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** They've recently opened up a tier system for general donations towards the site and comic's upkeep resulting in fans being inserted into the background in various roles. The larger the donation, the more substantial the part.
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* BowtiesAreCool: Davis is never seen without one.
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* BadassBoast: Skärva often, usually accompanied by a DeliberatelyMonochrome ArtShift.
** Davis borrows the ArtShift to give his own boast when he emerges to fight Blank. [[ShutUpHannibal Blank whacks him with his sword midsentence.]]
** Davis borrows the ArtShift to give his own boast when he emerges to fight Blank. [[ShutUpHannibal Blank whacks him with his sword midsentence.]]
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* ImprobableWeaponUser: Blank defeats Ecta and the ghosts with a spray plunger full of starch.
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* HyperspaceArsenal: Yet another common trope in adventure games gets parodied by The Fourth. One page dedicates a panel to Blank rummaging around in his pocket to pull out a spray plunger. Also, in this page, his sword has disappeared, presumably into said hyperspace.
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* AnimateInanimateObject: The ghosts of Skarva's keep can possess swords, pots, and the like.
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* AmbiguousInnocence: Kicked around with Lorelei. She's a sweet, caring girl who loves Skärva dearly. But Skärva's a villain, so how innocent can that really make her?
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* ConvenctionSchmonvection: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] and subverted in Molten Mountain. For Skärva, Derk and Lorelei's visit they apparently turned the heat down so they can walk through unscathed. When the hero travels through, however, they can turn it up to unbearable levels until the hero wears the appropriate attire...which the dungeon keeps in the gift shop to avoid [[FrivolousLawsuit lawsuits.]]
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* CoolSword: The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Sword of Stabbing.]]
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* ZergRush: Outlined when Floyd, Ecta and Slice bring Davis up-to-speed on the tactics for when Blank attacks.
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* CallBack: On first introduction, Davis mistakes Skärva and Derk for door-to-door religious nuts and insists that he lives in a temple and doesn't need to hear about the gods. When he finally reaches Castle Skärva and is [[AskAStupidQuestion asked if he's there to see Skärva]], he replies he's there to talk about the gods.
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* IronicEcho: On first introduction, Davis mistakes Skärva and Derk for [[HollywoodJehovah'sWitnesses door-to-door religious nuts]] and insists that he lives in a temple and doesn't need to hear about the gods. When he finally reaches Castle Skärva and is [[AskAStupidQuestion asked if he's there to see Skärva]], he replies he's there to talk about the gods.
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* LetsGetDangerous: Slice dives in front of Blank to defend Gilly, making fists with his fins. Blank grumbles a bit and walks off, uncaring, but hey, Slice gritted his teeth and everything!
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* ShootTheShaggyDog: Implied. After so much time spent touring through Frostbite Fortress and Molten Mountain, Blank's progress through them comes under [[TimeSkip Time Skips]] and he immediately reaches Skärva's castle. After Frozen Fortress, the only remote mention of the dungeon is the fact that Blank acquired the Sword of Stabbing, which is what Skärva hid there.
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* KickTheDog: Skärva finally gets fed up with Cyril, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tells him exactly what he thinks of him]], and tells him to take a hike. Cyril was last seen [[BreakTheCutie in mute tears.]]
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* BatOutOfHell: Parodied. A [[GoddamnedBats goddamned bat]] in Molten Mountain accidentally flies into a torch and promptly flaps around screaming in agony.
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* PunctuatedForEmphasis: A rare non-shouted version, instead more exasperated.
---> '''Skärva''': Let's. Just. Move. On.
---> '''Skärva''': Let's. Just. Move. On.
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* ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld: Owned by the operators of Molten Mountain. Yes, the ''volcano''.
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* BadassGrandpa: The village elder at Wilderfall shuts Ecta up and gets an apology out of her, something only Skärva is able to do.
* BlatantLies
---> '''Nut''': What do you need a Lii Flower for?
---> '''Davis''': Uhh...meh...dical...re...search?
---> '''Nut''': What do you need a Lii Flower for?
---> '''Davis''': Uhh...meh...dical...re...search?
* CoolShades: Worn by Veronika's ''bird''.
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* DeathGlare: Skärva, natch. Ecta does well too.
* DeathGlare: Skärva, natch. Ecta does well too.
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* IncrediblyLamePun
---> '''Ecta''': Come on, let's get away from this nut.
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* VisualPun: In Wilderfall, a sign saying "Fight the power" is being held by a flower.
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* BookcasePassage: In Skärva's office.
** When Davis returns, it takes some prodding before Skärva remembers who he is.
** Slice has a crush on a Flish called Gilly, who doesn't know or care who he is.
** Slice has a crush on a Flish called Gilly, who doesn't know or care who he is.
* DeathGlare: Skärva, natch.
** Someone shoves a spear through her, which she understandably is rather offended about.
* MissingMom: Averted. Skärva's mother allegedly misses him and wishes he would call. He doesn't dwell on it.
* TheObiWannabe: Skärva does ''not'' want his dead dad's help. When that sinks in, Skärva the Third sounds more like a grouch in a nursing home.
* PlantPerson: The inhabitants of Wilderfall are a blend of this and [[AnimateInanimateObject Animate Inanimate Objects]].
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Ecta and Davis don't get along at all. Unless they're making fun of Floyd and Slice together.
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* AffectionateParody: Of fantasy quests and video games.
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* CloudCuckoolander: Slice's EstablishingCharacterMoment is to ask a suit of armour how his watch goes.
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* DeadpanSnarker: When Skärva announces his intent to make a love potion for Princess Veronika, Floyd cheerfully reminisces about the other times he's done exactly that.
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* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Skärva is an AffectionateParody of this. He's actually a threat worth noting, but is continually defeated and the audience feels quite bad for him.
* InsultBackfire: Skärva's father isn't insulting Skärva, exactly, but the way he operates.
---> '''Skärva the Third''': I just wish you could be more like me.
---> '''Skärva the Fourth''': What, dead?
* IntangibleMan: When she tries to block his way, Davis walks right through Ecta. Ecta is not impressed. Tends to vary, though, as she's later seen dragging him around by the horns.
* IronicEcho: On first introduction, Davis mistakes Skärva and Derk for [[HollywoodJehovah'sWitnesses door-to-door religious nuts]] and insists that he lives in a temple and doesn't need to hear about the gods. When he finally reaches Castle Skärva and is [[AskAStupidQuestion asked if he's there to see Skärva]], he replies he's there to talk about the gods.
* InsultBackfire: Skärva's father isn't insulting Skärva, exactly, but the way he operates.
---> '''Skärva the Third''': I just wish you could be more like me.
---> '''Skärva the Fourth''': What, dead?
* IntangibleMan: When she tries to block his way, Davis walks right through Ecta. Ecta is not impressed. Tends to vary, though, as she's later seen dragging him around by the horns.
* IronicEcho: On first introduction, Davis mistakes Skärva and Derk for [[HollywoodJehovah'sWitnesses door-to-door religious nuts]] and insists that he lives in a temple and doesn't need to hear about the gods. When he finally reaches Castle Skärva and is [[AskAStupidQuestion asked if he's there to see Skärva]], he replies he's there to talk about the gods.
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* ShuttingUpNow: Ecta furiously demands a more competent team than Floyd and Slice. Skärva gives her a magnificent DeathStare and she sheepishly runs like hell.
* SlasherSmile: Skärva. The teeth help.
* SlasherSmile: Skärva. The teeth help.
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* FriendlyEnemies: Blank farewells Derk rather amicably.
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* TimeSkip: After the first onscreen encounter with Blank, there's a jump forward. Enough for Lorelei to have seen a lot of failures, apparently.
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* BerserkButton: The various dungeon guides seem to have this.
** The wizard at the Temple of Terror despises being called short.
** Do not mock Frozio's tuxedo.
** The wizard at the Temple of Terror despises being called short.
** Do not mock Frozio's tuxedo.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: Skärva's father was more about the business of evil rather than straight-up evil. People remember him as doing a lot for the community.
* HermitGuru: A little light on the Hermit side, since they're pretty common.
---> '''Lorelei''': It's a town, silly! Of course there's a wise old man!
---> '''Lorelei''': It's a town, silly! Of course there's a wise old man!
* OpenSaysMe: Blank's preferred method of entry, of course.
* [[SmugSnake Smug Penguin]]: Frozio.
* TemptingFate: After the Frostbite Fortress arc, Skärva loudly proclaims Blank will not defeat him this time. Within hours his castle is on fire.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Blank cuts down Skärva with a single sentence.
---> '''Blank''': Well, to be honest, the gods hate you.
---> '''Blank''': Well, to be honest, the gods hate you.
* [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks Throwing The Orb of the Gods Always Works]]: No, no it doesn't.
** His father, on the flipside, is described as providing jobs for minions and boosting the spells and potions business. [[IAmNotMyFather Skärva doesn't like hearing about it.]]
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* YeahShot: Skärva and Frozio slap a truly epic high five.
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* ArsonMurderandJaywalking: The mountain hamlet does the TorchesAndPitchforks thing to Skärva and Derk once because he demanded food as their ruler, then because he tried to steal it, and then finally he gave up and just tried buying it, but he didn't have any money.
* AxCrazy: Skärva and Derk briefly run afoul of a lumberjack, who has an axe to back up the crazy.
* BigOlEyebrows: The wizard at the Temple of Terror. ''They nearly double his height''.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Skärva delightfully proclaims his name to anyone that will listen. Many people, including Lorelei, have never heard of him.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: In some of the earlier comics, Skärva would make a sadistically evil proclamation and the art would shift to a grainy black and white just to demonstrate how evil he is.
--> '''Skärva''': THEIR LUNCHMEAT SHALL BE OURS!
--> '''Skärva''': THEIR LUNCHMEAT SHALL BE OURS!
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Well duh.
* OffscreenMomentofAwesome: We don't actually see what the wizard does to humiliate Skärva.
* OhCrap: Probably shouldn't have made the short jokes around that wizard, Skärva...
* OhCrap: Probably shouldn't have made the short jokes around that wizard, Skärva...
* RewardingVandalism: Lorelei thinks the ability to cast magic comes from breaking pots. Skärva says apparently [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext the pots are just full of milkshakes]].
** Initially it's because he demanded food. Then it's because he tried to steal it. Then it's because he didn't have the money to buy it...
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Invoked, then averted. The common people don't like him at all, but earlier, when Derk is worried about walking a path covered in baddies, they all wind up treating Skärva like a big celebrity.
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* WoobieDestroyerofWorlds: Skärva is often on the verge of tears when his hopes and dreams are slapped around.
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* AscendedFanboy: In thanks for making donations for Courtney's iPad purchase, she intermittently put some of the contributors in as cameoes in the background of various strips.
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* FriendToAllChildren: Played with. Skärva seems to be developing quite the rapport with Lorelei, but when he returns to find it's "Take Your Child To Work Day" at his castle, he comes face to face with an adorable imp kid...nearly reducing it to tears.
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** Taken UpToEleven with Slice, who seems blissfully unaware that his boss is an antagonist, and probably wouldn't understand if corrected.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Floyd's keeping his well under wraps.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Floyd's keeping his well under wraps.
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* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Frozen Fortress. Not as impressive as the main characters initially hope.
* SpiritAdvisor: Skärva's dead father tries to be this for him. Skärva, however, will have none of it.
* SpiritAdvisor: Skärva's dead father tries to be this for him. Skärva, however, will have none of it.
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* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Implied in Skärva's character bio; gaining the trust of the people isn't easy for a shark man, so he just said 'screw it' and went for their fear instead.
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[[caption-width-right:335:Derk, Skärva, and Lorelei--our villains.]]
''The Fourth'' is a satirical [[FantasyWebcomics fantasy webcomic]] by [[CreatorCouple Courtney Svatek and Victor Acuña]] about “the odd and helpless situation of being a villain in an adventure game.” The comic features a trio of colorful characters--hapless {{evil overlord}}, Lord Tiberius Skärva the Fourth, his right-hand lackey Derk, and Lorelei, a girl who "obviously never had a mother who warned her to stay away from strange shark people"--and their adventures in a world that runs on classic {{adventure game}} tropes.
Check it out [[http://thefourthcomic.com/?p=11 Here.]]
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!!Contains examples of:
* AscendedExtra: The little demon Davis, see EnsembleDarkhorse, [[spoiler: eventually gets a job at Lord Skärva's castle.]]
* AdorableEvilMinions: The first dungeon is full of these.
* Affably Evil: The Skärva line seems to like this trope.
* ArtEvolution: Compare the first page of the comic with some of the newer ones.
* ArtShift: A crayon coloring illustrates the path that must be taken to reach Frostbite Fortress.
** Skärva's moments of overlord mania often induce these.
** Lorelei's recurring nightmare.
** Skärva's schemes as they are told to others.
* TheBigGuy: Derk.
* BigThinShortTrio: Derk is big, Skärva is skinny, and Lorelei is short.
* BurningWithAnger: The wizard of the Temple of Terror.
* CanadaEh: The authors would like to remind you that northern Idenau is not Canada.
* DumbIsGood: Derk, though still [[VillainProtagonist Lord Skärva's]] [[TheDragon Dragon]], is much more polite and kind-hearted, perhaps to the point of being a [[GentleGiant Gentle Giant]].
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Who knew that the young doorman of the Tower of Terror would gain such an audience?
* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Frozio of Frostbite Fortress]] is a penguin.
* EvilMakesYouMonstrous: At least, in the case of Lord Skärva's great-grandfather. If it wasn't for him, the Skärva's would never look like they do.
* EvilPlan: On the tram ride to Frostbite Fortress, Skärva explains that he is looking for a place to hide the last piece of the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Sword of Stabbing]] to the newcomer, Lorelei. But before he finishes his EvilGloating, [[CrowningMomentofFunny the tram driver points out a "No Evil Plotting" sign.]]
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Much humor can be had simply by looking at small details in each panel.
* HealingHands: Lorelei seems to have these.
* HelloInsertNameHere: The hero is actually ''named'' Blank.
* IAmNotMyFather: Lord Tiberius Skärva the Fourth WILL be the one to destroy that pesky [[TheHero Blank]] if it kills him!
** ...which it might.
* MarilynManeuver: An imp in page 3 pulls one.
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: The aforementioned wizard introduced on page 2. Call him out on it though, and [[BerserkButton he]] [[BurningWithAnger won't be]] too happy.
* MobileShrubbery: A magical disguise in Lord Skärva's repertoire. It works for the most part, but Lord Skärva does not like to be touched.
* NumberTwo: Derk is Skärva's right-hand man.
* OverlordJr: They don't call him The Fourth for nothin'!
* ParentalAbandonment: Honestly, we're not quite sure yet where Lorelei's parents are.
* PuppyDogEyes: Lorelei has quite the pair.
* SharkMan: Skärva, and presumably his ancestors up to the First (upon whom the original curse that produced this effect was placed).
* ShoutOut: The whole comic's premise is based on TheLegendOfZelda
* TempleOfDoom: What the first dungeon claims to be, but it turns out to be nothing more than a NoobCave.
* TentacleRope: Ecta tangles with some vines in the Mother Tree.
* TerribleTrio: Skärva, Derk, and Lorelei are shaping up to be something akin to this. Aren't they terrible.
* TokenTrio: With Derk as the white male, Lorelei as the white female, and Lord Skärva as the male of [[{{PettingZooPeople}} shark-man descent.]]
* TorchesAndPitchforks: Mountain hamlets don't take well to megalomaniacal shark men.
* VillainProtagonist
* WingdingEyes: When attempting to woo a bystander, Lord Skärva grows a pair.
* WithAFriendAndAStranger: Lord Skärva and Derk have known each other for a time before the comic's beginning. Lorelei is the stranger.
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[[caption-width-right:335:Derk, Skärva, and Lorelei--our villains.]]
''The Fourth'' is a satirical [[FantasyWebcomics fantasy webcomic]] by [[CreatorCouple Courtney Svatek and Victor Acuña]] about “the odd and helpless situation of being a villain in an adventure game.” The comic features a trio of colorful characters--hapless {{evil overlord}}, Lord Tiberius Skärva the Fourth, his right-hand lackey Derk, and Lorelei, a girl who "obviously never had a mother who warned her to stay away from strange shark people"--and their adventures in a world that runs on classic {{adventure game}} tropes.
Check it out [[http://thefourthcomic.com/?p=11 Here.]]
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!!Contains examples of:
* AscendedExtra: The little demon Davis, see EnsembleDarkhorse, [[spoiler: eventually gets a job at Lord Skärva's castle.]]
* AdorableEvilMinions: The first dungeon is full of these.
* Affably Evil: The Skärva line seems to like this trope.
* ArtEvolution: Compare the first page of the comic with some of the newer ones.
* ArtShift: A crayon coloring illustrates the path that must be taken to reach Frostbite Fortress.
** Skärva's moments of overlord mania often induce these.
** Lorelei's recurring nightmare.
** Skärva's schemes as they are told to others.
* TheBigGuy: Derk.
* BigThinShortTrio: Derk is big, Skärva is skinny, and Lorelei is short.
* BurningWithAnger: The wizard of the Temple of Terror.
* CanadaEh: The authors would like to remind you that northern Idenau is not Canada.
* DumbIsGood: Derk, though still [[VillainProtagonist Lord Skärva's]] [[TheDragon Dragon]], is much more polite and kind-hearted, perhaps to the point of being a [[GentleGiant Gentle Giant]].
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Who knew that the young doorman of the Tower of Terror would gain such an audience?
* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Frozio of Frostbite Fortress]] is a penguin.
* EvilMakesYouMonstrous: At least, in the case of Lord Skärva's great-grandfather. If it wasn't for him, the Skärva's would never look like they do.
* EvilPlan: On the tram ride to Frostbite Fortress, Skärva explains that he is looking for a place to hide the last piece of the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Sword of Stabbing]] to the newcomer, Lorelei. But before he finishes his EvilGloating, [[CrowningMomentofFunny the tram driver points out a "No Evil Plotting" sign.]]
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Much humor can be had simply by looking at small details in each panel.
* HealingHands: Lorelei seems to have these.
* HelloInsertNameHere: The hero is actually ''named'' Blank.
* IAmNotMyFather: Lord Tiberius Skärva the Fourth WILL be the one to destroy that pesky [[TheHero Blank]] if it kills him!
** ...which it might.
* MarilynManeuver: An imp in page 3 pulls one.
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: The aforementioned wizard introduced on page 2. Call him out on it though, and [[BerserkButton he]] [[BurningWithAnger won't be]] too happy.
* MobileShrubbery: A magical disguise in Lord Skärva's repertoire. It works for the most part, but Lord Skärva does not like to be touched.
* NumberTwo: Derk is Skärva's right-hand man.
* OverlordJr: They don't call him The Fourth for nothin'!
* ParentalAbandonment: Honestly, we're not quite sure yet where Lorelei's parents are.
* PuppyDogEyes: Lorelei has quite the pair.
* SharkMan: Skärva, and presumably his ancestors up to the First (upon whom the original curse that produced this effect was placed).
* ShoutOut: The whole comic's premise is based on TheLegendOfZelda
* TempleOfDoom: What the first dungeon claims to be, but it turns out to be nothing more than a NoobCave.
* TentacleRope: Ecta tangles with some vines in the Mother Tree.
* TerribleTrio: Skärva, Derk, and Lorelei are shaping up to be something akin to this. Aren't they terrible.
* TokenTrio: With Derk as the white male, Lorelei as the white female, and Lord Skärva as the male of [[{{PettingZooPeople}} shark-man descent.]]
* TorchesAndPitchforks: Mountain hamlets don't take well to megalomaniacal shark men.
* VillainProtagonist
* WingdingEyes: When attempting to woo a bystander, Lord Skärva grows a pair.
* WithAFriendAndAStranger: Lord Skärva and Derk have known each other for a time before the comic's beginning. Lorelei is the stranger.
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