Campaign characters
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A list of Characters from Age of Mythology.
For tropes for most of the gods and heroes in the mythologies, see their character page.
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The Fall of the Trident
Arkantos
Voiced by: Daniel Riordan (English)
"Any who threaten my home or my family will soon have a place in my dreams."
The Admiral of Atlantis and a great warrior, he's the main character of the campaign, and fights to protect Atlantis from the evil ones.
- 11th-Hour Superpower: In the very final mission of the main campaign, the Blessing of Zeus god power turns Arkantos into a demigod strong enough to wipe the floor with the entire enemy army.
- Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: He's resurrected as a God after his death.
- Badass Normal: For most of the game, he is a normal man from Atlantis, albeit one able to compete with mythical beasts and half-gods.
- Battle Cry: His power consists of a battle cry that boosts the attacks of his allies.
- Cool Helmet: Zeus' blessing gives him a crested helmet which he continues to wear as a deity.
- Deity of Human Origin: Becomes a full-fledged god by The Titans.
- Dented Iron: Downplayed. By the time Fall of the Trident begins, Arkantos has faced countless perils and brought down many of Atlantis' foes, his rivals now existing only in his dreams. While still in a good-enough shape to help the Greeks at Troy, it's clear that given a choice, he'd rather retire. Destiny, however, has other plans for him.
- Empowered Badass Normal: He become blessed by Zeus at the end of the game.
- Forced Transformation: He and Ajax are turned into boars by Circe. However, unlike Odysseus and his crew who cannot fight back as pigs, Arkantos and Ajax can still regenerate and fight off the villagers who want to eat them.
- Four-Star Badass: Admiral of the armies of Atlantis. Controllable in almost every mission of the campaign.
- God's Hands Are Tied: Presumably the reason he doesn't just warn Kastor not to trust Krios in The Titans.
- Gold and White Are Divine: His armor becomes white and golden when he is raised as a god.
- Good Is Not Soft: He's The Hero, a good and fair leader and a loyal friend. However, he doesn't show mercy to his enemies, as proven when he orders the execution of Gargarensis (actually a disguised Kemsyt) when the latter is captured and defenseless. He's also shown to have taken part in the sack of Troy, which while effective was a very underhanded sneak attack.
- Heroic Sacrifice: He stays on the sinking Atlantis in order to stop Gargarensis once and for all.
- It's Personal: He had a conflict with Kamos since he was responsible for the death of his wife, and eventually, Gargarensis as he threatens his son alongside the rest of Atlantis.
- Meaningful Name: One syllable away from "arkontos" or ἄρχοντος, which comes from "archon," meaning "war leader."
- One Last Job: Fall of the Trident starts out with Arkantos taking up one final mission to aid the Greeks at Troy, while dealing with pirates along the way, before taking his long-overdue retirement. He gets more than what he ever bargained for and by the end of his journey becomes a god.
- One-Man Army: He becomes one when he's blessed by the Gods in the last level.
- Original Generation: He exists entirely within AoM's fiction and has no actual mythological counterpart.
- Papa Wolf: Quite protective towards his son Kastor.
- Physical God: After his death, he ascends to godhood.
- Shell-Shocked Veteran: Downplayed; Arkantos is a sane guy and a competent military leader, but it's implied in the prologue cinematic (which starts with him dueling and slaying his late enemy Theris in a dream) that reliving in his dreams the countless battles he has fought and continually facing opponents "no other man dared fight" is wearing down on him.Athena: That looked like Theris. It has been a long time since you sent him to the Underworld, Arkantos. Fighting old battles again?
Arkantos: Yes. Old enemies. I still see them here. - Super-Scream: Very much downplayed, but the battle cry does Scratch Damage and it can kill enemy units or buildings... by Cherry Tapping.
- We Have Become Complacent: Arkantos laments how just about all of Atlantis' enemies have been taken down, many by his own hand. Athena, however, dissuades him from such thoughts, warning him of a much greater threat.
Ajax
Voiced by: Charles Rocket (English), Gérard Dessalles (European French)
"You may feel less like fighting after I pull off your head!"
A famous Greek hero, he joined the war against Troy and later follows Arkantos in his quest. He also appears in the Titans campaign where he tries to stop Kastor from weakening the gods.
- Ascended Extra: In the original myths Ajax (Telamonian) plays a rather secondary role compared to Achilles, Hector and Odysseus, and kills himself before the end of the war. Here not only he survives the conflict, but he also co-stars together with Arkantos, the main hero, and plays an important role in the following campaign as well.
- The Big Guy: This trope naturally carries over from his portrayal in the original mythology, though his model, strangely, doesn't appear to be significantly larger than the other characters.
- Bling-Bling-BANG!: In the Titans campaign.
- Boisterous Bruiser: And often eager to tearing heads apart.
- Cool Helmet: Apparently made from a lion's head complete with mane.
- Dumb Muscle: He's not too bright but is no less effective in battle.
- Forced Transformation: He and Arkantos are turned into boars by Circe. However, unlike Odysseus and his crew who cannot fight back as pigs, Arkantos and Ajax can still regenerate and fight off the villagers who want to eat them.
- Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: Just like in myths, he wields a gargantuan shield, though he also uses it in combat.
- Nemean Skinning: Wears a lion pelt on his head.
- One-Handed Zweihänder: He wields his spear with one hand.
- Running Gag: He seems to have a thing for pulling off the heads of his foes, as he threatens to do so a few times throughout both campaigns.
- Shield Bash: Not only his shield is huge and ornated with a demonic face, he also uses it to send people flying.
- Spared by the Adaptation: In the original myths, Ajax died at Troy. Both of them. (Curiously, Ajax the Lesser is nowhere to be seen).
- Warrior Prince: He's both heir to the throne of Salamis and a fierce warrior. In the Titans expansion, he leads the bulk of the Greek forces trying to stop Kronus.
Amanra
Voiced by: Jean Gilpin (English)
"Prepare your men! We have to defend this area."
A warrior-priestess of Isis met by our heroes in Egypt, she's fighting against Kemsyt forces to recover Osiris' body and resurrect the god, and then she follows Arkantos in his quest to the North. In the Titan Expansion she's become Nubia's Queen, and fights first against Kastor and then the Titans.
- Action Girl: She's a strong fighter.
- Bling-Bling-BANG!: As the Queen of Nubia, she wears a lot more golden jewelry in battle.
- Exposed to the Elements: She wears the same skimpy desert outfit in the snowy north. However, upon arrival, she does voice out her hope that it'll be warmer in their destination.
- Hyper-Competent Sidekick: Amanra's bio says that her skill in battle and ability to speak many Egyptian languages were the main reason her commander, a man of little competence and great girth named Fierce Mnevis, rose in power.
- In a Single Bound: She can attack the enemies from far away in one big leap.
- It's Personal: She's been long clashing with Kemsyt. While preparing to take the second piece of Osiris from Kemsyt, Amanra tells her troops that she'll be the only one to touch him.
- Lady of War: She leads an army and was fighting Kemsyt's forces even before Arkantos' arrival.
- Rank Scales with Asskicking: She starts out as a mercenary captain and later becomes the Queen of Nubia. Whichever position she holds, she's a renowned warrior.
- Religious Bruiser: A priestess of Isis besides being a mercenary captain.
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: As Queen of Nubia she still fights to keep her people safe.
- Shown Their Work: Amanra is portrayed as a black woman, but she hails from Nubia rather than Egypt itself.
Odysseus
Voiced by: Sean Donellan (English)
"Are you ready for the siege? We could use your advice in planning our attack."
King of Ithaca and hero of The Odyssey, Odysseus pops up a few times through the campaign, first at Troy, secondly on Circe's island, and thirdly leading a Badass Army to help Arkantos and co in the Norse lands.
- Adaptational Wimp: In regards to what happens on Circe's island. With some outside assistance, he was able to avoid being turned into a pig, make an ally out of Circe, and convince her to return his men to their true forms. This Odysseus is turned into a pig and needs to be bailed out by Arkantos and Ajax.
- Badass in Distress: The way the Circe's island incident plays out is with him captured and having to be rescued by our heroes.
- The Cavalry: When the huge army of Gargarensis is about to route Arkantos' forces in the north, Odysseus arrives with a big ass army to save the day.
- "Eureka!" Moment: He gets the idea of the Trojan Horse when Arkantos tells that when beaten, an Atlantean general surrenders his horse to the enemy.
- Forced Transformation: Unlike in The Odyssey, he's turned into a pig along with his crew by Circe and needs Arkantos and Ajax's help to turn back.
- Hero of Another Story: After Troy, he parts ways with Arkantos to go through his own adventures.
- The Sixth Ranger: Works together with Arkantos a few times throughout the story, notably coming with reinforcements at the end of the Norse arc and aiding Arkantos in Atlantis.
- Watching Troy Burn: Odysseus is the only one to react with horror and sorrow of watching Atlantis destroyed. However, Amanra disagrees because its people still live so there is chance of reconstruction while Ajax is more concerned about Arkantos.
Chiron
Voiced by: Bob Sampson (English)
"Arkantos! I have awaited your arrival."
A centaur hero and wise man, who's rescued by Arkantos. He's the first to point him to Gargarensis, and help the Atlantean in his journey. He ends up sacrificing himself against some fire giants after sealing the Nordic Gate.
- Heroic Sacrifice: He dies causing an avalanche to stop a large group of fire giants.
- The Lancer: To Arkantos, depending on how you see Ajax.
- Multishot: Chiron has a special ability that his original version lack, an ability to shoot three arrows at once. It deals significant damage to a single target, especially against myth units.
- Our Centaurs Are Different: The wisest and kindest of them all, and possibly immortal.
- The Smart Guy: Regarded as the wisest centaur of mythology.
Setna
Voiced by: Lloyd Sherr (English)
Son of the Pharaoh, Ramses the Great. A famed hero as well as a magician, scholar, statesman, and even an adventurer. He was first seen locked up by Gargarensis along with Arkantos and his company before being rescued by Amanra. He would later accompany the resurrection of Osiris.
- Combat Medic: He is a priest, and can fight and defeat myth unit with ease.
- Guest-Star Party Member: Is only seen in the Egyptian campaign as he is nowhere to be seen after Osiris is summoned and meteors destroyed Gargarensis's army, and does not go with the heroes to Scandinavia. Could have survived and remained high priest, however.
- Sixth Ranger: Joins halfway through the Egyptian campaign.
Reginleif
Voiced by: Tasia Valenza (English)
An immortal Valkyrie and daughter of Odin, she's fighting Gargarensis' troops in the North. Helps Arkantos and co in their campaign in Midgard.
- Action Girl: As a Valkyrie, this was a given.
- Combat Medic: Like the other Valkyries in the game, she can heal allies as well as fight.
- Guest-Star Party Member: She is only with the team during the Norse campaign.
- Javelin Thrower: Her way of attacking.
- Sixth Ranger: Joins halfway through the Norse campaign.
- Stone Wall: Has both more HP and better armor than Ajax, but her attacks are less damaging, slow, and have a chance to miss at long range.
Brokk and Eitri
Voiced by: Warren Burton (Brokk, English), Joe Nipote (Eitri, English)
Two dwarves who owned a great furnace that was occupied by the giants. They eventually help Arkantos by reforging Thor's Hammer. They're also the main characters of their own Campaign.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: As dwarves they're quite weak and almost useless, but they prove useful when they forge back Thor's Hammer, which is used to shut down the Titan Gate.
- Lovable Coward: Eitri is described as such in his profile
- Our Dwarves Are All the Same: Averted, they're mainly blacksmiths and miners, but quite useless in combat (unless you are fighting light mythic units). Oh, and they can be used as peasants.
- Ultimate Blacksmith: They craft a new hammer for Thor, as well as a battle boar in their special campaign.
- Weapons of Their Trade: Eitri is a blacksmith who wields a hammer in battle.
Gargarensis
Voiced by: J.D. Hall (English)
"I have warned you: Continue to pursue me, and I will spare neither you, nor your city, nor your son!"
The main villain of the campaign, he's a giant Cyclops hero who's blood-related to Poseidon. He's trying to open the Titan Gates in Erebus in order to free Kronos, hoping to receive immortality as a reward.
- Ambition Is Evil: He's extremely ambitious and arrogant to boot.
- Arch-Enemy: He becomes one to Arkantos over the course of the first campaign. He provides the most difficult challenge the Atlantean veteran has ever faced and the greatest threat to everything he holds dear.
- Bad Boss: He cares little for his underlings and constantly threatens Kemsyt with death. At best, he treats them with the barest minimum of courtesy, but only for so long as they advance his plans.
- The Bad Guy Wins: Even at the cost of his death, he still manages to cause the destruction of Atlantis and make the Atlanteans refugees for ten years. Plus, Arkantos dies, which is what Gargarensis desired all along.
- Big Bad: Of the Fall of the Trident campaign.
- Big "NO!": His main form of expressing fear at his failures.
- Crazy-Prepared: He made multiple alliances and built countless bases across the world to accomplish his goal. Dude spared no expense to say the least.
- Cyclops: He is a cyclops, even having their special ability of instantly killing a non-siege human unit.
- Dirty Coward: For all his big mouth and ego, he's not above running away when things go south for him. Lampshaded once by Arkantos.
- Genius Bruiser: Despite his race, he's quite clever. Though you never get to fight him, you can control him during a Dream Sequence. He has ridiculously high HP, armor and damage output.
- Godhood Seeker: He has Poseidon's blood in his veins, and he wants to become a fully immortal god at any cost.
- The Heavy: While Poseidon and Kronos are the true antagonists of Fall of the Trident, Gargarensis is the most direct arch-villain Arkantos confronts.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: He animates the Statue of Poseidon in Atlantis to protect himself from harm. When Arkantos brings the statue down, it falls on Gargarensis and skewers him with the trident.
- Horned Humanoid: Like all Cyclopses in this game, he has a single horn on his Bald of Evil.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: He was killed by a stone trident that fell on him after Arkantos destroys the Living Poseidon Statue.
- Insane Troll Logic: Long ago, his great grandmother was seduced by Poseidon. For this reason, he firmly believes that the sea god "owes" him something.
- Large and in Charge: He's far bigger than a normal cyclops.
- Large Ham: A Warrior Poet who has a flair for the dramatic.
- Oh, Crap!: The most spectacular one may be in Egypt: after taunting the heroes and telling them that, despite their efforts, Osiris is dead, the God promptly returns to life and annihilates his army.
- Pyrrhic Victory: Though Arkantos ultimately vanquishes Gargarensis, he still manages to cause the destruction of Atlantis and make the Atlanteans refugees for ten years, while Arkantos himself dies and ascends to godhood, which is ironically what Gargarensis desired all along.
- Semi-Divine: Downplayed; he is Octant-Divine. One of his great-grandfathers is Poseidon. Part of his personal goal in freeing Kronos is to be granted full godhood as a reward.
- The Unfought: Though Arkantos comes close (and kills him in gameplay in a Dream Sequence), at no point is Gargarensis ever fought in-person. He also dies from a statue's trident before Arkantos could finish the job himself.
- Warrior Poet: Oddly enough, he regularly announces his entrances with verses from Lepanto, a poem of G. K. Chesterton.
Kamos
"Another time, Arkantos! Your luck will end, and I will be there to see it. Your head will hang from my mast, Atlantean!"
Voiced by: Peter Lurie
A brutal minotaur pirate who raided Atlantis several times and has a grudge against Arkantos. He's working for Gargarensis.
- Arch-Enemy: To Arkantos, albeit more in the backstory than in the story proper. He raided Atlantis several times in the past, and his pirates were responsible for the death of Arkantos' wife.
- The Beastmaster: He attempted to tame a Leviathan in his teens, and it's implied that he managed to do it later.
- Defiant to the End: Even with his fortress conquered, troops killed and himself cornered on a cliff by Arkantos, Kamos chooses not to beg for mercy or surrender. Instead, he defiantly tells Arkantos that someone will vanquish the Atlantean one day before he lashes out to attack, only to be run through by Arkantos' spear.
- Disney Villain Death: Falls off a cliff after fighting Arkantos.
- Co-Dragons: To Gargarensis, with Kemsyt.
- Hook Hand: A sword hand. He lost his right hand while trying to tame a Leviathan.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Courtesy of Arkantos.
- Inertial Impalement: In his last stand, he lunges at Arkantos, only to lunge into his spear.
- Karmic Death: He is cornered on a cliff, all his men are dead, and his arch-enemy approaches him. What does he do? Rather than surrendering, he jumps on Arkantos, and impales himself on his spear, and then falls to his death. The intent seems to have been to portray him as a pure Blood Knight whose recklessness directly lead to his death.
- Moses in the Bulrushes: A rare villainous example; his bio tells that he was a minotaur calf when he fell from a ship and was raised by the goddess Bast. It is unknown if this has anything to do with his villanous tendencies. Really, you think he would have turned out better.
- Our Minotaurs Are Different: He's a minotaur. He can even send people flying with a horn attack.
- Out of Focus: Among Gargarenssis' allies, he's the ones who gets the least amount of screentime. While he's the Starter Villain and (according the game's bio) Arkantos' Arch-Enemy, he's only confronted in a few maps - four if one counts the very first scenario in which his pirates raid Atlantis and the one in which his army is fought alongside Kemsyt's.
- Sinister Scimitar: A simple hook isn't good enough for him, so he uses a whole khopesh blade instead.
- Starter Villain: He's the main antagonist of the first two missions of the campaign and is the one who sets the plot into motion when he steals the trident. However, he soon fades into the background in favor of the Troyans, Gargarensis and Kemsyt. His army is only confronted in a few maps afterwards and he dies half-way in the story.
- The Unintelligible: Like all minotaurs he speaks in grunts and in cutscenes it is clear that he can't speak very well.
Kemsyt
Voiced by: Danny Mann
A follower of Set who's working for Gargarensis. He's magically turned into a Gargarensis deadringer in order to buy the original one more time and is executed by Ajax.
- Arch-Enemy: Of Amanra, apparently. They have fought many times in the past, and while Kemsyt is too cowardly to fight her personally, he tells her that he'd love her demise more than anything.
- Beard of Evil: Black moustache and a goatee, that can't be good.
- Co-Dragons: To Gargarensis, with Kamos.
- Contractual Boss Immunity: Inverted. He is the only hero unit who can be struck by Ajax's special ability, a Shield Bash.
- Dirty Coward: Runs from Amanra rather than fight her one on one.
- Evil Counterpart: To Amanra, for they're both Egyptian heroes who greatly aid Arkantos and Gargarensis during the campaign.
- The Generic Guy: The enemies faced during the campaign include a cyclops, a minotaur, a trickster god and... this guy. Kemsyt isn't really remarkable.
- In the Hood: This sneaky and cowardly assassin and poisoner is always wearing a hood over his head. The hood remains on his head even after his decapitation.
- Off with His Head!: Beheaded by Ajax, while shapeshifted as Gargarensis.
- Smug Snake: Has this tone whenever you find him. Not so much when he speaks to Gargarensis, though.
- Sinister Scimitar: His weapon of choice, though he never actually uses it in the campaign.
- Token Human: Of the villains in the main campaign, Kemsyt is the only mortal human.
- Villain: Exit, Stage Left: Grabs onto a Roc and flies away when Amanra has him cornered after taking the second piece of Osiris from him. In fact, he has always managed to escape her during their past clashes. This ends when he's made to impersonate Gargarensis.
- You Have Failed Me: At one point Gargarensis actually says: "You have failed me again Kemsyt", and he repeatedly threatens to perform this trope on him, but although he finally sacrifices him for his own ends, it's more like You Have Outlived Your Usefulness.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: When Gargarensis finds himself trapped in the Norselands with the gate closed, he needs to get to Atlantis fast. He then uses Skult's magics to turn Kemsyt into a replica of him, effectively ensuring Kemsyt's death and buying himself more time. Overlaps with You Have Failed Me.
Skult
"Come, come! Warm yourself by old Skult's fire!"
Voiced by: Warren Burton
A frail, suspicious old man living in Midgard who offers his help to Arkantos, but is eventually revealed to be Loki's avatar. He also appears in the campaign focused on Brokk and Eitri.
- Canon Character All Along: At first, he seems to be a Canon Foreigner. In reality, he's the Norse god Loki in disguise.
- The Corrupter: In The Golden Gift, he drives Brokk and Eitri against each other and steals the Golden Boar from them once it's been created.
- Dirty Coward: His special attack? Crawling and begging for mercy.
- Escort Mission: You have to escort him and his flag across a country of giants. Presumably he does this just to annoy, since he's Loki in disguise.
- Evil All Along: And a God to boot!
- Karma Houdini: Every part of Loki's plans goes off without a hitch and he gets away scot free.
- Not in This for Your Revolution: He's not all that interested with Arkantos' plight or that of Gargarensis, even if it means unleashing the Titans. Then again, as Loki, he couldn't care less.
Circe
- Chain Lightning: Her attack is a forked lightning, similar to that of the Son of Osiris.
- Filler Villain: The villain in one mission between Egypt and the Norse Lands. Otherwise totally alien to the campaign.
- Forced Transformation: She turns men into pigs. Arkantos and Ajax were luckier and turned into boars.
- Orcus on His Throne: After turning the heroes into boars, she only appears at the very end, after you have damaged her Fortress enough.
- Showgirl Skirt: A dark purple one.
- This Cannot Be!: She says this if you kill her before destroying her Fortress.
- Vain Sorceress: Implied, given her outfit and how she's usually portrayed in media.
The Trojans
The inhabitants of one of the strongest kingdoms of Ancient Greece. They are currently at war with the other Greeks because their prince Paris kidnapped Helen, the wife of the king of Sparta, Menelaus. After retrieving Poseidon's Trident, Arkantos receives the task to help Agamemnon and the Greeks to win the war. They are the antagonists of the first half of the Greek campaign.
- Arc Villain: They are the main antagonists of the first half of the Greek campaign, and it takes several missions to defeat them.
- Anti-Villain: Outside of Paris, they are just soldiers trying to protect their city.
- Everybody Hates Hades: Averted. Hades is their patron deity.
- Gameplay and Story Segregation: As noted below, being worshippers of Hades grants them (in theory) access to heroes such as Ajax (in casual games he lacks his special attack and resurrection) and Achilles, the same heroes that fought against them in the Iliad.
- Offstage Villainy: When Arkantos arrives, the war has already started, and neither Paris, nor the other important Trojans are mentioned.
- Out of Focus: Paris? Hector? Penthesilea? Nope, nowhere to be seen. Given the lack of Achilles on the Greek side and the fact that the wooden horse trick is pulled days after Arkantos arrives, the important Trojans are mostly dead.
Theris
An Anubite bandit whom Arkantos defeated years before the events of the campaign.
- Posthumous Character: He's been dead for years when the story begins, though Arkantos keeps fighting him in his dreams. He appears during the Good Advice scenario, which takes place in Arkantos' dreams, as an obstacle alongside other Myth Units.
- Villain of Another Story: Of The Greatest Story Never Told actually. He was an enemy of Arkantos, apparently an important one since the latter keeps dreaming of Theris long after the Anubite's death, and the game's descriptions hint there is a connection between Theris and Kamos. However, nothing is ever revealed about him in-game, but Athena mentions in unused dialogue that Theris' army burned a dozen cities to the ground before Arkantos met him.
The Titans
Kastor
Voiced by: Philippe Dumond (European French)
Arkantos' son, he's leading the Atlanteans to a new age and, guided by Krios, decides to accept the cult of the Titans and attack the other gods. He ends up releasing several Titans from Tartarus and atones himself by releasing Gaia to defeat Kronos.
- Ascended Extra: He appears a few times as a child in cutscenes of the Fall of the Trident's campaign and is playable during a Dream Sequence level, but doesn't have any importance in the plot. Ten years later, as an adult he is the hero of the Titan's campaign.
- The Atoner: In the second half of The Titans campaign, he tries to make up for his mistake by defeating and sealing the released Titans.
- Awesome Moment of Crowning: Arkantos makes him the new ruler of Atlantis as a reward for his heroic deeds.
- Dual Wielding: He uses two swords in battle.
- Easily Forgiven: Amanra and Ajax quickly brush off the fact that he conducted devastating raids on Greece, Egypt and Scandinavia, even if he was deceived by Krios. Justified however, as with the Titans now rampaging, they have bigger fish to fry.
- Foe-Tossing Charge: His special attack is sending enemies flying with his swords.
- Leeroy Jenkins: His character flaw. He's happy to go charging around the world without thinking on the slightest provocation, and the damage he does in the process ends up unleashing the Titans.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Enters in a Heroic BSoD after realizing that he ended up releasing the Titans and weakening the Gods.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: All his Rage Against the Heavens and Idiot Ball managed to release several colossal abominations on this world.
- Rage Against the Heavens: Tame at first, when he decides to screw the Greek Gods (slightly justified, given the events of the previous campaign) and worship the Titans, but egregious later on when, upon finding himself on Olympus, decides that the best course of action would be storming the top of the mountain with an army of myth units.
- Rank Scales with Asskicking: The new leader of the Atlanteans is also their strongest fighter.
- Unwitting Pawn: To Krios and more specifically, Kronos, who purposefully eggs on Kastor's Rage Against the Heavens to good effect.
- You Are in Command Now: He becomes the undisputed ruler of Atlantis at the end, after Krios/Kronny is taken care of.
Krios
- Ascended Extra: Like Kastor, he originally appeared in Fall of the Trident (known then as only "the Theocrat") and was the one who convinced Arkantos to go to Troy in the first place.
- Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: Like Gargarensis from Fall of the Trident, "Krios" attempts to unleash the Titans on earth. While Gargarensis was a mortal warlord cyclops who expected to be rewarded with immortality for freeing Kronos, "Krios" is little more than a shapeshifting extension of Kronos' will that has no other motivations than to serve Kronos. Gargarensis never hid his villainous nature, and his every attempt to release Kronos was thwarted by Arkantos. "Krios" in turn manages to release lesser Titans (and eventually Kronos himself) by manipulating Kastor as his superior.
- Cutscene Boss: You never actually fight him during the campaign.
- Kill and Replace: The poor old man was killed before the start of the campaign.
- Evil Old Folks: Subverted, as the old man was replaced by Kronos' minion.
- Evil Chancellor: His urgings are what prompt Kastor to go charging around the world breaking things. The description of him, and a few other comments, suggest he is technically Kastor's boss, but he still gives his instructions the tone of advice.
- Named in the Sequel: In the Fall of the Trident campaign, he was just known as the Theocrat. In The Titan campaign, he was given the name Krios.
- One-Winged Angel: Turns into a winged, miniature version of Kronos halfway through the campaign.
- Post-Climax Confrontation: After Kronos is defeated, Krios/Kronny manages to survive for a little longer until he's put down for good by Kastor.
- Regent for Life: Since the fall of Atlantis, Krios has served as the survivors' de facto leader. Something that Kronos exploits in making Kastor an Unwitting Pawn.
- Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome: He is killed in the opening of The Titans campaign by Kronos's minion, who assumed his identity.
General Melagius
The Greek General who orders his troops to attack the Atlanteans when he finds out that they're worshipping the Titans. He's eventually killed by Kastor.
- Asskicking Leads to Leadership: Mentioned in his bio that he got his position for his skills on the battlefield.
- Battle Cry: Just as Arkantos, he can motivate his troops with a battlecry.
- Cool Sword: Wields a sword identical to those employed by Kastor.
- The Fighting Narcissist: He's a battle-hardened warrior, who also has statues of himself built all over the land and uses a small squad of soldiers to polish his armor over and over again.
- General Ripper: The description paint him as an eccentric and cruel warrior, who rarely faces the battlefield himself. He and his men shows nothing but hostility to the Atlantineans, which starts the conflict.
Folstag
- An Ice Person: He can even freeze Titans solid for a while, and in The Golden Gift, he repeatedly freezes anyone crossing the pass leading to his base, or approaching him.
- The Beastmaster: In The Golden Gift, if the player accesses the island where he is, polar bear heroes will defend him.
- Bears Are Bad News: The polar bears defending him in The Golden Gift.
- Boss in Mook Clothing: The Golden Gift.
- Brick Joke: in Fall of the Trident, a Norseman angrily remarks that Folstag ate his cattle and tossed his cabin into a river. Folstag's bio in The Titans says that his hobbies include eating cattle and cabin-tossing.
- Cool Helmet: Wears a large horned helm.
- Early Installment Character-Design Difference: In The Golden Gift, he actually appears in person, but as his finished model is only present in the expansion, and the campaign were made both for people with and without the expansion, he is instead represented as a Frost Giant of Thrym.
- Enemy Mine: In order to stop the Norse Titan, he agrees to ally himself with the humans, although slightly subverted, as by then, he has changed his ways and is now respected among the Norsemen.
- Filler Villain: In The Golden Gift, he has no relation to the plot or characters of the story at all, he just obstructs Brokk's path to the mines, and his forces must be defeated.
- Heel–Face Turn: After hearing of Arkantos' victory over the forces of Gargarensis, he decided that humans were worth something after all, and left his evil ways in order to forge a peace between the humans and the giants.
- Large and in Charge: He's much bigger than the other giants.
- Large Ham: Namely in The Golden Gift."You tiny men stay out of MY PASS!"
- Offstage Villainy: Mentioned to be a vicious and bloody tyrant in the original campaign. According to one of the Norse warriors, he ate his cattle and tossed his cabin into a river.
- Rank Scales with Asskicking: King of the frost giants and the only one capable of temporarily freezing a Titan.
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: Joins you to stop one of the titans.
Tale of the Dragon
Emperor Yao
The Emperor of China. Upon witnessing the disasters striking his country he send his best generals, Jiao-Long and his son Danzhu, to investigate the source of this chaos.
- Big Good: Emperor of China and the one who sends the heroes on their quest.
- The Emperor: Obviously.
- The Good King: Seems to be genuinely worried about the well-being of his people.
Jiao-Long
The main character of the Tale of the Dragon campaign, he's the best general of Emperor Yao. He journeys to the west and north, trying to find the source of China's corruption and put an end to it. His heroic unit fights with a sword and can raise the morale of nearby soldiers.
- Battle Cry: His special ability, like Arkantos and Melagius.
- Cool Sword: His weapon of choice is the jian.
- Expy: He's essentially a Chinese Arkantos, only a tad weaker in combat.
- Four-Star Badass: The best general of China and it shows. He's not afraid of facing monsters or venturing Diyu to save his country.
- Helmets Are Hardly Heroic: Averted, wears a Chinese helmet that covers his head while leaving his face exposed.
- The Protagonist: Of the Chinese campaign.
Danzhu
The son of Emperor Yao and one of his generals, he's sent to investigate the chaos of the land, but eventually he betrays his own father and fights Jiao-Long several times.
- Big Bad: Of his campaign, being the sole concrete commander of the Forces of Chaos.
- Dirty Coward: Upon being defeated by Jiao-Long in the last battle, he promptly spouts praise for his father's best general and affirm that "he knew he could succed". Jiao-Long has none of his bullshit and has him arrested.
- Evil Counterpart: To Jiao-Long, reinforced with their clothing: Jiao-Long, a good general who heroically fights alongside his soldiers, wears a fancy armor and blue clothes, Danzhu commands his troops from afar and wears a black and red robe, like a sorcerer.
- Face–Heel Turn: About halfway-through the campaign.
- Flat Character: Unlike Gargarensis, he lacks a personality, and is just there to give Jiao-Long an antagonist. It is never revealed why he sided with the forces of Chaos.
- General Failure: Implied, especially in mission 5: Despite having 200 soldiers against Jiao-Long's 120 soldiers, he shows no tactics beside advance and attack. After losing most of his men he withdraws, swearing revenge.
Shun
Chief of a small village on the riverbank of the Yellow River, currently besieged by lizards and salamanders. After the construction of the Great Dam that will protect his village from the flood, he swears to follow and help Jiao-Long. As a hero he fights with two swords and can send enemy flying.
- Dual Wielding: How he uses his swords.
- Expy: He's the Kastor to Jiao-Long's Arkantos.
- The Lancer: Follows Jiao-Long out of gratitude after he saves his village.
- Megaton Punch: His special attack can send mortal soldiers flying.
Zhi
A wise monk and historian who lived in a temple far away in the west, he's forced by Danzhu to summon Dilong to do the prince's bidding, but is rescued by Jiao-Long and aids him instead.
- The Atoner: Helps Jiao-Long to make amend for what he did.
- Combat Medic: He can heal allied troops.
- Distressed Dude: He's watched over by a small troop of Chu Ko Nu and Pixiu and must be rescued in mission 3.
- Forced into Evil: Danzhu forced him to use the ritual to summon Dilong, ignoring that each ritual causes a catastrophic explosion that quakes the earth. Once he's rescued he joins the good guys.
- The Smart Guy: Of Jiao-Long's party.
Dilong
The Earth Dragon, which can be summoned from the holes he made into the earth. Once summoned he can fight for the summoner. Jiao-Long and Zhi summon him to deal with Danzhu and show them the way to the Underworld.
- Breath Weapon: He attacks by breathing fire on nearby troops, though in a small area.
- Cutscene Power to the Max: Once summoned in the campaign he istantly obliterates the forces of Danzhu, far away from his place. In normal gameplay he cannot do that.
- Our Dragons Are Different: A gigantic earth-bound dragon that can move freely in the ground, breath fire and knows the way to reach the Underworld.
- Stationary Boss: He cannot move from his summoning point. If he survives his summoning though you can use him again in a different place.
Yama
The King of Diyu, an evil, unseen and powerful entity that rules over the Underworld and tortures the souls of mortals, showing no interest in aiding Jiao-Long on his quest.
- Dark Is Evil: Zigzagged. He's grim, aloof and dark, and only by force he reveals Jiao-Long the only mean to restore order in China.
- Everybody Hates Hades: Unlike Hades, this ruler of hell is much more ruthless and hostile to mortals. Jiao-Long has to destroy his followers just to get his attention.
- Evil Sounds Deep: A rasping, booming voice fitting a demon king.
- Not Me This Time: After Jiao-Long destroys the settlements in the first layer, Yama reveals that Diyu is afflicted by Chaos as well, and tells him to find and summon Pangu to restore the order.
- The Unseen: The only trace of the presence of this god is his booming voice.
Pangu
The legendary elder deity who created the world, Jiao-Long is told by Yama to look for him and summon him to the mortal realm to end the Chaos afflicting China. He's also the Titan for the Chinese.
- Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: He's a Titan, this is a must.
- Big Good: Ultimately it's his intervention in the end that ends the Chaos corrupting China for good.
- Horned Humanoid: The most human-looking of all the Titans, sporting a small pair of horns on his head.
- Sealed Good in a Can: The final objective of the campaign is to summon him.
- World-Healing Wave: Once released, he unleash a large wave of white light to restore the balance, instantly destroying the enemy hordes with it.
