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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.

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Tropes used in Impure Blood include:

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