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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Richard III gets one in the prequel novella ''Infamous Reign'', at the same time as suffering a HistoricalVillainUpgrade in-universe. As it turns out, he was a decent man, a friend of Nate's, and didn't kill the Princes in the Tower. Instead, they were kidnapped by Mordred because they were descended from Arthur and Mordred had sworn never to see one of Arthur's line take the throne (which doesn't explain why he didn't step in when Henry VIII took the throne, though later books do establish that he spent centuries at a time imprisoned as a sort of [[SealedEvilInACan Sealed Crazy in a Can]], so perhaps he couldn't). Nate rescued them and smuggled them into safe exile, but wasn't able to save Richard at Bosworth or prevent Henry Tudor from smearing his reputation (something Henry himself concedes isn't fair, but notes is politically necessary).

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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Richard III UsefulNotes/RichardIII gets one in the prequel novella ''Infamous Reign'', at the same time as suffering a HistoricalVillainUpgrade in-universe. As it turns out, he was a decent man, a friend of Nate's, and didn't kill the [[TheFateOfThePrincesInTheTower Princes in the Tower.Tower]]. Instead, they were kidnapped by Mordred because they were descended from Arthur and Mordred had sworn never to see one of Arthur's line take the throne (which doesn't explain why he didn't step in when Henry VIII took the throne, though later books do establish that he spent centuries at a time imprisoned as a sort of [[SealedEvilInACan Sealed Crazy in a Can]], so perhaps he couldn't). Nate rescued them and smuggled them into safe exile, but wasn't able to save Richard at Bosworth or prevent Henry Tudor from smearing his reputation (something Henry himself concedes isn't fair, but notes is politically necessary).

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* ElementalWeapon: Nate can create flaming whips, though doesn't often, preferring a FlamingSword.



* WhipItGood: Nate can create flaming whips, though doesn't often, preferring a FlamingSword.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When Deimos snarls that Nate took his wife, [[spoiler: Gawain]] cracks up at Nate's jibe that he assumes Deimos has [[ADateWithRosiePalms married his left hand]] since they last saw each other. It helps that absolutely no one likes Deimos.

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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When Deimos snarls that Nate took his wife, [[spoiler: Gawain]] cracks up at Nate's jibe that he assumes Deimos has [[ADateWithRosiePalms married his left hand]] hand since they last saw each other. It helps that absolutely no one likes Deimos.
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* WeakButSkilled: Nate is a PersonOfMassDestruction and a OneManArmy, but he's this in the first couple of books because he's playing the same division as the real heavyweights. Despite being considerably less powerful than most of them, as they have thousands of years more experience, more abilities, and [[spoiler: they fused with their Nightmares]], he still scares the pants off of people because he's an extremely resilient and well-trained killer. After he discovers his necromancy, develops his Omega Magic, and pulls a FusionDance with [[spoiler: his Nightmare]], he's bordering on a PhysicalGod.

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