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A point of contention for the entire world, the Free Antinium are the first and only Hive in history to coexist with other species, stationing themselves in the city of Liscor, Izril, as part of a peace treaty between the Antinium and all of Izril after the Second Antinium War. By the time of the story, it has at least gained grudging acceptance from the city's people over the ten years since its establishment.\\\
It was a project led by the Free Queen to create Antinium Individuals, just like the True Antinium of old, but progress had become stagnant, its workers unable to function outside of the Queen's will until the arrival of a certain [Innkeeper].
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* CameBackStrong: In Volume 7 [[spoiler:Klbkch intentionally invokes this trope by having his fellow Centenium Wrymvr severely injure him during a skirmish with a Walled Cities strike team. Desperate to save him, the Queens put aside their differences to pool their knowledge while remaking his body. The end result is sleeker, more agile, and has poisoned mandibles]].
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* ResignationsNotAccepted: Subverted. Bird [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere quits]] the Hive and Xrn splits off a group of Antinium that Magnolia set up to defect into a new, seventh Hive and effectively leaves them to lead themselves.
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! The Seventh Hive
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Even the Queens rarely call her by her full name, and in her initial introduction she [[SelfAppliedNickname introduces herself by her nickname]].
* IronicName: Subverted when she does, in fact, become Queen of a Hive.
! The Seventh Hive
[[folder:Xrn]]
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Even the Queens rarely call her by her full name, and in her initial introduction she [[SelfAppliedNickname introduces herself by her nickname]].
* IronicName: Subverted when she does, in fact, become Queen of a Hive.
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''Continents:'' [[Characters/TheWanderingInnIzril Izril]] ([[Characters/TheWanderingInnFloodedWatersTribe Flooded Waters Tribe]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnTheFiveFamilies The Five Families]]) | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnBaleros Baleros]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnChandrar Chandrar]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnTerandria Terandria]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnRhir Rhir]]\\
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''Continents:'' [[Characters/TheWanderingInnIzril Izril]] ([[Characters/TheWanderingInnFloodedWatersTribe Flooded Waters Tribe]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnTheFiveFamilies The Five Families]]) Families]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnGnollTribes Gnoll Tribes]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnTheWalledCities The Walled Cities]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnTheNecromancer The Necromancer]]) | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnBaleros Baleros]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnChandrar Chandrar]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnTerandria Terandria]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnRhir Rhir]]\\
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* SelectiveObliviousness: Like Belgrade, has the realization that the Soldiers he kills to find and break dungeon traps have the potential to be Individuals or Painted Antinium. Promptly stops that idea back down due to his belef that that sort of thinking would be the end of the Hives.
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* SelectiveObliviousness: Is of the opinion that one either ''doesn't'' think about what goes into the nutritional paste or about the general level of everyday suffering in the Hive or one breaks.
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* SelectiveObliviousness: Tries to force himself into this in order to sidestep guilt over the fact that the Workers and Soldiers under his command could have the potential to be Individuals and are, in fact, just like him.
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* SelectiveObliviousness: [[BlatantLies Attempts to invoke this]] when Klbkch tries to get him back to the Hive in volume 9 to talk about his [Unitasis Network] Skill.
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* JustInTime: [[BackFromTheDead Comes back]] at just the right moment to save Liscor, Erin, and four Individuals after Ksmvr fails to lead the Hive against Skinner and his undead.
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* NotTooDeadToSaveTheDay: Comes BackFromTheDead JustInTime to save Liscor, Erin, and four Individuals after Ksmvr fails to lead the Hive against Skinner and his undead.
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* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: "[..]as some may have noticed, I have returned to life." Subverted in that Klbkch [[HesDeadJim did actually die]], [[MistakenDeathConfirmation it just didn't stick]]. Everyone in Liscor just forgot that Klbkch [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat could survive death]].
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* DeathIsCheap: Played with. Klbkch can be brought back to life an indefinite number of times, [[JustifiedExtraLives but only if he has at least ten levels, dies within range of a Unitasis Network or a Prognugator able to link with a Queen, and a Queen has the time and resources to bring him back]]. Olesm comments on the level loss as a [[ContinuingIsPainful steep price]] and Klbkch dismisses it as [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist a small price to pay for life]]-- to the point that he thinks that he wouldn't mind dying to Zel Shivertail if not for the time he'd lose to revival.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Loses three arms and part of a foot to Ksmvr. It slows him down [[OnlyAFleshWound surprisingly little]], aside from needing help to walk. He gets better.
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* AnArmAndALeg: [[ColdBloodedTorture Loses three arms and part of a foot foot]] to Ksmvr.[[WeHaveWaysOfMakingYouTalk Ksmvr]]. It slows him down [[OnlyAFleshWound surprisingly little]], aside from needing help to walk. He gets better.
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* HealingHands: He's not as good at healing as Zimrah is but healing does seem to be a routine part of his day. He can use his healing Skill up to twelve times safely and a few more times if he [[CastFromHitPoints pushes his limits]]. [[HealingMagicIsTheHardest In a world with so little healing magic]], this is still really good. Gets even better when [[HealingPotion healing potions]] become a rarity for the forseeable future. [[ScarsAreForever Does not seem to work on scars and definitely doesn't regrow limbs]].
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* HopeBringer: Very literally for up to three people per day with his [Benediction of Hope] Skill.
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* MiracleFood: He has the [Create Bread] Skill. Unfortunately, gluten is one of the only things Antinium can't eat.
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* MiracleFood: He has the [Create Bread] Skill. [[BlessedWithSuck Unfortunately, gluten is one of the only things Antinium can't eat.
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* SpeedBlitz: Can occur when Klbkch uses [Recaptured Sublimity]. Can be balanced out by other characters also having speed Skills and so possibly the best example of this is when Klbkch caused a dungeon corridor full of Shield Spiders to 'vanish'.
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* MoreDakka: Not everyone can be [[MasterArcher Bird]] and the Archer Workers sometimes rely on this. They don't rely on this trope as much as Worker-with-bows from other Hives do but it's still in play.
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* MoreDakka: Not everyone can be [[MasterArcher Bird]] and the Archer Workers sometimes rely on this. They don't rely on this trope as much as Worker-with-bows Workers-with-bows from other Hives do but it's still in play.
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* CloneByConversion: Klbkch spent about two decades in a [[CloneArmy Worker's body]].
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* CloneByConversion: Klbkch spent about two decades in a [[CloneArmy Worker's body]].
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* FighterMageThief: YMMV. But possibly the FragileSpeedster Thief to Xrn's Mage and Wrymvr's StoneWall Fighter.
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* LightningBruiser: When [Recaptured Sublimity] is active, Klbkch can upgrade himself from being a FragileSpeedster if he takes a balanced install instead of focusing on only stregnth, speed, or defense.
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* ChildProdigy: In the wider world of the story it's considered very impressive to hit '30 before 30'. Multiple members of the Free Hive have hit level 30 before they're four years old.
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* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Progressively subverted for the Free Hive while this remains the standard for other Hives.
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* MoreDakka: Not everyone can be [[MasterArcher Bird]] and the Archer Workers sometimes rely on this. They don't rely on this trope as much as Worker-with-bows from other Hives do but it's still in play.
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Most of his archery is actually observation and [[GoodWithNumbers math]]. Having Skills just makes him even better than he already was.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: An attempt to talk Bird out of revenge killing everyone in Manus ended up with three friends of the inn tied up after Bird threatened to shoot them in non-lethal places.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: An attempt to talk Bird out of revenge killing everyone in Manus ended up with three friends of the inn tied up after Bird threatened to shoot them in non-lethal places.
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* GeniusDitz: Absolutely brilliant when it comes to archery, all facts bird-related, and math. Has beaten Erin at chess and was able to keep up with Niers teaching him like one of his students. Extremely lacking in common sense and thought his idea of wandering around a Gold-ranked dungeon alone while yelling for Mrsha had 'no flaws'.
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: Both with and without using his Skills. He's extremely good at aiming for eyes and knees and he landed an 'impossible' shot on an arrow moving over a hundred miles per hour.
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* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Invoked when Erin revealed her Quest for Mershi, City of Stars. Also invoked against Numbtongue when he dismissed Bird talking about shooting 'invisible birds' until Bird says that he gained two levels from doing so.
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* MurderArsonAndJaywalking: Erin knows that he killed people during both Antinium Wars, she's seen him attack the Individuals and Painted Antinium, and also he lied to her about being able to eat pasta. Guess which one she called him a jerk for.
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* CharacterDrivenStrategy: Likes to play chess by the book, using defensive, memorized strategies.
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* BadassBookworm: He has the [Reader] class and is considered the better Strategist over Belgrade when it comes to going up against a Gold-rank dungeon.
* CharacterDrivenStrategy: Tends towards free-flowing, aggressive chess strategies.
* CharacterDrivenStrategy: Tends towards free-flowing, aggressive chess strategies.
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* CharacterDrivenStrategy: His actual goal when playing chess is to form the pieces on both sides into a picture of a bird.
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* NayTheist: Klbkch knows that at least [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt one Demigod]] is [[PhysicalReligion real]]. But she keeps [[GodIsEvil creating monsters]] and [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly the more people who know about her the more power she gains]]. [[RageAgainstTheHeavens Klbkch has spent thousands of years working towards her death]] for the deaths of Antinium and [[ItsPersonal specifically the First Queen]].
* ThePowerOfHate: How he broke the geas to say 'I will slay god' and cut through Pawn's [Holy Barrier]. Also seems to be a large factor in how he's successfully undergone the [[BackFromTheDead Rite of Anistasis]] so many times.
* AnArmAndALeg: Loses three arms and part of a foot to Ksmvr. It slows him down [[OnlyAFleshWound surprisingly little]], aside from needing help to walk. He gets better.
* CrystalDragonJesus: Pawn builds his religion by taking pieces of Earth religions, starting with Christianity.
* DeityOfMortalCreation: Pawn either made a god, [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly brought one back to life]], or woke one up.
* DeityOfMortalCreation: Pawn either made a god, [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly brought one back to life]], or woke one up.
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* HeavenSeeker: Trying to build a heaven that so that all Antinium can have salvation. Inconsistent on whether or not he thinks that 'bad' Antinium like Klbkch and Ksmvr also deserve to go to heaven.
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* HolyGround: Is trying to create this by establishing official places of worship both within the Hive and above ground. He worked with Hexel to create architectural plans that Antinium could achievably build with the materials they usually had access to.
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* IllegalReligion: Klbkch nearly kills Pawn for gaining a <Religion> class.
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* PiousMonster: He's an [[GiantCreepyCrawly Antinium]] [[HighPriest [Priest]]].
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* PiousMonster: He's an [[GiantCreepyCrawly [[BigCreepyCrawlies Antinium]] [[HighPriest [Priest]]].
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* StaffOfAuthority: He has a walking stick, which his censer is sometimes attached to. Amongst Antinium, having any personal possessions at all is a mark of prestige.
* ThePowerOfLove: How he gains his [Holy Barrier] Skill.
* ThePowerOfLove: How he gains his [Holy Barrier] Skill.
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* VowOfCelibacy: Subverted despite Workers like [[TechnicalVirgin Pawn]] [[NoSexAllowed not even having genitals]].
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* AnArmAndALeg: Loses two arms in a battle and keeps going [[BelatedInjuryRealization until he drops from blood loss]].
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* JustAFleshWound: Takes a poisoned arrow to the guts and still leads his command to victory in a battle against Hectval and their allied forces.
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* ChurchMilitant: The [[ReligiousBruiser [Crusaders]]].
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* AnswerToPrayers: Amongst other things, Pawn uses this to help out his team during a game of baseball.
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* CrossMeltingAura: Subverted so far. Pawn's [Holy Barrier] held up well enough against Belavierr and his <Religion> Skills let him hurt her badly enough that she fled rather than keep trying to fight him.
* GiveMeASign: Loses faith pretty early on, then pivots to not worshipping a god at all and becomes more invested in knowing whether or not the heaven he's trying to build really exists. Gets confirmation that Antinium Heaven is real after Yellow Splatters is [[BackFromTheDead revived with the Rite of Anistasis]].
* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: It's a very good thing that Pawn isn't worshipping the dead gods or the Demigod sleeping in Hell.
* GoodShepherd: The Painted Antinium have been refered to as his 'flock' before and he's devoted to trying to improve their lives and bring a decrease of suffering to the Hive.
* HeavenAbove: Pawn specifically worships the sky, alongside Erin (The Sky) and happiness.
* HeavenSeeker: Trying to build a heaven that so that all Antinium can have salvation. Inconsistent on whether or not he thinks that 'bad' Antinium like Klbkch and Ksmvr also deserve to go to heaven.
* HighPriest: Rediscovered <Relgion> classes which had been lost for thousands, possibly tens of thousands, of years and founded his own religion.
* HolyGround: Is trying to create this by establishing official places of worship both within the Hive and above ground. He worked with Hexel to create architectural plans that Antinium could achievably build with the materials they usually had access to.
* GiveMeASign: Loses faith pretty early on, then pivots to not worshipping a god at all and becomes more invested in knowing whether or not the heaven he's trying to build really exists. Gets confirmation that Antinium Heaven is real after Yellow Splatters is [[BackFromTheDead revived with the Rite of Anistasis]].
* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: It's a very good thing that Pawn isn't worshipping the dead gods or the Demigod sleeping in Hell.
* GoodShepherd: The Painted Antinium have been refered to as his 'flock' before and he's devoted to trying to improve their lives and bring a decrease of suffering to the Hive.
* HeavenAbove: Pawn specifically worships the sky, alongside Erin (The Sky) and happiness.
* HeavenSeeker: Trying to build a heaven that so that all Antinium can have salvation. Inconsistent on whether or not he thinks that 'bad' Antinium like Klbkch and Ksmvr also deserve to go to heaven.
* HighPriest: Rediscovered <Relgion> classes which had been lost for thousands, possibly tens of thousands, of years and founded his own religion.
* HolyGround: Is trying to create this by establishing official places of worship both within the Hive and above ground. He worked with Hexel to create architectural plans that Antinium could achievably build with the materials they usually had access to.
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* IllegalReligion: Klbkch nearly kills Pawn for gaining a <Religion> class.
* LoveIsLikeReligion: Part of Pawn's religion is worshipping happiness, and that includes love. He gains levels in his [Priest] class through his [[InterspeciesRomance relationship]] with Lyonette.
* MartyrdomCulture: After accidentally causing a mass murder-suicide amongst Soldiers, Pawn has to be very clear that purposely seeking death is not the way to reach heaven.
* LoveIsLikeReligion: Part of Pawn's religion is worshipping happiness, and that includes love. He gains levels in his [Priest] class through his [[InterspeciesRomance relationship]] with Lyonette.
* MartyrdomCulture: After accidentally causing a mass murder-suicide amongst Soldiers, Pawn has to be very clear that purposely seeking death is not the way to reach heaven.
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* PiousMonster: He's an [[GiantCreepyCrawly Antinium]] [[HighPriest [Priest]]].
* PrayerOfMalice: Rarely invoked, but did occur during the Hectval war via both prayer and red Skills.
* ReligionIsMagic: Thanks to The Grand Design. Because <Religion> classes have been gone for so long and the geas makes <Religion> classes invisible to appraisal Skills and artifacts, Pawn's [Priest] Skills are seen as magic beyond magic.
* SacredScripture: Pawn writes one for the Antinium. The first finished, scribed version gets stolen by Nerry.
* SaintlyChurch: Largely focused on improving the lot of the Antinium within the Hives but they've also been known to take up other causes, like the Hectval war and fighting an army of monsters that came out of the High Passes to attack cities.
* PrayerOfMalice: Rarely invoked, but did occur during the Hectval war via both prayer and red Skills.
* ReligionIsMagic: Thanks to The Grand Design. Because <Religion> classes have been gone for so long and the geas makes <Religion> classes invisible to appraisal Skills and artifacts, Pawn's [Priest] Skills are seen as magic beyond magic.
* SacredScripture: Pawn writes one for the Antinium. The first finished, scribed version gets stolen by Nerry.
* SaintlyChurch: Largely focused on improving the lot of the Antinium within the Hives but they've also been known to take up other causes, like the Hectval war and fighting an army of monsters that came out of the High Passes to attack cities.
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* TheSoulsaver: Pawn created the Painted Antinium and is able to bring Antinium back from being Aberrations.
* StaffOfAuthority: He has a walking stick, which his censer is sometimes attached to. Amongst Antinium, having any personal possetions at all is a mark of prestige.
* TokenReligiousTeammate: Of the original five Individuals, Pawn is the only one who who both prays and is confirmed to believe in heaven.
* TurnToReligion: This is how Pawn handles gaining an identity and the expectations that, as the first Individual, he will do great things.
* StaffOfAuthority: He has a walking stick, which his censer is sometimes attached to. Amongst Antinium, having any personal possetions at all is a mark of prestige.
* TokenReligiousTeammate: Of the original five Individuals, Pawn is the only one who who both prays and is confirmed to believe in heaven.
* TurnToReligion: This is how Pawn handles gaining an identity and the expectations that, as the first Individual, he will do great things.
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* CuteAsABouncingBetty: Most of the world still sees them as monsters and some of them have names like 'Singy', 'Dots', or 'Furfur'.
* FullNameBasis: It's very rare for Antinium to have nicknames, regardless of how long their names are. Klbkch and Silveran are notable exceptions.
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* OddNameOut: Any name is unusual amongst Antinium since most of them [[NeverGivenAName don't have one]].
* NameFromAnotherSpecies: When the Free Antinium start naming themselves they don't take Antinium
* OddNameOut: Any name is unusual amongst Antinium since most of them [[NeverGivenAName don't have one]].
* APigNamedPorkchop: She names her pet Rock Crab 'Deferred Sustenance'.
* EarnYourTitle: He became '[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Klbkch the Slayer]]' at level 40 after getting a Skill that let him kill entire battalions by himself. It says something that he's still known by that title despite no longer having that Skill.
* FriendlyAddressPrivileges: Relc can call him 'Klb'. Anand is absolutely not allowed to call him 'father' or really even address Klbkch unless by title.
* HeroWithAUniqueName: Intended to be this among Antinium.
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* HollywoodSpelling: Subverted at least in some Mage's Guild messages.
* SelfAppliedNickname: Klbkch very very rarely refers to himself by his full name. Usually only uses his full name when he's switching hats to being a Centenium or when he had to give full ID to a Courier.
* TheUnpronounceable: In the volume 1 rewrite Klbkch offers Erin to just call him 'Senior Guardsman' when she struggles with his name. Relc later invokes this by claiming that he can barely pronounce Klbkch's name.
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* LegacyVesselNaming: Torthe warns him not to do this when he starts naming his ships 'Sinkity Ship' followed by a number. He knows enough not to [[WhatDidYouExpectWhenYouNamedIt use the name 'Titanic']] either.
* SignificantNameShift: Goes from saying that he doesn't care for Klbkch or his treatment of Pawn to wanting to call Klbkch 'father'.
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* TheNounWhoVerbed: Gets dubbed as 'Bird the Hunter' when he's mistaken for being a new Centenium.
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* AerithAndBob: The Free Antinium's names are all over the place because they name themselves after things they like, people (real or fictional) that they like, or get [[YouAreNumber6 assigned a name]].
* MeaningfulName: Repeatedly invoked.
* BlessedWithSuck: The Free Queen successfully creates a True Antinium. Unfortunately for her, it's [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Bird]].
* OddNameOut: Her name is actually an Antinium swear word. She [[MeaningfulRename chose it herself]].
* IHaveManyNames: Per the rewrite of volume 1, Klbkch has had at least a dozen different names over the course of his life.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Hardly anyone calls him Klbkchhzeim. Relc routinely [[AffectionateNickname shortens his name even further]].
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* MiracleFood: Has a cornucopia Skill that gives him a random bit of food.
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* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: The Free Antinium increasingly finds that living and dying just for their Hive and Queen isn't enough. Also applies to Klbkch and the Free Queen diverging from the desires of the [[SingleSpeciesNations Grand Queen]] even after being reconnected to the other Hives.
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* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: The Free Antinium increasingly finds find that living and dying just for their Hive and Queen isn't enough. Also applies to Klbkch and the Free Queen diverging from the desires of the [[SingleSpeciesNations Grand Queen]] even after being reconnected to the other Hives.
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* CulturalRebel: She's considered progressive by Antinium standards. Leads into her [[AgainstTheGrain eschewing standard Antinium sacrificial tactics]] in favor of valuing each individual Antinium.
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* CulturalRebel: She's considered progressive by Antinium standards. Leads into her [[AgainstTheGrain eschewing standard Antinium sacrificial tactics]] tactics in favor of [[AgainstTheGrain valuing each individual Antinium.
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Thanks to [[TimeAbyss living for so long]], Klbkch is one of the few living people to who has his memories of the Trials of Leveling either removed or blocked by The Grand Design.
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* BrattyFoodDemand: Bird, [[YoungerThanTheyLook an adult]], responds to the Free Queen not sharing a cake with him by crying until she gives him some. Bird, unlike the Free Queen, can't safely digest the gluten in the cake and they both know that.
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* BrattyFoodDemand: Bird, [[YoungerThanTheyLook [[OlderThanTheyLook an adult]], responds to the Free Queen not sharing a cake with him by crying until she gives him some. Bird, unlike the Free Queen, can't safely digest the gluten in the cake and they both know that.
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* PostStressOvereating: Particularly after Garry starts cooking for her, since then she has better options that the Antinium's [[NondescriptNastyNutritious nutritional paste]].
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* PostStressOvereating: Particularly after Garry starts cooking for her, since then she has better options that the Antinium's [[NondescriptNastyNutritious nutritional nutritional]] [[EvenTheRatsWontTouchIt paste]].
* MysteryMeat: Klbkch makes a point of not asking what body parts go into his food, likely due to the unsavory elements used to make Antinium nutritional paste.
* BearTrap: Belgrade loves traps, but he especially loves reusable traps and he has a Skill that creates bear traps out of nothing.
* DrowningPit: He nearly died when one of the Hive's tunnels flooded, which left him even more afraid of water than most Antinium.
* ForeignQueasine: All the non-Antinium in Liscor's second army are disgusted by gelatin. Belgrade likes it and manages to get leftover gelatin rations allotted to the army's Antinium forces.
* ForeignQueasine: All the non-Antinium in Liscor's second army are disgusted by gelatin. Belgrade likes it and manages to get leftover gelatin rations allotted to the army's Antinium forces.
* TrapIsTheOnlyOption: Belgrade redesigns part of the Hive so that the only [[DeathCourse paths]] between the Hive and the dungeon are all [[PitTrap filled]] [[BearTrap with]] [[SpikesOfDoom traps]]. For anything that survives that, there's a [[DeathTrap fortified kill box at the end]].
* TrapMaster: He specialized in traps to the point of becoming a [Trapsetter Tactician].
* TrapMaster: He specialized in traps to the point of becoming a [Trapsetter Tactician].
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* CursedWithAwesome: Anand was really happy to be chosen as a representative of the Individuals and taken to the Hivelands by Klbkch. Now he's stuck struggling to try and build boats and he hates it.
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* XanatosSpeedChess: A short-term variant supported by his [Strike Strategist] class that lets him outmaneuver and blitz enemy formations.
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* BrattyFoodDemand: Bird, [[YoungerThanTheyLook an adult]], responds to the Free Queen not sharing a cake with him by crying until she gives him some. Bird, unlike the Free Queen, can't safely digest the gluten in the cake and they both know that.
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* GargleBlaster: Rxlvn is an Antinium-made alcohol created in the Free Hive that features Shield Spider venom. Nearly no non-Antinium can drink more than a shot of it without getting extremely drunk and even Antinium can get "sloshed" after a single shot despite being highly resistant to alcohol.
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. While there is poison in the alcohol that the Free Hive creates, they're mostly immune to it and they're trying to create a version of the drink that other species can consume. One shot is still enough to get nearly any non-Antinium extremely drunk, though.
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* CursedWithAwesome: Anand was really happy to be chosen as a representative of the Individuals and taken to the Hivelands by Klbkch. Now he's stuck struggling to try and build boats and he hates it.
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* INeedAFreakingDrink: After Erin not-quite-dies, Anand responds by trying to get drunk and manages to drink so much that he throws up, despite Antinium being extremely resistant to alcohol.
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* ExcrementStatement: Has said that he might do this to Klbkch, after Belgrade tried to correct him on the difference between 'poo on' and 'poo-poo'.
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* UnaffectedBySpice: [[SubvertedTrope Absolutely subverted]]. Klbkch thought he could handle Calescent's spice challenge due to being an Antinium. He was wrong.
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* UnaffectedBySpice: [[SubvertedTrope Absolutely subverted]]. Klbkch thought he could handle [[MasochistsMeal Calescent's spice challenge challenge]] due to being an Antinium. He was wrong.
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* Edible Theme Naming: This is how some of the Free Antinium name themselves, like Infinitypear, Pie Piper, and 'clumsily drawn bee on a plate'.
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* Edible Theme Naming: EdibleThemeNaming: This is how some of the Free Antinium name themselves, like Infinitypear, Pie Piper, and 'clumsily drawn bee on a plate'.
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. While the there is poison in the alcohol that the Free Hive creates, they're mostly immune to it and they're trying to create a version of the drink that other species can consume. One shot is still enough to get nearly any non-Antinium extremely drunk, though.
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* UnaffectedBySpice: [[SubvertedTrope Absolutely subverted]]. Klbkch thought he could handle Calescent's spice challenge due to being an Antinium. He was wrong.
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. While the is poison in the alcohol that the Free Hive creates, they're mostly immune to it and they're trying to create a version of the drink that other species can consume. One shot is still enough to get nearly any non-Antinium extremely drunk, though.
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* PostStressOvereating: Particularly after Garry starts cooking for her, since then she has better options that the Antinium's [[NondescriptNastyNutritious nutritional paste]].
* SpitefulGluttony: Pulls this with the Grand Queen to flaunt that she has real food and the Grand Queen doesn't.
* SpitefulGluttony: Pulls this with the Grand Queen to flaunt that she has real food and the Grand Queen doesn't.
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* PeelingPotatoes: He's an [[TimeAbyss ancient]] [[MasterSwordsman warrior]] and [[LivingRelic second-in-command]] of his Hive. Erin has him peel potatoes and haul buckets of water to help her out with making breakfast for her inn.
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* SecretSnackStash: Has a personal supply of acid flies.
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* MiracleFood: He has the [Create Bread] Skill. Unfortunately, gluten is one of the only things Antinium can't eat.
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* MiracleFood: Has a cornucopia Skill that gives him a random bit of food.
* SupremeChef: And he does this while [[ImpossiblyDeliciousFood using insects and monster parts as ingredients in his cooking]].
* SweetBaker: He becomes a [Baker of Presents, Gifted Chef] and considers giving away very nearly free food to those in need to not be helping as much as he could be.
* SupremeChef: And he does this while [[ImpossiblyDeliciousFood using insects and monster parts as ingredients in his cooking]].
* SweetBaker: He becomes a [Baker of Presents, Gifted Chef] and considers giving away very nearly free food to those in need to not be helping as much as he could be.
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* ForgetsToEat: Erin has to make Bird promise to come down from his tower for meals.
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* SneakingSnacks: Bird keeps sneaking dead birds into his room so that they can become 'squishy' or 'runny' birds. They [[IndestructibleEdible don't rot while in the inn]] but they can still get infested with insects.
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* DinerBrawl: Repeatedly invoked thanks to the Free Hive's connection to The Wandering Inn and the inn being a danger magnet.
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* EatTheEvidence: Klbkch has Workers do this to most of his notes and reports.
* EatingTheEnemy: Standard for Antinium, but particularly applies to the Free Hive since one of their major food sources is monsters from the dungeon under Liscor, who they fight on a daily basis.
* Edible Theme Naming: This is how some of the Free Antinium name themselves, like Infinitypear, Pie Piper, and 'clumsily drawn bee on a plate'.
* EatingTheEnemy: Standard for Antinium, but particularly applies to the Free Hive since one of their major food sources is monsters from the dungeon under Liscor, who they fight on a daily basis.
* Edible Theme Naming: This is how some of the Free Antinium name themselves, like Infinitypear, Pie Piper, and 'clumsily drawn bee on a plate'.
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* AndYourRewardIsEdible: Invoking this trope accidentally [[DeliciousDaydream leads to the formation of a Unitasis Network]] where her other, purposeful attempts had failed.
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* ChefOfIron: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Garry is the only one of the original five Individuals who doesn't fight, aside from defending Erin during Skinner's attack.
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* CordonBleughChef: He keeps using insects and monster parts as ingredients. In his defense, Antinium [[ForeignQueasine find most bugs tasty]] and even some non-Antinium have found themselves [[BizarreTasteInFood enjoying]] either Garry's bug-filled cooking or the acid flies in honey served at The Wandering Inn.
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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Anything and everything bird, bird-related, or bird-shaped. To the point where Erin lies about 'broccoli birds' to get Bird to eat his vegetables and [[FoodAsBribe bribed]] him with bird-shaped cookies to take math lessons, and banning Bird from eating birds was part of a [[DeniedFoodAsPunishment punishment]] Erin and Lyonette gave him once.
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* CuriosityCausesConversion: It started with Workers wanting to watch Erin play chess and grew from there.
* InformedAttribute: Antinium are not, in fact, unthinking, unfeeling, murderous monsters. The people of Liscor are the first to start learning that, though only really apply it to all Antinium rather than just to Klbkch after Erin arrives and starts changing the Hive.
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* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: The Free Antinium increasingly finds that living and dying just for their Hive and Queen isn't enough. Also applies to Klbkch and the Free Queen diverging from the desires of the [[SingleNationSpecies Grand Queen]] even after being reconnected to the other Hives.
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* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: The Free Antinium increasingly finds that living and dying just for their Hive and Queen isn't enough. Also applies to Klbkch and the Free Queen diverging from the desires of the [[SingleNationSpecies [[SingleSpeciesNations Grand Queen]] even after being reconnected to the other Hives.
* RogueDrone: More or less what the Free Queen was looking for in Individuals.
* YouAreNumber6: This is how Klbkch names the Archer Workers and, later, how the [Crusaders] are named. Possibly [[NumericalThemeNaming partially subverted]] because nearly all of the Archers and [Crusaders] accept the number-names they're given and can even be defensive if anyone objects to their names.
* AdiposeRex: To the point that she has trouble moving.
* CloneByConversion: Klbkch spent about two decades in a [[CloneArmy Worker's body]].
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Thanks to [[TimeAbyss living for so long]], Klbkch is one of the few living people to have had his memories of the Trials of Leveling either removed or blocked by The Grand Design.
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Thanks to [[TimeAbyss living for so long]], Klbkch is one of the few living people to have had who has his memories of the Trials of Leveling either removed or blocked by The Grand Design.
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* RageBreakingPoint: Turns out that the [[ShiftingVoiceOfMadness way of talking]] Aberrations use is, in True Antinium, rage. This recontextualizes [[YouWouldn'tLikeMeWhenI'mAngry! Aberrations]] when it turns out that all of the Izril Antinium are True Antinium.
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* RageBreakingPoint: Turns out that the [[ShiftingVoiceOfMadness way of talking]] Aberrations use is, in True Antinium, rage. This recontextualizes [[YouWouldn'tLikeMeWhenI'mAngry! [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry Aberrations]] when it turns out that all of the Izril Antinium are True Antinium.
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* UniformityException: He's always been identifiable by his swords but by the end of volume 1 he got rebodied into a unique form while the rest of the Hive, minus the Queen, are all effectively [[CloneArmy clones]] of either the Worker or Soldier form.
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* UniformityException: He's always been identifiable by his swords but by the end of volume 1 he got gets rebodied into a unique form while the rest of the Hive, minus the Queen, are all effectively [[CloneArmy clones]] of either the Worker or Soldier form.
* ObliviousToLove: Was able to describe his feelings for Lyonette but didn't know that that's what love was.
* ChubbyChef: He's a [Baker] and the only Worker noted to have gained weight without also gaining height.
* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Over the course of the story [[FantasticRacism bigotry against Antinium]] wanes but there are still holdouts. However even Lism acknowledges that Garry is doing good work with his store/soup kitchen.
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* DidYouThinkICan'tFeel?: Has a moment of this with Embria during the Hectval war.
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* DidYouThinkICan'tFeel?: DidYouThinkICantFeel: Has a moment of this with Embria during the Hectval war.
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* BlackSheep: Bird is considered odd even by Antinium standards, and he eventually makes the seemingly unprecedented decision to [[ScrewThisI'mOuttaHere 'quit' his Hive]].
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* BlackSheep: Bird is considered odd even by Antinium standards, and he eventually makes the seemingly unprecedented decision to [[ScrewThisI'mOuttaHere [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere 'quit' his Hive]].
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* EpiphanicPrison: Applies to all the Hives, but the Free Antinium are the first to start finding their way out.
* DeterminedDefeatist: Living in exile, without support from or contact with the other Hives, and with ten years of failure under her non-existent belt, the Free Queen never gave up on her goals.
* FatAndProud: Most of an Antinium Queen's weight is her brain. The Free Queen is 'emulating the fashion', as Klbkch tried to politely put it.
* GiantWoman: She is many times larger than the other Antinium in her Hive.
* FatAndProud: Most of an Antinium Queen's weight is her brain. The Free Queen is 'emulating the fashion', as Klbkch tried to politely put it.
* GiantWoman: She is many times larger than the other Antinium in her Hive.
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* RageBreakingPoint: Turns out that the way of talking Aberrations use is, in True Antinium, rage. This recontextualizes [[YouWouldn'tLikeMeWhenI'mAngry! Aberrations]] when it turns out that all of the Izril Antinium are True Antinium.
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* RageBreakingPoint: Turns out that the [[ShiftingVoiceOfMadness way of talking talking]] Aberrations use is, in True Antinium, rage. This recontextualizes [[YouWouldn'tLikeMeWhenI'mAngry! Aberrations]] when it turns out that all of the Izril Antinium are True Antinium.
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* SquareRaceRoundClass: He's an Antinium with the [Diplomat] class in a world where that's a laughable combination of species and class.
* SquareRaceRoundClass: He's an Antinium with the [Diplomat] class in a world where that's a laughable combination of species and class.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: He becomes Individual after Erin hits him with one of these, though it almost went [[BreakThemByTalking very badly]].
* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] hard when Pawn becomes Individual and is horrified by all the pain and death in the Hive. Not even Xrn understands Pawn mourning the deaths of Workers and Soldiers.
* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] hard when Pawn becomes Individual and is horrified by all the pain and death in the Hive. Not even Xrn understands Pawn mourning the deaths of Workers and Soldiers.
* SquareRaceRoundClass: Pawn is the one who rediscovered <Religion> classes despite the Antinium being in a multi-thousand year war against a Demigod.
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* BlackSheep: Bird is considered odd even by Antinium standards, and he eventually makes the seemingly unprecedented decision to 'quit' his Hive.
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* BlackSheep: Bird is considered odd even by Antinium standards, and he eventually makes the seemingly unprecedented decision to [[ScrewThisI'mOuttaHere 'quit' his Hive.
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* AndIMustScream: The general state of Antinium at the start of the story. Partially [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] because Antinium usually don't live long before something kills them.
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* AndIMustScream: The [[EmptyShell general state state]] of Antinium at the start of the story. Partially [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] because Antinium usually don't live long before something kills them.
* IndividualityIsIllegal: Gets [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] with extreme prejudice.
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* CulturalRebel: She's considered progressive by Antinium standards. Leads into her eschewing standard Antinium sacrificial tactics in favor of valuing each individual Antinium.
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* CulturalRebel: She's considered progressive by Antinium standards. Leads into her [[AgainstTheGrain eschewing standard Antinium sacrificial tactics tactics]] in favor of valuing each individual Antinium.
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* GaveUpTooSoon: More or less let himself be killed by Goblins while despairing over the death of the first Worker to show any hint of will or personality. He did not know that that Worker was the first of many.
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* GaveUpTooSoon: More or less [[DeathByDespair let himself be killed killed]] by Goblins while despairing over the death of the first Worker to show any hint of will or personality. He did not know that that Worker was the first of many.
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* JustInTime: Comes back at just the right moment to save Liscor, Erin, and four Individuals after Ksmvr fails to lead the Hive against Skinner and his undead.
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* JustInTime: [[BackFromTheDead Comes back back]] at just the right moment to save Liscor, Erin, and four Individuals after Ksmvr fails to lead the Hive against Skinner and his undead.
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Thanks to [[TimeAbyss living for so long]], Klbkch is one of the few living people to have had his memories of the Trials of Leveling either removed or blocked by The Grand Design.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Thanks to [[TimeAbyss living for so long]], Klbkch is one of the few living people to have had his memories of the Trials of Leveling either removed or blocked by The Grand Design.
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* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: Klbkch routinely struggles to be around other Individuals. He longs for the Antinium of Rhir, who had personality but weren't able to disobey orders.
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* IdentityBreakdown: Has a version of this before taking his name, and again after getting his [Summon Aberration] Skill.
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* SafetyInIndifference: Attempts to invoke this to deal with his guilt for all the Antinium his traps and tactics can't save. [[NotSoStoic It doesn't work very well]].
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* AMistakeIsBorn: The Free Queen outright says that Bird's existence is a mistake. She changes her stance almost immediately but only after nearly killing Bird. She [[ParentalFavoritism gives him gold for an expensive bow]] and later spares his life instead of killing him to learn how he's using the Unitasis Network.
* BlackSheep: Bird is considered odd even by Antinium standards, and he eventually makes the seemingly unprecedented decision to 'quit' his Hive.
* BlackSheep: Bird is considered odd even by Antinium standards, and he eventually makes the seemingly unprecedented decision to 'quit' his Hive.
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* IAmWhatIAm: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Bird has always accepted that he's Bird. [[DespairEventHorizon Conditions in the Hive]] and [[IndividualityIsIllegal risk of being killed]] are the only reasons Bird suppressed his personality.
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* BatmanGambit: Pulls this on Ksmvr to further her experiment with him.
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*DidYouThinkICan'tFeel?: Has a moment of this with Embria during the Hectval war.
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* TheReliableOne: He wants to be this for Klbkch. Klbkch can barely manage to give him a [[WellDoneSonGuy thumbs up]].
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* BadLiar: Applies to almost all Antinium but becomes particularly apparent with the Free Hive due to how often they interact with other species.
* CulturalPersonalityMakeover: The Free Antinium becoming part of Liscor in part by copying the ideas, actions, and lifestyles of Drakes, Gnolls, and Humans.
* DistinctiveAppearances: The Painted Antinium.
* CulturalPersonalityMakeover: The Free Antinium becoming part of Liscor in part by copying the ideas, actions, and lifestyles of Drakes, Gnolls, and Humans.
* DistinctiveAppearances: The Painted Antinium.
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: The multiple Kevins and Shellys.
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: The Free Antinium increasingly finds that living and dying just for their Hive and Queen isn't enough. Also applies to Klbkch and the Free Queen diverging from the desires of the [[SingleNationSpecies Grand Queen]] even after being reconnected to the other Hives.
* OddNameOut: Most Antinium don't have names. And when the Free Antinium start naming themselves they don't take Antinium names.
* RepressionNeverEndsWell: There's a reason Aberrations almost entirely stopped appearing after the Free Antinium started becoming Individual.
* OddNameOut: Most Antinium don't have names. And when the Free Antinium start naming themselves they don't take Antinium names.
* RepressionNeverEndsWell: There's a reason Aberrations almost entirely stopped appearing after the Free Antinium started becoming Individual.
* TheStoic: Nearly all Free Antinium at the start of the story. Any deviation of this was likely to get them labeled an [[NotSoStoic Aberration]] and killed.
* CulturalRebel: She's considered progressive by Antinium standards. Leads into her eschewing standard Antinium sacrificial tactics in favor of valuing each individual Antinium.
* RageBreakingPoint: Turns out that the way of talking Aberrations use is, in True Antinium, rage. This recontextualizes [[YouWouldn'tLikeMeWhenI'mAngry! Aberrations]] when it turns out that all of the Izril Antinium are True Antinium.
* UniformityException: He's always been identifiable by his swords but by the end of volume 1 he got rebodied into a unique form while the rest of the Hive, minus the Queen, are all effectively [[CloneArmy clones]] of either the Worker or Soldier form.
* OddNameOut: Briefly. Stopped applying once more and more members of the Free Hive started taking 'non-Antinium' names.
* OneSteveLimit: Attempted to invoke this, but quickly recanted his position.
* OneSteveLimit: Attempted to invoke this, but quickly recanted his position.
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* BreakTheCutie: He's generally happy and playful but when Hectval almost kills Erin he fully plans to kill everyone in Hectval in revenge.
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* AmicableAnts: The Free Hive is the one Hive focused on improving relations with other species.
* AndIMustScream: The general state of Antinium at the start of the story. Partially [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] because Antinium usually don't live long before something kills them.
*AndYourRewardIsClothes: Those lucky few Free Antinium who go up to the surface are given clothes that they [[DressCode have to wear]]. All they get is a {{Loincloth}} and they consider it mostly pointless because they don't have anything to cover. Later some of the Individuals get armor, and the [Priests] and [Acolytes] get robes. [[ExposedToTheElements They do not get more clothes in winter despite cold weather being deadly to them]].
* DugTooDeep: After digging into a lost dungeon, the Free Hive has been fighting monsters every day for years.
* FullFrontalAssault: Invoked both when hundreds or thousands of Antinium joined in the fight against Skinner and his undead and again in the [[CombatPragmatism fight]] against Belavierr.
* LimitedWardrobe: Those that have clothes wear the same outfit each time.
* InsectGenderBender: Hardly any members of the Free Hive are female and Klbkch, Ksmvr, and the first several Individuals are all male.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: The Workers and Soldiers have four arms. And if those aren't enough then their mandibles can act as a weapon too.
* ShellBackpack: The Antinium working at The Wandering Inn have an apron-uniform.
* AndIMustScream: The general state of Antinium at the start of the story. Partially [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] because Antinium usually don't live long before something kills them.
*AndYourRewardIsClothes: Those lucky few Free Antinium who go up to the surface are given clothes that they [[DressCode have to wear]]. All they get is a {{Loincloth}} and they consider it mostly pointless because they don't have anything to cover. Later some of the Individuals get armor, and the [Priests] and [Acolytes] get robes. [[ExposedToTheElements They do not get more clothes in winter despite cold weather being deadly to them]].
* DugTooDeep: After digging into a lost dungeon, the Free Hive has been fighting monsters every day for years.
* FullFrontalAssault: Invoked both when hundreds or thousands of Antinium joined in the fight against Skinner and his undead and again in the [[CombatPragmatism fight]] against Belavierr.
* LimitedWardrobe: Those that have clothes wear the same outfit each time.
* InsectGenderBender: Hardly any members of the Free Hive are female and Klbkch, Ksmvr, and the first several Individuals are all male.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: The Workers and Soldiers have four arms. And if those aren't enough then their mandibles can act as a weapon too.
* ShellBackpack: The Antinium working at The Wandering Inn have an apron-uniform.
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* InsectQueen: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Antinium don't have royalty, the Free Queen is in exile from the other Hives, and her life as a Queen is worse than when she lived on [[{{Hell}} Rhir]].
* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: Her true goal is to create True Antinium, who are capable of using the Unitasis Network. When Bird learns [Unitasis Network] as a Skill, Klbkch compares it to learning [I Breathe In Air].
* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: Her true goal is to create True Antinium, who are capable of using the Unitasis Network. When Bird learns [Unitasis Network] as a Skill, Klbkch compares it to learning [I Breathe In Air].
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* BladeSpam: Limited to when Klbkch has [Recaptured Sublimity] active and can move faster than the speed of sound.
* CoolSword: Made of a metal unknown outside of the Antinium, created tens of thousands of years ago, and strong enough to go up against enchanted weapons. There's a reason people keep trying to steal them.
* DeviousDaggers: Part of Klbkch's standard equipment when he had four arms, and still a backup weapon of choice now that he's back down to two arms.
* DualWielding: Invoked twice when Klbkch had four arms.
* FragileSpeedster: Saliss reads Klbkch as this. Additionally, Klbkch created a fighting style based around always dodging or parrying, never blocking. Once he had a form which, if damaged even slightly, prevented him from using the [[HiddenWeapons swords built into his body]].
* GaveUpTooSoon: More or less let himself be killed by Goblins while despairing over the death of the first Worker to show any hint of will or personality. He did not know that that Worker was the first of many.
* IconicItem: Even when he changes bodies, Klbkch is still recognizable thanks to his twin shortswords.
* ItWasAGift: Klbkch got his swords from the First Queen. May also apply to having obtained a coat rack for the scarf Erin gave him during Innworld's first Christmas and that he only wore once.
* JustInTime: Comes back at just the right moment to save Liscor, Erin, and four Individuals after Ksmvr fails to lead the Hive against Skinner and his undead.
* LivingForeverIsNoBigDeal: He lived in Liscor for over ten years before mentioning his age, though he doesn't like being called old. The other [[TimeAbyss Centenium]] seem to share this outlook, despite Xrn making fun of Klbkch's age.
* LivingRelic: Partially [[SubvertedTrope subverted]]. Klbkch is one of the last remaining Centenium, created to be heroes and the pinnacle of their species, but he lost his true form and is much weaker than he used to be.
* MasterSwordsman: He created an entire sword style and he has the [Swordslayer] class. However he does notably lack the [Blademaster] class.
* OldMaster: [[TimeAbyss Older than dirt]] and the creator of his own Skill School. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] to the extent that while he did use to train War Queens and other Centenium in the sword, he did not directly train Ksmvr, the only character confirmed to have inherited his Skills.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Rarely invoked. Used when [[DesperationAttack fighting Goblins]] and again in a [[CombatPragmatist duel against a Custodium]].
* TimeAbyss: Multiple times older than Eternal Khelt, which was founded over 20,000 years ago. So old that he was created before Antinium started keeping track of time. In a world with multiple immortal species, the glossary lists him as one of the oldest beings in the world.
* CoolSword: Made of a metal unknown outside of the Antinium, created tens of thousands of years ago, and strong enough to go up against enchanted weapons. There's a reason people keep trying to steal them.
* DeviousDaggers: Part of Klbkch's standard equipment when he had four arms, and still a backup weapon of choice now that he's back down to two arms.
* DualWielding: Invoked twice when Klbkch had four arms.
* FragileSpeedster: Saliss reads Klbkch as this. Additionally, Klbkch created a fighting style based around always dodging or parrying, never blocking. Once he had a form which, if damaged even slightly, prevented him from using the [[HiddenWeapons swords built into his body]].
* GaveUpTooSoon: More or less let himself be killed by Goblins while despairing over the death of the first Worker to show any hint of will or personality. He did not know that that Worker was the first of many.
* IconicItem: Even when he changes bodies, Klbkch is still recognizable thanks to his twin shortswords.
* ItWasAGift: Klbkch got his swords from the First Queen. May also apply to having obtained a coat rack for the scarf Erin gave him during Innworld's first Christmas and that he only wore once.
* JustInTime: Comes back at just the right moment to save Liscor, Erin, and four Individuals after Ksmvr fails to lead the Hive against Skinner and his undead.
* LivingForeverIsNoBigDeal: He lived in Liscor for over ten years before mentioning his age, though he doesn't like being called old. The other [[TimeAbyss Centenium]] seem to share this outlook, despite Xrn making fun of Klbkch's age.
* LivingRelic: Partially [[SubvertedTrope subverted]]. Klbkch is one of the last remaining Centenium, created to be heroes and the pinnacle of their species, but he lost his true form and is much weaker than he used to be.
* MasterSwordsman: He created an entire sword style and he has the [Swordslayer] class. However he does notably lack the [Blademaster] class.
* OldMaster: [[TimeAbyss Older than dirt]] and the creator of his own Skill School. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] to the extent that while he did use to train War Queens and other Centenium in the sword, he did not directly train Ksmvr, the only character confirmed to have inherited his Skills.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Rarely invoked. Used when [[DesperationAttack fighting Goblins]] and again in a [[CombatPragmatist duel against a Custodium]].
* TimeAbyss: Multiple times older than Eternal Khelt, which was founded over 20,000 years ago. So old that he was created before Antinium started keeping track of time. In a world with multiple immortal species, the glossary lists him as one of the oldest beings in the world.
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* KissTheCookApron: His says "Hug the [Cook]".
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[[Characters/TheWanderingInnStaff The Wandering Inn]] ([[Characters/TheWanderingInnErinSolstice Erin Solstice]]) | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnEarthers Earthers]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnLiscor Liscor]] ([[Characters/TheWanderingInnFreeAntinium The Free Antinium]]) | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnAdventurers Adventurers]]\\
''Continents:'' [[Characters/TheWanderingInnIzril Izril]] ([[Characters/TheWanderingInnFloodedWatersTribe Flooded Waters Tribe]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnTheFiveFamilies The Five Families]]) | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnBaleros Baleros]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnChandrar Chandrar]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnTerandria Terandria]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnRhir Rhir]]\\
''Other Individuals and Groups:'' [[Characters/TheWanderingInnWistramAcademy Wistram Academy]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnAntinium The Antinium Hives]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnOthers Others]]\\
''Other Worlds:'' [[Characters/TheWanderingInnAvalon Avalon]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnTheDeadlands The Deadlands]]-]]]]]
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[[Characters/TheWanderingInnStaff The Wandering Inn]] ([[Characters/TheWanderingInnErinSolstice Erin Solstice]]) | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnEarthers Earthers]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnLiscor Liscor]] ([[Characters/TheWanderingInnFreeAntinium The Free Antinium]]) | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnAdventurers Adventurers]]\\
''Continents:'' [[Characters/TheWanderingInnIzril Izril]] ([[Characters/TheWanderingInnFloodedWatersTribe Flooded Waters Tribe]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnTheFiveFamilies The Five Families]]) | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnBaleros Baleros]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnChandrar Chandrar]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnTerandria Terandria]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnRhir Rhir]]\\
''Other Individuals and Groups:'' [[Characters/TheWanderingInnWistramAcademy Wistram Academy]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnAntinium The Antinium Hives]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnOthers Others]]\\
''Other Worlds:'' [[Characters/TheWanderingInnAvalon Avalon]] | [[Characters/TheWanderingInnTheDeadlands The Deadlands]]-]]]]]
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