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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Gregory's Four Champions consist of three [[GiantEnemyCrab crab-like beings]]... and one guy in a scuba suit.
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* AnAxeToGrind: Axes are a class of weapons that can be wielded in this game.
** The Crystal Laser Battleaxe is a battle axe that has a chance to shoot out lasers with each hit that it lands on an enemy. The lasers do additional damage to the target enemy and other nearby enemies.
** Axel, Builder of the Gods, wields a huge axe as his weapon.
** The Crystal Laser Battleaxe is a battle axe that has a chance to shoot out lasers with each hit that it lands on an enemy. The lasers do additional damage to the target enemy and other nearby enemies.
** Axel, Builder of the Gods, wields a huge axe as his weapon.
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* AngryBlackMan: Angryoso, the Immortal Barbarian, is a black man, and lives up to both his name and title. The Blades of Virtue were able to calm him down, though.
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*MyGreatestFailure: One of the challenges in the ossuary in "Talis - The Cure" has the Blades of Virtue face off against manifestations of their past failures.
**Seymour's is [[IHatePastMe himself from back when he's still a ruthless mercenary]].
**Zephil's is the Black Bard Virgil, who he was unable to stop from burning down the Bard Academy that he once studied at.
** The Crafter's is the time when a village was raided and almost burned to the ground completely because he was hesitant to take action against the [[WouldNotHitAGirl all-female raiders]].
**Quill's is when he left his adoptive family (after running from his blood family) for dead in order to save himself, which he now sees as him being a coward.
**Ziggar's is when he failed to kill a vicious hydra that killed all of his previous comrades the last time he fought it.
**Morgan's is when he went to Geralt of Nivea for help, only to discover that the man is a merciless killer. In fact, Morgan's first appearance in the game has him trying to get away from Geralt for that reason.
**Junia's is when she accidentally murdered an innocent man in a fit of rage. Considering that she's a pacifistic healer, this accident hit her really hard.
**Aoife's is when she wrongfully convicted an innocent man and executed him, which led to the mass murderer she was actually looking for to get away and kill more innocents.
**Talis's is when his wife died and he couldn't do anything about it.
*{{Necromancer}}: Talis is one.
**Seymour's is [[IHatePastMe himself from back when he's still a ruthless mercenary]].
**Zephil's is the Black Bard Virgil, who he was unable to stop from burning down the Bard Academy that he once studied at.
** The Crafter's is the time when a village was raided and almost burned to the ground completely because he was hesitant to take action against the [[WouldNotHitAGirl all-female raiders]].
**Quill's is when he left his adoptive family (after running from his blood family) for dead in order to save himself, which he now sees as him being a coward.
**Ziggar's is when he failed to kill a vicious hydra that killed all of his previous comrades the last time he fought it.
**Morgan's is when he went to Geralt of Nivea for help, only to discover that the man is a merciless killer. In fact, Morgan's first appearance in the game has him trying to get away from Geralt for that reason.
**Junia's is when she accidentally murdered an innocent man in a fit of rage. Considering that she's a pacifistic healer, this accident hit her really hard.
**Aoife's is when she wrongfully convicted an innocent man and executed him, which led to the mass murderer she was actually looking for to get away and kill more innocents.
**Talis's is when his wife died and he couldn't do anything about it.
*{{Necromancer}}: Talis is one.
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*AnimalMecha: Mechacrab, one of Gregory's Four Champions, is a huge crab fused with a M1 Abrams MBT ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, really]]).
**Crabbell, another one of Gregory's Four Champions, is a lesser example, being a similarly huge crab that has a bell in place of its shell that it can use for its attacks.
**Crabbell, another one of Gregory's Four Champions, is a lesser example, being a similarly huge crab that has a bell in place of its shell that it can use for its attacks.
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* AnAxeToGrindAnAxeToGrind: Axes are a class of weapons that can be wielded in this game.
*AttackItsWeakPoint: Both enemies and bosses can have parts of them severed, which hinders their capabilities in combat.
*AxCrazy: Aoife likes to harm and torture criminals in very unusual and excruciatingly painful ways. She even has a passive ability called Sadism, which lets her deal extra damage to an enemy whenever she successfully inflicts a status effect upon said enemy.
*AxCrazy: Aoife likes to harm and torture criminals in very unusual and excruciatingly painful ways. She even has a passive ability called Sadism, which lets her deal extra damage to an enemy whenever she successfully inflicts a status effect upon said enemy.
*BearsAreBadNews: Downplayed. The Blades encounter a bear-man [[BuffySpeak thing]] when infiltrating the Brigands' Hideout in "Gangbuster", and runs into it again when infiltrating the Blackguards' base in "Morgan - Blast From the Past". But while scary-looking, both times it just takes a look at the Blades and leaves without bothering them much.
*BoringButPractical: Many of the problems encountered by the Blades of Virtue are solved by really simple solutions. For example: Exploring a really dark area? Good thing The Crafter has brought a bundle of torches earlier in the game.
*BoringButPractical: Many of the problems encountered by the Blades of Virtue are solved by really simple solutions. For example: Exploring a really dark area? Good thing The Crafter has brought a bundle of torches earlier in the game.
*ContractualBossImmunity: Averted. None of the bosses are immune to any status effects or even permanent debuffs caused by having parts of them severed, and OneHitKO doesn't count because the ability doesn't exist at all in this game. Thus, it can be quite amusing to see an Eldritch Abomination suffer intense bleeding, poisoning, etc...
*DarkIsNotEvil: Talis is a Necromancer who is actually a pretty nice guy. So is Umbra, the skull that talks in his stead.
*DarkIsNotEvil: Talis is a Necromancer who is actually a pretty nice guy. So is Umbra, the skull that talks in his stead.
*DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Killing Eldritch Abominations is just [[ButForMeItWasTuesday business as usual]] for the Blades of Virtue.
**DidYouJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: The Blades manages to talk down Coolthulhu and make it leave them, and the world, on friendly terms.
**DidYouJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: The Blades manages to talk down Coolthulhu and make it leave them, and the world, on friendly terms.
*GiantEnemyCrab: Three of Gregory's Four Champions are huge crab-like beings.
*ItemCrafting: Players can fused their weapons together with some items in their inventory to create more powerful weapons. Some shops even sell metals that are used solely for upgrades.
*{{Kaiju}}: Metroplex is an inversion of the "city-smashing" part of Kaiju in that it is a city ''build on the back of a'' Brachiosaur''-like creature''.
*ItemCrafting: Players can fused their weapons together with some items in their inventory to create more powerful weapons. Some shops even sell metals that are used solely for upgrades.
*{{Kaiju}}: Metroplex is an inversion of the "city-smashing" part of Kaiju in that it is a city ''build on the back of a'' Brachiosaur''-like creature''.
*LuckBasedMission: Unlike ''Outpost Defenders'' where only attacks have a chance to fail due to them missing their targets, here, ''anything'' the players do aside from talking and exploring are determined by dice rolls on whether they succeed or not. The chance of success can be improved by having higher stats, but not by much.
*NiceJobBreakingItHero: When infiltrating the Brigands' Hideout in "Gangbusters", Zephil unintentionally blows the Blades' stealth by lighting the furnace, drawing the brigands over to investigate and starting a fight in the process. [[WhatTheHellHero The other Blades promptly calls out Zephil afterwards.]]
*OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The Crafter. His introduction has him claim that he doesn't need a (real) name.
*RedHerring: Aoife suddenly shows up right after the Blades of Virtue defeats Mallatus, in order to arrest him. Her sudden appearance aroused suspicion from some of the Blades, and they think that she may be a villain in disguise. But it ultimately turns out that she is just doing her job as Guard Captain of the Red Plains, and she just have a unique way of doing her job.
*RoboticReveal. [[spoiler:The Iron Maiden has no flesh underneath her metallic exterior, suggesting that she may not even be a creature to begin with.]]
*NiceJobBreakingItHero: When infiltrating the Brigands' Hideout in "Gangbusters", Zephil unintentionally blows the Blades' stealth by lighting the furnace, drawing the brigands over to investigate and starting a fight in the process. [[WhatTheHellHero The other Blades promptly calls out Zephil afterwards.]]
*OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The Crafter. His introduction has him claim that he doesn't need a (real) name.
*RedHerring: Aoife suddenly shows up right after the Blades of Virtue defeats Mallatus, in order to arrest him. Her sudden appearance aroused suspicion from some of the Blades, and they think that she may be a villain in disguise. But it ultimately turns out that she is just doing her job as Guard Captain of the Red Plains, and she just have a unique way of doing her job.
*RoboticReveal. [[spoiler:The Iron Maiden has no flesh underneath her metallic exterior, suggesting that she may not even be a creature to begin with.]]
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* SheatheYourSword: Some bosses were defeated simply by talking them out of whatever it is they were doing before the boss fights against them. Though this method is not apparent at first glance, and can only be discovered by trying to invoke the trope and see if it has any effects.
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*SpecialPersonNormalName: One of the first villains fought by the Blades of Virtue is a dark sorcerer who summons Eldritch Abominations in his bid to TakeOverTheWorld. His name is... Gregory.
*StealthBasedMission: The game doesn't actually force players to be stealthy at all. Though in many cases, stealth is preferred over brute force, either because the Blades are trying to reach a target person without raising the alarm, or there are too many enemies to fight off.
*StealthBasedMission: The game doesn't actually force players to be stealthy at all. Though in many cases, stealth is preferred over brute force, either because the Blades are trying to reach a target person without raising the alarm, or there are too many enemies to fight off.
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* RunningGag: Seymour Hogsworth likes to cause distractions by playing songs. Most likely [[LargeHam very loudly]].
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* RunningGag: Seymour Hogsworth Zephil Solstrider likes to cause distractions by playing songs. Most likely [[LargeHam very loudly]].
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* SeriousBusiness: Seymour likes ''[[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Megalovania]]'' a lot, and it is ill-advised to [[BerserkButton butcher it in his presence]].
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* SeriousBusiness: Seymour Zephil likes ''[[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Megalovania]]'' a lot, and it is ill-advised to [[BerserkButton butcher it in his presence]].
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''Legends of Aekran'' is a ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''-style tabletop RPG that parodies the genre's usual tropes and settings, and is started in the Minecraft Forums by [=Bioshock_Rulez=] of ''Roleplay/OutpostDefenders'' fame, and later migrated to the [[Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom Space Battles Forums]] with [=Bioshock_Rulez=] continuing to serve as the gamemaster as [=Exoskeletal65=]. You can find the game on the Minecraft Forums [[https://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/off-topic/forum-games/2928302-legends-of-aekran-kinda-like-dnd here]], though that thread is now defunct as it has migrated to Space Battles Forums and continued [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/legends-of-aekran-all-the-dark-corners-of-the-land.754747/ from here]].
The game takes place in a medieval fantasy world, where the players take the role of a group of mercenaries called the Blades of Virtue, hired by the emperor of the eponymous Empire of Aekran to defend the empire from all kinds of threats, from simple outlaws to otherworldly abominations.
!!Tropes of Aekran:
*AnachronismStew: Despite being a medieval fantasy setting, Aekran is chock full of things that are from the wrong time period altogether, likely to play up the game's nature as a parody.
*AngryBlackMan: Angryoso, the Immortal Barbarian, is a black man, and lives up to both his name and title. The Blades of Virtue were able to calm him down, though.
*AnAxeToGrind
**The Crystal Laser Battleaxe is a battle axe that has a chance to shoot out lasers with each hit that it lands on an enemy. The lasers do additional damage to the target enemy and other nearby enemies.
**Axel, Builder of the Gods, wields a huge axe as his weapon.
*BadassCrew: The Blades of Virtue.
*{{Bathos}}: Coolthulhu is an EldritchAbomination that is a very obvious {{Expy}} of Cthulhu. It also parodies the very concept of Eldritch Abominations, in that it wears a pair of CoolShades and talks like a SurferDude. Basically, Coolthulhu is a rare example of an Eldritch Abomination that one laughs at for the duration of the encounter with it.
*BrownNote: The cult encountered in "The Song of Battle" and "Strike a Chord" ''intentionally'' weaponizes this trope in their bids to take down the Aekranian Empire.
*DemBones: "The Bones Are Their Money" revolves around skeletons rising from their graves to attack people. [[spoiler: The head honcho behind the mass resurrection turns out to be one himself, and a [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever massive one]] at that.]]
*EldritchAbomination: The game has plenty of these, called Antediluvians.
*TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Gregory's Four Champions consist of three [[GiantEnemyCrab crab-like beings]]… and one guy in a scuba suit.
*RunningGag: Seymour Hogsworth likes to cause distractions by playing songs. Most likely [[LargeHam very loudly]].
*SerialNumbersFiledOff: [[VideoGame/TheWitcher Geralt]] of ''Nivea''.
*SeriousBusiness: Seymour likes ''[[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Megalovania]]'' a lot, and it is ill-advised to [[BerserkButton butcher it in his presence]].
*SheatheYourSword: Some bosses were defeated simply by talking them out of whatever it is they were doing before the boss fights against them. Though this method not apparent at first glance, and can only be discovered by trying to invoke the trope and see if it has any effects.
**Angryoso, the Immortal Barbarian, is "defeated" by calming him down and snapping him out of his rage.
*ThreateningShark: Scubaron, the fourth and last of Gregory's Champions, controls a herd of sharks that he uses to attack his opponents. [[spoiler: [[HoistByHisOwnPetard The Blades of Virtue turn them against him by making him bleed a lot]].]]
The game takes place in a medieval fantasy world, where the players take the role of a group of mercenaries called the Blades of Virtue, hired by the emperor of the eponymous Empire of Aekran to defend the empire from all kinds of threats, from simple outlaws to otherworldly abominations.
!!Tropes of Aekran:
*AnachronismStew: Despite being a medieval fantasy setting, Aekran is chock full of things that are from the wrong time period altogether, likely to play up the game's nature as a parody.
*AngryBlackMan: Angryoso, the Immortal Barbarian, is a black man, and lives up to both his name and title. The Blades of Virtue were able to calm him down, though.
*AnAxeToGrind
**The Crystal Laser Battleaxe is a battle axe that has a chance to shoot out lasers with each hit that it lands on an enemy. The lasers do additional damage to the target enemy and other nearby enemies.
**Axel, Builder of the Gods, wields a huge axe as his weapon.
*BadassCrew: The Blades of Virtue.
*{{Bathos}}: Coolthulhu is an EldritchAbomination that is a very obvious {{Expy}} of Cthulhu. It also parodies the very concept of Eldritch Abominations, in that it wears a pair of CoolShades and talks like a SurferDude. Basically, Coolthulhu is a rare example of an Eldritch Abomination that one laughs at for the duration of the encounter with it.
*BrownNote: The cult encountered in "The Song of Battle" and "Strike a Chord" ''intentionally'' weaponizes this trope in their bids to take down the Aekranian Empire.
*DemBones: "The Bones Are Their Money" revolves around skeletons rising from their graves to attack people. [[spoiler: The head honcho behind the mass resurrection turns out to be one himself, and a [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever massive one]] at that.]]
*EldritchAbomination: The game has plenty of these, called Antediluvians.
*TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Gregory's Four Champions consist of three [[GiantEnemyCrab crab-like beings]]… and one guy in a scuba suit.
*RunningGag: Seymour Hogsworth likes to cause distractions by playing songs. Most likely [[LargeHam very loudly]].
*SerialNumbersFiledOff: [[VideoGame/TheWitcher Geralt]] of ''Nivea''.
*SeriousBusiness: Seymour likes ''[[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Megalovania]]'' a lot, and it is ill-advised to [[BerserkButton butcher it in his presence]].
*SheatheYourSword: Some bosses were defeated simply by talking them out of whatever it is they were doing before the boss fights against them. Though this method not apparent at first glance, and can only be discovered by trying to invoke the trope and see if it has any effects.
**Angryoso, the Immortal Barbarian, is "defeated" by calming him down and snapping him out of his rage.
*ThreateningShark: Scubaron, the fourth and last of Gregory's Champions, controls a herd of sharks that he uses to attack his opponents. [[spoiler: [[HoistByHisOwnPetard The Blades of Virtue turn them against him by making him bleed a lot]].]]
