History Characters / MordheimCityOfTheDamned

* WeaponOfChoice: Firearms, and lots of them.

* DropTheHammer: The Sisters, in true medieval holy warrior parlance, never use swords or edged weapons except for daggers. They prefer to wield hammers, or alternatively CarryABigStick or EpicFlail.

* WeaponOfChoice: The unique weapon of the Sisters is the Sigmarite Warhammer, a brutal warhammer styled into the shape of Sigmar's twin-tailed comet which also helps reduce the chance of Divine Wrath.

* WeaponOfChoice: Crossbow pistols, as used by the Witch Hunters and their Captains.

* WeaponOfChoice: The Skaven have a fair few unique weapons, nearly all of them work well with the Skaven's racial skills:

* SinisterScythe: His SimpleStaff is modelled as one.

* NiceHat

* NiceHat

* NiceHat

* TheDreaded: One of two other units who can inflict Terror on their enemies, and the earliest that can be encountered in the game.

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%%* BaldOfEvil
* {{Necromancer}}: Necromanctic magic is banned in the Empire, so most Necromancers can be found far from civilization. Vampires see Necromancers as allies of convenience and so shelter them, though some mortal practitioners of the dark magic can grow powerful enough to rival them.
* SinisterScythe: His SimpleStaff is modeled as one.

* BodyHorror
* CannonFodder

* AristocratsAreEvil: While not al vampires in the Warhammer world are found among the nobility the vampires in Mordheim are from the the Von Carstein clan, the self-proclaimed "Aristocracy Of The Night."

* ActionGirl
* BladeOnAStick

* KickingAssInAllHerFinery

* ClassicalMovieVampire: They dress the part until you put armour on them.

* TheRenfield: Dregs are mortal men who offer their servitude to morbid undead fiends. Vampires hold them in the same contempt they do all mortals, but they do see the value in keeping a mortal assistant who can act on their behalf during the day.

* FearlessUndead: All Undead units except the still-living Necromancer and Dreg have an immunity to Fear, Terror and All-Alone. Zombies are mindless automatons, Ghouls are crazed flesh-eaters, and Vampires and presumably Vampire Thralls can be easily brought back if they're killed (though this is GameplayAndStorySegregation: being able to bring back dead leaders would be ''too'' big an advantage).

* DoomedByCanon: While naturally Chaos as a whole carred on the Cult of the Possesseddid not. They ultimately failed to get enough wyrdstone to empower the Shadowlord (actually Be'lakor, the first Daemon Prince) to complete his plan before the city was destroyed by Magnus the Pious and any Cult members not smart enough to jump ship before then were killed.

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%%* BaldOfAwesome: So awesome it prevents them from wearing helmets!

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* BaldMystic: As with all Warrior Priests.

* GasMaskMook: Well he's actually a hero in this game, but normally he's a mook and that gas mask he wears makes him immune to breathable poison.

* MadScientist: Clan Skryre's [[PlanetOfHats Hat]]. They create the Skaven's technological monstrosities and experiment with chemical warfare. They even once planted a wyrdstone-powered nuclear bomb under Altdorf, but it failed to detonate.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: The only reason why the Skaven of Clan Skryre would help even their "brothers" in Clan Eshin, never mind anyone else.
* PoisonedWeapons
* SquishyWizard: The Globadier is not particularly meant for frontline combat, being more of a supporting/battle control hero.

* BadassInANiceSuit: Dresses like a ClassicalMovieVampire when wearing plain clothing.
* TheDreaded: One of two other units who can inflict Terror on their enemies.

* ScaryImpracticalArmour: They've got very stylized plate armor covered in sharp edges, along with a helmet that features sweeping bat wing decorations.

* SanityHasAdvantages: The Dreg's mental attributes are among the lowest in the game for a hero.

* TheLeader

* MinmaxersDelight: Captains are ''extremely'' easy to build into dedicated [[StoneWall parry-tanks]], and you're incentivized to do so thanks to their innate passive skill boosting parry chance and making counter-swings after parries even cheaper than usual, to the point of being completely free for a one-handed weapon. For the best results, give your parry-focused captain "Web of Steel" so he can perform these freebie counters multiple times per round.

* FighterMageThief: Of the Human Heroes, the Youngblood is the Thief, to the Champion (Fighter) and the Warlock (Mage).
* FragileSpeedster: Able to equip the same weapons and armour as the Captain while being much lighter on his feet, but this comes at the cost of inferior strength, toughness and weapon skill scores. Commonly, Youngbloods are equipped with bows, pistols or crossbows as well as lighter one-handed weapons with higher initiative and used as runners and scouts meant more for quick, dirty grabs of wyrdstone and harassing enemy forces than engaging them head-on.

* CloseRangeCombatant

* BaldOfAwesome: Also a BaldWoman.

* BaldOfAwesome: So awesome it prevents them from wearing helmets!

* BaldOfAwesome
* CannonFodder

* BaldOfAwesome: As with all Warrior Priests.

* BaldOfEvil: Emphasized by wearing a mouth-mask that leaves their cranium exposed.

* SimpleStaff: His starting weapon.

* SimpleStaff: Starts with a staff, which is a relatively weak weapon but helps their spellcasting chance.

* ChaosIsEvil: Well, that's [[ReligionOfEvil Chaos]] for you.
* TheDragon: To the Shadowlord [[spoiler:aka. Belakor]].
* EvilerThanThou: She turned on the Purple Hand to swear allegiance to the Shadowlord, dismissing them as blind children compared to the might of the Shadowlord. [[spoiler:Given the Shadowlord ''is'' a Tzeentchian Daemon Prince...]]

* HornedHumanoid

* SimpleStaff: It has a giant eye at the top.
* SquishyWizard: {{Averted}}. Merga is not one of your Magisters, she wears heavy armour and is fairly resilient to damage and capable in combat. Notably, her model and animation are that of a Sister Superior holding a great weapon.

* AncientEgypt: As a former Lahmian vampire, she styles herself in a Nehekharan motif despite clearly being an Old Worlder.

* SinisterScythe: Her staff.

* TheVamp

* EldritchAbomination

* StoneWall: Sporting robust HP pools, near-universal ability to equip heavy armour, excellent leadership and a plethora of divine buffing and support spells to boost their combat prowess, the Sisters are very difficult to shift and a real menace in open melee combat. However, their very poor movement range and mobility combined with an absolute lack of shooting makes them easy to outmaneuver and susceptible to being trapped.

* {{Cult}}: Duh.

* ReligionOfEvil: One dedicated to the Shadowlord that dwells in the pit in the center of Mordheim, where the impact hit.

* EvilSorcerer

* SquishyWizard

* BodyHorror: He merely looks fairly unhealthy at level 1. It just gets worse from there.
* JackOfAllStats: Though the nature of Chaos mutations means he's probably best off as a melee combatant.

* AnAxeToGrind

* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Norscans in the ''Warhammer'' world are basically demon-worshiping vikings.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Suffering many of the same issues as the Marauder, the Possessed is powerful but exceedingly frail and will likely die before managing to kill anything.
* AxCrazy
* BareFistedMonk: Before mutating, the only weapon he can use is the Armband. He fights entirely with punches delivered with brute strength.
* BodyHorror: Possessed can gain mutations.
* TheBrute
* DumbMuscle: He has the lowest maximum intelligence of any Hero in the game, a measly 7. They can actually be graduated up to lead warbands in place of the Magister.

* HumanoidAbomination: A Possessed is a ghastly amalgamation of flesh, metal and daemonic essence fused together.

The Darksoul is a powerful but tricky to use melee henchman. They're durable in heavy armour and fearless so they will hold off multiple opponents round after round, and they deal heavy damage when given great weapons. Used improperly they will be caught in a fight they can't win and can't disengage from.

* AnAxeToGrind
* AxCrazy: Permanently scarred by their experiences, Darksouls live only to kill everything they find.
* BaldOfEvil
* CannonFodder

* MalevolentMaskedMen: To make them look like the Chaos daemons they revere.

* CannonFodder

* JackOfAllStats[=/=]MasterOfNone

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%%* BadassInANiceSuit
%%* ClassicalMovieVampire

* ScaryImpracticalArmour

* BodyHorror: He doesn't look like a particularly healthy chap.
* JackOfAllStats

With their slow speed and inability to use two-handed weapons or armour, zombies are frankly pathetic in combat. Unwavering, immune to various status effects and surprisingly durable, they're best used as meatshields at the front of the fight, harrying opponents and absorbing blows. With "Rotten Corpse", zombies are immune to most injuries that would debilitate other warriors, but they're also more likely to "die" from falling in battle. They're also Expendable so they don't impact warband morale if they do.

* CannonFodder: Even among Henchmen, zombies exemplify this; they're just meant to serve as bubble wrap for the powerful Undead heroes, protecting them from blows while they do the heavy lifting.

* WeHaveReserves: Zombies have the Expendable trait, which means the Undead warband doesn't lose morale if they die... uh, are destroyed in battle.

* LightningBruiser: Emphasis on the Lightning part. The Crypt Horror is one of the flimsier Impressives but they hit really hard, especially on the charge, encouraging players to build them towards being a charging linebreaker unit.

* [[HiredGuns Hired Swords]]

* MinmaxersDelight: Captains are ''extremely'' easy to build into dedicated [[MightyGlacier parry-tanks]], and you're incentivized to do so thanks to their innate passive skill boosting parry chance and making counter-swings after parries even cheaper than usual, to the point of being completely free for a one-handed weapon. For the best results, give your parry-focused captain "Web of Steel" so he can perform these freebie counters multiple times per round.

* FragileSpeedster: Able to equip the same weapons and armour as the Captain, and much lighter on his feet but this comes at the cost of inferior strength, toughness and weapon skill scores. Commonly, Youngbloods are equipped with bows, pistols or crossbows as well as lighter one-handed weapons with higher initiative and used as runners and scouts meant more for quick, dirty grabs of wyrdstone and harassing enemy forces than engaging them head-on.
* NaiveNewcomer

* TheLancer: Able to take the "Lad's Got Talent" skill to become a Leader unit, taking the place of the Captain.

* ArcherArchetype: Marksman start with longbows, and while weaker than guns, their ability to let loose arrows multiple times a turn arguably makes them the better weapon, especially later on.
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%%* CannonFodder
* ColdSniper: When giving a long rifle.
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* InTheHood: A common accessory.
* LongRangeFighter: The best ranged henchmen in the entire game, no argument. And when given the "Lad's Got Talent" skill, the best ranged Heroes too.

* BadassNormal: The most normal you can get in the ''Warhammer'' setting. [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} No lasguns or building-sized tanks here]], all he needs to fight inhuman evil hellbent on humanity's extinction is a good blade or hammer and maybe a flintlock pistol or two.
* CannonFodder
* CloseRangeCombatant
* [[HiredGuns Hired Swords]].
* TheGenericGuy: Standard fighters of the Empire who die in droves against monsters and superhuman adversity every day.
* JackOfAllStats

* AnAxeToGrind
* TheBigGuy: The biggest guy in fact.
* DropTheHammer: His starting weapon.
* TheJuggernaut: Not much stands in the Ogre's way and lives.

* StoneWall: Some of the most impressive strength and toughness scores in the whole game, and coupled with the unique ability among the large Impressives to wear light armour, the most generally resilient. Also, because they can take swords, Ogres can become quite proficient at parrying as well.

* BadassNormal: Verging into CharlesAtlasSuperpower territory. He's able to beat down Daemons and Chaos Ogres despite being a seemingly ordinary man with only a sword. Just being a veteran of Mordheim's wyrdstone runs makes him this.
* DeadpanSnarker: "When the Baron hears about your victory, he'll be as pleased as a halfling in a pie shop."
* LightningBruiser: Luther hits hard, runs fast and defends well. There's only very few foes in Mordheim that give him serious worry.
* OldSoldier
* SeenItAll: ''[[BadassBoast "I've forgotten more things about this city than you'll ever learn."]]''

The Captain is a versatile melee hero with decent all-round stats and an emphasis on strong defences, able to take from a long list of weapons and equipment and viable in just about any build or any situation. His special ability, "Swift Reaction" increases Parry chance and reduces the cost of counter-attacks.

* BlingOfWar: His heavy armour is lavishly decorated.
* HeroesPreferSwords: The default starting weapon is a sword.

* JackOfAllStats: Though primarily a melee fighter, with decent stats all across the board and a wide selection of equipment, the Captain can be built for almost any situation. However with his Swift Reaction special ability, giving the Captain a halberd, a sword or a shield and some kind of one-handed weapon so he can parry attacks might be the wisest choice.

The Wolf Priest is an amazing two-handed physical fighter and support caster who can particularly benefit friendly units in tight combat with the enemy, be they the tough-as-nails Sisters or the relatively squishy Mercenaries and Witch Hunters.

* AnAxeToGrind: His starting weapon is, what else, a greataxe.

* BadassBeard: All Mercenary units can get facial hair.

* BadassBandolier
* CannonFodder

* HiredGuns

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* BadassBeard

* DualWielding
* GlassCannon

* BadassInANiceSuit
* ClassicalMovieVampire

* BadassLongrobe
* BaldOfEvil

* TheNecromancer: Necromanctic magic is banned in the Empire, so most Necromancers can be found far from civilization. Vampires see Necromancers as allies of convenience and so shelter them, though some mortal practitioners of the dark magic can grow powerful enough to rival them.

* SquishyWizard: Downplayed, he's not the toughest hero around especially at the start, but he's not particularly frail and he can be built into an armoured tank. Additionally he's agile and has high weapon skill, so he's no pushover in melee.

* SquishyWizard

* NervesOfSteel: Immune to Fear, Terror and All Alone.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Averted, unlike most of the other Impressives. As the only Impressive unit who isn't a GiantMook, the Maiden of Sigmar can traverse terrain normally like any human-sized unit, loot items and wyrdstone, cast spells, and enter buildings. She's also ImmuneToBullets, which makes her immune to one of the primary ways of dealing with Impressives and plugs a vital hole in the Sisters tactics, allowing her to bullrush archers and tie them up or kill them outright. This makes her more tactically useful than the other Impressives, but she doesn't skimp on her raw power one bit.