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** BiggerBad: [[TheCorruption The]] [[EldritchAbomination Blight]].
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** BiggerBad: [[TheCorruption The]] [[EldritchAbomination Blight]]. Sometimes referred to as 'Allfather'.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The Blightlings. They are corrupted by the Blight and are ordered to convert the other races to their side or, if they don't want to be converted, kill them mercilessly.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The Blightlings. They are corrupted by the Blight and are ordered to convert the other races to their side or, if they don't want to be converted, kill them mercilessly. Some do have a certain degree of free-will, especially among the higher ranks though.
--->...But not before she paused briefly to turn back again and look at you:
“Don’t look to me for explanations, dear reader. Ye best get after those ponies, see what happens… They got plenty of troubles ahead… If’n only they knew.”
“Don’t look to me for explanations, dear reader. Ye best get after those ponies, see what happens… They got plenty of troubles ahead… If’n only they knew.”
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* EnthrallingSiren: The swap kelpie that nearly gets Rainbow Dash is a non-musical version of this trope.
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* EnthrallingSiren: The swap swamp kelpie that nearly gets Rainbow Dash is a non-musical version of this trope.trope. But its true face is revealed once it gets its claws on her.
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* BlessedWithSucked: Tharos, the dragon guarding the way to the Tears, had a spell placed on him that granted him ResurrectiveImmortality -- he can't die, but sees this as a curse, as he's forced to live with the shame of all the times he's been defeated.
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* BlessedWithSucked: BlessedWithSuck: Tharos, the dragon guarding the way to the Tears, had a spell placed on him that granted him ResurrectiveImmortality -- he can't die, but sees this as a curse, as he's forced to live with the shame of all the times he's been defeated.
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* BlessedWithSucked: Tharos, the dragon guarding the way to the Tears, had a spell placed on him that granted him ResurrectiveImmortality -- he can't die, but sees this as a curse, as he's forced to live with the shame of all the times he's been defeated.
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** There was one after our heroes took the Tears of Gaia coming out of the rip from the sky in a parallel dimension. All we find out is that it has a booming voice, tentacles, and the ponies mistook one of its eyes for a planet in the sky above them. Yikes.
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** There was one after our heroes took the Tears of Gaia coming out of the rip from the sky in a parallel dimension. All we find out is that it has a booming voice, tentacles, and the ponies mistook [[ThatsNoMoon one of its eyes for a planet in the sky above them. Yikes.them]]. Yikes.
* EnthrallingSiren: The swap kelpie that nearly gets Rainbow Dash is a non-musical version of this trope.
* EnthrallingSiren: The swap kelpie that nearly gets Rainbow Dash is a non-musical version of this trope.
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* MacGuffinGuardian: Tharos the dragon is the only one other than the Princesses who knows how to open the way to the Tears of Gaia's resting place, and he'll only open it if defeated in battle, but spared by the victor.
** Said resting place is apparently guarded by some... ''thing''. (See EldritchAbomination)
** Said resting place is apparently guarded by some... ''thing''. (See EldritchAbomination)
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Starswirl chastises the others for starting a snowball fight in the middle of their quest... then gets hit with one, and joins in.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Rowanoak does this at the end of chapter 4, addressing the readers directly.
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* MacGuffinDeliveryService: Maugoth decides that it'd be safer to let Twilight and her friends find the Tears of Gaia for him, rather than risk any of the potential dangers himself.
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* DugTooDeep: How The Blight was originally released into the world.
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The Tears of Gaia. An artifact of unmeasurable magical power from the Ancient Days, when the Others ruled the land. If found, they would be the discovery of the century!
At least, those are Twilight Sparkle's thoughts. But something is stirring in lands to the south. Soon she will find that she and her friends are not the only ones who are after the legendary Tears. And so what starts as a simple research trip is soon to escalate into the greatest journey of the young ponies' lives, filled with new friends and foes, incredible danger and great adventure!
At least, those are Twilight Sparkle's thoughts. But something is stirring in lands to the south. Soon she will find that she and her friends are not the only ones who are after the legendary Tears. And so what starts as a simple research trip is soon to escalate into the greatest journey of the young ponies' lives, filled with new friends and foes, incredible danger and great adventure!
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The Tears of Gaia. An artifact of unmeasurable magical power from the Ancient Days, when the Others ruled the land. If found, they would be the discovery of the century!
century! At least, those are Twilight Sparkle's thoughts. But something is stirring in lands to the south. Soon she will find that she and her friends are not the only ones who are after the legendary Tears. And so what starts as a simple research trip is soon to escalate into the greatest journey of the young ponies' lives, filled with new friends and foes, incredible danger and great adventure!
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* TheCorruption: The Blight. It is an EldritchAbomination that corrupts an unsuspecting mortal (sometimes even ''immortals'' such as the Draconequii from the CreationMyth) by putting part of its essence inside the body to possess. It can also mutate and ''decompose the living body'' horribly. And depending on how intelligent the corruption's host is, it can sometimes leave them with nthing but a desire to spread the Blight further.
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* TheCorruption: The Blight. It is an EldritchAbomination that corrupts an unsuspecting mortal (sometimes even ''immortals'' such as the Draconequii from the CreationMyth) by putting part of its essence inside the body to possess. It can also mutate and ''decompose the living body'' horribly. And depending on how intelligent the corruption's host is, it can sometimes leave them with nthing nothing but a desire to spread the Blight further.
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** Also providing a bit of a culture clash between the ponies an the griffon town is their more modern technology. For example, while they have no magic of their own, the griffons have devised [[Magitek muskets]] powered by gemstones that have been imbued with magical energy, making them essentially magical lightning guns.
* EldritchAbomination: The Draconequii in the CreationMyth in the first chapter have them as having mixed body parts from all races because they have no preferences to any race. [[TheCorruption The Blight made them more so.]]
* EldritchAbomination: The Draconequii in the CreationMyth in the first chapter have them as having mixed body parts from all races because they have no preferences to any race. [[TheCorruption The Blight made them more so.]]
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** Also providing a bit of a culture clash between the ponies an the griffon town is their more modern technology. For example, while they have no magic of their own, the griffons have devised [[Magitek muskets]] muskets that shoot lightning, powered by magically-imbued gemstones that have been imbued with magical energy, making them essentially magical lightning guns.
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* EldritchAbomination: The Draconequii in the CreationMyth in the first chapter have them as having mixed body parts from all races because they have no preferences to any race. [[TheCorruption The Blight made them moreso.so, as well as driving them insane.]]
* EldritchAbomination: The Draconequii in the CreationMyth in the first chapter have them as having mixed body parts from all races because they have no preferences to any race. [[TheCorruption The Blight made them more
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** There was one after our heroes took the Tears of Gaia coming out of the rip from the sky in a parallel dimension. All we find out is that it has a booming voice, tentacles, and eyes so large, the ponies mistook one of them its eyes for a moon planet in the sky!sky above them. Yikes.
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* PhysicalGods: According to the CreationMyth, the Alicorns and the Draconequii are all this.
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* PhysicalGods: According to the CreationMyth, the Alicorns and the Draconequii are all this. But by the time the Blight had been imprisoned, the Draconequi had been turned into [[EldritchAbomination insane twisted monsters]], and all the Alicorns except Celestia and Luna left the world forever (And Gaia, though she was essentially dead, having become one with the earth itself)
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** Also providing a bit of a culture clash between the ponies an the griffon town is their more modern technology. For example, while they have no magic of their own, the griffons have devised [Magitek muskets] powered by gemstones that have been imbued with magical energy, making them essentially magical lightning guns.
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** Also providing a bit of a culture clash between the ponies an the griffon town is their more modern technology. For example, while they have no magic of their own, the griffons have devised [Magitek muskets] [[Magitek muskets]] powered by gemstones that have been imbued with magical energy, making them essentially magical lightning guns.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Dushtala, one of the Blightling officers from Burzkala who came to watch over the Blightling army in Maudhul. Every Blightling are afraid of him.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Dushtala, one of the Blightling officers from Burzkala who came to watch over the Blightling army in Maudhul. Every Blightling are is afraid of him.him, since he has a record of being brutally efficient in his work.
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* TheCorruption: The Blight. It is an EldritchAbomination that corrupts an unsuspecting mortal (sometimes even ''immortals'' such as the Draconequii from the CreationMyth) by putting part of its essence inside the body to possess. It can also mutate and ''decompose the living body'' horribly!
* CultureClash: The ponies and the griffins', well, omnivorous diet in the menu.
* CultureClash: The ponies and the griffins', well, omnivorous diet in the menu.
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* TheCorruption: The Blight. It is an EldritchAbomination that corrupts an unsuspecting mortal (sometimes even ''immortals'' such as the Draconequii from the CreationMyth) by putting part of its essence inside the body to possess. It can also mutate and ''decompose the living body'' horribly!
horribly. And depending on how intelligent the corruption's host is, it can sometimes leave them with nthing but a desire to spread the Blight further.
* CultureClash:The ponies While staying in the griffon city, Twilight, Starswirl, Rarity and Pinkie Pie indulge in a delicious dinner from a nearby foodstall. Turns out the griffons are omnivorous, and the griffins', well, omnivorous diet in food was chicken and mushroom soup. As the menu.fic puts it:
--> "Simultaneous spit-takes in 3...2...1..."
** Also providing a bit of a culture clash between the ponies an the griffon town is their more modern technology. For example, while they have no magic of their own, the griffons have devised [Magitek muskets] powered by gemstones that have been imbued with magical energy, making them essentially magical lightning guns.
* CultureClash:
--> "Simultaneous spit-takes in 3...2...1..."
** Also providing a bit of a culture clash between the ponies an the griffon town is their more modern technology. For example, while they have no magic of their own, the griffons have devised [Magitek muskets] powered by gemstones that have been imbued with magical energy, making them essentially magical lightning guns.
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** There was one after our heroes took the Tears of Gaia coming out of the rip from the sky in a parallel dimension.
* {{Expy}}: This fanfic contains expies of many old high fantasy stories such as The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and Redwall.
* {{Expy}}: This fanfic contains expies of many old high fantasy stories such as The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and Redwall.
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** There was one after our heroes took the Tears of Gaia coming out of the rip from the sky in a parallel dimension.
dimension. All we find out is that it has a booming voice, tentacles, and eyes so large, the ponies mistook one of them for a moon in the sky!
* {{Expy}}:This The author admits that the fanfic contains expies of many old high fantasy stories such as The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and Redwall.
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* Jerkass: Gellert the griffin.
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* Jerkass: {{Jerkass}}: Gellert the griffin.
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* BigBad: Maugoth and the Blightlings.
** BiggerBad: [[TheCorruption The]] [[EldritchAbomination Blight]].
** BiggerBad: [[TheCorruption The]] [[EldritchAbomination Blight]].
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--> “And marmalade,” added Pinkie Pie with a shudder. “So... much... marmalade.”
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--> “And marmalade,” added Pinkie Pie with a shudder. “So... much... marmalade.””
* PhysicalGods: According to the CreationMyth, the Alicorns and the Draconequii are all this.
* PhysicalGods: According to the CreationMyth, the Alicorns and the Draconequii are all this.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The Blightlings. They are corrupted by the Blight and are ordered to convert the other races to their side or, if they don't want to convert, kill them mercilessly.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The Blightlings. They are corrupted by the Blight and are ordered to convert the other races to their side or, if they don't want to convert, be converted, kill them mercilessly.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Dushtala, one of the Blightling officers from Burzkala who came to watch over the Blightling army in Maudhul. Every Blightling are afraid of him.
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“And marmalade,” added Pinkie Pie with a shudder. “So... much... marmalade.”
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--> “And marmalade,” added Pinkie Pie with a shudder. “So... much... marmalade.”
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* HumanoidAbomination: No humans, but the Blightlings (mortals corrupted by the Blight) are horribly rotted and disfigured versions of their former selves.
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* HumanoidAbomination: No humans, but the Blightlings (mortals corrupted by the Blight) are horribly rotted and disfigured versions of their former selves.selves.
* NoodleIncident: The Marmalade Incident.
--> “Let’s just say,” Twilight replied, “that it involved a flight spell, a pumpkin, and the fiercest flamingo you’ve ever seen.”
“And marmalade,” added Pinkie Pie with a shudder. “So... much... marmalade.”
* NoodleIncident: The Marmalade Incident.
--> “Let’s just say,” Twilight replied, “that it involved a flight spell, a pumpkin, and the fiercest flamingo you’ve ever seen.”
“And marmalade,” added Pinkie Pie with a shudder. “So... much... marmalade.”
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* FantasticRacism: Gellert to the ponies.
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* FantasticRacism: Gellert the griffin to the ponies.
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* TheCorruption: The Blight.
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* TheCorruption: The Blight. It is an EldritchAbomination that corrupts an unsuspecting mortal (sometimes even ''immortals'' such as the Draconequii from the CreationMyth) by putting part of its essence inside the body to possess. It can also mutate and ''decompose the living body'' horribly!
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* FantasticRacism: Gellert to the ponies.ponies.
* HumanoidAbomination: No humans, but the Blightlings (mortals corrupted by the Blight) are horribly rotted and disfigured versions of their former selves.
* HumanoidAbomination: No humans, but the Blightlings (mortals corrupted by the Blight) are horribly rotted and disfigured versions of their former selves.
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** The Blight.
** There was one after our heroes took the Tears of Gaia coming out of the rip from the sky in a parallel dimension.
** The Blight.
** There was one after our heroes took the Tears of Gaia coming out of the rip from the sky in a parallel dimension.
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** Starswirl the Bearded is a clear expy of Gandalf.
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** Starswirl the Bearded is a clear expy of Gandalf.Gandalf.
* FantasticRacism: Gellert to the ponies.
* FantasticRacism: Gellert to the ponies.
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* Expy: This fanfic contains expies of many old high fantasy stories such as The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and Redwall.
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* Expy: BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Starswirl the Bearded was revived by Celestia to aid the Mane Six in recovering the Tears of Gaia.]]
* {{Expy}}: This fanfic contains expies of many old high fantasy stories such as The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and Redwall.
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The Tears of Gaia. An artifact of unmeasurable magical power from the Ancient Days, when the Others ruled the land. If found, they would be the discovery of the century!
At least, those are Twilight Sparkle's thoughts. But something is stirring in lands to the south. Soon she will find that she and her friends are not the only ones who are after the legendary Tears. And so what starts as a simple research trip is soon to escalate into the greatest journey of the young ponies' lives, filled with new friends and foes, incredible danger and great adventure!
This is a WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fanfiction written by [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Redback+Spino Redback Spino]]. It can be read [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/44105/the-tears-of-gaia here]].
!!This fanfic contains examples of:
* Expy: This fanfic contains expies of many old high fantasy stories such as The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and Redwall.
** Starswirl the Bearded is a clear expy of Gandalf.
At least, those are Twilight Sparkle's thoughts. But something is stirring in lands to the south. Soon she will find that she and her friends are not the only ones who are after the legendary Tears. And so what starts as a simple research trip is soon to escalate into the greatest journey of the young ponies' lives, filled with new friends and foes, incredible danger and great adventure!
This is a WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fanfiction written by [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Redback+Spino Redback Spino]]. It can be read [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/44105/the-tears-of-gaia here]].
!!This fanfic contains examples of:
* Expy: This fanfic contains expies of many old high fantasy stories such as The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and Redwall.
** Starswirl the Bearded is a clear expy of Gandalf.
