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* PowerOfTrust: Joan [[spoiler: ''demands'' a KissOfTheVampire from Nick to give him a PowerUp]], demonstrating her trust in him, even [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming though he mistrusts himself]].
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An UrbanFantasy story of vampires, reluctant and otherwise, dangerous artifacts and an apocalipse hanging on a thread.
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[[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Germany, 1942]]. A young [[TheHunter [[ThePaladin paladin]] Nikolas van Helsing, wounded by the soldiers during an attack on an orphanage he's protecting, gives in to despair and [[DealWithTheDevil turns himself]] into a virgin vampire...
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Never, ever tell Nigel he's not supposed to follow you, because he will, possibly becoming this trope.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Never, ever tell Nigel he's not supposed to follow you, because he will, possibly becoming this trope. Then again, he might become a spanner in your ''enemy's'' works, so...
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* ThirdActMisunderstanding: Spoiler! ([[MakesSenseInContext and needs context]]) YouKnowWhatYouDid, Joan. [[http://schwarzkreuz.xepher.net/sk/comic/7_3.html Starting here]]. Except she just hasn't connected what she did to why Nick is so furious. [[spoiler: Dissolved soon after with an ArmorPiercingSlap that spurs Nick him into actually talking, thankfully]].
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* VampireVannabe: Utilised ruthlessly by TheBigBad [[spoiler: who's not himself vampire, but turns Harker anyway]] to get a faithful TheDragon.
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A completed webcomic by Rhiannon McCullough, can be read at [[schwarzkreuz.xepher.net her website]], along with several other, still updating comics.
[[WorldWarTwo Germany, 1942]]. A young [[TheHunter paladin]] Nikolas van Helsing, wounded by the soldiers during an attack on an orphanage he's protecting, gives in to despair and [[DealWithTheDevil turns himself]] into a virgin vampire...
London, present day. The top agents for the Institute for Supernatural Investigation, [[HunterOfHisOwnKind a self-hating vampire]] Nick van Helsing and his [[PlayingWithFire pyrokinetic]] partner, Joan Kaine, manage to get a stolen [[MacGuffin artifact]] back. But that turns out to be just the top of an iceberg...
An UrbanFantasy story of vampires, reluctant and otherwise, dangerous artifacts and an apocalipse hanging on a thread.
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!! These tropes are out for your blood:
* AncientArtifact: Lilith's Tears are part of a SelfDestructMechanism for the entire world. Yup.
* ArsonMurderAndLifesaving: [[http://schwarzkreuz.xepher.net/sk/comic/ep_1.html Dame Quinn sums up the entire story]].
-->'''Dame Quinn''': By all rights I should suspend the pair of you! [...] So you can consider yourselves back with the ISNI. With a pay rise.
* BadDreams: Of course [[DarkAndTroubledPast Nick]] gets them. We see small flashes at first, then a [[CatapultNightmare full-blown]] NightmareSequence.
* TheBerserker: Nick has this tendency, which further feeds his [[YouHateWhatYouAre angst]].
* BreakingAndBloodsucking: Joan's attempt to prevent this drives a wedge between her and Nick. [[spoiler: Which was exactly what ''someone'' intended when advising her that]].
* CodeName: Field agents for the ISNI have these. Joan is "Saint", Nick is "Cross".
* CombatPragmatist: Having a crossbow on your desk when you expect a vampire to come through the door is not CrazyPrepared, it's Sanely Prepared. [[spoiler: Shooting it at the first person who comes through is less sane]].
* CovertGroup: ISNI, a private institute founded by [[OccultDetective sir Everett Quinn]] to deal with the supernatural and protect the {{Muggles}}.
* CrazyHomelessPeople: [[HeartwarmingOrphan Nigel]]'s a [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} very weird]], very sweet and [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight very perceptive]] thirteen years old homeless person, who [[{{Geek}} nerds out]] about [[Myth/NorseMythology Ragnarok]] and other apocaliptic stuff, [[WavingSignsAround carrying appropiate signs]]. [[spoiler: Also, saves the day]].
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The prologue.
* DismantledMacGuffin: The [[AncientArtifact Lilith's Tears']] role in the story.
* [[spoiler: TheDogWasTheMastermind]]: TheBigBad was right there from chapter one.
* ExpositionOfImmortality: A {{Mook}} shoots Nick. In the head. Nick gets up, seriously pissed off.
-->'''Mook''': What... What the hell...! What the hell are you!?
* FieryRedhead: Downplayed for [[RedHeadedHero Joan]], who's a very reasonable woman, but still an accomplished ActionGirl and [[PlayingWithFire pyrokinetic]].
* FieryCoverup: The blowing up of [[spoiler: ISNI headquarters]], although the actual murder victim is almost immediately found by the protagonists. Later, the same baddie [[http://schwarzkreuz.xepher.net/sk/comic/5_16.html burns another building]] to cover up [[spoiler: stealing a Tear]].
* FrameUp: As far as the authorities are concerned, Nick is the only vampire in town, so he's suspect number one when a vampire victim is found.
* FriendToAllChildren: Nick. Just try to hurt a kid in his presence. We dare you.
* FullyEmbracedFiend: [[VampireVannabe Harker]].
* FurAgainstFang: Not much of an issue, but out of the London-based werewolf pack Nick is only on speaking terms with Kit and his grandfather.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Nick [[RealMenGetShot gets shot]] disturbingly often.
* GratuitousGerman: Nick is German, so it's JustifiedTrope somewhat, though he's lived in England for so long he doesn't have an accent anymore. He's taught Joan his native language, too. But the title and the chapter titles have no excuse.
* GutFeeling: Joan gets it [[http://schwarzkreuz.xepher.net/sk/comic/2_14.html here]] and [[http://schwarzkreuz.xepher.net/sk/comic/4_2.html here]]. Of course, she's [[PsychicPower psychic]].
* HauntedCastle: A complete ruin, fitting for the [[spoiler: not at all final]] villain, who's [[VampireVannabe very new at being a vampire]] and probably got some tips from {{Hammer Horror}}s.
-->[[LampshadeHanging It's like the set of a Christopher Lee film]].
* HeartwarmingOrphan: Witness the usually plucky [[http://schwarzkreuz.xepher.net/sk/comic/3_20.html Nigel]] playing the trope.
* HeroesPreferSwords: For all Nick's [[AntiHero antiheroism]], he still carries a [[ThePaladin paladin's]] weapon.
* HiddenDepths: Nick can play the organ.
* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: They [[TrapIsTheOnlyOption know perfectly well it might be a trap]], but
-->'''Joan''': He's been following us all along... it's our turn to follow him.
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: Nick, with all the [[{{Angst}} self-loathing]] required and more.
* IronicName: Nick is [[spoiler: the last of the Von Helsing family]]. And a [[YouAreWhatYouHate vampire]]. Also, [[spoiler: Lucian Quincy ''Harker'']] [[Literature/{{Dracula}} becomes a vampire]] and [[FullyEmbracedFiend loves it]].
* JumpedAtTheCall: Nigel glomps TheCall and never lets go.
-->'''Nigel''': Wicked!
* JurisdictionFriction: Between the ISNI and lord Godalming's men, up to and including [[spoiler: an attempt to kill Nick and Joan]].
* KidSidekick: Nigel [[http://schwarzkreuz.xepher.net/sk/comic/3_10.html sneaks his way]] into the team. He proves way too useful to be called a TagalongKid.
* MindOverManners: Joan has a habit of sneaking into Nick's head when he's clamming up. [[spoiler: But can't when he's sufficiently drunk]].
* MistakenForRomance: There is [[http://schwarzkreuz.xepher.net/sk/comic/6_12.html a valid reason]] for him to BridalCarry her in...
-->'''Nick''': We already have rooms. Separate rooms!
-->'''Receptionist''': Sorry to hear that sir.
* NeutralFemale: JustifiedTrope for Joan during the [[WizardDuel Vampire Duel]] - she's already done what she could and is currently unconcious because of it. [[spoiler: In the finale that's Nick who's incapacitated]].
* NonActionBigBad: Not ''helpless'', but he does prefer to send his TheDragon for the final showdown and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness kill him]] once he delivers the Tears.
* NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering: [[http://schwarzkreuz.xepher.net/sk/comic/3_18.html Seriously]].
* OlderThanTheyLook: Due to his vampirism, Nick.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent:
** First of all, there are two ways of becoming one - virgin (a ritual involving suicide) and being turned by drinking a vampire's blood.
** They all [[OlderThanTheyLook stop aging]], get HealingFactor, SuperStrength, CannotCrossRunningWater or [[MustBeInvited come in uninvited]], have no reflections, but some vampirical powers (like turning into mist) are directly linked to bloodsucking. {{Vegetarian Vampire}}s can't access them, but [[DaywalkingVampire lose the sunlight sensitivity]] and [[HolyBurnsEvil allergy to crosses]].
* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: Pools of the stuff every chapter, seriously.
* ThePaladin: The job Nick has been training for before his DarkAndTroubledPast happened. In this universe, they're [[BadassPreacher clergy monster hunters]].
* ParanormalInvestigation: ISNI deals with vampires (and employs at least one), werewolves (ditto), fae... The actual plot is more MysteryFiction flavoured, though.
* [[spoiler: PercussivePickpocket]]: So underhanded we only learn of it during the [[JustBetweenYouAndMe final confrontation]].
* PlatonicLifePartners: Nick and Joan.
* PlayingWithFire: Joan.
* PoirotSpeak: Nick, time and again. Especially for [[ForeignCussWord cursing]].
* PostVictoryCollapse: Nick in chapter [[spoiler: eight]].
* [[spoiler: PostClimaxConfrontation]]: Chapter nine.
* PowerOfTrust: Joan [[spoiler: ''demands'' a KissOfTheVampire from Nick to give him a PowerUp]], demonstrating her trust in him, even [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming though he mistrusts himself]].
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The owner of ISNI, [[CodeName Mother]], Herself, dame Alexandra Quinn.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: A freshly gorged vampire gets these.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Joan's [[MindOverManners mind-reading]] abilities could have save them a lot of trouble if used on TheBigBad. Too bad she never thought of it...
* ReligiousHorror: The Tears can (and will, it's a matter of time) bring about the Apocalypse.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: [[http://schwarzkreuz.xepher.net/sk/comic/4_12.html Dame Quinn]].
* SecretGovernmentWarehouse: Not actually belonging to the government, and with pretty bad security, but ISNI has one.
* SecretSecretKeeper: [[spoiler: Nigel is smart enough to figure out Nick's a vampire from all the clues]]. And smart enough to know they don't want him to know that.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Never, ever tell Nigel he's not supposed to follow you, because he will, possibly becoming this trope.
* SupernaturalAngst: Nick's defining characteristic. As a virgin vampire, he's [[IHateYouVampireDad his own vampire dad]].
* TalkingInYourSleep: Joan [[BadDreams cries, calls her loved ones, struggles and babbles]] and never even comes close to waking.
* {{Telepathy}}: Joan's TheAce in this area.
* ThirdActMisunderstanding: Spoiler! ([[MakesSenseInContext and needs context]]) [[http://schwarzkreuz.xepher.net/sk/comic/7_3.html Starting here]]. [[spoiler: Dissolved soon after with an ArmorPiercingSlap that spurs Nick into actually talking, thankfully]].
* ThoseWackyNazis: In the prologue.
* TrenchCoatBrigade: Nick. DarkAndTroubledPast? He's a virgin vampire (this, as said above, requires ''suicide''), and that's just for starters. [[PermaStubble Unkempt]]? Check. BadassLongcoat? Check.
* TurnInYourBadge: Adding to the MysteryFiction feel, Nick's not really allowed to chase the suspect vampire. So of course he does anyway. [[spoiler: Which his boss is more than okay with]].
* TwiceShy: Kit likes Joan, Joan likes Kit.
-->'''Nick''': Woof!
* WeNeedADistraction: Nigel's [[http://schwarzkreuz.xepher.net/sk/comic/3_11.html useful]]!
* WizardDuel: Vampire Duel between the protagonist and TheDragon involves [[MasterOfIllusion illusions]], [[DeadlyDodging turning into mist]] and VoluntaryShapeshifting. It's quite epic.
* VampireBitesSuck
* VampireVannabe: Utilised ruthlessly by TheBigBad [[spoiler: who's not himself vampire, but turns Harker anyway]] to get a faithful TheDragon.
* VegetarianVampire: Nick's substitute for blood seems to be booze [[TheAlcoholic and lots of it]]. Also, {{angst}}. Even more angst than booze.
* {{Masquerade}}
* VomitingCop: Believe it or not, Nick. Over a bloodbath ''he'' made. ItMakesSenseInContext ([[YouHateWhatYouAre Angst!]]).
* XanatosGambit: TheBigBad's plan is:
# Send both the heroes and his TheDragon to [[MacGuffinDeliveryService chase]] after MacGuffin
# Pull a YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness on whoever survives
# Profit! [[spoiler: And he would have gotten away with it, easily, if that wasn't for the meddling kid that Nigel is]].
[[WorldWarTwo Germany, 1942]]. A young [[TheHunter paladin]] Nikolas van Helsing, wounded by the soldiers during an attack on an orphanage he's protecting, gives in to despair and [[DealWithTheDevil turns himself]] into a virgin vampire...
London, present day. The top agents for the Institute for Supernatural Investigation, [[HunterOfHisOwnKind a self-hating vampire]] Nick van Helsing and his [[PlayingWithFire pyrokinetic]] partner, Joan Kaine, manage to get a stolen [[MacGuffin artifact]] back. But that turns out to be just the top of an iceberg...
An UrbanFantasy story of vampires, reluctant and otherwise, dangerous artifacts and an apocalipse hanging on a thread.
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!! These tropes are out for your blood:
* AncientArtifact: Lilith's Tears are part of a SelfDestructMechanism for the entire world. Yup.
* ArsonMurderAndLifesaving: [[http://schwarzkreuz.xepher.net/sk/comic/ep_1.html Dame Quinn sums up the entire story]].
-->'''Dame Quinn''': By all rights I should suspend the pair of you! [...] So you can consider yourselves back with the ISNI. With a pay rise.
* BadDreams: Of course [[DarkAndTroubledPast Nick]] gets them. We see small flashes at first, then a [[CatapultNightmare full-blown]] NightmareSequence.
* TheBerserker: Nick has this tendency, which further feeds his [[YouHateWhatYouAre angst]].
* BreakingAndBloodsucking: Joan's attempt to prevent this drives a wedge between her and Nick. [[spoiler: Which was exactly what ''someone'' intended when advising her that]].
* CodeName: Field agents for the ISNI have these. Joan is "Saint", Nick is "Cross".
* CombatPragmatist: Having a crossbow on your desk when you expect a vampire to come through the door is not CrazyPrepared, it's Sanely Prepared. [[spoiler: Shooting it at the first person who comes through is less sane]].
* CovertGroup: ISNI, a private institute founded by [[OccultDetective sir Everett Quinn]] to deal with the supernatural and protect the {{Muggles}}.
* CrazyHomelessPeople: [[HeartwarmingOrphan Nigel]]'s a [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} very weird]], very sweet and [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight very perceptive]] thirteen years old homeless person, who [[{{Geek}} nerds out]] about [[Myth/NorseMythology Ragnarok]] and other apocaliptic stuff, [[WavingSignsAround carrying appropiate signs]]. [[spoiler: Also, saves the day]].
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The prologue.
* DismantledMacGuffin: The [[AncientArtifact Lilith's Tears']] role in the story.
* [[spoiler: TheDogWasTheMastermind]]: TheBigBad was right there from chapter one.
* ExpositionOfImmortality: A {{Mook}} shoots Nick. In the head. Nick gets up, seriously pissed off.
-->'''Mook''': What... What the hell...! What the hell are you!?
* FieryRedhead: Downplayed for [[RedHeadedHero Joan]], who's a very reasonable woman, but still an accomplished ActionGirl and [[PlayingWithFire pyrokinetic]].
* FieryCoverup: The blowing up of [[spoiler: ISNI headquarters]], although the actual murder victim is almost immediately found by the protagonists. Later, the same baddie [[http://schwarzkreuz.xepher.net/sk/comic/5_16.html burns another building]] to cover up [[spoiler: stealing a Tear]].
* FrameUp: As far as the authorities are concerned, Nick is the only vampire in town, so he's suspect number one when a vampire victim is found.
* FriendToAllChildren: Nick. Just try to hurt a kid in his presence. We dare you.
* FullyEmbracedFiend: [[VampireVannabe Harker]].
* FurAgainstFang: Not much of an issue, but out of the London-based werewolf pack Nick is only on speaking terms with Kit and his grandfather.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Nick [[RealMenGetShot gets shot]] disturbingly often.
* GratuitousGerman: Nick is German, so it's JustifiedTrope somewhat, though he's lived in England for so long he doesn't have an accent anymore. He's taught Joan his native language, too. But the title and the chapter titles have no excuse.
* GutFeeling: Joan gets it [[http://schwarzkreuz.xepher.net/sk/comic/2_14.html here]] and [[http://schwarzkreuz.xepher.net/sk/comic/4_2.html here]]. Of course, she's [[PsychicPower psychic]].
* HauntedCastle: A complete ruin, fitting for the [[spoiler: not at all final]] villain, who's [[VampireVannabe very new at being a vampire]] and probably got some tips from {{Hammer Horror}}s.
-->[[LampshadeHanging It's like the set of a Christopher Lee film]].
* HeartwarmingOrphan: Witness the usually plucky [[http://schwarzkreuz.xepher.net/sk/comic/3_20.html Nigel]] playing the trope.
* HeroesPreferSwords: For all Nick's [[AntiHero antiheroism]], he still carries a [[ThePaladin paladin's]] weapon.
* HiddenDepths: Nick can play the organ.
* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: They [[TrapIsTheOnlyOption know perfectly well it might be a trap]], but
-->'''Joan''': He's been following us all along... it's our turn to follow him.
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: Nick, with all the [[{{Angst}} self-loathing]] required and more.
* IronicName: Nick is [[spoiler: the last of the Von Helsing family]]. And a [[YouAreWhatYouHate vampire]]. Also, [[spoiler: Lucian Quincy ''Harker'']] [[Literature/{{Dracula}} becomes a vampire]] and [[FullyEmbracedFiend loves it]].
* JumpedAtTheCall: Nigel glomps TheCall and never lets go.
-->'''Nigel''': Wicked!
* JurisdictionFriction: Between the ISNI and lord Godalming's men, up to and including [[spoiler: an attempt to kill Nick and Joan]].
* KidSidekick: Nigel [[http://schwarzkreuz.xepher.net/sk/comic/3_10.html sneaks his way]] into the team. He proves way too useful to be called a TagalongKid.
* MindOverManners: Joan has a habit of sneaking into Nick's head when he's clamming up. [[spoiler: But can't when he's sufficiently drunk]].
* MistakenForRomance: There is [[http://schwarzkreuz.xepher.net/sk/comic/6_12.html a valid reason]] for him to BridalCarry her in...
-->'''Nick''': We already have rooms. Separate rooms!
-->'''Receptionist''': Sorry to hear that sir.
* NeutralFemale: JustifiedTrope for Joan during the [[WizardDuel Vampire Duel]] - she's already done what she could and is currently unconcious because of it. [[spoiler: In the finale that's Nick who's incapacitated]].
* NonActionBigBad: Not ''helpless'', but he does prefer to send his TheDragon for the final showdown and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness kill him]] once he delivers the Tears.
* NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering: [[http://schwarzkreuz.xepher.net/sk/comic/3_18.html Seriously]].
* OlderThanTheyLook: Due to his vampirism, Nick.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent:
** First of all, there are two ways of becoming one - virgin (a ritual involving suicide) and being turned by drinking a vampire's blood.
** They all [[OlderThanTheyLook stop aging]], get HealingFactor, SuperStrength, CannotCrossRunningWater or [[MustBeInvited come in uninvited]], have no reflections, but some vampirical powers (like turning into mist) are directly linked to bloodsucking. {{Vegetarian Vampire}}s can't access them, but [[DaywalkingVampire lose the sunlight sensitivity]] and [[HolyBurnsEvil allergy to crosses]].
* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: Pools of the stuff every chapter, seriously.
* ThePaladin: The job Nick has been training for before his DarkAndTroubledPast happened. In this universe, they're [[BadassPreacher clergy monster hunters]].
* ParanormalInvestigation: ISNI deals with vampires (and employs at least one), werewolves (ditto), fae... The actual plot is more MysteryFiction flavoured, though.
* [[spoiler: PercussivePickpocket]]: So underhanded we only learn of it during the [[JustBetweenYouAndMe final confrontation]].
* PlatonicLifePartners: Nick and Joan.
* PlayingWithFire: Joan.
* PoirotSpeak: Nick, time and again. Especially for [[ForeignCussWord cursing]].
* PostVictoryCollapse: Nick in chapter [[spoiler: eight]].
* [[spoiler: PostClimaxConfrontation]]: Chapter nine.
* PowerOfTrust: Joan [[spoiler: ''demands'' a KissOfTheVampire from Nick to give him a PowerUp]], demonstrating her trust in him, even [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming though he mistrusts himself]].
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The owner of ISNI, [[CodeName Mother]], Herself, dame Alexandra Quinn.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: A freshly gorged vampire gets these.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Joan's [[MindOverManners mind-reading]] abilities could have save them a lot of trouble if used on TheBigBad. Too bad she never thought of it...
* ReligiousHorror: The Tears can (and will, it's a matter of time) bring about the Apocalypse.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: [[http://schwarzkreuz.xepher.net/sk/comic/4_12.html Dame Quinn]].
* SecretGovernmentWarehouse: Not actually belonging to the government, and with pretty bad security, but ISNI has one.
* SecretSecretKeeper: [[spoiler: Nigel is smart enough to figure out Nick's a vampire from all the clues]]. And smart enough to know they don't want him to know that.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Never, ever tell Nigel he's not supposed to follow you, because he will, possibly becoming this trope.
* SupernaturalAngst: Nick's defining characteristic. As a virgin vampire, he's [[IHateYouVampireDad his own vampire dad]].
* TalkingInYourSleep: Joan [[BadDreams cries, calls her loved ones, struggles and babbles]] and never even comes close to waking.
* {{Telepathy}}: Joan's TheAce in this area.
* ThirdActMisunderstanding: Spoiler! ([[MakesSenseInContext and needs context]]) [[http://schwarzkreuz.xepher.net/sk/comic/7_3.html Starting here]]. [[spoiler: Dissolved soon after with an ArmorPiercingSlap that spurs Nick into actually talking, thankfully]].
* ThoseWackyNazis: In the prologue.
* TrenchCoatBrigade: Nick. DarkAndTroubledPast? He's a virgin vampire (this, as said above, requires ''suicide''), and that's just for starters. [[PermaStubble Unkempt]]? Check. BadassLongcoat? Check.
* TurnInYourBadge: Adding to the MysteryFiction feel, Nick's not really allowed to chase the suspect vampire. So of course he does anyway. [[spoiler: Which his boss is more than okay with]].
* TwiceShy: Kit likes Joan, Joan likes Kit.
-->'''Nick''': Woof!
* WeNeedADistraction: Nigel's [[http://schwarzkreuz.xepher.net/sk/comic/3_11.html useful]]!
* WizardDuel: Vampire Duel between the protagonist and TheDragon involves [[MasterOfIllusion illusions]], [[DeadlyDodging turning into mist]] and VoluntaryShapeshifting. It's quite epic.
* VampireBitesSuck
* VampireVannabe: Utilised ruthlessly by TheBigBad [[spoiler: who's not himself vampire, but turns Harker anyway]] to get a faithful TheDragon.
* VegetarianVampire: Nick's substitute for blood seems to be booze [[TheAlcoholic and lots of it]]. Also, {{angst}}. Even more angst than booze.
* {{Masquerade}}
* VomitingCop: Believe it or not, Nick. Over a bloodbath ''he'' made. ItMakesSenseInContext ([[YouHateWhatYouAre Angst!]]).
* XanatosGambit: TheBigBad's plan is:
# Send both the heroes and his TheDragon to [[MacGuffinDeliveryService chase]] after MacGuffin
# Pull a YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness on whoever survives
# Profit! [[spoiler: And he would have gotten away with it, easily, if that wasn't for the meddling kid that Nigel is]].
