy: A bit snarky and willing to go along with the group’s antics, but he gets along well with most people and regularly defends Keyleth. |
| 773 | * TheNicknamer: He's constantly applying affectionate nicknames to his fellow party members—Pickle for Pike, Kiki for Keyleth, and Stubby for his sister. |
| 774 | * NotHimself: After [[spoiler:his bargain with the Matron of Ravens]], Vax became distant and closed-off due to the horrific visions he kept receiving as a result, which was quickly noticed by Vex and his closer friends. [[spoiler:He becomes something like his old self agains after he communes with the goddess in [=S2E11=], discovering that [[DarkIsNotEvil her intentions are far from malevolent]]]]. |
| 775 | * NowOrNeverKiss: Believing they are going about to be overwhelmed by zombies in Whitestone, Vax finally confesses his love to Keyleth and tries to kiss her. She nearly reciprocates, but then decides that she doesn't want a relationship, and criticises his very awkward timing. |
| 776 | * OnlySaneMan: Vax, more often than not, is the most normal person in his team at any given moment. He's relatively friendly with everyone, is mostly firmly grounded emotionally save for some snark and trickster tendencies, and he's the least prone to petty bickering with the others. |
| 777 | * TheOnlyOneITrust: Vex tells Vax that he is the only person she trusts even after all the time spent with Vox Machina. Vax doesn't buy it and he's annoyed at the fact Vex is happy that [[spoiler:Keyleth rejected him]]. |
| 778 | * 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 starts to go back to being the Vax everyone loves. |
| 779 | * ThePaladin: He become the new champion for the Matron of Ravens in Season 2, and his job is to guard the line between life and death. |
| 780 | * PleaseDontLeaveMe: In a flashback about their childhoods, Vax is searching for Vex'ahlia and when he finds her, he begs her to never leave him alone again because he is the one who needs her. [[spoiler:When she dies]], he's left weeping and begging her to stay. |
| 781 | * PowerGivesYouWings: [[spoiler:While falling from the sky with an unconscious Scanlan, Vax calls on the Matron of Ravens for help, who gifts him with the ability to turn his cape into a massive pair of wings. He is then able to save himself and bard, and uses the power again while fighting Umbrasyl]]. |
| 782 | * 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 killing everyone living in it. Including a mother and two children.]]. |
| 783 | ** 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 find Osysa the Sphinx's 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 wander off to save 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 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. |
| 784 | * ThePrankster: In Season 1 mostly, where he hits Grog on the groin in the most unexpected moments. |
| 785 | * PriceOnTheirHead: In Season 2, is revealed that Vex and Vax have a bounty of 12000 gold pieces on their heads after stealing the head of a hydra from the Slayer's Take. Due to this, the twins had been avoiding the monster-hunting group for some time. |
| 786 | * QueerEstablishingMoment: His flirting with the orc in the first episode. |
| 787 | * RaceLift: Vax and his sister go from having RavenHairIvorySkin to being olive-skinned. |
| 788 | * RejectedApology: Vax does not takes kindly to [[spoiler:Percy's accidental murder of his sister]], and when he comes to apologize, Percy is met with a fist in the face. Over the course of Season 2, though, they seem to start coming to peace with each other again. |
| 789 | * TheSneakyGuy: As a Rogue, this is his specialty. Unfortunately for him, he is usually traveling with others who lack his skill. |
| 790 | * StartsStealthilyEndsLoudly: His mission to sneak into the Briarwoods' guest room and search for clues goes South when he gets caught in action by the Briarwoods. |
| 791 | * TheStoic: As of Season 2, Vax'ildan matured a lot, become more aloof and serious, outgrowing his {{Manchild}} tendencies. |
| 792 | * StylishProtectionGear: He wears black fur over his cape in the Jon Snow style. |
| 793 | * SummonToHand: Vax's daggers immediately teleport back to his hand after they land on something. |
| 794 | * SuperSpeed: The first and most consistently-used power Vax gains from the Deathwalker's Ward is superhuman speed, almost appearing to teleport with how fast he can move. |
| 795 | * TakeMeInstead: [[spoiler:When Vex'ahlia dies]]. Vax sees the Matron of Raven coming to reclaim her soul. He shouts to take him instead, thus becoming her new champion. |
| 796 | * TallDarkAndSnarky: Checks all three categories by being a world weary, black-cladded rogue and having the wit to match with his twin sister Vex. |
| 797 | * TookALevelInIdealism: [[spoiler:After formally meeting the Matron of Ravens in "The Belly of the Beast", he fully embraces being her champion and all it entails. He starts smiling again and taking comfort in her presence, and has faith that she is leading him and Vox Machina where they need to go.]] |
| 798 | * TheSneakyGuy: As a Rogue, this is his specialty. Unfortunately for him, he is usually traveling with others who lack his skill. |
| 799 | * VaguenessIsComing: Even before becoming her champion, Vax started to have weird visions of the Matron of Ravens. He keeps on having vague dreams from her that he doesn't understand even after their deal, which affects him on a deep psychological level. Vax knows she wants something from him, but not knowing want frustrates him. |
| 800 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With Grog. They play painful pranks like hitting each other on the crotch and have {{Snark To Snark Combat}}s. |
| 801 | * VocalDissonance: Vax has a deep voice, even in flashbacks about his and Vex'ahlia's childhood. Despite being shown as a boy in his late preteen years or early teenagerhood, he still has same deep voice, with a barely noticeable higher pitch. Vex by comparison, has the matching voice for that age. |
| 802 | * YouAreNotAlone: He is on the receiving end from Vex'ahlia and Percival. Vex promises him they will figure out what the Matron of Ravens wants from him, and Percy assures him he will have his back no matter what happens. |
| 803 | [[/folder]] |
| 804 | |
| 805 | [[folder:Vex'ahlia]] |
| 806 | !!Vex'ahlia Vessar |
| 807 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vextlovm.png]] |
| 808 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"He's Vax."'']] |
| 809 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LauraBailey (English), Julia Kaufmann (German) |
| 810 | -->Race: Half-elf |
| 811 | -->Class: Ranger (Beast Master) |
| 812 | |
| 813 | A half-elven ranger who wanders Exandria with her twin brother Vax to find a new home. |
| 814 | ---- |
| 815 | * AffectionateNickname: Vex always refers to people close to her as 'darling' or 'love'. |
| 816 | * AloofArcher: She is an IceQueen and a talented bowman. She acquires the legendary Fenthras in season 2. |
| 817 | * AloofDarkHairedGirl: Vex is a tall, beautiful and cold as ice half-elven woman. She is always calm and dignified and rarely loses her composure. Keyleth and Scanlan get easily intimidated by her. |
| 818 | * AngstWhatAngst: InUniverse example. After [[spoiler:[[BackFromTheDead being revived]]]], Vex takes the knowledge that [[spoiler:she has been dead for a few minutes]] surprisingly well and starts to describe how the experience was for her. She doesn't get upset, angsty or frightened at all at the thought of [[spoiler:being temporarily dead]], and even cracks a few [[BlackComedy dark jokes]] about it later. The same can't be said for the rest of Vox Machina, especially Vax. |
| 819 | * AnimalLover: On a lesser level than Keyleth, but Vex'ahlia does care about the wild too. When she was a child, she and Vex tried to escape a band of human traffickers and hid into a bear cage where she discovered a heavily wounded mother bear. At her request, Vax {{Mercy Kill}}s the animal. She than adopts her cub, who grows to be Trinket. |
| 820 | * ArrowsOnFire: Vex shots arrows on fire at the mutants dogs send by the Briarwoods to kill them. |
| 821 | * BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:She is accidentally killed by a dark magic trap when Percy was meddling with a corpse in a tomb's sarcophagus.]][[spoiler:Vax saves her by asking the Matron of Ravens to take his life instead, which she complies, returning Vex'ahlia's soul back to her body while claiming Vax as her new mortal champion]]. |
| 822 | * BastardAngst: Unlike her brother, Vex'ahlia cares a lot about her father's opinion of her, even while knowing he never had any love for her and always felt a need to overcompensate for her half-human side in her childhood. Even as an adult, she confesses to Percy she feels she hurt herself more than her father by telling him off. |
| 823 | * BeneathTheMask: Vex always pretended to be this mature, callous and confident young woman. Come Season 2, Vex'ahlia reveals that under all that smugness, she is a sensitive woman who always yearned for the acceptance of her abusive father. |
| 824 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: She is impressed by Percy defending her in front of her father and later thanks him for what he has done, telling him than nobody has done that before, except for her brother. |
| 825 | * BestServedCold: She studied everything about dragons and prepared for years until the day she will find the one who murdered her mother. |
| 826 | * BetterTheDevilYouKnow: After Keyleth warns everyone that if Percy kills Delilah, [[spoiler:his soul will be consumed by Orthax]], Vex tries to stop Percy at any costs from killing Delilah. |
| 827 | * BlatantLies: When Pike asks her how it was the quest for Fenthras, Vex answers it was so easy, than proceeds to drink all of her ale, forcing a [[TheUnsmile smile]] on her face. Well, a story about a brainwashing yandere PlantPerson having a VillainousCrush on her is not an adventure to share at any moment. |
| 828 | * 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. |
| 829 | * BottomlessMagazines: She never seems to run out of her arrows. |
| 830 | * BraidsOfAction: She has a single braid in the back. |
| 831 | * BrainyBrunette: She has raven hair, studied dragons all her life and is a very good planner. |
| 832 | * BrokenBird: In present day, she is a cynical and a troubled young woman, much more affected by the death of her mother and the emotional abuse she and Vax were subjected to by their own father than her twin brother. |
| 833 | * BrutalHonesty: Vex does not mince her words. |
| 834 | * CallingTheOldManOut: In season two, after her father insults Percy, Vex lashes out at her father and calls him out on his negligence of her and Vex and tells him he failed as a parent. Syldor couldn't be more bothered by Vex'ahlia's speech. |
| 835 | * CantActPervertedTowardALoveInterest: Something that she shares with her brother, Vax. She's charming and flirtatious, and not above trying to seduce people, but when it comes to Percy, she is always sincere and confides in him all of her insecurities. |
| 836 | * CharacterTic: Is prone to delivering a flirtatious wink, which may or may not aid her in persuading others into helping the party. |
| 837 | * ColdSniper: More or less the fantasy equivalent of this. Vex is by far the most distant member of Vox Machina toward everyone else in the party not named Vax or Trinket, and she's an absolutely lethal shot with her longbow. |
| 838 | * TheConscience: She acts as such for Percy. She calls him out on attacking a kid just because they were working for the Briarwoods, and later she tries to snap him out of being possessed by Orthax. |
| 839 | * CoolBigSis: She becomes this after learning she and Vax have a younger half-sister resulted from their father marriage to Devana. Vex dotes on Velora immediately and doesn't resent the little girl for the obvious favoritism of their father toward her. Vex even gifts Velora with her blue feather. |
| 840 | * DeadpanSnarker: This woman's wit and tongue are as sharp as her arrows. Not hard to see why, considering her company. |
| 841 | * DefrostingIceQueen: Slowly becomes friendlier and more personable with Vox Machina over the course of the first season. |
| 842 | * TheDragonslayer: Trained her entire life to slay dragons ever since one destroyed her and Vax's childhood home. |
| 843 | * DoYouWantToHaggle: She strikes a bargain with Gilmore for potions and weapons to defeat the Briarwoods, and to her chagrin, apparently, Gilmore charged Vox Machina with a lot of money. |
| 844 | * 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 acknowledges that Vex slapping his face was hot, Saundor develops a VillainousCrush on her, and she has tons of ShipTease with Percy. |
| 845 | * ElementalWeapon: Fenthras' arrows can turn into flames, electricity or vines once they hit the target. |
| 846 | * EmotionsVsStoicism: She believes that emotions are not meant to be bottled up and advises Percy to cut loose in a while. It backfires spectacularly later when Percy blows up at the Briarwoods during the banquet in the third episode. |
| 847 | * TheFace: She is the one leading the negotiations with Gilmore. |
| 848 | * FascinatingEyebrow: Is Vex's default expression, as seen in her character picture. |
| 849 | * FashionableAsymmetry: She carries her white fur on the left shoulder. |
| 850 | * FlyingBroomstick: Vex makes good use of a broomstick that Scanlan found in what remained of Gilmore's store after the dragons' attack. The flying broomstick proves to give her a lot of battle advantage against the drakes that attacked Pyrah, making her job to kill them far easier. |
| 851 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Is strangely upset that Percy didn't brief the group on the Briarwoods before their encounter despite the fact that not only was Percy blindsided by their appearance and powers, but Vex herself didn't warn the group when her Primeval Awareness detected [[spoiler:a dragon in the Council room]]. |
| 852 | * GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: She may be rough around the edges, but she is always the one to call others to snap out when they go through HeroicBSOD, like Keyleth, Percy and Scanlan, and even slapped the latter two on different occasions. |
| 853 | * AGirlAndHerX: Vex has had Trinket since she was a little girl and he was a bear cub. |
| 854 | * HalfBreedAngst: Implied in her childhood and Vax. Their father was Elvish nobility while their mother a mere human. After their mother's death, they were taken in by their father, who never lost the chance to show how much he despises and blames his own children for being half human. |
| 855 | * HalfIdenticalTwins: In his song trying to introduce Vox Machina to king Uriel, Scanlan sings that he cannot tell the twins apart. |
| 856 | * HardDrinkingPartyGirl: She enjoys drinking alcohol contests because it's the fastest way to get drunk. |
| 857 | * HeroicBastard: She and Vax were conceived out of the wedlock by their parents. Nevertheless, they are both good people. |
| 858 | * IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: She tries to reach Percy when he finally succumbs to Orthax. |
| 859 | * ImpliedLoveInterest: She and Percy appear to be quite close and while Vex has a habit of addressing people as "darling". [[spoiler:In Episode 1.12, she tells Percy (who is under the influence of Orthax) to take off his mask, and her use of "darling" seems to have more meaning and sincerity compared to her other uses of it.]] |
| 860 | * ImportantHairAccessory: Her trademark blue feather. |
| 861 | * ImprobableAimingSkills: She can fire her arrows from huge distances, even while doing flipflops and flying on a broom. |
| 862 | * IncorruptiblePurePureness: Downplayed because Vex'ahlia often indulges herself with drinks and male attention, on top of being a very pragmatic person interested in money. At 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. |
| 863 | * JerkassRealization: Vex'ahlia has a minor one when Keyleth [[spoiler:takes a near-fatal curse]] to protect Vex from Delilah's wrath since beforehand Vex had been fairly suspicious and derisive of Keyleth. [[DownplayedTrope However, while Vex had initially been a bit frosty towards all Vox Machina beforehand sans Vax, Trinket and Percy to a degree, she does protect and stand by Vox Machina regardless and Vex did compliment Kiki's magic when she formed the de Rolo crest in the sky with the clouds.]] |
| 864 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Vex is largely chilly and frequently critical of everyone else in the party save for her brother, and has a particular disdain for Vax's love interest Keyleth. Nevertheless, she looks after her people to the best of her ability, proves a reliable shoulder to lean on for both her brother and Percy, [[spoiler:and is completely beside herself when Keyleth takes a seemingly mortal wound protecting her from Delilah.]] |
| 865 | * TheJoyOfFirstFlight: She laughs when she flies for the first time on the broom and it gives her immense joy to kill the drakes while flying. |
| 866 | * KickingAssInAllHerFinery: She fights the Briarwoods in Emon while wearing a blue SexySlitDress. |
| 867 | * 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 broth--" and is hit with a burst of necrotic energy, which instantly kills her.]] |
| 868 | * LadykillerInLove: Is implied that the sensual and flirtatious Vex is in love with Percy. |
| 869 | * LadyOfWar: Vex is a tall, graceful martial artist whose weapon is a longbow. |
| 870 | * TheLeader: While Vox Machina has no official leader, Vex is the smartest and most level-headed member of the party and thus tends to fall into the role. This is particularly evident in Vox Machina's battle against Delilah's wraiths in the fourth episode, where Vex directly issues commands to her companions. |
| 871 | * LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: |
| 872 | ** As the most important women in Vax's life, she and Keyleth have this dynamic. Vex'ahlia (Dark Feminine) is world weary, confident and an AloofDarkHairedGirl. She loves to flirt with men and knows how to navigate the high society. She is a AloofArcher and always wears the color blue with black accents. Keyleth (Light Feminine), is her complete opposite, a ginger next door who wears green, a naïve CuteWitch with a lot of potential, but sucky social skills, with whom Vax is hopelessly in love. Vex is not very thrilled that her brother has the hots for Keyleth, but she warms up to Kiki in time. |
| 873 | ** With Zahra based on their unspoken rivalry. This time, Vex'ahlia is the Light Feminine. She may be brooding and have hard time trusting people, but Zahra is an opportunistic and callous woman who promised to help Vox Machina only to betray them later. Vex is an example of BlueIsHeroic, but Zahra is RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver, wielding dark power. |
| 874 | * LittleSisterInstinct: Is very protective of her brother, especially when he starts showing interest towards Keyleth. The "little" part comes in because she's the younger twin by two minutes. |
| 875 | * LivingEmotionalCrutch: It is made clear early on during season 2 that Vax depends a lot on his sister, admitting to her in a flashback that she doesn't need him, but ''he'' needs her. Being separated from her for just a few moments when they were kids leaves him a sobbing wreck. [[spoiler:When she dies during "The Sunken Tomb", the grief completely overwhelms him.]] |
| 876 | * LongRangeFighter: She is an expert with her Archery fighting style. |
| 877 | * MagicalAccessory: She is gifted with a special necklace from Zahra, which contains a PocketDimension where different creatures can be safely kept there and invoked in the real world at need. Vex decides to keep Trinket in the necklace for his safety. |
| 878 | * MasterArcher: Comes with being a well-trained ranger. She manages to shoot a blessed arrow into Brimscythe's neck from quite a ways away, despite the dragon thrashing in pain. |
| 879 | * MissingMom: She was murdered by a dragon. |
| 880 | * MsFanservice: Vex'ahlia might not show a lot of skin, but she is the most well-endowed and flirty character of the main female cast. She's beautiful, confident, charming, and her favourite method of getting her way is [[ShowSomeLeg turning on the charm]]. |
| 881 | * MySisterIsOffLimits: GenderFlipped. Initially, she disapproves of Vax's feelings for Keyleth because she perceives the girl as an invader coming between her and her brother. |
| 882 | * PassiveAggressiveKombat: |
| 883 | ** She shows her disdain for Keyleth by making snide comments about her. |
| 884 | ** With Zahra as they have a visible rivalry. Unlike Keyleth, Zahra can return Vex'ahlia's snide remarks and even beat her. |
| 885 | * PriceOnTheirHead: In Season 2, is revealed that Vex and 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. |
| 886 | * RaceLift: She and her brother go from having RavenHairIvorySkin to being olive-skinned. |
| 887 | * RageBreakingPoint: Vex'ahlia swallows and endures every jab from her father and stops Vax from confronting him in order to keep an appearance of respect. She keeps it to herself until Saundor starts insulting Percy, her LoveInterest, causing her to finally snap and start CallingTheOldManOut. Not that he is impressed by her words, but at least Vex'ahlia finally found the resolution to confront her father about his less than stellar parenting. |
| 888 | * TheRival: With Zahra -- they get very (and somewhat foolishly) competitive while fighting the fish-people, and engage in a lot of SnarkToSnarkCombat to boot. |
| 889 | * ShipperOnDeck: [[spoiler:Eventually warms up to Keyleth's feelings for Vax towards the end of Season 2, quite probably after seeing the elf's concern for her brother due to his dark mood following his encounter with the Matron of Ravens, and encourages her to pursue him, knowing that he'll need more than just her for support]]. |
| 890 | * ShippingTorpedo: She disapproves of Vax being in love with Keyleth, often taunting Keyleth about her insecurities. [[spoiler:Later develops into a ShipperOnDeck during season two, encouraging Keyleth to not let Vax get away]]. |
| 891 | * ShowSomeLeg: Will often attempt to get Vox Machina something they need/out of a sticky situation by turning up the flirtatious charm. Its success rate is somewhat variable. |
| 892 | * SleevesAreForWimps: A [[ActionGirl tough fighter]] and [[MasterArcher excellent shot]] who wears a sleeveless blue tunic. |
| 893 | * TheSnarkKnight: She's hard to approach and dishes out snide remarks about all her teammates, especially Keyleth. |
| 894 | * TheSneakyGal: Not quite to the extent of her [[StealthExpert brother]] and not showcased as much as in the source material, but Vex makes it clear that, compared to the rest of the group, she would have no problem keeping up with Vax if they decided to escape their house arrest together. Vax doesn't dispute this. |
| 895 | -->'''Vex''': The guards might catch the group, but not you and me.\ |
| 896 | '''Vax''': True. |
| 897 | * TheSocialExpert: Vex knows to behave herself in high society and play dumb if the situation asks for it. She also easily seduces two Briarwood guardians to distract them. |
| 898 | * SpiderSense: How her "primeval awareness" manifests in the series. Vex gets sudden migraines when she's close to a dragon or anybody who might have been in contact with dragons. |
| 899 | * StatuesqueStunner: Vex stands at 5'9" tall, and this time, she is taller than Keyleth. |
| 900 | * StepfordSnarker: Vex is a prime class snarker who hides all her pain behind her sarcasm. |
| 901 | * TheStrategist: When Grog, Scanlan and Keyleth come up with a plan to save Archie from prison, Vex brushes them over for being impossibly stupid. Everyone ends up executing her plan. |
| 902 | * TheTeamNormal: Among the girls, Vex is the only one lacking any sort of magic abilities. |
| 903 | * 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 encouraging her to confess her feelings for Vax.]] |
| 904 | * 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. |
| 905 | * {{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. |
| 906 | * 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. |
| 907 | * UndyingLoyalty: She expects this from her brother and makes him promise to never let pretty things (Keyleth) get between them. |
| 908 | * 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]]. |
| 909 | * 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 into giving him her heart. |
| 910 | [[/folder]] |
| 911 | |
| 912 | !!Companions |
| 913 | [[folder:Trinket]] |
| 914 | !!Trinket |
| 915 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/trinket_8.png]] |
| 916 | |
| 917 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MatthewMercer, [[Creator/CheechAndChong Cheech Marin]] ("The Fey Realm") |
| 918 | -->Race: Grizzly Bear |
| 919 | -->Class: Ranger Companion |
| 920 | |
| 921 | Vex'ahlia's loyal animal companion. |
| 922 | ---- |
| 923 | * AllAnimalsAreDogs: He’s super cute, friendly, treated like a BigFriendlyDog and obeys Vex like any dog would. Safe to say, he is this to a T. |
| 924 | * BadassAdorable: Just about the cutest enormous, monstrously strong, plate-armored grizzly bear you'll ever find. |
| 925 | * BearsAreBadNews: To any of Vex's (and by extension the Vox Machina's) enemies, he is definitely something to be feared. |
| 926 | * BearyFriendly: To his allies, especially Vex, he's the TeamPet by virtue of being a cute creature. Vex treats Trinket as if he's a big dog, and he's oddly friendly and receptive to her orders. |
| 927 | * CutenessProximity: Seems to have this over Sovereign Uriel and a couple of the king's guards. |
| 928 | * DemotedToExtra: While he tended to be OutOfFocus, Trinket was much more involved in the original stream than he is in the show. The biggest example being how in the original stream, he accompanies Vox Machina during the Briarwood arc, while here, he's left behind in Emon for the majority of the season. |
| 929 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: The "Terror Of Tal Dorei" 2 parter showcase the basics of Trinket's character. [[spoiler:In the bar brawl of "The Terror OF Tal Dorei Part 1" after Vex'ahlia whistles for Trinket due to being cornered by a thug, he [[BarrierBustingBlow rams through the wall]] and [[RoarBeforeBeating lets out a huge roar]] as though to say "Leave my Vex alone!!", but he doesn't attack until Vex tells him.]] This cements his protectiveness, loyalty and obedience towards Vex. Afterwards, Trinket is seen sleeping by Vex even after the commotion showing that he's normally calm and laid-back when there's no danger present. Another trait established in the first part is his dislike of being separated from Vex and the gang for any reason. [[spoiler:When Vox Machina go to implore Sovereign Uriel and the Council to be hired to kill the beast terrorizing Amon, the guards open the doors for them but say that Trinket has to stay outside. Trinket is visibly sad by this despite being comforted by Vex.]] In "The Terror Of Tal Dorei Part 2" [[spoiler:The castle guards who at first barred him entry to the throne room [[TookALevelInKindness are now giving Trinket scratches, belly rubs and words of praise when no one's looking]] and Trinket [[EasilyForgiven loves this and enjoys being with the guards,]]]] showing that Trinket is [[BearyFriendly eager to befriend anyone who shows him and his loved ones even a smallest bit of kindness]]. Finally, when Vox Machina is discussing [[spoiler:who in the council who might be in league with the blue dragon]] Trinket goes around to all the members of the gang greeting them: nuzzling Pike, getting a nose rub from Vex'ahlia, sniffing Scanlan and walking up to and listening to Keyleth. This demonstrates Trinket's loyalty and affection for '''all''' the members of Vox Machina, not just Vax and Vex. |
| 930 | * TeamPet: Serves this role for Vex and the entire team by proxy. Several times, his CutenessProximity causes them goodwill they're otherwise struggling to earn on their own merits, with Sovereign Uriel offering them the job of killing Brimscythe in part because he liked the bear. |
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