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* AngstWhatAngst: If the other teens (sans Jayden) are in any way disturbed or frightened by what they see, they're sure good at hiding it. Heather rather viciously [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this, openly calling them out for how they're willing to let all the horrible things they learn slide.
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** Jayden's VisionQuest is never completed, due to there simply having been no time to finish it with everything else going on.
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''Shadows of Sandfield'' is a PlayByPost game on the Website/TVTropes forums, GM'd by Tropers/NickTheSwing. The RP follows the [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits colorful students of Monroe High]] as they try to unravel the mystery of Tom Winters's disappearance.
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''Shadows of Sandfield'' is a PlayByPost game on the Website/TVTropes forums, GM'd by Tropers/NickTheSwing. The RP follows the [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits colorful students of Monroe High]] as they try to unravel the mystery of Tropers/NickTheSwing.
One otherwise ordinary night in [[EverytownAmerica Sandfield]], high school student TomWinters's disappearance.
Winters disappears under very peculiar circumstances. A small group of his peers decide to investigate said disappearance, and end up finding themselves in [[UrbanFantasy a very strange world indeed]].
One otherwise ordinary night in [[EverytownAmerica Sandfield]], high school student Tom
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* ImprobablyFemaleCast: Sandfield manages the impressive task of being an {{inversion}}. Pretty much ''every'' NPC, major or minor, is male. The amount of female characters can be counted on one hand, and the amount of ''relevant'' female characters comprises solely of the female [=PCs=] plus one or two female relatives of those [=PCs=]. One almost gets the feeling some sort of {{Gendercide}} has taken place.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: many of the antagonists still have romantic and familial bonds.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: many {{Downplayed}}. Many of the antagonists still have romantic and familial bonds.bonds, but most of them only care for said bonds for what they can provide them and have little true attachment to them otherwise.
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* BullyingADragon: A mage by the name of Ivander Hollace intends to scam the Umbral Horde by making a deal with them and then not keeping his end of the deal. This goes wrong when he gets himself beaten and his magic collection ransacked by the Horde.
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* FourLinesAllWaiting: The beginning of the sequel has three plotlines going at once: one in a safe zone with the original Investigation Club (plus a few others), one where several other newcomers are holed up in the mall, and one in Green Wall with Jayden.
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* LegallyDead: Well, not ''legally'', but by the time of the second RP, Jayden has presumed the Investigation Club deceased. [[DramaticIrony They're not, obviously]], but he has no way of knowing that.
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Shadows of Sandfield I successfully concluded, and the story continues in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16901562320A42770600&page=1#comment-1 Shadows of Sandfield II]]. The city of Sandfield is wrecked by war and surrounded by the threat of Green Wall as the Masquerade comes tumbling down. A cast new and old must find a way to both survive and get out from the threat of the Gibbs Militia - as well as whatever else lurks in Sandfield's torn streets.
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* AuthorAppeal: There are a whole lot of buff gorgeous men in Sandfield
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* AuthorAppeal: There are a whole lot of buff gorgeous men in SandfieldSandfield.
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* DiabolusExMachina: Near the end of the RP, everything seems set up for a [[EarnYourHappyEnding well-earned happy ending]]--Tom is rescued, Xander effectively [[HeelFaceTurn joins the club]], and Jayden finds peace in normal life. Then, out of literally ''nowhere'', a completely unrelated threat who was never so much as ''mentioned'' before blows up Dubai and kicks off an entirely ''new'' problem.
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* Magitek: Very ubiquitous considering the setting's UrbanFantasy nature. Employed especially heavily by the 317th Division.
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* Magitek: {{Magitek}}: Very ubiquitous considering the setting's UrbanFantasy nature. Employed especially heavily by the 317th Division.
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* AbortedArc: Xander's Junior Umbral Horde, while set up as a major antagonist, [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse ultimately vanishes]] by the time the club confronts Kellon Nyczus and is never mentioned again, even after Xander's HeelFaceTurn.
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* DarkestHour: The ''Escape from the Gibbs Militia'' part of the finale. The entire town is overrun by the forces of Elijah Gibbs, the characters are on the run and incurring several injuries, running away rather than even trying to fight the Militia. Matthew's extraction point seems so far away...
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* DarkestHour: The ''Escape from the Gibbs Militia'' part of the finale. The entire town is overrun by the forces of Elijah Gibbs, the characters are on the run and incurring several injuries, running away rather than even trying to fight the Militia. Matthew's extraction point seems so far away...Ultimately, things turn out mostly okay, though.
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* Magitek: Very ubiquitous considering the setting's UrbanFantasy nature. Employed especially heavily by the 317th Division.
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* OffScreenMomentOfAwesome: When Xander splits from the party, his last stand against the Milita results in an entire section of the town being leveled.
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* TimeSkip: There is a period of three months between the escape from the Gibbs Militia and the finale of the first roleplay.
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*AdvancingWallOfDoom: When [[KillerRobot the Thresher]] starts chasing the investigation club and grinding down everything in its path, there's pretty much nothing the group can do but run.
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* KillerRobot: Since they don't use most magic, the Gibbs Milita has to supplement their forces with these.
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* Heather tries throwing her sword at the thresher, but finds out that her weapon can't exist if she isn't holding it
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*KillerRobot: Since they don't use most magic, the Gibbs Milita has to supplement their forces with these.
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* Heather tries throwing her sword at the thresher, but finds out that her weapon can't exist if she isn't holding it
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*HeroicSacrifice: Xander parts ways with the group to distract the heavily armed Gibbs Militia.
* PocketDimension: Parallaxus' Bar Bizarre, which the group visits at the conclusion of the roleplay, is based in one of these. The terrain takes the form of a single road suspended in a night sky.
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* PocketDimension: Parallaxus' Bar Bizarre, which the group visits at the conclusion of the roleplay, is based in one of these. The terrain takes the form of a single road suspended in a night sky.
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* DarkestHour: The ''Escape from the Gibbs Militia'' part of the finale. The entire town is overrun by the forces of Elijah Gibbs, the characters are on the run and incurring several injuries, running away rather than even trying to fight the Militia. Matthew's extraction point seems so far away...
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* HopeSpot: Tom is rescued, Jayden is able to find peace in living an ordinary life, and Xander leaves his abusive father and becomes a semi-ally of the Investigation Club. Them Justin Henderson kills millions with a magical nuke, and Elijah Gibbs becomes the de facto ruler of Sandfield.
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* HopeSpot: Tom is rescued, Jayden is able to find peace in living an ordinary life, and Xander leaves his abusive father and becomes a semi-ally of the Investigation Club. Them Then Justin Henderson kills millions with a magical nuke, and Elijah Gibbs becomes the de facto ruler of Sandfield.
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* HopeSpot: Tom is rescued, Jayden is able to find peace in living an ordinary life, and Xander leaves his abusive father and becomes a semi-ally of the Investigation Club. Them Justin Henderson kills millions with a magical nuke, and Elijah Gibbs becomes the de facto ruler of Sandfield.
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** Mina makes a pact with the Dark God Varancain to bring vengeance upon the Umbrals.
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* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Of the parents who get any attention in the narrative, most of the confirmed living ones are either ParentsAsPeople at best or outright villainous at worst. Jayden's father Arthur, the only one who's outright dead, was by all rights a kind and loving father, and Jayden misses him dearly.
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* AntiMagicalFaction: The police department is in the control of Elijah Gibbs, who has set it towards rooting out mages. After Dubai is leveled they exploit the ensuing panic to rally the citizenry against wizards.
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* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: While realtively little focus is placed on it, the characters are still required to regularly attend school, regardless of their less mundane responsibilities.
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* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: While realtively relatively little focus is placed on it, the characters are still required to regularly attend school, regardless of their less mundane responsibilities.
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* GodAndTheDevilAreBothJerks: Neither the Light or Dark pantheons are particularly nice, and most gods are more interested in perpetuating and increasing their own power instead of any nobler goal.
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* GodAndTheDevilAreBothJerks: GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: Neither the Light or Dark pantheons are particularly nice, and most gods are more interested in perpetuating and increasing their own power instead of any nobler goal.
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*AuthorAppeal: There are a whole lot of buff gorgeous men in Sandfield
* BrokenMasquerade: It becomes impossible to cover up the existence of the supernatural after Dubai is destroyed by a magical nuke.
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* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: New members of the Umbral Horde are required to conduct a ritual sacrifice. Averted in Mina's case, since they think she might be too weak hearted to do it.
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* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: New members of the Umbral Horde are required to conduct a ritual sacrifice. Averted in Mina's case, since they think she might be too weak hearted weak-hearted to do it.it.
* IllegalReligion: The Umbral Horde has long been persecuted by the followers of the Gods of Light, who are generally in positions of political authority.
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* WhamEpisode: Just as the Investigation Club is celebrating, a magical terrorist completely levels Dubai, and Sandfield is overrun by a reactionary anti-magic militia who takes advantage of the broken masquerade.
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* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Downplayed, but Jayden notes a few times that the group is together solely for the investigation, and none of the members really know each other outside of it.
