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** Gilles de Rais: His namesake is the Breton lord of the same name whose crimes of kidnapping and cannibalizing young children lead to some considering him as France's first "real vampire." He ''is'' also the namesake of another fictional vampire that was conceptualized before Crepuscule's -- Gilles de Rais from the UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' games.

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** Gilles de Rais: His namesake is the Breton lord of the same name whose crimes of kidnapping and cannibalizing young children lead to some considering him as France's first "real vampire." He ''is'' also the namesake of another fictional vampire that was conceptualized before Crepuscule's -- Gilles de Rais from the UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 Platform/Nintendo64 ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' games.
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Getting Crap Past The Radar needs to discuss how it actually got past the radar, it's not simply any innuendo (and if it's a web work, then lack of a radar disqualifies it)


* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Lark is horrified when he misunderstands and thinks that Setz and Carne share a room together at Arzew. It's never said explicitly why, but, well, you can take a guess, especially when Bathory points out that they ''are'' officially engaged, and Lark reminds her that they're minors!
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* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: Setz and Lark are separated soon after Lark's arrival into Crepuscule, and Setz grows up to be an IceKing.

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* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: FirstEpisodeTwist: Setz and Lark are separated soon after Lark's arrival into Crepuscule, and Setz grows up to be an IceKing.
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Apparently I just need to google harder. :P


** Gilles de Rais: His namesake is the Breton lord of the same name who was best known for being convicted for the presumed serial killing of children. Technically, he is not directly associated with vampiric legend and folklore, but he ''is'' also the namesake of another fictional vampire that was conceptualized before Crepuscule's -- Gilles de Rais from the UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' games.

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** Gilles de Rais: His namesake is the Breton lord of the same name who was best known for being convicted for the presumed serial killing whose crimes of children. Technically, he is not directly associated with vampiric legend kidnapping and folklore, but he cannibalizing young children lead to some considering him as France's first "real vampire." He ''is'' also the namesake of another fictional vampire that was conceptualized before Crepuscule's -- Gilles de Rais from the UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' games.
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** Gilles de Rais: His namesake is the Breton lord of the same name who was best known for being convicted for the presumed serial killing of children. Technically, he is not directly associated with vampiric legend and folklore, but he ''is'' also the namesake of another fictional vampire that was conceptualized before Crepuscule's -- Gilles de Rais from the Nintendo64 ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' games.

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** Gilles de Rais: His namesake is the Breton lord of the same name who was best known for being convicted for the presumed serial killing of children. Technically, he is not directly associated with vampiric legend and folklore, but he ''is'' also the namesake of another fictional vampire that was conceptualized before Crepuscule's -- Gilles de Rais from the Nintendo64 UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' games.
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''Crepuscule'' is a Korean webtoon by Mirchi and Yamchi, and follows the story of Lark Alfen living in an alternate world where monsters live and lead fairly normal lives.

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''Crepuscule'' ''Crepuscule''[[note]]an archaic word meaning "twilight"[[/note]] is a Korean webtoon by Mirchi and Yamchi, and follows the story of Lark Alfen living in an alternate world where monsters live and lead fairly normal lives.

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* AbortedArc: The end of Season 2 implies that Gilles de Rais is up to something and will return in Season 3. He does... but [[spoiler:has already given up and gives Nergal what he wants without a fight. Granted, there are hints that Gilles's time off-screen wasn't exactly uneventful, but it almost feels as though the author had bigger things in store before dropping them.]]



* CharactersDroppingLikeFlies: The finale is responsible for half of the deaths in the series.



* CharactersDroppingLikeFlies: The finale is responsible for half of the deaths in the series.
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:That white fox Lark was caring for in the beginning? It's Nergal, the first generation pureblood werewolf who governs the land of the same name.]]

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* CharactersDroppingLikeFlies: The finale is responsible for half of the deaths in the series.
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:That
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white fox Lark was caring for in the beginning? It's [[spoiler:It's Nergal, the first generation pureblood werewolf who governs the land of the same name.]]]]
** Tepes--a key player in later seasons--is mentioned as early as the prologue and implicitly whenever the creation of Crepuscule is discussed.
** In Season 2, Sai mentions [[spoiler:his and Sia's apparently deceased father who died under mysterious circumstances. Season 3 reveals that he wasn't so dead after all.]]
* Theresia first appears a few times in Tepes's flashbacks as a side character and is ultimately [[spoiler:revealed to be a BigBad]].



* ExoticEyeDesigns: Everyone (aside from Lark) has them, as part of being a vampire.



* FantasticRacism:
** To begin with, [[spoiler:humans were the ones to wage war against the vampires.]]
** Season 3 reveals a subcategory of vampires who are anthropomorphic beings, who apparently aren't treated too well.



* HairstyleInertia: Aside from Navarus and Neal, it seems as though no one in Crepuscule is big on hairstyle changes.



* LimitedWardrobe: Everyone pretty much has just one outfit and they stick with it. Somewhat justified with the students, who wear the uniform (but even then, they don't change even when on non-school-related business), but the adults really have no excuse. [[SameClothesDifferentYear Some the First Generation haven't changed their wardrobe in hundreds of years, apparently]]!



* NoodleIncident: Vague references are made to incidents related to why Angela and Nergal hate Navarus's guts, but are never elaborated on.



** OurGhostsAreDifferent: Bathory is half succubus and half ghost.

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** OurGhostsAreDifferent: Bathory is half succubus and half ghost.They aren't actually dead, for one. Furthermore, after the creation of Crepuscule, they lost their ability to become incorporeal.



* RoyalInbreeding: The Sermenys family secretly does this so as to maintain their bloodline purity.



* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Carne/Carne? Nirvana/Nilvana? Riu/Liu? And so on and so forth.

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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: SpellMyNameWithAnS:
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Carne/Carne? Nirvana/Nilvana? Riu/Liu? And so on and so forth.forth.
** Early translations referred to Gilles de Rais and co. as the Elder Council, while the group beneath them was the Assembly. Later translations instead refer to the former as the Council, while the latter is the Senate.
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** Setz's [[DefrostingIceKing defrosting]] can be seen in the way he refers to Angela: he goes from using respectful honorifics to the more affectionate [[KoreanHonorifics nuna]].

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** Setz's [[DefrostingIceKing defrosting]] can be seen in the way he refers to Angela: he goes from using respectful honorifics to the more affectionate [[KoreanHonorifics [[UsefulNotes/KoreanHonorifics nuna]].

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''Crepuscule'' is an ongoing Korean webtoon by Mirchi and Yamchi, and follows the story of Lark Alfen living in an alternate world where monsters live and lead fairly normal lives.

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''Crepuscule'' is an ongoing a Korean webtoon by Mirchi and Yamchi, and follows the story of Lark Alfen living in an alternate world where monsters live and lead fairly normal lives.



* AntiVillain: As noted in GreyAndGrayMorality, no one's ever really ''evil''. Every antagonist--no matter how AxCrazy or how much of a {{Jerkass}} they may be--in the story has sympathetic motivations, is a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds, or both.
* AnyoneCanDie: Downplayed, as most of the main characters do survive, but the series does rack up a fairly hefty body count by the end: [[spoiler:Carne, Angela, Sylvia, Lizzy, Gilles, Nergal, Tepes, Theresia, Navarus.]]



* ArrangedMarriage: Setz and Carne are in one. Has some shades of PerfectlyArrangedMarriage, as Carne does fall in love with Setz, and while Setz's feelings might be more platonic than romantic, he genuinely cares for Carne as well. [[spoiler: shame about her powers going berserk...]]

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* ArrangedMarriage: Setz and Carne are in one. Has some shades of PerfectlyArrangedMarriage, as Carne does fall in love with Setz, and while Setz's feelings might be more platonic than romantic, he genuinely cares for Carne as well. [[spoiler: shame [[spoiler:Shame about her powers going berserk...]]



* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The vampires are free and living peacefully in their original world, and against all odds, Lark, Bathory and Setz are still alive (as are their friends). On the other hand, most of the First Generation is dead, and Lark and Bathory have chosen to separate themselves from the vampires, with it ambiguous as to whether they'll ever reunite again or not.]]



* CharactersDroppingLikeFlies: The finale is responsible for half of the deaths in the series.



* DawnOfAnEra: [[spoiler:The end, which has the vampires return to their original world.]]
* DeadPersonConversation: There's a ''lot'' of them in the finale.
* DeathIsTheOnlyOption: [[spoiler:The red-eyed human (i.e. Lark) must die to revive Carmilla--[[SubvertedTrope though Bathory manages to work around that]].]]



* {{Foreshadowing}}: The artist notes that in the prologue, they purposely [[spoiler:greyed Carne's image out slightly to indicate that she dies later on]].



* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: Setz and Lark are separated soon after Lark's arrival into Crepuscule, and Setz grows up to be an IceKing.
* ForegoneConclusion: The beginning establishes that by the end of the story, Crepuscule is destroyed.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The artist notes that in the prologue, they purposely [[spoiler:greyed Carne's image out slightly to indicate that she dies later on]].



* FullNameUltimatum: Crossing over with CallingParentsByTheirName, but when CallingTheOldManOut, Setz uses Navarus's full name.



* HumansAreSpecial: Bathory also believes this, as did Carmilla, hence why she wanted to leave them in peace in the first place.

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* HumansAreSpecial: Bathory also believes this, as did Carmilla, hence why she wanted to leave them in peace in the first place. [[spoiler:Considering that Bathory is Carmilla's LiteralSplitPersonality...]]



* {{Irony}}: Setz hates his dad for being cold and absent without knowing he's taking on tremendous burdens to protect his loved ones; a few years later Setz is doing the exact same thing ''and he still doesn't understand his father''.
* JigsawPuzzlePlot: Why does Lark have red eyes? Why are mutants being born? Where is Carmilla? ''What are half the characters in the series plotting?'' Over 200 chapters in, and everyone's still trying to figure things out.

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* {{Irony}}: Setz hates his dad for being cold and absent without knowing he's taking on tremendous burdens to protect his loved ones; a few years later Setz is doing the exact same thing ''and he still doesn't understand his father''.
father''. [[spoiler:Granted, considering eventual reveals, Setz wasn't so far off the mark.]]
* JigsawPuzzlePlot: Why does Lark have red eyes? Why are mutants being born? Where is Carmilla? ''What are half the characters in the series plotting?'' Over 200 chapters in, and everyone's still trying to figure things out. Most of these don't get answered until the final season.



* LikeFatherLikeSon: Setz hates that his father is distant, but it's due to him shouldering responsibilities (including people's lives) so great he doesn't care if he's hated. Of course Setz is already doing the same thing.

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* LikeFatherLikeSon: Setz hates that his father is distant, but it's due to him shouldering responsibilities (including people's lives) so great he doesn't care if he's hated. Of course Setz is already doing the same thing. Ultimately, though, when [[spoiler:Navarus is confirmed to be an antagonist]] it turns out that they're NotSoSimilar.


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* WasItReallyWorthIt: A recurring theme throughout the story: if Crepuscule, the vampires' "paradise", is truly worth the sacrifices it needs to be sustained.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Just about everyone has one to various extents.


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* DysfunctionJunction: It was probably inevitable in a series that revolves around how imperfect the world is, but more than a few members of the cast could use a therapist.


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* {{Fanservice}}: The BeachEpisode, as is likely obvious, has this in the form of Seere and Bathory in bikinis.


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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Lark is horrified when he misunderstands and thinks that Setz and Carne share a room together at Arzew. It's never said explicitly why, but, well, you can take a guess, especially when Bathory points out that they ''are'' officially engaged, and Lark reminds her that they're minors!


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* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:Navarus notes that Carne has a chance to be saved if Setz can get to her in time. Though Carne ''does'' calm down thanks to him... [[DiedInYourArmsTonight Nope]], [[DisappearsIntoLight it's too late]].]]


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* JigsawPuzzlePlot: Why does Lark have red eyes? Why are mutants being born? Where is Carmilla? ''What are half the characters in the series plotting?'' Over 200 chapters in, and everyone's still trying to figure things out.


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* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: Granted, the setting typically takes place in Arzew or on school-related business, but really, you could count on one or two hands the number of times a teenage character wears anything besides their uniform.


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* StoryArc: The series is split into different seasons, and within each season are arcs of their own.

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* ArcWords: Said by Carmilla, in the prologue and then again in Season 3's prologue.
-->''"Can you be satisfied by this?"''



** Once can assume Sai is this as well, as he's failed for three years and is thus still in school.

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** Once One can assume Sai is this as well, as he's failed for three years and is thus still in school.

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[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/crepuscule-part_ii_tvtropes_2050.png]]''Crepuscule'' is an ongoing Korean webtoon by Mirchi and Yamchi, and follows the story of Lark Alfen living in an alternate world where monsters live and lead fairly normal lives.

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->''"Can you be satisfied by this?"''

''Crepuscule''
is an ongoing Korean webtoon by Mirchi and Yamchi, and follows the story of Lark Alfen living in an alternate world where monsters live and lead fairly normal lives.



* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: Consisting of Setz, Carne, Neal, Bathory, and Sai. As of Season 3, Lark, Sia, Seere, Seeren, and Ersha have joined.

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* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: Consisting The student council(s) of Arzew Academy is set to be part of the government after they graduate. The one in this generation consists of Setz, Carne, Neal, Bathory, and Sai. As of Season 3, Lark, Sia, Seere, Seeren, and Ersha have joined.



* ArrangedMarriage: Setz and Carne are in one. Has some shades of PerfectlyArrangedMarriage, as Carne does fall in love with Setz, and while Setz's feelings might be more platonic than romantic, he genuinely cares for Carne as well. [[spoiler: shame about her powers going berzerk...]]

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* ArrangedMarriage: Setz and Carne are in one. Has some shades of PerfectlyArrangedMarriage, as Carne does fall in love with Setz, and while Setz's feelings might be more platonic than romantic, he genuinely cares for Carne as well. [[spoiler: shame about her powers going berzerk...]]berserk...]]
* ArtEvolution: Between the two versions of the series, and within the main version as well. Compare [[http://read.egscans.com/mangas/Crepuscule/Chapter%20000/Crepuscule_ch00_p02.jpg Lark in the prologue]] to [[http://read.egscans.com/mangas/Crepuscule/Chapter%20126/Crepuscule_s2_044_p011.jpg Lark in Season 2]].



* BeachEpisode: Season 3 has one consisting of two chapters when the characters visit the Reberca region, though it's not quite a BreatherEpisode as the second chapter does involve heavy plot-related talk.



* ChekhovsGun: Quite a few at the start. [[spoiler:When Lark fell off the cliff, the process Angela used to heal him was what Carmilla used to enter his body, and the pendant that Arche gives him serves as a ChekhovsGift, as it's actually Carmilla's pendant.]]

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* ChekhovsGun: Quite a few at the start. [[spoiler:When
** When
Lark fell off the cliff, the process Angela used to heal him was what Carmilla [[spoiler:Carmilla used to enter his body, and the pendant that Arche gives him serves as a ChekhovsGift, as it's actually Carmilla's pendant.]]
** Early on, Angela mentions that she's using Yamurnia to cultivate legendary herbs. [[spoiler:After her death, the flower that sprouts from Yamurnia becomes a necessary ingredient for the sunlight medicine.
]]



* FirstNameBasis:
** Setz's [[DefrostingIceKing defrosting]] can be seen in the way he refers to Angela: he goes from using respectful honorifics to the more affectionate [[KoreanHonorifics nuna]].
** Bathory has Lark be on this with her as her condition for not calling him "kid" anymore.



* HalfHumanHybrid: It's explicitly noted that this is impossible: vampires and humans can't interbreed.
* HumansAdvanceSwiftly: Nergal notes that humans have a tendency to achieve the impossible (versus vampires, who tend to remain static).
* HumansAreBastards: Bathory remarks that humans are inclined to be selfish. That said, the view of them isn't purely negative, as...
* HumansAreSpecial: Bathory also believes this, as did Carmilla, hence why she wanted to leave them in peace in the first place.



* IronicEcho: When Setz brought Lark through the passageway into Crepuscule and Lark asked what would happen if they fall from the staircases, Setz answered that they'd die. [[spoiler:Ten years later, when Sia asks the same question, Lark gives the same answer. Setz can be seen with a sweatdrop in the background.]]

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* IronicEcho: IronicEcho:
** In Season 1, Setz barrages Angela with questions about what she's up to with his father, at which point Lark chides him, asking if he's interrogating her. Come Season 2, [[spoiler:Setz barrages Lark, who TookALevelInJerkass, with questions, and Lark asks the same thing]]. Setz notes that this time, the words sound far colder.
**
When Setz brought Lark through the passageway into Crepuscule and Lark asked what would happen if they fall from the staircases, Setz answered that they'd die. [[spoiler:Ten years later, when Sia asks the same question, Lark gives the same answer. Setz can be seen with a sweatdrop in the background.]]



* MeaningfulEcho: Angela's justification for doing what she's doing is that it's her right as someone living in this world. Apparently, it's something she said often, as [[spoiler:Lark uses the same justification to Navarus, who asks if he said that on purpose to reiterate that he's Angela's son]].



* MoodWhiplash: The series is occasionally prone to this, such as during [[spoiler:Tepes and Gilles's dramatic fight]]... which then immediately cuts to Lark's drooling face, on account of how bored he is [[spoiler:inside his subconscious]].



* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: In Season 2, this comes up towards the end, where Nergal leaves Gilles's fate in Lark's hands... before Setz, who's been fed up with [[spoiler:Lark's revenge quest]] and all the self-centeredness from the beginning, speaks up and points out that ''Lark is not the only person'' who was [[spoiler:affected by Angela's death]].



* ThemeTwinNaming: Millefeuille and Chocolat, the Meil Twins who are part of the Council, are named after sweets.

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* ThemeTwinNaming: Millefeuille and Chocolat, the Meil Miel Twins who are part of the Council, are named after sweets.

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* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: Consisting of Setz, Karne, Neal, Bathory, and Sai.
* AbusiveParents: Navarus. [[spoiler:Although Setz is officially his adopted son]]. Karne's mother was also less than kind to her while alive.

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* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: Consisting of Setz, Karne, Carne, Neal, Bathory, and Sai.
Sai. As of Season 3, Lark, Sia, Seere, Seeren, and Ersha have joined.
* AbusiveParents: Navarus. [[spoiler:Although Setz is officially his adopted son]]. Karne's AbusiveParents:
** Navarus, of the emotionally abusive variety. In the older version, he was physically abusive as well.
** Carne's
mother was also less than kind to her while alive.alive.
** Neal's father treated him like dirt, forming the basis of his {{Jerkass}} personality today.



** Karne -> Setz. He does care for her deeply though and they are engaged, so it's possible that it may end up being subverted. [[spoiler: It ends tragically, as Karne ends up dying.]]

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** Karne Carne -> Setz. He does care for her deeply though and they are engaged, so it's possible that it may end up being subverted. [[spoiler: It ends tragically, as Karne Carne ends up dying.]]



* ApologeticAttacker: Riu, while beating up [[spoiler:Setz]].
* ArrangedMarriage: Setz and Karne are in one. Has some shades of PerfectlyArrangedMarriage, as Karne does fall in love with Setz, and while Setz's feelings might be more platonic than romantic, he genuinely cares for Karne as well. [[spoiler: shame about her powers going berzerk...]]
* AxCrazy: Neal.

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* ApologeticAttacker: Riu, while beating up [[spoiler:Setz]].
* ArrangedMarriage: Setz and Karne Carne are in one. Has some shades of PerfectlyArrangedMarriage, as Karne Carne does fall in love with Setz, and while Setz's feelings might be more platonic than romantic, he genuinely cares for Karne Carne as well. [[spoiler: shame about her powers going berzerk...]]
* AxCrazy: Neal.
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The basis of Sia's crush on Seere. As well as why he's friends with Lark.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Karne. Setz as well as a child, once furious enough at Neal that he might've seriously killed him.



* BlessedWithSuck: Sia has remarkable endurance and low sensitivity to pain. However, his general lack of senses has also led him to finding life to be incredibly dull, hence why he'd rather just sleep all day.
* BookDumb: Lark, who ends up failing all his exams... In part because he came from a rural area where the education wasn't on the same standard as in the capital and as a ''human'' he can't understand the magic used by the vampires.

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* BlessedWithSuck: Sia has remarkable endurance and low sensitivity to pain. However, his general lack of senses has also led him to finding life to be incredibly dull, hence why he'd rather just sleep all day.
* BookDumb:
BookDumb:
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Lark, who ends up failing all his exams... In part because he came from a rural area where the education wasn't on the same standard as in the capital and as a ''human'' he can't understand the magic used by the vampires.



* BreakTheCutie: Setz, thanks to [[AbusiveParents Navarus]], which Angela predicted would happen. Karne as well, thanks to [[ManipulativeBastard Neal, emphasis on the bastard]].
* BrilliantButLazy: Sia.
* BrokenBird: As of recent chapters, this seems to be the case with [[spoiler:Bathory]], though now that [[spoiler:she's found Angela, her only surviving relative, she seems to be on the mend. But with Angela's death, she back to broken.]]

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* BreakTheCutie: Setz, thanks to [[AbusiveParents Navarus]], which Angela predicted would happen. Karne Carne as well, thanks to [[ManipulativeBastard Neal, emphasis on the bastard]].
* BrilliantButLazy: Sia.
* BrokenBird: As of recent chapters, this seems to be the case with [[spoiler:Bathory]], though now that [[spoiler:she's found Angela, her only surviving relative, she seems to be on the mend. But with Angela's death, she back to broken.]]
bastard]].



* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Lark's foster parents weren't exactly nice either which is why he decided to go over to the other world.
* CoolBigSis: Bathory wants to be this to Setz and Lark. They're... not as enthusiastic about the idea.



* DefrostingIceKing: Setz.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Karne, in Setz's]].
* DisappearsIntoLight: [[spoiler:Karne]].
* DreamStealer: [[spoiler:Bathory]] can't actually steal dreams but she can use the dreams to steal information from the target's minds.
* EmotionlessBoy: Sia.
* EvilTwin / SuperPoweredEvilSide: There's a sinister-looking guy who appears in Lark's dreams that looks exactly like him. He claims to be [[spoiler: Vlad Tepes, a powerful vampire who opposed the succubus' dream world idea]]. Later on, [[spoiler: he tells Lark who killed Angela and gives (or unlocks) Lark's powers over light. Strangely, the real Tepes looked nothing like Lark (and is actually a woman)]].



* FeelNoPain: Sia.
* FemmeFatalons[=/=]WolverineClaws: Setz, although this is said to be common to pureblood vampires, not a unique ability.

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* FeelNoPain: Sia.
* FemmeFatalons[=/=]WolverineClaws: Setz, although this is said
{{Foreshadowing}}: The artist notes that in the prologue, they purposely [[spoiler:greyed Carne's image out slightly to be common to pureblood vampires, not a unique ability. indicate that she dies later on]].



* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:Carne]].
* GoodWingsEvilWings: Karne.
* HealingFactor: Sia.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: Sylvia, Navarius' werewolf subordinate, wants her master's plans to succeed so badly she murders Angela because she thinks she betrayed him.]]
* IdiotHero: Lark. Jusified, as a human he naturally is weaker than the vampires and wouldn't be able to use their magic. As well as coming from the rural area, his education is no where as extensive as the other students that are members of nobility.
* IcePerson: Gilles de Rais.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Lark, due to his bullying in the human world, realizes this. An interesting variation in that he lives in the vampire world and in order to fit in with the vampires, he need to be special as a human.

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* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:Carne]].
* GoodWingsEvilWings: Karne.
* HealingFactor: Sia.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: Sylvia, Navarius' werewolf subordinate, wants her master's plans to succeed so badly she murders Angela because she thinks she betrayed him.]]
* IdiotHero: Lark. Jusified, as a human he naturally is weaker than
GreyAndGrayMorality: Despite the vampires and wouldn't be able to use large number of [[{{Jerkass}} Jerkasses]] around, each side has their magic. As well as coming from own, understandable reasons for doing what they do. Specific conflicts include:
** Navarus vs. Nergal when
the rural area, his education is no where as extensive as latter trespasses into Arzew Academy. On one hand, Navarus has primarily been an AbusiveParent so far with questionable motives; on the other students that are members of nobility.
* IcePerson: Gilles de Rais.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Lark, due
hand, Nergal is revealed to his bullying have [[spoiler:tortured Bathory in the human world, realizes this. An interesting variation in past]] and, for all intents and purposes, is attacking innocent students.
** In Season 2, despite the Council being set up as antagonist [[KnightTemplar Knight Templars]], it's hard to say
that he lives in the [[spoiler:Lark, with Tepes's influence (and note that Tepes intends to destroy Crepuscule even if it means wiping out every vampire world and living in order to fit in with the vampires, he need to be special as a human. it),]] is really much more heroic.



* InnocentlyInsensitive: Lark ''meant'' well when he told Setz that he'd actually forgotten about him in a "so don't worry about having abandoned me" way, which Setz knew, but it still hurt him pretty badly.



* IronicEcho: When Setz brought Lark through the passageway into Crepuscule and Lark asked what would happen if they fall from the staircases, Setz answered that they'd die. [[spoiler:Ten years later, when Sia asks the same question, Lark gives the same answer. Setz can be seen with a sweatdrop in the background.]]



* LightEmUp: [[spoiler: Lark's special power.]]
* LightIsNotGood: [[spoiler: the founder that had this power hated humans and wanted to kill them all, since Lark got it he has getting very unnerving to be around]]



* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Setz to Karne.
* LonelyRichKid: Setz.
* ManipulativeBastard: Neal.
* MementoMacguffin: The ribbon Karne wears was a gift from Setz, as well as belonging to his late mother. [[spoiler:It's also all that remains after she disappears]].

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* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Setz to Karne.
* LonelyRichKid: Setz.
* ManipulativeBastard: Neal.
* MementoMacguffin: The ribbon Karne Carne wears was a gift from Setz, as well as belonging to his late mother. [[spoiler:It's also all that remains after she disappears]].



* [[spoiler: NeverFoundTheBody: Angela's, but it's been made clear she's DeadForReal. Probably.]]

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* [[spoiler: NeverFoundTheBody: Angela's, [[spoiler:Angela's, but it's been made clear she's DeadForReal. Probably.]]



* TheQuietOne: Sia, due to finding talking bothersome.
* ParentalSubstitute: Angela to Lark.
* PerpetualFrowner: Excluding his time as a child, you can probably count on one hand the number of times Setz smiles or even as so much ''smirks'' in the first hundred chapters.
* PetTheDog: The one person Navarus seems to actually care about is Carne--possibly due to his friendship with her late father.
* PlayingWithFire: Karne.



* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler:Karne, much to her horror]].
* ShoutOut: To ''Franchise/SailorMoon''

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* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler:Karne, much SaveTheWorldClimax: This is not, in fact, a slice-of-life story about a human attending vampire school (mostly). [[spoiler:Or rather, in this case, it seems to her horror]].
be more like Destroy the World Climax.]]
* ShoutOut: To ''Franchise/SailorMoon''''Franchise/SailorMoon'' in the original version.



* SquishyWizard: Nergal.
* SternTeacher: Angela. Also qualifies as HotTeacher.
* TheStoic: Setz.
* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler: Vlad]] of all people!
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Karne/Carne? Nirvana/Nilvana? Riu/Liu? And so on and so forth.

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* SquishyWizard: Nergal.
* SternTeacher: Angela. Also qualifies as HotTeacher.
* TheStoic: Setz.
* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler: Vlad]] of all people!
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Karne/Carne? Carne/Carne? Nirvana/Nilvana? Riu/Liu? And so on and so forth.



* SuperSpeed: Riu, Nergal's secretary.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Setz.
* TearsOfBlood: [[spoiler:Karne, during her rampage on the school in chapter 76.]]
* TeenGenius: Seere.



* TookALevelInJerkass: Ever since [[spoiler:Lark gained his ability, he became arrogant, cruel, and completely out of character, as others of noted. He talks down to Setz when he confronts Larks, and even goes so far as to beat up Sia nearly to death. This sudden change has personality may have more to do with [[DemonicPossession Tepes taking control]].]]
** He goes back to normal once [[spoiler:Tepes]] backs off. [[spoiler:Slightly, at least]].
** TookALevelInKindness: After the whole [[spoiler: fighting "against the council ordeal"]] he has finally reverted back to normal.



** Karne, who initially doesn't remember much about the incident that killed her parents. [[spoiler:Namely, the fact that ''she'' caused it]].
** Given everything he's been through at [[spoiler: Navarius]]'s hands, it wouldn't be surprising if this is what happened to [[spoiler: Neal/Nilvana, who doesn't remember his sister]].
* UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler:Karne, after being pushed over the edge]].
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Setz. He got worse after the time skip, but he's still sweet [[SugarAndIcePersonality deep, deep down]].

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** Karne, Carne, who initially doesn't remember much about the incident that killed her parents. [[spoiler:Namely, the fact that ''she'' caused it]].
** Given everything he's been through at [[spoiler: Navarius]]'s Navarus]]'s hands, it wouldn't be surprising if this is what happened to [[spoiler: Neal/Nilvana, who doesn't remember his sister]].
* UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler:Karne, after being pushed over the edge]].
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Setz. He got worse after the time skip, but he's still sweet [[SugarAndIcePersonality deep, deep down]].
sister]].



* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: What is gradually happening to [[spoiler:Lark]].
* {{Workaholic}}: Setz.
* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:Carne is one for Setz at her worst]].
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* SlouchOfVillainy: Nevarus, regardless of what you think his role in the story will ultimately end up being, does a rather blatant, textbook villainous slouch (on what appears to be a throne, no less) in Chapter 174.
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The story begins with 5-year old Lark being bullied for his red eyes, which are said to be those of a monster's. Then, one day he meets Setz, a pureblood vampire who shares the same eye color and becomes his friend. When Lark finds out that he is to be sent away, Setz decides to bring Lark back home with him. Of course, the said home is in Crepuscule, where vampires, succubus, ghosts, zombies, and werewolves live, which makes Lark's identity as a human a bit of a problem.

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The story begins with 5-year old Lark being bullied for his red eyes, which are said to be those of a monster's. Then, one day he meets Setz, a pureblood vampire who shares the same eye color and becomes his friend. When Lark finds out that he is to be sent away, Setz decides to bring Lark back home with him. Of course, the said home is in Crepuscule, where vampires, succubus, succubi, ghosts, zombies, and werewolves live, which makes Lark's identity as a human a bit of a problem.

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** Karne -> Setz. He does care for her deeply though and they are engaged, so it's possible that it may end uo being subverted. [[spoiler: But sadly Karne ends up dying.]]

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** Karne -> Setz. He does care for her deeply though and they are engaged, so it's possible that it may end uo up being subverted. [[spoiler: But sadly It ends tragically, as Karne ends up dying.]]



** [[spoiler:Sylvia -> Navarus, Sylvia dedicates her life for him, but realizes he'll never return her feelings because of his wife. Navarus was furious at Sylvia for killing Angela and seems to view her as worthless.]]

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** [[spoiler:Sylvia -> Navarus, Sylvia dedicates her life for him, but realizes he'll never return her feelings because of his wife.wife... Navarus was furious at Sylvia for killing Angela and seems to view her as worthless.]]



* BattleButler: Riu.

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* BattleButler: Riu.Riu for Nergal and Sylvia for Navarus.



* BookDumb: Lark, who ends up failing all his exams. Once can assume Sai is this as well, as he's failed for three years and is thus still in school.

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* BookDumb: Lark, who ends up failing all his exams. exams... In part because he came from a rural area where the education wasn't on the same standard as in the capital and as a ''human'' he can't understand the magic used by the vampires.
**
Once can assume Sai is this as well, as he's failed for three years and is thus still in school.

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** [[spoiler: Carne -> Setz, Setz did care for her deeply though and they were engaged. It was possible for this couple that it would have been subverted, but then Carne died.]]
** [[spoiler:Sai -> Bathory, Sai joined the student council for Bathory. She treats him as an annoyance at best]]
** [[spoiler:Sia -> Seere, Seere is more focused on Lark then Sia, and he knows it.]]

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** [[spoiler: Carne Karne -> Setz, Setz did Setz. He does care for her deeply though and they were engaged. It was are engaged, so it's possible for this couple that it would have been subverted, but then Carne died.may end uo being subverted. [[spoiler: But sadly Karne ends up dying.]]
** [[spoiler:Sai Sai -> Bathory, Sai joined the student council for Bathory. She treats him as an annoyance at best]]
best...
** [[spoiler:Sia Sia -> Seere, Seere. Sia is a bit jealous because it seems that she and Lark have a closer relationship. [[spoiler: Sia ends up realizing that Seere is indeed more focused on Lark then Sia, and he knows it.than him.]]



* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler:Ever since Lark gained his ability, he became arrogant, cruel, and completely out of character, as others of noted. He talks down to Setz when he confronts Larks, and even goes so far as to beat up Sia nearly to death. This sudden change has personality may have more to do with [[DemonicPossession Tepes taking control]].]]

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* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler:Ever Ever since Lark [[spoiler:Lark gained his ability, he became arrogant, cruel, and completely out of character, as others of noted. He talks down to Setz when he confronts Larks, and even goes so far as to beat up Sia nearly to death. This sudden change has personality may have more to do with [[DemonicPossession Tepes taking control]].]]


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** [[spoiler:Sylvia -> Navarus, Sylvia dedicates her life for him, but realizes he'll never return her feelings because of his wife. Navarus was furious at Sylvia for killing Angela and seems to view her as worthless.]]

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** [[spoiler:Sylvia -> Navarus, Sylvia dedicates her life for him, but realizes he'll never return her feelings because of his wife. Navarus was furious at Sylvia for killing Angela and seems to view her as worthless.]]
** [[spoiler:Tepes -> Nergal, who was already in a relationship with Carmilla.
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* ChekhovsGun: Quite a few at the start. [[spoiler:When Lark fell off the cliff, the process Angela used to heal him was what Carmilla used to enter his body, and the pendant that Arche gives him serves as a ChekhovsGift, as it's actually Carmilla's pendant.]]


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* InternalReveal: The reader knows from the start why Setz abandoned Lark and that his reasons for doing so are entirely understandable and sympathetic. Lark, not knowing for a large portion of the story, resents Setz for it.

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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous:

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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: The authors don't do this often, but when they do, they usually pick the names of people who have contributed to vampire lore in some way.



** Gilles de Rais.

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** Gilles de Rais.Rais: His namesake is the Breton lord of the same name who was best known for being convicted for the presumed serial killing of children. Technically, he is not directly associated with vampiric legend and folklore, but he ''is'' also the namesake of another fictional vampire that was conceptualized before Crepuscule's -- Gilles de Rais from the Nintendo64 ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' games.
** Bathory Erzsebet: From the Hungarian countess, Elizabeth (Erzsebet in her native tongue) of the Bathory noble family, with the switched name order coming from a common misconception regarding the ordering of names in Hungarian. Known for being one of the most prolific female serial killers, whose murders of young, adolescent females sprouted stories of her vampire-like tendencies after her death, such as bathing in virgins' blood to uphold her youth.
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** Vlad Tepes: Named after Vlad III the Impaler, whose patronymic name, Dracula, was the inspiration for the eponymous vampire of [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Bram Stoker's novel]].
** Guilles de Rais.

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** Vlad Tepes: Named after Vlad III the Impaler, whose III, "Tepes" being Romanian for his nickname, "The Impaler." His reputation as a torturer and his patronymic name, Dracula, was name of Dracula serve as the inspiration for and namesake of the eponymous vampire of [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Bram Stoker's novel]].
** Guilles Gilles de Rais.

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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Vlad Tepes and Guilles de Rais.

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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: NamedAfterSomebodyFamous:
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Vlad Tepes and Tepes: Named after Vlad III the Impaler, whose patronymic name, Dracula, was the inspiration for the eponymous vampire of [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Bram Stoker's novel]].
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Guilles de Rais.

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