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--> '''Emeth:''' "Uh, yeah."
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--> '''Valkron:''' "Okay? ''Okay?'' That all you can ask?"
-->ask?"\\
'''Emeth:''' "Uh, yeah."
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'''Emeth:''' "Uh, yeah."
* CoolGate: There are teleportation portals, but they can be only created with old magic, which humans can't use. Emeth specifically explains the difference between warps and portals.
* PortalNetwork: The major teleportation network run by Kafra Corp serves as a way to connect major cities in and out of the kingdom, provided you pay the fee for the service. Teleporting is called "warping".
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* SnowMeansLove:Snow begins falling when [[spoiler:Valkron]] reciprocates [[spoiler:Iruna]]'s affection for him with a kiss in return for her earlier one.
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* SnowMeansLove:Snow SnowMeansLove: Snow begins falling when [[spoiler:Valkron]] reciprocates [[spoiler:Iruna]]'s affection for him with a kiss in return for her earlier one.
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* TeleportersAndTransporters:
** The major teleportation network run by Kafra Corp serves as a way to connect major cities in and out of the kingdom, provided you pay the fee for the service. Teleporting is called "warping". People can also warp using magically imbued Fly and Butterfly Wings.
** There are portals as well, but they can be only created with old magic, which humans can't use. Emeth specifically explains the difference between warps and portals.
** The major teleportation network run by Kafra Corp serves as a way to connect major cities in and out of the kingdom, provided you pay the fee for the service. Teleporting is called "warping". People can also warp using magically imbued Fly and Butterfly Wings.
** There are portals as well, but they can be only created with old magic, which humans can't use. Emeth specifically explains the difference between warps and portals.
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* TeleportersAndTransporters:
** The major teleportation network run by Kafra Corp serves as a way to connect major cities in and out of the kingdom, provided you pay the fee for the service. Teleporting is called "warping".TeleportationWithDrawbacks: People can also warp using magically imbued Fly and Butterfly Wings.
** There are portals as well, but they can be only created with old magic, which humans can't use. Emeth specifically explains the difference between warps and portals.Wings.
** The major teleportation network run by Kafra Corp serves as a way to connect major cities in and out of the kingdom, provided you pay the fee for the service. Teleporting is called "warping".
** There are portals as well, but they can be only created with old magic, which humans can't use. Emeth specifically explains the difference between warps and portals.
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* PowerTrio: Valkron, Emeth and Iruna.
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* YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForEvil: Why Argath is disappointed with Valkron.
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* YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForEvil: YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood: Why Argath is disappointed with Valkron.
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The Soldiers of Fortune subtitle is only present in the 2013 rewrite, as the original was supposed to be a standalone. The rewritten and completed version can be found on [[http://wotw-thefanfic.tumblr.com/ the official [=WotW=] tumblr]] and, later in 2014, Website/FanfictionNet and Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn.
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The Soldiers of Fortune subtitle is only present in the 2013 rewrite, as the original was supposed to be a standalone. The rewritten and completed version can be found on [[http://wotw-thefanfic.tumblr.com/ the official [=WotW=] tumblr]] and, later in 2014, Website/FanfictionNet on [=FanFiction.Net=] and Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn.
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''Warriors of the World: Soldiers of Fortune'' ([=SoF=]) is the first instalment in the ''VideoGame/RagnarokOnline'' fanfic trilogy ''FanFic/WarriorsOfTheWorld'' written by Tropers/{{Century}} (also known as [[http://sage-wren.deviantart.com Sage Wren]]). First published in 2007 on FanfictionNet, it was rewritten in 2013 after a long hiatus and [[CompletedFic completed]] in 2014.
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''Warriors of the World: Soldiers of Fortune'' ([=SoF=]) is the first instalment in the ''VideoGame/RagnarokOnline'' fanfic trilogy ''FanFic/WarriorsOfTheWorld'' written by Tropers/{{Century}} (also known as [[http://sage-wren.deviantart.com Sage Wren]]). First published in 2007 on FanfictionNet, Website/FanFictionDotNet, it was rewritten in 2013 after a long hiatus and [[CompletedFic completed]] in 2014.
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* BluntYes: Emeth is fond of these. Goes hand in hand with his CantTellALie personality.
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* BluntYes: Emeth is fond of these. Goes hand in hand with his CantTellALie CannotTellALie personality.
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* AngstComa: [[spoiler:Samaroh]] falls into one for a short while after he realises he can't do anything to [[spoiler:heal Valkron's cursed wound]]. There is no explanation for what brought this about except the realisation that he's failed, but it looks to be explained in the second instalment.
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* AngstComa: [[spoiler:Samaroh]] falls into one catatonia for a short while after he realises he can't do anything to [[spoiler:heal Valkron's cursed wound]]. There is no explanation for what brought this about except the realisation that he's failed, but it looks to be explained in the second instalment.
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** Valkron is a Knight Commander, and true to everyone's expectations and his reputation within the story he kicks ass pretty hard.
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** Valkron is a Knight Commander, and true to everyone's expectations and his reputation within the story it's implied that he kicks kicked ass pretty hard.hard in the past to get that rank. He also proceeds to assert said authority by continuing to kick their enemies' asses repeatedly.
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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Argath]].
* BadassBookworm: Unsurprisingly, given that they are also mercenaries, Emeth, Samaroh and Iruna. Their professions require that they read, but when they're out on the field they can hold their ground.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: An offscreen version. Argath granted someone's wish to be a person better than everyone else by taking full control of the person because the Blood Judge's opinion is, technically speaking, [[ExactWords the person who's better than everyone else]] is the Blood Judge himself.
* BigBad: Argath Iruvedla.
* BigDamnHeroes: Sagna and Edell arrive in the nick of time to save Valkron [[spoiler: from joining the portal's destruction]] at the end.
* BluntYes: Emeth is fond of these.
* BadassBookworm: Unsurprisingly, given that they are also mercenaries, Emeth, Samaroh and Iruna. Their professions require that they read, but when they're out on the field they can hold their ground.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: An offscreen version. Argath granted someone's wish to be a person better than everyone else by taking full control of the person because the Blood Judge's opinion is, technically speaking, [[ExactWords the person who's better than everyone else]] is the Blood Judge himself.
* BigBad: Argath Iruvedla.
* BigDamnHeroes: Sagna and Edell arrive in the nick of time to save Valkron [[spoiler: from joining the portal's destruction]] at the end.
* BluntYes: Emeth is fond of these.
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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Argath]].
BackFromTheDead:
** It takes a while to be revealed, but Argath is over 500 years old for a reason.
** [[spoiler:Aldev]], brought back by Argath himself.
* BadassBookworm: Unsurprisingly, given that they are also mercenaries, Emeth, Samaroh and Iruna. Their professions requirethat they read, large amounts of reading and knowledge, but when they're out on the field they can hold their ground.
ground well enough.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: An offscreen version. Argath granted someone's wish to be a person better than everyone else by taking full control of the person because in the Blood Judge'sopinion is, opinion, technically speaking, [[ExactWords the person who's better than everyone else]] is the Blood Judge himself.
* BigBad: Ultimately the entire story revolves around defeating ArgathIruvedla.
Iruvedla before he achieves his goal of total Norman extinction in the Kingdom.
* BigDamnHeroes: Sagna and Edell arrive fairly dramatically in the nick of time to save Valkron [[spoiler: from joining the portal's destruction]] at the end.
* BluntYes: Emeth is fond of these. Goes hand in hand with his CantTellALie personality.
** It takes a while to be revealed, but Argath is over 500 years old for a reason.
** [[spoiler:Aldev]], brought back by Argath himself.
* BadassBookworm: Unsurprisingly, given that they are also mercenaries, Emeth, Samaroh and Iruna. Their professions require
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: An offscreen version. Argath granted someone's wish to be a person better than everyone else by taking full control of the person because in the Blood Judge's
* BigBad: Ultimately the entire story revolves around defeating Argath
* BigDamnHeroes: Sagna and Edell arrive fairly dramatically in the nick of time to save Valkron [[spoiler: from joining the portal's destruction]] at the end.
* BluntYes: Emeth is fond of these. Goes hand in hand with his CantTellALie personality.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: There is a lot of this going on by way of the villain's MindControl powers.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: There is a lot of this affecting both a few of the main and side characters going on by way of the villain's MindControl powers. Part of the conflict for the main characters is having to fight their companions without killing them, as it's the main intention of the villain to split them apart. [[spoiler:Unfortunately the non-killing policy isn't 100% successful.]]
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* CardCarryingVillain: Argath Iruvedla, no questions asked. He knows that everything he's doing is bad, wants people to join him in his quest to purify the world of humanity and flaunts his power to show that he really isn't kidding.
* CerebusSyndrome: Appears immediately at Chapter 10 after 9 chapters of lighthearted banter.
* CerebusSyndrome: Appears immediately at Chapter 10 after 9 chapters of lighthearted banter.
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* CardCarryingVillain: Argath Iruvedla, no questions asked. He knows that everything Iruvedla is ''bent'' on his power tripping goal of Norman extinction for whatever frivolous reasons and thoroughly enjoys it. Though he never outright declares his evil, he shows he's doing is bad, wants people to join him in his quest to purify the world well aware of humanity it and flaunts his power to show that he really isn't kidding.
* CerebusSyndrome: Appears immediately at Chapter 10 after 9 chapters of lighthearted banter.has no regrets.
* CerebusSyndrome: Appears immediately at Chapter 10 after 9 chapters of lighthearted banter.
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* CollapsingLair: [[spoiler: The reconstructed underground Glast Heim Culverts]] at the end. Complete with ChaseScene.
* CommanderContrarian: Aldev, Aldev, ''Aldev''. He always has to counter any suggestions on how to progress further with negative or discouraging statements. He even contradicts himself at times and doesn't seem to care that he does. The other mercenaries are quick to [[LampshadeHanging point this out]].
* CurbStompBattle: Valkron against Baphomet, Bapho being the stomper. Granted, Valkron was having to fight [[spoiler:Argath's curse]] at the same time, which didn't help matters.
* CommanderContrarian: Aldev, Aldev, ''Aldev''. He always has to counter any suggestions on how to progress further with negative or discouraging statements. He even contradicts himself at times and doesn't seem to care that he does. The other mercenaries are quick to [[LampshadeHanging point this out]].
* CurbStompBattle: Valkron against Baphomet, Bapho being the stomper. Granted, Valkron was having to fight [[spoiler:Argath's curse]] at the same time, which didn't help matters.
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* CollapsingLair: [[spoiler: The reconstructed underground Glast Heim Culverts]] at the end. Complete Comes complete with ChaseScene.
* CommanderContrarian:Aldev, Aldev, ''Aldev''. He always Always has to counter any suggestions on how to progress further with negative or discouraging statements. He even contradicts himself at times and doesn't seem to care that he does. The other mercenaries are quick to [[LampshadeHanging point this out]].
* CurbStompBattle: Valkron against Baphomet, Bapho being the stomper. Granted, Valkron was having to fight [[spoiler:Argath's curse]] at the same time, which didn't helpmatters.matters, but even Valkron was not expecting to win against a boss Beast.
* CommanderContrarian:
* CurbStompBattle: Valkron against Baphomet, Bapho being the stomper. Granted, Valkron was having to fight [[spoiler:Argath's curse]] at the same time, which didn't help
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* {{Determinator}}: Valkron manages to temporarily overcome [[spoiler:Argath's curse]] through ''sheer willpower'' while fighting Baphomet.
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* {{Determinator}}: Valkron manages to temporarily overcome [[spoiler:Argath's curse]] through ''sheer willpower'' while fighting Baphomet. Once he proved to Baphomet that he could fight it, he proceeds to maintain it for the rest of the story.
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* EndlessWinter: The beginning of Argath's reign seems to be heading the Kingdom towards one of these.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Baphomet doesn't mind setting up schemes for the Normans to fall prey to, but draws the line at completely wiping out an entire sentient race for whatever reason.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Baphomet doesn't mind setting up schemes for the Normans to fall prey to, but draws the line at completely wiping out an entire sentient race for whatever reason.
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* EndlessWinter: The beginning of Argath's reign seems to be heading the Kingdom towards one an eternal winter, if the magical snow is anything to go by. The time of these.
the day always being nighttime comes with it.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Baphomet informs the mercenaries that while he doesn't mind setting up schemes for the Normans to fall prey to,but he draws the line at completely wiping out an entire sentient race for whatever reason.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Baphomet informs the mercenaries that while he doesn't mind setting up schemes for the Normans to fall prey to,
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* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: [[spoiler:Kanya]] gets this unfortunate end via getting her arm broken and then her neck snapped as she screams in pain.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: [[spoiler:Kanya]] gets this unfortunate end via getting her arm broken and then her neck snapped as she screams in pain.snapped.
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* GreatOffscreenWar: The Battle of Al'Zahur, a war between mercenaries and the Chivalry, which affects the plot in the trilogy in no small way. Though Valkron, who was part of it, is reluctant to talk about it, it gets brought up quite often. He is not particularly amused by this.
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* GreatOffscreenWar: The Battle of Al'Zahur, a war between mercenaries and the Chivalry, which affects the plot in the trilogy in no small way. Though Valkron, who was part The battle itself is the reason why the mercenaries in the Kingdom have to abide by a set of it, rules decreed by the King. It gets mentioned often due to Valkron's alleged participation in it - exactly what he did is reluctant not known, but it is implied his reputation comes from there. He doesn't want to talk about it, it gets brought up quite often. He is not particularly amused by this.it.
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* HumansAreFlawed: Baphomet states that this is exactly why humans are so interesting to him and how they make his job to spread chaos much easier.
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* HumansAreFlawed: Baphomet states that this is exactly why humans are so interesting to him and how they make his job to spread chaos much easier. No matter what he says or does, the fact that humans feel free to make their own choices keeps him entertained and intrigued, unlike Argath's opinion.
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* KillAllHumans: More like Wipe Out the Kingdom, though when the majority of Normans are dead the BigBad doesn't bother cleaning up the last vestiges of humanity because he's surmised he's already won. Which is, to be fair, true, but...
* LetMeGetThisStraight: "When most people notice something going wrong, they stay away. You, on the other hand, have just said you want to get closer to it to investigate. And you see nothing wrong with that?" To give context, Valkron's response to Emeth wanting to go back to a completely deserted city just to find out what's going on with no knowledge of anything going on at that point.
* LightEmUp: Samaroh gets into the action even though he's primarily a healer, using healing spell Sanctuary to specifically deal some hurt to demonic creatures. [[spoiler:He later does the same with the spell Magnus Exorcismus.]]
* LetMeGetThisStraight: "When most people notice something going wrong, they stay away. You, on the other hand, have just said you want to get closer to it to investigate. And you see nothing wrong with that?" To give context, Valkron's response to Emeth wanting to go back to a completely deserted city just to find out what's going on with no knowledge of anything going on at that point.
* LightEmUp: Samaroh gets into the action even though he's primarily a healer, using healing spell Sanctuary to specifically deal some hurt to demonic creatures. [[spoiler:He later does the same with the spell Magnus Exorcismus.]]
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* KillAllHumans: More like Wipe Out the Kingdom, though when the majority of Normans are dead the BigBad doesn't bother cleaning up the last vestiges of humanity because he's surmised he's already won. Which is, to be fair, true, but...
won.
* LetMeGetThisStraight:"When Valkron's response to Emeth wanting to go back to a completely deserted city just to find out what's going on with no knowledge of anything going on at that point.
-->"When most people notice something going wrong, they stay away. You, on the other hand, have just said you want to get closer to it to investigate. And you see nothing wrong withthat?" To give context, Valkron's response to Emeth wanting to go back to a completely deserted city just to find out what's going on with no knowledge of anything going on at that point.
that?"
* LightEmUp: Samaroh gets into the action even though he's primarily a healer, usinghealing a powerful area spell Sanctuary that lights up the ground to specifically deal some hurt major holy damage to demonic creatures. [[spoiler:He later does the same with the spell Magnus Exorcismus.]]
* LetMeGetThisStraight:
-->"When most people notice something going wrong, they stay away. You, on the other hand, have just said you want to get closer to it to investigate. And you see nothing wrong with
* LightEmUp: Samaroh gets into the action even though he's primarily a healer, using
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** Valkron's [[spoiler: curse]] is an aversion - even after Argath is dealt with, it's not broken.
** Averted with killing Argath; the portal remains functioning and open. Justified in that he only set it up; its power source is entirely independent of his contributions. Only when they destroy the power source does it finally collapse.
** However, killing Argath does destroy the entire [[spoiler:reconstructed Glast Heim Culverts]] since that was his actual work.
** Averted with killing Argath; the portal remains functioning and open. Justified in that he only set it up; its power source is entirely independent of his contributions. Only when they destroy the power source does it finally collapse.
** However, killing Argath does destroy the entire [[spoiler:reconstructed Glast Heim Culverts]] since that was his actual work.
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** Valkron's [[spoiler: [[spoiler:Valkron's curse]] is an aversion - even after Argath is dealt with, it's not broken.
**Averted Also with killing Argath; the portal remains functioning and open. Justified in that he only set it up; its power source is entirely independent of his contributions. Only when they destroy the power source does it finally collapse.
**However, Played straight when killing Argath does destroy destroys the entire [[spoiler:reconstructed Glast Heim Culverts]] since that was his actual work.
**
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** The Battle of Al'Zahur is this in-universe. Only the people who were there know what happened and they're not allowed to talk about it due to "sensitive information".
** Valkron's reputation seems to have originated from a series of expeditions he was assigned to. Apart from the name of each expedition and the fact that all he did was "disobey orders to save lives", little else is elaborated. He doesn't want to talk about them, either.
** Valkron's reputation seems to have originated from a series of expeditions he was assigned to. Apart from the name of each expedition and the fact that all he did was "disobey orders to save lives", little else is elaborated. He doesn't want to talk about them, either.
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** The Battle of Al'Zahur is this in-universe. Only the people who were there know what happened and they're not allowed to talk about it due to "sensitive information".
information". So far Valkron is the only one mentioned to have been in it, and he has no interest in talking about it.
** Valkron's reputation seems to have also originated from a series of expeditions he was assigned to. Apart from the name of each expedition and the fact that all he did was "disobey orders to save lives", little else is elaborated. He doesn't want to talk about them, either.
** Valkron's reputation seems to have also originated from a series of expeditions he was assigned to. Apart from the name of each expedition and the fact that all he did was "disobey orders to save lives", little else is elaborated. He doesn't want to talk about them, either.
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* OnlyAFleshWound: Averted when Valkron gets a sword in his left shoulder. His left arm is rendered completely useless and the only way he stays on his feet is adrenaline.
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* OnlyAFleshWound: Averted when Valkron gets a sword in his left shoulder. His left arm is rendered completely useless and the only way he stays on his feet is adrenaline. Even so, he only doesn't bleed out thanks to Iruna's timely intervention.
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* PowerTrio: Valkron, Emeth and Iruna as a really odd ThreeAmigos variant.
* PrecisionFStrike: Valkron drops one in Chapter 19.
* PrecisionFStrike: Valkron drops one in Chapter 19.
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* PowerTrio: Valkron, Emeth and Iruna as a really odd ThreeAmigos variant.
Iruna.
* PrecisionFStrike: Swearing only ever gets as explicit as 'damn' or 'hell', so you know something's about to go down when Valkron drops one in Chapter19. 19.
* PrecisionFStrike: Swearing only ever gets as explicit as 'damn' or 'hell', so you know something's about to go down when Valkron drops one in Chapter
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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The members of the Raulus party are only united by one common cause: they shared the same unexplained recurring MindRape. They don't intend to do much more than help find the source of the portal, but suddenly they're the ''only'' ones left who can do something about it. [[TeethClenchedTeamwork So they resign themselves to it.]]
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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The members of the Raulus party are only united by one common cause: they shared the same unexplained recurring MindRape. They don't intend to do much more than help find the source of the portal, but suddenly they're the ''only'' ones left who can do something about it. [[TeethClenchedTeamwork So they resign themselves to it.]]
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** [[spoiler:St Capitolina Abbey]], dear gods.
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** The aftermath of the massacre in [[spoiler:St Capitolina Abbey]], dear gods.
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* SoiledCityOnAHill: Glast Heim.
* TakeThat: There is a throwaway line in Chapter 22 mentioning Khan throwing stones, and then everyone else throwing stones. This is noted as a reference to the Throw Stone skill, a quest skill that only the Thief class can naturally learn and the only skill that allows the player to throw stones - and how stupid this would be in a realistic setting.
* TeleportersAndTransporters: The major teleportation network run by Kafra Corp serves as a way to connect major cities in and out of the kingdom, provided you pay the fee for the service. Teleporting is called "warping". People can also warp using magically imbued Fly and Butterfly Wings.
* TakeThat: There is a throwaway line in Chapter 22 mentioning Khan throwing stones, and then everyone else throwing stones. This is noted as a reference to the Throw Stone skill, a quest skill that only the Thief class can naturally learn and the only skill that allows the player to throw stones - and how stupid this would be in a realistic setting.
* TeleportersAndTransporters: The major teleportation network run by Kafra Corp serves as a way to connect major cities in and out of the kingdom, provided you pay the fee for the service. Teleporting is called "warping". People can also warp using magically imbued Fly and Butterfly Wings.
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* SoiledCityOnAHill: Glast Heim.
Heim, the former capital of an old empire that collapsed due to a corrupt royal court. Once a shining example of civilisation, whatever remains of it is overgrown and with a less than stellar history. Argath wants to restore the city to the time when the corruption was still rampant, solely because that was when he had full reign of everything without being accountable.
* TakeThat: There is a throwaway line in Chapter 22 mentioning Khan throwing stones, and then everyone else throwing stones. This is noted as a reference to the Throw Stoneskill, skill in the game, a quest skill that only the Thief class can naturally learn and the only skill that allows the player to throw stones - and how stupid this would be in a realistic setting.
*TeleportersAndTransporters: TeethClenchedTeamwork: The party of mercenaries is hodgepodge at best. Not everyone goes along with each other, but they do it because there's no one else who will.
* TeleportersAndTransporters:
** The major teleportation network run by Kafra Corp serves as a way to connect major cities in and out of the kingdom, provided you pay the fee for the service. Teleporting is called "warping". People can also warp using magically imbued Fly and Butterfly Wings.
* TakeThat: There is a throwaway line in Chapter 22 mentioning Khan throwing stones, and then everyone else throwing stones. This is noted as a reference to the Throw Stone
*
* TeleportersAndTransporters:
** The major teleportation network run by Kafra Corp serves as a way to connect major cities in and out of the kingdom, provided you pay the fee for the service. Teleporting is called "warping". People can also warp using magically imbued Fly and Butterfly Wings.
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* WhamEpisode: Chapter 10, solely because it takes a dark turn right after nine chapters of normality.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Showing what happened to the world after the climax.
* WorldHealingWave: Destroying the portal [[spoiler:releases the souls of those who died and restores time to a point where the portal hadn't been built yet]]. Only those who survived the events of the portal remember what happened.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Showing what happened to the world after the climax.
* WorldHealingWave: Destroying the portal [[spoiler:releases the souls of those who died and restores time to a point where the portal hadn't been built yet]]. Only those who survived the events of the portal remember what happened.
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* WhamEpisode: Chapter 10, solely because it takes a dark turn right after nine chapters of normality.
normality and shows that something is indeed wrong.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Showing what happened to the world after theclimax.
climax, and what of the little party of mercenaries that helped prevent the events of the story.
* WorldHealingWave: Destroying the portal [[spoiler:releases the souls of those who died and restores time to a point where the portal hadn't been built yet]]. Only those whosurvived survive the events of the portal remember what happened.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Showing what happened to the world after the
* WorldHealingWave: Destroying the portal [[spoiler:releases the souls of those who died and restores time to a point where the portal hadn't been built yet]]. Only those who
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* KillAllHumans: More like Wipe Out the Kingdom, though when the majority of Normans are dead he doesn't bother cleaning up the last vestiges of humanity because he's surmised he's already won. Which is, to be fair, true, but...
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* KillAllHumans: More like Wipe Out the Kingdom, though when the majority of Normans are dead he the BigBad doesn't bother cleaning up the last vestiges of humanity because he's surmised he's already won. Which is, to be fair, true, but...
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-->"Yeah, best to leave it as it is," Emeth agreed.
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-->"Amaru? If the fire goes out, make one before the snow reaches our belongings. I trust your firemaking skills. Not saying I don't trust yours," she added hastily to Emeth, "and if you want to contribute your firemaking to his go ahead, I'm just...I'm just saying...you know what? Forget it. I'm not making this any better."
-->"Yeah,"\\
"Yeah, best to leave it as it is," Emethagreed.agreed.
* EatingTheEyeCandy: Valkron has a minor case of this when it comes to Iruna, like focusing on her chest instead of her face when she's not wearing her armour. This is despite the fact that she never wears anything revealing or titillating.
-->"Yeah,
"Yeah, best to leave it as it is," Emeth
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* DemonicPossession: Argath implies he did this to [[spoiler:Aldev]] in order to control him. The guy's soul was consumed in the process. Considering what happens in the ending, whether he regains his identity or remains dead is still up in the air.
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''Warriors of the World: Soldiers of Fortune'' ([=SoF=]) is the first instalment in the ''VideoGame/RagnarokOnline'' fanfic trilogy ''FanFic/WarriorsOfTheWorld'' written by Tropers/{{Century}} (also known as [[http://sage-wren.deviantart.com Sage Wren]]). First published in 2008 on FanfictionNet, it was rewritten in 2013 after a long hiatus and [[CompletedFic completed]] in 2014.
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''Warriors of the World: Soldiers of Fortune'' ([=SoF=]) is the first instalment in the ''VideoGame/RagnarokOnline'' fanfic trilogy ''FanFic/WarriorsOfTheWorld'' written by Tropers/{{Century}} (also known as [[http://sage-wren.deviantart.com Sage Wren]]). First published in 2006 2008 on FanfictionNet, it was rewritten in 2013 after a long hiatus and [[CompletedFic completed]] in 2014.
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* LetMeGetThisStraight: "When most people notice something going wrong, they stay away. You, on the other hand, have just said you want to get closer to it to investigate. And you see nothing wrong with that?"
-->"No."
-->"No."
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* LetMeGetThisStraight: "When most people notice something going wrong, they stay away. You, on the other hand, have just said you want to get closer to it to investigate. And you see nothing wrong with that?"
-->"No."that?" To give context, Valkron's response to Emeth wanting to go back to a completely deserted city just to find out what's going on with no knowledge of anything going on at that point.
-->"No."
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* AngstComa: [[spoiler:Samaroh]] falls into one for a short while after he realises he can't do anything to [[spoiler:heal Valkron's cursed wound]]. There is no explanation for what brought this about except the realisation that he's failed, but it looks to be explained in the second instalment.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: While not initially planned in the beginning, Chapter 17 progresses from "waiting for information" to "keep moving" to "we are getting out of this ''right now''" when the Geffen Ten Guilds Raid suddenly goes ''horribly'' wrong and the characters, outnumbered and unprepared, have no other choice but to run. Quite aptly the chapter's title is "Escape".
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''Warriors of the World: Soldiers of Fortune'' ([=SoF=]) is the first instalment in the ''VideoGame/RagnarokOnline'' fanfic trilogy ''FanFic/WarriorsOfTheWorld'' written by [[http://sage-wren.deviantart.com Sage Wren]] (formerly Arcturus17). First published in 2006 on FanfictionNet, it was rewritten after a long hiatus in 2013 and [[CompletedFic completed]] in 2014.
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''Warriors of the World: Soldiers of Fortune'' ([=SoF=]) is the first instalment in the ''VideoGame/RagnarokOnline'' fanfic trilogy ''FanFic/WarriorsOfTheWorld'' written by Tropers/{{Century}} (also known as [[http://sage-wren.deviantart.com Sage Wren]] (formerly Arcturus17). Wren]]). First published in 2006 on FanfictionNet, it was rewritten in 2013 after a long hiatus in 2013 and [[CompletedFic completed]] in 2014.
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* BodyHorror: Argath Iruvedla's decomposing cheeks is described as this. Valkron nearly throws up, period.
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''Warriors of the World: Soldiers of Fortune'' ([=SoF=]) is the first instalment in the ''VideoGame/RagnarokOnline'' fanfic trilogy ''FanFic/WarriorsOfTheWorld'' written by [[http://sage-wren.deviantart.com Sage Wren]] (formerly Arcturus17). First published in 2006 on FanfictionNet, it was rewritten after a long hiatus in 2013 and [[CompletedFic completed]] in 2014.
In the Kingdom of Rune-Midgard, a mercenary knight named Valkron is forced to join his fellow mercenaries in identifying a potential "threat" to the kingdom. While at first reluctant, he discovers that he and seven other mercenaries are the only people who have a negative reaction to a strange event. Suspecting that this is connected to the threat, he and the motley group of mercenaries set out to determine the cause of this event despite the Kingdom eventually dismissing the threat as nothing to be concerned about, and then begin to uncover and experience a number of strange events that seem inexplicably linked to one another...
The Soldiers of Fortune subtitle is only present in the 2013 rewrite, as the original was supposed to be a standalone. The rewritten and completed version can be found on [[http://wotw-thefanfic.tumblr.com/ the official [=WotW=] tumblr]] and, later in 2014, Website/FanfictionNet and Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn.
Followed by ''Warriors of the World: Flight of the Phoenix'' and preceded by a as of yet unnamed prequel.
'''There will be spoilers''', so tread with caution.
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!!Tropes featured in this fanfic:
* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Baphomet's scythe shears through anything that isn't demonic or dark arts in nature like paper. For several chapters, tree branches and snow were being cleanly cut just for being a few inches away from the blade, and Iruna had to keep it away from everyone's belongings because it was "too sharp".
* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: The Glast Heim culverts, which has the space to take the Raulus party walking abreast and then some, and still let them keep their feet dry.
* ActionGirl: Since most of the women featured in the story are mercenaries or fighters by profession, all of them basically qualify.
* AllPowerfulBystander: Baphomet doesn't interfere with Argath in [=SoF=] even though he's more than capable of taking the vampire knight out by himself. His reason is that he usually leaves the Normans to prove themselves to him, but the mercenaries don't trust him on that.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking:
** Valkron is a Knight Commander, and true to everyone's expectations and his reputation within the story he kicks ass pretty hard.
** But subverted with several of the other Chivalry Knight Commanders. The rank can also be obtained for exceptional service in administration, and the knights who do have this rank solely because of paperwork are not the strongest when it comes to the field.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Argath]].
* BadassBookworm: Unsurprisingly, given that they are also mercenaries, Emeth, Samaroh and Iruna. Their professions require that they read, but when they're out on the field they can hold their ground.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: An offscreen version. Argath granted someone's wish to be a person better than everyone else by taking full control of the person because the Blood Judge's opinion is, technically speaking, [[ExactWords the person who's better than everyone else]] is the Blood Judge himself.
* BigBad: Argath Iruvedla.
* BigDamnHeroes: Sagna and Edell arrive in the nick of time to save Valkron [[spoiler: from joining the portal's destruction]] at the end.
* BluntYes: Emeth is fond of these.
--> '''Valkron:''' "Okay? ''Okay?'' That all you can ask?"
--> '''Emeth:''' "Uh, yeah."
* BodyHorror: Argath Iruvedla's decomposing cheeks is described as this. Valkron nearly throws up, period.
* BookEnds: The first paragraph of the first and last chapters is almost the same - the only change is the season, to show passage of time.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: There is a lot of this going on by way of the villain's MindControl powers.
* BrickJoke:
** In Chapter 22, Argath shows disdain towards humans for "excessive use of natural resources", prompting Valkron to ask "Are you quite done spouting green aesops at me?" Two chapters later, Valkron meets Argath in person and the first thing he says is "...I visualised you as more of a treehugger."
** In another chapter there's mention of a rocker playing its violin in the distance. The rocker appears right when there's a tense moment, and it makes a hasty exit. It takes a while before the same rocker's violin starts up again, implied to be at a much further distance than it was before.
* CardCarryingVillain: Argath Iruvedla, no questions asked. He knows that everything he's doing is bad, wants people to join him in his quest to purify the world of humanity and flaunts his power to show that he really isn't kidding.
* CerebusSyndrome: Appears immediately at Chapter 10 after 9 chapters of lighthearted banter.
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: Aldev]], who turns out to be possessed by the BigBad [[spoiler:to break up the Raulus party and then kill them all]].
* CollapsingLair: [[spoiler: The reconstructed underground Glast Heim Culverts]] at the end. Complete with ChaseScene.
* CommanderContrarian: Aldev, Aldev, ''Aldev''. He always has to counter any suggestions on how to progress further with negative or discouraging statements. He even contradicts himself at times and doesn't seem to care that he does. The other mercenaries are quick to [[LampshadeHanging point this out]].
* CurbStompBattle: Valkron against Baphomet, Bapho being the stomper. Granted, Valkron was having to fight [[spoiler:Argath's curse]] at the same time, which didn't help matters.
* DarkerAndEdgier: There is a lot more violence and blood in the rewrite than in the original, and quite a few implications that the happy world is not all as it seems.
* {{Determinator}}: Valkron manages to temporarily overcome [[spoiler:Argath's curse]] through ''sheer willpower'' while fighting Baphomet.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Iruna just about stops herself from this in Chapter 29 after Emeth [[spoiler:nearly burned an entire town to the ground while under Argath's control]].
-->"Amaru? If the fire goes out, make one before the snow reaches our belongings. I trust your firemaking skills. Not saying I don't trust yours," she added hastily to Emeth, "and if you want to contribute your firemaking to his go ahead, I'm just...I'm just saying...you know what? Forget it. I'm not making this any better."
-->"Yeah, best to leave it as it is," Emeth agreed.
* EndlessWinter: The beginning of Argath's reign seems to be heading the Kingdom towards one of these.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Baphomet doesn't mind setting up schemes for the Normans to fall prey to, but draws the line at completely wiping out an entire sentient race for whatever reason.
* EvilCounterpart: Argath is this to Valkron. Both hold (or held, in Argath's case) positions of responsibility and both are overseers appointed by their superiors. The difference is that Valkron uses his power and authority for the good of others whereas Argath uses his power and authority to accomplish his own motives.
* FantasticRacism: Argath thinks the Beasts are much more superior than the Normans. His entire agenda is wiping out the Normans so that the Beasts can roam Midgard freely like they did in the past.
* {{Foil}}: Valkron and Emeth are foils to each other. One is uptight, a loner and a natural leader, the other is a laid-back team player who prefers to follow. The line progressively fades all the way to the end of the story.
* ForTheEvulz: Near everything Argath decided to do when being bored over the 500 years since his resurrection. Particularly clear in Chapters 21 and 22 where he manipulates both Emeth and Edell just to watch Valkron agonise over how he can't do anything about it.
* GreatOffscreenWar: The Battle of Al'Zahur, a war between mercenaries and the Chivalry, which affects the plot in the trilogy in no small way. Though Valkron, who was part of it, is reluctant to talk about it, it gets brought up quite often. He is not particularly amused by this.
* HoldYourHippogriffs:
** "Yoyoballs" is apparently the substitute word for "tricks", as in "playing tricks".
** "Where in the everloving fires of Muspelheim did you come up with that?"
** "Been there, done that, but never bought the tunic."
* HumansAreFlawed: Baphomet states that this is exactly why humans are so interesting to him and how they make his job to spread chaos much easier.
* ItsPersonal: Valkron only gets really determined to solve the problem when [[spoiler:he gets cursed]].
* LetMeGetThisStraight: "When most people notice something going wrong, they stay away. You, on the other hand, have just said you want to get closer to it to investigate. And you see nothing wrong with that?"
-->"No."
* LightEmUp: Samaroh gets into the action even though he's primarily a healer, using healing spell Sanctuary to specifically deal some hurt to demonic creatures. [[spoiler:He later does the same with the spell Magnus Exorcismus.]]
* MaleGaze: Valkron has a minor case of this when it comes to Iruna, like focusing on her chest instead of her face when she's not wearing her armour. This is despite the fact that she never wears anything revealing or titillating.
* TheMedic: Most of the time it's Samaroh ("resident priest"), but sometimes Iruna helps him out.
* NobleDemon: Baphomet definitely qualifies; he relishes the idea of injecting chaos in the world, but won't allow balance to be disrupted and will give the humans a leg-up if he can get away with it. Especially because he thinks humans are much better at being evil than demons are.
* NoJustNoReaction: If someone does something so stupid or wrong that Valkron can't even come up with a sarcastic response to, he does this.
--> "No. No." ''([[{{Beat}} Beat]])'' "No."
* NoOntologicalInertia:
** Valkron's [[spoiler: curse]] is an aversion - even after Argath is dealt with, it's not broken.
** Killing Argath doesn't collapse the portal, justified in that he only set it up; its power source is entirely independent of his contributions.
** However, killing Argath does destroy the entire [[spoiler:reconstructed Glast Heim Culverts]] since that was his actual work.
* NoodleIncident:
** Redova mentions an incident with bedbugs where he just happened to "be in the same room and had nuthin' to do with them." The story is never elaborated.
** The Battle of Al'Zahur is this in-universe. Only the people who were there know what happened and they're not allowed to talk about it due to "sensitive information".
** Valkron's reputation seems to have originated from a series of expeditions he was assigned to. Apart from the name of each expedition and the fact that all he did was "disobey orders to save lives", little else is elaborated. He doesn't want to talk about them, either.
* OminousFog: One follows Argath and his darkwing entourage around for a while, and several times the Raulus can't head off on their mission because the fog is too thick to navigate through. It serves to delay them as well as give cover for Argath's attacks.
* OnlyAFleshWound: Averted when Valkron gets a sword in his left shoulder. His left arm is rendered completely useless and the only way he stays on his feet is adrenaline.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Averted despite the fact that they're, you know, mercenaries. The reward for assessing the potential "threat" gets discussed between the mercenaries and ultimately chucked aside in the face of what truly ends up being at stake.
* PowerTrio: Valkron, Emeth and Iruna as a really odd ThreeAmigos variant.
* PrecisionFStrike: Valkron drops one in Chapter 19.
-->"Look here, you little ''shit''," he growled.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The members of the Raulus party are only united by one common cause: they shared the same unexplained recurring MindRape. They don't intend to do much more than help find the source of the portal, but suddenly they're the ''only'' ones left who can do something about it. [[TeethClenchedTeamwork So they resign themselves to it.]]
* RedShirt: The Payan guards during the invasion get picked off really quickly.
* SceneryGorn:
** [[spoiler:St Capitolina Abbey]], dear gods.
** The ruins of Glast Heim in [=SoF=] [[spoiler:and the destruction of the reconstructed Culverts.]]
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Valkron is dangerously being on the verge of getting his knighthood stripped because he does this one too many times. He is well aware of this.
* SelfDeprecation: Aldev tends to go completely unnoticed by other characters as if he's being repeatedly forgotten about. This culminates in Emeth asking him [[LampshadeHanging "Why are you such a forgettable person?!"]] The author confesses to repeatedly forgetting about Aldev in the footnotes.
* SnowMeansLove:Snow begins falling when [[spoiler:Valkron]] reciprocates [[spoiler:Iruna]]'s affection for him with a kiss in return for her earlier one.
* SoiledCityOnAHill: Glast Heim.
* TakeThat: There is a throwaway line in Chapter 22 mentioning Khan throwing stones, and then everyone else throwing stones. This is noted as a reference to the Throw Stone skill, a quest skill that only the Thief class can naturally learn and the only skill that allows the player to throw stones - and how stupid this would be in a realistic setting.
* TeleportersAndTransporters: The major teleportation network run by Kafra Corp serves as a way to connect major cities in and out of the kingdom, provided you pay the fee for the service. Teleporting is called "warping". People can also warp using magically imbued Fly and Butterfly Wings.
** There are portals as well, but they can be only created with old magic, which humans can't use. Emeth specifically explains the difference between warps and portals.
* TemptingFate:
** During the Payon chapters Iruna goes to check on Emeth while saying "hopefully he hasn't set fire to something."[[spoiler:Later that night Emeth, under Argath's control, sets fire to the east side of Payon.]]
** In Chaper 24, Emeth asks "what's the worse that can happen?" in a deserted city. [[spoiler:The BigBad makes his appearance to the party at the end of the chapter.]] Even [[TheQuietOne the quietest member of their party]] [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness tells him not to say that.]]
* ThereShouldBeALaw: PlayedForLaughs in Chapter 13, where Iruna lightheartedly notes, "You just inflicted Samaroh on the sages, there should be a law against that", after Valkron sends the InsufferableGenius SmugSnake priest to borrow a thaudolite.
* WhamEpisode: Chapter 10, solely because it takes a dark turn right after nine chapters of normality.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Showing what happened to the world after the climax.
* WorldHealingWave: Destroying the portal [[spoiler:releases the souls of those who died and restores time to a point where the portal hadn't been built yet]]. Only those who survived the events of the portal remember what happened.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Argath shifts into black bats with silver wings to travel.
* YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForEvil: Why Argath is disappointed with Valkron.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Samaroh says a fairly deadpan one in Chapter 17 when [[spoiler:a monster Emeth just fried in the chest and sent flying into a house gets to its feet almost immediately.]]
-->'''Samaroh:''' "You're ''joking''."
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In the Kingdom of Rune-Midgard, a mercenary knight named Valkron is forced to join his fellow mercenaries in identifying a potential "threat" to the kingdom. While at first reluctant, he discovers that he and seven other mercenaries are the only people who have a negative reaction to a strange event. Suspecting that this is connected to the threat, he and the motley group of mercenaries set out to determine the cause of this event despite the Kingdom eventually dismissing the threat as nothing to be concerned about, and then begin to uncover and experience a number of strange events that seem inexplicably linked to one another...
The Soldiers of Fortune subtitle is only present in the 2013 rewrite, as the original was supposed to be a standalone. The rewritten and completed version can be found on [[http://wotw-thefanfic.tumblr.com/ the official [=WotW=] tumblr]] and, later in 2014, Website/FanfictionNet and Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn.
Followed by ''Warriors of the World: Flight of the Phoenix'' and preceded by a as of yet unnamed prequel.
'''There will be spoilers''', so tread with caution.
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!!Tropes featured in this fanfic:
* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Baphomet's scythe shears through anything that isn't demonic or dark arts in nature like paper. For several chapters, tree branches and snow were being cleanly cut just for being a few inches away from the blade, and Iruna had to keep it away from everyone's belongings because it was "too sharp".
* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: The Glast Heim culverts, which has the space to take the Raulus party walking abreast and then some, and still let them keep their feet dry.
* ActionGirl: Since most of the women featured in the story are mercenaries or fighters by profession, all of them basically qualify.
* AllPowerfulBystander: Baphomet doesn't interfere with Argath in [=SoF=] even though he's more than capable of taking the vampire knight out by himself. His reason is that he usually leaves the Normans to prove themselves to him, but the mercenaries don't trust him on that.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking:
** Valkron is a Knight Commander, and true to everyone's expectations and his reputation within the story he kicks ass pretty hard.
** But subverted with several of the other Chivalry Knight Commanders. The rank can also be obtained for exceptional service in administration, and the knights who do have this rank solely because of paperwork are not the strongest when it comes to the field.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Argath]].
* BadassBookworm: Unsurprisingly, given that they are also mercenaries, Emeth, Samaroh and Iruna. Their professions require that they read, but when they're out on the field they can hold their ground.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: An offscreen version. Argath granted someone's wish to be a person better than everyone else by taking full control of the person because the Blood Judge's opinion is, technically speaking, [[ExactWords the person who's better than everyone else]] is the Blood Judge himself.
* BigBad: Argath Iruvedla.
* BigDamnHeroes: Sagna and Edell arrive in the nick of time to save Valkron [[spoiler: from joining the portal's destruction]] at the end.
* BluntYes: Emeth is fond of these.
--> '''Valkron:''' "Okay? ''Okay?'' That all you can ask?"
--> '''Emeth:''' "Uh, yeah."
* BodyHorror: Argath Iruvedla's decomposing cheeks is described as this. Valkron nearly throws up, period.
* BookEnds: The first paragraph of the first and last chapters is almost the same - the only change is the season, to show passage of time.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: There is a lot of this going on by way of the villain's MindControl powers.
* BrickJoke:
** In Chapter 22, Argath shows disdain towards humans for "excessive use of natural resources", prompting Valkron to ask "Are you quite done spouting green aesops at me?" Two chapters later, Valkron meets Argath in person and the first thing he says is "...I visualised you as more of a treehugger."
** In another chapter there's mention of a rocker playing its violin in the distance. The rocker appears right when there's a tense moment, and it makes a hasty exit. It takes a while before the same rocker's violin starts up again, implied to be at a much further distance than it was before.
* CardCarryingVillain: Argath Iruvedla, no questions asked. He knows that everything he's doing is bad, wants people to join him in his quest to purify the world of humanity and flaunts his power to show that he really isn't kidding.
* CerebusSyndrome: Appears immediately at Chapter 10 after 9 chapters of lighthearted banter.
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: Aldev]], who turns out to be possessed by the BigBad [[spoiler:to break up the Raulus party and then kill them all]].
* CollapsingLair: [[spoiler: The reconstructed underground Glast Heim Culverts]] at the end. Complete with ChaseScene.
* CommanderContrarian: Aldev, Aldev, ''Aldev''. He always has to counter any suggestions on how to progress further with negative or discouraging statements. He even contradicts himself at times and doesn't seem to care that he does. The other mercenaries are quick to [[LampshadeHanging point this out]].
* CurbStompBattle: Valkron against Baphomet, Bapho being the stomper. Granted, Valkron was having to fight [[spoiler:Argath's curse]] at the same time, which didn't help matters.
* DarkerAndEdgier: There is a lot more violence and blood in the rewrite than in the original, and quite a few implications that the happy world is not all as it seems.
* {{Determinator}}: Valkron manages to temporarily overcome [[spoiler:Argath's curse]] through ''sheer willpower'' while fighting Baphomet.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Iruna just about stops herself from this in Chapter 29 after Emeth [[spoiler:nearly burned an entire town to the ground while under Argath's control]].
-->"Amaru? If the fire goes out, make one before the snow reaches our belongings. I trust your firemaking skills. Not saying I don't trust yours," she added hastily to Emeth, "and if you want to contribute your firemaking to his go ahead, I'm just...I'm just saying...you know what? Forget it. I'm not making this any better."
-->"Yeah, best to leave it as it is," Emeth agreed.
* EndlessWinter: The beginning of Argath's reign seems to be heading the Kingdom towards one of these.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Baphomet doesn't mind setting up schemes for the Normans to fall prey to, but draws the line at completely wiping out an entire sentient race for whatever reason.
* EvilCounterpart: Argath is this to Valkron. Both hold (or held, in Argath's case) positions of responsibility and both are overseers appointed by their superiors. The difference is that Valkron uses his power and authority for the good of others whereas Argath uses his power and authority to accomplish his own motives.
* FantasticRacism: Argath thinks the Beasts are much more superior than the Normans. His entire agenda is wiping out the Normans so that the Beasts can roam Midgard freely like they did in the past.
* {{Foil}}: Valkron and Emeth are foils to each other. One is uptight, a loner and a natural leader, the other is a laid-back team player who prefers to follow. The line progressively fades all the way to the end of the story.
* ForTheEvulz: Near everything Argath decided to do when being bored over the 500 years since his resurrection. Particularly clear in Chapters 21 and 22 where he manipulates both Emeth and Edell just to watch Valkron agonise over how he can't do anything about it.
* GreatOffscreenWar: The Battle of Al'Zahur, a war between mercenaries and the Chivalry, which affects the plot in the trilogy in no small way. Though Valkron, who was part of it, is reluctant to talk about it, it gets brought up quite often. He is not particularly amused by this.
* HoldYourHippogriffs:
** "Yoyoballs" is apparently the substitute word for "tricks", as in "playing tricks".
** "Where in the everloving fires of Muspelheim did you come up with that?"
** "Been there, done that, but never bought the tunic."
* HumansAreFlawed: Baphomet states that this is exactly why humans are so interesting to him and how they make his job to spread chaos much easier.
* ItsPersonal: Valkron only gets really determined to solve the problem when [[spoiler:he gets cursed]].
* LetMeGetThisStraight: "When most people notice something going wrong, they stay away. You, on the other hand, have just said you want to get closer to it to investigate. And you see nothing wrong with that?"
-->"No."
* LightEmUp: Samaroh gets into the action even though he's primarily a healer, using healing spell Sanctuary to specifically deal some hurt to demonic creatures. [[spoiler:He later does the same with the spell Magnus Exorcismus.]]
* MaleGaze: Valkron has a minor case of this when it comes to Iruna, like focusing on her chest instead of her face when she's not wearing her armour. This is despite the fact that she never wears anything revealing or titillating.
* TheMedic: Most of the time it's Samaroh ("resident priest"), but sometimes Iruna helps him out.
* NobleDemon: Baphomet definitely qualifies; he relishes the idea of injecting chaos in the world, but won't allow balance to be disrupted and will give the humans a leg-up if he can get away with it. Especially because he thinks humans are much better at being evil than demons are.
* NoJustNoReaction: If someone does something so stupid or wrong that Valkron can't even come up with a sarcastic response to, he does this.
--> "No. No." ''([[{{Beat}} Beat]])'' "No."
* NoOntologicalInertia:
** Valkron's [[spoiler: curse]] is an aversion - even after Argath is dealt with, it's not broken.
** Killing Argath doesn't collapse the portal, justified in that he only set it up; its power source is entirely independent of his contributions.
** However, killing Argath does destroy the entire [[spoiler:reconstructed Glast Heim Culverts]] since that was his actual work.
* NoodleIncident:
** Redova mentions an incident with bedbugs where he just happened to "be in the same room and had nuthin' to do with them." The story is never elaborated.
** The Battle of Al'Zahur is this in-universe. Only the people who were there know what happened and they're not allowed to talk about it due to "sensitive information".
** Valkron's reputation seems to have originated from a series of expeditions he was assigned to. Apart from the name of each expedition and the fact that all he did was "disobey orders to save lives", little else is elaborated. He doesn't want to talk about them, either.
* OminousFog: One follows Argath and his darkwing entourage around for a while, and several times the Raulus can't head off on their mission because the fog is too thick to navigate through. It serves to delay them as well as give cover for Argath's attacks.
* OnlyAFleshWound: Averted when Valkron gets a sword in his left shoulder. His left arm is rendered completely useless and the only way he stays on his feet is adrenaline.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Averted despite the fact that they're, you know, mercenaries. The reward for assessing the potential "threat" gets discussed between the mercenaries and ultimately chucked aside in the face of what truly ends up being at stake.
* PowerTrio: Valkron, Emeth and Iruna as a really odd ThreeAmigos variant.
* PrecisionFStrike: Valkron drops one in Chapter 19.
-->"Look here, you little ''shit''," he growled.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The members of the Raulus party are only united by one common cause: they shared the same unexplained recurring MindRape. They don't intend to do much more than help find the source of the portal, but suddenly they're the ''only'' ones left who can do something about it. [[TeethClenchedTeamwork So they resign themselves to it.]]
* RedShirt: The Payan guards during the invasion get picked off really quickly.
* SceneryGorn:
** [[spoiler:St Capitolina Abbey]], dear gods.
** The ruins of Glast Heim in [=SoF=] [[spoiler:and the destruction of the reconstructed Culverts.]]
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Valkron is dangerously being on the verge of getting his knighthood stripped because he does this one too many times. He is well aware of this.
* SelfDeprecation: Aldev tends to go completely unnoticed by other characters as if he's being repeatedly forgotten about. This culminates in Emeth asking him [[LampshadeHanging "Why are you such a forgettable person?!"]] The author confesses to repeatedly forgetting about Aldev in the footnotes.
* SnowMeansLove:Snow begins falling when [[spoiler:Valkron]] reciprocates [[spoiler:Iruna]]'s affection for him with a kiss in return for her earlier one.
* SoiledCityOnAHill: Glast Heim.
* TakeThat: There is a throwaway line in Chapter 22 mentioning Khan throwing stones, and then everyone else throwing stones. This is noted as a reference to the Throw Stone skill, a quest skill that only the Thief class can naturally learn and the only skill that allows the player to throw stones - and how stupid this would be in a realistic setting.
* TeleportersAndTransporters: The major teleportation network run by Kafra Corp serves as a way to connect major cities in and out of the kingdom, provided you pay the fee for the service. Teleporting is called "warping". People can also warp using magically imbued Fly and Butterfly Wings.
** There are portals as well, but they can be only created with old magic, which humans can't use. Emeth specifically explains the difference between warps and portals.
* TemptingFate:
** During the Payon chapters Iruna goes to check on Emeth while saying "hopefully he hasn't set fire to something."[[spoiler:Later that night Emeth, under Argath's control, sets fire to the east side of Payon.]]
** In Chaper 24, Emeth asks "what's the worse that can happen?" in a deserted city. [[spoiler:The BigBad makes his appearance to the party at the end of the chapter.]] Even [[TheQuietOne the quietest member of their party]] [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness tells him not to say that.]]
* ThereShouldBeALaw: PlayedForLaughs in Chapter 13, where Iruna lightheartedly notes, "You just inflicted Samaroh on the sages, there should be a law against that", after Valkron sends the InsufferableGenius SmugSnake priest to borrow a thaudolite.
* WhamEpisode: Chapter 10, solely because it takes a dark turn right after nine chapters of normality.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Showing what happened to the world after the climax.
* WorldHealingWave: Destroying the portal [[spoiler:releases the souls of those who died and restores time to a point where the portal hadn't been built yet]]. Only those who survived the events of the portal remember what happened.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Argath shifts into black bats with silver wings to travel.
* YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForEvil: Why Argath is disappointed with Valkron.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Samaroh says a fairly deadpan one in Chapter 17 when [[spoiler:a monster Emeth just fried in the chest and sent flying into a house gets to its feet almost immediately.]]
-->'''Samaroh:''' "You're ''joking''."
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