History Characters / Spellforce

* DistressedDamsel: Kidnapped by the Fial Darg because of her status as a firstborn. Rescuing her is the main plot of the campaign.

* DistressedDamsel: When the Rune Warriors first finds her, one of Hokan's minions had poisoned her and her grove.

* BestServedCold: Pun non-intended. It takes time to reunite with Grimaud, but when we do, Lena is more than happy to [[JustForPun ice him]].

* ChainmailBikini: In the second game, Nightsong's combat attire consists of heeled boots that go up to her knees, a pair of hotpants that has actual chainmail parts, a skimpy bra whose cups aren't even connected at the front, and a pair of bladed bracers. It's probably not a coincidence that she's the game's poster girl and prominently features on the cover art and most artworks.

* BerserkButton: Yasha is her's. The thoughts of Yasha abusing her while she was still a Rune Warrior is enough to power up a "Thought Storm" (an elemental creature of immense power).

* BareYourMidriff: Her outfit in ''The Breath of Winter'' leaves her belly exposed.

* BareYourMidriff: The only thing that Nightsong wears on her torso is a bra which bares her entire her midriff.

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons

* RetiredBadass: By the time of ''2''. A merchant who appeared in ''Faith In Destiny'' didn't believe her when she said that she was the Phoenix Guard, or had with her a robe made by Tanara (the famed seamstress who appeared back in ''Order'').

** BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: As the resurrection ritual binds his will to Hokan Ashir.]]

* {{Chessmaster}}: [[spoiler: He wrote the book about the consequences of the Convocation Ritual, triggering Rohen's HeelFaceTurn, and gave him the power of making portals.]]

A Rune Warrior and the main protagonist of ''The Breath of Winter'', he wields the legendary Shadow Blade, a weapon that is able to slay a Fial Darg effortlessly, but turns its wielder into a [[LivingShadow Shadow]]. [[spoiler: This is, eventually, the Warrior's fate.]] He returns in ''Shadow Wars'' and its sequels, [[spoiler: where (in ''Shadow Wars''), he helps the Soul Carrier to befriend his new people and later assist Nightsong with ruling the Norcaines. He can also become a party member in ''Faith in Destiny''.]]

* InfinityPlusOneSword: Averted. The Shadow Blade is the only weapon able to kill a Fial Darg, but in game, its stats are rather poor. Especially, it starkly decreases the wielder's resistance to magic.

* WhatTheHellHero: Calls out the Phoenix Guard for [[spoiler: bringing Hokan back.]] In the Guard's defence, she didn't really have a choice...

* DistressedDamsel: When the Rune Warriors first found her. One of Hokan's minions had poisoned her and her grove.

Daughter of Craig Un'Shallach, she is one of the prominent Dark Elves resisting Sorvina at the start of ''Shadow Wars''. She journeys to the Iron Fields, where she was killed by Sorvina's assassins, but was resurrected by the Shaikan blood of the Soul Carrier.

[[spoiler: With the help of the Soul Carrier and the Shadow Warrior, she managed to unite the Norcaine under her banner. In ''Dragon Storm'', she styled herself the Empress of the Norcaine.]]

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: [[spoiler: Being Empress hasn't prevented her from taking the field.]]

* FantasticRacism: Does '' not'' like Shadows, even after they've proved to her both their loyalty and usefulness. This seems to have gone away by ''Dragon Storm''.
* GuestStarPartyMember: She joins and leaves the Shaikan at various points during ''Shadow Wars''. For ''Dragon Storm'', she joins the party during the attack on Drag'Lur (after you've torn down a scout camp of the Blades), and stays with the Shaikan until [[spoiler: the Shaper has been defeated]].

* TimeTravel: His invention in ''Shadow Wars''. He even sets up a StableTimeLoop by [[spoiler: informing you of the ingredients needed to power his Timetwister when he first met you near the start of the campaign, so that you'll repeat the formula back to him near the end of the campaign.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: In ''Shadow Wars'', he constantly needs to be bailed out by the Soul Carrier and his party. In ''Faith In Destiny'', [[spoiler: he becomes a companion to The Pilgrim's party (albeit for a short while) and a Shaikan, to boot.]]

''Faith In Destiny'' canonized her as female; [[spoiler: her draconic form spoke with a female voice, and her title was Shaper Conque''ress'']].

* HeroOfAnotherStory: She was a Rune Warrior in her own right, so it is likely that she had her own adventures other than those together with the Phoenix Guard/ Shadow Warrior. The trinkets which popped up at exotic locations support this.

* TitleDrop: ''Faith In Destiny'' refers to his faith in his own destiny, at a time when he was tormented by his nightmares. [[spoiler: As expected, being the Zazhut Liberator shook that faith pretty hard.]]

[[spoiler: Although he dies relatively early in the storyline, his ghost reappears as needed throughout the later campaigns.]]

* DualWielding

!!Flink Mac'Winter
A trickster who journeys the world. He is first encountered in Empyria during ''Shadow of the Phoenix'' but also makes an appearance in ''Shadow Wars'', and ''Faith In Destiny''.

* LovableRogue: Sees himself as this, although he was not so lovable in ''Shadow Of The Phoenix'', where he tries to shake the Rune Warriors off his trail by luring them into traps.

Tropes associated with the Phoenix Guard:

* ItsPersonal / LetsGetDangerous: As if killing [[spoiler: Rohen]] wasn't enough, the Dark One also kills [[spoiler: Sartarius]], all this by using the Guard as a MacGuffinDeliveryService, then trapping her in ice and performing the murder. The first time, the Guard was angry. The second time, not even the entire [[MechaMooks Blade army]] could stop her.

* PurelyAestheticGender: Played straight in ''The Order of Dawn'', but averted in ''Shadow of the Phoenix'', where it is revealed that the Phoenix Guard is a girl.

Tropes associated with Rohen:

Tropes associated with The Dark One:

* AnIcePerson: He likes ice magic...a lot. Almost everyone he kills is frozen beforehand.

Tropes associated with Darius:

** CursedWithAwesome: [[spoiler: As a Shadow, the Shadow Warrior is basically an invisible eldritch Fial Darg-slaying assassin.]]

** ImHavingSoulPains: The corrupting effect of the Shadow Blade is mentally painful and physically exhausting.
** PowerUpgradingDeformation: [[spoiler: Once the corruption is complete, the Shadow Warrior becomes a Shadow, an EldritchAbomination / LivingShadow who is usually invisible but can become visible at will and mostly uses said ability for assassination.]]
* PurelyAestheticGender: Played straight in ''The Breath of Winter'', but averted in ''Shadow of the Phoenix'' where it is revealed that the Shadow Warrior is a man. [[spoiler: The fact that he is portrayed as a masculine Shadow in ''2'' also seems to confirm it, though no one knows if there are women among the Shadows.]]

** GoodIsNotSoft: He is more of a TrueNeutral, but is a benevolent entity despite his powers. Piss him off, though, and it's Ice Age 2.0 coming for you. Apparently, his powers are so strong that the mountains shattered and released undead armies when he awoke ...

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The last dryad in the land of Xu. She has been chained to her grove by the gods themselves, and offers help to the Phoenix Guard/ Shadow Warrior after they cured her and her grove of poison.

* [[LastOfHisKind Last of Her Kind]]: In Xu. She mentions that there are still dryads in other lands.

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The PlayerCharacter of ''Faith In Destiny''. Plagued by nightmares, he [[note]]He was the first ''Spellforce'' avatar to be given a definite gender at his introduction.[[/note]] was advised by a Shaikan Elder to undergo a pilgrimage to the Iron Fields to seek some answers. However, his destiny is dark indeed...

He's the protagonist of his own scenario (a ''Faith'' [=DLC=]), which purports to narrate the true story of his involvement in Rushwater Downs during the events of ''Shadow Wars''.

* ItsPersonal / LetsGetDangerous: As if killing [[spoiler: Rohen]] wasn't enough, the Dark One also kills [[spoiler: Sartarius]], all this by using the Guard as a MacGuffinDeliveryService, then trapping her in ice and performing the murder. The first time, the Guard was angry. The second time, not even the entire [[MechaMook Blade army]] could stop her.

* OurElvesAreBetter: He is a dark elf, a Norcaine.

* TricksterArchetype: Zerbo has no greater follower than this guy, seriously.

This page lists the characters found in the ''Franchise/{{Spellforce}}'' franchise. Characters are listed according to the first game which they appeared in.

* HeroicSacrifice: Gave her life to Aryn in exchange of that of her people. She didn't die, but now has to spend the eternity with the dragon.

* BerserkButton: Yasha is hers's. The thoughts of Yasha abusing her while she was still a Rune Warrior is enough to power up a "Thought Storm" (an elemental creature of immense power).

He's the protagonist of his own scenario (a ''Faith''[=DLC=]), which purports to narrate the true story of his involvement in Rushwater Downs during the events of ''Shadow Wars''.

* PurelyAestheticGender: Played straight in ''The Breath of Winter'', but averted in ''Shadow of the Phoenix'' where it is revealed that the Shadow Warrior is a man. [[spoiler: The fact that he is portrayed as a masculine Shadow in ''Shadow Wars'' also seems to confirm it, though no one knows if there are women among the Shadows.]]

An old scholar and friend of Rohen, as well as the author of the [[McGuffin Convocation Book]]. He also appears in a SideQuest in ''The Breath of Winter''. [[spoiler: In ''Shadow of the Phoenix'', it is revealed that Darius is actually Ereon, god of knowledge and justice. He is taken prisoner by the BigBad and [[TheyWouldCutYouUp his blood is used to raise the rest of the Circle.]] ]]

A former Rune Warrior and the main protagonist of ''The Breath of Winter'', he wields the legendary Shadow Blade, a weapon that is able to slay a Fial Darg effortlessly, but turns its wielder into a [[LivingShadow Shadow]]. [[spoiler: This is, eventually, the Warrior's fate.]] He returns in ''Shadow Wars'' and its sequels, [[spoiler: where (in ''Shadow Wars''), he helps the Soul Carrier to befriend his new people and later assist Nightsong with ruling the Norcaines. He can also become a party member in ''Faith in Destiny''.]]

* Archenemy: Dr Mauser, who dies soon after the Soul Carrier first met Twiddle, but his schemes would continue to haunt Twiddle throughout the campaigns.

* TookAlevelInBadass: In ''Shadow Wars'', he constantly needs to be bailed out by the Soul Carrier and his party. In ''Faith In Destiny'', [[spoiler: he becomes a companion to The Pilgrim's party (albeit for a short while) and a Shaikan, to boot.]]

A former Rune Warrior, they are the PlayerCharacter of ''Dragon Storm''. It is heavily implied that they are a companion of the Phoenix Guard and the Shadow Warrior, as the trinkets which are collected for the "Memories of Eo" side quest consist largely of items the Rune Warriors would have picked up during their travels throughout the three ''Spellforce 1'' campaigns. Yasha (daughter of Hokan Ashir) held their Rune Stone. [[spoiler: Like the Soul Carrier before her, she turned into a Dragon after the events of ''Dragon Storm'']].

* BerserkButton: Yasha is their's. The thoughts of Yasha abusing them while they are still a Rune Warrior is enough to power up a "Thought Storm" (an elemental creature of immense power).

* TitleDrop: ''Faith In Destiny'' refers to his faith in his own destiny, at at time where he is tormented by his nightmares. [[spoiler: As expected, being the Zazhut Liberator shook that faith pretty hard.]]

[[spoiler: Although he dies relatively in the storyline, his ghost reappears as needed throughout the later campaigns.]]

* GoodParents: Took great care of his daughter, Nightsong, and his last words before definitely dying are to her.

* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Belonging to the Dracons, the warrior caste of the Norcaines, he is a fierce and honorable fighter who cares deeply to the sake of his people. It is to be noted that the Dracons are usually the mediators between the Archon and Sinistra castes.

Rohen is the stereotypical good old wizard and the last one of a group of powerful mages called ''The Circle''. He survived the [[EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Convocation ritual]] and tried to help the people to get back on their feet and founded the Order of Dawn. This is a group of knights intending to maintain order in the broken world. He is the one who summoned the Phoenix Guard into the world, thus beginning the story of ''Order''. [[spoiler: He gets killed by the Dark One in the middle of the story.]] He shares a strange connection with the [[BigBad Dark One]]. [[spoiler: In fact, he was the Dark One in his youth, and after reading the Convocation Book and learning about the futility of the Convocation ritual, he tried to stop his younger self. Later, Darius/Ereon helped him with creating portals.]]

* BigGood

* WalkingSpoiler

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* EmpoweredBadassNormal: After losing their Rune Warrior powers, they became a Shaikan, and kicked a lot of ass with Dragon blood flowing in their veins.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: They were a Rune Warrior in their own right, so it is likely that they had their own adventures other than those together with the Phoenix Guard/ Shadow Warrior. The trinkets which popped up at exotic locations support this.
* NoodleIncident: Exactly what the Former Rune Warrior was doing at the [[spoiler: Dragon refuge, where the last great dragons were hiding (and two trinkets were found)]] remains a mystery.

A trickster who journeys the world. He is first encountered in Empyria during ''Shadow of the Phoenix'' but also makes an appearance in ''Shadow Wars''.