Impure Blood
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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.
Tropes used in Impure Blood include:
- Alcohol Hic[context?]
- Ancient Tradition[context?]
- Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking[context?]
- Artifact of Doom: maybe[context?]
- A Storm Is Coming: Mac sees it, does not believe it.
- Bearer of Bad News[context?]
- Beneath Suspicion[context?]
- 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[context?]
- Bothering by the Book[context?]
- Boxed Crook[context?]
- The Caper[context?]
- Career Killers: Elnor is one of these.[context?]
- Condemned Contestant[context?]
- Cool Car: Especially in Mac's eyes.[context?]
- Cool Airship[context?]
- Covered with Scars: Roan
- Cutting the Knot[context?]
- Crystal Ball[context?]
- Cue the Sun: Roan, naturally, escapes just in time for the sunrise time limit.
- Cyborg[context?]
- The Dandy: Caspian.
- Dark and Troubled Past[context?]
- Dark Is Evil[context?]
- Decapitated Army: The army falls into literal pieces when the head is lost.
- Deep Sleep: Roan, after his rescue.
- Divided We Fall[context?]
- Doomed Hometown: Twin Pass gets completely wiped out shortly after the cast moves on.
- Dramatic Wind[context?]
- Dude, Where's My Respect?: Roan, all the time.
- Dynamic Entry[context?]
- Embarrassing Nickname: Roan considers his[1] this.
- Embarrassing Rescue[context?]
- 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[context?]
- Fire-Forged Friends[context?]
- Flash Back[context?]
- Flaw Exploitation[context?]
- A Friend in Need[context?]
- Fruit Cart[context?]
- Gambit Pileup[context?]
- 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[context?]
- Gladiator Games: Where Roan is held prisoner.
- Golem[context?]
- Good Is Not Nice[context?]
- Gossipy Hens: After the escape, the inn is full of talk of it.
- Gray Rain of Depression[context?]
- Great Escape[context?]
- Grievous Bottley Harm[context?]
- Grievous Harm with a Body[context?]
- Hair of Gold: Mac
- Half-Human Hybrid: Roan
- Harbinger of Impending Doom[context?]
- Hard-Drinking Party Girl: Elnor.
- Here There Were Dragons[context?]
- 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[context?]
- Infraction Distraction[context?]
- In Harm's Way[context?]
- In the End You Are on Your Own[context?]
- Ironic Echo[context?]
- Is That What They're Calling It Now?[context?]
- "It" Is Dehumanizing: Caspian makes a point of referring to Roan this way.
- I Warned You[context?]
- Just in Time: Roan makes it through the city gates just as the sun comes up.
- Knife Nut[context?]
- Laser-Guided Amnesia[context?]
- 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.[context?]
- 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[context?]
- Messy Hair[context?]
- Mugging the Monster: Attacking Caspian is unwise.[context?]
- Mundane Utility[context?]
- Mysterious Past[context?]
- The Nose Knows: Roan smells Dara's approach.
- Not Evil, Just Misunderstood: Roan
- Not-So-Omniscient Council of Bickering: The Watchers.[context?]
- Odd-Shaped Panel[context?]
- Oedipus Complex[context?]
- Oh My Gods[context?]
- 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[context?]
- 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[context?]
- Pink Elephants: Escaping through the city, they pass a drunk who may have seen something that wasn't there.
- Plausible Deniability[context?]
- Post Dramatic Stress Disorder: Roan collapses after escape.
- Power Glows[context?]
- Precursors: The Ancients.[context?]
- Primal Fear[context?]
- The Promise: See I Gave My Word above.
- Psychic Powers: Dara has them, although the full extent of them isn't yet[when?] known.[context?]
- The Quest[context?]
- Rebus Bubble[context?]
- The Reveal[context?]
- Royal Blood[context?]
- Royal Brat[context?]
- Schizo-Tech[context?]
- Scooby-Doo Hoax[context?]
- Screw the Rules, I Have Money[context?]
- 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[context?]
- Shrouded in Myth[context?]
- Sole Survivor: Mac.[context?]
- Speed Stripes[context?]
- Spell My Name with a "The": Roan, AKA The Abomination.
- Squee[context?]
- Stop Helping Me![context?]
- Sword Cane[context?]
- Tempting Fate[context?]
- There Can Be Only One[context?]
- There Is Another[context?]
- They Call Me Mister Tibbs[context?]
- Think Nothing of It[context?]
- 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[context?]
- Vagueness Is Coming: One Watcher is particularly found of it.[context?]
- Visible Silence[context?]
- Waking Up Elsewhere[context?]
- Walking Shirtless Scene: Roan.
- Watching Troy Burn[context?]
- We Named the Monkey "Jack"[context?]
- Who Will Bell the Cat?: : You go put him under arrest, then.
- Would Hurt a Child[context?]
- Wrench Wench[context?]
- You Are in Command Now[context?]
- Youthful Freckles: Mac
- ↑ The Abomination