Line #30 ComicBook/Magekiller


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2	''Magekiller'' is a comicbook miniseries set in the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' universe, written by Creator/GregRucka and published by Creator/DarkHorseComics in 2015 and 2016. It covers events that occur before, during, and after ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition''.
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4	Marius is a stoic former slave from Tevinter. Tessa is a loudmouthed noblewoman from Nevarra. Together, they work as Magekillers, those who hunt mages when the Templars won't suffice. One day, the two of them accept a strange job that sends them on an adventure.
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7	!!This comic series contains the following tropes:
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9	* AssholeVictim: The narration makes it fairly clear that three of the four Venatori leaders Tessa and Marius must kill are not very nice people.
10	* AttackTheMouth: Marius kills a pride demon this way.
11	* BigDamnHeroes: Marius and Tessa save a handful of villagers in Issue #3 by creating a wall of ice using frostrock, a mineral used for crafting in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''.
12	* BrainsAndBrawn: Tessa does the planning, Marius does the fighting.
13	* BrickJoke: Dalish, from Bull's Chargers, insisted in ''Inquisition'' that her staff is a bow. When she show up along the rest of the Chargers in Issue 4, her staff is actually shaped as a bow.
14	* TheCameo: Issues 1-5 might as well be called "Dragon Age: Cameo Appearances." [[spoiler: Calpernia]] appears in Issue 2 as one of Marius' targets. Charter shows up in Issue 3 to recruit Tessa and Marius and is present in the next two issues. Dorian and the Bull's Chargers, sans the titular Iron Bull himself, assist Tessa and Marius in Issue 4, and Leliana shows up in the very last panel. Issue 5 actually starts in Skyhold and briefly features Maryden and Harding, as well as an extended appearance by Sutherland's company.
15	* ChekhovsGunman: Marius first appeared in the short story, "Paying the Ferryman." Now he's one of the main characters of this tale.
16	** Archon Radonis was originally mentioned in ''Videogame/DragonAgeInquisition'' in conversations with Josephine and could even potentially become an ally of the Inquisition.
17	* CoversAlwaysLie: The cover of Issue 5 depicts Inquisition forces battling Red Templars with Corypheus' orb squarely at its centre. The orb never appears and there are no Red Templars.
18	* DistressedDude: In the first issue, Tessa and Marius save a young nobleman from his former lover.
19	-->'''Tessa''': It's an old story. You've probably heard it. BoyMeetsGirl, they fall in love, girl turns out to be an apostate [[BloodMagic blood mage]]. Goes downhill from there, as they say.
20	* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: The second issue ends with Tessa and Marius [[spoiler: witnessing the creation of the Breach.]]
21	* TheGhost: [[PlayerCharacter The Inquisitor]] comes up in dialogue several times, but never appears in person, with the Doylist explanation being that their status as a customizable character means that they simply cannot be depicted without breaking individual player canon, and the Watsonian explanation being that the characters of the story usually ''do'' seek out the Inquisitor, only to find that they are no longer available due to the events of the game proper.
22	* HappinessInSlavery: Flavius, Archon Radonis' personal attendant, views his status as "neither insult nor shame." It probably helps that he's a high-status slave (akin to tutors and the like in Ancient Rome) and thus probably lives a more comfortable life than most free people.
23	* HatOfAuthority: Archon Radonis has a rather massive hat.
24	* {{Irony}}: Tessa and Marius were lured to Minrathous to assassinate a handful of Venatori leaders. [[spoiler: They end up being smuggled out of the city with the Venatori's help.]]
25	* JobTitle: Also a OneWordTitle and a {{Portmantitle}}.
26	* KnewItAllAlong: After telling Marius flat-out that his plan to contain a Fade Rift won't work, Tessa exclaims "I knew that would work" after they've evacuated the villagers.
27	* LowerDeckEpisode: A good chunk of the storyline follows events relevant to the main storyline of ''Videogame/DragonAgeInquisition'', often exploring the game's story missions from different angles, though the characters of Magekiller never have a direct affect on anything that is depicted by the game proper.
28	* MexicanStandoff: Of the "blades held at each other's throat" variety between Tessa and [[spoiler: Charter.]]
29	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Marius refuses to finish his mission to assassinate the Venatori leadership because their last surviving leader is his former lover Calpernia. When Corypheus opens the Breach three months later, he has a skilled general for his cult. Whoops.]]
30	* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Marius defeats an arcane horror and three rage demons offpanel.
31	* OneWordTitle: Also a JobTitle and a {{Portmantitle}}.
32	* {{Portmantitle}}: Also a OneWordTitle and a JobTitle.
33	* RazorFloss: Tessa and Marius use a strip of wire stretched across an entrance to [[SlashedThroat grievously injure]] the blood mage in the first issue.
34	* RedOniBlueOni: Tessa is loudmouthed, while Marius is quiet.
35	* RunningGag: Issue #4 continues the joke of Dalish from the Bull's Chargers insisting she's not a mage.
36	* ShoutOut: Sutherland finally gives his full name as [[Creator/DonaldSutherland Donal Sutherland]].
37	* ShutUpKiss: [[spoiler:Charter]] delivers one to Tessa in the fifth issue.
38	* TheStoic: Marius seldom lets his emotions show.
39	* WreathedInFlames: Marius has Dorian set him on fire to assault the Venatori camp in the fourth issue. He consumes a potion beforehand to prevent being burned.
40	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Marius and Tessa suspect that Radonis will try to have them killed after they assassinate the Venatori leaders so no one will be able to trace the assassinations back to Radonis. [[spoiler: Once they fail to kill the fourth target, he sends assassins after them anyway, apparently out of spite.]]

Context ComicBook / Magekiller