Line #22 Literature/CastleTerribel


1	'''[[http://castleterribel.blogspot.com/2010/01/prolouge-part-1.html The story]]''' of [[SupervillainLair Castle Terribel]] and [[EvilOverlord all]] [[EvilMinions the people]] [[QuirkyMiniBossSquad who live there.]] Chief among them [[BigBad Mansemat Cthonique]], [[HappilyMarried his wife]] [[BlackMagicianGirl Viviane du Lac]], [[SiblingYinYang his brother and sister]] [[EvilSorcerer Nisrioch]] and Morgaine Cthonique, [[CreepyChild his daughter]] [[AmbiguousInnocence Malina]], and [[EmoTeen his moody stepdaughter, Elaine du Lac]]. Despite being a Dark Lord of the Lands of Night who is raising a huge army to one day spread terror and vengeance in the Lands of Light, Mansemat is [[PunchClockVillain a fairly nice guy]] who [[PetTheDog really loves his family]] and [[NiceToTheWaiter tries to do well by people]].
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3	Of course, it's possible the entire [[DarkIsNotEvil "Dark Lord" thing isn't quite what it looks like...]]
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6	!!This provides examples of:
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8	* AuthorityInNameOnly: Morgaine has a tendency to call herself the "Queen/Mistress of the Netherworld". As yet, there's no evidence that this appellation has any formal basis. Or is even an actual title.
9	* AxeCrazy: Falerina. To put it mildly...
10	* BadassFamily: The Cthoniques. Sort of.
11	** CulturedBadass: Nisrioch Cthonique, who loves to make hats and drink tea, and is apparently one of the most powerful wizards in the Lands of Night.
12	* CurbstompBattle: [[spoiler:Nisrioch]] against [[spoiler:Justinian]].
13	* DarkIsNotEvil: Arguably the main trope of the series.
14	* DecadeDissonance: The Lands of Light are a dark ages feudal society, while the Lands of Nights are more of a renaissance style society. The Lands of Light used to be the more advanced society wich allowed them to conquer parts of the Lands of Night and after they lost those lands stay stuck to those methods and traditions. Wich changed from a vibrant and powerfull set of methods to a crushing liability.
15	* DissonantSerenity:[[spoiler:One of the things that makes Prince Amfortas so creepy]]
16	* EvilOverlord: In theory, this is what the Dark Lords of the Lands of Night are. The truth is a [[ModestRoyalty great]] [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething deal]] [[RoyallyScrewedUp more]] [[AristocratsAreEvil varied]]...
17	* TheHilarityOfHats: Nisrioch is very fond of hats.
18	* HornedHumanoid: The Devs.
19	* IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace: Subverted. The Lands of Night are full of places with names like 'the Plains of Dread', and the 'Mountains of Sorrow'--that are in fact fairly pleasant.
20	* LegacyOfService: the Fidele's have served the house Cthonique loyally for generations.
21	* MamaBear: Viviane and [[PapaWolf Mansemat]] REALLY don't like it when people threaten their kids...
22	* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Mansemat's ex-wife Falerina seems to think she was this to him. The truth is [[PsychoExGirlfriend just a bit different]]...
23	* MasterSwordsman: Several, most prominently Mansemat Cthonique himself.
24	* PosthumousCharacter: Quite a few, with Shaddad Cthonique, the Cthonique siblings' father and a more traditional [[BigBad Dark Lord]], being perhaps the most prominent.
25	* ShellShockedVeteran: What some soldiers from the Land of Light are becoming. And the war is barely begun.
26	* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: The Mansemat/Viviane relationship, in a nutshell.
27	* VillainsOutShopping: Arguably the ''other'' main trope of the series.

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