Colonel Alexei Nikolaevitch Demidov

Age: 28

Affiliation: West Russian Special Forces, Colonel

Hair: Blond

Eyes: Green

Sex: Male

Race: White

Nationality: Czarist Republic of West Russia

Stories: In "A Blood Red Sky" and "Apogee and Perigee".

• Anti-Hero: Very much so, possibly even a full-fledged villain.
• The Chessmaster
• Colonel Badass: Definitely. Add that to the fact that being in the West Russian Special Forces (URS or Spetsnaz) gives you automatic superiority over all normal army officers who can be deployed into the field...
• Do Anything Soldier: Driver, strategist, martial artist, sniper, pilot, infantry, paratrooper, special forces...
• General Ripper: He authorized nuking an entire GDN fleet, killing roughly 45,000 GDN sailors but also 31,000 civilians and allies.
• Husky Russkie: Averted.
• Karma Houdini: Intentionally, and so, so many times...
• Lawful Neutral: Or Lawful Evil.
• Mother Russia Makes You Strong: Without a doubt.
• More Dakka: The entirety of Operation Aeschylus.
• The Neidermeyer: He has a great deal of contempt for everyone else..
• Never Say "Die": Averted. He spends at least a page describing how horrifically the war has taken its toll on everyone and everything, and then saying that he supports it. For example:
  Do you know how a nerve gas kills you, Huong? First, you experience running from the nose and shortness of breath. Your pupils constrict. You begin to have difficulty breathing, and begin to salivate involuntarily.
  “After that, you begin to lose control of your bodily functions. You involuntarily weep, defecate, urinate, and vomit. Your mucous membranes may burn, and your skin may blister. Your body goes into painful convulsions. Finally, you are robbed of the ability to breathe and you succumb to asphyxiation. It can take hours to die. Your country did this, Huong. And I supported it wholeheartedly.
• The Unfettered: He'll do pretty much anything for victory.
• Wicked Cultured: He speaks with perfect, unaccented English and is a student of many disciplines.
• Would Hurt a Child: If necessary.

Ngo Thi Huong

Age: 24

Affiliation: Eurasian Alliance (late of Vietnamese People's Army)

Sex: Female

Hair: Black

Eyes: Brown

Race: Asian

Nationality: People's Republic of Vietnam

Stories: A Blood Red Sky

• Asian and Nerdy: Averted.
• Action Girl: Equally averted. She almost never does anything worth of "action"...
• Anti-Hero: Type I. She's pretty much a loser and is very Wangsty.
• Dream Sequence: Plenty of nightmares about the war.
• Face Heel Turn: Arguably.
• Heroic BSOD: During her captivity by the Americans.
• Incompatible Orientation: With Eliza.
• Me Love You Long Time: With Eliza. Possibly.
• Nightmare Dreams: At least 3.
• Oh Crap: When she sees Eliza after the landmine goes off.
• Technical Pacifist: She doesn't fight herself, but is perfectly content to let others do so.
• True Neutral: Leave her alone, don't hurt her, and you're good.
• War Is Hell: She believes this very strongly.
• The Woobie

Czar Astapkovich

Age: 53

Affiliation: Czar, West Russia

Hair: Brown, beginning to grey

Eyes: Blue

Sex: Male

Race: White

Nationality: Czarist Republic of West Russia

Stories: "A Blood Red Sky"

• Big Damn Villains: The guy flattens an American fleet with 450 kilotons of nuclear death. Whether this is good or bad is kind of ambiguous, but it does stop a massive war.
• Our Presidents Are Different: Not, actually, a Czar.
• Nuke 'Em
• Wicked Cultured: Or just Cultured, depending on how you see him.