Impure Blood
is a fantasy webcomic featuring Roan, an enslaved gladiator called The Abomination, who is not entirely human and is given a chance to escape by joining a quest. Caspian, who masterminds it, is in conflict with many others, including his own father. Meanwhile, his slaves Dara and Elnor have agendas of their own.
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- Blade Below the Shoulder: Shows up on one of the pit fighters Roan dispatches in the first few pages.
- Blue Blood: Caspian, presumably along with the rest of the Watchers.
- Blood Magic: A villain appears to have the ability to teleport by dripping blood on the ground.
- Cue the Sun: Roan, naturally, escapes just in time for the sunrise time limit.
- Doomed Hometown: Twin Pass gets completely wiped out shortly after the cast moves on.
- Gossipy Hens: After the escape, the inn is full of talk of it.
- Just in Time: Roan makes it through the city gates just as the sun comes up.
- Last of His Kind: Roan believes that he's this. Also, Dara is searching for the last pure Ancient.
- Leader Dara. Caspian doens't like it.
- Leg Cling: Mac to Roan — then, it's in the middle of the fight, and they are after her, not him — she's trying to hide.
- Leonine Contract: Here.
- Let's Split Up, Gang: Elinor holds off the guard while Roan makes for the gate
- Paper-Thin Disguise: As if Roan's incredible bulk didn't make him stand out enough already, he has to spend some time walking around in this.
- Pink Elephants: Escaping through the city, they pass a drunk who may have seen something that wasn't there.
- Psychic Powers: Dara has them, although the full extent of them isn't yet known.
- Scooby-Doo Hoax: Dara is not pleased when a circus advertising Ancients is fake.
- Through His Stomach: Dara and Roan start to bond after she convinces him to go get something to eat.
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