History Webcomic / ForgottenRoots

!! ‘’Forgotten Roots’’ contains examples of:
* {{Action Girl}}: Kier.
* {{Berserk Button}}: [[spoiler:When Zephiro’s boss offers to let Verden know about Zephiro’s upcoming absence chasing after Kier, Zephiro snaps briefly.]]
* {{Blind Black Guy}}: Korvin.
* {{Catapult Nightmare}}: Zephiro's {{Flashback Nightmare}} is this.
* {{Color Motif}}: The white-haired guys (sans Zephiro and Verden) all wear blue, in association to their group.
* {{Deadpan Snarker}}: Vago.
* {{Death Glare}}: Zephiro, to Aisha, who doesn’t seem too distressed.
* {{Dream Intro}}: [[spoiler:How Chapter 3 begins.]]
* {{Early Bird Cameo}}: Zephiro’s photo is briefly shown in the prologue where Sabi seems to be searching for something.
* {{Electric Black Guy}}: Zephiro.
* {{Expressive Hair}}: Scaevus's hair twists and turns when he's being called out for smoking.
* {{Encyclopaedic Knowledge}}: Vago, although he didn’t seem to know anything about Zenidian.
* {{Face Palm}}: Vago, in reaction to Scaevus tossing a man off of a boat.
* {{Fantastic Racism}}: Scaevus to the fanged ginger woman.
* {{Flashback Nightmare}}: Scaevus has two. Zephiro has one of his own.

* {{Facial Markings}}: Scaevus, Korvin, and Sabi all have facial tattoos.
** {{Word of God}} says [[spoiler:"their tattoos are enchanted to be hereditary traits based on the male parent. So it’s like a family marking."]]
* {{Grumpy Old Man}}: Vago.
* {{Holy City}}: Aeson City.
* {{Jerkass Gods}}: Neither Scaevus nor Zephiro seem exactly interested in helping their country thrive.
* {{Jerkass Woobie}}: In the first five pages, we see Scaevus mourning the death of his lover… and then in the next page, he’s being a bigot.
* {{Lightning Bruiser}}: Zephiro, literally.
* {{The Lost Lenore}}: From the start of the comic, Scaevus is a perpetual state of grief regarding Korvin’s death.
* {{Mayfly December Romance}}: Scaevus and Korvin, and likely Zephiro and Verden.
* {{Most Common Card Game}}: Scaevus and Durantes play Go Fish on a boat. Scaevus, of course, is cheating.
* OurElvesAreDifferent: Zephiro and Verden appear to be pretty common citizens.
* {{Pet the Dog}}: Scaevus is shown to be less than respectable to every character he’s interacted with thus far except for Durantes.

* {{Playing with Fire}}: Scaevus, being the fire god.
* {{Rape as Drama}}: [[spoiler:Cella guilts Scaevus into sleeping with her.]]
* {{Red Oni Blue Oni}}: Scaevus and Durantes
* {{Resurrected Romance}}: [[spoiler:Korvin]] makes a grand reappearance on page 200.
* {{Rude Hero Nice Sidekick}}: Scaevus and Durantes.
* {{Running Gag}}: Characters hoping that Scaevus will drown.
* {{Salt and Pepper}}: Zephiro and Verden. Zephiro appears to be more standoffish and cold, while Verden is more welcoming.
* {{Squee}}: Carmen is very excited to hear about Scaevus and Durantes's arrival to Zenidian
* {{Tin Man}}: Vago is very much cold and emotionless… [[spoiler:until it comes to Cella]].
* {{You Remind Me Of X}}: Sabi has a very striking resemblance to Korvin, as noted by Scaevus.

* {{Peek a Bangs}}: Aisha and Korvin.

* {{Our Elves Are Better}}: Likely subverted. Zephiro and Verden appear to be pretty common citizens.

[[http://forgotten-roots.com Forgotten Roots]] is a fantasy comic that has been ongoing since 2014 and is authored by [[http://vexingly-yours.tumblr.com Vexingly Yours]]. OurElvesAreBetter

[[http://forgotten-roots.com Forgotten Roots]] is a fantasy comic that has been ongoing since 2014 and is authored by [[http://vexingly-yours.tumblr.com Vexingly Yours]].

** {{Word of God}} says "their tattoos are enchanted to be hereditary traits based on the male parent. So it’s like a family marking."

* {{Deadpan Snarker}}: Vago.
* {{Death Glare}}: Zephiro, to Aisha, who doesn’t seem too distressed.

* {{Rape as Drama}}: [[spoiler:Cella guilts Scaevus into sleeping with her.]]

* {{Peek a Bangs}}: Aisha.

* {{Wild Hair}}: Scaevus, Durantes, and Verden all have gravity-defying hair.

* {{Peek a Bangs}}: Aisha.

* {{Mayfly December Romance}}: Scaevus and Korvin, and likely Zephiro and Verden.

[[http://forgotten-roots.com ’’Forgotten Roots’’]] is a fantasy comic that has been ongoing since 2014 and is authored by [[http://vexingly-yours.tumblr.com Vexingly Yours]].

[[http://forgotten-roots.com ’’Forgotten Roots’’]] has been ongoing since 2014 and is authored by [[http://vexingly-yours.tumblr.com Vexingly Yours]].