Cast

THE CAST
Main characters

Ariane Eldar

You learn more about here on her personal page.
She's the main character, a multiverse travelling witch, that makes her living as performer. About 5'3 tall, pale, pointed ears, 21 years old (at least in her physical appearance).
A few hints of her personality:
- She speaks her own slang and uses a lot of catchphrases (see arianish)
- She's sexually submissive, but a very determined person that's not easily intimidated by anyone and never does what she is told
- She hates being called short
- She adores certain genres of rockmusic and hates some other music genres
_ She's very much into tall blonde men, but usually hates female blondes (flokatiheads)
- Is capable of strong magic in the right setting, but only there
- Consumes a lot of alcohol and other drugs without taking lasting physical damage
- Is a very good professional dancer (ballet, poledance, dance apache, bellydance, etc.)
- Despite her often aggressive attitude, she is very fond of being the submissive part in bdsm (bondage and punishments)

Vincent Whately

His first appearance in TOBT is here.
He originated in the world of Autuum Bay and appears with friendly permission of his creator, Prof. Etheric. Vincent is a descendant of the infamous Whateley's and a magician. He knows how to use magic portals and is one of Ariane's lovers.The story how he met Ariane can be found in the paperback "Behind The Scenes."

Ritchie the Ratcreature

His first appearance in TOBT is here.
Ritchie is not exactly a rat, but a lovecraftian ratcreature, so his anatomy has both human and rodent elements. (Although in an opposite way then Jenkins Brown; he has a somehow anthropomorph body with a ratskull.) He has learned to use magic portals from Ariane, but no more magic then that. His backgroundstory is not available as webcomic but can be found in the paperback "Behind The Scenes."

Musikmaschinist

His first appearance in TOBT is here.
A robot built in a hightech world that never suffered the big oilcrisis and the cultural degeneration it caused. He was programmed as music expert system and given to Ariane as present. He knows everything about all bands listed in the oak collection. His outer shell was destroyed in an accident, but a mechanic in another world repaired him with standard parts, giving him his new ruggy design. Due to his programming, he can only speak Lübke-english. He is able to use magic portals , but is not very skilled in that. His backgroundstory is not available as webcomic but can be found in the paperback "Behind The Scenes."

Suttung

His first appearance in TOBT is here.
Suttung is a powerful car demon summoned by Ariane. His appearance resembles a KFZ 251, but he is a "civilan" version with whitewall tires and matte-finished black paint. He is a bit bigger then the original model, and almost invincible, has secret powers, but will not tell about them, as car demons never bother to speak.


More characters
Characters who are not rock musicians or exocharacters.

Big Jock Horserock

His first appearance in TOBT is here.
One of the toughest one percent bikers you might ever meet. Not really evil, but no one anyone should mess around with. Besides an eyepatch, he has an horse hoove instead of a human foot - Ariane once did a drunk healing spell on him after a bike accident. But he forgave her and has eeven learned the secret how to use magic portals from her.

The Faceless One
His first appearance in TOBT is here.
The Faceless One aka the Faceless God aka N aka The Crawling Chaos, etc. He's a lovecraftian god that sometimes helps Ariane, but his help does not come for free. The background story can be found in the paperback "Behind The Scenes."
He can change his appearane, but with Ariane he usually shows as  large humanoid creature or as squirming mass of tentacles.

Timothy Leary
His first appearance in TOBT is here.
A character inspired by the real Leary. After he arrived at Oblivion's Gate, he spent a lot of time in the library and knows a lot about that world know.

The Commandante
His first appearance is here.
The leading man of the City Oblivion's Gate. He isn't Fidel Castro, even if he looks like him. He is what he might have been in another enviroment.

Ethel Meyerlink
Her first appearance is here.
A cannibalistic MILF harpy created during the "30 Days Character Challenge".


The Rock Musicians
All rock musicians in the comic are fictional persons that talk and act as fictional persons, but most of them are inspired by real life rockstars. They got into the world of Oblivion's Gate by accident (a certain faulty circuit used in some effect units that randomly activates a magic gate) and hope that Ariane can help them to fin an exit. They arrived from different times, so their age differs a lot. There are more musicians in the comic then we can name here, so here's a selection of those who appear more often:
(In work)

Arthur Brown
His first appearance in TOBT is here.
Vocalist of The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown. He is a true fire mage that can finally release his powers freely in Oblivion's Gate.

Christian Vander
His first appearance in TOBT is here.
Vocalist and founder of Magma. He can finally use his kobaian magic in Oblivion's Gate.

Dave Harker
His first appearance in TOBT is here.
Road manager of Poobah. He keeps changing his style of clothing during the comic.

George "G" Kelly
Photo here.
Technician of Poobah. Drives the G-Doka. He's a faihful fan of Ariane.

Grace Slick
Her first appearance in TOBT is here.
Vocalist of Jefferson Airplane.

Jim Gustafson
His first appearance in TOBT is here.
Founder, guitar player and vocalist of Poobah. Ariane knew him long before he arrived in Oblivion's Gate.

John Kay
His first appearance in TOBT is here.
Guitar player and vocalist of Steppenwolf.

John Lennon
His first appearance in TOBT is here.
Vocalist of the Beatles.

Jon "Bonzo" Bonham
His first appearance in TOBT is here.
Drummer of Led Zeppelin. Driver of the Pioneer.

Kenny Watts
His first appearance in TOBT is here.
Technician of Poobah. Keeper of the music intrument collection in Oblivion's Gate.

Keith Moon
His first appearance in TOBT is here.
Drummer of the Who. He's known for his pranks.

Kevin McIllaine
His first appearance in TOBT is here.
Bass player of Poobah.

Lori Powers
Her first appearance in TOBT is here.
Percussion player and vocalist of Poobah.

Mike Fortino
His first appearance in TOBT is here.
Drummer of Poobah. Driver of the only motorbike in the convoy. He saved Ariane from a molester once. "Behind The Scenes."

Roger Daltrey
His first appearance in TOBT is here.
Vocalist of the Who. Although not very tall, he's quite tough.

Roky Erickson
His first appearance in TOBT is here.
Vocalist of The 13th Floor Elevators. For the first time he can unleash his psychic powers in Oblivion's Gate.

Exocharacters
Exocharacters are persons created by actors, musicians, etc. as alter ego and coexist in their own reality.

Boji Boy
Created by Marks Motherbaugh of Devo. He's one of the four minions of the unknown villian mencaing Ariane and her friends.
His first appearance in TOBT is here.

Cousin Kevin
His first appearance in TOBT is here.
The mean bully in Tommy, created by Paul Nicholas. He's one of the four minions of the unknown villian mencaing Ariane and her friends.

Little Alex
His first appearance in TOBT is here.
Created by Malcolm McDowell in Clockwork Orange. He's one of the four minions of the unknown villian mencaing Ariane and her friends. He might be difficult to understand, as he speaks nadsat.

The Oddball Wizard
His first appearance in TOBT is here.
Deceased. He was the unknown brother of the famous Pinball Wizard. He was a powerful magician, but died in his arrogance, Ariane used his blood to summon Suttung.

Pink
His first appearance in TOBT is here.
The suffering rockstar in The Wall, created by Bob Geldorf. He's one of the four minions of the unknown villian mencaing Ariane and her friends.

Uncle Earnie
His first appearance in TOBT is here.
Created by Keith Moon. He's the pervert uncle from Tommy.