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[[caption-width-right:220:The end of the utopia is just the beginning. ]]

''Darkness Rising'' is a semi-lit demon apocalyptic role-play on Website/GaiaOnline. It was created by bakarashi (now Kannabyss) in the summer of 2009.

In 2012, the world is starting to reach its end when the Hell Gate is opened. A war goes between the humans and demons, being called The Cleansing by many. Over thousands of people have died, but have they allowed easy defeat? No; the humans managed to keep their place on the top by 2013. The demons are coming out of hiding.... With some new additions to their race among the way.

The original [[http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/barton-town/darkness-rising-closed/t.51201793/ can be found here.]] ''Scorched Earth'', its first sequel, [[http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/barton-town/scorched-earth-closed/t.52359667/ is here]] The final canon installment, ''Trilogy of Hell'' is found [[http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/barton-town/trilogy-of-hell-closed/t.54226001/ here.]]

Please don't confuse this with ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' episode ''Darkness Rising.'' Or the game ''VideoGame/ScorchedEarth''. Blame the author for creating the names without knowing either exist.
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!!''Darkness Rising'' contains examples of:
* AerithAndBob: People named Allison and Jess are upon Zircon and Armageddon. Please note that these are their original names.
%%* AfterTheEnd: The whole point of The Cleansing.
* AllThereInTheManual: In the OOC and profiles, you can find information such as the characters’ theme songs, the whole truth about Hakumei’s past, and their personal interests.
* AnyoneCanDie: By the end of ''Scorched Earth'', the official dead list includes: [[spoiler:Steam, Beatrice, Crow, Jaxon, Alex, Hero, Wren, and Kira. ]]
%%* BackFromTheDead: Pretty much every demon.
%%* BackToBackBadasses: Laire and another unknown reaper.
%%* BeigeProse: Some of the writers use this. Q and Kanna [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools can pull it off.]]
* BittersweetEnding: Mostly on the sweet side, but the bitter’s there. [[spoiler:All life in the world goes into the afterlife, but at least Satan’s troops are defeated. Then it’s revealed that Armageddon exploded herself among with it, and will never be coming back. Odin gets depressed, because he says that it was supposed to be him instead. Then Neil finds out that he’s now death god, but he will never see his master ever again. Pike gets a romantic ending of her own with Neil. Then Laire, Hakumei and Laire’s old girlfriend meet, with Laire running off into the plains at the end. She then says, “Oh well.” Arkana is seen stomping into Hell to talk with his brother. Yoshida and Miharu end up getting married. Willow awakes to find her childhood friends Zircon and Yosuke, and now they‘re all happy friends again! The rest of the characters’ faith is pretty open-ended, so it’s mostly subject to your own interpretation.]]
* BilingualBonus:
** Most of the meaningful names. Most of them don't have translations, so knowing some basic Japanese while reading this is helpful.
** In-universe example: Hakumei and Destiny speak in fluent [[SuprisinglyGoodEnglish Chinese]], and no one else can understand them. There is a translation however.
* BlackAndGreyMorality: The protagonists lie more towards the neutral side, but the antagonists are a lot worse.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: "And then Neil took a smoke break as he waited for Suijouki to post."
* ChildSoldiers:
** Allison joined the military when she was ''twelve''.
** Jaysen is seventeen and a professional demon hunter. This may be justified since ''his'' military probably accepts younger kids in need of people.
* CrossoverCosmology: It seems that God, Satan and Armageddon rules over the rest of them.
%%* DarkIsNotEvil: The main protagonist and most of other demons. Almost.
%%* DoomedHometown: Neilville for Neil, Pike and possibly Laire. Funny how Neil thought he was the only survivor.
%%** Athica for Keiki.
%%* TheEnd: These are the endings of each:
%%** ''Darkness Rising'': THE END… Or is it?
%%** ''Scorched Earth'': THE END.
%%** ''Trilogy of Hell'': The original creator posted: "And they all lived happy ever after… I guess. The end! Finally…" The last IC post ends with Willow saying: “I didn’t really expect this '''ending''', did you?”
* EverybodyDiesEnding: The trippy ending of Trilogy. [[spoiler:Everyone ends up going to Hell, Heaven or the afterlife through a massive explosion]]
* FantasticRacism: Between the demons and humans. There's also some between ex-humans with demons and humans.
%%* {{Filler}}: '''So much.'''
%%** The characters meeting the military demons.
%%** The main female heroines going to the mall.
* FlippingTheBird:
** Neil does it to Hero.
--->'''Hero:''' And you're so scary.\\
'''Neil:''' I try. *Middle finger*
** Odin makes a giant one out of light.
%%* FlowerMotifs: Roses. Mostly with Alex, but Neil and Pike have their black roses.
* GodJob: Being a Reaper. Neil describes it as, "Being the assassins of god."
* AGoodNameForARockBand: Kasou was in one that was both a "The" band and a punctuated title. It was called "The Penalty for Treason is..."
* GratuitousJapanese: Pike, Yoshida and Miharu regularly engage in this. Especially Pike, who picked it up for no reason at all.
* {{Honorifics}}: Pike picks up on using them with everyone, especially around higher authority. Yoshida and Miharu use them too.
* ImmortalImmaturity: Yoshida still says things like, "Pike's got a boyfriend!" and acts like a teenager when he's over 200. The gods and the ''really'' old characters can also act like teenagers at times.
* LoveDodecahedron: Oh boy. Jess and Hakumei like Laire. Laire and Hakumei are currently dating. Hakumei is given a chance to run away with Alex. Alex and Beatrice have mutual love for each other. The result is: [[spoiler:Jess is left alone, Hakumei and Laire continue to date, and Alex and Beatruce die.]] This wouldn't be put out of place in a high school harem anime.
* LoveTriangle: Pike and Neil are dating, but [[spoiler:Armageddon]] may/may not love Neil.
* MenDontCry: Averted, the male characters can cry whenever the hell they want. Neil doesn’t like seeing people cry, but that’s because he hates seeing people cry. Arkana though, thinks that “Crying never helped anyone.” after he cries. (Which Pike obliviously quotes to no end.) It’s more of [[InvertedTrope Women Don’t Cry.]] Save for Pike, most of the girls aren’t seen crying. Well.. Pike tries to suppress, but she just explodes anyways.
* OppositesAttract: Violence-hating Pike is with remorseless Neil.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: They're humanoids with powers and lose most of their sanity.
* {{Pun}}:
-->'''Hero:''' Neil down to me.
%%* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Hakumei, especially her old posts.
%%* PurpleProse: Pike's posts. Not the worst, but still pretty bad.
* RougeAnglesOfSatin: Everywhere.
** Some examples, "Hot because she's fat." and "im his arms."
** Most of Aka's and Zonbi's posts are this. This may be because the writer lives in a different country.
* ShoutOut:
** There are constant references to ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga''.
** Hakumei sings songs like [[Music/GreenDay "It Ends Tonight"]], [[Music/SayAnything "Colorblind"]] and [[Music/MyChemicalRomance "Teenagers"]].
** There are constant ''Manga/DeathNote'' references, too. "Kira" as a demon hunter? There’s even a monster that looks like Ryuk.
** [[Film/Batman1989 "Tell me, Neil. Do you dance with the devil in the moonlight?”]] Neil himself replies with, [[LampshadeHanging "Don't you think that quote is a bit overused?" ]]
** Pike thinks of ''Anime/BurstAngel'' when Angel mentions someone called “Bakuretsu.”
** "Now see. You don't fuck with me. Why? Because, if you're squeezing me you're squeezing the [[Film/TheGodfather Corleones.]] And its not a good idea to squeeze the Corleones. So like I said, don't fuck with me." No one else catches on in-universe.
** "The gods shall destroy your soul." Vandal said as he grabbed [[spoiler:Steam's]] soul and [[Manga/DeathNote ate it.]]
** Satan randomly plays "Vicarious" by Music/{{Tool}} on a guitar.
* SleepCute: Laire and Haku fall asleep on each other in ''Scorched Earth.''
%%** Neil and Pike at the end of ''Scorched Earth''.
%%* SoHappyTogether: Yoshida and Miharu [[spoiler:before she's killed.]]
* TakeThat:
** The roleplay likes to insult ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'', and Hakumei could be possibly a parody/deconstruction of the Cullens.
--->'''Hakumei''': The only thing we share is our diet.
** "Even though it was a good anime, she made the romance look like fail. So much peppiness outside of the gothic clothing. Even though I'm not that dark too..." Pike is thinking this about [[Manga/DeathNote Misa]]. The original thought had to do with orgasms. Oh yeah, she insults Misa ''again'' during the story.
** Laire and Pike don't like Abercrombie. Figures.
** Zonbi the zombie thinks that [[Series/BarneyAndFriends Barney]] is horrifying and that the creator should get shot. He's only four.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Almost everyone is helplessly insane, but they only each other to spill their emotion too. Justified with the time and place.
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch:
** Neil: "You have to do better than that, bitch!"
** Armageddon while crushing a demon's head.
--->"You little bitch!"
** Michael to the BigBad:
--->"You gave me your back, bitch!"
* TimeSkip: ''Scorched Earth'' skips by five years, ''Trilogy of Hell'' by one year.
%%* WHAMEpisode: ''Trilogy of Hell'' as a whole is this trope.
%%** The real reason why [[spoiler: the Cleansing happened]]
%%** When [[spoiler: Armageddon kills herself]]
%%* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Basically every character that disappears.
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude:
-->'''Willow:''' Who names their kid Apocalypse?
%%* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Boy, let's not even get started... Let's just say that they get worse and worse. There's only a fraction that avert this trope, and most of them are girls.
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