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* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3977&start=0 Necromancy Quest]]'': Leto is a the new Abhorsen (Lawful Good Necromancer) and makes very lazy, uncharacteristically cheerful necromancer. Together with his [[HeadPet head pet]] zombie octopus and [[LoveInterest immortal step-grandmother]] they attempt to rewrite reality, not die (in his case), die (in hers) and not be turned into a gibbering, tortured wreck by the necromancers and nasties out to get him. Set in the Literature/OldKingdom 240 years after the events of ''Abhorsen'' (no canon knowledge required).
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* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3977&start=0 Necromancy Quest]]'': Leto is a the new Abhorsen (Lawful Good Necromancer) and makes very lazy, uncharacteristically cheerful necromancer. Together with his [[HeadPet head pet]] zombie octopus and [[LoveInterest [[LoveInterests immortal step-grandmother]] they attempt to rewrite reality, not die (in his case), die (in hers) and not be turned into a gibbering, tortured wreck by the necromancers and nasties out to get him. Set in the Literature/OldKingdom 240 years after the events of ''Abhorsen'' (no canon knowledge required).
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''[[http://www.viridiandreams.net/forum/index.php Viridian Dreams]]'' is the website of Viridian/ S'Tarkan, author of ''FanFic/{{Team 8}}'' and ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheNightmaresOfFuturesPast'', and long story short, his forum is full of writers, or at the very least people with too much time on their hands. One of these writers started ''Ninja Quest'', a play by post game, and the forum hasn't looked back. There are a number of quests (PlayByPostGames with collectively controlled protagonists) and Let's Plays to be found on the board.
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''[[http://www.viridiandreams.net/forum/index.php Viridian Dreams]]'' is the website of Viridian/ S'Tarkan, author of ''FanFic/{{Team 8}}'' and ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheNightmaresOfFuturesPast'', and long story short, his forum is full of writers, or at the very least people with too much time on their hands. One of these writers started a ForumQuest called ''Ninja Quest'', a play by post game, and the forum hasn't looked back. There are a number of quests (PlayByPostGames with collectively controlled protagonists) Quests and Let's Plays to be found on the board.
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%%** In AQ, this is played out by the Guildmaster, the head of the Crimson Winds Guild, being able to [[HiddenInPlainSight hide in the middle of a room]], and not have the main character notice him. In VQ this is played out by the disembodied voice that lords over Lucy being, apparently, more powerful than she is.
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%%** In AQ, this is played out by the Guildmaster, the head of the Crimson Winds Guild, being able to [[HiddenInPlainSight hide in the middle of a room]], and not have the main character notice him. In VQ this is played out by the disembodied voice that lords over Lucy being, apparently, more powerful than she is.
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* ''[[http://www.wordplay.org/viridiandreams/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=5170&sid=ba9483c9d09bb20715cd5d1fcc82d399 Digimon Quest]]'': A young, black Australian GenkiGirl named Cassie and her floating Franchise/MetalGear, Hagurumon, take on the Digital World with their fellow [=DigiDestined=], using their wits, mad boxing skills, and [[WrongGenreSavvy knowledge of Pokemon]] to survive.
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* ''[[http://www.wordplay.org/viridiandreams/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=5170&sid=ba9483c9d09bb20715cd5d1fcc82d399 Digimon Quest]]'': A young, black Australian GenkiGirl named Cassie and her floating Franchise/MetalGear, VideoGame/MetalGear, Hagurumon, take on the Digital World with their fellow [=DigiDestined=], using their wits, mad boxing skills, and [[WrongGenreSavvy knowledge of Pokemon]] to survive.
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** Leto. First on the list for being the first Quest protagonist to have been hit with two flaws; Leto's not only [[BrilliantButLazy extremely lazy]], having fallen asleep not long after killing a dead hand with a hammer, but also has been played up as [[AnythingThatMoves a bit of a lech]]: having (if unknowingly) asked if his step-grandmother was a booty call, and later having accidentally groped her, with calls from the posters in the thread to do so again on other occasions. Leto isn't so lazy as to not (eventually) accept his duties or study for the job, or to let it get in the way of important tasks.
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** Leto. First on the list for being the first Quest protagonist to have been hit with two flaws; Leto's not only [[BrilliantButLazy extremely lazy]], having fallen asleep not long after killing a dead hand with a hammer, but also has been played up as [[AnythingThatMoves a bit of a lech]]: lech: having (if unknowingly) asked if his step-grandmother was a booty call, and later having accidentally groped her, with calls from the posters in the thread to do so again on other occasions. Leto isn't so lazy as to not (eventually) accept his duties or study for the job, or to let it get in the way of important tasks.
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* ForensicDrama: You never know what's going to happen in a Quest. One moment, your protagonist could be just sitting around minding their own business. The next they could be nearly raped, stab the would-be-rapist in the kidney, and then need to [[OutDamnedSpot dissolve their body in a chemical tub]] in order to get rid of it, to avoid getting both herself and her mage convicted.
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* ForensicDrama: You never know what's going to happen in a Quest. One moment, your protagonist could be just sitting around minding their own business. The next they could be nearly raped, stab the would-be-rapist in the kidney, and then need to [[OutDamnedSpot [[AcidPool dissolve their body in a chemical tub]] in order to get rid of it, to avoid getting both herself and her mage convicted.
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* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3570&start=0 Familiar Quest]]'': Conceptually based on ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' with main character from ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya''. Ryoko Asakura is summoned as a familiar. She takes it badly. It's OK though, she's only stabbed one person so far and he really deserved it. We think.
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* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3570&start=0 Familiar Quest]]'': Conceptually based on ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'' with main character from ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya''.''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya''. Ryoko Asakura is summoned as a familiar. She takes it badly. It's OK though, she's only stabbed one person so far and he really deserved it. We think.
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* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Ryoko has been mistaken for a [[HornyDevils succubus]] familiar due to her beautiful and exotic looks.
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%%* NiceHat: Leto has one by popular request.
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%%* ExtraordinarilyEmpoweredGirl: Peri who has immortality and experience but no magic in a country where it's standard.
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->''"Anyone else noticed most of the quests are built around Death and Crazy?"''
''[[http://www.viridiandreams.net/forum/index.php Viridian Dreams]]'' is the website of Viridian/ S'Tarkan, author of ''FanFic/{{Team 8}}'' and ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheNightmaresOfFuturesPast'', and long story short, his forum is full of writers, or at the very least people with too much time on their hands. One of these writers started ''Ninja Quest'', a play by post game, and the forum hasn't looked back. There are a number of quests (PlayByPostGames with collectively controlled protagonists) and Let's Plays to be found on the board.
[[folder:List of Quest Roleplays and Let's Plays]]
[[AC:Quest Roleplays]]
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2499 And now for something completely different: [=BlackVoidQuest=]]]''
* ''[[http://www.viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4383=0 Assassin Quest]]'': Increasingly alcoholic Felix is an assassin, he does assassinly things. Like killing and power levelling and putting on a play of ''The Princess Bride''.
* ''[[http://www.wordplay.org/viridiandreams/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=5170&sid=ba9483c9d09bb20715cd5d1fcc82d399 Digimon Quest]]'': A young, black Australian GenkiGirl named Cassie and her floating Franchise/MetalGear, Hagurumon, take on the Digital World with their fellow [=DigiDestined=], using their wits, mad boxing skills, and [[WrongGenreSavvy knowledge of Pokemon]] to survive.
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3570&start=0 Familiar Quest]]'': Conceptually based on ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' with main character from ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya''. Ryoko Asakura is summoned as a familiar. She takes it badly. It's OK though, she's only stabbed one person so far and he really deserved it. We think.
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3980 A Fool's Quest]]''
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5233 Ghostbusters: Japan Quest]]'' Join our newest team member of the Ghostbusters ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Japan branch, obviously]]) as she takes on ghosts, ghouls, assorted beasties, and...Anime/HellGirl?! Oh dear...
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4102&start=0 High School AU Crossover Quest]]'': ''"I'd like to think Leto was a slacker musician in another life."'' Crack discussion between the author of NQ and uq somehow turns into a four-author (NQ, FQ, VQ, uq) mega crossover. Stars Kaspar, who is not cowardly so much as sane, being a Muggle until recently and now attending school with the ''lovely'' characters from the other quests.
* ''[[http://www.viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5198 Hollow Quest]]'': ''"Hunger and fear are the only realities in dog life: an empty stomach makes a fierce dog." - Robert Falcon Scott''
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2884 A Knight's Quest]]''
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3625 Liberator Quest]]''
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3087 Mage Quest]]''
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1724 Magical Girl Quest]]''
* ''[[http://www.viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4082 Mistborn Quest]]''
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3977&start=0 Necromancy Quest]]'': Leto is a the new Abhorsen (Lawful Good Necromancer) and makes very lazy, uncharacteristically cheerful necromancer. Together with his [[HeadPet head pet]] zombie octopus and [[LoveInterest immortal step-grandmother]] they attempt to rewrite reality, not die (in his case), die (in hers) and not be turned into a gibbering, tortured wreck by the necromancers and nasties out to get him. Set in the Literature/OldKingdom 240 years after the events of ''Abhorsen'' (no canon knowledge required).
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1102 Ninja Quest (OH GOD WHAT IS THIS, I DON´T EVEN)]]''
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1527 Parasite Quest]] (Part 1)'': ''We have more important things to worry about than being on fire!'' ([[http://www.mediafire.com/?1gacpeiaycm9hmf Downloadable]])
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2781 Parasite Quest part 2]]''
* ''[[http://www.wordplay.org/viridiandreams/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=5274&sid=ba9483c9d09bb20715cd5d1fcc82d399 Pilgrim Quest]]'': Pilgrim Tobias goes to check on the seal binding back an ancient evil, only to find that a wizard already broke it. And now he must set off on a journey to prevent the destruction of all he knows. Pray he's successful.
* ''[[http://www.wordplay.org/viridiandreams/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=5236&sid=ba9483c9d09bb20715cd5d1fcc82d399 Pokemon Quest]]'': The forumites of Viridian Dreams finally embark on a Quest to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKofewfeSoY be the best]], by guiding the actions of a cheerful, caffeine addled farmboy and his pyrokinetic echidna through the start of their very own Pokemon journey. [[TemptingFate What could possibly go wrong?]]
* ''[[http://www.viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5209 ~*~Pony Quest~*~]]'': This is based off of the amazing show, My Little Ponies: Friendship is Magic, in which a young {{Cloudcuckoolander}} earth pony goes on an adventure to find her cutie mark.
* ''[[http://www.viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4811 Power Ranger Quest]]'': Just started, Sean has been chosen to be the newest black ranger.
* ''[[http://www.wordplay.org/viridiandreams/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=5199&sid=ba9483c9d09bb20715cd5d1fcc82d399 Puella Magi Quest]]'': Florence is a magical heal tank and the world is shaped by the wishes of tweenage girls. This can only end well.
* ''[[http://www.viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4894 Quest Thread]]'': Basically a place to compile non-canon/fun/fan work based on the Quests.
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1692 Spawned of Boredom and Crazy: Grail Quest.]]''
* ''[[http://www.viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4995 "Super" Quest]]'': Mia's just your average, teenage girl from Manly, Iowa... sans being a Meta-Human, that is.
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3748 Spy Quest]]''
* ''[[http://www.viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5171 TARDIS Quest]]'': A Quest that takes place in [[AnotherDimension another dimension]] parallel to the original [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who television series']] universe, with 'The Janitor' as our lead Time Lord.
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3647&start=0 Vampire Quest *No Sparkles allowed*]]'': Lucy Abbott is dragged into a Crapsack World, beaten to death, drained of blood and a few hours later awakes to find she's a vampire. It gets worse. Hey, at least she's better off than most people around her. Also stars the thousand times cloned Irish emperor of more than a continent and his one eyed, 8 foot tall, armoured, snarky, doctor of a little brother - Lucy's first minion.
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3107 Vendetta Quest]]'' (Played on Google Docs)
[[AC:Let's Plays]]
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4372 Let's Play Dwarf Fortress]]''
* ''[[http://www.viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5239 Let's Play: Fire Emblem: the Sacred Stones]]'': Eirika is going into enemy territory to look for her brother Ephraim. Yes, this ''is'' pretty stupid, but it's a Fire Emblem game.
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1082 Let's Play "King of Dragon Pass" (WARNING: MANY PICS)]]''
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1552 Let’s Play: Pokemon Rijon Adventures!]]'': Socks sets out to escape his home town. Snark and crossdressing ensues and Mr. Squiggles the omanyte steals the show.
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2250&start=0 Let's Play with an Original Generation! (SRT:OG)]]''
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!!The content of ''Viridian Dreams'' provides examples of:
%%* AcheyScars: Michael's were almost crippling.
%%* ActionGirl: Lucy, Mia, Felicia, Lizbeth, Alecia and Peri.
* TheAlcatraz: The first assignment posters work through with Felix is in 'Direstone Prison', an island prison continually surrounded by fog and only reached by specifically tasked transport barges. Until Felix caused a mass prison riot that basically overthrew the prison guards, it had been a very secure facility.
%%* AmbitionIsEvil: This seems to be the Imperial Cabinet's take on Philippe IV when they ask the Guild in AQ to kill him dead.
%%* AndIMustScream: Poor Michael.
%%* ApologisesALot: Lucy.
%%* {{Asexual}}: Cain
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: In GB:J, Michiko and Akira kick the ass of an animated, 30-ft. Kali Statue in a manner most awesome.
%%* TheAtoner: Peri and Michael have their reasons.
%%* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking:
%%** In AQ, this is played out by the Guildmaster, the head of the Crimson Winds Guild, being able [[HiddenInPlainSight hide in the middle of a room]], and not have the main character notice him. In VQ this is played out by the disembodied voice that lords over Lucy being, apparently, more powerful than she is.
%%** [[TheEmperor Cain]]
* BackFromTheDead: Part of the Vampire Turning process. Peri many, many times. Leto technically.
* BadassBookworm: Hume and Catherine of AQ spend quite a bit of their time in the library, but if Catherine's mentioned [[PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo poisoning is anything to go by]] they aren't to be messed with. Also, considering Ryoko basically shived a mage in the kidney, and she was just a student back in Japan, she earns her spot here as well.
%%* BadassFamily: The o'hAodhas
* BadassNormal:
** In a gallery of main characters who are [[PuppeteerParasite parasites]], [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]], [[{{Necromancer}} a necromancer]] and [[MagicAndPowers people who have some sort of magical ability]]; Ryoko and Felix (and possibly a few others) stand out as having no other special ability other than ones they naturally developed or trained.
** Despite being in a world filled with paranormal beings, people, and 'other,' the Ghostbuster: Japan crew are just normal humans.
* BarbarianTribe: AQ posters are faced with the Tuvan nomadic tribe/band in their second assignment.
%%* BattleCouple: Lucy and Michael, Kade and Felicia in the past.
%%* BearsAreBadNews: Subverted in Super Quest, but played straight in NQ.
%%* BewareTheNiceOnes: Cathy most prominantly but Lucy to some extent too.
%%* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Felix's Hidden Blade
%%* BleedEmAndWeep: Ryoko
%%* BlessedWithSuck: (Arguably)Catherine and Saoirse of VQ. Cassandra of uq.
%%* BodyDouble: Shahghali and his random mook, obviously.
%%* BodyHorror: Carter after his transformation, with a twist of "WasOnceAMan" thrown into the mix.
%%* BornLucky:
%%** Hell, Felix's name means 'Luck/Lucky/Fortunate', and it seems to play out in AQ... at least, more so than for the other Quest characters.
%%** Leto has notoriously poor luck, Lucy's seems to be extreme in both directions and Ryoko's tends to be reasonably stable, even if she is not.
%%* BreakTheCutie:
%%** Slowly happening to Lucy in VQ, and attempts were made to Michiko in GB:J Quest; its a good thing she had self-pity beer. And Sato.
%%** Cassandra came pre-broken in uq.
%%* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: "It's morphing time" in Power ranger quest
* CatchPhrase: Sato from GB:J Quest has the most noticeable: 'as the ancients say'.
%%* CharacterDevelopment
* ChasteHero: Subverted in AQ, NQ, VQ and possibly uq. With Felix already having lost his, and with posters trying to get Leto and Lucy into their respective love interest's pants, Ryoko is the only one who (thankfully) hasn't lost, or tried to lose, hers. Kade was apparently in a relationship with Felicia, so confirmation awaiting to see if Kade made his move.
%%** At this point Lucy is officially and canonically an [[RelationshipUpgrade unchaste hero]].
%%* ColdBloodedTorture: On Michael and Parvel
%%* CrapsackWorld: Vampire Quest Earth.
%%* CrossoverShip: Invoked by the Quest Runners themselves in Crossover Quest
%%* CursedWithAwesome: Cain, Michael, Lucy, Cathy, Saoirse and Peri. Although, in the case of the VQ examples this could very well be reversing itself.
%%* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Leto, Laurel.
* DaddyIssues:
** In NQ most notably. Also in VQ but it takes a back seat to a lot of other issues. Lionel of FQ seems to have some.
** Also in Let's Play Pokemon Rijon, by the author of NQ who would like to say she loves her Dad and has no idea why this keeps happening.
%%* DamagedSoul: Parvel
%%* DarkAndTroubledPast: More than you know boys and girls.
%%* DespairEventHorizon: Michael, finally losing his mind completely for eight odd years.
%%* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Saoirse in Cathy's.
%%* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Cain did not give his daughters telepathy. Lucy, STOP TALKING NOW.
%%* DrJerk: Michael didn't exactly have the best bed side manner.
%%* DrivenToSuicide: Michael, with a touch of SuicideIsPainless.
%%* DysfunctionalFamily: The very, very large o'hAodha family. Leto's family.
%%* DysfunctionJunction: VQ in particular. Could also be used to describe the VD quests in general.
%%* EarthAllAlong: Possibly the FQ World, if the continent the Academy is on is indeed Antarctica.
%%* TheEmpire:
%%** Irish no less.
%%** A entity quite literally called "The Empire" exists in AQ, as an expy for the real world's Holy Roman Empire.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: While Felix might not technically be a bad guy in AQ, his job as an assassin at least puts him a similar category. The recent sort of reconciliation with his mother (after her death, mind you) gets him right here.
%%* EveryoneIsRelated: Not entirely, but NQ and VQ.
%%* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: VQ loves princesses
%%* ExtraordinarilyEmpoweredGirl: Peri who has immortality and experience but no magic in a country where it's standard.
%%* {{Familiar}}: ...guess.
%%* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Basically the answer to what the author envisions when he thinks of the Assassins Quest universe (although with the exception that there's more to the world than just the 'Europe' of it).
* FatalFlaw: Peri has long since fallen into the habit of just leaving when things get too hard and is trying desperately to overcome it.
%%* FateWorseThanDeath:
%%** Witch-hood in PMMM, according to Masha
%%** Happyfuntime, [[StrappedToAnOperatingTable happysciencetime]]
%%* FirstGirlWins: Posters seemed to really rally around Peri and Michael as the two to be paired with Leto and Lucy (respectively) in NQ and VQ. If Lionel manages to get Ryoko out of Kidney's adrenal glands then he could also count. Subverted in AQ if only because, technically, the first 'girl' you see is your sister...
%%* {{Flight}}: Lucy and Mia
%%* TheFogOfAges: Peri's memory is little to no better than a normal human's.
* ForensicDrama: You never know what's going to happen in a Quest. One moment, your protagonist could be just sitting around minding their own business. The next they could be nearly raped, stab the would-be-rapist in the kidney, and then need to [[OutDamnedSpot dissolve their body in a chemical tub]] in order to get rid of it, to avoid getting both herself and her mage convicted.
%%* FreudianExcuse: Felix in AQ.
%%* FunctionalMagic: In NQ and FQ.
* GenerationXerox: Leto's looks and powers were deliberately built in to his line. Take the Abhorsen from two thousand years ago and you'd still be able to tell they're related.
%%* GenkiGirl: Viridian Shimmer (Pony Quest), and Cassie (Digimon Quest). Also Rose (Pokemon Quest).
* GoodFlawsBadFlaws: Probably the most prevalent trope in the Quests, as of late almost all of the Quest protagonists have developed one (or more) distinguishable character flaw (usually PlayedForLaughs). So far these flaws include:
** Leto. First on the list for being the first Quest protagonist to have been hit with two flaws; Leto's not only [[BrilliantButLazy extremely lazy]], having fallen asleep not long after killing a dead hand with a hammer, but also has been played up as [[AnythingThatMoves a bit of a lech]]: having (if unknowingly) asked if his step-grandmother was a booty call, and later having accidentally groped her, with calls from the posters in the thread to do so again on other occasions. Leto isn't so lazy as to not (eventually) accept his duties or study for the job, or to let it get in the way of important tasks.
** How does Felix take off the edge after a successful assassination? [[TheAlcoholic Settle in and get piss drunk of course!]]
** Ryoko. Started fairly emotional or at least high strung, then a couple of the players realised how much fun it was to [[SanitySlippage play up her growing psychosis]].
%%** {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Viridian Shimmer in the best possible way.
%%** LivingEmotionalCrutch: Michael and Lucy
%%* GuiltComplex: Michael has a 'ridiculous' one, according to Cain.
%%* HarmfulToMinors: VQ world certainly seems to be. Michael, Cathy and Saoirse all having horrific childhoods.
%%* HeadPet: Squishy the undead octopus.
%%* HopeSpot: Frequently in all quests
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Lucy who is a normal 5'7" and Michael at 8'0" (29 inch difference). To a lesser extent Peri and Leto (14 inch difference which will become greater as he grows).
%%* HumansAreBastards
* HuskyRusskie: Ivan Vasiliev, if it wasn't blatantly obvious before the author had him say 'the motherland made me strong'.
%%* IHateYouVampireDad: Lucy to Voice.
* {{Immortality}}: Peri, Cain through his 1001 body hive mind and quick healing, Lucy and probably Michael have this via HealingFactor as far as we know.
* ImmortalLifeIsCheap: Peri feels this about herself and is quite blasé about losing her life. Her mind is another matter entirely and the fact her life is so cheap while others' aren't is the root of a lot of her issues.
* ImmortalProcreationClause: Played straight with the Vampires, top of the food chain, nigh on immortal and very infertile. Averted in NQ where the immortals are as fertile as regular humans.
* ImprobableAge: The Lawful Good Necromancer with the ability to walk through death, bring back souls and banish the walking dead is 16, the summoned Familiar who shivved a guy in his kidney and then promptly committed conspiracy to dispose of the body is around the same, and the Vampire Queen who is preparing to lead an assault on the mutated continent of Australia against a mega-corporation in order to save the teleported island of Ireland is 18, recent 19 at the latest.
%%* InelegantBlubbering: Lucy a few times. Peri once. Cassandra.
%%* InherentInTheSystem:
%%** VQ
%%** The magic system in NQ is fundamentally flawed as its strength is tied to bloodlines. Bad things happen if those families die.
* InstantMessengerPigeon:
** The Crimson Winds Guild in AQ use falcons (Hobbies) in order to get messages around.
** The very same Quest has the Sangrian Army, pigeons and all.
%%* IntertwinedFingers: Lucy and Michael
%%* InTheBlood: The Abhorsen, bit of a problem when more than once the only living candidates have been unsuitable.
%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Michael, especially in early days.
* KaraokeBox: The Ghostbusters of GB:J Quest have a karaoke duel over a teenager's immortal soul in one.
%%* {{Keet}}: Kade and Leto, from ug and NQ respectively, have shades of this.
%%* KidHero: Played straight in most of the currently running quest, with the exception of VQ, GB:J Quest, Tardis Quest, [untitled] quest and Assassin Quest
* KillTheOnesYouLove: Cain killing Cathy, and Lucy killing Saoirse, in the hopes that Lucy could Turn them.
* KnifeNut: At the beginning Ryoko only had an affinity for knives, yet presently she seems to embrace this trope fully. There are [[spoiler: three]] significant knives in Familiar Quest at the moment.
%%* LifeImitatesArt: The author of Familiar Quest evaluated his own fitness after Ryoko took her endurance test in preparation for rigid psychical training. He did much worse than her and took up daily running to remedy the situation.
%%* LightningCanDoAnything: Volt of SQ
%%* LoveInterest
%%* MagicMusic: NQ.
* MagicVersusScience: In a way in NQ, magic doesn't work properly below the Wall and the southern technology falls apart in the North. However if you made that same technology in the north it would work just fine, what matters is where the item was manufactured not what it is.
%%** Pretty much a given in Ghostbusters: Japan.
%%* MayflyDecemberRomance: Peri's had a few.
* MeaningfulName: There's a couple if you look hard enough:
** Miss Gant refers to [[Franchise/AceAttorney Damon Gant]]. Quite suitably she takes part in tampering with the crime scene.
** [[ExpositionFairy Peri]] refers to creatures from Persian mythology; fae, who can't get into paradise due to being on the wrong side during The Fall, originally chaotic neutral, later benevolent. Likewise Sassanid refers to Persian dynasty.
** Let's see, a country whose name is not only a form of dark red, but is also a wine. I wonder what [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Burgundy Sangria could possibly be an exportation of]]?
** Posters renamed the hermit girl who can 'see' Cassandra.
** In nearly every main quest there's been a Catherine (or some version of that name) only subverted in uq at the au
* MegaCrossover: Kaspar's world is a mix, as previously mentioned, of quite a few of both active and inactive/on hiatus quests.
* MesACrowd: Nice Ass Cain, female Cain, burnt Cain, relaxing Cain and 997 others. All running [[MentalFusion the same mind.]]
* MindRape: On Cathy, Saoirse and Cassandra - people are bastards and uncontrolled telepathy is bad. It's implied Saoirse can (and has) done this. Also when a thought touch is messed up in FQ.
* MoodWhiplash: Try comparing the overall tone, actions and dialogue of AQ while Felix is at the Guild Grounds compared to when he's out an about on his assignments. Also, arguably Cain's mood could suddenly shift from threatening and dangerous to lighthearted and banter-filled (and back again) in earlier posts of VQ.
%%* MurderInc: The Crimson Winds Guild in AQ.
%%* MusicalAssassin: Okay, so he's a Theater nut, not a musician, but Browne certainly fits the spirit of this trope.
%%* MyGreatestFailure
* MyGreatestSecondChance: ''"A creature [Lucy] who has in so short a time brought hope to the hopeless [Cain], and a chance of redemption to a man destroyed by his past [Michael]."''
%%* {{Necromancer}}: Duh.
%%* NiceHat: Leto has one by popular request.
%%* NoodleIncident: Poor Kaspar.
* NotGrowingUpSucks: Peri, stuck at a rather small 17 who wishes she was stuck at an older age to make family relations easier.
* TheNthDoctor: The 1st Janitor's appearance is that of a red-headed North-Irishman, with an accent to match.
* OhCrap: Akira's reaction in Ghostbusters: Japan when he realizes that the minions of Anime/HellGirl have brought to life a giant statue of Kali the Destroyer.
%%* OldMaster: Coulter, the Guildmaster and possibly Gant.
%%* OlderThanTheyLook: Peri. Cain sometimes.
%%* OnlySaneMan: Kaspar.
%%* OurVampiresAreDifferent
%%* ParentalAbandonment: Leto's dad
%%* PlayingWithSyringes
* PowerGivesYouWings: Lucy's vampire quickenings have an effect on her body that depends on how the posters play her. One of the results of these quickenings was a pair of wings (after she plummeted a vertical mile, whoops).
* PreemptiveDeclaration:
-->'''Coulter:''' Anders\\
'''Anders:''' Yes Boss?\\
'''Coulter:''' Go put out that fire.\\
'''Anders:''' What fir- ''(Coulter creates a fire)'' Ah… that one…
%%* ProfessionalKiller: Take a wild guess.
%%* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The 'brave' men and women of Ghostbusters: Japan.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Peri's a straight case clocking [[AllThereInTheManual 2248]] years. Cain through collective experience is over fifty thousand.
%%* RealSongThemeTune
%%** Felix: You're Gonna Go Far Kid
%%** Michael (singing about Lucy): Running Up That Hill
%%** Ryoko: Maxwell's Silver Hammer
%%** Peri: Who Wants To Live Forever
%%** Cain: I Think I'm A Clone Now. 'Princes of the Universe' would also be a fitting song for the nigh-immortal Emperor
%%** Lucy: Rabbit Heart (Raise it Up)
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Michiko ends up on the receiving end of one from a Karaoke Ghost after standing up for Chyme, a ghost of a suicide victim in [[http://www.viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5233&start=50 GB:J Quest]].
* RelationshipUpgrade:
** Lucy and Michael; a small one when he explains the armour, full one when they kiss after he tells her about his past. Another now they've slept together.
** Peri and Leto sharing a nice kiss (on the lips and on the cheek) after back-story exposition.
%%** Felix and Lizbeth sleeping together.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Peri doesn't have them, she heals no better than a normal human. However if she doesn't have a habitable body when she crosses between worlds a new one forms. This is the same for all Free Magic Creatures and the Greater Dead and the most significant trait the Shiners kept aside from not passing into the world beyond the end of the River.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Have we all learnt not to mess with [[TheEmperor Cain's]] [[BerserkButton family?]] [[UnstoppableRage Yes]]? Good.
* RoyalWe: Generally used by [[VoiceOfTheLegion the posters]] when referring to the player character, the character name is also used but this is less common.
%%* RunningGag: a couple, generally character based.
* SchoolPlay: Felix and Browne working together to get ready to perform a theatre version of ''Film/ThePrincessBride''.
%%* SecretLegacy: Leto.
%%* SecurityBlanket: Shush Michael, they don't talk.
%%* SevenDeadlySins: Several Quest Runners jokingly pointed out most of the protagonists personify one.
%%** Leto = Sloth
%%** Lucy and Leto = Lust
%%** Ryoko = Wrath
%%** Kade, Felix, and the Hollow = Gluttony
* ShipperOnDeck: Cathy supports Lucy x Michael with gusto.
%%* ShowerScene: Michael and Lucy get one in VQ.
* ShutUpHannibal: After receiving a ReasonYouSuckSpeech from a Karaoke Ghost, Michiko promptly tells it that she can sing better then it can, and challenges the ghost to a Karaoke Duel.
* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Ryoko has been mistaken for a [[HornyDevils succubus]] familiar due to her beautiful and exotic looks.
%%* {{Squee}}: Michael x Lucy has vocal fangirls.
%%* StrappedToAnOperatingTable:
%%** Lucy, Michael in the past.
%%** Ciar in uq.
%%* SuperSoldier: Michael
* TakeAThirdOption: Starting to become a running theme in Ghostbusters: Japan Quest; when Michiko gets an email telling her she can respond to any one of three previous emails offering her either a chance at fame, riches, or vengeance depending on who she responds to first, she responds to the mysterious sender first, telling him she's going to try for all three. [[spoiler: The request is granted.]]
%%* {{Telepathy}}:
%%** Between Ryoko and Lionel in the form of Thought Touches. Currently limited, potentially dangerous and unbalanced in favour of Ryoko.
%%** A common super power in VQ
* TemptingFate: This little gem as part of the WeNeedADistraction ploy:
-->'''Akira:''' Okay, any ideas? Throw something at them? Shout about the approaching ghosts? I dance around in my boxers?
%%* ThereCanBeOnlyOne: Subverted in Nercromancer Quest. According to Peri, even a trademark beheading of one of her fellow immortals won't do the trick.
%%* TheseHandsHaveKilled: Lucy and Ryoko.
%%* TheyWouldCutYouUp: A common threat in VQ
%%* ThinkHappyThoughts: Lucy
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Said by Sato when the Ghostbusters: Japan realize they are about to fight [[Film/KillBill Gogo Yubari]]
%%* TimeAndRelativeDimensionsInSpace: The Janitor's TARDIS, of course.
%%* TimeDissonance: Cain especially. Peri to a smaller extent.
%%* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Ryoko, Lucy and all of Ireland along with her
%%* TraumaCongaLine: Leto
%%* WalkingTheEarth: Peri's usual method of killing time.
%%* WasOnceAMan: Parvel, Carter
* WeNeedADistraction: Said word for word at the climax of the escape from the mansion in GB:J, when they have to fend off not only the approaching ghosts, but also retrieve some items from both the PCOC AND Nocturne forces guarding the only portal out.
%%* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The Vampires, the immortals and inverted in Familiar Quest with a human taking on familiar status.
* WhereItAllBegan: Felix returns to his home city in the fourth assignment of AQ.
%%* WhoWantsToLiveForever: The Shiners are pretty sick of it.
%%* WingedHumanoid: Lucy (biological) and Cathy (mechanical).
%%* YouAreWorthHell: VQ uses this.
%%* YouCantGoHomeAgain:
%%** Ryoko
%%** Also Michiko from Ghostbusters: Japan
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->''"Anyone else noticed most of the quests are built around Death and Crazy?"''
''[[http://www.viridiandreams.net/forum/index.php Viridian Dreams]]'' is the website of Viridian/ S'Tarkan, author of ''FanFic/{{Team 8}}'' and ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheNightmaresOfFuturesPast'', and long story short, his forum is full of writers, or at the very least people with too much time on their hands. One of these writers started ''Ninja Quest'', a play by post game, and the forum hasn't looked back. There are a number of quests (PlayByPostGames with collectively controlled protagonists) and Let's Plays to be found on the board.
[[folder:List of Quest Roleplays and Let's Plays]]
[[AC:Quest Roleplays]]
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2499 And now for something completely different: [=BlackVoidQuest=]]]''
* ''[[http://www.viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4383=0 Assassin Quest]]'': Increasingly alcoholic Felix is an assassin, he does assassinly things. Like killing and power levelling and putting on a play of ''The Princess Bride''.
* ''[[http://www.wordplay.org/viridiandreams/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=5170&sid=ba9483c9d09bb20715cd5d1fcc82d399 Digimon Quest]]'': A young, black Australian GenkiGirl named Cassie and her floating Franchise/MetalGear, Hagurumon, take on the Digital World with their fellow [=DigiDestined=], using their wits, mad boxing skills, and [[WrongGenreSavvy knowledge of Pokemon]] to survive.
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3570&start=0 Familiar Quest]]'': Conceptually based on ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' with main character from ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya''. Ryoko Asakura is summoned as a familiar. She takes it badly. It's OK though, she's only stabbed one person so far and he really deserved it. We think.
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3980 A Fool's Quest]]''
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5233 Ghostbusters: Japan Quest]]'' Join our newest team member of the Ghostbusters ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Japan branch, obviously]]) as she takes on ghosts, ghouls, assorted beasties, and...Anime/HellGirl?! Oh dear...
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4102&start=0 High School AU Crossover Quest]]'': ''"I'd like to think Leto was a slacker musician in another life."'' Crack discussion between the author of NQ and uq somehow turns into a four-author (NQ, FQ, VQ, uq) mega crossover. Stars Kaspar, who is not cowardly so much as sane, being a Muggle until recently and now attending school with the ''lovely'' characters from the other quests.
* ''[[http://www.viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5198 Hollow Quest]]'': ''"Hunger and fear are the only realities in dog life: an empty stomach makes a fierce dog." - Robert Falcon Scott''
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2884 A Knight's Quest]]''
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3625 Liberator Quest]]''
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3087 Mage Quest]]''
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1724 Magical Girl Quest]]''
* ''[[http://www.viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4082 Mistborn Quest]]''
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3977&start=0 Necromancy Quest]]'': Leto is a the new Abhorsen (Lawful Good Necromancer) and makes very lazy, uncharacteristically cheerful necromancer. Together with his [[HeadPet head pet]] zombie octopus and [[LoveInterest immortal step-grandmother]] they attempt to rewrite reality, not die (in his case), die (in hers) and not be turned into a gibbering, tortured wreck by the necromancers and nasties out to get him. Set in the Literature/OldKingdom 240 years after the events of ''Abhorsen'' (no canon knowledge required).
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1102 Ninja Quest (OH GOD WHAT IS THIS, I DON´T EVEN)]]''
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1527 Parasite Quest]] (Part 1)'': ''We have more important things to worry about than being on fire!'' ([[http://www.mediafire.com/?1gacpeiaycm9hmf Downloadable]])
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2781 Parasite Quest part 2]]''
* ''[[http://www.wordplay.org/viridiandreams/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=5274&sid=ba9483c9d09bb20715cd5d1fcc82d399 Pilgrim Quest]]'': Pilgrim Tobias goes to check on the seal binding back an ancient evil, only to find that a wizard already broke it. And now he must set off on a journey to prevent the destruction of all he knows. Pray he's successful.
* ''[[http://www.wordplay.org/viridiandreams/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=5236&sid=ba9483c9d09bb20715cd5d1fcc82d399 Pokemon Quest]]'': The forumites of Viridian Dreams finally embark on a Quest to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKofewfeSoY be the best]], by guiding the actions of a cheerful, caffeine addled farmboy and his pyrokinetic echidna through the start of their very own Pokemon journey. [[TemptingFate What could possibly go wrong?]]
* ''[[http://www.viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5209 ~*~Pony Quest~*~]]'': This is based off of the amazing show, My Little Ponies: Friendship is Magic, in which a young {{Cloudcuckoolander}} earth pony goes on an adventure to find her cutie mark.
* ''[[http://www.viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4811 Power Ranger Quest]]'': Just started, Sean has been chosen to be the newest black ranger.
* ''[[http://www.wordplay.org/viridiandreams/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=5199&sid=ba9483c9d09bb20715cd5d1fcc82d399 Puella Magi Quest]]'': Florence is a magical heal tank and the world is shaped by the wishes of tweenage girls. This can only end well.
* ''[[http://www.viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4894 Quest Thread]]'': Basically a place to compile non-canon/fun/fan work based on the Quests.
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1692 Spawned of Boredom and Crazy: Grail Quest.]]''
* ''[[http://www.viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4995 "Super" Quest]]'': Mia's just your average, teenage girl from Manly, Iowa... sans being a Meta-Human, that is.
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3748 Spy Quest]]''
* ''[[http://www.viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5171 TARDIS Quest]]'': A Quest that takes place in [[AnotherDimension another dimension]] parallel to the original [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who television series']] universe, with 'The Janitor' as our lead Time Lord.
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3647&start=0 Vampire Quest *No Sparkles allowed*]]'': Lucy Abbott is dragged into a Crapsack World, beaten to death, drained of blood and a few hours later awakes to find she's a vampire. It gets worse. Hey, at least she's better off than most people around her. Also stars the thousand times cloned Irish emperor of more than a continent and his one eyed, 8 foot tall, armoured, snarky, doctor of a little brother - Lucy's first minion.
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3107 Vendetta Quest]]'' (Played on Google Docs)
[[AC:Let's Plays]]
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4372 Let's Play Dwarf Fortress]]''
* ''[[http://www.viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5239 Let's Play: Fire Emblem: the Sacred Stones]]'': Eirika is going into enemy territory to look for her brother Ephraim. Yes, this ''is'' pretty stupid, but it's a Fire Emblem game.
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1082 Let's Play "King of Dragon Pass" (WARNING: MANY PICS)]]''
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1552 Let’s Play: Pokemon Rijon Adventures!]]'': Socks sets out to escape his home town. Snark and crossdressing ensues and Mr. Squiggles the omanyte steals the show.
* ''[[http://viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2250&start=0 Let's Play with an Original Generation! (SRT:OG)]]''
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!!The content of ''Viridian Dreams'' provides examples of:
%%* AcheyScars: Michael's were almost crippling.
%%* ActionGirl: Lucy, Mia, Felicia, Lizbeth, Alecia and Peri.
* TheAlcatraz: The first assignment posters work through with Felix is in 'Direstone Prison', an island prison continually surrounded by fog and only reached by specifically tasked transport barges. Until Felix caused a mass prison riot that basically overthrew the prison guards, it had been a very secure facility.
%%* AmbitionIsEvil: This seems to be the Imperial Cabinet's take on Philippe IV when they ask the Guild in AQ to kill him dead.
%%* AndIMustScream: Poor Michael.
%%* ApologisesALot: Lucy.
%%* {{Asexual}}: Cain
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: In GB:J, Michiko and Akira kick the ass of an animated, 30-ft. Kali Statue in a manner most awesome.
%%* TheAtoner: Peri and Michael have their reasons.
%%* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking:
%%** In AQ, this is played out by the Guildmaster, the head of the Crimson Winds Guild, being able [[HiddenInPlainSight hide in the middle of a room]], and not have the main character notice him. In VQ this is played out by the disembodied voice that lords over Lucy being, apparently, more powerful than she is.
%%** [[TheEmperor Cain]]
* BackFromTheDead: Part of the Vampire Turning process. Peri many, many times. Leto technically.
* BadassBookworm: Hume and Catherine of AQ spend quite a bit of their time in the library, but if Catherine's mentioned [[PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo poisoning is anything to go by]] they aren't to be messed with. Also, considering Ryoko basically shived a mage in the kidney, and she was just a student back in Japan, she earns her spot here as well.
%%* BadassFamily: The o'hAodhas
* BadassNormal:
** In a gallery of main characters who are [[PuppeteerParasite parasites]], [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]], [[{{Necromancer}} a necromancer]] and [[MagicAndPowers people who have some sort of magical ability]]; Ryoko and Felix (and possibly a few others) stand out as having no other special ability other than ones they naturally developed or trained.
** Despite being in a world filled with paranormal beings, people, and 'other,' the Ghostbuster: Japan crew are just normal humans.
* BarbarianTribe: AQ posters are faced with the Tuvan nomadic tribe/band in their second assignment.
%%* BattleCouple: Lucy and Michael, Kade and Felicia in the past.
%%* BearsAreBadNews: Subverted in Super Quest, but played straight in NQ.
%%* BewareTheNiceOnes: Cathy most prominantly but Lucy to some extent too.
%%* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Felix's Hidden Blade
%%* BleedEmAndWeep: Ryoko
%%* BlessedWithSuck: (Arguably)Catherine and Saoirse of VQ. Cassandra of uq.
%%* BodyDouble: Shahghali and his random mook, obviously.
%%* BodyHorror: Carter after his transformation, with a twist of "WasOnceAMan" thrown into the mix.
%%* BornLucky:
%%** Hell, Felix's name means 'Luck/Lucky/Fortunate', and it seems to play out in AQ... at least, more so than for the other Quest characters.
%%** Leto has notoriously poor luck, Lucy's seems to be extreme in both directions and Ryoko's tends to be reasonably stable, even if she is not.
%%* BreakTheCutie:
%%** Slowly happening to Lucy in VQ, and attempts were made to Michiko in GB:J Quest; its a good thing she had self-pity beer. And Sato.
%%** Cassandra came pre-broken in uq.
%%* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: "It's morphing time" in Power ranger quest
* CatchPhrase: Sato from GB:J Quest has the most noticeable: 'as the ancients say'.
%%* CharacterDevelopment
* ChasteHero: Subverted in AQ, NQ, VQ and possibly uq. With Felix already having lost his, and with posters trying to get Leto and Lucy into their respective love interest's pants, Ryoko is the only one who (thankfully) hasn't lost, or tried to lose, hers. Kade was apparently in a relationship with Felicia, so confirmation awaiting to see if Kade made his move.
%%** At this point Lucy is officially and canonically an [[RelationshipUpgrade unchaste hero]].
%%* ColdBloodedTorture: On Michael and Parvel
%%* CrapsackWorld: Vampire Quest Earth.
%%* CrossoverShip: Invoked by the Quest Runners themselves in Crossover Quest
%%* CursedWithAwesome: Cain, Michael, Lucy, Cathy, Saoirse and Peri. Although, in the case of the VQ examples this could very well be reversing itself.
%%* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Leto, Laurel.
* DaddyIssues:
** In NQ most notably. Also in VQ but it takes a back seat to a lot of other issues. Lionel of FQ seems to have some.
** Also in Let's Play Pokemon Rijon, by the author of NQ who would like to say she loves her Dad and has no idea why this keeps happening.
%%* DamagedSoul: Parvel
%%* DarkAndTroubledPast: More than you know boys and girls.
%%* DespairEventHorizon: Michael, finally losing his mind completely for eight odd years.
%%* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Saoirse in Cathy's.
%%* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Cain did not give his daughters telepathy. Lucy, STOP TALKING NOW.
%%* DrJerk: Michael didn't exactly have the best bed side manner.
%%* DrivenToSuicide: Michael, with a touch of SuicideIsPainless.
%%* DysfunctionalFamily: The very, very large o'hAodha family. Leto's family.
%%* DysfunctionJunction: VQ in particular. Could also be used to describe the VD quests in general.
%%* EarthAllAlong: Possibly the FQ World, if the continent the Academy is on is indeed Antarctica.
%%* TheEmpire:
%%** Irish no less.
%%** A entity quite literally called "The Empire" exists in AQ, as an expy for the real world's Holy Roman Empire.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: While Felix might not technically be a bad guy in AQ, his job as an assassin at least puts him a similar category. The recent sort of reconciliation with his mother (after her death, mind you) gets him right here.
%%* EveryoneIsRelated: Not entirely, but NQ and VQ.
%%* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: VQ loves princesses
%%* ExtraordinarilyEmpoweredGirl: Peri who has immortality and experience but no magic in a country where it's standard.
%%* {{Familiar}}: ...guess.
%%* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Basically the answer to what the author envisions when he thinks of the Assassins Quest universe (although with the exception that there's more to the world than just the 'Europe' of it).
* FatalFlaw: Peri has long since fallen into the habit of just leaving when things get too hard and is trying desperately to overcome it.
%%* FateWorseThanDeath:
%%** Witch-hood in PMMM, according to Masha
%%** Happyfuntime, [[StrappedToAnOperatingTable happysciencetime]]
%%* FirstGirlWins: Posters seemed to really rally around Peri and Michael as the two to be paired with Leto and Lucy (respectively) in NQ and VQ. If Lionel manages to get Ryoko out of Kidney's adrenal glands then he could also count. Subverted in AQ if only because, technically, the first 'girl' you see is your sister...
%%* {{Flight}}: Lucy and Mia
%%* TheFogOfAges: Peri's memory is little to no better than a normal human's.
* ForensicDrama: You never know what's going to happen in a Quest. One moment, your protagonist could be just sitting around minding their own business. The next they could be nearly raped, stab the would-be-rapist in the kidney, and then need to [[OutDamnedSpot dissolve their body in a chemical tub]] in order to get rid of it, to avoid getting both herself and her mage convicted.
%%* FreudianExcuse: Felix in AQ.
%%* FunctionalMagic: In NQ and FQ.
* GenerationXerox: Leto's looks and powers were deliberately built in to his line. Take the Abhorsen from two thousand years ago and you'd still be able to tell they're related.
%%* GenkiGirl: Viridian Shimmer (Pony Quest), and Cassie (Digimon Quest). Also Rose (Pokemon Quest).
* GoodFlawsBadFlaws: Probably the most prevalent trope in the Quests, as of late almost all of the Quest protagonists have developed one (or more) distinguishable character flaw (usually PlayedForLaughs). So far these flaws include:
** Leto. First on the list for being the first Quest protagonist to have been hit with two flaws; Leto's not only [[BrilliantButLazy extremely lazy]], having fallen asleep not long after killing a dead hand with a hammer, but also has been played up as [[AnythingThatMoves a bit of a lech]]: having (if unknowingly) asked if his step-grandmother was a booty call, and later having accidentally groped her, with calls from the posters in the thread to do so again on other occasions. Leto isn't so lazy as to not (eventually) accept his duties or study for the job, or to let it get in the way of important tasks.
** How does Felix take off the edge after a successful assassination? [[TheAlcoholic Settle in and get piss drunk of course!]]
** Ryoko. Started fairly emotional or at least high strung, then a couple of the players realised how much fun it was to [[SanitySlippage play up her growing psychosis]].
%%** {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Viridian Shimmer in the best possible way.
%%** LivingEmotionalCrutch: Michael and Lucy
%%* GuiltComplex: Michael has a 'ridiculous' one, according to Cain.
%%* HarmfulToMinors: VQ world certainly seems to be. Michael, Cathy and Saoirse all having horrific childhoods.
%%* HeadPet: Squishy the undead octopus.
%%* HopeSpot: Frequently in all quests
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Lucy who is a normal 5'7" and Michael at 8'0" (29 inch difference). To a lesser extent Peri and Leto (14 inch difference which will become greater as he grows).
%%* HumansAreBastards
* HuskyRusskie: Ivan Vasiliev, if it wasn't blatantly obvious before the author had him say 'the motherland made me strong'.
%%* IHateYouVampireDad: Lucy to Voice.
* {{Immortality}}: Peri, Cain through his 1001 body hive mind and quick healing, Lucy and probably Michael have this via HealingFactor as far as we know.
* ImmortalLifeIsCheap: Peri feels this about herself and is quite blasé about losing her life. Her mind is another matter entirely and the fact her life is so cheap while others' aren't is the root of a lot of her issues.
* ImmortalProcreationClause: Played straight with the Vampires, top of the food chain, nigh on immortal and very infertile. Averted in NQ where the immortals are as fertile as regular humans.
* ImprobableAge: The Lawful Good Necromancer with the ability to walk through death, bring back souls and banish the walking dead is 16, the summoned Familiar who shivved a guy in his kidney and then promptly committed conspiracy to dispose of the body is around the same, and the Vampire Queen who is preparing to lead an assault on the mutated continent of Australia against a mega-corporation in order to save the teleported island of Ireland is 18, recent 19 at the latest.
%%* InelegantBlubbering: Lucy a few times. Peri once. Cassandra.
%%* InherentInTheSystem:
%%** VQ
%%** The magic system in NQ is fundamentally flawed as its strength is tied to bloodlines. Bad things happen if those families die.
* InstantMessengerPigeon:
** The Crimson Winds Guild in AQ use falcons (Hobbies) in order to get messages around.
** The very same Quest has the Sangrian Army, pigeons and all.
%%* IntertwinedFingers: Lucy and Michael
%%* InTheBlood: The Abhorsen, bit of a problem when more than once the only living candidates have been unsuitable.
%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Michael, especially in early days.
* KaraokeBox: The Ghostbusters of GB:J Quest have a karaoke duel over a teenager's immortal soul in one.
%%* {{Keet}}: Kade and Leto, from ug and NQ respectively, have shades of this.
%%* KidHero: Played straight in most of the currently running quest, with the exception of VQ, GB:J Quest, Tardis Quest, [untitled] quest and Assassin Quest
* KillTheOnesYouLove: Cain killing Cathy, and Lucy killing Saoirse, in the hopes that Lucy could Turn them.
* KnifeNut: At the beginning Ryoko only had an affinity for knives, yet presently she seems to embrace this trope fully. There are [[spoiler: three]] significant knives in Familiar Quest at the moment.
%%* LifeImitatesArt: The author of Familiar Quest evaluated his own fitness after Ryoko took her endurance test in preparation for rigid psychical training. He did much worse than her and took up daily running to remedy the situation.
%%* LightningCanDoAnything: Volt of SQ
%%* LoveInterest
%%* MagicMusic: NQ.
* MagicVersusScience: In a way in NQ, magic doesn't work properly below the Wall and the southern technology falls apart in the North. However if you made that same technology in the north it would work just fine, what matters is where the item was manufactured not what it is.
%%** Pretty much a given in Ghostbusters: Japan.
%%* MayflyDecemberRomance: Peri's had a few.
* MeaningfulName: There's a couple if you look hard enough:
** Miss Gant refers to [[Franchise/AceAttorney Damon Gant]]. Quite suitably she takes part in tampering with the crime scene.
** [[ExpositionFairy Peri]] refers to creatures from Persian mythology; fae, who can't get into paradise due to being on the wrong side during The Fall, originally chaotic neutral, later benevolent. Likewise Sassanid refers to Persian dynasty.
** Let's see, a country whose name is not only a form of dark red, but is also a wine. I wonder what [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Burgundy Sangria could possibly be an exportation of]]?
** Posters renamed the hermit girl who can 'see' Cassandra.
** In nearly every main quest there's been a Catherine (or some version of that name) only subverted in uq at the au
* MegaCrossover: Kaspar's world is a mix, as previously mentioned, of quite a few of both active and inactive/on hiatus quests.
* MesACrowd: Nice Ass Cain, female Cain, burnt Cain, relaxing Cain and 997 others. All running [[MentalFusion the same mind.]]
* MindRape: On Cathy, Saoirse and Cassandra - people are bastards and uncontrolled telepathy is bad. It's implied Saoirse can (and has) done this. Also when a thought touch is messed up in FQ.
* MoodWhiplash: Try comparing the overall tone, actions and dialogue of AQ while Felix is at the Guild Grounds compared to when he's out an about on his assignments. Also, arguably Cain's mood could suddenly shift from threatening and dangerous to lighthearted and banter-filled (and back again) in earlier posts of VQ.
%%* MurderInc: The Crimson Winds Guild in AQ.
%%* MusicalAssassin: Okay, so he's a Theater nut, not a musician, but Browne certainly fits the spirit of this trope.
%%* MyGreatestFailure
* MyGreatestSecondChance: ''"A creature [Lucy] who has in so short a time brought hope to the hopeless [Cain], and a chance of redemption to a man destroyed by his past [Michael]."''
%%* {{Necromancer}}: Duh.
%%* NiceHat: Leto has one by popular request.
%%* NoodleIncident: Poor Kaspar.
* NotGrowingUpSucks: Peri, stuck at a rather small 17 who wishes she was stuck at an older age to make family relations easier.
* TheNthDoctor: The 1st Janitor's appearance is that of a red-headed North-Irishman, with an accent to match.
* OhCrap: Akira's reaction in Ghostbusters: Japan when he realizes that the minions of Anime/HellGirl have brought to life a giant statue of Kali the Destroyer.
%%* OldMaster: Coulter, the Guildmaster and possibly Gant.
%%* OlderThanTheyLook: Peri. Cain sometimes.
%%* OnlySaneMan: Kaspar.
%%* OurVampiresAreDifferent
%%* ParentalAbandonment: Leto's dad
%%* PlayingWithSyringes
* PowerGivesYouWings: Lucy's vampire quickenings have an effect on her body that depends on how the posters play her. One of the results of these quickenings was a pair of wings (after she plummeted a vertical mile, whoops).
* PreemptiveDeclaration:
-->'''Coulter:''' Anders\\
'''Anders:''' Yes Boss?\\
'''Coulter:''' Go put out that fire.\\
'''Anders:''' What fir- ''(Coulter creates a fire)'' Ah… that one…
%%* ProfessionalKiller: Take a wild guess.
%%* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The 'brave' men and women of Ghostbusters: Japan.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Peri's a straight case clocking [[AllThereInTheManual 2248]] years. Cain through collective experience is over fifty thousand.
%%* RealSongThemeTune
%%** Felix: You're Gonna Go Far Kid
%%** Michael (singing about Lucy): Running Up That Hill
%%** Ryoko: Maxwell's Silver Hammer
%%** Peri: Who Wants To Live Forever
%%** Cain: I Think I'm A Clone Now. 'Princes of the Universe' would also be a fitting song for the nigh-immortal Emperor
%%** Lucy: Rabbit Heart (Raise it Up)
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Michiko ends up on the receiving end of one from a Karaoke Ghost after standing up for Chyme, a ghost of a suicide victim in [[http://www.viridiandreams.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5233&start=50 GB:J Quest]].
* RelationshipUpgrade:
** Lucy and Michael; a small one when he explains the armour, full one when they kiss after he tells her about his past. Another now they've slept together.
** Peri and Leto sharing a nice kiss (on the lips and on the cheek) after back-story exposition.
%%** Felix and Lizbeth sleeping together.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Peri doesn't have them, she heals no better than a normal human. However if she doesn't have a habitable body when she crosses between worlds a new one forms. This is the same for all Free Magic Creatures and the Greater Dead and the most significant trait the Shiners kept aside from not passing into the world beyond the end of the River.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Have we all learnt not to mess with [[TheEmperor Cain's]] [[BerserkButton family?]] [[UnstoppableRage Yes]]? Good.
* RoyalWe: Generally used by [[VoiceOfTheLegion the posters]] when referring to the player character, the character name is also used but this is less common.
%%* RunningGag: a couple, generally character based.
* SchoolPlay: Felix and Browne working together to get ready to perform a theatre version of ''Film/ThePrincessBride''.
%%* SecretLegacy: Leto.
%%* SecurityBlanket: Shush Michael, they don't talk.
%%* SevenDeadlySins: Several Quest Runners jokingly pointed out most of the protagonists personify one.
%%** Leto = Sloth
%%** Lucy and Leto = Lust
%%** Ryoko = Wrath
%%** Kade, Felix, and the Hollow = Gluttony
* ShipperOnDeck: Cathy supports Lucy x Michael with gusto.
%%* ShowerScene: Michael and Lucy get one in VQ.
* ShutUpHannibal: After receiving a ReasonYouSuckSpeech from a Karaoke Ghost, Michiko promptly tells it that she can sing better then it can, and challenges the ghost to a Karaoke Duel.
* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Ryoko has been mistaken for a [[HornyDevils succubus]] familiar due to her beautiful and exotic looks.
%%* {{Squee}}: Michael x Lucy has vocal fangirls.
%%* StrappedToAnOperatingTable:
%%** Lucy, Michael in the past.
%%** Ciar in uq.
%%* SuperSoldier: Michael
* TakeAThirdOption: Starting to become a running theme in Ghostbusters: Japan Quest; when Michiko gets an email telling her she can respond to any one of three previous emails offering her either a chance at fame, riches, or vengeance depending on who she responds to first, she responds to the mysterious sender first, telling him she's going to try for all three. [[spoiler: The request is granted.]]
%%* {{Telepathy}}:
%%** Between Ryoko and Lionel in the form of Thought Touches. Currently limited, potentially dangerous and unbalanced in favour of Ryoko.
%%** A common super power in VQ
* TemptingFate: This little gem as part of the WeNeedADistraction ploy:
-->'''Akira:''' Okay, any ideas? Throw something at them? Shout about the approaching ghosts? I dance around in my boxers?
%%* ThereCanBeOnlyOne: Subverted in Nercromancer Quest. According to Peri, even a trademark beheading of one of her fellow immortals won't do the trick.
%%* TheseHandsHaveKilled: Lucy and Ryoko.
%%* TheyWouldCutYouUp: A common threat in VQ
%%* ThinkHappyThoughts: Lucy
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Said by Sato when the Ghostbusters: Japan realize they are about to fight [[Film/KillBill Gogo Yubari]]
%%* TimeAndRelativeDimensionsInSpace: The Janitor's TARDIS, of course.
%%* TimeDissonance: Cain especially. Peri to a smaller extent.
%%* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Ryoko, Lucy and all of Ireland along with her
%%* TraumaCongaLine: Leto
%%* WalkingTheEarth: Peri's usual method of killing time.
%%* WasOnceAMan: Parvel, Carter
* WeNeedADistraction: Said word for word at the climax of the escape from the mansion in GB:J, when they have to fend off not only the approaching ghosts, but also retrieve some items from both the PCOC AND Nocturne forces guarding the only portal out.
%%* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The Vampires, the immortals and inverted in Familiar Quest with a human taking on familiar status.
* WhereItAllBegan: Felix returns to his home city in the fourth assignment of AQ.
%%* WhoWantsToLiveForever: The Shiners are pretty sick of it.
%%* WingedHumanoid: Lucy (biological) and Cathy (mechanical).
%%* YouAreWorthHell: VQ uses this.
%%* YouCantGoHomeAgain:
%%** Ryoko
%%** Also Michiko from Ghostbusters: Japan
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