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* ArcherArchetype: Uniquely adopts the bow and arrow as his main weapon as Grendel.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Shaved, her mouth filled with salt, eyelids removed, and buried to her neck in the middle of the desert.]]
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* SandNecktie: [[spoiler: Shaved, her mouth filled with salt, eyelids removed, and buried to her neck in the middle of the desert.]]
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* DevilsPitchfork: His trademark weapon is a polearm referred to as the "Devil's Fork", which is similar to a short-handled naginata with two parallel blades, which can be electrified for extra damage. Christine Spar stole his weapon from a museum and used it, and Eppy Thatcher used a similar device.
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* {{Expy}}: He's mostly a cross between V from ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'' and [[Franchise/SpiderMan the Green Goblin]].
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* {{Expy}}: He's mostly a cross between V from ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'' and [[Franchise/SpiderMan [[ComicBook/SpiderMan the Green Goblin]].
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* OedipusComplex: Repeatedly looks for a father substitute, and every time it goes horribly wrong.
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* BladeOnAStick: A "fork" with two knife blades, which can also be electrified. Most later Grendels use a variation.
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* BareYourMidriff: Their somewhat peculiar costume consists of eighties-style cropped gym tops and bike shorts, with medieval Scottish plaids over the top.
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* GambitRoulette: Employs these often. Even though he's [[WhatAnIdiot really bad at them.]]
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* GambitRoulette: Employs these often. Even though he's [[WhatAnIdiot really bad at them.]]
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* ElectraComplex: Repeatedly looks for a father substitute, and every time it goes horribly wrong.
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* RedemptionFailure: On Revan Jhek in ''Devil's Odyssey'', he attempts under Siggy's influence to become a MessianicArchetype, but the brutal murder of his local sidekick causes him to abandon his moral pretentions in rage and commit a massacre.
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* TheFettered: Forced as an AI to serve Grendel Prime's mission to find a new Earth, and in turn fetters him.
* FlyingFace: Her drone form looks like a hovering robot head with two skeletal limbs.
* MrExposition: Spends much of her time delivering information to Grendel Prime on the planets that they explore.
* ServileSnarker: Can get in a nice veiled insult at times.
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* TheFettered: Forced as an AI to serve Grendel Prime's mission to find a new Earth, and in turn fetters him.
* FlyingFace: Her drone form looks like a hovering robot head with two skeletal limbs.
* MrExposition: Spends much of her time delivering information to Grendel Prime on the planets that they explore.
* ServileSnarker: Can get in a nice veiled insult at times.
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* KnifeNut: All Grendels wield blades or piercing weapons by tradition. The Entity itself revels in bloodshed.
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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Well, for [[BrotherSisterIncest elastic]] [[ThreeWaySex values]] of "good." Definitely the sanest and most rational, and possibly the most well-intentioned, Grendel, and it's strongly implied that this is down to his ability to maintain romantic relationships with other people.
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* SexualKarma: He is definitely the sanest and most rational, and possibly the most well-intentioned, Grendel, and it's strongly implied that this is down to his ability to maintain good romantic relationships with other people. Well, for [[BrotherSisterIncest elastic]] values of "good."
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* ParentalNeglect: He is a horrible father to Stacy. While he doe love her, Hunter is unaware of how to be a parent and assumes she enjoys being a social conversation piece. Stacy has no friends her own age, and Hunter is shown to disdain normal child activities, refusing to even allow Stacy to watch cartoons and not noticing as she slips further into darkness.
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* ParentalNeglect: He is a horrible father to Stacy. While he doe does love her, Hunter is unaware of how to be a parent and assumes she enjoys being a social conversation piece. Stacy has no friends her own age, and Hunter is shown to disdain normal child activities, refusing to even allow Stacy to watch cartoons and not noticing as she slips further into darkness.
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* SkunkStripe: Grendels tend to develop this as a RedRightHand.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Her dead white skin and green hair are both natural. In ''Past Prime,'' she states that all the Veraghens had been genetically modified for green hair and pale skin several generations previous, and comments that "one of my great-great-grandmothers must have liked the look."
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* WhatAnIdiot: Spends his time and resources trying to activate the Sun Gun, despite decades of research being unable to even put a dent in it, instead of trying to capture Jupiter Assante, the son of the man who last controlled it.
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* BadassMustache
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:But see below.]]
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* LegacyCharacter: To Christine Spar, and the Grendel entity in general, described by Hunter as 'the runt of the litter.'
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* LegacyCharacter: To Christine Spar, and the Grendel entity in general, described by the Entity to Hunter as 'the runt of the litter.'
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* {{Cyborg}}: Let Orion turn him into the ultimate warrior. In "War Child" he's metal from the ribcage down, by the time of ''Batman/Grendel II'' the only remaining human part of him are his eyes and brain.
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* FullConversionCyborg: Let Orion turn him into the ultimate warrior. At the time he's first introduced, he is little more than a head and upper torso with mechanical limbs. By the time of ''Batman/Grendel II'', his only remaining human parts are his brain and eyes. The intervening events are described with gruesome BodyHorror in the prose novel ''Grendel: Past Prime''.
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* SuddenlySexuality: WordOfGod says he's gay, though he marries a woman eventually.
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* MrSeahorse: Carries baby Jupiter himself due to Laurel's inability to carry a child to term.
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* AintTooProudToBeg: When cornered by Hunter Rose, all he can do is feebly beg for his life. It does him no good.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: In his rush to investigate Hunter Rose, he fails to cover his tracks and doesn't consider speaking to his editor and doorman will get back to Hunter before he can go underground.
* DoomedByCanon: It is long established that Hunter was only unmasked as Grendel after his final battle with Argent, so Lucas's quest to stop him is doomed to failure.
* HeroAntagonist: Lucas is set against Hunter, but he's just a humble, goodhearted reporter out to expose a mass murdering mobster and see him fall as he deserves.
* IntrepidReporter: He's a hell of an investigator who seeks out stories on criminals and corruption, and the entirety of his plot ''Behold The Devil'' is him seeking out Grendel's identity.
* MalignedMixedMarriage: His relationship with Detective Liz Sparks has the potential for controversy. [[SubvertedTrope not because he's black and she's white, nobody cares about that.]] He's a reporter and she's a detective, so it's seen as a breach for both of them.
* OhCrap: He undergoes a bout of shocked trauma when he realizes Hunter is in his apartment with him and he has no chance to escape.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: He breaches a few journalistic ethics in hunting down Grendel, but it's because he damn well knows if he gets to Grendel, he can nail the evil bastard and save a lot of lives.
* SlashedThroat: One swing of Hunter's blade achieves this result and exeunt Lucas Ottoman.
* UnknownRival: Nobody got closer to exposing Hunter than Lucas Ottoman, who sleeplessly researches the masked crimelord and his connections to Hunter Rose on a hunch. Hunter doesn't even know Lucas ''exists'' for most of the miniseries until a reporter speaking with his editor makes its way back to him...
* VillainRespect: He manages to win even Hunter's respect for the depth of his investigation and impresses him with how much he's gathered. Sadly, it makes him a problem to be dealt with.
* WideEyedIdealist: Luke truly believes in goodness and due process of law. He's horrified by Argent and Grendel both and barely considers Argent better than Hunter, which Liz angrily denounces as nothing more than sappy-hearted sentiment she can't afford in her job.
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* AintTooProudToBeg: When cornered by Hunter Rose, all he can do is feebly beg for his life. It does him no good.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: In his rush to investigate Hunter Rose, he fails to cover his tracks and doesn't consider speaking to his editor and doorman will get back to Hunter before he can go underground.
* DoomedByCanon: It is long established that Hunter was only unmasked as Grendel after his final battle with Argent, so Lucas's quest to stop him is doomed to failure.
* HeroAntagonist: Lucas is set against Hunter, but he's just a humble, goodhearted reporter out to expose a mass murdering mobster and see him fall as he deserves.
* IntrepidReporter: He's a hell of an investigator who seeks out stories on criminals and corruption, and the entirety of his plot ''Behold The Devil'' is him seeking out Grendel's identity.
* MalignedMixedMarriage: His relationship with Detective Liz Sparks has the potential for controversy. [[SubvertedTrope not because he's black and she's white, nobody cares about that.]] He's a reporter and she's a detective, so it's seen as a breach for both of them.
* OhCrap: He undergoes a bout of shocked trauma when he realizes Hunter is in his apartment with him and he has no chance to escape.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: He breaches a few journalistic ethics in hunting down Grendel, but it's because he damn well knows if he gets to Grendel, he can nail the evil bastard and save a lot of lives.
* SlashedThroat: One swing of Hunter's blade achieves this result and exeunt Lucas Ottoman.
* UnknownRival: Nobody got closer to exposing Hunter than Lucas Ottoman, who sleeplessly researches the masked crimelord and his connections to Hunter Rose on a hunch. Hunter doesn't even know Lucas ''exists'' for most of the miniseries until a reporter speaking with his editor makes its way back to him...
* VillainRespect: He manages to win even Hunter's respect for the depth of his investigation and impresses him with how much he's gathered. Sadly, it makes him a problem to be dealt with.
* WideEyedIdealist: Luke truly believes in goodness and due process of law. He's horrified by Argent and Grendel both and barely considers Argent better than Hunter, which Liz angrily denounces as nothing more than sappy-hearted sentiment she can't afford in her job.
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* ColdBloodedTorture: He's happy to perform it for interrogation purposes.
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: He favors torturing people to get them to talk, carving them up with his blades.
* PetTheDog: He does truly care for Stacy (the form of which varies depending on the story), and he is depicted as protecting children in danger when he sees them in his adventures.
* PetTheDog: He loves Stacy. Unreservedly. For all his savagery, he is always kind and gentle with her.
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* RetiredBadass: Argent, in ''Devil's Legacy''.
* SanitySlippage: Christine Spar taking up Hunter's legacy makes Argent snap for one final chance for a showdown with his nemesis.
* SanitySlippage: Christine Spar taking up Hunter's legacy makes Argent snap for one final chance for a showdown with his nemesis.
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* RetiredBadass: Argent, in ''Devil's Legacy''.
Legacy'' was crippled by Hunter in their final battle and resides in a mansion, resting in a wheelchair.
* SanitySlippage: Christine Spar taking up Hunter's legacy makes Argent snap for one final chance for a showdown with his nemesis. By the end, he's raving, cackling and devolves into a savage brute.
* SanitySlippage: Christine Spar taking up Hunter's legacy makes Argent snap for one final chance for a showdown with his nemesis. By the end, he's raving, cackling and devolves into a savage brute.
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* VigilanteManVigilanteMan: Argent pursues criminals outside the bounds of the law and is happy to slaughter them himself.
* AccidentalMurder: Maybe. Stacy's governess drowned when she fell off a pier when she and Stacy were out one day. Stacy isn't sure she pushed her and claims she didn't know Nancy could swim. Given her deteriorating mental state and the presence of the Grendel Entity, it's very hard to tell what's true.
* BrokenBird: Shattered by childhood trauma and marital rape, Stacy has nothing left by the end, not even pain.
* TheChessmaster: This unassuming little girl concocts a genius scheme that makes Argent and Grendel her pawns. It works flawlessly.
* TheChessmaster: This unassuming little girl concocts a genius scheme that makes Argent and Grendel her pawns. It works flawlessly.
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* EmptyShell: After Erik rapes her and kills himself, something in Stacy shatters. With nothing left, she becomes a sad, lonely figure in a mental facility, acknowledging by the end she has given up everything, even her pain.
* EnfantTerrible: May have (possibly unintentionally) killed her governess because she cramped her style, and her plans of revenge againstHunter..Hunter.
* EnfantTerrible: May have (possibly unintentionally) killed her governess because she cramped her style, and her plans of revenge against
* ParentalAbandonment: She couldn't care for her daughter Christine, never even holding her after she gives birth at age 25, letting Christine be taken in elsewhere.
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* AteHisGun: When the police come looking for him after Hunter's death.death, he kills himself via a shot through the mouth.
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* TheConsigliere: To Hunter. Larry is his right hand and the one who helps build his empire.
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* ParentalNeglect: He is a horrible father to Stacy. While he doe love her, Hunter is unaware of how to be a parent and assumes she enjoys being a social conversation piece. Stacy has no friends her own age, and Hunter is shown to disdain normal child activities, refusing to even allow Stacy to watch cartoons and not noticing as she slips further into darkness.
* TheFatalist: Argent lives his life by the belief everything is destined, putting him at firm odds with Hunter's individualist approach.
* MoralityPet: He loves Stacy unreservedly, even after she rejects him. He even visits her grave after her death with clear sorrow.
* SanitySlippage: Christine Spar taking up Hunter's legacy makes Argent snap for one final chance for a showdown with his nemesis.
* BornUnlucky: Nothing ''ever'' goes right for Stacy. Her beloved uncle dies and she's adopted by Hunter, which turns out to be a wretched life, culminating in her love and faith in both Hunter and Argent destroyed, whereupon she spends years in therapy, marries her therapist, is raped by him and spends the remainder of her lfie in an institution.
* DissonantSerenity: She begins to lose her emotions to contrast the horror of her actions, first by placing flies in spiderwebs with a completely relaxed, cool expression on her face.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: It should've become very apparent that something was horribly wrong with Stacy much sooner. Hunter doesn't notice she becomes more prone to outbursts, and she eventually adopts a disturbingly serene persona, culminating in her murdering her nanny.
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* AntiVillain: For a Grendel, Christine keeps casualties surprisingly low, only attacking people who've chosen to oppose her, and her motives (protecting her family and lover) are surprisingly pure.
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ActionGirl: One of the few female incarnations of Grendel, with all the skill that implies.
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ActionMum: Christine is driven to embrace the legacy of Grendel to rescue her son. Or avenge him.
* AntiVillain: For a Grendel, Christine keeps casualties surprisingly low, only attacking people who've chosen to oppose her, and her motives (protecting her family and lover) are surprisinglypure.pure....at ''first.'' Eventually, she gradually becomes more and more brutal until she makes Argent her nemesis in lieu of Tujiro.
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* MamaBear: Not a successful one, but props for the effort. She embraces the Grendel mantle to rescue or avenge her son.
* SanitySlippage: After Tujiro is defeat and flees, Christine begins succumbing more and more to the spectre of aggression, hunting down and murdering a corrupt cop who beat up her lover Brian and targeting Argent who she has no personal grudge against whatsoever.
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* SerialKiller: a vampire who takes the eyes of little boys that he drains to keep as trophies.
* WouldHurtAChild: Tujiro is a child-murdering serial killer.
* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: He mocks Christine with the death of her son quite gleefully.
* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: He mocks Christine with the death of her son quite gleefully.
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* BigBadBigBad: The main villain of the Eppy Thatcher Grendel ensure, and the ruler of the Catholic Church.
* WouldHurtAChild: Strongly implied he has a disturbing interest in young boys. [[spoiler:Given he's Tujiro, he's eating them.]]
* VampireMonarch: [[spoiler:As Tujiro, he's the ruler of all vampires.]]
* VampireMonarch: [[spoiler:As Tujiro, he's the ruler of all vampires.]]
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* VampireMonarchVampireMonarch: He inherits the title after Tujiro dies, becoming the ruler of vampires. He's...far less effective at it than Tujiro.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He has visual and personality similarities to Creator/HunterSThompson, or at least his literary persona.
