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Protagonists
The Dragon Slayer/Knight
The main character, a newly trained Dragon Slayer who is turned into a Dragon Knight by Talana, who tasks them with killing Damian.- Animorphism: After taking over Maxos' Battle Tower, the Dragon Knight can turn into a dragon at will so long is there's enough space and no anti-dragon field.
- Deadpan Snarker: An unusually large number of dialogue options involve snarking at people. This ranges from random peasants to terrifyingly powerful bosses.Mundus: Hahaa! Come from the earth, my trolls! Claim this territory as yours! But... Who are you?
Dragon Knight: I'm from the earth-is-for-softies-fire-is-the-real-deal foundation and we'd like you to sign our charter. - The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: The freshly-initiated Dragon Slayer never actually hunts any dragons. Talana's the last known Dragon Knight and the senior Slayers decide to leave you in Farglow when they go after her, making your initiation kind of redundant. Fortunately they don't stay a Dragon Slayer.
- Prophet Eyes: Once the player completes their initiation, their pupils become a solid silver, like all Dragon Slayers. They lose this when they become a Dragon Knight.
- Sealed Good in a Can:At the end of Ego Draconis, they end up stuck inside a crystal, just like Lucian. Fortunately this doesn't last and they're freed at the start of Flames of Vengeance.
Zandalor
See Divine Divinity. Antagonists
The Dragon Slayers
An order dedicated to avenging the Divine's faked murder at the hands of the Dragons and their Dragon Knights. Although you start the game as their newest member, they turn their backs on you once you become a Dragon Knight.- All for Nothing: Everything they did was to avenge Lucian's death. He never died in the first place and was instead trapped in a pocket realm.
- Their very formation was the result of a Black Ring conspiracy to trick them into wiping out the dragons to deprive the Divine's forces of powerful allies.
- Disproportionate Retribution: They killed not just Dragon Knights, they also murdered any friends and family they had.
- Face–Heel Turn: Once you become a Dragon Knight, Rhode and the rest of the order turn their backs on you for good and will do everything in their power to kill you.
- Hero Killer: They killed all the Dragon Knights, for something they didn't even do.
- Hero with an F in Good: They proclaim themselves the greatest heroes of Rivellon, but their actions are anything but.
- Irrational Hatred: They suffer from a zealous hatred towards all of dragonkind, especially the Dragon Knights.
- Prophet Eyes: Due to the ritual that empowers them, all Dragon Slayers have solid silver pupils. Their eyes also allow them to see the ghosts of the dead.
- Telepathy: Dragon Slayers are able to read the minds of anyone they meet, at the cost of some experience.
- Training from Hell: Their disciples train in the Academy since the age of ten. Once they go to Farglow, they sacrifice much of their memories and experiences as part of the ritual that infuses them with dragon memories, which makes them immune to mental assaults.
Commander Rhode
- Jumping Off the Slippery Slope: Goes from a kind, motherly Reasonable Authority Figure to a ranting, raving lunatic by the end of her final scene.
- Sanity Slippage: Starts after Marius' defeat and reaches its climax when the people of Aleroth side with the Dragon Knight over her.
- Taken for Granite: In Flames of Vengeance, she is turned to stone by Bellegar.
- Villainous Breakdown: Loses her temper when the people of Aleroth choose to trust the Dragon Knight.
Marius
A veteran Dragon Slayer, who acts as one of Rhode's companions.- Blood Knight: He sounded really eager to find and kill Talana.
- Hero Killer: He killed the Dragon Knight Geldor, the Lord of the Five Spears.
Damian
The reincarnation of the Lord of Chaos.- Antichrist: He is the prophesized child of the Lord of Chaos. Lucian tried to raise him so he wouldn't turn evil, but a combination of poor parenting on Lucian's part and Ygerna's corrupting influence doomed any chance of Damian becoming a hero.
- Bald of Evil: Does not have a hair on his head and is the reincarnation of evil.
- Big Bad Duumvirate: Taking him and his legions of followers down is the goal of your quest, but Ygerna is manipulating you to resurrect herself throughout the entire game.
- Bond Villain Stupidity: Despite Lucian not being his biological father, a running theme between him and Damian seems to be their inability to simply kill their enemies when they have the chance.
- Damian could have killed the Dragon Knight three times before they were even capable of taking on their dragon form, and one of those times the Dragon Knight was unconscious for several hours.
- Once he finally starts trying to actively kill the Dragon Knight, he does so by throwing a few mooks at them and teleports off.
- He also left Lucian alive, albeit imprisoned.
- Even back at the end of Beyond Divinity he spares the paladin. Although the paladin didn't really pose much of a threat at that point.
- Strangely justified: he needs the Dragon Knight to collect Plot Coupons needed to resurrect Ygerna and thus makes only a token hindrance to pose as a threat and vent his bad mood. And probably even he couldn't bring himself to kill his own father, even with all the crap Lucian put him through.
- Deadpan Snarker: As the Black Knight in Beyond.
- The Dreaded: Lampshaded in the loading screen tips.If you meet a man named Damian, run.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He still dearly loves Ygerna long after her death.
- Final Boss: Of Beyond.
- Karma Houdini: As of writing, Damian has escaped punishment completely unscathed.
- Orcus on His Throne: Subverted. Although you never actually get to fight him, Damian is clearly very busy with planning his conquest and personally leads his forces in the razing of Broken Valley.
- The Unfought: In Divinity II.
Ygerna
The leader of the Black Ring and Damian's lover.- Big Bad Duumvirate: Though she pretends to want Damian's death, she aims to reunite with her lover by manipulating you into resurrecting her.
- Body Horror: The destruction of her fortress covers her entire body in nasty burn scars.
- Bond Villain Stupidity: A running theme between Damian, Lucian, and herself. The Dragon Knight can even lampshade it before their fight.
- The Corrupter: Her influence is what helped make Damian who he is today, although she claims he would've turned to chaos regardless.
- Deadpan Snarker: As Talana.
- Dragon-in-Chief: Is ostensibly Damian's right hand woman, but is the direct leader and face of Damian's force invading Aleroth in Flames of Vengeance.
- Dual Boss: If you release Behrlihn, he will aid Ygerna in the final battle. Otherwise you face her alone.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: She was sent to awaken Damian's dormant powers, but her falling in love with him was genuine.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Even she thinks that a lunatic like Bellegar should not have the power he has.
- Final Boss: Of Flames of Vengeance and the game as a whole.
- Hoist by Their Own Petard: Her leaving the Dragon Knight alive allowed them to meet Lucian, escape with Behrlihn, crash an airship with a fantasy nuke into her flying fortress, kill her again, and free Lucian. Now she's dead again, a good number of Black Ring soldiers are dead, Lucian's back, and he has an incredibly powerful dragon friend.
- Karma Houdini Warranty: Ends Ego Draconis completely victorious and alive once more, but gets what's coming to her in Flames of Vengeance.
- Off with Her Head!: How she was executed.
- Manipulative Bastard: Played the Dragon Knight like a fiddle for the entirety of Ego Draconis, pretending to be Talana while secretly leading them on a quest to resurrect herself.
- Walking Spoiler: It's difficult to talk about her without revealing that she's actually the voice in your head, not Talana.
Amdusias
A Dragon Knight who gave himself his powers instead of having it bestowed on him. Maxos imprisoned him in his temple as punishment.- Berserk Button: He's set off by the mere mention of Maxos's name. Obviously, this means the Dragon Knight can take every opportunity to bring up Maxos.
- Shapeshifter Mode Lock: Dragon Knights can transform freely between human and dragon form. Since Amdusias managed to find a way to do this against his master's wishes, Maxos punished him by trapping him in his dragon form and locking him inside the temple.
Laiken
A necromancer and self-styled Dragon Knight who took over Maxos' Battle Tower. Unlike Amdusias, he hasn't found a way to become a Dragon Knight; he just claims to be one.- Body Horror: His pale skin, scabs and missing nose make him look like a walking corpse.
- The Corrupter: His cruel reign caused the Dragon Elves on the island to become savage beasts that attack anything in sight.
- Dirty Old Man: Multiple characters call him this. Ignoring the meat puppet he made in the image of his concubine, he also had a dancer whom he only let live because he found her performance enticing.
- Disc-One Final Boss: He is faced at the half-way point of the game and defeating him is necessary to acquire his Battle Tower and your dragon form. He is also a Point of No Return, as Damian will raze the Broken Valley afterwards and kill almost everyone there, automatically failing any quests you might have left and preventing you from exploring it any further.
- The Dreaded: The second most feared man next to Damian himself.
- Dual Boss: He is fought alongside Razakel, the demon he has bound himself to, and some minions. Killing either of them will also cause the other to drop dead.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Subverted. While the spell Maxos used to seal the Battle Tower required "the blood of a loved one" to break it, and Laiken's notes claim that he felt slightly bothered by having to do it, he quickly got over it thanks to the Flesh Golem he made of her. It's clear he even delighted in carrying out the actual deed.
- Fisher King: One of his notes mentions that the Sentinel Island used to be lush with green and sunlight, but years of being exposed to his dark magic has turned it into the withering rock you see today. He even takes satisfaction in it, since he and the Island hate each other.
- Hated by All: Nobody likes Laiken. Even the bandits he employs are terrified of him, only sticking around because they're afraid of his wrath and because of all the loot he lets them keep.
- Kick the Dog: According to the ghost of Jonah, a sailor who was eaten by a massive whale alongside his crew, Laiken sometimes visits him just to make fun of his fate.
- The Man Behind the Man: He is the benefactor of the bandits terrorizing the Broken Valley, having made a deal with their leader Jagon. They bring him fresh corpses for his experiments in exchange for his riches.
- Nightmare Fetishist: He made a crude Flesh Golem in the likeness his unwilling concubine Sassan, which he had made to satisfy his twisted pleasures even before he sacrificed the real Sassan.
- Oh, Crap!: When he realizes the Dragon Knight is an actual Dragon Knight.
- Orcus on His Throne: Rarely ever leaves his Battle Tower, leaving the delivery of fresh corpses for his experiments to the bandits. Even when the Dragon Knight is at his literal doorstep, he can't be bothered to deal with them himself until they enter his throne room.
- Our Liches Are Different: A powerful, ancient necromancer who Soul Forged himself to the demon Razakel. Since demons are immortal, Laiken cannot expire naturally as long as Razakel remains alive.
- Replacement Goldfish: A not-so-empathetic example. He killed his concubine Sassan as part of a spell to enter Maxos' tower. He eventually started to miss her so he built himself a new, more loyal Sassan out of dead people.
Dragon Terror Patrol
Brethar, Klet, Markthum, Tibus, and Tobelisk, a group of 'unofficial' Dragon Slayers. Which is to say they got kicked out of training due to disciplinary issues.- Blood Lust: Just Markthum. He emphasizes the squad's thirst for dragon blood and hunger for dragon flesh but the rest of the squad doesn't seem to agree.Klet: We're the Dragon Terror Patrol! We slay 'em all!
Markthum: And EAT them!!
Tobelisk: Uh... no, we don't. - Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: The Dragon Terror Patrol is... odd, and effectively Dragon Slayer rejects, but they fight like any other Dragon Slayer at their level. Also there's five of them. This can make them a surprisingly hard boss fight.
- Sentai: The Dragon Terror Patrol's introduction is a reference to the name/pose introductions of sentai characters.
Important NPCs
Bellegar
An inconceivably powerful wizard with a penchant for rhymes and dangerous 'pranks'.- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Any eccentric wizard could fit into this, but Bellegar's pranks range from summoning a few goblins to constructing a cave of moral choices... where the choices made are actually occurring somewhere in the world. The disparity between how whimsical his eccentricity is and how seriously powerful he is is pretty huge.
- Maxos sealed him away for the good of Rivellon. Considering Maxos is one of the most powerful wizards to ever live, that's saying something.
- I Have Many Names: People know him as Bellegar, the Rhyming Wizard, or a combination of ancient words.
- Physical God: There are some hints to this effect. Those shrines dotted around Broken Valley? Ostensibly, they're to him.
- Played up in Flames of Vengeance, to the point that he instantaneously teleports the Dragon Knight to the plane of Hypnerotomachia five separate times. A feat that took Ygerna the entirety of Ego Draconis and the willing help of her victim to pull off.
- Really 700 Years Old: He used to be known as a combination of words in an ancient form of the modern language. He also shows up in Original Sin, which took place over a millennium before Dragon Knight Saga, and mentions being a personal witness of events of Dragon Commander, which occurred millennia before that.
Behrlihn
A mysterious Demon residing in Aleroth. After Damian imprisons the Dragon Knight and begins his invasion of Aleroth, Behrlihn offers to release them in exchange for certain "favors".- Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: He starts Flame of Vengeance betraying the Black Ring by freeing the Dragon Knight... so he can free himself, betray the Dragon Knight and rejoin the Black Ring. To be fair, he makes it clear beforehand that this is his plan; he simply doesn't think Damian could possibly lose, so betraying the Black Ring once to come back to life wouldn't make a difference in the long run.
- Plus, Ygerna already did that, so...
- Dual Boss: If he's freed from his prison he fights alongside Ygerna for the final boss fight.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: In freeing the Dragon Knight he basically single-handedly ruins the Black Ring's siege of Aleroth and eventually indirectly frees Lucian the Divine.
- Sealed Evil in a Can: He's locked in a vault under Aleroth. His goal in helping the Dragon Knight is to break out. How well this goes depends on player choice.
Talana
- Deadpan Snarker: Her comments on some of the more pointless things the Dragon Knight can get up to.
- Glowing Eyes: Her eyes glow a bright blue.
- Last of Her Kind: She was the last Dragon Knight, her order having been completely wiped out by the Dragon Slayers. If she hadn't passed her powers to you, the Dragon Knights would've gone extinct.
- Passing the Torch: She transfers her power to you shortly before her death.
Other Characters
Zombie Jake
A serial killer living under Aleroth. He's collecting bodies for a ritual to make himself invincible.- Revenant Zombie: As per usual, he's retained a lot of his sense of self, making plans and talking with you.
- Running Gag: A continuing one from Divine Divinity, where he could be fought three separate times. Presumably he got sick of dying.
- Serial Killer: He murders residents of a brothel and takes their bodies for use in a ritual.
Lovis
Hermaphroditus
The resident illusionist of the Battle Tower. Related to Tiresius, the illusionist of Farglow.- Gender Bender: Their voice changes pitch between masculine and feminine from sentence to sentence (and even word to word). This, plus their mindreading dialogue, would indicate that they make use of the same gender changing magic they offer to the Dragon Knight, although they only ever appear as male.
- Meaningful Name: Named after Hermaphroditus (where the word 'hermaphrodite' comes from), a Greek mythological figure who was the son of Hermes and Aphrodite and was merged with a water nymph into an androgynous form.
Antumbra
- In the Blood: A member of the Assassin's Guild, just like her grandmother.
- In addition, her grandmother started the hunt for Buad.
- Meaningful Name: Antumbra and Penumbra are both named after distinct parts of a shadow. If Antumbra's mother followed the same theme, she presumably would've just been named 'Umbra'.
Miller Upton
The father of Linda. His true identity is Buad, an alchemist that earned the Assassin's Guild's ire after a potion mix-up accidentally killed a member he was trying to heal.Linda Upton
