Basil

**Basil** is a tiefling ranger who wears his heart on his sleeve. He is played by Hale.

Basil travels with the main party up through C1E12. Before the game started in C1E13, Avery announced that Hale had to leave the podcast for personal reasons but would still moderate the live Twitch chat.

## Description

### Appearance

Basil has brick red skin with prominent dark purple freckles. He is 6'3", making him the tallest member of the party. Basil has many small and faint scars over his face and torso, and short curly black hair. He has dark grey-brown horns that just slightly curl up on his head. Basil's eyes have no pupils, with the irises being a light grey and sclera black. Double piercings adorn his ears, with hoops in each lobe. Basil prefers clothing that covers as much skin as possible, often wearing a black button up with flexible black pants and an emerald green cape.

Theodore, an unusually large and smart rat, is Basil's trusty companion. He often rides on Basil's shoulders.

#### Personality

Basil loves the people close to him fiercely and shows it. He expresses concern for others, including animals, *especially* his companion Theodore. He also cries easily, often without much provocation.

### Background

Basil rarely talks about his past, if at all. In a dream in C1E4, Basil heard from (a version of) his mother Verra that she loved him and everything was okay. This reassurance moved Basil to tears. He has a book in his possession that seems to consume whatever is placed between the pages. He tells the party in C1E7 that he learned how to cast Charm Person as a "little bit of a traumatic background thing," perhaps related to his mother's death.

## Relationships

### Verra Erza

Basil's tiefling mother who looks exactly like him. She is deceased.

### Basil's Father

Not much is known or mentioned about him.

## Quotes

* “I’m not good at confronting people so why don’t you just look at this photo and feel bad about your actions.” (C1E2)
* “There was a fresh baby here. We don’t do shit in front of the fresh baby.” (C1E3)
* “If one of them comes for you, I’ll launch in front of it. I promise.” (C1E4)
* [smooshes Fynn’s head against his own to help him listen] "I’m helping.” (C1E5)
* “I’m really glad we didn’t beat him [the high-level NPC] up.” (C1E5)
* “He’s [Theodore] in a unicorn onesie and we’ve been sleeping next to each other, and I know that like I don’t smell the best, so I think the curse has done its job, and I think he’s ready. I’m just saying like, he’s had his punishment.” (C1E5)
* “I haven’t had a dad since I was eight.” (C1E6)
* “[to an angry NPC] Uh, hey buddy, we need to take it down a notch.” (C1E7)
* [to Theodore] "I’m so sorry that I cared enough about you in the cold to put you in a unicorn onesie. I’m *so* sorry.” (C1E7)
* [before delivering a knockout blow] "Uh, sorry.” (C1E8)
* “I have a rat god and you have a doll god. This is weird.” (C1E9)
* "So Farewell, (...) what’s the deal with the chef? What’s his deal? [Farewell: Not really sure what the chef has to do with patches...] Oh you know, I just like, I like pasta, and I think some chefs also like pasta, and I don’t know, I was wondering if he also maybe like pasta, but uh—these badges, they’re a very nice shade of green, I really like this color of green..." (C1E10)