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''Black Roses'' is written by Tropers/TheGentlemanAnachronism. It is set in an analogue of modern Earth, or rather, a parallel world existing alongside an analogue of modern Earth, and concerns the efforts of the Halt Duke, Mephistophilis, to regain his rightful place as Lord of Hell from his insane and sadistic cousin, the Lady Lucifer. Or, to be more correct, the efforts both of him and his somewhat ragged band of men (and women), all of whom live in what seems to be a base set up in an abandoned (and haunted) Victorian asylum. The world in which this is set is an odd one, in that it has the power to pull people from other worlds to it. This is why several rather familiar faces (from ''Saranados'') make a reappearance in this book, although time does seem to have altered them a little...

Pieces written in the Black Roses verse can be found [[http://guildenstern14.deviantart.com/gallery/#Black-Roses-100-themes here]], and a few older ones [[http://guil-solo.livejournal.com/52953.html#cutid2 here]]

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!!Provides Examples Of:

%% * ActionGirl: Kay and Cionne. Also Ella, at the very end.
%% * AgonyBeam: The Duke uses an variant of this to keep his ragtag army in check (though mainly he uses it as a mental {{shock collar}} to stop Sabbat murdering the wrong people).
%% * BadassCrew: The core group of the Duke's army, by the end.
%% * BackToBackBadasses: Sabbat and Archer's preferred fighting style, when things get tough.
%% * BandOfBrothers: Our heroes, after a while.
%% * BattleCouple: Three of 'em - Sabbat and Archer, Kay and Ella, Cionne and Malben.
%% * BedlamHouse: Hightower Insane Asylum, while it was in operation. Though it's now being used as a base for the Duke's army, the general disturbing feel of the place still remains.
%% * ButchLesbian: Kay.
* CatGirl: Cat Boy Felix. His father was a tomcat...
%% * ColdSniper: Malben [[spoiler: moreso after Cionne and Pelita die]]
* CombatMedic: Malben's a damn good sniper, and handy with a scalpel too.
%% * CreepyChild: Pelita
%% * ColdBloodedTorture: The Lady is rather fond of this.
%% * DiagnosisFromDrBadass: Malben indulges in this when he gets into close combat.
* DissonantLaughter: Sabbat bloody ''loves'' fighting, and tends to break into laughter when the battle's going his way.
%% ** Disturbingly enough, ''Kay'' has also indulged in it.
%% * DontYouDarePityMe: Malben's reaction after the first few days [[spoiler: whenever anyone brings up the affect of Cionne and Pelita's deaths on him]]
%% * DrJerk: Malben [[spoiler:,moreso after his wife and child are killed.]]
* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: Pelita's vocabulary is a little rougher than the average five-year-old's. And she also knows far more about autopsies, surgery and the best ways to kill people than she really should.
%% * GoodThingYouCanHeal: The vampires end up taking some seriously wince-worthy damage.
%% * HairTriggerTemper: Sabbat. Also Malben, when he's tired enough.
* {{Hallucinations}}: [[spoiler: Sabbat hallucinates that Archer is with him when he's locked up in the asylum. Malben]] convinces himself he's hallucinating when he sees [[spoiler: Pelita. It turns out it's her ghost.]]
* HarmfulToMinors: Pelita's parents try to shield her from the worst of the war, but she sees far more than she should do.
%% * HonoraryUncle: Honorary Uncles and Aunts. The rest of the army, to Pelita.
%% * HowDareYouDieOnMe: [[spoiler: "Hawekeye- Malben,]] don't you fuckin' dare do this to me!" - Kay, during the final battle.
* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler: Malben, after being seriously wounded, asks Kay to inject him with the poison he keeps for {{mercy kill}}s]]
* ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder:
** Malben is rather fond of this phrase. "I'm a doctor, not a stepladder."
** Kay says: "I'm a bouncer, not a surgeon."
%% * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Archer and Sabbat, run through back-to-back during the last battle]]
%% * InformedSelfDiagnosis: Malben, any time he gets injured.
%% * InstantSedation: Malben's drugs can sometimes have this effect. Hopefully justified in that his homeworld has exceptionally advanced medical knowledge in some areas.
%% * KillTheCutie: [[spoiler: Pelita]]
* LastNameBasis: Malben insists on calling everyone except his own family by their surnames.
* LibationForTheDead: The survivors at the end of ''Black Roses'' pour out whiskey (and gin) for their fallen comrades.
%% * LipstickLesbian: Ella
* MadnessMantra: "Ain't crazy. Insane, yes. Crazy, no." - [[spoiler: Sabbat]], while incarcerated in the asylum in the late 1800s. Reappears a few times when he relapses.
%% * MeaningfulFuneral: Two. [[spoiler: Pelita and Cionne's, at which we first see Malben's grimmer side, and Malben, Sabbat and Archer's.]]
%% * NobleDemon: The Duke, quite literally.
%% * PluckyComicRelief: Felix.
* PsychoForHire: Sabbat's only working for the Duke because it means he gets carte blanche to murder, maim and mutilate.
%% * SorryThatImDying: [[spoiler: Malben to Kay, just after she's injected him with the poison. He doesn't entirely mean it.]]
%% * TearfulSmile: Pre-series,[[spoiler: Sabbat]], of all people, after he's reunited with [[spoiler: Archer, at the end of the asylum arc.]]. He's practically broken at this point.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: The Duke's army aren't too happy to be working with one another at first.
* TheFairFolk: Implied. Felix is half-Fae, and has problems sometimes with little things like 'empathy' and 'responsibility'.
%% * TogetherInDeath: Implied with [[spoiler: Malben, Cionne and Pelita.]]
%% * TrustMeImADoctor: Usually used by Malben as a threat more than anything else (after having informed unruly patients exactly what the contents of the syringe he's holding would do to them.)
%% * WouldHurtAChild}: The Lady
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