History Characters / ArknightsMilitaryCommissionOfKazdel

* InvincibleVillain: Built up as one. Kal'tsit confirms the Nachzehrer King could have killed her and destroyed Rhodes Island by himself if he wanted to.

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%%* GodWasMyCoPilot: [[spoiler:Very much ''implied'' to be the case due to his TimeAbyss nature, and the fact he serves a similar mysterious role to that of [[TheManBehindTheMan Kashchey]] as he talks, that the Nachzehrer King is the "will" of Kazdel who is simply waiting to see how the winds turn for the Sarkaz and is only serving Theresis in the present to aid the restoration of his country's people [[DragonWithAnAgenda until Amiya came along]].]]

* LongLived: Has lived for at least a number of centuries, long enough that he considers Kal'tsit an old friend. Kal'tsit also calls him an old Sarkaz hero.

* WorthyOpponent: Implied to see Patriot as this, as the only reason he personally meets with Kal'tsit just outside of Londinium is to ask her what killed Buldrokkas'tee. When Kal'tsit acts in a way which he perceives as insulting to the late warrior's death, he nearly snaps.

* TokenGoodTeammate: She's actually on friendly terms with Hoederer, and admits that the Liches don't really care for Theresis' plans for world conquest.

[[folder:Fremont]]
The Lich King of the Royal Court. However, he and his kind prefer to stay out of Kazdel's affairs and focus on the pursuit of knowledge, with Fremont himself having settled down in Leithanien as a professor and one of its leading figures in Arts development.

* TheArchmage: He's one, if not ''the'' greatest practitioners of Arts in Leithanien, in itself already a nation priding itself on its advanced Arts, to the point where his teachings are the foundation for much of Leithanien's own Arts. He was also the mentor of the Witch King, who also qualifies as this trope.
* BadassTeacher: He's a university professor and one of the most powerful Arts casters in the world.
* CastingAShadow: His Lich powers let him command his own shadows, turning them into portals to some external dimension he can throw people out of to get rid of them. When Viviana (who has her own power of CastingAShadow) attempts to manipulate Fremont's shadows, they outright hurt her.
* EarlyBirdCameo: He's the narrator for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqBX60UmZHg Leithanien: Originium Arts A1.1]] video, released a few days before his proper appearance in the game.
* EnragedByIdiocy: The Leithaniens' lack of understanding of the advanced arts infuriates him, and he firmly believes that he is SurroundedByIdiots.
* HeroicNeutral: Fremont (and by extension the Liches as a whole) dislike conflict and politics, instead secluding themselves away and focusing only on research. He does, however, oppose the Witch King Remnants and refuse to fully throw in with Theresis.
* HotBlooded: Not ordinarily, but he's easily angered by people attempting to mess with his collection of artifacts.
* SkewedPriorities: He's so focused on academia, he considers the research and artifacts stored in Ludwigs-Universität to be more valuable than the lives of its students.
* WizardBeard: Underplayed. His beard has the standard wizard beard shape, complete with a swirl at the end, but it's much shorter than usual, barely reaching his chest.
* WrongAssumption: Falls victim to this when [[spoiler:he attempts to withdraw the Genesis Horn from Ebenholz's mind. He and Lessing are working against the Witch King's Remnants. But because Ebenholz had prior experience with Arts scholars trying to experiment on his mind, he assumed that the two of them were Remnants themselves (the fact that Fremont admitted to having been the Witch King's teacher didn't help), leading to him fleeing - right in the waiting arms of the real Remnants.]]
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[[folder:Ermengarde]]
A Lich who acts as the Lich Court's representative to the Military Commission.
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The Lich King of the Royal Court. However, he and his kind prefer to stay out of Kazdel's affairs and focus on the pursuit of knowledge, with Fremont himself having settled down in Leithania as a professor and one of its leading figures in Arts development.

* TheArchmage: He's one, if not ''the'' greatest practitioners of Arts in Leithania, in itself already a nation priding itself on its advanced Arts, to the point where his teachings are the foundation for much of Leithania's own Arts. He was also the mentor of the Witch King, who also qualifies as this trope.

* WrongAssumption: Falls victim to this when [[spoiler:he attempts to withdraw the Horn of Origin from Ebenholz's mind. He and Lessing are working against the Witch King's Remnants. But because Ebenholz had prior experience with Arts scholars trying to experiment on his mind, he assumed that the two of them were Remnants themselves (the fact that Fremont admitted to having been the Witch King's teacher didn't help), leading to him fleeing - right in the waiting arms of the real Remnants.]]

* CastingAShadow: His Lich powers let him command his own shadows, turning them into portals to some external dimension he can throw people out of to get rid of her. When Viviana (who has her own power of CastingAShadow) attempts to manipulate Fremont's shadows, they outright hurt her.

* WrongAssumptions: Falls victim to this when [[spoiler:he attempts to withdraw the Horn of Origin from Ebenholz's mind. He and Lessing are working against the Witch King's Remnants. But because Ebenholz had prior experience with Arts scholars trying to experiment on his mind, he assumed that the two of them were Remnants themselves (the fact that Fremont admitted to having been the Witch King's teacher didn't help), leading to him fleeing - right in the waiting arms of the real Remnants.]]

* TrueNeutral: Fremont (and by extension the Liches as a whole) dislike conflict and politics, instead secluding themselves away and focusing only on research.

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* CameBackStrong: [[spoiler:A very minor inverted example - while they remain a very powerful entity, it is mentioned a few times during Chapter 13 that the shapeshifting powers of two new Damazti are not as refined as those of the first Damazti, and every time they shapeshift during the chapter, they end up getting recognised]].

[[folder:Lady Ermengarde]]
A Lich who acts as the Lich Court's representative to the Military Commission.

* DotingParent: She loves her son Logos very dearly and isn't shy about showing her affection to him.

* OlderThanSheLooks: As a Banshee, she has an extended lifespan and still looks youthful having lived for centuries.
* RetiredBadass: She is one of the six heroes of Kazdel.
* TokenGoodTeammate: While her fellows are of varying morality and largely serve as antagonists, the Banshee Queen is one of the unambiguously good leaders among the Sarkaz tribes, being one of Theresa's closest friends and believing in her cause enough to entrust her son to her.

** [[spoiler:He's also on the receiving end during every encounter between himself and Ascalon, having been put in a losing position or injured by her each time they meet, to the point that he barely even bothers to even put up a fight against her in their later interactions, knowing he's no match for her.]]

* {{Reincarnation}}: Chapter 11 confirms he [[spoiler:is the elder of the Confessarius clan, Shining's father, reincarnated into Shining's younger brother in a [[VillainousIncest incestuous cycle]] that's existed for a long enough time to manipulate the genelogy of the Sarkaz, and plans to eventually couple with Shining to continue the bloodline and the cycle for as long as necessary]]. "The Whirlwind That Is Passion" also confirms [[spoiler:he can do the other method, not unlike how Kashchey possessed Talulah, by attempting to have Shining kill him in a SadisticChoice between either sacrificing her freedom or Nightingale's in response to [[YourDaysAreNumbered her worsening condition]].]]

* OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler:"The Whirlwind That is Passion" reveals that the main objective of the Military Commission is revealed to be a genuinely evil act of infecting ''all'' life on Terra with Oripathy via the Shard as their ultimate revenge against the Ancient and Elder races stealing what is rightfully theirs, not caring that the act of doing such a deed will doom Terra to becoming a lifeless husk as everyone progressively dies for a cure for Oripathy is still far out of reach, especially as most people are not conditioned to a degree to withstand the decay and deterioration on their own and treatment from places like Rhodes Island are not widespread enough to stem the tide long enough to complete such a cure, thereby leading millions to die in a matter of weeks... [[MoralMyopia but the Military Commission could care less as they feel they deserve it for their constant hostilities against their people]].]]

* VilerNewVillain: He's clearly meant to be the Commission's version of Mephisto, and manages to make the former look like a ''saint'' compared to him. Both are the most mentally unstable members of their respective organizations with MookMaker powers that have horrific effects o their allies, but Mephisto at least had a sympathetic background and is pitiable for just how horrifying and painful his ultimate fate is. By contrast, the Sanguinarch is a horrific monster who just wants violence and destruction to date his HorrorHunger and has no real loyalty to his leader's plans, which further contrasts how sincerely Mephisto believed in Talulah's vision. Tellingly, while Mephisto's fate is, as previously mentioned, treated somberly, [[spoiler:the Sanguinarch's defeat is viewed as something he completely deserved]].

* MightyGlacier: Once he's in his second phase, he moves incredibly slowly even for a boss enemy (at ''less than half'' the speed of most bosses) and a very slow attack interval to match. On the flip side, he has a huge amount of HP and defenses along with his conditional ''90%'' damage reduction unless it's been disabled by a bomb, and his attacks inflict gigantic amounts of Arts damage (almost ''3000'' per hit at his strongest) along with a ramping DamageOverTime for good measure.

* FauxAffablyEvil: The Sanguinarch's appearance is regularly compared to a Victorian noble and his normally taciturn attitude outside of combat might make him pass as one. Whenever he speaks, he speaks with refined attitude and etiquette befitting the Lord of an entire tribe. However, his nonchalant attitude only becomes unnerving as he starts liquefying people into puddles of blood and turning them into living tides and and blood clumps.

* MookMaker: Many of the Sarkaz enemies fought throughout Episode 10 such as Sarkaz Heirbearer soldiers will respawn as "Touch of the Sanguinarch" and "Gift of the Sanguinarch" on death: the former being clumps of blood vessels that drag themselves forward, while the latter are full-blown {{Humanoid Abomination}}s draped in blood vessels. In the enemy's name and description, they're specified to be [[CaptainObvious created by the Sanguinarch himself.]]

* ThePrettyGuysAreStronger: He's a handsome ''Biseinen'', in a group filled with militarily-trained members with bulkier body type, but he's proven to be the most dangerous of them all. He could take on an entire army by his own, melting them into blood and reanimating it under his control. Most frustratingly, there's no known way to actually kill him. Massive artillery batteries fail to actually hurt him, he could mend his own wounds and revive himself when taken out, and the gang eventually had to resort to just kick him off the ship and into the rift. He even claims that Theresis, his boss, would have trouble facing him in combat.
* PuzzleBoss: Although he's initially fairly weak, the Sanguine Throne he protects will constantly spawn minions and endlessly resurrect him each time he dies, making him unbeatable until you blow it up with one of the payload bombs that serve as Chapter 13's central mechanic. If you don't manage his aggro well enough, his area denial and quadruple [=AoE=] stun will also open a hole in your defense if you aren't paying attention. In the second phase, he instead has much higher HP and ''90% physical/Arts damage reduction'' unless he's recently been hit by a bomb, making him nearly invincible unless you bomb him in a heavily defended spot and unload all your damage into him during the short vulnerability window. And even then, you have to pay attention to when you use the bombs and what order you send them in, as he'll ''destroy'' the bomb dispenser that hit him each time he's struck, giving you a limited number of attempts that can easily be wasted if you don't protect the bombs well or misread their pathing.

* SupportPartyMember: Ironically considering his insane killing power in the story and SocialDarwinist attitude, when fought as a proper boss, the Sanguinarch's skillset mostly focuses on debuffing and debilitating defenses to let his forces exploit the openings. Once he TurnsRed, he starts actually fighting back with dangerous attacks, but also continues his debuffing, now supplemented by [[FlunkyBoss summoning minions en masse]] and [[MookMedic keeping them alive through constant regeneration and outright revival]].

* VilerNewVillain: He's clearly meant to be the Commission's version of Mephisto, and manages to make the former look like a ''Saint'' compared to him. Both are the most mentally unstable members of their respective organizations with MookMaker powers that have horrific effects o their allies, but Mephisto at least had a sympathetic background and is pitiable for just how horrifying and painful his ultimate fate is. By contrast, the Sanguinarch is a horrific monster who just wants violence and destruction to date his HorrorHunger and has no real loyalty to his leader's plans, which further contrasts how sincerely Mephisto believed in Talulah's vision. Tellingly, while Mephisto's fate is, as previously mentioned, treated somberly, [[spoiler:the Sanguinarch's defeat is viewed as something he completely deserved]].