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* {{Dystopia}}: Arkanar.
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* {{Dystopia}}: Arkanar.Arkanar, a world that has been permanently stuck in a fascist dark age for generations by the time the novel starts.
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* KillTheCutie. [[spoiler: Twice. Uno and Kira are both dead by the end.]]
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* KillTheCutie. KillTheCutie: [[spoiler: Twice. Uno and Kira are both dead by the end.]]
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* DarkFantasy: An UnbuiltTrope. This novel incorporates many ideas typical for this subgenre, such as a fictional pseudo-medieval CrapsackWorld loosely based on DungAges but with an AnachronismStew of allusions to gruesome historical events (from the Spanish Inquisition to Hitler's rise to power), a lot of {{Deconstruction}} and borderline TakeThat moments aimed against light-hearted adventure novels, loads and loads of GreyAndGreyMorality, and a DownerEnding. Even sci-fi elements are something closer to a variation of SufficientlyAdvancedAliens than typical space opera and exploration fiction. However, it was written in 1963 -- a whole decade before the Elric saga, one of the first [[TropeCodifier Trope Codifiers]], even came to be. The authors themselves mentioned it was originally meant to be an adventure story inspired by Literature/TheThreeMusketeers, but they intentionally made the plot much DarkerAndEdgier.
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* [[SufficientlyAdvancedAliens Sufficiently Advanced Earthlings]]
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* [[SufficientlyAdvancedAliens SufficientlyAdvancedAlien: Sufficiently Advanced Earthlings]]Earthlings
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* MasterSwordsman: Don Rumata is universally acknowledged as the best swordsman in the Estorian metropole. Justified by the facts that his [[WeWillHavePerfectHealthInTheFuture physical condition is superior to any native]] and that his swordfighting techniques wouldn't be discovered in Arkanar for another couple of centuries. Still, even the best swordsman cannot hold long [[RealityEnsues against multiple attackers, all of whom are larger than himself]]. Especially when he is hampered by ThouShallNotKill rule.
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* MasterSwordsman: Don Rumata is universally acknowledged as the best swordsman in the Estorian metropole. Justified by the facts that his [[WeWillHavePerfectHealthInTheFuture physical condition is superior to any native]] and that his swordfighting techniques wouldn't be discovered in Arkanar for another couple of centuries. Still, even the best swordsman cannot hold long [[RealityEnsues against multiple attackers, all of whom are larger than himself]].himself. Especially when he is hampered by ThouShallNotKill rule.
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* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler: The young prince is brutally murdered by Grey soldiers while Rumata watches. That same night, Uno is killed during an attempted break-in.]]
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* InfantImmortality: Averted. [[spoiler: The young prince is brutally murdered by Grey soldiers while Rumata watches. That same night, Uno is killed during an attempted break-in.]]
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* DeadlyDecadentCourt: The royal court is filled with vapid, self-obsessed aristocrats who have no interest in the affairs of the country.
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* ZergRush: Reba figures out that since Rumata [[ThouShaltNotKill refuses to use his exceptional martial skills to kill people]], the best way to capture him isn't to send the best and most skilled guards, but rather as many burly dudes as possible, armed with sticks and other non-lethal weapons, since Rumata can't knock them ALL out.
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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: One part of the problem with German'd adaptation. Even setting aside the nauseating level of naturalism, it's very hard to make sense of what is going on.
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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: One part of the problem with German'd adaptation. Even setting aside the nauseating level of naturalism, it's very hard to make sense of what is going on.
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''Hard to Be a God'' (Russian: "Трудно быть богом" ''Trudno byt' bogom'') is the fourth novel by the Creator/StrugatskyBrothers to be set in the Franchise/NoonUniverse.
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''Hard to Be a God'' (Russian: "Трудно быть богом" ''Trudno byt' bogom'') is the fourth novel by the Creator/StrugatskyBrothers to be set in the Franchise/NoonUniverse.
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* CrapsackWorld: And how. After a series of ill-advised wars that all ended in losses, common people in Arkanar are living in extreme poverty and the nobles struggle to hold on to their wealth. The king is incompetent and the kingdom's educational system is in shambles. The kingdom is surrounded by hostile powers on all sides. The only people who really thrive are the Grey Stormtroopers and the local criminal gang. You can pretty much count on everything that shows the slightest hint of goodness being twisted, corrupted, used in the service of darkness or outright destroyed. Considering the [[TheDungAges state of public sanitation in Arkanar]], this is almost literal.
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* CrapsackWorld: And how. After a series of ill-advised wars that all ended in losses, common people in Arkanar are living in extreme poverty and the nobles struggle to hold on to their wealth. The king is incompetent and the kingdom's educational system is in shambles. The kingdom is surrounded by hostile powers on all sides. The only people who really thrive are the Grey Stormtroopers and the local criminal gang. You can pretty much count on everything that shows the slightest hint of goodness being twisted, corrupted, used in the service of darkness or outright destroyed. Considering the [[TheDungAges state of public sanitation in Arkanar]], this is almost literal.
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* LeFilmArtistique: Aleksei Gehrman's adaptation, for better or worse. A rare example of the film being even weirder and darker than the book.
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* LeFilmArtistique: Aleksei Gehrman's adaptation, for better or worse. A rare example of the film being even weirder and darker than the book.
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* {{Dystopia}}: Arkanar, which serves as a critique of the Soviet Union in real life.
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* {{Dystopia}}: Arkanar, which serves as a critique of the Soviet Union in real life.Arkanar.
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* {{Expy}}: WordOfGod claims that Don Reba is an Expy of Lavrentiy Beria, StateSec chief during the [[UsefulNotes/JosephStalin Stalinist era]]. The character was even called Don Rebia in an early draft.
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* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: WordOfGod claims that Don Reba is inspired by Lavrentiy Beria, StateSec chief during the [[UsefulNotes/JosephStalin Stalinist era]]. The character was even called Don Rebia in an early draft.
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* {{Expy}}: WordOfGod claims that Don Reba is an Expy of Lavrentiy Beria, StateSec chief during the [[JosephStalin Stalinist era]]. The character was even called Don Rebia in an early draft.
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* {{Expy}}: WordOfGod claims that Don Reba is an Expy of Lavrentiy Beria, StateSec chief during the [[JosephStalin [[UsefulNotes/JosephStalin Stalinist era]]. The character was even called Don Rebia in an early draft.
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* {{Badass}}: Rumata, especially considering that his physical condition is far superior to any Arkanarian.
