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3	''Planet of Fate'' is a work-in-progress sci-fi-fantasy short novel being authored by Tropers/{{SWJS}}. The author, after [[RetCon retconning]] some of the material and restarting, is on chapter one at the moment, and all chapters, once finished, will be viewable on the author's deviantart account: http://swjs.deviantart.com/gallery/#Planet-of-Fate The project started c. 2009 and is still ongoing.
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5	TroperWorks/PlanetOfFate, often shortened to [=POF=], is about a race of aliens called Anubians, and their struggles throughout a period of time. The novel starts off with the main character's parents, out and about in the city, enjoying their anniversary. They are, however, soon killed by an explosion while at dinner. Once they receive the news, their son and daughter, Sarko and Sally respectively, go through emotional instability, and both go down different paths. Sarko's path will end up leading him to discover that his parents' deaths weren't accidents, and that there is much more going on around him than he is able to see. The novel follows not only Sarko, but his sister, his peers, and his people throughout the many events of significance and hardships they all encounter, with the story being told from other points of view, as well as some minor characters.
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7	Many other works inspired several details for things in the novel, including ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse'', and even some Disney films, including ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame\|Disney}}''. Website/TVTropes itself has also been very inspirational and helpful while writing Planet of Fate. However, the most influencial work for POF was ''VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans'', as the characters were originally Fan Characters, before SWJS and Nukawin decided to get their ideas protected.
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9	Originally, the characters of [=POF=] were part of a comic called ''WebComic/Alienz'', authored by SWJS and illustrated by [[http://nukawin.deviantart.com/ Nukawin]]. After economic problems arose, SWJS and Nukawin went their separate ways, and SWJS began writing Planet of Fate, while Nukawin continued with ''Alienz''. Nukawin has since cancelled ''Alienz'' to pursue a career in taxidermy.
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11	POF once rarely used descriptive imagery, one reason being most of the characters were drawn when they were part of Alienz, and another reason was because SWJS wanted the readers to visualize his creations for themselves, instead of just going with what he wanted them to be. However, due to the many retcons and changes to the novel, it will now feature descriptive imagery.
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14	!!''Planet of Fate'' provides examples of:
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16	%%* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence
17	* AlienBlood: Anubians have black blood. Serpentine have red blood. Krystillites have green blood.
18	%%* AlienAmongUs: Happens when Sarko and Celia travel to Earth.
19	%%* AIIsACrapshoot: D.A.N., the navigational AI for Sarko's flagship.
20	* AlienAnimals: Played straight with the Schritt, a ''fur-covered'' snake. Most creatures in POF have some similarities to Earth life though.
21	%%* AlienInvasion: Infiltration type.
22	* AlienSky: Played straight on Anubia. The sky is a lavender color.
23	* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Justified. If the entire book was written in the Anubian language, no one would be able to read it.
24	* AllPlanetsAreEarthLike: Averted with most planets, including Anubia. Played straight with Ayelanwee.
25	* AncientAstronauts: How the Anubians colonized Anubia.
26	%%* ArtificialGravity
27	%%* ArtificialIntelligence
28	%%* ArtificialLimbs
29	* AuthorAppeal: SWJS has a large fascination with quicksand, and also happens to be a big fan of bondage. He's also a massive Star Wars fan, and just an overall big nerd. You can expect to see references to all these things and more.
30	%%* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy
31	* BizarreAlienBiology: In the many descriptions and biographies that are strewn about his Website/DeviantArt page, [[WordOfGod SWJS]] explains that the Anubian Birth Canal resembles a third intestine. It stretches for several feet, coating the baby in secretions as it passes through. These secretions are an essential final-step to Anubian physiology, as they are full of nutrients that can only be produced in the mother's body. The nutrients themselves strengthen the child's body, to help support it in Anubia's high gravity, and also allow the Anubian to survive the vaccuum of space for an amount of time.
32	%%* BlackMagic
33	%%* CharacterDevelopment: A lot of the characters have changed from what their biographies make them out to be.
34	%%* CoolShip: Sarko's Flagship, The ''Hornet Sting''.
35	%%* CreepyMonotone: Salazar, when he doesn't have to be charasmatic.
36	%%* CrystalBall: Chlora Nova uses one.
37	%%* {{Cyborg}}: Sarko's sister, Sally.
38	%%* DarkAndTroubledPast: Most of the characters.
39	%%* EldritchAbomination: The Rouges
40	%%* ElementalPowers
41	* TheEmpire: A good version with the Anubians.
42	%%* EnemyMine
43	%%* EnergyWeapon
44	%%* EscapePod
45	* ETGaveUsWiFi: The A.P.I.'s weapons are reverse-engineered Anubian Tech, but more-so, it turns out all the modern-day music stars got their songs from transmissions picked up from Anubia. [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy Elvis was an actual Anubian though.]]
46	%%* EvilAllAlong
47	%%* EvilChancellor
48	%%* EvilMinions
49	%%* EvilSorcerer
50	* FasterThanLightTravel: Warpspace.
51	* FunctionalMagic: In the Inherent Gift flavor.
52	%%* GlowingEyesOfDoom
53	%%* TheGreys: The Anubians.
54	* HalfHumanHybrid: Dr. Cobbletree's wife, created accidentally, is an Anthropomorphic Mountain Lion. Her name is [[MeaningfulName Puma]].
55	* HandicappedBadass: Sarko. Has an arm and a leg blown of in the middle of a battle, crawls back to to his ship and rips pieces off, fashioning himself prosthetic limbs, and then jumps back into the battle as if nothing happened. The Anubians ''won the battle''.
56	* HealingHands: Anubians with telekinesis.
57	* HowDoIShotWeb: Like many young, naive characters, Sarko doesn't know his full potential.
58	%%* HumansAreFlawed
59	%%* HumansAreUgly
60	%%* HumanoidAliens
61	%%* {{Hologram}}
62	* IComeInPeace: Subverted. Sarko and Celia didn't want any trouble from the humans. It's just that the humans aren't willing to part with mineral resources, ''especially'' their diamonds. Oh, and the API are corrupt. That too.
63	%%* InsufficientlyAdvancedAlien: The Anubians.
64	%%* KidAppealCharacter: Celia.
65	%%* LaserBlade
66	%%* MacGuffin: The Amulets of Drumau. The Book of the Prophets.
67	%%* MadScientist: Sally is definately one. For the humans, they have Dr. Cobbletree.
68	%%* MadeOfEvil
69	%%* TheMafia: The Anubian Mafia, lead by Merick Nightshade.
70	* MeaningfulName: The Antebellum Family. Literally meaning "before the war". The Antebellum family ruled Anubian for generations before the Venom War. Just before the war, Lord and Lady Antebellum are killed, and their daughter, Sutra, takes the throne.
71	* TheMenInBlack: The Agency of Paranormal Investigation on Earth, The Imperial Organization of Anubian Protection for the Anubians.
72	%%* NamedAfterTheirPlanet: The Anubians.
73	%%* NoOSHACompliance: Averted
74	%%* OurGhostsAreDifferent
75	%%* OurGodsAreDifferent
76	* OverlyLongName: Doctor Rudolph Kaiser Cobbletreevonberryschnitzelhausen.
77	%%* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Many Anubians are this, but more-so are Anubians who still follow the ways they had before becoming technologically advanced.
78	%%* PsychicPowers
79	%%* PubertySuperpower: One reason why Sarko can use Telekinesis.
80	%%* PureEnergy
81	%%* QuicksandSucks: Guarenteed to happen on Sinestra.
82	%%* QuirkyMinibossSquad: Merick and/or his goons could count at some points.
83	%%* RedAlert
84	%%* ReligionIsMagic
85	%%* ShroudedInMyth: The prophets, the Rouges.
86	%%* SpacePirates
87	%%* SuperpowerMeltdown
88	* SwampsAreEvil: Sinestra, a Swamp World where the ultimate evil once conveniently called home.
89	%%* TomeOfEldritchLore: The Book of the Prophets, and the Book of Vagoda.
90	%%* TragicVillain: [[spoiler:Merick]]
91	* VillainSong: [[spoiler:Xaphir]] gets one called "Villains' Night", based off the song "Ladies' Night" by Music/KoolAndTheGang, making this the first [[GratuitousDiscoSequence Disco Villain Song]]. There is no actual sheet music though, only lyrics.
92	%%* VillainTeamUp
93	%%* VillainWithGoodPublicity

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