Dungeons/Characters

A list of characters from Dungeons:

Deimos the Dark Lord
One of the strongest and most dreaded lords of the land, he was betrayed by his concubine Kalypso and banished from his domain. With his loyal army of goblins he has to get his powers and fame back.


 * Asskicking Equals Authority: He'll ascend to the top of the Netherworld by kicking everybody's asses.
 * Badass
 * Blade on a Stick: His weapon is a well-crafted poleaxe with a red stone in it.
 * The Dreaded
 * Elemental Powers
 * An Ice Person: The spells "Freeze" and "Ice Shield".
 * Elemental Punch: "Fire Punch".
 * Playing with Fire: "Fire Ball".
 * Poisonous Person: "Poisonous Arrow".
 * Pure Energy: "Magic Missile".
 * Evil Overlord
 * Flat Character: Sadly he doesn't get much development...
 * Herd-Hitting Attack: The Roundhouse kick.
 * Life Drain: One of his high-level powers.
 * Magic Knight
 * Meaningful Name
 * One-Man Army
 * Orcus on His Throne: At the very beginning of the campaign.
 * Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Against Kalypso, for stealing his throne and kingdom.
 * Soul Jar: The Dungeon's Heart.
 * The Speechless
 * Tin Tyrant
 * Villain Protagonist: Except for the expansion.

The Advisor
Your trusted goblin advisor, he explains the quests and game mechanics to you.


 * Affably Evil: He'll celebrate your victory over your rivals with tea and biscuits.
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer: He's extremely competent, but is the same guy who tried to taste a Jelly Monster to see if it tasted like lemon.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Evil Laugh:
 * Medium Awareness: "Oooh, so much violence in this game!!"
 * Mismatched Eyes: One is white, the other orange. Probably one of them is made of glass.
 * Mr. Exposition
 * Nice Hat
 * Old Retainer
 * The Renfield

Kalypso
Deimos' former lover and a Succubus, she has dumped Deimos and took over the deepest pits of the Netherworld.


 * Affably Evil
 * Alpha Bitch
 * Big Bad: Ok, is Evil vs. Evil, but still...
 * Cute Monster Girl
 * The Danza
 * Final Boss
 * Damage Sponge Boss: 9'999 health points.
 * Horny Devils: She's a Succubus after all...
 * Jerkass: She's incredibly obnoxious, petulant and vain, and she doesn't even praise you when you appease her, unlike the Zombie King or Minos.
 * Weaksauce Weakness: She's very vulnerable to the Sword of Destiny, a weapon which defeated her in the past.
 * Winged Horned Humanoid
 * Weaksauce Weakness: She's very vulnerable to the Sword of Destiny, a weapon which defeated her in the past.
 * Winged Horned Humanoid

The Zombie King
The most prominent Dark Lord in the Catacombs, he's an ancient undead king who rules his domain with hordes of undeads.


 * Authority Equals Asskicking: Played straight in his level, subverted when compared to Minos or Kalypso.
 * BFS: His giant sword.
 * The Dragon: To Minos.
 * Even Evil Has Loved Ones: In one mission he asks you to water the flowers of his wife's tomb.
 * Everything's Better with Spinning: His spin attack.
 * Puzzle Boss
 * Soul Jar: Eight of them (literal jars) and of course the Heart.
 * Stupid Evil: Even your trusted advisor costantly points out how stupid and worm-eaten he is.
 * The Undead
 * Zombie Apocalypse: He can summon zombies and skeletons to fight.

Minos
A fierce, giant minotaur and ruler of the second level, the Sunken Temple.


 * A Load of Bull: He's a minotaur.
 * Annoying Arrows: Has several arrows jutting from his shoulder.
 * The Brute: To Kalypso. In one mission he asks you to smash 30 of your prestige items to amuse him.
 * Chained by Fashion: When you first find him, he's chained to a wall. After freeing himself, he keeps the chains to his wrists and even uses them as flails.
 * Deadly Lunge: His charge attack.
 * Fate Worse Than Death: He's kept alive and chained and has his horns severed.
 * Meaningful Name
 * Mighty Glacier: Can easily kill you with two or three attacks, but he's very slow. And chained to the wall for the first part of the fight. He's also wide open to attacks after wailing around wildly.
 * Shockwave Stomp
 * Turns Red: After his Dungeon Heart is destroyed he frees himself from the chains.
 * Verbal Tic: Sgrunt!
 * Wicked Cultured: Asks you to build up a library, so that monsters won't grow ignorant.
 * With My Hands Tied

Marthas
A paladin from the Neverwicked Mountain monastery. He's persuaded by Deimos to embrace the dark side and leave the light behind.


 * Cool Helmet
 * The Dragon: To Deimos.
 * Escort Mission: There's a couple of missions where you have to escort him to the objective and don't let him die. He's however competent on his own and extremely resistant.
 * Face Heel Turn
 * Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: In the penultimate scenario he's seduced by Kalypso and turned against you.
 * Fallen Hero: He turned to the Dark Side, but, as stated, he has no sons and won't change his name to Darth Whatever.
 * Shoulders of Doom
 * Shout-Out: Mmmh, a paladin who commits a Face Heel Turn named Marthas??

The Goblins
Your trusty, dimwitted servants, which can dig new rooms and keep things running. They can't fight however.


 * Dirty Coward: They run away from any threat.
 * Fat Idiot: Mentioned to have a scarce number of brain cells.
 * Hypercompetent Sidekick: They can refill your gold stash, repair traps, activate pentagrams, take care of armories and so on.
 * Mooks
 * Our Goblins Are Wickeder

Catacomb Monsters
The monsters inhabiting the Catacombs such as Vampire Bats, Jelly Monsters, Skeletons, Rat Men and Guardians. The Dungeon's Guardian is the Undead Butcher.


 * An Axe to Grind: The Butcher.
 * Blob Monster: The Jelly Monsters. And no, as your advisor found out, they do not taste of lemon.
 * Defeat Means Friendship: You can hire an Undead Butcher after defeating the one summoned by the Wizard Magnus Pollenpicker.
 * Dem Bones: Skeletons. They're highly resilient against magic.
 * The Dreaded: Guardians.
 * Eldritch Abomination: Guardians again.
 * Elite Mook: Rat Men, Skeletons and Jelly Monsters.
 * Evil Is Visceral: The Guardians.
 * King Mook: The Undead Butcher and Guardians.
 * Mighty Glacier: Jellies.
 * Rodents of Unusual Size: Rat Men.
 * Underground Monkey: The expansion adds ice-flavored variants of some of these creatures.
 * Weaksauce Weakness: Jellies are weak to Magic damage, while Skeletons are weak to physical damage.

Temple Monsters
The monsters dwelling in the Temple Level such as Flying Snakes, Six-Legged Beasts, Giant Scorpions, Giant Frogs and Living Statues. The Dungeon's Guardian is the Colossus.


 * Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: The Colossi.
 * Blade on a Stick: Living Statues wield a huge pike.
 * Frogs and Toads: Giant Frogs.
 * Informed Ability: Flying Snakes are said to be extremely vicious, but they're actually pretty weak.
 * Living Statue: The Colossus and the Living Statues.
 * Mayincatec
 * Mighty Glacier: The above mentioned Colossus and statues.
 * Mix-and-Match Critters: The Six-Legged beasts are part lions part bulls and have six legs. The Giant Frogs have a bit of Alluring Anglerfish in them.
 * Scary Scorpions
 * Unique Enemy: The Giant Amoeba in the second temple scenario is an oversized Jelly Monster who can split in smaller copies of himself when killed. And each copy can do the same.

Hell Monsters
The monsters residing in the Hell Level such as the Flying Skulls, Demonic Spiders, Imps, Hellhounds and Fire Wyrms. The Heart's Guardian is the Fire Angel.


 * Creepy Centipedes: Fire Wyrms, as in the giant, fire-spitting maggots which fed on the entrails of a rotting dragons corpse.
 * Dem Bones: Flying Skulls.
 * Giant Spider: Demonic Spiders are this plus some humanoid parts.
 * Hell Hound: They only have one head though.
 * In the Hood: The Fire Angel.
 * Legions of Hell
 * One Monster Heroes: The Fire Wyrm can keep heroes busy for a while and even kill them if necessary.
 * Our Angels Are Different: Fire Angels, lost flaming creatures cast down from the heavens. Very undead judging from the look. Is not suggested to invite one of them to stay for dinner.
 * Playing with Fire: Basically everything can spit flames.
 * Whip It Good: The Fire Angel.
 * Unique Enemy: A Dragon in the Sword of Destiny Level. Is actually a gargantuan Fire Wyrm with tons of health points.