->''Everything is holy! everybody's holy! everywhere is holy! everyday is in eternity! Everyman's an angel! / The bum's as holy as the seraphim! the madman is holy as you my soul are holy!''
-->-- Creator/AllenGinsberg, [[Literature/Howl1955 "Footnote to Howl"]]

The UsefulNotes/NaNoWriMo project of troper Tropers/KriegsaffeNo9. The first book (of a planned three) is nearing completion. You can find it at his website [[http://kriegsaffeno9.deviantart.com/gallery/?23654779#NaNoWriMo-09 here]]. He swears he'll stop adding tropes to this entry after this one... last... edit... and leave the thing to its own devices.

The story involves an ensemble cast as they inadvertently take part in a massive bid for power by an unknown force. Well, some of them do so inadvertently...

Among the characters are Shell, a holy woman who is 13 years old and [[BizarreAlienBiology 13 years pregnant]]; her bodyguard Pom, an awkward [[ActionGirl yet thoroughly badass]] wasp girl; Culex Nit, Pom's adoptive mother and [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking the leader]] [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership of their people]]; Casse Ulrich, a [[BrokenBird tragic lady]] with a [[DarkActionGirl dark secret]]; and Madeline Blueberry, a humble but skilled baker [[AllLovingHero who is not who she seems.]]

Book 1, ''Leaving Hope,'' is complete and may be found [[https://www.deviantart.com/kriegsaffeno9/gallery/23654779/nanowrimo-09 here]]. It's currently undergoing a second draft, which involves some sweeping changes to the story. Book 2, ''A Fool's Devotion,'' is on hiatus, but scheduled for completion this [=NaNoWriMo=].

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!!Provides Examples Of:

* AllThereInTheManual: There's a prequel series, "Beginnings," which lays out some of the back story for the story. One earlier story is essentially a prototype for the novel and is currently non-canon.
** There are several other side stories which may be integrated into the novel at various points.
%%* AndIMustScream: The fate of spiders struck down by wasps.
%%* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Fitz.]]
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: The World Devourers, which are spiders big enough to crush buildings.
%%* BarrierWarrior: Shell, and other members of her lineage.
* BizarreAlienBiology: Incarnates are [[OneGenderRace all female]], each with their own method of reproduction, along with other genetic quirks and oddities which define their specie.
* ButchLesbian: Pom is tall, athletic, and has short hair (though in this setting ''every'' woman has short hair unless they are mothers).
* CallASmeerpARabbit: Incarnates all look human despite being called cockroaches, wasps, etc. The actual insects and arachnids are called motes, e.g. cockroach motes, wasp motes, etc.
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Razorborn cybernetics is most definitely impossible. It works anyway.
* {{Cyborg}}: The Razorborn make no sense whatsoever, and they like it that way, thank you very much.
%%* DeathByOriginStory: Casse's husband and daughter.
* FaceFullOfAlienWingWong: How the wasps reproduce--it involves paralyzing a spider with a sting, then impregnating their still-living bodies with broodlings.
* GiantSpider: Were-spiders are the boogeymen of the setting, and not without cause.
%%* GrayAndGrayMorality: Another theme.
* ImportantHaircut: Hair is an important social signifier in the setting, particularly for women. For example, only mothers may grow their hair long. Casse has very short hair, save for one long lock. In-setting, this is the haircut of a mother who's lost her children, shaving their heads save for one lock per lost child.
* KickTheDog: Wasps kick the dog just to continue existing. Spiders kicked the dog one too many times.
* KillItWithFire: IIRC, Pom gets a hold of a flamethrower-y thing towards the climax of the book.
** That would be an actual flamethrower mounted for a ''cyborg's giant robot body.'' Fire in general is a good weapon to use against spiders, particularly when delivered by grenades.
* LuminescentBlush: Pom sports one near the end of Book 1 after being [[TheGlomp glomped]] by Shell.
* OneGenderRace: One of the traits of Incarnates is that they are apparently all-female. It's a little more complicated than that, but not by much.
* OneHeadTaller: Pom is not only one head taller--by Book Two, Shell won't get much taller, but Pom will stabilize at around seven feet or so.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Spiders take on the role of both werewolf (animalistic combat-ready brawler) and vampire (suave, intelligent plotter with a supernatural edge). That's the stereotype, at least.
* PowerCreepPowerSeep: For version 2, [[TookALevelInBadass everyone goes up one level.]]
* RetCon: It's not technically a retcon if the story's not finished yet, is it? Still, some major details are going to be changed for the second version.
* {{Shapeshifting}}: Spiders, scorpions, and mosquitoes can transform into giant versions of regular arthropods. Mosquitoes turn into man-sized mosquitoes. Spiders, depending on their breed, on average turn into something the size of a horse. Scorpions turn into something the size of a small house.
%%* StalkerWithACrush: Hoo boy, Aren.
* SteamPunk: Just a smidgen in the Razorborn. [[spoiler:They're actually powered by a combination of tiny nuclear power plants and [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum the desire to transcend physical limits]].]] [[spoiler:They're not the only ones who love nuclear power...]]
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Shell is small and academic, Pom is tall and athletic.
* TheUnFavorite: Fitz is widely loathed by her teammates, while Culex is widely loathed by wasp society at large.
* VillainProtagonist: Depending on how you look at it, Casse may be the protagonist of the first book. Otherwise, the wasps do some pretty horrible stuff in the line of duty.
* WalkingTheEarth: The first book originally centered around a pilgrimage taken by the protagonists.
* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Shell is one of the few magic-users on the Bough. What's the one spell she's allowed to cast? Soul cage, which [[BubbleGun creates an orb of force around a human-sized target.]] And that's it.
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