Cregan Stark: A Song of Ice and Fire Character Analysis

Race: Northmen

Sex: Male

Faction: House Stark

Rating: 6.4

Alignment: Lawful Neutral

Arena Status: Active (S3)

Cregan Stark stands apart in the history of the Seven Kingdoms as a figure whose power was never rooted in dragons, prophecy, or sorcery, but in will, reputation, and an uncompromising conception of justice. Known in his youth as the Wolf of the North and later remembered as the Old Man of the North, Cregan Stark ruled Winterfell for decades during one of the most turbulent eras in Targaryen history. His brief but decisive intervention at the end of the Dance of the Dragons, remembered as the Hour of the Wolf, left an imprint on Westerosi memory far out of proportion to the short span of days in which it unfolded.

Cregan Stark, the Wolf of the North

Whisper: Black Company Character Analysis

Race: Human (Rust)

Transcendent: Taken

Sex: Female

Faction: Circle of Eighteen / Rebels / The Empire

Rating: 7.3

Alignment: Lawful Evil

Arena Status: Active (S3)

Whisper occupies a singular and unsettling place in the history of the northern wars, standing at the crossroads between rebellion and empire, autonomy and enslavement, brilliance and ruin. To Croaker, who knew her first as an enemy and later as something far worse, she was unforgettable in contradiction. “Whisper replied in a melodious voice that did not at all fit the wide, hard, homely woman,” he writes. “She sounded seventeen and gorgeous, looked forty-five and like she had been around the world three times.” That dissonance, between appearance and effect, between seeming and reality, defines Whisper’s entire arc. She was never merely a sorceress, nor only a general. She was a strategist of rare talent, a political operator of dangerous subtlety, and ultimately the most prominent example of what it meant to be Taken against one’s will.

General Whisper

Tathamet: Diablo Character Analysis

Race: Cosmic Entity

Sex: None

Faction: Burning Hells

Rating: 8.7

Alignment: Chaotic Evil

Arena Status: Active (S3)

Tathamet stands as one of the most mythic, elusive, and primordial figures in the entire Diablo cosmology, a creature so ancient that its existence predates the universe itself. References to the seven-headed dragon appear only in the deepest tomes, whispered by angels, demons, and scholars who sift through fragmented records of Creation’s first war. Though Tathamet never physically appears in any Diablo game, the dragon’s influence permeates every corner of the franchise. From the rotting depths of the Burning Hells to the shadowed pages of the Book of Cain, the narrative arcs of the Prime and Lesser Evils all trace their lineage back to this one definitive being: the original Prime Evil, the Beast, the Dragon that fought Anu in the first age before time.

Tathamet, the Prime Evil

The Absolute: Forgotten Realms Character Analysis

Race: Elder Brain

Sex: None

Faction: Cult of the Absolute

Rating: 8.7

Alignment: Lawful Evil

Arena Status: Active (S3)

The Absolute entered the late Fifteenth Century DR as a whispered presence, a name passed from zealot to zealot with the slippery certainty of something half known and half imagined. Within the Forgotten Realms, those living on the Sword Coast heard of this enigmatic force through scattered accounts of fanatic goblins, cult patrols, and ominous symbols that appeared where none had existed before. Many believed the Absolute to be a divine revelation. Others suspected a new power rising to fill the vacuum left by absent gods. Only later did the truth emerge, revealing a plot rooted in deep time, aberrant biology, and the predatory cunning of an elder brain that had survived far beyond what any mind flayer colony should have endured.

The Absolute

Ketheric Thorm: Forgotten Realms Character Analysis

Race: Half-Elf

Sex: Male

Faction: Cult of the Absolute

Rating: 7.4

Alignment: Lawful Evil

Arena Status: Active (S3)

Ketheric Thorm stands as one of the most tragic, fearsome, and thematically rich antagonists in the late-Fifth Edition era of the Forgotten Realms. His story stretches across centuries, across multiple gods, and across multiple identities. In the mortal world he was a warlord, prophet, and fallen father. In the divine realm he was a weapon, a pawn, and eventually an avatar of one of the most terrifying powers in Faerûn: Myrkul, Lord of Bones. His rise and fall shape the central conflict of Baldur’s Gate 3, where he emerges as the most complex member of the Absolute’s triumvirate. His power, influence, and despair weave together a narrative that merges personal tragedy with apocalyptic ambition. The layers of Ketheric Thorm’s story demand careful unpacking, not only to understand his role in the Absolute Crisis, but to probe how grief, devotion, corruption, and divine manipulation can reshape a man into something unrecognizable.

General Ketheric Thorm