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* OurOrcsAreDifferent: The Akka appear to be similar to [[WorldOfWarcraft Blizzard-esque orcs.]]
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* OurOrcsAreDifferent: The Akka appear to be similar to [[WorldOfWarcraft [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Blizzard-esque orcs.]]
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* ActionGirl: Gwen is shown to be one of the best fighters in the story, matched only by [[DarkActionGirl Mortimer]] and bested by [[BigGuy Oberon]]. [[spoiler: She outstrips both of them after she starts wielding [[AmplifierArtifact the Archenblade]].]]
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* PrettyPrincessPowerhouse: Gwen is repeatedly described as being beautiful and elegant and doesn't appear to dislike the fancy dresses that come with her station, while also being shown to be a skilled fighter who regularly takes part in underground fight rings. [[spoiler: She only becomes more powerful when she starts to wield the Archenblade.]]
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* ActionGirl: Gwendoline, Viola, Mortimer, and Merlene would all be examples.
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* BadassPrincess: Gwendoline, whose favorite pastime is taking part in a underground fight ring. [[spoiler: She only gets more badassed when she is chosen by the Archenblade, giving her the power to effortlessly defeat dozens of guards. Ultimately, slightly [[AvertedTrope averted]] when it's revealed she's not a true princess.]]
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She was raised as a princess, is treated as one for most of the story and is the princess mentioned in the title. The fact she's ultimately been lied to her whole life doesn't change the fact she fits all the trappings of the trope.
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* BadassPrincess: Gwendoline, whose favorite pastime is taking part in a underground fight ring. [[spoiler: She only gets more badassed when she is chosen by the Archenblade, giving her the power to effortlessly defeat dozens of guards. Ultimately, slightly [[AvertedTrope averted]] when it's revealed she's not a true princess.]]
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* BadassPrincess: Gwendoline is shown to be very capable in a fight.
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* BaconAddiction: Viola uses this against some guards the group is hiding from by distracting them with the smell of bacon, which happens to be a side effect of one of her spells.
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* XMeetsY: Myth/RobinHood meets Myth/KingArthur set in VictorianLondon.
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** Egmont Overture by Creator/LudwigVanBeethoven is heard in both episode three and eight.
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** Episode three features a re-orchestrated version the Brandonberg Concerto by Creator/JohannSebastianBach
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Set on the same AlternateHistory Earth as the rest of the series, it explores what has become of VictorianBritain since the coming of the ZombieApocalypse that has wiped out most of humanity.
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Set on the same AlternateHistory Earth as the rest of the series, it explores what has become of VictorianBritain UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain since the coming of the ZombieApocalypse that has wiped out most of humanity.
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* ActionGirl: Gwendoline, Viola and Merlene would all be examples.
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* ArcherArchetype: Fittingly for someone who thinks highly of Robin Hood, Robin is a charismatic and independent minded thief who uses a bow.
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* ChaoticGood: Robin and the Hoods as a whole espouse the belief in committing crimes for the betterment of the people.
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* LawfulEvil: The Duart government as a whole appears to believe in iron-fisted tyranny, with Archduke Coriolanus and Captain Baltus showing particular leanings.
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The Princess Thieves is an audio drama created by Alex Shaw and is the fifth story in the New Century series, as well as the fifth part of Phase 1 of the overarching story.
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** In fact, the sound engineer mentions that the New Century story has about ten alternate Earths, including Rama (from Tiger's Eye), Hanoth (the Akka homeworld), Celador (the Duart homeworld), and Centrum.
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* ProtagonistPowerUpPrivlages: [[spoiler: Gwen, the main character of the story, is the one who ultimately pulls the Archenblade from its stone.]]
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* PurpleEyes: Possessed by the magical nanny Viola, described as strange and intense.
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* PurpleEyes: Possessed by the magical nanny Viola, described as strange and intense.
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** Robin, obviously, does this with the original Robin Hood, opening to use the fame of the title to help with his battle against the oppressive Duart regime.
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** Robin, obviously, does this with the original Robin Hood, opening hoping to use the fame of the title to help with his battle against the oppressive Duart regime.
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* VillainHasAPoint: While the Duart regime is oppressive and tyrannical, Coriolanus is correct when he points out that if they just up and left
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* XMeetsY: Myth/Robin Hood meets Myth/KingArthur set in VictorianLondon.
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** During the same battle, Mortimer takes advantage of Robin's weakness by stamping her heeled boot on his exposed toes.
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* ArchnemesisDad: Coriolanus becomes this to Gwen by the end of the story, despite the fact that both still hold a measure of love for each other.
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* BloodFromMouth: Blood begins leaking from Mortimer's mouth after Gwen punches her in the face.
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* BloodFromMouth: BloodFromTheMouth: Blood begins leaking from Mortimer's mouth after Gwen punches her in the face.
* BondOneLiner: [[spoiler: "Weaker sex, my ass." Delivered by Viola after killing Baltus.]]
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* Brainwashed: [[spoiler: Gwen, who has been hypnotized for most of her life into believing she was a member of the royal family.]]
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** Lady Imogen, the daughter of the Marquis of Cheswick doesn't let things like being held at gunpoint stop her from making racist remarks.
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* ClimaticMusic: [[spoiler: Starts up a beat after Gwen accidentally pulls the Archenblade out of its stone, as if the music itself had been caught off guard.]]
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* ConnectedAllAlong: Mortimer off handedly reveals that her twin brother is Commander Calvin Wilson, the explorer who had previously appeared in The Cartographer's Handbook and Arlington.
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* CooperationGambit: After working to capture Gwendoline and Robin, Mortimer decides it would be easier to let Gwendoline stay on the run for a week before she would willingly return to London and Mortimer and Robin would split the bounty for her return.
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* Demythification: Robin explains that the real King Arthur was not magical but was a charismatic Roman era tribal leader who united the tribes of Britain against the Saxons.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler: For the Hood's crimes, the guards arrest not just their members but anyone they've helped including children, and sentenced them to die.]]
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* Elemental Punch: [[spoiler: Robin performs one on a thug harassing an Akka girl, lighting his beard on fire in the process.]]
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* EstablishingSeriesMoment: Less than a minute into the first episode, the Narrator and her sound engineer get into an argument over how to pronounce Celador, establishing that the story has a more comedic bent than previous entries in the New Century series.
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* FunctionalMagic: The Duart can perform magic, and WordOfGod confirms that, to date, humans can't perform magic here.
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* GrandStaircaseReveal: Gwen does this at the end of the story.
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** [[During the battle at the Tower of London after she starts wielding the Archenblade, one of the tactics Gwen develops is throwing the guards into each other.]]
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* HairOfGoldHeartOFGold: Robin is blonde and a genuinely good person at heart.
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* HornAttack: [[The Nag, as befitting a WingedUnicorn, is capable of this.]]
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* HornAttack: [[The [[spoiler: The Nag, as befitting a WingedUnicorn, is capable of this.]]
* IronicEcho: Near the start of the story, Baltus refers to females as the weaker sex. [[spoiler: Viola repeats it to him while adding "my ass" after she kills him.]]
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* IShouldHaveBeenBetter: Robin carries the guilty of not being able to help as many of the poor and downtrodden as he wants to.
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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: [[spoiler: In TheStinger, the Black Shuck wants Jack to take a less intimidating name than his own. Jack ultimately settles on Spring-Heeled Jack, which the Black Shuck allows.]]
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* KillItWithIce: The Akka's solution to the Drake's who were ravaging the Duart lands thirty years ago is to drive them off with their icecasting.
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* Myth/KingArthur: It's revealed that the Duart have their own version of the legends and Old Meg lives in the ruins of Celador's Camelot. Celador's version, King Arthor, actually did have a magic sword, as opposed to Centrum's version, who was just a Roman-era, British
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* LockedInTheDungeon: [[After being captured, Robin is locked away in the Tower of London to await execution.]]
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* Magik: Spelled Maajik and pronounced "MARR-jik."
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* NightmareSequence: At the start of episode xix, Gwendoline has a nightmare of being pursued by a malevolent force.
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* NoDeadBodyPoops: [[In a slight [[AvertedTrope aversion]], Robin is worried about voiding his bowels when he's hung, as it would be terribly undignified.]]
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* Patricide: [[spoiler: Robin killed his father in a fury when his firecasting manifested at the age of nine.]]
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* PortalDoor: One of the Windows that have appeared in other New Century stories exists north of London, connecting Centrum and Celador.
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* ArchnemesisDad: Coriolanus becomes this to Gwen by the end of the story, despite the fact that both still hold a measure of love for each other.
** Seeing Ajax injured sends Oberon into a roaring fury.
* DoubleEntendre: [[spoiler: At the end of the story, when Robin asks Gwen what name he should call her, she replies that he didn't have trouble deciding last night.]]
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler: At the end of the story, Gwen plans on recruiting the Drakes to fight against the Duart.]]
* GrandStaircaseReveal: Gwen does this at the end of the story.
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Both Viola and Robin say this to one another in regards to Gwen and Oberon, respectively.
** By the end of the story, all the main characters, consisting of members from each of the three races, would consider each other friends.
* InVinoVeritas: Viola tells Robin that he'd have to get her pretty drunk for her to tell him how she learned her mental maajik.
* LadyOfWar: Gwen, who can be both regal and dangerous.
* OrderVersusChaos: The central conflict of the story, with the ChaoticGood gang of thieves facing off against the LawfulEvil empire.
** [[spoiler: Gwen forces Coriolanus to pardon the Hoods at the end of the story.]]
* PimpedOutDress: The red gown Gwen wears at the end of the story.
** Even if the Duart regime can be defeated, the heroes realize it would cost a lot of lives and could possibly leave Britain in a worse position than it was in before.
* SoProudOfYou: [[spoiler: A rare example of the villain doing this to the hero, as Coriolanus expresses his pride in Gwen's accomplishments at the end of the story.]]
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* StickyFingers: Oberon is directly stated to have kleptomania, which he wishes to control and finds shameful because it plays into the stereotype that all Akka are thieves.
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* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Robin implies he wouldn't be completely against the idea of kissing Simon.
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* ImaginaryFriend: Gwendoline says that she used to have an imaginary friend named Lady Catherine. [[spoiler: It turns out these are actually memories of her old life as Catherine Lady.]]
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* RecordNeedleScratch: Happens after the Nag reads the narration at the start of episode 19 before shouting angrily that this can't actually be what happened.
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** [[spoiler: Gwen pulls one with the Nag to save Robin and the Hoods from being executed.]]
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* GrievousHarmWithABody: After Mortimer cuffs Gwendoline and Robin together, the princess swings the Duart around and hits the bounty hunter with him.
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* GrievousHarmWithABody: GrievousHarmWithABody:
** After Mortimer cuffs Gwendoline and Robin together, the princess swings the Duart around and hits the bounty hunter withhim.him.
** [[During the battle at the Tower of London after she starts wielding the Archenblade, one of the tactics Gwen develops is throwing the guards into each other.]]
** After Mortimer cuffs Gwendoline and Robin together, the princess swings the Duart around and hits the bounty hunter with
** [[During the battle at the Tower of London after she starts wielding the Archenblade, one of the tactics Gwen develops is throwing the guards into each other.]]
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* StockScream: One of the Duart Heavy's let's out the Wilhelm Scream after Gwen punches him.
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* ThouShaltNotKill: [[spoiler: After becoming the wielder of the Archenblade, Gwen decides to try and avoid killing because of how frighteningly easy her new power makes it.]]
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* AmplifierArtifact: The Archenblade, which amplifies its wielder's physical and mental prowess to superhuman levels.
* AncientKeeper: Merlene, as you might expect, is this for the Archenblade.
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* AssShove: After being [[MistakenForProstitute mistaken for a prostitute]], Mortimer warns the person that they'll have to remove the payment from their rectum.
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* AssShove: AssShove:
** After being [[MistakenForProstitute mistaken for a prostitute]], Mortimer warns the person that they'll have to remove the payment from theirrectum.rectum.
** After she gets shocked by it, Gwen threatens to do this to Mortimer with her cattle prod.
** After being [[MistakenForProstitute mistaken for a prostitute]], Mortimer warns the person that they'll have to remove the payment from their
** After she gets shocked by it, Gwen threatens to do this to Mortimer with her cattle prod.
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* BerserkButton: Robin's appears to be seeing children hurt.
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* BerserkButton: BerserkButton:
** Robin's appears to be seeing childrenhurt.hurt.
** Mortimer does not take well to being pitied by Gwen.
** Robin's appears to be seeing children
** Mortimer does not take well to being pitied by Gwen.
* BloodFromMouth: Blood begins leaking from Mortimer's mouth after Gwen punches her in the face.
* ChekhovsGun: The Archenblade, which is introduced early on and comes into play [[spoiler: after Gwen proves worthy to wield it.]]
* CherubicChoir: [[spoiler: Can be heard in the background during Gwen's
* CherubicChoir: [[spoiler: Can be heard in the background during Gwen's
* ClimaticMusic: [[spoiler: Starts up a beat after Gwen accidentally pulls the Archenblade out of its stone, as if the music itself had been caught off guard.]]
* ConnectedAllAlong: Mortimer off handedly reveals that her twin brother is Commander Calvin Wilson, the explorer who had previously appeared in The Cartographer's Handbook and Arlington.
* CoolHorse: The Nag, a talking horse [[spoiler: who can transform into a WingedUnicorn.]]
* CueTheSun: [[spoiler: In her first act of testing her new powers, Gwen leaps a mile into the air, allowing her to see the sun just as it starts to come up over the horizon.]]
* CurseCutShort: Gwen threatens to perform an AssShove on Mortimer with a cattle prod but the story cuts away from her before she can indicate where she wants to put it.
* DistressedDude: [[spoiler: Robin, who is captured and locked in the Tower of London to await execution for his crimes.]]
* DoesNotKnowHerOwnStrength: Gwen has to deal with this [[spoiler: after she starts wielding the Archenblade.]]
* DoesNotKnowHerOwnStrength: Gwen has to deal with this [[spoiler: after she starts wielding the Archenblade.]]
* DramaticDrop: [[spoiler: Gwen is so shocked at having pulled the Archenblade out of the stone that she drops it, which Merlene admonishes her for.]]
* DramaticThunder: A miniature hurricane springs up [[spoiler: after Gwen pulls the Archenblade from its stone.]]
* DramaticWind: Accompanies the above mentioned thunder.
* DramaticThunder: A miniature hurricane springs up [[spoiler: after Gwen pulls the Archenblade from its stone.]]
* DramaticWind: Accompanies the above mentioned thunder.
* DrowningMySorrows: Oberon attempts to do this [[spoiler: after he finds out everyone he cares about has been arrested while he was unconscious.]]
* DynamicEntry:
** Gwen interrupts Mortimer and Oberon's conversation in the Thirsty Hog by arriving unnoticed and punching Mortimer in the face.
** Gwen does this again later [[spoiler: when she leaps from the Nag's back midair to try and get to Robin on the gallows. [[RealityEnsues It doesn't work as well as she had hoped.]]]]
** Gwen interrupts Mortimer and Oberon's conversation in the Thirsty Hog by arriving unnoticed and punching Mortimer in the face.
** Gwen does this again later [[spoiler: when she leaps from the Nag's back midair to try and get to Robin on the gallows. [[RealityEnsues It doesn't work as well as she had hoped.]]]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: Robin plans to try and do this as he's being led to the gallows.]]
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* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: [[spoiler: Old Meg comments that she always have a glamour up, because if people could see her true form, she
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* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: [[spoiler: Old Meg comments that she always have a glamour up, because if people could see her true form, she'd never be able to have a meaningful conversation with them.]]
* FriendlessBackground: According to Mortimer, the only friend she had growing up was her twin brother and she doesn't seemed to have gained any as an adult.
* FriendlessBackground: According to Mortimer, the only friend she had growing up was her twin brother and she doesn't seemed to have gained any as an adult.
* TheGadfly: Mortimer seems to say hurtful things to people just to get a rise out of them.
** [[spoiler: After his transformation into a WingedUnicorn, the Nag has a golden horn.]]
* GrapplingHookPistol: Mortimer has one amongst her gadgets.
** Gwen knees Mortimer in the crotch during their fight.
* GunpointBanter: Mortimer and Gwen have some at the end of their fight.
* HumansAreBastards: Mortimer's view of the world, believing everyone is ultimately selfish.
* InASingleBound: [[spoiler: the first thing Gwen does after retrieving the Archenblade is leap a mile straight into the air.]]
* KungShui: During their fight at the Thirsty Hog, Gwen throws Mortimer onto the table that Oberon is sitting at, shattering it in the process.
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** The Narrator pauses multiple times to critique what she's been given to read.
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** The Narrator narrator in the opening pauses multiple times to critique what she's been given to read.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Gwen starts a fight with Mortimer under the mistaken belief that [[spoiler: Mortimer betrayed Robin to the guards.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Early in the story, Oberon gives Lavinia a doll he had stolen from Lady Imogen, daughter of the Marquis of Cheswick. She gets spotted with it later, resulting in her and her adoptive family's arrest.]]
* NoDeadBodyPoops: [[In a slight [[AvertedTrope aversion]], Robin is worried about voiding his bowels when he's hung, as it would be terribly undignified.]]
* NoTimeToExplain: [[spoiler: The excuse the Nag gives for not elaborating on how and why he's able to transform into a WingedUnicorn.]]
* NotWhatItLooksLike: [[spoiler: Everyone believes that Mortimer sold Robin out, leading to his arrest. Mortimer claims she was unwittingly followed.]]
* NotWhatItLooksLike: [[spoiler: Everyone believes that Mortimer sold Robin out, leading to his arrest. Mortimer claims she was unwittingly followed.]]
* OnlyTheChosenMayRide: The Nag will only allow [[spoiler: Gwen]] to ride him.
* PerpWalk: [[spoiler: Robin is publically walked to the Tower of London after his arrest.]]
* PowerDyesYourHair: [[spoiler: A unique horse example, as transforming into a WingedUnicorn turns the Nag's mane from black to white.]]
* ProtagonistPowerUpPrivlages: [[spoiler: Gwen, the main character of the story, is the one who ultimately pulls the Archenblade from its stone.]]
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* PublicExecution: The Duart perform this on any Barghests they capture.
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* PublicExecution: PublicExecution:
** The Duart perform this on any Barghests theycapture.capture.
** [[spoiler: The Duart plan to do this to the Hoods ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and the Black Shuck]]) with a giant gallows.]]
* PunchedAcrossTheRoom:
** Gwen manages to throw Mortimer across the room of the Thirsty Hog during their fight.
** [[spoiler: Later on, backed by the power of the Archenblade, she kicks a Duart Heavy across the courtyard of the Tower of London and into a wall.]]
** The Duart perform this on any Barghests they
** [[spoiler: The Duart plan to do this to the Hoods ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and the Black Shuck]]) with a giant gallows.]]
* PunchedAcrossTheRoom:
** Gwen manages to throw Mortimer across the room of the Thirsty Hog during their fight.
** [[spoiler: Later on, backed by the power of the Archenblade, she kicks a Duart Heavy across the courtyard of the Tower of London and into a wall.]]
* RansackedRoom: Oberon finds the entire Thirsty Hog like this after [[spoiler: all the Hoods are arrested.]]
* RealityEnsues:
** [[spoiler: Gwen tries to jump to Robin from the Nag's back, only to realize she has no ability to direct herself in midair.]]
** [[spoiler: In her first fight while wielding the Archenblade, Gwen brutally kills a Duart Heavy by kicking him into a wall, leaving everyone, including herself, shocked.]]
* RearingHorse: [[spoiler: The Nag assumes this pose as he transforms into a WingedUnicorn.]]
* RealityEnsues:
** [[spoiler: Gwen tries to jump to Robin from the Nag's back, only to realize she has no ability to direct herself in midair.]]
** [[spoiler: In her first fight while wielding the Archenblade, Gwen brutally kills a Duart Heavy by kicking him into a wall, leaving everyone, including herself, shocked.]]
* RearingHorse: [[spoiler: The Nag assumes this pose as he transforms into a WingedUnicorn.]]
* RegretfulTraitor: [[spoiler: Jack, who claims to have regretted betraying the Hoods even as he was doing it.]]
* RuleOfThree: Gwen attempts to pull the Archenblade from its stone three times. The first two times are accompanied by swelling music, but [[BaitAndSwitch she fails.]] The third time [[spoiler: she pulls it out off handedly without meaning to.]]
* SapientSteed: The Nag is one for [[spoiler: Gwen.]]
* StabTheSky: Gwen assumes this pose after [[spoiler: pulling the Archenblade from its stone.]]
* SwordOfPlotAdvancement: [[spoiler: The Archenblade serves as this as it gives Gwen enough power to mount a rescue for the Hoods.]]
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Robin briefly considers doing this with his firecasting on the crowd who had come to watch his execution but decides against it.]]
* TalkToTheFist: Mortimer attempts to mock Gwen after getting punched by her, only to be silenced as Gwen immediately attacks her again.
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: [[spoiler: The show's main theme plays while Gwen is getting a power up from the Archenblade.]]
* TryNotToDie: Gwen says she will do this [[spoiler: as she prepares to try and rescue Robin from the Tower of London.]]
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* WallJump: Robin this to try and escape a group of guards.
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* WallJump: WallJump:
** Robin does this to try and escape a group ofguards.guards.
** Mortimer does this after Gwen throws her at a wall during their fight.
** Robin does this to try and escape a group of
** Mortimer does this after Gwen throws her at a wall during their fight.
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* WingedUnicorn: [[spoiler: The Nag can transform into one.]]
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* BodyDouble: Simon, with the help of Viola's magic, serves as one for Gwen [[spoiler: while she sneaks out of the Palace to spring the Hoods from prison.]]
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* PsychoPsychologist: Dr. Marcus, [[spoiler: who has been hyponotizing Gwen and implanting false memories in her head.]]
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* BadassLongcoat: Mortimer sports one.
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* BadassLongcoat: Mortimer sports one.Mortimer, Robin and Oberon sport them. Gwen begins wearing one later as well.
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* FingerlessGloves: Robin wears these. Gwen eventually cuts off the fingers of her riding gloves so that she can have a pair of her own as well.
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* ManipulativeBastard: Coriolanus who [[spoiler: uses Gwen's empathy to manipulate into remaining as Empress even when she finds out she's not of royal blood by telling her he'd be a far harsher ruler.]]
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* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: Robin's father would regularly beat Robin and his sisters.]]
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* AbusiveParents: AbusiveParents:
** [[spoiler: Robin's father would regularly beat Robin and his sisters.]]]]
** Robin believes Captain Baltus had these.
** [[spoiler: Robin's father would regularly beat Robin and his sisters.
** Robin believes Captain Baltus had these.
* AlternateTimeline: [[spoiler: WordOfGod says that the bad ending of episode 18 actually happened in an alternate timeline.]]
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* AmbiguousDisorder:
** Gwendoline has a condition that causes pain in her head and body and also causes her to have angry outbursts.
** Gwendoline has a condition that causes pain in her head and body and also causes her to have angry outbursts.
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* AmbiguousDisorder:
**AmbiguousDisorder: Gwendoline has a condition that causes pain in her head and body and also causes her to have angry outbursts.outbursts. [[spoiler: It turns out this is actually her mind fighting against the hypnosis repressing the memories of her former life.]]
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* Brainwashed: [[spoiler: Gwen, who has been hypnotized for most of her life into believing she was a member of the royal family.]]
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* BreakThemByTalking: [[spoiler: Robin does this to Baltus while he has the Hoods locked up in the Tower of London.]]
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* {{Deprogram}}: [[spoiler: Gwen and Viola force Dr. Marcus to do this to Gwen.]]
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* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler: For the Hood's crimes, the guards arrest not just their members but anyone they've helped including children, and sentenced them to die.]]
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* FakeMemories: [[spoiler: Gwen's memories of her former life have been repressed for years and replaced with her current ones by Dr. Marcus at the behest of Coriolanus.]]
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* FightingFromTheInside: [[spoiler: Gwen's headaches are the result of her mind unconsciously fighting against her FakeMemories.]]
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* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler: Gwen is able to breakthrough Dr. Marcus' hypnosis by focusing on her love for Robin.]]
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* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: [[spoiler: Jack, one of the children rescued from a factory by Robin and Oberon gives the Hoods up to the guard, only to be arrested and sentenced to die alongside them.]]
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* SecretIdentity: The Black Shuck, who's real name is Gregory.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Robin accuses Captain Baltus of being one and receives no denial.
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* ButtMonkey: The Black Shuck. He's easily beaten by Mortimer in an embarrassing fashion, respected by no one, and was only spared his initial execution because he was supposed to be [[MakeAnExampleOfThem made an example of]] but no one came to watch him hang.
* CirclesOfHell: A comment from Baltus seems to indicate that the Duart believe in eight Hells, which might be similar to the nine circles of Hell.
* CrystalDragonJesus: While not fully elaborated on, Duart religion seems to involve a "Great Father" and eight Hells.
* InteractiveNarrator: At one point, the Nag breaks the fourth wall while narrating and has a conversation with Robin.
* KangarooCourt: [[spoiler: Robin's trial is like this and it's implied that most trails in Britain are similar.]]
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** The separate, Flashback Narrator also has shades of this, commenting she would have punched out 9-year-old Princess Gwendoline for being a brat.
** The third narrator abruptly reveals that he is a horse in episode two.
** The third narrator abruptly reveals that he is a horse in episode two.
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** The separate, Flashback Narrator characters of the story also has shades of this, commenting she would have punched out 9-year-old Princess Gwendoline for being a brat.
** The third narrator abruptly reveals that he is a horse in episode two.act as the main narrators and will occasionally comment or joke about the proceedings. [[DeadpanSnarker Including the Nag.]] [[BreakingTheFourthWall Especially the Nag.]]
** The third narrator abruptly reveals that he is a horse in episode two.
* LockedInTheDungeon: [[After being captured, Robin is locked away in the Tower of London to await execution.]]
* MakeAnExampleOfThem:
** The Black Shuck was supposed to be this, but no one showed up for his execution, so the guards left him in the Tower of London until they could include him in a group hanging.
** More seriously, this is what Baltus intends to do to Robin and the Hoods.
** The Black Shuck was supposed to be this, but no one showed up for his execution, so the guards left him in the Tower of London until they could include him in a group hanging.
** More seriously, this is what Baltus intends to do to Robin and the Hoods.
* RecordNeedleScratch: Happens after the Nag reads the narration at the start of episode 19 before shouting angrily that this can't actually be what happened.
* RousingSpeech: The Black Shuck attempts one, but is interrupted when Captain Baltus mentions he had forgotten he was still there.
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** The fact that the person narrating can change at any moment.
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** The fact that the person narrating can change at any moment.moment and they will sometimes comment on events.
*** If a reference is made to something from pop culture that was made after the Victorian era, it will be made by the Nag while narrating.
*** If a reference is made to something from pop culture that was made after the Victorian era, it will be made by the Nag while narrating.
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* TakingUpTheMantle: Robin, obviously, does this with the original Robin Hood, opening to use the fame of the title to help with his battle against the oppressive Duart regime.
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* TakingUpTheMantle: TakingUpTheMantle:
** Robin, obviously, does this with the original Robin Hood, opening to use the fame of the title to help with his battle against the oppressive Duartregime.regime.
** Later on, both the Black Shuck and Robin tell Baltus that even if he kills them, someone else will take their place, with Robin [[InvokedTrope invoking the trope by name.]]
** Robin, obviously, does this with the original Robin Hood, opening to use the fame of the title to help with his battle against the oppressive Duart
** Later on, both the Black Shuck and Robin tell Baltus that even if he kills them, someone else will take their place, with Robin [[InvokedTrope invoking the trope by name.]]
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* TheWatson: Gwen largely fills this role, having things like the history of King Arthor and the history of the Duart and Akka explained to her.
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* DelayedNarratorIntroduction: Most the major characters serve as narrator in various parts of the story, with some narrating segments before they're introduced properly in the story, leading to this.
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* ImaginaryFriend: Gwendoline says that she used to have an imaginary friend named Lady Catherine.
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* ImaginaryFriend: Gwendoline says that she used to have an imaginary friend named Lady Catherine. [[spoiler: It turns out these are actually memories of her old life as Catherine Lady.]]
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* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: [[spoiler: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] with the reveal the Gwen is actually a commoner who Coriolanus presented as being Queen Victoria's forgotten granddaughter.]]
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* ArmiesAreEvil: The Duart are extremely militaristic and their soldiers and guards are almost universally portrayed as racist, corrupt and abusive.
* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: Episode 18 is presented as the end of the story and in it, Coriolanus appears to succeed in making Gwen go along his plans and putting the Hoods to death.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Archduke Coriolanus who wishes to lead the Duart in conquering Europe.]]
* BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler: Episode 18 would be one for Robin and the Hoods, as it ends moments before they are all supposed to be hung for their crimes. Luckily, it's not the real ending.]]
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* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: Old Meg has shades of this, as she is intimately familiar with all four of the heroes and is responsible for getting Viola installed as Gwendoline's nanny. Later on, Oberon directly thinks of her as this.]]
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* TheChessmaster: ChaoticGood: Robin and the Hoods as a whole espouse the belief in committing crimes for the betterment of the people.
* TheChessmaster:
** [[spoiler: Old Meg has shades of this, as she is intimately familiar with all four of the heroes and is responsible for getting Viola installed as Gwendoline's nanny. Later on, Oberon directly thinks of her as this.]]
** [[spoiler: Archduke Coriolanus as well, most obvious in him setting up Gwen as a heir to the British throne so that he could better control the country.]]
* TheChessmaster:
** [[spoiler: Old Meg has shades of this, as she is intimately familiar with all four of the heroes and is responsible for getting Viola installed as Gwendoline's nanny. Later on, Oberon directly thinks of her as this.]]
** [[spoiler: Archduke Coriolanus as well, most obvious in him setting up Gwen as a heir to the British throne so that he could better control the country.]]
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Episode 18 would be one, as it ends with the revelation that Gwen is not actually Queen Victoria's granddaughter being used to blackmail her into marrying Lord Aaron and allowing the Duart to continue their plans to invade Europe lest they become even more tyrannical towards Britain while the Hoods are captured and sentenced to be hung for their crimes. Luckily, it's not the real ending.]]
* TheDragon: Baltus, the Captain of the city guard.
* TheEmpire: The Duart, who control both Britannia and Britain, [[spoiler: and have plans to conquer Europe.]]
* FakeOutFadeOut: [[spoiler: Episode 18 presents itself as the end of the story, with credits and everything. It was only when Episode 19 came out the following week was it revealed there was more.]]
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* GildedCage: Buckingham Palace is essentially this for Gwendoline, as she is never allowed to leave.
* GivenNameReveal: [[Robin reveals that his real name is Benjamin Wessex to Gwen while telling her about his past.]]
* GivenNameReveal: [[Robin reveals that his real name is Benjamin Wessex to Gwen while telling her about his past.]]
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* GildedCage: Buckingham Palace is essentially this for Gwendoline, as she is never allowed to leave.
leave. Coriolanus invokes this trope later in the story.
* GivenNameReveal:[[Robin [[spoiler: Robin reveals that his real name is Benjamin Wessex to Gwen while telling her about his past.]]
* GivenNameReveal:
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** [[spoiler[[spoiler: What Robin accidentally does to his own father.]]
* LawfulEvil: The Duart government as a whole appears to believe in iron-fisted tyranny, with Archduke Coriolanus and Captain Baltus showing particular leanings.
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* MeaningfulRename: [[Robin gives himself one before the events of the story, to distance himself from his old life.]]
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* MeaningfulRename: [[Robin [[spoiler: Robin gives himself one before the events of the story, to distance himself from his old life.]]
* NeutralEvil: Mortimer, who cares for nothing but her own self-interest.
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* UnstoppableRage: [[Robin's firecasting is tied to his anger and only comes out when he truly loses his temper.]]
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* UnstoppableRage: [[Robin's [[spoiler: Robin's firecasting is tied to his anger and only comes out when he truly loses his temper.]]
* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: Episode 18, in which we find out the Duart are planning to invade Europe, Gwen is not actually of royal blood, and the Hoods have been captured and are soon to be executed. Additionally, the episode is presented as the end of the story, making it seem as though everything had come to a sudden, tragic end.]]
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* WizardClassic: [[Old Meg's appearance as Merlin seems to conform to this.]]
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* WizardClassic: [[Old [[spoiler: Old Meg's appearance as Merlin seems to conform to this.]]
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* AnywhereButTheLips: Gwen's last gesture to Robin before returning to Buckingham Palace with Mortimer and Viola is to kiss him on the head.
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* AnywhereButTheLips: AnywhereButTheirLips: Gwen's last gesture to Robin before returning to Buckingham Palace with Mortimer and Viola is to kiss him on the head.
** [[spoiler: Robin accidentally killed his father who was abusive to family and murdered his own daughter.]]
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* GenreSavvy: Robin refuses to let anyone go anywhere alone, because he's convinced that when they do, that's when someone will come and try to take Gwendoline away from them.
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* GenreSavvy: GenreSavvy:
** Robin refuses to let anyone go anywhere alone, because he's convinced that when they do, that's when someone will come and try to take Gwendoline away from them.
** [[spoiler: Coriolanus sets the execution of Hoods before Gwen becomes Empress so that she can't pardon them.]]
** Robin refuses to let anyone go anywhere alone, because he's convinced that when they do, that's when someone will come and try to take Gwendoline away from them.
** [[spoiler: Coriolanus sets the execution of Hoods before Gwen becomes Empress so that she can't pardon them.]]
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* ThePardon: Robin suggests Gwen can give him one once she becomes Empress.
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* ThePardon: ThePardon:
** Robin suggests Gwen can give him one once she becomesEmpress.Empress.
** [[spoiler: Coriolanus sets the execution of the Hoods before Gwen is crowned Empress specifically so she can't do this.]]
** Robin suggests Gwen can give him one once she becomes
** [[spoiler: Coriolanus sets the execution of the Hoods before Gwen is crowned Empress specifically so she can't do this.]]
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Robin grew up poor, was the son of an abusive man who murdered Robin's sister and was accidentally killed by Robin in return when his firecasting abilities first awakened.]]
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* TheReveal: TheReveal:
** [[spoiler: Robin grew up poor, was the son of an abusive man who murdered Robin's sister and was accidentally killed by Robin in return when his firecasting abilities first awakened.]]
** [[spoiler: Gwen is not one of Queen Victoria's grandchildren, but an orphan girl that Archduke Coriolanus found and presented as being of royal blood so that he could better control the people of Britain.]]
** [[spoiler: Robin grew up poor, was the son of an abusive man who murdered Robin's sister and was accidentally killed by Robin in return when his firecasting abilities first awakened.]]
** [[spoiler: Gwen is not one of Queen Victoria's grandchildren, but an orphan girl that Archduke Coriolanus found and presented as being of royal blood so that he could better control the people of Britain.]]
* SlutShaming: [[spoiler: Coriolanus subtly does this towards Gwen when he reveals he knows she lost her virginity. He offers to let Gwen come up with an explanation for her future husband and promises to keep it secret to protect her dignity.]]
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* TakingUpTheMantel: Robin, obviously, does this with the original Robin Hood, opening to use the fame of the title to help with his battle against the oppressive Duart regime.
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* TakingUpTheMantel: TakingUpTheMantle: Robin, obviously, does this with the original Robin Hood, opening to use the fame of the title to help with his battle against the oppressive Duart regime.
* VirtueIsWeakness: Coriolanus doesn't believe in sparing criminals because he thinks it shows weakness.
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* WeaponOfIntimidation: Mortimer subtly flashes her holstered gun at Viola to intimidate her while questioning her about if the Duart is planning on betraying her.
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* WeaponOfIntimidation: WeaponForIntimidation: Mortimer subtly flashes her holstered gun at Viola to intimidate her while questioning her about if the Duart is planning on betraying her.
