History Characters / Blueberry

* SenselessViolin: His violin case does not contain a priceless stradivarius as we were told, but his signature Sniper Rifle.]]

* HypercompetentSideckick: Not that the other agents, and especially [[TheChessmaster the leader of the conspiracy]] are anything but plenty competent and dangerous, but Blake is one of the most fearsome. He is the one who kills Kelly because HeKnowsTooMuch, pins the blame on Blueberry to discredit any attempt of denouncing them to the authorities, and takes care of pretty much everything.

* TheChessmaster: Far and away the smartest and most dangerous of the many smart and dangerous villains to match wits with Blueberry. He is the only one to worry Blueberry of a potential success.

* VillainBall: [[spoiler:How else can we explain his rejection of the pardon, when he wholeheartedly welcomed the prospect and acknowledged that they had nothing to lose to accept the offer? There was not even a need for an antagonist faction, given that there was already at leas three.]]

* EvilGenius: A highly intelligent DiabolicalMastermind, with complex plots and a knack to flawlessly improvise and bait his targets.

** In ''The Outlaw'', he hires the best ColdSniper around to kill Grant, setting everything to stage Blueberry's evasion and direct his escape, to use him as a ScapeGoat while and get rid of him when it is done, while keeping away. Having two presidents gunned down in a row would give him the prefect set up to establish his own military dictatorship.
** In ''The End of the Trail'', he plans to have the train Grant is travelling in destroyed in a mountain collapse, by detonating a critical point, while he is away and spreading "proof" of Blueberry's guilt while keeping BeneathNotice where he is expected to be. Then, to carefully exploit the resulting turmoil to get interim power and then keep it forever. And Blueberry correctly guesses that he took precautions in case the plan deviates.

** For the same reason, he repeats it with his second plan. Which TheDragon expands by making it seem that Blueberry is targetting everyone who "wronged" him. [[spoiler: Though Grant is willing to listen to Blueberry against all odds, upon learning the message was not by his handwritting.]]

* InSeriesNickname: His men call him "the Old Timer" ("le vieux" in French), which helps keeping the secret of his identity. They keep calling that even after TheReveal. [[spoiler: Not to mention "Golden Mane" of course. Blueberry and his friends mostly call him this after learning who he is.]]

* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Gleefully reveals his plan to Blueberry once they meet face to face and that he has the former lieutenant at his mercy. He's smart enough to keep crucial details hidden, but Blueberry is smart enough to guess them in turn.

** When given a revolver to off himself "honourably", he seizes the occasion to send Grant "pave the way for him in Hell".

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler: Murdering Ma Dalton and her gang, as well as kidnapping Clum.]]

%%* SwornBrothers: Becomes this with Blueberry.

%%* SwornBrothers: Eventually with Blueberry.

* BloodBrothers: Becomes this with Blueberry.

* BloodBrothers: Eventually with Blueberry.

** In ''The Outlaw'', he hires the best ColdSniper around to kill Grant, staging Blueberry's evasion and directing his escape, to use him as a ScapeGoat while setting everything to snuff him when it is done, while keeping away. Having two presidents in a row gunned down would give him the prefect set up to establish his own military dictatorship.
** In ''The End of the Trail'', he plans to have the train Grant is travelling in destroyed in a mountain collapse, by detonating a critical point, while he is away and spreading "proof" of Blueberry's guilt while keeping BeneathNotice where he is expected to be. Then, to carefully exploit the resulting turmoil to get interim power and then keep it forever. And Blueberry correctly guesses that he took precautions in case it does not happen as expected.

* VillainousFriendship: Despite being ruthless killers and their differences in personalities they truly care for each other and Wally genuinely mourns Cole after his death. His last words are even him greeting Cole.

* TortureTechnician: They know their subject.

* ToBeLawfulOrGood: He is frequently faced by the dilemma of having to choose between his sense of justice and righteousness, and his duty as a soldier, especially during Indian wars where it's generally white men who started the conflict. While he chooses the former most of the time, there are times where he's stuck under a bad superior and has to do things he hates. The best example is in "General Yellow Mane" where he's forced to take part in General Allister's treacherous and ruthless aggression of Cheyennes and has no better choice that to try to save his friends and fellow soldiers from Allister's disastrous decisions and of the Natives' retaliations.

* TheDogBitesBack: At the end of "General Yellow Mane" he gets fed up with Allister, and tells general Dodge and Red Neck how Allister cowardly and cruelly sacrificed Blueberry and another portion of his men to attract the natives and escape the Black Hills alive.

* RedBaron: General Golden Mane (Tête Jaune in French, meaning "yellow head").

* AlasPoorVillain: Blueberry and [=McClure=] won't miss Wally a bit, but even they are shaken by his gruesome fate.

* DeathByIrony: After getting stuck with Luckner Wally deprives him of water or any weapon and constantly watches him to prevent being betrayed and murdered like Prosit's previous partners. The two times he actually listen to Luckner's advices seal his fate, the first being when he agrees to take off his boots to better fool the Ghost, allowing Prosit to put a rattlesnake inside one of them, and the second being when Prosit tells him to put his boots which he does without verifying if they were empty, causing him to be bitten by the snake.

A mysterious being living in the Superstition Mountains, only referred to as the Ghost. He is known only for firing golden bullets at his victims, and shooting at everyone entering the mesa. Is he a spectre like the natives think? Or something more rational? [[spoiler: He is the true Wernher Amadeus von Luckner, wounded and left to die by Prosit who wanted the gold for him alone many years ago. He was found by an Apache hermit called Little Turtle who nursed him back to health and taught him how to live in the harsh conditions of the Mesa.]]

* FirstNameBasis: [[spoiler: The Ghost calls Prosit by his real name "a name he thought longbforgotten by anyone but him."]]
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: [[spoiler: Little Turtle's death did little to help a mental state that was already quite disturbed.]]

* CrusadingWidower: His wife and children were murdered by Native Americans.
%%* EvilOldFolks

* HonorBeforeReason: More ''Hatred'' Before Reason, but as mentioned in PoliticallyIncorrectVillain, his hatred of Native Americans leads him into behavior that no one else consider sane.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: most villains in Blueberry either hate or disregard Native Americans, but Eggskull's hatred for them is his most defining trait.

* ScarilyCompetentTracker: sort of, in universe. This is the reason Wild Bill hired him in his research of Blueberry.

* ThemeNaming: His two dogs, named Gog and Magog, after the demons of death in the Bible. Baal is probably named after a similar figure of evil in the same work.

A ruthless BountyHunter and gunslinger, hunting down Blueberry.

%%* AntiVillain
%%* BountyHunter
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: He shoots and kills Eggskulls' two dogs, when he orders them to feast on Red Neck and [=McClure=].]]
%%* TheGunslinger
%%* HistoricalDomainCharacter
%%* KarmaHoudini: Obviously.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: He only participates in the Indian wars to catch Blueberry and heap the bounty on his head.
%%* VillainTeamUp: With Eggskull.

* AristocratsAreEvil: Unlike [[spoiler: Prosit]], he is genuinely a French aristocrat, and the family's black sheep. He ran away at an early age to join the army.
* AxCrazy: Violently insane, who murders dozens of people ForTheEvulz.
* BadBoss: His insanity renders him unpredictable and dangerous for his henchmen.

The elusive mastermind behind the Conspiracy, and pretty much TheHeavy of the second part of the story, for causing the Outlaw Cycle, and indirectly the Phantom Tribe as well as a consequence, before being unmasked and defeated at last in ''The End of the Trail''. [[spoiler: He is in fact none other than General "Yellow Mane" Allister, but he is such a WalkingSpoiler, not to mention considerably smarter and more competent, that it is best to keep him in a separate folder.]]

* AmbitionIsEvil: He wants to kill President Grant to seize power in the US and convert it to a military dictatorship.
* ArcVillain: Of the Outlaw/Conspiracy Cycle, the largest of the entire story, with significant impact on the others.

* CanonCharacterAllAlong: Learning who he is is the biggest [[TheReveal plot twist]] of the story. [[spoiler: "Golden Mane" of all people!]]
* TheChessmaster: Far and away the smartest and most dangerous of the many smart and dangerous villains to ever match wits with Blueberry. He's the only one Blueberry is actually worried that he might succeed.

* EvilGenius: A highly intelligent DiabolicalMastermind, who devised their {{Evil Plan}}s.

** In ''The Outlaw'', he hires the best ColdSniper around to kill Grant, staging Blueberry's evasion and escape to use him as a ScapeGoat and setting everything to get rid of him when it is done, while covering his tracks. Having two presidents in a row gunned down would give him the prefect set up to establish a military dictatorship and get elected.
** In ''The End of the Trail'', he plans to have the train Grant is travelling in destroyed in a mountain collapse, by detonating a critical point, while he is away and keeping BeneathNotice. Then, to carefully exploit the resulting turmoil to get interim power and then keep it forever. And Blueberry correctly guesses that he took precautions in case it does not happen as expected.
* FaceFramedInShadow: During his first appearance on panel, his face is hidden by the smoke of his cigar.
* FrameUp: Blueberry makes the perfect culprit, due to being a notoriously rebellious officer already accused of grand theft and evasion. Him going mad and killing Grant as a vengeance would make perfect sense.
** For the same reason, he does this '''again''' in his second plan. Which TheDragon expands by making it happen that Blueberry is killing everyone he has a grudge against. [[spoiler: Though it is proven that the Dragon's written message is not in Blueberry's handwriting, pushing Grant to listen to Blueberry against all odds.]]

* InSeriesNickname: His men call him "the Old Timer" ("le vieux" in French), which helps keeping the secret of his identity. They keep calling that even after TheReveal. [[spoiler: Another with "Golden Mane". Blueberry and his friends mostly call him that after learning his identity.]]

** When given a revolver to off himself "honourably", he seizes the occasion to "send Grant pave the way for him in Hell".

* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: In-universe. Especially during the Civil War spin-off, but also present in the main series. He foiled many Confederate plans and helped turn the tide, but there were no witnesses. He single-handedly won the Indian Wars, but while General Crook knows what he is owed, few know of his role and those who do don't even remember his exact name. Not to mention the missions in which he was made a ScapeGoat. Finally averted after he saves President Grant and dismantles TheConspiracy. Campbell wants to avert it by writing a novel about his adventures, but Blueberry would much rather remain anonymous.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: A hero whose most defining characteristic is his broken nose, from which Blueberry's Native-American name "Tsi-Na-Pah" ("Broken Nose") is derived.

* {{Greed}}: Downplayed. He does admit to Blueberry that he has always dreamed to be rich, and he lets himself be manipulated by Luckner who tempts him with the gold from the Superstition Mountains, and still hope to convince Blueberry to let him find and take the gold, though it never causes him to do reprehensible things for it unlike Prosit.

* HypercompetentSideckick: Not that the other agents, and especially [[TheChessmaster the leader of the conspiracy]] are anything but plenty competent and dangerous, but Blake is one of the most dangerous. He is the one who kills Kelly because HeKnowsTooMuch, pins the blame on Blueberry to discredit any attempt of denouncing them to the authorities.
%%* ProfessionalKiller

%%* BaldOfEvil: Justified, by his scalping.
%%* BeardOfEvil

%%* HunterTrapper

%%* MountainMan

%%* AxCrazy

%%* FrenchJerk

* ArcVillain: Of the Outlaw/Conspiracy Cycle, the largest of the entire story.

* CanonCharacterAllAlong: Learning who he is is the biggest [[TheReveal plot twist]] of the story. [[spoiler: "Yellow Mane" of all people!]]

* EvilGenius: A highly intelligent DiabolicalMastermind.
* EvilOldFolks: With a nickname like "the Old Timer", he is

* InSeriesNickname: His men call him "the Old Timer" ("le vieux" in French), which helps keeping the secret of his identity. They keep calling that even after TheReveal. [[spoiler: Another with "Yellow Mane". Blueberry and his friends mostly call him that after learning his identity.]]
* ItsPersonal: He has an especially virulent loathing for President Grant, which is never explained.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As soon as he gets proof of the conspiracy against him, he takes Blueberry under his wing and has him pardoned.

* InSeriesNickname: Everyone calls him "Prosit".

The young, aggressive Apache warrior and potential successort to Cochise, also vying for Chini's feelings.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As soon as he gets proof of the conspiracy against him, he takes Blueberry under his wing and has him pardonned.

The singer at the saloon, and the nurse of Blueberry after he is wounded.

* FamedInStory: He is a very famous novelist, who wants to make Blueberry this by writting a book about his exploits. Blueberry is not thrilled but does tell him a little known story about him.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He really existed and did cause the war and try to capture Cochise. While dickish and disloyal, he was not as evil as he is portrayed there though.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: The real Bascom was indeed harsh and probably racist, but he did believe Cochise guilty of the crime he was accused of and targeted those he thought responsible. This one is a [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain blatantly racist]] GloryHound and SmugSnake, far too fond of DisproportionateRetribution for his own good.

* TooDumbToLive: When given a chance by Cochice to leave Fort Navajo alive with his men in exchange for freeing his hostages, not only does Bascom refuse but he also decides to hang his hostages to send a message to Cochise, despite them being his only chance to get out alive and how outnumbered and isolated the men of Fort-Navajo are. Not only that, but he also keeps insulting and bullying Crowe over his native heritage, causing Crowe to snap and free the hostages as a result. Unsurprisingly he ends up killed by the Apaches quickly after.

* ArchEnemy: Blueberry's most dangerous and personal enemy for the Story Arc. The first in a long series. He's perhaps the one who got Blueberry's strongest hate after his murder of Crowe, prompting Blueberry to swear to avenge Crowe.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: A Navajo warchief and a deadly fighter.

* ManipulativeBastard: He does use his disguise as an army scout very well, playing intendant O'Reilly and his men like a fiddle to put them in a trap for him and his fellow natives, and infiltrating Camp-Bowie to spy on Blueberry and General Crook. He's also capable of manipulating his fellow chief Chariba into sentencing Blueberry to death, and later stage a FalseFlagOperation against both Blueberry and his fellow natives to make it look like negociations are impossible which would have worked if Crowe hadn't managed to send his horse away with Cochise's chieftain staff on it, and hadn't written a note with his own blood to tell Blueberry what really happened to him just before dying.

* TheSavageIndian: Unlike the other Apaches chieftains who went to war with the whites because of Bascom's actions and who are reasonable and honorable leaders to various degrees, Lone Eagle has no positive qualities. He just wants war for the heck of it, is willing to disobey the orders of the other chieftains and even murder Crowe despite him being under Cochise's protection. In short Lone Eagle is the personification of all the negative aspects of the Navajos and the native as a whole.

* WarForFunAndProfit: He really, really loves fighting and killing white people and wants to gain power from it as a warchief.

* GenreSavvy: While he's generally full of himself and underestimates his enemies, he becomes more cautious and dangerous after his first encounter with Blueberry in "Trail of the Navajos". He comes to suspect that Blueberry is at San Feliu after one of his men comes back reporting that he was knocked out and appropriately sends his men to search everywhere for him, though Blueberry and Jim [=McClure=] manage to elude them with the help of an old mine worker.

* Batman gambit: Sam is quick to notice details about people he can exploit.

* VillainousBreakdown: Sam becomes increasingly frantic and desperate as his hold over the city is unraveling. Compare him at the beginning and just seconds before his defeat. Justified in that he knows that should his imprisoned goons start talking he is done for.

* ArtificialLimbs: His artificial hand made of steel hence his nickname.

* TheChessmaster: He is much smarter than his brutal ways make it seem, and it shows when he single-handedly causes the war with the Sioux. First by murdering bison and framing colons, then sabotaging the peace negotiations between Blueberry and the Native American chiefs by impersonating the men charged to watch over it and shooting down the natives to make it look like a trap. He later manipulates the Sioux to attack the train transporting the ammunition and payment to the UP camp, planting one of his men on the train to drug and sabotage the defenders and by charging one of his men to deliver General Dodge's message. Also after capturing Blueberry and stealing the payment for the UP workers he puts thousands of dollars on an unconscious Blueberry to frame him for the theft and cover his tracks, and getting rid of his men through TheDragon they are not wary of.

* CrazyPrepared: He keeps on him a small bottle of mushroom poison just in case he has to eliminate someone better than him at the gun or multiple persons, which he uses via Chris to get rid of his men. Also after taking the bag containing the U.P. workers' money, he hides a small gun in it in case someone tries to shoot him while he's taking the money which he uses to shoot Chris when he tries to turn on him.

* DragonWithAnAgenda: He wants to get rich, and cares little for the power plays between the Rairoad Barons.

* XanatosSpeedChess : He is very good at improvising or changing his plans depending on the circumstances. Upon realizing that Blueberry was shooting the lights to blind him and his men in the saloon in order to escape, he orders his men to target the bottles of alcohol and to make a lamp fall on the released liquor to set the saloon ablaze with Blueberry and [=McClure=] in it. Immediately after his escape from a train he and his men sabotage the telegraphic wires and train tracks so no one can know about his escape, and upon hearing about Blueberry being about to talk with the Sioux watched by armed men, he decides to not kill Blueberry but to KillAndReplace the watchers with his men and then to shoot the Sioux to make it look like a trap. Later after getting the money of the UP he chooses again to not kill Blueberry and to frame him for the theft.

* BadBoss: He is perfectly willing to sacrifice many of his own soldiers if it allows him to reach his goals or to escape. He also tries several times to charge Bluberry for desertion or treason and to have him executed despite Blueberry having saved him and his army many times.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His very first scene establishes him as a GloryHound GeneralRipper with him proudly announcing his intention to crush the natives and that he will not miss glory and the chance to get a promotion after having missed them during the Civil War, the scene happening right after Blueberry and general Dodge managed to cease the hostilities with the Native Americans. His meeting with Blueberry confirms him as an authoritarian, narrow-minded, bellicose and opportunistic general as he immediately sanctions Blueberry just for not being in a perfect military outfit, disdainfully rips the treaty made by him and Dodge and announces his plan to treacherously attack the Native American camps while most of the warriors are away hunting and thinking that white men won't attack them.

* FourStarBadass: Dowplayed as Allister is a high-ranking and very respected officer, but while a good soldier he is a dreadful leader.

* TheNeidermeyer: There isn't really a single quality to Allister as a general. He is an authoritarian figure who constantly ignores the advice and opinions of his subordinates and who sanctions them for the slightest reasons (such as giving arrest days to Blueberry for not being in a perfect military outfit and shaved, and to lieutenant Bundinglow for having fallen from his horse and requiring Blueberry's help to catch it back instead of leading his men behind, is a GeneralRipper perfectly willing to massacre women and children by treachery, cares far more about his glory than about his men and sacrifices his own men to reach his goals or save himself.

With litte doubt the most evil villain ever faced by Blueberry, Prosit is a German prospector, claiming to know of a huge gold vein in the Superstition Mountains, a Sacred Place for the Apaches. He persuades people to join his expeditions to the mountains, only to murder them in cold blood along the way, but has failed to reach it so far. [[spoiler: Per TheReveal, his true name is Gustaaf Hazel, and he was the butler to the true Von Luckner, but gave him a shovel in the head and left him for dead, to search for the gold himself.]]

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When he suffers from thirst and finds a jar of water poisonned by a Gila Monster corpse, Prosit cannot help but laugh at the dark irony of him possibly dying of thirst while next to a jar of water.

* CatchPhrase: "Himmelkreutzsakrament!" Doubling as a BilingualBonus.
* TheChessMaster: He is highly cunning and good at eliminating his victims or ennemies, as he systematically manages to outsmart and betray anyone who accompanies him on his journey such as [=McCLure=] or Wally, and manages to evade the Apaches guarding the Superstition Mountains with the small material he has and the environment. Upon being faced by the Ghost Prosit manages to use him to get to the mine and later to outsmart him after the Ghost trapped him by faking his death to draw the Ghost closer so he can mortally shoot him, before escaping the trap and getting the water and gold he wanted.

* CowardlyLion: While he generally cowers and try to weasel his way out of troubles when faced by danger or someone stronger than him, Prosit's cunning, quick-thinking and viciousness make him a very dangerous enemy to have when the chips are down as best shown with how he outsmarted and got rid of Wally and of the ghost and would have most surely got rid of Blueberry and [=McClure=] for good[[spoiler: if the true Luckner hadn't told them of a secret passage just before dying.]]

--> '''Wally''': "Come on Prosit, show some modesty. I know my worth, but I at this game, you have me beat by more than a few leagues."

* JabbaTableManners: [=McClure=] notes that for someone supposed to come from an aristocratic family, he has very poor eating manners, crudely eating his diner. It's one hint that [[spoiler:he isn't the real Luckner nor a noble at all.]]
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler:Just as he is about to leave Europe, Blueberry and [=McClure=] turns up to arrest him.]]
* LaughingMad: After suffering from thirst for a while he is delighted to find a jar with water inside it only to discover that there is a Gilla Monster's corpse inside the water, poisonning it. He cannot help but laugh hysterically at the irony that he may die of thrist next to a jar of water.

* RedBaron: Everyone calls him "Prosit".

* BrutalHonesty: He very rarely hesitate to state his exact opinions to others, even if they are complete strangers or his superiors. While this makes him a valuable subordinate and advisor to {{Reasonable Authority Figure}}s such as generals Crook or Dodge, this has often put him in trouble against less lenient higher-ups. The best example is at the beggining of the Confederate Gold Arc him telling to an man who got him out of jail that all high-ranked militaries are idiots who only increase in stupidity with their ranks. Only for the man to introduce himself as General [=McPherson=], the personnal military advisor of the president, who proceeds to have him arrested and forced to go on a mission to retrieve the confederate treasure, to clear his name and avoid prison.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Disregarded by many officers for his rugged behavior and drinking habits, but recognized by all as an expert in Native American affairs. Moreover, he perfectly masters military strategy and often thinks outside the box or comes out with outlandish plans that take foes offguard.

* HasAType: His two most significant {{Love Interest}}s were feisty saloon singers not taking any crap from anyone, who can go on adventure clad in elegant but practical masculine garb. Even his first implied romance was a tough as nails teacher, elegant yet deadly with a rifle in her hand.
* HeelFaceTurn: Sort of. He was the son of a major slaveowner in the Antebellum South and was himself a supporter of slavery, though less cruel than most. He was Scapegoated and had to flee to the North, saved by the HeroicSacrifice of the escaped slave he had intended to have whipped no less, and the rest is history (in more ways than one).

* ImprobableAimingSkills: Far and away the best shot in a story stuffed to the brimwith them. To the point that he could rival ComicBook/LuckyLuke himself.
* ImprovisationalIngenuity: Even more than his aiming skills Bluebbery's greatest strength is his ability to quickly improvise and think up plans in function of the circumstances, and of using whatever advantage the tools he has at his disposal or the environment give him. This has allowed him to escape and save others from seemingly hopeless situations countless times.

* ToBeLawfulOrGood: He is frequently faced by the dilemna of having to choose between his sense of justice and rightousness, and his duty as a soldier, especially during Indian wars where it's generally white men who started the conflict. While he chooses the former most of the time, there are times where he's stuck under a bad superior and has to do things he hates. The best example is in "General Yellow Mane" where he's forced to take part in General Allister's treacherous and ruthless aggression of Cheyennes and has no better choice that to try to save his friends and fellow soldiers from Allister's disastrous decisions and of the Natives' retaliations.

-->'''(a recently out-gambitted) Colonel Drake''': "As a strategist, this rascal Blueberry has us all crushed, gentlemen. What on Earth could he think of next?"

* ThoseTwoGuys: With Red Neck.

* RagsToRiches: After a lifetime of vain prospection, he retires wealthy.

* SpannerInTheWorks: He, Red Neck and lieutenant Bundinglow ruin general Allister's attack plan against the Cheyennes when he takes whisky with him and get himself and Red Neck drunk, causing a chariot accident after which Bundinglow stupidely throws Red Neck's glowing cigar on [=McCLure=]'s chariot which is still full of whisky, but also of explosives, causing a fire and an explosion that reveal Allister's army presence to the Cheyennes.

* ThrowTheDogABone: Ends the story alive and rich, free to open the saloon he dreamed off and live the rest of his days in peace.

* UndyingLoyalty: Downplayed as there are several moments where his cowardice and greed win over his loyalty to Blueberry, such as during the Lost Dutchman Mine Cycle where he accepts to make Prosit escape and accompany him to find the lost mine gold. Or at the end of the Confederation Gold Cycle where he and Red Neck don't try to defend Blueberry when he's unjustly imprisonned for the theft of the treasure. But he has saved Blueberry's life many times, keeps adventuring with him even when he doesn't want to, and helped Blueberry escape prison and clear his name.

* FourStarBadass: Reaching the rank of lieutenant in spite of the '''heavy''' prejudice against natives and half-bloods in these times is a clear testament of his badassness, and he does not disappoint.

* {{Ambadassador}}: Wants to negociate with the natives in earnest.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He is willing to look past Blueberry's southern origins and past undisciplined actions though he warns him that he will not tolerate any transgression from him. Also unlike Bascom he is willing to negociate with Cochise and to preserve peace and intends to keep his word to him.

The chief of the Navajo, leading them from ''Fort Navajo'' onward. In ''Broken Nose'', he is shown as the father of Chini, and the aging chief of the fleeing Navajoes.

* IOweYouMyLife: To Crowe who saved his and several other chiefs from Bascom. This allows Blueberry to have a chance to negociate with him. He also forbids the other Appaches from trying to harm Crowe and is outraged when he discovers than Lone Eagle killed him.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Cochise is a wise leader who cares for his brethren and is willing to listen to any of his men's concerns and opinions, who prefers to use diplomacy before fighting and agrees to talk with Blueberry even after the beggining of the war and Bascom's treacherous attempt at capturing him during a negociation.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He immediately believes Blueberry when told that the war started on an unprovoked attack and is fully willing to negociate with Cochise to end the war. He is also the high-ranking commander who gets along best with Blueberry, fully trusting his experience in the matter.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Crook is only around for the first cycle, but he is the one who introduces TheHero and TheLancer.

* FourStarBadass: Unlike Allister, he is presented as a true badass and competent general who knowns how to lead his men against Indians despite his lack of ressources.

* BedouinRescueService: Turns up in the middle of the desert to save Blueberrys life in ''The Lone Dutchman's Mine''.

General Allister's second in command who is far more level-headed and reasonnable than his superior and who genuinely cares for the safety of his men unlike his superior. Sadly for him and their men Allister generally ignores his advices. Over the course of the album he becomes increasingly discontent and digusted by his superior's actions.

* BigDamnHero: He saves Bluebbery and general Allister's life by ordering his men to dismount from their horses and to shoot at the Cheyenne trying to kill the two.
* TheDogBitesBack: At the end of "General Yellow Mane" he gets fed up with Allister, and tells general Dodge and Red Neck how Allister cowardly and cruelly sacrificied Blueberry and another portion of his men to attract the natives and escape the Black Hills alive.

* HyperCompetentSidekick: To Allister as he's far more competent, level-headed and reasonnable than his superior, is quite good at evaluating situations and is often the one to point to his superior what to do.

A lieutnant of the US Army serving under General Allister. Unlike Blueberry, Bundinglow is totally obedient to Allister nor a very bright individual.

* ButtMonkey: He gets embarassed several times, first by Red Neck and [=McClure=] who slice his pipe with a whip when showing their talents to Allister upon volunteering to join his forces, and later falls of his horse due to one of Blueberry's tricks (to allow Red Neck to leave and go warn General Dodge unnoticed) and has to rely on Blueberry's help to retrieve his horse under Allister's eyes, who then give him several days of suspension for making a fool of himself.

* TooDumbToLive: Despite Bluberry warning him multiple times that the Natives are trying to lead him and his men into an ambush, as well as Allister specifically telling him to make it look like his group is the whole army, he fails to see that Allister has set him to distract the natives while he escapes and keeps pursuing the running native scouts until they are surrounded by a far larger group of natives. He pays his stupidity with his life.

* TheBusCameBack: She wants nothing to do with the protagonists after her cycle, but they request her help to save Blueberry in the Phantom Tribe Cycle. She and Blueberry part on as-friendly-as-can-be, but Blueberry makes a last attempt at winning her over in ''Arizona Love'', by which point it can be seen as a RomanticPlotTumor.

* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: She suffers this after realizing the gold were merely stones left by Vigo, upon realizing the amount of people whom has died needlessly to get it.]]

* TookALevelInJerkass: In ''Arizona Love'', she has the '''nerve''' to claim that she deserves Blueberry's newfound wealth more than he does, [[InsaneTrollLogic for taking all the risk]]. Ok, Lady. Remind us who was made a {{Scapegoat}}, spent four years as the most wanted man in both USA and Mexico, disbanded an entire conspiracy, and escaped ten thousands of deaths, while the riskiest thing you did was securing a marriage with a RailRoadBaron?

* EvilIsSexy: Pearl comments that he "does not look too bad."

* TheGunslinger: One does not live as long as he did in the Wild West without being handy with a gun, and handy he is.

* RenaissanceMan: Red is a man of many, many talents.

* SpannerInTheWorks: He, [=McCLure=] and lieutnant Bundinglow ruin general Allister's attack plan against the Cheyennes when he gets himself and McLure drunk with the whisky illegally brought by Jim, causing him to light his cigar despite Allister having forbidden any fire to be made to not alert the natives, and provoke a chariot accident after which Bundinglow stupidely smacks cigar on the whisky coming from [=McCLure=]'s chariot which also contains explosives, causing a fire and an explosion that reveal Allister's army presence to the Cheyennes.

* BeardOfEvil: Sam sports one screaming "scumbag".

* FauxAffablyEvil: Sam. Bud does not even bother.

* TheChessmaster: He is much smarter than his brutal ways make it seem, and it shows when he single-handedly causes the war with the Sioux. First by murdering bison and framing colons, then sabotaging the peace negotiations between Blueberry and the Native American chiefs by impersonating the men charged to watch over the negotiations and shooting down the natives to make it look like Blueberry set a trap for them. He later manipulates the Sioux to attack the train transporting the ammunition and payment to the UP camp, planting one of his men on the train to drug and sabotage the defenders and by charging one of his men to deliver General Dodge's message. Also after capturing Blueberry and stealing the payment for the UP workers he puts thousands of dollars on an unconscious Bluberry to frame him for the theft and cover his tracks, and getting rid of his men through TheDragon they are not wary of.

* CrazyPrepared: He keeps on him a small bottle of mushroom poison just in case he has to eliminate someone better than him at the gun or multiple persons, which he uses via Chris to get rid of his men. Also after taking the bag containing the U.P. workers'money, he hides a small gun in it in case someone tries to shoot him while he's taking the money which he uses to shoot Chris when he tries to turn on him.

--> '''Wally''': "Come on Prosit, be modest. I know my worth, but I at this game, you have me beat by more than a few leagues."

* SmugSnake: Prosit loves to gloat and boast when he has the upper hand, but as soon as he loses it he proves a despicable DirtyCoward. He is '''very''' intelligent, but he cannot fathom for the life of him that others can be.

* BigBad: He seems this, but it comes clear fairly quickly, that he is really a BigBadWannabe.

* SmugSnake: He acts like he is a smooth DiabolicalMastermind and gets his kicks in being a dick ForTheEvulz, but
* TortureTechnician: Kelly knows quite a bit of really nasty ones.

[[folder:The Old Timer]]
!!'''The "Old Timer"''', [[spoiler: aka General Allister.]]
The elusive mastermind behind the Conspiracy, and pretty much TheHeavy of the second part of the story, for causing the Outlaw Cycle, and indirectly the Phantom Tribe as well as a consequence, before being unmasked and defeated at last in ''The End of the Trail''. [[spoiler: He is in fact none other than General "Yellow Mane" Allister, but he is such a WalkingSpoiler, not to mention considerably smarter and more competent, that it is best to keep him in a separate folder.]]
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* ArcVillain: Of the Outlaw/Conspiracy Cycle, the largest of the entire story.
* DiabolicalMastermind: The leader of TheConspiracy, who set up all of their {{Evil Plan}}s.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: Learning who he is is the biggest [[TheReveal plot twist]] of the story. [[spoiler: "Yellow Mane" of all people!]]
* TheChessmaster: Far and away the smartest and most dangerous of the many smart and dangerous villains to ever match wits with Blueberry. He's the only one Blueberry is actually worried that he might succeed.
* EvilGenius: A highly intelligent DiabolicalMastermind.
* EvilOldFolks: With a nickname like "the Old Timer", he is
* EvilGloating: Indulges in the trope with abandon when he has Blueberry prisoner, but wisely refrains from SayingTooMuch.
* InSeriesNickname: His men call him "the Old Timer" ("le vieux" in French), which helps keeping the secret of his identity. They keep calling that even after TheReveal. [[spoiler: Another with "Yellow Mane". Blueberry and his friends mostly call him that after learning his identity.]]
* ItsPersonal: He has an especially virulent loathing for President Grant, which is never explained.
** [[spoiler: Turns out he also has quite an ax to grind against Blueberry, whom he blames for the failure of his campaign. He wrecks Blueberry's life to such extent that the loathing becomes mutual. Fittingly, it is Blueberry who kills him at the end.]]
* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Gleefully reveals his plan to Blueberry once they meet face to face and that he has the former lieutenant at his mercy. He's smart enough to keep crucial details hidden, but Blueberry is smart enough to guess them in turn.
* WalkingSpoiler: For obvious reasons.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Duke Stanton]]
!!'''Duke Stanton'''
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A RailroadBaron, and the new MealTicket for ChihuahuaPearl, after she tries to forget the affair of the Confederate gold. Serves as the main antagonist of ''Arizona Love'', though he has a minor role in ''The Long March'' previously.

%%* BeardOfEvil

* JumpingOffTHeslipperySlope: Upon his realization that Pearl and Blueberry [[spoiler: have slept with each other.]]

%%* MealTicket: Acknowledged, and willingly.

%%* RailroadBaron
%%* SmugSnake

%%* TheDragon: To Stanton.

%%* BeardOfEvil: Ike.

%%* EvilRedhead
%%* GodOfEvil: The Red Dragon, for all we know.

* WouldHitAGirl: Murdering [[spoiler: Ma Dalton]]. However, given the [[EvilMatriarch nature]] of that "girl", that is rather understandable...

With litte doubt the most evil villain ever faced by Blueberry, Prosit is a German prospector, claiming to know of a huge gold vein in the Superstition Mountains, a Sacred Place for the Apaches. He persuades people to join his expeditions to the mountains, only to murder them in cold blood along the way, but has failed to reach it so far. [[spoiler: Per TheReveal, his true name is Gustaaf Hazel, and he has the butler to the true Von Luckner, but gave him a shovel in the head and left him for dead, to search for the gold himself.]]

%%* BeardOfEvil: Sam again.

%%* BeardOfEvil: Very much so.

%%* CatchPhrase: "Himmelkreutzsakrament!"

%%* EvilOldFolks: Lampshaded often.

%%* WarmUpBoss: Cole's role in a nutshell.

!!'''The Ghost with the Golden Bullets''', [[spoiler: aka the real Baton Wernher Amadeus von Luckner.]]
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A mysterious being living in the Superstition Mountains, only referred to as the Ghost. He is known only for firing golden bullets at his victims, and shooting at everyone entering the mesa. Is he a spectre like the natives think ? Or something more rational ? [[spoiler: He is the true Wernher Amadeus von Luckner, wounded and left to die by Prosit who wanted the gold for him alone many years ago. He was found by an Apache hermit called Little Turtle who nursed him back to health and taught him how to live in the harsh conditions of the Mesa.]]

* Anti-Villain: Starts as type III, but by ''Chihuahua Pearl'', they have readily degenerated to at best, type I, at worst a full-fledged villain.

* AFatherToHisMen: At first he seems to really care about his men and their well-being. Subverted in Chihuahua Pearl when he shoots one of his men for leaving him after he had enough of Finlay's private war. It got worse when it is revealed that he lied to his men about the presidential pardon they received and so deprived them of returning to their homes and families.
%%* FourStarBadass

* PatrioticFervor: He and his men are texans, and very proud of their homeland, and upon learning that Armendariz intends to use the Apaches to reconquer the Texas for Mexico, he agrees to help Blueberry for the sake of the Texas.
%%* SociopathicSoldier
%%* WellIntentionedExtremist

%%* CavalryOfficer: Confederate version.

%%* TheDragon
%%* KnightTemplar
%%* SociopathicSoldier
%%* TheStarscream

[[folder:Warden Kelly]]
!!'''Warden Kelly'''

* BigBad: He seems this, but it comes clear fairly quickly, that he is really a BigBadWannabe
%%* CavalryOfficer
%%* DirtyCoward
%%* TheDragon: To [[spoiler: Allister.]]
%%* HisNameIs
%%* KilledMidSentence
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Is subject to the same torture, as he inflicted on Blueberry.]]
%%* SmugSnake
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Allister has Blake murder him to keep him from informing Blueberry.]]

!!'''Angel Face'''

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Fitting of his name he is a very beautiful and handsome man, and at first seems to have a charming personality but beneath it he is a very arrogant and ruthless killer.

* ColdSniper: He is an extremely talented gunman with incredible marksmanship who's more than a match for Blueberry, hence why he was hired to assassinate Grant.
%%* TheDragon: [[spoiler: To Allister.]]
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: [[spoiler: After his face is melted.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma:[[spoiler: Having his pretty face burned by Blueberry.]]
* NightmareFace: His, after Blueberry burns his face.

%%* PsychoForHire

A fairly low-key desperado, part of the plot against President Grant.
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%%* ColdSniper: [[spoiler: When taking out Kelly.]]
%%* TheDragon: To Kelly.
%%* EvilAllAlong
%%* HypercompetentSideckick

%%* SmugSnake

[[folder:Gidion "Eggskull" O'Bannon]]
!!'''Gidion "Eggskull" O'Bannon'''

[[folder:Marquis de Listrac, "El Tigre"]]

* BeenThereShapedHistory: Was in all fronts of the Civil War in his youth, and won many a decisive battle against seemingly impossible odds.

* BrutalHonesty: He very rarely hesitate to state his exact opinions to others, even if they are complete strangers that he has just met or his superiors. While this makes him a valuable subordinate and advisor to {{Reasonable Authority Figure}}s such as generals Crook or Dodge, this has often put him in trouble against stricter and less lenient generals and other high-ranked persons. The best example is at the beggining of the Confederate Treasure arc him telling to an man that he has saved that all high-ranked militaries are idiots who only increase in stupidity with their ranks, only for the man to reveal that he's General [=McPherson=], the personnal military advisor of the president, who proceeds to have him arrested and forced to go on a mission to retrieve the confederate treasure to clear his name and avoid prison.

* ClearMyName: He often has to clear himself from blame. [[spoiler: In the Confederate Gold Cycle and onwards, this is exaggerated. At first, it is only a cover story for his secret mission for the government, but thanks to Vigo's accusations, he is soon imprisoned for the theft of the Confederate gold, then used as a scapegoat for the assassination attempt on President Grant and becomes the most wanted man in America, until finally clearing himself.]]

* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: In-universe. Especially during the Civil War spin-off, but also present in the main series. He foiled many Confederate plans and helped turn the tide, but there were no witnesses. He single-handedly won the Indian Wars, but while General Crook knows what he is owed, few know of his roles and those who do don't even remember his exact name. Not to mention the missions in which he was made a ScapeGoat. Finally averted after he saves President Grant and dismantles TheConspiracy. Campbell wants to avert it by writing a novel about his adventures, but Blueberry would much rather remain anonymous.

* {{Ambadassador}}: Is occasionally required to take on this role..

* BoldExplorer: Spent most of his life as this, exploring the newly conquered territories of the Far West for gold.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: He's very eccentric, and his alcoholism often creates problems, but he's still very tough, in addition to being an excellent shot and explosive expert, who learnt a lot of tricks in his lifetime of adventuring, and has vast knowledge of Apaches and Navajos and their culture due to the decades he spent in their lands.

* CowardlyLion: Unlike Blueberry he is generally reluctant to face really dangerous situations and he often panics, but when he or his friends are threatened his quick-thinking and skills with explosives are often crucial.

* TheGunslinger: One does not live as long as he did in the Wild West without being handy with a gun, and he is.

* SpannerInTheWorks: He, Red Neck and lieutnant Bundinglow ruin general Allister's attack plan against the Cheyennes when he takes whisky with him and get himself and Red Neck drunk, causing a chariot accident after which Bundinglow stupidely throws Red Neck's glowing cigar on McLure's chariot which is still full of whisky, but also of explosives, causing a fire and an explosion that reveal Allister's army presence to the Cheyennes.

* VitriolicBestBuds: With Blueberry, the two often bicker and Jim is generally reluctant to follow him and his plans due to the danger in which it put him, and has even ditched him a few times, but he has very high affection for him and he remains loyal to him.
* UndyingLoyalty: Downplayed as there are several moments where his cowardice and greed win over his loyalty to Blueberry, such as during the Lost Dutchman Mine Cycle where he accepts to make Prosit escape and accompany him to find the lost mine gold, or at the end of the Confederation Gold Cycle where he and Red Neck don't try to defend Blueberry when he's unjustly imprisonned for the theft of the treasure, but he has saved Blueberry's life many times, keep adventuring with him even when he doesn't want to, and he wanted to help Blueberry escape prison and help him clear his name.

* BadassBookworm: An excellent rider and yet another crack shot, who knows ''' a lot''' about pretty much every skill useful in the Wild West.

* TheQuietOne: He is a loner, and rarely comes with input. However, when he does, it is usually a brilliant idea.
* RetiredBadass: Like the rest of the three protagonists, he retires from his life of adventure

* SpannerInTheWorks: He, McLure and lieutnant Bundinglow ruin general Allister's attack plan against the Cheyennes when he gets himself and McLure drunk with the whisky illegally brought by Jim, causing him to light his cigar despite Allister having forbidden any fire to be made to not alert the natives, and provoke a chariot accident after which Bundinglow stupidely smacks cigar on the whisky coming from McLure's chariot which also contains explosives, causing a fire and an explosion that reveal Allister's army presence to the Cheyennes.

* FearlessFool: Before he wisens up, which he is called out on by Blueberry and pretty much everyone else.

* TheDogBitesBack: One insult too much by Bascom, [[spoiler: and Fort Navajo is compromised.]]

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Despite his age, is very adapt at fighting, notably escaping Bascom all on his own.

* CoolOldGuy: He is a brave,honorable and wise chieftain who cares deeply about his people and to maintain peace with the US army.

** With Crowe after he saved his life. While he doesn't always listen to Crowe's advices he recognise his bravery and loyalty and agrees to meet Blueberry of gratitude. He even calls Crowe his friend after learning that Lone Eagle killed him and wants to avenge him though Blueberry does it in his stead.

* LastStand: [[spoiler:Played with in that he does not get to fight when he is finally about to die of old age, but he ''does'' lead his fellow elderly native in a crucial diversion that saves the tribe.]]

* OldFriend: Of the soon-to-become TheLancer of the series.

* CoolOldGuy: Aging at first but very reliable and competent.

* FourStarBadass: Unlike Allister he is presented as a true badass and competent general who knowns how to lead his men against Indians despite his lack of ressources.

* IOweYouMyLife: Blueberry saved him from Confederate captivity during the Civil War, and Dodge trusts him with his life. Even after being made the most wanted man in the US, Dodge is willing to lend him an ear.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Manages to save President Grant from Angel Face, at the cost of her own life.]]
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Fell in love with Steelfingers once, and is an UnwittingPawn in the plot of Blake and Angel Face. To her credit, this was long before Steelfingers was an outlaw and she quickly realizes' Blake's true nature, even guessing most of their plot, but it is already too late.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Sadly fails to save, or even warns Grant about the conspiracy to kill him.]]
* MissKitty: Averted in her first appearance, as she starts off as the owner of a respectable theatre company, but played straight as in her last appearance she owns a whorehouse.
* MsExposition: She is the one who explains to Blueberry how thoroughly he is manipulated by TheConspiracy in ''The Outlaw''.

* SmarterThanYouLook: She is dismissed as ThePrimaDonna and a vapid GrandeDame, but she is the one who provides Blueberry with a way to clear his name and who understood that he is used as a ScapeGoat. She guessed much of their plan, but sadly not enough for a [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] like the recurring villain.

* AFatherToHisMen: Unlike Allister Foster really cares for the lives and safety of the soldiers, and when Blueberry and his men are attacked by the Cheyenne warriors he tries to convince Allister to let him rescue them though the general has none of it.

* TheDogBitesBack: At the end of "General Yellow Mane" he gets fed up with Allister and tells general Dodge and Red Neck about how Allister cowardly and cruelly sacrificied Blueberry and another portion of his men to attract the natives and escape the Black Hills alive.
* EveryoneHasStandards: While he doesn't object to Allister's unprovoked attack on the natives despite the peace treaty Foster is visibly uneasy when Allister orders to continue hunting the Cheyenne survivors down, and he is disgusted and outraged when Allister cruelly sacrifices some of his own men in order to catch up with the survivors and to later escape the revengeful natives.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: When Allister has a VillainousBreakdown and orders his army to fall back when ambushed by the Sioux Foster yells at him to pull himself together and that they need to charge forward to the woods as they are doomed if they do not that.

* ButtMonkey: He gets embarassed several times, first by Red Neck and Mac Lure who slice his pipe with a whip when showing their talents to Allister upon volunteering to join his forces, and later falls of his horse due to one of Blueberry's tricks (to allow Red Neck to leave and go warn General Dodge unnoticed) and has to rely on Blueberry's help to retrieve his horse under Allister's eyes, who then give him several days of suspension for making a fool of himself.
* {{Jerkass}}: He acts quite unpleasant to Blueberry and to his friends, being happy to take Blueberry's gun when Allister orders Blueberry to give his gun to him to prevent him from doing anything against Allister's plans.

* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: She suffers this after realizing the gold were merely stones left by Vigo, upon realizing the amount of people whom has died needlessly.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She is selfish, self-serving and abrasive, but deep down she is nice and much more fond of Blueberry and his pals that she is willing to admit. Still, she genuinely grieves for all who died to get the Confederate Gold, and after TheBusCameBack, she helps the three heroes without having anything to gain.

* TookALevelInJerkass: In ''Arizona Love'', she has the '''nerve''' to claim that she deserves Blueberry's newfound wealth more than he does, [[InsaneTrollLogic for taking all the risk]]. Ok, Lady. Remind us who was made a {{Scapegoat}}, spent four years as the most wanted man in both USA and Mexico, disbanded an entire conspiracy, and escaped ten thousands of deaths, while the riskiest thing you did was securing a marriage with a railroad baron?

* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: The poor guy spent years as a wanted outlaw, more years in TheAlcatraz, was nearly tortured, shot and even killed, all to protect the Confederate Gold. Who was found and spent years before with him none the wiser.]] His entire life was pretty much a ShaggyDogStory.

* LivingMacguffin: Saving him and have him lead everyone to the Confederate gold is the goal of the Story Arc.

* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: If only he knew that the gold he dedicated his life protecting was stolen by Vigo, with everyone none the wiser. Then again]]

The daughter of Cochise, and the lover of Blueberry while he became a WhiteManGoneNative in the ''Broken Nose'' epic.

* ActionGirl: She was never taught to fight, but she proves tough as nail nonetheless. What she lacks in training she more than makes up for it with resourcefullness.

* IndianMaiden: The basis of her character, but she is more than just that.

* TomboyPrincess: She is a native princess and acts as such, but she is much more interested in actually leading the tribe and taking part in her people's rescue than the guys would like. She proves valuable
* {{Tsundere}}: Starts haughty and dismissive towards both Vittorio and Blueberry. Justified in that she despises being seen as a trophy to be won by both. She drops it as soon as they start interacting eye to eye.

The young, aggressive Apache warrior also vying for Chini's feelings.

* BloodKnight: Despises the whites at first and wants nothing than earning glory by beating thim. Fortunately, in the end he is more the second coming of Crowe than Lone Eagle.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: At first, he seems like a {{Yandere}} CrazyJealousGuy, willing to kill Blueberry and jeopardize the tribes existence to "restore the natives' glory" and marry Chini. He eventually grows into a respectable man, and marries Chini.

* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: He considers himself this, but his vision of a proud warrior needs to change. At first.

* OneDialogueTwoConversations: When trying to extract the identity of his assassin from [[spoiler: a dying Guffie Palmer.]] They try asking him to pardon their scapegoat friend, and he believes (not unreasonably) that she is naming the assassin.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: One of the biggest legend of TheWildWest.

* NeverASelfMadeWoman: Gloriously averted. Doree is a celebrated singer, enough to get the saloon packed with just her on the poster, and skilled enough to write her own songs. Blueberry first notices her when enjoying her singing.

* HeroicBSOD: He is utterly horrified when he has to kill someone, even a scoundrel of the worst kind to save Blueberry's life.

* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Played with. He thinks that the Far West is like the novel he writes, but he learns to his dismay that writing about it by no means makes him an expert, quite the contrary. His experience in Tombstone and Blueberry's tale of the Civil War and the military's treatment of the natives shatter his illusions.

* GeneralFailure: His hate blinds him so much that it makes him a lousy officer, causing him to make disastrous decisions for him and his men. Despite the men of Fort Navajo being desperately outnumbered and isolated, he launches an attack against the natives that start a war with them; also when Cochise gives him a chance to get away with his men and the civilians present at Fort Navajo in exchange for freeing the native chiefs he holds hostage, Bascom refuses and decides instead to hang them to deliver a message to Cochise. Unsurprisingly the fort is quickly overrun by the natives shortly after, and he is killed during the fight.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He really existed and did cause the war and try to capture Cochise. While dickish and disloyal, he was not as evil as he is portrayed though.

* TheSmartGuy: Although less intelligent than Blueberry (though not by much and then again anyone is), this is his main purpose among the ThreeAmigos. Expect him to come up with ThePlan when Blueberry is not around.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Allister has Blake murder him to keep him from informing Blueberry.]]

* BrutalHonesty: He very rarely hesitate to state his exact opinions to others, even if they are complete strangers that he has just met or his superiors. While this makes him a valuable subordinate and advisor to {{Reasonable Authority Figure}}s such as generals Crook or Dodge, this has often put him in trouble against stricter and less lenient generals and other high-ranked persons. The best example is at the beggining of the Confederate Treasure arc him telling to an man that he has saved that all high-ranked militaries are idiots who only increase in stupidity with their ranks, only for the man to reveal that he's General [=McPherson=], the personnal military advisor of the president, who proceeds to have him arrested and forced to go on a mission to retrieve the confederate treasure to clear his name and avoid prison.

* TheHero: Well duh!

** Used as such again [[MagnificentBastard quite magnificently]] by the BigBad of the Conspiracy Cycle, but he ends up destroying the entire conspiracy and saving the President's life in the process.

* EnemyMine: [[spoiler: In truth, he and Blueberry works together a lto in the stories, and they, being both [[MagnificentBastard magnificent bastards]], they are damn good at it too.]]

* ScrewRulesIHaveConnections: Has ties with powerful politicians in Washington and uses them to get all the power to deal with the natives, and to have Blueberry reassigned to Palomito as petty revenge against him.

* ScrewRulesIHaveConnections: When trying to get a legal arrest warrant viable in Palomito from the judge to take Prosit with them, they quickly intimidate him and say that they have many friends in the region to force him to sign it. [[spoiler: Though since they aren't true bounty hunters, having stolen the original warrant from a marshall Wally murdered, it's likely that they were bluffing.]]