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This character sheet has tropes for the teams, factions and races introduced in Unreal Championship, Unreal Tournament 2003 and Unreal Tournament 2004.
The Thunder Crash, Iron Guard and The Corrupt teams can be found in the UT Character Sheet. The monsters from the Invasion gametype can be found in the Unreal Character Sheet.
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Teams from the Tournament
Juggernauts/Goliath (Juggernauts)
Big, strong, and angry.note
"Gorge is determined to prove that his one year reign as Tournament Champion is no fluke, and he has re-assembled the Juggernaut team he led to the championship. Axon Research Corporation has made armor and bio-genetic upgrades to the Juggernauts design for this year's tournament."
UT2004 description of Juggernauts
"With the success of Gorge's Juggernauts in last year's tournament, Axon Research Corporation is now sponsoring Goliath in hopes of producing an all Juggernaut finals."
UT2004 description of Goliath
Members:
Juggernauts: Gorge (leader), Ambrosia, Frostbite, Reinha, Avalanche, Perdition, Sorrow, Jezebel
Goliath: Rampage (leader), Misery, Brutus, Fury, Outrage, Titania, Bullseye, Clangor
Playable:
UC: Gorge, Ambrosia, Arclite, Cannonball, Diva, Frostbite, Reinha, Siren
AI-only characters:
UC: Avalanche, Bullseye, Cipher, Hydra, Jackhammer, Jezebel, Lockdown, Malice, Matriarch, Medusa, Molotov, Obsidian, Odin, Perdition, Sorrow, Venus.
Axon's own team, Juggernauts, led by Gorge, and the team responsible for dethroning long-time champion Malcolm. In 2004, Axon entered a second team, called "Goliath", in hopes of producing an all-Juggernaut finals.
In general
- Adaptation Name Change: Diva in Championship is Rylisa in 2003 and 2004.
- Ax-Crazy:
- Ambrosia strangled a weightlifting judge in a fit of rage.
- Cannonball is a career criminal said to be "the offspring of a trash compactor and a tank": big, ugly and with the personality of a rabid grizzly.
- Badass Crew: Criminals with augmented suits.
- Bald of Evil: Frostbite, who's mentioned as an Ax-Crazy person whose aura can freeze even the hottest of characters.
- Bio-Augmentation: The Juggernauts are all geneboosted humans. They're also (with the exception of Arclite) all career criminals who were forced into it.
- Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: Siren is the blonde, Reinha is the brunette and Ambrosia and Diva/Rylisa are the redheads.
- Character Tiers: In 2004, Goliath is placed in the "Weak" tier, and Juggernauts are placed in the "Strong" tier. After the Team Qualification round, Goliath isn't fought anymore.
- Death Seeker: Reinha lost all will to live after the death of her husband in a mining accident. She began using the nickname Reinha in his honor and entered the Tournament in order to silence her demos through her death.
- Delinquent Hair: Ambrosia sports a pronounced mohawk.
- Mighty Glacier: In Championship, they have the highest amount of starting health (190) and the strongest defense attributes. In exchange, they have the lowest speed attributes. This remains true with 2004's "Species Statistics" mutator.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: Siren sports some orange-ish eyes, and her description mentions that not only was she beaten up with an ugly stick, but also had DNA from the tree spliced directly into her genes.
- Tomboyish Ponytail: Reinha sports one and Rylisa two. And they're both hardened contestants.
- Weapon Specialization:
- Ambrosia favors the Flak Cannon in Championship, dealing 20% more damage with it than other characters.
- Cannonball favors the Lightning Gun in all games. In Championship, he deals 20% more damage with it than other characters.
- Diva favors the Lightning Gun as well in Championship, firing 20% faster.
- Frostbite favors the Rocket Launcher in 2003 and 2004. In Championship, he instead favors the Flak Cannon, firing 20% faster with it.
- Reinha favors the Shock Rifle in Championship, dealing 20% more damage with it.
- Siren favors the Flak Cannon in 2003 and 2004. In Championship she instead favors the Bio Rifle, having 20% more ammo capacity for it.
- All the clone characters share the same weapon affinities as their playable counterparts in Championship.
Prometheus Georgian "Gorge" Pithras
You wouldn't like him when he's angry...
"This time, HE'S MINE!!!"
Unreal Tournament 2003's single-player intro cutscene.
A former inmate of the Allerian Penal Colony, Gorge is the leader of Axon's team of Juggernauts, geneboosted humans. He was responsible for breaking Malcolm's winning spree and his back in the 2302 tournament. (Unreal Tournament 2003)
It is unknown if the Juggernauts team made it to the finals of the next year's tournament, (Unreal Tournament 2004) where Axon also sponsored another team of Juggernauts called Goliath.
Gorge would have became a Tournament star, and have everything to his favour, but his rough treat of his fanbase damaged his reputation, and Malcolm's fans still outnumber his.
Tropes related to him:
- A Day in the Limelight: Has his own ladder in Unreal Championship 2.
- Ascended Extra: In Unreal Tournament 2003 he was just another skin/model to choose for your Player Character. Cue Unreal Tournament 2004, and he was the one who dethroned Malcolm. He made the cut for Unreal Championship 2 but he doesn't have any involvement in the game, aside of being the protagonist of some of the challenges.
- Ax-Crazy: He's said to be "a predator with a sweet tooth for suffering".
- BFG: In Championship, he favors the Rocket Launcher, starting with it and having 20% more ammo capacity for the weapon.
- Bio-Augmentation: He's a geneboosted human. He's also a career criminal, like any other juggernaut.
- Cast from Lifespan: His "Unstoppable" adrenaline combo in Unreal Championship 2 allows him to be invulnerable, but at the cost of his health being drained at a rate.
- Condemned Contestant: An inmate from the Allerian Penal Colony fighting for his life in the Tournaments.
- Cutscene Power to the Max: In the 2004 opening cutscene of the SP, Gorge can ram opponents to knock them down before filling them full of lead (ramming is not a move in the game).
- Cutting Off the Branches: 2004 and Unreal championship 2 state that the canonical winner of 2003's Tournament is Gorge, who broke Malcolm's streak and his spine in the process.
- Delinquent Hair: His subtle mohawk.
- Easter Egg: In his 2003/2004 portrait, he has something similar to a MP3 player.
- Final Boss: Of Malcolm's ladder in Championship 2. He's also one of the two bosses in the three-way matches at the end of both Anubis's and Brock's.
- Ground Pound: His "Smash" adrenaline combo in Unreal Championship 2 causes one.
- Heal Thyself: His "Heal" adrenaline combo in Unreal Championship 2 heals up to 50% of his health.
- Megaton Punch: His starting melee attack in Unreal Championship 2 is just a geneboosted punch."No fancy technology involved here. Juggernauts use their gene-boosted strength and horrifying rage to attack with armored fists. Don’t laugh; you'll just make them mad."
- The Rival: Malcolm, after Unreal Tournament 2003. It begins with him breaking his streak and his spine, and goes downward from there.
- Secret Character: In UC2, he's unlocked after winning Malcolm's ladder.
- Status Buff: His "Berserk" adrenaline combo in Unreal Championship 2, combined with X-Ray Vision.
- Unknown Rival: In his UC2 ladder, Jackhammer is seen as a thorn in his side, being fought thrice before he moves on to "more important things".
Marvin "Arclite" Hunter
A geneboosted human who's playing in the Tournament in the same team as Gorge, Axon's Juggernauts.
He comes back for Unreal Championship 2, but otherwise, he doesn't have much of an involvement. Unlike his teammates, he's not a convict. He hates violence, and it's in the Arena just to show his new genetic makeup. Being in the Tournaments doesn't make him happy. Which doesn't mean that he can't kick as much ass as his teammates.
Tropes related to him:
- A Day in the Limelight: He has an own ladder in Unreal Championship 2.
- Ascended Extra: Just one of Gorge's teammates in 2004, made the cut for Unreal Championship 2.
- Bio-Augmentation: He's geneboosted like his fellow combatants.
- Cast from Lifespan: His "Unstoppable" adrenaline combo in Unreal Championship 2 allows him to be invulnerable, but at the cost of his health being drained at a rate.
- Heal Thyself: His "Heal" adrenaline combo in Unreal Championship 2 heals up to 50% of his health.
- Martial Pacifist: He hates violence, but he can kick ass as much as amy of his companions.
- Megaton Punch: His starting melee attack in Unreal Championship 2, much like Gorge and Jackhammer, is a regular punch.
- The Rival: Sapphire in UC2. Both of their ladders make a deal out of this.
- Status Buff: His "Berserk" adrenaline combo in Unreal Championship 2, combined with X-Ray Vision.
- Weapon Specialization:
- In Championship, he favors the Bio Rifle, starting with it and dealing 20% more damage with it than other characters.
- In 2003 and 2004, he favors the Minigun.
Supernova/Iron Guard (Humans)
You can't have a game without humans.note
"Somewhat more rugged than their earthly counterparts, the Mercs of the 7th Fleet suffer from none of the vulnerabilities that make their opponents easier targets."
UT2004 description of Supernova
"Brock and Lauren joined forces with Malcolm during his reign as tournament champion. Infighting and recrimination over their stunning defeat in last year's Tournament led to the dissolution of that team. Now, Brock and Lauren have returned leading their old team, the Iron Guard."
UT2004 description of Iron Guard
Members:
Supernova: Perish (leader), Nemesis, Ariel, Wraith, Faith, Phantom, Nova, Dragon
Iron Guard: Brock, Lauren, Wraith, Mystique, Remus, Satin, Xantares, Prism
Playable: BlackJack, Prism, Remus, Romulus, Sapphire, Satin, Torch, Wraith
AI-only characters:
UC: Charisma, Cinder, Coppertop, Dragon, Faith, Gaul, Gryphon, Huntress, Janus, Mystique, Nova, Phantom, Rust, Silhouette, Stargazer, Tiberius
For tropes related to the Iron Guard UT team including Brock and Lauren, check the UT character sheet.
In general
- Badass Crew: Either in Supernova or the already (in-universe) popular Iron Guard, humans can still kick as much ass as the other races, if not moreso.
- Character Tiers: Supernova is located in the "Weak" tier. After the Team Qualification round, they aren't fought anymore.
- Cold Sniper: In 2003 and 2004, she has the highest amount of accuracy, at the cost of below-average stats everywhere else, and her weapon of choice is the Lightning Gun.
- Cool Shades: Sapphire and Torch have colorful shades.
- Crippling Overspecialization: BlackJack, as a bot, has one of the highest accuracy stats among the characters in the game, solely surpassed by actual Tournament champions such as Malcolm, Brock and Lauren. However, the rest of her stats are... below average, to say the least.
- Gas Mask Mooks: Romulus and Remus sport one.
- Goggles Do Nothing: Prism, Remus, BlackJack, Sapphire and Torch use either glasses or goggles. Those have no effect in the game.
- Jack of All Stats: All their stats are even, at 100%, even in Championship and with the "Species Statistics" mutator in 2004.
- Weapon Specialization:
- Remus favors the Bio Rifle. In Championship, he instead favors the Link Gun, carrying 20% more ammo for the weapon.
- Satin favors the Shock Rifle. In Championship, she instead favors the Bio Rifle, firing 20% faster with it.
- Prism favors the Link Gun. In Championship, she instead favors the Linghtning Gun, storing 20% more ammo for the weapon.
- Romulus favors the Flak Cannon. In Championship, he instead favors the Link Gun, carrying 20% more ammo for the weapon.
- BlackJack favors the Lightning Gun. In Championship she favors the Assault Rifle instead, starting with the weapon and firing 30% faster.
- Torch and Wraith favor the Shock Rifle in Championship, dealing 20% more damage with the weapon.
Patrice "Sapphire" LeBlanc
And this kind of hotness fights to the death...
Sapphire: Then let's gang up on him.
Hyena: No, no, the Liandri don't like cheating! Hmhm.
Voiced by: Tanika Cato (Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict)
A mercenary and former leader of the Supernova team in the 2302 Tournament, (Unreal Tournament 2003) she joined Brock and Lauren to in the reformed version of Iron Guard. (Unreal Tournament 2004)
She became famous, and changed her look for her next-year participation in the 2304 tournament. (Unreal Championship 2)
She's said to stop her opponent's heart in more than one way.
Tropes related to her:
- Ascended Extra: Went from being the team leader of Super Nova (then just another team with bots and no bio) in 2003 and Championship to being part of Iron Guard in 2004, and finally made the cut for UC2. For this incarnation, she was revamped, visuals-wise.
- BFG: In Championship, she favors the Rocket Launcher, carrying 20% more ammo for the weapon.
- Cat Fight: Her Overdose challenge pits her against three other women. It also invokes the trope name as the title of the challenge:"Liandri promoters have been begging for this match since the Ascension Rites began. This pay per view event is more to break viewing records, and for eight more reasons."
- A Day in the Limelight: Has her own ladder in Unreal Championship 2.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: In UC2, though her own team was disbanded mid-season, and she never caught on with the ratings, she finally won her part of the Tournament, and it's implied in Anubis's ladder that she also won a place in Thunder Crash, alongside Malcolm himself!
- Final Boss: Of Arclite's Ladder, alongside Darrius.
- Heal Thyself: Her "Heal" adrenaline combo in UC2 heals up to 50% of her health.
- Missile Lock-On: Her "Homing" adrenaline combo in UC2 makes her projectiles to home on her enemies.
- The Rival: Arclite in UC2. Both of their ladders make a big deal of this.
- Start My Own: After being a member of Supernova and Iron Guard, in UC2 she starts a new team, called "The Bargain Hunters", in order to get the attention she always wanted.
Sun Blade (Anubans)
Unlike their Earth counterparts, they succeeded.note
"Sun Blade is comprised of former Temple Guardians and veterans of the Desert Legion. They see victory in the Tournament as their only hope for burial and eternal life in the Valley of Kings on Luxor IV."
UT2004 description
Members: Cleopatra, Imhotep, Isis, Ramses, Diva, Hyena, Nafiret, Scarab
Playable:
UC: Aliyah, Asp, Cleopatra, Horus, Hyena, Memphis, Roc, Scarab
AI-only characters:
UC: Hathor, Isis, Jackyl, Khepry, Lexa, Luxor, Nafiret, Natron, Osiris, Ramses, Saheed, Sekhmet, Sobek, Sphinx, Sunspear, Tranquility
For the Nakhti characters, check the UC2 character sheet.
In general
- Adaptation Name Change: Aliyah in Championship is called Diva in 2003 and 2004.
- Ambiguously Brown: Horus and Hyena are the most tanned members of the roster.
- The Casanova: Horus's description mentions him to be a very popular fighter. He'd also like the ladies to know that "he's available for private autograph sessions after the match".
- Character Tiers: Sun Blade is located in the "Weak" tier. After being fought in the Team Qualification round, they are no longer to be seen.
- Competitive Balance: In Championship and with the "Species Statistics" mutator in 2004, they're located between Jack of All Stats and Fragile Speedster. They have penalties on damage reception in exchange for an obscene boost on Air Control (250% higher than your average character) and good air dodge, jump height and running speed bonuses.
- Fantasy Counterpart Culture: To the Egyptians, starting with their clothing and ending up with several of the stages being stripped out from Egypt itself.
- Goggles Do Nothing: Roc's and Hyena's helmets have visors that have no effect on gameplay.
- Stripperiffic: Asp and Cleopatra have revealing outfits.
- Transplanted Humans: How the race was formed. Some ancients transplanted humans from Egypt as part of an experiment. While the Egyptian empire on Earth vanished, the Anuban empire went the other way and grew to be powerful.
- Troll: Aliyah/Diva enjoys leaving sympathy notes to her opponents before the match begins, as it amuses her.
- Weapon Specialization:
- Horus favors the Shock Rifle. In Championship, he instead favors the Assault Rifle, firing 30% faster with it.
- Scarab favors the Link Gun. In Championship, he instead favors the Minigun, carrying 20% more ammo for it.
- Hyena favors the Minigun. In Championship, he instead prefers the Shock Rifle, firing 20% faster with it.
- Diva favors the Rocket Launcher. Her Championship counterpart, Aliyah, favors instead the Link Gun, firing 20% faster with the weapon.
- Asp favors the Lightning Gun. In Championship, her Lightning Gun carries 20% more ammo.
- Cleopatra favors the Link Gun in Championship, dealing 20% more damage with the weapon.
- Memphis favors the Rocket Launcher in Championship, firing 20% faster with it.
- Roc favors the Lightning Gun in Championship, carrying 20% more ammo with the weapon.
Blood Fist (Automatons)
Not your typical Liandri squad.note
"The only team in the Tournament acknowledged to be entirely cybernetic, Blood Fist warriors have their programming upgraded each year, and have become more and more lethal"
UT2004 description
Members: Mandible (leader), Thorax, Syzygy, Widowmaker, Cobalt, Rapier, Corrosion, Renegade
Playable:
UC: Cobalt, Corrosion, Ginsu, Mandible, Rapier, Syzygy, Thorax, Widowmaker
AI-only characters:
UC: Cryptech, Cyclone, Incisor, Katana, Photon, Predator, Razor, Reaper, Scalpel, Seeker, Shard, Stalker, Torque, Vector, Wavelength, Yellowjacket
For the 2004 team The Corrupt, check the UT character sheet.
In general
- Adaptation Name Change:
- Ginsu in Championship is called Rapier in 2003 and 2004.
- Rapier in Championship is called Renegade in 2003 and 2004.
- Character Tiers: Blood Fist is located in the "Tough" tier.
- Fate Worse than Death: A leftover from Championship that survived to 2004:(Corrosion's description) "Beneath an exterior of cold metal burns a soul as bright as a dying star, the essence of a being who sought to rule the galaxy at the Emperor's side. With his dreams stripped away from him as easily as his dying flesh, Corrosion now exists only to seek his revenge."
- Glass Cannon: In Championship and with the "Species Statistics" mutator in 2004, they have penalties on movement speed while gaining acceleration, damage dealing and damage reception.
- Weapon Specialization:
- Renegade favors the Link Gun. Rapier, Renegade's counterpart in Championship, favors the Rocket Launcher instead, firing 20% faster with it.
- Mandible favors the Flak Cannon. In Championship, he instead favors the Link Gun, carrying 20% more ammo for it.
- Thorax favors the Rocket Launcher. In Championship, his Rocket Launcher deals 20% more damage.
- In Championship, Cobalt and Corrosion favor the Minigun, dealing 20% more damage with it.
- Ginsu, Rapier's Championship Counterpart, favors the Shock Rifle, carrying 20% more ammo for it.
- Syzygy favors the Lightning Gun in Championship, firing 20% faster.
- Widowmaker favors the Assault Rifle in Championship, dealing 20% more damage.
Black Legion (Nightmare)
Scientific experiments gone mad.note
"The Black Legion is made up of the hideously deformed subjects of weaponized genetic mutation tests. This year, they have a new leader, Abaddon, the current pinnacle of achievement of this line of experiments."
UT2004 description
Members: Abaddon (leader), Harlequin, Fate, Brutalis, Succubus, Mortis, Domina, Samedi
Playable:
UC: Booster, Brutalis, Domina, Harlequin, Lilith, Mr. Crow, Ravage, Subversa
2003: Brutalis, Domina, Fate, Harlequin, Lilith, Mr. Crow, Ravage, Subversa
2004: Abaddon, Brutalis, Domina, Fate, Harlequin, Lilith, Mr. Crow, Ravage, Subversa
AI-only characters:
UC: Arachne, Avarice, Circe, Darkling, Despair, Fury, Gangrene, Jigsaw, Mortis, Oungan, Perish, Pestilence, Samedi, Septis, Stitch, Succubus
For the Necris Black Legion, check the UT character sheet.
In general
- Adaptation Name Change:
- Booster in Championship is called Fate in 2003 and 2004.
- Fate in Championship is called Lilith in 2003 and 2004.
- Ascended Meme: Players really, really liked the 2003 announcer rolling his M every time Mr. Crow was selected, as the announcer would bark out each character's name as they were selected. (MMMMMMMMMMMMMISTER CROW!) Come 2004, and Mr. Crow's the only character left who's announced when selected.
- Ax-Crazy:
- Mr. Crow is said to be "a raving lunatic with a taste for the bizarre".
- Ravage's description mentions him to be the reason why the Tournament disallowed unarmed combat.
- Character Tiers: Black Legion is located in the "Tough" tier.
- Fate Worse than Death: A leftover from Championship that survived to 2004:(Lilith's description) "Having lost her legs during an attack on an Imperial medical supply transport, Lilith was captured and sentenced to deletion of personality at the Purgatory penal facility. With her mind and body rebuilt from the ground up she now serves as a bounty hunter for the Empire."
- Gone Horribly Right:
- Brutalis is mentioned to be part of an experiment to "hybridize human and Taratic prisoners into a highly intelligent killing machine" that was shut down for being "more successful than anyone could have imagined".
- Abaddon is the result of extensive genetic manipulation experiments that turned him into a highly efficient killer. As a counterbalance, the constant pain he feels in his body shortens his lifespan.
- Jack of All Stats: In Championship and with the "Species Statistics" mutator in 2004, they're located below the Humans, having penalties on damage dealing.
- Lobotomy: Booster/Fate was sentenced to deletion of personality and became a bounty hunter.
- Monster Clown: Mr. Crow and Harlequin are clown zombie-like combatants who belong to the "Nightmare" category. Harlequin even looks the part of a clow by way of its face paint.(Harlequin's description) "Ever wonder why children are afraid of clowns? Now you know."
- Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: These guys are revived corpses, insane psychopaths, and goths who've been blown apart and remade into Giger-esque psychopathic zombie goths.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: Abaddon, the new leader of the team in 2004, has red eyes.
- Stripperiffic: Domina and Subversa have very revealing outfits.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: They are this to the Necris, primarily in Championship and 2003, and even have the same team name.
- Weapon Specialization:
- Abaddon favors the Minigun.
- Ravage favors the Flak Cannon. In Championship, he prefers the Lightning Gun instead, dealing 20% more damage with his gun.
- Mr. Crow favors the Rocket Launcher. In Championship, his Rocket Launcher deals 20% more damage.
- In Championship, Booster favors the Shock Rifle, firing 20% faster.
- Brutalis favors the Assault Rifle in Championship, carrying 30% more ammo for the weapon.
- Domina favors the Flak Cannon in Championship, carrying 20% more ammo.
- Harlequin favors the Minigun in Championship, carrying 20% more ammo.
- Lilith favors the Lightning Gun in Championship, carrying 20% more ammo.
- Subversa favors the Link Gun in Championship, dealing 20% more damage with the weapon.
Fire Storm (Gen Mo'Kai)
They don't look menacing, but in the Arena...note
"The Mokara are respected and feared as warriors. The Mokara's elite fighting unit, Fire Storm, sends a team of their best soldiers to the Tournament each year."
UT2004 description
Members: Makreth (leader), Damarus, Mokara, Komek, Faraleth, Motig, Nebri, Selig
Playable: Damarus, Faraleth, Komek, Makreth, Mokara, Motig, Nebri, Selig
AI-only characters:
UC: Alitha, Caskuli, Delara, Firahki, Flarik, Garusal, Gramatik, Librial, Napaket, Pelosin, Rathik, Rimi, SeeSeela, Timrit, Velomek, Vinik
In general
- Character Tiers: Fire Storm is located in the "Tough" tier.
- Death Seeker: Faraleth, a healer who went mad over her inability to help her tribe against an ailment called the "crimson scourge".
- Dogged Nice Girl: Nebri's description displays that she has "considerably less than hostile" feelings towards Damarus.
- Fragile Speedster: In Championship and with the "Species Statistics" mutator in 2004, they have bonuses for movement speed, acceleration and air control. As a tradeoff, they take more damage per hit.
- Green-Eyed Monster: Mokara feels her brother Damarus to be unworthy of the scepter of Mobeth.
- Hidden Depths:
- Damarus is described as a hedonist who enjoys many physical pleasures. This being Unreal Tournament, he's also a fierce combatant with a penchant for using the Bio Rifle.
- On the other extreme, Selig's reserved nature leads him to explore and document the interesting things he finds.
- Weapon Specialization:
- Damarus favors the Bio Rifle. In Championship, his Bio Rifle fires 20% faster.
- Mokara favors the Shock Rifle. In championship, she favors the Shield Gun instead, carrying 30% more charge.
- Makreth and Komek favor the Flak Cannon. In Championship, Komek favors instead the Link Gun, dealing 20% more damage, while Makreth's Flak Cannon affinity makes the weapon deal 20% more damage.
- Selig favors the Rocket Launcher. In Championship, he prefers the Minigun instead, which fires 20% faster.
- Faraleth favors the Rocket Launcher in Championship, firing 20% faster.
- Motig favors the Shock Rifle in Championship, firing 20% faster.
- Nebri favors the Assault Rifle in Championship, dealing 100% more damage.
Hellions
The Unrealverse version of Mad Max.note
"Once feared and reviled throughout human space as pirates and renegades, the Hellions seek to gain respectability as a mercenary outfit. They've entered the tournament to demonstrate their capabilities to potential customers."
UT2004 description
Members: Zarina, Rae, Garreth, Kaela, Greith, Outlaw, Kane, Baird
Playable: Zarina, Rae, Garreth, Kaela, Greith, Outlaw, Kane, Baird
In general
- Ax-Crazy:
- Outlaw was recruited after a galaxy crime spree in which he murdered nearly 300 civilians.
- Kane is stated to be the Unrealverse equivalent to Zappa: a psychotic fighter with multiple personalities that change his fighting style on the fly.
- Beware the Quiet Ones: Baird's description outright quotes the trope. Out of the arena is quite reserved. In the arena is a loud, raging Motor Mouth that decimates his opponents.
- The Casanova: Garrett is mentioned to be "a real ladies man".
- Character Tiers: Hellions is located in the "Strong" tier.
- Delinquent Hair:
- Zarina and Kaela are almost bald, except for triangular bits of colorful hair.
- Rae and Greith are also almost bald except for three colorful ponytails, two at the sides at one at the top.
- Outlaw sports an orange-ish mohawk.
- Kane and Baird have... something done with their hair.
- Hidden Depths: Baird is a case of Beware the Quiet Ones, as (according to his bio) he's usually reserved and quiet until he enters an arena, where he turns into a "raging motor mouth until he's decimated every single opponent".
- The Lad-ette:
- Zarina is a "regular party machine" who fights while intoxicated, believing the deed to give her an edge.
- Kaela can kill you with her foul language or her weapon.
- Stripperiffic: Kaela and Rae have very revealing outfits.
- Weapon Specialization:
- As a bot, Greith uses more often the Shock Rifle.
- As a bot, Ophelia uses more often the Link Gun.
- As a bot, Outlaw uses more often the Flak Cannon.
- As a bot, Garrett uses more often the Rocket Launcher.
Iron Skull Skaarj
P.S.: They don't like you.note
"This year, the Skaarj Empire is represented by the Iron Skull clan, who seek to regain honor after long being held responsible for the loss of the Skaarj Mothership during the Human/Skaarj wars."
UT2004 description
Members: ClanLord, Drekorig, Dominator, Guardian, Gaargod, Gkublok, Skakruk, Kraagesh
Playable: ClanLord, Drekorig, Dominator, Guardian, Gaargod, Gkublok, Skakruk, Kraagesh
In general
- Ascended Extra Guardian and Dominator were just selectable skins in the first Tournament game, and to add insult to injury, they weren't even shipped, but instead came with one of the free expansion packs. Dominator's case goes even further, as he (as a pure Skaarj, not as a Skaarj Hybrid) was an unplayable boss character in the console versions, with his features being kept almost unchanged.
- The Atoner: A villainous version, all of the members fight for the honor of their race after the events of the Human/Skaarj wars disgraced it.
- Ax-Crazy: Skakruk eats the marrow of his enemies, and credits the deed for his power.
- Boss Tease: The opening cutscene of the single-player ladder features Dominator stabbing Romulus. You have a chance of facing Iron Skull at the end of each of the team ladders, and if they're the best ranked Godlike team, you face them in the finals.
- Character Tiers: Iron Skull Skaarj is located in the Godlike tier. If they're the best placed team, they're fought in the Finals.
- Cutscene Power to the Max: Dominator can stab an opponent with his Wolverine Claws. Said claws are unusable in the game proper.
- Glass Cannon: With the "Species Statistics" mutator in 2004, they have bonuses on air control and jump height (making them second to the Anubans on the issue), at the expense of taking more damage.
- Promoted to Playable: Dominator was one of the four bosses on the Playstation 2/Sega Dreamcast versions of the first Tournament game. In 2004, he can be selected right from the start.
- Proud Warrior Race Guy: Stated in-game to be this, spanning as far as Unreal.
- Red Baron: Gkublok was nicknamed "Walking Death" during his time on Na Pali.
- Weapon Specialization:
- As a bot, Skakruk favors the Flak Cannon.
- As bots, Dominator and Guardian favor the Rocket Launcher.
Skaarj ClanLord
The leader of the main Skaarj clan, Iron Skull, sent by the Skaarj Empire, in order to purge their guilt for allowing the destruction of the Skaarj Mothership in the Seven-Years War. He's one of the finalists the player may found in the 2303 tournament. (Unreal Tournament 2004)
The status of both him and the Iron Skull clan are, as of now, unknown.
Tropes related to him:
- Attack! Attack! Attack!: He's totally focused on killing you, no matter the match. Smart players can use this to their advantage.
- Authority Equals Asskicking: It's right in the name.
- Final Boss: Should Iron Skull get the best score of the Godlike teams in the Ladder, you'll face first his team, and then him.
- Secret Character: By way of Defeat Means Playable. Iron Skull Skaarj must be the best ranked of the Godlike teams in order to face him in the finals.
Other characters
ECE Bonus Pack characters
The guys who barely made it.note
Six characters that come with the Editor's Choice Edition version of the game. Two Necris (Kragoth, Thannis), two Metal Guards (Barktooth, Karag) and two Mecha-Skaarj (Mekkor, Skrilax).For Kragoth and Barktooth, check the UT character sheet.
In general
- Ascended Extra:
- Karag was one of the default practice session bots before becoming playable in 2004.
- The Mecha Skaarj race as a whole were just baddies in Unreal II: The Awakening. Two of them are playable characters in 2004.
- Continuity Nod: Karag is stated to come from the Terran Colonial Authority.
- Demoted to Extra: Thannis becomes a bot in III.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: Skrilax has red eyes.
- Silver Fox: Thannis is 93 years old, and the ECE Necris look less menacing than their Tournament (or UT3) counterparts.
- Weapon Specialization:
- As a bot, Skrilax favors the Shock Rifle.
- As a bot, Thannis favors the Link Gun.
- As a bot, Mekkor favors the Rocket Launcher.
- Wolverine Claws: Mekkor and Skrilax have them, but they don't use them for melee combat as they're ineffective compared to a Shield Gun or ranged weapon.
