History Fanfic / StarWarsParanormalitiesTrilogy

* PurpleEyes: Grein, of the [[MonochromaticEyes monochromatic]] variety, and this is one of her key physical traits. She is an anomaly in that her species, the Chiss, usually have red eyes. The in-universe reason for this trait is that [[spoiler: purple-eyed Chiss are now an endangered species because of an interspecies race cleansing during the days of the ancient Republic]]. Out of universe, this was specifically to avert the RedEyesTakeWarning trope since Forceless have red eyes already (and that the [[Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy most]] [[VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic notable]] of Chiss have been portrayed as villainous or working with villains).

** There is one infested with [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods Dianogas]] on Sleheyron. Lampshaded by Grein.

-->'''Gahmah Raan:''' "Some armor that is!"
-->'''Zolph Vaelor:''' "Yeah. Why do I get the feeling they never properly tested this armor?"
-->'''Gahmah Raan:''' [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall "Probably because someone out there had to make the grunts easy to kill."]]
* ArtificialLimb:

** Zolph's [[ArtificialLimb replacement arm]] has this function too. It is capable of sending Valkoran troopers flying and rendering a disruptor field generator permanently inoperable.

* DeadManSwitch: Admiral Gravlek in the first chapter of Episode I. HandWaved with bombs that react to the Admiral's vitals, and they were triggered when he got his limbs cut off.

After the ''Legends'' decision that [[ContinuityReboot rebooted]] the [[Literature/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]] in April 2014, Gahmah has decided to have this story embrace itself as a legend and have some older stories be legends InUniverse as well (for example, [[BroadStrokes some of those stories didn't exactly happen as they were portrayed]]).

** [[spoiler:Admiral Gravlek gets his eyes melted out by a deflected shot from his plasma pistol during his second duel with Zolph on the Doomsayer.]]

** Neur is an adorably optimistic [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Twi'lek]] [[CuteMonsterGirl girl]] (although [[HalfHumanHybrid half-human]]). However, you notice those head-tails? Those are cybernetic. She had her real ones lobotomized as a child and those replacements are the only thing keeping her mentally stable. If they break or malfunction, her mentality regresses to that of a [[CuteAndPsycho violently]] [[AxCrazy insane]] [[PsychopathicManchild child]].

** And just like Grein, [[spoiler:[[Really700YearsOld and not counting his chronological age, Maesterus, AKA Seferin Vaelor looks like he's still in his thirties despite being biologically in his mid-forties, thanks to a combination of being a generally light-sided Force user ([[EvilMakesYouUgly Dark Force users]] experience the [[YoungerThanTheyLook inverse]] of this trope) and the Forceless symbiote does very little to uglify him.]]

* PoweredArmor: Admiral Gravlek uses this in the first chapter of Episode I against Zolph. It's very protective and [[MightyGlacier powerful, but pretty slow in movement speed]]. [[spoiler:This same type of armor later became standard-issue for the [[EliteMooks Valkoran Exo-Troopers]]]].

** Episode II - Chapter 8 "The Enforcer": To both the midi-chlorian concept and [[DoingInTheWizard the general controversy against them]]. When Mursama is seen trying to train some of the Kur'Ada warriors to use the Force, they attempt to complain that their shortage of midi-chlorians makes them incapable of using the Force. Mursama then tells them that their counts don't really matter, that they are a mere biological indicator that isn't always accurate and that all living things can potentially use the Force. In Chapter 12, [[ImAHumanitarian Rakan the Devourer]] tries to eat Zolph, [[CannibalismSuperpower thinking that eating his midi-chlorians will make him a Jedi]], and Zolph has to point out [[InsaneTrollLogic how flawed his logic is]].

* ActionGirl: Grein, Hiriss Moraana, [[SamusIsAGirl R9-C4]] and Dynn Manthis, before and [[DarkActionGirl after]] she joins the Valkoran Empire.
* AffablyEvil:
** Maesterus. Others like [[FourStarBadass Admiral Marx Gravlek]], Dynn Manthis (when she joins them) and Arcidus also qualify. Subverted somewhat in that (most of) the Valkoran aren't necessarily evil.
** Gahmah Raan is this as well as LaughablyEvil, [[PunchClockVillain at least if he's working with the Valks.]]
** Surprisingly among the Forceless Collective (and for someone who was part of it since birth), Fafniros is one of the only known Archfiends with a code of honor.
** Also in the Forceless Collective, Stythanyx, who offers Zolph a chance to back out and make use of remaining days after being given a four-day death curse by the Hands.
* AllThereInTheManual: Gahmah also supplies out of story material like concept art and profiles.

* AnIcePerson:
** In addition to being able to [[MakingASplash liquefy herself]], Grein can also freeze those liquefied body parts into ice blades.
** Archfiend Cryosmn is also one if Grein is to be believed. [[TheUnfought Of course, we never see this firsthand]].
* AntiHero: Zolph Vaelor. He will only threaten or hurt people if they are damaging enough to deserve it (or if peaceful negotiations don't work), whether they are armed or not. [[FatBastard Va'Za the Hutt]] learned this the hard way... twice.

* AssholeVictim: Toydarian crimelord Girdretto gets possessed by a Forceless symbiote during the invasion of Sleheyron. [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice He is killed by Grein]] shortly after being possessed. [[DirtyCoward And he was willing to abandon his men once he was alerted to how dangerous they were]].

* AxCrazy:
** Doctor Thilid is a [[{{Cthulhumanoid}} Quarren]] [[MadScientist scientist]] working with the Valkoran that makes a habit of [[BrainFood eating prisoners' brains]] when she finds them no longer useful, not unlike the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Anzati]].
** Belluzub really enjoys torturing his foes as he kills them, even if it isn't exactly practical.
** [[PsychoForHire Gestroma]]. He's willing to use living creatures as bombs [[ForTheEvulz just to watch them explode]] and threatened to mount Zolph's head on his wall the next time they meet.
** PlayedForLaughs in [[HeroicComedicSociopath R9-C4's]] case. She isn't as blatant as the above characters, but she tends to be sadistically creative when killing people outside the astromech socket. And she does this as a way of [[PsychopathicManchild entertaining herself]].
** Archfiend Harphscor is about as psychotic as Belluzub.
** [[TheCaligula Masochus]] deserves special mention, as he was considered insane by even Sith standards. Notably, he takes perverse pleasure in butchering people whether he leaves them alive or not.
* BadAssNormal: Admiral Marx Gravlek, Besh Squad and later, [[spoiler: [[TookALevelInBadass Lieutenant Will Helms]]]].
* BadAssLongCoat: Zolph again. There's also Arcidus.

* HeartbrokenBadass: [[spoiler:Zolph, after Dynn's death.]]
* BadBoss:
** The Valkoran leaders mostly avert this trope, but Masochus is quite to prone to killing people to for the sake of his experiments or [[ForTheEvulz his own amusement]] (more than once in the case [[TheyKilledKennyAgain Lieutenant Helms]]).
** Belluzub also plays this straight. The first thing he does once summoned is eat and kill the acolytes who summoned him.
** Gestroma in Episode II is like this to some of the Valkoran, [[InvertedTrope despite being a mercenary working for them]]. Most notably during the Battle of Taris, he killed a Tuk'ata Fighter Tank's driver so he could use it for transportation after his Swoop bike was destroyed, and took one of the Skakoan Commandos aiding them hostage so he could use him as an unwitting suicide bomber later (when the Skakoan Commandos would only do such a thing on their own volition).

* BerserkButton: Do not threaten or kill anyone Zolph cares about. [[spoiler:For that matter, don't even try to trick him into killing those he cares about]]. Also, [[RelativeButton don't make any nasty comments about anyone dead who mattered to him]].
** Maesterus: [[spoiler:[[PapaWolf Do not threaten the lives of his descendants]], even if they are generations apart. [[HurlItIntoTheSun Belluzub took a one way trip to Krantisi's sun for this]].]]
* BigBad: Valkor.

* ButtMonkey:
** [[TheyKilledKennyAgain Private/Sergeant/Lieutenant Will Helms]]. Most of his deaths are accidents on the parts of his peers. [[ThrowTheDogABone He does get promoted twice over the course of Episode II, though]].
** While not to the same extremes as Helms, Zolph Vaelor also qualifies. The galaxy doesn't seem to respect him enough until the end of Episode I. On a not-so-funny note, let's not get into both the [[IronButtMonkey physical]] and [[HeroicBSOD psychological]] damage he receives over the course of the story.

* TheChewToy: Will Helms again.
* ClippedWingAngel: Hydrojus is hardly a threat if it isn't making any physical contact with water.

* {{Cyborg}}: [[spoiler:Admiral Gravlek became one after the Battle of Ithor, due to barely surviving the Conqueror's crashlanding.]]
* DarkIsEvil: Forceless Collective plays with this trope. Despite their dark and sometimes demonic appearance, Forceless (or more specifically, the Black Matter) aren't really on the light-dark spectrum of TheForce. They're still evil, however.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Subverted with Maesterus. He dresses like a stereotypical Sith Lord, but he is not a Dark Jedi and [[WellIntentionedExtremist has noble intentions, despite how extreme his actions can be sometimes.]] [[spoiler:Him killing Belluzub might be the sign of a HeelFaceTurn to come.]]
* DarthVaderClone: Maesterus qualifies in many ways aside from not being a Sith. [[BlackKnight Full set of black armor?]] Check. Red lightsaber? Check. [[spoiler:[[LukeIAmYourFather Blood-relation to the hero?]] Check. [[PapaWolf Very protective of those related by blood?]] Double-check. Now all that's left is a full-circle redemption.]]

* DeadpanSnarker: Zolph Vaelor, along with several other characters.

* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Dynn in Zolph's arms.]]
* DishingOutDirt: [[SandWorm Terraris's]] powers.

* DoubleWeapon: Dynn Manthis's weapon of choice is a double-bladed lightsaber.
* TheDragon: Maesterus is this to Valkor, although you might not think that at first since [[TheHeavy he's the most prominent villain]] in Episode I.
** In turn, Dynn Manthis and Arcidus are this to Maesterus.
** [[spoiler:In the Forceless Collective, Belluzub and Facadma are CoDragons to Valkor.]]

* EliteMooks: The Valkoran Black Guard. These guys are Maesterus's bodyguards and they can match Jedi in combat.

** Character-wise, there are several others.
*** Gahmah Raan is like a combination of Boba Fett and [[SelfDemonstrating/Deadpool]].
*** Gestroma is basically a modern [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars Durge]].
*** Admiral Gravlek's armor is based on [[VideoGame/DarkForcesSaga Galak Fyyar's]].
*** Maesterus is to Darth Vader. Just read the DarthVaderClone entry above.
*** [[FourStarBadass General Ven Choi]] is [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Plo Koon]] with very little Jedi training, especially since he's a Kel Dor too.
*** Admiral Cephal is one for Admiral Ackbar. Same position, same species.
*** From Besh Squad, Boltz seems to be an Expy of [[VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic Sergeant Yuun]], being both a Gand and a [[TheEngineer military tech expert]].
*** Forceless Archfiend Hydrojus is basically [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Morpha]] with [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender blood-bending powers]] used to [[BodyHorror their]] [[CruelAndUnusualDeath extreme]].

* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Admiral Gravlek gets his eyes melted out by a deflected shot from his plasma pistol during his second duel with Zolph on the Doomsayer.]]

* FaceHeelTurn: Dynn Manthis does this early on as a way of [[ReverseMole infiltrating the Valkoran]], but then she legitimately joins them.

* ForTheEvulz:
** Pretty much Belluzub's main motivation for everything he does.
** [[PsychoForHire Gestroma's]] excuse for kidnapping a [[ExplosiveDecompression Skakoan]] and [[GrievousHarmWithABody using him as a bomb]] instead of just using grenades.
** [[spoiler: Masochus sold Emilin out to Valkor (and later cut off her breasts) not because of the ancient grudge between Sith and Jedi, but just because he wanted to torment a Jedi at one point in his life.]]

* GatlingGood: Gestroma's weapon of choice is a rapid-fire assault cannon.
* GunsAkimbo: Gahmah Raan.
* GunsAreUseless: Averted with Zolph and Arcidus.

* HandCannon: Gahmah Raan's pistols have charge shot functions, capable of making people's [[YourHeadAsplode heads explode]].

* HiddenHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:Dynn Manthis and Maesterus.]]

** Archfiend Xixixix passively throws these to all those within proximity of itself ([[AlmightyIdiot including itself]]), sometimes as a sign of them about to go insane. Not only did it turn the Krishari into a species of [[CloudCuckoolander Cloud Cuckoolanders]], Armogeist was led to believe that keeping Zolph (i.e., one of the people most experienced at killing Archfiends) away from Xixixix was the best way to kill it. A few chapters later, he admits that what he did was stupid.
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Subverted in Episode I: Chapter 15, [[spoiler: when Belluzub is at Zolph's mercy after he pushed his BerserkButton. Zolph withdraws his blade after he catches onto [[NiceJobFixingItVillain Belluzub's scheme to break him]] (and having just gone through the same crap in the previous chapter). However, Zolph knows that sparing his life would defeat the purpose of why he came there in the first place, [[TakeAThirdOption so he just traps him in a force-field cage to be blown up with the space station instead of striking him down in anger]].]]

* KillerRabbit: On [[AmbiguousGender its]] own, Hydrojus is the smallest of the Forceless Archfiends. However, [[MakingASplash it can manipulate massive amounts of water]], [[BodyHorror including the human body.]]

** Valkor became one as soon as we was introduced in Episode II, and probably creepier than the entirety of the Forceless Collective.

* LateArrivalSpoiler: Episode II pretty much spoils all the reveals of Episode I if you didn't read it first.
* LaughablyEvil: Gahmah Raan, [[PunchClockVillain that is when he's your enemy]].
** When he isn't being an [[KickTheDog akk dog-punting monster]], Masochus can be one as well.

* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Zolph's reaction after escaping from a two-headed worm that [[JustEatHim swallowed him whole]].

** Inverted with [[spoiler: Maesterus. He dresses much like a classic Sith Lord, wields a red lightsaber, fires spikes from his palms and grows demon-like wings later, but he's not even a Sith and [[AntiVillain he's much nicer than they are]]. [[DeconstructedTrope However, many of the heroic characters try to attack him without second thought at first because he looks just like a Sith Lord.]]]]

** And just like Grein, [[spoiler:[[Really700YearsOld and not counting his chronological age, Maesterus, AKA Seferin Vaelor looks like he's still in his thirties despite being biologically in his forties, thanks to a combination of being a generally light-sided Force user ([[EvilMakesYouUgly Dark Force users]] experience the [[YoungerThanTheyLook inverse]] of this trope) and the Forceless symbiote does very little to uglify him.]]

* PsychoForHire:
** Belluzub voluntarily joined the Forceless Collective just so he could kill more people.
** Gestroma. He almost always kills his targets [[FantasticRacism (especially if they're human)]], he's willing to use Skakoans as bombs, and threatens to mount Zolph's head on his wall.

* PsychopathicManchild:
** R9-C4 is a non-villainous example. Through her beeping that can be interpreted as faux mathematical equations, she will sometimes make a mischievous giggle out of them when she's about to cause some mayhem. Zolph also has to make sure she won't kill everyone. She also has a habit giving people descriptively derogatory names upon meeting them for the first time. She's more of a thrill-seeker than anything, but some of her ideas of fun include killing people in [[CruelAndUnusualDeath creatively sadistic]] ways.
** While far from AxCrazy, Gahmah Raan can be violently childish when the people he's talking to ignore him, sometimes (non-fatally) shooting at them or barely missing to get their attention. And that's aside from his general [[CloudCuckoolander eccentricity]]. He also cracks jokes when he's killing people sometimes. Still, he's relatively tame compared to most examples of this trope.
** [[EldritchAbomination Mandoculus]] isn't really psychopathic, but it's being bullied into fighting the Collective's foes out of fear of possession and it can't speak properly.
** Neur, usually a cheerful GenkiGirl, is this as a result of an abusive upbringing under the Nightsisters' wing. The psychopathic part really shows when her cybernetic head-tails malfunction.
** [[TheCaligula Masochus]] is far worse than any of the above. According to Armogeist, he once slowly dissolved a [[WouldHurtAChild pregnant]] [[WouldHitAGirl woman]] [[CruelAndUnusualDeath in an acid vat]] [[DisproportionateRetribution just for calling Korriban by one of its later-generation names]], and he goes into a violent temper tantrum whenever he hears one of them.
* PunchClockVillain: Gahmah Raan, obviously because he's a BountyHunter. This is even further emphasized when he just [[KnowWhenToFoldEm leaves Kratzar after a duel with Zolph where they were evenly matched]]. However, he has also worked with the Galactic Alliance during the Yuuzhan Vong War.

* RealityEnsues:
** Over the course of the story, Zolph suffers several injuries, and said injuries sometimes put him out of commission for times ranging from days to months depending on how severe the injury in question is. The more severe examples of these injuries include getting pinned to a wall, [[spoiler: getting his arm cut off, having a hand dug into his chest and having his heart squeezed on]].
** Valkoran trooper [[ButtMonkey Will Helms']] treatment by his own peers in regards to his [[TheyKilledKennyAgain inability to stay dead]]. If they haven't known him long or do not know of his inability, they are shocked by both his death and resurrection (especially if done an [[AccidentalMurder accident]]). If they've known him long enough and are on generally good terms with him, they are desensitized to his deaths and sometimes have him take the bait for things that would kill anyone else permanently. On the other hand, people like [[AxCrazy Masochus]] will kill him over and over again [[ItAmusedMe for their own amusement]]. By the time of Episode II, [[DeathIsCheap Helms has learned to abuse this trait to his own advantage]], but still finds getting killed annoying.
** Episode I: Chapter 2 - Zolph tries to take on Maesterus, who had just came close to killing Luke Skywalker after cutting off his prosthetic hand. However, as Luke is the Jedi academy's headmaster and Zolph is only simple knight, Zolph doesn't fare any better against Maesterus - in fact, [[CurbStompBattle he fares worse]], as while Luke is able to bounce back and curb-stomp Maesterus back, [[ItMakesSenseInContext Zolph gets nailed to a wall]].
** Episode I: Chapter 10
*** Zolph and Gahmah Raan engage each other in an evenly matched duel that lasts 10 minutes in-universe. It ends with both of them fatigued, and hampers Zolph in two ways. Not only did the duel get every Valkoran personnel on Kratzar's attention, it puts Zolph at a disadvantage when he runs into Maesterus.
*** [[spoiler: When Zolph loses his right arm to Maesterus, Zolph tries to invoke being a HandicappedBadass and fights back in spite of losing his sword arm. Maesterus knocks the lightsaber out of Zolph's hand with little effort and destroys it.]]
** Episode I: Chapter 11 - a few members of the Galactic Alliance's RedShirtArmy have their first encounter with a [[EldritchAbomination Forceless Archfiend]], Hydrojus. After Hydrojus demonstrates its ability to kill people by [[CruelAndUnusualDeath crushing them with their own insides or making them burst]], the surviving RedShirts of that mission are traumatized and ordered on leave for at least a month.
** Episode I: Chapter 12 - Similar to his mission on Kratzar, Zolph disguises himself as a Valkoran Trooper, but carries his lightsaber in case he runs into a Force-sensitive SensorCharacter like Maesterus or Dynn Manthis. He thinks he can work around the blatant giveaway by claiming it's a [[CreepySouvenir battlefield trophy]], but not only can the sensor characters tell who he is, Admiral Gravlek is easily able to out him as a Jedi because Valkoran army procedure prohibits battlefield trophies and was having the rest of the ship's crew play dumb to lure Zolph into a trap. (Gahmah Raan was easily able to out him in Chapter 10 as well, and unlike Gravlek's case, it was the exact same lightsaber he saw a chapter earlier and Gahmah [[TheGadfly just took the time to annoy Zolph into fully exposing himself]]).
** Episode I: Chapter 13-14 - Being only 18 years old, losing close friends and loved ones finally [[BreakTheCutie takes its toll on Zolph's psyche]], [[spoiler: especially when he's forced to MercyKill his girlfriend, Dynn Manthis, due to [[BodyHorror unusually]] [[AndIMustScream horrific]] circumstances]]. In Episode II, this culminates in him not only experiencing some horrifying (and potentially lethal) PTSD episodes in places strong with the Dark Side of the Force (such as the cave on Dagobah), but also temporarily becoming a DeathSeeker. Zolph goes through some psychotherapy (and is prohibited from taking missions as a personal distraction) in response to this and it helps out his mental health significantly, but no amount of therapy is going to make one's PTSD just go away. Even when the end of Episode II [[spoiler: provides a slight glimmer of hope that Dynn may or may not be BackFromTheDead but way out of reach, Zolph acknowledges that he may still be affected by her death for the rest of his life]].

* SamusIsAGirl: It takes Zolph three months to realize that R9-C4 actually has feminine programming.

* SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror
* SmugSnake: Va'Za the Hutt and Girdretto. They think Zolph is powerless, but severely underestimate his abilities and pay with their lives later.
** Some of the bounty hunters in Chapter 9 of Episode I qualify, especially the [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Skakoan Skakoan]], Bom Pintor. He didn't think any of the competing hunters would dare [[ExplosiveDecompression shoot him]] [[MadeOfExplodium lest they vaporize Zolph in the process]]. Gahmah Raan certainly did, and Zolph just contained the explosion. Oh, and to add insult to injury, Episode II confirmed him to be a former Skakoan Commando]

* Yandere:
** [[spoiler: Dynn Manthis herself isn't this trope, but the apparitions of her that Zolph experiences throughout Episode II months after her death definitely qualify.]]
** Neur can be like this if her brain stops working properly.
* YouKilledMyFather: And mother. Zolph's main vendetta against Maesterus and the Valkoran Empire. [[spoiler:This eventually extends to his love interest, but he is brought to reason not too long after. With the revelation of Maesterus being [[LukeIAmYourFather one of Zolph's distant ancestors]], [[DemonicPossession that the deaths of Alec and Veene Vaelor weren't entirely his fault]] and that the Forceless Collective is far worse than he is (especially with them being behind all of it), Zolph seems to be putting this grudge aside.]]

* LargeHam: Belluzub, especially in contrast to the [[TheQuietOne previous Archfiends Zolph fought]].
** Gahmah Raan.

* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Dynn Manthis.
** [[EvilRedhead Anti-Villainous Redhead]]

* KillSat: The "Death Star Forge". It's an ancient Rakatan space station [[spoiler:and summoning site for Belluzub]] that looks like the child of the [[ANewHope Death Star]] and the [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Star Forge]].

* BadAss: Most characters qualify for different reasons.

** Guaymar is a planet perpetually shrouded in darkness. Its native sentient species are cannibalistic savages that worship a god of death and one of the only forests on the planet is also home to a deceptive, sedentary {{Planimal}} that is disguised among the trees. The massive, crashed starship is also haunted with four ghost-like aliens that, if they don't kill you by sucking out your blood, will cause you to die in four days from a death curse triggered from just having their prey seen all four of them. It also goes through a global ZombieApocalypse every few years (and the summoning of Stythanyx, also the aforementioned Guaymaran god of death, could create a longer lasting one).

* [[spoiler:DiedInYourArmsTonight]]: [[spoiler:Dynn in Zolph's arms.]]

* PurpleEyes: Grein, of the [[MonochromaticEyes monochromatic]] variety, and this is one of her key physical traits. She is an anomaly in that her species, the Chiss, usually have red eyes. The in-universe reason for this trait is that [[spoiler: purple-eyed Chiss are now an endangered species because of an interspecies race cleansing during the days of the ancient Republic]]. Out of universe, this was specifically to avert the RedEyesTakeWarning trope since Forceless have red eyes already (and that the [[TheThrawnTrilogy most]] [[VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic notable]] of Chiss have been portrayed as villainous or working with villains).

* ArtEvolution: In terms of the concept art.

* DestinationDefenestration: Zolph Vaelor tries to do this to Arcidus in the prologue of Episode II. [[FakingTheDead However, it doesn't kill him]].

* LighterAndSofter: Played with. Compared to every other post-ReturnOfTheJedi ''Legends'' novel following Literature/NewJediOrder, it starts off relatively light-hearted, especially with the [[LampshadeHanging self-awareness]] and sometimes BlackComedy, [[SlidingScaleOfSillinessVsSeriousness but at the same time]], the premise of this series is a war against a group of [[AntiVillain Anti Villains]] and that changes some when the [[EldritchAbomination Forceless Collective]] [[CosmicHorrorStory enters the scene]].

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So far, Episode I and II have been completed, with Episode III yet to be announced. It can be found on [[http://gahmahraan.deviantart.com/art/Paranormalities-Episode-I-Prologue-Crashdown-286905768 DeviantArt]] (where you can also find some of Gahmah's concept art for the trilogy, as well as cover art for individual chapters), [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8436479/1/Star-Wars-Paranormalities-Trilogy FanFiction.net]] and the [[http://boards.theforce.net/threads/star-wars-paranormalities-trilogy-post-njo-au-ocs-episode-ii-complete-updated-2-21-15.50026974/ Jedi Council Forums]].

** The Valkoran [[HumongousMecha Fortress Tanks]]. Much more imposing than the Imperial [=AT-AT=] and armed with an impressive amount of weaponry to deal with just about any form of attack against it. However, a land vehicle that size takes a lot of time and resources to build (space frigates, which the tank's size equates to, are usually built in space-bound dry docks and thus not impeded by gravity), and according to Admiral Cephal, only less than ten were ever built and they are nearly impossible to transport from planet to planet unless disassembled, relegating them to defense. They also require lots of personnel to operate and maintain against infiltrators and inertial dampeners to keep the crew from being thrown around by the stomping. They have a [[WaveMotionGun hypervelocity cannon]] for taking out orbiting capital ships, but it's too slow moving to make the cannon mobile enough.

** The Valkoran Shadow Troopers wield mocksabers, a weapon that is essentially a lightsaber designed for use by non-Force Sensitives. However, in a galaxy that mostly uses blasters, the weapon is severely out-matched (the lightsaber's ability to deflect blaster shots comes from the user's Force connection). Even worse, they are not as stably built as a real lightsaber, as the "blade" is really just a high-powered laser sandwiched between an emitter and a receiver separated by an extendable but fragile metal rod (think how [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes beam katanas]] would be viewed in this galaxy). As demonstrated on Taris, when Zolph severs the rod on one trooper's blade, [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace the laser shoots through the trooper's head]], and Zolph's response is to destroy the hilt to prevent more collateral damage.
** The Valkoran [[HumongousMecha Fortress Tanks]]. Much more imposing than the Imperial [=AT-AT=] and almost armed with an impressive amount of weaponry to deal with just about any form of attack against it. However, a land vehicle that size takes a lot of time and resources to build (space frigates, which the tank's size equates to, are usually built in space-bound dry docks), and according to Admiral Cephal, only less than ten were ever built and they are nearly impossible to transport from planet to planet unless disassembled, relegating them to defense. They also require lots of personnel to operate and maintain against infiltrators and inertial dampeners to keep the crew from being thrown around by the stomping. They have a [[WaveMotionGun hypervelocity cannon]] for taking out orbiting capital ships, but it's too slow moving to make the cannon mobile enough.
** Subverted with the gravity control ship. When it's sent to Christophsis and activates the controller, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard it ends up crushing itself]]. However, Machinus, it's designer, reveals that not only was the ship not finished yet (it did not have the shields to prevent this installed), [[spoiler: it wasn't even intended to be a superweapon (it was designed to [[BoringButPractical supplement the Valkoran forces fighting on worlds with unusual gravity]]) and was only launched by Valkor as a decoy for his real superweapon, a sentient-being capable of selectively killing an infinite number of people over the range of the entire planet without collateral damage.]]

* GroinAttack: Zolph Vaelor tries to do this to a [[HumanoidAbomination Forceless Collective warrior]] during a fight with a trio of them in the Flying Lamp Cantina. It has little (if any) effect on [[NoBiologicalSex it.]]

** Episode II - Chapter 8 "The Enforcer": To the midi-chlorian concept and [[DoingInTheWizard the general controversy of them]]. When Mursama is seen trying to train some of the Kur'Ada warriors to use the Force, they attempt to complain that their shortage of midi-chlorians makes them incapable of using the Force. Mursama then tells them that their counts don't really matter, that they are a mere biological indicator that isn't always accurate and that all living things can potentially use the Force.

* YouKilledMyFather: And mother. Zolph's main vendetta against Maesterus and the Valkoran Empire. [[spoiler:This eventually extends to his love interest, but he is brought to reason not too long after. With the revelation of Maesterus being [[LukeIAmYourFather one of Zolph's distant ancestors]], [[DemonicPossession that the deaths of Alec and Veene Vaelor weren't entirely his fault]] and that the Forceless Collective is far worse than he is (especially with them being behind all of it), Zolph seems to be putting this grudge aside.]]

* PoweredArmor: Admiral Gravlek uses this in the first chapter of Episode I against Zolph. [[MightyGlacier It's very protective and powerful, but pretty slow in movement speed]]. [[spoiler:This same type of armor later became standard-issue for the [[EliteMooks Valkoran Exo-Troopers]]]].

** [[TheCaligula Masochus]] deserves special mention, as he was considered insane by even Sith standards.

** Gestroma in Episode II is like this to some of the Valkoran, [[InvertedTrope despite being a mercenary working for them]]. Most notably during the Battle of Taris, he killed a Tuk'ata Fighter Tank's driver so he could use it for transportation after his Swoop bike was destroyed, and took one of the [[ActionBomb Skakoan Commandos]] aiding them hostage so he could use him as an unwitting suicide bomber later (when the Skakoan Commandos would only do such a thing on their own volition).

* GenreSavvy: After fleeing from a battle in which Maesterus was knocked in lava, Zolph doesn't believe that Maesterus would die that easily, especially since he can fly at that point.

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Some of the villains Zolph encounters border on this.

Shortly after the end of the [[NewJediOrder war with the Yuuzhan Vong]], the Galactic Alliance is struggling to rebuild the galaxy after all the damage the alien invaders had done. Now they are at war with a group known as the Valkoran Empire. Starting with a terrorist attack on the rebuilding planet Ithor, Jedi Knight Zolph Vaelor is already familiar with this group after an attack by them five years prior that left him orphaned. However, this group has a more dangerous goal in mind: the summoning of several ancient creatures - part of a group known as the Forceless Collective - that could bring an even darker age to the galaxy than the Vong did.

* LighterAndSofter: Played with. Compared to every other post-ReturnOfTheJedi ''Legends'' novel following NewJediOrder, it starts off relatively light-hearted, especially with the [[LampshadeHanging self-awareness]] and sometimes BlackComedy, [[SlidingScaleOfSillinessVsSeriousness but at the same time]], the premise of this series is a war against a group of [[AntiVillain Anti Villains]] and that changes some when the [[EldritchAbomination Forceless Collective]] [[CosmicHorrorStory enters the scene]].

So far, Episode I and II have been completed, with Episode III yet to be announced. It can be found on [[http://gahmahraan.deviantart.com/art/Paranormalities-Episode-I-Prologue-Crashdown-286905768 DeviantArt]] (where you can also find some of Gahmah's concept art for the trilogy, as well as cover art for individual chapters) and on [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8436479/1/Star-Wars-Paranormalities-Trilogy FanFiction.net]].

** Episode II. [[spoiler: The Valkoran War has ended and a split-off faction of the Valkoran Empire has allied with Galactic Alliance and Zolph has almost gotten over Dynn's death (and he has a slight bit of hope that she's alive again somewhere). Unfortunately, Maesterus is dead and the Forceless Collective is going to through everything they have at the galaxy now that it's proven to be a powerful enemy.]]

** nOne of the main symptoms of Forceless possession. Aside from the [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] and sometimes jet black skin, other mutations may include ExtraEyes [[EyesDoNotBelongThere (usually in places they shouldn't be)]], extra body parts (like wings for Maesterus), extra layers of skin, or rearranging your internal organs so you will be dependent on the Forceless symbiote for survival.

* FourthWallObserver: Gahmah Raan. HandWaved as him having [[TheStoner spice-induced hallucinations]]. It is unconfirmed as to whether this is actually true or not. However, he may not actually be aware that he is in a fanfic.
* GatlingGood: Gestroma's weapon of choice is an assault cannon.
* GenreSavvy: Zolph Vaelor and Grein.
** For example, after fleeing from a battle [[spoiler:in which Maesterus was knocked in lava]], Zolph doesn't believe that Maesterus would die that easily, especially since he can fly at that point.

* HealingFactor: Grein can regenerate (or more accurately, reform) lost parts through her [[MakingASplash Force Liquefaction]] ability, but she needs to either reassimilate her lost body parts or some more water to make it effective (since that water is part of her body mass). In other words, she can still die by normal means, but just not as easily.

** [[spoiler:Belluzub also has this. Of course, he can't regenerate from [[KillItWithFire incineration]].]]
* TheHeartless: The Forceless Collective, of course.

* HeroicComedicSociopath: R9-C4's unusual bloodlust for an astromech droid is PlayedForLaughs.

** [[spoiler:This played straight at the end of Episode II when Maesterus risks getting skewered by Valkor's tentacles to save Zolph from getting crushed to death. As a result, this is what ultimately kills Maesterus.]]

* [[spoiler:IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim]]: [[spoiler:Subverted in Chapter 15, when Belluzub is at Zolph's mercy after he pushed his BerserkButton. Zolph withdraws his blade after he catches onto [[NiceJobFixingItVillain Belluzub's scheme to break him]] (and having gone through the same crap in the previous chapter). However, Zolph knows that sparing his life would defeat the purpose of why he came there in the first place, [[TakeAThirdOption so he just traps him in a force-field cage to be blown up with the space station instead of striking him down in anger]].]]

** Rakan The Devourer is a [[SharkMan Karkarodon]] SerialKiller who earned his title from eating other sapient species ([[PlanetOfHats a trait that's become of negative stereotype for Karkarodons living in the galaxy]]). His partner, the Anacondan Ratter also qualifies.

* LighterAndSofter: Compared to every other post-ReturnOfTheJedi ''Legends'' novel following NewJediOrder, especially with the [[LampshadeHanging self-aware]] and sometimes BlackComedy, [[SlidingScaleOfSillinessVsSeriousness but at the same time]], the premise of this series is a war against a group of [[AntiVillain Anti Villains]] and that changes some when the [[EldritchAbomination Forceless Collective]] [[CosmicHorrorStory enters the scene]].

** Gestroma's hideout in Chapter 9 of Episode II (which was appropriately, an abandoned Imperial bio-weapon laboratory repurposed from a Clone War-era Separatist laboratory) has several walkways suspended over open chemical vats of questionable health safety (some which are mutagens). Possibly justified, as not only has the laboratory fallen off the radar since the fall of the Empire (and would have been shut down immediately had it been noticed), but Gestroma is the only living being ([[spoiler:aside from some captive mutant bio-weapons, and he himself was one]]) operating there and just sidesteps the issues altogether.

* ObviouslyEvil: The Forceless Collective.

** [[spoiler:Maesterus, thanks to a combination of being a generally light-sided Force user ([[EvilMakesYouUgly Dark Force users]] experience the [[YoungerThanTheyLook inverse]] of this trope) and Forceless symbiosis. He's also [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic KOTOR-era]] old.]]

* StupidEvil: Belluzub. He doesn't care for pragmatism [[ForTheEvulz as long as he gets to make his enemies' deaths painful]]. Lampshaded by Zolph.
* SuicideAttack: The Skakoan Commandos are unusually courageous for their species in that not only are they willing to fight for whatever cause despite being at a [[ExplosiveDecompression major]] [[MadeOfExplodium biological disadvantage]] off of their homeworld, they are willing to breach their pressure suits to self-destruct when they deem necessary (or for pulling a TakingYouWithMe ). Their enemies need to be wary of this when disposing of them. Also, they do not take being forced to be suicide bombers very well.

* WasOnceAMan: Machinus is a combat droid that used to be a Natoulan Jedi.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: The Valkoran only wish for a more efficient government (especially after the catastrophe of the Vong war), but their methods include terrorism and [[SealedEvilInACan summoning dangerously powerful creatures]]. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for them, they are mere tools for the Forceless Collective.]]

** Initially defied by the Kur'Ada Equalists. After they witness Archfiend Fafniros killing some of them, they turn on the Valkoran Empire, but still see the Galactic Alliance as enemies as evidenced during the Battle of Kashyyyk. [[spoiler: However, after Emperor Valkor eats their leader and the Valkoran forces loyal to Maesterus secretly help some of them survive annihilation on Valkor's orders, [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe they maintain loyalty to Maesterus]] and once the Valkoran Empire splits in response to the annihilation of Christophsis, it turns into a HeelFaceTurn since the Valkoran under Maesterus team up with the Galactic Alliance to take down Valkor.]]

* EldritchAbomination: Forceless, or more specifically, the Black Matter and any creature ([[HumanoidAbomination including the Warriors]]) made solely from it, in that they defy the nature of the living Force. According to Grein, what Force Sensitives feel from them is a perpetual Force Wound (i.e. what Obi-Wan felt when Alderaan was destroyed), and it's suggested that they are born from those wounds. In other words, they are basically dead spots in the Force. Some of the creatures they possess - especially some of the Archfiends - [[spoiler:(and those willing to serve)]] may also qualify.

* EnemyMine: Zolph Vaelor forms one with [[spoiler: Juganak]] to kill Archfiend Mandoculus.

* EyelessFace: The Pyrons of Kratzar. They don't need them. They have their smell, hearing, and a sonar.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Subverted with Maesterus at the end of Episode I. He seems to be playing this straight at first when he flies out of the Death Star Forge's with Belluzub and plummet dives with him towards a sun, but he just flies away once he gets the Archfiend close enough to guarantee his death.]]

* IdiotBall: While Zolph's usually pretty cunning and intellgent, that doesn't prevent him from occasionally having lapses in his decision-making.

* ImAHumanitarian: Va'Za the Hutt has a habit of eating his own slave girls. [[spoiler:[[KarmicDeath This gets him killed by Zolph the next chapter after his debut appearance]].]]

* ImplacableMan: Maesterus is very hard to kill. He has survived the following (probably because of his armor [[spoiler:and Forceless semi-possession]]):

** [[spoiler:Being shot by ship-mounted laser cannons and falling in lava.]]
** [[spoiler:The vacuum of space and flying close to a star.]]
* ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: [[LaserBlade Lightsabers]] are already this, but Grein takes it up a notch with a [[ShoutOut cross-guarded]] [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes lightsaber]]. Since it is [[HealingFactor Grein]] who wields it, the [[AwesomeButImpractical safety issues of wielding it]] (and learning how to wield it properly and effectively) are hardly a problem for her (and possibly keep potential lightsaber thieves away). Of course, she has the advantage of being the only known person to use the weapon.

* ImprovisedWeapon: During the infiltration of the ''Doomsayer'', Besh Squad member, Boltz - a Gand - used his own respiratory mask as an ammonia bomb when it got shot. [[spoiler:Thankfully for him, this wasn't fatal, as he was actually a [[BizarreAlienBiology lungless Gand]] retaining his anonymity.]]
* TheInfiltration: Zolph pulls this twice in Episode I. Once on Kratzar and again on the Doomsayer. Too bad his disguise was seen through both times. Appropriately, the title of Chapter 12 is "Infiltration".

** He does it again at the beginning of Episode II on [[spoiler:Sergeant]] [[ButtMonkey Will Helms]] to let himself out of a prison cell and then finish his mission. Afterwards, he describes it as feeding suggestions [[IdiotBall (regardless of how idiotic)]] and even lampshades [[RefugeInAudacity the more ridiculous things you can get away with doing that]]

* KillItWithFire: The Valkoran are very fond of plasma weapons.

* LackOfEmpathy: So far, the more willing servants of the Forceless Collective. They have no problem robbing sentient beings of their free will, [[ColdBloodedTorture torturing the people they possess]], or resorting to psychological warfare. [[spoiler:Notable examples include Dynn's demonic arm and Belluzub.]]

* LighterAndSofter: Compared to every post-ReturnOfTheJedi EU following NewJediOrder, especially with the [[LampshadeHanging self-aware]] and sometimes [[BlackComedy dark]] [[ComedicSociopathy humor]], [[SlidingScaleOfSillinessVsSeriousness but at the same time]], the premise of this series is a war against a group of [[AntiVillain Anti Villains]] and that changes some when the [[EldritchAbomination Forceless Collective]] [[CosmicHorrorStory enters the scene]].

* LoadBearingBoss: Admiral Gravlek in the first chapter of Episode I. HandWaved with bombs that react to the Admiral's vitals, and they were triggered when he got his limbs cut off.
* [[spoiler:LukeIAmYourFather: Or rather, Zolph, Maesterus is your distant ancestor.]]
* MakingASplash: Grein can turn herself (or individual parts of her) into a liquid form. She can also [[AnIcePerson freeze these parts]].

** Episode II - Chapter 2 is a freaking experiment in this trope.
* MookHorrorShow: [[spoiler:Zolph's RoaringRampageOfRevenge after being forced to kill Dynn Manthis can be described as such.]]
** There's also Seefor's massacre during the attack on Mt. Yoda.

* NoOSHACompliance: Apparently, the Valkoran ship interior designers are guilty of this too, especially with the Obliterator-class Star Destroyer having corridors that lead right into the plasma cannon's firing tunnel. Naturally lampshaded by Zolph.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Grein is in her early forties. She looks like she is about twenty years younger. Justified in that [[WizardsLiveLonger Force Users age slower]] and that Chiss tend to be in good shape.

* OneWingedAngel: Maesterus goes through this twice in Episode I. First, he [[BodyHorror grows]] [[WingedHumanoid a pair of wings]], and later, [[SerialEscalation he grows a second pair of wings on those wings]]. [[JustForPun Four-winged Angel?]] Of course, the wings stay on him for the rest of the story.
** [[spoiler: Zolph gets in on this in "The Return", where he his inherited Forceless immunity (which develops with every generation) can be used to convert Black Matter into Force energy and temporarily transform him into a creature with incredible power. Unfortunately, if he's feeling strongly emotional when he's channeling this power, he will [[AxCrazy go]] [[PsychoactivePowers berserk]].]]

* PsychoForHire: [[spoiler:Belluzub voluntarily joined the Forceless Collective just so he could kill more people.]]

** [[TheCaligula Masochus]] is far worse than any of the above. According to Armogeist, he once slowly dissolve a [[WouldHurtAChild pregnant]] [[WouldHitAGirl woman]] [[CruelAndUnusualDeath into an acid vat]] [[DisproportionateRetribution just for calling Korriban by one of it's later names]], and he goes into a violent temper tantrum whenever he hears one of them.

* [[spoiler:Really700YearsOld]]: [[spoiler:Maesterus. Also the Valkoran Empire and the Forceless Collective.]]

** Episode II - Chapter 11 "Deranged": Gahmah Raan gives one towards the fan-based assumption that Mandalorians should only be ProudWarriorRaceGuys and never pacifists.

* WhenTreesAttack: Subverted with the trees on Krishar. They don't move around, but they are Force-sensitive enough to shoot [[ShockAndAwe Force lightning]]. The Force is in all living things, remember?

* Yandere: [[spoiler: Dynn Manthis herself isn't this trope, but the apparitions of her that Zolph experiences throughout Episode II months after her death definitely qualify.]]