History Characters / ARMA

* AmbiguouslyBrown: His skin is slightly tanned and comes from a nation where French is the main language but nothing else is revealed about him.

* CultureChopSuey: The nation takes a lot of elements from countries like UsefulNotes/{{Georgia}}, UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} and the Czechoslovakian Republic.

* ALighterShadeOfGrey: There's no two ways about it: the man is a complete and ruthless asshole who will use and then leave anyone to die, from random scattered grunts to entire populations of nations to die if it means thwarting CSAT, but it cannot be overlooked that it's all unambiguosly to thwart CSAT war efforts, who themelves are just as ruthlessly working on expanding their own sphere of influence.

* PragmaticVillany: The man is not to be trusted, be he sometimes lend a hand or gives an evac ride to those who help him. If there's room.[[note]]Maybe, we'll see[[/note]]

!!Nolgova

* NiceGuy: He's very optimistic, even under stress.

!!Brian Frost
The PlayerCharacter of ''[=ArmA=] II: British Armed Forces'' and ''Private Military Company''.

* FallenHero: Goes from a good-natured soldier to mentally-broken amoral mercenary.
* DemotedToExtra: He's a minor NPC in the ''Take On Helicopters'' DLC.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Over the course of ''Private Military Company'' he becomes this.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He was abandoned on a empty island near the coast of Seattle and his fate is unknown.

!!Scott Miller
A major supporting character in ''[=ArmA=] III'' and its [=DLCs=]. A member of the British Armed Forces' CTRG who is obsessed with damaging the CSAT's operations and reputation, no matter the cost.

* AntiHero: He's a manipulative bastard that will stop at nothing to damage the operations and reputation of the CSAT across the globe no matter how many innocents or allied soldiers he has to sacrifice.
* KnightTemplar: His objective is to slow the CSAT's expansion and nothing will stop him.
* VillainProtagonist: Of ''[=ArmA=] III'' as a whole as he a major character who with a ruthless agenda.
* WarHawk: He's so determined in his officially sanctioned-crusade against the CSAT that would continue waging a guerrilla war against them even in times of peace.

!!Santiago
The PlayerCharacter of ''[=ArmA=] III'''s ''Old Man'' DLC. A retired soldier from the French Foreign Legion who's forced to take action after the CSAT takes control of Tanoa following a strange pandemic.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: His skin is slightly tanned and comes from a nation where French is the main language but nothing else is revealed about him.
* OldSoldier: He's looks fifty by the time of the ''Old Man'' DLC.
* ReturningWarVet: He was part of the French Foreign Legion and has been retired since the early-to-mid-2010s.

!Fictional Nations of the ''ARMA'' series

[[folder:Cold War Assault]]
!!Malden, Everon and Kolgujev
An island chain of former French and Russian colonies situated in the Atlantic Ocean. Each island have their own government with Malden being pro-west, Everon being mostly neutral and Kolgujev being pro-east. However, in 1985, the Soviet Union invades an occupies Everon and Malden, leading to a short conflict between NATO and the Soviet Union that ends with the liberation of the Islands.

* CultureChopSuey: They were former-French colonies but have plenty of Eastern European influences and are inspired by the Cyprus situation.
* FaceHeelTurn: By the time of ''ARMA III'', Malden willingly entered into the China-led CSAT's sphere of influence following a failing out with NATO.
* LaResistance: One formed in Everon mostly composed by civilians following the Soviets pushing the NATO garrison out of the Island.
* OccupiersOutOfOurCountry: The island of Everon is very wary of both NATO and the Soviet Union influencing their affairs and when the Soviet Union invaded the island, they wasted no time in opposing them through guerrilla warfare.

!!Nolgova
A small island state that broke away from Soviet Union that was subsequently invaded and occupied by the Soviet Union in 1982. Following a month-long rebellion against the soviet occupiers, it was liberated and the civilian government reformed. This conflict led to NATO creating garrisons in the islands of Everon and Malden to prevent further soviet aggression.

* LaResistance: One formed following the Soviet Occupation and managed to defeat the Soviets in a month.
* OccupiersOutOfOurCountry
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[[folder:Armed Assault]]
!!The Kingdom of South Sahrani
A Spanish-influenced NATO-allied nation comprising the southern half of the Sahrani island. In 2006, the nation was invaded by its northern neighbor in an attempt to reunify the island, forcing a small NATO garrison to intervene.

* CultureChopSuey: Supposedly a former-British colony, it clearly has more Spanish and Mediterranean influences and imagery than British.
* FalseFlagOperation: [[spoiler:The government ordered the massacre of two border towns and pin them on the SLA as a pretext to invade the Democratic Republic after they were repelled out of the Kingdom.]]
* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:Queen Isabela in the ''Queen's Gambit'' expansion.]]
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Queen Isabella not only kills her father and her brother but all evidence to the truth was lost and still rules the kingdom as of ''ARMA III''.]]
* PrivateMilitaryContractors: The Black Element PMC was hired by the monarchy to hunt down an insurgency opposing Queen Isabela during the ''Queen's Gambit'' expansion.
* UngratefulBastard: Following the defeat of the Democratic Republic of Sahrani, Queen Isabela demands the complete withdrawal of NATO forces from the island.

!!The Democratic Republic of Sahrani
South Sahrani's northern authoritarian neighbor that broke away from the kingdom with the help of the Soviet Union. In 2006, taking advantage of NATO withdrawing their forces from the island, they invaded their southern neighbor in an attempt to annex the nation. Their faction is named the Sahrani Liberation Army (SLA).

* CultureChopSuey: Supposedly a former-British colony, it has more in common with Latin America and its dictatorships, most notably UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}}.
* DirtyCommunists: The nation is officially communist and they are authoritarian with a desire to reunify the island by annexing the Southern Kingdom.
* PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: The government was very authoritarian and punished all dissent yet it had the gal to call themselves the People's Republic, even their armed forces are named the "Liberation" Army.

[[folder:ARMA 2 & Operation Arrowhead]]
!!Chernarus
A former-soviet republic situated in the Green Sea. In 2009, the country's Russian minority forms the Chernarussian Movement of the Red Star ([=ChDKZ=]) and takes over the nation in an attempt join the Russian Federation. The government-in-exile pleads NATO for help, leading to an invasion of the nation to depose the [=ChDKZ=] and restore the civilian government in an operation codenamed ''Red Harvest''.

* TheBusCameBack: They are the independent UN Peacekeeping faction in the ''Operation Arrowhead'' expansion.
* CultureChopSuey: The nation takes a lot of elements from countries like UsefulNotes/{{Georgia}}, UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} and the Czechoslovakian Republic.
* GovernmentInExile: During the fall of the capital, the remains of the Chernarussian government was forced to flee the country. However, the prime minister was captured and executed.

!!Takistan
An Islamic republic situated in the Green Sea. Formerly a kingdom until a Soviet-backed revolution toppled the monarchy. In 2012, after losing many oil wells and refineries to rebel attacks, the government issues an ultimatum to a southern neighbor to surrender their oil fields under threat of chemical attacks, leading to NATO to invade the nation in an operation codenamed ''Arrowhead''.

* CultureChopSuey: The nation is a mishmash of UsefulNotes/{{Afghanistan}} and UsefulNotes/{{Iran}} both geographically and politically.
* FaceHeelTurn: Many of the anti-government tribes turn hostile against NATO following the fall of the military regime.
* TheRemnant: Following the fall of the military government, an anti-NATO insurgency composed of both former military personnel and civilian militias begins.

[[folder:ARMA 3 & APEX]]
!!Altis and Stratis
A Greek-influenced island nation in the Mediterranean. Following a brutal civil war that ended with the establishment and political acknowledgement of a usurping military regime, the new government asks NATO for help to support the Altis Armed Forces (AAF) against an anti-government insurgency (the FIA). However, due to tensions between NATO and the military regime due to their heavy-handed methods, they end up requesting support from the CSAT who immediately displace NATO's task forces, causing them to slowly withdraw their forces from the island in 2035. However, just as the last garrison was leaving, they are attacked by the AAF, leading to NATO ordering an invasion of the island to depose the pro-CSAT military regime.

* CultureChopSuey: The island was inspired by Cyprus and has shades of UsefulNotes/{{Turkey}} and North Africa.
* LaResistance: The Freedom and Independence Army (FIA) which is the successor of the loyalist forces that fought in the civil war.
* MilitaryCoup: How the military regime came to be and the reason for the four years-long civil war that ravaged the island.
* ProxyWar: During the civil war, the Loyalist faction was supported by NATO while the military regime was supported by the CSAT.

!!The Horizon Islands
A group of islands in the Pacific Ocean with its capital situated in the island of Tanoa. In 2035, a huge tsunami destroyed many towns and a pro-CSAT rebel faction named Syndikat started taking over the island, forcing the island's government to ask NATO for help. Their involvement leads to the discovery of a CSAT conspiracy known as the '''Apex Protocol''' to destabilize governments in order to turn them into CSAT-satellite states. However, a pro-CSAT political party ends up winning the national elections with covert help from the CSAT sometime later. In 2038, a strange deadly pandemic strikes the nation with no one being able to make a cure except the CSAT who immediately develops a cure and wins the trust of the locals but many in the international community suspect something is going on...

* CultureChopSuey: The island combines elements from UsefulNotes/{{Fiji}}, UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}} and many other Pacific islands.
* FaceHeelTurn: A pro-CSAT political party was elected in the national elections (with covert help from the CSAT of course) and they forced NATO to withdraw from the island to make way for the CSAT's Chinese garrison.

!!Livonia
A small Eastern European nation bordering Russia. Due to its strategic position close to Russia, both NATO and the CSAT are secretly fighting over it to maintain their military presence.

* AmbiguousSituation: It's implied that the David Armstrong that appears in ''[=ArmA=]: Armed Assault'' it's the same one that appears in ''[=ArmA=] II''.

* AntiHero: He's a manipulative bastard that will stop at nothing to damage the operations and reputation of the CSAT across the globe no matter how many innocents or allied soldiers he has to kill or let die to do so.

* ReturningWarVet: He was part of the Foreign French Legion and has been retired since the early-to-mid-2010s.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: His skin is slightly tanned and comes from a nation where French is the main language but nothing else revealed about him.

* ReturningWarVet: He was part of the Foreign French Legion and has been retired since the early-to-mid-2000s.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: His skin is slightly tanned and comes from a nation where French is the main language but nothing is else revealed about him.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: His skin is slightly tanned and comes from a nation where French is the main language but nothing is revealed about him.

Something of a running gag, every game in the series has a commanding officer named David Armstrong who appear as minor characters except the first one which is the main PlayerCharacter of ''Cold War Assault''.

A major supporting character in ''[=ArmA=] III'' and its [=DLCs=]. A member of the British Armed Forces' CTRG who is obsessed with damaging the CSAT's operations, no matter the cost.

* AntiHero: He's a manipulative bastard that will stop at nothing to damage the operations of the CSAT across the globe no matter how many innocents he has to kill or let die to do so.

!!Altis
A Greek-influenced island nation in the Mediterranean. Following a brutal civil war that ended with the establishment of a military regime, the new government asks NATO for help to support the Altis Armed Forces (AAF) against an anti-government insurgency (the FIA). However, due to tensions between NATO and the military regime due to their heavy-handed methods, they end up requesting support from the CSAT who immediately displace NATO's task forces, causing them to slowly withdraw their forces from the island in 2035. However, just as the last garrison was leaving, they are attacked by the AAF, leading to NATO ordering an invasion of the island to depose the pro-CSAT military regime.

A group of islands in the Pacific Ocean with its capital situated in the island of Tanoa. In 2035, a huge tsunami destroyed many towns and a pro-CSAT rebel faction named Syndikat started taking over the island, forcing the island's government to ask NATO for help. Their involvement leads to the discovery of a CSAT conspiracy known as the '''Apex Protocol''' to destabilize governments in order to turn them into CSAT-satellite states. However, a pro-CSAT political party ends up winning the national elections with covert help from the CSAT. In 2038, a strange deadly pandemic strikes the nation with no one being able to make a cure except the CSAT who immediately develops a cure and wins the trust of the locals but many in the international community suspect something is going on...

A Greek-influenced island nation in the Mediterranean. Following a brutal civil war that ended with the establishment of a military regime, the new government has ask help from NATO to support the Altis Armed Forces (AAF) against an anti-government insurgency. However, due to tensions between NATO and the military regime due to their heavy-handed methods, they request support from the CSAT who immediately displace NATO's task forces, causing them to slowly withdraw their forces from the island in 2035. However, just as the last garrison was leaving, they are attacked by the AAF, leading to NATO ordering an invasion of the island to depose the pro-CSAT military regime.

A group of islands in the Pacific Ocean with its capital situated in the island of Tanoa.

* CultureChopSuey: Supposedly a former-British colony, it clearly has more Spanish and Mediterranean influences and imagery.
* FalseFlagOperation: [[spoiler:The government ordered the massacre of two border towns and pin them on the SLA as a pretext to invade the Democratic Republic after they were pushed out of the Kingdom.]]

South Sahrani's northern neighbor that broke away from the kingdom with the help of the Soviet Union. In 2006, taking advantage of NATO withdrawing their forces from the island, they invaded their southern neighbor in an attempt to annex the nation. Their faction is named the Sahrani Liberation Army (SLA).

* PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: The government was very authoritarian and punished all dissent yet it had the gal to call themselves the People's Republic, even they armed forces are named the "Liberation" Army.

A Greek-influenced island nation in the Mediterranean.

A chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean with its capital situated in the island of Tanoa.

A small Eastern European nation bordering Russia.

The PlayerCharacter of ''[=ArmA=] III'''s ''Old Man'' DLC. A retired French soldier who's forced to take action after the CSAT takes control of Tanoa following a strange pandemic.

South Sahrani's northern neighbor that broke away from the kingdom with the help of the Soviet Union. In 2006, taking advantage of NATO withdrawing their forces from the island, they invaded their southern neighbor in an attempt to annex the nation.

* CultureChopSuey: Supposedly a former-British colony, it has more in common with Latin America and its dictatorships, UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}} most notably.
* PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: The government was very authoritarian and punished all dissent yet it had the gal to call themselves the People's Republic. Their faction is named the Sahrani Liberation Army.

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[[folder:Combined Assault]]

Fictional Nations of the ''ARMA'' series

!Cold War Assault
!!Malden, Everon and Kolgujev
An island chain of former French and Russian colonies situated in the Atlantic Ocean. Each island have their own government with Malden being pro-west, Everon being mostly neutral and Kolgujev being pro-east. However, in 1985, the Soviet Union invades an occupies Everon and Malden, leading to a short conflict between NATO and the Soviet Union that ends with the liberation of the Islands.

* CultureChopSuey: They were former-French colonies but have plenty of Eastern European influences and are inspired by the Cyprus situation.
* FaceHeelTurn: By the time of ''ARMA III'', Malden willingly entered into the China-led CSAT's sphere of influence following a failing out with NATO.
* LaResistance: One formed in Everon mostly composed by civilians following the Soviets pushing the NATO garrison out of the Island.
* OccupiersOutOfOurCountry: The island of Everon is very wary of both NATO and the Soviet Union influencing their affairs and when the Soviet Union invaded the island, they wasted no time in opposing them through guerrilla warfare.

!!Nolgova
A small island state that broke away from Soviet Union that was subsequently invaded and occupied by the Soviet Union in 1982. Following a month-long rebellion against the soviet occupiers, it was liberated and the civilian government reformed. This conflict led to NATO creating garrisons in the islands of Everon and Malden to prevent further soviet aggression.

* LaResistance: One formed following the Soviet Occupation and managed to defeat the Soviets in a month.
* OccupiersOutOfOurCountry

!Combined Assault
!!The Kingdom of South Sahrani
A Spanish-influenced NATO-allied nation comprising the southern half of the Sahrani island. In 2006, the nation was invaded by its northern neighbor in an attempt to reunify the island, forcing a small NATO garrison to intervene.

* CultureChopSuey: Supposedly a former-British colony, it clearly has more Spanish and Mediterranean influences and imagery.
* FalseFlagOperation: [[spoiler:The government ordered the massacre of two border towns and pin them on the SLA as a pretext to invade the Democratic Republic after they were pushed out of the Kingdom.]]
* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:Queen Isabela in the ''Queen's Gambit'' expansion.]]
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Queen Isabella not only kills her father and her brother but all evidence to the truth was lost and still rules the kingdom as of ''ARMA III''.]]
* PrivateMilitaryContractors: The Black Element PMC was hired by the monarchy to hunt down an insurgency opposing Queen Isabela during the ''Queen's Gambit'' expansion.
* UngratefulBastard: Following the defeat of the Democratic Republic of Sahrani, Queen Isabela demands the complete withdrawal of NATO forces from the island.

!!The Democratic Republic of Sahrani
South Sahrani's northern neighbor that broke away from the kingdom with the help of the Soviet Union. In 2006, taking advantage of NATO withdrawing their forces from the island, they invaded their southern neighbor in an attempt to annex the nation.

* CultureChopSuey: Supposedly a former-British colony, it has more in common with Latin America and its dictatorships, UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}} most notably.
* PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: The government was very authoritarian and punished all dissent yet it had the gal to call themselves the People's Republic. Their faction is named the Sahrani Liberation Army.

!ARMA 2 & Operation Arrowhead
!!Chernarus
A former-soviet republic situated in the Green Sea. In 2009, the country's Russian minority forms the Chernarussian Movement of the Red Star ([=ChDKZ=]) and takes over the nation in an attempt join the Russian Federation. The government-in-exile pleads NATO for help, leading to an invasion of the nation to depose the [=ChDKZ=] and restore the civilian government in an operation codenamed ''Red Harvest''.

* CultureChopSuey: The nation takes a lot of elements from countries like UsefulNotes/{{Georgia}}, UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} and the Czechoslovakian Republic.

!!Takistan
An Islamic republic situated in the Green Sea. Formerly a kingdom until a Soviet-backed revolution toppled the monarchy. In 2012, after losing many oil wells and refineries to rebel attacks, the government issues an ultimatum to a southern neighbor to surrender their oil fields under threat of chemical attacks, leading to NATO to invade the nation in an operation codenamed ''Arrowhead''.

* CultureChopSuey: The nation is a mishmash of UsefulNotes/{{Afghanistan}} and UsefulNotes/{{Iran}} both geographically and politically.
* FaceHeelTurn: Many of the anti-government tribes turn hostile against NATO following the fall of the military regime.
* TheRemnant: Following the fall of the military government, an anti-NATO insurgency composed of both former military personnel and civilian militias begins.

!ARMA 3 & APEX
!!Altis
A Greek-influenced island nation in the Mediterranean.

!!The Horizon Islands
A chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean with its capital situated in the island of Tanoa.

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* CultureChopSuey: The nation takes a lot of elements from countries like UsefulNotes/{{Georgia}}, Ukraine and the Czechoslovakian Republic.

* TheRemmant: Following the fall of the military government, an anti-NATO insurgency composed of both former military personnel and civilian militias begins.

* FaceHeelTurn: By the time of ''ARMA III'', they have willingly entered into the Iran-led CSAT's sphere of influence following a failing out with NATO.

A Spanish-influenced nation comprising the southern half of the Sahrani island. In 2006, the nation was invaded by its northern neighbor in an attempt to reunify the island, forcing a small NATO garrison to intervene.

* PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: The government was very authoritarian and punished all dissent yet it had the gal to call themselves the People's Republic.

* CultureChopSuey: Supposedly a former-British colony, it has more in common with Latin America and its dictatorships.
* PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny

A Spanish-influenced nation comprising the southern half of the Sahrani island.

South Sahrani's northern neighbor that broke away from the kingdom with the help of the Soviet Union.