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* SatanicArchetype: An beautiful, [[LightIsNotGood light-themed]], [[FallenAngel angel-like being]] that seeks the annihilation of humanity, [[TheCorrupter manipulates humans into doing horrible things]], it's the force behind multiple disasters, TheLeader of a group of monstrous beings and [[spoiler: is the wayward creation of a powerful figure]].

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* SatanicArchetype: An beautiful, [[LightIsNotGood light-themed]], [[FallenAngel angel-like being]] that seeks the annihilation of humanity, [[TheCorrupter manipulates humans into doing horrible things]], it's the force behind multiple disasters, TheLeader of a group of monstrous beings and [[spoiler: is [[spoiler:is the wayward creation of a powerful figure]].



* SmallRoleBigImpact: Only appears in the latter half of the story and even then receives no speaking lines or characterization, [[spoiler: but is instrumental in Khepri's defeat of Scion during Gold Morning.]]

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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Only appears in the latter half of the story and even then receives no speaking lines or characterization, [[spoiler: but [[spoiler:but is instrumental in Khepri's defeat of Scion during Gold Morning.]]
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* SatanicArchetype: An beautiful, [[LightIsNotGood light-themed]], [[FallenAngel angel-like being]] that seeks the annihilation of humanity, [[TheCorrupter manipulates humans into doing horrible things]], it's the force behind multiple disasters and [[spoiler: is the wayward creation of a powerful figure]].

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* SatanicArchetype: An beautiful, [[LightIsNotGood light-themed]], [[FallenAngel angel-like being]] that seeks the annihilation of humanity, [[TheCorrupter manipulates humans into doing horrible things]], it's the force behind multiple disasters disasters, TheLeader of a group of monstrous beings and [[spoiler: is the wayward creation of a powerful figure]].
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* SatanicArchetype: An beautiful, [[LightIsNotGood light-themed]], [[FallenAngel angel-like being]] that seeks the annihilation of humanity, [[TheCorrupter manipulates humans into doing horrible things]], it's the force behind multiple disasters and [[spoiler: is the wayward creation of a powerful figure]].
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* PsychicPowers: Is the only true telepath in the setting.

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* PsychicPowers: Is the only true telepath in the setting.setting, and even then it's more like using telekinesis on people's brains.
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* EvilIsSexy: Taylor describes him as looking very attractive in-universe, even if he's over forty.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Siberian doesn't, or clothes for that matter. But, it's not like she really needs them.



* DoesNotLikeShoes: Goes barefoot much of the time.
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* PubertySuperpower: Averted. He drank one of Cauldron's superpower serums when he was a child.

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* PubertySuperpower: Averted. He Subverted. While he has the physical age of being older than a teen, he drank one of Cauldron's superpower serums when he was a child.

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* RuleOfSymbolism: They all have bizarrely religious symbols to them: Simurgh is an angel, Behemoth is a demon, Leviathan a serpent, [[spoiler:Khonsu]] is a Buddha, [[spoiler:Tohu]] is a maiden, and [[spoiler:Bohu]] is mother earth. The symbols don't really mean anything specifically, but it does hint that they're based on human's [[spoiler:(or possibly just ''a'' human's)]] belief of power and conceptual forces.

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* RuleOfSymbolism: They all have bizarrely religious symbols to them: Simurgh is an angel, Behemoth is a demon, Leviathan a serpent, [[spoiler:Khonsu]] is a Buddha, [[spoiler:Tohu]] is a maiden, and [[spoiler:Bohu]] is mother earth. The symbols don't really mean anything specifically, but it does hint that they're based on human's humanity's [[spoiler:(or possibly just ''a'' human's)]] belief of power and conceptual forces.



* KansasCityShuffle: When we get a look in her head care of Cauldron's Clairvoyant, she's outright pulling these on others. [[spoiler:Right in front of Doctor Mother's face.]] But, because she knows she's being watched by somebody who isn't equipped to see it for what it is (or won't bother to tell the right others) and because the Simurgh actually can't perceive things in the here-now for the voyeur to get a solid grasp on, she merrily plays with emphasised CowTools as well as mysterious Useful Things? as she does whatever she's planning. As [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow all this]] is probably normal for her: think about all the things she's dramatically made people look at over the years, while she does... whatever... in their perceptual blind spots.

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* KansasCityShuffle: When we get a look in her head care courtesy of Cauldron's Clairvoyant, she's outright pulling these on others. [[spoiler:Right in front of Doctor Mother's face.]] But, because she knows she's being watched by somebody who isn't equipped to see it for what it is (or won't bother to tell the right others) and because the Simurgh actually can't perceive things in the here-now for the voyeur to get a solid grasp on, she merrily plays with emphasised CowTools as well as mysterious Useful Things? as she does whatever she's planning. As [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow all this]] is probably normal for her: think about all the things she's dramatically made people look at over the years, while she does... whatever... in their perceptual blind spots.



* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:According to WordOfGod, Cauldron manipulated Glaistig Uaine into absorbing him mainly because while more capes were getting removed from play than he was theoretically worth battling Scion, his power still needed to be in play]].

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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:According to WordOfGod, Cauldron manipulated Glaistig Uaine into absorbing him mainly because while more capes were getting removed from play than he was theoretically worth battling removing too many capes that were going to contribute to fighting Scion, but his power still needed to be in play]].


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* TheNeedsOfTheMany: While Cauldron is initially presented as a business selling superpowers to customers, it turns out that their goal is [[spoiler:to kill [[PhysicalGod Scion]]]], thereby saving humanity. They engage in many heinous actions to achieve these ends, including [[spoiler:sacrificing thousands of lives to appease a supervillain and abducting civilians to use as test subjects]].
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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Gets crushed by Garrote, a Case 53, in Venom 29.7.]]

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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Gets crushed by Garrote, a Case 53, in Venom 29.7. Not only is Garrote one of her own creations, but Garrote, lacking control of her powers, has to choose someone in the room to kill - and as she points out, Doctor Mother is the least valuable person in the room at the moment, in an echo of Doctor Mother's own ColdEquation thinking.]]

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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Subverted. He's not exactly ''weak'', but his team includes people like [[NighInvulnerability Crawler and Siberian]], some of the most powerful characters in the setting. He's able to keep them in line because he's TheSocialExpert.



* RankScalesWithAsskicking: Subverted. He's not exactly ''weak'', but his team includes people like [[NighInvulnerability Crawler and Siberian]], some of the most powerful characters in the setting. He's able to keep them in line because he's TheSocialExpert.



* WouldHitAGirl: Had no problems [[spoiler:giving Tattletale a GlasgowSmile for mouthing off]], and has certainly murdered women in the past.



* WouldHitAGirl: Had no problems [[spoiler:giving Tattletale a GlasgowSmile for mouthing off]], and has certainly murdered women in the past.
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* BareYourMidriff: A RareMaleExample. His shirts are always unbuttoned at the bottom.
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* PlayingCardMotifs: He's named Jack and he usurps power from a supervillain named King.
* PracticallyJoker: A supervillain who shares their name with a playing card and tortures and murders people ForTheEvulz, who is seemingly weak compared to other characters in the setting but manages to be a global threat nonetheless through cunning, audacity, and sheer luck. {{Reconstructed}} in that the only reason [[JokerImmunity Jack has managed to survive as long as he has]] is because [[spoiler:he has a subtle but ludicrously powerful secondary power helping him out, which not even he knows about.]]
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Only appears in the latter half of the story and even then receives no speaking lines or characterization, [[spoiler: but is instrumental in Khepri's defeat of Scion during the Gold Morning.]]

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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Only appears in the latter half of the story and even then receives no speaking lines or characterization, [[spoiler: but is instrumental in Khepri's defeat of Scion during the Gold Morning.]]



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's not mentioned what happened to him at the end of Worm and he does not make an appearance in the sequel.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's not mentioned what happened to him at the end of Worm ''Worm'' and he does not make an appearance in the sequel.

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* PubertySuperpower: Averted. He drank one of Cauldron's superpower serums when he was way too young.

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* PubertySuperpower: Averted. He drank one of Cauldron's superpower serums when he was way too young.a child.


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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Only appears in the latter half of the story and even then receives no speaking lines or characterization, [[spoiler: but is instrumental in Khepri's defeat of Scion during the Gold Morning.]]


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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's not mentioned what happened to him at the end of Worm and he does not make an appearance in the sequel.
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* {{Expy}}: His abilities, personality, and appearance are all evocative of [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP-682]].

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* {{Expy}}: His abilities, personality, and appearance are all evocative of [[Wiki/SCPFoundation [[Website/SCPFoundation SCP-682]].
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* BrutishCharacterBrutishWeapon: A serial killer and literal Brute specializing in killing other capes who wields a woodcutter's axe.
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* AnAxeToGrind: His favorite weapon is a woodcutter's axe.
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* DeviousDaggers: Contessa is a mysterious, dreaded figure, and her WeaponOfChoice is a stiletto no longer than a finger.

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* DeviousDaggers: Contessa is a mysterious, dreaded figure, and her WeaponOfChoice weapon is a stiletto no longer than a finger.
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* CreepyDoll: Why stick to just one deliberately invoked set of blank-faced creep when you can combine it with MurderousMannequin in extra-nightmare-inducing, [[EnemyMime mime-like]] ceramic white on top? He takes "psychopathic Pierrot puppet/poppet" to the deepest UncannyValley levels available.

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* CreepyDoll: Why stick to just one deliberately invoked set of blank-faced creep when you can combine it with MurderousMannequin in extra-nightmare-inducing, [[EnemyMime mime-like]] ceramic white on top? He takes "psychopathic Pierrot puppet/poppet" to the deepest UncannyValley levels available.

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* BaldOfEvil: Is completely bald.

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* BaldOfEvil: Is completely bald.bald and a villain.



* LeanAndMean: Is skeletally thin.

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* ForcedTransformation: His power is forcibly transforming people into rabid monsters.
* LeanAndMean: Is skeletally thin.thin and a villain.
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* BalefulPolymorph: Seems to be his ability.
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* BlindSeer: Doesn't have any normal senses, including sight, but is able to see people's past and futures.
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** [[spoiler:Taken UpToEleven against Scion: Tohu took to selecting Eidolon and Glastig Uaine as two of her three capes, and then deploying Eidolon as one of her ghosts]].

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** [[spoiler:Taken UpToEleven [[spoiler:Exaggerated against Scion: Tohu took to selecting Eidolon and Glastig Uaine as two of her three capes, and then deploying Eidolon as one of her ghosts]].



* TheBully: Taylor thinks that when it comes down to it, they are this trope taken way, ''way'' UpToEleven.

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* TheBully: Taylor thinks that when it comes down to it, they are this trope taken way, ''way'' UpToEleven.up to eleven.



* {{Sadist}}: [[UpToEleven Probably the worst out of the Nine in this regard]], as he likes to put people under his time reversion powers for fun. [[spoiler:Apparently this only applies to the clone, and the original Gray Boy wasn't lucid enough to be sadistic, just wandering around aimlessly using his powers indiscriminately.]]

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* {{Sadist}}: [[UpToEleven Probably the worst out of the Nine in this regard]], regard, as he likes to put people under his time reversion powers for fun. [[spoiler:Apparently this only applies to the clone, and the original Gray Boy wasn't lucid enough to be sadistic, just wandering around aimlessly using his powers indiscriminately.]]

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* DeviousDaggers: Contessa is a mysterious, dreaded figure, and her WeaponOfChoice is a stiletto no longer than a finger.



* FedoraOfAsskicking: She wears a fedora, which, thanks to her supernatural combat prowess, she can sometimes use as a weapon, as shown when she burns Gregor by filling it with his own slime and sticking it to him.



* KnifeNut: Contessa's WeaponOfChoice is a stiletto no longer than a finger.



* MysteriousWoman: Complete with the NiceHat fedora; she's practically built based on this trope to the point where it's likely her costume intentionally evokes it. She knows more about what's going on than almost anyone else, rarely shares her secrets, and is at the center of everything important that occurs.
* NiceHat: Her fedora, which, thanks to her supernatural combat prowess, she can sometimes use as a weapon, as shown when she burns Gregor by filling it with his own slime and sticking it to him.

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* MysteriousWoman: Complete with the NiceHat fedora; she's practically built based on this trope to the point where it's likely her costume intentionally evokes it. She knows more about what's going on than almost anyone else, rarely shares her secrets, and is at the center of everything important that occurs.
* NiceHat: Her fedora, which, thanks to her supernatural combat prowess, she can sometimes use as a weapon, as shown when she burns Gregor by filling it with his own slime and sticking it to him.
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* BeardOfEvil: Has a goatee.
* {{BFS}}: Jack wields a four-foot-long claymore in lieu of his normal knives during his battle with [[spoiler:Golem]].
* TheCorrupter: His specialty. [[spoiler:And how he brings about the end of the world when he causes Scion's FaceHeelTurn]].
* EvilIsSexy: Taylor describes him as looking very attractive in-universe.

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* BeardOfEvil: Has a goatee.
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* {{BFS}}: Jack wields a four-foot-long claymore claymore, courtesy of Mannequin in lieu of his normal knives during his battle with in the finale when he faces off against [[spoiler:Golem]].
* TheCorrupter: His specialty. [[spoiler:And specialty, [[spoiler:and how he brings about the end of the world when he causes Scion's FaceHeelTurn]].
* EvilIsSexy: Taylor describes him as looking very attractive in-universe.in-universe, even if he's over forty.



* GuttedLikeAFish: Threatens to cut Theo from "cock to chin" when they first meet.

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* GroomingTheEnemy: The other side of his corruptive tendencies, he threatens Theo Anders as part of the sick series of tests the Nine are doing in Brockton Bay. Tattletale opines it's part of his efforts to stave off boredom and keep life interesting.
* GuttedLikeAFish: Threatens to cut Theo from "cock to chin" when they first meet.meet, he does this to several other people.



* PsychoKnifeNut: While the mass murdering supervillain Jack Slash can use just about any blade as a conduit to project their cutting edge invisibly, he specializes in knives and razors since his power means the normal range issues no longer apply.

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* PsychoKnifeNut: While the mass murdering mass-murdering supervillain Jack Slash can use just about any blade as a conduit to project their cutting edge invisibly, he specializes in knives and razors since his power means the normal range issues no longer apply.
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* ThinkingUpPortals: His power.

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* ThinkingUpPortals: His power.He can create portals against ordinary-looking doors in a literal example of PortalDoor, or even in mid-air to allow for transit.



* TheOmniscient: Is capable of perceiving everything that happens in Earth's atmosphere, in ALL universes.

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* TheOmniscient: Is capable of perceiving everything that happens in Earth's atmosphere, in ALL ''all'' universes.

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* PortalDoor: Creates these against an ordinary-looking door, or even in mid-air to allow for transit.


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* ThinkingUpPortals: His power.
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* {{Sadist}}: [[UpToEleven Probably the worst out of the Nine in this regard]], as he likes to put people under his time reversion powers for fun.

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* {{Sadist}}: [[UpToEleven Probably the worst out of the Nine in this regard]], as he likes to put people under his time reversion powers for fun. [[spoiler:Apparently this only applies to the clone, and the original Gray Boy wasn't lucid enough to be sadistic, just wandering around aimlessly using his powers indiscriminately.]]
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* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Her power doesn't just tell her what to do to execute the path, it also basically puppets her body to allow her to perfectly carry out all the required actions.
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* ShatterpointTap: Claims he can do this:
-->“You'll miss,” the Number Man said. “And I'll close in and strike you, using my pen and my hand. I can see the stress points of your body, clear as day. I can shatter your skull like a glass, and it would be an exceptionally painful way to die."

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