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* ForcedTransformation: Felicia turned a number of Dogonian assassins into lemon trees for burning down her garden.
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** Felicia turned a number of Dogonian assassins into lemon trees for burning down hergarden.garden.
** In "Curse of the Re-Possessed" (ZU #15) she turns a pair of Ra Kunan guards into giant talking flowers.
** Felicia turned a number of Dogonian assassins into lemon trees for burning down her
** In "Curse of the Re-Possessed" (ZU #15) she turns a pair of Ra Kunan guards into giant talking flowers.
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* WouldntHurtAChild: In "Bedtime Story" (ZU #14) Felicia watches a child in her care, even saving him from an assassin, who turns out to be the current Duke cla di Howler's son. When his parents come to retrieve him she reassures them that she wouldn't harm a child, but also reminds them that he won't be a child forever.
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* BalefulPolymorph: Felicia turned a number of Dogonian assassins into lemon trees for burning down her garden.
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* ForcedTransformation: Felicia turned a number of Dogonian assassins into lemon trees for burning down her garden.
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* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: Some animals are anthropomorphized, some are not. Cats, dogs (including foxes), raccons, primates, skunks, and mice are anthropomorphic and have their own countries, while rabbits lost their homeland to a magical cataclysm and live scattered throughout other lands. Toads and giant ants largely serve the Murk and serve a similar role to orcs and goblins. Horses, cattle, and most other livestock are not anthropomorphized, as are squirrels and chipmunks.
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* BlankWhiteEyes: Felicia's apprentice [[https://felicia.webcomic.ws/comics/252 Merryweather]] has solid white eyes, in contrast to most other characters who are drawn with pupils. Possibly as a homage to ''ComicStrip/LittleOrphanAnnie.''
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* TheShangriLa: Sharilah, a paradise in a pocket dimension accessed from the peak of an inhospitable mountain range infested with horrific monsters, and populated entirely by animals with snow-colored fur.
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* StockAnimalDiet: Primates love bananas so much they named their country Bananaland. Rodentians have a thing for cheese, with Felicia once using an ancient recipe for beer made from cheese to renew her subscription to their espionage newsletter. While Felicia's favorite food is implied to be chicken a few times.
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* HaveANiceDaySmile: Aln's holy symbol is described as a golden circle with two beady eyes and a wide friendly smile. The Murk uses a frowny face.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Because Magi can live for hundreds of years, and Felicia unsubtly changing the subject whenever somebody asks about her age, it's implied that while she appears to be in her twenties Felicia is considerably older than that in most stories.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: OlderThanTheyLook:
** Because Magi can live for hundreds of years, and Felicia unsubtly changing the subject whenever somebody asks about her age, it's implied that while she appears to be in her twenties Felicia is considerably older than that in moststories.stories.
** The Sorceress, formerly known as the Seeker, Felicia and Flagstaff's adoptive mother, is one of the few surviving Firstborn, a group of immortals charged with protecting and guiding the mortals by Aln thousands of years ago.
** Because Magi can live for hundreds of years, and Felicia unsubtly changing the subject whenever somebody asks about her age, it's implied that while she appears to be in her twenties Felicia is considerably older than that in most
** The Sorceress, formerly known as the Seeker, Felicia and Flagstaff's adoptive mother, is one of the few surviving Firstborn, a group of immortals charged with protecting and guiding the mortals by Aln thousands of years ago.
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* PrequelInTheLostAge: [[https://seekersquest.webcomic.ws/comics/1#content-start Seeker]] takes place thousands of years before Felicia's stories, during a time when Aln and the Murk both walked the earth.
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* FamilialFoe: After Count cla di Howler dies of old age Felicia continues her feud with his descendants, while she promises to leave his son Edmund alone on account of their past relationship she resumes scheming against the count's grandchildren and later descendants. ''Melari's Wish'' features a Duke cla di Howler who appears to be a couple generations removed from the killer of Felicia's parents and she still plots his downfall.
* FiveFingerDiscount: Felicia is not above shoplifting in certain circumstances. As when she [[https://felicia.webcomic.ws/comics/55/ swipes a dress]] from a clothesline in an attempt to blend in to Sharilah.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Because Magi can live for hundreds of years, and Felicia unsubtly changing the subject whenever somebody asks about her age, it's implied that while she appears to be in her twenties Felicia is considerably older than that in most stories.
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* PassThePopcorn: Felicia makes popcorn while watching a procession of ghosts pass by, and offers the bag to her stunned companion.
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* PassThePopcorn: Felicia makes popcorn while watching a procession of ghosts pass by, and offers the bag to her stunned companion. Helping to cut the dramatic tension of the scene.
-->Benja watched the eerie procession from his hiding place in the grass, afraid to move or speak, all of the fur on his huge frame standing upright in terror. Even more chilling than the last march of the dead army was the absolute silence that pervaded it. There was no footfall, no rustle of grass as they passed, nor was there any sound from insects or night-birds. Even the wind had fall still. The unnaturalness of the event caused him to tense like a tightly wound clock spring as the bear crouched lower still behind the clump of grass.\\
He nearly died of fright when he felt a hand suddenly grip his shoulder from behind. He whirled about, eyes huge with terror. A hand held out a small bag to him.\\
"Popcorn?" asked Felicia. She crinkled the bag, and it sounded like thunder across the plain.
-->Benja watched the eerie procession from his hiding place in the grass, afraid to move or speak, all of the fur on his huge frame standing upright in terror. Even more chilling than the last march of the dead army was the absolute silence that pervaded it. There was no footfall, no rustle of grass as they passed, nor was there any sound from insects or night-birds. Even the wind had fall still. The unnaturalness of the event caused him to tense like a tightly wound clock spring as the bear crouched lower still behind the clump of grass.\\
He nearly died of fright when he felt a hand suddenly grip his shoulder from behind. He whirled about, eyes huge with terror. A hand held out a small bag to him.\\
"Popcorn?" asked Felicia. She crinkled the bag, and it sounded like thunder across the plain.
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'''Norm:'' You never said what book it was you was lookin' for, until now."
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* TruthSerums: "How do you make a mime talk? With sodium pentathol."
* VainSorceress: Felicia, naturally. It's implied that she's a few decades OlderThanSheLooks (possibly centuries in some stories).
* WizardsLiveLonger: Felicia gloats to Count cla di Howler on his deathbed that she will personally outlive his family line.
* VainSorceress: Felicia, naturally. It's implied that she's a few decades OlderThanSheLooks (possibly centuries in some stories).
* WizardsLiveLonger: Felicia gloats to Count cla di Howler on his deathbed that she will personally outlive his family line.
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* TruthSerums: "How do you make a mime talk? With In "The Cult of the Rubber Nose" Felicia uses sodium pentathol."
* VainSorceress: Felicia, naturally. It's implied that she'spentathol on a few decades OlderThanSheLooks (possibly centuries in some stories).
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* WizardsLiveLonger: Magi can live for centuries. Felicia gloats to Count cla di Howler on his deathbed that she will personally outlive his family line.
* VainSorceress: Felicia, naturally. It's implied that she's
* WizardsLiveLonger: Magi can live for centuries. Felicia gloats to Count cla di Howler on his deathbed that she will personally outlive his family line.
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* FurryFemaleMane: A number of female side characters have long, sometimes differently-colored fur growing from the top of their heads, though Felicia herself does not.
* InterrogatingTheDead:
** At the start of "The Dreaded Book of Un" Ginger kills a room full of cultists and partially reanimates one to ask him where the book is, after he explains that he doesn't know she doesn't bother to undo the spell and leaves him lying there until Felicia turns up and he agrees to help her track Ginger down.
** In ''Night of the Basquot'' Felicia temporarily summons the ghost of her client to ask who murdered him. He repeatedly tells her that he cannot stay while she's asking him questions.
** At the start of "The Dreaded Book of Un" Ginger kills a room full of cultists and partially reanimates one to ask him where the book is, after he explains that he doesn't know she doesn't bother to undo the spell and leaves him lying there until Felicia turns up and he agrees to help her track Ginger down.
** In ''Night of the Basquot'' Felicia temporarily summons the ghost of her client to ask who murdered him. He repeatedly tells her that he cannot stay while she's asking him questions.
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* MedievalStasis: For thousands of years, though there was a 2000 year ice age after Aln left. And Felicia occasionally makes reference to how things like indoor plumbing and automobiles haven't been invented yet. It's also stated that the Apes of Bananaland were once rather technologically advanced, before the Cataclysm when agents of the Murk set off one of their nukes.
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* MedievalStasis: For The world has been at a medieval European state of technology for thousands of years, though there was a 2000 year ice age after Aln left. And Felicia occasionally makes reference to how things like indoor plumbing and automobiles haven't been invented yet. It's also stated that the Apes of Bananaland were once rather technologically advanced, before the Cataclysm when agents of the Murk set off one of their nukes.
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* MouseWorld: Rodentia, minus the "secret" bit.
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* OurDemonsAreDifferent
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* MouseWorld: Rodentia, minus the "secret" bit.
* OurDemonsAreDifferentRodentia is quite well-known to other countries, but everything is scaled for creatures less than a foot tall.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent
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* OurGhostsAreDifferent
* PassThePopcorn: While a procession of ancient ghosts pass by.
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* OurGhostsAreDifferent
OurGhostsAreDifferent: Several types of ghost appear; spectres with unfinished business, bound souls, summoned apparitions, in one comic Felicia even transports her party to a plane where the shades of the recent dead gather.
* PassThePopcorn:While Felicia makes popcorn while watching a procession of ancient ghosts pass by.by, and offers the bag to her stunned companion.
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* SlaveRace: Dogonians were enslaved as punishment for letting the Murk loose. When they built Dogonia they launched a crusade to end the practice.
* SorcerersApprenticePlot: Ginger from ''The Dreaded Book of Un'' stole a bunch of artifacts from her master looking to fast-track her way to power.
** The first arc of the webcomic is titled "The Sorceress'Apprentice" but notably is not an example, Felicia's apprentices are fairly responsible with the magic she teaches them and the plot revolves around her second apprentice's past life.
* SorcerersApprenticePlot: Ginger from ''The Dreaded Book of Un'' stole a bunch of artifacts from her master looking to fast-track her way to power.
** The first arc of the webcomic is titled "The Sorceress'Apprentice" but notably is not an example, Felicia's apprentices are fairly responsible with the magic she teaches them and the plot revolves around her second apprentice's past life.
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* SlaveRace: Dogonians were once enslaved by Bananaland as punishment for letting the Murk loose. When they built Dogonia they launched a crusade to end the practice.
*SorcerersApprenticePlot: SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Dogonia was founded by escaped slaves and they hunt down slavers mercilessly. Naturally the Cult of the Black Candle engages in the underground slave trade, as do some corrupt Dogonian nobles.
* SorcerersApprenticePlot:
** Ginger from ''The Dreaded Book of Un'' stole a bunch of artifacts from her master looking to fast-track her way topower.
** The first arc of the webcomic is titled "The Sorceress'Apprentice" but notably is not an example, Felicia's apprentices are fairly responsible with the magic she teaches them and the plot revolves around her second apprentice's past life.power.
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* SorcerersApprenticePlot:
** Ginger from ''The Dreaded Book of Un'' stole a bunch of artifacts from her master looking to fast-track her way to
** The first arc of the webcomic is titled "The Sorceress'Apprentice" but notably is not an example, Felicia's apprentices are fairly responsible with the magic she teaches them and the plot revolves around her second apprentice's past life.
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* ThievesGuild: Practically runs Ra Kuna. Stealing is even legal in their nation.
* TomeOfEldritchLore: The Dreaded Book of Un.
* TomeOfEldritchLore: The Dreaded Book of Un.
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* ThievesGuild: Practically runs The raccoon nation of Ra Kuna. Kuna not only has a thieves' guild, it's practically part of their government. Stealing is even legal in within their nation.
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* TomeOfEldritchLore: The Dreaded Book ofUn.Un, an ancient spellbook with spells that could be used to make undead, or unmake the world.
* TomeOfEldritchLore: The Dreaded Book of
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* YouDidntAsk: In "The Dreaded Book of Un", Felicia says that they need to find the titular book soon, and Norm the bear ranger replies that he knows where it is.
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* YouDidntAsk: In "The Dreaded Book of Un", Felicia says that they need to find the titular book soon, and Norm the bear ranger replies that he knows where it is.is, but he hadn't heard the title before then.
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* AntiMagicalFaction: The Lep'kruft, or rabbits, are religiously opposed to magic on account of losing their homeland in a magical catastrophe. Flagstaff being an outcast among his species due to his unusual fur color and talent for magic.
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* IneptMage: ''Night of the Basquot'' makes reference to Felicia during her apprenticeship having a good grasp of magical theory, but barely able to cast the simplest spells with immense effort. Her reluctance to explain her sudden rise in power (magical drugs from a servant of the Murk) keeps her from being accepted by the Magi Council.
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* InterspeciesAdoption: After her birth parents were killed Felicia (fox) was adopted by an immortal feline known as The Sorceress, later on joined by a green rabbit named Flagstaff.
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* BrotherhoodOfFunnyHats: The Cult of the Rubber Nose is a secret society of clowns who take their work to religious extents, and are rumored to use their buffoonish arts for assassinations. [[spoiler: Though in the novella of their name they turn out to be framed and the only person they actually kill is the one who tried to frame them.]]
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* {{Cult}}: The Order of the Black Flame, the Cult of the Rubber Nose.
* CunningLikeAFox
* {{Curse}}: The titular "Tailcutter's Curse".
* DeadArtistsAreBetter: Invoked in "The Cult of the Rubber Nose".
* EnemyMime: Mime assassins.
* CunningLikeAFox
* {{Curse}}: The titular "Tailcutter's Curse".
* DeadArtistsAreBetter: Invoked in "The Cult of the Rubber Nose".
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* {{Cult}}: The Order of the Black Flame, the Cult of the Rubber Nose.
* CunningLikeAFox
* {{Curse}}: The titular "Tailcutter's Curse".
CunningLikeAFox: Felicia relies on her vulpine wits at least as much as her immense magical power.
* DeadArtistsAreBetter:Invoked In "The Cult of the Rubber Nose" several artists being featured in the same gallery are unexpectedly murdered by what appear to be clowns, [[spoiler: it turns out their patron put out a hit on them so he could sell their mediocre works for higher prices.]]
* EnemyMime: Mime assassins are among the enemies faced in "The Cult of the RubberNose".
* EnemyMime: Mime assassins.Nose," whose [[YourMimeMakesItReal mimed weapons seem real]]. Felicia manages to turn their magic against them and traps one in an invisible box.
* CunningLikeAFox
* {{Curse}}: The titular "Tailcutter's Curse".
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* EnemyMime: Mime assassins are among the enemies faced in "The Cult of the Rubber
* EnemyMime: Mime assassins.
* HauntedCastle: Felicia's MageTower hosts the ghost of an ancient librarian bound to the place long before she bought it (from a realtor who was very quick to leave). Initially she doesn't notice the ghost, only its effects on her spatial spells, but afterwards they have a fairly congenial relationship.
* HereditaryCurse: The Tailcutter's Curse was laid upon the descendants of a feline warrior who managed to injure the physical manifestation of the Murk, tied to the sword he used. If the sword is in close proximity to his descendants people around them die messily. Felicia is initially dismissive of Lord Frisky's concerns due to the Magi's records indicating that the sword was melted down and the line of descent is extinct. [[spoiler: But it turns out only the ''male'' line died out and Lady Frisky is a descendant, while the steward has a box of thumbtacks made from the sword's metal.]]
* HereditaryCurse: The Tailcutter's Curse was laid upon the descendants of a feline warrior who managed to injure the physical manifestation of the Murk, tied to the sword he used. If the sword is in close proximity to his descendants people around them die messily. Felicia is initially dismissive of Lord Frisky's concerns due to the Magi's records indicating that the sword was melted down and the line of descent is extinct. [[spoiler: But it turns out only the ''male'' line died out and Lady Frisky is a descendant, while the steward has a box of thumbtacks made from the sword's metal.]]
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* InterspeciesRomance: Felicia has a number of liaisons with cats, one with a wolf and even one with a mouse (see SizeShifting).
* KnowledgeBroker: News is the preferred form of currency in Rodentia.
* KnowledgeBroker: News is the preferred form of currency in Rodentia.
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* InterspeciesRomance: Felicia has a number of liaisons with cats, one with a wolf wolf, another with a rabbit, and even one with a mouse (see SizeShifting).
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* ReligionOfEvil: The Order of the Black Flame are a variety of covert groups that worship the Murk, and often engage in ritual sacrifices or slavery. Felicia's father was caught up in a Dogonian purge of the cult, though an actual cultist claims that his sect were trying to turn their practices into an esoteric form of reverence for [[BigGood Aln]].
