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== The Clan as a whole ==

* [[Gambit Pileup]] (there are hints that the multiple interests making up the Sarghress are a weakness that could cause the clan to implode. Lulianne, a former Dutan'vir clearly has her own plans to bring back her old clan {{spoiler|and now thanks to Khaless' possession is also a spy for Snadhya'rune}}; as do Sker, Minka and {{spoiler|Mikilu}} as seen in a pre-timeskip cameo. Sil'lice is also hiding within the Sarghress, and while its not known what her exact plans are, she still doesn't exactly follow the Sarghress party line. Then there's the fact that {{spoiler|sleeper Nidraa'chal agents}} are in the clan as they are in apparently every major clan and even Kel'noz, Quain'tana's own son and the person she seems to trust most, has his own agenda. The only thing holding these people together is their mutual dislike of the Vel'Sharen, and it's uncertain if that'll be enough.)

* [[Generation Xerox]] (both [[Deconstruction|deconstructed]] and [[Invoked Trope|invoked]], since the fact that the same patterns are repeated across generations is ''not a good thing'', and Quain'tana's specific desire to have an heir who's a [[Generation Xerox]] of her has caused ''many'' more problems than it has solved)

** Ariel: Child (in the first arc) / Maiden (in the second)

** Mel'arnach: Witch ({{spoiler|in appearance}}) {{spoiler|Mother}} (in reality, especially after the timeskip)

** Also, if you're Mel, [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5052 don't] [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1835 badmouth Quain] in front of her.

* [[Black Mage]]

* [[Blow You Away]] (besides her shapeshifting, she also has an affinity for air sorcery)

* [[Book Dumb]] (shows signs of this, including [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1796 not knowing her clan's history outside of the romanticized versions she read] though this [[Fridge Brilliance|makes sense]] considering Syphile's lackluster teaching and the fact that she only spent about 5 years at Orthorbbae, and much of the time she did spend there was spent [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=236 trying to avoid being attacked again], and she's explicitly said to have not gotten very good grades as a result)

* [[Naive Newcomer]] (for the first arc of the story, but this seems to have largely disappeared after the timeskip)

* [[One Head Taller]] (after the timeskip, with Faen, which is an inversion of when they were younger. Receives an amusing [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=8545 lampshading] in one extra page)

* [[Plucky Girl]] (and how)

* [[Rapunzel Hair]] (even more so after the timeskip)

* [[Troubled Abuser]] (Kel'noz at the very least seems to think so, but he notably doesn't excuse Syphile for any of her treatment of Ariel even knowing this)

* [[The Un-Reveal]] (Readers never learn who her biological parents were. All we know is that her parents were two of Quain'tana's strongest followers which is partly why she is viewed as a disappointment; because she did not live up to the standards met by her biological parents.)

 

=== Mel'arnach Val'Sarghress ===

* [[It Got Worse]] (largely the course her life has taken. She didn't get along with Quain'tana practically from the beginning, but when Laele'aell was born it seems some of the heat was taken off Mel, but when Laele died things only got worse again, and to top it off {{spoiler|the child she was waiting for for years was taken away before she could even name her, and she wasn't even allowed to see said child for 10 years, and when she did said child was terrified of her, and didn't believe her when told of her true heritage}})

** It seems to have gotten slightly better for her after the timeskip, {{spoiler|since she seems to have more freedom in the Sullisin'rune dome, apparently sees Ariel on a somewhat regular basis and has had two more children with a third on the way. While not ideal, especially since it's implied the children are being raised elsewhere, she seems much happier, though her relationship with Ariel is clearly still somewhat rocky}}.

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]

* [[Mysterious Parent]] ([[Word of God]] has refused to answer any questions about who her and Kel'noz's father was, which has led fans to speculate that he's important, and also {{spoiler|Mel herself qualifies for both Kalki and Ariel}})

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] (possibly in regards to {{spoiler|exactly what Snadhya'rune admitting to be a Nidraa'chal founder actually means}} since Mel's [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7060 body language] when asked if she'd ever heard of {{spoiler|the Nidraa'chal}} is defensive, and when directly asked if she wants to join {{spoiler|Snadhya in her "business"}} her response is to [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1369 evade the question].)

* [[Psycho Lesbian]] ({{spoiler|it's an act}})

* [[Rape and Switch]] (A debatable example. While it is heavily implied that Quain'tana allowed her to be sexually abused by her male soldiers, and Mel says that the abuse she suffered made her hate men, she also says that Quain was never able to accept that [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=520 she preferred women], implying that she was always more attracted to them, and drow have an [[Everyone Is Bi]] society anyway)

* [[Statuesque Stunner]] (along with her mother she's one of the tallest characters in the comic, and is even taller than {{spoiler|Snadhya'rune}}, best seen [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1372 here]. [[Word of God]] [http://www.drowtales.com/wordpress/?p=3116 is] that she and Quain'tana are as tall as their Dark Elf ancestors would have been.)

* [[You Have to Believe Me]] (Needless to say, {{spoiler|Ariel has problems believing Mel is her mother}})

* [[The Atoner]] (due to {{spoiler|1=[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=858 selling out her home village to slavers], due to her fellow male warriors [[Moving the Goalposts]] on her}})

* [[Badass Normal]] (especially apparent after {{spoiler|she joins the Highland Raiders}})

* [[Eloquent in My Native Tongue]] (despite the difficulty she has with the drow language, her inner monologues show her to be quite thoughtful)

* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]] (has several on her face, but in a few people's opinions they make her hotter)

* [[Matron Chaperone]] (she assigns herself to this role after seeing [[Attempted Rape|what Rik tries to do to Ariel]], since Ariel doesn't understand the full implications of what he's trying to do)

* [[No Periods, Period]] (averted [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1124 quite comically])

* [[Offhand Backhand|Offhand]] [[Groin Attack]] ([http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7159 don't piss Vaelia off])

* [[Values Dissonance]] (an in story example, since while the drow see fairies as pests, [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1240 she sees them as spirits of the Earth])

* {{spoiler|[[Fusion Dance]]}} ({{spoiler|the result of this with Diva and Ragini}})

* [[Hidden Depths]] (even if you haven't read the spoilered text, the sheer numbers of spoilers about her had probably tipped you off that she's not what she appears)

* [[Servile Snarker]] (even before {{spoiler|Diva'ratrika awakens}} she gets away with saying some pretty daring things around Ariel)

* {{spoiler|[[Split Personality Takeover]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[King Incognito]]}} (justified, since shortly after {{spoiler|she "awakens" it's shown that her daughters are using a [[Body Double]], and Diva doesn't really even look like herself anymore since she's significantly younger, and tragically means that she can't tell Sil'lice, the one daughter still loyal to her, that she's still alive}})

* [[Parental Substitute]] (seems to be shaping up to be this for Ariel)

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]] (with Ariel after the timeskip)

* [[Walking Spoiler]] (this character's very existence spoils two major plot points: one, that {{spoiler|Diva'ratrika is dead}} and two, that {{spoiler|she cheated death using Ragini as a conduit}}. Considered a separate character from {{spoiler|Liriel}} and {{spoiler|Diva'ratrika}} for ease of browsing.)

* [[Curtains Match the Window]] (like her mother she has orange hair and eyes, but her hair also has [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5040 some red streaks in it], perhaps to show that despite who her mother is [[Fridge Brilliance|she's still loyal to Quain'tana at heart]])

* [[Inadequate Inheritor]] (not because of anything she did herself, but she came with [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7673 too much Suu'be attached])

* [[Replacement Sibling]] (Quain'tana made her the heir after Laele's death to ensure someone would be there if she fell in battle)

* [[The Stoic]]

 

* [[The Big Guy]] (even for a drow he stands [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5066 head and shoulders above almost everyone])

* [[Canon Immigrant]] (from the Relic Hunters game, along with several other Highland Raiders)

* [[Player Character]] (originally, though he's now part of the main story)

* [[Double Agent]] (in true drow fashion, Lulianne is spying on Mel and reporting to Quain'tana, but at the same time has her own agenda when it comes to bringing back her old clan {{spoiler|and now, thanks to being possessed by Khaless, is also a spy for Snadhya'rune too, meaning that in reality she's more like a [[Double Reverse Quadruple Agent]]}})

* [[Early-Bird Cameo]] (her first appearance is in [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=110 the new chapter 1], but her first chronological appearance happens in chapter 8)

* {{spoiler|[[Grand Theft Me]]}} ({{spoiler|1=[[Word of God]] confirmed that [http://www.drowtales.com/wordpress/?p=3760 Khaless' takeover was complete.]}})

* [[Hair Color Dissonance]] (her original hair color (<ref>see [[Retcon]] further down this entry</ref>) has been separately described as both pink and brown by different people, while it's much more obviously a pink in her later design.)

* [[Retcon]] (a minor one, mainly [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=445 her hair was originally a much darker pink], while her appearance in the new chapter 1 has her with the much lighter hair seen in subsequent chapters)

* {{spoiler|[[Sensible Heroes, Skimpy Villains]]}} (provides a one-woman version of this trope in her wardrobe before and after the timeskip, {{spoiler|thanks to Khaless}})

 

=== Abyte Mae'yukir Sarghress ===

* [[Ass Shove]] (she humorously refers to having "a stick up my ass the length of Chel" before she went to the Mae'yukir)

* [[Bifauxnen]] (her armor, short hair and general build led to a lot of [[Viewer Gender Confusion]] before it was clarified in her first appearance where she [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7739 refers to] formerly being a Kyorl Warden, an all female rank, but some were still confused)

* [[Break the Cutie]] (during the Nidraa'chal War, where she was tainted, and the Warden who was responsible [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7790 didn't even apologize] and carved the heretic mark into her forehead)

* [[The Empath]] (though in her own words [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7783 her empathy is pretty weak] and not strong enough for her to have gotten training as an Inquisitor)

* [[Adorkable]] (just check out the [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5801 adorably silly] way he asks Lulianne out {{spoiler|but all things considered, he'd have been better off if he'd been stood up}})

* [[Brick Joke]] ([http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7748 he finally gets to have] [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5803 that dance with Lulianne])

* [[Halfbreed]] (he looks much more drowolath than drowussu)

* [[Strong Family Resemblance|Uncanny Resemblance]] (looks a lot like Phani'nath Vel'Sharen. The only differences are that Phani'nath is stockier and Rek'mar has longer hair.)

 

 

 

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