Line #142 Characters/Exiern


1	The fantasy world of ''Webcomic/{{Exiern}}'' is a full and rich place, with numerous characters. Here are some of the important ones.
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5	[[folder:Typhan-Knee]]
6	!!Tiffany, Typhan-Knee, Starlight.
7	[[quoteright:244:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/BattleShirt_3829.jpg]]
8	[[caption-width-right:244:Princess Peonie Translates Tiffany's Tank Top]]
9	An obnoxiously misogynistic male barbarian who, on a quest to save a princess, is turned into a very attractive (if extremely crabby) young woman.
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11	He has somewhat reluctantly became the personal guardian of Princess Peonie and is dealing with the crush he has developed on the male scribe Denver Tadwick.
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13	* Likes: Killing things and getting drunk.
14	* Dislikes: Being called a bimbo.
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16	%%* ActionHero -> Action Girl
17	* AmazonianBeauty: When in a combative state of mind, the curse reminds everyone that Typhan-Knee is a northern barbarian.
18	%%* AntiHero: Type II.
19	* ArmoredClosetGay: Hinted at in [[https://exiern.thecomicseries.com/comics/562/#content-start this]] two-page spread, and confirmed by the author [[http://www.exiern.com/2013/11/28/on-sexuality-and-cop-outs/ here]]. Also confirmed by an attempt to flirt with a male cook.
20	* TheAtoner: Typhan-Knee is deeply ashamed of his behavior in his DarkAndTroubledPast, and is desperately trying to make amends for it.
21	* BarbarianHero: Unrepentantly a barbarian, and slowly becoming more heroic in deed.
22	* CainAndAbel: Revealed to have a brother who sent an assassin after him. [[spoiler: Typhan-Knee is actually the Cain in the relationship, having abandoned his brother to die in the past for slowing him down. His brother, Wyll-line, is revealed to be TheWisePrince by Barbarian standards and was framed. Now Wyll's wife believes Tiffany will murder his brother (just like Cain murdered Abel). Fortunately, Typh figured out the true culprit behind the assassin.]]
23	* CantHoldHerLiquor: After her [[GenderBender transformation to a woman]], Tiff discovers it now [[https://exiern.thecomicseries.com/comics/44#content-start only takes two drinks]] to get her really drunk. She doesn't see this as a bad thing though since [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl she likes being drunk]] and this means she can do it more quickly.
24	* CharacterDevelopment: Especially when the gags are toned down in favor of plot.
25	* {{Chickification}}: Justified in-universe -- Typhan-Knee is convinced that women are weak and useless, and as soon as he finally accepts his gender change, she becomes... weak and useless. (Much to King Urtica's annoyance, as he does not particularly like weak and useless women. He gets better though.) This is because the curse, when accepted, would mold the subject in question into their own perception of femininity. When Typhan-Knee realizes he can be strong even as a woman, he reverts to normal.
26	* TheChosenOne: ''The Wild North'' storyline implies that he is this. He seems less than enthused by this prospect.
27	* CoolSword: North Wind, a longsword with a [[WhatAPieceOfJunk power as unassuming as its form]] that Typh had all along and didn't even know it. Instead of being a mighty blade that is exceedingly proficient at felling the wielder's foes, it instead avoids killing foes that the wielder really ''shouldn't'' kill, instead [[TheNudifier cutting their claddings off]]. Succinctly, its power can be summed up as "Discretion is the better part of valor". It does, however, still cut those who do deserve to be put to the sword.
28	* CuttingTheGordianKnot: Combined with GroinAttack, and a truly epic TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. Typh lost all patience with Corriander's LoopholeAbuse antics, [[spoiler: quit his position as a knight in Urtica's court, while swinging North Wind in a parabolic arc that came up right between Corriander's legs and castrated him. Then called out The Alliance for letting legal loopholes and ancient rituals stop them from arresting and condemning a child molester against whom hard evidence was found.]]
29	* DoNotCallMePaul: Has started to insist people pronounce his name as [[https://exiern.thecomicseries.com/comics/673#content-start Typhan-Knee and not Tiffany]].
30	* DumbBlonde: Averted - Typhan-Knee was always intelligent despite being from an illiterate society, and shows it more as the strip progresses.
31	* EveryoneHasStandards: Although being raised by a society that values RapePillageAndBurn, and having a father [[StrawMisogynist who really looks down on women]], Typhan-Knee has a mortal loathing of child molesters, and has a well-justified deep-seated hatred of the clergy from the religion of Rem, [[WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide considering what the latter did to his people]]. It took incredible self-control when he met Coriander, who happens to be both, and wants to bring back "the old ways!".
32	* FreudianExcuse: Typh's father was a real nasty piece of work and filled the young boy's head with a lot of badly misogynistic thinking and horribly skewed SocialDarwinism. After being exiled from his tribe because his father tried to murder him for coming to the horrific [[DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale logical conclusion of all his father's teachings,]] and being hit with Faden's curse, Typh has come to learn just how wrong the guy was, and is trying to make things right.
33	* GenderBender: Not only is Typhan-Knee by all indications incurably stuck in a female form, his... condition... is contagious.
34	%%* TheHero
35	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Played with. [[DependingOnTheArtist Especially in the strips done by Shipeng Lee]], Tiffany has a truly magnificient golden mane... but her character is complex, to say the least. She is shown to be a good person at heart as she cares for Peonie and especially Denver, repents his/her past misdeeds and [[HeelRealization comes to realize]] that she mistreated Teresa for little reason but basic jealousy and spite. But she is still moody, volatile and at times violent, has a tongue like a dagger, and it's definitely not a good idea to end up as her target in battle, as she is shown to kill an enemy witch -- a human woman -- with little hesitation, even earning her a reprimand from King Urtica for this (though it might have been partially down to the matter of leaving no captives to question later).
36	* TheLadette: Played with. Typh fluctuates between being girly and having his inner uncouth barbarian come forth.Subverted now that while Typhan-Knee acts like a Ladette would, it's after he started being written as a transman.
37	* MoneyFetish: When Typh saw a huge pile of gold promised her as future payment for being Peonie's bodyguard for a year, she claims to have felt an orgasm, and is later seen rolling in it in pure orgasmic ecstasy.
38	* NeverLearnedToRead: Never had any reason to, really. [[spoiler:Until he becomes Peonie's protector and seeks Denver's help, at which point he finds out what the shirt in the page picture says.]]
39	** OhCrap: This comes back to bite him hard when [[spoiler: Theresa is silenced by her order, then when trying to communicate with Typhan-Knee through finger-writing, instead gets mistaken for making runes in the air because Typhan-Knee NeverLearnedToRead. Once Typh realizes Theresa badly needed his help instead, he feels guilty about not realizing this sooner--which is when afterwards, Theresa needed the King to do ''her'' a favor.]]
40	* OnlyInItForTheMoney: The reason Typhan went to try to rescue Princess Peonie was purely for the monetary reward. Typh was not, and still is not interested in marriage.
41	* ShutUpHannibal: Quite literally against Corriander. The bloke barely had time to say [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch "You BITCH",]] and hum two notes before Typh gave him a kick to the throat, while yelling "Shut Up!" at him.
42	* StrongFamilyResemblance: In several flashbacks, Typh's mother looks exactly like him, post-genderbend. His maternal grandmother also has some residual resemblance under the age.
43	* TransTribulations: It varied depending on the writer:
44	** Drowemos appears to have considered her as literally having transformed from man to woman, essentially making her a woman who merely remembers being a man.
45	** Dan Standing changed this to Typhan-Knee having been either a gay man or a trans woman (that is, physically male, attracted to men, gender identity unclear), who was then transformed into a cis woman.
46	** Scott Hicken has gone the other direction, treating Typhan-Knee as a trans man, including having Typhan insisting that he's called Typhan-Knee instead if Tiffany.
47	* ThirdLawOfGenderBending: This comes into play greatly as a side effect of his curse. When he finally accepts that he's been turned into a woman, the curse causes him to better fit his view on what a woman is supposed to be. Due to his sexist nature, this has some impressive physical and mental side effects, causing him to lose height, muscle mass, exaggerate his figure, grow his hair, and make him much more prone to crying. Thankfully, he's back to normal after some EpiphanyTherapy.
48	** However there are some hints that Tiffany's current mental or emotional state may still have some effect on his appearance. He becomes notably more ripped when preparing to fight [[spoiler: his brother]], while a few strips later his features and figure soften after [[spoiler: his brother's partner]] enters in an (unnecessary) effort to break up the fight.
49	** Ultimately averted as scene when Typh meets his grandmother, showing that he still views himself as male.
50	* {{Tomboy}}: To Peonie's GirlyGirl.
51	* VirginPower: The unicorn likes Typhan-Knee just fine. [[spoiler:But Typh is a bit less steeped in the spirit of the concept, all the murder out on raids and one particular incident in his past, [[AttemptedRape in which he tried to rape a young man]].]]
52	[[/folder]]
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54	[[folder:Peonie]]
55	!!Princess Peonie Vellurium Balistra
56	An extraordinarily busty, slightly [[TheDitz ditzy]] but not [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass stupid]] princess who had been kidnapped by an evil wizard.\
57	Peonie knows that she's supposed to be the love interest in the story, and teases Tiffany about it once in a while. A frequent holder of the DistressBall.
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59	Since Faden's departure from the script Peonie has developed into something of a DeadpanSnarker.
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61	* Likes: [[YaoiFangirl Yaoi Porn]].
62	* Dislikes: Constitutional limits on monarchical power.
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64	* BrainyBrunette: From time to time, but she sometimes lacks basic common sense. She is showing more and more political acumen that she inherited/learned from her father all the time.
65	* DamselInDistress: Due to trying to be a PluckyGirl, but failing.
66	* GeniusDitz: In a turnabout from normal, the brunette rather than the blonde tends to have less common sense much of the time. Still, she can have some profound insight at other times.
67	* GirlyGirl: To Tiffany's {{Tomboy}}.
68	* GoodBadGirl: There's a reason the unicorn wants nothing to do with her...
69	%%* RebelliousPrincess
70	* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Peonie is not modest. At all. Nudity is at most a minor inconvenience for her.
71	* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her outfits tend to show off a lot of skin.
72	* TookALevelInBadass: [[https://exiern.thecomicseries.com/comics/865#content-start The Peonie we meet at the beginning is not the battle-hardened warrior princess we see unflappably staring down a dragon-woman in this panel.]]
73	* WeirdnessMagnet: She has the most remarkable talent for getting into trouble.
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76	[[folder:Faden]]
77	!!Faden
78	The Magical BigBad of the Exiern world, and planning on sacrificing Peonie, until Typhan-Knee captured him and rescued the princess.
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80	Unable to blast the barbarian with dark magic because of a magical mixup (Someone exchanged his Uricarn Summoning Tome for a UNICORN summoning one - an incident Drow has stated was inspired by [[http://www.thewotch.com/?date=2003-05-14 This incident]] in ''Webcomic/TheWotch''), Faden's revenge was to turn Typhan-Knee into Tiffany with a living spell that resists all attempts at being undone and will change the gender of anyone that tries.
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82	Shown in the earlier parts of the story as an AlwaysChaoticEvil character who just lives to make things as awkward for others as possible. Unusually for such characters, Faden is drawn as a youngish man of about 30 as opposed to the stereotypical aged wizard, however he is effectively immortal and just wont stay dead. [[spoiler:However, later on the flashback strips show, among other things, his backstory, which turns out quite a bit more complicated. It appears that his slide into blatant evilness and insanity was a result of an error in a spell he has cast upon himself, as he was noble -- and a friend to King Urtica -- originally.]]
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84	Currently in a most decidedly non-CardboardPrison, supposedly for all eternity there are hints however that this might not be as secure as promoted.
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86	* Likes: Causing Chaos
87	* Dislikes: Being in gaol.
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89	* AnArmAndALeg: Loses his hand in a fight. Ctyx asks if he "could use a hand", so he takes Ctyx's. Ctyx later finds Faden's severed hand, which then bonds to his arm.
90	%%* EvilRedhead
91	%%* OlderThanTheyLook: Indicated
92	* PutOnABus: Sent to TheAlcatraz for all eternity.
93	%%* RedEyesTakeWarning
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96	[[folder:Denver]]
97	!!Denver Tadwick
98	Denver Tadwick, a scholar (read "nerd") who originally enlists Typhan-Knee and Peonie's help to find his missing sister.
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100	He has a fanatical hatred of all dragons due to his and his sister's parents reportedly being killed by one while Denver and his sister were infants. [[spoiler:The truth is far more complicated, Denver and his sister are dragon "whelps", and he has only a year or two before his dragon self takes affect. Faden said this was a Very Bad Thing [[UnreliableNarrator but then he's Faden]]. It turns out dragons aren't all bad or all good]].
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102	Denver has something of a crush on Tiffany and is one of the few men to have shown her affection and not received a brutal beating in exchange.
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104	* Likes: Tiffany
105	* Dislikes: Dragons.
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107	%%* BadassBookworm
108	%%* BewareTheNiceOnes
109	* ClosetKey: [[spoiler: Retroactive, set up on [[https://exiern.thecomicseries.com/comics/562#content-start this]] page and confirmed by the author [[http://www.exiern.com/2013/11/28/on-sexuality-and-cop-outs/ here]]. Played with in that Denver is certainly straight, while Tiffany didn't meet him until ''after'' being affected by the GenderBender curse. He does discover the truth of Tiffany being male once, but that doesn't stop him loving her.]]
110	%%* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength
111	* HiveMind: [[spoiler:Is slowly learning to communicate with one to better cope with his growing Dragon powers.]]
112	%%* TheSmartGuy
113	* SuperpoweredEvilSide: [[spoiler:How he treats the Dragon HiveMind the first time he activates his Dragon powers.]]
114	%%* TomatoSurprise
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117	[[folder:Teresa]]
118	!!Sister Teresa, formerly Brother Thomas.
119	Another victim of Faden's GenderBender spell. Brother Thomas was leader of a group of priests that tried to cure Tiffany, but instead got transformed.
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121	However, life as a woman clearly appealed to Teresa and she has resisted getting turned back preferring a new life as female, something that annoys Tiffany to no end.
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123	Teresa generally [[InnocentBigot means well, but is an upper class snob]] to put it mildly, and even manages to be a JerkAss when apologising for acting like a JerkAss. She remains a powerful magic user though (with a little help from the King, who orders a silencing punishment laid on her by her order undone).
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125	* Likes: Shopping.
126	* Dislikes: Ill-educated Northern Barbarians.
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128	* AmicableExes: Divorced from King Urtica due to RealPolitik. Still, she is ''not'' happy concerning Urtica's response to the entire Duet fiasco and the aftermath, namely keeping the book with the names of the guilty, and promising to take more direct measures to rout further corruption from the Church of Rem.
129	* {{Chickification}}: Averted. She stridently resists it, and winds up punished for it.
130	* DidNotSeeThatComing: Both Peonie's interference in the Duet, and King Urtica's response caught her completely flat-footed.
131	* GenderBender: She seems to have inherited Tiffany's condition in a weaker form, judging by an attempt by her order to restore her male gender temporarily backfiring on one of the priests.
132	* InnocentBigot: She truly not only believes that those who aren't devout followers of the Church of Rem are stupid, ignorant fools deserving of pity, at best, she doesn't understand why saying so would be offensive, as noted in both the scenes where Typhan-knee is chained down while trying to "cure" the curse, and when she and Typh were fighting in the royal capitol. She's gotten a bit better since then, but still grossly underestimated Urtica, at least partially, as a direct result of this mindset.
133	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Although she means well, she is rather abrasive.
134	* KarmicTransformation: Due to Urtica's AttackReflector, she winds up starting to turn into... "an ass."
135	* MagicMusic: of the vocal kind.
136	* RageBreakingPoint: After being manipulated by Urtica, and finding out that the legally binding contract she signed is inked with hydra bile on hydra skin, making the parchment multiply in result to just about any physical attack.
137	* {{Stripperiffic}}: Theresa's choice of outfit post-pardoning (a black croptop and jacket) doesn't compete with some of Peonie's outfits, but it's definitely meant to be both utilitarian and sexy.
138	* TransTribulations: Textbook, especially in the [[note]]paywalled[[/note]] backstory, where the conflict between the extreme misogyny in her church and her internal gender identity is spelled out in painful detail.
139	* YouOweMe: [[spoiler:Nobody likes owing King Urtica a favor, even if it is for allowing Theresa to be herself. Though if a certain barbarian who NeverLearnedToRead had broken the collar inducing the silencing punishment instead of thinking she was making runes, that favor wouldn't need to have been owed.]] [[note]]spoilered because the whole story is behind a paywall.[[/note]]
140	[[/folder]]
141
142	[[folder:King Urtica]]
143	!!King Urtica Ravi Metrotic Rex
144	Peonie's Dad and King of the Luminary Alliance. One the smarter characters in the strip, and something of a ChessMaster. Loves his daughter fiercely, but is compelled to balance her safety and desires against the good of his kingdom which leaves him less than happy. He also seems to be a bit of a feminist and is very attracted to strong, self-sufficient women.
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146	He once gave a nine year old boy a heart-attack by sneaking up on him while he was kissing princess Peonie. The King is technically Tiffany's fiancé due to the rescue of Peonie including "A" royal hand in marriage, and when Tiff finds this out he will probably need those 8 foot tall guards that follow him everywhere. (Or maybe not -- Urtica may act like a pompous jackass at times, but he's a formidable fighter in his own right.)
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148	* Likes: Lurking in shadows, being TheChessmaster
149	* Dislikes: Weak, stereotypical women and people who threaten his daughter.
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151	* AmazonChaser: Says he doesn't particularly like weak and useless women. A woman whose company he shared with as mentioned under DirtyOldMan was one in charge of assassins that he said might have poisoned a glass of wine she gave to him but assumed he was resistant to it (she insisted a poison she would use for such purposes would not give him the opportunity).
152	* AmicableExes: Not quite. He and Teresa are now divorced due to RealPolitik. Despite being perfectly calm and civil, Urtica is still rightfully miffed about Teresa neglecting to tell him about the Duet of Skillful Blades.
153	* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: As he lampshades at one point.
154	* AttackReflector: As Theresa found out, much to her horror, King Urtica had preparatory measures in place to reflect any magical attacks upon himself.
155	* CoolOldGuy: He's a certified badass '''at 83 years old,''' and still manages to be MrFanservice.
156	* CrazyPrepared: When Denver's sister tries to threaten Urtica into immediately turning over Typhan-knee, he has her surrounded by guards with weapons coated in Chimera venom, and orders them to "gently escort her back to her quarters."
157	* DirtyOldMan: As we discover from a flashback that he's apparently gotten drooly recalling. (It's pretty clear where Peonie gets her, um, [[ReallyGetsAround personality]] from.)
158	* ManipulativeBastard: But not totally unlikeable - he's not so much evil as ruthlessly cunning.
159	* OlderThanHeLooks: Despite appearing as only in his late 50s or early 60s, he's 83 years old, though he claims being this fit for his age is thanks to magical assistance.
160	* PapaWolf: When the needs of the state don't prevent him, he ''will'' retaliate against attempts at his daughter.
161	* PetTheDog: His interactions with Peonie, when he's not being cruel.
162	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's definitely a good statesman.
163	* RetiredBadass: He's got matters of state to tend to most of the time, but when he ''is'' forced to deal with matters personally, he can and will kick ass.
164	* ScarsAreForever: He's got a truly impressive collection of them on his back.
165	* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: His eyes have a golden hue, and he's always got plots within plots going.
166	[[/folder]]
167
168	[[folder:Ctyx]]
169	!!Ctyx
170	A young boy from a small fishing village who gave Faden a hand. [[AnArmAndALeg Literally]]. Turnabout is fair play though, and when he found Faden's own amputated hand the magic left in it allowed him to graft it onto his own arm. This has led to a bit of mental contamination, but it is unclear as to the extent.
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172	He has been driven by an unknown force to follow Tiffany into the big city.
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174	* Likes: Not getting his hand chopped off.
175	* Dislikes: Getting his hand chopped off.
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177	* AbusiveParents: His father's response to finding out his hand's been cut off by an evil sorcerer, and that he barely managed to survive thanks to the aid of a passing Unicorn? Exile him from the family, and call him useless because he can't tend the fishing nets anymore.
178	* AnArmAndALeg: Upon his first meeting with Faden.
179	* BreakTheCutie: To CosmicPlaything levels. Nothing has gone right for him from his introduction.
180	* BreakingTheFourthWall: [[spoiler: He's the latest narrator.]]
181	* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: While tending his fishing nets, he encountered Faden and offered a [[ExactWords helping hand.]] [[AnArmAndALeg Faden took him a bit too literally.]]
182	* RedEyesTakeWarning: After grafting on Faden's discarded hand, every time he uses magic, or really gets angry, his eyes glow red.
183	* RedRightHand: [[spoiler:Faden's hand]], and it's now sharp enough to be used for whittling wood.
184	* ThenLetMeBeEvil: He's completely given in to the evil nature of Faden's discarded hand. Considering everything he's been through, it's hard to blame him.
185	[[/folder]]
186
187	[[folder:Mira]]
188	!!Mira
189
190	Ctyx' girl friend, and possibly his girlfriend. She helps him out after Faden injures him, and then accompanies him on his mysterious trip into the City.
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192	* BreakTheCutie: Ctyx's bad luck spilled over to her too.
193	* GoThroughMe: Somebody tried and it lead to...
194	* HumanResources: Ctyx reveals in a fourth-wall breaking segment that when he found her in the morgue, she'd been skinned, but doesn't specify by whom or why, or if he even knows the answer to those questions.
195	* KilledOffForReal: Ctyx finds her corpse in the Royal morgue.
196	* PluckyGirl: Until a shapeshifter with insane levels of MoralMyopia goes after her boyfriend.
197	[[/folder]]
198
199	[[folder:The Speechifying Guy]]
200	!!The Speechifying Guy
201	[[quoteright:134:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ExiernDoom_109.jpg]]
202	[[caption-width-right:134:Is he Machenating? Or just a blatherskite?]]
203	MisterExposition. A deranged old tramp who likes to give long-winded speeches [[NoFourthWall explaining the plot to the readers]]. Disliked by all, and regarded as a right nuisance.
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205	* Likes: Constitutional limits on monarchical power.
206	* Dislikes: Being told to shut up.
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208	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall
209	* MrExposition
210	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Wondered InUniverse when our heroes meet the new Narrator, implying he is either dead or [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascended To A Higher Plane Of Existence]].
211	[[/folder]]
212
213	[[folder:Niels and Bohr]]
214	!! Niels and Bohr
215	[[ThoseTwoGuys A pair]] of eight foot tall [[PraetorianGuard Bodyguards]] of the King who carry [[SetSwordsToStun magic swords]]. Mostly they just perform mildly snarky exposition and give the king someone to talk to that won't freak out over Yaoi being ruined, and will appreciate his {{Chessmaster}} tendencies. They also have {{Punny Name}}s.
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217	* Likes: Bowling.
218	* Dislikes: People who cause trouble, and TheWorfEffect.
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220	* AscendedExtra: Niels has joined the main party for the most recent arc, along with elements of backstory being revealed.
221	* TheBigGuy
222	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Niels, during the attack on the castle.
223	* CoveredInScars: Niels implies this is the reason he never removes his armor.
224	* CursedWithAwesome: The two volunteered to be "processed" into SuperSoldiers. The rest of the guard contingent are unsettled a bit at the results on their bodies, so the two keep to themselves during down time.
225	* DangerDeadpan: They're rather unfazed by many of the dangers they're presented, and usually have something witty to say in reaction.
226	* DarkAndTroubledPast[=/=]DoomedHometown: Niels, again.
227	* GeniusBruiser: Both of them are highly skilled, and very intelligent. When Denver expresses surprise at Niels's deep philosophising, he sardonically asks whether he really expects Urtica to be hiring mindless thugs. Not all that surprising, considering their collective namesake!
228	* TheFaceless: Invoking one of the most famous such characters in the title of [[http://www.exiern.com/?p=2255 this strip.]]
229	* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Though not identical twins, it was difficult to tell the two apart initially. Niels, who got some characterization during the northern homecoming arc, [[https://exiern.thecomicseries.com/comics/502#content-start took a cut to the chest plate]] by a hanzalo, which now remains to tell the two apart (Bohr's chest plate is unspoiled)
230	* MyGreatestFailure: Niels is really ashamed of letting a spellsinger get the drop on him and enthralling him.
231	* [[OlderThanTheyLook Older Than They Act]]: Despite being TheFaceless, Niels acts and fights like a young adult despite being old enough to have a niece who's nearly 20, implying he's middle-aged at least.
232	* PunnyName: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Bohr This is why they are named Niels and Bohr]].
233	* SetSwordsToStun: They manage to do this to Typhan-Knee, but she breaks them in the process.
234	* SuperSoldier: They mention that they were guards who volunteered to be "processed" into the looming powerhouse bruisers they are now.
235	* ThoseTwoGuys
236	* TwentyFourHourArmor: The two are clad in their massive platemail suits in every scene they're seen in, even during downtime.
237	[[/folder]]
238
239	[[folder:Wyll-line]]
240	!! Wyll-line
241
242	Tiffany's younger brother and the current leader of their barbarian tribe.
243
244	* Likes: Making fun of his brother-turned-sister
245	* Dislikes: Having his authority challenged.
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247	* TheBerserker: True to the truest form of the mythos, when he goes into battle, or "going pyro," he becomes an unstoppable engine of destruction, and has no memory of what he did when it's over, only seeing his dead enemies at his feet. By his own admission, this has happened ''repeatedly.''
248	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Oh god yes. He very nearly spent the rest of his life [[CallToAgriculture with a monk and his daughter making inks,]] but [[UnstoppableRage when that fell apart...]]
249	* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler: Despite all appearances to the contrary, he's the Abel, being the closest thing their culture has to TheWisePrince, while Typhan-Knee abandoned him to die after they were exiled.]]
250	* DualWielding: Always carries twin blades strapped to his back and knows how to use them.
251	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite seeming like a sexist sociopath when he first appears, he is actually quite fair to guests. Though he does have a legitimate rivalry with Tiffany.
252	* MeaningfulRename: Changes his name from Melan-Knee to Wyll-line, as a sign of his desire to restore his family's honor.
253	* ObviouslyEvil: Wears skulls on his shoulders, looms imposingly, assigns onerous tasks to his "guests," and is the dark-haired brother of the hero, Typhan-knee, whom he apparently sent assassins after. [[spoiler: Subverted, as most of the rest of these tropes indicate. While he looks quite imposing, he's also attempting to lead his people into a better era with minimal bloodshed, and his actions have been calculated both to protect his guests and keep an eye on them. He also didn't send the assassins.]]
254	* RedEyesTakeWarning: In his recollection about his second life that wasn't meant to be, he goes [[UnstoppableRage pyro]] when that life came crashing down, signified in-comic by his shadowed eyes glowing bright red (and his sleeves tearing.)
255	* TheWisePrince: Is considered this in Barbarian culture. He's a surprisingly progressive barbarian chieftain.
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