History Characters / MCUMastersOfTheMysticArts

** To Thor: they both started as arrogant hedonists who suffer a fall from grace caused by their own actions. They find a new calling as magical/mystical heroes for Earth. The difference? Thor is a [[Mythology/NorseMythology Norse deity]] who lives to uphold Asgard's ProudWarriorRaceGuy customs until he gets banished to Earth to learn humility. Strange, on the other hand, is an ordinary mortal man who trained as a doctor (a ''saver'' of lives) and then learns about the existence of powerful, magical creatures outside of his dimension. [[spoiler:Strange himself {{Lampshades}} this in TheStinger for his film when meeting with Thor himself]].

* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: In "Thor Ragnaork" he sends Loki to a dimension where he's forever falling ... and there's nothing Loki can do about it.

* NotSoSimilar: Kaecilius considers her a hypocrite for opposing him [[spoiler:despite drawing power from the Dark Dimension herself]], but the Ancient One expresses shame for [[spoiler:using the Dark Dimension's power to stay alive, while Kaecilius has fallen far enough that he believes allowing Earth to be assimilated by Dormammu to be a good thing.]]

An international group of Sorcerers dedicated to protecting the world from magical threats. They are trained in Kamar-Taj, a secret monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal.

!!''Kamar-Taj / The Masters of the Mystic Arts''

An international group of Sorcerers dedicated to protecting the world from magical threats.

!!''The Masters of the Mystic Arts''

!!''Master Tina Minoru''
->'''Portrayed By:''' Linda Louise Duan (''Doctor Strange''), Brittany Ishibashi (''Runaways'')
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'' | ''Series/Runaways2018''

One of the four Masters of Mystic Arts, and the Master of Hong Kong's Sanctum Santorum.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Is an {{evil sorceress}} and ComicBook/NicoMinoru's [[EvilMatriarch villainous mother]] in the comics. In ''Doctor Strange'', she's a Sanctum Master on the side of the Ancient One and the other heroic characters.
* AllThereInTheManual:
** Has little appearance in the movie, but has major appearance in the prelude comic alongside Kaecillius, Wong, and Daniel Drumm.
** She's now slated to appear in the upcoming ''Series/Runaways2018'', although series creator Josh Schwartz has stated the series will not acknowledge Tina Minoru's appearance in ''Doctor Strange'' as her name was only mentioned in the credits.
* SoleSurvivor: The only original Sanctum Master who is still alive after the death of [[spoiler:Daniel Drumm and Sol Rama]].
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Along with Wong and Daniel Drumm, she was friend and ally of Kaecillius in the prelude comic before his FaceHeelTurn.

* TimeMaster: Thanks to learning how to harness the [[AncientArtifact Eye of Agamotto]], Strange gains the ability to control time, capable of rewinding it, pausing it, or creating [[GroundhogDayLoop an infinite loop]].

** In the entirety of his appearance in ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', he spends the whole time [[{{Troll}} trolling Thor and Loki]]. He teleports himself and Thor all over the sanctum and causing the Asgardian to repeatedly fall over and crash into various things. As for Loki, he had him falling through a portal into another dimension as soon as he noticed his presence, [[[[CueTheFallingObject returning him]] when Thor asked.

* KillerRabbit: How dangerous could a floating piece of clothing

* DrJerk: Pre-CharacterDevelopement, Strange is a selfish gloryhog that dismisses patients unless they can help his reputation and lords himself above his co-workers.

! Masters of the Mystic Arts
[[folder:In General]]

** There's no telling [[spoiler: how long he and Dormammu were trapped in the time loop, dying and coming back again and again and again...WordOfGod says that it is a lot longer than what is shown. He ''remembers'' all of it.]] Not once did he lose his resolve or break his spell.

* DidYouJustFlipOffChthulhu: In "Thor Ragnaork" he sends Loki to a dimension where he's forever falling ... and there's nothing Loki can do about it.

* DrJerk: Pre-Character developement, Strange is a selfish gloryhog that dismisses patients unless they can help his reputation and lords himself above his co-workers.

* KillerRabbit: How dangerous could a floating piece of clothing

* BigBrotherIsWatching: A benevolent example; once he takes control of New York's Sanctum Sanctorum he dedicates himself to be constantly on the look out for anything from other worlds land on Earth and due it harm .... and that includes people like Loki.

* KillerRabbit: How dangerous could a floating piece of clothing actually be? Well, if it decides to rapidly and repeatedly float you into a solid wall...
* MundaneUtility: It doesn't need any stand, and it puts itself on.
* MySuitIsAlsoSuper: It can easily block Kaecilius' blade of magic, and has powers of its own.
* NotQuiteFlight: It lets the wearer levitate.
* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: It clearly knows it, and rather than arrest the fall completely, it simply slows Strange's fall.
* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: It's rather picky, and Strange can only wear it because it agrees to it.
* SapientSteed: The writers have compared Strange's relationship with the Cloak to an inexperienced rider and an experienced horse: the rider may be the one nominally in charge, but the horse is the one who knows what's up.
* SealedBadassInACan: Was just sitting around in a display case until Strange showed up.
* SilentSnarker: It's clearly exasperated with Strange's undertraining-caused antics, and expresses it very well despite being unable to speak.
* TheSpeechless: As a cloak, it's unable to speak.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Occasionally upstages Strange himself. Several fans have come away noting that their favorite character from the movie actually turned out to be ''a piece of fabric''.
* TranquilFury: Gives this impression when beating one of Kaecilius's henchmen due to the whole "lack of a face and voice" thing.
* {{Tsundere}}: If Strange is doing something stupid, it's quick to let him know of its disapproval and even physically restrain him (by the neck, of course, given how it's attached). But when he's upset, the Cloak can be surprisingly gentle and affectionate.
* UndyingLoyalty: As soon as its glass casing is shattered, it sticks by Strange through thick and thin. [[spoiler:It even accompanies him into the Dark Dimension and endures repeated destruction at Dormammu's hands to help Strange enact his gambit.]]
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[[folder:The Cloak of Levitation]]
!! ''The Cloak of Levitation''
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cloak_of_levitation_9.png]]

->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'' | ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' | ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''

->'''Karl Mordo:''' The Cloak of Levitation... it came to [Strange].\\
'''The Ancient One:''' No minor feat, it's a fickle thing.

A cloak that enables its user to levitate. It possesses a mind of its own, and proves less of a tool, and more of an ally to Strange.

* AdaptationExpansion: The Cloak has always been associated with Doctor Strange, but it never had sentience and a cheeky personality of its own.
* AncientArtifact: Like all relics, it's rather old.
* BadassCape: Literally. More badass than Strange, really - during the first fight, it deals with his enemies better than he does.
* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: Strange originally acquires the Cloak by being thrown through its glass case.
* ClothFu: In this case, the cloth is sentient and can attack on its own.
* DancingPants: Capable of moving about without (and sometimes ''in contradiction to'') Strange's will.
* EarlyBirdCameo: When Strange is exploring the New York Sanctum, he passes it by as it lies crumpled in the corner of the room, and it flies up as if he piqued its interest.
* EmpathicWeapon: It's sentient, smart and very expressive despite having no human qualities.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: It's a cloak that lets you levitate.
* {{Expy}}: [[http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/785979-strange-stephane-ceretti The Visual Effect Supervisor]] of ''Doctor Strange'' stated that the team looked at the Carpet from ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', another magical highly-sentient floating piece of cloth, when hashing out the characterization of the Cloak and its relationship to Strange.
* FashionableAsymmetry: The cloak hangs from the left shoulder, which is also where the bands of quilting on the back radiate from, leaving the right arm free for spellcasting.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: While Strange is drawing a portal to the hospital, it can be seen in the background smacking around Kaecilius' goon.
* HypercompetentSidekick: It can block close-range attacks with impressive speed, can detach itself from its user to protect them, has a working knowledge of the New York Sanctum's artifacts, and if it weren't for its seemingly mundane gift of flight, Strange would have died a few minutes into [[spoiler:the Mirror Dimension chase.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: After Strange has a few tears after Christine ends their relationship and gives him a LastKiss, it wipes them off his face.
* JustInTime: Does it twice, each time saving Strange from death in the nick of time.
* KillerRabbit: How dangerous could a floating piece of clothing actually be? Well, if it decides to rapidly and repeatedly float you into a solid wall...
* MundaneUtility: It doesn't need any stand, and it puts itself on.
* MySuitIsAlsoSuper: It can easily block Kaecilius' blade of magic, and has powers of its own.
* NotQuiteFlight: It lets the wearer levitate.
* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: It clearly knows it, and rather than arrest the fall completely, it simply slows Strange's fall.
* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: It's rather picky, and Strange can only wear it because it agrees to it.
* SapientSteed: The writers have compared Strange's relationship with the Cloak to an inexperienced rider and an experienced horse: the rider may be the one nominally in charge, but the horse is the one who knows what's up.
* SealedBadassInACan: Was just sitting around in a display case until Strange showed up.
* SilentSnarker: It's clearly exasperated with Strange's undertraining-caused antics, and expresses it very well despite being unable to speak.
* TheSpeechless: As a cloak, it's unable to speak.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Occasionally upstages Strange himself. Several fans have come away noting that their favorite character from the movie actually turned out to be ''a piece of fabric''.
* TranquilFury: Gives this impression when beating one of Kaecilius's henchmen due to the whole "lack of a face and voice" thing.
* {{Tsundere}}: If Strange is doing something stupid, it's quick to let him know of its disapproval and even physically restrain him (by the neck, of course, given how it's attached). But when he's upset, the Cloak can be surprisingly gentle and affectionate.
* UndyingLoyalty: As soon as its glass casing is shattered, it sticks by Strange through thick and thin. [[spoiler:It even accompanies him into the Dark Dimension and endures repeated destruction at Dormammu's hands to help Strange enact his gambit.]]

[[folder:Hamir]]
!!''Master Hamir''
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Topo Wresniwiro

An elderly Master of the Mystic Arts of Kamar-Taj.

* ActuallyThatsMyAssistant: Strange initially mistakes him as the Ancient One. He seems to have been placed there to intentionally force this, since the real Ancient One then thanks him and he walks out.
* HandicappedBadass: He's missing a hand, yet is still able to perform the magic the others can. This is used by the Ancient One to motivate Strange when he says he can't use magic because of his hands.
* MythologyGag: Hamir bears the Ancient One's traditional appearance in the comics, which leads to him being mistaken by Stephen Strange to be the Ancient One.
* OldMaster: One of the oldest Masters in Kamar-Taj.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Inverted. He's Wong's father in the comics, but there's no sign of this relation in the movie.

!! Former Masters
[[folder:Kaecilius]]
!! ''Master Kaecilius''
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MadsMikkelsen
->'''Voiced by:''' Óscar Bonfiglio (Latin-American Spanish dub), Paco Gázquez (European Spanish dub), Yann Guillemot (French dub), Louis-Philippe Dandenault (Canadian French dub), Creator/KazuhikoInoue (Japanese dub)

-->''"The world is not what it ought to be. Humanity longs for the eternal, for a world beyond time, because time is what enslaves us. Time is an insult. Death is an insult. Doctor, We don't seek to rule this world... We seek to save it."''

A master of the Mystic Arts who broke away from the Ancient One to form his own following of Zealots, which puts him at odds with Stephen Strange.

* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: He was a disciple of the Ancient One until he decided to use his powers for evil.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the comics, Kaecilius was a mere minion of Baron Mordo. Here, he's a major threat, acting as a herald and servant for Dormammu capable of [[spoiler:killing the Ancient One]].
* AffablyEvil: He's very civil and polite to Strange, even asking for his name and addressing him respectfully. He's also cordial to his former comrades from Kamar-Taj. When he's not killing them, that is.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:His final fate; assimilated into the Dark Dimension as a mindless, deformed extension of Dormammu.]]
* AntiVillain: His intentions aren't ''villainous'' per se and he sounds sincere when he says that "time is the enemy" and he wants everyone to be immortal, but he's definitely not a heroic figure.
* AscendedExtra: He's an ''extremely'' minor character in the comics, and is much more prominent in the movie.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Leader of the Zealots and their most dangerous member, even managing to [[spoiler:kill the Ancient One.]]
* BadBoss: He doesn't particularly care much for the wellbeing of his fellow Zealots, watching them die in droves against the Ancient One, with little effort made to rescue or even help them. He's even willing to kill his own followers just to get a shot at the Ancient One. A deleted scene even has him kill one of the Zealots for failing to draw power from the Dark Dimension.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In the end, he and his followers got exactly what they wanted - eternal life. [[spoiler:Eternal life as deformed, mindless slaves to Dormammu.]]
* BigBad: He's the main antagonist of ''Doctor Strange''. Except that he's merely a servant of [[TheManBehindTheMan Dormammu]].
* BigNo: He yells this during the climax when Strange traps him in a wall before going to face Dormammu.
* CombatPragmatist: Coupled with BadBoss tendencies, he seems to recognize that even with his heightened powers (courtesy of Dormammu) he still may not be a match for the Ancient One, and so instead [[spoiler:sacrifices one of his few remaining followers to get a winning stab in rather than fight her one-on-one.]] His followers may be of the same mindset as none of them seem to take issue with this action.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: At one point, he mistakenly believes that Stephen Strange's name is "Mister Doctor". ItMakesSenseInContext--see below.
* TheComicallySerious: He's serious, but has some lighthearted moments such as calling Stephen "Mister Doctor" and his general puzzlement over Stephen's antics while trying to fight him.
* CompositeCharacter: He's an amalgamation of many Doctor Strange villains from the comics. His desire for eternal life matches that of Alaric, and he resembles the comic book iteration of Mordo in that he is a former student of the Ancient One and Dormammu's follower. His appearance after being [[spoiler:absorbed by the Dark Dimension closely mimics that of a Mindless One.]]
* DarkIsEvil: Kaecilius draws his power from the Dark Dimension, and while he's an AntiVillain, he's still quite evil.
* DeadpanSnarker: Occasionally, such as in his first encounter with Strange.
--> '''Kaecilius:''' How long have you been at Kamar-Taj, Mister...?\\
'''Strange:''' "Doctor".\\
'''Kaecilius:''' Mister Doctor.\\
'''Strange:''' It's "Strange".\\
'''Kaecilius:''' Maybe. Who am I to judge?
* DecompositeCharacter: He bears more than a few similarities with the comic version of Mordo, being a former pupil of the Ancient One and a current disciple of Dormammu.
* DraggedOffToHell: [[spoiler:Part of the deal Strange makes to save the Earth from Dormammu is taking Kaecilius when he leaves, resulting in Kaecilius and his Zealots all being dragged off to the Dark Dimension.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His late wife and son [[spoiler:and his pain over their deaths is what fuels his actions throughout the film. A prequel comic shows his split from the Ancient One came when she refused to teach him magic to bring them back from the dead.]]
* EvilPlan: Destroy the shield generated by the Secret Sanctums in order to allow Dormammu into the human dimension, which will make everyone immortal.
* EvilSorcerer: His mastery of magic and his evil goal puts him into direct conflict with [[MagicalSociety Kamar-Taj]].
* EvilSoundsDeep: Kaecilius has a deep and villainous voice, courtesy of Creator/MadsMikkelsen.
* EyeScream: As Kaecilius and his followers get closer and closer to their dark goal, the areas around their eyes appear like dark purple craters in their faces.
* FaceHeelTurn: He broke away from the Ancient One to follow his own path for his evil purpose.
* FacialHorror: The purple scarring around his eyes.
* FallenHero: He was once a famous master of the Mystic Arts before breaking away and becoming an AntiVillain.
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:He ends up trapped in the Dark Dimension at the film's conclusion.]]
* {{Foil}}: To Strange, in that they are very similar people - magically gifted, brilliant, bitter and far too willing to reach for power they aren't ready for/capable of understanding yet. This is a large part of why the Ancient One initially refuses to train Strange.
* FreudianExcuse: Losing his family is what drives him to seek out immortality at any cost.
* TheHeavy: He is not the head villain, that would be Dormammu, but he is the villain moving the plot along since Dormammu is locked out of Earth's dimension.
* HerosEvilPredecessor: Takes this role compared to Doctor Strange, [[DecompositeCharacter as opposed to Mordo]]. In fact, the similarities between his arrogance and that of [[InsufferableGenius his successor]] plays a part in the Ancient One's initial refusal to teach the latter magic.
* HollywoodAtheist: A deleted scene has him discuss life and death with a priest, with Kaecilius' dialogue implying that he has forsaken any faith he had in God in favour of serving Dormammu.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Kaecilius longs to bring about a world without death, but he has no problem with killing anyone who gets in his way, including his own followers.
* ImmortalitySeeker: Kaecilius seeks to bring the Dark Dimension to Earth to make everyone, himself included, immortal. [[spoiler:He gets his wish, at least for himself and his Zealots, but not in the way he probably expected.]]
* IronicEcho: Unknowingly echos Strange's line about people being "momentary speck[s] in an indifferent universe," [[NotSoDifferent which visibly disturbs Strange.]]
* ItIsPronouncedTroPay: In a meta sense. In the film Kaecilius's name is pronounced ''ky-see-lee-us'', instead of the traditional ''ky-kee-lee-us" with a hard c sound as in the Latin textbooks (which featured the real-life Lucius Caecilius Iucundus). However, Kaecilius IS a Kamar-Taj sorcerer, so it can easily be said that this is an alias he chooses to go by (like The Ancient One).
* ManlyTears: While explaining his motivations to Doctor Strange, he eventually breaks into tears as he describes the possibilities of merging Earth's realm with the Dark Dimension. It's the first clue we get that he seems to genuinely want to improve the lot of all humans... though he's still willing to kill a few dozen on the way.
* ObviouslyEvil: Even when he drives some valid points, Strange refuses to help him because a) he just killed someone and b) his dark-magic-corrupted face is clearly the one of a bad guy.
* OffWithHisHead: What he does to the Kamar-Taj librarian. He even arranges a basket to catch the head when it drops.
* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: A very promising Master of the Mystic Arts, he left Kamar-Taj violently, taking his Zealots with him.
* RealityWarper: After being empowered by Dormammu, Kaecilius gains the ability to manipulate reality to a limited degree, even outside of the Mirror Dimension. [[spoiler:In the Mirror Dimension itself, this ability is taken UpToEleven.]]
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: [[spoiler:It's implied he and his followers were transformed into Mindless Ones after being DraggedOffToHell by Dormammu.]]
* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: He can form his swords from little more than space and magical energy, making them transparent yet deadly.
* StartOfDarkness: His start is detailed in a prequel comic, where the Ancient One's refusal to teach him how to reunite with his dead wife and son drives him to darkness.
* TheStoic: Kaecilius rarely shows strong emotion. Even when describing his motives to Strange with tears in his eyes, his voice is calm and steady.
* StrawNihilist: Kaecilius believes that death renders life meaningless, and that the only way to achieve a meaningful existence is to become immortal via the Dark Dimension. For this reason, he has no problem killing people to serve his goals.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: How he justifies killing people. As far as he's concerned, a few lives here and there are a small price to pay to create a world free of death.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Unsuccessfully tries to recruit Strange.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: The way he talks to Daniel Drumm gives the impression that this was true before he abandoned Kamar-Taj.
* WeaponOfChoice: Kaecilius tends to conjure [[RazorWind swords made of air]] during battle when not using other offensive magics.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: His goal is pretty simple: stop the effects of time on humanity. That way, we have all the time we need to gain wisdom, achieve our true potential, and no-one ever has to go through the loss of watching their family die ever again, as he did.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: He shares little resemblance with his [[http://cmro.travis-starnes.com/images/characters/kaecilius_q.jpg original comic book counterpart]].

[[folder:The Zealots]]
!! ''The Zealots''
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ScottAdkins, Zara Phythian, Katrina Durden, Alaa Safi, Dean Ridge
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/DoctorStrange2016''

The students of Kaecilius who split off from Kamar-Taj and joined him to form their own following, seduced by the power of the Dark Dimension.

* AntiVillain: They follow their master's goals in that they believe their actions are for the greater good - assimilation into the Dark Dimension with eternal life for all.
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: They were a whole group of disciples and students of the Ancient One, before following Kaecilius in his fall to the Dark Dimension's power.
* ConservationOfNinjutsu: In their original party over a dozen strong, they fall left and right to the Ancient One's more advanced control of magic. But once Kaecilius raids the Sanctums with only two Zealots at a time, they are a more formidable force, easily wiping out two Sanctums [[spoiler:and killing the Ancient One]]. Justified, as at that point they've been granted power from the Dark Dimension, increasing their magical power.
* DarkActionGirl: Kaecillius has several female Zealots who follow him into combat.
* DarkIsEvil: Like Kaecilius, they draw power from the Dark Dimension, and serve their leader's villainous, albeit [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-meaning]] goals.
* DraggedOffToHell: [[spoiler:The surviving ones share in Kaecilius' fate of being dragged off to the Dark Dimension when Dormammu leaves as part of Strange's deal with him.]]
* DwindlingParty: Their numbers decrease over the course of the film as they are killed off by the Ancient One, Strange, or [[BadBoss Kaecilius]]. By the time they arrive in Hong Kong, there are only two Zealots left, aside from Kaecilius himself.
* EliteMook: Lucian gives Stephen his most brutal thrashing in the entire film, almost killing him.
* EyeScream: The Dark Dimension ritual burns and chars the skin around their eyes, giving them the same horrific appearance as Kaecilius. They don't seem bothered by it.
* KungFuWizard: They use SupernaturalMartialArts in tandem with their spellcasting abilities. Additionally, they also use magically-imbued weapons in combat.
* ObviouslyEvil: Kaecilius and his followers all have disturbing purple-black scars around their eyes. Strange even {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this by pointing out Dormammu ''can't'' be good if he puts nasty black decay around his followers' eyes.
* RenegadeSplinterFaction: They broke off from the Kamar-Taj orthodoxy over a disagreement in how sorcery should be used.
* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: They can form their swords from little more than space and magical energy, making them transparent yet deadly.
* SuperpoweredMooks: Their main purpose in the story is to serve as Kaecilius' muscle, not much more.
* WhatMeasureIsAMook: The Ancient One, Mordo, and Kaecilius himself have no qualms about killing them, but after killing Lucian, Strange is quite shaken up, both because this is his first time taking a life and because of the Hippocratic Oath he swore as a doctor.

!!Sanctum Masters

[[folder:Daniel Drumm]]
!! ''Master Daniel Drumm''
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Mark Anthony Brighton
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/DoctorStrange2016''

->'''Kaecilius:''' Daniel, I see they made you the Master of this Sanctum.\\
'''Daniel Drumm:''' And you know what that means?\\
'''Kaecilius:''' That you will die protecting it.

One of the four Masters of Mystic Arts, and the Master of New York's Sanctum Santorum.

* AllThereInTheManual: While he doesn't have much screentime in the film, he gets more characterization in the ''Doctor Strange Prelude'' comics.
* BaldOfAwesome: He has a bald head and is a Masters of Mystic Arts.
* DeathByAdaptation: He lived to become successor to Brother Voodoo (who was actually his literal brother) in the comics. Granted, he died in the comics too, but remained a recurring character after becoming a ghost.
* DeathByOriginStory: [[spoiler:His death]] allows Stephen to become a Master of Mystic Arts, as well as the Master of Sanctum Sanctorum.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Kaecilius runs him through with a spear right in front of Strange.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: His stance on the Ancient One (and where he differs with Kaecilius), namely that her methods shouldn't be questioned if they're for the greater good of Earth.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: We get to know very little about him before he is [[spoiler:stabbed to death by Kaecilius]].

[[folder:Sol Rama]]
!!''Master Sol Rama''
->'''Portrayed By:''' Umit Ulgen
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/DoctorStrange2016''

One of the four Masters of Mystic Arts, and the Master of London's Sanctum Santorum.
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* CanonForeigner: Notably the only Sanctum Master who has no comics counterpart. One possibility is that he's named after Rama Kaliph.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: We know very little about him before [[spoiler:being killed by Kaecilius]] in his second[[note]]His first is with other Masters (The Ancient One, Daniel Drumm, and Tina Minoru) in Kamar-Taj.[[/note]] on-screen appearance.
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[[folder:Tina Minoru]]
!!''Master Tina Minoru''
->'''Portrayed By:''' Linda Louise Duan (''Doctor Strange''), Brittany Ishibashi (''Runaways'')
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'' | ''Series/Runaways2018''

One of the four Masters of Mystic Arts, and the Master of Hong Kong's Sanctum Santorum.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Is an {{evil sorceress}} and ComicBook/NicoMinoru's [[EvilMatriarch villainous mother]] in the comics. In ''Doctor Strange'', she's a Sanctum Master on the side of the Ancient One and the other heroic characters.
* AllThereInTheManual:
** Has little appearance in the movie, but has major appearance in the prelude comic alongside Kaecillius, Wong, and Daniel Drumm.
** She's now slated to appear in the upcoming ''Series/Runaways2018'' series, although it's unknown as to whether or not her appearances in the ''Doctor Strange'' film and tie-in comics will still be canon, especially as she's [[TheOtherDarrin played by another actress there]].
* SoleSurvivor: The only original Sanctum Master who is still alive after the death of [[spoiler:Daniel Drumm and Sol Rama]].
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Along with Wong and Daniel Drumm, she was friend and ally of Kaecillius in the prelude comic before his FaceHeelTurn.
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* SilentSnarker: It's clearly exasperated with Strange's undertraining-caused antics, and expresses it very well despite being voiceless.

* TheVoiceless: Never speaks in the movie.

* TheVoiceless: They don't have any dialogue in the movie beyond reciting the ritual they stole from Kamar-Taj alongside Kaecilius.

* HypocrisyNod: She acknowledges that [[spoiler:drawing power from the Dark Dimenion is wrong and she always hated doing so because it was forbidden.]] However, look below.

* BadassCape: The Cloak of Levitation, an enchanted red cloak that protects Strange, lets him levitate and responds to his mental commands. It can also [[DancingPants move on its own]] [[AnimateInanimateObject and is sentient to some extent]]. In fact, comparing their respective performances in their first fight against Kaecilius, the Cloak was actually ''more'' badass than Strange when they first met!

!! Kamar-Taj

!! Teachers

!New York Sanctum