ignus: insane to the point where he was set eternally aflame by a mass group of wizards after he tried setting a city on fire. only through will alone does he stay alive, in constant agony
edwina: arrogant, highly intelligent and masterful wizard who knew his skill and flaunted it with little regard. survived many adventures with a son of bhaal and then was forcefully turned into a woman
arthas: killed a city to stop a plague, purposely marooned his loyal army on a frozen continent to find some ancient legend, let a good friend die, killed his father, and turned undead and then brought ruin to entire nations, including the wholesale slaughter of many, many elves
alexei stukov: loyal to the end, loyal to earth and the effort to wipe out the many factions of that sector of the galaxy, each one being as despicable as the next. terran confederacy, run by a bunch of australians, the protoss, mass murderers of entire worlds, and the zerg, a plague of xenos. ued was the only true saviors of that war, and they were shattered because of the betrayal of stukov. then, weirdly enough, he was resurrected as a zombie
keyes: pure blooded american stock. faced with an impossible situation he did his best and coordinated a timely retreat and then successfully organized a daring guerrilla movement with a handful of survivors before his death on the ring world to parasitic aliens. resurrection: attempted, failed