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* ObfuscatingStupidity: At Petra's dinner party, she is VP Silver's plus-one, and acts like TheDitz. She lays the act so thick that Petra and Anacostia figure she knows they are unto her.

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* ObfuscatingStupidity: At Petra's dinner party, she is VP Silver's plus-one, and acts like TheDitz. She lays the act so thick that Petra and Anacostia figure she knows does not know they are unto her.



* IronLady: She is the 45th President. When VP Silver speaks of a bill [[spoiler:that would prevent witches from voting]] she stands up and proclaims that she will not tolerate such a breach of civil rights for ''anyone''. All he can do is pout.

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* IronLady: She is the 45th President. When VP Silver speaks of a bill [[spoiler:that [[spoiler: with amendments that would prevent witches from voting]] she stands up and proclaims that she will not tolerate such a breach of civil rights for ''anyone''. All he can do is pout.pretend to agree while Kara Brandt pouts.



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* SixthRanger: By season 3, she's basically the fourth member of the Bellweather Unit.


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* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: It's implied he used to "experiment" on dogs long before he even joined the Camarilla.
* CannibalismSuperpower: In season 3, he has himself surgically outfitted with a set of a captive witch's vocal cords.


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* PsychopathicManchild: He occasionally burst out into songs, dancing and rhymes. Being put under pressure by his sister brings out this side of him even more.
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* NoSell: He's capable of seeing through the Spree's illusions and the witches's blasts hit him like a mere breeze.

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* NoSell: He's capable of seeing through the Spree's illusions and the witches's witches' blasts hit him like a mere breeze.


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!!Pauline Marten
->[[AC:Portrayed by: Michelle Thrush]]
The Ojibwe representative on the Council of the Great River.
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* TheFashionista: She is one of the Council's more stylish members.
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!!Thelma Bearkiller
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A representative on the Council of the Great River.
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: She's called Thelma ''Bearkiller''.
* TermsOfEndangerment: She calls Milly "cousin", in a not-terribly-friendly tone.
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[[folder:Milly]]
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The Sioux representative on the Council of the Great River.
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* CoolOldLady: Compared to the rest of the Council, she's fairly laid-back.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She tries to get her colleagues to go easy on Scylla and her friends.
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->[[AC:Portrayed by: Arlen Arguayo-Stewart, Kandyse [=McClure=] (alternate identity, Season 3)]]

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->[[AC:Portrayed by: Arlen Arguayo-Stewart, Kandyse [=McClure=] Creator/KandyseMcClure (alternate identity, Season 3)]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Even though they always maintain a military decorum and can act quite abrasive to their coven, they genuinely miss their unit after its disbandment. They're on the verge of tears when requesting a new assignment from Anacostia.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Even though they always maintain a military decorum and can act quite abrasive to their coven, they genuinely miss their unit after its disbandment. They're also on the verge of tears later when requesting a new assignment from Anacostia.Anacostia. When talking with Tally later of how difficult they found it having to choose between serving with the men or women in the Army, their softer, vulnerable side also shows. M displays warm gratitude when Tally expresses her instant sympathy for this.

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->[[AC:Portrayed by: [[Creator/EssHodlmoser Ess Hödlmoser]]]]

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->[[AC:Portrayed by: [[Creator/EssHodlmoser Ess Hödlmoser]]]]
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* FalseFlag: The assassins at the Bellwether residence turn their mission into this by screaming that they are from the Spree while burning themselves to death. They succeed; for a while the deaths are attributed to the Spree.

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* FalseFlag: FalseFlagOperation: The assassins at the Bellwether residence turn their mission into this by screaming that they are from the Spree while burning themselves to death. They succeed; for a while the deaths are massacre is attributed to the Spree.
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* FalseFlag: The assassins at the Bellwether residence turn their mission into this by screaming that they are from the Spree while burning themselves to death. They succeed; for a while the deaths are attributed to the Spree.


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* MartyrdomCulture: When the agents who killed Charvel and try to kill Abigail get caught by Petra, they realize that fighting against two Bellwether women will not end in their favor. To avoid getting caught and interrogated, they run off and burn themselves alive.


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* WouldHarmAChild: They abduct a little girl and prepare to kill her via stoning.
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An ancient order of White Christian Nationalists devoted to eradicate all witches and establish a Christofascist state.

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An ancient order of White fanatical Christian Nationalists fundamentalists devoted to eradicate eradicating all witches and establish establishing a Christofascist theocratic state.
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* SomberBackstoryRevelation: Upon conscription, the non-binary M was forced to choose between basic training with women or learn to make weapons with men. With Alder's encouragement, they pursued War College and became coven leader.

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* SomberBackstoryRevelation: Upon conscription, the non-binary M was forced to choose between basic training with women or learn learning to make weapons with men. With Alder's encouragement, they pursued War College and became coven leader.

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An ancient order of White Christian Nationalists devoted to eradicate all witches and establish a Christofascist state.
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* BlondeRepublicanSexKitten: She's a conventionally attractive blonde politician with ties to a bigoted anti-witch organization.

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* BlondeRepublicanSexKitten: She's a conventionally attractive blonde politician with ties to spearheading a bigoted anti-witch organization.



* SiblingsInCrime: She's revealed to be Alban Hearst's sister, and represents the political arm of the Camarilla.



* GrinOfAudacity: Frequently sports of when {{NoSell}}ing the witches' Work.



* GrinOfAudacity: Frequently sports of when {{NoSell}}ing the witches' Work.

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* GrinOfAudacity: Frequently sports of when {{NoSell}}ing the witches' Work.ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: When talking to Alder, it's revealed that he has known her for centuries.

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[[caption-width-right:200:[[labelnote:Click here to see Nicte's true face]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nicte_burn.jpg[softreturn]''"You wanna see the real price of Work? IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT?"''[[/labelnote]]]]




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''"Soon enough they'll be knocking on people's doors in the middle of the night, rounding up witches and anyone else who's different."''


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* GrinOfAudacity: Frequently sports of when {{NoSell}}ing the witches' Work.

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* SomberBackstoryRevelation: Upon conscription, the non-binary M was forced to choose between basic training with women or learn to make weapons with men. With Alder's encouragement, they pursued War College and became coven leader.



* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: He's only referred to as his title.



* NoNameGiven: He's only referred to as "the Marshal".

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* TransTribulations: M relates to Tally that they had to choose between serving with the men or women in the Army, which caused great discomfort due to their being nonbinary. It's become better however as they now feel seen for who they are. Tally expresses her immediate sympathy for this, pleasing M.



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* BadassNative: He manages to catch the group via his tracking skills and his own ability to wield magic by whistling to render their magic Work ineffective.
* MagicalNativeAmerican: He's Native American, with long gray hair, wearing tribal style ornamentation on his clothing with a cowboy hat and dark leather jacket fitting how many modern Native men dress. As a ScarilyCompetentTracker, he manages to find Nicte and Scylla, undoing their disguises using a spell he activates by whistling. Of course, given this show has a nearly all witch cast it's not as unusual. He is the first Native American on the show however.
* NoNameGiven: He's only referred to as "the Marshal".


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* ScarilyCompetentTracker: He's a tracker who has been reputed to be the best there is. He manages to see through Scylla and Nicte's disguises, revealing them with a whistle. They manage to flee, but he still finds them, and [[WorthyOpponent expresses admiration]] that they even temporarily had escaped him.
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->[[AC:Portrayed by: Michael Horse]]

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* AllThereInTheScript: They're non-binary and the casting call explicitly looked for non-binary performers. So far, there was no occasion to mention M's gender in the series itself.

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* AllThereInTheScript: They're They were explicitly written and cast as a non-binary and the casting call explicitly looked for non-binary performers. So far, character, but there was no hadn't been an occasion to actually mention M's their gender in identity on the series itself.show until mid-season 3.



* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: As an unintended side-effect of [[spoiler: the Witchplague strain the Camarilla infected her with, her spirit has survided in the shape of an atmospheric mist. Izadora is capable to put her back in a corporeal form, but she's highly confused and aggressive.]]



* ApeShallNeverKillApe: it is established that they do not kill witches. That is later put into question after several instances of mass killings of witches. [[spoiler: it is later revealed that the Camarilla was responsible for the attack where several Bellwethers were killed]].

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* ApeShallNeverKillApe: it It is established that they do not kill witches. That is later put into question after several instances of mass killings of witches. [[spoiler: it It is later revealed that the Camarilla was responsible for the attack where several Bellwethers were killed]].



The apparent leader/chief scientist of the Camarilla.

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The apparent leader/chief chief scientist of the Camarilla.



* DemotedToDragon: In season 3 he's revealed to be very much under the thumb of Kara Brandt



A politician and Camarilla member.

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* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: When she finds out about the Camarilla's assassination plot, she has the witches replace her with a golem to pose as her dead body.]]


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!The Cession
[[folder:The Ranger]]
->[[AC:Portrayed by: Michael Horse]]

A powerful Native American warlock in charge of guarding the Cession.
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* NoSell: He's capable of seeing through the Spree's illusions and the witches's blasts hit him like a mere breeze.
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* BigBad: They turn out to be the main villains the entire series.

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* ApeShallNeverKillApe: it is established that they do not kill witches. That is later put into question after several instances of mass killings of witches. [[spoiler: it is later revealed that the Camarilla was responsible for the attack where several Bellwethers were killed]].
* FantasticTerrorists: They are opposed to the conscription of witches into the Army as stipulated by the Salem Accords. To them, it is another form of slavery.
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: The magical variation. In one instance, around 2000 civilians in a shopping mall are induced to jump to their deaths.

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* FacialHorror: Nicte kept up a glamour of what she looked like [[spoiler:at the time of the Liberia incident so Alder would recognize her during the assassination attempt]] and still does. In reality, her face is disfigured by burn scars and age.
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* TheUnfettered: As founder of the Spree, she finds killing civilians quite acceptable to fulfill her goals. While on the run, Scylla has to dissuade her from killing nearby civilians to use their faces. Later, [[spoiler: when they are trying to evade capture, she tries to get Scylla to stop trying to contact the missing Raelle (which could give them away) and eventually sabotages her.]]
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->[[AC:Portrayed by: Arlen Arguayo-Stewart]]

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* BeneathTheMask: [[spoiler: He allows his daughter to be sacrificed with the expectation of being rewarded with being President. But on TV, he acts like a bereaved parent mourning his murdered child.]]
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* IronLady: She is the 45th President. When VP Silver speaks of a bill [[spoiler:that would prevent witches from voting]] she stands up and proclaims that she will not tolerate such a breach of civil rights for ''anyone''. All he can do is pout.
* WorthyOpponent: Minerva Bellwether, Petra's mother and Abigail's grandmother, had held a grudge against Wade for decades. After they get their differences settled in Episode 3.02, she expresses her admiration for a fellow Black woman who rose through the ranks around the same time as her.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: At Petra's dinner party, she is VP Silver's plus-one, and acts like TheDitz. She lays the act so thick that Petra and Anacostia figure she knows they are unto her.
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* BigBad: Of the entire series.
* KnightTemplar: As Christian fundamentalists, performing witch genocide and dismantling the matriarchal society is their main mission.

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* BigBad: Of They turn out to be the main villains the entire series.
* KnightTemplar: As Christian fundamentalists, performing witch genocide and dismantling the matriarchal society is their main mission. They're firmly convinced this is completely righteous and divinely ordained.
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* BaldHeadOfToughness: M has a shaved head when they first introduce themselves in Season Two. M is well known as a very skilled combatant, trains the cadets in Sekhmet Coven and makes a disparaging remark about other students' long hair.

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* BaldHeadOfToughness: M has a shaved head when they first introduce themselves in Season Two. M is well known as a very skilled combatant, combatant (they yell, "I am going to enjoy this!" just before beating up the group of Camarilla agents who were going to kill Abigail), trains the cadets in Sekhmet Coven and makes a disparaging remark about other students' long hair.



* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:She's a sweet and cheerful young witch who gets involuntarily sacrificed as a witchplague host by her Camarilla father.]]

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* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:She's a sweet and cheerful young witch who gets involuntarily sacrificed as a witchplague Witchplague host by her Camarilla father.]]



* EasilyForgiven: This is {{zigzagged}} in the second season. Raelle gets over Scylla being a mass-murdering terrorist pretty fast, though it's more understandable as they were lovers before. Abigail though makes it clear she does not in any way forgive her, and Tally only tolerates her as Scylla helped to save Raelle's life. Both only work with her due to needing her help in taking down Nicta.

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* EasilyForgiven: This is {{zigzagged}} in the second season. Raelle gets over Scylla being a mass-murdering terrorist pretty fast, though it's more understandable as they were lovers before. Abigail though makes it clear she does not in any way forgive her, and Tally only tolerates her as Scylla helped to save Raelle's life. Both only work with her due to needing her help in taking down Nicta.Nicte.



* TheBeastmaster: Nicta uses crows whose call has been enabled to cast spells against enemies.
* GlamourFailure: She permanently keeps the Spree glamour up as her true face got disfigured decades ago. Tallly gets a brief look at it when sparring with her.

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* TheBeastmaster: Nicta Nicte uses crows whose call has been enabled to cast spells against enemies.
* GlamourFailure: She permanently keeps the Spree glamour up as her true face got disfigured decades ago. Tallly Tally gets a brief look at it when sparring with her.

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* CharacterDevelopment: She warms up considerably to Raelle after the latter manages to bring Abigail home from the suicide mission.


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* JerkToNiceGuyPlot:
** She warms up considerably to Raelle after the latter manages to bring Abigail home from the suicide mission. Initially she had viewed Raelle and Tally, Abigail's squad mates, as just impediments keeping her from success.
** Her relationship with Abigail also improves when she grows more understanding of her and less pushy about her success, becoming much warmer to her daughter over time.

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