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* [[Ambiguous Innocence]]: Kicked around with Lorelei. She's a sweet, caring girl who loves Skärva dearly. But Skärva's a villain, so how innocent can that really make her?

* [[Animate Inanimate Object]]: The ghosts of Skarva's keep can possess swords, pots, and the like.

* [[Art Evolution]]: Compare the first page of the comic with some of the newer ones.

* [[Art Shift]]: A crayon coloring illustrates the path that must be taken to reach Frostbite Fortress.

* [[Bad Boss]]: Surprisingly averted. For all his machinations, Skärva treats his minions reasonably well. The same cannot be said for the wizard at the Temple of Terror, though...

* [[Badass Boast]]: Skärva often, usually accompanied by a [[Deliberately Monochrome]] [[Art Shift]].

* [[Badass Grandpa]]: The village elder at Wilderfall shuts Ecta up and gets an apology out of her, something only Skärva is able to do.

* [[Bat Out of Hell]]: Parodied. A [[Goddamned Bats|goddamned bat]] in Molten Mountain accidentally flies into a torch and promptly flaps around screaming in agony.

** Do not mock Frozio's tuxedo.

* [[The Big Guy]]: Derk.

* [[Big Thin Short Trio]]: Derk is big, Skärva is skinny, and Lorelei is short.

* [[Blatant Lies]]

{{quote| '''Nut''': What do you need a Lii Flower for?<br />

** Slice has a crush on a Flish called Gilly, who doesn't know or care who he is.

* [[Call Back]]: On first introduction, Davis mistakes Skärva and Derk for door-to-door religious nuts and insists that he lives in a temple and doesn't need to hear about the gods. When he finally reaches Castle Skärva and is [[Ask a Stupid Question|asked if he's there to see Skärva]], he replies he's there to talk about the gods.

* [[Casual Danger Dialogue]]: [[Friendly Enemies|Derk and Blank]] spend a fight [[Deconstructed Trope|deconstructing]] Derk's role as a [[Black Mage]] rather than [[The Brute]], and then pointing out [[Light Is Not Good]].

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Slice's [[Establishing Character Moment]] is to ask a suit of armour how his watch goes.

* [[Deliberately Monochrome]]: In some of the earlier comics, Skärva would make a sadistically evil proclamation and the art would shift to a grainy black and white just to demonstrate how evil he is.

{{quote| '''Skärva''': THEIR LUNCHMEAT SHALL BE OURS!}}

* [[Distracted By the Sexy]]: Skärva's latest plan is for Veronika to fall in love with Blank, so Blank will be too preoccupied to defeat Skärva. His minions are astonished by the ingenuity of it.

** {{spoiler|It failed, and Skärva's in for a beating.}}

* [[Embarrassing First Name]]: Floyd's keeping his well under wraps.

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Who knew that the young doorman of the Tower of Terror would gain such an audience?

* [[Evil Makes You Monstrous]]: At least, in the case of Lord Skärva's great-grandfather. If it wasn't for him, the Skärva's would never look like they do.

* [[Excited Kids Show Host]]: Derk is ''very'' excited to be [[M Cing]] a castle staff meeting. The crowd, not so much.

** Except [[Cloudcuckoolander|Slice.]]

* [[Friend to All Children]]: Played with. Skärva seems to be developing quite the rapport with Lorelei, but when he returns to find it's "Take Your Child To Work Day" at his castle, he comes face to face with an adorable imp kid...nearly reducing it to tears.

* [[Face Palm]]: Skärva gets a few during his inspection of the first temple.

** Slice is Sanguine--The eternal optimist and space cadet who is eager to make friends and is just so darn ''happy''.

** Ecta is Choleric--Quick to anger, the appointed leader who is well-known through the castle for being astonishingly bossy.

* [[Funny Background Event]]: Much humor can be had simply by looking at small details in each panel.

* [[Genre Savvy]]: Princess Veronika is well aware that she is fated to marry either an idiot prince or a vapid hero, and has long since given up caring about anything because of it.

* [[Healing Hands]]: Lorelei seems to have these.

* [[Hermit Guru]]: A little light on the Hermit side, since they're pretty common.

{{quote| '''Lorelei''': It's a town, silly! Of course there's a wise old man!}}

* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: Well duh.

* [[Ki Attacks]]: Floyd prepares to unleash one on Blank, but Blank counters with his sword's [[Cold Flames]]. Not long, later, though, Blank comes across Derk...who unleashes a [[Kamehame Hadouken]] on him. [[Took a Level In Badass|The ascension of badass levels cannot be counted that high.]]

* [[Kubrick Stare]]: Skärva pulls this off frequently.

* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: Slice dives in front of Blank to defend Gilly, making fists with his fins. Blank grumbles a bit and walks off, uncaring, but hey, Slice gritted his teeth and everything!

* [[Oh Crap]]: Probably shouldn't have made the short jokes around that wizard, Skärva...

* [[Open Says Me]]: Blank's preferred method of entry, of course.

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Honestly, we're not quite sure yet where Lorelei's parents are.

* [[Plant Person]]: The inhabitants of Wilderfall are a blend of this and [[Animate Inanimate Object|Animate Inanimate Objects]].

* [[Princesses Prefer Pink]]: Averted; Veronika does ''not''.

* [[Punctuated for Emphasis]]: A rare non-shouted version, instead more exasperated.

* [[Shoot the Shaggy Dog]]: Implied. After so much time spent touring through Frostbite Fortress and Molten Mountain, Blank's progress through them comes under [[Time Skip|Time Skips]] and he immediately reaches Skärva's castle. After Frozen Fortress, the only remote mention of the dungeon is the fact that Blank acquired the Sword of Stabbing, which is what Skärva hid there.

* [[Shout Out]]: The whole comic's premise is based on [[The Legend of Zelda]]

* [[Shutting Up Now]]: Ecta furiously demands a more competent team than Floyd and Slice. Skärva gives her a magnificent [[Death Glare]] and she sheepishly runs like hell.

* [[Slasher Smile]]: Skärva. The teeth help.

* [[Tentacle Rope]]: Ecta tangles with some vines in the Mother Tree.

* [[Terrible Trio]]: Skärva, Derk, and Lorelei are shaping up to be something akin to this. Aren't they terrible.

{{quote| '''Blank''': Well, to be honest, the gods hate you.}}

* [[Then Let Me Be Evil]]: Implied in Skärva's character bio; gaining the trust of the people isn't easy for a shark man, so he just said 'screw it' and went for their fear instead.

* [[Wingding Eyes]]: When attempting to woo a bystander, Lord Skärva grows a pair.

* [[With a Friend And A Stranger]]: Lord Skärva and Derk have known each other for a time before the comic's beginning. Lorelei is the stranger.

* [[Yeah Shot]]: Skärva and Frozio slap a truly epic high five.

* [[Zeppelins From Another World]]: Owned by the operators of Molten Mountain. Yes, the ''volcano''.