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===Percival "Percy" Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III===

"''Percy was the third child of seven children, born to a noble family who lived far to the north in the ancient castle of Whitestone. With so many siblings to share the burdens of lordship, Percy turned his attention to the sciences, engineering, and naturalism. One day, a mysterious couple, named Lord and Lady Briarwood, came to court. During a feast held in their honour, the Briarwoods violently took control of the castle, killing or imprisoning everyone who would stand in their way. Percy awoke chained in the dungeon, only to be freed by his younger sister. Together they fled, 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 freezing river and floating unconscious to freedom. He did not remember waking up on a fishing boat. He barely remembered the next two years, as he slowly made his way as far south as possible. Then one night, Percy had a dream. A roaring cloud of smoke offered him vengeance against those who destroyed his family. When he awoke, Percy began to design his first gun.''"
-Percival's Introduction

A human Gunslinger (a custom archetype made by Matt available on the DMs Guild), Percy quickly came into his own as a character and enraptured the community due to a haunting backstory and performance from Taliesin Jaffe. Percy unintentionally opens Pandora's Box through the creation of firearms, yet another bundle of trauma to add onto losing all of his family at a young age and being forced to flee as they were slaughtered before his eyes. Eventually finding a replacement family in Vox Machina, Percy set out to avenge his loved ones and provide his new family with a safe home in Whitestone after reclaiming it from a horde of vampires and undead. Percy also is responsible for 90% of Vox-Machina's one-liners.

The idea of Percy came from a idea Taliesin had for a character for a book or tv series, but he did not believe it would be good (Ironically in the end he got his wish). He takes inspiration from many different fields with many fans speculating on more influences. His name for instance references several friends of Taliesin and characters he loves from anime and western animation. Many also points to allusions and references to other characters such as Sherlock Homes, The Count of Monte Cristo, Eisenhorn, Doctor Who, and even several other famous intellectual characters. In a weird way he is a hybrid of a western gunslinger, a vengeful aristocrat, and a intellectual Anti-Hero.

Aside from his one-liners Percy ironically did not stand out until the 2nd Arc of the campaign. He was present and had his early moments, but his biggest contribution was him making arrows for Vex and flirting with her. Once the Briarwood arc kicks off, Taliesin took center stage and enraptured everyone (the fans, the players, and even Matt at points) with his wit, intelligence and ruthlessness (leading to his nickname of "No Mercy Percy". 

Following the Briarwood Arc his character becomes less of a focus, but he still maintains his importance through his role supporting Vex and amazing one-liners. Taliesin himself admitted that he believed [[Grimdark|Percy would have either die during the Briarwood arc, turn into a mass murdering monster killing any people in his path, or he would willingly damned his soul in order to punish himself for the sin of deliberately creating a weapon which would result in the change in warfare and the deaths of untold numbers of people.]] Luckily for him he didn't die, and Percy ended up finding a reason to live in becoming a husband and a father.