History Characters / Digger

%%* TheChick: To Digger's story.

* PowerfulPick: Her (and most wombats') WeaponOfChoice.

* PoisonousFriend: He-Is despised the voice for its manipulation, but followed it into the depths anyway because it was the only thing willing to talk to him in his exile.

* GodIsGood: Ganesh is old, wise, and, most importantly, benevolent. He has a kindness and patience with all of his followers and an understanding of the qualms of others.

* SpotOfTea: Whatever's actually ''in'' his "warrior tea", Digger can't stand the taste of it.

%% * BlackBeadEyes
%% * CharacterTitle

%% * {{Determinator}}

%%* LoveMakesYouDumb: ''"Skin-painter is fool."''

* BewareTheNiceOnes: It's cute as a button, but don't forget: Shadowchild is, for all intents and purposes, a soul eating demon.

%%* LivingShadow: Its exact appearance.

* ExpressiveMask: Depending on what he's saying and how the panel is positioned, he can look pleased, concerned or even pull off a CheshireCatGrin.

%%* TheChosenOne: But not for this story.

* MoralityPet: To Jhalm. [[spoiler:At the end she says she needs to follow him to make sure he makes the right decisions, despite him coming very close to ordering her arrest in the climax]].
* NiceGirl: She's gentle and polite to everyone she speaks to - even demons.

%%* DirtyOldWoman:%%Quotes are not context.
%%-->'''[[http://www.diggercomic.com/?p=430 Boneclaw Mother:]]''' Shadebones here has this ''one'' nephew, and Hare's Ghost, if I were thirty years younger...\\
%%'''Shadebones:''' You're blind. You can't even ''see'' him.\\
%%'''Boneclaw Mother:''' He smells adorable.\\
%%'''Shadebones:''' You're a vile old woman.

%% * ActionGirl

%%* HeelFaceTurn: After Digger's EmbarrassingRescue.

* FromBadToWorse: [[spoiler:Her firstborn child died, and she has nobody to take out her rage/grief on aside from [[DomesticAbuse the spouse]] [[LoveMakesYouCrazy she still deeply loves (when she's sane)]]. Meanwhile her sister is taking advantage of her vulnerable state, eventually driving her mad enough to start beating her daughter as well.]]
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: She did not take the loss of her first born well.
* PosthumousCharacter: Dies long before the story itself.
%% * SanitySlippage: And HOW.

%%* ChekhovsGun: His prophecies.

* DrowningMySorrows: A literal case led to his family becoming oracles: a druid had a problem of slugs "sampling" his beer, then falling into the cauldron and drowning. He sought to give the slugs the foresight to avoid such a mistake, but botched his spell and gave them ''Foresight'' instead, which caused many slugs to seek out the beer to make the messages ''[[GoMadFromTheRevelation stop]]''.

%% * BoisterousBruiser

* TrollBridge: Her job, apparently.

%%* AndIMustScream: His FateWorseThanDeath.
%% * TheAtoner

%%* GodCouple: With She-Is.
%% * MyGodWhatHaveIDone
%% * OnlyMostlyDead

%%* BigBad: Of the series.

%% * LivingShadow

%% * MeaningfulName

'''Statue of Ganesh:''' Unfortunately, you are immune to divine commandments and inunctions from on high, so this is what I am reduced to, burrower.

* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Though he isn't much of a DeadpanSnarker normally, he can definitely hold his own against [[DeadpanSnarker Digger]] in a snark-fest.

-->'''[[spoiler:Sweetgrass Voice]]:''' Do you have any idea how long ''twelve thousand'' years is?
-->'''Digger:''' I know it's not long enough to make a good rock.

A male hyena that Digger happens across one night who promptly tries to eat her, [[DefeatEqualsFriendship but becomes her friend shortly after.]]

* DeadpanSnarker: Has his moments.

* LoveMakesYouDumb: ''"Skin-painter is fool."''

* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Dies in the climax]].

* YouNoTakeCandle: We initially think he's [[EloquentInMyNativeTongue eloquent in his own language]]. He's not - he hasn't talked to anyone in seventeen years, so his language skills have atrophied a bit. He has a peculiar wisdom and eloquence of his own, even so.

%% * DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: Technically a demon, but follows Digger around in a non-threatening way.

* InSeriesNickname[=/=]NoNameGiven[=/=]OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: As far as it knows, it doesn't have an actual name. Digger coined the term "shadowchild" to refer to it, but usually just addresses it as "Shadow".
* LivingShadow: Its exact appearance.
%% * NoBiologicalSex
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: It's an intangible shadow creature.

%% * RidiculouslyCuteCritter

%% * OmniscientMoralityLicense
%% * OurGodsAreDifferent

* TheChick: To Digger's story.
* TheChosenOne: But not for this story.

* DirtyOldWoman:
-->'''[[http://www.diggercomic.com/?p=430 Boneclaw Mother:]]''' Shadebones here has this ''one'' nephew, and Hare's Ghost, if I were thirty years younger...\\
'''Shadebones:''' You're blind. You can't even ''see'' him.\\
'''Boneclaw Mother:''' He smells adorable.\\
'''Shadebones:''' You're a vile old woman.
* DisabilitySuperpower: Exploits the trope as much as she can (see CoolMask). "These stones I wear. Perhaps I can see you through them. Do you believe that?"
-->'''Grim Eyes:''' Do the thing!\\
'''Boneclaw Mother:''' What thing?\\
'''Grim Eyes:''' The thing where you tell people what they're thinking and freak 'em out!
** Shamelessly taken advantage of when telling Grim Eyes to go with Digger on her initial quest. Whether Grim Eyes won or lost the fight threatened in the BadassNormal entry, she would still lose face with the tribe. [[MortonsFork By losing, she's lost to an elderly woman. By winning, she's won... against an elderly woman]].

* HeelFaceTurn: After Digger's EmbarrassingRescue.
* IOweYouMyLife: To Digger. She's not too happy about it.
* TheLancer: To Digger.
* LukeIAmYourFather: Revealed to be [[spoiler:Ed's daughter]].

* TrrrillingRrrs: When she's mad. A trait she shares with [[CoolOldLady Boneclaw Mother.]]

Former [[spoiler:mate of Ed.]]

Tropes associated with the Oracular Slug:

* ChekhovsGun: His prophecies, naturally.

* {{Hermaphrodite}}: Naturally, being a slug.

Tropes associated with the Hag:

Tropes associated with Surka:

* AndIMustScream: His FateWorseThanDeath.

* ChekhovsGunman
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[AndIMustScream He is kept alive against his will,]] along with the same demon that made him kill his own child.
* GodCouple: With She-Is.

Tropes associated with Sweetgrass Voice:
* BigBad: Of the series.

-->'''[[spoiler:Sweetgrass Voice]]: Do you have any idea how long ''twelve thousand'' years is?

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Though she's not actually old, she's only referred to as "the Hag", which seems to sort of come with the position.

* TheUnchosenOne: Descending Helix made sure that his descendants (Digger included) were ImmuneToFate, but due to a loophole and being a possessor of common courtesy, Digger is roped into helping out anyway.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Don't threaten [[spoiler:[[PapaWolf his child. Even if you're her crazy mother]]]]. And don't taunt [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome his circumstances.]]

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: '''''[[spoiler: [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome NAME-- IS-- ED!]]]]'''''

* DisabilitySuperpower: Exploits the trope as much as she can (see MaskPower). "These stones I wear. Perhaps I can see you through them. Do you believe that?"

* MaskPower: She uses this and her blindness for political advantage by claiming (''probably'' falsely) [[ByTheEyesOfTheBlind to be able to see through the pebble eyes of the mask]]. [[CoolOldLady She is sufficiently badass that other hyenas fear it may be true.]]

* ExtremeDoorMat: Was unwilling to confront his mate about her unrealistic expectations and was unwilling to try to protect himself from domestic abuse until his child was hurt. He considers his inaction to be his greatest failing.

%% * DeadpanSnarker

* BadassAdorable: Goes toe-to-toe with [[spoiler:the projection of an ancient demon]] and ''wins''.

%% * ChildrenAreInnocent

%% * OurDemonsAreDifferent

-->'''[[spoiler:Sweetgrass Voice]]: Do you have any idea how long ''twelve thousand'' years is?\\
'''Digger:''' I know it's not long enough to make a good rock.

%% * AndIMustScream

%% * BigBad

* CombatPragmatist: If her little "chat" with [[spoiler:Jhalm]] had gone awry and their two factions had come to blows, she was ready to scratch him with poison-laced claws before he could take her out.