History Literature / Dream

No relation to the popular Minecraft [=YouTuber=] and speedrunner LetsPlay/{{Dream}}.

%%* WhipItGood: [=LumosUmbra=].

* MondegreenGag: The Bumpalope got its name from one. [[note]]Specifically, in the chorus of Nelly Furtado's "Maneater".[[/note]]

** And now Sekiya seems to be picking up this mantle. It appears that initially, Sekiya and Alania were very similar in personality, with Alania seemingly leaning towards being the {{Tsundere}} ActionGirl and Sekiya the [[ProperLady proper]] [[TheChick Chick]], and they actually ended up going in the opposite directions.

%%* TheChick: Sekiya. However, Alania seems to have undergone {{Chickification}} over time, while Sekiya has slowly [[TookALevelInBadass Taken A Level In Badass.]]

* GagBoobs: Misra was highly insecure about her flat chest when she first arrived. She stopped stuffing when she started growing--which means [[WordOfGod she'll never again reach the size she appeared to be at when she arrived.]]

* FilleFatale: [[spoiler:Rrorry. Not only has a man nearly twice her age absolutely whipped, but also at one point starts trying to [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow "loosen up"]] ''[[LesYay her]] [[ShipTease older]] [[BrotherSisterIncest sister]]'' [[ForYourOwnGood "for her own good"]].]] This is, of course, ''blatant'' {{Fanservice}}, something that she [[LampshadeHanging points out]] before she does it.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Used most frequently with the opponents during the Polaria Tower arc, such as Amaz Baltech Yehuda III½ and Parissa Gembolt Kukumunga.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The cast list is kept in a separate document, with every named character listed. The list is eight pages long.

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: The NoFourthWall Episode; Game 1 of the CLDS...yeah, occasionally, things get a bit different.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: In her villainous form, Rose's hair was somehow simultaneously black and pale pink. Her true form has bright pink hair.

* {{Mondegreen}}: The Bumpalope got its name from one. [[note]]Specifically, in the chorus of Nelly Furtado's "Maneater".[[/note]]

* ShoutOut:
** The slurring of S'sessek's name in one of the drunken scenes in the prequel was specifically constructed to evoke a certain FanNickname, although that's not the lone justification for its [[Manga/InuYasha presence]] on the above list of inspirations.
** One of the legendary magical weapons is called "[[Literature/{{Discworld}} Octaris]]".

** SupernaturalGoldEyes: Spirit, though as an avatar of pure chaos, this is somewhat understandable. Remember though, he's [[ChaoticNeutral Chaotic]] ''[[ChaoticNeutral Neutral]]'', not ChaoticEvil.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: As the names get more and more bizarre, dictionary-style pronunciation guides begin to appear where the author deems necessary. One notable enough to be mentioned right here, though, is Tillli. As stated above, the "ll" and "rr" sounds ''do'' appear in this story, and that name was constructed to play with that. The first l is an normal l, the second and third are a "ll". Til-yee. (Yes, that's correct; it uses a Spanish "ll", but the first i is pronounced like an English short i. [[BellisariosMaxim Just go with it.]])

* AllThereInTheManual: You'll have to read the Chaos Chronicles yourself.

* AuthorAvatar: CC and CCX. [[spoiler:Starts to get really confusing when characters from the Chaos Chronicles start arriving, since CC existed in that continuity and is, well, kind of ''related'' to some of those characters.]]

* BagOfHolding: See the entry below on "UnlimitedWardrobe".

* BlackComedyRape: [[spoiler:Rrorry's Crowning Moment of Fanservice.]]

* ButtMonkey: Usually Rin'ku.

* CelibateHero: Of the "powers depend on it" variant, still one of the ''most'' hated parts of the writing in the Book of Kurolanime.

* TheChick: Sekiya. However, Alania seems to have undergone {{Chickification}} over time, while Sekiya has slowly [[TookALevelInBadass Taken A Level In Badass.]]
* ChivalrousPervert: Arden seems to be the main offender.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Armi, despite the fact that Spirit quite clearly is ''not'' interested.

* DumbIsGood: Dehar.

* EnfanteTerrible: Korrig.

* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Alania and Rin'ku.

* ForgottenPhlebotinum

* FunWithAcronyms: [[spoiler:Also a StevenUlyssesPerhero.]]

* GameOfNerds: The Hakar Pro Baseball League. 'Nuf sed.

* GratuitousEnglish: Parodied.

* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Alania, obviously.

* HurricaneOfPuns: The Kingdom of [[Music/TheBeatles Beatlemania]]. Also, to a lesser extent, Polaria Tower.

* ItWasWithYouAllAlong
* KillerRabbit: [[spoiler:Piru.]]
* KleptomaniacHero: Izumo
* TheLadette: Misra

* LoveableRogue: Doorknob. That is all.

* LoveMartyr: Done [[FauxDeath without death]] with [[spoiler:Richu]].

* MassiveNumberedSiblings: The Urokais.

* {{Meta Guy}}s: The {{Author Avatar}}s.

* OneeSama: [[spoiler:Rin'ku's sister Lexi sees Alania in this light.]]

* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Yes, they really are...

* PokemonSpeak: [[spoiler:Piru]]

* PowerTrio: Any of a number of groups of characters can be put into this mold. Ironically, Collerius serves as both a superego (to ego Izumo and id Spirit) and as an id (to superego Chisara and ego Zychra.) Other specific groups that fit, listed in id/ego/superego order:

* {{Prequel}}: Up to Chapter 78.
* PsychoExGirlfriend: Eljin in the prequel.

* RandomEncounters: Mandated by the plot.
* RandomEventsPlot: The NoFourthWall chapter is like this, and then there's Chaotica, a Random Events ''World''.
* RebelliousPrincess: Armi
* RedOniBlueOni: Spirit (red) and Collerius (blue).

** {{Sssssnaketalk}}: Rocket speaks entirely in italics and with an ellipsis after every word.

* {{Shorttank}}: Quahar the water dragon acts this way.

* SickeninglySweethearts: Kurolanime and Izumo.

* SkySurfing: Arden

* TechnicolorEyes:
** Another bit of AuthorAppeal (see: [[SpiriTsunami my page]]). To keep the self-insertion burden from being solely on Rin'ku, these eyes belong to Sekiya.

** Pallo and Armi, too. See below.

* ThereWasADoor: RunningGag with Izumo.
* TimeSkip: Right before the Book of Alania begins.

* TokenMinority Continent

* TrouserSpace: Alania in Chapter 140.

* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: The Citadel of Pain.

* WhipItGood: [=LumosUmbra=].
* WholesomeCrossdresser: [[spoiler:Clem]]

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Evidently, Alania during the CanonSue period.

** SmokingHotSex: [[spoiler:The aforementioned "and-a-Half".]]

* OnlyChildSyndrome: Almost always either invoked (Alania falls into the "only child of two only children" sub-category, and Enrique and Lina in the prequel and Julio, Tillli, Misra, Spirit and Collerius in the story proper are also only children) or averted (Sekiya is the eighth of twelve--with her two oldest sisters being major characters in the prequel, around the same age as her traveling companions' ''parents''--and Rin'ku is the oldest of...well, the exact number has never been stated, but it's implied that Lina and S'sessek have been reproducing even more prolifically than Sekiya's parents did, so figure it's at least eight.) Later, some middle ground is reached (three Farestorrs; two Karins.)

* ZettaiRyouiki: The Durbi CLCS game. Just...yeah.

No relation to the popular Minecraft [=YouTuber=] LetsPlay/{{Dream}}.

Inspirations are wide, ranging from ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' to ''Series/{{House}}'' (for an arc) to ''Series/PointPleasant'', also ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', ''Manga/InuYasha'', ''Manga/ShamanKing'' (arguably), and of course, plenty of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' mechanics. Oh, yeah, ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' has a part, too, as one of the towns in the second game directly inspired the name of the main character. And ''Zelda'', for the Citadel of Pain (specifically, ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'').[[http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2593194/1/Dream_Book_of_Izumo The Book of Izumo has begun!]] Now updating on rare occasions.

Inspirations are wide, ranging from ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' to ''Series/{{House}}'' (for an arc) to ''Series/PointPleasant'', also ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', ''Manga/InuYasha'', ''Manga/ShamanKing'' (arguably), and of course, plenty of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' mechanics. Oh, yeah, ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' has a part, too, as one of the towns in the second game directly inspired the name of the main character. And ''Zelda'', for the Citadel of Pain (specifically, ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'').

[[http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2593194/1/Dream_Book_of_Izumo The Book of Izumo has begun!]] Now updating on rare occasions.

No relation to the much more popular Minecraft [=YouTuber=] LetsPlay/{{Dream}}.

* BiTheWay: [[spoiler:Lexi]]

* ModestyTowel: Played straight with Alania, but inevitably gets knocked off whenever Sekiya is wearing one. Which, considering her love of taking long relaxing baths, happens often. (Well, actually, the trope only comes up twice, but the baths come up a lot.)

* IntelligentGerbil: The ursapes are human-like polar bears. Not actually "aliens" like the trope suggests, but definitely far too ursine to be considered PettingZooPeople.

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: Each HPBL team corresponds directly to an MLB team, and the entire Book of Izumo manages to skirt around the fact that the original members of the Crystallius and Phoenicis lines in the Chaos Chronicles were ''[[SonicTheHedgehog Chao]]''. And then there's the Mantle of [[Anime/DigimonTamers Calu]]...

* FilleFatale: [[spoiler:Rrorry. Not only has a man nearly twice her age absolutely whipped, but also at one point starts [[LovingForce trying to]] [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow "loosen up"]] ''[[LesYay her]] [[ShipTease older]] [[BrotherSisterIncest sister]]'' [[ForYourOwnGood "for her own good"]].]] This is, of course, ''blatant'' {{Fanservice}}, something that she [[LampshadeHanging points out]] before she does it.

Inspirations are wide, ranging from ''FireEmblem'' to ''Series/{{House}}'' (for an arc) to ''Series/PointPleasant'', also ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', ''Manga/InuYasha'', ''Manga/ShamanKing'' (arguably), and of course, plenty of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' mechanics. Oh, yeah, ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' has a part, too, as one of the towns in the second game directly inspired the name of the main character. And ''Zelda'', for the Citadel of Pain (specifically, ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'').

* {{Patronymic}}: Dragons don't really have traditional surnames, but they do have patronymics. In a further example of how old-world they are, females change to a spousal name after mating, although Quahar refuses to do this.