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* ShipTease: The first issue has some light flirting between Valeros and Merisiel, the latter of whom even states she's not in the mood for him at the moment but might be at another time. That ship is solidly sunk when she gets together with Kyra at the end of issue 9.
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* ShipSinking: After having flirted with Merisiel a bit in issue 1 and her partially reciprocating, Valeros later learns that Kyra and Meri have become a couple and never tries his luck with her again.
* ShipTease: The first issue has some light flirting between Valeros and Merisiel, the latter of whom even states she's not in the mood for him at the moment but might be at another time. [[ShipSinking That ship is solidlysunk sunk]] when she gets together with Kyra at the end of issue 9.9: Valeros realizes later that they've become a couple from how they're acting, and after Kyra confirms it, he never flirts with Meri again.
* ShipTease: The first issue has some light flirting between Valeros and Merisiel, the latter of whom even states she's not in the mood for him at the moment but might be at another time. [[ShipSinking That ship is solidly
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* YourSoulIsMine: Soulsplitter, the magic dagger that Merisiel steals from a Nidalese manor in ''Origins'' #4, causes the soul of anyone it kills to be destroyed.
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* YourSoulIsMine: Soulsplitter, the magic dagger that Merisiel steals from a Nidalese manor in ''Origins'' #4, causes the soul of anyone it kills to be destroyed. [[spoiler:Meri stabs the possessed Amiri with it in the FramingDevice's finale, on a (correct) hunch that since the devil controlling her is the dominant personality, the dagger will destroy it and leave Amiri's soul intact.]]
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* BigEater: Kronkshaft in ''Goblins #4'', who's described as being able to eat faster than any other goblin. The story described how he eats a pack of gnomes, and does a search for the biggest of food - dragon meat. When the goblins telling the story go to sleep, the new goblin snatches the meat cooking on the spit with his dragonclaw sword, departs saying Kronkshaft is still hungry.
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* DiscriminateAndSwitch: In ''Hollow Mountain'', Damiel, Iconic Alchemist and an elf like Merisiel, criticizes the relationship between Meri and Kyra. Meri asks him if he has a problem with them because they're both women, and he retorts that, no, it's because they're an elf and a human: [[MayflyDecemberRomance Meri is already roughly a hundred years older than Kyra, and when Meri is middle-aged, Kyra will probably be dead.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[Characters/PathfinderIconics Our Iconic heroes.]] heroes]]. Clockwise from upper right: [[LoveableRogue Merisiel]], [[ReligiousBruiser Kyra]], [[NatureHero Harsk]], [[TheLeader Seoni]], [[WizardClassic Ezren]], [[DumbMuscle Valeros]].]]
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* ShipTease: The first issue has some light flirting between Valeros and Merisiel, the latter of whom even states she's not in the mood for him at the moment but might be at another time. [[ShipSinking That ship is solidly sunk]] sunk when she gets together with Kyra at the end of issue 9.
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* AtLeastIAdmitIt: At the start of ''Origins'' #4, Venture-Captain Heidmarch somewhat angrily calls Merisiel a thief: [[NoodleIncident apparently she stole an artifact from a party of Pathfinders several years ago]]. Meri retorts that the Pathfinders had stolen the item in question from a tomb to begin with.[[note]]This is a ContinuityNod to the Pathfinder Society's InUniverse reputation: they fancy themselves {{Adventurer Archaeologist}}s who bring ancient knowledge to the public and take dangerous items out of circulation, but their methods vary widely in legality and political acumen and they're often accused of being glorified thieves and/or disrespecting native cultures.[[/note]]
-->'''Merisiel:''' You want to split hairs? I'll lend you a knife.
-->'''Merisiel:''' You want to split hairs? I'll lend you a knife.
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* YourSoulIsMine: Soulsplitter, the magic dagger that Merisiel steals from a Nidalese manor in ''Origins'' #4, causes the soul of anyone it kills to be destroyed.
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* ContinuitySnarl: ''Hollow Mountain'' has the comic party [[spoiler:kill Alaznist's Castellan]], which according to Lost Omens' canon took place in 4716. However, the next arc, ''Runescars'', takes place in Korvosa during the reign of Ileosa Arabasti, which canonically ended a full eight years earlier.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The omnibus editions contain additional articles about some of the locations and characters in the comic, and even some playable tabletop encounters.
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* EnemyMine: The ''Hollow Mountain'' storyline has the Good-Neutral main party, exploring the Thassilonian Runelord ruins in the mountain for the Pathfinder Society, collide with a Neutral-Evil party comprised of Seltyiel (Iconic Magus), Damiel (Iconic Alchemist), Meligaster (Iconic Mesmerist), and Oloch (Iconic Warpriest), who are just there to loot the place. The two parties briefly come to blows before Seoni and Seltyiel talk them into working together since they don't have ''exactly'' the same goal. In a further twist, they then get [[PartyScattering Party-Scattered]] into two jumbled groups of both parties after encountering Alaznist's Castellan.
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* DistantPrologue: The prologue to ''Hollow Mountain'' takes us back all the way back to the last days of Thassilon, where Alaznist, Runelord of Wrath and mistress of the mountain, entombs herself in her Runewell just as the first meteors of [[https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Earthfall Earthfall]] begin to strike. We then fast-forward nearly ten thousand years to the comics' present day in the mid-4700s.
* EnemyMine: The ''Hollow Mountain'' storyline has theGood-Neutral Good/Neutral main party, exploring the Thassilonian Runelord ruins in the mountain for the Pathfinder Society, collide with a Neutral-Evil Neutral/Evil party comprised of Seltyiel (Iconic Magus), Damiel (Iconic Alchemist), Meligaster (Iconic Mesmerist), and Oloch (Iconic Warpriest), who are just there to loot the place. The two parties briefly come to blows before Seoni and Seltyiel talk them into working together since they don't have ''exactly'' the same goal. In a further twist, they then get [[PartyScattering Party-Scattered]] into two jumbled groups of both parties after encountering Alaznist's Castellan.
* EnemyMine: The ''Hollow Mountain'' storyline has the
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* TakeAThirdOption: In the last chapter of ''Origins'', the party is brought by Venture-Captain Heidmarch to an imprisoned [[spoiler:Amiri]], who is possessed by the devil whose cult [[spoiler:she and Valeros fought in his story]], and ordered to execute her lest the devil grow strong enough to destroy all of Magnimar. [[spoiler:Merisiel takes out Soulsplitter, the magic dagger she acquired in her chapter, and stabs Amiri with it--and as the dominant personality, ''the devil'' is destroyed but not Amiri. Kyra then quickly heals Amiri.]] This deeply impresses Heidmarch, who welcomes them to the Pathfinder Society.
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* UnreliableExpositor: In ''Origins'', Amiri recounts how she was [[StayInTheKitchen driven from her tribe for being a better fighter than any of its men and embarrassing them]], and took her {{BFS}} from a frost giant she slew. Her speech bubbles are overlaid on a panel showing the ''real'' story, that the giant was long dead and she took the sword from its frozen cadaver.
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* TradingBarsForStripes: ''Origins'' issue 2. Seelah, a paladin of Iomedae and a ReformedCriminal herself, releases two condemned murderers for extra muscle when she and Kyra go to clear out a vampire infestation. She plans to take them north to the Mendevian Crusades with her afterward, [[spoiler:but neither man survives the mission]].
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* ActuallyNotAVampire: Kyra's OriginsEpisode depicts her going out to a ratfolk village on a vampire hunt with Seelah the paladin and some {{Boxed Crook}}s they freed from the local prison as muscle. Unfortunately, they find their preparations of garlic and so forth are all for naught: the blood-drinking creatures attacking the village are chupacabras, not vampires.
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* ActuallyNotAVampire: Kyra's OriginsEpisode depicts her going out to a ratfolk village on a vampire hunt with Seelah the paladin and some {{Boxed Crook}}s they freed from the local prison as muscle. Unfortunately, they find their preparations of garlic and so forth are all for naught: the [[spoiler:the blood-drinking creatures attacking the village are chupacabras, not vampires.vampires]].
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* BackToBackBadasses: On Creator/StjepanSejic's cover for ''Origins'', Kyra and Seelah are depicted standing back to back with their swords raised. This exact pose doesn't occur in the story, but they do fight together against [[spoiler:a chupacabra infestation]].
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* CameBackWrong: Parodied in ''Hollow Mountain'' #2. Oloch knocks out several of Valeros's teeth with a surprise attack. Kyra grows them back with a healing spell, but it seems they didn't grow back in quite the same way they were before.
* EnemyMine: The ''Hollow Mountain'' storyline has the Good-Neutral main party, exploring the Thassilonian Runelord ruins in the mountain for the Pathfinder Society, collide with a Neutral-Evil party comprised of Seltyiel (Iconic Magus), Damiel (Iconic Alchemist), Meligaster (Iconic Mesmerist), and Oloch (Iconic Warpriest), who are just there to loot the place. The two parties briefly come to blows before Seoni and Seltyiel talk them into working together since they don't have ''exactly'' the same goal. In a further twist, they then get [[PartyScattering Party-Scattered]] into two jumbled groups of both parties after encountering Alaznist's Castellan.
-->'''Ezren:''' You can't trust them.\\
'''Seoni:''' I don't. But we Varisians have a saying: "A road shared is better than a road alone--but a road short-shared is best." We'll part ways as soon as we can. Hollow Mountain is big enough for all of us.
* EnemyMine: The ''Hollow Mountain'' storyline has the Good-Neutral main party, exploring the Thassilonian Runelord ruins in the mountain for the Pathfinder Society, collide with a Neutral-Evil party comprised of Seltyiel (Iconic Magus), Damiel (Iconic Alchemist), Meligaster (Iconic Mesmerist), and Oloch (Iconic Warpriest), who are just there to loot the place. The two parties briefly come to blows before Seoni and Seltyiel talk them into working together since they don't have ''exactly'' the same goal. In a further twist, they then get [[PartyScattering Party-Scattered]] into two jumbled groups of both parties after encountering Alaznist's Castellan.
-->'''Ezren:''' You can't trust them.\\
'''Seoni:''' I don't. But we Varisians have a saying: "A road shared is better than a road alone--but a road short-shared is best." We'll part ways as soon as we can. Hollow Mountain is big enough for all of us.
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* RedSkiesCrossover: The ''Runescars'' arc takes place in Korvosa in parallel with the early part of the ''Curse of the Crimson Throne Adventure Path''. The party collides with both the Order of the Nail Hellknights and Queen Ileosa Arabasti's Grey Maidens, but the story doesn't directly deal with the budding revolution that is the main subject of the AP.
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** ''Hollow Mountain'' takes place immediately before ''Rise of the Runelords'', but with
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** ''Hollow Mountain'' takes place immediately before ''Rise of the Runelords'', but with
** The ''Runescars'' arc takes place in Korvosa in parallel with the early part of the ''Curse of the Crimson Throne Adventure Path''. The party collides with both the Order of the Nail Hellknights and Queen Ileosa Arabasti's Grey Maidens, but the story doesn't directly deal with the budding revolution that is the main subject of the AP.
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* ShoutOut: The guest artists had tons of fun with the alternate covers. [[https://pathfinderwiki.com/w/images/thumb/a/af/Hollow_Mountain_1_Izaakse.jpg/150px-Hollow_Mountain_1_Izaakse.jpg Sean Izaakse's cover]] for ''Hollow Mountain'' #1 is a spoof of the theatrical poster for ''Film/ANewHope'', with Kyra and Merisiel playing Luke and Leia. Not to be outdone, [[https://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/File:Hollow_Mountain_6_Cichon.jpg Sebastian Cichon's cover]] for ''Hollow Mountain'' #6 riffs on the poster for ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.
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* LeeroyJenkins: In issue #1, the party stakes out Sandpoint's rubbish tip, thinking they're up against only a few goblins scavenging it. Instead, a large raiding force appears, headed for town. Rather than try to sound the alarm and lose precious time, Valeros goes leaping in without bothering to plan, forcing the others to run in after him to back him up.
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* LeeroyJenkins: In issue #1, the party stakes out Sandpoint's rubbish tip, thinking they're up against only a few goblins scavenging it. Instead, a large raiding force appears, headed for town. Rather than try to sound the alarm and lose precious time, Valeros goes leaping in without bothering to plan, forcing the others to run in after him to back him up. This is not the only time this happens, either:
-->'''Kyra:''' Sarenrae, lady of mercy, please heal this idiot, that he may learn the foolishness of charging in without looking.
-->'''Kyra:''' Sarenrae, lady of mercy, please heal this idiot, that he may learn the foolishness of charging in without looking.
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* PutOnABus: In ''Hollow Mountain'', Harsk has taken off with Amiri rather than join the rest of the party in a mission from the Pathfinder Society.
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* TheManBehindTheMan: In the first arc, both the goblins and the black dragon are being driven by [[spoiler:a cult of Lamashtu, goddess of monsters]].
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* RedSkiesCrossover: The ''Runescars'' arc takes place in Korvosa in parallel with the early part of the ''Curse of the Crimson Throne Adventure Path''. The party collides with both the Order of the Nail Hellknights and Queen Ileosa Arabasti's Grey Maidens, but the story doesn't directly deal with the budding revolution that is the main subject of the AP.
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* BarBrawl: A bar patron starts harassing Seoni in the first chapter. She dazes him with a cantrip when he won't take a hint, prompting his mate to throw a punch--and promptly get the both of them knocked out cold by Valeros.
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* ThePaladin: As a scimitar-wielding cleric of Sarenrae, Kyra is about as close to a paladin as you can get without actually having levels in the tabletop class. She readily joins in slaying monsters and single-handedly defeats a ghoul ambush of the party via TurnUndead, but though demanding of people's moral standards, she's also a capable and gentle healer with a soft side.
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* ShipTease: The first issue has some light flirting between Valeros and Merisiel, the latter of whom even states she's not in the mood for him at the moment but might be at another time. [[ShipSinking That ship is solidly sunk]] when she gets together with Kyra at the end of issue 9.
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* LeeroyJenkins: After the team finds goblins raiding Sandpoint's trash heap, Valeros goes leaping in without a second thought, forcing the others to run in after him to back him up.
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## ''Pathfinder: +Spiral of Bones'' (five issues, collected January 2019) - written by Paizo developer Crystal Frasier
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* BarBrawl: A bar patron starts harassing Seoni in the first chapter. She dazes him with a cantrip when he won't take a hint, prompting his mate to throw a punch--and promptly get the both of them knocked out cold by Valeros.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: Other characters of the Characters/PathfinderIconics pass through the storyline amidst their own adventures, particularly in ''Origins'': Valeros fought together with Iconic Barbarian Amiri once upon a time, while Kyra hunted vampires with Iconic Paladin Seelah, who later headed to Mendev to join the crusades (and became a party member in ''VideoGame/PathfinderWrathOfTheRighteous'').
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: Other characters of the Characters/PathfinderIconics routinely pass through the party's storyline amidst their own adventures, particularly in ''Origins'': Valeros fought together with Iconic Barbarian Amiri once upon a time, while Kyra hunted vampires with Iconic Paladin Seelah, who later headed to Mendev to join the crusades (and became a party member in ''VideoGame/PathfinderWrathOfTheRighteous'').
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* RedSkiesCrossover: The ''Runescars'' arc takes place in Korvosa in parallel with the early part of the ''Curse of the Crimson Throne Adventure Path''. The party collides with both the Order of the Nail Hellknights and Queen Ileosa Arabasti's Grey Maidens, but doesn't directly deal with the budding revolution that is the main subject of the AP.
* TheTeam: The main comic series revolves around a six-member party of the Characters/PathfinderIconics, led primarily by Seoni with her commanding personality and deeply practical attitude.
* WhatTheHellHero: Kyra is introduced having her morning meditations rudely interrupted by Valeros running outside to vomit after going on a bender the previous night. She reads him the riot act for disrespecting his body and soul, to which he actually expresses some contrition.
* RedSkiesCrossover: The ''Runescars'' arc takes place in Korvosa in parallel with the early part of the ''Curse of the Crimson Throne Adventure Path''. The party collides with both the Order of the Nail Hellknights and Queen Ileosa Arabasti's Grey Maidens, but doesn't directly deal with the budding revolution that is the main subject of the AP.
* TheTeam: The main comic series revolves around a six-member party of the Characters/PathfinderIconics, led primarily by Seoni with her commanding personality and deeply practical attitude.
* WhatTheHellHero: Kyra is introduced having her morning meditations rudely interrupted by Valeros running outside to vomit after going on a bender the previous night. She reads him the riot act for disrespecting his body and soul, to which he actually expresses some contrition.
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** ''Pathfinder: Worldscape'' (MassiveMultiplayerCrossover with other Dynamite series)
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## ''Pathfinder: Goblins!'' (five-issue anthology, August-December 2013, collected October 2014)
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In August 2012, Creator/DynamiteComics began publication of a comic book series based on the ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}} Roleplaying Game'' created by Creator/PaizoPublishing.
Set in the world of Golarion at the time of the early Pathfinder Adventure Paths, the comics revolve around an [[TheTeam adventuring party]] made up of six members of the Characters/PathfinderIconics (the example characters from the Core Rulebook).
* Seoni, LawfulNeutral[[invoked]] human sorcerer, the de facto leader of the group who keeps their divergent personalities from breaking the team apart.
* Valeros, NeutralGood[[invoked]] human fighter, a [[DumbMuscle hard-partying musclehead]].
* Merisiel, ChaoticNeutral[[invoked]] elf rogue, outwardly free-spirited but inwardly terrified of being alone.
* Kyra, NeutralGood[[invoked]] human cleric of Sarenrae, a courageous soul who traveled from a faraway land.
* Ezren, NeutralGood[[invoked]] human wizard, an aspirant to the Pathfinder Society who took to adventuring late in life after trying to clear his father's name only to learn the accusations were genuine.
* Harsk, LawfulNeutral[[invoked]] dwarf ranger, an expert crossbowman who guides the team through the wilds of Avistan.
Their adventures often intersect with other Iconic characters as they battle monsters and investigate ancient sites in Varisia, beginning with goblin raids outside the small town of Sandpoint.
Paizo has also released adventure modules based on the comic storylines, and the omnibus editions include additional adventuring material to run.
!!Comics:
* Main series:
## ''Dark Waters Rising'' (''Pathfinder'' Issues #1-6, August 2012-April 2013, collected 2013) - written by Creator/JimZub
## ''Of Tooth and Claw'' (''Pathfinder'' Issues #7-12 and 2013 Special, May-November 2013, collected 2014) - written by Jim Zub
## ''Pathfinder: City of Secrets'' (six issues, May-October 2014, collected 2015) - written by Jim Zub
## ''Pathfinder Origins'' (six issues, 18 February-July 2015, collected November 2015) - written by Eric Mona, F. Wesley Schneider, and James L. Sutter of Paizo
## ''Pathfinder: Hollow Mountain'' (six issues, 11 November 2015-27 April 2016, collected September 2016) - by Mona, Schneider, and Sutter
## ''Pathfinder: Runescars'' (five issues, 27 May-27 September 2017, collected 2018) - by Schneider and Sutter
## ''Pathfinder: +Spiral of Bones'' (five issues, collected January 2019) - written by Paizo developer Crystal Frasier
* Spin-offs:
## ''Pathfinder: Goblins!'' (five-issue anthology, August-December 2013, collected October 2014)
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!!Tropes:
* ActuallyNotAVampire: Kyra's OriginsEpisode depicts her going out to a ratfolk village on a vampire hunt with Seelah the paladin and some {{Boxed Crook}}s they freed from the local prison as muscle. Unfortunately, they find their preparations of garlic and so forth are all for naught: the blood-drinking creatures attacking the village are chupacabras, not vampires.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Kyra falls fast and hard for Merisiel and works up the courage to make a LoveConfession after the elf is wounded by the black dragon in issue 9.
-->'''Merisiel:''' Kyra, why are you crying?\\
'''Kyra:''' I... I feel quite ''blessed'' to be part of this group, Merisiel. I was not expecting to travel with others or share their company. But ''you''... your quick wit and your whimsical ways... When I thought you'd been killed by the dragon, I... Something just... ''broke'' inside me. I... didn't want to be here without ''you''. In that moment... I couldn't bear it. I needed to ''save'' you, to ''protect'' you. I couldn't fail you or see you snuffed out from my life... So ''selfish''... The intensity of that scares me. The emotions are too ''raw''. I'm not a young girl who should be infaturated with another in such ways. It isn't fair to you... or fair to me. How would I even--\\
'''Merisiel:''' ''(ShutUpKiss)'' Don't cry anymore. These thoughts and feelings are beautiful. I care for you too, Kyra. I want us to be together.
* FramingDevice: ''Origins'' is a chain of {{Origins Episode}}s for the main cast members, framed as final interviews to be inducted into the Pathfinder Society.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Other characters of the Characters/PathfinderIconics pass through the storyline amidst their own adventures, particularly in ''Origins'': Valeros fought together with Iconic Barbarian Amiri once upon a time, while Kyra hunted vampires with Iconic Paladin Seelah, who later headed to Mendev to join the crusades (and became a party member in ''VideoGame/PathfinderWrathOfTheRighteous'').
* InterspeciesRomance: Merisiel, an elf, and Kyra, a human, become the comics' OfficialCouple by the end of the first story arc.
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[Characters/PathfinderIconics Our Iconic heroes.]] Clockwise from upper right: [[LoveableRogue Merisiel]], [[ReligiousBruiser Kyra]], [[NatureHero Harsk]], [[TheLeader Seoni]], [[WizardClassic Ezren]], [[DumbMuscle Valeros]].]]
In August 2012, Creator/DynamiteComics began publication of a comic book series based on the ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}} Roleplaying Game'' created by Creator/PaizoPublishing.
Set in the world of Golarion at the time of the early Pathfinder Adventure Paths, the comics revolve around an [[TheTeam adventuring party]] made up of six members of the Characters/PathfinderIconics (the example characters from the Core Rulebook).
* Seoni, LawfulNeutral[[invoked]] human sorcerer, the de facto leader of the group who keeps their divergent personalities from breaking the team apart.
* Valeros, NeutralGood[[invoked]] human fighter, a [[DumbMuscle hard-partying musclehead]].
* Merisiel, ChaoticNeutral[[invoked]] elf rogue, outwardly free-spirited but inwardly terrified of being alone.
* Kyra, NeutralGood[[invoked]] human cleric of Sarenrae, a courageous soul who traveled from a faraway land.
* Ezren, NeutralGood[[invoked]] human wizard, an aspirant to the Pathfinder Society who took to adventuring late in life after trying to clear his father's name only to learn the accusations were genuine.
* Harsk, LawfulNeutral[[invoked]] dwarf ranger, an expert crossbowman who guides the team through the wilds of Avistan.
Their adventures often intersect with other Iconic characters as they battle monsters and investigate ancient sites in Varisia, beginning with goblin raids outside the small town of Sandpoint.
Paizo has also released adventure modules based on the comic storylines, and the omnibus editions include additional adventuring material to run.
!!Comics:
* Main series:
## ''Dark Waters Rising'' (''Pathfinder'' Issues #1-6, August 2012-April 2013, collected 2013) - written by Creator/JimZub
## ''Of Tooth and Claw'' (''Pathfinder'' Issues #7-12 and 2013 Special, May-November 2013, collected 2014) - written by Jim Zub
## ''Pathfinder: City of Secrets'' (six issues, May-October 2014, collected 2015) - written by Jim Zub
## ''Pathfinder Origins'' (six issues, 18 February-July 2015, collected November 2015) - written by Eric Mona, F. Wesley Schneider, and James L. Sutter of Paizo
## ''Pathfinder: Hollow Mountain'' (six issues, 11 November 2015-27 April 2016, collected September 2016) - by Mona, Schneider, and Sutter
## ''Pathfinder: Runescars'' (five issues, 27 May-27 September 2017, collected 2018) - by Schneider and Sutter
## ''Pathfinder: +Spiral of Bones'' (five issues, collected January 2019) - written by Paizo developer Crystal Frasier
* Spin-offs:
## ''Pathfinder: Goblins!'' (five-issue anthology, August-December 2013, collected October 2014)
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!!Tropes:
* ActuallyNotAVampire: Kyra's OriginsEpisode depicts her going out to a ratfolk village on a vampire hunt with Seelah the paladin and some {{Boxed Crook}}s they freed from the local prison as muscle. Unfortunately, they find their preparations of garlic and so forth are all for naught: the blood-drinking creatures attacking the village are chupacabras, not vampires.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Kyra falls fast and hard for Merisiel and works up the courage to make a LoveConfession after the elf is wounded by the black dragon in issue 9.
-->'''Merisiel:''' Kyra, why are you crying?\\
'''Kyra:''' I... I feel quite ''blessed'' to be part of this group, Merisiel. I was not expecting to travel with others or share their company. But ''you''... your quick wit and your whimsical ways... When I thought you'd been killed by the dragon, I... Something just... ''broke'' inside me. I... didn't want to be here without ''you''. In that moment... I couldn't bear it. I needed to ''save'' you, to ''protect'' you. I couldn't fail you or see you snuffed out from my life... So ''selfish''... The intensity of that scares me. The emotions are too ''raw''. I'm not a young girl who should be infaturated with another in such ways. It isn't fair to you... or fair to me. How would I even--\\
'''Merisiel:''' ''(ShutUpKiss)'' Don't cry anymore. These thoughts and feelings are beautiful. I care for you too, Kyra. I want us to be together.
* FramingDevice: ''Origins'' is a chain of {{Origins Episode}}s for the main cast members, framed as final interviews to be inducted into the Pathfinder Society.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Other characters of the Characters/PathfinderIconics pass through the storyline amidst their own adventures, particularly in ''Origins'': Valeros fought together with Iconic Barbarian Amiri once upon a time, while Kyra hunted vampires with Iconic Paladin Seelah, who later headed to Mendev to join the crusades (and became a party member in ''VideoGame/PathfinderWrathOfTheRighteous'').
* InterspeciesRomance: Merisiel, an elf, and Kyra, a human, become the comics' OfficialCouple by the end of the first story arc.
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