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* BloodStainedLetter: The release letter for Vignette is covered in Absalom's blood after the attack.
* ChildOfForbiddenLove:
** Philo is the result of a forbidden love between Absalom Breakspear and Aisling.
** Jonah is the secret child of Ritter Longerbane and Lady Piety.
** Philo is the result of a forbidden love between Absalom Breakspear and Aisling.
** Jonah is the secret child of Ritter Longerbane and Lady Piety.
* EnemyMine: The assassination of Absalom by a terrorist group leads the opposing parties to unite against this external threat.
* ForWantOfANail: Lampshaded by Sophie Longerbane pointing out to Jonah how her forged blackmail letter managed to change the course of history.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Haruspex gets killed by the Darkasher because she knew of Lady Piety's secret.
* ImpededMessenger: Absalom is killed before he could dispatch his letter that would get Vignette released from jail.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Haruspex gets killed by the Darkasher because she knew of Lady Piety's secret.
* ImpededMessenger: Absalom is killed before he could dispatch his letter that would get Vignette released from jail.
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* PromotionNotPunishment: Jonah tells Milworthy that he is no longer in need of a tutor. When the latter accepts resignation and moves for the door, Jonah explains that he instead needs an HonestAdvisor.
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* PromotionNotPunishment: Jonah tells Milworthy that he is no longer in need of a tutor. When the latter accepts his resignation and moves for the door, Jonah explains that he instead needs an HonestAdvisor.HonestAdvisor.
* RemoteBody: Lady Piety was controlling the Darkasher remotely.
* RemoteBody: Lady Piety was controlling the Darkasher remotely.
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* SexyDiscretionShot: When entering Agreus' house, Ezra finds his and his sister's clothing all over the floor, indicating that they were having sex.
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* UseTheirOwnWeaponAgainstThem: Lady Piety gets killed by Vignette with the same torture device she intended to use on Vignette a scene earlier.
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* WhyCantIHateYou: Philo says he wants to hate his father for abandoning his mother but he can't because it would make him a hypocrite since he himself abandoned Vignette.
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* AnAxeToGrind: Philo arms himself with a hatchet before descending into the sewer to attempt to infiltrate Balefire.
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* UncertainDoom: We don't know if Tourmaline is dead or alive after she was shot down while trying to flee the city.
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* UncertainDoom: We don't know if Tourmaline Fleury is dead or alive after she was shot down while trying to flee the city.
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* PromotionNotPunishment: Jonah tells Milworthy that he is no longer in need of a tutor. When the latter accepts resignation and moves for the door, Jonah explains that he instead needs an honest advisor.
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* PromotionNotPunishment: Jonah tells Milworthy that he is no longer in need of a tutor. When the latter accepts resignation and moves for the door, Jonah explains that he instead needs an honest advisor.HonestAdvisor.
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* LukeYouAreMyFather: After realizing it himself, Philo reveals himself to the Chancellor as his son.
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** Philo is really the son of Absalom Breakspear.
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* SpottingTheThread: Jonah recognizing Sophia's handwriting in the blackmail letter supposedly written by Aisling.
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* ConvenientlyPlacedSharpThing: Piety leaves Vignette behind in her TortureCellar with her torture tools in close reach. Guess what happens next.
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* ConvenientlyPlacedSharpThing: Piety leaves Vignette behind in her TortureCellar with her torture tools in close reach. Guess what happens next.next...
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* BackStab: Vignette kills Piety by stabbing her in the back of the head.
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* ColdBloodedTorture: Piety plans to torture Vignette for the location of Philo, implying she'll go so far as to cut out Vignette's liver while she's still alive.
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* ColdBloodedTorture: Piety plans to torture Vignette for the location of Philo, implying she'll go so far as to [[MutilationInterrogation cut out Vignette's liver liver]] while she's still alive.
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* ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind: Vignette kills Piety by stabbing her in the back of the head in time before the villainess could command the Darkasher to tear Philo apart.
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* JustHitHim: While we have seen the Darkasher going berserk on his previous victims, during his fight with Philo he doesn't go for the immediate kill but throws him around the room.
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* AlmostDeadGuy: Haruspex drinks a potion which [[{{Necromancer}} brings her back to life]] after being killed by the Darkasher so she can deliver a final clue to Philo.
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* AngryCollarGrab: Piety does this for drama when telling her son that [[SurpriseIncest Sophie is his sister]].
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Agreus is stumped when his servant asks him if he considered Imogen being properly shielded against the dangers of their relationship. It makes him try and BreakHerHeartToSaveHer later.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Agreus is stumped when his servant asks him if he considered Imogen being properly shielded against the dangers of their relationship. It makes him try and BreakHerHeartToSaveHer later.
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* BeneathNotice: The Chancellor gets attacked by a Faun sectist who disguised himself as a servant to get close to him.
* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: Agreus attempt to break up with Imogen in order to save her from public shaming. A rare example where this fails as Imogen looks through his charade with ease and encourages him to stay by her side.
* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: Agreus attempt to break up with Imogen in order to save her from public shaming. A rare example where this fails as Imogen looks through his charade with ease and encourages him to stay by her side.
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* ConvenientlyPlacedSharpThing: Piety leaves Vignette behind in her TortureCellar with her torture tools in close reach. Guess what happens next.
* ConvenientMisfire: By sheer luck, Philo escapes death when Chancellor Breakspear tries to execute him but his pistol jams up.
* EvidenceDungeon: In the sewers, Phile finds a lab with leftovers of Piety's experiment to create the Darkasher.
* EyeAwaken: When Philo makes a noise in the sewers, the Darkasher comes alive as the camera focuses on his eyes opening up.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Haruspex calmly awaits the Darkasher.
* {{Irony}}: Lampshaded by Agreus who notes that Imogen trying to sneak into his house using the servants' entrance mirrors the early scene of Agreus being asked to use the servants' entrance of her house.
* IveComeTooFar: Said word for word by Piety during her and Philo's final confrontation as an explanation why she can't let him go.
* ConvenientMisfire: By sheer luck, Philo escapes death when Chancellor Breakspear tries to execute him but his pistol jams up.
* EvidenceDungeon: In the sewers, Phile finds a lab with leftovers of Piety's experiment to create the Darkasher.
* EyeAwaken: When Philo makes a noise in the sewers, the Darkasher comes alive as the camera focuses on his eyes opening up.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Haruspex calmly awaits the Darkasher.
* {{Irony}}: Lampshaded by Agreus who notes that Imogen trying to sneak into his house using the servants' entrance mirrors the early scene of Agreus being asked to use the servants' entrance of her house.
* IveComeTooFar: Said word for word by Piety during her and Philo's final confrontation as an explanation why she can't let him go.
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* LovingDetails: Agreus mentions the smell of Imogen's hair and the feel of her skin.
* NewEraSpeech: At the end, Jonah delivers a hate speech in Parliament outlining his plans to unite all forces to drive out the "common enemy". Sophie joins him with the following:
-->"A new day is dawning. A change is coming to this city. Together, we have crossed a LineInTheSand. And we can never go back."
* OminousAdversarialAmusement: Ezra starts laughing after getting knocked down by Agreus. We then learn that he plans to use this attack and the bloody nose he conceived to get Agreus thrown out of town.
* PlayingPossum: Vignette pretends she [[HangingAround hanged herself]] in the holding cell to escape when the police open it. She then tries to flee but is caught.
* PromotionNotPunishment: Jonah tells Milworthy that he is no longer in need of a tutor. When the latter accepts resignation and moves for the door, Jonah explains that he instead needs an honest advisor.
* TheReveal:
** Piety Breakspear is the serial killer [[TwistEnding but]] Sophie Longerbane is actually the one who started the whole ball rolling by faking Aisling's {{blackmail}} letter to the Chancellor about their half-blood son.
** Jonah is really the son of Ritter Longerbane by blood, due to his mother's affair. Therefore, he is also Sophie's half-brother. She drops the bombshell ''after'' [[SurpriseIncest they had sex]], to his shock.
* RunningOnAllFours: The Darkasher changes from bipedal to quadripedal running when pursuing Philo in the sewers.
* SoundingItOut: Jonah prompts his tutor Milworthy to read Aisling's supposed blackmail letter out loud.
* SpitefulSpit: A cop spits after Vignette after they foil her escape attempt and throw her back into a jail cell.
* SurpriseIncest: Jonah is shocked to learn Sophie is his sister, as they share a father, after they've had sex. She already knew and didn't care, invoking her Pharaonic ancestry, since the Pharaohs often married their sisters. He comes around after this, and they stay together, with her even proposing they marry as well.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Vignette's plan to break out of the holding cell with a surprise attack is foiled quickly as she is up against too many cops in her way.
* NewEraSpeech: At the end, Jonah delivers a hate speech in Parliament outlining his plans to unite all forces to drive out the "common enemy". Sophie joins him with the following:
-->"A new day is dawning. A change is coming to this city. Together, we have crossed a LineInTheSand. And we can never go back."
* OminousAdversarialAmusement: Ezra starts laughing after getting knocked down by Agreus. We then learn that he plans to use this attack and the bloody nose he conceived to get Agreus thrown out of town.
* PlayingPossum: Vignette pretends she [[HangingAround hanged herself]] in the holding cell to escape when the police open it. She then tries to flee but is caught.
* PromotionNotPunishment: Jonah tells Milworthy that he is no longer in need of a tutor. When the latter accepts resignation and moves for the door, Jonah explains that he instead needs an honest advisor.
* TheReveal:
** Piety Breakspear is the serial killer [[TwistEnding but]] Sophie Longerbane is actually the one who started the whole ball rolling by faking Aisling's {{blackmail}} letter to the Chancellor about their half-blood son.
** Jonah is really the son of Ritter Longerbane by blood, due to his mother's affair. Therefore, he is also Sophie's half-brother. She drops the bombshell ''after'' [[SurpriseIncest they had sex]], to his shock.
* RunningOnAllFours: The Darkasher changes from bipedal to quadripedal running when pursuing Philo in the sewers.
* SoundingItOut: Jonah prompts his tutor Milworthy to read Aisling's supposed blackmail letter out loud.
* SpitefulSpit: A cop spits after Vignette after they foil her escape attempt and throw her back into a jail cell.
* SurpriseIncest: Jonah is shocked to learn Sophie is his sister, as they share a father, after they've had sex. She already knew and didn't care, invoking her Pharaonic ancestry, since the Pharaohs often married their sisters. He comes around after this, and they stay together, with her even proposing they marry as well.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Vignette's plan to break out of the holding cell with a surprise attack is foiled quickly as she is up against too many cops in her way.
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* ThwartedCoupDeGrace: Imogen comes in foil her brother's attempt at shooting Agreus.
* UncertainDoom: We don't know if Tourmaline is dead or alive after she was shot down while trying to flee the city.
* UseYourHead: During his confrontation with Ezra, Agreus headbutts him, certainly a fitting way for a member of a half-goat species to conduct himself.
* VorpalPillow: Piety kills her weakened husband with a pillow.
* UncertainDoom: We don't know if Tourmaline is dead or alive after she was shot down while trying to flee the city.
* UseYourHead: During his confrontation with Ezra, Agreus headbutts him, certainly a fitting way for a member of a half-goat species to conduct himself.
* VorpalPillow: Piety kills her weakened husband with a pillow.
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* AnAxeToGrind: Philo arms himself with a hatchet before descending into the sewer to attempt to infiltrate Balefire.
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* BackStab: Vignette kills Piety by stabbing her in the back of the head.
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* ColdBloodedTorture: Piety plans to torture Vignette for the location of Philo, implying she'll go so far as to cut out Vignette's liver while she's still alive.
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* LosingYourHead: Philo decapitates the Darkasher with a hatchet. This only serves to slow it down a little.
* TacticalDoorUse: Phil pins the Darkasher beneath a sliding metal door in the sewer tunnel.
* TacticalDoorUse: Phil pins the Darkasher beneath a sliding metal door in the sewer tunnel.
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