History Roleplay / Mystria

* {{Gas Mask Mooks}}: Technically all NASC infantrymen wear armored face masks that serve this function, as part of their standard equipment. Averted in the Heartlands, every soldier has a family and can and may seek revenge for the wrongdoing.

* DarkIsNotEvil: Serveral examples.
** The King of Dyste, Tyroth Blackfang, is a Dark Draconid. He is a hero of the region, and others of his kind are not any more likely to be evil. Darkness in the Dystan beliefs is associated with purity.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Post War America... I mean come on... if its not blindingly obvious then you may have a problem.

** Dyste: Ribs, Chicken, and Pasta. Kobolds, Meatballs, Sandwiches (so long as they have meat), and Meatloaf

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Dyste, an island nation in the southwest of the region, is mainly populated by Draconids, a race with the general appearance and traits of dragons (SuperStrength, long lifespans, strong magical ability, even a BreathWeapon), though bipedal and about twice the size of an average human.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Dyste, an island nation in the southwest of the region, is mainly populated by Draconids, a race with the general appearance and traits of dragons (SuperStrength, long lifespans, strong magical ability), though bipedal and about twice the size of an average human.

** Dystan Kobolds: Meatballs, Sandwiches (so long as they have meat), and Meatloaf

* {{Black Box}}: Menelmacari use these to trade with lower tech nations, usually along with some manner of free-replacement warranty. This is to limit spread of their technology, partly because [[YouAreNotReady you are not ready]] and they want you to [[FigureItOutYourself figure it out yourself.]] Some nations are trusted with higher technology in trade than others, which might get access to nothing at all because [[Realpolitik they have the wrong sort of foreign policy]] or they're [[ForTheEvulz just horrible people]]. From an OOC perspective these laws are in place to allow Menelmacar to interact with lower-tech nations without [[DeusExMachina instantly solving all the problems]].

* {{Hurricane of Puns}} Just ask how many Imeriata throws out there, and notice how many word games are hidden in the storylines.

* {{Scenery Porn}} Imeriata and Crystal Spires often describe their scenery in stark detail, to the point where small neglected objects in the background can be a large plot detail, and it is often gloriously described in detail.

* {{Food Porn}}: Comes up a lot in Crystal Spires, whose [[=RPer=]] frequently writes extremely detailed descriptions of food.

* {{Mind Rape}}: The government of Malgrave engages in this through practices designed for social control. Examples include a sixty-year 'state of emergency' and the legal status of one's corpse as state property.

* {{Science Marches On}}: Menelmacar uses quantum entanglement for FTL communication. When this was decided it was still believed that QE could permit information to propagate faster than light; subsequent research discovered this not to be the case.

* {{Science Marches On}}: Menelmacar uses quantum entanglement for FTL communication. When this was decided it was still believed that QE could permit information to propagate faster than light; subsequent research discovered this not to be the case. However, this trope was inverted with the discovery of the ''possible'' plausiblity of Alcubierre drives, which work similarly in principle to Menelmacari gravitic drives, making them {{Accidentally Accurate}}.

* {{Foreign Queasine}}: Imeriata is known for its cuisine which has some thoroughly squicktastic dishes, like surströming and pine tea. Imerians love these things dearly but nobody else does.

* FiveManBand: The Black Fangs, the adventuring team that founded Dyste
** TheLeader: Tyroth Blackfang
** TheLancer: Kelvon 'Kel' Darkfire (also had aspects of TheBigGuy)
** TheSmartGuy: Jarlsberg 'Jarl' Thaumsmith
** TheBigGuy: Thaag 'Lissah' Bonecrusher (was also TheLancer after Kel stepped down)
** TheChick: Mishera Val'Shorath
** TheSixthRanger: Coriolis 'Cori' Walz

** Dystean kobolds wear hats based on their profession; newsboy caps are the all-purpose type, more specialized jobs use specific hats (e.g. mining hats, police caps), and tour guides wear tricornes not unlike the ones Imerians wear.

* {{We Will Spend Credits in the Future}}: Menelmacar. Sorry about that.

* {{NoPaperFuture}}: Subverted in Menelmacar, which doesn't use paper.... but ''does'' use flexis, flexible data-storage and -display devices that fill the same niche.

* {{Magic A is Magic A}} In Crystal Spires there are often very well explained rules that are incorporated into the fantasy setting, with the "mist" sometimes called Aether, governing magical phenomenon. Many other nations avert or subvert this trope.

** Kobolds wear hats based on their profession; newsboy caps are the all-purpose type, more specialized jobs use specific hats (e.g. mining hats, police caps), and tour guides wear tricornes not unlike the ones Imerians wear.

* {{Cool Ship}}: The C'tani ships that showed up to glass Imeriata in a prior war count as this.

* {{Cool Plane}}: Post War America uses 5th Gen NotEurofighters, Imerian jet biplanes and Spirean [=Pak-FAs=] also count.

* {{Magic A is Magic A}} There are often very well explained rules that are incorporated into the fantasy setting, with the "mist" sometimes called Aether, governing magical phenomenon.

* {{Anyone Can Die}}: Happens quite a frequently with major characters often falling unceremoniously in the Crystal Spires in terrible magic accidents gone wrong, monster attacks, or various other magical disasters, and in NASC where he RPs high-ranking military commander and parliamentarians killed off gleefully either as backstory or within RP. Subverted sometimes in that those who die have occasionally not actually died.
* {{Arson Murder and Jaywalking}}: In NASC (The North American Socialist Commonwealth or just the Commonwealth ICly) attempting to develop fully self conscious AI is considered a major offense and is often punished harshly. In Crystal Spires accepting a bribe or any form of corruption warrants the death penalty -- and, consequently, paying a bribe is considered attempted murder.

* {{Cool Guns}}: NASC's AR4MIW which is a rehashing of the OICW concept. Also, Imeriata's sexy sexy wood furnished, precious metal plated, battle rifles.
* {{Cool Plane}}: Post War America uses 5th Gen NotEurofighters, Imerian jet biplanes and Spirean Pak-FAs also count.

* {{Anyone Can Die}}: Happens quite a frequently with major characters often falling unceremoniously in the Crystal Spires in terrible magic accidents gone wrong, monster attacks, or various other magical disasters, and in Post War America where he RPs high-ranking military commander and parliamentarians killed off gleefully either as backstory or within RP. Subverted sometimes in that those who die have occasionally not actually died.
* {{Arson Murder and Jaywalking}}: In Post War America (The North American Socialist Commonwealth or just the Commonwealth ICly) attempting to develop fully self conscious AI is considered a major offense and is often punished harshly. In Crystal Spires accepting a bribe or any form of corruption warrants the death penalty -- and, consequently, paying a bribe is considered attempted murder.

* {{Berserk Button}}: For Menelmacar, the Commonwealth, and several other nations, practice of chattel slavery is this.

* {{Cool Guns}}: The Commonwealth's AR4MIW which is a rehashing of the OICW concept. Also, Imeriata's sexy sexy wood furnished, precious metal plated, battle rifles.

* {{Dystopia}}: Among others the Commonwealth controlled Veiled Isle falls under this what with the theocratic hellhole of people living in constant fear of the Inquisition, the Unbidden slave raids, and the very real threat of an Eldritch Abomination rising from the sea and eating them.
* {{Eagleland}}: The Commonwealth would like to believe itself a Type I case of this, but is in reality a weird hybrid of Type I and Type II, with the idealism of a Type I, and the paranoia and hypervigilant militarism of a Type II.

* {{Enforced Cold War}}: The Commonwealth of Post War America has this with Imeriata. The Commonwealth wants so desperately to invade Imeriata and smack it down. However it realizes that such an action would be foolish and instead blusters angrily about the Imerian threat and occasionally rattles the sabre around. Altea has this with almost all of its provinces, the Beastling States, the Cantalviani, and Carcenese.

* {{Gas Mask Mooks}}: Technically all Commonwealther Infantrymen wear armored face masks that serve this function, as part of their standard equipment. Averted in the Heartlands, every soldier has a family and can and may seek revenge for the wrongdoing.

* {{Government Conspiracy}}: In the Commonwealth there tends to be more than a few shady acts performed by a "shadow government" outside civgov. The Ealdurimites also have a magocracy which conspires to keep all of the elven world separate from the lesser creatures, and they only allow other races in if they accept subjugation. There are also connections between some of the government and the corporations in High Treefolk which conspires to eradicate smaller competing businesses.

* {{I Love Nuclear Power}}: Just about everything in the Commonwealth is powered by "Warm" Fusion Technology including tanks.

* NukeEm: The Commonwealth in particular is extraordinarily nuke happy and is more than willing to use nuclear weapons on a tactical scale.

* PeaceThroughSuperiorFirepower: The Commonwealth would like to believe it has this, but in actuality probably does not, especially in the conventional sector.

* PostCyberpunk: The Commonwealth is functionally speaking a Post-Cyberpunk society, that has moved past a true Cyberpunk world in both technology and in social thought.

* {{Cultural Posturing}}: Menelmacari do this a lot, particularly to Imerians. Imerians, by turn, do it to nearly everyone (quite inaccurately).