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* DieLaughing: One of Systlin's captured agents in Gor goes out this way, both because she knows that her killer has no hope of winning against Systlin's incoming forces and so she can [[DefiantToTheEnd deny him the satisfaction of seeing her beg for her life]].


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* GodWasMyCoPilot: [[spoiler: Lady Vanadis]], who brought her warriors to ally with Systlin's army in the battle for Port Kar, turns out to be [[spoiler: Freyja, who wanted to personally remind the men of Gor that she's a ''war'' goddess.]] Systlin is dumbfounded when she finally learns the truth, but eventually admits that unlike the other gods she had dealt with up to this point, at least this one actually pitched in to help.

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* BodyGuardCrush: Notably a common thing for the women of the Stellas line. Systlin may have been the first to marry one of her Bloodguard, but there are plenty of Queens throughout history who never married but gave birth to heirs that everyone pretends were fathered by a secret noble lover instead of the very attentive bodyguard at her side.

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* ModestRoyalty: While Systlin is a Queen, spending much of her life on the battlefield has given her practical tastes. Mirrored by the crown her family wears, made not of gold but of iron with a single star ruby in the center.

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While Systlin is a Queen, spending much of her life on the battlefield has given her practical tastes. Mirrored by the crown her family wears, made not of gold but of iron with a single star ruby in the center.
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Systlin is a character from the author's as of yet unreleased series Lady of Ice and Iron. The series takes place after the main story, and started largely as an exercise in catharsis after a friend paid the author twenty dollars to read the Gor series.

The Mitraka series contains the following works:

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/34575955/chapters/86067589 Lightning From A Clear Sky]]: The first story sees Systlin transported to Gor. Very unimpressed by the behavior of the locals, she and her husband Foicatch campaign across the planet to break the chains of the enslaved and free the planet once and for all.

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/35186731/chapters/87673963 A Crossing of Fires]]: After being transported to Gor, Systlin and Foicatch wake up in Westeros, alongside Sura, Queen of the Sands and Systlin's wife. They know very well how to play the game of thrones, but none will like the way that they play it.

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/35562046/chapters/88654561 Smoke and Summer Ice]]: Some years after their misadventures in Gor and Westeros, Systlin and her spouses awake in a blizzard in The Blue Mountains, near Kaer Morhen. Joining them is Stellead, the queen's Master of Arms and Aunt.

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/37942981/chapters/94759789 Hand Upon The Strands of Fate]]: In the middle of a meeting of the Jedi Council, four figures spontaneously appear. No new characters are introduced upon the opening of this story, however it is clear that this is a temporary departure, as Systlin is quickly revealed to be pregnant.

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/44990527/chapters/113205244 Confession's End]]: Three years after their latest adventure, Systlin, her spouses, aunt, and now High Commander Elias of the Bloodguard find themselves dropped into a portion of the underworld being used to wall off part of the living world.

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48579724/chapters/122538625 The Dragon Age Ends]]: A reluctant elven Inquisitor suddenly finds several new allies on her hands. This includes Versina, Systlin's younger sister, and the Lady herself, who Sys decided didn't get to just dump them somewhere unknown without pitching in to help this time.

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Systlin is a character from the author's as of yet unreleased series Lady ''Lady of Ice and Iron. Iron''. The series takes place after the main story, and started largely as an exercise in catharsis after a friend paid the author twenty dollars to read the Gor ''Literature/{{Gor}}'' series.

The Mitraka ''Mitraka'' series contains the following works:

[[https://archiveofourown.''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/34575955/chapters/86067589 Lightning From A Clear Sky]]: Sky]]'': The first story sees Systlin transported to Gor. Very unimpressed by the behavior of the locals, she and her husband Foicatch campaign across the planet to break the chains of the enslaved and free the planet once and for all.

[[https://archiveofourown.''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/35186731/chapters/87673963 A Crossing of Fires]]: Fires]]'': After being transported to Gor, Systlin and Foicatch wake up in Westeros, alongside Sura, Queen of the Sands and Systlin's wife. They know very well how to play the game of thrones, but none will like the way that they play it.

[[https://archiveofourown.''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/35562046/chapters/88654561 Smoke and Summer Ice]]: Ice]]'': Some years after their misadventures in Gor and Westeros, Systlin and her spouses awake in a blizzard in The Blue Mountains, near Kaer Morhen. Joining them is Stellead, the queen's Master of Arms and Aunt.

[[https://archiveofourown.''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/37942981/chapters/94759789 Hand Upon The Strands of Fate]]: Fate]]'': In the middle of a meeting of the Jedi Council, four figures spontaneously appear. No new characters are introduced upon the opening of this story, however it is clear that this is a temporary departure, as Systlin is quickly revealed to be pregnant.

[[https://archiveofourown.''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/44990527/chapters/113205244 Confession's End]]: End]]'': Three years after their latest adventure, Systlin, her spouses, aunt, and now High Commander Elias of the Bloodguard find themselves dropped into a portion of the underworld being used to wall off part of the living world.

[[https://archiveofourown.''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48579724/chapters/122538625 The Dragon Age Ends]]: Ends]]'': A reluctant elven Inquisitor suddenly finds several new allies on her hands. This includes Versina, Systlin's younger sister, and the Lady herself, who Sys decided didn't get to just dump them somewhere unknown without pitching in to help this time.



---->'''Systlin''': For all you seem to think you are better than people, you are incredible fucking fools. How long has this egg been out in the world? I don’t lay eggs. But even I know that eggs must be treated properly, or [[spoiler: they will die.]] This thing has been being used as a chair for the gods only know how long, and knocking about in a Tuchuk wagon. Fuck only knows what happened to it before then. But you’re not so different. You are petty and crave power and fight amongst yourselves. Some of you killed your own eggs, to try and keep power for longer. I am a lot of things. I’ve been called cruel and vicious, and both of those things are true. But I’ve never killed a child, and I’m not going to start now.\\

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---->'''Systlin''': -->'''Systlin''': For all you seem to think you are better than people, you are incredible fucking fools. How long has this egg been out in the world? I don’t lay eggs. But even I know that eggs must be treated properly, or [[spoiler: they will die.]] This thing has been being used as a chair for the gods only know how long, and knocking about in a Tuchuk wagon. Fuck only knows what happened to it before then. But you’re not so different. You are petty and crave power and fight amongst yourselves. Some of you killed your own eggs, to try and keep power for longer. I am a lot of things. I’ve been called cruel and vicious, and both of those things are true. But I’ve never killed a child, and I’m not going to start now.\\



[[spoiler: This egg has been dead for a long time. If it had been alive, I’d spare it, and perhaps there would be hope that some of you could be raised with some form of empathy. But it isn’t, and I did not kill it.]] You did that. You were doomed before I ever set foot on this world, mighty Priest Kings, and by your own doing. Clearly, you are the superior and far more intelligent beings.\\

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[[spoiler: This egg has been dead for a long time. If it had been alive, I’d spare it, and perhaps there would be hope that some of you could be raised with some form of empathy. But it isn’t, and I did not kill it.]] You did that. You were doomed before I ever set foot on this world, mighty Priest Kings, and by your own doing. Clearly, you are the superior and far more intelligent beings.\\
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* AssassinOutclassin: Not that it's particularly difficult, given that the Gorean idea of an assassin is someone who [[HighlyVisibleNinja dresses all in black, paints a dagger on his face]], walks right up to his target's front door, and demands to be allowed in so he can kill his target in a DuelToTheDeath. After Systlin takes out the first one (who was initially stymied by her guards ''refusing to open the gate''), she pays the local guild hall a visit later that evening to show them how a ''proper'' assassin operates.
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* WarGod: As The Lady often reminds Systlin, she became the Goddess of War and Justice after [[YouKillItYouBoughtIt killing the previous god to hold that title]].

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* WarGod: As The Lady often reminds Systlin, she became the Goddess of War and Justice after [[YouKillItYouBoughtIt killing the previous god to hold that title]].title]].
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: "To look upon a Breaker is to look upon madness and death." Only two Breakers in Ellinon's history have managed to maintain their sanity: Systlin's many times great-grandfather, who made a HeroicSacrifice fighting the Fallen One back, and Systlin herself. All the others went mad and had to be put down, at the cost of many lives.
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* HiddenSupplies: After the first two times Systlin and those close to her got pulled into another world without warning, Foicatch decided to ensure that the next time it happened, they would have more resources than just their pocket change to start out with. To that end, he helped himself to a few boxes of small, loose gems from the treasury and sewed them into the hems of all of his and Systlin's cloaks and tunics.
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[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/44990527/chapters/113205244 Confession's End]]: Three years after their latest adventure, Systlin, her spouses, aunt, and now High Commander Elias of the Bloodguard find themselves dropped into a portion of the underworld being used to wall off part of the living world.

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48579724/chapters/122538625 The Dragon Age Ends]]: A reluctant elven Inquisitor suddenly finds several new allies on her hands. This includes Versina, Systlin's younger sister, and the Lady herself, who Sys decided didn't get to just dump them somewhere unknown without pitching in to help this time.

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** Later, Dina falls for Sys as well. [[{{Polyamory}} Foicatch doesn't mind.]]



** Later, Dina falls for Sys as well. [[Polyamory Foicatch doesn't mind.]]
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: An epic one towards the Priest Kings, the so-called gods of Gor.
---->'''Systlin''': For all you seem to think you are better than people, you are incredible fucking fools. How long has this egg been out in the world? I don’t lay eggs. But even I know that eggs must be treated properly, or [[spoiler: they will die.]] This thing has been being used as a chair for the gods only know how long, and knocking about in a Tuchuk wagon. Fuck only knows what happened to it before then. But you’re not so different. You are petty and crave power and fight amongst yourselves. Some of you killed your own eggs, to try and keep power for longer. I am a lot of things. I’ve been called cruel and vicious, and both of those things are true. But I’ve never killed a child, and I’m not going to start now.\\
'''Systlin [[spoiler: slices open the egg, revealing the withered husk within.]]'''\\
[[spoiler: This egg has been dead for a long time. If it had been alive, I’d spare it, and perhaps there would be hope that some of you could be raised with some form of empathy. But it isn’t, and I did not kill it.]] You did that. You were doomed before I ever set foot on this world, mighty Priest Kings, and by your own doing. Clearly, you are the superior and far more intelligent beings.\\
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* CrossoverCosmology: As the conquest of Gor develops, [[spoiler:the Norse Pantheon, Odin particularly]] start to take an interest in events. Additionally, The Force and Chaos exist even if no one outside their respective home settings.

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* CrossoverCosmology: As the conquest of Gor develops, [[spoiler:the Norse Pantheon, Odin particularly]] start to take an interest in events. Additionally, The Force and Chaos exist even if no one outside their respective home settings.settings seems able to use them.
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/2664565 The Mitraka Series]]'' is a series of fix-it fanfics written by Systlin.

A goddess of mercy hears a plea for justice, and sends her champion to a world with neither mercy or justice. The stories follow a warrior Queen by the name of Systlin (Note: the author named herself after the character) as she is thrown into various stories by the goddess of life and mercy known only as The Lady, allowed to leave only once all the hurt has been undone, or until she embraces her powers and makes her own way home.

Systlin is a character from the author's as of yet unreleased series Lady of Ice and Iron. The series takes place after the main story, and started largely as an exercise in catharsis after a friend paid the author twenty dollars to read the Gor series.

The Mitraka series contains the following works:

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/34575955/chapters/86067589 Lightning From A Clear Sky]]: The first story sees Systlin transported to Gor. Very unimpressed by the behavior of the locals, she and her husband Foicatch campaign across the planet to break the chains of the enslaved and free the planet once and for all.

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/35186731/chapters/87673963 A Crossing of Fires]]: After being transported to Gor, Systlin and Foicatch wake up in Westeros, alongside Sura, Queen of the Sands and Systlin's wife. They know very well how to play the game of thrones, but none will like the way that they play it.

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/35562046/chapters/88654561 Smoke and Summer Ice]]: Some years after their misadventures in Gor and Westeros, Systlin and her spouses awake in a blizzard in The Blue Mountains, near Kaer Morhen. Joining them is Stellead, the queen's Master of Arms and Aunt.

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/37942981/chapters/94759789 Hand Upon The Strands of Fate]]: In the middle of a meeting of the Jedi Council, four figures spontaneously appear. No new characters are introduced upon the opening of this story, however it is clear that this is a temporary departure, as Systlin is quickly revealed to be pregnant.

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!!''The Mitraka Series'' provides examples of:

* TheAce:
** Systlin and her companions are all warriors that far outclass those that they encounter on their involuntary travels, thanks to their longer lifespans keeping them in prime fighting shape and access to "the best true-healer north of Sielauk" to ensure that their vigorous training does not damage their bodies.
** Systlin herself. Long years of training have left her the finest warrior in her homeland of Ellinon, of which she is ruler of the Northern Realms. By all accounts, she began to learn to rule around the same time she learned to walk and talk, and became not only a sharp Queen, but a charismatic leader and shrewd tactician. Not only that, but she is the only known Breaker to have mastered their powers, avoiding going on a deadly rampage through willpower alone.
** Foicatch is no slouch either. Son of a carpenter who left the smithy he was apprenticed to for the town guard, working his way up until he was accepted into the Bloodguard, guards of the royal family and widely known to be the finest warriors in the land. Even before [[spoiler:The Lady elevates him to the role of a minor god]] he is one of the most powerful water witches alive. A talent he can use for both practical purposes such as sailing, or more deadly, such as pulling the blood out of an opponent's body. He is also noted to be a remarkably good blacksmith, though he never cared to progress beyond journeyman status.
** Strange though it may seem upon first glance, [[FriendToAllLivingThings Sura]] is often called the most dangerous one of the group. Her ability to speak with and understand animals gives her a massive advantage in any situation that requires a spy, and it is noted several times that humans are animals too. Though she cannot charm people directly, she has an uncanny insight into their thoughts and motivations that can put her in control of any situation she cares to be. She is also an expert horsewoman, having grown up in a nomadic tribe that put great value on such things. Her skill with a spear outclasses The Red Viper of Dorne.
* AdoptedIntoRoyalty: Arden joins the royal family of the Northern Lands when Foicatch and Systlin adopt him. Though we are yet to see any formal process or agreement between the characters, they refer to him as their son.
* AngelUnaware: Used as a test of character by [[spoiler:Odin.]] The protagonists pass, but we meet someone that didn't.
* BodyGuardCrush: Notably a common thing for the women of the Stellas line. Systlin may have been the first to marry one of her Bloodguard, but there are plenty of Queens throughout history who never married but gave birth to heirs that everyone pretends were fathered by a secret noble lover instead of the very attentive bodyguard at her side.
* BodyguardingABadass: Systlin doesn't really need Foicatch to protect her. But oaths are oaths, and he'd be bored otherwise.
** Later, Dina falls for Sys as well. [[Polyamory Foicatch doesn't mind.]]
* CrossoverCosmology: As the conquest of Gor develops, [[spoiler:the Norse Pantheon, Odin particularly]] start to take an interest in events. Additionally, The Force and Chaos exist even if no one outside their respective home settings.
* FriendToAllChildren: Foicatch has a habit of going mushy over children. According to his wife, they'd have a dozen if he had his way, but she never got that glow her mother promised.
** He brings home Arden during the campaign on Gor, just about adopting him on sight.
** Foicatch can't hide his happiness when introduced to The Sand Snakes, and is noted to be friendly towards the youngest of their number. The news that Tywin Lannister didn't even spare the children and babies at Castamere just about drives him over the edge into pure rage.
** When Systlin is revealed to be pregnant with twins in Hand Upon The Strings of Fate, he can't keep himself from cooing over the scans.
* GodsHandsAreTied: The Lady would fix the problems of these worlds herself, but as a Goddess of Life she cannot kill. Her [[StopWorshippingMe reluctant sister]] on the other hand...
* GoodTamingEvilTaming: The Panther Warriors are very dismissive of the way the men of Gor treat their tarns (Giant rideable hawks), and use treats to train them instead of trying to beat them into submission. Notably, their birds try to eat their riders far less frequently because of it.
* HappilyAdopted: Arden, a teenager rescued from slavery in a salt mine on Gor, is adopted near instantly by Foicatch and Systlin.
* HeirClubForMen: Causes much confusion when the trio arrives on Westeros, as Ellinon's system is much more egalitarian.
* HotConsort: Foicatch plays this role, reminding anyone that believes that being the King means that he's the one in charge that as King Consort his job is to "look pretty, keep her bed warm, chuck anyone who tries to kill her headfirst out a window, and father heirs as required."
* IncrediblyInconvenientDeity: The Lady seems to take pleasure in causing trouble for Systlin, dropping her on worlds filled with slavers, in the middle of a blizzard, or while she is pregnant without so much as a warning.
* ModestRoyalty: While Systlin is a Queen, spending much of her life on the battlefield has given her practical tastes. Mirrored by the crown her family wears, made not of gold but of iron with a single star ruby in the center.
** Sura, being of a nomadic people, also favours practical clothes that she can ride a horse in.
* OhMyGods: The most common curses on Ellinon seem to be "Fucking Pits" and "Lady's Tits".
* OutsideContextProblem: The premise of the whole series. No one was expecting a woman that can break things with her mind to show up.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Every story opens with this. Systlin doesn't appreciate being torn from her life to do the grueling work of fixing yet another planet. The Lady is more amused than anything.
* RoyalInbreeding: Averted. The Stellas family finds that having a child with a commoner every few generations increases the genetic diversity of the whole noble class. Systlin spends time dry heaving after reading about the Targaryens.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Systlin is first dropped into another world when going out to hunt wraithen. Dangerous pests in her homeland. She also balances tax rolls for fun, much to Petyr Baelish's horror.
* RulerProtagonist
* SlaveLiberation: The premise of the first story is a Type 3 example of this. It is noted that while Systlin could easily conquer the planet on her own, her victory will be easily overturned in the long run if those enslaved don't take their freedom for themselves.
* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: There are three Great Laws once Systlin has passed through a land, all of which carry the death penalty if broken. Slavery is one of them.
* StopWorshippingMe: Systlin takes a skeptical view of her divinity at the best of times. Thoros The Red Priest's reaction to her powers over flame are particularly unnerving to her.
* VillainousBreakdown: Matthew Cabot doesn't take the news of the force of destruction rolling over Gor like a thunderstorm well. [[spoiler:Not surprising, given that he knows exactly what a Stellas Queen and Breaker is capable of, having originally been from Ellinon himself.]]
* WarGod: As The Lady often reminds Systlin, she became the Goddess of War and Justice after [[YouKillItYouBoughtIt killing the previous god to hold that title]].

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