History Characters / TotalWarWarhammerTheDarkElves

* EvilCounterpart: Again, to the High Elves.

* SpikesOfVillainy: His armour is covered in them.

* AmazonBrigade: The Witch Elves, or Brides of Khaine, a cult of blood crazed warrior priestesses dedicated to the elven god of war and murder.

* BlackMagic: The Dark Elves are the foremost practioners of 'Dhar' or [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Dark Magic]]. One of the most destructive and malevolent of all magical lores. The necromancy practiced by the Vampire Counts originated as an subset of Dark Magic devised by Nagash, the first human necromancer.
* BloodKnight: All Dark Elves qualify to some extent, as Khaine - [[WarGod a god of war and murder]] - is the patron deity of their civilization.
* ColdBloodedTorture: The Dark Elves favorite pastime.

* ReligionOfEvil: The Dark Elves worship the Cytharai, the gods of the elven underworld, most prominently [[WarGod Khaela Mensha Khaine]]. While the other elven races try to appease these deities, outright worshipping them is frowned upon. The Dark Elves have no such reservations.
* {{Sadist}}: One of their defining characteristics, you would be hard pressed to find a Dark Elf who isn't one. It says a lot that they have been called 'The Cruelest of all mortal races' in various Warhammer sourcebooks.
* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: The Dark Elven kingdom was built on the backs of countless slaves, who to this day form the backbone of it's economy and workforce. This focus on slavery is often used to emphasize just how vile the Druchii are.

* BlingOfWar: His armour is as ornate as it is frightening.
* BodyHorror: Courtesy of the flames of Asuryan. Whatever he looks like under that armour, you can bet it isn't pleasant.

* FallenHero: Once he was one of Ulthuan's greatest champions. Now he is it's bitterest foe.

* BlackMagic: The Dark Elves are the foremost practioners of 'Dhar' or [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Dark Magic]]. One of the most destructive and malevolent of all magical lores.
* BloodKnight: All Dark Elves qualify to some extent.
* ColdBloodedTorture: The Dark Elves favorite pastime.

* TheExile: The Dark Elves originated from the province of Nagarythe in northwestern Ulthuan. After being driven out of Ulthuan during the sundering they settled in the frozen wastes to the north, naming their new kingdom Naggoroth in memory of their old home.

* GrimUpNorth: Their homeland, Naggoroth, a desolate, frozen land just south of the chaos wastes.

* ReligionOfEvil: The Dark Elves worship the Cytharai, the gods of the elven underworld, most prominently Khaela Mensha Khaine the elven god of war and murder. While the other elven races try to appease these deities, outright worshipping them is frowned upon. The Dark Elves have no such reservations.

Disgraced son of Aenarion, the first Phoenix King, and his second wife, Morathi, Malekith was once the heir to the throne of Ulthuan and was a key figure in founding the original alliance between Elves and Dwarves. But fear of his grim nature and what darkness he might have inherited from his parents, combined with politicing, resulted in another elven noble being given the throne. Though Malekith feigned satisfaction, resentment burned within him, and he took a long and bloody path that led to his murdering the second Phoenix King and trying to take his place. Rejected and horribly burned by the Flames of Asuryan, Malekith caused the fracture in elven society that created the three elven people today, eventually claiming the throne of Naggaroth as the immortal Witch King.

* FallenHero: Once he was one of Ulthuan's greatest champions. Now he is it's bitterest foe.

* EvilOverlord: An ancient, tyrannical sorcerer-king clad head to toe in black armour who rules a desolate wasteland from a massive dark citadel. Malekith is one of the straightest examples of this trope to be found in the Warhammer world.

* RageHelm: As noted above his helm sports a mask styled after a snarling face.

* TimeAbyss: Malekith was born during the days of the first great chaos incursion, making him one of the oldest mortal beings in the Warhammer world.
* TinTyrant: Completely encased in an irremovable suit of black armour called the armour of midnight. In addition to providing protection on the battlefield the suit also keeps Malekith's ruined body alive after he was ravaged by the flames of Asuryan.

* ManipulativeBastard: One of his specialities. It was largely due to the machinations of Malekith that the infamous War of Vengeanance/War of the Beard began. By sending agents disguised as High Elves to ambush Dwarfen trade caravans he set the two races at each other's throats, ultimately culminating in one of the most destructive wars in Warhammer history. A war from which neither the Dwarfs or High Elves have ever recovered from.

* TinTyrant: Completely encased in an irremovable suit of black armour called the armour of midnight. In addition to providing protection on the battlefield the suit also keeps Malekith's ruined body alive after he was burned by the flames of Asuryan.

* [{{Sadist}}: One of their defining characteristics, you would be hard pressed to find a Dark Elf who isn't one. It says a lot that they have been called 'The Cruelest of all mortal races' in various Warhammer sourcebooks.

* [[{{Sadist}}: One of their defining characteristics, you would be hard pressed to find a Dark Elf who isn't one. It says a lot that they have been called 'The Cruelest of all mortal races' in various Warhammer sourcebooks.

* FantasticRacism: While all elves are guilty of this to some degree, the Druchii take it up to eleven, regarding the various non elven races of the world as nothing more than slaves or vermin to exterminate.

* TheExile: The Dark Elves originated from the province of Nagarythe in northwestern Ulthuan. After being driven out of Ulthuan during the sundering they settled in the frozen wastes to the north of Ulthuan, naming their new kingdom Naggoroth in memory of their old home.