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9. Detective Chimp (Bobo T. Chimpanzee)
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Chimp made his debut in Campaign 1, being summoned by Artemis's magic crown. Artemis, always looking for father figures, found an uncle in Chimp. We also used him as a call for aid, if I recall correctly, to help solve a riddle that we had already solved and just didn't properly check to see if we had the right answer.

Come to campaign 2, and Chimp is the leader of the Shadowpact, and order of people associated with the arcane who have come together with the purpose of saving magic. In this case, the Spectre is trying to destroy all of magic, as it is the source of sin in the world, or something along those lines. From the get-go, we get the Shadowpact at the end of week 2 - Blue Devil, Arion, Enchantress, Ragman, Constantine, Nightshade, Madame Xanadu, Nightmaster, mouse Phantom Stranger... all under the guidance of Chimp.

Chimp himself is not inherently magical, but he has drunk from the Fountain of Youth, which has given him some arcane boosts. And he's one of the best detectives in the world, second only to Batman, perhaps. So right from the get-go, we get this gruff, always-smoking, somewhat alcoholic Chimpanzee who's way smarter than any of us, and has to help wrangle us into helping the Shadowpact while handling the Pact on his side. See, the Pact resides in a pocket dimension called the Oblivion Bar - most of the members are marked by the Spectre, so they can't leave the bar. Chimp is one of few who can (Nightmaster and Ragman can without their sword and rags respectively). Chimp, also the leader, is therefore the emissary to Checkmate.

Chimp has maybe not had the most complexity, but he has had some good depth to go along with his strong character. A conversation with Chimp tends to hang out in the same sort of vein - he's smart, he'll talk through things, he might call you out for shit, he'll nod along when you're right... overall, he's a strong personality who isn't afraid to get in the muck. Chimp came along with us on a number of our earlier Pact missions - we picked up Freddy with him. Jaime with him. Maybe Alice too? I don't remember him coming to the Rock of Eternity to see Billy. Either way, he gets around.

Chimp also has a particularly unique relationship with Data 7. As said, he's sort of an uncle figure to the dog, who adopted himself to Rex, who is Chimp's pal who also drank from the Fountain. Chimp is the smart uncle. He may hang out in a smokey seedy magic bar, but he offers what support he can to Data 7 when necessary. Though he doesn't like to play around, he still offers the pup an ear to listen to, and honestly, calls him out for acting too young at times, which Data 7 needs. I mean, pup's gotta play, but he's old enough to act mature when he's with people he should act mature with.

Through everything that's occurred, Chimp has been a rock, and though the plot leads him to be well-involved by necessity, he is also involved because players like him. I mean, Roz'etta is studying up on apes to get ready to go to Gorilla City, and Lush is dealing with some crazy Green shit that Chimp is giving some little guidance on. As the cast expands more and more, it's harder to fit every character in given the limited amount of time we have, but Chimp deserves more for sure.

As time goes on, I expect Chimp to still rank high, but even Hal Jordan is rocketing up in ranking after I made this list (and we just met Carol Ferris), so there's going to be more and more competition as we go on. Chimp will always stay strong though. At least, as long as we stay involved with the magic in the campaign. And given I'm playing a magician, I can't see that changing.

Hint for 8: This character is a little crazy.