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* TheBerserker: [[spoiler:The Monarch is in fact a barbarian (in terms of her class).]]
* EvillyAffable: The Lich King is incredibly evil, but also quite friendly to his favored minions, particularly Creepy Henchperson and Spooky Messenger.
* LetsGetDangerous: A heavily downplayed example. After hearing that the Guild of Merchants refused the Chosen Ones' request for a loan to the crown, the Monarch goes to personally persuade them. Normally, this wouldn't be an example, except the Monarch's methods of persuasion rely not just on her status as monarch, but on their [[spoiler:Intimidating Rage ability, revealing that she is in fact a high level ''barbarian'' who is presumably quite capable in combat in their own right]].
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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: In addition to taking an active role in governing the country, the Monarch is not afraid to get her hands dirty.
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* RagsToRiches: The Rogue was born into poverty but is now a wealthy high level adventurer.
** RagsToRoyalty: [[spoiler:The Monarch was born into the lower classes. It is unclear how she ended up on the throne, but it presumably had to do with her adventuring exploits with the Royal Spymaster and the Dean]].
* RetiredBadass: [[spoiler:The Monarch, the Royal Spymaster, and the Dean are all former adventurers]].
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: In addition to taking an active role in governing the country, the Monarch is not afraid to get her handsdirty.dirty, up to and including personally overseeing food relief efforts and [[spoiler:bitchslapping the Guild of Merchants]].
* SealedGoodInACan: [[spoiler:The Solar, who is trapped in an Iron Flask until the Bard frees her. Turns out the Dean of the Bardic College trapped her there]].
** RagsToRoyalty: [[spoiler:The Monarch was born into the lower classes. It is unclear how she ended up on the throne, but it presumably had to do with her adventuring exploits with the Royal Spymaster and the Dean]].
* RetiredBadass: [[spoiler:The Monarch, the Royal Spymaster, and the Dean are all former adventurers]].
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: In addition to taking an active role in governing the country, the Monarch is not afraid to get her hands
* SealedGoodInACan: [[spoiler:The Solar, who is trapped in an Iron Flask until the Bard frees her. Turns out the Dean of the Bardic College trapped her there]].
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* YouAreInCommandNow: [[spoiler:The Solar proclaims the Cleric to be the new Pontiff of the Temple of Light]].
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* YouAreInCommandNow: [[spoiler:The Solar proclaims the Cleric to be the new Pontiff of the Temple of Light]].Light]].
* YouHaveFailedMe: After the Warlock panics and sends the Vampire Mage Assassins after the Chosen Ones, thus confirming that their suspicions about the Lich King are true, the Lich King throws the Warlock into the Nine Hells. [[spoiler:This leads to the Warlock betraying the Lich King for real and joining the Chosen Ones]].
* YouHaveFailedMe: After the Warlock panics and sends the Vampire Mage Assassins after the Chosen Ones, thus confirming that their suspicions about the Lich King are true, the Lich King throws the Warlock into the Nine Hells. [[spoiler:This leads to the Warlock betraying the Lich King for real and joining the Chosen Ones]].
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* TheGoodKing: The Monarch genuinely cares about his people and takes the threat of the Lich King very seriously.
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* TheGoodKing: The Monarch genuinely cares about his her people and takes the threat of the Lich King very seriously.
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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: In addition to taking an active role in governing the country, the Monarch is not afraid to get his her hands dirty.
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: The Paladin has this crisis multiple times while recruiting the Goblins, Lycanthropes, and Vampires.
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* WarriorPrince: The Monarch is a former adventurer - more specifically, he's a high level barbarian.
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* WarriorPrince: The Monarch is a former adventurer - more specifically, he's she's a high level barbarian.
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''Immersion Breakers'' is a Website/TikTok Platform/TikTok series created by the user bigfatsocialist. It centers on a TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons party in what seems to be a typical campaign, having been told that they are the prophesied [[TheChosenMany Chosen Ones]] who will defeat the Lich King who has threatened the world for centuries...
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* TheAlliance: The Concordat of Fuck the Lich King.
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* TokenEvilTeammate: The vampires are straight-up evil, but they're still tolerated largely because they are bringing a large force of vampiric heavy cavalry to the fight.
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* TheSpymaster: Each kingdom has its own.
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* TheSpymaster: Each kingdom has its own. The Realm's is simply the Royal Spymaster. The others are the Jarl's Housecarl, the Shogun's Chief Ninja, the Watcher for the Western Door, the Tlatoani's Shadow, the Mansa's Herald, and the 'Tailor' to the Empress.
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* RulersWhoActuallyDoSomething: In addition to taking an active role in governing the country, the Monarch is not afraid to get his hands dirty.
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* RulersWhoActuallyDoSomething: RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: In addition to taking an active role in governing the country, the Monarch is not afraid to get his hands dirty.
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* AncientConspiracy: The Lich King is running one.
* TheChosenMany: Zig-zagged. The Chosen Ones were prophesied to defeat the Lich King. However, the (corrupt) Pontiff of the Temple of Light had interpreted the prophecy as cyclical, and had sent dozens of previous adventurers to fight the Lich King (and die in the process). Ultimately played straight as the Cleric uncovers the original prophecies which point to the Chosen Ones (including [[spoiler:the Warlock]])actually being the ones destined to defeat the Lich King.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Pretty much everybody in the Guild of Merchants, even the ones who aren't working for the Lich King.
* EveryoneHasStandards: The Rogue is willing to cross many lines but ''not the picket line''.
* TheChosenMany: Zig-zagged. The Chosen Ones were prophesied to defeat the Lich King. However, the (corrupt) Pontiff of the Temple of Light had interpreted the prophecy as cyclical, and had sent dozens of previous adventurers to fight the Lich King (and die in the process). Ultimately played straight as the Cleric uncovers the original prophecies which point to the Chosen Ones (including [[spoiler:the Warlock]])actually being the ones destined to defeat the Lich King.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Pretty much everybody in the Guild of Merchants, even the ones who aren't working for the Lich King.
* EveryoneHasStandards: The Rogue is willing to cross many lines but ''not the picket line''.
* FramingDevice: The story is explicitly framed as [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons D&D game]], occasionally cutting to the players and DungeonMaster.
* TheGoodChancellor: The Royal Spymaster.
* TheGoodChancellor: The Royal Spymaster.
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* SinisterMinister: The Pontiff of the Church of Light, who turns out to be an agent of the Lich King.
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* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: [[spoiler:The Warlock turns on the Lich King after the latter throws him into the Nine Hells]].
* RulersWhoActuallyDoSomething: In addition to taking an active role in governing the country, the Monarch is not afraid to get his hands dirty.
* SinisterMinister: The Pontiff of theChurch Temple of Light, who turns out to be an agent of the Lich King.King.
* TheSpymaster: Each kingdom has its own.
* WarriorPrince: The Monarch is a former adventurer - more specifically, he's a high level barbarian.
* YouAreInCommandNow: [[spoiler:The Solar proclaims the Cleric to be the new Pontiff of the Temple of Light]].
* RulersWhoActuallyDoSomething: In addition to taking an active role in governing the country, the Monarch is not afraid to get his hands dirty.
* SinisterMinister: The Pontiff of the
* TheSpymaster: Each kingdom has its own.
* WarriorPrince: The Monarch is a former adventurer - more specifically, he's a high level barbarian.
* YouAreInCommandNow: [[spoiler:The Solar proclaims the Cleric to be the new Pontiff of the Temple of Light]].
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''Immersion Breakers'' is a Website/TikTok series created by the user bigfatsocialist. It centers on a TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons party in what seems to be a typical campaign, having been told that they are the prophesied [[TheChosenMany Chosen Ones]] who will defeat the Lich King who has threatened the world for centuries...
...Until the wizard wonders why five powerful adventurers are doing this alone rather than using their influence and abilities to raise armies against the Lich King... and proceed to do exactly that, in the process uncovering an ancient conspiracy while making deeply disturbing discoveries about their world.
The series can be watched on [[https://www.tiktok.com/@bigfatsocialist/video/6990386212485844230?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 TikTok]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXF4vN4gpIt6Ea4nb8eoVHkcKnUD5cvoK YouTube]].
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!!This work provides examples of:
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Averted by the goblins and lycanthropes, much to the chagrin of the Paladin.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: The nation the heroes inhabit is a typical medieval European-style kingdom. Other kingdoms that the heroes recruit to aid them seem to be based off of the Aztec Empire, medieval China, the Haudenosaunee Confederation, feudal Japan, the Empire of Mali, and the Norse.
* TheGoodKing: The Monarch genuinely cares about his people and takes the threat of the Lich King very seriously.
* SinisterMinister: The Pontiff of the Church of Light, who turns out to be an agent of the Lich King.
...Until the wizard wonders why five powerful adventurers are doing this alone rather than using their influence and abilities to raise armies against the Lich King... and proceed to do exactly that, in the process uncovering an ancient conspiracy while making deeply disturbing discoveries about their world.
The series can be watched on [[https://www.tiktok.com/@bigfatsocialist/video/6990386212485844230?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 TikTok]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXF4vN4gpIt6Ea4nb8eoVHkcKnUD5cvoK YouTube]].
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!!This work provides examples of:
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Averted by the goblins and lycanthropes, much to the chagrin of the Paladin.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: The nation the heroes inhabit is a typical medieval European-style kingdom. Other kingdoms that the heroes recruit to aid them seem to be based off of the Aztec Empire, medieval China, the Haudenosaunee Confederation, feudal Japan, the Empire of Mali, and the Norse.
* TheGoodKing: The Monarch genuinely cares about his people and takes the threat of the Lich King very seriously.
* SinisterMinister: The Pontiff of the Church of Light, who turns out to be an agent of the Lich King.
