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* InopportuneImpersonationFailure: By the events of ''Alpha And Omega,'' Dodge has performed a GrandTheftMe on [[spoiler: Bode Locke]] and has been able to uphold his disguise so effectively that his host's family doesn't notice that anything's amiss. When the time comes to enact his master stroke in the Drowning Caves, he tries to lure a group of partying students to their doom by guiding them to the scene of an emergency right in front of the [[HellGate Black Door]]... only for Kinsey and her friends to begin asking questions, prompting Dodge to lose patience and [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior drop an F-Bomb]], even calling Jamal an "ignorant cocksucker." In the stunned silence that follows, Dodge realizes his mistake and gives up on subtlety, [[CastingAShadow unleashing the shadows on them]].

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* InopportuneImpersonationFailure: By the events of ''Alpha And Omega,'' Dodge has performed a GrandTheftMe on [[spoiler: Bode Locke]] and has been able to uphold his disguise so effectively that his host's family doesn't notice that anything's amiss. When the time comes to enact his master stroke in the Drowning Caves, he tries to lure a group of partying students to their doom by guiding them to the scene of an emergency - one that just so happens to be right in front of the [[HellGate Black Door]]... only for Kinsey and her friends to begin asking questions, prompting Dodge to lose patience and [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior drop an F-Bomb]], even calling Jamal an "ignorant cocksucker." In the stunned silence that follows, Dodge realizes his mistake and gives up on subtlety, [[CastingAShadow unleashing the shadows on them]].
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* InopportuneImpersonationFailure: By the events of ''Alpha And Omega,'' Dodge has performed a GrandTheftMe on [[spoiler: Bode Locke]] and has been able to uphold his disguise so effectively that his host's family doesn't notice that anything's amiss. When the time comes to enact his master stroke in the Drowning Caves, he tries to lure a group of partying students to their doom by guiding them to the scene of an emergency right in front of the [[HellGate Black Door]]... only for Kinsey and her friends to begin asking questions, prompting Dodge to lose patience and [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior drop an F-Bomb]], even calling Jamal an "ignorant cocksucker." In the stunned silence that follows, Dodge realizes his mistake and gives up on subtlety, [[CastingAShadow unleashing the shadows on them]].
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** The first time it happened was during the backstory, when his desire to fit in and not be seen as a "guidance counsellor" like his dad resulting in him allowing a drunken friend to drive Kinsey home, resulting in Kinsey getting hurt in the ensuing car crash, the friend getting arrested and missing out on a promising football career due to the black mark on his record, and Rendell throwing the book at Tyler for his irresponsibility - leading to Tyler jokingly suggesting that Sam Lesser should kill Rendell, and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone all the regret that followed]].

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** The first time it happened was during the backstory, when his desire to fit in and not be seen as a "guidance counsellor" like his dad resulting in prompted him allowing to allow a drunken friend to drive Kinsey home, resulting in home. As a result, Kinsey getting was hurt in the ensuing car crash, the friend getting got arrested and missing missed out on a promising football career due to the black mark on his record, and Rendell throwing threw the book at Tyler for his irresponsibility - leading to Tyler jokingly suggesting that Sam Lesser should kill Rendell, and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone all the regret that followed]].



* GranolaGirl: Prior to the events of the first issue, she was prone to wearing Amnesty International shirts and wearing her hair in dreadlocks as a statement of her political beliefs. The murder of her father badly damaged her confidence, and she dropped both the shirts and the locks prior to starting school at Lovecraft. Later, she becomes a bit more socially conscious again after her use of the Skin Key - though in a subversion of the standard SoapboxSadie fare, she ultimately criticizes herself for doing something that will probably get two random black kids in trouble for nothing.

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* GranolaGirl: Prior to the events of the first issue, she was prone to wearing Amnesty International shirts and wearing her hair in dreadlocks as a statement of her political beliefs. The murder of her father badly damaged her confidence, and she dropped both the shirts and the locks prior to starting school at Lovecraft.Lovecraft, not wanting to stand out. Later, she becomes a bit more socially conscious again after her use of the Skin Key - though in a subversion of the standard SoapboxSadie fare, she ultimately criticizes herself for doing something that will probably get two random black kids in trouble for nothing.



* {{Muggle}}: She has no knowledge of the Keys, and like any other adult, is blocked from learning of them. As a result she is oblivious to a lot of the weirdness that goes on around her.
* RapeAsDrama: It's only mentioned explicitly once, by Kinsey. Other than that it is just horribly suggested.

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* {{Muggle}}: She has no knowledge of the Keys, and like any other adult, is blocked from learning of them. As a result result, she is oblivious to a lot of the weirdness that goes on around her.
* RapeAsDrama: It's only mentioned explicitly once, by Kinsey. Other than that it is that, it's just horribly suggested.



* AmbiguousDisorder: It's never stated exactly what disorder he's supposed to have, and the symptoms mix and match from several different real life disorders.

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* AmbiguousDisorder: It's never stated exactly what disorder he's supposed to have, and the symptoms mix and match from several different real life real-life disorders.



** In the finale of "Keys To The Kingdom," Rufus is left too traumatized to even seek shelter in his fantasies [[spoiler: after Dodge murders his mother]], and can only explain events as they happen to Kinsey in a deathly monotone without any kind of jargon.

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** In the finale of "Keys To The Kingdom," Rufus is left too traumatized to even seek shelter in his fantasies [[spoiler: after Dodge murders his mother]], mother]] and can only explain events as they happen to Kinsey in a deathly monotone without any kind of jargon.



* OnlySaneMan: Generally comes off as the most level headed in her group of friends.

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* OnlySaneMan: Generally comes off as the most level headed level-headed in her group of friends.



* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]: [[spoiler: Kills herself, by jumping to her death, to save Jamal and Kinsey from choosing which one of the three has to die.]]

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* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]: [[spoiler: Kills herself, herself by jumping to her death, death to save Jamal and Kinsey from choosing which one of the three has to die.]]



* SexWithTheEx: At one point sleeps with Tyler after they've broken up and agree to stay that way.

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* SexWithTheEx: At one point point, sleeps with Tyler after they've broken up and agree to stay that way.



* ChekhovsSkill: Played with. He mentions to Nina at one point that his mother enrolled him in fencing classes because she had a dream that one day he would need to defend himself with a sword. [[spoiler:However, when Dodge attacks him with a rapier, Mutuku just starts knocking him around with a rolling pin while lecturing him about how this isn't a fencing match.]] That said, while he wasn't actually wielding a sword, knowing ''how to defend against'' someone who ''is'' using a sword certainly came in handy.

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* ChekhovsSkill: Played with. He mentions to Nina at one point that his mother enrolled him in fencing classes because she had a dream that that, one day day, he would need to defend himself with a sword. [[spoiler:However, when Dodge attacks him with a rapier, Mutuku just starts knocking him around with a rolling pin while lecturing him about how this isn't a fencing match.]] That said, while he wasn't actually wielding a sword, knowing ''how to defend against'' someone who ''is'' using a sword certainly came in handy.
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* LoveableJock: Tyler's been on both the football team and the hockey team, although he admits that he didn't enjoy playing football. Despite his bullish frame, he's actually a quiet, contemplative kind of guy who cares very deeply for his family.

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* LoveableJock: LovableJock: Tyler's been on both the football team and the hockey team, although he admits that he didn't enjoy playing football. Despite his bullish frame, he's actually a quiet, contemplative kind of guy who cares very deeply for his family.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Narrowly averted; guilt-ridden over his perceived role in Rendell's murder, Tyler very seriously considers killing himself. However, the closest he gets to it is interrupted when Bode begins asking about one of their dad's knock-knock jokes, and following the events Sam Lesser's second attack, [[HappilyFaiedSuicide Tyler recovers his self-confidence and never thinks about suicide again]].

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* DrivenToSuicide: Narrowly averted; guilt-ridden over his perceived role in Rendell's murder, Tyler very seriously considers killing himself. However, the closest he gets to it is interrupted when Bode begins asking about one of their dad's knock-knock jokes, and following the events Sam Lesser's second attack, [[HappilyFaiedSuicide [[HappilyFailedSuicide Tyler recovers his self-confidence and never thinks about suicide again]].
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* DrivenToSuicide: Narrowly averted; guilt-ridden over his perceived role in Rendell's murder, Tyler very seriously considers killing himself. However, the closest he gets to it is interrupted when Bode begins asking about one of their dad's knock-knock jokes, and following the events Sam Lesser's second attack, [[HappilyAvertedSuicide Tyler recovers his self-confidence and never thinks about suicide again]].

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* DrivenToSuicide: Narrowly averted; guilt-ridden over his perceived role in Rendell's murder, Tyler very seriously considers killing himself. However, the closest he gets to it is interrupted when Bode begins asking about one of their dad's knock-knock jokes, and following the events Sam Lesser's second attack, [[HappilyAvertedSuicide [[HappilyFaiedSuicide Tyler recovers his self-confidence and never thinks about suicide again]].

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* BookDumb: Though he struggles at schoolwork, Tyler is by far the most cunning of his siblings. He is pretty fast at thinking on his feet, [[spoiler: manages to piece together that Zack, Dodge and the Dark Lady are one and the same, and creates a very safe hiding place for the Omega Key: inside his own head]].

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* BookDumb: Though he struggles at schoolwork, Tyler is by far the most cunning of his siblings. He is pretty fast at thinking on his feet, [[spoiler: manages to piece together that Zack, Dodge and the Dark Lady are one and the same, and creates later creating a very safe hiding place for the Omega Key: inside his own head]].head]].
* CatharticCrying: At his dad's funeral, he's completely dry-eyed - being too caught up in his confused feelings over everything that's happened to express grief - and has nothing but a seething DeathGlare for people trying to cheer him up; however, when Duncan arrives to talk with him, Tyler finally breaks down in tears and begs his uncle to take him away.



* GentleGiant: The Giant-ness seems to be something he inherited from his father, who is also built like a truck. [[ItRunsInTheFamily Runs in the Family]], perhaps. Eventually [[spoiler: the giant part became literal, but he wasn't too gentle.]]

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* DrivenToSuicide: Narrowly averted; guilt-ridden over his perceived role in Rendell's murder, Tyler very seriously considers killing himself. However, the closest he gets to it is interrupted when Bode begins asking about one of their dad's knock-knock jokes, and following the events Sam Lesser's second attack, [[HappilyAvertedSuicide Tyler recovers his self-confidence and never thinks about suicide again]].
* GentleGiant: The A tall, bulky-framed guy serving on both the football and hockey teams, he's nonetheless a surprisingly gentle and soft-hearted character - to the point of reading bedtime stories to Bode. Giant-ness seems to be something he inherited from his father, who is also built like a truck. [[ItRunsInTheFamily Runs in the Family]], perhaps. Eventually [[spoiler: the giant part became literal, literal thanks to the likes of the Giant Key and the Hercules Key, but he wasn't isn't too gentle.gentle while using them.]]



* HormoneAddledTeenager: A background detail in his mind viewed by the Head Key has his teacher in dominatrix gear lecturing him up on his desk in the classroom.

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* HormoneAddledTeenager: A He's infrequently distracted in class by sexual fantasies, while a background detail in his mind when viewed by via the Head Key has his teacher in dominatrix gear lecturing him up on his desk in the classroom.



* LikeFatherLikeSon: Subverted. He bears a great resemblance to young Rendell, and has a similar taste in women based on his relationship with Jordan. But the final arc of the series is centred around how Tyler has been taught by his father's mistakes and matured into a better man.

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* LikeFatherLikeSon: Subverted. He bears a great resemblance to young Rendell, Rendell and has a similar taste in women women, based on his relationship with Jordan. But However, the final arc of the series is centred around how Tyler has been taught by his father's mistakes and matured into a better man.man.
* LoveableJock: Tyler's been on both the football team and the hockey team, although he admits that he didn't enjoy playing football. Despite his bullish frame, he's actually a quiet, contemplative kind of guy who cares very deeply for his family.
* MyGreatestFailure: The events leading up to Sam Lesser's attack - from allowing his friend to take Kinsey on a drunken ride home to getting a fight with his father over the justified punishment for this irresponsible act - still haunt him throughout the comics.



* PeerPressureMakesYouEvil: Every now and again, Tyler will succumb to social pressure and do something pretty dickish.
** The first time it happened was during the backstory, when his desire to fit in and not be seen as a "guidance counsellor" like his dad resulting in him allowing a drunken friend to drive Kinsey home, resulting in Kinsey getting hurt in the ensuing car crash, the friend getting arrested and missing out on a promising football career due to the black mark on his record, and Rendell throwing the book at Tyler for his irresponsibility - leading to Tyler jokingly suggesting that Sam Lesser should kill Rendell, and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone all the regret that followed]].
** Later, at Jordan's encouragement, Tyler throws away his dad's fishing hat, clearly thinking sexual favours from Jordan would be worth more than the one keepsake he has of his father. After being betrayed by Jordan later in the same issue, Tyler goes so far as to climb into a garbage truck and retrieve the hat from under a heap of refuse just to make up for this mistake.



* TragicKeepsake: His dad's old fishing hat with the fishing lure attached to the brim; despite his turbulent relationship with Rendell and being told to throw it away by Jordan, Tyler always hangs onto it, even retrieving it from a garbage truck after his relationship with Jordan falls to bits. [[spoiler: And just as well: there's a tiny chunk of Whispering Iron hidden in the lure, allowing Tyler the means to create the Alpha Key.]]



* BrokenBird: [[spoiler: Averted, but approached early in the story.]]

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* BrokenBird: [[spoiler: Averted, but approached early Averted; though she initially appears to be taking this role, what with the fear and grief she's suffered in the story.wake of her father's murder. However, after removing those emotions from her brain with the Head Key, she quickly becomes more outgoing, even outright fearless. As such, the crux of her emotional journey is realizing that she can't afford to do without fear or grief and accepting them back into her life.]]



* ExpositoryHairstyleChange:
** Prior to Rendell's death, she wears her hair in dreadlocks, befitting her outgoing personality; in the aftermath of the murder and the move to Lovecraft, she washes out the dreadlocks and lets her hair grow out in order to avoid standing out - to the point that she almost seems to be hiding behind her long hair.
** As she begins bouncing back from the trauma, she reverts to a short cut with a braid, neatly coinciding with her blossoming friendship with Jackie Veda. This is later augmented with a dyed shock of green hair as her relationships with Scot and Zack take shape.
** Following [[spoiler: Dodge's second death]], she drops the dye and lets her hair grow out, though she wears it much more casually than she did when she first arrived in Lovecraft - a sign that she's matured and learned how to become confident without abusing the Head Key.



* GranolaGirl: Kinsey prior to the events of the first issue.

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* GranolaGirl: Kinsey prior Prior to the events of the first issue.issue, she was prone to wearing Amnesty International shirts and wearing her hair in dreadlocks as a statement of her political beliefs. The murder of her father badly damaged her confidence, and she dropped both the shirts and the locks prior to starting school at Lovecraft. Later, she becomes a bit more socially conscious again after her use of the Skin Key - though in a subversion of the standard SoapboxSadie fare, she ultimately criticizes herself for doing something that will probably get two random black kids in trouble for nothing.



* ImportantHaircut: Changing her haircut from a conventional style to a short cut with a braid and green stripe marks when she starts bouncing back from her father's death.



* PrideBeforeAFall: [[spoiler: As a young man, Rendell was quite egotistical and all too proud of the power the Keys gave them, even grumbling over the fact that he needed Duncan's help to find them. After using the Keys to put on the greatest performance of ''Theatre/TheTempest'' his school had ever seen, he became obsessed with creating a Glamour Key that would allow him and his friends to remain as glorious as they'd been on stage. This vainglorious attitude came back to bite him when the attempt to acquire Whispering Iron got Dodge possessed, resulting in the MindRape of Erin and the deaths of Mark, Kim, and Dodge himself. In the aftermath, Rendell cursed himself for his arrogance and abandoned all further attempts to make new Keys, abandoning his dreams of lifelong glory and willingly forgetting magic.]]

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* PrideBeforeAFall: [[spoiler: As a young man, Rendell was quite egotistical and all too proud of the power the Keys gave them, him, even grumbling over the fact that he needed Duncan's help to find them. After using the Keys to put on the greatest performance of ''Theatre/TheTempest'' his school had ever seen, he became obsessed with creating a Glamour Key that would allow him and his friends to remain as glorious as they'd been on stage. This vainglorious attitude came back to bite him when the attempt to acquire Whispering Iron got Dodge possessed, resulting in the MindRape of Erin and the deaths of Mark, Kim, and Dodge himself. In the aftermath, Rendell cursed himself for his arrogance and arrogance, finally realizing that he'd ended up becoming an object lesson as to why adults shouldn't be allowed to use the Keys; from there, he ultimately abandoned all further attempts to make new Keys, abandoning his dreams of lifelong glory and willingly forgetting magic.allowed himself to forget magic entirely, soon becoming the sober, serious professional that Tyler and co remember.]]



* StrongFamilyResemblance: As an adult he just has Tyler's chin, but when we see his teen self he's pretty much just Tyler with a different haircut. Arguably this is a smart choice, as much of Tyler's arc is filling in his father's shoes.

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* StrongFamilyResemblance: As an adult he just has Tyler's chin, but when we see his teen self teenage incarnation, he's pretty much just Tyler with a different haircut. Arguably this is a smart choice, as much of Tyler's arc is filling in his father's shoes.



* CrazyIsCool: When he removes his sanity using the Head Key, he strips naked in his school's quad and recites Byron.



* [[spoiler: DyingAsYourself]]: [[spoiler:Dies after the Alpha Key is used to remove the demon, although thanks to the Hercules Key he lasts for quite awhile and is able to save and help his fellow students.]]

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* [[spoiler: DyingAsYourself]]: [[spoiler:Dies after the Alpha Key is used to remove the demon, although thanks to the Hercules Key he lasts for quite awhile a while and is able to save and help his fellow students.]]


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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be cocky and not above dropping a racist joke just to get a rise out of Jamal, but he's fiercely loyal to his friends, even getting a commemorative heart tattoo in honor of Kinsey and Jamal. Alos, during Scot's video tribute to his fellow students, Tyler begins confessing some very personal details about his relationship with his father, Scot quickly turns the camera off, realizing that it wouldn't be right to commit Tyler's private regrets to recording.


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* MomentOfLucidity: Normally too mentally ruined to speak or even act independently, meeting something familiar from her past will briefly allow her to recall something important before it slips away again. Most prominently, in "Alpha And Omega," she can be heard encouraging Rufus to stop Dodge; later, in the same issue [[spoiler: she and her nurse catch Rufus in the act of breaking out - but before the nurse can stop him, Erin deliberately swings her wheelchair around and knocks her over, giving Rufus time to escape and save the day.]]
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* PrideBeforeAFall: As a young man, Rendell was quite egotistical and all too proud of the power the Keys gave them, even grumbling over the fact that he needed Duncan's help to find them. After using the Keys to put on the greatest performance of ''Theatre/TheTempest'' his school had ever seen, he became obsessed with creating a Glamour Key that would allow him and his friends to remain as glorious as they'd been on stage. This vainglorious attitude came back to bite him when the attempt to acquire Whispering Iron got Dodge possessed, resulting in the MindRape of Erin and the deaths of Mark, Kim, and Dodge himself. In the aftermath, Rendell cursed himself for his arrogance and abandoned all further attempts to make new Keys, abandoning his dreams of lifelong glory and willingly forgetting magic.]]

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* PrideBeforeAFall: [[spoiler: As a young man, Rendell was quite egotistical and all too proud of the power the Keys gave them, even grumbling over the fact that he needed Duncan's help to find them. After using the Keys to put on the greatest performance of ''Theatre/TheTempest'' his school had ever seen, he became obsessed with creating a Glamour Key that would allow him and his friends to remain as glorious as they'd been on stage. This vainglorious attitude came back to bite him when the attempt to acquire Whispering Iron got Dodge possessed, resulting in the MindRape of Erin and the deaths of Mark, Kim, and Dodge himself. In the aftermath, Rendell cursed himself for his arrogance and abandoned all further attempts to make new Keys, abandoning his dreams of lifelong glory and willingly forgetting magic.]]

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* ParentsAsPeople: He could be a very strict parent who didn't let his status as a teacher get in the way of his professionalism, and though he genuinely wanted the best for his kids, his insistence on his children learning responsibility resulted in considerable friction between him and Tyler. [[spoiler: As a ghost, he admits that he was trying to make up for the follies of his youth, ultimately reconciling with Tyler upon seeing that he's been able to set things right.]]



* PrideBeforeAFall: As a young man, Rendell was quite egotistical and all too proud of the power the Keys gave them, even grumbling over the fact that he needed Duncan's help to find them. After using the Keys to put on the greatest performance of ''Theatre/TheTempest'' his school had ever seen, he became obsessed with creating a Glamour Key that would allow him and his friends to remain as glorious as they'd been on stage. This vainglorious attitude came back to bite him when the attempt to acquire Whispering Iron got Dodge possessed, resulting in the MindRape of Erin and the deaths of Mark, Kim, and Dodge himself. In the aftermath, Rendell cursed himself for his arrogance and abandoned all further attempts to make new Keys, abandoning his dreams of lifelong glory and willingly forgetting magic.]]



* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Saves Tyler from the shadows in "Alpha And Omega" with a powerful light and helps him to safety in the trunk of his car. Soon after, he comes to the rescue of Nina, Mutuku, and Tyler while armed with the most powerful flashlights he could gather at short notice, successfully destroying several shadows.]]



* NonActionGuy: Very much so. He's a skinny intellectual and no real use in a fight.

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* NonActionGuy: Very much so. He's a skinny intellectual and no real use in a fight.fight... [[spoiler: up until he's pitted against the living shadows.]]



* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: He is the one to finish off Bode!Dodge by dragging him into the wellhouse.]]

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** When seriously upset or afraid, he drops the military fantasies and jargon, to the point of breaking down in tears when [[spoiler: Sam Lesser's ghost]] tells him that he'll have to kill Dodge.
** In the finale of "Keys To The Kingdom," Rufus is left too traumatized to even seek shelter in his fantasies [[spoiler: after Dodge murders his mother]], and can only explain events as they happen to Kinsey in a deathly monotone without any kind of jargon.
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: He Just when it looks like Dodge might be able to escape and regroup, Rufus is the one to finish off Bode!Dodge by dragging him into the wellhouse.]]



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!!Rendell's Old Circle of FriendsFriends, AKA "The Keepers of the Keys, The Tamers of the Tempest"



* MindRape: Dodge got her to enact his resurrection by having a part of his personality infect her mind; for good measure, it left her unable to resist his commands and unable to fight back without being hit with SanitySlippage. For good measure, Dodge ends "Head Games" by using the Head Key to remove the personality fragment, remove all her memories of Lucas, and force her into believing the "Zack Wells" cover story. Throughout this process, Ellie can only respond with helpless, whimpering terror.
* RapeAsDrama: It's ''heavily'' implied that Dodge is in the habit of raping her, which only leaves Ellie even more traumatized as the story continues.
* SanitySlippage: A combination of stress and abuse from her mother have already driven her to the breaking point a year prior to the events of the story; Dodge's return from the dead - followed closely by all the abuse, MindRape, actual rape, complicity in various crimes, and assorted threats to Rufus - pushes her over the edge, leaving her a broken, traumatized husk of her former self.
* ShowerOfAngst: After [[spoiler: helping Dodge cover up Joe Ridgeway's murder]], she is found huddled in the shower under a cascade of freezing water, half-naked.



* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Not her exactly, but her still alive memories distract Dodge long enough to knock the Crown of Shadows off him.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: After Lucas is killed, the Lockes return her memories to her, allowing her to live her life.

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* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Not her exactly, but her still alive extracted memories distract Dodge long enough are able to knock sneak up on Dodge-as-Bode and remove the Crown of Shadows off him.Shaodws from him, giving Tyler the perfect opportunity to use the Alpha Key.]]
* BlackAndNerdy: The only black member of Rendell's clique, and arguably the most scholarly.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: After Lucas Dodge is finally defeated and killed, the Lockes return her memories to her, allowing her to live her life.]]



* LockedIntoStrangeness:[[spoiler:The trauma of having her head emptied out turned her hair white.]]

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* LockedIntoStrangeness:[[spoiler:The LockedIntoStrangeness: The trauma of having her head emptied out turned her hair white.]]white.
* MindRape: During the backstory, Dodge used the Head Key to literally empty out the contents of her mind while the rest of the Keepers were restrained and ForcedToWatch in horror at the violation taking place.



* TheSmartGuy: Arguably the intellectual of the Keepers of the Keys, she spends a good deal of the flashback sequence in "Clockworks" explaining the deeper rules of magic for the benefit of her friends (and the audience). Plus, from prior research, she correctly recognizes that Dodge was lying about managing to escape possession. This makes Dodge's MindRape all the more horrific, as it renders her almost incapable of coherent thought.



* NeckSnap: He's fond of killing people with this move.

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* NeckSnap: He's fond of killing people with this move. [[spoiler: In fact, his MO is so distinctive that it's almost his undoing: the similarities between the deaths of Candace Whedon and Sam Lesser get the attention of Detective Mutuku, unmasking Dodge as the killer in both cases.]]

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* AbusiveParents: Her mother is a major one. Ellie herself is a kind and caring parent.

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* AbusiveParents: Her mother is a major one.one, regularly raking Ellie over the coals for perceived failures ''and'' treating Rufus like shit. Ellie herself is a kind and caring parent.



* BreakTheCutie: Her experiences as a teen, and the breaking just continued due to her mother as an adult.

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* BreakTheCutie: Her experiences as a teen, teen - from seeing her boyfriend possessed to losing all her friends to death or heartbreak - just about ruined her life, and the breaking just continued due throughout her adulthood thanks to her mother as an adult.mothers' abusiveness.



* HotGuyUglyWife: Her relationship with Dodge was commented on a few times as this.

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* FacialHorror: [[spoiler: After fatally wounding her, Dodge goes the extra mile to desecrate Ellie by tearing her lower lip off. For good measure, the results are kept in full view as Rufus cries over her body.]]
* HotGuyUglyWife: Her relationship with Dodge was commented on a few times as this.this, with the handsome Lucas Caravaggio being paired with the sporty, unglamorous Ellie. [[spoiler: Taken to a horrifying extreme in present day, when the still-handsome Lucas is implied to have raped the much-older and distinctly haggard Ellie.]]


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* LipLosses: [[spoiler: After impaling her, Dodge pretends to briefly return to normal enough to beg Ellie to kiss him; Ellie does so... whereupon Dodge '''rips her lower lip off with his teeth.''']]
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* BikerBabe: Owns a pretty sick motorcycle. Interestingly, near the end of the series her father claims that it's actually her Mom's bike and that Jordan doesn't even have a license to drive it. (Which wouldn't be out-of-character for Jordan, although her father comes across as a distant parent who doesn't really know his child and could have been mistaken, or been lied to by Jordan and/or her mother.)

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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: He has feelings for Ellie.

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* AgonizingStomachWound: After distracting him with the sexy new female form, Dodge stabs Mark in the belly; for good measure, he tortures him by jabbing some of his toes into the wound so he can make Mark scream, before leaving him to slowly bleed out.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: He has feelings for Ellie.Ellie, but they're not noticed thanks to Ellie's infatuation with Lucas.



* BewareTheSillyOnes: Despite being a chubby, nerdy, constantly put-upon kinda guy, Mark proves surprisingly competent in emergencies. When Dodge turns on the Keepers, it's Mark who uses the Crown of Shadows to subdue him. Later, when Dodge gets his memories back and starts attacking Keepers, Mark immediately uses the Owl to send a message to the others before donning the Crown and using it to apprehend Dodge.
* CommonalityConnection: Thanks to his crush on Ellie, he clearly sympathizes with Erin for her unrequited crush on Rendell, and when he paints the names of the Keepers of the Keys on the wall of the Drowning Caves, he makes sure that Rendell and Erin's names are together.



* DyingAlone: Bleeds to death with nobody but an unconscious Ellie Whedon for company while waiting for his friends to rescue him.



* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Not the dark side, per se, but she enjoys using the keys and is upset at the idea of losing the ability to assess (or even remember) them once they became adults.

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* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Not the dark side, per se, but she DrunkWithPower: She enjoys using the keys and is upset at the idea of losing the ability to assess (or even remember) them once they became adults.



* {{Tsundere}}: Can be quite temperamental and angry but can often follow up on her moments of anger by being genuinely caring. When Duncan's inquisitiveness nearly gets him possessed, she immediately rounds on him angrily, only to comfort him when he starts crying.



* BackFromTheDead: Sort of. [[spoiler: He is actually a living echo of his former self. At one point his corpse can be seen at the bottom of the Drowning Cave.]]

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* BackFromTheDead: Sort of. [[spoiler: He is actually a living echo of his former self. At one point his corpse can be seen at the bottom of the Drowning Cave.Cave even while his echo is up and about.]]


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* SanitySlippage: By "Keys To The Kingdom," his composure is beginning to fray with impatience, to the point that he's openly fantasizing about murdering all three of the Locke children and very nearly snaps after getting beaned with a snowball by Bode.
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* CoolHat: Wears one.
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* EvilWearsBlack: has natural black hair and mainly wears black after becoming evil. His true form is also mostly black with some orange accents.

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* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: His [[DemonicPossession condition]] has rewired his personality such that he thinks pain feels good and he can't stand being nice to people.



* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: he delights in using sensitive subjects as a weapon in manipulation or just to be a dick, and even when he’s not going after someone he’s extremely fond of using the r-word as a general insult.



%%* WouldHurtAChild: Enthusiastically.

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%%* * WouldHurtAChild: Enthusiastically.aside from most of his enemies being under eighteen due to adults not being able to perceive magic, he enjoys hurting kids as much as he enjoys hurting anyone else, abusing Rufus while living with him and [[spoiler: throwing Bode’s friend under a bus without a second thought when he figured out Dodge had possessed Bode.]]

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* BrokenBird: [[spoiler:Averted, but approached early in the story.]]

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* BrokenBird: [[spoiler:Averted, [[spoiler: Averted, but approached early in the story.]]



* FireForgedFriends: [[spoiler:With Scot, Jackie and Jamal after they all almost drown together.]

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* FireForgedFriends: [[spoiler:With Scot, Jackie and Jamal after they all almost drown together.]]]
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* CrazyAwesome: When he removes his sanity using the Head Key, he strips naked in his school's quad and recites Byron.

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* CrazyAwesome: CrazyIsCool: When he removes his sanity using the Head Key, he strips naked in his school's quad and recites Byron.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Of the ironic variety. In one scene, he and a co-worker discuss who would win; [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] or [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface.]] Parsons insists that strength and weight are the only things that matter in a fight, and he'd make quick work of any skinny guy with knives. [[spoiler: [[{{Bishounen}} Dodge]] later shows up with knives and dispatches him effortlessly.]]

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Of the ironic variety. In one scene, he and a co-worker discuss who would win; [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] or [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface.]] Parsons insists that strength and weight are the only things that matter in a fight, and he'd make quick work of any skinny guy with knives. [[spoiler: [[{{Bishounen}} Dodge]] later shows up with knives and dispatches him effortlessly.]]]][[note]][[spoiler: Then again, he did sneak up behind him and knife him in the neck before he even realized he was there...]][[/note]]

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* AnimeHair: Her natural preference is for multicolored hair with some unusual, spiky styles.
* BadassBoast: Her various "I'm not afraid to ___" statements, but ''especially'' [[spoiler:"I'm not afraid to kill you"]].

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* AnimeHair: Her natural preference is for multicolored hair with some unusual, spiky styles.
* BadassBoast: Her various "I'm not afraid to ___" statements, but ''especially'' [[spoiler:"I'm not afraid to kill you"]].



* BlessedWithSuck: Completely removing your fears and sadness turns out to have some negative side effects on your social life. When you're not afraid of accidentally hurting people or ruining relationships because of impulsiveness, things can go downhill for you and your social circle.
* BrokenBird: Ultimately averted, but she strayed very close to it early in the story.

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* BlessedWithSuck: Completely removing [[spoiler:Removing your fears and sadness turns out to have some negative side effects on your social life. When you're not afraid of accidentally hurting people or ruining relationships because of impulsiveness, things can go downhill for you and your social circle.
circle.]]
* BrokenBird: Ultimately averted, [[spoiler:Averted, but she strayed very close to it approached early in the story.]]



* FireForgedFriends: With Scot, Jackie and Jamal after they all almost drown together.

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* FireForgedFriends: With [[spoiler:With Scot, Jackie and Jamal after they all almost drown together.]
* GranolaGirl: Kinsey prior to the events of the first issue.



* PluckyGirl: Actually ''enforced.'' She doesn't get scared or sad because she literally ''can't'' after using the Head Key to remove her fears and sadness. Deconstructed in that this also means that she lacks the benefits of fears and sadness, such as truly empathizing with others' negative emotions, and avoiding dangers.
* TookALevelInBadass: After removing her fears, although it led to some unforeseen consequences.
* TraumaButton: The smell of paint reminds her of the paint the day her father was murdered and makes her throw up.

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* PluckyGirl: Actually [[spoiler:Actually ''enforced.'' She doesn't get scared or sad because she literally ''can't'' after using the Head Key to remove her fears and sadness. Deconstructed in that this also means that she lacks the benefits of fears and sadness, such as truly empathizing with others' negative emotions, and avoiding dangers.
dangers.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: After [[spoiler:After removing her fears, although it led to some unforeseen consequences.
consequences.]]
* TraumaButton: The [[spoiler:The smell of paint reminds her of the paint the day her father was murdered and makes her throw up.
up.]]
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* BrokenBad

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* TeensAreMonsters

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* %%* TeensAreMonsters
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* [[spoiler: DroppedABridgeOnHim]]: [[spoiler:Unceremoniously impaled by a shadow.]]

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* [[spoiler: DroppedABridgeOnHim]]: * DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Unceremoniously impaled by a shadow.]]
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* [[spoiler: DiedInYourArmsTonight]]: [[spoiler:With Scot.]]
* [[spoiler: DyingAsYourself]]: [[spoiler:Dies after the Alpha Key is used to remove the demon.]]

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* [[spoiler: DiedInYourArmsTonight]]: DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:With Scot.]]
* [[spoiler: DyingAsYourself]]: DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler:Dies after the Alpha Key is used to remove the demon.]]
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The main villain of the story, Dodge seeks to [[spoiler: open the Black Door]]. He almost did it in 1988, and doesn't intend to fail this time.

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The main villain of the story, Dodge seeks to [[spoiler: open get his hands on the Black Door]].Omega Key. He almost did it in 1988, and doesn't intend to fail this time.
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The track coach at the Locke's high school. Was one of Rendell's original circle back in 1988, [[spoiler: and the one who started the whole mess over again.]]

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The track coach at the Locke's high school. Was one of Rendell's original circle back in 1988, [[spoiler: and the one who started the whole mess over again.]]
1988.
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Formerly one of Rendell's circle, she is now a mental patient after [[spoiler: Dodge completely emptied out her mind with the Head Key while searching for the whereabouts of the Omega Key. Used to be in love with Rendell.]]

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Formerly one of Rendell's circle, she is now a mental patient after [[spoiler: Dodge completely emptied out her mind with the Head Key while searching for the whereabouts of the Omega Key. Used to be in love with Rendell.]]
patient.
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* HormoneAddledTeenager: A background detail in his mind viewed by the Head Key has his teacher in dominatrix gear lecturing him up on his desk in the classroom.
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* SenseFreak: The main thing the demon possessing Dodge loves about having a body is the sensation of feeling.
---> '''Dodge:''' I like the way the meat feels. Even when it's bad, it's good.

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* AndIMustScream: The thing controlling him isn't bonded to his body, but his soul, and persists even after death, barring his soul from experiencing a peaceful afterlife.



%%* DevilInPlainSight

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%%* DevilInPlainSight* DevilInPlainSight: Has a pretty sinister and suspicious demeanor, even without knowing he's the main antagonist of the series.



* LoopholeAbuse: Echoes dissipate leaving the Wellhouse only when actually going through its doors. With the Anywhere Key he can bypass this and move freely.



%%* OurMonstersAreDifferent

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%%* OurMonstersAreDifferent * OurMonstersAreDifferent: An eldritch abomination that would transform into supernatural (and implicitly still living) metal if exposed on the earthly plane. It needs a human host to survive, specifically it needs to bond to a human soul.



* WeaksauceWeakness: [[spoiler:If he passes through the door to the wellhouse... poof.]]
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* CrazyMemory: Because he's so young and therefore emotional and imaginative certain memories personified by the Head Key turn out as deformed caricatures of what they're supposed to represent.

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