History Characters / ThaumaturgicAwakening

* TrueNeutral: At least before allying with Unit 09, since she only took jobs outside of Brockton Bay.

* BladeOnAStick: Wields a spear, revealed in Chapter 10 to be [[spoiler:Gae Bolg]].

* BladeOnAStick: Wields an unnamed lance. Considering the described effect of its hit, it may be [[spoiler:Rhongomyniad]].

* KnifeNut: Carries multiple Black Keys on her person when in costume.

* KnifeNut: Carries a combat knife and multiple Projectioned copies of Nanatsu-Yoru when in costume.

* IllGirl: First time we see her, she's in a wheelchair. Might be connected to her powers.

* NiceHat: Always seen in a top hat. Overmind thinks it has to be tied on to stay on during a fight.

* AscendedFangirl: UpToEleven. In canon, she joined a small-time villain group. Here, she joins a unit of interdimensional mercenaries who are currently trying to save the world. Said unit is composed of Triumvirate-level combatants.

** [[spoiler:She outright tells Piggot that PRT has no control over the Brockton Bay and therefore Unit 09 is ''de facto'' above the law]].

* FingerGun: The gandr curse is fired from her index finger, and Rin's variant is a full-on energy bullet. More like Hand Gun, since most of Rin's opponents justifies using the full power of the gandr spell.

** [[spoiler:Gets impaled on Lung's claws during their rematch. It didn't take]].

* {{Invocation}}: Per canon uses various ones in pseudo-German.

* WhatTheHellHero: Gets it from Taylor for hypnotising her dad and herself without any warning.

* TheAntiNihilist: Has long since come to terms with the impossibility of realizing his ideals, but chooses to work towards them anyways.

* FriendlySniper: The nicest member of Unit 09? Yes. The man who can snipe you with the magical equivalent of a nuke from eight kilometers away? Also yes.

* ActionGirl: In contrast to her ActionSurvivor status in canon at this point, she has been able to [[spoiler:hold off Armsmaster at the bank robbery, kill Bakuda, fight off Hemorrhagia and defeat Animos in close combat (dealing a potentialy mortal injury), and fight off Rune and Stormtiger]]. This is thanks to her ability to use Magecraft, Saber's training, Caster's upgrades to her costume, and the two Noble Phantasms supplied by Archer. Case in point, she's more than capable of defeating [[spoiler:Sophia Hess when she attacks Taylor at a coffee shop]].

* AscendedFangirl: UpToEleven. In canon, she joined a small-time villain group. Here, she joins a unit of interdimensional mercenaries who are currently trying to save the world. Said unit is composed of Triumvirate level combatants.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: [[spoiler:In Chapter 20, she quickly realises the attacking monster is a projection]].

--> '''Overmind:''' I’ll make things clear. Right now, I have complete control over the entire building. That’s every containment foam dispenser, every alarm, and every automatic door. And that includes that tape recorder you have running in the room on the other side of that mirrored window over there.
* BadPowersGoodPeople: Her power is to control swarms of insects [[spoiler:and later she learns how to hypnotise people]]. She's also one of the nicest people in the setting. Downplayed because the threats she's been facing have forced her to employ lethal force.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Is a very nice 15 year old...who also [[spoiler:personally killed Bakuda via Broken Tinkertech grenades, along with cutting off Animos' shoulder whole. Also gives Spree a death threat and goes after the sniper who almost killed Tattletale with unrestrained viciousness]].

* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: In addition to her canon researching of insects and testing her power, Overmind also regularly receives close combat training from Saber, magic training from Rin and lectures on various aspects of criminal world from Shirou.
* CharmPerson: Is learning how to do this as part of her training with Rin. [[spoiler:Apparently, her shard makes it really easy to implant suggestions in others]].

* {{Familiar}}: Rin helps Taylor make one from a pet spider. She names him [[FormallyNamedPet Mr. Fuzzy]]. [[spoiler:Notably, the connection is intact after he was digitized and she can command him even after he should have evolved beyond the scope of her power]].
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: [[spoiler:Still perceives her swarm as bugs even after they were digitized]].

* FreakyFashionMildMind: Taylor's costume mostly consists of black widow silk and plate armor, which has the side effect of making her costume black and grey. The yellow bulbous eyes and mandibles of her mask don't help either. Beneath her mask, she's just a 15 year old who got a raw deal.

** When thinking about good cape name, Taylor ''really'' wants to pick Administrator.

** A bug clone leads the Undersiders to [[spoiler: injured Regent]] without her conscious input.

** [[spoiler:Later, she automatically sets her screen name to [="UXVlZW4gQWRtaW4="=] which translates to [="QueenAdmin"=]]]

* KnifeNut: Carries a combat knife and multiple projections of Nanatsu-Yoru when in costume.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Orders Undersiders to retreat when [[spoiler:Armsmaster captures her]].

** Nanatsu-Yoru [[CripplingOverspecialisation doesn't have non-lethal setting]] and it's power immediately destroys the projection.
** Taming Sari's effectiveness depends on its user physical condition, it cannot protect more than one person, is weaker on offensive and can be rendered useless by knocking out of hand.

* MeaningfulName: Overmind takes on another layer of meaning when [[spoiler:you take into account her unnatural skill with [[CharmPerson Hypnosis]] and her newly-gained {{Technopathy}}]].

* SuperEmpowering: Happens to her ''trice'' beside the canon event:

A group of small time thieves. They are secretly being backed by Coil. After an attempt to rob the Brockton Bay Central Bank goes wrong, they are bailed out by Unit 09, and are now on loan to them from Coil until May 15th.

* PragmaticVillainy: He keeps Undersiders out of more serious crimes like drug trade and murder, so Protectorate will be less likely to focus on them over bigger gangs. [[spoiler:Which means he's not happy when Unit 09 kills people during the fight with the ABB and the Merchants, as it will also affect his gang's reputation]].

* TookALevelInKindness: Averted. Since [[TheHeart Taylor]] didn't join the Undersiders, she stays just as abrasive as she always was.

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Outright states that [[spoiler:either they capture Siberian within a year or she will have him killed]], as all other options did not work.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:If Cauldron cannot use Siberian, then there's no point in keeping him around]].

** Tells Doctor Mother [[spoiler:that keeping Siberian around is more trouble than he's worth]].
** [[spoiler:He retreats from fight after Saber almost kills him]].

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:If Cauldron cannot use Siberian, then there's no point in keeping him around]].

* OhCrap: When he realizes [[spoiler:Overmind hacked all electronics within the PRT HQ]].

* TheCape: Actually is this trope instead of only looking it - to Tattletale's astonishment.

* PetTheDog: Tells Grue the man he helped (by amputating his trapped leg) has survived.
* PhotographicMemory: Part of her powers and the reason she was send to talk to Unit 09 - Caster cannot wipe her memories.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: She calls ''everyone'' into the PRT HQ [[spoiler:when they capture Overmind. It leaves them stressing out about attack that will not happen ''and'' gives Overmind more hostages to hold once she takes over the building]].
* ImproperlyParanoid: Suspects [[{{Paragon}} Dragon]] of having some hidden agenda and amassing power to fulfill it.

PRT Classification: Tinker (Master)

** She quickly identifies a new Tinker-tech as belonging to [[spoiler:Machina]] despite never seeing their work before.
** She very quickly found out [[spoiler:that Sophia is responsible for Overmind's Trigger]].

* DevilsAdvocate: Takes this role when talking with Armsmaster about [[spoiler:Overmind's arrest]]. Yes, she should have handed over the agent, but considering circumstances can people really blame her for not doing it?
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Averted? Inverted? She can perceive computer code without any problems due to her nature, which means [[spoiler:she sees Overmind's swarm as a computer virus and not digitized bugs]].

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Killed by her own sabotaged explosives.]]

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:And much sooner than in canon - she dies shortly after Lung's breakout]].

** Grue and Tattletale outright warn her that she ''will'' need to cease territory to other gangs while she's cementing her position as the leader.
** Caster tells her to change her gang colours and name, and let Protectorate think that ABB was destroyed to buy herself some time.

** Her name literally means "a machine" hinting at her Tinker powers.
** She decides to name her gang in honour of Taiping Dao Taoist sect of the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

** Downplayed, but Caster accepts her request for protection because it allows her to control who will take ABB's place.

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* WalkingShirtlessScene: To the confusion of Overmind, who wonders why a non-Changer would fight out of armor

** "Sabrina the Teenage Nazi" from most of PHO users.

* JerkassHasAPoint: When she points out that while Caster might make promises of improving Brockton Bay, she is a complete unknown who casually disregards some of the most important rules of cape community. She's already seen the same from Kaiser.

A member of Purity's faction who can transform into horrifying monster - provided you aren't looking at her. Married to Fog.

* ExactWords: [[spoiler:He asks about the chances that the Undersiders and Unit 09 turn against him ''if'' he kills Tattletale '''undetected'''. Should have asked about his ability to kill her ''at all''.]]
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Sends the Travellers to steal Bakuda bombs from the Undersiders, [[spoiler:which may have been a set up to kill Tattletale]].

* BlatantLies: “I have things under control”, said after Overmind and Bitch cornered his group.

* AintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler:Once her team is cornered by Overmind and Archer]].

* OnlySaneMan: Certainly gives this impression when compared to her teammates, [[spoiler:especially during the fight against Unit 09 and Undersiders]].

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: His superpower is being very good with numbers. He used it to deduce Unit 09 dimensional travel, and before that was member of infamous gang of serial killers.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Grade S, as per canon.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Becomes completly serious and ''scared'' when [[spoiler:telling Taylor about Coil]].

* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: Enforced after the assassination attempt. Overmind outright says that whatever else happens tonight, Tattletale ''must'' be believed dead]].

* NothingIsScarier: Invoked? Her power only works if nobody can see her clearly.

* {{Mole}}: [[spoiler:Was actually spying on the Merchants for Coil before his death.]]

* HopelessWithTech: As per canon though she got ''a little'' better since Fourth Grail War. She's completely unaware that smartphones even ''exist'' until Chapter 17.

* BiTheWay: Rather bluntly implies to Taylor that she, Saber, and Shirou [[{{Polyamory}} share a bed]].

* BiTheWay: Shares a bed with Shirou and Rin.

* GoodIsNotSoft: They are indisputably heroic. They are also the group who dismantled both the ABB and the Merchants in the same day, killing [[spoiler:Bakuda, Trainwreck, and Oni Lee, and sending Lung to the Birdcage. And when faced with the Teeth and a Butcher-possessed Spree, they opt to chop Spree's limbs off along with destroying his eyes with healing-factor-negating weapons to keep him contained]].

** [[spoiler: Cauldron believed they could intimidate Unit 09. Eidolon lampshades it, saying he underestimated them. ]]

* HopelessWithTech: As per canon though she got ''a little'' better since Fourth Grail War.

** Also completly averted for her own representation, [[spoiler:which Overmind compares to a mountain of circuits and data, and thinks it just '''cannot''' possibly be mistaken for anything than resembles a human consciousness]].

[[folder:'''Spoilers''']]

A new Asian gang created from one of the splinters of ABB.

!!Machina

!Purity's faction
A number of capes who recently split off from the Empire.

* IGaveMyWord: [[spoiler:Enforced by Caster. He is compelled to serve his prison sentence in full]].
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: [[spoiler:Surrenders once Saber destroys their mech]].

* CassandraTruth: [[spoiler:Apparently he told Skidmark repeatedly that Trainwreck was a spy.]]

* PersonOfMassDestruction: Can summon Anti-Army Noble Phantasms out of thin air, which he can Alter into arrows to shoot from [[ImprobableAimingSkills kilometers away.]]

* BiTheWay: Shares a bed with Shirou and Rin at the same time.

* OhCrap: Twice in chapter 23. First, [[spoiler:she realizes Overmind hacked and taken over the PRT HQ]]. And then [[spoiler:Overmind casually says that Dragon is a drone]].

* {{Mole}}: [[spoiler:Was actually spying for Coil before his death.]]

* LetsYouAndHimFight: Sends the Travellers to steal Bakuda bombs from Undersiders, [[spoiler:which may have been a set up to kill Tattletale]].

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Have this relationship with Undersiders and Unit 09. Mostly due to Tattletale and Caster's attitudes.