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* [[The Chessmaster]]: Rose.
* [[The Chosen One]]: David, obviously.
* [[Colour
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: William Cross; he's willing to prolong the war to keep his company profiting.
* [[Culture Chop Suey]] / [[Setting Update]] : Gilboa is basically biblical Judea with an outer layer of 21st century North America. The kingdom's main adversary, Gath, is [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture|a stand-in for the Phillistine tribes]], but with 20th century [[Commie Land]] attributes and a bit of [[Ruritania]] thrown in for good measure.
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* [[Disappeared Dad]]: David's father was killed in combat, {{spoiler|apparently on Silas's orders}}.
** {{spoiler|Or possibly, Rose's.}}
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Putting aside the Biblical stuff for a moment, [[Cold War|Gilboa and Gath]].
** [[Older Than They Think]] Gilboa is actually a mountain in the book of Samuel, and Gath is the city that Goliath came from in the Bible.
* [[Double Standard]]: Brought up in-universe. When racy photos of Michelle are about to leak, the Queen notes that people will attempt to shame her, while others will congratulate David.
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* [[Good Shepherd]]: Reverend Samuels.
* [[Grey and Gray Morality]]: There is one character who seems to be white and one who seems to be black, but the rest fall somewhere in between. In the end, not even the Reverend Samuels is completely pure, and even the vile Abbadon has someone he cares enough about to relinquish his hoarded gold.
* [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?]]: Jack, by necessity.
* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]: Jack, {{spoiler|Silas}}.
* [[Hellhole Prison]]: Gehenna, the secret prison complex where Abbadon (and eventually {{spoiler|David}}) is housed in 24-hour-a-day solitary confinement. The name is kind of a tipoff.
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** Justified, in the Old Testament a sign of God's blessing at various points is to allow a sterile woman to conceive - considering the source material and tone of the series it's less David's awesomeness than God's blessing.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Abbadon is the Bringer of Death in the [[The Bible|Book of Revelations]]. Belial is a demon mentioned in passing in the Book of Corinthians. Depending how strong the viewer's association is, [[Lord of the Flies|Jack]] might count as well.
* [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]: {{spoiler|Nice job, Silas, sending David on a suicide mission and succeeding only in giving him the idea to take your crown}}
* [[No Bisexuals]]: Jack has clearly had sexual relationships with women in the past, and at one point comes on heavily to Katrina Ghent, but [[Word of God]] is that he's gay, not bisexual.
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: The queen.
** Subverted by the queen on a few occasions, too. She's surprisingly controlling at times.
* [[One
* [[Politically
* [[Preacher Man]]: Reverend Samuels, who certainly knows what he's doing.
* [[Prophetic Dreams]]: "Don't go!"
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* [[Unequal Pairing]]: Michelle and David.
** Also, Tomasina and the palace guard.
* [[The Un
* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: As hinted by Andrew Cross, and revealed in the final episode, "exile" actually means indefinite solitary confinement.
* [[The Uriah Gambit]]: Silas sends David on a solo mission to recover the stolen National Charter of Gilboa, armed only with a pistol and an envelope of cash, in the hopes that he will either be killed or refuse to return after failing.
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