History Characters / NightLords

* DropTheHammer: Uses a daemon maul.

* DropTheHammer

* BloodBrothers: With Talos. Cross legion/chapter bonds like this are fairly unusual.

* GutturalGrowler: Fully demonstrated in ''Throne of Lies''

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Both he and Octavia, or Coreth and Eurydice, manage to survive the massacre at the end of the trilogy and both escape to the Imperium where, since Eurydice is a Navigator and therefore of value to the Imperium, they will be taken to Terra where all the Navigator's live to raise their child in peace and where nobody can get at them. One of the very rare and few unambiguously happy endings in 40k, and one that made this troper's eyes watery.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Both she and Septimus, or Eurydice and Coreth, manage to survive the massacre at the end of the trilogy and both escape to the Imperium where, since Eurydice is a Navigator and therefore of value to the Imperium, they will be taken to Terra where all the Navigators live to raise their child in peace and where nobody can get at them. One of the very rare and few unambiguously happy endings in 40k, and one that made this troper's eyes watery.]]

* BladeOnAStick: Fights using a chain halberd with a meter long blade. [[spoiler: And a teleportation homing device in it.]]

%%* BadassInCharge

* BadassInCharge: As First Captain.

* NeatFreak: Admittedly one of the trademarks of the Red Corsairs is filth and disarray, but he is more upset by it than most. Somewhat justifiable for a master surgeon, but it seems to just be a form of SuperOCD.

* SuperOCD: Let's count the ways: he's a neat freak (barring blood and viscera covering his armor from necessity from time to time), he hates to be touched, and prefers not to leave others to do things what he can do perfectly.
** Demonstrated further in 'Void Stalker'' where he [[spoiler: uses his narthecium's chain blade attachment to remove an Astartes arm because he wouldn't let go of him.]]

* StraightMan: Something of this to Lucoryphus, since he doesn't share Luc's LeeroyJenkins personality. However, in the Bleeding Eyes, AsskickingEqualsAuthority, so Vorasha still defers to Lucoryphus.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: He'd been offered a Captaincy twice but turned it down.

* AnAxeToGrind: The source of his [[RedBaron epithet]], and presumably quite handy with one.

* AnAxeToGrind: Like many warriors of Khorne, Uzas uses a [[ChainsawGood chainaxe]].

* AnAxeToGrind: Wielded a chainaxe in melee, which is now in currently Uzas' possession.

* KnifeNut: When rules were released for him in Forge World's ''Horus Heresy'' line, instead of a Volkite or Plasma pistol like the other Primarchs had for long ranged combat, Curze was given throwing knives known as "the Widowmakers".

* KnifeNut: A quietly understated one, especially when compared to his [[AxCrazy brothers]]. Mercutian is skilled enough with a gladius to puncture the vulnerable seams of terminator armour, and [[spoiler: inflict wounds on the Void Stalker]]

** They are also capable of inflicting a different form of BrownNote themselves: They would take deep breaths, filling each of their three massive lungs, crank their helmet speakers' volume settings {{up to eleven}}, and scream. It's described as being so loud that those who hear it had no idea when the Night Lord stopped screaming, as they were deafened almost immediately, even from a distance. The pain is more than enough to reduce a hardened soldier to a gibbering wreck, and even a Calidus Assassin was momentarily disoriented and permanently deafened.

* OneWingedAngel: Taken UpToEleven, he's now a Daemon Prince.

* BloodKnight: He apparently has this reputation among Tenth Company. Displayed openly during his battle with First Claw, where the narration describes his enjoyment of the fight and his disappointment when slashing through non-flesh targets, like machines and cyborgs.

* FiveManBand: Tropes depend on how you see them.
** TheHero[=/=]BigBad: Talos
** TheLancer[=/=]TheDragon: Xarl, also possibly Cyrion.
** TheSmartGuy[=/=]EvilGenius: Mercutian and Variel
** TheMedic[=/=]EvilGenius: Variel
** TheBigGuy[=/=]TheBrute: Uzas
** TheChick[=/=]TheDarkChick: Cyrion, inasmuch a messed up Soace Marine can be, as he is the most cheerfully emotional member of First Claw, and the friendliest to Talos.

* BaldOfAwesome[=/=]BaldOfEvil: He's shaved his head. Whether it's primarily awesome or evil depends on how you view Talos.

* FingerlessGloves

* BadassBeard[=/=]BeardOfEvil

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: {{Downplayed}}, he is something of Lucoryphus' [[TheDragon Dragon]], the one who Lucoryphus speaks to the most, and the only named member of the Bleeding Eyes who survives for more than a few paragraphs.

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: ''Love's is a laughable stretch by any definition, but for all they resent one another, their brotherhood is strong and true, and they do not hesitate to sacrifice their lives for each other.

* TheDreaded: It is undisputed among the remnants of the Tenth that Xarl is the most finest warrior of all the Claws. While astartes do not feel fear as mortals do, Talos believes Xarl's reputation for being dangerous has saved First Claw from countless altercations with other members of the Tenth. This is proven multiple times throughout the trilogy, when rival Claws back down or reassess confronting First Claw in Xarl's presence.