History Characters / GuildWars2TheCommander

* SpiritAdvisor: Rangers have a unique utility type called Spirits that they can summon to offer passive benefits on their skills like more damage or burning. The elite can AoE resurrect allies.

* StatusBuff: All guardians are good at that, but Firebrand support is especially good at this. In terms of uniqueness guardians are the kings of AoE stability, a buff that absorbs crowd control effects.

* ArcherArchetype: Rangers are the only profession in the game that has access to both longbows and short bows.

* DropTheHammer: Scrapper gain this as their unique specialization weapon.

* DropTheHammer: Guardians can use hammers as a CC+area control weapon set. Mighty Blow is a guardian attack that has a big wind up and massive damage. Guardians frequently combo this by precasting Mighty Blow and right as the skill is about to finish use Judges Intervention to teleport onto an unspecting enemy for massive damage.

* DropTheHammer: Warrior hammer is a specialized kit focused on slow heavy hits and tons of crowd control. Maces are a slightly faster version of this with a bit less crowd control and damage.

* HurtingHero: Despite their heroism and the many good things they've done, they suffer from a lot of tragedy, guilt, and backlash from the things they've done. In the mission One Path Ends, during the Commander's trials to get into [[spoiler:the Shining Blade]], it is revealed that they are carrying all ''kinds'' of insecurities and guilt about past decisions they made and inwardly berate themselves for it, which just enhances the fact that they're a BrokenAce.
--->'''<Character Name>:''' Inner demons? Believe me, I'm bombarded by them every day.
** Reprised in ''The Icebrood Saga'' where they're tormented by the malicious whispers of their friends (conjured by Jormag). They seem irritated enough by this that they shout at the voices to stop.
** All this finally gets put in the spotlight in the Chapter 16 of End of Dragons [[spoiler:where their trauma takes the form of hallucinations of all their dead allies, causing the Commander to break down in remorse, begging and apologizing to friends long gone]].

* BrokenAce: Starts slowly developing into one by Living World Season 3 and even more so into ''Path of Fire'' and onwards. The Commander is an amazing soldier with many feats to their name: an amazing, almost-undefeated fighter and a defender of all things that are good, but they are also tormented by guilt and shades of self-loathing due to the many tragic events that happen around them. It starts to get even worse in Living World Season 4. They've recovered from it somewhat by the start of ''The Icebrood Saga''.

* HeroicFatigue: The Commander starts getting thoroughly worn out as the state of the world gets worse and worse. However, they seem to have managed to overcome this feeling and are doing marginally better, returning to their normal selves by the start of ''The Icebrood Saga''. However, by the post-game of End of Dragons, it's revealed that they're most likely dealing with decades worth of severe trauma, depression and [=PTSD=].

* HeyYou: Never is the Commander referred to by their name (the name the player gives them upon character creation). Instead they are always referred to by their current title. Most commonly, 'Commander' or sometimes the 'Hero of Tyria'.
* HurtingHero: Despite their heroism and the many good things they've done, they suffer from a lot of tragedy, guilt, and backlash from the things they've done. In the mission One Path Ends, during the Commander's trials to get into [[spoiler:the Shining Blade]], it is revealed that they are constantly bombarded by inner demons and insecurities about past decisions they made and inwardly berate themselves for it, which just enhances the fact that they're a BrokenAce.

** Jormag's manipulative whispers in ''The Icebrood Saga'' seem to imply that the Commander yet again blame themselves for more deaths, [[spoiler:particularly Almorra's]].

* TrueCompanions: Ends up this way with Braham, Rox, Kasmeer, Marjory, Taimi, and Canach. By some extent, they are this with [[spoiler:Aurene]].

* MightyGlacier: Guardians of all sorts are one of if not the lowest mobility classes in the game. In [=PvP=] while they have a couple of ways to get in range of a target it's far less than other melee orientated classes like Warrior, Mesmer, Revenant, Holosmith, and especially thief. And their gap close abilities only work when they have an enemy they can blink onto meaning they're useless as out of combat mobility skills unlike Mesmer's Blink and Thieve's Shadowstep. Nonetheless when they do reach their target that can bring down immense smiting pressure.

* StealthExpert: Behind thief, but by no means a slouch in anyway in this regard.

* BowAndSwordInAccord: Thieves have access to the shortbow, which is undoubtedly the most mobile weapon in the entire game, allowing thieves to quickly travel across maps. Most thieves frequently run bow alongside their main weapon kit just because of how convenient it is; its AOE potential is solid too. Almost all thief builds in [=PvP=] and [=WvW=] use bow as their off weapon.

* FourElementEnsemble: Elementalists can swap between casting Fire, Water, Air and Earth spells.

* BlownAcrossTheRoom: Engineers have access to more abilities that blow enemeis away than any other class, from rifle skills to Big Ol' Bomb to Prime Light Beam.

* GadgeteerGenius: Create bombs, turrets, grenades, elixirs, drones, and even a hard light emitter.

** This happens yet ''again'' in the 16th episode of End of Dragons, [[where a demon seems to be strangely attached to them, manifesting all their trauma as hallucinations through the haze, to the point where the Commander was unable to tell what was reality]].

* BeneathTheMask: On the surface: a heroic individual who stood up against all odds to save the world. Has a strong sense of justice and a heart of gold. They'll kindhearted and will do anything it takes to get the job done and to save everybody they can. That's what everyone else sees. On the inside, they're riddled with self doubt and guilt. They've become cynical and just ''tired'' of everything that's happening, suffering in a world where no matter what they do, something ''always'' goes wrong.

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:After being killed by Balthazar, the Commander manages to claw their way back to life by fighting The Eater of Souls, which gives them enough power to return to life.]]

* HeroicFatigue: The Commander starts getting thoroughly worn out as the state of the world gets worse and worse. However, they seem to have managed to overcome this feeling and are doing marginally better, returning to their normal selves by the start of ''The Icebrood Saga''.

* JadeColoredGlasses: The Commander, regardless of what race and where they began their journey, starts out as a rather enthusiastic adventurer who eventually starts fighting the forces of evil of the Elder Dragons. They crack a lot more jokes and seem to be having a good time at whatever they're doing, especially when they first joined the Order of their choice and bonded with their mentor. However, as the story progresses, the Commander starts getting more and more mellowed out by some of the tragic events around them. By ''Path of Fire'', they appear more tired and seems less enthusiastic as they once were. They don't respond to attempts at humor as often, are very serious, and they are considerably more irritable, even scornfully sarcastic at times. It's clear that the deaths of their friends, ([[spoiler:their mentor, Trahearne, Eir, and various others]]) and the weight of saving the world are starting to have a heavy stressful toll on them. Not to mention they rarely talk about their feelings or have anyone to talk to about this, they don't even have time to feel sorry for themselves.

* ParentalSubstitute: To Aurene. It has been said that the Commander sees Aurene like their daughter.

* PyrrhicVictory: Almost every conflict the Commander gets involved with comes with a high price and ends up having terrible consequences in the long run. [[spoiler: Kill Zhaitan? Many of your friends and your own mentor died. The other dragons absorb his magic and become even more powerful. Kill Scarlet Briar and end the assault on Lion's Arch? Too bad, she managed to awaken Mordremoth anyway. Kill Mordremoth? Trahearne dies with him, and the world is thrown so off-balance that ''killing another Elder Dragon would destroy everything''. Kill Balthazar before he can kill Kralkatorrik? ''Kralkatorrik absorbs Balthazar's magic and grows in power even further.'' Suddenly Aurene, ''the world's only hope to solve the magic crisis'', flies off and no one knows where she is. When finally Aurene is safe, killing Balthazar has ''also'' allowed the horrifying lich Palawa Joko to break free from his prison, and launch a full-on invasion on Tyria to get revenge at the Commander. Joko is dead? Poor Aurene is getting hunted by Krakkatoik who had somehow ''went into the mists'' and Aurene has run away due to visions of different futures of her dying. Now the good friend Taimi is dying of an illness and there's ''nothing'' you can do it. Also, how's that [[SurvivorGuilt survivor's guilt]] over losing Blish?]] Fun part is that even though it's really ''not'' your fault because you didn't know...[[NiceJobBreakingItHero but it kinda is]].

** NotSoStoic: Starts to show shades of this in Living World Season 4, A Star to Guide Us. [[spoiler:This marks the first time the Commander actually grows close to ''crying'' over Blish's death and their inability to have prevented it. Hearing the Commander beg Blish not to die was [[TearJerker heartbreaking]]]]. Not the mention what's happening to [[spoiler:Taimi]]. The Commander was said to have been seen crying by Rytlock after [[spoiler:Aurene was killed]].

* YoungerThanTheyLook: If the Commander is a Sylvari, they are this. Due to the nature of Sylvari being [[BornAsAnAdult born an adult]] and gaining knowledge about the world through previous Sylvari who had existed, they look and act to be in their mid-twenties or higher, however, in reality, they are only about eight years old (by ''The Icebrood Saga'').