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* SarcasticDevotee: Tattletale may be completely under Taylor's thrall, but is unafraid to berate her for making stupid mistakes or running away from her problems.
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* SadisticChoice: Taylor forces Emma to pick which member of her family will die so she can trigger. [[spoiler:Emma triggers ''before'' Taylor can make the choice for her, and a battle ensues]].
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Whenever a situation turns badly for the Skaven, they leg it--or, to quote Taylor, "cheese" it.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Shadow Stalker/Sophia Hess directly causes the events of the story by tossing Taylor into her locker, thus allowing the Horned Rat to make contact with her. Taylor mercilessly rubs this in Hess's face [[spoiler:before turning her into a Skaven]].
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Emma and Shadow Stalker/Sophia Hess directly causes caused the events of the story by tossing Taylor into her locker, thus allowing the Horned Rat to make contact with her. Taylor mercilessly rubs this in Hess's face [[spoiler:before turning her into a Skaven]].Skaven]], and then does the same to Emma much later down the line, [[spoiler:though not before using her as a guinea pig]].
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Skaven don't normally conduct safety tests, so Taylor is caught by surprise when Tattletale suggests conducting one on Echidna, though she begrudgingly agrees to it.
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* ActionGirl: Dragon. [[spoiler:She's able to--with some help, admittedly--fight ''Skarbrand'' non-stop for over an entire day]]!
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* AwfulTruth Danny is devastated when he learns that Taylor is Warlock.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Taylor's ''failures'' tend to cause more trouble for the heroes and innocent bystanders than her successes do. She even acknowledges this during a conversation with Glory Girl and Panacea.
* OneManArmy: [[spoiler:Skarbrand is an unstoppable juggernaut who can take on a small army of heroes and hold his own with little trouble]].
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* ShockAndAwe: Taylor's halberd can emit warp lightning. Eventually, she learns how up channel it from her hands.
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* SarcasmBlind: When Taylor informs Tattletale that they can't destroy the Colosseum due to its historical significance and that they'll have to turn themselves in, Tattletale asks if she's serious?
-->'''Taylor:''' "OF COURSE NOT YOU FUCK-FUCKING IDIOT! BURN IT TO CINDERS!"
-->'''Taylor:''' "OF COURSE NOT YOU FUCK-FUCKING IDIOT! BURN IT TO CINDERS!"
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* ItsAllAboutMe: [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes Her father aside,]] Taylor cares only about her own advancement.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Shadow Stalker/Sophia Hess directly causes the events of the story by tossing Taylor into her locker, thus allowing the Horned Rat to make contact with her. Taylor mercilessly rubs this in Hess's face [[spoiler:before turning her into a Skaven]].
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* GoneHorriblyWrong: Taylor's first attempt to summon a Verminking because she botches the spell by forgetting to sacrifice souls. [[spoiler:Instead of a Verminking, she ends up summoning Skarbrand to Brockton Bay.]]
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* YourMom: Skidmark insults Taylor's dead mother, and gets his head caved in for it.
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* YourMom: Skidmark insults Taylor's dead mother, and gets his head caved in for it.it.
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* DaddysGirl: Danny is the only person towards whom Taylor shows any sympathy.
* DirtyCoward: Taylor ''is'' incredibly powerful and dangerous, but she will, in true Skaven fashion, break and run if her life is truly in peril.
* DirtyCoward: Taylor ''is'' incredibly powerful and dangerous, but she will, in true Skaven fashion, break and run if her life is truly in peril.
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* MoralityPet: Taylor's father, Danny, is the only other being she gives a damn about.
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* PetTheDog: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] Taylor seemingly returns a woman's purse to its owner after brutally mauling the thief, but it turns out she swiped some money from it during said mauling.
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** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] Taylor seemingly returns a woman's purse to its owner after brutally mauling the thief, but it turns out she swiped some money from it during saidmauling.mauling.
** Played straight when she absent-mindedly strokes Ankle-Biter behind the ear.
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] Taylor seemingly returns a woman's purse to its owner after brutally mauling the thief, but it turns out she swiped some money from it during said
** Played straight when she absent-mindedly strokes Ankle-Biter behind the ear.
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* [[KleptomaniacHero Kleptomaniac Villain Protagonist]]: Taylor is an unrepentant thief, with even her battle gear consisting of things she stole and/or dug out of the trash.
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* PassThePopcorn: When a mutated [[spoiler:Lung]] rampages through the city, Taylor and her crew simply watch the spectacle on TV.
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* PassThePopcorn: When a mutated [[spoiler:Lung]] rampages through the city, Taylor and her crew simply watch the spectacle on TV. After she leaves, the rest of them decide to watch a replay--and beat the tar out of Mush for refusing to share the cheese.
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* WrenchWench: Both Taylor and Squealer like tinkering with mechanics, with the first chapter even having a bunch of rats bringing Taylor's wrench to her.
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* CorneredRattlesnake: Taylor can be rather cowardly against especially strong opponents, but back her into a wall and she ''will'' pull something out that you won't like, something [[spoiler:Lung]] learns the hard way.
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* HornsOfVillainy: Taylor sports a pair of massive horns. Initially, she had to destroy them each time they grew out to keep her powers a secret from her dad, but over time, she started letting them grow out.
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* PassThePopcorn: When a mutated [[spoiler:Lung]] rampages through the city, Taylor and her crew simply watch the spectacle on TV.
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* CoolBike: Armsmaster has one. It's so cool, in fact, that Taylor has her rats disassemble it so she can use the parts to build a Doomwheel.
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* SicklyGreenGlow: Warpstone, along with everything connected with it, emits this. Heck, even Taylor's eyes glow a little.
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* TrainingFromHell: Taylor subjects [[spoiler:Skidmark]] to this in order to turn [[spoiler:him]] into an effective assassin.
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* DumpsterDive: Taylor regularly does this, looking for trinkets or junk she can use for various reasons.
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* ImAHumanitarian: Taylor and her crew see no problem with eating human flesh, living or dead.
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: Taylor literally kicks a semi-conscious [[ThoseWhackyNazis skinhead]] repeatedly, and ponders the idea of capturing more of them and launching them from a catapult.
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* AffablyEvil: The Hobos are pretty chill when they're not doing Taylor's dirty work. [[spoiler:They even take being turned into Skaven completely in stride]].
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* KickTheDog: Taylor [[spoiler:captures and enslaves the Undersiders, then turns them all into Skaven]].
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Taylor literally kicks a semi-conscious [[ThoseWhackyNazis skinhead]] repeatedly, and ponders the idea of capturing more of them and launching them from a catapult.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Taylor literally kicks a semi-conscious [[ThoseWhackyNazis skinhead]] repeatedly, and ponders the idea of capturing more of them and launching them from a catapult.
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* TheBeastmaster: Bitch uses attack dogs. [[spoiler:After being turned into a Skaven, she is put in charge of Wolf-Rats]].
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* BladeOnAStick: Taylor wields a halberd, though interestingly, the blade can be detached and used as a dagger for close combat.
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* MadScientist: Taylor becomes one, combining both Ikit Claw and Throt the Unclean in terms of what kinds of experiments she conducts.
* MadScientistLaboratory: Taylor builds one, and uses it liberally for constructing weapons and experimenting on living beings.
* MagicKnight: Befitting of a warlock engineer, Taylor wears heavy armor and wields a halberd, but also employs warpstone-fueled spells.
* MadScientistLaboratory: Taylor builds one, and uses it liberally for constructing weapons and experimenting on living beings.
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* BewareTheSillyOnes: Taylor and her crew can come off as rather goofy at times, but they also commit drug smuggling, enslavement, murder, and terrorism with surprising effectiveness.
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** The entire plot is kicked off by the Horned Rat throwing a petty tantrum over Archaon not wanting any blessings fromhim.him.
** Taylor herself is incredibly petty, taking delight in mocking her slaves and enemies alike.
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* ShoutOut: RapunzelHair: As that image at the top of the page depicts, Taylor's hair has grown out quite a bit.
* ShoutOut:
** The Rat Foot Clan is a big one to ''[[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Ninja Turtles.]]''
** Taylor tells Mush to pull a lever, only for him to pull the wrong one and cause an explosion. She berates him for it, and he [[WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove asks why she built two of them.]]
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** The Rat Foot Clan is a big one to ''[[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Ninja Turtles.]]''
** Taylor tells Mush to pull a lever, only for him to pull the wrong one and cause an explosion. She berates him for it, and he [[WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove asks why she built two of them.]]
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* EvilIsPetty: The entire plot is kicked off by the Horned Rat throwing a petty tantrum over Archaon not wanting any blessings from him.
* FantasticDrug: Warpstone is supremely addictive, and anyone who ingests it will inevitably want more. [[spoiler:It also renders them vulnerable to the Thirteenth Spell, which turns them into Skaven]].
* FantasticDrug: Warpstone is supremely addictive, and anyone who ingests it will inevitably want more. [[spoiler:It also renders them vulnerable to the Thirteenth Spell, which turns them into Skaven]].
* GatlingGood: ''Ratling'' Good. Taylor carries around a Ratling Gun that fires warpstone.
* HellIsThatNoise: The chiming of a bell signifies that something bad is about to happen.
* HellIsThatNoise: The chiming of a bell signifies that something bad is about to happen.
* ShoutOut: Taylor tells Mush to pull a lever, only for him to pull the wrong one and cause an explosion. She berates him for it, and he [[WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove asks why she built two of them.]]
* TakeOverTheWorld: The end goal of Taylor and her slaves is to reduce the planet to ruin and rule over the ashes.
* VerbalTic: True to canon, Skaven tend to repeat words or follow them up with synonyms for emphasis.
* TakeOverTheWorld: The end goal of Taylor and her slaves is to reduce the planet to ruin and rule over the ashes.
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* YourMom: Skidmark insults Taylor's dead mother, and gets his head caved in for it.
* YourMom: Skidmark insults Taylor's dead mother, and gets his head caved in for it.
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* ThirteenIsUnlucky: For Taylor and her minions, this trope is [[AvertedTrope averted]] since 13 is their sacred number. For everyone else, it's played straight.
* AnimalMotif: Rats, of course.
* BadBoss: Taylor [[ZigZaggedTrope zig-zags]] between this and BenevolentBoss, having no tolerance for failure and being an obnoxious jerk, but she also is perfectly willing to reward successful minions, too.
* FoodAsBribe: Taylor's preferred method of getting her slaves to carry out missions is to promise them warpstone. Since warpstone is supremely addictive, it always works.
* ForDoomTheBellTolls: Being a story about Skaven, bells get a lot of focus. The dreaded Thirteenth Spell is always cast after Taylor rings a hand bell thirteen times.
* PetTheDog: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] Taylor seemingly returns a woman's purse to its owner after brutally mauling the thief, but it turns out she swiped some money from it during said mauling.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Skaven are racist and sexist, though in the latter case there are some exceptions.
* VillainProtagonist: Taylor,full-stop.full-stop.
* VillainsOutShopping: When not scheming or committing felonies, the Skaven prefer to simply watch old TV shows like ''Murder, She Wrote'' and ''The Golden Girls''. And they do ''not'' like being interrupted.
* AnimalMotif: Rats, of course.
* BadBoss: Taylor [[ZigZaggedTrope zig-zags]] between this and BenevolentBoss, having no tolerance for failure and being an obnoxious jerk, but she also is perfectly willing to reward successful minions, too.
* FoodAsBribe: Taylor's preferred method of getting her slaves to carry out missions is to promise them warpstone. Since warpstone is supremely addictive, it always works.
* ForDoomTheBellTolls: Being a story about Skaven, bells get a lot of focus. The dreaded Thirteenth Spell is always cast after Taylor rings a hand bell thirteen times.
* PetTheDog: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] Taylor seemingly returns a woman's purse to its owner after brutally mauling the thief, but it turns out she swiped some money from it during said mauling.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Skaven are racist and sexist, though in the latter case there are some exceptions.
* VillainProtagonist: Taylor,
* VillainsOutShopping: When not scheming or committing felonies, the Skaven prefer to simply watch old TV shows like ''Murder, She Wrote'' and ''The Golden Girls''. And they do ''not'' like being interrupted.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Taylor Hebert, Queen of Skaven]]
->''Tap-tap-tap the pommel thirteen times,\\
And listen as the dark bell chimes.\\
Listen-listen, yes. Hear the bells toll,\\
Listen as it warps your soul.\\
A bell's chime to make sure all goes well.\\
And cast the dreaded Thirteenth Spell.''
-->-- '''Taylor Hebert/Warlock Engineer'''
''The Earth Bet Vermintide'' is a ''Literature/{{Worm}}''/''TableTopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' crossover written by [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/members/beastrider9.311215/ Beastrider9]], initially as a one-shot, before the author decided they liked the premise and expanded it into a larger story.
When Archaon the Everchosen rejects the gifts of the Great Horned Rat, the spurned deity decides to find someone else out of pettiness and tosses a shard of warpstone into the abyss. The (un)lucky person turns out to be one Taylor Hebert, having just been stuffed into a school locker by a trio of bullies. She is imbued with a multitude of powers, with which she is to complete a single mission: bring ruin in the Horned Rat's name, or face his wrath.
Sometime later, having taken the cape name Warlock Engineer (or simply Warlock), Taylor begins to enact her plan to reduce the world to ruin and bring about an age of rats, aided by an ever-growing army of slaves--human and rat alike.
It can be read [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-earth-bet-vermintide-worm-warhammer-fantasy.1041382/#post-87076228 here]] on spacebattles.
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* VillainProtagonist: Taylor, full-stop.
[[caption-width-right:350:Taylor Hebert, Queen of Skaven]]
->''Tap-tap-tap the pommel thirteen times,\\
And listen as the dark bell chimes.\\
Listen-listen, yes. Hear the bells toll,\\
Listen as it warps your soul.\\
A bell's chime to make sure all goes well.\\
And cast the dreaded Thirteenth Spell.''
-->-- '''Taylor Hebert/Warlock Engineer'''
''The Earth Bet Vermintide'' is a ''Literature/{{Worm}}''/''TableTopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' crossover written by [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/members/beastrider9.311215/ Beastrider9]], initially as a one-shot, before the author decided they liked the premise and expanded it into a larger story.
When Archaon the Everchosen rejects the gifts of the Great Horned Rat, the spurned deity decides to find someone else out of pettiness and tosses a shard of warpstone into the abyss. The (un)lucky person turns out to be one Taylor Hebert, having just been stuffed into a school locker by a trio of bullies. She is imbued with a multitude of powers, with which she is to complete a single mission: bring ruin in the Horned Rat's name, or face his wrath.
Sometime later, having taken the cape name Warlock Engineer (or simply Warlock), Taylor begins to enact her plan to reduce the world to ruin and bring about an age of rats, aided by an ever-growing army of slaves--human and rat alike.
It can be read [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-earth-bet-vermintide-worm-warhammer-fantasy.1041382/#post-87076228 here]] on spacebattles.
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!!This fanfic contains examples of:
* VillainProtagonist: Taylor, full-stop.
