Editing Characters of Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (section)

==Characters appearing in both games==

===Admiral Spire===

[[Image:BFGASpire.jpg|100px|thumb|right|Your dude, right here]]

Your player character for the Imperial campaign(s), '''Admiral Spire''' was the captain of a [[Imperial Navy Light Cruiser|Dauntless Light Cruiser]] called in to investigate an Orbital Station that Sector High Command suddenly lost all contact with. Encountering the forces of the [[Chaos|Great Enemy]], Spire and his ships managed to get word to Sector High Command about the impending danger the Gothic Sector was about to face.

After a very intensive... ''job interview'' care of the Inquisition due to his origins (Spire was born of a world with a history of sedition), Spire was promoted by Lord Admiral Cornelius Von Ravensburg to Admiral, and tasked with defending the Gothic Sector against the forces of [[Abaddon the Despoiler]]. When Warp Storms isolate the sector, and the [[Fleets of Chaos]] [[Black Crusade|broke upon its worlds]], Spire rose to the challenge, and helped drive the Traitor forces back, though at great cost.

Given that the Gothic War lasted '''twenty years''', one can imagine that was a lot of work done.

In the wake of the [[Gothic War]], Admiral Spire led his ship in pursuit of Abaddon's retreating forces. Somewhere along the way he ran afoul of one of Abaddon's Chosen, Lord Ravager Devram Korda, and would have died had it not for the intervention of the [[Blood Angels]] fleet.

He recovered, and renewed his pursuit. Eight hundred years had passed since then, and what became of the Admiral was unclear...

[[Image:BFGA2Spire.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Your dude, crustier version.]]

...Until that is, when his [[Imperial Navy Cruiser|Lunar-class Cruiser]] manages to break out of the Warp, [[Age of the Dark Imperium|into a very VERY changed galaxy]].

With [[Cadia]] in ruins, and the [[Fleets of Chaos]] running roughshod over the Imperium in the wake of the birth of the [[Great Rift]], Spire is faced with the monumental task of rebuilding the Imperium's space fleets, and taking the fight back to its enemies.

In-game, Spire is characterized as soft-spoken, dutiful and loyal, he is very religious showing a lot of faith in the Emprah but also quite open-minded for an [[Imperial Navy]] man. He is willing to set aside racial enmities and ally with Xenos, if the end result ultimately benefits the Imperium. That said, his patience for BS does have its limits.

===Commodore Kage===

Spire's second-in-command and trusted aide, Kage is the one who manages the day-to-day running of whatever ship the Admiral is using. While as loyal and dutiful as his commander, Kage is always ready with a wry quip or comment on the events occurring around him.


===Magos Crawn===

The [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] magos assigned to Spire's ship, he's the one responsible for keeping its systems working. As unemotional as one would expect from a Mechanicus drone, Crawn does have his moments of awe or surprise.


===Prince Eldrathain Voidstinger===

The leader of a significantly-sized Corsair fleet, Eldrathain aligns his forces with Spire's in face of the greater threat that Abaddon posed. His Corsairs play an important part in routing the Chaos forces during the battles of Gethsemane and Schindlegeist, and eventually clearing the sector of Chaos remnants.

The first game gives the player the option of annihilating Eldrathain's Corsairs, but the canon result is that the Eldar (thanks to nudging by Craftworld [[Ulthwe]]) ally with Imperial forces, so...

A much older Eldrathain returns in the second game, pleasantly surprised at Spire's return. Though ostensibly on opposite sides again because of a certain Craftworld Os'Tara, [[Love Can Bloom|he looks forward to "dancing" with Spire once more]]. He eventually introduces Spire to Yvraine and the [[Ynnari]], and is instrumental in brokering an alliance.


===[[Abaddon the Despoiler]]===

The main antagonist of both games, Abaddon the Despoiler is the Warmaster of [[Chaos]], leader of the [[Black Legion]], and Commander of the [[Fleets of Chaos|Black Fleet]]. Ancient, powerful, and with a chip on his shoulder ten millennia old, Abaddon [[Black Crusade|set his sights]] [[Gothic War|upon the Gothic Sector]] thanks to the urgings of a certain [[Mephet'ran|troll]].

What followed was almost two decades of fire and anguish for the people of the sector. While his fleets were ''eventually'' driven back by an alliance between the [[Imperial Navy]] and the Eldar, Abaddon still sort of wins, as he was able to abscond with two [[Blackstone Fortress]]es, while he destroyed the rest, and left the defenses of the Gothic Sector in tatters. [[Just as Planned]].

At the end of the 41st Millennium, Abaddon makes [[Black Crusade|another play against the Imperium]], and ''this time'', [[Gathering Storm|mostly succeeds]], thanks to blowing up [[Cadia]]. With his Chaos fleets now running rampant across the Segmentum thanks to the [[Great Rift]], Spire now has to clean up the mess he left behind. The finale to the second game in the Imperial campaign gives Spire a chance to end the Despoiler's rampage once and for all, as usual, Failbaddon is quite a bad boss, with his minions used as cannon fodder while he gloats about how he cannot be beaten by any mortal being from the bridge of his flagship, of course (if you play the game right) having the Maccrage's Honour and a score of battleships at your side makes the Vengeful Spirit look less impressive than it ought to be.