History Literature / Pyrrhic

Currently is on its twenty-third chapter. The author updates weekly and has [[WordOfGod promised the series to have fifty-four chapters with an epilogue]].

Currently is on its twentieth chapter. The author updates weekly and has [[WordOfGod promised the series to have fifty-four chapters with an epilogue]].

* ActionGirlfriend: PlayedWith when it comes to Hanako, who wants to protect Joshua, but can only do so much. However, she proved herself while he was dealing with his recent [[spoiler:deafness]], helping him navigate in the jungle, while pursued by [[spoiler:Marie]].

* CrazyJealousGuy: Shinji is this for Hanako, hating Joshua for dating his sister, who he wants to be with. In the backstory, it is all but outright stated that [[spoiler:Joshua is this for MJ to an extent]], causing a wave of destruction when he found out that she was about to get hurt.

* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: A weird subversion, as Joshua recounts the times he was tortured by his mentor in a joking manner, but his descriptions of it are anything but funny.
* HopeSpot: Joshua and Hanako have joined forces, waiting on allying with Mary Jane, and ready to find a way to strike back against the experiment, but before this can really happen [[spoiler:Marie]] shows up. Joshua, knowing what he did to [[spoiler:Chase]], tries to reason with [[spoiler:her]] beforehand, but his attempts fail and [[spoiler:she]] shoots at them, causing them to lose whatever advantage they had.

* KilledOffForReal: So far [[spoiler:Chase Traviss, Zelda Swift, Tina King, Sonny Chance, Xenia Daugman, Tom Tucker, Benjamin Rogers, Kylie Chalmers, Tyler Bronson, and Dana Riley]] have died. Being that this is inspired by ''Literaure/BattleRoyale'', it's likely the list will continue to grow.

* MeaningfulName: [[JesusChrist Joshua Carpenter]].

* MyGreatestFailure: For Joshua it was [[spoiler:killing his mentor Sister Grace.]]

* {{Revenge}}: Ryan's stated reason for getting [=DeQuan=] to help him kill [[spoiler:Joshua]] is justice for [[spoiler:Chase's death]] but it's really this for how [[spoiler:Joshua]] got him sent to prison for what he'd done to an ex-girlfriend.

* {{Troll}}: Darren Hawke is a huge one, tricking Shinji into taking the backpack with the nodachi just to be racist. He also messes with Max's head using the speakers on the island, attempting to drive him mad. It's implied Darren is already insane, just good at hiding it. Danson also has traces of this.

Currently is on its nineteenth chapter. The author updates weekly and has [[WordOfGod promised the series to have fifty-four chapters with an epilogue]].

* KilledOffForReal: So far [[spoiler:Chase Traviss, Zelda Swift, Tina King, Sonny Chance, Xenia Daugman, Tom Tucker, and Benjamin Rogers]] have died. Being that this is inspired by ''Literaure/BattleRoyale'', it's likely the list will continue to grow.

* NecessarilyEvil: * Several of the students in the experiment feel this way, as they are being forced to kill each other, so justifiably they can murder others to save themselves. [[spoiler:[=DeQuan=]]] feels this way about plotting with Ryan to kill [[spoiler:Joshua because of [[MercyKill what he did to Chase]]]].

Currently is on its seventeenth chapter. The author updates weekly and has [[WordOfGod promised the series to have fifty-four chapters with an epilogue]].

* KilledOffForReal: So far [[spoiler:Chase Traviss, Zelda Swift, Tina King, Sonny Chance, Xenia Daugman, and Tom Tucker]] have died. Being that this is inspired by ''Literaure/BattleRoyale'', it's likely the list will continue to grow.

* UsefulNotes/{{Aikido}}: Shinji, Hanako, MJ, and Joshua are all accomplished practitioners.

* AbandonedArea: There are several on the island, mostly of houses and another a treehouse. The school building is clearly meant to mock the graduating students before they are sent out to kill each other and becomes an abandoned area once they leave, given that it is a danger zone. Helmut finds a cave thar clearly isn't natural, given that digging tools are still inside it.

* AuthorTract: The author went on a fairly lengthy one at the end of the seventeenth chapter in regards to the UnfortunateImplications behind DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale and how it's just as bad as the opposite. He also decried the use of RapeAsBackstory, saying that it disgusted him. However, in story, he justified the scene where [[spoiler:Xenia rapes Tom]] in order to have a healthy discussion on why these dark subjects need to be stopped. He then [[CrowningMomentOfFunny said he'd get off of his soapbox.]] However, SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped.

* DramaPreservingHandicap: Helmut loses a contact, preventing him from using his gun correctly, despite his noted markmanship. Joshua, perhaps the most capable student on the island, loses his [[spoiler:hearing]] right as he leaves the school, preventing him from being as much of a threat. [[HandicappedBadass Not that this causes him to worry.]]

* {{Revenge}}: Ryan's stated reason for getting ==DeQuan== to help him kill [[spoiler:Joshua]] is justice for [[spoiler:Chase's death]] but it's really this for how [[spoiler:Joshua]] got him sent to prison for what he'd done to an ex-girlfriend.

* {{Revenge}}: Ryan's stated reason for getting ==[[DeQuan]]== to help him kill [[spoiler:Joshua]] is justice for [[spoiler:Chase's death]] but it's really this for how [[spoiler:Joshua]] got him sent to prison for what he'd done to an ex-girlfriend.

* HillariouslyAbusiveChildhood: A weird subversion, as Joshua recounts the times he was tortured by his mentor in a joking manner, but his descriptions of it are anything but funny.

* {{Revenge}}: Ryan's stated reason for getting DeQuan to help him kill [[spoiler:Joshua]] is justice for [[spoiler:Chase's death]] but it's really this for how [[spoiler:Joshua]] got him sent to prison for what he'd done to an ex-girlfriend.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: The very idea of vampires existing is mocked in the first chapter. Tyra qualifies herself as an empathic vampire, [[spoiler:at least until she kills her sister, Tina, and drinks her blood.]] However, this is firmly how she views herself, and isn't grounded in reality. Danson is implied to be one, but what he really is no one knows.

* {{Troll}}: Darren Hawke is a huge one, tricking Shinji into taking the backpack with the nodachi just to be racist. He also messes with Max's head using the speakers on the island, attempting to drive him mad. It's implied Darren is already insane, just good at hiding it.

* AuthorCatchphrase: The author almost always starts his chapter notes with "Hello all." He also normally ends them with "Until next time..." (The latter intended as a pseudo-ShoutOut to ''Anime/CowboyBebop''.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Joshua's greatest skill. He correctly ascertains where they were taken to with information anyone else would never have figured out. He's the valedictorian for a reason. [[UpToEleven And it's implied he's holding himself back.]]

* MyGreatestFailure: For Joshua it was [[spoiler:killing his mentor Sister Grace.]] Although the details are vague as to how he did it.

* NonActionGuy: Tom Tucker suffers from this. [[spoiler:At least until he deals with his rapist.]] Not that it helps him for long.

''Pyrrhic'' is a WebSerialNovel inspired by ''Literature/BattleRoyale'' by Creator/KoushunTakami. Following a group of students as they're kidnapped by a terrorist organization, ''Pyrrhic'' focuses on their newfound realization that they are being asked to kill each other for unknown means. Meanwhile, one of the forced participants comes from a well-connected and mysterious family that has ties to supernatural events that have kept the world safe for years without their knowledge.

* ActionGirlfriend: PlayedWith when it comes to Hanako, who wants to protect Joshua, but does very little to do so. However, she proved herself earlier while he was dealing with his recent [[spoiler:deafness]], helping him navigate in the jungle.
* KilledOffForReal: So far [[spoiler:Chase Traviss, Zelda Swift, Tina King, Sonny Chance, Xenia Daugman, and Tom Tucker]] have died.

Can be found here: https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3184154/1/Pyrrhic