History Literature / AdventureHunters

* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: The original war golems stopped following orders and attacked everyone. [[spoiler: What really happened was the humans were afarid of their power and decomissioning them. The golems fought back in self-defense.]]

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* BadassInDistress / DamselInDistress: Regina is a veteran adventurer but, due to the plot, her badass moments are after [[spoiler: she is kidnapped and coerced into aiding the bad guys.]]

* HeelRealization: [[spoiler: When Ryvas discovers this the golems are just as alive and sentient as himself, he surrenders and peacefully goes to jail.]]

* ParentalSubstitute / LikeBrotherAndSister / LoveInterest: Lisa's feelings for Artorius are complicated to say the least. The age difference is great enough for him to be her father but they work more like siblings. Regina thinks she's genuinely in love with him.

-->''“[[BoobyTrap What do you think? Giant boulder or rushing water?]]”''

* MacguffinGirl: [[spoiler: Regina is sought after because her ancestor [[GeneticMemory turned all of his descendents into human-shaped instruction manuals]] for building war golems. She is also the 'ignition key', so to speak, because she needs to step into the Lampda Driver to activate the golems.]]

The debut novel of Cody Martin[[note]](and no, not [[{{Disney}} that Cody Martin]])[[/note]].

* AntiHero: All three adventurers are mild type II.

* [[spoiler: AlwaysLawfulGood: All the war golems were given life by Nicoli and so his personality imprinted on all of them. He was a pacifist which makes every single one of them pacifist. Once they realized they were sentient and didn't have to fight if they didn't want to, they only fought in self-defense. In the end their only request of the humans is to be left alone forever.]]

* ArtifactOfDoom: The war golems found underneath the goddess town's name are so powerful and caused so much damage the last time they were used that they have become the local NuclearWeaponsTaboo and everyone who knows anything about them will insist they are a myth to discourage anyone from using them again.

* BiggerStick: The driving force of the story; Ryvas lacks both the funds and the manpower to defend his territory against Jerrod so he needs a game changer. The war golems are his only hope.
* [[spoiler: BitterSweetEnding: On the sweet side, the war is over, Ryvas' kingdom gets its land back, and the heroes made it out okay. On the sour side, Ryvas is sentenced to life imprisonment, Jerrod is unpunished and still wants the land in question (thus the possibility of more conflict) and Regina still possesses the knowledge of golem crafting (thus the possibility someone else will want to capture her).]]

* CulturedBadass: Lisa knows more about antiques than a guy running an antique shop. Justified as she is a treasure hunter so she has to know what she has in order to make a living.

* ItBelongsInAMuseum: This is how Regina justifies her treasure hunting; 'we can better learn about and appreciate a culture if its relics are in a museum instead of collecting dust in a tomb'. Her teammates are OnlyInItForTheMoney.
* [[spoiler: KarmaHoudini: ]]

* [[spoiler: MacguffinGirl: Regina is sought after because her ancestor [[GeneticMemory turned all of his descendents into human-shaped instruction manuals]] for building war golems. She is also the 'ignition key', so to speak, because she needs to step into the Lampda Driver to activate the golems.]]

''“[[BoobyTrap What do you think? Giant boulder or rushing water?]]”''

Artorius, Regina, and Lisa, three adventurers explore ruins and ancient buildings looking for treasures. When they come across a collection of war machines, they race to find the Lambda Driver, the key to restoring the machines. They must find it before their ruler, King Ryvas, does. If Ryvas finds it first, he will unleash their destructive power on the neighboring kingdom.

''Adventure Hunters'' is the debut novel of Cody Martin ([[{{Disney}} not that one]]).

* PowerTrio: Averted. The three adventures do not fit the ego, superego ID, format.

* [[spoiler: MacguffinGirl: Regina is sought after by Ryvas because she is the key to activating the war golems.]]

** One of the three main religions of Dosshell is 'Realton', i.e. ''Atheism''. It's named after its founder and everything.

* JustAMachine: King Reyvas plans to replace human armies with war golems and thereby forever end death-by-war for living creatures. He feels justified in this because the golems are nothing more than walking weapons. [[spoiler: The golems develop sentience shortly after activation because their creator gave them a spark of life. When he realizes this, he realizes at the same time that his plan will end in failure and gives up.]]
* LogicBomb: One of the three main religions of Dosshell is 'Realton', i.e. ''Atheism''. It's named after its founder and everything.

* [[spoiler: JustAMachine: The golems develop sentience shortly after activation because their creator gave them a spark of life.]]

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Claude by suicide and Marcus by Regina's attack.]]

* EyeScream: Part of the tortue Marcus inflicts on [[spoiler: Golon to force Regina into helping him with the golems.]]

!!Adventure Hunters has these tropes.

* TheAlcatraz: There is a infamous prison reserved for the worst of criminals that is located at the bottom of an ocean. The only way in or out is a ship that leaves once it delivers the newest inmate. [[spoiler: This is the ultmate fate of Ryvas; life imprisonment for breaking the NuclearWeaponsTaboo.]]

** Artorius is marked with the brand of disgrace, the highest punishment a palladin can recieve, yet he is a FriendToAllChildren.

** Regina is the black sheep of Info Mages because she's an AdventurerArchaeologist instead of a historian or book preserver; she is labeled a 'tomb raider' by them.
* ArtifactOfDoom: The war golems found underneath the goddess town's name are so powerful and caused so much damage the last time they were used that they have become the local NuclearWeaponsTaboo and everyone who knows anything about them will insist they are a myth.

* CulturedBadass: Lisa knows more about antiques than a guy running an antique shop. Justified as she is a treasure hunte so she has to know what she has in order to make a living.
* TheDragon: Marcus becomes this for Ryvas; his second in command of the EvilPlan and the enforcer of his well-intentioned plan.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: When Claude discovers his family died in the raid, he falls on his sword.]]
* EvilPlan: In a classic case of turning a trope on its head, so does this book do to this trope. The evil king, Jerrod, is more of a {{Jerkass}} king only interested in holding control of both banks of a river that divides his kingdom from his neighbor Ryvas. It is Ryvas, the good king, who engages in devious scheming to awaken an ArtifactOfDoom but only because Jerrod is infringing on his land.

* TheHerald: Claude arrives at the capital, sleep deprived and panicky, begging for help against a goblin raid. This leads to the trio discovering the golems nearby.
* GeneticMemory: Despite its NuclearWeaponsTaboo, Nicholi didn't want his knowledge of golem crafting to go to waste so he implented it into the genetics of his family line. [[spoiler: Regina is the latest link in this chain.]]
* TheGoodKing: Because he shares the narrative, the reader can see that King truly cares about his people and is simply driven to extreme measures to provide for them, thus making him a Well Intentioned Extremist.

** [[spoiler: Jerrod is not punished for starting the initial conflict. His Captain of the Guard had to twist his arm just to make him give back the lands he took.]]

* LogicBomb: One of the three main religions of DosShell is 'Realton', i.e. ''Atheism''. It's named after its founder and everything.

* MauveShirt: Claude has enough characterization to be the fourth member of the hero team. [[spoiler: This is why his suicide is such a shock.]]

* Naytheist: Regina stops short of declaring she doesn't believe Runa exists but she has definitely lost respect for the goddess.
* ParentalSubstitute / LikeBrotherAndSister / LoveInterest: Lisa's feelings for Artorius are complicated to say the least. The age difference is great enough for her to be her father but they work more like siblings but Regina thinks she's genuinely in love with him.

* ProudScholarRace: The gargoyles in this Verse are all historians and regarded as the greatest in their field.

* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: The original war golems stopped following orders and attacked everyone. [[spoiler: What really ahppened was the humans were decomissioning them for being too powerful and they were fighting back in self-defense.]]
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Lisa is terrified of gargoyles because of a bad encounter with them in her childhood.

* [[BitterSweetEnding: On the sweet side, the war is over, Ryvas' kingdom gets its land back, and the heroes made it out okay. On the sour side, Ryvas is sentenced to life imprisonment, Jerrod is unpunished and still wants the land in question (thus the possibility of more conflict) and Regina still possesses the knowledge of golem crafting (thus the possibility someone else will want to capture her).]]
* TheCallToAdventure: Rushing to a town's aid to fight off a goblin raid leads to the main event.

* BadassInDistress/DamselInDistress: Regina is a veteran adventurer but, due to the plot, her badass moments are after [[spoiler: she is kidnapped and coerced into aiding the bad guys.]]

* AcchilesHeel: No matter how powerful the gargoyle, light will turn him to stone.

* BadassInDistress/DistressedDamsel: Regina is a veteran adventurer but, due to the plot, her badass moments are after [[spoiler: she is kidnapped and coerced into aiding the bad guys.]]

* [[spoiler: AlwaysLawfulGood: All the war golems were given life by Regina's ancestor and so his personality imprinted on all of them.He was a pacifist and so are they, every single one of them. Once they realized they were sentient and didn't have to fight if they didn't want to, they only fought in self-defense. In the end their only request of the humans is to be left alone forever.]]

** Atronius is marked with the brand of disgrace, the highest punishment a palladin can recieve, yet he he is s heroic guy and FriendToAllChildren.
** Lisa is a thief but prefers to be an adventurer
** Regina is the black sheep of Info Mages because she's an AdventurerArchaeologist instead of a historian or book preserver, so she is labeled a 'tomb raider' by them.

* TheBigGuy: Played with; Atronius is a big and broad palladin in armor but he delegates all the heavy lifting to short and slender Lisa because she has SuperStrength.
* BiggerStick: The driving force of the story; the good king lacks both the funds and the manpower to defend his territory against the evil king so he needs a game changer. The war golems are his only hope.
* EvilPlan: In a classic case of turning a trope on its head, so does this book do to this trope. The evil king is more of a {{Jerkass}} king only interested in holding control of both ban ks of a river that divides his king from the good king, while it is the good king who engages in devious scheming to awaken an ArtifactOfDoom but only because the evil king is infringing on his land.
* FighterMageThief: Atronius is a former [[ThePaladin paladin]], Regina is a SquishyWizard and Lisa is a small and quick thief. However, there is one deviation; Lisa is both super strong and nigh invulnerable.
* FriendToAllChildren: When Atronius isn't working, he hangs out at an elementary school and tells the children about his adventures.

** [[spoiler: the evil king is not punished for starting the initial conflict. His Captain of the Guard had to twist his arm just to make him give back the lands he took.]]
** [[spoiler: Leopard mercenary disappears after he is paid.]]

* [[spoiler: MacguffinGirl: Regina is sought after by the good king because she is the key to activating the war golems.]]

* PunchClockVillain: Leopard guy is hired to capture the adventurers. He has no grudge against them nor any stake in the EvilPlan. [[spoiler: once he has been paid for this job he disappears from the narrative.]]

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Lisa is terrified of Gargoyles because of a bad encounter with them in her childhood.

[[spoiler: AlwaysLawfulGood: All the war golems were given life by Regina's ancestor and so his personality imprinted on all of them.He was a pacifist and so are they, every single one of them. Once they realized they were sentient and didn't have to fight if they didn't want to, they only fought in self-defense. In the end their only request of the humans is to be left alone forever.]]

** Regina is the black sheep of InfoMages because she's an AdventureArcheologist instead of a historian or book preserver, so she is labeled a 'tomb raider' by them.

* FighterMageThief: Atronius is a former {{palladin}}, Regina is a SquishyWizard and Lisa is a small and quick thief. However, there is one deviation; Lisa is both super strong and nigh invulnerable.

* ABiggerStick: The driving force of the story; the good king lacks both the funds and the manpower to defend his territory against the evil king so he needs a game changer. The war golems are his only hope.

* AntiHero: All three adventurers are mild type IIs.