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The official trailer was released in March of 2023, with the first episode, ''"Blood for Blood"'', being released on Patreon in July of that month. It became publically available on August 11, 2023. The second episode, "''Winter Weathered''", was released on April 5, 2024.

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The official trailer was released in March of 2023, with the first episode, ''"Blood ''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E98bD5WrMrc Blood for Blood"'', Blood]]"'', being released on Patreon in July of that month. It became publically available on August 11, 2023. The second episode, "''Winter Weathered''", "''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeQg1ejt3MI Winter Weathered]]''", was released on April 5, 2024.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Helionyx breaks down in horror when he realizes that his desire for vengeance [[spoiler:drove him to kill the ''Smilodon'' that ate his son]], forsaking his usual respect for Sauria's wildlife in the process.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Helionyx breaks down in horror when he realizes that his desire for vengeance [[spoiler:drove him to kill the ''Smilodon'' that ate his son]], forsaking his usual respect for Sauria's wildlife in the process. [[spoiler: To atone, he adopts the predator's orphaned cub.]]


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* RapidFireNo: [[spoiler: Upon realizing that he had killed the ''Smilodon'' out of revenge, Helionyx descends into this.]]
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* TerrorDactyl: The Fell, a race of swamp-dwelling witches, resemble menacing, anthropomorphic pterosaurs with atrophied wings.

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* TerrorDactyl: The Fell, a race of swamp-dwelling witches, resemble menacing, anthropomorphic pterosaurs with atrophied wings. The forefathers also follow this trope from we can tell from their statues
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* IHaveManyNames: The Arctic Saurians are described in various legends and fairy tales as the "Ice Keepers", "Spirits of the Snow" and most prominently, "The Eyes of the Mountains".

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* IHaveManyNames: The Arctic Saurians are described in various legends and fairy tales as the "Ice Keepers", "Spirits of the Snow" and most prominently, "The Eyes of in the Mountains".

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* AnimalNemesis: "Winter Weathered" is a deconstruction of this, as Helionyx knows full well that the animal who killed his son can't be blamed for it, but it does nothing to help his grief and rage. [[spoiler:When he finds the beast, he gives in to his anger and kills it, only to be overcome with remorse at seeing her die and orphaning her cub.]]

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* AnimalNemesis: "Winter Weathered" is a deconstruction of this, as Helionyx knows full well that the animal who killed his son can't be blamed for it, but it does nothing to help his grief and rage. [[spoiler:When he finds the beast, he gives in to his anger and kills it, only to be overcome with remorse at seeing her die and orphaning her cub. He promises to [[MustMakeAmends raise the cub himself]], which finally gives him closure for his son's death.]]


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* TimeSkip: "Winter Weathered" skips ahead a year for its epilogue, showing the seasons changing and the winter returning. Helionyx is back on the hunt, [[spoiler:now accompanied by the grown ''Smilodon'' cub]].

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* AllThereInTheManual: As the animation consists in three short stories, most of the lore concerning ''Sauria'' is discussed in a separate video in Armsby's channel.

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* AllThereInTheManual: As the animation consists in three short stories, most of the lore concerning ''Sauria'' is discussed in a separate video videos in Armsby's channel.



* AnimalNemesis: "Winter Weathered" is a deconstruction of this, as Helionyx knows full well that the animal who killed his son can't be blamed for it, but it does nothing to help his grief and rage. [[spoiler:When he finds the beast, he gives in to his anger and kills it, only to be overcome with remorse at seeing her die and orphaning her cub.]]



* ArcSymbol: The helix in "Winter Weathered", placed on Helionyx's home, the empty sheath of his son's knife, and [[spoiler:the shoulder of the grown cub]]. It's not until the end that it's revealed that it means the helix of life and death, fitting the episode's themes.

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* ArcSymbol: The helix in "Winter Weathered", placed on Helionyx's home, the empty sheath of his son's knife, and [[spoiler:the shoulder shoulders of the grown cub]]. It's not until the end that it's revealed that it means the helix of life and death, fitting the episode's themes.



* TheCameo: In "Winter Weathered", a group of Bluesong warriors, on ''Parasaurolophus'' walk by as Helionyx is hiding in the bushes, but unlike in "Blood for Blood", they play no role in the story. There's also a brief shot of two dead Kindred in the snow.

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In "Winter Weathered", a group of Bluesong warriors, on ''Parasaurolophus'' walk by as Helionyx is hiding in the bushes, but unlike in "Blood for Blood", they play no role in the story. There's also a brief shot of two dead Kindred in the snow.snow.
** The Troodon from ''WebAnimation/{{Dinosauria}}'' makes a brief appearance in "Winter Weathered", looking over the bodies of dead poachers. A nanuqsaurus also appears in the beginning stealing Helionyx's kill, but it is a different model from ''Dinosauria''.

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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The four tribes seen in the trailers come in red-orange (Kindred of the Tusk), blue (Bluesong Empire), dark green (the Fell), and white respectively. Amusingly, the creatures that live in their domains follow the same principle (though WordOfGod notes that the Bluesong's animals weren't always this way).

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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The four tribes seen in the trailers come in red-orange (Kindred of the Tusk), blue (Bluesong Empire), dark green (the Fell), and white (Arctic Saurians) respectively. Amusingly, the creatures that live in their domains follow the same principle (though WordOfGod notes that the Bluesong's animals weren't always this way).



* TheEmpire: The Bluesong Empire.

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* DramaticIrony: The Bluesong are seeking Arctic Saurians in the hope that they'll be able to tell them more about the Forefathers, who the Bluesong see themselves as the successors to. What they don't realize is that their expansion is driving the already isolated and reclusive Arctic Saurians even farther apart and driving them extinct.
* TheEmpire: The Bluesong Empire.Empire, a Roman-esque empire that is expanding throughout Sauria to tame its wilds and claim control, while the rest of Sauria is resisting.



* MotherGoddess[=/=]MotherNature: The Great Maia, referred to by her worshippers as the "mother of Sauria" and the one that maintains the helix of life and death. She has followers in many nations, but Arctic Saurians are particularly devout, and part of Helionyx's story is his CrisisOfFaith about her worship.



* TeamSwitzerland: While the Bluesong, the Kindred of The Tusk, and the Fell are all part of the war for Sauria, Arctic Saurians aren't politically united and want nothing to do with the conflict, preferring to hide away in the remaining wilds even as their people die out. Helionyx is unusually proactive in that he kills Kindred poachers to protect his home.



* ThankYourPrey: A version. Helionyx and those that worship Maia ask her forgiveness before killing their prey, addressing it as a needed sin and promising to make use of it. [[spoiler:When Helionyx kills the ''Smilodon'' out of rage, he's horrified at having killed without necessity and pleads her forgiveness.]]

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* ThankYourPrey: A version. Helionyx and those that worship Maia ask apologize to her forgiveness before killing their prey, addressing it as a needed sin and promising to make use of it. [[spoiler:When Helionyx kills the ''Smilodon'' out of rage, he's horrified at having killed without necessity and pleads her forgiveness.]]
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* DyingRace: The Arctic Saurians are the oldest of the races in Sauria and were once scattered across the continent. But between their reclusive and isolationist nature and the wars of the other tribes, they have been driven further north and become rare enough to be treated as almost mythical figures.


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* IHaveManyNames: The Arctic Saurians are described in various legends and fairy tales as the "Ice Keepers", "Spirits of the Snow" and most prominently, "The Eyes of the Mountains".

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