History Characters / HereticalEdgeOtherCrossroadsHeretics

** SelfDuplication, [[AnIcePerson freezing things]] (with or without SuperBreath), [[TakenForGranite turning opponents into stone at a touch]], SuperStrength, SuperSpeed, SuperToughness, [[MindOverMatter Telekinesis]], the ability to magically [[MatterReplicator create matter]], EnergyAbsorption, [[PlayingWithFire conjure and manipulate Ghost-fire]] (fire that can harm intangible beings such as ghosts), {{Intangibility}}, {{Flight}}, [[ShockAndAwe summon lightning]] and [[ElementalArmor wear it like armor]], {{Teleportation}}, AnimateInanimateObjects, [[ThinkingUpPortals create portals]], [[TimeStandsStill stop time]], [[BlowYouAway summon tornadoes]] ([[PlayingWithFire of fire]]), and [[MagmaMan erupt Lava from the ground and control it]].

** SelfDuplication, [[AnIcePerson Freeze]] [[SuperBreath Breath]], [[TakenForGranite turning opponents into stone]], SuperStrength, [[SuperSpeed Speed]], [[SuperToughness Toughness]], a form of [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]], the ability to magically [[MatterReplicator create matter]].

* UnwittingPawn:

* IOweYouMyLife: Calafia considers herself to owe [[spoiler: Joselyn Atherby]] "more than she can ever repay."

* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: Guessed Lincoln Chambers would be able to break through the Bystander Effect if she weakened it. She was right, although he succeeded much more quickly than she was expecting him to.]]

* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: Guessed Lincoln Chambers would be able to break through the Bystander Effect if she weakened it. She was right, although he succeeded much more quickly than she was expecting him to.

** SelfDuplication, [[AnIcePerson Freeze]] [[SuperBreath Breath]], [[TakenForGranite turning opponents into stone]], SuperStrength, [[SuperSpeed Speed]], [[SuperToughness Toughness]], a form of [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]], and magically [[MatterReplicator create matter such as silver]].

* SwordOfDamocles: [[spoiler: He "beat" Joselyn by abducting her children and threatening to murder them if she didn't surrender. Then he continued to threaten Wyatt's life to keep her from telling anyone what he did.]]

* AnonymousBenefactor: [[spoiler: To Lincoln Chambers. Calafia is the one who dug up old footage of Joselyn from 1963 and got it to him using Gabriel Prosser as an intermediary while also weakening the Bystander Effect to allow him to figure out what's going on.]]

** SelfDuplication: First displayed by Teach, who compares the ability to the one possessed by Miranda Wallbern.

* NoMereWindmill: Geta dismisses the idea that Flick was in any danger in Wyoming because he believes she was "perfectly safe" where she was. He's completely wrong, [[spoiler: and there's a very real chance that her abduction could lead to the end of Crossroads and Eden's Garden.]]

** Hell, even the one thing he's wrong about ([[spoiler:Flick being "perfectly safe" in Wyoming]]) is a logical conclusion to reach from the information available to him.
** But he still buys into the idea that Strangers can't possibly be good, [[spoiler: and he's among the counselors who believes Flick and Joselyn are behind the attempts to assassinate Avalon,] so he's not a true example.

* [[DenyingTheDeadParentsSins Denying the Dead Brother's Sins]]: Possibly. In real life, Caracalla and Geta's mutual hatred of each other was well known when they were alive, and they were both pretty big bastards. This version of Geta claims that all of his brother's insanity is due to a Stranger that was controlling him.

** He also voted against casting the Blood Plague.

* AllYourPowersCombined: The members of the Committee are magically linked, giving each of them access to all the powers possessed by the others. This linked achieved through a ritual spell that uses the Heretical Edge.

''Sir'' Percival, formerly a [[Myth/KingArthur Knight of the Round Table]]. He's currently responsible

* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist Well-Intentioned Extremists]]
[[EvenEvilHasStandards Have Standards]]: Voted against casting the blood plague.

* CoolOldGuy: He doesn't look his age, but WordOfGod says that he spends more time in the modern world than his colleagues, partially because it's his main responsibility, but Music/TheRamones and Music/Nirvana T-shirts indicate that he genuinely enjoys it.

''The'' Edward Teach. {{UsefulNotes/Blackbeard}}. Long before that, he was one of [[ClassicalMythology the Argonauts]]. Nowadays he's one of the Committee's friendliest members.

An older looking Native American woman. She holds a great deal of personal dislike for Gaia Sinclaire.

A Spanish looking Counselor. She's one of the hardliners, though a bit quieter about it than the others.

''Sir'' Percival, formerly a [[Myth/KingArthur Knight of the Round Table]].

* CoolOldGuy: He doesn't look his age, but WordOfGod says that he spends more time in the modern world than his colleagues.
* FunTShirt: In a meeting of the immortal leaders of a society of monster hunters, Percival wears a [[Music/TheRamones Ramones]] T-shirt.

A rotund member of the Committee.

An young-looking asian member of the Committee. She's a hardliner that tends to think along the same lines as Ruthers.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Voted against casting the blood plague.

A counselor that comes to meetings dressed like a lumberjack.

An ancient Norseman who appears in TheSagaOfTheVolsungs.

An African warrior queen who now sits on the Committee.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite remaining a KnightTemplar and being one of the only counselors to believe that "[[SinsOfTheFather blood is blood]," Geta sometimes comes across as an antagonistic version of this. Unlike the counselors who vote against letting Flick into the Academy based on unfounded assumptions [[spoiler: that Joselyn has been conditioning her]], most of the reasons Geta gives for wanting to keep her out (the Committee's inability to agree on how to deal with her, the lack of obvious benefits to her inclusion compared to the potential risks) are much more valid arguments.

* TheSpock: In sharp contrast to other hardliner counselors like Ruthers and Litonya, Jue doesn't let her emotions get in the way of her judgement. [[spoiler: For example: she does not believe the theory that Flick is trying to murder Avalon on Joselyn's behalf because she recognizes out of character that would be for Joselyn.]]

** He's also one of the counselors to recognize that [[spoiler: there is no evidence Joselyn has had any contact with Flick since her dissapearance]], and votes to let Flick in as a result.

* TheSpock: In sharp contrast to other hardliner counselors like Ruthers and Litonya, Jue doesn't let her emotions get in the way of her judgement. [[spoiler: For example: she does not believe the theory that Flick is trying to murder Avalon on Joselyn's behalf because she recognizes how that would be out of character for Joselyn.]]

An African warrior queen who now sits on the Commitee.

* AmazonianBeauty: Upon meeting Calafia for the first time, Flick wonders how many succubi she's killed to become so beautiful.

* TheBlindLeadingTheBlind: The Committee as a whole is breathtakingly ignorant of their world in general and the origins of their organization in particular.

* TheSpock: In sharp contrast to other hardliner counselors like Ruthers and Litonya, Jue doesn't let her emotions get in the way of her judgement.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite remaining a KnightTemplar and being one of the only counselors to believe that "[[SinsOfTheFather blood is blood]," Geta manages to come across as an antagonistic version of this. Unlike the counselors who vote against letting Flick into the Academy based on unfounded assumptions [[spoiler: that Joselyn has been conditioning her]], most of the reasons Geta gives for wanting to keep her out (the Committee's inability to agree on how to deal with her, the lack of obvious benefits to her inclusion compared to the potential risks) are much more valid arguments.

* {{Jerkass}}: Litonya is a ''thoroughly'' unpleasant woman.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: Dismisses Gaia as being too soft.

** First, she dismisses Blackbeard's concern that there are traitors within Crossroads as a conspiracy theory while treating her own explanation for the same events ([[spoiler:she blames Flick]]) as valid despite there being a lot more evidence against it.

* BadBoss: Accused of this by Namid, a young relative of hers who is quick to point out how angry she was over a theft of magical artifacts she owns while showing no concern for the four Heretics who were killed in the theft. That's not entirely unreasonable, as the artifacts in question could easily kill more than four Heretics in the wrong hands, but Namid is under the impression that "Great-Aunt Litty" didn't care about the deaths at all.

** Honestly, this verges on IRejectYourReality, because even if her theory about who has been helping Trice was right (it's not), that really does nothing to disprove the notion that there are traitors to Crossroads. [[spoiler: After all, one of Joselyn's big things was recruiting Heretics from Crossroads and Eden's Garden, many of whom are still alive and could have their memories restored]].

* BadBoss: Accused of this by Namid, a young relative of hers who is quick to point out how angry she was over a theft of magical artifacts she owns while showing no concern for the four Heretics who were killed in the theft. Whether or not Namid is right remains to be seen, as the artifacts in question could do a lot of damage in the wrong hands, but there's a difference between being less concerned and not being concerned at all.

* BadBoss: Accused of this by Namid, a young relative of hers who is quick to point out how angry she was over a theft of magical artifacts she owns while showing no concern for the four Heretics who were killed in the theft. Whether or not Namid is right remains to be seen, as the artifacts in question could do a lot of damage in the wrong hands, but even so.

** Honestly, this verges on IRejectYourReality, because even if her theory about who has been helping Trice was right (it's not), there could still very easily be traitors in her midst. [[spoiler: One of Joselyn's big things was recruiting Heretics from Crossroads and Eden's Garden, many of whom are still alive with their memories of her erased.]]

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She doesn't actively believe that Strangers can be good, but appears to be more open to the possibility than the hardliners adn voted to let Flick into the Academy. She's also quick to diffuse arguments among her colleagues.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: He considers it impossible for Strangers and humans to interbreed despite being a leader in a society of people that can magically alter their DNA.

** He has a very distorted view of the methods and motivations of reformer Heretics [[spoiler: like Joselyn]], often attributing murderous actions to them despite it being very obvious that they're not willing to go as far as he assumes they do.
* IHatePastMe: It's been suggested in-universe (and confirmed out of universe via WordOfGod) that the real reason he hates Heretic reformers so much is because he sees enough of his past self in them to start projecting his own guilt and self-loathing onto them.

* MoralMyopia: In his mind, Ruthers is a hero doing what is necessary, no matter how utterly atrocious his actions are and people who resort to comparatively tame tactics are scum.

** ParentalObliviousness: But most agree that Jonathon deserved it at the time.

* SinsOfTheFather: Ruthers genuinely believes that he doesn't bear [[spoiler: Joselyn's children]] any ill will. But it's very obvious that he's kidding himself. [[spoiler: Only Fossor and the Hiding Man can be said to have hurt them more than Ruthers, and that's pretty debatable.]]

* UnwittingPawn: Apparently zigzagged. According to [[spoiler: Sariel Moon]], Ruthers' particular brand of stubborn fanaticism actually makes him harder to manipulate than their superiors would prefer. That said, he acts exactly as they want Heretics to, right down to refusing to consider the possibility that [[HalfHumanHybrid human's can have offspring with Strangers]], [[spoiler: and their infiltrators still convinced him to attack Joselyn through her children.]]

* KnightTemplar: She would rather [[spoiler: commit fratricide]] than even consider the possibility that Strangers can be good.