Line #8 Characters/Sacrifice


1	Sacrifice has colorful cast of characters, each one has their own little quirks, mannerisms and flaws.
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3	[[foldercontrol]]
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5	[[header:The Gods]]
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7	[[folder:The Creator]]
8	The enigmatic Creator of the World of Sacrifice, who died fighting off a demonic invasion and who's death result in {{The End of the World as We Know It}} and the birth of a new generation of gods.
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10	* {{God Is Dead}}: Has been dead for a while by the time the game starts.
11	[[/folder]]
12
13	[[folder:Persephone]]
14	!!Persephone, Goddess of Life
15	-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JenniferHale
16
17	->'''Realm:''' Elysium
18	->'''Followers:''' The Faithful
19	->'''Civilians:''' Peasants
20	->'''Champion:''' Yogo
21
22	Goddess of Life, Persephone is the sole woman in Sacrifice's FantasyPantheon and the closest thing to its GodOfGood, being its most prominent benevolent deity (though in a considerably more hands-on and pushy manner than James). She is the first deity to offer Eldred sanctuary in the campaign and forms an alliance with James and Stratos against Pyro and Charnel due to the former's invasion.
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24	* BenevolentBoss: Her Faithful seem to genuinely love her, and she (and by extension Eldred) offers redemption to many of the foes you meet during her campaign.
25	* ColourCodedArmies: All her units are of a prominent green colour, including the humanoid Fyllid, and her faction colour is green during campaign.
26	* TheComicallySerious: Like Pyro she has practically no sense of humour at all, and like Pyro the game delights in playing the more light-hearted gods against her because of it.
27	* HealingFactor: All of Persephone's Faithful slowly regenerate HitPoints even when moving (other gods' only do it when idle). Her trolls do it particularly fast.
28	* HealingHands: As the Goddess of Life, Persephone has ''tons'' of healing spells.
29	* IncrediblyLamePun: Makes one about her "Rain of Frogs" spell in the manual, noting that it isn't FriendlyFireProof and you should keep your units out of it lest they croak (and then immediately apologizes for it).
30	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She is quite infamous for her violent and self-righteous ways, but she is really as kind as she and her followers say. She is a firm believer of redemption and quite a few of the creatures you get from her were once wicked monsters who have since become good under her wing.
31	* PurpleProse: Her part of the manual is written almost entirely in this.
32	* RightlySelfRighteous: She will ''never'' shut up about the 'righteousness of her cause', but Persephone also seems to walk the talk as she repeatedly offers negotiation and redemption to those willing to grasp for it.
33	* RoyalWe: Constantly uses it, complete with the 'We' or 'Us' constantly being capitalized. Stratos will lampshade just how pretentious it makes her sound during his sixth mission.
34	* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:She is the only God that won't contact Eldred after mission nine, implying Marduk killed her during your attack of Thryring, but her death isn't explicitly stated.]]
35	[[/folder]]
36
37	[[folder:James]]
38	!!James, God of Earth
39	--->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BradGarrett
40
41	->'''Realm:''' The Glebe
42	->'''Followers:''' The Yeomen
43	->'''Civilians:''' Farmers
44	->'''Champion:''' Charlotte
45
46	God of Earth. Y'know, rocks and soil and stuff, and some nice gems too. James is the most grounded (heh) member of the FantasyPantheon and offers Eldred a place in his realm if he'll help him clear out some messes for him. Said messes eventually devolve into full-out war, causing James to partner up with Persephone in the hope of putting an end to things fast.
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48	* BenevolentBoss: Much more hands-off than Persephone, but no less fond of his followers.
49	* BewareTheNiceOnes: James utterly detests war and constantly argues in favor of peace. If you get him angry though, he goes for the kill. And unlike Persephone, James isn't much into 'redemption'. Notably, his highest-level spell, Bore, is the most destructive spell in the entire game, dropping a vast region of land into the void and functionally annihilating the souls of any unit that fails to get out of the way in time.
50	* BuffySpeak: Fond of it in his part of the manual.
51	* ColourCodedArmies: Brown, both in faction colour and in general colour scheme for everything.
52	* DishingOutDirt: As God of the Earth, this is to be expected of his theme.
53	* {{Expy}}: Of ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim''. ''Sacrifice'' was made by Shiny Entertainment, which also made the first ''Earthworm Jim'' games.
54	* GoodOlBoy: Evokes this personality, complete with wearing dungarees and having a restrained southern drawl to his accent.
55	* NiceGuy: By far the friendliest and most benign of the gods, and likely the nicest character in the entire game.
56	* OnlySaneMan: Is the only god to openly try and calm things down after Pyro invades Elysium. He's immediately shouted down by all other gods present. His tune also notably changes after Pyro decides to raid his realm for slaves.
57	[[/folder]]
58
59	[[folder:Stratos]]
60	!!Stratos, God of the Heavens
61	-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TimCurry
62
63	->'''Realm:''' Empyrea
64	->'''Followers:''' The Servants
65	->'''Civilians:''' Snowmen
66	->'''Champion:''' Abraxus
67
68	God of the Heavens and the Firmament and most things close to it, Stratos is the smallest and weakest of the gods and the 'balance act' between Persephone and James on one side and Pyro and Charnel on the other. He offers Eldred access to his centre-stage view and access to his unlimited knowledge in return for his servitude.
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70	* AnIcePerson: One third of his spells are ice-themed.
71	* BadBoss: Only has one wizard because his other one abandoned him in disgust, and Surtur will outright say to you that he uses and discards his servants in his StopPokingMe quotes.
72	* BlowYouAway: Another third of his spells are wind-themed.
73	* ColourCodedArmies: His colour is deep blue, and most of his followers are blue as well.
74	* EvilIsNotAToy: [[spoiler:Happens to him in most of his endings.]]
75	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Marduk will kill him in all but two of the game's endings, and in one of the others his abandoning the counterattack on Pyro to backstab Persephone leads the former to come back from the brink and crush him.]]
76	* ItsAllAboutMe: While not openly malevolent he is extremely egotistical, [[spoiler:to the degree that he attempts to bargain with Marduk because he can't stand the thought of not being the only god of the world.]]
77	* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Thanks to Eldred helping him, Stratos completely avoids punishment for his loathsome actions in his ending. [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty This is harshly averted in all other routes where Stratos dies horribly.]]]]
78	* LargeHam: As expected of a character voiced by Tim Curry.
79	-->'''Stratos:''' "I am Stratos. God of Air and Supreme Lord of the Heavens. Bringer of Storms. Mover of the Firmament. Ah, let's do be honest, shall we, in any halfway-civilized world, ''I'' would be the ''only'' god."
80	* ManipulativeBastard: Openly treats his servants as puppets, [[spoiler:summons Marduk and throws the whole world into a war while playing both sides, and outright lies to and uses Eldred to put the cork back on afterwards.]]
81	* ShockAndAwe: The final third of his spells are lightning-themed.
82	* SmugSnake: His defining personality trait.
83	* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler: When Marduk arrives to desecrate his altar, Stratos desperately attempts to appeal to the demon. It does not work and the god is killed.]]
84	* VisualPun: Stratos takes the form of a balloon with a face painted on it sticking out of an inflated body suit. He is, literally, [[SmugSnake full of hot air]].
85	[[/folder]]
86
87	[[folder:Pyro]]
88	!!Pyro, God of Fire
89	-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson
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91	->'''Realm:''' Pyroborea
92	->'''Followers:''' The Proles
93	->'''Civilians:''' Slaves
94	->'''Champion:''' Ambassador Buta
95
96	God of Fire, Destruction and Progress (though the latter only by his own account), Pyro represents pure, unadulterated advancement without restraint or consideration. Like the other gods Pyro offers Eldred a place in his new order as he is currently trying to 'advance' Elysium.
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98	* BadBoss: Enslaves his own worshippers and talks down to his own wizards, [[spoiler:causing Sorcha to outright betray him when he looks like he might become the only god left.]]
99	* ColourCodedArmies: His units are primarily red and yellow, and his faction colour is red.
100	* TheComicallySerious: Frequently the butt of Stratos' and Charnel's wits.
101	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: His personality is heavily based around this, though he chases progress for its own sake instead of profit (though they're pretty much the same in his book).
102	* DestroyerDeity: Destruction is one of his domains.
103	* {{Egopolis}}: Has his realm named after himself.
104	* EvilIsPetty: Is much more downright nasty compared to Charnel and Marduk.
105	* GodOfFire: Goes without saying, though he also has an emphasis on metal.
106	* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Instead of the thick, coarse cigar you'd expect of a malevolent god associated with industry and engineering, Pyro smokes a cigarette on a long, elegant cigarette holder, showcasing his "evil king" attributes.
107	* IndustrializedEvil: His main shtick, his structures all carry a wicked mechanical feel.
108	* KnightTemplar: In contrast to Persephone (who is generally benevolent) and Charnel (who is a card-carrying evil god), Pyro simply wants to advance everything and is generally uncaring about how much destruction he causes in the process.
109	* PlayingWithFire: All his spells and all his proles are fire-based or use fire as some part of their attacks.
110	* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Is openly pro-slavery as he needs them to work his factories.
111	* ThirdPersonPerson: Occasionally talks in this manner.
112	[[/folder]]
113
114	[[folder:Charnel]]
115	!!Charnel, God of Strife
116	--->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CharlieAdler
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118	->'''Realm:''' Stygia
119	->'''Followers:''' The Minions
120	->'''Civilians:''' Zombies
121	->'''Champion:''' Acheron
122
123	God of Strife, Slaughter and Death and also the GodOfEvil of Sacrifice's pantheon, Charnel revels in his role as the villain of the world and offers Eldred the chance to partake in the increasing tension between the gods. With the appearance of Marduk he gains an even bigger focus in taking down anyone who would try to upstage him.
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125	* AffablyEvil: As bloodthirsty and sadistic as he is, Charnel is also amazingly polite and tends to treat his wizards with respect. Notably, if you leave his service at the end of his route, he amicably bids you farewell, in stark contrast to Pyro's ranting in the same situation.
126	* AllForNothing: [[spoiler:He binds a demon lord into one of his most favored minions to try and destroy Marduk, but Asatoth is either destroyed by Eldred or dies off-screen no matter which path you take.]]
127	* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: Does this constantly in conversation.
128	* BodyHorror: Resembles a skinless, emaciated corpse with a single [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glowing eye]] and talons instead of fingers.
129	* CardCarryingVillain: He basically owns the printing shop.
130	* ColourCodedArmies: His faction colour is purple, and his minions have a general viscera-and-rot feel that evokes this colour in their discoloured flesh.
131	* CreepyLongFingers: Looks like the fingers of a skeleton, with long talons at the end.
132	* EvenEvilHasStandards: The destructive tastes of demons is too much even for Charnel, though this partial because he finds [[EvilVersusOblivion you can’t do evil in an already destroyed world.]] While he does summon one, [[GodzillaThreshold it is more as a desperate measure to oppose Marduk.]]
133	* EvilVersusOblivion: He despises Marduk because of it. If the world is destroyed, there won't be any more evil or conflict.
134	* GlassCannon: Charnel's minions have excellent damage but terrible defenses. Given their LifeDrain abilities (and the Raise Dead spell), this works to their favour more often than not.
135	* GodOfEvil: And GenreSavvy about it too.
136	-->'''Charnel:''' Without me to hate, who would have cause to call themselves holy or just?
137	* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:Charnel is perhaps the God that gives Eldred the ''least'' amount of insight into his inner workings. Seeing his campaign through to the end reveals he knew all along Stratos summoned Marduk, but chose not to reveal it while he had other fish to fry.]]
138	* LargeHam: Charnel ''loves'' theatrics.
139	* LetMeGetThisStraight: If Eldred tries to convince him to let him go in Persephone's sixth mission after destroying his main anti-Marduk weapon, this is essentially his response.
140	* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: If Eldred leaves Charnel in his ending, the god of death takes it really well and wishes Eldred a friendly farewell.]]
141	* PoisonIsEvil: Many of his units have poison attacks, and one of his spells rains poison clouds on the battlefield.
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143	[[/folder]]
144
145	[[header:Wizards]]
146	Wizards are the basically the High Priests of Gods and They are also playable characters within Sacrifice’s Multiplayer.
147
148	[[folder:Abraxus]]
149	!!Abraxus
150	->'''Alignment:''' Stratos
151	Wife of the storm giant king Surtur and Stratos' champion.
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153	* {{Dominatrix}}: Her dialogue with her husband Lord Surtur suggests she has this kind of relationship with him.
154	-->'''Lord Surtur:''' Too many years away from home have left me unaccustomed to the sweet timbre of your disapproval. Have you no kindnesses for me, my dear?
155	-->'''Abraxus:''' If it please my lord, return to our castle, and you shall see what, if any, kindnesses you merit.
156	* FragileSpeedster: She moves fast, but is more fragile than most wizards.
157	* UndyingLoyalty: Loyal to Stratos and obeys his command without question. [[spoiler:She will turn on you in any mission where Stratos has decided to switch sides, though she is slightly apologetic about it during Persephone's campaign.]]
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159	[[/folder]]
160	[[folder:Acheron]]
161	!!Acheron
162	->'''Alignment:''' Charnel
163
164	Charnel's current champion who is quite literally heartless.
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166	* EvilSoundsRaspy: With a slight tint of VoiceOfTheLegion as well.
167	* OurMonstersAreWeird: While most wizards are at least vaguely humanoid, Acheron is some kind of spiky, tentacled, mouthless monstrosity.
168	* PowerFloats: He has no legs, with his lower body ending in what is either tentacles or ribbons.
169	* ResistantToMagic: Acheron has a natural resistance to magic attacks, both in single player and multiplayer, which means attacking him with creatures is near-mandatory to harm him.
170	* TheSoulless: According to Zyzyx, Charnel found him in "some primal hell for creatures without souls."
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172	[[/folder]]
173	[[folder:Ambassador Buta]]
174	!!Ambassador Buta
175	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JeffBennett
176	->'''Alignment:''' Pyro
177
178	Pyro's ambassador and his champion; a rotund politican who carries a torch for Empress Sorcha.
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180	* AbhorrentAdmirer: for Sorcha.
181	* {{Ambadassador}}: The ambassador of his god as well as a powerful wizard.
182	* BilingualBonus: 'Buta' means "pig" in Japanese.
183	* DumbMuscle: Zyzyx notes that he's a powerful wizard, but not a particularly smart one.
184	* FatBastard: He's practically spherical.
185	* LargeHam: At least as bombastic as his god.
186	* PlayingWithFire: Zyzyx notes he's famous for his Fireball-Dragonfire combo.
187
188	[[/folder]]
189	[[folder:Charlotte]]
190	!!Charlotte
191	->'''Alignment:''' James
192
193	A large spider woman and James' champion. Despite her intimidating appearance she is firmly benevolent.
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195	* FriendlyNeighborhoodSpider: A heroic wizard who won’t hesitate to sacrifice herself to save her friends.
196	* LowerClassLout: Has an east-end London accent and is one of the ruder wizards around. Being James' champion she is still morally whiter than most of the rest of the class.
197	* ShoutOut: Her name is an obvious allusion to ''Literature/CharlottesWeb''.
198	* SpiderPeople: Of the "spider-centaur" variety.
199	* VisualPun: Zyzyx says she has "quite a mouth on her", referring to her talkativeness, but she also literally has a huge mouth.
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201	[[/folder]]
202	[[folder:Eldred]]
203	!!Eldred
204	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PaulEiding
205	->'''Alignment:''' None
206
207	TheHero of the game's story, Eldred is the LastOfHisKind, a wizard from a powerful empire on a world called Jhaera that was destroyed by Marduk. The events of the main campaign involve Eldred attempting to find a new world in the ''Sacrifice'' world, and how this brings him into inevitable conflict with both several of the gods and a reunion with Marduk. In-game Eldred is not aligned with any of the gods and can serve any of them for as long as he keeps their regard of him high enough.
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209	* ArchEnemy: Considers Marduk this after destroying Jhaera.
210	* DeceptiveDisciple: His ending with [[spoiler:Stratos]] if Eldred chooses to stay heavily implies Eldred is considering this.
211	* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Regardless of what route you take, Eldred will be taking out multiple gods and an ancient demon by the games end.
212	* EvilIsNotAToy: Summoned Marduk to Jhaera and charged him to destroy his enemies. Marduk obliged by destroying the entire world, Eldred's enemies included.
213	* {{Familiar}}: Zyzyx appears to be bound to him, and constantly follows him around giving him advice about the world.
214	* HiredGuns: Arrives in the ''Sacrifice'' world willing to work for whoever is willing to take him in. He quickly discovers that his skills are in high demand.
215	* HistoryRepeats: [[spoiler:Can be given the position of Emperor of Pyroborea in Pyro's ending.]]
216	* IDidWhatIHadToDo: If Eldred ends mission three aligned with one of the evil deities, their inability to focus on Marduk and their fracturing alliance will cause Eldred to possibly reconsider if he's perhaps not better off aligning with the good gods instead. If Eldred decides to double down on backing Pyro or Charnel, he will use this as a justification because they're currently the ones winning. [[spoiler:If Eldred backs Pyro all the way to the end and then refuses his offer to become an emperor, he will say outright that he's done working for petty tyrants and his alliance with Pyro was only for convenience's sake.]]
217	* JackOfAllStats: In multiplayer. Eldred's stats are the baseline against whom all other characters are measured.
218	* NaiveNewcomer: Although an old and skilled wizard, Eldred is unfamiliar with the new world and needs the gods and Zyzyx to provide him with exposition.
219	* RetiredMonster: Apparently did some rather morally suspect things in Jhaera in the attempt to keep his empire together.
220	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Fled Jhaera rather than die with the world. [[spoiler:He can choose voluntarily to leave the ''Sacrifice'' world if one of the evil gods are in charge following Marduk's defeat. Pyro takes offense at this, while Stratos and [[AffablyEvil Charnel are more understanding.]]]]
221	* SketchySuccessor: In his own words:
222	-->'''Eldred:''' I had laboured all my life to build another man's empire. When he died too young, far too young, authority fell to me alone. But I was not as well-liked as he had been.\
223	'''Zyzyx:''' 'Despised', more like it...
224	[[/folder]]
225
226	[[folder:Grakkus]]
227	->'''Alignment:''' James
228
229	A mysterious stone giant who guards the Glebe.
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231	* SiliconBasedLife: Which is lampshaded by Zyzyx in the campaign, using an absolutely ''wretched'' pun that gets a LamePunReaction from Eldred.
232	* TheStoic: His tone is almost always completely flat and calm.
233	* StoneWall: The slowest wizard in the game, but also the tankiest.
234	* SuperToughness: As mentioned, Grakkus has a naturally high HP pool and can take a lot more damage than any other wizard in the game, even in multiplayer.
235	[[/folder]]
236
237	[[folder:Hachimen]]
238	!!Hachimen
239	->'''Alignment:''' None
240
241	A pair of mercenary wizards who at first work for various gods, then later join Jadugarr's Ashur cult.
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243	* ComboPlatterPowers: As mercenary wizards who have worked for all the gods at different times, they have access to an eclectic mix of all gods' spells.
244	* TheDividual: They're a pair of dwarfs who together count as a single wizard.
245	* PlayingWithFire: While they use spells from all the gods, Pyro's fire sorcery seems to be their forte.
246	[[/folder]]
247
248	[[folder:Jadugarr]]
249	!!Jadugarr
250	->'''Voiced by:'''
251	->'''Alignment:''' None (formerly Stratos)
252
253	Jadugarr, last of the centaurs, was once a powerful servant of Stratos until his people were slaughtered in an event heavily implied to have been set in motion or permitted by Stratos. Swearing eternal revenge on the gods for his loss, Jadugarr became a wanderer who rejected all divinity, starting a populist movement against the gods' rule that rallies various races under the banner of Ashur, a savior who will rid the world of the gods.
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255	* OurCentaursAreDifferent: A grey, six-limbed being with a lower face that looks almost like a beard. Also the last of his kind.
256	* DealWithTheDevil: Even if Eldred reveals to him Marduk's true nature, Jadugarr claims he will see the gods cast down even if he must bargain with death itself to do it.
257	* TheDragon: To Marduk, being his most involved and powerful agent.
258	* HeWhoFightsMonsters: He desires to avenge his people and bring peace to the world, however his desperation in getting back at the gods causes him to swear allegiance to a being far more wicked and dangerous than any god could ever be. Eldred and some other characters will [[ShutUpHannibal call]] [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse out]] Jadugarr on this, but the centaur is too stuck in his own hatred to listen.
259	* LastOfHisKind: His people were killed and Jadugarr is still angry about it.
260	* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Jadugarr is seeking the death of the gods and claiming mortals are better off without them.
261	* ShockAndAwe: As Stratos' former servant, his progression is pure Stratos in single-player.
262	* TheStoic: Never raises his voice. Even when angry it comes off mostly as TranquilFury.
263	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He survives every ending and can be seen swearing revenge in TheStinger.
264	[[/folder]]
265
266	[[folder:Seerix]]
267	!!Seerix
268	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SusanSilo
269	->'''Alignment:''' Charnel
270
271	Formerly one of Persephone's Mystics, but she defected to Charnel; she still knows some of Persephone's spells, making her better at keeping her units alive than most of Charnel's necromancers.
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273	* {{Necromancer}}: Like all followers of Charnel, though as a former Mystic she also knows some nature/healing spells.
274	* NonMammalMammaries: Has a rather prominent bust despite mostly looking like a snake.
275	* {{Sadist}}: Outright says to a peasant she's about to murder that she'll "enjoy your ssssuffering".
276	* SnakePeople: She basically looks like a large cobra with arms and breasts.
277	* SnakeTalk: As you'd expect from a snake lady.
278	[[/folder]]
279
280	[[folder:Shakti]]
281	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KathSoucie
282	->'''Alignment:''' Persephone
283
284	Persephone's latest recruit (besides Eldred, if the player chooses to follow her.) Also serves as the playable character in the game's tutorial.
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286	* InsectoidAliens: She comes from some other world and looks like a humanoid beetle.
287	* MultiarmedAndDangerous: Has four spindly arms to cast spells with.
288	* NaiveNewcomer: As a recent arrival in the world and an apprentice wizard she is the player's character in the tutorial instead of Eldred who, while also a recent arrival, is an experienced wizard who presumably already knows many of the things taught in the tutorial.
289	[[/folder]]
290
291	[[folder:Sorcha]]
292	!!Sorcha
293	->'''Alignment:''' Pyro
294
295	The melancholy empress of Pyroborea and the object of Buta’s affections.
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297	* BigBeautifulWoman: Regarded as one of the most beautiful women in the world and has a full, almost chubby figure.
298	* DealWithTheDevil: It is implied by Pyro's fourth mission that she sees her alliance with Pyro partially as this, as his 'vision for a better tomorrow' is requiring her to make her nation go along with a lot of acts she is uncomfortable with.
299	* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler: In Pyro's route she betrays him and tries to destroy his army, but by then you are on Pyro's side and are forced to slay her.]]
300	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Pyro's fourth mission has a side objective to discover why Sorcha has disobeyed Pyro's orders and stopped her slaving raids into the Glebe. If you find her, Pyro will talk her back into the fold, but she is clearly not happy about it.
301	* VoodooDoll: She holds one in her hand and even has a needle handy, though she doesn’t actually use it like a classic voodoo doll and just as a way to cast her spells.
302	[[/folder]]
303
304	[[folder:The Ragman]]
305	!!The Ragman
306	->'''Alignment:''' Charnel
307
308	Charnel's former champion. At the start of the game he is imprisoned by his god for some unspecified failure.
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310	* MindRape: One of his specialities. The first Charnel mission shows that even in his exile he's done it to Sirrocho and made the Glebe's dragons run rampant.
311	* RedBaron: He is also known as "the Lord of Terror".
312	* SealedEvilInACan: Charnel's first mission involves unsealing him.
313	* ShoutOut: One of his combat taunts is "[[Franchise/EvilDead I'll swallow your soul!]]"
314	* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: The citizens of the Glebe see him as something of a bogeyman.
315	* YouHaveFailedMe: He is already on the receiving end of this from Charnel when the campaign begins. Charnel's first mission involves freeing him and letting him back into the fold, but Charnel later refuses to grant him an altar and as such he dies permanently during James retaking of Karn (either by Eldred's hand or offscreen if you pick any of the other gods).
316	[[/folder]]
317
318	[[folder:Yogo]]
319	!!Yogo
320	->'''Alignment:''' Persephone
321
322	An old mystic and Persephone's champion.
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324	* HorseOfADifferentColor: He rides some kind of bouncing, one-legged monstrosity.
325	* MagicStaff: He wields a long wooden staff with an emerald on both ends. Interestingly, he is the only wizard in the game to actually use a staff or wand to cast his spells.
326	[[/folder]]
327
328	[[header:Heroes]]
329
330	[[folder:Gangrel]]
331	->'''Alignment:''' Charnel
332
333	An especially strong scythe whom Charnel later tries to strengthen.
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335	* AllForNothing: Charnel retakes the demon gate and spends an entire mission trying to summon a powerful demon lord into Gangrel in order to defeat Marduk, only for Jadugarr to defeat Astaroth off-screen.
336	* DemonicPossession: Gets possessed by a demon named Astaroth at Charnel's command as a counter to Marduk. This makes Gangrel immortal until the demon gate of Golgatha is destroyed.
337	[[/folder]]
338
339	[[folder:Gammel]]
340	->'''Alignment:''' James
341
342	A big ikarus who is a famous war veteran.
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344	* BoisterousBruiser: A jolly warrior who enjoys fighting unlike his patron god.
345	* CrutchCharacter: Joins Eldred straight out of the gate during James campaign and sticks with him for every single James mission. While he eventually loses relevance (especially to Sirroco), he's still a solid bomber unit for the first five or so missions and capable of taking down several low-level units (or lightly guarded manaliths) with only minimal support.
346	* MeaningfulName: His name means "old" in Danish/Swedish/Norwegian.
347	* OldSoldier: Zyzyx describes him as "one salty old veteran".
348	[[/folder]]
349
350	[[folder:Lord Surtur]]
351	->'''Alignment:''' Stratos
352
353	The king of the storm giants and husband to Abraxus.
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355	* BattleCouple: When given the chance he will fight alongside his wife Abraxus.
356	[[/folder]]
357
358	[[folder:Faestus]]
359	!!Faestus
360	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RodgerBumpass
361	->'''Alignment:''' Pyro
362
363	A gnome inventor who has defected to Pyro's side and been converted into a Pyromaniac.
364	----
365	* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Leaves Persephone's side to join Pyro, then later betrays Pyro for the player in most campaign routes.
366	* DirtyCoward: When Pyro's capital is attacked, he immediately switches over to the players side to save himself.
367	* MadScientist: Noted as being one of the brightest inventors among the gnomes. His StopPokingMe quotes are a LongList of various potential doomsday devices he's been thinking up.
368	* MeaningfulName: His name resembles both Faustus (a scholar who made a DealWithTheDevil, much like Faestus joins Pyro) and Hephaestus (Greek god of smithing, appropriate for an engineer who serves a fire god).
369	[[/folder]]
370
371	[[folder:Sara Bella]]
372	->'''Alignment:''' Stratos
373	The smartest of the brainiacs and protege to Stratos.
374	----
375	* InsufferableGenius: A particularly prominent example even for a race whose entire hat is being this trope.
376	* OnlySaneWoman: [[spoiler:She was the only servant of Stratos who argued against summoning Marduk and warned her god that the demon would betray them. She was absolutely right, but she only gets to be right about it in Charnel's final mission.]]
377	* PsychicStatic: [[spoiler:Reveals that she knows how to disrupt a God's connection to their followers halfway through the campaign. This allows Stratos to stealthily backstab his erstwhile allies and begin a massive invasion of Persephone's territory without Persephone being the wiser.]]
378	* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:In Charnel's ninth mission, being the only loyalist of Stratos to survive Marduk's backstab. She joins Eldred for the final two missions if she is found.]]
379	[[/folder]]
380
381	[[folder:Sirocco]]
382	->'''Alignment:''' Persephone
383
384	The ancient and mighty mother of all dragons in the Sacrifice world.
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386	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Was afflicted with the Ragman's powers, causing her to go crazy. If the Ragman is defeated, and she is spared, she joins the player.
387	* CrutchCharacter: Downplayed. Sirocco is most useful in the early game and can outright break most early missions, however she still remains a useful creature in the late game and having a free titan is always a good thing.
388	* LightningBruiser: Sirocco flies, can tank attacks from a small army, and will OneHitKill almost any unit, building or wizard in the game. Her main setback (besides the fact that she's vulnerable to repeated, sustained ranged attacks) is that her sheer size makes her easy to target and she can often have an awkward time trying to hit things.
389	[[/folder]]
390
391	[[folder:Thestor]]
392	->'''Alignment:''' Persephone
393
394	A weaselly gnome who is Faestus' brother.
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396	* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Much like his brother, Thestor betrays Persephone early on in favor of another god, in his case Charnel. Depending on what happens, Thestor will come back to her and stick with her for the rest of the game, though Zyzyx is understandably suspicious of him.
397	* CivilWar: He's started a civil war amongst the gnomes in Persephone's first mission because he's been disqualified from running for high king (beause he's sheltered his brother Faestus, who is an exile).
398	* DirtyCoward: Should you defeat his bodyguards first during Persephone's first mission (which is a lot easier than killing Thestor given that he's a tier four HeroUnit) Thestor will immediately surrender.
399	[[/folder]]
400
401	[[folder:Toldor]]
402	->'''Alignment:''' Persephone
403	An extremely old ent and one of Persephone's most powerful servants.
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405	* GodzillaThreshold: Persephone sends Toldor to help Eldred halfway through her campaign, [[spoiler:when Eldred is stuck inside Charnel's territory with Persephone unable to otherwise help because she's trying to survive Stratos' betrayal]]. Zyzyx points out that if Persephone is sending Toldor to the front lines, things must be really dire.
406	* MightyGlacier: He's the slowest hero units in the game, but being an already upgraded version of Persephone's rank eight unit he hits like a truck and his life shield can protect an entire army. If Toldor touches base with something, that 'something' tends to die.
407	* TimeAbyss: Possibly the oldest living thing in the world, being even older than the ''gods''.
408	* YouShallNotPass: Pulls this on Eldred [[spoiler:during Stratos' sixth mission, being the last scripted opposition between Eldred and Shakti's altar. He meets Eldred on the middle of a land bridge and summons an army to help him in combat.]]
409	[[/folder]]
410
411	[[header:Others]]
412	[[folder:Marduk]]
413	!!Marduk
414	->'''Voiced by:'''
415	->'''Aligmment:''' None
416
417	The BigBad of the game, Marduk is a powerful demon lord from an unknown plane. Eldred summoned him to his homeworld to destroy his rivals, but Marduk chose to destroy the entire world instead. As the story of ''Sacrifice'' progresses, it is revealed that he has been summoned to its world instead, and Eldred must attempt to stop him before the same fate befalls the ''Sacrifice'' world as well.
418	----
419	* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Although he'd probably argue otherwise, since no-one has ever charged him to [[ExactWords "do not destroy me in the process of doing [X]"]].
420	* CreepyLongFingers: Three of them, and they look like over-long spikes.
421	* DemonLordsAndArchdevils: A very powerful one, given his apparent abilities.
422	* EvilSoundsRaspy: His voice sounds like he has been gargling sulphuric acid.
423	* IHaveManyNames: He takes on a new name every time he crosses the astral void. He initially calls himself "Ashur", and starts a cult to lead the people to a world without the squabbling of petty gods.
424	* KnightTemplar: Unusually, what little we learn of his motivations implies he's under some sort of divine mandate to destroy 'unworthy' worlds.
425	* {{Magitek}}: Employs a device called a 'megalith' to anchor his existence to the world, even without a divine patron.
426	* MightyGlacier: Slower than Eldred and with a larger hitbox, but has higher health. Taken to extremes in single-player, where he will easily tank two to three times the damage other wizards can take.
427	* {{Necromancer}}: Uses mostly spells from Charnel in the single player, no matter which path Eldred takes... Except for his level 9 summon, which is the Silverback.
428	* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: There are points where he will argue that it is his purpose to destroy 'unworthy' worlds. Whether he is telling the truth is unknown, though either way Marduk eventually admits he simply loves causing destruction and misery.
429	* OmnicidalManiac: Both willing and able to destroy any plane of existence to which he's summoned. He doesn't even seem to need to ''do'' anything; simply being summoned is enough to start the decay.
430	* TheScourgeOfGod: In his own words:
431	-->'''Marduk:''' I am the embodiment of all Creation's ills, and my purpose is but a simple one: To annihilate all that is unworthy. All that is a reflection of myself.
432	* TimeAbyss: States that his 'age is beyond counting'.
433	* VillainousBreakdown: When Eldred destroys his megalith, Marduk finally loses his cool and attacks the wizard in a rage. After this, he finally dies and lets out a BigNo as he fades from existence.
434	* YouWillBeSpared: Offers to kill Eldred quickly if he surrenders.
435	[[/folder]]
436
437	[[folder:Mithras]]
438	!!Mithras
439	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TonyJay
440	->'''Alignment:''' None
441
442	Mithras is a BlindSeer and another planeswalking transplant to the ''Sacrifice'' world, having quickly gained infamy on the plane for his preaching of prophesies that foretell the death of the gods and TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. Eldred comes across Mithras amongst the ruins of the world in the introductory cutscene, and the entire story is Eldred re-telling the events that caused the current state of decay to him.
443	----
444	* BlindSeer: Which doesn't translate into any gameplay in multiplayer, though in single player he is presented as exactly as harmless as you'd expect a blind old man to be.
445	* EscortMission: Will show up as the escortee in James' seventh mission.
446	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Reveals himself as being somewhat skilled in demonology during Charnel's campaign. [[spoiler:Which he would, being one himself.]]
447	* FramingDevice: His conversation with Eldred is the framing for the actual story, with some of the cutscenes being breaks during which Mithras coaxes backstory or Eldred's motivations out of him in the 'current' time-period.
448	* LouisCypher: [[spoiler:He is one of Marduk's guises, which is discarded in the final mission.]]
449	* ThePowerOfLegacy: In Persephone or James' end, Eldred will tell the world that Mithras should be remembered as a hero for telling the truth without fear for himself, [[spoiler:essentially treating him as a separate person from Marduk.]]
450	* ProphecyTwist: His prophecy comes true in the end, but not in the way he'd probably intended it.
451	* SecretCharacter: Unlocked in multiplayer by getting Persephone or James' ending in the campaign.
452
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454	[[/folder]]
455	[[folder:Zyzyx]]
456	!!Zyzyx
457	->'''Voiced by''': Creator/RobPaulsen
458	An imp and Eldred's {{familiar}}.
459	----
460	* DeadpanSnarker: Gives his master Eldred quite a bit of lip, and sometimes mouths off to other wizards too.
461	* ExpositionFairy: He introduces new units and characters as they are encountered, gives gameplay advice, and provides color commentary.
462	* OhCrap: As soon as he learns that [[spoiler:Ashur is actually Marduk]] he suggests to Eldred that they flee to some other world.
463	* OminousOwl: He looks like an owl, fittingly enough for a wizard's familiar.

Context Characters / Sacrifice