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The first four classes
Thor the Warrior
A noble axe-wielding fighter who is the big physical powerhouse class. He has the strongest basic attacks and lots of health to back him up alongside decent speed, his armor and magical abilities leave much to be desired though. It is later revealed his home is the volcanic Mountain Kingdom.
- Barbarian Hero: A classic example, a brutish and compassionate warrior with a love of melee combat.
- Brutish Character, Brutish Weapon: He's a big tough barbarian who carries a giant axe.
- Expy: He's essentially Conan the Barbarian with an axe.
- Glass Cannon: High strength and low armor. He does have a lot of health so he still does really well in melee combat, but if it takes too long he's in trouble.
- Red Is Violent: His usual color is a flaming red.
- Walking Shirtless Scene: He wears no armor on his chest. This would help explain his less good Armor stat.
Thyra the Valkyrie
A beautiful woman fighter with heavy armor. Her great tankiness combined with having good numbers in the other stats makes her really good for beginners, with her only real weakness being her low speed. She is also a diligent soldier of the Castle Stronghold.
- Adaptational Modesty: Her 2014 design. She is fully clothed and looks more like a traditional nordic warrior.
- Attack Reflector: Her shield can reflect projectiles in the 2014 game.
- Awesome, but Impractical: In the 2014 game, she can toss her shield that destroys multiple enemies quickly. However, she is left defenseless, the shield throw is hard to control and it can accidentally destroy food.
- Chainmail Bikini: One of the most iconic in gaming, being an almost literal bikini in some games. It must be incredibly well-made given how good Thyra’s armor stat is.
- Heroes Prefer Swords: Her usual main weapon is a sword.
- Jack of All Stats: The balanced character of the four, although her armor makes her a Stone Wall-leaning one.
- Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: She carries a shield, but actually uses it in the 2014 game.
- Ms. Fanservice: Every entry, except for 2014. There's official art of her Legends/Dark Legacy incarnation sunbathing topless (with her arm over her chest).
- Throwing Your Sword Always Works: Her most common way of attacking is throwing her sword.
- True Blue Femininity: Her usual color is a deep blue.
Questor the Elf
An energetic elf who is a master of the bow. He has by far the best speed and is pretty good with magic, his strength is weak though and so is his armor.
- Fragile Speedster: Speed is his highest stat whilst his armor is dreadful. Questor’s best form of defense is running circles around his enemies.
- Took a Level in Badass: On the NES game. He starts with with very low HP and mediocre stats outside of speed. However, maxing out his treasures gives him the highest HP in the game and collecting the 5 powerups make up the lack of stats.
Merlin the Wizard
A wise old wizard who is a master with magic. He gets the most out of using potions and his regular attacks do a lot of damage, his armor and speed through are both awful making him the toughest character to play as.
- Difficult, but Awesome: It is incredibly hard to survive as Merlin, especially in single player where he has no allies to help tank for him. Play smart with his super damaging attacks and potions though and he can single handedly take on whole levels.
- Mechanically Unusual Class: Befitting his status as the Gimmick character, the Wizard's gameplay in the 2014 game is somewhat similar to Magicka, where you need to get the spell by combining elements.
- Squishy Wizard: Magic is his best stat, but armor is his worst.
The Classes of Legends and Dark Legacy
The Wizard
An younger wizard who hails from the dry Desert Lands. His stats are just like Merlin's.
- Muscles Are Meaningless: Is quite ripped, but incredibly frail.
- Squishy Wizard: Very weak in melee combat, but has the highest shot strength and magic damage among the starting four/eight.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Is Merlin but younger and with an Egyptian motif. His Blue palette is Merlin.
The Archer
A sneaky female elf from the Forest. Her stats are identical to Questor's.
- Navel-Deep Neckline: Ner outfit has a plunging neckline that exposes part of her stomach.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Is essentially a female Questor. Supposedly, she was included because Midway was iffy with Questor's Ambiguous Gender.
The Dwarf
A stout dwarf from the Ice Domain. Compared to Thor, the Dwarf is even slower but makes up for this by having better armor.
- Mighty Glacier: Can deal a lot of damage and is the tankiest character who isn’t an armor specialist like the Valkyrie and Knight.
- Our Dwarves Are All the Same: A boisterous little warrior who wields a big battle hammer and comes from a land high in the mountains.
The Knight
An honorable paladin who comes from the flying Sky Dominion. His magical abilities aren't as good as Thyra's, though his strength is better.
- Mighty Glacier: Capable of both taking a lot of damage and dealing a lot of damage. Just like Thyra, he is especially good for beginners thanks to his great survivability alongside superior damage.
- Epic Flail: Wields a powerful morningstar, one of his Turbo attacks has him make the bludgeon grow in size and spin off like a huge wheel.
The Sorceress
An incredibly voluptuous witch who comes from the Forsaken Province. Her strength is even worse than the Wizard's, but her greater speed helps with survival.
- Dark Is Not Evil: Comes from the Forsaken Province and practices necromancy, but is firmly on the side of good.
- Fragile Speedster: Is the most frail character in the game, but her better speed allows her to make the most out of her strong shots and potion bombs.
- Ms. Fanservice: Is enormously endowed and is the most scantily clad character in the game.
The Jester
A crazy but noble entertainer who hails from the Dream Realm. He isn't quite as nimble as the Archer, but his magical power is superior.
- Dark Is Not Evil: The Jester does have a love of chaos, but he prefers good-natured mischief and not the twisted madness that has invaded and tainted the Dream Realm.
- Loon with a Heart of Gold: Is clearly off his rocker, but is no less heroic for it.
- Non-Ironic Clown: He frankly looks terrifying, he is also perfectly nice and fights to save the world.
- Throw Down the Bomblet: His weapon of choice is an infinite supply of bombs, for his stronger attack he whacks them with his magic staff like a bat causing them to grow in size.
Other Important Characters
Sumner
A golden-clad and wise wizard who helps the heroes confront Skorne and acts as the narrator in Legends and Dark Legacy.
- The Ace: Sumner has maxed out stats, making him the best character the player can access.
- Big Good: A mighty benevolent wizard who guides and advises the heroes.
- Bragging Rights Reward: Sumner can only be unlocked in the Battlefield stages, which is right near the end of the game. By the time you do unlock him, you've already beaten everything else except the Post-Final Boss and maybe a stage or two.
- Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu: In Dark Legacy, Sumner defeats Skorne after he is first summoned, at the cost of using up his strength and leaving him too weak to journey through the realms. Hence why he summons the other heroes.
- Large Ham: Sumner acts as the narrator for Legends and Dark Legacy. He is a Large-Ham Announcer whose every word is as dramatic as possible.
- Purposely Overpowered: The hardest character to unlock in Legends and Dark Legacy, but he has the power to match his station - literally all of his stats are maxed.
- Rank Scales with Asskicking: Sumner is a Benevolent Mage Ruler and the strongest character in the game. In Dark Legacy's version of events, Sumner defeated Skorne after he was summoned and forced him to flee the Desecrated Temple.
- Squishy Wizard: Nope, Sumner has maxed out stats, so he is more durable than the physical fighters.
- What the Hell, Hero?: If one of the characters takes a lot of food when someone else could use it, Sumner will comment "You are greedy!".
Skorne
A powerful demon who intends to take over the world.
- Big Bad: Of both Legends and Dark Legacy.
- Disc-One Final Boss: While he acts as the Big Bad in Dark Legacy, after Skorne is defeated, Garm takes what is left of his power to become the villain for the final leg of the game.
- Evil Is Not a Toy: As Garm found out the hard way, Skorne, a powerful demon prince, is not a being who can be controlled easily. In Legends, Garm's spell to control him fails because his satisfaction in summoning the demon causes him to let his guard down, and Skorne breaks free from his control. In Dark Legacy, Garm gets impatient and does not gather the thirteenth rune stone before summoning, and cannot control him without it. This gets Garm killed and his soul Dragged Offto Hell for his troubles.
- Large Ham: Skorne will mock the player if they miss a runestone, and in Legends, after they defeat a boss, he will talk about the gruesome death he has planned for them. Like Sumner, he has No Indoor Voice, on top of bookending his dialogue with an Evil Laugh.
- Punny Name: His name is "Skorne", which is pronounced the same way as "scorn". As in, he "scorns" the heroes and everything that opposes him, and vice versa.
Garm
Sumner's foolish younger brother who is responsible for the rise of Skorne.
- Big Bad Wannabe: He summoned the demon Skorne in hopes of controlling him and using his power to take over the world. It didn't work. Garm only becomes a threat after absorbing Skorne's lingering power after the heroes deal with the demon.
- Cain and Abel: The evil brother of the benign Sumner.
- Green-Eyed Monster: Garm's motivation for unleashing Skorne was his intense jealousy of his older brother Sumner's success.
- Post-Final Boss: After the epic clash against Skorne, you would expect the heroes to reach the end of the game. Instead, Garm steals what's left of Skorne's power and becomes a threat to the eight realms in Dark Legacy. You now have to go through another realm and another boss in order to finish the game. He is seen as easier than Skorne since, unlike the latter, you do have an opportunity to prepare, i.e recover health and buy power-ups.
