Aradis Chronicles is a short-lived play by post roleplay created by Billy Mays (no, not that one) and hosted on Serebii Forums. It started November 2012 and was abandoned a month later.
It can be found here.
Aradis Chronicles contains examples of:
- Aerith and Bob: You have names like Leo, Ian, Harvey, Hawke, Richter and Cynthia with names like Lirea, Kareena, and Felicja.
- Berserk Button: Mention Yuri's fangirls and he'll try to chop off your head.
- Four-Girl Ensemble: The four female characters form one.
- Feli: The Sexy One (with shades of The Mannish One)
- Kareena: The Sweet One
- Lirea: The Mannish One (with shades of The Sexy One)
- Cynthia: The Wild Card
- Half-Human Hybrid:
- Richter is half-human and half-Velox.
- Lirea is half-human and half-Water Gaian.
- Kareena is half-human, half-Wind Gaian.
- Shocking Voice Identity Reveal: Feli's supposed alias and origin does not match her heavy South Jadewing accent, which surprises Cynthia.
- Strawberry Shorthand: Strawberries are Yuri's favorite food and essentially his motif.
- Sugar-and-Ice Personality: In the public eye, Yuri is cold, but to his friends he nicer. Even Lampshaded when his acting duo was known as "Sugar and Ice".
- Super Not-Drowning Skills: Kareena can hold her breath for up to ten minutes at a time, because she's based on a swan.
- Technical Pacifist: Yuri generally doesn't like violence, but if he needs to harm someone, or someone has to die, he goes along with it.