Impure Blood

Impure Blood is a fantasy webcomic featuring Roan, an enslaved gladiator called The Abomination, who is not entirely human and is given a chance to escape by joining a quest. Caspian, who masterminds it, is in conflict with many others, including his own father. Meanwhile, his slaves Dara and Elnor have agendas of their own.

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 * Alcohol Hic
 * Ancient Tradition
 * Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
 * Artifact of Doom: maybe
 * A Storm Is Coming: Mac sees it, does not believe it.
 * Bearer of Bad News
 * Beneath Suspicion
 * Blade Below the Shoulder: Shows up on one of the pit fighters Roan dispatches in the first few pages.
 * Blue Blood: Caspian, presumably along with the rest of the Watchers.
 * Bookcase Passage
 * Bothering by the Book
 * Boxed Crook
 * The Caper
 * Career Killers: Elnor is one of these.
 * Condemned Contestant
 * Cool Car: Especially in Mac's eyes.
 * Cool Airship
 * Covered with Scars: Roan
 * Cutting the Knot
 * Crystal Ball
 * Cue the Sun: Roan, naturally, escapes just in time for the sunrise time limit.
 * Cyborg
 * The Dandy: Caspian.
 * Dark and Troubled Past
 * Dark Is Evil
 * Decapitated Army: The army falls into literal pieces when the head is lost.
 * Deep Sleep: Roan, after his rescue.
 * Divided We Fall
 * Doomed Hometown: Twin Pass gets completely wiped out shortly after the cast moves on.
 * Dramatic Wind
 * Dude, Where's My Respect?: Roan, all the time.
 * Dynamic Entry
 * Embarrassing Nickname: Roan considers his this.
 * Embarrassing Rescue
 * Exotic Eye Designs: Dara has a fair few eye tropes going:
 * Glowing Eyes
 * Kaleidoscope Eyes: They default to blue, however...
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning: They switch to this when she's angry.
 * Fan Girl: Mac is one for Roan.
 * Fantastic Racism: Against anyone with Ancient blood, hence the title.
 * Fantastic Slurs
 * Fire-Forged Friends
 * Flash Back
 * Flashback Cut
 * Flaw Exploitation
 * A Friend in Need
 * Fruit Cart
 * Gambit Pileup
 * The Gambling Addict: Those who do not pay up their debts may find themselves in the games.
 * Genki Girl: Mac
 * Gentle Giant: Roan.
 * Ghost Ship
 * Gladiator Games: Where Roan is held prisoner.
 * Golem
 * Good Is Not Nice
 * Gossipy Hens: After the escape, the inn is full of talk of it.
 * Gray Rain of Depression
 * Great Escape
 * Grievous Bottley Harm
 * Grievous Harm with a Body
 * Hair of Gold: Mac
 * Half-Human Hybrid: Roan
 * Harbinger of Impending Doom
 * Hard-Drinking Party Girl: Elnor.
 * Here There Were Dragons
 * High-Class Glass: Caspian
 * I Gave My Word: Roan, and Dara's not letting him forget it any time soon.
 * I Have No Son: Caspian's father disowns him.
 * The Infiltration
 * Infraction Distraction
 * In Harm's Way
 * In the End You Are on Your Own
 * Ironic Echo
 * Is That What They're Calling It Now?
 * "It" Is Dehumanizing: Caspian makes a point of referring to Roan this way.
 * I Warned You
 * Just in Time: Roan makes it through the city gates just as the sun comes up.
 * Knife Nut
 * Laser-Guided Amnesia
 * Last of His Kind: Roan believes that he's this. Also, Dara is searching for the last pure Ancient.
 * Leader Dara. Caspian doesn't like it.
 * Leg Cling: Mac to Roan -- then, it's in the middle of the fight, and they are after her, not him -- she's trying to hide.
 * Leonine Contract: Here.
 * Let's Split Up, Gang!: Elinor holds off the guard while Roan makes for the gate
 * Little Stowaway: Mac
 * The Lost Woods: Where Roan was born
 * Made a Slave: Roan.
 * The Medic
 * Messy Hair
 * Mugging the Monster: Attacking Caspian is unwise.
 * Mundane Utility
 * Mysterious Past
 * The Nose Knows: Roan smells Dara's approach.
 * Not Evil, Just Misunderstood: Roan
 * Not-So-Omniscient Council of Bickering: The Watchers.
 * Odd-Shaped Panel
 * Oedipus Complex
 * Oh My Gods
 * Only the Knowledgable May Pass: Roan is quite agitated when Dara knows secrets.
 * Opaque Lenses: Dara has them to hide her Glowing Eyes of Doom.
 * Painting the Fourth Wall
 * Paper-Thin Disguise: As if Roan's incredible bulk didn't make him stand out enough already, he has to spend some time walking around in this.
 * Phlebotinum Breakdown
 * Pink Elephants: Escaping through the city, they pass a drunk who may have seen something that wasn't there.
 * Plausible Deniability
 * Post Dramatic Stress Disorder: Roan collapses after escape.
 * Power Glows
 * Precursors: The Ancients.
 * Primal Fear
 * The Promise: See I Gave My Word above.
 * Psychic Powers: Dara has them, although the full extent of them isn't yet known.
 * The Quest
 * Rebus Bubble
 * The Reveal
 * Royal Blood
 * Royal Brat
 * Schizo-Tech
 * Scooby-Doo Hoax
 * Screw the Rules, I Have Money
 * Servile Snarker: Elnor.
 * Shaming the Mob: Dara does this to the Not-So-Omniscient Council of Bickering
 * Shout-Out: Early on, to the cabbage merchant from Avatar: The Last Airbender.
 * Show Some Leg
 * Shrouded in Myth
 * Sole Survivor: Mac.
 * Speed Stripes
 * Spell My Name with a "The": Roan, AKA The Abomination.
 * Squee
 * Stop Helping Me!
 * Sword Cane
 * Tempting Fate
 * There Can Be Only One
 * There Is Another
 * They Call Me Mister Tibbs
 * Think Nothing of It
 * Through His Stomach: Dara and Roan start to bond after she convinces him to go get something to eat.
 * Ungrateful Bastard: The Watchers in general are this towards Roan, but the blond one in particular fits.
 * Unspoken Plan Guarantee
 * Vagueness Is Coming: One Watcher is particularly found of it.
 * Visible Silence
 * Waking Up Elsewhere
 * Walking Shirtless Scene: Roan.
 * Watching Troy Burn
 * We Named the Monkey "Jack"
 * Who Will Bell the Cat?: : You go put him under arrest, then.
 * Would Hurt a Child
 * Wrench Wench
 * You Are in Command Now
 * Youthful Freckles: Mac