Hector is the eldest son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. He is the greatest warrior of Troy and is killed by Achilles in battle.

Athena is the goddess of wisdom, war, and crafts. She is the daughter of Zeus and Metis and is a powerful ally to Odysseus.

Aeneas is the son of Anchises and Aphrodite. He is a Trojan hero who flees Troy after its fall and eventually founds the city of Rome.

Grendel is a monstrous creature that terrorizes the kingdom of Hrothgar. Beowulf is a Geatish warrior who comes to Hrothgar's aid and defeats Grendel.

Roland is the nephew of Charlemagne and one of the twelve peers of France. He is killed by the Saracens at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass.

Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, also known as El Cid, is a Castilian knight who is exiled from his homeland by King Alfonso VI of Castile. He goes on to become a mercenary and eventually reconquers the city of Valencia from the Moors.

Siegfried is a hero of the Nibelungenlied. He is killed by Hagen at the behest of Kriemhild, who is seeking revenge for Siegfried's death of her brother Gunther.

Lemminkäinen is a hero of the Kalevala. He is killed by Joukahainen in a duel, but is later resurrected by his mother.

Queen Medb is the wife of Ailill mac Máta, the king of Connacht. She steals the Brown Bull of Cooley from Ulster, which leads to the Táin Bó Cúailnge, a great cattle raid.

Pryderi is the son of Pwyll and Rhiannon. He is transformed into a pig by his stepmother, but is later restored to his human form.

Rostam is a hero of the Shahnameh. He defeats the evil sorcerer Zahhak and saves the world from his tyranny.

Rama is the hero of the Ramayana. He rescues his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana and restores her to her rightful place as queen of Ayodhya.

Bhishma is a hero of the Mahabharata. He is killed by his own son, Arjuna, in the Battle of Kurukshetra.

Krishna is the god who teaches Arjuna about the nature of reality in the Bhagavad Gita. He is an avatar of Vishnu, the preserver of the universe.

Gilgamesh is the hero of the Epic of Gilgamesh. He searches for the secret of immortality after the death of his friend Enkidu.