Alexandra Elise O'Neill

Fan art of Alexandra O'Neill, by Marina Marinkov.

**Alexandra Elise O'Neill** is a world traveler and smuggler in the "Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Crystal Palace" (Sx46) one-shot where she was played by Marisha Ray. In "Candela Obscura: The Cold Embrace" (CO1x01), she appeared as the Lightkeeper. As an NPC, she was portrayed by Matthew Mercer.

## **Description**

### **Appearance**

During the events of Candela Obscura, she was in her mid-fifties, with brown skin and gray-streaked hair pulled up in thick locks falling past her shoulders. Her right eye was clouded white. Her face bore heavy scars streaking downward through her eye and cheek, resembling lightning bolts.

### **Personality**

Alexandra described herself as "a bon vivant, bit of an adventurer".

## **Biography**

### **Background**

Alexandra has spent much of her recent time in India, helping the Likir monks hold a monster called "the village of the hungry night" at bay. They sent her back to London to retrieve a jade planchette to aid in their task. This led her to accept Rupert Merriweather's job at the Crystal Palace, as the planchette was reported to be there.

## **Relationships**

### **Hanako Hayashi**

Alexandra and Hanako know each other upon sight, and seem to know each other fairly well. Alexandra has also met Hana's parents. When they part at the end of the night, Alexandra tells Hana to say hello to her mother for her, and that she hopes to see Hana again.

### **Nefertiti**

Nefertiti is Alexandra's cat. She is an Indian breed that Alexandra brought back with her from her travels. She does not appear in-game.

## **Appearances and mentions**

* Specials
	+ "Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Crystal Palace" (Sx46) (first appearance)
	+ "Candela Obscura: The Cold Embrace" (CO1x01)
	+ "Candela Obscura: Ravage of Red Lamp" (CO1x02)

## **Quotations**

* "The things I've seen you wouldn't want to wish on your worst nightmares."

## **Trivia**

* Taliesin's described his inspiration for Alexandra's character on the Critical Role blog as follows: "Marisha’s character was always supposed to represent the team’s muscle, with a good amount of lore drop. While the Indiana Jones comparisons are reasonable, Marisha’s character was actually modeled after Alexandra David-Néel: a real life world explorer who was one of the first westerners to gain entrance to the Forbidden City, and who participated in much esoteric dabbling (including Tulpa) and continued to travel the world until her death at age 101. She easily dropped into the game by changing a few facts, and by creating a backstory mission featuring a Monastery in Ladakh that could have conceivably held these artifacts (the Likir Monastery is still around, btw)."
* "Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Crystal Palace" (Sx46) takes place in 1890 in London, while "Candela Obscura: The Cold Embrace" (CO1x01) takes place in 1907 in an ostensibly completely different world.
* Notes written by Alexandra can be found in the *Candela Obscura Quickstart Guide*

## **References**

1. ↑ See "Candela Obscura: The Cold Embrace" (CO1x01) at 0:34:18.
2. ↑ See "Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Crystal Palace" (Sx46) at 0:20:13.
3. ↑ See "Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Crystal Palace" (Sx46) at 1:13:36.
4. ↑ See Shadow of the Crystal Palace: The Investigators on the Critical Role website.

**Art:**

1. ↑ Fan art of Alexandra O'Neill, by Marina Marinkov (source). Used with permission.