Line #18 PlayingWith/TheLegionsOfHell


1	'''Basic Trope''': There is a demonic army loyal to [[{{Hell}} dark powers]] that the heroes must confront.
2	* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Siege Bladeheart]] and his companions must battle the Crimson Legion, a massive army of demons that is loyal to the [[SatanicArchetype Crimson King]].
3	* '''Exaggerated''': "The gates of Hell have opened...and its infernal soldiers are marching out. Hear them, [[HellIsThatNoise crying out of the blood of mankind]], [[BloodKnight behold their lust for war!]]. Go forth, and oblige their wishes! Spill their wicked blood, pierce their twisted hearts, and send them back to the abyss from whence they came!"
4	* '''Downplayed''': The Crimson King can only field a platoon of demons, who act as his Special Forces unit. The rest of the army is just evil mooks.
5	* '''Justified''': Can't stage a Demonic Invasion without soldiers, can you?
6	* '''Inverted''':
7	** The [[BigGood Azure Queen]] commands [[TheArmiesOfHeaven a vast army of Angels]].
8	** Through some plot twist (perhaps an EnemyMine situation, or DarkIsNotEvil), the ''good guys'' end up commanding an army of demons.
9	* '''Subverted''': Hell does not, as it turns out, have anything that would count as an army.
10	* '''Double Subverted''': Until the Crimson King [[TheCorruption acquires]] [[DemonicPossession one]].
11	* '''Parodied''': Siege and co. battle Crimson's legions of [[EvilLawyerJoke lawyers]] [[FelonyMisdemeanor and IRS workers]].
12	* '''Zig Zagged''': They're not demons, actually. Very much Hell's standing army, though.
13	* '''Averted''': The Crimson King doesn't really have any army, instead using guile and evil spells to manipulate human kingdoms into fighting each other.
14	* '''Enforced''': The work is required to comply to a regulation stating that any antagonist must have a totally unsympathetic army of demonic origin.
15	* '''Lampshaded''': "To save the world, Siege, you must travel there, there, and ... there. One of the armies you'll encounter will, of course, be the Legions of Hell themselves."
16	* '''Invoked''': Siege doesn't know what the army on the horizon is, but loading the catapults with flasks of holy water seems a safe bet if the enemy is called the Crimson King.
17	* '''Exploited''': Another villian opens the gates of Hell, releasing the Legion to distract the heros while he completes his own evil plan uninhibited.
18	* '''Defied''':
19	** Siege and his allies do everything in their power to seal the gates of Hell so that the Crimson Legion cannot march.
20	** The Crimson King knows that Siege is well-equipped to fight demons, and therefore raises an army from some other source to catch him by surprise.
21	* '''Discussed''': "Any thoughts on what we should load our catapults with?" — "Well, it could be the Legions of Hell. In that case, we'd need holy water. On the other hand, that won't do much against a plain old human army." (This counts as discussing the trope whether or not the Legions of Hell turn up, or even exist.)
22	* '''Conversed''': "So did you watch Bladeheart last night?" — "Ayup. That Crimson Legion was totally unoriginal, though." — "Hell, yes. Even calling it the Crimson Army would have been an improvement." — "What, and have people think you're secretly commenting on the Russian Revolution? Anyway, back to the matter at hand. How are we going to get the sausages to Wilma's wedding?"
23	* '''Deconstructed''': Because ReligionIsMagic, Siege merely puts together an entire army of priests. When they pour Holy water all over the opposing forces, the Crimson Legion doesn't seem like a very useful army...
24	* '''Reconstructed''': ...or maybe, religion isn't magic. The demons laugh at the plain water being thrown at them and [[CurbStompBattle massacre their enemies]].
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26	''Vade retro,'' LegionsOfHell!
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28	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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30	%%* '''Implied''': ???
31	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
32	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

Context PlayingWith / TheLegionsOfHell