Archivald

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## Character

### Type(s)

 Major NPC
Class Feature (Summoner)

### Performer(s)

Grem
Beardy

### Campaign(s)

*Check Please!* Campaign One (S1)
*Check Please!* Campaign One (S2)

## *Check Please!*

### First

"The Deadlands" (C1 S1 E4-7)

**Archivald** (known more often as Archie) is a Gnomish automaton currently in the service of Lovette Ziniris McKinney-Bodwin, and designed by the latter's grandfather. He is powerful in battle, but possesses a childlike innocence and curiosity about the world. Archie is considered a Major NPC and is portrayed by Beardy, with Grem dictating his actions in combat situations.

## Design History

Lovette upgrades Archie significantly during the course of the Check Please! Party's adventures. All versions expand and contract into a handheld metal sphere. Over time, Archie is shown to come to prefer remaining in his humanoid form.

### Mark I

> [The sphere] begins to [...] vibrate and move around slightly, as it somehow begins to unfold itself from the inside out, and [...] in this strange clockwork way starts to expand, folding itself outward and outward and outward until it's much larger than it was before. [...] As it clicks into place, it suddenly takes on a humanoid-looking appearance, so: [...] it's got two arms and two legs. It has a single camera, almost like a lens, in the center of its head, that [...] its single central eye. And it is standing there, this towering creature, [...] and is covered in this [...] bronze or gold-looking metal, but it's all [...] very finely filagreed [...] like it's etched or inlaid slightly. So it's got [...] this weird, almost artistic look to it. It looks like an antique.
> – Beardy, describing Archie's initial form as it deploys.
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### Mark II

After Lovette incorporates a new gear assembly found in the remains of her father's camp in the Deadlands, Archie's movements become smoother and more fluid, almost appearing human in nature.

### Mark III

Following the Party's return to Edge from the Deadlands, Lovette alters Archie's form to resemble a particularly large-bottomed Centaur. He makes the rockin' world go 'round.

### Mark IV

During an overnight stay at the Temple of Melifera, Lovette upgrades Archie. He returns to a bipedal humanoid form, but gains a large pair of wings and the ability to fly. The wings and hands also become detachable and usable by Lovette; overall, the automation becomes more modular. He remains unable to speak outside of the cog language.

## Relationships

### Lovette

Though he began as little more than Lovette's bodyguard, Archie grew to become a beloved companion of Lovette as his sentience and sapience evolved over the course of season one, culminating in him addressing her by name rather than as "Master".[*citation needed*]

### Zero

Zero was Archie's beloved dog for a short period, until her untimely demise.

## Personhood

According to Beardy in the accompanying installment of Check Point!, Archie would have successfully passed the Test of Spirit administered to several Party members by Nephytis in the episode "It's Electric" (C1 S2 E1), in contrast to Archie's invisibility to the Tellics in "The Tellic House" (C1 S1 E8) that had implied he lacked a soul. This strongly suggests that Archie's personal development since his introduction, demonstrated by his increasing language skills and growing sense of individual identity, has corresponded with the development of a genuine soul.

## Source Citations

1. ↑ *Check Please!* – "Sticky Sweet Blasphemy" (C1 S2 E6)
2. ↑ *Check Please!* – "The Deadlands" (C1 S1 E4-7)
3. ↑ *Check Please!* – "Crime Pays" (C1 S1 E11)
4. ↑ *Check Please!* – "Oh Gnome You Didn't?!" (C1 S1 E15)
5. ↑ *Check Point!* – Discussing "It's Electric" (C1 S2 E1)
6. ↑ *Check Please!* – "The Tellic House" (C1 S1 E8)