These are the characters of Bloody Cutlass. These characters apply to the brand across multiple media. There are also certain characters (namely, Grosvenor, Artie Madryn, and the Scrap Rats) who also appeared in Space Pirate Captain MacTaggart.
Darkblade (née Melvyn Leigh Shepherd)
Tropes:
- Awesome Anachronistic Apparel: He's got a red coat that he possibly inherited from his father.
- Awesome McCoolname: At least, he thinks so, since he adopted it from his childhood.
- Badass Longcoat: He looks good in it, too!
- Dark and Troubled Past: He tends not to talk about it, and yet, it's slowly coming back to bite him in the ass.
- Death by Origin Story: After being in a horrible accident, he was on the verge of death, but he survived, but is forced to live as a cyborg...
- Death Is Cheap: ...but an immortal cyborg, at that.
- Extreme Omnisexual: He has a one-track mind; sleep with anyone he finds attractive. There is a reason why he says "plunder"...
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Word of God likes to point out that he's the Captain Jack Harkness of the whole series. - While he does sleep with anyone, regardless of gender or species, he draws the line when one is underage.
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- Hand Cannon: Literally. His robotic arm has an energy blaster.
- I Know Your True Name: He's hit with this in The Fallen Angels:Grey: I know exactly who you are... Melvyn!
- Even then, he's disavowed that name.
- Lovable Sex Maniac: Big-time. Whenever he invites someone over, he has an urge to bring them to his room and...you know...
- Mysterious Past: Not much is known about his background, but it's slowly coming back to him...
- Not Evil, Just Misunderstood / Dark Is Not Evil: If getting people to sleep with him and raiding other ships means he's misunderstood, then, chances are, he's trying to get by, but others don't see it. His menacing look (and scruffy pirate-like "facial hair") gives it away.
- Did we mention his name, Darkblade?
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Darkblade is a nickname he's used since childhood. After his parents died (and his subsequent "revival"), his birth name was tainted enough to officially assume this.
- Revolvers Are Just Better: Darkblade's personal favorite weapon is the Colt Single Action Army, that he carries in a cowboy style cross draw holster.
Natalie Corrine Simmons (aka Natalie Coal)
Tropes:
- Childhood Friends: With Darkblade.
- Hartman Hips
- Immortality Begins at Twenty: The same time her powers begin manifesting.
- Older Than They Look: Despite looking very youthful, she's about as old as Darkblade himself!
- The Phoenix: She has the power of the Eternal Phoenix.
- Puberty Superpower: At first, it was pretty painful for her, but Darkblade managed to calm it down by having sex with her.
- Really Gets Around: This frisky Shep has slept with quite a few suitors, especially Darkblade, after reuniting with him. He doesn't even mind; she's as much of a slut as he is!
Clyde
Tropes:
- By-the-Book Cop: More like "By-the-Book Crewmate". He follows the rules to space travel, and questions whether what the others are doing is acceptable.
- Fighting Irish: Played with. He does generally have a calm demeanour, but if you piss him off...
- Sheep in Wolf's Clothing: Literally. When he was bitten by a transformed Rhiannon, it didn't really show until part 2 of Who is Darkblade? - Primadonna, who seemingly sensed that he was infected, forcefully transformed him.
- From there, it was lampshaded word-for-word.
Rhiannon le Rouge
Tropes:
- Heroic Bastard: The offspring of a werewolf father and a witch mother. She was bound to be abandoned.
- Little Red Fighting Hood: Word of God reveals that she's inspired by Little Red Riding Hood. An adult version at that.
- However, the twist is she's inspired by The Big Bad Wolf; her father is a werewolf, hence, the wolf ears and tail. And yes, she transforms, once every month and/or when she has sex. She also transforms at will.
- Really 700 Years Old: She's born in the Late Medieval Period in Europe.
- Star-Crossed Lovers: Both of her parents were this. Of course, they didn't know that they'd have an immortal child. As well, both families were at war, which caught the attention of priests, kicking off the werewolf-witch trials.
Grosvenor
Tropes associated with this character:
- Blessed with Suck: While he's got this great power, he's outlived many people, and his curse largely made people turn away.
- Celibate Hero: Despite many girls flocking to him, he refuses. He was married before, so, nice try.
- Daywalking Vampire: Never mind the vampire part, but still. Although he's more active at night, he has no problem walking in the daylight, no problem at all.
- Really 700 Years Old: He doesn't speak about his past often, but he was a young village kid who was cursed with incredible speed and endurance, as well as immortality.
- Supernatural Gold Eyes: Once he was cursed, he was struck with this.
Jason
Tropes associated with this character:
- Cats Are Snarkers
- Cool Cat
- Heroic Bastard: In The Fallen Angels, he reveals himself as the son of Grey. He didn't know about it until recently.
- Pop-Cultured Badass: He's pretty knowledgeable of certain strategies that would be used in video games. Why did you think he was playing Pac-Man?
- Panthera Awesome: A lion-leopard hybrid with Super-Speed and time manipulation? Yes, please! It also helps that he can slow things down in a Bullet Time-like effect to "fix things up".
Former members
Al Hawkins
Alister "Al" Hawkins was the co-captain and second-in-command before leaving. A black cat who's more of a straight man.Tropes:
Maya
Maya is a Welsh dog who is the Engineer and Technical Advisor on the Cutlass.Tropes:
Vellopea
Vellopea Baron is a Dutch vanilla rabbit who runs the Communications sector of the Cutlass.Tropes:
- Badass Adorable: She's a cute little bunny...but make the wrong move...and she will fuck you up.
- The Pollyanna
Adversaries
Grey
Grey is the most notorious pirate in the cosmos (that is, until being "dethroned" by MacTaggart). Once he has resurfaced, he will not stop until he has torn apart the Federation from the inside.Tropes associated with this character:
- The Exile: After working so hard to be promoted within the top ranks of the Federation, Grey ends up being rejected.
- King of Beasts
- Face–Heel Turn / Then Let Me Be Evil
Mirabelle
Tropes associated with this character:
- Evil Redhead: Well, she was kinda evil for a while, until her Heel Realization.
- Femme Fatale: She seduced Darkblade into helping her open a dimensional portal.
- Fiery Redhead
- Foreign-Language Tirade: When thins don't go her way (i.e. when Darkblade escapes from her hideout), she resorts to this.
- My God, What Have I Done?: At the end of The Fallen Angels, she undergoes a Heel Realization, before she gets stabbed by Grey.
- Parental Abandonment: By the time she was 20, her parents have gone missing; they did, however, leave behind their research on space-time anomalies.
Primadonna
Primadonna (real name Katsumi Sato) is a mage who uses "dark magic" to get what she wants.Tropes associated with this character:
The Scrap Rats
The Scrap Rats are a group of salvage pirates who find wreckage that's of value. These three are from a certain sector of Scrap Rats, based on the moon of Tiree.
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David
David is the leader of his sector of Scrap Rats.Tropes:
