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* SkilledButNaive: Melinoë is a skilled witch and warrior trained by Hecate to slay Chronos, the embodiment of time and the man who imprisoned her family. But Mel has only heard of the world beyond the Crossroads through the stories of others and what she's read in her studies. This means that she tends to have a rosy view of most people until she meets them in-person, referring to Hypnos as one of Nyx's three mighty sons and believing him to be a wise, powerful god. She's confused when Charon states that Hypnos is more useful asleep than awake.
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* SkilledButNaive: Melinoë is a skilled witch and warrior trained by Hecate to slay Chronos, the embodiment of time and the man who imprisoned her family. But Mel has only heard of the world beyond the Crossroads through the stories of others and what she's read in her studies. This means that she tends to have a rosy view of most people until she meets them in-person, referring to Hypnos as one of Nyx's three mighty sons and at the Crossroads, believing him to be a wise, powerful god. She's confused when Charon states that Hypnos is more useful asleep than awake.
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* MyGreatestFailure: When Chronos invaded, she was the one in charge of looking out for any threats to the Underworld. As such she feels responsible for the fall of the House of Hades and the war at large. So much as that [[spoiler: when Melinoë relays a message from Hades thanking her for successfully taking care of her, Hecate gets emotional and can barely contain her guilt, telling Melinoë she can't accept it until they finally save Hades, and warns Melinoë to not tell him how Hecate reacted]]
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* MyGreatestFailure: When Chronos invaded, she was the one in charge of looking out for any threats to the Underworld. As such she feels responsible for the fall of the House of Hades and the war at large. So much as that [[spoiler: when [[spoiler:when Melinoë relays a message from Hades thanking her for successfully taking care of her, Hecate gets emotional and can barely contain her guilt, telling Melinoë she can't accept it until they finally save Hades, and warns Melinoë to not tell him how Hecate reacted]]
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* TechnicolorFire: Hecate's MagicFire is greenish in color, emphasizing how unnatural it is as the product of witchcraft rather than divine or natural.
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* ShutUpHannibal: Directed towards [[spoiler: her grandfather after defeating him for the first time. When Chronos proclaims that defeating him countless may mean she can never see her family again. Meli stoically corrects him by saying its ''our'' family and that she doesn't know them anyways so why should she care.]]
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* ShutUpHannibal: Directed towards [[spoiler: her grandfather after defeating him for the first time. When Chronos proclaims goads her that defeating her seemingly endless cycle of slaying him countless may mean she can never see her family again. again, Meli stoically corrects him by saying its ''our'' family ''[[IronicEcho our]]'' [[IronicEcho family]] and that she doesn't know them that well anyways so why should she care.]]
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* SiblingYinYang: Melinoë is a sorceress, whereas Zagreus was a warrior with extremely limited magic. Melinoë is humble to the point of self-depricating, while Zagreus was confident and borderline hubristic at times. Melinoë desperately wants to reunite with a family she's never known, while Zagreus was resentful of his family and tried to escape them.
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* ShutUpHannibal: Directed towards [[spoiler: her grandfather after defeating him for the first time. When Chronos proclaims that defeating him countless may mean she can never see her family again. Meli stoically corrects him by saying its ''our'' family and that she doesn't know them anyways so why should she care.]]
* SiblingYinYang: Melinoë is a sorceress, whereas Zagreus was a warrior with extremely limited magic. Melinoë is humble to the point of self-depricating, while Zagreus was confident and borderline hubristic at times. Melinoë desperately wants to reunite with a family she's never known, while Zagreus was resentful of his family and tried to escape them. This trope is further exemplified by their complete contrasting character designs.
* SiblingYinYang: Melinoë is a sorceress, whereas Zagreus was a warrior with extremely limited magic. Melinoë is humble to the point of self-depricating, while Zagreus was confident and borderline hubristic at times. Melinoë desperately wants to reunite with a family she's never known, while Zagreus was resentful of his family and tried to escape them. This trope is further exemplified by their complete contrasting character designs.
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* TheMentor: Seen in the official reveal trailer, she's Melinoë's trainer, sparring with her and advising her that "we can but learn" when Melinoë claims her fighting isn't good enough.
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* TheMentor: Seen She's been training Melinoë in the ways of witchcraft ever since the latter was a child. The official reveal trailer, she's Melinoë's trainer, trailer shows Hecate sparring with her Mel and advising her that "we can but learn" when Melinoë the latter claims her fighting isn't good enough.
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* NumerologicalMotif: Three, of course; Hecate is the threefold goddess and the number comes up a great deal in relation to her. In particular, in her boss battle she can split into three people, and she notes that during the escape from Hades' house she was able to grab three things (Melinoë, Hypnos, and a painting) because of this.
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* CreepyGood: She's the goddess of witchcraft and therefore has an extremely dark creepy appearance, including claw-like hands, a covered face, and an enormous witch hat that throws her features into shadow. Nonetheless, she's firmly on the side of good.
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* BigGood: She's the one in charge of the crossroads and Melinoë's overarching mission, and therefore leads the resistance against Chronos in the underworld.
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* WildCard: As the Goddess of Strife she sometimes appears to Melinoë as a boss fight if she thinks things are going too smoothly for her, just to mix it up.
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* WildCard: As the Goddess of Strife she sometimes appears to Melinoë as a boss fight if she thinks things are going too smoothly for her, just to mix it up. At first Mel thinks Chronos turned her, but he denies any influence, she's just doing it for herself.
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* ParentsAsPeople: Hecate is Melinoë's mother in all but name, having raised her since she was a wee babe. However, she always keeps her distance and notably reacts poorly anytime Melinoë tries to acknowledge their relationship like that, in large part out of guilt for having failed Melinoë's actual mother Persephone.
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* ImprobableWeaponUser: [[spoiler:That oar is for paddling both the Styx's waters and shoplifters' faces, and it performs both admirably; even ''Hades'' doesn't hit quite that hard.]]
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* ImprobableWeaponUser: [[spoiler:That oar is for paddling both the Styx's waters and shoplifters' faces, and it performs both admirably; even ''Hades'' doesn't hit quite that hard.]] [[spoiler: Interestingly, it's revealed in the sequel Charon used to wield his own version of the Moonstone Axe but latter settled for his iconic oar.]]
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* DoppelgangerAttack: During her boss fight, Hecate will occasionally split into three with a spell called Triple Divide. While all three Hecates will deal damage with their attacks, you can only hit one of them in return; hitting the other two will have the clone flash green to indicate that you're attacking the wrong one. In any case, the clones will disappear after a few seconds.
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* WarmUpBoss: Not only is she the first boss that Melinoë has to face, but Hecate also serves as this in-universe. She's acting as a BeefGate for Melinoë because if the princess can't get past her mentor, then defeating Chronos is out of the question. Hecate also explicitly identifies testing Melinoë in combat (albeit non-lethally) as the reason why she's attacking her.
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* WarmUpBoss: Not only is she the first boss that Melinoë has to face, but Hecate also serves as She fulfills this in-universe. role in [[WatsonianVersusDoylist both a Watsonian and Doylist way]].
** In-universe, She's acting as a BeefGate for Melinoë because if the princess can't get past her mentor, then defeating Chronos is out of the question. Hecate also explicitly identifies testing Melinoë in combat (albeit non-lethally) as the reason why she's attacking her. It's not a lethal combat so much as it is a spar; should Mel prevail, Hecate compliments her student's fighting skill, then lets her keep going on.
** In terms of gameplay, Hecate's attacks have long wind-ups so you can see them coming, and few ways to really mix them up besides splitting into three for a time with a DoppelgangerAttack. Her ring-of-fire move is also there to force you to figure out the dashing and dodging mechanic in order to avoid it, as well as having follow-ups to her attacks and moments where she summons {{Mook}}s to make you divide your attention. While all of this is meant to be a challenge, it's not ''that'' hard, and can be overcome pretty reliably once you get familiar with the controls and gameplay mechanics.
** In-universe, She's acting as a BeefGate for Melinoë because if the princess can't get past her mentor, then defeating Chronos is out of the question. Hecate also explicitly identifies testing Melinoë in combat (albeit non-lethally) as the reason why she's attacking her. It's not a lethal combat so much as it is a spar; should Mel prevail, Hecate compliments her student's fighting skill, then lets her keep going on.
** In terms of gameplay, Hecate's attacks have long wind-ups so you can see them coming, and few ways to really mix them up besides splitting into three for a time with a DoppelgangerAttack. Her ring-of-fire move is also there to force you to figure out the dashing and dodging mechanic in order to avoid it, as well as having follow-ups to her attacks and moments where she summons {{Mook}}s to make you divide your attention. While all of this is meant to be a challenge, it's not ''that'' hard, and can be overcome pretty reliably once you get familiar with the controls and gameplay mechanics.
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* LadySwearsALot: She swears noticably more than other characters do, such as telling Melinoë to "get [her] scrawny ass out of here" when giving Nemesis a bottle of nectar, and speaing ill of Hecate by dreaming of "beating her ass to the ground" as revenge for letting Mel fight Chronos instead of Nemesis.
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* MoralMyopia: Nemesis is the goddess of retribution, meant to mete out the consequences and punishments that result from mortal hubris, and is a strong believer in the idea that people get what they deserve. Which makes her absolutely graceless and bitter refusal to accept that she was passed over in favor of Melinoë for the task of dispatching Chronos particularly noteworthy and egregious. Not only does she speak ill of Hecate and relishes the idea of "-beating her ass to the ground," she takes all her viciousness and frustration out on Mel, and brushes off her brother's advice about the perils of taking on everything alone without support.
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* MoralMyopia: Nemesis is the goddess of retribution, meant to mete out the consequences and punishments that result from mortal hubris, and is a strong believer in the idea that people get what they deserve. Which makes her absolutely graceless and bitter refusal to accept that she was passed over in favor of Melinoë for the task of dispatching Chronos particularly noteworthy and egregious. Not only does she speak ill of Hecate and relishes the idea of "-beating "beating her ass to the ground," she takes all her viciousness and frustration out on Mel, and brushes off her brother's advice about the perils of taking on everything alone without support. support.
* ObliviousToHisOwnDescription: In a bit of {{Irony}}, Nem is the god of retribution, and feels like people get what they have coming to them. So there's some MoralMyopia involved on Nem's part over how Nem feels that despite being passed over for Melinoë, it should still be Nem herself who gets to fight Chronos. In other words, Nemesis is there to make sure people get what's coming to them, but Nem getting what's coming to her for her repeated acts of insubordination and hostility by acting like TheBully are lost on her.
* RevengeBeforeReason: As the god of retribution and revenge, this is to be expected. Nemesis knows that she's going to get in trouble with Hecate for abandoning her post to go out on repeated runs in the field, but Nemesis also says that she doesn't care. Nem also repeatedly talks back to Hecate in their conversations, despite Hecate being the headmistress of the Unseen and the god of magic. Once Nemesis gets found out and warned, she keeps going out into the field anyway. Finally, she keeps belittling Melinoë and taking rewards away from her, despite Mel needing every resource she can get in the fight against Chronos.
* ObliviousToHisOwnDescription: In a bit of {{Irony}}, Nem is the god of retribution, and feels like people get what they have coming to them. So there's some MoralMyopia involved on Nem's part over how Nem feels that despite being passed over for Melinoë, it should still be Nem herself who gets to fight Chronos. In other words, Nemesis is there to make sure people get what's coming to them, but Nem getting what's coming to her for her repeated acts of insubordination and hostility by acting like TheBully are lost on her.
* RevengeBeforeReason: As the god of retribution and revenge, this is to be expected. Nemesis knows that she's going to get in trouble with Hecate for abandoning her post to go out on repeated runs in the field, but Nemesis also says that she doesn't care. Nem also repeatedly talks back to Hecate in their conversations, despite Hecate being the headmistress of the Unseen and the god of magic. Once Nemesis gets found out and warned, she keeps going out into the field anyway. Finally, she keeps belittling Melinoë and taking rewards away from her, despite Mel needing every resource she can get in the fight against Chronos.
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* DefrostingIceQueen: Nemesis is TheBully and TheRival, constantly belittling Melinoë, being quite curt in her speech, and sometimes taking room rewards away. As you progress her RelationshipValues further, Nemesis will reveal that [[GreenEyedMonster she's actually quite jealous of Melinoë]] being given the task of slaying Chronos instead of Nemesis herself. When her relationship values are high enough, Nemesis will have a JerkassRealization over the fact that Mel has been nothing but nice to Nem in spite of how she's been treating Mel all this time.
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* DefrostingIceQueen: Nemesis is TheBully and TheRival, constantly belittling Melinoë, being quite curt in her speech, and sometimes taking room rewards away. As you progress her RelationshipValues further, Nemesis will reveal that [[GreenEyedMonster she's actually quite jealous of Melinoë]] being given the task of slaying Chronos instead of Nemesis herself.getting the honors. When her relationship values are high enough, Nemesis will have a JerkassRealization over the fact that Mel has been nothing but nice to Nem in spite of how she's been treating Mel all this time.
* LightningBruiser: During the BodyCountCompetition challenges, Nemesis will prove that her muscles aren't just for show. Nemesis will deal at least 250 damage per hit, and deal it quickly with multiple strikes and rapid movement around the area, forcing Melinoë to either KillSteal or go all-out to have even a prayer of beating Nemesis.
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* TheRival: Nemesis loves to brag about how she could do everything you're tasked with doing, and her encounters are less about her helping you out and more about various ways to butt heads with her, be it with a BodyCountCompetition or else buying boons off you so she can make better use of them than you. If you give her a vial of Nectar, she'll tell you to take it back and "get your scrawny ass out of here" while returning it to your inventory.
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* TheRival: Nemesis loves to brag about how she could do everything you're tasked with doing, and her encounters are less about her helping you out and more about various ways to butt heads with her, be it with a BodyCountCompetition or else buying boons off you so she can make better use of them than you. If The first time you give her a vial of Nectar, she'll tell you to take it back and "get your scrawny ass out of here" while returning it to your inventory.
