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* BeMyValentine: Elijah inherited the surname from someone he loved particularly dearly.
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* OurDemonsAreDifferent: They're [[DimensionalTraveler tourists from parallel worlds]]. They do look [[AnimalisticAbomination more]] or [[UncannyValley less]] weird and display shades of BlueAndOrangeMorality, but are mostly just tourists.
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* OurDemonsAreDifferent: They're [[DimensionalTraveler tourists from parallel worlds]]. They do look [[AnimalisticAbomination more]] or [[UncannyValley less]] less weird and display shades of BlueAndOrangeMorality, but are mostly just tourists.
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* SealedGoodInACan: The King. Technically [[LawfulGood good]]. [[KnightTemplar Technically]].
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* SealedGoodInACan: The King. Technically [[LawfulGood good]].good. [[KnightTemplar Technically]].
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* ChronicHeroSyndrome: He's normally able to control it by [[StoicWoobie being]] [[ComesGreatResponsibility reasonable]], but once or twice Elijah just flips under stress and goes on a roaring rampage of helping people.
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* ChronicHeroSyndrome: He's normally able to control it by [[StoicWoobie being]] being [[ComesGreatResponsibility reasonable]], but once or twice Elijah just flips under stress and goes on a roaring rampage of helping people.
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* [[ArrestedForHeroism Arrested for Turning out to Be Freakishly Powerful, Thus Scary]]: Why Elijah is in jail.
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* [[FriendOnTheForce Friend in a Slightly Shady Government Agency]]: Michelle, for Elijah, in the first book. In the second she's quit to become a PrivateDetective, but they still consider each other friends.
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* [[MadOracle Manic-Depressive Oracle]]: Delores. Makes her a bit of a GeniusSlob, since in her depressive phase she's a SleepyDepressive, while in her manic phase she's well. Really brilliant. Sort of DistaffCounterpart to Sherlock Holmes, just for science instead of detecting.
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* [[MadOracle Manic-Depressive Oracle]]: MadOracle: Delores. Makes her a bit of a GeniusSlob, since in her depressive phase she's a SleepyDepressive, while in her manic phase she's well. Really brilliant. Sort of DistaffCounterpart to Sherlock Holmes, just for science instead of detecting.
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* SealedGoodInACan / SealedEvilInACan: The King. Technically [[LawfulGood good]]. [[KnightTemplar Technically]].
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* EverythingIsOnline: And RevolutionWillBeTelevised Revolution Will Be Televised.
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[[http://lastmage.com/ Last Mage]] is an UrbanFantasy WebSerialNovel written by Andrew Eckhart. [[FramingDevice A man in custody is being interviewed]], [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture sometime in the future]], about a world-changing "Event". The man, Elijah Valentine, tells [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep the Writer]] [[HowWeGotHere he must start at the beginning]], and proceeds to, with some breaks where he explains his reasoning or discusses philosophy with the Writer.
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The original website is down, but the whole book is available on [[https://www.amazon.com/Last-Mage-Interview-Andrew-Eckhart-ebook/dp/B00MLCFIO8 Kindle]] and [[https://www.audible.com/pd/Last-Mage-The-Interview-Book-1-Audiobook/B00PJDU0KI Audible.]]
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Or, Last Mage is a tale about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the last Mage]] on Earth, who must save the human race ([[TheMasquerade and the other beings on Earth]]) from a tyrannical sorceress using nothing but his wits and powers. Though many of the things he accomplishes seem like magic, [[MagicfromTechnology they aren't]].The site also hosts some B stories taking place within the same universe and completely unrelated one-shots.
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Or, Last Mage is a tale about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the last Mage]] on Earth, who must save the human race ([[TheMasquerade and the other beings on Earth]]) from a tyrannical sorceress using nothing but his wits and powers. Though many of the things he accomplishes seem like magic, [[MagicfromTechnology they aren't]]. The site also hosts some B stories taking place within the same universe and completely unrelated one-shots.
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* HiddenElfVillage: Shambala, ''very'' well hidden, [[spoiler: but it's been abandoned for a while now]].
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* HiddenElfVillage: Shambala, ''very'' well hidden, [[spoiler: but [[spoiler:but it's been abandoned for a while now]].
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* OurDemonsAreDifferent: They're [[DimensionalTraveler tourists from paralell worlds]]. They do look [[AnimalisticAbomination more]] or [[UncannyValley less]] weird and display shades of BlueAndOrangeMorality, but mostly just tourists.
* [[ObfuscatingStupidity Obfuscating Sillyness]]: Elijah's favoured mode of communication, at least when there's nothing too important going on.
* [[ObfuscatingStupidity Obfuscating Sillyness]]: Elijah's favoured mode of communication, at least when there's nothing too important going on.
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* OurDemonsAreDifferent: They're [[DimensionalTraveler tourists from paralell parallel worlds]]. They do look [[AnimalisticAbomination more]] or [[UncannyValley less]] weird and display shades of BlueAndOrangeMorality, but are mostly just tourists.
* [[ObfuscatingStupidity ObfuscatingSillyness]]: Silliness]]: Elijah's favoured mode of communication, at least when there's nothing too important going on.
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* SuperSerum: Both Aiden's parents took it, aand... [[SubvertedTrope remained entirely non-super]]. Their [[SuperStrength son]], though...
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* TheyWouldCutYouUp: Aiden's parents are scared of this for him. [[spoiler: They are scared rightly.]]
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* TheyWouldCutYouUp: Aiden's parents are scared of this for him. [[spoiler: They [[spoiler:They are scared rightly.]]
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* [[spoiler: TheUnmasquedWorld]]: [[spoiler: After the Event, with rampant FantasticRacism towards demons.]]
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* [[spoiler: TheUnmasquedWorld]]: [[spoiler: After [[spoiler:After the Event, with rampant FantasticRacism towards demons.]]
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* WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: The ''official'' budget of Michelle's RagTagBunchOfMisfits can't afford them a projector. Their actual budget... if they need it, they're gonna have it. Just like that.
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* WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: The ''official'' budget of Michelle's RagTagBunchOfMisfits can't afford them stretch to a projector. Their actual budget... if they need it, they're gonna have it. Just like that.
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* WomanInBlack: [[EvilWearsBlack Rhianna's]] silky black dress is described in loving detail.
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* Atlantis: Gets several mentions, along with other lost cities.
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* MexicanStandoff: Michelle claims the only way she can handle [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Charles]], [[SuperStrenght Aiden]] and Elijah is having them keep each other in check. This way she can be sure none of them'll be taken off her team.
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* MexicanStandoff: Michelle claims the only way she can handle [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Charles]], [[SuperStrenght [[SuperStrength Aiden]] and Elijah is having them keep each other in check. This way she can be sure none of them'll be taken off her team.
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* PlotCoupon: Yes, the Towers can do awesomely cool stuff in the right hands. Which is why they have to be secured against Rhianna.
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* PlotCoupon: Yes, the The Towers can do awesomely cool stuff in the right hands. Which is why they have to be secured against Rhianna.[[BigBad Rhianna]].
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* WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: The ''official'' budget of Michelle's RagTagBunchOfMisfits can't afford them a projector. Their actual budget... if they need it, they'll have it. Just like that.
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* YearOutsideHourInside: [[spoiler: The Gardener's base]]
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* Really700YearsOld: Valentine is old, but he won't give an exact age. Given the [[UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln people]] he [[BeenThereShapedHistory namedrops]]... [[spoiler: He seems well able to give [[GunnerkriggCourt Jones]] a run for her money]].
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* Really700YearsOld: Valentine is old, but he won't give an exact age. Given the [[UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln people]] he [[BeenThereShapedHistory namedrops]]... [[spoiler: He seems well able to give [[GunnerkriggCourt [[Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt Jones]] a run for her money]].
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* [[ArrestedForHeroism Arrested for Turning out to Be Freakishly Powerful, Thus Scary]]: Why Elijah is in jail.
* Atlantis: Gets several mentions, along with other lost cities.
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* BoringButPractical: Elijah's opinion on military planes. His [[CoolPlane Concorde]] is much cooler, if considerably less practical.
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* ChronicHeroSyndrome: He's normally able to control it by [[StoicWoobie being]] [[ComesGreatResponsibility reasonable]], but once or twice Elijah just flips under stress and goes on a roaring rampage of helping people.
* ComesGreatResponsibility: As Elijah [[LogicalWeakness can't (or at least shouldn't)]] [[NecessaryDrawback break the laws of physics]], he tends to avoid overt use of his powers in favour of helping in mundane ways. [[MugglesDoItBetter Muggle ways may not be perfect]], but at least they run no risk of breaking ecosystems. Or reality.
* DarkIsEvil: Some of Rhianna's minions are shadows, others are [[EldritchAbomination black otherworldly things]].
* ComesGreatResponsibility: As Elijah [[LogicalWeakness can't (or at least shouldn't)]] [[NecessaryDrawback break the laws of physics]], he tends to avoid overt use of his powers in favour of helping in mundane ways. [[MugglesDoItBetter Muggle ways may not be perfect]], but at least they run no risk of breaking ecosystems. Or reality.
* DarkIsEvil: Some of Rhianna's minions are shadows, others are [[EldritchAbomination black otherworldly things]].
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* HealingFactor: All mages. They can be killed, though, it's just very difficult.
* HiddenElfVillage: Shambala, ''very'' well hidden, [[spoiler: but it's been abandoned for a while now]].
* HiddenElfVillage: Shambala, ''very'' well hidden, [[spoiler: but it's been abandoned for a while now]].
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* HonorBeforeReason: Michelle's [[spoiler: quitting her job between books.]]
* HopelessWithTech: Elijah can do the impossible with [[MagicFromTechnology his own wonderful toys]], but an iPhone? Beyond him.
* IdealIllnessImmunity: Aiden might have it. as a result of the SuperSerum
* HopelessWithTech: Elijah can do the impossible with [[MagicFromTechnology his own wonderful toys]], but an iPhone? Beyond him.
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* MarriedToTheJob: Michelle is and warns Jason about inevitability of this in their current [[OccultDetective line of work]].
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* PowerStrainBlackout: It takes a lot to knock Elijah out, but [[HealingMagicIsTheHardest trying to heal two people at once]] does the trick.
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* RayGun: Some are built to prepare for the invasion.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Michelle, whose leadership skills are sincerely admired by Elijah.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Michelle, whose leadership skills are sincerely admired by Elijah.
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* TheTrickster: Valentine gets called that. Possibly rightly, though his actions in the story proper are quite straightforward.
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* UnusualUserInterface: Crystals. Running Windows 95, [[HopelessWithTech bec]][[RunningGag ause]]...
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* WeaponizedTeleportation: Rhianna, of PortalCut variety as well as [[spoiler: stealing Tokyo]] and sending mooks places by means of portals.
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* WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: The ''official'' budget of Michelle's RagTagBunchOfMisfits can't afford them a projector. Their actual budget... if they need it, they'll have it. Just like that.
* WomanInBlack: [[EvilWearsBlack Rhianna's]] silky black dress is described in loving detail.
* YearOutsideHourInside: [[spoiler: The Gardener's base]]
* VirtualGhost: The team's hacker, Lorenzo, has a [[PlayfulHacker virtual assistant]]. Who flirts.
* WomanInBlack: [[EvilWearsBlack Rhianna's]] silky black dress is described in loving detail.
* YearOutsideHourInside: [[spoiler: The Gardener's base]]
* VirtualGhost: The team's hacker, Lorenzo, has a [[PlayfulHacker virtual assistant]]. Who flirts.
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* Really700YearsOld: Valentine is old, but he won't give an exact age. Given the [[AbrahamLincoln people]] he [[BeenThereShapedHistory namedrops]]... [[spoiler: He seems well able to give [[GunnerkriggCourt Jones]] a run for her money]].
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* Really700YearsOld: Valentine is old, but he won't give an exact age. Given the [[AbrahamLincoln [[UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln people]] he [[BeenThereShapedHistory namedrops]]... [[spoiler: He seems well able to give [[GunnerkriggCourt Jones]] a run for her money]].
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* SealedGoodInACan/SealedEvilInACan: The King. Technically [[LawfulGood good]]. [[KnightTemplar Technically]].
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* [[Protectorate]]: Elijah's is the world in its entirety. It's right there in the blurb.
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* SuperSerum: Both Aiden's parents took it, aand... [[SubvertedTrope remained entirely non-super]]. Their [[SuperStrenght son]], though...
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* ForegoneConclusion: We know from the Framing Device that Valentine won't die and has saved the Earth-at-large.
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* AllLovingHero: Elijah really does love humans, while fully admitting their faults. He's not [[Glurge cutesy]] about it, but even his snarks towards [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters people who done him and the world wrong]] are rather mild.
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* AllLovingHero: Elijah really does love humans, while fully admitting their faults. He's not [[Glurge [[{{Glurge}} cutesy]] about it, but even his snarks towards [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters people who done him and the world wrong]] are rather mild.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Elijah is smart and bored. What did you expect?
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Writer. [[spoiler: Until the ending of the first book, anyway.]]
* ForegoneConclusion: We know from the FramingDevice that Valentine won't die and has saved the Earth-at-large.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Writer. [[spoiler: Until the ending of the first book, anyway.]]
* ForegoneConclusion: We know from the FramingDevice that Valentine won't die and has saved the Earth-at-large.
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* DeadpanSnarker: AllLovingHero: Elijah really does love humans, while fully admitting their faults. He's not [[Glurge cutesy]] about it, but even his snarks towards [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters people who done him and the world wrong]] are rather mild.
* BatmanGambit: Rhianna delights in outwitting Elijah.
* BeMyValentine: Elijah inherited the surname from someone he loved particularily dearly.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Elijah's an odd cookie and he [[LampshadeHanging knows it]]. At the same time being a definite GeniusBruiser with shades of GuileHero.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: [[spoiler: Elijah blames himself for Rhianna's rise to power, having failed to kill her when he had the chance]].
* Deadpan Snarker: Elijah is smart and bored. What did you expect?
* DefaceOfTheMoon: Because nothing says "villain" quite as loud.
* TheDeterminator: Elijah. And Michelle.
* DoomedMoralVictor: Elijah is absolutely fine with taking the sadder consequences of world-saving upon himself. He'd like his friends and helpers spared, though.
* ExpendableAlternateUniverse: [[SubvertedTrope Not in this verse, they aren't]]. However, Elijah's responsibility is this reality [[spoiler: other worlds have their own protectors - Elijah's special ability is a telepathic link to them, which he uses to get advice]].
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Writer.[[spoiler: Until the ending of the first book, anyway.]]
anyway.
*ForegoneConclusion: We know from the FramingDevice that Valentine won't die and has saved the Earth-at-large.TheFettered: Elijah, but very much not [[TheUnfettered Rhianna]].
* BatmanGambit: Rhianna delights in outwitting Elijah.
* BeMyValentine: Elijah inherited the surname from someone he loved particularily dearly.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Elijah's an odd cookie and he [[LampshadeHanging knows it]]. At the same time being a definite GeniusBruiser with shades of GuileHero.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: [[spoiler: Elijah blames himself for Rhianna's rise to power, having failed to kill her when he had the chance]].
* Deadpan Snarker: Elijah is smart and bored. What did you expect?
* DefaceOfTheMoon: Because nothing says "villain" quite as loud.
* TheDeterminator: Elijah. And Michelle.
* DoomedMoralVictor: Elijah is absolutely fine with taking the sadder consequences of world-saving upon himself. He'd like his friends and helpers spared, though.
* ExpendableAlternateUniverse: [[SubvertedTrope Not in this verse, they aren't]]. However, Elijah's responsibility is this reality [[spoiler: other worlds have their own protectors - Elijah's special ability is a telepathic link to them, which he uses to get advice]].
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Writer.
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* [[FriendOnTheForce Friend in a Slightly Shady Government Agency]]: Michelle, for Elijah, in the first book. In the second she's quit to become a PrivateDetective, but they still consider each other friends.
* ForegoneConclusion: We know from the Framing Device that Valentine won't die and has saved the Earth-at-large.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Rhianna already rules one dimension, whose people are incapable of making a decent LaResistance.
* KungFuClairvoyance: [[spoiler: All the mages have (had) some sort of a special ability - Rhianna's is calculating the possible outcomes of a situation quickly and accurately, giving her the benefits of this trope.]]
* HonestCorporateExecutive: Elijah's day job.
* IntrepidReporter: The Writer is a down and out one. He hopes for this interview to change his luck. [[spoiler: And it does, just not the way Writer expected]].
* [[MadOracle Manic-Depressive Oracle]]: Delores.
* ForegoneConclusion: We know from the Framing Device that Valentine won't die and has saved the Earth-at-large.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Rhianna already rules one dimension, whose people are incapable of making a decent LaResistance.
* KungFuClairvoyance: [[spoiler: All the mages have (had) some sort of a special ability - Rhianna's is calculating the possible outcomes of a situation quickly and accurately, giving her the benefits of this trope.]]
* HonestCorporateExecutive: Elijah's day job.
* IntrepidReporter: The Writer is a down and out one. He hopes for this interview to change his luck. [[spoiler: And it does, just not the way Writer expected]].
* [[MadOracle Manic-Depressive Oracle]]: Delores.
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* TheMenInBlack: They lurk around.
* TheMultiverse
* MultiversalConqueror: Rhianna, the evil mage. Mostly out of boredom, no less.
* LastOfHisKind: See title.
* LossOfIdentity: In the second book [[spoiler: Jason is surprised to learn he's lost his]]. Cue QuestForIdentity.
* OmniscientHero: Elijah (who knows exactly how good he is) [[SubvertedTrope is not one]]. And quite tired of [[BeAllMySinsRemembered explaining]] this to people.
* [[spoiler: OurAngelsAreDifferent]]: Boy, aren't they.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: They're [[DimensionalTraveler tourists from paralell worlds]]. They do look [[AnimalisticAbomination more]] or [[UncannyValley less]] weird and display shades of BlueAndOrangeMorality, but mostly just tourists.
* [[ObfuscatingStupidity Obfuscating Sillyness]]: Elijah's favoured mode of communication, at least when there's nothing too important going on.
* ThePhilosopher: Elijah, but the [[TheCynic Writer]] tries his hand too.
* PlayAlongPrisoner: Elijah ''could'' escape, but he has [[TheFettered multiple]] [[SelfRestraint reasons]] not to. [[ProtectorBehindBars He still has a hand in things]].
* PlotCoupon: Yes, the Towers can do awesomely cool stuff in the right hands. Which is why they have to be secured against Rhianna.
* [[Protectorate]]: Elijah's is the world in its entirety. It's right there in the blurb.
* Really700YearsOld: Valentine is''old'', old, but he won't give an exact age.age. Given the [[AbrahamLincoln people]] he [[BeenThereShapedHistory namedrops]]... [[spoiler: He seems well able to give [[GunnerkriggCourt Jones]] a run for her money]].
* SealedGoodInACan/SealedEvilInACan: The King. Technically [[LawfulGood good]]. [[KnightTemplar Technically]].
* SuperSerum: Both Aiden's parents took it, aand... [[SubvertedTrope remained entirely non-super]]. Their [[SuperStrenght son]], though...
* SwissArmyWeapon: Elijah has a shapeshifting one.
* TheyWouldCutYouUp: Aiden's parents are scared of this for him. [[spoiler: They are scared rightly.]]
* TheMultiverse
* MultiversalConqueror: Rhianna, the evil mage. Mostly out of boredom, no less.
* LastOfHisKind: See title.
* LossOfIdentity: In the second book [[spoiler: Jason is surprised to learn he's lost his]]. Cue QuestForIdentity.
* OmniscientHero: Elijah (who knows exactly how good he is) [[SubvertedTrope is not one]]. And quite tired of [[BeAllMySinsRemembered explaining]] this to people.
* [[spoiler: OurAngelsAreDifferent]]: Boy, aren't they.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: They're [[DimensionalTraveler tourists from paralell worlds]]. They do look [[AnimalisticAbomination more]] or [[UncannyValley less]] weird and display shades of BlueAndOrangeMorality, but mostly just tourists.
* [[ObfuscatingStupidity Obfuscating Sillyness]]: Elijah's favoured mode of communication, at least when there's nothing too important going on.
* ThePhilosopher: Elijah, but the [[TheCynic Writer]] tries his hand too.
* PlayAlongPrisoner: Elijah ''could'' escape, but he has [[TheFettered multiple]] [[SelfRestraint reasons]] not to. [[ProtectorBehindBars He still has a hand in things]].
* PlotCoupon: Yes, the Towers can do awesomely cool stuff in the right hands. Which is why they have to be secured against Rhianna.
* [[Protectorate]]: Elijah's is the world in its entirety. It's right there in the blurb.
* Really700YearsOld: Valentine is
* SealedGoodInACan/SealedEvilInACan: The King. Technically [[LawfulGood good]]. [[KnightTemplar Technically]].
* SuperSerum: Both Aiden's parents took it, aand... [[SubvertedTrope remained entirely non-super]]. Their [[SuperStrenght son]], though...
* SwissArmyWeapon: Elijah has a shapeshifting one.
* TheyWouldCutYouUp: Aiden's parents are scared of this for him. [[spoiler: They are scared rightly.]]
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* [[spoiler: TheUnmasquedWorld]]: [[spoiler: After the Event, with rampant FantasticRacism towards demons.]]
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* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The demons in the second book. FantasticRacism just doesn't cover it.
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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Writer. [[spoiler: Until the ending of the first book, anyway.]]
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Writer. [[spoiler: Until the ending of the first book, anyway.]]
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->''"[[TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed The world is always in danger.]] The question is: At any given moment, just how much?"''
--> -- Elijah Valentine, Mage
[[http://lastmage.com/ Last Mage]] is an UrbanFantasy WebSerialNovel written by Andrew Eckhart. [[FramingDevice A man in custody is being interviewed]], [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture sometime in the future]], about a world-changing "Event". The man, Elijah Valentine, tells [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep the Writer]] [[HowWeGotHere he must start at the beginning]], and proceeds to, with some breaks where he explains his reasoning or discusses philosophy with the Writer.
Or, Last Mage is a tale about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the last Mage]] on Earth, who must save the human race ([[TheMasquerade and the other beings on Earth]]) from a tyrannical sorceress using nothing but his wits and powers. Though many of the things he accomplishes seem like magic, [[MagicfromTechnology they aren't]].The site also hosts some B stories taking place within the same universe and completely unrelated one-shots.
!!Last Mage provides examples of:
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Writer.
* ForegoneConclusion: We know from the FramingDevice that Valentine won't die and has saved the Earth-at-large.
* FramingDevice: The Interview.
* TheMasquerade: "Demons" from other dimensions have lived in secret on Earth for quite some time.
* Really700YearsOld: Valentine is ''old'', but he won't give an exact age.
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture
* UrbanFantasy
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->''"[[TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed The world is always in danger.]] The question is: At any given moment, just how much?"''
--> -- Elijah Valentine, Mage
[[http://lastmage.com/ Last Mage]] is an UrbanFantasy WebSerialNovel written by Andrew Eckhart. [[FramingDevice A man in custody is being interviewed]], [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture sometime in the future]], about a world-changing "Event". The man, Elijah Valentine, tells [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep the Writer]] [[HowWeGotHere he must start at the beginning]], and proceeds to, with some breaks where he explains his reasoning or discusses philosophy with the Writer.
Or, Last Mage is a tale about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the last Mage]] on Earth, who must save the human race ([[TheMasquerade and the other beings on Earth]]) from a tyrannical sorceress using nothing but his wits and powers. Though many of the things he accomplishes seem like magic, [[MagicfromTechnology they aren't]].The site also hosts some B stories taking place within the same universe and completely unrelated one-shots.
!!Last Mage provides examples of:
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Writer.
* ForegoneConclusion: We know from the FramingDevice that Valentine won't die and has saved the Earth-at-large.
* FramingDevice: The Interview.
* TheMasquerade: "Demons" from other dimensions have lived in secret on Earth for quite some time.
* Really700YearsOld: Valentine is ''old'', but he won't give an exact age.
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture
* UrbanFantasy
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