Nott the Brave

Nott, the Brave (also known as Veth), is one of the main characters in the Second Campaign of Critical Role. She is played by Sam Riegel. 
Nott, the Brave is a goblinGoblins became a playable character race in Dungeons and Dragons when Volo’s Guide To Monsters was published (November 15, 2016). Additional rules and guidelines were further explained in Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting (written by Matthew Mercer, James Haeck, Joseph Carriker, and Steve Kenson) and Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, written by Matthew Mercer, Chris Lockey, James Introcaso, and James Haeck. rogue first introduced as a companion to Caleb Widogast. At the beginning of the campaign, Nott often stole "shinies" from people the Mighty Nein encountered. Nott is described as having light green skin, large yellow eyes, and a wide mouth of broken fangs and teeth designed for carnivorous eating. She keeps herself and her body hidden with wraps, a cloak, and a porcelain half-mask that she uses to blend in. 
Early in the campaign, she displays a self-hatred of goblins, and a personal fear of water. 
While early episodes make it appear that Caleb and Nott have a Father-daughter relationship, Nott is often fiercely protective of Caleb, and treats him like he was her own child. 
In the Nein's travels, as war is brewing in the Empire, they eventually travel to the small town of Felderwin, where Nott had previously revealed that her clan had lived near. Events quickly transpire to reveal that Nott was in fact Veth, a hafling who had been tortured by goblins, and cursed to appear as one. 
Veth reveals that she has a child and a husband, and retrieving him becomes the Nein's next arc as they travel into Xhorhas. The reveal of Nott to have a son, and Veth to be Nott shocked the Critical Role fandom , 'Critical Role' Reveals Tragic Backstory That Was Hiding in Plain Sight Comicbook.com, January 25, 2019 , Homeward Bound | Critical Role | Campaign 2, Episode 48.
==Fandom==
Nott and Veth are both frequently featured in fanart. , Critical Role Fanart.
While initially, Sam's choice of "voice" for Nott caused laughter and jokes, fans and cast alike quickly embraced it.
Before Nott's identity as Veth became public, her negative opinions about goblins, as well as the opinion she expressed about herself led fans to identify Nott as trans. Trans fans also admitted they related to Nott:
Early on (especially after episode 19 of campaign 2) fans argued about the direction Nott's story was going, some insisting that she should learn to love her body, instead of looking for a way to change it. Others didn't agreenott doesn’t HAVE to learn to love her body OR being a goblin, and that she’s entitled to pursue whatever’s gonna make her comfortable in her skin. the entire attitude that she needs to “learn to love herself” to have a fulfilling arc is so belittling, especially toward a female character. - some ep. 19 opinions: by trans-karkat, accessed 26 September 2020.
Some fans didn't want the theories floating around that Nott was in fact originally a different race to come true for a variety of reasons.
==Fanworks==
===Fanfics===
*Little Monster by Lesetoilesfous Nott hasn't been in prison for very long when she gets a cellmate, a human called Caleb. This story follows the development of an unlikely friendship, and the way it saves two people who'd long since decided to give up on the world. Or: prison is not the first place Nott imagined she'd find a family, but she isn't complaining. |Words: 21,102|
*No One Else by SeveralSmallHedgehogs Twenty years ago, a mutated fungus started turning humans into killing machines, and Nott figures this is just how things will be forever. Then she meets Caleb and discovers that he's immune to the fungus. If she can just get him to the Fireflies, they might be able to find a cure. |Words: 65,647|
===Fanart===
* trans nott by mollymeek
===Meta===
* - Nott, who time and time again has re-iterated that she is frightened to be the one scouting ahead, to be the one checking for traps, to be the first in the line of fire. She drinks to excess to cope with that terror (among other things), and in a non-DnD-based story, you could see the party reassuring her that she doesn’t have to do this alone: that someone could go with her to scout, or they could take turns checking for traps. But that isn’t what happens. That discussion isn’t even on the table, because rogues scout ahead, and rogues do the checks, and Nott is the party’s rogue. ===Other=== * [[R -posted 12/12/2019
* - i love that veths conflict becomes her deep longing to return home and her taste for adventure; the way these two selves, nott the brave and veth brenatto, clash and conflict. - posted 3/10/2022
* - video, posted 5/20/2022
===Cosplay===
File:Nottbycaffienatedcosplay.jpg|alt=A cosplayer dressed as Nott the Brave in her goblin form dressed in her standard outfit, posing with her mouth open to show her fangs and her hands curled into claws.|Nott by Caffeinated Cosplay, 8/17/2018
File:Indigenous veth cosplay.jpg|alt=An indigenous cosplayer dressed as an indigenous Mexican variation on Veth Brenatto's human form.|[No Spoilers] Indigenous Reimagination of Veth Brenatto by mimesaway, 5/29/2022
File:Nottcosplay.jpg|alt=A cosplayer dressed as Nott the Brave in her goblin form, wearing her level 10 outfit and grinning at the camera.|First Nott/Veth level 10 photos from @kufspawn ! by essegigi, 1/29/2024
===Other===
*resurrection - a fansong by Lilli Furfaro
==References==
Category:Critical Role Characters