Shadow of Israphel / Characters

This is a character page for the Machinima series Shadow of Israphel. For other characters in the Yogscast Minecraft Series or the Yogscast themselves, go here.

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Terrorvale

The first town Xephos and Honeydew come across following their second chase of Israphel, seen as the "quaintest little hamlet in all of Minecraftia".

Old/Knight,Verigan_Peculier

The first NPC that Simon and Lewis Brindley encounter other than Israphel. He started out as a kindly innkeeper, but eventually gets his own character arc.

Action Survivor: Old_Peculier had some combat experience when he helped Xephos and Honeydew battle Israphel's forces, before he Took a Level in Badass and became Knight_Peculier.
Big "NO!": Utters this when King_Finbar mentions Daisy will be an offering to the Sand God.
Catchphrase: "HEROES!"
Dead Guy Junior: He is named for his grandfather, Verigan Antioch.
Deadpan Snarker: Knight_Peculier has moments where he is this.
"The signal tower doesn't need to be that bright..."
Distressed Dude mixed with Badass in Distress: Knight_Peculier in Shadow of Israphel episode 15 when wounded and forced to hide in a tower, and again in episode 31 when revealed to be the prisoner in the dungeons of Stoneholm.
Driven to Suicide: Was this until he met Simon and Lewis, who gave him hope for facing his nightmares again.
Dropped a Bridge on Him: He falls into a pool of radioactive lava after his minecart is derailed. Simon and Lewis are shocked.
Edible Theme Naming: Old Peculier is a type of ale.
Guest-Star Party Member: Knight_Peculier lends a hand in Lewis and Simon's adventures some times, then goes off to do his own thing.
- He also helped the Yogscast explain the 1.2 Beta update.
I Am Your Father: Of Verigan_Antioch. Technically, grandfather.
It's Personal: After Israphel kidnaps Daisy_Duke, and he hears of his father's legacy, he becomes determined to stop him.
- In episode 34, he personally kills King_Finbar after he threatens Daisy.
Jack of All Stats: Knight_Peculier. He isn't as good with communication or a sword as Lewis, as skilled of a miner or bowman as Simon, or as smart as Skylord_Lysander, but is competent at all of these.
Killed Off for Real:Dies falling into a load of radioactive... stuff... after his minecart is derailed.
- Back from the Dead: An animation from a livestream years later reveals he was going to come back, whether resurrected or having plain survived the radioactive material.
The Load: Old_Peculier becomes this when he suffers from the taint, and it is heavily exacerbated by the crash of the Celaeno due to the Yogcave's destruction.
Meaningful Name: Old_Peculier is old, and a bit quirky. When he becomes Knight_Peculier, this is averted - he's a knight, but no longer peculiar.
- In terms of his real name, he's named after his grandfather, Verigan Antioch.
Take Up My Sword: Old_Peculier's father to Old_Peculier, to vanquish the evil spirit and destroy the Hellgates.
Took a Level in Badass: Old_Peculier, becoming Knight_Peculier when he takes up his father's armor and sword.
Younger Than They Look: He's afflicted with a 'Weariness' that makes him age faster then normal.

Daisy_Duke

Simon's first love interest; a blacksmith's daughter from Terrorvale who sends Lewis and Simon on their first Fetch Quest. Later kidnapped by Israphel. Played by Hannah Rutherford

The Blacksmith: She learned blacksmithing from her father, a prominent smith named Mr. Duke.
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: Among Simon's love interests, she is the blonde, Granny_Bacon is the redhead (she had red hair when she was young), and Isabel is the brunette.
Damsel in Distress: Israphel captures her while Xephos and Honeydew are in Terrorvale, and she is still in distress after three seasons, and there is no sign that she'll be rescued any time soon. The first episode of Israphel Animated lampshades this.
Minion: They don't even care about Daisy anymore.
Israphel: Yes they do!
Punny Name: Either a reference to the character from Dukes of Hazzard or to daisy dukes, a kind of clothing.
Satellite Love Interest: While her smithing talent is known, her personality revolves around being attracted to Honeydew or Old_Peculiar.
Temporary Love Interest: The first of three love interests that Honeydew has over the series. He gets over her pretty quickly, even if he's still assisting in the search for her in the quest for the map fragments. Plus, Old_Peculier was intending to propose to her.
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: She is terrified of spiders, which infest the diamond mines of Terrorvale. This is why the heroes are tasked with going down there for her, and she even freaks out when a spider appears in Terrorvale.

Reverend_John

The reverend whose son Israphel died as a result of creepers. Sends the pair on a quest.

Co-Dragons: Takes the role of this very briefly in Season 3 when he is one of Israphel's enforcers in the Crumbling Ruins near Mistral City.
Freak Out: Expects them not to return and tries killing them when they return. Predict the results.
Improbable Weapon User: Tries to hit Xephos and Honeydew with a piece of paper as they corner him and defeat him for the second time, with Peculier later revealing it to be a map fragment.
Simon: He doesn't have a sword but he's got a piece of paper, Lewis. He's got a very nasty piece of paper and he's giving me papercuts with it.
Sinister Minister: He turns out to be a bad guy after all.
Too Dumb to Live: Charging two heavily armoured and armed warriors with nothing but a golden sword and even a piece of paper (revealed later to be a map fragment, from Karpath's map). It ends exactly as you'd expect. He even throws his sword at them eventually, leaving himself unarmed. Although this could be a Justified Trope considering that he's a zombie and so isn't exactly all there mentally.
The Undead: Briefly resurrected as a zombie in the Crumbling Ruins.
Wham Line: Peculier delivers this on his behalf in Terrorvale, "His son Israphel was out hunting when the creepers got him."
Zero-Effort Boss: Even after being resurrected as an undead warrior to aid Israphel, he is only carrying a golden sword and a piece of paper, going down relatively easily.

Mistral City

A proud city with gleaming spires, lorded over by the Skylords. It is burned by the forces of Israphel and subsequently reforged into a forest by Swampy Bogbeard.

Father_Braeburn

A priest in Mistral City who resembles Elvis. First ran the Church of the Holy Apple, but later changed it to the Church of the Holy Record. The Granny Bacon's Funeral special revealed him to be the grandson of Granny Bacon.

Edible Theme Naming: Braeburn is a type of apple, befitting the Church of the Holy Apple.
No Celebrities Were Harmed: An expy of Elvis Presley, albeit with an apple theme that later switches to the more fitting theme of music when the heroes offer him a music disc in exchange for his golden apple (for the potion to heal Peculier).
Put on a Bus: When Mistral City was burned by the Cult of Israphel, Braeburn fled to Icaria with a note telling the heroes to retrieve the Holy Record from the burning church. His only appearance since then is the Granny Bacon's Funeral special, since as a reverend he can lead the service.
Verbal Tic: His humming when walking around, as voice acted by Simon.

Grandma Bacon a.k.a. Granny_Bacon

Simon's second love interest and the elderly owner of a tea shop the heroes visit in Mistral City.

Action Girl: Her younger self is revealed to be one in the flashback story of the Tale of the Sands, and the Legend of Verigan tale.
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: Granny was originally red-haired in the past, making her this among the love interests of Honeydew.
Brainwashed and Crazy: Israphel turns her into a zombie that attacks Xephos and Honeydew in the Crumbling Ruins. Unfortunately, the heroes can't break her out of it.
Damsel in Distress: She was this. Then she was zombified and the heroes had to kill her.
The Heart: Was this when she was part of Verigan's team, as she doesn't seem to serve a particular purpose to the team.
I Was Quite a Looker: She was shown to be a young redhead in the Tale of the Sands flashback and the Legend of Verigan livestream.
May–December Romance: Her and Honeydew briefly have this, utilized to acquire a golden apple for Fumblemore's potion for Peculier.
Retired Badass: She was once part of Verigan's team.
Unusual Euphemism: She briefly asks Honeydew "Would you like to lick me icing?" while Xephos and Lysander tour Mistral without him.

Skylord_Lysander

A Skylord of Mistral City, Lysander usually provides quick transportation for the heroes. He usually manages to keep a level head even when Xephos and Honeydew are panicking or goofing off. The only character in the Israphel series voiced by Lewis (other than Xephos, obviously), though on Survival Island and in Shadow of Israphel Part 8, he was voiced by Simon.

Ambiguously Gay: Episode 26 hints that he might be in a relationship with Skylord_Jasper.
Cool Airship: The Celaeno, the airship he used to rescue Xephos and Honeydew from Survival Island, before it crashed.
Deadpan Snarker: Shows signs of this, usually when Xephos and Honeydew are being particularly inept or insane.
"Yes, it's broken. Well done."
The Mole: Subverted. Simon and Lewis catch a sign naming him as seemingly worshipping Israphel after burning down Mistral City, but in reality he was framed by Jock Fireblast.
Only Sane Man: When alone with the two main heroes he serves is this.
Put on a Bus: The heroes leave him behind in Skyhold when they go off to Stoneholm.
The Smart Guy: He is quite smart, and is a clever tactician who always has a solution to help the heroes.

Skylord_Jasper

One of the Skylords from Mistral City, who Lewis and Simon first meet after trying to loot his stuff. Lewis and Simon are somewhat confused as to whether he's "the good one" or "the bad one".

Camp Gay: More so in Episode 26 than in his initial appearance.
Characterization Marches On: Skylord_Jasper started out as extremely loud and extremely angry all the time. He even threatens to murder Lysander for stealing his towels. The only hint that he might have homosexual tendencies is his preference for pink in his home. When he reappears in Episode 26 he is no longer aggressive toward the heroes, he is flamboyantly gay, and he's calling Lysander "lover". And has locked him in a dungeon and stuck a ball gag in his mouth...
Cool Airship: He seemed to have had at least two of these. One was apparently destroyed with the burning of Mistral City. The other is at his summer retreat.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Jasper was present for Granny Bacon's Funeral
No Celebrities Were Harmed: His design resembles Freddie Mercury, fitting his flamboyance.
No Indoor Voice: He yells almost every line he has when he first appears in Mistral City.
The Rival: He first appears to be a rival to Lysander. Again, Episode 26 suggests otherwise and that they are lovers.

Fumblemore

An incompetent wizard from Mistral City. Often blows things up, including his own home. Played by Duncan Jones.

The Ace: The reason he is taken along on adventure maps. He can use magic to fly and explode obstacles, very useful in the Canopy Carnage map. It was practically made for him.
Butt-Monkey: His explosive magic is frequently met with scorn by other characters (especially the loud Jasper, but even Granny and Braeburn have made remarks against him), "Damnit, Fumblemore!" indeed.
Emo Teen: What he looked like when he was younger and a member of Verigan's group of heroes.
Guest-Star Party Member: He appears in the first livestream event and helped with the Canopy Carnage map.
Inept Mage: Almost codifies this trope with how his exploding magic, well, explodes.
Lethal Joke Character: His younger self in the Legend of Verigan Charity livestream. His combat skills are subpar, he constantly destroys his fellow adventurers by mistake with his spells (such as accidentally blowing Verigan up and trapping Karpath in a tree), and can't gather resources without making a mess. However, he is incredibly good at blowing up spawners, and can deal with dense clusters of enemies with a blast of TNT.
Magic Misfire: Happens nearly every time he casts a spell.
No Celebrities Were Harmed: Simon gives him a nasally voice reminiscent of The Yogpod guest star Warwick Davis.
Older Than They Look: Was once part of Verigan's Five-Man Band over 100 years ago. His present self having grey hair does show he is old enough in the present as it is.
Put on a Bus: Teleports his tower off to Icaria following Mistral City's fire, with Peculier meeting him there in a flashback on what he was doing before Peculier came to Stoneholm.
Shout-Out: His name is a pun on Dumbledore.
Sibling Rivalry: Has this with Swampy during the Canopy Carnage map, as Swampy is not fond of his explosions.
Stuff Blowing Up: His usual method of dealing with anything. He doesn't always do this intentionally though.

Swampy_Bogbeard

Fumblemore's nature-loving brother, who detests humanity "defiling the land". Voiced by Simon as a stereotypical hippy.

Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: The cast are surprised to discover he actually does have powers in episode 42 when he resurrects a dying oasis.
Friend to All Living Things: As a nature wizard, he has a lot of animal friends.
Green Thumb: He specializes in plant magic, having reformed the burned remains of Mistral City into a forest.
New-Age Retro Hippie: He lives on a floating chunk of earth and forces you to climb up using saplings and bone meal. Whether or not this is just Simon and Lewis's speculation of what he sounds like, and not who the character actually is, is up to debate.
Shout-Out: Simon gives him a voice that Lewis compares to Leo.
Sibling Rivalry: He has shown this with Fumblemore, not being fond of his explosions ruining the land.
Say My Name: He tends to shout FUMBLEMORE!!, when irritated about his brother.
Verbal Tic: Heeeeyyyy, you made it, man. Did you defile any land, man? He talks a lot like a hippie, mainly exacerbated by Simon at the beginning.

Mr. Astley / Mr_AsSsstley

A reformed Creeper who lives in Mistral City.

Heel–Face Turn: But does blow up when Lewis tries killing him for some sulphur.
Shout-Out: Named for Rick Astley. His house was originally empty, but a creeper spawning meant they called him Mr. Astley. Astley's reappearance in Stoneholm (portrayed by a morphed player) even has him hiss lyrics from "Never Gonna Give You Up".
Unexplained Recovery: Reappears as a prisoner in Stoneholm's prisons, hissing "Never Gonna Give You Up" lyrics.
Verbal Tic: His cameo in Stoneholm has him hiss "Never Gonna Give You Up" lyrics with added s's in them.

Carnivale de Banjo

A travelling carnival that stopped by Verigan's Hold, the heroes meeting them after going through Skull Pass. They later fly off to the Skyhold.

Madame_Nubescu

A voodoo fortune teller working for the Carnivale de Banjo. Voiced by Simon in an extremely low and croaky voice. Painfully.

Black Magic: She's heavily involved in voodoo as her profession in the carnival.
Demonic Possession: Sort of. In a rare harmless example, she allows herself to be possessed by "Da voodoo spirits" in order to make her predictions.
Fortune Teller: Her job with the carnival is to give fortunes to visitors.
Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: Averted. Her supposed smoking (which caused her strange voice) does not say anything about her alignment, and is simply used as a gag.
Token Minority: Nubescu is the only black person in the main cast.

Strongman_Bruno

The carnival's resident strongman, proclaimed the strongest man in the world.

Cheaters Never Prosper: He's not really that strong- he's tough, but in reality he has an invisible pickaxe. Simon grows a tree around him with bone meal, making him choke. He survives, but is still puking leaves.
Dumb Muscle: He's strong, but he's very stupid. He keeps saying baby as "babby".
Hidden Depths: Bruno attends Granny Bacon's Funeral, showing even he cared about her.
No Celebrities Were Harmed: Simon's voice for Bruno is an Austrian accent reminiscent of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Shout-Out: Said voice, befitting his role as a strongman, also takes cues from the Heavy.
Unexplained Recovery: Somehow survives choking inside a tree. Granted he's still puking leaves afterwards.

Mr. Banjo

The carnival's shady, overly-cheerful manager. Likes disguises.

Monster Clown: Sort of. He's not really evil per se, but he's definitely shady.
No Celebrities Were Harmed: The clown suit resembles a Minecraft skin of Simon Lane's IRL appearance, if mixed with Joker.
Shout-Out: His clown suit is reminiscent of The Joker, if crossed with Simon's IRL skin. Honeydew even remarks "Why so serious?" upon seeing Banjo's clown suit for the first time.
Silly Simian: He debuts wearing a gorilla suit and acting like a gorilla.

Verigan's Hold

A fortress overseeing the Wall, and by extension the Sands, serving as the headquarters of the Crimson Cross.

Templar_Adaephon

The templar who oversees Verigan's Hold, and the uncle of Peculier. He tells Xephos and Honeydew about the backstory of the Sands, the corrupting sands that Verigan and Karpath fought off and sealed away with the Wall.

Really 700 Years Old: He's Old_Peculier's uncle. Even though Peculier is younger than he looks, that's still pretty old.
Retired Badass: One of the various members of Verigan's group of fellow adventurers, several years prior.

BBQ Bay

The land of pirates, known for its various pirate ships and Grimjaw's treasure hold.

Jock_Fireblast

A pirate at Barbecue Bay who enlists the heroes to repair the bay and defeat Grimjaw_Slugface.

Ax-Crazy: He enjoys burning down Mistral City and BBQ bay a lot! When caught doing the latter, he shouts "Hahahahaha! BURN!!!" This sentence seems to reflect his mental state rather well.
Defrosting Ice King: He's initially rather rude to Lewis and Simon, but after they help save the town he warms up to them a bit.
Evil Laugh: Gives a good one when burning down BBQ Bay. Although at bits it overlaps with Laughing Mad.
Hoist by His Own Petard: He is killed in the same fire he started when Simon and Lewis push him in and manage to block him from jumping off the bay.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: A bit abrasive, but he genuinely cares for BBQ Bay. Or not given he later tries to burn it.
- Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: He is revealed to be an Ax-Crazy pyromaniac working for Israphel and the thief of the second map fragment.
Kill It with Fire: He burns down Barbecue Bay (partially), as well as Mistral City.
The Mole: He's working for Israphel and overseeing his activities in BBQ Bay.
Near-Villain Victory: He nearly burnt down the whole of Barbecue Bay before the heroes stopped and killed him. The townsfolk may have to rebuild their damaged homes almost from scratch, but they're all still alive.
Side Quest: Makes Simon and Lewis help him in defeating Grimjaw before they can gain his trust.
Verbal Tic: Making use of Talk Like a Pirate as his main defining trait, mostly exacerbated by the voice Simon gave him. "Down there just be hard tack, aaarrrr, ha haarrrrr, and bilging gear, harrrr harrr."
We Used to Be Friends: Isabel referred to him as being her friend once.
Wham Line: While burning BBQ Bay down, Jock utters a line that recontextualizes a previous fire.
Jock: JUST AS I DID, TO MISTRAL CITY!

Grimjaw_Slugface

The initial antagonist of Xephos' and Honeydew's venture into BBQ Bay, who attacks the bay with an army of zombie pigmen in revenge for being denied docking. He also owns the treasure hold that supposedly contains the second map fragment, guarded by ghasts.

Disproportionate Retribution: He doesn't get let into BBQ Bay, and decides to destroy it as vengeance.
Evil Is Petty: See above his reason to attack the bay because he won't get let in.
Kill It with Fire: Honeydew burns down his ship to defeat him.
Obviously Evil: Simon makes a remark, given his name, that he is very sinister.
Pirate: He's not only a pirate, but he's harassing a town full of them.
Shout-Out: Grimjaw's similar design and eyepatch bears a striking resemblance to Nick Fury.
Starter Villain: Grimjaw takes the role of main villain for the very start of the BBQ Bay arc.

Angus_Eyeless

A blind, Scottish accented pirate with two eyepatches.

Canine Companion: A tamed wolf / dog (a then-recent addition to Minecraft) aids him due to his blindness.
Eye Scream: Going by his name, he wears two eyepatches on his face.
No Celebrities Were Harmed: Simon based his voice for Angus on that of Terry Wogan.
Pirate: He is a pirate, even if he is blind.
Token Good Teammate: The only of the first three pirates Xephos and Honeydew meet upon arriving in BBQ Bay to not be an agent of Israphel, and is friends with Isabel.

Spacker_LeChuck

One of the heroes that destroyed a great evil 100 years ago, before becoming a zombie. This makes him a zombie-pirate-dwarf-in-a-boat.

Drunken Master: Sort of. He is able to heal himself with beer after he is injured by the zombies in Stoneholm.
Friendly Neighborhood Vampire: He's a zombie, but he acts more or less the same as he did in life.
Ninja Pirate Robot Zombie: Spacker is a zombified dwarf who also happens to be a pirate.
Noodle Incident: He got hit in the gut by a cannonball. We don't know anything else about why he's a zombie.
Old Soldier: Old pirate, but in any case he destroyed a great evil 100 years old as one of Verigan Antioch's allies, and he is still kicking as a zombie pirate.
Our Zombies Are Different: He's a zombie, but appears to have the same mobility as he did in life. He also isn't a ravenously hungry monster.
Shout-Out: He is an undead named LeChuck, albeit one of the good guys.

Isabel_Peculier

Old_Peculier's sister, a feared pirate who works under the alias "Dread Pirate Norris".

Action Girl: The cutscene with her back story shows her to be this, having fought many things as a pirate.
The Dreaded: The most feared pirate near Barbecue Bay, apparently.
Impossibly-Low Neckline: Part of her skin design shows a low neckline.
Red Baron: Local pirates in BBQ Bay call her the "Dread Pirate Norris."
Samus Is a Girl: Though there wasn't much suspense building up to it, just that Jock warns the heroes about her.
Shout-Out: Her ship is called The Black Pimple.

PirateTinman

Isabel's accomplice; a lone robot pirate that Lewis and Simon quickly ditch, for a short while anyway.

Big Damn Heroes: Bursting in to save a defenseless Isabel from Israphel.
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: He has outright disappeared from recent episodes and even fan-art, in part due to Real Life Writes the Plot (his body actor's firing).
Eye Scream: Israphel smashed one of his eyes beyond repair during their fight.
Interspecies Romance: He may be a robot, but he may have a thing for Isabel.
Loophole Abuse: Tinman is able to briefly punch Honeydew (who even mentions robots should be Three Laws-Compliant, quoting the first law that robots can't harm men) because technically he is a dwarf, as Xephos points out.
Number Two: Seems to be Isabel's right-hand robot, aiding her in her pirate adventures.
The Quiet One: Speaks rarely, and only in binary. That is, until part 5 of Sunshine of Israpony, when Simon whacked him with a crowbar and he began speaking in English, for a short while, anyway.

Skyhold

The true headquarters of the Skylords, a giant floating fortress above the frozen sea.

Um_Bongo

Skylord_Jaspar's manservant, though he apparently hates his job. He constantly requests the heroes to take him with them, despite being of little help to them.

Broken Record: He frequently says "Take me with you!"
Butt-Monkey: He constantly hopes that his life will get better, but he's stuck in a humiliating position, captured somehow and falls to his "death".
Dumb Muscle: He isn't very bright, although he's sensible enough to try and get away from Jaspar.
- Too Dumb to Live: Falls to his "death" after failing to jump over a simple platform (despite claiming he could jump well and basically refusing Lewis's offer of bridging the area). Despite Simon and Lewis "regretfully lamenting his passing" ^note, he somehow survived, appearing in later custom maps and mods (but not the actual series) with nothing more than a couple of sly remarks made by the duo about his fate.
Epic Fail: Whoever was playing him didn't do a good job at that jump.

Skylord_Baako

Lysander's grandfather who tasks him with giving Xephos and Honeydew the Skylord Trials.

Cool Old Guy: For what little we see of him, he is a wise man.
Dying Alone: Subverted. Lysander manages to catch up to him just before he passes away.

Skylord_Vitali

One of the Skylords at Skyhold, suspicious of Nubescu after several Skylords have gone missing.

Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Despite his apparent desire to aid the Skylords, he's an Obstructive Bureaucrat. He also killed all the Skylords.
Eye Scream: Inflicted on somebody else. "I popped his eyes and drank the goo."
Frame-Up: He claims Nubescu killed the Skylords, when really he did so.
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: How he killed one of the Skylords. Later happens to him when he gets staked.
Knight of Cerebus: Of all the villains, he's one of the darkest bar Israphel due to his vampire reveal.
Obstructive Bureaucrat: He's constantly in the way of the gang's adventures, as he's the true culprit behind the Skylords dying.
Our Vampires Are Different: Apparently there is no significant difference between vampires and humans in Minecraftia since nobody ever seemed to suspect him of being one. That, or he was just really good at hiding it.
The Reveal: He's a vampire, and why Skyhold is deserted: he killed everybody.

Stoneholm

The cavernous realm of the dwarves, containing the Deepcore where the bedrock itself is mined by giant drills.

Moira_Magmabloom

A female dwarf that lives in Stoneholm. She bears a striking resemblance to Daisy. She might be the wife/girlfriend of Rory.

Action Girl: Never shies away from combat and helps fight the zombie dwarves.
Bearded Lady: Being a dwarf, where both genders have beards, she has a blonde one.
The Blacksmith: What she does, forging things for the heroes, such as a lever.
Expy: Of the series' previous blacksmith Daisy_Duke, essentially looking like a bearded (dwarf females have beards) Daisy.

Rory_Rockhammer

A male dwarf who is the nephew of Spacker.

Sacrificial Lamb: King_Finbar turns him into a zombie to demonstrate what happened to all the zombie dwarves.
The Undead: He gets turned into a zombie by his king, leaving him just another undead dwarf zombie.
Vocal Dissonance: Invoked by Simon, who comically gives him a rather nasal voice which doesn't fit a dwarf, justified by his young age.

Kormag_Darkforge

The guard captain of Stoneholm and King Finbar's dragon, guarding Stoneholm against intruders.

The Dragon: Enforces the will of King_Finbar, and tries to obstruct the heroes entering Stoneholm.
Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Anyone with "Darkforge" in their name likely isn't a good person, as he is shown to be loyal to the cruel Finbar, and has captured Peculier.

King_Finbar

The corrupted king of Stoneholm, resurrected as a zombie under Israphel's command.

Bad Boss: He kills workers even if they have helped him in Stoneholm.
Evil Overlord: Played with. Apparently he was normal enough before, but then he came back and things really went to hell.
Karmic Death: He taunts Knight_Peculier that Daisy will be a sacrifice to the Sand God. Peculier kills him in a fit of rage.
Our Dwarves Are All the Same: This dwarf is a zombie and has some basic knowledge of magic.
Playing with Fire: He seemingly has this power, due to the fireball spell that turns Rory into a zombie dwarf.
The Undead: He died from something beforehand, then came back as a fierce zombie dwarf king.

The Hand and the Sands

A giant hand belonging to the Jade Sentinel, buried in the corrupted Sands that Verigan Antioch held at bay with the Wall.

Prof_Webley

A young man found imprisoned in the cloning facility. Is the descendant of one Horatio Grizwold.

Famous Ancestor: He's the descendant of Professor Horatio Grizwold himself, the man who helped Verigan and lead the party that found the Hand.
The Load: Due to having been trapped in the cloning machine for several weeks, Webley is both dehydrated and starving, unable to fight or even move far distances, getting him out of the Sentinel took Simon and Lewis quite a bit, and things get complicated when a creeper blows up near him.

Shiplord_Hubert

A French shiplord found in the Sands.

Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He's a decent fighter, using nothing more than a baguette.
Funetik Aksent: The way his dialogue is typed, reflecting his French accent.
Improbable Weapon User: He smacks people with a stale, hardened baguette. "Taste zis cheesy baguette of doom!" indeed.
Poirot Speak: The way his dialogue is typed, again, because of his French accent.

Flashback characters/The Legend of Verigan

Prof_Grizwold

Professor Horatio Grizwold (alternately spelt Grizwald and Griswold) was an archaeologist from Chronobasher's Minecraft adventure map Prof. Grizwald and the Curse of the Pyramid.

In the map's story, he left notes and maps for Simon and Lewis that led to a cursed pyramid containing an equally cursed diamond. He had seemingly died in an orc attack on his cabin, but Simon later made him the go-to voice for adventure maps, writing FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE TO HAUNT YOU, YOU SON OF A BITCH.

He has since appeared in the Israphel canon as one of the heroes that destroyed a great evil 100 years ago.

Accent On The Wrong Syllable: Pronunciation of his name seems to vary.
Ascended Extra: He only appeared in writing in an adventure map, but the memorable voice acting done by Simon made him into a One-Episode Wonder that made him become a part of the Shadow of Israphel backstory (spelled "Grizwold") in the Legend of Verigan special.
Large Ham: And it is glorious.
Mr. Exposition: Provided all the exposition in the adventure maps he appeared in and the Legend of Verigan.
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: While he did help destroy a great evil 100 years ago, he was also the one who set it loose in the first place by activating a portal he found.
No Indoor Voice: Almost everything he says is a loud proclamation.
Only Sane Man: The only one in Enoch's expedition who believes that the metal hand is best feared due to its suddenly growing. He flees before he can share the fate of his comrades.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Leaves the desert expedition when it becomes clear that staying is tantamount to suicide.
Spell My Name With An S: "Grizwold," "Grizwald," and "Griswold" are the most common variations.

Verigan Antioch

The legendary hero who rallied everyone to fight the Sands and built the Wall. Died many years ago facing a terrible evil that rose from the Sands. Verigan's Hold is named in his honor, and his son Karpath is the father of Isabel and Verigan II aka Peculier.

Big Good: He is the greatest hero the lands had known, and lead the past heroes in fighting off the Sands.
Dead Person Conversation: He gives Xephos and Honeydew a vision of what would happen if Israphel wins, during the heroes' venture in BBQ Bay.
Posthumous Character: He died long before the events of the series, with Verigan's Hold named for him Verigan Antioch II aka Knight Peculier is named in his honor.
Skyward Scream: Verigan, as played by Simon, shouts Fumblemore's name like this when the wizard accidentally blows him up in The Legend of Verigan special.

Karpath Antioch

The son of Verigan Antioch who aided him in his journey to stop the Sands and the ancient evil who rose from them. He is later revealed to be Adaephon's brother, and the father of Verigan II / Peculier and Isabel, initially credited as "K. Peculier" before the reveal.

Big Good: Another instance of this alongside his father, he founded the Crimson Cross and the Templars, before his disappearance, and his role as father of Peculier and Isabel.
Disappeared Dad: He is revealed to be "K. Peculier", the father of Peculier and Isabel who left them behind to continue fighting the forces of Israphel.
Papa Wolf: To Knight_Peculier and Isabel.
Posthumous Character: Karpath had been known to have vanished long ago shortly after he founded the Crimson Cross and the Templars, but under his identity as "K. Peculier", the heroes found his last message he wrote shortly before his death.

Templar_Enoch

A templar who explores the metal structure of the Hand with Grizwold.

Axe-Crazy: After the Sand and Sentinels drive him nuts, he kills the two remaining members of his party.
Cruel and Unusual Death: Good god is it ever, cutting his bones from his body. Thankfully we don't see it onscreen.
Demonic Possession: Corrupted by the Sand, and through them the Sentinels.
Driven to Suicide: He supposedly tears himself to pieces intending to remove his bones because they itch.
Genre Blind: Probably the worst example in the show. Grizwold decides to jump ship because he realises what's wrong. Enoch stupidly chooses to stay.
Heel Realisation: The last log shows he finally realised what he had done, and how Grizwold was right. Of course, by this point he realises this, Israphel is taunting him far too much and he rips himself to pieces because his bones are itchy.
Jumping Off the Slippery Slope: Initially he was rather sane, if also a bit stupid. He gradually goes completely insane by the effects of the Hand.
Pride Before a Fall: He was fairly arrogant before the incident, taking pride in his study.

SOI Villains

Israphel

The undead head of the Cult of Israphel, apparently hailing from the Nether. Played, at least early on in the series

, by Hannah Rutherford.

Adaptational Comic Relief: His animated series persona (presumably non canon, and voiced by Trott) is considerably funnier, as opposed to the canon Knight of Cerebus depiction, aided by a skeleton named Minion (voiced by Trott's fellow Hat Films partner Ross) and a mute Enderman named Extra Minion (who frequently teleports in with bees when Israphel gives a command that rhymes with bee).
invokedAdaptational Wimp: His animated series persona is also considerably stupider, being easily thwarted by Xephos and Honeydew without them knowing he is even there, during episodes set in YogLabs (he is chased off by the Nyan Pigs, crushed by massive chunks of dirt thrown by the Yogscast, and beaten up by Bort the Mutant Zombie), Voltz (he is caught in the explosion from when Ridgedog's base self-destructed), StarMade (his spaceship is shot at by LividCoffee when a heat seeking missile is redirected at him), the Trucking Tuesday episode for Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing (he is hooked on a truck outside the radius of a device used to explain the game's bugs, easily trouncing him), the demo of Papers, Please (he is detained for having a crude photo in his passport and blown up by a bomb given by Sips), and the final Shadow of Israphel episode (his mecha is broken apart by the plants regrown by Swampy).
Antagonist Title: His name is in the title of Shadow of Israphel.
Back from the Dead: He was apparently dead at one point, but was resurrected through unknown means.
Badass in a Nice Suit: His dark cloak is very reminiscent of a black suit.
Badass Longcoat: His cloak also resembles a longcoat, having long sleeves.
Bald of Evil: He seemingly has no hair, often depicted as having a head like a creeper.
Big Bad: The first antagonist introduced early on when he ambushed Xephos and Honeydew at the Yogcave, and the most overarching in the entire story.
The Chessmaster: Very good at manipulating various individuals who served him.
Cult: Has one named after himself, the Cult of Israphel.
Disk-One Final Boss: The Battle of the Breach is the first moment when he really cuts loose, and one of the few defeats he faced (Xephos even gets a few hits of his sword in on him).
The Dragon: Possibly serving as this to the Sand God.
- Dragon-in-Chief: If so, he is doing most of the work at the moment, as his probable master is resting.
The Dreaded: For good reason, as by the later episodes, he is a feared presence in the land.
Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: In life, he was said to be one of these.
Evil Only Has to Win Once: According to a vision Verigan gives the heroes, if he wins, he will take over Minecraftia, and spread his evil throughout the world.
Evil Overlord: What he will apparently become if the duo fails, resulting in the Bad Future seen in their vision.
Expy: His pale skin, his creeper-like face signifying his lack of a nose, being called the Dark Lord, and his dark magic and black cloaks make him one for Lord Voldemort.
Faux Affably Evil: The signs he leaves to message people may come across as this to their readers.
Israphel: You should close the door.
Hero Killer: Whenever he appears, expect the stakes to go up and Lewis and Simon to have some serious obstacles to overcome. He's killed Honeydew and Xephos at least once, but given that Death Is Cheap for them, they ultimately come back anyway. He's killed Karpath as well, corrupted Granny Bacon to make the heroes kill her, and was indirectly responsible for the death of Knight_Peculier.
Humanoid Abomination: Whatever happened to him, he's likely no longer human per say.
It Amused Me / For the Evulz: At first, he was just a prankster and a troll annoying Lewis and Simon. As Cerebus Syndrome kicked in, this trope was phased out... then reintroduced in a much darker way.
Kick the Dog: Kidnapped and presumably killed Old_Peculier's mother, hinted to be the one in the grave labeled "Minthor" when the heroes saw it earlier in the series, by a shot of the elderly Karpath standing over it. Not to mention his indirect burning down of Mistral City and BBQ Bay; he did not do these personally but ordered Jock_Fireblast to do them.
Kill It with Fire: He usually has his minions burn enemy cities and fortresses. He himself also gains the ability to shoot fireballs some time between episodes 16 and 31.
Knight of Cerebus: Turned the lighthearted "Let's Play" into a somewhat more serious show. At the same time, his more horrifying traits have been highlighted more, with his funny ones being phased out of anything canon.
Mondegreen Gag: Israphel in Israphel Animated is the recipient of this gag, often giving a command telling his minions that they must flee or to set him free. Extra Minion, an Enderman, then brings in beehives, whose bees sting Israphel.
Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Alternate spelling of "Israfel", an apocryphal Abrahamic angel often referred to as the trumpeter on Judgement Day.
Rain of Arrows: His favorite tactic, at least earlier on when it was possible to spam with a bow. He dropped this when the bow mechanics were changed in Minecraft.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: His red eyes are quite noticeable in his design, highlighting his evil.
Religion of Evil: Well, he does follow the Sand God, an ancient evil just as feared.
Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Against the Antioch bloodline, targetting female members at first, mainly kidnapping the woman implied to be Minthor as well as nearly kidnapping Isabel if it wasn't for Tinman's rescue, but expanded to other love interests (like his kidnapping of Daisy Duke) or close friends (like his kidnapping and corruption of Granny Bacon). He also sets Peculier's family house in Mistral City on fire.
Sdrawkcab Alias: In the temple that Xephos and Honeydew take shelter in, a sign in front of an obsidian barrier says not to open, or else a beast of sorts named Lehparsi will be unleashed. They don't realize it's backwards for Israphel.
The Voiceless: He never speaks in any episode of the story arc. Only in the Israphel Animated series does he actually speak.
- To get around this, he opts to often leave signs where he's been. For example, at Granny_Bacon's funeral, he leaves a taunting sign with his name at the bottom.
Would Hurt a Child: He would kidnap and likely kill them, too.

Zombie_Boss

One of Israphel's henchmen. His only role seems be dying easily and providing pork for the heroes. Initially a zombie with bloodshot eyes and some areas of blood, he is reintroduced with paler green skin and a tattered Templar uniform during the Battle of the Breach, and later makes a solo attempt flying in a hot air balloon to attack the heroes by the time they have the completed map.

The Brute: Seems to fulfill this function in addition to being Co-Dragons with Creeper_Boss.
Butt-Monkey: He dies very funny and stupid deaths repeatedly because of his dumb muscle attitude.
Co-Dragons: He shares this with Creeper_Boss, both being high ranking versions of the hostile mobs.
Death Is Cheap: He's died several times, and come back due to his undead nature.
Dumb Muscle: He's a zombie, and so he doesn't talk much (other than moaning or saying "Brains") and tends to only use a stone axe as a weapon.
Genius Bruiser: A surprise appearance by Zombie Boss in the Sands by the time Xephos, Honeydew, and Peculier have the finished map and are exploring the Sands sees him attacking the heroes using a hot air balloon, showing he is not as dumb as he seems.
King Mook: The leader of Minecraft's zombies, initially looking like a bloodier version of one before redesigned to fit the desert theming of Israphel's plans. While not actually commanding any zombies at first, he is shown to have zombie minions when leading an ambush via hot air balloons in the Sands.
Mighty Glacier: He always crouches while walking in order to make him seem more "zombie-like", allowing him to move much slower, though not incapable of quick movement.
No-Sell: Zombie Boss breaks a wooden door to Israphel's castle down when the heroes try to shut it in his face.
Lewis: Oh god, he's gone through the door!
Simon: He destroyed the door!
Ring-Out Boss: In their first encounter with Zombie_Boss, Xephos kills him by knocking him into a ring of lava around Israphel's castle, which is just as dangerous for them.
Stock Animal Diet: Zombie Boss makes reference to the iconic food of zombies, brains, during the encounter at Terrorvale.
The Undead: Being a zombie, he is clearly undead in every way.
The Unintelligible: He only speaks in groans and the periodic "Brains".

Creeper_Boss

One of Israphel's henchmen. He is considerably more dangerous than Zombie_Boss thanks to his use of TNT. Initially just a humanoid creeper (that is, a creeper with proper arms and legs like humans), he is recolored from green to more desert-esque brown and beige, complete with red irises in his black eyes, when reintroduced during the Battle of the Breach.

Co-Dragons: Shares this with Zombie_Boss, both being high ranking versions of the hostile mobs.
Dumb Muscle: Occasionally makes use of a stone axe just like Zombie Boss, though the TNT makes Creeper Boss a bit smarter.
King Mook: The leader of Minecraft's creepers, and a humanoid version of them, before being redesigned to fit the desert theming of Israphel's plans.
Mad Bomber: Almost exclusively uses TNT to attack the heroes and blow up the Wall.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: His redesign sports ominous red irises in his black eye sockets, an extra warning for what is basically a more sophisticated creeper.
Ring-Out Boss: In the first encounter with him, he blew himself up without seriously damaging the heroes.
Stuff Blowing Up: He is the Creeper_Boss after all, making use of TNT to blow things up.
Took a Level in Badass: He's much more dangerous in the non-canon Sunshine of Israpony, growing wings and coming close to bombing the heroes to death. It takes a lucky shot from Fumblemore to down him, at which point he crash lands and explodes.
The Unintelligible: Only speaks in creeper-like hissing, aside from a moment in Granny Bacon's Funeral where he hisses Simon's name.
What Happened to the Mouse?: While Israphel continued having an impact on the story, and Zombie Boss got a surprise reappearance as a solo act with his hot air balloon, Creeper Boss practically vanished following the Battle of the Breach and Granny Bacon's Funeral.

Unmarked SOI spoilers

Here, we have a series of villains that, owing to spoiler guidelines, have been moved to a different location. Read on further at your own risk.

The Sand God

The being that gives the Sands their corrupting power, driving a lot of the series' conflict.

Eldritch Abomination: Supposedly, it is one of these, as a god-like being behind the taint.
Sealed Evil in a Can: Something is supposedly holding it back. Israphel and his minions are working towards its release.

The Sentinels

The Jade Sentinels are giant robots that are buried in the sand, with one of them having the Hand the heroes go inside at one point.

Eldritch Abomination: Whatever they are, they're weird. They corrupt thoughts and various beings.
The Ghost: Sort of. We've sort of seen them, but not what they actually look like to the naked eye.
Humongous Mecha: An unused animation outs their true appearance as absurdly huge robots.
Mechanical Lifeforms: What they apparently are, actually robotic beings.
Mechanical Monster: Whatever they are, they're awful and behind a lot of other evils.
Womb Level / Eternal Engine: Simon and Lewis end up travelling through one at one point. This means we don't know what they look like at present.
The Unfought: At present, they are not yet fought. An unused animation unveiled in a stream shows a prophetic vision of how such a battle would actually go.

The Sand

The tainted sands that choked the land until Verigan Antioch built the Wall to seal them away. The sands leak through the various hellgates, and eventually breach the Wall late into the series' run.

Face–Heel Turn: In Episode 38, it is revealed that the sand had been trying to hold back the evil powers but was corrupted by Israphel.
The Virus: The Sands turned Enoch into a being of sandstone who killed himself by ripping out his own bones.

The Evil_Honeydew clones

A pair of evil clones of Simon Lane's Honeydew character, the pair are created with a cloning machine that malfunctioned and left all future projects insane. They go absolutely crazy while forcing the duo to give chase to them. One gets killed by Simon later, while the other is presently missing.

Axe-Crazy: They didn't come out quite right, it has to be said about their degenerate nature.
Clone Degeneration: The machine that created them was noted as being particularly bad, creating dozens of mindless drones with nothing but the desire to kill. They came out slightly better, but they were still kind of crazy.
Doppelgangers: Both to Simon.
Evil Counterpart: They take all of Simon's traits while being notably antagonistic.
Evil Knockoff: Of Simon, justified as they were made with an odd cloning machine which caused degeneration.
Killed Off for Real: The first one is baited by Xephos and killed off easily.
- Karma Houdini: The other one at present has completely escaped.
Laughably Evil: They're both so mad that they go back into funny territory, causing Mood Whiplash from beforehand.
Mad Bomber: Both of them have a love for TNT, much like their "father".
Mangled Catchphrase: They take Simon's catchphrases and butcher them, often with hilarious results. The escaping clone, however, gets Simon's catchphrase "See you later, shitlords!" correct.
Dig-a dig-a hole!
DERFGY!
I'm all out of Joffo cakes!
Naked People Are Funny: We first see them naked, and they don't seem to bother to get dressed for most of their appearance.
Other Me Annoys Me: Simon is really annoyed by them, as they start trying to kill him repeatedly, while making bad jokes.
Pet the Dog: They do seem to still like Lewis enough to not deliberately try to kill him. This causes one to be killed when he is distracted eating a Jaffa cake that he gets as a present.
Send in the Clones: They are degenerate clones of Honeydew.
Trademark Favorite Food: They share their love of Jaffa Cakes, which they call "joffo" cakes, with the IRL Simon.

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