Characters / Neopets The War Of The Obelisk

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The Thieves Guild

One of Neopia's oldest societies, it's maintained a quiet presence in nearly every part of the world for as long as anyone can remember.

Kanrik

See here.

The Sway

A secretive group of Neopians who subtly influence events from behind-the-scenes. Even the Meepits fear them.

The Duchess

This classy Lenny lady is the leader of a secret society called the Sway.

• Anti-Villain: The Sway are described as a Type III in their Neopedia entry, their primary goal being keeping peace in Neopia at the cost of free will of others.
• The Chessmaster: She literally uses a chessboard when plotting.
• Creepy Crows: Crokabeks, the Neopian equivalents of crows or ravens, serve as her messengers and also pets.
• Grande Dame: Definitely!
• The Illuminati: She leads the Sway, which seems to be the Neopets version.
• Iron Lady: She is the feared leader of the Sway.
• Power Hair: Hers is styled this way.

[[folder:Lord Norheim]]

A high-ranking member of the Sway.

• Amulet of Concentrated Awesome: His amulet of hypnosis.
• Big Fancy Castle: He lives in one.
• Black Cloak: What he wears.
• Evil Chancellor: It would seem he is this to the Duchess (although she herself is a neutral character at best). One line implies that he may try to usurp her.
  "I serve my lady... for now."
• Laser-Guided Amnesia: He has an amulet of hypnosis to make potential new members of the Sway forget all about the organization if he doesn't think they're worthy.

The Order of the Red Erisim

An elite group of witches and wizards. They are naturally dedicated to the study of magic... how it works, why it exists, and how to use it to their advantage.

Rasala the Bright

An eager young Bori wizard who recently was promoted to head of the Order of the Red Erisim.

• Ascended Extra: She started out as an unnamed Bori Mage featured on a Neopets TCG card, but for the War of the Obelisk she was given a name and her character was developed.
• Fireballs: She enjoys launching these at her enemies.
• Hot Witch: An attractive female Bori, she is the youngest Neopet ever to lead the Order of the Red Erisim.
• Playing with Fire:
  "What do you mean, fireballs aren't the answer to everything? Of course they are. You just have to ask the right questions."
• Robe and Wizard Hat: Hers are red.
• With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: She fears that the power of the Obelisk may corrupt her, just as the power Xandra wielded did her.

Alshemar of the Seventh Scroll

Rasala's mentor, a wise wizard.

• Alchemy Is Magic: There is a scene in the Neopedia article where he is mixing potions for the upcoming war.
• The Archmage: He is an ancient and learned wizard.
• Crystal Ball: He is shown with one of these in his hand.
• Magic Staff: He holds one.
• The Mentor: To Rasala.
• Robe and Wizard Hat: His outfit.
• Wizard Beard: He's got one.

Hilda the Hedgewitch

A highly skilled witch who has won the Cauldron Throwdown competition seven years in a row. Ganfrey the Good is a friend of hers.

• Magic Cauldron: She must have experience with these as she was champion of the Cauldron Throwdown seven years running.
• Magic Wand: She uses one.
  "Let's see how much power we can call forth from this old wand, shall we?!?"
• Robe and Wizard Hat: Her outfit.
• Witch Classic: She's your typical witch.

Ganfrey the Good

This minor warlock of the Order of the Red Erisim is friends with Hilda the Hedgewitch.

• Deadpan Snarker: His reaction to Hilda using her powers to make a cookie bigger after she complains about wasting magic to fight for the Obelisk.
  "Clearly a more noble use for magic than winning a war."
• Magic Wand: He uses one.
• Robe and Wizard Hat: Like most all of the members of the Order.
  "A wizard without a pointy hat isn't a proper wizard."

Belisarius

A member of the Order of the Red Erisim who tends to mumble a lot and so is hard to understand.

• Fireballs: He is able to conjure blue fireballs.
• Magic Staff: He holds one.
• Robe and Wizard Hat: Like most all of the members of the Order.
• The Unintelligible: No one knows what he's saying as he's always mumbling.
• Wizard Beard: He has one.

The Brute Squad

Founded by Commander Flint, a former general in the army of Altador, this group of physically strong Neopets has the noble goal of keeping Neopia safe from trouble. It takes years of training to qualify to join their ranks.

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In General

• Brutish Character, Brutish Weapon: They're a bunch of large, muscular types who carry large bludgeoning weapons like maces, axes, clubs, hammers, and oversized swords.

Commander Flint

The tough-as-nails Skeith commander of the Brute Squad.

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• Bruiser with a Soft Center: He is shown to have a close relationship with his mother.
  "Yay, Mom sent me a care package with chocolate chip cookies. *sniff* What are you looking at? Get out there and FIGHT!"
• Dumb Muscle: The incredibly strong Flint doesn't seem too smart when it comes to anything other than tactical matters.
• No Indoor Voice: Lampshaded in one of his lines: "THIS IS MY INSIDE VOICE!"
• Stout Strength: Flint is overweight and muscular.
• Strength Equals Worthiness: He values strength above everything and looks down on those he sees as weak.

Alhana the Patient

A member of the Brute Squad who often recruits new members. She makes it clear to others that being tough doesn't make you mean.

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• Carry a Big Stick: Her weapon is a mace.
• Fiery Redhead: She's got red hair, and definitely has a temper.
• Genius Bruiser: She's portrayed as being both tough and intelligent, and wants to clear up misconceptions others have about strong Neopets.
• Strength Equals Worthiness: One of the phrases she will say to taunt an opponent is "You are not worthy."
• The Un-Smile: She is described as having "the sort of grin that made lesser Neopets shiver and run for the nearest faerie."

Buster

A talented jazz trumpet player, this Poogle's intimidating appearance made it hard for him to find work. When he came across a recruitment booth for the Brute Squad, he decided that was the place for him and signed up.

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• Gentle Giant: His problem is that he's a Nice Guy, but others are scared of him due to his appearance.
• Hidden Depths: He's a tough guy, but he also plays the jazz trumpet.
• Jazz: He is a jazz musician who plays the trumpet. Unfortunately, being scary-looking put an end to his career.
• Not Evil, Just Misunderstood: He's believed to be mean just because he's large and tough-looking, but he's really not.
• Scary Musician, Harmless Music: In-Universe. He was fired from his last gig because his appearance frightened patrons, though the music he played was regular jazz.

MAGAX

See here.

Martha

A silent, imposing magma Kau who is a member of the Brute Squad.

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• Brawn Hilda: Strong and so mannish that it's hard to tell she is a female character.
• Hulk Speak: When she does talk, she sounds like this.
• Lady Looks Like a Dude: Her name is the only indication that she is female. There is still the possibility that she is in fact a he with a feminine name, as the character is never referred to with pronouns.
• The Quiet One: Doesn't say much.

The Seekers

A close-knit society of Neopian intellectuals who are happy to share what they learn... most of the time. As their motto goes, "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing."

Professor Lambert

A Gnorbu scholar who teaches at Brightvale University and is the leader of the group of Neopian intellectuals known as the Seekers.

• Absent-Minded Professor: He gives off strong vibes of this. One line of dialogue has him calling for the Doglefoxes of War to be unleashed, then sheepishly realising he forgot to bring them.
• Badass Bookworm: Don't make him use his Collapsible Offensive Device (an umbrella, in layman's terms) on you!
• Cool Uncle: To Katie. She loves visiting him in Brightvale.
• Cunning Linguist: According to the Seekers Neopedia article, he speaks fluent Tyrannian.
• For Science!: He convinces the other Seekers to go with him on an expedition to examine the Obelisk for this reason.
• Gentleman and a Scholar: As well as being very intelligent, he seems genuinely nice.
• Hates Being Touched: Played for Laughs when he is so pleased with how the battling is going that he calls for a Group Hug... only to promptly tell everyone he wasn't serious and to get off him.
• The Professor: He has the title and presumably teaches at Brightvale University.
• Smart People Wear Glasses: He wears a pair of spectacles.

Katie

Professor Lambert's niece, who has a talent for inventing. She created a robot companion, ironically named Tiny, to defend her from school bullies.

• Badass Bookworm:
  "Don't mess with a girl and her robot!"
• Child Prodigy: She is a brilliant inventor.
• Gadgeteer Genius: She offers her assistance to Tom Cotterpin when he needs help upgrading the Seekers' airship.
• My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels: When a bully mocks her uncle's ability to speak Tyrannian by doing an imitation of the language, she informs him that he did indeed say an actual phrase... "I love wearing Step Out Shoes."
• Nerd Glasses: She wears a pair.
• Redheads Are Uncool: She has red hair and is bullied by her peers.
• Robot Buddy: Tiny is this to her.
• Smart People Build Robots: She built Tiny.
• Wise Beyond Their Years: Just a child, but a genius.

Sandro

A foppish Gelert philosopher who writes books about war strategy.

• Bookworm: He loves his books so much that he will express impatience when he has to fight, saying he'd rather be reading in his library.
• The Dandy: He is most definitely this. He is dressed to the nines and his love for style and need to keep his clothes tidy is made apparent through his dialogue:
  "Gah! I have some dirt on my sleeve!"
• Eyes Out of Sight: His long blond hair always hides his eyes.
• Gentleman and a Scholar: He's incredibly polite, even in battle.
• Gentleman Snarker:
  "Oh, I've read about this attack... It's not very effective. Are you sure you want to use it?"
• I Should Write a Book About This: At one point he says "I'm going to write a book about this battle... once I defeat you, of course."
• Longhaired Pretty Boy: His hair is shoulder-length and tied in a ponytail.
• The Philosopher: Specifically, he is a philosopher of war.
• The Strategist: It can be assumed that he is this for the Seekers, as he specializes in coming up with fighting strategies and studies such things.
• Throw the Book at Them: He always carries a book with him and will use it as a weapon.

Tom Cotterpin

A Lutari explorer who was involved in the construction of the airship the Seekers used to get to Tyrannia.

• Adventurer Outfit: He wears one.
• Cool Airship: He made one to transport the Seekers to Tyrannia.
• Gadgeteer Genius: He designed the Seekers' airship.
• Gentleman Adventurer: What he is.
• Hidden Depths: In addition to being an inventor and adventurer, he also runs an Outreach Programme for Elderly Neopets.
• High-Class Glass: He wears a monocle.

Gladstone

An Ixi scholar.

• After-Action Patch-Up: He bandages Katie's injured tail after her run-in with some bullies.
• Bookworm: Always seen with his nose stuck in a book.
• Gentleman and a Scholar: He's a wise and kindly Neopet.
• Smart People Wear Glasses: He's a scholar and wears a pair.

Gyro

A Shoyru scientist who attended the Space Station University for Intelligent Neopets.

• Chemistry Can Do Anything: He carries test tubes and mixes their contents to make explosions when attacking enemies.
• Einstein Hair: He's a scientist and his hair is unkempt.
• Mad Scientist: He's not evil, but otherwise he qualifies.
• Massive Numbered Siblings: He has six little sisters.
• Meaningful Name: In all likelihood he was named after the gyroscope.
• Techno Babble: A lot of his dialogue.

The Awakened

Not so much an actual society as it is an army of Night of the Living Mooks commanded by creepy twin girls. Their goal is to cause as much chaos as possible under the pretense of having a party.

Lanie and Lillie

Twin Wocky sisters who called their undead friends from their graves to participate in the battle for the Obelisk which, according to them, is a party.

• Animate Dead: Though it may seem hard to believe, these two children command an army of The Undead.
• Creepy Shadowed Undereyes: They have these.
• Creepy Twins: They are identical in every way, speak in monotone, and even finish each others' sentences.
• Dull Surprise: Their blank expressions never change, unless they are driven to extreme rage◊.
• Expy: Of the Grady girls from The Shining.
• A Fête Worse than Death: Apparently they see going to war as being a big party... one with cake, ice cream... and undead monsters going on rampages and attacking the living.
• Finishing Each Other's Sentences: They enjoy doing this.
• Nightmare Face: This◊ Battledome pose. It's all the more shocking coming from characters who, most of the time, display no emotion whatsoever.
• Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: It's implied that they've been involved in the disappearances of other Neopets, and even confess to having eaten someone who warned them about the war, believing they were innocent children who needed to be protected.
• Theme Twin Naming: They're twins with two-syllable names starting with "L" and ending with "-ie".
• Undead Child: Though it's never outright stated, it is heavily implied that Lanie and Lillie have risen from the grave themselves.
• Wise Beyond Their Years: Although they appear to be small children, they are able to competently command an army of the undead.

Echo

The ghost of a knight who once served a king. He was poisoned and she regrets that she was unable to protect him.

• Fog Feet: Though considering the fact that she's a Hissi, she likely never had any sort of feet to begin with.
• Ghostly Chill:
  Echo drifted into her crypt silently, but Halima noticed anyway by the sudden chill. It never bothered her.
• I Let Gwen Stacy Die: The king she served under was given a dish of Evil Baklava as a gift, and it turned out to be poison. She feels responsible for his death.
• Knight in Shining Armor: What she was in life.
• Monochrome Apparition: Like all ghost Neopets, she appears in shades of greyish blue except for her eyes, which are red.
• My Greatest Failure: Her king was poisoned and she wasn't able to defend him.

Halima the Enraged

A grumpy Usul mummy who resides in Quasala.

• Glowing Eyelights of Undeath: Her eyes glow green in her ranged attack pose.
• Mummy: What she is.
• Sickly Green Glow: She has one when she's really angry.
• Zombie Gait: Being a mummy, she walks like this.

Olabet Shuffletoes

A zombie who is persuaded by Lanie and Lillie to join the Awakened.

• Brain Food: As he is a zombie, this is naturally his favorite food.
• Hulk Speak: He talks this way, as zombies tend to do.
• Food as Bribe: Lanie and Lillie convince him to join the Awakened by giving him candy floss.
• Our Zombies Are Different: Basically he is a Flesh-Eating Zombie, saying few words and groaning for brains for the most part. Yet the Neopedia article for the Awakened would indicate that he is, to some extent, capable of intelligent thought.
• Undead Barefooter: He wears no shoes.
• Zombie Gait: How he walks.

Spirits

Before the six factions reached the obelisk, several spirits emerged and challenged them to fight. Essentially these spirits were personifications of the Neopian versions of the Seven Deadly Sins. Every faction faced one that represented their worst fear. In the end they were revealed to have been a test from the Oracle, the ancient and wise spirit who lived within the obelisk.

Pride

The personification of pride who menaced the Sway at the end of the War of the Obelisk.

• Anthropomorphic Personification: Of pride.
• Cool Mask: She wears a handheld mask.
• Graceful Ladies Like Purple: She is purple and very elegant.
• Narcissist: Naturally.
• Pride: She is this personified.
• Purple Is Powerful: She is a tremendously powerful magical being and she is purple.
• Vain Sorceress: She even carries a hand mirror all the time.
• Vanity Is Feminine: Pride takes the form of a female Aisha.

Greed

The personification of greed who menaced the Thieves' Guild at the end of the War of the Obelisk.

• Anthropomorphic Personification: Of greed.
• Greed: He is this personified.
• High-Class Glass: He wears a monocle.
• Money Fetish: Well, he is Greed, after all.
  "Mmm, that's the smell of freshly minted Neopoints... like candy!"
• The Scrooge: It's to be expected.

Envy

The personification of envy who menaced the Order of the Red Erisim at the end of the War of the Obelisk.

• Anthropomorphic Personification: Of envy.
• Driven by Envy: This is what he wants the members of the Order of the Red Erisim to be.
• Fog Feet: Being a genie, he naturally has a tail instead of legs.
• Genie in a Bottle: It would appear he is one. He even disappears into a lamp after being defeated.
• Green and Mean: He's green with envy.
• Green-Eyed Monster: He is this, literally.
• Sickly Green Glow: He has one.
• Smug Super:
  "There were three great wizards in the ancient days. I surpass them all."

Wrath

The personification of wrath who menaced the Brute Squad at the end of the War of the Obelisk.

• Anthropomorphic Personification: Of wrath.
• Burning with Anger: Literally made out of flames.
• Strike Me Down with All of Your Hatred!: He says this word-for-word.
• Unstoppable Rage: He is this personified.
• Wreathed in Flames: He is a being made of fire.

Apathy

The personification of Apathy who menaced the Seekers at the end of the War of the Obelisk.

• Anthropomorphic Personification: Of apathy.
• The Power of Apathy: Literally.
• The Slacker
• Sleepyhead: He's barely awake, even when battling.
• Sleepwalking: He seems to do this most of the time.
• Stopped Caring: Never cared, actually.

Death

The personification of death who menaced the Awakened at the end of the War of the Obelisk.

• Annoying Younger Sibling: According to Lanie and Lillie, he is their little brother, and they're terrified of him. It makes you wonder what they are if their sibling is essentially the Grim Reaper.
• Anthropomorphic Personification: Of death.
• Badass Adorable: He is a frighteningly powerful being in the form of a cherubic baby.
• Cupid's Arrow: In spite of being more a Grim Reaper than anything else, he looks just like Cupid.
• Enfant Terrible: He may look like an innocent baby, but he's dangerous.
• Deader than Dead: It's his goal to make The Undead this.
• The Grim Reaper: The Neopian version.
• Horrifying the Horror: He is enough to scare an entire army of undead monsters.
• Killer Rabbit: Aww, it's a cute little baby Ixi... who can make The Undead Deader than Dead.
• Sibling Rivalry: Lanie and Lillie are obviously at odds with Death, mainly because he wants the dead to stay dead while they want their zombie and ghost friends to rise from their graves and party.

The Oracle

• Ambiguously Evil: The Oracle's true motives have never been made clear. She was introduced at the end of the War of the Obelisk as a seemingly benevolent ancient spirit. However, her actions are rather questionable. All she has done so far is to involve the six factions who originally fought for the right to open the Obelisk in perpetual battles simply for her amusement. She grants boons to the winning faction that last for one week, until it's time for yet another battle. It seems doubtful that a spirit who delights in watching frequent violence (and has multiple groups of powerful Neopians under her spell, constantly striving to gain her favour) could really mean well.
• The Omniscient: Apparently she has vast wisdom, but has not yet shared her knowledge.
• Seers: She can see the past and future.