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* CoolUncle: [[spoiler: To Joshua's descendents, although he's only really had the chance to know Joselyn.]]


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* HonoraryUncle: [[spoiler: To Joshua's descendents, although he's only really had the chance to know Joselyn.]]
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** [[spoiler: This comes to an end once he overcomes the Bystander Effect and is quickly filled in by Asenath and Twister.]]
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Lincoln Chambers is a damn good reporter. [[spoiler: He eventually figures out ''a lot'' about what's going on by noting the changes in his daughter's behavior and figuring out how they tie in to the secrets being kept by Crossroads, footage of Joselyn from 1963, Asenath's presence in his home, and the "terrorist attack" Fossor launched on Flick's birthday.]]


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** [[spoiler: This trope is shot to hell in Interlude 22B, when Lincoln overcomes the Bystander Effect (after it was weakened) and figures out a large part of the plot on his own without Asenath or Twister noticing.]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Had every intention of eventually restoring Joselyn's memories, but but his decision to wait allowed Fossor to abduct her in 2007.]] He ''really'' regrets this.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Had every intention of eventually restoring Joselyn's memories, but but his decision to wait allowed Fossor to abduct her in 2007.]] He ''really'' regrets this.
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* [[GiveHimANormalLife Give Her A Normal Life]]: [[spoiler: Gabriel found Joselyn while she was pregnant with Felicity. He could have restored her memories then, but instead left her to enjoy a happy life with her new family before dragging her back into the thick of things.]]

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* [[GiveHimANormalLife Give Her A Normal Life]]: [[spoiler: Gabriel found Joselyn while she was pregnant with Felicity. He could have restored her memories then, then and there, but instead left her to enjoy a happy life with her new family before dragging her back into the thick of things.]]



* IWorkAlone: Refused to join either Crossroads or Eden's Garden when he became a Heretic, instead choosing to be on his own. [[spoiler: Subverted when it turns out he joined up with the Atherby Clain soon after. Prosser doesn't have any problem working with people, just with slavers or genocidal maniacs.]]

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* IWorkAlone: Refused to join either Crossroads or Eden's Garden when he became a Heretic, instead choosing to be on his own. [[spoiler: Subverted when it turns out he joined up with the Atherby Clain Clan soon after. Prosser doesn't have any problem working with people, just with slavers or genocidal maniacs.]]

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A HistoricalDomainCharacter who planned a SlaveRevolt in Virginia, but was stopped and arrested before it could begin in 1800. In RealLife, he was hanged soon after. In ''Heretical Edge'', his execution was interrupted when a Hangman Demon attacked. In the ensuing struggle, it bled on one of Gabriel's wounds and made him into a Heretic. Because he got the upgrade directly from a Hangman rather than from the Heretical Edge, he is naturally more powerful than Heretics from Crossroads or Eden's Garden. [[spoiler: He is part of the mysterious group that supported Joselyn Atherby's revolution against both organizations, and a close ally to the Atherby family. He was the friend and teacher to Joshua Atherby, the clan's last patriarch and Flick's maternal grandfather.]]

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A HistoricalDomainCharacter who planned a SlaveRevolt in Virginia, but was stopped and arrested before it could begin in 1800. In RealLife, he was hanged soon after. In ''Heretical Edge'', his execution was interrupted when a Hangman Demon attacked. In the ensuing struggle, it bled on one of Gabriel's wounds and made him into a Heretic. Because he got the upgrade directly from a Hangman rather than from the Heretical Edge, he is naturally more powerful than Heretics from Crossroads or Eden's Garden. [[spoiler: He is part of the mysterious group that supported Joselyn Atherby's revolution against both organizations, and a close ally to is the current leader of the remnants of the Atherby family. He was the friend and teacher to Joshua Atherby, the clan's last patriarch and Clan. Flick's maternal grandfather.grandfather Joshua Atherby was a close friend of his.]]



* FolkHero: He quickly became a legendary figure among Heretics. A lot of Eden's Garden Heretics, especially among the Vigilant Sons tribe, believe that recruiting him is the only way to win what they think is an inevitable war against Crossroads. They actually go so far as to swear by his name.
** Even Sophronia Leven, a member of the Crossroads Committee nearly eight centuries older than Prosser, will invoke his name.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Hearing Crossroads' beliefs about Strangers immediately reminded him of the ways slavery was justified.
* FolkHero: He quickly became a legendary figure among Heretics. A lot of Eden's Garden Heretics, especially among the Vigilant Sons tribe, believe that recruiting him is the only way to win what they think is an inevitable "inevitable" war against with Crossroads. They actually Many go so far as to swear by his name.
** Even Sophronia Leven, a member of the Crossroads Committee nearly eight centuries older than Prosser, him, will invoke his name.



* [[GiveHimANormalLife Give Her A Normal Life]]: [[spoiler: Gabriel found Joselyn while she was pregnant with Felicity. He could have restored her memories then and there, but instead left her to enjoy a happy life with her new family before dragging her back into the thick of things.]]

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* [[GiveHimANormalLife Give Her A Normal Life]]: [[spoiler: Gabriel found Joselyn while she was pregnant with Felicity. He could have restored her memories then and there, then, but instead left her to enjoy a happy life with her new family before dragging her back into the thick of things.]]



* IWorkAlone: Refused to join either Crossroads or Eden's Garden when he became a Heretic, instead choosing to be on his own. [[spoiler: Subverted when it turns out that he did eventually join an organization and even took on a student, Flick's grandfather Joshua Atherby. Prosser doesn't have any problem working with people, just with slavers or genocidal maniacs.]]
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. Prosser and Ruthers share the same first name, Gabriel.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Had every intention of eventually restoring Joselyn's memories, but one of his people betrayed her location to Fossor before he decided to.]] He ''really'' regrets this.

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* IWorkAlone: Refused to join either Crossroads or Eden's Garden when he became a Heretic, instead choosing to be on his own. [[spoiler: Subverted when it turns out that he did eventually join an organization and even took on a student, Flick's grandfather Joshua Atherby.joined up with the Atherby Clain soon after. Prosser doesn't have any problem working with people, just with slavers or genocidal maniacs.]]
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. Prosser and Ruthers share the same first name, Gabriel.
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* MaliciousMisnaming: He never calls Eden's Garden by its actual name, instead referring to it as "the offshoot" or "that other place."
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Had every intention of eventually restoring Joselyn's memories, but one of but his people betrayed her location decision to wait allowed Fossor before he decided to.to abduct her in 2007.]] He ''really'' regrets this.



* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Someone he trusted with Joselyn's location betrayed him and gave the information to Fossor.]]



* UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler: Prosser was a very close friend to his former student Joshua Atherby. This is part of the reason his daughter Joselyn was able to get help from him and his group so easily and why he is ''not happy'' about everything that's happened to her and her children.]]
* WalkingTheEarth: Most Heretics are pretty sure this is what he's been doing.

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* UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler: Prosser was a very close To his friend to his former student Joshua Atherby. This is part of the reason his daughter Joselyn was able to get help from him and his group so easily and why he is ''not happy'' about everything that's happened to her and her children.]]
* WalkingTheEarth: Most Heretics are pretty sure this is what he's been doing. \n [[spoiler: They're wrong.]]

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* TheGhost: So far all his actions in the present day have been offscreen, and he has only physically appeared briefly in a flashback.
* [[GiveHimANormalLife Give Her A Normal Life]]: [[spoiler: Gabriel found Joselyn long before Fossor, when she was pregnant with Flick. He chose not to restore her memories at that point so she could have a happy, normal life with her new husband and child. At least for awhile.]]

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* TheGhost: So far all his actions in the present day have been offscreen, and he has only physically appeared briefly in a flashback. \n [[spoiler: This comes to an end in chapter 19-03, when he arrives at Flick's house in the wake of Scott's "death."]]
* [[GiveHimANormalLife Give Her A Normal Life]]: [[spoiler: Gabriel found Joselyn long before Fossor, when while she was pregnant with Flick. Felicity. He chose not to restore could have restored her memories at that point so she could have then and there, but instead left her to enjoy a happy, normal happy life with her new husband and child. At least for awhile.family before dragging her back into the thick of things.]]



* IWorkAlone: He refused to join either Crossroads or Eden's Garden when he became a Heretic, instead choosing to be on his own. [[spoiler: Subverted when it turns out that he did eventually join an organization and even took on a student, Flick's grandfather Joshua Atherby. Prosser doesn't have any problem working with people, just with slavers or genocidal maniacs.]]

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* IWorkAlone: He refused Refused to join either Crossroads or Eden's Garden when he became a Heretic, instead choosing to be on his own. [[spoiler: Subverted when it turns out that he did eventually join an organization and even took on a student, Flick's grandfather Joshua Atherby. Prosser doesn't have any problem working with people, just with slavers or genocidal maniacs.]]



* MysteriousNote: [[spoiler: He drops off an envelope containing footage of Joselyn from 1963 at Lincoln Chambers' desk.]]

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Had every intention of eventually restoring Joselyn's memories, but one of his people betrayed her location to Fossor before he decided to.]] He ''really'' regrets this.
* MysteriousNote: [[spoiler: He drops Drops off an envelope containing footage of Joselyn from 1963 at Lincoln Chambers' desk.]]
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* MilitaryBrat: Moved around a lot as a child, which is why she wanted to stay in a stable town like Laramie Falls, Wyoming. Apparently this led to strain between them and her, as she wasn't on speaking terms with them by the time she met Lincoln. He noted to himself how unemotional bout the whole thing she was. [[spoiler: Which makes sense, since [[FakeMemories none of it is true]].]]

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* MilitaryBrat: Moved around a lot as a child, which is why she wanted to stay in a stable town like Laramie Falls, Wyoming. Apparently this led to strain between them and her, as she wasn't on speaking terms with them by the time she met Lincoln. He noted to himself how unemotional bout she was about the whole thing thing, as if she was.didn't really care all that much. [[spoiler: Which makes sense, since [[FakeMemories none of it is true]].]]

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--> '''Flick''': ''She had disappeared entirely, and with her had gone any chance of me ever liking the name Felicity. She’d loved the name, and I didn’t want anything to ever remind me of the bitch who had made my father cry when he didn’t know I was watching.''



* MilitaryBrat: Moved around a lot as a child, which is why she wanted to stay in a stable town like Laramie Falls, Wyoming. [[spoiler: Except not really.]]

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* HotBlooded: As Lincoln puts it, she didn't wear her emotions on her sleeve. She turned them into a mech suit and uses it to smash the people she thought deserved it.
* MilitaryBrat: Moved around a lot as a child, which is why she wanted to stay in a stable town like Laramie Falls, Wyoming. Apparently this led to strain between them and her, as she wasn't on speaking terms with them by the time she met Lincoln. He noted to himself how unemotional bout the whole thing she was. [[spoiler: Except not really.Which makes sense, since [[FakeMemories none of it is true]].]]

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* ParentalObliviousness: Subverted. While he literally cannot know what Flick is doing at Crossroads thanks to the Bystander Effect, Lincoln still notices changes in her behavior and questions her about them. He grows more suspicious when a [[MysteriousNote Mysterious Envelope]] is left at his desk, prompting him to wonder if Flick received something similar.

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* ParentalObliviousness: Subverted.Averted. While he literally cannot know what Flick is doing at Crossroads thanks to the Bystander Effect, Lincoln still notices changes in her behavior and questions her about them. He grows more suspicious when a [[MysteriousNote Mysterious Envelope]] is left at his desk, prompting him to wonder if Flick received something similar.



* UnderestimatingBadassery: His own daughter, who practically hero-worships him as a journalist, is surprised by the extent of his investigative skills [[spoiler: when she discovers that he's looked into the "October 28th attack" enough to trace it back to Fossor.]]

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* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: Meeting and falling in love with Lincoln derailed Joselyn's MemoryGambit.]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery: His own daughter, who practically hero-worships him as a journalist, is surprised by at the extent of his investigative skills [[spoiler: when she discovers that he's looked into the "October 28th attack" enough to trace it back to Fossor.]]
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* LegacyCharcter: All of them. The original immortals weren't truly immortal. They could be killed, and they knew it, so they set their identities up as titles to be passed on to new generations.

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* LegacyCharcter: LegacyCharacter: All of them. The original immortals weren't truly immortal. They could be killed, and they knew it, so they set their identities up as titles to be passed on to new generations.
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[[WMG: The Ba Xian]]

The [[ChineseMythology Eight Immortals of Chinese Legend]] are essentially the Chinese equivalent to the Committee. The name of each immortal now functions as a title, with each successor taking on the identity.

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* DeadlyDecadentCourt: The competition among Chinese Heretics to join the Ba Xian is absolutely deadly, with assassinations and blackmail common, and there are potential members that WouldHurtAChild.
* {{Foil}}: To the Committee and Victors. The Ba Xian lack the BlackAndWhiteInsanity of the leaders of Crossroads and Eden's Garden [[spoiler: because they developed outside of Seostenic influence]], so they don't assume all nonhumans are evil. At the same time, their organization is significantly more prone to internal conflict than their Western counterparts.
* LegacyCharcter: All of them. The original immortals weren't truly immortal. They could be killed, and they knew it, so they set their identities up as titles to be passed on to new generations.
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[[folder: Liang]]

A relatively recent addition to the Ba Xian. He joined at some point in the last seventeen years or so. Before that he was well known as a likely successor to his predecessor. He is currently missing.

[[spoiler: He's Shiori's biological father. It was the danger brought on by his position as a likely successor that led him and Jiao to give her up as a baby.]]

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* BadassInDistress: He's missing at the start of the story, with his loved ones suspecting that he's been taken by his enemies. [[spoiler: Jiao is searching for him in order to reunite him with their daughter.]]
* InterspeciesRomance: With a vampire. Although the Ba Xian don't see human-Akharu as another species, so he doesn't think of their relationas such.
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: Once gave up his own child in order to protect her from his enemies.

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[[WMG: The Hunahpu and Xbalanque]]

A tradition of Heretics that started with [[PreColumbianCivilizations the ancient Mayans]]. They were founded by the Hun and Vocub Hunahpu, legendary figures of Mayan mythology. They're split into two branches. The Hunahpu focus on physical fighting and hunting, while the Xbalanque are based around magic. Their territory encompasses all of Central America and most of Mexico.

[[folder: The Hunahpu]]

Named after Hun Hunaphu, this branch focuses primarily on hunting and physical prowess.

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Named for Vocub Hunahpu, this branch focuses primarily on the use and development of magic.
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[[spoiler: He is secretly a Pooka sent by Gabriel Prosser to watch over Joselyn and her family. Tropes regarding ]]

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* BigBrotherMentor: To Flick.
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* CoolUncle: [[spoiler: To Joshua's descendents.]]

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* [[GiveHimANormalLife Give Her A Normal Life]]: [[spoiler: Gabriel found Joselyn long before Fossor, when she was pregnant with Flick. He chose not to restore her memories at that point so she could have a happy, normal life with her new husband and child. At least for awhile.]]
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* CoolUncle: [[spoiler: To Joshua's descendents.]]
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* ParentalObliviousness: Subverted. While he literally cannot know what Flick is doing at Crossroads thanks to the Bystander Effect, Lincoln still notices some changes in her behavior as she spends more time there and questions her about it. He grows more suspicious when a [[MysteriousNote Mysterious Envelope]] is left at his desk, prompting him to wonder if Flick has received something similar.

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* ParentalObliviousness: Subverted. While he literally cannot know what Flick is doing at Crossroads thanks to the Bystander Effect, Lincoln still notices some changes in her behavior as she spends more time there and questions her about it. them. He grows more suspicious when a [[MysteriousNote Mysterious Envelope]] is left at his desk, prompting him to wonder if Flick has received something similar.



* IWorkAlone: He refused to join either Crossroads or Eden's Garden when he became a Heretic, instead choosing to be on his own. [[spoiler: Subverted when it turns out that he did eventually join an organization and even took on a student, Flick's grandfather Joshua Atherby. Prosser doesn't have any problem working with people, just with genocidal xenophobes or slavers.]]

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* IWorkAlone: He refused to join either Crossroads or Eden's Garden when he became a Heretic, instead choosing to be on his own. [[spoiler: Subverted when it turns out that he did eventually join an organization and even took on a student, Flick's grandfather Joshua Atherby. Prosser doesn't have any problem working with people, just with slavers or genocidal xenophobes or slavers.maniacs.]]
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* ParentalObliviousness: Subverted. While he literally cannot know what Flick is doing at Crossroads thanks to the Bystander Effect, Lincoln still notices some changes in her behavior as she spends more time there and questions her about it. [[spoiler: He also manages to investigate the "October 28th" attack deeply enough to trace it back to Fossor.]]

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* ParentalObliviousness: Subverted. While he literally cannot know what Flick is doing at Crossroads thanks to the Bystander Effect, Lincoln still notices some changes in her behavior as she spends more time there and questions her about it. [[spoiler: He also manages grows more suspicious when a [[MysteriousNote Mysterious Envelope]] is left at his desk, prompting him to investigate the "October 28th" attack deeply enough to trace it back to Fossor.]]wonder if Flick has received something similar.

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* MysteriousNote: Lincoln is first clued in to the various conspiracies surrounding his life when an envelope [[spoiler: containing footage of his wife over a decade before she was supposed to have been born]] is left at his desk [[spoiler: by a large black man named Gabriel]].



* ParentalObliviousness: This is enforced by the Bystander Effect. He literally cannot know what Flick is doing at Crossroads. [[spoiler: Despite this, he still manages to successfully discover that Fossor is responsible for the "October 28th attack."]]

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* ParentalObliviousness: This is enforced by the Bystander Effect. He Subverted. While he literally cannot know what Flick is doing at Crossroads. Crossroads thanks to the Bystander Effect, Lincoln still notices some changes in her behavior as she spends more time there and questions her about it. [[spoiler: Despite this, he still He also manages to successfully discover that Fossor is responsible for investigate the "October 28th attack."]]28th" attack deeply enough to trace it back to Fossor.]]



* UnderestimatingBadassery: His own daughter, who practically hero-worships him as a journalist, is surprised by the extent of his investigative skills [[spoiler: when she discovers that he's looked into the "October 28th attack" enough to trace it back to Fossor.]]



* TheGhost: In the present day, his only actions have been offscreen, and he has only physically appeared briefly in a flashback.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: As has been said, he really did exist and was executed in 1800 in real life.

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* TheGhost: In So far all his actions in the present day, his only actions day have been offscreen, and he has only physically appeared briefly in a flashback.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: As has been said, he really did exist and was executed in 1800 in real life. HistoricalDomainCharacter



* ShroudedInMyth: He's taken on an almost mythic significance to Eden's Garden Heretics. Even Sophronia Leven, a Committee member nearly eight centuries older than him
* SuperPrototype: Became a Heretic from the same source that was used to build the Heretical Edge. But because it happened to him naturally, he is considerably more powerful than Edge made Heretics.

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* SuperPrototype: Became a Heretic from the blood of a Hangman Demon, the same source that was used to build the Heretical Edge. But because it happened to him naturally, he is considerably more powerful than Edge made Edge-made Heretics.

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A HistoricalDomainCharacter who planned a SlaveRevolt in Virginia, but was stopped and arrested before it could begin in 1800. In RealLife, he was hanged soon after. In ''Heretical Edge'', his execution was interrupted when a Hangman Demon attacked. In the ensuing struggle, it bled on one of Gabriel's wounds and made him into a Heretic. Because he got the upgrade directly from a Hangman rather than from the Heretical Edge, he is naturally more powerful than Heretics from Crossroads or Eden's Garden. [[spoiler: He is part of the mysterious group that supported Joselyn Atherby's revolution against both organizations, and a close ally to the Atherby family.]]

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A HistoricalDomainCharacter who planned a SlaveRevolt in Virginia, but was stopped and arrested before it could begin in 1800. In RealLife, he was hanged soon after. In ''Heretical Edge'', his execution was interrupted when a Hangman Demon attacked. In the ensuing struggle, it bled on one of Gabriel's wounds and made him into a Heretic. Because he got the upgrade directly from a Hangman rather than from the Heretical Edge, he is naturally more powerful than Heretics from Crossroads or Eden's Garden. [[spoiler: He is part of the mysterious group that supported Joselyn Atherby's revolution against both organizations, and a close ally to the Atherby family. He was the friend and teacher to Joshua Atherby, the clan's last patriarch and Flick's maternal grandfather.]]



* TheGhost: No one has seen him in decades.

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* TheGhost: No one In the present day, his only actions have been offscreen, and he has seen him only physically appeared briefly in decades.a flashback.



* ShroudedInMyth: He's taken on an almost mythic significance to Eden's Garden Heretics.

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* MysteriousNote: [[spoiler: He drops off an envelope containing footage of Joselyn from 1963 at Lincoln Chambers' desk.]]
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* CoolSword: A black and crimson transforming one.



* MindOverMatter: Haiden has some telekinetic capabilities, as his interlude has him raising the floor and flinging large rocks around.



* ParryingBullets: He's good enough at this to [[AttackReflector return bullet fire]].
* SuperToughness: He can NoSell concrete breaking punches.
* SwissArmyWeapon: Haiden's sword has gun barrels built into it, which are usually hidden.
** ShotgunsAreJustBetter: One of its forms is a double barreled shotgun with the blade as a bayonet.
* TakenForGranite: Another one of his powers is to encase people with stone shells.
* {{Teleportation}}: One of his powers.




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* YouFightLikeACow: He's not shy about carrying on a conversation with his enemies, although he remains relatively quiet while actually doing something.

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A Sheriff's Deputy in Laramie Falls. He's known the Chambers family since he was a teenager and even babysat for Flick when she was a baby. Nowadays Flick keeps talking him into doing things he shouldn't, like giving her the entrance code to the Sheriff's office

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A Sheriff's Deputy in Laramie Falls. He's known the Chambers family since he was a teenager and even babysat for Flick when she was a baby. Nowadays Flick keeps talking him into doing things he shouldn't, shouldn't be doing, like giving her the entrance code to the Sheriff's office
Sheriff office's rooftop entrance or helping her plan and execute a drug bust.



* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Maybe even too reasonable. He probably shouldn't let him

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* WhileYouWereInDiapers: He babysat Flick when she was a baby and he's not shy about reminding her.



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A gas station attendant.

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** [[TheImmune immunity to disease]] and [[TheAgeless aging]].

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** The ability to [[AdaptiveAbiliy adapt]] to his environment to withstand extreme temperatures or a lack of oxygen.

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** The ability to [[AdaptiveAbiliy [[AdaptiveAbility adapt]] to his environment to withstand extreme temperatures or a lack of oxygen.

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* AllTrollsAreDifferent: Nicholas became a Heretic when his blood was mixed with a troll's, giving him a neat laundry list of powers such as:
** A HealingFactor.
** [[TheImmune immunity to disease]] and [[TheAgeless aging]].
** SuperStrength
** [[NighInvulnerability Resistance to physical damage]] ([[KryptoniteFactor other than]] [[KillItWithFire fire]]).
** The ability to [[AdaptiveAbiliy adapt]] to his environment to withstand extreme temperatures or a lack of oxygen.
** The power to [[SupernaturalFearInducer induce fear]] in a target.



* BadassNormal: The guy could kick the asses of a group of Alters single-handed ''before'' he became a Heretic. Now he's an EmpoweredBadassNormal.

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* BadassNormal: The guy could kick the asses of a group of Alters single-handed ''before'' he became a Heretic. Now he's an EmpoweredBadassNormal.He later upgraded to BadassAbnormal when he was buried alive with the body of a dead [[AllTrollsAreDifferent troll]].



* SquishyWizard: Oh so averted. Petan does basically everything he does with magic, but his one power that's NOT Heretical magic is troll derived regeneration.

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* BewareTheQuietOnes: Petan doesn't talk or shout or yell in combat. He just systematically silently kills whoever is dumb enough to fight him.
* InstantRunes: Averted, his teleport spell requires him to draw a diagram manually, then imbue it.
* MegaManning: Notably, he does NOT have this. Petan is the only top-tier heretic known to only possess a pre-Edge ability and heretical magic.
* OneManArmy: Casually tears numerous Fomorian monsters in his interlude.




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* SquishyWizard: Oh so averted. Petan does basically everything he does with magic, but his one power that's NOT Heretical magic is troll derived regeneration.

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Flick's father. Lincoln was a reporter in Los Angeles before he moved to Wyoming to marry Joselyn, who he was deeply in love with (he still wears his wedding ring a decade after she left). Fortunately, he didn't let his wife's disappearance get in the way of being a generally awesome dad to Flick.

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* GoodParents: He and Flick are very close, and he did a good job bringing her up on his own.
* HappilyMarried: Well, he ''was'' until Joselyn ran off with some guy she pulled over. He still holds out hope that she'll come back and continues to wear his wedding ring ten years later.
* IntrepidReporter: The man spent years investigating criminals when he was a reporter in L.A. Now he just works for a small paper in Laramie Falls.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: He doesn't know anything about what Crossroads is actually doing with Flick. She would love to tell him everything, but can't because he's a Bystander. [[spoiler: This becomes heartbreaking when Flick learns the real reason Joselyn left and can't tell him.]]
* MayDecemberRomance: [[spoiler: Unbeknownst to either of them, his relationship with Joselyn was this. She was roughly 98 when they met and he was in his 20s.]]
* MountainMan: Lincoln's large frame, long hair, and thick beard all make him look like this.
* {{Muggle}}: As a Bystander, Lincoln can't retain any knowledge of the supernatural.
* OverprotectiveDad: Downplayed. Lincoln has been very careful with Flick since Joselyn left them. It's pretty obvious that he's terrified of losing her too (which is a perfectly reasonable fear when you consider how reckless she can be). He also might be a little paranoid that she's going going to leave him like Joselyn did.
* PanickyExpectantFather: He straight up freaked out when Felicity was born, to his wife's amusement.
* ParentalObliviousness: This is enforced by the Bystander Effect. He literally cannot know what Flick is doing at Crossroads. [[spoiler: Despite this, he still manages to successfully discover that Fossor is responsible for the "October 28th attack."]]
* ProperlyParanoid: He's cautious with his daughter and her safety. Occasionally too cautious, in her opinion. She tells us this right after she got herself involved in a drug bust without his knowledge, so you can't really blame him for it. [[spoiler: Furthermore, neither he nor Flick have any idea how close she came to being abducted (twice!) when she was seven.]] If anything, he should be ''more'' cautious.
* UnknownRival: [[spoiler: Deveron, Joselyn's first and still living husband, is out there and Lincoln has no idea.]]



Flick's MissingMom, who named her Felicity. Joselyn was a Country Sheriff until one day she up and abandoned her family with some random guy she pulled over for speeding, leaving them deeply hurt and confused.

It quickly becomes clear that there's more to this story when her Stranger son Ammon shows up. [[spoiler: A ''lot'' more, as it turns out. You can find out more in the Joselyn Atherby section of the Spoiler Character folder.]]

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* AmbiguousSituation: Did she leave willingly or was she kidnapped? Flick's last memory of her was when she was driven off with packed bags, suggesting that she chose to go. But her son Ammon has [[CompellingVoice mind control powers]], raising the possibility that she was being controlled against her will.
* BlatantLies: The last time Flick saw her mother, she was telling her that she would be right back. While packing suitcases. Flick was young enough to believe her.
* BrokenPedestal: Felicity adored her mother as a child, mentioning at one point that she was so proud to be Joselyn's daughter that she practically worshiped the ground she walked on. All that love, pride, and adoration turned into bitter hatred when Joselyn left.
* GoodParents: It's clear from Flick's recollections that Joselyn really was a fantastic mother prior to leaving.
* HappilyMarried: To Lincoln until she left. He was completely blindsided.
* MilitaryBrat: Moved around a lot as a child, which is why she wanted to stay in a stable town like Laramie Falls, Wyoming. [[spoiler: Except not really.]]
* MissingMom: Flick's.
* ParentalNeglect: Not only has she not seen her daughter in over a decade, it's implied that she doesn't have a lot to do with raising Ammon. [[spoiler: Neither situation is her fault.]]



A Sheriff's Deputy in Laramie Falls. He's known the Chambers family since he was a teenager and even babysat for Flick when she was a baby. Nowadays Flick keeps talking him into doing things he shouldn't, like giving her the entrance code to the Sheriff's office

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Maybe even too reasonable. He probably shouldn't let him



A gas station attendant.



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The mother of Koren Fellows. Abigail is a bystander who has no idea what Crossroads Academy is really doing with her daughter. [[spoiler: She's also Flick's half-sister. Her birth name is Koren Atherby.]]

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* IgnoranceIsBliss: [[spoiler: Because she grew up without knowledge of the supernatural, Abigail has no idea that she's been under surveillance her entire life. She is ''much'' better adjusted than her twin brother Wyatt as a result.]]
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Like Lincoln Chambers, Abigail doesn't know anything about what kind of school Crossroads Academy really is.
** [[spoiler: And she obviously isn't aware of anything regarding her biological parents and siblings, which includes the fact that the aforementioned and probably-younger-than-her Lincoln is technically her stepfather.]]
* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler: Abigail is one of Joselyn and Deveron's twins. Her twin brother is Wyatt Rendell, Flick and Ammon are their much younger half-siblings, and Seller is their ancestor.]]
* NotNowKiddo: When she and her husband found ten year old Koren sleeping on the outside trampoline instead of her bed, they dismissed the episode as a nightmare that drove her outside and don't listen to her protests that someone was in the house with her. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because they're Bystanders and incapable of remembering anything supernatural like the man who terrorized Koren. And they did take steps to alleviate her fears because they could see how terrified she was
* {{Muggle}}
* SeparatedAtBirth: [[spoiler: The Committee separated Abigail from her twin brother to hide them from their father and the rebellion.]]


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A former Eden's Garden Heretic of the Lost Scar tribe who left the Garden to start a family [[spoiler: with the Seosten, Sariel. They had twins together]]. Haiden was separated from said family when a Stranger attempted to abduct his wife and he interrupted. This stopped the Stranger, but also scattered him, his wife, and their son across multiple dimensions. Only their daughter, Vanessa, was left behind on Earth.

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* {{Animorphism}}: Haiden is capable of transforming into a large hawk.
* HappilyMarried: Formerly. He's still married, but he hasn't seen his wife in a decade so it's not really all that happy.
* InterspeciesRomance: He's a human, [[spoiler: his wife is Seostenic.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Breaking the object that was dragging his wife into another dimension ''did'' prevent her abduction. But it had the side effect of flinging everyone in the room other than Vanessa into separate dimensions.
* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler: He and his wife were forcibly separated from their children and each other when they were flung across separate worlds.]]
* UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn: [[spoiler: He and Sariel had twins, Vanessa and Tristan.]]


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A Heretic who is apparently not affiliated with Crossroads or Eden's Garden. He's somehow amassed a group of Alter followers and has abducted the Meregan children. [[spoiler: He's also the noble from Flick's Edge vision who saved Gaia and Seller, as well as an ancestor of Haiden Moon's.]]

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* ArchEnemy: The Seosten.
* BadassNormal: The guy could kick the asses of a group of Alters single-handed ''before'' he became a Heretic. Now he's an EmpoweredBadassNormal.
* PapaWolf: To his descendents.


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A HistoricalDomainCharacter who planned a SlaveRevolt in Virginia, but was stopped and arrested before it could begin in 1800. In RealLife, he was hanged soon after. In ''Heretical Edge'', his execution was interrupted when a Hangman Demon attacked. In the ensuing struggle, it bled on one of Gabriel's wounds and made him into a Heretic. Because he got the upgrade directly from a Hangman rather than from the Heretical Edge, he is naturally more powerful than Heretics from Crossroads or Eden's Garden. [[spoiler: He is part of the mysterious group that supported Joselyn Atherby's revolution against both organizations, and a close ally to the Atherby family.]]

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* FolkHero: He quickly became a legendary figure among Heretics. A lot of Eden's Garden Heretics, especially among the Vigilant Sons tribe, believe that recruiting him is the only way to win what they think is an inevitable war against Crossroads. They actually go so far as to swear by his name.
* TheGhost: No one has seen him in decades.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: As has been said, he really did exist and was executed in 1800 in real life.
* IWorkAlone: He refused to join either Crossroads or Eden's Garden when he became a Heretic, instead choosing to be on his own. [[spoiler: Subverted when it turns out that he did eventually join an organization and even took on a student, Flick's grandfather Joshua Atherby. Prosser doesn't have any problem working with people, just with genocidal xenophobes or slavers.]]
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. Prosser and Ruthers share the same first name, Gabriel.
* ShroudedInMyth: He's taken on an almost mythic significance to Eden's Garden Heretics.
* SuperPrototype: Became a Heretic from the same source that was used to build the Heretical Edge. But because it happened to him naturally, he is considerably more powerful than Edge made Heretics.
* UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler: Prosser was a very close friend to his former student Joshua Atherby. This is part of the reason his daughter Joselyn was able to get help from him and his group so easily and why he is ''not happy'' about everything that's happened to her and her children.]]
* WalkingTheEarth: Most Heretics are pretty sure this is what he's been doing.
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[[folder: Scott Utell]]

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[[folder: Denise]]

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