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!!Claude Virtus
A major character in the Draconis series. In Virtus Draconis, he is a mercenary apprentice with the Eon Group, a syndicate of mercenaries, or rather, a paramilitary group. For reasons unknown, his first mission ends in disaster when he is poisoned with an untreatable venom. [[spoiler: The search for the cure kickstarts the true plot of the first book]].
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* TheAce: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]: The plot seems to treat Claude as this, but as the story goes on, it's shown that Claude was anything but. He is the result of considerable childhood trauma.
* BadassAdorable: He has his moments, being the awkward Manchild that he is.
* BadassInDistress: His incapacitation due to Black Blood poisoning is what truly kicks off the plot, and must be rescued by Anna's [[spoiler:payment of a blood price]].
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Claude packs a mean wallop, especially after gaining his powers. Yet he still remains nice and cordial all around. Well, [[SuperpoweredEvilSide most of the time]].
* BigGood: Claude is undeniably this, in spite of his work as a mercenary. He has a strong moral compass, dislikes violence and loves his family dearly. He is also one of the heads of a revolution against Meredith Staunton.
* BreakTheCutie: There are several, but there are two particular moments that break him, one with no hope of recovery: Defeating [[spoiler:Ruhiel]], possessed by his newfound powers as [[spoiler:a Hand of God (which causes him a severe panic attack due to committing infanticide)]], and witnessing [[spoiler:his father Bai-Feng die a horrific death, with him unable to do anything to save him]].
* CainAndAbel: The Abel to Mordred's Cain. It actually makes sense when [[spoiler:Bai-Feng is assassinated and his motivations come to light]].
* CameBackStrong: When he's briefly knocked out and close to death during the fight against Ruhiel, Claude speaks to Adonai, who [[AmbiguousSituation "grants"]] him the Hand of God for him to use against the boy.
* ColorMotif: Closely associated with the color red. Fittingly, when Anna wakes up, she has become a red dragon as well.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Boy, oh boy, where do we begin? [[spoiler:He grew up as a different kind of child (the subtext strongly implies he was displaying autistic traits growing up), bullied by his peers. One day, going out to play with friends has the unfortunate effect of attracting a pack of mutant yeti onto their village, which results in a brawl that ends with his parents dead. Ostracized and MisBlamed afterwards by the village he lived in, the traumatized kid was adopted by Bai-Feng, which improved his outlook... but did not heal his trauma fully]].
* DarkIsNotEvil: He gains an almost demonic appearance upon gaining the Hand of God, or rather more reptilian and vengeful than others, but he is absolutely not a bad guy.
* DisneyDeath: Twice in the first book: Once when he's poisoned with an incurable substance, and implied during the fight against Ruhiel, when he loses consciousness. Bai-Feng even panics that he's losing his son again.
* DontCallMeSir: Claude is actually quite informal with people and has no regard for decorum most of the time: he'd rather see people for who they truly are than see them hide behind a façade of manners.
* DragonsAreDivine: Zigzagged. He's by no means a divine or spiritual being, like a god or spirit, but inherits divine powers of ambiguous origin to defeat a dangerous enemy. These powers give him almost godly abilities, but the appearance of something [[DarkIsNotEvil much meaner]].
* EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes: He mostly pities Ruhiel, rather than outright hate him, but bring Meredith up and he goes into a major frenzy, ''especially'' after [[spoiler:Prelid is wiped off the map]].
* FatalFlaw: His crippling self-loathing and traumatic past play him like a fiddle, hounding him every step of the way with PTSD-induced flashbacks and nightmares and a hesitation to trust others. Anna helps him, slowly, out of this mindset.
* HappilyAdopted: His being adopted by Bai-Feng (and a [[spoiler:resentful]] Mordred) may very well have saved his life after being ostracized by his people, and bullied for most of his life.
* HeroicBSOD: Not one, not two, but ''three'' of these:
** Once when he kills Ruhiel. He relaxes back to normal and suddenly gains awareness of his actions, leading to him questioning his very sanity in a severe panic attack that Mordred has to gently coax him out of.
** The second time is when [[spoiler:Bai-Feng is murdered]], and this one, unlike the first, has no resolution. All he can do is cry his heart out with Mordred and bemoan and mourn their death.
** Lastly, [[spoiler:the wiping out of Prelid, which inevitably led to Mordred's death]]. It's the catalyst for his RoaringRampageOfRevenge, as he no longer tolerates [[spoiler:Meredith]].
* TheHero: Protagonist of Virtus Draconis.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Mordred. [[TheResenter It's mostly]] [[GreenEyedMonster one-sided]].
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Following his parents' death, Claude was needy of love as an orphan who was hated by pretty much everyone in Prelid. Bai-Feng, pitying him and to honor his friends', the Virtuses', sacrifice, takes Claude in.
* ImprobablyQuickComaRecovery: Downplayed, as while he makes a successful and easy recovery upon receiving a blood transfusion from the recently transformed Anna, it still takes him a week to fully recover.
* InterspeciesAdoption: Played straight: a dragon is adopted by a tiger and a wolf.
* MoralityChain: Inverted: ''others'' have to play this role to him, due to how emotionally damaged he is. It's especially notable with Bai-Feng, who is the one responsible for training and raising him into being a (mostly) good person.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He wasn't fully aware (or rather, in his bloodlust, didn't notice) that he'd end up taking a child's life, which is something he wouldn't do under normal circumstances. [[HeroicBSOD He doesn't take it well]].
* NiceGuy: Within reason. [[DisproportionateRetribution You don't want to find out what happens when you piss him off]].
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When the powers of the Hand of God are activated, he becomes notably [[TranquilFury more bloodthirsty and violent]], but oddly reverent and almost worshipping to the one who gave them their blood to begin with (Anna in his case).
* PassingTheTorch: [[spoiler:Bai-Feng]] does this to Claude and Mordred when he's dying. Either way, Claude would have somehow become TheLeader.
* PrimaryColorChampion: Well, he's red-skinned.
* RedIsHeroic: He is a red dragon with white hair.
* SemiDivine: Implied, thanks to the Hand of God and the blood transfusion they received from Mystic Anna.
* SplitPersonality: Downplayed. He has his nice guy mode, where he is normal, and then there's the berserk TranquilFury, the battle focused badass that throws caution to the wind to fight until he's finished his task, for the sake of his "master", Anna.
* SplitPersonalityTakeover: Implied with the Hand of God, as it alters his personality somewhat, but he retains enough awareness to know what's going on. This side of himself simply ignores his limits and inhibitions.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Everyone assumes the Hand of God's powers to be this for Claude, but this gets cleared up close to the ending, when [[spoiler:Gunter]] and Anna are discussing these powers at a café.
* TookALevelInBadass: Becoming a Hand of God grants him a plethora of powers and strength, turning him into a monster in combat.
* UniversallyBelovedLeader: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]. While he's the de facto leader of the group, he is nowhere experienced enough to be a leader, leading to a critical mistake at the city of Dalet that nearly costs him his life. He is also quite insecure in his position, such as at Prelid, where he doesn't want to face a major abuser and bully.
* UnskilledButStrong: Compared to Mordred, who has far more dexterity with weapons, Claude is more pacifistic and fights with a staff, rather than firearms or more dangerous weapons.
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!!Claude Virtus
A major character in the Draconis series. In Virtus Draconis, he is a mercenary apprentice with the Eon Group, a syndicate of mercenaries, or rather, a paramilitary group. For reasons unknown, his first mission ends in disaster when he is poisoned with an untreatable venom. [[spoiler: The search for the cure kickstarts the true plot of the first book]].
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* TheAce: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]: The plot seems to treat Claude as this, but as the story goes on, it's shown that Claude was anything but. He is the result of considerable childhood trauma.
* BadassAdorable: He has his moments, being the awkward Manchild that he is.
* BadassInDistress: His incapacitation due to Black Blood poisoning is what truly kicks off the plot, and must be rescued by Anna's [[spoiler:payment of a blood price]].
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Claude packs a mean wallop, especially after gaining his powers. Yet he still remains nice and cordial all around. Well, [[SuperpoweredEvilSide most of the time]].
* BigGood: Claude is undeniably this, in spite of his work as a mercenary. He has a strong moral compass, dislikes violence and loves his family dearly. He is also one of the heads of a revolution against Meredith Staunton.
* BreakTheCutie: There are several, but there are two particular moments that break him, one with no hope of recovery: Defeating [[spoiler:Ruhiel]], possessed by his newfound powers as [[spoiler:a Hand of God (which causes him a severe panic attack due to committing infanticide)]], and witnessing [[spoiler:his father Bai-Feng die a horrific death, with him unable to do anything to save him]].
* CainAndAbel: The Abel to Mordred's Cain. It actually makes sense when [[spoiler:Bai-Feng is assassinated and his motivations come to light]].
* CameBackStrong: When he's briefly knocked out and close to death during the fight against Ruhiel, Claude speaks to Adonai, who [[AmbiguousSituation "grants"]] him the Hand of God for him to use against the boy.
* ColorMotif: Closely associated with the color red. Fittingly, when Anna wakes up, she has become a red dragon as well.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Boy, oh boy, where do we begin? [[spoiler:He grew up as a different kind of child (the subtext strongly implies he was displaying autistic traits growing up), bullied by his peers. One day, going out to play with friends has the unfortunate effect of attracting a pack of mutant yeti onto their village, which results in a brawl that ends with his parents dead. Ostracized and MisBlamed afterwards by the village he lived in, the traumatized kid was adopted by Bai-Feng, which improved his outlook... but did not heal his trauma fully]].
* DarkIsNotEvil: He gains an almost demonic appearance upon gaining the Hand of God, or rather more reptilian and vengeful than others, but he is absolutely not a bad guy.
* DisneyDeath: Twice in the first book: Once when he's poisoned with an incurable substance, and implied during the fight against Ruhiel, when he loses consciousness. Bai-Feng even panics that he's losing his son again.
* DontCallMeSir: Claude is actually quite informal with people and has no regard for decorum most of the time: he'd rather see people for who they truly are than see them hide behind a façade of manners.
* DragonsAreDivine: Zigzagged. He's by no means a divine or spiritual being, like a god or spirit, but inherits divine powers of ambiguous origin to defeat a dangerous enemy. These powers give him almost godly abilities, but the appearance of something [[DarkIsNotEvil much meaner]].
* EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes: He mostly pities Ruhiel, rather than outright hate him, but bring Meredith up and he goes into a major frenzy, ''especially'' after [[spoiler:Prelid is wiped off the map]].
* FatalFlaw: His crippling self-loathing and traumatic past play him like a fiddle, hounding him every step of the way with PTSD-induced flashbacks and nightmares and a hesitation to trust others. Anna helps him, slowly, out of this mindset.
* HappilyAdopted: His being adopted by Bai-Feng (and a [[spoiler:resentful]] Mordred) may very well have saved his life after being ostracized by his people, and bullied for most of his life.
* HeroicBSOD: Not one, not two, but ''three'' of these:
** Once when he kills Ruhiel. He relaxes back to normal and suddenly gains awareness of his actions, leading to him questioning his very sanity in a severe panic attack that Mordred has to gently coax him out of.
** The second time is when [[spoiler:Bai-Feng is murdered]], and this one, unlike the first, has no resolution. All he can do is cry his heart out with Mordred and bemoan and mourn their death.
** Lastly, [[spoiler:the wiping out of Prelid, which inevitably led to Mordred's death]]. It's the catalyst for his RoaringRampageOfRevenge, as he no longer tolerates [[spoiler:Meredith]].
* TheHero: Protagonist of Virtus Draconis.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Mordred. [[TheResenter It's mostly]] [[GreenEyedMonster one-sided]].
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Following his parents' death, Claude was needy of love as an orphan who was hated by pretty much everyone in Prelid. Bai-Feng, pitying him and to honor his friends', the Virtuses', sacrifice, takes Claude in.
* ImprobablyQuickComaRecovery: Downplayed, as while he makes a successful and easy recovery upon receiving a blood transfusion from the recently transformed Anna, it still takes him a week to fully recover.
* InterspeciesAdoption: Played straight: a dragon is adopted by a tiger and a wolf.
* MoralityChain: Inverted: ''others'' have to play this role to him, due to how emotionally damaged he is. It's especially notable with Bai-Feng, who is the one responsible for training and raising him into being a (mostly) good person.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He wasn't fully aware (or rather, in his bloodlust, didn't notice) that he'd end up taking a child's life, which is something he wouldn't do under normal circumstances. [[HeroicBSOD He doesn't take it well]].
* NiceGuy: Within reason. [[DisproportionateRetribution You don't want to find out what happens when you piss him off]].
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When the powers of the Hand of God are activated, he becomes notably [[TranquilFury more bloodthirsty and violent]], but oddly reverent and almost worshipping to the one who gave them their blood to begin with (Anna in his case).
* PassingTheTorch: [[spoiler:Bai-Feng]] does this to Claude and Mordred when he's dying. Either way, Claude would have somehow become TheLeader.
* PrimaryColorChampion: Well, he's red-skinned.
* RedIsHeroic: He is a red dragon with white hair.
* SemiDivine: Implied, thanks to the Hand of God and the blood transfusion they received from Mystic Anna.
* SplitPersonality: Downplayed. He has his nice guy mode, where he is normal, and then there's the berserk TranquilFury, the battle focused badass that throws caution to the wind to fight until he's finished his task, for the sake of his "master", Anna.
* SplitPersonalityTakeover: Implied with the Hand of God, as it alters his personality somewhat, but he retains enough awareness to know what's going on. This side of himself simply ignores his limits and inhibitions.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Everyone assumes the Hand of God's powers to be this for Claude, but this gets cleared up close to the ending, when [[spoiler:Gunter]] and Anna are discussing these powers at a café.
* TookALevelInBadass: Becoming a Hand of God grants him a plethora of powers and strength, turning him into a monster in combat.
* UniversallyBelovedLeader: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]. While he's the de facto leader of the group, he is nowhere experienced enough to be a leader, leading to a critical mistake at the city of Dalet that nearly costs him his life. He is also quite insecure in his position, such as at Prelid, where he doesn't want to face a major abuser and bully.
* UnskilledButStrong: Compared to Mordred, who has far more dexterity with weapons, Claude is more pacifistic and fights with a staff, rather than firearms or more dangerous weapons.
