| 1 | A story by Tropers/MurkyMuse created purely for [[RuleOfFunny the funny.]] [[http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2628185/1/Tale_of_the_Weary Found here.]] |
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| 3 | ''Come now and listen to the Muse sing. Sing a song of tattered travelers, heroic and crude. A huntsman with a curse, a knightly prince, a sorceress who may not be sane, and a dragon who would prefer to eat them all; this is their tale, the Tale of the Weary.'' |
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| 5 | An AffectionateParody on the HeroicFantasy genre. The story follows four characters [[FindTheCure seeking the cure to a curse.]] |
| 6 | * Forest, a [[FarmBoy huntsman]] with a {{curse|dWithAwesome}}. Can be either TheHero or TheLancer depending on point of view. |
| 7 | * [[WarriorPrince Prince]] [[OverlyLongName Carloman Leopold Michael of Mercia,]] [[KnightInShiningArmor The Knighted and]] [[LargeHam Titled Protector of the Peoples.]] |
| 8 | * [[TheSmartGuy Mist]], a [[TheGift gifted]] {{s|quishyWizard}}orceress who is also very [[BunnyEarsLawyer unique]]. |
| 9 | * [[TheBigGuy Pyrrhus]], a [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon]] [[TokenEvilTeammate who is only helping the group]] [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas because his grandfather told him to]]. |
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| 12 | !!Tropes: |
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| 14 | * BlindSeer: Played with- Sibyl is deaf. |
| 15 | * ChronicHeroSyndrome: Carloman |
| 16 | * DamselInDistress: Subverted- [[spoiler: the damsel had stolen from the dragon.]] |
| 17 | * TheFairFolk |
| 18 | * FourthWallObserver: Sibyl and Mist |
| 19 | * FracturedFairyTale |
| 20 | * FunctionalMagic |
| 21 | * {{Narrator}}: The writer acts as an narrator. |
| 22 | ** InteractiveNarrator: Only with Mist. |
| 23 | * OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: [[spoiler: Forest]] |
| 24 | * ShoutOut: From Creator/{{Homer}} to ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' |
| 25 | * ShroudedInMyth: Mist |
| 26 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting: The dragons can shift into a human form. |
| 27 | * YouAllMeetInAnInn: At least Carloman and Forest do. [[spoiler: Mist also made an cameo, but didn't officially meet them until later.]] |
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