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Examples:
- Armor Is Useless: The Bishop gives Pietro's father a magical breastplate that protects him from edged weapons. When the Bishop's protective spell is neutralised, Ade is able to kill Pietro's father with an enchanted dagger.
- The Bad Guy Wins: Although the witches defeat the Inquisitors, the Bishop steals their book of spells.
- Bald of Evil: The Bishop has a creepy-looking bowl cut/ combover combination.
- Burn the Witch!: Pietro's father The Witch Hunter interrogates and burns Ade's grandmother on the Bishop's orders.
- Cast from Hit Points: The energy needed for the Gender Bender spell which Antalia had cast on Valente took her youth, aging her by decades.
- Corrupt Church: The Bishop is secretly a practitioner of black magic who wants to destroy the pagan witches and steal their knowledge.
- Cute Witch: The youngest witch Persepolis is a pretty, sweet girl despite having a kleptomaniac streak.
- The Dragon: Pietro's father is the Big Bad Bishop's head inquisitor.
- End of an Era: The optimism, openmindedness and rationality of the Renaissance is starting to give way to the paranoia and repression associated with the Counter-Reformation.
- Even Evil Has Standards: The Bishop Would Hurt a Child, but Pietro's father is uneasy about burning Valente.
- Evil Is Petty: When Valente rejects the Bishop's offer to become his pupil, he sentences him to death with the other witches.
- Evil Sorcerer: The Bishop misquotes the Bible to justify burning witches, while stealing their knowledge to empower himself.
- Evil Wears Black: Pietro's father and his inquisitors wear black outfits.
- Gender Bender: Valente was in fact born female, but his mother Antalia changed him to hide his identity from the Inquisition and he's been raised as a boy. In the end, he transforms into the female Luxor.
- Good Is Old-Fashioned: Janara carries a broadsword from the late Middle Ages. The Inquisitors are armed with more modern rapiers.
- Heel–Face Turn: Spiritos tries to protect Persepolis from the Inquisitors, and refuses to betray her when tortured.
- Heel–Face Revolving Door: Pietro starts out as a member of the Inquisition, switches sides with Spiritos to prevent the execution of the witches, then rejoins the Inquisition in the final episode to avenge his father.
- He-Man Woman Hater: Pietro's father and the Bishop fear women they are unable to repress or control.
- Heroes Prefer Swords: Janara is armed with a Cool Sword, as above. Magical Girl Ade carries a Chastity Dagger for protection.
- It's Personal: The Bishop persecutes witches because Janara refused to teach him magic.
- Lipstick Lesbian: Tebe and Janara are in a relationship together. Both have long hair and wear elegant dresses, as was expected from women in the 1600s.
- Loveable Rogue: Persepolis will steal anything not nailed down, but she is fiercely loyal to Ade and also cares about Spritos.
- Lover and Beloved: In a gender flipped version, the elderly chief witch Tebe is in a relationship with the middle-aged Janara, whom she taught magic.
- Masked Villains, Unmasked Heroes: The Inquisitors are Gas Mask Mooks who disguise themselves with masks made from the skulls of executed criminals. Pietro is initially one of these Malevolent Masked Men, but undergoes a Good Costume Switch after befriending Ade.
- Master Archer: Valente eventually becomes one after weeks of William Telling with a Sacred Bow and Arrows.
- Meaningful Name: The witches are named after ancient cities of knowledge, and figures from the mythology of Ancient Grome.
- Our Mages Are Different: Only women are allowed to join the witches' coven. When the Bishop is refused admission as a young man, he establishes his own school of magic.
- Politically Incorrect Villain: The Bishop hates heretics, Jews and women, and will even harm children if they get in his way.
- Punch-Clock Villains: Pietro and his friend Spiritos work for the Inquisition, but disapprove of their methods.
- Rapid Aging: Antalia's spell to hide Valente causes her to rapidly age, and she becomes Natalia.
- Red Is Heroic: Janara has bright red hair, wears red dresses, and is highly skilled with a sword. She's dedicated to protecting other witches from the Inquisition.
- Torture Is Ineffective: Spiritos is brutally whipped on the Bishop's orders, but refuses to reveal the witches' location.
- Unequal Rites: The Bishop is a male sorcerer practising Hermetic Magic on behalf of the church. The witches are women who practise ancient Functional Magic. He wants to slaughter them all since they wouldn't teach him their kind years before.
- Witch Classic: Tebe has long grey hair, a large nose and wears black dresses.
- Wizarding School: The series has a class of young women learning magic from two older witches during the 1600s.
- You Killed My Father: Pietro undergoes a Face–Heel Turn after seeing Ade stab his father to death.
