Heroes
Main Game Concept, Journeys in the Dark
I - Rules
(see JITD, p. 6; RTL, p. 8)
In vanilla Descent, heroes can be dealt randomly or chosen by the hero players as stated in step 2a of the Game Setup.
Road to Legend
Each hero player draws three hero sheets at random and chooses one of them to play for the duration of the Advanced Campaign. The players may confer with each other while choosing. If there are fewer than four players, some players must control extra heroes to bring the total number to four. Such players separately draw three hero sheets and choose one for each hero they will control.
II - References
Here is the complete list of heroes in Descent. Sort by clicking on any header or sort multiple columns simultaneously by holding down the shift key and clicking a second, third or even fourth column header.
| Heroes | Expansion | Wo | Fa | Ar | Sp | Me | Ra | Ma | Fi | Su | Wi | Va |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andira Runehand | JITD | 12 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Arvel Worldwalker | TOI | 12 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Aurim | AOD | 8 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Battlemage Jaes | JITD | 12 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Bogran the Shadow | JITD | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Brother Gherinn *** | promo | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Brother Glyr | WOD | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Challara *** | promo | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Corbin | AOD | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Eliam | AOD | 12 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Grey Ker | JITD | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Hugo the Glorious *** | promo | 20 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ispher | JITD | 12 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Jonas the Kind * | promo | 16 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Karnon | TOI | 16 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Kirga | AOD | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Krutzbeck *** | promo | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Landrec the Wise | JITD | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Laughin Buldar | TOI | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Laurel of Bloodwood | WOD | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Lindel *** | promo | 16 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Lord Hawthorne | WOD | 16 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Lyssa | JITD | 8 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mad Carthos | JITD | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Mordrog | JITD | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Nanok of the Blade | WOD | 16 | 4 | * | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Nara the Fang ** | SOB (promo) | 12 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Okaluk and Rakash | TOI | 16 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| One Fist | JITD | 12 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Red Scorpion | JITD | 12 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Ronan of the Wild | JITD | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Runemaster Thorn | WOD | 12 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Runewitch Astarra | JITD | 12 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Sahla | AOD | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Shiver | TOI | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Silhouette | JITD | 12 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Sir Valadir | JITD | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Spiritspeaker Mok | JITD | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Steelhorns | JITD | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Tahlia | AOD | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Tatianna *** | promo | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Tetherys | WOD | 12 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Tobin Farslayer * | promo | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Trenloe the Strong | JITD | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Truthseer Kel * | promo | 12 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Varikas the Dead | JITD | 16 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Vyrah the Falconer | JITD | 12 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Zyla | TOI | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
* These 3 heroes (Jonas, Kel and Tobin) are not part of any expansion. They were released on the market as promotional items.
** Nara the Fang was first released on the market as a promotional item during some gaming conventions. He was then added to the first print of the Sea of Blood expansion.
*** These 6 heroes are given as freebies in the game Dungeon Quest from FFG.