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* PlayingWithFire: A common [[JustForPun element]] in many arsenals, with some characters taking it further.

---> '''Basis (to Nae'blis during his [[JustForPun metal phase]] in A Night of Death):''' "Your mama was so fat... erm... she married a space shuttle! [[DontExplainTheJoke Get it, 'cause she was metal, like you]]."

** Lucius Menucci's [[WhipItGood whip]] Angelic Requiem is a family heirloom.

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* ArtifactOfDoom: Lots.
** The Carnifex Deum manages to be this as a character.
** The Jewel of Omnity revealed itself to be this for Ret Herefit, who has kept it despite this.
* AttackAnimal: The Beast serves as one for The Writer.

* BountyHunter: Carlyle makes a living this way.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Probably too many examples to list.

* FlamingSword: Ret's sword can harness four elements, and his favourite of those is fire. When Alarielle focused her powers (also favouring fire) into it during A Night of Death, it was taken UpToEleven.

* BikerBabe: Benny's sole method of transportation.

* KnifeNut: A few.
** Benny has a lot of knives. Even her ''shotgun'' has a knife attached to it.
** Although his main weapon is a sword, Zerith Dathka also carries ''six'' knives.

* WorthyOpponent: The reason Tetrath spared Malali's life, [[FoeYay or so he says]]. Crops up semi-frequently between duelists.

* WitchSpecies: Kira is from a family of witches.

** Zander is all about this, even using it to {{Teleport|ersandTransporters}} and [[EmergencyTransformation change form]].

* BodyCountCompetition: Firine and Firinar have a competition to see [[http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/directmessage.php?m=28491113 who can kill the most undead Australians]]. [[spoiler: By the time they're forced to stop ''playing'', Firinar is at 26,880 and Firine is at 26,873 (of course, that's only because the big mook [[ShoutOut still only]] [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings counted as one]]).]]

* BodyCountCompetition: Firine and Firinar have a competition to see [[http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/directmessage.php?m=28491113 who can kill the most undead Australians]]. [[spoiler: By the time they're forced to stop ''playing'', Firinar is at 26,880 and Firine is at 26,873 (of course, that's only because the big mook [[ShoutOut still only]] [[LordOfTheRings counted as one]]).]]

** Technically this applies to C/The Writer as well, although his [[CaptainObvious words are of the written variety]].
* WorldOfBadass: [[CaptainObvious Understatement]].

* AngstWhatAngst: Antonya Antonya - your [[LethalChef terrible cooking]] kill your crush? No problem, deal with it and move on.

* BadassGrandpa: Cade is an aged traveling mercenary who has lived long enough to see his past heroism exaggerated into legend.

* ChaoticEvil:
** Akane, despite all outward appearences.
** Basis' Third State has no concern for anything other than destroying what's in front of him.
** Carnifex Deum.
** The Executioner is a crazed, half-demonic Nazi cyborg. What else did you expect?
** Garm Belias.
** Ged Tenshi, when not hard at work stealing the souls of others, wants to destroy both heaven and hell.
** Nameless only likes killing people. It's that simple.
** Vittorio.
* ChaoticGood:
** Adena.
** Alexis has no concern for rules and enjoys fighting, but is still a good person.
** Audio.
** Basis has a child's concern for rules - that is, very little at all.
** Blitzkreig.
** Carlyle.
** Ezra.
** Kalek has a very... '''loose''' regard for rules in most cases, but his primary reason for fighting is to protect people from the effects of the duellist's battles.
** Luther, by the end of Dreaming the Sky, is not afraid to bend rules to achieve what's right.
** Malali, despite starting off fairly Lawful, has slowly become more and more chaotic as her life goes on.
** Niminda, when not overcome by her anger.
** Selig.
** Silence.
** Zone.
* ChaoticNeutral:
** Chaos XXX.
** Emote, as a sum total of her forms, averages out to this.

* LawfulEvil:
** Amadeth: Despite her outward disrespect to all things lawful, since her first appearance she's had one goal, and one goal only: Ascencion. What exactly that entails is yet to be revealed.
** Talbot.
* LawfulGood:
** Arimus.
** Arthur Jayes, at least when not under control of the Camo Jacket.
** Benny.
** Chase. He has unwavering devotion to and faith in his Gods, and follows their orders to the letter.
** Crysis.
** Daevon has a strict personal set of morals, and makes sure to follow them.
** Gabriel.
** Kovu, far more serious than his more chaotic counterpart, Leo.
** Remiel, in both his religion and his military lifestyle.
** Shell.
** Shin.
** Siobhan, at least in human form.
** Skahrscherad, despite living on the fringes of society, has a deep devotion to the 'right thing' after the accident that left him trapped in the first place.
** Taura.
* LawfulNeutral: Leo, Maxwell, Arca, Ion, Kira, Cam, Steven, Bróna, West.

* MemeticMutation: Camo Man (man man man man) was originally only to have his name echoed by highly important characters in a bid to echo the way the camo jacket resonated with them, rather than just having it echo every time his name is said. His writer may continue this trend but nobody else will.
** Once upon a time, Malali was called Mally by Basis. Now this is how almost all forum-goers, and even a few characters, refer to her.

* NeutralGood:
** Clief.
** Johno isn't afraid to break the law if he has to, as evidenced by his time in prison.
** Kira.
** Leo.
** Other, while usually respectful of the law, will bend them if they get in the way of what he's doing.
** Raphius.
** Zander.

* TearJerker: In A Night of Death, Laytra teleports herself to Europe to prevent a magically infused dead body from exploding and wiping out the continent. The Humans there, caught off guard by her alien appearance and already paranoid due to the events in Austrailia, open fire on her. She bravely [[StupidSacrifice rushes through the bullets]] and makes it to the body before [[HeroicSacrifice teleporting it, and herself, to Mars so that it can safely detonate]]. In shock from her wounds, Laytra thinks that she'll just take a quick nap and go visit Arimus for a cup of tea when she wakes up. [[DyingAlone She never does.]]

* [[ToHellAndBack To The Fifth Circle And Back]]: Malali [[http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/directmessage.php?m=29122611 journeys to the depths of Lar's underworlds]] to retrieve the war-hammer Eclipse [[BecauseDestinySaysSo in order to fulfil a not entirely stable prophecy]]. It [[FireAndBrimstoneHell wasn't a]] [[OutOfTheInferno pleasant journey]].

* ToughActToFollow: Ret Herefit is a direct descendant of one of the eight great heroes of the War of the Realms, and realises what that implies, but unlike most feels his destiny is something he must earn, rather than simply being entitled to it.
* TrueNeutral:
** Lanate is a Type 5.
** Mortis just gets on with his research, at least until someone interferes.
** Noxequa upholds no stated moral code.
** Suuri, although she wavers between Lawful and Chaotic.
** Weg. He just does what he does.

* ChosenOne: Subverted. In "A Night Of Death", Arimus told Malali she was the only one who could [[OnlyICanKillHim kill The Deathknight]]. This was [[MagnificentBastard just a ploy]] to gather the much coveted ''duelist energy''.

* DeathSeeker: Izaiack was brought back to life [[UnwantedRevival against his will]] and desperately wishes to [[WhoWantsToLiveForever die again.]]

* DemonicPossession: [[LongList Where to begin]]?

* {{Macguffin}}: Maxwell the Savior of Mankind's adventure into hammerspace is all to find Super Panties.

* PainfulTransformation: Siobhan's switch into her werewolf form is... [[BodyHorror not pleasant.]]

** Zander is all about this, even using it to [[TeleportersandTransporters teleport]] and [[EmergencyTransformation change form.]]
* PleaseDontLeaveMe: [[spoiler: The newly resurrected]] Malali [[http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/directmessage.php?m=28491135 plans on serving her home world]]. Emote ([[AndZoidberg and Basis]]) beg her to stay with them instead.

* RealWomenNeverWearDresses: Benny has to be forced into one.

* SoWhatDoWeDoNow?: [[spoiler: With the Deathknight defeated and her home world no longer in need of her,]] Malali wonders what is left for her. Emote suggests that she view Emote's world as Valahala, [[CloudCuckooLander and Malali]] [[NonSequitur can be Batman]].

* {{Tearjerker}}: In A Night of Death, Laytra teleports herself to Europe to prevent a magically infused dead body from exploding and wiping out the continent. The Humans there, caught off guard by her alien appearance and already paranoid due to the events in Austrailia, open fire on her. She bravely [[StupidSacrifice rushes through the bullets]] and makes it to the body before [[HeroicSacrifice teleporting it, and herself, to Mars so that it can safely detonate]]. In shock from her wounds, Laytra thinks that she'll just take a quick nap and go visit Arimus for a cup of tea when she wakes up. [[DyingAlone She never does.]]

* BellyOfTheWhale: A lot of characters have these moments, some more than one. If it wasn't for the fact most apply as backstory they would almost always be a DarkestHour.
** Ion: When Katrynne died and he was forced into [[GoAmongMadPeople St. Leon's]], it set Ion off in [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized a direction]] which would change Coronas forever.
** Malali: Some would say that Malali standing in her [[DoomedHometown burning forest]] surrounded by [[DeathByOriginStory corpses of her family]] would count as this. Others would point more towards her standing in a [[RevengeBeforeReason lifeless castle]], [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge soaked in blood]] and [[UnstoppableRage surrounded by the corpses]] [[ThenLetMeBeEvil of everybody else]].

** Fade Prise, a time traveller, shares a body with a man named Inferno. Both have names from [[CoheedAndCambria Claudio Sanchez's The Amory Wars]], and in Fade's future, the planets are connected by a lattice of energy, similar to The Keywork.

* OutsideContextVillain: Since different characters rarely share personal story elements, pretty much every duel starts off with the other duelist being an Outside Context Opponent. How much and how well they integrate from there is a case-by-case situation.

** Kat Whisker's main form of fighting is with her fists and claws, face to face with her opponent, even though she has a gun and HypnoticEyes.

* WouldNotHitAGirl:Blitzkrieg would never hit a woman, as long as they are normal and not duelist level in power.

** [[Spoiler: Saxionomie The Spirit Caller, though he is feared as a "shaman" in his village...]]

* BeamOWar: In "A Night of Death", Arimus fires a green beam at The Prince only to be matched with a yellow one. Placing all of his suits power into the attack, he triumphs [[spoiler: seemingly]]]].

!! This website provides examples of:

* AxCrazy: Blood is red, bruises are blue, I'm Dr. Erik Kauffman, I [[JustForPun execute]] you.
* {{Badass}}: Leo is a mostly playful and curious half-cat-person, but can kick some serious tail in a fight.
** Kovu, the predecessor to Leo, takes it a step further, with a [[PoweredArmor high powered exoskeleton]] and [[DualWielding dual energy-empowered katanas]].

* BadassBoast:
---> '''Tetrath:''' "I hope you can hear this Deathknight, you who controls and taints the mind. You ''cannot'' taint the tainted. I am ''beyond'' your limits. Your ''worthless'' tricks mean nothing to me. When I find you, pathetic wretch, I will pound you into '''nothingness'''."

* BadassPreacher: Meet Gabriel Vanhanen: mild-mannered Catholic priest by day, magic-commanding holy warrior and monster hunter by night.
* BadassPrincess: Selena refuses to sit back and let [[IdiotHero Maxwell]] do all the work. She [[http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/directmessage.php?m=31317903 fights The Killer]] [[spoiler: and ''wins'']].
* BagOfHolding: Maxwell's pouch.
** Blitzkrieg's mind and body hold an internal struggle between the One of Darkness and One of Light. ([[SarcasmMode Original names, right?]]) He often tries but fails to balance them out.
** Camo Man (Man Man Man Man)'s Jacket can have any number of things in it.
** Silence's Plane Box serves as a container for his weapons, placing them inside another dimension for safe keeping.
** [[http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/20286/t1055155-chronicles/10.htm#147 Strongbeak]], one of [[http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/20286/t380855-ndl-member-list/12.htm#Skahr Skahrscherad's murder]], has a ''make-lighter, make-smaller bag''. He puts things in, they disappear and Skahrscherad can find them later.

* {{BFG}}: Popular with the more sci-fi characters.
* {{BFS}}: Likewise, shows up among the fantasy-type demographic.

* BloodMagic: Ged Tenshi uses this to fuel his magic and protect him from the influences of the [[TheDarkSide '''Dark.''']]
* BlowYouAway: One half of Alarielle's primary magical arsenal, the other being fire.

* ButchLesbian: [[CaptainObvious Malali]]. Aesthetically inverted, as she's an AmazonianBeauty.

* CastFromHitPoints: The fallen angel Ged Tenshi's staff, Blood Lust, cuts the hands of its wielder and soaks up the blood in exchange for power.

* CelebCrush: Silence has this for Malali.
* ChainsawGood: The Executioner packs a matching pair.

* CloudCuckooLander: Basis is so out there he has a second personality that has to help keep him somewhat focused, albeit at the cost of being more ruthless.

* CombatTentacles: The Executioner has these.
** Unfortunately for the former, so does [[http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/directmessage.php?m=23555535 the Macross]].

* CoolSword: Near the end of Adventures In Hammerspace, Maxwell's rainbow afro becomes one of these. It's cooler than it sounds.

* CrazyPrepared:
** If the Executioner's plethora of rockets, guns, chainsaws and other weapons and pet hydra don't do the job, then his nigh-omnipotent demon possessor probably will.
** Malali has excellent fighting skills, various magical abilities, a series of arrows ranging from standard to godly, a dragon-scale sword complete with dragon she can summon (under the right conditions), demon-possessed kama who have many ''higher'' abilities she can barter for, and a small vial of liquid which takes her OverNineThousand. Recently, she added a war-hammer which harnesses the sun and moon, and is testing [[NoKillLikeOverkill alien guns to see which she will add to her arsenal]].
** Mortis Blackwraith has an alien bio-weapon which can turn into anything. Yes, anything. What more could you want?
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Clief has done such things as [[http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/directmessage.php?m=29864976 faint when delivering speeches]] and [[http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/directmessage.php?m=30656718 propose ideas such as 'cutting people' to what seem to be doctors]], but let's not forget he annihilated almost two entire armies without even knowing it.
** Maxwell, in '''spades''', [[VerbalTic d00d]].
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Nezia is all too aware of what tropes are, and has [[http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/directmessage.php?m=31230533 built a room]] that inverts them so that his mooks are unstoppable.

* DarkIsNotEvil: Malali has dark purple skin, works from the shadows, praises the moon and embraces the night. She also saves universes in her spare time.

* DeathByOriginStory: Similarly, many characters have backstories prominently shaped by lost friends and loved ones.
** Malali losing her family in her homeland led to her joining [[TheOrder Tyrnealylth]], becoming a fearsome warrior and later gaining her current name.
** Likewise, Raphius losing his family and hometown as a child shaped his adult life.
** Silence's loss of his family spurred him into seeking both revenge and answers about his origins.

** The Carnifex Deum takes this UpToEleven - the sword ''is'' the character, while the luckless soul it possesses is merely a useful tool, an ironic reversal of the typical roles of weapon and wielder.
** Dr Erik Kaufmann, who isn't the most stable individual in the first place.

** Severein Auronis has within him a being called Lucifer; during A Night of Death, Lucifer finally takes over.

* DoomedHometown: Not ironically, most of the time this relates directly to DeathByOriginStory.
** Malali's forest was attacked while she was young, leading to the massacre that moulded who she became.
** Raphius' hometown was destroyed during his childhood, leading by steps to his wandering as an adult.
** Silence's hometown was taken over by a daemon lord after he fled, triggering his quest for revenge.

** Alexis Merryweather carries [[GunsAkimbo twin pistols]], which are gold-plated, engraved, have extended magazines and are laser sighted for added flash and firepower.

** Malali's demonic twin weapons Firinar and Firine, a pair of kama, arguably count despite being linked by a chain.
** Silence Templesmith has his bladed gauntlets, named Sin and Punishment.
** Tetrath fights with his two swords, Oblivion and Ragnorak, and when he undergoes his transformation they become [[{{BFS}} three times the size of a man.]]

* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler: Garm Belias [[http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/directmessage.php?m=28491113 got to do this]] after Nae'blis was soul-raped into being NotQuiteDead.]]
* EldritchAbomination: Tetrath [[BodyHorror emBODIES]] [[JustForPun this]]. Often uses the term as a self-description.
* EnemyMine: Tetrath is admittedly evi,l but EvenEvilHasStandards, and, ''"I'm not going to let this... pest, destroy '''my''' universes."''

* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Selig is just so sexy even his creator [[PerverseSexualLust can't help herself]]. He isn't homosexual, he was just very drunk one night.

* EvilGenius: The head of Grey Matter Industries, Glados, is this (with a side helping of BigBad and {{Chessmaster}}).

* FallenAngel: Though apparently never an actual angel, Ged Tenshi has, through some sort of BlackMagic, transformed himself into one of the Fallen.

* ForScience: Mortis Blackwraith is a pretty amoral creature, but this seems to be his underlying drive, rather seeking power or simply doing it ForTheEvulz.

* GenreSavvy: Almost every character in Adventures in Hammerspace has some genre savviness. Sometimes though it can lead to being WrongGenreSavvy.
* GirlWithPsychoWeapon: Emi Pyra Goteki is a 14 year-old girl armed with a huge supernatural scythe. [[NoKillLikeOverkill And a spear for back-up]].

* HalfHumanHybrid: There have been quite a few of these created over the years.
* {{Hammerspace}}: Maxwell's entire stock in trade.
** Camo Man has a similar ability, though he can only take things out of hammerspace, not put things in.
** A slightly less obvious example would be Silence Templesmith, who has The Plane Box, an object that stores weaponry in another dimension.

* HeartbrokenBadass: Both Ion and C show this.

* HerrDoktor: Dr Erik Kaufmann/The Executioner is a doctor, and is also German, obvious accent included.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Crysis and Zone (debatably).

* HyperspaceArsenal: The main ability of both Camo Man and Maxwell. [[http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/index.php?fn=view_thread&t=1566241 A duel between the two involved lightsabers, velociraptors, and everything in between]].

* IllTakeTwoBeersToo: Johno Lazza really likes his beer - if he hasn't used these exact words yet it's just a matter of time.
* ImplacableMan: Selena quickly learns that the Killer is this when she fights him.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Stayler is a trained marksman. This trope is usually par for the course with characters who use guns in the NDL.

* KilledOffForReal: Almost never happens, but at least one old character has been "retired" in this fashion.

** Johno carries a complement of five knives, three meant for throwing.

** Silence has a blade that steal's essence called "Vampir die Umarmung" (The Vampire's Embrace.)

* LameComeback:
--> '''Basis''': You're gonna lose.
--> '''Malali''': Oh, really?
--> '''Basis''': Yeah, really!
* LandDownunder: Johno (real name Jonathan Larswick) heavily embodies someone who walked straight out of this trope and into a shrimp-heavy barbecue.
* LastOfHisKind: Clief [[spoiler: (subverted; he believed himself to be the last but there were other survivors)]], Malali, Malus Nupu.

* LeeroyJenkins: Basis has a tendency to ignore strategies and/or sum them up as "Punch 'em in the head, yup."

* LethalJokeCharacter: Maxwell is a stuffed toy/[[Franchise/{{Disgaea}} Prinny]] with a rainbow afro and a [[TheDitz daft disposition]]. His access to hammerspace, though unpredictable, theoretically gives him unlimited potential.

** Basis is both superhumanly strong/tough and fast/agile - again, limited primarily to melee attacks.
* LivingWeapon: Mortis' bio-weapon.

** 16 year-old Alexis, who is sometimes laid back, can quickly become this when the fighting starts.

* LoveMakesYouEvil: Or more precisely, losing love makes you evil, isn't that right C?

* MagnificentBastard: Ion. [[http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/index.php?fn=view_thread&t=1543454 Come find me, Nightelf. Never mind those tanks and kamikaze jets waiting.]]
** Ged. Tenshi.

* ManChild: Basis, although to be fair his body did stop growing during puberty, which in turn is a side-effect of being experimented on before he was even born. Takes the trope more literally than most.

* MakingASplash: Chase is all about this.

** Nae'blis inhabited the body of Garm Belias. Nae'blis = N' Belias. Inverted, [[WordOfGod as the character's creator completely forgot about it]].
** Malali means Shadow of War, which explains both her fighting style and a little about who she is.

** Basis was the first of the basis program, and the one they based the other three on.

** The Executioner's more demonic components can seemingly inflict this, but he usually prefers a more direct/bloody approach.
** Ged Tenshi appears to be able to do this to common people, but less so his stronger-minded opponents.
** Malali's Firins are capable of something like this with a subdued target, although whether it isn't simply outright torture on every front is hard to tell.

* MoreDakka: [[UpToEleven The Executioner]].

* {{Necromancer}}: Ged Tenshi, fallen angel, has this as his forté.

* NationalStereotypes: Johno is a barefaced Australian stereotype, written by an Australian author.
* NatureHero: Alarielle shows certain elements of this.

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Dr Erik Kaufmann/The Executioner is an 8-foot+ tall cyborg Nazi demon tank... ''thing''.

* NoodleIncident: From Selig's profile: "''I attended a school that taught me swordsmanship. Not well, mind you, but I did get a lot of practical experience. I later left that school for reasons I do not feel at liberty to disclose. I will simply say that to any person in that school reading this right now, I am deeply sorry and hope that one day I can make up for it all''".

* OmnicidalManiac: The Executioner, as the name suggests, pretty much just kills things a whole lot.

** Alarielle.

** Basis.

** Both Crysis and Zone.
** Ion.
** Raphius.
** Tetrath.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: In Silence's world, getting defeated by demons, who are bound by law, is an insult. Hunting and killing daemons, who aren't bound by law, is more of his style.

** Mortis Blackwraith has genetically modified himself to not have to drink blood, and also is unharmed by sunlight due to not actually being undead.

* PersonalityPowers: Emote's forms all use powers that coincide with the emotion she is representing. For example, Love is able to heal herself and others.

** Alarielle uses fire and wind magic, with the former usually packing more punch.
** Alexis is most proficient with fire magic, otherwise having some skill in earth and pretty much none in wind or water.

* PlotCouponThatDoesSomething: The Hearts Of Sin, which Crysis and Zone are seeking, individually grant the latter new abilities on top of the far more potent, united power he's gathering them for in the first place.

---> '''[[http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/index.php?fn=view_thread&t=1599504 Emote:]]''' "Call me Emote, Hatred, or a jackass for all I care. But by the end of the day you’ll spill your guts and be glad to do it. You can’t even begin to imagine what I have in store for you.”

* RealityWarper: C and the other Writers exist(/ed) for this.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Ged Tenshi looks like a fairly normal human ([[NightmareFuel provided you don't pay too much attention to his eyes]]). He's actually 2,200 years old.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: When Tetrath transforms he gets a pair of these.

* ReformedCriminal: Johno is now out of prison and reformed. Probably.

** Silence's life revolves around seeing revenge for the death of his parents'.

** Alarielle can transform into powerful/dangerous entities out of desperation or fury, crossing this with OneWingedAngel.
** Basis' third personality, with a hard-coded five-minute time limit to avoid permanently damaging his own body.
** Clief can fuse his mind with Duegan, increasing his physical, mental and magical abilities greatly.
** The Executioner's various transformations approach this, often taking some time to achieve and creating a new weakness, but giving it an immense boost to its abilities in one or more areas (speed/firepower/etc.).

** Tetrath has a form like this, explored in both his [[http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/index.php?fn=view_thread&t=1408662 fight against Malali]] and A Night of Death.

* SwissArmyAppendage: The Executioner has a few, though they're basically just built-in [[SwissArmyWeapon Swiss Army Weapons]].

* TalkingAnimal: Crysis and Zone, a squirrel and hamster respectively (the latter is, if anything, not good at shutting his mouth).

* TheHunter: Silence exists for this, [[DemonSlaying slaying]] [[OurDemonsAreDifferent daemons]] as [[{{Revenge}} vengeance]] for his parents' deaths years ago. The guild he's joined, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Huntsmen Guild]], helps to further this ambition.
* TheMedic: Emote in her Love form, demonstrated well in A Night of Death.

* TheNicknamer: Basis refers to Malali as both Mally and Challenge (which is a common name for Basis' foes) and Zerith Dathka (his self-proclaimed sidekick) as Number Two.

* TrickArrow: Malali's arsenal includes these, with blunt, sharp, poison tipped and flammable varieties, as well as others that make up her most powerful attacks, including a [[NukeEm 'nuke' arrow]].

* UnfazedEveryman: Poor Arthur Jayes ([[WordOfGod first name confirmed as a shout-out]]). He didn't ask for this.
* UnreliableNarrator: Selig often has to butt in to [[NoFourthWall set his own writer straight]].
* VariableLengthChain: Malali's demon-possessed kama can do this, altering the length of the chain between the two weapons at will.

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* LethalJokeCharacter: Maxwell is a stuffed toy/[[{{Disgaea}} Prinny]] with a rainbow afro and a [[TheDitz daft disposition]]. His access to hammerspace, though unpredictable, theoretically gives him unlimited potential.

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