History Comicbook / TheSword

* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: twice. First, [[spoiler: when Zakros has caught Dara unarmed and is torturing her for the location of the sword, Julie comes in and throws the sword across the room, impaling Dara, thereby allowing it to heal her.]] Later, Dara uses this to [[spoiler: take Malia down when she's floating out of reach of Dara's SuperJumping.]]

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: It happens to [[spoiler:Phaistos/Justin]] After his siblings are dead by the hands of Dara he would have just killed her and become a conqueror like his deceased siblings, but, having come to understand the feelings of mortals and their love and hatred, he [[spoiler:commits suicide with the sword.]]

* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler: Zakros and Malia. Zakros was always attracted to her, and she always resisted...[[SexForSolace except once.]]]]

* HalfHumanHybrid: The demigod quadruplets are half human half...something. They (particularly Knossos) believe it to be God.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: It happens to [[spoiler:Phaistos/Justin]] After his siblings are dead by the hands of Dara he would have just killed her and become a conqueror like his deceased siblings, but, understanding the feeling of mortals and their love and hatred, he [[spoiler:commits suicide with the sword.]]

* OverlyLongName: Julie Seosoudavannavong knows the shit has hit the fan when the news stations have all gotten her name right.

* NotSoDifferent: Zakros makes a comparison between humans and gods, pointing out that humans are just as prone to murdering, abusing, and enslaving others as he and his siblings are. Dara later pulls one of these on Malia after the latter's AccidentalPublicConfession shows how susceptible she is to human emotion.

* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: Knossos can use his power over earth to create guns, allowing him or corner the illegal arms market.

* OhCrap: The look of shock on the faces of Knossos and Malia when they each see the news report on [[spoiler:Dara killing Zakros]].

** Knossos controls [[DishingOutDirt earth]].

* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: When Phaistos was stabbed by Demetrios, he lost his temper and his powers went out of control, melting the earth around him until he eventually sank all the way to the Earth's core, where his immortality kept him alive and the gravity kept him in place. He kept trying to climb out, but kept sinking back to the core again. It took him around 2000 years to finally make it to the surface.]]
* LocationThemeNaming all of the villains are named after ancient Minoan cities. [[spoiler: It's more likely that the cities are named after the villains, given their MO and their ages.]]

* Foreshadowing:

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Demetrios believed that the siblings had the potential for good and spent thousands of years stopping them from using their powers to control people but sparing their lives in the hopes that being forced to live as humans would see them come to appreciate and love humanity. It didn't really work out; Knossos ruled in subtlety, becoming an underground crimelord, Zakros became bitter and disgusted with humans, yet too terrified of the sword to do more than the occasional serial killing, and Malia learned how useful humans could be and how to manipulate them without powers. Ironically, he had to best luck with Phaistos, whom he stabbed and sent to the center of the earth--He learned patience from his efforts to get out, and came to understand appreciate humans by trying to find one who he could use to kill his siblings.]]

* IfICantHaveYou: [spoiler:Malia, while tracking down Demetrios, sees that he's fallen in love with a mortal woman, even siring children. This leads to the "accidental" murder of her former lover.]]

* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler: Zakros and Malia. Zakros was always attracted to her, and she always resisted...[[SexForSolace except once.]]

* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler: Zakros and Malia.]]

* HumansAreBastards: Knossos and Zakros's view of humans.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld

* UnreliableVoiceover: Malia, when addressing the media.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Malia manages this for awhile by telling the media a revisionist version of her past that makes it seem like her brothers were the evil ones and she just wants to save humanity from a power-mad Dara.

''The Sword'' is a modern-day fantasy series and the third {{comic book}} series created by Jonathan and Joshua Luna at Creator/ImageComics. Told is the saga of Dara Brighton, a wheelchair-bound art student whose life is changed forever when one evening, three mysterious strangers with ElementalPowers enter her family's house demanding that her father, whom they call "Demetrios", return their sword. The trio ransacks the house and tries to torture the sword's location out of her baffled father, killing her mother and sister before accidentally killing him. The trio is about to kill Dara and call it a day when the ceiling collapses, knocking her through the floor. Rather than bother to kill the crippled girl, Dara is LeftForDead beneath the burning house.

* AchillesHeel: the titular sword is the only thing that can harm the antagonists.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: "you want your sword, Zakros...? Here it is." If the demigods hadn't killed Dara's family in search of the sword, she would never have found it and used it against them.

* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler: Zakros and Malia]]

* CleanCut-- Dara's been known to cut through up to three people in a single swing.
* CloserToEarth-- Malia manages to portray herself as the least evil sibling, but as her UnreliableVoiceover of her backstory shows, she's just the most manipulative[[spoiler: next to Phaistos]].

* DeathByOriginStory: the families of Demetrios and Dara.

* DisappearedDad: The demigod siblings have never actually met their father, the alleged One True God. [[spoiler: it turns out nobody has-- he impregnated their mother in a dream, and though Knossos claims to receive messages from him, it's revealed to be BS.]]

* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: when Phaistos was stabbed by Demetrios, he lost his temper and his powers went out of control, melting the earth around him until he eventually sank all the way to the Earth's core, where his immortality kept him alive and the gravity kept him in place. He kept trying to climb out, but kept sinking back to the core again. It took him around 2000 years to finally make it to the surface.]]
* LocationThemeNaming all of the villains are named after ancient Minoan cities. [[spoiler: it's more likely that the cities are named after the villains, given their MO and their ages.]]
* ElementalPowers: each of the demigod siblings commands one of the four Greek elements:

* EmptyShell: Dara sees herself as this, the further story goes on.

* GangstaStyle: one of the fake cops trying to kidnap Dara shoots a guy this way. Forgiveable, since it's essentially a point-blank shot.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Dara racks up an impressive collection of injuries during the course of the story. [[spoiler: In the end, after she's abandoned the sword and goes home to die, her wounds all come back simultaneously]]
* {{Gorn}}: Not only do the brutal fight scenes exploit the HealingFactor[=s=] of Dara and her opponents; they also showcase some of the creative and gruesome things one can do to the human body with ElementalPowers, SuperStrength, and an AbsurdlySharpBlade.

* ImmortalProcreationClause: the demigods can't procreate. Demetrios, obviously, could.

* KleptomaniacHero: Averted. Despite the urging of her companions and the fact that as fugitives, they genuinely need supplies, Dara isn't willing to steal food, clothes, or transport, and it's not because she's afraid of drawing attention to herself.
* MinorInjuryOverreaction: since the demigod siblings are used to being NighInvulnerable, getting cut by the sword tends to freak them out.

* NoOntologicalInertia: injuries healed by the sword eventually return after one has spent enough time out of contact with it.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: It happens to [[spoiler:Phaistos/Justin]] After his siblings are dead by the hands of Dara he would have just killed her and become a conqueror like his deceased siblings; but understanding the feeling of mortals and their love and hatred he [[spoiler:commits suicide with the sword.]]

* TakeOverTheWorld: the demigods' ultimate desire.
* TheMasquerade: The demigods would like nothing more than to reveal their powers to the mortals and rule them as gods, but they keep them a secret, because if they don't, the wielder of the sword will hunt them down. Likewise, Demetrios kept his past a secret so the demigods wouldn't be able to get the drop on him and take the sword.

* TortureAlwaysWorks: ...er, not when you go overboard on the ElectricTorture and end up killing the guy. An attempt to torture Dara doesn't work either, because she's just that badass.

* YouKnowTooMuch: for this reason, the government was going to kill Dara after learning what they can from her about the sword; Zakros uses this as an excuse to kill a prostitute after he uses his powers to stop the wine she throws in his face.

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''TComicBook/TheSword'' is a modern-day fantasy series and the third {{comic book}} series created by Jonathan and Joshua Luna at Creator/ImageComics. Told is the saga of Dara Brighton, a wheelchair-bound art student whose life is changed forever when one evening, three mysterious strangers with ElementalPowers enter her family's house demanding that her father, whom they call "Demetrios", return their sword. The trio ransacks the house and tries to torture the sword's location out of her baffled father, killing her mother and sister before accidentally killing him. The trio is about to kill Dara and call it a day when the ceiling collapses, knocking her through the floor. Rather than bother to kill the crippled girl, Dara is LeftForDead beneath the burning house.

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers: Zakros' rationale for [[spoiler:__incest__]]-- the laws of mortals don't apply to them.

* GrievousHarmWithABody: Zakros uses his water-controlling ability to toss InnocentBystanders at Dara. He can also weaponize water extracted from people's bodies, e.g. at one point impaling[[spoiler: Dara____]] through the stomach with a spear made out of [[spoiler:her own blood.]]

* AttendingYourOwnFuneral‎-After she killed all the demigods dara secretly returned to her ruined home so that she can die in peace to reunite with her family in the afterlife as the pains and wounds which are once healed by the sword returned to succumb her but she is unaware that the mourners including Julie who didnt know if she is alive or dead are laying flowers on her home to thank her for saving the world from the demigods.

* GrievousHarmWithABody: Zakros uses his water-controlling ability to toss InnocentBystanders at Dara. He can also weaponize water extracted from people's bodies, e.g. at one point impaling[[spoiler: Dara____]] through the stomach with a spear made out of [[spoiler:her ]] own blood.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: It happens to [[spoiler:Phaistos/Justin]] After his siblings are dead by the hands of dara he would just kill her and become a conqueror like his deceased siblings but understanding the feeling of mortals of their love and hatred he commited suicide to himself with the sword.

* AttendingYourOwnFuneral‎-After she killed all the demigods dara secretly returned to her ruined home so that she can die in peace to reunite with her family in the afterlife as the pains and wounds which are once healed by the sword return to succumb her but she is unaware that the mourners including Julie who didnt know if she is alive or dead are laying flowers on her home to thank her for saving the world from the demigods.

* Attending Your Own Funeral-After she killed all the demigods dara secretly returned to her ruined home so that she can die in peace to reunite with her family in the afterlife as the pains and wounds which are once healed by the sword return to succumb her but she is unaware that the mourners including Julie who didnt know if she is alive or dead are laying flowers on her home to thank her for saving the world from the demigods.