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* HeroesWantRedheads: Aaron harboured feelings for Síomha.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Oh, so much.
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* BiTheWay: The epilogue has him "experimenting" with human romance; since the whole process is uncoupled from his natural instincts and he is made to understand that human mating does not have to involve reproduction, he is equally likely to seek out male or female partners.
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* NeverLiveItDown: Early on, in an argument with Síobhan, Síomha informed her that she'd have much rather woken to find herself a Disney princess than a big furry warrior in a war she doesn't understand. This struck a nerve with Síobhan and the other Garou, and Síomha was henceforth viewed as a prissy princess who couldn't be assed to help, and it did little to endear her to them.


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* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Early on, in an argument with Síobhan, Síomha informed her that she'd have much rather woken to find herself a Disney princess than a big furry warrior in a war she doesn't understand. This struck a nerve with Síobhan and the other Garou, and Síomha was henceforth viewed as a prissy princess who couldn't be assed to help, and it did little to endear her to them.
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* DoNotGoGentle: [[spoiler: Aaron's death occurs in his apartment alone and fighting off over a dozen Kindred serving Victoria Rogers. He takes many of them down with him before succumbing.]]


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* LonelyRichKid: Aaron spent most of his childhood dealing with his abusive, demanding Shadow Lord father, and his caring but ineffectual mother, and was expected not to have friends, but to have followers and vassals. After a few years with the pack, Aaron is able to integrate with friends more comfortably.
* ThisMeansWar: [[spoiler: Aaron's death is the catalyst for [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Kat Markussen]] to declare all-out war with the vampires of Dublin, and the conflict itself is named Aaron's War because of it.]]

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* HeartbrokenBadass: Goes through this for a few episodes after [[spoiler: Sandy is forced to leave Dublin, and he is ostracised by the Sept.]]



* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Has this going on with Aideen.



* TheHighKing: [[spoiler: Liam is proclaimed Ard Righ (the Gaelic for High King) of the Fianna in the final episode, and goes on to lead the tribe in a more progressive, reformist manner than his predecessors.]]

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* GhostMemory: Liam begins having these later in the chronicle, seeing visions of events from several centuries in the past. [[spoiler: These culminate in the reveal that Liam is the descendent and heir of the ancient Irish hero and Garou, Cú Chulainn.]]
* TheHighKing: [[spoiler: Liam is proclaimed Ard Righ (the Gaelic for High King) of the Fianna in the final episode, and goes on to lead the tribe in a more progressive, reformist manner than his predecessors.]]]]
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* MercyKill: Tali granted the request of an unwilling ghoul, Maria O'Hara, and snapped her neck to spare her the miserable future she would have otherwise had.
** He also euthanised several wolves in Dublin zoo, some of whom he'd known from his first change, when they had been fatally Wyrm-tainted by [[spoiler: Gina Masterson and her cronies]].
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* TheLancer: Taliesin becomes Aaron's Beta, the second in command of the pack. [[spoiler: He is later promoted to Alpha after Aaron's untimely death]]

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* TheLancer: Taliesin becomes Aaron's Beta, the second in command of the pack. [[spoiler: He is later promoted to Alpha after Aaron's untimely death]]death.]]
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* SecretIdentity: [[spoiler: Conall Burke is in fact an alias, and the character's real name is Denis Fram.]]

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* SecretIdentity: [[spoiler: Conall Burke is in fact an alias, and the character's real name is Denis Dennis Fram.]]
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** Taryn was subject to intense bullying during her childhood, and she ended up slaugtering a bully during her First Change.

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** Taryn was subject to intense bullying during her childhood, and she ended up slaugtering slaughtering a bully during her First Change.

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** She also [[spoiler: successfully makes a prosthetic arm for

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** She also [[spoiler: successfully makes a prosthetic arm forfor herself after the events of the chronicle, combining skills in mechanics, medicine and Garou Theurgecraft to make the prosthetic a fetish]].
* SuperToughness: With the gift Steel Fur, and a high stamina rating, Taryn is able to shrug off almost any wounds possible, including [[spoiler: being hit by two separate explosions and then having a building collapse on top of her]].
* TookALevelInBadass: Taryn went from being the weakest and most timid member of the pack to a resolute warrior who is almost literally MadeOfIron.
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[[folder: Liam "Killer-of-Banes" Cavanagh]]
A Fianna Ahroun played by [[spoiler: Heine after Conall leaves the group]]. Liam provides examples of:

* FairCop: He's an active member of the Gardaí when introduced, and is good-looking enough that people ask "Who's the eye candy?"
* TheHighKing: [[spoiler: Liam is proclaimed Ard Righ (the Gaelic for High King) of the Fianna in the final episode, and goes on to lead the tribe in a more progressive, reformist manner than his predecessors.]]
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[[folder: Mahdi "Deadeye" El-Amin]]
A Silent Strider Theurge played by [[spoiler: Rasmus after Síomha's death]]. Mahdi provides examples of:

* {{Adorkable}}: Oh, so much.
* BiTheWay: The epilogue has him "experimenting" with human romance; since the whole process is uncoupled from his natural instincts and he is made to understand that human mating does not have to involve reproduction, he is equally likely to seek out male or female partners.
* FridgeBrilliance: Mahdi doesn't ''have'' a native human language and has picked up English piecemeal while traveling the world. Of course his accent is inconsistent; it's a hodgepodge of all the other accents he has learned from.
* GeniusDitz: While beloved by the pack and players as sweet, naive and quite humourous, Mahdi has moments of genuinely smart ideas, particularly when [[spoiler: he devised the plan to trawl Liffey clean with a net woven of pure moonlight, courtesy of a giant spider spirit and a lune spirit]].
** It should be noted that Mahdi is generally quite intelligent, but being a Lupus Garou, he does not human very well, and so expresses his intelligence in comically wolfy ways.
* KnockKnockJoke: Mahdi was very fond of these, despite not understanding most of them, though he only told one such joke to the pack.
* LiteralMinded: Downplayed. He understands figures of speech just fine...but only on a case-by-case basis. When he encounters one he's not familiar with, he tends to take it at face value until it's explained to him.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Rasmus, Mahdi's Player, has a tendency to veer into an Indian accent at random. He usually [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it.
* TeamPet: His natural form being that of an animal, with all the attendant mannerisms, often puts him in this role.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Mahdi has an accent but it is rarely consistent and generally hard to place at the best of times.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: He appears about twenty in Homid form but is actually only seven or eight.
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* SecretIdentity: [[spoiler: Conall Burke is in fact an alias, and the character's real name is Denis Fram.]]



* SecretIdentity: Fenna is known to all of her skater friends, and to the world in general, as Lina.



** She also [[spoiler: successfully makes a prosthetic arm for herself after the events of the chronicle, combining skills in mechanics, medicine and Garou Theurgecraft to make the prosthetic a fetish]].
* SuperToughness: With the gift Steel Fur, and a high stamina rating, Taryn is able to shrug off almost any wounds possible, including [[spoiler: being hit by two separate explosions and then having a building collapse on top of her]].
* TookALevelInBadass: Taryn went from being the weakest and most timid member of the pack to a resolute warrior who is almost literally MadeOfIron.
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[[folder: Liam "Killer-of-Banes" Cavanagh]]
A Fianna Ahroun played by [[spoiler: Heine after Conall leaves the group]]. Liam provides examples of:

* FairCop: He's an active member of the Gardaí when introduced, and is good-looking enough that people ask "Who's the eye candy?"
* TheHighKing: [[spoiler: Liam is proclaimed Ard Righ (the Gaelic for High King) of the Fianna in the final episode, and goes on to lead the tribe in a more progressive, reformist manner than his predecessors.]]
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[[folder: Mahdi "Deadeye" El-Amin]]
A Silent Strider Theurge played by [[spoiler: Rasmus after Síomha's death]]. Mahdi provides examples of:

* {{Adorkable}}: Oh, so much.
* BiTheWay: The epilogue has him "experimenting" with human romance; since the whole process is uncoupled from his natural instincts and he is made to understand that human mating does not have to involve reproduction, he is equally likely to seek out male or female partners.
* FridgeBrilliance: Mahdi doesn't ''have'' a native human language and has picked up English piecemeal while traveling the world. Of course his accent is inconsistent; it's a hodgepodge of all the other accents he has learned from.
* GeniusDitz: While beloved by the pack and players as sweet, naive and quite humourous, Mahdi has moments of genuinely smart ideas, particularly when [[spoiler: he devised the plan to trawl Liffey clean with a net woven of pure moonlight, courtesy of a giant spider spirit and a lune spirit]].
** It should be noted that Mahdi is generally quite intelligent, but being a Lupus Garou, he does not human very well, and so expresses his intelligence in comically wolfy ways.
* KnockKnockJoke: Mahdi was very fond of these, despite not understanding most of them, though he only told one such joke to the pack.
* LiteralMinded: Downplayed. He understands figures of speech just fine...but only on a case-by-case basis. When he encounters one he's not familiar with, he tends to take it at face value until it's explained to him.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Rasmus, Mahdi's Player, has a tendency to veer into an Indian accent at random. He usually [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it.
* TeamPet: His natural form being that of an animal, with all the attendant mannerisms, often puts him in this role.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Mahdi has an accent but it is rarely consistent and generally hard to place at the best of times.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: He appears about twenty in Homid form but is actually only seven or eight.
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** She also [[spoiler: successfully makes a prosthetic arm for herself after the events of the chronicle, combining skills in mechanics, medicine and Garou Theurgecraft to make the prosthetic a fetish]].
* SuperToughness: With the gift Steel Fur, and a high stamina rating, Taryn is able to shrug off almost any wounds possible, including [[spoiler: being hit by two separate explosions and then having a building collapse on top of her]].
* TookALevelInBadass: Taryn went from being the weakest and most timid member of the pack to a resolute warrior who is almost literally MadeOfIron.
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[[folder: Liam "Killer-of-Banes" Cavanagh]]
A Fianna Ahroun played by [[spoiler: Heine after Conall leaves the group]]. Liam provides examples of:

* FairCop: He's an active member of the Gardaí when introduced, and is good-looking enough that people ask "Who's the eye candy?"
* TheHighKing: [[spoiler: Liam is proclaimed Ard Righ (the Gaelic for High King) of the Fianna in the final episode, and goes on to lead the tribe in a more progressive, reformist manner than his predecessors.]]
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[[folder: Mahdi "Deadeye" El-Amin]]
A Silent Strider Theurge played by [[spoiler: Rasmus after Síomha's death]]. Mahdi provides examples of:

* {{Adorkable}}: Oh, so much.
* BiTheWay: The epilogue has him "experimenting" with human romance; since the whole process is uncoupled from his natural instincts and he is made to understand that human mating does not have to involve reproduction, he is equally likely to seek out male or female partners.
* FridgeBrilliance: Mahdi doesn't ''have'' a native human language and has picked up English piecemeal while traveling the world. Of course his accent is inconsistent; it's a hodgepodge of all the other accents he has learned from.
* GeniusDitz: While beloved by the pack and players as sweet, naive and quite humourous, Mahdi has moments of genuinely smart ideas, particularly when [[spoiler: he devised the plan to trawl Liffey clean with a net woven of pure moonlight, courtesy of a giant spider spirit and a lune spirit]].
** It should be noted that Mahdi is generally quite intelligent, but being a Lupus Garou, he does not human very well, and so expresses his intelligence in comically wolfy ways.
* KnockKnockJoke: Mahdi was very fond of these, despite not understanding most of them, though he only told one such joke to the pack.
* LiteralMinded: Downplayed. He understands figures of speech just fine...but only on a case-by-case basis. When he encounters one he's not familiar with, he tends to take it at face value until it's explained to him.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Rasmus, Mahdi's Player, has a tendency to veer into an Indian accent at random. He usually [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it.
* TeamPet: His natural form being that of an animal, with all the attendant mannerisms, often puts him in this role.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Mahdi has an accent but it is rarely consistent and generally hard to place at the best of times.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: He appears about twenty in Homid form but is actually only seven or eight.
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** It should be noted that Mahdi is generally quite intelligent, but being a Lupus Garou, he does not human very well, and so expresses his intelligence in comically wolfly ways.

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* TheLancer: Taliesin becomes Aaron's Beta, the second in command of the pack. [[spoiler: He is later promoted to Alpha after Aaron's untimely death]]
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* LiteralMinded: Downplayed. He understands figures of speech just fine...but only on a case-by-case basis. When he encounters one he's not familiar with, he tends to take it at face value until it's explained to him.

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* TheHeart: Taliesin embraces this role, even to the point of psychological martyrdom.
** Tali is explicitly chosen and told by Raven to fill this role in the pack, in the very first episode. This is bought up a few times over the course of the chronicle.

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Tali is explicitly chosen and told by Raven to fill this role in the pack, in the very first episode. This is bought up a few times over the course of the chronicle. And he embraces it, even to the point of psychological martyrdom.
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* BiTheWay: The epilogue has him "experimenting" with human romance; since the whole process is uncoupled from his natural instincts and he is made to understand that human mating does not have to involve reproduction, he is equally likely to seek out male or female partners.


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** As a general rule, whenever Tali's voice drops about an octave and takes on a growling tone, the pack's enemies are about to have a ''very'' bad day.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: He has to be reminded from time to time that he ''can't'' save absolutely everyone no matter how much he wants to.



* TheHeart: Taliesin embraces this role, even to the point of psychological martyrdom.



* MistakenForGay: By his own mother, no less. It was cleared up quickly and non-judgmental in any case, but still not what the poor boy needed at that point in time.



* TookALevelInBadass: Taryn went from being the weakest and most timid member of the pack to a resolute warrior who is almost literally MadeOfIron.



* FairCop: He's an active member of the Gardaí when introduced, and is good-looking enough that people ask "Who's the eye candy?"



** It should be noted that Mahdi is generally quite intelligent, but being a Lupus Garou, he does not human very well, and so expresses his intelligence in comically wofly ways.

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* FridgeBrilliance: Mahdi doesn't ''have'' a native human language and has picked up English piecemeal while traveling the world. Of course his accent is inconsistent; it's a hodgepodge of all the other accents he has learned from.



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* DeadpanSnarker: As noted above, most of the pack fits this at one time or another, but Fenna deserves extra comment because of her role during moots: the Fool, who functions along the lines of a court jester, using snark and sarcasm to confront bad ideas and attitudes.
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The Pack, also referred to as The Fated Six, [[spoiler: later on the Fated Five,]] consists of the Characters played by the players of A Song At Tara. Some entries will be marked as Spoilers.

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A Child of Gaia Galliard played by Chris. Taliesin provides examples of:

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A Fianna Ahroun played by [[spoiler: Heine After Conall leaves the group]]. Liam provides examples of:

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* Meaningful Name: Taliesin, a Galliard, is named after ''the'' Taliesin of Welsh history and legend.

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* Meaningful Name: Taliesin, a Galliard, is named after ''the'' Taliesin of Welsh history and legend.
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** When Tali has to confront [[spoiler: a Black Spiral Dancer who has broken into his mother's house, with the intention of killing his mother, Tali body tackles the poor fool to the ground and, in the end, tears the hapless minion in half.]]

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** When Tali has to confront [[spoiler: a [[EliteMooks Black Spiral Dancer Dancer]] who has broken into his mother's house, with the intention of killing his mother, Tali body tackles the poor fool it to the ground and, in the end, after much scrambling and clawing, [[CruelAndUnusualDeath tears the hapless minion in half.]]]]]]
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Despite being a Child of Gaia, and a fundamentally good person, Taliesin has demonstrated several times that he is not to be messed with:
** When Tali has to confront [[spoiler: a Black Spiral Dancer who has broken into his mother's house, with the intention of killing his mother, Tali body tackles the poor fool to the ground and, in the end, tears the hapless minion in half.]]


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* GoodIsNotSoft: Tali has been described several times throughout the campaign as a genuinely good, kind and decent person, and demonstrated those qualities on just as many occasions. None of this has detracted from his being a Garou, and by extension his willingness to fight and to kill as the need arises.
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* StarCrossedLovers: [[spoiler: With Sandy van Hartegan. The attempt at a relationship lasts mere days before Tali is discovered and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown punished]] by the Sept, and Sandy is forced to flee back to Holland.]]

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* StarCrossedLovers: [[spoiler: With Sandy van Hartegan. The attempt at a relationship lasts mere days before Tali is discovered by the Sept and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown punished]] by the Sept, and his own pack, while Sandy is forced to flee back to Holland.]]

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