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The various [[Dysfunction Junction|very screwed up]] characters of ''[[Drakengard]]'' we all know and love.
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=== Caim ===
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The protagonist of the first game, Caim is a soldier of the Union {{spoiler|and was originally the next in line for becoming King before his parents were murdered by a dragon}}, now motivated primarily by his love for his sister Furiae and a need for revenge. After suffering a grievous wound in battle, he stumbled across a similarly wounded Angelus, and forged a pact in order to preserve both their lives. The superhuman abilities and new flying mount were a pleasant bonus. Together with Angelus and his other <s> friends</s> travelling companions, they set out to the defeat [[The Empire]].
* [[Anti-Hero]]: A strong [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type V]]. His only redeeming qualities are his love for his sister, friendship with Angelus, and that [[The Empire]] he fights is even worse. He's still a total bloodthirsty psychopath.
* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: The King of the Union, and commander of the Union Army.
* [[Back From the Brink]]: Justified by the fact that he forged a pact with the red dragon Angelus.
* [[Badass]]: More or less single-handedly felled [[The Empire]], destroyed entire armies, and depending on the ending killed at least two different [[Eldritch Abomination
** The sequel makes him out as basically the most feared man on the planet, and for good reason. He outclasses the new protagonist, and manages to {{spoiler|''kill the [[The Grim Reaper]]
* [[
* [[Blood Knight]]: He basically only smiles when he's about to, is in the process of, and the aftermath of killing.
* {{spoiler|[[Brother-Sister Incest]]: A big part of the planned prequel manga would have been that Caim did indeed want to tap that, and was likely a reason for its cancellation. You can still see hints of it in artwork where he's blushing over Furiae}}.
* [[Character Development]]: Basically goes from "I care only about my sister" to "I care only about my sister and the dragon", but still...
* [[Cry Cute]]: Yes, a male example of the trope. Watch Ending 1 if you don't believe me. {{spoiler|The man who didn't cry even for his sister sheds tears for Angelus as she becomes the new Seal}}.
* [[Determinator]] Come on. Just try stopping him.
* {{spoiler|[[Dropped a Bridge
* [[Harmful to Minors]]: Not even child conscripts are safe from his wrath.
**
* [[Hates Everyone Equally]]: Caim doesn't really discriminate. If you stand in his way, he will gleefully kill you.
* [[Heroic Mime]]: He gave up his voice as part of the pact with Angelus. Though calling him "heroic" is kinda stretching it...
* [[Hidden Depths]]:
* [[The Juggernaut]]: Caim slaughters his way through entire armies, and that's ''without'' Angelus. The only things that can stop him are the [[Eldritch Abomination
* [[Kick the Dog]]: He kicks Verdelet in the face once for practically no reason. Oh, and that dying elf who tried to appeal to him for help. He kicked her in the face too. And then there were those child soldiers he mercilessly crushed... And all those other people he mercilessly crushed...
** To be fair, it ''is'' [[The Scrappy|Verdelet]].
* [[Kick Them While They Are Down]]: At the end of the third map, Caim catches up to an imperial trooper trying to kill his sister Furiae. After killing the man, he spends the remaining cutscene (while Furiae and Inuart are angsting. Er, talking.) stabbing the man's dead body over and over and over. To be fair, it was his sister, and bad things happen {{spoiler|once she dies}}.
* [[Magnetic Hero]]: For whatever reason, Caim seems to attract some "interesting" companions despite the fact that he honestly could not care less about them.
* [[One-Man Army]]: The first game has him cutting through dozens of soldiers, and that's ''before'' he gets the pact; afterwards, he pretty much slaughters entire armies.
** The second game pushes this [[Up to Eleven]]
* [[Perpetual Frowner]]: When he's not adorned with a [[Slasher Smile]], Caim's base state is 'scowling'.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Has some very poignant moments with his sister Furiae and with Angelus.
* [[The Power of Hate]] [[Heart Is an Awesome Power|Is An Awesome Power]]: He's basically fueled by his sheer, undying hatred of the Empire/the Union.
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: This is the key aspect of his character. His parents {{spoiler|including his mom, who was most likely the previous goddess seal}}, were killed {{spoiler|by Legna}} when he was just a kid. Both he and his sister were denied their lives, and so he has a burning hatred of anybody who sides with the empire.▼
* [[Rogue Protagonist]]: He doesn't even bother to hide it. His first deed in the second game is {{spoiler|[[Slasher Smile|annihilating a whole army with a large smile]]
▲* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: This is the key aspect of his character. His parents {{spoiler|including his mom, who was most likely the previous goddess seal}} were killed {{spoiler|by Legna}} when he was just a kid. Both he and his sister were denied their lives, and so he has a burning hatred of anybody who sides with the empire.
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: As revealed {{spoiler|during the backstory of ''[[
* [[Shoot the Dog]]: He's forced to do this in Ending 2 {{spoiler|as Furiae becomes an horrible world-ending monster}} and Ending 3 {{spoiler|when his pact is broken and he has to fight Angelus}}.
* [[Slasher Smile]]: In the sequel, Manah has a nervous breakdown from it.
* [[The Speechless]]: The price of his pact. Angelus tends to speak for him when he's not using violence to get his point across.
* [[The Unfettered]]: He'll protect his loved ones regardless of who, what or how many multitudes he has to slaughter.
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Goes from making him interesting to making him a [[Flat Character]], right back to interesting when things start getting [[Mind Screw|really screwy]]. It's like his rage is all he's got.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: A lot of characters do this to him. Does he care? Hell no, this is Caim after all, he is ''the'' hero you wouldn't want to mess with.
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=== Angelus ===
A red dragon who holds a rather [[Humans Are
* [[Back From the Brink]]: She was dying, just like Caim, when they met. Only a pact with him saved her life.
*
* [[Character Development]]: Starts out as cold and aloof towards Caim, but by the end, she has mellowed out considerably.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Usually at the expense of humans.
* {{spoiler|[[Dropped a Bridge
*
* [[Humans Are
* [[Morality Pet]]: Becomes one for Caim as their relationship deepens, especially in the sequel.
* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: In that they can create pacts with others.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Towards Caim
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Despite disliking humans, Angelus asks Caim if he ''really'' has to kill that many.
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=== Inuart ===
A bard who was initially Furiae's betrothed until her ascension to becoming the Goddess robbed them of their chances at wedding each other. Nevertheless, he remained close to Furiae and Caim... although a strong undercurrent of jealousy remained towards Caim's exploits, as well as Furiae's deep (perhaps [[Brother-Sister Incest|too deep]]) affection for her brother
* [[Anti-Villain]]: A borderline example.
* [[Blessed
* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To Caim.
** Note that the 'evil' part is pretty much just because he joins the villains. Given he does not regularly engage in child murder, genocide or gleefully slaughter people for the heck of it and has a noble (if misguided) goal, 'evil' is sort of a relative term here...
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: Because Manah has tricked him into believing she will undo Furiae's status as a Goddess without killing her, Inuart joins the Empire.
* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: A lot of his actions are fueled by his envy towards Caim.
* [[Love Makes You Crazy]]: See below.
* {{spoiler|[[Necromantic]]}}: {{spoiler|He tries desperately to bring Furiae back to life when she is killed. No matter [[The End of the World
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Really, the poor guy got manipulated left and right...
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: See above.
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=== Furiae ===
A young maiden chosen to be the 'Goddess', a title for a person bearing a Seal that supposedly prevents [[The End of the World
* [[Barrier Maiden]]: She's the Goddess
* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: Can you say [[Squick]]?
* {{spoiler|[[Driven to Suicide]]}}: And... nope, sorry, there's nothing the player can do to prevent this.
* {{spoiler|[[One-Winged Angel]]}}: In Ending 2.
**
* [[Prophetic Name]]: In regards to Ending 2.
=== Arioch ===
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One of the few survivors of the Empire's attack on the Forest seal and elven purge. After enduring such horrific circumstances, her mind... ''broke''. In exchange for her womb, she entered into a pact with the spirits of ice and fire, Undine and Salamander.
* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Ax Crazy]]: And holy freaking HOW!
* [[Break the Cutie]]: She was once a kind and loving mother, until Empire soldiers slaughtered her family...
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: She disappears from the face of the planet in the sequel, with the only mention of her being in the form of her weapon, which your protagonist can find.
* [[Eats Babies]]: Prefers them over adults. Her logic is that devouring them will ensure they're never taken from her again, and she can care for them forever.
* [[I Am a Humanitarian]]: Mostly children, but doesn't mind adults when there aren't any children around. In Arioch's novella, she bites off the fingers of one of her guards, and she doesn't spit them out.
* {{spoiler|[[Karmic Death]]}}: So you like eating babies, huh? {{spoiler|Well, perhaps it's only fitting that you got eaten by mind-numbing horrors in the shape of human babies}}...
▲* [[An Ice Person]]: The power of her pact partner, Undine.
* [[Laughing Mad]]: When she eats the [[Child Soldier]].
▲* {{spoiler|[[Karmic Death]]}}: So you like eating babies, huh? {{spoiler|Well, perhaps it's only fitting that you got eaten by mind-numbing horrors in the shape of human babies...}}
* [[Our Elves Are Better]]: Averted. She's really not better than anyone in the [[Crapsack World]] of ''Drakengard'', except at being crazy.
* [[Playing
* [[The Quiet One]]: Doesn't talk very often, but when she does...
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=== Verdelet ===
As the Union [[High Priest|Hierarch]], Verdelet is responsible for maintaining the goddess seal, down to replacing her if necessary.
* [[Cursed
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}: {{spoiler|Was killed by Caim sometime before ''Drakengard 2'' for strengthening the seal on Angelus and thus intensifying her suffering
* [[The Load]]: Not much use.
* [[Mr. Exposition]]: His only purpose in the game is to remind Caim how doomed the world is.
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=== Leonard ===
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* [[The Atoner]]: Somewhat...
* [[Bowdlerise]]: In the original Japanese version, Leonard is {{spoiler|explicitly a pedophile
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: As with Arioch, he does not appear in the sequel. He does, however, get a minor mention by an NPC, and you can find his weapon.
* [[Disability Superpower]]: In exchange for his pact powers, he gave up his sight. Not that it hinders him at all in [[Gameplay and Story Segregation|gameplay
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: Almost.
*
* [[It's All My Fault]]: Blames himself for the death of his brothers.
* [[Survivor Guilt]]: And how!
* {{spoiler|[[You Shall Not Pass]]}}:
=== Faerie ===
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Leonard's pact partner, introduced after his failed suicide attempt. She tried to have him take another go at it, before deciding that forging a pact with him would be more amusing. This sets the tone for their relationship.
* [[Dirty Coward]]
* [[The Fair Folk]]: She ''looks'' cute, but is easily one of the nastiest characters in the game.
* [[Humans Are
* [[Jerkass]]: The little rat!
* [[Moral Myopia]]: Accuses Leonard of being a coward who can't even kill himself right. Then, {{spoiler|when Leonard does his [[Heroic Sacrifice]] against the Grotesqueries, the faerie turns out to be an even greater coward who would be cool with the world ending if only she was allowed to survive}}.
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=== Seere ===
*
* [[Blessed with Suck]]:: Since his pact with Golem took his "time", Seere will never physically age. He's six.
** [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]]: Well, he certainly doesn't.
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: He remains convinced that his sister is not too far gone and that he can still redeem her... up until she slaps him in the face. Once. At which point he orders Golem to squash her like a grape.
* [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower]]: He turns out {{spoiler|to be able to freeze the Queen Beast in Ending 4}}. Yeah, it's a bit of an [[Ass Pull]].
* [[Gentle Giant]]: His pact partner Golem, who is also a [[Mighty Glacier]].
* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]: He has a somewhat distorted view of his relationship to Manah. Oh, and his best friends in the first game are a pedophile, a [[One-Man Army|mass murderer]] and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|an elf]] (the elf [[Eats Babies]]).
* [[It's All My Fault]]: He blames himself for Manah's [[Freudian Excuse]].
* [[The Kid
* [[The Load]]: Without his magic attack, he's about as useful in combat as you'd expect from a six-year old with a knife.
=== Manah ===
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High Priestess of the Cult of Watchers and apparent leader of the Empire via mind control, Manah started her life as a simple, unassuming child. Unfortunately, her mother hated her for some reason, to the extent that Manah viewed death as a preferable alternative, and when the Watchers approached the unhappy and insecure six-year old with promises of eternal love and happiness if they accepted her, they found a willing vessel.
* {{spoiler|[[Attack of the 50
* [[Big Bad]]: In the first game.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: A very, ''very'' creepy one at that!
* [[Creepy Child]]: Hoo boy, is she ever, especially when she's possessed.
* [[Demonic Possession]]: {{spoiler|She's actually possessed by the Gods... and they won't take kindly to her death, as Ending 4 demonstrates}}!
* [[Enfante Terrible]]: She's the Grotesqueries' tool in their plans and is basically the head of the Empire.
* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: In her mind, at the very least. {{spoiler|The first ending has Caim kidnap her and drag her around the world to witness what she has done}}.
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Her mother abused her horribly, both physically and mentally.
** [[The Unfavourite]]: For reasons never fully explained, Manah's mother hated her. There are some hints in the weapon history of the short sword 'Hero's Knife' in ''Drakengard 2''
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: As she's possessed.
* [[Voice of the Legion]]: ''"La la la la la!"''
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=== Nowe ===
* [[And Now for Someone Completely Different]]
* [[Broken Bird]]: Not really, {{spoiler|but he becomes one in Ending 2, where Manah dies
* [[The Chosen One]]
* [[Cry for
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* {{spoiler|[[Eleventh-Hour Superpower]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Half-Human Hybrid]]: Nowe is the child of Inuart and Furiae's corpse, facilitated by the Seeds of Resurrection... somehow, and infused with the power of the dragons, making him a 'new breed'
* [[The Hero]]: A more traditional one, when compared to Caim.
* [[Idiot Hero]]: And how!
* [[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"]]: His name is pronounced "No-Way".
* [[Journey to
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: His actions in helping Manah release Angelus, who quickly goes on a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]. They then kill her, with less than satisfactory results.
* {{spoiler|[[Official Couple]]}}: {{spoiler|With Manah}}.
** {{spoiler|[[Likes Older Women]]}}: {{spoiler|Manah is 26 while Nowe is in his late teens
* {{spoiler|[[Power Gives You Wings]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Rage Against the Mentor]]}}
* [[Screw Destiny]]
* [[Wide
=== Legna ===
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* {{spoiler|[[Evil Mentor]]}}: Well, not per se given [[World Half Empty|the setting]] of ''Drakengard'', but definitely {{spoiler|not one of the good guys}}.
* [[Grumpy Old Man]]: Probably helped along by his voice actor.
* [[Humans Are
*
* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: To Angel. This bit is lost in translation when they decided to call her Angelus.▼
* {{spoiler|[[One-Winged Angel]]}}
▲* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: To Angel. This bit is lost in translation when they decided to call her Angelus.
▲* {{spoiler|[[Karma Houdini]] in Ending B, and some would argue in Ending A and C since Caim wasn't the one who got to kill him.}}
=== Manah ===
* [[Amnesiac Dissonance]]: In the second game.
* [[The Atoner]]: Deconstructed.
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: In ''Drakengard 2''.
* [[Black Magician Girl]]: A little girl who is used by the Grotesqueries for their dark designs and has access to magic.
* {{spoiler|[[Demonic Possession]]}}: Very briefly.
* [[Freak-Out]]:
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: {{spoiler|Regaining her memories of what she did in the first game, which leaves her vulnerable to the aforementioned [[Demonic Possession
* [[La Résistance]]: Leader of it.
* [[Mysterious Waif]]: A more unstable version of this trope.
* {{spoiler|[[Official Couple]]}}: {{spoiler|With Nowe}}.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: As she's possessed.
* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]]}}: In Ending 2.
** {{spoiler|[[Redemption Earns Life]]}}: In all the other endings.
* [[She
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: In the second game.
=== Eris ===
* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Blade
* [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]]
* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Becomes the new seal in the first ending, albeit without the agony that Angelus went through
* [[Holy Hand Grenade]]: Her magic and weapon are aligned with the Holy element, and as such, she is the only character who can effectively kill undead enemies.
* [[Knight Templar]]: [[Character Development]] takes her out of it
* [[Lady of War]]
* {{spoiler|[[Unexplained Recovery]]}}: {{spoiler|How ''did'' she get better from getting a big ol' sword through the guts
* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]: Sorry, Eris. You're in Nowe's "friend" or "sister" zone. {{spoiler|At least in the first ending}}...
=== Urick ===
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* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: Completing Nowe's mentor trifecta along with Legna and Oror.
* {{spoiler|[[Death Seeker]]}}
* [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]]: {{spoiler|It is stated that Urick cannot die due to his reaper pact partner automatically reviving him. The player still gets a [[Game Over]] if he dies while being used
* [[My Greatest Failure]]
▲* [[Straight Gay]]: Heavily implied to be the former lover of Yaha.
=== Gismor ===
* [[Casting a Shadow]]: His pact is evidently with a shadow creature.
* [[It's All About Me]]: He only cares about himself. The plight of people who are in the same position he was when younger does not bother him.
* [[Jerkass]]: He simply ''cannot stand'' idealism, which is why he poisoned Oror and Nowe.
* [[One-Winged Angel]]: His shadow form, which he takes for his final stand.
* [[Scary Black Man]]
* [[Social Darwinist]]
=== Caim ===
Now the antagonist, Caim is devoted to
* [[Anti-Villain]]
* [[Ax Crazy]]: If you think he was bad in the first game, just wait until you see him in the second.
* [[Badass]]: Look at it this way: Caim's pact with Angelus is still active, meaning if one dies, the other will too. ''
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: {{spoiler|Was able to kill Urick simply by slashing him until ''he killed the Reaper''
* [[Dynamic Entry]]: Just ''one'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWIAbF-Gr0o slice
* [[Eye Scream]]: Manah stabbed an eye out while escaping from Caim. Thus, he's known as The One-Eyed Man for most of the game.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Two instances: a) It is mentioned early that Caim killed general Oror, Nowe's surrogate human father and Gismor's balance on the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]; b) Later on, {{spoiler|Caim kills Ensemble Darkhorse Urick in order to break the seal}}.▼
** [[Big Damn Villains]]: The latter case also means that Nowe doesn't have to do it, since both of them technically wanted the latter to happen but Nowe can't make himself do it.▼
* [[Legendary in The Sequel]]: Specifically by becoming [[The Dreaded]].▼
* [[The Juggernaut]]: Only this time, you're on the ''receiving'' end of his sword. Let's just say that getting in his way isn't a very good idea...
▲* [[Kick the Dog]]: Two instances: a) It is mentioned early that Caim killed general Oror, Nowe's surrogate human father and Gismor's balance on the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]; b) Later on, {{spoiler|Caim kills Ensemble Darkhorse Urick in order to break the seal}}.
* [[Only Known By Their Nickname]]: "The one-eyed man," for roughly the first half of the game.▼
▲** [[Big Damn Villains]]: The latter case also means that Nowe doesn't have to do it, since both of them technically wanted the latter to happen, but Nowe can't make himself do it.
* [[Peek-a-Bangs]]: His hair tends to cover his eyes.
* [[Slasher Smile]]: Even more pronounced now.
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* [[Knight in Shining Armor]]
* [[Mentor Archetype]]: Is the one who trained Nowe, Eris and Urick.
* [[The Messiah]]: This guy was as good as [[Jerkass|Gismor]] is evil.
* [[Only Known
* [[Parental Substitute]]
* [[Posthumous Character]]: Developed via weapon histories and what characters mention about him rather than flashbacks.
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* [[Fiery Redhead]]
* [[Playing
* [[Plotline Death]]: Is killed by Manah early on.
* [[The Unfought]]
* [[Villainous Glutton]]: Averted somewhat; he cared mostly about filling his own stomach to grow strong, but his pact price was the sensation of enjoying food.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: [[An Axe to Grind]].
=== Hanch ===
* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]]: Averted; her pact price was her beauty.
* [[Hellish Horse|Hellish]] [[Kraken and Leviathan|Leviathan]]: Her pact beast
* [[Making a Splash]]
* [[Master Poisoner]]: She was the one who poisoned the drink Oror took before he lost his life, under Gismor's command. She tried the same with Nowe. [[Foregone Conclusion|It didn't work
* [[Perpetual Frowner]]: Due to her pact price.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: [[Blade
* [[When She Smiles]]: In her backstory, her smile was charming enough for her to be called "Sunsmile".
=== Yaha ===
* [[Bishounen]]
* [[Camp Gay]]: And he's an [[Elfeminate|Elf]] to boot!
* [[The Charmer]]: His pact gave him the ability to charm whomever he wants, with his price being his inability to feel pleasure himself.
* [[Depraved Homosexual]]: Part of the reason he made a pact was so that he could seduce Urick.
* [[Dishing Out Dirt]]
* [[The Minion Master]]: Rather than controlling a single creature, he made a pact with a pack of gnomes.
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: A [[Simple Staff]].
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