History Characters / DarkAndShatteredLands

* ColdWar: With Verminasia. They've been threatening war for decades but haven't made a move in quite some time. Most in Arkane barely give it any thought any longer, content it is long over.

* ColdWar: With Arkane. Much as they want the nation for their evil empire of Aversia, they haven't been able to make a dent in it for nearly a century in-game.

* ArcherArchetype: In theory, yes, in practice, few bother with bows anymore.

* DropTheHammer: Naturally, he’s normally depicted wielding a smith’s hammer as his weapon of choice. Not that he does much fighting to begin with, however.

* TheDarkChick: The only evil Goddess.

* NamesTheSame: As the Kingdom.

* AnAxeToGrind: Frequently depicted with this as his weapon of choice, for up close and bloody executions.

* KnifeNut: Favors knives as his weapon of choice. Up close and personal tends to be the best way to kill someone, to his mind. Plus they’re easiest to conceal.

* SinisterScythe: A favored weapon of his followers, though rarely Fatale himself (too obvious). He tends to be more of a KnifeNut.

* OurElvesAreBetter: Shalonesti are the original, and purest blood, from whom the Shalonost bloodline comes, the rulers, and overall typical impression one has when thinking of elves in DSL. They also come in several off-shoots, including the Sea Elves, who are blue-skinned and turn into dolphins, the Dark Elves, who are outcasts who tried to betray and take over the kingdom and are now servants of Evil and the Wild Elves, who are more barbaric and primitive than their city-dwelling cousins. There are also Half-Elves, whom are part human and part elf. Any mix of any variety always results in Half-Elf, though sea elves cannot produce offspring with any save themselves.

* ALoadOfBull: Ticks all the major boxes of fantasy minotaurs. Big, furry, horned, and tend to be easily pissed off. They are also big, strong, and can be very noble warriors and sailors.

* BadassBeard: Often appears this way, with a long, white, sorcerer-esque beard.

* BadassBeard: Dwarves are very fond of their full, flowing, mighty beards. Even the women. The only exceptions are Muls, who have no hair, at all, anywhere on their bodies. Some compensate by using wigs to hide this fact.

* BigGood: The biggest in DSL. Lampshaded by the kender’s name for him, “Big A”

* GodOfGood: ''THE'' definitive example in DSL.

* HappilyMarried: With Taliena. Doesn’t hurt she’s the ''actual'' Goddess of Love.

* LightIsGood.

* TheOlderImmortal: With Necrucifer and Kwainin. The original Trio.
* ThePaladin.

[[spoiler:Marauders]]
* BadassArmy: Originally subverted. While once the case (Marauders nearly conquered most of the known world once upon a time) they subsequently became barely a handful of truly devoted to the fight left. Then Chaos took an interest, and their EverWar started up... now... well, it takes solid brass ones to go up against the entire civilized world.

* TheWarToEndAllWars: Their new EverWar, which is determined to go on and on and on some more, until virtually every nation is destroyed, every city ruined, every army decimated, and overall, bad news for the entire world. Virtually every other kingdom stands against them in this, so it might not last very long.