Heroes of Newerth/Characters/IP

This is part of the character sheet for Heroes of Newerth. Under construction, as new characters are added quite frequently. The list goes in alphabetical order, with this page comprised of letters "I" through "P".

Jeraziah
King Jeraziah, the hope of humanity and one of the two leaders of the new Legion, is not just a mighty warrior but also the chosen of Sol himself. Charged with divine fervor and favor, he rallies his men and wreaks havoc among the daemons. The light that shines forth from him leads all toward victory, and represents the dawning of a new day, one without cloud or shadow.

Keeper of the Forest
An ancient protector of the forest, the Keeper fights to save the lush lands of Newerth he has tended to his whole long life. Possessing a spiritual link to the trees, the Keeper has the ability to see what they see, be hidden amongst them, and even use them as brutal weapons to aid him in battle.

Kraken
A scourge upon the seas of Newerth, the Kraken consumed countless victims who were unfortunate enough to travel his waters. Though he be ashore, the Kraken brings the wrath of the ocean to the battlefield, dragging his enemies to depths unknown, unseen, and unwanted.

Legionnaire
Legionnaires, the namesakes of the Legion itself, bring unflinching power to the battlefield. With their massive battle-axes, these warriors spread carnage among their foes and cleave bloody swaths through enemy ranks. Even those daemons born of fear itself can be terrified by these heroes of the Legion.

Magebane
A keeper of lost lore and a priest to forgotten gods, Magebane invokes unholy rituals to drain the energy of his enemies and turn it back against them. In less desperate times, heretics such as Magebane would have been burned at the stake, but this is not the first unexpected clemency brought about by the war against the Hellbourne.

Magmus
The primordial and elemental creature known as Magmus is no demon, though he fights alongside the Hellbourne. Rather, he was drawn forth from the earth, as evil calls to evil and separate flames join to form an inferno. A holdover from an ancient, cataclysmic age of fire, Magmus dreams of returning Newerth to ash, lava, and cinder, and he wields his considerable might and magic in that terrible cause.

Maliken
Once the greatest defender of mankind and lord over the entire Legion, Maliken walked too close to the darkness and was claimed by it. Now he is nothing more than a slave among the damned -- but his incredible might has only grown in his downfall. Wielding a damned sword fed by his own damned soul, Maliken is the bane of the very heroes he once led into battle.

One Winged Angel: His ultimate ability, Metamorphosis, transforms him into large, horned, winged demon.

Throwing Your Sword Always Works: Helped by the fact that his sword always returns to him and that he can teleport to wherever it happens to be.

Martyr
Few clergy of Sol burn with such brilliance that they may ascend to the highest orders of priesthood. Even fewer dare gift their own souls to the Legion, braving an eternity in damnation so that others may prosper in turn. The few who do earn the forsaken title of the Martyr, wielding a battle-ready relic in one hand and carrying the Codex Solaris in the other. To certain death they march; and some say, with more fervor than those who march towards life.

Associated tropes:


 * Desperation Attack: Retribution does more damage and slows for more the less health you have.
 * Heroic Sacrifice: Obviously.
 * My Death Is Just the Beginning: Sacrificial Lamb buffs all surrounding allies' attack speed and movement speed after you die.
 * Taking the Bullet: Guardian Angel redirects a percentage of all damage recieved by the target to you.
 * Martyrdom Culture
 * Stone Wall: With all the self-sacrificing that you're going to be doing, building for this is mandatory.
 * Throw the Book At Them: Basic attack.

Monkey King
Borne of bestial nobility and blessed with the gift of immortality from the fruit of the Sefir Tree, the Monkey King once wrought a burning trail of havoc that stretched from the mortal plane to the heavens before he was imprisoned for his actions. In an act of repentance, he earned his freedom by accepting the tutelage of Ophelia, who seared onto his forehead a golden seal to control his primal urges. Bound to his new mistress, the Monkey King begins his great journey with renewed strength and zeal.

Moon Queen
The insectoid Moon Warriors never entered into the great war between Man and Beast, but when the Hellbourne threatened Newerth, their very queen emerged to lead her people against the daemons. With powers drawn from the moon and from the shared will of her hive, this strange creature is a mighty boon for the Legion.

Moraxus
Leaving a trail of headless and maimed corpses in his wake, the blade-throwing Moraxus is among the most feared of the Hellbourne daemons. Some speculate he was once a Beast, transformed by sheer agony in the pits of hell. Others claim he is an elemental creature of warfare itself. Whatever his origin, Moraxus is an unstoppable, implacable foe.

Myrmidon
Myrmidon's allegiance to the Legion was always tenuous at best; the sharkman's joy in the carnage of combat left many suspicious. It was not until a Legion sorcerer uncovered that Myrmidon was himself a member of a shadowy race of deep-sea daemons that true panic set in, but by then it was too late. A trail of blood and devastation marked Myrmidon's escape to the ranks of the Hellbourne. Now, wielding the destructive might of a tsunami, he wreaks havoc among those who once claimed him as an ally.

Night Hound
Scurrilous rumors of unnatural parentage have haunted this proud, leonine warrior his entire life. He long served in the Beast Horde as a shadowy scout and assassin before taking on a comparable role in the new Legion. Wherever he came from, Night Hound is a welcome ally and a deadly foe.

Nomad
The battle-hardened hunter of a hundred clashes first appeared on a dusky eve, a lone messenger and executioner to the Legion from vast desert wastes. Rumored to serve no one, and not unlike the very Sand Wraith he hunts, the Nomad's stern and offsetting demeanor has yet to gain him the trust of Legion soldiers. Nonetheless, his eagle-like reflexes and the swiftness with which he swings his gargantuan blade have made believers of heathens yet.

Nymphora
Nymphora has long been a protectress of Newerth's secret beauties, its secluded glades and crystal springs. One might think that the paragon of butterflies and skylarks would have little role in the brutal carnage that has engulfed the world, but one need only see the tiny fangs revealed by her smile to know that she holds secret dangers of her own.

Ophelia
Few are those who do not know of Ophelia, Queen of the Beast Horde and sister to Jeraziah. Though numerous are her talents, she is most revered for her innate ability to commune with all things natural. Both a warrior and a leader, Ophelia wields these powers over nature to serve the Legion by healing allies and recruiting the wild denizens of Newerth to their cause.

Pandamonium
The last of a race of warrior-monks sworn to a chaste existence in the misty Sang-La mountains, Pandamonium has left his bamboo groves for the battlefield. He moves with a grace that belies his great stature and strikes with fury surprising in one with such an apparently gentle nature. And though he is a creature of few words, the Beasts put great stock in his wisdom.

Parasite
While the world above burned, within the deepest crevices of Newerth an abominable conglomeration of sentient gels, pathogens, and other lurkers of the deep simmered in a primoridial pool, slowly evolving and multiplying. From this cesspool emerged the Parasite, sickeningly intelligent and chaotically evil.

Pebbles
The elemental creatures of Newerth have long kept away from mortal struggles, seeking instead to heal the destruction left in their wake. In the current war, however, some elementals have taken arm against the daemons, and the huge and implacable Pebbles is one of them.

Pestilence
Once a councilor to the Moon Queen, Pestilence betrayed his people -- for as a male, he could never have come to rule them himself. With his own powers augmented by the Hellbourne, he is as strong as the queen he served in the past. But his arts are unholy: mindless, ravenous insects he calls forth, cruel and violent skills he deploys.

Pharaoh
The Hellbourne unearthed this creature from the shifting sands of the Great Waste. He could originally speak but a single word, which has become his name -- Pharaoh. It seems he must once have been a mighty king, wrapped as he is in golden finery, but now he is simply a monster, summoning forth his dead servants from the grave and conjuring fire and fear across the land.

Plague Rider
The pestilential stench of the Plague Rider can be smelled for miles, a foul warning of the diseases following in its wake. Mounted atop his undead steed, carried aloft on a stinking cloud of flies, the Plague Rider sows sickness among friends and enemies alike, all with the end of spreading disease across the lands of Newerth.

Associated tropes:


 * Dracolich: He rides one.
 * Doubles as a disease factory.
 * Herd Hitting Attack: Plague Carrier. Expect to die if you're close to anything that it can bounce off of.
 * Plaguemaster
 * Elemental Barrier: Cursed Shield.
 * Universal Poison: Works on everything from humans to undead treants to extradimensional beings.
 * Poison Is Corrosive

Pollywog Priest
For centuries, every great Frog of the marsh peoples has wielded both political and magical power as the chief priest of the Wild Cults. Called upon by his Beast brethren in this time of war, the Pollywog Priest has come forth to use those powers in defense of his people and Newerth itself.

Predator
With huge, lance-like claws of solid bone emerging from their forearms, and spikes fit to impale the strongest foe spread across their hard shell, Predators seem more like daemons than Beasts. The men who fight beside them look at them with recollected fear from the days the Predators hunted humans, not daemons. But the hunger, speed, and rage they bring to bear against the Hellbourne are a welcome boon.

Puppet Master
Although all the daemons of the Hellbourne ranks are terrifying, few deserve to be called "creepy." Yet that is the best word for the Puppet Master, whose smirks and gibbers and cackles of glee bespeak not just the specter of death, but something worse. His puppets are offenses to life -- either false things imbued with stolen life, or living things twisted to his will.

Pyromancer
For centuries, the Sacred Order has recognized the "Flame-Touched," those men and women filled with a burning, if more than slightly mad, devotion to Sol. Those Flame-Touched who serve in the Legion are more commonly called Pyromancers for their mastery over fire, and creatures strongly attuned to that element.