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* TheLostWoods: The city of Taparak is built into a huge petrified forest, not unlike a Literature/TheLordOfTheRings elf settlement.
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Up To Eleven is a defunct trope


* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: All in a day's work for a soulscaper, but Rayojini takes this UpToEleven. Subverted in that it is done with consent.

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* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: All in a day's work for a soulscaper, but Rayojini takes this UpToEleven.up to eleven. Subverted in that it is done with consent.

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* ArchangelMichael: Mikha'il.

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* %%* ArchangelMichael: Mikha'il.



* EnemyWithin: The Fear.

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* %%* EnemyWithin: The Fear.



* {{God}}: Eloat.

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* %%* {{God}}: Eloat.



* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Keea is Mikha'il.]]
* {{Satan}}: Sammael.

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* %%* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Keea is Mikha'il.]]
* %%* {{Satan}}: Sammael.



* TokenMinority[=/=]MagicalNegro: Averted. Rayojini is the protagonist of the story and only fixes other people as part of her job.



* WalkingTheEarth: Another typical part of a soulscaper's job in order to find work.
** The nomadic tribes of Khalt.

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* WalkingTheEarth: %%* WalkingTheEarth:
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Another typical part of a soulscaper's job in order to find work.
** %%** The nomadic tribes of Khalt.



* YourMindMakesItReal: Thoughtforms are haunts created by strong emotion and they usually take the form of the local superstition. Essentially, if you believe your house is haunted, your house is haunted.

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* YourMindMakesItReal: Thoughtforms are haunts created by strong emotion and they usually take the form of the local superstition. Essentially, if you believe your house is haunted, your house is haunted.haunted.
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Dewicking per TRS decision.


* BiTheWay: Almost out of the blue, Rayojini asks another woman to sleep with her. The woman's easy acceptance of the offer indicates that in their culture EveryoneIsBi. [[ThreeWaySex It gets better]].
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Woman In White is no longer a trope. Not quite enough context for Ethereal White Dress.


* WomanInWhite: Perdina and Voile Tricante, helping their CreepyTwins image.
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* TheLostWoods: The city of Taparak is built into a huge petrified forest, not unlike an Literature/LordOfTheRings elf settlement.

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* TheLostWoods: The city of Taparak is built into a huge petrified forest, not unlike an Literature/LordOfTheRings a Literature/TheLordOfTheRings elf settlement.
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* DreamLand[=/=]MentalWorld: The soulscape consists of both. It is the subconscious of humanity, and also the subconscious mind of individual humans. Not unlike the dream levels in {{Inception}}.

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* DreamLand[=/=]MentalWorld: The soulscape consists of both. It is the subconscious of humanity, and also the subconscious mind of individual humans. Not unlike the dream levels in {{Inception}}.''Film/{{Inception}}''.
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Redheaded Hero is being cut per the Appearance tropes cleanup thread.


* RedHeadedHero: Sammael.
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You Imagined It is being cut per TRS.


* YouImaginedIt: This is ultimately how Rayojini resolves the issue of her "dream" encounters with the eloim and other strangeness. It is also the core belief of the soulscapers--all strangeness is created by human imagination.

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What The Hell Dad is being cut per TRS. Examples will be cut or moved to related tropes where appropriate.


* ParentalNeglect: Rayojini's mother more or less trusts Rayo to raise herself. They actually probably work best that way.



* [[WhatTheHellDad What the Hell, Mom?]]: Rayojini's mother more or less trusts Rayo to raise herself. They actually probably work best that way.
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* WoundThatWillNotHeal: Both Mikha'il and Sammael have such a wound over the heart.
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''Burying the Shadow'' is novel by Creator/StormConstantine first published in 1992, written in response to demand for vampire novels without actually giving in and writing a straight vampire novel. The plot follows two protagonists, one an [[FallenAngels eloim]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent actress]] named Gimel Metatronim, the other a human woman and [[DreamWeaver soulscaper]] named Rayojini. For thousands of years the eloim have been living among the humans, bringing them culture and art and philosophy, hiding their true nature. For just as long, the soulscapers have been [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind treating mental and spiritual injuries and illnesses]].

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''Burying the Shadow'' is novel by Creator/StormConstantine first published in 1992, written in response to demand for vampire novels without actually giving in and writing a straight vampire novel. The plot follows two protagonists, one an [[FallenAngels [[FallenAngel eloim]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent actress]] named Gimel Metatronim, the other a human woman and [[DreamWeaver soulscaper]] named Rayojini. For thousands of years the eloim have been living among the humans, bringing them culture and art and philosophy, hiding their true nature. For just as long, the soulscapers have been [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind treating mental and spiritual injuries and illnesses]].
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* TheLostWoods: The city of Taparak is built into a huge petrified forest, not unlike a LordOfTheRings elf settlement.

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* TheLostWoods: The city of Taparak is built into a huge petrified forest, not unlike a LordOfTheRings an Literature/LordOfTheRings elf settlement.
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* TreeTopTown: Taparak, which is built into a petrified forest. The community does start at ground level, however the more affluent a person is, the closer they live to the sky.

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