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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The elder Queen loses her power over Teshin and either is killed on the spot or suffers a FateWorseThanDeath, either by Teshin or Your Tenno, both of which she tried to manipulate.
* ICanRuleAlone: Post-''War Within'' the Worm does not look like to be in a hurry to resuscitate her sister. She may still gather Kuva for the Elder Queen's sake, but from how she acts in her later appearances it seems she's rather fond of being the sole queen with no elder sister to command or overshadow her.



* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The elder Queen loses her power over Teshin and either is killed on the spot or suffers a FateWorseThanDeath, either by Teshin or Your Tenno, both of which she tried to manipulate.
* ImAHumanitarian: In addition to general cannibalism Grineer can resort to, the Worm Queen herself will make occasional comments about eating Grineer that fail her.

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* TheArtifact: As Corrupted Vor, almost everything about him is out of date with Warframe's current canon when he goes into speeches about his Janus Key. Not only is the Void now freely traversable, void keys are completely removed from the game and are completely ignored in the lore, leaving newer players to wonder just '''what''' he's ranting about whenever he mentioned the Janus Key.

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* TheArtifact: As Corrupted Vor, almost everything about him is out of date with Warframe's current canon when he goes into speeches about his Janus Key. Not only is the Void now freely traversable, void keys are completely removed from the game and are completely ignored in the lore, leaving newer players to wonder just '''what''' he's ranting about whenever he mentioned the Janus Key. His dialogue in the Undercroft is a bit more sensible with the current lore, [[spoiler:up to claiming that he'll merge with the Man in the Wall after his demise]], but his presence is still confusing.



* ShootTheShaggyDog: His quest to help repair the damaged genes of his troops ends in failure with his first death and following Void corruption, but his method of using Tenno blood would have ended in failure as well due to their incompatible biologies. [[spoiler:The Warframes are made of a particular tamed strain of Infestation, and the Operators themselves were far out of his reach at the time.]]

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* ShootTheShaggyDog: His quest to help repair the damaged genes of his troops ends in failure with his first death and following Void corruption, but his method of using Tenno blood would have ended in failure as well due to their incompatible biologies. [[spoiler:The Warframes are made of a particular tamed strain of Infestation, and the Operators themselves were far out of his reach at the time. Either case would have likely resulted in different degenerations coming unto the Grineer, [[MeatMoss familiar]] or [[HumanoidAbomination not]].]]



* TooDumbToLive: Sure, he may have been overconfident in the Ascaris' ability to lock down the Tenno, but him leaving the chamber with only a few troops to ensure nothing bad happened ended up giving the Lotus exactly the opportunity she needed to help them escape.



* PitifulWorms: His CatchPhrase has him refer to the tenno as "MAGGOTS!!!"

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* PitifulWorms: His CatchPhrase has him refer to the tenno Tenno as "MAGGOTS!!!""MAGGOTS!!!"
* PlotArmor: His assassination ends with him escaping, but he does still drop loot for the Tenno and the Lotus considers it a successful assassination. Originally, he was meant to have been KilledOffForReal in the Law of Retribution, [[DoubleSubverted but after three years the trial ended with Vay Hek getting away]]. [[spoiler:He later reappears in ''The New War'' as well.]]



* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: ''The New War'' shows that, for all of his flaws, Hek is willing to listen to advice from his subordinates and offer praise when they come up with workable solutions to problems. Additionally, [[spoiler:when Kahl prepares to undertake a SuicideMission to destroy a Condrix via a SuicideAttack, Hek is impressed with Kahl's thinking and assures Kahl that his brothers will be able to escape]].

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: ''The New War'' shows that, for all of his flaws, Hek is willing to listen to advice from his subordinates and offer praise when they come up with workable solutions to problems. Additionally, [[spoiler:when Kahl prepares to undertake a SuicideMission to destroy a Condrix via a SuicideAttack, Hek is impressed with Kahl's thinking and assures Kahl that his brothers will be able to escape]].escape. Also worthy of note is that he vetoed Kahl's plan until he revealed he intended on bombing the Condrix, so he's not one for a SenselessSacrifice either]].
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* WalkingTank: As opposed to the Orb Mothers, these things look like a modern, if warn down, battle tank given legs.

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* WalkingTank: As opposed to the Orb Mothers, these things look like a modern, if warn worn down, battle tank given legs.

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** It's implied that this ties into ClonesArePeopleToo. It's noted that the Grineer were built with a genetic loyalty to the Queens, but some managed to decay that specific inclination away, implicitly what happened to Kahl-175 and Jarka. A whole sect of Grineer, the Kavor, ended up being produced without the conditioning, although it's referred to as a defect that the Red Veil wants to weaponize against the rest of the Grineer to make them pacifists.



* EleventhHourSuperpower: When he begins the last charge to the Condrix alongside a force of other Grineer, an explosion knocks them all down and blows his trusty Grakata out of his hands. Scrambling to find a weapon to protect himself from an approaching Conculyst, he suddenly gets his hands on a ''Corinth Prime'', which can easily one-shot pretty much every Sentient that gets in his path. The final portion of his segment in the "Veilbreaker" quest, meanwhile, has him salvage a Grattler from a crashed dropship and use it to mow down sentients with impunity. This actually seems to be a theme with him - the final portion of all his missions has him pick up a ranged weapon that allows him to utterly shred enemies to pieces.

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* EleventhHourSuperpower: When he begins the last charge to the Condrix alongside a force of other Grineer, an explosion knocks them all down and blows his trusty Grakata out of his hands. Scrambling to find a weapon to protect himself from an approaching Conculyst, he suddenly gets his hands on a ''Corinth Prime'', which can easily one-shot pretty much every Sentient that gets in his path. The final portion of his segment in the "Veilbreaker" quest, meanwhile, has him salvage a Grattler from a crashed dropship and use it to mow down sentients with impunity. This actually seems to be a theme with him - the final portion of all his missions has him pick up a ranged weapon that allows him to utterly shred enemies to pieces. In Sneaky Sabotage, he gets Daughter access to a plasma cannon after sabotaging the veils, and with his marking, she can blast even [[InvincibleMinorMinion Deacons]] to bits. In Junk Run, Kahl manages to nab a Kuva Ayanga with a magazine of 4 but a faster reload just before finding the Narmer Thumper. In Prison Break, he similarly tears a Grattler off a Bolkor after he crash lands it, which is not long before a fight with the Wolf of Saturn Six.



* HiddenDepths: Kahl may be a KindheartedSimpleton but his broken speech and naivety belie the fact that he's not quite as dumb as one may assume - Kahl is a good tactician who thinks well on his feet, he's capapble of figuring out how to operate Narmer machinery, how to make his own purpose-built gadgets out of standard Grineer equipment, and his emotional intelligence is definitely quite high.

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* HiddenDepths: Kahl may be a KindheartedSimpleton but his broken speech and naivety belie the fact that he's not quite as dumb as one may assume - Kahl is a good tactician who thinks well on his feet, he's capapble capable of figuring out how to operate Narmer machinery, how to make his own purpose-built gadgets out of standard Grineer equipment, and his emotional intelligence is definitely quite high.



* KindheartedSimpleton: With the "Simpleton" part downplayed - he's not book smart and Grineer CloneDegradation have imapired his mental functions, but, as the HiddenDepths entry shows, he's smarter than he looks. His kindness and compassion, however, are unqestionable.

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* KindheartedSimpleton: With the "Simpleton" part downplayed - he's not book smart and Grineer CloneDegradation have imapired impaired his mental functions, but, as the HiddenDepths entry shows, he's smarter than he looks. His kindness and compassion, however, are unqestionable.


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* MortalityPhobia: [[DiscussedTrope Daughter accuses him of developing a fear of death thanks to clone rot]] to motivate his need to save his brothers, but he elaborates that he sees through the fancy, glorifying tricks higher ups use to cowardishly send others to die in their stead. Daughter then corrects her stance, saying he actually developed a sense of [[ClonesArePeopleToo dignity]].
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* CameBackStrong: Once average Grineer soldiers, after being sought out by the Kuva Guardians and slain by the Tenno, they become infused with the Queens' old blood, Kuva. This revives them as powerful Kuva Liches, the top brass of the Grineer with powers rivaling that of the Tenno and an ability to shrug off death. Some lines imply that there's a slight degree of CameBackWrong though, as the Liches are still afflicted by how they were killed, Logical Cold Liches describing that they are now completely numb, Mad Heat Liches similarly implying their nerves have been burnt away, and most Liches indicating that Electricity courses through them or that their blood has literally become a Toxin when killed through those methods. [[SufferingBuildsCharacter This just gives them more drive to kill you, from their perspective]].
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Zigzagged, since Mirror Defense was added long after he first made an appearance in the game, but according to the Star chart he first makes an appearance in Mars on Tyana Pass gunning for the crystals as to use Belric and Rania's remains as templates for his tube men to slow the genetic decay of the Grineer. He later shows up on Uranus as the guy who accidentally wakes up the Sentients and the boss of the planet.

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* EarlyBirdCameo: Zigzagged, since Mirror Defense was added long after he first made an appearance in the game, but according to the Star chart he first makes an appearance in Mars on Tyana Pass gunning for the crystals as to use Belric and Rania's remains as templates for his tube men to slow the genetic decay of the Grineer. He later shows up on Uranus as [[spoiler: the guy who accidentally wakes up the Sentients and during ''[[WhamEpisode Natah]]'' and]] the boss of the planet.

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* EarlyBirdCameo: Zigzagged, since Mirror Defense was added long after he first made an appearance in the game, but according to the Star chart he first makes an appearance in Mars on Tyana Pass gunning for the crystals as to use Belric and Rania's remains as templates for his tube men to slow the genetic decay of the Grineer. He later shows up on Uranus as the guy who accidentally wakes up the Sentients and the boss of the planet.



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Story wise, after he wakes up the Sentients and indirectly sets up The New War, Tyl Regor is never heard from again. While he ''does'' get new voice lines in events, and ended up playing the role of antagonist in Mirror Defense missions years later in the game's life cycle, he's yet to be heard of during or after the New War.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Story wise, after he wakes up the Sentients and indirectly sets up The New War, Tyl Regor is never heard from again. While he ''does'' get new voice lines in events, and ended up playing the role of antagonist in Mirror Defense missions years later in the game's life cycle, he's yet to be heard of during or after the New War. Considering how the prerequisites for the Neptune Junction involve killing him, it's likely he was killed by the Tenno after ''Natah''.
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* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:The Grineer make an alliance fleet with the Corpus and the Tenno to defend the Origin System from the invading Sentient armada in "The New War". Unfortunately, [[TheBadGuyWins it is not enough]].]]

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