History Characters / Pyre

* ItsAllJunk: [[spoiler:His personal blackwagon item is his knight's crest, which is treasured by all wyrm-knights who serve the Commonwealth. If he's liberated, he leaves it behind and examining it tells you that he didn't want it anymore, completing his story arc about regaining his honor]].

* [[TokenGoodTeammate Token Good Team]]: The Fate is easily the most honorable triumvirate aside from the Nightwings. Dalbert is nothing but cordial and affable to his opponents with no ulterior motives, which can't be said for any othe trimvirate leader. Almer is generally a jerk to the Nightwings, but he is the only opponent that [[spoiler:when ascended will join in the rebellion to overthrow the Commonwealth when the others either stay neutral or actively assist the Commonwealth, Tamitha aside.]]

* BerserkButton: Don't tell Barker to watch his language.

* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Dalbert was exiled for [[spoiler:celebrating a banned Cur holiday which commemorated a victory against imperial forces]].

* EvilLaugh: Whenever you face them in a Rite, their leitmotif is preceded with an impressive cackle.

* ItAmusedMe: They don't really care about returning to the Commonwealth, since they grew perfectly accustomed to the Downside, and the Rites are simply a sport to them. [[spoiler: When the Rites are ended for good and escape from the Downside is impossible, they refashion the Rites into an actual sport]].

* [[TokenGoodTeammate TokenGoodTeam]]: The Fate is easily the most honorable triumvirate aside from the Nightwings. Dalbert is nothing but cordial and affable to his opponents with no ulterior motives, which can't be said for any othe trimvirate leader. Almer is generally a jerk to the Nightwings, but he is the only opponent that [[spoiler:when ascended will join in the rebellion to overthrow the Commonwealth when the others either stay neutral or actively assist the Commonwealth, Tamitha aside.]]

* WouldNotHurtAChild: As noted above, she despises Harps. But even the thought of executing Harp children is too much for her to stomach. [[Spoiler:Freeing said children is what got her exiled.]]

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: He's glad to hear that Jodariel is out of the Downside if she has been liberated.

* BootstrappedLeitmotif: Inverted. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C37PAE0CzTg Will of the Scribes]] is first played in-game when the Nightwings' true purpose is revealed, and it is also their theme in Versus Mode, but it is officially described in the [[SoundTest White Lute]] as Oralech's theme.

* WouldNotHurtAChild: As noted above, she despises harps. But even the thought of executing harp children is too much for her to stomach. [[Spoiler:Freeing said children is what got her exiled.]]

* BootstrappedLeitmotif: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C37PAE0CzTg Will of the Scribes]] is described in the [[SoundTest White Lute]] as Oralech's theme, but in-game it is first played when the Nightwings' true purpose is revealed, and it is also their theme in Versus Mode.

* DesignatedVillain: By design, it turns out. [[spoiler:Where the other Triumvirates stand for the values of their founder Scribe, the Nightwings represent the adversaries the Eight Scribes faced in their adventures. The Scribes wanted to make sure the other Triumvirates would always be challenged, and therefore always try to better themselves. They designed the Nightwings to have an unfair advantage in the Rites, as every other Triumvirate must earn their way to the peak of Mt. Alodiel to challenge the Nightwings for freedom.]]

** As with all the Triumvirates. The Exiles in these groups come and go; these are merely the latest group of Nightwings.

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Even more so than some of the other triumvirates. Volfred notes that no other version of the Nightwings has ever included so many in their ranks.

* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:At his core, he's a scared old man terrified of losing his power - the moment he realizes the Shimmer-Pool is allowing more Exiles than the anointed to free themselves, he realizes karma is not far behind and he panics.]]

* VillainousBreakdown: His pompous demeanor completely unravels after the last Rite, [[spoiler:where it is revealed that the Spring will now accept ''any'' Exile, not just the anointed. As the final Exile ascends, he's far more subdued, frightened for his own future and that of the Commonwealth.]]

* SadClown: Though he is the most happy-go-lucky of the Nightwings, he will take [[spoiler:failure to ascend]] much harder than any of the others, [[spoiler:because he just wants to see his mother again]].

->''"Dare you to deal with forbidden knowledge?"''

* DisneyDeath: He died in a tragic accident the last time the Nightwings were together. [[spoiler: Except, that's not exactly what happened...]]

** [[spoiler:However, if he wins the Rite, he will hesitate in choosing to ascend. If you reach out to his mind at this moment, he realizes that Volfred really didn't mean for any of what happened to happen, and comes to an understanding with you. Thus, you can either ascend yourself or another, and he will walk away. He even eventually buries the hatchet with Volfred, if Volfred remains in the Downside.]]

** [[spoiler:If you lose the final rite, Oralech will hesitate to ascend himself. If you reach out to his mind, he will realize that everything you have been working for has been for the greater good, and that Volfred truly felt terrible about what happened to him. He will then offer the right to ascend to you and will not kill himself afterwards, regardless of your choice.]]

* LightningBruiser: In Versus Mode, Oralech is very fast for a Demon, has the biggest aura in the game, and has high damage. His only flaw is an extremely low Hope stat of '''1''', causing him to respawn ''very'' slowly (''30'' seconds to be exact), so caution when playing him is highly advised.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: He is implied to have been rather close to Volfred in their time as Nightwings together. [[spoiler:The Plan was originally created by both of them. If he faces Volfred and/or Ti'zo, conversation about their shared past inevitably sours and ends with their mutual declaration that they will fight.]]

* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:She killed her father after a lifetime of abuse caused by her father lashing out at her in his grief over her brother's death.]]

* WeUsedToBeFriends: He is implied to have been rather close to Volfred in their time as Nightwings together. [[spoiler:If he faces Volfred and/or Ti'zo, conversation about their shared past inevitably sours and ends with their mutual declaration that they will fight.]]

* LightningBruiser: You wouldn't expect it, but this little guy can really move around the battlefield and his Implosion is highly dangerous. You can also upgrade his Pyre damage via masteries to exceed that of a Nomad.

In the Rites, she represents the Harp Scribe. She has the best flight ability in the game, and instead of casting her Aura, charges with a shield preventing her own banishment. Her masteries can focus on extreme speed or breakthrough tactics, earning bonuses for banishing enemies which are useful for running the Orb.

* INeedAFreakingDrink: She says this if [[spoiler:her sister prevails in a Liberation Rite]]. Of course, that's one of the uses of her moonshine.

* MindRape: If you lose to them after you invoke Yslach's star and send Bertrude to break Udmildhe, Yslach's influence will torment Bertrude, giving her a permanent Hope penalty.

* NoodleIncident: A tragic one. Something terrible happened when she tried to [[spoiler:bear her children at the Nest of Triesta, hence its name]], but no details are given.

Hedwyn's sweetheart, a fighter for the Highwing Remnants.

* ActionGirl: She's a soldier specializing in reconnaissance, and Hedwyn freely admits she could have killed him the first time they met, but chose not to. [[spoiler:In certain versions of the finale, they co-lead a raid on the Archjustice's hideout during the revolution.]]

* InterspeciesRomance: Hedwyn is a Nomad (essentially human), while Fikani is a Harp. This is a problem, since Nomads and Harps have been at war for several hundred years.

* StarCrossedLovers: They're on opposite sides of a war when they meet, and are forced to spend years apart after Hedwyn is exiled. [[spoiler:Fortunately, they do end up together in the end, one way or another.]]

First of the Eight Scribes, also known as the Accursed. The first imp to show signs of higher intelligence, he was the first creature to show compassion to Emperor Soliam Murr during his exile in the Downside, defending him from a group of assassins. He wrote the chapter of the Book of Rites describing each of the Triumvirates. Defeated the bone-titan Shax Six Shoulders at the Cairn of Ha'ub.

He is also known as the Nomad Scribe. Once the Emperor's chief general, he went into the Downside to try and personally ensure the Emperor's death. Seeing Murr's transformation, he decided to show mercy instead. He wrote the first chapter of the Book of Rites, describing how the Scribes met in the Downside.

Also known as the Alpha-chief, he is the Cur Scribe. He united the various Cur factions into one and wrote about survival in the Downside.

* NoodleIncident: He never told the other Scribes how exactly he got the [[spoiler:16,000 tonnes of dung]] he used to slay the Titan Bialanthus.

The Sap Scribe. He was known as Hundred-Minds for his intelligence.

The Crone Scribe, also known as the Wild Witch. She wrote about the many different environs of the Downside in the Book of Rites. She bound the physical form of Yslach, the Star-Titan, at the Pit of Milithe.

* {{Understatement}}: All she says about climbing Mount Alodiel is that it took "no small amount of sacrifice and sorcery". As Ores points out in his chapter, Mount Alodiel used to be the Archbeast Sung-Gries, and [[ColossusClimb climbing him was a battle against him]] that lasted ''seventeen months''.

The Harp Scribe, known as the Blessed-Born. She wrote about the founding principles of the Commonwealth.

The Wyrm Scribe, also known as the Sea Sojourner. He wrote the chapter in the Book of Rites about the Titans and the Scribes' glorious victories over them. He himself defeated Endriga the Widow and Unfathomed Plurnes.

The Demon Scribe, known as the Last of his Name. As Emperor, Soliam Murr was a greedy and selfish ruler, who was told of a treasure worthy of his status hiding in the Downside: the Celestial Orb. In his search for the Orb, he became trapped in the Downside, [[spoiler:spending so much time there he turned into the first demon]]. Though many of the other Scribes initially wanted him dead, they showed mercy instead when they saw how he had changed, and Murr became the Eighth Scribe alongside them.

** Bialanthus looks like a scorpion-ant hybrid.

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: He starts to warm up to you after a while and even shows a certain politeness when referring to you, possibly even cheering for the Nightwings. However, after [[spoiler:[[LaResistance Volfred]] joins your group]], he will invariably start to mistreat you, bother you outside the Rites and cheer for the opposing team. If you win, he will even wish that something awful happens to you and your team.

* FreudianTrio: The Id, being highly impulsive.

* DefrostingIceQueen: If you ask Sandra what's on her mind regularly, she begins to warm up to you for considering her more than just a tool to be used.

* EldritchAbomination: Most of them, to a greater or lesser extent. Yslach Astral-born definitely qualifies—he comes from another dimension, and Milithe only bound his physical form, not the rest of him.

* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: He tricked the Emperor and the other Scribes into the Downside, so he could rule. He ended up cast into the Downside himself, and strangled to death by his own Mantle.

* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: [[spoiler:Attempted to take Oralech's place when he was chosen for a Liberation Rite, not believing the rumors that doing so would kill her. But it did.]]

* CrippledBadass: The player has the option of making them disabled.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When he [[spoiler:is visibly startled by Oralech's reappearance]], the narration notes that you have never seen him do this.

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A Bog-Crone who modifies your blackwagon to cross the sea. She is called upon by Sandalwood some time afterwards to bolster your ranks, which she does as a personal favor to him. She was banished for [[spoiler:supplying fire-proof ink to Volfred in an ironic turn of events, considering all the highly illegal magic and alchemy she performed for her livelihood.]]

* MindRape: If you lose to them after invoking Yslach and trying to break Udmildhe, Yslach's influence will torment Bertrude, giving her a permanent Hope penalty.