List of Arcane characters

Arcane is a video game series developed by Hardwire Software which features a diverse group of characters living in a fantasy world called Mythia. The first game in the series introduced the titular Arcane, her mentor the White Woman, and the series' first antagonist the Flesh Beast. Following games would introduce more characters in the series' lore, such as Arcane's long lost sister Spriggan and her archenemies Lockely and The Fiend. Several other protagonists and antagonists would be introduced over the years.

Arcane
The main protagonist of the mainline games originally introduced in the first game Arcane and The Flesh Beast. She is a Magician, able to use all forms of magic to battle against the forces of evil and often channels her magic through her go-to weapon of choice, her rapier. She is presented as being shy and socially awkward, but brave and able to take on and defeat extremely powerful opponents in spite of this. Throughout the series, she gains several magical abilities she uses against her enemies, with each game giving her new powers. Initially, she was a completely silent protagonist, but beginning with the third game she was given a voice actress.

Jennifer Hale was her first voice actress, proving grunts and vocal effects for the character. When the character was required to speak for the fourth game, Hale voiced her as being older than she was meant to be. This combined with Hale's other voice acting gigs making her hard to book caused her to eventually be replaced with Mae Whitman, who has voiced the character ever since.

Lockely
A mad Magician who wants to conquer the world. He was the first apprentice of the White Woman, having been replaced by Arcane, but the two had a falling out after it became clear he had "a black soul" and she kicked him out. He first appears in Arcane: Second Wind, where it is revealed he was also the person who initially freed The Flesh Beast, the antagonist of the first game. In Second Wind, Lockely splits Arcane's soul into it's "good and evil" halves, with the evil half becoming a clone that works for him for most of the game. The game ends with a teaser that Lockely will return, which he does as the main antagonist of the following game, where he opens a portal to the dimension of Nightmare and attempts to bring nightmares into the living world.

At the end of the game, he is trapped inside of Nightmare, which was initially intended to be his death. However, he once again returns in Arcane Sagas as the true antagonist and final boss of the game, which reveals in order to survive he allowed his body to fuse with Nightmare, transforming him into "living thought", able to invade people's minds. In his new form, he is also made of black, dripping liquid and is unable to exist in the material world without a host of some kind.

He also appears in the spin-off title Return of Lockely, which is a puzzle game set between Second Wind and Nightmare Eyes where Lockely serves as the central antagonist, having assembled a team of like minded sorcerers in order to conquer the world. Lockely also appears in Chronicles of Mythia 2, which takes place between Arcane: Demon Quest and Arcane Infinite. In this appearance, the antagonist of the game, Dark Lady, summons Lockely from Nightmare in his pre-nightmare form and, after attempting to betray Dark Lady, is stripped of most of his power and forced to ally with Arcane. However, by the end of the game, he is once again on Dark Lady's side and is sent back to Nightmare, where the events of Sagas eventually take place. However, a line in Sagas has called into question whether these appearances are canon.

Throughout most of the series he is voiced by Keith Silverstein.