Oltgar Dradegon

Oltgar Dradegon is a toymaker in Uthodurn who formerly employed Chetney Pock O'Pea and co-owned D&O Toy Emporium with Drixlitch Ovana. As an NPC, Oltgar is played by Matthew Mercer.

Appearance
Oltgar is tall for a dwarf, and has long white hair and a similarly long white beard, and a "cherry-like" nose. When Bells Hells met him, he wore a red apron.

Personality
Oltgar is described by former coworker Zadro Ichlen as "a cutthroat little dick" who otherwise did good work, but another former coworker Chetney Pock O'Pea, who referred to Oltgar as a "fiend" and "the worst kind of person", felt that Oltgar had "betrayed the very craft". Oltgar drove both Chetney and Zadro to such extreme antagonism that they were hostile to and paranoid around one another out of their distrust for Oltgar.

However, when Bells Hells met him, he seemed friendly towards them, and unhappy with his current situation. He later expressed this remorse to Chetney. He is not good with the business side of things, preferring to focus on crafting alone.

Before Campaign 3
Oltgar is a master toymaker and toy designer. At some point, he trained Zadro Ichlen in toymaking in Uthodurn in Wildemount. He may have worked at some point in Heartmoor Hamlet in Marquet at the Knot Forgotten: Zadro said that he nearly ruined "my business" before he suddenly left for the port of Sapiro Haven in the Oderan Wilds no earlier than 823 PD.

He mentored Chetney in toymaking in Uthodurn as well, and they devoted their time to making masterful wooden toys out of the Oltgar's Chest toy shop. Eventually, many years before 843 PD, wooden toys became less popular. Drixlitch Ovana came to Oltgar's Chest, suggesting that kids were more fond of metal toys, and drove a wedge between Oltgar and Chetney. Drix wanted a share of the ownership over the store, which angered Chetney, and the disagreement escalated until he stabbed Drix in the knee and Oltgar through the hand. Chetney was chased out of the city by the Glassblade guards.

Oltgar afterward allowed Drix to buy a majority share in the business, which was re-named D&O Toy Emporium by 841 PD and expanded to include imported toys and a second floor was built. By Fessuran 843 PD, he had come to regret this decision.

Campaign 3: Bells Hells
When Bells Hells were in Uthodurn, they decided to go to the shop on Chetney's behalf. They learned that a number of pymon firebugs and Drixlitch's pet craskkalid had all gotten loose, and offered their services as mercenaries to deal with the threat. After Drixlitch had left the scene, Imogen spoke to Oltgar briefly and learned he was extremely unhappy with the way the shop was currently being run. Once the party had dealt with the escaped creatures, they found that Drixlitch had taken advantage of Oltgar, and had forged a number of documents in his name. Chetney spoke to Oltgar, who apologized to him for having been swayed by Drix. Chetney and the rest of the party told Oltgar about Drix's treachery, and Chetney told Oltgar to leave the city within two days and set up shop elsewhere. Oltgar agreed, and planned to bring his employees, also unhappy with Drix's involvement, with him. He paid the party 400 platinum, a thousand gold over what had been promised to them, from the shop's coffers.

Appearances and mentions

 * Campaign 3

Trivia

 * Matt spells out his name as "Oltgar" in, which is the spelling used in the video captions for and  and in the Critical Recap for that episode (Critical Recap: Critical Role C3E19 "Omens Above"). However, Travis says that his name is spelled "Ultgar" in . The Twitch captions for , which were not finalized by the airing, used both spellings while the final YouTube captions used only the "Oltgar" spelling.
 * Travis joked out of character that Oltgar is the great-great-grandson of Obby the Rat.