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''A Hate Story'' is a webcomic by Agnar Idsøe, as the sequel to his earlier work, the simply-named ''Agnar's Comic''. Its progenitor began as a sprite-based comic, but eventually transitioned into sprite-like original art.
It can be found [[http://www.coldmage.com/ahatestory/index.html here]].
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It can be found [[http://www.coldmage.com/ahatestory/index.htmlhere]].
here]]. Not related to ''VisualNovel/AnalogueAHateStory''.
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"A thousand years have passed by, and an evil villain is planning to destroy [[SpellMyNameWithAnS sivilization]] as everyone knows it. Other villains are seeking revenge or massive destruction."
''A Hate Story'' is a webcomic by Agnar Idsøe, as the sequel to his earlier work, the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin simply-named]] ''Agnar's Comic''. Its progenitor began as a sprite-based comic, but eventually transitioned into original art.
It can be found [[http://www.coldmage.com/ahatestory/index.html here]].
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!!This webcomic provides examples of:
* AboveGoodAndEvil: The Raider repeatedly states he doen't believe in good and evil, only consequences.
* AffablyEvil: Don, the Lich Lord Emperor of the Empire of Lich'Moor, is actually a friendly guy who loves showing people pictures from his family photo album.
* [[spoiler:AfterTheEnd]]: [[spoiler:The world's advanced technology was destroyed and replaced with magic, creating a low-tech, high-magic fantasy world instead.]]
* TheAlcoholic: Tara'Kaul, due to her PowerIncontinence.
* AmusingInjuries: Often inflicted by the main cast on each other, since they're all NighInvulnerable.
* ApatheticCitizens: The living citizens of Deathmoor aren't fazed by anything, up to and including [[http://www.coldmage.com/ahatestory/00324.html the building they're in being lit on fire]].
* AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering: Zordon and Miranda have an unspoken one [[http://www.coldmage.com/ahatestory/00051.html in this strip]].
* ArtEvolution: The art noticably improves between ''Agnar's Comic'' and ''A Hate Story''.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: The Voices are immune to most forms of attack, [[spoiler:but are instantly destroyed by [[WeaksauceWeakness water magic]].]]
* BackFromTheDead: Ellen and Miranda, but in completely different ways.
* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: The Raider's MO is to do this for other people.
* BadassNormal: General Victor is capable of singlehandedly dispatching entire troops of soldiers despite having no supernatural powers whatsoever. It's briefly mentioned that he was unknowingly training and sparring with the Raider in his younger years. Doubles as a BadassGrandpa, as he's easily over 80.
* BleedEmAndWeep: Death Rose is subject to this when she's forced to kill one of her own soldiers to protect her SecretIdentity.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: William cares for and is protective of the people he knows, but can't even comprehend any other life as having value.
* ButtMonkey: Among many other things, Zordon is constantly forced to be around elves, whom he hates with a passion.
--> '''Zordon''': This brings back memories from my first lone trip at sea... ...and my first shipwreck.
* CallBack: There are many references to events that happen in the prequel comic, particularly The Shattering.
** When Tara'Kaul [[spoiler: goes insane from [[AMindIsATerribleThingToRead reading the Raider's mind]], she commits a massacre in almost exactly the same way the Raider did in the prequel comic.]]
* CardCarryingVillain: The Raider.
* CassandraTruth: The Raider is fond of [[JustBetweenYouAndMe telling people his plans to their face]] when he knows he'll be written off as joking around.
--> '''Crystelia''': Raider, this is not a joking matter!
--> '''The Raider''': It's the truth! I swear it! It all takes place after your wedding!
--> '''Crystelia''': Shut it!
* CerebusSyndrome: The light-hearted joking around becomes significantly rarer as the Raider's plan begins to come to a head from [[http://www.coldmage.com/ahatestory/00126.html this strip]] onward.
* ChekhovsGun: William's ability to commune with his followers [[spoiler:later allows him to escape from a magical prison.]]
* TheChessmaster: The Raider, full stop.
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Magic works this way. Interestingly, if someone believes MagicAIsMagicA, then it ''is'' that way for them. The Raider [[http://www.coldmage.com/ahatestory/00296.html isn't pleased]] when he realizes it's why he lost his magic powers.
** So many people believe William is a god that he starts to be able to hear their prayers.
* Cloudcuckoolander: Nelly.
* ClusterFBomb: The Raider gives one when he misjudges the distance to a wall and swings into it on a rope. Doubles as a PrecisionFStrike since expletives are generally rare and it's the first time we see the Raider make a clumsy mistake.
* ColorCodedCharacters: The main characters all have differently colored magic. William is red, Ellen is blue, the Raider is white, and Zordon is yellow.
* ContinuityNod: The Raider's excellent story-telling abilities [[spoiler:and his weakness to water magic.]]
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: The Test of the Album, one of the prerequisites for becoming a lich lord, consists of being shown the entirety of Don's family photo album. (He had a very large and loving family.)
* CurbStompBattle: Anytime the Raider decides to kill someone. Even if they're [[http://www.coldmage.com/ahatestory/00275.html the majority of the Assassin's Guild]].
--> '''The Raider''': [[PreMortemOneLiner I'll make this brief.]]
* DamselInDistress: Queen Crystelia.
* DarkActionGirl: The Death Rose wants to be one.
* DeadpanSnarker: The Raider rarely makes an entrance without being snarky.
* DescriptionCut: There is a [[MoodWhiplash particularly dark one]] when William and [[spoiler:Ellen]] joke about how the Raider is never really shocked by anything, right as [[spoiler:he discovers Tara'Kaul's hanging corpse after she's killed herself]].
* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: The Raider keeps most of his secrets by threatening anyone who learns them. [[spoiler:This backfires on him when Zindy, who is vital to his plans, learns his identity and he doesn't know how to deal with it]].
* DramaticIrony:
** The fact that Martin Bluewind is the Raider is made obvious to the audience long before other characters catch on.
** Only the Raider (and the audience) ever realize the Death Rose is Queen Crystelia. Later, Queen Crystelia "kills" the Death Rose in [[NeverFoundTheBody an unfortunate accident that no one else was present for]].
* DramaticThunder: When Martin [[spoiler:discovers Tara'kaul killed herself.]]
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Zordon's real name is Robin'Kei. The Raider calls him Robin whenever possible.
* EvilCounterpart: Achnor to Morgosh.
* EvilGloating: Achnor is fond of this.
* EvilIsEasy: The Raider's reason for being a villain is that he doesn't have to give excuses or justify anything he does to anyone.
* EvilLaugh: Achnor has a good one. The Raider, notably, [[GigglingVillain does not]].
* EvilMinions: Don controls a loyal nation of zombies, wraiths, banshees, and liches, though none of them are inherently evil and the intelligent ones just act like ordinary people.
* EvilSoundsDeep: The Raider intentionally lowers his voice to invoke this. His real voice is that of a 17-year-old.
* EvilerThanThou: The Raider to Death Rose. [[spoiler:William to Miranda.]]
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The Source of Magic.
* EyepatchOfPower: The Raider wears one to cover where his left eye should be.
* FantasticRacism: Zordon hates all elves. Elves hate the undead, even intelligent ones. King Caspar believes everything that's not human is evil and should be destroyed.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Raider jokingly mentions [[spoiler:he hopes Tara'Kaul doesn't transform into another Raider.]]
* GenreSavvy: The Raider.
* AGodIAmNot: William constantly insists he's not a god, and [[StopWorshippingMe hates all his worshippers]].
* GrandFinale: Everything is scheduled to take place immediately after Queen Crystelia's wedding.
* GrayEyes: The Raider's one remaining eye is noted to be cold and grey.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Everyone thinks Zordon is half-elf because of his pointy ears. He's actually half-orc (which also have pointy ears) and just inherited a human skintone.
* HeroesPreferSwords: Zordon
* HeroicBSOD: William gives this to [[http://www.coldmage.com/ahatestory/00050.html three people at once]] by explaining the origin of elves and orcs.
* HypocriticalHumor: The Raider is full of this.
--> '''The Raider''': ''[sneaking around]'' Anyone sneaking around this late can't be up to anything good.
* IAmTheNoun: The Raider states that he understands consequences because he IS consequences.
** He also says he knows what's happening in the underground, because he IS the underground.
* IconicOutfit: The Raider is so well known for his trademark blue outfit that all he has to do to disguise himself is take it off. Lampshaded in [[http://www.coldmage.com/ahatestory/00169.html this strip]].
* InformedAttractiveness: Everyone comments on how extremely attractive Martin Bluewind is [[TheGlassesGottaGo when he takes his sunglasses off]]. The pseudo-sprite art style means [[OnlySixFaces his face looks exactly the same as just about everyone else's]].
* KamehameHadoken: Most attacking magic takes the form of a giant laser beam.
* KickTheDog: The Raider occasionally murders random innocent people just because they were there at the same time he was annoyed at something. The Death Rose calls him out on this.
** [[spoiler:William incinerates fifty innocent worshippers because they annoyed him by following him around and singing his praise.]]
* KindheartedCatLover: The Raider doesn't give much thought to people's lives, but he loves and cares for cats.
* KnightOfCerebus: The Raider, when he gets serious.
* LargeHam: Both Don and Achnor.
--> '''Don''': [[AC:I'm alive!]]
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Alexandra uses this to restore Ellen's rationality.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: A number of plot points and twists in ''Agnar's Comic'' are spoiled by ''A Hate Story''.
* LimitedWardrobe: Everyone wears the same clothes all the time, unless they're in disguise [[spoiler:or getting married]].
* LoveInterest: Zordon and [[spoiler:the Raider]] are this to Queen Crystelia.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: Elves live a long time, but neither of Queen Crystelia's love interests will ever die of old age.
* MeaningfulName: Guildia is the city of guilds. Elvor is the city of elves. Deathmoor is the city of undead.
* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Tara'Kaul can read minds, and hates it because [[PowerIncontinence she can't turn it off]].
* TheMole: Lawrence.
* MotorMouth: Zordon, aka [[MeaningfulName the babbling village idiot]], doesn't actually need to breathe. Once he gets started, he usually doesn't stop until [[BigShutUp someone snaps and blows him across the room]].
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Raider, Lord Nightmare, Possessor, and The Forsaken One, to name a few. Most go by more benign nicknames, though.
* NayTheist: Everyone hailing from the Lich'Moor Empire will acknowledge William's deific status, but refuse to worship him.
* NoEndorHolocaust: Averted ''hard'' with the destruction of Guildia.
--> '''Martin Bluewind''': The whole destruction of the most populated city in the entire world. Humans. Elves and orcs. Dwarves. Poor. Rich. Noble. Children... Scum and saints... No warning... No chance... No hope...
* OmnicidalManiac: Achnor is perfectly happy to destroy himself if it means he gets to watch the rest of the world be destroyed too.
* OnlySaneMan: The Raider, Ellen, and Miranda all believe themselves to be this.
* PeekABangs: Tara'Kaul.
* PerkyFemaleMinion: Nelly.
* PhysicalGod: Almost every member of the main cast is one, to varying degrees. [[JustifiedTrope Somewhat justified]] in that the story focuses on the same characters as the prequel comic, which took place 1000 years previously, and every ordinary person would have been long dead since then.
* RightHandCat: The Raider has an ordinary snow-white cat that he occasionally talks to and pets.
* PointyEars: All elves and orcs have them.
* PokeInTheThirdEye: William instantly detects Tara'Kaul reading his mind, and threatens to [[DrivenToMadness destroy her sanity]] if she doesn't cut it out.
* RebelliousPrincess: Queen Crystelia became the Death Rose because she was tired of royal life.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Zordon, William, Don, and the Raider are all over 1000 years old and look exactly the same as they always have, since none of them age. Especially egregious with the Raider, who looks seventeen under his outfit.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Ellen was accidentally trapped in [[VoidBetweenTheWorlds the Void]] by William for a thousand years, slowly going insane with hate while also absorbing incredible magical power on par with his. When she finally escapes, [[ItsPersonal she's very motivated]].
* RoyallyScrewedUp: Even before [[spoiler:the Raider has his food spiked with a rationality-removing drug]], King Caspar is extremely paranoid and unstable.
* TheSleepless: The Raider. It becomes a plot point because even the undead require mental rest.
* SpeechBubbles: Played with often. Don's text boxes turn maroon-on-black when he uses his lich voice and drip blood when goes [[LargeHam full ham]]. William's oblivionoid voice is red-on-back and Ellen's is pink. Achnor's text boxes are always yellow and the Voices have borderless blue text, indicating their formlessness. Zik'Viiel's text boxes also change after [[spoiler: Keith kills him and he becomes a Voice]].
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: The Raider and, intermittently, the Death Rose.
* StealthExpert: Sneaking is second nature to the Raider, despite always going around in a [[HighlyVisibleNinja bright blue outfit]]. He can even sneak around up on the ceiling.
* StealthHiBye: The Raider usually shows up suddenly right behind someone, but almost always just casually walks away in full view afterward.
* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien: The [[EnergyBeings oblivionoids]] were weapons created by these. Even the Raider is afraid of them.
* SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic: Red Magic is this. Yellow Magic is [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve exactly the opposite]].
* TemptingFate: "Well, everything is set! There is [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong no way anything could possibly go wrong]]!" -- General Blaze, moments before [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill being splattered everywhere]].
** [[spoiler:"As long as there is magic, there is Elvor."]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The Raider gives a crushing one to Death Rose, which leaves her in tears.
* TookALevelInBadass: After Tara'Kaul [[spoiler:starts to gain the Raider's powers]], she's able to go toe-to-toe with William.
* TookALevelInCynic: [[spoiler:Queen Crystelia]] after prolonged exposure to the Raider.
* VillainProtagonist: The main character is the most notorious villain in history, trying to commit the worst atrocity in history.
* VillainousBreakdown: The Raider begins to slip into this after the unexpected destruction of Guildia reminds him of his hometown. It only gets worse after [[spoiler: Tara'Kaul commits suicide.]]
* WallOfText: When [[MotorMouth Zordon]] is asked to explain everything he knows about the Raider from start to finish without holding anything back, [[http://www.coldmage.com/ahatestory/00272.html he does]].
* WeaksauceWeakness: The Raider's only weakness is [[spoiler:water magic. It's also the Voices' weakness, since they were once part of him.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: The Raider.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: The Raider has an even mix of black and white hair that ends up looking silvery.
* WizardDuel: Ellen and William have one when she finally catches up to him. [[spoiler:It doesn't go anywhere because they're both NighInvulnerable.]]
* YouALLLookFamiliar: Non-important characters suffer from this, mostly as a result of the pseudo-sprite art style. It's lampshaded on [[http://www.coldmage.com/ahatestory/00339.html this page]].
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''A Hate Story'' is a webcomic by Agnar Idsøe, as the sequel to his earlier work, the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin simply-named]] ''Agnar's Comic''. Its progenitor began as a sprite-based comic, but eventually transitioned into original art.
It can be found [[http://www.coldmage.com/ahatestory/index.html here]].
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!!This webcomic provides examples of:
* AboveGoodAndEvil: The Raider repeatedly states he doen't believe in good and evil, only consequences.
* AffablyEvil: Don, the Lich Lord Emperor of the Empire of Lich'Moor, is actually a friendly guy who loves showing people pictures from his family photo album.
* [[spoiler:AfterTheEnd]]: [[spoiler:The world's advanced technology was destroyed and replaced with magic, creating a low-tech, high-magic fantasy world instead.]]
* TheAlcoholic: Tara'Kaul, due to her PowerIncontinence.
* AmusingInjuries: Often inflicted by the main cast on each other, since they're all NighInvulnerable.
* ApatheticCitizens: The living citizens of Deathmoor aren't fazed by anything, up to and including [[http://www.coldmage.com/ahatestory/00324.html the building they're in being lit on fire]].
* AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering: Zordon and Miranda have an unspoken one [[http://www.coldmage.com/ahatestory/00051.html in this strip]].
* ArtEvolution: The art noticably improves between ''Agnar's Comic'' and ''A Hate Story''.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: The Voices are immune to most forms of attack, [[spoiler:but are instantly destroyed by [[WeaksauceWeakness water magic]].]]
* BackFromTheDead: Ellen and Miranda, but in completely different ways.
* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: The Raider's MO is to do this for other people.
* BadassNormal: General Victor is capable of singlehandedly dispatching entire troops of soldiers despite having no supernatural powers whatsoever. It's briefly mentioned that he was unknowingly training and sparring with the Raider in his younger years. Doubles as a BadassGrandpa, as he's easily over 80.
* BleedEmAndWeep: Death Rose is subject to this when she's forced to kill one of her own soldiers to protect her SecretIdentity.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: William cares for and is protective of the people he knows, but can't even comprehend any other life as having value.
* ButtMonkey: Among many other things, Zordon is constantly forced to be around elves, whom he hates with a passion.
--> '''Zordon''': This brings back memories from my first lone trip at sea... ...and my first shipwreck.
* CallBack: There are many references to events that happen in the prequel comic, particularly The Shattering.
** When Tara'Kaul [[spoiler: goes insane from [[AMindIsATerribleThingToRead reading the Raider's mind]], she commits a massacre in almost exactly the same way the Raider did in the prequel comic.]]
* CardCarryingVillain: The Raider.
* CassandraTruth: The Raider is fond of [[JustBetweenYouAndMe telling people his plans to their face]] when he knows he'll be written off as joking around.
--> '''Crystelia''': Raider, this is not a joking matter!
--> '''The Raider''': It's the truth! I swear it! It all takes place after your wedding!
--> '''Crystelia''': Shut it!
* CerebusSyndrome: The light-hearted joking around becomes significantly rarer as the Raider's plan begins to come to a head from [[http://www.coldmage.com/ahatestory/00126.html this strip]] onward.
* ChekhovsGun: William's ability to commune with his followers [[spoiler:later allows him to escape from a magical prison.]]
* TheChessmaster: The Raider, full stop.
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Magic works this way. Interestingly, if someone believes MagicAIsMagicA, then it ''is'' that way for them. The Raider [[http://www.coldmage.com/ahatestory/00296.html isn't pleased]] when he realizes it's why he lost his magic powers.
** So many people believe William is a god that he starts to be able to hear their prayers.
* Cloudcuckoolander: Nelly.
* ClusterFBomb: The Raider gives one when he misjudges the distance to a wall and swings into it on a rope. Doubles as a PrecisionFStrike since expletives are generally rare and it's the first time we see the Raider make a clumsy mistake.
* ColorCodedCharacters: The main characters all have differently colored magic. William is red, Ellen is blue, the Raider is white, and Zordon is yellow.
* ContinuityNod: The Raider's excellent story-telling abilities [[spoiler:and his weakness to water magic.]]
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: The Test of the Album, one of the prerequisites for becoming a lich lord, consists of being shown the entirety of Don's family photo album. (He had a very large and loving family.)
* CurbStompBattle: Anytime the Raider decides to kill someone. Even if they're [[http://www.coldmage.com/ahatestory/00275.html the majority of the Assassin's Guild]].
--> '''The Raider''': [[PreMortemOneLiner I'll make this brief.]]
* DamselInDistress: Queen Crystelia.
* DarkActionGirl: The Death Rose wants to be one.
* DeadpanSnarker: The Raider rarely makes an entrance without being snarky.
* DescriptionCut: There is a [[MoodWhiplash particularly dark one]] when William and [[spoiler:Ellen]] joke about how the Raider is never really shocked by anything, right as [[spoiler:he discovers Tara'Kaul's hanging corpse after she's killed herself]].
* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: The Raider keeps most of his secrets by threatening anyone who learns them. [[spoiler:This backfires on him when Zindy, who is vital to his plans, learns his identity and he doesn't know how to deal with it]].
* DramaticIrony:
** The fact that Martin Bluewind is the Raider is made obvious to the audience long before other characters catch on.
** Only the Raider (and the audience) ever realize the Death Rose is Queen Crystelia. Later, Queen Crystelia "kills" the Death Rose in [[NeverFoundTheBody an unfortunate accident that no one else was present for]].
* DramaticThunder: When Martin [[spoiler:discovers Tara'kaul killed herself.]]
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Zordon's real name is Robin'Kei. The Raider calls him Robin whenever possible.
* EvilCounterpart: Achnor to Morgosh.
* EvilGloating: Achnor is fond of this.
* EvilIsEasy: The Raider's reason for being a villain is that he doesn't have to give excuses or justify anything he does to anyone.
* EvilLaugh: Achnor has a good one. The Raider, notably, [[GigglingVillain does not]].
* EvilMinions: Don controls a loyal nation of zombies, wraiths, banshees, and liches, though none of them are inherently evil and the intelligent ones just act like ordinary people.
* EvilSoundsDeep: The Raider intentionally lowers his voice to invoke this. His real voice is that of a 17-year-old.
* EvilerThanThou: The Raider to Death Rose. [[spoiler:William to Miranda.]]
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The Source of Magic.
* EyepatchOfPower: The Raider wears one to cover where his left eye should be.
* FantasticRacism: Zordon hates all elves. Elves hate the undead, even intelligent ones. King Caspar believes everything that's not human is evil and should be destroyed.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Raider jokingly mentions [[spoiler:he hopes Tara'Kaul doesn't transform into another Raider.]]
* GenreSavvy: The Raider.
* AGodIAmNot: William constantly insists he's not a god, and [[StopWorshippingMe hates all his worshippers]].
* GrandFinale: Everything is scheduled to take place immediately after Queen Crystelia's wedding.
* GrayEyes: The Raider's one remaining eye is noted to be cold and grey.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Everyone thinks Zordon is half-elf because of his pointy ears. He's actually half-orc (which also have pointy ears) and just inherited a human skintone.
* HeroesPreferSwords: Zordon
* HeroicBSOD: William gives this to [[http://www.coldmage.com/ahatestory/00050.html three people at once]] by explaining the origin of elves and orcs.
* HypocriticalHumor: The Raider is full of this.
--> '''The Raider''': ''[sneaking around]'' Anyone sneaking around this late can't be up to anything good.
* IAmTheNoun: The Raider states that he understands consequences because he IS consequences.
** He also says he knows what's happening in the underground, because he IS the underground.
* IconicOutfit: The Raider is so well known for his trademark blue outfit that all he has to do to disguise himself is take it off. Lampshaded in [[http://www.coldmage.com/ahatestory/00169.html this strip]].
* InformedAttractiveness: Everyone comments on how extremely attractive Martin Bluewind is [[TheGlassesGottaGo when he takes his sunglasses off]]. The pseudo-sprite art style means [[OnlySixFaces his face looks exactly the same as just about everyone else's]].
* KamehameHadoken: Most attacking magic takes the form of a giant laser beam.
* KickTheDog: The Raider occasionally murders random innocent people just because they were there at the same time he was annoyed at something. The Death Rose calls him out on this.
** [[spoiler:William incinerates fifty innocent worshippers because they annoyed him by following him around and singing his praise.]]
* KindheartedCatLover: The Raider doesn't give much thought to people's lives, but he loves and cares for cats.
* KnightOfCerebus: The Raider, when he gets serious.
* LargeHam: Both Don and Achnor.
--> '''Don''': [[AC:I'm alive!]]
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Alexandra uses this to restore Ellen's rationality.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: A number of plot points and twists in ''Agnar's Comic'' are spoiled by ''A Hate Story''.
* LimitedWardrobe: Everyone wears the same clothes all the time, unless they're in disguise [[spoiler:or getting married]].
* LoveInterest: Zordon and [[spoiler:the Raider]] are this to Queen Crystelia.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: Elves live a long time, but neither of Queen Crystelia's love interests will ever die of old age.
* MeaningfulName: Guildia is the city of guilds. Elvor is the city of elves. Deathmoor is the city of undead.
* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Tara'Kaul can read minds, and hates it because [[PowerIncontinence she can't turn it off]].
* TheMole: Lawrence.
* MotorMouth: Zordon, aka [[MeaningfulName the babbling village idiot]], doesn't actually need to breathe. Once he gets started, he usually doesn't stop until [[BigShutUp someone snaps and blows him across the room]].
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Raider, Lord Nightmare, Possessor, and The Forsaken One, to name a few. Most go by more benign nicknames, though.
* NayTheist: Everyone hailing from the Lich'Moor Empire will acknowledge William's deific status, but refuse to worship him.
* NoEndorHolocaust: Averted ''hard'' with the destruction of Guildia.
--> '''Martin Bluewind''': The whole destruction of the most populated city in the entire world. Humans. Elves and orcs. Dwarves. Poor. Rich. Noble. Children... Scum and saints... No warning... No chance... No hope...
* OmnicidalManiac: Achnor is perfectly happy to destroy himself if it means he gets to watch the rest of the world be destroyed too.
* OnlySaneMan: The Raider, Ellen, and Miranda all believe themselves to be this.
* PeekABangs: Tara'Kaul.
* PerkyFemaleMinion: Nelly.
* PhysicalGod: Almost every member of the main cast is one, to varying degrees. [[JustifiedTrope Somewhat justified]] in that the story focuses on the same characters as the prequel comic, which took place 1000 years previously, and every ordinary person would have been long dead since then.
* RightHandCat: The Raider has an ordinary snow-white cat that he occasionally talks to and pets.
* PointyEars: All elves and orcs have them.
* PokeInTheThirdEye: William instantly detects Tara'Kaul reading his mind, and threatens to [[DrivenToMadness destroy her sanity]] if she doesn't cut it out.
* RebelliousPrincess: Queen Crystelia became the Death Rose because she was tired of royal life.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Zordon, William, Don, and the Raider are all over 1000 years old and look exactly the same as they always have, since none of them age. Especially egregious with the Raider, who looks seventeen under his outfit.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Ellen was accidentally trapped in [[VoidBetweenTheWorlds the Void]] by William for a thousand years, slowly going insane with hate while also absorbing incredible magical power on par with his. When she finally escapes, [[ItsPersonal she's very motivated]].
* RoyallyScrewedUp: Even before [[spoiler:the Raider has his food spiked with a rationality-removing drug]], King Caspar is extremely paranoid and unstable.
* TheSleepless: The Raider. It becomes a plot point because even the undead require mental rest.
* SpeechBubbles: Played with often. Don's text boxes turn maroon-on-black when he uses his lich voice and drip blood when goes [[LargeHam full ham]]. William's oblivionoid voice is red-on-back and Ellen's is pink. Achnor's text boxes are always yellow and the Voices have borderless blue text, indicating their formlessness. Zik'Viiel's text boxes also change after [[spoiler: Keith kills him and he becomes a Voice]].
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: The Raider and, intermittently, the Death Rose.
* StealthExpert: Sneaking is second nature to the Raider, despite always going around in a [[HighlyVisibleNinja bright blue outfit]]. He can even sneak around up on the ceiling.
* StealthHiBye: The Raider usually shows up suddenly right behind someone, but almost always just casually walks away in full view afterward.
* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien: The [[EnergyBeings oblivionoids]] were weapons created by these. Even the Raider is afraid of them.
* SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic: Red Magic is this. Yellow Magic is [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve exactly the opposite]].
* TemptingFate: "Well, everything is set! There is [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong no way anything could possibly go wrong]]!" -- General Blaze, moments before [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill being splattered everywhere]].
** [[spoiler:"As long as there is magic, there is Elvor."]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The Raider gives a crushing one to Death Rose, which leaves her in tears.
* TookALevelInBadass: After Tara'Kaul [[spoiler:starts to gain the Raider's powers]], she's able to go toe-to-toe with William.
* TookALevelInCynic: [[spoiler:Queen Crystelia]] after prolonged exposure to the Raider.
* VillainProtagonist: The main character is the most notorious villain in history, trying to commit the worst atrocity in history.
* VillainousBreakdown: The Raider begins to slip into this after the unexpected destruction of Guildia reminds him of his hometown. It only gets worse after [[spoiler: Tara'Kaul commits suicide.]]
* WallOfText: When [[MotorMouth Zordon]] is asked to explain everything he knows about the Raider from start to finish without holding anything back, [[http://www.coldmage.com/ahatestory/00272.html he does]].
* WeaksauceWeakness: The Raider's only weakness is [[spoiler:water magic. It's also the Voices' weakness, since they were once part of him.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: The Raider.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: The Raider has an even mix of black and white hair that ends up looking silvery.
* WizardDuel: Ellen and William have one when she finally catches up to him. [[spoiler:It doesn't go anywhere because they're both NighInvulnerable.]]
* YouALLLookFamiliar: Non-important characters suffer from this, mostly as a result of the pseudo-sprite art style. It's lampshaded on [[http://www.coldmage.com/ahatestory/00339.html this page]].
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