The Digimon Epics Dawn of Dusk/Characters

Dynasmon
"I, Ragna Wrymheart, commander of the Dragon Guardians, declare my loyalty and allegiance fully and totally to the ideals of the Harmonious Republic and to its leaders, the four Sovereign. As long as they may rule, I shall fight in their name against insurgents, dissidents, terrorists, invaders, revolutionaries and all other threats to their benevolent Republic."

Tropes:
"Lionel A truly rousing speech."
 * Frickin' Laser Beams: Dragon Thrower.
 * The Hero
 * Let's Fight Like Gentlemen: He notably disapproves of Amon's 'cowardice'.
 * My Country, Right or Wrong: Despite the Republic's economic turmoil and the clear poverty in the streets, he continues to fight in its name unquestioningly.
 * Our Dragons Are Different
 * Playing with Fire: Via Breath of Wyvern.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: He is reckless, eternally loyal to his nation and a noble fighter who relies on his strength to pull through. The Red to Ruatemn's Blue.
 * Rousing Speech: To the forces of the frontier town. Lampshaded by Lionel.


 * Super Strength
 * Undying Loyalty: To the Republic, as he formally declares in the Royal Hive.
 * War Is Hell: One of his principle beliefs. Even when he accepts he must kill, it is with a noticably cynical air.
 * Wide-Eyed Idealist

Ulforce Veedramon
"Tell me, Lucan, what happens when a tower falls down? You raise a stronger one in its place."

Tropes:

 * Beehive Barrier: Tensegrity Shield
 * Combat Pragmatist: More than willing to Kick Them While They Are Down, and abuse his speed to outpace his opponent.
 * Fantastic Racism: He has this towards non-Dramon due to his upbringing.
 * Jerkass
 * The Lancer
 * Lightning Bruiser: Especially when X-Evolved.
 * Pet the Dog: His reassurance of Ignitus in Chapter 4 is a prime example. He even proudly admits that he's not just, he genuinely wants to help the guy.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: He is pragmatic,  and a pragmatic fighter who relies on speed. Blue to Ragna's Red.
 * Wave Motion Gun: Ray of Victory
 * What the Hell, Hero?: He calls Ragna out on his recklessness as they fly to the frontier town to fight the demons.
 * Wave Motion Gun: Ray of Victory
 * What the Hell, Hero?: He calls Ragna out on his recklessness as they fly to the frontier town to fight the demons.

Tropes:

 * Battle Couple: With Himiko
 * Dark Is Not Evil
 * Dual-Wielding
 * Everything's Better with Samurai
 * Guys Smash Girls Shoot: Played with. Although her swords can become a bow, she very much fights up close and personal more than sniping at range.
 * Les Yay: With Himiko
 * The Smart Guy
 * Sphere of Destruction: Gaia Reactor
 * Sphere of Destruction: Gaia Reactor

Tropes:

 * The Chick
 * Dual-Wielding
 * Everything's Better with Princesses: Formerly a princess
 * Les Yay: With Tomoe
 * Rebellious Princess
 * Our Dragons Are Different
 * Our Dragons Are Different

Tropes:

 * Dishing Out Dirt
 * Flaming Sword
 * Heteronormative Crusader: A fairly mild one, but he condemns Tomoe and Himiko's lesbian relationship (albeit not openly).
 * Jerkass: It really shows in how he dismisses his opponents as scum.
 * Knight in Shining Armor
 * Master Swordsman
 * Playing with Fire
 * Principles Zealot: Homosexuality is wrong to him, end of story.
 * Shout-Out: Named after Sir Lucan
 * Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids: He condemns Ragna's idealism, because he feels it means Ragna accepts things which should be considered unacceptable in Lucan's view (among which is homosexuality).
 * This Is Unforgivable!: When a Knightmon dies next to him in the battle with the demons, Lucan goes mad with rage.
 * This Is Unforgivable!: When a Knightmon dies next to him in the battle with the demons, Lucan goes mad with rage.

Tropes:

 * Giant Flyer
 * Heteronormative Crusader
 * Pragmatic Villainy: He points out to Lucan that they cannot challenge Himiko and Tomoe's relationship while under Ragna's watch.
 * The Smart Guy
 * War Is Hell: Notes this when talking to Balaur, saying that 'war is cruel'.
 * Wide-Eyed Idealist: By his own admission, he used to be this, before settling on a rather more cynical view of the world.
 * You Remind Me of X: Balaur reminds him of himself when he was younger.
 * You Remind Me of X: Balaur reminds him of himself when he was younger.

Tropes:

 * Ascended Fanboy
 * BFG: His cannons. His role among the Guardians is fire support.
 * Black and White Morality
 * Expy: Big orange dinosaur with lots of firepower? Check. Friendly and kind-spirited? Check. Child-like naivety? Check. Makes readers want to hug him? Check. Sounds like a certain Victory Greymon from Unholy Crusade and Devil's Ascent. Word of God says he was partially based off of Tyr, the said Victory Greymon.
 * Naive Newcomer
 * Sixth Ranger: In story, he is the newest of the Guardians
 * Wide-Eyed Idealist: Most notably in his conversation with Guivre in Chapter 4, where he wishes that no-one would have to die.
 * Wide-Eyed Idealist: Most notably in his conversation with Guivre in Chapter 4, where he wishes that no-one would have to die.

Tropes:

 * Revenge: He wants this for the loss of Volsung and Yakami.
 * Nothing Is Scarier: Not knowing the fates of Volsung and Yakami only makes the loss of them hurt more for him.
 * Power Fist
 * Scarf of Asskicking
 * Scarf of Asskicking

Tropes:

 * Badass: No Redshirt Army soldier here, just a knight here to kick ass and take names.
 * Dual-Wielding
 * Necessarily Evil: He justifies war as this.
 * The Strategist: He makes several alterations to Ragna's original battle plan for assaulting the demon fortress to make better use of the Mega Level Dragon Guardians, and specfically exploit Lucan's Burning the Dragon attack.
 * The Strategist: He makes several alterations to Ragna's original battle plan for assaulting the demon fortress to make better use of the Mega Level Dragon Guardians, and specfically exploit Lucan's Burning the Dragon attack.
 * The Strategist: He makes several alterations to Ragna's original battle plan for assaulting the demon fortress to make better use of the Mega Level Dragon Guardians, and specfically exploit Lucan's Burning the Dragon attack.

Tropes:

 * I Have a Family: Namely a sister at the least.
 * Mooks: He's just a normal guy with normal worries.
 * Nominal Importance
 * Shout-Out: To The Legend of Spyro Trilogy.

Tropes:

 * Big Badass Bird of Prey: Garudamon
 * Dark Is Not Evil: Jager Lowemon
 * Our Dragons Are Different: Paildramon
 * Shout-Out: They are all species of main character Digimon from the Digimon anime from Adventure up to Data Squad.
 * Shout-Out: They are all species of main character Digimon from the Digimon anime from Adventure up to Data Squad.

Neo Vamdemon
"Greetings, Ragna Wrymheart. I am Amon Armaros, Scourge of the Night, Lord of Vampires, Prince of the Armaros Dynasty. It is a pleasure to finally meet you. And it shall be a greater pleasure to rip you asunder, paint this field with your blood, and then stake your head to my castle's ramparts. For this day, Ragna Wrymheart... you shall die!"

Tropes:
"Commandramon: Incoming!"
 * Affably Evil
 * Aristocrats Are Evil
 * Dark Is Evil
 * Evil Overlord
 * Flunky Boss: With his Evilvil.
 * I Have Many Names
 * Incoming Ham: Lampshaded
 * Incoming Ham: Lampshaded


 * Large Ham
 * Lunacy
 * Meaningful Name: Amon is the name of a demon, while Armaros is the name of one of the Grigori.
 * Not So Different: Tries to invoke this on Ragna with a Hannibal Lecture, pointing out that in its current state, the Republic is little better than the sort of order a demon would create. Ragna doesn't take kindly to it.
 * Orcus on His Throne: Until Ragna starts to really push his forces.
 * Our Demons Are Different
 * Our Vampires Are Different
 * Wave Motion Gun: Gardiac Raid
 * Winged Humanoid
 * You Have Failed Me
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
 * You Have Failed Me
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness

Tropes:

 * Dark Is Evil
 * Everything's Better with Spinning: Black Tornado
 * The Juggernaut
 * Sphere of Destruction: Terra Destroyer
 * Sphere of Destruction: Terra Destroyer

Tropes:

 * Black Magician Girl
 * Dark Is Evil
 * Evil Sorcerer
 * Evil Sorcerer

Tropes:

 * The Cameo
 * Reasonable Authority Figure
 * Praetorian Guard: His Tiger Vespamon

Tropes:

 * Big Creepy-Crawlies
 * The Cameo: Valra appears just long enough to be recognised by anyone who's read Civil War.
 * Shout-Out: Maximus and Alcinous.
 * Theme Naming: All of Terminius' Tiger Vespamon have Roman names, Pliny, Petronius, Maximuus, except one.

Tropes:

 * C-List Fodder: Really the fact he's defeated halfway through Chapter 1 ought to indicate this.
 * Flunky Boss: He hardly does any fighting by himself and when he does, he's totally outmatched by the Guardians.
 * From Nobody to Nightmare: He's meant as a serious threat to the Royal Hive, managing to hijack members of Terminus' Praetorian Guard and the kingdom's fearsome black-ops with his ability. And he came out of nowhere.
 * More Than Mind Control: His ability to take control of Terminus' soldiers forces the intervention of the Guardians.
 * Shock and Awe
 * Shout-Out: To Cardfight Vanguard.
 * The Worf Effect: The whole reason he's even in the story is to show how awesome the Guardians are. Word of God admits this.