History Roleplay / TerrascapeAcademy

* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: The highest authority on the campus, the student council president [[TheAce Imperia]] rules with an iron fist and sends the terrible shapeshifting [[EldritchAbomination Nettlespine]] to hunt down criminals and dissidents.

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: The Student Council President wants to [[TakeOverTheWorld become the supreme ruler]] to save humanity from reckless mages. That's about as '[[ALighterShadeOfGrey good]]' as we're going to get among the most powerful characters. Is [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman even more beautiful]] than other Vitalists that artifically improved their looks, if Arthur is to be believed.

** Ordinalism is described as the most efficient path towards the [[AkashicRecords Heart of Magic]].

* YouKilledMyFather: Subverted by the majority of voters, mainly because the one who did the deed appears really [[ForcedIntoEvil regretful]] and seems insignificant in comparison to the main culprit.

[[caption-width-right:280:It's hard to be so fabulous.]]

* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler: Two superpowers for the price of one, and all for the small price of signing over our freedom! How could one possibly refuse such an offer?]] Both played straight and subverted throughout the work. Because Imperia isn't the devil, no matter what the [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters Resistance]] tells you.

* ForbiddenFruit: Arthur's Spirit is a master of this.

* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: The highest authority on the campus, the student council president [[TheAce Imperia]] rules with an iron fist and sends the terrible shapeshifting Nettlespine to hunt down criminals and dissidents.

* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler: Two superpowers for the price of one, and all for the small price of signing over our freedom! How could one possibly refuse such an offer?]] A repeated theme throughout the work.

** SupernaturalMartialArts: For when normal martial arts aren't enough, which is almost always thanks to the existence of magic.

* InfinityPlusOneSword: [[spoiler: Foxglove, another powerful fourth year,]] knows a Form of the 10th Ordinal Spell, the Perishing Blade. A lot of people want it, but [[ThereCanBeOnlyOne only one mage can use it at a time]], and the current owner isn't likely to share.

* SpiritAdvisor: Conjoiners get a second voice in their heads that grants them superpowers.
** MarkOfTheSupernatural: The appearance of a Spirit's host is affected by its presence, [[spoiler: which is called a Spirit's Visage]].

* YouKilledMyFather: Subverted by the majority of voters, mainly because the one who did the deed is really regretful and seems insignificant in comparison to the main culprit.

* [[spoiler: FantasticNuke]]: [[spoiler: In a world where powerful magi ''laugh'' at nuclear weapons, naturally something had to take their place. Ignoring the fact that high-level mages are [[PersonOfMassDestruction people of mass destruction]] unto themselves, someone just had to dig out a soul-killing bomb from the dungeons under the Academy. For now it's destroyed, but who knows what else is down there?..]]

* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: The highest authority on the campus, the student council president Imperia rules with an iron fist and sends the terrible shapeshifting Nettlespine to hunt down criminals and dissidents.

* ThereCanBeOnlyOne: [[spoiler: Probably because of having watched Highlander movies one time too many, Ashcloak decided to kill and harvest other mages for fun and profit. Was cockblocked by the funkiller that is Imperia and conceded that it is best to wait until the victims grew in power a bit more, allying with her afterwards (TeethClenchedTeamwork / VillainTeamUp depending on who you ask). Unsurprisingly, heads a group that shares his ideals, and regularly hits on Imperia, making him a big contender for the role of the main character's ArchEnemy.]]

* [[spoiler: {{Satan}}]]: [[spoiler: Arthur's Spirit remains mute on the subject of his identity, but that doesn't stop people from speculating.]]

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: The Student Council President wants to [[TakeOverTheWorld become the supreme ruler]] to save humanity from reckless mages. That's about as '[[ALighterShadeOfGrey good]]' as we're going to get among the most powerful characters. Is the [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman even more beautiful]] than other Vitalists that artifically improved their looks, if Arthur is to be believed.

* TheRedBaron: Many older students abandon their names for titles for unknown reasons.

* The Starscream: What some questers wish the main character was, inspired by the epitome of coolness that is his Spirit. They'd even settle for a ReliableTraitor. What they get is a mix of HappinessInSlavery and BattleButler. [[spoiler: The headvoice is not amused either.]]

* YouKilledMyFather: Subverted by the majority of voters, mainly because the one who swung the weapon is really regretful and seems insignificant in comparison to the main culprit.

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: The Student Council President wants to [[TakeOverTheWorld become the supreme ruler]] to save humanity from reckless mages. That's about as '[[ALighterShadeOfGrey good]]' as we're going to get among the most powerful characters.

* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler: Two superpowers for the price of one! All for the small price of signing over our freedom! How could one possibly refuse such an offer?]] A repeated theme throughout the work.

* RedemptionQuest: Arthur is looking for a way to [[{{Revenge}} defeat Enoch]] and make up for the deaths that he had inadvertently caused.

* RedemptionQuest: Arthur is looking for a way to [[Revenge defeat Enoch]] and make up for the deaths that he had inadvertently caused.

* RedemptionQuest: Arthur is looking for a way to defeat Enoch and make up for the deaths that he had inadvertently caused.

* Revenge: For everyone who had died to Enoch's

* SurvivorGuilt: Art has this in spades for all the people Enoch had killed to trigger his conjoining.