Editing The Adventure Zone (section)

== The Characters ==

=== Balance - Tres Horny Boys ===
[[File:TAZ2.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The PCs as they appear in the graphic novel.]]
Three adventurers from different parts of Faerun meet on Craigslist, and by far the most popular of any of the TAZ characters. All of them together receive the most fanart. Three adventurers asked to clear out a cave get roped into saving the world by collecting seven grand artifacts that are literal avatars of a certain kind of magic by a secretive organization. Also some secret stuff for later, but that's spoilers.

* '''Magnus Burnsides:''' Travis' character. A Human Battle-Master Fighter. Previously lived in a town of crafters named Raven's Roost, picking up a skill of carpentry, and eventually led a revolution against Raven's Roost's corrupt governor; Kalen. He eventually hooked up with a girl and things were fine for the most part, until Kalen came back, blew up most of the infrastructure as well as his girlfriend. Since then, he's basically been your typical human fighter: dumb as a post, good to a fault, rushes in at literally every opportunity, and has a deep love of animals. Your bog-standard hero in most respects, but a damn good one most of the time and honestly gets the nicest ending out of all of the PCs; dying surrounded by friends, and reuniting with his girlfriend in the afterlife.
* '''Taako:''' Justin's character. An Elf Transmuter Wizard. An egotistical, almost amoral dipshit/ex-cooking show host (they say he's "From TV", but he's basically a popular road show in-fiction.) who grew up on the streets, basically becoming the cook for a circus troupe before he could self-teach himself magic to spice up his performance. His actual character motivation is to create the perfect delivery method of corn, salsa, ground meat, lettuce, and cheese (AKA: a taco. It's a comedy series.). He's by far the most acceptant of the murderhobo lifestyle, and is usually known for accidentally coming up with good ideas during combat. He has a secret sister he was basically mindwiped to forget. By FAR the most popular character due to A) being in a gay relationship with death, and B) for being generally either the funniest or the most easy to mock character on the show. Is usually shown with dark skin in fanart, but the brothers decided to avoid getting dinged with the cancel card by making the biggest murderhobo in the entire campaign a mexican and made him blue in the graphic novel, effectively pleasing nobody, even if it's actually a pretty smart homage to the Ralph Bakshi elves from his version of LOTR.
* '''Merle Highchurch:''' Clint's Character. A Dwarf Nature Cleric, dedicated to the god Pan. Loves casting Zone of Truth a half-dozen times even when it wouldn't matter. Previously living on the beach with a wife he didn't love from a marriage he was arranged into, he went out for cigarettes one day and never came back, turning to adventuring. While he is in every way a deadbeat dad, he's usually the most willing to try and talk his way out of problems, which culminates in him having a series of chess games with the big bad eldritch thing, giving it a weird sense of humanity. Still is in touch with his kids, loses an eye and an arm, and eventually starts a summer camp to train adventurers. All in all, a pretty cool guy.

=== Amnesty - The Pine Guard ===
[[File:TAZ3.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Kepler, West Virginia's only hope: A con-man, an ADHD wizard, and a Park Ranger.]]
Three individuals end up suddenly finding a portal to another world called Sylvain in the woods just outside Kepler, West Virginia, finding the secret group of hunters that protect the inhabitants of both worlds from the machinations of abominations that appear every 2 months with the full moon.

* '''Wayne "Duck" Newton:''' Justin's character. Uses the Chosen and Mundane playbook. A forest ranger for the Monongahela National Forest park, who was chosen by a warrior alien to prevent a great catastrophe while he was in grade school. Was given a cool whip sword when he was in high school, but basically decided to tell her to go fuck off by the time he was in college so he could try and have a normal life. Obviously, he failed. By far the most skeptical of the whole "fighting monsters" thing and just wants to live a relatively normal life, and routinely tries to weasel his way out of doing it and being cool, but is inevitably dragged back into being cool whenever he fights an abomination. Ends up hooking up with the warrior alien by the end. Would end every person he knows for french onion soup.
* '''Aubrey Little:''' Travis' Character. Uses the Spell-Slinger playbook. A kid who gave up her cushy life to become a magician after her family house burned down with her father in it. While she starts thinking she can do stage magic, she inevitably finds out she can do real magic in the real world, and usually uses that to fight monsters. Either the most liked character or the most obnoxious character, think of her as the "Jester" of TAZ. Hooks up with a vampire.
* '''Edmund "Ned" Chicane:''' Clint's character. Uses the Crooked playbook. Former Cat burgler who ended up in Kepler after a job went bad, effectively getting picked up by the former owner of a cryptid museum called the Cryptonomica. A bellicose con-artist with a flair for the dramatic, and is actually kind of good at fighting monsters once he starts. Becomes a late-night b-movie show host halfway through. Initially thinks he's getting away scott-free for his crimes, goes through the mother of all bad weeks as he ends up handing an abomination something to further it's plans, is impersonated, is revealed to have stolen Aubrey's family necklace, and finally dies from being shot in the side by a terrified woman. Generally a well-liked character.
* '''Arlo Thacker:''' Clint's other character. Uses the Searcher playbook. A man who went into the portal to Sylvain ten years ago and never returned, until an NPC found him; crazy and disheveled. He spends most of the time in a basement being fed until the group finds a way to unfuck his brain. Is a studious but loner type, the kind that would browse /tg/ purely for mechanics questions. Eventually decides to stay in Sylvain after the campaign's conclusion.

=== Graduation - The Thundermen ===
[[File:TAZ4.png|right|thumb|400px|Heroes and sidekicks in training.]]
A trio of prospective heroes/villains/sidekicks at Heronymous Wigginstaff's school. They initially train to be sidekicks, but one of them ends up on the Villain path, and they all basically set out to build their name and graduate to achieve different ends. Due to them not being written by Travis, they are the most nuanced and fleshed out characters in the entire universe.

* '''"Sir" Fitzroy Maplecourt:''' Griffin's character. A snooty half-elf wild soul barbarian who eventually starts taking levels in sorcerer to better take advantage of his magical skills. Initially comes off as the snooty, rich bratling exchange student, is revealed to have gotten his knighthood from a night school that's pretty obviously a scam, and he's the only one who hasn't noticed. Or rather, he ''would'' have been considered a knight had he not turned his instructor into a catfish. Now he's mostly trying to just plow through the system so he can return to Knight school. Eventually ends up on the "villain" track because he is a grade-A douchebag. Sucks at swearing. Has a crab for a familiar.
* '''Argonaut Keene:''' Clint's character. A swarthy and citrus-obsessed Water-Genasi swashbuckler Rogue. who wants to be the sidekick to a famous naval hero named The Admiral, but in fact wants to kill him due to his place in his mother's death. Not a great liar, but tends to get away with things due to good charisma rolls. Has a killer mustache.
* '''The Firbolg:''' Justin's character. Is not, in fact, a fae cow-man, and so automatically better than whatever it is Caduceus is doing. Has no actual name due to Firbolgs in this universe not having given names, as they are a purely collectivist group of primitive people. He is naturally given a dozen nicknames. He was exiled for hoarding food in lean times, and ended up at the Wigginstaff school while searching for a place to be. Is very simple and slow, and has a very slavic accent. Gets very into economics before realizing he's a fucking caveman who can do druid shit so he immediately tries to forget it.