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Ariel Hanson
I think I need a medical check...
"You're a good man, James Raynor."
Voiced by: Ali Hillis (English), Elena Ivasishina (Russian)
A selfless and altruistic scientist who was rescued by Raynor's Raiders after the planet Agria was overrun by the Zerg. She decides to help out his cause after learning that the Terran Dominion had pulled out of Agria, declaring the Agrian colonists expendable. Hanson tries to steer Raynor towards doing the right thing, being described as the angel on Jim's shoulders, as opposed to Tychus, who is the devil.
Provides examples of:
- Alternate Character Interpretation: In-Universe example. Tosh keeps referring to Ariel as a "Honeypot" and implies that there's more to her than meets the eye. In the aftermath of the non-canon mission "Haven's Fall" mission he's proven right. He outright says that all of the infested colonists were a time bomb waiting to happen and says Hanson was a honey trap from the start.
- And Then John Was a Zombie: If you choose to help the Protoss on Haven, she becomes infested. Given Horner's comments during the mission, it's implied she did it to herself. Tosh's comments after the mission (calling her a "honeytrap"), as well as her saying that Raynor "killed her children" imply she may have always been exposed to the virus and the infested colonists may have been an attempt to spread the Zerg virus other worlds. Or she may have simply been taken over by the Zerg altogether and was speaking for the Zerg hive mind.
- Bespectacled Cutie: Envisioned by Blizzard as a "doctor lady with glasses who looks really cute".
- Body Horror: Her infested form. Yikes.
- But Now I Must Go: If the player decides to side with her, then she settles in Haven after the fight, and invites Raynor to stay. Raynor declines, because he has to "finish the job", and says that "guys like me don't get second chances". The worst part is that, unless the player skips the missions post-Meinhoff (thus losing the chance to use the Vikings in further missions), it doesn't matter if the player decides to side with or against her; she doesn't stick around.
- Despair Event Horizon: She loses all hope (and sanity) if you side with the Protoss in the final mission of her storyline and kill all the infested colonists.
- Dude Magnet: Almost the entire Hyperion crew is in agreement that Ariel Hanson is quite the looker.
- The Heart: Appeals to Jim to fight the good fight, as opposed to Tychus.
- Mad Scientist: The choice between Hanson and Selendis guarantees this trope if you notice the reactions both take to your choice. Selendis is rather calm and understanding regardless of the choice Raynor makes (Selendis challenges Raynor to "friendly combat" if Hanson is the choice made, and is rather sympathetic to Raynor's challenge of saving the colonists even if he has to kill some). Hanson, on the other hand, flips her lid if you choose Selendis, which says a lot about her rational thinking if you know what happens after "Haven's Fall". It's also implied that, in the "Haven's Fall" choice, she infests herself at Haven in a desperate attempt to save the colonists.
- Motherly Scientist: She cares for all the infested and ill as if they were her children.
- Not That Kind of Doctor: She has a doctorate in bioengineering, though apparently she also gives out thorough examinations and sick notes.
- Omnidisciplinary Scientist: Downplayed. She's got a medical background, although she's not a general practitioner. However, she knows her stuff when talking about the Xel'Naga artifact too, while being quick to add that Jim knows more about zerg and protoss than her.
- Professor Guinea Pig: It's unknown if her self-infestation was partly out of desperation to come up with a cure.
- Silly Rabbit, Cynicism Is for Losers!: Rejects the Protoss dogma of "all traces of Zerg must be purged" and insists that she needs just a little more time to come up with a cure. If you agree to fight the Protoss, she ultimately succeeds.
- Suicide by Cop: Heavily implied to be the case if you side with the Protoss.
- This Is Unforgivable!: She loses all trust in Raynor if he puts the infested colonists out of their misery.
- Wall Crawl: Infested!Ariel attacks Jim this way
- What Happened to the Mouse?: The canon choice for the final Colonist mission is that Raynor fights the Protoss to save Haven. However, Ariel and rest of the colony are never brought up again after Wings Of Liberty. This leads straight into Fridge Horror in Legacy of the Void when you realize that Haven is at the edge of Protoss space, and Amon was ravaging through all the Terran worlds he could find.
- Wide-Eyed Idealist: She persists in the fairly naive belief that the universe will bring her people to good fortune if they just hold out long enough... despite the fact that she grew up in a sector of space that has only been ruled by power hungry despots and is regularly besieged by genocidal alien species. Also refuses to even consider the notion that the zerg infestation, one of the deadliest and most undefeatable plagues ever created, cannot be cured.
Mira Horner, née Han
Voiced by: Kath Soucie (English), Inna Koroleva (Russian)
A mercenary who leads the Mira's Mercs, a large and influential mercenary companied based out of Deadman's Port, one of the most wretched of Wretched Hives in the Koprulu Sector. Mira is a wanted criminal, but of course this doesn't mean she can't do business with fellow outlaw Jim Raynor. She also happens to technically be Matt Horner's wife — through unrevealed means, he apparently won her hand and her heart in a game of poker, even though he had no idea what the "prize" was. While Mira enjoys flirting with Matt and seems to have some genuine affection for him, she's about as different as you can imagine from the straight-laced and idealistic Matt, so he doesn't try to contact her unless he needs to. Unless he really needs to.
Provides examples of:
- Abhorrent Admirer: Personality-wise, Mira is this to Matt. Despite being technically married, Matt tries his earnest to not stay in contact with Mira, and is certainly not pleased whenever she flirtatiously teases him.
- Accidental Marriage: That surname? Matt Horner won a poker game, and the prize was her. Needless to say, he doesn't stay in touch with her.
- Added Alliterative Appeal: Mira's Marauders
- Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: One-sided. While Matt mostly just respects her as an ally and has no romantic interest, Mira does have genuine affection for him, though "love" may be a stretch. In Flashpoint, some of her men sell them out to the Dominion, and Mira is very angry that Matt is hurt in the escape and tells him he's going to live because she's not ready to be a widow.
- Electronic Eye: Her right eye has evidently been replaced by a cybernetic implant, so it has an overlarge pupil, red iris and black sclera.
- First-Name Basis: Mira clearly knows Jim and Matt enough to talk call them through their first names, although she calls the latter Matthew unlike everyone else in the series.
- Friendly Neighborhood Gangster:
- Considering she's a powerful crimelord and mercenary, she tends to come off as one of the better characters, morally speaking, outside Raynor's little circle. In Flashpoint, she helps out refugees from the zerg invasions.
- If nothing else, she does give somewhat favorable behavior toward Jim Raynor. When Colonel Orlan tries to buy her services with minerals, she turns around and gives Jim the same offer rather than simply accepting the one given to her.
- The Gadfly: Her perpetually cheerful attitude and love of teasing easily makes her this.
- Goggles Do Nothing: She's never seen doing anything with the goggles on her head.
- Hidden Depths: In Flashpoint, it turns out she's taken in refugees from planets lost to the zerg invasion.
- Honor Before Reason: She refuses to let Matt speak to Colonel Orlan in Heart of the Swarm because Raynor is her client, and all a mercenary has is their word. The "before reason" part is that they need Orlan because Raynor has been captured and they need to hack the Dominion to find him, and Mira knows this.
- I Gave My Word: "A mercenary's word is all she has, darling."
- In Love with Your Carnage: In the Heart of the Swarm mission "With Friends Like These" she will tell Matt Horner that he had "captured her heart all over again" after Matt had destroyed one of Mira's mining operations with the Hyperion in an attempt to get her to give Colonel Orlan to him.
- Private Military Contractors: She is one.
- Punch-Clock Hero: She is a mercenary after all. According to Jim, she'll work for whoever pays the most.
- Rose-Haired Sweetie: Manages to be all three types — she's a battle-hardened mercenary who teases Matt sexually and is generally perky and friendly.
- The Tease: To Matt. He doesn't appreciate it. At all.
Mike Liberty
Michael Daniel Liberty
Voiced by: Blair Bess
A former Confederate reporter, he was imbedded on the Norad II during the infestation of the Sara system and subsequently became a member of the Sons of Korhal. When Raynor went rogue after the Sons of Korhal reformed into the Dominion, Liberty went solo to fight against Dominion oppression by covering the stories they wouldn't.
Provides examples of:
- Demoted to Extra: He was going to the one behind the news reports in Wings of Liberty, but the developers decided his anti-Dominion bias would limit the scope of his stories, so he was replaced with Kate and Donny. Instead, he's relegated to a cameo in the cinematic that shows people reacting to Mengsk's war crimes.
- Defector from Decadence: Used to be a member supporting Sons of Korhal, but their transformation into Dominion made him go rogue.
- First-Person Peripheral Narrator: The real events of Liberty's Crusade concern Raynor, Kerrigan, Duke and Mengsk as they wage war on the Confederacy. Liberty's story is talking with the four and tagging along as the larger story unfolds from their actions.
- Intrepid Reporter: He tend to provide insight into stories that are usually banned by the Dominion.
- Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism: "When idealism meets reality, it's rarely reality that backs down."
Sergeant Hammer
Bama Kowalski, better known by her monkier "Sgt. Hammer," is a Terran Siege Tank operator who was attacked by Amon's forces on Char. More famously known for her appearance in Heroes of the Storm than in this game.
Provides examples of:
- Canon Foreigner: A very confusing example. She appeared in Heroes of the Storm as a hero representing the Starcraft franchise, but had never actually appeared in any of the games at the time, with her Siege Tank being the actual representative. Legacy of the Void saw her arrival in Co-op mode.
- Deep South: Has a very pronounced southern accent.
- Distaff Counterpart: She was created to replace General Duke as the Siege Tank hero in Heroes of the Storm, and has some similar mannerisms to him (though she's a lot nicer than Duke).
- Damsel in Distress: She's the focus of the Co-op mission "Void Thrashing"; her fortress is under attack and your allied forces save her.
- The Lad-ette: A female soldier who is rather muscular, has tomboyish mannerism and is implied to like drinking (she offers to pay you a drink next time you pass by if you win her mission).
- Loose Canon: No pun intended. Both Heroes of the Storm and Co-op mode are treated like this, and the only other mention of Sgt. Hammer is in an art guide for the trilogy. It's actually dubious if she canonically exists at all.
- Tank Goodness: She's a famous Siege Tank driver.
- Wrench Wench: She practically goes Squee when Moebius Corp shows up with an Archangel and gets you to destroy it... so that she can put it back together later.
Alan Schezar
Alan Schezar
A Terran smuggler operating in the early days of the Dominion. There's not a whisper of him in the main campaign, but he's central to the Enslavers mini-campaign and its sequel campaign Dark Vengeance.Provides examples of:
- Big Bad: Of the Enslavers campaign.
- Cutting Off the Branches: Word of God has clarified that the canon path of the two campaigns is Alpha Squadron working with the Protoss, and Schezar staying allies with Ulrezaj and being killed by Zeratul's forces.
- Demoted to Dragon: In Dark Vengeance, to the new Big Bad Ulrezaj.
- Enemy Mine: In one mission path in Dark Vengeance, he turns on Ulrzaj in order to save his own skin, since he's realized the Dark Archon has gone off the deep end and he's no longer safe working for him.
- The Ghost: He's unseen in Enslavers, but takes the field in Dark Vengeance.
- Killed Off for Real: Whether he sides with you or not depending on the missions played, he doesn't survive the climax of Dark Vengeance.
- Not-So-Harmless Villain: Yes, he is referred to as a smuggler and is the villain of an inconsequential side-campaign. But most smugglers don't imprison Protoss commanders, find a way to command Zerg Cerebrates to have their own Brood, or ally with renegade Protoss to plan planetary invasions.
- Pirate: Well, smuggler.
- Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: In the mentioned path where he betrays Ulrezaj, he's promptly killed by a strike force of Dark Templar.
Jake Ramsey
An archeologist known for wild theories based on pseudo-scientific speculation, this puts him in a unique spotlight that earns him a Valerian-sponsored trip to investigate a Xel'naga temple, where he encounters Zamara. Forced to accept her consciousness into his Terran brain, the two work together to outsmart Dominion, Zerg and corrupted Protoss to get the galaxy-critical information in Zamara's mind to safety.
- Adventurer Archaeologist: Averted. Aside from being considered something of a crackpot, and the occasional foray into hands-on study instead of using more modern techniques, Jake's archaeological job doesn't involve much adventuring. After his encounter with Zamara, he has to abandon his normal life in favor of finding Zeratul and keeping Zamara safe from Ulrezaj. He's an Adventurer and an Archaeologist, but not an Adventurer Archaeologist.
- First-Person Peripheral Narrator: Rather than show him the deeds that Adun and Khas take in directly, Zamara shows Jake their deeds through the perspective of their friends, Temlaa and Vetraas. She mentions she does have the memories of Adun and Khas and could show them to Jake, but she finds that there is more to learn from them by observing the events as an outsider.
- Genius Ditz: The reason Valerian chooses him is not because Jake is the smartest or most skilled in his field; he isn't. But he is willing to try and think about things in ways humans would normally not, which gives him an edge in exploring Protoss and Xel'naga ruins. This same insight is what allows him to find Zamara, surprising her since she expected only a Protoss would be able to understand the encryption protecting her chamber.
- Power Degeneration: Terran brains just can't handle the knowledge and powers a Protoss can, and thus continued existence of Zamara and her memories causes a brain tumor to develop, hastening the urgency of getting her to safety before it becomes inoperable.
Rosemay Dahl
Rosemary "RM" Dahl
A beautiful mercenary assigned to guard Jake and his men, when Jake and Zamara went rogue RM was rescued to come with them for her surivival skills. Though her loyalties to them are shaky at first, they grow stronger over the course of the trilogy.
- Fire-Forged Friends: With Jake, though with a lot of Ship Tease.
- Hazy-Feel Turn: Her loyalties to Jake waver back and forth, especially in the first book, but she never outright betrays him after they end up working together.
- Ms. Fanservice: Particularly in the first book. Take a shot every time her physical appearance is described, take two for "Cupid's bow lips", the most recurring one.
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse: She's very short, but a total badass.
Starry Lace
Starry Lace
A bar singer in a backwater world. Injured and disfigured in a Zerg attack on her homeworld, although that has done little to hinder her career.
Provides examples of:
- Death by Disfigurement: Defied, at first. She simply gets a new hairstyle to cover her scar and sings her heart out.
- Every Scar Has a Story: Midway through her short, she recounts how she got her facial scar to the marine she brought back to her dressing room.
- Important Haircut: styles her hair over the left side of her face; see above
- Glamorous Wartime Singer: She's pretty, scar nonwithstanding; and can sing like Nobody's Business. Plenty of on-leave troops come to her shows.
- Manchurian Agent: Infested with one of the old-school Parasites (ie, permanent Seeing Through Another's Eyes instead of temporary mind control), which allows the Zerg to see through her eyes and lead them to her position.
- Music Soothes the Savage Beast: She defuses a Bar Brawl by singing.
- Repressed Memories: Doesn't remember her infestation until confronted by the (now evolved) Queen who got her in the first place.
