Number of Character Appearances VII - To Absent Friends

Right-Eye (68)
Saha Kapoor (61)

Secondary Characters
(30 through 59 appearances)
Private Zhou Bo (59)
Commander Gin-Jun (31)
Tingtox (30)

Supporting Characters
(20 through 29 appearances)
Pangtok (26)
Subcommander Haruna Sato (23)

Recurring Characters
(11 through 19 appearances)
Hobgoblin General (16)

4e!Elan (14)

4e!Haley Starshine (13)

4e!Roy Greenhilt (13)

4e!Vaarsuvius (12)
Ridiziak (12)
Sapphire Guardswoman with Bun (12)

4e!Belkar Bitterleaf (11)

Minor Characters
(5 through 10 appearances)
10. 4e!Durkon Thundershield, Lustre the Donkey/Mule, Narrator, Sapphire Guardsman with Dark Hair, Sapphire Guardsman with Shaved Hair, Sapphire Guardsman with Unkempt Hair

9. Sapphire Guardsman with Ponytail, Sapphire Guardsman with Samurai Helmet, Sapphire Guardswoman with Long Hair, Sapphire Guardswoman with Ponytail, Sapphire Guardswoman with Short to Medium Hair

8. Eriaxnikol, General Claire Nhek

7. Brint, Gin-Jun's Horse, Sapphire Guardsman with Samurai Hair, Sapphire Guardswoman with Medium Hair, Virginia

6. Brother Duong, Dragon Magazine Dragon, Planetar, Shart, Supreme Leader I

5. Deputy Mayor, Hobgoblin Defenders, Milky, Redcloak's Sister, Right-Eye's Daughter, Saha Kapoor's Daughter, Sapphire Guardsman with Short Beard, Sapphire Guardswoman with Short Hair, Supreme Leader's Guards, Vampiric Half-Dragon Half-Troll Lycanthropic Fiendish Phrenic Snail

Tertiary Characters
(3 through 4 appearances)
4. Adventuring paladin, Adventuring sorceress, Aliyara, Amontop, Ankheg, Guard (Haleo & Julelan), Hobgoblin Female Soldier, Hobgoblin Male Soldier, Kohaku, Left Ettin Head, Nguyen, Prison Guard, Right Ettin Head, Saha Kapoor's Husband, Sapphire Guardsman's Horse, Sapphire Guardswoman's Horse, Short Black-Haired Strike Force Member, V-Necked Short-Haired Strike Force Member, Zayan Kapoor

3. Adventuring Rogue, Black-Haired Female Strike Force Member, Dragon from Front of the Box, Gray-armored Strike Force Member, Gray-Bearded Goblin Cleric, Hiran Sinkeye, Hobgoblin Avenger Leader, Horse, Imherstu, Iron Mage Host, Long Grey-Haired Female Strike Force Member, Male Bandana'ed Crewman, Mayor, Mounted Black-Haired Strike Force Member, O-Chul's Aunt, Professor Xavion, Redcloak's Big Brother, Redcloak's Mentor, Redcloak's Uncle, Sapphire Guardsman with Balding Head, Sapphire Guardsman with Long Beard, Sapphire Guardswoman with Light Hair, Second Bald Strike Force Member, Second Female Black-Haired Strike Force Member, Sergeant, Short Gray-haired Strike Force Member, Spiky Gray-haired Strike Force Member, Top-knotted Strike Force Member, V-Necked Straight-Haired Strike Force Member, Yydranna.

Incidental Characters
(2 appearances)
2. Azurite Peasant, Bald Strike Force Member, Beezlebudy's Waitress, Chairman, Chen, Clang Killitchy, Date of Phil Rodriguez, Date of Shadowdancer, Date of Tarquin's Sworded Ally, Dire Puma, Ekdysdioksosiirwo, Elven Adventurer, Emmerick of Melbourne, Eyepatched Thief with Goatee, Female Spellcaster Strike Force Member, Female Spellcaster Strike Force Member's Mount, Fido/Rover, Fong the Forger, François' Steed, Frudu's Gandalfish Companion, Giant Green Monster, Goblin Acolyte-white cloak and gray armor, Gronk, Halfling Adventurer, Hirosawa, Hobgoblin Avenger with Axe, Hobgoblin Avenger with Spear, Hobgoblin Avenger Woman, Hobgoblin who shoot O-Chul, Human w/earmuffs, Human w/scarf, Jeff the Goblin, Katie, Keith Baker, Lady Kin-Hu's Guards, Mega-Golem, Mounted Pony-tailed Strike Force Member, Mounted Black-Haired Strike Force Member's Mount, Mounted Pony-tailed Strike Force Member's Mount, Nameless Dead Soldier on the Bridge, Ogre Chieftain, Pony-Tailed Strike Force Member, Redcloak's Mom, Reegon Mithrilspear, Sapphire Guardsman with Beard, Shelby the Dragonslayer, Skeletor, Sleeping Guard, Slightly Hunched Assistant, Spider Dudes, Supreme Leader's Servant, Tiny Jim, Tyrinaarian Soldier, Unholy Master, Unremarkable Goblin, Whale, White-Helmeted Strike Force Member, Xykon's Grandmother

Cameos
(named characters with 1 appearance)
Ali S. Fakenamington, B.A. (Knight of the Dinner Table), Barky, Bella Swan, Billy, Bloodrage Bloodsmash, Bob (Knight of the Dinner Table), Bogglesby, Bossy, Brian (Knight of the Dinner Table), Brother Xo, Buffy Summers, Chesty, Clyde the Conjurer, Cowardly Kobold, Dandelion, Darkwaiter, Dave (Knight of the Dinner Table), Dave Robinson, Deergar Bluehawk, Dixie Null, Doug, Dumbo, Edward Cullen, Eeroniux, Eliza, Eneth, Fernanzio, Fineous Fingers, Flying Graysons, Garindan, George (Goblin in Dragon Magazine), Griktak, Haru, Hobgoblin A, Hobgoblin B, Hobgoblin C, Hobgoblin D, Hobgoblin E, Ice King aka Simon Petrikov, Jack O'Neill, Jacob Black, Jeff (Fiend in No Cure for the Paladin Blues), Jenkins, Jim, Jim Slush, Juliet, Juta, Kayannara, Kevin Bacon, Kristen, Lenny "the Crushinator" Jackson, Liana, Mario, Melissa, Milkdudeicus, Moon God, Mr. Belvedere, Mr. Demon, Mr. Greygray, Myhotmagechick, Nexttodie, Optimus Prime, Otaruk, Paizo Golem, Pat Rothfus, Phil Foglio, Psteve, Quippie, Ralph, Ramon, Randall, Raoul, Robin, Romeo, Samantha Carter, Sara (Knight of the Dinner Table), Sarpanit, Sean Bean, Snarf, Son of Adki, Spiky, Spook, Spud, Stanley the Tool, Stray Bot, Superman, Suzy Finkelstein, Mr. Swordanboard, Teal'c, Telerie Windyarm, Thiana, Timothy/Delta Upsilon Mu, Tony the Tiger, Toucan Sam, Tracy, Trix Rabbit, Unicorn, Wanda Firebaugh, Wernsworth, White Emperor, Wormy, Xyklon the Consequential, Yamara, Zaid

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Vaarsuvius: 0,1,2,3,5,9,10,11,12,14,16,17,20,21,24,25,26,29,30 ,31,32,33,41,43,45,47,49,53,55,56,57,58,60,65,66,6 9,70,72,75,81,85,86,87,88,89,90,92,93,94,98,99,101 ,104,105,106,107,108,113,115,116,118,119,120
Elan: 0,1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21 ,24,25,26,27,28,30,31,32,34,35,38,41,43,44,45,47,5 0,52,54,55,56,57,58,60,61,64,66,67,68,69,71,72,75, 78,80,81,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,98,99,101,102, 104,105,106,108,109,110,113,115,116,118,119,120,12 1
Haley: 0,1,2,3,5,6,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,17,18,19,20,21,24,2 8,29,31,32,33,35,36,38,43,44,45,46,47,49,53,54,55, 56,57,59,60,61,62,66,69,70,71,72,75,81,85,86,87,88 ,89,90,92,93,94,98,99,100,104,108,109,110,113,115, 116,118,119,120,121
Belkar: 0,1,2,3,5,6,8,10,11,12,13,14,17,18,19,20,21,22,24, 25,26,28,29,31,32,33,34,35,38,41,42,43,44,45,47,48 ,55,56,57,58,60,63,69,71,72,75,81,85,86,87,88,89,9 0,92,94,98,99,101,102,104,105,106,107,111,113,115, 116,118,119,120,121
Roy: 0,1,2,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,20,21,22,2 4,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40, 41,43,44,45,46,47,48,51,54,55,56,57,59,60,64,67,69 ,70,71,72,74,75,78,80,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,9 4,98,99,101,102,104,105,106,108,110,112,113,114,11 5,116,118,119,120
Durkon: 0,1,2,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,13,14,15,16,17,20,24,25,26,2 7,28,31,32,34,35,38,39,40,43,45,47,50,52,56,57,58, 72,73,74,76,77,79,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92 ,93,94,98,99,101,102,104,105,106,107,108,111,113,1 15,116,118,119,120

Miko: 120
Shojo: 120

Xykon: 13,23,29,37,43,47,71,78,95,96,97,103,104,105,106,1 09,110,112,113,114,115,117,120
Redcloak: 23,37,47,82,95,96,97,103,104,105,106,112,113,115,1 17,120
MitD: 23,37,47,82,96,97,103,105,106,109,110,113,114,117, 120
Eugene: 15,39,60,78,113
Thor: 40,73,79
Thor's Planetar: 40
Loki: 79
Nale: 43,44,45,46,47,50,52,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,64,67 ,68,69,70,71,72,97,120
Sabine: 43,44,45,46,47,49,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,12 0
Thog: 43,44,47,48,51,54,55,57,59,60,64,66,69,70,72,74,12 0,121
Zz'dtri: 43,44,47,49,53,57,59,60,65,74
Hilgya: 43,44,47,50,52,56,57,59,60,74,76,77,79,82,83,84
Yikyik: 43,44,47,48,55,56,57,59,60,63,69,74,75

Blackwing: 3
Mr. Jones: 32,50,65
Mr. Rodriguez 32,65
Tarquin: 50
Haley's Mother: 50
Celia: 53,69,70,71,72

Demon-Roaches: 82,95,97,104,113,115,116,117,120
Flumphs: 55,74,120
Banjo: 80,81,85
Surtur: 40
Violet: 39
Mind Flayer: 30,31,32
Trigak: 17,18,19,20,21,23
Goblin Ninjas: 3,5,42
Stupid Ogre: 4,5
Trans Ogre: 5,9
Sleeping Goblins: 10,11
Earth Sigil Guard: 51
Fire Sigil Guard: 52
Hordlings: 55,73
Fyron: 78
Ivan: 83
Hilgya's Brother: 83
Medusa: 87
Goblin Attackers: 90,91,92
Fruit Pie the Sorcerer: 91
Goblin Teenager 1: 93,94,98,99,100,112
Goblin Teenager 2: 93,94,99,101
Goblin Teenager 3: 93,94
Ian Starshine: 93
Snakes: 98,99
Xykon's Minions: 105,106
Goblin Spellcaster: 105,107
Goblin with Eyepatch: 105,110
Roy's Mother: 113
Roy's Brother: 113
Zombies: 105,113,115

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Vaarsuvius: 123,124,125,126,127,128,129,130,135,139,141,145,14 6,152,153,154,155,157,158,159,160,161,163,164,165, 166,168,169,172,173,175,176,177,178,179,180,181,18 2,183,184,185,186,188,198,200,201,202,203,204,206, 207,212,213,214,215,220,221,222,223,224,225,237,23 9,240,242,243,245,246,248,249,250,251,260,262,263, 264,266,267,268,271,275,276,277,278,282,284,285,28 6,287,288,294,295,296,298
Elan: 122,123,124,125,126,127,128,129,130,137,139,141,14 5,146,151,152,156,159,160,161,163,164,165,166,168, 170,171,172,173,175,177,180,181,182,183,184,185,18 6,198,199,200,201,202,203,206,207,209,210,211,213, 214,217,218,222,223,224,227,231,232,233,234,235,23 6,237,238,242,244,245,246,247,249,250,251,255,260, 262,263,264,265,266,267,268,269,271,272,273,277,28 0,282,283,284,285,287,294,295,296,298
Haley: 122,123,124,125,128,129,130,131,139,141,143,144,14 6,150,151,152,153,154,155,157,158,159,160,161,163, 164,165,166,168,169,171,172,173,177,178,180,181,18 2,183,184,187,188,198,200,201,202,203,204,205,206, 207,212,214,217,218,222,223,224,225,227,231,236,23 7,239,240,242,243,245,246,247,248,249,250,251,260, 262,263,264,265,266,267,268,269,275,277,278,283,28 4,285,288,289,290,291,293,294,296,298
Belkar: 123,124,125,126,127,128,129,130,131,132,133,139,14 0,141,142,144,146,151,152,153,154,155,157,158,159, 160,161,163,164,165,166,168,170,171,172,175,176,17 7,179,180,181,182,183,184,188,198,199,200,202,203, 204,206,207,208,211,212,213,214,219,220,221,222,22 3,224,225,227,228,230,241,242,244,247,248,249,250, 251,261,265,270,279,281,284,285,286,287,294,295,29 6,298
Roy: 122,123,124,125,127,129,130,131,134,136.5,139,140, 141,142,143,144,146,150,151,152,153,162,163,164,16 5,166,167,168,169,170,171,172,173,175,176,177,178, 179,180,181,182,183,184,185,186,187,188,198,199,20 0,201,202,203,204,206,207,209,210,211,212,213,214, 215,216,219,220,221,222,223,224,225,226,227,231,23 2,233,234,235,236,237,239,240,241,242,244,245,246, 248,249,250,251,260,263,264,265,266,267,268,269,27 1,272,273,276,277,278,280,282,283,284,285,287,288, 289,290,291,292,293,294,295,296,297,298
Durkon: 123,124,125,129,130,131,138,139,141,144,150,151,15 2,153,155,161,162,163,164,169,170,172,173,177,178, 180,181,182,184,185,186,188,198,199,200,201,202,20 5,206,209,215,219,220,222,223,224,227,231,236,237, 238,242,244,247,248,249,250,251,260,263,264,266,26 7,268,269,273,274,280,284,285,288,294,295,296,298

Miko: 174,189,199,200,201,202,203,204,206,207,208,209,21 0,211,212,213,214,215,219,220,222,223,224,225,227, 228,238,242,243,246,248,250,251,263,264,265,270,27 9,281,284,285,290,298
Miko's Horse: 174,189,200,208,209,210,211,224,251
Lord Shojo: 266,267,268,271,272,273,274,275,276,277,278,283,28 4,285,288,289,290,292
Hinjo: 265,266,267,268,284,287,298
Mr. Scruffy: 266,267,268,271,272,277,278,283,284,285,290
Redaxe: 225,226,229,232,235,239,240,241,242
Shadowdancer: 225,227,229,230,233,235,239,240,241,242

Xykon: 147,148,149,190,191,192,193,194,195,196,197,300
Redcloak: 147,148,149,190,191,192,193,194,195,196,197,299,30 0
MitD: 147,148,149,190,191,192,194,195,196,299
Demon-Roaches: 147,148,190,191,193,194,271,299,300
Hello Kitty: 147,148,149,190,191,192,299
Eugene: 267,283,284,290,291,292,293
Thor: 137,150,201,273,275
Thor's Planetar: 201
Odin: 137,273,274
Loki: 273,275
Nale: 142,252,253,254,255,256,257,258,298
Sabine: 134,142,252,253,254,255,256,257,258
Thog: 142,252,253,254,255,256,257,258,298
Pompey: 254,255,256,257,258
Zz'dtri: 142
Hilgya: 142
Yikyik: 142
Julia Greenhilt: 256,257,258
Julia's Friend: 256,257

Young Black Dragon: 181,182,183,184,185,186
Blackwing: 154,155,178,179,232,271
Mr. Jones: 159,228,268,271,272,278,280,282,284,287
Mr. Rodriguez: 159,230,241,268,272,280,284,287
Tarquin:
Haley's Father:
Celia: 268,269,271,272,276,277,278,280,282,283,284,287,28 8,298
Brad: 269
Prophetess: 271
Psycholog: 271

Flumphs: 174,210,271,292
Banjo: 137,203,232,271
Violet:
Roy's Mother:
Roy's Brother:
Brother Hiram: 122,137
Timothy: 122
Old Man: 122,271
Bag of Tricks Rat: 130,165,232
Bag of Tricks Beaver: 165,232
Bag of Tricks Weasel: 144,174
Bag of Tricks Badger: 146
Bag of Tricks Cat: 163,232
Gortok: 132,133,174
Kuurkk: 133
Lokor: 133
Hak-Tonok: 133
Blacksmith: 134,142,174
Eve: 135
Larry: 135
Jiminy: 136.5
Jiminy's Cat: 136.5
Huginn: 137,273
Muninn: 137,273
Muskrat 3000: 138
Vaarsuvius' Horse: 140,141,145,173,198,199,205,207,224,230
Elan's Horse: 140,141,151,198,199,207,209,210,211,224,230
Durkon's Pony: 140,141,144,173,198,199,209,224,251
Belkar's Riding Dog: 140,142,144,175,198,199,224,232
Whisper: 141,143,144,146,151,173,198,199,205,207,224,230
Silver: 142,143,144,146,175,198,199,207,209,210,211,224
Trolls: 143,144,145
Supreme Leader: 149
Boy Bandit: 151,152,164
Cute Bandit: 151,160,164,238
Halfling Bandit: 151,164,169
Bandit Leader: 152,158,159,160,163,164,167,168,169,171,189
Samantha: 159,160,163,164,165,166,168,169,171,189
Bandit Guard 1: 156,157,160,164
Bandit Guard 2: 156,157,165,166,167
Mustached Bandit: 159,160,164,165,169,170
Eyepatched Bandit: 159,160,164,165,169,170
Arrowed Bandit: 158,169,160,164,167
Red Haired Bandit: 158,161,164,169
Hangman Bandit: 163,164
Black Bandit: 158,164
Short Haired Bandit: 152,164,169,170
Roy Bandit: 160,165,166,167
Blond Bandit: 165,166,167
Elf Bandit: 164,169,170
Hexagon Hag: 175,176
Guard Monster: 192,193
Flying Zombie: 193,300
Zombie Dragon: 195,300
Soon Kim: 196,275,276,277
Mijung: 275,276
Dorukan: 196,276,277
Girard: 196,276,277
Serini: 196,276,277
Kraagor: 196,276
Lirian: 196,276,277
Dave: 210
Joe: 210
Stupid Ogre: 214,215
Half Ogre: 216
Dirt Farmer Wife: 211,212,213,222
Dirt Farmer Husband: 218,222
Innkeeper: 225,250
King of Somewhere: 226,250
King of Somewhere's Guard: 250
Pepe: 226,227,232
Leon: 227
Larry Gardener: 253
Warthog Dumbledore: 253,254
Kodrog the Slayer: 259
Jim: 259
Azurite Jailer: 261,265
Azurite Priest 1: 267,283,284
Azurite Priest 2: 267,283,284
Azurite Priest 3: 283,284
Azurite Priestess: 283,284
Zeus: 273,274
Ares: 273,274
Pan: 273
Hades: 273,274
Apollo: 274
Poseidon: 274
Demeter: 274
Aphrodite: 274
Tiamat: 273
Ishtar: 273
Marduk: 273,274
Dragon: 273,274
Tiger: 273
Rooster: 273
Dog: 273
Pig: 273
Monkey: 274
Freya?: 274
SNARL: 273,274,275,276
Guy with Haldberg: 286,287
Tony: 292
Jaemin: 295
Swordsmith: 297,298
Azurite Assistant: 298
Milk Dudes: 301
Soda: 301
Popcorn: 301
Pizza: 301
Latté: 301
Nachos: 301

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Notable Alterations

Alternate Magical Forms:
19: Belkar Charmed, Sabine as Adventurer with Red Leather Costume

18: Vaarsuvius Soul-Spliced

15: Bloodfeast as Lizard

14: Elan Charmed

13: Miko as Fallen Paladin

12: Roy as Female

11: Crystal as Golem, Yukyuk Dominated

10: Belkar Sickened, Vaarsuvius as Lizard

9: Durkon as Large Size, Haley as Statue

8: Hilgya Charmed, Loki as Proxy, Malack Vamped Out, Roy with Power-Up, Serini Seen Invisible

7: Durkon Petrified, Haley Charmed, Hel as Proxy, Thanh Dominated, various people as Girard's illusion, Zz'dtri as Polozius

6: Haley Seen Invisible, Julia in Sending Spell, Xykon as Phylactery

5: Belkar as Illusion, Belkar as Protected from Evil, Durkon in Sending Spell, Exarch of Hel Gaseous, Frost Giants Charmed, Gontor Gaseous, Heimdall as Proxy, Pit Fiend as Statue, Qarr Dimensionally Locked, Roy as Bone Golem, Vaarsuvius Seen Invisible

4: Draketooths as Mummies, Eugene as Being of Pure Law and Good, Haley Shrunk, High Priest of Odin Possessed, Hinjo as Tree, Kraagor as Animated Statue, Minrah as Large Size, Roy Charmed, Tarquin as Thog, Vaarsuvius in Sending Spell

3: Adolescent Black Dragon as Suggestible, Azure City Soldier as Tree, Celia as Statue, Dark One as Illusion, "Durkon"* as Large Size, Durkon as Bush, Durkon Gaseous, Enor Charmed, Girard Draketooth as illusion, Goblinoid Spy as Human, Gods as Thor's illusions, Haley Glib, Isamu as Wight, Leeky as Dire Bear, Lien as Tree, Redcloak as Illusion with Wrong Eye, Sabine as CPPD Cop, Sabine as Geisha, Vaarsuvius as Dragon, Xykon Regenerating

2: Ancient Black Dragon Head Reanimated, Banjo as Doctor, Belkar Calmed, Bozzok Frozen, Clerics of Godsmoot Possessed, "Durkon"* Gaseous, "Durkon"* in Sending Spell, Durkon Imploded, Durkon in Commune Spell, High Priest Rubyrock Possessed, Logann Blinded, Loki as Illusion, Minrah Blinded, Nale in Sending Spell, Nale Seen Invisible, Sabine as Blacksmith, Sabine as Bridesmaid, The Order of the Stick as Clouds, Vampire Dwarves Gaseous

1: Azure City Resistance Seen Invisible, Azure City Resistance's Rogue as Hobgoblin, Banjo as Banjulhu, Belkar with Owl's Wisdom, Big Bird as Illusion, Blackwing Seen Invisible, Celia as Darkblood Gloomgloom, chief grukgruk Charmed, Church of Hel on Anarchic Water, Daigo as Illusion, "Durkon"* as Bat, "Durkon"* as Wolf, "Durkon"* Possessed, Durkon as Bat, Durkon as Illusion, Durkon as Wolf, Durkon on Macebook, Durkon Possessed, Elan as Illusion, Elan as Ogre, Elan as Protected from Law, Elan as Warden, Elan Frozen, Elan Gaseous, Eugene Greenhilt's Illusion with Wings, Fenrir/Fenris as Illusion, Geoff in Sending Spell, Haley as Illusion, Haley as Protected from Law, Haley Frozen, Hel as Illusion, High Priest of Dvalin Possessed, Hinjo as Illusion, Hobgoblin Sewer Priest in Sending Spell, Kazumi as Illusion, Malack Dominating, Malack Gaseous, Malack on Macebook, Minrah Charmed, Mr. Scruffy Charmed, Nale Charmed, Niu in Sending Spell, Odin as Illusion, Ogre Female as Male, Roy Resurrecting, Sabine as Dave, Sabine as Evil Queen, Sabine as Fortune Teller, Sabine as Schoolgirl, Shojo as Giant Illusory Head, Silicon Elemental Charmed, Tarquin's Triceratops Charmed, Team Peregrine Commander Imploded, Team Peregrine Lieutenant Imploded, Thor as Illusion, Vaarsuvius as Badger, Vaarsuvius as Tree, Vaarsuvius Frozen, Xykon as Frog, Zz'dtri as Elf with purple hair

Other Interesting Alterations:
54: Redcloak with One Eye

31: Haley speaking in Cryptogram

23: Roy as Spirit

19: Nale as Elan

16: Kraagor as Statue (animated and otherwise)

13: Kazumi as Pregnant

10: Empress of Blood on Banner, Haley's Self-Loathing

7: Thog in Rage

6: Elan as Nale

5: Soon Kim as Ghost-Martyr

4: Durkon as chalk drawing, Draketooth Family on Genealogical Chart, Girard Draketooth as Statue, Redcloak on banner, Sapphire Guard as Ghost-Martyrs, Sunny as Crayon Drawing, Thor as Statue, Xykon as Doll

3: Blue-Bearded Sapphire Guardsman as spirit, Do-Ragged Sapphire Guardsman as spirit, Ereshkigal as Idol, Eugene Greenhilt as Mortal, Eyepatched Sapphire Guardsman as spirit, Haley's Self-Reliance, Haley's Optimism, Lord Shojo as vision, Nergal as Idol, Thor as Doll

2: Belkar as green line, Blackwing as Spirit, Haley as Dark Mistress Shadowgale, Haley's Anger, Haley's Intellect, Haley's Mistrust, Haley's Sense of Humor, Haley's Vanity, Ian Starshine on Poster, Jirix Hypoxic, OotS on Book Cover, Redcloak as Stone Carving, Roy on poster, Thog on Poster, Vaarsuvius as Spirit, Vaarsuvius' Green Bird as Food, Xykon as Statue, Xykon as Stone Carving, Xykon on Poster

1: Azure City High Priest as Spirit, Belkar and Miko as blood painting, Belkar, Lord Shojo, and Mr. Scruffy as game pieces, Belkar as Human, Belkar as Sheep, Belkar as Shojo, Belkar as Statue, Dark One in Painting, Durkon as Band-Aids, Elan as Bard Boy, Elan as Elanasaurus Rex, Elan as XP, Elan, Nale, Sabine and Thog on blueprint, Empress of Blood on Shield, Enor as Mr. Scruffy, Enor on Book Cover, Flumphs as Sand Statue, Gannji as Belkar, Gannji on Book Cover, Geoff in Painting, Haley as Action Figures, Haley's Envy, Haley's Latent Bisexuality, Hinjo as Hinjoker, Inkyrius on Parchment, Ishtar as Statue, Ivy in Painting, Julio Scoundrél as Meme, Julio Scoundrél on Magazine Cover, Kobold Oracle on City Sign, Malack on Book Cover, Marduk as Statue, Mr. Scruffy as Statue, Mr. Scruffy with Shojo's body, Mr. Scruffy with wings, Nale on Poster, OOTS as Illithid Food, Order of the Scribble in Serini's Diary, Qarr as Alfred, Redcloak as Statue, Roy as Mummy, Roy as Shadow, Roy as Statue, Roy as Vampire, Sara Greenhilt as mortal, Shojo as Halfling, Shojo as Playing Card, Shojo with winged Mr. Scruffy body, Tarquin as Statue, Tarquin in Manual, Tarquin on Book Cover, Teal-haired Sapphire Guardswoman as spirit, Therkla as Ninja Girl, Thin Empress of Blood, Thog on T-Shirt, Thor as Drawing, Tiamat as Statue, Twelve Gods on tapestry, Vaarsuvius as Macaroni Drawing, Vaarsuvius' Blue and Yellow Birds as Food, Xykon as Human

**Emanick** · 2020-04-27, 11:28 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Wrecan

FAQ

Q. Where did you get the idea to do this?

A. This started as a game (Guess which character had the most appearances, then second most, etc.), but once all characters with three or more appearances were guessed, someone had the idea of keeping a running total, just for curiosity's sake. Then someone thought it might belong here instead of silly games, so n11 moved the list here instead of there. When n11's thread got 'ported over to the new forum, the formatting changes made it difficult to read. Plus, n11 hasn't shown up for quite a few comics, so the list was falling hopelessly out of date. So I have reformatted the list for the new forums and updated it. n11 hasn't shown up in the new incarnation of the forums, so now I'm doing it. You can see the second iteration of the thread at Number of Character Appearances (Improved!), and the third iteration of the thread at Number of Character Appearances III. The first iteration of the thread was purged when the boards were purged in February 2009. Additionally, here are the fourth, fifth, and sixth iterations of the thread - Emanick

Q. Hey in comic 370...

A. Stop right there. Because we have lost all record of conversations of comic strips before strip 371, we cannot go back and determine if your concern has been addressed. Rather than try to rehash old arguments, we're imposing a "statute of limitations" on discussions involving strips 1 through 370. I am sorry for the inconvenience.

Q. What counts as an appearance?

A. Any likeness of the character being visible (so Elan's appearance on Nale's blueprint counts, and Belkar's self-portrait in blood counts) and any dialog from a character, even if "off-panel" or invisible (so the strip where the party is in the invisibility sphere counts for each of the main characters). Also, when someone appears as someone else (for instance when Nale impersonates Elan), that counts as an appearance for both the character in disguise and the character being impersonated.

Q. What's with the stuff in red and blue?

A. Red means an appearance in bonus strips from the books (including the coloring books), the Kickstarter extras, and the strips published in Dragon Magazine. Each page of the book or magazine is treated as a separate strip. Blue means an appearance on multiple pages of a multi-page comic.

Thanks to Fawkes (aka Mechafox), Paladin Carver, Porthos, Flame of Anor, SPoD, Gift Jeraff, RMS Oceanic, and all the other members who helped to compile all those bonus appearances!

Q. If two characters have the same number of appearances, in what order do you list them?

A. Characters are listed first by the number of standard appearances (as indicated with black numbers), and then alphabetically.

Q. What happened to the death notices?

A. In prior iterations of this thread, we used superscripted letters to indicate who killed or dismissed certain characters. But we decided that it was really not part of this thread's mission to serve as a running obituary. If you are interested in that, may we suggest The Graveyard?

Q. Why haven't you listed the goblins/hobgoblins/zombies/ghouls/ghasts/Azure City guards?

A. A character only gets listed if it is recognizable as an individual or if it's a recurring distinct group (such as the flumphs or the demon roaches). The indistinct masses do not get listed.

Q. How did you choose the name for

?

A. Monster in the Darkness is a frequently used name. There are others, but there's nothing that has been definitively established as his name. Until we get a firm name or identity, we will continue to call him "Monster in the Darkness".

Q. What about the [insert unnamed character that only appears once]?

A. If a character appears only once and is not named, then it doesn't get listed. Otherwise, the list would be completely unmanageable.

Q. Who is Ted?

A. The appearances of a goblin caster in #90, #93, #105, and #107 could be the same caster, given the limited context, and he could be given the same “Ted” first mentioned in #90, but the Giant has specified no such connection was ever intended. We're listing him anyway because we think it's clever.

Q. Hey didn't you list Sabine's fiendish form as an alternate form? And wasn't this FAQ question previously about that?

A. Yes. Sabine used to be listed with her red-leathered adventurer form (the one she originally appeared in) as her "natural" form and her fiendish form as a magical alteration. But now she has appeared in her fiendish form more often than her leather-clad form, so I've switched it around. Her fiendish form is now her natural form and the red-leather clad adventurer is one of her alternate magical forms (along with the cop, geisha, schoolgirl, guardsman, and fortune-teller disguises she's assumed).

Q. Why is Banjo listed as a character? Banjo is an inanimate object!

A. Blasphemy!! Seriously, you're probably right. But we like Banjo.

Q. Why isn't Signore Stiffliano's first appearance listed in strip 290? (fourth frame)?

A. That is not Signore Stiffliano. That is "fellow medium-sized paladin".

Q. Why is Jirix's first appearance listed as strip 459?? That cleric's holy symbol looks different and strip 704? implies that when Signore Stiffliano killed him it was the first time he had died.

A. In commentary in Don't Split the Party, the Giant said he felt Jirix was the cleric in the tower.

Q. Why is Shlubbo Noname-zaki from strip 435? listed? That's not his real name.

A. Well, it could be his real name. Either way, it's funny.

Q. What does not count as an “Alternate Magical Forms”?

A. We don't treat views of characters through scrying spells or devices, or characters covered in auras due to spellcasting or having a spell cast upon them, or conditions with no obviously magical cues (such as paralysis) as alternate magical forms.

Q. Why doesn't paralysis (such as from hold person) count as an alternate magical form?

A. We decided that since paralysis does not include any visual cues in the comic (other than absurd posturing), it should not be counted.

Q. What does not count as an "Other Interesting Alteration"?

A. We don't treat corpses, changes in age, or costuming as interesting alterations.

First post!

Originally Posted by unbeliever536

Q. Why is Wrecan bolded?

Mark Monack, who went by Wrecan on these forums, was the curator of this thread in its second through fourth editions (a total tenure of about six and a half years). In that time he was also a well-respected member of the forums. As discussed in this news post, he died in 2013, and the Giant decided to name a character after him in tribute. He first appeared in strip #986 alongside the kickstarter cameo character, Veldrina. Strip #1025, which appears to be his last major speaking appearance, contains a number of tributes to him. The strip's title, "Mark of Distinction", includes his name. In reference to this thread, he mentions counting the number of times each legacy bearer is mentioned in his book on Weapons of Legacy. He also mentions that he likes to study obscure martial lore, which may be a reference to the Class and Level Geekery thread, which he also curated in its second through fifth editions. Finally, his exchange with Roy at the end of strip #1025 is in part a means for the Giant to bid farewell to the actual Wrecan, as well as for the readers (and Roy) to bid farewell to the character.

Q. What does the title mean? Who are the 'absent friends'?

A. Our first absent friend is Wrecan, the man who curated the second, third and fourth iterations of this thread. His story is told in the previous answer. During the fifth and sixth threads Martianmister held the job of curator. However, in early 2020 her brother revealed that she had passed away.

In order to honor our previous curators, we have named the thread in memory of those that we have lost.

**Emanick** · 2020-04-27, 11:33 PM (ISO 8601)

Okay, well, it took way longer than I expected to get this thread fully updated and relaunched - adding information from some 30+ strips and a book's worth of bonus strips was not particularly easy, even with the fantastically useful help that Gift Jeraff and knag, in particular, gave me - but unless I missed some things (and I'm sure I did), I think it has nearly everything it needs to. I have to go back and make sure I didn't miss any "interesting alterations" in the past few dozen strips, and some other minor things, but essentially this thread should be regarded as up to date as of #1201.

I imagine there are some broken links or typos, and although I've been fixing them as I find them, I'm sure there are some I missed. If you notice any errors, however small, please do bring them to my attention.

I also need to add some images for the characters who made it above 10 appearances since the thread was last updated. I'm not yet sure whether I have the technical ability to create and edit the images myself; I'm not exactly a graphics whiz. I'll be looking into this soon, but in the meantime, if anyone can provide the missing pictures, I'd be very grateful.

As was discussed in the last thread, there's also one significant methodological difference between this thread and the last: namely, that Durkon* is now treated as appearing on any page where Durkon Thundershield's vampirized form is visible. Almost everyone seems supportive of the tweak, or at the very least content with it, so I counted up the number of appearances for Durkon* and gave him a bit of a boost. He now has as many appearances as Redcloak, and slightly more than Xykon, which seems... wrong, somehow.

Given where we are in the story, though I'm sure he'll be firmly behind them again soon.

Here's the list of strips I gave Durkon* credit for appearing in, organized into groups of ten so that they're slightly easier to follow:

Spoiler

Show

1-10: 878, 879, 882, 883, 892, 893, 894, 895a, 903, 905
11-20: 906a, 907, 908, 909, 910, 911, 912, 916, 917a, 919
21-30: 922a, 923, 925, 926, 927, 928, 929, 930, 931, 932
31-40: 933b, 939, 946b, 947b, 948a, 952, 953, 954, 955, 956
41-50: 957, 958, 960, 961, 962, 963a, 964, 965, 966, 968
51-60: 982, 983, 984, 985a, 986, 987a, 991c, 992, 993, 994a
61-70: 995, 996a, 997, 999c, 1000a, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005
71-80: 1006, 1007a, 1008, 1009a, 1010, 1011, 1012b, 1016, 1017, 1018
81-90: 1019, 1084, 1085, 1086a, 1087, 1088, 1089a, 1108, 1109, 1110
91-100: 1111, 1112, 1116a, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1120, 1121, 1122a, 1123
101-107: 1124, 1126a, 1127a, 1128b, 1129a, 1130a, 1131
More than one page of a multipage strip (1-10): 906b, 917b, 922b, 946c, 948b, 963c, 985b, 987b, 994b, 996b
More than one page of a multipage strip (11-20): 1000b, 1000e, 1007b, 1009b, 1086b, 1089b, 1116b, 1122b, 1126b, 1129b
More than one page of a multipage strip (21-22): 1130b, 1130c

I did my best, but it's possible that I missed some appearances. Again, if anyone notices any errors, please let me know.

Finally, I'd like to add a tribute to martianmister. As Schroeswald suggested in the last thread, it would be fitting to add something to the FAQ, explaining the title and how it attempts to honor both of our dearly departed former curators. I haven't decided exactly how to word it yet, but I'll add it soon.

Feel free to post now! I plan to use this post for any extra sprawl that we may accumulate over the next 50 pages (assuming we reach that marker before the comic ends!).

**Yxylu** · 2020-04-28, 08:09 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Emanick

Updated through 1201
Bandana, Blackwing, Carol, Durkon, Elan, Felix, Haley, Kwesi, Mechane Crewman with Eyepatch and Pegleg, Minrah, Mr. Scruffy, Roy, Vaarsuvius

Belkar is in panel 6, but not on this list.

**Emanick** · 2020-04-28, 08:50 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Yxylu

Belkar is in panel 6, but not on this list.

Whoops. Thank you! That'll teach me to copy and paste at one in the morning without double-checking.

I did actually count Belkar in #1201 - the roundup at the top of the thread is something I added at the last minute. Fixed.

Anyone want to suggest a name for Pegleg's new girlfriend or the potion merchant, in case they appear in the next strip?

**Schroeswald** · 2020-04-28, 09:18 AM (ISO 8601)

I'm not certain about this, but lets try to write up the explanation for the title:

Q. What does the title mean? Who are the absent friends?

The first absent friend was Wrecan, the man who curated the thread from the second to the fourth iterations of the thread, his story is told in the previous answer. During the fifth and sixth threads Martianmister had the job of curator, however in early 2020 her brother revealed that she had died. In honor of the tragic deaths of our previous curators we have named the thread to remember those that we have lost.

**Yxylu** · 2020-04-28, 10:22 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Emanick

Whoops. Thank you! That'll teach me to copy and paste at one in the morning without double-checking.

I did actually count Belkar in #1201 - the roundup at the top of the thread is something I added at the last minute. Fixed.

Anyone want to suggest a name for Pegleg's new girlfriend or the potion merchant, in case they appear in the next strip?

In my tally, I called her Mechane Crewwoman with Eyepatch and Hook Hand.

The potion merchant is apparently O’aka XXIII, from the Final Fantasy series. The clothes are almost identical, as is the role (from what I gather - I haven’t played the game(s) in which he appears).

**Grey_Wolf_c** · 2020-04-28, 11:16 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Emanick

Anyone want to suggest a name for [...] the potion merchant, in case they appear in the next strip?

Originally Posted by Yxylu

The potion merchant is apparently O’aka XXIII

I humbly suggest we name this version "O’aka eXXpIII", mostly because I like to make people suffer.

Grey Wolf

**knag** · 2020-04-29, 10:27 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Grey_Wolf_c

Originally Posted by Yxylu

The potion merchant is apparently O’aka XXIII

I humbly suggest we name this version "O’aka eXXpIII", mostly because I like to make people suffer.

Grey Wolf

I don't get it...

But we do need to give O'aka a cameo since we gave all the other Final Fantasy VI characters cameos.

**Grey_Wolf_c** · 2020-04-29, 10:34 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by knag

Originally Posted by Grey_Wolf_c

"O’aka eXXpIII"

I don't get it...

Dissecting the frog:

An Expy is a character from one franchise moved to another franchise. This potion seller is an expy of O’aka XXIII. Since his numeral happens to have both an x-sound and an y-sound, I added the other letters in expy to it.

Grey Wolf

**Emanick** · 2020-04-29, 07:18 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Schroeswald

I'm not certain about this, but lets try to write up the explanation for the title:

Q. What does the title mean? Who are the absent friends?

The first absent friend was Wrecan, the man who curated the thread from the second to the fourth iterations of the thread, his story is told in the previous answer. During the fifth and sixth threads Martianmister had the job of curator, however in early 2020 her brother revealed that she had died. In honor of the tragic deaths of our previous curators we have named the thread to remember those that we have lost.

This is great. I may tweak a few words, but it gets the message across very well. Thank you for writing this.

Originally Posted by Yxylu

In my tally, I called her Mechane Crewwoman with Eyepatch and Hook Hand.

The potion merchant is apparently O’aka XXIII, from the Final Fantasy series. The clothes are almost identical, as is the role (from what I gather - I haven’t played the game(s) in which he appears).

Thanks! I actually saw his name in knag's post on the last thread, but I've never played Final Fantasy and so I figured it was just an inside joke I didn't get. Shouldn't have assumed, but at least this way I got you to explain the reference to me.

I'll add him to the first post(s).

I'm guessing Mechane Crewwoman with Eyepatch and Hook Hand won't appear again, but your name is good, so we'll go with that if she does pop up again.

Originally Posted by Grey_Wolf_c

I humbly suggest we name this version "O’aka eXXpIII", mostly because I like to make people suffer.

Grey Wolf

I love it, even though I didn't actually get the joke and thought it was merely along the lines of "LOL eXXpIII SOUNDS LIKE XP."

Incidentally: knag and Schroeswald, may I ask what your preferred pronouns are? You're both pretty active in these threads, so at some point I may end up using the wrong one if I'm not careful.

Edit: Okay, so thanks to b_jonas, we're down to nine characters with missing smileys. Here's a list of them, in case anyone feels inclined to create them. I'm still not sure I trust my graphical abilities, although I may give it a try if nobody else is up for making them.

Vampire Dwarf with Blue Curly Hair
Logann Brightstone
Kandro
Vampire Dwarf with Brown Beard
High Priestess of Frigg
High Priest of Mani
Oona
Tinna
Vampire Dwarf with Red Ponytail

**Schroeswald** · 2020-04-29, 07:59 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Emanick

Incidentally: knag and Schroeswald, may I ask what your preferred pronouns are? You're both pretty active in these threads, so at some point I may end up using the wrong one if I'm not careful.

I use he/him, if my usual profile picture wasn't too big for this forum I might have added the thing that says that but I'm far too lazy to do something that only does one thing I don't care about much at once.

**Emanick** · 2020-04-29, 08:25 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Schroeswald

I use he/him, if my usual profile picture wasn't too big for this forum I might have added the thing that says that but I'm far too lazy to do something that only does one thing I don't care about much at once.

Gotcha, thanks. That's what I thought, but in the past I've baselessly assumed that someone is male and I wanted to make sure I wasn't just doing so again.

Did we ever definitively settle whether to treat other vampire characters the same way we now treat Durkon and Durkon*? I haven't changed the number of appearances for any other vampire characters yet, but it seems like we should have some kind of consistency. My instinct is to track other vampires separately as long as we've see them in both pre- and post-undead states, which I think would only affect the Ex-Exarch and a half-dozen or so other minor characters, and to otherwise conflate them entirely, while giving the vampires with pre-undead appearances an appearance for every post-vampirification strip they show up in, regardless of whether they speak. That seems like the simplest solution to me - what does everyone else think?

**knag** · 2020-04-30, 09:29 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Emanick

My instinct is to track other vampires separately as long as we've see them in both pre- and post-undead states, which I think would only affect the Ex-Exarch and a half-dozen or so other minor characters, and to otherwise conflate them entirely, while giving the vampires with pre-undead appearances an appearance for every post-vampirification strip they show up in, regardless of whether they speak.

I'm good with this approach. It's simple and straightforward.

Originally Posted by Grey_Wolf_c

Dissecting the frog:

An Expy is a character from one franchise moved to another franchise. This potion seller is an expy of O’aka XXIII. Since his numeral happens to have both an x-sound and an y-sound, I added the other letters in expy to it.

Clever. Too clever?

Originally Posted by Emanick

Incidentally: knag and Schroeswald, may I ask what your preferred pronouns are? You're both pretty active in these threads, so at some point I may end up using the wrong one if I'm not careful.

I use he/him. Thanks for asking.

**Grey_Wolf_c** · 2020-04-30, 10:30 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by knag

Clever. Too clever?

Given that two people missed the joke, "too clever" is almost certainly the case.

No big deal, really - not only can't all my jokes be winners, it was a spur of the moment coincidence that tickled my fancy and made me think it'd make other people groan, rather than laugh (thus my comment about suffering of others). If it is not a keeper, it is not a keeper.

Grey Wolf

**Peelee** · 2020-04-30, 10:35 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Grey_Wolf_c

Given that two people missed the joke

Three.

And yeah, just because a joke flopped doesn't mean it wasn't worth throwing out. Lord knows I've tossed out more than my fair share of stinkers.

**Yxylu** · 2020-04-30, 10:45 AM (ISO 8601)

Since we are starting a new thread, I thought I’d throw this out there. We are tracking Banjo, Banjo’s Love Interest, Mr. Dragon, and Eliza, what do we think of including the following (major character!) additions?

Armand Vestinghole (330 +48 +69)
Lutey the Lute-tastical Lute (130 +8 +10)

**Vargtass** · 2020-05-02, 12:24 PM (ISO 8601)

If we want to track them (which I prefer we didn’t), I propose a separate category: ”Named items that has yet to show evidence of personality, identity or sentience”.

**Ron Miel** · 2020-05-02, 10:58 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Emanick

Cameos
Rich Burlew ... Sir Thumb the Digit Knight

Aren't these the same character? Unless I'm missing an appearance by Rich Burlew other than his thumb.

Also, are you including character appearances in the Extras section? Rich Burlew art only, guest artists obviously don't count. I think we should.

Apologies if either has been discussed before. I'm new to this thread.

**Fawkes** · 2020-05-03, 01:01 AM (ISO 8601)

Regarding vampires, how did we end up with one Malack having 12 more appearances than the other? When did we see Malack when he wasn't a vampire?

**Chronos** · 2020-05-03, 06:52 AM (ISO 8601)

Banjo has at least some degree of creature-ness, and appears, in fact, to be an actual (albeit extremely weak) god. The vest and the lute are just inanimate objects, to which even Elan doesn't seem to have ascribed a personality, just a name.

Sir Thumb and Rich Burlew are the same person, but referred to by different names in the comic and in our world. I think listing both names is probably the simplest way to address that.

**Ron Miel** · 2020-05-03, 07:12 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Chronos

Sir Thumb and Rich Burlew are the same person, but referred to by different names in the comic and in our world. I think listing both names is probably the simplest way to address that.

But the point is that both of them are listed as appearing in #864. Do we want that? Shouldn't it be one or the other?

Sorry if I didn't make that clear.

**Emanick** · 2020-05-03, 12:58 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Fawkes

Regarding vampires, how did we end up with one Malack having 12 more appearances than the other? When did we see Malack when he wasn't a vampire?

I'm not 100% certain, but I think this is a relic of Martianmister's decision to not give the vampire host an appearance unless it spoke on-panel. Since there is no instance where a non-vampiric Malack appears (regardless of whether or not he is pretending not to be a vampire), I'm inclined to collapse the difference between them entirely and list Malack only once, but I'd like to wait for other opinions before going ahead and making the change.

Originally Posted by Ron Miel

Aren't these the same character? Unless I'm missing an appearance by Rich Burlew other than his thumb.

Yes, the thumb is Rich's thumb, but Rich also has made appearances in bonus content (mostly the introductions/forewords/whatever to various books), whereas the thumb only appears as a distinct (sort of) character in #864. So the decision was made to treat them as separate characters. I think that was probably the right call, but we can always change it if enough people feel strongly about it.

Originally Posted by Ron Miel

Also, are you including character appearances in the Extras section? Rich Burlew art only, guest artists obviously don't count. I think we should.

I'm afraid I don't know what you mean by this. Do you mind rephrasing?

Originally Posted by Ron Miel

Apologies if either has been discussed before. I'm new to this thread.

Welcome!

No apologies needed; so am I, in a sense.

Originally Posted by Yxylu

Since we are starting a new thread, I thought I’d throw this out there. We are tracking Banjo, Banjo’s Love Interest, Mr. Dragon, and Eliza, what do we think of including the following (major character!) additions?

Armand Vestinghole (330 +48 +69)
Lutey the Lute-tastical Lute (130 +8 +10)

Originally Posted by Chronos

Banjo has at least some degree of creature-ness, and appears, in fact, to be an actual (albeit extremely weak) god. The vest and the lute are just inanimate objects, to which even Elan doesn't seem to have ascribed a personality, just a name.

I think I agree with Chronos here. As much as I seriously admire your tenacity in tallying up each and every appearance for Armand Vestinghole and Lutey the Lute-tastical Lute, and as funny as it would be to list them as real characters, I think it would be a bridge too far for this thread. Maybe if we create a new section in future - Even More Trivial Trivia, let's say - we could add them to it. I have been thinking about adding a new section down the road anyway, so keep that in mind.

As for what else might appear in that hypothetical section - I've always wished that this thread ranked characters by the number of total pages they appeared on, rather than the number of online strips they appeared on. Indeed, if the thread were created today, I imagine that would be the case. I started reading this strip in late 2006, and joined the forum in early 2007, well after the first thread was created, but I assume the decision was made to rank characters by the number of online strips they were in because at first, nearly every strip was a single-page online strip, so that was the normal "story unit"; multi-page strips and bonus content were anomalies. Today, there are probably nearly twice as many pages of OOTS as there are online strips - perhaps more, I haven't checked - so ranking characters by the number of online strips they appear in tends to significantly distort their actual story prominence.

If this thread was a purely solitary endeavor, I would probably just rewrite the whole thing and rank characters by the number of story pages they'd showed up on. (In fact, I did exactly that for a while on a stupidly-long TextEdit file on my computer, until that series of strips where there were like 20 distinct dwarf vampires on each page and tracking both their dwarven and vampiric form became more trouble than it was worth.

) However, this is a community project, not an individual one, and even if nobody else really cared what I did, this thread has a history that I respect implicitly and would not want to set aside lightly (I mean, I've been following it regularly for like 48% of my life, for crying out loud). Changing the way we track vampires is, I think, a helpful and relatively minor bookkeeping decision; altering the overall character-ranking methodology is one of the most major changes we could make to this thread. So it is not something I am suggesting, and it is not something I will suggest, unless a majority of people who follow this thread actively want me to.

That said, "which characters are most prominent by number of total pages appeared on" (I'm really going to have to come up with a more concise way of saying that) does strike me as relevant and interesting enough (you know, relatively speaking

) to track in some capacity. So if we were to create an Even More Trivial Trivia section, I'd enjoy creating, say, a "Top 50 characters" ranking that measured appearances by that metric.

**Schroeswald** · 2020-05-03, 01:25 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Emanick

As for what else might appear in that hypothetical section - I've always wished that this thread ranked characters by the number of total pages they appeared on, rather than the number of online strips they appeared on. Indeed, if the thread were created today, I imagine that would be the case. I started reading this strip in late 2006, and joined the forum in early 2007, well after the first thread was created, but I assume the decision was made to rank characters by the number of online strips they were in because at first, nearly every strip was a single-page online strip, so that was the normal "story unit"; multi-page strips and bonus content were anomalies. Today, there are probably nearly twice as many pages of OOTS as there are online strips - perhaps more, I haven't checked - so ranking characters by the number of online strips they appear in tends to significantly distort their actual story prominence.

If this thread was a purely solitary endeavor, I would probably just rewrite the whole thing and rank characters by the number of story pages they'd showed up on. (In fact, I did exactly that for a while on a stupidly-long TextEdit file on my computer, until that series of strips where there were like 20 distinct dwarf vampires on each page and tracking both their dwarven and vampiric form became more trouble than it was worth.

) However, this is a community project, not an individual one, and even if nobody else really cared what I did, this thread has a history that I respect implicitly and would not want to set aside lightly (I mean, I've been following it regularly for like 48% of my life, for crying out loud). Changing the way we track vampires is, I think, a helpful and relatively minor bookkeeping decision; altering the overall character-ranking methodology is one of the most major changes we could make to this thread. So it is not something I am suggesting, and it is not something I will suggest, unless a majority of people who follow this thread actively want me to.

That said, "which characters are most prominent by number of total pages appeared on" (I'm really going to have to come up with a more concise way of saying that) does strike me as relevant and interesting enough (you know, relatively speaking

) to track in some capacity. So if we were to create an Even More Trivial Trivia section, I'd enjoy creating, say, a "Top 50 characters" ranking that measured appearances by that metric.

I currently have a page count tracking going on in a google doc (I mentioned it a few months ago iirc), with some slightly different stuff in it, namely I didn't bother separating any vampires besides Durkon and Gontor, it also doesn't contain all characters under 10 pages because I was too lazy to add them all, its probably drifted a bit since its been going on for nine months without me being able to check back (I should probably do that soon), one interesting fact I found in it is that for most of that time Hilgya and Minrah were floating around the same page count.

**Emanick** · 2020-05-03, 01:50 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Schroeswald

I currently have a page count tracking going on in a google doc (I mentioned it a few months ago iirc), with some slightly different stuff in it, namely I didn't bother separating any vampires besides Durkon and Gontor, it also doesn't contain all characters under 10 pages because I was too lazy to add them all, its probably drifted a bit since its been going on for nine months without me being able to check back (I should probably do that soon), one interesting fact I found in it is that for most of that time Hilgya and Minrah were floating around the same page count.

Funnily enough, I also didn't bother tracking characters who appeared on fewer than 10 pages. Great minds think alike, I guess.

**Yxylu** · 2020-05-03, 01:56 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Emanick

I think I agree with Chronos here. As much as I seriously admire your tenacity in tallying up each and every appearance for Armand Vestinghole and Lutey the Lute-tastical Lute, and as funny as it would be to list them as real characters, I think it would be a bridge too far for this thread. Maybe if we create a new section in future - Even More Trivial Trivia, let's say - we could add them to it. I have been thinking about adding a new section down the road anyway, so keep that in mind.

Thanks! This is just the tip of the iceberg of my, um, tenacity. See below....

Originally Posted by Emanick

That said, "which characters are most prominent by number of total pages appeared on" (I'm really going to have to come up with a more concise way of saying that) does strike me as relevant and interesting enough (you know, relatively speaking

) to track in some capacity. So if we were to create an Even More Trivial Trivia section, I'd enjoy creating, say, a "Top 50 characters" ranking that measured appearances by that metric.

So, I have my own tally that lists them not by pages, but by panels. All 1980 characters, throughout [almost] all media. I say almost, because I haven’t included the t-shirts, holiday ornaments, or other physical media outside of books and calendars.

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My project started as a way of determining if Vaarsuvius was, in fact, the most talkative of the characters, as is the reputation. I counted all of the words spoken by all of the characters, and that ballooned into a comprehensive tally of a wide variety of data points. The laborious part was entering the data. Now that I’m caught up, each new comic takes about 10-15 minutes to enter.

**Ron Miel** · 2020-05-03, 02:06 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Ron Miel

Also, are you including character appearances in the Extras section? Rich Burlew art only, guest artists obviously don't count. I think we should.

Originally Posted by Emanick

I'm afraid I don't know what you mean by this. Do you mind rephrasing?

If you look above any comic you will see six icons to navigate through the archive. One of them is ! in a circle. Mouse hover over thiis will take you to the Extras page. That, in turn, will link to pages for wallpapers and incentive comics.

It's my understanding that, for example, this went up on the main page occasionally when the Giant was unwell. And cartoons such as this are fun.

Are they included in the count? Should they be?

Yes, the thumb is Rich's thumb, but Rich also has made appearances in bonus content (mostly the introductions/forewords/whatever to various books), whereas the thumb only appears as a distinct (sort of) character in #864. So the decision was made to treat them as separate characters. I think that was probably the right call, but we can always change it if enough people feel strongly about it.

But the point is that both of them are listed as appearing in #864. Do we want that? Shouldn't it be one or the other?

Sorry if I didn't make that clear.

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