History Webcomic / HeartCore

* BadassBeard: Warlord Karlsen, a Beastman who looks like [[VideoGame/AsurasWrath Augus]] if he dressed up as a [[ThePaladin paladin]]. [[spoiler:Sure, he probably died just as fast as he appeared after Volaster blew the Beastman capital into ashes (making his total comic time 4 pages)]], but he is so far the only mortal character who has been seen causing significant damage against a demon. Not just any demon, but [[spoiler: [[DemonLordsAndArchDevils an Overfiend!]]]]
** Goristro has recived quite the goatee to brag about in the remake.

* PayEvilUntoEvil: This is how Ame intends to gather Heartcores now that she is in New Ayers, thinking that nobody will care if she only kills criminals. [[spoiler:Too bad for her that [[RealityEnsues investigations were still made after she killed her first victims]], leading to Demon Hunters Ryo and Syranon to get on the case.]]

* ZettaiRyouiki: [[http://tlwelker.deviantart.com/art/heartcore-chp-06-page-234-258706763 But of course.]]

* FatGirl: While not necessarily fat, Emerald is fairly chubby. This is mainly the result of influence from the character's original creator [[http://sprite37.deviantart.com/ Cory Holmes]], for whom large-bodied girls is [[AuthorAppeal something of a kink.]]

** WordOfGod says [[http://tlwelker.deviantart.com/art/heartcore-chp-08-page-288-301525807?q=gallery%3Atlwelker&qo=0 Carval's shirt]] is a three-way reference: one to Music/FrankieGoesToHollywood, the second to ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'', and the third to Carval's predecessor, Volaster's [[BiTheWay bisexuality]].

* BiTheWay: WordOfGod is that most demons are bisexual. Volaster, himself, [[http://tlwelker.deviantart.com/art/heartcore-chp-08-page-322-327205505 has feelings for a male demon]], ([[http://tlwelker.deviantart.com/art/heartcore-chp-08-page-324-328488154 with whom he had Carval]]) and Ame has [[http://tlwelker.deviantart.com/art/heartcore-chp-08-page-305-314133553 definitely shown]] that she is a DepravedBisexual.

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Ame and Suko

''[[http://www.heartcorecomic.com Heartcore]]'' is a [[{{Webcomic}} web graphic novel]] by [[http://tlwelker.deviantart.com/ T.L. Welker]] about Amethyst Lashiec, a [[DemonLordsAndArchDevils Fiendlord]] and [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princess]] of [[{{Hell}} Asgar]] that grew disdainful of her father [[{{Big Bad}} Royce's]] methods and decisions ever since the end of the demons' war against the beastmen. Royce, likewise, becomes fed up with his daughter's [[RebelliousPrincess rebellious]] attitude and strips Ame of her rank and inheritance and promises the other Fiendlords that the one to bring him the ex-princess' head will become the new heir to the throne, before Ame can try to overthrow him.

* SpoiledSweet: Lutz. Or at least when compared to Teodora.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Would you believe that the characters trying to brutally murder each other used to be part of a comedic, gag-a-day webcomic? Or that even before THAT, Ame used to be a SonicTheHedgehog fan-character before being remodeled into a succubus?

[[caption-width-right:255:Counter-clockwise from the middle: [[VillainProtagonist Amethyst]] [[SexyDevil Lashiec]], [[DropTheHammer Teodora]] [[ACupAngst Radinov]], [[MissingMom Lilium]] [[WomanScorned Lashiec]], [[EvilOverlord Royce]] [[EvilIsHammy Lashiec]], [[BrattyHalfPint Lutz]] [[LittleBitBeastly Langriss II]]]]

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: [[http://tlwelker.deviantart.com/art/heartcore-chp-01-page-19-REDUX-425917517 "What better way to introduce the rest of the cast?]] A real trial must be witnessed by [[FiveBadBand your peers"]].

* {{Rule 34}}: Donation incentives often include porn of Ame, which the author, herself, draws.

** :In short, [[spoilerCarval is the reincarnation of Volaster, and to an extent Ame is the reincarnation of Lilium.]]

* BerserkButton: [[spoiler:Royce is set off when Ame blows up the blood storage]].
** [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation Or he got pissed off because cake-time was interrupted.]]

* [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]: It's made rather clear that Ame is very protective of her sister Suko.

* [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even Bad Girls Love Their Mama]]: Clearly shown when Ame encounters her mother, Lilium.

* [[HunterOfHisOwnKind Hunter Of Her Own Kind]]: It is heavily implied that Ryo is a demon, considering how Emerald refered to her as a "Dretch" and how she seems to have powers beyond that of most mortals.

* JerkAss: Royce, oh dear GOD, Royce.

** [[spoiler:In short, Carval is the reincarnation of Volaster, and to an extent Ame is the reincarnation of Lilium.]]

* [[spoiler:TakingYouWithMe: Due to his love for [[BigBad Royce]], Volaster did this in the middle of the Beastman capital with his "Blast Bomb".]]

[[IThoughtItMeant Has very little to do with]] HeartDrive.

** Many characters' names harken to classic Sega. The family name Lashiec, for example, comes from the actual translation of the name "Lassic", the villain of the first PhantasyStar. Likewise, Lutz is named after the esper in the same game. Meanwhile, Teodora is named after a character from ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia''. Then there is also the aforementioned Slade...
** Another ''PhantasyStar'' shout-out: in Chapter 2, Page 38 of the redux, Ame uses a spell called "Burstroc", named after one of Wren's skills in ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarIV''.

* BadassPrincess: Ame, considering how this once happy and cheerful young royal had to fight every overfiend in order to escape Asgard.

* BadassPrincess: Ame, considering how she had to fight every overfiend in order to escape Asgard.

* AllThereInTheManual: The side story known as [[http://sorantheman.deviantart.com/favourites/#/art/History-of-Nifelheim-355386869?_sid=7d736f5f "History of Niefelheim"]] explores many events that happened before the start of [=HeartCore=], sutch as the death of Lilium, the birth of Ame and the war between demons and beastmen. Some of the events in the story has been stated to appear in the comic.

* AffectionateParody: [[http://www.lashiec.com/heartcore/guest1.html The guest parody comic]]

[[caption-width-right:255:Clockwise from the bottom: [[VillainProtagonist Amethyst]] [[SexyDevil Lashiec]], [[DropTheHammer Teodora]] [[ACupAngst Radinov]], [[MissingMom Lilium]] [[WomanScorned Lashiec]], [[EvilOverlord Royce]] [[EvilIsHammy Lashiec]], [[BrattyHalfPint Lutz]] [[LittleBitBeastly Langriss II]]]]

[[quoteright:320:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/heartcoretvtropes_3503.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:320:Clockwise from right: [[RebelliousPrincess Ame]], [[BigBad Royce]], [[ButtMonkey Lutz]], [[HotWitch Lilium]], and [[BrattyHalfPint Teodora]]]]

* AllThereInTheManual: The side story known as [[http://sorantheman.deviantart.com/favourites/#/art/History-of-Nifelheim-355386869?_sid=7d736f5f "History of Niefelheim"]] explores many events that happened before the start of HeartCore, sutch as the death of Lilium, the birth of Ame and the war between demons and beastmen. Some of the events in the story has been stated to appear in the comic.

* TookALevelInBadAss: Carval by a mile! In his first fight against Ame, [[CurbStompBattle he got beaten by one single projectile and didn't even manage to deal any significant damage to her]]. In chapter 8, he managed to almost kill her [[spoiler:until he got caught and strangled by her loincloth and tossed from the top of a skyscraper]]. But that only led him to take ANOTHER level in BadAss by [[spoiler:fusing with his father, Volaster.]]

* {{Revenge}}: A prevailing theme throughout the story; Ame's rebellion against her fathe
r is out of revenge for stealing her life force to complete a possession spell. [[spoiler:Same for Volaster, [[http://tlwelker.deviantart.com/art/heartcore-chp-08-page-342-342589659 as revenge played a large role in his becoming a demon.]]]]

-->''"Goddamn, why are you so weird?"''
-->--'''Lutz''', to Ame

* EveryScarHasAStory: How the webcomic begins.