The Grim Tales of Shelly the Barbarian

 is an American action-fantasy-comedy video game series, being developed by TBD and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment since June 13th, 2001.

Synopsis
Set in a massive sprawling fantasy world, Shelly is a fight-loving barbarian who travels around Alzar searching for people to save and threats to fight.

Main

 * 1) The Grim Tales of Shelly the Barbarian (2001)
 * 2) The Grim Tales of Shelly the Barbarian: An Elf of a Time (2004)
 * 3) TBD
 * TBD

Main

 * Shelly (voiced by Jennifer Hale) - a fight-loving yet friendly barbarian who loves fighting and adventuring as she explores Alzar, facing numerous threats.

Supporting

 * Hargar (voiced by Tom Kane until 2021 and David Kaye afterwards) - Shelly's father who is a retired barbarian warrior as he decides to mentor his daughter, despite knowing it is dangerous.
 * Cynthia Swoonflower (voiced by Grey Griffin) - an eccentric bard who has been searching for someone to sing ballads about, soon finding Shelly and becoming her companion.
 * The Peddler (voiced by Tom Kenny) - a very strange and eccentric merchant who holds various oddities as he is very friendly to Shelly.
 * King Bertrand (voiced by Tim Curry) - the friendly yet somewhat gluttonous king of Calphonia who was saved by Shelly in her first adventure.
 * Sir Matthew (voiced by James Arnold Taylor) - a slightly idiotic yet kind-hearted knight in Calphonia who is devoted to protecting the royal family as he forms an alliance with Shelly.
 * Elkor (voiced by TBD) - a brave young elf who leads a resistance against Lako'lath as he befriends and hires Shelly to help him free Traal.
 * Ursa (voiced by TBD) - a stoic elven warrior who is Elkor's second-in-command as she doesn’t exactly trust Shelly.

Antagonists

 * The Wanderer of the Shadows (voiced by [cosmic horror]) - a mysterious and deranged dark God who wants to consume the world into primordial darkness and evil, being responsible for several foes Shelly fights.
 * Elizabeth Von Carnstein (voiced by Julie Nathanson) - a vicious and dangerous noble in the kingdom of Calphonia as she has been secretly practicing in black magic, being obsessed with becoming queen.
 * The Black Knight (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) - a demonic knight brought to life by Elizabeth to be her right hand as he is extremely loyal to his creator.
 * Halkarr (voiced by Pat Fraley) - an idiotic yet megalomaniacal hobgoblin who constantly tries to take over the kingdoms but gets easily defeated by Shelly.
 * Lord Lako'lath (voiced by TBD) - the cruel Elven king of Traal who made a pact with the Wanderer of Shadows to give him strength and to exterminate the rebelling elves.
 * The Ash Twins (voiced by TBD) - two twin elves who are loyal enforcers for Lako'lath as they wield two whips and take pleasure in hurting those who defy their lord.
 * The Great Beast (vocal effects by TBD) - an alchemically enhanced Owlbear who is Lako'lath's prized monster as it is terrifying and uncontrollable.

Enemies

 * Goblins - mischievous green men who love causing chaos and discord although they are rather weak.
 * Hobgoblins - slightly more powerful goblins who are a lot more quick and agile.
 * Bugbears - a stronger version of goblins who unlike the Hobgoblins, became a lot more feral but also became strong.
 * Shadow Knights - villainous demonic knights who got corrupted by Elizabeth and follow her commands.
 * Shadow Archers - a variant of the Shadow Knights who can fire at range.
 * Elite Guards - stronger shadow knights who directly work under the Black Knight.

Common gameplay
The games play as a 3D collectathon platformer as you play as Shelly, a Barbarian who can climb up many surfaces, attack and throw enemies and items. The main gameplay loop revolves around helping people out to collect keys which can be used to unlock bosses and new areas. There are additional collectibles which vary across the games, except for silver (the primary currency), hearts (which heals Shelly) and heart containers (which increase Shelly's max health).