History Characters / BattleForWesnoth

The elvish protagonist of the ''Invasion from the Unknown'' UMC campaign. He start as the leader of a patrol to secure the borders of his people valley, repel the first assaults of the DarkEmpire, then lead his people in exile to find a place to live in peace. Then he lead a party in a suicide mission to kill the BigBad Shadowmaster only to find he was the puppet of BiggerBad PhysicalGod Uria.

* Can'tArgueWithElves: Subverted, since most of the time he is actually the reasonable one in a debate.

* MightyGlacier: He's slow to begin with, and putting him on anything that's not basically pavement easily halves or quarters his speed.

* MightyGlacier: Thankfully he can heal his wounds.

* FragileSpeedster

* HeroicSacrifice[=/=]YouShallNotPass: If you choose to side with the bandits in the Grey Woods, he and the surviving Urza brother will make a last stand against the incoming undead to buy enough time to Deoran.

* [[spoiler:JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: He was heavily tortured by humans and forced to create zombies. That turned him insane.]]

* [[spoiler:WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Granted, his undead rampage was totally caused by the [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters bandits]].]]

The main hero of the saga, and rightful heir to the throne of Wesnoth. He was saved by Delfador and raised by the elves, waiting for the day he'll retake the throne from Asheviere, the Mother Queen and his aunt. [[spoiler: It's eventually revealed that he is an orphan raised by Delfador, as the true Konrad did die, but he gets to marry Li'Sar and become King.]]

* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler: Subverted.]]

* WarriorPrince: [[spoiler: Except for the Prince part.]]

* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler: Failing to save the real Konrad.]]

* BlondesAreEvil: [[spoiler: Until she commits her HeelFaceTurn.]]

* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn: Starts out as an EnemyMine situation.]]

* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: Killed her father and turned him into a Lich, to guard the Book of Crelanu for her.]]

A Elvish Shyde met by Deoran and company; she agrees to help them fight the mysterious Undead plague that has befallen Kerlath. [[spoiler: If you choose to forgive the bandits, she'll desert you in anger.]]

* [[spoiler: ScrewThisImOuttaHere: If you decides to forgive the bandits, she'll ditch you.]]

An Elven Sage who may know something about the unliving but went missing. [[spoiler: He became evil and turned himself into a Lich, called Mal-M'brin in order to kill everyone in his path.]]

* [[spoiler: BigBad: He's behind the Undead plague.]]
* [[spoiler: JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: He was heavily tortured by humans and forced to create zombies. That turned him insane.]]
* OldMaster: To Ethiliel
* OurElvesAreBetter: [[spoiler: Not so better...]]
* [[spoiler: TheUndead]]
* [[spoiler: WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Granted, his undead rampage was totally caused by the [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters bandits]].]]

A Powerful elf warrior of the south. [[spoiler: He blames Mebrin's death on humans and launches a full assault on Kerlath, but Ethilien persuades him to leave.]]

* CantArgueWithElves: Oh Boy...
* JerkAss: When he hear that Mebrin was kidnapped [[spoiler: and killed]] by humans he starts murdering innocent farmers.

* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler: Deoran just saved everyone's ass by stopping Mal M'brin, and he still wants to kill everyone.]]

* SinisterScimitar: Averted, he's a good guy.

* DeadpanSnarker:Does this often.

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: [[spoiler: When Yechnagoth challenges Kaleh to a One on One fight, she decides to help him anyway. Thankfully, as Yechnagoth wasn't going to play nice anyway.]]

** [[spoiler: After the death of Yechnagoth, they've become an OfficialCouple.]]

* [[spoiler: TakenForGranite: When she tries to negotiate with Eloh-Yechnagoth]]

* DeathSeeker: He wishes to die in battle. [[spoiler: When the Undead armies are summoned near their camp he catches the chance and goes for it.]]
* [[spoiler:DemonicPossession: If he kills the Spectre first he's possessed by his spirit and forced to fight his friends.]]

* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: If he kills the Lich first, he'll try to possess him, but he simply kill himself.]]

* AscendedExtra: Technically, it's possible to not meet him at all (should you side with the dwarves) or have him killed in the scenario he's met (meaning that his brother Nogg joins you instead), and yet was popular enough to gain his own campaign.

!!Eloh [[spoiler:/Yechnagoth]]

* [[spoiler: BlondesAreEvil: Only in her disguise though..]]

* JerkassGod: She doesn't sound very nice. [[spoiler: Of course, being an alien beast..]]
* [[spoiler: MookMaker: In her true form she spams several critters as turns pass.]]
* [[spoiler: OneWingedAngel: She reverts to her bulbous, [[EvilIsVisceral fleshy form]] for the last showdown.]]

* [[spoiler: PuzzleBoss: In order to make her main body killable you must destroy her "tentacles" first.]]

* [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn: Eventually, his jerkassish actions induced by the Fire Ruby turns him evil.]]
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: [[spoiler: Though eventually he does several things wrong.]]

* MaskPower: A veil actually.

* [[spoiler: HappilyMarried: With Eryssa, despite being aware of their different lifespans.]]
* MagneticHero: He managed to make an alliance out of [[spoiler: Dwarves, Orcs, Elves, Drakes and even two Liches.]]

* TheSmartGuy: Insane or not, he did studied magic, as he oftens gives detailed descriptions and/or info to Tallin.

* [[spoiler: HappilyMarried: With Tallin, in the finale, if everything goes right.]]

* FishOutOfTemporalLoop: As Camerin put it, different timelines.

* {{Badass}}: He live an undetermined number of centuries, if not millennia, killing each year thousands orcs, and killing a great number of heroes of all races attempting to put an end to is unlife. In is UMC's appearances, he is also pretty good at one shooting the ennemy, even leaders.

Malin's master, he is a dark wizard who plans to use Malin for his own needs.

* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: After Gweddry repeals his undead troops from Weldyn, he calls him a coward for hiding behind his soldiers and challenges him on a duel. [[spoiler: [[ExactWords He follows the rules to the letter]].]]

* WhosLaughingNow: [[spoiler: He took Dacyn's promotion to Royal Advisor ''really badly'', and became a lich just to get revenge for this.]]

* [[spoiler: HeroicBastard: The Queen wasn't his mother, but this hasn't much to do with the plot anyway.]]

* TookALevelInBadass: From Gate keeper to [[spoiler: a ruler of a colony]].

* [[spoiler: BigBad]]

* MaskPower: He and his acolytes wear othem. His is made of chain-mail [[spoiler: and hides his rotten face.]]

* [[spoiler: TheUndead: He's so far the only dwarvish Lich to be seen.]]

* OnlySaneMan: When [[spoiler: the king decides to give up the Scepter to the elves.]]

* [[spoiler: TakingYouWithMe: Triggers a volcanic eruption in order to deny the Elves the scepter.]]

!!Gwiti ha'tel

* MetaGuy: in shameless crossrover excuse, he hunt other necromancers who use is portrait.

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething

An evil Lich lord who was sealed in a sanctuary of the Green Island. He was released by Haldric, who later fought him many times.

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!!Malin Keshar
A young necromancer, the protagonist of ''Descent Into Darkness'', who wants to use his dark powers to help his hometown, Parthyn. He also appear in UMC campaigns ''Invasion from the Unknown'', ''After the Storm'' and ''Shameless Crossrover Excuse''.

* BlondGuysAreEvil
* HeWhoFightsMonsters
* [[spoiler:HyperCompetentSidekick: In Invasion from the unknown and After the Storm, he is never the leader, but by far your most powerful unit and the undead units he allows you to use are immensly useful]]
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope
* {{Necromancer}}: His vocation.
* SquishyWizard
* VillainProtagonist
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In order to protect his town he's ready to damn his soul with necromancy.
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: In After the Storm]]
* {{Badass}}: He live an undetermined number of centuries, if not millennia, killing each year thousands orcs, and killing a great number of heroes of all races attempting to put an end to is unlife. In is UMC's appearances, he is also pretty good at one shooting the ennemy, even leaders.
!!Darken Volk
Malin's master, he is a dark wizard who plans to use Malin for his own needs.

* AffablyEvil
* EvilSorcerer: And petty too, apparently.
* TheNecromancer
* YouHaveFailedMe: He's prone to this towards Malin if he fails.
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!!Kapou'e
The protagonist of ''Son of Black-Eye'', he is an orcish warlord who leads a campaign in order to assemble the Great Horde and fight back the invading army of Humans, Elves and Dwarves.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* {{Badass}}
* BerserkButton: Insulting his skills or his father is a bad idea.
* DualWielding: Later on level 2 and 3.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy
* SinisterScimitar
* SociopathicHero: He does have a good reason for slaughtering humans, elves and dwarves.

!!Gweddry
The hero of ''Eastern Invasion'', he is a Wesnothian officer sent to command one of the outpost in the east; he later escapes the undead horde so he can defeat them later on.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: His strength, competence and skills allows him to get to greater rank.
* BadassNormal
* FourStarBadass: He's even represented as a General line unit.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Only on foot.

!!Mal Ravanal
A powerful lich-lord and BigBad of the ''Eastern Invasion'' campaign. He's also the mind behind the events of ''Dead Water''.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: There's a reason why he can control all those lesser liches.
* BigBad: Of the ''Eastern Invasion''.
* DarkLord
* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: His jealousy of Dacyn, especially after he was chose as the King's Advisor, led him to his ruin and damnation.]]
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: After Gweddry repeals his undead troops from Weldyn, he calls him a coward for hiding behind his soldiers and challenges him on a duel. [[spoiler: [[ExactWords He follows the rules to the letter]].]]
* {{Pride}}: His greatest fault.
* TakeOverTheWorld: With an army of undead monsters, and he was really close to accomplishing the deed.
* WhosLaughingNow: [[spoiler: He took Dacyn's promotion to Royal Advisor ''really badly'', and became a lich just to get revenge for this.]]

!!Talin

* BadassGrandpa: His backstory has a level of complexity that could rival TheLordOfTheRings. To drive this point home, he is the ''only'' Level 5 unit in ''Heir to the Throne''.

* [[spoiler:PunchOutAGod: He has ''slain Yechnagoth'' for crying out loud!]]

* BadassGrandpa
** BadassBoast: When he scolds the [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome skeptical dwarven lord for mistrusting him.]]

* CrutchCharacter: At low levels he can easily destroy everything you throw at him, though you would ideally be using those easily disintegrated orcs as XP fodder for your other units.

* OlderAndWiser: after ''Delfador's Memoirs''.

* ShockAndAwe: He's the only wizard capable of using lightning. He got this ability in the Underworld.

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* [[spoiler:DemonicPossession: If he kills the Sceptre first he's possessed by his spirit and forced to fight his friends.]]

!!Malin Keshar
A young necromancer, the protagonist of ''Descent Into Darkness'', who wants to use his dark powers to help his hometown, Parthyn. He also appear in UMC campaigns ''Invasion from the Unknown'', ''After the Storm'' and ''Shameless Crossrover Excuse''.

* BlondGuysAreEvil
* HeWhoFightsMonsters
* [[spoiler:HyperCompetentSidekick: In Invasion from the unknown and After the Storm, he is never the leader, but by far your most powerful unit and the undead units he allows you to use are immensly useful]]
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope
* {{Necromancer}}: His vocation.
* SquishyWizard

* WellIntentionedExtremist: In order to protect his town he's ready to damn his soul with necromancy.
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: In After the Storm]]
* {{Badass}}: He live an undetermined number of centuries, if not millennia, killing each year thousands orcs, and killing a great number of heroes of all races attempting to put an end to is unlife. In is UMC's appearances, he is also pretty good at one shooting the ennemy, even leaders.
!!Darken Volk
Malin's master, he is a dark wizard who plans to use Malin for his own needs.

* AffablyEvil
* EvilSorcerer: And petty too, apparently.
* TheNecromancer
* YouHaveFailedMe: He's prone to this towards Malin if he fails.

!!Galas
The elvish protagonist of the ''Invasion from the Unknown'' UMC campaign. He start as the leader of a patrol to secure the borders of his people valley, repel the first assaults of the DarkEmpire, then lead his people in exile to find a place to live in peace. Then he lead a party in a suicide mission to kill the BigBad Shadowmaster only to find he was the puppet of BiggerBad PhysicalGod Uria.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: In old versions of the campaign IftU, a bug permitted to have some a scenario only intended buffs apply for the whole campaign, allowing you to give him a strong draining berserk melee attack.
* BadassNormal

!!Gwiti ha'tel
The necromancer (and later lich) protagonist of ''the Dark Hordes''. Also protagonist of UMC ''Shameless Crossrover Excuse''.

* {{Necromancer}}
* {{Lich}}
* VillainProtagonist

A young necromancer, the protagonist of ''Descent Into Darkness'', who wants to use his dark powers to help his hometown, Parthyn. He also appear in UMC campaigns ''Invasion from the Unknown'' and ''After the Storm''.

* [[spoiler:HyperCompetentSidekick: In Invasion from the unknown and After the Storm, he is never the leader, but by far your most powerful unit and the undead units he allows you to use are immensly useful]

A young necromancer, the protagonist of ''Descent Into Darkness'', who wants to use his dark powers to help his hometown, Parthyn.

* EvilIsSexy: Clad in form-fitting purple robes.

* MightyGlacier: Sadly he's kinda slow.
** Quite the understatment. He's slow to begin with, and putting him on anything that's not basically pavement easily halves or quarters his speed.

* HeroicSociopath: He does have a good reason for slaughtering humans, elves and dwarves.

* DesignatedHero: Arguably.

* TookALevelInBadass: From Gate keeper to[[spoiler: a ruler of a colony]].

* HairOfGold: And spiky too.

* HairOfGold

A Elvish Shyde met by Deoran and company; she agrees to help them fight the mysterious Undead plague that has befallen Kerlath. [[spoiler: If you choose to forgive the bandits, she'll dessert you in anger.]]

* [[spoiler: WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Granted, his undead rampage was totally caused by the [[HumansAreBastards bandits]].]]

Apparently the Goddess of the Quenoth Elves who led them long ago, she has now instructed them to reach the north and "kill the infidels". [[spoiler: She's actually a CosmicHorror named Yechnagoth the Soul Eater, who wishes to TakeOverTheWorld.]]

* OriginsIssue: ''Delfador's Memoirs'', another mainline campaign.

Elf lord of Wesmere and a powerful ally to Konrad. [[OriginsIssue He's the star of his own campaign called ''The Legend of Wesmere'']].

** Quite the understatment. He's slow in general, and putting him on anything that's not basically pavement easily halves or quarters his speed.

* VillainProtagonist: YourMileageMayVary, though.

* YourMileageMayVary: Part of the fandom sees him as a BadassNormal hero, others states that he's a boring InvicibleHero.