History Characters / AgeOfEmpiresIIIBloodIceSteel

* ArcherArchetype: The quiet and cool-headed archer; [[BlueOniRedOni and the blue oni to his friend's red]].

* ArcherArchetype: Her weapon of choice is a bow, however, unlike Kanyenke/Ká:nien, she doesn't get special attacks with it.

Francisco Juan Delgado de Leon was second in command on an expedition to Yucatan from Cuba under Pedro de Alvarado. His successes under Alvarado earned him royal permission to participate in the conquest of the Aztec. He received a ship, a complement of rodeleros, crossbowmen, and the goal of plundering the New World for personal and political gain.

* NobleBigot: Sahin calls Morgan a ''Frenk'' (Turkish for "Frankish") even after the latter retorts he's Scottish. For Sahin, it makes no difference as the otherwise culturally varied Knights of Malta are all ''Frenk'' to him.

* EnemyMine: He fights alongside Morgan in the final mission of ''Blood''.

* NGOSuperpower: Capable of fielding large fleets, build stone fortresses in the New World and dominate the city of Havana.

* EvilSmellsBad: He hasn't taken a bath for a long time.

* CursedWithAwesome: [[spoiler:After drinking the water of the Fountain Of Youth, he gains eternal life]].

* NiceGuy Despite the fact that he is a mercenary, John is a genuinely nice person who cares deeply for his friends and the soldiers under his command.

* BraveScot: Born and raised in Scotland, with many valorous deeds under his belt.

* SpannerInTheWorks: Morgan's decision to destroy the Fountain was completly unexpected, and the Circle's failure to plan for such an event sets them back two centuries.

* SilverVixen: Amelia's brief appearance in ''Shadows'' shows her to be grey-haired but otherwise good-looking. She casually mentions that Billy Holme might have made a pass at her.

* ActionGirl: She is skilled with her gun.

* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Among the finest combat-capable wear the Ottomans have to offer.

* YoungFamousFuturePeople: Downplayed. When Washington is first introduced, he's still in his twenties as a Colonel in the British military, though he's already gained a reputation as a competent officer.

* TheMentor: To Nathaniel in ''Fire'' after Breed's Hill.

* CulturalPosturing: The Circle prides itself as representing the apex of European culture, and looks down on both colonial settlers and Native Americans with disdain. This eventually backfires with said natives and colonials (as the United States) come to aid the Black family in defeating it once and for all.

** Their leaders in the first two acts were already powerful men, a Grandmaster of the Knights of St John, and a British governor of the American colonies. But in Act III, they're led by a common prospector.

* EliteMooks: The Mighty Glacier Boneguard, which come in melee and ranged versions.

* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: He's as quick to turn on the French as he is with his own fellow British subordinates [[spoiler:to say nothing of the Russians]]. Given he's head of the Circle, he couldn't care less, so long as everyone plays his tune.

* OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: It's about as vague as is possible for the main antagonists of an entire game.

She runs the Falcon Company as it falls on hard times following the expensive battles waged by her father. She seeks to regain some of the family fortune by building a railroad straight to the west coast, but gets caught up in the Mexican War. While helping to defend a fort, she meets a French woodsman named Pierre Beaumont, who promises her a cut of his claim to a gold mine in exchange for the cooperation and use of her workers and equipment. [[LittleDidIKnow LLittle did she know]] of what lay in store for her...

She runs the Falcon Company as it falls on hard times following the expensive battles waged by her father. She seeks to regain some of the family fortune by building a railroad straight to the west coast, but gets caught up in the Mexican War. While helping to defend a fort, she meets a French woodsman named Pierre Beaumont, who promises her a cut of his claim to a gold mine in exchange for the cooperation and use of her workers and equipment. Little did she know of what lay in store for her...

[-'''"Blood", "Ice" and "Steel"''' | [[Characters/AgeOfEmpiresIIIFireShadows "Fire" and "Shadows"]] | [[Characters/AgeOfEmpiresIIITheAsianDynasties "Japan", "China" and "India"]] | [[Characters/AgeOfEmpiresIIIAIOpponents Deathmatch/Skirmish AI]] | [[Characters/AgeOfEmpiresIIICivilizations Major Civilizations]] | [[Characters/AgeOfEmpiresIIIOtherCivilizations Other Civilizations]]-]]]

* BreakingPointSwearing: She utters the only swear word in the entire game, saying "that damn Beaumont" in the final cinematic.

* PrecisionFStrike: She utters the only swear word in the entire game, saying "that damn Beaumont" in the final cinematic.

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* BusCrash: [[spoiler:He doesn't return alive. His corpse is seen impaled in a lance.]]

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* TheBusCameBack: She makes an appearance on "Shadow" in which she talks with her son Chayton.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: All the other main Blacks were men, but she is a woman. Her main occupation is more of the leader of a railroad company rather than a general or a captain. She herself has the happiest ending.

* SilverVixen: Amelia's brief appearance in "Shadow" shows her to be grey-haired but otherwise good-looking. She casually mentions that Billy Holme might have made a pass at her.
* WritersCannotDoMath: We know that her father, Nathaniel, died in 1812 according to the ''[=WarChiefs=]'' campaign, meaning that the "Steel" act takes place in 1817 (five years after Nathaniel's funeral). She's also in her late twenties at that time, meaning she was born c. 1788-1792. At the end of the "Shadow" act of the ''[=WarChiefs=]'', she discusses the unclear fate of her son Chayton: either he went into hiding in the Black Hills of South Dakota with his wife and children, or he died at Wounded Knee (but not before taking 12 horsemen down with him). The Battle of Wounded Knee took place in 1890, which would make Amelia about 100 years old by the time she tells Chayton's story. Most people back then didn't live that long.
** This is resolved in the game's Definitive Edition, where Chayton takes over the narration and mentions his mother briefly, likely because Amelia has passed away.

[[folder:Sahin the Falcon]]

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* BackToBackBadasses: [[spoiler:Turns out he was GoodAllAlong, and he ends fighting alongside Morgan in the last mission]].
* BadassBoast: "I am Ottoman. I have more than you could possibly ever use"—about gunpowder.
* BadassBookworm: Knowledgeable about the world, talking reason to each and every character except for [[spoiler: The Chapter Master Alain Magnan, who would have had him killed immediately]] and providing exposition while still a strong fighting unit; apparently skilled in fencing, judging from his special attack and in-game art.
* BigBad: He is set up as the main villain, but it turns out he is GoodAllAlong, with the Circle of Ossus being the main antagonists.

* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:He fights alongside Morgan in the final mission of ''Blood''.]]
* GoodAllAlong: It turns out that [[spoiler:he was a hero trying to stop the Circle]].
* HeroAntagonist: [[spoiler:He's actually a good guy. He is fighting the Circle to prevent them of taking over the world.]]

** He's present as one in [[spoiler:the last level]] of ''Blood''.

* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: ZigZagged. He exchanges insults with Morgan and although initially defeated, ultimately achieves the goal of his invasion, [[spoiler: which is finding the library set in stone, hidden in the caves of Malta]]. He then travels to the New World first and, [[spoiler: [[FridgeBrilliance apparently, unlike Morgan, doesn't need pirate charts]]]] — after which he complains [[BreakingTheFourthWall to himself]] and is easily defeated, with some of his men being slain, while others, [[spoiler: himself included, immediately end up captured by the Spanish treasure fleet to be eventually burned alive in Spain. He only escapes this fate by being rescued by Morgan, who happened to be raiding the treasure fleets at the time]]. He still proves to be a badass later on, though.

* NotSoDifferentRemark: According to Amelia, he realized that both him and Morgan were working for military "relics of the past".

* TheStoic: Never drops his composure [[spoiler: even upon capture]].

* WalkingSpoiler: Sahin is a key element of the plot twist; he [[spoiler:has been protecting the water from the Circle]].
* WhatTheHellHero: He calls out Morgan for [[spoiler:blindly following Alain Magnan's orders]], before the reveal.
-->''"Open your eyes! The Circle wants the lake because they think it is the Fountain of Youth! All I have been trying to do is keep it out of the hands of the Circle! And [[spoiler:Alain Magnan!]]"''

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* BabiesEverAfter: It's implied by both the events after the Circle's defeat in ''Blood'' and by the narrator herself (Amelia) that she's the mother of Morgan's children. Several sources also tell that Lizzie kept with her two of them, while Morgan kept with him both Philippe and Stuart Black.

* EnemyMine: She assists Morgan in the last two missions of ''Blood'' to get the Spanish treasure. All gets sunken.

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* MySisterIsOffLimits: Averted. John and Nonahkee think he would dislike their relationship, but he doesn't.

* OldSoldier: In ''Steel'' and ''Fire''. In the latter, he is still very skilled despite being in an advanced age; he still has his wide line of sight and his hand attack is only slightly weaker.
* OlderAndWiser: In ''Steel'' and ''Fire'', he's older and more experienced, as his reservations about American government show.
* PutOnABus: In Nathaniel's act, he goes to his village and it's told offscreen that he supports the American cause.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: In his youth, he was always shirtless unless he had to deal with cold weathers. Zigzagged when he is with Nathaniel (his fighting model is shirtless, but otherwise he wears a white shirt) and fully ditched when he becomes old.

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%%* ArcherArchetype

* DamselInDistress: Played straight in the second mission of ''Fire''. Downplayed in ''Ice'' as she is controllable and [[TheMedic can heal injured units]] that are with her.

* TheMedic: She has a special skill to heal. It is mentioned she healed John more than once.

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* DecoyProtagonist: More like decoy deuteragonist, but it still counts. He is set up from the level select image and the first few levels as Amelia's NumberTwo who will play a similar role. Even when Kanyenke/Ká:nien arrives on the scene, it appears as though he will stay with Kanyenke/Ká:nien getting too old. Instead, Kanyenke/Ká:nien takes the NumberTwo role, while Cooper [[spoiler:winds up dying.]]

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* TheBusCameBack: After his minor role as Colonel, he becomes more active upon returning as the leader of the Colonies' independence.
* ColonelBadass: During ''III'' he assumes the role of Colonel, due to the colonies not undergoing independence from the British Empire.

* MyGreatestFailure: While not said aloud in Fire, it is indicated that Washington does feel a lot of remorse for not being able to prevent John's death back in ''Ice''.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Towards Nathaniel Black, during ''Fire''. Washington advises Nathaniel in not taking his revenge too hard. Of course, given that the desire for revenge led to John dying, it is not so subtly implied that Washington is trying to prevent Nathaniel from suffering the same fate as his father.
* TheMentor: To Nathaniel in Fire.

** In the first two acts, they were masters at deception, able to play the various great powers openly against one another, and had near unlimited resources, with their leaders being in high profile positions of power. In Act III, while still highly formidable with a lot of resources, it is now implied that the world is at least aware of their existence, and they have to start acting more openly. They ultimately get destroyed by the United States navy once they find out the Circle has returned.

* KnightOfCerebus: Every time they appear in the campaign, the mood darkens considerably. In Act I, any time they are mentioned is treated with an ominous tone and score, and the last level of Act I is much darker in comparison to the rather light levels of the rest of the act. In Act II, once they are officially confirmed to be present in the halfway mark, things turn out far more serious than the rather ambiguous actions of the first half. In Act III, the revelation of their involvement in the beginning makes Act III the darkest of the original three acts.

* NGOSuperpower: Field large fleets, build stone fortresses in the New World and dominate the city of Havana.

[[caption-width-right:350:''“You and your band of misfits will be wiped from the New World, Morgan!”'']]

Alain attacks from horseback with a sword. He has a lot of hitpoints, but if he falls in a fight, he collapses and has to regenerate enough health to be recovered by allies. Alain cannot collect or build Trading Posts.

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* Foreshadowing: There are several hints to his revelation as the BigBad.

** Furthermore, his willingness to have Morgan ally with natives who most certainly were not Roman Catholics, (the crusading orders were notorious for being very strictly Roman Catholic, they barely tolerated the Orthodox Byzantine Empire) the second he reads the writing on the library would cause a smart player to realize there might be an ulterior motive.
** In the scene when he and Morgan meet up in the New World, he proceeds to warn Morgan about his choice of friends. At first glance, it might just be due to Elizabet, but the threatening tone in his voice makes it clear he intends to kill Morgan.
* FrenchJerk: His name Alain implies some French origin. He is racist and also a traitor of the Knights.
* GameplayAllyImmortality: In his earlier appearance. Averted later, because of the truth about him.

** During the first levels of ''Blood''.

* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Among the finest combat-capable wear the Ottomans have to offer.

* TheMentor: Before he's revealed to be EvilAllAlong, that is.
* NearVillainVictory: At the end of Act I, Alain has managed to secure the Lake of the Moon and the Fountain of Youth, is very close to immortality, and the base is far too strong for Morgan to destroy. Morgan is forced to destroy the Fountain to stop him.

* TheReveal: He was a member of the Circle of Ossus.

* WalkingSpoiler: He keeps his "good guy" façade during almost the entirety of ''Blood''. It's only in the final mission that he reveals his true colors.

Warwick prefers to fight with a sword, but is also known as a deadly shot with a rifle. He has a lot of hitpoints, but if he falls in a fight, he collapses and has to regenerate enough health to be recovered by allies. Warwick can collect Treasures, but cannot build Trading Posts.

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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: He is not a mentor or boss to the hero like Alain, but is still a rogue leader. Warwick is seen as not old, while Alain was an old soldier. Alain's membership in the Circle is hidden, but Warwick's antagonistic role is discovered far earlier.
* DecapitationPresentation: He shows [[spoiler:Stuart's]] body without the head, which was impaled in a lance and put near the rest of the body.
* DisproportionateRetribution: His response to Nonakhee refusing to give John Black over to him is to promptly order his men to destroy the village and kidnap Nonakhee.

* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Among the finest combat-capable wear the Ottomans have to offer.

* NonActionBigBad: Despite being the main antagonist of ''Ice'', he never confronts John actively any mission of the campaign.
* TheQuisling: He is exploiting the war between the French and the British [[spoiler:to deliver the territory to the Russians]].
* SelfMadeOrphan: In his backstory it's implied that he has something to do with the death of his parents.

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* BadBoss: He threatened one of his men in mutilating him if he [[spoiler:didn't find the Spanish gold quickly.]]

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: He is a FrenchJerk, unlike Alain and Warwick. He serves as a deceptive temporary ally, which contrasts him with Alain (who was unmasked in the latter acts) and Warwick (who was blatantly antagonistic). His [[PsychoKnifeNut preference for knifes]] is another difference with the horseback swordman Alain and the [[TheMusketeer pistol and sword Warkick]]. Beaumont was a prospector, not a rogue military leader.

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* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Among the finest combat-capable wear the Ottomans have to offer.

* LoneWolfBoss: One of the few named enemies of ''III'' who's not affiliated to the Circle of Ossus.

Washington appears twice in the game: as a Colonel in the British Army and ally of John Black and Kanyenke/Ká:nien during ''III'', and as a General of the Continental Army, and Nathaniel's superior in ''Fire''. He also reappears as an AI personality in the United States DLC for ''Definitive Edition''.