Opal

Opal
Official portrait for Exandria Unlimited: Kymal, by Hannah Friederichs.
Official portrait of Opal for Exandria Unlimited Prime, by Hannah Friederichs from "The Nameless Ones" (E1x01).
Type	Player Character (ExU/C3) Non-Player Character (C3)
Actor	Aimee Carrero (ExU/C3) Matthew Mercer (C3)
Character Information
Name	Opal
Pronouns	she/her
Titles	22nd Gem of Byroden
Also known as	Georgina (birth name) Opal (the) Twice-Crowned
Creature type	Humanoid
Race	Human (Aevilux)
Class	Warlock (The Hexblade, Pact of the Tome)
Age	19 (in 843 PD)
Alignment	Chaotic Neutral
Languages	Common, Elvish
Places	Byroden (hometown) Emon, Republic of Tal'Dorei
Family	Ted (twin sister) Father Paloma (mother)
Connections	Crown Keepers (member) Olivancer Fields (former boyfriend) Lolth (deity) Ted 2 (familiar)
Profession	Champion
Status
Status	Alive (as of 843 PD)
Stats
Level	13
HP	96
AC	16
DC	14
Str	8
Dex	15
Con	10
Int	12
Wis	13
Cha	20
Reference(s)
Appearances
First seen	"The Nameless Ones" (E1x01)
Last seen	"A New Age Begins" (3x121)
Stream	Exandria Unlimited Prime (8 episodes) Exandria Unlimited: Kymal (2 episodes) Campaign 3 (5 episodes)

Opal is a human warlock, the champion of the Spider Queen, and member of the Crown Keepers. She is played by Aimee Carrero.

Description

Official full-body portrait of Opal, by Hannah Friederichs.

Appearance

Opal ordinarily had brown hair, but she dyed it an iridescent white color worn in a half-updo, and was very attentive to her makeup. She wore a pink sateen cropped jacket and had a rose-gold necklace with a pendant containing a small opal, her connection to her twin sister, Ted.

Her appearance changed when she equipped the Circlet of Barbed Vision. It caused black, thick, sticky liquid to run from the wounds where the thorns stuck in, and her eyes turned dark black. Her dye job disappeared, and her hair itself actually turned opalescent. She began to more closely resemble her sister Ted, with a more snarling smile and a slightly wider and stronger body.

A year later, Opal was still wearing the Circlet, although she had attempted unsuccessfully to remove it. The black ichor flowing from it had stained Opal's face, hands, and clothing although she disguised herself so others would not see it. Her eyes had become two different colors, one brown and one iridescent, and in the darkness they are reflective, like the eyes of a cat.

During her fight against the rest of the Crown Keepers she grew two additional pairs of arms (representing Ted and Lolth). By the time she joined the battle in the Red Center, days later, she still had them and something in her mouth resembled spider jaws. After Lolth stopped influencing her mind through the Circlet of Barbed Vision the warlock's body returned to normal (looking like she had right after she put the crown for the first time), and the vestige stopped dripping black ichor, so she could get clean.

Personality

Opal was described as having a shining personality by Ted; she was very charismatic and easy to talk to. She was confident, albeit naive, and put a lot of effort towards her physical appearance. She could be a bit full of herself, especially when dealing with her sister, and liked to show off.

Biography

Background

Fan art of Opal preparing to knock out a tied-up, charmed Arthur with an Eldritch Blast, by BlackSalander.

Born in Byroden in 824 PD, Opal and Ted are the twin daughters of an unnamed father and a mother named Paloma. Paloma originally named Opal Georgina, but she left Byroden in 827 PD, when her children weren't old enough to remember her well, shortly after telling them about their shared nature as Aevilux, members of a group able to split their souls to experience the world through different perspectives. Although Georgina barely remembered that story, she grew to resent Paloma because she left them, asked her father to rename her, not wanting to use the name given to her by her mother. She grew up in Byroden, where she knew her grandmother, and at some point was crowned Miss Byroden in the Forever Byroden pageant. She also became skilled in rope-tying; by her own reckoning, tying things up is all she was good at; she also annoyed her sister a lot, and often overshadowed her.

When she turned 18, she left Byroden on her own, wanting to become an adventurer; deep inside, a part of her wanted to believe that if she became as famous as Vax'ildan and Vex'ahlia, the adventuring twins and heroes from Byroden, maybe Paloma would hear about her and come looking for her. She eventually came to Emon around Civilization's Dawn in 842 PD, where she saw the ocean for the first time while visiting the Ozmit Sea at the Port of Emon.

Exandria Unlimited Prime

"The Nameless Ones" (E1x01)

With the rest of the Exandria Unlimited Prime party, Opal woke up in a house in Emon with no memory of the preceding week. As the party were disembarking the Blightstar, the ship they'd boarded to search for something to give to Poska, Fearne Calloway noticed someone in the crowd staring at her, so Opal stepped into their field of vision and intimidated them into leaving.

The party made their way to Poska's warehouse on Darkwater Street and Opal entered to deliver some of the things they found there. She noticed no one was there, so left 125 of the 500 platinum they'd found there with the symbol of the Nameless Ones drawn on it.

"The Oh No Plateau" (E1x02)

The party attempted to leave the city, heading for the Flamereach Outpost to ask the Ashari there for advice, but noticed shady figures waiting for them. Opal successfully charmed one of the two with Charm Person and restrained him. The rest of the party incapacitated the other opponent and the party left the city.

When they set up camp for the night, they took the time to discuss their stolen goods. Opal remembered that Residuum could be refined into Suude and was extremely valuable. She also touched the Circlet of Barbed Vision and heard the skittering of spiders all around her, as well as seeing a vision of a massive spider leg. She relayed this vision to the party and they immediately connected it to Lolth and realized that this was one of the Vestiges of Divergence.

During the night, Opal dreamt of the giant spider and heard the voice of her sister, Ted, asking what she thinks she's doing. Ted said she was trying to keep her alive and warned her to get rid of the circlet because it's evil. The two sisters argued, and Opal woke herself up.

The next day, while fighting on the "Oh No Plateau", Opal realized that she no longer had access to her magic. She heard the voice of Ted telling her that all she had to do was apologize but Opal refused.

"A Glorious Return" (E1x03)

The party made a scene trying to sneak back into Emon, Opal making a loud distraction claiming she was looking for her daughter, Nancy. They eventually made their way to Gilmore's Glorious Goods and asked Gilmore for his help. Opal, alongside most of the party, was instantly charmed and enamored by Gilmore. Opal bought a Vicious Whip, an amber spell gem and a new coat before they left the city.

"By the Road" (E1x04)

Fan art of Opal, by Rachel McEwan.

The party headed south, stopping along the way by the gateway in the Verdant Expanse that brought Fearne from the Feywild and fighting a dark version of Fearne there. Opal was knocked unconscious during the fight, and found herself in a dark place face to face with Ted. Ted accused her of being selfish and arrogant, saying Opal didn't even know what Ted gave up to give her magic. Ted offered to give her powers back if Opal promised to take care of herself. Fearne then healed Opal back to consciousness.

The party continued south to Opal's hometown, Byroden. The guards at the gate recognised Opal immediately and welcomed the party in. Byroden was in the middle of the year's Byroden Forever festival and the party decided to participate in the Gem of Byroden pageant. Opal led the party on a shopping trip to find appropriate outfits.

With the assistance of Fearne, Dorian Storm and Dariax Zaveon, Opal won the pageant and was crowned Gem of Byroden. At the end of the night, Opal returned home and sat in the room she shared with Ted. She took off her crown and left it on Ted's bed.

"A Test of Worth" (E1x05)

In the morning, before they left Byroden, Opal felt the pendant around her neck glow and pulse before falling from her throat. Fearne repaired the necklace and Fy'ra Rai told her she should tell her sister anything she needed to. Opal spoke aloud to Ted, thanking her for her magic and asked where Ted was, but received no response.

When the party reached the Qoniiran ruins in the Rifenmist Jungle, The Wildmother spoke to each of them. She asked Opal why she and Ted were here and Opal protested that Ted wasn't here. The Wildmother told her that Ted was within her and promised more answers lay ahead. In their fight against a giant fey crocodile, Opal successfully flipped it onto its back, incapacitating it.

Later that night, when they went to sleep, Opal saw Ted in her dreams. She asked Ted if she was dead, which Ted refused, although she seemed unsure. Ted admitted that she didn't know where her body was or what she was doing before she came here.

"The Gift Among the Green" (E1x06)

In Niirdal-Poc, the party spoke with Tetrarch Thrascuur. Thascuur handed Opal a mirror, in which she saw herself but with differently colored hair and eyes. Opal was angered by this, concluding that she had no magic of her own, but Thrascuur explained that the person she saw was her mother and her life and choices are her own. Opal told Thrascuur her worries about Myr'atta Niselor following them, so Thrascuur cast a spell on Opal to prevent Scrying and Opal felt Ted relax.

When the party left the building, Opal was hit with a tiny dart. She lost consciousness and was flung over the shoulder of one of their assailants, who carried her off. The party gave chase and during the ensuing fight Opal regained consciousness. The party rescued Opal and killed her would-be kidnappers untill just Myr'atta was left, who turned to Opal and said "I will take away everything you hold dear. You don't deserve it!" then cast Dimension Door and disappeared. In the aftermath, Opal felt Ted slump into sleep and sensed her magic was gone again.

"Beyond the Heart City" (E1x07)

While the party investigated the ruins of Niirdal-Sarqet, Opal was hit by several needles of residuum. She noticed where they were coming from, and the figure revealed herself as Myr'atta. She stepped forward, pulled out a long spike of metal and residuum and sank it into the ground. As she did, Opal felt her body pulled slamming into the ground, and Myr'atta told her she would free her from "this little girl" and together they would change the world. When Opal asked what she was talking about, Myr'atta responded that she was talking to Ted, not Opal, and that Myr'atta had been through too much to fail now.

"What Comes Next" (E1x08)

Fan art of Opal, by Casu.

The party fought Myr'atta, Opal reaching out to Ted to find her screaming in terror. Opal was pinned to the ground by the residuum needles. During the fight, Myr'atta focused on the centre of the clearing, and the ground rumbled and erupted with large pseudopods made of dirt, earth and old ruins, held together by the miasma around them, building something strange. Opal realized Ted's screaming was coming from it.

Still incapacitated, Opal heard the voice of Lolth in her head, promising to restore her health and magical energy if she put the Circlet of Barbed Vision on. Dariax pulled some of the residuum needles from her and helped her to feet, and Opal felt her connection to Ted weaken. Opal told Dariax not to remove anymore of the needles.

The party realized that the large creature Myr'atta was summoning was Ted, brought into the world to serve as a warlock patron to others. Opal attempted to talk to Ted, but Lolth blocked her. Opal tried again, asking why Ted was doing this. Ted replied that she wasn't choosing this and was being pulled from Opal.

In a moment of desperation, Opal placed the Circlet of Barbed Vision on her head. Her health and spell slots restored, Opal Misty Stepped to Myr'atta and slit her throat, saying "You can't have her". Dorian then successfully completed a ritual to return Ted to Opal, and she felt whole again. After the fight, Opal was unable to bring herself to pull the circlet off, and it began shifting something under her skin so that it would be damaging to try to remove.

"The Draw of Destiny" (3x01)

Opal did not accompany Orym, Dorian Storm, and Fearne Calloway on their adventures to Marquet later in 843 PD, as she still had a lot to figure out regarding her sister and the circlet, which she continued to be unable to remove. Dariax stayed with her for support.

"Exandria Unlimited: Kymal, Part 1" (E2x01)

Opal and Dariax met up with Dorian, Cyrus and Fy'ra Rai in Kymal to figure out how to get enough money to pay off Cyrus's bounty. Immediately prior to meeting them, she stole a fur bolero from another casino patron. After Dariax won a large bet, the group moved to get drinks and met the bartender Morrighan Ferus. While getting drinks, Opal felt her pocket being picked and along with Fy'ra Rai pursued the thief, casting Detect Magic to learn that the stolen item was her Pearl of Power. On the way, Opal ran into the woman whose bolero she stole and gave it back, now permanently stained with black ichor. The group discussed plans to pay the bounty, and Opal suggested a casino heist. The group then began planning and preparing for the heist.

During the heist, Opal and Dariax waited near the penthouse with instructions to break down the door if the key didn't arrive in fifteen minutes, while the others stayed in the theater. Opal summoned her familiar, a spider named Ted 2, and sent it through the keyhole looking for plans or blueprints. Ted 2 didn't find any blueprints but there were three armed figures inside. Hearing approaching footsteps, Opal called out before realizing it's the rest of the party arriving. She then disguised herself to look like Phaedrov as the guards inside the room came to investigate her shout. Opal and Fy'ra, who had transformed herself to look like Tharla Starr, tried to convince the guards they were simply coming back to Phaedrov's room, but failed and combat was initiated.

"Exandria Unlimited: Kymal, Part 2" (E2x02)

The night before the heist, the Crownkeepers went to the Chroma Dawn spa to meet with Jinoir. Opal and Dariax disguised themselves in fluffy robes and flip-flops and enjoyed their spa treatments. After Fy'ra got the information she needed, she ushered everyone else out of the spa and back to their room to discuss things in private. They made some last minute preparations then went to bed.

That night, Opal had a dream about Lolth, who was in the place where Ted had usually come for her in her dreams. Opal tried to discuss her appearance and aesthetic with Lolth, who was uninterested, and instead urged Opal to seek out the Children of Malice in Kymal. Opal ignored this and instead attempted to discuss rehabilitating Lolth's image by associating her more with good, or at least neutral deeds. She convinced Lolth to make her her champion, and Lolth granted her a boon for speaking to her as an equal: it was painful, but Opal was able to withstand it, and she became resistant to poison and immune to the poisoned condition as the Circlet of Barbed Vision awakened. While Lolth gave Opal the ability to change her appearance as part of the deal, Opal decided to keep it.

During the heist, Opal frequently used Ted 2 to scout ahead of them. During their daring escape on the sky deck, Opal cast Major Image to make it appear as though the sky deck collapsed, rather than was pushed off, to buy them a little extra time and avoid any Nameless Ones catching up to the slow-moving sky deck. The image included Poska standing over the corpses of the Crown Keepers, having sacrificed herself. She then helped Dorian and Cyrus move the sky deck, flirting with Cyrus on the way.

Before and during "Broken Roads" (3x92)

Opal and her friends spent a lot of time in the floating bar, traveling very slowly, and during that time Opal bonded with Morrighan about their common experience dealing with goddesses, complimenting each other and realizing they balanced each other in the group. Eventually they landed, and they kept moving away from Kymal and Poska's influence, visiting mostly small settlements. As the apogee solstice approached Opal started getting "a little dark", losing some sanity and becoming easily distracted as Lolth's influence became more prominent in her mind, while Ted struggled with it too. In one of their stops in a small village, Opal spent some time with Fy'ra, speaking about their respective twin sisters, and making the monk feel a bit better about Fy'ra Kai being their enemy now. About a week after that, the warlock, who hadn't been resting well, was surprised by Dariax muttering in a corner in the middle of the night, and showed her support, offering to sleep next to her so she could relax.

Fan art of Opal in the Spider Queen's web, by Pyromeekorai.

A couple of days later, as the Crown Keepers were on their way to Zephrah following Orym's instructions, the Spider Queen, who had lost her patience and had felt her life was in danger since the beginning of the solstice, demanded that Opal dedicate herself completely to her service as her champion. Opal tried to argue, since she thought their plan was to rehabilitate the reputation of the Betrayer God, but Lolth didn't listen and forced her to attack her friends, after releasing through her body a wave of spiderwebs and jewels that covered the surrounding area. Opal used her Hexblade's Curse and some Eldritch Blasts against Fy'ra, and although she couldn't control her own actions, she had cast Telepathic Bond that morning, so she told her friends that she wasn't trying to harm them willingly. Morrighan attacked her with her rapier, causing Ted to come out of her twin to defend her; Dorian tried to grapple Opal, but she moved him away with ease. Shortly afterwards, spiders summoned by Lolth started destroying the gems, and Opal (and her friends through the Telepathic Bond) received a vision of her mother talking to her daughters about their legacy as Aevilux before that memory was erased from her mind. Since she was still a prisoner inside her own body and Ted was willing to hurt her friends to protect her, Opal cast Darkness to make everyone have difficulty seeing her. As her friends realized that the gems represented aspects of the warlock's mind, personality and memories, they started interacting with them, seeing visions of Opal's interactions with Morrighan and Fy'ra during the journey. Despite that, the Spider Queen forced her to attack her friends again, using her Grasp of Avarice against Dariax. Dariax touched the gems as well, remembering one of his recent interactions with Opal, but Lolth altered the memory to scare him. She then whispered to Opal that she would let the Crown Keepers leave if Opal willingly left the group. Fearing for her friends' lives, she started to doubt, telling them with her mind that maybe they should go. Shortly afterwards, Ted returned inside Opal as the Spider Queen became more aggressive, and the warlock's body transformed, getting taller and showing three different pairs of arms, as the minds of the twins and the goddess acted in unison.

"Bittersweet Reunions" (3x93)

Opal tried to negotiate with Lolth but the goddess refused, showing her visions of the real thing that should concern them (Predathos), and giving her only one last chance to send her friends away before she started killing them. The battle continued, and when Fy'ra got too close to Opal and tried to cast Fireball, the warlock Counterspelled it, although her own Darkness was Dispelled immediately afterwards by the power of the Wildmother, who protected Fy'ra. Opal cast Mass Suggestion and told Dariax and Dorian to leave and find Orym, and they obeyed. Opal was then forced to attack Morrighan, and although she tried to use Banishing Smite to make her disappear and keep her safe for the duration of the spell, she didn't hit her target; in the meantime, the spiders in the battlefield continued destroying gems, and Opal forgot her birth name and who Ted was. Although she was trying to do what the Spider Queen had told her, Opal still kept some defiance, and the goddess answered by killing Cyrus with one of the spiders, making Opal feel like she had killed him herself.

Fan art of Fy'ra and Opal, by Zeth.

After Morrighan left (taking with her some of the gems to protect part of Opal's identity), Opal was left alone with Fy'ra. Through their Telepathic Bond the warlock told her that she should try to harm her as much as possible and then leave, but instead, the monk stayed and negotiated with Lolth, explaining that as a divine champion herself, she could stay and protect Opal, fighting alongside her against Predathos and any other enemy aligned with it. The Betrayer God agreed, and allowed Opal to regain control. Opal, feeling exhausted and years older, left with Fy'ra Rai.

"A Test of Fate" (3x109)

Days later, while Bells Hells were talking to the Matron of Ravens, the goddess told them about important people in history crushed by destiny, and summoned an image of Opal to use as an example (along with Liliana Temult and Vespin Chloras). Shortly after, in order to test the adventurers, she made the three figures come to life to fight them, but the group decided those weren't real people and defeated them all; Orym was the one who knocked Opal unconscious (instead of doing a lethal strike), but when she fell to the floor she sank, disappearing.

When Dorian touched a thread of fate he saw visions of Opal's life before seeing her (the actual warlock) sharpening her blades in the Hellcatch Valley, preparing for a battle with other warriors around her.

"Assault on the Malleus Key" (3x113)

During the battle between the Exandrian Accord and the Ruby Vanguard a fiendish army joined the fight against the forces defending the Malleus Key, and one of them, a winged devil, brought Opal with it. She immediately started using her magic and her many knifes to attack her enemies, and at one point she shot spider web to climb on top of a vidulch and kill it; when she was done she looked at Vox Machina and encouraged them to continue towards the Bloody Bridge.

"A New Age Begins" (3x121)

When the gods went through the Rites of Catatheosis to be reborn as mortals and hide from Predathos, Lolth sent one last vision to her champion, telling her that they would always be connected through the circlet. However, with her active influence gone, the vestige stopped producing black ichor, and Opal regained control of her actions and a somewhat normal appearance. She was in Vasselheim and when she was contacted by Imogen Temult via Sending, she started looking for Bells Hells in the crowd; she was stopped by some soldiers, but when Orym finally saw her he leaped towards her (calling her "Ma", which caused her to respond "Nancy", since it was their private joke) and told those people that the warlock was part of the group. The adventurers once known as the Crown Keepers had a warm reunion, and the first time Opal and Dorian made eye contact she apologized for what had happened with Cyrus; the bard told her that it would be all right. She was then introduced to Bells Hells, exchanging some compliments with Ashton Greymoore and accepting Imogen's offer of cleaning all her dark stains with Prestidigitation. She told them about the Spider Queen's last conversation with her, tasking her with finding her in her next life; she declared that she was okay with it, as she was very interested in the idea of the goddess as a mortal and vulnerable baby, and wanted to locate her first after what she had done to Cyrus (she and Dorian exchanged another meaningful look). Laudna then laughed and complimented how pretty and spooky she was, and when the champion told her that she was too, the older adventurer produced some dark ichor of her own to look like she had a few minutes before. When Bells Hells were brought to the Platinum Sanctuary the guards there didn't want a follower of a Betrayer inside, but after Ashton threatened them they agreed to at least treat Opal respectfully as she stayed at the door. She eavesdropped on the conversation about accepting Ruidians in Exandria and teaching them about its culture; since Byroden was one of the cities chosen for this purpose, when people were coming out of the building Opal looked for Vex'ahlia (recognizing her because she remembered her statue back home) and suggested that the beauty pageants and pie contests of Byroden would be a good way to teach Ruidians about the traditions of that place. Both Vex and her husband liked the idea, and invited her to Whitestone to talk more about it.

Days later Opal reunited with Fearne, Dorian, and Orym, and joined them in a trip to the latter's home in Zephrah. There they reunited with Dariax (and with his ex, Deni$e Bembachula) and were very happy to see each other; he, with the warlock's permission, tried to take the circlet off of her head, but only got bloody hands as a result. Opal apologized to him for using magic to send him away the last time they saw each other, but Dariax told her that he was glad to see she was okay now. After that they met Keyleth, who joked with Opal about how both of them had crowns but only the druid's was removable (causing the Ashari to immediately wonder if it was weird to joke about that). After Orym clarified a couple of things about his job the Crown Keepers spent some time drinking with the Voice of the Tempest, and she named them all honorary Ashari, then, at Dorian's request, she used her official stamp to declare that the Crown Keepers had completed their mission (since she was the one who originally sent some of them to Jrusar and contributed to the formation of Bells Hells). Opal and the others joined Orym at the family dinner he had requested.

In the following years Opal kept her vestige, so her friend Fearne did a lot of research in order to find a way to remove it safely.

Relationships

Fan art of Opal and Ted, by Tori Bennett.

Ted

Opal has a twin sister, Ted, to whom she sometimes speaks out loud though they are apart. She feels close to Ted, though they made different decisions in life. Ted is the source of Opal's magical power, and she is watching Opal from a low, dark place beside and within Opal. After a confrontation with Ted while Opal was unconscious, she saw Ted in a new light but resented her for not having her own life. During their adventures, and after discovering Ted's strange condition as a warlock patron, due to which she almost was taken away by Myr'atta Niselor, the two sisters became closer again, although maintaining a bit of their classic dynamic annoying each other.

Although Opal doesn't remember it, her sister and her are Aevilux, two halves of the same soul, and when they "reunited" Ted didn't disappear, but became a part of her, making them both stronger, and being even more focused on keeping her safe, since they were both connected. However, after the destruction of many of her memory gems in the battle between the Crown Keepers and the minions of the Spider Queen, Opal had forgotten her sister, sensing her only as a strange presence inside of her.

Ted 2

Even though the warlock called her ugly when talking with Ted, and despite the fact that the familiar bit her once when she was summoned from her earring form, Opal and Ted 2 seemed to have a good and affectionate relationship with each other.

Dariax Zaveon

Dariax and Opal are very close, and after she put the Circlet of Barbed Vision he was the one who stayed with her most of the time, becoming protective of her. Opal is very fond of the sorcerer, and considers him very smart, even if he's easily distracted.

Fy'ra Rai

Fan art of the sisters, by Elaine Tipping.

Despite having very different families, Fy'ra and Opal have bonded because of their common experience dealing with twin sisters who are different from themselves; also, when the monk made a bad joke Opal tried to laugh to protect her feelings, even though they both knew it wasn't that funny.

Opal considers Fy'ra her sister too, and was very grateful when she agreed to stay with her and protect her as a fellow divine champion, although she also feels slightly guilty because of it.

Morrighan Ferus

When they first met, Opal thought Morrighan was really beautiful and cool, and feared she would become jealous of the lagomore. However, after they spent some time together they realized they were actually very compatible in the same team, respecting and balancing each other.

Morrighan is currently the protector of part of Opal's identity, after she took some of her memory gems with her to protect them from Lolth.

Cyrus Wyvernwind

Opal made jokes about Cyrus engaging in "handies" and giving sleazy, suggestive winks. The Spider Queen weaponized the fact that she was fond of the genasi, and killed him to show her that she still had things to lose.

Character information

Fan art of Opal wearing the Circlet, by Scout Villegas.

Notable items

• Iridescent daggers
• Vicious Whip
• Amber Spell Gem, currently imbued with a 4th level Counterspell
• Ring of Greater Invisibility
• Ring of Invisibility, might be a retconned version of the previous one
• Circlet of Barbed Vision
• Opal necklace, her connection to her sister Ted
• Pearl of Power (stolen by Jinoir; returned to Opal by Fy'ra Rai)
• Ring of Spell Storing, currently storing:
  • 2 uses of Shield
  • 1 use of Counterspell
• Half of a tiger's eye gem, a gift from Fy'ra

Feats

• Actor
• Baleful Scion
  • Grasp of Avarice (5/day)

Proficiencies

Skills: Intimidation, Investigation

Warlock abilities

• Otherworldly Patron: Hexblade
  • Hexblade's Curse
  • Hex Warrior
  • Accursed Specter
  • Armor of Hexes
• Pact Magic (Charisma-based spellcasting)
• Eldritch Invocations (6)
  • Agonizing Blast
  • Book of Ancient Secrets
  • Devil's Sight
  • Mask of Many Faces
  • Relentless Hex
• Pact Boon: Pact of the Tome
• Mystic Arcanum

Warlock spells

Spell level	Spell	Notes
0 (cantrip)	Eldritch Blast
0 (cantrip)	Green Flame Blade
0 (cantrip)	Mind Sliver
0 (cantrip)	Poison Spray
0 (cantrip)	Toll the Dead
0 (cantrip)	Chill Touch
0 (cantrip)	Shocking Grasp
0 (cantrip)	Fire Bolt
0 (cantrip)	Druidcraft	Pact of the Tome
0 (cantrip)	Vicious Mockery	Pact of the Tome
0 (cantrip)	Word of Radiance	Pact of the Tome
1st	Charm Person
1st	Shield	Hexblade
1st	Witch Bolt
2nd	Darkness
2nd	Misty Step
3rd	Counterspell
3rd	Fly
3rd	Fireball
3rd	Hunger of Hadar
3rd	Major Image
5th	Banishing Smite	Hexblade
5th	Far Step
6th	Mass Suggestion	Mystic Arcanum
7th	Forcecage	Mystic Arcanum

Book of Ancient Secrets rituals

Fan art of Opal Twice-Crowned in battle, by Christian Thor Lally.

Spell level	Spell	Notes
1st	Detect Magic
1st	Find Familiar	Through Lolth's boon
5th	Rary's Telepathic Bond

Abilities under the control of the Spider Queen

• Legendary Actions:
  • Opal's action
  • Ted's action
  • Summoned spiders' action
  • Lolth's action

Behind the scenes

Aimee stated that her first question when creating Opal was "What's the Exandria equivalent of Laredo, TX?" She described Opal as "an amalgamation of many incredible women" ranging from celebrities to friends who grew up in Laredo. She highlighted stories of her friends participating in local Las Marthas debutante balls, a tradition she found interesting and described as part of Mexican-American and immigrant efforts to assimilate. Of these stories, she said, "Opal needed to be from a place like this: flashy, a little curious, and full of rich culture." Through discussions with Matt, Aabria, and other members of the creative team, it was ultimately decided Byroden was such a place.

Mechanically speaking, part of Opal's character was built around the concept of the kalashtar, a playable race from Eberron known for their psychic abilities and the presence of two minds in one body. Aabria wanted to bring an equivalent of that race to Exandria, and thus she created the Aevilux, although for most of the adventure Opal was unaware of them.

The intent with Opal was to tell a coming-of-age story, and her overly confident, flawed and at times "unlikeable" character was intentionally developed as part of that, showing, in time, how she became more adult, losing part of that confidence. In remarks about "By the Road" (E1x04), which features an emotional argument between Opal and Ted, Aimee said that she wanted their relationship to explore "2 very different people, connected forever, with 2 really valid (and opposing) core wounds" and felt that "they can't ever seem to give what the other needs".

Her Pinterest image board of visual inspiration for Opal included Dolly Parton, Jennifer Lopez, 1984 Miss America pageant winner Vanessa Williams, Goldie Hawn as she appeared on Laugh-In, and the character Cher Horowitz of Clueless.

Quotations

• "Food! Food? They're not getting back to me."
• "No last name, no stage name needed."
• (Trying to express "change the channel" in setting-appropriate terms:) "I'm going to turn the papyrus, Ted!"
• "Go away, ash!"
• "I can't be alone."
• Ted: (after Opal attempts to steal a coat) What are you doing?! You fully stole that.
  Opal: Yeah. Stealing from the rich, giving to the me.
• "Sometimes in death or in absentia, I think we tend to glorify people, their memories, at least. It's supposed to be like that if we're never going to see them again. But then, you see them again, and then it's just a choice to love them, even if they're assholes."

Appearances and mentions

• Exandria Unlimited Prime
  • "The Nameless Ones" (E1x01) (first appearance)
  • "The Oh No Plateau" (E1x02)
  • "A Glorious Return" (E1x03)
  • "By the Road" (E1x04)
  • "A Test of Worth" (E1x05)
  • "The Gift Among the Green" (E1x06)
  • "Beyond the Heart City" (E1x07)
  • "What Comes Next" (E1x08)
• Exandria Unlimited: Kymal
  • "Exandria Unlimited: Kymal, Part 1" (E2x01)
  • "Exandria Unlimited: Kymal, Part 2" (E2x02)
• Campaign Three
  • "The Draw of Destiny" (3x01), mentioned only
  • "The Aurora Grows" (3x49), mentioned only
  • "Broken Roads" (3x92)
  • "Bittersweet Reunions" (3x93)
  • "A Test of Fate" (3x109), as a test by the Matron
  • "In the Shadow of War" (3x110), mentioned only
  • "Assault on the Malleus Key" (3x113) [DM]
  • "A New Age Begins" (3x121)
• Specials
  • "Total Party Kill: Chicago Live 2025" (Sx95), mentioned only

Trivia

Fan art of Opal, by BrittaJJ26.

• Her real name, Georgina, comes from the the combination of the Greek terms ge (earth/soil) and ergon (work), so the name can be translated as "farmer".
• Opal got the first "HDYWTDT" of Exandria Unlimited Prime when fighting the shadowy assassins in "The Nameless Ones" (E1x01).
• Aimee Carrero described Opal as being the Exandria equivalent of Latina.
• Opal is right-handed.
• Aimee dressed as Opal wearing the Circlet of Barbed Vision for Halloween in 2021.
• Opal's magic used to be lighter, but it changed its hue (mauve instead of pink), getting darker due to the Spider Queen's influence, despite Ted still acting as Opal's warlock patron.
• During "Bittersweet Reunions" (3x93), Aabria Iyengar said that there were only a couple of people like Opal in the whole world.
• While playing Opal, Aimee had a combat flowchart for her, and after "Bittersweet Reunions" (3x93) she made it public on Twitter.

External Links

• Exandria Unlimited Playlist: Opal (July, 7 2021)

References

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