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IN CHARACTER
Character Name: Jester Lavorre
Canon: Critical Role (Campaign 2)
Canon Point: 2x78 after they get banned from multiple Cobalt Soul locations
In-Game Tattoo Placement: on her right forearm
Current Health/Status: Alive and well
Age: Around 20
Species: Tiefling, blue - info on race located here. Per Laura, she has human shaped eyes and human legs.
Content Warnings: Spoilers for Campaign 2, talks of death/loss.
History: Wiki
Personality:
Jester was the type that lived a very comfortable, but lonely, lifestyle. She was raised surrounded by wealth on account of her mother being a highly sought-after courtesan. At least until her passion for jokes got her in so much trouble she had to leave home - having locked one of her Mother’s clients, Lord Sharp, out on the balcony mostly naked in the middle of the day. It took her some time to adjust to not having access to the funds she was used to, but with the help of her fellow party members, she persevered.
Jester, as she’s known by everyone, chose her name because she wants not only to be happy, but to also make others happy. Her birth name is still unknown and she doesn’t discuss it. She is a very bubbly person, easily excitable. She does what she can to put a positive spin on any situation and absolutely adores when she can pull a prank or do something others might consider mischievous.
Marion: Ah, young Jester was rambunctious, curious, ever running off, getting into, well, trouble, and finding trouble, making trouble. For me, it was a joy. She was very quick to learn, ever-smiling, brightening any chamber she walked into. She had a good sense for who needed to be taken down a peg.
Being of the Trickster Domain, she devoutly worships The Traveler - an unapproved deity in the Dwendalian Empire. She openly talks about him wherever she goes, not caring about possible consequences if overheard within the borders of the Empire as the land she hails from, Nicodranas, is outside of the purview of the Empire. Most of her offerings to the Traveler either come in the form of a pictorial journal she keeps, tracking her exploits and adventures for him, or by leaving mysterious notes and drawings - especially of dicks - in random places to be found later.
Jester’s focus, as the campaign develops, does move from just doing tricks and pranking people to actually working to help others. She gets called out a lot by her fellow Mighty Nein members early on as she hasn’t always been the best cleric.
But even with her healing fails and the inner conflict of wanting to help her fellow party members in the moment versus taking out whatever they’re fighting and healing them later, she often makes the right call. Especially when she suddenly has competition on the healing front. After the death of Mollymauk while she and Fjord were captured, Caduceus joined the party - a Grave Cleric. The addition of a second Cleric not only lit a fire under her butt to prove herself to the group as a still valued member, but it also took some of the pressure off of her shoulders.
She never had siblings and grew up in a very isolated environment, so it’s been a personal journey to really be able to put others first. Including burning a high-level spell slot to heal someone else instead of doing a really cool damaging spell. Jester also struggles a lot with jealousy and insecurity, especially when she feels like her spot within the group is being threatened. With Caduceus, it wasn’t as strong of a reaction, but when there was a stowaway on the Squall Eater named Twiggy, who had a pet squirrel - similar to her pet crimson weasel, those feelings surfaced. Twiggy had called Nott her new best friend and had shown she was also a talented painter. Nott had pointed out that Jester and Twiggy shared many abilities, leaving Jester to believe Twiggy was going to replace her. Rather than bottling it up, Jester trusts the others and opens up about her feelings - finding reassurance that she wasn’t being replaced.
While that was an easy enough fix to that issue, Jester's blow-up of emotions surrounding Avantika was a whoooooole 'nother story. As previously stated, Jester grew up pretty much on her own with only the Traveler, her mother, and a few staff members at the Lavish Chateau. She'd never been kissed, but knew about romance and the ideals that accompanied it all. So, when she develops a crush on Fjord, it's sacred. It's something special to her and she believed the feelings were reciprocated. At least until they boarded her ship, The Squall Eater. Because of Fjord and Avantika's shared deity, Uk'otoa, they immediately bonded - in more ways than one. When that shared chemistry turned passionate, it was not an easy pill for Jester to swallow. Fjord was kind of sort of her first kiss and that was suddenly no longer as important because of Fjord's relationship with Avantika. To say she was extremely satisfied when they were able to prove Avantika was plotting against the Plank King is an understatement.
Her friendship with the Traveler has also guided her through this journey of loss and personal growth, their connection deeper than what might be expected of a deity. He’d come to her as a child when she’d been alone and had been one of her only friends - having always appeared to her hidden within a green cloak and growing up with her - at least in her eyes. Jester sometimes even uses plural pronouns, seemingly referring to The Traveler always being with her. While her dedication to him has always remained true, the foundations of their relationship had really been tested when she’d been captured by the Iron Shepherds with Fjord.
Jester believed that because The Traveler did not come to save her from the Iron Shepherds he did not like her anymore. She’d also lost her will to draw after being rescued, something she’d been doing since she was a child. Instead, she wrote ‘why didn’t you come’ in her journal.
She later asked for Nott’s help breaking into the Platinum House (the temple of The Platinum Dragon) so that she could vandalize it in the name of the Traveler to get him to like her again. Things did not go as planned, resulting in Nott and Jester almost being arrested, but the Traveler did visit Jester that night.
She asked him if he liked her again. He told her that he was never disappointed in her and that just because she didn't see him didn't mean he wasn't there, reaffirming her faith in him. This also gave her the power within herself to reassure Caduceus when he has his own crisis of faith. Caduceus had been unsure if he’d made a mistake leaving his home to join the Mighty Nein after feeling disturbed by the group's theft of the Squall Eater and then almost drowning. He hadn’t received a sign from the Wildmother in a long time and Jester reminded him just because his God might be silent, it didn’t mean she’d abandoned him.
While captured with Fjord, she’d done her best to keep their spirits up, singing and trying to talk the whole time while being tortured. Caleb had commented, stating that he thought it was a mask. Her interaction with the Traveler is one of the few glimpses we get behind the mask she keeps in place, tampering down her own feelings of insecurity and fears of being alone. She really didn’t show any vulnerabilities to the others at first, but the wall she’d built around herself has slowly started to chip away. Especially with the loss of Yasha to Obann and the Laughing Hand. It’s really the first chance everyone has to witness some raw emotion from Jester and also the first time Jester really gets thrown off of her path. The loss of Yasha and Jester’s perceived inability to be able to stop it called into question her sense of self. She’s grown up a lot with the group and while the loss of Mollymauk was very difficult for her to face, this was the first time she’d witnessed something this awful first hand and had been helpless to stop it.
If they’d lost Yasha at the beginning of their journey together, it absolutely wouldn’t have had the same devastating effect. Jester has taken the time to really get to know everyone in the party, forming unique bonds with each of them. She’s tried to be a confidant for all of them and in turn has opened up about herself and her childhood.
Caleb: I believe it.
Jester: Yeah. They taught me the same time I learned piano.
Caleb: Is there anything else that you're hiding from us? Any other quirks or skills?
Jester: So many. Lots of skills.
Caleb: What are three more?
Jester: I can paint. I'm really good at baking scones. Specifically scones.
Fjord: With cinnamon, right?
Jester: With cinnamon.
Beau: Scones are hard to make.
Jester: I know. It's a very tough recipe, but I'm good at it.
She also introduced them to her mother and they were present when she learned that a man they’d previously met and had done a few jobs for might be her father. But, even with their support, she still puts on a show whenever she sends him a message. She lies to them about what he says back and how much it stings that he denies being her father. Instead she tells everyone how excited he was to hear from her and how much he looks forward to seeing her again, keeping that emotional mask in place.
Even with all of her flaws, she is a very compassionate caretaker… When she remembers to heal. She will fight to protect others and was an active voice in taking in the kenku child they found in the swamp - not wanting to leave anyone alone. Especially not a child as the sting of how hard that is still hits her every now and then. While her style isn’t considered traditional, her heart is in the right place.
Jester: Okay, okay, okay.
Items:
- Her current outfit including her symbol for the Traveler
- Her pink Haversack (bag of holding)
In the Bag of Holding:- A vial of her mother’s lavender perfumeHer Sketchbook (drawing what she saw that day for The Traveler - some notes are in Common, but most are in Infernal) Painting supplies with Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments 1 Healer’s kit Her previous outfit A copy of Tusk Love Dust of Deliciousness (six servings) The Moon Card from Molly’s deck of many things A few pamphlets she made for the Traveler A thin gold chained necklace with a small ruby wrapped in filigree Map of the Dwendalian Empire Pearl of Power A gem worth 300 gold to allow her to cast revivify once if possible 3 day's worth of dry rations forgery kit disguise kit
- Her Blink Dog, Nugget
- Her Crimson Weasel, Sprinkle
- 2 dozen cupcakes (8 blueberry, 8 black moss, and 8 maple pecan cupcakes with tiny buttermilk pancakes)
Abilities:
Jester's current character sheet
Racial Abilities:
Hellish Resistance: Cold Resistance (Jester's resistance to cold damage (and use of it in her Hellish Rebuke) are related to her father being a water genasi.)Domain Spells: Jester always has access to these spells.
Infernal Legacy: She knows the Thaumaturgy cantrip. She can also cast Hellish Rebuke (for Jester, it deals cold damage) as a 2nd-level spell once per long rest as a reaction. Jester also has access to the Darkness spell and can cast it once per long rest.
Darkvision: She has superior vision in dark and dim conditions. She can see in dim light within 60 feet of her as if it were bright light, and in Darkness as if it were dim light. She can’t discern color in Darkness, only shades of gray.
Languages: Jester can speak, read, and write Common and Infernal.
Cleric Spells: In addition to her domain spells, Jester has access to five cleric cantrips and 1st- through 5th-level cleric spells. As a 10th-level cleric, she can prepare up to 15 of these spells per day.Blessing of the Trickster: Jester can use her action to touch a willing creature other than herself to give it advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks for up to 1 hour. It drops if she casts it on another person.
1st Charm Person, Disguise Self 3rd Mirror Image, Pass without Trace 5th Blink, Dispel Magic
Channel Divinity: Invoke Duplicity - Jester can use her one of her two Channel Divinities to create an illusory duplicate of herself. It lasts for 1 minute or until she loses her concentration. The illusion appears in an unoccupied space that she can see within 30 feet of herself. As a bonus action, she can move the illusion up to 30 feet to a space she can see, but it must remain within 120 feet of her. When the illusion and Jester are within 5 feet of a creature that can see both of them, she gets advantage on attack rolls against that creature.
Channel Divinity: Cloak of Shadows - As an action, Jester can become invisible until the end of her next turn. She will become visible again if she attacks or casts a spell.
Divine Strike: Jester has the ability to infuse a weapon strike with 1d8 additional poison damage once per turn.
Nerfs: As per game mechanics, her healing spells won't work and her powers will be inconsistent. Especially due to her connection to The Traveler and being basically on another plane of existence.
Writing Samples: TDM post with both action and network starters
OUT OF CHARACTER
Player Name: Emily
Player Age: 25+
Player Contact:
Other Characters In Game: Julia Wicker - The Magicians
In-Game Tag If Accepted: Jester Lavorre: Emily
Permissions for Character: here!
Are you comfortable with prominent elements of fourth-walling?: Yes
What themes of horror/psychological thrillers do you enjoy the most?: psychological, supernatural, slasher/killer, mythological, haunted house/possession
Is there anything in particular you absolutely need specific content warnings for?: Severe animal cruelty, otherwise I'm good with just about anything.
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