History Webcomic / BlondeSunrise

* KillItWithFire: While lycans are normally incredibly hard to even hurt, let alone kill, they are very weak to fire. This is why out of all the witches they fear the Fire Witch the most.

* YoungAndInCharge: Vince and Elaine normally wouldn't be doing their king and queen duties so early, but [[spoiler:Orion's death]] has forced them to step up sooner than they're supposed to.

** Leonard's mother disappeared, his father died due to being unable to pay the hospital after getting sick, his one friend Isaac disappeared on him without mentioning why ([[spoiler:Unbeknownst to Leonard at the time, he was forced to leave for losing the King's Bout to Vince]]), and the reason he's in the hunting units in the first place was that the alternative was getting executed for murder [[spoiler:which it's hinted that he might not have actually committed]].

* DramaticIrony: When Leonard talks to Daine about feeling like Michelle and Cyran not fully trusting him, the biggest irony is that Cyran bond with Leonard was the main thing that stopped him from killing Leonard the moment he found out about the curse, while Michelle [[spoiler:has been keeping the secret of his lycan curse safe this whole time without his knowledge.]]

** Upon learning about his past, Daine tells Leonard that [[spoiler:she'll keep his involvement in Orion's death between them]], even though unbeknownst to him, [[spoiler:Orion was her father]].

** [[spoiler:Vince and his father are marked as not originally being from Daine's pack by being brunettes with ''dark'' green eyes.]]

* LodgedBladeRecycling: When [[spoiler:Xavier]] has Michelle by the hair and is preparing to shoot her dead, Michelle reluctantly pulls the knife she's been stabbed in the abdomen with out and uses it to cut her hair off before the gun goes off right where her head was a couple seconds ago. [[RealityEnsues While it does save her life in the immediate term, it also makes the wound bleed out faster.]]

** [[spoiler:Michelle ''was'', in fact, in the Unit IV office the day Leonard's curse was openly discussed by her door. She continues to fudge his parole check-ins and claim no leads in the lycan case.]]

* {{Veganopia}}: Inverted, lycans are obligate carnivores even in human form and the non-meat foods found in their villages are mainly eaten by the omegas.

* SchizoTech: Downplayed. Creston and its surrounding areas have a tech level mostly comparable to the modern day, but they appear to lack computers, the Internet, or television. Melee weapons are used alongside modern firearms by hunters.

* LodgedBladeRecycling: When [[spoiler:Xavier]] has Michelle by the hair and is preparing to shoot her dead, Michelle reluctantly pulls the knife she's been stabbed in the abdomen with out and uses it to cut her hair off before the gun goes off right where her head was a couple seconds ago. [[RealityEnsues While it does save her life in the immediate term, it also makes the wound bleed faster.]]

* BerserkButton: The Earth Witch is being underestimated, as she flies into a rage and attacks when Daine says she's not scared of her.

* OurBansheesAreLouder: Xavier's claim to fame was killing Yasmin Baylee, the Banshee of Lavadale who went on a murder spree that claimed the lives of 21 people, including his parents, and Aisha Obsidian, the original captain of Unit II.

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Lycans can shift between a full quadrupedal form and a human form as a gift from their god, and come in three types:

** Cyran's mother died from complications after the birth of his younger sister, his father turned neglectful out of the belief that she was responsible for her mother's death, and later he was the sole survivor of a fire that claimed their lives that people suspect him of starting. Much like Leonard, he's a pariah among his fellow hunters.

* BiTheWay: Hadia Grim used to date Cyran for a while, and her connection to Ericka is framed as not entirely platonic.

** Zigzagged in the case of lycan kings. The heir to the lycan king is chosen from birth by default, as it's believed that any male child of the king and queen are worthy simply by virtue who they're descended from. [[note]]Lycan society values power, so they believe powerful lycans should have powerful children[[/note]] However, they can be challenged if perceived as unworthy for any reason, with the price of losing being banishment from their territory.

* OurBansheesAreLouder: Xavier's claim to fame was killing Yasmin Baylee, the Banshee of Lavadale who went on a murder spree that claimed the lives of 21 people, including his parents and Aisha Obsidian, the original captain of Unit II.

* SchizoTech: Downplayed. Creston and its environments have a tech level mostly comparable to the modern day, but they appear to lack computers, the Internet, or television. Melee weapons are used alongside modern firearms by hunters.

* SquishyWizard: Despite their great power, the witches are physically about as tough as their human hosts and can be just as easily killed like one. The Earth Witch, for instance, is easily felled by getting shot in the head.

* HalfHumanHybrid: Leonard is implied to have not been entirely human even before getting cursed by Daine, with his mother being the non-human partner, and the Earth Witch telling him outright that he has a white soul rather than a colorless soul like most humans. His concerns are often dismissed out of the belief that if he didn't have a colorless soul he couldn't have gotten cursed in the first place.
** Paul Shein's mother was the deceased Water Witch.

* YoungAndInCharge: Vince and Elaine normally wouldn't be doing their king and queen duties so early, but [[spoiler: Orion's death]] has forced them to step up sooner than they're supposed to.

* AnimalMotifs:
** The lycans are likened to, of course, wolves.
** Leonard's motif is that of a cat, which is meant to contrast the canine lycans he's always around.

* BiTheWay:
** According to WordOfGod, Leonard is bisexual. In-story he's hinted to have had a attraction to Isaac that's later confirmed, and he has a definite crush on Michelle despite the fact that he's pretty sure she'd kill him if she learned about his curse. [[invoked]]
** Hadia Grim used to date Cyran for a while, and her connection to Ericka is framed as not entirely platonic.

* HalfHumanHybrid:
** Leonard is implied to have not been entirely human even before getting cursed by Daine, with his mother being the non-human partner, and the Earth Witch telling him outright that he has a white soul rather than a colorless soul like most humans. His concerns are often dismissed out of the belief that if he didn't have a colorless soul he couldn't have gotten cursed in the first place.

* PintSizedPowerhouse: Daine isn't very tall, but she's much stronger and more durable than her frame suggests.

* BodyHorror: When we see the flashback in which Cyran loses his eye to a basilisk while saving Leonard's life, we see the basilisk's fang pierce the roof of Cyran's skull and push out his eye in gory detail.

** Leonard's mother disappeared, his father died due to being unable to pay the hospital, his one friend Isaac disappeared on him without mentioning why ([[spoiler:Unbeknownst to Leonard at the time, he was forced to leave for losing the King's Bout to Vince]]), and the reason he's in the hunting units in the first place was that the alternative was getting executed for murder [[spoiler:which it's hinted that he might not have actually committed]].

** [[spoiler:It's revealed that Ericka suspected that Hadia was a witch, but never brought it up.]]

* ArchEnemy: While all the witches are considered to be hostile to lycans, the Fire Witch in particular is considered the enemy of all lycan-kind due to her powers over one of their only true weaknesses. She has wiped out entire packs of lycans over the past few decades.

** The heir to the lycan queen gains her position by defeating every other eligible female lycan in a battle royale. Elaine is unusual for being strong enough to gain the position at a very young age.

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Lycans come in three types:
** Beta lycans are born lycans and have to undertake three rituals in order to become alpha lycans after acquiring an omega lycan.

** Raymond's home country of Terra had all its inhabitants turned into trees by a curse.

''Blonde Sunrise'' is a webcomic made by [[http://scarletify.tumblr.com/ Mana]], starting on January 24, 2011, updating every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, with the occasional month of daily updates.

It can be read [[https://www.blondesunrise.com/index.html here.]]

* ArchEnemy: While all the witches are considered to be hostile to lycans, the Fire Witch in particular is considered the enemy of all lycan-kind due to her powers over one of their only true weaknesses, having wiped out entire packs of lycans over the past few decades.

** Zizagged in the case of lycan kings. While the heir to the lycan king is chosen from birth by default, as it's believed that any male child of the king and queen are worthy simply by virtue who they're descended from[[note]]Lycan society values power, so they believe powerful lycans should have powerful children[[/note]], they can be challenged if perceived as unworthy for any reaso, with the price of losing being banishment from their territory.

** According to WordOfGod, Leonard is bisexual, and in-story he's hinted to have had a attraction to Isaac that's later confirmed, and has a definite crush on Michelle despite the fact that he's pretty sure she'd kill him if she learned about his curse. [[invoked]]

* BerserkButton: The Earth Witch's is being underestimated, as she flies into a rage and attacks when Daine says she's not scared of her because she's not the fire witch.

** Leonard's mother disappeared, his father died due to being unable to pay the hospital, his one friend Issac disappeared on him without mentioning why ([[spoiler:Unbeknownst to Leonard at the time, he was forced to leave for losing the King's Bout to Vince]]), and the reason he's in the hunting teams in the first place was that the alternative was getting executed for murder [[spoiler:which it's hinted that he might not have actually committed]].
** Cyran's mother died from complications after the birth of his younger sister, his father turned neglectful out of the belief that she was responsible for her mother's death, and later he was the sole survivor of a fire that claimed their lives that people suspect him of starting, so much like Leonard, he's a pariah among his fellow hunters.

* FantasticRacism: Initially, like most humans Leonard thinks of lycans as little more than monsters, but as he spends more time around them he starts to change his mind.

** Leonard is implied to have not been entirely human even before getting cursed by Daine, with his mother being the non-human partner, and the Earth Witch telling him outright that he has a white rather than a colorless soul like most humans, but his concerns are often dismissed out of the belief that if he didn't have a colorless soul he couldn't have gotten cursed in the first place.

* KillItWithFire: While lycans are normally incredibly hard to even hurt, let alone kill, they are very weak to fire, which is why out of all the witches they fear the Fire Witch the most.

* NeverLearnedToRead: Due to growing up in poverty and having an ill father who could barely read himself, Leonard is illiterate and it's not until Daine decides to get him help gaining literacy that Leonard can even so much as read his own name.

** Beta lycans are born lycans who have to undertake three rituals in order to become alpha lycans after acquiring an omega lycan by biting them.

** Daine is known as the "One-Eyed Lycan" since she's incapable of transforming both of her eyes, so while in human form she has her left eye covered by her bangs, and in lycan form it switches to her right eye.

** [[spoiler:Hadia Grim has known since first seeing Leonard during his Bloody Demon days that something is weird about his soul, but keeps it to herself, likely because revealing it would reveal her own identity as the Wind Witch.]]
** [[spoiler:Michelle ''was'', in fact, in the Unit IV office the day Leonard's curse was openly discussed by her door. She continues to fudge his parole check-ins, and claim no leads in the lycan case.]]
* SchizoTech: Downplayed. Creston and its environs have a tech level mostly comparable to the modern day, but they appear to lack computers, the Internet, or television, and melee weapons are used alongside modern firearms by hunters.

* ThisWasHisTrueForm: Lycans return to their original wolf form upon death, which is how Daine figures out that [[spoiler:the state knew that Zachary Orion was a lycan]], hence why Leonard got an offer to become a hunter in exchange for not getting hanged.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Downplayed in that she's still kinda mean, but [[spoiler:Hadia Grim]], despite actually being the Wind Witch, is capable of caring about other beings besides herself, and mourns the fact that every time she gets close to a mortal they suffer a terrible end.

* YoungAndInCharge: Vince and Elaine normally wouldn't be doing their king and queen duties so early, [[spoiler:but Orion's death]] has forced them to step up sooner than they're supposed to.

** Leonard's mother disappeared, his father died due to being unable to pay the hospital, his one friend disappeared on him without mentioning why ([[spoiler:Unbeknownst to Leonard at the time, he was forced to leave for losing the King's Bout to Vince]]), and the reason he's in the hunting teams in the first place was that the alternative was getting executed for murder [[spoiler:which it's hinted that he might not have actually committed]].

* HalfHumanHybrid: Leonard is implied to have not been entirely human even before getting cursed by Daine, with his mother being the non-human partner, and the Earth Witch telling him outright that he has a white rather than a colorless soul like most humans, but his concerns are often dismissed out of the belief that if he didn't have a colorless soul he couldn't have gotten cursed in the first place.

* SchizoTech: Downplayed. Creston and its environs have a tech level mostly comparable to the modern day, but they appear to lack computers or the Internet, and melee weapons are used alongside modern firearms by hunters.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: While the heir to the lycan king is chosen by birth, though they can be challenged if perceived as unworthy, with the price of losing being banishment from their territory, the heir to the lycan queen gains her position by defeating every other eligible lycan in a battle royale. Elaine is unusual for being strong enough to gain the position at a very young age.

* VanHelsingHateCrimes: The hunters will hunt and kill monsters regardless of their actual threat to humans.