History Characters / DarkestDungeonHeroesMToZ

* PunnyName: Runaway's CanonName is Bonnie, and one her attacks is creating a '''bon'''fire

* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:Apparently the Heart of Darkness never considered that granting abilities to people willy-nilly means they can also be used against it. His bark after being chosen for the Come Unto Your Maker attack is one of acceptance.]]

* BattleCry: His Bellow skill has him unsettle enemies, reducing their speed and dodge stats and making them receive crits more frequently. At release, it even dealt a few points of ScratchDamage. In ''The Butcher's Circus'', it instead applies a damage debuff to the enemy party with a side of Stress infliction. In ''II'', it just reduces enemy Speed as well as removing Riposte and Crit tokens.

** A bit like the Crusader, but in a more '''Mastermind''' and '''Levelheaded''' flavor, having two abilities for buffing allies in his party in combat, a moveset based on around controlling the battlefield, and as well the Tactics and Instruction camping skills to prepare them for the job ahead. {{Justified}}, as it's heavily implied that the Man-At-Arms was an infantry sergeant or captain of some kind, so it's his job to make sure that unit cohesion remains in place during battle. ''Darkest Dungeon II'' establishes that he was at least a regiment commander.

* LoudOfWar: His ''Bellow'' skill has him unsettle enemies, reducing their speed and dodge stats and making them receive crits more frequently. At release, [[MakeMeWannaShout it even dealt a few points of]] ScratchDamage. In ''The Butcher's Circus'' game mode, it instead applies a damage debuff to the enemy party with a side of Stress infliction.

* BedlahBabe: The Shieldbreaker's outfit is based on a bedlah, traditional garb for a belly dancer — minus the helmet, shield, spear, and armored skirt/belt, of course.

* SultryBellyDancer: She manages to be both this and a BedlahBabe simultaneously thanks to being a DanceBattler who uses the erotic dancing techniques she learned as a slave dancer to deftly maneuver around in combat.

* BedlahBabe: The Shieldbreaker's outfit is based on a bedlah, traditional garb for a BellyDancer — minus the helmet, shield, spear, and armored skirt/belt, of course.
* CanonName: The Shieldbreaker's default name is Amani, which means desires, aspiration or wishes in Arabic.

* DanceBattler: Justified as a former BellyDancer, several of the Shieldbreaker's attack sprites are graceful jumps and leaps. Moreover, most of the skills make her move across the ranks either forward or back.

** Her camping skill snake eyes gives the entire party an Armor Piercing buff which helps negate enemy armor.

** Lessened in the Butcher's Circus.

* NaiveNewcomer: According to the Guild menu, the Musketeer is "A competitive sharpshooter with little practical experience", and she approaches the expeditions akin to the game hunts she would undertake while surrounded by attendants. Fortunately, this sheltered upbringing does not make her any less effective of a markswoman.

The Runaway is the first (and thus far only) new Hero available in ''Darkest Dungeon 2''. She is a young girl armed with a fire iron who's learned how to survive by herself and has developed an unhealthy liking for fire. The Runaway is rather frail and her fire iron doesn't inflict much raw damage. However, she excels at applying fire DOT to the enemy, can easily disrupt the enemy, and has several ways to evade enemy attacks.

* ForScience: The Plague Doctor is far more interested in satisfying her own morbid curiosity than fighting for some greater cause. In fact, the reason why she got expelled was because she dissected her professor who died of a plague (and had no clear qualms doing so). [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Or so it seems.]] In reality, it's just as much her being TheAtoner for what happened ''after'' that. See MyGodWhatHaveIDone]]

* FragileSpeedster: Depending on her skill loadout — the Shieldbreaker is fast and agile, but her bedlah offers little protection. On [[IncrediblyLamePun the other hand]], she does have a shield, and her Serpent Sway ability grants two aegis blocks, which will negate ''any'' direct damage.

* WholePlotReference: Her backstory is one to ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'', or perhaps better fitting the Lovecraftian setting, ''Literature/HerbertWestReanimator''. [[spoiler:After a professor she has a grudge against dies, she revives him from death using an experimental technique of her own design, only to discover that she's created a barely-sentient simulacrum of life that can only wail helplessly and tear itself apart at the stitches]].

* DisabledHottie: Even with a missing forearm, she's still an attractive and seductive BedlahBabe. This actually factors into her backstory; she considers herself ''more'' beautiful now that her body is no longer flawless.

* DealWithTheDevil: Presumably how he got most of his magical ability, if his injured quote is any indication (he points out that his dying wasn't in the contract; but it's usually never stated that a supernatural creditor has to wait for natural causes to kill a debtor...). His quote if he is sacrificed to the Heart of Darkness ("Finally, the face of my tormentor!") heavily implies that the entity who granted him his powers was the Heart itself. [[spoiler:However, [[VideoGame/DarkestDungeonII the sequel]] reveals it to be a Shambler.]]

* DealWithTheDevil: Presumably how he got most of his magical ability, if his injured quote is any indication (he points out that his dying wasn't in the contract; but it's usually never stated that a supernatural creditor has to wait for natural causes to kill a debtor...). [[spoiler:His quote if he is sacrificed to the Heart of Darkness ("Finally, the face of my tormentor!") heavily implies that the entity who granted him his powers was the Heart itself.]]

* DoesNotLikeShoes: She is barefoot in her first promotional picture. However, her sprite shows them being bandaged.

* EthnicMagician: The [[Creator/HPLovecraft Abdul Al-Hazred]] variant, naturally.

* LovecraftianSuperpower: Naturally. He summons part of eldritch creatures and performs horrifying rituals, thankfully for your sake.

* SquishyWizard: He has the lowest starting hit points, and their increase from armor upgrades is low, too.

* ShellShockedVeteran: While he usually hides it underneath a layer of stoicism like a proper soldier, his afflicted barks show just how ''broken'' and tormented he really is, bitterly lamenting the countless comrades he's seen die over the years, not to mention his whole life being spent on endless war. In particular, while Hopeless, he expresses guilt over all the lives he's taken.

* ArmourPiercingAttack: ''Pierce'' has the Shieldbreaker leap forward to attack an enemy and bypass their armor. ''Puncture'' does that, too, damaging enemies that are guarded by others, leaving them exposed by pulling them forward.

* BladeOnAStick: She appears to wield a spear with her left hand. Looking at the files show that it's specifically an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assegai assegai]].