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Humans

Moravec

An infamous heretec who predates Imperium and was imprisoned deep behind Mars.

Determinator: At least according to his own admission, has been alive and fighting for humanity since before the Dark Age of Technology, so at least 25,000 years old. During this long life, he has faced off Eldar, Chaos, various aliens, human warlords and even the Emperor. He never gave up his dream of a species-wide transcendence into the machine for humanity in the face of all that.
Mad Scientist: Scientist - "upgraded" himself with machine transcendence. Mad - allied with Chaos against Eldar, then turned against Chaos by cutting his own body off. Mad Scientist - merged with the Void Dragon.
Person of Mass Destruction: Became this after fusing with the Void Dragon to become Moravec-as-the-Dragon. As per Word of God, Moravec could even, somehow, kill the Emperor in this state.
Start of Darkness: He learnt about horrors of Eldar and went to Chaos to ruin them by helping to create Slaanesh. Then he figured out its present corrupting influence along with Men of Iron and was one of the leaders of Cybernetic Revolt to transform humanity into machines.

Eldar

Eldrad Ulthran

The best Farseer of Ultwe.

Adaptational Badass: While already the greatest Eldar seer alive in canon, RH Eldrad goes even further, becoming the Eldar God of the Dead incarnate briefly and its herald permanently.
Only Sane Man: Only sane Eldar, arguably. He recognized the danger of attacking Angron, the fact that Eldar Empire deserved to fall, and is working with Omegon to stop Chaos and save the galaxy.
Odd Friendship: What his alliance with Omegon ended up with.

In General

Fake Memories: Ethereals can rewrite the memories of any T'au that can hear the voice just by telling them. Farsight has apparently had this done to him many times, before the Dawnblade reveals the truth.
Fallen Hero: Surprsingly, the Ethereals really were the kind and wise leaders they presented themselves as, at least at first. Their leader getting possessed by a Daemon Prince loyal to Guilliman started their slide into villainy, and any Ethereal who realized what was happening and tried to push back was quickly silenced.
False Flag Operation: After the Damocles Crusade the World Eaters let the surviving Tau go, only for the Ultramarines to massacre them in-transit, and the Ethereals claimed the World Eaters killed everyone without mercy.
The Man Behind the Man: While the Ethereals manipulate all of T'au society (and their client races) Farsight's visions reveals that they themselves are slaves to something that he can't see. It's Guilliman.

Farsight

A prodigy commander of the fledgling T'au Empire, until an encounter with an ancient sword sets him on a new path.

Adaptational Origin Connection: Downplayed; in canon, the origins of the Dawnblade are left a mystery. Here, it's a relic used by the Thousand Sons to anchor the Iron Cage. However, the Thousand Sons didn't make the blade, they just found it on Arthas Moloch, and it's original creator is still a mystery.
The Atoner: When realizes what the Ethereals under Guilliman's control have been turning the T'au Empire into, he resolves to make up for it by fighting against the Thirteenth Legion and bring the entire Empire with him.
My God, What Have I Done?: When the Dawnblade shows him that he killed his own best friend under the Ethereals' mind control, he's filled with guilt, shame, and regret.
Unwitting Pawn: The entire T'au Empire gets used as this, really, but he's the one who gets manipulated into breaking the Iron Cage, thus releasing the Ultramarines back into the galaxy.

Commander Shadowsun

Farsight's remaining Bondmate and fellow student of Puretide.

Go Mad from the Revelation: Averted; she very nearly does this after getting an eyeful of the Warp and Chaos completely unfiltered but the Tau'va spirit chained there snaps her out of it.

O'Vesa, the Stone Dragon

An Earth Caste scientist, and one of Farsight's oldest friends.

Virtual Ghost: He's uploaded his mind into the nanobots he'd previosuly used to extend his lifespan, becoming an AI. A Daemon implies this destroyed his soul, though he doesn't care.