| 1 | [[WMG:[[center: '''[[Characters/EmpiresSMP Main Characters Index]]''' | '''Season One''' | [[Characters/EmpiresSMPSeasonTwo Season Two]]]]]] |
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| 3 | '''Note:''' Spoilers for ''Empires: the Musical'' and Season 2 will be marked, but those for the events of Season 1 as a series will remain unmarked. |
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| 5 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 6 | |
| 7 | !!Rulers and their Empires |
| 8 | [[folder:[=Count fWhip=] of The Grimlands]] |
| 9 | !![=fWhip=] |
| 10 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fwip_7.png]] |
| 11 | %%[[caption-width-right:345:some caption text]] |
| 12 | ->'''IGN:''' [=fWhip=]\ |
| 13 | '''Preferred name:''' [=fWhip=]\ |
| 14 | '''Species:''' Human |
| 15 | fWhip is an alchemist and tinkerer, Gem's twin brother, and a founding member of the Wither Rose Alliance.\ |
| 16 | \ |
| 17 | He was the first person on the server to discover Xornoth after his arrival, and quickly became dedicated to stopping him, even though him hiding Jimmy's Codfather Head in the end indirectly helped to release him.\ |
| 18 | \ |
| 19 | He was also the original maker of The Crown, and intended to use it for himself until Jimmy took it. Since then, he's been trying to get his hands back on it, though he's also developed a vendetta against Scott due to Gem being injured by his ice magic.\ |
| 20 | \ |
| 21 | [=fWhip=] was the eighth Emperor of the server. His rule was that all emperors must create a road connecting their kingdom either to another kingdom, or to spawn. |
| 22 | ---- |
| 23 | * AllThereInTheManual: A quick trip over to Twitter shows that, due to audience demand, Gem and fWhip are canonically twins. |
| 24 | * FieryRedhead: He has red hair to match his passionate (one might even say ''explosive'') personality. |
| 25 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: fWhip is the fiery, Foolish twin to Gem's more level-headed Responsible twin. |
| 26 | * GogglesDoNothing: fWhip has goggles that he wears on top of his head which go unused, although that's more [[EnforcedTrope due to the limitations of Minecraft skins]]. |
| 27 | * KnightTemplarBigBrother: If Gem is in any danger, he ''will not'' pull any punches, put on full display when Scott accidentally strikes Gem with a blast of his magic. When fWhip finds out, he instantly breaks off his alliance with Rivendell, installs a PitTrap in Scott's house with a sign saying never to hurt Gem again, and rigs the Grimlands embassy within Rivendell to blow. |
| 28 | * MadBomber: fWhip, whose main export is explosives, has his bouts of this. Fitting for the "Patented Creator of Explosives". |
| 29 | * NeverMyFault: He doesn't seem to believe the destruction of his empire (and by extension, everyone else's empires in the Rapture that ensued) to be his fault, even if, on a technicality, he is the one to pull the lever to activate the reactor in the first place. |
| 30 | * ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Jimmy mistakes fWhip to have died in the explosion of the Grimlands, and is announcing it to the other rulers at spawn during a meeting... just as fWhip and Gem show up. Jimmy's episode even subtly lampshades this with the use of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc9-HJ9Rd4w a DJ Stop sound effect]] at this moment. |
| 31 | * TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: fWhip's full title is Count fWhip of the Grimlands, Ruler of Darkness, Tinkerer, Alchemist, Patented Creator of Explosives, Humble Farmer, Delver of the Nether, Lord of Eastvale. |
| 32 | |
| 33 | !!The Grimlands |
| 34 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/64ddc102_9d4c_4e7c_9f38_32092f26901f.jpeg]] |
| 35 | [[caption-width-right:300:The town of Eastvale, located in the Grimlands.]] |
| 36 | ->'''Biome:''' Plains |
| 37 | A dark, partially mountainous empire with steampunk elements. Its main export is gunpowder, formerly potatoes. |
| 38 | ---- |
| 39 | * ColorMotif: White, [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red, and black]]. |
| 40 | * EvilVsEvil: The Deepslate Redstone corruption that's prevalent throughout the Grimlands has a volatile reaction to Xornoth's Nether-based corruption. When the two come together outside Eastvale, it blows a massive gash in the landscape. |
| 41 | * FishPeople: Some members of the Grimlands populace are salmon-people with fish heads.[[note]]Out-of-universe, they'd be humanoid constructs with salmon heads.[[/note]] Among them, it's most notable that the Crown was forged by the salmon smiths of the empire. |
| 42 | * GadgeteerGenius: According to a poll answered by the members of the server, the Grimlands is the most technologically advanced of all the Empires. |
| 43 | * HeroicDog: In-universe, the only reason fWhip survived the explosion that resulted in the ApocalypseHow ending is because his two dogs, Koda and Nova, dragged him out of the blast site in time.[[note]]In-''game'', he ''did'' die in the explosion, but DeathIsCheap still applied on the server back then (though not for long).[[/note]] |
| 44 | * HumongousMecha: There's a salmon-based one outside the Grimlands that rips up trees in its path. Jimmy pranks it by replacing its salmon-head with a cod-head and giving it FertileFeet instead. |
| 45 | [[/folder]] |
| 46 | |
| 47 | [[folder:Wizard Gem of The Crystal Cliffs]] |
| 48 | !!Wizard Gem |
| 49 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gem_7.png]] |
| 50 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see her frozen skin]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gemsick.png [[/labelnote]]]] |
| 51 | ->'''IGN:''' [=GeminiTay=]\ |
| 52 | '''Preferred name:''' Gem\ |
| 53 | '''Species:''' Human |
| 54 | Gem is the Grand Wizard of the Crystal Cliffs, fWhip's twin sister, and one of the founding members of the Wither Rose Alliance (although she tries to stay on good terms with everyone). A thoughtful, curious woman, Gem is usually the one reigning in her allies' more chaotic tendencies, but she has her own trouble-making side.\ |
| 55 | \ |
| 56 | She was one of the earliest and most vocal opponents of Xornoth, and took the dragon's egg after it was killed, placing it at the top of a mountain in the hopes that it would hatch. She was kidnapped along with Scott as a result, and tortured by Joey and Sausage in an attempt to force her to give it to them. She refused, and after being rescued, continued to take care of and protect the egg. She was also the one who ultimately sealed Xornoth back inside a crystal.\ |
| 57 | \ |
| 58 | After his defeat, Gem started work on a magical academy, to teach her citizens how to properly wield their magic. Scott came to her to learn how to get his cryokinesis under control, but accidentally set off a blast of ice in the process, which hit Gem full force. As a result, Gem fell ill, and remained ill for a while until fWhip basically dragged her over to Katherine to get cured. |
| 59 | ---- |
| 60 | * AbdicateTheThrone: Implied. The throne room in the Grimlands contains two thrones, of which one of them is covered in [[CobwebOfDisuse Cobwebs of Disuse]]. Since fWhip is the sole ruler of the Grimlands throughout the season and Gem is his twin sister (and was thus most likely raised alongside him), it is probable that this is the case. |
| 61 | * [[AllWitchesHaveCats All Wizards Have Cats]]: She has a cat named Gandalf. |
| 62 | * BenevolentMageRuler: Gem is both the leader of the Crystal Cliffs and a powerful wizard, and she's possibly the nicest person on the server. |
| 63 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Gem is the more level-headed, Responsible twin to fWhip's fiery, Foolish twin. |
| 64 | * HeadPet: Violet the baby Ender Dragon is kept on Gem's head in place of her hat after the EggMacGuffin hatches. |
| 65 | * InsistentTerminology: She's a wizard, not a witch. In fact, anyone who calls her a witch is swiftly told off. |
| 66 | * LockedIntoStrangeness: Scott's accidentally blasting her with ice magic caused a white streak to appear in her hair. Shrub's attempt at healing her turned the streak a bright red, like the Corruption. |
| 67 | * OnlySaneWoman: In spite of occasional moments of NotSoAboveItAll, Gem is the most level-headed one in the Wither Rose Alliance and is usually the one to keep meetings in order among them. |
| 68 | -->'''Gem:''' If my Minecraft character could roll her eyes and [[DeathGlare glare]] at you, she would. |
| 69 | * PoorCommunicationKills: When fWhip sees that her hair has changed and that she's sick, Gem explains that she and Scott were experimenting with magic, and that he hit her with a blast of ice. What she failed to tell fWhip is that Scott has zero control over his powers, and hurt her completely by accident. fWhip, thinking Scott attacked Gem on purpose and then ran away to avoid dealing with the consequences, instantly breaks off his alliance with Rivendell and enlists Sausage's help to install a PitTrap in Scott's house and rig the Grimlands embassy to blow. |
| 70 | * RobeAndWizardHat: Gem has a cloak and a [[HatOfAuthority big hat]] as part of her usual attire. |
| 71 | * TheSpock: Gem often prefers to solve problems with logic and reason, but as a result of this mentality, can fall short when it comes to understanding ''why'' more emotional characters can be upset about her sometimes less-than-ethical methods for conflict resolution. Her more direct and logical thought process and emphasis on education and knowledge-gaining also contributes to kicking off several conflicts themselves, like Scott's aptly-nicknamed "Elsa Arc". |
| 72 | * TheStoryteller: Following the Rapture, Gem is said to have become this after leaving the Crystal Cliffs to start over. |
| 73 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: |
| 74 | ** After Scott approaches her asking for help with his powers, Gem is ''so'' excited at the prospect of learning how his magic works that she doesn't realize just how desperate Scott truly is, and how afraid he is of his PowerIncontinence hurting those around him. When he tells her over and over that he ''can't'' thaw the ice he'd created earlier because he doesn't know ''how'' to, Gem keeps pushing him, until eventually he snaps at her, causing a massive power outburst, freezing the entire room and seriously hurting Gem in the process. Scott is so horrified by this that he runs away and goes into voluntary exile, leaving his kingdom and its citizens without a ruler. |
| 75 | ** When fWhip comes by later, Gem tells him what happened, but [[PoorCommunicationKills leaves out the very important detail]] that it was a complete accident, and that Scott has [[PowerIncontinence zero control over his abilities]]. fWhip, thinking Scott attacked Gem on purpose, recruits Sausage to install a PitTrap in Scott's house, and rig the Grimlands embassy in Rivendell with TNT. When Scott returns from his exile and finds the traps, he sees this as an ''active declaration of war'', promptly closes Rivendell's borders, and starts preparing an attack on the Grimlands. |
| 76 | |
| 77 | !!Crystal Cliffs |
| 78 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/29f88b1b_c35f_41ea_91a1_a7fec1b83b6b.jpeg]] |
| 79 | [[caption-width-right:300:The Crystal Cliffs Academy of Wizardry and surrounding homes.]] |
| 80 | ->'''Biome:''' Cliffs |
| 81 | A mountainous empire primarily inhabited by magic users. Its main exports are amethyst blocks, crystals, and potions. |
| 82 | ---- |
| 83 | * AlliterativeName: '''C'''rystal '''C'''liffs. |
| 84 | * ColorMotif: Purple, the colour of amethyst blocks, one the the Empire's main exports, and of magic. |
| 85 | * TheMagocracy: Crystal Cliffs is inhabited almost entirely by magic users, and led by Gem, who is a wizard. |
| 86 | * WizardingSchool: The wizard academy, in which Gem intends to teach the pillagers magic. |
| 87 | [[/folder]] |
| 88 | |
| 89 | [[folder:Codfather Jimmy of The Cod Empire]] |
| 90 | !!Jimmy[=/=]The Codfather |
| 91 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3a4a90e7_14e2_4ec3_ab6a_a5310de5b4df.png]] |
| 92 | ->'''IGN:''' [=SolidarityGaming=]\ |
| 93 | '''Preferred name:''' Jimmy\ |
| 94 | '''Species:''' Ancient Sea Dweller (Cod) |
| 95 | Jimmy is The Codfather, ruler of the Cod Empire, leader of the Codvengers, protector of cod, and [[AnimalMotifs many other cod-related things]]. He's also historically been [[ButtMonkey something of a punching bag]] for other members of the server, with his and Sausage's early feud over his stolen music disc being the main point of conflict on the server before Xornoth showed up.\ |
| 96 | \ |
| 97 | He was creeped out by the demon since he heard about it, though he inadvertently helped release him after Sausage threw his cod head into the End. Jimmy did, however, help take Xornoth down.\ |
| 98 | \ |
| 99 | Jimmy was the first Emperor of the server. His rule was that every empire had to contain a cod sanctuary within its borders.[[note]]He originally added that everyone had to kill every salmon they saw, but it was retracted since it was the ''second'' rule.[[/note]] |
| 100 | ---- |
| 101 | * AccidentalHero: In his 15th episode, Jimmy visits Mythland to seek out Sausage over their wall height conflict. Naturally, he overhears Gem and Scott talking while trapped in the basement there, and even has to be directed ''to'' said basement to break them out. Although Jimmy doesn't show up with the ''purpose'' of saving them, it still doesn't stop Scott from "making it up" to Jimmy by [[RescueRomance taking him out on a date]]. |
| 102 | * AnimalNemesis: He ''despises'' salmon and is willing to kill every single salmon in sight to burn their heads, managing a kill count of over 1,000 salmon throughout the series. The reason behind this hatred is ambiguous; while there's already [[AnimalJingoism a cod-versus-salmon rivalry going on]], it's just as probable that ItsPersonal and involves a prophecy and LaserGuidedAmnesia. |
| 103 | * ApeShallNeverKillApe: ZigZaggingTrope. Jimmy doesn't kill cod as the Codfather unless it's "[[WellIntentionedExtremist for the greater good]]", such as to obtain cod heads to fight against the salmon "invasion". Of course, that's not going into the EarlyInstallmentWeirdness of him using cod as a food source in his earliest episodes. And then there's the fact that the Council of Cod ends up taking away his Codfather head, believing that he's not dedicated ''enough'' to the cause for accidentally killing more cod than salmon at one point. |
| 104 | * BackstoryHorror: According to one of Lizzie's letters, the salmon "invading the ocean" caused Jimmy to no longer "be the same". Exactly ''what'' happened to Jimmy that was bad enough for Lizzie to "venture onto the land" to find the source of the salmon issue is [[NothingIsScarier never explained]]. |
| 105 | * BoisterousWeakling: During his early days on the server, Jimmy has little to no issue antagonizing his (much more powerful) neighbours over relatively minor slights, but both he and the empire he rules over are often overlooked and mocked in return for being either ineffectual, lacking in resources, or underdeveloped. He gradually mellows out a little, especially after his neighbour and main rival at the start, Sausage, reconciles with him while working towards being TheAtoner himself. |
| 106 | * BigOMG: His first reaction to the explosion of the Grimlands at the start of the Rapture, of which he was close enough to witness, was a very loud "OH MY GOSH!!". |
| 107 | * ButtMonkey: Poor Jimmy just can't catch a break. In the early days of the server, especially, other players are more than happy to prank or threaten him in the opening week while his content creator counterpart's away. It's {{deconstructed|Trope}} by the series' end, as all the misfortune heaped onto him, alongside the Council of Cod withdrawing its blessing to him, cause him to internalize this to some degree and definitely contribute to him hitting the DespairEventHorizon in the aftermath of the Rapture. |
| 108 | * ChildhoodBrainDamage: PlayedForLaughs after Jimmy was revealed to be hatched from a damaged egg. |
| 109 | -->'''Lizzie:''' You're telling me that the secret to our identity has been sitting in one of your chests this whole time?\ |
| 110 | ''({{Beat}})''\ |
| 111 | '''Jimmy:''' Maybe. Maybe so, yes, probably.\ |
| 112 | '''Lizzie:''' You definitely came from the small damaged egg.\ |
| 113 | '''Jimmy:''' I'm... I am the small damaged egg, yes. |
| 114 | * CrazyJealousGuy: [[DownplayedTrope A very mild example]]; he does ''not'' want Scott taking anyone else down the Tunnel of Love he built for their post-rescue date, and says that doing so would be betrayal. For unknown reasons, this was cut out of Jimmy's episode. |
| 115 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Jimmy is the BoisterousWeakling Foolish Sea-bling to Lizzie's PluckyGirl Responsible Sea-bling. Somewhat justified in this case, as Jimmy is the younger of the two and was [[ChildhoodBrainDamage hatched from a damaged egg]] which Lizzie had spent ''hundreds of years'' protecting. However, while Lizzie is certainly more competent and responsible than Jimmy, considering that she once ate a magical artifact without even thinking of the consequences, didn't know what a birthday was for years, and often trends towards chaotic, it's hard to call her responsible ''in general''. |
| 116 | * ItsAllMyFault: He blames himself entirely for the destruction of the Grimlands (and by extension, the Rapture) because it happened because he wanted a new Codfather head, which leads him to believe he doesn't deserve his titles and to flee the lands in a DespairEventHorizon. |
| 117 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia[=/=]IdentityAmnesia: Jimmy and Lizzie forgot each other's existence, and their relationship, because they left the water. |
| 118 | * ObliviousToLove: Manages to go on an entire ''date'' with Scott and come out of it with the conclusion that they are now officially… allies. |
| 119 | * ParentalAbandonment: The ancient sea monster that laid the clutch of eggs from which the Sea-blings were born "wither[ed] away and die[d]" soon after laying the eggs. |
| 120 | * SpeaksFluentAnimal: Jimmy can understand aquatic creatures like axolotls and fish. Justified as it is revealed he's the son of a a sea monster of sorts and his Sea-bling Lizzie has this ability too, which indicates that this is genetic. |
| 121 | * TemptingFate: In his 21st episode, after inspecting the other empires for cod sanctuaries (and missing a couple), Jimmy comments that he's wearing the Crown forever and isn't giving it up. Cue a GilliganCut to Jimmy without the Crown, announcing that Scott has taken the crown from him during a livestream. |
| 122 | * YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: After the Dragon fight, Sausage gifts Jimmy a "Box of Friendship" for helping to defeat the Dragon and unleash Xornoth, albeit [[ObliviouslyEvil obliviously and without understanding the ramifications]]. Jimmy firmly denies they are friends. This lasts until Sausage becomes TheAtoner and the two make up. |
| 123 | |
| 124 | !!The Cod Empire |
| 125 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/e193b788_4a09_4aac_9e12_3ab3da1908eb.jpeg]] |
| 126 | [[caption-width-right:300:An overhead view of the Cod Empire.]] |
| 127 | ->'''Biome:''' Swamp |
| 128 | An empire partially built over the swamp and sea, decorated with cod heads and surrounded by walls on all but one side. Its main exports are slime products like slime balls and blocks. |
| 129 | ---- |
| 130 | * AnimalMotifs: Take a wild guess. |
| 131 | * ButtMonkey: Like its leader Jimmy, the Cod Empire is ''very'' rarely taken seriously, and suffers quite a few hardships. In the early days of the series, many of the other empires called the Cod Empire the weakest of the empires. |
| 132 | * ChekhovsGunman: The cod which reside in the aquariums of the empire's mega-walls. While they were initially placed there as a design choice, they become crucial to the Sea-blings' plotline when they remind Jimmy of one of the key puzzle pieces to figure out why he and Lizzie can [[SpeaksFluentAnimal Speak Fluent Aquatic Animal]], and by extension [[LongLostRelative the true extent of their "connection"]]. |
| 133 | * CityOnTheWater: Parts of the empire are built over the swamp and the sea. The water ultimately drains away and evaporates in the Rapture, killing the cod residing in the empire. |
| 134 | * HopelessWithTech: According to a poll answered by the members of the server, the Cod Empire is the least technologically advanced Empire (or in cc!Lizzie's words, is "still stuck in the Stone Age", though that would likely be an exaggeration), presumably making it a Type 2. |
| 135 | * KillItWithFire: All of the salmon killed in the Cod Empire are burnt in a "sacrifice pit" of lava. |
| 136 | * ShoutOut: One of the pigs in the Cod Empire is named 'WebVideo/{{Techno|blade}}'. |
| 137 | [[/folder]] |
| 138 | |
| 139 | [[folder:King Joel of Mezalea]] |
| 140 | !!Joel |
| 141 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/joel_0.png]] |
| 142 | %%[[caption-width-right:345:some caption text]] |
| 143 | ->'''IGN:''' [=SmallishBeans=]\ |
| 144 | '''Preferred name:''' Joel\ |
| 145 | '''Species:''' Human |
| 146 | Joel is Lizzie's husband and the sometimes goofy king of Mezalea.\ |
| 147 | \ |
| 148 | After Xornoth's arrival, in contrast to the other rulers, he aggressively ignored the spreading corruption as much as he could, and while he ultimately did work to stop the demon, he did not believe Xornoth was even ''real''.\ |
| 149 | \ |
| 150 | Joel was the third Emperor of the server. His rule was that everyone had to wear his skull on their head at all times. |
| 151 | ---- |
| 152 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: A meta example. Joel, at one point, called out the fanartists for constantly drawing him short, and insisted he's actually really tall. However, most fanartists weren't drawing Joel as short, so much as they were drawing everyone around him (Lizzie, Jimmy, sometimes Scott) as incredibly tall, since they are literal demigods and fantasy creatures. Because Joel called them out on this however, he was subsequently drawn as about the size of a toddler, and even his canon height was pushed down to 5'9 (175 cm), making him the third-shortest emperor after Katherine and Shrub (who is a 4-foot-tall gnome). |
| 153 | * DeathByDespair[=/=]KilledOffscreen: In the intro to Joel's first Season 2 episode, it's stated that Joel "died from sadness after seeing his palace be cut in half" by the earthquake, in a case of KilledOffForReal. |
| 154 | * FlatEarthAtheist: Doesn't believe the demon terrorizing the server is real. |
| 155 | * AGodAmI: PlayedForLaughs. [[spoiler:During a brief inter-season SwappedRoles session in Season 2, Joel comes across a plot in Tumble Town that his divine counterpart in the season picked out for a holiday home.]] Figuring he was already a king, Joel brushes everything off and says that some people might already see him as a god because of his royal title. |
| 156 | * HappilyMarried: To Lizzie of the Ocean Empire. |
| 157 | * HeightAngst: He ''hates'' being called short, to the point where he outright kills Scott for teasing him about his height. |
| 158 | -->'''Joel:''' I am tall! Okay guys? I'm not short, I'm tall. I've built myself this massive base, because I am massive! If it was small, I'd need a normal sized door, but instead, look at the size of this door! I am huge, okay? That's why the base is so big. [[CompensatingForSomething I'm not compensating]]! I am ''massive''. |
| 159 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Joel's rule as Emperor was to make everyone else wear a copy of his head so everyone could look as handsome as him. At the end of his reign as Emperor, one of the rounds in his game show to give away the Crown is all about him and his content. |
| 160 | * TinyGuyHugeGirl: Joel, who is on the shorter side (or average height) for a human man, is married to Lizzie, a 10-foot-tall demigoddess. This means he's almost literally [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG-K4hdlrrg half her size]]. |
| 161 | * TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: Joel's full title is King of Mezalea, Slayer of Horses, Ruler of Jeremy, Collector of Sand, Seller of Terracotta, and Leader of Clones. |
| 162 | * WeirdnessCensor: Joel ''refuses'' to acknowledge the very existence of Xornoth and their Corruption. When confronted with Corruption tentacles sprouting in Mezalea, he just redecorates them into trees and calls it a day. |
| 163 | |
| 164 | !!Kingdom of Mezalea |
| 165 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/36303e34_f4c9_45b6_987e_a0df31a39d1a.jpeg]] |
| 166 | [[caption-width-right:300:The Mezalean Matral Palace.]] |
| 167 | ->'''Biome:''' Badlands/Mesa |
| 168 | A vibrant and colourful empire, primarily constructed with terracotta, red sandstone, acacia, and warped wood. Its main exports are terracotta and concrete. |
| 169 | ---- |
| 170 | * ColorMotif: Green, orange, and purple. |
| 171 | * MesACrowd: To a truly ridiculous degree. All of its inhabitants have Joel's head. ''All of them.'' They are apparently clones of Joel. |
| 172 | * {{Portmanteau}}: The empire's name is a mixture of 'mesa' (the old name of the Badlands biome) and 'azalea'. |
| 173 | * ShoutOut: Multiple to the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' franchise. |
| 174 | ** Three of the parrots residing in the empire are [[ShoutOutThemeNaming named]] [[Characters/HarryPotterMarauders 'Sirius', 'Remus', and 'James']]. |
| 175 | ** Befitting this, there's also [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets a light blue flying car]] hovering over the empire. |
| 176 | ** Several of Joel's tools and weapons are named after ''Potterverse'' quotes. For instance, his enchanted bow is named "[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Twitchy little ferret, aren't you, Malfoy?]]", and his crossbow is named "[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Not my daughter, you]] [[LastSecondWordSwap B...SILLY BILLY!]]". |
| 177 | [[/folder]] |
| 178 | |
| 179 | [[folder:Emperor Joey of The Lost Empire]] |
| 180 | !!Joey |
| 181 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1b61cc43_aa1e_4318_8c13_31659737606a.png]] |
| 182 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see his Xornoth-follower skin]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/joeyevil.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 183 | ->'''IGN:''' Creator/{{JOEYGRACEFFA}}\ |
| 184 | '''Preferred name:''' Joey\ |
| 185 | '''Species:''' Human |
| 186 | Joey is the flamboyant emperor of the Lost Empire, primarily dealing in totems of undying.\ |
| 187 | \ |
| 188 | Shortly after Xornoth's corruption began to manifest, he fell in love with the demon and worked to help free him. He willingly allowed Xornoth to corrupt him, and carried out his every wish, like kidnapping Scott and Gem.\ |
| 189 | \ |
| 190 | After Xornoth was sealed, Joey isolated himself from everyone else. Since then, he's stayed mostly in his empire, trying to figure out what to do next.\ |
| 191 | \ |
| 192 | Joey was the fifth Emperor of the server. His rule was that the other emperors must give him horses as a tribute. |
| 193 | ---- |
| 194 | * BloodKnight: Not necessarily in the sense of ''bloodthirst'', but Joey often jumps to violent solutions for problems. When Jimmy gives his order as Emperor to build a cod sanctuary in every Empire, Joey asks if this means having to kill cod to obtain their heads ''in order to'' build a 'sanctuary' for them. |
| 195 | * CampGay: Joey's [[WalkingShirtlessScene standard costume is shirtless]], he flirts with any man in his vicinity, and his first instinct upon seeing Xornoth the demon was to try to date him. |
| 196 | * ColdBloodedTorture: Joey and Sausage kidnapped Scott and Gem, locked them up in Sausage's dungeon and tortured both of them (mostly Gem) in an attempt to get them to hand over the dragon egg. |
| 197 | * CrazyJealousGuy: Joey was rather possessive over Xornoth, and got jealous whenever he saw Xornoth's corruption being spread to the other Empires. |
| 198 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: Joey and Sausage's kidnapping plot goes awry when their prisoners immediately start [[LampshadeHanging poking holes]] in how they can't even accomplish their main goal for the plot by kidnapping them. |
| 199 | -->'''Joey:''' Listen, we're gonna need you to hand over that egg, and stop doing whatever experiments you're doing, or [[ResurrectionDeathLoop we'll just keep killing you]]!\ |
| 200 | '''Scott:''' Well, she ''can't'' hand the egg over while she's here!\ |
| 201 | '''Gem:''' Yeah, did you guys think about ''anything?''\ |
| 202 | '''Sausage:''' ...We'll figure this out; ''we only go half-way through these plans'', Gem! |
| 203 | * EyeColourChange: After he allies himself with Xornoth, his eyes go from green to red. |
| 204 | * LoveMartyr: Heavily entwined with BrainwashedAndCrazy; while Joey fell for Xornoth romantically, he admits to having zero recollection of letting himself get Corrupted or committing various atrocities, such as kidnapping his own friends on more than one occasion, in an attempt to earn love from Xornoth, not knowing that his feelings are exploited for Xornoth's own agenda. |
| 205 | * MaliciousMisnaming: Due to a long-running rivalry with Lizzie, Joey refers to her as "the Sea Witch", going as far as to briefly slip up while officiating her wedding. |
| 206 | * MythologyGag: This isn't [[WebVideo/EscapeTheNight the first time]] Joey has aided and/or allied with an evil, demonic entity, though in that first time, [[BrainwashedAndCrazy it wasn't exactly voluntary]]. |
| 207 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: His eyes turned red when he was allied with Xornoth. |
| 208 | |
| 209 | !!The Lost Empire |
| 210 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/e9eace0d_afce_4abd_84bf_dd6e35ccd5cf.jpeg]] |
| 211 | [[caption-width-right:300:The Fire Temple of The Lost Empire.]] |
| 212 | ->'''Biome:''' Jungle |
| 213 | A Aztec-styled empire that worshipped the four elements of fire, earth, air, and water. Its main exports are Totems of Undying and jungle wood. |
| 214 | ---- |
| 215 | * {{Mayincatec}}: The Lost Empire is located in the middle of a jungle, and takes inspiration from pretty much all native Central American cultures. |
| 216 | * ResurgentEmpire: The empire's backstory is revealed in Joey's Episode 19. According to the episode, the people of the Lost Empire worshipped the four elements, and each had a temple and totem which together brought harmony to the Empire. However, for unknown reasons, the totems and temples were destroyed and the Empire fell to ruins. As the new emperor, Joey has taken it upon himself to rebuild the temples and find the totems in order to restore harmony to the world once more. |
| 217 | * RaptorAttack: Joey's raptors (velociraptors) are transformed from horses using a spell... which he plans on using to make a raptor army to take over all the empires. |
| 218 | * ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: According to a poll answered by the members of the server, the Lost Empire is the most violent Empire. |
| 219 | [[/folder]] |
| 220 | |
| 221 | [[folder:Lady Katherine of House Blossom]] |
| 222 | !!Katherine |
| 223 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/katherine_4.png]] |
| 224 | %%[[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]] |
| 225 | ->'''IGN:''' katherineeliz\ |
| 226 | '''Preferred name:''' Katherine\ |
| 227 | '''Species:''' Human |
| 228 | Katherine is the sheep-loving, head-collecting lady of House Blossom, and was chosen by The Spring (a strange sentience connected to the land her kingdom is built on) to guard the flowers and creatures found there. While technically a member of the Codvengers, she does her best to [[TeamSwitzerland remain neutral wherever she can]], and is generally on the side of good.\ |
| 229 | \ |
| 230 | After Xornoth's corruption appeared, she found a cure for corrupted plant life. She also participated in the final battle against him, and helped defeat him once and for all.\ |
| 231 | \ |
| 232 | Katherine was the seventh Emperor of the server. Her rule was that each ruler must create a flower garden within their kingdom, based off of one specific type of flower. |
| 233 | ---- |
| 234 | * CollectorOfTheStrange: Katherine, the sweet queen of the flowery kingdom of House Blossom, is a prolific collector of severed heads. |
| 235 | * EarthyBarefootCharacter: Katherine is barefoot for her default outfit, and is the Guardian of the Overgrown. This is brought up to illustrate how a Xornoth-induced eternal winter would be bad for her, aside from her plants dying in the cold. |
| 236 | * GreenThumb: While she can't directly control the Overgrown, she can directly communicate with it, and watches over it as its protector. On the Sliding Scale, this would make her a Level 1. |
| 237 | * TeamSwitzerland: Katherine aims to ally with every single ruler on the empire if possible. As a result, she often serves as the mediator between feuding factions, but she's also willing to extend an olive branch to those her allies consider enemies, even the enmity is for a good reason (e.g. literally kidnapping and torture). Despite everything, she will DefaultToGood when it comes to Xornoth's Corruption. |
| 238 | * TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: Katherine's full title is Lady Katherine of House Blossom, Guardian of the Overgrown, Protector of the Great Grass Field, Collector of Heads, Breaker of Leads, and Mother of Sheep. |
| 239 | |
| 240 | !!House Blossom[=/=]The Overgrown |
| 241 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0e9ef2f4_ab86_4e2b_ab36_011d6a94ac45.jpeg]] |
| 242 | [[caption-width-right:300:The Floating Castle of House Blossom.]] |
| 243 | ->'''Biome:''' Flower Forest |
| 244 | A bright and peaceful empire mainly built from blue, pink, purple, and white blocks. Its main export is flowers and various plant-related materials. |
| 245 | ---- |
| 246 | * FloatingContinent: The Floating Castle is, as its name suggests, located on a large floating island. |
| 247 | * GeniusLoci: The Overgrown is a sentient being, and can communicate with Katherine directly as she's its guardian. |
| 248 | * GhibliHills: The Overgrown is a field absolutely ''covered'' with flowers, and the few buildings are enmeshed with the nature around them. The field itself has a degree of sentience, and communicates directly with Katherine. |
| 249 | * TeamSwitzerland: Like its ruler, House Blossom is one of the most neutral empires on the server, being allied with almost everyone else. |
| 250 | * TechnicalPacifist: According to a poll answered by the members of the server, the Overgrown is the most peaceful of the Empires. |
| 251 | * TimeAbyss: Chronologically speaking in-universe, the Overgrown is an ancient entity [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk_jleqwQJc&t=615s dating back to roughly the era of Aeor and Exor themselves]], and is still going strong in the age of ''Empires''. |
| 252 | [[/folder]] |
| 253 | |
| 254 | [[folder:Queen Lizzie of the Ocean Empire]] |
| 255 | !!Lizzie |
| 256 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lizzie_9.png]] |
| 257 | %%[[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]] |
| 258 | ->'''IGN:''' [=LDShadowLady=]\ |
| 259 | '''Preferred name:''' Lizzie\ |
| 260 | '''Species:''' Ancient Sea Dweller (Blue Axolotl) |
| 261 | The charismatic, clever Ocean Queen. Lizzie is actually a millennia old Demigoddess, but forgot most of her history due to leaving the ocean. She's a long-time member of the Codvengers.\ |
| 262 | \ |
| 263 | She was originally mostly concerned with growing her empire, but after Xornoth's corruption spread, and she married Joel, she became more involved in server-wide affairs.\ |
| 264 | \ |
| 265 | Lizzie was the fourth Emperor of the server. Her rule was that the other members of the server may only eat cake. |
| 266 | ---- |
| 267 | * AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: After her transformation into a blue axolotl, she gains blue skin. |
| 268 | * BotheringByTheBook: In response to Joey taking the Crown from her, Lizzie follows his rule to bring horses to him in tribute... and breeds "a ridiculous amount of horses" (allegedly 200 of them) in an underground pit on the outskirts of the Lost Empire (near the Earth Temple) to "unleash them upon" said empire, i.e. make it ''extremely laggy'' for anyone who traverses that part of the empire. |
| 269 | -->'''Lizzie:''' If it's horse offerings he wants, horse offerings he shall get. [[LampshadeHanging It's called malicious compliance]].\ |
| 270 | ''[...]''\ |
| 271 | ''(After Lizzie unleashes the horde of horses)''\ |
| 272 | '''Joey:''' Uh, excuse me, ma'am?\ |
| 273 | '''Lizzie:''' You wanted a horse offering, you'll get a horse offering.\ |
| 274 | '''Joey:''' Wait, Lizzie, Lizzie... \ |
| 275 | '''Lizzie:''' Yes?\ |
| 276 | '''Joey:''' Lizzie, what's going on here?\ |
| 277 | '''Lizzie:''' ''(nonchalantly)'' Horses. You asked for horses.\ |
| 278 | '''Joey:''' [[YoureInsane You are unwell]].\ |
| 279 | '''Lizzie:''' Yeah, I know, it took me hours. I don't know what's wrong with me, to be honest. |
| 280 | * ComedicSociopathy: In the musical adaptation, while "Prismarine" is Lizzie's HardWorkMontage of building up her empire from scratch presented in song, it doesn't shy away from the darker aspects of Minecraft in how players usually build a society by desecrating the world around them, from kidnapping Villagers to be residents to destroying natural biomes for building blocks. |
| 281 | -->'''Lizzie:''' Robbed a reef of all its coral–\ |
| 282 | '''Oli:''' ''(spoken)'' How'd ''that'' feel?\ |
| 283 | '''Lizzie:''' ''(spoken)'' [[LampshadeHanging Kind of immoral]]. |
| 284 | * ConMan: She tries to scam Scott and Pearl. |
| 285 | * DeclarationOfProtection: According to her old letter to Jimmy. Justified in this case, as Jimmy's egg was damaged before he hatched, and Lizzie was [[BigSisterInstinct his older sea-bling]] with a heavily implied dose of PromotionToParent. |
| 286 | -->"The day you hatched, I vowed that I would always protect you...." |
| 287 | * DoesntKnowTheirOwnBirthday: To the point that Lizzie didn't even know what a birthday was! When [[SpeaksFluentAnimal the axolotls tell her]] that it's her birthday, she has to ask Pixl (who seems to have his own issues with this): |
| 288 | -->'''Lizzie:''' And how many birthdays have you had?\ |
| 289 | '''Pixl:''' I guess like thirty... four at this point? I mean, it gets a little bit confusing. [...] Do you know how many you've had?\ |
| 290 | '''Lizzie:''' I don't know, but I think I might be really old! |
| 291 | * EarFins: She develops a pair about halfway through her reign. It foreshadows her eventual transformation into her true form as the Blue Axolotl, the Ocean's Heir. |
| 292 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Lizzie is the PluckyGirl Responsible Sea-bling to Jimmy's BoisterousWeakling Foolish Sea-bling. Somewhat justified in this case, as Jimmy is the younger of the two and was [[ChildhoodBrainDamage hatched from a damaged egg]] which Lizzie had spent ''hundreds of years'' protecting. However, while Lizzie is certainly more competent and responsible than Jimmy, considering that she once ate a magical artifact without even thinking of the consequences, didn't know what a birthday was for years, and often trends towards chaotic, it's hard to call her responsible ''in general''. |
| 293 | * HappilyMarried: To Joel of Mezalea. |
| 294 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia[=/=]IdentityAmnesia: |
| 295 | ** Jimmy and Lizzie forgot each other's existence, and their relationship, because they left the water. This is presumably the case for Lizzie because she "ventur[ed] onto the land" to find the source of the salmon invading the ocean that caused Jimmy to no longer "be the same". |
| 296 | ** Once again occurs in the Season 1 finale. In the midst of the ApocalypseHow scenario, the oceans which Lizzie rules over drain, and Lizzie herself ends up losing her Ocean's Blessing and [[DeathOfPersonality her memories]] in one fell swoop, causing her to leave the server in confusion. |
| 297 | * LiteralMinded: In "Reel Love" in the musical: |
| 298 | -->'''Joel:''' You've stolen my heart–\ |
| 299 | '''Lizzie:''' How much health have you got?\ |
| 300 | '''Joel:''' My love runs deeper than the ocean–\ |
| 301 | '''Lizzie:''' So a few dozen blocks? |
| 302 | * MakingASplash: Alluded to; Lizzie mentions having an "exceptional ability to control water" as the Ocean Queen while creating a river deep into and through the Lost Empire's jungle to track down her kidnapped axolotl knight, Sir Strawberry.[[note]]Out-of-universe, of course, it is simply carving out the landscape by hand and using water buckets to manually create a river, as any Minecraft player would do.[[/note]] |
| 303 | * NarratorAllAlong: [[spoiler:The ending sequence of the musical, "Oceans Blessings", reveals that Lizzie ''is'' the narrator of the musical, who is recounting and recording her story before she undergoes her canonical DeathOfPersonality.]] |
| 304 | * ParentalAbandonment: The ancient sea monster that laid the clutch of eggs from which the Sea-blings were born "wither[ed] away and die[d]" soon after laying the eggs. |
| 305 | * PluckyGirl: In her perspective of the Season 1 finale, Lizzie completes ''[[ImpossibleTask all of the advancements in the game]]'' to get her hands on Scott's royal Rivendell armour (technically a non-enchanted set, but still). |
| 306 | * PungeonMaster: Most prominently seen in her "Ocean Tours" episode, as clipped [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nog0i7byfYA here]]. It's similarly reflected in the musical adaptation of the episode, "[[PunBasedTitle Water You Thinking?]]". |
| 307 | -->'''Lizzie:''' You know, King Joel has killed a lot of chickens in his time, some say that he's now haunted by a [[{{Pun}} poultry]]-[[{{Poltergeist}} guist]].\ |
| 308 | ''(many puns later)''\ |
| 309 | '''Joel:''' [[LamePunReaction I don't know what to say anymore]], they just keep getting worse and worse.\ |
| 310 | ''(upon passing through [=MythicalSausage=]'s empire, Mythland)''\ |
| 311 | '''Lizzie:''' Mythland is a prosperous medieval empire run by Lord Sausage of House Sausage. Don't worry, I'm not gonna make any sausage puns... they're the [[BilingualBonus wurst]].\ |
| 312 | '''Joel:''' Oh... my... gosh... [[SarcasmMode very good]].\ |
| 313 | '''Sausage:''' ''(bursting into applause)'' This is the best part of the tour! |
| 314 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: According to an old letter from her to Jimmy, Lizzie protected the egg that he hatched from "for hundreds of years". She later describes herself as a "thousand-year-old fish goddess". |
| 315 | * RoseHairedSweetie: SubvertedTrope. Lizzie has long pink hair and seems very nice at first glance, but she also has a strong chaotic streak. She tried to scam Scott and Pearl, kidnapped one of Joey's people when trying to get back at him, and murders innocent animals ''and people'' on several occasions. |
| 316 | * SpeaksFluentAnimal: In her 17th episode, "[[BirthdayEpisode A Happy Birthday]]", she starts to understand aquatic creatures like axolotls and fish. Justified as it is revealed she's the daughter of a sea monster of sorts and her Sea-bling Jimmy has this ability too, which indicates that this is genetic. |
| 317 | * StatuesqueStunner: After her transformation into her true Blue Axolotl form, she grows to be 10 feet tall. This causes her to become the monarch with the greatest canonical height, even being ''several'' feet taller than the ''next''-tallest monarch. Her height is somewhat justified due to her non-human status, and her marriage remains happy and stable in spite of Joel's own HeightAngst. |
| 318 | * TheStoryteller: The musical song "The Great Salmon Scam" is presented as Lizzie recounting the story of the Cod War to her Axolotls, stating that "[e]verybody's calling it [[TitleDrop the Great Salmon Scam]]". |
| 319 | * TinyGuyHugeGirl: Lizzie, a ten-foot-tall demigoddess, is married to Joel, a relatively short human man. This means she is almost literally [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG-K4hdlrrg twice his size]]. |
| 320 | |
| 321 | !!The Ocean Empire |
| 322 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/48480f77_55d7_4c56_bbd5_d4c5a8bd76a2.jpeg]] |
| 323 | [[caption-width-right:300:The Prisma Palace, and surrounding lily pad islands.]] |
| 324 | ->'''Biome:''' Ocean |
| 325 | A CityOnTheWater mainly consisting of artificial islands. Its primary exports were formerly prismarine and later cakes, but its economy eventually develops towards tourism. |
| 326 | ---- |
| 327 | * {{Atlantis}}: Essentially. The Ocean Empire is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin in the ocean]], partially under the water's surface, partially above the surface, floating on giant lily pads. Its fate in the Rapture applies as well, as the waters receding from the kingdom resulted in its fall and its ruler's prophesized IdentityAmnesia kicking in. |
| 328 | * FictionalGreetingsAndFarewells: "Ocean's blessings" is often used as a greeting and farewell in the seas. |
| 329 | * FromBeyondTheFourthWall: At the start of her 9th episode, Lizzie is informed of Joey's kidnapping of Sir Strawberry by her "spies", which are in reality her [=YouTube=] comments section. |
| 330 | * LilyPadPlatform: Most of the structures of the Ocean Empire are built on giant, artificial lily pads. |
| 331 | * ReplacementGoldfish: After dying while constructing the Guardian farm, Lizzie's bucketed axolotl guard Sir Strawberry despawns in the chaos. Lizzie's response is to deny him having died at all, capturing a new axolotl and naming him the same. |
| 332 | * ShoutOut: Ocean Tours is an obvious one to the Ride/JungleCruise of the Disney parks, complete with the skipper/captain being a PungeonMaster. |
| 333 | [[/folder]] |
| 334 | |
| 335 | [[folder:Farmer Pearl of Gilded Helianthia]] |
| 336 | !!Pearl |
| 337 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pearl_0.png]] |
| 338 | %%[[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]] |
| 339 | ->'''IGN:''' [=PearlescentMoon=]\ |
| 340 | '''Preferred name:''' Pearl\ |
| 341 | '''Species:''' Human |
| 342 | The Queen of Gilded Helianthia (formerly Smallholding), Pearl is a peaceful, capable ruler who supplies the rest of the empires with paper for their rockets, among other things. She's a member of the Wither Rose Alliance.\ |
| 343 | \ |
| 344 | Pearl was not intimidated in the slightest by Xornoth, and saw his attempts to hurt or kill her as a game. She even tried to befriend him, only stopping her attempts after seeing him hurt her other friends, eventually helping take him down.\ |
| 345 | \ |
| 346 | Since then, she's largely been busy attending to matters in her kingdom. |
| 347 | ---- |
| 348 | * AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler:Pearl is venerated a saint/deity after her passing; refer to her entry in [[Characters/EmpiresSMPSeasonTwo the Season 2 page]] for more information.]] |
| 349 | * AwesomeAussie: On a meta level. She's one of the only rulers to not be afraid of Xornoth and considers fighting him fun. She's also played by an Australian content creator and speaks with an Australian accent. |
| 350 | * TheBigGirl: Pearl is one of the few rulers who actively tangle with Xornoth -- in her case, in combat, and one of the reasons Scott recruits her for sealing Xornoth away is for muscle power. |
| 351 | * DiedInYourArmsTonight: Pearl is KilledOffForReal withering away in Sausage's arms as her kingdom burns in the Rapture. |
| 352 | * DoNotTauntCthulhu: Pearl gets into a fight with Xornoth, managing to hold her own, seemingly being MadeOfIron, as she takes down every attack and is able to hold her ground against Xornoth as Xornoth spawns mobs and turns the ground beneath her to lava -- something which none of her server mates can pull off. Eventually, Xornoth has to pull out all the stops and use demonic powers to defeat Pearl, freezing her in place and making her unable to move, fight, or defend herself. This unfair win is made worse by Pearl coming out of her house after her CrackDefeat and saying she had a fun time and wants to fight again, suggesting that she didn't see fighting this otherworldly demon to be a challenge despite the clear threat Xornoth presents. |
| 353 | * FlowersOfNature: Pearl wears sunflowers in her hair and leads an agricultural empire. This ultimately becomes her {{Flower Motif|s}}. |
| 354 | * PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:In Season 2. Though having been dead for millennia by the time the season takes place, she appears in some of Sausage's PastLifeMemories, and the Guardian of the Catacombs which Pix discovered is confirmed to be a [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence deified]] Pearl.]] |
| 355 | * {{Psychopomp}}: In a sense, though the 'death' part is questionable. [[spoiler:Many years following the events of Season 1, a deified Pearl greets Sausage towards the end of his life and escorts him to the Spirit Realm to reunite with the Council of Bubbles, before bringing him to her heavenly palace, and later sending him to the ''Afterlife'' server.]] |
| 356 | * RedBaron: [[spoiler:Posthumously, a mural dedicated to her in the Catacombs refers to her as "''Madre de Girasoles''", or the "Mother of Sunflowers".]] |
| 357 | * ReincarnateInAnotherWorld: [[spoiler:It's implied in Season 2 that Pearl reincarnates in Hermitcraft after her passing, and meets Sausage again during the crossover event. However, it's unknown how Season 8 of Hermitcraft (when she joins) and her deified status in the Empires-verse affect this.]] |
| 358 | * SoulJar: Most likely Type 1a. Pearl's life force is connected to Gilded Helianthia, and when the kingdom burns in the end of the world, she ultimately [[KilledOffForReal dies with it]]. |
| 359 | |
| 360 | !!Gilded Helianthia/Smallholding |
| 361 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/29481b20_47cd_4dec_8dd1_e234fb2e5a4f.jpeg]] |
| 362 | [[caption-width-right:300:Gilded Helianthia at sunset.]] |
| 363 | ->'''Biome:''' Forest |
| 364 | An agriculture-based empire mainly built from wood and stone. Its main exports were crops and animal-based products. |
| 365 | ---- |
| 366 | * {{Arcadia}}: Gilded Helianthia is centered entirely around agricultural production. |
| 367 | * MeaningfulName: The current name of the Empire means "golden sunflower", with ''Helianthus'' (the masculine form of Helianthia) being the ''genus'' name of sunflowers. |
| 368 | [[/folder]] |
| 369 | |
| 370 | [[folder:Pixlriffs of Pixandria]] |
| 371 | !!Pixlriffs |
| 372 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pix_1.png]] |
| 373 | %%[[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]] |
| 374 | ->'''IGN:''' Pixlriffs\ |
| 375 | '''Preferred name:''' Pix\ |
| 376 | '''Species:''' Human |
| 377 | The composed but mischievous ruler of Pixandria, Pix is also the keeper of the Vigil, and a general stabilizing presence to his allies, the Codvengers.\ |
| 378 | \ |
| 379 | Due to Pixandria's isolation from the rest of the server, he was one of the last to notice the effects of the corruption, and actually helped Xornoth's allies kill the Ender Dragon due to a misunderstanding. After the demon was released, he went into self-imposed exile to atone, but eventually returned to help defeat the demon once and for all.\ |
| 380 | \ |
| 381 | He's currently attending to domestic matters in Pixandria. |
| 382 | ---- |
| 383 | * BerserkButton: [[PlayedForLaughs A comedic example]]; Pix is very bothered by bad or lazy pranks, because he puts a lot of effort into the ones he pulls off. After fWhip and Sausage try to kill him with a simple fall trap in his storage room, he goes on a long rant about how his server mates need to Do. Better. Pranks. |
| 384 | * {{Irony}}: PlayedForLaughs. Pix rules an empire surrounded by sand, but has no clue what glass is. |
| 385 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Pix experiences a bout of this after helping to kill the Ender Dragon; unlike Sausage and Joey, who were actively trying to free Xornoth, he was just sick and tired of dying in the Void every time he went exploring in the End, and didn't understand the full consequences until after it was too late. He goes into self-imposed exile for a while afterwards in an effort to atone. |
| 386 | * SelfImposedExile: After killing the Dragon and [[ObliviouslyEvil unknowingly helping to release Xornoth]], Pix goes on a self-imposed exile. He's initially turned away by neighboring villages but gets taken in after saving them from a thunderstorm, and returns to Pixandria after building a Ghast farm to get many, many Ghast Tears. |
| 387 | -->'''Narrator:''' Ashamed to walk in the light of the Vigil after the horror he had helped unleash, the Copper King fled from Pixandria. |
| 388 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Pix never made an episode for the Season 1 finale, so it's unclear what happened to him, or to Pixandria for that matter. |
| 389 | |
| 390 | !!Pixandria |
| 391 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8dc4b54e_575f_4e0c_be2b_c9b2bf903ae4.jpeg]] |
| 392 | [[caption-width-right:300:The Vigil.]] |
| 393 | ->'''Biome:''' Desert |
| 394 | A sandy town built primarily in the northwestern desert. Its main export is copper. |
| 395 | ---- |
| 396 | * DesertPunk: Pixandria is built in the middle of a massive desert. |
| 397 | * DueToTheDead: Pixandria contains the Vigil, a monument that holds a candle to represent every time one of the players dies. |
| 398 | * DyingCandle: {{Inverted|Trope}}. The Vigil has ''lit'' candles to symbolise the amount of deaths each of the players have sustained. |
| 399 | * TheFaceless: The phantom assassin, with a mask that looks like a phantom and voice changer to match. |
| 400 | [[/folder]] |
| 401 | |
| 402 | [[folder:Lord Sausage of Mythland]] |
| 403 | !!Sausage |
| 404 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sausage.png]] |
| 405 | %%[[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]] |
| 406 | ->'''IGN:''' [=MythicalSausage=]\ |
| 407 | '''Preferred name:''' Sausage\ |
| 408 | '''Species:''' Human |
| 409 | Lord Sausage is the bombacious and arrogant but well-meaning ruler of Mythland, as well as a part-time sorcerer and assassin. He's a founding member of the Wither Rose Alliance, which he sought out due to his early feud with Jimmy.\ |
| 410 | \ |
| 411 | Sausage was one of the rulers to ally with Xornoth, and helped spread the corruption until Gem expelled it from him, which lead to Joey assassinating him on Xornoth's behalf, briefly killing him for real. Since then, he's been doing his best to become a "Good Boy", while also dealing with strange visions of future events.\ |
| 412 | \ |
| 413 | After being approached by fWhip and learning that Scott hurt Gem, Sausage decided to join fWhip in his quest for vengeance. |
| 414 | ---- |
| 415 | * AllThereInTheManual: Sausage's fate at the end of Season 1 and beyond is confirmed in Season 2 of the series via PastLifeMemories-regaining flashback sequence. |
| 416 | * AlternateIdentityAmnesia: Sausage blacks out whenever he's overtaken by Xornoth's corruption and assumes the role of "Dark Sausage". For more information on "Dark Sausage", see the folder on him below. |
| 417 | * AmbitionIsEvil: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. While Sausage has an ambitious streak a mile wide, and that ambitious streak influences him to turn to Xornoth to seek power, his concern for his friends and loved ones ultimately trump that ambition. |
| 418 | * TheAtoner: He becomes this after being freed from Xornoth's corruption. |
| 419 | * TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: While Sausage ''advertises'' himself as a therapist after Lizzie and Joey's PrisonerExchange, with his backstory, later corruption, and end-of-series trauma in mind, it's suffice to say that he is quite in need of therapy himself. |
| 420 | * DeagedInDeath: [[spoiler:While Sausage enters Pearl's realm, 'Afterlife', as an old man, his transformation into pre-ALSMP Angel Sausage includes him returning to being a young man in appearance.]] |
| 421 | * TheDragon: To Xornoth, alongside Joey, though moreso as "Dark Sausage". |
| 422 | * DreamSpying: In his post-corruption period, Sausage starts to see visions of the ongoings of other server events in his dreams, such as Joel stealing and gaining control of the Crown. |
| 423 | * ImagineSpot: He has one of completely detonating Rivendell in response to hearing from fWhip about Gem getting hurt. |
| 424 | * JekyllAndHyde: "Dark Sausage" is the form Sausage takes on when he's fully BrainwashedAndCrazy from Xornoth's corruption, i.e. "Dark Sausage" is the Mr. Hyde to regular Sausage's Dr. Jekyll. |
| 425 | * LastOfHisKind: Supplementary fan-submitted material reveals that Sausage is "the last survivor of a fallen kingdom". |
| 426 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:{{Invoked|Trope}}. Sausage agrees to have his memories of ''Empires'' Season 1 and its aftermath wiped before entering the ALSMP, due to how traumatic they were.]] |
| 427 | * MysteriousMiddleInitial: Several sources, from invitation letters to his content creator counterpart's [=YouTube=] comments, refer to him as "(King) Mythical J. Sausage". What the 'J' stands for has never been stated. |
| 428 | * ProfessionalKiller: Other than being a king, Sausage also works at the Assassins' Guild as a killer for hire. |
| 429 | * {{Reincarnation}}: [[spoiler:At some point in the next millennium, Lord Sausage reincarnates as the Protector of Sanctuary in Season 2. He is the only Season 1 ruler to explicitly reincarnate into their Season 2 counterpart so far.]] |
| 430 | * SavedByCanon: His content creator counterpart explains that there is CharacterOverlap between Lord Sausage and the Sausage of ''WebVideo/AfterlifeSMP''. From this, Sausage has been confirmed to survive the explosion of the summoning circle, though what happened between the series is [[AllThereInTheManual only revealed in Sausage's Season 2 Episode 37 of the series]]. |
| 431 | * SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: [[spoiler:Season 2 reveals that after the events of Season 1, Sausage resolves to "bend time and space" to save Pearl from dying and to keep the rest of his friends safe. He ends up spending the rest of his mortal life doing this, [[InSpiteOfANail with every attempt ending in vain]]. It takes Pearl appearing before him on the brink of death from old age and [[{{Psychopomp}} escorting him to another realm altogether]] for him to stop.]] |
| 432 | * SplitPersonalityMakeover[=/=]EyeColourChange: As "Dark Sausage", Sausage's eyes turn from their normal blue to [[RedEyesTakeWarning crimson]]. |
| 433 | * TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: His full title is King Sausage, Ruler of Mythland, Tamer of Wolves, Keeper of Iron, Summoner of Beasts, Sorcerer Supreme, Master Assassin, Slayer of Cod, and The One True King. |
| 434 | * UncertainDoom: His final appearance in ''Empires'' Season 1 after Pearl's death is performing a ritual in an attempt to fix the Blood Sheep situation, which results in an explosion under the summoning circle. It's subverted in that Sausage is later confirmed to be the same guy as his ALSMP counterpart, hence him being SavedByCanon. |
| 435 | %%** What further complicates matters is that [[spoiler:a grave for "[=MythicalSausage=]" is found deep in the Catacombs]] in Season 2, implying that [[spoiler:the Season 1 iteration of Sausage may have passed away sometime after the Rapture]]. |
| 436 | |
| 437 | !!Mythland |
| 438 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0093d4ca_fdc4_4306_8e30_759afa77937a.jpeg]] |
| 439 | [[caption-width-right:300:An overhead view of Mythland.]] |
| 440 | ->'''Biome:''' Dark Forest |
| 441 | A sprawling, militaristic empire built in a dark oak forest. Its main export is iron. |
| 442 | ---- |
| 443 | * AnimalMotifs: Ravens, as Sausage uses them as [[InstantMessengerPigeon messenger birds]] and for [[AnimalEspionage spying on the ongoings of other empires]].[[note]]The latter has a FromBeyondTheFourthWall element to it, as Sausage calls upon his viewers to act as these raven spies.[[/note]] |
| 444 | * ColorMotif: Red, based on its flag (as well as gold, in this case) and its association with Blood Sheep. |
| 445 | * TheEmpire: Mythland is easily the biggest of the server's empires, and in constant conflict with its neighbor, the Cod Empire. Its expansionist policy is primarily fueled by its ruler's ambitions, and when Sausage finally takes to becoming TheAtoner, the trope is subverted as when the Crown enters circulation, Mythland is ironically the ''only'' empire that refuses to partake in the 'games' where this takes place. |
| 446 | * ResurgentEmpire: The lore-books of the series allege that the ancient iteration of Mythland before Sausage reconstructed the place was cursed and fell into ruins. |
| 447 | [[/folder]] |
| 448 | |
| 449 | [[folder:Scott Smajor of Rivendell]] |
| 450 | !!Scott |
| 451 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/scottexile.png]] |
| 452 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see his normal skin.]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/scoot_5.png [[/labelnote]]]] |
| 453 | ->'''IGN:''' [=Smajor1995=]\ |
| 454 | '''Preferred name:''' Scott\ |
| 455 | '''Species:''' Elf |
| 456 | Scott is the centuries-old elven king of Rivendell, Xornoth's younger brother, descendant of Alinar and the Champion of the stag god Aeor. He's a largely neutral leader, and tries to stay out of major conflicts as much as he can.\ |
| 457 | \ |
| 458 | Scott was the first to discover Xornoth's backstory, and realized that the two of them were brothers in a past life. He assumed the responsibility of leading the effort of sealing him away, which led to him getting kidnapped alongside Gem. After being broken out by Jimmy, Scott gathered his closest allies together, and helped Gem seal Xornoth into a crystal, which he wore around his neck for safekeeping.\ |
| 459 | \ |
| 460 | Shortly after Xornoth was sealed, he started developing uncontrollable ice powers, and tried isolating himself inside his kingdom. However, after Rivendell completely froze over, Scott decided he needed help, and went to Gem, asking her to teach him how to use his powers properly. This backfired badly, as he wound up lashing out at her, seriously hurting her in the process. He was so horrified with himself, he fled his kingdom to avoid hurting anyone else, moving to a faraway ice spikes biome.\ |
| 461 | \ |
| 462 | After a few weeks in exile, Scott was warned by one of his owls that Shrub had stolen the Xornoth-crystal. He returned to Rivendell not only to find that the crystal was gone, but that fWhip had installed a trap in his house and rigged the Grimlands embassy to blow. Scott was ''furious'' with this, ran the embassy through with an ice spike, and sent out a warning to all other empires that Rivendell is off-limits. He officially moved back home, and started to prepare for war with the Grimlands.\ |
| 463 | \ |
| 464 | Scott planned on going after Shrub to take the crystal back, but Shrub came to him first, freaked out by the fact that the crystal was whispering to her, and ''immensely'' worried that this heralded Xornoth's return. She gave the crystal back to Scott, who hid it in a secret cave underneath Rivendell, frozen inside an ice spire.\ |
| 465 | \ |
| 466 | Scott was the second emperor of the server. His rule was that nobody could use their Elytra without a flight pass from him. |
| 467 | ---- |
| 468 | * AlliterativeName: '''S'''cott '''S'''major. On a meta level, this doubles as a RepetitiveName. |
| 469 | * AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: With the exception of the fight against Xornoth, Scott has always been a peaceful, relatively isolated ruler, who doesn't really concern himself with faction politics. However, after fWhip levels what Scott perceives to be a direct attack against Rivendell (installing a PitTrap in Scott's house and planting a bomb in the Grimlands embassy), Scott responds by closing Rivendell's borders, freezing fWhip's train lines and Sausage's harbor (since Sausage helped), and vowing that anyone who tries to mess with him in the future is going to ''regret'' it. |
| 470 | -->'''Scott:''' If you want an enemy, fWhip, oh, I'll ''give you'' an enemy. I'll ''give you'' something to fear. |
| 471 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: |
| 472 | ** Scott goes on a quest for boots with the Frost Walker enchantment, and says he wants to have an '[[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Elsa Arc]]'. Naturally, he starts developing uncontrollable cryokinetic powers shortly after he finally gets the boots, ultimately resulting in him seriously hurting one of his friends and running away to an icy mountain so he can't harm anyone else. |
| 473 | ** Similarly, Scott really wanted to be the Emperor, and killed Jimmy in order to steal the Crown. However, it turns out that having the Crown means that a lot of people will be showing up on your doorstep to either obtain the Crown or ask for a Fly Pass (since Scott made it illegal to fly without one), which isn't great when you're trying to self-isolate out of a fear of hurting people. He eventually has enough of this, and gives the Crown away to the very next person who shows up at his door asking for it. |
| 474 | * BeneathTheMask: Scott always keeps an air of composure about him, even in the face of ''torture'', and will avoid showing weakness at any cost. There have been some instances where that mask has slipped, however. |
| 475 | ** During Scott's date with Jimmy, he's noticeably self-conscious and awkward, often stammering and tripping over his words, and constantly checking in with Jimmy to see if he's enjoying himself. Most emblematic during the moment where he actually asks Jimmy out, which he does while blushing like a schoolboy. |
| 476 | ** ''Heavily'' PlayedForDrama after Scott accidentally hurts Gem with his ice powers. After seeing what he's done, Scott is so horrified with himself that he lets loose some comments implying ''severe'' [[HeroicSelfDeprecation insecurity and self-doubt]], to the point where he outright yells at Gem that he "always hurt[s] people". |
| 477 | * CampGay: Not as much as Joey, but Scott still openly flirts with men, cares a lot about his appearance and making his kingdom look cute, and has an effeminate way of speaking. |
| 478 | * CantLiveWithoutYou: One of the prophesies Scott found in the ancient Elven library implied that if either he or Xornoth are killed, the other will die as well. |
| 479 | -->Twin souls trapped in an endless battle since the beginning of time, chaos and order, light and dark, hot and cold. One cannot exist without the other, for if one soul dies, the other is sure to follow. |
| 480 | * ChekhovsGun: The Rune Blade. Scott finds it in an ice spike on top of a mountain in Rivendell, with a note stating its power and what it can do. In the Season 1 finale, the sword sure serves its purpose in fulfilling [[CantLiveWithoutYou the 8th prophecy]] in ''The Book Of Prophecies, Past & Future''… |
| 481 | * AChildShallLeadThem: While the original canon says nothing on the matter, the musical adaptation [[ImpliedTrope alludes to it]] in a roundabout way. In the song "Your Old Friend Xornoth", Xornoth alleges to have gone to Demon High School, suggesting he was Corrupted around the Elven equivalent of a teenager. Since Scott is Xornoth's ''younger'' brother, it hints that he might have had the kingdom's responsibilities thrown onto him before even reaching adulthood. |
| 482 | * CrownOfHorns: Aeor's headdress, something Scott uses to channel his god's power. They're shaped like a pair of stag's antlers, and look like they're growing from his forehead when he wears them. |
| 483 | * DeadpanSnarker: When confronting someone he dislikes, or talking about a subject that distresses him, Scott tends to default to sarcasm. |
| 484 | -->'''Joey:''' Are you [and Xornoth] like step-brothers, or like half-brothers, or like, what is the...\ |
| 485 | '''Scott:''' [...] I'm still learning and understanding it all, y'know, he hasn't popped over to exactly discuss family memories! |
| 486 | * EveryoneHasStandards: When angered, Scott has zero qualms about causing serious property damage, or even threatening people's lives. However, he categorically [[NeverHurtAnInnocent refuses to involve innocent people]] in his revenge plots, explicitly avoiding the main Grimlands area to protect fWhip's villagers and targeting the railway bridge outside the walls instead. |
| 487 | * EyeColourChange: After the accidental outburst he had with his ice powers, his eye color changes from a dark, grey-ish blue to [[ElementalEyeColors bright]], [[IcyBlueEyes electric blue]]. |
| 488 | * HeroicSuicide: After Xornoth is accidentally released from the crystal, Scott is captured by him, and Xornoth gloats that he's going to trap Scott in a crystal, then force him to watch as he slaughters everyone else in front of him. Scott, knowing he won't be able to get to Xornoth to beat him in a fight again, pulls out the Rune Blade and stabs himself through the chest, killing both himself and Xornoth. |
| 489 | * IJustWantToBeNormal[=/=]ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: Throughout the entire story, Scott has been thrust into magical conflict after magical conflict against his will, from his demon brother trying to destroy the world, to discovering he's Aeor's champion, to developing uncontrollable cryokinesis, to being given a sword that can rend the souls from people's bodies. Scott wants absolutely ''nothing'' to do with any of this, and often resorts to ignoring or hiding his problems until they become too big to ignore. It's telling that the perfect afterlife he imagines for himself is [[MundaneAfterlife to live a quiet life in Rivendell with his (non-corrupted) older brother, his parents, and Jimmy]]. |
| 490 | * IcePalace: He constructs one during his SelfImposedExile. |
| 491 | * AnIcePerson: After obtaining a pair of Frost Walker boots from Lizzie, Scott develops cryokinesis, with the boots likely activating latent god-granted powers. [[PowerIncontinence It doesn't go well for him]]. |
| 492 | * ItsAllMyFault: Despite his often prideful attitude, Scott blames himself ''heavily'' for Xornoth's reign of terror and the effects his ice powers are having on the world. After he manages to create a new home for himself using his cryokinesis, he's amazed at the fact that his powers actually managed to accomplish something positive. |
| 493 | -->'''Scott:''' I did something good! I feel like that hasn't happened for ages. It's always been me... bringing a demon brother into the world, and me freezing everything over, and turns out ''I'm'' the {{eternal winter}} and such, so... Finally getting to do something good, and not... destructive or life-threatening to other people is... It's nice. |
| 494 | * KilledOffForReal: While DeathIsCheap normally applies on the server, Scott dies for real at the end of Season 1, after stabbing himself in the chest with the Rune Blade. |
| 495 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: As his ice powers got more and more out of hand, Scott increasingly blamed himself for things continuing to freeze around him, and secluded himself in his castle out of fear of hurting someone. Eventually, he became so desperate that he went to Gem, asking her to teach him how to get his powers under control. However, Gem's teaching methods put so much pressure on an already completely stressed out Scott that he snapped at her, in the process freezing the entire lobby of the Magical Academy, and seriously hurting Gem. Scott was ''so'' horrified with himself that he ran away, abandoned the throne of Rivendell and went to live in an ice spikes biome where he wouldn't be able to hurt anyone. |
| 496 | * PastLifeMemories: He holds enough recollection for the events of the WebVideo/ThirdLifeSMP to fall for Jimmy Solidarity for a ''[[ReincarnationRomance second]]'' time. However, it's unknown how the 'Champion of Aeor' side plays into this, or if he recalls anything in relation to Alinar. |
| 497 | * PersonalizedAfterlife: After killing himself with the Rune Blade, Scott ends up in the afterlife he imagined for himself; namely, a life where Xornoth was never taken over by the Corruption. In this afterlife, Xornoth is a normal elven man who dotes on his younger brother Scott, their parents are still alive, and Scott and Jimmy are in a relationship together, with Jimmy living in Rivendell with them. |
| 498 | * PointyEars: As he's an elf, Scott's ears are pointed. |
| 499 | * PowerIncontinence: Scott's [[AnIcePerson cryokinesis]] isn't exactly voluntary. Just being near a body of water causes it to freeze over instantly, and if he stays in any place for longer than a couple minutes, the ground will become covered in snow and massive ice spikes will start growing everywhere. While he can voluntarily freeze things, thawing them is another issue entirely, and when he got frustrated with Gem, he managed to instantly freeze the entire room they were in. His control over his powers slowly improves however, and he manages to get to a point where he's got enough of a leash on them to stop freezing things involuntarily. |
| 500 | * PsychoactivePowers: Scott's cryokinesis appears to be tied to his emotions. When he's calm, he has near total control over his abilities, and can freeze and thaw things at will with a little practice. When he's nervous or unsure of himself, he starts passively freezing things without meaning to, and thawing them becomes impossible. Extreme emotional outbursts can trigger massive blasts of ice, as seen when he snapped at Gem and accidentally froze her. |
| 501 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: While it's not clear how old he is exactly, Scott has claimed to have lived in Rivendell for centuries, meaning he's likely hundreds, if not thousands of years old, despite looking like a young adult. |
| 502 | * SayingTooMuch: |
| 503 | ** After Joey and Sausage kidnap both Scott and Gem, they quickly realize that Scott has zero information or advantages to give them, since his only involvement in the whole demon-thing is that he's Xornoth's brother. Scott then proceeds to brag just a little too hard. |
| 504 | --->'''Joey:''' I feel like Scott can go, I'm not that upset...\ |
| 505 | '''Scott:''' I ''will'' banish him though, like before. He's ''evil'', Joey!\ |
| 506 | '''Sausage:''' WOAH, you heard that?! You heard that, Joey?! He's not going ''anywhere'' now!\ |
| 507 | '''Gem:''' Scott, maybe say less words... |
| 508 | ** He does this again not 30 seconds later. When Joey tries to force both him and Gem to promise to stop going after Xornoth, Scott sarcastically reminds him that they can't go after Xornoth anyway, considering they're both trapped in cages. Joey and Sausage then decide that it would be much easier to just [[LockedUpAndLeftBehind leave them both to starve]], something they would've succeeded in if it hadn't been for Jimmy coming by, hearing Scott and Gem screaming for help, and freeing them. |
| 509 | * SelfImposedExile: After accidentally hurting Gem with his ice powers as a result of PowerIncontinence, Scott believed himself to be too big of a danger to rule Rivendell anymore. He abdicated the throne and voluntarily exiled himself to an ice spikes biome, leaving Rivendell without a ruler. It takes him a couple of episodes to return, mainly in response to the news of Shrub stealing the Xornoth-crystal.[[note]]Timeline-wise, he leaves during Joel's reign as the Emperor, is away for the entirety of Lizzie's, and returns during Joey's reign.[[/note]] |
| 510 | * SkewedPriorities: After hearing about Xornoth's existence, Scott isn't as concerned over the fact that there's a demon on the server, as he is with the fact that it has a Scottish accent, and that's ''his'' thing! |
| 511 | -->'''Scott:''' There's very few things I have, being gay and Scottish are two of them, ''do not take that from me''. |
| 512 | * SpeaksFluentAnimal: While owls are typically used as carrier pigeons by Rivendell's citizens, Scott can understand and directly talk to owls as well. |
| 513 | * StepfordSmiler: Implied. Scott's backstory is ''incredibly'' traumatic, considering his older brother murdered their parents and was subsequently banished to another dimension, and Scott was forced to become king of Rivendell right after considering there was no other heir. Scott is generally nice and pleasant to be around, but very emotionally closed off, and the few moments where the mask ''does'' slip betray some ''deep'' insecurities that never truly get addressed. |
| 514 | * ThisMeansWar: After finding fWhip's pitfall and TNT traps, Scott is absolutely ''enraged'' that one of his allies could do something like that to him, prompting him to end his exile, bar anyone from any other kingdom from entering Rivendell, and start mobilizing for war. |
| 515 | * TimeAbyss: Due to being ReallySevenHundredYearsOld; while in his SelfImposedExile, Scott initially resolves that he'll return to Rivendell as soon as he's got his powers under control, and that he's going to take a few centuries to figure it out. He quickly realizes that [[MayflyDecemberFriendship it might not be the best option for him]]. |
| 516 | * TragicIceCharacter: Unresolved traumatic backstory, destined to stand in opposition to his brother who got Corrupted and turned evil, ultimately [[TheHeroDies dies from suicide at the end of the season]] in attempting to stop said evil brother from hurting those around him. Lives in a snowy mountain range and develops cryokinesis ''Ã la'' Elsa. Sounds about right. |
| 517 | |
| 518 | !!Rivendell |
| 519 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7acc1d3e_8981_4483_b32a_4951f50de0e8.jpeg]] |
| 520 | [[caption-width-right:300:An overhead view of Rivendell. [[PowerIncontinence It usually isn't covered in snow and ice spikes.]]]] |
| 521 | ->'''Biome:''' Mountains |
| 522 | An elven empire tucked away in a mountain range. Its main export is wool. |
| 523 | ---- |
| 524 | * AnimalMotifs: |
| 525 | ** Rivendell, its leader, and its primary religion are represented by [[TheMarvelousDeer stags]]. As a result, pretty much every building in Rivendell has been decorated with stag antlers in some fashion, and the center of the kingdom houses a massive stag statue. |
| 526 | ** Owls are less culturally significant than stags, but they still serve as Rivendell's primary form of communication, and are treated as just as symbolic of Rivendell as the stags. Scott can even directly talk to owls. |
| 527 | * BigFancyHouse: {{Subverted|Trope}}. While Scott originally made plans to construct a megabase, [[PowerIncontinence certain new developments]] got in the way, so much that construction never actually started. |
| 528 | * ColorMotif: White, cyan, and gold. |
| 529 | * CourtMage: Rivendell is said to traditionally have either a Grand Wizard or a High Wizard, and one of their duties is to create a Sigil summon the Snow/Frost Elementals[[note]]Sheared Snow Golems[[/note]] to cover the nation in snow for [[YouMeanXmas Winter Fest]]. Scott takes over the duty after gaining cryokinetic powers. |
| 530 | * HiddenElfVillage: Rivendell is a hard-to-reach town in the mountains, inhabited entirely by elves. |
| 531 | * IdenticallyNamedGroup: {{Downplayed|Trope}} slightly. All the bees in the apiary are named variations of 'Archibald'. |
| 532 | * NominalImportance: Invoked. All of the wool-delivering custom sheep figures of the Sheep Shack Delivery Service are named. |
| 533 | -->'''Scott:''' I've decided to name all of the sheep, so that when people see it, they're kinda forced to keep them alive, otherwise if they take it down, it's kind of like they murdered them. |
| 534 | * OurElvesAreDifferent: Some standard elven traits live on in the people of Rivendell, and its leader, Scott. They all have PointyEars, their lifespans are measured in centuries, and they seem to have a proficiency for magic (at least, Scott does). [[spoiler:As of Season 2, the species has been suspected to have gone extinct within the millennium between the seasons, excluding the Empires-sona population.]] |
| 535 | * PointyEars: All citizens of Rivendell are elves, therefore all of them have pointed ears. |
| 536 | * ShoutOut: The name of the Empire is one to ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''. All known iterations of Elvish were also directly yoinked from excerpts of Sindarin. |
| 537 | [[/folder]] |
| 538 | |
| 539 | [[folder:Shrub Berry of The Undergrove]] |
| 540 | !!Shrub |
| 541 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/b0a8c559_afb0_44a9_b06f_0869cbcab21f.png]] |
| 542 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see her Wolf Spirit skin]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shrubwolf.png [[/labelnote]]]] |
| 543 | ->'''IGN:''' [=ShubbleYT=]\ |
| 544 | '''Preferred name:''' Shrub\ |
| 545 | '''Species:''' Gnome |
| 546 | The last member added to the server, Shrub is a gnome who fled her previous world after it succumbed to Xornoth's corruption.\ |
| 547 | \ |
| 548 | During her escape, Shrub wound up unwittingly bringing the demon with her, setting him loose on the server. After she realized this, she fought to find a way to defeat him, but was kidnapped and held hostage by Xornoth. However, she was freed by Scott and Gem, and was instrumental in ending his influence over the server.\ |
| 549 | \ |
| 550 | After Xornoth's defeat, Shrub started searching for her homeland again. She briefly found it after stepping through her Nether portal, but after she told fWhip and tried to show him, the portal just led to the normal Nether, and her homeworld was gone. She continued to look for a way to go back home, while also keeping the Xornoth-crystal safe after Scott left it behind in his secret meeting room.\ |
| 551 | \ |
| 552 | However, the crystal started whispering to her, and she began sleepwalking to her fairy circle every time she went to bed. She got ''so'' freaked out by the possibility of Xornoth escaping that she went to Katherine, then Scott, demanding they look at the crystal and check it for cracks. However, neither found anything awry, and Scott wound up breaking it to her that Xornoth is never coming back, meaning her people are gone.\ |
| 553 | \ |
| 554 | Shrub was so heartbroken by this that she decided to abandon the Undergrove, and become the Wolf Spirit full time. She blew up her house, destroyed the portal that had led her to her home, and left with her wolves into the woods.\ |
| 555 | \ |
| 556 | Shrub was the sixth Emperor of the server. Her rule was that every empire must tame at least five wolves and place them in various different areas of their land. |
| 557 | ---- |
| 558 | * BadassInDistress: While being kidnapped by Xornoth via Joey. She remains badass in that she doesn't hesitate to [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tell him off]] to his face. |
| 559 | * CowardlyLion: She's ''terrified'' of Xornoth, but she doesn't hesitate to sass him, and even directly tells him off after he offers her a place at his side. |
| 560 | * DespairEventHorizon: After learning that her people are truly gone, Shrub hits the DEH ''hard''. In a fit of grief, she destroys the portal that led to her home, blows up her house, and decides to [[BecomingTheMask Become the Mask]], changing into the Wolf Spirit and leading her wolves out into the forest to start a new life. |
| 561 | * FamilyThemeNaming: Shrub and her family all have [[FloralThemeNaming names related to plants]]. Her father's name was Fern, her mother's name was Rose, and their family name is Berry. |
| 562 | * FunSize: Shrub is only 4'3 (130 cm), which has been described to be "tall for a gnome". |
| 563 | * InformedFlaw: Shrub supposedly can't swim, even though she's been shown swimming plenty of times, and has never ended up in serious distress after falling into a body of water. |
| 564 | * InSeriesNickname: |
| 565 | ** Scott occasionally calls her "Shub". |
| 566 | ** Joey calls her "Fungus" or "Fungus Girl". She does not appreciate that. |
| 567 | * KidnappedByTheCall: Shrub is only on this adventure because she has to be. She was chased out of her home dimension with no way to get home because the people of Rivendell banished Xornoth there, and she accidentally let Xornoth back into the wider server during her escape. She later also gets ''literally'' kidnapped by Xornoth and Joey, prompting her allies (Scott, Gem, Katherine and Pearl) to mount a rescue operation that ends with Xornoth's imprisonment. |
| 568 | * LastOfHerKind: Xornoth's banishment to the dimension of the Gnomes introduced the Corruption there as well. Shrub fled to the world of Empires to hopefully find a way to stop it, or bring people over if her world was beyond saving. However, after Xornoth's defeat, Shrub returned to her world briefly to find it empty, only to then be locked out again. As far as she and anyone else is aware, she's the only Gnome left. |
| 569 | * MotorMouth: Especially when she's nervous or scared, Shrub has a habit of rattling on about everything that pops into her head. |
| 570 | * PunnyName: Her full name is Shrub Berry (as in "shrubbery"). |
| 571 | * RagsToRoyalty: She was a farmer's daughter before she left, and now she's the ruler of the Undergrove. |
| 572 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: After Xornoth offers her a place by his side and unlimited power, Shrub rejects his offer outright, and gives him a ''scathing'' speech in return. |
| 573 | -->'''Shrub:''' A ''real'' leader is chosen by their people, because they've proved they're strong enough to protect them, and to listen to them, and to treat them with ''respect''. I'm not losing sight of that just 'cause you're making some fancy magical things happen! I know who ''you'' really are! You're a sad, ''sad'' spirit that ''lost'', and keeps being reborn, angrier and angrier, because ''no one'' really loves you. So you make them ''fear'' you. |
| 574 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Shrub is 116, which for her species, is akin to being a teenager. |
| 575 | * SpeaksFluentAnimal: She can talk to and understand her wolves. |
| 576 | * SympathyForTheDevil: Even after being kidnapped by him, Shrub tries to comfort Joey after Xornoth is sealed away, saying that he deserves better than to be a LoveMartyr for a toxic guy that exploits him for his own purposes. |
| 577 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: By coming to the world of Empires in an attempt to find a way to cure her old, corrupted world, she accidentally freed Xornoth, letting him loose on the world at large. She also accidentally helps him spread the Corruption to multiple empires by running to them with some Corruption in her inventory, tracking it everywhere as a result. |
| 578 | * YouCantGoHomeAgain: Her old home and its people were taken over by the Corruption. She can never return to it. [[spoiler:Season 2 reveals that her old home was located in the heart of the Evermoore, which remains an extremely dangerous forest even a thousand years after the events of Shrub's lifetime.]] |
| 579 | |
| 580 | !!The Undergrove |
| 581 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8412a760_0803_4998_90ea_d47b553d3647.jpeg]] |
| 582 | [[caption-width-right:300:Shrub's giant mushroom house. Ignore the floating lava crystals.]] |
| 583 | ->'''Biome:''' Forest Hills |
| 584 | A mushroom-themed empire in the forest. Its main export is mushrooms and other fungus-adjacent products, such as shroomlights and warped and crimson stems. |
| 585 | ---- |
| 586 | * AnimalMotifs: [[NobleWolf Wolves]]. The Undergrove's protector-deity is a direwolf, and according to Shrub, the gnomes ride wolves into battle during wartime. |
| 587 | * {{Arcadia}}: The empire is located in a forest and has a mushroom aesthetic. |
| 588 | * MushroomHouse: Shrub's castle is located in a giant mushroom. |
| 589 | [[/folder]] |
| 590 | |
| 591 | !!Others |
| 592 | [[folder:Xornoth]] |
| 593 | %%In canon, Xornoth has no pronouns, but has been referred to with he/him, they/them, and it/its pronouns by the rulers. |
| 594 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/xornothad.png]] |
| 595 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see his skin from before the Ender Dragon's death]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/xornothbd.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 596 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see his uncorrupted skin]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/xornoth.PNG[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 597 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Scott Smajor, Tycer (afterlife), Pokopom (musical)\ |
| 598 | '''Species:''' Demon, Elf (formerly) |
| 599 | Xornoth is a demon, Scott's older brother, descendant of Conal and the Champion of the evil stag god Exor. Xornoth was initially sealed within the Nether, where he rained hell upon the gnomes, that dimension's primary inhabitants. He managed to escape to the Overworld by following Shubble, one of the gnomes that had managed to escape. He recruited followers in Joey and Sausage, and sought to destroy the Overworld, plunging it in an eternal winter like the prophecy of Aeor and Exor foretold. He did this by spreading the Corruption, a red ooze that sprouted at most people's bases. After the Ender Dragon, the one thing keeping him chained, was killed, the Corruption manifested in gigantic tentacles, threatening to lay waste to every kingdom on the server.\ |
| 600 | \ |
| 601 | Xornoth was eventually defeated in a battle with his brother, Scott. He was sealed inside a crystal, which was then turned into an amulet. Scott initially wore said amulet on his neck, but left it behind in his secret meeting room before going into a self-imposed exile. It was later found by fWhip, who informed Shrub, who took the crystal home for safekeeping. However, the crystal started affecting her in strange ways (sleepwalking, hearing voices), which freaked Shrub out so much she gave it back to Scott. Scott, not wanting to keep it as a necklace again, hid it in a secret cave under Rivendell, frozen inside an ice spike.\ |
| 602 | \ |
| 603 | However, this didn't hold him for long. Xornoth was already making headway in breaking himself out, but was eventually freed by the explosions from the Grimlands's destruction causing an earthquake that shattered the crystal. In a bout of vengeance, he destroyed Rivendell, captured Scott, and planned to force him to watch as he tortured the other Emperors to death. This plan failed however, as he was killed when Scott pulled a HeroicSuicide. |
| 604 | ---- |
| 605 | * AndYourLittleDogToo: In the finale, one of the people Xornoth explicitly threatens to harm is "that one fish boy [Scott is] fond of". |
| 606 | * BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: One of the ways Xornoth terrorized Shrub was to set her wolves on fire while invisible. |
| 607 | * BigBrotherBully: Xornoth is older than Scott, and whenever they encounter each other, sets out to make him suffer. This ends with Xornoth trying to trap Scott in a crystal like Scott did to him, then make him watch as he murders all of his friends in front of him. Subverted in Scott's afterlife, where non-corrupted Xornoth doesn't go beyond light teasing. |
| 608 | * BigNo: Xornoth's response to his brother dying from suicide... because their lives were tied and this act spelled his own downfall and death. |
| 609 | * CardCarryingVillain: In TheMusical adaptation, Xornoth plays this up in "It Takes Two to Tango", fully admitting to being "the baddest around". |
| 610 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: According to Scott's Season 1 finale epilogue, in his uncorrupted form, Xornoth has [[LongHairedPrettyBoy long]], dark fuchsia hair and matching [[TechnicolorEyes red-violet eyes]]. |
| 611 | * DeadpanSnarker: On occasion. |
| 612 | -->'''Shrub:''' We'll figure out how to cure [the Corruption] at full power! We just have to- to combine our brains!\ |
| 613 | '''Xornoth:''' '''''There's not much brain between you.''''' \ |
| 614 | '''Shrub:''' ...Okay, that's rude. |
| 615 | * DemonOfHumanOrigin: Well, of Elven origin. Scott's afterlife epilogue confirms that Xornoth was originally an Elf, and was presumably Corrupted into becoming a Demon. |
| 616 | * EndlessWinter: Xornoth is supposed to bring one upon the world. As the plot goes on, this statement has become much more debatable when it's his younger brother that starts developing cryokinetic powers. |
| 617 | * ForTheEvulz: His tormenting of mortals, while he occasionally does it to gain information or force someone to do something for him, is mostly just for fun. He even admits to Shrub that he doesn't need anything more from her, but that he continues to chase her down and mess with her for his own amusement. |
| 618 | * HornsOfVillainy: Like his ancestor Conal, Xornoth has a pair of massive, black demon horns. |
| 619 | * LeakingCanOfEvil: Sealing him away in a crystal didn't stop him from influencing those around him. Scott said that the aura from the crystal keeps trying to get him to do horrible things, and that it takes quite a bit of willpower to resist that urge. When Shrub later steals the crystal, she starts hearing Xornoth's voice whisper to her, and starts sleepwalking to her fairy circle every night, even though, unlike Scott, she's not even keeping it on her person. |
| 620 | * MadnessMantra: Prior to the Dragon's death, Xornoth left a book in Sausage's base, with the phrase "''Leithio nin''" (Elvish for "Release me") written over and over, across 12 whole pages. |
| 621 | * SealedEvilInACan: Killing the Ender Dragon causes the can to become unsealed. Thankfully, Scott and Gem later manage to re-seal him inside a crystal. This crystal is not a perfect solution however, and Xornoth eventually breaks out again when it's shattered by the explosion of the Grimlands. |
| 622 | * SelfMadeOrphan: According to Word of God, Xornoth killed his and Scott's parents shortly after becoming corrupted, which led to his exile. |
| 623 | -->'''Scott:''' If it wasn't for you, mum and dad would still ''be here!''\ |
| 624 | '''Xornoth:''' '''''They picked their side. I regret NOTHING!''''' |
| 625 | * SinisterScythe: He uses one as a weapon in the duel before he's taken down and sealed away. |
| 626 | * SoulEating: According to Gem's notes, he does this. |
| 627 | * StalkerWithoutACrush: He makes a habit of watching the Emperors as they go about their business, and even personally appearing and disappearing around them to scare them. He focuses special attention on Shrub, who he torments near-constantly. |
| 628 | * TeensAreMonsters: {{Implied|Trope}} in TheMusical, as Xornoth makes a passing mention to have gone to "Demon High School", implying he was corrupted around the age range of a highschooler (or the Elven equivalent of it). |
| 629 | * VoiceOfTheLegion: His voice is run through a heavy filter, making him sound echo-y and ''incredibly'' distorted. He also speaks very slowly, though that may be because the voice distortion combined with his fairly thick Scottish accent would make him incomprehensible otherwise. |
| 630 | * WeCanRuleTogether: He tries to make this offer to Shrub, giving her incredible physical strength and promising her that she'd never be made fun of or underestimated again, and that she'd never have to suffer through the loss of her home again. Shrub refuses, saying she does not, under any circumstance, want to rule through fear. |
| 631 | * WouldHurtAChild: Xornoth apparently saw the Egg of the Ender Dragon -- or rather, the Dragon that could hatch from it -- as a threat to him. This prompted Joey and Sausage to kidnap Gem so that they could get the Dragon Egg from her, and eventually Xornoth to directly steal the Dragon Egg from the Crystal Cliffs. |
| 632 | [[/folder]] |
| 633 | |
| 634 | [[folder:Dark Sausage]] |
| 635 | !!Dark Sausage |
| 636 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sausage_dark_0.png]] |
| 637 | %% [[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]] |
| 638 | ->'''IGN:''' [=MythicalSausage=]\ |
| 639 | %%'''Preferred name:''' Sausage\ |
| 640 | '''Species:''' Human |
| 641 | Dark Sausage is the Corrupted form of Lord Sausage who emerges when he is fully overtaken by Xornoth's influence. Power-hungry and vengeful, he is arguably the embodiment of Sausage at his worst and desires unlimited power. \ |
| 642 | \ |
| 643 | After Gem eventually expells Dark Sausage from regular-Sausage, Dark Sausage grows resentful towards his good counterpart and aims to destroy Mythland to get his revenge on regular-Sausage, a goal which not even regular-Sausage creating a rift to an alternate Mythland for him to live out his life (as opposed to an island suspended in the Void which he was imprisoned on) can stop. |
| 644 | ---- |
| 645 | * AlternateIdentityAmnesia: Regular Sausage blacks out whenever he's overtaken by Xornoth's corruption and assumes the role of "Dark Sausage". |
| 646 | * AmbitionIsEvil: While normal-Sausage has an ambitious streak a mile wide, and that ambitious streak influences him to turn to Xornoth to seek power, his concern for his friends and loved ones ultimately trump that ambition. Dark Sausage, on the other hand, ''doesn't'' have love holding him back from his destructiveness and plays the trope much, ''much'' straighter. |
| 647 | * BigNo: His final words in Season 1, after the summoning circle of Mythland detonates underneath him. |
| 648 | * BloodKnight: He's very enthusiastic about murder, regardless of them being a player or mob, and gets bored when he doesn't get to kill anything. |
| 649 | * TheDragon: To Xornoth, alongside Joey. |
| 650 | * EvilSoundsDeep: Dark Sausage's voice is significantly deeper than regular-Sausage's, and about as deep as Xornoth's. |
| 651 | * GoodWeaponEvilWeapon: By default, he uses a SinisterScythe. |
| 652 | * GoodWingsEvilWings: Dark Sausage's Elytra wings take the form of black and grey bat-like wings. |
| 653 | * JekyllAndHyde: Dark Sausage is the Mr. Hyde to regular Sausage's Dr. Jekyll, being fully BrainwashedAndCrazy from Xornoth's corruption. |
| 654 | * LiteralSplitPersonality: Dark Sausage and regular-Sausage are split into separate entities in the Spirit Realm after Gem's 'exorcism'. |
| 655 | * LoveIsAWeakness: Dark Sausage certainly believes this to be the case, and resents regular Sausage for cutting him out "like a cancer" enough to go from a power-hungry monster to an OmnicidalManiac who wants regular Sausage to "[[GoMadFromTheIsolation kno[w] what it feels like to be alone for all eternity]]". |
| 656 | -->His weakness was his love for his friends, his family. |
| 657 | * OmnicidalManiac: Dark Sausage's hatred for his good counterpart is ceaseless to the point he's willing to destroy Mythland to get his revenge on him for being too [[LoveIsAWeakness 'weak']]. When regular-Sausage creates a rift to an alternate Mythland for him to live out his life, Dark Sausage ''ravages'' the alternate world searching for him and later gleefully reminiscences on murdering everyone there. |
| 658 | -->It will be covered in ''ashes'' when I'm done. |
| 659 | %%* PsychopathicManchild: His casual, playful attitude when it comes to murder and glee upon SoulEating makes him feel very much like one. |
| 660 | * SoulEating: He makes a regular habit of this. At the end of Season 1, Dark Sausage breaks into the Church of Aeor in the alternate world to retrieve the Xornoth-crystal and eats it, apparently gaining unimaginable power from this. [[spoiler:He also plans on reversing Wizard Gem's exorcism by consuming his good counterpart in order to begin "the cataclysm"... and by that point, he means Sausage's Season 2 counterpart/reincarnation, who accidentally dimension-hopped into the realm.]] |
| 661 | * SplitPersonalityMakeover: As "Dark Sausage", Sausage's eyes turn from their normal blue to [[RedEyesTakeWarning crimson]]. |
| 662 | * UncertainDoom: Season 1 ends with the detontaion of the summoning circle on which Dark Sausage was standing on, leaving his fate unconfirmed. {{Subverted|Trope}} ultimately [[spoiler:in Season 2, which confirms his survival.]] |
| 663 | * WalkingSpoiler: He plays a significant role in Season 2 Sausage's character lore. For more information about his role in Season 2, please refer to [[Characters/EmpiresSMPSeasonTwo this page]]. |
| 664 | [[/folder]] |
| 665 | |
| 666 | [[folder:The Great Stags]] |
| 667 | ->'''Species:''' Stag God |
| 668 | The only two surviving gods after the rest fell into deep slumber in their effort to stop the Corruption. The two stags, Aeor and Exor, used to rule together, until Exor grew jealous of Aeor's notoriety. The two grew apart, and their followers did too, and eventually tensions got so high that Exor and his followers were banished from Aeor's land. They set out into the surrounding countries, conquering and ravaging any town or city they came across.\ |
| 669 | \ |
| 670 | In a last attempt to stop him, Aeor engaged in a fierce battle with Exor. In the end, Aeor won, though he was heavily wounded, and used the last of his power to banish Exor deep into a mountain.\ |
| 671 | \ |
| 672 | Exor's powers managed to persist however, and many years later, he managed to take hold of Conal, a young elf, turning him into his Champion and using him to conduct human sacrifices in an attempt to return to the mortal world. Conal's brother, Alinar, called on Aeor, who made Alinar into a champion of his own, and defeated Conal and Exor together. Knowing they'd just return again if they were banished under the mountain, Alinar instead sealed both Conal and Exor away in a different dimension.\ |
| 673 | \ |
| 674 | Aeor currently serves as Rivendell's patron deity. Exor, meanwhile, remains banished, and has largely be forgotten by history. |
| 675 | ---- |
| 676 | * GiantAnimalWorship: They're both worshiped by their followers, and take the shape of gigantic stags. |
| 677 | |
| 678 | !!Aeor |
| 679 | Rivendell's patron deity. Aeor is a benevolent, but absent deity, and only reveals himself when Xornoth manages to escape his imprisonment. His Champion, Scott, has been granted a golden antler headdress, meant to channel Aeor's power in time of need. |
| 680 | ---- |
| 681 | * GodOfGood: Aeor is described as wanting peace, equality, and the preservation of life, with his followers carrying out this wish. |
| 682 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: After Exor's defeat, Aeor wiped everyone's memories of Exor and Conal to ease their grief. |
| 683 | * LightIsGood: Aeor and his followers are mostly associated with the colors [[GoldAndWhiteAreDivine white, gold]], and light blue. Aeor's church in Rivendell also has massive stained glass windows to let in as much light as possible. |
| 684 | * TheMarvelousDeer: A GodOfGood that takes the form of a stag. |
| 685 | |
| 686 | !!Exor |
| 687 | * DarkIsEvil: Exor and his followers are mostly associated with the colors black, red, and dark purple. |
| 688 | * GodOfEvil: Exor is described as believing that not everyone is equal, nor should they be treated as such. His followers often carried out {{human sacrifice}}s, and were eventually banished from their land by Aeor's followers. This led to them becoming nomadic raiders, leaving a path of destruction behind wherever they went, and forced Aeor and his followers to lock Exor and his followers up inside a mountain. |
| 689 | * GreenEyedMonster: It was jealousy of Aeor's notoriety that drove Exor to villainy. |
| 690 | * SealedEvilInACan: Exor was sealed away twice, first under a mountain, then in a different dimension. |
| 691 | * TheSocialDarwinist: {{Implied|Trope}} in ''The Clash of the Great Stags'', where it was stated that his followers held {{human sacrifice}}s of people they deemed weak. |
| 692 | -->Exor believed that not all were equal and shouldn't be treated as such. His followers often held horrible sacrifices of the weaker people in their kingdoms before eventually being driven out by the followers of Aeor. |
| 693 | [[/folder]] |
| 694 | |
| 695 | [[folder:Alinar and Conal]] |
| 696 | ->'''Species:''' Elf |
| 697 | The first Champions of the Great Stags.\ |
| 698 | \ |
| 699 | While playing on a mountainside together as children, Alinar and Conal discovered a bunch of ancient ruins, deep in a cave. Alinar warned his brother against entering, knowing the story of Exor, but Conal entered anyway. Deep in the cave, he heard the voice of Exor, who tempted him to his side with the promise of wealth and power, if Conal helped free him.\ |
| 700 | \ |
| 701 | Years passed, and despite Alinar's protests, Conal kept visiting the ruins. Alinar eventually joined the high council of Rivendell, while Conal spent weeks at a time in the caves, slowly becoming more angry and hateful. The council and townsfolk eventually decided that Conal was too dangerous, and he was banished. However, shortly after, people started going missing at an alarming rate, and sightings of a demonic creature matching Conal's description started being reported all over the kingdom.\ |
| 702 | \ |
| 703 | Alinar decided that he had no other choice but to stop his brother. He called upon Aeor to help him, becoming his Champion as Conal was Exor's, and confronted Conal deep in the cavern. Conal had been warped by corruption, becoming outright demonic, and was surrounded by the remains of all the missing people, those he'd sacrificed to Exor. The two entered battle, and after hours, Alinar emerged victorious. With Aeor's power, he banished both Conal and Exor to a different dimension. To stop his Champion's sadness at the loss of his brother, Aeor wiped the memories of everyone in the land, so that nobody would remember what Conal and Exor did.\ |
| 704 | \ |
| 705 | Both of them eventually passed away, presumably of old age, but because their souls are interlinked with their respective patron deities, they instead passed on to a new host. In the present day, Alinar's soul lives on within Scott, while Conal's soul lives on within Xornoth. |
| 706 | ---- |
| 707 | * BornAgainImmortality: Because their souls are bonded with their respective deities, neither can truly die. When they pass away, their souls simply move on to a new host. It's not entirely clear whether their descendants are functionally the same people, or simply inherited their ancestors' abilities. |
| 708 | * CainAndAbel: Alinar and Conal started growing further and further apart as Conal became more involved with Exor, eventually culminating in the two fighting practically to the death. In the end, Alinar was forced to banish his brother to another dimension, never to see him again. |
| 709 | |
| 710 | !!Alinar |
| 711 | Aeor's first Champion, and Scott's ancestor. |
| 712 | ---- |
| 713 | |
| 714 | !!Conal |
| 715 | Exor's first Champion, and Xornoth's ancestor. |
| 716 | ---- |
| 717 | * HornsOfVillainy: After being fully taken over by the Corruption. |
| 718 | -->"Alinar no longer could see his brother but just the monster that he had become: Large demonic horns grew from his skull, dripping in corrupted energy." |
| 719 | [[/folder]] |
| 720 |
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