History VisualNovel / ShikkokuNoSharnoth

* Absur

* RomaticTwoGirlFriendship - Mary and Charlie so much. Romantic three girl friendship with Mary, Charlie and Angie to a slightly lesser extent, since Angie is engaged to Howard.

* {{Determinator}} - PluckyGirl: Mary. Pretty much one of her defining characteristics, along with being TheMessiah.

''Shikkoku no Sharnoth'' contains multiple references to ''Sekien no Inganock'' and is crammed full of figures from around the Victorian Era, whether they were alive then, or not. We're looking at you, Heinz Heger and Charlotte Brontë. And we're pointedly overlooking you, George Lestrade and Sherlock Holmes.

* BadassDamsel - Mary. Outrunning {{Eldritch Abomination}}s on a regular basis has to count for ''something''.

* BetterAsFriends – [[spoiler:So Henry says about her and Bram. But subverted when after talking to Mary she intends to confess.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Charlotte has woken up, but Moran and many others have died, M's condition is unknown, and the sky hasn't been returned to its original state.]]
** [[spoiler: The [[http://amaterasu.tindabox.net/webnovel/shar_webnovel.html webnovel]] epilogue makes the ending more sweet than bitter, as Mary and M reunite, and Moran is revealed to be alive, albeit in a new body.]]

* ChickMagnet: Just about every woman who comes across M expresses some level of interest, ranging from intrigue to flat-out adoration apart from Mary and Charlie. Mary seems slightly repulsed, though interested and Charlie is mostly indifferent. And of course, Mary herself is sort of questionable given the ship tease.

* LovecraftLite: The monsters are {{eldritch abomination}}s, the supertech is actually supernatural and attracts said monsters as one of its unpleasant side-effects, and Lovecraft references abound [[spoiler:including M being Outer God Nyarlathotep. But the situation gets resolved, humanity doesn't seem to be doomed to madness and death, and M is an AntiHero whose acts indirectly benefit humanity. Maybe.]]
* MacGuffin – Mary's golden eye is apparently greatly desired by certain parties for reasons that are not initially clear. She is understandably reluctant to give it up.

* MagicalEye – Mary's golden eye has the ability to see the truth and enhance understanding. It's not clear what else it can do besides that, but everyone desires it immensely. [[spoiler:And Charlie gains a golden eye as well near the end, though her eye turns back to normal, unlike Mary.]]

* TheMessiah – Mary.

* TheOjou – The girls at the university.

* VictorianBritain – At least, it starts like that. And then [[{{Magitek}} Engine Machines]] show up, Sherlock Holmes wanders through and Winston Churchill introduces himself as an up and coming merchant. Although the time period is actually after the historical Victoria's death, she is still alive.

* WhenSheSmiles: Subverted. Moran smiles only twice, but [[spoiler: at entirely inappropriate times, when she has sustained major injuries or is on the verge of death, and it doesn't comfort Mary at all.]]

** Subverted in the webnovel epilogue, where it's mentioned that Kadath is reached through a portal in the arctic.
* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:Charlie has a major fixation on Mary. She actually wished for Sharnoth to descend so that ‘tomorrow’ would never come and she would never have to be separated from her.]]

* EvilEye – Mary's eye can see things that are normally hidden.

* MismatchedEyes – Mary. [[spoiler:And Charlie near the end, though her eye turns back to normal, unlike Mary.]]

The third in the series of {{Visual Novel}}s including ''SekienNoInganock'', ''VisualNovel/ShikkokuNoSharnoth'' takes place in an alternate reality Victorian Era London. Before the current young generation was born, England made contact with the advanced society known as Kadath and began trading Engine Machine technology. This technology has allowed England to become the dominant world superpower and appears to have allowed Queen Victoria to live years past when she would have died in our world.

Our protagonist, [[Creator/AgathaChristie Mary Clarissa Christie]] is currently attending university with her friends Creator/CharlotteBronte and [[AugustDerleth Angelica Derleth]], happily spending their days as normal students. Only... Charlie has been a little off lately. When Mary tries to find out what is bothering her, she finds herself thrown into a dark version of London with no one in it. No one in it but her and the monster that wants to take her eye, that is. Eventually, she is saved by a strange man in black and swears a contract with him in order to return to her normal everyday life.

''VisualNovel/ShikkokuNoSharnoth'' contains multiple references to ''SekienNoInganock'' and is crammed full of figures from around the Victorian Era, whether they were alive then, or not. We're looking at you, Heinz Heger and Charlotte Brontë. And we're pointedly overlooking you, George Lestrade and Sherlock Holmes.

* [[AllTakeAndNoGive All Give And No Take]] – Howard gives and gives for Angie and expects nothing in return. He’s absolutely head over heels for her. She loves him back, but all gestures are definitely one sided.

* AnachronismStew – In regards to the cast rather than styles or technology. Sherlock Holmes, Queen Victoria, Charlotte Brontë, Bram Stoker, Baron Von Munchhausen (though an obvious pseudonym, no one mentions it), Josef Capek, Heinz Heger and more all at the same time. While many of them were certainly alive at the same time (and not being stuck to fiction) the ages don’t work at all and Heinz Heger and Charlotte Bronte were separated by over half a century.

* DelayedReaction – Angie greets Viola Baskerville, an in universe celebrity of sorts after the Hound of the Baskerville case, in an exceedingly friendly and familiar manner. Which is good, because Viola just wants to be friends. A few minutes later, Angie realizes who she’s been talking to, but subverts the expectation by continuing to treat her exactly the same.

* TheGhost – [[spoiler:Moriarty, Watson, Queen Victoria and Mycroft Holmes, though it is implied for some time that M is Moriarty. In the end, Moriarty turns out to be the old professor that people have been meeting in ways that break the stories continuity.]]

* IgnoredEpiphany – [[spoiler:Denny learns that Viola hasn't forgotten him at all, but he's basically too insane to just ‘’stop’’ anymore.]]

* [[spoiler:LotusEaterMachine – M puts Mary into one after her swordfight. It appears to be based in part off the story she was writing, and things get disturbing around the point when she realizes what is going on. M interprets this as giving her a gift, but she doesn't want it.]]
* LoveMakesYouCrazy – [[spoiler:Capek, Denny and Charlie. For Charlie, it's left open to interpret what kind of love it is, though.]]
* LoveMakesYouEvil – [[spoiler:Capek and Denny/Churchill. Bram looks like he might qualify at first, but then it's revealed that it's not possible for the host to stop the Metacreature. He doesn't really want to chase Mary.]]

* {{Necromantic}} – Capek.

* ObviouslyEvil – Subverted. The sunken eyed, hunched Capek is more sympathetic than he appears.

* VictorianBritain – At least, it starts like that. And then [[{{Magitek}} Engine Machines]] show up, Sherlock Holmes wanders through and Winston Churchill introduces himself as an up and coming merchant. Although the time period is actually after the historical Victoria's death, but she is still alive.

* LoveMakesYouEvil – [[spoiler:Capek, Bram and Denny/Churchill.]]
* LoveMartyr – [[spoiler:Jane for M in her backstory. She didn't really realize what kind of person he was and had a girlish devotion. M, for his part, simply didn't reject her being near him.]]
** [[spoiler: Moran for M. She unquestioningly obeys him, despite knowing he will never return her feelings.]]
* [[spoiler:LovecraftLite: The monsters are {{eldritch abomination}}s, the supertech is actually supernatural and attracts said monsters as one of its unpleasant side-effects, and Lovecraft references abound (including M being Outer God Nyarlathotep)... But the situation gets resolved, humanity doesn't seem to be doomed to madness and death, and M is an AntiHero whose acts indirectly benefit humanity. Maybe.]]

* [[AManIsNotAVirgin A Man]][[spoiler:-Shaped Outer God]] [[AManIsNotAVirgin is Not a Virgin]]: M. Just about every woman who comes across him expresses some level of interest, ranging from intrigue to flat-out adoration (with [[spoiler:Charlie]] being perhaps the only exception).

* ParentalAbandonment – Mary's father is never really mentioned and her mother moved to a university in Kadath. [[spoiler:And it's questionable whether her mother really loves her anyway.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:[[http://www.zerochan.net/184184 Charlotte has woken up]], but Moran and many others have died, M's condition is unknown, and the sky hasn't been returned to its original state.]]

* EvilEye – Mary’s eye can see things that are normally hidden.

* {{Determinator}} - Mary. Pretty much one of her defining characteristics, along with being TheMessiah.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Upon finding out that whenever [[spoiler:she helps M destroy a Metacreature, its human host is most likely killed too, Mary nearly suffers a HeroicBSOD.]] It's only thanks to [[spoiler:Mary's determination to save Charlie (and a temporary spell cast by Jane Doe]] that she doesn't.

* NotSoStoic: [[spoiler: Moran.]]

* LoveMakesYouEvil – [[spoiler:Capek and Denny/Churchill.]]

* ArcWords – A few examples. 'Thus, I deny tomorrow,' a statement spoken by the screams that Mary finds. 'Have you given up yet?' asked by M and multiple characters[[hottip:*:Everyone that is not Mary, really]] saying 'I have already given up.'
* AnachronismStew – In regards to the cast rather than styles or technology. Sherlock Holmes, Queen Victoria, Charlotte Brontë, Bram Stoker, Baron Von Munchhausen[[hottip:*:Though an obvious pseudonym, no one mentions it]], Josef Capek, Heinz Heger and more all at the same time. While many of them were certainly alive at the same time[[hottip:*:Accepting for the moment that Sherlock Holmes is a real person]] the ages don’t work at all and Heinz Heger and Charlotte Bronte were separated by over half a century.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Charlotte has woken up, but Moran and many others have died, M's condition is unknown, and the sky hasn't been returned to its original state.]]

* NaughtyTentacles – [[spoiler:Moran's sex scenes as well as a later one involving Charlie. However, while certainly written [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything in a certain manner]] it is debatable as to what is actually happening.]]
** [[spoiler: In the novel epilogue, M has to extract "water" from Mary, and does so by penetrating her with tentacles.]]

Our protagonist, Mary Clarissa Christie[[hottip:*:Just put Agatha in front of that and you'll realize who she is]] is currently attending university with her friends Creator/CharlotteBronte and [[AugustDerleth Angelica Derleth]], happily spending their days as normal students. Only... Charlie has been a little off lately. When Mary tries to find out what is bothering her, she finds herself thrown into a dark version of London with no one in it. No one in it but her and the monster that wants to take her eye, that is. Eventually, she is saved by a strange man in black and swears a contract with him in order to return to her normal everyday life.

Our protagonist, Mary Clarissa Christie[[hottip:*:Just put Agatha in front of that and you'll realize who she is]] is currently attending university with her friends CharlotteBronte and [[AugustDerleth Angelica Derleth]], happily spending their days as normal students. Only... Charlie has been a little off lately. When Mary tries to find out what is bothering her, she finds herself thrown into a dark version of London with no one in it. No one in it but her and the monster that wants to take her eye, that is. Eventually, she is saved by a strange man in black and swears a contract with him in order to return to her normal everyday life.

''VisualNovel/ShikkokuNoSharnoth'' contains multiple references to ''SekienNoInganock'' and is crammed full of figures from around the Victorian Era, whether they were alive then, or not. We're looking at you, Heinz Heger and Charlotte Bronte. And we're pointedly overlooking you, George Lestrade and Sherlock Holmes.

* AnachronismStew – In regards to the cast rather than styles or technology. Sherlock Holmes, Queen Victoria, Charlotte Bronte, Bram Stoker, Baron Von Munchhausen[[hottip:*:Though an obvious pseudonym, no one mentions it]], Josef Capek, Heinz Heger and more all at the same time. While many of them were certainly alive at the same time[[hottip:*:Accepting for the moment that Sherlock Holmes is a real person]] the ages don’t work at all and Heinz Heger and Charlotte Bronte were separated by over half a century.

** [[spoiler: The [[http://amaterasu.is.moelicious.be/webnovel/shar_webnovel.html webnovel]] epilogue makes the ending more sweet than bitter, as Mary and M reunite, and Moran is revealed to be alive, albeit in a new body.]]

** [[spoiler: The [[http://amaterasu.is.moelicious.be/webnovel/shar_webnovel.html webnovel]] epilogue makes the ending more sweet than bitter, as Mary and M reunite, and Moran is revealed to be alive, albeit with only partial memory and in a new body.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse - Several points lack proper resolution [[spoiler:such as an explanation of Heinz, who Funnel is and more. The webnovel short story doesn't answer most of them either.]]
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove – M is "interested" by Mary, but [[spoiler:his emotions have burned out through isolations]] which makes everything kind of weird. [[spoiler:The lotus eater machine scene he tries to give her as a gift of sorts is perhaps the worst part.]]
* WhenSheSmiles: Subverted. Moran smiles only twice, but [[spoiler: at entirely inappropriate times, when she has sustained major injuries or is on the verge of death, and doesn't comfort Mary at all.]]

* TokenLoli – Angie.

* NaughtyTentacles – [[spoiler:Moran's sex scene as well as a later one involving Charlie. However, while certainly written [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything in a certain manner]] it is debatable as to what is actually happening.]]

* ShipTease – M and Mary, despite the fact that Mary fails to understand him and grows to loathe him as the story goes on. [[spoiler:She chooses to save him in the end, anyway, but never appears to actually fall in love with him.]]

* ShipTease – M and Mary, despite the fact that Mary fails to understand him and grows to loathe him as the story goes on. [[spoiler:She chooses to save him in the end, anyway.]]

* AuthorAppeal - Putting this next to SekienNoInganock, it would appear the authoress has a fondness for brooding, stormy men.

* BadDreams – The stories going around town appear to give Mary nightmares.

* [[spoiler:DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu?]]
* EldritchAbomination - All of the <<Metacreatures>>[[spoiler:, as well as M's true form.]]

* LonelyAtTheTop - The King of Sharnoth.

* TheMessiah – Mary.

* NotSoStoic: [[spoiler: Moran]]

* PluckyGirl – Mary. Though she seems quite timid, she's a much braver and willing to leap into action than she appears. The minigame is even based on keeping her mental strength high.

* ShipTease – M and Mary, despite the fact that Mary alternately fails to understand him and then hates him.