Law Of Talos was an OriginalCharacterTournament held by Website/DeviantArt's [[http://sins-of-angels.deviantart.com/ Sins-of-Angels]]. Started in 2008 and taking place in an abandoned steampunk city with a machine that can grant one person's wish. Unlike most [=OCTs=], Law of Talos bypassed the audition process and only invited artists who had made a name for themselves in previous tournaments. As a result, it became one of the most popular [=OCTs=] on Website/DeviantArt and is the TropeCodifier for many tournament conventions. The prompt story and process can be found [[http://sins-of-angels.deviantart.com/journal/19365249/ here]].

The winner was [[http://blacklillian.deviantart.com/ BlackLillian]] with Annie and the Professor (her story starts [[http://blacklillian.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d1jainb here]]), second place going to [[http://unknown-person.deviantart.com/ Unknown-Person]] with Karl (starts [[http://unknown-person.deviantart.com/art/LoT-entering-Taitle-93323809 here]]) however, to get the whole picture, reading the other entries is recommended.

A full guide of the rounds can be found in the [[{{Trivia/LawOfTalos}} trivia page]].

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!!This OCT contains examples of the following tropes:
* AdorableEvilMinions: Lilith's army is made of creepy dolls... but when you get to see them interact on [[http://endling.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d1ltwxe mission]] it's hard pressed not to like them.
* AnimateInanimateObject: Karl and Arma are type III, in keeping with many of the other characters borrowed from Unknown-Person's personal project, 'Castle of Nations'. In this case, they're actually [[LivingStatue concrete statues]].
** Spoiler's sword, Rip, which contains what's left of his brother.
%%* ArtificialLimbs: Steffi's left leg.
* AuthorAvatar: Del, Rellik's Artist ends up in a sticky situation when she gets dragged into the contest.
%%* AxCrazy: Karl. Just... Karl.
* BabiesEverAfter: The epilogue, for [[spoiler: Annie and the Professor]] anyway.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler: Go die in '''''New Jersey!''''']]
** ExactWords: "Okay, you won't die ''here..."''
* BerserkButton: Do NOT mess with Karl's ability to play the violin!
%%* {{Bifauxnen}}: Kit Bates. See how Rellick [[SamusIsAGirl found out she was a girl]] [[http://exileddelusion.deviantart.com/gallery/5239644#/d1n8j7u]].
%%* BreakoutCharacter: Karl and Arma are possibly the biggest examples. ''[[DracoInLeatherPants The fangirls are everywhere.]]''
%%** You could also count the Chimbley Sweep.
%%** Don't forget Mizuno.
%%* CatGirl: Del.
%%* CloudCuckoolander: Murphy definitely qualifies.
* ConsummateLiar: Karl. His friendly demeanor throws off most of his opponents, at least in the earlier matches. The stress of the tournament chips away at his cool head over time, but to be fair it's hard to look innocent when you're covered in blood.
--> '''Chimbley:''' ...and wot the 'ell 'appened to your eye?
--> '''Karl:''' Oh, this? [[CutHimselfShaving I just fell down a bunch of stairs]]...
* CulturedBadass: The Professor, with some shades of WickedCultured.
* {{Cyborg}}: Spoiler
* EverybodyLives: [[spoiler: The result of the winning wish.]]
* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler: Literally]]
* FalseReassurance: In round three, Karl slices off a random guard's hand...
--> '''Karl:''' Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to cut off your hand... ''[cuts off his '''''head''''']''
* FuelMeterOfPower: Karl. It's implied that the living constructs from the Castle of Nations suffer from this when they leave the park.
* HeyYouHaymaker: A variation: Murphy, thanks to his encounter with the contestant whose spot he took, thinks this is the proper way to say hello in Taitle. The open-minded robot is perfectly happy to bow to local custom, which causes him some difficulty in the beginning.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: "Josh has led a shit life, and he wants to do one good thing to make up for it."
* HumanityEnsues: [[spoiler:Having died over the course of the tournament, Karl and Murphy are turned into humans when the Professor wishes for [[EverybodyLives everyone to come back to life]].]]
* InstantSedation: On of Rellik's more... interesting powers. Using the mild sedative in his saliva he subdued Kit Bates for his victory.
* KarmicTransformation: [[spoiler: After winning the tournament, the Professor wished to restore the lives everyone who lost one in the battles. However, the Wish Machine interprets this as restoring all lives to human bodies, turning Murphy and Karl into humans in the process. Mind you, Karl ''despises'' humans.]]
* LiteralMinded: Murphy, very much so.
* LivingStatue: Karl and Arma, though that aren't the colossus variety.
* LivingWeapon: Rip and Arma, The former being of the [[TalkingWeapon talking variety]] and the latter being of the [[MorphWeapon morphing kind]] with a default bird form.
** Also The Brave's sword(?)
* LoveMakesYouEvil: All-but-confirmed theory on Karl's backstory. For a violently sociopathic misanthropist, he's relatively civil to the red-haired gal in his hallucinations (later named Rachel), though little is certain about their relationship save for the fact that she taught him how to play the violin.
** An [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation alternate theory]] is that Karl is actually looking for her (perhaps intending to use his wish to bring her to him) and that, conversely, he's just evil in general and she's the only person to whom he's at all decent.
* MadnessMantra: "I killed your wife."
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: [[AuthorAvatar Del]] seems like this towards Rellik, whom she is constantly acting childish towards and gives nicknames.
* MorphWeapon: Arma; when not transforming into whatever weapon Karl needs at the moment, she takes the form a raven.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Greg and Renfield the Vampwolves... Yes, Vampire Werewolves!
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: ''Very'' different in the case of [[http://kilojara16.deviantart.com/art/LoT-Ayshia-Nadya-91561422 Ayshia]]. She resembles a satyr far more, but she can apparently breathe fire.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Rellik and Faust. They don't really see eye to eye.
%%* OutlawCouple: Annie and the Professor, to a tee.
%%* PowerSource: Karl's reason for entering the tournament.
* RidiculouslyFastConstruction: Erik Pockets
* RuleOfFunny: [=ConcentrationMoon=] rarely portrayed Chimbley's opponents in-character, but rather parodied them, and it is glorious.
* RunningGag: Chimbley's not much of a fighter (more of a 'flighter', really) so most of his opponents tend to get disqualified somehow. That is, until [[spoiler: Karl [[AxCrazy hacked the security to pieces]]]].
* ScaryShinyGlasses: The Professor, ''especially'' in the finale, in which they're [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]].
%%* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Steffi and Ben.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Todd. It appears that his partner, Ayshia, intended to wish away his PTSD.
%%* SlasherSmile: Karl
%%* SteamPunk: Played pretty straight with the city of Taitle. It's got clockworks and everything.
%%* StreetUrchin: Chimbley Sweep
** Kit Bates
* SuperPoweredEvilSide: Spoiler's counterpart, Black Ace.
* TalkingApplianceSidekick: The Intelligent Bombs of the Vampwolves. Since neither Greg or Renfield can talk it's up to the bombs to supply all their dialog.
* TalkingToThemself: Mizuno, much the confusion of those around him.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Delivered to Karl by Rellik on the emptiness of Karl's life.
* TournamentArc: Every character in the tournament is competing for a free wish.
* TwitchyEye: Karl has this tic, though it gets gradually more frequent as the tournament goes on.
* VillainProtagonist: Karl, Lilith, The Vampwolves all dominated the early parts of the contest but in the end only Karl was able to make it.
* WeCanRebuildHim: In Spoiler's backstory: He was in a car accident which caused him to lose most of his body, and his brother to lose his completely.
* WrenchWench: Steffi is this, even at the age of fourteen.

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!!Contestants:
* [[http://auryn.deviantart.com Auryn]] with Joshua Bell, Intro: [[http://auryn.deviantart.com/art/LoT-Josh-s-Intro-1-92706978]]
* [[http://blacklillian.deviantart.com BlackLillian]] with Annie and The Professor, Intro: [[http://blacklillian.deviantart.com/art/LoT-Wrenches-and-Gears-92869607]]
* [[http://cailencrow.deviantart.com/ CailenCrow]] with Erik Pockets, Intro: [[http://cailencrow.deviantart.com/art/A-Final-Wish-93327738]]
* [[http://cirihtt.deviantart.com Cirihtt]] with Mizuno, Intro: [[http://cirihtt.deviantart.com/art/LoT-Intro-93412049]] [Though it has been put in storage since.]
* [[http://clairvoire.deviantart.com ClairVoire]] with The Brave, Intro: [[http://clairvoire.deviantart.com/art/Law-of-Talos-Intro-93206469]]
* [[http://conartist18.deviantart.com Conartist18]] with Morrow Stone, Intro: [[http://conartist18.deviantart.com/art/LoT-Ch-1-Prohibition-Plants-92726928]]
* [[http://concentrationmoon.deviantart.com/ ConcentrationMoon]] with the Chimbley Sweep, Intro: [[http://concentrationmoon.deviantart.com/art/LoT-Chimbley-Sweep-Intro-1-92705879]]
* [[http://cyrilthewizard.deviantart.com CyrilTheWizard]] with Murphy, Intro: [[http://cyrilthewizard.deviantart.com/art/LoT-Enter-Murphy-1-91916675]]
* [[http://devilchicka.deviantart.com DevilChicka]] with Femke and Marion, Intro: [[http://devilchicka.deviantart.com/art/LoT-The-beginning-93330316]]
* [[http://endling.deviantart.com Endling]] with Lilith, Intro: [[http://endling.deviantart.com/art/LoT-Prologue-Know-Thyself-92561360]]
* [[http://exileddelusion.deviantart.com/ ExiledDelusion]] with Rellik, Intro: [[http://exileddelusion.deviantart.com/art/LoT-Rellik-Introduction-92903710]]
* [[http://gottschalk.deviantart.com GottsChalk]] with Saph, Intro: [[http://gottschalk.deviantart.com/art/LoT-IntroducingSaph-93292220]]
* [[http://haveconquest.deviantart.com HaveConquest]] with Faust, Intro: no longer online
* [[http://iriszeible.deviantart.com IrisZeible]] with Dembe and Yan Qian, Intro: [[http://iris-zeible.deviantart.com/art/LoT-intro-Fire-and-Wind-1-93327641]]
* [[http://izuma.deviantart.com Izuma]] with Lucia Albatross, Intro: [[http://izuma.deviantart.com/art/LoT-intro-pt-1-92399096]]
* [[http://thejohnsondesign.deviantart.com/ TheJohnsonDesign]] with Lester Mole, Intro: [[http://thejohnsondesign.deviantart.com/art/Eagle-sReach-LoT-DONE-REF-93330141]]
* [[http://kilojara16.deviantart.com Kilojara16]] with Ayshia and Todd, Intro: [[http://kilojara16.deviantart.com/art/LoT-Semper-Fi-pg1-92778267]]
* [[http://lanhao.deviantart.com LanHao]] with Mikah and Ramy, Intro: [[http://lanhao.deviantart.com/art/LoT-Intro-01-93322737]]
* [[http://lan-kun.deviantart.com/ Lan-Kun]] with Greg and Renfield, Intro: [[http://lan-kun.deviantart.com/art/Dropping-the-bomb-93332941]]
* [[http://lunacat-chan.deviantart.com Lunacat-Chan]] with Nerida Hayle, Intro: no longer online
* [[http://manic-pixie.deviantart.com Manic-Pixie]] with Kit Bates, Intro: [[http://manic-pixie.deviantart.com/art/Lot-No-Such-Fairytale-1-92036430]]
* [[http://marcks.deviantart.com Marcks]] with Euria, Intro: No longer online
* [[http://prominenceflare.deviantart.com ProminenceFlare]] & [[http://garagos.deviantart.com Garagos]] with Antonius, Eli and Keith, Intro: [[http://garagos.deviantart.com/art/LoT-Intro-pt-1-92757130]]
* [[http://rave8259.deviantart.com Rave8259]] with Kato Kuromizu, Intro: [[http://roninsultramix.deviantart.com/art/LoT-Intro-93047795]]
* [[http://rikyo.deviantart.com/ Rikyo]] with Thomberry Gange, Intro: [[http://rikyo.deviantart.com/art/Eagle-sReach-00-Law-of-Talos-93331306]]
* [[http://rocker-artist.deviantart.com Rocker-Artist]] with Jinam Vinalli, Intro: [[http://rocker-artist.deviantart.com/art/LoT-00-The-17th-Entrant-Pt-1-93327201]]
* [[http://shikaksuika.deviantart.com Shikakusuika]] with Steffi, Intro: [[http://shikakusuika.deviantart.com/art/LoT-Intro-Comic-p1-2-92619940]] (Steffi now stars in her own comic, ''Webcomic/KiwiBlitz''.)
* [[http://unknown-person.deviantart.com/ Unknown-Person]] with Karl, Intro: [[http://unknown-person.deviantart.com/art/LoT-entering-Taitle-93323809]]
* [[http://zen-dragon-pyro.deviantart.com Zen-Dragon-Pyro]] with [Unknown character], Intro: no longer online
* [[http://zeurel.deviantart.com/ Zeurel]] with Spoiler, Intro: [[http://zeurel.deviantart.com/art/LoT-Lost-Keys-Part-1-91830186]]
* [[http://zombiebunnypro.deviantart.com ZombieBunnyPro]] with Moth, Intro: no longer online
* [[http://zombiesmile.deviantart.com ZombieSmile]] with Ko-omote, Intro: [[http://zombiesmile.deviantart.com/art/LoT-Intro-92963094]]