The Undercity is an ongoing fantasy MSPA Forum Adventure (a comic unrelated to MS Paint Adventures but maintaining the same "faux adventure game" format, hosted on the MS Paint Adventures forums), written and drawn by forums user Crumplepunch.
This fantasy story features quite a lot of characters in both controllable and supporting roles, many of whom are contributing to or particpating in what is shaping up to be an sizable Gambit Pileup. To make matters more confusing, the story unfolds seemingly at random throughout multiple time periods at the behest of a Lemony Narrator with ADD.
It can be found here
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This work provides examples of:
- Deadpan Snarker: Charlotte and Josip especially, but just about everyone snarks except Tri. Maybe.
- Evil Mentor: Tiberius, possibly. His motives remain opaque, but he has intentionally put Josip in danger. Tiberius does seem worried about it, though.
- Evil Versus Evil:
- Selmurande is released to fight The Emperor.
- It's also quite hard to place who we are meant to root for in the brewing Mob War between La Patrie and the 'Forge.
- Impossible Thief: Tsec, in spades. In his first appearance, he pickpocketed two rifles and a top hat from the other side of the room.
- Names to Run Away from Really Fast:
- The Hand of the Lord Unseen sounds pretty ominous.
- Not to mention The Yggalach,
Father of Orphans, The Spider That Snares the World.
- Straight Man: Josip is prone to neurotic monologues and lengthy rants, but compared to Tri and Charlotte he's a bastion of stability.
- Pragmatic Villainy: Eisenbach doesn't take revenge for a theft... but he jumps at the chance when someone pays for it.
- Tempting Fate: "What could possibly go wrong?" is practically a catch phrase.
- Voluntary Shapeshifting:
- Tri can turn into a pigeon.
- And possibly a bear.
