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The cast of ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'', ''Mask of the Betrayer'', ''Storm of Zehir'', and ''Mysteries of Westgate''. Not related (mostly) to the characters of ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]''.
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The player character of the first two installments of NWN2 is at the beginning of the story just a [[Farm Boy|Farmboy/Farmgirl]] who is, for all intents and purposes, completely insignificant. The only unusual thing about your character is that regardless of what race your are, you're an orphan who was born during a climactic battle between the forces of Neverwinter and demons that destroyed in which their mother died. Your real father, unknown, the character is raised by a particularly grumpy [[Our Elves Are Better|half-wood elf]], with whom you don't particularly get along. Sounds like the perfect setup for [[Hero's Journey]]? You'd be right.
Shortly after the village festival that's part fair, part coming of age ritual, your swampy hometown is obliterated by a sudden attack out of nowhere by [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens|githyanki]] and [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|duergar]]. While everyone is dumbstruck by the seeming randomness of it, your father knows a little something about what's going on and without informing you on all the details, tasks you with removing a single silver shard from the swamp and taking it to Neverwinter, where his half-brother -- [[Brother Chuck|who you've never heard of before]]
Later on, in ''Mask of the Betrayer'', after being knocked unconscious and dragged to Rashemen away from your friends and allies following the climactic [[Final Boss]] of the previous game, you discover yourself possessed of an <s>ancient</s> 40-year old curse [[Soul Eater|that drives you towards eating other people's souls]]. Curing yourself or embracing the power of the "curse" is up to you.
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* [[The Call Knows Where You Live]]
* [[The Casanova]]: As a background trait, though this has no in-game effect beyond a few comments in West Harbor and giving you a few skill bonuses.
* [[Character Alignment]]: In-universe, it is a game based on ''[[Dungeons
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Optional, of course, given the medium, but this option certainly exists.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: A number of examples from the King of Shadows to Kelemvor's paragon, but the standout example has got to be the very casual, easy way in which you can {{spoiler|take out Myrkul}} in a truly epic example of both [[Ironic Death|Ironic]] and [[Karmic Death]].
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=== Bevil Starling ===
[[File:
{{quote|''"We were risking life and limb for ''[[Plot Coupon|that]]''? None of this make any sense."''}}
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* [[Old Friend]]: When you meet him again
* [[Lawful Good]]: In-universe.
* [[Took a Level
* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]: It's implied if you're a woman by at least one character that Bevil has a crush on you ([[Captain Obvious|he's not a romance]]). However, for his part, he never really says anything to the effect.
* [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]]: Largely how he sees the world beyond West Harbor.
=== Amie Fern ===
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{{quote|''"Fool girl."''|[[Wizard Needs Food Badly|Tarmas]]' estimation of his apprentice Amie's role in the story}}
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=== Khelgar Ironfist ===
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{{quote|''"Some take pride in craftsmanship, or in hunting, or in haggling for the best price on a blade or other piece of steel. Me? Talking with my fists is my art form."''|Khelgar Ironfist}}
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* [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same]]: With the exception of having an American accent instead of a Scottish brogue.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: In ''Storm of Zehir''.
* [[Took a Level
=== Neeshka ===
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{{quote|''"Someone who doesn't play the odds doesn't last too long in my experience. Well, except me."''}}
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=== Elanee ===
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{{quote|''"I don't know. She's got pointy-ears but doesn't smell of the Lower Planes, so she's probably not a tiefling. And she's too tall to be a halfling -- and too thin. Plus, the hangs out with animals, so she's an elf."''|Neeshka, asked to describe her companion.}}
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* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: At times with a male PC.
* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}: {{spoiler|1=Provided the player of ''MotB'' doesn't say that she left the party after the corrupted Circle incident.}}
* [[
* [[Nature Hero]]: Duh, druid.
* [[Neutral Good]]: In-universe.
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=== Qara ===
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{{quote|''"My problem is people keep telling me what to do, and I don't need to hear it anymore. I can handle myself. I know my powers, and I don't need somebody telling me how to use them."''|Qara}}
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=== Grobnar Gnomehands ===
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{{quote|"'Kalach-cha' ''.'' 'Kalach-cha' ''. Well, it's not Gnomish, Elvish, Dwarvish, Orcish, Goblin, or Draconic -- well, unless the 'k' is silent, but that would make it "gizzard stone" or the equivalent."''|Grobnar demonstrating a surprising command of language.}}
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=== Casavir ===
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{{quote|''"His aura makes my skin itch!"''
-- Neeshka, trying to talk the [[Player Character|Knight-Captain]] out of letting Casavir join the party<br />
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=== Bishop ===
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{{quote|''"If you aren't willing to kill for it, how important can it be?"''|Bishop}}
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* [[Chaotic Evil]]: In-universe. Type 3, to be specific.
* [[Child Soldier]]: Implied to have been very young when conscripted into {{spoiler|Luskan}} military.
* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: So very much. The developers intended for you to be able to help him with it, [[What Could Have Been|but]], [[Obvious Beta|well...
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Count yourself lucky to say ''anything'' in his presence without getting a sarcastic drawl in reply, usually followed by a quick, half-assed [[Hannibal Lecture]] aimed at just about anything in the immediate vicinity, and god help any companion who tries to intervene.
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Unlike Zhjaeve, Bishop has no plausible excuse for taking the ranger class and not having a patron deity.
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=== Sand ===
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{{quote|''"A hedge wizard, somehow set up a shop in the Docks, but it's telling enough he can only run a business down here in the crack of Neverwinter. Got a dry wit, and he'll always rub you the wrong way, so his name's well-chosen."''|[[Inn Security|innkeeper]] Duncan Farlong describing Sand}}
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=== Shandra Jerro ===
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{{quote|''"Well, if it had been [[Player Character|the Captain]] doing it, [[Cat Up a Tree|the cat]] would be lost, the tree burned down, and the old lady would be traveling with us now."''|Shandra remarking on the "adventures" of the [[Player Character|Knight-Captain's]] self-appointed [[The Apprentice (trope)||apprentices]].}}
A simple farmgirl from just outside Highever, Shandra Jerro at first seems like just another NPC, until the githyanki abduct her to use her in the search for her grandfather's Haven. Having lost her farm thanks to getting caught up in the Knight-Captain's business, she joins up with the Knight-Captain's party as a fighter.
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* [[Neutral Good]]: In-universe.
* [[Sixth Ranger]]: While the maximum party size is normally four, she acts as a mandatory fifth party member in chapter II.
* [[Took a Level
=== Zhjaeve ===
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{{quote|''"Know that I am Zhjaeve, one who carries the knowing Circle of Zerthimon in mind and hand. Know that I aid the ''[[Player Character|Kalach-Cha]]'' in shielding your community from the doom that comes."''|Zhjaeve introduces herself}}
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=== Ammon Jerro ===
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{{quote|''"Ammon Jerro? Oh, he was a court wizard of Neverwinter decades ago."''|Aldanon's woefully inadequate description of Jerro}}
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=== The Construct ===
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{{quote|''"Oh my, this is a marvelously constructed... er... construct. To think of the enchantments that must have been inscribed on its core... fascinating!"''|Grobnar [[
A Blade Golem that was sent by Garius' followers to dispose of the party while they were investigating Githyanki activity in Neverwinter. The party manages to drive it off, severely damaging it in the process, and later come across it during the assault on Zeearie's lair. Grobnar, fascinated with the machine, convinces the Knight Captain to confiscate it in hopes of repairing it. Once Crossroad Keep is reclaimed from the Shadow Priests, and after a rather lengthy sidequest, Grobnar is able to repair the construct and make it better than ever.
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== Neverwinter Nights 2 Non-Party Characters ==
=== Lord Nasher Alagondar ===
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A former adventurer and the ruler of the city-state of Neverwinter.
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=== The King of Shadows ===
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An ancient being of pure magic and top contender for the title of Worst Threat the Sword Coast Has Ever Known.
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=== Black Garius ===
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[[The Dragon]] to the King of Shadows, he is a Luskan mage and the Master of the Fifth Tower.
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=== Safiya ===
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{{quote|''"If you enjoy tense situations, my affiliation with the feared magocracy of Thay should prove endlessly amusing."''|Safiya}}
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=== Gannayev-of-Dreams ===
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Better known as Gann, this young hagspawn is a Rashemi Spirit Shaman that the Captain encounters while searching for allies against Okku. Abandoned by his parents at birth, the wild spirits of Rasheman raised him as their own. Interestingly and unusually, Gann is quite [[Bishonen]], a trait he takes great pride in. As a Spirit Shaman, he is capable of walking in the realm of dreams, which can come in handy at various points in the game.
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* [[Dream Weaver]]
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]
* [[Estrogen Brigade Bait]]: A fact he is well aware of. In fact, when you first meet him, he says he's in the Mulsantir prison when first met for the crime of "being too handsome to look upon". He's actually there more or less
* [[Flat Earth Atheist]]: He acknowledges the presence of gods in the Realms, but refuses to devote himself to any of them. This causes some minor crises of faith in the later parts of the game, and one of the endings as well.
* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: Hagspawn are offspring of hags and human males.
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=== Kaelyn the Dove ===
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A half-celestial cleric of Ilmater that the Captain recruits for the struggle against Okku. The party meets her in the Shadow Realm version of Mulsantir, attempting to discover secret information on Kelemvor and Akachi the Betrayer. In exchange for helping her obtain this information, she agrees to aide the Captain.
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=== Okku ===
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{{quote|''"I am a god of bears... what is there not to understand? ... I jest, little one. You smell of distant lands... no doubt the spirits of Rashemen are a puzzle to you. In life, I was a bear of flesh and bone. In death, my bond with the land has called me back."''|Okku, asked to describe himself}}
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=== One of Many ===
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{{quote|''"Here is a soul so old, so broken and fragmented... it is not even worth devouring. One would gain more sustenance chomping at the air."''|One of Many}}
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=== Araman ===
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A mysterious Red Wizard who usurped Safiya's mother as leader of the Acadamy of Shapers and Binders for unknown reasons. He seems to have a vendetta against the Knight-Captain.
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=== Myrkul, the Lord of Bones ===
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The former god of the dead, and creator of the Wall of the Faithless and Spirit-Eater curse.
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=== Kelemvor, the Lord of the Dead ===
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The ''[[Forgotten Realms]]''' incumbent god of the dead, ruler of the Fugue Plane and unwilling administrator of the Wall of the Faithless.
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'''Associated Tropes:'''
* [[
* [[Cool Mask]]
* [[Deity of Human Origin]]: Kelemvor started out as the mercenary Kelemvor Lyonsbane, and replaced Cyric as god of the dead only six years before ''Mask of the Betrayer''.
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=== Volothamp Geddarm ===
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Volothamp Geddarm, or Volo for short, is the most famous traveler in all the Realms, as well as a powerful wizard and the author of a number of travel guides to all the Realms. While some of his exploits are certainly exaggerated, if not outright fabrications, Volo is nevertheless VERY well traveled, and boasts a wide array of knowledge about, well, everything, even as he constantly thirsts for additional experiences and knowledge.
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=== Umoja ===
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A Chultan druid with a deinonychus for his animal companion. Found in the Samargol market.
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* [[In Harmony with Nature]]: Being a druid, that's not surprising.
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Mission
* [[Nature Hero]]
* [[Neutral Good]]: In-universe.
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=== Inshula sar Mashewe ===
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A Tashalan ranger staying at in Samargol while her sister recuperates from wounds sustained in a hunting accident. You can hire her, or you can let her read tarot cards (possibly stacking the deck) which will convince her to join you for free.
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=== Lastri Kassireh ===
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A lightfoot halfling [[Swashbuckler]], and captain of the ill-fated ''Vigilant''. You can recruit her after rescuing her and her second mate from the batiri.
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=== Chir Darkflame ===
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A svirfneblin<ref>a.k.a. deep gnome</ref> wizard being held captive by mind flayers in the Underdark Market in Samarach. You can recruit her by killing the illithids, then freeing the captives.
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=== Finch ===
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A half-elf bard found in taverns throughout the Sword Coast. You can recruit him after clearing him of [[It's a Long Story|trumped-up theft charges]] in Neverwinter.
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=== Soraevora Aeravand ===
[[File:
{{quote|''"Follow me, as an arrow from Sehanine's bow!"''}}
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* [[Chaotic Good]]: In-universe.
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Mission
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: Par for the course with elves, but subverted in that she's old enough to show it on her face (looks to be maybe in her forties or fifties if she was human).
=== Grykk Bannersworn ===
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A half-orc paladin of Torm, currently staying at the Wailing Wench Tavern in Neverwinter. He'll join you if he likes you (which requires good party members and/or party members that worship Torm), or if you pay him 1000 gp to "prove your sincerity".
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=== Belueth the Calm ===
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An aasimar rogue, and a member of the Shadow Thieves of Amn, staying at the temple of Waukeen in Neverwinter. She'll join you upon receipt of 3000-5000 gp.
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=== Septimund ===
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A human doomguide of Kelemvor, the god of the dead whom you may remember was the narrator of ''Mask of the Betrayer''. Septimund is found in Port Llast, where he is investigating nightly incursions by undead from the nearby graveyard.
'''Associated Tropes:'''
* [[
* [[Call Back]]: Nya, a throwaway [[NPC]] in Port Llast in the OC, was an old flame, {{spoiler|1=and returns in ''SoZ'' as the [[Necromancer]] raising the dead in the graveyard}}.
* [[Lawful Neutral]]: In-universe.
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=== Quarrel ===
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A half-drow warlock found in West Harbor. You can recruit him after a sidequest.
'''Associated Tropes:'''
* [[The Apprentice (trope)|The Apprentice]]: Wants to follow in Ammon Jerro's footsteps.
* [[Chaotic Evil]]: In-universe.
* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: Half-drow.
=== Ribsmasher ===
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A human monk whom you can find imprisoned in a secret shrine to Shar. Batshit insane and utterly hilarious.
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=== Rinara ===
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A half-elf rogue. You'll meet her at the start of the campaign.
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=== Mantides ===
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A human fighter. You'll meet Mantides in the Black Eye Tavern in the Harbor Loop. Regardless of what you say to him, he'll offer to join your party.
'''Associated Tropes:'''
* [[The Alcoholic]]
* [[
* [[Fallen Hero]]: His backstory.
* [[Neutral Good]]: In-universe.
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=== Charissa Maernos ===
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A human cleric of Tyr. You meet her the first time you enter the the Morningstar Haven in the Arena District.
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=== Sir Peregrim ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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=== Elandra ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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=== Tasheni ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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=== {{spoiler|Zymena}} ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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=== {{spoiler|Orbakh}} ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]
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