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* EvilIsNotAToy: Two whole years after forging Outbreak Prime, we learn that it wasn't destroyed in the attack on the old Tower; in fact, [[LeakingCanOfEvil it's still capable of producing new nanites.]] Twenty months of disuse doesn't play nice with the City at all, causing the Cryptarch vaults to enter quarantine from its evolution into Outbreak Perfected, and ''nearly restarting the SIVA Crisis'' after Eramis's Fallen learn about this and go to steal it. [[ForWantOfANail Had Mithrax not intervened, the Young Wolf's own creation might have started another war.]]

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* EvilIsNotAToy: Two whole years after forging Outbreak Prime, we learn that it wasn't destroyed in the attack on the old Tower; in fact, [[LeakingCanOfEvil it's still capable of producing new nanites.]] Twenty months of disuse doesn't play nice with the City at all, causing the Cryptarch vaults to enter quarantine from its evolution into Outbreak Perfected, and ''nearly restarting the SIVA Crisis'' after Eramis's Fallen learn about this and go to steal it. [[ForWantOfANail Had Mithrax not intervened, the Young Wolf's own creation might have started another war.]]
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* AmbiguousSituation: It's never stated why Guardians are resurrected without their memories. There are numerous theories, but no one has figured out the exact answer. [[spoiler:The general implication as The Saga of Light and Dark goes on is that the Traveler removes the memories of its chosen so that they can start new lives without the burdens and hatreds of their pasts. This contrasts with the Darkness, which has powers relating to memory, implied to be so that you can vanquish what hurt you before]].

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* AmbiguousSituation: It's never stated why Guardians are resurrected without their memories. There are numerous theories, but no one has figured out the exact answer. [[spoiler:The general implication as The Saga of [[spoiler:''The Final Shape'' finally answers this - the first race to wield the Light and Dark goes on is eventually underwent a schism in which one faction, which would eventually fuse into [[BigBad the Witness]], suggested using their powers to [[SelfServingMemory selectively cut off any memories that would prove the Witness wrong]]. The Traveler removes learned from this and completely erased the memories of its chosen everyone they resurrected so that they can start would always be open to new lives without the burdens and hatreds of their pasts. This contrasts with the Darkness, which has powers relating to memory, implied to be so that you can vanquish what hurt you before]].possibilities]].

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* BlueIsHeroic: Didi changes her shell out for the electric blue Citrine Sway Shell in the events leading up to ''The Final Shape''.



* RedOnesGoFaster: Both Marcus and Didi are a fan of this trope; while Didi's shell is an AceCustom with a translucent red color, Marcus was apparently once seen unable to be convinced by Enoch Bast that painting a certain Sparrow red (likely the Mimesis Drive) wouldn't actually increase the speed of the vehicle.

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* RedOnesGoFaster: Both Marcus and Didi are a fan of this trope; while Didi's shell is an AceCustom with a translucent red color, Marcus was apparently once seen unable to be convinced by Enoch Bast that painting a certain Sparrow red (likely the Mimesis Drive) wouldn't actually increase the speed of the vehicle. By the time of ''The Final Shape'', however, both of them seem to have abandoned this idea, as Marcus's autograph for the Young Wolf has a hand-drawn rainbow next to it, while Didi portrays herself with the blue Citrine Sway Shell.
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* BewareTheSillyOnes: The Guardians as a whole have built a reputation for being goofballs off (and on) the battlefield. But do not let their silliness fool you. Each and every one of their number is a deadly warrior, fueled by untold supernatural power and with an unfathomable body count behind each and every one of them. If you give them cause to, they will declare war on you, and you ''will'' lose.
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* TheAgeless: There has never been an instance of a Guardian weakening or dying of old age, with even the oldest among their number still remaining in their physical and mental prime despite having been alive for centuries.
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** [[spoiler:Of all the Guardians, he is understandably the most tense and adverse to the [[EnemyMine alliance]] the Vanguard has made with Savathun against the Witness after everything she did to Osiris. A lore entry in "Season of the Witch" shows him challenging and repeatedly killing Savathun not just out of revenge for what she put his lover through, but to vent his own anger and grief over what happened.]]
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* DumbassHasAPoint: Downplayed in that Saint isn't particularly unintelligent and is just stuck in the GoodOldWays of [[BoisterousBruiser Titan]] [[DumbMuscle mannerisms]] (that, and his perspective was born from his [[TragicBigot experience-fueled prejudices]] at the time, rather than from being stupid or foolish), but [[spoiler:he ultimately had the correct assessment of what the Black Fleet and the Witness are all along: aliens rejected by the Traveler for their sins]].

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* DumbassHasAPoint: Downplayed in that Saint isn't particularly unintelligent and is just stuck in the GoodOldWays of [[BoisterousBruiser Titan]] [[DumbMuscle mannerisms]] (that, and his perspective was born from his [[TragicBigot experience-fueled prejudices]] at the time, rather than from being truly stupid or foolish), but [[spoiler:he ultimately had the correct assessment of what the Black Fleet and the Witness are all along: aliens rejected by the Traveler for their sins]].
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* DumbassHasAPoint: Downplayed in that Saint isn't particularly unintelligent and is just stuck in the GoodOldWays of [[BoisterousBruiser Titan]] [[DumbMuscle mannerisms]] (that, and his perspective was born from his [[TragicBigot experience-fueled prejudices]] at the time, rather than being dumb), but [[spoiler:he ultimately had the correct assessment of what the Black Fleet and the Witness are all along: aliens rejected by the Traveler for their sins]].

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* DumbassHasAPoint: Downplayed in that Saint isn't particularly unintelligent and is just stuck in the GoodOldWays of [[BoisterousBruiser Titan]] [[DumbMuscle mannerisms]] (that, and his perspective was born from his [[TragicBigot experience-fueled prejudices]] at the time, rather than from being dumb), stupid or foolish), but [[spoiler:he ultimately had the correct assessment of what the Black Fleet and the Witness are all along: aliens rejected by the Traveler for their sins]].
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* DumbassHasAPoint: Downplayed in that Saint isn't particularly unintelligent and is just stuck in the GoodOldWays of [[BoisterousBruiser Titan]] [[DumbMuscle mannerisms]] (that, and his perspective was born from his [[TragicBigot experience-fueled prejudices]] at the time), but [[spoiler:he ultimately had the correct assessment of what the Black Fleet and the Witness are all along: aliens rejected by the Traveler for their sins]].

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* DumbassHasAPoint: Downplayed in that Saint isn't particularly unintelligent and is just stuck in the GoodOldWays of [[BoisterousBruiser Titan]] [[DumbMuscle mannerisms]] (that, and his perspective was born from his [[TragicBigot experience-fueled prejudices]] at the time), time, rather than being dumb), but [[spoiler:he ultimately had the correct assessment of what the Black Fleet and the Witness are all along: aliens rejected by the Traveler for their sins]].

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