The Ancient Minister's true identity is found to be that of the Master R.O.B. unit, who rebels against his superiors to join the allied characters.
The Ancient Minister's advance prompts the heroes to progressively team up and attempt to repel the enemy, while villains harvest the power of the allied characters by using dark cannons to convert them into trophies, and using shadow bugs on some of them to fight the protagonists during their adventure.
Whereas previous generations only had Melrose Place Matt (whose very kiss made the screen fade to black) or Eponymous Ellen (whose groundbreaking tropes were so media-saturated that it almost made a focused conversation impossible), current students have a pantheon of queer and ally characters to reference and apply to dialogue, which is a professor's dream.
The change of the Vortigaunts from enemy characters to allied characters in Half-Life 2 was described as "intriguing" by reviewers, with PC Zone stating that the Vortigaunts were one of the most interesting characters in the game, playing a role "somewhere between Yoda and ET".
Players actually compete against Empires & Allies character Captain Krunsch to become governor of their city.
Originally, the developers were intending to feature this Vortigaunt as an ally character who, if players rescue him, would fight enemy characters alongside the player.
These leadership qualities were never more effective than in the 2005 European Cup final in Istanbul, when, with Liverpool losing 3-0 at half-time to AC Milan and facing utter humiliation in the highest-profile club match in the footballing calendar, Gerrard hoicked his teammates back into the match by sheer force of character, allied with considerable technical brilliance.
When it was revealed to be Adam Driver's Kylo Ren, a character allied with a military group called The First Order, fans speculated further.
When Chadwick inherits a mysterious box of belongings from a great aunt that he never met, he starts investigating his family lineage and uncovers a whole world of unusual stories and characters, allied to a growing sense of who he is and who his real family are.
Reviewers said they needed to prompt the allied non-player characters to perform actions on several occasions, although the allied AI performed pretty well most of the time.
