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A sibling team of bounty hunters.
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The lizard-like creature the Snake Charmer created in an attempt to impress The Academy. [[LateArrivalSpoiler Spoiler, It didn't work]]. Resembled a komodo dragon in shape and primarily used scent to navigate and hunt.
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* TrojanPrisoner: Sylvester recruits them to help him pull this.
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Tropes relating to the various unaffiliated and independent characters. For other characters in ''Twig'', see [[Characters/{{Twig}} here]].
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!!Brigadier Tylor
A military officer in the Academy's service, a veteran of numerous wars against various enemies of the Crown.
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* TheBrigadier: Not so much on the "good" part, as he works for the Academy, but nevertheless is a competent leader, and refuses to make stitched using his fallen troops (on the grounds that it would be disastrous for morale).
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He makes use of the Lambs to the best of his ability, treats them with kindness, and listens to their advice.
* SpotOfTea: He's often shown drinking a cup of it.
!!The Fishmonger
The leader of a gang of thugs that Sy and co encounter during the Bleeding Edge arc.
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* AssholeVictim: While most of the other foes the Lambs fight against have some qualities that make them seem not completely evil, the Fishmonger is so unpleasant an individual that Sy and Lillian make sure he dies slowly over a long period of time by poisoning him with the former's blood. No one sheds any tears.
* BiggusDickus: Had cosmetic surgery for it, everybody finds it gross.
* {{Jerkass}}: Is enough of a thoroughly unpleasant individual that Sy decides to make sure he dies in the most painful way possible.
* PottyFailure: Sy presses a laxative compound of some kind into his wounds while Lillian is patching him up. Just so that his remaining days are as fraught, humiliating, and ignoble as possible.
* WouldHurtAChild: Had no trouble attempting to horrifically scar Lillian with a large parasite.
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!!Arachne
An axe wielding woman with a durable exoskeleton. She's partnered with Arthur and works with Sanguine during Arc 11.
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* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Dog bites off one of her arms and a chunk of her side.]]
* AnAxeToGrind: Her favored weapon.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: [[spoiler:She's killed when she's shot in the hole in her side left by Dog's bite.]]
* MadeOfIron: Very literally, her exoskeleton's red coloration comes from a high iron concentration in its makeup.
* SoleSurvivor: There used to be seven Arachne's, she's the last.
!!Arthur
A tentacled experiment that puppeteers bodies. He's partnered with Arachne and works with Sanguine during Arc 11.
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* BodyHorror: He looks like a man with holes burrowed through his flesh all across his body, through which you can see the tentacles of the true Arthur slithering to protrude from whichever entrance is most convenient.
* CombatTentacles: He has many extendable tentacles he can use as bludgeoning weapons.
* EvilSmoking: Frequently seen smoking throughout Arc 11.
* PuppeteerParasite: According to Arachne, he can shed his human body and embed himself in a new one.
* TentacleRope: One of his favored tactics is to send some of his tendrils slithering out along the ground to snare the legs of his opponents.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:He's last seen crumpled in a belltower during the Red Tide plague. He was already infected with the spores, but given his comments about surviving in harsh conditions, his ability to slough off his human body, and the ambiguity of whether it was his host or Arthur himself who was infected, he may have survived.]]
!!The Clawed Ghost
A Ghost modified with a set of claws. Compatriot of Dog and Catcher.
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* {{Cyborg}}: Her claws are voltaic technology, a stand out in the biotech focused setting of ''Twig''.
* ShockAndAwe: Her claws electrocute whoever they hit.
* TheSpeechless: Like all Ghosts, she's mute. ''Unlike'' all Ghosts, Catcher taught her some of the Lamb's hand signals so she can communicate with others.
* SuperSenses: Like all Ghosts, she has a potent sense of echolocation.
* UndyingLoyalty: Sylvester hypothesizes she has this to Catcher, as he gave a purpose when she was lost and her a way to communicate with others. All of that's just compounded by her biological drive to work with a group.
!!Scale, Magda, and Agnes
A sibling team of bounty hunters.
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* LizardFolk: What they resemble thanks to their augmentations.
* TrojanPrisoner: Sylvester recruits them to help him pull this.
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!!The Snake Charmer's 'Snake'
The lizard-like creature the Snake Charmer created in an attempt to impress The Academy. [[LateArrivalSpoiler Spoiler, It didn't work]]. Resembled a komodo dragon in shape and primarily used scent to navigate and hunt.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: It has a mouthful of corrosive spit and consumes its prey like a python. Ouch.
* EyelessFace: Has no eyes due to being mostly redundant in a creature that used its nose to navigate.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Snake Charmer wanted to prove his worth to The Academy by managing and making his own experiment without needing their assistance and resources. Not only could he not keep a handle on his monster but it ultimately prompted The Academy to dispatch a team of their own experiments to neutralise him as a threat.
* IAmAHumanitarian: The Snake was fed on a controlled diet by the Snake Charmer, but given the opportunity after it's master lost track of it, eagerly consumed a human.
* SuperSpit: Its resemblance to Komodo dragons extends even to its saliva, being mostly made of corrosive enzymes that liquefy flesh. Its strong enough to do a number on [[PoisonousPerson Sy]] of all people.
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: On one hand, The 'Snake' didn't really possess the mental power to consciously rebel against the Snake Charmer. On the other hand it had no problem eating him after the feeding pheromone got all over him.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The fate of the 'Snake' didn't really get much coverage due to being an introductory chapter focused mostly on introducing The Lambs but it's a safe bet that The Academy had it disassembled.
!!Primordial Life
A forbidden form of experimentation, primordial life is biological matter that rapidly adapts and adjusts to new circumstances.
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* AdaptiveAbility: A successful primordial learns to self-modify and alter its own muscle and flesh to suit the circumstances.
* AGodAmI: The final primordial declares itself to be god (in the process demonstrating the ability to speak) before Mauer kills it. Subverted a bit: a full understanding of the theological concept of "God" is hard to pick up from randomly overheard epithets over card games and the like.
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: There is a strong whiff of this going on about the development process often used to produce them. Because they generally get treated worse than even most other experiments do thanks to the terror they inspire even in those who create them, getting opportunities to learn positive behaviour is highly unlikely.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Not being human, the primordials have little motivation beyond their own survival...at first. Mauer's treatment of them helps them develop the ''very'' human motive of ''vengeance.''
* DwindlingParty: Mauer has seven primordials made. Three are deemed unnecessary and killed before the battle for Lugh, three more die in the fighting, and he has the last destroyed himself.
* DyingCurse: The last of the seven primordials Mauer creates [[spoiler:generates a final, spiteful plague designed to survive the immolation of its parts]].
* EnemyToAllLivingThings: The Academy figures that, given how blatantly superior to every other form of life on the planet they are, a successful primordial would become this by default.
* ExtendableArms: The POV primordial showcases these.
* ExtremeOmnivore: The primordials can rapidly incorporate new organic material into their own flesh, and other materials can find use as armor for vital organs.
* GrayGoo: The danger of becoming this is why it's a forbidden path of experimentation. If the Academy finds out someone has been experimenting with primordial life, then they and ''everyone they might have interacted with'' is dead. As we read, this comes across as less of an overreaction and more like ''common sense''.
* HealingFactor: Developing this is the key to a successful primordial.
* ItCanThink: Mauer realizes that the primordials he's had made have developed sapience and understand human language by listening to the doctors around them.
-->''Do you know? When I said that, you relaxed your muscles at your shoulder, your mouth sagged, and your wings dropped. You subconsciously prepared yourself to wait. And you just tensed. That took you about twenty seconds. You damn well understand me, don’t you? It’s not just tone of voice.''
* KillItWithFire: The preferred method, as otherwise the primordial will just adapt to the damage. You might have to blast it to pieces first to get past the armor, but small enough chunks ''will'' burn.
* LivingWeapon: Mauer's intent was for the primordials to be nothing more than this. Unfortunately, this treatment led to them learning ''spite.''
* MonsterProgenitor: In the Crown, Primordials are grown under controlled conditions and then killed, with professors studying their remains to reverse engineer their work.
* MotherOfAThousandYoung: The primordials attempt to generate smaller spawn which can make their way to the ocean and survive, but the attempt is met with cannon fire.
* VillainousLegacy: [[spoiler:The plague that starts affecting people in Cut to the Quick is implied to be the very same one created as a DyingCurse by the last surviving primordial.]]
* YouAreWhoYouEat: The primordials can eat each other to learn their adaptations, though they refuse to do this unless the other is dead or dying.
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[[folder:People]]
!!Brigadier Tylor
A military officer in the Academy's service, a veteran of numerous wars against various enemies of the Crown.
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* TheBrigadier: Not so much on the "good" part, as he works for the Academy, but nevertheless is a competent leader, and refuses to make stitched using his fallen troops (on the grounds that it would be disastrous for morale).
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He makes use of the Lambs to the best of his ability, treats them with kindness, and listens to their advice.
* SpotOfTea: He's often shown drinking a cup of it.
!!The Fishmonger
The leader of a gang of thugs that Sy and co encounter during the Bleeding Edge arc.
----
* AssholeVictim: While most of the other foes the Lambs fight against have some qualities that make them seem not completely evil, the Fishmonger is so unpleasant an individual that Sy and Lillian make sure he dies slowly over a long period of time by poisoning him with the former's blood. No one sheds any tears.
* BiggusDickus: Had cosmetic surgery for it, everybody finds it gross.
* {{Jerkass}}: Is enough of a thoroughly unpleasant individual that Sy decides to make sure he dies in the most painful way possible.
* PottyFailure: Sy presses a laxative compound of some kind into his wounds while Lillian is patching him up. Just so that his remaining days are as fraught, humiliating, and ignoble as possible.
* WouldHurtAChild: Had no trouble attempting to horrifically scar Lillian with a large parasite.
%%!!The Devil
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[[folder:Bounty Hunters]]
!!Arachne
An axe wielding woman with a durable exoskeleton. She's partnered with Arthur and works with Sanguine during Arc 11.
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* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Dog bites off one of her arms and a chunk of her side.]]
* AnAxeToGrind: Her favored weapon.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: [[spoiler:She's killed when she's shot in the hole in her side left by Dog's bite.]]
* MadeOfIron: Very literally, her exoskeleton's red coloration comes from a high iron concentration in its makeup.
* SoleSurvivor: There used to be seven Arachne's, she's the last.
!!Arthur
A tentacled experiment that puppeteers bodies. He's partnered with Arachne and works with Sanguine during Arc 11.
----
* BodyHorror: He looks like a man with holes burrowed through his flesh all across his body, through which you can see the tentacles of the true Arthur slithering to protrude from whichever entrance is most convenient.
* CombatTentacles: He has many extendable tentacles he can use as bludgeoning weapons.
* EvilSmoking: Frequently seen smoking throughout Arc 11.
* PuppeteerParasite: According to Arachne, he can shed his human body and embed himself in a new one.
* TentacleRope: One of his favored tactics is to send some of his tendrils slithering out along the ground to snare the legs of his opponents.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:He's last seen crumpled in a belltower during the Red Tide plague. He was already infected with the spores, but given his comments about surviving in harsh conditions, his ability to slough off his human body, and the ambiguity of whether it was his host or Arthur himself who was infected, he may have survived.]]
!!The Clawed Ghost
A Ghost modified with a set of claws. Compatriot of Dog and Catcher.
----
* {{Cyborg}}: Her claws are voltaic technology, a stand out in the biotech focused setting of ''Twig''.
* ShockAndAwe: Her claws electrocute whoever they hit.
* TheSpeechless: Like all Ghosts, she's mute. ''Unlike'' all Ghosts, Catcher taught her some of the Lamb's hand signals so she can communicate with others.
* SuperSenses: Like all Ghosts, she has a potent sense of echolocation.
* UndyingLoyalty: Sylvester hypothesizes she has this to Catcher, as he gave a purpose when she was lost and her a way to communicate with others. All of that's just compounded by her biological drive to work with a group.
!!Scale, Magda, and Agnes
A sibling team of bounty hunters.
----
* LizardFolk: What they resemble thanks to their augmentations.
* TrojanPrisoner: Sylvester recruits them to help him pull this.
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!!The Snake Charmer's 'Snake'
The lizard-like creature the Snake Charmer created in an attempt to impress The Academy. [[LateArrivalSpoiler Spoiler, It didn't work]]. Resembled a komodo dragon in shape and primarily used scent to navigate and hunt.
----
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: It has a mouthful of corrosive spit and consumes its prey like a python. Ouch.
* EyelessFace: Has no eyes due to being mostly redundant in a creature that used its nose to navigate.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Snake Charmer wanted to prove his worth to The Academy by managing and making his own experiment without needing their assistance and resources. Not only could he not keep a handle on his monster but it ultimately prompted The Academy to dispatch a team of their own experiments to neutralise him as a threat.
* IAmAHumanitarian: The Snake was fed on a controlled diet by the Snake Charmer, but given the opportunity after it's master lost track of it, eagerly consumed a human.
* SuperSpit: Its resemblance to Komodo dragons extends even to its saliva, being mostly made of corrosive enzymes that liquefy flesh. Its strong enough to do a number on [[PoisonousPerson Sy]] of all people.
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: On one hand, The 'Snake' didn't really possess the mental power to consciously rebel against the Snake Charmer. On the other hand it had no problem eating him after the feeding pheromone got all over him.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The fate of the 'Snake' didn't really get much coverage due to being an introductory chapter focused mostly on introducing The Lambs but it's a safe bet that The Academy had it disassembled.
!!Primordial Life
A forbidden form of experimentation, primordial life is biological matter that rapidly adapts and adjusts to new circumstances.
----
* AdaptiveAbility: A successful primordial learns to self-modify and alter its own muscle and flesh to suit the circumstances.
* AGodAmI: The final primordial declares itself to be god (in the process demonstrating the ability to speak) before Mauer kills it. Subverted a bit: a full understanding of the theological concept of "God" is hard to pick up from randomly overheard epithets over card games and the like.
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: There is a strong whiff of this going on about the development process often used to produce them. Because they generally get treated worse than even most other experiments do thanks to the terror they inspire even in those who create them, getting opportunities to learn positive behaviour is highly unlikely.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Not being human, the primordials have little motivation beyond their own survival...at first. Mauer's treatment of them helps them develop the ''very'' human motive of ''vengeance.''
* DwindlingParty: Mauer has seven primordials made. Three are deemed unnecessary and killed before the battle for Lugh, three more die in the fighting, and he has the last destroyed himself.
* DyingCurse: The last of the seven primordials Mauer creates [[spoiler:generates a final, spiteful plague designed to survive the immolation of its parts]].
* EnemyToAllLivingThings: The Academy figures that, given how blatantly superior to every other form of life on the planet they are, a successful primordial would become this by default.
* ExtendableArms: The POV primordial showcases these.
* ExtremeOmnivore: The primordials can rapidly incorporate new organic material into their own flesh, and other materials can find use as armor for vital organs.
* GrayGoo: The danger of becoming this is why it's a forbidden path of experimentation. If the Academy finds out someone has been experimenting with primordial life, then they and ''everyone they might have interacted with'' is dead. As we read, this comes across as less of an overreaction and more like ''common sense''.
* HealingFactor: Developing this is the key to a successful primordial.
* ItCanThink: Mauer realizes that the primordials he's had made have developed sapience and understand human language by listening to the doctors around them.
-->''Do you know? When I said that, you relaxed your muscles at your shoulder, your mouth sagged, and your wings dropped. You subconsciously prepared yourself to wait. And you just tensed. That took you about twenty seconds. You damn well understand me, don’t you? It’s not just tone of voice.''
* KillItWithFire: The preferred method, as otherwise the primordial will just adapt to the damage. You might have to blast it to pieces first to get past the armor, but small enough chunks ''will'' burn.
* LivingWeapon: Mauer's intent was for the primordials to be nothing more than this. Unfortunately, this treatment led to them learning ''spite.''
* MonsterProgenitor: In the Crown, Primordials are grown under controlled conditions and then killed, with professors studying their remains to reverse engineer their work.
* MotherOfAThousandYoung: The primordials attempt to generate smaller spawn which can make their way to the ocean and survive, but the attempt is met with cannon fire.
* VillainousLegacy: [[spoiler:The plague that starts affecting people in Cut to the Quick is implied to be the very same one created as a DyingCurse by the last surviving primordial.]]
* YouAreWhoYouEat: The primordials can eat each other to learn their adaptations, though they refuse to do this unless the other is dead or dying.
%%!!The Red Death
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