History Characters / ShadowRaiders

* AFatherToHisMen: He cares deeply for the people under his charge, which ends up being every single person within the cluster at the end of the series. It's telling when in his first appearance, the Miners would not obey an order from the expedition's commanding officer until Graveheart (who is implied to be simply a foreman at best) gives the ok. He would also later try to abandon the expedition to save the few people still alive, despite knowing the consequences of such a retreat (however the coming of the Beast made his choice much easier). Jade implied that if Graveheart wanted the throne, even if he was an exile, the people of Rock would accept him.

* TheCaptain: It's her job.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He's never seen again after the finale of season one, though Blokk mentions in "Blaze of Glory" that he was [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured]] at Voyd's hands after Remora's destruction.

* AFatherToHisMen: He cares deeply for the people under his charge, which ends up being every single person within the cluster at the end of the series. It's telling when in his first appearance, the Miners would not obey an order from the expedition's commanding officer until Graveheart (who is implied to be simply a foreman at best) gives the ok. He would also later try to abandon the expedition to save the few people still alive, despite knowing the consequences of such a retreat (however the coming of the Beast made his choice much easier). Jade implied that if Graveheart wanted the throne, even if he was an exile, the people of rock would accept him.

* ImNotAHeroIm: Even after effectively becoming the leader of TheAlliance, Graveheart's quick to remind everyone that he's "just a miner". This is even lampshaded with a clipshow, showing just how many times he's uttered that phrase despite the contrary.

* LeeroyJenkins: He has a habit of rushing into situations without thinking, like trying to attack Remora's weak-point without backup. Fortunately, his friends are usually around to bail him out when things take a bad turn.

* EvilChancellor: Subverted. Despite his open contempt for the Alliance, his {{Jerkass}} behavior is motivated out of loyalty to Prince Pyrus and a desire to protect the young ruler from what he perceives as a potential threat.

* InterspeciesRomance: He seems to be a ''very'' big fan of this, given how he unabashedly flirts with [[AmazonianBeauty Jade]], [[RobotGirl Tekla]], and even [[HumanoidAbomination Lamprey]].

* KnightOfCerebeus: After it appears, the situation becomes ''much'' more dire.

* KnightOfCerberus: After it appears, the situation becomes ''much'' more dire.

* WorfEffect: Not the Beast Planet itself, but in it's introduction it casually obliterates a Battlemoon ''from halfway across the solar system''. It then makes short work of a second moon not long after. Note that before this, a single Battlemoon was enough to swing the battle in favour of the Alliance.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's easily the most honorable and understanding of the Cluster's rulers, and is always willing to listen and lend his support whenever the need arises.

* ImNotAHeroIm: Even after effectively becoming the leader of TheAlliance, Graveheart's quick to remind everyone that he's "just a miner".

* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: The Beast Planet's exterior is black, while the inside if its maw is lit up with bright red light.

* MsFanservice: The prime competitor for the most attractive female in the cast.

* LanternJawOfJustice: Sternum has the biggest chin in the cast, though he's not quite the nicest.

* TheBrute: He's not as bright as his companions, and most of his strategies involve {{Zerg Rush}}ing the Alliance with superior numbers.

The stubborn and aggressive ruler of Planet Rock, Lord Mantle believes his people to be the dominant civilization of the Cluster, and harshly punishes anyone who contradicts this view. He strongly objects to the idea of forming an alliance with the other races, and even after the Beast Planet itself appears, Mantle is convinced that his quarriors and battle-moons are more than capable of repelling the invasion on their own.

* EldritchAbomination: A nigh-unstoppable cosmic horror large enough to devour [[PlanetEater entire worlds]] at a time.
* GeniusLoci: The Beast Planet is clearly sentient to some degree, though it leaves the talking to its generals.
* TheJuggernaut: ''Nothing'' can stop it or even damage it. Not the battle-moons' {{Wave Motion Gun}}s, not [[spoiler: a planet]] being rammed into it, or even [[spoiler: ''another'' planet rigged to [[EarthShatteringKaboom violently explode]] inside of it]]. [[spoiler: The best result comes from using the Prison Planet's teleporter to send it halfway across the galaxy, and that just forces it to change targets.]]
* PlanetEater: It devoured Tekla's entire home system, [[spoiler: as well as Fire, Jungle and Reptizar]], and has probably devoured hundreds of other worlds in the past.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Like most of its technology, the Beast Planet's exterior is black, while the inside is lit up with bright red light.

* YouHaveFailedMe: He was apparently on the receiving end of this from the Beast after his failure to protect Remora in season one, as well as his subsequent failures.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He's never seen again after the finale of season one.

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* TheBigGuy: In the FiveManBand.

* BigNo: When [[spoiler: the Vizier sacrifices himself to ram Planet Fire into the Beast Planet]].

* LeeroyJenkins: He has a habit of rushing into situations without thinking, [[spoiler: like trying to attack Remora's weak-point without backup]]. Fortunately, his friends are usually around to bail him out when things take a bad turn.

* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler: His final words as he prepares to ram Fire into the Beast Planet:]]
-->[[spoiler:"And you! Eater of Worlds! May you taste our righteous fire and ''choke'' on it! For my planet's sake, ''I spit my last breath at thee!''"]]

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: He dies when the Beast Planet devours Planet Fire.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: He stays behind on the doomed Planet Fire so he can use its damaged world-engines to [[RammingAlwaysWorks ram the Beast Planet]] in a final act of defiance.]]
** SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler: It doesn't work, and Fire is devoured anyway.]]

* SoProudOfYou: [[spoiler: Before his death, he tells Pyrus that he's finally become a worthy leader for his people, and that the prince no longer needs his guidance.]]

* InterspeciesRomance: He seems to be a ''very'' big fan of this, given how he unabashedly flirts with [[ActionGirl Jade]], [[RobotGirl Tekla]], and even [[HumanoidAbomination Lamprey]].

* MilitaryCoup: Femur comes perilously close to this [[spoiler: after he orders his fleet to flee the battle of Remora]]. Turns out while the people of Bone encourage ChronicBackstabbingDisorder, outright cowardice is frowned upon, as Pelvis points out:

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: At the battle of Remora, when it looks like the tables are turning in the Beast's favor after the battle-station reveals itself, Femur quickly orders his forces into a full retreat, leaving the Fire and Ice fleets in even greater jeopardy.]]

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* BadassBaritone

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His first act in the series is to save the life of a miner caught in the path of a sonic cannon. When thanked, Graveheart [[ImNotAHeroIm deflects the praise]].

-->''My friends, today is a day that will live in our mutual histories as one where we all stood together to do what was right. We are a force, forged of necessity, no longer separated by our differences but joined by our common goal: Survival. The Beast Planet must ''not'' win! We ''cannot'' allow it to destroy our freedom, our hope, our very lives. We few, we band of brothers, are all that now stand between life and obliteration. I, for one, choose life. ''What say the rest of you?'' ''

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: In the final episode, Graveheart shoves one of Tekla's antimatter-repelling shield generators into his gut, which rips him apart from the inside-out.]]

* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: [[spoiler: She has one with Tekla while possessing her body.]]

* DemonicPossession: [[She hijacks Tekla's unconscious body in order to infiltrate the Alliance and steal their secrets. It backfires horribly, as Tekla ends up gleaning knowledge about the World Engines and the Beast Planet from Lamprey's mind.]]

* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: [[spoiler: She has one with Lamprey for control of her body, and manages to come away with critical knowledge about the World Engines and the Beast Planet.]]
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: Her comatose body is briefly possessed by Lamprey in a gambit to infiltrate the budding Alliance and steal their secrets.]]

* NeverAcceptedInHisHometown: Thanks to Lord Mantel exiling him from Rock. [[spoiler: Jade's first act as ruler is to publicly restore Graveheart's citizenship and rights.]]

Captain of the Guard and Graveheart's childhood friend, Jade leads the quarriors on behalf of Lord Mantel, though quickly becomes an important member of TheAlliance.

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Her stance on [[spoiler: giving the Alliance military codes to Lord Mantel. The battle against Remora probably wouldn't have been possible without the help of Rock's battle-moons]].

* ToBeLawfulOrGood: She chooses to be Lawful [[spoiler: when she agrees to give Lord Mantel the Alliance military's command codes in return for Rock's membership in the Alliance]].

[[folder:Lord Mantel]]

The stubborn and aggressive ruler of Planet Rock, Lord Mantel believes his people to be the dominant civilization of the Cluster, and harshly punishes anyone who contradicts this view. He strongly objects to the idea of forming an alliance with the other races, and even after the Beast Planet itself appears, Mantel is convinced that his quarriors and battle-moons are more than capable of repelling the invasion on their own.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: [[spoiler: When Blokk marches into his throne room with a horde of drones, Mantel challenges the Beast general to a duel without hesitation. [[SubvertedTrope He loses]].]]

* FatalFlaw: His pride, naturally. Mantel is grossly overconfident in the ability of his own forces to fight the Beast, and outright refuses to cooperate with the other members of the Alliance unless he has no other choice.

* HeadInTheSandManagement: Lord Mantel seems determined to blithely ignore anything that contradicts his view of Planet Rock as the ultimate power in the system. Show him a video of the Beast Planet effortlessly shrugging off a much bigger WaveMotionGun than his battle-moons have? He insists that the moons can handle it, and therefore Planet Rock doesn't need the Alliance and can stand on its own.
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler: When he sees that his ill-conceived attack on the Beast Planet is not only ineffective, but allowed the enemy to counterattack his near-defenseless world, Mantel is convinced by Pyrus to recall the battle-moons and save the the people of Fire from almost-certain death. Later, when he loses his duel against Blokk, Mantel's final act is to destroy the data crystal containing the stolen Alliance command codes so the Beast can't exploit them.]]

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: After blackmailing the Alliance, Mantel's absurd hubris and overestimation of the battle-moons' ability to fight the Beast Planet leads to the invaders counterattacking his vulnerable world, resulting in his death at Blokk's hands.]]

* TyrantTakesTheHelm: [[spoiler: When Graveheart, Cryos and Femur go missing on the Prison Planet, Mantel seizes power by using the Alliance's stolen command-codes to paralyze their military forces during a critical battle; holding the entire Alliance hostage in return for undisputed leadership. When he gets what he wants, his first act is to send the battle-moons on a suicidal attack on the Beast Planet, ''with Pyrus' people still onboard''.]]
* WithUsOrAgainstUs: His motive for banishing Graveheart from Rock after the latter proposed the Alliance. In Mantel's eyes, Graveheart's insistence on cooperating with aliens amounted to treason.

The [[TheStoic stoic]] King of Ice, Cryos is an [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure intelligent, noble ruler]] who witnesses the first Beast attack alongside Graveheart. Immediately understanding the threat posed by the Beast Planet, Cryos is the first to pledge his support to the idea of an alliance, though he still has trouble putting up with the likes of [[{{Jerkass}} Mantel]] and [[DirtyCoward Femur]].

* IHaveNoMouth: His skull-hologram lacks a jaw. Fitting, since he's TheVoiceless.

* ActionGirl:

* TheCaptain: It's in her title.
* WindowsMatchTheDrapes

* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: She has one with Tekla while possessing her body.

* DemonicPossession: She hijacks Tekla's comatose body in order to infiltrate the Alliance and steal their secrets.
* DisintegratorRay: All ranged weapons employed by the Beast forces are this on some level, but Lamprey stands out for her DisintegratorRay being a technological sidearm rather than a part of her body.