History Characters / Warhammer40000Darktide

* {{Tsundere}}: Despite their usual demeanor, Cut Throats do at least appreciate Sefoni as an agreeable combat trainer, whereas most of their allies tend to badmouth the psyker behind her back if given the chance. As per this trope, they will also immediately tell everyone to keep their mouths shut about it.

* PainAndGain: The ''Matyrdom'' Keystone turns the Zealot into their [[VideoGame/VermintideII Sigmarite counterpart]], gaining melee damage, as well as potentially attack speed and toughness damage reduction for each wound's worth of health they're missing.

* SourSupporter: Is very vocally ''not'' a fan of how Grendyl and his warband operates, considering them inefficient, violent brutes at best. Unfortunately for her, you don't really say ''no'' to an Inquisitor.

* {{Overheating}}: In addition to the usual ammunition, their Plasma Gun also has a similar mechanic to the Psyker's Peril -- heat percentage increases per use, even more if charged, and should the gun be used when it's at 100% it [[ExplosiveOverclocking explodes and downs the Veteran]]. Heat depletes slowly, but it can be vented manually in increments, possibly costing Toughness or Health to do so depending on the weapon's temperature and the player's status[[note]]Venting from above 37% damages the user, with Toughness being prioritized over Health[[/note]], or fully vented by reloading, which has a ''long'' animation period.

* IAmTheNoun: Quoth the Savant: "I am Justice!"

The traitorous captain of the Moebian Sixth Regiment and so far the game's BigBad. Their first encounter with the player character is in the game's prologue, where the both of them are being held in a prison ship under inquisitorial control[[note]]His capture possibly being shown in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JUsHpTWVa0 Rejects Will Rise]] Trailer[[/note]], when his fellow Moebian Sixth traitor guardsmen come to his rescue, i also accidentally ends up freeing the player character as well, when asked about what will they do to the reject, [[NotWorthKilling the Captain chooses to leave them be as Poxwalker chow]]. Unfortunately for him, [[FromNobodyToNightmare it bites him in the ass]].

* MythologyGag: Thanks to the Moebian Sixth taking cues from the Vraksian Traitor Militia. Crushers are armed with a massive improvised hammer similar to one of the [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/c/c1/Ogryn_Berserker_with_Post.jpg/ Vraksian Ogryn]] [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/e/e5/Ogryn_Berserker_with_Hammer.jpg/ Berserker]] models.

* TelephonePolearm: Their weapon of choice is an improvised hammer consisting of a piece of rebar or pipe as a handle that seems to have been freshly-ripped out of a structure, judging by the huge chunk of concrete that serves as the "hammer" head.

* EvilCounterpart: They are pretty much Chaos-ified Bullgryns and considering the Moebian Sixth's origins it is likely that they ''were'' Bullgryns.

* LargeAndInCharge: Being field commanders, these guys are appropriately towering, being almost the size of a Mutant to help players tell them apart from the swarm of mooks that will also spawn in to defend them. In fact, Traitor Captains are so much larger than a normal human [[FiringOneHanded that they can wield and fire Plasma Guns one-handed.]]

* GiantsKnifeHumansGreatsword: The various Cleavers an Ogryn can equip are decently large combat knives by Ogryn standards and oversized two-handed falchions by human ones. Ogryn are also able to equip Power Mauls one-handed, either solo or with a shield; Zealots must wield them two-handed.

* GoodIsDumb: Ogryn are unshakeably loyal to the Imperium, do not flinch in the face of death, and take their job of protecting the little 'uns ''very'' seriously. They are also very dimwitted; the smartest Ogryn to ever live could only count to four, [[AdaptationalIntelligence though the player Ogryns already seem outstrip that Ogryn in mental capacity]].

* GrenadeLauncher: Ogryns can arm themselves with an Ogryn-sized M79 grenade launcher that either fires 20kg canister shells (basically giant shotgun shells) or ones that fire actual grenades. They can also get the fearsome Grenadier Gauntlet which is a [[MixAndMatchWeapon bastard child]] of a battering ram and a grenade launcher turned into a PowerFist.

* LethalJokeWeapon: His Big Box of Hurt might seem silly at first blush, being merely a metal box that is hurled at enemies like a baseball to bean them in the face with. However, the thing is deceptively strong when thrown at enemy weakpoints, and does additional damage if said enemy is armored, which basically encompasses most of the Elites and Specials and a few bosses, whereupon a solid impact will shear off a significant chunk of their HP meter, if not outright killing the more common types in one hit. The Level 10 Skullbreaker feat "Bomb's Away" makes them even more deadly if thrown at anything armored (including bosses) which will cause the many grenades in the box to actually explode, chunking huge amounts of health off of Plague Ogryns and Beasts of Nurgle.

* ShieldBash: While using the Slab Shield, he can naturally use it this way while blocking, replacing the weapon's push. He can also use the *shield itself* as a weapon; all of the Slab Shield's heavy melee attacks involve the Ogryn using it to set about his enemies instead of bothering with his club.

-->'''Hadron:''' ''"'''Unleash the power of the servo-skull!''' ({{Beat}}) Apologies. I'm not sure where that came from."''

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: He's either this or TheDreaded by reputation. As the person responsible for rooting out internal disloyalty, Rannick's not making any friends on the crew. Your teammates seem leery of him, though they don't complain about him as openly as they do about Hadron, Sefoni, or Alice, most likely because doing so would be a pretty good way to fast-track yourself for interrogation and execution.

* {{Overheating}}: In addition to the usual ammunition, their Plasma Gun also has a similar mechanic to the Psyker's Peril -- heat percentage increases per use, even more if charged, and should the gun be used when it's at 100% it [[ExplosiveOverclocking explodes and downs the Veteran]]. Heat depletes slowly, but it can be vented slightly at the cost of toughness, or fully vented by reloading, which has a ''long'' animation period.

* {{Overheating}}: In addition to the usual ammunition, their Plasma Gun also has a similar mechanic to the Psyker's Peril -- heat percentage increases per use, even more if charged, and should the gun be used when it's at 100% it [[ExplosiveOverclocking explodes and downs the Veteran]]. Heat depletes slowly, but it can be vented slightly at the cost of health, or fully vented by reloading, which has a ''long'' animation period.

* LongRangeFighter: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The clue is in the name]]. Veterans are in their element if they are able to hang back and pick off high priority targets with increased damage, while their more melee-inclined teammates act as a buffer for them. Even their group buffs are primarily centered around doing gun damage at range, and Helbor patterns of lasgun actually do ''increased'' damage at long range versus short range.

* BayonetYa: They can do this when equipped with the Helbore lasguns, which have bayonets affixed to their muzzles that can be utilized by pressing the secondary attack key. Marks I and II of the Helbore actually lets the Veteran perform a bayonet charge as well by doing this, though the Mk III's is wielded with the weapon like a spear instead.

* BayonetYa: They can do this when equipped with the Helbore lasguns, which have bayonets affixed to their muzzles that can be utilized by pressing the secondary attack key.

* LongRangeFighter: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The clue is in the name]]. Veterans are in their element if they are able to hang back and pick off high priority targets with increased damage, while their more melee-inclined teammates act as a buffer for them. Even their group buffs are primarily centered around doing gun damage at range, and certain patterns of lasgun actually do ''increased'' damage at long range versus short range.

* {{Overheating}}: In addition to the usual ammunition, their Plasma Gun also has a similar mechanic to the Psyker's Peril -- heat percentage increases per use, even more if charged, and should the gun be used when it's at 100% it explodes and downs the Veteran. Heat depletes slowly, but it can be vented slightly at the cost of health, or fully vented by reloading, which has a ''long'' animation period.

[[caption-width-right:1000:Poxwalkers (left) and Groaners (right)]]

[[caption-width-right:1000:Clockwise from right: Passive, Alerted, and Hostile]]

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* AttackAttackAttack: Daemonhosts once provoked will teleport over to a target and attack it relentlessly until either it or the target is dead, and then perform its FinishingMove on it before focusing another target.

** Daemonhosts are scripted to flee as soon as two players are dead (one player on Malice and easier), even if they're not their intended target, whether by the monsters' own hands or otherwise. While having two members down can be detrimental to a team push, it also prevents the scenario of a TotalPartyKill should the group be unable to eliminate a daemonhost that got triggered by accident. That being said, if a daemonhost is provoked ''after'' your squad is already down by two, it ''will'' fight to the last breath without fleeing.

* DangerWithADeadline: While a Daemonhost attacking them is generally a very difficult situation to deal with for a strike team, a Daemonhost can only kill two members of a strike team at once before disappearing. Perhaps the final player(s) may be able to rescue the rest of the team after a Daemonhost only slaughters two of them...

** ''Unlike'' the Witch, however, a Daemonhost ''won't'' stop after claiming its initial victim on harder difficulties, only disappearing on its own after it takes a second one. It also doesn't return to its passive state after some time if alerted, and doesn't make audio-visual warning cues like a Witch who's becoming progressively closer to enraging, making it much more of a hazard if players aren't careful.

* VoiceOfTheLegion: Daemonhosts speak with a reverberating mix of several male and female voices[[note]]It has a female voice actor, with modulation being used to create the other voices[[/note]], the latter is much more noticeable in its passive state, while the latter becomes more dominant once it has been enraged.