History YMMV / Birthright

** [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Rhuobhe]] loathed how humans once mistreated elven forests and became a notorious hunter of them, earning the name Manslayer for his [[FantasticRacism savage zeal]]. Joining Azrai to [[KillAllHumans exterminate humankind]], Rhuobhe was the only elf who didn't desert him when it became clear what a monster Azrai was. Establishing his own nation, Rhuobhe seeks to kill humans, even helping to manipulate wars to trick them into killing one another. Rhuobhe even declares once he has killed every human man, woman and child, he will move on to goblins as well, even willing to torture and kill any elves who disagree with his genocidal mania, openly stating that he would see every elf dead if it meant humankind's extermination.

* DuelingWorks: Not exactly "duelling" since they're published by the same company, but it makes an interesting companion piece to ''ComicBook/IHateFairyland''. They both [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstruct]] the "child lost in magical world" genre by showing the child grown to adulthood in the magical world, they're both violent and gory, and both feature highly morally ambiguous protagonists. However, while ''I Hate Fairyland'' is a BlackComedy set in a cartoonish CrapsaccharineWorld which the protagonist is trapped in and trying to escape, ''Birthright'' is a serious UrbanFantasy story set on Earth which the protagonist is trying to bring the magical world into.
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: When Lore was the Chosen One, he looked exactly like Mikey. His [[spoiler:true form is just a white haired Mikey wearing a crown.]]

* SlidingScaleOfVillainEffectiveness: God-King Lore ranks ''High''. High enough that five of the most powerful mages in Terrenos came to the conclusion that keeping up the fight was so pointless that the only alternative was to escape to another world and lock the door behind them. High enough to not just defeat the ChosenOne raised from childhood for the sole purpose of killing him, but [[BreakThemByTalking break his will]] and turn him into [[FallenHero Lore's own assassin]].

* WhatAnIdiot: Kylen immediately attacks Mastema after Michael told him that she is a traitor to Lore. He believes the words of an sworn enemy rather than his long standing ally rather than demand an explanation from her. The ensuing confusing ends up leading to [[spoiler:Michael breaking free and killing Kylen, all because of the latter was too much of an hothead]].

* WhatAnIdiot: Kylen immediately attacks Mastema after Michael told him that she is a traitor to Lore. He believes the words of an sworn enemy rather than his long standing ally rather than demand an explanation from her. The ensuing confusing ends up leading to [[spoiler:Michael breaking free and killing Kylen, all because of the latter was too much of an hothead]].

* MoralEventHorizon: Kylen crosses it when [[spoiler: he slaughters a whole SWAT team that tried and failed to capture Mike alive, pinning their murders on him just to make him look like a national threat]].

* DuelingWorks: Not exactly "duelling" since they're published by the same company, but it makes an interesting companion piece to ''ComicBook/IHateFairyland''. They both [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstruct]] the "child lost in magical world" genre by showing the child grown to adulthood in the magical world, they're both violent and gory, and both feature highly morally ambiguous protagonists. However, while ''I Hate Fairyland'' is a BlackComedy set in a colourful CrapsaccharineWorld which the protagonist is trapped in and trying to escape, ''Birthright'' is a serious UrbanFantasy story set on Earth which the protagonist is trying to bring the magical world into.

* DuelingWorks: Not exactly "duelling" since they're published by the same company, but it makes an interesting companion piece to ''ComicBook/IHateFairyland''. They're both {{Deconstruction}}s of the "child lost in magical world" genre, they're both violent and gory, and both feature highly morally ambiguous protagonists. However, while ''I Hate Fairyland'' is a BlackComedy set in a colourful CrapsaccharineWorld which the protagonist is trapped in and trying to escape, ''Birthright'' is a serious UrbanFantasy story set on Earth which the protagonist is trying to bring the magical world into.

* DuelingWorks: Not exactly "duelling" since they're published by the same company, but it makes an interesting companion piece to ''ComicBook/{{IHateFairyland}}''. They're both {{Deconstruction}}s of the "child lost in magical world" genre, they're both violent and gory, and both feature highly morally ambiguous protagonists. However, while ''I Hate Fairyland'' is a BlackComedy set in a colourful CrapsaccharineWorld which the protagonist is trapped in and trying to escape, ''Birthright'' is a serious UrbanFantasy story set on Earth which the protagonist is trying to bring the magical world into.

* TearJerker: The ending of Issue #25 is a crushing DownerEnding since [[spoiler:Mikey's family has turned away from him after learning of his true allegiance to Lore and refused him to go near his newborn daughter, his little brother is kidnapped by TheDragon, one of the mages has gone missing, he is now a wanted terrorist by US authorities for several murders pinned on him by Kylen and the barriers between Earth and Terrenos are so thin that who knows what else will come from the other side]].

** Issue #24 has [[spoiler:Kallista the Pale Rider finally being introduced into the narrative after only appearing in flashbacks in the most horrifying manner: after Mikey kills Kylen, the barriers are weakened enough for beings from Terrenos to cross over into Earth and she does so by possessing Kylen's recently deceased body and ''tears it apart to reveal her true self underneath it.'' And to make matters worse, her appearance is nothing short of an HumanoidAbomination worse than Mikey when the Nevermind takes control]].

** Mastema using her magic to interrogate [[spoiler:Mikey]] in Issue #23 has her twisting and stretching his body apart like rubber.

* NightmareFuel: God-King Lore's design is extremely disturbing to look at. His face is seemingly flayed and his muscles are ''made out of maggots''.
** The Diviner is a cleansing spirit that twists all life around it with the sole purpose to destroy Lore's demons. The effects can range from individuals being possessed, corpses being reanimated to fight and they will not stop until their enemies are killed.

* MoralEventHorizon: One of the disguised mages from Terrenos crosses it when [[spoiler: he slaughters a whole SWAT team that tried and failed to capture Mike alive, pinning their murders on him and making him look like a national threat]].

* MoralEventHorizon: Agent Kylen crosses it when [[spoiler: he slaughters a whole SWAT team that tried and failed to capture Mike alive, just so their murders are pinned on him, making him look like a national threat and getting bigger forces to bring him down]].

* MoralEventHorizon: Agent Kylen crosses it when [[spoiler: he slaughters a whole SWAT team that tried and failed to capture Mike alive, just so their murders are pinned on him.]]