Eternal Darkness/Characters: Difference between revisions

=== Alexandra Roivas - 2000 A.D. ===

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{{quote| ''"Well, you'd better find out who did this. I'm not leaving Rhode Island until you do."''}}

* [[Badass Normal]]: She may tread into [[Badass Bookworm]], being that she's working towards a degree in abstract mathematics. [[Like Father, Like Son|Like Grandfather, Like Granddaughter]], really.

* [[Hot Chick Withwith a Sword]]

* [[Meaningful Name|Meaningful]] [[Sdrawkcab Name]]

* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Screams this almost verbatim after {{spoiler|killing Pious and allowing the Ancient of the alignment you've cleared get destroyed... by its rival (another Ancient), whom ''Alexandra herself'' [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|released into our dimension]]. She freaks out as she sees horrible visions of the future, where the Ancient she's released is ripping humanity a new one.}}.

* [[Nested Story]]: Every other character's chapters are explored from within her own chapter, "A Death in the Family...".

* [[Raised Byby Grandparents]]: After her parents died, Edward raised her.

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: She goes from a college student/mathemetician who just ended up tangled up in the business of the Ancients to mowing down zombies with a shotgun (or other firearm of choice), and finally {{spoiler|killing [[Eldritch Abomination|Cthulhu]]'s [[The Dragon|Dragon]] with a little help from ghosts of past Chosen and an [[Infinity Plus One+1 Sword|enchanted gladius]]}}.

=== Dr. Edward Roivas - 1952 A.D. ===

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{{quote| ''"The Guardians grow restless. Their time once again near. Whether by fate or misfortune, my family has crossed their path... and they didn't take kindly to it."''}}

* [[BFG]]: The Elephant Gun. You have 3three guesses as to [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|what it was designed to take down]]. If not properly braced, the recoil will knock you flat on your back. And ''damn'' does it pack one hell of a punch. And that's ''before'' you enchant it. Enchanted, it has a decent chance of scoring a [[One -Hit Kill|one hit kill]] on pretty much any enemy.

* [[Booze -Based Buff]]: He has a flask of "Liquid Courage" to restore sanity. Might also double as [[Bottled Heroic Resolve]].

* [[Glass Cannon]]/[[Squishy Wizard]]: Edward has access to two of the most powerful guns in the game: the double shotgun and the elephant gun. His magick and sanity meters are also large, but he ties for the smallest health meter in the game. ''Do not'' let him get hit by a Horror or a powerful Magickal Attack unless he has a shield in place.

* [[Meaningful Name|Meaningful]] [[Sdrawkcab Name]]

** [[My Death Is Only the Beginning]]: {{spoiler|Then again, theThe ending of his chapter implies that he was fully aware that the ancient was going to kill him, yet allowed it to happen anyway to further his plan to counter Pious' plan.}}.

* [[Spirit Advisor]]: {{spoiler|While all of the Chosen who die serve as this to some extent at the very end of the game,}}, Edward appears to Alexandra at times as she reads chapters in the [[Tome of Eldritch Lore|Tome of Eternal Darkness]], at first with comforting words, but then he gets increasingly creepy; {{spoiler|by the end, he sounds exactly like Pious.}}.

=== Pious Augustus - 26 B.C. ===

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{{quote| ''"Face me and you shall surely perish."''}}

*** [[Big Bad Duumvirate]]: Despite the split personalities, Xel'lotath does seem to treat Pious as a marginal equal to it.

** [[Yes ManDragon-in-Chief]]: ToTowards UlyaothChattur'gha.

* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: ALL of the Ancients treat him like crap, no matter how vital he is to their plans. Specifically, Chattur'gha thinks Pious' plans are unnecessary nitpicking, Ulyaoth reduced him to a groveling ass kisser, and working with someone with a split personality would be trying for ANYBODY as shown with Xel'lotah, who also enjoys reading his mind.

** It happens again later {{spoiler|when Alex sees that he was really appearing to her in the guise of Edward.}}.

* [[Heroic Spirit]]: Pious is the only playable character who completely lacks a [[Sanity Meter]].

* [[Nerves of Steel]]: Pious is the only character without a sanity bar. In gameplay terms, this essentially means that when terrifying undead monsters rise up to fight him, he is immune to their attacks on his mind and simply begins killing them without a second thought. Being a Roman Centurion (and thus the only career solider among the playable characters) might help with this. Either that, or he was already insane to begin with. He hears the Ancients calling to him before he makes it into the shrine where the Artifacts are kept, but doesn't seem to think much of it...

* [[Start of Darkness]]: He is the first character in the tome you play as, and in it, you witness him set the plot in motion by getting lichified.

=== Ellia - 1150 A.D. ===

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{{quote| ''"I only wish something that fantastic and of higher purpose could happen to me."''}}

* [[Miles to Go Before I Sleep]]: She was conscious the entire time she held Mantorok's essence. 800+ years before, she could lay down her burden.

* [[Stripperiffic]]: Ellia isn't exactly dressed for the occasion. [[Justified Trope|Justified]], since a Cambodian dancer slave from 1150 ADA.D. would probably be forced to dress like that.

=== Anthony - 814 A.D. ===

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{{quote| ''"If this was meant for Charlemagne then what will become of him?! I have to warn him of this treachery!"'' }}

* [[Eye Scream]]: One of the gemstones needed for a puzzle in Paul's chapter is lodged inside of Anthony's eye socket. [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|The red one, of course.]].

* [[Lightning Bruiser]] -> [[Mighty Glacier]]: As the scroll's curse takes hold, he gets progressively slower. However, heHe has average to above-average meters in all three main stats, the second-best melee weapon in the game, and the curse will also revive him from death if he is killed.

* [[Sacrificial Lion]]

=== Karim - 565 A.D. ===

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{{quote| ''"The things I do for love..."''}}

* [[Dual -Wielding]]: His Tulwars.

* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Gives up his life to spend the next millennium guarding the Artifact from the Anicents. The things he does for love}}.

=== Dr. Maximilian Roivas - 1760 A.D. ===

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{{quote| ''"Dear god, I had to do it... had to..."''}}

* [[The Colonial Period]]: His chapter, "The Lurking Horror", which [[Homage|is only appropriate]] since this same time period figured into several [[HPH.P. Lovecraft]] backstories.

* [[Go Mad Fromfrom the Revelation]]

* [[Large Ham]]: For an extra helping of ham, listen to his narration of the autopsies. He's overweight, too.

* [[Meaningful Name|Meaningful]] [[Sdrawkcab Name]]

* [[Well -Intentioned Extremist]]: What got him sent to the asylum? He murdered his entire serving staff, convinced they were all infested with Bonethieves. Some of the staff were likely possessed but evidence suggests that innocent people were among those killed. He may have felt he couldn't take the chance given the stakes, but that defense doesn't work too well in court.

=== Dr. Edwin Lindsey - 1983 A.D. ===

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* [[Badass Normal]]: Can be applied to virtually any PC in this game, but Lindsey is a special case because he not only lives, but shows virtually no negative side effects from his little jaunt into a [[Cosmic Horror Story]].

* [[Crazy Prepared]]: A Remington M-870 shotgun, a Colt .45, a [[Kukris Are Kool|kukri]], a torch, and his archaeologist's brush. And that's just his starting equipment.

* [[Last -Name Basis]]: The good Dr. Lindsey is even addressed in the game's text as just "Lindsey".

=== Paul Luther - 1485 A.D. ===

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{{quote| ''"I managed to find remnants of his journal and it all points to [[Devil in Plain Sight|Augustine's]] involvement with a paganistic cult operating inside the Cathedral!"'' }}

* [[The Many Deaths of You]]: Paul, depending on Pious' given Ancient, can die in three different ways -- byways—by getting flattened under the red Guardian's claw, stomped by the blue Guardian's foot, or [[Your Head Asplode|His Head A Sploded]] psychically by the green Guardian.

* [[Mercy Kill]]: He does this for {{spoiler|Anthony}}, finally putting him out of his misery and offering him last rites.

* [[The Spanish Inquisition]]: His chapter, "Heresy!", albeit technically in France.

=== Roberto Bianchi - 1460 A.D. ===

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{{quote| ''"The foundations are infested! Demons and devils! Many lives will be lost if you try to build there!"''}}

* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Roberto has above-average health, average sanity, ties for the smallest magick meter in the game, is extremely slow-- (even moreso than Maximillian--), and he tires quickly. His two primary weapons are a saif sword and crossbow. The saif causes decent damage but has a very wide swinging arc, and it often gets caught on walls in narrow corridors. The crossbow also inflicts good damage, but it only holds one round and has a very long reload time.

* [[Renaissance Man]]: Literally;: he's a Venetian architect during the period of the Renaissance.

* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: Despite eventually completing the task at hand, he ends up dead for his troubles anyways.

=== Peter Jacob - 1916 A.D. ===

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{{quote| ''"...And that was how I came by it. I know it sounds crazy but there you have it."''}}

* [[Badass Normal]]: A VERY common trait in this game, but Peter gets special appreciation for [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|punching out an Eldritch abomination]] that demolished a previous character in no time flat after fighting through one of the most combat-intensive levels in the game, and for actually SURVIVING into ripe old age with fairly few problems.

* [[World War OneI]]: His chapter, "The War to End All Wars.".

=== Michael Edwards - 1991 A.D. ===

* [[Better to Die Than Be Killed]]: Originally planned for Michael suiciding in front of Edward; changed to leave his fate ambiguous when this proved "too depressing.".

* [[BFG]]: The OICW. Wow, that is a hell of a gun. There are multiple settings --: single-shot, burst shot, and full automatic. It even has a ''grenade launcher''. The downside? When you run out of ammo, you are out for good, because there is none lying around. Good thing you start with a lot.

* [[PowerupPower-Up Letdown]]: Most characters receive the Tome straightaway and can start casting magic before facing any monsters. Michael, however, must first endure enough rooms in the Forbidden City to complete a puzzle, and even then, his [[Mana Meter]] runs out quickly.

'''===Common Tropes:'''===

* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: Based off of [[HPH.P. Lovecraft]], so naturally.

* [[Elemental Rock -Paper -Scissors]]: Each of the three primary ancients (excluding Mantorok) is strong against one and weak against one of the other Ancients.

* [[The End of the World Asas We Know It]]: Each primary Ancient is trying to bring it about. {{spoiler|Mantorok's goals are still unknown.}}.

=== Mantorok ===

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* {{spoiler|[[The Chessmaster]]}} : {{spoiler|Mantorok subtly moves his various pawns against his enemies across time and space. Not only that, but it also ensures that the other Ancients simultaneously destroy each other in parallel universes. This makes it the victorious sole survivor across reality.}}.

* [[De -Power]]: Due to being bound by Pious, Mantorok can no longer fuel [[Summon Magic]].

=== Chattur'gha ===

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{{quote| ''"It is of no matter, for the power I will wield on my return will crush all that oppose me."''}}

* [[Might Makes Right]]: A firm believer in it's strength being the only real quality required to overcome it'sits enemies. This is true when he encounters Xel'lotath, but not so much against Ulyaoth.

=== Ulyaoth ===

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{{quote| ''"The Universe is a yawning chasm, filled with emptiness and the purile meanderings of sentience."''}}

* [[Portal Cut]]: Ulyaoth's preferred method of attack. It is also a fan of [[Frickin Laser Beams|Frickin' Laser Beams]].

* [[Smug Snake]]: In conversations between Pious and Ulyaoth, Pious is a [[Yes -Man]] and merely listens to whatever orders that the Ancient supplies. On the rare occasion that Pious does offer a (usually good) suggestion, Ulyaoth always treats him with disdain.

=== Xel'lotath ===

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{{quote| ''"He lies... as do well all."''}}