  thumb|250px|main characters from blackadder goes forth: darling (left), melchett (center), george colthurst (right), baldrick (down right), blackadder (down left) this article lists the characters in the four series and three special episodes of the british sitcom blackadder. blackadder was notable for featuring many repeating characters and actors, with rowan atkinson as the eponymous protagonist, edmund blackadder, and tony robinson as his sidekick baldrick, together with numerous other actors in one-off parts. ==main characters== ===edmund blackadder===  *prince edmund (the black adder) (1): the least intelligent (while highest-ranked) of the blackadder clan depicted in the series. on becoming prince he initially wanted to be called "black vegetable" before baldrick convinced him it was a bad idea. he killed king richard and kept seeing his ghost. he became duke of edinburgh and lord of the privy. it is a question as to whether or not he was born from the new king or from his mother having an affair. at one point he became the archbishop of canterbury, but, was eventually fired, to his relief. he married the 9-year-old princess leia of hungary, which he wasn't 100% pleased about. he possibly has some witch-blood in him since his mother has learnt voodoo. he was eventually dethroned as duke of edinburgh and gathered the other 6 evilest men in all england and they became the black seal. they planned to kill the royal family (except edmund) and claim the throne. instead they betrayed edmund. edmund had his ears and hands cut off before a spike went up his back-side and the twist went for his privates. all his family and the black seal drank poison and died, making him king. but, 30 seconds later, he drank poison and died. he was very cowardly and often didn't think things through. he despises, but, fears his family and dislikes lord percy. his best friend is baldrick, but even he is considered a smelly fool. *lord blackadder (2): the great-grandson of prince edmund, lord blackadder is in the service of queen elizabeth i. he is one of the queen's "favorites," but is all too keenly aware of the limitations of this position (on several occasions, she threatens to cut his head off, and quite happily teams with melchett to play practical jokes on him). he despises lord percy even more than his predecessor and thinks of baldrick as a stupid animal. he and melchett dislike but tolerate one another. lord blackadder spends most of his time dodging death, in a variety of forms, from a variety of sources. during his stint as high executioner, for example, he executed the wrong man at the wrong time, facing a death warrant from the queen. on another occasion, he was unable to pay back a
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