Editing Characters of Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (section)

==Characters Introduced in [[Battlefleet Gothic: Armada II|Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2]]==

===Prologue Characters===

'''[[Creed|Lord Castellan Ursakar E. Creed]]'''

General of the Cadian 8th Regiment, now the supreme commander of all the defenders on [[Cadia]]. A man of few words, the Lord Castellan is still an inspirational figure to the men and women defending the fortress world. Initially in favor of evacuating the world, meeting Magos Dominus [[Belisarius Cawl]] changed his mind. As a result he moved the remaining defenders to the Elysion Pylon fields in a final stand to buy the Magos time to work on the Pylons.


'''Wolf Lord Sven Bloodhowl'''

One of the two [[Wolf Lord]]s of the [[Space Wolves]] [[Chapter]] on Cadia for its defense, Sven leads a force of Space Marines from various mauled Chapter forces, [[Imperial Guard]] volunteers, and [[Skitarii]] cohorts, in an attempt to delay the advance of [[Abaddon]]'s fleet. Using the [[Battle-barge]] ''Firemane's Fang'', Sven's forces board the [[Blackstone Fortress]] ''Will of Eternity'', and try to sabotage it from the inside.

Thanks to his efforts, the shields of the Fortress went down, which gave the [[Imperial Fists]] Fortress-Monastery [[The Phalanx|Phalanx]] the opening it needed to land the killing blow.


'''Iron Priest Firemaw'''

The [[Space Wolves]] [[Iron Priest]] left in command of the ''Firemane's Fang'' as Sven Bloodhowl led his boarding attack on the ''Will of Eternity''. Much like he promised, he gave the Battle-barge a good death by taking as many Black Fleet ships with it before it fell.


'''Brother-Captain Tor Garadon'''

Captain of the 3rd Company, and in overall command of the [[Imperial Fists]] stationed on [[The Phalanx]] during the Battle of Cadia. He orders the venerable star fort's charge into the midst of the Chaos fleet surrounding the planet to destroy the [[Blackstone Fortress]]. Needless to say it succeeds. Later he moves the Phalanx to orbit around the Elysion Pylon fields to provide support to the defenders there.


'''Commodore Trevaux'''

Officer-in-charge of the Phalanx and other Imperial Fists fleet assets, Trevaux is obviously concerned with whether or not the Fortress-Monastery would be up to taking on the Blackstone Fortress. Naturally Garadon vetoed his more cautious suggestions in favor of [[Awesome|charging the Phalanx straight into the midst of the Chaos Fleet, and destroying everything that got in the the way to the ''Will of Eternity'']].


'''Admiral Harbride'''

A commander of a [[Imperial Navy Cruiser|Cruiser]] squadron tasked with scouting out the location of the Chaos Fleet for Tor Garadon. Manages to survive the encounter with the vanguard of said fleet, and bring news of its location to the Phalanx.


'''[[Belisarius Cawl|Archmagos Belisarius Cawl]]'''

Magos Dominus of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]], Cawl was on an exploratory dig at Eriad IV, where an important discovery there forces him to pay Cadia a visit. He convinces Creed to ''not'' evacuate the planet, and defend the Elysion Pylon fields while he tried to coax the latter back into working order. Thanks to a certain [[Trazyn the Infinite|Necron]], he succeeds, and ''almost'' manages to close the [[Eye of Terror]].


'''[[Trazyn the Infinite|Archeovist Trazyn the Infinite of Solemnace]]'''

A [[Necron Lord]] with a [[Blood Ravens|collection fetish]], Trazyn decided to aid the defense of Cadia on a whim. He helped reactivate the Null Array on Cadia in time to protect it from the Blackstone Fortress' Warp Beam, and then aided Cawl in reactivating the Pylons. It worked. Almost.

Trazyn reappears later, usually related to stymying (or aiding, in the case of the Necron campaign) the Nepheru Dynasty, [[Troll|who he regards as barely better than savages]].


===Imperial Characters===

'''Admiral Venesca Catalia'''

Commander of [[Imperial Navy Cruiser|Cruiser]] task force ''Silver Dawn'', Catalia's fleet arrives above Cadia during the climax of the Battle of Elysion Fields. Initially she was directed by Brother-Captain Garadon to intercept a planetstrike by Chaos forces on the on-world defenders, but once that was done she led her fleet against the [[Vengeful Spirit]]. [[Fail|Guess how ''that'' turned out]].

Admiral Spire encounters her later on, leading a battered fleet back to safe harbor at Nemesis Tessera, in the aftermath of a failed raid on Craftworld Os'Tara.


'''Lord High Admiral Drang'''

The commander of [[Imperial Navy]] assets in Segmentum Obscurus, Drang is Spire's direct superior for the initial part of the campaign. After Spire's fleet experiences one [[Chaos]] ambush too many, he is BLAMMED by Inquisitor Darkhammer, as apparently he was an [[Alpha Legion]] double-agent (this is in fact, confirmed in the Chaos campaign perspective). The latter detail explains ''so much'', especially when one learns that he ordered Catalia's ill-fated raid on Craftworld Os'Tara to begin with.

His rank, and the overall command of the Segmentum forces, is given over to Spire as a result.


'''Inquisitor Darkhammer'''

Probably owning the most meaningful name ''ever'', [[Inquisitor]] [[Grimdark|Dark]][[Warhammer 40,000|hammer]] is the [[Inquisitor]] assigned to monitor Spire after the discovery of Drang's dubious loyalties. Despite having access to records of Spire's heroism during the Gothic War, he has personal doubts that Spire is up to the task of consolidating the scattered Imperial forces in the Segmentum. This doesn't stop him from ordering Spire around anyway.

Despite [[Chaos]] being the most obvious concern after what happened to Cadia, he insists that the [[Eldar]] have to be dealt with first, ignoring the fact that the Lord Commander of the Imperium has an alliance with them. Spire misses Inquisitor Horst as a result, as at least Horst was relatively more ''reasonable''.

Eventually Darkhammer goes full "KILL ALL ELDAR" mode, forcefully takes command of the warship ''Righteous Fury'', takes ''half of your fleet'', and leads an attack on Craftworld Os'Tara. Depending on your choice, Spire can either aid the Eldar in the defense of the Craftworld (probably the obvious choice), or join the nutty inquisitor in the attack (earning the wrath of the Ynnari in return).

Given his hard-on for dealing with the [[Eldar]], and a off-handed comment about Inquisitor Valeria (penpal of Trazyn the Infinite), it can be inferred that Darkhammer is part of the [[Ordo Xenos]].


'''Colonel Maxson'''

Commander of the Naval marines of Spire's ship. Any Boarding Action care of Lightning Strike or Boarding Torpedoes is assumed to be led by him. Eventually gets killed when he boards a booby-trapped [[Thousand Sons]] ship in search of the Spirit Gate, an Eldar artifact that the Ynnari needed.


'''Magos Numerian'''

A [[Tech Priest Dominus|Magos Dominus]] who pledged to join Spire's attack on the Dark Throne World Engine. Due to warpstorms his fleet arrives late to the party, but still contributes its numbers in trying to hold back Phaeron Kheprekh's warships.

===Chaos Characters===

'''Malos Vrykan'''
A Word Bearer Chaos Lord, who is the player character. Starting out as a no-name cultist, a daemonhost specifically chose him amongst a gathering of his fellow cultists, earning him ascension as a full-fledged chaos marine and giving him his current name. He was eventually approached by a Dark Apostle named Arkrist Vane, who promised him glory as Abaddon's trusted lieutenant and the blessing of the chaos gods for his involvement in the Cadian invasion, leading him to participate in the campaign.

'''Arkrist Vane'''
A Dark Apostle who takes the role of Vrykan's mentor and second-in-command.

'''Sorcerer Antharek'''
A shifty chaos sorcerer of Tzeentch. He appears in the Imperial campaign as a target for the Imperial mission to recover the Spirit Gate artifact on behalf of the Eldar.

In the chaos campaign, he takes a more prominent role as an ally and adviser during the campaign against the Tyranids, warning Vrykan that his stunt of reviving the colossal Tyranid Hive Ship known only as "The Ancient One", has a potential of dooming the entire Cadian sector to the nids, so he proposes a plan of turning the Belial IV subsector into a trap by luring refugees across the Cadian sector so that the sector is concentrated with biomass, which will no doubt attract the attention of the Tyranids.

'''Maltrius'''
A jovial chaos lord of Nurgle. He appears as an enemy in the other campaigns, and becoming one of Abaddon's chosen if Skyrax Slaughterborn is killed.

In the chaos campaign, he takes a more prominent role of being an ally during the campaign against the Necrons, taking on a quest to obtain a Nurgle relic known as the "Chalice of Entropy", a chalice forged from a splinter from Papa Nurgle's cauldron, giving it a direct link to his garden. He's infamous for the mission involving you [[Wat|playing a stealth mission with warships, of all things]]. He eventually becomes a Daemon Prince of Nurgle after leading an assault on the Dark Throne with Vrykan and his cohorts, and sacrificing himself in a ritual to connect the Chalice of Entropy with the Garden of Nurgle, dooming the world into rot and corrosion.

'''Threxos Hellbreed'''
One of Abaddon's chosen and a Khornate chaos lord, whom he put incharge of maintaining the Cadian gate after Abaddon departed for a campaign elsewhere.

He appears as a major enemy in the Imperial and Tyranid campaign, the latter of which sees him at his most hilarious, not only defying Abaddon's direct orders to evade the Tyranids because Khorne demanded slaughter, but axing one of his own captains for merely suggesting retreating while laughing maniacally.

In the Chaos campaign, he takes a more prominent role, initially ordering Vrykan around as his superior, and leading an assault on the Phalanx. However, he instead decided to chase another target at the far side of the Cadian system before joining the raid, causing Vrykan to bear the brunt of the Phalanx's warpath, whilst arriving too late to help. The Phalanx eventually escapes the battle, with him blaming Vrykan for this failure. In turn, Vrykan accuses Threxos of being a slave to wayward pride, and proceeds to kill him as punishment.

===Astartes Characters===

'''High Cardinal Svar'''

The [[Iron Hands]] Iron Father left in command of the Chapter's fleet in Medusa. Initially hesitant to accept aid from the Imperial Navy, even he was thankful once the Eldar raiders in the system were dealt with.


'''Sind Grolvoch'''

Another Iron Hands Iron Father, his ships arrive to aid the Imperial Navy in finally driving off the Eldar Raiders from the Medusa system. Kage grumbles his intervention is probably due to the Iron Hands not trusting the Navy enough to complete the mission alone.


'''Seglei Khan'''

A [[White Scars]] Khan who rides in to join Spire's hunt against the [[Tyranid]] Ancient One. While the arrival of his Brotherhood's warships is a welcome one, the Khan doesn't bother coordinating his forces with Spire's fleet. Pretty much in it for the glory of the hunt, really.


'''Shadow-Captain Aajz Solari'''

[[Brother-Captain]] of the [[Raven Guard]] 2nd Company, and part of a [[Space Marine]] strike force tasked to take down the ''Dark Throne'', a Nepheru [[World Engine]] that hadn't been activated yet. Solari take a page out of the [[Astral Knights]]' playbook and rams his [[Battle-barge]] onto the World Engine's surface. There the Raven Guard fight their way to the Necron construct's core, where Solari detonates a Vortex bomb to disable it permanently.


'''[[Donatos Aphael|Brother-Captain Donatos Aphael]]'''

Commander of the [[Blood Angels]] 2nd Company, he was part of an Astartes strike force sent to destroy a yet-to-be activated World Engine. A veteran of [[Astral Knights|another attack on a different World Engine]], he's more than familiar with just how ''hard'' the things are to take down, and the extreme sacrifices that are required to end their threat.


'''[[Roboute Guilliman|Lord Commander Roboute Guilliman]]'''

The Lord Regent of the Imperium, Avenging Son of the Emprah, and [[Primarch]] of the [[Ultramarines]] [[Chapter]], Grandpa Smurf comes to Spire's rescue when the good admiral's fleet is jumped by [[Iron Warriors]] using the [[Planet Killer]]. With that little issue dealt with, he puts his uber-warship, the [[Macragge's Honour]], under Spire's disposal.


===Eldar Characters===

'''Autarch Yramahr''' 

An [[Autarch]] of Craftworld [[Alaitoc]], who for some reason found it a bright idea [[Derp|to attack the Medusa system for shits and giggles in the middle of one of the most MASSIVE Chaos incursions the galaxy had ever experienced]]. Spire and the Iron Hands set her straight, sure enough.


'''[[Yvraine|Yvraine, Herald of Ynnead]]'''

Bobby G's [[Extra Heresy|Eldar girlfriend]] and leader of the [[Ynnari]], Yvraine is more than eager to see the threat of Chaos contained. She has a particular interest in the beleaguered [[Craftworld]] Os'Tara, and wants to make sure it survives.

Sure enough, the moment Os'Tara's safety is secured, she pulls her forces back, leaving Spire in a lurch. Despite this seeming betrayal, she sends her warships to reinforce Spire in his final battle against the [[Vengeful Spirit]].


'''[[Visarch|The Visarch]]'''

Yvraine's second-in-command, the Visarch leads the Ynnari forces in her stead when she's not available. Compared to his counterpart in written media, the Visarch here is downright ''chatty'', and prods Spire into action once things get ''trippy'' in trying to recover the Spirit Gate.


===Dark Eldar Characters===


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===Ork Characters===

'''Kaptin Wazrok '''

An [[Ork]] Freebooter who was hell-bent in hunting down Void Whales, with the intent of using their very radioactive guts to lure something even ''bigger''. Spire and his fleet puts an end to this hunt, first by disposing of the spaceborn titans, then the Ork hunters next.

Before the Naval fleet warp out, this leaves Kage wondering about old horror stories he's heard, and just what could be out there that might prey on Void Whales. (Hint: [[Void Kraken]])


'''Big Boss Blitzrippa'''

The Warboss commanding the fleet surrounding Mordax Prime, and force behind the Green Kroozade. He gives Spire and his assembled fleet a difficult fight, and that was ''before'' the Warboss revealed that he had '''two''' [[Space Hulk]]s kept ready as his ace-in-the-hole. Doesn't quite have the respect of the rest of his fleet, as the Warboss commanding the ''other'' Space Hulk decided that he'd had it with Blitzrippa ordering him around.


'''Warboss Gorespitta'''

The Boss of the ''other'' Space Hulk around Mordrax Prime, he and Blitzrippa have a "disagreement". Tired of the other warlord bossing it around, Gorespitta decides that he's better suited to leading the Green Kroosade, and opens fire on Blitzrippa's hulk.

===Necron Characters===

'''Nemesor Amarkun the Gatherer'''

The best nemesor that the Nepheru Dynasty had available, and the player character of the Necron Campaign. Amarkun starts out as the Phaeron's troubleshooter. Mostly content to follow orders and see just how much the Galaxy had changed since the Great Sleep, a little prodding from his adviser as well as [[Trazyn the Infinite]] convinces him to take over.

In the Imperial Campaign, Amarkun is encountered thanks to a "tip" given to Inquisitor Darkhammer by Trazyn. Since Spire took Trazyn's warning of "don't let anything escape" literally, Amarkun's warship is blown to kingdom come before it could jump out of the system.

A rather decent guy as 40k goes, Amarkun offers the chance of withdrawal to his enemies if they would agree to his demands while still paying them respect for their bravery, he also states he really doesn't take any pleasure about killing other species and for him it's just pest control over the lawn, additionally he honours his part of a deal to win the allegiance of another Necron dynasty and treats them fairly well, helping them defeat the tyranid invasion, so yeah, pretty much a classical newcron tomb-king-in-space.


'''Kephrekh the Unbroken'''

Phaeron of the Nepheru, and Amarkun's boss in the Necron Campaign, as any self-respecting necron ruler he has an ego as big as black hole and does not tolerate discrepancies or alternate takes, this makes him antagonize with cryptek Zaa, who in turns think Amarkun should be in charge.



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