History Characters / WarframeTenno

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[[caption-width-right:291:Operator? Ordis wonders... What are you thinking about?]]

* TheVoiceless: Intentionally. Drusus Leverian states that the Warframes were made deliberately unable to speak, only "scream, or roar, or howl".

* AmbiguousSituation: How much of a Warframe's established personality is it's own and how much of it is [[spoiler:an Operator's personality leaking through is ultimately up in the air. For that matter, there is also a question as to which Warframes had Operators and which did not. As some cases such as Gara and Qorvex are heavily implied to never have an operator controlling them before present times, most others such as Ember and Excalibur seem to have been connected to Operators.]]

[[center: [-[[Characters/{{Warframe}} Main Character Index]] | '''Tenno''' ([[Characters/WarframeTennoWarframesAToM Warframes A-M]], [[Characters/WarframeTennoWarframesNToZ Warframes N-Z]]) | [[Characters/WarframeGrineer Grineer]] | [[Characters/WarframeCorpus Corpus]] | [[Characters/WarframeInfested Infested]] | [[Characters/WarframeSyndicates Syndicates]] | [[Characters/WarframeOrokin Orokin]] | [[Characters/WarframeColonies Colonies]] | [[Characters/WarframeSentients Sentients]] | [[Characters/WarframeVoid Void]] | [[Characters/WarframeOthers Others]]]]-]

* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:Ballas' attempt on her life angers her so much she decides to pursue and stop him from destroying the Sun by herself. She considers this a personal matter and tells the Tenno to stay out of it.]]

* DependingOnTheWriter: Whether or not a Warframe can act on its own is... complicated at best. Gameplay wise, they are static when the [[spoiler:operator is not mentally controlling them. The only time they move in story is when Hunhow and the Shadow Stalker are on the verge of killing the operator, but this a very rare occurrence not thought possible. Still, there are lore entries that attribute feats to the Warframe themselves, as if they had acted on their own, rather than the operators that are supposed to be in control of them.]] This seems to be intentional, due to many lore entries being written from the perspective of someone who hadn't known the deeper secrets of the Tenno, and due to how Warframes were utilized in different parts of the Old War, their circumstances would naturally lead to conflicting if not contradictory statements.

* KidsAreCruel: As much as they were horribly mistreated by [[AbusivePrecursors the Orokin]], they weren't above ostracizing and bullying one of their own, Rell, for being autistic. The "Chains of Harrow" prequel comic showed Rell being ''locked out of a quarantine'' during the Zariman Ten-Zero incident by other children, and forbidden from entering an escape vessel carrying his peers because of his "weirdness". In the modern day, many Tenno still make a living as mercenaries, and although they tend to be ALighterShadeOfGrey than most factions, they're still not above occasionally working with said factions, such as when the Grineer and the Corpus were vying for control of Mars.

* VocalEvolution: The main Operator's voice goes up by about an octave during ''The New War'', both to emphasis the fact that they're still biologically a child [[spoiler:and to better highlight the differences between them and the Drifter, a grown adult version of themselves]].

--> '''Natah:''' [[spoiler:MORE! [''snarls and attempts to '''bite''' the Drifter'']]]

** And at the end of ''Sacrifice'' [[spoiler:she says "This is what I am" to your Operator, when they see for the first time her true form as a Sentient.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:At the end of "The New War", she kills Ballas and goes back to being the Tenno's MissionControl again, this time with the option of choosing between Natah (Sun), The Lotus (Neutral), or Margulis (Moon) as her permanent name for the entire game. You can also spend platinum to get any of the other appearences, as well as other skins for her.]]

* MonsterLord: [[spoiler:Natah is this to the lesser Mimics, having come from Sentient nobility; dialogue from her father and brother imply she was engineered from birth to infiltrate the Orokin ranks and subvert the Tenno]]. [[spoiler:In "The New War", she's able to hijack and take control over smaller Sentients, and disable Murex shields.]]

* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: According to Cephalon Cordylon, the reason crafting costs credits is because it's the only way Ordis can budget the Operators' cash flow into essentials instead of having them blow it on often-superfluous material assets. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome As one might expect of a bunch of children suddenly given that much money]].

* AbortedArc: Despite "The Sacrifice" heavily indicating that the Tenno would have a special bond with Umbra, and that Umbra had dealt a crippling blow to Ballas with their help, it seemed like Umbra would have a special connection/interaction with the Operator/Drifter from that quest forward, especially "The New War". But this is far from true, as there's no difference between Umbra and any other Warframe besides the obvious.

* DependingOnTheWriter: Whether or not a warframe can act on its own is... complicated at best. Gameplay wise, they are static when the [[spoiler:operator is not mentally controlling them. The only time they move in story is when Hunhow and the Shadow Stalker are on the verge of killing the operator, but this a very rare occurrence not thought possible. Still, there are lore entries that attribute feats to the Warframe themselves, as if they had acted on their own, rather than the operators that are supposed to be in control of them.]] This seems to be intentional, due to many lore entries being written from the perspective of someone who hadn't known the deeper secrets of the tenno, and due to how warframes were utilized in different part of the Old War, their circumstances would naturally lead to conflicting if not contradictory statements.

* AchillesHeel: The Warframes, while each having certain roles, are fully capable of doing well in any combat situation, especially if modified using Helminth Alchemy. [[spoiler:However, if the link to its operator is cut, the warframe will cease to function....unless the operator is in mortal danger. Umbra Frames [[RemovedAchillesHeel do not have this problem]], being fully capable of functioning on their own]].

* MidSeasonUpgrade: For the default Warframes and before the later, stronger Umbra Warframes.[[note]]They are the MidSeasonUpgrade storywise as well, coming after the barely controllable Umbra frames and the reduced and scrapped together modern frames.[[/note]] The Prime Warframes have White/Black coloration that resemble angelic figures, fitting their old purpose as defenders of the Orokin.

** First off are their landing craft -- the Liset, Mantis, Xiphos and Scimitar. The size of a fighter jet, these ships are capable of stealthily inserting the Tenno into all battlefields, and can provide ground support for the Warframes in mission -- be it [[TheCracker by hacking the enemy computer network]] or [[DeathFromAbove carpet bombing enemy personnel]].

* GoodIsNotSoft: They fight to defend the peace of the system, but that doesn't mean they'll pull any punches. They will electrocute, dismember, flash freeze, incinerate, poison, irradiate and use any other means of CruelAndUnusualDeath to lay waste to anyone they deem their enemy. They'll even ensure there's no survivors during a mission the moment the Lotus requests it of them.

* DependingOnTheWriter: Whether or not a warframe can act on its own is... complicated at best. Gameplay wise, they are static when the [[spoiler:operator is not mentally controlling them. The only time they move in story is when Hunhow and the Shadow Stalker are on the verge of killing the operator, but this a very rare occurrence not thought possible. Still, there are lore entries that attribute feats to the Warframe themselves, as if they had acted on their own, rather than the operators that are supposed to be in control of them.]]