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** [[spoiler: The fake Butterfly]] suffers a remarkably brutal one. [[AnArmAndALeg First he loses his sword hand]], [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown then he is beaten to the brink of death]], [[EyeScream which also claims one of his eyes]] [[SlashedThroat and before he is killed via getting his throat slit]] [[GroinAttack he is slowly castrated]]. It is also a major case of KickTheSonOfABitch, but that does not change how horrifyingly brutal it is.

** [[spoiler: [[KickTheSonOfABitch Otis Shiff is another example that undoubtedly deserved it]].]]

** Harpy's revenge against Butterfly can be somewhat justified from a certain point of view and majorly overlaps with KickTheSonOfABitch, but the way she commits her revenge definitely crosses the line into this.

* KickTheSonOfABitch:
** No matter how gruesome his demise was, Butterfly was an incredibly vile person and deserved such a fate more than anyone else. [[spoiler: It gets downplayed once we learn that he hasn't been the real Butterfly, but merely a high-ranking follower.]]
** [[spoiler: Rayden]] is a SmugSnake and major {{Jerkass}}, so his death doesn't really sadden anyone, as brutal as it was.
** [[spoiler: Septon Corbin]] claims to have had good intentions and to never having wanted anyone to get harmed, but he is still indirectly responsible for several murders, so he is by far not the innocent man he tried to paint himself as.

* AncestralWeapon: Like in the source material, several houses own these. House Corbray's ancestral sword forged from Valyrian steel is the most prominent example, as it is wielded by the antagonist Rodrik Stone.
** House Targaryen happens to be in possession of two; Blackfyre and Dark Sister.

* ArcherArchetype:
** Janae is a prime example for this. Even outside of the battlefield, she is hardly the most emotional person, but in a fight, [[ColdSniper she gets even colder]], acting simply by logic and with ruthless precision.
** Also, Willfred's uncle, Roger Hill. [[FriendlySniper He is far more friendly than Janae]], but when in battle, he is just as calculating as she is.

* DropTheHammer: King Argilac Durrandon is mentioned to fight with a huge warhammer.

* ViceCity: Oldtown. The city is by far the largest of its kind in Westeros and one of the largest in the known world. Unfortunately, it is governed by the well-meaning, but rather weak Manfred Hightower, who is unable to control the rise of organized crime in his domain. The result are self-styled crimelords, ruthless men who rule the city from the shadows and according to their own interests. The result are crime rates that run rampant and a bloody street war taking place between the followers of the crimlords.

** After hearing about his tragic past and learning more of his HiddenDepths, Samantha starts to sympathize with [[SmugSnake {{Jerkass}} Jaylon.]]

** After hearing about his tragic past and learning more of his HiddenDepths, Samantha starts to sympathize with [[SmugSnake}} {{Jerkass}} Jaylon.]]

* SnarktoSnarkCombat:

** After hearing about his tragic past and learning more of his HiddenDepths, Samantha starts to sympathize with the {{smug|Snake}} {{Jerkass}} Jaylon.

* MalevolentMaskedMan: The Alley Cats, who hide their faces behind masks shapes like the heads of cats and who serve the clearly evil Butterfly.

* MenAreTheExpendableGender: At the time this is written, 29 named characters have died in the story, only 5 of which have been female. Prhaps somewhat justified by the fact that the readers submit far more male characters than female.

** Kersea is frequently at the giving end of this, whenever she spares someone from the torture her companions whish to inflict upon them. Over the course of Book 1, she gives this to [[spoiler: Lady Halla, Septon Corbin and Rayden]].

* MinoredInAssKicking: Argella Durrandon is the [[PrettyPrincessPowerhouse princess]] of the Stormlands and its future queen and despite usually refined and graceful, she has been taught how to fight by her father, who is a MemeticBadass, which means that she definitely knows how to handle a fight.

* MoralityKitchenSink: Almost every character has an agenda and a personal shade of grey, with a couple of clearly white and clearly black characters inbetween.

** Samuel Harrington is better known as the Fang of Shadows, a highly skilled MasterSwordsman, TheDreaded to those he opposes, with skills that specialize on infiltration, meaning he can enter any building that isn't sufficiently guarded [[MookHorrorShow and even some that are]].

** Some of the crimelords of Oldtown believe themselves to be this. Especially The Burned Man and Butterfly have arguments to back this up. The Burned Man wishes to control the crime in Oldtown, by organizing it and therefore preventing civilian casualties, while Butterfly fights with brutal methods to effectively end organized crime.

** [[spoiler: Harpy's killing of the man she assumes to be Butterfly ends up only helping the real Butterfly. This results in a chain of actions that claim the lives of most of her friends, including her adopted father.]]
** [[spoiler: Lucas' unwillingness to cooperate with the shady Archmaester Quent and Maron Mullendore end up causing the gruesome death of his girlfriend and of the boy he even travelled to Oldtown in the first place and it gets him [[MutilationInterrogation gruesomely interrogated]].]]

* NiceToTheWaiter: Argella's kindness towards Drent, only a low soldier, is the first indication that she is not as bad as she seems initially.

** The Solvers are this ever. They are sexist and openly racist, with their leader particularly targeting foreigners he takes a dislike to.

* PrettyPrincessPowerhouse: Argella Durranon certainly qualifies. Since the age of ten, she has been prepared to lead the Kingdom of the Stormlands one day, to which her father considers it mandatory to teach her how to fight properly. At the same time, she still is a classically beautiful princess, often mistaken for a typical PrincessClassic.

** Terroma has been part of a group of this and later took several students in, to teach them his craft. Raenna and Clayton have been his most successful students. Kersea, Alysanne and Samuel Puffer have also encountered and learned from him, albeit the latter doesn't actually work as a professional killer anymore.

* ProphetEyes: [[spoiler: Wolfius shows these when he reveals himself to be a warg.]]

** The Stormlanders have a strong martial aspect towards them. Many of them serve in the army for a while and the king of the Stormlands, Argilac Durrandon, has once been the bst fighter in Westeros.

** Samuel Harrington treats his work for Butterfly as exactly this, a work. He finds no joy in his evil actions and in his free time, he isn't above actually helping the good guys.

* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler: Maron Mullendore's victory in Oldtown. He has succeeded in crushing his enemies like he always wanted to, but in the process he is crippled, his secret gets partially revealed and is the source of rumours that ruin his reputation and two of his biggest remaining enemies escape and deny him his ultimate victory by giving a MercyKill to the Burned Man, whom he wanted to torture to death.]]

* ReformedButRejected: Harris is treated as such by Lucas even after he decided to atone for his actions by helping him against his enemies. [[spoiler: It eventually leads to his ThenLetMeBeEvil moment.]]
* RegentForLife: Harris becomes the acting lord of Raylansfair after the death of the last Lord Raylan. He has absolutely no intentions of abaonding this title.

* RuleOfThree: There ar three books, divided into three acts, divided into three chapters.

* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: [[spoiler: Every member who denies Butterfly's offer of joining him, at least those who don't follow him out of idealism. Usually, it ends badly for them. Davith Lanser is the only one we know who survived pulling this trope off.]]

* AmbiguouslyEvil: The Burned Man, which is {{lampshaded}} by several other characters. He himself has no problem with admitting his own evilness, while also putting emphasis on his good actions. In fact, almost everyone working for him speaks fondly of him and Harpy explains that his actions actually help the city, by providing work and food for those who need it. He also has a strong soft spot for children, so strong that he employs them into his organization, to train them as thieves and spies. Which still might be more favourable than just giving them no future at all. He is a complicated case, in and out of universe,

** Terroma has such a fighting style. He's a little less agil than in his youth, but he taught the same style, mentioned to be influenced by the Braavosi water dancers, to his students. As a result, Raenna and Kersea also sport such a style, as do Clayton and Alysanne, even if the latter two have a more rough, brutal streak in their moves.

* ALighterShadeOfGrey: Lucas, [[TookALevelInCynic after taking a level in cynic]], becomes an AntiHero, though he is still portraye as sympathtically and overall good, which makes him the stories primary example of this trope.

* MadLove: Clayton's crush on Kersea gets only stronger the more she reject him. Unfortunately for her, so do his {{Yandere}} characteristics.