History Tropers / Nrjxll

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* [[Tropers/LordGreyjoy Kassandra and Steve]], [[Tropers/{{Inceptiond}} Makoto]], [[Tropers/{{daird}} Rosa]], and [[Tropers/{{Elfhunter}} Adelphos 3]] are all in a group in the '''Courtyard''' (last post [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=5#117 here]])

** Last post: [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=5#113 here]]

** Current characters: [[Tropers/{{Yomegami}} Mahiro, Nagako,]] [[Tropers/{{Elfhunter}} Adelphos 1]]
** Last post [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=5#108 here]]

* [[Tropers/StrixObscuro Nioba and Lihiri]] are in the '''Market Hall''', apparently headed for the Youkai Showcase (last post [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=4#79 here]])

** Last post: [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=5#104 here]]

** Last post: [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=5#108 here]]

* [[Tropers/LordGreyjoy Kassandra and Steve]], [[Tropers/{{Inceptiond}} Makoto]], [[Tropers/{{daird}} Rosa]], and [[Tropers/{{Elfhunter}} Adelphos 3]] are all in a group in the '''Courtyard''' (last post [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=5#112 here]])

** Last post: [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=5#110 here]]

** Last post: [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=4#98 here]]

* [[Tropers/LordGreyjoy Kassandra and Steve]], [[Tropers/{{Inceptiond}} Makoto]], [[Tropers/{{daird}} Rosa]], and [[Tropers/{{Elfhunter}} Adelphos 3]] are all in a group in the '''Courtyard''' (last post [[tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=5#112 here]])

** Last post [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=5#107 here]]

** Last post: [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=5#106 here]]

** Current characters: [[Tropers/{{Night}} Dimitri]], [[Tropers/{{Elfhunter}} Adelphos 2]]

** Current characters: [[Tropers/TeraChimera Myles Whittaker and Richard Tsaadlo]]
** Last post: [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=5#105 here]]

* [[Tropers/LordGreyjoy Kassandra and Steve]], [[Tropers/{{Inceptiond}} Makoto]], [[Tropers/{{daird}} Rosa]], and [[Tropers/{{Elfhunter}} Adelphos 3]] are all in a group in the '''Courtyard''' (last post [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=5#103 here]])

** Last post [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=4#99 here]]

** Current characters: [[Tropers/{{maxwellelvis}} Nick]]
** Last post: [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=3#51 here]]
* '''[[Tropers/{{m8e}} Fellow And Neighbour's Make Your Own P Int-Automat]]:'''
** Current characters: [[Tropers/{{m8e}} Two bearded men in T-shirts]]
** Last post: [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=3#59 here]]

** Current characters: [[Tropers/FlowingCotton Lyra, Aida,]] [[Tropers/KillerClowns Amanita]], [[Tropers/{{daird}} Rosa]]
** Last post: [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=4#96 here]]
** Other notes: Lyra and Amanita are speaking separately from Aida and Rosa

* [[Tropers/DarkbloodCarnagefang Samson]] are in the '''Courtyard''', but has not posted in some time (last post [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=1#25 here]])
* [[Tropers/KillerClowns Nore and Solin]], [[Tropers/LordGreyjoy Kassandra and Steve]], [[Tropers/{{Inceptiond}} Makoto]], and [[Tropers/{{Elfhunter}} Adelphos 3]] are all in a group in the '''Courtyard''' (last post [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=4#99 here]])
* [[Tropers/{{Blackfire667}} Selina]] may or may not be an active character in the thread. Only post was [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=1#6 here.]]

** Last post [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=4#87 here]]

* [[Tropers/KillerClowns Nore and Solin]], [[Tropers/LordGreyjoy Kassandra and Steve]], [[Tropers/{{Inceptiond}} Makoto]], and [[Tropers/{{Elfhunter}} Adelphos 3]] are all in a group in the '''Courtyard''' (last post [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=4#95 here]])

Funny/CharacterDevelopmentThread

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* [[Tropers/LordGreyjoy Kassandra and Steve]] and [[Tropers/DarkbloodCarnagefang Samson]] are in the '''Courtyard''' (last post [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=1#25 here]])
* [[Tropers/KillerClowns Nore and Solin]], [[Tropers/{{Inceptiond}} Makoto]], and [[Tropers/{{Elfhunter}} Adelphos 3]] are in a separate group in the '''Courtyard''' (last post [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=3#71 here]])

* [[Tropers/StrixObscuro Nioba and Lihiri]] have just arrived in the '''Market Hall''' (last post [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=3#68 here]])

** Last post: [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=4#77 here]]

** Last post: [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=3#54 here]]

** Last post [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=3#71 here]]

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* [[Tropers/KillerClowns Nore and Solin]], [[Tropers/{{Inceptiond}} Makoto]], and [[Tropers/{{Elfhunter}} Adelphos 3]] are in a separate group in the '''Courtyard''' (last post [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=3#64 here]])

* [[Tropers/{{Sonzai}} Ila]] is now wandering the '''Market Hall''', probably headed to another stall (last post [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=3#66 here]])

** Last post: [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=3#65 here]]

** Current characters: [[Tropers/{{Yomegami}} Mahiro, Nagako,]] [[Tropers/{{Sonzai}} Ilo,]] [[Tropers/{{Elfhunter}} Adelphos 1]]
** Last post [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=3#57 here]]

** Last post: [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=3#58 here]]

** Current characters: [[Tropers/{{Elfhunter}} Adelphos 0]], [[Tropers/FlowingCotton Leo (standing outside in line)]]
** Last post: [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=3#56 here]]

* [[Tropers/KillerClowns Nore and Solin]], [[Tropers/{{Inceptiond}} Makoto]], and [[Tropers/{{Elfhunter}} Adelphos 3]] are in a separate group in the '''Courtyard''' (last post [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14111550060A18769400&page=1#18 here]])

* As a city, Newhaven is pretty much wholly given over to the Alliance and its politics. It serves as the political nerve center of the Alliance and houses the facilities and quarters used by the various political representatives of the member races to the Alliance’s main deliberative body, the House of Arbiters. Located at the heart of the city and in the innermost common area, the House of Arbiters is a congress where councilpersons and other recognized speakers, special interests, etc. can bring forward topics for discussion and eventual determination. This forum is most commonly used to decide on matters of common policy.

* As a city, Newhaven is pretty much wholly given over to the Alliance and its politics. It serves as the political nerve center of the Alliance and houses the facilities and quarters used by the various political representatives of the member races to the Alliance’s main deliberative body, the House of Arbiters. Located at the heart of the city and in the innermost common area, the House of Arbiters is a congress where councilpersons and other recognized speakers, special interests, etc. can bring forward topics for discussion and eventual determination. This forum is most commonly used to decide on matters of common policy. As one might imagine, the practical challenges of governing a confederation as deliberately diverse as the Alliance are manifold. A given nation is afforded one representative- along with their vote- for every 100, 000 constituents, and different sitting councilpersons are afforded different powers based on their position. A sitting councilperson can give weight or visibility to a given issue by advocating for it on behalf of their constituents, but this is a fairly remarkable occurrence.

!!Tropers/{{Killer Clowns}}

'''The Southern Wastes'''
* '''Type:''' Normal, serious, a Crapsack World with BlackAndGreyMorality, no interdimensionality aside from the Eyes and Teeth, which exists outside of space and time
* '''Themes:''' [[DarkFantasy Dark]] LowFantasy, with a hearty helping of SwordAndSandals HeroicFantasy, and hints of CosmicHorrorStory
* '''Origin:''' My only 'verse, as it was in approximately ~1500 A.D. Amu (at this time still [[TheHero unquestionably heroic]]), Okul, the Red King, Moonlit Blossom, and Crescent Raptor hail from this era, but the last two are unlikely to show up due to geographic seperation.
* '''Description:''' The two great powers of these forsaken lands are the Free People of the Xeqane and the Elasane Kingdom. Seen through the modern lens, the Xeqane, united by the eponymous and aptly-named [[SheIsTheKing Emperor]] Xeqa the Crucifier, are barbarians — harsh nomads who raid and loot the lesser city-states of the north and, when the dare, the Elasane themselves, in order to eke out an austere but free existence in the merciless badlands. Whatever else, they are at least people with honor and a code, which cannot be said for the "civilized" Elasane, who build their cities upon the scarred backs of the slaves and nigh-enslaved serfs, and sacrifice the weak to empty idols representing profane ideals. Most feared are the Elasane warrior-monks, master of AntiMagic who deal with the [[MagicIsEvil very real]] threat of the dark magic of the Eyes and Teeth, [[EvilerThanThou with cruelty that makes the eldrich contempt of the Eyes and Teeth look merciful by comparison.]] To the north lie other nations, the Yoth and Meyil, but reaching these lands will be more or less impossible for reasons both logistical and arcane. Magic is rare, and only tolerated, barely, by the Xeqane and their vassals (including the Uelane). The use of magic brought from outside is dangerous — the fragment of the Eyes and Teeth that exists within time slumbers now, but [[CosmicHorrorStory woe unto those who awaken it early with truly grandiose displays of power]], for there is AlwaysABiggerFish.

'''The Uelane Magocracy'''
* '''Type:''' Normal, generally serious WorldOfSnark, MoralityKitchenSink, no interdimensionality aside from the Eyes and Teeth, which exists outside of space and time
* '''Themes:''' LowFantasy, ScienceFantasy, hints of LovecraftLite
* '''Origin:''' My only 'verse, as it is in 2020 A.D. Amu ([[FallenHero now quite mad]]), Aseyu, her family, Koyel, and his family all hail from this time and place, while the Hosseinis, Julia, and Western Amalgamated live on Earth but have stakes here and may make appearances.
* '''Description:''' The Uelane Magocracy rules the continent unchallenged, with a rule that [[EvenEvilHasStandards isn't quite dystopian]], but nonetheless corrupt, callous, arbitrary, and starting to decay. Ordinary people can live peaceful lives with luck, but corruption rules, politicians fight over fiefdoms in everything short of outright civil war, and the mages, [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity minds warped by the Void]], do as they please; the "sanest" ones engage in [[KnightTemplar insanely devoted enforcement of the law]], while many more [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers disregard these laws and focus only on their own pleasures and gain]]. Still, businesses do their business. The canals run, sometimes on time. And while the Eyes and Teeth is now fully awakened, unknown incidents between the old era and new have crippled it, weakening its ability to toy with the magic that enters its world and leaving mortals able to challenge and possibly even, if only temporarily, defeat it. For all the crimes Amu committed as the Eyes and Teeth warped his mind, [[WorldHalfFull he did bring hope to the world]], and that deed remains.

* '''Themes:''' Political Hard-Fantasy Dungeonpunk, Progressive Post-Fantasy, Tolkienpunk, magitech, ideology, factional conflict, civil war Origin: My most prominent and best developed 'verse. The place where most of my characters are from, including Wesley, Angua, Agustin and Elisif. If they’re not from here, they’re likely from my other large ‘verse instead, which as of yet does not have a name.

* As a city, Newhaven is pretty much wholly given over to the Alliance and its politics. It serves as the political nerve center of the Alliance and houses the facilities and quarters used by the various political representatives of the member races to the Alliance’s main deliberative body, the House of Arbiters. Located at the heart of the city and in the innermost common area, the House of Arbiters is a congress where councilpersons and other recognized speakers, special interests, etc. can bring forward topics for discussion and eventual determination. This forum is most commonly used to decide on matters of common policy. As one might imagine, the practical challenges of governing a confederation as deliberately diverse as the Alliance are manifold. A given nation is afforded one representative- along with their vote- for every 100, 000 constituents, and different sitting councilpersons are afforded different powers based on their position. A sitting councilperson can give weight or visibility to a given issue by advocating for it on behalf of their constituents, but this is a fairly remarkable occurrence. A large old-style stone defensive wall surrounds the city, with refurbished metal battlements and weapon emplacements peeking out over the top of it. These defenses are manned by the Alliance’s elite guard, an all-Human contingent of veteran soldiers and colorguard, whose duties also include general policing within the public areas and thoroughfares of Newhaven, as well as the Trade Ring. Surrounding the city on all sides is a large and sprawling arrangement of ad-hoc structures and settlements called the Trade Ring. As trading- exchanging goods for money- is the only form of economic activity that the Alliance sanctions to be acceptable between two different races, Newhaven’s importance and centrality has lent to the creation of a thriving marketplace just outside the city walls.

!!Tropers/{{Darkblood Carnagefang}}

'''The Heroverse'''
* '''Type:''' Semi-Comedic, Mildly interdimensional (Travel between different dimensions in the Heroverse happens often, so seeing people from other dimensions randomly appear wouldn't cause much of a stir, unless it was en masse)
* '''Themes:''' Semi-Comedic, Superhero genre, Action, Urban Fantasy
* '''Origin:''' Adrian and Virgil hail from this universe. As you know, they're currently hanging around the Harbor in Archipelago. I intend to have other characters appear in future [=CDTs=], either other author's settings or general CDT things.
* '''Description:''' The Heroverse is a world very influenced by the {{Toku}} and the {{Superhero}} genres. It's a world running on a supernatural substance known as ESO, the byproduct of pulling in energy from other dimensions, which serves as magical fuel, grants superpowers, energizes cyborgs and {{Humongous Mecha}}s and powers up Ki. It's a world where the only things stopping humanity's total destruction are the various superheros and G.U.A.R.D. (Something of an equivalent to S.H.I.E.L.D. in the Marvel universe). It's a world where AngelsDevilsAndSquid are going against each other for a battle for supremacy and the various legions of villains are at each other's throats for conquest. It's a world where adventure is just another part of everyday life!

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!!My Principles of Writing

(a work in progress)

There are six basic principles I hold to in my writing, which I have gradually clarified over the past few years. I do not, to be clear, view these as ''universal'' principles - while I may like a work that goes against them slightly less, that doesn't mean I can't still enjoy it, and by no means do I claim that they're ''objective'' principles at all - but in my own works, I try to stick to them, slightly less strenously in comedy but, to at least some extent, in all works. Those principles are:

# Protagonists are important because the story focuses on them, not the other way around.
# You don't learn anything by looking in a perfectly reflective mirror.
# Exaggeration makes for good comedy... even if that wasn't what you were going for.
# Trying to please everyone pleases no one, but the responsibility of pleasing people is yours.
# Characters are what matter.
# Tropes are building blocks, but they aren't jigsaw pieces.

'''Protagonists are important because the story focuses on them, not the other way around.'''

(in progress)

'''You don't learn anything by looking in a perfectly reflective mirror.'''

A fair number of science fiction authors I've read have said something to the effect of "science fiction doesn't matter for what it can tell us about the future, but in what it can tell us about the present". I agree, wholeheartedly, but I think that comes with a caveat: in order to do this, the future depicted in science fiction must be ''different'' from the present.

(in progress)

'''Exaggeration makes for good comedy... even if that wasn't what you were going for.'''

When I say "exaggeration" here, I'm not using the word in its conventional sense. Rather, I'm using it in a sense I coined a few months back, to refer to a concept that I've been pondering for much longer. "Exaggeration", here, refers to any attempt in fiction to make the crucial aspects of the story - characters, and ''especially'' their emotions - more dramatic or over-the-top then in real life.

(in progress)

'''Trying to please everyone pleases no one, but the responsibility of pleasing people is yours.'''

(in progress)

'''Characters are what matter.'''

This seems like a somewhat obvious statement, but I don't think it is.

(in progress)

'''Tropes are building blocks, but they aren't jigsaw pieces.'''

This is the only principle I've adopted specifically because of TV Tropes, though it's ''not'' just applicable to here.

(in progress)

Temporary standby until I actually make this page.