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''Demon Knights'' is an ongoing comicbook published by DCComics, written by PaulCornell. It was launched as part of the {{New 52}} and is set in TheDarkAges of the DCUniverse.
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''Demon Knights'' is an ongoing comicbook published by DCComics, written by PaulCornell.Creator/PaulCornell. It was launched as part of the {{New 52}} and is set in TheDarkAges of the DCUniverse.
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* TimeSkip: The solicit for #16 indicates that it takes place thirty years after the events of the previous issue.
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* KnightInShiningArmor: The Shining Knight, appropriately enough. He's also a bit of a KnightInSourArmor, though.
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** And then to ''Asterix and Cleopatra'' in #13. "Such a pretty nose."
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** Then this promptly proves to be a bad idea as [[spoiler: the Horsewoman shoots her in her exposed stomach for encouraging a girl to do a mission which resulted in her death.]]
** Then this promptly proves to be a bad idea as [[spoiler: the Horsewoman shoots her in her exposed stomach for encouraging a girl to do a mission which resulted in her death.]]
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* ChainmailBikini: Exoristos' 'armour'. Lampshaded: Ystin mocks it, and Exoristos says that when she is fighting against men, as she usually is, it has its advantages.
**advantages. Then this promptly proves to be a bad idea as [[spoiler: the Horsewoman shoots her in her exposed stomach for encouraging a girl to do a mission which resulted in her death.]]
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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Vandal Savage]] kills a village boy when he finds he's leaving them to fend for themselves against the questing queen and tries to raise alarm.
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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Vandal Savage]] Savage kills a village boy when he finds he's [[spoiler:the boy discovers Vandal leaving them to fend for themselves against the questing queen and tries to raise alarm.queen.]]
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** Then this promptly proves to be a bad idea as [[spoiler: the Horsewoman shoots her in her exposed stomach for encouraging a girl to do a mission which resulted in her death.]]
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* WouldHitAChild: [[spoiler: Vandal Savage]] kills a village boy when he finds he's leaving them to fend for themselves against the questing queen and tries to raise alarm.
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* WouldHitAChild: WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Vandal Savage]] kills a village boy when he finds he's leaving them to fend for themselves against the questing queen and tries to raise alarm.
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* WouldHitAChild: [[spoiler: Vandal Savage]] kills a village boy when he finds he's leaving them to fend for themselves against the questing queen and tries to raise alarm.
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* KnightInShiningArmor: The Shining Knight, appropriately enough. She's also a bit of a KnightInSourArmor, though.
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* GambitPileup: Between Xanadu, Etrigan and Vandal Savage, it's rather hard to tell who's backstabbing whom.
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* RhymesOnADime: Etrigan, when he's showing off his demon authority or being particularly badass.
* SapientSteed: [[spoiler: Vanguard]].
* SapientSteed: [[spoiler: Vanguard]].
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* ShadowArchetype: The Questing Queen to the Shining Knight; both [[spoiler: seek the Holy Grail]], but while Ystin is idealistic, desexualized and self-sacrificing, the Questing Queen is mature, feminine and ruthless.
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* SirSwearsalot: Madame Xanadu.
* TheSmartGuy: Al Jabr, who is equal parts GuileHero and ScienceHero.
* TheSmartGuy: Al Jabr, who is equal parts GuileHero and ScienceHero.
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* BritishEnglish: Sod the bloody tart.
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* CastFromLifespan: Xanadu and Mordru both do this.
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* CoolHorse: A WhiteStallion (with [[{{Pegasus}} wings]]) for a Shining Knight.
* DeadpanSnarker: Ystin (but only in [[ForeignLanguageTirade Welsh]]).
* DeadpanSnarker: Ystin (but only in [[ForeignLanguageTirade Welsh]]).
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* SpeaksFluentAnimal: The Horsewoman, naturally, speaks fluent Horse.
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* TruceZone: In #0, Merlin meets Morgaine at "the truce place, by the waters that lead to Avalon". This may well be the future site of Time In A Bottle, from Cornell's ''Knight & Squire'' miniseries.
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* KingArthur: Arthurian mythology plays a significant role in the series. The founding and destruction of Camelot was experienced by multiple character, [[EternalRecurrence multiple times]], and the series takes place at the beginning of a new cycle, with the city of Alba Sarum hoping to be declared New Camelot.
** And KingArthur himself has joined the team briefly, having left Avalon.
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* KingArthur: Arthurian mythology plays a significant role in the series. The founding and destruction of Camelot was experienced by multiple character, [[EternalRecurrence multiple times]], and the series takes place at the beginning of a new cycle, with the city of Alba Sarum hoping to be declared New Camelot.
** And KingArthurCamelot. [[spoiler:KingArthur himself has joined the team briefly, having left Avalon.]]
** And KingArthur
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* ContinuityNod: Horsewoman gets her powers from a force in the blood that binds all animals together. WordOfGod [[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=40562 is that this is]] [[AnimalMan the Red]].
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* ContinuityNod: Horsewoman gets her powers from a force in the blood that binds all animals together. It's pretty clear she's talking about [[AnimalMan the Red]].
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* ContinuityNod: Horsewoman gets her powers from a force in the blood that binds all animals together. It's pretty clear she's talking about [[AnimalMan the Red]].
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* BiggerOnTheInside: The tower of Camelot is gargantuan on the inside, and is said to be ''all'' the Camelots merged together.
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** And to ''DoctorWho'' in #12. "[[BiggerOnTheInside This interior should not fit in the exterior.]]"
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** And to ''DoctorWho'' in #12. "[[BiggerOnTheInsider This interior should not fit in the exterior.]]"
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[[NamesTheSame Not to be confused with]] ''DemonKnight''.
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[[NamesTheSame Not to be confused with]] ''DemonKnight''.
''Film/DemonKnight''.
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* EternalRecurrence: The fall of Camelot. "All is lost. Again." Apparently, Merlin helps a King Arthur found a Camelot every few thousand years, and it always ends badly, but he always tries again because the consequences of not trying would be worse. Etrigan and Xanadu were at the fall of knights-in-shining-armour Camelot four hundred years ago, and the Shining Knight was at the fall of prehistoric Briton Camelot 9,000 years before that. Vandal Savage was at the fall of several Camelots, mostly among the riding forces.
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* EternalRecurrence: The fall of Camelot. "All is lost. Again." Apparently, Merlin helps a King Arthur found a Camelot every few thousand years, and it always ends badly, but he always tries again because the consequences of not trying would be worse. Etrigan and Xanadu were at the fall of knights-in-shining-armour Camelot four hundred years ago, and the Shining Knight was at the fall of prehistoric Briton Camelot 9,000 years before that. Vandal Savage was at the fall of several Camelots, mostly among the riding raiding forces.
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* HannibalLecture: Xanadu gives one to Exoristos when she finally gets tired of her misandrist and just generally bitchy comments.
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*ARareSentence: Savage gets "Look! It's a ''pirate'' sea serpent! That is something I have ''never'' shouted before!"
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* MuggingTheMonster: Issue #10 opens with pirates attempting to rob the team as they travel to Britain, unaware of just who it is they are robbing.
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* SeenItAll: They are a team of immortals, so they have all seen many things. Vandal Savage exclaims with glee any time he encounters something he has ''not'' seen before, or when he encounters someting he has not seen for centuries.
* ShipTease: After seeing Shining Knight slay a giant wolf monster, Exoristos exclaims that Knight's performance was arousing. Knight does not quite know how to respond.
* ShipTease: After seeing Shining Knight slay a giant wolf monster, Exoristos exclaims that Knight's performance was arousing. Knight does not quite know how to respond.
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* {{Shoryuken}}: Vandal Savage does this to a ''giant sea serpent'' in issue #10.
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* LargeHam: Vandal SavageSavage. Cornell said that he wrote him as if he were played by {{BRIAN BLESSED}}.
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* EngagementChallenge: The princesses Alba and Sarum have sworn that they will not marry each other until their city has been declared New Camelot. Unfortunately, when Merlin is murdered it looks like their city will ''never'' become New Camelot, [[HonorBeforeReason but they will still never marry because they made a vow]].
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* MeaningfulName: Al Jabr is Arabic for "the numbers."
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* MeaningfulName: The princesses of Alba Sarum note that Al Jabr is Arabic for "the numbers."numbers" (It is actually Arabic for "restoration").
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After a prologue establishing MadameXanadu's and {{Etrigan}}'s roles in the last days of KingArthur, the story skips forward a few centuries. Xanadu and Jason o' the Blood visit a small village in Europe, where they meet VandalSavage, [[SevenSoldiers the Shining Knight]], a Saracen inventor named Al Jabr and an Amazon warrior named Exoristos. They join forces when TheEmpire attacks the village on its way to sack the nearby city of Alba Sarum. In defending the village, they meet the Horsewoman, who has been protecting it.
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After a prologue establishing MadameXanadu's and {{Etrigan}}'s roles in the last days of KingArthur, the story skips forward a few centuries. Xanadu and Jason o' the Blood visit a small village in Europe, where they meet VandalSavage, [[SevenSoldiers the Shining Knight]], a Saracen inventor named Al Jabr and an Amazon warrior named Exoristos. They join forces when TheEmpire the Questing Queen and her [[TheHorde horde]] attacks the village on its way to sack the nearby city of Alba Sarum. In defending the village, they meet the Horsewoman, who has been protecting it.
it, and afterwards embark on other quests together; some for the nobility of assisting those in need, some for profit, and some for reasons all their own.
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* BlatantLies: [[spoiler: After his plan of stealing money from the Horde goes south, Vandal Savage claims that his FaceHeelTurn was all a distraction to help the village, and not a way to make a quick buck out of the confusion of battle.]]
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* TheCavalry: The first arc repeatedly mentions that the Questing Queen is only attacking the protagonists because they are between her and the city of Alba Sarum, a powerful city that she needs to catch unawares in order to be sure she can conquer it, and the protagonists know that their greatest hope is in [[InvokedTrope sending a warning to Alba Sarum so that their army can come to their rescue]]. [[SubvertedTrope Unfortunately, all their messengers are killed before reaching the city]]. [[spoiler:[[DoubleSubverted After the initial messengers are killed the Horsewoman gets through and the Alba Sarum army storms to the rescue]].]]
* ChainmailBikini: Exoristos' 'armour'. Lampshaded: Ystin mocks it, and Exoristos says that whenshe's she is fighting against men, as she usually is, it has its advantages.
* ChainmailBikini: Exoristos' 'armour'. Lampshaded: Ystin mocks it, and Exoristos says that when
* {{Egopolis}}: Issue #9 reveals that Alba Sarum, the great city that the protagonists have been talking about since the first issue, is named for its two princesses: Alba and Sarum.
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* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Vandal Savage]]
** [[spoiler: After most of his men in the Horde are dead, [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor Savage returns claiming it a ruse]]. ]]
* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: A young child tells Exoristos that she dresses like a tart[[hottip:*:prostitute]], which Exoristos takes as a compliment, [[IsItSomethingYouEat while wondering if it's some kind of pastry]].
** [[spoiler: After most of his men in the Horde are dead, [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor Savage returns claiming it a ruse]]. ]]
* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: A young child tells Exoristos that she dresses like a tart[[hottip:*:prostitute]], which Exoristos takes as a compliment, [[IsItSomethingYouEat while wondering if it's some kind of pastry]].
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distraction to help the village, and not a way to make a quick buck out of the confusion of battle.]]
* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: A young child tells Exoristos that she dresses like a tart[[hottip:*:prostitute]], which Exoristos takes as a compliment, [[IsItSomethingYouEat while wondering ifit's it is some kind of pastry]].
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* HonorBeforeReason: The two princesses of Alba Sarum, Alba and Sarum, have made a vow that they will not wed one another until their city has been declared New Camelot. However, when Merlin is murdered it looks like their city will ''never'' become New Camelot, but they declare that they will stick to their vow regardless, even though it means they will never wed the woman each loves.
* KingArthur: Arthurian mythology plays a significant role in the series. The founding and destruction of Camelot was experienced by multiple character, [[EternalRecurrence multiple times]], and the series takes place at the beginning of a new cycle, with the city of Alba Sarum hoping to be declared New Camelot.
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* MerlinSickness: In the vision in issue 4, Merlin says that he's aging backward, and remarks that the fact that he's still very old suggests the universe has a few years left in it.
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* MeaningfulName: Al Jabr is Arabic for "the numbers."
* MerlinSickness: In the vision in issue4, four, Merlin says that he's he is aging backward, and remarks that the fact that he's he is still very old suggests the universe has a few years left in it.
* MerlinSickness: In the vision in issue
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: The two princesses of Alba Sarum, Alba and Sarum, are able to be a publicly engaged lesbian couple because they run the city. Madame Xanadu is happy for them that they can live their lives as they truly are, but also hopes that the common woman who does not have such power will get the same rights.
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* TriangRelations: Between Jason, Xanadu, and Etrigan (as detailed below). Looks like a type seven.[[spoiler: May turn out to be a type four, with Xanadu and Jason love each other, unforunately Etrigan has the hots for Xanadu as well. But it is still too early to tell. ]]
* TwoPersonLoveTriangle: Madame Xanadu is romantically involved with both halves of the Jason/Etrigan body sharing. She lies to each half of duo that she loves him more than the other half.
* YouAllMeetInAnInn: All the immortals unite against the Questing Queen because they happened to pick the same inn to rest at, and that inn happened to be in the Queen's path. Though the Horsewoman only met them (briefly) after the inn was destroyed.
* YouShallNotPass: Exoristos says this word for word as she is the last person remaining that's protecting the village. Then the BigDamnHeroes arrive.
* TwoPersonLoveTriangle: Madame Xanadu is romantically involved with both halves of the Jason/Etrigan body sharing. She lies to each half of duo that she loves him more than the other half.
* YouAllMeetInAnInn: All the immortals unite against the Questing Queen because they happened to pick the same inn to rest at, and that inn happened to be in the Queen's path. Though the Horsewoman only met them (briefly) after the inn was destroyed.
* YouShallNotPass: Exoristos says this word for word as she is the last person remaining that's protecting the village. Then the BigDamnHeroes arrive.
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* TriangRelations: Between Jason, Xanadu, and Etrigan (as detailed below). Looks like a type seven.[[spoiler: May turn out to be a type four, with Xanadu and Jason love each other, unforunately Etrigan has the hots for Xanadu as well. But it is still too early to tell. ]]
* TwoPersonLoveTriangle: Madame Xanadu is romantically involved with both halves of the Jason/Etrigan body sharing. Shelies to tells each half of duo that she loves him more than the other half.
* WarIsHell: The series focuses heavily on the civilian casualties and property destruction of combat; when the protagonists are being congratulated on their great and glorious victory (And it ''was'' a great and glorious victory, since their actions saved a vast city and thousands, possibly millions, of lives) the 'camera' focuses on the dead bodies and burned buildings that came from the fight.
* YouAllMeetInAnInn: All the immortals unite against the Questing Queen because they happened to pick the same inn to rest at, and that inn happened to be in the Queen'spath. Though path, though the Horsewoman only met them (briefly) after the inn was destroyed.
* YouShallNotPass: Exoristos says this word for word as she is the last person remaining that's protecting the village. Thenthe BigDamnHeroes arrive.TheCavalry arrives.
* TwoPersonLoveTriangle: Madame Xanadu is romantically involved with both halves of the Jason/Etrigan body sharing. She
* WarIsHell: The series focuses heavily on the civilian casualties and property destruction of combat; when the protagonists are being congratulated on their great and glorious victory (And it ''was'' a great and glorious victory, since their actions saved a vast city and thousands, possibly millions, of lives) the 'camera' focuses on the dead bodies and burned buildings that came from the fight.
* YouAllMeetInAnInn: All the immortals unite against the Questing Queen because they happened to pick the same inn to rest at, and that inn happened to be in the Queen's
* YouShallNotPass: Exoristos says this word for word as she is the last person remaining that's protecting the village. Then
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[[caption-width-right:250:The cast.[[hottip:*: Clockwise, starting top left: The Horsewoman, Vandal Savage, Al Jabr, Exoristos, and "Sir" Ystin(a), the Shining Knight. In center: Etrigan the Demon (top) and Madame Xanadu. Not pictured: Jason o' the Blood.]]]]
''Demon Knights'' is an ongoing comicbook published by DCComics, written by PaulCornell. It was launched as part of the {{New 52}} and is set in TheDarkAges of the DCUniverse.
After a prologue establishing MadameXanadu's and {{Etrigan}}'s roles in the last days of KingArthur, the story skips forward a few centuries. Xanadu and Jason o' the Blood visit a small village in Europe, where they meet VandalSavage, [[SevenSoldiers the Shining Knight]], a Saracen inventor named Al Jabr and an Amazon warrior named Exoristos. They join forces when TheEmpire attacks the village on its way to sack the nearby city of Alba Sarum. In defending the village, they meet the Horsewoman, who has been protecting it.
The series is hinted to be the origin of the AncientTradition of the rebooted ''{{Stormwatch}}'' (which Cornell began).
[[NamesTheSame Not to be confused with]] ''DemonKnight''.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Madame Xanadu tells Etrigan that she loves him more than Jason, [[SubvertedTrope but she tells Jason the same thing]].
* AmazonianBeauty: Exoristos. Bonus points for being a literal Amazon.
* AppropriatedAppellation: A soldier from Avalon calls the group "The Demon's Knights" in issue seven, revealing the origin of the non-indicative name (see below).
* TheArcher: The Horsewoman.
* BlatantLies: [[spoiler: After his plan of stealing money from the Horde goes south, Vandal Savage claims that his FaceHeelTurn was all a distraction to help the village, and not a way to make a quick buck out of the confusion of battle.]]
* BloodKnight: Vandal Savage ''[[BoisterousBruiser loves]]'' to fight, and assists the villagers not because he sympathizes or cares for them, but because it will be a great battle.
* BoisterousBruiser:
** Exoristos, who was raised a warrior.
** Surprisingly, Vandal Savage, whose reaction to a bunch of dragons bursting in to kill them is "Excellent, I haven't eaten one of these in centuries!"
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Madame Xanadu has "M X" on her bodice.
* ChainmailBikini: Exoristos' 'armour'. Lampshaded: Ystin mocks it, and Exoristos says that when she's fighting against men, as she usually is, it has its advantages.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: [[spoiler: Vandal Savage is quickly becoming this.]]
* ClarkesThirdLaw: Al Jabr, with advanced science from the Middle East, is mistaken for a magician by the townsfolk.
* EternalRecurrence: The fall of Camelot. "All is lost. Again." Apparently, Merlin helps a King Arthur found a Camelot every few thousand years, and it always ends badly, but he always tries again because the consequences of not trying would be worse. Etrigan and Xanadu were at the fall of knights-in-shining-armour Camelot four hundred years ago, and the Shining Knight was at the fall of prehistoric Briton Camelot 9,000 years before that. Vandal Savage was at the fall of several Camelots, mostly among the riding forces.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: True dragons.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Vandal Savage]]
** [[spoiler: After most of his men in the Horde are dead, [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor Savage returns claiming it a ruse]]. ]]
* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: A young child tells Exoristos that she dresses like a tart[[hottip:*:prostitute]], which Exoristos takes as a compliment, [[IsItSomethingYouEat while wondering if it's some kind of pastry]].
* GadgeteerGenius: Al Jabr.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: The Questing Queen, the BigBad of the series.
* GoodShepherd: After Etrigan claws a local village priest, which is not only a fatal wound but will also ''drag the priest's soul to hell'', the priest spends his final moments trying to find the will to forgive Etrigan, since offering that forgiveness is more important than praying for himself.
* HandicappedBadass: The Horsewoman
* HannibalLecture: Xanadu gives one to Exoristos when she finally gets tired of her misandrist and just generally bitchy comments.
* InfantImmortality: Averted in the first story arc.
* IsItSomethingYouEat: When [[FromTheMouthsOfBabes a small girl]] tells Exoristos, "You dress like a tart," Exoristos' reaction is, "Again, thanks! Is that some kind of pastry?"
* LargeHam: Vandal Savage
* MagnificentSevenSamurai: Incredibly influential. The writer even stated he is more interested in the character dynamics than the setting.
* MerlinSickness: In the vision in issue 4, Merlin says that he's aging backward, and remarks that the fact that he's still very old suggests the universe has a few years left in it.
* NonindicativeName: There is only one demon on the hero side, and even he shares space with a human. For that matter, there is only one knight, too.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: True dragons are flesh-and-blood dinosaurs, whereas "Heraldic" dragons are mechanical devices controlled by people.
* RashomonStyle: Issue 8, [[UnreliableNarrator Madame Xanadu and Etrigan]] each explaining to the others the nature of the romance between Jason, Xanadu and Etrigan and how they each say it began.
* ScrewDestiny: Merlin and Xanadu ''desperately'' want to stop the eternal cycle of war and death, despite being urged by others that it must continue this way.
* ShoutOut: To ''{{Asterix}} and the Goths'' in #2. "Ostrogoths, Visigoths, and every other sort of Goth."
* SpiritualSuccessor: To GrantMorrison's ''SevenSoldiers''.
* SweetPollyOliver: "Sir" Ystin(a). Nobody is fooled, but they all play along with it.
* TrainingThePeacefulVillagers: The immortals [[MagnificentSevenSamurai are going to help the villagers defend their home]], but Vandal Savage is also trying to prepare them to assist and show that they ''deserve'' help.
* TriangRelations: Between Jason, Xanadu, and Etrigan (as detailed below). Looks like a type seven.[[spoiler: May turn out to be a type four, with Xanadu and Jason love each other, unforunately Etrigan has the hots for Xanadu as well. But it is still too early to tell. ]]
* TwoPersonLoveTriangle: Madame Xanadu is romantically involved with both halves of the Jason/Etrigan body sharing. She lies to each half of duo that she loves him more than the other half.
* YouAllMeetInAnInn: All the immortals unite against the Questing Queen because they happened to pick the same inn to rest at, and that inn happened to be in the Queen's path. Though the Horsewoman only met them (briefly) after the inn was destroyed.
* YouShallNotPass: Exoristos says this word for word as she is the last person remaining that's protecting the village. Then the BigDamnHeroes arrive.
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[[caption-width-right:250:The cast.[[hottip:*: Clockwise, starting top left: The Horsewoman, Vandal Savage, Al Jabr, Exoristos, and "Sir" Ystin(a), the Shining Knight. In center: Etrigan the Demon (top) and Madame Xanadu. Not pictured: Jason o' the Blood.]]]]
''Demon Knights'' is an ongoing comicbook published by DCComics, written by PaulCornell. It was launched as part of the {{New 52}} and is set in TheDarkAges of the DCUniverse.
After a prologue establishing MadameXanadu's and {{Etrigan}}'s roles in the last days of KingArthur, the story skips forward a few centuries. Xanadu and Jason o' the Blood visit a small village in Europe, where they meet VandalSavage, [[SevenSoldiers the Shining Knight]], a Saracen inventor named Al Jabr and an Amazon warrior named Exoristos. They join forces when TheEmpire attacks the village on its way to sack the nearby city of Alba Sarum. In defending the village, they meet the Horsewoman, who has been protecting it.
The series is hinted to be the origin of the AncientTradition of the rebooted ''{{Stormwatch}}'' (which Cornell began).
[[NamesTheSame Not to be confused with]] ''DemonKnight''.
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!!This comic has examples of:
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Madame Xanadu tells Etrigan that she loves him more than Jason, [[SubvertedTrope but she tells Jason the same thing]].
* AmazonianBeauty: Exoristos. Bonus points for being a literal Amazon.
* AppropriatedAppellation: A soldier from Avalon calls the group "The Demon's Knights" in issue seven, revealing the origin of the non-indicative name (see below).
* TheArcher: The Horsewoman.
* BlatantLies: [[spoiler: After his plan of stealing money from the Horde goes south, Vandal Savage claims that his FaceHeelTurn was all a distraction to help the village, and not a way to make a quick buck out of the confusion of battle.]]
* BloodKnight: Vandal Savage ''[[BoisterousBruiser loves]]'' to fight, and assists the villagers not because he sympathizes or cares for them, but because it will be a great battle.
* BoisterousBruiser:
** Exoristos, who was raised a warrior.
** Surprisingly, Vandal Savage, whose reaction to a bunch of dragons bursting in to kill them is "Excellent, I haven't eaten one of these in centuries!"
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Madame Xanadu has "M X" on her bodice.
* ChainmailBikini: Exoristos' 'armour'. Lampshaded: Ystin mocks it, and Exoristos says that when she's fighting against men, as she usually is, it has its advantages.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: [[spoiler: Vandal Savage is quickly becoming this.]]
* ClarkesThirdLaw: Al Jabr, with advanced science from the Middle East, is mistaken for a magician by the townsfolk.
* EternalRecurrence: The fall of Camelot. "All is lost. Again." Apparently, Merlin helps a King Arthur found a Camelot every few thousand years, and it always ends badly, but he always tries again because the consequences of not trying would be worse. Etrigan and Xanadu were at the fall of knights-in-shining-armour Camelot four hundred years ago, and the Shining Knight was at the fall of prehistoric Briton Camelot 9,000 years before that. Vandal Savage was at the fall of several Camelots, mostly among the riding forces.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: True dragons.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Vandal Savage]]
** [[spoiler: After most of his men in the Horde are dead, [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor Savage returns claiming it a ruse]]. ]]
* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: A young child tells Exoristos that she dresses like a tart[[hottip:*:prostitute]], which Exoristos takes as a compliment, [[IsItSomethingYouEat while wondering if it's some kind of pastry]].
* GadgeteerGenius: Al Jabr.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: The Questing Queen, the BigBad of the series.
* GoodShepherd: After Etrigan claws a local village priest, which is not only a fatal wound but will also ''drag the priest's soul to hell'', the priest spends his final moments trying to find the will to forgive Etrigan, since offering that forgiveness is more important than praying for himself.
* HandicappedBadass: The Horsewoman
* HannibalLecture: Xanadu gives one to Exoristos when she finally gets tired of her misandrist and just generally bitchy comments.
* InfantImmortality: Averted in the first story arc.
* IsItSomethingYouEat: When [[FromTheMouthsOfBabes a small girl]] tells Exoristos, "You dress like a tart," Exoristos' reaction is, "Again, thanks! Is that some kind of pastry?"
* LargeHam: Vandal Savage
* MagnificentSevenSamurai: Incredibly influential. The writer even stated he is more interested in the character dynamics than the setting.
* MerlinSickness: In the vision in issue 4, Merlin says that he's aging backward, and remarks that the fact that he's still very old suggests the universe has a few years left in it.
* NonindicativeName: There is only one demon on the hero side, and even he shares space with a human. For that matter, there is only one knight, too.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: True dragons are flesh-and-blood dinosaurs, whereas "Heraldic" dragons are mechanical devices controlled by people.
* RashomonStyle: Issue 8, [[UnreliableNarrator Madame Xanadu and Etrigan]] each explaining to the others the nature of the romance between Jason, Xanadu and Etrigan and how they each say it began.
* ScrewDestiny: Merlin and Xanadu ''desperately'' want to stop the eternal cycle of war and death, despite being urged by others that it must continue this way.
* ShoutOut: To ''{{Asterix}} and the Goths'' in #2. "Ostrogoths, Visigoths, and every other sort of Goth."
* SpiritualSuccessor: To GrantMorrison's ''SevenSoldiers''.
* SweetPollyOliver: "Sir" Ystin(a). Nobody is fooled, but they all play along with it.
* TrainingThePeacefulVillagers: The immortals [[MagnificentSevenSamurai are going to help the villagers defend their home]], but Vandal Savage is also trying to prepare them to assist and show that they ''deserve'' help.
* TriangRelations: Between Jason, Xanadu, and Etrigan (as detailed below). Looks like a type seven.[[spoiler: May turn out to be a type four, with Xanadu and Jason love each other, unforunately Etrigan has the hots for Xanadu as well. But it is still too early to tell. ]]
* TwoPersonLoveTriangle: Madame Xanadu is romantically involved with both halves of the Jason/Etrigan body sharing. She lies to each half of duo that she loves him more than the other half.
* YouAllMeetInAnInn: All the immortals unite against the Questing Queen because they happened to pick the same inn to rest at, and that inn happened to be in the Queen's path. Though the Horsewoman only met them (briefly) after the inn was destroyed.
* YouShallNotPass: Exoristos says this word for word as she is the last person remaining that's protecting the village. Then the BigDamnHeroes arrive.
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