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->''"The world that played itself out in her eyes might have been preferable to the one we occupy—a world where everyone has a place and a purpose, where hard work is rewarded in equality, and where justice shines down like the sun."''
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->''"The world that played itself out in her eyes might have been preferable to the one we occupy—a world where everyone has a place and a purpose, where hard work is rewarded in equality, and where justice shines down like the sun."''"''
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler: BloodKnight Sareash ultimately spares Worm, a man she fully intended to murder as brutally as possible; while Cardinal, normally the group's NiceGuy, masters enough raw hate to kill Zavieur, an opponent he previously regarded as a friend.]]
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler: BloodKnight Sareash ultimately spares Worm, a man she fully intended to murder as brutally as possible; while Cardinal, normally the group's NiceGuy, masters enough raw hate to kill Zavieur, an opponent he previously regarded as a friend.]]
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* GrapplingHoodPistol: Zaveur weilds dual harpoon guns and uses then to both attack and move in fights.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Worm of the Shadow League stands out. Unlike Mad, who is simply apathetic to others' emotions, or the monsters, who kill from instinct, Worm actively seeks to belittle his opponents and is even unpleasant to his allies.
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* MonsterOfTheWeek: The first four books, at least, are each named after a monster the heroes must take down; the [[GiantSpider Mountain Recluse]], [[PantheraAwesome Zarklago]], [[TheSwarm a group of giant Yellow Horned Dancers]], and [[ParasiticHorror Mother Leeches]].
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* MonsterOfTheWeek: The first four few books, at least, are each named after a monster the heroes must take down; the [[GiantSpider Mountain Recluse]], [[PantheraAwesome Zarklago]], [[TheSwarm a group of giant Yellow Horned Dancers]], and [[ParasiticHorror Mother Leeches]].
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** The [[DeaderThanDead Decay Beam]].
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* SmugSnake: Or, Smug Worm in this case. Worm talks a big game, looks down on humans and has some talent; but he's actually the apprentice assassin and [[spoiler: eventually beaten by a human]].
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* OddNameOut: Most of the books are named after a monster that the group battles, but "The Distants" comes from a Clokken word for unclose acquaintances, instead.
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* ThePowerOfHate: The Decay Beam can only be used on a truly hated target.
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* Corpse Beetle
Come with me, and I will show you the desolation of Black-Raddle. Many souls were lost, many hearts broken, and clean hands were tainted forever with blood. Here, the dead walk. Here, [[MessyMaggots terrible maggots]] devour homes and families. Here, the royal scion of Aldroy stood against the hand of death.
The final showdown between our heroes and the Shadow Guild Cardinal has returned from the Desert of Eternal Night, and he has a few new tricks up his sleeve. Will his new arcane power be enough to resist Worm and his conjured horde?
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* AffablyEvil; [[spoiler: Zavieur the Clokken]], in contrast to his partner [[{{Jerkass}} Worm]]
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** [[spoiler: Zavieur is a hitman, but a pleasant guy who genuinely likes Cardinal.]]
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BlueAndOrangeMorality: Zavieur, and Clokkens in general, has a moral code. It's just alien to most humanoids.
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* The Distants
Cardinal seeks guidance from a terrible astral being that speaks through the flames. Princess Sareash is left alone with Mad Crossbones. Will Cardinal survive his time in the darkness beyond the stars? [[WithFriendsLikeThese Will Sareash and Mad survive each other's company?]]
Cardinal seeks guidance from a terrible astral being that speaks through the flames. Princess Sareash is left alone with Mad Crossbones. Will Cardinal survive his time in the darkness beyond the stars? [[WithFriendsLikeThese Will Sareash and Mad survive each other's company?]]
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* GenreSavvy: Cardinal applies fantasy tropes from video games and RPGs in our world to his life as a wizard in Laskmeer. However, he has about an equal chance of being this and WrongGenreSavvy.
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* GenreSavvy: Cardinal applies fantasy tropes from video games and RPGs [=RPGs=] in our world to his life as a wizard in Laskmeer. However, he has about an equal chance of being this and WrongGenreSavvy.
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* CrapsackWorld: Some believe the Kingdom is this.
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* CrapsackWorld: Some characters believe they exist in one, although the Kingdom is this.land of Laskmeer has both good and bad things about it.
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* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Cardinal.
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* DudeWheresMyRespect: In "Blood Drain", Cardinal runs off because he feels disrespected by his party members, despite risking his life for them multiple times.
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* CrapsackWorld: The Rot Lord wants to turn the world into this. The royals, by contrast, seem to think they live in YeGoodeOleDays. The truth is somewhere in the middle.
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* CrapsackWorld: The Rot Lord wants to turn Some believe the world into this. The royals, by contrast, seem to think they live in YeGoodeOleDays. The truth Kingdom is somewhere in the middle.this.
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* IJustWantToBeBadass: Cardinal's motivation.
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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Laskmeer appears to be a combination of MedievalEuropeanFantasy and various [[ArabianNightsDays Middle Eastern/Arabic cultures]]. Most characters resemble the latter in physical appearance.
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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Laskmeer appears to be a combination of MedievalEuropeanFantasy and various [[ArabianNightsDays Middle Eastern/Arabic cultures]]. Most characters resemble the latter in physical appearance. The people of Calde are also said to be a partial stand-in for the occupied Israel of the Bible.
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* HumansAreWhite: Averted. Laskmeer apparently has a diverse enough range of skin tones that neither white Mad or black Cardinal don't stand out. Well, they do, but not because of their skin.
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* HumansAreWhite: Averted. Laskmeer apparently has a diverse enough range Most of skin tones that neither white Mad or black Cardinal don't stand out. Well, they do, the people of Aldroy are brown/tan, but not because of their skin.some are darker or fairer and aren't seen as unusual. Skin tone doesn't seem to denote "Race" in this world as much as culture and religion do.
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* AnIcePerson: Some of Mad's go-to spells are ice based.
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* ShockAndAwe: One of Mad's spells lets him create and control electricity.
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The quest to kill the Rot Lord is underway, but the life of an adventurer is not as [[HighFantasy glamorous]] as [[WideEyedIdealist Cardinal or Sareash may have hoped]]. There's a lot of [[TheDungAges mud]], [[FantasticRacism discrimination]], exposure, and general discomfort to contend with, and magical assassins. Did we forget about the magical assassins?
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The quest to kill the Rot Lord is underway, but the life of an adventurer is not as [[HighFantasy glamorous]] as [[WideEyedIdealist Cardinal or Sareash may have hoped]]. There's a lot of [[TheDungAges mud]], [[FantasticRacism discrimination]], exposure, [[NakedPeopleAreFunny exposure]], and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking general discomfort discomfort]] to contend with, and magical assassins. Did we forget about the magical assassins?
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* SwordsAndScandal
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* MonsterOfTheWeek: The first four books, at least, are each named after a monster the heroes must take down; the [[GiantSpider Mountain Recluse]], [[PantheraAwesome Zarklago]], [[TheSwarm a group of giant Yellow Horned Dancers]], and [[NightmareFuel Mother Leeches]].
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* MonsterOfTheWeek: The first four books, at least, are each named after a monster the heroes must take down; the [[GiantSpider Mountain Recluse]], [[PantheraAwesome Zarklago]], [[TheSwarm a group of giant Yellow Horned Dancers]], and [[NightmareFuel [[ParasiticHorror Mother Leeches]].
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* ParasiticHorror: The Mother Leeches.
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* MonsterOfTheWeek: The first three books are each named after a monster the heroes must take down; the [[GiantSpider Mountain Recluse]], [[PantheraAwesome Zarklago]], and [[TheSwarm a group of giant Yellow Horned Dancers]].
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* MonsterOfTheWeek: The first three books four books, at least, are each named after a monster the heroes must take down; the [[GiantSpider Mountain Recluse]], [[PantheraAwesome Zarklago]], and [[TheSwarm a group of giant Yellow Horned Dancers]]. Dancers]], and [[NightmareFuel Mother Leeches]].
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* FoodPorn: Or alchohol porn; the Hot Swolt in "Blood Drain" is described as tasking like cinnamon and burnt wood. Kind of like a hot Old Fashioned/Old Smokey.
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* FoodPorn: Or alchohol porn; the Hot Swolt in "Blood Drain" is described as tasking tasting like cinnamon and burnt wood.wood; and feeling smooth and warm going down. Kind of like a hot Old Fashioned/Old Smokey.
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* BlendedFamilyDrama: Sareash doesn't get along with her stepmother, Lady Sloth.
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* BlendedFamilyDrama: Sareash doesn't get along with her stepmother, Lady Sloth.Solth.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Cardinal, especially in his narration chapters where we get to read his unfiltered thoughts.
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* LivingClothes: Cardinal's red robes have the instinct to protect their wearer.wearer, and can produce teeth and claws.
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Something is rotten in the City of Aldroy. No dark corner, cave, or chamber is safe from the influence of the Rot Lord. Princess Sareash, [[TheChosenOne chosen by the prophets of the Dragon God Bal'zomest]], has simmered to a boiling point, and so has the land itself. The quest cannot wait any longer. It begins now.
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[[Theatre/Hamlet Something is rotten in the the]] City of Aldroy. No dark corner, cave, or chamber is safe from the influence of the Rot Lord. Princess Sareash, [[TheChosenOne chosen by the prophets of the Dragon God Bal'zomest]], has simmered to a boiling point, and so has the land itself. The quest cannot wait any longer. It begins now.
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* BadassBoast: Cardinal attempts this when he bravely confronts the green-eyed Elven assassin. Unfortunately, he's drunk off his ass, so all that comes out is "If I had a sword, I would stick you with it!"
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* BadassBoast: Cardinal attempts this when he bravely confronts the green-eyed Elven assassin. Unfortunately, he's drunk off his ass, so all that comes out is he says is, "If I had a sword, I would stick I'd stab you with it!"
* BrattyHalfPint: When Sareash was little, she ran around hitting the servants over the head and calling them goblins. Subverted, in that a calm rebuke from Thermavorous sets her straight.
* CrystalDragonJesus: Almost literally; lampshaded by Cardinal:
->''"...religion seemed to be part of everything they did here, like it was Alabama, only, Jesus was some kind of space dragon?"''
->''"Good dragon Christians thought I was an evil wizard."''
->''"...religion seemed to be part of everything they did here, like it was Alabama, only, Jesus was some kind of space dragon?"''
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* IdentityAmnesia: Cardinal remembers most things from our world; video games, hamburgers, etc. He doesn't remember his own name or much about his life. He has small flashbacks to his life before, however.
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* IdentityAmnesia: Cardinal remembers most things from our world; video games, hamburgers, Luke Skywalker, etc. He doesn't remember his own name or much about his life. He has small flashbacks
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Due tohis life before, however.her sheltered upbringing and headstrong nature, Sareash sometimes insults others without meaning to. This actually causes friction with Cardinal in "Blood Drain".
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* TheMentor: Thermavorous; he taught Sareash the way of the sword early on and in general acts as a guardian to her.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler: Thermavorous dies at Sareash's hand.]]
* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler: Thermavorous dies at Sareash's hand.]]
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* WideEyedIdealist: Sareash. "The world that played itself out in her eyes might have been preferable to the one we occupy—a world where everyone has a place and a purpose, where hard work is rewarded in equality, and where justice shines down like the sun."
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* WideEyedIdealist: Sareash. "The
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->''"The world that played itself out in her eyes might have been preferable to the one we occupy—a world where everyone has a place and a purpose, where hard work is rewarded in equality, and where justice shines down like the sun.
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* FantasticDrug: Slich-grog, made from the sedating toxins of Mother Leeches.
->''"That made sense. They may have almost killed me and filled my body with eggs, but they made me feel damn good about it."''
->''"That made sense. They may have almost killed me and filled my body with eggs, but they made me feel damn good about it."''
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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Laskmeer appears to be a combination of MedievalEuropeanFantasy and various Middle Eastern/Arabic cultures. Most characters resemble the latter in physical appearance.
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** [[WordOfGod Lang]] has gone on record saying he wants to [[AvertedTrope avoid]] one-to-one comparisons of fictional races to real life cultures, because of the UnfortunateImplications often associated with this trope.
** [[WordOfGod Lang]] has gone on record saying he wants to [[AvertedTrope avoid]] one-to-one comparisons of fictional races to real life cultures, because of the UnfortunateImplications often associated with this trope.
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->''"But I don’t want to cure world hunger. I want to make [GiantCreepyCrawlies giant bugs.]"''
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->''"But I don’t want to cure world hunger. I want to make [GiantCreepyCrawlies [[BigCreepyCrawlies giant bugs.]"'']]"''
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->''"But I don’t want to cure world hunger. I want to make [GiantCreepyCrawlies giant bugs.]]"'']"''
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* AwesomeMcCoolName: It's a D&D inspired fantasy novel; they're all over the place. Mad Crossbones; the Rot Lord; Heretic Wizard, Bloodmage; Bal'Someth the Dragon God...
