History Characters / ValiantHearts

* TheCameo: [[He briefly shows up in spirit while holding the serving ladle he used initially at the end of ''Coming Home'' when James and Ernst are both tasked with cleaning up and gathering any relics of importance from various fallen individuals once The War is over.]]

* TheStoic: Far more composed and less prone to sudden burst of emotion when compared to his companions. Though he does occasionally express himself in moments of great duress.

* ShovelStrike: Emile uses his trench shovel to knock out those who get in his way, but [[spoiler: uses too much force and kills his commanding officer when Emile tries the same trick on him.]]

* YoungerThanTheyLook: [[spoiler: The years written on his grave at the end list his date of birth as being 1867. Which means that he was only 47 at the start of The War in 1914, and only 50 at his execution in 1917, which isn't that old at all! But with a full head of grey hair and a matching beard in combination with his overall disheveled appearance due to lacking a proper uniform and being unable to maintain hygiene, he could easily pass for man 20 or even 30 years older!]]

* SleevesAreForWimps: Downplayed for not being of his own volition; [[spoiler: He's stripped of his uniform early on and spends the rest of the game in little more than an undershirt and trousers]], this of course doesn’t take away from his badassery.

* TunnelKing: A lot of his levels involve him digging tunnels once he gets his hands on a trench shovel.

* YoungerThanTheyLook: [[spoiler: The years written on his grave at the end list his date of birth as being 1867. Which means that he was only 47 at the start of The War in 1914, and only 50 at his execution in 1917, which isn't that old at all! But with a full head of grey hair and a matching beard in combination with his overall disheveled appearance due to lacking a proper uniform and unable to mantain hygiene, he could easily pass for man 20 or even 30 years older!]]

* SleevesAreForWimps: He loses his uniform early on and spends the rest of the game in a wife beater, but that doesn’t take away from his badassery.

* DecoyProtagonist: The game starts out with him earlier on, but Walt fulfills a role closest to that of TheProtagonist.

* EasilyForgiven: Is tried for desertion, but it doesn’t go anywhere because of his brave actions in a previous battle, and Emile is sent back to the front.

* KidnappedByTheCall: Is drafted into the war on the French side and taken away from his farm.
* MyGreatestFailure: He maintains until the end of the game that his greatest regret was [[spoiler: failing to protect Karl, leading to his death.]]
* OldSoldier: He certainly looks the part, and he is even regarded as such by Marie in one of her first Diary Entries, where she claims that he is, "too old to fight." [[spoiler: With his Birthday being revealed to have been 1867 after his execution, this would have placed him only in his late forties and early fifties at most.]] Yet regardless, as the rest of the game shows, his age clearly does nothing to slow him down in the slightest.

* OnlyOneName: We only know him by a single name until [[spoiler:his last name- "Chaillon"- appears on his grave.]]

* YoungerThanTheyLook: [[spoiler: The years written on his grave at the end list his date of birth as being 1867. Which means that he was only 47 at the start of The War in 1914, and only 50 at his execution in 1917, which isn't that old at all! But with a full head of grey hair and a matching beard in combination with his disheveled appearance due to lacking a proper uniform and possibly poor hygiene, he could easily pass for man 20 or even 30 years older!]]

* YoungerThanTheyLook: [[spoiler: According to the dates written on his grave at the end lists his date of birth as being 1867. Which means that he was only 47 at the start of The War in 1914, and only 50 at his execution in 1917, which isn't that old at all! But with a full head of grey hair and a matching beard in combination with his disheveled appearance due to lacking a proper uniform and possibly poor hygiene, he could easily pass for man 20 or even 30 years older!]]

The first of our controllable Protagonists that we're introduced to; a French farmer and the Father of Marie, Father-in-Law to Karl and the Grandfather to their son Victor. Initially confortable with living out his days with them in peace on their farm, he is soon drafted to fight at the start of the war not long after Karl himself is deported back to Germany.

A French grandfather who was drafted at the start of the war.

* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:His strike on his commanding officer wasn’t intended to be a fatal hit, but the officer is killed anyway.]]

An American volunteer soldier who enlisted in the French army.

* HeroProtagonist: He's the closest character to a protagonist the game has to offer, since he helps everyone around as they try to live their lives through the Great War. He's also a very heroic rescue dog.

* EyesOutSight: Her blonde hair covers her eyes quite effectively.

* IWantMyMommy: Played entirely for drama: [[spoiler:As Emile’s farm is being razed,]] he cries out for his mama and papa very distressingly.]]

!Family Members

[[folder:Karl and Emile’s Family]]
!!Marie
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Polly Eachus

Emile's daughter and Karl's wife who maintains the farm after her husband and father are conscripted.

* EyesOutSight: Her blonde hair covers her eyes quite effectively.
* HappilyMarried: To Karl.
* MissingMom: Her mother is never mentioned, but it's mentioned on the site that [[spoiler:her mother died in childbirth giving birth to twins, of which she was the survivor.]]

!!Victor

Karl and Marie's son and Emile's grandson, who is an infant by the time Karl and Emile go off to war.
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* BlackBeadEyes: His eyes are among the only few that are visible, as with all civilian children.
* IWantMyMommy: Played entirely for drama: [[spoiler:As Emile’s farm is being razed,]] he cries out for his mama and papa very distressingly.]]

[[folder:Freddie’s Family]]
!!Catrin

Freddie's late wife who died in a German air attack.

* CollateralAngst: Her death motivates Freddie to seek vengeance against the German war machine.
* DeadHandShot: Her hand is the only thing Freddie sees of her after the fateful bombing raid that claims her life.
* MoralityChainBeyondTheGrave: Her memory is the only thing keeping Freddie from [[spoiler:killing Baron von Dorf.]]
* PosthumousCharacter: She is killed in a German bombing raid and propels Freddie into action to avenge her death.
* WalkingSpoiler: Her introduction is how Freddie’s motivations for revenge against Baron von Dorf.

!!James

Freddie's brother and an American citizen who writes to Freddie about the progress of the war. One of the four protagonists of ''Coming Home''.
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* BlackBeadEyes: Has these drawn on him.
* JumpedAtTheCall: He wants to enlist to fight for America, much to Freddie's dismay. In the sequel, he is.
* NamedInTheSequel: He was unnamed in the original game.
* SpearCarrier: Close to the end of the game, he sends an excited letter to Freddie that Americans will soon join the war, but because of the game’s length at that point, that’s about it.

[[folder:Anna’s Father]]
!!Anna’s Father

A scientist who Anna pursues when he goes missing during the war.

* ChekhovsGunman: Is first seen as an extra in Baron von Dorf’s retinue when Emile is in a German prison camp.
* DistressedDude: Alongside [[spoiler:Freddie, he's seconds away from being roasted alive by Baron von Dorf's flamethrower when Emile saves him.]]
* GadgeteerGenius: Can jury-rig Baron von Dorf’s tank to replace its flamethrower with a cannon in a short amount of time.
* KidnappedScientist: Baron von Dorf kidnaps him and uses him to develop weapons for the German army.
* ScienceHero: Helps out Freddie when he can, and helps him escape [[spoiler:Douaumont’s ruins.]]

!Military Members

!!France
[[folder:French Officers]]

Numerous French officers who command Emile through his journey in the war.

* DirtyCoward: In the last level, one of them orders soldier after soldier into the meatgrinder (''hundreds'' of corpses of French soldiers are visible) while remaining perfectly out of harm himself.
* DrillSergeantNasty: One pushes Emile through basic training at the start of the game, and isn’t soft about it.
* FrenchJerk: They gets worse throughout the game, but even at the start they aren’t very nice people.
* TheNeidermeyer: The last one earns enough ire from [[spoiler: Emile that he brains him with a shovel.]]
* SanitySlippage: The one at the start of the game isn’t exactly nice when he gets Emile through basic training, but at least he praises him when he does something right. By the end of the game, the war has made the French officers madmen, and this one makes an offensive that he claims would win the war but turns out to be the bloodiest in the entire game.
* WeHaveReserves: By the end of the game, an officer has no compunctions with sending dozens of French soldiers to their deaths, as long as he gets progress for his “war-winning” campaign.

[[folder:French Sergeant at Vouecourt]]

A French Sergeant Karl encounters at Vouecourt whose uniform is the objective of a level.

* FrenchJerk: Isn’t very nice to Karl or Walt, even before you spill wine on him to progress.
* MadeOfIron: Can handle taking dynamite to the inside of his car, so either he has a bunker in there or he's incredibly lucky.
* MilitaryMashupMachine: Takes control of some sort of armored car with a machine gun and a mortar battery in pursuit of Anna and Karl. It somehow has the storage capacity to store barrels inside, which he hurls at the duo.

!!Germany
[[folder:Walt’s Handler]]
!!Dr. Hans Weiss

A German medic who is Walt's official handler.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Is killed in a bombing raid saving Karl’s and Walt’s lives.]]
* MookFaceTurn: He orders around Emile when he’s at the POW camp, but he is a lot kinder to Karl, since they’re on the same side of the conflict.
* SignatureHeadgear: He wears a peaked cap as his headgear of choice.
* NoNameGiven: Not in the game, but in *Dogs of War*, we learn that his name is Dr. Hans Weiss.

[[folder:Baron von Dorf]]
!!Baron von Dorf

A German noble and officer who serves as a threat to the cast for the first part of the game.

* CoolAirship: He has a zeppelin armed to the teeth with machine guns and mortars, and can even launch planes.
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: He causes a massive explosion that claims hundreds of German lives at Douaumont just to cover up his escape and try to kill Freddie.]]
* FrontlineGeneral: Leads his troops into battle personally, but always from the safety of one of his war machines.
* TheHeavy: The German war machine as a whole and von Dorf’s superiors are to blame for his involvement in the war at large, but Baron Von Dorf poses the greatest threat to the main characters.
* GloryHound: Constantly puts himself in command at the front lines, using the Great War to achieve his own personal glory.
* KickTheDog: He has no personal quarrel with bombing civilians- with chemical weapons, no less.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K6GjuI35Aw Mahler V Movement 2.]]
* MilitaryMashupMachine: Uses quite a few of these, including a zeppelin that functions as a firebase and a personnel carrier, and not one, but two tanks, one of which is armed with a pintle-mounted flamethrower.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: [[spoiler: After Freddie beats him senseless, he is demoted for his actions and assigned to a post far away from the front lines, much to his displeasure.]]
* ShapedLikeItself: The "Von X" part of his title is supposed to say his place of origin/ the territory he rules over, but "Dorf" only means village, so either his name is literally "Baron of a village" or the village is just named "Village".
* SignatureHeadgear: He wears a pompous-looking hat to emphasize his self-important nature.
* TheVonTropeFamily: In his name.

!!Britain and British Commonwealth
[[folder:George]]
!George

A British pilot who helps Freddie spot an artillery target in one level. One of the four protagonists of ''Coming Home''.

* AscendedExtra: From BitCharacter in the original game to one of the main characters of the sequel.
* BitCharacter: Despite showing up a lot in trailers and the like, he only gets a single level to his name.
* DemotedToExtra: He was supposed to be a main character early in the original game's development, and was in a lot of promotional material, but he only appears in one late level. The sequel allows him to get even.
* TheFaceless: His face is obscured by his goggles, coat, and goggles.

* LikeBrotherAndSister: She develops excellent platonic relationships with Karl and Freddie, and helps both of them out the most.

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A Belgian veterinarian who takes to work as a field medic in search of her father.

!!Freddie’s Brother

Freddie's unnamed brother and an American citizen who writes to Freddie about the progress of the war.

* JumpedAtTheCall: He wants to enlist to fight for America, much to Freddie's dismay.

A British pilot who helps Freddie spot an artillery target in one level.

* DemotedToExtra: He was supposed to be a main character earlier in development, and is in a lot of promotional material, but he only appears in one level late in the game.

* BlindingBangs: His scruffy gray hair keeps his eyes out of sight.

* NiceHat: Wears a fashionable forage cap during his service.

* BlindingBangs: His hair is quite short, but it’s long enough to cover his eyes.

* BlindingBangs: Her hair is long enough to cover her eyes.

* BlindingBangs: Her blonde hair covers her eyes quite effectively.

* NiceHat: They wear nice-looking kepis as part of their uniforms.

* NiceHat: He wears a peaked cap as his headgear of choice.

* NiceHat: He wears a pompous-looking hat to emphasize his self-important nature.

* IWantMyMommy: Played entirely for drama: [[spoiler:As Emile’s farm is being razed,]] he cries out for his mama and papa [[AdultFear very distressingly.]]]]

* IllBoy: According to Marie's diary entry, he's gotten sick from malnutrition as the Germans requisition food from Emile's farm.

!Emile [[spoiler:Chaillon]]

Emile is a French grandfather who was drafted at the start of the war.

!Freddie

Freddie is an American volunteer soldier who enlisted in the French army.

!Karl

Karl is Emile's son-in-law who was deported to Germany and conscripted for their aims.

!Anna

Anna is a Belgian veterinarian who takes to work as a field medic in search of her father.

!Walt

Walt is a German rescue dog who finds himself encountering all four of the above main characters.

!Marie

Marie is Emile's daughter who married Karl and maintains the farm after her husband and father are conscripted.

!Victor

Victor is Emile's grandson who is an infant by the time Karl and Emile go off to war.

!Catrin

Catrin is Freddie's late wife who died in a German air attack.

!Freddie’s Brother

Freddie's brother is an American citizen who writes to Freddie about the progress of the war.

!Anna’s Father

Anna's father is a scientist who Anna pursues when he goes missing during the war.

Numerous French officers command Emile through his journey in the war.

Karl encounters one French Sergeant at Vouecourt whose uniform is the objective of a level.

!Dr. Hans Weiss

Dr. Hans Weiss is a German medic who is Walt's official handler.

!Baron von Dorf

Baron von Dorf is a German officer who serves as a threat to the cast for the first part of the game.

George is a British pilot who helps Freddie spot an artillery target in one level.

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: Her death motivates Freddie to seek vengeance against the German war machine.

* BadassGrandpa: Has a grandson, but can still move and think on his feet as the younger protagonists can.

* MissingMom: Her mother is never mentioned, but it's mentioned on the site that[[spoiler:her mother died in childbirth giving birth to twins, of which she was the survivor.]]

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* EasilyForgiven: He deserts combat to [[spoiler:find and save his wife and son from getting gassed to death]], but doesn’t suffer any repercussions within the German army.

!Military Members:

!!Britain and Commonwealth

[[folder: Emile]]

[[folder: Freddie]]

[[folder: Karl and Emile’s Family]]

* IWantMyMommy: Played entirely for drama: [[spoiler:As Emile’s farm is being razed,]] he cries out for his mama and papa [[AdultFear very distressingly.]]

[[folder: Freddie’s Family]]

[[folder: Anna’s Father]]

[[folder: French Officers]]

[[folder: French Sergeant at Vouecourt]]

[[folder: Walt’s Handler]]

* BlindingBangs: