History Literature / AnOutcastInAnotherWorld

* InhumanlyBeautifulRace: Rob is continually annoyed by how cover-model-worthy every single Elf he meets is. The Elves themselves don’t seem to notice, and have no trouble calling members of their own race ugly. They also don’t seem to think Rob is unattractive, despite him being only slightly-above-average in appearance by Human standard. Rob can’t understand their standards in the slightest.

* HalfBreedDiscrimination: Due to society’s overall hatred of Humans, Elves in The Village with nonstandard Elven hair colors are considered to have Human blood in them, which is seen as a mark of shame. Interestingly, no instances are show of this discrimination coming from external forces – Tarric himself is the only one who gets upset if people point out his hair color, even if they do so innocently.

* GoodParents: Rob and Zamira have kind, supportive parents.

* GenocideBackfire: The Humans, facing extinction at the hands of the other races, give a final fuck-you to the world by sacrificing themselves to unleash The Cataclysm.

* FictionalGenevaConventions: Averted. Rob notes that no analogue to the Geneva Convention exists in Elatra.

* EstablishingSeriesMoment: The Village Elders voting on Rob’s fate sets the tone for much of the series going forward.

* DecapitationStrike: How Rob [[spoiler:kills his first two people.]]

* CursedWithAwesome: All Humans have Fast Learner, which allows them to gain Levels much faster than any other race. When combined with Leveling High, though...

* ChekhovsSkill: Every Skill that Rob learns will eventually in handy, but the biggest example would be Arachnophobia, which gives him massive bonuses against spiders specifically. Guess what he ends up fighting later on?

* Chekhov'sSkill: Every Skill that Rob learns will eventually in handy, but the biggest example would be Arachnophobia, which gives him massive bonuses against spiders specifically. Guess what he ends up fighting later on?

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Humans who succumb to Leveling High fall into this. Their bloodlust and desire for Levels becomes insatiable, and they lose any sanity they may have head.

* BigDamnHeroes: Rob and Orn’tol in the Dungeon Crawl, then Rob and Keira in the Village defense.

* {{BFS}}: Keira wields a massive greatsword to brutal effectiveness. She loves her choice of Class and gets touchy when people criticize it.

The series is currently available online. Book 1 has been completed, and Book 2 is ongoing.[[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/42385/an-outcast-in-another-world-subtitle-is-insanity It can be read here.]]

The series is currently available online. Book 1 has been completed, and Book 2 is ongoing. It can be read [[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/42385/an-outcast-in-another-world-subtitle-is-insanity here.]]

* BadassBoast: Keira gets one during the defense of The Village. [[spoiler"Prepare yourself, Fallen Lord I’ll give you a death worthy of the stories they’ll sing of me!"]]

* BadassBoast: Rob against the giant spider in the Dungeon. [[spoiler:“CATCH THIS, YOU EIGHT-LEGGED BITCH! YOU EXPECTED A FAIR FIGHT? FUCK THAT! EAT FIREBOMBS, YOU AFFRONT TO ALL THAT’S GOOD AND HOLY! YOU SCARED ME SO MUCH THAT I’M YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE!”]]

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Infected and [[spoiler:The Blight]].

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Infected and [[spoiler:The Blight].

* MisfitMobilizationMoment: The core cast coming together to form [[spoiler:Riardin’s Rangers.]

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- A crumpled note found inside the main character’s pocket.

* BFS: Keira wields a massive greatsword to brutal effectiveness. She loves her choice of Class and gets touchy when people criticize it.

* Cliffhanger: Literally, one time.

* NamedbyDemocracy: The Village was formed by disparate communities ravaged by The Cataclysm coming together. They couldn’t collectively decide what to name their new village, so everyone just kept calling it The Village, and the name stuck.

* PeopleofHairColor: Unless they have Human ancestors, the color of Elves’ hair in The Village is almost uniformly silver.

* SuicidebyCop: Kenzotul, an Elf wracked by grief due to his part in The Scouring, offers his life to Rob as atonement.

* TalkingIsaFreeAction: Averted. The only times that people are able to talk in the middle of a fight is during brief lulls where enemies are sizing each other up.

* BrainwashedandCrazy: Humans who succumb to Leveling High fall into this. Their bloodlust and desire for Levels becomes insatiable, and they lose any sanity they may have head.

* BrutalHonesty: Elder Alessia when explaining to Rob that [[spoiler:his aversion to killing people will get *him* killed].

* DistractedbytheSexy: Elves are hot. Rob is well-aware that he’s a hormone-riddled college student with no romantic prospects in Elatra. [[spoiler:At first]].

* Kuudere: Zamira is borderline expressionless, but sweet in her words and actions.

* Matriarchy: Dragonkin territory is ruled with an iron claw by the Dragon Queen.

* Mordor: The Deadlands. One phrase of advice is given: don’t go there. They’re later revealed to be [[spoiler:Blighted zones, where all life and matter quickly decays, and the air is toxic.]]

* Tsundere: Alia slowly transforms into this after she mellows out.

* Yandere: Keira has elements of this. As the story progresses, she both becomes more protective or her friends (and seems to be developing feelings for some of them) and grows more violent. [[spoiler:This culminates in her threatening a prisoner of war with horribly torture if he hurts the people she cares about]].

* EvilTaintedthePlace: [[spoiler:The Deadlands and any Blighted zones]].

* FromNobodytoNightmare: Rob starts out at Level 1 and almost dies to the first enemy he encounters. From them on, he gains strength at an alarming rate and is well on his way to becoming this for his enemies.

* I'mNotaHero,I'm…: Rob tries to downplay his own heroic accomplishments sometimes. No one ever lets him.

* NewPowersasthePlotDemands: Zigzagged. Rob can somewhat invoke this trope if he increases stats mid-battle, but results aren’t guaranteed, and he’s never granted Skills out of nowhere to bail him out of a bad situation.

* NothingIstheSameAnymore: The Scouring and The Cataclysm fundamentally changed Elatra’s culture and geography. Everyone agrees that it was for the worse.

* PillarsofMoralCharacter: The Village Elders are seen as this by their populace, although they often make pragmatic decisions for the good of their people. Over time, Rob starts to be seen as this by the people he’s helped.

* RaysfromHeaven: The Cataclysm has been described as rays of light falling from the sky.

* Shout-Out: Plenty of them. Rob makes them to keep himself amused, and to remind himself of the world he was kidnapped from.

* TookaLevelinBadass: Rob starts at the bottom of the totem pole. Through repeated combat, dangerous situations, and the Human racial trait of Fast Learner, he quickly becomes a legitimate threat.

* TrainingtheGiftofMagic: Magic takes years of rigorous study to use effectively. [[spoiler:Unless you’re an Archmage]].

* World'sBestWarrior: The Dragon Queen is so strong that her whims shift international policy, as very few are able or willing to tell her no. The leader of the Elves admits that every leader of every race attacking at once might not be enough to beat her.

It follows the adventures of Rob, a college sophomore who is dragged to another world against his will due to [[HeroicSacrifice preventing the same fate from befalling his friend]]. Upon waking up in an off-colored forest, he quickly discovers that his body is now [[RPG-MechanicsVerse governed by stats and skills akin to an RPG]]. While this revelation causes no end of existential pondering, he has no choice but to embrace the crazy; Leveling Up and increasing his strength is his only chance at surviving to see tomorrow.

* ApolcaypseHow: Elatra has been ravaged by a recent war that puts Earth’s World Wars to shame. This war was immediately followed up with a giant magical attack that struck at random across the continent and nearly ended civilization.

* Half-BreedDiscrimination: Due to society’s overall hatred of Humans, Elves in The Village with nonstandard Elven hair colors are considered to have Human blood in them, which is seen as a mark of shame. Interestingly, no instances are show of this discrimination coming from external forces – Tarric himself is the only one who gets upset if people point out his hair color, even if they do so innocently.

* Laser-GuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Elder Cesario betrays Rob and The Village by revealing Rob’s existence to the world at large]]. He gets eaten by monsters not long after.

* Outside-ContextProblem: Rob, to a small degree. To a large degree, [[spoiler:The Blight]] is essentially this to Elatra.

* RedEyes,TakeWarning: The Infected have glowing red eyes. It’s by far the least-horrifying thing about them.

* RPG-MechanicsVerse: Elatra functions under these rules. A world with stats, Levels, Skills, and a system is all they’ve ever known. Rob thinks it’s weird as fuck.

* Self-Deprecation: Rob occasionally makes jokes in this nature, although mostly internally. Alternate perspectives have shown that other people think more highly of Rob than he thinks of himself.

* White-HairedPrettyGirl: Basically every female Elf falls into this category.

It follows the adventures of Rob, a college sophomore who is dragged to another world against his will due to [[HeroicSacrifice preventing the same fate from befalling his friend]]. Upon waking up in an off-colored forest, he quickly discovers that his body is now [[RPG-MechanicsVerse]]. While this revelation causes no end of existential pondering, he has no choice but to embrace the crazy; Leveling Up and increasing his strength is his only chance at surviving to see tomorrow.

It follows the adventures of Rob, a college sophomore who is dragged to another world against his will due to [[HeroicSacrifice preventing the same fate from befalling his friend]]. Upon waking up in an off-colored forest, he quickly discovers that his body is now [[RPG-MechanicsVerse governed by stats and skills akin to an RPG]]. While this revelation causes no end of existential pondering, he has no choice but to embrace the crazy; Leveling Up and increasing his strength is his only chance at surviving to see tomorrow.

The world is extremely dangerous, filled with mutated animals, hostile locals, and [[ArsonMurderAndJay poisonous berries]]. Rob’s early tribulations largely focus around getting his footing and trying not to die, which transitions into a struggle to find a place in a world that rejects him at every turn. It’s a good thing for him that he’s [[Determinator too stubborn to give up]].

→''Good luck.'' - A crumpled note found inside the main character’s pocket.