History Characters / TheEndTimesVermintidePlayerCharacters

* PersonalHorror: Dialogue while alone in the Chaos Wastes' starting area will reveal Saltzpyre has ''not'' been taking the very concept of what he's been doing well. He fully understands the gravity of the possibility of his order realizing he's gone to the Chaos, may try to internally deflect the blame for doing this onto Lohner, Kerillian or Sienna, or mention that [[PlaguedByNightmares his dreams are full of blood]].

* ThePigPen: In Keep dialogue with Grail Knight Kruber, he reveals that he never bathes and his hat description mentions it has lice living in it. Considering how often he's covered in blood, guts, poison gas, and sewage, it's a wonder any of his teammates can stand the stench, although it warrants mentioning that bathing and washing were considered two different things in the time period Vermintide is modeled off.

* RoyalRapier: Rapiers are expensive, and the fact that he owns one shows the kind of resources and access Saltzpyre has. It allows him to attack with several quick jabs or a deeply penetrating thrust. It's especially effective when targeting the head, and also has a very-low-damage but [[BottomlessMagazines infinite ammunition]] [[SwordAndGun pistol]] that he holds in his off-hand that he also brings up to block with. He wears his signature rapier on his hip for the Vermintide 1 intro, but only is seen in the intro as firing multiple pistols.

* OhMyGods: In contrast to the others, who swear by deities, when Sienna is moved to swear she usually does so by the wind of Aqshy itself or in the name of Volans, the founder of the Colleges of Magic.

* ExperiencedProtagonist: At the start of the first game, each of them are already elite soldiers with decades if not centuries of combat experience, and appropriately look and sound noticeably weathered (except [[LongLived Kerillian]]). Many of their conversations involve [[NoodleIncident Noodle Incidents]] from their pasts. Brief examples of their pre-Ubersreik adventures can be glimpsed by the party in ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'', where they're already presented as veteran soldiers (Kruber, the youngest, has even already risen to command his own platoon) despite the campaign involving them being set 11 years prior to the first game.

** Saltzpyre was separated from his biological family early on and [[NoSocialSkills never bothered to cultivate relationships afterwards]], [[MarriedToTheJob being entirely set on his duty.]] Despite this, his willingness to bend the order's rules and his obsession with the Skaven (among other implied factors) meant that even his Witch Hunter comrades thought him a fool.
** Sienna was outcast from her village as a child and had no family from then on besides her murderous sister, [[CainAndAbel who she killed]]. She had a tutor named Rambler for a while, but she killed him too for unknown reasons. When she was studying at the university in Altdorf, her peers regarded her with caution and suspicion due to her desire to push her magic to its limits, and she eventually left due to feeling the scholarly lifestyle was ill-suited for her. By the time of the first game she's a wanted fugitive on her way to a murder trial.
** Kerillian was a Waystalker, who are singularly solitary among Wood Elves and are so antisocial that they can go years without even speaking to another elf. Moreover, the Voice heavily implies that she regarded her kin with scorn due to an inferiority complex, and they regarded her badly in turn - and after ''that'', she was formally exiled from her people.

** Kruber: halberds, poleaxes,[[note]]The "Soldier's Halberd" skin is closer to one than an actual halberd, with a much smaller and less broad head.[[/note]] greatswords, longswords, arming swords, maces, shortswords, two-handed hammers, spears, executioner's swords, shields, and the butt of his blunderbuss.

* ReligiousBruiser: Most obviously Saltzpyre, but each of the Ubersreik Five pay homage to a god from their distinct pantheon and has a small shrine in their mountain base in ''II''. Saltzpyre obviously worships Sigmar, patron god and [[FounderOfTheKingdom founder]] of the Empire. Kerillian worships the elven goddess Lileath, goddess of the moon and associate of fortune and seers. Sienna worships Myrmidia, goddess of war and the blazing sun. Kruber worships Taal, the Lord of Beasts and patron of hunters and woodsmen. And Bardin worships Valaya the Protector, mother of dwarfs and ancestor goddess of hearth, healing and home.

* EvilLaugh: Comes along with being a Necromancer. {{Lampshaded|}} by Kerillian, [[https://youtu.be/JCC5cqh8eA8?si=fSdeeXZ26mGeanPY&t=376 who takes issue with it]] and distrusts Sienna's new lifestyle in part because of her newfound tendenct towards maniacal laughter.

* OneManArmy: All of them, taken to absurd levels. On higher difficulties the team will easily score over a thousand kills per mission, and considering there are several dozen missions in total between both games and their expansions, that would put each of the 5's canonical death tolls into the quintuple digits, of whom 10-15% would be elites and specials. The interquel mission "Waylaid" hangs a lampshade on this; after they repulse the first Skaven invasion of Ubersreik more or less on their own, Rasknitt lays a trap to capture them, reasoning that the city would easily fall in their absence. He turns out to be right, as Ubersreik falls almost immediately while his even larger and better-equipped attack on Helmgart ends in miserable failure soon after they're released.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: With the revelation of Sienna's embracing of necromancy, the other four have all exhibited signs of this. Despite all of them having more than a few reasons to be wary of the nature of Sienna's new magic, that they're all FireForgedFriends have put doubt into all of their minds. This prompted them to seek alternative methods to cope with her transformation, with even the pious and stalwart Saltzpyre being open to the possibility of seeking the Lady of the Lake's help to save her soul, and the normally-distant Kerillian openly referring to Sienna as her friend for the first time ever, much to the incredulity of the rest of the party.

* DeadlyEuphemism: Refers to having a 'disagreement' with a Chaos Dwarf in the past. Bardin presses her until she straight up admits she killed him.

* EvilLaugh: Comes along with being a Necromancer. Practically {{Lampshaded|}} by Kerillian, [[https://youtu.be/JCC5cqh8eA8?si=fSdeeXZ26mGeanPY&t=376 who takes issue with it.]]
* FeelingTheirAge: Maybe. Sienna often complains about her age and physical discomfort, though [[VagueAge it's up in the air how old she really is.]]

** Pyromancer gains increased crit chance the higher her overheat goes, exchanging considerable melee damage at the cost of fire damage, and is only slightly better than Battle Wizard in potential defenses. Soul Siphon grants up to 30% in damage reduction for every Special enemy she kills, while Bonded Flame heals her for 35 temporary HP upon casting The Burning Head - similar to Battle Wizard these also face competition from skills that up her already high damage potential.

* KindheartedCatLover: {{Downplayed|}} - referring to him as kindhearted would be a rather gross exaggeration, the fact that he's adopted a little cat is more just an indication [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold he's not quite as prickly and obstinate as he usually presents as]].

* NoSenseOfHumor: His idea of a joke is to make another comment about burning Sienna at the stake, just slightly exaggerated. When he admits that he's trying to be "more... personable", the others tell him to keep trying.

--> ''"A rare Witch Hunter's joke, which Victor considers amongst the finest of jests. '[[IncrediblyLamePun Levity can be dangerous.]]' Judging by his increasingly-weary expression, Kruber has heard it too many times."''

* OddFriendship: With Kerillian. She has some small degree of understanding and a healthy level of respect for Kerillian's beliefs and [[TheFairFolk connection to the world]], and Kerillian sees her magic as something to be honored, not feared. It's strongly implied that she knows why Kerillian came to Ubersreik in the first place. That doesn't stop her from giving some rather impressive snark whenever Kerillian starts on one of her [[CulturalPosturing tangents.]] In the sequel this escalates to VitriolicBestBuds since Sienna is much freer with her snark and is happy to return Kerillian's own insults if the situation allows, but they're clearly still fond of each other.
* {{Overheating}}: Throwing too many firebolts or spells around builds up a 'heat gauge'; past a certain point, Sienna's overall speed reduces considerably, and exceeding the maximum will [[HeroicRROD make her explode]]. This gauge drains by itself, but she can quickly drain her gauge by "venting" the heat at the cost of some self-damage.

* NeverBareheaded: None of her cosmetic headgear ''ever'' [[TheFaceless reveals her face]]. She almost always wears a veil if just her face would show through, and even if the headgear is otherwise extremely minimal (like a decorative circlet) she wears a thin balaclava underneath it so only her eyes are exposed. However, the icon for Okri's Challenge for completing all of the Back to Ubersreik missions as her depicts her with her Shade hood on but without the veil; one premium hat in ''Vermintide 2'' for the Waystalker class is her wearing only a mask, leaving her head exposed.
** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Vermintide/comments/b7j9ks/a_proper_view_of_kerillians_face/ Somebody has been able to get a view of Kerillian's face from her in-game model.]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Alix Wilton Regan

* TheLeader: He considers himself this, and he ''is'' by technicality, as he outranks Kruber, though none of his teammates do. If anything, Kruber is arguably the real leader of the group, as he's far and away the more combat-experienced one, having fought plenty of different foes (greenskins, Skaven, beastmen, etc...) before the End Times, and actually shouts battle commands during horde rushes.

--> ''"A rare Witch Hunter's joke, which Victor considers amongst the finest of jests. 'Levity can be dangerous.' Judging by his increasingly-weary expression, Kruber has heard it too many times."''
* NotSoAboveItAll: "A Quiet Drink" shows that even Victor can't be completely straight-laced while drunk. In fact, he might even [[NonSequitur imitate a steam tank whistle out of nowhere]]. In the Chaos Wastes he'll also indulge in the others' hypothetical about what they'd want to be a god of if they ascended (though he still says he'd serve Sigmar, god or not).

* HealingShiv: As Unchained, Sienna's Living Bomb can be augmented with the Bomb Balm talent to restore 30 temporary HP to teammates around her. The catch is, it still counts as an attack, so Sienna showering her team with [=THP=] will still be met with complaints of friendly fire.

* InVinoVeritas: The Anniversary Event, which naturally involves the played party getting quite wasted, has dialogue from revealing something [[ChurchMilitant the uptight and dogmatic Victor]] would surely never admit to while sober: [[spoiler:he never actually wanted to be a Witch Hunter. He would have preferred to be a Steam Tank pilot.]] It also has him display [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold his Heart of Gold]] a bit more openly with him thanking Bardin for saving him from a cave troll despite insulting the Queen of Karak Norn, or showing him valuing Kruber keeping with him by saying he believes himself as respected by "[[BoldInflation Valiant! Kruber!]]".
* ItsWhatIDo: When Kerillian accuses him of spying on her, he replies that spying on people is literally his job.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: His attempt at comforting Kruber over the loss of his parents in the first game is... less than successful.
* InsultOfEndearment: He constantly refers to Sienna as the witch, and rarely uses her actual name. Over time as he grows to trust her, the scathing tone of his voice when calling her by this name gradually lowers to the point where it may as well be her callsign to him rather than an insult. Rarely, when he's particularly respectful, he'll substitute the word witch with the much more polite term wizard when referring to her.

* BloodKnight: Next to Saltzpyres righteous fury, she's the most bloodthirsty member of the group who gets the most excited at immolating hordes of Skaven and Norscana, a perfect opportunity to enjoy the highs of uncontrolled magic.

%%* ActionGirl: Obviously.

* TheArcher: Wields the only bow in the party besides Huntsman Kruber and is a deadeye shot with it, as expected of a Wood Elf. Notably she didn't have a single ranged weapon that wasn't some variant of a bow until the Sister of the Thorn DLC gave her a staff and javelins to utilize instead.
-->'''Kruber:''' Can you teach me how to use a bow like that?\\
'''Kerillian:''' If we had a decade of uninterrupted practice? No. Not even then.

* TheArcher: Kruber can become this in Vermintide 2 if he's a Huntsman, the only class he has that can use a bow instead of black powder weaponry at range. While slightly less accurate than Kerillian, the tradeoff is that his arrows hit much harder than hers which makes him ideal for taking out specials and armored enemies from long range.

* DropTheHammer: As a Warrior Priest, Saltzpyre packs enough hammers to make Sigmar blush. With the exception of the Flail and Shield combo, ''every'' other weapon of his involves a hammer in some manner.

* WarriorMonk: A literal one in the form of his Warrior Priest class, being a Sigmarite clergyman clad in an armoury's worth of plating who runs around administering holy justice via [[DropTheHammer his massive hammers.]]

* DropTheHammer: Capable of wielding dwarven hammers in both single-handed and two-handed varieties. A two-handed one is what he's using the Vermintide 1 intro cinematic.

* DualWielding: Depending on which career he's assuming, Bardin could either wield [[DropTheHammer twin hammers]], dual axes, or two Drakefire pistols.

* DropTheHammer: Starts with a two-handed White Wolf Hammer that can smash multiple Skaven in a single charged blow. Interestingly, the weapon switches the usual properties of melee weapons: the standard attack is an armor-breaking single target overhead swing while the charged attack strikes in a wide arc (and is still armor breaking).

* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: His Grudgeraker weapon will be as lethal as one would expect in a game which regularly consists of CannonFodder attempting to run up and swarm you, but its AchillesHeel is being terrible against bosses and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Packmasters]].

* ThePigPen: In Keep dialogue with Grail Knight Kruber, he reveals that he never bathes. Considering how often he's covered in blood, guts, poison gas, and sewage, it's a wonder any of his teammates can stand the stench, although it warrants mentioning that bathing and washing were considered two different things in the time period Vermintide is modeled off.

* SupportPartyMember: The Warrior Priest class. Even if his direct offensive potential and mobility are quite poor compared to Saltzpyre's other careers and his allies, defensively speaking he's the strongest of the Five by quite some margin. Most of his talents later in his skill tree are oriented around bolstering his teammates' power rather than that of himself. For example at 25th level, he gains a choice of three Prayer blessings; that increase the Stagger power (Prayer of Might), maximum HP (Prayer of Hardiness) or critical hit damage (Prayer of Vengeance) of all his teammates. And at 30th level, he can take the talent ''The Comet's Gift'' and his Shield of Faith becomes one of the few ways to gain healing without using a consumable, and the ''only'' way to revive a downed teammate from a distance - making him the master of pulling a doomed run BackFromTheBrink.