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*KickTheDog: Her cruel acts usually have some purpose but on a few stand out as exceptionally vile even by her standards. Many of these relate to her abusive parenting tendencies, especially agaisnt Mel:
**Stealing the newborn Ariel from her daughter Mel was exceptionally cruel, even by her standards. Although she intended Ariel be raised as a heir and Mel had been at odds with Quain before, stealing a baby from a mother, let alone her own daughter, most definitely counts as this. What really pushes it into this territory is how she kept the child hidden from Mel for years and never once allowed her visitation of Ariel; nor did she ever try to work out any sort of alternative beforehand that would allow Mel to raise Ariel in a capacity Quian approved of; it was likely out of punishment for Mel, understandably, defying Quain prior.
** Going with the above, when Mel refused to give Quain a female child, she had Mel stripped of her ranking in the clan, as well as any servants and knights she had, and then had Mel imprisoned, beaten, and implied to have even ordered her raped just to force Mel to conceive a child so that Quan may have a heir after being rendered barren by Sarvswati in a fight.
**She personally broke Mel's hands with a hammer after she was brought back to the Sarghess fortress by Snad. Even though it may just be another form of punishment at least for Mel defying her, the fact Quain did this herself without a shred of hesitation or remorse qualifies it as this.
**Even after the time skip to arc 2, where she is basically using Mel as a breeding slave(although Mel technically agreed to produce a heir finally) she has Mel's first two children, Pelan and Pup, taken from her like she did Ariel and raised away from her; this is despite them being male and therefor not really considered important enough politically for Quain use as an heir. Coming from a woman who stole her daughter's first child as a newborn, the fact that she apparently did not bother to even consider letting Mel keep her male children at least, is a pretty low blow to steal even more babies from Mel. (although Mel was in another clan's domain at the time, its likely Quain left the orders in place to do this)
**Stealing the newborn Ariel from her daughter Mel was exceptionally cruel, even by her standards. Although she intended Ariel be raised as a heir and Mel had been at odds with Quain before, stealing a baby from a mother, let alone her own daughter, most definitely counts as this. What really pushes it into this territory is how she kept the child hidden from Mel for years and never once allowed her visitation of Ariel; nor did she ever try to work out any sort of alternative beforehand that would allow Mel to raise Ariel in a capacity Quian approved of; it was likely out of punishment for Mel, understandably, defying Quain prior.
** Going with the above, when Mel refused to give Quain a female child, she had Mel stripped of her ranking in the clan, as well as any servants and knights she had, and then had Mel imprisoned, beaten, and implied to have even ordered her raped just to force Mel to conceive a child so that Quan may have a heir after being rendered barren by Sarvswati in a fight.
**She personally broke Mel's hands with a hammer after she was brought back to the Sarghess fortress by Snad. Even though it may just be another form of punishment at least for Mel defying her, the fact Quain did this herself without a shred of hesitation or remorse qualifies it as this.
**Even after the time skip to arc 2, where she is basically using Mel as a breeding slave(although Mel technically agreed to produce a heir finally) she has Mel's first two children, Pelan and Pup, taken from her like she did Ariel and raised away from her; this is despite them being male and therefor not really considered important enough politically for Quain use as an heir. Coming from a woman who stole her daughter's first child as a newborn, the fact that she apparently did not bother to even consider letting Mel keep her male children at least, is a pretty low blow to steal even more babies from Mel. (although Mel was in another clan's domain at the time, its likely Quain left the orders in place to do this)
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* KarmaHoudini: Not unlike much of the cast, though this does tend to cause heated debates on the forums, on occasion. Specifically, she is an *AbusiveParent who gives other bad parents in the setting in a run for their money in how horrible she treats her own children, and is also a ruthless warlord who plunged the city into war, regardless of some noble reasoning, but never really saw much punishment for her actions. However...
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* KarmaHoudini: Not unlike much of the cast, though this does tend to cause heated debates on the forums, on occasion. Specifically, she is an *AbusiveParent who gives other bad parents in the setting in a run for their money in how horrible she treats her own children, and is also a ruthless warlord who plunged the city into war, regardless of some noble reasoning, but never really saw much punishment for her actions. However...
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*KarmaHoudiniWarranty: In chapters 47 and later 50, [[spoiler: she is poisoned in the former and later killed in a mutiny in the later chapter. ]] Granted, it took perhaps over a decade or more of the comic's run for this to happen.
*KarmaHoudiniWarranty: In chapters 47 and later 50, [[spoiler: she is poisoned in the former and later killed in a mutiny in the later chapter. ]] Granted, it took perhaps over a decade or more of the comic's run for this to happen.
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*AssholeVictim: Downplayed, if not outright zig-zagged. During chapter 50, [[spoiler: she is subjected to a coup that ends up killing her, as well as Sarv poisoning her beforehand.]] As noted on the main trope page and on some of the tropes here, she is an *AbusiveParent who, among other things, imprisoned, beat, and is implied had her own daughter raped just to conceive a heir when Quain could not and then Quain stole the baby from Mel at birth and later breaks Mel's hand and uses her, more or less, as a breeding slave to produce more female heirs. (Those children were implied to have been taken from Mel as well..) She also subjected Ariel to an abusive *TheSpartanWay upbringing as a child and forced her to kill another child ( who was a bit of a jerk though) to prove herself; although this seems common practice for the Sarghess. Additionally, she is still a ruthless warmonger who plunged the city into war, though she admittedly has legit grievance with the Sharen. All that being said, by the time [[spoiler:she is killed]] she had already begun showing more redeeming qualities and her final moments were spent [[spoiler: defending her grandchildren from a mutiny.]]
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* BoobsOfSteel: Notably averted. Despite being one of the tallest characters around she's [[http://www.drowtales.com/wordpress/?p=7652 modestly endowed]] (NFSW) by the standards of most drow females and identified as a B cup, which is clearly one trait she got from Quain.
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* BladeOnAStick: Her primary weapon after the timeskip, likely taking inspiration from Vaelia.
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* HasTwoMommies: Ash'waren is implied to have had a significant role in her upbringing, as Laele has mismatched eyes like her.
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* HasTwoMommies: Following chapter 50 [[spoiler:Ariel and Faen for all intents and purposes become the parents of the two surviving children]].
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* StopHelpingMe: In the most cruel and ironic way possible. House Nori'fu insists on trying to "help" her (and they honestly believe they are) by [[spoiler:corralling and restraining her as agents are running around trying to kill her grandkids]]. It doesn't work; [[spoiler:Quain'tana rampages through their forces and eventually kills Su'ube for her betrayal]].
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* UnwantedAssistance: In the most cruel and ironic way possible. House Nori'fu insists on trying to "help" her (and they honestly believe they are) by [[spoiler:corralling and restraining her as agents are running around trying to kill her grandkids]]. It doesn't work; [[spoiler:Quain'tana rampages through their forces and eventually kills Su'ube for her betrayal]].
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* TheChainOfHarm: After years of abuse at the hands of her mother, [[spoiler: she now has no qualms about cutting down any Sarghress she comes across to the point she even assassinated her twin brother, Kel'Noz.]]
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* TheChainOfHarm: After years of abuse at the hands of her mother, [[spoiler: she now has no qualms about cutting down any Sarghress she comes across to the point she even assassinated attempted to ssassinate her twin brother, Kel'Noz.]]
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* FallenPrincess: She explains to Lulianne that at one point she had her own servants, slaves and even people who call themselves her knights, and was mostly left on her own, but later on an incident (implied to be Sarv'swati's attack on Quain) made Quain take this all away and imprison her for refusing to follow Quain's plan.
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* FallenPrincess: She explains to Lulianne that at one point she had her own servants, slaves and even people who call called themselves her knights, and was mostly left on her own, but later on an incident (implied to be Sarv'swati's attack on Quain) made Quain take this all away and imprison her for refusing to follow Quain's plan.
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** It seems to have gotten slightly better for her after the timeskip, [[spoiler:since she seems to have more freedom in the Sullisin'rune dome, apparently sees Ariel on a somewhat regular basis and has had two more children with a third on the way. While not ideal, especially since it's implied the children are being raised elsewhere, she seems much happier, though her relationship with Ariel is clearly still somewhat rocky, and eventually Mel decides to leave Chel entirely to meet up with Snadhya'rune in Felde]].
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* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:To finish off what's left of the nearly dead Sarghress clan, she kills her brother, Kel'noz, with a crossbow and tries to do the same to her daughter, Ariel. However, she evidentally has mixed feelings about this and quickly gives up after missing her head by inches.]]
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* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:To finish off what's left of the nearly dead Sarghress clan, she nearly kills her brother, Kel'noz, with a crossbow and tries to do the same to her daughter, Ariel. However, she evidentally has mixed feelings about this and quickly gives up after missing her head by inches.]]
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* RevengeByProxy: Due to her horrible relationship with her mother, she has developed a virulent hatred for all things Sarghress. When [[spoiler:Snadhya'rune]] asks her for suggestions on what to do with a captured Sarghress squad leader, she advises [[ColdBloodedTorture cutting her up]], which is pretty disturbing coming from someone who [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4964 once claimed to be a pacifist]] and hated violence. She is shown to be deeply satisfied at said squad leader's suffering. She later actively joins the [[spoiler:Nidraa'chal]] in battle in order to kill Quain'tana's followers, which ultimately builds up into [[spoiler:killing her twin brother and trying to kill her daughter, Ariel, in order to finish off the Sarghress clan]].
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* RevengeByProxy: Due to her horrible relationship with her mother, she has developed a virulent hatred for all things Sarghress. When [[spoiler:Snadhya'rune]] asks her for suggestions on what to do with a captured Sarghress squad leader, she advises [[ColdBloodedTorture cutting her up]], which is pretty disturbing coming from someone who [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4964 once claimed to be a pacifist]] and hated violence. She is shown to be deeply satisfied at said squad leader's suffering. She later actively joins the [[spoiler:Nidraa'chal]] in battle in order to kill Quain'tana's followers, which ultimately builds up into [[spoiler:killing [[spoiler:trying to kill her twin brother and trying to kill her daughter, Ariel, in order to finish off the Sarghress clan]].
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* ShesGotLegs: Much of her height seems to be because of her very long legs.
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** An even earlier example would be in chapter 3 when he breaks Syphile's finger when she had tried to pull at Ariel's face and taunt her.
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* RapunzelHair: Even more so after the timeskip. It's shown reaching the floor. Justified in that now with her being fully aware of her abilities, it gives her an incredible reach.
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* HammerspaceHair: While not ''in'' her hair per se, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=107 in chapter 1]] she uses [[RapunzelHair her extremely long hair, which falls almost to the floor]], to hide a knife that she has hidden on her clothing.
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* HammerspaceHair: While not ''in'' her hair per se, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=107 in chapter 1]] she uses [[RapunzelHair her extremely long hair, which falls almost to the floor]], floor, to hide a knife that she has hidden on her clothing.
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* AdultFear: [[spoiler:In Chapter 50, Ariel and Faen realize they left the kids alone and unprotected while traitors roam inside the fortress, and attempt to retrieve them. Sang explains that she already sent a retrieval squad, but it's revealed that the aforementioned traitors managed to get into the kids' room and kill one of them before Faen sees what's happening]].
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:In Chapter 50, Ariel and Faen realize they left the kids alone and unprotected while traitors roam inside the fortress, and attempt to retrieve them. Sang explains that she already sent a retrieval squad, but it's revealed that the aforementioned traitors managed to get into the kids' room and kill one of them before Faen sees what's happening]].
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* MulticoloredHair: Can do it herself using magic. Prior to Felde, Kern said that it was purely a subconscious act.
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* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: With Faen, and Faen at least would like more emphasis on the "romance" and less on the "friendship", but so far Ariel's feelings on the matter aren't known. After the timeskip it's also implied that the two of them already [[ThereIsOnlyOneBed share a bed]], though Ariel still remains ObliviousToLove [[spoiler:until Chapter 44]].
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* MismatchedEyes: Pup, showing his father was a Sullisin'rune.
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* TheChosenOne: Shimi'lande implied that Ariel was blessed and would play a key role in the war against the Nidraa'chal as a chosen heroine. As prediction was {{Retconned}} from {{Clairvoyance}} to MindReading, there was presumably a change in plans. {{Lampshaded}} in the final chapter, where Chirinide says that while Ariel played a major part, she was hardly the center of it all and she has no idea what Shimi'lande saw in her visions.
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* DemotedToExtra: She ultimately goes from main protagonist to just one major character among many.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: See NotSoDifferent. A big theme in the comic is that despite publicly being against the Sharen ([[FreudianExcuse for good]] [[DarkAndTroubledPast reason]]), Quain'tana is willing to do many of the same things in order to gain power, especially when it comes to her ControlFreak tendencies over her family, which Mel'arnach lampshades.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: See NotSoDifferent. A big theme in the comic is that despite publicly being against the Sharen ([[FreudianExcuse for good]] [[DarkAndTroubledPast reason]]), Quain'tana is willing to do many of the same things in order to gain power, especially when it comes to her ControlFreak tendencies over her family, which Mel'arnach lampshades.
* MirrorCharacter: With Diva'ratrika. Both are obsessed with continuing their bloodlines and pressure their daughters to have children, both are {{Control Freak}}s, both of their children wind up hating them, [[spoiler:and they both share a descendant in Kalki]].
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** With Diva'ratrika. Both are obsessed with continuing their bloodlines and pressure their daughters to have children, both are {{Control Freak}}s, both of their children wind up hating them, [[spoiler:and they both share a descendant in Kalki]].
** Mel'arnach acknowledges on some level that [[spoiler:Snadhya'rune lying to her about Kalki's creation even if she did consent in giving her eggs]] is very much like Quain'tana wanting children from her.
** With Diva'ratrika. Both are obsessed with continuing their bloodlines and pressure their daughters to have children, both are {{Control Freak}}s, both of their children wind up hating them, [[spoiler:and they both share a descendant in Kalki]].
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** With Diva'ratrika. Both are obsessed with continuing their bloodlines and pressure their daughters to have children, both are {{Control Freak}}s, both of their children wind up hating them, [[spoiler:and they both share a descendant in Kalki]].
**NotSoDifferentRemark: Mel'arnach acknowledges on some level that [[spoiler:Snadhya'rune lying to her about Kalki's creation even if she did consent in giving her eggs]] is very much like Quain'tana wanting children from her.
** With Diva'ratrika. Both are obsessed with continuing their bloodlines and pressure their daughters to have children, both are {{Control Freak}}s, both of their children wind up hating them, [[spoiler:and they both share a descendant in Kalki]].
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** Post-timeskip, while she was displeased with Ariel for not staying away from the District Wars, Quain'tana "[[PromotionNotPunishment punishes]]" her by moving Ariel's squad to the Highland Raiders, then privately admits that she expected no less from her and that [[NotSoDifferent had she been in Ariel's shoes, she would've done the same thing]].
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** Post-timeskip, while she was displeased with Ariel for not staying away from the District Wars, Quain'tana "[[PromotionNotPunishment punishes]]" her by moving Ariel's squad to the Highland Raiders, then privately admits that she expected no less from her and that [[NotSoDifferent [[NotSoDifferentRemark had she been in Ariel's shoes, she would've done the same thing]].
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* KickedUpstairs: Quain'tana ordered that [[SoldiersAtTheRear Ariel was to be kept in the Home Guard and not to be promoted]] until the District War is over. Ariel disobeys because of circumstances and as an attempt to make Quain'tana proud. Quain'tana is furious, but ends up sending her and her squad to the Raiders as "punishment", though it's clear that the "punishment" part is mostly for show. Once Ariel is gone, she acknowledges to another soldier that [[NotSoDifferent she actually would have done the same in her position]]. This also provides a good excuse to keep Ariel busy and far away from the District War, since the [[CorneredRattlesnake Sharen are likely to become far more dangerous]] now that [[spoiler:[[LastStand Sarv'swati is on the brink of defeat]] and Quain doesn't want her heir anywhere near danger]]... [[ReassignmentBackfire which unknowingly gets her into danger anyhow]], since first she winds up in Ys, which is under attack by Hermiones, and then after following the airship she ends up in [[spoiler:Felde, the Dragon's Nest of Snadhya'rune herself]].
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* KickedUpstairs: Quain'tana ordered that [[SoldiersAtTheRear Ariel was to be kept in the Home Guard and not to be promoted]] until the District War is over. Ariel disobeys because of circumstances and as an attempt to make Quain'tana proud. Quain'tana is furious, but ends up sending her and her squad to the Raiders as "punishment", though it's clear that the "punishment" part is mostly for show. Once Ariel is gone, she acknowledges to another soldier that [[NotSoDifferent [[NotSoDifferentRemark she actually would have done the same in her position]]. This also provides a good excuse to keep Ariel busy and far away from the District War, since the [[CorneredRattlesnake Sharen are likely to become far more dangerous]] now that [[spoiler:[[LastStand Sarv'swati is on the brink of defeat]] and Quain doesn't want her heir anywhere near danger]]... [[ReassignmentBackfire which unknowingly gets her into danger anyhow]], since first she winds up in Ys, which is under attack by Hermiones, and then after following the airship she ends up in [[spoiler:Felde, the Dragon's Nest of Snadhya'rune herself]].
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* PromotionNotPunishment: Although Quain'tana worded it as a punishment, Ariel was actually ''promoted'' to the Highland Raiders after she disobeyed orders and infiltrated a Sharen fortress, took down Nihil'lir, and either liberated or neutralized a significant portion of the Sharen slave conscript army. After Ariel left the room, Quain confided in her trustworthy aid that [[NotSoDifferent she would have done the same thing]], and [[PetTheDog "expected no less of her."]]
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* PromotionNotPunishment: Although Quain'tana worded it as a punishment, Ariel was actually ''promoted'' to the Highland Raiders after she disobeyed orders and infiltrated a Sharen fortress, took down Nihil'lir, and either liberated or neutralized a significant portion of the Sharen slave conscript army. After Ariel left the room, Quain confided in her trustworthy aid that [[NotSoDifferent [[NotSoDifferentRemark she would have done the same thing]], and [[PetTheDog "expected no less of her."]]
* MirrorCharacter: Although loathe to admit it, even to herself, she ''really'' takes after her birth mother, Quain'tana. Like Quain, she's absolutely convinced in the righteousness of her "cause," often ignoring any contrary evidence, usually sees everyone around her, including her own daughter that she claims to love, as nothing more than tools, is a horrible ControlFreak to anything she can influence (though lets herself be controlled by Snad), and is completely fixated on revenge above all else. While Quan has mellowed and proven herelf a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, as well as allowing Ariel to become a MoralityPet, Mel'anarch has gone the exact opposite direction, making herself a MasterOfDelusion who insists that Snad is the undisputed savior of Drowkind as well as the living symbol of love and peace despite committing genocide, matricide, infanticide of her own children and Kalki, in addition to '' starting'' a conflict by unleashing a biological weapon of mass destruction right before her face, twice.
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* NotSoDifferent: Although loathe to admit it, even to herself, she ''really'' takes after her birth mother, Quain'tana. Like Quain, she's absolutely convinced in the righteousness of her "cause," often ignoring any contrary evidence, usually sees everyone around her, including her own daughter that she claims to love, as nothing more than tools, is a horrible ControlFreak to anything she can influence (though lets herself be controlled by Snad), and is completely fixated on revenge above all else. While Quan has mellowed and proven herelf a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, as well as allowing Ariel to become a MoralityPet, Mel'anarch has gone the exact opposite direction, making herself a MasterOfDelusion who insists that Snad is the undisputed savior of Drowkind as well as the living symbol of love and peace despite committing genocide, matricide, infanticide of her own children and Kalki, in addition to '' starting'' a conflict by unleashing a biological weapon of mass destruction right before her face, twice.
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* RealityEnsues: Chapter 50 shows that [[spoiler:charging a position defended by numerous crossbow men without a shield, or armor, after both declaring the intent to kill the commander and leaving a pile of bodies in your wake because you were killing them for getting in your way will lead those crossbow men to be highly likely to shoot you, especially if one of them already shot at you before the charge]].
* SelfDestructiveCharge: Chapter 50 shows that [[spoiler:charging a position defended by numerous crossbow men without a shield, or armor, after both declaring the intent to kill the commander and leaving a pile of bodies in your wake because you were killing them for getting in your way will lead those crossbow men to be highly likely to shoot you, especially if one of them already shot at you before the charge]].
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* HandicappedBadass: In Chapter 46, [[spoiler:losing an arm in less than an hour does absolutely nothing to stop her from decking Yuh'le in the face ''and'' giving Kalki a well deserved punch]]. Evidently she gets this from her biological father, [[spoiler:Zhor]] who himself showed this in the same incident. [[RealityEnsues Unfortunately]], it wears off after a time [[spoiler:and Kalki manages to knock her unconscious]].
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* HarmfulToMinors: No matter how brave they are, when small children see [[spoiler:their elder brother get brutally killed trying to protect them]], they ''will'' cry out.
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* DramaticIrony: [[spoiler:None of the Drow, not even Kiel, will know she achieved her 'failed' destiny ''by eating Snadhya'rune and her protector twin alive''.]]
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* RageBreakingPoint: In chapter 57, she's had ''finally'' had enough of Snad's bullshit and draws a blade, smashes her way through Snad's summons, and it's only because Snad hurls a massive nether blast that Mel's sword does not reach her throat.
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* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler: After learning the truth about her youngest children being alive, she decides to confront Snad about lying to her.]]
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* CallingParentsByTheirName: [[spoiler:Even after learning the truth, she generally calls Mel'arnach by name]].
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* ChekhovsGun: Has anyone forgotten how she assimilated Syphille's pain whip and her hair literally has a mind of its own, transforming into snakes when she's cornered? [[http://drowtales.com/mainarchive.php Kern hasn't.]] They've only gotten ''more'' dangerous with time, and have wills of their own...
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* ChekhovsGun: Has anyone forgotten how she assimilated Syphille's pain whip and her hair literally has a mind of its own, transforming into snakes when she's cornered? [[http://drowtales.com/mainarchive.php php?sid=12962 Kern hasn't.]] They've only gotten ''more'' dangerous with time, and have wills of their own...
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* PowerIncontinence: [[http://drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=12963 It was bound to happen eventually.]] Fortunately, she's able to come back to her senses when Faen calls out to her and give her a CooldownHug.
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* BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting: Quain's maternal instincts leave much to be desired, and that's putting it ''mildly''. Mel only sees her as a political tool. Syphille screwed the pooch raising her because she couldn't be bothered, and that's ''at her best.'' But she's the ideal mother for her younger siblings, with Faen helping cover those few areas where she's lacking.
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* BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting: Quain's maternal instincts leave much to be desired, and that's putting it ''mildly''. Mel only sees her as a political tool. Syphille screwed the pooch raising her because she couldn't be bothered, and that's ''at her best.'' But she's the ideal mother for her younger siblings, with Faen helping cover those few areas where she's lacking.
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* BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting: Quain's maternal instincts leave much to be desired, and that's putting it ''mildly''. Mel only sees her as a political tool. Syphille screwed the pooch raising her because she couldn't be bothered, and that's ''at her best.'' But she's the ideal mother for her younger siblings, with Faen helping cover those few areas where she's lacking.
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* ChekhovsGun: Has anyone forgotten how she assimilated Syphille's pain whip and her hair literally has a mind of its own, transforming into snakes when she's cornered? [[http://drowtales.com/mainarchive.php Kern hasn't.]] They've only gotten ''more'' dangerous with time, and have wills of their own...
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Some of her criticisms of Quain'tana, especially [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1835 here]] ring a little hollow when you remember that [[spoiler:she's sleeping with the leader of the '''Nidraa'chal''', and Snadhya'rune has pretty much done all that ''and worse'', especially the "obedient drones" comment [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7124 considering that Snadhya has pretty much literally made obedient drones]]]]. She contrasts the beauty Snadhya'rune has brought to Felde with the ruin Quain'tana has brought to Chel, even though she is perfectly aware of the fact that Snadhya'rune [[spoiler:runs the Nidraa'chal]] and thus has ''far'' more responsibility for Chel's plight than Quain'tana.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Some of her criticisms of Quain'tana, especially [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1835 here]] ring a little hollow when you remember that [[spoiler:she's sleeping with the leader of the '''Nidraa'chal''', and Snadhya'rune has pretty much done all that ''and worse'', especially the "obedient drones" comment [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7124 considering that Snadhya has pretty much literally made obedient drones]]]]. She contrasts the beauty Snadhya'rune has brought to Felde (she did not - she merely insidiously got control over an already extremely rich and developed city by pitting its guilds against each other) with the ruin Quain'tana has brought to Chel, even though she is perfectly aware of the fact that Snadhya'rune [[spoiler:runs the Nidraa'chal]] and thus has ''far'' more responsibility for Chel's plight than Quain'tana.
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* NeverLiveItDown: In-universe; getting tainted and killing Fuzzy are two things that haunt her for the rest of her life. Quain'tana disdains her and sees her adoption as a mistake, while Ariel ''hates'' her for what she had done to the point of wanting her dead.
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* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Getting tainted and killing Fuzzy are two things that haunt her for the rest of her life. Quain'tana disdains her and sees her adoption as a mistake, while Ariel ''hates'' her for what she had done to the point of wanting her dead.
