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** Zigzagged and Lampshaded by Priad when he returns to Baal Solock. He's surprised to find that Antoni is now an elderly but still sprightly woman who became the ruler of the world after her adventures with Priad many decades before gave her prestige. Priad notes that he didn't really consider how fast time can move outside the warp or for non-Astartes.
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* BigBad: The [[SpaceElves Dark Eldar]], or more specifically, an unnamed [[EvilOverlord Archon]]. While they have been raiding and plaguing the Reef Stars for decades, they eventually lured an entire WAAAGH! there to make life difficult for the Iron Snakes. That was a plan that was [[TheLongGame at least ''50 years'' in the works]].
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* BigBad: The [[SpaceElves Dark Eldar]], or more specifically, an unnamed [[EvilOverlord Archon]]. While they have been raiding and plaguing the Reef Stars for decades, they eventually lured an entire WAAAGH! there to make life difficult for the Iron Snakes. That was a plan that was [[TheLongGame at least ''50 years'' least]] ''[[TheLongGame 50 years]]'' [[TheLongGame in the works]].
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* BookEnds: Both first and last story end up on Baal Solock, and in both Priad refuses to take part in post-battle festives to his honor.
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** The last story opens and closes with a trench dive, although it's two different people who make it.
** Both first and last story end up on Baal Solock, and in both Priad refuses to take part in post-battle festives to his
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* HotBlooded:
** Xander has little patience and is quick to get annoyed.
** Once Autolochus is awoken, he can't stay in one place and keeps on prowling the ship from one end to the other.
** Xander has little patience and is quick to get annoyed.
** Once Autolochus is awoken, he can't stay in one place and keeps on prowling the ship from one end to the other.
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* EyeScream: [[spoiler: Natus]] loses both of his eyes in fight against the greenskins.
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* EyeScream: [[spoiler: Natus]] loses both of his eyes in fight against the greenskins.greenskins, but has his hearing improved to compensate for it before artificial replacements can be put in place. The impact was so strong, his head has to be wrapped in metal band so that the skull won't fall apart.
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* CallARabbitASmeerp: In the Reef Worlds, the Dark Eldar are known as ''primuls''.
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* CallARabbitASmeerp: In the ReefWorlds, Stars, the Dark Eldar are known as ''primuls''.
* CallARabbitASmeerp: In the Reef
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-->''I'm always awake. Noise you idiots make, it's hard to slumber.''
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** Inverted with Petrok, who sometimes seems like the only Iron Snake with any sense of humor.
** Inverted with Petrok, who sometimes seems like the only Iron Snake with any sense of humor.
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* DugTooDeep: In ''Black Gold'', the refinery crew [[spoiler:dug out some Chaos substance which proceeded to possess them all.]]
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* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Priad smacks Natus across the head to get his mind off the blasphemous texts on the Khorne-doll when the latter is [[BrownNote frozen in terror by looking at them]].
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* TalkingInYourDreams: [[spoiler:When comatose]], Petrok sends his consciousness to Priad's dreams to warn him of [[spoiler:incoming Dark Eldar.]]
* TownWithADarkSecret: The township of Hekat [[spoiler:is a hotbed of Chaos cult.]]
* TownWithADarkSecret: The township of Hekat [[spoiler:is a hotbed of Chaos cult.]]
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* ArmorIsUseless: Discussed and averted, as light weaponry fails to penetrate the PowerArmour. Played straight, however, when Snakes fight the Black Tusks, one of which has a weapon that makes a giant hole in one of Space Marines.
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* CallARabbitSmeerp: CallARabbitASmeerp: In the Reef World, Worlds, the Dark Eldar are known as ''primuls''.''primuls''.
* ChekhovsGun:
** The Orkish artifact from the first story [[spoiler:is being used by Dark Eldar to lure a WAAAGH! to the Reef Worlds.]]
** The venom from snake bite one of the Marines gets early in the story saves his life by the end of the book.
* ColdBloodedTorture: A Khorne-devoted villagers torture one of the Snakes to sacrifice him for their god.
* ChekhovsGun:
** The Orkish artifact from the first story [[spoiler:is being used by Dark Eldar to lure a WAAAGH! to the Reef Worlds.]]
** The venom from snake bite one of the Marines gets early in the story saves his life by the end of the book.
* ColdBloodedTorture: A Khorne-devoted villagers torture one of the Snakes to sacrifice him for their god.
* DueToTheDead: The Snakes collect gene-seed and burn the body, then throw the ashes into the oceans of Ithaka. If a sea wyrm eats them, it's considered a good omen.
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* LawOfInverseFertility: Antoni never hadchildrenchildren.
* LawOfInverseFertility: Antoni never had
* PyrrhicVictory: In ''Black Gold'' the Marines take the facility, but lose three of their own and it turns out that the refinery has to be destroyed either way, which could've been done from the orbit.
* RequisiteRoyalRegalia: A sceptre and an orb, which are supposed to react if the heir is improper. They double as a can for {{Sealed Evil|InACan}}.
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* AccidentalPun: In-universe, the Children of Khorne, a Chaos cult from a planet whose main produce is... yes, corn. They even make little dolls from dried corn, totems which the inquisitor sent to investigate calls Khorne dolls. He later laments that the pun seems lost on everyone.
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* AccidentalPun: In-universe, the Children of Khorne, a Chaos cult from a planet whose main produce is... yes, corn. They even make little dolls from dried corn, totems which the inquisitor The Inquisitor sent to investigate calls Khorne dolls. He later laments that the pun seems lost on everyone.everyone but him.
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* PunnyName: Children of Khorne, from corn-producing planet. The Inquisitor calls the little corn dolls they use as totem "Khorne dolls", but the pun is, sadly, lost on Space Marines.
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* ShoutOut: Children of Khorne to Stephen King's ''Franchise/ChildrenOfTheCorn''. As a bonus, they come from corn-producing planet.
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* AccidentalPun: In-universe, the Children of Khorne, a Chaos cult from a planet whose main produce is... yes, corn. They even make little dolls from dried corn, totems which the inquisitor sent to investigate calls Khorne dolls. He later laments that the pun seems lost on everyone.
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* BoobyTrap: While the Iron Snakes were trying to retake a city from them, some Dark Eldar mine a critical location before withdrawing. They were clever enough to place them in phosphur vent, so the entire city would have blown up, so the Iron Snakes had to physically carry the bombs out and hope that they don't go off.
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* BloodFromTheMouth: As always a sign of chaos
Chaos.
* BoobyTrap: While the Iron Snakes were trying to retake a city from them, some Dark Eldar mine a critical location before withdrawing. They were clever enough to place them inphosphur phosphor vent, so the entire city would have blown up, so the Iron Snakes had to physically carry the bombs out and hope that they don't go off.off.
* CallARabbitSmeerp: In the Reef World, the Dark Eldar are known as ''primuls''.
* BoobyTrap: While the Iron Snakes were trying to retake a city from them, some Dark Eldar mine a critical location before withdrawing. They were clever enough to place them in
* CallARabbitSmeerp: In the Reef World, the Dark Eldar are known as ''primuls''.
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* DieLaughing: One of the dark eldar raiders killed by Priad and Antoni on Baal Solock has the last laugh after realising that [[spoiler: the plan to lure a WAAAGH! using an Ork relic will succeed, despite the entire raiding party being wiped out.]]
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* BigBad: The [[SpaceElves Dark Eldar]], or more specifically, an unnamed [[EvilOverlord Archon]]. While they have been raiding and plaguing the Reef Stars for decades, they eventually lured an entire WAAAGH! there to make life difficult for the Iron Snakes. That was a plan that was [[TheLongGame at least ''50 years'' in the works]].
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withdrawing. They were clever enough to place them in phosphur vent, so the entire city would have blown up, so the Iron Snakes had to physically carry the bombs out and hope that they don't go off.
* ColourfulThemeNaming: The chapter names ("Black Gold", "Blue Blood", "Crimson Wake", etc.), each of which were a different mission, or otherwise an adventure that Squad Damocles goes through.
%%* ComeToGawk: Khiron objects.
* ColourfulThemeNaming: The chapter names ("Black Gold", "Blue Blood", "Crimson Wake", etc.), each of which were a different mission, or otherwise an adventure that Squad Damocles goes through.
%%* ComeToGawk: Khiron objects.
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* DeclarationOfProtection: Priad gives one to the farmers. [[spoiler: He's forced to rescind it once he realises realizes that they're the Chaos cultists he's been hunting.]]hunting]].
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* RealityEnsues: Even though they have good reasons to fight with their faceplates up in one fight, it still kills one of them.
* RoyalBrat: One princess at the coronation, who tries to shoot the Sergeant with a lasgun built into her ring when he refuses to cowtow to her. The marine's response can be summed up as "Did you ''really'' just do that?"
* RoyalBrat: One princess at the coronation, who tries to shoot the Sergeant with a lasgun built into her ring when he refuses to cowtow to her. The marine's response can be summed up as "Did you ''really'' just do that?"
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* RealityEnsues: Even though they Discussed then played straight. When hunting for cultists and possibly more, [[spoiler: Memmon the apothecary]] removes his helmet to [[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling get a sniff of the air to get a sense of things]]. Priad notes that he would have berated anybody else for leaving his head unprotected, but [[spoiler: Memmon]]'s sense is good reasons to fight with their faceplates up in one fight, enough that he let's it still kills one of them.
go. For that very reason, he gets killed a few moments later.
* RoyalBrat: One princess at the coronation, who tries to shoot the Sergeant with a lasgun built into her ring when he refuses tocowtow kowtow to her. The marine's response can be summed up as "Did you ''really'' just do that?"
* RoyalBrat: One princess at the coronation, who tries to shoot the Sergeant with a lasgun built into her ring when he refuses to
* TheSquad: Squad Damocles, natch. Lead by [[TheMentor Raphon]] when Priad joins up, who takes the torch-er, Lightning Claw fairly early in the narrative.
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* TakeUpMySword: When Sergeant Raphon is mortally wounded, he detaches his [[AncestralWeapon relic Lightning Claw Claw]] and gives it to Priad. It's implied that this is how leadership has been passed down for much of Damocles Squad's existence.existence, since the Lightning claw originally belonged to Sergeant Damocles.
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* DistressedDude:KhironKhiron is this for a moment, given that he's standing on a rock staring at giant sea wyrms trying to eat him, carrying just a spear.
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* FirstNameBasis: Petrok insists on this with Priad, who doesn't always obey,
* FlashedBadgeHijack: The inquisitor does this on their behalf.
* GlamourFailure: Seeing the chaos beast with the naked eye among the cultists. Also, the one that inflitrated the Chapter.
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* HeroicDog: Princeps;
* FirstNameBasis: Petrok insists on this with Priad, who doesn't always obey,
* FlashedBadgeHijack: The inquisitor does this on their behalf.
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* FirstNameBasis: Petrok insists on this with Priad, who doesn't alwaysobey,
obey, given that one is the Chief Librarian of the chapter, and the other is a "mere" Brother-Sergeant.
* FlashedBadgeHijack: Theinquisitor Inquisitor does this on their behalf.
* GlamourFailure: Seeing the chaos beast with the naked eye among the cultists. Also, the one thatinflitrated infiltrated the Chapter.
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''Brothers Of The Snake'' is a TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' novel by Creator/DanAbnett, the adventures of Priad, a brother and then sergeant of the Iron Snakes SpaceMarine chapter.
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''Brothers Of The Snake'' is a TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} novel by DanAbnett, Creator/DanAbnett, the adventures of Priad, a brother and then sergeant of the Iron Snakes SpaceMarine chapter.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Autolochus the Venerable Dreadnought, of all people.
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-->''Salt-water ran from his eye corners. The Rite had begun. Removing his glove, Priad wiped the tears from his eye and marked the emblem of the Iron Snakes on the bulkhead. His men watched him do it.\\
Sometimes the Rite was special. Sometimes, you didn't need the flask.''
-->''Salt-water ran from his eye corners. The Rite had begun. Removing his glove, Priad wiped the tears from his eye and marked the emblem of the Iron Snakes on the bulkhead. His men watched him do it.\\
Sometimes the Rite was special. Sometimes, you didn't need the flask.''
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* AfterActionPatchup: Priad explains something to Petrok while being patched up after a battle.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Why Petrok insists on bringing the squad to battle
* BloodFromTheMouth: As always a sign of chaos
* BoobyTrap: Some dark eldar mine a location before withdrawing.
* ComeToGawk: Khiron objects.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Petrok
* ErmineCapeEffect: Antoni inverts this, putting away her official portrait for being too good.
* TheEvilPrince: Priad concludes this too quickly.
* FearlessFool: Khiron observes that folly and courage are not always distinguishable.
* FireForgedFriends: Antoni and Princeps
* FirstNameBasis: Petrok insists on this with Priad, who doesn't always obey,
* FlashedBadgeHijack: The inquistor does this on their behalf.
* HeroicDog: Princeps;
* HumanSacrifice: Some cultists catch and try to sacrifice an Iron Snake.
* InHarmsWay: Like all Space Marines
* LawOfInverseFertility: Antoni never had children
* TheMedic: Khiron.
* MobileMaze: Under Chaos, a labyrinth can't be trusted
* TheMole: A Chaos thing
* MortonsFork: An ordeal will prove Khiron's innonence if it kills him
* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Aekon hallucinates, briefly of one, before realizing it's Khiron.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Petrok urges Priad to consider this in his squad's wrong doing.
* ThePromise: Priad promises to protect some civilians
* RoyalBrat: One princess at the coronation
* StaffOfAuthority: One of the coronation regalia
* WeatherDissonance: At first rain on a desert world is taken as a good omen, but it soon becomes clear that something is wrong.
* WeDoNotKnowEachOther: An inquistor appears in two stories. In the second, he alerts Priad to his concealed identity.
* WouldNotShootACivilian: They try to protect the farmers.
* YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb: Diving for the trench.
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!!Tropes included
* AfterActionPatchup: Priad explains something to Petrok while being patched up after a battle.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Why Petrok insists on bringing the squad to battle
* BloodFromTheMouth: As always a sign of chaos
* BoobyTrap: Some dark eldar mine a location before withdrawing.
* ComeToGawk: Khiron objects.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Petrok
* ErmineCapeEffect: Antoni inverts this, putting away her official portrait for being too good.
* TheEvilPrince: Priad concludes this too quickly.
* FearlessFool: Khiron observes that folly and courage are not always distinguishable.
* FireForgedFriends: Antoni and Princeps
* FirstNameBasis: Petrok insists on this with Priad, who doesn't always obey,
* FlashedBadgeHijack: The inquistor does this on their behalf.
* HeroicDog: Princeps;
* HumanSacrifice: Some cultists catch and try to sacrifice an Iron Snake.
* InHarmsWay: Like all Space Marines
* LawOfInverseFertility: Antoni never had children
* TheMedic: Khiron.
* MobileMaze: Under Chaos, a labyrinth can't be trusted
* TheMole: A Chaos thing
* MortonsFork: An ordeal will prove Khiron's innonence if it kills him
* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Aekon hallucinates, briefly of one, before realizing it's Khiron.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Petrok urges Priad to consider this in his squad's wrong doing.
* ThePromise: Priad promises to protect some civilians
* RoyalBrat: One princess at the coronation
* StaffOfAuthority: One of the coronation regalia
* WeatherDissonance: At first rain on a desert world is taken as a good omen, but it soon becomes clear that something is wrong.
* WeDoNotKnowEachOther: An inquistor appears in two stories. In the second, he alerts Priad to his concealed identity.
* WouldNotShootACivilian: They try to protect the farmers.
* YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb: Diving for the trench.
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