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** This seems to be one of the author's [[TropesAreTools favourite tropes to use]]. There are loads of these, some even used as plot devices. The [[http://goldenage.comicgenesis.com/d/20020206.html zombie gardener]] was another one, though that one was a bit more predictable. The mysteriously clean adventurer's bar was another example.
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* [[LoveableRogue Nimble]], [[StickyFingers pickpocket]], punster and leader of the gang, he was raised in the gang from a [[ArtfulDodger young age]]. Cunning and GenreSavvy, he favors [[TakeAThirdOption creative solutions]] to his problems.
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* YouWontGetAwayWithThis: How the group [[http://goldenage.comicgenesis.com/d/20051218.html reacts]] to the Necromancer's plan.
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-->'''Ciria:''' Someone up there must like me -- or hate me. Wish I knew which.\\
'''Tikker:''' I envy your ignorance.
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'''Tikker:''' I envy your ignorance.
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''[[http://goldenage.comicgenesis.com Golden Age of Adventurers]]'' is a light-hearted Fantasy webcomic situated on [[ComicGenesis ComicGenesis]].
[[FarmBoy Wannabe adventurer]] Ciria gets her first quest - to fetch four runaways from the local Old Folk's Home. The reward is great and the job seems easy enough - [[TemptingFate What could possibly go wrong]]?
Well, as it turns out, the four escaped characters are a gang of [[CoolOldGuy adventuring veterans]], having quested together for 40 years. They are, however willing to go along peacefully - provided that Ciria lets them finish their current adventure first...
The Cast
* [[OldMaster Ai Yah]] - This [[BareFistedMonk monk]] can be counted on to provide moral guidance, make literature references and be the StraightMan to the other, zanier characters.
* [[CloudCuckoolander Ben]], Arch-mage, exposition and comic relief.
* [[FarmBoy Ciria]]. Born in an inconspicuous village, and raised there by very [[SecretLegacy normal-seeming parents]], Ciria thirsts for adventure, despite the conflicts it causes with her well-developed common sense.
* [[LoveableRogue Nimble]], [[StickyFingers pickpocket]], punster and leader of the gang, he was raised in the gang from a [[ArtfulDodger young age]]. Cunning and GenreSavvy, he favors [[TakeAThirdOption creative solutions]] to his problems.
* [[TheBigGuy Hook Horsebane]] - [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]] Dwarven war veteran with multiple prosthetics and a mercenary attitude. Enjoys arguing with Ai.
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!!This webcomic provides examples of:
* AllGenesAreCodominant: Averted in Ben's case. He is a half-elf, but has a full beard, because his Y chromosome was inherited from his human father. It is stated that his sister look more elf-like, though.
* BareFistedMonk: Ai fits the trope, and was indeed very helpful when escaping unequipped from a dungeon.
* CelibateHero: Ai is determined to avoid sinful behaviour. Which is why his [[http://goldenage.comicgenesis.com/d/20040520.html negotiations]] with some prostitutes for a back massage are amusing...
-->'''Prostitute'''"Would it help if I undressed more?"
-->'''Ai:'''"Heaven forbid. And I mean that literally."
* ChewToy: Stony loses his bar regularly. Subverted in that he has adapted to the inevitable, and receives [[HeroInsurance monetary compensation]] for the various disasters.
-->'''Stony:'''"Eh, at least I never have to clean the place".
* CloudCuckoolander: Ben regularly talks to his staff, and sometimes make weird statements (which may nonetheless turn out to be correct).
* ContractualGenreBlindness: [[http://goldenage.comicgenesis.com/d/20011216.html This strip]]
-->'''Will:'''"Before I could kill you, form dictates I'd have to [[JustBetweenYouAndMe tell you my evil plans]] - and I haven't finished them yet."
* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: Will the Necromancer invites the gang in for a business proposition over tea - served in skulls, of course.
* DivineIntervention: The Gang's Divine Patron gives a discrete nudge to things from time to time.
* ExposedToTheElements: Ai Yah normally goes about in a loincloth. For a [[http://goldenage.comicgenesis.com/d/20061224.html holidays strip]], while the rest of the Gang had donned thick winter outfits, he's geared up, too - in a vest, shorts and sandals...
* ElvesVsDwarves: Played straight; at any rate, Dwarves don't seem to care too much for Elves, while the latter are being more graceful about it.
* FatAndSkinny: The thin, cynical Orc scout Tikker and his inexperienced nephew Kogg, a burly Orc/Ogre crossbreed, fit the trope perfectly.
* ForScience: Check [[http://goldenage.comicgenesis.com/d/20050823.html Elondaro's reaction to the comment on animists and plagues]].
* GenderBlenderName: Aren't asian people named Ai usually female?
* HotSkittyOnWailordAction: Kogg (Half-Orc/Half-ogre) is the product of a drunken bet by Tikker's older brother that he could seduce an ogress. He won the bet, but lost his life.
* IHaveThisFriend: Ben is embarrassed, purchasing magic books for Ciria.
-->'''Ben:''' ''Look, these beginner books aren't for ME, all right?''
-->'''Cashier:''' ''OF COURSE they aren't, sir.''
-->'''Ben:''' ''It's for, well, an apprentice of mine.''
-->'''Cashier:''' ''I see.''
-->'''Ben:''' ''I just wouldn't want you to think...''
-->'''Cashier:''' ''I understand perfectly, sir. Feel free to reaffirm your hipness status by purchasing a complex tome of thaumaturgy...''
* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Kazprok, main antagonist in the first chapter, captures the Gang and promptly gives them a lecture - complete with zombie-held blackboard -- about his current Evil Plan. After voting on it, the Gang gives his plan the grade "You'll never get away with this!". It is stated that the TOP grade is "You FIEND!"
* MauveShirt: Several Orcs have been named, and given some panel time.
* NeverMyFault: [[http://goldenage.comicgenesis.com/d/20031103.html This strip]]:
-->'''Tikker:'''"You know, stopping to pick up that gold coin was a stupid, stupid thing to do."
-->'''Kogg:'''"Mmh-hm."
-->'''Tikker:'''"And if anyone asks, YOU did it."
* NotWhatItLooksLike: [[http://goldenage.comicgenesis.com/d/20040622.html this strip]], where [[ChasteHero Ai]] has just spent a few hours teaching the employees of a "massage parlour" to actually give an acceptable back massage.
* OurOrcsAreDifferent: Orcs in Golden Age are green-skinned savages, on the darker side of Neutral, who while chiefly being {{Mooks}} still manage to get some screen time.
* RunningGag: [[YouAllMeetInAnInn The Troll Bridge]] tends to be destroyed [[OnceAnEpisode fairly regularly]], to the annoyance of its Trollish Barkeep.
** though this is mostly an InformedAbility, since we only have one chapter (and a few flashbacks) to base this on.
* SeparatedAtBirth: Elondaro and Will. One was raised by Elves, the other by Necromancers. [[spoiler:It turns out that the Necromancers grabbed the wrong baby.]] [[spoiler:In the end we are informed [[ShockingSwerve the Will and Elondaro were not twins, but triplets]]...]]
* SideQuest: Averted by Nimble. When Elondaro suggests that the Gang perform a small quest for him to gain his trust, Nimble responds by showing official documentation that they are, in fact, trustworthy.
-->'''Elondaro:''' ''Oh well, I was only gonna have them weed my garden, anyway...''
** Or [[http://goldenage.comicgenesis.com/d/20110123.html sometimes]] ''invoked'' by Nimble...
* SpitTake: [[http://goldenage.comicgenesis.com/d/20080817.html Happens off-panel]] in an IDrankWhat situation.
* SpySpeak: In [[http://goldenage.comicgenesis.com/d/20040408.html this strip]], Ben uses a codephrase to get to a secret portal hidden in a library.
** Subverted in that he got the phrase wrong - the librarian later implies that most everyone does, and that she directs anyone speaking cryptically to the room with the portal, just in case they're NOT a random loonie.
* SwordAndSorcerer: Ben and Hook used to be mercenaries together, before the gang formed, and when Ben was more reliable.
* TemptingFate: Usually played straight, but subverted in [[http://goldenage.comicgenesis.com/d/20050802.html this strip]] when Ciria says "It's good to know that Mom and Dad are safe from the bad guys I get to face". Cue panel of parents with some of said dangers -- having soundly beaten them up. Hey, even irony [[MuggingTheMonster can only do so much]]...
* UnfortunateNames: Hook Horsebane dislikes his Epithet.
-->'''Hook:''' "I've killed several werewolves, raiders by the dozen, orcs by the hundreds... and ONE time I try to ride this STUPID piece of @#¤%-ing burger-meat... @#¤% bards and their DAMNED [[AlliterativeName alliterations]]... "
** Since we never hear his original last name, one may assume it was even worse...
* UnusualEuphemism: Elondaro, about a villainous tree: "Son of a beech".
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Zaphaster Badwill the Unholy ("Call me Will") was named and raised by the guild of Necromancers.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Ben's [[CloudCuckooLander zanyness]] is a direct result of knowing too much magic (especially, his favored school, Chaos magic). It has been stated that magic can overwrite your brain, which is why students memorize all those [[MagicalGesture gestures]] and [[MagicalIncantation words]], to make casting harder, or at least something you don't do in your sleep.
-->'''Ciria:''' Is loonyness really an INESCAPABLE consequence of doing magic?
-->'''Hook:''' Consequence? I always figured it was a REQUIREMENT.
* YouAllMeetInAnInn: Inns are good places to find quests.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Justified in that only non-humans have weird hair-colors
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Orcs have short lifespans - the Orc scouts Tikker and Kogg are 14 and 9 years old, respectively.
* YouWontGetAwayWithThis: How the group [[http://goldenage.comicgenesis.com/d/20051218.html reacts]] to the Necromancer's plan.
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[[caption-width-right:240:Our intrepid Heroes]]
''[[http://goldenage.comicgenesis.com Golden Age of Adventurers]]'' is a light-hearted Fantasy webcomic situated on [[ComicGenesis ComicGenesis]].
[[FarmBoy Wannabe adventurer]] Ciria gets her first quest - to fetch four runaways from the local Old Folk's Home. The reward is great and the job seems easy enough - [[TemptingFate What could possibly go wrong]]?
Well, as it turns out, the four escaped characters are a gang of [[CoolOldGuy adventuring veterans]], having quested together for 40 years. They are, however willing to go along peacefully - provided that Ciria lets them finish their current adventure first...
The Cast
* [[OldMaster Ai Yah]] - This [[BareFistedMonk monk]] can be counted on to provide moral guidance, make literature references and be the StraightMan to the other, zanier characters.
* [[CloudCuckoolander Ben]], Arch-mage, exposition and comic relief.
* [[FarmBoy Ciria]]. Born in an inconspicuous village, and raised there by very [[SecretLegacy normal-seeming parents]], Ciria thirsts for adventure, despite the conflicts it causes with her well-developed common sense.
* [[LoveableRogue Nimble]], [[StickyFingers pickpocket]], punster and leader of the gang, he was raised in the gang from a [[ArtfulDodger young age]]. Cunning and GenreSavvy, he favors [[TakeAThirdOption creative solutions]] to his problems.
* [[TheBigGuy Hook Horsebane]] - [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]] Dwarven war veteran with multiple prosthetics and a mercenary attitude. Enjoys arguing with Ai.
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!!This webcomic provides examples of:
* AllGenesAreCodominant: Averted in Ben's case. He is a half-elf, but has a full beard, because his Y chromosome was inherited from his human father. It is stated that his sister look more elf-like, though.
* BareFistedMonk: Ai fits the trope, and was indeed very helpful when escaping unequipped from a dungeon.
* CelibateHero: Ai is determined to avoid sinful behaviour. Which is why his [[http://goldenage.comicgenesis.com/d/20040520.html negotiations]] with some prostitutes for a back massage are amusing...
-->'''Prostitute'''"Would it help if I undressed more?"
-->'''Ai:'''"Heaven forbid. And I mean that literally."
* ChewToy: Stony loses his bar regularly. Subverted in that he has adapted to the inevitable, and receives [[HeroInsurance monetary compensation]] for the various disasters.
-->'''Stony:'''"Eh, at least I never have to clean the place".
* CloudCuckoolander: Ben regularly talks to his staff, and sometimes make weird statements (which may nonetheless turn out to be correct).
* ContractualGenreBlindness: [[http://goldenage.comicgenesis.com/d/20011216.html This strip]]
-->'''Will:'''"Before I could kill you, form dictates I'd have to [[JustBetweenYouAndMe tell you my evil plans]] - and I haven't finished them yet."
* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: Will the Necromancer invites the gang in for a business proposition over tea - served in skulls, of course.
* DivineIntervention: The Gang's Divine Patron gives a discrete nudge to things from time to time.
* ExposedToTheElements: Ai Yah normally goes about in a loincloth. For a [[http://goldenage.comicgenesis.com/d/20061224.html holidays strip]], while the rest of the Gang had donned thick winter outfits, he's geared up, too - in a vest, shorts and sandals...
* ElvesVsDwarves: Played straight; at any rate, Dwarves don't seem to care too much for Elves, while the latter are being more graceful about it.
* FatAndSkinny: The thin, cynical Orc scout Tikker and his inexperienced nephew Kogg, a burly Orc/Ogre crossbreed, fit the trope perfectly.
* ForScience: Check [[http://goldenage.comicgenesis.com/d/20050823.html Elondaro's reaction to the comment on animists and plagues]].
* GenderBlenderName: Aren't asian people named Ai usually female?
* HotSkittyOnWailordAction: Kogg (Half-Orc/Half-ogre) is the product of a drunken bet by Tikker's older brother that he could seduce an ogress. He won the bet, but lost his life.
* IHaveThisFriend: Ben is embarrassed, purchasing magic books for Ciria.
-->'''Ben:''' ''Look, these beginner books aren't for ME, all right?''
-->'''Cashier:''' ''OF COURSE they aren't, sir.''
-->'''Ben:''' ''It's for, well, an apprentice of mine.''
-->'''Cashier:''' ''I see.''
-->'''Ben:''' ''I just wouldn't want you to think...''
-->'''Cashier:''' ''I understand perfectly, sir. Feel free to reaffirm your hipness status by purchasing a complex tome of thaumaturgy...''
* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Kazprok, main antagonist in the first chapter, captures the Gang and promptly gives them a lecture - complete with zombie-held blackboard -- about his current Evil Plan. After voting on it, the Gang gives his plan the grade "You'll never get away with this!". It is stated that the TOP grade is "You FIEND!"
* MauveShirt: Several Orcs have been named, and given some panel time.
* NeverMyFault: [[http://goldenage.comicgenesis.com/d/20031103.html This strip]]:
-->'''Tikker:'''"You know, stopping to pick up that gold coin was a stupid, stupid thing to do."
-->'''Kogg:'''"Mmh-hm."
-->'''Tikker:'''"And if anyone asks, YOU did it."
* NotWhatItLooksLike: [[http://goldenage.comicgenesis.com/d/20040622.html this strip]], where [[ChasteHero Ai]] has just spent a few hours teaching the employees of a "massage parlour" to actually give an acceptable back massage.
* OurOrcsAreDifferent: Orcs in Golden Age are green-skinned savages, on the darker side of Neutral, who while chiefly being {{Mooks}} still manage to get some screen time.
* RunningGag: [[YouAllMeetInAnInn The Troll Bridge]] tends to be destroyed [[OnceAnEpisode fairly regularly]], to the annoyance of its Trollish Barkeep.
** though this is mostly an InformedAbility, since we only have one chapter (and a few flashbacks) to base this on.
* SeparatedAtBirth: Elondaro and Will. One was raised by Elves, the other by Necromancers. [[spoiler:It turns out that the Necromancers grabbed the wrong baby.]] [[spoiler:In the end we are informed [[ShockingSwerve the Will and Elondaro were not twins, but triplets]]...]]
* SideQuest: Averted by Nimble. When Elondaro suggests that the Gang perform a small quest for him to gain his trust, Nimble responds by showing official documentation that they are, in fact, trustworthy.
-->'''Elondaro:''' ''Oh well, I was only gonna have them weed my garden, anyway...''
** Or [[http://goldenage.comicgenesis.com/d/20110123.html sometimes]] ''invoked'' by Nimble...
* SpitTake: [[http://goldenage.comicgenesis.com/d/20080817.html Happens off-panel]] in an IDrankWhat situation.
* SpySpeak: In [[http://goldenage.comicgenesis.com/d/20040408.html this strip]], Ben uses a codephrase to get to a secret portal hidden in a library.
** Subverted in that he got the phrase wrong - the librarian later implies that most everyone does, and that she directs anyone speaking cryptically to the room with the portal, just in case they're NOT a random loonie.
* SwordAndSorcerer: Ben and Hook used to be mercenaries together, before the gang formed, and when Ben was more reliable.
* TemptingFate: Usually played straight, but subverted in [[http://goldenage.comicgenesis.com/d/20050802.html this strip]] when Ciria says "It's good to know that Mom and Dad are safe from the bad guys I get to face". Cue panel of parents with some of said dangers -- having soundly beaten them up. Hey, even irony [[MuggingTheMonster can only do so much]]...
* UnfortunateNames: Hook Horsebane dislikes his Epithet.
-->'''Hook:''' "I've killed several werewolves, raiders by the dozen, orcs by the hundreds... and ONE time I try to ride this STUPID piece of @#¤%-ing burger-meat... @#¤% bards and their DAMNED [[AlliterativeName alliterations]]... "
** Since we never hear his original last name, one may assume it was even worse...
* UnusualEuphemism: Elondaro, about a villainous tree: "Son of a beech".
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Zaphaster Badwill the Unholy ("Call me Will") was named and raised by the guild of Necromancers.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Ben's [[CloudCuckooLander zanyness]] is a direct result of knowing too much magic (especially, his favored school, Chaos magic). It has been stated that magic can overwrite your brain, which is why students memorize all those [[MagicalGesture gestures]] and [[MagicalIncantation words]], to make casting harder, or at least something you don't do in your sleep.
-->'''Ciria:''' Is loonyness really an INESCAPABLE consequence of doing magic?
-->'''Hook:''' Consequence? I always figured it was a REQUIREMENT.
* YouAllMeetInAnInn: Inns are good places to find quests.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Justified in that only non-humans have weird hair-colors
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Orcs have short lifespans - the Orc scouts Tikker and Kogg are 14 and 9 years old, respectively.
* YouWontGetAwayWithThis: How the group [[http://goldenage.comicgenesis.com/d/20051218.html reacts]] to the Necromancer's plan.
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