History Podcast / TheByronChronicles

** Byron gets his in episode 1, where he abandons [[spoiler: Agent Kathrine]] to be nuked or eaten by zombies so he won't be recaptured by the Watch.

* HalloweenEpisode: Four so far - "Faven's Fate", "Dead Time", "The Night of '68", and "October"

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Lazarus, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in "Alistair and the Strange Case of the Christmas Undead"
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: the creator of Rush is killed by [[spoiler: Chris]], who wouldn't have been able to kill him had she not been infected with the drug.

** [[spoiler: Chris]] may also qualify, due to [[spoiler: her]] OneWingedAngel nature.

* InterspeciesFriendship: Slate, Byron's older brother, and the archangel Gabriel
* InvisibleToNormals: Chris realizes how much of the world is magically concealed after she's attacked by a Rush user

* MysteriousPast: Byron himself, of course, and his three siblings as well. They all have their own realms, and it's hinted that they control the four seasons (Byron being autumn, while Slate is winter, Zoe is spring and Aestiva is summer), but most of their true nature remains unknown.

*** Perhaps the most spectacular example is the season 2 finale, in which he thinks that [[spoiler: killing Chris]] will stop Leviathan from entering the world, but in reality merely creates an EmptyShell for the malevolent spirit to possess.

* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler: Chris]] can assume a monstrous form if angry or threatened.

* TheFundamentalist: The Watch, Agent Kathrine in particular

* TheDreaded: Multiple factions are extremely terrified of Byron. For good reason.

* DeadpanSnarker: Byron

Season One dealt mostly with Christina's introduction to Byron, as well as werewolf pack politics, a street drug that turns long-term users into monsters, and an angel prison known as the Labyrinth. Season Two wrapped up the Labyrinth storyline and swept Byron and Chris up in a vampire clan conflict that almost destroyed Portland, while tormenting Byron with the consequences of past actions. Season Three introduced Sam from Vermont, and delved into Byron's past when he began his battle against a powerful being known only as Leviathan. Season 4 has just been completed, sending Byron and Sam on a journey from realm to realm as they try to save all of reality from Leviathan's schemes.

* TheDreaded: Byron, to multiple factions. The exact protocols varies between "kill on sight", "imprison forever" and "don't piss him off".

* EmptyShell: [[spoiler: Chris's dead body is possessed by [[spoiler:Leviathan.

** Byron gets his in episode 1, where he [[spoiler: abandons Agent Kathrine to be nuked or eaten by zombies so he won't be recaptured by the Watch.]]

** Agent Kathrine in "All Things Face an Ending," she chooses to [[spoiler:fight Lucifer even though she knows she will be killed doing so.]] Also, in "A Sort of Homecoming," where, when she meets Bryon, she immediately shoots him in the chest.

* FateWorseThanDeath: Faven, a half-demon, is trapped within Byron's tower after breaking in. [[spoiler: Chris's imprisonment in Dracula's machine also counts.]]

* EmptyShell: [[spoiler: Chris's]] dead body is possessed by [[spoiler:Leviathan]].

** Byron gets his in episode 1, where he abandons [[spoiler: Agent Kathrine]] to be nuked or eaten by zombies so he won't be recaptured by the Watch.

** Agent Kathrine in "All Things Face an Ending," she chooses to fight [[spoiler:Lucifer even though she knows she will be killed doing so.]] Also, in "A Sort of Homecoming," where, when she meets Bryon, she immediately shoots him in the chest.

* FateWorseThanDeath: Faven, a half-demon, is trapped within Byron's tower after breaking in. [[spoiler: Chris's]] imprisonment in Dracula's machine also counts.

* DistressedDamsel: When Chris first appears, she's attacked by a Rush user-turned-monster and must be saved by Byron.

** Chris met a coven of [[Literature/{{Twilight}} animal-feeding vampires]] who live in Washington.

* NotSoDifferent: Done to Byron by [[spoiler: Leviathan]].

* FriendOrIdolDecision: At the beginning of Season Two, Byron is trapped with Jo on a [[AlternateUniverse mirror world]] by [[LouisCypher Logan]] so that Logan can free UsefulNotes/{{Lilith}} from Byron's realm. [[spoiler: Later it is revealed that Byron could have returned at any time to his own realm without Jo but chose to stay to try and get Jo home, thus invoking this trope. However [[ShootTheShaggyDog Jo dies and Lilith is freed anyway]].]]

* LouisCypher: Logan

* MysteriousPast: Byron himself, of course, and his three siblings as well. It's hinted that they control different season, with Byron's being autumn, and they all have their own realms, but most of their true nature are unknown.

* WomanChild: Byron's sister Zoe is about as old as he is, but acts very much like a child.

** The government organization mentioned that they were concerned about a vampire in UsefulNotes/NewOrleans named "[[TheVampireChronicles Lestag]]" who was publishing his memoirs.

** Even {{Jesus}} gets one of these! [[spoiler: Turns out he brought Lazarus back from the dead alright - as the first flesh-eating zombie.]]

* TheHunter: Cullen Tate from "Autumn Twilight" and "Autumn Dawn"

* AdrenalineMakeover: Chris goes from a naive college student to a BadAss DemiHuman with superhuman strength.

* TheOtherDarrin
** In the "Night Terrors" episode 'Byron's Tale,' Lilith is played by Kara Dennison, Logan is played by Karl Puder, and Byron is played by Tom Davis. However, when the episode was spun-off into it's own series (ie "The Byron Chronicles"), each of these actors was replaced. M Sieiro Garcia took over Lilith, Gareth Preston took over for Logan, and the titular character of Byron was given to David Ault.
** Agent Kathrine throughout the series has been played by three different actresses. In the very first episode, Agent Kathrine is played by Laura Post. When Post was given the role of Chris Sparrow, the role of Kathrine was given to Megan Pressley. When she stepped down from the role, she was replaced by Agent Kathrine's current actress Mindy Rast-Keenan.
** Melissa D. Johnson replaced Laura Post as Chris Sparrow for two episodes in season two. No explicable reason is given for this.