History Characters / Pyre

* AmazonessBrigade: At least the starting group of Beyonders -- Sandra, the Demon, and the Cur -- are all female exiles bound to practice the rites for eternity, and they’re not half bad at it, despite being training partners.

* BiTheWay: Sandra has heavy ShipTease with the reader, independent of their gender. In the epilogue, their relationship can be described as "licentious" [[note]] An archaic word meaning "sexually depraved", but also "against convention and norms". [[/note]] if the right dialogue choices are chosen.

* HateSink: This man is one endless spigot of entitlement and smugness. It becomes ''really'' satisfying to keep on pissing him off via winning.

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Over the first half of the game, the Voice begins to warm up to you, saying that one day you may even take his place as the voice of the ritual. [[spoiler:But then when Volfred, a previous teammate of the Voice when he was an exile, joins your ranks as a party member, the Voice becomes even worse in his mocking of the Nightwings, repeatedly wishing for their failure.]]

--> ''"And thus...the Scribes have chosen.'' ({{Beat}}) ''...and thus, the Scribes have chosen? And thus the Scribes have chosen!'' '''''AND THUS THE SCRIBES HAVE CHOSEN!'''''"
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:He is the only character in the game not to get his own epilogue, or even any real mentions in anyone else's. Note that the Commonwealth's leaders are, depending on what ending you got, killed or banished to the Downside (if they don't decide to surrender and convert to the revolution) as a nice dose of karma, and he's the primary leader of the Commonwealth...]]

* TheBard

* DownerEnding: For Lendel if not ascended. [[spoiler:He spends his days waiting for the Rites to begin again, convinced he will get another chance to escape the Downside. Eventually all his fellow Accusers abandon him and years later, there are rumors of a disheveled demon waiting for the Rites to someday begin again.]]
** If he is ascended, [[spoiler:he is killed by a harp ambush and still goes down in the history books as the DirtyCop he was.]]

** [[spoiler:If Manley is ascended, he eventually returns to bribing people off to get his way, and is caught again though this time sentenced to a lesser punishment. He still uses up the family's fortune to try to get out of it, but ends up stuck in his punishment while destitute.]]
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Manley, although in this case, it didn't really help him — he tried to bribe the wrong person and got sent to the Downside for his troubles.
** [[spoiler: Averted again in his ending if he doesn't get liberated. Now that there are no more Rites, he ends up bankrupting his family trying to find a way out of the Downside, to no avail.]]

* RealityEnsues: Tamitha plans to use the privileges that ascended exiles receive to overthrow the Commonwealth from the inside. If she ascends, [[spoiler:they throw her in a jail cell to interrogate her for information. The Commonwealth is corrupt, not idiotic, and they aren't going to help a well known Commonwealth hater.]]

* [[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 other triumvirate 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.]]

* EldritchAbomination: All the Titans, whose remains are at each of the Celestial Landmarks you visit for the Rites. Yslach Astral-born definitely qualifies—he comes from another dimension, and Milithe only bound his physical form, not the rest of him. Other characters say he's just sleeping, and one day he'll come back to devour the world.

* SpeakOfTheDevil: Yslach. The wiser Scribes take care to avoid saying his name, in case this brings him back. In the Book, his name is recorded as "Y#####".

* HonestJohnsDealership
* NoSocialSkills: Hard to say how much of this is just being born in [[CrapsackWorld the Downside]] but he doesn't notice when he's bothering people and tends to blather on about things no one but him cares about.

* EvilChancellor

* AmbiguouslyGay: Volfred shows no attraction to Bertrude, despite her being in love with him, having much more noticeable tension in his interactions with Olarech. When making a speech of what he considers freedom, he adds that he thinks nobody should be judged by whom they love, which resonates with anyone that has been judged by their sexuality.

* LoopholeAbuse: Tamitha's plan exploits the fact that people who return using the Liberation Rite [[spoiler:become part of the Commonwealth's elite, so that she, a Harp, can become part of the ruling elite and destroy the Commonwealth from the inside]].
** Subverted as [[spoiler:no one is so attached to the rules as to let a Harp with a deep hatred of their country join them. She gets some recognition for her feats before being put through interrogation over and over again]].

* RealityEnsues: Sir Deluge's instinct of self-preservation in contrary to his race's GloryHound nature allowed him to survive more fights than most of his peers. As the survivor of many battles, he managed to rise through the ranks just by not dying.

* HeroicAlbino: She has pale skin, red eyes, and ash blonde hair, and is one of the nicest characters in the game.

* WeaksauceWeakness: [[spoiler:Oralech]] in Versus Mode has only 1 Hope to offset his immense Glory and Presence. If he is taken out by an aura, he gets to do nothing for ''30 seconds''.

* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:When the Rites are over for good, their crystal disappears and no one knows what happened to them. Some bog-crones speculate that their imprisonment is over, but whether this means they are free to roam the world, or now rest in peace, is anyone's guess]].
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] if [[spoiler: the Reader takes Sandra up on her request that they take her crystal with them. The above AmbiguousSituation is commented on by Sandra herself, who thinks it ridiculous. The other Beyonders faded, finally been allowed to pass on]].

* HandicappedBadass: It doesn't affect her performance in the Rites, but Jodi mentions during one conversation that she has a wound in her leg that still troubles her.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:He is the only character in the game not to get his own epilogue, or even any real mentions in anyone else's. Note that the Commonwealth's leaders are, depending on what ending you got, killed or banished to the Downside as a nice dose of karma, and he's the primary leader of the Commonwealth...]]

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** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] if [[spoiler: the Reader takes Sandra up on her request that they take her crystal with them. The above AmbiguousSituation is commented on by Sandra herself, who thinks it ridiculous]].

* BiTheWay: Sandra has heavy ShipTease with the reader, independent of their gender. In the epilogue, their relationship can be described as "licentious" if the right dialogue choices are chosen.

* EmeraldPower: Sandra emits green ghostly wisps. The Beyonder Crystal is green too.

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

* NeverLearnedToRead: Inverted, as they're the only one who knows how to read in their group, who purposely took them in so that they could direct them in the Rites. In fact, the reason why they're exiled is because they know how to read.

** BadassDecay: He's a bit rusty. He still knows a lot about the Rites, though. This is represented by him [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration always having maximum Inspiration]] in his Enlightenment level bar.

* NamesTheSame: Their cur teammate has the same name as one of Rukey's uncles. Whether or not they are the same cur is up to fan speculation.

* {{Name'sTheSame}}: Their cur teammate has the same name as one of Rukey's uncles. Whether or not they are the same cur is up to fan speculation.

* Name'sTheSame: Their cur teammate has the same name as one of Rukey's uncles. Whether or not they are the same cur is up to fan speculation.

* Name'stheSame: Their cur teammate has the same name as one of Rukey's uncles. Whether or not they are the same cur is up to fan speculation.

--> ''"And so...the Scribes have chosen.'' ({{Beat}}) ''...and so, the Scribes have chosen? And so the Scribes have chosen!'' '''''AND SO THE SCRIBES HAVE CHOSEN!'''''"

* AmbiguousDisorder: She talks to inanimate objects, worships an obscure pantheon, and can't even remember her own name.

* TwentyFourHourArmor: While his helmet isn't necessarily heavy, his dialogue is nearly always cued with metallic clanking, suggesting that he never takes it off.

* AutoRevive: Some of his masteries will reignite your Pyre if it is doused.

* OldMaster: In Versus Mode with preset masteries, Dalbert's base stats are strictly better than Rukey's or Barker's, and he has more Enlightenment.

* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Dalbert is a descendant of the alpha-chiefs who used to lead the Curs. He was exiled for [[spoiler:celebrating a banned Cur holiday which commemorated the victory of a single Cur pack over an imperial brigade.]].