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[[folder:Ingrid]][[folder:Ingrid Erickson]]



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[[folder:Lateef]][[folder:Lateef Gamal]]



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[[folder:Judith]][[folder:Judith Harlow]]



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[[folder:Jianyi]][[folder:Zhang Jianyi]]



* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Make no mistake, Jianyi is an [[TheGunslinger absolutely]] [[MasterSwordsman lethal]] [[KiManipulation combatant]] on the battlefield. He is also plagued by doubts for stealing his monastery's greatest treasure, [[TheDitherer can spend hours pondering what the best solution to a situation is]] only to find any chance to act has been lost due to the passage of time, and afraid that he only did so out of [[DrivenByEnvy jealously]] or misguided fear of his [[TheDreaded brother]].
** [[spoiler: If Jianyi is the one to sacrifice himself in The Bright Storm, he expresses relief that at least he can be sure he's going to [[HeroicSacrifice die doing something good]].]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Jianyi''': At least this time I know... I did the right thing.]]



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[[folder:Ana Sofía]]Sofía Rodríguez]]



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[[folder: Isaac]]Isaac Greymoor]]



** Subverted somewhat. Isaac knows that his father loved him, but their [[CombatPragmatist differing]] [[HonorBeforeReason personalities]] made living together practically impossible.



** [[spoiler: Subverted if Isaac [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices himself]] in The Bright Storm. In the final hideout conversation, Locke refers to Isaac both by his birth name; Isaac Ashley, and as the seventh Lord Greymoor.]]



** [[spoiler: If Isaac is the one to enter the Bright Storm, he notes that he can finally surpass his father in the war against the Banished Court.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Isaac''': (gasping, weary) [[SuperiorSuccessor You couldn't finish it, Dad... but I can]].]]



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* CombatSadomasochist: Oh, yes. Nicastro loves pain. And it doesn't matter overmuch to her whose pain it is.

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* CombatSadomasochist: Oh, yes. Nicastro Zorana loves pain. And it doesn't matter overmuch to her whose pain it is.



* ReligionOfEvil: House Nicastro's goal is to bring about [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the end of the world]] by raising her [[EldritchAbomination dead and dreaming god; The Devouring King]] to [[ApocalypseHow/Class4 drown the world]].
-->'''Nicastro''': Fear the long reach of the drowned, fear the cold epiphany! Childe, you know not what the tide has spawned to drown the world triumphantly.
** A series of Nicastro lore collectibles are labelled as "The Brinewater Verses" and "The Gospel of Salt".



* BerserkButton: Strum detests weakness of any kind, especially if it makes him feel weak.
--> '''Strum''': ''(At low health)'' I - am - no - [[SuddenlyShouting WEAKLING]]!



* MadeOfIron: Strum's Red Sulfur doesn't just grant him quasi-immortality, it makes him practically unkillable. Locke recounts in his first encounter with Strum in 1912 (when Locke had no idea about Strum's abilities), that every attack he made was useless.

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* MadeOfIron: Strum's Red Sulfur doesn't just grant him quasi-immortality, it makes him practically unkillable. Locke recounts in his first encounter with Strum in 1912 (when Locke had no idea about Strum's abilities), that [[NoSell every attack he made was useless.useless]].



* MadScientist: When heisting his Red Sulfur, there are notes scattered everywhere detailing the deaths involved with making it.

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* MadScientist: When heisting his Red Sulfur, there are notes scattered everywhere detailing the deaths involved with making it. Downplayed, as the [[DoomedPredecessor Donna Chanterfield]] [[ApocalypticLog journals]] found throughout the mission calls his experiments "ham-handed".
-->'''Chanterfield''': The man is a brute, not a scientist. He keeps making the same mistakes over and over again, [[PsychopathicManchild like a child]] [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer trying to hammer a square peg into a round hole]] - [[HumanResources and every time he does, it comes at the cost of a human life]].
* {{Necromancer}}: Through the use of his Red Sulfur, Strum has the power to raise corrupted [[{{Mummy}} mummies]] as [[WreathedInFlames Infernals]] and [[EnemySummoner Summoners]] to fight for him.
--> Let [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Marteau]] have his [[TheTurretMaster gadgets]] and [[TheFundamentalist Nicastro]] her [[AnimalisticAbomination pets]]. They are trifles compared to my power.
--> Through the miracle of the Red Sulfur, [[AnimateDead life and death are mine to command]].
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* DueToTheDead: While Locke has been forced into [[TheUnfettered abandoning many of the scruples he held during the previous iteration of the Lamplighters League]], that doesn't stop him from giving funeral rites to the bodies resurrected by Strum's curses.
--> The corrupted sarcophagi are destroyed. The path to the Red Sulpur is that much clearer.
--> We still have a Heist to plan. But tonight I will carve funeral spells into a sandstone table and place it in the graveyard behind the villa, for [[WasOnceAMan the bodies in those sarcophagi belonged to people, once]]. [[ReforgedIntoAMinion It was not I who turned them into weapons]], but I take responsibility for their destruction, and will bear that burden with the rest.

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* AdmiringTheAbomination: After the first segment of House Nicastro's clock is completed, everyone in Locke's Hideout suffers from nightmares showing Nicastro raise the [[EldritchAbomination Devouring King]]. While the other Agents are horrified at what they witnessed, The Alexandrite declares that it would be "the greatest necromantic act ever performed".
** Upon seeing the keystone guardians, The Alexandrite describes them as both beautiful and terrible.

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* AdmiringTheAbomination: After the first segment of House Nicastro's clock is completed, everyone in Locke's Hideout suffers from nightmares showing Nicastro raise the [[EldritchAbomination Devouring King]]. While the other Agents are horrified at what they witnessed, The the Alexandrite declares that it would be "the greatest necromantic act ever performed".
** Upon seeing the keystone guardians, The the Alexandrite describes them as both beautiful and terrible.



* TheCynic: If The Alexandrite suffers a stress break, they become this.

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* TheCynic: If The the Alexandrite suffers a stress break, they become this.



* InsufferableGenius: The Alexandrite is described by Locke as "a prodigy among occult intellectuals, foremost in the field of Glamours", and quickly proves to be a lethal force on the battlefield after joining the Lamplighters League. They are also extremely aware of this fact and won't let anyone forget it. Downplayed however, as the Alexandrite is never rude or offensive to their fellow Agents and Allies. Quite a few of their barks during missions involve bragging about how they outclass the enemy.

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* FatalFlaw: Curiosity. The Alexandrite has an insatiable desire for knowledge that can and will lead them into unfortunate situations. In the 'Forbidden Knowledge' house event, they manage to steal the [[TomeOfEldritchLore Ilatman Apocrypha]], a [[CursedItem cursed scroll]] with the power to dispel some of Nicastro's monsters from the ocean. Unfortunately, the Alexandrite's curiosity got the better of them...
-->''[[ForbiddenFruit The urge to pour over the cursed scroll quickly proves irresistible]], and the [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong Alexandrite devours its contents without safeguards or restraint]]. The exercise calms the roiling seas, but [[CastFromHitPoints costs the glamour mage nearly three pints of blood]]. [[PowerAtAPrice Such is the price of knowledge]].''
* InsufferableGenius: The Alexandrite is described by Locke as "a prodigy among occult intellectuals, foremost in the field of Glamours", and quickly proves to be a lethal force on the battlefield after joining the Lamplighters League. They are also extremely aware of this fact and won't let anyone forget it. Downplayed however, as the Alexandrite is never rude or offensive to their fellow Agents and Allies. Allies.
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-->'''Jianyi''': Then that will have to be enough.


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* AdventurerArchaeologist: Of the tomb raider variety. Strum has stolen and pilfered enough treasure and artifacts across the globe to fill an entire museum dedicated to them.


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* Really700YearsOld: According to one of the exhibits in Strum's Hall of Conquests, Strum was 18 years old in 1820 when his hirelings found the legendary [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_of_Lima Treasure of Lima]] making him 130.


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* SmarterThanYouLook: While Locke describes Strum as "an [[AristocratsAreEvil old-money aristocrat]] in a [[TheStrongman strongman's body]]" whose "not the schemer" that Marteau and Nicastro are, he is shown to have a brutal cunning to him, enough so that Isaac declares "Strum always was cleverer than you lot gave him credit for".
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** Eddie also notes her accuracy in a hideout conversation, saying that "Half the shots, you make, I've never seen anyone hit from those distances."


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--> '''Purnima''': [[AssuranceBackfire Business is business, but don't worry. I'm very expensive and I doubt this lot would rate]].
-->'''Eddie''': That is real comforting.
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* HitmanWithAHeart: During a conversation with Isaac, she will ask him to do a favor for her if she doesn't survive.
--> '''Purnima''': There's a little boy in Kathmandu. Twelve, maybe thirteen now. [[IfIDoNotReturn If I bite it on this job]], I want you to... check in on him. Make sure he's all right. (...) He's the only job I never finished. Go on, say you'll do it.
--> '''[[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Isaac]]''': All right. I'll do it. I will.


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** He also agrees to check up on the child that [[FriendlySniper Purnima]] refused to kill during [[OneLastJob what ended up being her last job]] for the [[MurderInc Sanguine Club]] [[IfIDoNotReturn if she doesn't survive the war]] with the Banished Court.
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--> ''All things considered. it was a bit of a waste - the [[CoolCar Rolls was a beautiful card]], and I hadn't finished with my new friends yet. [[SkewedPriorities But until the crash, it had been a fine evening. I don't even have a hangover]].''

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--> ''All things considered. it was a bit of a waste - the [[CoolCar Rolls was a beautiful card]], car]], and I hadn't finished with my new friends yet. [[SkewedPriorities But until the crash, it had been a fine evening. I don't even have a hangover]].''
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: Her signature ability 'Trick Shot' allows her to [[PinballProjectile ricochet one shot off up to 3 locations]], allowing her to [[HerdHittingAttack hit masses of enemies]] or [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill bounce the bullet back and forth between one or two targets for an obscene amount of damage]].

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* ImprobableAimingSkills: Her signature ability 'Trick Shot' allows her to [[PinballProjectile ricochet one shot off up to 3 locations]], allowing her to [[HerdHittingAttack hit masses of enemies]] or [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill bounce the bullet back and forth between one or two targets for an obscene amount of damage]].enemies]].
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** In a conversation with Purnima, Fedir reveals that his grandmother witnessed a [[HumanSacrifice witch murder Fedir's grandfather and use]] [[{{Curse}} his blood to cast a curse on the crops]]. [[TheGadfly Purnima]] [[MundaneSolution asks if he's sure that]] [[TilMurderDoUsPart "it wasn't grandma offed grandda?"]] Fedir's [[StunnedSilence stunned silence]] [[WhyDidntIThinkOfThat suggests that he never considered this possibility]].
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** Eddie even states outright that she is "pretty cheery for a paid killer".


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* TheDreaded: House Nicastro is this as a whole as their [[AnimalisticAbomination special troops]] specialize in causing [[SanityMeter increased stress damage]], [[FreakOut making it more likely an Agent will suffer a stress break]] and Zorana takes it to its logical conclusion by her most dangerous attack doing more damage to an Agent the more stress they have suffered.
** Taken even further if House Nicastro reaches their second threshold 'Dread' on the DoomsdayClock which causes Nicastro troops to do additional stress damage on critical hits.

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Make no mistake, Marteau is a smart man with a good eye for discovering new talent. He's also cutthroat in the extreme and is more than willing to use [[EveryManHasHisPrice bribery]], [[{{Blackmail}} blackmail]], [[ShameIfSomethingHappened threats]], [[CorporateWarfare industrial espionage]] and [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident murder]] to achieve his goals, and those methods aren't even close to being a last resort for him.

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Make no mistake, Marteau is a smart man with a good eye for discovering new talent. He's also cutthroat in the extreme and is more than willing to use [[EveryManHasHisPrice bribery]], [[{{Blackmail}} blackmail]], [[ShameIfSomethingHappened threats]], [[CorporateWarfare industrial espionage]] and [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident murder]] to achieve his goals, and those methods aren't even close to being a last resort for him. Just ask Judith about her parents.
--> '''Judith''': [[BadBoss He pushed my parents to the brink. No matter what they did it was never enough]]. [[MovingTheGoalposts He'd demand a prototype on Friday and return Monday furious when it wasn't strong enough]]. [[LockedOutOfTheLoop I was at school. I didn't know any of this was happening]]. [[SinisterSurveillance I found out later he was sending them photos of me on campus]]. [[ShameIfSomethingHappened The threat was clear enough]]. (...) [[HopeSpot The last time I saw them they were exhausted, but they had finally generated a stable field that lived up to Marteau's expectations. They were about to tender their resignations.]]
-->'''Locke''': [[ResignationsNotAccepted But with the technology in hand]], [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Marteau would no longer need your parents]].
--> '''Judith''': Exactly. [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident The accident happened the next day, took out half the block. My parents and five others were found later]]. [[FieryCoverUp Their lab, their work, all their research... gone]].
-->'''Locke''': Marteau cleaning up loose ends.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Make no mistake, Marteau is a smart man with a good eye for discovering new talent. He's also cutthroat in the extreme and is more than willing to use [[EveryManHasHisPrice bribery]], [[{{Blackmail}} blackmail]], [[ShameIfSomethingHappened threats]], [[CorporateWarfare industrial espionage]] and [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident murder]] to achieve his goals, and those methods aren't even close to being a last resort for him.

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* CombatSadomasochist: When Isaac's machine gun is at full heat and so hot that it is practically [[ManOnFire setting him on fire]], he'll let out pained laughter and, during a conversation with Purnima, he tells her that when he dies, he both expects and wants it to be [[DoNotGoGentle "messy" with "knuckles split, blood on my teeth"]].
--> '''Isaac''': I don't mind a little suffering.
--> '''Purnima''': That's because you're a bloody masochist, mate.



-->'''Ana Sofía''': [[BluntYes Yes]]. And I am glad. Because it means that [[GoodIsNotSoft I still have something inside of me that is kind, and gentle]], and... But you? You are [[EmptyShell empty]].
-->'''Isaac''': I was just trying to give you a compliment.
-->'''Ana Sofía''': [[DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife I hope some day you will find something that can fill your emptiness, Isaac]]. I do. But I won't hold my breath.

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-->'''Ana Sofía''': [[BluntYes Yes]]. And I am glad. Because it means that [[GoodIsNotSoft I still have something inside of me that is kind, and gentle]], and... But you? You are [[EmptyShell empty]].
-->'''Isaac''': I was just trying to give you a compliment.
-->'''Ana Sofía''':
empty]]. (...) [[DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife I hope some day you will find something that can fill your emptiness, Isaac]]. I do. But I won't hold my breath.

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* HisOwnWorstEnemy: Isaac's lines when he suffers a stress break all show that he carries a lot of self loathing beneath his prideful exterior.
-->'''Isaac''': ''(After receiving a breaking card)'' I couldn't even die with them.
-->'''Isaac''': ''(After receiving a breaking card)'' They never needed me after all.



* MoreDakka: Even more so than Eddie, Isaac focuses on pouring out as much lead as possible on the battlefield, with his signature ability 'Spitfire' being described as unleashing "a hailstorm of bullets". However, [[DoubleEdgedBuff if Isaac maxes out his heat and then becomes overheated, his attacks will start to damage him as well]].

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* MoreDakka: Even more so than Eddie, [[GunsAkimbo Eddie]], Isaac focuses on pouring out as much lead as possible on the battlefield, with his signature ability 'Spitfire' being described as unleashing "a hailstorm of bullets". However, [[DoubleEdgedBuff if Isaac maxes out his heat and then becomes overheated, his attacks will start to damage him as well]].



** He can also fall into this after suffering a stress break.
-->'''Isaac''': ''(After receiving a breaking card)'' I couldn't even die with them.

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** He can also fall into this after suffering a stress break.
-->'''Isaac''': ''(After receiving a breaking card)'' I couldn't
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* {{The Engineer}}/DemolitionsExpert: Locke states in his notes that Judith is a "skilled engineer" and during his first conversation with her Locke notes that she has destroyed at least three Marteau industry buildings, including a refinement plant, a weapons lab and a warehouse [[NeverHurtAnInnocent without any employees being hurt]]. She also refined the design for the prototype shield that she takes into battle and refuses to let Danys work on it.

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* {{The Engineer}}/DemolitionsExpert: Locke states in his notes that Judith is a "skilled engineer" and during his first conversation with her Locke notes that she has destroyed at least three Marteau industry buildings, including a refinement plant, a weapons lab and a warehouse [[NeverHurtAnInnocent without any employees being hurt]]. She also refined the design for the prototype shield that she takes into battle and refuses to let Danys work on it. Eddie puts it rather succinctly in a conversation with her.
-->'''Eddie''': From what I heard you know some things. (...) What I heard was [[TheBlacksmith you built your gear from scratch]]. I've been in some scrapes in my time, and I've never seen anything like your kit. I heard [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist math whiz, degrees in chemistry and electrical engineering]] to boot.



* EveryoneHasStandards: Was kicked out of the Sanguine Club because she refused to kill a 12 year old boy.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: Was kicked out of the Sanguine Club because she refused to kill a 12 year old boy. [[note]]A conversation with Célestine in the hideout will reveal that the boy is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhisattva Bodhisattva]][[/note]]


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* HiddenDepths: If selected to resolve the 'X Marks the Spot' fate event, Ana is said to have enjoyed solving puzzles in the Magdalite convent and, with [[TheLeader Locke's]] aid, manages to solve a [[TreasureMap treasure map]] that hasn't been deciphered in centuries in a single night.

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* NotSoAboveItAll: During a conversation with Purnima, Ingrid reveals that before the depression she would often go dancing in Paris and enjoys [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caf%C3%A9-chantant Café-concert]] music.
-->'''Ingrid''': I've hardly danced at all since the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Crash_of_1929 crash]].
-->'''Purnima''': Yes, all the best places are the ones that went under. You ever been to the Noctambule in Paris?
-->'''Ingrid''': In the autumn of '27 I was there almost every night.
-->'''Purnima''': That settles it. Got any requests?
-->'''Ingrid''': It would be nice to dance to [[Creator/MauriceChevalier Maurice]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Chevalier Chevalier]] again.



* TheSocialExpert: As the game goes on, Ingrid is shown not just to be an excellent fighter, but a quick study of both people and organisations and constantly asks questions of the other Agents to learn everything she can about the new world that she is a part of. The majority of methods that she uses to resolve fate and house events often involve calling on a variety of contacts and organisations or manipulating members of the Banished Court.

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* TheSocialExpert: As the game goes on, Ingrid is shown not just to be an excellent fighter, but a quick study of both people and organisations and constantly asks questions of the other Agents to learn everything she can about the new world that she is now a part of. The majority of methods that she uses to resolve fate and house events often involve calling on a variety of contacts and organisations or manipulating members of the Banished Court.



** [[SerialEscalation Taken even further]] in the 'Trial and Error' house event as, in addition to stuffing a rucksack full of artifacts from Strum's relic room, he also "scoops up three wallets, a pocket watch, and a wedding ring".



* GeniusBruiser: Judith is only slightly smaller than [[TheBigGuy Fe]][[MadeOfIron dir]], charges into battle with the equivalent of a 1930s [[SWATTeam S.W.A.T. shield]] that she uses to bash and slam with devastating effect and has the technical and practical knowledge to maintain her own advanced equipment, [[ThrowDownTheBomblet build her own grenades]] and burn down multiple buildings without anyone inside getting hurt.

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* GeniusBruiser: Judith is only slightly smaller than [[TheBigGuy Fe]][[MadeOfIron dir]], charges into battle with the equivalent of a 1930s [[SWATTeam S.W.A.T. shield]] that she uses to bash and slam with devastating effect and has the technical and practical knowledge to maintain her own advanced equipment, [[ThrowDownTheBomblet build her own grenades]] and burn down multiple buildings without anyone inside getting hurt. She also has [[TheScrounger Captain Nicky]] collect [[PulpMagazine pulp]] [[TwoFistedTales comic books]] to bring back to her when he goes on supply runs.
-->'''Captain Nicky''': Ms. Harlow, I got the package you were looking for.
-->'''Judith''': The diodes?
-->'''Captain Nicky''': No, the other package.
-->'''Judith''': No. Really?
-->'''Captain Nicky''': Yep. [[CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth Star Commander Ray Farland flies again]]. [[SpaceOpera Three issues of Arcane Adventures]]... not easy to come by on this side of the Atlantic.
-->'''Judith''': Which ones?
-->'''Captain Nicky''': 14, 15, and 19, but the back half of 19 is pretty torn up, so it's more like 2 and a half issues.
-->'''Judith''': You are a prince, Nicky.
-->'''Captain Nicky''': Closer to a pauper, so let's have some cash before I hand these over.
-->'''Judith''': Worth every penny to find out how Farland escaped the Mines of Io!



* FriendlySniper: For a professional assassin, Purnima is almost always cheerful and friendly to all of the other agents and allies, including taking watch with Fedir, [[LuxuriousLiquor sharing drinks with]] The Alexandrite, [[DeathAsComedy discussing gruesomely funny stories]] with Isaac, getting into a friendly shooting competition with Jianyi, organize a night of dancing and music with Ingrid and is [[ActuallyPrettyFunny intrigued and amused when she finds out that Danys is working with]] "[[MadeOfExplodium highly unstable ingredients]]" right next to her.

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* FriendlySniper: For a professional assassin, Purnima is almost always cheerful and friendly to all of the other agents and allies, including taking watch with Fedir, [[LuxuriousLiquor sharing drinks with]] The Alexandrite, [[DeathAsComedy discussing gruesomely funny stories]] with Isaac, getting into a friendly shooting competition with Jianyi, organize [[DancesAndBalls organizing a night of dancing and music music]] with Ingrid and is [[ActuallyPrettyFunny intrigued and amused amused]] when she finds out that Danys [[TheBlacksmith Danys]] is working with]] with "[[MadeOfExplodium highly unstable ingredients]]" right next to her.


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* HiddenDepths: In a conversation with Ingrid about organizing a dance with music, Purnima reveals that she is a fan of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixieland_jazz New Orleans]] {{Jazz}} music.
-->'''Purnima''': Let's have something with a bit more brass, too. [[Music/LouisArmstrong Armstrong]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Armstrong_and_His_Hot_Five and his Hot Five]], I think.
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* OddFriendship: Surprisingly, Lateef is able to form one with Fedir, as Lateef has a healthy amount of fear of him and Fedir finds Lateef funny.
-->'''Fedir''': Who do you not speak to Volchymorda, little man? To everyone else you [[MotorMouth gab, gab, gab, gab. Talk, talk, talk, talk]]. But to me, you say nothing.
-->'''Lateef''': Um, [[TallIsIntimidating because even the thought of speaking]] [[FearIsTheAppropriateResponse to you makes an icy chill run down my spine]]? Could that be it? Yes, yes that's it.
-->'''Fedir''': You see? That is why I like you. You are funny, little man.
-->'''Lateef''': Lateef.
-->'''Fedir''': [[TastesLikeFriendship Sit and drink with me]], Lateef. This island is boring. [[TheStoryteller Tell me your stories]].
-->'''Lateef''': Of course. It would be a great pleasure to entertain you with my tales of derring-do.
-->'''Fedir''': Don't be like that! I have stories too. Let us drink together and share them!
-->'''Lateef''': And try to pass out as quickly as we can!


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* BigGuyLittleGuy: While Fedir is this compared to almost every character (The only characters coming close to matching him being Eddie, Judith and Strum), he is especially so with Lateef who he forms a friendship with based on a shared enjoyment of telling stories.
-->'''Fedir''': [[TastesLikeFriendship Sit and drink with me]], Lateef. This island is boring. [[TheStoryteller Tell me your stories]].
-->'''Lateef''': Of course. It would be a great pleasure to entertain you with my tales of derring-do.
-->'''Fedir''': Don't be like that! I have stories too. Let us drink together and share them!

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* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Averted. Although she can stack armor and halve incoming damage, she isn't invincible.

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* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Averted. Although she can stack armor and halve incoming damage, Downplayed, while she isn't invincible.invincible, she can stack enough armor and damage resistance bonuses that she can turn most attacks into little more than [[ScratchDamage scratch damage]] and [[NoSell negate some attacks outright]].
-->'''Judith''': Monocoque design, steel reinforced with a lattice of kinetic dampening fibers - my mother came up with the original formula, but I tweaked it - and coated in a resin designed to absorb and diffuse kinetic energy. With this thing I can take a hit from a wrecking ball and get right back up.
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-->''Imagine the fit old [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_XI Pope Pius]] will pitch when he finds out about this. A Marteau-branded afterlife, colonized and commodified. The Now-eternity, slicker and better by far than whatever the Church is peddling.''
-->''Can't get into {{Heaven}}? Afraid of {{Hell}}? Come on out to the Lacuna! We're open for all, and we're hiring.''



--> ''Whatever the number, I'm gonna put my fingers into every one of 'em. You mark my words, by the time I'm finished, there won't be a {{Heaven}}, {{Hell}}, or [[PurgatoryAndLimbo in-between realm]] that doesn't wear the Marteau name.''

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-->'''Judith''': Harlow Dampening Generator. It can kick out a Kempfler field with enough juice to put the slow down on any kinetic energy coming in, including ballistics. Patent pending, of course.



* EmpathicHealing: How Ana describes her healing ability to Judith:
--> '''Ana Sofía''': Have you ever run your fingertips across nettles? Examining a wound is like that: uncomfortable. Sometimes I can feel the pain - the Mothers called it "sympathetic suffering" - but only sometimes.
-->'''Judith''': Wild. And then when you treat them?
--> '''Ana Sofía''': It feels warm, like afternoon sunshine.



--> We need to have a serious talk about resource allocation if Lady N is going to keep burning through troops for her hocus-pocus horseplay... What's done is done, but the next time she wants to go running off after a holy grail or a magic ring, she can do it with her own men. ''Our'' men have a Tower to get to.

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--> We ''We need to have a serious talk about resource allocation if Lady N is going to keep burning through troops for her hocus-pocus horseplay... What's done is done, but the next time she wants to go running off after a holy grail or a magic ring, she can do it with her own men. ''Our'' men have a Tower to get to.''
* CastingAShadow: Zorana's 'Torment' ability allows her to cloud the area in darkness, reducing the Agents line of sight massively and [[GetBackHereBoss making it extremely difficult to keep track of her]]. It's also the only time that she can use her [[OneHitKill 'Ecstatic Slaughter' ability which does increased damage depending on how much stress the Agent being attacked has]].



* DualWielding

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* DualWieldingDualWielding: Zorana's primary weapons are a pair of [[RoyalRapier rapiers]] that she uses with lethal effect.



--> How many afterlifes are there, I wonder? A thousand? A million?
--> Whatever the number, I'm gonna put my fingers into every one of 'em. You mark my words, by the time I'm finished, there won't be a {{Heaven}}, {{Hell}}, or [[PurgatoryAndLimbo in-between realm]] that doesn't wear the Marteau name.

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--> How ''How many afterlifes are there, I wonder? A thousand? A million?
million?''
--> Whatever ''Whatever the number, I'm gonna put my fingers into every one of 'em. You mark my words, by the time I'm finished, there won't be a {{Heaven}}, {{Hell}}, or [[PurgatoryAndLimbo in-between realm]] that doesn't wear the Marteau name.''



--> All things considered. it was a bit of a waste - the [[CoolCar Rolls was a beautiful card]], and I hadn't finished with my new friends yet. [[SkewedPriorities But until the crash, it had been a fine evening. I don't even have a hangover]].
--> I suppose that makes it a wash in the end. [[ItsAllAboutMe At least it wasn't boring]].

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--> All ''All things considered. it was a bit of a waste - the [[CoolCar Rolls was a beautiful card]], and I hadn't finished with my new friends yet. [[SkewedPriorities But until the crash, it had been a fine evening. I don't even have a hangover]].
hangover]].''
--> I ''I suppose that makes it a wash in the end. [[ItsAllAboutMe At least it wasn't boring]].''
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* DoingItForTheArt: In-universe. She's with the Lamplighters, beyond the fact they saved her life of course, to be able to actually and study and work with the Undrawn Hand.

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* DoingItForTheArt: In-universe. She's with the Lamplighters, beyond the fact they saved her life of course, to be able to actually and study and work with the Undrawn Hand.

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* TookALevelInIdealism: In a conversation with Judith, Ingrid will admit that she used to be much more cynical before joining Locke's war on the Banished Court.
--> '''Ingrid''': If you had asked me a year ago if the world was worth saving, [[HumansAreBastards you would have gotten a very cynical answer]]. But now some part of me, [[HumansAreFlawed some part of me that I thought had been stamped out, wants to see more]].
--> '''Judith''': [[AWorldHalfFull A world worth saving, huh]]?
--> '''Ingrid''': [[DefrostingIceQueen I am willing to allow for that possibility]].



* FriendlySniper: For a professional assassin, Purnima is almost always cheerful and friendly to all of the other agents and allies, including taking watch with Fedir, [[LuxuriousLiquor sharing drinks with]] The Alexandrite, getting into a friendly shooting competition with Jianyi and is [[ActuallyPrettyFunny intrigued and amused when she finds out that Danys is working with]] "[[MadeOfExplodium highly unstable ingredients]]" right next to her.

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* FriendlySniper: For a professional assassin, Purnima is almost always cheerful and friendly to all of the other agents and allies, including taking watch with Fedir, [[LuxuriousLiquor sharing drinks with]] The Alexandrite, [[DeathAsComedy discussing gruesomely funny stories]] with Isaac, getting into a friendly shooting competition with Jianyi Jianyi, organize a night of dancing and music with Ingrid and is [[ActuallyPrettyFunny intrigued and amused when she finds out that Danys is working with]] "[[MadeOfExplodium highly unstable ingredients]]" right next to her.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: Marteau in a nutshell and his ultimate goal should he lay claim to the Bright Storm. [[spoiler: If he reaches the Bright Storm before Nicastro and Strum and begins to ascend, his monologue is full of this:]]

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* BlasphemousBoast: Half of Marteau's goal for the Bright Storm could easily be described as one giant blasphemous boast.
--> How many afterlifes are there, I wonder? A thousand? A million?
--> Whatever the number, I'm gonna put my fingers into every one of 'em. You mark my words, by the time I'm finished, there won't be a {{Heaven}}, {{Hell}}, or [[PurgatoryAndLimbo in-between realm]] that doesn't wear the Marteau name.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Marteau in a nutshell and the other half of his ultimate goal should he lay claim to the Bright Storm. [[spoiler: If he reaches the Bright Storm before Nicastro and Strum and begins to ascend, his monologue is full of this:]]



* TheSocialDarwinist: Strum is built like a bear, can survive multiple lethal stab wounds and espouses an ideology of strength, survival and merciless conquest. [[spoiler: The truth however, is that he was a frail, old man [[MortalityPhobia who feared dying so much]], that he spent a fortune investigating any possible lead to restore his youth and grant him endless strength and power.]]

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* TheSocialDarwinist: Strum is built like a bear, can survive multiple lethal stab wounds and espouses an ideology of strength, survival and merciless conquest. [[spoiler: The truth however, is that he was a frail, old man [[MortalityPhobia who feared dying so much]], that he spent a fortune investigating any possible lead to restore his youth and grant him endless strength and power. Ultimately, with his [[OldMoney inherited wealth]] and [[AmuletOfDepedancy Red Sulfur]] to grant him [[ImmortalityInducer invulnerability and quasi-immortality]], he is nothing more than a [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocrite who could never live up to his own ideals without cheating]].]]

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* DoingItForTheArt: She's with the Lamplighters, beyond the fact they saved her life of course, to be able to actually work with the Undrawn Hand.

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* DoingItForTheArt: In-universe. She's with the Lamplighters, beyond the fact they saved her life of course, to be able to actually and study and work with the Undrawn Hand.



* SmugSnake: Marteau presents himself to the world as [[VillainWithGoodPublicity a charming, likable and charismatic]] [[MillionairePlayboy playboy]] who will [[EccentricMillionaire throw out mountains of cash buying fancy new clothes for a reporter interviewing him]] and [[ConspicuousConsumption dump a glass of $100 dollar whisky into a fountain without drinking a drop]]. In reality however, he's a [[InsufferableGenius condescending]], [[{{Narcissist}} self-obsessed narcissist]] [[AttentionWhore who loves to see his name in the papers]], sees everyone else as beneath him and once tested his tech by [[MurderByInaction driving a car containing himself and a group of innocent passengers off a cliff]] and [[LackOfEmpathy didn't care]] [[TheSociopath about the horrific deaths he caused at all]], merely being pleased that his experimental tech worked.

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* SmugSnake: Marteau presents himself to the world as [[VillainWithGoodPublicity a charming, likable and charismatic]] [[MillionairePlayboy playboy]] who will [[EccentricMillionaire throw out mountains of cash buying fancy new clothes for a reporter interviewing him]] and [[ConspicuousConsumption dump a glass of $100 dollar whisky into a fountain without drinking a drop]]. In reality however, he's a [[InsufferableGenius condescending]], [[{{Narcissist}} self-obsessed narcissist]] [[AttentionWhore who loves to see his name in the papers]], sees everyone else as beneath him and him, [[DrunkDriver once tested his tech by [[MurderByInaction driving got so drunk that he drove a car containing himself and a group of innocent passengers off a cliff]] and cliff]], [[LackOfEmpathy didn't care]] [[TheSociopath about the horrific deaths he caused at all]], merely being pleased and summed up the end result as:
--> All things considered. it was a bit of a waste - the [[CoolCar Rolls was a beautiful card]], and I hadn't finished with my new friends yet. [[SkewedPriorities But until the crash, it had been a fine evening. I don't even have a hangover]].
--> I suppose
that his experimental tech worked.makes it a wash in the end. [[ItsAllAboutMe At least it wasn't boring]].
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-->'''Alexandrite''': [[NotSoDifferentRemark As have I, Mr. Volchymorda. As have it]].

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-->'''Alexandrite''': [[NotSoDifferentRemark As have I, Mr. Volchymorda. As have it]].I]].



* TheSpymaster: In addition to being a bodyguard and hitman for the [[TheMafiya a minor underworld boss]], Fedir also mentions in a conversation with Jianyi that he was a capable spymaster as well.

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* TheSpymaster: In addition to being a bodyguard and hitman for the [[TheMafiya a minor underworld boss]], Fedir also mentions in a conversation with Jianyi that he was a capable spymaster as well.
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* TheSpymaster: In addition to being a bodyguard and hitman for the [[TheMafiya a minor underworld boss]], Fedir also mentions in a conversation with Jianyi that he was a capable spymaster as well.
-->'''Fedir''': I know traitors. It's good work. Steady business. In my boss's organisation, [[TheMole I found many traitors]]. In the rival gangs, [[TheCorrupter I made them. I was very persuasive]]. So, yes. I know traitors very well.

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* GeniusBruiser: Judith is only slightly smaller than [[TheBigGuy Fe]][[MadeOfIron dir]], charges into battle with the equivalent of a 1930s [[SWATTeam S.W.A.T. shield]] that she uses to bash and slam with devastating effect and has the technical and practical knowledge to maintain her own advanced equipment, [[ThrowDownTheBomblet build her own bombs]] and burn down multiple buildings without anyone inside getting hurt.

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* GeniusBruiser: Judith is only slightly smaller than [[TheBigGuy Fe]][[MadeOfIron dir]], charges into battle with the equivalent of a 1930s [[SWATTeam S.W.A.T. shield]] that she uses to bash and slam with devastating effect and has the technical and practical knowledge to maintain her own advanced equipment, [[ThrowDownTheBomblet build her own bombs]] grenades]] and burn down multiple buildings without anyone inside getting hurt.



* StickyBomb

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* StickyBombStickyBomb: A particularly handy variety that [[AreaOfEffect damages]], [[ArmorPiercingAttack destroys armor]] and reduces speed by half.



* FriendlySniper: For a professional assassin, Purnima is almost always cheerful and friendly to all of the other agents and allies, including taking watch with Fedir, [[LuxuriousLiquor sharing drinks with]] The Alexandrite and is [[ActuallyPrettyFunny intrigued and amused when she finds out that Danys is working with]] "[[MadeOfExplodium highly unstable ingredients]]" right next to her.

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* FriendlySniper: For a professional assassin, Purnima is almost always cheerful and friendly to all of the other agents and allies, including taking watch with Fedir, [[LuxuriousLiquor sharing drinks with]] The Alexandrite Alexandrite, getting into a friendly shooting competition with Jianyi and is [[ActuallyPrettyFunny intrigued and amused when she finds out that Danys is working with]] "[[MadeOfExplodium highly unstable ingredients]]" right next to her.


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* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Can have some of these moments during the fate and house events and at least in regards to the massive bounty that Thousand Snow Mountain put on Jianyi.
-->'''Locke''': Are you aware Mr. Zhang, that Thousand Snow Mountain has put a [[PriceOnTheirHead bounty on your head]]?
-->'''Jianyi''': How much?
-->'''Locke''': Enough to make [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon Solomon]] blush.
-->'''Jianyi''': All right, then. I'll go pack my bags.
-->'''Locke''': That won't be necessary. I won't be pursuing the bounty.
-->'''Jianyi''': You should. With money like that you could hire a dozen swordsmen to replace me.
-->'''Locke''': [[OnlyInItForTheMoney They'd be fighting for money]]. [[HeroWithBadPublicity You're fighting for something else]].
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[[caption-width-right:750:]][[caption-width-right:750:You're good, but not good enough.]]
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* SmashSisters: During a hideout discussion with Ana Sofía, the two agree to form this dynamic on missions.
--> '''Ana Sofía''': I admire you. Men like Marteau must be stopped. (...) People like that don't stop until people like us stop them. Anyway, I wanted to let you know that - I have your back out there.
-->'''Judith''': All right, Ana Sofía. Let's you and me do some damage.



* LovelyAngels: After revealing that she admires Judith for standing up to Marteau, she states that she has Judith's back on missions.
--> '''Ana Sofía''': Excuse me, Judith? I overheard that this is... personal. for you. That you're seeking revenge on Trace Marteau?
-->'''Judith''': Uh-oh. You here to save my soul, sister?
--> '''Ana Sofía''': What? No, no, I admire you. Men like Marteau must be stopped. (...) People like that don't stop until people like us stop them. Anyway, I wanted to let you know that - I have your back out there.



* OhCrap: Has any epic one when she finds Danys says he has misplaced one of his prototype inventions, [[ExplainExplainOhCrap asks him to describe the prototype and then realizes...]]

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* OhCrap: Has any epic one when she finds Danys says he has misplaced one of his prototype inventions, [[ExplainExplainOhCrap asks him to describe the prototype and then realizes...]]

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