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[[folder:The Eldar]]

!! As a whole
* AbnormalAmmo: Their Shuriken Gun.s
* AdaptationalHeroism: Though still retaining some of their flaws (arrogance, contempt for humanity, etc) the Eldar also haven't committed the same atrocities as their mainstream counterparts and do have moments of genuine nobility.
%%* BadassArmy
* BrightIsNotGood: Inverted. They're a very vibrant and colorful lot but along with the humans are one of the only good species in the story.
* CoolSword: Their Witchblades.
* FantasticRacism: Towards the humans but they work with them anyway due to needing more manpower against the Covenant and Daemons.
%%* GoodIsNotNice
%%zce* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* PlanetOfHats: Namely arrogant and xenophobic, but not completely bereft of redeeming qualities.
* PsychicPowers: A great many of them have this, but the Eldar Farseers specialize in it.
* ShockAndAwe: The Eldar Farseers are capable of electricity generation
%%* SpaceElves

!! Eldrad Ulthran
* AdaptationalHeroism: In this continuity he never caused an Ork Warboss who would go on to kill a billion humans come to power.
* BadassCape: He wears a red cape over his armor.
* BerserkButton: While he doesn't go "berserk" per se, he does ''not'' take kindly to having his intelligence and intuitions be put in question. Basically he wants respect at all times.
* BlackKnight: He wears black armor.
* TheCassandra: Was there to warn his people about how their growing depravity would condemn them all, but they didnt listen. Lo and behold, he was proven right.
%%* TheChessmaster
%%* CoolHelmet
* CoolSword: His Witchblade.
%%* DarkIsNotEvil
* {{Determinator}}: Determined to stop the Four Powers no matter what.
* DualWielding: With his staff and Witchblade
* TheFaceless: Is never seen with his helmet off.
* FantasticRacism: Much more subtle than any of the other Eldar but still present. It tends to only show up when he's particularly annoyed with the humans.
* GoodIsNotNice: Aside from being a ManipulativeBastard he's also a bit touchy.
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Inverted. [[TheFaceless He's never seen without it off]]
* InsufferableGenius: A mild case. See BerserkButton
* LightningBruiser: Described as moving at a speed that a normal human being cannot attain. Is also a very deadly fighter.
* ManipulativeBastard: Standard for an Eldar
* OnlySaneMan: From his perspective anyway, outright saying that he's "the only person here who's got any sense".
* PsychicPowers: His specialty, and one he has mastered. It's not completely fool-proof though, as he cannot read the minds of people who he does not know exist. He can also read the minds of everyone in the universe for only a short period of time before the overload fries his brain. Finally he cannot read the minds of those corrupted by Chaos' influence for an extended period of time.
* RankScalesWithAsskicking: The leader of the Eldar Farseers and by far their most powerful (and cunning) one.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Averted. He wears black armor with a red cape and while [[GoodIsNotNice not nice]] he's not bad or evil either.
* ShockAndAwe: Like all Eldar Farseers, he is capable of channelling and firing powerful blasts of electricity.

!! The Phoenix Lords
* ActionGirl: Jain-Zar.
* BadassCape: Asurmen has a red cape like Eldrad Ulthran
* BadassCrew: The most powerful of all the Eldar
* BayonetYa: Maughan-Ra's weapon features a bayonet akin to a scythe blade.
* BloodKnight: Maughan-Ra, who is most concerned with doing whatever will bring the most death and destruction to the Covenant and the Four Powers.
* TheDreaded: All of them to a degree but especially Maughan-Ra, who is feared more by his fellow Eldar than he is the Forces of Chaos.
* FantasticRacism: The only ones who don't show utter contempt towards humanity are Asurmen and Maughan-Ra, and even the latter doesn't seem to think too highly of the humans.
%%* GoodIsNotNice
%%zce* {{Jerkass}}: Almost all of them except for [[OnlySaneMan Asurmen]] and [[TheStoic Maughan-Ra]].
%%zce* OneManArmies: All of them but especially Maughan-Ra
* OnlySaneMan: Asurmen.
* PetTheDog: Though just as much of an arrogant {{Jerkass}} as his fellow Phoenix Lords, Bahharoth helps in the evacuation of the Corbulo academy survivors.
* RankScalesWithAsskicking: The Eldar's leaders and their most powerful fighters both, even if the latter is mostly an informed trait.
* RedBaron: Maughan-Ra is known as "The Collector of Souls"
* RedIsHeroic: A mild case. Asurmen, one of the less arrogant and xenophobic Phoenix Lords, wears a red cape.
* RedRightHand: Invoked but also subverted. Karandras has a crab-claw in place of one of his hands, but rather than show him to be a servant of Slaanesh, it shows how the Prince of Pleasure tried and failed to convert him. Karandras wears it proudly as proof of his victory over Chaos' influence.
* ScaryScorpions: Karandras has this aesthetic, as befitting of his status as the leader of the Striking Scorpions
* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset: Maughan-Ra.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Jain-Zar is the lone female on the group
* TheStoic: Maughan-Ra.
* WingedHumanoid: Bahharoth. This also extends to his Swooping Hawks.

!! Endewan
%%* CanonForeigner
* DualWielding: With his sword and polearm at one point.
* GoodIsNotNice: Like all other Eldar he comes off as mean, racist, and cold-blooded to the humans, but also risks life and limb to get the surviving members of Hastati Squad off-planet.
* OffWithHisHead: Kills a Chaos Space Marine this way.
* PetTheDog: See above. He also thanks Lasky when he gives him a grenade and acknowledges that he could not have beaten the Hunters without his help.
* RankScalesWithAsskicking: His being a Dire Avenger ''squad leader'' and not a rank-and-file grunt goes a long way towards explaining why he's so badass.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: To Lasky after saving him from a Chaos Space Marine.
* SuperSpeed: Was able to keep up with a Warthog by sprinting, though not perfectly, and he did have to catch his breath afterwards.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Subverted. Though he replaces the Master Chief as Hastati Squad's savior, he has a distinct personality from the Master Chief.
* SwordAndGun: Theoretically possible but thus far averted. Endewan carries both a sword and a Shuriken pistol but has not yet used them in tandem.

!! Tevran
* BadassCape: Described as wearing a [[PurpleIsPowerful purple]] half-cape.
* BattleCry: "For the Bloody-Handed!"
%%* CanonForeigner
%%* GoodIsNotNice
* PurpleIsPowerful: His half-cape is violet.
* RedIsHeroic: As an Eldar Guardian squad-leader, red armor is a given.
* SwordAndGun: Witchblade and Shuriken Pistol to be exact

!! Farseer Macha
* ActionGirl: As of Chapter 7 the only named female Eldar we've seen aside from Jain-Zar, and the only one who's actually seen action.
%%* BadassCape
* CanonImmigrant: From Warhammer Dawn Of War.
%%* CoolHelmet
* GoodIsNotNice: Even moreso than some other Eldar she's pretty touchy.
%%* IronLady
* MsExposition: Somewhat in the Halo Wars chapters.
* PetTheDog: When humans help her and her fellow Farseers fend off a Covenant attack she thanks them.
* ShockAndAwe: Capable of this, same as all other Eldar Farseers.
%%* TheStoic

!! Fulgrim
* FallenHero: Was apparently corrupted by Slaanesh long ago.
* TheGhost: We haven't actually seen him, only heard of him.
* {{Retcon}}: Here an Eldar instead of a Primarch. [[ShrugOfGod The author suggested that perhaps]] he's [[DeadpanSnarker an "Eldar Primarch"]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We have yet to learn what ultimately became of him.

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[[folder:The UNIM (United Nations Imperium Of Man]]

!! As a whole
* AdaptationalHeroism: On the Imperium side.
%%* BadassArmy
* CompositeCharacter: As their name implies, they're a fusion of the Imperium of Man and the UNSC
* EliteArmy: The named Space Marine Chapters and the Orbital Drop Shock Troopers.
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Inverted. Their soldiers all wear helmets, most of them of the "full-face covering" variety, and yet they are one of the two good races in the story, the other being the Eldar.
%%* HumansAreWarriors
* RedshirtArmy: The generic SpaceMarine armies, as opposed to the named chapters, who are an EliteArmy.
* SpaceMarine: Naturally.

!! Donald Bert Patroklos
* ActionSurvivor: Among other things lived through the entire Harvest Campaign.
* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: [[spoiler:When his commanding officer dies, Donald becomes the new leader of his squad]].
%%* CanonForeigner
* CoolHelmet: His Gray Knights helm.
%%* TheEveryman
* KnightInShiningArmor: Is a member of the Gray Knights.
* NotWhatISignedUpFor: When the Covenant show up, he immediately misses fighting Insurrectionists.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: [[spoiler:As Captain of his squad]]
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Wields a shotgun against Plaguebearers of Nurgle in Chapter 8
* SpaceMarine: Of the Gray Knights chapter to be exact.
%%* SwordAndGun

!! Captain Jerome Munroe
%%* CanonForeigner
* TheCaptain: Of Donald's squad.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Or in this case a Ghost.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Early in the Harvest Campaign when a Ghost rams into him.]]
%%* MauveShirt
%%* SacrificialLamb
%%* SergeantRock
%%* SpaceMarine
%%* SwordAndGun
%%* WeHardlyKnewYe

!! Hastati Squad
* ActionGirl: Chyler Silva and Sergeant April Orenski. Averted with Dimah though.
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Lasky loses his legs to an attack from Hunters, which proves fatal.]]
* BattleCry: "AXIOS!"
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Thomas Lasky, who here is killed while distracting the Hunters.]]
* DyingDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:Lasky to Silva, instead of in mainstream continuity where it was the other way around.]]
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Lasky upon commandeering General Black's Warthog, albeit unintentionally.
* TheEveryman: Sullivan.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Averted with Junjie Chen, who wears glasses but is a good guy.
* FriendlySniper: Silva.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Two: first Vickers attacks a group of Grunts and Chaos Space Marines to try and buy his squadmates time to flee, and then later when Thomas Lasky distracts the Hunters that Endewan was fighting, giving him time to finish them off. In both cases the performer of the sacrifice ends up dead.]]
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: How Chen dies, courtesy of a Chaos Space Marine.]]
%%* KilledOffForReal [[spoiler:Shere, Vickers, Junjie Chen, and finally, Thomas Lasky.]]
%%* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Vickers, Chen, and Lasky.]]
%%* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:Shere.]]
* SergeantRock: April Orenski.
* ShipTease: Sullivan and Dimah.
* TheSmartGuy: Sullivan.
* SoleSurvivor: They're the only survivors of not just the attack on Corbulo, but the ''entire planet''.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Chyler Silva and Dimah Tchavoka]]
* SympathyForTheDevil: [[spoiler: Lasky's doing this concerning the Insurrectionists gets him nothing but scorn from his peers. Then he sees [[Characters/Warhammer40000ForcesOfChaos what the Insurrectionists willingly turn into]] and realizes just how wrong he was.
* TechnicalPacifist: Thomas Lasky.
%%* WatchingTroyBurn
* WeHardlyKnewYe: The ones that die.
* WeNeedADistraction: Thomas Lasky distracts a pair of Hunters that were fighting Endewan [[spoiler: but unfortunately dies in the process]].

!! The Admiralty Board
%%* BigGood
* KnightInSourArmor: Quite a few of them actually, with Helbrecht of the Black Templars and Marneus Calgar of the Ultramarines being the two main ones.
* NiceGuy: Vulkan He'stan is one of the more friendly and less cynical of the Chapter Masters.
* RankScalesWithAsskicking: Like the Eldar's Phoenix Lords, they fit this to a T by virtue of being both the leaders of the Space Marine Chapters and also by far the most powerful of the human's fighters.
%%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* WideEyedIdealist: Vulkan He'stan, at least compared to [[KnightInSourArmor some of the others]] anyway.

!! Captain (Later Colonel) Dawson
%%* CanonForeigner
* TheCaptain: Initially.
* ColonelBadass: Something of a subversion, given that by the time he becomes a colonel he's no longer fighting the Covenant directly.
* KnightInSourArmor: Especially as a colonel.
* OldSoldier: When the war with the Covenant begins he had already been a veteran of fights with the Insurrectionists. He's in his sixties by the time he becomes a colonel.
%%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* RedIsHeroic: When serving as a field commander he wore red armor, which is apparently standard for field commanders.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Of Captain James Cutter, having pretty much his role.

!! Serina
* DeadpanSnarker: As always.
* TheSmartGal: She ''is'' a Smart AI after all.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Seemed to be the lone female on the Spirit of Fire before Ellen Anders came along.
* TookALevelInKindness: Her wit is just a bit less callous and sociopathic here.

!! Sergeant John Forge
%%* BloodKnight
%%* JumpedAtTheCall
* NiceGuy: Comes off as a fairly pleasant individual when there isn't a battle going on.
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter; Described as carrying a shotgun.
%%* SpaceMarine

!! Doctor Ellen Anders
* CloserToEarth: Than the other human characters.
* DeadpanSnarker: Moreso than a lot of the other characters, she's fairly snarky.
* ProperlyParanoid: Concerning the Monitor.
%%* TheSmartGal
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Discounting Serina she is currently the only female on the Spirit of Fire's adventure.

!! Sergeant Alexander Klaus
%%* CanonForeigner
* CoolSword: Briefly wields Donald's Gray Knights sword in Chapter 8
* DeadpanSnarker: By the far the most snarky human character so far other than Ellen Anders.
%%* SpaceMarine

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[[folder:The Villains]]
!! The Four Powers
* AxCrazy: Khorne the Blood God. This extends to all of his servants.
* BigBadDuumvirate: Of the story. [[TheGhost Though they haven't yet made a physical appearance]], they are to blame for every bad thing that happens in the story due to being the masters of the Daemons of Chaos and Covenant aliens.
* BlackMagic: Tzeentch's specialty.
* BrightIsNotGood: They and their servants (especially Tzeentch and Khorne) are a pretty vibrant lot but also pure evil.
%%* ChaosIsEvil
%%* EldritchAbomination: All of them.
* EvilSorcerer: Tzeentch
%%* TheGhost
* GodOfEvil: A role they also shared in the original 40k universe.
%%* ObviouslyEvil
%%* OurDemonsAreDifferent
* SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny: Slaanesh.

!! The Covenant
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: All of the races.
* ArmCannon: The Hunters, here doubling as a FireBreathingWeapon.
* AxCrazy: The servants of Khorne.
%%* BadassArmy
* BloodKnight: All of them.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Suggested due to being total slaves to Chaos' corrupting influence.
* CannonFodder: The Grunts as always. Also the Drones.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Blood for the Blood God! Skulls for the Skull Throne!"
* CompositeCharacter: The Elites who serve Tzeentch have the general appearance and jet-packs of Elite Rangers but the cloaking capability of Stealth Elites.
* DarkIsEvil: The Elite Zealots, here the servants of Chaos Undivided, wear black armor, though there is also some gold.
* EliteMooks: The Elites, especially the Elite Zealots, servants of Chaos Undivided. Also the Hunters.
%%* TheEmpire
* FireBreathingWeapon: Here the Hunters arm-cannons shoot out Eldritch flames instead of fuel rod blasts due to their being servants of Tzeentch.
* GasMaskMooks: The Grunts.
* GiantMook: The Hunters.
* HumanoidAbomination: The Elite Zealots.
* JetPack: The Elites who serve Tzeentch have them.
* KillAllHumans: And Eldar.
* LaserBlade: The Elite Zealot's Energy Swords.
* MadeOfIron: Hunters. [[spoiler: But against [[BadassArmy the Necrons]] even they don't last long.]]
%%* {{Mooks}}
* ObviouslyEvil: The Elite Zealots and servants of Khorne and Nurgle
%%* OmnicidalManiac
* RedRightHand: Many of the Elite Zealots have claws and pincers in place of one of their hands as a sign of their being so thoroguhly corrupted by the powers of Chaos.
%%* ScaryDogmaticAliens
* TechnicolorFire: The Eldritch flames shot out of the Hunter's arm cannons are green, blue, and amethyst in color.
* WingedHumanoid: Some of the Elite Zealots are described as having demonic bat wings.
%%* ZergRush

!! The Daemons of Chaos
%%* AlwaysChaoticEvil
* AxCrazy : Khorne's servants.
* BaldOfEvil: Most of the Daemons lack hair. The only exceptions are some of the Daemonettes of Slaanesh.
* BlackMagic: Used by the Lords of Change.
* BrightIsNotGood: They're all a pretty colorful and vibrant lot but no less evil
* CannonFodder: The Pink Horrors of Tzeentch.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Blood for the Blood God! Skulls for the Skull Throne!"
%%* ChaosIsEvil
* CoolSword: The Keeper of Secrets and Bloodletters of Khorne's weapon.
* CompositeCharacter: Here "The Flood" was the name given to Nurgle's armies by the Forerunners.
* DarkActionGirl: The Daemonettes of Slaanesh, dubbed "Succubus" by humans.
* EliteMooks: The Lords of Change and Keeper of Secrets.
* FireIceLightning: The Lord of Change can do the first and third anyway.
* GiantMook: The Keeper of Secrets.
* HornedHumanoid: The Keeper of Secrets, Bloodletters, and the Plaguebearers for given value of "humanoid".
%%* HumanoidAbomination: All of them
* LeanAndMean: The Bloodletters of Khorne.
* LightIsNotGood: The Keeper of Secrets is white-skinned.
* MadeOfIron: The greater Daemons can take quite a bit of punishment before going down. The Plaguebearers of Nurgle are also shown to be highly resistant to ballistic weaponry and blunt force trauma.
%%* {{Mooks}}
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: The Keeper of Secrets has four arms.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: Daemons of Chaos burst into TechnicolorFire when they die.
* ObviouslyEvil: All of them, but especially Khorne's servants, the Daemonettes of Slaanesh, and the Plaguebearers of Nurgle.
%%* OurDemonsAreDifferent
%%* OurZombiesAreDifferent: The Plaguebearers of Nurgle.
* PlayingWithFire: The Lords of Change, TechnicolorFire to be exact.
* ShockAndAwe: The Lord of Change can shoot out bolts of lightning in a pinch.
* TakeOurWordForIt: The Plaguebearers of Nurgle are said to have features to disgusting to describe.
* TechnicolorFire: The flames conjured by the Lords of Change are indigo-blue.
* WeaksauceWeakness: In keeping with their zombie nature, the Plaguebearers of Nurgle are extremely vulnerable to shotguns and melee weapons.
* WingedHumanoid: The Lords of Change.
* ZergRush: Not as often as the Covenant aliens, but they still do this sometimes, mostly the Pink Horrors of Tzeentch. It never helps them though.

!! The Chaos Space Marines (Formerly the Insurrectionists)
* AdaptationalVillainy: While the Insurrectionists were already pretty bad, willingly joining the Four Powers makes them even worse than before. Endewan lampshades this.
* AxCrazy: They show some definite signs of it.
* BlackKnight: A whole army of them [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE!]]
%%* ChaosIsEvil
* ChainsawGood: Notably they are the only humans who retain the Chainsaw-Sword.
* CoolHelmet: A staple of their outfits, many of them are also adorned with horns.
* DarkIsEvil: As always, the Chaos Space Marines wear big, bulky black armor.
%%* EliteMooks
* EvilCounterpart: To the UNIM's Space Marines.
* {{Hypocrite}}: View the UNIM as the root of all evil despite the fact that they outright ''join'' a bunch of Daemons and AlwaysChaoticEvil ScaryDogmaticAliens.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Joining the Four Powers.
* MalevolentMaskedMan: They're all wearing intimidating black helmets, some with horns.
* MisanthropeSupreme: Considering that they're actively helping in the attempted annihilation ''of their own species'' that's a yes.
%%* ObviouslyEvil
%%* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized
%%* SmugSnake
* SpaceMarine: ''Chaos'' Space Marine to be exact.
%%* SwordAndGun
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: The first ones seen mercilessly kill cadets Vickers and Junjie Chen, and were all set to do the same to Lasky before Endewan stopped them]].

!! Lord Bale 'Torvasree
* AttackAttackAttack: Clearly favors this way of thinking.
* AxCrazy: He is, by his own admission, a servant of Khorne at heart.
* BadBoss: To Sindri, [[AffablyEvil who takes it in stride]].
* BigBad: Of the "Halo Wars" portion of the story, being the leader of the Covenant forces antagonizing the Spirit of Fire's crew.
%%* CanonImmigrant: From Warhammer Dawn of War.
* DarkIsEvil: He's an Elite Zealot, who here wear black armor.
%%* GeneralRipper
* {{Jerkass}}: He is a completely unpleasant and bloodthirsty psycho.
%%* NoSenseOfHumor
* {{Retcon}}: Here an Elite Zealot instead of a Chaos Space Marine.

!! The Arbiter
* AttackAttackAttack: Like Bale he clearly favors this way of thinking.
* AxCrazy: He is also, like Bale, a servant of Khorne at heart.
* BadBoss: Shown to have no problem leaving two perfectly loyal men to die.
* CoDragons: One of Bale's two right-hands, the other being Sindri
* DualWielding: With Energy Swords.
* InterserviceRivalry: With Sindri, who he despises for several reasons and fantasizes killing.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Leads the reinforcements that come to Thel and R'tas' rescue, but it turns out that it wasn't his idea and that if it were really up to him he would have just left them to die.
* LaserBlade: His Energy Swords.
%%* NoSenseOfHumor
%%* PsychoForHire

!! Sindri Myr
* AffablyEvil: He's unfailingly polite at all times, even when being yelled at and threatened by his superior. Not to mention he has a PetTheDog moment too.
* CanonImmigrant: From Warhammer Dawn of War along with Lord Bale.
%%* TheChessmaster
* CoDragons: One of Bale's two right-hands, the other being the Arbiter
%%* CoolHelmet
* DarkIsEvil: Described as dressing in mostly dark colors, primarily dark blue and steel gray.
* DissonantSerenity: Always calm and unflappable.
%%* EvilGenius
%%* EvilSorcerer
* InterserviceRivalry: With the Arbiter, though it's completely one-sided
* MalevolentMaskedMan: His helmet is even described as being sinister looking.
* OnlySaneMan: Of the Forces of Chaos.
* PetTheDog: Suggests sending reinforcements to a beleaguered Thel and R'tas. He does however, explain it as PragmaticVillainy.
* PragmaticVillainy: At least compared to [[GeneralRipper Lord Bale]] and [[AxCrazy The Arbiter]] anyway. His above PetTheDog moment being one particular example.
->'''Sindri''': "I do hate to see good soldiers and commanders such as yourselves be needlessly put to the torch. Such a waste of resources."
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: Possibly his backstory. Here the Chaos Space Marines were originally Insurrectionists and as Sindri is a Chaos Space Marine...

!! Thel 'Vadamee
* DarkIsEvil: Is an Elite Zealot, who wear black here.
* LaserBlade: The classic Energy Sword.
* MeanBoss: Shows no sympathy whatsoever to those of his men who get killed if they earlier disobeyed his orders.
%%* MookLieutenant
* NotSoStoic: [[spoiler: When faced with the Necrons, who massacre all of his men.]]
* OldFriend: Him and R'tas here to the point that [[spoiler: R'tas outright says that he's proud to meet his end at Thel's side when it looks like they're going to die, a sentiment that Thel returns.]]
* RankScalesWithAsskicking: [[spoiler: He and his fellow Zealot R'tas are the only ones to survive an attack by Necrons. Granted, they would have died had reinforcements not shown up, but it's still telling that they lasted longer than all of their subordinates.]]
%%* TheStoic

!! The Dark Eldar
%%* AlwaysChaoticEvil
* ColdBloodedTorture: Extremely fond of it.
%%* DarkIsEvil
%%* EliteMooks
* EvilCounterpart: To the non-Dark Eldar, natch.
* FatBastard: The captain of the Dark Eldar who are part of Lord Bale's fleet.
* {{Retcon}}: Here they actively serve the Four Powers instead of being a separate faction.
%%* SmugSnake
* SpaceElves: A villainous variation.
* TortureTechnician: Their ''main hobby''.

!! R'tas
* DarkIsEvil: Is an Elite Zealot, who wear black here.
* GoodScarsEvilScars [[spoiler: Here loses half of his mandibles to a Necron's Gauss Cannon, giving him his signature "Half-Jaw" appearance]]
* IOweYouMyLife: To Sindri [[spoiler: in response to his coming to his and Thel's rescue]].
* LackOfEmpathy: Dismisses a soldier who gets killed [[spoiler: by a Necron]] as a "presumptuous fool".
%%* MookLieutenant
* NobleDemon: As close to one as the Covenant aliens get.
* OldFriend: Him and Thel here, to the point that [[spoiler: R'tas outright says that he's proud to meet his end at his side when it looks like they're going to die]].
* PetTheDog: Expresses genuine gratitude towards Sindri upon learning that he was the one who got R'tas and Thel reinforcements [[spoiler: and saved their lives from Necrons]].
* RankScalesWithAsskicking: [[spoiler: He and his fellow Zealot Thel are the only ones to survive an attack by Necrons. Granted, they would have died had reinforcements not shown up, but it's still telling that they lasted longer than all of their subordinates.]]

!! The Necrons
* AdaptationalWimp: [[spoiler: Here they lack their incredible HealingFactor and are not quite as invincible as they are in actual 40k continuity besides. But at the same time they're still incredibly dangerous and more than a match for the Eldar, humans, Covenant, and Daemons.]]
* BadassArmy: [[spoiler: In just one chapter they ''massacre'' a small Covenant army and only lost due to the surprise arrival of Covenant vehicles. [[LampshadeHanging Thel outright says they're way tougher than the Eldar and humans ever were]].]]
* BadassCape: The head Necron is described as having a BlackCloak.
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Dished one out to a small army of Covenant and Daemons, killing all of them except Thel and R'tas and having over two dozen soldiers to spare. The surprise arrival of Covenant vehicles managed to destroy them though.]]
* CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler: The Necrons having the role most commonly held by the Sentinels and in Halo 4 the Prometheans.]]
* CyberCyclops: [[spoiler: The Deathmark Immortals and Canoptek Wraiths.]]
* EliteMooks: [[spoiler: To the Forerunners. And amongst the Necrons themselves the Deathmark Immortals and Canoptek Wraiths are this]]
* EnergyWeapon: [[spoiler: Extremely powerful ones fired from their Gauss Cannons]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: Their appearance was suggested earlier by devastation that was said to have likely been caused by disintegration weapons, which the Necrons typically possess.]]
* GiantMook: The Canoptek Wraiths
* KnightTemplar: [[spoiler: Programmed to contain the Flood and other servants of Chaos...at all costs. This includes killing any and all beings who can "facilitate a wide-spread infestation". This includes humans and Eldar.]]
%%* InvincibleVillain:
* KillerRobot: A whole army of them.
* MadeOfIron: A somewhat literal example. [[spoiler: They're so durable that one ''wasn't'' completely destroyed by a plasma grenade ''stuck to it's head''. It did still take it down though. Others managed to be destroyed by the Eldritch flames of the Hunter's [[FireBreathingWeapon arm cannons]]. Even the Necrons have limits.]]
* NoBodyLeftBehind: What tends to happen to people who get hit with their disintegration weapons.
* {{Retcon}}: [[spoiler:Here the Necrons were apparently creations of the Forerunners.]]
* SealedBadassInACan : Were deactivated and kept in storage until such time as they would be needed.
* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset: They resemble mechanical skeletons.
* TheVoiceless: [[spoiler: Thus far only the Canoptek Wraiths have said anything.]]
%%* WalkingSpoiler

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!! The Elder One
* CanonForeigner: Exists solely for the purpose of fusing the Halo and Warhammer 40k worlds into one.
* {{God}}: His role more or less.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: His final fate is not really made clear.

!! 5764801 Suffering Vanguard
* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Continues to speak in a pleasant manner even after turning on the humans and Eldar.]]
* ApologeticAttacker: [[spoiler:When turning on the humans and Eldar.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Of the Necrons apparently, at least the ones on Eden.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Seems pleasant enough when first met (if not also shifty and somewhat condescending) but turns on the humans and Eldar the second he deems them to be a threat.]]
* EnergyWeapon: [[spoiler:Can fire a ''very'' powerful one]]
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: All of the characters (and the story itself) just refer to him as "The Monitor". This is likely because of his OverlyLongName.
* GoodColorsEvilColors: [[spoiler:Notably when pleasant his "eye" is gold in color but when calling the Necrons into battle and commanding them it becomes the same green as the Necrons weapons and power. When actively fighting or enraged, the "eye" becomes red.]]
* KillerRobot: [[spoiler:Shown to be perfectly capable of fighting and outright kills an Eldar Farseer ''with one shot''.]]
%%* KnightTemplar
* MadeOfIron: [[spoiler:Managed to survive being hit by lightning from multiple Eldar Farseers simultaneously.]]
* MadnessMantra: [[MythologyGag "Unacceptable! Unacceptable!]] Absolutely unacceptable!
* OverlyLongName: Probably why he's just called the Monitor.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To 343 Guilty Spark, [[MythologyGag even saying some of the exact same lines]]. Justified because as 2041 Penitent Tangent shows, the Monitors seem to all have similar personalities.
* UnreliableNarrator: When detailing the history of the Forerunner / Flood war, he notably neglects to mention what actually happened at the very end of it.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Seems to have one after some his Necron {{Mooks}} accidentally destroy the Indexing room in the Forerunner fortress.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: Though having said that anyone who's actually played the Halo games probably isn't going to be too shocked.]]

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