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3 | ->''"The world is always in danger. The question is: At any given moment, just how much?"'' |
4 | --> -- Elijah Valentine, Mage |
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6 | ''Last Mage'' is an UrbanFantasy WebSerialNovel written by Andrew Eckhart. [[FramingDevice A man in custody is being interviewed]], [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture sometime in the future]], about a world-changing "Event". The man, Elijah Valentine, tells [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep the Writer]] [[HowWeGotHere he must start at the beginning]], and proceeds to, with some breaks where he explains his reasoning or discusses philosophy with the Writer. |
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8 | Or, Last Mage is a tale about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the last Mage]] on Earth, who must save the human race ([[TheMasquerade and the other beings on Earth]]) from a tyrannical sorceress using nothing but his wits and powers. Though many of the things he accomplishes seem like magic, [[MagicfromTechnology they aren't]]. The site also hosts some B stories taking place within the same universe and completely unrelated one-shots. |
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10 | The original website is down, but the whole book is available on [[https://www.amazon.com/Last-Mage-Interview-Andrew-Eckhart-ebook/dp/B00MLCFIO8 Kindle]] and [[https://www.audible.com/pd/Last-Mage-The-Interview-Book-1-Audiobook/B00PJDU0KI Audible.]] |
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13 | !!Last Mage provides examples of: |
14 | * AllLovingHero: Elijah really does love humans, while fully admitting their faults. He's not [[{{Glurge}} cutesy]] about it, but even his snarks towards [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters people who done him and the world wrong]] are rather mild. |
15 | * ArrestedForHeroism: Why Elijah is in jail. |
16 | * {{Atlantis}}: Gets several mentions, along with other lost cities. |
17 | * BatmanGambit: Rhianna delights in outwitting Elijah. |
18 | * BoringButPractical: Elijah's opinion on military planes. His [[CoolPlane Concorde]] is much cooler, if considerably less practical. |
19 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: Elijah's an odd cookie and he [[LampshadeHanging knows it]]. At the same time being a definite GeniusBruiser with shades of GuileHero. |
20 | * CreateYourOwnVillain: [[spoiler: Elijah blames himself for Rhianna's rise to power, having failed to kill her when he had the chance]]. |
21 | * ChronicHeroSyndrome: He's normally able to control it by being [[ComesGreatResponsibility reasonable]], but once or twice Elijah just flips under stress and goes on a roaring rampage of helping people. |
22 | * ComesGreatResponsibility: As Elijah [[LogicalWeakness can't (or at least shouldn't)]] [[NecessaryDrawback break the laws of physics]], he tends to avoid overt use of his powers in favour of helping in mundane ways. [[MugglesDoItBetter Muggle ways may not be perfect]], but at least they run no risk of breaking ecosystems. Or reality. |
23 | * DarkIsEvil: Some of Rhianna's minions are shadows, others are [[EldritchAbomination black otherworldly things]]. |
24 | * DeadpanSnarker: Elijah is smart and bored. What did you expect? |
25 | * DefaceOfTheMoon: Because nothing says "villain" quite as loud. |
26 | * TheDeterminator: Elijah. And Michelle. |
27 | * DoomedMoralVictor: Elijah is absolutely fine with taking the sadder consequences of world-saving upon himself. He'd like his friends and helpers spared, though. |
28 | * ExpendableAlternateUniverse: [[SubvertedTrope Not in this verse, they aren't]]. However, Elijah's responsibility is this reality [[spoiler: other worlds have their own protectors - Elijah's special ability is a telepathic link to them, which he uses to get advice]]. |
29 | * EverythingIsOnline: And Revolution Will Be Televised. |
30 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Writer. Until the ending of the first book, anyway. |
31 | * TheFettered: Elijah, but very much not [[TheUnfettered Rhianna]]. |
32 | * FirstPersonSmartass: Surprisingly understated, but it's there whenever Elijah narrates. |
33 | * FramingDevice: Interview in the first book, psychiatric evaluation in the second. |
34 | * FriendOnTheForce: Michelle, for Elijah, in the first book. In the second she's quit to become a PrivateDetective, but they still consider each other friends. |
35 | * ForegoneConclusion: We know from the FramingDevice that Valentine survives and has saved the Earth-at-large. |
36 | * GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Rhianna already rules one dimension, whose people are incapable of making a decent LaResistance. |
37 | * KungFuClairvoyance: [[spoiler: All the mages have (had) some sort of a special ability - Rhianna's is calculating the possible outcomes of a situation quickly and accurately, giving her the benefits of this trope.]] |
38 | * HealingFactor: All mages. They can be killed, though, it's just very difficult. |
39 | * HiddenElfVillage: Shambala, ''very'' well hidden, [[spoiler:but it's been abandoned for a while now]]. |
40 | * HonestCorporateExecutive: Elijah's day job. |
41 | * HonorBeforeReason: Michelle's [[spoiler: quitting her job between books.]] |
42 | * HopelessWithTech: Elijah can do the impossible with [[MagicFromTechnology his own wonderful toys]], but an iPhone? Beyond him. |
43 | * IdealIllnessImmunity: Aiden might have it, as a result of the SuperSerum |
44 | * IntrepidReporter: The Writer is a down and out one. He hopes for this interview to change his luck. [[spoiler: And it does, just not the way Writer expected]]. |
45 | * MadOracle: Delores. Makes her a bit of a GeniusSlob, since in her depressive phase she's a SleepyDepressive, while in her manic phase she's well. Really brilliant. Sort of DistaffCounterpart to Sherlock Holmes, just for science instead of detecting. |
46 | * MarriedToTheJob: Michelle is and warns Jason about inevitability of this in their current [[OccultDetective line of work]]. |
47 | * TheMasquerade: "Demons" from other dimensions have lived in secret on Earth for quite some time. |
48 | * TheMenInBlack: They lurk around. |
49 | * MexicanStandoff: Michelle claims the only way she can handle [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Charles]], [[SuperStrength Aiden]] and Elijah is having them keep each other in check. This way she can be sure none of them'll be taken off her team. |
50 | * TheMultiverse |
51 | * MultiversalConqueror: Rhianna, the evil mage. Mostly out of boredom, no less. |
52 | * LastOfHisKind: See title. |
53 | * LossOfIdentity: In the second book [[spoiler: Jason is surprised to learn he's lost his]]. Cue QuestForIdentity. |
54 | * OmniscientHero: Elijah (who knows exactly how good he is) [[SubvertedTrope is not one]]. And quite tired of [[BeAllMySinsRemembered explaining]] this to people. |
55 | %%* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Boy, aren't they. |
56 | * OurDemonsAreDifferent: They're [[DimensionalTraveler tourists from parallel worlds]]. They do look [[AnimalisticAbomination more]] or less weird and display shades of BlueAndOrangeMorality, but are mostly just tourists. |
57 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: Elijah's favoured mode of communication, at least when there's nothing too important going on. |
58 | * ThePhilosopher: Elijah, but the [[TheCynic Writer]] tries his hand too. |
59 | * PlayAlongPrisoner: Elijah ''could'' escape, but he has [[TheFettered multiple]] [[SelfRestraint reasons]] not to. [[ProtectorBehindBars He still has a hand in things]]. |
60 | * PlotCoupon: The Towers can do awesomely cool stuff in the right hands. Which is why they have to be secured against [[BigBad Rhianna]]. |
61 | * PowerStrainBlackout: It takes a lot to knock Elijah out, but [[HealingMagicIsTheHardest trying to heal two people at once]] does the trick. |
62 | * {{Protectorate}}: Elijah's is the world in its entirety. It's right there in the blurb. |
63 | * Really700YearsOld: Valentine is old, but he won't give an exact age. Given the [[UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln people]] he [[BeenThereShapedHistory namedrops]]... [[spoiler: He seems well able to give [[Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt Jones]] a run for her money]]. |
64 | * RayGun: Some are built to prepare for the invasion. |
65 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Michelle, whose leadership skills are sincerely admired by Elijah. |
66 | * SealedGoodInACan: The King. Technically good. [[KnightTemplar Technically]]. |
67 | * SuperSerum: Both Aiden's parents took it, and... [[SubvertedTrope remained entirely non-super]]. Their [[SuperStrength son]], though... |
68 | * SwissArmyWeapon: Elijah has a shapeshifting one. |
69 | * TheyWouldCutYouUp: Aiden's parents are scared of this for him. [[spoiler:They are scared rightly.]] |
70 | * TheTrickster: Valentine gets called that. Possibly rightly, though his actions in the story proper are quite straightforward. |
71 | %%* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture |
72 | * TheUnmasquedWorld: [[spoiler:After the Event, with rampant FantasticRacism towards demons.]] |
73 | * UnusualUserInterface: Crystals. Running Windows 95, [[HopelessWithTech bec]][[RunningGag ause]]... |
74 | * UrbanFantasy |
75 | * WeaponizedTeleportation: Rhianna, of PortalCut variety as well as [[spoiler: stealing Tokyo]] and sending mooks places by means of portals. |
76 | * WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The demons in the second book. FantasticRacism just doesn't cover it. |
77 | * WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: The ''official'' budget of Michelle's RagTagBunchOfMisfits can't stretch to a projector. Their actual budget... if they need it, they're gonna have it. Just like that. |
78 | * YearOutsideHourInside: [[spoiler: The Gardener's base]]. |
79 | * VirtualGhost: The team's hacker, Lorenzo, has a [[PlayfulHacker virtual assistant]]. Who flirts. |
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