Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon - Characters
Key named characters, faction leaders, quest givers, and lore figures in Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon. From the plague-stricken protagonist and the fragmented spirit of King Arthur to the undying Caradoc, the Fore-Dweller Pale Lady, and the rulers of Avalon's fractured factions.
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| Name | Description | Role | Faction | Abilities | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Protagonist | A prisoner of the Red Priests afflicted with the Red Death, quarantined on the offshore Island Asylum. | Protagonist | None | Red Death Immunity (via Arthur's soul) Wyrdness-repelling aura Time-slowing ability (refilled by kills) Scroll-based magic Melee, ranged and dual-wielding combat | Player Character - Island Asylum (Prologue) |
| Arthur Pendragon | King Arthur led his people from the plague-ravaged Homelands to conquer Avalon from the Fore-Dwellers, founding Kamelot. | Once and Future King / Antagonist | Kamelot | Fragmented soul bound to his relics Symbiotic possession of the protagonist Advice and information Repeated (flawed) resurrections | Travels with the protagonist after the Prologue |
| Caradoc | A former Knight of the Round Table who endured Arthur's desperate human experiments and was made immortal, leaving him embittered. | Antagonist / Undying Warrior | Kamelot | Immortality (result of Arthur's experiments) Knight combat mastery Kills the jailors with a shot to the head | Island Asylum (Prologue) / hunting the soul fragments |
| Merlin | Arthur's trusted advisor and a powerful wizard who designed the Menhir totems that suppressed the Wyrdness and devised a way to ensure Avalon would never lack its great king. | Mentor / Wizard | Kamelot | Forbidden resurrection magic Menhir design (suppressing the Wyrdness) Spellcraft Sank a fleet into a pocket dimension | Flashbacks / Merlin's Tomb DLC |
| Archdruid Orrin | A devoted servant of King Arthur and an apprentice of Merlin who becomes the Archdruid. | Mentor / Quest Giver | Kamelot | Druidic magic Knowledge of Arthur's fragmented soul | Final act / endgame questline |
| Hob | A mysterious man the protagonist meets while escaping the Red Church's prison, revealed to be the human fragment of King Arthur's soul that Merlin hid away. | Supporting | None | Arthur's hidden humanity fragment Resists resurrection | Escaping the Red Church's prison / finale |
| Prophetess Cai | Arthur's sister and a prophetess who foresaw the true nature of the plague and helped Arthur with the exodus to Avalon. | Mentor / Supporting | Kamelot | Prophecy Immortality Insight into the Red Death | Red Church / finale |
| Nimue | Merlin's apprentice whom he raised as a daughter after she was orphaned. | Supporting | Kamelot | Merlin's apprentice magic Leader of the fugitive fleet | Backstory / Sanctuary of Sarras DLC |
| Sir Galahad the Pure | The current Sir Galahad, a Knight Templar who holds a dim view of rebellious peasants and barbarians and enjoys burning them alive. | Antagonist | Kamelot | Knight Templar zealotry Magic and swordplay in combat | Act I / Galahad's tomb |
| Sir Lancelot | A Knight of the Round Table who led a rebellion against Arthur over the crimes the king committed to secure his legacy. | Supporting / Rebel Knight | Kamelot | Knight combat mastery Ideological rebellion | Backstory / referenced in Act I |
| Sir Dagonet | The former jester of Arthur's court and an acerbic Honest Advisor who would call the king out to his face. | Supporting | Kamelot | Court jester wit and critique Deception (fake tomb) | Dagonet's fake tomb |
| Sir Palamedes | A Knight of the Round Table whom Arthur himself deemed the Shield of Avalon, remembered for calling out his king to his face. | Supporting / Honest Advisor | Kamelot | Bound Arthur's wisdom in his bloodline Honest counsel to the king | Backstory / House Tarian in Cuanacht |
| The Pale Lady | An exceptionally powerful Fore-Dweller and the same Lady of the Lake who gave Arthur Excalibur. | Antagonist | Fore-Dwellers | Created the Red Death Command over the Wyrdness Gave Excalibur to Arthur | Game's central antagonist / finale |
| The Prince | A Fore-Dweller fascinated with human mortality, and the son of the Pale Lady whom the Weaver helped create. | Antagonist | Fore-Dwellers | Reincarnation as Arthur Command over Wyrdness and mortality | Secret ending via the Weaver Life Spindle |
| The Weaver | A friend and servant of the Pale Lady who claims he was tasked with weaving a new Fore-Dweller to restore his people. | Antagonist | Fore-Dwellers | Dimension weaving Creation of a new Fore-Dweller | His home / Fore-Dweller ruins |
| Muriel | A Fore-Dweller trapped in the form of a chicken for six centuries. | Supporting | Fore-Dwellers | Flight (despite her chicken form) | Fore-Dweller ruins |
| Lord Yvain | Current ruler of the sovereign city of Cuanacht and the last of House Tarian, the descendants of Sir Palamedes. | Quest Giver / Ruler | Cuanacht | Rule of Cuanacht Inherits Palamedes' wisdom bloodline | Cuanacht |
| One-Eye of the Dál Riata | A leader of the Dál Riata tribes planning raids across Avalon, though he is polite, calm and considered by some of his own people to be untrustworthy or a schemer. | Faction Leader / Quest Giver | Dál Riata | Raiding leadership Diplomatic alliance-building | Dál Riata tribal lands / Kamelot conflict |
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