History Characters / Dawngate

* AnythingThatMoves: She is a thrill seeker even in this sense. According to her, she's slept with members of her crew, even the ones she didn't like. [[spoiler: Quite possibly even Varion.]]

* BladeOnAStick: Uses an odd halberd-looking polearm as his main weapon.

* NotGoodWithPeople: When asked why he's never in the camp he answers that he gets along better with gulls.

%%* AnAxeToGrind

* KnifeNut: Tosses around a lot of knives.

%%* AbsoluteCleavage

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!!Marah, the Awakened
''Strong and quiet, like all folk of the holy woods, Marah was always attuned to the passing seasons and animal migrations. Bonding with the Spirit of Growth left her overwhelmed – able to see life swarming in a drop of water, and feel every leaf shiver in the forest.''

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* GreenThumb
* PlantPerson

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!!Voluc, the Devourer
''Once the leader of a paladin order, Voluc bonded with the Spirit of Consumption as he lay dying in the holy woods. No longer quite human, he must remain tirelessly vigilant, lest the Vitality he wields suck the very life from all around him.''

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* CameBackWrong: The Spirit of Consumption saved him from death, but it changed him drastically.
** Debatable, as he is part of the "deceased" list of shapers.

* VoiceOfTheLegion

!!Lillin, the Old Guard
''The ancient tombs of Sunar stand in among the vast eastern steppes, guarded by blood-Shaped holy warriors of swift aspect. Exiled for the heresy of love, Lillin, her infant son, and the Spirit of Divinity found peace among the folk of the heart.''

* ActionMom

!!Raina, the Archivist
''The daughter and heir of a prominent northern Duchess, Raina’s plans for life revolved around the written word. A voracious reader of ancient history and disreputable fiction, she took up the powers of the Preservation Vitality to protect her friends and her books from raiders.''

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* DropTheHammer

!!Fenmore, the Alpha

''Cool and practical, the warlord Fenmore betrayed his queen to build a peaceful, orderly world, united under his rule. The acting leader of a shadowy group known as [The Nine], he wields the Vitality of Hunger, incarnate as a pack of his northern homeland’s ferocious wolves.''

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!!Freia, the Survivor

''A commoner from the mountainous north, Freia bonded with the Spirit of Rage when she discovered her village razed by Fenmore and his spirit-wolves. Now consumed by the Vitality she bears, she pursues the warlord relentlessly, intent on revenge.''

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* AnAxeToGrind

!!Kindra, the Vesper

''A young noblewoman exiled to a remote northern abbey for her perverse and lethal hobbies, Kindra gleefully broke free when the Spirit of Shadow bonded with her. Amoral and easily bored, she spends her days finding new ways to amuse herself.''

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!!Petrus, the Artificier
''A western Shaper of the old priestly tradition, Petrus chafed as perennial second-best to the Arch-Shaper Eidolus, architect of the Dawngate. After losing an arm, Petrus began a second career as Mikella’s tutor. Bonding with the Spirit of Progress allowed him to construct a replacement limb and resume his experiments.''

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!!Varion, the Mercenary
''Born in the slums of a western city-state, Varion’s marksmanship, wit, and charm bring him wealth as a soldier-for-hire – which he quickly squanders on drink and gambling. He accepts the highs and lows of life with a smile and a shrug, which drew the Spirit of Adaptability to him.''

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* AbnormalAmmo

* {{Teleportation}}: Uses these.
** Best of all, in the Dawngate Chronicles, he does it with his dice.

!!Vex, the Beast
''Born a mere frax – a predator beast of the western forests – Vex was the subject of Petrus’ early Vitality Experiments into Shaping flesh. His body and mind both enhanced and damaged, he suffers constant agony. Only the blessings of the Spirit of Pain keep him alive and sane.''

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!!Desecrator, the Bane of Maridia

''The cold and clinical entity known as the Desecrator wields the Vitality of Decay as a surgeon wields a scalpel. Little is known of him, save that he nurses a frightful vendetta against the merchant princes of the west, and Mikella’s family in particular.''

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* CameBackWrong

* OurZombiesAreDifferent

!! Kensu, the Mistwalker

''The Iteshi of western Suzutai turned their backs to the Spirits, snaring souls at the moment of death. Their isles are haunted now by the misplaced desires and regrets of the bound dead. Hunters must keep them in check, and the finest is Kensu and his Spirit of Conviction.''

!! Basko, the Enforcer

''In Maridia, the masses spend their lives laboring in hunger and squalor for the benefit of a few wealthy merchant princes. Basko, once an enforcer for the criminal gangs of the slums, means to change that with the Spirit of Resolve.''

!! Tess, the Sky Captain

''Coarse, exuberant, and unrestrained, Tess and her pirate crew terrorized shipping along the Jeweled Coast of the west. After years of fruitless tinkering and experiments, the coming of the Spirit of Defiance granted her life-long dream; a ship that can sail among the clouds.''

!!Zeri, the Painter

''Artists are revered in the southern deserts, and young Zeri is their finest painter… when she can be persuaded to apply herself. Wielding the power of Vibrance Vitality has changed her life, but not her attitude towards living it.''

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* ChildProdigy
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
* TheDitz

* {{Engrish}} / ShoutOut: Her announcer pack has the quote "A Winner is You"

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!!Ashabel, the Dancer

''Though famed across the South for her sublime dancing, Ashabel is talented in arts from poetry to song. Clients at her salon pay handsomely for hours on the arms of clever and charming companions, enjoying refined conversation and recitals… but the lady holds herself aloof, the Spirit of Elegance her only company.''

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!!King Of Masks, the Master Of Illusions

''Illusionist and master thespian, the King performed to crowded squares and the delight of children everywhere. But woe! The Virtuosos of the south resented his consummate skill and unbridled popularity. Our hero was unfairly banished to the wastes… but the Spirit of Madness offered him a chance for justice!''

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!!Kahgen, the Raider

''The bandits of the Great Abeyance desert prey on caravans of giant hathi that wind between the cities of the south. Kahgen’s band uses tar sand-fuelled grapples to haul themselves aboard the massive beasts. The coming of their boss’ Spirit of Avarice allows them to seek more ambitious targets.''

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!!Amarynth, the Tempest

''The High Priestess of the blessed – or cursed – Shorewind tribe, Amarynth commands unstoppable forces of tide and squall through her bond with the Spirit of Momentum. Like the eastern sea, she is serene and elegant at peace, but prone to thundering rages when roused.''

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* AbsoluteCleavage

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!!Dibs, the Dreamer

''From his earliest days in the eastern jungles, Dibs looked to sky. While his innumerable friends-and-relations capered through the trees, he dreamed of ways to fly over them. Now that the Spirit of Ambition allows him to touch the sky, he’s sworn to help Nissa achieve her dreams.''

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* OurFairiesAreDifferent

!!Faris, the Ancient

''In the turbulent era that closed the Age of Majesty, Faris was built to protect the children of the powerful from a rising tide of violent religious zealotry. The Spirit of Ruin sought him after centuries alone. In this age, there are still children to protect – by any means necessary.''

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* LostTechnology

!!Moya, the Smuggler

''Wanderers and smugglers, the otterkin ply the rivers in family-run barges, viewed with suspicion wherever they land. Moya has guided her crew through rough waters time and again, but her Mobility Vitality promises to bring a new level of trouble to their door.''

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* ImprobableWeaponUser: Whips people with an electric eel.
* LightningBruiser: Hits hard, is in turn hard to bring down, and is highly mobile. On top of that, has an [[VisualPun electric eel as a weapon]].
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Her ultimate has her dragging some poor sod into the sky before pile-driving the hapless victim into the ground.

!!Nissa, the High Huntress
''Nissa was the High Huntress of the Stonebloom tribe until she bonded with the Spirit of Pursuit. The people of the east venerate the Spirits as untouchable, and her Vitality powers left her an outcast. She wanders with her companion Tal’ah, helping where she can, but always moving on.''

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* BattleBoomerang: Of two kinds, the small one in her hand used for auto-attacks, and the large one on her back, Birraga, used for her ultimate, Final Flight.
* TheExile: Due to being bonded to the Spirit of Pursuit.
%%* FragileSpeedster: Has a sprinting ability with a passive permanent haste buff to step up her movement speed. This is also supposedly the Spirit of Pursuit's specialty in general.
* LoyalAnimalCompanion: Tel'ah, her squirrel-like pet, follows her around the battlefield and aids Nissa by providing vision in high brush.
* PrecisionGuidedBoomerang: Birraga acts as such when thrown for her ultimate. Wierdly enough though, all of the other ones thrown do not. Not for her auto-attack, and not for any of her other abilities. She simply regains another one everytime. In either case, she has the benefit of being a Shaper to explain it.

!!Salous, the Penitent
''A member of a holy order of eastern assassin-monks, Salous had grown haunted and nauseated by his many murders. He confessed his sins to the Spirit of Control, which offered him the strength to redeem himself through deeds.''

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* TheAtoner
* DynamicEntry: It's something of surprise when a magic bolt flies from outside your vision, followed closely by a lizardman assassin-monk.
* LizardFolk

!!Viyana, the Purifier

''Artfully bred, the product of generations of carefully preserved Blood Shaping expertise, Viyana regarded the advent of her Spirit of Purity as a natural and inevitable right. Her creators dispatched her to lead the barbarian rabble of the eastern tribes to victory.''

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* BloodyMurder: Uses blood in her attacks.
* BlueBlood: With an arrogant personality to match.
* CastFromHitPoints: Uses health to cast her abilities.
* PureIsNotGood: Viyana is quite single-minded in her personality and goals, but isn't necessarily a good character.
* RoyalWe: Uses this manner of speech.
* StoneWall: Despite being labeled as a "Backline Support" due to her healing abilities, health costs and health scalings generally mean that good Viyanas end up with a ton of health, and then usually defenses to go on top of that. She does have to stand still for the duration of her ultimate, after all.

!!Sakari, the Bride of Winter

''Every decade, Sakari's tribe set their most beloved youth adrift on an ice flow, offered as a spouse to the Spirits of the north for good weather and fine hunting. She doesn't speak of what happened, but returned frost-brittle and bearing the Spirit of Inevitability.''

* AnIcePerson
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Sakari has something of a mental age of someone many years younger than herself. Whether it is to do with her being offered to the spirits or with her being bound to a spirit herself is a mystery, but she isn't all there 100% of the time.
* MightyGlacier: Deceptively tough. Sakari's passive constantly buffs her armour as she deals damage with abilities. A bonus that scales with power, even, making her tougher if she builds offensively. Though it does take some build focus to completely overcome the usual [[SquishyWizard mage squishiness]] fully, given her lack of magic resistance otherwise, it is a likely approach given her need to constantly apply her spells and get in close.
* WinterRoyalLady: Kind of. Though in either case, her developmental name was "Snow Queen", and the developers directly cite ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' as the inspiration for her design.

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!!Viridian, the Abyssal

''Among the eastern Shorewind tribe, Viridian hunted whales with only a knife, diving alone into the dark and cold to provide meat, blubber, and oil. Even to his tribe, his blessings are horrifying, and before he bonded with the Spirit of Finesse, he lived alone and apart.''

* GlassCannon: He can deal a lot of damage very quickly but does not take hits well. He prefers to stay out of sight until he can slide in, burst down an important target and get out.
* KnifeNut: Tosses around a lot of knives.
* NotGoodWithPeople: When asked why he's never in the camp he answers that he gets along better with gulls.
* TheQuietOne: He's not very good at speaking so he prefers to not talk at all. All his in-game quotes are very short and precise as well.

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!!Flin & Sgt. Buttersworth

''Veteran of a hundred fierce battles in the southern jungles, crusty and confident "Colonel" Flin is always happy to invite himself into a scrap. He has two advantages; his old beetle comrade "Sergeant" Buttersworth, and his new command of Valor Vitality. If only these twigsnappers would heed his vast experience...''

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!!Eidolus

The creator of the Dawngate, hoping to contact his lost wife in the SpiritWorld. This did not go so well.

* LoveMakesYouCrazy
* MadScientist
* NiceJobBreakingItHero

!!Duke Anzerani

The greatest merchant prince in the west. Father of Mikella, Petrus' employer, and the man who funded Eidolus' project to create the Dawngate.

* WinterRoyalLady: Kind of. Though in either case, her developmental name was "Snow Queen", and the developers directly cite {{Disney/Frozen}} as the inspiration for her design.

* TeleportersAndTransporters: Uses these.

* PettingZooPeople: A talking bipedal otter.

* TakingTheBullet: Much like Caitlyn's ultimate of LeagueOfLegends fame, Final Payment is a very long-ranged channeled attack that fires projectiles at a target that can be intercepted. However, the major difference is that it is not just one bullet, it is a whole barrage. While it means that it is very easy to spread the damage across multiple targets, meaning the attack had little effect, the multiple hits can trigger her recently granted passive, which deals more damage after consecutive hits.

* ActionGirl

* FragileSpeedster: Tess' main selling point is her ability to hop on board her weapon and drive it to her location of choice, allowing her to roam and reach fights quickly.
* GlassCannon: A ranged carry. Most of her damage comes from the burst of abilities and her true-damage passive going off all at once when she enters a fight.

* FragileSpeedster: Has a sprinting ability with a passive permanent haste buff to step up her movement speed. This is also supposedly the Spirit of Pursuit's specialty in general.

* AnythingThatMoves: She is a thrill seeker even in this sense. According to her, she's slept with members of her crew, even the ones she didn't like.

* MerchantPrince: Anzerani's wise investments and ruthless decision making make him the richest man in the west. In a region where [[MerchantCity making money is of the highest value]], this basically makes him head of the Western area.

* WinterRoyalLady: Kind of. Though in either case, her developmental name was "Snow Queen", and the developers directly cite {{Film/Frozen}} as the inspiration for her design.

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[[folder:The North]]

A land filled with both scholars and warriors.

* MechanicallyUnusualCharacter: Kensu's basic attack does not abide by the usual attack speed timer. Rather, it is determined by the meter above his head. Its rate of recovery is reliant on his haste, and when it reaches one bar, his basic attack is ready. His arrows can be double-nocked by waiting until it goes to two bars, allowing his next attack to fire both shots one after the other in quick succession. This double attack has unusual interactions in order to make it work, such as the fact that both arrows are fired at the same speed all game round, regardless of whether or not your attack speed is faster than that rate.

* FlashStep: One of her skills allows her to teleport to a unit, dealing damage if it's an enemy. Her ultimate is a [[TeleportSpam series of attacks]], dealing heavy damage to enemy Shapers.

* ChildhoodFriends: With Cerulean, Who just grins and bears the above.

* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Her ultimate has her dragging some poor sod into the sky before piledriving the hapless victim into the ground.

* TheWoobie: [[http://i.imgur.com/61huLr0.png Vex really needs that hug.]]

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* BadassLongcoat: Impressively, for an Ottrekin.
* BlindWeaponmaster: Was blinded by some outsiders who accused him and his brother of robbing them. He's still completely capable of gunslinging, and his skills allow him to locate the enemy, presumably by using sounds.