History Characters / Sacred

* ArcherArchetype: She is a ranger and a rather solemn person.

* ArcherArchetype: She's an avid hunter and archer.

* CreepyGood: Her looks, outfit and mannerisms are really weird, not to mention she [[BadPowersGoodPeople uses dark magic]] and [[GutturalGrowler shrieks like a vulture]] during battles. In general, she's a quite unsettling charater. [[spoiler:With good reasons.]]

* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: His mustache, clothes and colour palette are quite reminiscent of Vlad the Impaler on his most famous portrait. His castle is called "Crow's Rock" because of the hundreds of crows that flock to the dead bodies constantly on display on the baron's many gallows. And his first name is Vladimir.

He was betrayed by his master after his last fight in the Bellevue coliseum. Recruited by the spy Rocheford, the Gladiator joined the King Aarnum X's army to begin a new life.

* BoisterousBruiser: His non-combat lines and log entries reveal a cynic yet good-natured personality, although he becomes somewhat more laconic in battle.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: As said earlier, the Gladiator is just a human, but he is clearly much stronger and tougher than a regular one, probably thanks to his particular breeding and training.

* ElementalPunch: The mentioned Fist of the Gods is a wind-up right hook charged with all his energy.
* EvilMentor: His master Julius betrayed him and tried to kill him to avoid giving him his free pay.

* LargeHam: As fitting for a character of his kind, he turns quite up when he delivers his battle lines.
* LightningBruiser: He is not only strong, but also very agile, and has a good kicking technique.
* ParentalAbandonment: When he was young, his parents sold him to the gladiator master Julius to escape poverty, as well as likely to give him a chance to a better life (better in which at least he would not starve to death, that is).

* StoutStrength: Although both muscular and ripped, the Gladiator has a noticeably thick belly under his waistband.
* SupernaturalMartialArts: Possibly or possibly not. Even though he is explicitly said to be a powerless human, some of the his techniques look visually supernatural, like his Fist of the Gods and Dagger Stare, both of which emit shining energy. However, this can be interpreted to be just a visual effect for the player's sake and not a sign of magic in-universe.

* FullContactMagic: In one of her techniques, Energy Bolts, she summons energy gauntlets and throws lightning shots through stylized boxing combos with her hands.

* GoodIsNotSoft: She embodies light and good, but definitely not piety. Aside from her self-righteous glee when fighting evil, one of her techniques involves mind control, which is typically not a technique associated with good guys.

* HumanAliens: An encounter with an insane Seraphim reveals they're actually human combat cyborgs (possibly biotechnological, given that they seem able to reproduce with humans and inherit their traits) left over from a space war.

* LadyOfWar: The Seraphim are commonly described as graceful fighters. And they are, trust us.
* LightEmUp: Her specialty. Her Irriation technique utilizes light in its simplest forms, as it simply emits a wave of light which blinds her enemies.

* {{Magitek}}: Her armor and weapons are futuristic in design and approach, including some equipable wings that are literally made of energy, presumably magical.

* ThePaladin: Even if Seraphim are described in-story as somewhat whimsical and fickle towards what they consider their true duty, they are solidly in the side of good and will slay evil wherever it is.
* PillarOfLight: One of her techniques summons a pillar of light from the sky which stays in its place and burns all the enemies it touchs.

* SheFu: Her fighting style, described in-universe as famously gracile, is very acrobatic; even her most basic combos feature a lot of jumping and spinning around.

* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: In her team with the Dark Elf, he slices with his blades and she shoots with her bows. Mostly justified because he is a trained martial artist and she is an expert archer.

* SummonMagic: Can summon an {{Unicorn}} although sadly cannot ride it.

* TheAtoner: Genuinely repudiates his old Dark Elven ways and wants to be better.
* AttackReflector: Two of his moves, Pak-Nakor and Pak-Dain, create a psychic field around his body that deflects attacks.
* BareFistedMonk: Is good at unarmed fighting, with a lot of kicks and martial arts moves, and even a couple of his personal weapons are basically fists with spikes.

* DoubleWeapon: His most known weapon is a double blade.

* FlashStep: His aptly named Mongoose technique.

* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: In his team with the Wood Elf, he slices with his blades and she shoots with her bows. Mostly justified because he is a trained martial artist and she is an expert archer.

* OurElvesAreDifferent: His people takes the "dark elves/drows" schtick to extreme lengths, being fundamentally a race of psychos whose culture amounts to ritualized bloodshed.

* PsychicPowers: Male Dark Elves are not allowed to practice magic, so they use mind powers to sub for it. Those are pretty much equivalent to magic anyway, as they enable the elves to deflect magic, suck souls and even open portals to Hell-like dimensions.
* RoundhouseKick: The unarmed form of his Revenge technique involves two lightning fast high kicks, and his Combat Kick is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: His skin tone under his hood varies among artworks, but in the game itself it is pretty dark, looking Mediterranean or Eastern. Some of his special item sets contain Egyptian and Arabian styled costumes, implying that he definitely does not belong to a Caucasian-like race.

* BurnTheWitch: The reason why he is trained in both weapons and magic. Apparently, Ancarian wizards used to be persecuted by the [=DeMordrey=] Inquisition, so they were forced to learn to use weapons to defend themselves.

* DeadpanSnarker: Possibly the snarkiest character of the game.
* DeathFromAbove: Can cast a meteor storm over his enemies. It is not as visually impressive as it sounds, but the attack does inflict a handful of damage points if the enemy is not quick enough to dodge it.

* EthnicMagician: He is dark-skinned and many of his set items have an oriental feel. The Mammon suit resembles a classical Saracen attire, complete with a turban, a crescent-shaped shield and a curved sword; the Byleth armor looks vaguely Greco-Roman, with a short, round helmet; and the last and flashiest, the Amarri set, is basically an Egyptian god armor.

* InsufferableGenius: Some of his lines are more than a bit pedantic, especially when arriving to rustic villages.
* InTheHood: His red coat has a hood he always keeps over his head, and most of his helmets are hood-shaped in accordance.
* MagicKnight: A master of both weapons and magic, the Battle Mage can either combine the two art forms or rely in a single one to great effect. He is unusually good in weapons for a RPG mage, to the point that, at least in the pre-Gold Edition days, he could comfortably hold his own through the game without magic at all.

* OneManArmy: Though most characters of the game are balanced, the Battle Mage has a wide set of massively powerful offensive spells as well as being a ''very'' effective physical fighter (though the game's Gold Edition toned down the latter a bit). He can wreck his way through masses of enemies and organize effective strategies with just the sheer variety of his arsenal.

* UnskilledButStrong: He doesn't have regular physical techniques and combos like most other characters, but his skill with weapons is enough to make up for it.

* ActionGirl: Wearing black leather and wielding swords and claws, she is on the level of any action girl in media.
* AnimateDead: Can reanimate corpses for a time in order to use them as her minions. It is stated to be a vampire art.

* TheAtoner: She is perfectly aware of all the death and horror she caused during her career as a vampiric predator, and actively wants to make up for it by working for the King again.

* BloodKnight: Though she is mostly serene and good-humored, she can turn ''very'' excited when facing the perspective of fighting again. She might have been like this back when she was human, as she was a high-ranked warrior after all, but being turned into a vampire probably has something to do with it too.

* BrokenBird: It is made clear that she carries a big deal of misery for her past.

* FlashStep: One of her skills.
* {{Foil}}: Was the first one to the Seraphim before the Daemoness came along. While the Seraphim is an energetic, eager champion of her ideals of justice who is literally a being of light, the Vampiress is a jaded woman who has seen her life and values destroyed by fate and who is (now only partially) a being of darkness.

* KickChick: Again, one of her abilities.
* LifeDrain: As a vampire, she can suck life energy out of an opponent into her own body. Supposedly, she can also suck literal blood as ol' school vampires do, but it is not among her gameplay abilities.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: It is hard to profile Ancarian vampires, as she is not a pure one anymore and there are only a handful of them in the game. However, they clearly mark most points: they suck blood, can turn people into other vampires, have superhuman skills and sunlight burns them.

* StepfordSmiler: Her inner thoughts, as seen in her log, are much darker and contemplative than what her jolly behavior implies.
* SummonMagic: Can summon four types of creatures, not counting the possible zombified enemies she can order.

* ZombieApocalypse: Her Awakened Dead spread their taint to every enemy they kill, turning them into more Awakened Dead. Only the fact that they die naturally after a short time (and that they don't usually inflict so much damage as to create corpses left and right) impedes it from causing a classic zombie outbreak.

* ActionGirl: A female who kicks butt. She might have counted as a DarkActionGirl back when she served Anducar.

* CombatTentacles: Can summon some from ''corpses'', which makes them [[LudicrousGibs quite a mess]].

* {{Flight}}: The only character who can fly.

** To the Seraphim. While the Seraphim is an angel and defends ideals of justice and light, the Daemoness is a demon and doesn't give a crap about morality and heroism. Even their skillsets are pretty antagonistic to each other: the Seraphim heavily features specialized magitek, while the Daemoness capitalizes on the natural abilities of her race.

* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Her motivation at the start of the game is getting revenge on Anducar. She only helps Valor because her power to glimpse the future tells her it's a necessary step to achieving this long-term goal.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: She is actually different from other demons from this universe as well, as she is both human-like and intelligent, traits no demon shown in the game demonstrate.
* PlayingWithFire: Her Fire Daemon form.
* PoisonousPerson: Her Poison Daemon form.

* WomanScorned: Her sole motivation to work for the king was being banished by Anducar, her sexual master.

* {{BFG}}: The guy carries a freaking cannon around, so he definitely can make some noise.

* ElvesVersusDwarves: He doesn't appear to be hostile towards the entire Elven race, but indeed expresses delight at killing Dark Elves, which is justified, as they massacred almost all his race.

* HeroicComedicSociopath: His comments can be quite grim, making his love for fighting a bit unsettling.

* ImAHumanitarian: Possibly. Has a line in which he merrily talks about cooking a goblin for breakfast, and it's difficult to tell whether he is kidding or not.

* MightyGlacier: Is slightly slower than the rest of characters and can't ride horses, but can shoot his way through a mountain of enemies.
* OneManArmy: The Dwarf can diss prodigious amounts of damage on the battefield through many ways and is very difficult to grind down if properly armored.
* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: "Tough, snappy, grumbling and eager to fight." However, this one seems also a bit twisted, even sadistic compared to the archetypical fantasy dwarf.

* EarlyBirdCameo: If the player is not using the Battle Mage, Alcalata can be seen in the stone circle of the Dancing Dead fighting a troll, like his apprentice would do in his first quest.

* TeleportSpam: Has an ability, unique in the entire game that allows him to instantly teleport around the battlefield to avoid engaging the enemies hand-to-hand.

A Bellevue soldier who escorts the Battle Mage to the Bellevue garrison. He also finds the Dwarf in the forest. He's the brother of the novice Imue.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Doesn't look very impressed after seeing magic, but when he finds an alive dwarf, he freaks out. Partially justified, as Ancarian dwarfs are said to be extinct centuries ago while magic is still present and relatively common.

* DissonantSerenity: After witnessing the Battle Mage's initiation ceremony, which entails fighting a troll in a magic circle, he approaches him and lightheartedly asks if that was what they call magic.

* OldSoldier: He looks quite old, with silver hair.

* BadassNormal: He is never stated to have any supernatural powers, but his mission when [[spoiler:he had his soul captured was killing young heroes, some of which would probably have.]]
* CanonImmigrant: Jacquaire's first appearance was actually not in the game proper, but in one of the first ''Sacred'' demos in 2004, where he was an unnamed NPC that killed the player if he attempted to leave Silver Creek (as the demo didn't cover more ground). This connects directly with a piece of background told about him in the game, according to which he [[spoiler:was ordered to kill heroes around that village.]] Even the detail about how he [[spoiler:killed a Seraphim]] is not random, as the Seraphim and the Gladiator were precisely the only characters playables in that demo.

* DistressedDude: Every time the player finds him, he is in some kind of petty distress. Well, petty for the standards of the main heroes, anyway: he is first cornered by bears, later gets his equipment stolen, later needs a sword, and finally is in search of a partner.

* SailorsPonytail: His hairstyle.

* AllThereInTheManual: Expanded materials reveal that Shaddar was related to the warmonger king Morgast I, that he used his own sister in a magic ritual to become immortal, and that he was banished out of Ancaria only because the next king, Valorian I, impeded the Band of Mages of the Enclave Mystdale from condemning him to death by fire.

* EvilGenius: An incredibly powerful mage.
* EvilIsHammy
* EvilSorcerer
* TheChessmaster

* LaughingMad

* NoodleIncident: The reason he was banished from main Ancaria. According to promotional materials, it was because he used his own sister's flesh and blood to make himself immortal.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: His name is never mentioned, being just known as "the Demon of Sakkara" or just "the Demon". You only learn his name upon facing him, written as his official game name.

* TheHeavy: His presence is more important to the plot than Shaddar's... [[spoiler:apparently.]]
* OurDemonsAreDifferent
* PlayingWithFire

* BigBadWannabe
* BloodKnight
* BlueBlood

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: his mustache, clothes and colour palette are quite reminiscent of Vlad the Impaler on his most famous portrait. His castle is called "Crow's Rock" because of the hundreds of crows that flock to the dead bodies constantly on display on the baron's many gallows. And his first name is Vladimir.

* EvilMatriarch
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen

* AmbiguouslyHuman

* LargeAndInCharge: He is much taller than an average man, perhaps implying he is not human in first place.

* SatanicArchetype

* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her default attire is essentially a bikini. Some armors will cover it, but some the special Seraphim gear will very pointedly not.

* ChainmailBikini: Her default attire. Contrary to most examples, however, it seems to be just underwear, as any armor you equip the character with will cover her body completely.

* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her default attire is essentially a bikini. Averted in that armors will cover it, however.

Before the game's story, she was captured by the evil Dark Elves during a mission in Zhurag-Nar and was set to be sacrificed, but a Dark Elf protected her and helped her to escape. The two reached Bellevue and took separate ways, hoping to meet again in the future.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Subverted. She has a mutual attraction with a Dark Elf, but it is because said elf saved her and rejected evil, not for being dark.

* TheAtoner: Genuinely repudiates his old Dark Elven ways and wants to follow a better one.

* BloodKnight: He loves hand-to-hand fighting, and while he doesn't enjoy killing outright, he doesn't see a problem with it either (Maegalcarwen's diary says he has "animal, ''almost'' killing instincts").

* BondageIsBad: His mansion has a corner filled with an odd combination of torture devices and red velvet cushions. One has to wonder whether he [[{{Sadist}} simply likes to witness comfortably some sessions of torture]] or instead uses them for [[UsefulNotes/{{BDSM}} something more mundame but no less kinky]].

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Demordrey's surname is based on the German word for "murder".

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Has hooven feet, so she doesn't wear footwear beyond foot guards.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: For some reason, he wears just ankle wraps in his default attire, although you can equip him with boots.

* BadassBaritone: Has a deep voice.

* {{Succubus}}: It's all but directly stated that Anducar summoned her for carnal usage, and that he kicked her out when he got bored of her. Averted otherwise, as while she indulges in several vicious penchants through the game, lust or sexuality are not among them.

* HornyDevil: It's all but directly stated that Anducar summoned her for carnal usage, and that he kicked her out when he got bored of her. Averted otherwise, as while she indulges in several vicious penchants through the game, lust or sexuality are not among them.

* WeaponOfChoice: [[AnAxeToGrind Giant axes]] and [[PowerFist combat gauntlets]].

* WeaponOfChoice: Mainly [[CoolSword stylized, curved sabers]].

* WeaponOfChoice: Bows and arrows.

* WeaponOfChoice: Poisoned elven blades.

* WeaponOfChoice: [[CoolSword Swords]], [[MagicStaff staves]] and {{magic wand}}s.

* WeaponOfChoice: Mainly [[CoolSword swords]].

* WeaponOfChoice: [[AnAxeToGrind Giant axes]], [[DropTheHammer hammers]] and [[TheGunslinger muskets]].

* KnifeNut: His signature weapon.

* AbsoluteCleavage: Her default attire has a good chunk of vertical cleavage.

* NiceHat: Wears a Middle Eastern style black and purple headcloth.

* OneManArmy: Though most characters of the game are balanced, the Battle Mage takes it UpToEleven for having a wide set of massively powerful offensive spells as well as being a ''very'' effective physical fighter (though the game's Gold Edition toned down the latter a bit). He can wreck his way through masses of enemies and organize effective strategies with just the sheer variety of his arsenal.

* ElementalShapeshifter: Can turn himself into water (which enables him to pass through opponents), wind (which is actually {{Teleportation}}), stone (in order to improve his toughness) and fire (to burn things around).