History Characters / DragonMarkedForDeath

* BonusBoss: The first one encountered can be found at the top of the mountain in "The Frigid Nest".

* BonusBoss: He is an optional boss found in "The Castle Burns" by collapsing a section of damaged floor.

* BonusBoss: He can be fought in a hidden boss room in the level "Unearthed Royalty", where he's been preying on the souls of tomb raiders. It also counts as a FinalBossPreview, as he will use upgraded versions of the moves he uses in said battle for the real confrontation in the penultimate mission "Soul Vessel".

* FinalBossPreview: Well, penultimate boss preview, but still. His BonusBoss fight in "Unearthed Royalty" and his required boss fight in "Werewolf Hunting" has him used a weaker moveset than what he actually uses in "Soul Vessel".

* INeedYouStronger: After his BonusBoss fight in "Unearthed Royalty" and the required boss fight in "Werewolf Hunting", he states the protagonist's soul isn't strong enough for him to devour yet and teleports out.

* GenderNeutralWriting: Like with Rivalis, the English transtlation refers to the Bandit with gender neutral pronoun "they" -- though other official material refers to the Bandit with male pronouns.

** They also get in on slaying the incredibly powerful Asura Goblin (a being born of the Astral Dragon Atruum's dark power) and Tonitrus (a powerful Deva channeling the divine power of the Celestial Primatus). [[spoiler:And eventually defeating and slaying the reborn PhysicalGod Atruum himself.]]

The current king of Medius and the man reputed to be the closest to the Celestial Primatus. However, such a station is not enough for the old king, who desires eternal life so that he might rule forever, and his drive to achieve this leads him to destroy the Dragonblood Village and inadvertently become the main target of the Dragonblood's desire for vengeance.

* MySkullRunnethOver: He tries to do what the King of Litus had done and obtain the divine knowledge and power of Primatus, but he cannot handle it and ends up dying as a result.

* SemiDivine: He is reputed to be close to the Celestial Primatus, as if his epithet "Divine King" didn't clue into his god-emperor status.

* TheUnfought: He's the game's GreaterScopeVillain -- having ordered the genocide of the Dragonblood Clan as part of his pursuit of immortality -- but [[spoiler:he's killed by Primatus rather than the protagonist]].
* YourSoulIsMine: In the penultimate mission, "Soul Vessel", [[spoiler:he attempts to sacrifice Amica's and the protagonist's souls to Primatus in order to ascend to divinity. It backfires.]]

Divine entities created by Primatus to oppose the Astral Dragon's Asura.

* OurAngelsAreDifferent: They are gold-armored monsters created by Primatus to serve as the shock troops of the Alabaster Moon.

Centaur-like Deva that are emissaries of the Celestial Primatus. A Named Monster version called The Trampling Lance can be found in "Lost in White".

The elites of the Kingdom of Medius, blessed with powers by the Celestial Primatus in a manner not so dissimilar from the Dragon Scars of the Astral Dragon Atruum. They were the ones who carried out the extermination of the Dragonblood Village, and they take the usual dislike of Atruum's chosen to a fanatical level.

* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler:Primatus forcibly removes their powers after the Divine King tries to become a DeityOfHumanOrigin.]]

* {{Hypocrite}}: Their prejudice towards the Dragonblood Clan is noted by some characters to be hypocritical given how similar the Stigmata of Primatus is to the Dragon Scar.

* ThePaladin: They are holy knights who bear the Stigmata of Primatus -- enabling them to channel his divine power, serve the Divine Families -- most prominently that of Medius, and exterminate any monsters they find.

* ThePaladin: He is the commander of the Divine Knights, and is said to have unprecedented compatibility with the Stigmata of Primatus.

A powerful humanoid Deva and emissary of Primatus fought at the top of Uos Tower in "Truth in Heaven".

* OurAngelsAreDifferent: She is a humanoid Deva who acts as a divine emissary of Primatus and was sent to punish those investigating Uos Tower -- Divine Knights and Dragonblood Clan alike.

* ArtifactOfDoom: The blue Asura Goblin fought in "Infernal Labyrinth" drops the Astral Dragon's Armament, a legendary weapon said to have been an EvilWeapon used by the Asura during their war against Primatus' Deva. Alden takes it and tries to use it to overthrow the Pagnas Divine Family in revenge for sending him and his men on a suicide mission, but they're slaughtered by Asura drawn to its power.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: They (particularly the black one) bear a striking resemblance to [[spoiler:the resurrected Atruum, as he appears in the bad ending, which indicates they may have been Astral Dragons themselves]].

The Astral Dragon and nemesis of the Celestial Primatus, whose body was slain and cast down to the planet -- becoming the continent of Remilia -- but whose consciousness was saved from death by the precursors of the Dragonblood Clan, and is worshipped as a god by them. The Blood Moon serves as a manifestation of his power.

* BadMoonRising: As the Alabaster Moon is the home of the Celestial Primatus, Atruum originates from the Blood Moon seen over Muramasa Castle.

* DarkIsNotEvil: When approached by last of the Dragonblood Clan, despite being spoken of and holding the legacy of being a GodOfEvil, he sympathizes with their plight and grants them his power so that they might save Amica and have their revenge. In actuality, this was all a ruse for the sake of reviving in full and taking the fight to Primatus.

* DetonationMoon: In the bad ending where he's revived, he blows up the Alabaster Moon with his BreathWeapon, most likely killing and most certainly crippling Primatus and his Deva agents. Any negative effects such destruction might have on the world are glossed over since Atruum is planning on devouring humanity's souls and sending the world into chaos and destruction himself at this point.

* GodOfEvil: He is seen as a dark god by the majority of people, and they're not wrong. In the end, it's revealed that Atruum was using the Dragonblood Clan as a pawn to be resurrected and take revenge on Primatus, and in the bad ending uses the main character as a vessel to be reborn more powerful than ever -- returning the world to a state of chaos and corruption.

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* AnimalisticAbomination: Through exploration of the ruins of the desert Kingdom of Litus, the simian-like Primatus is revealed to be an extraterrestrial entity far more similar to his nemesis [[DraconicAbomination Atruum]] than he would care to admit, and he goes to great lengths to prevent knowledge of this from spreading among his worshipers.

* EnemyCivilWar: His envoy Tonitrus is just as willing to smite loyal worshippers of Primatus as she is heretical Dragonblood Clan members. He also strips the Divine Knights of their power after the Divine King tries to become a DeityOfHumanOrigin, and is revealed to have smote the King of Litus when he tried to do the same.
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: As is learned throughout the game, both Primatus and Atruum are sustained and bolstered by the souls and faith of those who become their followers. [[spoiler:Case in point, when faced as the TrueFinalBoss, Primatus is a ''whole hell of a lot stronger'' than the mid-revival Atruum, having been fed the faith and spirits of a world full of followers as opposed to a singular, tiny clan for centuries hence.]]
* HeKnowsTooMuch: The main thing that keeps Primatus himself squarely in the antagonistic camp: the only time anyone acts directly on his behalf is when Tonitrus attacks at the tower to eliminate anyone investigating the ruins -- because the tower contains the lost history that would tell everyone that Primatis ''isn't'' actually the benevolent god he's worshiped as. He generally seems to not even mind the Dragonblood clan that much, just so long as nobody tries to uncover the truth about him.
* HolyIsNotSafe: Primatus' divine powers are channelled by the Holy Knights, his emissaries, and the Diva monsters; and is just as dangerous if misused as the Astral Dragon's dark power.
* JaggedMouth: Primatus is depicted as having a jagged gash for a mouth.
* LightIsNotGood: He and his emissaries are associated with white, gold, and blue; but are the enemies. He's also not afraid to smite his own followers: after the Divine King tries to ascend to divinity, Primatus kills him and strips the Divine Knights of their powers.

* ManiacMonkeys: Primatus is described as a monkey-like divine entity.

* PhlebotinumOverload: Overdosing on his divine power killed the Divine King and caused the Magic King of Litus to display abnormal abilities even as a long-dead dismembered corpse. Primatus himself even states that no human body can hope to contain all of his power without consequences, which ends up {{foreshadowing}} the Dragonblood's own fate should they attempt to absorb the power of his counterpart Atruum without the aid of Amica.
* PunnyName: His name is Primatus, and he is the leader of the Celestials ''and'' a monkey-god.

* TheUnfought: Despite being the leading deity of the enemy faction, due to the ReasonableAuthorityFigure reasons above, you never actually fight Primatus, as he seems to not really take any personal umbrage with you so long as his reign goes uncontested. [[spoiler: This changes as of Version 3.1.0, wherein Primatus is added to the Cavern of Torment and the "Ancient Gods" quest as the "False God of the Abyss", essentially making him the TrueFinalBoss.]]

The Empress is set to be released as a guest character in ''VideoGame/BlasterMasterZeroII'' on April 21, 2020.

* AnAxeToGrind: His weapon of choice is a battle axe.

->'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/KaoriIshihara (Type A), Creator/AiKayano (Type B), Reina Kondo (Type C), Creator/YokoHikasa (Type D), Rumiko Varnes (E and F), Lynn Harrys (G), Kimberly Forsythe (H)

* AnIcePerson: Her alternate element, which powers up the effectiveness of her ice magic spells.

* PantyShot: {{Defied}} when she jumps and starts to drop, as she grabs the edge of her skirt and pulls it down to keep her underwear from showing. That said, the English localization team acknowledged during a livestream that some of her animations ''do'' show off her panties, and her official concept art shows them off as well.

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* DangerouslyShortSkirt: Like Amica she wears a thigh-length dress, and would be showing off her underwear in her official art were it not for her tabard.

* WhiteHairBlackHeart: He has white hair styled in a samurai topknot paired with a horned hair, and is the leader of the Marlayus Dragonblood rebellion.

* WhiteHairBlackHeart: He has white hair styled in a samurai topknot paired with a HornedHairdo, and is the leader of the Marlayus Dragonblood rebellion.

* TightsUnderShorts: Like Rivalis, he wears black leggings under his shorts.

* TightsUnderShorts: He wears black leggings under his shorts as part of his AmbiguousGender gambit.

* LovecraftianSuperpower: Making a pact with Atruum and activating their Dragon Scars causes the Astral Dragon to manifest a draconic head somewhere on their body -- for Empress, it's her arms; for Warrior, it's his chest; for Shinobi, it's his legs; for Witch, it's her hair -- and grant them superhuman abilities.

* NominalHero: They start off as such, slaying monsters and working as a mercenary not out of the goodness of their hearts, but in order to become strong enough to take revenge on the Divine Family and get the prestige to force an audience with said family. It's certainly not helped by many of their clients or people they save still showing them FantasticRacism or are {{Ungrateful Bastard}}s, though there are hints the ones that ''do'' show legitimate gratitude or kindness touch them deeper than they admit. [[spoiler:Atruum pushes them to be even more ruthless and just kill everyone and everything they encounter, while in the Golden Ending Amica pushes them to be more heroic, reinforced by how those grateful people they helped pull a BigDamnHeroes to save them from the Divine Knights.]]

* BlowYouAway: Her alternate element lets her shoot tornadoes out of her ArmCannon.

* MorphWeapon: Her Dragon Arm can change its form as needed, including a blade, a grapple-like tail, and a giant maw for massive waves of fire. It can also partially transform back into a hand for her to hold stuff with.

* StandardStatusEffects: Its true form can release shockwaves that inflict Confusion in addition to damage.

* AnIcePerson: Her alternate element, which powers up the effectiveness of her ice magic spells.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Inti Creates' Twitter page states she lived and studied magic in the Magic Kingdom of Litus ''prior'' to its fall, which is indicated by the game's story to have happened a ''very'' long time ago. In [[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/372668899 a Twitch livestream]] celebrating the game's launch, it was joked that she's 3000 years old so that "the fanartists can be happy".

* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: In Japan-only official art, Amica is depicted with a green Dragon Arm mirroring the Empress', which she lacks in the game itself. Instead, the green Dragon Arm belongs to DLC antagonist Rivalis, with [=IntiCreates=] [[ShrugOfGod ambiguously indicating]] on a Twitch AMA that Amica and Rivalis could be {{Decomposite Character}}s. In her playable appearance, her Dragon Scar takes the form of a pair of heads.

** Yulutury contrary to how most treat the Dragonblood Clan tells the protagonist good luck in fighting the monsters in "The Frigid Nest" after everyone else decides to bail.

* FrickingLaserBeams: Her strongest move involves her charging up weapons and launching a multi-directional holy laser blast at the ground. It's possible to stand in the spaces between the beams to avoid it, but you need to move in time with her as she starts moving the attack across the stage to avoid being hit.

* GenderNeutralWriting: The English transtlation refers to the Bandit with gender neutral pronoun "they."