History Webcomic / ErrantStory

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Ian's genocidal campaign against the elves. With the exception of Sarine and Misa, they're all arrogant bastards who've been begging for that kind of smackdown the entire comic.

* AnythingThatMoves: A faction of elves called the Rinkai have this as their hat.

* ElvesVsDwarves: {{Inverted}}. The Rinkai, a highly * ahem* [[AnythingThatMoves "diplomatic"]] faction of elves, were close friends with the dwarves until the latter finally died out due to their sterility.

* BladeOnAStick: The Lancea form of the Durus Flamma blade.

* ElvesVsDwarves: {{Inverted}}. The Rinkai, a highly [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow * ahem* ]] [[AnythingThatMoves "diplomatic"]] faction of elves, were close friends with the dwarves until the latter finally died out due to their sterility.

* IllGirl: Leah, who regularly coughs up blood.

* PastExperienceNightmare: Sarine has had at least one of [[spoiler: the [[http://www.errantstory.com/2006-06-07 stillbirth of her child.]]]] Considering that it happened two thousand years ago and is only part of the emotional baggage she has been carrying it was certainly not her only one.

** Paul, as part of his BaldOfAwesome.

* BadBoss: High Commander Yenhael.
* BaldOfAwesome: Paul. His lack of hair allows his brain to function properly, leading him to correctly conclude that [[spoiler: associating with Ian can only end badly for the Ensigerum.]] Also, giving a PhysicalGod a well deserved WhatTheHellHero speech and telling him that the Ensigerum [[http://www.errantstory.com/?p=904 are not his foot soldiers]] to be ordered around.
** He later [[http://www.errantstory.com/?p=4266 did himself one better,]] bad-mouthing both his immediate superior and the aforementioned PhysicalGod for their [[IdiotBall sheer stupidity.]] In the span of a single page.
** More recently, see his OnlySaneMan moment [[http://www.errantstory.com/?p=5249 here]]. ''Really? REALLY?!''

-->-- '''[[http://www.errantstory.com/2012-05-23/5567 Michael Poe]]'''

** They seem to mirror the Kroot of Warhammer 40k in this regard, though without the freaky genetics that make it actually true, and having your remains eaten after you die seems to be something of a compliment (they do it to humans only if suitably impressed). In fact, one of the punishments in their culture is [[http://www.errantstory.com/2009-07-08 "no one save the dirt and the worms shall eat of your meat."]] Likewise, they consider it very offensive to cremate someone's remains and burning a troll's corpse will royally piss off their tribe.

* {{Angrish}}: Councilman Hinadori is a bit... ''[[http://www.errantstory.com/2010-03-22/4688 incoherent]]'' after the Elven ambassador [[http://www.errantstory.com/2010-03-19/4687 insults his granddaughter]] to his face.

* AppliedPhlebotinum: Durus Flamma blades - basically fantasy lightsabers powered by [[http://www.errantstory.com/2007-03-26 "magic elf crystals."]]
* ArmorIsUseless: Primarily due to the fact that the current weapons (magic, guns, and Durus Flamma weapons) are well ahead of the armor technology. [[http://www.errantstory.com/2006-04-28 Mentioned by Sarine]] when thinking if she should repair her current suit of armor.

* AttackHello: Sarine is returning to the elven city of Paenubilus Astu when an old friend of hers - Misa - decides to [[http://www.errantstory.com/2006-04-12 sneak up on her for fun.]] Unfortunately, Sarine is a bit jumpy after a crazy and/or obeying-the-AncientConspiracy elf attempted to assassinate her earlier, and nearly kills the girl before [[http://www.errantstory.com/2006-04-21 she realizes who she is.]]

* BaldOfAwesome: Paul. His lack of hair allows his brain to function properly, leading him to correctly conclude that [[spoiler: associating with Ian can only end badly for the Ensigerum.]] Also, giving a PhysicalGod a well deserved WhatTheHellHero speech and telling him that the Ensigerum [[http://www.errantstory.com/2008-11-26 are not his foot soldiers]] to be ordered around.
** He later [[http://www.errantstory.com/2009-07-24 did himself one better,]] bad-mouthing both his immediate superior and the aforementioned PhysicalGod for their [[IdiotBall sheer stupidity.]] In the span of a single page.
** More recently, see his OnlySaneMan moment [[http://www.errantstory.com/2011-06-23/5249 here]]. ''Really? REALLY?!''

* BarehandedBladeBlock: [[spoiler: Ian [[http://www.errantstory.com/2007-08-10 does this]] on a gigantic axe wielded by Luminosita, an artificial god.]]
* BathroomStallGraffiti: When Meji claims to still be a virgin one of her professors [[http://www.errantstory.com/2002-12-23 states that the graffiti disagrees.]] Judging by Meji's response the graffiti is probably right.

* BookEnds: The covers of the [[http://www.errantstory.com/2002-12-11/31 first]] and [[http://www.errantstory.com/2011-05-30/5236 last]] chapters both show Meji sitting on the ground, leaning back against a tree trunk. Differences in her appearance and surroundings reflect the changes that have taken place throughout the story. (The [[http://www.errantstory.com/2002-11-06/16 prologue]] and [[http://www.errantstory.com/2012-02-13/5426 epilogue]] covers also form a pair, but with far less symbolism.)

'''Meji:''' Nah, they're elves. Their warpgates would be, like, gigantic, with [[CrystalSpiresAndTogas glowing crystal crap]], trimmed in gold, and basically say "Our form of instantaneous global travel is [[OurElvesAreBetter better]] than your form of instantaneous global travel."

* OurElvesAreBetter: Played mostly straight. Except it turns out that [[spoiler:the Ensigerum, the guys the elves trained as guards before they walled themselves off from the rest of the world, are actually a match for the elves in combat, even after all these years]]. And morally speaking the elves are pretty far down the ladder, having had their collective MoralEventHorizon (their attempt to exterminate the trolls for being "the gods' failure") thousands of years before the start of the comic.

A HighFantasy {{Webcomic}} that ran from 2002 to 2012, and the second webcomic of Michael Poe (''Webcomic/ExploitationNow'' being his first, ''Webcomic/DoesNotPlayWellWithOthers'' his third). Poe has started re-running the comic at 3-5 pages a week, with author commentary on each page, although it is currently on hiatus. There are two sequel series planned.

* BadDreams: Sarine has had at least one of [[spoiler: the [[http://www.errantstory.com/2006-06-07 stillbirth of her child.]]]] Considering that it happened two thousand years ago and is only part of the emotional baggage she has been carrying it was certainly not her only one.

* BlackBestFriend: Bani, [[{{Lampshaded}} mentioned by name]] [[http://www.errantstory.com/2009-03-05 here.]]

* BadassGrandpa: Ichiro Hinadori, Meji's grandfather, is an impressively powerful mage, an unrivaled PapaWolf, and has balls of solid titanium.