History Literature / Ward

* BadGuyBar:The restaurant seen in the first interlude caters to both B-list and A-list villains.

* BodyHorror: Victoria is still traumatized from her mutilation and MindRape at Amy's hands, as well as from the emotional trauma that went along with her two year hospitalization. Since Victoria's invisible forcefield conforms to her perception of herself, it still reflects her lingering self-image as a horrifying "garden of flesh."

* TraumaButton: Amy is Victoria's following what she did to her during ''Worm'', to the point that when their mother reveals in Daybreak 1.7 that she was invited to the family get-together without telling her in an attempt to reconcile, Victoria immediately flies away rather than face her.

* TheBusCameBack: ''Glow-worm'' has one of the main characters be Sveta/Garrotte, whose fate was left unknown after the Venom arc.

It can be read [[https://www.parahumans.net/ here]] and the franchise character sheet can be[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/Worm found here.]]

It can be read [[https://www.parahumans.net/ here]] and the franchise character sheet can be[[Characters/Worm found here.]]

It can be read [[https://www.parahumans.net/ here]].

* ContinuityNod: In Daybreak 1.1, some of the groups in Victoria's files include the Ambassadors and Empire Eighty-Eight, and earlier she compares the angry crowd around a car accident as similar to the baseball riot in 1989 that claimed the life of Vikare, ending the Golden Age of Parahumans.

* DeathWorld: Earth Bet has been reduced to this by Scion, with heavy pollution from both destroyed industry and the colossal number of dead bodies, as well as bizarrely cold weather. A number of other examples exist in TheMultiverse; Earth Achem's Europe is covered in a highly poisonous mold that makes people puke themselves to death, and Earth Zayim is treated as this due to [[TheDreaded the Sleeper]] living there.

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''Ward'' is a WebSerialNovel written by Creator/{{Wildbow}}, following ''Literature/{{Twig}}'', and the direct sequel to the hit web novel ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', taking place two years later. Following the events of the previous series, Victoria Dallon, formerly also known as Glory Girl of Brockton Bay's New Wave, is released from her asylum and is forced to find her way in a fractured world.

* TheAtoner: Madison Clements is revealed to be this in Glow-Worm Part 9, admitting that she is haunted by the possibility that she drove Taylor to ruthlessness.
* AfterTheEnd: Takes place two years after the Gold Morning, Scion's betrayal of humanity.
* BerserkButton: The city is full of pillars that bear the names and faces of people lost to the Gold Morning. Damaging or destroying a pillar, even by accident, is taken ''very'' badly by the denizens.

* TheBusCameBack: ''Glow-Worm'' has one of the main characters be Sveta/Garrotte, whose fate was left unknown after the Venom arc.
* CharacterDevelopment: In her chapter of ''Glow-Worm'', Sveta is visibly more confident and less constantly horrified by her body than she was in ''Worm'', to the point that she even smiles at a joke Kenzie makes about how her hugs are lethal.

* {{Interquel}}: ''Glow-Worm'' takes place between both ''Worm'' and ''Ward'' and serves to set up the multiverse as it is post-Gold Morning. Wildbow also said it would be a hint of what would be expected in the latter series.

** As of ''Glow-Worm'', which begins around two years after the end of ''Worm'', anti-cape sentiment has skyrocketed, both because of the Cauldron/Alexandria reveal, because of how many people got killed by Scion before he was finally taken down, and because the amnesty established at the end of ''Worm'' (Every crime a cape previously committed is essentially forgotten, allowing them all to start afresh) has resulted in many, many villains who were not punished for their crimes either going free or even joining the heroes. And even the ones who were punished for their crimes are still seen as getting away with it because their previous deeds are now forgotten. Understandably, the non-capes don't like that at all, especially since the collapse of the PRT means that non-capes now have virtually no authority over the capes.
** Earth Bet has been rendered essentially uninhabitable because Scion's attacks left cities and countries shattered, and because clean-up was basically impossible, various industrial plants and sites have been left to seep into the surrounding land and water. The universe hasn't been written off entirely, but making it liveable is going to take a lot of effort and they simply don't have it to spare.
* TimeSkip: Takes place in 2015, two years after ''Worm''.
* WhamLine: "For those of you who’ve just joined us, my name is Victoria Dallon, and I’ll be your squad captain today.”

''Ward'' is a WebSerialNovel written by Creator/{{Wildbow}}, following ''Literature/{{Twig}}'', and the direct sequel to the hit web novel ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', taking place two years . Following the events of the previous series, Victoria Dallon, formerly also known as Glory Girl of Brockton Bay's New Wave, is released from her asylum and is forced to find her way in a fractured world.

* WhamLine: "For those of you who’ve just joined us, my name is Victoria Dallon, and I’ll be your squad captain today.” ''Nobody'' saw Victoria being the POV character coming.

* RealityEnsues: As of ''Glow-Worm'', which begins around two years after the end of ''Worm'', anti-cape sentiment has skyrocketed, both because of the Cauldron/Alexandria reveal, because of how many people got killed by Scion before he was finally taken down, and because the amnesty established at the end of ''Worm'' (every crime a cape previously committed is essentially forgotten, allowing them all to start afresh) has resulted in many, many villains who were not punished for their crimes either going free or even joining the heroes. And even the ones who were punished for their crimes are still seen as getting away with it because their previous deeds are now forgotten. Understandably, the non-capes don't like that at all, especially since the collapse of the PRT means that non-capes now have virtually no authority over the capes.

* MegaCity: The main hub of humanity post-Golden Morning, a fifty-million strong megapolis on Earth Gimel with no name.

* AfterTheEnd: Takes place following the Golden Morning, Scion's betrayal of humanity.

* {{Interquel}}: ''Glow-Worm'' takes place between both ''Worm'' and ''Ward'' and serves to set up the multiverse as it is post-Golden Morning. Wildbow also said it would be a hint of what would be expected in the latter series.
* TimeSkip: Takes place in 2015, two years after ''Worm''.

* {{Interquel}}: ''Glow-Worm'' takes place between both ''Worm'' and ''Ward'' and serves to set up the multiverse as it is post-Golden Morning. Wildbow also said it would be a hint of what would be expected

''Ward'' is a WebSerialNovel written by Creator/{{Wildbow}}, following ''Literature/{{Twig}}'', and the direct sequel to the hit web novel ''Literature/{{Worm}}''. Following the events of the previous series, Victoria Dallon, formerly also known as Glory Girl of Brockton Bay's New Wave, is released from her asylum and is forced to find her way in a fractured world.

* ContinuityNod: In Daybreak 1.1, some of the groups in Victoria's files include the Ambassadors and Empire Eighty-Eight.

* {{Interquel}}: ''Glow-Worm'' takes place between both ''Worm'' and ''Ward'' and serves to set up the multiverse as it is post-Golden Morning.

''Ward'' is a WebSerialNovel written by Creator/{{Wildbow}}, and the sequel to the hit web novel ''Literature/{{Worm}}''. Following the events of the previous series, Victoria Dallon, formerly also known as Glory Girl of Brockton Bay's New Wave, is released from her asylum and is forced to find her way in a fractured world.