Keyleth

Keyleth is a half-elf druid in the group Vox Machina and headmaster of the Air Ashari. She was played by Marisha Ray.

Intro
"A first impression of Keyleth would leave you with little information on the half-elven druid. You might even think that her social awkwardness, due to her sheltered upbringing, is... kind of sweet. Of course, it would be unwise to underestimate her based on first impressions. Under that unintimidating petite frame is a vicious beast waiting to be unleashed, whose natural powers have made even the fiercest of champions pee their pants. Literally.

''Born to the air tribe of the Ashari people, Keyleth was raised with a deep love of nature and the elemental magics. It is her people's inherent duty to protect the delicate areas in Tal'Dorei, where the four elemental planes begin to bleed with this realm. Since she was a little girl, she had quite a knack for air manipulation and beast shaping abilities; well, if you consider kittens and flying squirrels to be little beasts, which I do. Anyways, it wasn't long before the headmaster of the tribe, her father, Korrin, realized her true prodigious abilities and she was inveterated to succeed him as the next headmaster. Just like that, her jovial childhood was stripped and replaced with endless spell memorization, teachings from ancient traditions, and exceedingly high expectations.''

''Every druid leader-to-be must embark on a journey to seek out the sister tribes in order to introduce and establish respect amongst the fellow headmasters. They call this the Aramenté, or Noble Odyssey. When her father felt she was ready, he set her on the path to truly discovering herself. Not knowing when, or if, she will ever return. As she hikes down the mountain towards Stilben, she meditated on the task ahead. Part of the Aramenté is proving yourself a strong warrior, a valiant protector, and a wise and compassionate leader. With this knowledge, one thought plays in repeat in her mind: is she even worthy?"''

Appearance
Keyleth is a twenty-three-year-old young half-elven woman standing six feet tall, with fair skin and long red hair, which was later cut short. She is depicted with freckles on her nose and cheek in some official material. She has green eyes. She's almost never seen without her signature druidic circlet of antlers. She would later wear the Mantle of the Tempest, a long cape made of dark green leathers that unfurl into a cloak of autumn-colored leaves.

After joining the Slayer's Take, Keyleth has the brand of the guild on her right arm. In the year that passed between Vex'halia's first successful Grey Hunt and the party's vacation to Marquet, Keyleth received tattoos along her chest, shoulders, and back to symbolize the Mantle of the Tempest when she's not wearing it, as a reminder of her position as the Voice of the Tempest.

In 836 PD, Keyleth's description seemed to match her previous appearance. Because of the druid ability Timeless Body, even though Keyleth is now 47 years old, she should appear to be around 25 years old.

Personality
Keyleth is shy and very socially inept. This makes it difficult for her to persuade others to help her and her friends out in many situations. However, she also has a strong moral compass, which leads her to question at times some of the rather extreme choices that Vox Machina tends to make. Although over time, she has slowly been overcoming her own social flaws, at times her anger gets the better of her. She has been gaining more confidence in herself, and becoming more pragmatic, without compromising her morals. At times, Keyleth is prone to acting impulsively, which has led to unfavorable outcomes. However, she's also very tenacious and stubborn, refusing to give up even in the bleakest of circumstances and always wanting to go the extra mile to help others. Another thing that defines Keyleth is her tendency to feel guilty. She tends to focus more on her mistakes than her successes.

Whereas many of her people, the Ashari, are worshipers of the nature goddess Melora, following her as a deity and example, Keyleth herself is much less devout. In fact, she has a very strong distrust towards any religious establishment. This is due to several unpleasant experiences in the past where she had witnessed corruption within those of the faith. It is after the attack of the Chroma Conclave begins that she starts to overcome her distrust of the gods, most notably taking an interest in Melora herself.

Despite her peoples' exceedingly high expectations of her, deep down Keyleth never wanted the responsibility she was given. But she felt as if she couldn't escape from it, that she had no control over her future since birth. She yearned to return to the normal life she once had, to be blissful and ignorant again. However, over time, she has learned to accept her responsibilities. After many struggles, she took up the mantle of the Voice of the Tempest, and became a leader for her people.

Keyleth feels attraction towards confident and self-assured people because those are qualities that don't come easy to her. She also believed for the longest time that she is a woman who does not deserve happiness. She has a strong fear of death and of losing those close to her. She worries that even if she lives to fulfill her Aramenté, she will still watch those close to her die. This has caused her great pain and for some time made her unable to allow herself to love others, such as Vax'ildan, the man that would become her first boyfriend. She eventually fought that same fear and confessed her feelings to him. It was also Vax who taught her how to love and take chances.

Keyleth is still questioning her own sexuality as she not only returned Vax's affections when she confessed her love for him, but she's also had a fascination with his twin sister. As she mentions to Percy during Grog's rematch with Earthbreaker Groon, when Vex thinks of flashing Grog to "inspire" him and Keyleth responds in the affirmative, drawing an odd look from Percy, she says, "I have a thing for twins." But she herself is still new at relationships in general, and is still trying to figure things out about herself.

Keyleth is one of the party's main spellcasters. She often uses her Wild Shape abilities to turn into various creatures for battle, scouting, transportation, stealth, and many other purposes. She can control the elements, and at times she uses these abilities to slow down enemies or buy time but is also capable of using said powers to defend herself and others. Keyleth also possesses some knowledge of healing, as she can heal the wounds of her friends and she once managed to bring Grog out of a catatonic state.

Keyleth's alignment is "neutral good", like Percy and, originally, Vex'ahlia.

Background
Keyleth was born in the Air Ashari village of Zephrah to two other half-elven druids, Korrin and Vilya. Ever since she was a little girl, she had a natural talent for transforming into beasts and for using magic.

Prior to the start of the campaign, when Keyleth was only five or six years old, Vilya had gone on the Aramenté to succeed Korrin as headmaster, but she never returned. Due to that, Keyleth became next in line. As such, she found herself groomed to become Korrin's successor, having to undergo endless training in the ways of her people, her people having very high expectations of her. Due to her sheltered life and homeschooling, Keyleth never really had any friends growing up.

When she came of age at age 20, Korrin sent Keyleth out into the world to follow in her parents' footsteps, to seek out the sister-tribes of the Ashari, establish respect and communication between the fellow headmasters, and become a strong leader for her people. Early in her journey, she found herself in the swamp town of Stilben where she met members of the group that would—herself included—eventually form the adventuring party that would become Vox Machina.

Vox Machina: Origins
Volume 1 Keyleth, in squirrel form, ran into Vax'ildan and Vex'ahlia for the first time in the K'tawl Swamp, near Stilben. She healed a wound on Vax's chest and was very friendly towards the twins, but was only met with distrust from them, especially Vex. They parted way shortly after, and Keyleth returned to the town, where she met up with Tiberius and the rest of her group: Stitch, Brul, and Helicax. The party had been hired by The Clasp to find out who was poisoning the peasants they rely on for their prostitution supply and narcotics sales. When Stitch asked for compensation for a job well done but got poisoned, they got 12 hours to get to the bottom of the killings, or else Stitch would die.

Keyleth and Tiberius split off from the rest of their group, and headed for an alchemical laboratory where they ran into Vex and Vax, as well as Scanlan and Grog, who Tiberius had previously ran into. The pairs fought each other at first out of suspicion, then banded together to fight a common enemy, Iselda. When Iselda retreated into a mirror, the pairs all went their own way.

Vex'ahlia later called on the help of the others to help her rescue Vax, who had been kidnapped and pulled inside a magic mirror. Keyleth was the only one to accept. She followed Vex to the outskirts of town and was introduced to Trinket. The three headed for the docks in search of Vax, and ran again into the others. They all witnessed an explosion as Vax'ildan jumped out of a hole in the side of a ship, were he was being held captive.

The group boarded the Mockingbird and fought their way to Iselda as well as the source of the poison that has been plaguing the inhabitants of Stilben. They managed to kill her and escaped through the previous made hole in the side of the ship. Afterwards, they all headed to a tavern together.

Volume 2 When tracking the wereabouts of their friend Grog, the party that would one day become Vox Machina was directed to the Trickfoot household, where they met Pike. Later, the party had to split to find ingredients for a ritual to save Grog from a lich attempting to possess his body. Keyleth went with Pike and Scanlan to the Umbra Hills to find the skull of a nightmare.

While looking for a cult rumored to posess the item, the trio interrogates Percival de Rolo, a prisoner accused of being one of the cultists. He explained to them that he was actually put in jail by the cultists. Keyleth and the others bust him out in exchange for his help, and all four head to the cult's ritual. They witness the summoning of a dark, fiery knight and his demonic mount. While they kill the horse, the knight attacks the cultists, then disappears without a word. Percival decides to tag along with them, and they reunite with the rest of the group.

Before the Stream
Keyleth and several other members of Vox Machina fell into a subterranean river system below Emon, where they encountered an aboleth. Keyleth almost died after turning into a shark to fight it in the water, as the aboleth created a slime that tainted the water and pulled the oxygen out of it, causing her to suffocate.

At some point, Keyleth was thrown in jail and the party had to figure out a way to get her out. Scanlan Shorthalt managed to convince the guards that she had pubic lice. She played along by foaming at the mouth and acting insane. Percy acted as her lawyer.

Vox Machina was forced to fight the Dread Emperor after they discovered he was abducting children and had abducted Uriel Tal'Dorei's son. While the group was in an alternate plane of existence controlled by the being known as the Dread Emperor, Keyleth was able to stop a fight against a corrupted treant using her ability Dominate Plants (seen here). While fighting the Dread Emperor, one of his defenses was using children chained by their necks to him as living shields to share the damage he took from the group's attacks. When Keyleth attempted to rescue one of the children with her Grasping Vine spell, she got into a tug-of-war fight with the Dread Emperor over the child. The child accidentally died when his neck broke from too much pressure around the collar.

During the six-month period of time where Vox Machina decided to split to pursue their own separate goals, Keyleth traveled to Terrah alone to complete her Earth Ashari trial. However, she experienced great difficulty due to the trauma of the child's death still fresh in her mind.

Chapter 1
 While the party was journeying through the underdark, Keyleth mentionned her suspicions about Lady Kima of Vord. When Vax'ildan argued that she wasn't being fair. He then told the druid that he knew about her hardships, that they all have had them, and that they have all made mistakes. Keyleth subsequently broke down in tears, wondering if they were doing the right thing and upset that she killed a lot of people. Vax, along with Percy and Tiberius, went on to mention that despite the situation in which they found themselves, miles underground, they were the only ones that could put a stop to K'Varn's plot, and that they would get through their ordeal together.

Chapter 2
 Vox Machina journeys to Pyrah so Keyleth can attempt the next step of her aramente. They are brought to meet Cerkonos, Flamespeaker and headmaster of the Fire Ashari. Cerkonos confirms that Keyleth's mother, Vilya, came through about ten years ago on her own aramenté. He invites Keyleth to begin her trial immediately, with no preparation. They proceed to the Cindergrove, where they find and enter a portal into the Elemental Plane of Fire. Cerkonos tells her to "follow the footsteps" to find a "stone spire."

Arriving at the stone obelisk that Cerkonos told them to look for, they find Cerkonos himself and two other druids. The druids transform into fire elementals to test the party's skills in combat. The party take down two of the druids before a cinder storm interrupts their fight and they are forced to flee the plane. Once back outside the portal, Cerkonos congratulates Keyleth on completing her trial. He gifts her a Spark Stone in celebration of the deed.

Chapter 3
 Keyleth expressed her concerns to the rest of the group about Percy's brutal behavior while fighting The Broker and his entourage, namely butchering an uncounscious old woman, but the group was quick to justify it based on his traumatized state after confronting the Briarwoods. Keyleth also put forth the idea that the group should consider their sense of morality more going forward. She considered leaving the group if this kind of senseless violence continued. The group agreed that they should all be more mindful of their actions.

At that point in time, Keyleth was also wondering what she was doing with this group, spending so much time on things other than her Aramenté. In the coming weeks, she would often remind the group that she needed to head to Pyrah for the next leg of her journey.

 Vax finally revealed to Keyleth, after almost dying again at the hands of Professor Anders, that he was in love with her and emphasized it with a kiss. Vax's sudden display of affection greatly flustered Keyleth.

 Keyleth stayed behind while the rest of the group left the ziggurat and tried shoving some glass into the black orb. As her hand got to a point of no resistance,she felt an immediate, extremely strong suction begin to pull towards her hand, and yanked back with all her might, pulling away successfully. It was revealed during that Marisha rolling a nat 20 on her strenght save may have saved Keyleth's life in that moment, as the save was very high. If she had failed, she would have gone through the orb, taken a ton of damage, and either died, or if she survived, been thrust out into the Shadowfell on the outskirts of Thar Amphala, completely alone.

Chapter 4
 Allura told Vox Machina that she and a group of adventurers had sealed Thordak in the Elemental Plane of Fire about 15 years prior, and Keyleth feared that his escape might have put the Fire Ashari in danger. She immediately felt responsible for Thordak's escape, and worried Vox Machina might even be responsible for the attack of the Chroma Conclave, remembering the time Vox Machina killed Brimscythe and were threatened by the dragons through magical stones in his lair, two years before.

With the help of Allura, Keyleth scried on Pyrah and saw the devastation left behind by the red dragon. Everything was burned and destroyed, and she saw no survivors. After exiting the ritual, Keyleth, devastated, declared that her people had failed their cause. Allura tried to encourage her, promising that they would rally who they can and bring the dragons to justice.

 Keyleth and Vax'ildan both voiced their disapproval of an alliance with The Clasp and, as a sign of him severing all ties with the guild, Vax asked Keyleth to burn away the brand on his back. Keyleth complied and did so with her burning hand, leaving in its place a scar of her handprint. Before retiring for the evening, when Vax knocked on her door, and Keyleth let him in. They spent the night together.

 After Vax'ildan offered himself to the Raven Queen to save his sister's life, he told Keyleth he loved her. Keyleth answered that she thought she loved him, too, but was afraid of it because she might lose him. She feared outliving and losing everyone after completing her Aramenté.

The next day, Vox Machina travelled back to Pyrah, and found it almost completely destroyed, with the volcano still erupting. Cerkonos, missing an arm, announced that there were only twenty-five survivors. He believed they brought tragedy on themselves, as the Fire Ashari had agreed to help Allura's party seal Thordak into the Elemental Plane of Fire. Keyleth's father, Korrin, was also there to help, and Keyleth reunited with him for the first time since the she began her Aramenté. She apologized for not checking in sooner, saying she was afraid of disappointing him.

 Cerkonos revealed to Keyleth that the tear that allowed Thordak to escape was opened by a young girl named Raishan that the Fire Ashari had taken in four years prior. He warned Keyleth to watch out for her, believing she may be someone else than what she led the tribe to believe. Keyleth, filled with resentment, recognizes the name: the girl was none other than the green dragon, one of the Chroma Conclave.

 After the defeat of Umbrasyl, Vox Machina had a party thrown in their honor in Westruun. Keyleth felt extremely undeserving and began to panic, as she still felt guilty for the dragon's attack in the first place. Noticing Keyleth's unease and anxiety, Kerrek invited her to step outside. He understood that she was bothered by the fact that no matter what she did, she seemed to end up destroying more things than she fixed. He validated her fears and anxieties, but reminded her that things aren't hopeless, and explained that he once felt the same way and turned out okay. Keyleth felt comforted from this talk, and later hugged Kerrek tightly when it was time to say goodbye.

Chapter 5
 Emotionally exhausted after coming back from the ruins of Draconia, where she witnessed the dead body of her friend Tiberius, Keyleth knocks on Vax's door and asks to spend the night with him. She finally admits that she loves him too, and is ready to pursue a relationship with him. The two half-elves seal the deal with a high-five before embracing.

 Keyleth received a letter from Kerrek, who gave news of Westruun and talked about the hardship of being a leader for his people. Keyleth was happy to hear from her friend, and receive more of his advice.

Chapter 6
 Raishan revealed that she had been masquerading as Seeker Assum and was aware of their plans to defeat the Conclave, and proposed an alliance with Vox Machina, as she also wished to take down Thordak. Keyleth, enraged, declared that Raishan would not live to see Thordak die and would suffer for what she did. During Raishan's conversation with Vox Machina, Keyleth frequently interjected with resentful, aggressive remarks and threats towards the green dragon. While most of the party believed it would be better to team up with Raishan in order to defeat Vorugal and Thordak, perhaps killing her later, Keyleth was extremely against the idea. Fueled by her need for revenge, she wanted to use this chance to kill her then and there. After careful negociations, and when even Grog advised for patience, Keyleth reluctantly accepted the deal and shook hands with Raishan.

 During the battle against Vorugal, Vox machina summoned the goristro, Yenk and defeated him. They uncovered a powerful staff, the Spire of Conflux, one of the Vestiges of Divergence, from his body. It was given to Keyleth to wield.

 Back in Whitestone, Raishan reappeared, still disguised as Seeker Assum. She appeared to have had modified Kima's memory, as she acted like she was talkling to the real Assum. Keyleth insisted on killing Raishan now, but the others wanted her help in defeating the Cinder King. Keyleth asked Grog how he used his rage, being able to be patient. He told her to let her rage build, and that he would help her take down Raishan when the time is right.

 After Keyleth fell in lava during the battle inside Thordak's lair, her hair was badly burned and left a lot shorter than it used to be. Vax'ildan gave Keyleth a clean cut with Whisper.

 Vox Machina tracked Raishan back to the Island of Viscan and confronted her. Keyleth spoke up, telling the dragon that she had taught her a lot about herself in the past weeks, and how she hopes to never turn to anger and selfishness in dark times like Raishan did. The two had a tense conversation, in which Keyleth admitted that she had let herself be driven by her selfish need for revenge against Raishan, and wasn't the only one who should decide what her fate was going to be. She offered Raishan a fair trial on behalf of the people of Emon, the Ashari, and all of Exandria if she accepted to follow them peacefully. The dragon scoffed at the offer, comparing the people of Exandria to ants below her feet.

During the battle with Raishan, Keyleth cast Feeblemind against the dragon in a desperate attempt, and succeeded. Raishan's brilliant mind was reduced to primal instincts, and the party managed to take her down, though at great cost.

Later, when attempting to teleport away from the island, Allura and Kima accidentally ended up in the middle of ocean. Keyleth found them through scrying, and spotted them far off the coast, allowing Vex to fly to them and rescue them.

Chapter 7
 Vox Machina arrives at Vesrah so Keyleth can take on the final trial on her aramenté and meet with Uvenda, Heart of the Tides and headmaster of the Water Ashari. Uvenda explains that the final task of the aramenté will be to venture through the rift into the Elemental Plane of Water. There, they must gather three lodestones that have been dropped by a kraken living not far from the rift. They must not, however, kill the kraken, as the Water Ashari people would then lose their source of lodestones.

Keyleth's mother, who made it to their tribe but was unable to complete her aramenté. Keyleth's mother, it seems, attempted this task with her own group of companions, but they were all killed in the effort. Of her remains, only a leg was found, so she could not even be properly interred. Keyleth accepts this news and agrees to attempt the task the following morning.

 The party ventures to the Aerie of Torrent, the rift to the Elemental Plane of Water. They manage to bring back the required loadstones through the portal while fighting off the kraken. Keyleth plane shifts with Vex'aliah and the lifeless body of Vax'ildan to the outskirts of Vesrah, while the rest of the group finds their way out through the rift.

 During Vax's resurrection ritual, Keyleth touched the handprint she burned onto Vax's back, casting Daylight as a light to guide him back from the darkness. The ritual succeeded.

Uvenda was visibly surprised and congratulated Keyleth on the completion of her Aramenté. She admitted that the Aramenté is not meant to be lethal; Keyleth and her mother had been the only ones to attempt it since the coming of the kraken, and perhaps it was time to reconsider the task. As a reward for completing her trial, Keyleth learned the 9th-level spell Shapechange.

Keyleth announced that she has been holding on to something she had Gilmore help her make: a set of dragon-tooth pendants, enchanted so that, if any member of the party goes unconscious, the rest will know. She hands out a pendant to each member of the party.

 After fulfilling her Aramente, Keyleth eventually returned to Zephrah for her coronation as the Voice of the Tempest. She attested the success of her journey to the people of the world, the support of her tribe, and most importantly, the bonds of friendship and family she has with Vox Machina. As proof of her new responsibilities, she was gifted the Mantle of the Tempest and the Inspiring Leader feat.

 During her year off, Keyleth spent a lot of time in Zephrah with Vax. When she and Vax went to get tattoos together, Keyleth got a version of her mantle across her chest and shoulders. She also spent a significant amount of time, with Percy and Tary's help, setting up a Crisis Orb system to enable better communication between the four cities of the Ashari.

Keyleth worked with She also worked with Pike, Vex'ahlia, and Tary in the Slayer's Cake, a bakery they opened together in Whitestone. She also took a sprig from the Sun Tree in Whitestone to grow her own tree in Zephrah, spent some time learning more alchemy, and had crafting parties with Vex and Tary.

At some point, Keyleth, Vax, Vex, Pike, and Tary all made a group outing to the Feywild to look for the Theater they had been told about. They found it in the north of the forest where they had faced Saundor. Disguising themselves as small beasts and insects, they snuck into the theater and watched a three-act performance put on by six pale, white-eyed, elvish-looking actors. On their return from the theater, Percy, who had read a lot about the Feywild in his youth, told them they had managed to witness the Royal Troupe of the Unseelie Court, and that, had they been caught, they very easily might not have been heard from ever again.

 In what may have been a slight lapse of judgment, Keyleth swan-dives over the side of a cliff to join Vex'aliah at the bottom, thinking she will hit water and be fine. She doesn't jump quite far enough, however. In a moment of panic, she beast shapes into a goldfish before hitting the rocks at the base of the cliff, and dies on impact. Vex, on her broom, is the only one who sees this. Luckily, she still has a Revivify coin given to her by Taryon and quickly uses it on Keyleth's body.

Chapter 8
 Although Scanlan was the only member of Vox Machina able to read arcane texts, Keyleth realized that, in her polymorphed planetar form, all languages were legible to her. While Scanlan had to wait for his next chance to attempt the rites of Prime Banishment, she flew to him and took the book, beginning to read. Keyleth finished the ritual and Vecna was succesfully sealed.

Epilogues
 Keyleth brought Derrig, her bodyguard, as her plus one to Vex and Percy's wedding. She was very nervous and inquired with the wedding planner to make sure that everything was going to be perfect.

After waking up with the others who had been knocked unconscious, she managed to lift the heavy fog that made it difficult for people to see each other with Control Weather, allowing the party to realize Vex and Percy were missing. Keyleth, in water elemental form, later retrieved Vex'aliah's body from the ocean, not in time to save her from drowning, but brought her back to Pike so she could be revived with a Revivify spell.

Post-Campaign
As revealed in, Keyleth, after helping Pike for a while in the rebuilding of Vasselheim, eventually retired to Zephrah to take up her duties there. She adventured with her friends when called upon, and reconnected with Kerrek in Westruun. Taking the raven feather given to her by Pike, she embeded it into the sprig she once took from the Sun Tree in Whitestone. The sprig grew over time into a new Raven Tree of the Ashari.

In the meantime, Keyleth lends her wisdom to the councils of Tal'Dorei and Whitestone. She eventually considers dating again, though not for a long time after Vax's loss.

One cold day in Zephrah, on the 13th day of the tenth month of the year, Keyleth was visited by a single raven, larger than the ones she has seen before. She blew it a kiss, and the raven landed on her shoulder. Every day after, that raven came to visit.

Keyleth is still alive and living in Zephrah as of 836 PD, when she ran to greet Vilya as she emerged from a tree via transport via plants from Rumblecusp.

Keyleth, as an archdruid, will live to be hundreds of years old. When her time comes, she will someday retreat into the Raven Tree to become a part of the realm; but that is a long way off.

Grog

 * &rarr; Main article:  Relationship between Grog and Keyleth.

Keyleth and Grog have worked together on occasion, such as creating a special combo attack referred to as the "Fastball Special", where Keyleth turns into a brawny creature, like an earth elemental, in order to have enough strength to throw Grog at a large opponent.

Grog was present when Keyleth was on the brink of attacking Raishan when the dragon revealed herself in the guise of Seeker Assum and explained to her the value of patience. When Keyleth, struggling with her anger at Raishan, asked Grog how he manages to keep his rage in check, he answered:  "Family."

Kashaw
Keyleth became interested with the cleric Kashaw Vesh while completing a trial for the Slayer's Take guild in Vasselheim, even receiving her first kiss from him before he departed. During their reunion when the party visited Vasselheim once more, after the attack of the Chroma Conclave, the two of them cleared the air as Kashaw apologized for stealing her first kiss, saying that while it felt good, it was ultimately wrong of him. Keyleth herself said that he didn't have to, that she never meant to hurt anyone physically or emotionally.

When Vex'ahlia was killed due to a trap within Purvan Suul's tomb, Kashaw revived her because he knew Keyleth would have wanted him to. After Vex's resurrection, Kashaw told her that he believes not in Vesh, but in life itself. He later told Keyleth that he noticed the interest that Vax'ildan, Vex's twin brother, had in her and told her to stay near him, that the rogue would look after her in his stead. Since then, the two have had a rather awkward friendship.

Kerrek
Keyleth first met Kerrek after Vox Machina defeated Umbrasyl the Hope Devourer. When Keyleth was having a breakdown over the fact that she hated being called a hero, thinking that she was not due to her actions, it was Kerrek whom she confided in, telling him that she never wanted the burden and responsibility of the Aramenté. The former paladin served as an inspiration and mentor to her, being the very first person who completely understood Keyleth's constant struggles with herself, telling her that she needed to look at the big picture even if it was unpleasant, that things were not as hopeless as she believed. It was this advice that started to motivate her to turn her life and way of thinking around, which would later lead to her further development as a person. He later sent a letter to Keyleth after Percy's resurrection, giving her additional wisdom along with a ring with the engraved words, "I Have Passed Through Fire".

Keyleth and Kerrek crossed paths once more in the wake of the death of Thordak and the escape of Raishan, as he comforted her after her failure to achieve revenge for her people. He later accompanied her to the Island of Viscan in order to find and defeat Raishan for good, being given her Cloak of Displacement just in case. When the battle was won thanks to their combined efforts, and after Allura Vysoren and Lady Kima vanished due to a freak teleportation accident, Keyleth had managed to spot the two of them in the ocean despite the odds. Kerrek, being doubtful of Keyleth, tried giving her "the talk", saying that sometimes you lose people and you never get them back. However, his words only served to make Keyleth feel worse. After Scanlan Shorthalt's resurrection in Whitestone, the two later parted ways in Emon.

Kima
Keyleth and Lady Kima did not initially see eye to eye. After Vox Machina's assault on the Emberhold, they had gotten into a very heated argument about how the paladin's blind faith in her god's protection in addition to her vengeful desires put their party in grave peril and caused Grog to get captured. Keyleth also told Kima that she hoped, in her efforts to rid the world of K'Varn, she would not end up becoming the very thing she was trying to destroy.

Keyleth later expressed concern to the rest of her group that she did not want Kima or the people of Emon to gain control of the Horn of Orcus, as she did not completely trust them. After being comforted by Vax, Percy, and Tiberius about the situation they had found themselves in, Keyleth later apologized to Kima, who forgave her earlier outburst, and the tension between them lessened greatly with Keyleth giving Kima her patience while the paladin gave the party the respect they deserved.

In the days since, Kima earned Keyleth's trust and even her friendship as well, a prime example being when the paladin was reunited with Vox Machina after the attack of the Chroma Conclave. Keyleth, in particular, had defended Kima when High Bearer Vord ridiculed the halfling's "foolish impulses" by saying that said impulses were exactly what Vox Machina needed.

Korrin
Keyleth loves her father so much. The interim headmaster himself has expressed his praise and fondness for his daughter and her accomplishments. The night before the battle to reclaim Emon, he decided to aid Keyleth and Vox Machina by having his tribe provide air support, with him taking part in the battle himself. Upon Keyleth's return to Zephrah after the completion of the Aramenté, Korrin personally passed on the mantle of leadership to his daughter, appointing her as the new headmaster of the tribe and once again expressing how proud he is and how proud her mother would have been if she had lived.

Percy

 * &rarr; Main article:  Relationship between Keyleth and Percy.

Keyleth and Percy share a deep bond of friendship, despite their differing views on leadership and moral choices.

Pike

 * &rarr; Main article:  Relationship between Keyleth and Pike.

Despite having a huge distrust of the gods, Keyleth has great respect for Pike and the two are good friends.

Before Keyleth departed for the Feywild, Pike told her about how despite being a cleric of Sarenrae, she still has control over her own life. She then gave Keyleth some advice about finding happiness and getting comfortable with Vax. That advice eventually gave Keyleth the courage to confess to him.

Raishan
Keyleth discovered from Cerkonos, headmaster of the Fire Ashari, that a young girl that they took in had been the one responsible for freeing Thordak of the Chroma Conclave from the Plane of Fire. Her actions had led to Pyrah's destruction and the devastation of his tribe. Keyleth later learned that the girl who set Thordak free and one of the dragons of the Conclave, Raishan, were one and the same.

Since then, Keyleth developed an immense hatred for the Diseased Deceiver which was brought to the fore when the dragon revealed herself to Vox Machina under the guise of Assum Emring. She lashed out at the dragon, the party having to calm her down and convince her to not give in to her desire to kill Raishan out of fear of destroying Whitestone. Eventually, Raishan and Vox Machina made a mutual yet temporary alliance to defeat Thordak due to the Cinder King having lied to her. Keyleth begrudgingly agreed to the alliance, but still yearned to kill the dragon to avenge her sister-tribe.

Despite failing to kill her in the moments after Thordak's death due to Raishan escaping, in their last encounter Keyleth spoke up against the dragon, the druid keeping her anger in check and mentioning her hope that during her very long lifetime she does not become like her, and she even gave Raishan a chance to surrender and be brought to justice, a far outcry from their first proper encounter in Whitestone weeks before. A long and bloody battle ensued, with Keyleth effectively neutralizing Raishan's spellcasting with Feeblemind, destroying her very identity and intellect, and Kerrek delivering the final blow on her.

Tiberius

 * &rarr; Main article:  Relationship between Keyleth and Tiberius.

During their adventures together, Keyleth and Tiberius shared a strong, respectful friendship. When Tiberius was discovered to have died defending Draconia, it was Keyleth who personally buried him.

Vax'ildan

 * &rarr; Main article:  Relationship between Keyleth and Vax'ildan.

Vax is Keyleth's first love. At first simply mutual acquaintances and later friends alongside the rest of Vox Machina, the two of them eventually became romantic partners after a series of harrowing events. After over a year of traveling alongside him, she first developed feelings for the rogue when he began standing up for her, becoming the first to ever do so. Vax has also shown his full support in regards to the Aramenté, encouraging Keyleth to pursue her goals and that she deserves to live the life she is destined to have.

Keyleth was initially hesitant to admit her feelings for Vax, however, and for a time she was afraid of losing him be it through himself dying in battle or just outliving him, a fear that kept her from allowing herself to love him. She eventually did admit her feelings, much to her relief and his. The two of them have been together since, and Vax has continued to support her and encourage her, telling her that despite her doubts, she must mix in the faith that he and the rest of their companions have in her.

After Vax was brought back as a revenant, the two of them came to terms that their time together would end far sooner than they hoped. But Keyleth remarked that despite all the hardship that was thrown at them, she would never take it back as it was Vax who taught her to take chances, including falling in love.

Vilya
Vilya went off on her own Aramenté twenty years prior to the campaign's start, and due to her not returning home, Keyleth had to be next in line. While venturing on her own quest, Keyleth learned more about Vilya's whereabouts, such as hearing that Vilya had visited Pyrah ten years prior.

It was not until arriving at Vesrah that Keyleth discovered the truth: Vilya had disappeared five years before Keyleth arrived while facing a kraken in the Elemental Plane of Water and was presumed dead, with only her left leg being found. In fact, Keyleth later discovered that the challenge she herself faced had been changed only recently due to the kraken's arrival, with Vilya and her party being the first to undergo the trial in its current state. During the celebration of Keyleth's completion of the trial, Uvenda told her that her mother's memory now lives on in her.

Keyleth learned that her mother was still alive when Vilya appeared in front of her in Zephra with a Transport via plants portal, over twenty years after learning she had disappeared.

Quests
Keyleth's quest was to complete her Aramenté; this required her to seek out the sister-tribes of the Air Ashari in order to introduce and establish respect amongst the fellow headmasters. She has met with the Earth Ashari in Terrah during her absence from Vox Machina, visited the Fire Ashari in Pyrah during her stay in Vasselheim, completed the trial of the Water Ashari in Vesrah, and has succeeded in returning to Zephrah where she was formally given the title of "Voice of the Tempest" as the new headmaster of the Air Ashari.

Keyleth revealed to the party that the last person to attempt the Aramenté, her mother Vilya, had never been heard from again. Keyleth wanted to discover what happened to her mother, and eventually discovered that she disappeared while trying to complete the Water Ashari trial and was presumed dead. Over twenty years later, Keyleth was reunited with her mother, who returned from Rumblecusp after the Mighty Nein helped save her and the other denizens of the island from a memory altering being.

Keyleth also had a personal stake in Vox Machina's dealings with the Chroma Conclave, specifically with Raishan due to her role in freeing Thordak and causing the decimation of the Fire Ashari. She wished to personally kill her to avenge them, a goal that was fulfilled twofold with Keyleth destroying her intelligent and cunning persona with Feeblemind, and Kerrek landing the final blow on the then-feral Diseased Deceiver.

Current Items

 * Circlet of Wisdom (+2 to Wisdom and Charisma)
 * Earring of Whisper (enchanted by Tiberius Stormwind)
 * Gate Stone (a gift to Percival de Rolo from Lillith Daturai; currently possesses one while Scanlan has the other)
 * Leather Armor of Spell Resistance (+2 leather armor; advantage on spell saves; +2 to spell saves; belonged to her mother)
 * Scrying Eye (recieved from Vex'ahlia after Hotis's attack on Whitestone)
 * Mantle of the Tempest
 * Ring of Protection +2
 * Ring of Spell Storing (holds up to five spell levels)
 * Spire of Conflux (retrieved from Yenk's corpse)

Former Items

 * Cloak of Displacement< (given to her by Vax'ildan, loaned to Kerrek indefinitely)
 * Magic Choker (+1 to damage with beast/elemental forms, traded to Whaska for information)
 * Ring of Protection +1 (traded to Whaska for information)
 * Spark Stone (granted when she passed the Fire Ashari trial; expended; granted Keyleth a permanent boon of +1d6 fire damage with hands, claws, or talons when activated)

Abilities
Being a druid Keyleth is gifted with the ability to harness divine nature energy to cast spells as well as, transform into animals through Wild Shape. Being a Circle of the Moon druid allows her to use more powerful wild shapes such as higher CR beasts and elemental forms. She is a level 20 druid, allowing her full range of all druid spells. Each day she can prepare up to 26 spells.

Half-Elf Abilities

 * Darkvision
 * Fey Ancestry

Feats

 * Inspiring Leader (from completing the Aramenté)
 * Mystic Conflux (4 attuned items at a time)
 * Skilled (Alchemist's Supplies, Intimidation, Persuasion)
 * War Caster

Class Features

 * Archdruid
 * Unlimited Wild Shapes
 * Ability to ignore verbal, somatic, and no cost material components of spells
 * Beast Spells
 * Druid Circle: Circle of the Moon
 * Circle Forms
 * Combat Wild Shape
 * Elemental Wild Shape (Circle of the Moon)
 * Primal Strike (Circle of the Moon) (Beast attacks count as magical)
 * Thousand Forms (Circle of the Moon) (Alter Self at will)
 * Flaming Hands (from the Sparkstone)
 * Ritual Casting
 * Spellcasting (Wisdom-based ability)
 * Timeless Body
 * Wild Shape

Druid Spells
Keyleth has access to all druid class spells. As a 20th-level druid, she can prepare up to 26 spells per day.

Cantrips

 * Druidcraft
 * Guidance
 * Gust
 * Mending
 * Thorn Whip

1st-level

 * Absorb Elements
 * Create or Destroy Water
 * Cure Wounds
 * Detect Magic
 * Entangle
 * Faerie Fire
 * Fog Cloud
 * Goodberry
 * Healing Word
 * Ice Knife
 * Speak with Animals
 * Thunderwave

2nd-level

 * Beast Sense
 * Earthbind
 * Enhance Ability
 * Flame Blade
 * Flaming Sphere
 * Gust of Wind
 * Heat Metal
 * Hold Person
 * Locate Object
 * Moonbeam
 * Pass without Trace
 * Protection from Poison
 * Skywrite

3rd-level

 * Call Lightning
 * Daylight
 * Dispel Magic
 * Plant Growth
 * Protection from Energy
 * Sleet Storm
 * Speak with Plants
 * Tidal Wave
 * Water Breathing
 * Wind Wall

4th-level

 * Blight
 * Conjure Woodland Beings
 * Control Water
 * Dominate Beast
 * Freedom of Movement
 * Grasping Vine
 * Hallucinatory Terrain
 * Ice Storm
 * Locate Creature
 * Polymorph
 * Stone Shape
 * Stoneskin
 * Watery Sphere

5th-level

 * Antilife Shell
 * Commune with Nature
 * Contagion
 * Control Winds
 * Geas
 * Greater Restoration
 * Mass Cure Wounds
 * Planar Binding
 * Reincarnate
 * Scrying
 * Transmute Rock
 * Tree Stride
 * Wall of Stone

6th-level

 * Bones of the Earth
 * Find the Path
 * Heal
 * Heroes' Feast
 * Move Earth
 * Sunbeam
 * Transport via Plants
 * Wind Walk

7th-level

 * Fire Storm
 * Plane Shift
 * Regenerate
 * Whirlwind

8th-level

 * Animal Shapes
 * Control Weather
 * Earthquake
 * Feeblemind
 * Sunburst
 * Tsunami

9th-level

 * Foresight
 * Shapechange
 * True Resurrection

Spire of Conflux Spells

 * Burning Hands (1 charge)
 * Chain Lightning (6 charges)
 * Conjure Elemental (5 charges)
 * Fireball (3 charges)
 * Fire Storm (7 charges)
 * Ice Storm (4 charges)

Trivia

 * Keyleth has the highest wisdom score of any player character thus far.
 * Marisha Ray's inspiration for Keyleth, and her overall quest, came from Avatar: The Last Airbender.
 * Marisha chose the character's name by putting an air-related word into an online Elvish translator, and then simplified the spelling. Keyleth is similar to gwilith, which translates as "air (as a region)."
 * Likewise, the name of Keyleth's mother, Vilya, translates as "air, sky."
 * Keyleth is the last of the original members of Vox Machina to have died.
 * It was revealed on Talks Machina: After Dark that at one point, she and Vax became intimate with each other, and that he was her first.
 * Keyleth has expressed an interest in learning how to make potions and has asked Shaun Gilmore about possibly starting up a workshop to teach people alchemy.
 * Her favorite animal form is a saber-toothed tiger, which Grog refers to as "Minxie". She first used that form as a way to help Grog intimidate somebody, pretending to be his pet tiger. She can also turn into a bear that closely resembles Trinket.
 * Keyleth has participated in all four "Battle Royale" episodes and is the winner of the fourth.
 * According to the  Chronicles of Exandria artbook, the original plan for her Aramenté was Pyrah, Vesrah, and Terrah before she insisted on her own choices.
 * In the Critical Role Major Arcana Tarot Card Set, she represents XIX - The Sun.
 * Keyleth does not know what the metric system is.
 * Keyleth has an extremely low tolerance for alcohol, and her behavior is extremely affected by any amount of drinking, making her very loud and emotional.
 * Keyleth was the first, and so far only, member of Vox Machina to appear in Campaign 2. She was seen by Veth through the Transport via Plants portal opened by Vilya on Rumblecusp.