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* AnythingThatMoves: Or ''almost'' anything, as he insists. He has ''some'' standards.

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Characters from the webcomic ''Webcomic/{{HERO}}''. Beware of spoilers.\\
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!! Generally applicable character tropes:

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Characters from the webcomic ''Webcomic/{{HERO}}''. Beware of spoilers.\\
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!! Generally applicable character tropes:
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[[folder:In General]]



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!! Major Characters:

'''The Narrator'''

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!! Major Characters:

'''The Narrator'''
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[[folder:The Narrator]]



* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Since he isn't exactly up to beating on Valentine, he resorts to throwing his notebook at Valentine ''really hard''.

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* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Since he isn't exactly up to beating on Valentine, he resorts to throwing his notebook at Valentine ''really hard''.




'''The Duck'''
* [[InvoluntaryShapeshifter Involuntary Shapeshifting]] ''and'' VoluntaryShapeshifting: The first harks back to the Duck's name. The second usually heralds a BigDamnHeroes moment.

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\n'''The Duck'''\n* [[InvoluntaryShapeshifter Involuntary Shapeshifting]] ''and'' VoluntaryShapeshifting: The first harks back to the Duck's name. The second usually heralds a BigDamnHeroes moment.[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Duck]]



* {{Shapeshifting}}: [[InvoluntaryShapeshifter Involuntary]] ''and'' [[VoluntaryShapeshifting voluntary]] with the first harkening back to the Duck's name and the second usually heralds a BigDamnHeroes moment.




'''Valentine Liosbri'''

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\n'''Valentine Liosbri'''[[/folder]]

[[folder:Valentine Liosbri]]



* HeroicBuild: Well. He at least has the enormous muscles.

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* HeroicBuild: Well. He Well, he at least has the enormous muscles.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He genuinely loves the Duck. He also expresses regret both for being a terrible brother to the Serpent, and for his failure to keep [[spoiler: Eira]] alive.
* LoveableRogue: There's that small matter of being rather blasé about eating people / golems, but as the protagonist's friend and protector, we see his sympathetic side very clearly... And, well, demons are ''supposed'' to eat people.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He genuinely loves the Duck. He also expresses regret both for being a terrible brother to the Serpent, Serpent and for his failure to keep [[spoiler: Eira]] alive.
* LoveableRogue: There's that small matter of being rather blasé about eating people / golems, people/golems, but as the protagonist's friend and protector, we see his sympathetic side very clearly... And, well, demons are ''supposed'' to eat people.



* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The latter to Ganymar's former. He is brash, foulmouthed, ruggedly handsome, and shows no affection to anyone except a few people. However, he did take [[spoiler: Eira's death]] so hard that he [[spoiler: created the narrator out of what was left.]]

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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The latter to Ganymar's former. He is brash, foulmouthed, foul-mouthed, ruggedly handsome, and shows no affection to anyone except a few people. However, he did take [[spoiler: Eira's death]] so hard that he [[spoiler: created the narrator out of what was left.]]




'''The Serpent'''

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\n'''The Serpent'''[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Serpent]]




'''Ganymar'''
* AmnesiaLoop: With regard to [[spoiler: the memory of how Eira died]]. Apparently this has happened often enough that [[NoteToSelf Juno includes it on a list of instructions-for-every-situation]].

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\n'''Ganymar'''\n[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ganymar]]
* AmnesiaLoop: With regard to [[spoiler: the memory of how Eira died]]. Apparently Apparently, this has happened often enough that [[NoteToSelf Juno includes it on a list of instructions-for-every-situation]].



* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: A magnet for this trope. In the beginning of the comic he was impaled by the throat with five of Valentine's claws, and recovered fairly quickly. [[spoiler: His past human life was ended in a similar fashion. Just on a bigger scale... With more fatality.]]

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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: A magnet for this trope. In At the beginning of the comic he was impaled by the throat with five of Valentine's claws, and recovered fairly quickly. [[spoiler: His past human life was ended in a similar fashion. Just on a bigger scale... With more fatality.]]




'''Juno'''

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\n'''Juno'''\n[[/folder]]

[[folder:Juno]]




'''Eira'''
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\n'''Eira'''\n[[folder: The following is SPOILERFUL]][[/folder]]

[[folder:Eira ('''Spoilers''')]]



!! Other characters of note:

'''The Witch'''

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!! Other characters of note:

'''The Witch'''
[[folder:Other characters]]
!!The Witch



'''The Priest'''

'''The Lady'''

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'''The Priest'''

'''The Lady'''
!!The Priest

!!The Lady



'''The Fisherman'''

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'''The Fisherman'''!!The Fisherman



'''The Tiger-Voiced Man'''

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'''The !!The Tiger-Voiced Man'''Man



'''Vin Liosbri'''

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'''Vin Liosbri'''!!Vin Liosbri



'''Lord Renard d'Urfe'''
* PhysicalGod: He and the rest of the Baroque. Apparently it's possible for them to ''stop'' being gods, if they start to desire things.

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'''Lord !!Lord Renard d'Urfe'''
d'Urfe
* PhysicalGod: He and the rest of the Baroque. Apparently Apparently, it's possible for them to ''stop'' being gods, gods if they start to desire things.



'''The Red Rider'''

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'''The !!The Red Rider'''Rider


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* TheChick: Averted. Being invincible, she does not have to be rescued by her brother at all, as opposed to her other brother. And to be invincible, one must avoid attachment.
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* RapunzelHair: Done up in a high ponytail, it still streams out behind her by six or seven feet.
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* TalkingApplianceSidekick: Of the non-snarky, SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments-y kind. Usually a motorcycle.

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* TalkingApplianceSidekick: Of the non-snarky, SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments-y heartwarming kind. Usually a motorcycle.
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* TheNameless: Not the only one, but he doesn't even have a set title or epithet, unlike the rest.

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* TheNameless: NameAmnesia: Not the only one, but he doesn't even have a set title or epithet, unlike the rest.
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Trivia trope(s).


* FanNickname: It's hard to discuss a nameless protagonist, so he was fanicked ASAP: Lost, after Valentine introduces him by explaining that "He's lost. I said he could come with me," and Vin deliberately misunderstands "lost" as his name.
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* RedHeadedHero: It is not his natural hair color, which further contrasts his nobility to Valentine's selfishness and Vin's detachment.

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* RedHeadedHero: RedIsHeroic: It is not his natural hair color, which further contrasts his nobility to Valentine's selfishness and Vin's detachment.
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* InvoluntaryShapeshifting ''and'' VoluntaryShapeshifting: The first harks back to the Duck's name. The second usually heralds a BigDamnHeroes moment.

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* InvoluntaryShapeshifting [[InvoluntaryShapeshifter Involuntary Shapeshifting]] ''and'' VoluntaryShapeshifting: The first harks back to the Duck's name. The second usually heralds a BigDamnHeroes moment.
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* TalkingApplianceSidekick: Of the non-snarky, CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming-y kind. Usually a motorcycle.

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* TalkingApplianceSidekick: Of the non-snarky, CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming-y SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments-y kind. Usually a motorcycle.
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* LoveableRogue: There's that small matter of being rather blasé about eating people/golems, but as the protagonist's friend and protector, we see his sympathetic side very clearly... And, well, demons are ''supposed'' to eat people.

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* LoveableRogue: There's that small matter of being rather blasé about eating people/golems, people / golems, but as the protagonist's friend and protector, we see his sympathetic side very clearly... And, well, demons are ''supposed'' to eat people.
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* AllThereInTheManual: [[http://elledupomme.deviantart.com/gallery/623426#/d6a3ob His first name]] is only mentioned on the author's Creator/DeviantArt account.

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* AllThereInTheManual: [[http://elledupomme.deviantart.com/gallery/623426#/d6a3ob His first name]] is only mentioned on the author's Creator/DeviantArt Website/DeviantArt account.

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!! Generally applicable character tropes

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!! Generally applicable character tropestropes:



** Fitting under none of the listed subtypes, actually. [[spoiler:The protagonist looks just like Eira and even has some of Eira's personality and ability to involuntarily access his memories... but he isn't Eira.]]

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** Fitting under none of the listed subtypes, actually. [[spoiler:The [[spoiler: The protagonist looks just like Eira and even has some of Eira's personality and ability to involuntarily access his memories... but But he isn't Eira.]]




!! Major characters

'''The narrator'''
* CameBackWrong: A benign example. While he certainly looks like Eira, has a similar skillset, and has the general idealism which Eira possessed, he is generally not accepted as a direct copy of Eira, since "A life once ended may not be remade". [[spoiler:And according to Lord D'Urfe, he is no longer a golem, either.]]

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!! Major characters

Characters:

'''The narrator'''
Narrator'''
* CameBackWrong: A benign example. While he certainly looks like Eira, has a similar skillset, and has the general idealism which Eira possessed, he is generally not accepted as a direct copy of Eira, since "A life once ended may not be remade". [[spoiler:And remade." [[spoiler: And according to Lord D'Urfe, d'Urfe, he is no longer a golem, either.]]



* PensieveFlashback: The protagonist, several times -- though he experiences it from the POV of the owner of the memory, the only thing he can do that deviates from the memory is to think... and technically, [[spoiler:the ones in the compass and the City of Memory were Eira's.]]

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* PensieveFlashback: The protagonist, several times -- though he experiences it from the POV of the owner of the memory, the only thing he can do that deviates from the memory is to think... and And technically, [[spoiler:the [[spoiler: the ones in the compass and the City of Memory were Eira's.]]



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He genuinely loves the Duck. He also expresses regret both for being a terrible brother to the Serpent, and for his failure to keep [[spoiler:Eira]] alive.
* LoveableRogue: There's that small matter of being rather blasé about eating people/golems, but as the protagonist's friend and protector, we see his sympathetic side very clearly... and, well, demons are ''supposed'' to eat people.
* PapaWolf: To the narrator, of course.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He genuinely loves the Duck. He also expresses regret both for being a terrible brother to the Serpent, and for his failure to keep [[spoiler:Eira]] [[spoiler: Eira]] alive.
* LoveableRogue: There's that small matter of being rather blasé about eating people/golems, but as the protagonist's friend and protector, we see his sympathetic side very clearly... and, And, well, demons are ''supposed'' to eat people.
* PapaWolf: To the narrator, of course.



* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The latter to Ganymar's former. He is brash, foulmouthed, ruggedly handsome, and shows no affection to anyone except a few people. However, he did take [[spoiler:Eira's death]] so hard that he [[spoiler:created the narrator out of what was left.]]

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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The latter to Ganymar's former. He is brash, foulmouthed, ruggedly handsome, and shows no affection to anyone except a few people. However, he did take [[spoiler:Eira's [[spoiler: Eira's death]] so hard that he [[spoiler:created [[spoiler: created the narrator out of what was left.]]



* ExtremeDoormat: He would rather do something he hates than let someone he cares about die. As Valentine and [[spoiler:the Demon King]] demonstrate.

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* ExtremeDoormat: He would rather do something he hates than let someone he cares about die. As Valentine and [[spoiler:the [[spoiler: the Demon King]] demonstrate.



* RedBaron: He was born Venice Liosbri. As a demon, he is only known as "The Serpent".

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* RedBaron: He was born Venice Liosbri. As a demon, he is only known as "The Serpent".Serpent."



* AmnesiaLoop: With regard to [[spoiler:the memory of how Eira died]]. Apparently this has happened often enough that [[NoteToSelf Juno includes it on a list of instructions-for-every-situation]].

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* AmnesiaLoop: With regard to [[spoiler:the [[spoiler: the memory of how Eira died]]. Apparently this has happened often enough that [[NoteToSelf Juno includes it on a list of instructions-for-every-situation]].



* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: A magnet for this trope. In the beginning of the comic he was impaled by the throat with five of Valentine's claws, and recovered fairly quickly. [[spoiler:His past human life was ended in a similar fashion. Just on a bigger scale... with more fatality.]]
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: No one will tell him [[spoiler:how Eira died]], but mostly out of compassion. Every time he learns what happened, he takes it so hard that he begs Juno to wipe his memory of it.

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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: A magnet for this trope. In the beginning of the comic he was impaled by the throat with five of Valentine's claws, and recovered fairly quickly. [[spoiler:His [[spoiler: His past human life was ended in a similar fashion. Just on a bigger scale... with With more fatality.]]
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: No one will tell him [[spoiler:how [[spoiler: how Eira died]], but mostly out of compassion. Every time he learns what happened, he takes it so hard that he begs Juno to wipe his memory of it.



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[[folder:The [[folder: The following is SPOILERFUL]]



* MistakenIdentity: Since he had the mark of Lord D'Urfe on his forehead and spent all his time with two powerful golems, both Valentine and the Lady mistook him for a golem as well.
* RaisedByWolves: By golems, At Lord D'Urfe's behest.

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* MistakenIdentity: Since he had the mark of Lord D'Urfe d'Urfe on his forehead and spent all his time with two powerful golems, both Valentine and the Lady mistook him for a golem as well.
* RaisedByWolves: By golems, At Lord D'Urfe's d'Urfe's behest.



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'''The witch'''

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'''The witch'''Witch'''



'''The priest'''

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'''The priest'''
Priest'''



'''The fisherman'''
* UnusualEars: Due to the fact that [[spoiler:he is actually a wolf.]]

'''The tiger-voiced man'''

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'''The fisherman'''
Fisherman'''
* UnusualEars: Due to the fact that [[spoiler:he [[spoiler: he is actually a wolf.]]

'''The tiger-voiced man'''Tiger-Voiced Man'''



'''Lord Renard D'Urfe'''

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'''Lord Renard D'Urfe'''d'Urfe'''



* AllThereInTheManual: [[http://elledupomme.deviantart.com/gallery/623426#/d6a3ob His first name]] is only mentioned on the author's deviantart account.

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* AllThereInTheManual: [[http://elledupomme.deviantart.com/gallery/623426#/d6a3ob His first name]] is only mentioned on the author's deviantart Creator/DeviantArt account.



* DefrostingIceQueen: Visually represented with an iron box [[spoiler:that has absorbed her original heart]]. She is stoic and pragmatic when speaking to Eira, but her box cracks when she sees [[spoiler:Valentine]] dying.

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* DefrostingIceQueen: Visually represented with an iron box [[spoiler:that [[spoiler: that has absorbed her original heart]]. She is stoic and pragmatic when speaking to Eira, but her box cracks when she sees [[spoiler:Valentine]] [[spoiler: Valentine]] dying.



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* TheMessiah: Deconstructed. People loved Eira so much that they are now fighting over who gets to take Lost home.
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* HotDad: In his former life, at least.
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* ViewerGenderConfusion: Holy ''crap'' are there a lot of pretty dudes in this comic.

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* ViewerGenderConfusion: Holy ''crap'' are there a lot of pretty dudes in this comic.

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White-Haired Pretty Boy was renamed to White Hair Black Heart. Zero Context Examples, poorly-written examples, shoe-horning and misuse are being deleted.


* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Subverted. White haired, check. Pretty, arguably. Boy, definitely. But he's about as far from villainous or badass as you can ever possibly get.

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* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Subverted. White haired, check. Pretty, arguably. Boy, definitely. But he's about as far from villainous or badass as you can ever possibly get.



* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Though not villainous.

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Badass Nickname is an alternative title for Red Baron. Secondly, there is a project in progress to trim down the badass snowclones


* BadassNickname: He was born Venice Liosbri. As a demon, he is only known as "The Serpent".


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* RedBaron: He was born Venice Liosbri. As a demon, he is only known as "The Serpent".

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