History Characters / BattlefleetGothicArmada

* VillainHasAPoint: He tries to reason with other factions by pointing out his goal is something that will benefit them both, but given that this is the type of galaxy where trusting someone outside your own kind leads to disaster, nobody listens.

* TheHero: Of ''Battlefleet Gothic 1's story'' and ''Battlefleet Gothic 2's'' Imperium storyline.

* YouShallNotPass: His last boss battle in the Tyranid Campaign concerns his attempt to bar the Great Devourer's way into the Cadian Sector by the order of Roboute Guilliman. This time, [[TheHeroDies he doesn't abandon ship.]]

* BadassBaritone: Demiurg captains.

* NobleDemon: Despite being one of the bad guys, Amarkun might well be one of the most decent characters in the galaxy. He always greets even his worst enemies with "[[VillainRespect esteemed foe]]", offers opposing forces the chance to hand over what he wants and then withdraw without unnecessary bloodshed, and only resorts to violence after all other options have been exhausted.
* PuppetKing: Amarkun shows pretty much zero initiative of his own even after ascending the Nepheru throne. Almost every order he gives in the campaign is exactly what his advisers and allies urge him to do even though he disagrees with a lot of it. He never seems to realize this, though.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: His realization that this will be his ultimate fate regardless of how well he serves Kephrekh is one of his main reasons to usurp his phaeron.

* TheHeroDies: In ''Battlefleet Gothic 2'', Spire will die in just about any campaign other than the Imperium's, and it'll always be the player's fleet who [[PlayerPunch gets the honour of killing him]].
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: In the Tyranid into mission, he eventually abandons the ''Righteous Protector'' as the Tyranids rip it apart, taking Commodore Kage's point that the Tyranids have already won that battle and there's "no sense piling death on top of defeat."

* WarmUpBoss: He's the first boss you fight in the Tyranid Campaign, in the ''very first mission'' no less. Though [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in that it's a PerspectiveFlip of the mission that introduces the Tyranids as an enemy faction in the Imperium's Campaign. Fortunately, his ship the ''Righteous Protector'' is only the default Cruiser tonnage...unless you're playing the ''Skalgrim'' GameMod, in which case you fight him in an ''Agememnon'' type '''Battleship''' instead.

* DuelingPlayerCharcters: For players of the original ''Battlefleet Gothic'', since Spire was TheHero of that game. Picking any campaign other than the Imperium's will result in you having to fight and kill Spire at some point.

* DuellingPlayerCharcters: For players of the original ''Battlefleet Gothic'', since Spire was TheHero of that game. Picking any campaign other than the Imperium's will result in you having to fight and kill Spire at some point.

* BigDamnHeroes: His resurrection was this in general for the Imperium, but in the game proper he shows up at the helm of the ''Macragge's Honor'' to aid Spire's forces when they're attacked by the ''Planet Killer''.

* FourStarBadass: What he becomes by the end of the prologue.

* ApocalytpicLog: Essentially narrates one of these in the Tyranid Campaign. Starting after the Aeldari are defeated and Craftworld Os'tara is destroyed, Guilliman will chime in with commentary on the Tyranids' progress in both conquering the Segmentum Obscurus and defeating the other factions (optional and mandatory alike), with his comments getting correspondingly grim and bleak as the situation goes FromBadToWorse and the player progresses through the campaign.

* WeaponOfChoice: The Nova Cannon, a powerful, long range, forward facing weapon that fires a massive shell at just below the speed of light, before detonating in a massive thousands of kilometres wide blast at a preset distance. The sequel moves the Nova Cannon preference to the Adeptus Mechanicus and lets the Imperial Navy put much more emphasis on macro-cannons instead (though there are still Navy ships with Nova Cannons). As far as special weapons go, no other faction makes heavier use of torpedoes than the Navy.

* WeaponOfChoice: Nova Cannons galore.

* TheCaptain: Starts the prologue as this, in command of a ''Dauntless''-class light cruiser, but is quickly promoted to the rank of Admiral and given command of a fleet.

The player character for the Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2 Chaos campaign. He is a Word Bearer Chaos Lord who is chosen to command his own flotilla in service of Abaddon, although his exploits as an admiral mark him for greatness.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Due to their warlike nature, this trait is more emphasized compared to other factions. Unless their ship had [[EatenAlive something]] set up behind their subordinates.

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* SpacePirate: Leader of a crew of space corsairs.

* SpacePirate: The actual faction name is Ork ''Pirates'' for a reason, and their introduction makes it pretty clear these are Freebooterz.

* WeCanRuleTogether: In his first showdown against Admiral Spire where his flagship takes significant damage, Abaddon finds Spire's devotion misplaced and offers him fame and power if he joins his side. Spire tells him to shove it. He retracts this offer immediately after.

* WeaponOfChoice: The Nova Cannon, a powerful, long range, forward facing weapon that fires a massive shell at just below the speed of light, before detonating in a massive thousands of kilometres wide blast at a preset distance. The sequel moves the Nova Cannon preference to the Adeptus Mechanicus and lets the Imperial Navy put much more emphasis on macro-cannons instead. As far as special weapons go, no other faction makes heavier use of torpedoes than the Navy.

* VillainKiller: While several are optional in both games Spire can make a habit of taking down noteworthy figures among the Imperium's enemies. Ork Warbosses, Chaos Commanders, Necron Lords, Tyranid Synapase Creatures and, [[spoiler: at the end of the second game's campaign, Abaddon the Despoiler himself.]]