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=== Characters === ''Planescape: Torment''{{'s}} protagonist is known as The Nameless One, a man cursed with [[immortality]] for thousands of years.<ref name="IGN interview1">{{cite web|first=Richard "Jonric" |last=Aihoshi |title=Planescape: Torment Interview |url=http://rpgvaultarchive.ign.com/features/interviews/torment.shtml |work=[[Vault Network|RPG Vault]] |publisher=IGN |date=September 21, 1998 |access-date=May 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713005354/http://rpgvaultarchive.ign.com/features/interviews/torment.shtml |archive-date=July 13, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Every time he dies, another person in the multiverse dies to fuel his resurrection. Upon rebirth, The Nameless One has little to no recollection of his past life, and often with completely different [[personality]] than before.<ref name="game">{{Cite video game |title=Planescape: Torment |developer=Black Isle Studios |publisher=Interplay |date=December 12, 1999 }}</ref> When the game starts, The Nameless One wakes in a [[mortuary]] as a result of his latest death. He then sets out on a quest to discover how he died and why he is immortal, also hoping that the adventure will help him regain memories of his past incarnations. During his quest, The Nameless One meets several characters who can join him as companions: [[Morte (Planescape)|Morte]], Annah-of-the-Shadows, Dak'kon, Ignus, Nordom, Fall-From-Grace, and Vhailor. These playable characters can also interact with the Nameless One to further the game's plot.<ref name="IGN interview2">{{cite web|first=Trent C. |last=Ward |title=Planescape: Torment Interview 2 |url=http://pc.ign.com/articles/068/068682p1.html |work=IGN PC |publisher=IGN |date=July 1, 1999 |access-date=May 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428074609/http://pc.ign.com/articles/068/068682p1.html |archive-date=April 28, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Morte is a [[Cynicism (contemporary)|cynical]] floating skull originally from [[Outer Plane#Baator|Baator's]] Pillar of Skulls, a grotesque entity composed of the screaming heads of individuals who dishonestly advised others in their lifetime. He is introduced at the game's beginning in the mortuary.<ref name="game" /> Morte loyally follows The Nameless One, partly out of guilt for having caused the deaths of some of his previous incarnations.<ref name="RPGWatch2">{{cite web|url=http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/article?articleid=56 |title=Tales of Torment, Part 2 |last=Beekers |first=Thomas "Brother None" |date=August 1, 2007 |publisher=RPGWatch |access-date=March 6, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217122902/http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/article?articleid=56 |archive-date=February 17, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Nameless One meets Annah-of-the-Shadows, a young and brash [[tiefling]] [[rogue (Dungeons & Dragons)|rogue]],<ref name="game" /> outside the mortuary,<ref name="game" /> but she does not join the group until a later point in the game. Dak'kon is a [[githzerai]], who once made an oath to help The Nameless One until his death, but became enslaved to him for eternity due to not knowing of his immortality.<ref name="game" /> Ignus is a [[pyromania]]cal being who was once an apprentice mage of one of The Nameless One's past incarnations.<ref name="game" /> In the Rubikon Dungeon Construct,<ref name="game" /> the Nameless One can find Nordom, a [[modron (Dungeons & Dragons)|modron]] disconnected from its species' [[Group mind (science fiction)|hive mind]].<ref name="game" /> Fall-From-Grace is a [[succubus (Dungeons & Dragons)|succubus]] who acts as proprietress of the ''Brothel of Slaking Intellectual Lusts'' in Sigil; unlike other succubi, she is not interested in seducing mortals.<ref name="ign" /><ref name="game" /> Vhailor, found below the city of Curst on the plane of the [[Outlands]], is essentially an animated suit of armor dedicated to serving merciless justice.<ref name="game" /> Notable non-player characters include Deionarra, a former lover of one of the Nameless One's past incarnations who died as a result of his amoral actions;<ref name="Hardcore101"/> Ravel Puzzlewell, a [[Night hag (Dungeons & Dragons)|night hag]] who helped the Nameless One's first incarnation to become immortal;<ref name="Hardcore101"/> Trias the Betrayer, a fallen [[Deva (Dungeons & Dragons)|deva]] who decides to take matters into his own hands due to his disillusionment with the godsβ stance on fighting evil forces;<ref name="Hardcore101"/> Coaxmetal, a giant golem confined inside the siege tower in Sigil's Lower Ward who forges weapons for the inhabitants of the planes to destroy each other in the name of entropy;<ref name="Hardcore101"/> and the Transcendent One, the embodiment of the Nameless One's mortality and the [[Boss (video games)|final boss]] of the game.<ref name="Hardcore101">{{cite web|first=Maciej|last=Miszczyk|date=October 3, 2017|title=Planescape: Torment|website=Hardscore Gaming 101|url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/planescape-torment/|access-date=October 12, 2020|archive-date=November 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122201835/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/planescape-torment/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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