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Percival de Rolo
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Critical Role Legend of Vox Machina
Occial 2016 portrait of Percy, by Kit Buss.[art 1]
TYPE Player Character (Campaign
1, Campaign 3)
Non-Player Character
(Campaign 3)
ACTOR Taliesin Ja=e
(C1/C3/TLoVM)
Matthew Mercer (Campaign
3)
CHARACTER INFORMATION
NAME Percival Fredrickstein von
Musel Klossowski de Rolo III[1]
[2]
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PRONOUNS he/him
TITLES Architect of Enlightened
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Progress of the Chamber of
Whitestone
ALSO KNOWN AS Percival de Rolo
Percival de Rolo III
Vax'ildan Vex'ahliaPercy Keyleth Pike Tri
No Mercy Percy (by fans)
Freddy (by Vax)
“
Whitey (by Vax)
Four-Eyes (by Taryon)
D-Roll (by Grog)
I do not want to die who I am. I would like to live
The Terrible Tinkerer of
Tal'Doreielse.
long enough to be someone (by Imahara Joe)
PERCY, IN A CONVERSATION WITH VAX'ILDAN[33]
CREATURE TYPE Humanoid
RACE
Percival Human
Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski
de Rolo III, often known simply as Percival de
CLASS Fighter (Gunslinger)
Rolo or Percy, is a human gunslinger member of
Vox
AGEMachina and the father of Lrearms
Early/mid-20s (in in
811the
PD)
world of Exandria. He is Early/mid-50s (in 843
played by Taliesin PD)
JaOe.
Percy's family once ruled the city of Whitestone,
ALIGNMENT Neutral Good
but when he was young, they were overthrown
and murdered by the Briarwoods, Anna Ripley and
LANGUAGES Common; Elvish;
their allies. Percy Red,Celestial
his hair turning white from
the trauma, and he wandered aimlessly for several
PLACE
years. He was eventuallyWhitestone
visited in dreams by the
shadow
FAMILY
demon Orthax who gave him the
De Rolo family
Frederick
knowledge to build the very de Rolo
Lrst Lrearm in
(father)
existence, The List.
Johanna von Musel
(mother)
During his travels with VoxJulius
Machina, Percy
de Rolo (brother)
reunited with his sister Cassandra
Vesper deand
Rolotook back
(sister)
Whitestone. He acquired the magical
Whitney cape
de Rolo Cabal's
(sister)
Ludwig
Ruin to aid in the Lght against thedeChroma
Rolo (brother)
Conclave and helped carveOliver
the de Rolo Trammels
Prime (brother)
Cassandra de Rolo
with knowledge from Ioun to take down Vecna. He
(sister)
married Vex'ahlia, and the Vex'ahlia
two of them settled
de Rolo (wife)in
Whitestone where they had Lve children. His
Vesper Elaina de Rolo
invention of Lrearms revolutionized warfare
(daughter)
throughout Tal'Dorei and eventually all of
Wolfe Kristo= de Exandria.
Rolo
(son)
Leona de Rolo (daughter)
Vax'ildan de Rolo (son)
Gwendolyn de Rolo
(daughter)
Vax'ildan (brother-in-law,
deceased)
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Syldor Vessar (father-in-
law)
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Velora Vessar (half-sister-
in-law)
Elaina (mother-in-law,
deceased)
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CONNECTIONS Vox Machina (member)
Intro The Briarwoods (enemies)
Anna Ripley (enemy)
1/2 Orthax (made a pact with)
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Ipkesh (under contract with)
PROFESSION Tinkerer
Architect of Enlightened
Progress on The Chamber
of Whitestone
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"Percy was the third child of seven children, born
STATUS
to a noble family who lived far to the north in the
ancient castle of Whitestone. With so many
STATUS Alive (in 843 PD, twice
siblings to share the burdens of lordship, Percy
resurrected)
turned his attention to the sciences, engineering,
CAUSES OF DEATH Shot by Anna Ripley
and naturalism.
(stream/animated)
Gutted by Raishan (stream)
One day, a mysterious couple, named Lord and
Lady Briarwood, came to court. permanent
Eventual During a feast
death
before 911 PD
held in their honour, the Briarwoods violently took
control of the castle, killing or imprisoning
DEATH EPISODE(S) "Cloak and Dagger" (1x68)
everyone who would stand in their way.
"The Deceiver's Stand"
(1x83)
Percy awoke chained in"Cloak
the dungeon, only
and Dagger to be
(LoVM)"
(LVM3x07)
freed by his younger sister. Together they Ced,
chased by the Briarwoods' men. As they ran,
Percy's sister took several arrows to the chest and
fell. Percy kept running, eventually jumping into a
STATS
freezing river and Coating unconscious to
freedom.
LEVEL He did not remember
20 waking up on a
Ishing boat. He barely remembered the next two
years asHP
he slowly madeAC
his way as far south
DC as
possible.202 18 20
Then one night, Percy had a dream. A roaring
cloud of smoke oKered him vengeance against
STR DEX CON
those who destroyed his family. When he awoke,
12 22 14
Percy began to design his Irst gun."[34]
INT WIS CHA
20 18 14
REFERENCE(S)
APPEARANCES
FIRST SEEN "Arrival at
ADVERTISEMENT Kraghammer"
(1x01) (stream)
Description Critical Role: Winter's
Crest Festival (print)
"The Terror of Tal'Dorei -
Part 1" (LVM1x01) (animated)
LAST SEEN "The Assembling of
Legends" (3x112) (stream)
Vox Machina Origins Series
III #5 (print)
"Souls in Darkness"
(LVM3x12) (animated)
STREAM Campaign One (112
episodes)
Campaign Three (7
episodes)
Specials (9 episodes)
COMICS Critical Role: Winter's
Crest Festival
Fan art of Percival, by Welume.[art 3]
Vox Machina Origins Series
II
Appearance
Vox Machina Origins Series
III
Percy in the Lrst campaign is a young human in
his early twenties.[35] He originally had brown hair,
TELEVISION The Legend of Vox Machina
but it turned white as(34
a result of the trauma he
episodes)
suOered after the Briarwoods killed his family.[36]
HeOTHER
wearsWORK Pre-stream
distinctive, double-lensed glasses. Percy
is either nearsighted[37] or far-sighted.[38] On the
animated series The Legend of Vox Machina,
Percy was exactly six feet tall.[39]
After joining the Slayer's Take, Percy has the brand
of the guild on his right arm.
In 843 PD, when he was met by Bells Hells while in
his Lfties, his white hair was somewhat tousled
and he wore a long dark blue and gray day coat
hanging to below his knees. He appeared slightly
unshaven. He walked using a cane.[40]
Personality
Fan art of Percival de Rolo, by Chandra Pandhita.[art 4]
Compared to his fellow party members, Percy is
rather quiet, usually only speaking when
necessary. However, he has shown he can be
quite persuasive in social situations and is
somewhat of a tactician within the group, as seen
in "The Temple Showdown" (1x11).[41] Despite his
prim and conscientious exterior, however, Percy
has shown himself on multiple occasions to hold
the signature eccentricity of a tinkerer, as
displayed in escapades such as the cannonball
contest.
Having experienced both the pinnacle of
entitlement and the depths of poverty, Percy
displays a wisdom and self-awareness beyond his
years, especially in regard to social status. He
indicates a particular fondness for
unceremoniously dethroning other, snobbier
nobility with a combination of his own title and a
biting wit. Percy thinks of himself as being the only
one capable of making adult decisions, despite his
young age. He is also very pragmatic, with a
consistent belief that the ends justify the means.
This has led to moments of conRict between him
and the party.[42]
Percy's desire for revenge was consciously
monstrous. He was fully aware of the
consequences of building the Lrst Lrearm: he
knew that the technology would escape his grasp
and kill thousands of people in his lifetime, but he
was willing to accept that to help him get revenge
on several speciLc people.[43] Thankfully, he grew
beyond this mindset, even to the point of forgiving
the individual who hurt him the most deeply.
Despite this, decades later he sometimes feels
regret and punishes himself for his past mistakes.
[44]
Percy's attitude was molded by the severe
physical and emotional trauma he endured at the
hands of the Briarwoods and Dr. Ripley, displaying
a cynical, detached, and self-deprecating
behavior. He responds poorly to compliments on
his character, and his lack of self-respect is shown
most clearly in the preferences he mentions for
how his corpse should be handled in the letter
that he composed for Vox Machina in the event of
his demise.[45] The experience of being possessed
by Orthax made Percy averse to doing magic and
suspicious of anything else that functioned in a
way he didn't understand.[46]
Biography
Background
Art of Percy in a prison cell before being freed by Vox Machina, by
Wendy Sullivan Green. [art 5]
Percy was born in Whitestone, where his branch of
the de Rolo family ruled, and was raised alongside
his six siblings. Five years before the campaign
began, his family hosted guests: the Briarwoods.
The couple initiated a coup and seized control of
Whitestone, murdering the entire De Rolo family
and those loyal to them. Percy was taken prisoner
and tortured by Anna Ripley, one of the
Briarwoods' allies (it was the trauma of this
experience that turned his hair white[47]). Percy's
youngest sister and only surviving family,
Cassandra, managed to free him, and they
attempted to Ree Whitestone together. However,
she was hit by several arrows in their escape, and
Percy Red on his own by jumping into a river,
believing her to be dead. His hair went white while
he was unconscious in the river. Afterwards, he
wandered aimlessly, working on a Lshing boat, the
Cold Comfort, for about a year. He took a series of
odd jobs before spending several months working
at a stable outside Stilben.[48] One night, he had a
dream in which a smoke-like entity oOered him the
means to get revenge for his family. Percy
thereafter constructed his Lrst gun, the List. He
tracked Dr. Ripley for a year until he Lnally found
her, but he was captured by her guards before
being able to attack her and imprisoned in a jail
cell.[49][50]
Because he is a gunslinger, Percy is the main
long-ranged attack member of Vox Machina. He
previously fought with his two guns, "The List", a
six-barrel pepper-box, and "Bad News", a sniper
riRe-esque device. The List has since been
destroyed, and Percy has acquired two new
weapons, both from Dr. Ripley: a four-shot pistol
which he called "Retort", and another pepperbox
known as "Animus". He also has experience in
using melee weapons, usually a rapier or a
longsword.
Percy is also a tinkerer, creating and modifying
items to give both himself and his teammates an
edge in battle. He creates explosive and utility
arrows for Vex'ahlia, as well as crafting his own
ammunition and even weapons, such as his
Diplomacy electroshock glove.
Vox Machina Origins
Percy and Vex'ahlia facing Skysunder, by Olivia Samson.[art 6]
Series II
In the comic book adaptation of pre-stream
events, Percy Lrst appeared as he was being held
in a prison cell in the Umbra Hills, falsely accused
of being a cult leader and of the attempted murder
of Dr. Ripley with the use of a demonic weapon.[51]
Percy was freed by Scanlan, Pike, and Keyleth who
were in the area to look for help to save their
friend, Grog. Percy helped them acquire the skull
of a Nightmare, then chose to follow them back to
Westruun, where he helped them complete an
arcane ritual.
Series III
Percy stuck with the group, now called Vox
Machina. With them, he participated in an
underground Lghting ring in Westruun, and faced
the white dragon Skysunder.
The Story of Vox Machina and other pre-
stream events
First oAcial portrait of Percy, by Kit Buss.[art 7]
Percy stated several times that upon meeting
Vex'ahlia, he gave her all his money.[52][53] At some
point, Percy spent several months designing and
making a bomb for Scanlan to use.[54] He also
once had to be a lawyer for Keyleth when she was
thrown into prison.[55] He did so well that he (along
with Scanlan in his Burt Reynolds, Esq. persona) is
considered to be the unoccial lawyer for the
group.[56][57][58] Another one of his early
accomplishments was to castrate a troll with a
well-aimed shot.[59]
Percy constructed Bad News over the course of
Lve months, most likely while Greyskull Keep was
under construction.[60]
In "CelebriD&D with Joe Manganiello", Percy was
hired along with Keyleth and some other
mercenaries by Arkhan, a paladin of Tiamat. The
group investigated the Vault of Shumas in the
Aggrad Mountains of Marquet, where they
discovered the Wreath of the Prism.
Campaign One: Vox Machina
Arc 1: Kraghammer and Vasselheim [Collapse]
"Shopping and Shipping" (1x14)
After Vox Machina participated in a meeting with
the Tal'Dorei Council, Percy had a private
conversation with Sovereign Uriel asking him
about the Briarwoods. Percy learned that the
couple had recently come to Emon to establish a
relationship with the Republic of Tal'Dorei, and
were due to visit soon to discuss business. Percy
requested to be told when they would arrive.
"Skyward" (1x15)
Before the group left for Vasselheim, Percy began
working on Diplomacy, a pair of tazing gloves. He
also made a grappling arrow and three explosive
arrows for Vex'ahlia. He was extremely pleased at
the idea of travelling by skyship.
Fan art of Percy attacking in his pajamas[61], by advocatingAvian.
[art 8]
"Trial of the Take: Part 1" (1x18)
While camping out around Vasselheim for their trial
of the Slayer's Take, Percy's group was awoken by
a pair of trolls. Percy had to Lght them in his
pajamas, which exposed his buttocks.
"The Rematch" (1x23)
Before leaving Vasselheim, Percy set out to Lnd a
place that would sell him black powder and found
an eccentric old man, Victor, who sold him a hog
head full of powder.
After Vox Machina returned to Greyskull keep,
seeker Assum arrived to invite them to a dinner
with Lord and Lady Briarwood of Whitestone, and
asked Percy to keep an eye on them, as he had
noticed Percy's familiarity with the name. Assum
told them that he had sent many operatives to
inquire about the Briarwoods and the mysterious
deaths of the De Rolo Family, but each resigned
the mission.[62] Percy reluctantly agreed to help
with this task.
Arc 2: The Briarwoods [Collapse]
"The Feast" (1x24)
Fan art of Percy, magically disguised as Vax, sitting across from
the Briarwoods, by Megzilla87.[art 9]
After Assum's departure, the party asked Percy
what his relationship to the Briarwoods was, and
he Lnally told them his story.[63] Percy told the
party that he was not sure if anyone other than
himself had survived, and confessed that he
wanted revenge. He showed them his gun with a
list of names: on Lve of the six barrels were Lord
Briarwood, Lady Briarwood, Anna Ripley, Sir
Stonefell, and Professor Anders, all conspirators
and perpetrators of violence against his family.
The Lnal barrel was blank.[64] Vox Machina agreed
to help Percy Lght the Briarwoods if he asked
them to. In the week before the dinner, Percy
locked himself in his workshop and worked
tirelessly, Lnally Lnishing Diplomacy.
Once the day came, to avoid showing his face to
the Briarwoods, Percy magically disguised himself
as Vax'ildan, while the real Vax'ildan remained
invisible. During the dinner, The Briarwoods shared
their version of their acquaintance with the de
Rolos and inheritance of Whitestone: the De Rolo
Family took shelter at the Briarwoods home when
they hit a storm while traveling, and the two
families became close. Months later, the
Briarwoods received news that the entire family
and many surrounding the castle had all
contracted a plague and died. The Briarwoods
claimed that Frederick and Johanna de Rolo had
willed Whitestone to them, and they felt as though
they had no choice but to take up care of it.
"Crimson Diplomacy" (1x25)
Vax'ildan was caught by the Briarwoods in their
chambers, and called the party for help while
barely escaping with his life. The party rushed to
the scene, where Percy roared Sylas Briarwood's
name before shooting him twice. Sylas, revealed
to be a vampire, remarked to his wife "the pup yet
lives." Enraged, Percy continued to shout his name
while shooting him. The Lght turning to Vox
Machina's advantage, the Briarwoods climbed into
their carriage to make their escape. From her seat,
Delilah Briarwood extended Percy a sarcastic
invitation to visit his family in Whitestone. Vex'ahlia
managed to blow up the carriage, but the
Briarwoods teleported away.
Fan art of Percy yelling, "Your soul is forfeit!"[65], by Ari.[art 10]
Percy then aggressively interrogated the burned
carriage driver, blowing oO the young man’s
Lngers before threatening to do the same to his
other hand. When asked about the location of
each member of Percy’s family, the frightened
driver claimed they were all gone, pleading that
the Briarwoods would kill him if he said more.
Percy threatened to kill him Lrst if he didn't talk,
but the arrival of palace guards interrupted his
interrogation, and he knocked out the driver, who
was later locked in Greyskull Keep.
On their way home, the party is ambushed by the
Broker, a mercenary hired to kill Lillith Daturai, who
has just teamed up with Vox Machina. Still upset
from the previous battle, Percy shoots the Broker
six times in the chest, yelling "You fool, your soul is
forfeit! Die! Die!".
"Consequences and Cows" (1x26)
The next morning, Vox Machina woke up to Lnd
that Percy had tossed his room in a frenzy
overnight and locked himself up in his workshop,
refusing to come out. Later in the day, Percy
caught his teammates interrogating the
Briarwoods' driver, Desmond Otham. He told them
of the horrors that the Briarwoods had done in
Whitestone and of their intent on excavating below
the dungeon of the castle.
"The Path to Whitestone" (1x27)
Percy dreamed of his family, watching them all die.
In his dream, a smoke entity encouraged him to
