Editing Goblin Slayer (section)

===Main "Prayer" Characters===
[[Image:GoblinSlayerSplatter.png|thumb|left|The Slayer making chunky salsa from a Goblin's head.]]
With the world being a campaign, most of the main cast are essentially PCs (Prayer Characters... There's a reason neckbeards find themselves fascinated by this) made by the Gods. At some point the author decided that naming characters was too hard and as such no character has a name, but is instead referred to by their title, class, race, or some combination thereof. It's probably because the protagonist doesn't really care for their names and only remembers them by their titles. 

*'''Goblin Slayer''' is what you would get if you combined [[Batman]], [[Doom|Doomguy]], and [[Ranger|Bear Grylls]] into [[Angry Marines|a ball of vengeful fury]]. He's a "Silver-ranked" adventurer, considered one of the most-experienced and skillful adventurers in the world, and he's devoted all of that to killing goblins. However, he's so specialized towards Goblins that normal encounters with some other enemies challenge him more than other, weaker adventurers, though his wits and tactics allow him to get by. It is quickly revealed that he is the only survivor of a [[goblin]] raid on his village when he was a kid and seeing the carnage unfold was enough to change him into a [[Powergamer|killing machine]] hellbent on purging dirty midget [[Goblin|greenskins]] to the point of crushing Goblin babies with a club.  The best moments of the series (according to those who aren't just here for the [[Slaanesh|rape]]) comes from seeing the many ingenious tools he's made to dispose of the [[goblins]], such as using a [[Awesome|gate scroll as a high-pressure water jet cutter]] or dousing a big goblin with gas and rolling it like a fat molotov cocktail. [[Skub|Some]] on /tg/ wonder how he's even aware of half the physics behind these tactics, given the fantasy setting of the story, but it's generally handwaved as rumors or fairytales Goblin Slayer heard at some point and decided to try. In fairness to the author, Goblin Slayer interviewing civilians whose technology or gossip intrigues his autism is a consistent aspect of his character, and he later admits he had no idea water could actually cut under enough pressure at the time. As it turns out, what's special about him is that the god's dice don't affect him as much due to his paranoid preparations, essentially making him [[Old Man Henderson]] in the form of an autistic anti-goblin ball of rage, constantly derailing the God's plans for a [[Grimdark]] adventure. A favorite of the Gods even though they can't control him at all.
*'''Priestess''' is a <s>15</s>17-year old rookie adventurer that is saved by Goblin Slayer after [[Rocks fall, everyone dies|her first quest goes south]] and she is saved moments from becoming the latest sex toy for the goblins that overpowered the rest of her party. Her appearance and abilities are those of a [[cleric]], as most of her miracles are support based. [[Vancian|Magic is governed by a number of daily uses]] like [[Dark Souls]] or [[3e|3rd Edition]]. She has a heart of gold, but is generally naïve when it comes to the horrors of the world, though she grows up fast following Goblin Slayer. Eventually develops to being able to form tactics of her own, and can even use maces and slings, albeit rather badly. Later revelations rather heavily imply that she's actually the lost twin of the kingdom's princess.
*'''Cow Girl''' is the childhood friend of Goblin Slayer and also technically survived the [[goblin]] raid on the village by virtue of being out of town, becoming an orphan. She now lives on a farm with her uncle and rents a room for Goblin Slayer. This being a [[manga]] that means she's a love interest. She has huge breasts for obvious reasons. Though she never (purposefully) joins Goblin Slayer on his adventures, she always makes sure he has a meal and home to come back to at the end of a long, hard, goblin-slaying day. Goblin Slayer has put a ring on it multiple times, though whether he understands the import of that action in his current state is unclear. Ironically, Year One and the Side Stories show she's mentally not much better than Goblin Slayer: She spent years being traumatized by losing her family and she had no friends other than him until his main party came in, and even then they're more his friends than hers. That's right, Goblin Slayer is more social than she is.
*'''High Elf Archer''' is a Silver-ranked [[Elven]] [[ranger]] that recruits Goblin Slayer and Priestess in the second volume. Despite being called a High Elf, most fa/tg/uys will recognize her as a [[Elf#Wood_Elf|Wood Elf]]. Even though she's two thousand years old, she is easily the most [[Loli|childish]] of the party, always looking forward to the next new thing and generally being bright and sprightly. After teaming up with Goblin Slayer once to protect her woodland realm from a goblin army, she decides he is a sad excuse for an adventurer and resolves to take him on real adventures (read: majestic ruins, buried treasure, mysterious non-goblin monsters) until he stops being so obsessed with goblins. As elves are functionally immortal and notoriously long-lived, she regards his potential lifespan of 80 years as being much too brief to worry about and has accepted that she'll probably be with him for the rest of his life. Treats Priestess as a precious younger sister. Later stories reveal that she's actually royalty within her kingdom, and one volume is dedicated towards coming home for her sister's wedding that is, of course, somewhat hindered by goblin problems. Her main arcs deal with her idealistic dreams of adventures (slaying dragons and other high-level monsters in glorious quests culminating in grabbing a horde of sweet treasure) clashing with the dirty reality Goblin Slayer shows her, plus having to deal with her very long life compared to most of her friends. She meets these challenges with stubborn determination.
*'''Dwarf Shaman''' is a Silver-ranked [[Dwarf|Dwarven]] [[Spirit Shaman]] that throws rocks at people and lugs around tons of [[Alcohol|booze]], which is the catalyst for many of his spells. He is a 107 years old and has a fatherly attitude, which he mostly hides by teasing the High Elf Archer. Originally recruited by the alliance of Order, i.e. non-Evil races, to help protect High Elf Archer's homeland in a classic example of putting aside various grudges and coming together to defeat a coming tide of evil. The party's resident gourmand and sometimes chef, and is also not helpless at melee.
*'''Lizard Priest''' is a Silver-ranked [[Lizardfolk|Lizardman]] [[Cleric|monk]] that wears [[Anchorome|Native American]] clothing and [[Necromancer|summons skeleton minions]]. He speaks very politely and tends to break up the verbal sparring between Dwarf Shaman and High Elf Archer. A cool bro overall who worships dinosaurs, just like his kin in [[Lizardmen|another setting]].  Also loves dairy foods, especially cheese ("Sweet nectar!"). His goal is to win prowess and renown in battle, like all lizardmen of the setting, and ascend to the rank of a [[Dragon|divine]] [[naga]]. As lizardmen are long-lived and great believers in winning worth through battle, he is generally the party's strategist and second-line meatshield, working closely with Goblin Slayer to protect their backline-heavy party.
*'''Guild Girl''' is a [[NPC|pen-pusher]] that takes requests from peasants, writes up quests notices, and hands out rewards when the tasks have been completed. She is another love interest of Goblin Slayer and competes with Cow Girl for more than five years as the one with the most day-to-day interactions with him. The fact that their relationship doesn't progress much until Goblin Slayer rescues Priestess may be a sign of how things went. Largely responsible for taking care of Goblin Slayer on the adventuring front in much the same way Cow Girl takes care of him on the homefront, particularly in getting him to be more considerate of other adventurers and getting him recognized by her superiors in the Guild. Comes from a lesser noble family in the kingdom's capital; as a daughter, she didn't have much hope of a career or independent life without going into the Guild, which is one of the few respectable jobs for a young, educated and literate woman.