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{{quote|'''Smoke Knight''': Your Grace, with all ''respect'', von Blitzengard is ''good'' at this sort of thing. Better than ''any of us''. It's one of the reasons he was able to make ''his'' claim to the title ''stick''. }}
** To underline the above, Tarvek survived a childhood marked by most of his extended family trying to kill him by frantically playing [[Xanatos Speed Chess]] and abusing [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]. Martellus survived it by simply ''butchering every assassin they sent''. The 'Fortress of Storms' sequence in particular (where the above quote is from) is noteworthy; Martellus gets teleported into an isolated mountain redoubt full of Smoke Knights and relatives who all want him dead, and three days later all the survivors are bending the knee to him because he's still been ''winning''. The guy might be a clumsy planner sometimes and he still can't beat absolute top-tier opponents like Gilgamesh, but he's a legitimately grade-A killing machine.
* [[No Social Skills]]: Played with. Martellus is ''very'' good at oratory, pagaentry, military leadership, and being charismatic in general... but he is absolutely the worst person in the entire chronicle at romance. [[Cannot Talk to Women]] would be an ''improvement'' from where he is, because at least then he wouldn't have his mouth open to be continually shoving both of his big fat feet into. An example of one of his ''best'' attempts to pay a compliment to Agatha is noted below. (Note particularly that his sister, the
{{quote|'''Agatha:''' (warily) Fine. I don't trust you, but I'll believe you.
'''Martellus:''' Hah! You see, Seffie? Our children will be ''magnificent!''
'''Seffie:''' ARRRRGGGH! This is why ''YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK TO MY FRIENDS!''}}
* [[Not So Different]]: Not that he's aware of it, but there's [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20140411 a scene] when he's wondering whether Euphrosynia Heterodyne had any genuine affection for the Storm King, and his wistful expression is '''very''' much like the one Tarvek shows at sentimental moments.
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