NPCs · first: UC E11
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim is shown on a card as a Broadway legend, and speaks to Misty before her performance UC E11·01:56:15. He says he is very excited for what they are about to see UC E11·01:56:15. He agrees with her about aging, saying "Age before beauty, as they say" UC E11·01:56:39. He tells her to "Knock 'em dead" UC E11·02:00:33.
Stephen Sondheim is a Broadway legend who attends Misty's play from a box seat UC E11·01:56:15 UC E12·00:00:31. Pixies lift him out of his seat UC E12·00:22:47. He protests "Let go of me, I wrote Sweeney Todd!" UC E12·00:40:46. He says "The theater is my home, and I won't be fucked with here", punches a pixie, snaps one's neck and carries it down a rope to the stage UC E12·01:41:10 UC E12·01:41:02 UC E12·01:58:57 UC E12·01:59:16. He gives a curtain speech to riotous applause, and an Arcana check shows him as some kind of powerful entity at the heart of the city UC E12·01:59:22 UC E12·01:59:55 UC E12·02:00:16.
Afterwards he says "You're all heroes, heroes of New York", and Brennan says he vanishes UC E13·00:03:39 UC E13·00:03:47. He texts "The plot thickens… Ms. Berry" UC E15·01:41:32. Pete calls him in the last battle, and he is called by Pete UC E16·00:55:28. He arrives with "The third act. Here we all are. Peter." UC E16·00:56:05. He gives Rowan a d10 Bardic Inspiration and fights with two broadswords from Santa UC E16·01:10:00 UC E16·01:50:44. In the last episode he flies into the tornado, saying "Remember, the show must go on!" UC E17·00:11:53.
By episode
UC E11: Home for the Holidays
UC E12: Broadway Brawl
- Stephen Sondheim — Broadway legend in the box seat; carried off by pixies: "Now I don't know what's happening, but this is not the kind of theater I'm, whoa!" — 00:22:47; "Let go of me, I wrote Sweeney Todd!" — 00:40:46; "Listen, I've had worse from the New Yorker" — 01:16:50; disclaims The Lion King: "That's Sir Elton John and wasn't it Tim Rice?" — 01:17:13; "The theater is my home, and I won't be fucked with here." — 01:41:10; rides the bear Kugrash — 01:55:10; the pixies fly him "under the arch" and out of his seat — 00:22:50; punches a pixie in the back of the head, not enough to drop it — 01:41:02; on the fight: "Magnificent! Magnificent. The greatest Broadway show of all time!" — 01:55:27; snaps a pixie's neck ("Crime never pays, friend. Whoa, snap!") and carries it down a rope onto the stage — 01:58:57–01:59:16; curtain speech — 01:59:22, then "riotous applause" — 01:59:55; after the speech he walks Perry off the stage — 02:00:45. Arcana 17 shows him "some kind of powerful entity at the heart of the city" — 02:00:16.
UC E13: Faeries and Feces
- Stephen Sondheim — "Incredible work. You're all heroes, heroes of New York." and vanishes — 00:03:39
UC E15: Hall of Heroes
- Stephen Sondheim: text: "The plot thickens… Ms. Berry. ;)" — 01:41:32.
UC E16: Times Squaremageddon
- Stephen Sondheim: called by Pete — 00:55:28; "Of course. The third act. Here we all are. Peter." — 00:56:05; says "When I was writing Assassins, I pondered long and hard on the nature of violence" (his claim) — 01:09:33; gives Rowan a d10 Bardic Inspiration — 01:10:00; fights with two broadswords from Santa; "Sharp and cutting, that's how I like my wit and my blades!" — 01:50:44
UC E17: Times Squaremageddon Pt. 2
- Stephen Sondheim: "Remember, the show must go on!" as he is hurled into the tornado — 00:11:53