History Literature / TheKingdomsOfEvil

* EvilIsSexy: InUniverse. Skrean ladies fashions tend toward [[ChainmailBikini armored lingerie]] and SpikesOfVillainy. With the occasional garment made out of [[spoiler: live bugs]].

* AlienLunch: Most of the plant-life in Skrea is toxic; however, Freetrick just needs to kill an animal before eating to avoid poisoning himself.

* BigBadFriend: {{Exploited}}. Istain is sent to Skrea as a spy by the Rationalist Union specifically because Freetrick and him were friends since kindergarten.

* DesignerBabies: Skreans have their children engineered through BloodMagic at conception. They can choose everything "down to what desserts they preferred". The high amount of Skreans who are raging madmen is often blamed on mistakes in this process, although it could be because everyone's [[KissingCousins distant-to-close cousins.]]

* MagiTek: Word Magic, due to it's PowersAsPrograms nature, can be used to turn pocket mirrors into Smartphones. There is also mention of Word Magic [[{{Cyborg}} cybernetics.]]

* ReligionIsMagic: Magic only works in the country the god[=/=]dess associated with it patronizes. Thus, [[FormulaicMagic Word Magic]] only works in the Rationalist Union, Love Wielding only in the Nation of Love, [[NatureAdoresAVirgin Virgin Magic]] in Virgin Soil, and [[{{Necromancer}} Necromancy]] and BloodMagic in Skrea.

-->''"What we need to do, ladies, gentlemen, [[AndZoidberg and]] [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent reptiles]], is to take a good long look at ourselves. We must each ask ourselves this question: How Evil do I want to be? Do I want to chop up my brother into little pieces? No. Because, intact, my brother can give me advice and lend a hand when I’m in trouble. Do I want to eat my own children? No. Because my children can work and support me in my old age. Do I want to betray my friends, spread poisons across my land, and blot out the sun with never-ending darkness? No. Those things are not Evil. They are Stupid."''

* TheChosenOne: Kendrick, when [[spoiler:he becomes the Paladin.]]

* TheNecrocracy: Skrean government is ruled by Vampires, Necromancers, and Fear-mages.

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Love Wielders use "esteem" (which for the record, is a synonymn for "pride") to mean anything from positive energy to brownie points in an argument, including a slang term for ejactulate ([[spoiler: which leads to some uncomfortable imagery when Zathara greets her father]]).

* BespectacledBastardBoyfriend: Inverted, with Freetrick and Bloodbyrn. He's got the "bespectacled" and "boyfriend" parts down, but Freetrick's a NiceGuy. Bloodbyrn can't figure out why he won't do the "bastard" parts. He's said to have a "tenderness fetish".

* CursedWithAwesome: Freetrick is forced to rule half a continent.

* EvilOverlord: Freetrick Freebolg (nee Feend), Ultimate Fiend of The Kingdoms of Evil, is supposed to be one, but is [[AntiAntichrist rather reluctant]], having been raised by one of his kingdoms greatest enemies, the Rationalist Union. He considers the whole schtick pants-on-head stupid. His first act as Dark Overlord of Skrea? To immediately abdicate, only to be informed that, as GodEmperor of Evil, he's stuck with the job for life, however long that may be. He spends the rest of the story trying to teach his court to not be StupidEvil, and his efforts are met with either apalled silence or outright accusations of insanity. He is apparently the Prophesied King who will destroy the meanings of both Good and Evil, leaving all nations to rework their systems of morality. The problem is getting there so he can go home and finish college.

''[[http://www.thekingdomsofevil.com/ The Kingdoms of Evil]]'' is an online serialized novel about Freetrick Fiend, a college student who finds out he's the new ruler of the Kingdoms of Evil.

* NotSoDifferent: Every country has a DecadentCourt; however Skrea's more honest about it (ironically).

* ReligionIsMagic: Magic only works in the country the god[=/=]dess associated with it patronizes. Thus, [[FormulaicMagic Word Magic]] only works in the Rationalist Union, Love Wielding only in the Nation of Love, [[NatureAdoresAVirgin Virgin Magic]] in Virgin Soil, and [[TheNecromancer Necromancy]] and BloodMagic in Skrea.

* ActionGirl: Madene.

* AmazonBrigade: The Warrior Maidens of the nation of Virgin Soil.

** Freetrick and Bloodbyrn.
** Also Istain and Madene.

* BelligerentSexualTension: Freetrick and [[http://www.thekingdomsofevil.com/?p=200 Bloodbyrn]].
* BerserkButton: [[http://www.thekingdomsofevil.com/?p=117 Kendrick]] and anything from Skrea.

* BigBad: Subverted since the main character is ''forced'' to be the BigBad.

** Same story with [[spoiler: Zethara and her parents]].
* BodyHorror: Skrean monsters.
** Like [[http://www.thekingdomsofevil.com/?p=160 Mr. Skree]]
* BondageIsBad: Thus, it's the standard Skrean mating custom.

* ByTheBookCop: Professor-Colonel Phinneas.

* BrilliantButLazy: Istain.

* CainAndAbel: Freetrick and his half-brother, Feerix.
* CallToAdventure : In the form of an [[http://www.thekingdomsofevil.com/?p=93 evil letter]].
* CrapsackWorld: Maybe not the whole world, but certainly the Kingdoms of Evil.
* CultureClash: Everyone and everywhere.

* DeadpanSnarker: [[http://www.thekingdomsofevil.com/?p=160 Mr. Skree]].

* DeliberateValuesDissonance:
** Everyone in the book versus each other.
** Skreans versus the reader.

* ForeignCussWord: Strike it out, this is gibberish!
** Tempest above!

* GuileHero: Freetrick Feend.

* HypercompetentSidekick: Mr. Skree.

* TheJeeves: Mr. Skree

* NotSoDifferent: Every country has a DeadlyDecadentCourt; however Skrea's more honest about it (ironically).

* BadassGrandpa: Teirchoke.

* {{Sarashi}}: Skrean undergarments consist of bandage-like wrappings.

* ActionGirl: Madene

* AmazonBrigade: The Warrior Maidens of the nation of Virgin Soil
* BadassGrandpa: Teirchoke
* BananaRepublic: Although The Kingdoms of Evil resemble [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Mordor Mordor]], they are actually set up so all the do-gooder nations have someone to point at and say; "we're not like *them* so we're not evil".

** Freetrick and Bloodbyrn. Aww.
** Also Istain and Madene. Ew.
* BecomingTheMask: How much is being evil a role, and how much personality?
* BelligerentSexualTension: Freetrick and [[http://www.thekingdomsofevil.com/?p=200 Bloodbyrn]], sorry! I mean, Bloodbyrn and Freetrick.

* BespectacledBastardBoyfriend: inverted, with Freetrick and Bloodbyrn. He's got the "bespectacled" and "boyfriend" parts down, but Freetrick's a NiceGuy. Bloodbyrn can't figure out why he won't do the "bastard" parts. He's said to have a "tenderness fetish".

* BodyHorror: Skrean monsters

* BrilliantButLazy: Istain

* CallToAdventure : in the form of an [[http://www.thekingdomsofevil.com/?p=93 evil letter]].
* CrapsackWorld: Maybe not the whole world, but certainly the Kingdoms of Evil
* CultureClash: Everyone and everywhere
* CursedWithAwesome: Freetrick is forced to rule half a continent
* DaddysLittleVillain: Feetrick meets one at his first Council of Villainy meeting, where all the villains with unwed daughters send them to meet him. She's about 6 and would be a CheerfulChild if not for, well, evil. She's the only young lady there not dressed in something revealing, terrifying, or both.
* DeadpanSnarker: [[http://www.thekingdomsofevil.com/?p=160 Mr. Skree]]
* DecoyProtagonist: [[http://www.thekingdomsofevil.com/?p=28 Pon]], who appears to be a FarmBoy on his way to seek his fortune. You know, before [[spoiler: he's slaughtered]].

** Skreans versus you.

* GuileHero: Freetrick Feend

* HypercompetentSidekick: Mr. Skree

* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler: Zathara]]
* {{Matriarchy}}: The nation of Virgin Soil

* BigBad: Subverted since the main character IS the BigBad.

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[[caption-width-right:200: "Modest worm!" Sneered [=DeMacabre=], "can your puny intellect encompass the concept of 'public works project'? For that, you parasite, is what the Lord of Misery demands to know."]]