History Characters / EmpiresSMPSeasonTwo

* CharacterOverlap: Possibly. Due to Joel making a passing reference to "the Red King" during the Hermitcraft crossover during Rendog's visit to Stratos, it's suggested that he is the same character as ''[[WebVideo/LifeSMP 3rd Life]]'' Joel, or he at least has [[PastLifeMemories some recollection of that server's events]].

* BerserkButton: While Scar is usually a residental {{Cloudcuckoolander}} with clumsiness in his path, disrespecting Jimmy is the last thing he would hear. Because of this, [=fWhip=] learned it the hard way when [[https://youtu.be/TronltxgzWw Scar attacked him with an axe]] for calling Jimmy "simple".
-->'''Jimmy:''' ...Did you just called me "simple"? ''(starts laughing)''\\
''(Scar attacks [=fWhip=], who is laughing)''\\
'''Scar:''' Respect the Sheriff! ''([=fWhip=] flies away)''\\
'''Jimmy:''' Yeah! Yeah, Scar!\\
'''Scar:''' ''(echoing)'' '''''Off with you!'''''

* DimensionalTraveler: Subverting the [[DoppelgangerCrossover paradox created via creator overlap between the servers]], while Gem essentially [=LARPs=] a princess in the ''Empires'' world, she's the same person as Hermitcraft-Gem and could already cross between all the worlds she's part of in the Minecarft Multiverse anytime, even before the official crossover event. However, she keeps this a secret, much to the confusion of her fellow Hermits ''during'' said official crossover event. Her 15th ''Empires'' episode (and 24th ''Hermitcraft'' episode) reveals that she does this by dreaming of the other worlds. Her perspective of the season also ends with the Wisps leading her back to Hermitcraft, as they believe she shouldn't be on two servers at once.

* LoveAtFirstSight[=/=]LovingAShadow: In his 7th episode, Pirate Joe [[MistakenIdentity mistakes]] Katherine for a fellow pirate for the simple fact that she's built a shipyard and pier with boats and is "smart" enough to not leave treasure randomly lying around in said boats, and decides that's good enough grounds to [[FourthDateMarriage want to court her]] the minute he meets her. He's also [[MadLove seemingly completely unaware]] that Katherine isn't a pirate and doesn't like him back even when she tells him that to his face, instead thinking she's {{playing hard to get}}; Katherine has to directly tell him this ''in public'' for him to get the message.

* BackhandedApology[=/=]BlamingTheVictim: Pirate Joe delivers an OrderedApology to Lizzie for stealing amethyst from the Critter City town square. Katherine, who dragged him there to return the amethyst in the first place, is not amused by this.
-->'''Pirate Joe:''' I'm so sorry that you left your amethyst out here in the open– ''(Katherine smacks him)'' for someone to steal.

* CelebrityParadox: Considering False the content creator plays characters on both ''Empires'' and [[WebVideo/{{Hermitcraft}} the server on the other side of the Rift]], the crossover event obviously results in this. It has consequently led to characters from ''both'' servers mistaking the False from the other server to be the False's counterpart from ''their'' server.

* DimensionalTraveler: Subverting the [[CelebrityParadox paradox created via creator overlap between the servers]], while Gem essentially [=LARPs=] a princess in the ''Empires'' world, she's the same person as Hermitcraft-Gem and could already cross between all the worlds she's part of in the Minecarft Multiverse anytime, even before the official crossover event. However, she keeps this a secret, much to the confusion of her fellow Hermits ''during'' said official crossover event. Her 15th ''Empires'' episode (and 24th ''Hermitcraft'' episode) reveals that she does this by dreaming of the other worlds. Her perspective of the season also ends with the Wisps leading her back to Hermitcraft, as they believe she shouldn't be on two servers at once.

* AccidentalMisnaming: Due to Pearl [[CelebrityParadox bearing an uncanny resemblance]] to Sausage's patron deity, Sausage frequently refers to Pearl as a saint by accident.

* CelebrityParadox: Due to creator overlap between the series, Pearl and False are subjected to this; Shelby lampshades it when she meets Hermit-False and says she reminds her of someone she knows. Additionally, Pearl of the Empires-verse is a distant god in Season 2 and any resemblances between her and Pearl the Hermit is treated as [[IdenticalStranger entirely coincidental]]. {{Subverted|Trope}} with Gem, who is revealed to be the same character as Hermit-Gem.

* {{Tuckerization}}: He was initially named 'Owen' after Scott's real-life friend and fellow content creator [=OwengeJuice=], whose favourite colour is orange. This eventually culminates into Owen the content creator ''playing'' Owen the llama in human form.

-->'''Lizzie:''' Curiosity [[LiteralMetaphor literally]] killed- [[CatFolk me]]. Killed me. Curiosity killed me!

* NotSoAboveItAll: While Jimmy ''normally'' tries to present himself as a stern enforcer of law and order, when fWhip asks Jimmy to step in as the Sheriff to stop Pirate Joe and Shelby's DuelToTheDeath for Katherine's heart at the Festival of the Rift, Jimmy replies that he ''should'', but he's enjoying watching the drama unfold too much to do so.

* TheSheriff: Jimmy takes on this role and title early in the series after finding a Sheriff Hat in a mineshaft chest, though admittedly, where he stands on the moral scale frankly depends on the day.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: While Oli certainly ''looks'' the part of a human, considering his past adventures as various decidedly non-human Origins on the ALSMP, it's unconfirmed whether HumanityEnsues for him after he fell from Heaven. It doesn't help that he refers to Endermen as his "fellow Enderians" in his 3rd episode.

* IdenticalStranger: With someone from about a thousand years prior. Specifically, according to a vision he has in his 26th episode, Sausage is heavily implied to look ''exactly'' like his Season 1 counterpart, and most likely sounds like him too. Through context clues and reference to previous incidences in the same universe, it's suggested that this is a ReincarnationIdentifyingTrait.

* AmazonianBeauty: While it's not seen in-game due to Minecraft skin limitations, Katherine is described to be "ripped" and buff. Shelby and Sausage once discuss this, with Shelby describing such muscularity to be inspirational and wanting to watch her work out.

** The above is completely and utterly {{subverted|Trope}} in that it's her ''[[InvokedTrope character]]'' on the Empires server who is relatively pacifistic--the regular, default Gem from Hermitcraft has zero qualms murdering people to collect their skulls, and is considerably more trigger-happy with a sword than her roleplay persona.

* GogglesDoNothing: In her normal appearance, False wears a pair of steampunk-esque goggles, and gets a new pair in her 2nd episode based on copper. Since this is part of a Minecraft skin, this is understandable out-of-universe.

-->'''Jimmy:''' I've told some of my friends to meet me on the Bridge, I'm gonna tell them all about this... experience that I've just had [meeting the Old Sheriff]. Hopefully, they show me that they respect me, you know? 'Cause that's- that's all I'm craving. Just need a little bit of respect around here.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: His [[https://namemc.com/skin/eb9e68bcbcc96546 villain arc]] appearance comes with crimson eyes.

* RunningGag: In spite of Tumble Town being ''supposed'' to be the empire that exports gunpowder, there is always little to none of it in stock. Many of the other rulers have expressed frustration over this, to the point Pirate Joe, fWhip, and Lizzie have all prompted to StartMyOwn and Pix has to resort to stealing the TNT wagon supply itself to make the missile to blow up Grumbot.[[note]]Eversea productions are eventually merged with Tumble Town's, but even that isn't enough to compensate for the shortage.[[/note]]

-->'''Joel:''' Who made these trees? They're so annoying-
* CharacterOverlap: Possibly. Due to Joel making a passing reference to "the Red King" during the Hermitcraft crossover during Rendog's visit to Stratos, it's suggested that he is the same character as ''3rd Life'' Joel, or he at least has [[PastLifeMemories some recollection of that server's events]].

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In Joel's third episode, he attempts to troll Jimmy by lifting him up into the sky with a fishing rod while flying on Elytra wings. Not only does he fail to do so, but Joel ''crashes out of the sky'' attempting to do this and ''dies''.

-->'''Joel:''' We take our lore seriously here on the [=SmallishBeans=] channel, especially the part where I'm 11-foot, that is canon and will forever be canon, okay? I'm not imagining it like [[https://twitter.com/tinithebini/status/1544448692177883136 this fanart]], '''''[[SuddenlyShouting it is REAL!!]]'''''
** What probably does not help at all is that according to Lizzie, Joel's greatest problem is that he [[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GWnhJnAL_mE "needs constant praise and validation"]].

* SecretTestOfCharacter: The lore fountain from Joel's 1st episode is revealed in the finale to be a test from the Lore Gods that he would use his powers for good. Apparently, he passes, and is given one last day to say his goodbyes before ascending to the Lore Sky as a "true" god.

* TeamSwitzerland: She prefers to remain neutral in the Joel-vs-Pirate-Joe conflict due to having only started to rebuild her kingdom and not wanting to be involved in trouble as a result. She does, though, return the gold from the Stratos-sphere to Joel to avoid having an eleven-foot god seek revenge on her, even if she's not directly involved in the conflict.

-->'''Lizzie:''' Sh- ''([[SoundEffectBleep error screen; cut to next scene]])'' A terrible fate has befallen my beautiful Goblin baby.

* AsianAndNerdy: Possibly alluded to; the panda Villagers are librarians by trade and populate the Magic District.[[note]]For further context, Giant Pandas are native to and strongly associated with China.[[/note]]
* BeastMan: The Villagers of Animalia take the form of anthropomorphic animals--the Butchers are FoxFolk, the Fishers are FrogMen, and the Librarians are Pandafolk. When Impulse first lands there via Rift-induced teleportation, he is ''extremely'' confused by this.

* PunnyName: ''Animalia'' is the name of the ''biological'' kingdom of animal-kind.

** Among the frog Villagers, three of them are named [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog Tiana, Naveen]], and [[Series/TheMuppetShow Kermit]].

'''Species:''' Human (presumed)

* CharacterOverlap: Oli's ALSMP finale segues into his first episode of ''Empires'' Season 2, confirming the two are the same character.
* FakingTheDead: In his finale, after being involved in a series of controversies, having his lute stolen by a certain colourful collector, and having to deal with teen angst from his hatched dragon Gregg, Oli escapes from Empires in what's apparently the only way he knows how: by finding a zombie, luring it up to a great height on his tower, disguising it as himself, performing some dramatic stunts, and shoving the disguised zombie onto the ground far below as he flies off and attempts to go through the Rift to Hermitcraft... only to find himself back in Crazy Craft.

* SignificantWardrobeShift: In his second episode, he gets a new outfit from Princess Katherine, swapping out the torn remains of his normal outfit for a fancy [[TheBard bard]] outfit, with a bright red and blue color scheme along with gold accessories, which he's not a fan of at first (as he insists he's not a bard), but quickly grows to like. With this new outfit that matches the fanciful skins of the other emperors, he returns to the Olipelago to create an impressive and inspiring empire of his own, rather than the standard base he originally built in his regular skin.

A pirate blown off his ship with a cannon, who aims to restart and rebuild while seeking revenge on his enemies, the Skeleton army. He's also a self-claimed [[LordOfTheOcean god of the sea]].

-->'''Pirate Joe:''' I'm so sorry that you left your amethyst out here in the open- ''(Katherine smacks him)'' for someone to steal.

* MagiTek: Pix's use of Litematica to detect the presence of Sculk catalysts leftover from Cubfan's possessed rampage has been variously explained to the other rulers as magic and technology. The closest of the approximate explanations would likely be [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands "lore"]] (to Joel), but in actuality, it's Pix's ability to tap into the meta plug-ins of the server as the GameMaster, which arguably makes both explanations valid.

* TheOmniscient: In a non-traditional sense. While Pix is fairly knowledgeable about the history of the ''Empires'' world as a GameMaster and the resident "Lore Man", he's this trope for Hermitcraft, a completely different universe to his own, by virtue of narrating for the Hermitcraft Recap. Naturally, this causes complications once the Hermits actually show up in the ''Empires'' world...

'''Pix:''' ''(laughing)'' Yeah, you and me both, right? Like, the first- the first thing they've said to me is like, "Oh, Hermitcraft Recap?" and I'm like, "Well, my cover's blown."
* OnlySaneByComparison: Pixl is one of the ''more'' level-headed server-members; Sausage explicitly cites this when recruiting him to investigate the Rift, saying that Pixl is TheSmartGuy who can ensure the team doesn't do something stupid during the investigation. However, one can just as easily argue that Pixl is eccentric enough in his own right, from making a storage system out of an ancient tomb, to straight-up yoinking some guy's house ''à la'' the British Museum, to getting so attached to a rare ore block[[note]]to be fair, his signature favourite block, IRL and in-universe, since 1.17[[/note]] that he assumed literally getting stabbed to death was just the mental anguish of losing it.

->'''Biome:''' Savannah

%%* BigFancyCastle: One used to stand on a hill within the Ancient Capital's borders. It was built on a mountain spring which serves as a water source for the main city, and was destroyed in a siege about five centuries prior to the beginning of Empires Season 2. It has multiple towers, courtyards, and army barracks and training areas.
* CityWithNoName: The empire which the main city is based around has no given name, and is temporarily referred to as "the Ancient Capital".
* FlintstoneTheming: The catalogue on the lectern in the Catacombs indicates that the occupants of the tombs and coffins have ''very'' punny names.[[note]]For example, the woods section has "Mr Oaksworth", "The Birches", "G. Sprucington", "John Glee" (jungle), "D. Oaksworth", "Ms Acacia Bentley", "Mr. B. Warply", "Ms. Crimson", "Unnamed Man" (mangrove), and "Miscellany".[[/note]] {{Enforced|Trope}} as the Catacombs double as Pix's storage room out-of-universe and he needs ''some'' way of showing the contents of each chest (coffin) without making the place look like a storage room.

* DimensionalTraveler: Sausage's PastLifeMemories flashbacks often involve him being transported through space-time to the sites of his various past lives. He gains control over this ability once his memories are fully restored, mainly using the Staff of Sanctuary.

* NobleMaleRoguishMale: [[https://www.tumblr.com/wassup-its-e/724738715121057792/greetings-el-capitan-or-mythical-j-sausage?source=share A cross-series example]], where Empires Season 2!Sausage's AllLovingHero Noble Male as a blacksmithing apprentice turned woodcutter and protector, in contrast to WebVideo/{{Pirates|SMP}}!Sausage, who plays the flirtatious and at-times murderous Roguish Male who robs others on the high seas.

** Sausage's relationship with Pearl during the Hermitcraft crossover is a more standard case, though it's only implied on Pearl's end. The two's ''Empires'' Season 1 counterparts were close friends; while Pearl's Season 1 status is venerated as a saint by the time Season 2 rolls around, creating some awkwardness during their initial encounters, Sausage from Sanctuary and Pearl from Hermitcraft quickly become friends and fall back into their Season 1 counterparts' dynamic, and even manage to stay in contact after the closure of the Rift.

-->'''Sausage:''' Would you like to go in a beautiful location with me called 'Sanctuary'? It's a brand new empire, everyone can do what they want, free rent, free room and board, and you can just live your life free! Peaceful! Happy! Supply me with books, though, but everything else, free, happy, and peace. Totally peaceful! [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Nobody bad is after me at all!]] Yeah?

* ThisIsMyNameOnForeign: Most of the residents of Sanctuary have Spanish names, and Sausage sometimes switches between their names in Spanish and English.[[note]]Sausage himself does so indirectly by naming his Elytra "''El Chorizo Volador''", i.e. "The Flying Chorizo"; the Spanish word for 'sausage' has feminine grammatical gender, in case anyone's wondering the choice of wording.[[/note]]

--->'''Scott:''' [[AtomicFBomb WHAT THE FU-]] ''(outro starts playing)''

* CopHater: She's noticeably reticent to have anything to do with Sheriff Jimmy, as her DarkSecret (see below) being discovered by him would probably land her either in the Tumble Town jail or reported to the Witches' Council to be sent to witch prison. When Jimmy sets up his "compliment the sheriff" booth at the Festival, her message towards him is threatening him not to go near the Evermoore.

-->'''Shelby:''' If I hear from you [[TemptingFate one more time]], I'm gonna curse you, and your sons, and your sons' sons... yeah. And your daughters. [[AndYourLittleDogToo And your- and your dog.]] No, not the dog, I'm sorry, that was too far.

** In spite of this, considering her ability to shift between parallel worlds from the broken chunk incident, it is implied that Shelby might just be UnskilledButStrong and lacking training and guidance from a decent teacher, [[DeconstructedTrope hence resulting in this trope being in effect]].

* SheIsTheKing: After being corrupted by the Sculk, her 22nd episode has her declare herself King of the Evermoore and Master of the Fog.

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: While it doesn't actually ''happen'' and he asks for it "politely" afterward, Dark Sausage threatens to ''beat'' Pepe the parrot to hand over some building materials.

* EvilFeelsGood: He certainly ''believes'' so; he meditates in a summoning circle of Sculk to help him "forget" about his dark exploits and prepare to commit evil acts afterward. However, since Sausage after the SplitPersonalityMerge describes Dark Sausage's psyche as "just lost and in pain most of the time", it's suggested that [[SubvertedTrope it's not actually the case]].

* ShockAndAwe: Being the child of a storm deity, Hermes has the ability to strike others with lightning and electricity. They wind up incapitating Dark Sausage with this ability, and even then, his powers are set to ''stun'' rather than disintegrate.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: Exactly what Grian actually ''is'' is a questionable statement. While he's certainly a Hermit, it is entirely possible for Grian to be non-human despite his appearance, from being labelled a "Pesky Bird" by Sausage (through external sources), to [[spoiler:being a Watcher, courtesy of the semi-canonicity of the ''Life SMP'' to both seasons of ''Empires''.]]

-->'''Grian:''' ''(while building a minecart track to transport a frog villager into the Void-hole)'' This plan has turned into something... just insane now. I don't even know what I'm doing anymore. [[LampshadeHanging This is a game of tag! Why am I... committing to the flair of a tea party?]]
* CultureClash: Some of the visiting Hermits make intention to trade with diamonds as currency, but on Empires, this system is mostly left by the wayside in favour of an extensive barter system using the main export of one's own empire, which said empire has a trading monopoly over. Gem, being a member of both servers (in the CharacterOverlap sense, unlike False), and Pixl, who is familiar enough with Hermitcraft affairs, are well-reheased enough in both trading systems to explain this to the Hermits they come across.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: As a llama who was ''transformed'' into a quasi-human, Owen's thought processes often align more with that of a llama than a human. This includes being lured by {{Delicious Distraction}}s, not understanding the concepts of opening doors, reflections, replanting seeds after harvest, and crafting items, and spitting at others (which is apparently a cultural thing).

-->"I've told some of my friends to meet me on the Bridge, I'm gonna tell them all about this... experience that I've just had [meeting the Old Sheriff]. Hopefully, they show me that they respect me, you know? 'Cause that's- that's all I'm craving. Just need a little bit of respect around here.

* TextbookHumor: Pix's reconstruction Oli's original "megabase" in the Museum features scathing commentary on Oli's chest organization skills, or rather, [[TrashOfTheTitans lack thereof]].
-->'''Pix:''' And so it is with pinpoint accuracy that we're able to recreate Oli's entire inventory of- ''(stumbles)'' weird stuff like kelp and orange beds, and it is my belief that through recreating these in their exact formations, we can maybe get an insight into the mind of why somebody would put four ink sacs there in this chest otherwise full of wool and one pink dye. [...] Having recreated them in all their glory, can we ever truly understand why he chose to put these two blocks of wool here [in a chest mainly filled with plants and plant products] and not over here on the opposite side of the room with the other wool?

* ShoutOutThemeNaming: The axolotls of Sanctuary are all named after [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Spider-Mans]] and/or their actors, including [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogySpiderMan Tobey Maguire]], [[Characters/UltimateSpiderManMilesMorales Miles Morales]], [[Characters/MCUSpiderMan Tom Holland]], and [[Characters/TheAmazingSpiderManSeriesSpiderMan Andrew Garfield]].

'''Species:''' Toy

'''Species:''' Human/Toy (questionably)

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The Castle of Memories in Sanctuary spells the empire's name as 'Cogsmead' instead.

* PointyEars: Goblins have these; according to Pix in his finale, they are in actuality vestigial EarFins from their ancestors from the maritime empires of Season 1.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Sources on the name of the empire are divided between Gobland, ''The'' Gobland''s'', and the Goblin Empire.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is it '[=GlimmerGrove=]', 'Glimmergrove', or 'Glimmer Grove'?

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The Olipelago has no consistent spelling, being referred to as the Olipelago, Olipeligo, or Olipoligo.

* ADogNamedCat: Shelby named her toad 'Tortoise', [[SpellMyNameWithAnS or as her subtitles once spelt it, 'Tortious']].

* ThisIsMyNameOnForeign: The previously-unnamed sunflower deity venerated in Sausage's old kingdom is honoured as "Santa Perla" in Sanctuary (or [[SpellMyNameWithAnS "Santa Pearla"]], according to the Castle of Memories). However, that in itself is a Spanish translation as both regions are explicitly based on Latin America, and the original historical figure [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence who became Santa Perla]] was the Farmer Queen [=PearlescentMoon=] of Gilded Helianthia (from Season 1 of the series), who spoke English/Common and not Spanish. Sausage uses both the original English and translated Spanish names interchangably for the most part.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The former Headmaster of the Great Witches Academy has a name which is spelt both 'Nowls' and 'Knowls' in canon. From supplementary material and [=Q&As=], the former spelling is likely the correct one.

* TheMedic: Her Magical ability was to heal people (possibly by food), according to [[invoked]]WordOfGod. This was [[ShoutOut inspired by]] Julieta from ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}''.

* CharacterOverlap: With [=GeminiTay=] of ''Hermitcraft'', due to her being a DimensionalTraveler. For tropes she exhibits in the Hermits' world, [[Characters/Hermitcraft see here]].

For more information about the Hermits in their home world, please refer to [[Characters/Hermitcraft this page]]. Since Grian has previously visited the Empires SMP in Season 1, tropes related to that visit belong in his personal folder [[Characters/EmpiresSMP here]].