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* EarlyBirdCameo: Some of the crossover characters are mentioned in the story before being introduced.
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* UnexpectedCharacter: [[spoiler: Characters from VideoGame/SenranKagura.]]
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* TrainingFromHell: Issei's absurd Resistance stat means he can go without sleeping for days at a time, so he indulges in this as often as he can. Azazel is more than happy to help.
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** The current list of crossover or references includes ''LightNovel/{{Campione}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', ''Manga/{{Kenichi|TheMightiestDisciple}}'', the [[Manga/{{NurarihyonNoMago}} Nura Clan]], and cameo appearances by [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Tsubomi, Erika]] and [[Manga/{{Sekirei}} Matsu]].
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Discussion, character stats, and story posts can all be found [[http://questionablequesting.com/index.php?topic=408.0 here]]. Visitors should consider themselves warned that Questionable Questing hosts some highly NSFW content elsewhere on the site, though ''Trials'' itself is perfectly safe-for-work. Additional NSFW scenes from this quest can also be found elsewhere on QQ.
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* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: The author fleshes out the [=DxD=] setting by importing characters from other settings and tweaking their powers and backstories to make them fit in. [[{{RWBY}} Ruby and Yang]] are the most prominent examples so far.
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** The current list of crossover or references includes {{Campione}}, {{Touhou}}, {{RWBY}}, [[{{KenichiTheMightiestDisciple}} Kenichi]], and cameo appearances by [[HeartcatchPrettyCure Tsubomi, Erika]], and [[{{Sekirei}} Matsu]].
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** Ruby and Yang got a pretty sweet deal too. Crescent Rose and Ember Celica aren't just sacred gears, they're a pair of legendary gears known as the Magnus, known for being the former weapons of [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse Death and War]] and notable for being part of a set of several gears that each of the horseman wielded together. Theoretically Ruby and Yang can re-inherit and use all of the gears that their predecessors used.
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** Issei's performance in the first arc and the ensuing training arc are particular stand-outs. Because of the wording of the contract between him and the Gremory family, Rias takes most of the political credit for his accomplishments in the Underworld. This has led to her marriage with Raiser possibly being postponed or even cancelled if things continue as they have.
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** Even worse, he repeats his threat from canon that he would murder Rias's entire peerage if that was what it took to get her to marry him. Issei takes this [[UnstoppableRage about as well as might be expected.]]
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** Later, [[spoiler: [[{{KenichiTheMightiestDisciple}} Berserker]] appears as well.]]
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** Later, [[spoiler: The current list of crossover or references includes {{Campione}}, {{Touhou}}, {{RWBY}}, [[{{KenichiTheMightiestDisciple}} Berserker]] appears as well.]]
** The current list of crossovers includes: {{Campione}}, {{Touhou}}, {{RWBY}}Kenichi]], and [[{{KenichiTheMightiestDisciple}} Kenichi]].cameo appearances by [[HeartcatchPrettyCure Tsubomi, Erika]], and [[{{Sekirei}} Matsu]].
** The current list of crossovers includes: {{Campione}}, {{Touhou}}, {{RWBY}}
* RunningGag: After one too many shocking revelations about his still-developing power set, Issei is under orders from Rias to wait until she is sitting down and has a cup of tea ready before springing another one on her.
** Azazel's training course starts by chasing Issei down a tunnel with [[IndianaJones a suspiciously-familiar giant rolling boulder.]]
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* TrainingFromHell: Issei's absurd Resistance stat means he can go without sleeping for days at a time, so he indulges in this as often as he can.
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** [[spoiler: Shougo(better known as Berserker) as well.]]
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* DefeatMeansFriendship: Subverted by [[spoiler:most of the Fallen Angels, who still have a grudge against Issei, despite being allies. Played straight by [[{{TheBerserker}} Shougo Kitsukawa]], who joins up with Issei after being beaten.]]
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* JumpedAtTheCall: Ruby found a superhero doing martial arts katas on her apartment complex's roof and immediately went chasing after him when he ran off.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: Issei walks right into the fallen angel base, encounters Raynare, and puts her down for the count roughly halfway through where the first book would have been simply because he wasn't a devil and wasn't chased off by the ominous feeling around the old church.]]
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* ShoutOut: Quite a few, most of them done in-character.
** An encounter with a pack of thugs shortly after his Exaltation ends with Issei scaring them off while borrowing [[{{Durarara}} Shizuo Heiwajima]]'s "You can't complain, right?!" PreAsskickingOneLiner.
** Upon encountering Kiba's Sword Birth sacred gear Issei immediately makes a quip about [[FateStayNight Unlimited Blade Works]]. Kiba is confused, but Rias immediately outs herself as an Archer fangirl.
** An encounter with a pack of thugs shortly after his Exaltation ends with Issei scaring them off while borrowing [[{{Durarara}} Shizuo Heiwajima]]'s "You can't complain, right?!" PreAsskickingOneLiner.
** Upon encountering Kiba's Sword Birth sacred gear Issei immediately makes a quip about [[FateStayNight Unlimited Blade Works]]. Kiba is confused, but Rias immediately outs herself as an Archer fangirl.
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* FreudianTrio: Issei, Draig and Bright. Draig is the Id, Bright is the Superego, and Issei as the Ego.
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* HeelFaceTurn: Mittelt, disgusted that Raynare would murder her own allies, decides she would rather change teams right as Issei kicks the door down to save Asia.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: All of the fallen angels in Raynare's posse. Raynare herself may not technically count, as she has total IdentityAmnesia following her second CurbStompBattle -- the person she was is dead for all intents and purposes.]]
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''Trials of the God-Harem King'' is a ''[[LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD High School [=DxD=]]]'' quest thread powered by ''{{Exalted}}'' game mechanics, authored by Alexander, and hosted on Questionable Questing. Also called ''I will become God-Harem King of the World'' after the thread title, it is a choose-your-own-adventure story controlled by the readers, who vote on which actions to take after each story post. It is currently one of the most popular quests on QQ.
The story begins at the moment Issei is murdered by Raynare at the beginning of the plot. As Issei feels his consciousness ebbing away, his plight catches the eye of a power foreign to his world. The Unconquered Sun of Creation is moved by the compassion and courage in Issei's heart and imbues him with his power, resurrecting him as one of the Twilight Caste of the Solar Exalted. Wielding the power of the sun in his right hand and the Red Dragon Emperor in his left, Issei emerges into the supernatural world as an independent power rather than a servant of devils.
Discussion, character stats, and story posts can all be found [[http://questionablequesting.com/index.php?topic=408.0 here]]. Visitors should consider themselves warned that Questionable Questing hosts some highly NSFW content elsewhere on the site, though ''Trials'' itself is perfectly safe-for-work. Additional NSFW scenes from this quest can also be found elsewhere on QQ.
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!!This story contains examples of:
*AGodAmI: Averted and subverted. Ddraig and Bright both encourage Issei to think this way, as his Exaltation grants him the authority the Unconquered Sun bestowed on his chosen. [[AGodIAmNot Issei disagrees]], and then Bright reveals that she agrees with him, and that she had [[SecretTestOfCharacter other motives]] for making the suggestion.
*ALadyOnEachArm: Issei, to the considerable jealousy of every straight male in sight of him.
*[[spoiler: AManIsNotAVirgin: Issei loses his virginity shortly after the first arc.]]
*AllThereInTheManual: As Issei's power runs on Exalted mechanics, some degree of knowledge about how Exalted works is necessary to better understand his actions.
*AscendedExtra: Mittelt. In canon she was one of Raynare's minions, had barely any screen time, and got killed off-screen by Rias with no fanfare. In this story her character is expanded on significantly and she ultimately becomes the first girl to properly join Issei's harem [[spoiler: as well as the one who took his virginity.]]
*AwesomeMcCoolname: Issei is given the title "Sovereign of the Radiant Scales."
*BettyAndVeronica: Asia and Mittelt respectively to Issei.
*BelatedBackstory: Issei's excuse for his sudden upgrade to Bishonen is one for his classmates.
*BigDamnHeroes: Issei plays this role for Kiyome Abe, an upperclassman of his assaulted by thugs, and also for a barkeeper being terrorized by a gang of hoodlums.
*{{Bishonen}}: Issei, hilariously. Appearance 5 [[ChickMagnet has its perks]].
*BlueAndOrangeMorality: Bright Shattered Ice, the remnants of the previous bearer of Issei's exaltation and one of his two mentors.
*BoardGames: Issei works by the rules of one, due to his Exaltation. Though the author makes AcceptableBreaksFromReality every now and then; just for starters, the circumstances of Issei's Second Breath really ''should'' have attracted [[OmnicidalManiac an entirely different sort of Exaltation]], but then the quest wouldn't be nearly as much fun as it is.
*BreakTheHaughty: Raynare.
*ChallengeSeeker: Yang. Also Issei to a lesser extent.
*CharacterDevelopment: Issei takes a dot of Temperance and a whole lot of tact during the first arc. He's still as perverted as ever but he doesn't go around shouting about how badly he wants a harem anymore. [[spoiler: Losing his virginity probably helped a lot too.]]
*CurbStompBattle: Raynare is at the receiving end of this at Issei's hand twice after his Exaltation.
*TheDulcineaEffect: Issei's virtue flaw manifests as this. If he ''doesn't'' rescue a damsel in distress he aggravates the Great Curse and starts going insane. Not that he knows this, of course.
*ForGreatJustice: Ruby's motivation as a Sacred Gear user.
*ForWantOfANail: Issei took his Second Breath rather than summoning Rias for a wish, and so never became a devil. This has caused dramatic changes in the entire plot.
*FreudianTrio: Issei, Draig and Bright. Draig is the Id, Bright is the Superego, and Issei as the Ego.
*GroinAttack: Poor Freed.
*HeroicHost: Issei is hosting two entities in his body who are tied to the source of his powers.
*InSpiteOfANail: Issei still gets in touch with the Gremory peerage using the rune he received from Rias's familiar, though not for purposes of reincarnation.
*JumpedAtTheCall: Ruby found a superhero doing martial arts katas on her roof and immediately went chasing after him when he ran off.
*LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Raynare]] is at the receiving end of this trope.
*MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: The author fleshes out the [=DxD=] setting by importing characters from other settings and tweaking their powers and backstories to make them fit in. [[{{RWBY}} Ruby and Yang]] are the most prominent examples so far.
*NaiveNewcomer: Ruby, when she is first introduced. To a lesser extent, Issei to the supernatural world just after his Exaltation.
*ResurrectedForAJob: Played with. The Unconquered Sun does resurrect Issei to be his champion, but he doesn't set any specific goals.
*SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Leans pretty far down the idealistic side, but Issei is still a Solar with the Great Curse, so it remains to be seen whether this will remain the case.
*SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: Issei walks right into the fallen angel base, encounters Raynare, and puts her down for the count roughly halfway through where the first book would have been simply because he wasn't a devil and wasn't chased off by the ominous feeling around the old church.]]
*SuperPowerLottery: Issei. ''Twice over'' no less, first with Boosted Gear and second with his Exaltation.
*ThisIsUnforgivable: Issei's reaction when he learns what Raynare is going to do to Asia.
*TookALevelInKindness: Not that Issei wasn't a perfectly nice person to begin with, but his “get a harem” motivation had the edge taken off of it by certain events in the first arc, which lead him to rephrase it to Yang as something more akin to “make girls happy.”
*TrainingFromHell: Issei's absurd Resistance stat means he can go without sleeping for days at a time, so he indulges in this as often as he can.
The story begins at the moment Issei is murdered by Raynare at the beginning of the plot. As Issei feels his consciousness ebbing away, his plight catches the eye of a power foreign to his world. The Unconquered Sun of Creation is moved by the compassion and courage in Issei's heart and imbues him with his power, resurrecting him as one of the Twilight Caste of the Solar Exalted. Wielding the power of the sun in his right hand and the Red Dragon Emperor in his left, Issei emerges into the supernatural world as an independent power rather than a servant of devils.
Discussion, character stats, and story posts can all be found [[http://questionablequesting.com/index.php?topic=408.0 here]]. Visitors should consider themselves warned that Questionable Questing hosts some highly NSFW content elsewhere on the site, though ''Trials'' itself is perfectly safe-for-work. Additional NSFW scenes from this quest can also be found elsewhere on QQ.
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!!This story contains examples of:
*AGodAmI: Averted and subverted. Ddraig and Bright both encourage Issei to think this way, as his Exaltation grants him the authority the Unconquered Sun bestowed on his chosen. [[AGodIAmNot Issei disagrees]], and then Bright reveals that she agrees with him, and that she had [[SecretTestOfCharacter other motives]] for making the suggestion.
*ALadyOnEachArm: Issei, to the considerable jealousy of every straight male in sight of him.
*[[spoiler: AManIsNotAVirgin: Issei loses his virginity shortly after the first arc.]]
*AllThereInTheManual: As Issei's power runs on Exalted mechanics, some degree of knowledge about how Exalted works is necessary to better understand his actions.
*AscendedExtra: Mittelt. In canon she was one of Raynare's minions, had barely any screen time, and got killed off-screen by Rias with no fanfare. In this story her character is expanded on significantly and she ultimately becomes the first girl to properly join Issei's harem [[spoiler: as well as the one who took his virginity.]]
*AwesomeMcCoolname: Issei is given the title "Sovereign of the Radiant Scales."
*BettyAndVeronica: Asia and Mittelt respectively to Issei.
*BelatedBackstory: Issei's excuse for his sudden upgrade to Bishonen is one for his classmates.
*BigDamnHeroes: Issei plays this role for Kiyome Abe, an upperclassman of his assaulted by thugs, and also for a barkeeper being terrorized by a gang of hoodlums.
*{{Bishonen}}: Issei, hilariously. Appearance 5 [[ChickMagnet has its perks]].
*BlueAndOrangeMorality: Bright Shattered Ice, the remnants of the previous bearer of Issei's exaltation and one of his two mentors.
*BoardGames: Issei works by the rules of one, due to his Exaltation. Though the author makes AcceptableBreaksFromReality every now and then; just for starters, the circumstances of Issei's Second Breath really ''should'' have attracted [[OmnicidalManiac an entirely different sort of Exaltation]], but then the quest wouldn't be nearly as much fun as it is.
*BreakTheHaughty: Raynare.
*ChallengeSeeker: Yang. Also Issei to a lesser extent.
*CharacterDevelopment: Issei takes a dot of Temperance and a whole lot of tact during the first arc. He's still as perverted as ever but he doesn't go around shouting about how badly he wants a harem anymore. [[spoiler: Losing his virginity probably helped a lot too.]]
*CurbStompBattle: Raynare is at the receiving end of this at Issei's hand twice after his Exaltation.
*TheDulcineaEffect: Issei's virtue flaw manifests as this. If he ''doesn't'' rescue a damsel in distress he aggravates the Great Curse and starts going insane. Not that he knows this, of course.
*ForGreatJustice: Ruby's motivation as a Sacred Gear user.
*ForWantOfANail: Issei took his Second Breath rather than summoning Rias for a wish, and so never became a devil. This has caused dramatic changes in the entire plot.
*FreudianTrio: Issei, Draig and Bright. Draig is the Id, Bright is the Superego, and Issei as the Ego.
*GroinAttack: Poor Freed.
*HeroicHost: Issei is hosting two entities in his body who are tied to the source of his powers.
*InSpiteOfANail: Issei still gets in touch with the Gremory peerage using the rune he received from Rias's familiar, though not for purposes of reincarnation.
*JumpedAtTheCall: Ruby found a superhero doing martial arts katas on her roof and immediately went chasing after him when he ran off.
*LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Raynare]] is at the receiving end of this trope.
*MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: The author fleshes out the [=DxD=] setting by importing characters from other settings and tweaking their powers and backstories to make them fit in. [[{{RWBY}} Ruby and Yang]] are the most prominent examples so far.
*NaiveNewcomer: Ruby, when she is first introduced. To a lesser extent, Issei to the supernatural world just after his Exaltation.
*ResurrectedForAJob: Played with. The Unconquered Sun does resurrect Issei to be his champion, but he doesn't set any specific goals.
*SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Leans pretty far down the idealistic side, but Issei is still a Solar with the Great Curse, so it remains to be seen whether this will remain the case.
*SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: Issei walks right into the fallen angel base, encounters Raynare, and puts her down for the count roughly halfway through where the first book would have been simply because he wasn't a devil and wasn't chased off by the ominous feeling around the old church.]]
*SuperPowerLottery: Issei. ''Twice over'' no less, first with Boosted Gear and second with his Exaltation.
*ThisIsUnforgivable: Issei's reaction when he learns what Raynare is going to do to Asia.
*TookALevelInKindness: Not that Issei wasn't a perfectly nice person to begin with, but his “get a harem” motivation had the edge taken off of it by certain events in the first arc, which lead him to rephrase it to Yang as something more akin to “make girls happy.”
*TrainingFromHell: Issei's absurd Resistance stat means he can go without sleeping for days at a time, so he indulges in this as often as he can.
