History Characters / ShadowchasersDoomdreamers

* CloningBlues: Averted and [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]]. [[spoiler: Despite looking like Leorin, Hape says that he isn't a clone.]]

-->[[spoiler:'''Hape''': Calm down, Leorin, I'm not your [[CloningBlues clone]], or your [[EvilTwin evil twin]], or your [[FutureMeScaresMe future self]]. I know that all of those three possibilities have been done to death in bad soap operas and science fiction movies.]]

* DoesNotLikeShoes: The Third doesn't wear any.

%%* DarkChick

* Expy: Of the Dread Emperor from certain TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons sourcebooks. The only differences between the ''Shadowchasers'' and ''D&D'' versions is that the former has black armor and is a [[DuelsDecideEverything duelist]] (sometimes) while the latter has gold armor and fights without card games.

%%* ReligionOfEvil: Perfectly describes the group to a T.

%%* KilledOffForReal: After losing to Red Feather in a Shadow game in ''Ascension''.

%%* [[FallenAngel Fallen Angels]]: Used a Darklord deck in her duel with Taka.

%%* KilledOffForReal: After losing to Penelope in a Shadow game in ''Ascension''.
%%* TheLegionsOfHell: Uses a Dark World deck (which is her real deck in ''Torment'' and her only one in ''Ascension''.
%%* MechanicalLifeforms: Used a Motor deck during her Riding Duel with Karl.

%%* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: His Brotherhood deck after becoming Tharizdun's avatar. Lareth himself also qualifies when in that state.]]

* Nonindicative Name: When Lareth [[spoiler:becomes Tharzidun's Avatar. He mutates into something that is as far away as beautiful as you can be.]]

* BalefulPolymorph: Her preferred method of dealing with victims is to use dark magic to turn them into cats or other powerless animals; her first such victim was her own father, another Doomdreamer, when she took over his position. Even worse, [[spoiler:while she expressed a desire to ''keep'' Nichole for at least a while, there were hints she might have killed a few victims later. Nichole later realizes that her joke that "the ASPCA would be mad at us" for building the Tabernacle of Utter Darkness might have been a subtle and dark hint at what she had done with them.]]

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]: The Third's hair color is green.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Lorelei in ''Ascension''.

%%* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Tiberius in ''Ascension''.

The Mad God himself. Imprisoned long ago by the other gods, he is unable to do little more than communicate with her followers whom try to release him. If where to ever be released from his prision, [[{{Understatement}} bad things would happen.]]

* BiTheWay: Has had both male and female lovers in the past.

%%* BlondesAreEvil

%%* FateWorseThanDeath: It is possible this is what happened to him by the end of ''Torment''.

* NaughtyNurseOutfit: In "Ascension", Huszi gives her a Fusion Monster called Death Injector Reficule. The Monster's outfit makes her look more like a slut than anything this sort of costume typically suggests.

%%* OmnicidalManiac: Just like their God.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: In ''Torment'', he's the regional manager of the Chicago branch of Technology Research Unlimited Enterprises, using the Chicago branch as a front for the Cult of Tharizdun. [[spoiler: However, at the end of that fic, it's clear that the actual CEO of TRUE is an HonestCorporateExecutive, as fires he fires Tiberius, and starts a fund to help anyone the cult has hurt.]]

* DyingAsYourself: He briefly regains his sanity and sees an image of Yolanda in Red Feather one last time before he dies.

%%* BalefulPolymorph: Her preferred method of dealing with victims; her first such victim was her own father, another Doomdreamer, when she took over his position.
%%** Even worse, [[spoiler:while she expressed a desire to "keep" Nichole for at least a while, there were hints she might have killed a few victims later. Nichole later realizes that her joke that "the ASPCA would be mad at us" for building the Tabernacle of Utter Darkness might have been a subtle and dark hint at what she had done with them.]]

* Expy: Of the Dread Emperor from certain TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons sourcebooks. The only differences between the ''Shadowchasers'' and ''D&D'' versions is that the former has black armor and is a [[DuelsDecideEverything duelist]] while the latter has gold armor and fights without card games.

* InsaneEqualsViolent: Wanted posters with his description say that he's a "sociopath and extremely dangerous", and they aren't kidding.

* SympathyForTheDevil: According to an obsucre myth, [[spoiler: Tharizdun was once a celestial being of goodness and light, but was corrupted and driven mad by the [[CthulhuMythos Great Old Ones]]. The gods who opposed him could not kill him, despite the danger he caused, because doing so would cause even greater evil to regain the power they invested in him.]]

* CoolHelmet: True Doomdreamers wear a horned helmet that covers the entire head, but only for ceremonies. (It is explained that they used to wear them all the time in the past to impress the lesser members of the cult; however, seeing as the helmets are heavy and tend to give the wearers headaches, that is [[PragmaticVillainy no longer practical]] in the modern era.)
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Not them, but other Shadowkind criminals. It is said that even some of the most cruel Shadowkind criminals would not want to assiciate themselves with the Doomdreamers.
* OmnicidalManiac: Just like their God.
* ReligionOfEvil: Perfectly describes the group to a T.

* BeardOfEvil: He has a goatee in ''Torment''. (He shaves it off sometime before the events of ''Ascension''.)
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: In ''Torment'', he's the regional manager of the Chicago branch of Technology Research Unlimited Enterprises, using the Chicago branch as a front for the Cult of Tharizdun. [[spoiler: (However, at the end of that fic, it's clear that the actual CEO of TRUE is an HonestCorporateExecutive, as fires he fires Tiberius, and starts a fund to help anyone the cult has hurt.)]]

* [[spoiler: DyingAsYourself: He briefly regains his sanity and sees an image of Yolanda in Red Feather one last time before he dies.]]

* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: After losing to Red Feather in a Shadow game in ''Ascension''.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: And ''quite'' good at it; his plan to escape from Jalie's stronghold and sneak into Shadowchaser Headquarters involved fooling three of Jalie's men by making tempting offers to them. Seeing as devils pretty much ''invented'' this kind of trick, that's not easy to do. (Of course, all three were rather low in the infernal hierarchy, but still...)

* BalefulPolymorph: Her prefered method of dealing with victims; her first such victim was her own father, another Doomdreamer, when she took over his position. (He was actually proud of her for showing such initiative on her own, and helps her distract Nichole in a chapter of ''Torment''.)
** Even worse, [[spoiler:while she expressed a desire to "keep" Nichole for at least a while, there were hints she might have killed a few victims later. Nichole later realizes that her joke that "the ASPCA would be mad at us" for building the Tabernacle of Utter Darkness might have been a subtle and dark hint at what she had done with them.]]

* BlondesAreEvil

* DarkActionGirl
* DarkChick

* {{Dominatrix}}: Her room seems to suggest this.

* [[FallenAngel FallenAngels]]: Used a Darklord deck in her duel with Taka.
* FemmeFatale
* FoeYay: Lorelei is a little ''too obsessed'' with getting revenge on Nichole, to the point of having the desire to torture an illusion of her using ''whips and shackles''. (There are some hints that not all of her former lovers were men.)
* HalfHumanHybrid: Her mother was a succubus, who his father "hired" to carry his child. (The correct terminology for someone like her is a "cambion".)

* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: After losing to Penelope in a Shadow game in ''Ascension''.]]
* TheLegionsOfHell: Uses a Dark World deck (which is her real deck in ''Torment'' and her only one in ''Ascension''.
* MechanicalLifeforms: Used a Motor deck during her Riding Duel with Karl.
* MightyGlacier: Used a High-Leveled Monster Beatdown deck during her first duel with Nichole.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Tiberius in ''Ascension''.

* AxeCrazy: And ''how''. Even other Doomdreamers are afraid of him.

* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: His Brotherhood deck after becoming Tharizdun's avatar. Lareth himself also qualifies when in that state.]]
* [[spoiler: FateWorseThanDeath: It is possible this is what happened to him by the end of ''Torment''. (Possibly DraggedOffToHell if Lorelei's description of what the Talisman of Pure Good does is accurate.)]]

* NoHonorAmongThieves: [[spoiler: When it looks like all three of the Doomdreamers are about to be apprehended, Lareth pulls a gun and shoots both Tiberius and Lorelei in an attempt to distract the Shadowchasers long enough to cover his escape. (Tiberius and Lorelei survived, and they can take comfort in knowing that Lareth may have suffered a worse fate than they ultimately did.)]]

* SealedEvilInACan: His Sealed Beast deck.

* [[spoiler: AmbiguousEnding: Like Leorin, his fate by the end of ''Torment'' is left unknown. It is up to the reader to determine whether or not he was killed or was victorious in his battle with Leorin.]]

* BlackKnight: Stereotypically so.
* DisproportionateRetribution: See BerserkButton.

* ObviouslyEvil: If his scary, black armor isn't enough of a clue, the four children that are bound to his belt by [[SlaveCollar Slave Collars]] and clearly under some form of mind control clinches it. (Exactly what purpose the children serve isn't clear, but can't be pleasant.)

* [[spoiler:CloningBlues: Averted]] and [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]]. [[spoiler: Despite looking like Leorin, Hape says that he isn't a clone.]]

* [[spoiler: EvilTwin: His real appearance is that he looks exactly like Leorin, due to being his discarded morality. Although this trope is not the case, as Hape himself says.]]

* PragmaticVillainy: He can create Dark Cards, and unlike most people who can do this, he seems to be careful about who he gives them to. He at first refuses to create the Hellgears for Panik, telling him that trusting him with such things would be "like trusting a match with dynamite". (He eventually gives him four, just to get rid of him; Panik doesn't get the full set until Jalie gives him them in ''Ascension'')
* [[spoiler: SplitPersonalityMerge: After he loses to Leorin, the two of them become one person again which restores Leorin's mortality.]]

* EscapeArtist: After getting her demonic graft, her behavior was erratic even by the cult's standards, so Tiberius had her locked up in a cell in room with a magical item that had a calming effect on such members. However, Shelly kept breaking out and leaving the Temple of All-Consumption for "fun", apparently doing so three times in one month. After being brought back after the third time, after the Shadowchasers learned too much, Tiberus threatened her with the usual punishment for failures if it happened again. (Which was being offered as HumanSacrifice.) That apparently convinced her to stay put.

* NaughtyNurseOutfit: In "Ascension", Huszi gives her a Fusion Monster called Death Injector Reficule that combines this Trope with EvilIsSexy. (Sort of. The Monster's outfit makes her look more like a slut than anything this sort of costume typically suggests.)
* [[SignatureMove Signature Card]]: Nurse Reficule the Fallen One.

* AxCrazy: Along with most of his worshippers. It's a requirement for being a Doomdreamer, pretty much.
* TheDreaded: His name is almost universally feared and reviled by most sentient races, and even by most divine beings old enough to remember the original conflict. He has very few worshippers because of his reputation, and has often had to fool mortals into worshipping him by using pseudonyms to hide his identity (like the Elder Elemental Eye) and using cults of more respectable evil gods as fronts for his. Only the most insane and nihilistic of mortals who worship him truly know who they are devoting themselves too.

** [[spoiler: Although the real reason is that he wanted Lareth to become his Avatar.]]

* BlowYouAway: The Third is a genasi, a rare type of Shadow-Touched whose Shadowkind parent was an elemental spirt; in her case, a Wind Spirit. Her mastery over this element is supposedly so great, that she was able to defeat the Lord ''and'' the Bride of the Yokai House of the Howling Gale (who were opposing her as a team) in a wizard's battle by herself.

-->'''Second''': "Now this is entertianing."

* OrcusOnHisThrone: At least this is the case in ''Torment'', where there is no conflict between them and the protagonists at all. However, there are hints that they occasionally take a more hands-on role in running the cult (such as the above-mentioned battle beteen The Third and the two leaders of the Howling Gale).

* StupidEvil: Not exactly stupid, but one of their ideas was something that probably seemed like a good idea at the time, but went very wrong. They stole a Talisman of Pure Good (an incredibly powerful artifact which, in the hands of a powerful divine spellcaster serving a Good deity, can condemn an ''evil'' divine spellcaster to Hell forever) and thought that if they soaked it long enough in a liquid that basically distilled Evil, it would turn into a Talisman of Ultimate Evil, something that did the opposite. To say such a thing was dangerous for the Doomdreamers to have around was an understatement, [[spoiler: and after finding true redemption, Leorin was eventually able to use it to send Lareth to his doom.]]