History Literature / EverybodyLovesLargeChests

# ''Teresa:''

Six books have also been published on Amazon with the primary titles, followed by the series name and volume number:

* FromNobodyToNightmare: The whole affair began when a particularly curious level 0 monster learned how to pick up a sword without injuring itself. From there the story revolves around watching Boxxy grow into a fully sentient monster with a HorrorHunger to match.

* GiantSpider: Before [[spoiler:turning into a doppelganger]] Boxxy makes spider legs to move around, making him look like a giant square spider.

* HeroOfAnotherStory: Sigmund Law, Teresa's newest champion and head of her inquisition. He's got a huge job ahead of him, cleaning up the Empire and the Clergy, by force of arms if necessary. He even gets to punch the Emperor in the face. But we probably won't get to hear much about him, since he isn't [[{{Tagline}} the chestiest chest that ever chested]].

* IHaveManyNames: The God of Chaos, who's most commonly referred to as Bob, has a new name every time the author writes about him personally.

* LiteralGenie: [[spoiler:When Keira and Boxxy develop into separate personalities in the same bodies, Boxxy tries to use his IOU from Bob to try and get rid of her. His exact words; “I want to be rid of this liability!” Unfortunately for Boxxy, Bob takes the opportunity to make Keira into a separate individual and give her all the power and status Boxxy had earned as hero of chaos and using Keira's name.]]

* MonsterAdventurers: The whole premise of the story is the adventures of a [[ChestMonster Mimic]] and his group of assorted monstrosities.
* MookHorrorShow: Occasionally, the narrative perspective shifts to whomever Boxxy and his gang are about to attack, and most of the time the targets are horribly outmatched and provide a sequence of this.

* OnlySaneMan: Ironically, Boxxy often feels itself in this position as it is the only being without a sex drive in its party and so never has its judgement clouded by that.

* SuddenNameChange: Done purposely for the God of Chaos, whose name changes every time it is mentioned.

* TimeSkip: A two year time skip is introduced after the Life, Luck and Lemonade series.
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Apparently humans showing up out of nowhere and raving about other worlds is a common enough occurrence in the setting to not elicit any fuss from the setting's governments. The realmhoppers, as they're known, either get killed by monsters or integrate into one of the civilizations.

* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: Edward's men fail to extract a dungeon core no matter what spells they use. When Zone suggests just physically hitting it, she is dismissed as crazy. That is, of course, how Boxxy got both its cores.
* WrongGenreSavvy: There's a warlock who is presumably from our world that is TrappedInAnotherWorld. He tries to convince Boxxy to bridge the gap between monsters and the ''Enlightened'' to stop the endless CycleOfRevenge between monsters and humans. [[spoiler:Boxxy kills him and steals his body and loot, because Boxxy doesn't care about such untasty things]].

** One level-100 Necromancer has an Ultimate Skill named ''[[Literature/OVERLORD2012 The Goal of All Life Is Death]]''.

** One level-100 Necromancer has an Ultimate Skill named ''[[LightNovel/OVERLORD2012 The Goal of All Life Is Death]]''.

* LiteralMetaphor: From [[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/8894/everybody-loves-large-chests/chapter/119515/all-that-glitters-2 "All That Glitters 2"]]:
--> the Forest King at the time had sent for Tol-Saroth’s help. Although the scholar originally wanted to reject using his knowledge to breed death and destruction, he could not go against the authority of the king. Literally. The Authority of the King was a Phantasmal-grade relic of great power that made it impossible for any of their people to reject the wishes of their King.

Large chests are said to encompass all manner of hopes and dreams. Men covet them. Women envy them. But one fact holds true -- everyone wants to get their hands on some big ones.

The same holds true for one intrepid adventurer -- a strapping young lad by the name of Himmel. Armed with his grandfather's trusty longsword and the dream of being the strongest, he sets out on the journey of a lifetime! It is sure to be a long and dangerous road, fraught with danger! And it all starts with a simple test -- reach Level 5 in the dungeon called the "newbie zone" and earn the right to become a full-fledged adventurer!

However, such things get hopelessly derailed when his adolescent mind beholds an exposed chest for the first time. A fateful meeting that would inevitably lead his life in a direction he never even dreamed of!

Six books have also been published on Amazon with the titles of ''Morningwood: Everybody Loves Large Chests (Vol.1)'', ''Fizzlesprocket: Everybody Loves Large Chests (Vol.2)'', ''Vortena: Everybody Loves Large Chests (Vol.3)'', ''Morgana: Everybody Loves Large Chests (Vol.4)'', ''Teresa:: Everybody Loves Large Chests (Vol.5)'', and ''Mortimer: Everybody Loves Large Chests (Vol.6)'', and have audiobooks narrated by Jeff Hays (with some sound effects).

* BuxomIsBetter: Boxxy prefers women with large chests. Not for the reason you think, since it initially doesn't understand that "large chest" when referring to women meant their breast size; Boxxy thought that they had a large treasure chest or something.

* CoversAlwaysLie: That woman proudly depicted right in the center of the cover? She's not the protagonist. She appears in a single chapter before being summarily killed off by the actual protagonist. [[spoiler:She does [[CameBackStrong get better]], but still isn't the main character.]]

* AllThereInTheManual: The comments section is a treasure trove of information as the author often answers reader's questions. The Q&A sessions [[UpToEleven even more]].

* DoubleEntendre: Oh, where to begin!?

''Everybody Loves Large Chests'', by Exterminatus, is a web fiction [[https://royalroadl.com/fiction/8894/everybody-loves-large-chests available online free]].

* {{Xenofiction}}: The main character is a dungeon mimic who eventually evolves into other species.

Three books have also been published on Amazon with the titles of ''Morningwood: Everybody Loves Large Chests (Vol.1)'', ''Fizzlesprocket: Everybody Loves Large Chests (Vol.2)'', and ''Vortena: Everybody Loves Large Chests (Vol.3)'', and have audiobooks narrated by Jeff Hays (with some sound effects).

* {{Shapeshifting}}: This is one of the main character's abilities.

** While invoking the spell [[KillItWithFire Inferno]], Xera the 'Witch''s chant is almost identical to the lyrics of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcbazH6aE2g Slaughter Your World]], [[VillainProtagonist Richard the Warlock]]'s VillainSong in ''WebComic/LookingForGroup''.
-->''There's nowhere to hide! There's nowhere to run!''
-->''This village will burn like the heart of the sun!''

* VillainProtagonist: Main character is a monster who likes to eat people, and his closest allies are demons who like doing horrible things to people.

NeedsWikiMagicLove, and a lot of it.

* OurElvesAreBetter: Averted by having the elf nation possessing inferior military might when compared to its neighbors, in both quantity and quality of troops. Played straight at one point in time, as the long dead Elf Empire once enslaved most other species and conducted horrible experiments on their fellow enlightened beings.

** While invoking the spell [[KillInWithFire Inferno]], Xera the 'Witch''s chant is almost identical to the lyrics of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcbazH6aE2g Slaughter Your World]], [[VillainProtagonist Richard the Warlock]]'s VillainSong in ''WebComic/LookingForGroup''.

* ADayInTheLimelight: This being a series with an omniscient narrator, sometimes characters other than the protagonist get the spotlight for a while. Kora has one while she is in demon world and Fizzy actually got her own series.

* AnAdventurerIsYou: Part and parcel of a story that is a LitRPG.

* FictionalGenevaConventions: Several divine rules directly deal with proper conduct during war. Perpetrating a knowing and willing breach of any rules will add the aforementioned "Taboo" skill to the perpetrator's status. The specific war-related crimes listed by deity and domain are the following:
** Murder (and presumably any mistreatment) of prisoners of war (also presumably noncombatants) p- taboo of Axel, the war (and generally conflict) god.

** Creation of curses and cursed artifacts (i.e. magical WMDs) -- taboo of Lunar, the magic and knowledge goddess.

Large chests are said to encompass all manner of hopes and dreams. Men covet them. Women envy them. But one fact holds true - everyone wants to get their hands on some big ones.

The same holds true for one intrepid adventurer - a strapping young lad by the name of Himmel. Armed with his grandfather’s trusty longsword and the dream of being the strongest, he sets out on the journey of a lifetime! It is sure to be a long and dangerous road, fraught with danger! And it all starts with a simple test - reach Level 5 in the dungeon called the ‘newbie zone’ and earn the right to become a full-fledged adventurer!

''Everybody Loves Large Chests'', by Exterminatus, is a web fiction [[https://royalroadl.com/fiction/8894/everybody-loves-large-chests available online free.]]

** Murder (and presumably any mistreatment) of prisoners of war (also presumably noncombatants) - taboo of Axel, the war (and generally conflict) god.
** Genocide of sapient life - taboo of Solus, the sun god.
** Ecocide - taboo of Zephyra, the nature and weather goddess.
** Creation of curses and cursed artifacts (i.e. magical WMDs) - taboo of Lunar, the magic and knowledge goddess.
** Necromancy / desecration of the dead - taboo of Mortimer, the death and commerce god; however, obtaining prior contractual permissions from volunteers (alive and dead) to be raised to fight again would be acceptable.
*** The Blight treats all these rules as a checklist, which is why every god is united against its forces - it's an omnicidal genocidal ecocidal self-propagating curse-like effect which also uses the dead for construction materials. The artifact factory of the fallen machine god Udar is another multiple offender, as it creates technomagical "seeds" which forcibly turn all sapients into golem soldiers who in turn proceed to wipe out all organic life.

%%* OurNymphsArePrettier: Dryads are powerful spirits present in the elven Ishgar Republic. Each one is tied to a mighty, magical Hylt tree, [[{{Synchronization}} which acts as an extension of their own bodies, and vice-versa]]. Dryads are seldom seen, if ever, because they spend thousands of years at a time asleep until something rouses them, but once awake they're so powerful that appealing to their wants and needs is a good way to get an eternally protective ally, and angering them is likely to be the last mistake you'll ever make.%%Temporarily unlaunched.

** While invoking the spell [[KillInWithFire Inferno]], Xera the Witch's chant is almost identical to the lyrics of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcbazH6aE2g Slaughter Your World]], [[VillainProtagonist Richard the Warlock]]'s VillainSong in ''WebComic/LookingForGroup''.