Types of Heroes D-F

An alphabetical listing of heroes by type.

D

 * Damsels in distress: A female hero who is often placed in danger.
 * Daughter of a Villain: A female hero, whose father or mother is the villain.
 * Deceased Heroes: Heroes that have died and have remained dead.
 * Defectors: Heroes who orginally worked for evil, but left when they realised they were on the wrong side.
 * Defenders: A hero who fights for the defense of others.
 * Deicidal Heroes: Heroes who have slain evil deities.
 * Deities: A hero who is a or considered a god.
 * Demigods: A hero, who one of there parents is a god and the other is mortal.
 * Demons: A infernal creature, normally a force for evil, some however chose to be a force for good.
 * Destiny Defiers: Heroes who attempt to defy a fated event or other individuals.
 * Destructive Heroes: Heroes who cause a lot of destruction in the pursuit of good.
 * Detectives: A hero who achieves through solving crimes.
 * Determinators: Heroes, who don't give up reguardless of how hard it gets.
 * Deuteragonists: The Second most important hero in the story.
 * Dimwits: A hero who not often (or never) uses their heads. They are also called "idiots".
 * Dinosaurs: A hero who happens to be a dinosaur.
 * Disciplinarians: A hero or heroes who instill discipline to those who act out or to those that are immature.
 * Doctors: A hero, who is trained in medicine and uses there skills to help people.
 * Dragons: A fantasy monster who breathes fire and also portrayed as heroes in cartoons, movies, and video games.
 * Dreaded Heroes: Heroes who are the most feared characters and also recognized as well as feared for their great skills and for their legendary achievements in their lives.
 * Dual-Wielders: Heroes who can wield two weapons at once, one in each hand.

E

 * Eco-Warriors: Heroes/heroines who actively combat pollution or stop abuse of their environment and preserve natural beauty.
 * Egalitarian Heroes: A hero who believes in (and often fights for) equality and freedom for all.
 * Egomaniacs: Heroes who are completely obsessed with themselves.
 * Elastic Heroes: A hero who can stretch its body.
 * Electrokinetic Heroes: A hero who can control or manipulate electricity.
 * Elementals: A hero who can manipulate the elements.
 * Elves: A hero who is an elf.
 * Emotionless Heroes: A hero who has no or very little emotion.
 * Empowered Heroes: A hero who is enhanced and granted some form of power.
 * Empowered Normal Badass: Same as the Normal Badass, except they gain superpowers from some supernatural force or other circumstances.
 * Evil exterminators: A hero who strives to destroy evil.
 * Exorcists: A Hero who actively combats otherworldly evils trying to gain an anchor in the physical world.
 * Extremists: Anti-heroes who take extreme measures to accomplish their goals.

F

 * Faceless Heroes: A hero who lacks a face.
 * Failure-Intolerant Heroes: A hero who will no except a single loss to evil.
 * Fairies: A hero who belongs to the class of magical beings called fairies.
 * Fallen Heroes: A hero who has lost there way and potentially been corrupted.
 * False Antagonist: A hero who initially appears to be antagonistic but turns out to be good.
 * False Protagonist: A hero who initially appears to be the main hero, but is not.
 * Falsely Accused Heroes: A hero who is accused of a crime they did not commit.
 * Fan Heroes: A character who fans perceive as a hero, or more heroic than it was intended.
 * Feline Heroes: A hero who belongs to the cat family.
 * Feminists: A hero who loves and respects women, and strongly believes in there rights.
 * Femme Fatale: Female heroes who use the benign power of her sexuality in order to ensnare the hapless villain into danger.
 * Ferals: A hero who lacks obvious intelligence, and acts animalistic.
 * Fictional Fictional Heroes: A hero who is fictional in the world they are in.
 * Fighter: A hero skilled in hand to hand combat who uses there skills to fight evil.
 * Food Heroes: A hero who is composed of food.
 * Force of Nature: A hero that embodies nature itself.
 * Former Slaves: Heroes who start off living their lives as slaves, mostly as a servant to the villain or put into hard labor, until they are freed, usually by the hero (or some other character).
 * Fragment Heroes: A hero who is the embodiment or fraction of other characters.
 * Freedom Fighters: A hero who fights against oppression and for freedom.
 * Friend of a Villain: A hero who is or was a friend of the villain, confrontations with the villain can be particularly hard because of this, but its also possible there friendship can sometimes redeem the villain.
 * From Zero to Hero: A hero who was orginally a nobody.
 * Fusion: A hero who is the result of combining two or more beings.