History Webcomic / TheDreamlandChronicles

* BigBad: Nicodemus starts out as this, but turns out to have been an UnwittingPawn of the ''real'' BigBad, Abaddon, the ruler of the Nightmare Realm.

* ArtEvolution: While it was always look good, thanks to the advancement of computers it has gone from [[http://www.thedreamlandchronicles.com/the-dreamland-chronicles/chapter-01/page-2/ from this ]] [[http://www.thedreamlandchronicles.com/the-dreamland-chronicles/the-making-of-the-dreamland-chronicles/making-of-the-dreamland-chronicles-book-five-page-11/ to this]]. I mean, come on dude. That's just going over the top. Attention to detail indeed.

* [[DidntSeeThatComing Didn't See That Coming]]: Somehow, Nicomedus, all this time, was under the impression that [[spoiler:KingArthur was ''still alive'', despite 400 years ruling Dreamland. When the Sword of Kings tells him otherwise, along with the fact that Alex is Arthur's successor to the throne, able to enter Dreamland through a loophole in the rules, the dragon doesn't take it well.]]

* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:Nicodemis is severely wounded in the fight for the capital and sinks beneath the waters. Naturally, he turns up again later in the Nightmare Realm. Alex even lampshades it.]]

* WellIntentionedExtremist: In the flashback to Arthur's time, both [[spoiler:Arthur and Nicodemus seem like this. Arthur just wants to show his enemies the peace in Dreamland to demonstrate they can make their own utopia, however, he knows all to well this could cause a war with the Nightmare Realm, but he at least demonstrates an attack of conscience, being forced to make a choice between potentially seeing Camelot fall and potentially causing a war in Dreamland. His eventual decision to go through with the plan comes with a heavy IDidWhatIHadToDo vibe. Nicodemus is firmly stuck on making sure the latter does not happen at any cost, ultimately [[ForegoneConclusion betraying Arthur]]. While neither are fully in the right, Arthur is a lot more sympathetic, being idealistic and actually considering his options while Nicodemus is fully convinced that Arthur's plan will not work anyway as he thinks HumansAreBastards by nature.]]

* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:Nicodemis is severely wounded in the fight for the capital and sinks beneath the waters. Naturally, he turns up again later in the Nightmare Realm.]]

[[http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-DREAMLAND-CHRONICLES/316374741809 It's also being developed as a full length animated film,]] hopefully coming soon to a cinema near you.

* ArtEvolution: While it was always look good, thanks to the advancement of computers it has went from [[http://www.thedreamlandchronicles.com/the-dreamland-chronicles/chapter-01/page-2/ from this ]] [[http://www.thedreamlandchronicles.com/the-dreamland-chronicles/the-making-of-the-dreamland-chronicles/making-of-the-dreamland-chronicles-book-five-page-11/ to this]]. I mean, come on dude. That's just going over the top. Attention to detail indeed.

* BigBad: Nicodemus starts out as this, although he more literally turns out to be TheDragon to the ''real'' BigBad, Abaddon, the ruler of the Nightmare Realm.

* BigBad - Nicodemus, although more literally TheDragon.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Happens on both sides, with the four rulers Alexander (King of Dreamland), Nicolas (Evil Dragon King), Nastajia (Queen of the Elves) and the dwarves' King all being the most skilled fighters.

'''[[http://TheDreamlandChronicles.com The Dreamland Chronicles]]''' is an entirely computer-generated, three-dimensional webcomic with over one thousand pages and counting. The Dreamland Chronicles is almost entirely suitable for all ages, with no outstanding adult themes.

* TheArcher: Nastajia, again.

* PaintingTheFourthWall: Nicodemus' dialogue is written in a yellow word balloon with red outline and text.

* ChosenOne: Alexander's basic role in the story. Although, [[spoiler:it was meant for his brother Dan.]]

* {{BFS}} - Alexander has one to complement the whole [[ChosenOne chosen one]] thing he has going.
* {{Blade Brake}} - Alex does this, leaving a good 50-foot slice in the {{Big Bad}} castle.

* TitleDrop - Alex's brother wrote up his stories as ''The Dreamland Chronicles''

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses - Nastajia, the elfin princess-turned-queen.

* FamedInStory
* FantasyKitchenSink - Pretty much the essence of Dreamland, including centaurs, elves, rock giants, merpeople, pixies, dwarves, etcetera.
* FirstKiss
* FiveManBand
** TheHero - [[TheDitz Alex]]
** TheLancer - [[TheStraightMan Nastajia]]
** TheBigGuy - [[GentleGiant Paddington]]
** TheSmartGuy - [[ClassyCatBurglar Felicity]]
** TheChick - [[PintSizedPowerhouse Kiwi]]/Felicity

* GentleGiant - Paddington

* HighHeelFaceTurn - [[spoiler: Felicity]]

* HumansAreBastards - Nicodemus and several of his followers believe this is the case. Seeing as Nicodemus worked personally with several of the worst people humanity has to offer, he's speaking from experience.
* HumansAreSpecial - Before Nicodemus came into power, only a human adult (always a prominent figure from human history) could rule Dreamland.

* KrakenAndLeviathan

* MyMasterRightOrWrong

* OurMermaidsAreDifferent
* PaintingTheFourthWall
* ParentalAbandonment

* PlotCoupon

* ActionGirl - Nastajia
* AlienBlood

* TheArcher

* {{Blade Brake}} - Leaving a good 50 feet slice in the {{Big Bad}} castle.

* CannotDream: Dan
* CannotSpitItOut
* CatFolk - Felicity

* ChildrenAreInnocent
* ChosenOne - Alexander's basic role in the story.
* CollapsibleHelmet

* ConvenientlyAnOrphan
* ConverseWithTheUnconscious
* CuriosityIsACrapshoot

* DidNotDoTheResearch: At first glance - Nicodemus attributes the quote "Let them hate me so long as they fear me" to Julius Ceasar, despite the quote originating with Emperor Tiberius and [[TheCaligula Caligula]], though Caesar may have said the quote in Dreamland first rather than the "real" world.
** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula Caligula's actual name]] was "Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus," so technically, Nicodemus '''was''' [[http://www.thedreamlandchronicles.com/the-dreamland-chronicles/chapter-15/page-1028/ correct in attributing the quote]] to [[EmperorCaligula "Gaius Julius Caesar."]]

* DumbIsGood - From Nicole's perspective, the story starts off with a student who goes clinically brain dead whenever he sleeps. He's able to wake up normally in perfect health afterwards, and even claims to have had vivid dreams. The story (and the main characters) treat her desire to study this incredible phenomenon from a scientific or medical perspective as entirely unreasonable and some kind of control freak [[StrawVulcan character]] [[MeasuringTheMarigolds flaw]]. They even joke about how she's a nut job who wants Alex to be "labotomized" [sic]. Of course the audience knows that Alex is going off to a magical fantasy land every night, and consequences from his heart stopping for six hours are just taken care of by magic or something. But there's absolutely no reason for Nicole to believe that at that part of the story, and it's just bizarre to imply that a well-adjusted med student would be like "Oh, hmm, he goes brain dead every night but wakes up fine. I am not curious as to why this could be at all!" and drop it. (Also, aren't they just a LITTLE concerned about what happens to Alex's body while he's busy hanging around with elves?) Especially frustrating when literally three pages after laughing her down Dan is shown poring over scientific journals in the library looking for case studies similar to Alex's and some solid facts.
* ElvesVsDwarves: Downplayed, they are a bit uneasy around each other, mostly due to a couple of plot points. Once they're cleared up they get on much better.
* EmpathicWeapon: Alex's sword.

* Hero: Alex, in spades. As the comic goes on [[CharacterDevelopment he becomes more responsible and thoughtful.]]

* KillItWithFire

* LoveableRogue - Felicity

* NerdsAreSexy - Nicole again. Also Dan.

* {{Pirate}} - Yep. Whole crew of 'em. With Airships.

* PoweredArmor - Alex wears a magical version.

* RealMenWearPink - Paddington is a dance instructor.

* SkyPirate - Pirates from the Nightmare Realm get around in a flying wooden ship.

* TreacherousAdvisor - Nicodemus in the past. Notable in that ''actually told his liege he would betray him,'' though only if he kept trying to bring more humans to Dreamland.

* TwoGuysAndAGirl - Dan, Alex, and Nicole. Starts off with the two brothers and then Nicole gets introduced a few chapters in.

* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask

[[BetterThanItSounds Less clichéd than it sounds]].

* {{Nakama}}

* IdiotHero: Alex, in spades. As the comic goes on [[CharacterDevelopment he becomes more responsible and thoughtful.]]

* TreacherousAdvisor - Nicodemus in the past. Notable in that ''actually told his leige he would betray him,'' though only if he kept trying to bring more humans to Dreamland.

* TwoGuysAndAGirl - A very mild case involving Dan, Alex, and Nicole.

* IdiotHero: Alex, in spades.

* ElvesVsDwarves EmpathicWeapon - Alex's sword.

** Possibly [[JustifiedTrope justified]] since [[FanWank it's implied that nearly everyone visits Dreamland as a child, allowing the myriad creatures to enter cultures worldwide.]]

** TheHero - Alex
** TheLancer - Nastajia
** TheBigGuy - Paddington
** TheSmartGuy - Felicity
** TheChick - Kiwi/Felicity

* NerdsAreSexy - Nicole again. Also Dan [[YourMileageMayVary according to some]].