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* BettyAndVeronica: Lady Blackbird and Lucia Nera respectively are these for Icarus. [[spoiler:Icarus ultimately chooses [[HeroesWantRedheads Lady Blackbird]]]].
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* BloodKnight: Icarus seemed to often find himself drawn to participate in various conflicts: flashback sequences show him fighting for the Russian Army in the [[UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars Napoleonic Wars]] and the Red Army in [[UsefulNotes/SecondWorldWar World War II]] as well as being a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfPiracy pirate in the 18th century]]. A panel later in the story also implies he was a [[UsefulNotes/TheGloryThatWasRome Roman legionary]], a [[UsefulNotes/TheMigrationPeriod Barbarian Warrior]], a [[UsefulNotes/TheVikingAge Viking Raider]], a [[UsefulNotes/TheCrusades Crusader Knight]] and a [[UsefulNotes/ItalianWars Landsknecht mercenary]].
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* BloodKnight: Icarus seemed to often find himself drawn to participate in various conflicts: flashback sequences show him fighting conflicts or violent professions over the course of centuries as an outlet for the Russian Army in the [[UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars Napoleonic Wars]] and the Red Army in [[UsefulNotes/SecondWorldWar World War II]] as well as being a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfPiracy pirate in the 18th century]]. A panel later in the story also implies he was a [[UsefulNotes/TheGloryThatWasRome Roman legionary]], a [[UsefulNotes/TheMigrationPeriod Barbarian Warrior]], a [[UsefulNotes/TheVikingAge Viking Raider]], a [[UsefulNotes/TheCrusades Crusader Knight]] and a [[UsefulNotes/ItalianWars Landsknecht mercenary]].his vampiric bloodlust.
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* ExpositionOfImmortality: Much of the story consists of flashbacks Icarus has to previous historical eras as he recovers his memories.
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* ExpositionOfImmortality: Much of the story consists of flashbacks Icarus has to previous historical eras as he recovers his memories. Such sequences show him fighting for the Russian Army in the [[UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars Napoleonic Wars]] and the Red Army in [[UsefulNotes/SecondWorldWar World War II]] as well as being a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfPiracy pirate in the 18th century]]. A panel later in the story also implies he was a [[UsefulNotes/TheGloryThatWasRome Roman legionary]], a [[UsefulNotes/TheMigrationPeriod Barbarian Warrior]], a [[UsefulNotes/TheVikingAge Viking Raider]], a [[UsefulNotes/TheCrusades Crusader Knight]] and a [[UsefulNotes/ItalianWars Landsknecht mercenary]].
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* BigBad: Lucia Nera, is seemingly the most powerful figure within the hierarchy of the "Heirs", is shown to have access to significant resources and was the one who [[spoiler:originally seduced Icarus/Judas into betraying Jesus, leading to his punishment and the creation of the vampire race, to begin with]].
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* BigBad: Lucia Nera, is seemingly the most powerful figure within the hierarchy all of the "Heirs", is shown other vampires seem to have access to significant resources serve her in some capacity and she has been pursuing Icarus persistently for centuries. Furthermore: she was the one who [[spoiler:originally seduced Icarus/Judas into betraying Jesus, leading to his punishment and the creation of the vampire race, to begin with]].
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: As the [[spoiler:direct sire of every vampire]], Icarus is directly responsible for the fact that Lucia, Edmond and Adrian are still alive in the modern day.
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* PeopleJars: Lucia and Edmond have dinner in the Eiffel Tower in a room full of large glass tanks, each of which contains a victim hooked up to an arrangement of wires and tubes that can apparently extract blood. The imprisoned victims have their eyes open implying they are awake and aware. To make things even more disturbing the last few panels of the scene imply that Lucia and Edmond [[SexInASharedRoom have sex]] [[ForcedToWatch in the front of one of the tanks]].
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* PeopleJars: Lucia and Edmond have dinner in the Eiffel Tower in a room full of large glass tanks, each of which contains a victim hooked up to an arrangement of wires and tubes that can apparently extract blood. The imprisoned victims have their eyes open implying they are awake and aware. To make things even more disturbing the last few panels of the scene imply that Lucia and Edmond [[SexInASharedRoom have sex]] [[ForcedToWatch in the front of one of the tanks]].
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Adiran, being a Southern plantation owner embittered that the Confederacy lost the Civil War, is incredibly racist.
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* BigBad: Lucia Nera, is seemingly the most powerful figure within the hierarchy of the "Heirs", is shown to have access to significant resources and was the one who [[spoiler:originally seduced Icarus/Judas into betraying Jesus, leading to his punishment and the creation of the vampire race, to begin with]].
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* TheStarscream: Edmond to Lucia.
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* MeaningfulName: Icarus, the name the amnesiac protagonist goes by [[spoiler:is a shortening of the word "Sicarius", a name for a group of Jewish zealots who resisted the Roman occupation in Ancient Israel, so named after the Sica daggers they were known to use. Icarus was a member of this group before he became a vampire. Sica. Sicarius. Icarius. Icarus]].
** By the end of the story this is given new significance as [[spoiler:Icarus is actually revealed to be the Biblical Judas. Iscariot, Sicarius, Icarus]].
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* MeaningfulName: Icarus, the name the amnesiac protagonist goes by [[spoiler:is a shortening of the word "Sicarius", a name for a group of Jewish zealots who resisted the Roman occupation in Ancient Israel, so named after the Sica daggers they were known to use. Icarus was a member of this group before he became a vampire. Sica. Sicarius. Icarius. Thus: Sica; Sicarius; Icarius; Icarus]].
** By the end of the story this is given new significance as [[spoiler:Icarus is actually revealed to be the Biblical Judas.Iscariot, Sicarius, Iscariot; Sicarius; Icarus]].
** By the end of the story this is given new significance as [[spoiler:Icarus is actually revealed to be the Biblical Judas.
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* ControlFreak: Lucia, not only does she want to control Icarus, but through him and his ability to create new vampires she can control the entire vampire society.
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* ControlFreak: Lucia, not only does she want to control Icarus, but [[spoiler:but through him and his ability to create new vampires she can control the entire vampire society.society]].
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* MeaningfulName: Icarus, the name the amnesiac protagonist goes by [[spoiler:is a shortening of the word "Sicarius", a name for a group of jewish Jewish zealots who resisted the Roman occupation in Ancient Israel, so named after the Sica daggers they were known to use. Icarus was a member of this group before he became a vampire. Sica. Sicarius. Icarius. Icarus]].
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''Dark Blood'' is a Franco-Belgian urban fantasy/horror graphic novel series written by Aurélie Sarn and illustrated by Marc Moreno.
An amnesiac vampire who only knows himself by the name "Icarus" finds himself lost and alone in modern Paris, as he slowly pieces together his history and origins through a series of flashbacks. He is pursued by a secret society of vampires led by the mysterious and beautiful Lucia Nera who seeks to possess him for reasons he does not know.
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!!This comic provides examples of:
* ActionDressRip: Lucia uses the Pin that ties the top of her dress as a weapon, resulting in her breasts being exposed for the duration of the [[spoiler:final fight with Lady Blackbird and Icarus]].
* AffectionateNickname: Icarus calls Lady Blackbird "Birdy"
* AmnesiacHero: Icarus, specifically caused by him losing his memory every time he feeds.
* AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: Lady Blackbird still wears her Pirate outfit in the modern day.
* BackStab: [[spoiler:Lady Blackbird sneaks up behind Edmund while he holds Lucia at gunpoint and stabs him with the Sica dagger]].
* BettyAndVeronica: Lady Blackbird and Lucia Nera respectively are these for Icarus. [[spoiler:Icarus ultimately chooses [[HeroesWantRedheads Lady Blackbird]]]].
* BloodKnight: Icarus seemed to often find himself drawn to participate in various conflicts: flashback sequences show him fighting for the Russian Army in the [[UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars Napoleonic Wars]] and the Red Army in [[UsefulNotes/SecondWorldWar World War II]] as well as being a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfPiracy pirate in the 18th century]]. A panel later in the story also implies he was a [[UsefulNotes/TheGloryThatWasRome Roman legionary]], a [[UsefulNotes/TheMigrationPeriod Barbarian Warrior]], a [[UsefulNotes/TheVikingAge Viking Raider]], a [[UsefulNotes/TheCrusades Crusader Knight]] and a [[UsefulNotes/ItalianWars Landsknecht mercenary]].
* BodyguardBabes: Fra Inferno is always accompanied by two particularly bloodthirsty examples.
* ControlFreak: Lucia, not only does she want to control Icarus, but through him and his ability to create new vampires she can control the entire vampire society.
* DepravedBisexual: Edmund attempts to seduce Icarus not long after they first meet and [[ElectricTorture does not take the rejection very well]]. He is also shown getting it on with Lucia earlier in the first volume.
** Lucia potentially, given that in her first meeting with Lady Blackbird she is wearing nothing but a sheer nightgown and coyly remarks about how beautiful the other woman is, though this could be due to her being a ShamelessFanserviceGirl.
* DisposableSexWorker: The first person we see Icarus feed on is a prostitute.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Lady Blackbird is dead and Icarus is once again alone in the world with the knowledge that he is Judas and his current state is punishment for his betrayal. He hands the Sica to Yumiko, possibly hoping she will kill him with it]].
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Lucia
* EvenEvilHasStandards: As depraved and untrustworthy as he is, Edmund seems to have contempt for Adrian's racism.
* EvilRedhead: Adrian
* ExpositionOfImmortality: Much of the story consists of flashbacks Icarus has to previous historical eras as he recovers his memories.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[spoiler:Icarus is Judas]].
** [[spoiler:Jesus and several Apostles appear in the final flashback sequence]].
** Emond and Icarus are originally introduced to each other by none other than fameous French painter Eugène Delacroix.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: How a lot of characters are killed:
** [[spoiler:Edmond kills Fra Inferno by stabbing him clean through the head]].
** [[spoiler:Lady Blackbird does the same to Edmond from behind]].
** [[spoiler:Icarus kills Lucia this way]].
* JurisdictionFriction: Between Yumiko and Desmarais.
* KarmicDeath: Adrian, who burnt a black man alive, dies by immolation, [[spoiler:twice]].
* MeaningfulName: Icarus, the name the amnesiac protagonist goes by [[spoiler:is a shortening of the word "Sicarius", a name for a group of jewish zealots who resisted the Roman occupation in Ancient Israel, so named after the Sica daggers they were known to use. Icarus was a member of this group before he became a vampire. Sica. Sicarius. Icarius. Icarus]].
** By the end of the story this is given new significance as [[spoiler:Icarus is actually revealed to be the Biblical Judas. Iscariot, Sicarius, Icarus]].
* MonsterProgenitor: [[spoiler:Icarus is the only vampire who can turn other mortals into vampires (though he loses his memory every time he does so), and is thus responsible for the existence of the entire race. Hence why the vampires call themselves the "Heirs" as the are all direct inheritors of his legacy]].
* MsFanservice: Lucia Nera is an incredibly attractive woman who is always wearing outfits that accentuate her figure or barely conceal it at all, not to mention the top of her dress is hanging open throughout the final confrontation.
** The prostitue Icarus feeds on at the beginning of the first volume is pretty much completely naked in every single panel she's in.
** During one scene, while having a phone conversation with Commissioner Desmarais, Yumiko is in her hotel room completely naked save for a pair of panties.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:If Lady Blackbird had not saved Lucia from Edmund, Lucia would not have been able to kill Lady Blackbird moments later]].
* NotUsingTheZWord: The vampires generally refer to themselves as the "Heirs" [[spoiler:because they all inherit the legacy of Icarus who was responsible for creating every one of them, even though he doesn't necessarily remember]].
* OneWingedAngel: the vampires mostly appear as normal humans, but assume monstrous features when the situation calls for it.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: The vampires (or "Heirs" as they call themselves) can go out in daylight and aside from silver do not seem to possess any of the typical vampire weaknesses. Also none of them can spawn new vampires [[spoiler:except for Icarus, who turns anyone he feeds on]].
** Icarus it seems cannot even be hurt by silver [[spoiler:and can only apparently be killed by his own Sica dagger]].
* OverlyLongTongue: Most vampires seem to have these, especially when feeding or in combat.
* PeopleJars: Lucia and Edmond have dinner in the Eiffel Tower in a room full of large glass tanks, each of which contains a victim hooked up to an arrangement of wires and tubes that can apparently extract blood. The imprisoned victims have their eyes open implying they are awake and aware. To make things even more disturbing the last few panels of the scene imply that Lucia and Edmond [[SexInASharedRoom have sex]] [[ForcedToWatch in the front of one of the tanks]].
* PirateGirl: Lady Blackbird
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Adiran, being a Southern plantation owner during embittered that the Confederacy lost the Civil War, is incredibly racist.
* PrecisionFStrike: [[spoiler:Lucia calls Lady Blackbird a slut when the latter declares her intention to leave with Icarus on her own]].
* PublicExecution: The first flashback we see is of the Roman colisium where Icarus and a group of Christians are to be killed by predatory cats, only Icarus survives.
* ShotToTheHeart: [[spoiler:Lucia kills Lady Blackbird by stabbing her in the heart with a silver pin]].
* SinisterMinister: Fra Inferno
* ThePunishment: [[spoiler:Icarus' (Judas') condition as a vampire who loses his memory every time he feeds seems to be divine punishment for his betrayal of Christ]].
** The vampire weakness to silver [[spoiler:seems to be a reference the thirty pieces of silver Judas was paid as reward for his betrayal]].
* TheVamp: Lucia Nera, even before she became a vampire [[spoiler:as she seduced Judas (Icarus) into betraying Jesus]].
* VampireHunter: [[spoiler:Yumiko Yoki]].
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: The bust of Lucia's dress is tied with a large silver pin that she uses as a weapon.
* WhiteShirtOfDeath: Icarus is wearing this in most of the modern day scenes.
* WickedCultured: Edmond, who first meets Icarus after finding out that the latter had modeled for one of Eugène Delacroix' paintings.
''Dark Blood'' is a Franco-Belgian urban fantasy/horror graphic novel series written by Aurélie Sarn and illustrated by Marc Moreno.
An amnesiac vampire who only knows himself by the name "Icarus" finds himself lost and alone in modern Paris, as he slowly pieces together his history and origins through a series of flashbacks. He is pursued by a secret society of vampires led by the mysterious and beautiful Lucia Nera who seeks to possess him for reasons he does not know.
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!!This comic provides examples of:
* ActionDressRip: Lucia uses the Pin that ties the top of her dress as a weapon, resulting in her breasts being exposed for the duration of the [[spoiler:final fight with Lady Blackbird and Icarus]].
* AffectionateNickname: Icarus calls Lady Blackbird "Birdy"
* AmnesiacHero: Icarus, specifically caused by him losing his memory every time he feeds.
* AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: Lady Blackbird still wears her Pirate outfit in the modern day.
* BackStab: [[spoiler:Lady Blackbird sneaks up behind Edmund while he holds Lucia at gunpoint and stabs him with the Sica dagger]].
* BettyAndVeronica: Lady Blackbird and Lucia Nera respectively are these for Icarus. [[spoiler:Icarus ultimately chooses [[HeroesWantRedheads Lady Blackbird]]]].
* BloodKnight: Icarus seemed to often find himself drawn to participate in various conflicts: flashback sequences show him fighting for the Russian Army in the [[UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars Napoleonic Wars]] and the Red Army in [[UsefulNotes/SecondWorldWar World War II]] as well as being a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfPiracy pirate in the 18th century]]. A panel later in the story also implies he was a [[UsefulNotes/TheGloryThatWasRome Roman legionary]], a [[UsefulNotes/TheMigrationPeriod Barbarian Warrior]], a [[UsefulNotes/TheVikingAge Viking Raider]], a [[UsefulNotes/TheCrusades Crusader Knight]] and a [[UsefulNotes/ItalianWars Landsknecht mercenary]].
* BodyguardBabes: Fra Inferno is always accompanied by two particularly bloodthirsty examples.
* ControlFreak: Lucia, not only does she want to control Icarus, but through him and his ability to create new vampires she can control the entire vampire society.
* DepravedBisexual: Edmund attempts to seduce Icarus not long after they first meet and [[ElectricTorture does not take the rejection very well]]. He is also shown getting it on with Lucia earlier in the first volume.
** Lucia potentially, given that in her first meeting with Lady Blackbird she is wearing nothing but a sheer nightgown and coyly remarks about how beautiful the other woman is, though this could be due to her being a ShamelessFanserviceGirl.
* DisposableSexWorker: The first person we see Icarus feed on is a prostitute.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Lady Blackbird is dead and Icarus is once again alone in the world with the knowledge that he is Judas and his current state is punishment for his betrayal. He hands the Sica to Yumiko, possibly hoping she will kill him with it]].
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Lucia
* EvenEvilHasStandards: As depraved and untrustworthy as he is, Edmund seems to have contempt for Adrian's racism.
* EvilRedhead: Adrian
* ExpositionOfImmortality: Much of the story consists of flashbacks Icarus has to previous historical eras as he recovers his memories.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[spoiler:Icarus is Judas]].
** [[spoiler:Jesus and several Apostles appear in the final flashback sequence]].
** Emond and Icarus are originally introduced to each other by none other than fameous French painter Eugène Delacroix.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: How a lot of characters are killed:
** [[spoiler:Edmond kills Fra Inferno by stabbing him clean through the head]].
** [[spoiler:Lady Blackbird does the same to Edmond from behind]].
** [[spoiler:Icarus kills Lucia this way]].
* JurisdictionFriction: Between Yumiko and Desmarais.
* KarmicDeath: Adrian, who burnt a black man alive, dies by immolation, [[spoiler:twice]].
* MeaningfulName: Icarus, the name the amnesiac protagonist goes by [[spoiler:is a shortening of the word "Sicarius", a name for a group of jewish zealots who resisted the Roman occupation in Ancient Israel, so named after the Sica daggers they were known to use. Icarus was a member of this group before he became a vampire. Sica. Sicarius. Icarius. Icarus]].
** By the end of the story this is given new significance as [[spoiler:Icarus is actually revealed to be the Biblical Judas. Iscariot, Sicarius, Icarus]].
* MonsterProgenitor: [[spoiler:Icarus is the only vampire who can turn other mortals into vampires (though he loses his memory every time he does so), and is thus responsible for the existence of the entire race. Hence why the vampires call themselves the "Heirs" as the are all direct inheritors of his legacy]].
* MsFanservice: Lucia Nera is an incredibly attractive woman who is always wearing outfits that accentuate her figure or barely conceal it at all, not to mention the top of her dress is hanging open throughout the final confrontation.
** The prostitue Icarus feeds on at the beginning of the first volume is pretty much completely naked in every single panel she's in.
** During one scene, while having a phone conversation with Commissioner Desmarais, Yumiko is in her hotel room completely naked save for a pair of panties.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:If Lady Blackbird had not saved Lucia from Edmund, Lucia would not have been able to kill Lady Blackbird moments later]].
* NotUsingTheZWord: The vampires generally refer to themselves as the "Heirs" [[spoiler:because they all inherit the legacy of Icarus who was responsible for creating every one of them, even though he doesn't necessarily remember]].
* OneWingedAngel: the vampires mostly appear as normal humans, but assume monstrous features when the situation calls for it.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: The vampires (or "Heirs" as they call themselves) can go out in daylight and aside from silver do not seem to possess any of the typical vampire weaknesses. Also none of them can spawn new vampires [[spoiler:except for Icarus, who turns anyone he feeds on]].
** Icarus it seems cannot even be hurt by silver [[spoiler:and can only apparently be killed by his own Sica dagger]].
* OverlyLongTongue: Most vampires seem to have these, especially when feeding or in combat.
* PeopleJars: Lucia and Edmond have dinner in the Eiffel Tower in a room full of large glass tanks, each of which contains a victim hooked up to an arrangement of wires and tubes that can apparently extract blood. The imprisoned victims have their eyes open implying they are awake and aware. To make things even more disturbing the last few panels of the scene imply that Lucia and Edmond [[SexInASharedRoom have sex]] [[ForcedToWatch in the front of one of the tanks]].
* PirateGirl: Lady Blackbird
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Adiran, being a Southern plantation owner during embittered that the Confederacy lost the Civil War, is incredibly racist.
* PrecisionFStrike: [[spoiler:Lucia calls Lady Blackbird a slut when the latter declares her intention to leave with Icarus on her own]].
* PublicExecution: The first flashback we see is of the Roman colisium where Icarus and a group of Christians are to be killed by predatory cats, only Icarus survives.
* ShotToTheHeart: [[spoiler:Lucia kills Lady Blackbird by stabbing her in the heart with a silver pin]].
* SinisterMinister: Fra Inferno
* ThePunishment: [[spoiler:Icarus' (Judas') condition as a vampire who loses his memory every time he feeds seems to be divine punishment for his betrayal of Christ]].
** The vampire weakness to silver [[spoiler:seems to be a reference the thirty pieces of silver Judas was paid as reward for his betrayal]].
* TheVamp: Lucia Nera, even before she became a vampire [[spoiler:as she seduced Judas (Icarus) into betraying Jesus]].
* VampireHunter: [[spoiler:Yumiko Yoki]].
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: The bust of Lucia's dress is tied with a large silver pin that she uses as a weapon.
* WhiteShirtOfDeath: Icarus is wearing this in most of the modern day scenes.
* WickedCultured: Edmond, who first meets Icarus after finding out that the latter had modeled for one of Eugène Delacroix' paintings.
