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Per TRS. The Hero is Definition-Only and an exampleless supertrope.


* TheHero: He is the '''main''' character after all.


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* TheHero: HeroProtagonist: He is the '''main''' character after all.

all and a [[NiceGuy nice one at that]].




* TheLancer: To Seamus' TheHero status, usually being the more level-headed and informed of the two.

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* TheLancer: To Seamus' TheHero [[TheHero Hero]] status, usually being the more level-headed and informed of the two.



* NominalHero: For personal reasons initially, and later out of boredom.

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* NominalHero: For personal reasons initially, and later out of boredom.
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Misuse. It\'s Genre Savvy, not just \"savvy\".


* GenreSavvy: Going hand-in-hand with his DeadpanSnarker tendancies, he is often found pointing out flaws in Seamus' line of thinking.
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!!Seamus O'Shae

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!!Seamus O'ShaeO'Shea



* InvincibleIncompetent: It is the general opinion of his colleagues that he only survives his unique brand of blithe ignorance in the dangerous City of Babylon by also having supernatural regeneration.

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* InvincibleIncompetent: It is the general opinion of his colleagues that he only survives his unique brand of blithe ignorance in the dangerous City of Babylon by also having dint of supernatural regeneration.



An undead Vampire with the single-minded determination to somehow rise rise through the ranks to her current position in only two years. In a City where most officals seem to be in the pockets of various criminal gangs, that's no mean feat.

More compassionate that you'd expect someone whose job it is to break smuggling rings and kill refugees to Babylon.

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An undead Vampire with the single-minded determination to somehow rise rise through the ranks to her current position in only two years. In a City city where most officals seem to be in the pockets of various are entangled with criminal gangs, that's no mean feat.

More compassionate that
feat.
M.T. has more compassion than
you'd expect from someone whose job it is to break description includes breaking smuggling rings and kill refugees to Babylon.
killing refugees.



* DeadpanSnarker: Often employs this to in the face of [[TheHero The Hero's]] idea of solving a problem.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Often employs this to in the face of [[TheHero The Hero's]] idea of solving a problem.Seamus's]] blithe idealism.



For someone who introduced himself via insults and disrespect, it's a credit to Seamus' ability to frame an argument that he was deputized. Morally questionable and surly, it's only his intimate knowledge of the criminal elements of Babylon that keeps him in M.T.'s good graces.

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For someone who Slim introduced himself via insults and disrespect, disrespect; it's a credit to Seamus' ability to frame an argument that he was deputized. Morally questionable Morally-questionable and surly, it's only his intimate knowledge of the criminal elements of Babylon that keeps him in M.T.'s good graces.



* AloofAlly: Only still around after taking down the initial BadGuy because Seamus deputized him, along with all the perks that offers.

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* AloofAlly: Only still around after taking down the initial BadGuy because Seamus deputized him, along with all and he enjoys the perks that offers.
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* TheReliableOne: The only person to actually get anything done in any official capacity, and can always be counted on for a helping hand. No matter how [[Tsundere much she complains]] while doing it.

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* TheReliableOne: The only person to actually get anything done in any official capacity, and can always be counted on for a helping hand. No matter how [[Tsundere [[{{Tsundere}} much she complains]] while doing it.
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* Tsundere:

!!Park Chung-jo
!!! Actor(s): Lee Yoobi

Kang-chi's first love and his foster sister. When they were younger, she used to be selfish, knowing that Kang-chi liked her, and used that to her advantage when it was convenient. Later she comes to her senses.

!! Tropes:
* Break The Cutie: From one day to another, her whole world is shaken up, starting with the murder of her father.
* Broken Bird
* Clingy Jealous Girl: Shows this in a childhood-flashback
* Obstrusive Love Interest: Averted. She's perfectly aware of Kang-chi's feelings towards her
* Rape as Drama
* Spiritual Successor: To Seo-hwa. Except Chung-jo's fate is arguably worse
* Yamato Nadeshiko: Her sense of responsibility towards her family qualifies her for this

!!Gon
!!! Actor(s): Sung Joon

Yeo-wool's bodyguard, whom he has a one-sided crush on. Therefore he has a bickering relationship with Kang-chi.

!! Tropes:
* The Stoic
* Not So Stoic

!!Park Tae-seo
!!! Actor(s): Yoo Yeon-seok

Kang-chi's foster brother, a cool-headed, responsible scholar who helps his father Mu-sol run their inn. His friendship and brotherhood with Kang-chi is tested when Kang-chi is framed for his father's murder.

!! Tropes:
* Non Action Guy

!!Dam Pyeong-joon
!!! Actor(s): Jo Sung-ha

A former soldier under Jo Gwan Woong, now a martial arts master. He is Yeo-wool's father.

!! Tropes:
* Adult Fear: His daughter is running around with a half monster who is the target of the resident Big Bad. What's not to fear?
* Badass

!! Chun Soo-ryun
!!! Actor(s): Jung Hye-young

The head gisaeng

!!Sojung
!!! Actor(s): Kim Hee-won

A Buddhist monk who was Wol-ryung's friend, and now watches over Kang-chi.

!!Park Mu-sol
!!! Actor(s): Uhm Hyo-sup

A just and righteous nobleman, Lord Park is beloved by his countrymen, and is the father of Tae-seo and Chung-jo. When he finds the orphaned baby Kang-chi inside a basket floating in a river, he takes him in and becomes his surrogate father.


!!Lady Yoon
!!! Actor(s): Kim Hee-jung

Mu-sol's wife. A spiteful woman who fears and resents Kang-chi.

!! Tropes:
* Wicked Stepmother: She literally orders her guards to kill Kang Chi

!!Gu Wol-ryung
!!! Actor(s): Choi Jin-hyuk

Kang-chi's father. He is a gumiho and the guardian spirit of Mt. Jiri, and falls in love with a human.

!! Tropes:
* I Just Want To Be Normal: To be with his love - a human.

!!Yoon Seo-hwa
!!! Actor(s): Lee Yeon-hee

Kang-chi's mother. She is the daughter of a nobleman who is saved by Wol-ryung after her father is framed for treason and killed.

!!Yoon Jung-yoon
!!! Actor(s): Lee David

Seo-hwa's younger brother.

!! Tropes:
* Sacrificial Lamb

!!Dam
!!! Actor(s): Kim Bo-mi

Seo-hwa's maid.

!! Tropes:
* Heroic Sacrifice: She is the reason why Seo-hwa escapes the rape by Jo Gwan Woong. Because Dam takes her place
* Undying Loyality: "Young lady has to stay alive, to clean master's name!"

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* DeadpanSnarker:

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* DeadpanSnarker:DeadpanSnarker: Often employs this to in the face of [[TheHero The Hero's]] idea of solving a problem.



* DeadpanSnarker: Often, and without respect for authority.



* GladHesOnOurSide: Deadeye shot with extensive knowledge of the criminal underbelly throughout the entire City? Possibly privy to other information? Yes. Yes we are.
* GenreSavvy:
* NominalHero:
* Tsundere:

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* GladHesOnOurSide: Deadeye shot with extensive knowledge of the criminal underbelly throughout the entire City? Possibly privy to other information? [[http://cityunderthehill.com/chapter-one-page-twenty-three Unfraid of murdering redeemable people?]] Yes. Yes we are.
* GenreSavvy:
GenreSavvy: Going hand-in-hand with his DeadpanSnarker tendancies, he is often found pointing out flaws in Seamus' line of thinking.
* NominalHero:
NominalHero: For personal reasons initially, and later out of boredom.
* Tsundere:
Tsundere:

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* DeadpanSnarker:



* OnlySaneEmployee: Though this may be balanced out with the introduction of her assistant, one of the refugees Seamus managed to spare.



* TheReliableOne:

!!Jo Gwan-woong
!!! Actor (s): Lee Sung-jae

A villainous nobleman. He lusted after Kang Chi's mother, then framed and killed her father, destroying her life. He is now the mastermind behind a string of murders and hunts down Kang-chi.

!!Park Chung-jo
!!! Actor(s): Lee Yoobi

Kang-chi's first love and his foster sister. When they were younger, she used to be selfish, knowing that Kang-chi liked her, and used that to her advantage when it was convenient. Later she comes to her senses.

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* TheReliableOne:

!!Jo Gwan-woong
TheReliableOne: The only person to actually get anything done in any official capacity, and can always be counted on for a helping hand. No matter how [[Tsundere much she complains]] while doing it.
* SirSwearsALot: In Polish, no less. May cross over into ForeignLanguageTirade if she's ''really'' annoyed.

!!Slim
!!! Actor (s): Lee Sung-jae

A villainous nobleman. He lusted after Kang Chi's mother, then framed
Border Police Deputy

[[quoteright:330:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/charactersslim-copy_2475.jpg]]

For someone who introduced himself via insults
and killed her father, destroying her life. He is now the mastermind behind disrespect, it's a string of murders and hunts down Kang-chi.

!!Park Chung-jo
!!! Actor(s): Lee Yoobi

Kang-chi's first love and his foster sister. When they were younger, she used
credit to be selfish, knowing Seamus' ability to frame an argument that Kang-chi liked her, he was deputized. Morally questionable and used surly, it's only his intimate knowledge of the criminal elements of Babylon that to her advantage when it was convenient. Later she comes to her senses.
keeps him in M.T.'s good graces.


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* AloofAlly: Only still around after taking down the initial BadGuy because Seamus deputized him, along with all the perks that offers.
* DisproportionateRetribution: And '''how'''.
* GladHesOnOurSide: Deadeye shot with extensive knowledge of the criminal underbelly throughout the entire City? Possibly privy to other information? Yes. Yes we are.
* GenreSavvy:
* NominalHero:
* Tsundere:

!!Park Chung-jo
!!! Actor(s): Lee Yoobi

Kang-chi's first love and his foster sister. When they were younger, she used to be selfish, knowing that Kang-chi liked her, and used that to her advantage when it was convenient. Later she comes to her senses.

!! Tropes:

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* ICallItVera: His crowbar's name is Louise.



* TheHeart: Of the three main characters, he is definitely the more exuberantly sociable one and often acts as the self-appointed Moral Compass for Slim.


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* TheHeart: Of the three main characters, he is definitely the more exuberantly sociable one and often acts as the self-appointed Moral Compass for Slim.

Slim. Also:
* TheHero: He is the '''main''' character after all.




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An undead Vampire with the single-minded determination to somehow rise rise through the ranks to her current position in only two years. In a City where most officals seem to be in the pockets of various criminal gangs, that's no mean feat.

More compassionate that you'd expect someone whose job it is to break smuggling rings and kill refugees to Babylon.



* Action Girl
* Bifauxnen: Kang Chi thinks she's a boy for a couple of episodes

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* Action Girl
ActionGirl: [[spoiler: When her office is blown up by an interloper]] she proceeds to throw him into the wall with such force he ''dents it''.
* Bifauxnen: Kang Chi thinks she's a boy for a couple AlwaysOnDuty: Stays behind to continue working quite after night. The Vampire thing probably helps.
* DeskJockey: Can often be found at her desk, sorting through paperwork. A chunk
of episodes
which is incurred from the approaches of her subordinates.
* FriendlyNeighbourHoodVampire: Literally.
* TheLancer: To Seamus' TheHero status, usually being the more level-headed and informed of the two.
* TheReliableOne:

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!!! Border Police

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!!! Border PolicePolice Officer



* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold:

!!Dam Yeo-wool
!!! Actor(s): Suzy

A martial arts instructor at her father's school, she is particularly skilled with a bow and arrow.

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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold:

!!Dam Yeo-wool
HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: A rare male example, right down to the reluctant fighting.
* InvincibleIncompetent: It is the general opinion of his colleagues that he only survives his unique brand of blithe ignorance in the dangerous City of Babylon by also having supernatural regeneration.
* TheHeart: Of the three main characters, he is definitely the more exuberantly sociable one and often acts as the self-appointed Moral Compass for Slim.


!!M.T.
!!! Actor(s): Suzy

A martial arts instructor at her father's school, she is particularly skilled with a bow and arrow.
Border Police Detective Inspector
[[quoteright:330:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/charactersm_t_-copy_2418.jpg]]
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The bumbling, well-meaning, kind-hearted Werewolf Border Policeman who is no stranger to his partner's stabbing him in the back.

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\n[[quoteright:330:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/charactersseamus-copy_6931.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:330:some caption text]]
The bumbling, well-meaning, kind-hearted kind-hearted, friendly Werewolf Border Policeman who is no stranger somehow, after becoming a Werewolf, managed to his partner's stabbing him in escape into the back.
City without getting killed by the Border Police.

Now, he does that job himself, albeit creatively interpreting the law to allow those he runs across to live instead.




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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold:
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!!Seamus O'Shae
!!! Border Police

The bumbling, well-meaning, kind-hearted Werewolf Border Policeman who is no stranger to his partner's stabbing him in the back.

!! Tropes:
* BigOlEyebrows: Just look at him.

!!Dam Yeo-wool
!!! Actor(s): Suzy

A martial arts instructor at her father's school, she is particularly skilled with a bow and arrow.

!! Tropes:
* Action Girl
* Bifauxnen: Kang Chi thinks she's a boy for a couple of episodes

!!Jo Gwan-woong
!!! Actor (s): Lee Sung-jae

A villainous nobleman. He lusted after Kang Chi's mother, then framed and killed her father, destroying her life. He is now the mastermind behind a string of murders and hunts down Kang-chi.

!!Park Chung-jo
!!! Actor(s): Lee Yoobi

Kang-chi's first love and his foster sister. When they were younger, she used to be selfish, knowing that Kang-chi liked her, and used that to her advantage when it was convenient. Later she comes to her senses.

!! Tropes:
* Break The Cutie: From one day to another, her whole world is shaken up, starting with the murder of her father.
* Broken Bird
* Clingy Jealous Girl: Shows this in a childhood-flashback
* Obstrusive Love Interest: Averted. She's perfectly aware of Kang-chi's feelings towards her
* Rape as Drama
* Spiritual Successor: To Seo-hwa. Except Chung-jo's fate is arguably worse
* Yamato Nadeshiko: Her sense of responsibility towards her family qualifies her for this

!!Gon
!!! Actor(s): Sung Joon

Yeo-wool's bodyguard, whom he has a one-sided crush on. Therefore he has a bickering relationship with Kang-chi.

!! Tropes:
* The Stoic
* Not So Stoic

!!Park Tae-seo
!!! Actor(s): Yoo Yeon-seok

Kang-chi's foster brother, a cool-headed, responsible scholar who helps his father Mu-sol run their inn. His friendship and brotherhood with Kang-chi is tested when Kang-chi is framed for his father's murder.

!! Tropes:
* Non Action Guy

!!Dam Pyeong-joon
!!! Actor(s): Jo Sung-ha

A former soldier under Jo Gwan Woong, now a martial arts master. He is Yeo-wool's father.

!! Tropes:
* Adult Fear: His daughter is running around with a half monster who is the target of the resident Big Bad. What's not to fear?
* Badass

!! Chun Soo-ryun
!!! Actor(s): Jung Hye-young

The head gisaeng

!!Sojung
!!! Actor(s): Kim Hee-won

A Buddhist monk who was Wol-ryung's friend, and now watches over Kang-chi.

!!Park Mu-sol
!!! Actor(s): Uhm Hyo-sup

A just and righteous nobleman, Lord Park is beloved by his countrymen, and is the father of Tae-seo and Chung-jo. When he finds the orphaned baby Kang-chi inside a basket floating in a river, he takes him in and becomes his surrogate father.


!!Lady Yoon
!!! Actor(s): Kim Hee-jung

Mu-sol's wife. A spiteful woman who fears and resents Kang-chi.

!! Tropes:
* Wicked Stepmother: She literally orders her guards to kill Kang Chi

!!Gu Wol-ryung
!!! Actor(s): Choi Jin-hyuk

Kang-chi's father. He is a gumiho and the guardian spirit of Mt. Jiri, and falls in love with a human.

!! Tropes:
* I Just Want To Be Normal: To be with his love - a human.

!!Yoon Seo-hwa
!!! Actor(s): Lee Yeon-hee

Kang-chi's mother. She is the daughter of a nobleman who is saved by Wol-ryung after her father is framed for treason and killed.

!!Yoon Jung-yoon
!!! Actor(s): Lee David

Seo-hwa's younger brother.

!! Tropes:
* Sacrificial Lamb

!!Dam
!!! Actor(s): Kim Bo-mi

Seo-hwa's maid.

!! Tropes:
* Heroic Sacrifice: She is the reason why Seo-hwa escapes the rape by Jo Gwan Woong. Because Dam takes her place
* Undying Loyality: "Young lady has to stay alive, to clean master's name!"

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