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7	A listing of characters that appear in C. Chancey's ''Literature/ANetOfDawnAndBones''. Beware of unmarked spoilers!
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11	[[foldercontrol]]
12	!The Good Guys
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14	[[folder:Myrrh Shafat]]
15	!!Myrrh Shafat
16	* TheArchmage: An incredibly powerful enchantress who can go toe-to-toe with Demon Lords for a short time, possesses knowledge about all four styles and power sources of magic, and regularly pulls out magic that floors most magic users she comes across.
17	* BadassBookworm: A font or arcane and religious knowledge who loves books while being an experienced demon slayer. She still holds a grudge for the Library of Alexandria. Father O’Malley is worried about her finding Amazon.
18	* BlackCloak: Her shadow shift has this appearance while in Hell. When back on Earth she shifts it to a different form to keep it from drawing attention, though it does tend to change depending on what she requires of it.
19	* TheDragonslayer: Mentions offhandedly in ''Seeds of Blood'' that [[NoodleIncident she had to slay a dragon sometime in the past]].
20	* DemonSlaying: Essentially the other half of being a hell-raider, apart from being TheSoulsaver.
21	%%* {{Determinator}}
22	* DoomMagnet: Admits trouble would find her no matter where she went.
23	* ExperiencedProtagonist: Myrrh has been a hell-raider and demon slayer for around 18 centuries, and has all the experience and magical expertise involved.
24	* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Due to having been in Hell for 26 years. Is implied she’s done this before, though never for such a long gap.
25	* FlamingSword: A sword of blazing light capable of slicing through demons
26	* FlashStep: Capable of moving in a blur of movement faster than the eye can see
27	* FragileSpeedster: Immensely fast and [[GlassCannon capable of dishing out immense magical damage]], but still has all the frailties of a human body.
28	* GlassCannon: Capable of dishing out immense magical damage and [[FragileSpeedster immensely fast]], but still has all the frailties of a human body.
29	* GoodIsNotNice: Admits that 30 years ago she would have spelled the security guard at the bank to sleep then dragged the vampire bloodslave to the Church for purification whether she wanted to or not.
30	* HealingHands: Capable of healing a depressed brain injury in an instant, when other magical healers would have struggled to keep a person with that kind of injury alive.
31	%%* TheHeretic: Self-admitted.
32	* IHaveManyNames: Myrrh Shafat, Myrrh the Heretic, Mah Myrrh (Saint Myrrh) Myrrh the Gnostic, Myrrh of Alexandria, Myrrh the Demon-slayer… and [[RunningGag Oh Lord Not Her Again Arrrgh]].
33	* ImmortalProcreationClause: Myrrh cannot have children due to being in a body that is really just a magical construct.
34	* LastOfHerKind: Last known hell-raider still active.
35	%%* LittleMissBadass: Five foot two. Maybe.
36	%%* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
37	* MadeASlave: Myrrh has been made a slave a few times in the past. Usually she escaped quickly, although it took her longer when she was imprisoned with [[PowerNullifier lead]].
38	* MasterOfOneMagic: A master enchantress, who admits she does not have the inborn talent required for magecraft, nor has she learned sorcery or wizadry. On the other hand, she is so capable with enchanting that it really doesn’t matter.
39	* MeaningfulName: Myrrh is implied to not be the name she was born with. As for the meaning:
40	--> “The solemn perfume, the incense for the dead”
41	* TheMentor: To Aidan.
42	* MysticalWhiteHair: White hair and a powerful enchantress.
43	* OneManArmy: Hell-raider.
44	* ThePaladin: A holy warrior who hands out both wisdom and smitation when the situation requires it.
45	* PintSizedPowerhouse: Myrhh may be small, but takes down vampires effortlessly and can channel enough power to go toe-to-toe with Demon Lords. The BigBad even questions how a human is able to manage the sheer magical output she can manage without external backup or killing themselves.
46	* RealityWarper: A low level example, but in ''Seeds of Blood'' Myrrh states that her enchanting is basically her asking the universe to work in the way she wants it and reality generally obliging. Aidan observes that there is a distinct aspect of world-shaping
47	* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: About 18 centuries old. More or less.
48	* RedBaron: See IHaveManyNames
49	* ReligiousBruiser: A devoted Christian, albeit one of a sect deemed heretical by the others, who spends her time fighting demons and uses Psalms as incantations
50	* ResurrectiveImmortality: Myrrh can resurrect herself when the light of dawn touches the skull she leaves behind when she dies. The problem comes if somebody seals it away where the dawn cannot reach it, then she is trapped in Hell until is it unsealed.
51	* SealedGoodInACan: Was stuck in Hell while her anchor to Earth was kept in a box.
52	* SpannerInTheWorks: For demons. It’s her job.
53	%%* SupernaturalSensitivity.
54	* WorfHadTheFlu: Spends most of her time significantly drained in ''A Net of Dawn and Bones'' due to escaping from Hell and exhausting herself with several powerful magic workings.
55	* YourSoulIsMine: A rare heroic example, she has a phial that absorbs souls while she is in Hell so she can later release them to Heaven.
56	[[/folder]]
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58	[[folder: Aidan Lindisfarne]]
59	!!Aidan Lindisfarne/Christophe Savonarola:
60	* AnimalMotifs: Has been compared to a lion on multiple occasions, from his physical appearance to his senses. [[spoiler: Considering his father, it makes sense.]]
61	* BadassLongcoat: Wears what appears to be a mix of trenchcoat and sweatshirt after his resurrection.
62	%% * CainAndAbel: The Abel to Steven’s Cain.
63	* CastingAShadow: [[spoiler: Reveals the ability to control shadows towards the end of ''Seeds of Blood'' by managing to temporarily bind both Yaldabaoth and Aariel with shadows to keep them from killing Church, Usagi and Eagleman.]]
64	* ElementalHairColors: A FieryRedhead who has control over fire, he originally had black hair before his TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening.
65	* FeedItWithFire: Literally. Aidan gains energy from fire, with a rakshasa in Seeds of Blood observing his aura growing stronger as he [[ElementalAbsorption absorbs fire from a blaze he accidentally set in the forest]].
66	* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Not quite as bad as Myrrh, due to having been in Hell for just 25 years.
67	* HalfHumanHybrid: Half-fire demon. [[spoiler: It turns out that his mother wasn’t fully human either]].
68	* HeartbrokenBadass: After 25 years in Hell, still thinks the worst day of his life was his last on Earth.
69	* InLoveWithYourCarnage: Thinks the itty-bitty demon-slayer dusting vamps is ''so cute''.
70	* LegallyDead: Buried, even. This becomes a plot point.
71	* LockedIntoStrangeness: Originally had black hair and brown eyes. When his TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening happened, his eyes turned amber and his hair turned red.
72	* MeaningfulName: Aidan Lindisfarne was deliberately picked by Myrrh; a saint associated with fire. Turns out his first name was deliberately picked as well; his mother was determined to make sure Christophe (Christ-bearer) would not be a case of VillainousLineage.
73	* NiceGuy: Yes. The half-demon is one of the nicest guys in town….
74	* PlayingWithFire: Possesses fire magery.
75	* SmokingGun: To the Intrepid Police Department, Aidan is this… if they can convince him to admit it.
76	%% * SupernaturalGoldEyes: Not initially.
77	* SuperSenses: Can see in the dark of Hell, darkness on the Earth is no problem. After commenting on Church’s conversation with Annabel over the phone Myrrh has to remind him that most people don’t have senses like he does.
78	* TrainingFromHell: In Hell, actually, but he certainly has the trauma from it.
79	* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: Awoke to his fire magic when being pushed to his limits during his TrainingFromHell with Sword Aariel.
80	* UpbringingMakesTheHero: Between his mom and Father O’Malley, he turned out all right, despite still having some underlying thought processes that are inhuman.
81	[[/folder]]
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83	[[folder: Detective Church]]
84	!!Detective (Jezebel) Church:
85	* BadassNormal: Outside of Second Sight, Church has no magic. She does carry holy water and silver bullets. And improvises.
86	%% * CowboyCop.
87	* DrivesLikeCrazy: Church apparently took honours in evasive driving. Lampshaded by Steven, who notes that while no sane driver could have survived the trap he sent up, Church is not a sane driver. It’s heavily implied that her Second Sight is a major factor that keeps her from crashing.
88	* EmbarrassingFirstName: Actually saves her from mind magic, because Church never gives people her full name willingly the effects of using her true name are reduced to a fraction.
89	%% * JurisdictionFriction: With Myrrh, over demons. And vampires. And….
90	%% * ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: See CowboyCop above.
91	* SupernaturalSensitivity: Church has Second Sight. Ouch.
92	[[/folder]]
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94	[[folder: Father O'Malley]]
95	!!Father O’Malley
96	* BadassPreacher: Successfully kept one half-demon kid on the straight and narrow so well that the kid stayed that way. After twenty-five years in Hell.
97	* CoolOldGuy: On the wrong side of 80, yet happily engages in theological debates and challenges Myrrh to translation competitions.
98	* GoodIsNotSoft: “Love the Lord, love your neighbor, and give evil a smack in the kisser.”
99	%% * GoodShepherd
100	[[/folder]]
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102	[[folder: Xanthippe Coral]]
103	!!Xanthippe Coral:
104	* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Medusa. In a black veil.
105	* GeometricMagic: Possesses knowledge of protective runes, which she used to ward Church’s apartment.
106	* INeedAFreakingDrink: Was in the middle of this when she found out Church was alive after all.
107	* MeaningfulName: There’s a legend about coral being formed from the blood of Medusa falling on flowers. She is annoyed that people don’t understand the reference.
108	* MundaneUtility: Implied. She’s in the funeral business. Specifically, granite carvings and memorial markers….
109	* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Old enough to remember Sparta. Which makes her well over 2,000.
110	* TakenForGranite: She is a medusa after all. [[spoiler: Inflicts this on the Intrepid Police Department when they are possessed.]] She notes she has a way to undo the process.
111	[[/folder]]
112
113	[[folder:Sister Usagi]]
114	!!Usagi:
115	* BringingInTheExpert: An expert on rakshasas and creatures of Buddhist origin.
116	* DelicateAndSickly: Usagi has Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, a serious heart illness which prevented her from joining the police academy. [[spoiler: It gets triggered during the drinking competition. Aidan may have been burning out all the alcohol in the mead, but there is enough stimulant to cause her some serious trouble.]]
117	* GenkiGirl: Always cheerful, even in situations where it may not be completely appropriate.
118	* StaffOfAuthority: Carries around a khakkhara tipped with panchaloha, and she knows how to use it.
119	[[/folder]]
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123	!The Bad Guys:
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125	[[folder: Steven Savonarola]]
126	!!Steven Savonarola:
127	* AnIcePerson: An extension of his water magic.
128	%% * BigBad.
129	* CainAndAbel: The Cain to Aidan/Cristophe’s Abel. He even successfully killed him before the story began.
130	* TheChessmaster: Playing a LongGame over more than 25 years, he masterminded the breaking of TheMasquerade, tarnished the reputation of the Hunters using the death of his own brother and manipulated the resulting climate to aid in the creation of the Demongate.
131	* TheCorrupter: Failed with Church. He had hoped to corrupt her with knowledge of magic, instead she became suspicious of him.
132	%% * EvilSorcerer: Check.
133	* HalfHumanHybrid: Half-fire demon. With water magic. The guy has issues.
134	* HeroKiller: Was behind Myrrh’s death 26 years ago, and there are some hints that he may have had a hand in the deaths of other hell-raiders.
135	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Imprisoning Sword Aariel bites him in the ass when Aariel blows up his house while fighting Myrrh and leads to his physical body dying.]]
136	* GreenEyedMonster: Towards Aidan, who has both fire magic and the favour of Yaldabaoth.
137	* MakingASplash: Uses water magery, despite his father being a fire demon. [[spoiler: His mother was a descendent of the Finfolk, which gave him his water magic while blocking any fire magic he might have]].
138	* MeaningfulName: Another saint. Unfortunately for his mother, this one didn’t work.
139	* SerialKiller: Using HumanSacrifice to build the foundations of the Demongate.
140	* TheUnfavourite: Steven, compared to Aidan for both Yaldabaoth and Jeremiah Savonarola. [[spoiler: When he finds out that Aidan isn’t even the former’s son… [[VillainousBreakdown he takes it poorly]].]]
141	[[/folder]]
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143	[[folder: SwordAariel]]
144	!!Sword Aariel:
145	* BadassFamily: His brother is Yaldabaoth.
146	* CombatPragmatist: According to Aidan he doesn’t ''have the time'' to muck around in a fight, so he kills his enemies as quickly as possible.
147	* TheDreaded: Church is terrified of him after the events of ''A Net of Dawn and Bones''
148	* EvilMentor: To Aidan. [[spoiler: With the revelation that Aidan is his son, the evil part is in doubt.]]
149	%%* FallenAngel
150	* FlamingSword: A black one.
151	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Myrrh flat out tells Church that should he appear on Earth she should run.
152	* NobleDemon: Quite literally.
153	* MagmaMan: Described by Aidan as a lava-lion at one point.
154	* PhysicalGod: Myrrh puts Aariel on the same level as Hariti, a rakshasi turned goddess. Usagi is inclined to agree with her.
155	* PlayingWithFire: Favours using quick blasts of fire that kills his enemies quickly.
156	* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Amber eyes [[spoiler: that he shares with his son.]]
157	* UndyingLoyalty: To Yaldabaoth. It is heavily implied that it is the reason he [[FallenAngel Fell]]. [[spoiler: He is so loyal that, even if he regrets it, he would have [[OffingTheOffspring killed his own son]] if he hadn’t been interrupted.]]
158	[[/folder]]
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160	[[folder: Lord Yaldabaoth]]
161	!!Lord Yaldabaoth
162	* DemonLordsAndArchdevils: A powerful demon lord.
163	* ElementalShapeshifter: Lord Yaldabaoth is mentioned to constantly be shifting his appearance with three themes holding constant: the fire, the darkness and the lion.
164	%%* FallenAngel
165	* GreaterScopeVillain: Steven may be the one on Earth trying to open the Demongate, but Yaldabaoth was the one who insured he would be in a position to do so and provided the knowledge. Steven even notes that summoning him before he has completed the gate would be very foolish.
166	* PhysicalGod: [[spoiler: Goes toe-to-toe with the asura Lord Ahi when on Earth]]
167	* PlayingWithFire: Evidently enjoys torturing people and demons slowly with it.
168	* RankScalesWithAsskicking: One of the strongest demons in Hell, and the leader of his court.
169	[[/folder]]
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173	!Others:
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175	[[folder: Halo]]
176	!!Halo (Harry Lowe):
177	%%* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Results in very bad things for Halo.
178	* LightIsNotGood: Aidan sees his magic as a harsh white light, and Myrrh suspects was given by a Power of Heaven. Somehow though, somebody always gets hurt as a result of his visions.
179	%%* RefusingTheCall: Results in very bad things for Halo.
180	%%* {{Seers}}: An unwilling one.
181	[[/folder]]

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