What is the deal with Nocturne?

[Metallicus]

It sounds like the character is voice acted by a male actor, but the character appears like a female Tiefling. Is it supposed to be a dude in drag or is it a husky voiced human in demon form (Tiefling, lol).

[THIS GAME ⁧⁧SUCKS]

There's no such thing as a "male" or "female" voice. We all have different vocal pitch.
-Philip

[GriffinPilgrim]

Pretty sure they were going for drag queen but honestly, given that we're talking about a probably fae necromancer. who can say?
Edit: I was confusing Nocturne and Lucretious, my bad. Nocturne is a trans woman, this can be revealed if you give Noblestalk to Shadowheart in Act 1.

[Jackie]

She is voiced by a trans-woman since the character is also a trans-woman. The voice actress is also the youtuber "Philosophy Tube".

[Metallicus]

Originally posted by THIS GAME ⁧⁧SUCKS:

There's no such thing as a "male" or "female" voice. We all have different vocal pitch.
-Philip

If you think you can't tell a male or female speaker by their voice then I don't know how to help you. Life makes it easy to tell male from female through experience.

[Scheneighnay]

Honestly never met this character

[Metallicus]

Originally posted by Jackie:

She is voiced by a trans-woman since the character is also a trans-woman. The voice actress is also the youtuber "Philosophy Tube".

So doesn't a trans woman start off as a man?

[Metallicus]

Originally posted by Scheneighnay:

Honestly never met this character

He can trade a few miscellaneous items with your party and seems to be related to Shadowheart's quest-line, but I don't know that they are actually important so you could have missed them or avoided them altogether. I missed them my first playthrough.

[GriffinPilgrim]

Originally posted by Metallicus:

Originally posted by Jackie:

She is voiced by a trans-woman since the character is also a trans-woman. The voice actress is also the youtuber "Philosophy Tube".

So doesn't a trans woman start off as a man?

No, a trans woman is always a woman, regardless of anatomy.

[Metallicus]

Originally posted by GriffinPilgrim:

Originally posted by Metallicus:

So doesn't a trans woman start off as a man?

No, a trans woman is always a woman, regardless of anatomy.

That doesn't make any sense to me. Why would you need to be trans if you didn't start off as something else. You wouldn't need the qualifier of 'trans'.

[THIS GAME ⁧⁧SUCKS]

Originally posted by Metallicus:

Originally posted by THIS GAME ⁧⁧SUCKS:

There's no such thing as a "male" or "female" voice. We all have different vocal pitch.
-Philip

If you think you can't tell a male or female speaker by their voice then I don't know how to help you. Life makes it easy to tell male from female through experience.

A lot of people get me confused. I make sure to correct them!
-Philip

[GriffinPilgrim]

Originally posted by Metallicus:

Originally posted by GriffinPilgrim:

No, a trans woman is always a woman, regardless of anatomy.

That doesn't make any sense to me. Why would you need to be trans if you didn't start off as something else. You wouldn't need the qualifier of 'trans'.

The whole point is that a trans person's gender identity does not match their biological sex. Once they come to terms with this they transition from acting the part of their biological sex to embracing their true gender, sometimes with surgery, sometimes without, their choice. Their gender identity doesn't change, they just realise it, in much the same way that a gay person coming out isn't them becoming gay, they always were, they just may not have realised it.

[Metrod125]

Originally posted by Metallicus:

It sounds like the character is voice acted by a male actor, but the character appears like a female Tiefling. Is it supposed to be a dude in drag or is it a husky voiced human in demon form (Tiefling, lol).

The Tiefling's original name was Reynauld or something, a regular tiefling boy from Shadowheart's childhood that, given the context of them living in technically a horribly bloody aweful environment to grow up in, to me, imo, was forced to become what they are now.
For what dark sharran purpose Nocturne was supposed to serve is unknown.

[Metallicus]

Originally posted by Metrod125:

Originally posted by Metallicus:

It sounds like the character is voice acted by a male actor, but the character appears like a female Tiefling. Is it supposed to be a dude in drag or is it a husky voiced human in demon form (Tiefling, lol).

The Tiefling's original name was Reynauld or something, a regular tiefling boy from Shadowheart's childhood that, given the context of them living in technically a horribly bloody aweful environment to grow up in, to me, imo, was forced to become what they are now.
For what dark sharran purpose Nocturne was supposed to serve is unknown.

Reynauld and Shadowheart were definitely given more trauma than anyone can handle. Its not surprising the two of them ended up how they did after all they went through.

[GriffinPilgrim]

Originally posted by Metallicus:

Originally posted by Metrod125:

The Tiefling's original name was Reynauld or something, a regular tiefling boy from Shadowheart's childhood that, given the context of them living in technically a horribly bloody aweful environment to grow up in, to me, imo, was forced to become what they are now.
For what dark sharran purpose Nocturne was supposed to serve is unknown.

Reynauld and Shadowheart were definitely given more trauma than anyone can handle. Its not surprising the two of them ended up how they did after all they went through.

Nocturne's trauma manifests in her inability to leave the cult. Her transition has nothing to do with it. Shar has many faults but she's not petty enough to care about her follower's gender identity.

[Mike Garrison]

It wasn't until several playthroughs that I gave Shadowheart the noblestalk and learned the backstory. Might be worth doing that yourself, but the quick answer is that Nocturne was Shadowheart's only friend in the temple. Shadowheart's courage inspired Nocturne.