Darkness Girl: Trickster God is a web novel written by author Sam McGregor on Wattpad.
Regan's unique talent for murder makes her a perfect assassin. After a lethal encounter leaves her broken body washed up on a beach, she finds herself adopted by a group of teenage bodyguards. She doesn't intend to stay for long, but soon Regan finds herself faced with a choice: become a hero or stay a villain?
Regan. Cold hearted killer who shows no remorse. She has been trained by her mentor Kessler to become a perfect assassin, until one fateful mission. From that point on, Regan finds herself faced with the question:
Can a natural killer learn to be human again?
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- Absurdly Sharp Blade: Kessler's and Regan's swords appear to be this. Kessler's could shear through a standard katana with one strike
- Body Horror: The results of Unity's transfer of Crafts is not pretty
- Broken Pedestal: Regan deduced that Kessler betrayed her when Unity revealed that they knew about her Craft
- Doing In the Wizard: Unity analyses Crafts to discover how they work and to transfer said Crafts into their own people
- The Empath: Jordan's Craft gleans strong intentions from others
- Enemy Scan: Regan's Craft lets her read her opponent's killing intent. Cesna is the only person who fights without a killing intent, thus negating Regan's Craft
- Evil Mentor: Kessler
- Face Death with Dignity: How Henry Mannering goes out
- Family Man: Henry Mannering's thoughts as he left the office were on his wife and children. Shortly before his death, he was thinking about them, and regretting that he would not be able to say goodbye.
- Five-Second Foreshadowing: Chapter 15. Trevellian recommended listening to Pyotr's piano pieces to Regan. In chapter 16, Pyotr weaponizes his music to deprive Regan of sleep
- The Handler: Trevellian is this to Jordan
- The Hero: Regan. The Whitewater mercenaries count as well for most of them
- Honest Corporate Executive: Henry Mannering. It is a shame that someone put out a notice on him.
- Katanas Are Just Better: Kessler uses a katana. Regan herself uses a wakizashi, the sister sword to Kessler's.
- Married to the Job: Henry Mannering shows signs of this. He can only be home after the children are asleep and needs to leave for work before they wake up.
- Master Swordsman: Kessler is one
- N.G.O. Superpower: Unity is so big that even the Investigators, the department meant to tackle organised crime, prefers turning a blind eye to Unity's actions
- Power: In this universe, people may be born with one ability called a Craft. No one can have more than one, and you cannot transfer Crafts from one person to another. Unity found out how to do so
- Psychic Block Defense: Regan's reponse to Jordan's attempt to read her mind.Suddenly, Jordan's head snapped back in shock. She drew in a sharp ragged breath and crumpled like she'd been crushed by an invisible force.Trevellian: What did you do?Regan: She wanted to get into my mind. I showed her what was in there.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Regan goes out of her way to "cover this ship in blood", to spite Unity and to draw Kessler out
- Professional Killer: Regan and Kessler kill for a living
- The Syndicate: Unity. They are a large criminal organisation that operates from the shadows, with access to large funding and operates a small army. Unity is so large and has such a huge reach that even Investigators are afraid of them.Seline: [Nonchalant] The death of those below us is practically a currency in our business.
- Telepathy: Jordan reads the neural pathways of her target. While not exactly mind-reading, she can still glean strong intentions from them, and provide Unity with the neural framework needed to control a Craft
- Torture Technician: Pyotr. He favours brute force to break his victims, but is also willing to use other Enhanced Interrogation Techniques.
- You Have Failed Me: The reason why Kessler decided to betray Regan to Unity
