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=== The Black family ===
* [[Awakening the Sleeping Giant]]: The Circle does this to them thrice over.
* [[Badass Family]]: The most notable members are great fighters, even Stuart Black.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: If you mess up with them or their beloved ones, they'll make you pay. HARD!
* [[Doom Magnet]]: They have a tendency to attract problems wherever they go, however...
** [[Determinator]]: ...they always find a way to solve said problems.
* [[Generational Saga]]: The campaigns in ''Age of Empires III'' and ''The
* [[The Gump]]: Tend to find themselves smack dab in the middle of various important events on American soil.
* [[The Hero]]
* [[The Protagonist]]: Of ''Age of Empires III'' and ''The
==== Morgan Black ====
[[File:Morganblack 4682.jpg|frame]]
{{quote|''"Why do you call me "Frenk"? I’m Scottish, you Turkish dog!"''}}
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A Scotsman born into the Black family, he joined the Knights of St. John at an early age.
In ''Blood
After all's said and done, Morgan and Lizzie have another encounter and [[Babies Ever After|have four sons]], two of which were Phillippe (father of John) and Stuart Black.
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* [[Awful Truth]]: After discovering that {{spoiler|Alain}} is a member of the Circle of Ossus, he swears his revenge for the traitor's manipulation.
{{quote|''"This is Knights' business now. {{spoiler|Alain}} made me a pawn in the Circle's game. He has betrayed the Knights of St. John, and he'll answer for it."''}}
* [[Badass Beard]]: A long beard and great prowess with the sword.
* [[Bonnie Scotland]]: Despite being in the Maltese army, he was born in Scotland. Considering there was no real "Maltese" nation at the time, just the Knights of St. John (a traditional Christian warrior order ALA the [[Knights Templar]] or the Livonian Order) that happened to control Malta after getting kicked off of Rhodes, this isn't that surprising.
* [[Cool Ship]]: The St. Elmo.
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* [[Enemy Mine]]: He fights alongside Lizzie's pirates and the Ottoman Turks against {{spoiler|Alain, who was working for the Circle of Ossus}}.
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]
* [[Knight in Shining Armor]]: An honorable, loyal knight.▼
* [[The Knights Hospitallers]]
▲* [[Knight in Shining Armor]]
* [[The Lancer]]: To Alain. {{spoiler|Up till the end anyway}}.
* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: He is a proud Scottish.
* [[Spin Attack]]: His Oberhau attack, which basically murders everything around him.
==== John Black ====
[[File:JohnBlack 6732.jpg|frame]]
{{quote|'''Kanyenke:''' ''"Too slow, John Black. You were faster once."''
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* [[Bash Brothers]]: With Kanyenke again.
* [[Berserk Button]]/[[Beware the Nice Ones]]: He is said to hold grudges for a long time, and nowhere is this more apparent when he tracks Warwick ''all the way across the North American landmass'' in retaliation for {{spoiler|killing his uncle Stuart}} and kidnapping Nonakhee.
{{quote|''"Nonakhee goes home. [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|This will end badly, and I don't want her to see it
* [[Cold Sniper]]
* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Since he gets cornered in the mountain by Warwick and his troops, he blows the mountain and dies in the process. Amelia, her granddaughter, mentions that he died as a hero}}.
* [[Private Military Contractors]]: He leads a company of these guys.
* [[Rummage Sale Rejects]]
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==== Stuart Black ====
{{quote|''"Stuart may not be the commander my grandfather Morgan was, but if he thinks the colony is threatened, I believe him."''
'''-- John Black''' }}
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Tropes related with him:
* [[Good Old Fisticuffs]]: He fights with his bare fists.
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* [[The So-Called Coward]]: He's a total wimp in every manner imaginable and has nowhere ''near'' the esteem of the rest of his family. But he ''will'' fight for you if you order it, and it's implied that {{spoiler|he resisted the Circle's torture for a fair while before they finally killed him}}.
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==== Amelia Black ====
[[File:Amelia Black 4835.jpg|frame]]
The protagonist of ''Steel'', and the narrator of all the campaigns in both ''Age of Empires III'' and ''
She's the daughter of Nathaniel Black and mother of Chayton Black. Her husband is a Sioux, but he does not make an appearance.
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Tropes related with her:
* [[Action Girl]]: She is skilled with her gun.
* [[Gameplay Ally Immortality]]
* [[Narrator All Along]]: She is the narrator of ''Age of Empires III'' and ''The WarChiefs''.
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: What she seeks after {{spoiler|Cooper's death}}.
* [[Shotguns Are Just Better]]: She fights with a shotgun, and has a special attack with it which has a damage area.
=== Their allies ===
==== Sahin the Falcon ====
{{quote|''"We do not have to fight, Frenk. Do you never question foolish orders?"''}}
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Tropes related with him:
* [[Badass Mustache]]
* {{spoiler|[[Enemy Mine]]}}: {{spoiler|He fights alongside Morgan in the final mission of ''Blood''
** {{spoiler|[[Good All Along]]: It turns out that he was a hero}}.
* [[Impossibly Cool Clothes]]: Among the finest combat-capable wear the Ottomans have to offer.
* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]: He menaces Morgan in ''Blood''. Or would be menacing him if it weren't for the fact that, in addition to being less competent than Morgan, his troops tend to get offed in large numbers by the wildlife, the Spanish, Pirates
* [[The Musketeer]]: He is able both in ranged attacks and hand attacks. He has a special attack with his sword.
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: He always refers to all Europeans, but especially Morgan as 'Frenks', much to Morgan's annoyance.
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[The Rival]]: To Morgan.
** {{spoiler|[[Back-to-Back Badasses]]}}: {{spoiler|Turns out he was [[Good All Along]], and he ends fighting alongside Morgan in the last mission}}.
▲* [[Red Baron]]: "the Falcon"
* {{spoiler|[[What the Hell, Hero?]]}}: {{spoiler|He calls out Morgan for blindly following Alain Magnan's orders, before the reveal}}.
{{quote|''"{{spoiler|Open your eyes! The Circle wants the lake because they think it is the Fountain of Youth! All I have been trying to do is keep it out of the hands of the Circle! And Alain Magnan
==== Elizabeth "Lizzie" Ramsey ====
{{quote|''"Oh, come now; you sent my best ships to the bottom. The least you can owe me is a little civility. Are you going after the treasure fleet?"''}}
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* [[Babies Ever After]]: It's implied by both the events after the Circle's defeat in ''Blood'' and by the narrator herself (Amelia) that she's the mother of Morgan's children. Several sources also tell that Lizzie kept with her two of them, while Morgan kept with him both Philippe and Stuart Black.
* [[Cool Ship]]: Paris Burning. It's named for the city she hates the most.
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: The second time Lizzie and Morgan meet, Lizzie is willing to help Morgan... if he does heroic things in Havana.
* [[Enemy Mine]]: She assists Morgan in the last two missions of ''Blood''.
* [[Guns Akimbo]]: She fights with a pair of pistols.
* [[Pirate Girl]]: She became the leader of a group of pirates to escape from an [[Arranged Marriage]].
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: She has noble blood.▼
▲* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]
==== Kanyenke ====
John Black's most trusted ally.
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* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: With John Black in ''Ice''.
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: In ''Steel'' and ''Fire''.
* [[Badass Native]]: He has a big line of sight and great ability with the bow and the knife.
* [[Bash Brothers]]: With John Black.
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: He's very protective of Nonakhee, and only lets his friend John Black have something with her.
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==== Nonakhee ====
Kanyenke's sister and John Black's "unofficial" girlfriend.
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* [[Damsel in Distress]]: In the third mission of ''Ice'' and the second mission of ''Fire''.
* [[The Heart]]
* [[The Medic]]: She has a special skill to heal. It is mentioned she healed John more than once.
==== Major Cooper ====
Amelia's ally during most of ''Steel''.
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* [[Gameplay Ally Immortality]]
* [[Guns Akimbo]]
* [[Majorly Awesome]]▼
* [[Mook Maker]]: He can train Hussars on the spot.
* {{spoiler|[[Suicidal Overconfidence]]: He tries to stop Beaumont on his own, but does not prepare well and one of the white wolves kill him}}.
▲* [[Majorly Awesome]]
==== Colonel/General [[George Washington]] ====
A Colonel in the British Army during ''Age of Empires III'', General of the Continental Army in ''Fire'', future President of the United States.
Tropes related with him:
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: The last mission of ''Steel''.
* [[Colonel Badass]]: During ''Age of Empires III''.
* [[Cool Sword]]
* [[Four-Star Badass]]: During ''Fire''.
* [[Historical Domain Character]]: Needless to say, he was real.
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Towards Nathaniel Black, during ''Fire''.
==== Simon Bolivar ====
Tropes related with him:
* [[Badass Spaniard]]: Though he's fighting for the freedom of South America.
* [[Gameplay Ally Immortality]]: Though if he goes down in battle, the advance will halt until he's healthy again.
* [[Good-Looking Privates]]
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]
* [[Historical Domain Character]]: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simón_Bol%C3%ADvar Simón Bolívar] was a real figure.
* [[Rebel Leader]]: He is fighting agaist the Spanish domain, just like his real life counterpart.
=== Their enemies ===
==== Francisco Juan Delgado de Leon ====
A spanish conquistador who wants the treasure of the natives for his own personal gain.
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==== The Circle of Ossus ====
* [[Ancient Conspiracy]]: The "Religion of the Circle", which the Circle of Ossus is implied to follow, is a common name for the ancient Celtic faith, or druids.
* [[Elite Mooks]]:
* [[Omniscient Council of Vagueness]]: It's about as vague as is possible for the main antagonists of an entire game.
==== {{spoiler|Alain Magnan}} ====
{{quote|''
Morgan Black's mentor in ''Blood''.
Tropes related with him:
* {{spoiler|[[Ambition Is Evil]]: Wants the [[Fountain of Youth]] for himself}}.
* [[Badass Beard]]: Has one, showing his status as a [[Cool Old Guy]].
** {{spoiler|[[Beard of Evil]]}}
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Was Morgan's mentor and the leader of the Knights of St. John.
* [[Cool Sword]]: He's a cavalry swordsman.
* [[Da Chief]]
* {{spoiler|[[Evil All Along]]}}
* [[Gameplay Ally Immortality]]: In his earlier appearance. Averted later because of the truth about him.
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* [[The Mentor]]: Before he's revealed to be [[Evil All Along]], that is.
* [[The Reveal]]: {{spoiler|He was a member of the Circle of Ossus}}.
==== Warwick ====
{{quote|''"You’re delaying the inevitable. The New World belongs to the Circle of Ossus now."''}}
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Tropes related with him:
* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]: A British governor among the Colonies, though he prefers force and intimidation to diplomacy and subtlety.▼
* [[Exclusively Evil]]
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Attacks a village to capture John Black, who is away. When he sees the John isn't there after all, he burns the village to the ground and {{spoiler|kidnaps, and later kills, Stuart Black
▲* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]: A British governor among the Colonies, though he prefers force and intimidation to diplomacy and subtlety.
▲* [[Kick the Dog]]: Attacks a village to capture John Black, who is away. When he sees the John isn't there after all, he burns the village to the ground and {{spoiler|kidnaps, and later kills, Stuart Black.}}
* [[Killed Off for Real]]
* [[Self-Made Orphan]]: In his backstory, it's implied that he has something to do with the death of his parents.
==== Pierre Beaumont ====
{{quote|''"I will show you how I like to kill."''}}
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Tropes related with him:
* [[Badass]]: Easily capable of holding his own in a fight against muskets and rifles, despite only ever using his knives.
* [[Badass Beard]]: He has a big beard which makes him look more threatening. He is really skilled with knifes.
* [[Evil All Along]]
* [[Evil Smells Bad]]: He hasn't taken a bath for a long time.
* [[Gameplay Ally Immortality]]
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* [[Knife Nut]]: He is very skillful with knives, when he drops them or fights hand to hand.
* [[Smug Snake]]: He's always certain that his traps and soldiers will be able to kill Amelia. They never do.
== Introduced in ''Age
=== The Black family ===
==== Nathaniel Black ====
[[File:Flagnathaniel 3783.jpg|frame]]
{{quote|''"General Washington, my father gave his life to protect the colonies. I would do the same, without hesitation."''}}
The half-Iroquois son of John Black and Nonahkee and the protagonist of ''Fire''. A devoted patriot who fights for the colonists when the [[The American Revolution|revolutionary war breaks out
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Tropes related with him:
* [[Badass Native]]: He, a half Iroquois warrior, was part of the Independence war.
* [[It's Personal]]: Kuechler kidnaps Nonahkee, driving Nathaniel to act with bloody vengeance through the war.
* [[Someone to Remember Him By
=== Chayton Black ===
[[File:ChaytonBlack 6421.jpg|frame]]
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Tropes related with him:
* [[Badass Native]]: He's part Iroquois, part Sioux, and has the Black family's blood in his veins.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Finally comes to the realization that he's been {{spoiler|helping Holme murder innocent Sioux for Holme's personal gain
* [[With Us or Against Us]]: After {{spoiler|Holme's death}}, Custer decides that the time for negotiation with the Sioux is over, and that Chayton will have to side with either the Americans or with the Sioux. {{spoiler|He chooses to stay with the Sioux}}.
=== Their enemies ===
==== Sven Kuechler ====
Leader of the Hessians hired by the British during [[The American Revolution]]. He raids an Iroquois encampment and captures Nonahkee, resulting in [[It's Personal|a grudge from Nathaniel]].
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==== William Holme ====
{{quote|''"Their blood's the same color. It's gold that matters, kid. Only gold."''}}
Tropes related with him:
* {{spoiler|[[Ambition Is Evil]]: He wanted to get the gold from Sioux terrains. He has no problem on killing them for getting that, even if they are innocent}}.
* {{spoiler|1=[[Big Bad]]/[[Evil All Along]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad Friend]]: He uses Chayton for his own ends and turns on him the moment he can no longer manipulate him}}.
* [[Disney Villain Death]]
* [[Gameplay Ally Immortality]]
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==== General George Armstrong Custer ====
Tropes related with him:
* [[Badass Mustache]]: His big mustache.
* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: The final battle in ''Shadow'' is the Battle of Little Bighorn. Guess how it ends.
* [[Historical Domain Character]]: Naturally.
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: He insists on attacking the Sioux despite all.
* [[Lawful Stupid]]
* [[Nice Hat]]
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== Introduced in ''Age
=== Japan ===
==== General Sakuma Kichiro ====
Tropes related with him:
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* [[Gameplay Ally Immortality]]
* [[My Master, Right or Wrong]]
* [[Number Two]]: He is the second most important warrior to Tokugawa.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: His fathers were killed by {{spoiler|his master}}. But he doesn't know this until near the end of the Japanese campaign.
* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]
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==== Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa ====
Tropes related with him:
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==== Daimyo Mototada ====
Tropes related with him:
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==== Other daimyoes and generals ====
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=== China ===
==== Captain Huang Xian ====
Tropes related with him:
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==== Lao Chen ====
{{quote|''"Every time that boy opens his mouth, I want to fill it with my fist."''
'''-- Talking about Jinhai in the cutscene prior to the first mission. And not without reason.''' }}
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** [[Badass Beard]]
** [[Badass Mustache]]
* [[Bald of Awesome]]: He is bald and very strong.
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: See his fighting animations: punches, stomps...
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Gameplay Ally Immortality]]: As per the game's standards. Depleting his (regenerative) health bar only debilitates him.
* [[Good Old Fisticuffs]]: He fights barehanded. His special attack consists on a very potent punch.
* [[The Lancer]]: To Huang.
* [[Older and Wiser]]
* [[Shoryuken]]: His Anchor Punch attack.
* [[This Is Reality]]: He sees the world as it is.
* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: He is shirtless during all the campaign. It may have to do with his work.
==== Admiral Jinhai ====
{{quote|''"I have already had my fill with crowded ports and foreigners. I crave conquest. I crave glory."''}}
Tropes related with him:
* {{spoiler|[[Ambition Is Evil]]: His lust for conquests eventually leads him to betray his own fleet}}.
* [[The Archer]]: In-game fights with an arc.
* [[Badass Longcoat]]: Sans the Badass part, he's a coward.
* [[Gameplay Ally Immortality]]: Cannot be killed, and can regenerate his own HP.
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: In the first cutscene of the China campaign.
{{quote|"You know as well as I do that the Emperor is a pompened old fool."}}
* [[Jerkass]]: He mistreats all his subordinates and is an insufferable person.
* [[Loophole Abuse]]: He tries to do this before {{spoiler|the final mission}}:
{{quote|"It is not mutiny when you are the Admiral!"}}
* [[Rich Bitch]]: Male example. He is insufferable and bratty, so the characters hate him.
* [[Spoiled Brat]]
=== India ===
==== Lt. Nanib ====
Tropes related with him:
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]
* [[The Captain]]: Of the Sepoy forces under Colonel Edwardson's command
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]}}
* [[The Quisling]]: Considered this by the rebels early on.
* {{spoiler|[[Rebel Leader]]: Commands the Sepoy Revolt after defecting from the BEIC forces}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Turned Against Their Masters]]}}
▲* [[The Quisling]]: Considered this by the rebels early on. {{spoiler|That changes when he leads the Sepoy revolt against the British.}}
▲* [[The Lancer]]: To Colonel Edwardson {{spoiler|until the Sepoy Revolt.}}
==== Colonel George Edwardson ====
Tropes related with him:
* [[Colonel Badass]]: Even his subordinates fear him.
* [[Cool Sword]]
* [[Evil Brit]]: As expected from someone integrating the BEIC.
* [[Fearless Fool]]: Keeps fighting until the end. Gets mortally wounded in the final battle and dies after the BEIC falls.
* [[Gameplay Ally Immortality]]: Cannot be killed, and can regenerate his own HP.
* [[Mook Maker]]: He can create Sepoys.
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[Pet the Dog]]: He's actually rather nice to Lt. Nanib at the start of the campaign.
* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]
* [[Start of Darkness]]: Thanks to the death of his brother in his backstory.
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==== Sepoy Pravar Patel ====
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