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* ItsPersonal: LOATHES the Schnee family considerably.



* EvenEvilHasStandards: Is notably disgusted by Alan Crawford's actions; when she goes back on her word to spare him it's as much out of contempt for his crimes as it pragmatism. She's also notably remorseful in letting Garrett Odinson die.



* EvilVirtues: Loyalty. He genuinely cares for his soldiers, and even goes so far as to help Ashe defeat Saul when Saul murders one of his soldiers.



* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Cared for Nora's parents and Nora herself, to the point that he genuinely regretted his role in their deaths.

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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Cared for Nora's parents and Nora herself, to the point that he genuinely regretted his role in their deaths. This is what allows Nora to get him to talk when Atlas's most experienced interrogators failed.
* KlingonPromotion: Killed his predecessor Hyman Dall.



* EvilMentor: Was one of Pyrrha's trainers when she was brainwashed.



* {{Revenge}}: One of his primary motives.

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* {{Revenge}}: One of his primary motives.motivations.



* FantasticRacism: While he makes exceptions for Ziz Mavis and Pyrrha he does not have a positive view of humans on the whole.

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* FantasticRacism: While he makes exceptions for Ziz Mavis and Pyrrha he does not have a positive view of humans on the whole. As it later turns out, he doesn't even care about Salem's revolution and just wants to kill as many humans as he can, especially the Schnees.



* LeftForDead: Her backstory; her team thought she died after a particularly hard battle with a flock of Nevermore. Salem save her and gave her a new life as a Grimm Commander.

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* HeelFaceTurn: While she still aligns with Salem, she goes out of her way to help the heroes after learning that her teammates HAD tried to save her only to die in the process.
* LeftForDead: Her backstory; her team thought she died after a particularly hard battle with a flock of Nevermore. Salem save saved her and gave her a new life as a Grimm Commander. Commander.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When she learns that her team HADN'T actually abandoned her (and in fact had died trying to save her) she comes to regret her misanthropy.



* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: For all that he's a terrible person it's implied that a part of him still mourns his brother (who was killed as a result of his father's negligence and cruelty).



* SelfMadeOrphan: It's revealed that his very first victim was his abusive father; unlike his other victims, the man deserved it.

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* SelfMadeOrphan: It's revealed that his very first victim was his abusive father; unlike his other victims, the man Norvik's father fully deserved it.
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* VillainHasAPoint: It's shown that Luc Arc did in fact manipulate her in order to go along with the mission.
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* Who'sLaughingNow: Shows some shades of this when Vera Nordstrom (her ex friend turned tormenter) has her reputation destroyed on account of her father helping to commit mass murder.

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* Who'sLaughingNow: WhosLaughingNow: Shows some shades of this when Vera Nordstrom (her ex friend turned tormenter) has her reputation destroyed on account of her father helping to commit mass murder.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Despite being opposed to the Red Fang's more violent methods, she does take some satisfaction in the downfall of Alan Crawford and his cronies (as well as the humiliation of one of her former tormentors when it gets out that her dad was one of those cronies.)
* WeUsedToBeFriends: When she was at Atlas Prep her best friend was Vera Nordstrom, a racist rich girl who turned on her when Ilia's Faunus heritage was revealed.
* Who'sLaughingNow: Shows some shades of this when Vera Nordstrom (her ex friend turned tormenter) has her reputation destroyed on account of her father helping to commit mass murder.
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* FreudianExcuse: While he's implied to have been somewhat sociopathic from the beginning, it's later revealed that his father was an abusive huntsman obsessed with his legacy. After forcing Norvik and his brother to go through TrainingFromHell he locked them outside and let their fear attract the Grimm; Norvik's brother died from his wounds, and because his father had a good reputation everyone believed his blatantly false story.
* SelfMadeOrphan: It's revealed that his very first victim was his abusive father; unlike his other victims, the man deserved it.
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* WeaponOfChoice: A customized Atlesian-made assault rifle.

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* WeaponOfChoice: A customized Atlesian-made assault rifle.
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* HateSink: Ruining Ashe's life and trying to make him suffer as much as possible out of spite will give you little reason to like this guy.

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* {{Sadist}}{{Sadist}}: Undoubtedly.


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Being the notorious crime boss of Haven City, Damien Ante has his own elite group of shock troops known as '''the Enforcers''.

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Being the notorious crime boss of Haven City, Damien Ante has his own elite group of shock troops known as '''the Enforcers''.
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* BodyHorror: A past skirmish with a Grimm Ursa had caused an accident with his flamethrower, which resulted in severe third-degree burns all over his body.
* KillItWithFire: Pretty much his modus operandi.

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* TheDreaded: EVERY single one of her minions fears her as much as they respect her. Notably when a large amount are taken into custody after the battle in Mistral, they all commit suicide rather than risk her wrath.



* TranquilFury: To the point that when she actually looses her temper all of her minions leave the room rather than be caught in the blast radius.




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* YouHaveFailedMeForTheLastTime: Minions have been known to commit suicide rather than face her wrath for failing. b



* IgnoredEpiphany: Realizes that Salem lied to her and used her, and that she's only a pawn. However her desire for power causes her to instead try to overthrow Salem.

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* IgnoredEpiphany: Realizes that Salem lied to her and used her, and that she's only a pawn. However her desire for power causes her to instead try to overthrow Salem.Salem rather than join the heroes.




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* AxeCrazy: Notably, he's the only one of Salem's crew who gets along with Norvik.



* AgentPeacock: Despite full of herself she IS still a dangerous warrior, managing to actually overpower Neo in their fight.



* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: One of Salem's resident mad scientists; in fact a large part of his reason for joining up was the ability to do whatever the hell he wanted without any ethical constraints.



* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Cared for Nora's parents and Nora herself, to the point that he genuinely regretted his role in their deaths.
* MoralityPet: Cares deeply for Nora, to the point that it's her asking him that gets him to finally confess his crimes to the Atlesian authorities despite knowing it'll provoke Salem's wrath.



* YouKilledMyFather: While not directly involved, he ultimately caused the death of Nora's parents.

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* YouKilledMyFather: While not directly involved, he ultimately Indirectly caused the death of Nora's parents.parents; when they fled to tell Ozpin he told Salem, who unleashed the Nucklavee in order to silence them.
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* KnifeNut: Was hinted to have shades of this trope with a sword.
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* BadDreams: Cinder suffers these near the end of Chapter 53, in which the people she killed, including Ashe, Amber, her parents, and even Torchwick all tell her she's nothing but a pawn to Salem.
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* TeensAreMonsters: Started out as a hit woman when she was a teenager.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: What she does to Luc Arc and the other survivors of the mission to take out the second Grimm Queen.
* EvilIsPetty: She has Sharp Strike's tribe annihilated partially because they defied her, but also as a team building exercise for her disciples. And that's not even getting into what she did to Luc Arc and the others involved in the strike team to take out the second Grimm Queen.

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* CainAndAbel: The Cain to Ashe's Abel, given that she murders him.
* DueToTheDead: Asks the heroes to treat Ashe's body with courtesy.



* IgnoredEpiphany: Realizes that Salem lied to her and used her, and that she's only a pawn. However her desire for power causes her to instead try to overthrow Salem.




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* EvilIsPetty: Jumped ship in part because he was upset that Weiss defeated his Atlas Armor prototype
* ForScience: The other reason he joined up is because it gave him the chance to do whatever experiments he wanted without ANY limitations.
* IGaveMyWord: One of his only redeeming qualities. He says that he'll spare innocent civilians at the weapons factory if the lead scientist cooperates; when the scientist does he leaves the prisoners unharmed.
* TheSociopath

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* DisappointedInYou: To Cinder in Chapter 20.

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* DisappointedInYou: DisappointedInYou:
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To Cinder in Chapter 20.



* MadeOfIron: He was shown taking huge amounts of damage in a few instances, and simply shrugged it off as though it was nothing.



* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: A variation of this trope.
** In Chapter 83, knowing that Salem is mad over certain revelations, the Son of Salem left with everyone else after being ordered by her to leave to avoid her wrath.

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: A variation of this trope.
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In Chapter 83, knowing that Salem is mad over certain revelations, the Son of Salem left with everyone else after being ordered by her to leave to avoid her wrath.



* EvenEvilHasStandards: Trooper is evidently uncomfortable with how Salem treats those who worked for her, especially after witnessing the actions of Salem's associates which led to the deaths of other Enforcers, as well as Ante's punishment. It eventually planted a seed of doubt which saw him secretly helping the heroes whenever he can.
** It eventually gets to the point he joins in with Cinder's rebellion, not that he had a proper choice.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Trooper is evidently uncomfortable with how Salem treats those who worked for her, especially after witnessing the actions of Salem's associates which led to the deaths of other Enforcers, as well as Ante's punishment. It eventually planted a seed of doubt which saw him secretly helping the heroes whenever he can.
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can. It eventually gets to the point he joins in with Cinder's rebellion, not that he had a proper choice.

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* VillainHasAPoint: It's shown that Luc Arc did in fact manipulate her in order to go along with the mission.



* JerkAss
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate
* NonActionGuy: Subverted. He directly took part in the massacre of Sharp Strike's tribe ten years before, and proves fairly capable in combat.
* SmugSnake: Albeit an incredibly competent one.



* CombatPragmatist



* TeleportSpam: One of her favorite tactics.



* {{Slimeball}}: Emerald flat out says that Torchwick was more likable than Ante, while Cinder herself seems to dread the idea of working with him.

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* {{Slimeball}}: Emerald flat out says that Torchwick was more likable than Ante, while Cinder herself seems to dread the idea of working with him.


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* FreudianExcuse: For all that he's a piece of shit, it's made clear that he was an innocent child before Azrael exposed his soul to hell for shits and giggles.


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* SerialKiller: Was this before Ozpin defeated him 44 years earlier.
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The primary leader of the faction that opposes the Guardians of Remnant and the Remnant Knights, and the former Winter Maiden.

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The faction's primary leader of the faction that opposes the Guardians of Remnant and the Remnant Knights, and the former Winter Maiden.



* EvilMentor: To Cinder Fall, Thorn Branch and Anastasia Bloom.

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* EvilMentor: To Cinder Fall, Thorn Branch Branch, and Anastasia Bloom.



* PetTheDog: When Juane manages to break Pyrrha's brainwashing she actually lets them have a moment together before ordering Pyrrha dragged away to be re brainwashed.

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* PetTheDog: When Juane Jaune manages to break Pyrrha's brainwashing she actually lets them have a moment together before ordering Pyrrha dragged away to be re brainwashed.



* CoolSword: '''Chaos Edge''', which was mentioned to be forged from Salem's dark magic and infused with the essence of an Elder Grimm.

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* CoolSword: '''Chaos Edge''', which was mentioned to be forged from Salem's dark magic and infused with the essence of an Elder Grimm.Grimm's essence.



* EvenEvilHasStandards: Emerald, being loyal to Cinder, is uncomfortable with the rest of Salem's Inner Circle like Tyrian, Dr. Giger, Norvik and Damien Ante, not to mention not taking Salem's punishment for Cinder (leaving Ruby's scythe scar on her face) with regards to her failure in Haven well at all.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Emerald, being loyal to Cinder, is uncomfortable with the rest of Salem's Inner Circle like Tyrian, Dr. Giger, Norvik Norvik, and Damien Ante, not to mention not taking Salem's punishment for Cinder (leaving Ruby's scythe scar on her face) with regards to her failure in Haven well at all.



* ThisIsWrongOnSoManyLevels: Mercury, surprisingly, feels this way when he mentions about Salem creating the Son from the body parts of various deceased individuals.

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* ThisIsWrongOnSoManyLevels: Mercury, surprisingly, feels this way when he mentions about Salem creating the Son from the body parts of various deceased individuals.



* It'sAllAboutMe: Is noted to be very selfish even compared to the rest of the faction.

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* It'sAllAboutMe: ItsAllAboutMe: Is noted to be very selfish even compared to the rest of the faction.



* {{Slimeball}}: Emerald flat out says that torchwick was more likable than Ante, while Cinder herself seems to dread the idea of working with him.

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* {{Slimeball}}: Emerald flat out says that torchwick Torchwick was more likable than Ante, while Cinder herself seems to dread the idea of working with him.



* BodyHorror: Her appearance is disturbing, to say the least. She had the black wings of an adolescent Nevermore grafted onto her body and made a part of her bone and muscle structure. Her skin, like the other Grimm Commanders, was bone white, black veins covered her body as well as the blood-red eyes.

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* BodyHorror: Her appearance is disturbing, to say the least. She had has the black wings of an adolescent Nevermore grafted onto her body and made a part of her bone and muscle structure. Her skin, like Like the other Grimm Commanders, was her skin is bone white, black veins covered her body as well as the blood-red eyes.



* TheFriendNoOneLikes: Tied in with AxeCrazy. EVERYONE (With the exception of Tyrian) thinks he's a monster.

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* TheFriendNoOneLikes: Tied in with AxeCrazy. EVERYONE (With the exception of (Except Tyrian) thinks he's a monster.



Being the notorious crime boss of Haven City, Damien Ante has his own elite group of shock troops known as '''the Enforcers'''.

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Being the notorious crime boss of Haven City, Damien Ante has his own elite group of shock troops known as '''the Enforcers'''.
Enforcers''.



* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's so disturbed by Saul Jude's cruelty and sadism, he outright refuses to carry out his order to make Ashe suffer with his illusions. [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished Unfortunately, this gets him killed by Jude.]]

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's so disturbed by Saul Jude's cruelty and sadism, he outright refuses to carry out his order to make Ashe suffer with from his illusions. [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished Unfortunately, this gets him killed by Jude.]]



A cheetah faunus who was artificially given chameleon traits.

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A cheetah faunus who was with artificially given chameleon traits.

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* PetTheDog: When Juane manages to break Pyrrha's brainwashing she actually lets them have a moment together before ordering Pyrrha dragged away to be re brainwashed.



* EvenEvilHasStandards: Emerald, being loyal to Cinder, is uncomfortable with the rest of Salem's Inner Circle like Tyrian, Dr. Giger, and Damien Ante, not to mention not taking Salem's punishment for Cinder (leaving Ruby's scythe scar on her face) with regards to her failure in Haven well at all.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Emerald, being loyal to Cinder, is uncomfortable with the rest of Salem's Inner Circle like Tyrian, Dr. Giger, Norvik and Damien Ante, not to mention not taking Salem's punishment for Cinder (leaving Ruby's scythe scar on her face) with regards to her failure in Haven well at all.



* It'sAllAboutMe: Is noted to be very selfish even compared to the rest of the faction.
* JerkAss



* FromNobodyToNightmare: Was originally one of Garrett Odinson's enforcers before Cinder recruited her into the cause.

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* FromNobodyToNightmare: Was originally one of Garrett Odinson's enforcers before Cinder Salem recruited her into the cause.cause.
* GunsAkimbo: Her custom weapons are two pistols.



* {{Slimeball}}: Emerald flat out says that TORCHWICK was more likable than Ante.

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* {{Slimeball}}: Emerald flat out says that TORCHWICK torchwick was more likable than Ante.
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* EvilMentor: Was Pyrrha's teacher when she was brainwashed.
* FallenHero: Once fought for Faunus liberation.
* FantasticRacism: While he makes exceptions for Ziz Mavis and Pyrrha he does not have a positive view of humans on the whole.


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* NobleDemon: Has a sense of honor like Sheer Kaa.

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!!!'''Debut''': Chapter 50: The Beacon Lights Again Part I: Meetings



* LeftForDead: Her backstory involved being left for dead tied to her own parents bodies.

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* LeftForDead: Her backstory involved being left for dead tied to her own parents parents' bodies.
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* YouKilledMyFather: While not directly involved, he ultimately caused the death of Nora's parents.



* {{Revenge}}: His primary motive.

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* NobleDemon: Has a strong sense of honor despite being on the bad guy's side.
* {{Revenge}}: His One of his primary motive. motives.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Believes that the world is well and truly broken and that Salem's actions will create a better world free of war and bloodshed.


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* LeftForDead: Her backstory involved being left for dead tied to her own parents bodies.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Puts on a facade of being a respectable businessman to conceal his crimes.

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