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Her Boyfriend's Jacket: During the final confrontation with the Thorn, Bernie alters her appearance so Sam's skull and crossbones logo appears on her robes, and the Scythe takes the form of his shovel and pick veilrippers.However when dealing with a powerful enough abomination, she also has a Game Face where her beautiful facade cracks, and she looks every bit the cruel and merciless Reaper people expect. She's also friendly and compassionate, with a penchant for terrible jokes. Normally she subverts the classical image by taking the form of a tall, beautiful woman, even specifically pointing this out to Clara when she freaks out after being killed by her boyfriend. Although she's quick to note that she doesn't take lives, but instead guards them. Grim Reaper: Bernie is, effectively, the Angel of Death.Good Wings, Evil Wings: Bernie can sport a pair of great black wings, usually when she travels through the Veil, but also for flight in the real world.note Maria had an Orach sent to New York as part of the Pale Court's attack specifically because it was powerful enough that even Mia couldn't deal with it quickly, but not powerful enough that Bernie could deal with the situation As a result, she can only step in when the threat is sufficiently powerful. Godzilla Threshold: Invoked by the Scythe itself: Bernie is unable to so much as damage a Primordial below a given power level.However when it's time to get down to business her features become skeletal, and much more akin to the classical image of the Grim Reaper. Game Face: Bernie normally appears as a beautiful, though pale and white-haired, woman with youthful features.Incredibly Lame Pun: The source of much of Bernie's humor.However she does make a point of remembering every member of the Vigil who died while serving her. She has forgotten much of her past, and who she was and where she came from before becoming the Reaper.
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It's much more consistent and prominent for her than in the other Vigil members, and they're gone when she reverts to her natural coloring whenever separated from the Scythe, suggesting this is actually her appearance and not the result of lighting.
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The Dreaded: Downplayed, in that, as Sam explains in his narration, Bernie is so far beyond most Necromancers that she's not a tangible threat (in fact the nature of the Scythe actually prevents her from harming a Primordial below a certain threshold).Don't Fear the Reaper: She's a Psychopomp, but she explicitly says she guards lives, and does not take them.However she's also the Big Good of the series, leading the eternal struggle against the primordials beyond the Veil. Dark Is Not Evil: Bernie wears dark robes, carries a Sinister Scythe, and is, well, the Grim Reaper.
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Ambiguously Human: There exists a ritual that severs her connection from her scythe, allowing anyone to take it and take her powers while her hair turns black and skin turns Ambiguously Brown.Ambiguously Brown: When Bernie's connection to the Scythe is severed both when Maria takes it from her, and later when she exhausts her power destroying the Thorn her body reverts back to its natural appearance, with dark tanned skin and very dark brown or black hair.The Grim Reaper, who is actually not so grim at all.