We all know Laura Bailey wins DND. We all know this. I’m going to gush about Thimble anyway.
Thimble’s whole character concept engages with the narrative Brennan has created so well. It plays off the Tinkerbell trope, not just surface level, what if Tinkerbell had a sword! But what if Peter Pan wasn’t there anymore? What if Tink had to figure out who she wanted to be and what she was going to do?
Thimble’s whole life she was pretty little pixie, then a gift, then sidekick. She didn’t age. She didn’t change.
Now she has no choice but to do so. Change has come for her in a terrible and violent way, and meeting it head on, it turns out she’s terrifying. She can access an ability that’s only been a legend amongst her people, she killed the knight that took out Lord Royce nearly single-handedly. She destroyed the undead monstrosity that was Raimond Davinos despite the fact it could’ve killed her in one blow.
And yet she still doesn’t feel like she’s a hero, that was Thaz’s job. Her character arc about stepping out of someone else’s shadow (no pun intended) and into her own light is one of my favorite threads of the campaign. I can’t wait to see where she goes.