Series of LightNovels collaborated on by @/{{Essex}} and Fearow's Keeper (not a troper), currently at the WorldBuilding stage. DarthWiki/OurParadise is set in a [[LighterAndSofter toned-down]] CosmicHorror universe ([[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu defeating a lesser]] EldritchAbomination isn't common, but happens once in a long while, and a small number of them are actually ''[[ReluctantMonster friendly]]'') created without any particular reason by Dexos-Brhan, the Dreaming God, who went to sleep after placing His brother, Maros-Brhan, in charge. [[DreamApocalypse Should He awaken,]] [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the universe will evaporate,]] [[NoOntologicalInertia as it is fueled by His dreams]].

Focus is placed on the planet known as Paraiso, where most of the relevant action occurs. The setting in general seems to be standard MedievalEuropeanFantasy. There is ''much'' DecadeDissonance, however, thanks to the four superpowers: the [[HigherTechSpecies Tekgnos]] [[TheFederation Federation]], [[OrganicTechnology J'bieri]] [[TheAlliance Alliance]], [[FriendToAllLivingThings Sanjuran]] [[WhiteMagic Holy]] [[TheEmpire Empire]], and [[OneNationUnderCopyright Feld Kingdom]].

The main plots in Our Paradise are told through a FramingDevice. Varius Crade, a farmer, is told stories of the world by the Philosopher, a mysterious [[PhysicalGod goddess]] whose sole purpose seems to be [[OddJobGods going around and telling stories to any mortal she runs into]].

A GenreAnthology sort of compilation, ''Gates of Our Paradise'', is the first entry planned for the series, and will depict various [[AllThereInTheManual fluff]] stories in the world of Paraiso, some of which will most likely intersect with the main entry (see below) in a ''Theatre/RosencrantzAndGuildensternAreDead'' style.

The main entry of the series, ''Our Paradise Lost'', is currently under construction, and centers on a RagTagBunchOfMisfits sent (amongst a thousand other task forces) on [[TheQuest a quest]] to retrieve the [[CosmicKeystone Heart of Paraiso]], source of all life in the universe, and essentially the SoulJar of [[TheLifestream Eden, Goddess of Life]], from the [[EvilOverlord Dread Lord Robert, the First Lich]] and his [[TheHorde undead army]], before he figures out how to destroy it.

''Our Paradise Lost's'' main characters are a MagnificentSeven officially known as the 1001st Task Force:

* '''Karan Sigil''': [[TheHero The]] [[TheStoic Stoic]] [[TheHero Hero]]. A [[GunFu Type C]] [[TheGunslinger Gunslinger]] who dresses in a BadassLongcoat, and [[HeroicMime doesn't speak despite not being mute]], [[DeconstructedTrope causing various communication issues with his group]]. Emigrated from the Tekgnos Federation eight years prior to start over in the Sanjuran Holy Empire.
* '''Hermea Norfür''': TheLancer. Karan's childhood friend who regards herself as the only person in the group who can understand him. A [[WhiteMage Sanjuran]] [[NunsAreMikos Graduated Cleric]], [[RandomPowerRanking Third Class]], who serves as FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator. DeadpanSnarker by nature, and prone to [[InnerMonologue ranting to herself]] about [[LemonyNarrator various things of no particular relevance]]. One of the author's friends describes her as a female version of [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya Kyon]].
* '''Allein Tyamát''': TheHeart. Also known as the Least Dragon Goddess (who nobody knows about), a (relatively) minor deity [[DePower depowered]] to learn how to balance herself. She specializes in PlayingWithFire, serving as the team's BlackMagicianGirl. A FieryRedhead who directs her [[{{Tsundere}} Tsun-Tsun]] side at Hermea, GenkiGirl side at everybody else.
* '''Hobbes''': TheBigGuy (GeniusBruiser). A member of a nomadic clan of desert WarriorMonk [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Manwolves]]. Joins the group on his search for the meaning of life and provides great strength along with some [[KungFuWizard serious moves]] whenever needed. Allergic to cats.
* '''Locke''': TheSmartGuy. A [[InsufferableGenius pompous, egomaniacal yet suitably hyperintelligent]] [[EnergyBeing ball of plasma]] whose sole reason for joining the group is to relieve himself of his boredom. Speaks in the Paraisan equivalent of a haughty British accent. Serves as MisterExposition with regards to laws of physics, biology, etc...
* '''Calvin''': TeamPet. A snow white kitten with deep blue eyes who follows Locke around. Calvin generally plays with the group, cheering them up on various occasions. She has a growing affection for Hobbes, who has problems, being allergic to cats and all.
* '''Janace Heidi''': LittleMissBadass. A MagicKnight and blacksmith's daughter armed with a {{BFS}} [[ICallItVera she calls Bidenhänder]]. Janace is out for revenge after TheHorde [[DoomedHomeTown destroyed her mountain village home]]. Highly adept at the use of [[StatusBuff Forgecraft]].

Along the way, they run into various recurring characters:

* '''Samuel''': RecurringTraveller. A [[IntrepidMerchant wandering merchant]] who peddles ludicrous wares that nobody bothers to use, such as a [[WeSellEverything fish heart monitor]]. He shows up inexplicably often with no indication of how he got there, possibly resulting in EpilepticTrees.
* '''Brother Largo''': FakeUltimateHero[=/=]TheAaragorn[=/=]HeroOfAnotherStory. Leader of the 1st Task Force, aka [[SquadNickname Task Force Adamus]]. A legendary exorcist who lets his ego get the better of him. [[JustAKid Views Karan's party as a useless bunch of kids that shouldn't even bother searching for the Heart]]. Typically accompanied by a large platoon of professional Sanjuran troops. The fact that he's a 500-year-old Cleric who specializes in fighting the undead somewhat justifies this attitude.
* '''Sister Rahniel''': ChessmasterSidekick. Brother Largo's assistant, who is ever apologetic of her superior's rudeness, and might even be more competent than him. Acts more like an archetypical nun than the sarcastic and cynical Hermea.
* '''"LC-42"''': Hot WarriorMonk [[DualWielding With Two Swords]]. A member of the elite Imperial PraetorianGuard who [[IWasJustPassingThrough just happens to be in the same area]] whenever the group is in trouble. Her objective seems to be just providing assistance to various taskforces who need it, and such never really joins the team.
* '''Meridan Haerk''': MissionControl. Hermea's best friend from the Seminary, Graduated Cleric, First Class, who joined Imperial Intelligence as an analyst. As such, becomes useful in [[MisterExposition providing plot-related information]], like their next destination. Speaks exclusively to Hermea via [[{{Telepathy}} Tapping]].

And antagonists...

* '''Marshal Greko Dovian''': GeneralRipper. A high-ranking commanding officer in the Tekgnos Federation who seems [[ImprobableAge a little too young for his position]]. Nevertheless, he displays an astounding [[EnfanteTerrible matured bitterness and deviousness]], as well as a more extreme variant of the Tekgnos FantasticRacism (see below). He believes that {{cyborg}}s, clones, {{mutants}}, and [[LegoGenetics Genomods]] (people who have been genetically altered) shouldn't be given citizenship either. Dresses in a [[BadassLongcoat Badass Greatcoat]] to hide his [[PuttingOnTheReich incriminating]] CustomUniform, and StoicSpectacles.
* '''No. 928 Special Operations Unit''': QuirkyMinibossSquad. The Tekgnos Federation's least effective special forces unit, pretty much also a RagTagBunchOfMisfits in its own right. This was the only unit viable to send after Karan's party, due to [[AlienInvasion certain complications]]. 928 is composed of:
** '''Sergeant Hollis Kethram''': SergeantRock. A [[TheGunslinger gunslinger]] with a preference for [[RevolversAreJustBetter revolvers]] and cartridges [[AbnormalAmmo specially designed to ricochet]]. Combined with his ImprobableAimingSkills, Sgt. Kethram is easily a force to be reckoned with. He fights with good old fashioned HonorBeforeReason, but isn't so stupid as to do so when it's impractical. [[{{Expy}} Heavily inspired by]] [[VideoGame/MetalGear Revolver Ocelot]], minus the [[MagnificentBastard Magnificent Bastardry]].
** '''Corporal Ferreck Lizer''': PsychoForHire. Ferreck is classified as a Logistician, essentially meaning he's in charge of supplies. He doesn't let that stop him from using all sorts of nasty weapons, though. Usually, he puts them in line with his interest of [[ColdBloodedTorture slowly torturing enemies until they die]], such as a [[LaserBlade beam rapier]] for his ImplausibleFencingPowers or [[AutomaticCrossbows auto-crossbow]] that fires barbed bolts... [[ImmortalLifeIsCheap Takes full advantage]] of Hermea's extremely potent HealingFactor. And {{Bishonen}} to boot.
** '''Private Deeds Hyracuse''': Good Looking Private. A HighlyVisibleNinja CatGirl who uses EnergyWeapon versions of ninja armaments. Primarily uses the StealthHiBye to make her appearances and exits. Enjoys fighting with Hobbes, to the point of ShipTease, and [[PetTheDog plays with Calvin]] whenever the opportunity presents itself.
** '''Private Reena Adverse''': [[TheSquadette The]] PyroManiac [[TheSquadette Squadette]]. Has a more serious if somewhat twisted outlook on combat than the more playful Deeds. Reena wears a suit of [[PoweredArmor Typhon-36 High Temperature Combat Armor]], which is capable of surviving up to 10 000 degrees, as well as [[KillItWithFire hefting a minigun loaded with incendiary rounds, spraying jets of hot plasma, firing laser-guided firestorm missiles, and lobbing balls of napalm at long distances]]. She sees herself as [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou the only one allowed to defeat Allein]].

As for the FramingDevice setting, the two main characters are...

* '''Varius Crade''': [[JadeColoredGlasses Jaded]] DeterminedHomesteader. Once a young man who, bored of life on the farm, set out to [[WalkingTheEarth see the world]]. Along his travels, Varius encountered the Philosopher many times, during each of which she told him a story about Paraiso's many myths, legends, and unsolved histories. And during each time, he fell more deeply in love with her. After realizing the futility of [[MayflyDecemberRomance entering a tryst with a goddess who will naturally outlive him]], the two eventually part ways. Varius [[GrowingUpSucks grows up]], moves on, settles down on his father's farm, and gets married. Now, thirty years later, the Philosopher enters his life once again, perhaps to tell of one last tale.
* '''The Philosopher''': Apparently the Goddess of the Arts and Literature (She neither confirms nor denies the mortals' EpilepticTrees about her being this). A mysterious goddess who is famous for telling stories to any mortal she runs into, which may or may not have AnAesop or philosophical importance. She first meets Varius when he is young and spends several of their encounters doing what she does best. After deciding that their relationship is not meant to be, they separate. Thirty years pass before the two cross paths again, and she still hasn't changed, spending most of her time with him telling stories.

A second entry, ''Birds of Our Paradise'', is in the planning stage, and focuses more on the relationship between Varius and the Philosopher, interspersing it with various Paraisan myths and stories, some of which may or may not intersect with the story of the main entry.

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Our Paradise provides examples of the following tropes:

* AbnormalAmmo - There's a reason why Sgt. Kethram is also known as "Pinball, master of hitting things that his gun isn't pointed at". Also, Karan at one point uses ''[[EnergyBeing Locke]]'' as a makeshift bullet to melt through a blast door.
** Unless it's a TownWithADarkSecret housing an EldritchAbomination, the first thing that the Tekgnos will use against a target city isn't a KillSat. It's a ship equipped with a cannon that fires ''[[ItsRainingMen drop pods]]'' at hypersonic speeds. Once they hit the ground and cause all sorts of destruction and panic, the pods will burst open, each releasing a fully armed squad of [[SpaceMarine Mobile Troopers]] and/or any armored fighting vehicles and robots allocated to the mission.
* AdaptationDecay - Completely intentional. Our Paradise is described as [[{{Understatement}} "a loose retelling of the Garden of Eden story"]]. The author wishes to take what ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'' did to ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'', apply it to the above, then crank it up to over 9000.
* AdventureTowns - Inevitable, really. At least two of them [[TownWithADarkSecret aren't as nice as they first seem]].
* AlienInvasion - Inverted. [[spoiler:The Tekgnos launch a preemptive strike on an alien civilization, having anticipated their retaliation for the earlier accidental destruction of one of their colonies.]]
* AlienSky - Paraiso has three moons, one of which has been terraformed into [[SingleBiomePlanet one giant farm]].
* TheAlliance - The J'bieri Alliance is an [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment alliance]] of various non-human species who have completely adapted to their respective home environments and thus don't use tools. They despise tools. A J'bieri citizen wouldn't touch a tool with a ten-foot pole... or a ten-foot pole, for the matter... They are united under their worship of the Great Serpent, J'bieres. At war with the Tekgnos Federation.
* AlternativeCalendar - The official calendar used by most people on the eastern continents is the Sanjuran calendar, what with it being the first civilization and all. At the beginning of Our Paradise Lost, the year is 10324 [=Post-Sedes=], [[CaptainObvious 10324 years]] after the original nomadic tribes settled down in Sanjuras.
* {{Arcadia}} - The countryside surrounding Sanjuras, which contains Hermea's home.
* AuthorAppeal - Non-sexual. PoweredArmor, [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]], [[PlayingWithATrope tropes toyed with and skewered in many ways]], [[LittleMissBadass little girls with big swords]], ''[[KillSat Kill Sats]]'', [[CarrierBattleship Carrier Battleships]], cunning bad guys, and a sassy, DeadpanSnarker of a WhiteMage.
* BackgroundMagicField - Chaff, the leftovers of the creation of the universe.
* BadassArmy - The Sanjuran Legions gravitate between this and RedShirtArmy. When fighting the Undead, Barbarians, and generic monsters, definitely this. When fighting against the high-tech, cunning Tekgnos, however...
* BadassNormal - As the leader of a wandering party composed of a WhiteMage, a long-lived superhuman manwolf WarriorMonk, a [[DePower heavily suppressed]] but still BlackMagicianGirl-worthy EldritchAbomination, a hyperintelligent [[{{Technopath}} Technopathic]] EnergyBeing, and a blacksmith's daughter who uses Forge Magic to help her lift a {{BFS}}, Karan does pretty well for a guy who has nothing but [[GunsAkimbo a pair of handguns]].
* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork - [[spoiler:In an incident where an EldritchAbomination brainwashes an [[TownWithADarkSecret entire town]] past the point of no return, the 1001st decide to escape from the town instead. Minutes after they leave the town limits, a Tekgnos KillSat destroys the town from orbit.]]
* BarBrawl - There are at least four possible ways for one of these to start: Somebody pissing Allein off by not believing her [[AGodAmI claims of godhood]], Allein pissing somebody off because of her [[FishOutOfWater cultural ignorance]], Hermea pissing somebody off with her snarkiness, Locke pissing somebody (or everybody) off by handing them one [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness eloquently-delivered]] taunt [[IShallTauntYou after]] [[VolleyingInsults another]], or all of the above.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor - Generally, anybody who prays to Maros-Brhan for knowledge. He has a tendency to give them [[GoMadFromTheRevelation too much at once]].
* BottomlessMagazines - Sort of... Karan just has to slap a rock onto a part of his gun that's loaded with {{Nanomachines}}, which will do all the work of transmuting said rock into ammunition.
* BreakingTheFourthWall - Hermea occasionally lapses into moments where she speaks directly to a hypothetical reader/watcher/[[TheWatson Watson]] about various things, sometimes in the middle of her wandering narration. [[ThisIsReality She immediately mocks herself for it, though.]]
* CatGirl - Deeds.
* CharacterFilibuster - Locke, who at one point invokes TalkingIsAFreeAction just so he can explain (without making [[YourHeadAsplode Hermea's head explode]]) how his [[TimeDissonance perception of time differs from hers]]. Justified by his being an EnergyBeing so smart that he can and does look down on many an EldritchAbomination.
** Marshal Dovian tends to rant about how genetic engineering, cybernetics, cloning, mutations, and a bunch of other 'impurities' are 'corrupting the nature' of humanity. Other than his first rant, [[ShutUpHannibal he never gets to finish what he's saying]].
* TheChosenMany - TheEmpress invokes this by ordering the formation of the Thousand Hands, which is basically the same as ordering the formation of a thousand Fellowships of the Ring.
* TheChurch - The ''Ecclessia Imperialis''.
* ChurchMilitant - Sanjuras' PraetorianGuard are all Clerics trained in combat, as well as exempted from their ThouShaltNotKill policy.
* CloakAndDagger - ''Nuntius Imperialis'', or "Imperial Intelligence".
* CodeName - "LC-42" is all that she uses to identify herself throughout the story. Hermea has to ask Meridan to call in a few favors just to find out what her real name is, due to it being classified information.
* ConLang - Though Sanjuras primarily has Latin influences, and the Tekgnos are splattered with GratuitousGreek and GratuitousGerman, the Barachiese Tribes have their own language under construction.
* CoolShip - ''Kratos'', the Tekgnos flagship, rivals ''[[Franchise/StarWars Executor]]'' in size and firepower. Additionally, its name should be more than enough to [[ShoutOut ring a bell]] [[VideoGame/GodOfWar to readers]]...
* CosmicKeystone - The Heart of Paraiso
* CrazyPrepared - Marshals Movisa and Heilenin's measures to prevent and/or counter RobotWar and TurnedAgainstTheirMasters would make Franchise/{{Batman}} proud.
* CreepyChild - Marshal Dovian is first seen as this, until it is revealed that he is a full-blown EnfanteTerrible.
* CrystalDragonJesus - Via, or 'The Way', which shows visible effects for true believers, whose lifespans are increased by a factor of ten. Various other deities have their own cults with their own effects on their worshipers.
* CrystalSpiresAndTogas - The city of Sanjuras pretty much looks like this, though the tech isn't ''that'' advanced, other than the airborne public transportation system.
* DarkIsEvil - Interestingly exists side-by-side with LightIsNotGood for the Barachies Tribes. They view [[TheVirus Lilith]] (Dark) as greatly evil for obvious reasons, and [[TheEmpire Sanjuras]] (Light) as evil for, well, using Lilith to almost wipe out their people. Granted the SympatheticPOV for Sanjuras, it turns out they didn't know how to properly handle Lilith, and it [[GoneHorriblyRight spread out uncontrollably after killing its targets]]. Of course, if you intended to use an instant death weapon in the first place, then you have to be at least some degree of [[WellIntentionedExtremist extreme]].
* DeathIsCheap - This is the chief ability of Gaurdew, God of Resurrection. No matter how many times you kill him, he'll always come back in [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic three days]].
* DecadeDissonance - Though each of the four superpowers is superior to all the other tiny kingdoms on Paraiso to some degree, the Tekgnos Federation takes the cake, a [[TheFuture high-tech]] society existing on a mostly MedievalEuropeanFantasy world.
* {{Defictionalization}} - Our Paradise originally started out as a fictional Light Novel series and Anime used in the background story of a character (a [[FunnyForeigner Funny Italian]] Seiyuu) the author roleplayed in a now-defunct ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' [[PlayByPostGames RP]].
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu - B’maslik-tuhs, a lesser EldritchAbomination on the brink of awakening, is destroyed [[spoiler:by a single beam from a Tekgnos KillSat in a pre-emptive strike, along with the [[TownWithADarkSecret town he was sleeping under]], leaving a huge crater behind.]] Subverted [[spoiler:when Locke reveals that [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu he's only temporarily gone, and will be fully regenerated anywhere within]] [[FourIsDeath four to four thousand years]]]].
* DivineDelegation - It has ''three'' layers of this. Dexos-Brhan creates the universe and takes a nap after leaving his brother, Maros-Brhan, in charge. Maros-Brhan then proceeds to create a bunch of other gods to manage the universe for him, while he [[TheGodsMustBeLazy sits around doing nothing]] aside from occasionally [[GoMadFromTheRevelation driving people insane with knowledge that they bug him for]]. Finally, Agnes does the actual ordering around, assigning gods to perform one task or another.
* EldritchLocation - The Center of Ultimate Cohesion and Final Infinity (or just The Center), a plane separated from the universe and from which all things can be seen. It is accessible only by going through [[GeniusLoci Kiresh-Sohtih]], the Supreme Gatekeeper. It's also where the top three gods [[TheGodsMustBeLazy sleep/do nothing/]][[DivineDelegation manage all the other gods]].
* TheEmpire - Played with by Sanjuras. Sure, they want to become the OneWorldOrder and unite the world's peoples under [[CrystalDragonJesus Via]], but because of their FriendToAllLivingThings outlook on life, they conquer through evangelism, which obviously takes longer than conquest through force. The good guy faction, presently at war with TheHorde. Heavily inspired by the early [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire Roman Empire]]. It's ruled by...
* TheEmpress - Pratia Sanjuria Augusta, a descendant of the original founder.
* EquivalentExchange - Outside birth or germination, [[LifeEnergy Edith]] cannot be created. Thus, when using their HealingHands, Clerics must take Edith from other sources. Either themselves, or their Causa.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep - The Philosopher.
* EvilOverlord - Dread Lord Robert
* TheFaceless - Reena is never seen outside her PoweredArmor, and its visor is reflective.
** LC-42's face is always concealed under a [[InTheHood white hood]] (the only thing that's ever seen beneath it is empty blackness), resulting in some [[SamusIsAGirl mistaken assumptions]], at least until she starts talking.
** The only part of Lord Robert's face that's visible are his [[RedEyesTakeWarning Red]] GlowingEyesOfDoom.
* FacelessGoons - Tekgnos Mobile Troopers are more or less completely covered by their PoweredArmor. Subverted in that they're actually quite effective, and give the heroes a run for their money during their first few encounters. The Tekgnos still treat them as mere mooks, though.
* FacelessEye - The [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100621103847/ourparadise/images/9/9a/TekEye01.jpg Tekgnos emblem]]. For bonus troperiffic points, it's supposed to stand for Derga, their equivalent to the internet.
* FantasticRacism - The Tekgnos look down upon cyborgs, mutants, clones, and other 'formerly human' or otherwise 'not truly human' sub-species. Citizenship is not available to non-human species, AI's, and [[ArtificialHuman artificial humans]].
* FantasyCounterpartCulture - Sanjuras' latest development in world-building has shifted them to more closely resemble UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire, complete with the use of Latin.
* TheFederation - The Tekgnos play with this. To citizens, it certainly acts like a federation, and they also believe themselves to be such, but to outsiders... It plays mostly antagonistic roles. At war with the J'bieri Alliance, though its troops are authorized to kill anybody who gets in the way of their objectives, preferably without the victim's government finding out.
* FieryRedhead - Allein, who also has gold eyes. Her being this also happens to be an IncrediblyLamePun.
* FishOutOfWater - Other than speaking in Sanjuran (implied to be Latin), Allein apparently has no idea about local customs and whatnot. Less than a week after arriving on Paraiso, she has been [[TheCon conned]] out of money seven times. Small wonder why Karan found her pale and hungry when he did.
* FlatEarthAtheist - Locke is a ''very'' flat example.
* FluffyTheTerrible - Dread Lord Robert, is also known to the author as 'Bob the Lich King'. Somewhat subverted in that in-universe, mundane names like Robert, Calvin, Hobbes, and Locke, are considered exotic, and perhaps, even terrifying to some.
* FourIsDeath - Robert's four undead generals. Doesn't get [[IncrediblyLamePun punnier]] than that. Subverted when it turns out they were originally an evil FiveManBand. [[spoiler:The fifth and his division were destroyed when one of his experiments [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters ate him.]]]]
* GenderBlenderName - Karan is pronounced identically to 'Karen'.
* GeneralRipper - Marshal Dovian is this and an EnfanteTerrible.
* GodInHumanForm - Allein, complete with a DePower-ing
* TheGodsMustBeLazy - Dexos-Brhan just sleeps and dreams. Maros-Brhan is either literally this, or TrueNeutral. Two rival schools of thought bicker with each other about which is his true nature as ferociously as Evolution vs. Intelligent Design.
* GodsNeedPrayerBadly - The Dependent Gods (see OurGodsAreDifferent below).
* GoMadFromTheRevelation - This is Locke's reason for advising Hermea against attempting to read his mind. Happened to the Seven Wise Men upon receiving an insignificant fraction of Ultimate Knowledge from Maros-Brhan.
* GoodIsNotNice - Hermea has no qualms with killing other people. The only reason she doesn't do so is because it's illegal.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal - Hermea has this bad tendency to get mortally wounded and/or horribly maimed whenever Ferreck is anywhere within a hundred feet of her.
* TheGrimReaper - Thanas, God of Death, is Eden's brother, and apparently likes to appear as a younger version of the person he is reaping, albeit with HellishPupils.
* TheGroup - The Conglomerate, which is sort of a [[MagicalSociety UN for mages]].
* TheGunslinger - Karan is of the GunFu variety, while his WorthyOpponent, Sgt. Kethram, is of the [[RevolversAreJustBetter revolver-wielding kind]], possessing ImprobableAimingSkills.
* HammerSpace - Dataspace is a combination of this and CyberSpace. The Tekgnos use it to invoke EasyLogistics, but can only be accessed within hotspots similar to [=WiFi=]. It is furthermore password protected, firewalled, and protected by professional programmers to keep it from getting hacked. Ferreck has his own personal 'partition', where he keeps his HyperSpaceArsenal.
* HandCannon - Karan's "Slug Gun", which in proper firing posture, looks more like a small carbine than a large handgun.
* HealingFactor - A well-known fact about Clerics, especially the high-class ones equipped with Causae, who are capable of getting [[MoreDakka turned into Swiss Cheese]] and being completely fine (save ClothingDamage) afterward. Deconstructed by Ferreck, who enjoys the fact that Hermea is capable of living through all the torture he gives her, meaning she can [[FateWorseThanDeath suffer]] [[ColdBloodedTorture so much more]] than your average person.
* HealingHands - The most well-known capability of Sanjuran Clerics.
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen - the Seven Wise Men, and the J'bieri Council.
* HolyHandGrenade - Clerics are also capable of draining LifeEnergy from other beings, causing anything from weakness to outright death. This is only used in self-defense, though, and [[ThouShaltNotKill killing through the use of Edithurgy is deemed blasphemous and heretical]].
* TheHorde - Lord Robert's army. Not yet named, and certainly not recognized by the international community. Out to TakeOverTheWorld.
* HumansAreBastards - This is one of the lessons that Allein has been sent down to learn. A specific case are the Tekgnos, who exemplify this. Moreso in their belief that HumanityIsSuperior.
* HyperSpaceArsenal - Ferreck Lizer keeps all sorts of weapons in his [[HammerSpace Dataspace]] partition, ranging from a [[LaserBlade beam rapier]], to an [[AutomaticCrossbows auto-crossbow]] that fires barbed bolts, to a {{BFG}}, and a Rocket-Propelled [[ChainsawGood Chainsaw Launcher]].
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming - The title of each volume has the phrase 'Our Paradise' in it.
* IHaveManyNames - Some deities are known by multiple epithets, most notably Maros-Brhan and the Philosopher.
* ImmortalityInducer - One's base lifespan is increased by a factor of ten for any true follower of Via (a la TheAgeless). Can turn the member of a species that is already naturally long-lived into a TimeAbyss. Clerics furthermore learn to manipulate Edith into a HealingFactor.
* ImmortalitySeeker - Hermea seems to be of the opinion that LivingForeverIsAwesome.
-->'''Hermea:''' Well, seven hundred years isn't forever, but it's good enough. I mean, compare it to those poor sods who live for less than ''seventy''.
* ImmortalLifeIsCheap - Ask Hermea how often Ferreck tortures her. Go ahead.
* ItsRainingMen - The Tekgnos deconstruct this by using their [=Mob Trooper=]/[=ComBorg=] Drop Pods as ''[[DeathFromAbove aimed projectiles]]'' in operations called "High-Impact Deliveries". They basically hit the ground at the speed of a falling meteor, causing craters and collateral damage, and sow fear and confusion, giving the forces inside an edge in doing their job.
* KillItWithFire - Reena takes the Tekgnos doctrine of [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill going over the top with killing things]] and applies it to her PoweredArmor. Suffice to say, it packs a lot more than enough [[IncrediblyLamePun firepower]] to take down your average medieval city-state.
* KillSat - The Tekgnos are '''in love''' with this trope, causing them to set up not one, not two, but ''three'' KillSat networks. One in orbit of Paraiso, one surrounding the planetary system (Paraiso + moons) and one surrounding the entire star system.
* KingOfAllCosmos - Dexos-Brhan sleeps forever, and Maros-Brhan is either too lazy to do his job, or just doesn't care. Thus, Agnes Tyamà t is left as the ''de facto'' [[KingOfAllCosmos Queen Of All Cosmos]].
* LadyOfWar - LC-42, DualWielding [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallsword court swords]] with utmost skill and precision.
* LegoGenetics - Averted, at least with Hermea's condition. At her mother's request, her eyes were genetically altered to become purple when she was still a fetus. She outgrew [[{{Wangst}} wangsting]] over it at a very young age, though.
* TheLifeStream - Eden, Goddess of Life, is a [[SentientCosmicForce Force-like entity]] whose primary goal is the proliferation of life.
* [[spoiler:LightIsNotGood - Lord Robert, who as a Cleric, can use Edithurgy ''very'' well.]]
* LostTechnology - Five thousand years before the story proper, the Sanjurans enclosed all lethal military technology in a fleet of ships which they sunk to the bottom of a lake. The First Imperial Guards secretly get access to these.
* MagicVersusScience - The Tekgnos in general dislike the metaphysical as something arcane and in violation of the laws of the universe, thus leading them to go out and start TheMagicVersusTechnologyWar.
* MagicWand[=/=]PowerSource - Causae are the Cleric's primary implement, a personal effect (ring, amulet, etc) that utilizes a seed from the Fruits of Life born by [[TheWorldTree Mugen]] as a key component. They essentially provide surplus Edith to be used by Clerics in their healing.
* MagiTek - The Sanjuran tech tree has evolved to use Edith in the place of electricity, their houses and buildings all having gardens that also serve as literal [[IncrediblyLamePun power plants]].
* {{Mana}} - Chaff, which is basically raw metaphysical power leftover from gods who pass by (the paths they take create {{Ley Line}}s), but more generally leftover from the creation of the universe. There are two types of Chaff: Terrestrial Chaff (left-over from the creation of the planets and moons, which emanates from the gods), and Astral Chaff (left-over from the creation of the universe. A far superior version of chaff, as it is emanated by the Dreams, direct conduits of Dexos-Brhan's power). Between Terrestrial Chaff, quality also greatly varies, depending on the class of god that emitted it.
* MeaningfulName - The names of places and some characters are references to Biblical names, Eden, for one, and Paraiso itself. The names of the PowersThatBe are meaningful in general. "Dexos" is wordplay on [[{{God}} "Deus"]], and "Brhan" is wordplay "Brahma", the Hindu creator god. Its quality is greatly affected by the level of the god that they sourced from.
** "[[TechnologyLevels Tekgnos]] [[Franchise/StarTrek Federation]]" is meant to ensure that the first impression of them is that of a high-tech society.
** "Agnes" has a double meaning, "Holy", and as a ShoutOut to a fire god known as "Agni".
*** Indeed, Allein's sisters all have names that are [[ShoutOut Shout Outs]] to non-English words that somehow relate to the element they represent.
* MechaMooks - Played mostly straight with the Tekgnos [=ComBorgs=], subverted on one occasion to [[TheReveal reveal]] that they can double as HumongousMecha.
* MissedTheCall - Played with. Hermea misses the edict sent out by the Empress due to being tied up in a catfight with Allein for a whole night, and oversleeps. By the time she finds out, a [[TheChosenMany thousand Task Forces]] have already been chosen, and she ends up having to appeal to get a chance. Not that she actually [[JumpedAtTheCall enjoys]] the idea, but it's [[ResignedToTheCall part of her job]] as a Cleric, and a very timely job offer indeed, since she has yet to find employment elsewhere, and her parents pretty much push her to do it. She eventually decides for herself that the only reason she'll be doing this is because she wants to live to be 700, and Lord Robert succeeding in destroying the source of all life will definitely mess up that plan.
* MoreDakka - Reena's Barachiese Automatic Rifle, which is also mixed with a healthy dose of KillItWithFire. [=ComBorgs=] may have up to six [[GatlingGood Kernott Rotary Cannons]] mounted on them.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone - After their latest weapon, [[TheVirus Lilith]], is placed in the hands of [[ModernMajorGeneral ignorant commanders]], it causes casualties to pile up on both sides of the war. This is taken as a sign that they've [[MoralEventHorizon gone too far]] and must [[TheAtoner make up for it]], resulting in their ThouShaltNotKill policy.
* {{Nanomachines}} - Used to [[JustifiedTrope justify]] how the Tekgnos managed to surround the solar system with 156.7 '''trillion''' [[KillSat Kill Sats]] in a hundred years.
* NighInvulnerable - Being made of PureEnergy, Locke isn't particularly scared of anything. Deconstructed when the group starts using him to spring traps. The worst that happens to him is getting annoyed.
* NightOfTheLivingMooks - TheHorde is full of these, commanded by various other varieties of TheUndead.
* NoOntologicalInertia - The universe is essentially kept running by Dexos-Brhan's dreams. Once He wakes up, the dreams stop, and the universe will simply cease to exist.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution - Hermea's motive for going on a quest to recover the Heart isn't because she cares to SaveTheWorld. She wants to spend the rest of her goddess-given 700 years (normal is relative) relaxing on a lawn chair and watching the clouds roll by, and she won't be able to do that if the Heart is destroyed.
* OddJobGods - The Philosopher doesn't seem to have any purpose outside telling stories to mortals. Subverted in that it's implied that she actually has some sort of ulterior motive for doing so.
* OhMyGods - Hermea tends to use "Mugen's Roots", amongst others...
* OneNationUnderCopyright - Despite its name, the Feld Kingdom is actually closer to this than anything else... As a point, their capital is known as [[UsefulNotes/{{Walmart}} Walthein]]. Not at war with anybody, since that's bad for business, but will not hesitate to sic its SteamPunk HumongousMecha at anybody who dares disrupt their business.
* OnlyOne - Reversed, and then some. Sanjuras sends a grand total of one thousand (and one) task forces, each composed of [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Fellowship of the Ring]]-caliber members, to recover the Heart of Paraiso. This is ''separate'' from the all-out mobilization of the Empire's 200 Legions and their Auxilliaries.
* OrcusOnHisThrone - Somewhat justified. Lord Robert has already done the hard work of stealing the Heart of Paraiso. Now all he has to do is figure out how to destroy it, which doesn't really involve going around and doing too much. Besides, he has his [[FourIsDeath four]] undead generals to do the invading for him.
* OurGodsAreDifferent - There are two general categories, the Independent or Natural Gods, and the Dependent Gods. The former are 'true' gods, who have infinite power, and don't [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly need prayer badly]]. The latter are created by human belief, and because they need prayer badly, can never equal even the weakest Natural God in terms of power. The Natural Gods even have an internal differentiation, from Overdeity (the in-universe equivalent to its Author) all the way down to Nameless God (OddJobGods (or even Jobless)).
* PalsWithJesus - Allein, though she doesn't really have a choice in the matter. Locke, being an EnergyBeing with godlike intelligence, technically counts. Also, the Philosopher, who even gets intimate with Varius in the prequel.
* [[EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse Paraiso Is The Center Of The Universe]] - Justified, as it was chosen by the goddess of life as a place to settle down. It's implied that it was also chosen at random.
* PlayingWithFire - Allein, despite being [[DePower nerfed]], can still create reasonably-sized fireballs, amongst other things.
** The nomadic Barachies Tribes, descended from the remains of the fallen Alzachs Empire, who in turn were started by House Geldring.
* PotentialApplications - Lilith, a form of TheVirus developed out of research by genius Cleric [[MeaningfulName Judecca Scryott]] five thousand years ago, was immediately weaponized by the Sanjuran government and was used against its greatest enemy at the time. As expected of this trope, the whole thing [[GoneHorriblyRight went horribly right]].
* PoweredArmor - This is so ubiquitous with the Tekgnos that their standard {{Mooks}}, the Mobile Troopers, are equipped with them. Reena's Typhon-36 is apparently a custom job.
* PowersThatBe - The Divinities, in general, but more specifically, the Three Seated.
* PraetorianGuard - The PraetorianGuard, who are actually WarriorMonks.
* {{Precursors}} - The Alzachs Empire, which was, ironically, preceded ''and'' outlived by Sanjuras. Sanjuras itself would count, if it didn't still exist.
* ProudScholarRace - The Tekgnos. "Knowledge is Power" indeed. Also a HigherTechSpecies, despite being the youngest of the four superpowers.
* PsychoLesbian - Reena.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld - Allein claims to have been around for several thousand. Apparently, she spent them ''somewhere else'', considering she knows next to nothing about any Paraisan culture. By extension, the Philosopher, and any other recurring divinity. Hermea wants to live long enough to boast of being this.
* RecycledInSpace - Hermea is essentially a GenderFlip [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya Kyon]] [[foldercontrol]]

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* RedBaron - The divinities [[IHaveManyNames have many badass nicknames]]... except for Allein, who is stuck with the not-quite-flattering title of "Least Dragon Goddess".
** Reena "The Wildfire" Adverse.
** Hollis "Pinball" Kethram
* RedEyesTakeWarning - Janace and Marshal Dovian. Lord Robert takes it a step further with Red GlowingEyesOfDoom.
* SamusIsAGirl - See TheFaceless example above.
* SandWorm - The Vragarian Sand Worm, which is actually a giant subterranean legless lizard that feeds on ''sand plankton'' (and whatever happens to be standing on it at the time). Another one, with giant forelegs and highly-corrosive acid used for tunneling, is the aptly-named That Which Resides Beneath, the avatar of the Goddess of Earth (it would more accurately be called a Sand ''[[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dragon]]''.
* SchizoTech - [[RevolversAreJustBetter Revolvers]], [[EnergyWeapon laser guns]], {{BFS}}'s, bows and arrows, flintlock pistols... the list goes on.
* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale - Defied by the author, who did some serious number crunching to figure out just how many [[KillSat Kill Sats]] with a certain firing range would it take to surround a solar system at a radius of 50000 AU without leaving any blindspots.
* ShoutOut - Allein starts fires by [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist snapping her fingers]].
** Reena Adverse is [[{{Literature/Slayers}} notorious for blowing lots of things up with fire-based attacks, her first name can easily be mistaken for a case of]] SpellMyNameWithAnS, [[{{Literature/Slayers}} and her last name is more or less a bastardization of "Inverse"]].
*** She also uses a {{BFG}} called a Barachies Automatic Rifle, which shortens to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browning_Automatic_Rifle BAR]].
** Many high-ranking officials in the Tekgnos Federation have names that are [[SignificantAnagram anagrams]] of prominent SciFi writers. The names are usually relevant to their fields. Marshal Qrent [[Creator/IsaacAsimov Movisa]], for example, heads the [[HumongousMecha Humongous]] [[MechaMooks Mecha Mook]] division, while Marshal [[Franchise/StarshipTroopers Rico]] [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Heilenin]] is in charge of designing and developing PoweredArmor. Also, other Tekgnos leaders are references to the Great Houses of TabletopGame/BattleTech, Marshal Dovian being the most prominent example.
* SimilarSquad - No. 928 Special Operations Unit's members have abilities that mirror or otherwise contrast with the skills of the members of the 1001st. Would have been a case of PsychoRangers, if it weren't for the fact that the Tekgnos didn't have a choice [[spoiler:since all of their ''better'' candidates were off on a preemptive invasion]].
* SpaceMarine - The Mobile Troopers, who enter combat via [[ItsRainingMen drop pod]].
* SquadNickname - Each of the first 23 task forces of the Thousand Hands gets one, one for each letter of the Sanjuran alphabet. Thus the 1st Task Force is known as "Adamus", the 16th "Qurinus", etc.
* SquishyWizard - Played with to varying degrees.
** Sanjuran Clerics subvert this. They ''look'' like the traditional SquishyWizard, but because of their ridiculous HealingFactor, it's going to take completely crushing them, at the very least, to kill one. Probably the reason why the Clergy never developed [[DeflectorShields barrier spells]].
** The J'bieri magician caste averts this, hailing from a species that has evolved to naturally being MadeOfIron, as their brand of magic requires a powerful physique to control.
** Feldian Armsmiths use magic that makes them more effective in the forge, such as strength and durability buffs. That they also go into battle wearing magically hardened SteamPunk PoweredArmor also helps defy this.
** Tekgnos Logisticians, the closest thing to wizards, are soldiers, and thus naturally tough. Not as tough as the others, but when somebody like Ferreck pulls a [[{{BFG}} Data Eradicator Cannon]] out of Dataspace, you tend to not ask questions.
* SteamPunk - The Feld Kingdom is presently at this level.
* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien - The Tekgnos believe that this is what Maros-Brhan is. Locke believes that these are what the gods are at best.
* {{Technopath}} - If it's a sufficiently advanced machine, Locke can possess it.
* {{Telepathy}} - Clerics are capable of 'Tapping' into the minds of any living creature through Eden. This allows them to [[MindProbe read minds]] and engage in telepathic conversation. This skill is Hermea's forte.
* ThemeNaming - Allein's sisters all have names that start with A and have something to do with their respective [[FisherKing cosmic responsibilities]]. Allein is an OddNameOut. And naturally, being sisters, this extends to them having [[ThemeInitials the same initials A.T.]]. The Tekgnos also seem to use Greek names for various things.
** [[ThePhilosopher Hobbes, Locke, and Calvin]]. It should be noted that it was Locke who gave Calvin her name, and thus isn't so much a philosopher as a cat with a philosopher's name.
** The first names of No. 928 Unit's members all have a double letter. Hollis, Ferreck, Deeds, and Reena. Breaking that down further, the males' double letters are consonants, and the females' are vowels (or just e).
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill - The Tekgnos treat each target as SeriousBusiness, and will send anywhere from a hundred to a ''thousand'' troops armed with PoweredArmor, [[TankGoodness tanks]], gunships, and HumongousMecha, furthermore supported by [[DeathFromAbove airstrikes]], [[KillSat Kill Sats]], and a StandardSciFiFleet, to attack a small, isolated city-state with nothing better than [[TheMiddleAges middle age]] technology. If they don't feel the need to preserve the land and its natural resources, or if they feel that intelligence has provided insufficient information, they'll just NukeEm from orbit. Twice. They don't take any chances. This would usually be considered as wasteful of resources (some would say vain), but then again, they ''are'' pretty savvy and probably do this to [[DefiedTrope ensure they don't end up with]] RockBeatsLaser.
* TinTyrant - Lord Robert, and General Adellis.
* TownWithADarkSecret - Lampshaded in conjunction with ContrivedCoincidence.
--> '''Hermea''': It seems like ''every'' small town we've been to outside of Sanjuras turns out to be the home or napping place of an [[EldritchAbomination ancient, terrifying, incomprehensible]]-
--> '''Locke and Allein''': Ahem.
--> '''Hermea:''' [[SarcasmMode Sorry]]. Only ''mostly'' incomprehensible entity from beyond time and space, which then gets obliterated by a Tekgnos [[KillSat space laser]] less than two days after we arrive.
--> '''Hobbes''': Perhaps it is an article of fate that we have such patterned encounters.
--> '''Hermea''': More like an article from a [[SelfDeprecation badly written story]]...
* TricksterGod - Astmahn Tyamà t, one of Allein's sisters, who takes up so many different avatars that her worshipers are in constant argument over what her canonical appearance should be. Goddess of the [[BlowYouAway air]].
* TwoLinesNoWaiting - The Philosopher-Varius interactions in between chapters/episodes. The author specifically decided to write ''Birds of Our Paradise'' so that the two of them could get some CharacterFocus and CharacterDevelopment.
* UselessUsefulSpell - Despite being an expert at Tapping, Hermea can't use it on her group, as Karan and Hobbes have such willpower to block mind readers, and probing Allein or Locke's heads will [[GoMadFromTheRevelation melt her mind]].
* WarriorMonk - The PraetorianGuard is of the western variety, while Hobbes and his people are of the eastern variety.
* WideEyedIdealist - Allein seems to think that mortals are the nicest thing to come around since toilet paper.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever - Apparently, the world sucks enough that the only person who ever chose to live forever considered it a HeroicSacrifice to warn everybody else how forever sucks.
* WindsOfDestinyChange - The Great Goddess Niorne.
* WordSaladTitle - The author more or less invoked this, considering its {{Animesque}} style. Our Paradise Lost is basically ''Literature/ParadiseLost'' with 'Our', an apparently random word pulled out of a dictionary, tacked on the front, and doesn't really mean anything.
* TheWorldTree - Mugen, the Tree of Life, towers over mountains, is visible from hundreds of miles away, and bears fruit every eight years, which are used as critical components of Castra. Beneath its canopy lies the Garden, a self-sustaining ecology, and an area where the soil is rendered supernaturally fertile.
* WriterOnBoard - If you wonder why the [[PoweredArmor Mobile Troopers]] suffer far less casualties than the [[HumongousMecha ComBorgs]] when fighting against the heroes despite being inferior, it's because {{Essex}} is biased in favor of PoweredArmor and against HumongousMecha. He also [[PetPeeveTrope despises]] RockBeatsLaser.
* WrongGenreSavvy - Sanjuran literature apparently has tropes that differ from our own. Hermea is consequently of the opinion that they're [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption doomed to failure]].]
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