History Characters / GloomhavenNonPlayableCharacters

* BigGood: He's actually this for the mercenary party, as he keeps track of the work they are doing for the town, manages the town records office for the mercenaries and such.

* QuestGiver: Dominic sends the player to purify a grove corrupted with oozes and against an anarchist force who stole his books.

* QuestGiver: Should the party be opposed to Jekserah for any reason, Argeise will aid them in bringing her down.

* SnakeOilSalesman: He has a talent for sales, but his products are less than impressive. Although Lurkers do have a taste for polar bear meat, if the player isn't careful, they could end up paying with a worthless item.

* INeedAFreakingDrink: How everyone feels after defeating the corruption. Cassandra takes it upon herself to pay for the round.

* ThinkingUpPortals: While portal travel has inherent risks due to other portal travelers, Cassandra is capable enough to get the party where they need to go. As a Diviner, she can also use rifts.

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: There's plenty of things she won't allow. This comes not out of malice, but because the place is dangerous and resources are stretched thin.

* CulturedBadass: Olmstead has a passion for art and music and spends his free time crafting weapons. He's even quite fond of musicals. However, the town's Savvas playwright is someone he can't stand.

[[folder:Pinter Droman]]
A Quatryl craftsman who works in Frosthaven.

* FantasticNuke: He makes a psychic bomb that can kill Lurkers in order to find the Coral Crown. The players may accept or reject his plan, he will not press the issue if denied.
* ForScience: Downplayed. He crafts and constructs because he wants to help the town. But he also loves creating for its own sake.
* GadgeteerGenius: He knows his crafting for sure. He creates a functioning bathysphere, to say nothing of the weapons and gear he can construct.
* QuestGiver: He is a major part of the quest to bring trade to Frosthaven. He's also a major part of the Lurker questline.

[[folder:Dinah Snapclaw]]
A Vermling tavern keeper and former pirate

* EveryoneHasStandards: She's terse, she's short-tempered, she complains about everyone being poor tippers. But she never takes more than her fair share of treasure, and eagerly compensates Captain Doghopper for use of his ship.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: When finding the Pirate Queen's Treasure, she is giddy and frolics among the coins. The mercenary party agrees not to put it in their retelling of the story, since no one would believe them.
* PirateGirl: She ran with Berty One-Ear, one of the most notorious pirates.
* QuestGiver: Offers the Ancient Coin and Pirate Queen's Treasure questline.

[[folder:Crain]]
A Quatryl found roaming the Unfettered facility, Crain becomes a source of lore as the party investigates the weirdness going on in Frosthaven

* DitzyGenius: Crain is definitely intelligent and knows his research well. But he seems to forget the whole "danger" part.
* OhCrap: Crain explains that when the second seal is reinforced, the Vestige of the Imprisoned God will move all of his forces to the last one. He panics when he discovers that that last location is Frosthaven itself.
* QuestGiver: He offers assistance in the Unfettered questline, and the puzzle book series of questlines, focusing on sealing the Imprisoned God.

[[folder:Eddica]]
An intelligent Valrath who runs a library, seeking powerful arcane tomes scattered across Frosthaven.

* BadassBookworm: Eddica doesn't fight, but she's certainly capable of harnessing powerful, and dangerous magical spells.
* HotLibrarian: Many of the men in Frosthaven hang out in the library and are quite interested in her...tomes.
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: She is noticeably less enthused about the Tome of Time when compared to the other tomes.
* RedOniBlueOni: Downplayed. Eddica's sister, Violet, and her have very different ideas on what is a worthwhile pursuit. But they are both single-minded in those pursuits.
* QuestGiver: Gives the library quests for the tomes.

[[folder:Violet]]
A Valrath researcher who is rather fond of Lurkers, thinking them to be more than beasts.

* TheCameo: She shows up in a card in Gloomhaven if the players find a Lurker, and will chastise the players if they are cruel to a baby Lurker. However, she's named, and has a relationship dynamic, in Frosthaven.
* ItCanThink: Played with. Most people believe Lurkers are more dangerous than simple animals, but Violet thinks they can be capable of culture and intelligence, and even has one of their musical instruments, a stringed thing known as a tanjo.
* PurpleIsPowerful: True to her namesake, Violet wears purple. And she also is nimble and chaotic enough to surf safely in piranha pig infested waters safely.
* RedOniBlueOni: Downplayed. Violet has a sister named Eddica, who runs the library. They have very different ideas on what they consider "worthwhile pursuits", as Eddica likes books and magic whereas Violet likes Lurkers. But they are both Single minded in those pursuits.

[[folder:Eros]]
A Savvas playwright.

* DitzyGenius: He takes it upon himself to be concerned for the art and culture of the town. Apparently not caring if the town has a proper gate or not.
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[[folder:Captain Doghopper]]
The human captain of the constructed boat who helps the player cross the Biting Sea.

* FatherNeptune: Has sailed everywhere, has a long beard, and is fond of treasures.
* HelloInsertNameHere: As the boat is named by the players, this happens on a few cards.
* TheLostLenore: The Captain had a lost love named Agatha who was killed by a giant starfish. There's a boat event that can let the player kill it, and Doghopper kisses a locket if they do.
* NotSoAboveItAll: He's a pretty serious guy, but he's not above having fun with some pirate treasure, becoming fond of a chalice engraved with a dolphin. He's also happily fond of the robot [=HE-RO-ICS=].
* QuestGiver: Side quests that involve the Biting Sea are typically brought up by Captain Doghopper.

[[folder:Glint]]
The town's Inox record keeper, he handles bureaucratic affairs in the town hall

* HighClassGlass: He wears a monocle.
* NoSocialSkills: He's not good at talking to people in rough surroundings, and admits as such. He outrights calls the mercenaries janitors. He warms up to the party if they complete the various challenges on offer.
* QuestGiver: He is the one who gives the challenges to the player party. He also consolidates the various quests that are brought to the mercenary party when they gain fame from completing said challenges.
* StereotypeFlip: Inox, by and large, are seen as tribal and savage. Glint is educated and has a monocle.

[[folder:Voice-Of-Eight]]
An Asether enchanter who requires assistance in keeping himself attuned to the world, and offers enchanting assistance to pay for it.

* BossAlteringConsequence: In the second part of Voices-Of-Eight's quest, the party chooses four of six elements to infuse to assist Voice-Of-Eight in attunement. This choice selects which demons are fought in the remaining quests: The four that were select on the third quest, and the two that weren't on the last one.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: It has eight bodies, but they speak as one.

[[folder:Listerius]]
A Savvas who tends the town garden

* EatingOptional: He loves tea, but since Savvas eat rocks, he just enjoys the smell and taste of it; it provides no nourishment.

[[folder:Sun-in-Shallows]]
A Lurker, a large walking crab-like creature who was seeking shards of a mysterious artifact known as the Coral Crown. She offers peace with the land-dwellers if they can retrieve and unite the shattered shards.

* AnArmAndALeg: She fought with other Lurkers driven mad by the Coral Crown, causing her to lose two of her eight legs. The power of the Coral Crown restores her, though.
* BigGood: Unlike the Algox (which has multiple branching paths) or the Unfettered (which offers only the choice of ally or fighting), there is no option not to negotiate with Sun-in-Shallows, the player always works with her. Fortunately, she is trustworthy.
* QuestGiver: She is the one who asks the party to find and complete the Coral Crown after they find two of its six shards. She then sends one of her lieutenants, either a Crashing Tide or a Deepwraith, to go with them.

[[folder:Lanprul]]
The Snowspeaker chieftain who agrees to a truce and later alliance should the party side with the Snowspeakers at the Heart of Ice.

* BigGood: Of the Snowspeaker route, sending the party to the Frozen Crypt to discover what's going on with the Icespeaker's conduits. She also wants to make peace when she learns more of what's been going on with the Icespeakers, to the anger of Denpang.
* GiveMeASign: She believes the party is a sign from their god Geyruu. He then discusses the Icespeaker's vision for the conduits, and determines that their prophecies are false.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She is quite happy to make at first a truce and then an alliance with Frosthaven. When she interrogates an Icespeaker and discovers what is going on, she realizes the corruption and eagerly offers a truce.
* QuestGiver: If the player sides with the Snowspeakers during the Heart of Ice questline, Lanprul will give quests to discover what's been going on with Icespeakers raising the dead, and their plans to use the spires
* UncertainDoom: Should the party attack the Snowspeakers, Denpang controls the survivors and it's unclear where Lanprul is. Further, if the player agrees to Lanprul's summit, Gurndel and Bardu work with the party and Lanprul is never mentioned: It is not clear if she died at the summit or simply delegated Gurndel to go in her place.
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[[folder:Denpang]]
A belligerent Snowspeaker who wants to wage war with the Icespeakers at the spires.

* ArcVillain: Downplayed. She is opposed to peace with the Icespeakers and wants to attack them at the spires. She could potentially be the Snowdancer corrupted if the players sided with the Icespeakers initially and then try to make peace, but it is not confirmed.
* AssistCharacter: During the fight with the Render, she will create wind totems that can be used to trap the creature and render it vulnerable to damage.
* ThePromisedLand: She is looking for Frai'd To'g, a sacred land in the Biting Sea, and wants to relocate the surviving Snowspeakers there should they have lost the War of the Spires.

[[folder:Elland]]
The chief of the Icespeakers who meets with the party should the party side with the Icespeakers at the Heart of Ice.

* OhCrap: He's quite alarmed when the spirits of the Skyhall rise against them.
* PragmaticHero: He wants to end the war not because he is a firm believer in peace, but because he thinks the war with the Snowspeakers, which has gone on for three hundred years, has not yielded results and believes peace might be a better idea.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: After discovering what happened in the Skyhall, he wants to end the endless cycle of destruction.
* SpiritedCompetitor: He loves a good fight, and respects skill in battle even among his enemies.
* QuestGiver: If the player sides with the Icespeakers at the Heart of Ice, he will give quests to stop the Snowspeakers from causing an avalanche.
* UncertainDoom: After the party liberates the Skyhall, Elland's fate is unknown. He is not mentioned if the players kill the Icespeakers at the War of the Spires, as Putargal commands those that remain and Elland is never mentioned. If Elland's summit is attended, Bardu has gone in his place and Elland is never mentioned, so it's not clear if Elland died at the summit or if Bardu was the Icespeaker delegate.

[[folder:Putargal]]
A tall and imposing Icespeaker who plans to use the Icespeaker conduits to eliminate the Snowspeakers as revenge for the corruption of the Skyhall

* ArcVillain: Downplayed. She is opposed to peace and could potentially be the Frozen Fist fought if that route is obtained, but that person is not named so it's unclear if it's Putargal.
* AnIcePerson: Her plan is to use the conduits to turn the snow, which the Snowspeakers use, into ice, which will both neutralize their magic and empower the Icespeakers. If she succeeds, the resulting battle is a slaughter.

[[folder:Bardu and Gurndel]]
An Icespeaker and Snowspeaker, respectively, who attend a peace summit between their relative factions in order to bring an end to their 300-year war.

* QuestGiver: They are the two that handle the peace summit, and the resultant quests to create the Unyielding Shard. Gurndel, as the Snowspeaker handles getting the New Snow, whereas Bardu handles the Ancient Ice.
* ReligiousBruiser: They are both avid followers of their god and practice a sort of ancestor worship that allows them to commune with their ancestors. Fortunately, the ancestor's incorporeal nature allows them to recognize the corruption of the Heart of Ice.
* StaticRoleExchangeableCharacter: Should the party elect to attend the peace summit, these two are the respective party members regardless of which faction the player worked with.
* TechnicalPacifist: They insist on being as nonlethal as possible when using the Unyielding Shard. After all, they are peace emissaries and it would not do to use violence in such a case.

* StaticRoleExchangeableCharacterr: Should the party elect to attend the peace summit, these two are the respective party members regardless of which faction the player worked with.

* StaticRoleExchangableCharacter: Should the party elect to attend the peace summit, these two are the respective party members regardless of which faction the player worked with.

* BigGood: Of the Snowspeaker route, sending the party to the Frozen Crypt to discover what's going on with the Icespeaker's conduits. He also wants to make peace when he learns more, to the anger of Denpang.
* GiveMeASign: He believes the party is a sign from their god Geyruu. He then discusses the Icespeaker's vision for the conduits, and determines that their prophecies are false.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He is quite happy to make at first a truce and then an alliance with Frosthaven. When he interrogates an Icespeaker and discovers what is going on, he realizes the corruption and eagerly offers a truce.
* QuestGiver: If the player sides with the Snowspeakers during the Heart of Ice questline, Lanprul will give quests. Further, if the party elects to make peace with the warring tribes, Lanprul will assist the party, even if they sided with the Icespeakers earlier.
* UncertainDoom: Should the party attack the Snowspeakers, Denpang controls the survivors and it's unclear where Lanprul is: There is an injured male elder, but it is not known if this is Lanprul.

* ThePromisedLand: She is looking for Frai'd To'g, a sacred land in the Biting Sea, and wants to relocate the surviving Snowspeakers there should they have lost the battle of the spires.

* QuestGiver: If the player sides with the Icespeakers at the Heart of Ice, he will give quests to stop the Snowspeakers from causing an avalanche. And should the player elect to make peace between the tribes, he will provide assistance, even if the player had sided with the Snowspeakers earlier.

A tall and imposing Icespeakers who plans to use the Icespeaker conduits to eliminate the Snowspeakers as revenge for the corruption of the Skyhall

!! Villains
!!! Major Villains in Gloomhaven

[[folder:Bandit Captain]]
A human who commands a group of bandits from the Black Burrow, he supplements his rogues by raising the dead.

* NightOfTheLivingMooks: He's a necromancer, so he'll raise Living Bones.

[[folder:Inox Bodyguard]]
Jekserah's two Inox bodyguards. Should the player's refuse to side with her, they will attack the party if they come looking for Jekserah's head.

* DualBoss: There are two of them, interchangeable in every way.

[[folder:The Archdemon]]
The main force behind the demonic invasion on Gloomhaven.

* EvilPaysBetter: Played With. Assisting him in capturing the city can provide much heftier profits than defending it. Then again, after doing so [[{{ChronicBackstabbingDisorder}} you may still turn on him]] and get another prize for ''that'', and then complete yet another quest that seals the demonic Rift for good, which will provide you with even more benefits, effectively playing all parties involved. To get the final boss, however, you can't side with the demon, as you need his orb purified.
* TheJuggernaut: Should you decide to fight him in his elemental plane realm, you will realize that he is completely invulnerable to any forms of damage (and most negative effects, as well). Your only hope to vanquish, or rather, exile him, means destroying his SoulJar. Fighting him when he attacks Gloomhaven merely banishes him, although since he lacks the orb he carried, he'd have an extremely difficult if not impossible time getting back.

[[folder:The Drake]]
A "dragon" the group finds following confrontation with Jekserah. It was terrorizing people and the group is contracted to kill it, but it could also be of assistance, as one of its glands were stolen by Savvas.

* FetchQuest: It is possible to ally with the Drake: It will send the player on a quest to retrieve one of its glands that was stolen by some Savvas. It's possible to go on this quest after the Drake is killed.
* {{Narcissist}}: Boy does it love the sound of its own voice. And it thinks nothing of others.

[[folder:The Voice]]
In a certain mountain cave, you find someone speaking with you, despite possessing no material body to do so.

* ViolationOfCommonSense: After encountering it, the game offers you two options - either to help it, or to try and find out what is it that you're helping. The latter option, while being more sensible, quickly seals away the questline and provides rather negligible profit, while the former provides you with several scenarios to complete, and a ''massive'' reward for your trouble. Neither of these routes tells you for sure what you were dealing with, and if the Voice is an innocent victim of some curse, or a SealedEvilInACan.
* TheVoice: Obviously.

[[folder:The Gloom]]
Real name Bastien, he is an Asether who is using an ancient artifact to corrupt Gloomhaven. The player team will eventually intercept his minions and deal with him. The epilogue, ''Forgotten Circles'', expands on his backstory and history with Cassandra, the Diviner character.

* FinalBoss: He's the last storyline foe to be fought in Gloomhaven.
* TragicVillain: Cassandra thinks so. He changed after he lost his wife.

!!!Major Villians in Forgotten Circles or the Jaws of the Lion

[[folder:Blood Horror]]
An eldritch being created by Roland's blood cult.

* BossAlteringConsequence: There are two Blood Tumors to stop: One in the poor district's Sinking Market and one at the Old Docks. The Jaws goes to destroy one of them, but the other one explodes into this creature while the Jaws are dealing with the first one. That other one turns into the Blood Horror which is dealt with afterwards.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: The Blood Horror revives slain Zealots as a special move, keeping the dead Zealots immortal.

[[folder:Roland]]
A scrawny human who gained power from following the Blood God. This brings him into conflict with the Jaws.

* BloodMagic: Roland didn't seem like he had any command of magic upon first meeting him. But he is able to harness the power of blood to become a juggernaut. He also uses Blood Tumors and Blood Horrors as weapons.
* CastFromHitPoints: The blood tumors and creatures Roland creates have the ability to draw health from the suffering of others. If they reach full health, it's a NonStandardGameOver.
* YouHaveFailedMe: It is clear that the Blood God removes his power from Roland upon battling the Jaws, allowing him to be killed.

[[folder:The Husk]]
A hunting Asether who targets the party

* ArcVillain: Of the "Friend of the Snowspeakers" questline. Or rather, of the befriending of the Icespeakers after the Snowspeakers became friends.

* ArcVillain: Of the "Friend of the Icespeakers" questline. Or rather, of the befriending the Snowspeaker remnants after the Icespeakers were befriended.

* QuestGiver: He offers assistance in the Unfettered questline, and the puzzle book series of questlines.

The human captain of the constructed boat who helps the player cross the Biting Sea

* NotSoAboveItAll: He's a pretty serious guy, but he's not above having fun with some pirate treasure. He's also happily fond of the robot [=HE-RO-ICS=].

* ArcVillain: Downplayed. She is opposed to peace with the Icespeakers and wants to attack them at the spires. She could potentially be the Snowdancer corrupted if the Frostspeaker route is taken, but it is not confirmed, and she is TheUnfought.

* ArcVillain: Downplayed. She is opposed to peace and could potentially be the Frozen Fist fought if that route is obtained, but that person is not named.

[[folder: Bandit Captain]]

[[folder: Inox Bodyguard]]

* BossAlteringConsequence: There are two Blood Tumors to stop: One in the poor district's Sinking Market and one at the Old Docks. The Jaws goes to destroy one of them, but the other one explodes into this creature while the Jaws are dealing with the first one. That other one is the Blood Horror

* BossAlteringConsequence: In Scenario 4, the player gets the choice of siding with the Snowdancer and the Snowspeakers or the Frozen Fist and the Icespeakers. Whichever one was not selected is the chieftain who must be fought.

[[folder: The Render]]

* NotSoDifferent: The party can appeal to Orphan by describing their lives in this context: Frosthaven, like the Unfettered, is just trying to thrive in a harsh brutal world. Orphan can conclude there are similarities and agree.

[[folder:Roland]]
A scrawny human who gained power from following the Blood God. This brings him into conflict with the Jaws.

* BloodMagic: Roland didn't seem like he had any command of magic upon first meeting him. But he is able to harness the power of blood to become a juggernaut.
* CastFromHitPoints: The blood tumors and creatures Roland creates have the ability to draw health from the suffering of others. If they reach full health, it's a NonStandardGameOver.
* YouHaveFailedMe: It is clear that the Blood God removes his power from Roland upon battling the Jaws, allowing him to be killed.

[[folder:The Husk]]
A hunting Asether who targets the party

* GiveMeASign: After using the Unyielding Shard to purify the Heart of Ice, the chieftain admits that the group is not only a sign from their god Geryuu, but that the god speaks through both the ice and the snow, and therefore the tribes may unite.

A powerful yeti-like creature that lies on the sacred island of Fra'id T'og

* GreenEyedMonster: He is jealous of the mercenary party because they are the ones who found the shards for the Coral Crown. As such, he wants to kill them, and would rather the Crown itself be rent asunder than it be united by them.

* FantasticRacism: He thinks that biological life is a threat to all Unfettered. He can be talked out of it.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The Lord of Chaos has absolutely no relevance to any of the plot in Frosthaven. The spire is only reached because the Unfettered causing problems were in the general vicinity (and the spire was only relevant because it was the tallest structure around and was visually distinct). It doesn't even care about Frosthaven or any of the conflicts in the region. It does possess a shard of the Coral Crown, but it's not even clear if that was just due to chaotic energy creating the shard, as the Lurkers never make mention of demons possessing the shards. Without the shard at all, it's safe to say this would be a purely optional boss.

* MotiveMisidentification: It is suspected that the Lord of Chaos is behind the Unfettered attacks due to the fact that the spire is right next to where they come from. But the Lord only desires unleashing chaos, and it cares nothing for the Unfettered aside from being able to use them to sow chaos. The Unfettered are actually controlled by Orphan.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: While the Prince of Frost is encountered while following the pull of a shard of the Coral Crown, the demon itself has nothing to do with it, or any of the dangers in Frosthaven. The only thing preventing it from being optional was the fact that a passage that he mentions is relevant to Crain's puzzles.

* GlassCannon: Unlike most bosses, he doesn't have an excess of hit points and in fact has only slightly more than your average chaos demon. However, unlike most bosses, he hits twice a round: Once as a boss and once as a Chaos Demon.

* ArcVillain: Of the "Lurker of the Deep" Personal Quest. The player can side with him (or betray him later, should the player thing him mad). If he doesn't, he's the FinalBoss

[[folder:Sun-in-Shallows]]
A Lurker, a large walking crab-like creature who was seeking shards of a mysterious artifact known as the Coral Crown. She offers peace with the land-dwellers if they can retrieve and unite the shattered shards.

* AnArmAndALeg: She fought with other Lurkers driven mad by the Coral Crown, causing her to lose two of her eight legs. The power of the Coral Crown restores her, though.
* BigGood: Unlike the Algox (which has multiple branching paths) or the Unfettered (which offers only the choice of ally or fighting), there is no option not to negotiate with Sun-in-Shallows, the player always works with her. Fortunately, she is trustworthy.
* QuestGiver: She is the one who asks the party to find and complete the Coral Crown after they find two of its six shards. She then sends one of her lieutenants, either a Crashing Tide or a Deepwraith, to go with them.

[[folder:Lanprul]]
The Snowspeaker chieftain who agrees to a truce and later alliance should the party side with the Snowspeakers at the Heart of Ice.

* BigGood: Of the Snowspeaker route, sending the party to the Frozen Crypt to discover what's going on with the Icespeaker's conduits. He also wants to make peace when he learns more, to the anger of Denpang.
* GiveMeASign: He believes the party is a sign from their god Geyruu. He then discusses the Icespeaker's vision for the conduits, and determines that their prophecies are false.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He is quite happy to make at first a truce and then an alliance with Frosthaven. When he interrogates an Icespeaker and discovers what is going on, he realizes the corruption and eagerly offers a truce.
* UncertainDoom: Should the party attack the Snowspeakers, Denpang controls the survivors and it's unclear where Lanprul is: There is an injured male elder, but it is not known if this is Lanprul.

[[folder:Denpang]]
A belligerent Snowspeaker who wants to wage war with the Icespeakers at the spires.

* ArcVillain: Downplayed. She is opposed to peace with the Icespeakers and wants to attack them at the spires. She could potentially be the Snowdancer corrupted if the Frostspeaker route is taken, but it is not confirmed, and she is TheUnfought.
* AssistCharacter: During the fight with the Render, she will create wind totems that can be used to trap the creature and render it vulnerable to damage.
* ThePromisedLand: She is looking for Frai'd To'g, a sacred land in the Biting Sea, and wants to relocate the surviving Snowspeakers there should they have lost the battle of the spires.

[[folder:Elland]]
The chief of the Icespeakers who meets with the party should the party side with the Icespeakers at the Heart of Ice.

* OhCrap: He's quite alarmed when the spirits of the Skyhall rise against them.
* PragmaticHero: He wants to end the war not because he is a firm believer in peace, but because he thinks the war with the Snowspeakers, which has gone on for three hundred years, has not yielded results and believes peace might be a better idea.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: After discovering what happened in the Skyhall, he wants to end the endless cycle of destruction.
* SpiritedCompetitor: He loves a good fight, and respects skill in battle even among his enemies.

[[folder:Putargal]]
A tall and imposing Icespeakers who plans to use the Icespeaker conduits to eliminate the Snowspeakers as revenge for the corruption of the Skyhall

* ArcVillain: Downplayed. She is opposed to peace and could potentially be the Frozen Fist fought if that route is obtained, but that person is not named.
* AnIcePerson: Her plan is to use the conduits to turn the snow, which the Snowspeakers use, into ice, which will both neutralize their magic and empower the Icespeakers. If she succeeds, the resulting battle is a slaughter.

A powerful Snowspeaker sorceress who can command the ice and snow. She plans on causing a massive avalanche to bury the Icespeakers and resolve their war.

* ZanyScheme: Selling polar bear meat to Lurkers, making friends with Shrike Friends to get rid of excess birdseed, this guy is quite outlandish. However, some of his schemes are in fact profitable.

[[folder:Sun-in-Shallows]]
A Lurker, a large walking crab-like creature who was seeking shards of a mysterious artifact known as the Coral Crown. She offers peace with the land-dwellers if they can retrieve and unite the shattered shards.

* AnArmAndALeg: She fought with other Lurkers driven mad by the Coral Crown, causing her to lose two of her eight legs. The power of the Coral Crown restores her, though.
* BigGood: Unlike the Algox (which has multiple branching paths) or the Unfettered (which offers only the choice of ally or fighting), there is no option not to negotiate with Sun-in-Shallows, the player always works with her. Fortunately, she is trustworthy.
* QuestGiver: She is the one who asks the party to find and complete the Coral Crown after they find two of its six shards. She then sends one of her lieutenants, either a Crashing Tide or a Deepwraith, to go with them.

[[folder:Lanprul]]
The Snowspeaker chieftain who agrees to a truce and later alliance should the party side with the Snowspeakers at the Heart of Ice.

* BigGood: Of the Snowspeaker route, sending the party to the Frozen Crypt to discover what's going on with the Icespeaker's conduits. He also wants to make peace when he learns more, to the anger of Denpang.
* GiveMeASign: He believes the party is a sign from their god Geyruu. He then discusses the Icespeaker's vision for the conduits, and determines that their prophecies are false.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He is quite happy to make at first a truce and then an alliance with Frosthaven. When he interrogates an Icespeaker and discovers what is going on, he realizes the corruption and eagerly offers a truce.
* UncertainDoom: Should the party attack the Snowspeakers, Denpang controls the survivors and it's unclear where Lanprul is: There is an injured male elder, but it is not known if this is Lanprul.

[[folder:Denpang]]
A belligerent Snowspeaker who wants to wage war with the Icespeakers at the spires.

* ArcVillain: Downplayed. She is opposed to peace with the Icespeakers and wants to attack them at the spires. She could potentially be the Snowdancer corrupted if the Frostspeaker route is taken, but it is not confirmed, and she is TheUnfought.
* AssistCharacter: During the fight with the Render, she will create wind totems that can be used to trap the creature and render it vulnerable to damage.
* ThePromisedLand: She is looking for Frai'd To'g, a sacred land in the Biting Sea, and wants to relocate the surviving Snowspeakers there should they have lost the battle of the spires.

[[folder:Elland]]
The chief of the Icespeakers who meets with the party should the party side with the Icespeakers at the Heart of Ice.

* OhCrap: He's quite alarmed when the spirits of the Skyhall rise against them.
* PragmaticHero: He wants to end the war not because he is a firm believer in peace, but because he thinks the war with the Snowspeakers, which has gone on for three hundred years, has not yielded results and believes peace might be a better idea.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: After discovering what happened in the Skyhall, he wants to end the endless cycle of destruction.
* SpiritedCompetitor: He loves a good fight, and respects skill in battle even among his enemies.

[[folder:Putargal]]
A tall and imposing Icespeakers who plans to use the Icespeaker conduits to eliminate the Snowspeakers as revenge for the corruption of the Skyhall

* ArcVillain: Downplayed. She is opposed to peace and could potentially be the Frozen Fist fought if that route is obtained, but that person is not named.
* AnIcePerson: Her plan is to use the conduits to turn the snow, which the Snowspeakers use, into ice, which will both neutralize their magic and empower the Icespeakers. If she succeeds, the resulting battle is a slaughter.

!! Villains
!!! Major Villains in Gloomhaven

[[folder: Bandit Captain]]
A human who commands a group of bandits from the Black Burrow, he supplements his rogues by raising the dead.

* NightOfTheLivingMooks: He's a necromancer, so he'll raise Living Bones.

[[folder: Inox Bodyguard]]
Jekserah's two Inox bodyguards. Should the player's refuse to side with her, they will attack the party if they come looking for Jekserah's head.

* DualBoss: There are two of them, interchangeable in every way.

[[folder:The Archdemon]]
The main force behind the demonic invasion on Gloomhaven.

* EvilPaysBetter: Played With. Assisting him in capturing the city can provide much heftier profits than defending it. Then again, after doing so [[{{ChronicBackstabbingDisorder}} you may still turn on him]] and get another prize for ''that'', and then complete yet another quest that seals the demonic Rift for good, which will provide you with even more benefits, effectively playing all parties involved. To get the final boss, however, you can't side with the demon, as you need his orb purified.
* TheJuggernaut: Should you decide to fight him in his elemental plane realm, you will realize that he is completely invulnerable to any forms of damage (and most negative effects, as well). Your only hope to vanquish, or rather, exile him, means destroying his SoulJar. Fighting him when he attacks Gloomhaven merely banishes him, although since he lacks the orb he carried, he'd have an extremely difficult if not impossible time getting back.

[[folder:The Drake]]
A "dragon" the group finds following confrontation with Jekserah. It was terrorizing people and the group is contracted to kill it, but it could also be of assistance, as one of its glands were stolen by Savvas.

* FetchQuest: It is possible to ally with the Drake: It will send the player on a quest to retrieve one of its glands that was stolen by some Savvas. It's possible to go on this quest after the Drake is killed.
* {{Narcissist}}: Boy does it love the sound of its own voice. And it thinks nothing of others.

[[folder:The Voice]]
In a certain mountain cave, you find someone speaking with you, despite possessing no material body to do so.

* ViolationOfCommonSense: After encountering it, the game offers you two options - either to help it, or to try and find out what is it that you're helping. The latter option, while being more sensible, quickly seals away the questline and provides rather negligible profit, while the former provides you with several scenarios to complete, and a ''massive'' reward for your trouble. Neither of these routes tells you for sure what you were dealing with, and if the Voice is an innocent victim of some curse, or a SealedEvilInACan.
* TheVoice: Obviously.

[[folder:The Gloom]]
Real name Bastien, he is an Asether who is using an ancient artifact to corrupt Gloomhaven. The player team will eventually intercept his minions and deal with him. The epilogue, ''Forgotten Circles'', expands on his backstory and history with Cassandra, the Diviner character.

* FinalBoss: He's the last storyline foe to be fought in Gloomhaven.
* TragicVillain: Cassandra thinks so. He changed after he lost his wife.

!!!Major Villians in Forgotten Circles or the Jaws of the Lion
[[folder:Roland]]
A scrawny human who gained power from following the Blood God. This brings him into conflict with the Jaws.

* BloodMagic: Roland didn't seem like he had any command of magic upon first meeting him. But he is able to harness the power of blood to become a juggernaut.
* CastFromHitPoints: The blood tumors and creatures Roland creates have the ability to draw health from the suffering of others. If they reach full health, it's a NonStandardGameOver.
* YouHaveFailedMe: It is clear that the Blood God removes his power from Roland upon battling the Jaws, allowing him to be killed.

[[folder:The Husk]]
A hunting Asether who targets the party

* CastingAShadow: Like a normal Ashblade, he fights with Dark elemental magic.
* ContractualBossImmunity: Unlike normal Ashblades, he is immune to Immobilize, Disarm, and Stun.
* EliteMook: He's a normal Ashblade, a type of Asether enforcer. He's just a more powerful version of one who can go invisible.
* FlashStep: He will teleport around after hitting a certain number of hit points.
* IWillFindYou: He is chasing Cassandra, and the party she is working with. It is possible to stand and fight, but the group can miss out on magical healing greaves if they don't flee at least a little.
* PlayingWithFire: Ashblades love to use fire to power their attacks, and he is no exception.

[[folder:The Corruption]]
The source of Bastien's corruption and the FinalBoss of Forgotten Circles

* ContractualBossImmunity: Played with in both fashions. He's not only invulnerable to most status effects, but he requires purifying altars to even be reduced to zero hit points. However, while the Diviner's card removal techniques can't be used on bosses, The Corruption doesn't use the Boss deck, so he is technically able to be affected.
* EldritchAbomination: It's basically a writhing mass of corruption and hatred.
* EnemySummoner: He can summon powerful villains, including a corrupted version of Cassandra's husband, should he not be rescued.
* FinalBoss: This is the final boss of the ''Forgotten Circles'' scenarios.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Two altars that can be purified. These altars must be harmed to kill the corruption.

!!!Bosses Introduced in Frosthaven

[[folder:Algox Stormcaller]]
A powerful Snowspeaker sorceress who can command the ice and snow. She plans on causing a massive avalanche to bury the Icespeakers and resolve their war.

* PersonOfMassDestruction: Her goal is powerful and indiscriminate nature magic to bury the Icespeakers, and whoever else, in massive avalanches.
* FlunkyBoss: She summons Wind Demons to assist her.

[[folder:New Algox Chieftain]]
The Algox not interested in making peace unite under a chieftain to take Snowscorn Mountain and the Heart of Ice, one of the most holy of Algox structures. If the mercenary party seeks to make peace, this chieftain is fought by the Heart of Ice.

* AnIcePerson: While the Frozen Fist favors melee attacks and the Snowdancer favors ranged, both of them heavily use ice magic.
* ArcVillain: One of the final ones in the Algox questline. Specifically, when one chooses to attend a peace summit between the Icespeakers and Snowspeakers, with slight variation based on which group the party worked with beforehand.
* BossAlteringConsequence: In Scenario 4, the player gets the choice of siding with the Snowdancer and the Snowspeakers or the Frozen Fist and the Icespeakers. Whichever one was not selected is the chieftain who must be fought.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The chieftain is possessed by the corruption found within the Heart of Ice. Once the Heart is purified, they return to normal when the Icespeakers and Snowspeakers unite as the Frostspeakers.
* GiveMeASign: After using the Unyielding Shard to purify the Heart of Ice, the chieftain admits that the group is not only a sign from their god Geryuu, but that the god speaks through both the ice and the snow, and therefore the tribes may unite.
* GracefulLoser: The Chieftain is a bit shocked, but gracefully accepts the alliance with Frosthaven after receiving the message from their god and the Heart of Ice being purified.

[[folder:The Harbinger of Shadow]]
A powerful Harrower that seeks to torment and consume the remnants of the Icespeakers.

* ArcVillain: Of the "Friend of the Snowspeakers" questline. Or rather, of the befriending of the Icespeakers after the Snowspeakers became friends.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: It possesses several Icespeakers to have them attack their fellows to use their corpses.
* TheDividual: They are two beings that are one. The player must ignore the one that initially attacks them in order to bring it towards the other, which makes it vulnerable.
* FlunkyBoss: It likes to summon Black Imps.

[[folder: The Render]]
A powerful yeti-like creature that lies on the sacred island of Fra'id T'og

* ArcVillain: Of the "Friend of the Icespeakers" questline. Or rather, of the befriending the Snowspeaker remnants after the Icespeakers were befriended.
* TheDreaded: The Render is a creature of legend that was feared in Snowspeaker legend.

[[folder:Seeker of the Abyss]]
The chief of the Lurker Garrison in the underwater Lurker city and bearer of one of the shards of the Coral Crown.

* BossAlteringConsequence: He is always encountered: He has one of the shards the mercenary team needs. However, if the psychic bomb is not set off, he is denied the ability to use Wavethrowers against the party.
* FlunkyBoss: He summons Lurkers to assist him: Soldiers and Mindsnippers if there was no psychic bomb set off, and all types if it was.
* NoSell: His special attacks involve forcing players to lose cards, preventing attacking in the first place.
* PreFinalBoss: The Seeker provides one of the shards required for the Coral Crown. While the player is required to have at least three of the shards to even make it to the Seeker, they can have up to five.

[[folder:The Fracture of the Deep]]
The first Lurker who sees the Coral Crown together, he tries to accept it graciously, but the Crown reveals his warlike nature.

* ArcVillain: The FinalBoss of the Lurker questline.
* ContractualBossImmunity: In addition to being immune to certain status effects, he can't be hurt at all until all shards of the crown are obtained.
* FakeKing: The Coral Crown outright calls him one.
* GreenEyedMonster: He is jealous of the mercenary party because they are the ones who found the shards for the Coral Crown. As such, he wants to kill them, and would rather the Crown itself be rent asunder than it be united by them.

[[folder:Orphan]]
The leader of the Unfettered, who refuses to be enslaved to Quatyrls again. If the player chooses, it can be fought against to stop the Unfettered attacks on Frosthaven.

* ArcVillain: The optional FinalBoss of the Unfettered plotline.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Orphan is fully willing to discuss peace, and keeps his word if the party explains themselves that they are not of the former Quatryl empire and have no desire to enslave them.
* FantasticRacism: He thinks that biological life is a threat to all Unfettered. He can be talked out of it.

[[folder:The Lord of Chaos]]
An extremely powerful demon of pure chaos who controls a large spire close to where the Unfettered lurk.

* ContractualBossImmunity: He is immune to forced movement, unlike almost all characters. Interestingly, he can also force move any of the party, even if they are immobilized, dragging them towards its beam of chaos.
* FlunkyBoss: He creates chaos orbs to do his bidding.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The Lord of Chaos has absolutely no relevance to any of the plot in Frosthaven. The spire is only reached because the Unfettered causing problems were in the general vicinity (and the spire was only relevant because it was the tallest structure around and was visually distinct). It doesn't even care about Frosthaven or any of the conflicts in the region. It does possess a shard of the Coral Crown, but it's not even clear if that was just due to chaotic energy creating the shard, as the Lurkers never make mention of demons possessing the shards. Without the shard at all, it's safe to say this would be a purely optional boss.
* GodOfChaos: It fancies itself one, and is capable of pure beams of chaos.
* {{Macguffin}}: It possesses one of the shards of the Coral Crown after it is destroyed. It is not clear if the shard was stuck in the creature's body, or if the pure chaos of the arena the Lord of Chaos was fought in created it.
* MotiveMisidentification: It is suspected that the Lord of Chaos is behind the Unfettered attacks due to the fact that the spire is right next to where they come from. But the Lord only desires unleashing chaos, and it cares nothing for the Unfettered aside from being able to use them to sow chaos. The Unfettered are actually controlled by Orphan.

[[folder:The Fish King]]
An Abeali who wants the Scales of the Leviathan to become a god of the sea.

* ArcVillain: Of the "Friend of the Snowspeakers" questline.

* ArcVillain: Of the "Friend of the Icespeakers" questline.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The Lord of Chaos has absolutely no relevance to any of the plot in Frosthaven. The spire is only reached because the Unfettered where in the general vicinity (and the spire was only relevant because it was the tallest structure around and was visually distinct). It doesn't even care about Frosthaven or any of the conflicts in the region. It possesses a shard of the Coral Crown, but it's not even clear if that was just due to chaotic energy, and the Lurkers never make mention of demons possessing the shards. If it didn't have the shard, it could safely be considered an optional boss.

* ContractualBossImmunity: Played with in both fashions. He's not only invulnerable to most status effects, but he requires purifying altars to even be reduced to zero hit points. However, while the Diviner's card removal techniques can't be used on bosses, The Corruption doesn't use it, so he is technically able to be affected.

* GiveUsASign: After using the Unyielding Shard to purify the Heart of Ice, the chieftain admits that the group is not only a sign from their god Geryuu, but that the god speaks through both the ice and the snow, and therefore the tribes may unite.

* TheDividual: They are two beings that are one.

* ContractualBossImmunity: He is immune to forced movement, unlike almost all characters. Interestingly, he can also force move any of the party, even if they are immobilized.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The Lord of Chaos has absolutely no relevance to any of the plot in Frosthaven. The spire is only reached because the Unfettered where in the general vicinity (and the spire was only relevant because it was the tallest structure around and was visually distinct). It doesn't even care about Frosthaven or any of the conflicts in the region: It possesses a shard of the Coral Crown, but it's not even clear if that was just due to chaotic energy, and the Lurkers never make mention of demons possessing the shards. If it didn't have the shard, it could safely be considered an optional boss.

[[folder:The Archdemon]]
The main force behind the demonic invasion on Gloomhaven.

* EvilPaysBetter: Played With. Assisting him in capturing the city can provide much heftier profits than defending it. Then again, after doing so [[{{ChronicBackstabbingDisorder}} you may still turn on him]] and get another prize for ''that'', and then complete yet another quest that seals the demonic Rift for good, which will provide you with even more benefits, effectively playing all parties involved. To get the final boss, however, you can't side with the demon, as you need his orb purified.
* TheJuggernaut: Should you decide to fight him in his elemental plane realm, you will realize that he is completely invulnerable to any forms of damage (and most negative effects, as well). Your only hope to vanquish, or rather, exile him, means destroying his SoulJar. Fighting him when he attacks Gloomhaven merely banishes him, although since he lacks the orb he carried, he'd have an extremely difficult if not impossible time getting back.

[[folder:The Drake]]
A "dragon" the group finds following confrontation with Jekserah. It was terrorizing people and the group is contracted to kill it, but it could also be of assistance, as one of its glands were stolen by Savvas.

* {{Narcissist}}: Boy does it love the sound of its own voice. And it thinks nothing of others.

[[folder:The Voice]]
In a certain mountain cave, you find someone speaking with you, despite possessing no material body to do so.

* ViolationOfCommonSense: After encountering it, the game offers you two options - either to help it, or to try and find out what is it that you're helping. The latter option, while being more sensible, quickly seals away the questline and provides rather negligible profit, while the former provides you with several scenarios to complete, and a ''massive'' reward for your trouble. Neither of these routes tells you for sure what you were dealing with, and if the Voice is an innocent victim of some curse, or a SealedEvilInACan.
* TheVoice: Obviously.

[[folder:The Gloom]]
Real name Bastien, he is an Asether who is using an ancient artifact to corrupt Gloomhaven. The player team will eventually intercept his minions and deal with him. The epilogue, ''Forgotten Circles'', expands on his backstory and history with Cassandra, the Diviner character.
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* FinalBoss: He's the last storyline foe to be fought in Gloomhaven.
* TragicVillain: Cassandra thinks so. He changed after he lost his wife.

!!!Major Villians in Forgotten Circles or the Jaws of the Lion
[[folder:Roland]]
A scrawny human who gained power from following the Blood God. This brings him into conflict with the Jaws.

* BloodMagic: Roland didn't seem like he had any command of magic upon first meeting him. But he is able to harness the power of blood to become a juggernaut.
* CastFromHitPoints: The blood tumors and creatures Roland creates have the ability to draw health from the suffering of others. If they reach full health, it's a NonStandardGameOver.
* YouHaveFailedMe: It is clear that the Blood God removes his power from Roland upon battling the Jaws, allowing him to be killed.

[[folder:The Husk]]
A hunting Asether who targets the party

* ContractualBossImmunity: Unlike normal Ashblades, he is immune to Immobilize, Disarm, and Stun.
* EliteMook: He's a normal Ashblade, a type of Asether enforcer. He's just a more powerful version of one who can go invisible.
* IWillFindYou: He is chasing Cassandra, and the party she is working with. It is possible to stand and fight, but the group can miss out on magical healing greaves if they don't.

[[folder:The Corruption]]
The source of Bastien's corruption and the FinalBoss of Forgotten Circles

* ContractualBossImmunity: Played with in both fashions. He's not only invulnerable to most status effects, but he requires purifying altars to even be reduced to zero hit points. However, while the Diviner's card removal techniques can't be used on bosses, The Corruption doesn't use it, so he is technically able to be affected.
* EldritchAbomination: It's basically a writhing mass of corruption and hatred.
* EnemySummoner: He can summon powerful villains, including a corrupted version of Cassandra's husband, should he not be rescued.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Two altars that can be purified. These altars must be harmed to kill the corruption.

!!!Bosses Introduced in Frosthaven

[[folder:Algox Stormcaller]]
A powerful Snowspeaker sorceress who can command the ice and snow. She plans on causing a massive avalanche to bury the Icespeakers and resolve their war.

* PersonOfMassDestruction: Her goal is powerful and indiscriminate nature magic to bury the Icespeakers, and whoever else, in massive avalanches.
* FlunkyBoss: She summons Wind Demons to assist her.

[[folder:New Algox Chieftain]]
The Algox not interested in making peace unite under a chieftain to take Snowscorn Mountain and the Heart of Ice, one of the most holy of Algox structures. If the mercenary party seeks to make peace, this chieftain is fought by the Heart of Ice.

* AnIcePerson: While the Frozen Fist favors melee attacks and the Snowdancer favors ranged, both of them heavily use ice.
* ArcVillain: One of the final ones in the Algox questline. Specifically, when one chooses to attend a peace summit between the Icespeakers and Snowspeakers, with slight variation based on which group the party worked with.
* BossAlteringConsequence: In Scenario 4, the player gets the choice of siding with the Snowdancer and the Snowspeakers or the Frozen Fist and the Icespeakers. Whichever one was not selected is the chieftain.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The chieftain is possessed by the corruption found within the Heart of Ice. Once the Heart is purified, they return to normal when the Icespeakers and Snowspeakers unite as the Frostspeakers.

[[folder:The Harbinger of Shadow]]
A powerful Harrower that seeks to torment and consume the remnants of the Icespeakers.

* ArcVillain: Of the "Friend of the Snowspeakers" questline.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: It possesses several Icespeakers to have them attack their fellows to use their corpses.
* TheDividual: They are two beings that are one.
* FlunkyBoss: It likes to summon Black Imps.

[[folder: The Render]]
A powerful yeti-like creature that lies on the sacred island of Fra'id T'og

* ArcVillain: Of the "Friend of the Icespeakers" questline.
* TheDreaded: The Render is a creature of legend that was feared in Snowspeaker legend.

[[folder:Seeker of the Abyss]]
The chief of the Lurker Garrison in the underwater Lurker city and bearer of one of the shards of the Coral Crown.

* BossAlteringConsequence: The Seeker will not summon the powerful Clawcrushers or Wavethrowers if the psychic bomb was not set off.
* FlunkyBoss: He summons Lurkers to assist him: Soldiers and Mindsnippers if there was no psychic bomb set off, and all types if it was.
* NoSell: His special attacks involve forcing players to lose cards, preventing attacking in the first place.
* PreFinalBoss: The Seeker provides one of the shards required for the Coral Crown. While the player is required to have at least three of the shards to even make it to the Seeker, they can have up to five.

[[folder:The Fracture of the Deep]]
The first Lurker who sees the Coral Crown together, he tries to accept it graciously, but the Crown reveals his warlike nature.

* ArcVillain: The FinalBoss of the Lurker questline.
* ContractualBossImmunity: In addition to being immune to certain status effects, he can't be hurt at all until all shards of the crown are obtained.
* FakeKing: The Coral Crown outright calls him one.

[[folder:Orphan]]
The leader of the Unfettered, who refuses to be enslaved to Quatyrls again. If the player chooses, it can be fought against to stop the Unfettered attacks on Frosthaven.

* ArcVillain: The optional FinalBoss of the Unfettered plotline.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Orphan is fully willing to discuss peace, and keeps his word if the party explains themselves that they are not of the former Quatryl empire and have no desire to enslave them.

[[folder:The Lord of Chaos]]
An extremely powerful demon of pure chaos who controls a large spire close to where the Unfettered lurk.

* ContractualBossImmunity: He is immune to forced movement, unlike almost all characters. Interestingly, he can also force move any of the party, even if they are immobilized.
* FlunkyBoss: He creates chaos orbs to do his bidding.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The Lord of Chaos has absolutely no relevance to any of the plot in Frosthaven. The spire is only reached because the Unfettered where in the general vicinity (and the spire was only relevant because it was the tallest structure around and was visually distinct). It doesn't even care about Frosthaven or any of the conflicts in the region: It possesses a shard of the Coral Crown, but it's not even clear if that was just due to chaotic energy, and the Lurkers never make mention of demons possessing the shards. If it didn't have the shard, it could safely be considered an optional boss.
* GodOfChaos: It fancies itself one, and is capable of pure beams of chaos.
* {{Macguffin}}: It possesses one of the shards of the Coral Crown after it is destroyed. It is not clear if the shard was stuck in the creature's body, or if the pure chaos of the arena the Lord of Chaos was fought in created it.
* MotiveMisidentification: It is suspected that the Lord of Chaos is behind the Unfettered attacks due to the fact that the spire is right next to where they come from. But the Lord only desires unleashing chaos, and it cares nothing for the Unfettered aside from being able to use them to sow chaos. The Unfettered are actually controlled by Orphan.

[[folder:The Fish King]]
An Abeali who wants the Scales of the Leviathan to become a god of the sea.

* UncertainDoom: Should the party attack the Snowspeakers, Denpang controls the remainders and it's unclear where he is: If he was killed in battle, or deposed for his failures to the tribe and killed, exiled, or even something else.

[[folder:The Fish King]]
An Abeali who wants the Scales of the Leviathan to become a god of the sea.

The Snowspeaker chieftain who agrees to a truce and later alliance should the party side with the Snowspeakers at the Heart of Ice

* SignFromGod: He believes the party is a sign from their god Geyruu. He then discusses the Icespeaker's vision for the conduits, and determines that their prophecies are false.

!! Villains
!!! Major Villains in Gloomhaven
[[folder:The Archdemon]]
The main force behind the demonic invasion on Gloomhaven.

* EvilPaysBetter: Played With. Assisting him in capturing the city can provide much heftier profits than defending it. Then again, after doing so [[{{ChronicBackstabbingDisorder}} you may still turn on him]] and get another prize for ''that'', and then complete yet another quest that seals the demonic Rift for good, which will provide you with even more benefits, effectively playing all parties involved. To get the final boss, however, you can't side with the demon, as you need his orb purified.
* TheJuggernaut: Should you decide to fight him in his elemental plane realm, you will realize that he is completely invulnerable to any forms of damage (and most negative effects, as well). Your only hope to vanquish, or rather, exile him, means destroying his SoulJar. Fighting him when he attacks Gloomhaven merely banishes him, although since he lacks the orb he carried, he'd have an extremely difficult if not impossible time getting back.

[[folder:The Drake]]
A "dragon" the group finds following confrontation with Jekserah. It was terrorizing people and the group is contracted to kill it, but it could also be of assistance, as one of its glands were stolen by Savvas.

* {{Narcissist}}: Boy does it love the sound of its own voice. And it thinks nothing of others.

[[folder:The Voice]]
In a certain mountain cave, you find someone speaking with you, despite possessing no material body to do so.

* ViolationOfCommonSense: After encountering it, the game offers you two options - either to help it, or to try and find out what is it that you're helping. The latter option, while being more sensible, quickly seals away the questline and provides rather negligible profit, while the former provides you with several scenarios to complete, and a ''massive'' reward for your trouble. Neither of these routes tells you for sure what you were dealing with, and if the Voice is an innocent victim of some curse, or a SealedEvilInACan.
* TheVoice: Obviously.

[[folder:The Gloom]]
Real name Bastien, he is an Asether who is using an ancient artifact to corrupt Gloomhaven. The player team will eventually intercept his minions and deal with him. The epilogue, ''Forgotten Circles'', expands on his backstory and history with Cassandra, the Diviner character.
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* FinalBoss: He's the last storyline foe to be fought in Gloomhaven.
* TragicVillain: Cassandra thinks so. He changed after he lost his wife.

!!!Major Villians in Forgotten Circles or the Jaws of the Lion
[[folder:Roland]]
A scrawny human who gained power from following the Blood God. This brings him into conflict with the Jaws.

* BloodMagic: Roland didn't seem like he had any command of magic upon first meeting him. But he is able to harness the power of blood to become a juggernaut.
* CastFromHitPoints: The blood tumors and creatures Roland creates have the ability to draw health from the suffering of others. If they reach full health, it's a NonStandardGameOver.
* YouHaveFailedMe: It is clear that the Blood God removes his power from Roland upon battling the Jaws, allowing him to be killed.

[[folder:The Husk]]
A hunting Asether who targets the party
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* ContractualBossImmunity: Unlike normal Ashblades, he is immune to Immobilize, Disarm, and Stun.
* EliteMook: He's a normal Ashblade, a type of Asether enforcer. He's just a more powerful version of one who can go invisible.
* IWillFindYou: He is chasing Cassandra, and the party she is working with. It is possible to stand and fight, but the group can miss out on magical healing greaves if they don't.

[[folder:The Corruption]]
The source of Bastien's corruption and the FinalBoss of Forgotten Circles

* ContractualBossImmunity: Played with in both fashions. He's not only invulnerable to most status effects, but he requires purifying altars to even be reduced to zero hit points. However, while the Diviner's card removal techniques can't be used on bosses, The Corruption doesn't use it, so he is technically able to be affected.
* EldritchAbomination: It's basically a writhing mass of corruption and hatred.
* EnemySummoner: He can summon powerful villains, including a corrupted version of Cassandra's husband, should he not be rescued.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Two altars that can be purified. These altars must be harmed to kill the corruption.

!!!Bosses Introduced in Frosthaven

[[folder:New Algox Chieftain]]
The Algox not interested in making peace unite under a chieftain to take Snowscorn Mountain and the Heart of Ice, one of the most holy of Algox structures. If the mercenary party seeks to make peace, this chieftain is fought by the Heart of Ice.

* AnIcePerson: While the Frozen Fist favors melee attacks and the Snowdancer favors ranged, both of them heavily use ice.
* ArcVillain: One of the final ones in the Algox questline. Specifically, when one chooses to attend a peace summit between the Icespeakers and Snowspeakers, with slight variation based on which group the party worked with.
* BossAlteringConsequence: In Scenario 4, the player gets the choice of siding with the Snowdancer and the Snowspeakers or the Frozen Fist and the Icespeakers. Whichever one was not selected is the chieftain.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The chieftain is possessed by the corruption found within the Heart of Ice. Once the Heart is purified, they return to normal when the Icespeakers and Snowspeakers unite as the Frostspeakers.

[[folder:The Harbinger of Shadow]]
A powerful Harrower that seeks to torment and consume the remnants of the Icespeakers.

* ArcVillain: Of the "Friend of the Snowspeakers" questline.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: It possesses several Icespeakers to have them attack their fellows to use their corpses.
* FlunkyBoss: It likes to summon Black Imps.

[[folder: The Render]]
A powerful yeti-like creature that lies on the sacred island of Fra'id T'og

* ArcVillain: Of the "Friend of the Icespeakers" questline.
* TheDreaded: The Render is a creature of legend that was feared in Snowspeaker legend.

[[folder:Seeker of the Abyss]]
The chief of the Lurker Garrison in the underwater Lurker city and bearer of one of the shards of the Coral Crown.

* BossAlteringConsequence: The Seeker will not summon the powerful Clawcrushers or Wavethrowers if the psychic bomb was not set off.
* FlunkyBoss: He summons Lurkers to assist him: Soldiers and Mindsnippers if there was no psychic bomb set off, and all types if it was.
* NoSell: His special attacks involve forcing players to lose cards, preventing attacking in the first place.
* PreFinalBoss: The Seeker provides one of the shards required for the Coral Crown. While the player is required to have at least three of the shards to even make it to the Seeker, they can have up to five.

[[folder:The Fracture of the Deep]]
The first Lurker who sees the Coral Crown together, he tries to accept it graciously, but the Crown reveals his warlike nature.

* ArcVillain: The FinalBoss of the Lurker questline.
* ContractualBossImmunity: In addition to being immune to certain status effects, he can't be hurt at all until all shards of the crown are obtained.
* FakeKing: The Coral Crown outright calls him one.

[[folder:Orphan]]
The leader of the Unfettered, who refuses to be enslaved to Quatyrls again. If the player chooses, it can be fought against to stop the Unfettered attacks on Frosthaven.

* ArcVillain: The optional FinalBoss of the Unfettered plotline.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Orphan is fully willing to discuss peace, and keeps his word if the party explains themselves that they are not of the former Quatryl empire and have no desire to enslave them.

[[folder:The Fish King]]
An Abeali who wants the Scales of the Leviathan to become a god of the sea.

[[folder:Sun-in-Shallows]]
A Lurker, a large walking crab-like creature who was seeking shards of a mysterious artifact known as the Coral Crown. She offers peace with the land-dwellers if they can retrieve and unite the shattered shards.

* AnArmAndALeg: She fought with other Lurkers driven mad by the Coral Crown, causing her to lose two of her eight legs. The power of the Coral Crown restores her, though.
* BigGood: Unlike the Algox (which has multiple branching paths) or the Unfettered (which offers only the choice of ally or fighting), there is no option not to negotiate with Sun-in-Shallows, the player always works with her. Fortunately, she is trustworthy.
* QuestGiver: She is the one who asks the party to find and complete the Coral Crown after they find two of its six shards. She then sends one of her lieutenants, either a Crashing Tide or a Deepwraith, to go with them.
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[[folder:Eddica]]
An intelligent Valrath who runs a library, seeking powerful arcane tomes scattered across Frosthaven.
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!! Villains
!!! Major Villains in Gloomhaven
[[folder:The Archdemon]]
The main force behind the demonic invasion on Gloomhaven.

* EvilPaysBetter: Played With. Assisting him in capturing the city can provide much heftier profits than defending it. Then again, after doing so [[{{ChronicBackstabbingDisorder}} you may still turn on him]] and get another prize for ''that'', and then complete yet another quest that seals the demonic Rift for good, which will provide you with even more benefits, effectively playing all parties involved. To get the final boss, however, you can't side with the demon, as you need his orb purified.
* TheJuggernaut: Should you decide to fight him in his elemental plane realm, you will realize that he is completely invulnerable to any forms of damage (and most negative effects, as well). Your only hope to vanquish, or rather, exile him, means destroying his SoulJar. Fighting him when he attacks Gloomhaven merely banishes him, although since he lacks the orb he carried, he'd have an extremely difficult if not impossible time getting back.

[[folder:The Drake]]
A "dragon" the group finds following confrontation with Jekserah. It was terrorizing people and the group is contracted to kill it, but it could also be of assistance, as one of its glands were stolen by Savvas.

* {{Narcissist}}: Boy does it love the sound of its own voice. And it thinks nothing of others.

[[folder:The Voice]]
In a certain mountain cave, you find someone speaking with you, despite possessing no material body to do so.

* ViolationOfCommonSense: After encountering it, the game offers you two options - either to help it, or to try and find out what is it that you're helping. The latter option, while being more sensible, quickly seals away the questline and provides rather negligible profit, while the former provides you with several scenarios to complete, and a ''massive'' reward for your trouble. Neither of these routes tells you for sure what you were dealing with, and if the Voice is an innocent victim of some curse, or a SealedEvilInACan.
* TheVoice: Obviously.

[[folder:The Gloom]]
Real name Bastien, he is an Asether who is using an ancient artifact to corrupt Gloomhaven. The player team will eventually intercept his minions and deal with him. The epilogue, ''Forgotten Circles'', expands on his backstory and history with Cassandra, the Diviner character.
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* FinalBoss: He's the last storyline foe to be fought in Gloomhaven.
* TragicVillain: Cassandra thinks so. He changed after he lost his wife.

!!!Major Villians in Forgotten Circles or the Jaws of the Lion
[[folder:Roland]]
A scrawny human who gained power from following the Blood God. This brings him into conflict with the Jaws.

* BloodMagic: Roland didn't seem like he had any command of magic upon first meeting him. But he is able to harness the power of blood to become a juggernaut.
* CastFromHitPoints: The blood tumors and creatures Roland creates have the ability to draw health from the suffering of others. If they reach full health, it's a NonStandardGameOver.
* YouHaveFailedMe: It is clear that the Blood God removes his power from Roland upon battling the Jaws, allowing him to be killed.

[[folder:The Husk]]
A hunting Asether who targets the party

* ContractualBossImmunity: Unlike normal Ashblades, he is immune to Immobilize, Disarm, and Stun.
* EliteMook: He's a normal Ashblade, a type of Asether enforcer. He's just a more powerful version of one who can go invisible.
* IWillFindYou: He is chasing Cassandra, and the party she is working with. It is possible to stand and fight, but the group can miss out on magical healing greaves if they don't.

[[folder:The Corruption]]
The source of Bastien's corruption and the FinalBoss of Forgotten Circles

* ContractualBossImmunity: Played with in both fashions. He's not only invulnerable to most status effects, but he requires purifying altars to even be reduced to zero hit points. However, while the Diviner's card removal techniques can't be used on bosses, The Corruption doesn't use it, so he is technically able to be affected.
* EldritchAbomination: It's basically a writhing mass of corruption and hatred.
* EnemySummoner: He can summon powerful villains, including a corrupted version of Cassandra's husband, should he not be rescued.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Two altars that can be purified. These altars must be harmed to kill the corruption.

!!!Bosses Introduced in Frosthaven

[[folder:New Algox Chieftain]]
The Algox not interested in making peace unite under a chieftain to take Snowscorn Mountain and the Heart of Ice, one of the most holy of Algox structures. If the mercenary party seeks to make peace, this chieftain is fought by the Heart of Ice.

* BossAlteringConsequence: In Scenario 4, the player gets the choice of siding with the Snowdancer and the Snowspeakers or the Frozen Fist and the Icespeakers. Whichever one was not selected is the chieftain.
* AnIcePerson: While the Frozen Fist favors melee attacks and the Snowdancer favors ranged, both of them heavily use ice.

[[folder:Seeker of the Abyss]]
The chief of the Lurker Garrison in the underwater Lurker city and bearer of one of the shards of the Coral Crown.

* BossAlteringConsequence: The Seeker will not summon the powerful Clawcrushers or Wavethrowers if the psychic bomb was not set off.
* FlunkyBoss: He summons Lurkers to assist him: Soldiers and Mindsnippers if there was no psychic bomb set off, and all types if it was.
* NoSell: His special attacks involve forcing players to lose cards, preventing attacking in the first place.
* PreFinalBoss: The Seeker provides one of the shards required for the Coral Crown. While the player is required to have at least three of the shards to even make it to the Seeker, they can have up to five.

[[folder:The Fracture of the Deep]]
The first Lurker who sees the Coral Crown together, he tries to accept it graciously, but the Crown reveals his warlike nature.

* ArcVillain: The FinalBoss of the Lurker questline.
* ContractualBossImmunity: In addition to being immune to certain status effects, he can't be hurt at all until all shards of the crown are obtained.
* FakeKing: The Coral Crown outright calls him one.

[[folder:Orphan]]
The leader of the Unfettered, who refuses to be enslaved to Quatyrls again. If the player chooses, it can be fought against to stop the Unfettered attacks on Frosthaven.

* ArcVillain: The optional FinalBoss of the Unfettered plotline.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Orphan is fully willing to discuss peace, and keeps his word if the party explains themselves that they are not of the former Quatryl empire and have no desire to enslave them.

[[folder:The Fish King]]
An Abeali who wants the Scales of the Leviathan to become a god of the sea.

[[folder:The Fracture of the Deep]]
The first Lurker who sees the Coral Crown together, he tries to accept it graciously, but the Crown reveals his warlike nature.

* ArcVillain: The FinalBoss of the Lurker questline.
* ContractualBossImmunity: In addition to being immune to certain status effects, he can't be hurt at all until all shards of the crown are obtained.
* FakeKing: The Coral Crown outright calls him one.

[[folder:Orphan]]
The leader of the Unfettered, who refuses to be enslaved to Quatyrls again. If the player chooses, it can be fought against to stop the Unfettered attacks on Frosthaven.

* ArcVillain: The optional FinalBoss of the Unfettered plotline.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Orphan is fully willing to discuss peace, and keeps his word if the party explains themselves that they are not of the former Quatryl empire and have no desire to enslave them.

[[folder:The Fish King]]
An Abeali who wants the Scales of the Leviathan to become a god of the sea.

* ArcVillain: The player can side with him (or betray him later, should the player thing him mad). If he doesn't, he's the FinalBoss