The Saints is an UrbanFantasy web novel by Face The Citizen that can be found [[http://arcanenetwork.wordpress.com/ here.]]
The plot follows The Saints, a coven that uses their supernatural abilities to commit crimes.

The web novel has been taken down.

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!! The Saints contains examples of:

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: All undead, though draugrs are specifically pointed out for their maliciousness.
* TheBeastmaster: Katrina can sense and influence animals with magic.
* BerserkButton: The Bone Eclipse series, an in-universe book and film series, is one for Sonia.
* TheBigGuy: Jason appears to be such, carrying most of the loot and being described as someone who regularly works out.
* BlowYouAway: Thorolf uses gusts of winds to counter Marcus’s fire.
* BodyHorror: An effect on the ghosts Thorolf corrupts.
** Thorolf himself is described as very decomposed.
* BuffySpeak: Tori refers to theft as "robberate." Sonia calls it "house breaking" in the same chapter.
* TheCaper: The story starts in the middle of one.
* CasualDangerDialog: Sonia snarks at Simone, a mage fully capable of killing her.
* CharmPerson: Enchantment allows a mage to influence people. Combined with the Passion spells below allows for a powerful tool.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Thorolf’s knife keeps its victims alive as long as it remains in their heart. He uses it to keep people alive as he [[HorrorHunger eats them]].
* ColdIron: Mentioned as a weakness for Faeries.
* CoolBigSis: Tori seems to be one to Lori. For example, she decides to buy Lori a moped for finishing rehab.
* TheCorruption: Thorolf does this to the ghosts in his graveyard, driving them mad.
* CreepyCemetery: The draugr, a powerful mage, lives in a graveyard which will most likely end up being one of these.
* CurbStompBattle: How Simone's fight with Sonia and Tori went.
* DishingOutDirt: After his normal, [[PlayingWithFire playing with fire]], abilities fail to do any harm to Thorolf, Marcus switches over to this.
* DontAskJustRun: Simones advice to The Saints is to avoid Thorolf entirely.
* DeadpanSnarker: Sonia, even when caught by surprise and outclassed.
* TheDreaded: Simone is one to The Saints. Thorolf is one to everyone.
* TheEmpath: Passion spells allows a mage to feel another persons emotions.
* EvilDetectingDog: Overlaps with AnimalsHateHim and ScareTheDog, draugr drive all animals in their presence to madness.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler: Katrina stabs Thorolf’s eye with a pick.]]
* EvilOldFolks: Simone’s grandmother.
* TheFairFolk: Mentioned but, so far, unseen.
* FamilyThemeNaming: Sisters Tori and Lori.
* ForTheEvulz: Seems to be Thorolf's main motivation right now.
* FunctionalMagic: Most likely of the Force Magic variety.
* GenderBlenderName: Dante, a friend of The Saints.
* TheHero: Sonia, the main character.
* HorrorHunger: Averted. Thorolf doesn’t actually need to eat his victims. [[ForTheEvulz He just wants to]].
* HostageForMacGuffin: Briefly. Thorolf threatens to kill Marcus unless Sonia hands over the locket. [[spoiler: Unusually, Sonia complies and they lose the locket but manage to save Marcus in the process.]]
* HumanShield: Thorolf uses Sonia, and later Marcus, as shields against their friends. He doesn’t actually need to [[ForTheEvulz but he enjoys toying with the.]]
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Discussed and averted. Simone outright says to avoid trying this tactic on Thorolf.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Thorolf, although it fails to take.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Thorolf shows up to a fight wielding a cleaver.
* IndenturedServitude: Sonia and Tori's fate if they fail to recover Simone's locket.
* {{Intangibility}}: A standard Draugr ability.
* InMediasRes: The story starts in the middle of a robbery.
* ISeeDeadPeople: All mages seem to be able to do this.
* ItOnlyWorksOnce: Draugrs, like all undead, have specific weaknesses. Unlike other undead, draugr will quickly overcome their weaknesses.
* {{Macguffin}}: Simone’s locket.
* MagicAIsMagicA: So far.
* MasterOfIllusion: Tori keeps Thorolf distracted, and buys the rest of The Saints time to rest, by sending wave after wave of illusions at him.
* MasterOfUnlocking: Jason is able to use magic to unlock doors.
* MoralityPet: Tori and Marcus might be this, with both of them stealing less than any of the other characters. In fact, Tori needs to be dragged into doing the heist shown in the prologue.
* {{Necromancer}}: Necromancy shows up but seem to be more closely related to EntropyAndChaosMagic as it focuses more on breaking the natural order than raising the dead.
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Simone captures Sonia and Tori trying to rob her house. She forces them to rob the draugr for her or else spend an eternity as [[IndenturedServitude indentured servants]].
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: So far there seems to be multiple types of ghosts that exist for different reasons.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: The draugr, most likely.
* PlayingWithFire: Marcus, in a BigDamnHeroes moment, uses fire to scare off a large group of feral ghosts from the rest of the team.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Sonia is described as such.
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler: John, the helpful spirit seen in the first chapter, gets [[OffWithHisHead decapitated]] by Thorolf.]]
* SarcasticConfession: Jason uses this to explain why he needs to purchase a shopping cart filled with [[BatterUp baseball bats]], [[PowerfulPick pickaxes]], [[BladeEnthusiast knives]], and an axe.
* {{Shapeshifting}}: Draugr can do this. Katrina has PartialShapeshifting-type {{Animorphism}}.
* ShowSomeLeg: Tori and Sonia do this to distract a couple of cops in 1.1.
* ShockAndAwe: Both Sonia and Thorolf use electricity several times during their fight.
* StarCrossedLovers: Simone’s parents.
* SuperStrength: Another one of draugrs many abilities.
* ThatManIsDead: According to Simone, Harold Evergreen is dead. Only Thorolf the Draugr remains.
* ThemeNaming: The sisters, Lori and Tori.
* TimeMaster: One of the [[TheMenInBlack Parnormal Crime Division]] is able to do this.
* TrackingDevice: A magical variant, Thorolf enchanted the locket so he always knows where it is.
* TheUndead: The draugr, though what type remains to be seen.
* TheUnmasquedWorld: Seems to be. There’s a police division specifically for handling paranormal events, public warnings are made when supernatural threats are running loose, and a draugr attack is discussed, by name, on the evening news in the same way a drive-by would be.
* WalkingTechBane: The Industrial Path of Magic lets a person use magic to mess with technology.
* WeatherManipulation: Yet another draugr power, though the extent is unknown.
* WhiteMage: Katrina has healed herself and others with healing spells.
* VampiricDraining: Sonia absorbs some of a ghosts essence to heal herself.
* TheVirus: Anyone killed by a draugr comes back as a draugr.