History Literature / TheTaleOfTheExile

* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer -- The Belly of Miir.
* ActionSurvivor -- Gaven.
* AristocratsAreEvil -- The nobles of Miir are essentially the mafia in overt control of everything
* BigBad -- The Shadows.
* BishieSparkle -- Jereth seems to have this going on (though it could be a [[MushroomSamba hallucination]]), and this is apparently a stereotype about elves in Miir.
* BlackEyesOfEvil -- Most of The Shadows have these, if they [[EyelessFace have eyes at all]].
* BoxedCrook -- Jereth's plan for Gaven is this.
* BuriedAlive -- During the Third Night.
* ButtMonkey -- Gaven Morren. Oh so much fun to torment.
* [[CharacterBlog Character Twitter]] -- Though it's the actual story, not a supplement.
* CircusOfFear -- Le Cirque d'Abberations.
* CityNoir -- Miir
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve -- [[spoiler: The Shadows exist off a mixture of this and [[EmotionEater Emotion Eating]].]]
* CombatPragmatist -- Gaven tends to use whatever is at hand when he fights. Dragon claws, a horn full of black gunpowder, a shard of glass, and other items have been put to dangerous use in his hands.
* CosmicPlaything -- Becoming an Exile turns you into one of these, as Gaven quickly discovers.
* CouldntFindAPen -- [[spoiler: Gaven, though he doesn't realize it at the time...]]
* DarkWorld -- Miir isn't a pleasant place by day, but it gets infinitely worse after midnight.
* [[spoiler: CuteGhostGirl -- Aelia]]
* DarknessEqualsDeath
* DaydreamSurprise / IndulgentFantasySegue -- [[spoiler: Gaven attacking The Jester at Le Cirque]]
* [[spoiler: DeadAllAlong -- Jessamine, Aelia]]

* TheDreaded -- The Shadows to the people of Miir, The Hangman to Gaven himself.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette -- Jessamine, with elements of StringyHairedGhostGirl. Naros Miir also has this.
* EmotionBomb -- The primary weapon of The Shadows.
* EmotionEater -- The Shadows, [[spoiler: The Tower of Miir]]
* EscapeFromTheCrazyPlace -- The premise of the series.
* EvilTowerOfOminousness -- The Tower of Miir [[spoiler: , which is also [[GeniusLoci alive]].]]
* TheFairFolk -- The elves of House Dythanus, The Shadows.
* FantasticDrug -- The Elisdee Lily, also known as [[MushroomSamba Dreamlily]], causes vivid hallucinations.
* FauxAffablyEvil -- Jereth Dythanus
* FirstPersonSmartass -- Gaven.
* FluffyTheTerrible -- The Redcaps, horrible hungry imp-goblins with wide mouths filled with really sharp teeth, have childish names like Billy, Bobby, or Robin.
* GeniusLoci -- They say that the City of Miir is alive. [[spoiler: THEY'RE RIGHT!]]
* TheGrotesque -- The Caliban of Le Cirque d'Aberrations play up their hideousness for their shows, but most of them would be normal people without their magic-induced deformities.
* GlasgowGrin -- The Jester has one of these as a magically-induced deformity.
* GroinAttack -- "Ringing the family bells."
* GunsAreWorthless -- or at least the one Gaven finds is.
* HannibalLecture -- Some of the Shadows, notably Despair, are fond of this as a form of MindRape.
* LivingShadow -- Despair, oh so very much. Most of the rest of The Shadows don't actually fit this, though they are [[IntangibleMan made of air]].
* LowFantasy
* MalevolentArchitecture -- ''Miir''.
* MirrorMonologue -- During the Third night, Gaven finds himself unable to recognize himself in reflections he sees. The Shadows use this to either to encourage him onward (The Shadow of Exile) or taunt him about his failings (Despair).
* MobileMaze -- The streets of Miir become these at the whims of The Shadows.
* MonsterClown -- The Jester
* MushroomSamba -- The Third Night has Gaven poisoned with Elisdee extract.
* OurGoblinsAreDifferent -- The Redcaps, also called gremlins or "tiny giggling death on very swift legs."
* PowersThatBe -- The Shadows.
* RageAgainstTheReflection -- Gaven does this accidentally, smashing a mirror because he's unable to recognize his own reflection while high on Elisdee.
* {{Shadowland}}
* SchrodingersButterfly -- [[spoiler: The Third Night.]]
* ShoutOut -- Several.

* ShroudedInMyth -- Depending on who you ask, The Shadows are either [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghosts]], [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]], [[RefugeeFromTVLand stories come to life]], [[TheFairFolk fairies]], [[AsLongAsThereIsEvil a metaphor for the evil in men's hearts]], or [[FallenAngel the wicked thoughts of God made manifest]].
* TheSpock -- Aelia, to Gaven's [[TheMcCoy McCoy]].
* StealthInsult -- The Jester is fond of these:

* StealthMentor -- [[spoiler: Naros]]
* StealthPun -- The [[FairyGodmother Elven]] [[Film/TheGodfather Godmother]].
** Also, The Elisdee Lily, which produces [[MushroomSamba hallucinations]].
* TemptingFate -- "It's only a week. How bad could it be?"
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness -- Gaven's MushroomSamba turns into this as the night goes on.
* TrashTalk --Gaven vs. the Bullyboys.
* TricksterArchetype -- The Jester
* UnusualEuphemism -- "Dragon Dung" for "Bullshit". Also, [[GroinAttack Ringing the family bells]].
* TheWatson -- Gaven again, usually to his companion of the evening.
* WeakButSkilled -- Gaven isn't a powerhouse, but he's good at what he's learned how to do.
* WordOfGod -- TV Troper Tropers/TheStray, who wrote this story, is the one who has written all of these entries. Even this one, referring to himself in the third person.
* WorldHalfEmpty -- Miir is a bad place.
* TheVonTropeFamily -- Half the noble houses of Miir have a Von as part of their name. Definitely the Darker Von Trope variant.