History Webcomic / OrderOfTales

* DoomedHometown: Played straight with Koark's home; slightly subverted with Stone Palm: [[spoiler: although the town got burned, most of its inhabitants were perfectly safe underground]].
* EnemyCivilWar: Some of Rog's followers chafe under his rule, and rebel against him as soon as they get the opportunity. [[spoiler:Aethirus]] is trying to obtain the Bottle Woman specifically to defeat Rog with it, and eventually joins T-O-E's party outright. Later, a troop of blackbirds mistake Koark for the second coming of Obilik, and they almost immediately throw their support behind his attempt to overthrow Rog.

* WalkingTheEarth: Ever since his antcestral home was burned by Gerráh, Koark is a wandering storyteller. [[spoiler: After the adventure, he chooses to join T-O-E and Calabash in their travels]].

* FetchQuest: When Koark and T-O-E first meet, the latter indicates he knows something about "The Ascent of the Bone Ziggurat", but he makes Koark first delivery a message to Extranji before he'll answer any questions. Then Extranji turns out to be [[AlmostDeadGuy mortally wounded]], and he implores Koark to rescue the recently kidnapped Bottle Woman. This mission has several more twists and turns before Koark finally meets up with T-O-E again.

* LastOfHisKind: Teller Gerráh has betrayed the Order and killed the other tellers (including Koark's father), leaving Koark the last member of the Order of Tales.

* ActionSurvivor: Koark may have had the training of a [[TheStoryteller Teller]], but [[RightManInTheWrongPlace he grows into this role]].
* AllMythsAreTrue: Played with to such an extent that the story is one step away from going meta, [[spoiler: especially in the climactic fight with Gerrah, who attempts to fulfill his own version of the Obilik myth, dryly noting that the hero, Koark, dies in the tale]]. In the end, all myths are subverted. TOE puts it best at the beginning:
--->'''TOE:''' An absurd simplification of the actual events.
* AlmostDeadGuy: Extranji, the potionmaker of Tenshells. He's mortally wounded when Koark arrives at his house, and survives just long enough to warn that the Bottle Woman has been taken and, "They must... not... bring her east."

* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler: Unfortunately, Koark did not and it's a TearJerker]].

* LastOfHisKind: Teller Gerráh betrayed the Order and killed the other tellers (including Koark's father), leaving Koark the last member of the Order of Tales.

* {{Mythopoeia}}: Koark's job is to catalog it.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Torchlord, also known as Rog.

* ShowWithinAShow: The audience is treated to several stories from Koark's book of tales--the full text with illustrations in the margins.
* TheStoryteller: The purpose of the Order of Tales is to preserve and tell stories.

* WalkingTheEarth: What Koark chooses to do as he travels with TOE and Calabash, crafting a new book along the way.

* {{Tsundere}}: The Bottle Woman is understandably a little pissy about being dragged around by people who won't tell her anything.

* MacGuffinSuperPerson: The Bottle Woman. [[spoiler:The liquid inside her is the only AchillesHeel for Obilik's magical, invincible sword.]]
* MeaningfulEcho: The first chapter starts with Child-Koark picking flowers for his family’s soon-to-arrive guests, and telling his mount Potok all the stories his father taught him. The last chapter shows now-adult Koark [[AndTheAdventureContinues about to head off with TOE and Calabash on another adventure,]] and he starts desperately picking flowers [[IronicEcho in a shell-shocked silence.]]

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Torchlord.

* BookEnds: The first and last chapters both feature Koark picking flowers.
** Doubles as a MeaningfulEcho: The first chapter is where Child-Koark is picking flowers for his family’s soon-to-arrive guests, and telling his mount Potok all the stories his father taught him. The last chapter shows now-adult Koark desperately picking flowers in shell-shocked silence, most likely traumatized from his recent battle and definitely grieving [[spoiler: the deaths of Potok and the Bottle Woman.]]

* HeroicBSOD: Koark experiences a brief one after [[spoiler: Potok dies.]]

* FiveManBand: As of the end of Book Two. T-O-E is the Hero, Calabash the Lancer, Koark the Smart Guy, Aethirus the Big Guy, and Bottle Woman the Chick.

** Doubles as a MeaningfulEcho: The first chapter is where Child-Koark is picking flowers for his family’s soon-to-arrive guests, and telling his mount Potok all the stories his father taught him. The last chapter features shows the now-adult Koark desperately picking flowers in shell-shocked silence, most likely traumatized from his recent battle and ‘’definitely’’ grieving [[spoiler: the deaths of Potok and the Bottle Woman.]]

* DoomedHometown: Played straight with Koark's home; slightly subverted with Stone Palm: [[spoiler:although the town got burned, most of its inhabitants were perfectly safe underground]].

* CharacterDevelopment: Subtle and off-screen, but heartwarming. When Koark is a boy, he treats Potok with disdain for being scrawny and grey, favoring joyrides on his father's mount instead. After the fifteen year TimeSkip to Chapter Two, he is quite affectionate with Potok.

* TheBlank: T.O.E.
* BookEnds

** When Koark gets MistakenForMuderer in Tenshells, the Oceanqueen who presides over his trial is brusque and rather frightening, but figures out quickly that Koark isn't the murderer and orders his release.

* BigBad: [[spoiler:Gerrah, the man who murdered Koark's parents at the beginning, is behind almost all the strife in the story]].

* CharacterDevelopment: Subtle and off-screen, but heartwarming. When Koark is a boy, he treats Potok with disdain for being scrawny and grey, favoring joyrides on his father's mount instead. After the FlashForward to Chapter Two, he is quite affectionate with Potok.

* DoomedHometown: Played straight with Koark's home; slightly subverted with Stone Palm, [[spoiler:although the town got burned, most of its inhabitants were perfectly safe underground]].
* FetchQuest: It seems Koark's journey is shaping up to be an endless series of these.

* HorseOfADifferentColor: Potok, Koark's animal companion.
* LastOfHisKind
* LivingMacGuffin: The Bottle Woman

* MistakenForMurderer: [[spoiler:Koark]] is accused of murder while visiting Tenshells.

* HorseOfADifferentColor

* {{Badass}}: Aethirus. So badass he can even make others badass in his presence, like when he and Koark fought over the Bottle Woman.
-->'''Bottle Woman:''' Koark...he'll ''kill'' you...\\
'''Aethirus:''' He doesn't care.

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->''My business is not to know the truth of stories.''

* MacGuffinGirl: The Bottle Woman. She's not happy about it.

* [[spoiler: DidNotGetTheGirl: Unfortunately, Koark did not and it's a TearJerker]].

* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: The Bottle Woman sacrifices herself in order to stop the BigBad. Koark is noticeably not pleased about this.]]

''[[http://riceboy.jho-tan.com/order/index.html Order of Tales]]'' is a surreal fantasy webcomic by Evan Dahm. The story is set in {{Overside}}, several centuries prior to Dahm's other webcomic, ''Webcomic/RiceBoy''. However, ''Order'' is more of a side story than a direct prequel. The comic completed July, 2010, and Dahm has since started a third webcomic, ''Webcomic/{{Vattu}}''.

* RavensAndCrows: The Blackbirds

* ActionSurvivor: Koark is [[RightManInTheWrongPlace growing into the role]].
* AllMythsAreTrue: Played with to such an extent that the story is one step away from going meta, [[spoiler: especially in the climactic fight with Gerrah, who attempts to fulfill his own version of the Obilik myth, dryly noting that the hero, Koark, dies in the tale.]] In the end, all myths are subverted. TOE puts it best at the beginning:

--> '''Bottle Woman:''' Koark...he'll ''kill'' you...
--> '''Aethirus:''' He doesn't care.
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Gerrah, the man who murdered Koark's parents at the beginning, is behind almost all the strife in the story.]]

* MeaningfulName: Koark (say it out loud) and the Bottle Woman
** Although Evan said it was not intentional. And his name in Seen-script shows that it's pronounced Ko-ark, with two syllables.
* MistakenForMurderer: Accused of murder while visiting Tenshells.

* TheStoryteller
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: How the stablehand saves young Koark's life. [[spoiler: Koark manages the same trick after [[TookALevelInBadass taking a level in badass]].]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: After Aethirus is separated from the group on the disastrous flying trip, he simple vanishes from the face of the narrative with nary a mention as to his final fate.]]

* MacGuffinGirl: The Bottle Woman.

''[[http://riceboy.jho-tan.com/order/index.html Order of Tales]]'' is a surreal fantasy webcomic by Evan Dahm. The story is set in {{Overside}}, several centuries prior to Dahm's other webcomic, ''RiceBoy''. However, ''Order'' is more of a side story than a direct prequel. The comic completed July, 2010, and Dahm has since started a third webcomic, ''{{Vattu}}''.