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| 9 | !The Vampire Trio |
| 10 | [[folder:The Main Characters]] |
| 11 | * ChromaticArrangement: Red for Valnar, Green for Asgar, Blue for Alaine. This only applies to the first game though, in ''Ancient Blood'' Asgar is dressed in black and red like Valnar. |
| 12 | * FreudianTrio: Since Valnar's nature depends on whether he's played as good or evil, the alignments can be interpreted differently. The FreudianTrio works best with a good Valnar. |
| 13 | ** ''Reign of Blood'': |
| 14 | *** Good Valnar: Asgar is Id, Valnar is Superego and Alaine mediates as Ego. |
| 15 | *** Evil Valnar: Both Valnar and Asgar could be Id, so the trope isn't present. |
| 16 | ** ''Ancient Blood'': Asgar is Id and Alaine is Superego. Valnar mediates as Ego. |
| 17 | * LoveTriangle: In ''Ancient Blood'', Asgar intends to [[spoiler:win Alaine back from Valnar]]. |
| 18 | * NiceMeanAndInbetween: Valnar, Asgar and Alaine. |
| 19 | * MagicKnight: Vampirism of the first three generations confers both magical powers and increases physical strength, so all three of them are this, in different ways. |
| 20 | ** Valnar is a Fighter-type, having physically oriented stats with supportive magical abilities (though he can still deal a lot of magical damage). |
| 21 | ** Asgar is a balanced type, being equally good at combat and magic. |
| 22 | ** Alaine is a Mage-type, best at magic and worst at combat of the three. |
| 23 | * ParentalSubstitute: All three of them are this to Jayna at some point. |
| 24 | * SameCharacterButDifferent: There's a curious change in characterization between ''Reign of Blood's'' canon version and ''Ancient Blood'' – Valnar and Alaine basically switch roles and characters in between games. |
| 25 | ** In the first game, Valnar is a good-natured warrior who dreads senseless bloodshed, doesn't want to be a monster and hates Asgar with a burning passion, while Alaine is not necessarily evil but quite content with being a vampire and all that comes with it, backing Asgar's world view more often than not. In the end she chooses the good side because of Valnar. |
| 26 | ** Once the second game comes around, Alaine's suddenly a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire who wants a family and despises Asgar, while Valnar turned into an IDidWhatIHadToDo guy. |
| 27 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: In ''Ancient Blood''. |
| 28 | %%* TwoGuysAndAGirl |
| 29 | [[/folder]] |
| 30 | |
| 31 | [[folder:Valnar Darnus]] [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vampiresdawn3valnar.jpg]] |
| 32 | We meet Valnar at the beginning of ''Reign of Blood''. A young warrior living in Klennar and TheHero of the story – or AntiHero, as he might soon discover. |
| 33 | |
| 34 | One night his girlfriend of many years, Aysha, is kidnapped and murdered by a mysterious stranger. Desperate to find her, he's an easy target for the vampire Asgar who turns Valnar into a vampire of the third generation for his own reasons. Now Valnar needs to find out if it's the species or the actions that define whether somebody is a monster or not. And he's still more determined than ever to find Aysha. |
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| 36 | ''Ancient Blood'' [[CuttingOffTheBranches cuts off the branches]] and starts where the first game's canon ending left off. Together with Alaine and [[spoiler:their daughter]] Jayna he lives in Klennar until a WorldSundering spell leaves him and the other two vampires [[LevelDrain power drained]] in the past. |
| 37 | |
| 38 | ''The Crimson Realm'' has him deceased at the beginning, a victim of Elras possession magic who had to be subjected to a MercyKill. However, he is returned to unlife a third or so into the game. |
| 39 | ---- |
| 40 | * AntiHero: Slowly becomes one of the PragmaticHero variant, with an added bit of HeroicNeutral. If he's not played as an outright VillainProtagonist. |
| 41 | %%* BadassLongcoat |
| 42 | * BlessedWithSuck: He dreads his vampiric existence at first. |
| 43 | * CastingAShadow: One of his two ElementalPowers. |
| 44 | * ChickMagnet: Downplayed. A lot of random girls you meet in ''II'' actually find him cute, but they rarely go as far as to actually bring it up. You have to read their minds to notice. Them not bringing it up might have to do with Valnar openly travelling with his girlfriend. |
| 45 | * ConvenientlyAnOrphan: His introduction text informs us that his parents are dead, but died when he was already able to take care of himself. It doesn't affect his character, it's never brought up again, and is really only there to make sure there aren't any close relatives who might miss him. |
| 46 | * CoolShades: Valnar needs to wear a pair of sunglasses because is eyes are vulnerable to the bright light in the first game. |
| 47 | %%* DeadpanSnarker: In dialogs with [=NPCs=]. |
| 48 | * EvilCostumeSwitch =/= GoodCostumeSwitch: He goes through one of the two in ''Reign of Blood'''s final dungeon, depending on his KarmaMeter. A good Valnar will temporarily get an outfit resembling a KnightInShiningArmor, while an evil Valnar will get an even darker costume than he is already wearing. |
| 49 | %%* ExpositoryHairstyleChange |
| 50 | * FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Him and Alaine at the beginning of ''Ancient Blood''. |
| 51 | * HappilyMarried: To Aysha at the beginning of ''Reign of Blood''. [[spoiler:Or are they?]] In a happy relationship with Alaine at the beginning of ''Ancient Blood''. |
| 52 | * HearingVoices: Literally in the "Kill them all!" flavor in ''Ancient Blood''. A ghostly voice tells Valnar to kill "the other two" because "we don't need them". |
| 53 | * HeroesPreferSwords: A broadsword. |
| 54 | * HeroicBSOD: Twice in ''Reign of Blood''. First after Aysha's death, then for a short time after his baptism of fire. |
| 55 | %%* IHateYouVampireDad: Towards Asgar. |
| 56 | * InformedFlaw: He's a vampire of the third generation and should be much weaker than Asgar (second generation) and Alaine (first generation), but his stats are on par with theirs. According to the narrator, this is because he already had the body of a trained warrior when he was transformed and he ''is'' magically inferior to them. |
| 57 | %%* JackOfAllStats |
| 58 | * LastOfHisKind: Sometimes entirely, sometimes with Asgar and Alaine. |
| 59 | * LieBackAndThinkOfEngland: The trio once again needs the blood of a human who slept with a vampire [[spoiler:to resurrect Alaine]] in ''Ancient Blood''. So they find a brothel and Valnar grudgingly volunteers to do the deed. He insists he didn't enjoy it. |
| 60 | * LightEmUp: One of his two ElementalPowers. |
| 61 | * MysticalWhiteHair: As a side-effect of his transformation into a vampire. He was originally green-haired. |
| 62 | * NarratorAllAlong: According to one of the six endings of ''Ancient Blood'' he was [[spoiler:the grandfather!]] |
| 63 | * RetiredBadass: At the beginning of ''Ancient Blood''. For instance, he and Alaine mention several times that they don't need weapons anymore and how their days of fighting are over. |
| 64 | * RuleOfSymbolism: His ElementalPowers are Light and Dark. |
| 65 | * SanitySlippage: It starts with having a dream near the beginning of ''Ancient Blood'' despite the fact that vampires CannotDream. Then he keeps having visions of other peoples' memories, is HearingVoices that tell him to kill his friends, and gets trapped inside his own mind where he [[PsychologicalTormentZone has visions of his worst fears]]. Even Asgar is afraid that Valnar might snap at some point and kill them all. Eventually the cause of these problems is revealed: [[spoiler:Morlon's shadow ghost who possessed Valnar]]. |
| 66 | * StagesOfMonsterGrief: |
| 67 | ** Denial: Believing from the start that human life is innocent and he will be able to uphold his values. |
| 68 | ** DrivenToSuicide: He makes it clear that he'd prefer being dead to being an immortal, bloodsucking monster before he learns about the [[AFateWorseThanDeath realm of the Blood Wraiths]]. |
| 69 | ** Defiance: He hates Asgar with a burning passion and channels his anger into his determination to find Aysha. |
| 70 | ** Acceptance: |
| 71 | *** This stage is reached at the end of ''Reign of Blood''. The only exception is the [[spoiler:Good/Alone]] ending for which this trope doesn't apply. It works with the other three endings though. |
| 72 | *** If you want to stretch this trope into ''Ancient Blood'', he spends most of the game in this stage, starting with being a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire with Alaine and generally not whining over the course of the game. |
| 73 | ** Betrayal: |
| 74 | *** [[spoiler:The non-canon evil]] endings to ''Reign of Blood'' [[spoiler:play this trope straight immediately. He turns against humanity, either with or without Alaine.]] |
| 75 | *** [[spoiler:At least two of the]] endings to ''Ancient Blood'' [[spoiler:play it straight]]. |
| 76 | * SunglassesAtNight: Valnar, being a relatively weak third generation vampire, permanently wears sunglasses to deal with extreme light. (In the second game he is strong enough not to need them anymore.) |
| 77 | * TurnOutLikeHisFather: Valnar can become just as cruel as Asgar over the course of the game. In the beginning he even says that he doesn't want to become a monster or a killer. |
| 78 | * UnwittingPawn: Was meant to be used as this by Abraxas in ''Reign of Blood'' as a way to lure more vampires out of hiding by creating panic after Aysha's death. |
| 79 | * VillainProtagonist: If played as evil Valnar. |
| 80 | * VolleyingInsults: With Asgar in ''Ancient Blood''. |
| 81 | * WhatHaveIBecome: Asks himself this question a lot after becoming a vampire. |
| 82 | * WhiteHairBlackHeart: If played as evil Valnar. |
| 83 | * WhoWantsToLiveForever: In the beginning he'd rather be dead. |
| 84 | [[/folder]] |
| 85 | |
| 86 | [[folder:Asgar Serran]] [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vampiresdawn3asgar.jpg]] |
| 87 | Asgar became a vampire of the second generation 400 years ago, near the end of the Holy Crusade. Remaining hidden for a long time, he developed both a disgust for as well as a deep superiority complex towards humans. At some point before the beginning of ''Reign of Blood'' he decided to conquer castle Aldaines and settle down. |
| 88 | |
| 89 | His fate becomes intertwined with Valnar's when Asgar's love Alaine is killed. In order to resurrect her as a vampire he needs Valnar's blood. Not only does he succeed, he also turns Valnar into a vampire and makes him his servant. When Valnar and Alaine almost fall victim to a murderous vampire called Abraxas, he decides [[ItsPersonal it's personal]] and joins Valnar on his quest to find both Aysha and Abraxas. |
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| 91 | He kicks off the plot of ''Ancient Blood'' by casting a WorldSundering spell under DemonicPossession. When he finds himself, Alaine and Valnar [[LevelDrain power drained]] in the past, a new adventure begins. |
| 92 | |
| 93 | By the time of ''The Crimson Realm'', he has become a ruthless vampire warlord, waging battles with Alaine over the Elras tablet. |
| 94 | ---- |
| 95 | %%* AmbiguouslyBrown: His original sprite. |
| 96 | * AntiHero: [[spoiler: In the Easy/Good ending of ''Ancient Blood'', where he seems to have given up being an outright VillainProtagonist.]] |
| 97 | %%* BadassCape: In ''Ancient Blood''. |
| 98 | * BerserkButton: Threatening and/or hurting Alaine. |
| 99 | * BigEater: PlayedForLaughs in the BlackComedy way. Whenever the party encounters some innocent, wayward human or other, expect him to claim that he is feeling positively starved of blood, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation regardless of his actual blood bar]]. |
| 100 | %%* BlasphemousBoast |
| 101 | * BloodMagic: One of his three ElementalPowers. |
| 102 | * CardCarryingVillain: At one point all but outright states his philosophy to be "evil is more fun!". A bookshelf in his castle in the second game heavily implies that, in his spare time, he likes rewriting classic fairytales into BlackComedy versions of themselves and putting himself in the story as a replacement for the main bad guy. |
| 103 | * CastingAShadow: One of his three ElementalPowers. |
| 104 | * CursedWithAwesome: His attitude towards being a vampire. |
| 105 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He's sincerely in love with Alaine and was devasted at the sight of her corpse in Shannar, pretty much to the point of [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge exterminating the entire town]]. He holds her dear for the whole ''Reign of Blood'', [[spoiler:unless Alaine finally decides to betray him and side with Valnar]]. Because of that, [[spoiler:their relationship is much more complicated in ''Ancient Blood'']]. |
| 106 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: While he doesn't mind what [[spoiler:Molona]] did to the people in Tradan, he says that it's a huge waste of blood. |
| 107 | %%* EvilFeelsGood |
| 108 | %%* EvilIsHammy |
| 109 | %%* FauxAffablyEvil: Very much so. |
| 110 | * FirstPersonSnarker: Engages in tons of this. It's part of what makes his playable segments fun. |
| 111 | * FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Before ''Reign of Blood'' he tried it for a while, but he was really more of an Isolated-And-Not-Quite-As-Abusive-As-Usual-Neighbourhood-Vampire. Then he goes right back to being fully evil when Alaine is executed. |
| 112 | * FaceHeelTurn: He wasn't much of a good guy to begin with, but by getting more and more power and going crazier by the minute [[spoiler:his clash with Valnar brings the story of ''Reign of Blood'' to its only logical conclusion: He becomes the true FinalBoss.]] |
| 113 | * HeelRealization: Upon finding Valnar and Alaine TakenForGranite in a cave, he thinks back to ''Reign of Blood'', the good times they had and [[spoiler:that his actions at the end of the first game went too far and that he ruined everything]]. |
| 114 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: He tends to get his own playable protagonist segments at the start of both games, they're generally among the most memorable parts of the game. |
| 115 | %%* HeroicComedicSociopath |
| 116 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Asgar of all people accuses humans of not even understanding what love and peace mean, just two scenes away from being amused by a public execution. |
| 117 | * AnIcePerson: One of his three ElementalPowers. |
| 118 | * IHateYouVampireDad: Only because the guy killed his parents though. |
| 119 | * JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: He's a fan of this, exemplified when he asks the prisoner in Melsan where the blood shop is. |
| 120 | %%* LargeHam |
| 121 | %%* LastOfHisKind |
| 122 | * LoveRedeems: He says himself that his love for Alaine brings out his humanity. [[spoiler:It doesn't last.]] |
| 123 | %%* TheMedic |
| 124 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After Ghadar's shadow ghost leaves his body, this is Asgar's reaction upon seeing what he has done while he was possessed in ''Ancient Blood''. |
| 125 | * MysticalWhiteHair: As a side-effect of his transformation into a vampire. He was originally black-haired. |
| 126 | * NotInThisForYourRevolution: A dying vampire asks the trio to hide in order to save vampires from going extinct. Asgar replies that he could care less about the vampire race. Abraxas [[ItsPersonal has become a personal problem]]. |
| 127 | * PlayingTheVictimCard: Develops an all-out victim/betrayal complex in the third game as [[spoiler: every single party member turns their back on him or tricks him in some form]], completely oblivious to the fact that it's a MistreatmentInducedBetrayal ''every time''. |
| 128 | * PragmaticVillainy: Played for laughs in a scene where he heals an injured Nyria simply because the blood on her face is driving his vampiric instincts crazy. Generally, his teamup with Nyria is so full of this that she ends up finding him a strange, but genuinely likeable person. |
| 129 | * PreMortemOneLiner: |
| 130 | --> '''Sir Esthir:''' This... cannot... be...\ |
| 131 | '''Asgar:''' Send greetings to the damned from me! |
| 132 | * PetTheDog: He loves Alaine, is comparatively friendly to an evil Valnar, has a soft spot for Ronak and helps out Nyria at one point. |
| 133 | * PunyEarthlings: His opinions of humans boils down to this. |
| 134 | * RaceLift: Asgar's sprite in ''Reign of Blood'' was AmbiguouslyBrown, with prominent PointyEars and an overall elvish look. His sprite since the second game is that of a LongHairedPrettyBoy with UndeathlyPallor, not so different from Valnar. This is ironically {{Lampshaded}} in ''Ancient Blood'' when Valnar and Alaine enter the gallery of abstract art, which really features their old sprites from ''Reign of Blood'' as paintings: they immediately immediately recognize themselves in the respective canvas, but when commenting on Asgar's old sprite, [[YouDontLookLikeYou they can't recognize anyone in on it]]. |
| 135 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: He kills everyone in Shannar after he learns that Alaine has been executed. |
| 136 | * SinkOrSwimMentor: He alerts dozens of guards to their presence in Melsan and just leaves Valnar there to fight his way out of town. |
| 137 | %%* TheSocialDarwinist |
| 138 | * StupidEvil: Subverted. He absolutely ''delights'' in random cruelty, but will make sure to cover his tracks if he thinks he cannot fight off whatever repercussions his current act of evil would have. He gets more and more reckless as his power increases. When he's depowered in ''Ancient Blood'', he's back to being careful and reasonable. He even refuses to kill the only merchant in the area. |
| 139 | * TearsOfBlood: The only time he is seen crying is after he [[spoiler:buries Alaine]] near the beginning of the first game. |
| 140 | * TokenEvilTeammate: Contrasting the FriendlyNeighbourhoodVampire tendencies of his two teammates, he represents the mindset of the average vampire in this universe. |
| 141 | * TookALevelInJerkass: He was never a nice guy in the first place, but by the time of the third game, much of his more playful and laid-back villainy is gone and instead, he has just become incredibly angry and impatient and developed a massive victim complex. While the player has the option of having him act mercifully during sidequests, the actual main story and endings scale back his already rare EvenEvilHasStandards moments from the previous games, instead pushing the similarity between him and the villains, whose EvilPlan he comes to admire. |
| 142 | * VillainProtagonist: He is the lead character in ''Vampires Dawn III''. |
| 143 | * VolleyingInsults: With Valnar in ''Ancient Blood''. |
| 144 | * WhiteHairBlackHeart: Vampirism [[DiseaseBleach changed his hair color]] and also turned him into a power-hungry asshole. |
| 145 | * WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: A prime victim of this trope. |
| 146 | * YouKilledMyFather: A few centuries ago, after turning into a vampire, he tried finding the vampire who killed his foster parents. He didn't succeed. [[spoiler:When he finally meets him, he has other reasons for wanting to see him dead.]] |
| 147 | [[/folder]] |
| 148 | |
| 149 | [[folder:Alaine Frynia]] [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vampiresdawn3alaine.jpg]] |
| 150 | The first time we meet Alaine, she's a human and an inmate of Shannar's asylum, found mute, crazy and in constant pain outside of the city. By the time ''Reign of Blood'' begins, she has earned both the love of the vampire Asgar as well as the distrust of Shannar's mayor. Being afraid of a potentially contagious disease, the latter decides she's better off dead – and beheads her. Not only does her death cause Asgar to kill Shannar's entire population, it's also what eventually leads him to find Valnar and use his blood to resurrect Alaine as a vampire of the first generation. |
| 151 | |
| 152 | Left with no memory of her past, she embraces her new existence and helps Valnar getting used to his new life as well. |
| 153 | |
| 154 | The beginning of ''Ancient Blood'' also sends her back to the past, together with Valnar and Asgar. |
| 155 | |
| 156 | In ''The Crimson Realm'', she appears as a vampire warlord, attempting to stop Asgar from gaining control of the Elras tablet while being increasingly forced to sacrifice her morals and scruples in the process. |
| 157 | ---- |
| 158 | * AmnesiacHero: She doesn't remember her past at all, or anything that happened before she was put in Shannar's asylum. It doesn't bother her a lot though. |
| 159 | * AntiHero: More in the first game, than in the second. In the latter, she's really closer to an outright heroic character who just goes along with whatever evils the other two deem necessary. Becomes an UnscrupulousHero in the third game, holding benevolent views of humans and trying to prevent Asgar from enslaving the whole world, but also willing to use any means to achieve that goal, including mass-turning people into vampires and thus contributing to humanity's rapidly-approaching extinction. |
| 160 | * BerserkButton: Being a StrawMisogynist, abusing women and calling her a whore. |
| 161 | * BloodMagic: One of her three ElementalPowers. |
| 162 | %%* CurtainsMatchTheWindow |
| 163 | * CursedWithAwesome: At least in the first game, this is her attitude towards being a vampire. |
| 164 | * DarkMistress: To Asgar after he resurrects her as a vampire. Not for very long though. |
| 165 | %%* ElementalHairColors: [[PlayingWithFire Fire]] is one of the types of spells she can learn. |
| 166 | * FiveStagesOfGrief: In her position as [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Vampire]] in ''Ancient Blood'' she often can't believe her own eyes when Valnar agrees with one of Asgar's suggestions. The issue of whether or not to create new vampires to fight the Elras depicts the stages quite nicely: |
| 167 | ** Shock and Anger: She's appalled and angry that Asgar and Valnar would even consider creating new vampires. |
| 168 | ** Bargaining and Denial: Arguing how dangerous to humanity they can be and how uncontrollable they can become. |
| 169 | ** Acceptance: Eventually she just throws in the towel and says that she trusts Valnar will make the right decision. However, she refuses to actively contribute to the endeavor since it's easier for them to kill Valnar's fourth-generation vampires than her second-generation vampires if they get out of control. |
| 170 | * {{Foil}}: To [[spoiler:Molona]] in a way. She became a vampire through the actions of her first love interest, has been dead at some point, eventually starts a relationship with Valnar, and both had a period of insanity in the story. Alaine gets a much happier ending. |
| 171 | * FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Her and Valnar at the beginning of ''Ancient Blood''. Interesting in that it's a somewhat downplayed example. Unlike Valnar, she doesn't feel particularly attached to her humantiy or humans in general and is quite willing to resort to PragmaticVillainy whenever necessary. She just really seems to like the idea of living among humans as a pretend-regular family, and harming them would get in the way of that. |
| 172 | * FriendToAllChildren: She enjoys talking about children with [=NPCs=] and refuses to let you turn kids into vampires. |
| 173 | * GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Alaine attempts to help Valnar appreciate his new life after his constant whining. |
| 174 | %%* HeroicNeutral: In ''Ancient Blood''. |
| 175 | * IJustWantToBeNormal: Her desire to have a family at the beginning of ''Ancient Blood''. |
| 176 | * InformedAbility: She was revived as a vampire of the first generation. Nothing in her stats implies that she's in any way stronger or better than Asgar or Valnar. |
| 177 | * InLoveWithYourCarnage: Early on in ''Reign of Blood'', she admires Asgar's descriptions of his acts of cruelty. |
| 178 | %%* LadyOfBlackMagic |
| 179 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: We eventually find out what caused her amnesia. It was [[spoiler:a spell cast by Vincent Weynard because she refused to keep helping him in his endeavors.]] |
| 180 | %%* LastOfHisKind |
| 181 | * LoveInterest: The player can choose to have Alaine be this to Valnar by RelationshipValues, which determines part of the ending. Asgar isn't happy about it, especially since [[spoiler:this pairing is the canon ending of the first game.]] |
| 182 | %%* TheMedic |
| 183 | * MistakenForProstitute: A customer in the brothel near Ghardon assumes Alaine's working there. |
| 184 | * MoralityPet: To Asgar in ''Reign of Blood''. |
| 185 | ** MoralityChain: In ''Ancient Blood'', again to Asgar. Though he's actually a lot more evil in the first game, oddly enough. |
| 186 | * MysteriousWaif: That's the way we're introduced to her in the opening narration. She was found mute, mad and was put into Shannar's asylum because of it. |
| 187 | * OnlySaneMan: Often plays this when the other two get out of control or begin fighting each other. |
| 188 | * PlayingWithFire: One of her three ElementalPowers. |
| 189 | * QuestForIdentity: When the vampires visit the ruins of Asran in ''Ancient Blood'' and Valnar keeps getting strange visions of [[spoiler:Vincent and Alaine 400 years ago]], Alaine reveals that not knowing anything about her past or the person she used to be ''does'' bother her. Getting answers is so important to her that she'll even [[spoiler:let Valnar kill her so that she can demand them from Vincent's blood wraith]]. At the end of this quest, she discovers [[spoiler:nothing in particular. She still has no idea who she used to be besides Vincent's assistant. At least nothing implies that she used to be very different from the way she's now.]] |
| 190 | * Really700YearsOld: One of the last major [[TheReveal reveals]] in ''Reign of Blood'' is that Alaine is actually [[spoiler:400 years old and used to be Vincent's assistant.]] |
| 191 | * RetiredBadass: At the beginning of ''Ancient Blood''. For instance, she and Valnar mention several times that they don't need weapons anymore and how their days of fighting are over. |
| 192 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Her reason for leaving [[spoiler:Vincent 400 years ago]]. |
| 193 | * ShellShockedVeteran: By the third game, decades of vampire wars and needing to ShootTheDog have really taken their toll on her mental well-being. |
| 194 | %%* SilkHidingSteel |
| 195 | %%* SquishyWizard: With a dash of FragileSpeedster. |
| 196 | %%* StatusEffects: One of her three ElementalPowers. |
| 197 | %%* TrueBlueFemininity |
| 198 | * WolverineClaws: Her weapon of choice. Artificial ones, though. |
| 199 | [[/folder]] |
| 200 | |
| 201 | !Major Characters in ''Reign of Blood'' |
| 202 | [[folder:Abraxas Ethar]] [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/abraxas_2741.png]] |
| 203 | This vampire of the first generation who both killed Aysha and [[spoiler:once turned Asgar into a vampire]] is one of the heroes' biggest threats in ''Reign of Blood''. As Valnar and Alaine soon learn the hard way, he systematically hunts vampires and delivers their heads to a MysteriousEmployer in exchange for a substantial amount of wealth. And despite the fact that the vampire trio should avoid him at all costs, Abraxas is the only lead they have to possibly find Aysha and find out why he called her Molona. |
| 204 | ---- |
| 205 | %%* BadassLongcoat |
| 206 | %%* DomesticAbuse: To Molona. |
| 207 | %%* TheDragon: [[spoiler: To Vincent]]. |
| 208 | %%* EvilIsHammy |
| 209 | * HopelessBossFight: He can be fought early on when Valnar and Alaine accidently walk into his cave-hideout. If they choose to fight him, he will play with them for a few rounds and then cast a OneHitKill spell called Blood Torpor. Cue the NonstandardGameOver. Curiously, this spell is [[ForgottenPhlebotinum absent]] when you fight him for real. |
| 210 | * HunterOfHisOwnKind: Abraxas is a vampire who hunts vampires. |
| 211 | * MysteriousEmployer: Valnar and Alaine see Abraxas talking to him through a communication device. |
| 212 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: He doesn't care about the fate of the vampire race, he just wants to get paid for delivering their heads. |
| 213 | %%* VampireHunter |
| 214 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Discussed with his MysteriousEmployer. He's afraid he might be on the receiving end of this when all other vampires in the world are killed. |
| 215 | [[/folder]] |
| 216 | |
| 217 | [[folder:Aysha Darnus/[[spoiler:Ayrene Molana Trevos]]]][[quoteright:119:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aysha_2775.png]] |
| 218 | Valnar's kind and caring girlfriend of many years doesn't get much time before starting the plot of ''Reign of Blood'' – by getting brutally killed in the middle of the night. His love for Aysha is Valnar's major character motivation at the beginning of the story. |
| 219 | |
| 220 | Both the fact that her murderer called her "Molona" and her [[SpoiledByTheFormat character sheet]] indicate that there's [[WalkingSpoiler more to her character]] than the golden-haired DisposableWoman Valnar is determined to rescue. |
| 221 | |
| 222 | The prequel ''Deceit of Heretics'' provides more information on her character and her life. |
| 223 | ---- |
| 224 | * AxCrazy: After the failed [[spoiler:resurrection spell.]] |
| 225 | * BeneathTheMask: Beneath it [[spoiler:doesn't lie an innocent lady. Not at all]]. |
| 226 | * CameBackWrong: Valnar demands Asgar use the same spell he used to resurrect Alaine on [[spoiler:Aysha]]. The only problem: [[spoiler:Aysha is neither dead nor human]] and Valnar's blood isn't the blood of a ''human'' who slept with a vampire anymore. [[spoiler:It goes about as well as you'd expect.]] |
| 227 | * DarkSecret: Her introduction text mentions that something seems to bother her lately. [[spoiler:She's been hiding her identity as a vampire from Valnar.]] |
| 228 | * DisposableWoman: Poor Aysha. [[spoiler:She gets better... sort of.]] |
| 229 | %%* EveryoneLovesBlondes |
| 230 | * HappilyMarried: To Valnar at the beginning of ''Reign of Blood''. [[spoiler:Or are they?]] |
| 231 | * HeelFaceBrainwashing: If one supports the theory that her relationship with Valnar was [[spoiler:genuine and in fact wasn't [[WasItAllALie all a lie]]]], this trope applies. In the cell phone game, it's revealed that [[spoiler:as a human she already was TheStarscream to Vincent Weynard and a ManipulativeBitch who had no problems with [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwashing]] vampires into {{Meat Puppet}}s and using them for her own plans.]] Since the game ends when [[spoiler:she becomes a vampire]], what exactly turned her into the character you meet in ''Reign of Blood'' is left unclear. |
| 232 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: At the end of the prequel, [[spoiler:the protagonists turn her into a vampire and use one of her own vampire mind-control rings on her.]] |
| 233 | %%* InnocentBlueEyes |
| 234 | * ManipulativeBitch: If her comments about her and Valnar's relationship are to be trusted. Definitely in the prequel. |
| 235 | %%* OneWingedAngel: Twice. |
| 236 | * PinkMeansFeminine: She's sporting a pink dress. |
| 237 | * ProperLady: The townspeople in Klennar describe her as very polite and inconspicuous. |
| 238 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Her sprite changes after [[spoiler:the failed resurrection spell]]. |
| 239 | * SecretIdentity: Within the first few minutes of the game, Abraxas calls her "Molona". [[spoiler:It's her real name. "Aysha" is her secret identity as a human.]] |
| 240 | * SlashersPreferBlondes: Part of her fate as the DisposableWoman. |
| 241 | * SexSlave: Has been one to [[spoiler:Abraxas]]. |
| 242 | %%* WalkingSpoiler |
| 243 | * WasItAllALie: According to her claims [[spoiler:when you fight her in the Magma Caverns: Yes, it was all a lie and she only pretended to care about Valnar in order to remain hidden. It's never revealed whether this was the truth or only just something the said after turning into an AxCrazy monster.]] |
| 244 | [[/folder]] |
| 245 | |
| 246 | [[folder:Vincent Weynard]] [[quoteright:119:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kerl_5982.png]] |
| 247 | Four hundred years ago, Vincent Weynard was a simple village priest. However, he quickly escaped obscurity once the first vampires appeared, giving a famous prophecy under a RainOfBlood. Vincent took up arms against the vampiric threat for mankind and soon became the central figure of the Holy Crusade, being instrumental for their eventual defeat. As a reward for his services, the church made him a High Priest. |
| 248 | |
| 249 | [[spoiler: In truth, the Holy Crusade was a staged event brought forth by Vincent himself. After finding a TomeOfEldritchLore that once belonged to the Elras, he quickly realized its potential and turned himself into the first vampire, creating many others in order to create a threat only he could combat, paving a way to power and glory for himself. What he did not know, however, was that his actions were not entirely his own...]] |
| 250 | ---- |
| 251 | %%* BigBad |
| 252 | * BigGood: [[spoiler: Nope. Not even close.]] |
| 253 | * {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler:He demands regular payments from King Tranak by threatening him with a potential army of vampires.]] |
| 254 | * CallToAdventure: Vampires appeared and killed people left and right. He was the first one to fight back. |
| 255 | %%* ChurchMilitant |
| 256 | %%* EngineeredHeroism |
| 257 | %%* AFatherToHisMen |
| 258 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: The WholeEpisodeFlashback in ''Reign of Blood'' which lets you briefly control Vincent incorporates this trope. |
| 259 | * HighPriest: He became one after he started the Holy Crusade against vampires 400 years before the start of the game. |
| 260 | * InterfaceSpoiler: [[spoiler:The fact that while he's briefly playable Vincent possesses a BP count despite supposedly being human not to mention his rather massive stats in general hint at his true nature.]] |
| 261 | * LukeIAmYourFather: As the first vampire, he's effectively the ancestor of our protagonists. [[spoiler:Except not.]] |
| 262 | %%* TheManBehindTheMan |
| 263 | %%* ManipulativeBastard |
| 264 | * MysteriousEmployer: He's this to [[spoiler:Abraxas]]. |
| 265 | * NotGoodWithRejection: [[spoiler:You don't love me Alaine? Here, have an unhealthy dose of madness and physical pain for the next few centuries until someone [[MercyKill mercy kills]] you. IfICantHaveYou...]] |
| 266 | --> [[spoiler:Am I not good enough? She'll pay for that. Nobody rejects my love.]] |
| 267 | %%* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: See {{Blackmail}}. |
| 268 | * RagsToRiches: He was an unremarkable village priest before vampires appeared on earth. Then he answered [[CallToAdventure the call]]. |
| 269 | * RousingSpeech: In a flashback we see him hold one right after being declared a HighPriest. |
| 270 | %%* TallDarkAndHandsome |
| 271 | * UnwittingPawn: He of all people was this to [[spoiler:the Elras all along, with Morlon manipulating him into using an Elras spell to create the race of vampires]]. |
| 272 | * WrongGenreSavvy: He thinks that as creator of vampirekind, vampirekind as a whole cannot hurt him due to them being unable to hurt their creator. He learns the hard way that this only applies to their direct creator, and none of them being his creations specifically... |
| 273 | [[/folder]] |
| 274 | |
| 275 | [[folder:The Children of the Apocalypse]] |
| 276 | A dark sect organized in a secret headquarter under the city of Asdion. They are most notable for their dealings with vampires, organizing hidden shops in several cities where bloodsuckers may purchase various types of blood and other magical objects. |
| 277 | |
| 278 | While the WorldSundering ritual causes their destruction, a few of their leaders survive into ''Ancient Blood'' and, if found, will supply the vampires with blood-related services and arcane objects. |
| 279 | |
| 280 | By the time of ''The Crimson Realm'', they've truly thrived, becoming a kind of business empire or grand conspiracy that is no longer dependent on the aid of our vampire protagonists. |
| 281 | ---- |
| 282 | * AscendedExtra: They were only generically named in ''Reign of Blood'', but in the next game, they got a bit more characterization, getting four named leaders who can be recruited. |
| 283 | * {{Cult}}: Which does business with vampires. |
| 284 | %%* BlackCloak |
| 285 | %%* EvilWearsBlack |
| 286 | * TheFaceless: Played straight in ''Reign of Blood'', averted in ''Ancient Blood''. |
| 287 | * GottaCatchEmAll: Finding all four leaders is optional, but highly beneficial, as they provide better blood potions and handy magical devices that can do things nothing else in the game can. |
| 288 | %%* HumanSacrifice: Practiced by them. |
| 289 | %%* InTheHood |
| 290 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: Their leader is only interested in the survival and spreading of vampires because they're the best customers for the cult's blood potions. |
| 291 | %%* ReligionOfEvil |
| 292 | * RememberTheNewGuy: The Vampire Trio will recognize Lord Mandrake as one of the cult's blood dealers when they meet him in ''Ancient Blood''. The player has never heard of him before. |
| 293 | [[/folder]] |
| 294 | |
| 295 | [[folder:King Gerald]] |
| 296 | The current king of this world. While he has loyal followers, he does not appear to be a particularly capable ruler. |
| 297 | ---- |
| 298 | %%* AdiposeRex |
| 299 | * AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The fight against him is one of the harder ones of the game. |
| 300 | * {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler:On the receiving end. Vincent demands regular payments by threatening him with a potential army of vampires.]] |
| 301 | %%* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: See {{Blackmail}}. |
| 302 | %%* FatBastard |
| 303 | * GenericistGovernment: His only impact on the story seems to be collecting taxes. |
| 304 | %%* StandardRoyalCourt |
| 305 | [[/folder]] |
| 306 | |
| 307 | !Major Characters in ''Ancient Blood'' |
| 308 | [[folder:The Erys Sisters]] |
| 309 | Nyria Erys, the older sister, and Jayna Erys, the younger sister. Though growing up in the simple village of Thyrik, their life has been a fountain of strange encounters and misfortunes ever since Nyria's mother was abducted and almost killed by a vampire. |
| 310 | ---- |
| 311 | * CainAndAbel: Unusually for the trope, Jayna as the younger sibling is the "evil" one of the two, Nyria als the older sibling is the "good" one. Nyria blames Jayna for the death of her best friend and hates her for it. Comes in somewhat handy when Jayna [[spoiler:ends up being an Elras leader's host, allowing for open hostilities.]] In the end, it is never properly resolved though, since [[spoiler:Jayna is killed by the vampire trio, not by Nyria]]. |
| 312 | * DisappearedDad: It's a minor plot point. [[spoiler: The game sets up a RedHerring by making us believe that it's actually Raron, the current host of one of the Elras leaders. As it turns out later, Raron was actually the secret lover of their mother, who ended up killing her father in self-defence and then went into exile to atone for it.]] |
| 313 | %%* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Jayna and Nyria. |
| 314 | [[/folder]] |
| 315 | |
| 316 | [[folder:Nyria Erys]] |
| 317 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vampiresdawn3nyria.jpg]] |
| 318 | A young woman from Thyrik and arguably the game's fourth protagonist, who we meet as a small girl in the prolog to ''Ancient Blood''. When she was a child, Nyria's father supposedly died in a hunting accident, leaving behind her mother and her soon-to-be-born younger sister. Feeling the need to protect them, young Nyria practiced the art of knife-throwing. This proved to be a very valuable skill when her mother was abducted by a vampire, as Nyria managed to save her despite her tender age. When she became a teen, Nyria was the dream of all the village boys, but showed little interest in romance, instead living out her fascination for fighting along with her best friend, a girl named Jona, by practicing their swordplay in battles with monsters and dangerous wildlife outside town. Unfortunately, one day, her younger sister Jayna came along to watch such a battle and made a critical mistake that resulted in Jona's death. |
| 319 | |
| 320 | Overcome by the feeling of powerlessness, Nyria soon left home to join King Gerald's army, vowing to become strong enough to be able to always protect the people she loves. She proved to be a very successful soldier, soon ascending to knighthood and even becoming a general. |
| 321 | |
| 322 | Nyria is lucky to survive the WorldSundering and is found by the Holy Warrior Clan, which took her in. Suffering from mild amnesia, she then begins trying to figure out her situation. |
| 323 | |
| 324 | In ''The Crimson Realm'', Nyria appears as the leader of the rebuilt human forces and a general under the new monarchy. |
| 325 | ---- |
| 326 | %%* ActionGirl |
| 327 | * BadassAdorable: Even as a kid, Nyria was capable enough to kill a vampire. [[spoiler: Well, not quite.]] |
| 328 | %%* BadassCape |
| 329 | %%* BadassNormal |
| 330 | * BloodKnight: Downplayed, but fighting was one of Nyria's major passions. It goes away almost entirely after she first encounters the Elras, as nobody would relish having to go into battle with them again. |
| 331 | * CantCatchUp: The last time she's playable she's around level 23. You meet her again when the vampire trio is around level 90. |
| 332 | * CharacterDevelopment: We don't see much of her in ''III'', but what we do see seems to imply that years and years of leading people have slowly eroded her SugarAndIcePersonality and turned her into more of a low-key AllLovingHero with a stubborn side, matching her new design which more heavily emphasizes her HairOfGoldHeartOfGold features. |
| 333 | * CoolBigSis: She used to be this to Jayna before Jona's death, and Jayna still seemed to regard her this way when she joined the royal army. |
| 334 | * DecoyProtagonist: Nyria really only exists to give the point of view of the Holy Warrior Clan and to get some exposition out. She ends up being largely irrelevant to the plot. |
| 335 | * DrivenToSuicide: If she's still alive at the [[spoiler:Evil/Easy]] ending, she'll play this trope straight. [[spoiler:Considering that Evil/Easy is the canon ending for ''Crimson Realm,'' and Nyria is still around, however, that's a bit of a SeriesContinuityError.]] |
| 336 | * EasyAmnesia: She wakes up in one of the Holy Warrior Clan's castles and can't remember what happened. It only takes a short walk for her to remember that she was on a ship when the world suddenly changed. |
| 337 | ** Some little inconsistencies in what she remembers hint that the amnesia may be worse than she herself realizes. |
| 338 | * EveryoneLovesBlondes: Literally in Thyrik. Many citizens talk about how she used to be the most beautiful, most beloved girl in town. |
| 339 | * {{Foil}}: To Valnar. It's even invoked in the prolog when the narrator mentions that Nyria's first encounter with a vampire was very similar to Valnar's and that she handled it much better, despite being a little girl. |
| 340 | * FourStarBadass: Technically, she's one of King Gerald's generals. However, this mostly comes down to an InformedAttribute. |
| 341 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: One of the few characters with a good alignment. |
| 342 | * HeadTurningBeauty: She has this effect on both the village boys in Thyrik and the Holy Warrior Clan. The fact that Asmos abstains from drooling over her might be one of the reasons she seems more sympathetic towards him. |
| 343 | %%* HellBentForLeather |
| 344 | %%* HeroesPreferSwords: This and knives. |
| 345 | * InformedAbility: Despite being technically a general, she displays no particular skill or inclination towards strategy or leading men into battle. It might just be due to having to deal with an entirely unfamiliar environment, however. There certainly was no organized warband of deadly spellcasters to battle in her time. |
| 346 | %%* KnightInSourArmor |
| 347 | * KnightInShiningArmor: Only briefly mentioned, but she's technically one of the royal knights. That's ''Lady'' Nyria to you. |
| 348 | %%* LightningBruiser |
| 349 | * MyGreatestFailure: Being unable to help Jona. |
| 350 | * NeverBeHurtAgain: She joined the royal army on order to become strong enough to never be incapable of helping the people she loves again. |
| 351 | * OlderThanTheyLook: In the third game, she's got maybe some forty to seventy years on her back, but still looks like a gorgeous twenty-something due to having stopped aging. [[spoiler: You can thank Jayna's Elras magic for that]]. It's worth noting that, being the only recurring non-vampire and non-Elras character in the cast, anything else would have meant her changing severely due to the TimeSkip. |
| 352 | * OrphansPlotTrinket / MementoMacGuffin: Part of an amulet she got from her DisappearedDad. |
| 353 | * OvershadowedByAwesome: By the Vampire Trio, unfortunately. |
| 354 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: Acts with aloof disinterest or annoyed impatience to most people she meets, but becomes protective of Asmos quickly and is always one of the first to jump into the fray if she feels she's fighting the good fight. Notably, judging by her benevolent relationship with the nameless soldier who accompanies her, the way to getting along with her is actually pretty simple: Don't act like the average person in the ''Vampire's Dawn'' world, that is to say, don't give her the HeadTurningBeauty treatment and don't waste her time with [[CloudCuckoolander inane nonsense]] or [[ItsAllAboutMe blatant narcissism]]. |
| 355 | * UnexpectedSuccessor: If she's still alive at the [[spoiler:Good/Normal]] ending, she'll become the ReasonableAuthorityFigure of the Holy Warrior Clan because [[spoiler:Sir Aaron is either dead or [[DirtyCoward in hiding]]]]. This also happens in ''III''. |
| 356 | [[/folder]] |
| 357 | |
| 358 | [[folder:Jayna Erys]] |
| 359 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vampiresdawn3jayna.jpg]] |
| 360 | Nyria's younger sister, who made an innocent mistake in their childhood which cost Nyria's best friend Jona her life, causing a rift between the sisters. After Nyria left home, Jayna became easy prey for Valnar and Alaine, who wished to create a vampire daughter for themselves, turning her into a vampire of the second generation. Jayna eventually accepted her situation, but hated how many secrets her "parents" were keeping from her. The newly resurrected Asgar took advantage of this, tricking her into going with him and becoming his vampire apprentice of sorts. This began Jayna's initiation into dark magic and the lifestyle of an evil vampire. However, the shadow ghost of Ghadar, who had taken possession of Asgar's body, hopped onto Jayna after having drained Asgar of magic power during the WorldSundering, and so Jayna('s body) unwittingly became the leader of all Elras. |
| 361 | |
| 362 | In ''The Crimson Realm'', she is initially a Blood Spirit, having been killed to defeat the Elras ghost possessing her, but is later revived. [[spoiler: During her time as a Blood Spirit, she has secretly been feeding Nyria information and teaching her Elras spells in a bid to rid the world of vampires]]. |
| 363 | |
| 364 | * EleventhHourRanger: [[spoiler:In the third game.]] |
| 365 | %%* AnnoyingYoungerSibling |
| 366 | * AntagonisticOffspring: Soon enough to her [[ParentalSubstitute substitute parents]] Alaine and Valnar. |
| 367 | %%* CorruptTheCutie |
| 368 | %%* DemonicPossession |
| 369 | * EvilIsNotAToy: She learns this the hard way after [[spoiler:Ghadar's shadow ghost possesses her]]. [[spoiler: Has seemingly learned nothing from these events, as the third game features her bringing back the Elras in the mistaken belief that she can control them.]] |
| 370 | %%* EvilRedhead |
| 371 | %%* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon |
| 372 | %%* FieryRedhead |
| 373 | %%* FilleFatale |
| 374 | * GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:For all the evil Asgar and the Elras have corrupted her with, and her own burning thirst for vengeance against Valnar and Alaine, the nature of her wish for the stone tablet is incredibly telling: If she gets to have her way, EverybodyLives, ''even Asgar''.]] |
| 375 | * HappilyAdopted: By Alaine and Valnar for quite a while. |
| 376 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Downplayed since she wants to leave at first, but eventually trusting Asgar wasn't her wisest move. [[spoiler: She makes that same mistake again in the Valnar/Alaine dead ending of ''III'', trusting Asgar not mess up her new happy world despite letting him keep his vampiric powers and nature.]] |
| 377 | * MamasBabyPapasMaybe: [[spoiler:She might actually be Raron's daughter. Her being the only redhead in a family of blondes could be a hint.]] |
| 378 | %%* TheRunaway |
| 379 | * SomeoneToRememberHimBy: She is the result of this trope, having been conceived a few weeks before her [[DisappearedDad father disappeared]]. |
| 380 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: In the third game, where she [[spoiler: brings back the Elras with all the deeply dark and horrible magic that implies]] and even manipulates her own sister, all in the hopes of saving humanity from vampire supremacy. |
| 381 | * WhatTheHellHero: Gives a very justified one to Valnar for stealing her away from her family and turning her into a vampire without her consent in one of the epilogues. |
| 382 | [[/folder]] |
| 383 | |
| 384 | [[folder:The Elras Mages]] |
| 385 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/artworkelras_4806.png]] |
| 386 | An order of mages from ages long past that has now found a way to resurrect themselves. The order is composed of many novices and low-ranked wizards, who serve as apprentices, henchmen and soldiers to a triumvirate of leaders. When they were founded, the Elras Mages vowed to create the ultimate spell and gain control over the entire world, a goal they very nearly achieved with the Stone Tablet, had they not been stopped in the last minute. However, with the world having been changed to a state from 400 years ago, the Elras have gained another chance to realize their ambitions... |
| 387 | |
| 388 | Elras mages reappear in ''The Crimson Realm'' [[spoiler: due to Jayna's machinations]]. |
| 389 | ---- |
| 390 | * TheAgeless: According to a flashback, they turned into their [[InTheHood hooded]] appearances by using a machine that was intended to not let them age anymore. The flashback only shows it happening to Ghadar and the new appearance clearly wasn't the intended outcome. But since all Elras mages we ever see are darkly dressed, hooded people, we can assume it worked. |
| 391 | * AmbitionIsEvil: Their whole situation ultimately comes from having tried to perfect the magical arts. |
| 392 | * AscendedExtra: We learn very little about them in the first game. The red chests which can only be opened when Valnar's intelligence stat is high enough and the OptionalBoss Pharaoh Ustra are the only instances when they are mentioned. They're the main antagonists of ''Ancient Blood''. |
| 393 | %%* BlackCloak |
| 394 | * EvilGenius: Their intelligence defined them so much that they felt save by putting spells on their treasure chests [[OnlySmartPeopleMayPass which killed every intellectually weaker person]] who tried to open them. |
| 395 | * EvilSorcerer: All of them. |
| 396 | %%* EvilWearsBlack |
| 397 | %%* TheFaceless |
| 398 | * ForScience: A magical version is ultimately their motivation, trying to perfect the art and turning the world into a lab where they can experiment freely on the population. |
| 399 | %%* InTheHood |
| 400 | * LifeDrinker: A shadow ghost drinks its current host's LifeEnergy in order to perform spells. |
| 401 | * {{Magitek}}: At least the method to [[spoiler:extract blood wraiths from their realm]] relies on a machine. |
| 402 | %%* RedEyesTakeWarning |
| 403 | %%* TakeOverTheWorld |
| 404 | * {{Transhuman}}: An Elras mage you can torture after conquering castle Zharas tells you that the Elras used to be humans. However, their magic allowed them to become more than that. |
| 405 | * YourSoulIsMine: Their magic is based on using souls as power sources. |
| 406 | [[/folder]] |
| 407 | |
| 408 | [[folder:The Elras Leaders: Ghadar, Gorgoth and Morlon]] |
| 409 | The main antagonists of ''Ancient Blood''. This triumvirate of master spellcasters leads the Elras order in battle and in their mad schemes. Ruthless, brutal and smart, they are a force to be reckoned with and are responsible for a great many evils. They will not stop until they have turned the entire world into a mad laboratory for their magics. |
| 410 | |
| 411 | Ghadar is their primary leader, a brilliant spellcaster and schemer, the evil mastermind, the brains behind the order's plans. Sadistic and utterly psychotic, he lives for only two things, the magical sciences and his own personal amusement, exclusively at the expense of others. He initially possesses Asgar, but later takes control of Jayna due to having drained all the former's power; and having an attraction towards women with red hair. |
| 412 | |
| 413 | Gorgoth is the secondary leader and hatchet man. He has a more straightforward and brutish personality, often being mocked by Ghadar, but his mind should not be underestimated, he is a powerful mage after all and can display both cunning and sadism to match up with his colleague. His host body is a man named Raron, whom he picked for his trained warrior's physique. |
| 414 | |
| 415 | Morlon is the third Elras leader, also the one the least seen or spoken of. His domains are unclear, though it appears he excels in subtlety and manipulation. He is also the weakest of the three as far as combat prowess is concerned. [[spoiler:His host is Valnar.]] |
| 416 | ---- |
| 417 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: Ghadar in his original human form. |
| 418 | * AndYourLittleDogToo: They have a strange grudge against the Clan's cooks. |
| 419 | * TheArchmage: A villainous example. They certainly didn't gain the top spot via charisma. |
| 420 | * AuthorAppeal: In-universe. [[spoiler:More like ''creator'' appeal. Female redheads turning into vampires do not suffer from DiseaseBleach simply because Ghadar finds the color hot.]] |
| 421 | * BigBadDuumvirate: The three of them, but most prominently Ghadar. [[spoiler: Interestingly, they're also the retroactive BigBad behind Vincent's schemes from the first game.]] |
| 422 | * BigThinShortTrio: Their current host bodies – Raron, [[spoiler:Valnar]] and Jayna. |
| 423 | * BloodKnight: Ghadar expresses annoyance at missing out on participating in the first battle against the Clan. Gorgoth seems to have a thing for physical brutality as well, given his stated preference for hosts with strong bodies. It is unclear whether Morlon qualifies. |
| 424 | %%* BodySnatcher: See DemonicPossession below. |
| 425 | * BodySurf: [[spoiler:When their host is a vampire]] they can change bodies whenever they please. |
| 426 | %%* TheBrute: Gorgoth. |
| 427 | * CatchPhrase: Ghadar always greets Gorgoth by telling him he's late. |
| 428 | %%* TheDragon: Gorgoth. |
| 429 | * DemonicPossession: The three magically modified their souls to become "Shadow Ghosts" so they could travel freely and possess new bodies. They can only leave their host when it dies, though. [[spoiler:Which makes vampires ideal hosts, since their bodies already are dead, so they can BodySurf at any time.]] |
| 430 | %%* TheEvilGenius: All three of them, really, but Ghadar in particular. |
| 431 | %%* EvilIsHammy |
| 432 | * FighterMageThief: Although they're all mages and steal bodies as Shadow Ghosts, the trope still applies during the plot of ''Ancient Blood''. Gorgoth possesses the body of a strong fighter, Ghadar is the strongest mage because he can draw upon the powers of Jayna's vampire body, and Morlon's biggest impact on the story is [[spoiler:quietly possessing (stealing) Valnar's body and waiting for the time to strike]]. |
| 433 | * HumanoidAbomination: See TransHuman above. The leaders are a step even beyong the regular mages that way. |
| 434 | * LargeHam: Ghadar manages to make Asgar look subtle by comparison. |
| 435 | * LoopholeAbuse: [[spoiler: The reason they created vampires. A shadow ghost can only leave a living host when it dies, but as vampires are already dead, the ghost can BodySurf all it wants between vampires.]] |
| 436 | * LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Ladies and gentlemen, meet the ''true'' collective fathers of vampirekind! Their manipulations are the direct reason for many of the special traits of vampirism. For instance, the realm of Blood Wraiths is just a glorified battery to them, and female red-headed vampires always keep their hair color because it's a fetish for Ghadar.]] |
| 437 | * MagicKnight: Both Ghadar and Gorgoth use combat skills and enchanted weapons alongside their spells. |
| 438 | %%* PlayAlongPrisoner: Gorgoth, unfortunately. |
| 439 | %%* PrettyBoy: Ghadar in his original human form. |
| 440 | * PreMortemOneLiner: [[spoiler:''Ghadar sends his regards...'']] |
| 441 | * TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Before Valnar, Morlon manipulated Vincent into creating vampires and killing them, filling the realm of Blood Wraiths so that the Elras could use it as a magical battery much later.]] |
| 442 | * SealedEvilInACan: In their own spellbook, no less. |
| 443 | * SorcerousOverlord: As the Elras leaders, becoming this is their shared goal. |
| 444 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Ghadar quickly changes host bodies when Asgar becomes too weak. |
| 445 | [[/folder]] |
| 446 | |
| 447 | [[folder:The Holy Warrior Clan]] |
| 448 | An organisation of knight-like fighters that prides itself on having defeated the Elras Mages. They are composed of simple human swordsmen, though the Clan is supported by a few mages, mostly healers and summoners. The Holy Warrior Clan belives itself to be a force of justice and goodness, building castles next to prominent human settlements and acting as guards and law enforcement for the population. These castles hold the pieces of the Elras Stone Tablet in their dungeons, having been split into fragments long ago to prevent the full spell from ever being used. The Clan does not usually allow women to join, finding them to be a dangerous distraction from duty, but cannot exactly afford to be picky when it comes to having Nyria join them. Despite being unable to seriously match them in power, the Clan outlived the Elras. While they had disappeared by the time Valnar was born, it is implied that the power structures they had established became the foundation for the ensuing monarchy and its royal knights. |
| 449 | |
| 450 | By the time of ''The Crimson Realm'', the Clan has been subsumed into an order of knights and monster-hunters under Nyria's command, serving a brand-new monarchy. |
| 451 | ---- |
| 452 | * BadassNormal: They consider themselves an army of this. In truth, however, the trope is played with and ultimately averted. The Clan can fight back against Elras assaults, but always suffers horrific casualties when doing so. While a regular Clan soldier can kill a low-ranking Elras mage in a single blow as long as he manages to get the first strike, they have absolutely no counter against their overpowering magics, much less their leaders. What truly kills their chances, however, is that they have no clue how to defend against some of the Elras's more tricky spells. For instance, setting up guard posts has little use when the enemy can just teleport their army in for a surprise attack. |
| 453 | %%* GoodIsImpotent |
| 454 | %%* HeroAntagonist |
| 455 | * KnightInShiningArmor: The reputation they try to cultivate, and what they see themselves as. Unfortunately, swords and morals aren't enough to win a war against the Elras. Or against vampires. |
| 456 | * PrecursorHeroes: They did, however, contribute to making sure the future wasn't dominated by Elras and considering that the armor of King Gerald's generals bears the Clan's insignia, it seems their tradition eventually carried on to the royal knights. |
| 457 | * RedshirtArmy: What they actually are, especially from Nyria's perspective. |
| 458 | [[/folder]] |
| 459 | |
| 460 | [[folder:Asmos Kleyr]] |
| 461 | A Captain of the Holy Warrior Clan. His father, also a Holy Warrior, was a close friend of Sir Aaron's who perished in the final battle for the Stone Tablet. Since then, Asmos has been raised by Sir Aaron as a fighter, hoping to honor the memory of his father. He finds Nyria and takes her in, also showing her around and explaining about the Clan, thus becoming perhaps her closest friend in the order. While Asmos has a good and noble heart, he is naive and still inexperienced. |
| 462 | ---- |
| 463 | * HeroWorshipper: Towards Sir Aaron and his father. |
| 464 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: At the end of the second game. He is not ressurected for the third, even in its GoldenEnding.]] |
| 465 | %%* KnightInShiningArmor |
| 466 | * LoveInterest: He seems to be Nyria's love interest, but given the setting, it doesn't end well for either of them. |
| 467 | %%* PrettyBoy |
| 468 | * WellDoneSonGuy: He mainly fights to impress his father and Sir Aaron. |
| 469 | [[/folder]] |
| 470 | |
| 471 | [[folder:Sir Aaron]] |
| 472 | The highest-ranking commander of the Holy Warrior Clan. Sir Aaron is an aging fighter who led the Clan in battle against the Elras, succeeding in obtaining the Stone Tablet. He also raised Asmos. [[spoiler: In truth, he himself killed Asmos's father when he attempted to stop him from trying to use the Stone Tablet to destroy the Elras. However, as Aaron was not suited towards using the spell, it split into nine parts on its own as a safety measure. Then he just rolled with it and pretended to have split it up on purpose, being hailed as a hero by the rest of the Clan.]] |
| 473 | ---- |
| 474 | %%* BigGood: [[spoiler:Averted.]] |
| 475 | * BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:To Asmos, though he never has a chance to realize it.]] |
| 476 | * CoolOldGuy: From the perspective of the Clan's warriors. |
| 477 | %%* DirtyCoward |
| 478 | * FamedInStory: He's a great hero among the Clan and considered their best chance for defeating the Elras again. |
| 479 | %%* IDidWhatIHadToDo |
| 480 | %%* ParentalSubstitute: For Asmos. |
| 481 | %%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Or tries to be, at least. |
| 482 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:His attempt to use the stone tablet to destroy the Elras for good, even killing Agaleo for it.]] |
| 483 | [[/folder]] |
| 484 | |
| 485 | !Major Characters in ''The Crimson Realm'' |
| 486 | [[folder:Celene Varianis]] |
| 487 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/celene2_874x1024.jpg]] |
| 488 | Celene is a third-generation vampire who was transformed relatively recently. She became Asgar's second-in-command and lover during the vampire wars with Alaine. Her views are largely in-line with her boyfriend's, looking down on humans and considering vampires the superior race, but also despising the vampire deserters. Though her loyalty is beyond question, her DarkAndTroubledPast and ignorance of the true depths of Asgar's depravity present a threat to the couple's long-term stability... |
| 489 | ---- |
| 490 | * ALighterShadeOfBlack: She is on Asgar's side on most matters, but generally more restrained and controlled, and is still capable of feeling genuine empathy with humans on certain occasions. |
| 491 | * BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: It's heavily implied all the [[spoiler: rape and torture she endured as as a human]] is directly responsible for her obsession with power and stability as a vampire. |
| 492 | * BerserkButton: Same as Alaine, being a StrawMisogynist. [[spoiler: Also anything that even vaguely reminds her of her time in the House of Joyful Tears.]] |
| 493 | * ClingyJealousGirl: She ([[ReplacementGoldfish quite astutely]]) considers Alaine a threat to her relationship with Asgar and is constantly looking for an opportunity to get rid of or kill her. |
| 494 | %%* DarkAndTroubledPast: See SexSlave below. |
| 495 | %%* DarkMistress: To Asgar. |
| 496 | * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Once she realizes that Asgar has NoSympathy for anyone, not even his own heavily traumatized girlfriend, she takes revenge on him by destroying one of his fragments of the stone tablet and releasing the humans he imprisoned to teach him the concept of "loss", then jumps into a pool of lava before he can get his hands on her.]] |
| 497 | * DontYouDarePityMe: She refuses any pity from Alaine [[spoiler: or Valnar]] because she considers them enemies, but does wish for her boyfriend to understand and respect her feelings. [[spoiler:His complete [[NoSympathy lack of sympathy]] for the hell she went through is ultimately a major part in what [[DrivenToSuicide drives her over the edge]].]] |
| 498 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[spoiler: As Alaine observes, loving Asgar and expecting him to treat you well can only end in blood and tears.]] |
| 499 | * IHateYouVampireDad: She was turned against her will and her feelings towards her creator, [[spoiler: Larius]] remain decidedly ambiguous most of the time, but eventually [[spoiler: she settles on this trope]]. |
| 500 | * MarkOfShame: The teardrop tattoo under her eye is [[spoiler: what all the SexSlave girls in the House of Joyful Tears were [[SlaveBrand forcefully branded with]] to signify ownership]]. |
| 501 | * MirrorCharacter: Celene refuses to acknowledge it, but Alaine notes the similarities. They are/were both young, naive female vampires serving as the DarkMistress to Asgar who [[spoiler: eventually realize the extent of his egomania and cruelty and abandon him]]. |
| 502 | * OrphansOrdeal: Her parents died early and so she was raised by her elder brother, [[spoiler: Larius]]. |
| 503 | * PetTheDog: [[spoiler: She shows empathy for those who have suffered similar conditions as herself and eventually defies a direct order from Asgar, letting dozens of humans who had lived in such conditions go free instead of imprisoning them for the party's own use.]] |
| 504 | * ReplacementGoldfish: Asgar clearly just picked her up in an unsuccessful attempt to get over Alaine, and she comes to realize quickly how much more Alaine matters to him. |
| 505 | * SexSlave: [[spoiler: As a human, she was enslaved in Larius' House of Joyful Tears, a brothel for sadistic vampires, where she was repeatedly subjected to RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil and ColdBloodedTorture and always at the risk of being [[YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness "disposed of"]].]] |
| 506 | * SlaveBrand: [[spoiler: Once again, her teardrop tattoo]]. |
| 507 | * StreetUrchin: Her mother apparently owned a healer's shop, but it's heavily implied Celene became this after she died. |
| 508 | * TraumaCongaLine: Oh yes. Let's see: [[spoiler: [[OrphansOrdeal Parents die when she is young]], becomes a StreetUrchin, has only [[BlueAndOrangeMorality her messed up brother]] left for family, her brother suddenly disappers and she must fend for herself all alone, is captured and becomes a SexSlave in a vampire torture brothel ''run by her brother'' which permanently scars and traumatizes her, is mortally wounded trying to escape it, learns her brother is a vampire, [[EmergencyTransformation gets turned into a vampire]] by said brother [[DeathSeeker against her explicit wishes]], escapes him because she can no longer bring herself to look him in the eye, tries to make up with him anyway later only to be subjected to VictimBlaming and attempts to justify her having been a SexSlave, kills her brother in hopes of finding peace, realizes that the boyfriend she found in the meantime and dedicated her life to cares nothing for her trauma and only views her as a slave and ReplacementGoldfish for the actual love of his life, [[DrivenToSuicide kills herself]], and, depending on the ending, may be brought back from the dead just so that her former boyfriend can imprison and torture her for all of eternity to satisfy his narcissistic grudge against her.]] ''Phew''. |
| 509 | * WalkingSpoiler: The first half or so of ''Vampires Dawn III'' is dedicated to exploring her backstory. |
| 510 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Unlike all the other main characters, we are not shown what became of her in the GoldenEnding, but Abraxas believes she must be around somewhere, and the other endings supply further evidence that she is probably alive as a human and likely doing better than she was as a vampire or SexSlave.]] |
| 511 | [[/folder]] |
| 512 | |
| 513 | [[folder:Larius [[spoiler:Varianis]]]] |
| 514 | An enigmatic second-generation vampire crime lord who is involved with a secret society whose members all bear dragon tattoos. [[spoiler: He is Celene's brother and runs the House of Joyful Tears, a brothel where vampires and humans belonging to the secret society go to rape and torture enslaved women.]] |
| 515 | ---- |
| 516 | * BigBrotherMentor: Was this to [[spoiler: Celene]]. |
| 517 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: From his own point of view, he is the good guy and holds no sexist views. [[spoiler: You see, it's just ''absolutely necessary'' for the survival of humanity that human women be separated from their husbands, raped, tortured and mind-broken, so they can be used as BabyFactories in secret underground facilities and never dare question that the outside world is too dangerous to risk seeking it out. It's him VictimBlaming Celene that everything would've been just fine ''if only she'd have gotten pregnant from all the constant rape'' that finally makes her turn on him for good.]] |
| 518 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He does genuinely care for [[spoiler: Celene]], it's just that his ways of showing it are incredibly messed up. |
| 519 | * PlotHole: Maybe. It's been noticed by fans that he somehow became a vampire during a time where the only two vampires left in existence were dedicated to not creating any others. The developer aims to add an explanation at a later point in time. |
| 520 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: Unlike his co-conspirator, he is apparently serious in his belief that what they are doing is the only way [[spoiler: to ensure the continued co-existence of both humanity and vampirekind]] and worth any sacrifice. |
| 521 | [[/folder]] |
| 522 | |
| 523 | [[folder:Sir Baltur]] |
| 524 | Nyria's second-in-command who is incredibly obvious about having his own agenda. [[spoiler: He and Larius are working together in a conspiracy involving the dragon-tattooed secret society and the House of Joyful Tears in a demented effort to "preserve" humankind in a world where the reality of vampire supremacy is becoming more obvious by the day.]] |
| 525 | ---- |
| 526 | %%* EvilChancellor: To Nyria. |
| 527 | * NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: While he is certainly willing to accept that the conspiracy between Larius and himself ''might'' save humanity in the long run, he's mostly just interested in all the money he can make in the meantime selling blood harvested from the humans under his "protection" to vampire clients. He also seems quite content to take advantage of the SexSlave aspect of their conspiracy as a bribe to ensure the loyalty of the men working under him.]] |
| 528 | [[/folder]] |
| 529 | |
| 530 | !!Other Characters |
| 531 | [[folder:Jinnai]] |
| 532 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/artworkjinnai_7698.jpg]] |
| 533 | %%* AmbiguouslyEvil |
| 534 | * BigGood: Tries to pass himself off as this, nobody believes him. |
| 535 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: His headgear is very similar to that of Pharaoh Ustra.]] |
| 536 | * HelpingWouldBeKillStealing: Jinnai makes it clear that he's able to kill some of the Elras mages himself, at least the weaker ones. Yet he doesn't join the vampires' party when they reconquer their castle. |
| 537 | %%* IcyBlueEyes |
| 538 | * ManipulativeBastard: He's particularly obvious about it. Asgar does not trust him. As it turns out, he's [[spoiler:completely right.]] |
| 539 | %%* MrExposition |
| 540 | %%* MysteriousBacker |
| 541 | %%* MysteriousInformant |
| 542 | * SingleSpecimenSpecies: He explicitly points out that even he has no clue what race he's from and as far as he can tell, he's the only one. |
| 543 | * SquishyWizard: Jinnai has tons of powerful spells, but completely lacks melee attacks. [[spoiler:Meaning the Mirror spell will utterly destroy him when you fight him.]] |
| 544 | * TheSvengali: He saves the vampires from certain death, teaches them about runes, the castles, mercenaries and more. But behind their backs he without a doubt has his own agenda. |
| 545 | * TimeAbyss: Jinnai claims to be so old he can't even remember his own past. [[spoiler: Of course, this could simply be Ustra lying about the fact that he could not assimilate Jinnai's memories.]] |
| 546 | * UndeathlyPallor: Though we know nearly nothing about him, including whether he's alive or undead. [[spoiler:By the end of the game, the only thing that's for sure is that he's not a vampire.]] |
| 547 | * VillainousHarlequin: At least in appearance. [[spoiler: Or more than that.]] |
| 548 | * TheUnreveal: [[spoiler:What exactly ''is'' the creature Jinnai?]] |
| 549 | [[/folder]] |
| 550 | |
| 551 | [[folder:Raron]] |
| 552 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/artworkraron_6675.jpg]] |
| 553 | A strange swordfighter who lived in a small cabin in the woods far away from civilization. It was there that he was found by Gorgoth and taken as his host, a state he spends the rest of the game in. He holds the other half of Nyria's father's amulet, much to her shock and confusion. Aside from that, Raron is a mystery. Could he really be Nyria's father? |
| 554 | |
| 555 | '''Note:''' This section is just for tropes specific to Raron. Tropes about the one controlling him, Gorgoth, should go in the Elras Leaders section. |
| 556 | |
| 557 | [[spoiler: Raron actually hails from the village of Thyrik. He was a fine hunter and great swordsman, being close friends with Nyria's father Kerilian, with whom he had many adventures. However, he eventually fell in love with Nyria's mother and they had an affair behind Kerilian's back. One day, Raron confronted him on being too neglectful of his family, having decided to leave Thyrik together with Nyria's mother and Nyria. This enraged Kerilian so much that he attempted to kill Raron, who sorrowfully, but effortlessly slew his friend in self-defense. Wishing to atone for this sin, he left Thyrik behind, becoming the hermit Gorgoth met him as.]] |
| 558 | ---- |
| 559 | * TheAtoner: Several years before the beginning of the story he [[spoiler:killed Nyria's father]] and went to live alone to atone for it. |
| 560 | * BadassBack: [[spoiler: Played for drama. Raron turns his back on Kerilian when he realizes he has to kill him, being unable to look him in the eyes when doing so, which only enrages Kerilian more. When he attacks, Raron takes his head clean off in a single half-turn, while keeping his eyes closed, no less.]] |
| 561 | %%* BadassLongCoat |
| 562 | * BadassNormal: Implied, after all Gorgoth considered him an adequate host body, despite the fact that he's not a vampire. |
| 563 | %%* KillTheOnesYouLove |
| 564 | * LukeIMightBeYourFather: [[spoiler:It's never brought up in the game, but he might be Jayna's actual father.]] |
| 565 | %%* MasterSwordsman |
| 566 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:He deeply regrets killing Nyria's father.]] |
| 567 | * RedHerring: His amulet hints at him being [[spoiler:Nyria's and Jayna's DisappearedDad. He isn't.]] |
| 568 | * SympatheticAdulterer: His diary strongly implies the good variant. [[spoiler:He genuinely loved his best friend's wife and intended to tell him about the affair before moving away with his love and her daughter.]] |
| 569 | %%* TallDarkAndHandsome |
| 570 | [[/folder]] |
| 571 | |
| 572 | [[folder:Pharaoh Ustra]] |
| 573 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/artworkustra_6480.png]] |
| 574 | * ALighterShadeOfBlack: [[spoiler: Yes, he is a manipulative, ruthless and power-hungry tyrant. However, unlike the AlwaysChaoticEvil Elras, he just wants to rule and be worshipped by people, rather than killing them for sports.]] |
| 575 | * AscendedExtra: He was just the boss of a BonusDungeon in the first game, but is a major figure in the second. |
| 576 | * TheArchmage: He was an incredibly powerful user of magic, perhaps the most powerful one in the entire VD-verse, given that he could take on several of the Elras Leaders at the same time and win. |
| 577 | * BigGood: According to Jinnai. [[spoiler: Subverted in that he really was as much of a selfish jerk as anyone else in this world]]. |
| 578 | * GodEmperor: The descendants of his former citizens still worship him centuries after his death. |
| 579 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:It's a smart move to carry a stone that can capture shadow ghosts in case one needs to kill the Elras leaders. It's not smart to have it on your person when you're a shadow ghost and get yourself into a situation where you might be killed.]] |
| 580 | * MakingASplash: He seems to specialize in water-based magics. As a desert ruler, this makes sense to further his GodEmperor image with the citizens of his nation. |
| 581 | * NephariousPharaoh: Or was he? [[spoiler:Yes, he was.]] |
| 582 | * OneManArmy: He single-handedly killed all the Elras mages. |
| 583 | * PosthumousCharacter: Played straight in that everything we learn about him is conveyed via narration, ApocalypticLog or flashback. Averted in that [[spoiler:he's actively influencing the plot as Jinnai]]. |
| 584 | * SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: [[spoiler:His shadow ghost possessed the ageless creature Jinnai. Unless a possessed body in undead, a shadow ghost is trapped in there until it dies.]] |
| 585 | * TakeOverTheWorld: What's eventually revealed to be his motive. |
| 586 | [[/folder]] |
| 587 | |
| 588 | !Recurring Characters |
| 589 | [[folder:The Grandfather]] |
| 590 | * TheMunchausen: If his grandson is to be believed, he is notorious for making up crazy stories. |
| 591 | * NarratorAllAlong: According to one of the six endings of ''Ancient Blood''. |
| 592 | %%* RetiredBadass |
| 593 | * RetiredMonster: [[spoiler:Given that this ending only occurs on an evil Valnar playthrough. The grandfather never shows any signs of being evil, though.]] |
| 594 | %%* TheStoryteller |
| 595 | * {{Squick}}: Invoked. His grandson finds the explanations of decapitations, filling mouths with garlic, rains of blood and vampire sex rather disturbing. |
| 596 | %%* WizardBeard |
| 597 | [[/folder]] |
| 598 | |
| 599 | [[folder:Simon Rage]] |
| 600 | * GenreSavvy: He figures out several plot twists of the story before his grandfather can explain them and basically points out a ChekhovsGun whenever he spots one. |
| 601 | * RaisedByGrandparents: Averted despite the framing device giving every opportunity for such a scenario. His father is just busy being a soldier, so he spends more time with his grandfather. |
| 602 | [[/folder]] |
| 603 | |
| 604 | [[folder:Ronak the Minotaur]] |
| 605 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/artworkronak_9139.jpg]] |
| 606 | * ButtMonkey: Part of his role as Asgar's comically incompetent servant. |
| 607 | * TheDitz: When asked if he knows a place where men went to "enjoy themselves" he thinks of a pub instead of a brothel. |
| 608 | %%* HappinessInSlavery |
| 609 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: At the end of the second game. He is not ressurected for the third, even in its GoldenEnding, despite being a series' staple.]] |
| 610 | * MoralityPet: Maybe. [[spoiler: He was fine with Asgar's evil deeds in the first place, but his absence in the third game certainly coincides with a reduction of Asgar's PetTheDog moments, his [[TookALevelInJerkass increased jackassery]] and a tendency to play his actions more seriously rather than as BlackComedy]]. |
| 611 | * NoSenseOfDirection: At the beginning of ''Reign of Blood'', he doesn't even know how to find Asgar's coffin in his own castle. |
| 612 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: Ronak may seem like pure PluckyComicRelief who can only sweep floors and such, but he's still a friggin' minotaur. Whenever enemies invade the castle, he serves as the last line of defense, tearing them apart or at least making them flee several times throughout the setting. |
| 613 | * OurMinotaursAreDifferent: Well, he's a minotaur. |
| 614 | %%* PluckyComicRelief |
| 615 | * TeamPet: Seemingly one of the only creatures in the world Asgar has a [[PetTheDog soft spot]] for. |
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