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* OurOgresAreHungrier: Averted. So far all the ogres who have appeared in the series, while obese, are not malicious at all. If anything they're more prone to toilet humor or being a {{Gasshole}} than being a ChildEater or [[ImAHumanitarian cannibal]]. Played straight with [[spoiler:Ogrell Syn’Gorrsh]], who is essentially a SerialKiller who kidnapped people and either ate them, forced them to turn into cannibals, or forced them to starve to death.
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* OurOgresAreHungrier: Averted. So far all OurMinotaursAreDifferent: Minotaurs, massive anthropomorphic bull-like creatures, are a recurring race in the series.
* OurOgresAreDifferent: All ogres who have appeared in the series, while obese, are not malicious at all. If anything they're more prone to toilet humor or being a {{Gasshole}} than being a ChildEater or [[ImAHumanitarian cannibal]].Played straight with However, [[spoiler:Ogrell Syn’Gorrsh]], who Syn’Gorrsh]] is essentially a SerialKiller who kidnapped people and either ate them, forced them to turn into cannibals, or forced them to starve to death.
* OurOgresAreDifferent: All ogres who have appeared in the series, while obese, are not malicious at all. If anything they're more prone to toilet humor or being a {{Gasshole}} than being a ChildEater or [[ImAHumanitarian cannibal]].
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* AllTrollsAreDifferent: None of the trolls in the series are the same, in terms of their design, their powers, or how they behave. Swamp trolls are known for being disgusting, using clubs as weapons, and even attack with poisonous gases, whereas mountain trolls are [[MightyGlacier rocky powerhouses]], some of whom know earth magic.
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** ''Scrambled Egg'' has [[BigBadDuumvirate Sonya and Trellorv]].
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* BigBad: There's usually one in each story.
** ''Smirvlak's Stone'' has [[spoiler:Gnekvizz Corveel]].
** ''The Green Wanderer'', surprisingly, [[NoAntagonist doesn't have any]].
** ''Help Not Wanted'' has [[spoiler:Ogrell Syn'Gorrsh]].
** ''The Road to Hell...'' has King Chorn Torgash.
** ''Smirvlak's Stone'' has [[spoiler:Gnekvizz Corveel]].
** ''The Green Wanderer'', surprisingly, [[NoAntagonist doesn't have any]].
** ''Help Not Wanted'' has [[spoiler:Ogrell Syn'Gorrsh]].
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The ''Legatum'' series is an ongoing {{Fantasy}} [[WebOriginalFiction web novel]] series by Tropers/Tyk5919. It takes place during a medieval time period where dozens of different mythical races all coexist and go through different trials and tribulations over a series of many years. It currently consists of the following stories:
* ''Literature/SmirvlaksStone''
* ''Literature/TheGreenWanderer''
* ''Literature/HelpNotWanted''
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!!''Legatum'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AnyoneCanDie: Zig-zagged. Each story focuses on a different event or crisis, and some stories have vastly different tones, so the mortality rate fluctuates. ''Smirvlak's Stone'' kills off all but ''one'' main character, whereas ''The Green Wanderer'' doesn't kill off anybody.
* BlackAndGrayMorality: There's hardly anyone who's a complete hero. Most of the inhabitants seems to be, at best, a self-serving nice person or AntiHero who tends to stay out of major conflicts, and at worst, a sadistic, maniacal person who starts wars and rapes and massacres thousands all for the sake of their personal enjoyment. Most of the characters who ''are'' completely innocent either have a DarkAndTroubledPast, or they [[KillTheCutie end up dying]].
* DraconicHumanoid: Drakos are basically smaller, bipedal, wingless descendants of dragons. Unlike stilios, they even look more like dragons as opposed to lizards, they only have three toes and four fingers, and it's implied they can still breathe fire.
* TheDungAges: The country of Glordale cares very little about hygiene. It's fairly common for people to dump their trash and empty their chamber pots into the middle of the street. Hardly anyone in the country who isn't human bathes, no one seems to complain about the country's overwhelming odor, and some of the more grosser inhabitants will nonchalantly micturate or defecate in public, or even soil themselves out of laziness. It's gotten to a point where people outside of Glordale have aptly nicknamed the country "Smirvlak's Anus."
* EmbarrassingNickname: The country Glordale is sometimes referred to as "Smirvlak's Anus," largely because of [[TheDungAges the smell and the country's atrocious lack of hygiene]].
* FantasticRacism: Given the sheer amount of races in the setting, this was bound to come up. Goblins are typically treated with discrimination by ''everyone'', and drakos and dragons hate stilios so much that some of them have attempted genocide against them.
* FishPeople: The fiscians are a race of scaly, humanoid fish creatures.
* FoodPorn: Anytime a character or group of characters eat an exquisite meal, the food is thoroughly descriptive and detailed.
* HeinousHyena:
** Averted as a whole with gnolls. They're a race of anthromorphic hyena beasts, and while some look intimidating, they're no different from the various other races featured in the series; some are good, some are evil, some are neutral.
** Played straight with the Yellow Fang tribe, a group of gnolls that RapePillageAndBurn as they please. The head of said tribe, Lorko Maeliss, is the worst out of all of them, treating his tribe as expendable pawns and desiring to conquer the world by attempting to slaughter millions in his path.
* LizardFolk: Stilios are tall, anthropomorphic scaly creatures that look like bipedal lizards or salamanders.
* ALoadOfBull: Minotaurs, massive anthropomorphic bull-like creatures, are a recurring race in the series.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfRaces: Absolutely. So far dragons, wyverns, stilios, murids, orcs, ogres, goblins, elves, humans, trolls, fiscians, gnolls, dwarves, half-orcs, werewolves, drakos, minotaurs, and even a cyclops have all appeared in the series at least once. On top of that, it's mentioned that other races, like ettins, imps, satyrs, and giants, also exist.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent:
** Dragons are sentient beasts, to the point where it's not uncommon for them to possess the ability to speak. They also all have the appearance of your average four-legged western dragons.
** Wyverns are two-legged dragonic creatures with wings instead of arms. And unlike dragons, not all of them can speak, or appear to be fully sentient.
** And then there are the drakos, which is further explained under DraconicHumanoid above.
* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: So far, the only dwarves who have appeared in the series are the typical bearded, brutish, grumpy, alcoholic soldiers who take pride in their craft.
* OurGoblinsAreDifferent: Goblins are seen as being part of the lower class in society. Most of them are either loners who stay away from society, homeless vagrants who dig through the trash for food, or mischievous thieves who try to bargain and sell whatever they can or commit petty crimes. Those who do get jobs typically get the jobs nobody wants, such as scooping dung out of the streets. Goblins are also notorious for [[ThePigPen not bathing for months]] and having [[YouNeedABreathMint very bad breath]].
* OurOgresAreHungrier: Averted. So far all the ogres who have appeared in the series, while obese, are not malicious at all. If anything they're more prone to toilet humor or being a {{Gasshole}} than being a ChildEater or [[ImAHumanitarian cannibal]]. Played straight with [[spoiler:Ogrell Syn’Gorrsh]], who is essentially a SerialKiller who kidnapped people and either ate them, forced them to turn into cannibals, or forced them to starve to death.
* OurOrcsAreDifferent: Orcs, surprisingly, are not AlwaysChaoticEvil like in various other fantasy series. Some orcs, like King Chorn Torgash, are the typical muscle-bound brutes who crave violence and thrive off war and wanton destruction. Other orcs, like Marrox, are genuinely nice (albeit morally-conflicted and morally-gray) people who just want to live their lives in peace.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent:
** Alpha's group from ''Smirvlak's Stone'' are still fully cognizant and can maintain the ability to speak even in wolf form. They have the appearance of burly, bipedal wolves and still wear normal human clothing and can use regular weaponry. [[NinjaPirateRobotZombie They're also dragon riders]].
** Purebloods are wolf creatures that were apparently born as anthropomorphic wolves, and can't change into human form. Their race is endangered, to the point where a tribe of them from ''The Green Wanderer'' frequently breed with one another to try and increase their numbers.
* RatMen: Murids are giant, scruffy, lanky humanoid rat creatures.
* SceneryPorn: Some of the larger cities and towns in the series, such as Tovvol, are described in vivid detail to grasp each location's atmosphere.
* ThematicSeries: The series focuses on what kind of legacy different characters have left or will leave behind, and shows how their actions have impacted the setting and other characters. Each story is (mostly) self-contained and focuses on its own plot and its own set of characters. Any story can be read in any order without the reader getting confused or missing huge bits of critical information.
* ToiletHumour: Everywhere, largely [[TheDungAges because of the setting]]. If an ogre or Mulvernt the Cyclops shows up, there's bound to be some sort of scatological joke around the corner.
* TheVerse: ''Legatum'' all takes place in the same world and has the same continuity, albeit spanned across different years. Some characters, like Mulvernt, will be mentioned or even appear in multiple installments.
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* ''Literature/SmirvlaksStone''
* ''Literature/TheGreenWanderer''
* ''Literature/HelpNotWanted''
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!!''Legatum'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AnyoneCanDie: Zig-zagged. Each story focuses on a different event or crisis, and some stories have vastly different tones, so the mortality rate fluctuates. ''Smirvlak's Stone'' kills off all but ''one'' main character, whereas ''The Green Wanderer'' doesn't kill off anybody.
* BlackAndGrayMorality: There's hardly anyone who's a complete hero. Most of the inhabitants seems to be, at best, a self-serving nice person or AntiHero who tends to stay out of major conflicts, and at worst, a sadistic, maniacal person who starts wars and rapes and massacres thousands all for the sake of their personal enjoyment. Most of the characters who ''are'' completely innocent either have a DarkAndTroubledPast, or they [[KillTheCutie end up dying]].
* DraconicHumanoid: Drakos are basically smaller, bipedal, wingless descendants of dragons. Unlike stilios, they even look more like dragons as opposed to lizards, they only have three toes and four fingers, and it's implied they can still breathe fire.
* TheDungAges: The country of Glordale cares very little about hygiene. It's fairly common for people to dump their trash and empty their chamber pots into the middle of the street. Hardly anyone in the country who isn't human bathes, no one seems to complain about the country's overwhelming odor, and some of the more grosser inhabitants will nonchalantly micturate or defecate in public, or even soil themselves out of laziness. It's gotten to a point where people outside of Glordale have aptly nicknamed the country "Smirvlak's Anus."
* EmbarrassingNickname: The country Glordale is sometimes referred to as "Smirvlak's Anus," largely because of [[TheDungAges the smell and the country's atrocious lack of hygiene]].
* FantasticRacism: Given the sheer amount of races in the setting, this was bound to come up. Goblins are typically treated with discrimination by ''everyone'', and drakos and dragons hate stilios so much that some of them have attempted genocide against them.
* FishPeople: The fiscians are a race of scaly, humanoid fish creatures.
* FoodPorn: Anytime a character or group of characters eat an exquisite meal, the food is thoroughly descriptive and detailed.
* HeinousHyena:
** Averted as a whole with gnolls. They're a race of anthromorphic hyena beasts, and while some look intimidating, they're no different from the various other races featured in the series; some are good, some are evil, some are neutral.
** Played straight with the Yellow Fang tribe, a group of gnolls that RapePillageAndBurn as they please. The head of said tribe, Lorko Maeliss, is the worst out of all of them, treating his tribe as expendable pawns and desiring to conquer the world by attempting to slaughter millions in his path.
* LizardFolk: Stilios are tall, anthropomorphic scaly creatures that look like bipedal lizards or salamanders.
* ALoadOfBull: Minotaurs, massive anthropomorphic bull-like creatures, are a recurring race in the series.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfRaces: Absolutely. So far dragons, wyverns, stilios, murids, orcs, ogres, goblins, elves, humans, trolls, fiscians, gnolls, dwarves, half-orcs, werewolves, drakos, minotaurs, and even a cyclops have all appeared in the series at least once. On top of that, it's mentioned that other races, like ettins, imps, satyrs, and giants, also exist.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent:
** Dragons are sentient beasts, to the point where it's not uncommon for them to possess the ability to speak. They also all have the appearance of your average four-legged western dragons.
** Wyverns are two-legged dragonic creatures with wings instead of arms. And unlike dragons, not all of them can speak, or appear to be fully sentient.
** And then there are the drakos, which is further explained under DraconicHumanoid above.
* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: So far, the only dwarves who have appeared in the series are the typical bearded, brutish, grumpy, alcoholic soldiers who take pride in their craft.
* OurGoblinsAreDifferent: Goblins are seen as being part of the lower class in society. Most of them are either loners who stay away from society, homeless vagrants who dig through the trash for food, or mischievous thieves who try to bargain and sell whatever they can or commit petty crimes. Those who do get jobs typically get the jobs nobody wants, such as scooping dung out of the streets. Goblins are also notorious for [[ThePigPen not bathing for months]] and having [[YouNeedABreathMint very bad breath]].
* OurOgresAreHungrier: Averted. So far all the ogres who have appeared in the series, while obese, are not malicious at all. If anything they're more prone to toilet humor or being a {{Gasshole}} than being a ChildEater or [[ImAHumanitarian cannibal]]. Played straight with [[spoiler:Ogrell Syn’Gorrsh]], who is essentially a SerialKiller who kidnapped people and either ate them, forced them to turn into cannibals, or forced them to starve to death.
* OurOrcsAreDifferent: Orcs, surprisingly, are not AlwaysChaoticEvil like in various other fantasy series. Some orcs, like King Chorn Torgash, are the typical muscle-bound brutes who crave violence and thrive off war and wanton destruction. Other orcs, like Marrox, are genuinely nice (albeit morally-conflicted and morally-gray) people who just want to live their lives in peace.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent:
** Alpha's group from ''Smirvlak's Stone'' are still fully cognizant and can maintain the ability to speak even in wolf form. They have the appearance of burly, bipedal wolves and still wear normal human clothing and can use regular weaponry. [[NinjaPirateRobotZombie They're also dragon riders]].
** Purebloods are wolf creatures that were apparently born as anthropomorphic wolves, and can't change into human form. Their race is endangered, to the point where a tribe of them from ''The Green Wanderer'' frequently breed with one another to try and increase their numbers.
* RatMen: Murids are giant, scruffy, lanky humanoid rat creatures.
* SceneryPorn: Some of the larger cities and towns in the series, such as Tovvol, are described in vivid detail to grasp each location's atmosphere.
* ThematicSeries: The series focuses on what kind of legacy different characters have left or will leave behind, and shows how their actions have impacted the setting and other characters. Each story is (mostly) self-contained and focuses on its own plot and its own set of characters. Any story can be read in any order without the reader getting confused or missing huge bits of critical information.
* ToiletHumour: Everywhere, largely [[TheDungAges because of the setting]]. If an ogre or Mulvernt the Cyclops shows up, there's bound to be some sort of scatological joke around the corner.
* TheVerse: ''Legatum'' all takes place in the same world and has the same continuity, albeit spanned across different years. Some characters, like Mulvernt, will be mentioned or even appear in multiple installments.
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