Line #49 Characters/ParnaturalSphinxes


1	[[folder:In General]]
2	A group of Sphinx siblings with absolute power over certain concepts. They used to be the same individual, but were split apart.
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4	* ChekhovsGunman: Truth and Games were introduced as weak spirits who were more of a frustration to the Activity Club than an actual threat. [[spoiler:Many chapters later, it's learned that they were a Wight and connected to the various major villains in Mayview]].
5	* PiecesOfGod: [[spoiler:They once made up a Wight called the Great Sphinx, but were shattered by Davy Jones in a quest to conquer spirits]].
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8	[[folder::The Great Sphinx]]
9	The original wight sphinx before it was cut down to become the multicolored single sphinxes
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12	[[folder:The Sphinx of Games/The Sphinx of Rules]]
13	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sphinx_ch3pg15_03.png]]
14	->''"YOU ARE SO BAD AT RIDDLES!"''\
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16	A sphinx spirit who guards a plank bridge in an alleyway.
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18	* MeaningfulRename: Starts going by The Sphinx of Rules after Max and Isaac beat him up, helping him realize the true nature of his powers.
19	* RiddleOfTheSphinx: Subverted. The question is meant literally, and the answer is a spirit whose powers happen to match it.
20	* RiddlingSphinx: Combined with TrollBridge, as he requires people to answer his riddles to pass.
21	* SealedEvilInASixPack: He and the other sphinxes were once part of a powerful spirit known as the Great Sphinx.
22	* TrollBridge: It's a plank over a ditch, but he guards it all the same.
23	* YouCantFightFate: His power is that the terms he sets at the beginning of the game will come to pass if he wins. This is implied in his dialogue, and further confirmed [[http://paranatural.net/index.php?id=136#comment-1249085998 by Zack.]] Luckily for Isaac and Max, he forgot to include eating them as a term at the start.
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27	[[folder:The Sphinx of Truth]]
28	[[quoteright:174:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sphinxes_of_games_and_truth_ch6pg41.png]]
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30	Another Sphinx-like spirit that attacks the group at the end of chapter 5. Her power makes all lies someone says become the truth, which is marked with blue text.
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32	* BewareTheCuteOnes: Paints herself as a dangerous threat while knowing that she's absolutely adorable. [[SubvertedTrope However, she's not as dangerous as she thinks she is]].
33	* CuteKitten: She looks like a kitten, and her voice induces a CutenessProximity reaction in the Activity Club.
34	* ElmuhFuddSyndwome: L's and R's in her speech are replaced with W's.
35	* RainbowSpeak: Truths brought out by her power appear in dark blue text.
36	* TruthSerums: All lies told in her presence become the truth they hide.
37	* TsurimeEyes: Her eyes are sharply slanted, giving her a smug and dangerous look.
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40	[[folder:The Golden Sphinx]]
41	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/golden_sphinx_51.png]]
42	Third Sphinx-like spirit that is seemingly in-league with the Sphinxes of Games and Truth.
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44	* CoolShades: Sports a pair of shutter shades.
45	* ObfuscatingStupidity: Seems like a ditz, but his hidden reaction to the Witch being unable to name the prize she seeks hints at him having greater awareness and power than he lets on.
46	* PantheraAwesome: Resembles a lion, as opposed to the Sphinx of Truth, who resembles a housecat.
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49	[[folder:The Black Sphinx]]
50	!!Max's Spirit
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52	->''"I'd laugh... but I didn't end up with the sense of humor."''\
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54	A spirit possessing Max. So far has only appeared to intimidate the Doorman, but seems to be part of the strange going-ons in Mayview.
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56	* DeadpanSnarker: While it doesn't quite have a sense of humor, it seems to know what ''should'' be funny, and snarks at Doorman a bit.
57	* DemonicPossession: It is the only spirit we have seen--whether in a Tool or a medium--capable of overriding its spectral completely. Max isn't even aware of what happened when it gives up control again.
58	* MagicallyBindingContract: [[spoiler: Its powers are hinted to be linked to these. Both times it appears or has been hinted at are when Max is asked to make a promise, and a contract-themed item is the result of copying a sliver of its power.]]
59	* NoSenseOfHumor: It says "I didn't end up with the sense of humor." Presumably a different piece of the broken god has it.
60	* PiecesOfGod: Doorman calls it a "broken god," which it does not dispute. [[spoiler: Likely a shattered part of the Great Sphinx, given the one time it's explicitly been drawn on has shown catlike imagery.]]
61	* PinkySwear: [[spoiler: When Penny copies its powers, she manifests a glove which can empower pinky-swears to let her learn when they're broken.]]
62	* VoiceOfTheLegion: When it finally manifested and spoke to the Doorman, Max's speech bubbles were given multiple stems, implying this.
63	* WordsCanBreakMyBones: Although we have yet to see what its powers actually ''do'', Doorman mentions that they're "[[BlatantLies nothing to be feared of]]. Riddles and word games". [[spoiler: Now that we know it's likely a Sphinx, one can guess the riddles and word games referred to the Sphinxes as a whole.]]

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