History Characters / FightingFantasyAntagonistsOldWorld

* CoolHelmet: Averted, unless you find that EvilIsCool. His own is as scary and evil looking as possible, complete with HornsOfVillainy and a JaggedMouth.

1) Prying open his throne room doors. No kidding. [[spoiler: Use magic tree sap.]]\\

* MasterSwordsman: He lives and breathes through fighting, so it goes without saying that he is a consummate expert in the field.

* RankScalesWithAsskicking: The Knights of Doom might be a formidable BadassCrew, but he makes them look like green-horns. While, [[TheDragon the Chaos Champion]] is as skilled a fighter as him, his enormous dark powers keep him firmly on top.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He turns tail like a filthy coward as soon as you best him in battle, and takes great care to avoid a direct confrontation from then on. He first leaves you to the traitor, then to his HellishHorse, confident that you cannot pursue him and will be overwhelmed by his guards no matter what. It is only when he has no other choice that he finally confronts you again, in a duel where the first to strike wins. For such a powerful and arrogant BigBad, it illustrate clearly the vile, insecure bullies they often are under the threatening allure and posturing.
* SequentialBoss: The other reason he's so frustratingly hard. You must overcome ordeal after ordeal before '''and''' after the fight, to earn the immense satisfaction of ending the sod. 1) Prying open his throne room doors. No kidding. [[spoiler: Use magic tree sap.]] 2) Destroying his [[PraetorianGuard Knights of Doom]] and fighting the super tough survivors. [[spoiler: Use a dangerous spell.]] 3) Winning a hard test of honour to resist his corruption. 4) Surviving his bolt of black lightning. 5) Besting him in a nightmarish battle. 6) Having gotten rid of the Assassin's Dagger. 7) Unmasking and killing the traitor, hopefully a laughable BreatherBoss. 8) Fighting his powerful Night-Mare. 9) Having a flying mount to go after him as he flies away, and surviving the storm he causes. [[spoiler: by summoning the divine bird Celastrix.]] 10) Successfully piercing him with the WeaponOfXSlaying (if you have it), or get killed by his black bolt. No big deal, right?

* EvilIsSexy: Subverted. Portraits of his human self show that he used to be very handsome, but being a vampire seriously downplays his good looks.

* EvilIsSexy: Seemingly played straight as she looks gorgeous at first glance, but ultimately subverted: She hides her vampiric hideousness under a {{Glamour}} charm.

* MeaningfulName: In German, his last name means... Oh come on! You just need to change one letter! Don’t tell me you didn't get it?

* EvilIsSexy: She has ''very'' good looks, frequently mentioned by the narration.

* PostFinalBoss: [[spoiler: While a TrueFinalBoss is usually harder that the regular one, she is much less dangerous than her brother. With skill 10 stamina 10, she is no laughing matter still. [[YouCanBarelyStand She takes advantage of your weakened state]] after the tremendous BossBattle against Reiner, and the power boost granted by the InfinityPlusOneSword is lower against her for she is alive. Yet, the battle remains pretty much a breeze for someone who could take down the powerful Vampire Lord.]]

* DiscOneFinalBoss: She has all the marks of a BigBad and is the most vile and dangerous enemy faced so far, yet she is but a warm-up to [[FinalBoss Count Wulfen]].
* EvilIsSexy: Seemingly played straight as looks gorgeous at first glance, but ultimately subverted: She hides her vampiric hideousness under a {{Glamour}} charm.

* NeverMessWithGranny: She is quite old, though is too vain to show it, but remains a cunning and deadly foe that must never be underestimated.

* VampiresAreRich: Vampires or not {{Feudal Overlord}}s like Countess Isolde are pretty loaded.

** In both books might paralyse you beforehand with his HypnoticEyes to kill you without fight! [[spoiler: Fortunately, there are ways to counter it.]] And he TurnsRed after a while, decreasing his skill score but risking killing you if he bites you. Long story short, he is always one hell of a ThatOneBoss.

* RankSCalesWithAsskicking: His enormous magic power (and ruthless efficiency) cements his hold over his Cabal of the Werewolf and the criminal underworld. Some of his lieutenants are more physically threatening, but he surpasses them all in term of magical abilities and intellect.

* BadGuyBar: Some of his agents like to spend time in the seedy tavern of the Last Octupus, a gathering of vermin. [[spoiler: This is in fact the main cover has HiddenInPlainSight the many fronts of his gang.]]

* TheDragon: Reiner resurrected as a vampire to serve as this in the second book.

* FinalBoss: The final threat of the book. With skill 10 stamina 9, he is powerful and takes advantage of your weakened state after the tremendous fight against the Kurakil.

* OpportunisticBastard: She immediately sees a skilled fighter like you as a mean to get rid of her hated foe Lothar the Castellan, who has the nerve of not being an evil bastard. And you can slay her vampire brother while you're at it, you won't find her complaining.

* PostFinalBoss: [[spoiler: While a TrueFinalBoss is usually harder that the regular one, she is much less dangerous than her brother. With skill 10 stamina 10, she is no laughing matter still. She takes advantage of your weakened state after the tremendous BossBattle against Reiner, and the power boost granted by the InfinityPlusOneSword is lower against her for she is alive. Yet, the battle remains pretty much a breeze for someone who could take down the powerful Vampire Lord.]]

* AuthorityGrantsAsskicking: The Knights of Doom might be a formidable BadassCrew, but he makes them look like green-horns. While, [[TheDragon the Chaos Champion]] is as skilled a fighter as him, his enormous dark powers keep him firmly on top.

* AuthorityGrantsAsskicking: His enormous magic power (and ruthless efficiency) cements his hold over his Cabal of the Werewolf and the criminal underworld. Some of his lieutenants are more physically threatening, but he surpasses them all in term of magical abilities and intellect.

* AuthorityGrantsAsskicking: His students might be very tough, but he is even tougher.

* AuthorityGrantsAsskicking: The mightiest wizard and the best expert of Dark Magic of his coven.

* AuthorityGrantsAsskicking: The leader of his ApocalypseCult and the mightiest mage among them. His [[TheDragon Dragon]] is a better fighter than him, but not by much and he surpasses everyone else.

* AuthorityGrantsAsskicking: The leader of the Pirates of the Black Skull and hands down their best fighter.

* BadGuyBar: Some of his agents like to spend time in the seedy tavern of the Last Octupus, a gathering of vermin. [[spoiler: This is in fact the main cover HidingInPlainSight the many fronts of his gang.]]

* AuthorityGrantsAsskicking: The Knights of Doom might be a formidable BadassCrew, but he makes them look like green-horns. While, [[TheDragon the Chaos Champion]] is as skilled as he is in battle, he remains much less powerful when it comes to dark powers.

* SiblingYinYang: Reiner and Siegfried Heydrich could not be more different if they tried. Siegfried was blond, stalwart and generous, a powerful KnightInShiningArmour and an excellent ruler with a HundredPercentAdorationRating. Reiner on the other hand has raven black hair, is selfish and rotten to the core, a VampireMonarch and a loathsome tyrant with a ZeroPercentApprovalRating. Siegfried even returns as a ghost, the only benign type of undead while vampires are arguably the worst. Siegfried [[LampshadeHanging lampshades it]] in the second book, stating that Reiner is Darkness while he is Light. He was even brought back because Reiner has been resurrected...

The Archmage is markedly different in the [[Videogame/Sorcery2013 Inkle IOS adaptation]], with a more developed background and different personality, powers and motives...

* GentlemanSnarker: Played with, as Heydrich speaks to you in scornful taunts rather than jokes. But he is a SilentSnarker extraordinaire, mocking you with facial expressions alone. While slumbering.

* SilentSnarker: Heydrich needs no word to mock you. His facial expression when you are powerless to destroy him in his coffin speak volume about his opinion.
** [[spoiler: In the first book, if you defeated him and tracked him to his last coffin but cannot destroy him for good, his slumbering face sports a sardonic smile.]]
** [[spoiler: In the second, if you find him resting in an inn during the day and try to destroy him, each of your attempts will fail, increasing the irony in his smile.]] That's right, the guy is a {{Troll}} even in slumber.

The Archmage is markedly different in the [[VideoGame/{{Sorcery}} Inkle IOS adaptation]], with a more developed background and different personality, powers and motives...

* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:Unthank is a German word meaning "ingratitude" or "ungratefulness" -- considering what he did to you ''after'' you promoted him to being a Chancellor, yeah sure, that made a lot of sense.]]

* OrcusOnHisThrone: She spends the entire game in her quarters [[spoiler: save from the GoldenEnding]], and uses people for her dirty work. But she does it with such style that she does not even need to move from her quarters to get what she wants.

ItWasADarkAndStormyNight when you first met this crafty fellow. Who were you to refuse when a seemingly friendly stranger offered you a place by his campfire, then suggested to take shelter in the nearby abbey when the storm broke out? Little did you know that he used you to invite you in, for no evil can enter uninvited in Rassin Abbey, where the [[TomeOfEldritchLore Black Grimoire]] is kept away from dark forces. And of course, he steals it and disappear. Turns out that he was an orphan raised by the monks of the abbey, who despite their tutelage became an EvilSorcerer, worshipper of the evil Goddess of Sorcery Shekka. Nazek plans to use the Black Grimoire to release the Kurakil, a demon equal to the [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Demon Princes]]. It is up to you to make up for your mistake, to find him, and thwart his schemes before it is too late...

* RealityWarper: Mordraneth toys with the laws of magic to a huge extent. In addition to the aforementioned AntiMagic and YourWorstNightmare, he turns a small cavern into an immense and lavish subterranean palace, and distorts space itself to create a vast PocketDimension filled with his illusory nightmares named the Empire of Illusions, where there is only the aforementioned small cave.

* YourWorstNightmare: He weaponizes it.

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* BadassLongrobe: As a magic-wielding Fu Manchu, he cannot wear anything else. Following the illustration it is either a stylish oriental kimono, or a more common robe covered with sigils.

* BarrierWarrior: He can conjure a Force Wall of energy during the FinalBattle, in exchange of -1 Notura. It harms anyone at contact and costs -1 skill. [[spoiler: The Mask of Belthegor neutralizes it.]]

* GoodHairEvilHair: That thin moustache of his does not gain him many trust points.

* PraetorianGuard: Karam Gruul is protected by the Jai-Hulud sorcerers-assassins, a group of powerful {{Magic Knight}}s blindly devoted to him, who protect him, watch over his lairs, and attack all opposition.

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* BloodBath: Her... ahem, youth treatment fits the gloomy story of Countess Bathory, of which she is inspired, albeit with real sorcery to make it work. See {{Expy}} below for further details.

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* ApocalypseCult: The Shadow King openly seeks to cover Titan in darkness, cause a ZombieApocalypse to extinguish life and [[OmnicidalManiac claim the soul of everyone alive]], and this nutcase and his followers still gladly worship him, likely foolishly thinking they will be spared...

* TheRedBaron: He has many, but the most recurring one throughout the story is the Dread Lord. See IHaveManyNames higher to see them all.

* TheRedBaron: Known as the Hand of Death by allies and enemies alike. Lovely isn't it?

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: '''Mor'''draneth does not make a pleasant picture. And let's not get started on [[TheRedBaron his many gloomy titles]].

* TheRedBaron: Mordraneth is known and feared as the Wicked One or the Evil One, and he sure deserves it. He is less often referred to as the [[AntagonistTitle Stealer of Souls]].

* AntagonistTitle: The title refers to [[TheRedBaron gloomy alias]].

* TheRedBaron: Bloodbones. He is also known as the Scourge of the Twelve Seas.

* {{Expy}}: She is based on [[SerialKiller Countess Erzsebet Bathory]], the infamous [[TheRedBaron Bloody Countess]] of [[RealLife History]]. She murdered dozens of young women, and according to folk tales, bathed in their blood believing that it would make her young forever. Needless to say it didn't. She ended up sentenced to be walled up alive.