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* SpotOfTea: All over the place, usually being served by a [[OfficeLady WAVE girl]].
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* {{Bifauxnen}}: [[BaldWomen Batu]]. Lord Wingate actually mistakes her for a man at first.
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* {{Bifauxnen}}: [[BaldWomen Batu]].Batu. Lord Wingate actually mistakes her for a man at first.
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* GreatOffscreenWar: [[TheKingdom Aurora]] and [[TheEmpire Hadvar]] have been at war for the better part of four centuries. By the time the story begins, they have only just recently made peace.
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* GreatOffscreenWar: [[TheKingdom Aurora]] Aurora and [[TheEmpire Hadvar]] have been at war for the better part of four centuries. By the time the story begins, they have only just recently made peace.
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''The Gates of Dawn'' is a {{Steampunk}} WebSerialNovel that follows the adventures of Paul Bowman, a [[WorkingClassHero former freighthauler]] who finds himself conscripted into the army of [[TheKingdom Aurora]] and then promoted to captain of an airship after accidentally winning a great battle.
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''The Gates of Dawn'' is a {{Steampunk}} WebSerialNovel that follows the adventures of Paul Bowman, a [[WorkingClassHero former freighthauler]] who finds himself conscripted into the army of [[TheKingdom Aurora]] Aurora and then promoted to captain of an airship after accidentally winning a great battle.
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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: The entire region of Isafar is essentially Africa with the serial numbers filed off.
** [[TheKingdom Aurora]] also bears many similarities to Victorian England.
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*TheAlliance: According to [[MightyWhitey Malavar]], Isafar is one, if a loosely organized example.
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-> ''[[ArcWords I am the wind]]''
''The Gates of Dawn'' is a {{Steampunk}} WebSerialNovel that follows the adventures of Paul Bowman, a [[WorkingClassHero former freighthauler]] who finds himself conscripted into the army of [[TheKingdom Aurora]] and then promoted to captain of an airship after accidentally winning a great battle.
''The Gates of Dawn'' is published by chapters on Website/DeviantArt. The first chapter is located [[http://zachvalkyrie.deviantart.com/art/The-Gates-of-Dawn-1-At-the-Southern-Gap-538972593 here]]
!!Tropes:
*AnyoneCanDie: You know those other soldiers in the first chapter who aren't Paul? [[RedshirtArmy Don't get too attached to them]].
*AttackPatternAlpha: [[TakingYouWithMe The Mordred Protocol]]
*Bifauxnen: [[BaldWomen Batu]]. Lord Wingate actually mistakes her for a man at first.
*ConstructedWorld
*CoolAirship: The Celsius ([[WeHardlyKnewYe RIP]]). The Dreadnought, [[SubvertedTrope not so much]].
*DirtyCoward: Corporeal Fisher runs away from a small isafari scouting force, [[LaserGuidedKarma and is immediately shot in the back.]]
*EyepatchOfPower: Paul.
*FantasyCounterpartCulture: The entire region of Isafar is essentially Africa with the serial numbers filed off.
**[[TheKingdom Aurora]] also bears many similarities to Victorian England.
*GentlemanAdventurer: Corvin Malavar, RetiredBadass and CunningLinguist
*GoingDownWithTheShip: [[DefiedTrope Defied]] by Lord Wingate, much to [[ArmchairMilitary Lord Franklin's]] disapproval.
*GreatOffscreenWar: [[TheKingdom Aurora]] and [[TheEmpire Hadvar]] have been at war for the better part of four centuries. By the time the story begins, they have only just recently made peace.
*HeterosexualLifePartners: Wolfram and Archie. Also Lord Wingate and Lord Newton.
*MilesGloriosus: Captain Wilmont, at least until Paul puts him in his place.
*OfficeLady: The Women's Auxiliary Volunteer Echelon ([[FunWithAcronyms WAVE]]); an entire corps of them!
*ReassignedToAntarctica: Reassignment to the Dreadnought is generally the end for a military career.
*RunningGag: Is it [[ItsPronouncedTroPAY "lieutenant" or "leftenant?"]]
** Also Paul describing people he doesn't like as "A bit of a prick."
*SamusIsAGirl: [[CommandingCoolness Lieutenant Commander]] [[BlueBlood the lady]] Fiora Marie Vaughn.
*TheScrounger: Lieutenant Butler
*SedgwickSpeech: Lieutenant Stuart gives one about how the isafari are savages with rocks and spears. [[DeathByIrony He is sniped by one moments later]].
*SophisticatedAsHell: The Queen describes herself at one point as a ''[[CountryMatters luckless cunt]]''.
*SpotOfTea: All over the place, usually being served by a [[OfficeLady WAVE girl]].
*{{Steampunk}}
*SurvivorGuilt: Paul gets hit with a serious case after [[ILetGwenStacyDie private Carter gets killed]].
*TagalongReporter: Isabell Fairchild, much to Paul's annoyance.
*ThatLiarLies: Paul calls Wilmont a "[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment lying, lie-telling, teller-of-lies]]."
*TradingBarsForStripes: Paul Bowman and Private Green
*{{Unobtanium}}: Fulgurite, [[AppliedPhlebotinum which powers all air-ship technology]], is only found in the Mountains of Dawn. (And supplies are beginning to run low!)
*UpThroughTheRanks: Paul, after leading the charge at the Defense of the Southern Gap.
*WorkingClassHero: Paul is an illiterate former freighthauler who dreams of owning an airship of his own one day.
*YouAreInCommandNow: Paul Bowman at the Southern Gap after Lieutenant Stuart is KilledMidSentence.
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''The Gates of Dawn'' is a {{Steampunk}} WebSerialNovel that follows the adventures of Paul Bowman, a [[WorkingClassHero former freighthauler]] who finds himself conscripted into the army of [[TheKingdom Aurora]] and then promoted to captain of an airship after accidentally winning a great battle.
''The Gates of Dawn'' is published by chapters on Website/DeviantArt. The first chapter is located [[http://zachvalkyrie.deviantart.com/art/The-Gates-of-Dawn-1-At-the-Southern-Gap-538972593 here]]
!!Tropes:
*AnyoneCanDie: You know those other soldiers in the first chapter who aren't Paul? [[RedshirtArmy Don't get too attached to them]].
*AttackPatternAlpha: [[TakingYouWithMe The Mordred Protocol]]
*Bifauxnen: [[BaldWomen Batu]]. Lord Wingate actually mistakes her for a man at first.
*ConstructedWorld
*CoolAirship: The Celsius ([[WeHardlyKnewYe RIP]]). The Dreadnought, [[SubvertedTrope not so much]].
*DirtyCoward: Corporeal Fisher runs away from a small isafari scouting force, [[LaserGuidedKarma and is immediately shot in the back.]]
*EyepatchOfPower: Paul.
*FantasyCounterpartCulture: The entire region of Isafar is essentially Africa with the serial numbers filed off.
**[[TheKingdom Aurora]] also bears many similarities to Victorian England.
*GentlemanAdventurer: Corvin Malavar, RetiredBadass and CunningLinguist
*GoingDownWithTheShip: [[DefiedTrope Defied]] by Lord Wingate, much to [[ArmchairMilitary Lord Franklin's]] disapproval.
*GreatOffscreenWar: [[TheKingdom Aurora]] and [[TheEmpire Hadvar]] have been at war for the better part of four centuries. By the time the story begins, they have only just recently made peace.
*HeterosexualLifePartners: Wolfram and Archie. Also Lord Wingate and Lord Newton.
*MilesGloriosus: Captain Wilmont, at least until Paul puts him in his place.
*OfficeLady: The Women's Auxiliary Volunteer Echelon ([[FunWithAcronyms WAVE]]); an entire corps of them!
*ReassignedToAntarctica: Reassignment to the Dreadnought is generally the end for a military career.
*RunningGag: Is it [[ItsPronouncedTroPAY "lieutenant" or "leftenant?"]]
** Also Paul describing people he doesn't like as "A bit of a prick."
*SamusIsAGirl: [[CommandingCoolness Lieutenant Commander]] [[BlueBlood the lady]] Fiora Marie Vaughn.
*TheScrounger: Lieutenant Butler
*SedgwickSpeech: Lieutenant Stuart gives one about how the isafari are savages with rocks and spears. [[DeathByIrony He is sniped by one moments later]].
*SophisticatedAsHell: The Queen describes herself at one point as a ''[[CountryMatters luckless cunt]]''.
*SpotOfTea: All over the place, usually being served by a [[OfficeLady WAVE girl]].
*{{Steampunk}}
*SurvivorGuilt: Paul gets hit with a serious case after [[ILetGwenStacyDie private Carter gets killed]].
*TagalongReporter: Isabell Fairchild, much to Paul's annoyance.
*ThatLiarLies: Paul calls Wilmont a "[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment lying, lie-telling, teller-of-lies]]."
*TradingBarsForStripes: Paul Bowman and Private Green
*{{Unobtanium}}: Fulgurite, [[AppliedPhlebotinum which powers all air-ship technology]], is only found in the Mountains of Dawn. (And supplies are beginning to run low!)
*UpThroughTheRanks: Paul, after leading the charge at the Defense of the Southern Gap.
*WorkingClassHero: Paul is an illiterate former freighthauler who dreams of owning an airship of his own one day.
*YouAreInCommandNow: Paul Bowman at the Southern Gap after Lieutenant Stuart is KilledMidSentence.
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