Line #18 Roleplay/TTR


1	''[[https://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewforum.php?f=90883 The Three Relics]]'' is a [[PlayByPost Play By Post]] ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' roleplay guild on Website/GaiaOnline that was started in 2005 inside the Gaian Pokemon Academy by the user Mitsuko'. It follows the adventures of a group of young Pokemon trainers as they work towards their personal goals as trainers and coordinators. While it started as a much more comedic roleplay, the story-line hit [[DarkerAndEdgier puberty]] and everything sort of [[ToneShift changed]] from there. In line with this shift in maturity, the focus of the story changed from the day to day life of the average Pokemon trainer, to the development of the characters through backstory and personal connections.
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3	The Three Relics is currently headed by Airelesanya, Mikallen, and Andragoran.
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5	!''The Three Relics'' can be described with, but is not limited, to the following tropes:
6	%%* AerithAndBob: Every moniker nationality under the red sun.
7	* ArtifactTitle: The relics were initially foreshadowed to have a significant impact on the plot (Giovanni having found one in Diglett's Cave), but have since been glossed over at best.
8	* BattleCouple: Mike and Kasiya, the two are [[ShipTease extremely protective]] of [[WillTheyOrWontThey one another]].
9	* BattleThemeMusic: To date, there has been two 'official' soundtracks released. These are made by players selecting music they feel exemplifies their characters, as to help other players understand and enjoy their work.
10	%%* BeachEpisode: Slateport Beach Party was basically an entire plot of this.
11	%%* BigBad: Giovanni, leader of Team Rocket.
12	%%* BigDamnHeroes: Mike and Kilik kicking in the door and rescuing Sasha from Team Aqua.
13	* BusmansHoliday: Any time these damn kids go anywhere, whether it be the beach, a festival, or even a hike, they run into trouble.
14	%%* CallingYourAttacks: Franchise/{{POKEMON}}!
15	* CataclysmBackstory: The Lilycove Incident: Where ancient Pokemon Groudon and Kyogre were summoned in Lilycove City by Team Magma and Team Aqua, an act that leveled a good portion of the city and left many dead.
16	* CerebusSyndrome: While some characters (Mike, Kilik, Nina) started down the path of troubled and gritty earlier than others, the Slateport Beach Party incident (in which Giovanni crashed the party and revealed dark secrets of the main cast on national television) can be seen as the major event that changed the overall tone of TTR.
17	* CivilizedAnimal: Several of the character's Pokemon display very human-like personalities. Anna, Nina's Misdreavus, Karri, Mitsu's Gardevoir, Portabello, Mike's Breloom, and Mitsu's Lucario.
18	%%* CurbStompBattle: What happens when you pair Mike and Kasiya together.
19	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Mitsu and Mike take the proverbial cake, one having [[UnwittingPawn accidentally slaughtered a city attempting to protect the girl he loved]], the other is a living experiment.
20	%%* DuelsDecideEverything: Franchise/{{POKEMON}}!
21	* ExperiencePoints: Each post grants you a base amount of experience. Posts with specific Pokemon grant that specific Pokemon experience. Each tenth page, experience is tallied and added to the Pokemon, base experience divvied up as per the moderators discretion.
22	* FanService: The aforementioned Beach Party, and that shower and bath scenes are written (at times) rather teasingly.
23	%%** Sasha is basically the human embodiment of this trope.
24	%%* FireForgedFriends
25	* FreeRangeChildren: From volcanos to shopping malls, these kids go places.
26	* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Certain technical aspects of the game don't appear in TTR, such as stats, attack damage, accuracy and other intricacies. Actual fights between players and [=NPCs=] are done on the honor system.
27	%% * Getting Crap Past The Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
28	* {{Hammerspace}}: Seriously. Where the ''hell'' do these kids find the pocket space for half this crap? Especially those kids with bikes.
29	* HitchhikerHeroes: Most of the characters started out alone, and met others along the way, forming small clicks that occasionally travel together.
30	* InspirationNod: Notable examples include VideoGame/{{Blazblue}} and an ass-load of [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]].
31	%%* {{Jerkass}}: Has a few of them. Notable (consistent) examples include Crenu and Keegan, but almost everyone has had their moments.
32	%%* LevelGrinding: What's level 60?
33	* MoneyForNothing: Gold is given to players for each level they gain, but where the money is received from is never explained, so characters have dug into their wallets to find out they are rich.
34	* NotQuiteDead:
35	** Sabrina after getting shot by Team Rocket, posing as a Rocket grunt after nursing her wound.
36	* OutOfFocus: Has happened frequently over the seven years of the roleplay, mostly due to [[RealLifeWritesThePlot them growing up and attending school, having children, etc.]]. Most return, however, [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome some don't.]]
37	* PokemonSpeak: In play except when it comes to Pokemon with telepathic abilities, including a very well-mannered Breloom.
38	* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The policy has always stood that 'Real life comes first!'. As such, there have been many instances of players taking extended absences, or at times, simply disappearing.
39	%%* SideStoryBonusArt: Everyone loves [[FanService girls in bikinis]], [[http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s104/Mikallen4/TTR/bikiniderpprev.jpg right?]]
40	* SideQuestSidestory: The bulk, if not all of the plot in TTR stems from character-centered arcs rather than an overarching narrative.
41	* TalkingisaFreeAction: These kids can sure say a lot in between Pokemon attacks, which for all intents and purposes should only be a few seconds.
42	* TeamMom: Airelesanya, player of Kasiya, Jaeshan and many others, current head of TTR and guild leader of the GPA.
43	* TeamSpirit: Not only with the Pokemon themselves, but the trainers at many points have to team up to take on challenges.
44	* VersusCharacterSplash: Many of the players have created sprites and splash sprites to make the characters feel more authentic in the Pokemon world.

Context Roleplay / TTR