Line #13 Webcomic/Garanos


1	''[[http://www.garanos.com/ Garanos]]'' is a fantasy webcomic by Alex Heberling. It follows LadyOfWar Garanos as she [[WalkingTheEarth walks the earth]] in search of her fiancée, who was kidnapped by mercenaries. Or at least, that's what she ''thinks'', as it becomes clear that she may be far more important than she knows...
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3	''Garanos'' ended April 14th, 2010, after 18 chapters. Herberling has since gone on to create ''{{Webcomic/The Hues}}''.
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6	!!Contains examples of:
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8	* ActionGirl
9	* AerithAndBob: There are fantastic names like Garanos and Senberan among more mundane names like Lucas. Possibly justified in that the last two are from an entirely different country and the author admits to making up the Caywien names.
10	* TheAgeless. [[spoiler:The Red Moth allowed Maryoku to never age after she took it into her body]]
11	* ArtEvolution: Started out in a straight-up {{Animesque}} style, then took a noticeable shift away from anime style between the first and second volumes.
12	* AuthorAppeal: Several characters have shown up in elbow-length gloves so far.
13	* BigBad: Gharsena
14	* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Zellner and the crew]]
15	* BodyHorror: Garanos' spikes/spider legs, which she can retract.
16	** [[spoiler: Unfortunately, Gharsena's are bigger...]]
17	* ChekhovsGun: Garanos' gold brooch.
18	* ConvenientColourChange: When The Harbinger is in control Garanos' eyes are green, while normally they're a grey/purple color.
19	* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:Gharsena versus Geilen, who gets tossed aside like a ragdoll]]
20	* DemonicPossession: Garanos has to fight this off during an early story arc. Unfortunately the remnants of it come back as a SuperpoweredEvilSide later on.
21	* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:Geilen to Gharsena]], attempted and failed.
22	* DoggedNiceGuy: Styx
23	* DramaticDrop: [[http://www.garanos.com/pages/page-38/ Here]], though it's easy to miss the first time.
24	* FemmeFatalons: Gharsena. Lots of villain tropes covered by this one.
25	* FightingFromTheInside
26	* GodWasMyCoPilot: [[spoiler:Maryoku]] was actually the host body of The Red Moth, the being that originally sealed away The Harbinger, through a FusionDance.
27	* HoneyTrap: [[spoiler:Geilen implies that she]] got information out of [[spoiler:Senberan]] this way
28	* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Geilen, as well as being [[SonOfAWhore the daughter of one]]. She enjoys her job, and doesn't angst about it. [[spoiler:Possibly subverted given that she's TheMole, but we don't know what she was like before Gharsena got to her]]
29	* ItIsDehumanizing: Gharsena tells her cronies to "bring it ([[spoiler:Ethreden]]) out" though at that point it really shouldn't surprise anyone to hear her refer to another person like that.
30	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:Ethreden most or less speaks these exact words to Garanos before he dies]]
31	* KissingDiscretionShot
32	* LadyOfWar: Garanos, who also averts the BreastPlate trope by wearing sensible combat gear
33	* LibationForTheDead: [[spoiler:On Ethreden's grave.]]
34	* TheMole: It's [[spoiler:Geilen, working for Gharsena]].
35	* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Gharsena has no reflections of light in her eyes, no doubt to emphasize just how bad she is.
36	* OfCorsetsSexy: Gharsena's costume. Notably, [[http://www.garanos.com/pages/page-276/ it's the first thing we see of her]] nearly 125 pages before she makes an actual on-panel appearance.
37	* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:Gharsena,]] who has [[spoiler:her own]], [[http://www.garanos.com/pages/page-435/ bigger set of spider legs]].
38	* PeopleOfHairColor: From what we've seen so far, the people Caywien tend to have dark hair, while the locals of Kaigan have lighter hair. Given that the people of Caywien appear to be at least partially based on the Welsh, who tend to have dark hair, it's possible that the others are supposed to be from mainland Europe. The author has said that Garanos' skin is slightly darker than the "Caucasian" characters in the story as well.
39	* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: She was initially unhappy with her fiancée Ethreden, but eventually they started falling for each other for real.
40	* PietaPlagiarism: Near the end of the first volume [[http://www.garanos.com/pages/page-165/ here]].
41	* PowerTattoo: People from Caywien have one of these, which is connected to their magical affinity. Garanos' turns out to be related to a creature called "The Harbinger", and her connection to this is the driving force of the plot.
42	* RebelliousPrincess: [[spoiler:Garanos turns out to be the heir to Caywien]]
43	* RedemptionEqualsDeath: TheMole [[spoiler:Geilen, who's been working reluctantly]] for [[BigBad Gharsena]] because of the promise that [[spoiler:Gharsena would cure her disease]], learns that [[spoiler:Gharsena infected her in the first place. She proceeds to attack Gharsena, who [[CurbStompBattle tosses her aside]] and accelerates the disease to the point of death]], killing TheMole.
44	* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Ethreden has been alive the whole time and in Gharsena's hands. Additionally, Geilen is TheMole.]]
45	* SecondLove: [[spoiler:Styx, for Garanos]]
46	* SicklyGreenGlow: The Harbinger
47	* StatuesqueStunner: Gharsena is shown to stand head and shoulders over almost everyone else in the cast.
48	* STDImmunity: ''Oh so'' averted by Geilen, who contracted an STD from a client that's slowly killing her, so she's looking for a cure. [[spoiler:It later turns out that Gharsena not only has the cure, but is the one who created the disease in the first place, though it's still spread sexually.]]
49	** And she hides it, making her a TyphoidMary.
50	* StockholmSyndrome: It's implied that [[spoiler:Ethreden]] may have developed this [[spoiler:for Geilen, and the fact that the has the same disease as she does suggests that they may have had a relationship]].
51	* StoicSpectacles: Zellner, the captain of the ship the group travels on.
52	* TheVirus: The disease known as [[spoiler:the disease that Geilen has who]] allows [[spoiler:the creator, Gharsena]] to control those infected by it, [[spoiler:after they die]].
53	* WhenSheSmiles: Garanos gets a few of these.
54	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Geilen.]]

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