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* SecretCharacter: Unlocked via time-bomb in the Arcade version. Averted in the UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 port, where he's playable by default.

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* SecretCharacter: Unlocked via time-bomb in the Arcade version. Averted in the UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 Platform/Nintendo64 port, where he's playable by default.



A chicken that is a hidden JokeCharacter in the UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 port of ''Mace: The Dark Age''.

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A chicken that is a hidden JokeCharacter in the UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 Platform/Nintendo64 port of ''Mace: The Dark Age''.

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* HumongousMecha: Equipped with a [[CarryABigStick spiked ball]] and a [[DropTheHammer hammer]].

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* HumongousMecha: Equipped with a [[CarryABigStick spiked ball]] and a [[DropTheHammer hammer]].hammer.



* DropTheHammer: Wields a war hammer in combat, complete with crushing blows.
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** In her bad ending, Asmodeus gives her as a gift to the Sultan of Shiraq. The grateful sultan assures Asmodeus that her treachery will not go unpunished, and he proceeds to enslave her once again, abusing and torturing her to the point of insanity.

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** *** In her bad ending, Asmodeus gives her as a gift to the Sultan of Shiraq. The grateful sultan assures Asmodeus that her treachery will not go unpunished, and he proceeds to enslave her once again, abusing and torturing her to the point of insanity.

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* SeparatedAtBirth: [[spoiler:From Grendal.]]

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* SeparatedAtBirth: [[spoiler:From Grendal.Grendal, a.k.a. Taurus de Castillo, her twin brother.]]



* SexSlave: Becomes this to Al Rashid after he enslaves her with the Mace of Tanis in his ending.

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* SexSlave: Becomes SexSlave:
** She is implied to have started out as
this to Al Rashid after he enslaves in her with backstory, being sold into slavery and subsequently forced to dance for the pleasure of fat and lecherous old men.
** In her bad ending, Asmodeus gives her as a gift to the Sultan of Shiraq. The grateful sultan assures Asmodeus that her treachery will not go unpunished, and he proceeds to enslave her once again, abusing and torturing her to the point of insanity.
** In Al Rashid's good ending, he uses
the Mace of Tanis in to brainwash her and turn her into his ending.own personal concubine.



* YouKilledMyFather: Al Rashid killed her family, and she will make him pay.

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* YouKilledMyFather: The assassins led by Al Rashid Rashid's father Khalid killed her family, and she will make him them all pay.
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* BareYourMidriff: Her attire is that of a harem girl's, leaving her midriff uncovered.
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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: '''She''' who fights monsters in her case. In her good ending, she becomes the first woman ruler of Arabia and creates a kingdom known for its strong female leaders… ''by deliberately forbidding all men from running businesses or appearing in public unveiled, thus making women rule by default instead of through merit'' (essentially a reversal of the more conservative Muslim nations).

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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: '''She''' ''She'' who fights monsters in her case. In her good ending, she becomes the first woman ruler of Arabia and creates a kingdom known for its strong female leaders… ''by deliberately forbidding all men from running businesses or appearing in public unveiled, thus making women rule by default instead of through merit'' (essentially a reversal of the more conservative Muslim nations).

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* MartialArtsStaff: As is common among many Buddhist warrior monks in real life and especially in fiction.



* HeWhoFightsMonsters: '''She''' who fights monsters in her case. In her good ending, she becomes the first woman ruler of Arabia and creates a kingdom known for its strong female leaders… ''by deliberately forbidding all men from running businesses or appearing in public unveiled, thus making women rule by default instead of through merit'' (essentially a reversal of the more conservative Muslim nations).



* [[HeWhoFightsMonsters She Who Fights Monsters]]: In her good ending. Becomes the first woman ruler of Arabia and creates a kingdom known for its strong female leaders… ''by deliberately forbidding all men from running businesses or appearing in public unveiled, thus making women rule by default instead of through merit'' (essentially a reversal of the more conservative Muslim nations).

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!!! Koyasha

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!!! Taria de Castillo

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!!! Xiao Long

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!!! The Executioner

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!!! Namira

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!!! Takeshi Tsunami

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!!! Al Rashid

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!!! Lord Deimos

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!!! Sir Dregan

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* DemonicPossession: His [[FinishingMove Execution]] involves him possesing the body of his opponent and then [[LudicrousGibs exploding in a bloody mess]].

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* DemonicPossession: His [[FinishingMove Execution]] involves him possesing possessing the body of his opponent and then [[LudicrousGibs exploding in a bloody mess]].




!!! Hell Knight

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!!! Ichiro Tsunami

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!!! Grendal

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!!! Pojo

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!!! Asmodeus

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* SpikesOfVillainy: Has a multitude of these along his back.

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* SpikesOfVillainy: Has a multitude of these along his back.back.
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* LethalJokeCharacter: While she lacks special attacks as powerful as everyone else's, Pojo's speed and small hit box makes it very difficult for most characters to land hits on her. Pojo is even very useful against [[SNKBoss Asmodeus]] himself.

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* LethalJokeCharacter: While she lacks special attacks as powerful as everyone else's, Pojo's speed and small hit box makes it very difficult for most characters to land hits on her. Pojo is even very useful against [[SNKBoss Asmodeus]] himself.[[note]]There's some unintentional and amusing GameplayAndStoryIntegration in this fact, as Pojo has the 'best' bad ending in the game, in the sense that she escapes the fight alive, and Asmodeus [[UncertainDoom never catches her]], leaving him checking that every chicken he eats from that day in the hopes that it turns out to be her corpse.[[/note]]
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* OffWithHisHead: In his [[FinishingMove Execution]], he slams his opponent with his mecha's WeaponOfChoice to the ground and then decapitates them [[HomeRunHitter baseball style]].

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* OffWithHisHead: In his [[FinishingMove Execution]], he slams his opponent with his mecha's WeaponOfChoice weapon to the ground and then decapitates them [[HomeRunHitter baseball style]].
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* DualWielding: Wields two {{Kni|feNut}}ves.

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* DualWielding: Wields two {{Kni|feNut}}ves.knives.

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%%* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame

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%%* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Resembles a stereotypical dwarf to a tee: long beard, horned helmet, short height, etc.



%%* InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha
* OffWithHisHead: In his [[FinishingMove Execution]], he slams his opponent with his mecha's WeaponOfChoice to the ground and then decapitates him [[HomeRunHitter baseball style]].

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%%* InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha
* InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha: He takes a machine into combat - the only character to do so.
* OffWithHisHead: In his [[FinishingMove Execution]], he slams his opponent with his mecha's WeaponOfChoice to the ground and then decapitates him them [[HomeRunHitter baseball style]].



%%* DropTheHammer
%%* {{Golem}}

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%%* DropTheHammer
%%* {{Golem}}
* DropTheHammer: Wields a war hammer in combat, complete with crushing blows.
* {{Golem}}: His flesh is made of stone, as you can see.
* GoodIsNotSoft: [[spoiler:If he's cured back to Taurus in his ending, then upon concluding that Taria's beyond saving, he has her blinded, rendered mute, and shut away for the rest of her life. She had it coming]].



%%* TakenForGranite

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%%* TakenForGranite* TakenForGranite: [[spoiler:Poor Taurus was turned into the stone creature he now is when Asmodeus stole him]].



%%* WhiteSheep

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%%* WhiteSheep
* WhiteSheep: [[spoiler:His father and sister may be utterly ruthless, but Taurus turns out to be a rather decent bloke when he's not being ForcedIntoEvil]].



%%* BigBad
%%* BigRedDevil

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%%* BigBad
%%* BigRedDevil
* BigBad: Sponsor of the Covenant of Seven, defender of the Mace of Tanis, and the demon threatening to plunge the world to chaos.
* BigRedDevil: He's so large that his legs are permanently hidden by a pool of fire, and he's got the red skin to match.



%%* FinalBoss

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%%* FinalBoss* FinalBoss: A single player game will always have him as the final enemy. ''Always''.



%%* SNKBoss

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%%* SNKBoss* SNKBoss: Reads your inputs, has massive reach due to his arms, and has specials solely designed to counter other strategies. He's quite a challenge.

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%%* HiredGuns

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%%* HiredGuns* HiredGuns: A mercenary for hire who has become rather famous for his deeds.



%%* SailorsPonytail

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%%* SailorsPonytail* SailorsPonytail: Wears his hair like this to indicated that although his life is barbarous, he still has some standards.



* BalefulPolymorph: Her [[FinishingMove Execution]] involves transforming her opponent into a chicken. Which serves the player to unlock Pojo the Chicken.



* ForcedTransformation: Her [[FinishingMove Execution]] involves transforming her opponent into a chicken. Which serves the player to unlock Pojo the Chicken.
* HellHasNewManagement: Her EvilPlan is to become a demon and take over Hell.



%%* LadyOfWar

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%%* LadyOfWar* LadyOfWar: As elegant as she is deadly on the battlefield.



%%* BlindWeaponmaster

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%%* BlindWeaponmaster* BlindWeaponmaster: He may be blind, but he's still skilled in bojutsu.



%%* WarriorMonk

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%%* WarriorMonk
* WarriorMonk: He was raised by monks to master the Spirit Sense and is a formidable fighter. It's safe to say that he's one.



%%* AnAxeToGrind



* TheExecutioner: Duh. Wears the hood, wields the axe, even is only known as "The Executioner".



%%* NoNameGiven

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%%* NoNameGiven* NoNameGiven: All that we know is that he's an executioner... and that's literally all he'll give.



%%* BareYourMidriff

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%%* BareYourMidriff* BareYourMidriff: Her attire is that of a harem girl's, leaving her midriff uncovered.



%%* KickChick

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%%* KickChick* KickChick: Her fighting style incorporates more than a few kicks.



%%* SinisterScimitar
%%* YouKilledMyFather

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%%* SinisterScimitar
%%* YouKilledMyFather
* SinisterScimitar: Her weapon of choice... [[HeWhoFightsMonsters just like her arch-nemesis Al Rashid]].
* YouKilledMyFather: Al Rashid killed her family, and she will make him pay.



%%* CoolHelmet

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%%* CoolHelmet* CoolHelmet: Sports a rather ornate kabuto helmet, befitting a samurai.



%%* HonorBeforeReason
%%* KatanasAreJustBetter
%%* MyCountryRightOrWrong

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%%* HonorBeforeReason
%%* KatanasAreJustBetter
%%* MyCountryRightOrWrong
* HonorBeforeReason: Absolutely refuses to accept that Ichiro may be beyond saving because his family's honor depends on it.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: As a samurai, he obviously wields one in combat.
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: He's not too happy that Japan wants him to kill Ichiro on the side, but still goes on his quest to stop the Seven anyway.



%%* LightningBruiser
%%* ProfessionalKiller
* SelfMadeOrphan: He killed his own father.

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%%* LightningBruiser
%%* ProfessionalKiller
* SelfMadeOrphan: He killed LightningBruiser: He's a rather fast, yet also strong character in combo.
* {{Patricide}}: [[spoiler:His "good" ending involves him murdering
his own father.father to become the King of Assassins]].
* ProfessionalKiller: He's no mere assassin, he's a "Master Assassin", and is as fearsome as you'd expect.



%%* BadBoss
%%* {{BFS}}

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%%* BadBoss
%%* {{BFS}}
* BadBoss: Treats the rest of the Covenant of Seven with contempt, and crushes the population of Bavaria just for kicks.
* {{BFS}}: His Flamberge is a gigantic sword made out of hellfire itself.



%%* EvilLaugh

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%%* EvilLaugh* EvilLaugh: He has a rather grandiose one, hammering in just how vile he is.



%%* OurDemonsAreDifferent

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%%* OurDemonsAreDifferent* OurDemonsAreDifferent: A rather minor demon who simply wants to kill Asmodeus and return the Mace to its proper place.



%%* AloofBigBrother
%%* BeardOfEvil

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%%* AloofBigBrother
%%* BeardOfEvil
* AloofBigBrother: He's obviously on rather bad terms with his brother Takeshi.
* BeardOfEvil: Contrasting the clean-shaven Takeshi, Ichiro has a goatee.



%%* DrunkWithPower

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%%* DrunkWithPower* DrunkWithPower: [[spoiler:In his "good" ending, the position of Emperor quickly gets to his head and he goes insane both from it and Takeshi's continued survival]].



%%* KatanasAreJustBetter
* OffWithHisHead: In his [[FinishingMove Execution]], he decapitates his opponent and then suddenly is pierced in his sword.

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%%* KatanasAreJustBetter
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Just like his "dear" brother, his weapon is a katana.
* OffWithHisHead: In his [[FinishingMove Execution]], he decapitates his opponent and then suddenly is it's pierced in his sword.

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* AbsoluteCleavage: Has this feature in her ninja suit.


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* NavelDeepNeckline: Her ninja suit has a v-shaped neckline that plunges to her stomach.
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* CluckingFunny: If a slightly larger than average chicken being able to go toe to toe with all manner of other warriors doesn't qualify, then we don't know what will.
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* BroomstickQuarterstaff: Though his [[JokeCharacter Ned the Janitor skin]] replaces the staff with a mop.

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* BroomstickQuarterstaff: Though his His [[JokeCharacter Ned the Janitor skin]] replaces the staff with a mop.

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* BroomstickQuarterstaff: Though his [[JokeCharacter Ned the Janitor skin]] replaces the staff with a mop.



* SimpleStaff: Though his [[JokeCharacter Ned the Janitor skin]] replaces the staff with a mop.
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* NiceHat: Although worn by a mean man.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Going by his beard, purple.

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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Going by his beard, purple.
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* HomeRunHitter: His [[FinishingMove Execution]] consists on sending his opponent higher, and then striking directly to dismember.

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* HomeRunHitter: His [[FinishingMove Execution]] consists on of sending his opponent higher, and then striking directly to dismember.



* TheAntichrist: Or at least this verse's equivalent being that neither Christianity nor Islam came to exist in the Mace-verse.

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* TheAntichrist: Or at least this verse's equivalent equivalent, being that neither Christianity nor Islam came to exist in the Mace-verse.



* LadyOfWar: [[spoiler:Being the [[FallenPrincess lost princess of Arabia]], qualifies.]]

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* LadyOfWar: [[spoiler:Being the [[FallenPrincess lost princess of Arabia]], she qualifies.]]



* MyGreatestFailure: In his good ending. [[spoiler: Though manages to perform great deeds to promote harmony and justice after destroying the Mace of Tanis, the fallout of its destruction kills Ichiro in the process. Takeshi is haunted by his inability to redeem his fallen brother.]]

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* MyGreatestFailure: In his good ending. [[spoiler: Though [[spoiler:Though he manages to perform great deeds to promote harmony and justice after destroying the Mace of Tanis, the fallout of its destruction kills Ichiro in the process. Takeshi is haunted by his inability to redeem his fallen brother.]]



* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: In his [[FinishingMove Execution]], Al Rashid cuts his opponents' [[IWillTearYourArmsOff arms]], [[OffWithHisHead head]] and [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe torso]] in a gruesome manner.

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* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: In his [[FinishingMove Execution]], Al Rashid cuts his opponents' [[IWillTearYourArmsOff arms]], [[OffWithHisHead head]] head]], and [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe torso]] in a gruesome manner.



* {{Mangst}}: According to his backstory, he coped with the tragedy of lossing his people. Him being the literal representation of the trope is a reminder that even the most manly of the men have sad moments.

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* {{Mangst}}: According to his backstory, he coped with the tragedy of lossing losing his people. Him being the literal representation of the trope is a reminder that even the most manly of the men have sad moments.



* RedIsHeroic: He's redhead and is one of the benevolent characters of the game.

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* RedIsHeroic: He's redhead redheaded and is one of the benevolent characters of the game.



* KnightlySwordAndShield: His weapon set of choice as can be seen in image.

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* KnightlySwordAndShield: His weapon set of choice choice, as can be seen in his image.



* RockMonster: As a gargoyle like being, it is to be expected. Though there are also hints of LivingLava as his joints and a few other places on his body glow like molten rock.

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* RockMonster: As a gargoyle like gargoyle-like being, it is to be expected. Though there are also hints of LivingLava as his joints and a few other places on his body glow like molten rock.



* LethalJokeCharacter: While she lacks special attacks as powerful as everyone else's, but Pojo's speed and small hit box makes it very difficult for most characters to land hits on her. Pojo is even very useful against [[SNKBoss Asmodeus]] himself.
* TookALevelInBadass: In her ending, upon gaining the Mace of Tanis she becomes a giant flying, fire-breathing beast which becomes the inspiration for dragons in the Mace-verse.

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* LethalJokeCharacter: While she lacks special attacks as powerful as everyone else's, but Pojo's speed and small hit box makes it very difficult for most characters to land hits on her. Pojo is even very useful against [[SNKBoss Asmodeus]] himself.
* TookALevelInBadass: In her ending, upon gaining the Mace of Tanis Tanis, she becomes a giant flying, fire-breathing beast which becomes the inspiration for dragons in the Mace-verse.

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