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First of all I apologize if I missed a character but please point it out nicely.
Name some of your favourite characters from the TT game depending on the fluff and TT wise. I did not add any Black library characters but add them if you wish.
So who is it, and why?

Edit: I meant drazhar in the DE part

Cypher

Is he a good guy or a bad guy? Who knows. I am using his model as my Dark Angels librarian until they make new rules for him, if ever.

 Very Superstitious wrote:
Cypher

Is he a good guy or a bad guy? Who knows. I am using his model as my Dark Angels librarian until they make new rules for him, if ever.

Oops I meant cypher not cyphus, pretty sure he's bad.

General Grizmund, leader of the Narmenian 1st Armored Regiment. He can be fielded as the HQ for an Armored Battlegroup. His Warlord Trait, "Best of the Best," makes one squadron of tanks BS4. That's great for an allied list that wants only BS4 tanks!

Brother Corbulo sohuld be here... :/
But my vote goes to Creed. A guy who is so god damn tactical genious that he can inflintrate a Baneblade behind the bushes

Sly Marbo!?!? C'mon man! Lol jk

Mephiston, Creed, and Lucius

He's horrible in games, but my Favorite Character is Aun'Shi(other). I used him in a game or two back in Tau's first codex, and he killed some stuff. Though in this one I wouldn't use him ever!

But as far as Tau go, he's a certified badass

Mephiston because he's just so badass. In 5th edition he was a badass in the fluff and on the tabletop, I had him take out 2 Trygons and a Tervigon in a single game once!

Eldrad because he's so shifty with his "just as planned" moves and future sight. Plus in 5th he too was awesome on the tabletop.

Yriel because he's really awesome in the fluff! I love what the new Iyanden supplement has done to his fluff.

Yarrick because he's so awesome, even the Orkz think he's awesome!

Aun'Shi because I love both his fluff and his model, though he really was never any good on the tabletop.

Farsight for me, always and forever.

Wazzdakka!
Cuz orks are da best!

I love Duke Sliscus. He has style and has fun doing it. Stealing Kabal flagships? Check. Skinning a Lord Admiral to use the skin as banner? Check. Taking one of the hearts out Lukas? Check.

For me, it would have to be Helena the Virtuous a Sister Dialogous who was so badass that she rose to be the Abbess Prioris of the whole Adepta Sororitas. So powerful was her aura of calm faith that she effectively grants everyone within 12" ATSKNF and Ld10, and so revered was she that if she took a single wound, the entire army would gain Hatred for the rest of the game.

Grimaldus

The Swarmlord because...

...

...Swarmlord.

Aun'shi, (not on the list) because she proves that tau can fight in close combat!

Farsight because he is Tau <3, the model is great, and he is amazing in CC.

Chaplain Cassius gets my vote, he reminds me of my grandad; oldest man in the family, inspirational to those around him, strong minded, strong willed, refuses to die, let injuries hinder him or get ill, has a thing about fire and is very xenophobic.

 migs6357 wrote:
Aun'shi, (not on the list) because she proves that tau can fight in close combat!

*cough* Aun'shi is a man.

Sergeant---->Captain----->Colonel Tyborc

Cypher, with Farsight trailing close behind.

No telion? :(

Though no one has spoken up about him, Creed has pulled ahead.

Tyberos the Red Wake. Because he's the only Space Marine in the Imperium awesome enough to wield a lightning claw/chainfist combo.

tiggy, mephiston, sanguinor, Ezekiel

I voted for Ghazghull Thraka. If it wasn't for him, we wouldn't have all the Wars for Armageddon!

Changeling.
Coz who doesn't love a guy who impersonates planetary governors and screws people over as much for fun as it is for the will of the gods

WAIT! Can I change my answer?

I like Maximilian Weisman and 212 Arethusa the best.

Special Character Baneblade, HOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Gotta be farsight and typhus...why? Because the models are amazing

He's right behind you! Marbo!

If you've read the DE Codex you quickly find that Asdrubael Vect is the mother of all cold and calculating badasses in 40k. He's like a more intense version of Mad Dok Grotsnik's origin story which was probably one of the only times I've chuckled while reading background fluff.

Particularly the time when a Dark Eldar stronghold rebelled against his rule arrogantly and he dropped an Emperor Class Battleship or something to that effect out of the warp, straight into the heart of the city, detonating it and blowing it to smithereens.

Other than that, I don't really have a favourite as for all the SC's I do use they're typically either representations or their fluff is minimal. Ghazghkull and Creed are pretty much the only characters that wear their fluffy colours. The former is cool for being deadly and all and the latter has some things going for it, though it derives almost purely from a rule in the game and fan opinion rather than actual fluff, which only becomes really interesting to me when you consider he started out a conscript.