History Characters / Primal2019

* PyrrhicVillainy: [[spoiler: Despite being partially successful in avenging his family by mortally wounding Spear, he gets dragged to hell by The Scorpion immediately afterward, presumably to be tortured for the rest of eternity.]]

* RapePillageAndBurn: He's the leader of a fierce group of slavers.

* MeaningfulName: Her name means "Kindness" in several languages, and she's the first unfailingly benevolent force that Spear and Fang meet. In addition, her name can mean "Ocean" or "Boundry" in Sanskrit, [[spoiler:with the civilization that captured her apparently being from across the ocean]].

* FragileSpeedster: She's agile enough to literally dance around the likes of Spear and Kamau to the point they can't lay a finger on her but she lacks the power or durability either of them have and really isn't able to take hits on par with them. [[spoiler: This ultimately plays a huge part in her death, as she's left to face Kamau by herself. She can't inflict any real damage on him and once he gets his hands on her...]]

* WeakButSkilled: She doesn't have the kind of power that Spear or Kamau may bring to a fight but she is highly agile in battle, nimble enough that neither of them can even touch her in their respective fights while she can deliver DeathByAThousandCuts. [[spoiler: She ultimately gets killed when facing Kamau alone because she's effectively cornered and doesn't have the strength to cause him any real injuries, while he has just has to get his hands on her to finish her off.]]

* TheVoiceless: Never says a word throughout the entire episode, his only vocalizations being [[TitleDrop primal]] grunts and yells. Slightly subverted as when Darlington punches him in the face a second time, he seems to [[RageBreakingPoiny yell "DIE" at him]], but it's so garbled to be almost completely unintelligible.

* TheVoiceless: Never says a word throughout the entire episode, his only vocalizations being [[TitleDrop primal]] grunts and yells.

* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:The last enemy that Spear and Fang fight together, which seems to have led to the former's death.]]

* RevengeBeforeReason: The Chieftain losing his entire village, along with is beloved wife and youngest son, makes his a parallel to Spear's own tragic loss at the beginning of the story. However, unlike him, he was fortunate enough to have one of his sons with him on his trip, and thus he still has family alive when he discovers the loss of his home and family. However, rather than be grateful for what he still has, the Chief and Eldar arm themselves and prepare to hunt down Spear and Fang in revenge for their losses, rather than accepting them as a consequence of their slaving. [[spoiler:This ultimately results in Eldar's avoidable death and the Chieftain completely giving up the fight and [[DespairEventHorizon the will to live]], allowing his badly-battered body to be swept away by the river currents in an attempt to join the rest of his people only for his chance to be yanked when the Demon gives him the choice to go after Spear and Fang in a new demonic form. And his determination to get revenge still after losing everything ends with him DraggedOffToHell by the Demon that gave him his power, presumably to be tormented for eternity flat-out denying anything close to a happy ending for him..]]

* HeroKiller: The Chieftain succeeds in killing Spear after burning him with his flames.

* BigBad: More or less the main antagonist of the second season, with his desire for vengeance being one of the long-running plot points. Even when relegated to the background during the Colossaeus arc, his threat looms.

* Foil: To Spear. Both are driven to revenge after their families are killed but while Spear realises how hollow vengeance is, the Chieftain becomes ever more obsessed and every loss makes him fall deeper into the well.

** She's shocked when Red attacks and eats the Celtics, refusing to do the same until they start attacking her and even then only to defend herself; she doesn't regard them as a meal the same way Red does. There's also an implication that she's never really hunted humans for food, given how ambivalent she seems to be around them when not being threatened or how her hatchlings don't regard Spear with any wariness or hostility. She is clearly considering eating Amara when she sees her but the is is after months of having to kill and eat humans while fighting under Ima.

* EvilCounterpart: He clearly has many parallel with Spear. For one, they both had a family of four, is often with their oldest sons, and loved their wives dearly. Spear losing his family made him close to DespairEventHorizon and the Chieftain already went past it. Their closures even differs. Spear killing the ''Tyrannosaurus'' that killed his family gave him the closure he needed. The Chieftain got his revenge, but he gets DraggedOffToHell despite his power.

* UncertainDoom: The Chieftain sees Eldar trapped in a lava flow in Hell, spurring his decision to accept the DealWithTheDevil. Whether this is Eldar's actual fate, a decietful vision used to manipulate his father, or something else is never revealed.

* ScaledUp: [[spoiler:He transforms into a giant snake during his final battle with Spear]].

* TheDragon: To his father.

* EvilOverlord: Definitely seems like he's being set up as this. In his first proper appearance, it's strongly implied that he's Satan himself.

* TheBlank: [[spoiler: Much like his new mast ter, the transformed Chieftain has no face beyond a pair of glowing orange eyes. Though he does briefly take on his original face in his final battle with Spear and Fang.]]

* BigBad: More or less the main antagonist of the second season, with his desire for vengeance being one of the long-running plot points of the season. Even when relegated to the background during the Colossaeus arc, his the threat looms.

* BigBad: He arguably the main antagonist of the series of Season 2, although Ima may be as big a contender.
* TheBlank: [[spoiler: Much like his new master, the transformed Chieftain has no face beyond a pair of glowing orange eyes. Though he does briefly take on his original face in his final battle with Spear and Fang.]]

* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Her brow has ridges that evoke feminine eyelashes, and go up to a point in a similar shape to eyeshadow. Other than that, though, [[DownplayedTrope there's really no outward indication of her gender]]. She is also licking the horns we see on the definitely male Red, her presumably male hatchling and the again presumably male horned tyrannosaurs.

* StrongFamily Resemblance: As adults, apart from their colors they clearly take after their parents. Both possess an enlarged tooth, with the male having similar horns as his father and the female being almost identical to Fang.

* HeroKiller The Chieftain succeeds in killing Spear after burning him with his flames.

* TailSlap: Whenever she's not using her jaws, Fang uses that tail of hers for good use in combat. Although trying to use her tail as a desperate attempt against Krog wasn't a good idea as he instantly caught it before breaking her leg. Used for comedic effect whenSpear is trying to sneak her eggs into a boat, where after taking them back she promptly knocks him flat on his face.

* FireForgedFriends: At first they had issues that almost led them to fight over dominance, but after enough time together while saving each other, now they would do anything to protect one another. [[spoiler: Ironically it would be fighting a fire spewing demonic herald that would ''maybe'' end the friendship but they were together every step of the way.]]

* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler: Seemingly succumbs to his burn wounds after fighting the demonically empowered Chieftain, though we don't know for sure.]]

* HistoryRepeats: [[spoiler:Spear's father died protecting him from saber tooth tigers. Spear seemingly dies protecting Fang's new children from the empowered Chieftain.]]

* UglyGuyHotWife: [[spoiler:Well, he and Mira probably would've fully become this had Spear not sustained mortal injuries fighting the empowered Chieftain, but they do conceive a child together before Spear dies- IF he does, and Spear is a classic stout Neanderthal in appearance while Mira is a conventionally attractive tall woman. It's especially pronounced when they finally consummate their relationship, as Spear is completely covered in horrific burn scars by that point.]]
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:The series finale ''seems'' to imply that he died of his severe burns and survived just long enough to conceive a child with Mira, but nothing conclusive is shown to that effect. Given the injuries we've seen him sustain throughout the series, it's hardly inconceivable that he pulled through and just happened to be elsewhere during the final scene.]]

** She's shocked when Red attacks and eats the Celtics, refusing to do the same until they start attacking her and even then only to defend herself; she doesn't regard them as a meal the same way Red does. There's also an implication that she's never really hunted humans for food, given how ambivalent she seems to be around them when not being threatened or how her hatchlings don't regard Spear with any wariness or hostility.

* TailSlap: Whenever she's not using her jaws, Fang uses that tail of hers for good use in combat. Although trying to use her tail as a desperate attempt against Krog wasn't a good idea as he instantly caught it before breaking her leg.
* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Her brow has ridges that evoke feminine eyelashes, and go up to a point in a similar shape to eyeshadow. Other than that, though, [[DownplayedTrope there's really no outward indication of her gender]].

* SecondLove: [[spoiler:She eventually becomes one to Spear, having a child by him after he seems to die of his wounds from his fight with the demonic Chieftain.]]

* TheSilentBob: Unable to teach Spear her language, she usually doesn't say much during their travels, mostly communicating through gestures.

* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: [[spoiler: Spear seems to ultimately succumb to the injuries he sustains fighting the empowered Chieftain in the finale of Season 2, but whether he managed to survive or not, it's revealed at the very end that he and Mira had conceived a child after the battle.]]

* ThroughHisStomach: Fang starts to tolerate her after tasting some of the food she makes, though he doesn't care for the spices. She later motivates Fang to climb a rocky hill by offering her some huge grubs, and Fang goes absolutely crazy for her cooking.

* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: Despite (seemingly) killing Spear, the Chieftain gets dragged back to Hell and he never reunites with his family in the afterlife. His obsession with vengeance has cost him everything. And to add further insult to injury, his sworn enemy now has a daughter living happily.]]

* BigBad: He is the main antagonist of the series as a whole.

* HeroKiller: Maybe. The Chieftain seems to succeed in killing Spear after burning him with his flames.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: It's unclear from Mira's artwork whether he's just a large man [[HornyVikings wearing a horned helmet]] or some kind of demon or HornedHumanoid. Given the track record of the series so far, it could go either way. His appearance in Season 2 reveals that he is definitely ''not'' human, but his exact nature remains unexplained, save that he's unconnected to the vikings beyond a superficial similarity to his natural appearance, and apparently has an interest in the Chieftain for his antagonism with the Trio to satisfy his {{Revenge}}.

* TheDreaded: Mira fears him, and he has doubtless destroyed many villages in the same manner as hers.
* EvilIsBigger: While Mira's artwork already showed that he was big, Season 2 reveals just ''how'' big he is -- [[{{Kaiju}} he's on the same scale as the]] ''[[{{Kaiju}} Argentinosaurus]]''.

* EvilerThanThou: The savage ape-men who took Mira near the end were completely annihilated off-screen, their bodies filled with arrows, signaling that the Scorpion and his followers are by far the greater threat.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Mira's explanation of her backstory sketched out to Spear in the dirt seemed to indicate that he is the leader of the viking raiders that enslaved her, supported by his [[HornyVikings distinctive headgear]] and the [[ArcSymbol Scorpion motif]] that covers several of the Viking's items and gear. Except Mira's dialogue, when translated in tandem with her drawings, reveals that she was captured by a ''different'' group and later sold to the Vikings as part of a trade for food and supplies, presumably where the vikings also got their shields and sails from, underscoring TheReveal in "Vidarr" that the Scorpion is a HornedHumanoid unconnected to the Viking antagonists.
-->'''Mira:''' We were living away from other people in a remote land that was rich, tranquil, and full of life -- my family, my heart. One day, they arrived at night; they defeated us, burned down our village, and killed many. Few escaped. They captured a portion of us and took us away from our country to a sad and cold land filled with darkness. We became slaves. They took us to another place where they sold us for food and trade. I managed to escape and arrived here, in your land.
* GreaterScopeVillain: His existence and the effort his underlings go through to recapture Mira proves that they are a force to be reckoned with for the future of the series. Mira's story seems to indicate that some horned humanoid is their leader. His brief appearance in "Vidarr" proves that he has no direct connection to the Viking antagonists of the season thus far, but he has [[VillainTakesAnInterest started to take an interest in them]] because of their antagonism with the heroes and the Chieftain's burning desire for revenge.

* HornyVikings: His advanced ships, and his brutal method of conquest make it possible that he's one of these. He could also be from a Sumerian-like culture, since Vikings didn't actually wear horned helmets, while these were the attribute of the Mesopotamian gods. However, it's later clarified that the helmeted viking's resemblance to him to purely accidental, and the Chieftain is as confused as the audience when he appears before him in a dream with no hints of his presence in the season beforehand.

* NoNameGiven: All we've seen of him is Mira's drawings and untranslated conversation that Spear cannot fully understand. The title of "[[RedBaron The Scorpion]]" comes from the scorpion insignia that he marks his property -- items, boats and slaves alike -- with, and the title of Mira's introductory episode [[ProtagonistTitle calling her]] the 'Slave of the Scorpion'. Other than that, he doesn't seem to have any spoken name yet, and Mira's drawings don't show any such [[AnimalMotif scorpion traits]] on him himself. His on-screen appearance in "Vidarr" indicates that he has no direct connection with the Viking slavers who captured Mira given their Chieftain's terror and confusion of him when they meet in a dream, making his connection to the brand and why it was so prominent on the Viking's insignias unclear. He himself doesn't show any physical scorpion traits, and all that is known about his existence is that Mira knows of him, and vice versa, given he showed himself to the chieftain because of his antagonism and pursuit of the trio, Mira included.

* SlaveBrand: His method of identifying his property. Seen on the back of Mira's head, as well as on the sail of his ships. However, the viking Chieftain's confusion and terror of him when he appears in a dream before him implies that whatever the brand is supposed to represent, this [[ManOnFire flaming]] HornedHumanoid is unconnected to it.
* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Without knowing much else about them, the fact that they run a slaving operation instantly marks them as a particularly despicable villain, especially in this primitive world where {{Necessary Evil}}s committed only in the name of survival are the norm. However, the viking Chieftain's confusion at his appearance before him in a dream reveals that the Scorpion himself is apparently unconnected to his people's [[RapePillageAndBurn way of life]], except through the slaves they traffic that apparently know of him.
* TheUnseen: He has yet to appear in person in the series proper. He finally makes a one-off appearance in "Vidarr", appearing during the Chieftain's dreams about his deceased family, apparently summoned/drawn to him by his strong need for vengeance upon his enemies. However, outside that nightmare he takes no part in the events of the episode, and it's made clear that whatever he is, he's completely alien to the conflict between the vikings and Spear and Fang.

* GentleGiant: Some time after the TimeSkip, they become full-grown adults and are gentle with Mira. One of them allows Mira and Spear's daughter ride it.

* FireForgedFriends: At first they had issues that almost led them to fight over dominance, but after enough time together while saving each other, now they would do anything to protect one another. [[spoiler: Ironically it would be fighting a fire spewing demonic herald that would end the friendship but they were together every step of the way.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Their's is an (obviously) non-romantic relationship but either would die to save the other without hesitation, and they are lifelong friends. While Spear feels isolated by Fang having children and Mira returning home, Fang's actions shows he's nothing to worry about about as she promptly breaks through a stonewall to share a home with him in Mira's village.

* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler: Seemingly succumbs to his burn wounds after fighting the demonically empowered Chieftain.]]
* HeroicWillpower: Spear not only manages to roll a multi-tonne dinosaur onto a stretcher, he then carries it an unspecified but long distance in search of safety. He only stops because his hands are so blistered and bruised he literally can't lift it anymore.

* UglyGuyHotWife: [[spoiler:Well, he and Mira probably would've fully become this had Spear not sustained mortal injuries fighting the empowered Chieftain, but they do conceive a child together before Spear dies, and Spear is a classic stout Neanderthal in appearance while Mira is a conventionally attractive tall woman. It's especially pronounced when they finally consummate their relationship, as Spear is completely covered in horrific burn scars by that point.]]

* ElementalRockPaperScissors: [[spoiler: One would think that the Chieftain's transformation into a monster composed of flame and magma would make him vulnerable to water. [[AvertedTrope It doesn't]], he is able to walk on the surface of water without hesitation.]]

* DetrimentalDetermination: Their {{Determinator}} tendencies are heavily {{Deconstructed}}. The idea of quitting or stopping their actions before the cost becomes too much for them never seems to enter their head as a collective whole. Their members continue attacking Spear and Fang -- even driving them backwards into the village when they were attempting to exit it at first -- no matter how many of them they mow through, even including their elderly and young children in attacking the duo, much to Spear's horror. Rikka's youngest son continues attacking Spear even when he runs out of arrows, apparently not even considering how poor an idea it was to attack a [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower super-strong]] Caveman close-range, which understandably leads to his accidental death. Even when the duo try to flee again mid-fight after slaughtering around half the village, the remaining ones continue attacking them until they reach their RageBreakingPoint, and some of the villagers are only seen trying to flee when their numbers have been reduced almost to nothing. The Chieftain still has his oldest son alive by the end, but rather than accepting that part of his family remains alive, he has his son armour up with him and prepare to hunt down Spear and Fang, risking his surviving kin's life to avenge those deceased. This trait was hinted at back in Season one, as the Vikings apparently went out of their way to track down Mira, a sole escaped slave, in a hostile land after she escape from them on open sea, rather than letting her go. [[spoiler:Mira's translated dialogue about her backstory and her flashback show she was being taken to be sold when she escaped.She was one of (as we later see) many slaves but they went to such extremes to recapture ''one''. It speaks volumes to the Vikings' stubbornness that they refused to let her go despite the risks.]]

* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:His fate is him getting dragged off by the demoniac entity into Hell, presumably to be tormented for eternity. Made even worse by the fact that the same entity denied him a peaceful death and reunion with his loved ones.]]

* ParentChildTeam: A father and son duo on a quest for vengeance, both using all the resources at their disposal to battle the duo.