Editing Advance Wars (section)

===Days of Ruin CO List===

====Rubinelle 12th Batallion "Brenner's Wolves"====
* '''Will''': [[Thaddeus|Idealistic kid struggling with a grimdark-riddled world]].  Unusually for a protagonist, he's somewhat specialized, equipped with Jake's movement buff CO power and plains bonus.  Once his mentor pulls an Obi-Wan, his balls grow three sizes and he takes over the army to keep his mentor's ideals alive.  Finishes the game fairly happy, and boffing your worst enemy's daughter-clone after destroying him has got to be the '''best''' kind of vengeance.
* '''Brenner''': [[Tarkus|Grizzled veteran who leads from the front, favoring defensive tactics and coming through with powerful humanity]].  He saves Will and keeps his unit on the straight and narrow in the face of the apocalypse.  Dies half-way through, because that ''never'' happens to the hero's mentor.  Has Andy's repair power, but his CO aura boosts defense.
* '''Lin''': [[Cyrus|Cynical, gloomy skirmish fighter teaching tactics to the new meat.]]  Also wants Brenner to slip her the d, which makes the ongoing comparisons on this page ''hilarious''.  Also the one who does dirty business for more-idealistic comrades, like blowing Greyfield's brains out rather than dragging him in to stand trial ([[Awesome| after giving him a speech on how much he sucks]]).  Gameplay-wise, she's got Sonja's Fog of War powers, but also gives out a pretty big all-around stat boost in a fairly small area.
* '''Isabella''': An attractive and mysterious amnesiac girl Will finds and saves in the middle of the mountains, who turns out to have encyclopedic knowledge of military matters who becomes very important to the plot later on.  Never actually fights in the campaign, which is a shame because next to Caulder she's the best CO in the game, with a big aura that gives out buffs to all stats for all units, and a ''nasty'' power that buffs range ''and'' speed simultaneously, giving her army any number of viable builds.

====Lazuria====
* '''Forsythe''': [[Davian Thule| Honorable old soldier]] who looks exactly like Lee Van Cleef.  Pretty cool guy, shame the protagonists had come down with a bad case of the stupids and sided with Greyfield against him.  Gunned down like a dog once he surrenders, kicking off Brenner's rebellion.  Gameplay-wise, is the only CO with no power, but makes up for it with a giant aura that hands out a modest buff to all units. Thankfully you don't have to fight him before the CO power system becomes a part of the campaign.
* '''Tasha''': [[Avitus|Angry, violent bitch out for revenge.]]  Mellows out a little once Brenner's Wolves go rogue to save her and her army, and she joins the gang to help bring down Greyfield, then to fight Caulder.  Fighter pilot who plays a lot like Will, but with air units instead of tanks.
* '''Gage''': ...Crap, ran out of ''Dawn of War'' characters.  Cold-hearted sniper who follows orders without questions regarding the moral implications of his work.  Joins the Wolves with Tasha halfway through the game, and takes charge to open fire on crazed civilian cultists attacking the army that he thinks his fellows might have qualms about shooting.  Has Grit's buffs and CO power, but the reworked CO system gives him a much more complete game.

====New Rubinelle====
* '''Admiral Greyfield''': Fat evil sumbitch who sets himself up as generalissimo, then as a king of Rubinelle.  About as stable as a house of cards, and [[Commissar|guns down his own men to maintain morale]] at the drop of a [[hat]].  Nukes lots of his own men to kill Brenner, then gets counter-attacked by the resurgent Wolves.  Picks the one member of the army who isn't Lawful Good to surrender to, who promptly airs out his skull.  Gameplay-wise, he buffs defense to helicopters and naval units and has a power that resupplies all his men, which is okay... so long as the map has ports. Honestly kind of terrible in most matches, but has a lulzy synergy with Sea Planes that's worth it just to see.
* '''Waylon''': Southern-fried mercenary pilot who ends up working for Greyfield.  Not really 100% evil, but still kind of a dick.  Mechanically, he buffs defense to usually-fragile air units, giving them a lot of staying power. 

====Intelligent Defense Systems====
* '''Penny''': Caulder's youngest "daughter," and bug-fuck nuts as a result of her creator's experiments on her brain.  She talks to her bear, "Mr. Bear," and likes big explosions.  Ultimately defects to the good guys once her father tries to get her to kill herself to take them down.  Gameplay-wise, is the ''only'' CO in the game with an army-wide power (immunity to weather effects), on top of a minor buff in a huge area.  Do not screw with the [[loli]]. 
* '''Tabitha''': Caulder's eldest "daughter," and a daddy's girl.  Considering who her daddy is, this makes her kind of a bitch.  Unlike most COs, she doesn't so much buff her army as pump one unit into god-mode with a '''gigantic''' buff to attack and defense (only AW1 Max gave as big a buff and it was just to attack).  Her power calls in an air strike, but the big buff of her maxed-out aura means few ever bother using it.
* '''[[Fabius Bile|Caulder]]''': Loony mad scientist and sinister PMC owner.  That's ''double evil'' and [[Azariah Kyras| shit gets very bad when he shows up]]. The [[BBEG]] behind all the events of the game, [[Dark Eldar| because he's a dick and likes to watch everyone suffer]], and the abusive creator of his "clan" of gene-tinkered clones. (Including, incidentally, ''himself'', he killed the real Caulder). Makes the final battle an absolute motherfucker, with an above average sized aura that repairs all units for half their health every day and gives them a big buff to all stats (tied with Tabitha for the biggest buff in the game). He doesn't have a CO power and can't increase his CO Zone but the buffs he starts with are all he needs for him to be banned from PvP games for being too powerful. On top of that, the mission you fight him is at at his death factory which will spewing loads of cannons and mortars, some of which can't be destroyed. In short, a worthy successor to the throne of Sturm and a very memorable villain.

====Others====
* '''The Beast''': Crazy post-apocalyptic bandit king who serves as the primary villain in the first segment of the story. Once a bloodthirsty sergeant in the New Rubinelle army, he went crazy after the meteors hit and now can't even remember his own name. Essentially a beginning game bandit who got lost on his way to [[Fire Emblem]], then swapped his axe for a machine gun and motorcycle. Whilst he is unplayable and lacks any special abilities, the Beast is still rather memorable, especially for his [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahLMpX2Z72Q rocking theme song].
* '''Mayor of Freehaven''': Never fights, but manages to be a despicable, memorable villain none the less. Deliberately antagonizes the heroes and screws them over for his own gain knowing they morally can't shoot him. His eventual, well deserved death is glorious.
* '''Cyrus''': The last of Caulder’s clone “family” and the only guy. This is not because Calder wanted to do experiments in creating some kind of incest harem anime scenario, but because [[grimdark| he wanted a backup body to transfer his mind into in case he ever died]]. Unfortunately for him, but fortunately for all other life on earth, Cyrus is a good kid with a conscience who does not suffer from the streak of insanity that runs in the family. Once the old man is dead, [[This Guy|he hands over a cure for the supercharged plant parasite his dad had unleashed and then dies to prevent himself from being body jacked.]]