History Characters / Dungeons

* AbsoluteCleavage: She has a glaring example, going nearly as far as her bellybutton.

* EleventhHourSuperpower: Her training on Mount Destiny to gain enough power to defeat Tanos.

* NiceHat: Wears a rather cool-looking hat with a plume.

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: His spin attack.

* TheAlcoholic: The Horde creatures enjoy a good barrel of beer or two once in a while. This time they will produce it themselves if there's no Snots to handle the work, and you want them to because beer is required for Horde creatures to level up beyond level 3. Taken UpToEleven in campaign mode by the Ogre, who consumes huge amounts of beers during the whole scenario from one action to the other. In the DLC ''Evil of the Caribbean'' the first scenario forces Thalya and her minions to protect expeditions of rum directed to his personal smuggling ship.

* LargeHam: Subdued most of the time, but anger does make him hammier and louder. [[spoiler:UpToEleven after going insane and trying to kill and then torture Thalya to make her good forever, as he screams with unnatural emphasis on every single word.]]

* TastesLikeDiabetes: Her sweet, good personality.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: InUniverse, it's one more reason for the Absolute Evil to go and kill her.

* AbsenteeActor: In a few scenarios of the campaign she's not available. For example, during the Storming of Dollaran, she's busy fighting a BeamOWar against Yaina. [[spoiler: Or when she's captured and tortured by Thanos later on.]]

** OurGoblinsAreDifferent: Small, big-nosed creatures wielding two daggers with a penchant for sneak attacks, they're ignored by the enemy if other creatures are present. They can drive a MiniMecha if they level up.

* KingMook: Each faction has three standard unit (if you don't count the packs of Zombies and Skeletal Archers) plus a Titan unit, which is bigger, stronger and [[UniqueEnemy unique]], costing a large amount of Evilness to research. Titans do not count towards your population point, but they cost a 1,000 gold and do not work in your Dungeon. The Horde has the Ogre, the Demons have the Pit Fiend, while the Undead have the Grave Golem. Each has a unique attribute and powers.

* {{Expy}}: A snarky, lemony narrator voiced by Kevin Brigthing. The only thing separating this guy from VideoGame/TheStanleyParable's Narrator is the fact that this one creates a vessel to fight you once he's had enough, while the former just invokes punishments by morphing the world around you.

* InteractiveNarrator: Since he can narrate what's going on, he can occasionally narrate something else which becomes true regardless of circumstances, such as Thalya being attacked by bears from nowhere or lava suddenly flooding the Dungeon.

* SurroundedByIdiots: Much to his chagrin, he'd give anything to work with professionals. Best seen when he reads out loud a rather ridicolous line after the death of Yaina Overproud (so ridicolous she revives just to give a disbelieving eyeroll) and then points out that this is bound to happen when you work with people using Google Translate.

A list of characters from VideoGame/{{Dungeons}} and its Sequels:

* ResurrectiveImmortality: Demons will come back to life as long as there's enough space in the Vortex chamber for a pentacle and mana to heal them, while the Undead just need a Graveyard and enough space for their tombs. You can build a Crypt to revive any fallen Horde Creature or Fallen Hero, but the Crypt needs research to bring them back with full health.

* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: Subverted for once, unlocking a room or a new creature gives you everything it can do at once. The research provided by the Hall of Knowledge allows you to further improve the production, stockage or efficiency of a room or further improve a creature's already extisting skills.
* YouRequireMoreVespeneGas: Kinda like the first game of the series, the Prime Evil needs several resources, namely Gold (to pay for the structures and creatures, obtained through mining), Mana (Produced by the Demons, needed to cast spell or attend to the Demons), Evilness (Obtained by Isles of Evil, needed to make research), as well as Gobblers (for food), Toolboxes (for traps and doors), Magic Toolboxes (for magical traps and devices) and Beer (for the Horde).

* {{BFG}}: Dwarven Gunners can summon a small cannon to bombard their enemies from afar.

* FaceHeelTurn: Sometimes, tortured heroes will become evil and enter your service, becoming an EvilCounterpart of their former class.

* AuthorAvatar: He's the Narrator's in-game Avatar.

* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:In "[[WhamEpisode The Baptism of Fire]]", she unintentionally saves some heroes from Tanos' firestorm and mourns the Grave Golem after his HeroicSacrifice.]]

* AGodAmI: She's the patron Deity of the Empire and resides in her realm in Godmount. You'll need a special Artifact just to reach her.

* TheVoiceless: Parodied, as the Narrator comments that they couldn't get Alanis to dub her, she won't say a thing.

* RealityWarper: Since he can narrate what's going on, he can occasionally narrate something else which becomes true regardless of circumstances, such as Thalya being attacked by bears from nowhere or lava suddenly flooding the Dungeon.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Elves and Pixies, unsurprisingly.

* BigDamnVillains: When Tanos gets his own ass handed to him by the Absolute Evil, she grants him invincibility so that he can teleport to safety.

* FallenHero: He turned to the Dark Side, but, as stated, [[Main/StarWars he has no sons and won't change his name to Darth Whatever.]]

* ALoadOfBull: He's a minotaur.

* BloodKnight: Encourages his men with [[ShoutOut the very same speech]] [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing made by Theoden in battle]]... except that he claims they ''are'' doing it for Wrath, Ruin and a Red Dawn.

* ThisCannotBe: Her FamousLastWords upon being defeated by Thalya.

!!The Narrator

The sarcastic, overworked and underpayed narrator who has to follow the feats of the Absolute Evil and Thalya... much to his dismay. Aside from narrating the mission and providing commentary, he seems to have powers over the enviroment through his narrative. He shows up as an antagonist in the DLC campaign ''Famous Last Words'', where he got angry enough to take a physical form and challenge Thalya and the Absolute Evil.

* AscendedExtra: Compared to the second game, he's even more intrusive and present in the third, acting even as a boss in his own campaign.
* BerserkButton: When Thalya tries to narrate the events herself without waiting for the narrator to do so, he summons a whole pack of bears to attack her.
* DeadpanSnarker: He can rarely end a given sentence without adding some snarking remark.
* LemonyNarrator: His main appeal, alongside his complaining and witty sarcastic remarks.
* NoFourthWall: He often argues with Thalya directly. He even becomes an InUniverse opponent!
* RealityWarper: Since he can narrate what's going on, he can occasionally narrate something else which becomes true regardless of circumstances, such as Thalya being attacked by bears from nowhere or lava suddenly flooding the Dungeon.
* SelfDeprecation: He often makes negative comments on the game itself, the events and mechanics.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Much to his chagrin, he'd give anything to work with professionals. Best seen when he reads out loud a rather ridicolous line after the death of Yaina Overproud (so ridicolous she revives just to give a disbelieving eyeroll) and then points out that this is bound to happen when you work with people using Google Translate.
* {{Troll}}: He often likes to mess with Thalya (and the player) during the game.

!!Thalya

A Dark Elf sorceress, adopted by the good paladin Tanos and raised as a good soul who forgot her not-totally extinguished evil nature, she's chosen by the Prime Evil to be his lieutenant on this land, doing his bidding and leading its creatures to glory. During the course of the game she keeps struggling between her restored evil personality and her genuinely good personality.
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!!Thalya

A Dark Elf sorceress, adopted by the good paladin Tanos and raised as a good soul who forgot her not-totally extinguished evil nature, she's chosen by the Prime Evil to be his lieutenant on this land, doing his bidding and leading its creatures to glory. During the course of the game she keeps struggling between her restored evil personality and her genuinely good personality.

* HornedHumanoid: She has two branch-like sets of antlers on her head, giving the impression of a crown.

!!Admiral Overproud

Yaina's father, he leads the remnants of the Western Kingdoms against Thalya's forces in ''Clash of Gods'' in order to avenge his daughter, and serves as the antagonist for the first part of the campaign.

* CallingTheOldManOut: She shouts back at Tanos several times during the course of the story, even, at one point, accusing him of raising her just to be his precious "good Dark Elf pet". [[spoiler: Even her Good side calls out Tanos on his desperate, fanatical behaviour he's fallen into.]]

* DaddysGirl: Her good self was this to Tanos, her adoptive father.

* EnemyMine: When the Narrator mentions that the [[BigEater heroes of Burger's End]] are open-minded gourmands who consider Dark Elves' fingers a [[IAmAHumanitarian delicacy worth trying]], even Good!Thalya decides, for once, to support her Evil half. [[spoiler: After being freed from Tanos' conversion by severe torture, Good!Thalya claims that she's not going to forgive Tanos and will make him pay. It's probably the only time her Evil self wholeheartedly agrees with her.]]
* EnemyWithout: [[spoiler: The final boss of ''Clash of Gods'' is Thalya's good side finally given a body on her own and [[TheDogBitesBack the chance to repay Evil!Thalya]] of all her insults and abuse.]]

* GoodIsDumb: Her good self, to a ludicrous degree.

* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: In "[[WhamEpisode The Baptism of Fire]]", she unintentionally saves some heroes from Tanos' firestorm and mourns the Grave Golem after his HeroicSacrifice.]]

* TheStarscream: [[spoiler: The very final part of the very final cutscene implies that the Goddess plans to turn her into her next champion to unleash against the Prime Evil. In the final level of ''Clash of Gods'' the Goddess separates Thalya's goodness from her evil self to make her her avatar, and even Evil!Thalya admitted that she thought she was going to kill the Goddess, take her powers and then turn against the Supreme Evil.]]

* VillainHasAPoint: She's right when she spits back into Thanos' face the fact that his allies and friends always distrusted her even when she was good, with Grimli even badmouthing her openly, and he never did a thing to stop them. [[spoiler: Also, Tanos eventually admitted that he only cared for her because she was once living proof that he can make evil creatures good, though that may be the madness talking.]]

* BigGood: Technically he's this, opposed to you. He's also much more morally-decent than the Alliance from the previous game, compared to Krowtoes or Meltysand. [[spoiler: He becomes a more classical BigBad after his thorough defeat at the hands of the Prime Evil and goes insane.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: There's a subtle hint [[spoiler: he's a dangerous zealot beneath his noble exterior]] in the very first mission when a still-Good Thalya mentions his name to a commoner. [[spoiler: When told the Orphanage is 'important to him' and Tanos 'might be disappointed' if he doesn't go, the commoner reacts with ''terror.'' As later events would show, that reaction was entirely justified.]]
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler: Thalya's evil acts and the deaths of his friends make him go insane and unleash hell on the Evil forces, Thalya and even his very own allies.]]
* HeroAntagonist: He's a paragon of virtue and a good foster father to Thalya, too bad you're the bad guy there... [[spoiler: But then he has a glamorous FaithHeelTurn and goes insane. Lampshaded by Evil!Thalya who's sure that, despite all that he's done, Tanos still believes to be the good guy]].

* IHaveNoDaughter: [[spoiler: In Stombreeze, he admits to Thalya's face that no longer he considers her a daughter and that yes, he raised Thalya only to make a point that even a [[KickTheDog mangy, disgusting Dark Elf can be trained to be good.]]]]
* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight: He tries to encourage Thalya to fight back the influence of the Prime Evil, to no avail. [[spoiler: Deconstructed in the scenario "Light and Shadow", where, after believing that Thalya still has a sliver of goodness within her, he becomes convinced that's his duty to purify her with inquisitorial methods.]]

* KnightInShiningArmor: He's a paladin. Also averts being a KnightTemplar. [[spoiler: Subverted when, after being defeated by the Prime Evil and forced to run away, he slips completely into madness and burns an entire city to the ground before resorting to torture Thalya to bring out her good side forcefully.]]
* LargeHam: Subdued most of the time, but anger does make him hammier and louder. [[spoiler: UpToEleven after going insane and trying to kill and then torture Thalya to make her good forever, as he screams with unnatural emphasis on every single word.]]

* GoryDiscretionShot: In the (identical) cutscene where Tanos lets out an intentionally narmy SkywardScream over her corpse, we don't actually see her body, just a red smear and a crude drawing of her dead body on a wooden plank held by an Orc.

* MagicalGirl: She's a magician and her outfit looks straight out of an anime.

* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: During the Gates of Moria's parody, the magic words she suggests to open the portal are :[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?]]"

* OurElvesAreBetter: They can turn invisible and shoot arrows, you'll need Naga/Spider Demons/Banshee to see them.

* HartmanHips: Very noticeable. If you look closely at her model from behind you'll see that they're so large not even her ShowgirlSkirt can completely cover them from behind.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Even when still Good she was [[AmbiguousCriminalHistory apparently]] frequently subject to FantasticRacism and is dismissed, ignored, or ridiculed by everyone other than Tanos, who [[AccompliceByInaction doesn't call them on it]]. She [[LampshadeHanging lampshades this]] at the beginning of the second mission, adding that showing people [[WhosLaughingNow she's not such a pushover]] [[EvilFeelsGood feels great]].

* ACommanderIsYou: Generalist[=/=]Brute. The Horde tends to be a little tougher than the other two Evils at the start, but consequently lacking in support abilities and crowd-control.

* IndyEscape: One of the traps launches a spherical boulder down a corridor, squishing and pushing back all enemies caught in his wake. The upgraded version is [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill stuffed with explosives and will detonate on impact]].