History Characters / VRising

* MakeMeWannaShout: Banshees have a scream ability that can cause player vampires to flee for several seconds.

* DropTheHammer: Carries a large sledgehammer and uses it to direct his Chaos magic. The player can get a smaller version that lets them mine ores and stone more efficiently.

* DropTheHammer

* BalefulPolymorph: She has a nearly-unavoidable one.
* KingMook: For Witches.

* GuideDangIt: The only boss that has to be summoned instead of found in the world, confusing a lot of first-time players. It can be summoned at any Vermin Nest in a player's base with the right ingredients.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Notably averted. Despite being the leader of the Trancendum he's actually one of the easier fights and his [[TheDragon Dragon]] Voltatia and [[TheBrute Brute]] Adam are both higher level.

* BladeOnAStick: Wields a halberd. Unlike most halberd-users he uses both the spearhead and the axe blade to great effect.

* BladeOnAStick: His 'greatsword' is about 50% handle, making it one of these instead of a {{BFS}}.

* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: His primary medical field is human experimentation. The other V blood carriers in Gloomrot are all the results of his work.

* {{Expy}}: She may be human and female but her appearance, role, story, personality, and weapon choices make her a dead ringer for a [[TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy Skaven Warlock-Engineer]].

* GetBackHereBoss: Being both elderly and focused on survival he has no interest in fighting, instead running away. His abilities are focused on slowing and knocking away pursuers and cause very little damage.

* BurnTheUndead: Specifically, ''you''.

* SuicidalOverconfidence: In-universe. She's so lucky that she has no problem picking a fight with anything dangerous-looking that crosses her path, including Alpha Wolf, Goreswine the Ravager, and the player character. Of those fights, Alpha Wolf is the only one she's likely to win.
* UnskilledButStrong: Her description notes she's not that good of an archer - specifically, she doesn't know how to aim - but her incredible luck is enough to get her by.

* GuideDangIt: The only boss that has to be summoned instead of found in the world, confusing a lot of first-time players.

* SkippableBoss: One of the most skippable as the one thing its power is useful for can be done by something else and it's very hard to fight at-level for a solo player.

* {{Necromancer}}: His major gimmick.

* DiscOneFinalBoss: He is the strongest Bandit V Blood Carrier and likely the final Carrier besides Tristan that a player will fight before moving onto Dunley Farmlands. Defeating him also rewards the player their first Ultimate ability and it will be likely some time before the player can get more.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Always.

* {{Acrofatic}}: Despite being an elderly woman with quite a bit of width to her she's capable of matching the vampire's running speed.
* FlunkyBoss: What she effectively is. She has no attacks of her own but inhabits a well-guarded area with a large number of patrols that pass through, including Christina the Sun Priestess. You'll need to clear out the entire lower village to take her down.

* KingMook: For Villagers and Bell Ringers.

* SquishyWizard: Christina has low health for a boss of her level. Making damage stick is the hard part.

* FinalBoss: Of the Farbane Woods. Once you kill him there's little reason to go back there.

* WakeUpCallBoss: If the Ferocious Bear hasn't already showed you how the game is going to be going forward Tristan will. His attacks come out quickly, hit very hard, and frequently have nasty side-effects like knocking you back or setting you on fire. He has a deceptively long reach and is incredibly dangerous to get or stay close to, making him one of the first bosses who almost ''has'' to be fought a certain way. He's even considered an Act II boss despite being in Farbane Woods.

* MasterOfDisguise: There are many cloaked and hooded strangers walking the roads of Dunley. He poses as one of them.
* ShellGame: His ultimate ability spawns in about a dozen non-hostile hooded and cloaked figures, breaking off all hostility and challenging the player to find which one is him. None of them are, but he won't come back until some of them die.

* FearlessFool: Her description portrays her as this.

* TheGunslinger: Jade makes use of dual pistols and a rifle as her main weapons of choice and will spend much of her fight using them.
* SuicidalOverconfidence: She's said to be actively hunting Nightmarshal Styx. She's lucky she's hunting in the wrong area, as Styx is 22 levels higher than her and would destroy her in a fight.

* CrazySurvivalist: Averted. Despite being both crazy and a survivalist he doesn't have the personality associated with this.

* BearsAreBadNews: One of the more dangerous animals around.

* StarterVillain: They are the first organized enemy faction the player character faces, with them losing relevance as the player reaches Dunley Farmlands and onwards. They make a small reappearance in the Brighthaven Slums as cannon fodder that get slaughtered by the Church of Luminance patrols if the two happen to fight.

* ArcVillain: They only appear during Act 2.

* TheRemnant: Of Dracula's army.

* ArrowsOnFire: Militia Longbow rangers like to set their arrows on fire, which then sets a lot of other things on fire. Usually you. Also often other militia soldiers. FriendlyFireproof is not in effect here; though Longbows are immune to flames their allies aren't.

* EarlyBirdCameo: They make small appearances as captives in Farbane Woods' bandit encampments before their proper introduction as a faction in Dunley Farmlands.

* GenreSavvy: Some villagers are smart enough to place wreaths of garlic outside their homes to provide at least ''some'' protection from vampire attacks.

* ArtificialBrilliance: Unlike the Bandits' and the Militia's ranged fighters, the Army's Riflemen aim for where you're going. Combined with their faster projectiles, they are much more likely to land hits on the player.

* StarterVillain: The very first V Blood Carrier the player is directed to.

* DropTheHammer
* {{Sadist}}: He's noted to be exceptionally harsh with his workers not because he has to be but because he wants to hurt people.

* ConvenientWeaknessPlacement: There's a water well in the middle of her camp ''just'' tall enough to block her shots.

* CultureBlind: Doesn't seem to know what vampires are and thinks the vampires are just hired assassins despite the war against vampires being a major historical event.
* KingMook: A mix of both Trapper and Poacher.

* OnlySaneMan: Of the Farbane bandits, according to his description.

* PoisonousPerson: Heavily associates himself with rot and decay and his abilities leave poison pools on the ground.

* AxCrazy: Extremely.
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Clive's description strongly implies Grayson would kill him if the bandits had another source of explosives.

* BoringButPractical: Like the Ferocious Bear, his most dangerous attacks aren't the big flashy ones involving spirits (unless you hit him when he's summoning wisps) but his basic charges and ground slams, which are too quick to escape from without significant movement speed boosts.

* FinalExamBoss: Moreso than any other, Gorecrusher necessitates a mastery of weapons, abilities, blood types, movement, and most importantly patience, as his aggression and speed leave very few openings to punish him while he'll punish you hard for any slip-ups. He simply has to be worn down over time.

* PlayingWithFire: Chaos fire specifically, as it will blanket the arena with fire patches and one of its attacks is a fan of four waves of fireballs. Getting hit by any of these will give you a ''five minute'' DamageOverTime chaos flame debuff.

!! Adam the First Created

* DoppelgangerAttack: If hit while he's summoning energy wisps his soul will come out of his body and join in attacking you, making the fight much harder. It has most of the same attacks he does and can't be killed, but it's fragile and if damaged enough will have to pause to regenerate its health.

* MoralityPet: It's strongly implied she's Vincent the Frostbringer's exiled sister. Vincent is noted to have become much more of a JerkAss once she got exiled.

* GetBackHereBoss: She only ever runs away from you. Notably, unlike every other enemy Beatrice has no distance at which she leashes back to her spawn point, though this can only really be observed on Mad Hunt.

* FlunkyBoss: She's ineffective in a straight fight as most of her abilities are supportive in nature but she can make her allies extremely difficult to kill and they can in turn cover and protect her. If you kill all of them she'll periodically summon two of her own.

* AnIcePerson: He focuses on melee uses rather than ranged ones with Veil of Frost and Frost Barrier, though he'll fire a volley of frost spikes just like Keely.
* MoralityPet: His sister, strongly implied to be Keely, was his before her exile.

* CallBack: Some of his moves resemble Vincent's.

* SharedFamilyQuirks: Ice magic, which he shares with his son Vincent and daughter Keely.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Doesn't seem to know what vampires are and thinks the vampires are just hired assassins.

* SkippableBoss: One of the most skippable, as its power isn't really used for anything, it requires Fishing in order to fight, and it has to be summoned rather than found.

* BoringButPractical: The Ferocious Bear's pattern is very simple, two swipes followed by a ground slam that trops rocks in an expanding circle. Later on it will add a berserk mode that makes it faster and its final attack is a simple FoeTossingCharge. That's all it needs to become ThatOneBoss as its base damage and speed are very high and most of its moves inflict a slow, letting it control the pace of the fight.

* SkippableBoss: One of the most skippable as the one thing its power is useful for can be done by something else and it's very hard to fight at-level.

* WhipItGood

* {{Expy}}: She may be human and female but her appearance, role, story, personality, and weapon choices make her a dead ringer for a [[TabletopGames/WarhammerFantasy Skaven Warlock-Engineer]].

!! Voltatia the Power Master

[[folder:Nature]]
Found all over the land, animals aren't intelligent and live by their instincts, but some of them are strong enough to give even vampires a hard time if the vampire crosses them. The very first living things a vampire fights once they leave their crypt. Found with them are those few humans more in tune with nature.

!!General Tropes

!!Alpha Wolf

* BullfightBoss: Like regular wolves, Alpha Wolf has a powerful lunging attack. It winds them for a bit after they do it, allowing for free hits.
* KingMook: For wolves.
* StarterVillain: The very first V Blood Carrier the player is directed to.

!!Ferocious Bear

* BoringButPractical: The Ferocious Bear's pattern is very simple, two swipes followed by a ground slam that trops rocks in an expanding circle. Later on it will add a berserk mode that makes it faster and its final attack is a simple FoeTossingCharge. That's all it needs to become ThatOneBoss as its base damage and speed are very high and most of its moves inflict a slow, letting it control the pace of the fight.
* KingMook: For the various bears.
* SkippableBoss: One of the most skippable as the one thing its power is useful for can be done by something else and it's very hard to fight at-level.

!!Mairwyn the Elementalist

* DoppelgangerAttack: She'll summon a clone of herself once her health gets below half for even more projectiles.
* ElementalPowers: Right in the name. She has Fire, Lightning, and Frost powers in her arsenal.
* MoreDakka: Mairwyn's ability to lead targets is about on par with a Farbane bandit's, but she compensates for this by throwing a lot of projectiles and summoning things to throw even more projectiles.
* TokenReligiousTeammate: While she's portrayed as a hermit outside the Church of Luminance's purview she ''sounds'' more like a holy inquisitor, frequently invoking the Light.

!!Polora the Feywalker

* BossArenaIdiocy: Polora wants to keep the fight relatively close to the player to let her Spectral Wolf bounce around and make her fan of projectiles harder to dodge, but she has the biggest, most open arena of any boss. It's so big that if she's engaged on the far end of it she'll leash back before reaching the other end.
* PinballProjectile: If her spectral wolf hits the player it will bounce between the player and her or her summoned minions, letting it hit multiple times.

!!Putrid Rat

* FlunkyBoss: Its ultimate 'attack' has it burrow away and summon a dozen Giant Rats.
* GuideDangIt: The only boss that has to be summoned instead of found in the world, confusing a lot of first-time players.
* SkippableBoss: One of the most skippable, as its power isn't really used for anything, it requires Fishing in order to fight, and it has to be summoned rather than found.

!!Terah the Geomancer

* BarrierWarrior: Her summoned minions will project a shield around her that makes her invulnerable until they die.
* HeroicRROD: Whenever she shifts out of Golem Form she'll be stunned for a bit from overexertion.
* KingMook: For stone golems.
* MightyGlacier: Terah's golem form packs a wallop and has a lot of health but is very, very slow.

!!Ungora the Spider Queen

* BossArenaIdiocy: You can easily trick Ungora into breaking all her own egg sacs. Subverted in that this makes her fight a ''lot'' harder as the spiderlings who emerge will attack you; the smart move is to break all the egg sacs yourself ''before'' fighting her so you can kill the spiderlings without her interference.
* FlunkyBoss: Summons at least seven minions throughout the battle. If you don't clear out all the eggs around her before engaging they may spawn even more, since her attacks can break them as well as yours.
* GiantSpider: One of the game's largest enemies.
* SkeletonMotif: There's a giant skull pattern on her abdomen.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Bandits]]

!!General Tropes

!!Clive the Firestarter

* AxCrazy: Extremely.
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Clive's description strongly implies Grayson would kill him if the bandits had another source of explosives.
* GetBackHereBoss: Clive only stands still to throw bombs. Most of the fight will be spent trying to hit him as he dodges and rolls around, not easy when you're also required to dodge.
* KingMook: To both types of Bombers, even though Militia Bombers don't appear until Dunley and are harder than him.
* NonIndicativeName: 'The Firestarter' doesn't use fire-based attacks.
* PungeonMaster: Many of his lines on defeat are candle-related puns.
* ThrowDownTheBomblet: Clive simply ''loves'' to throw explosives around. Most of the fight with him involves trying to get hits in whilst also dodging his attacks since block abilities only apply to melee and independent projectiles, not area-of-effect attacks.

!!Errol the Stonebreaker

* BadBoss: So bad that not even being the best mine foreman in Dunley could prevent them from kicking him out.
* DropTheHammer
* {{Sadist}}: He's noted to be exceptionally harsh with his workers not because he has to be but because he wants to hurt people.

!!Grayson the Armorer

* BossArenaIdiocy: His arena has several suits of special armor that make the wearer invincible for a short duration, at the cost of being unable to attack. This gives you a convenient way to clear buildup of his caltrops.
* {{Caltrops}}: Hurls out tons of them during the fight, and they inflict a slow on anyone unfortunate enough to step on them.
* {{Determinator}}: Even when defeated, most of his lines are him trying to get back up and keep fighting you.
* DropTheHammer
* OnlySaneMan: Of the Farbane bandits, according to his description.

!!Keely the Frost Archer

* AnIcePerson: True to her name, she often fires arrows with ice effects that will slow you down should they hit.
* ConvenientWeaknessPlacement: There's a water well in the middle of her camp ''just'' tall enough to block her shots.
* MoralityPet: It's strongly implied she's Vincent the Frostbringer's exiled sister. Vincent is noted to have become much more of a JerkAss once she got exiled.
* SociopathicSoldier: Type 4, implied to be the cause of her exile.

!!Lidia the Chaos Archer

* BornLucky: One of her potential lines on defeat has her muse that this is the first time she's lost at anything.
* TheGambler: Downplayed, but she has some gambling-related comments in her voice files.
* SuicidalOverconfidence: In-universe. She's so lucky that she has no problem picking a fight with anything dangerous-looking that crosses her path, including Alpha Wolf, Goreswine the Ravager, and the player character. Of those fights, Alpha Wolf is the only one she's likely to win.
* UnskilledButStrong: Her description notes she's not that good of an archer - specifically, she doesn't know how to aim - but her incredible luck is enough to get her by.

!!Quincey the Bandit King

* BloodKnight: Quincey loves a good fight.
* BullFightBoss: Later in his fight, Quincey will start chaining three charge attack together, the last one of which stuns him for a significant duration if it hits a wall.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: He is the strongest Bandit V Blood Carrier and likely the final Carrier besides Tristan that a player will fight before moving onto Dunley Farmlands. Defeating him also rewards the player their first Ultimate ability and it will be likely some time before the player can get more.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Always.
* FallenHero: Used to be a HumbleHero to the people of Dunley until the Church of Luminance exiled him for petty reasons.
* FoeTossingCharge: Quincey uses his massive spiked shield for charging attacks that can launch anyone he hits, and once his health drops low enough he'll start to do three in a row. Defeating him and taking his blood lets you do the same as one of your potential Ultimate abilities.
* GracefulLoser: When defeated he offers vampires a [[WorthyOpponent respectful nod]] in his last words.
* KingMook: Inverted. He's a Militia Brawler with extra tricks up his sleeve, but he's both encountered before them and much easier to take down.
* ShieldBash: His spiked shield is more of a weapon than something he uses to defend himself.

!!Rufus the Foreman

* KingMook: A mix of both Trapper and Poacher.
* MoreDakka: His ultimate attack has him load a whole clip of crossbow bolts and pull the trigger until it goes 'Click.'
* SinisterShades: The way he's modeled gives the appearance of these but he's not actually wearing them.
* TranquilFury: Despite using and providing the Blood Rage skill he never raises his voice.
* WhatTheHellAreYou: One of his possible lines after being defeated.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Undead]]
Vampires aren't the only things with the power to defy death. Undead stalk through the Farbane Woods and the edges of the Dunley Farmlands, clashing with both the local bandits and the Church of Luminance. Their main stronghold is the Haunted Iron Mine, where the Church tries to keep them contained. They also control the Church of the Damned up in Northern Dunley Farmlands.

!!General Tropes

* LargeAndInCharge: The Undead Commander, standing nearly twice as tall as anyone else. They can usually be found stalking around either the Iron Mine or the Church of the Damned.

* OptionalBoss: The Undead Commander ''isn't'' a V Blood Carrier, so as far as bosses go you never ''need'' to go out of your way to hunt them down and destroy them to unlock any powers or recipes. They do have a chance to drop a recipe for a decent iron-plus-tier scythe though, which has some nice perks over the regular scythes at that tier.
* SinisterScythe: The Undead Commander's favored weapon. If you defeat them, you can get the recipe to make your own.

!!Foulrot the Soultaker

* AxCrazy: He's obsessed with Hell and believes everyone he kills is damned to be sent there.
* FlunkyBoss: One of his attacks summons a number of banshees who will try to attack the player before dashing to them and exploding.
* InvulnerableAttack: When he's summoning banshees he'll gain several ''thousand'' points of shielding, making him effectively invulnerable until he's done.
* LaughingMad: He's pretty barmy to begin with given everything he has going on, but to ''really'' drive home how unhinged he is he spends most of the bossfight cackling as well.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: 'Foulrot the Soultaker' isn't his name, it's the name of his dead horse whose rotting head he wears as a mask.

!!Goreswine the Ravager

* AxCrazy: Not only is he a raving lunatic but he seems to genuinely believe he's a pig.
* InvulnerableAttack: He can't be damaged by anything during his ultimate.
* KingMook: For Skeleton Mages, as he shares many of their attacks and patterns.
* PoisonousPerson: Heavily associates himself with rot and decay and his abilities leave poison pools on the ground.
* StuffBlowingUp: Corpse Explosion is his signature ability and he won't let you forget it. His ultimate sees him cast it ''fifteen times'' in three waves of five explosions.

!!Leandra the Shadow Priestess

* TheAgeless: Nobody knows how old she is and her description suggests she might be immortal.
* EvilCounterpart: To Christina the Sun Priestess.
* FlunkyBoss: Her main attack involves summoning Spectral Assassins to attack you, and being summoned minions rather than spells means you can kill them if you're quick enough. Her ultimate ability darkens your vision and spams them.
* InterfaceScrew: Blacks out most of the screen with shadows when using her ultimate ability, forcing you to dodge blindly.

!!Nicholaus the Fallen

* FlunkyBoss: Like any good necromancer. One of his basic attacks summons a trio of skeletons and his ultimate attack summons a dozen of them.
* KingMook: For Skeleton Priests and Bishops.
* {{Necromancer}}: His major gimmick.

!!Nightmarshal Styx the Sunderer

* DualWielding: Utilizes two Sanguine Swords against the player on top of his powerful and unique vampiric abilities.
* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: He may muse on this after being defeated.
* PreFinalBoss: Styx is a high level and has a huge array of powers that will either require a lot of strategy and tactics to evade and get past or a lot of health and shielding to tank. Beating him gives you the best long-distance travel power in the game and being able to defeat him is proof you're ready to fight the three final bosses, and indeed you need to kill him to access one of them.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Villagers]]
Farmers and villagers, lacking the combat experience to stand up to the vampire threat. Some will try to fight back, while some others harbor a dangerous curse...

!!General Tropes

* PatrollingMook: The Bell Ringer patrols Mosswick and Dawnbreak Villages. Upon spotting danger, they will ring their bell and alert everyone present.

!!Beatrice the Tailor

* {{Acrofatic}}: Despite being an elderly woman with quite a bit of width to her she's capable of matching the vampire's running speed.
* FlunkyBoss: What she effectively is. She has no attacks of her own but inhabits a well-guarded area with a large number of patrols that pass through, including Christina the Sun Priestess. You'll need to clear out the entire lower village to take her down.
* GetBackHereBoss: She only ever runs away from you. Notably, unlike every other enemy Beatrice has no distance at which she leashes back to her spawn point, though this can only really be observed on Mad Hunt.
* KingMook: For Villagers and Bell Ringers.

!!Willfred the Werewolf Chief

* AttackAttackAttack: One of the most unrelentingly aggressive bosses.
* CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption: He'll release regular villagers from cages during the fight in order to eat them and recover his health. From there, these hapless villagers end up either devoured by the chief or killed by the vampire to deny him health restoration.
* KingMook: He ''is'' the Werewolf Chief, and many of his abilities are upscaled and deadlier versions of the attacks regular werewolves use.
* LifeDrain: Some of his attacks will heal him if they damage you.
* NoFairCheating: You might think that because he's a werewolf you can just jump him during the day when he's no more dangerous than any other villager. Nope. He'll heal any damage done to him when he transforms and if you kill him during the day you can't consume his V Blood. You ''can'' kill all the other villagers before ''they'' transform, though.
* RapidFireFisticuffs: One of his attacks launches a flurry of blows that will only stop when he starts missing. A player caught close to him without a dash or a counter ready can easily be hit over a dozen times.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Church of Luminance]]
The reigning power in the Dunley Farmlands and Silverlight Hills, having replaced the overthrown vampires. Their militias patrol the farmlands and sometimes into the northern edge of the Farbane Woods, and are a dangerous opponent for any fledgling vampire.

!!General Tropes

* ArrowsOnFire: Militia Longbow rangers like to set their arrows on fire, which then sets a lot of other things on fire. Usually you. Also often other militia soldiers. FriendlyFireproof is not in effect here; though Longbows are immune to flames their allies aren't.
* BurnTheUndead: Specifically, ''you''.

* CorruptChurch: Seems to have shades of this through the descriptions of several V Blood Carriers. Solarus' mentions observing mankind falling into comfort, greed, and avarice while Azariel's describes him as a cold and calculating politician and none daring to contradict his word.

* ThrowDownTheBomblet: Patrols can include bomb-chucking militiamen, who will set patches of the ground on fire with reckless abandon. They're as bad as the Longbow Rangers, if not worse.

!!Azariel the Sunbringer

* BulletHell: One of the first true users of this. If you don't stay on top of clearing out his allies the room will quickly become swamped with projectiles.
* EvilSoundsDeep: One of the more openly-unpleasant members of the Church of Luminance has one of the deepest voices.
* GetBackHereBoss: Azariel not only has his SwitchOutMove but his attacks feature a lot of knockback. Getting close enough to keep hitting him is a large part of the fight.
* TheLeader: Of the Church of Luminance.
* SociopathicHero: His description paints him as one and his moveset backs it up, as he has no problem throwing innocents and allies into your attacks to get himself out of them.
* SwitchOutMove: One of his moves has him swap positions with any other nearby ally.

!!Christina the Sun Priestess

* BaitAndSwitch: Her heal, which you want to interrupt immediately, has the same wind-up as her counter, which you don't.
* FlunkyBoss: She's ineffective in a straight fight as most of her abilities are supportive in nature but she can make her allies extremely difficult to kill and they can in turn cover and protect her. If you kill all of them she'll periodically summon two of her own.
* KingMook: For Nuns, with her basic abilities being stronger versions of theirs.
* SternNun: Her reputation in Dunley.

!!Meredith the Bright Archer

* ApologeticAttacker: She may apologize before attacking enemies she encounters.
* FearlessFool: Her description portrays her as this.
* FlashStep: A preview of what is to come with Lightweavers. If she flash-steps through the player it deals damage and snares.

!!Octavian the Militia Captain

* {{BFS}}: Octavian's weapon of choice is a gigantic two-handed sword.
* DeterminedDefeatist: Some of his defeat quotes show he didn't think the Militia would be able to ''stop'' the vampires if they came back, merely slow them down. He's still proud of how well they did.
* FaceDeathWithDignity
* MirrorBoss: Octavian's abilities mirror those of a sword-using Vampire, only nastier. His basic attacks fire projectiles, his Shockwave has a longer reach and comes out much faster, and his Whirlwind lasts much longer and also shoots projectiles.
* SpinAttack: His ultimate attack has him spin around chasing after the player. His projectiles also resemble spinning swords.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: One of his attacks is a slam that fires a lightning-fast projectile that will stun you and launch you directly behind him if it hits.

!!Raziel the Shepherd

* FireAndBrimstoneHell: His favorite subject when he preaches, according to his description.
* FriendlyFireproof: Notably averted. Unlike almost every other boss some of his attacks can damage and kill members of his own faction and he has no problem scything down his cowering congregation with his KamehameHadoken if you didn't kill them first.
* KamehameHadoken: One of his more dangerous attacksis a holy one. He'll pivot to try to keep you in it while it channels and it stacks up damage quickly, but he can only turn so fast.
* KillSat: His other dangerous attack is a magical version of this. The beam will chase you around for a bit and you do ''not'' want to get hit by it.
* {{Pride}}: According to his description the only reason people believe his powers are bestowed upon him by the Light is because he won't shut up about it.

!!Solarus the Immaculate

* BladeOnAStick: His 'greatsword' is about 50% handle, making it one of these instead of a {{BFS}}.
* BulletHell: Floods the screen with projectiles in distinct patterns just like a proper bullet hell boss. The angel he summons will throw even more of them around.
* TheCavalry: He'll summon a Divine Angel to help him once his health gets to half, and they're practically a boss themselves. He'll shield and heal them if you beat them up, at least until his own health gets low, then he'll abandon them to shield and heal himself instead.
* HolyBurnsEvil: Most of his Light attacks will also set you on fire.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: The angel he summons to help him will turn on him when he abandons them to be slaughtered by the vampires to buy time to heal himself.
* ThisCannotBe: He's utterly shocked when he loses.

!!Vincent the Frostbringer

* AnIcePerson: He focuses on melee uses rather than ranged ones with Veil of Frost and Frost Barrier, though he'll fire a volley of frost spikes just like Keely.
* MoralityPet: His sister, strongly implied to be Keely, was his before her exile.
* WardensAreEvil: Zig-zagged. Vincent isn't there yet but his description suggests he's well on his way.

[[folder:Vampire Hunters]]
Elite, seasoned, and heavily armed combatants that roam the land searching for vampires and other undead to kill. They are more than a match for fledgling vampires and can even give veteran vampires a run for their money. There are currently two of them in-game, Tristan and Jade. Tristan roams the Farbane Woods while Jade patrols the Dunley Farmlands.

!!General Tropes

* FinalBoss: Tristan is the final boss in the Farbane Woods (at least until the very end of the game) and Jade is the final boss in the Dunley Farmlands. Once you kill them there's no reason to go back to the areas they're in.
* HunterOfMonsters: Namely hunters of you, the player, as you are a vampire.
* RoamingEnemy: Both Tristan and Jade wander the areas they are in and can be a nasty surprise to an unprepared vampire.
* ThrowDownTheBomblet: Tristan and Jade both throw down explosives during their fights that will burn any enemies it hits. Tristan's in particular explode into smaller bomblets.

!!Jade the Vampire Hunter

* ArchEnemy: Nightmarshal Styx the Sunderer. He is the main vampire she is hunting down and the reason why she is a vampire hunter with all of her weaponry in the first place.
* {{Caltrops}}: Jade uses these during her fight, often throwing them down in between tossing bombs and trying to gun you down.
* TheGunslinger: Jade makes use of dual pistols and a rifle as her main weapons of choice and will spend much of her fight using them.
* SuicidalOverconfidence: She's said to be actively hunting Nightmarshal Styx. She's lucky she's hunting in the wrong area, as Styx is 14 levels higher than her and would destroy her in a fight.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Subverted. While she appears unusually early like Tristan, if you follow the progression and avoid her until she's next on the list then you fight her just after receiving Dark Silver weapons, Dawnthorn armor, and the Corrupted Artefact. She's considered one of the easiest bosses of her tier because of how easily a player can outgear her.

!!Tristan the Vampire Hunter

* DeadlyLunge: Tristan will leap forward into a lunge as one of his later attacks. It's very fast and is one of the only attacks in the game with no wind-up or tell.
* FlamingSword: Tristan can ignite his sword for special attacks, dealing heavy Fire damage.
* InvulnerableAttack: His leaping lunge renders him invulnerable while he's in the air.
* WakeUpCallBoss: If the Ferocious Bear hasn't already showed you how the game is going to be going forward Tristan will. His attacks come out quickly, hit very hard, and frequently have nasty side-effects like knocking you back or setting you on fire. He has a deceptively long reach and is incredibly dangerous to get or stay close to, making him one of the first bosses who almost ''has'' to be fought a certain way. He's even considered an Act II boss despite being in Farbane Woods.

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The Cursed Forest and Hallowed Mountains are home to mysterious creatures afflicted by powerful curses, monsters that can even give a vampire pause.

!!General Tropes

* AnimalisticAbomination: All of them except Matka have animal elements and themes but they're clearly monstrous horrors.
* EnchantedForest: The Cursed Forest is the ''bad'' kind of this, overgrown, full of monsters, and twisting anything that lives in it long enough.
* WasOnceAMan: All of them except Morian and the Winged Horror either are or are thought to be normal humans affected by powerful curses.

!!The Duke of Balaton

* AllForNothing: Since the currency system of Vardoran switched from gold to silver, the treasure the Duke of Balaton has spent all his time hoarding and guarding is now almost worthless.
* FlunkyBoss: Vomits out more frogs and toads throughout the fight. His 'ultimate attack' simply has him summon three at once.
* KingMook: For Cursed Slime Toads and Cursed Frogs.

!!Frostmaw the Mountain Terror

!!Gorecrusher the Behemoth

* BoringButPractical: Like the Ferocious Bear, his most dangerous attacks aren't the big flashy ones involving spirits (unless you hit him when he's summoning wisps) but his basic charges and ground slams, which are too quick to escape from without significant movement speed boosts.
* BullfightBoss: Two of his attacks are charges. One is a single charge, the second a series of three. They're remarkably hard to avoid due to how big he is and he won't stun himself if he collides with something.
* DoppelgangerAttack: If hit while he's summoning energy wisps his soul will come out of his body and join in attacking you, making the fight much harder. It has most of the same attacks he does and can't be killed, but it's fragile and if damaged enough will have to pause to regenerate its health.
* FinalExamBoss: Moreso than any other, Gorecrusher necessitates a mastery of weapons, abilities, blood types, movement, and most importantly patience, as his aggression and speed leave very few openings to punish him while he'll punish you hard for any slip-ups. He simply has to be worn down over time.
* LightningBruiser: His charges make him extremely fast, his attacks come out quickly, and he has a ''ton'' of health. Movement Speed is considered a big priority to effectively fight him.

!!Matka the Curse Weaver

* ActionBomb: She'll summon mosquitos throughout the fight and eventually cause them to home on on you and explode for significant damage in a hefty [=AoE=].
* BalefulPolymorph: She has a nearly-unavoidable one.
* KingMook: For Witches.

!!Morian the Stormwing Matriarch

!!Terrorclaw the Ogre

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: There are villagers that, at nighttime, will transform into much stronger werewolves that will very likely tear apart an unprepared vampire. Unlike their fully human brethren, they will fearlessly attack you with their bare hands in the daytime instead of screaming and fleeing. Gloomgrave Village is inhabited entirely by these villagers.

* BadBoss: He's the village elder, but he eats his own people to heal himself.
* ImAHumanitarian: He'll release uninfected villagers during the fight in order to eat them and recover his health.

* WakeUpCallBoss: If the Ferocious Bear hasn't already showed you how the game is going to be going forward Tristan will. His attacks come out quickly, hit very hard, and frequently have nasty side-effects like knocking you back or setting you on fire. He has a deceptively long reach and is incredibly dangerous to get or stay close to, making him one of the first bosses who almost ''has'' to be fought a certain way.

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: His ultimate attack has him spin around chasing after the player. His projectiles also resemble spinning swords.

!Bandits

* BossArenaIdiocy: Grayson's boss arena has several suits of special armor that make the wearer invincible for a short duration, at the cost of being unable to attack. This gives you a convenient way to clear buildup of his caltrops.
* BullFightBoss: Later in his fight, Quincey will start chaining three charge attack together, the last one of which stuns him for a significant duration if it hits a wall.
* {{Caltrops}}: Grayson the Armourer hurls out tons of them during the fight, and they inflict a slow on anyone unfortunate enough to step on them.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: Bandit King Quincey is essentially this. He is the strongest Bandit V Blood Carrier and likely the final Carrier besides Tristan that a player will fight before moving onto Dunley Farmlands. Defeating him also rewards the player their first Ultimate ability and it will be likely some time before the player can get more.
* FoeTossingCharge: Quincey uses his massive spiked shield for charging attacks that can launch anyone he hits, and once his health drops low enough he'll start to do three in a row. Defeating him and taking his blood lets you do the same as one of your potential Ultimate abilities.
* TheGambler: Downplayed, but Lidia the Chaos Archer has some gambling-related comments in her voice files.
* GracefulLoser: Bandit King Quincy. When defeated, he offers vampires a [[WorthyOpponent respectful nod]] in his last words.
* AnIcePerson: Keely the Frost Archer, true to her name, often fires arrows with ice effects that will slow you down should they land.

* ThrowDownTheBomblet: Clive the Firestarter is found in the Sulphur Mines on the west side of the Farbane Woods, and simply ''loves'' to throw explosives around. Most of the fight with him involves trying to get hits in whilst also dodging his attacks since block abilities only apply to melee and independent projectiles, not area-of-effect attacks.

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!The Undead

* AnimalisticAbomination: Several later V Blood Carriers seem to be this alongside being undead, such as Gorecrusher the Behemoth and the Winged Horror.

* DualWielding: Nightmarshal Styx the Sunderer utilizes two swords against the player on top of his powerful and unique vampiric abilities.
* EvilCounterpart: Leandra the Shadow Priestess, mirroring Christina the Sun Priestess.

* LaughingMad: Foulrot the Soultaker is pretty barmy to begin with given everything he has going on, but to ''really'' drive home how unhinged he is he spends most of the bossfight cackling as well.

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!The Villagers

* BadassBystander: It's not uncommon for the garlic-protected Cotton Farms to have a handful of villagers wielding a weapon that will attack you instead of running away.
* BreatherBoss: Beatrice the Tailor is one of the few (possibly the only) V Blood Carriers who won't fight back; she simply flees once she spots you.

* FlunkyBoss: While Beatrice the Tailor does not fight back whatsoever and flees when she spots you, she can and probably will run into plenty of Militia for you to deal with.

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!The Church of Luminance

* ApologeticAttacker: Meredith the Bright Archer may apologize before attacking enemies she encounters.

* ArrowsOnFire: Militia Longbow rangers like to set their arrows on fire, which then sets a lot of other things on fire. Usually you. Also often other militia soldiers. FriendlyFireproof is not in effect here.
* {{BFS}}: Octavian's weapon of choice is a gigantic two-handed sword. Some Knight enemies wield one as well in Silverlight Hills.
* BulletHell: Both Azariel and Solarus summon fonts of light that completely fill the space with flying bolts of energy.

* EliteMooks: Paladins, Clerics, and Lightweavers serve as this in Silverlight Hills, being noticeably hardier than other enemies, wield special abilities, and can see through a vampire's Human Form.

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!Vampire Hunters

* ArchEnemy: Nightmarshal Styx the Sunderer is this for Jade. He is the main vampire she is hunting down and the reason why she is a vampire hunter with all of her weaponry in the first place.
* {{Caltrops}}: Jade uses these during her fight, often throwing them down in between tossing bombs and trying to gun you down.
* FlamingSword: Tristan can ignite his sword for special attacks, dealing heavy Fire damage.
* TheGunslinger: Jade makes use of dual pistols and a rifle as her main weapons of choice and will spend much of her fight using them.

* WakeUpCallBoss: The Vampire Hunters are much higher level than most other V Blood Carriers and enemies in the zones they patrol and each pack nasty movesets that will quickly shred away a vampire's health, especially if they are unprepared.

* SinisterScythe: The Undead Commander's WeaponOfChoice. If you defeat them, you can get the recipe to make your own.

* LightIsGood: If the name wasn't a hint, they're all about Light and Holy things.

* GracefulLoser: Bandit King Quincy. When defeated, he offers vampires a [[WorthyOpponent respectful nod]] in his last words.

* BulletHell: Both Raziel and Solarus summon fonts of light that completely fill the space with flying bolts of energy.