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* RichesToRags: Various hints have been dropped, that [[spoiler: Katherine]] is from a wealthy noble family including not revealing their last name, being evasive when asked about nobles and suggesting being able to avoid expensive services in the past.
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* BloodKnight: Trish. [[https://alderwood.the-comic.org/comics/124/#content-start Very much so.]]

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* %%* BloodKnight: Trish. [[https://alderwood.the-comic.org/comics/124/#content-start Very much so.]]
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-->'''Katherine:''' (forced truth speech) "I was really hoping to borrow your nice bathtub later because I haven't bathed in a week//

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-->'''Katherine:''' (forced truth speech) "I was really hoping to borrow your nice bathtub later because I haven't bathed in a week//week\\
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-->'''Katherine:''' (forced truth speech) "I was really hoping to borrow your nice bathtub later because I haven't bathed in a week --
--->'''Katherine:''' (normal speech) "Please let me stop saying this extremely embarrassing stuff"

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-->'''Katherine:''' (forced truth speech) "I was really hoping to borrow your nice bathtub later because I haven't bathed in a week --
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week//
'''Katherine:'''
(normal speech) "Please let me stop saying this extremely embarrassing stuff"
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--->'''Katherine:''' (forced truth speech) "I was really hoping to borrow your nice bathtub later because I haven't bathed in a week --

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--->'''Katherine:''' -->'''Katherine:''' (forced truth speech) "I was really hoping to borrow your nice bathtub later because I haven't bathed in a week --
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* CompellingVoice: In their first meeting, Hechoton is able to command Kat to "explain yourself at once" and later to stay stuck to an armchair.
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* AttackReflector: One of Kat's first magical innovations while working as a lab tech for Hechoton is a version of the Shield spell that explodes when hit. It...doesn't quite work in the way she was expecting.
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* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Algerith seems to have a lot of insecurities about being the son of a famous and powerful wizard, but being himself not very magically gifted and having to work twice as hard to master even simple spells. It makes him resentful of Kat and doesn't help their already fractious relationship.
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--->'''Grant:''' ...yeah.

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--->'''Grant:''' ...-->'''Grant:''' ...yeah.
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* HypocriticalHeartwarming: Subverted with Locke.
-->'''Locke:''' So...''you're'' the ones who beat our boys.
-->'''Grant:'''...only ''we'' can beat our boys. Who do you think you are?
-->[later] '''Grant:'''...Just to be clear, that was a joke earlier. Locke and I respect our boys. Nobody is getting beat.
-->'''Locke:''' Except you two.
--->'''Grant:''' ...yeah.
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* GoForTheEye: Kat's advice to Trish when fighting Locke.
-->'''Kat''': Finger them in the eye!
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* TheGoodKing: Alderwood seems to have one, at least according to Hechoton.
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* GentleGiant: Grant, by far the tallest and most physically imposing character introduced yet, is extremely shy and taciturn, most of his lines starting with a long "....". He is, however, not afraid to fight when necessary, nor immune to getting angry in said fight.
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* FrogMen: Despite only being seen in one panel (giving Kat directions to the bandit base) a frog-man bard in a troubadour outfit was listed by several readers as their favorite character in the community poll.
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* FlashbackNightmare: Kat appears to have one at the start of the current chapter.
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* FiveFingerDiscount: How Kat made ends meet before being hired by Hechoton.
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* FieryRedhead: It's difficult to tell because the comic is in black and white, but color panels show that Trish is one.
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* FantasticRacism: Hechoton isn't allowed to join the nobility despite his wealth and power because he's an elf.
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-->Hechoton: But if you'd rather go to jail...

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-->Hechoton: -->'''Hechoton''': But if you'd rather go to jail...



-->Kat: WHY did you just punch that guy in the face?
-->Trish: He's a bad guy!

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-->Kat: -->'''Kat''': WHY did you just punch that guy in the face?
-->Trish: -->'''Trish''': He's a bad guy!



-->Trish:...Did you just throw up on me?

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-->Trish:...-->'''Trish''':...Did you just throw up on me?
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* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Hechoton's job offer to Kat could be interpreted this way, although he's quite nice about it. After she accidentally teleports into his home, somehow completely bypassing his magical wards, he interrogates her, magically binds her to a chair while he leaves the room, saying he has "plans" for her...and comes back with a job application. While it's unclear if he would ''actually'' have turned her over to the guard as a burglar, but he certainly implies it.

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* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Hechoton's job offer to Kat could be interpreted this way, although he's quite nice about it. After she accidentally teleports into his home, somehow completely bypassing his magical wards, he interrogates her, magically binds her to a chair while he leaves the room, saying he has "plans" for her...and comes back with a job application. While it's It's unclear if he would ''actually'' have turned her over to the guard as a burglar, but he certainly implies it.
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* EyepatchOfPower: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by one of the bandits, who apparently only wears his eyepatch because it looks cool.
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* EyesDoNotBelongThere: We have yet to learn what exactly is causing this, but it seems that there's a mysterious entity following our protagonist, which seems to manifest as eyes in her shadow.
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* ElementalPunch: Grant often fights with large rock gauntlets that he manifests using his earth powers.
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* MotherEarth: One of the deities in this setting is Gaia. Though we haven't really seen her yet, it's to be assumed she's this.

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* MotherEarth: MotherNature: One of the deities in this setting is Gaia. Though we haven't really seen her yet, it's to be assumed she's this.
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* CheekyMouth: Lampshaded in the alt text on [[https://alderwood.the-comic.org/comics/118/ this page]]
* CityGuards: Algerith, Hechoton's son, is a member of the Meadowbrooke city guard.
* CombatPragmatist: Kat is a good wizard, but she's not afraid to use a crowbar or a brick if she needs to. Nor is she concerned about faking a surrender or attacking someone [[TalkToTheFist while they're monologuing]].
* CoolOldGuy: Hechoton definitely counts. Fans have described him as having "uncle energy."



* FrustratedOverheadScribble: One mook's reaction to taking a crate to the face.



* CheekyMouth: Lampshaded in the alt text on [[https://alderwood.the-comic.org/comics/118/ this page]]
* CityGuards: Algerith, Hechoton's son, is a member of the Meadowbrooke city guard.
* CombatPragmatist: Kat is a good wizard, but she's not afraid to use a crowbar or a brick if she needs to. Nor is she concerned about faking a surrender or attacking someone [[TalkToTheFist while they're monologuing]].
* CoolOldGuy: Hechoton definitely counts. Fans have described him as having "uncle energy."
* FrustratedOverheadScribble: One mook's reaction to taking a crate to the face.

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* CheekyMouth: Lampshaded in the alt text on MagicalEye: [[spoiler: Katherine]] is an [[https://alderwood.the-comic.org/comics/118/ this page]]
* CityGuards: Algerith, Hechoton's son, is a member of
org/comics/271/ owl eye savant]], who can determine the Meadowbrooke city guard.
* CombatPragmatist: Kat is a good wizard, but she's not afraid to use a crowbar or a brick if she needs to. Nor is she concerned about faking a surrender or attacking someone [[TalkToTheFist while they're monologuing]].
* CoolOldGuy: Hechoton definitely counts. Fans have described him as having "uncle energy."
* FrustratedOverheadScribble: One mook's reaction to taking a crate to the face.
properties of objects and learn magic spells by observing them.



--->'''Katherine:''' (normal speech) "Please let me stop saying this extremely embarrassing stuff"
* MagicalEye: [[spoiler: Katherine]] is an [[https://alderwood.the-comic.org/comics/271/ owl eye savant]], who can determine the properties of objects and learn magic spells by observing them.

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--->'''Katherine:''' (normal speech) "Please let me stop saying this extremely embarrassing stuff"
* MagicalEye: [[spoiler: Katherine]] is an [[https://alderwood.the-comic.org/comics/271/ owl eye savant]], who can determine the properties of objects and learn magic spells by observing them.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Hechoton is a truly masterful one.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Judging by her nightmare in Hechoton's house, her flashback during the dragonkin fight, and some odd reactions to seemingly innocent questions, Kat seems to have one.
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* CrashingDreams: A particularly creepy example. While Smorgus Dinkley is sitting in his cell, mumbling Kat's name over and over again [[spoiler:and apparently transforming into some kind of creature]], Kat is woken from a nightmare by someone calling her name.
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* CoolOldGuy: Hechoton definitely counts. Fans have described him as having "uncle energy."

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