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* InJoke: When informed of Ellie wanting to meet with him, Dmitri ponders and wonders if it's just "a harebrained ploy or con (which is absolutely forbidden in the complex". This exact phrasing is a reference to the rules list you can see in the first room of ''VideoGame/FleeingTheComplex'', which has the aforementioned sentence in it.
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* InJoke: When informed of Ellie wanting to meet with him, Dmitri ponders and wonders if it's just "a harebrained ploy or con (which is absolutely forbidden in the complex". This exact phrasing is a reference to the rules list you can see in the first room of ''VideoGame/FleeingTheComplex'', ''Fleeing the Complex'', which has the aforementioned sentence in it.
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* FireForgedFriends: This is how [[spoiler:Henry and Ellie end up after defeating Dmitri together]].
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* ForWantOfANail: Ellie choosing to stay in the Wall instead of going after Henry leads to her making a deal with Dmitri to go after him.
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* AdaptationalKarma: While Henry gets karma for his actions in Toppat Civil Warfare, this isn't true for Ellie as she is still an ArcVillain in that route. This was changed though, as [[spoiler:Ellie was later captured by the Wall for murdering Grigori.]]
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* MythologyGag: [[spoiler:Henry distracts Dmitri while he's holding Ellie hostage by making a face, just like he does to Grigori in the Convict Allies route]].
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* CuttingOffTheBranches: Henry's suspicion that [[spoiler:he encountered the CCC before implies that in this universe, he took the Just Plain Epic route in ''Diamond'' because that would've been the only time he encountered them leading up to the Toppat Civil Warfare ending]].
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* ThePardon: [[spoiler:Henry and Ellie earn this by the end from General Galeforce as a reward for helping them stop the Wall]].
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* WorthyOpponent: [[spoiler:Even as he's arrested, Dmitri tells Henry and Ellie that he's impressed they overcame their differences to work together against him]].
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* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Once Dmitri realizes that the government must've attacked the Wall because Henry is still alive and he's after Ellie, he opens her cell and takes her hostage in an open spot to lure Henry to him and try and coerce him into making the government retreat]].
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* HostageSituation: [[spoiler:Dmitri takes Ellie hostage and tries to force Henry into calling off the government's attack on his prison]].
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Henry used the teleporter in order to survive his encounter with Ellie]].
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* TheVoiceless: [[spoiler:This is carried over to Henry from the games. The story mentions several times that he talks normally to the other characters, but his dialogue is never actually written like theirs. This only drops for a moment in the last chapter, where Henry says he knew he could trust Ellie to shoot Dmitri instead of him]].
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** Dmitri, while still the SmugSnake BigBad who runs his complex like a gulag that he was in the games, is actually implied to genuinely care about upholding law here, seeing as how he saw Henry's capture as an opportunity to take out the Toppats. He's also a little more reasonable and actually allows Ellie to go after Henry. [[spoiler:He only turns hostile after she betrays him, though [[AmbiguousSituation it's not 100% confirmed that he would've actually let her go if she did her mission correctly]]]].
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** Dmitri, while still the SmugSnake BigBad who runs his complex like a gulag that he was in the games, is actually implied to genuinely care about upholding law here, seeing as how he saw Henry's capture as an opportunity to take out the Toppats. He's also a little more reasonable and actually allows Ellie to go after Henry. [[spoiler:He only turns hostile after she betrays him, though [[AmbiguousSituation it's not 100% confirmed that he would've actually let her go if she did her mission correctly]]]].correctly]]. Additionally, the ending reveals that unlike in canon, all criminals at the Wall are truly guilty of something, meaning Dmitri was genuinely doing his job the way he's supposed to]].
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* WellPlayed: [[spoiler:Dmitri shows his VillainRespect towards Henry and Ellie in the end by saying this]]. Later, when Ellie finds out from Charles that [[spoiler:all the Wall prisoners were found to be true criminals, she mentally says this towards Dmitri]].
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* AdaptationalSympathy: Dmitri is portrayed in a much more sympathetic light here, with him genuinely grieving [[spoiler:Grigori's death]] and treating his employees decently.
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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After being betrayed by the Toppat Clan, Henry turns to the government and plans to amend the mistake he made with Ellie]].
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Ellie has it when she's recaptured, regretting all she's done up to that point after it landed her back to square one]]
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* HeelFaceTurn: HeelFaceTurn:
** [[spoiler:After being betrayed by the Toppat Clan, Henry turns to the government and plans to amend the mistake he made with Ellie]].
** Ellie [[spoiler:also gets the chance to do this after she's pardoned by Galeforce for helping them put an end to the Wall]].
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Ellie has it when she's recaptured, regretting all she's done up to that point after it landed her back to squareone]]one]].
** [[spoiler:After being betrayed by the Toppat Clan, Henry turns to the government and plans to amend the mistake he made with Ellie]].
** Ellie [[spoiler:also gets the chance to do this after she's pardoned by Galeforce for helping them put an end to the Wall]].
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* InJoke: When informed of Ellie wanting to meet with him, Dmitri ponders and wonders if it's just "a harebrained ploy or con (which is absolutely forbidden in the complexp". This exact phrasing is a reference to the rules list you can see in the first room of ''VideoGame/FleeingTheComplex'', which has the aforementioned sentence in it.
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* InJoke: When informed of Ellie wanting to meet with him, Dmitri ponders and wonders if it's just "a harebrained ploy or con (which is absolutely forbidden in the complexp".complex". This exact phrasing is a reference to the rules list you can see in the first room of ''VideoGame/FleeingTheComplex'', which has the aforementioned sentence in it.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Unfortunately for Ellie, her betrayal of the Wall comes to bite her in the ass when Dmitri enlists the help of the Center of Chaos Containment to track her down and imprison her again]].
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* LaserGuidedKarma: LaserGuidedKarma:
** [[spoiler:Unfortunately for Ellie, her betrayal of the Wall comes to bite her in the ass when Dmitri enlists the help of the Center of Chaos Containment to track her down and imprison heragain]].again]].
** Reginald and by extension, all of the Toppats for betraying Henry. [[spoiler:They get their airship blown up courtesy of Ellie on instructions from Dmitri, and some of them die in the crash while the rest are arrested]].
** [[spoiler:Unfortunately for Ellie, her betrayal of the Wall comes to bite her in the ass when Dmitri enlists the help of the Center of Chaos Containment to track her down and imprison her
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: General Galeforce is surprised and a bit iffy to see [[spoiler:Henry alive]] but some convincing from Charles is enough to hear him out and help him with his situation.
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: [[spoiler:Henry somehow survived jumping into a chasm]].
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: General Galeforce is surprised and a bit iffy to see [[spoiler:Henry alive]] but some convincing from Charles is enough to hear him out and help him with his situation.
situation. He also [[spoiler:pardons both Henry and Ellie for helping them deal with the Wall]].
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: [[spoiler:Henry somehow survived jumping into achasm]].chasm. Turns out that he used the teleporter]].
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* VillainRespect: Dmitri says that Ellie's IDidWhatIHadToDo attitude is almost admirable, but he immediately boasts about winning since he [[spoiler:recaptured her]]. He shows this again [[spoiler:after his arrest in the end to both Henry and Ellie for besting him]].
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Dmitri, while still the SmugSnake BigBad who runs his complex like a gulag that he was in the games, is actually implied to genuinely care about upholding law here, seeing as how he saw Henry's capture as an opportunity to take out the Toppats. He's also a little more reasonable and actually allows Ellie to go after Henry. [[spoiler:He only turns hostile after she betrays him, though [[AmbiguousSituation it's not 100% confirmed that he would've actually let her go if she did her mission correctly]]]].
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* AdaptationalHeroism: AdaptationalHeroism:
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** [[spoiler:Henry as well. His tenure as a villain doesn't last very long, so he spends most of the story being closer to a hero]].
** Dmitri, while still the SmugSnake BigBad who runs his complex like a gulag that he was in the games, is actually implied to genuinely care about upholding law here, seeing as how he saw Henry's capture as an opportunity to take out the Toppats. He's also a little more reasonable and actually allows Ellie to go after Henry. [[spoiler:He only turns hostile after she betrays him, though [[AmbiguousSituation it's not 100% confirmed that he would've actually let her go if she did her mission
** [[spoiler:Henry as well. His tenure as a villain doesn't last very long, so he spends most of the story being closer to a hero]].
* BigNo: [[spoiler:Dmitri in the final chapter after his gun was kicked away during his scuffle with Henry]].
* BookEnds: The very first sentence in Chapter 1 is "It all started with a whisper.", referring to Henry signaling for Ellie to give him a boost up. The very last sentence in Chapter 8 is "And so, it ended with a whispered thank you." as [[spoiler:Ellie is falling asleep in Henry's house, thankful to him for coming back for her]].
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Grigori is still alive during the Toppat Civil Warfare ending in the game, but here, he's killed by Ellie]].
* DoWrongRight: [[spoiler:When Henry shows up at the Wall in the final chapter, Dmitri berates Ellie for failing to kill him, stating that if she wanted to betray him, she should at least do it right]].
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:In the end, Henry and Ellie defeated Dmitri and made up. They're both pardoned by the government and Henry even allows Ellie to stay with him for a while in his house]].
* GracefulLoser: Despite his defeat and ultimately losing everything, [[spoiler:Dmitri maintains some dignity by congratulating Henry and Ellie as he's taken away by the government]].
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* GunStruggle: [[spoiler:This happens between Henry and Dmitri in the finale. The gun ends up being kicked away from them towards Ellie, who picks it up and aims it at them]].
* HeelFaceTurn:After [[spoiler:After being betrayed by the Toppat Clan, Henry turns to the government and plans to amend the mistake he made with Ellie.Ellie]].
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* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: [[spoiler:Right Hand Man does die in the Toppat Civil Warfare route in the game, but it is from being crushed under the escape pod Henry and his loyalists were using, not from going down with the airship like it is in here]].
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Grigori gets killed by Ellie in Chapter 3]].
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Grigori doesn't do much and [[spoiler:is promptly killed by Ellie, but his death at her hands is what drives Dmitri into recapturing Ellie]].
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Reginald dies along with RHM in the Toppat Civil Warfare, but here, he survives and gets arrested while RHM dies from the airship crash]].
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Reginald dies along with RHM in the Toppat Civil Warfare, but here, he survives and gets arrested while RHM dies from the airship crash]].
* UndyingLoyalty: The Right Hand Man to Reginald, of course. He took advantage of Ellie's presence to dispose of Henry and allow Reginald to become leader again.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Right Hand Man allowing Ellie to go after Henry makes Reginald the leader again...[[spoiler:But it also causes the loss of the airship and many members died or were arrested by the government]].
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Dmitri genuinely wants to enforce the law by any means necessary, as he has Ellie [[spoiler:blow up the Toppat airship]] while she's capturing Henry, and then [[spoiler:enlists the help of the Center of Chaos Containment to track down Ellie after her betrayal]].
* WalkingSpoiler: Henry. [[spoiler:He didn't really die and wants to make amends with Ellie]].
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Dmitri genuinely wants to enforce the law by any means necessary, as he has Ellie [[spoiler:blow up the Toppat airship]] while she's capturing Henry, and then [[spoiler:enlists the help of the Center of Chaos Containment to track down Ellie after her betrayal]].
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* WalkingSpoiler: Henry. [[spoiler:He didn't really die and wants to make amends with Ellie]].
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* AffablyEvil: Dmitri is made into more of a respectful character, at least to his own employees. He understandably has nothing but contempt to criminals.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Dmitri is livid [[spoiler:when Ellie kills Grigori. He later tells her that he considered him like a friend]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Though he doesn't outright say whether he's being truthful or not, Dmitri seems genuine when [[spoiler:he's berating Ellie for her betrayal, saying that he would've kept his end of the bargain if she did. He also did not take her killing Grigori well]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Though he doesn't outright say whether he's being truthful or not, Dmitri seems genuine when [[spoiler:he's berating Ellie for her betrayal, saying that he would've kept his end of the bargain if she did. He also did not take her killing Grigori well]].
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Dmitri genuinely wants to enforce the law by any means necessary, as he has Ellie [[spoiler:blow up the Toppat airship]] while she's capturing Henry, and then [[spoiler:enlists the help of the Center of Chaos Containment to track down Ellie after her betrayal]].
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Dmitri genuinely wants to enforce the law by any means necessary, as he has Ellie [[spoiler:blow up the Toppat airship]] while she's capturing Henry, and then [[spoiler:enlists the help of the Center of Chaos Containment to track down Ellie after her betrayal]].
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* AdaptationalIntelligence: Not that he was dumb by any means in the series, but Dmitri here demonstrates a level of cunning he lacks in the source material. [[spoiler:His precautions to deal with Ellie potentially betraying their alliance proves very effective when she actually goes through with it]].
* AdaptationalJerkass: Bit of a downplayed example with Ellie. While she showed herself to be scary if wronged in the game, she's a lot more destructive and selfish in the fic. She still comes to regret her actions when they backfire on her, though.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: While he has nothing but scorn for the inmates, which is understandable, Dmitri is a lot nicer to his employees here, while in the original, he was only on cordial terms with Grigori.
* AdaptationalSympathy: Dmitri is portrayed in a much more sympathetic light here, with him genuinely grieving [[spoiler:Grigori's death]] and treating his employees decently.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: Not that he was dumb by any means in the series, but Dmitri here demonstrates a level of cunning he lacks in the source material. [[spoiler:His precautions to deal with Ellie potentially betraying their alliance proves very effective when she actually goes through with it]].
* AdaptationalJerkass: Bit of a downplayed example with Ellie. While she showed herself to be scary if wronged in the game, she's a lot more destructive and selfish in the fic. She still comes to regret her actions when they backfire on her, though.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: While he has nothing but scorn for the inmates, which is understandable, Dmitri is a lot nicer to his employees here, while in the original, he was only on cordial terms with Grigori.
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* AdaptationalWimp: In the original series, Ellie was perfectly able to escape The Wall on her own, [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome unseen but told in one timeline]]. This one however; while she's still an ActionGirl, she has to ask for Dmitri's help to be able to go after Henry.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the original series, Ellie was perfectly able to escape The Wall on her own, [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome unseen but told in one timeline]]. This one however; while she's still an ActionGirl, she has to ask for Dmitri's help to be able to go after Henry.
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* BadassInDistress: Ellie, [[spoiler:after being recaptured. In Chapter 7, Henry resolves to help her out to make up for leaving her behind before]].
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* BoxedCrook: Ellie manages to convince Dmitri to pardon her crimes if she's allowed to go after Henry. [[spoiler:She ends up betraying her end of the bargain by killing Grigori and running away with Henry]].
* BreakTheHaughty: Ellie gets this by Chapter 6. [[spoiler:Her betrayal of Dmitri only serves to ensure she's locked up for life in maximum security. After acting tough in front of everyone, she ends up having a mental breakdown in her cell]].
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* HeelFaceTurn: After being betrayed by the Toppat Clan, Henry turns to the government and plans to amend the mistake he made with Ellie.
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Ellie has it when she's recaptured, regretting all she's done up to that point after it landed her back to square one]]
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* CrazyPrepared: Dmitri, surprisingly. As soon as Ellie came into his office with her offer to kill Henry in exchange for her freedom, the warden made some plans in secret in case something happens. [[spoiler:Said plans turn out to be enlisting some CCC agents to keep an eye on the redheaded girl, and they do come to fruition when Ellie does betray the Wall]].
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Right Hand Man allowing Ellie to go after Henry makes Reginald the leader again...[[spoiler:But it also causes the loss of the airship and many members died or were arrested by the government]].
* VillainHasAPoint: Dmitri tearing into Ellie for [[spoiler:betraying their deal]]. While he deliberately left it ambiguous whether he was gonna honor it himself or not, fact is, he was reasonable enough to trust her and send her to do what she wanted, so [[spoiler:the betrayal]] on Ellie's part comes off as unwarranted.
* VillainHasAPoint: Dmitri tearing into Ellie for [[spoiler:betraying their deal]]. While he deliberately left it ambiguous whether he was gonna honor it himself or not, fact is, he was reasonable enough to trust her and send her to do what she wanted, so [[spoiler:the betrayal]] on Ellie's part comes off as unwarranted.
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* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: [[spoiler:Right Hand Man does die in the Toppat Civil Warfare route in the game, but it is from being crushed under the escape pod Henry and his loyalists were using, not from going down with the airship like it is in here]].
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Dmitri, while still the SmugSnake BigBad who runs his complex like a gulag that he was in the games, is actually implied to genuinely care about upholding law here, seeing as how he saw Henry's capture as an opportunity to take out the Toppats. He's also a little more reasonable and actually allows Ellie to go after Henry. [[spoiler:He only turns hostile after she betrays him, though [[AmbiguousSituation it's not 100% confirmed that he would've actually let her go if she did her mission correctly]]]].
* AdaptationalIntelligence: Not that he was dumb by any means in the series, but Dmitri here demonstrates a level of cunning he lacks in the source material. [[spoiler:His precautions to deal with Ellie potentially betraying their alliance proves very effective when she actually goes through with it]].
* AdaptationalJerkass: Bit of a downplayed example with Ellie. While she showed herself to be scary if wronged in the game, she's a lot more destructive and selfish in the fic. She still comes to regret her actions when they backfire on her, though.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: While he has nothing but scorn for the inmates, which is understandable, Dmitri is a lot nicer to his employees here, while in the original, he was only on cordial terms with Grigori.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: Not that he was dumb by any means in the series, but Dmitri here demonstrates a level of cunning he lacks in the source material. [[spoiler:His precautions to deal with Ellie potentially betraying their alliance proves very effective when she actually goes through with it]].
* AdaptationalJerkass: Bit of a downplayed example with Ellie. While she showed herself to be scary if wronged in the game, she's a lot more destructive and selfish in the fic. She still comes to regret her actions when they backfire on her, though.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: While he has nothing but scorn for the inmates, which is understandable, Dmitri is a lot nicer to his employees here, while in the original, he was only on cordial terms with Grigori.
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* AdaptationalSympathy: Dmitri is portrayed in a much more sympathetic light here, with him genuinely grieving [[spoiler:Grigori's death]] and treating his employees decently.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Ellie was a VillainProtagonist in the original, but she was never quite vindictive and destructive as she is here. Her villainous actions are also more beneficial for only herself.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the original series, Ellie was perfectly able to escape The Wall on her own, [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome unseen but told in one timeline]]. This one however; while she's still an ActionGirl, she has to ask for Dmitri's help to be able to go after Henry.
* AffablyEvil: Dmitri is made into more of a respectful character, at least to his own employees. He understandably has nothing but contempt to criminals.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Ellie was a VillainProtagonist in the original, but she was never quite vindictive and destructive as she is here. Her villainous actions are also more beneficial for only herself.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the original series, Ellie was perfectly able to escape The Wall on her own, [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome unseen but told in one timeline]]. This one however; while she's still an ActionGirl, she has to ask for Dmitri's help to be able to go after Henry.
* AffablyEvil: Dmitri is made into more of a respectful character, at least to his own employees. He understandably has nothing but contempt to criminals.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: While this fic paints him in a better light, Dmitri deliberately dances around the subject of [[spoiler:him sticking to his word about pardoning Ellie should she capture Henry as agreed]].
* AntiHero: Ellie is the protagonist of the story, but she is rather selfish and only concerned with herself. Though she remains sympathetic when she feels regret for her actions later.
* AntiVillain: Dmitri is the BigBad of the story, though he had a genuine friendship with Grigori and he treats his employees well.
* BadassInDistress: Ellie, [[spoiler:after being recaptured. In Chapter 7, Henry resolves to help her out to make up for leaving her behind before]].
* AntiHero: Ellie is the protagonist of the story, but she is rather selfish and only concerned with herself. Though she remains sympathetic when she feels regret for her actions later.
* AntiVillain: Dmitri is the BigBad of the story, though he had a genuine friendship with Grigori and he treats his employees well.
* BadassInDistress: Ellie, [[spoiler:after being recaptured. In Chapter 7, Henry resolves to help her out to make up for leaving her behind before]].
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* BoxedCrook: Ellie manages to convince Dmitri to pardon her crimes if she's allowed to go after Henry. [[spoiler:She ends up betraying her end of the bargain by killing Grigori and running away with Henry]].
* BreakTheHaughty: Ellie gets this by Chapter 6. [[spoiler:Her betrayal of Dmitri only serves to ensure she's locked up for life in maximum security. After acting tough in front of everyone, she ends up having a mental breakdown in her cell]].
* BreakTheHaughty: Ellie gets this by Chapter 6. [[spoiler:Her betrayal of Dmitri only serves to ensure she's locked up for life in maximum security. After acting tough in front of everyone, she ends up having a mental breakdown in her cell]].
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* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:On top of being CrazyPrepared enough to deal with Ellie's betrayal, Dmitri also uses her to take down the Toppat airship in hopes of dealing a blow to their organization]].
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* DefiantCaptive: Even after [[spoiler:getting arrested again]], Ellie doesn't back down from insulting the warden or snarking at him. Although she does break down once she arrives [[spoiler:to her cell]].
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Though he doesn't outright say whether he's being truthful or not, Dmitri seems genuine when [[spoiler:he's berating Ellie for her betrayal, saying that he would've kept his end of the bargain if she did. He also did not take her killing Grigori well]].
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* ImproperlyParanoid: It's left ambiguous whether [[spoiler:Ellie was this or [[ProperlyParanoid the opposite]] regarding her betrayal of Dmitri, but the story mostly seems to paint her as unreasonable in her decision]].
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* MustMakeAmends: [[spoiler:Henry sets out to help Ellie out of the Wall after regretting leaving her before]].
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* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: [[spoiler:Henry somehow survived jumping into a chasm]].
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* SheWhoFightsMonsters: In her quest to get revenge for being betrayed, [[spoiler:Ellie winds up becoming a traitor herself]].
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* WalkingSpoiler: Henry. [[spoiler:He didn't really die]].
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* CallBack: The way Ellie captures Henry the Toppat leader mirrors the way Henry himself captured Reginald in the ''Executive'' route.
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* CallBack: CallBack:
** The way Ellie captures Henry the Toppat leader mirrors the way Henry himself captured Reginald in the ''Executive''route.route.
** Ellie ends up attempting to rob the same bank in the desert that Henry tried to rob in the first game.
** The way Ellie captures Henry the Toppat leader mirrors the way Henry himself captured Reginald in the ''Executive''
** Ellie ends up attempting to rob the same bank in the desert that Henry tried to rob in the first game.
