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Two more sequels are planned. \n Now has a character sheet; do feel free to contribute.
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* EvilReactionary: Meredith is incensed at the world's constant evolution and adapting to societal changes. While what exactly she is pissed off about is unclear in the narrative, the subtext strongly implies that Shaddhai is a conservative nation. What being conservative means within the context of the story isn't fully addressed, but the allegory that an established order is being pushed aside or otherwise forgotten in favor of more progressive policies is there.
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* FamilyOfChoice: A critical trope in the series. In this particular instance, family is a big deal to Claude Virtus, and he ''loathes it'' when people try to tell him what family is or means. [[spoiler:He lost his original family as a child due to circumstances beyond his control, and was lost and hopeless for a time before being taken in by Bai-Feng Lei]]. The impact being adopted left in him is notable in the present, as Claude and Mordred both consider him the HonoraryUncle. Claude values both of his families equally, as he is seen reverently paying homage to his actual family at the beginning of the book, and is later [[spoiler:howling his heart out with grief when Bai-Feng is killed]]. Family is family, after all- no matter where it comes from.
* FantasticNuke: [[spoiler:Meredith fires Justice, a soul-powered missile, on the village of Prelid in order to destroy the protagonists, unaware that they are already on their way to meet her head-on aboard the Cassus Belli. Said missile, equal in firepower to a nuke, is fueled by the forcefully extracted souls of the ship's crew, and fired by the sacrifice of her warlocks. The end result is tragic and takes Mordred's life, ensuring that there is [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge no peaceful end to the affair]].]]
* FantasticNuke: [[spoiler:Meredith fires Justice, a soul-powered missile, on the village of Prelid in order to destroy the protagonists, unaware that they are already on their way to meet her head-on aboard the Cassus Belli. Said missile, equal in firepower to a nuke, is fueled by the forcefully extracted souls of the ship's crew, and fired by the sacrifice of her warlocks. The end result is tragic and takes Mordred's life, ensuring that there is [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge no peaceful end to the affair]].]]
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* TheFundamentalist: Never spelled outright, but implied for Meredith and maybe the rest of the Angels. [[spoiler:Gunter’s case is unclear]].
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* HonoraryUncle: Bai-Feng to Claude and Mordred. [[spoiler:It’s a lot more profound for the latter, which causes some TheResenter issues later.]]
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Meredith doesn’t stop once to consider the ramifications of her actions on her kingdom and subjects, instead subjecting them to a blanket “things will be better under my rule, I promise” policy. [[spoiler:Throughout the story, support for Meredith from Shaddhai drops considerably.]]
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* ParentalSubstitute: Overlaps with HonoraryUncle: Bai-Feng became this to Claude and Mordred.
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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler:Justice is fired specifically to raze Prelid and the protagonists. Her plan is undone, as the protagonists take the fight to her. She doesn’t care.]]
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* TheUnfettered: Meredith takes some rather drastic steps to ensure that her ideals are protected, up to and including [[spoiler:mass genocide and murder]].
* TykeBomb: Ruhiel has been raised from childhood to be a master sorcerer, with terrible damages to his psyche in return.
* TykeBomb: Ruhiel has been raised from childhood to be a master sorcerer, with terrible damages to his psyche in return.
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** Gunter is tersely disapproving of Meredith using forbidden magic to banish a [[Mook Mook's]] soul to Hell. It’s implied that this is not the first time she’s done this.
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** Gunter is tersely disapproving of Meredith using forbidden magic to banish a [[Mook Mook's]] [[{{Mook}} mook's]] soul to Hell. It’s implied that this is not the first time she’s done this.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Ruhiel’s first act when introduced is to ask the soldiers to kill the moles because [[Hypocrite they’re not trustworthy]].
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Ruhiel’s first act when introduced is to ask the soldiers to kill the moles because [[Hypocrite [[{{Hypocrite}} they’re not trustworthy]].
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* JerkassToOne: Mordred is normally a civilized guy. But once [[spoiler:Gunter]] enters the fray, he becomes an absolute asshole to them. Given that they’re partly responsible for the war, however, it’s hard to find fault in Mordred for this.
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* JerkassToOne: Mordred is normally a civilized guy. But once [[spoiler:Gunter]] enters the fray, joins up, he becomes an absolute asshole to them. Given that they’re partly responsible for the war, however, it’s hard to find fault in Mordred for this. He gets mildly better about it.
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* NoodleIncident: Apparently, Mordred was once pushed into a beehive when trying to hit on some girls and has scars on his butt from the stings. He somehow got out of a harassment lawsuit. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny When out of context, it's hilarious.]]
* NotGoodWithRejection: Dear Lord, ''Meredith''.
* NotGoodWithRejection: Dear Lord, ''Meredith''.
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* NoodleIncident: Apparently, Mordred was once pushed into a beehive when trying to hit on some girls and has scars on his butt from the stings. He somehow got out of a harassment lawsuit. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny When out of context, it's hilarious.]]\n
* NotGoodWithRejection:Dear Lord, ''Meredith''.Meredith reacts viscerally when confronted with rejection, as it bites into her insecurities and concerns and she really has no one to discuss them with.
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* TheResenter: [[spoiler:Mordred secretly resented Claude for years because the dragon was so emotionally damaged when he was adopted that he was high maintenance, so to speak. As his family dynamic changed and he became a caretaker to a mentally unusual individual that required certain care, he missed when it was just him and Bai-Feng, which caused him to be mildly jealous of the attention Claude got]]. Bai-Feng actually apologizes for this on his [[spoiler:deathbed]], saying that he caused [[spoiler:Mordred]] undue suffering for it. Therefore, [[spoiler:Mordred]] seems to be commentary on the plight of caretakers today, who usually have to deal with patients' woes- usually unprepared.
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* TheResenter: [[spoiler:Mordred secretly resented Claude for years because the dragon was so emotionally damaged when he was adopted that he was high maintenance, so to speak. As his family dynamic changed and he became a caretaker to a mentally unusual individual that required certain care, he missed when it was just him and Bai-Feng, which caused him Mordred to be mildly jealous of the attention Claude got]]. Bai-Feng actually apologizes for this on his [[spoiler:deathbed]], saying that he caused [[spoiler:Mordred]] undue suffering for it. Therefore, [[spoiler:Mordred]] seems to be commentary on the plight of caretakers today, who usually have are frequently unprepared to deal with patients' woes- usually unprepared.the situation and have little support to work through their issues.
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* ScrewYouElves: Meredith is the last elf. [[spoiler:She dies. It’s like this novel was specifically designed to drag elves through the mud!]]
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* ScrewYouElves: Meredith is the last elf. [[spoiler:She dies. It’s like this novel was specifically designed to drag elves through Apparently, the mud!]]author hates elves.]]
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* StepfordSmiler: Poor Claude… he has gone through so much crap in his life, it’s no wonder he puts up a cheerful front.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: For [[spoiler:Anna after becoming Excelsis]]. Not so much evil, but misunderstood. While it typically shows up when extremely angry, the truth is far more complex than that. [[spoiler:Said side is really just a very righteous, just version of Anna that will deliver justice and do the right thing ''no matter what''- for better or worse.]] [[spoiler:Claude]] also gets his own take on the trope, but his is far more bloodthirsty and focused, akin to Manga/DragonBallSuper's Ultra Instinct, but much more emotional.
* TheTeam:
** TheHero: Claude
** TheLancer: Mordred
** TheBigGuy: Bai-Feng
** TheHeart: Anna
** TheSmartGirl: Lala
** MightyGlacier: Brandl
** SixthRanger: [[spoiler:Gunter]]
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: For [[spoiler:Anna after becoming Excelsis]]. Not so much evil, but misunderstood. While it typically shows up when extremely angry, the truth is far more complex than that. [[spoiler:Said side is really just a very righteous, just version of Anna that will deliver justice and do the right thing ''no matter what''- for better or worse.]] [[spoiler:Claude]] also gets his own take on the trope, but his is far more bloodthirsty and focused, akin to Manga/DragonBallSuper's Ultra Instinct, but much more emotional.
* TheTeam:
** TheHero: Claude
** TheLancer: Mordred
** TheBigGuy: Bai-Feng
** TheHeart: Anna
** TheSmartGirl: Lala
** MightyGlacier: Brandl
** SixthRanger: [[spoiler:Gunter]]
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* StepfordSmiler: Poor Claude… he Claude has gone through so much crap in his life, it’s no wonder he puts up a cheerful front.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide:For [[spoiler:Anna after becoming Excelsis]]. Not so much evil, but misunderstood. While it typically shows up when extremely angry, the truth is far more complex than that. [[spoiler:Said side is really just a very righteous, just version of Anna that will deliver justice and do the right thing ''no matter what''- for better or worse.]] [[spoiler:Claude]] also gets his own take on the trope, but his is far more bloodthirsty and focused, akin to Manga/DragonBallSuper's Ultra Instinct, but much more emotional. \n* TheTeam: \n** TheHero: Claude\n** TheLancer: Mordred\n** TheBigGuy: Bai-Feng\n** TheHeart: Anna\n** TheSmartGirl: Lala\n** MightyGlacier: Brandl\n** SixthRanger: [[spoiler:Gunter]]
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* UnreliableNarrator: When narrating his backstory to Anna, Claude is vague about a couple of details. Or it could be that his memory is selective about what he remembers.
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* UnreliableNarrator: When narrating his backstory to Anna, Claude is vague about a couple of details. Or it could be that He may have repressed much of his memory is selective about what he remembers.traumatized life.
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* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Gunter isn’t very happy with the princess.
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* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Gunter isn’t very happy with the princess.blames himself for what Meredith has become, so of course he's haunted by her approval of him.
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The conservative princess of the kingdom of Shaddai, [[LadyOfWar Meredith]] Staunton, threatens to plunge the world into war over her… [[{{Understatement}} disagreements]] with the rest of the world’s progressive policies and growth. Her first target is Anthropia, a country of peaceful [[BeastMan beastmen]]. At Meredith’s side stands her general, the alligator regent, [[TheDragon Gunter]], who also harbors his own doubts and regrets over her decision… and how he’s handled parenting her.
Meanwhile, as word spreads in Anthropia, [[TheHero Claude]] [[LizardFolk Virtus]], a dragon who is also a mercenary’s apprentice, is ordered to his first tour of active duty alongside his brother, the wolfman [[TheLancer Mordred Constantine]]. By the order of their Uncle (both in name and title), Bai-Feng, their mission is as follows: Investigate the princess’s movements, send word to other nations and stop her. [[SarcasmMode Easy, right?]]
Meanwhile, as word spreads in Anthropia, [[TheHero Claude]] [[LizardFolk Virtus]], a dragon who is also a mercenary’s apprentice, is ordered to his first tour of active duty alongside his brother, the wolfman [[TheLancer Mordred Constantine]]. By the order of their Uncle (both in name and title), Bai-Feng, their mission is as follows: Investigate the princess’s movements, send word to other nations and stop her. [[SarcasmMode Easy, right?]]
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The conservative princess of the kingdom of Shaddai, [[LadyOfWar Meredith]] Staunton, threatens to plunge the world into war over her… her [[{{Understatement}} disagreements]] with the rest societal progress outside of the world’s progressive policies and growth.her kingdom. Her first target is Anthropia, a country of peaceful [[BeastMan beastmen]]. At Meredith’s side stands her general, the alligator regent, [[TheDragon Gunter]], who also harbors his own doubts and regrets over her decision… and how he’s handled parenting her.
Meanwhile, as word spreads in Anthropia, [[TheHero Claude]] [[LizardFolk Virtus]], a dragon who is also a mercenary’s apprentice, isordered sent to his first tour of active duty alongside his brother, the wolfman [[TheLancer Mordred Constantine]]. By the order of their Uncle (both in name and title), Bai-Feng, their mission is as follows: Investigate the princess’s movements, send word to other nations and stop her. [[SarcasmMode Easy, right?]]
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The novel takes a different approach to characterization and storytelling: more than half the cast is neurodivergent to some degree, with Claude and Gunter being all but confirmed to be autistic by the narrative as well as WordOfGod. Part of the purpose of the book is to give mental health as well as autism proper representation. Disorders range from obsessive-compulsive (OCD) and depression to more complex conditions like bipolar disorder. Thus, the novel is marketed explicitly as an “autistic novel”, with a mental health counselor being brought on as a consultant. The novel also goes to painstaking lengths to avoid clichés and stereotypes of these conditions as well as standard fantasy tropes, instead giving them new interpretations or angles.
Two more sequels are planned, but have yet to come to fruition. This page is in progress.
Two more sequels are planned, but have yet to come to fruition. This page is in progress.
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The novel takes a different approach to characterization and storytelling: more than half the cast is neurodivergent to some degree, with Claude and Gunter being all but confirmed to be autistic by the narrative as well as WordOfGod. Part of the purpose of the book is to give mental health as well as autism proper representation. Disorders range from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and depression to more complex conditions like bipolar disorder. Thus, the novel is marketed explicitly as an “autistic novel”, with a mental health counselor being brought on as a consultant. The novel also goes to painstaking lengths to avoid clichés and stereotypes of these conditions as well as standard fantasy tropes, instead giving them new interpretations or angles.
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* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Once [[spoiler:Claude is cured by Mystic Anna’s blood]], he is immune to the [[spoiler:black blood poison]] he was injected with.
* ActionGirl: Anna and, shockingly, Lala.
* ActionGirl: Anna and, shockingly, Lala.
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* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Once It's implied that once [[spoiler:Claude is cured by Mystic Anna’s blood]], he is immune to the [[spoiler:black blood poison]] he was injected with.
* ActionGirl: Annaand, shockingly, and Lala.
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* TheApprentice: Claude is an apprentice mercenary to Bai-Feng. [[spoiler:He sadly graduates from this position later on in the most tragic way possible with Bai-Feng’s murder.]]
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* TheApprentice: Claude is an apprentice mercenary to Bai-Feng. [[spoiler:He sadly tragically graduates from this position later on in the most tragic way possible with Bai-Feng’s murder.]]
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* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: This is why Gunter’s martial artist squad [[spoiler:sticks with him, rather than the Queen]] after Meredith’s coronation.
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* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: This is why Gunter’s martial artist squad [[spoiler:sticks with him, rather than the Queen]] after Meredith’s coronation.
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* BigBad: Meredith Staunton is the princess (later queen) of Shaddhai who has a serious grudge against the world.
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* BigBad: Meredith Staunton is the princess (later queen) of Shaddhai who has a serious grudge against the world.world over her country's outdated way of life being all but erased and forgotten in the face of what she thinks is harmful progress.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Meredith is defeated and the war is over (with an astronomical body count thanks to her Justice magic missile), but Mordred and Bai-Feng are dead and Claude and Gunter are all alone. Claude, however, has Anna. It’s unknown whether Gunter has someone waiting for him.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Meredith is defeated and the war is over (with an astronomical body count thanks to her Justice magic missile), but Mordred and Bai-Feng are dead and Claude and Gunter are all alone. Claude, however, While Claude has Anna. It’s Anna for company now, it’s unknown whether Gunter has someone waiting for him.]]
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* BloodKnight: Bai-Feng sure loves his scraps.
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** Mordred, Claude and Bai-Feng share this trait. The difference, however, is that Mordred is a total JerkAss when being honest. Bai-Feng at least restrains himself and Claude is just being InnocentlyInsensitive.InnocentlyInsensitive at best.
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* CynicismCatalyst: A villainous example: Meredith loses all faith in the world after [[spoiler:Gunter]] leaves her. She doesn’t take it well.
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* CynicismCatalyst: A villainous example: Meredith loses all faith in the world after [[spoiler:Gunter]] leaves her. She doesn’t take it well. never realizes that [[spoiler:it's her own fault]].
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** Gunter is tersely disapproving of Meredith using forbidden magic to send someone’s soul to Hell. It’s implied that this is not the first time she’s done this- and foreshadows [[spoiler:his mutiny]].
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** Gunter is tersely disapproving of Meredith using forbidden magic to send someone’s banish a [[Mook Mook's]] soul to Hell. It’s implied that this is not the first time she’s done this- and foreshadows [[spoiler:his mutiny]].this.
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** Anna suffers a severe mental crisis after she nearly murders a drunkard that called her several unflattering things and she was unable to control the rage. This is one of the times her bipolarism is in full display, with her emotions running the gamut from frightened to desperate.
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* HeroicSacrifice: Painfully deconstructed: When discussing how to board the Casus Belli, it’s mentioned that someone has to stay. [[spoiler:Mordred]] volunteers, arguing that out of everyone else in the party, they’ll just be TheLoad (everyone else has some sort of special power or skill, while he’s basically the BadassNormal of the group). Claude immediately protests that he can’t do this without them. Their response is an ArmorPiercingQuestion that renders Claude unable to make any other convincing arguments, with Gunter sadly declaring that it’s time to go. [[spoiler:This last, selfless moment leads to his death by magic bombing.]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: Painfully deconstructed: When discussing how to board the Casus Belli, it’s mentioned that someone has to stay.stay behind to coordinate evacuation efforts. [[spoiler:Mordred]] volunteers, arguing that out of everyone else in the party, they’ll just be TheLoad (everyone else has some sort of special power or skill, while he’s basically the BadassNormal of the group). Claude immediately protests that he can’t do this without them. Their response is an ArmorPiercingQuestion that renders Claude unable to make any other convincing arguments, with Gunter sadly declaring that it’s time to go. [[spoiler:This last, selfless moment leads to his death by magic bombing.]]
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** Claude is on the more severe end of the spectrum, with his tendency to be InnocentlyInsensitive, difficulty [[SarcasmBlind handling sarcasm]] (he gets it, but struggles with expressing it himself), [[{{Manchild}} general social immaturity and childishness]] and a tendency to [[MotorMouth run his mouth]]. He also enjoys repeating facts and speeches to himself mentally. However, he is surprisingly well-adjusted (thanks to Bai-Feng's complex tutelage, no doubt) for someone so traumatized: he is a NiceGuy, unfailingly polite, and good in a fight. His symptoms are far more obvious as a child, if his words are any indication: he was very shy as a child and was bullied relentlessly.
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** Claude is on the more severe end of the spectrum, with his tendency to be penchant for being InnocentlyInsensitive, difficulty [[SarcasmBlind handling sarcasm]] (he gets it, but struggles with expressing it himself), [[{{Manchild}} general social immaturity and childishness]] and a tendency to [[MotorMouth run his mouth]]. He also enjoys repeating facts and speeches to himself mentally. However, he is surprisingly well-adjusted (thanks to Bai-Feng's complex tutelage, no doubt) for someone so traumatized: he is a NiceGuy, unfailingly polite, and good in a fight. His symptoms are far more obvious as a child, if his words are any indication: he was very shy as a child and was bullied relentlessly.
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''Virtus Draconis'' is the first of a planned contemporary [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furry]] fantasy series written by Edi Álvarez in 2023. It is also the author’s debut novel and is published through Amazon in [[https://a.co/d/cOK4FXB English]] and [[https://a.co/d/ch28tIC Spanish]].
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''Virtus Draconis'' is the first of a planned contemporary [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furry]] fantasy series written by Puerto Rican author Edi Álvarez in 2023. It is also the author’s debut novel and is published through Amazon in [[https://a.co/d/cOK4FXB English]] and [[https://a.co/d/ch28tIC Spanish]].
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* SuperpoweredEvilSide: For [[spoiler:Anna after becoming Excelsis]]. Not so much evil, but misunderstood. While it typically shows up when extremely angry, the truth is far more complex than that. [[spoiler:Said side is really just a very righteous, just version of Anna that will deliver justice and do the right thing ''no matter what''- for better or worse.]]
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* SuperpoweredEvilSide: For [[spoiler:Anna after becoming Excelsis]]. Not so much evil, but misunderstood. While it typically shows up when extremely angry, the truth is far more complex than that. [[spoiler:Said side is really just a very righteous, just version of Anna that will deliver justice and do the right thing ''no matter what''- for better or worse.]]]] [[spoiler:Claude]] also gets his own take on the trope, but his is far more bloodthirsty and focused, akin to Manga/DragonBallSuper's Ultra Instinct, but much more emotional.
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* BigBad: Meredith Staunton is the princess (later queen) of Shaddhai who has a serious grudge against the world.
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* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: The ritual [[spoiler:Anna]] undergoes is shown to be particularly brutal on the participant, bordering on life threatening. Ironically, it's one of the few ways to meet the kind-hearted, regretful [[spoiler:Adonai]], who then tests you to ascertain whether you're worthy of being a Mystic.
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* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: The ritual [[spoiler:Anna]] undergoes is shown to be particularly brutal on the participant, bordering on life threatening. It's implied that it ''rearranges your bones and organs around while you're conscious''. Ironically, it's one of the few ways to meet the kind-hearted, regretful [[spoiler:Adonai]], who then tests you to ascertain whether you're worthy of being a Mystic.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: ''Everyone'' has some sort of mental hangup. Claude and Gunter are heavily implied to be autistic, Anna becomes bipolar and prone to violence [[spoiler:after becoming Mystic Excelsis]], Lala seems to be depressed or cynical, Bai-Feng is a BloodKnight and Meredith is, well, [[AxCrazy Meredith]]. Mordred and Brandl are the only characters who seem to be relatively stable, though the former does keep up a stoic facade because he’s secretly [[spoiler:TheResenter]].
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* {{Deconstruction}}: ''Everyone'' has some sort of mental hangup. Claude and Gunter are heavily implied to be autistic, Anna becomes bipolar and prone to violence [[spoiler:after violence, [[spoiler:especially after becoming Mystic Excelsis]], Lala seems to be depressed or cynical, Bai-Feng is a BloodKnight [[BloodKnight bloodthirsty warrior with impulse control issues when in battle]], and Meredith is, well, [[AxCrazy Meredith]]. Mordred and Brandl are the only characters who seem to be relatively stable, though the former does keep up a stoic facade because he’s secretly [[spoiler:TheResenter]].[[spoiler:TheResenter]], while Brandl is akin to being the WarriorTherapist who specializes in AwesomenessByAnalysis.
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** TheBigGuy: Brandl
** TheHeart: Anna
** TheSmartGirl: Lala
** TheLeader: Claude
** TheLancer: [[spoiler:Gunter]]
** TheBigGuy: Brandl
** TheHeart: Anna
** TheSmartGirl: Lala
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* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:Gunter]] becomes this after the Dalet arc.
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* SuperpoweredEvilSide: For [[spoiler:Anna after becoming Excelsis]]. Not so much evil, but misunderstood. While it typically shows up when extremely angry, the truth is far more complex than that. [[spoiler:Said side is really just a very righteous, just version of Anna that will deliver justice and do the right thing ''no matter what''- for better or worse.]]
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* TheTeam:
** TheHero: Claude
** TheLancer: Mordred
** TheBigGuy: Bai-Feng
** TheHeart: Anna
** TheSmartGirl: Lala
** MightyGlacier: Brandl
** SixthRanger: [[spoiler:Gunter]]
** TheHero: Claude
** TheLancer: Mordred
** TheBigGuy: Bai-Feng
** TheHeart: Anna
** TheSmartGirl: Lala
** MightyGlacier: Brandl
** SixthRanger: [[spoiler:Gunter]]
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* TheResenter: [[spoiler:Mordred secretly resented Claude for years because the dragon was so emotionally damaged when he was adopted that he was high maintenance, so to speak. As his family dynamic changed and he became a caretaker to a mentally unusual individual that required certain care, he missed when it was just him and Bai-Feng, which caused him to be mildly jealous of the attention Claude got]]. Bai-Feng actually apologizes for this on his [[spoiler:deathbed]], saying that he caused [[spoiler:Mordred]] undue suffering for it. Therefore, Mordred [[spoiler:Mordred]] seems to be commentary on the plight of caretakers today, who usually have to deal with patients' woes- usually unprepared.
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* BrutalHonesty: Mordred and Bai-Feng share this trait. The difference, however, is that Mordred is a total JerkAss when being honest. Bai-Feng at least restrains himself.
* CasanovaWannabe: Mordred.
* CasanovaWannabe: Mordred.
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* BrutalHonesty: Mordred BrutalHonesty:
** Mordred, Claude and Bai-Feng share this trait. The difference, however, is that Mordred is a total JerkAss when being honest. Bai-Feng at least restrainshimself.himself and Claude is just being InnocentlyInsensitive.
** Gunter doesn't mince his words either. He's much more timid about this though, when not on the job.
* CasanovaWannabe: Mordred.
** Mordred, Claude and Bai-Feng share this trait. The difference, however, is that Mordred is a total JerkAss when being honest. Bai-Feng at least restrains
** Gunter doesn't mince his words either. He's much more timid about this though, when not on the job.
* CasanovaWannabe: Mordred.
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* NoodleIncident: Apparently, Mordred was once pushed into a beehive when trying to hit on some girls and has scars on his butt from the stings. He somehow got out of a harassment lawsuit. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny When out of context, it's hilarious.]]
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* HollywoodAutism: Claude and Gunter are aversions of this trope, as the author is on the spectrum.
** Claude is on the more severe end of the spectrum, with his tendency to be InnocentlyInsensitive, difficulty [[SarcasmBlind handling sarcasm]] (he gets it, but struggles with expressing it himself), [[{{Manchild}} general social immaturity and childishness]] and a tendency to [[MotorMouth run his mouth]]. He also enjoys repeating facts and speeches to himself mentally. However, he is surprisingly well-adjusted (thanks to Bai-Feng's complex tutelage, no doubt) for someone so traumatized: he is a NiceGuy, unfailingly polite, and good in a fight. His symptoms are far more obvious as a child, if his words are any indication: he was very shy as a child and was bullied relentlessly.
** Gunter is more high-functioning than Claude, with symptoms highly reminiscent of what was once considered Asperger's syndrome: he, too, is an awkward, serious person who struggles to truly connect with people, stumbles with his words when he's trying to make a point, and is hyper-focused and knowledgeable about one specific thing (that being martial arts). He is also emotionally stunted, as he struggles with expressing his feelings. Gunter also has the [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny attention span of a mouse]] and an unusual fixation for ''clothes'' of all things. Lastly, he is sexually repressed, like many autistics, as he finds himself at one point wondering if he can even attain a relationship after everything he's done.
** Claude is on the more severe end of the spectrum, with his tendency to be InnocentlyInsensitive, difficulty [[SarcasmBlind handling sarcasm]] (he gets it, but struggles with expressing it himself), [[{{Manchild}} general social immaturity and childishness]] and a tendency to [[MotorMouth run his mouth]]. He also enjoys repeating facts and speeches to himself mentally. However, he is surprisingly well-adjusted (thanks to Bai-Feng's complex tutelage, no doubt) for someone so traumatized: he is a NiceGuy, unfailingly polite, and good in a fight. His symptoms are far more obvious as a child, if his words are any indication: he was very shy as a child and was bullied relentlessly.
** Gunter is more high-functioning than Claude, with symptoms highly reminiscent of what was once considered Asperger's syndrome: he, too, is an awkward, serious person who struggles to truly connect with people, stumbles with his words when he's trying to make a point, and is hyper-focused and knowledgeable about one specific thing (that being martial arts). He is also emotionally stunted, as he struggles with expressing his feelings. Gunter also has the [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny attention span of a mouse]] and an unusual fixation for ''clothes'' of all things. Lastly, he is sexually repressed, like many autistics, as he finds himself at one point wondering if he can even attain a relationship after everything he's done.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Claude and [[spoiler:Gunter]] commiserate during the end of the Prelid arc over their fight against [[spoiler:Meredith]], [[InVinoVeritas complaining]] that being a hero isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Gunter]].
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Gunter delivers one of these speeches twice: one to a soldier of his who was bullied by another, and later to [[spoiler:Claude]]. The latter then turns the exact speech around to Gunter to pull ‘‘him’’ out of a funk.
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Gunter delivers one of these speeches twice: one to a soldier of his who was bullied by another, and later to [[spoiler:Claude]]. The latter then turns the exact speech around to Gunter to pull ‘‘him’’ ''him'' out of a funk.
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* SelfMadeOrphan: A tragic example. [[spoiler:Claude’s parents took an attack or two for him as a child from mutant yetis so he could live. This caused him to be ostracized and shunned by Prelid, as his parents were much loved. Orphaned, he was eventually taken in by a moved Bai-Feng.]]
* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Gunter is governor of Shaddhai in the Epilogue, Claude is headed to college and things are looking up]].
* StepfordSmiler: Poor Claude… he has gone through so much crap in his life, it’s no wonder he puts up a cheerful front.
* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler:The Rosicrucian spear.]]
* UnreliableNarrator: When narrating his backstory to Anna, Claude is vague about a couple of details. Or it could be that his memory is selective about what he remembers.
* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Once [[spoiler:Meredith is defeated and the party returns to land]], Claude and [[spoiler:Gunter]], who are aware that IDidWhatIHadToDo, don’t feel like celebrating, and are instead drained.
* WhamEpisode: The Prelid arc is just ‘‘brutal and relentless’’ to the group, and tests their morals and beliefs thoroughly.
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Gunter isn’t very happy with the princess.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Gunter delivers one of these speeches twice: one to a soldier of his who was bullied by another, and later to [[spoiler:Claude]]. The latter then turns the exact speech around to Gunter to pull ‘‘him’’ out of a funk.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: For a long time, Claude felt this way about Prelid. [[spoiler:Until he’s forced to return and confront his demons.]]
* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Gunter is governor of Shaddhai in the Epilogue, Claude is headed to college and things are looking up]].
* StepfordSmiler: Poor Claude… he has gone through so much crap in his life, it’s no wonder he puts up a cheerful front.
* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler:The Rosicrucian spear.]]
* UnreliableNarrator: When narrating his backstory to Anna, Claude is vague about a couple of details. Or it could be that his memory is selective about what he remembers.
* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Once [[spoiler:Meredith is defeated and the party returns to land]], Claude and [[spoiler:Gunter]], who are aware that IDidWhatIHadToDo, don’t feel like celebrating, and are instead drained.
* WhamEpisode: The Prelid arc is just ‘‘brutal and relentless’’ to the group, and tests their morals and beliefs thoroughly.
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Gunter isn’t very happy with the princess.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Gunter delivers one of these speeches twice: one to a soldier of his who was bullied by another, and later to [[spoiler:Claude]]. The latter then turns the exact speech around to Gunter to pull ‘‘him’’ out of a funk.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: For a long time, Claude felt this way about Prelid. [[spoiler:Until he’s forced to return and confront his demons.]]
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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Gunter]], no longer willing to abide [[spoiler:Meredith’s]] more despicable crimes, decides to join the heroes, knowing full well that he will not be trusted nor welcomed.
* HeroesPreferSwords: Mordred uses a longsword as a weapon, alongside his firearm.
* HeroicBSOD:
** Anna suffers a severe mental crisis after she nearly murders a drunkard that called her several unflattering things and she was unable to control the rage. This is one of the times her bipolarism is in full display, with her emotions running the gamut from frightened to desperate.
** Realizing that he’s [[spoiler:just killed a child in self-defense without a care in the world]], Claude goes into a severe panic attack, not understanding what is happening to him or why. He can’t understand his emotions at this time, and it takes a very patient, experienced Mordred to calm him down with an actual technique for managing panic attacks. The subtext implies that this has happened before.
* HeroicSacrifice: Painfully deconstructed: When discussing how to board the Casus Belli, it’s mentioned that someone has to stay. [[spoiler:Mordred]] volunteers, arguing that out of everyone else in the party, they’ll just be TheLoad (everyone else has some sort of special power or skill, while he’s basically the BadassNormal of the group). Claude immediately protests that he can’t do this without them. Their response is an ArmorPiercingQuestion that renders Claude unable to make any other convincing arguments, with Gunter sadly declaring that it’s time to go. [[spoiler:This last, selfless moment leads to his death by magic bombing.]]
--> '''[[spoiler:Mordred]]''': So it’s okay for '''them''' to die? You’re volunteering them? [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Can you really make that choice?]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Ruhiel [[spoiler:is killed by his own lightning once Claude removes his lightning rod helmet.]]
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Lala summons her shadow to fight for her by singing.
* ItsPersonal: Claude’s rage speaks for itself when [[spoiler:Mordred is killed by Meredith’s magic nuke. Bai-Feng’s death doesn’t help.]]
* JerkassToOne: Mordred is normally a civilized guy. But once [[spoiler:Gunter]] enters the fray, he becomes an absolute asshole to them. Given that they’re partly responsible for the war, however, it’s hard to find fault in Mordred for this.
* Manchild: Claude is very silly by nature and playful. [[spoiler:It’s his coping mechanism.]]
* MasturbationMeansSexualFrustration: When Claude gets a jab at Mordred’s rather pathetic love life, Mordred fires back with a joke like this.
-->'''Mordred''': At least ''I'' don’t go out with my hands.
* MeaningfulName:
** Obviously, Lala Doremi’s last name is composed of the musical notes ''do'', ''re'' and ''mi''. She’s a soprano.
** Claude’s last name, Virtus, means virtue in Latin. Claude is a NiceGuy with a strong moral code.
* MoodWhiplash: One second there is friendly banter to calm everyone’s nerves, and the next, [[spoiler:the magical equivalent of a tactical nuke is launched and levels an entire city and possibly more of the surrounding area.]]
* NotGoodWithRejection: Dear Lord, ''Meredith''.
* NothingPersonal: Brandl to Ruhiel.
* OhCrap:
** Claude, Bai-Feng and Mordred have to restrain an understandably enraged Anna after she gets compared to a snake, as well as being treated like an anomaly by others on account of her being [[spoiler:Mystic Excelsis]]. That the imagery invoked is Biblical in origin is poignant.
** Ruhiel panics considerably once Claude unleashes his Hand of God for the first time, as he finds it utterly inconceivable that someone like ''him'' has it.
** A collective one from the team once [[spoiler:Justice is fired]].
* PerfectPoison: Black Blood, which has no antidote except the blood of a Mystic. [[spoiler:Two guesses as to what happens.]]
* TheResenter: [[spoiler:Mordred secretly resented Claude for years because the dragon was so emotionally damaged when he was adopted that he was high maintenance, so to speak. As his family dynamic changed and he became a caretaker to a mentally unusual individual that required certain care, he missed when it was just him and Bai-Feng, which caused him to be mildly jealous of the attention Claude got]]. Bai-Feng actually apologizes for this on his [[spoiler:deathbed]], saying that he caused [[spoiler:Mordred]] undue suffering for it. Therefore, Mordred seems to be commentary on the plight of caretakers today, who usually have to deal with patients' woes- usually unprepared.
* TheReveal:
** [[spoiler:Anna undergoes a DangerousForbiddenTechnique to become a Mystic so she can transfuse blood to Claude to cure him.]]
** Claude is at least part [[spoiler:Shaddhaian. His parents eloped and escaped Shaddhai and settled in a village in Anthropia. Ruhiel calls this Shaddhai’s worst kept secret and implies this is why Meredith struck Anthropia first. Said village turns out to be Prelid.]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: ''Everyone'' fights [[spoiler:Meredith]] to the death to avenge [[spoiler:Mordred and the city of Prelid]], enraged by her descent into madness.
* ScrewYouElves: Meredith is the last elf. [[spoiler:She dies. It’s like this novel was specifically designed to drag elves through the mud!]]
* HeroesPreferSwords: Mordred uses a longsword as a weapon, alongside his firearm.
* HeroicBSOD:
** Anna suffers a severe mental crisis after she nearly murders a drunkard that called her several unflattering things and she was unable to control the rage. This is one of the times her bipolarism is in full display, with her emotions running the gamut from frightened to desperate.
** Realizing that he’s [[spoiler:just killed a child in self-defense without a care in the world]], Claude goes into a severe panic attack, not understanding what is happening to him or why. He can’t understand his emotions at this time, and it takes a very patient, experienced Mordred to calm him down with an actual technique for managing panic attacks. The subtext implies that this has happened before.
* HeroicSacrifice: Painfully deconstructed: When discussing how to board the Casus Belli, it’s mentioned that someone has to stay. [[spoiler:Mordred]] volunteers, arguing that out of everyone else in the party, they’ll just be TheLoad (everyone else has some sort of special power or skill, while he’s basically the BadassNormal of the group). Claude immediately protests that he can’t do this without them. Their response is an ArmorPiercingQuestion that renders Claude unable to make any other convincing arguments, with Gunter sadly declaring that it’s time to go. [[spoiler:This last, selfless moment leads to his death by magic bombing.]]
--> '''[[spoiler:Mordred]]''': So it’s okay for '''them''' to die? You’re volunteering them? [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Can you really make that choice?]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Ruhiel [[spoiler:is killed by his own lightning once Claude removes his lightning rod helmet.]]
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Lala summons her shadow to fight for her by singing.
* ItsPersonal: Claude’s rage speaks for itself when [[spoiler:Mordred is killed by Meredith’s magic nuke. Bai-Feng’s death doesn’t help.]]
* JerkassToOne: Mordred is normally a civilized guy. But once [[spoiler:Gunter]] enters the fray, he becomes an absolute asshole to them. Given that they’re partly responsible for the war, however, it’s hard to find fault in Mordred for this.
* Manchild: Claude is very silly by nature and playful. [[spoiler:It’s his coping mechanism.]]
* MasturbationMeansSexualFrustration: When Claude gets a jab at Mordred’s rather pathetic love life, Mordred fires back with a joke like this.
-->'''Mordred''': At least ''I'' don’t go out with my hands.
* MeaningfulName:
** Obviously, Lala Doremi’s last name is composed of the musical notes ''do'', ''re'' and ''mi''. She’s a soprano.
** Claude’s last name, Virtus, means virtue in Latin. Claude is a NiceGuy with a strong moral code.
* MoodWhiplash: One second there is friendly banter to calm everyone’s nerves, and the next, [[spoiler:the magical equivalent of a tactical nuke is launched and levels an entire city and possibly more of the surrounding area.]]
* NotGoodWithRejection: Dear Lord, ''Meredith''.
* NothingPersonal: Brandl to Ruhiel.
* OhCrap:
** Claude, Bai-Feng and Mordred have to restrain an understandably enraged Anna after she gets compared to a snake, as well as being treated like an anomaly by others on account of her being [[spoiler:Mystic Excelsis]]. That the imagery invoked is Biblical in origin is poignant.
** Ruhiel panics considerably once Claude unleashes his Hand of God for the first time, as he finds it utterly inconceivable that someone like ''him'' has it.
** A collective one from the team once [[spoiler:Justice is fired]].
* PerfectPoison: Black Blood, which has no antidote except the blood of a Mystic. [[spoiler:Two guesses as to what happens.]]
* TheResenter: [[spoiler:Mordred secretly resented Claude for years because the dragon was so emotionally damaged when he was adopted that he was high maintenance, so to speak. As his family dynamic changed and he became a caretaker to a mentally unusual individual that required certain care, he missed when it was just him and Bai-Feng, which caused him to be mildly jealous of the attention Claude got]]. Bai-Feng actually apologizes for this on his [[spoiler:deathbed]], saying that he caused [[spoiler:Mordred]] undue suffering for it. Therefore, Mordred seems to be commentary on the plight of caretakers today, who usually have to deal with patients' woes- usually unprepared.
* TheReveal:
** [[spoiler:Anna undergoes a DangerousForbiddenTechnique to become a Mystic so she can transfuse blood to Claude to cure him.]]
** Claude is at least part [[spoiler:Shaddhaian. His parents eloped and escaped Shaddhai and settled in a village in Anthropia. Ruhiel calls this Shaddhai’s worst kept secret and implies this is why Meredith struck Anthropia first. Said village turns out to be Prelid.]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: ''Everyone'' fights [[spoiler:Meredith]] to the death to avenge [[spoiler:Mordred and the city of Prelid]], enraged by her descent into madness.
* ScrewYouElves: Meredith is the last elf. [[spoiler:She dies. It’s like this novel was specifically designed to drag elves through the mud!]]
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* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: The ritual [[spoiler:Anna]] undergoes is shown to be particularly brutal on the participant, bordering on life threatening. Ironically, it's one of the few ways to meet the kind-hearted, regretful [[spoiler:Adonai]], who then tests you to ascertain whether you're worthy of being a Mystic.
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''Virtus Draconis'' is the first of a planned contemporary [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furry]] fantasy series written by Edi Álvarez in 2023. It is also the author’s debut novel and is published through Amazon in English and Spanish.
The conservative princess of the kingdom of Shaddai, [[LadyOfWar Meredith]] Staunton, threatens to plunge the world into war over her… [[{{Understatement}} disagreements]] with the rest of the world’s progressive policies and growth. Her first target is Anthropia, a country of peaceful [[BeastMan beastmen]]. At Meredith’s side stands her general, the alligator regent, [[TheDragon Gunter]], who also harbors his own doubts and regrets over her decision… and how he’s handled parenting her.
Meanwhile, as word spreads in Anthropia, [[TheHero Claude]] [[LizardFolk Virtus]], a dragon who is also a mercenary’s apprentice, is ordered to his first tour of active duty alongside his brother, the wolfman [[TheLancer Mordred Constantine]]. By the order of their Uncle (both in name and title), Bai-Feng, their mission is as follows: Investigate the princess’s movements, send word to other nations and stop her. [[SarcasmMode Easy, right?]]
During their first skirmish, Claude saves an endangered healer, Anna, but is promptly [[BadassInDistress poisoned]] with a deadly, incurable venom by the enemy. What begins as a mad dash for medical attention turns into a dark, horrific venture into [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique forbidden magic]] to cure Claude… and how brutal a [[BloodMagic blood price]] can be in the long run.
The novel takes a different approach to characterization and storytelling: more than half the cast is neurodivergent to some degree, with Claude and Gunter being all but confirmed to be autistic by the narrative as well as WordOfGod. Part of the purpose of the book is to give mental health as well as autism proper representation. Disorders range from obsessive-compulsive (OCD) and depression to more complex conditions like bipolar disorder. Thus, the novel is marketed explicitly as an “autistic novel”, with a mental health counselor being brought on as a consultant. The novel also goes to painstaking lengths to avoid clichés and stereotypes of these conditions as well as standard fantasy tropes, instead giving them new interpretations or angles.
Two more sequels are planned, but have yet to come to fruition. This page is in progress.
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* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Once [[spoiler:Claude is cured by Mystic Anna’s blood]], he is immune to the [[spoiler:black blood poison]] he was injected with.
* ActionGirl: Anna and, shockingly, Lala.
* AffablyEvil: Ruhiel.
* AlliterativeName: Brandl Bustamante. This is never mentioned [[AllInTheManual in the work itself]], however.
* AmbiguouslyBi: [[spoiler:Gunter]].
* TheApprentice: Claude is an apprentice mercenary to Bai-Feng. [[spoiler:He sadly graduates from this position later on in the most tragic way possible with Bai-Feng’s murder.]]
* ArcWords:
** “Do you understand how the divine works?” The librarian’s warning to Anna.
** “I don’t like debts.” Said by Anna when discussing why she’s helping Claude even though they only just met.
* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: This is why Gunter’s martial artist squad [[spoiler:sticks with him, rather than the Queen]] after Meredith’s coronation.
* BerserkButton:
** You ''do not'' discuss suicide in Bai-Feng’s presence.
** Gunter finds bullying and abuse to be abhorrent and will use corporal punishment if necessary to fight it.
* BestServedCold: This is Claude’s mindset after [[spoiler:Mordred’s HeroicSacrifice, as well as Bai-Feng’s death.]] It brings him no comfort.
* BigEater: Bai-Feng likes his food.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Meredith is defeated and the war is over (with an astronomical body count thanks to her Justice magic missile), but Mordred and Bai-Feng are dead and Claude and Gunter are all alone. Claude, however, has Anna. It’s unknown whether Gunter has someone waiting for him.]]
* BlackAndGrayMorality: Discussed more than once by the characters, as some, like Claude, don’t believe in this and would rather try to do the right thing even when it’s not feasible.
* BloodMagic: One of many types of magics in the setting. Unlike other examples of the trope, however, blood magic is shown to be perfectly benevolent, as blood is considered a holy substance. It’s ''people'' that have perverted and corrupted blood magic. There’s a good reason that the Apostle and Pilgrim system is forbidden, as the ritual is man-made and therefore dangerous.
* BloodKnight: Bai-Feng sure loves his scraps.
* BookEnds: The novel begins and ends with Claude reading an interracial romance book.
* BreakThemByTalking: Brandl pulls this on Ruhiel. It works for a while.
* BrutalHonesty: Mordred and Bai-Feng share this trait. The difference, however, is that Mordred is a total JerkAss when being honest. Bai-Feng at least restrains himself.
* CasualDangerDialogue: When storming the Casus Belli, Lala and Claude engage in playful banter to calm their nerves. Lala has the gall to say that she’s ‘‘finally not bored’’.
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:Anna’s blood]]. It’s the catalyst that grants the pilgrim the [[spoiler:Hand of God]].
* Cloudcuckoolander: Claude has mild shades of this, being the Manchild that he is.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Mordred to Claude.
* CynicismCatalyst: A villainous example: Meredith loses all faith in the world after [[spoiler:Gunter]] leaves her. She doesn’t take it well.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Claude has a lot of baggage to sort through: [[spoiler:his parents were murdered by mutant yetis, he was ostracized by the city he used to live in, and grew up with a mildly dysfunctional (but still loving) family]].
* {{Deconstruction}}: ''Everyone'' has some sort of mental hangup. Claude and Gunter are heavily implied to be autistic, Anna becomes bipolar and prone to violence [[spoiler:after becoming Mystic Excelsis]], Lala seems to be depressed or cynical, Bai-Feng is a BloodKnight and Meredith is, well, [[AxCrazy Meredith]]. Mordred and Brandl are the only characters who seem to be relatively stable, though the former does keep up a stoic facade because he’s secretly [[spoiler:TheResenter]].
* DoubleStandard: Played for laughs when Anna invites herself into the entourage: she thinks it’s because she’s a woman. They think it’s because she’s too dangerous to keep around.
* TheDreaded: Ruhiel to his men.
* DuelToTheDeath: Twice: [[spoiler:Claude VS Ruhiel, and then Claude and Gunter VS Meredith during the finale]].
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Ruhiel’s first act when introduced is to ask the soldiers to kill the moles because they’re not trustworthy.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** Gunter is tersely disapproving of Meredith using forbidden magic to send someone’s soul to Hell. It’s implied that this is not the first time she’s done this- and foreshadows [[spoiler:his mutiny]].
** Two of the Angels immediately [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere mutiny]] when Meredith reveals her plan to use a [[spoiler:magic missile]] to slaughter an entire city. It sadly doesn’t take.
** There are certain lines Claude won’t cross.
* ExactWords: A saddened Claude says to Ruhiel, “GodSaveUsFromTheQueen”, word for word. [[spoiler:This is almost exactly what happens later, as Meredith dies to the Hand of God.]]
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Shaddhai resembles the present day UsefulNotes/UnitedStates culturally, while Anthropia is strongly reminiscent of Latino countries such as UsefulNotes/PuertoRico.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: A scene early in the book has the macabre description of Meredith sending a soldier’s soul to Hell, with Gunter denouncing the event as an affront to the divine. [[spoiler:Meredith later does something similar, but to a much grander scale. She primes a magic missile (that turns out to be a magic ''nuke'') with the forcefully-extracted souls of the Cassus Belli’s crew and propels it with the souls of her warlocks. The whole thing plays out very graphically and viscerally and is described as forbidden, blasphemous magic.]]
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[[caption-width-right:939:Virtus Draconis (also available in Spanish)]]
''Virtus Draconis'' is the first of a planned contemporary [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furry]] fantasy series written by Edi Álvarez in 2023. It is also the author’s debut novel and is published through Amazon in English and Spanish.
The conservative princess of the kingdom of Shaddai, [[LadyOfWar Meredith]] Staunton, threatens to plunge the world into war over her… [[{{Understatement}} disagreements]] with the rest of the world’s progressive policies and growth. Her first target is Anthropia, a country of peaceful [[BeastMan beastmen]]. At Meredith’s side stands her general, the alligator regent, [[TheDragon Gunter]], who also harbors his own doubts and regrets over her decision… and how he’s handled parenting her.
Meanwhile, as word spreads in Anthropia, [[TheHero Claude]] [[LizardFolk Virtus]], a dragon who is also a mercenary’s apprentice, is ordered to his first tour of active duty alongside his brother, the wolfman [[TheLancer Mordred Constantine]]. By the order of their Uncle (both in name and title), Bai-Feng, their mission is as follows: Investigate the princess’s movements, send word to other nations and stop her. [[SarcasmMode Easy, right?]]
During their first skirmish, Claude saves an endangered healer, Anna, but is promptly [[BadassInDistress poisoned]] with a deadly, incurable venom by the enemy. What begins as a mad dash for medical attention turns into a dark, horrific venture into [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique forbidden magic]] to cure Claude… and how brutal a [[BloodMagic blood price]] can be in the long run.
The novel takes a different approach to characterization and storytelling: more than half the cast is neurodivergent to some degree, with Claude and Gunter being all but confirmed to be autistic by the narrative as well as WordOfGod. Part of the purpose of the book is to give mental health as well as autism proper representation. Disorders range from obsessive-compulsive (OCD) and depression to more complex conditions like bipolar disorder. Thus, the novel is marketed explicitly as an “autistic novel”, with a mental health counselor being brought on as a consultant. The novel also goes to painstaking lengths to avoid clichés and stereotypes of these conditions as well as standard fantasy tropes, instead giving them new interpretations or angles.
Two more sequels are planned, but have yet to come to fruition. This page is in progress.
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!! This work provides examples of :
* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Once [[spoiler:Claude is cured by Mystic Anna’s blood]], he is immune to the [[spoiler:black blood poison]] he was injected with.
* ActionGirl: Anna and, shockingly, Lala.
* AffablyEvil: Ruhiel.
* AlliterativeName: Brandl Bustamante. This is never mentioned [[AllInTheManual in the work itself]], however.
* AmbiguouslyBi: [[spoiler:Gunter]].
* TheApprentice: Claude is an apprentice mercenary to Bai-Feng. [[spoiler:He sadly graduates from this position later on in the most tragic way possible with Bai-Feng’s murder.]]
* ArcWords:
** “Do you understand how the divine works?” The librarian’s warning to Anna.
** “I don’t like debts.” Said by Anna when discussing why she’s helping Claude even though they only just met.
* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: This is why Gunter’s martial artist squad [[spoiler:sticks with him, rather than the Queen]] after Meredith’s coronation.
* BerserkButton:
** You ''do not'' discuss suicide in Bai-Feng’s presence.
** Gunter finds bullying and abuse to be abhorrent and will use corporal punishment if necessary to fight it.
* BestServedCold: This is Claude’s mindset after [[spoiler:Mordred’s HeroicSacrifice, as well as Bai-Feng’s death.]] It brings him no comfort.
* BigEater: Bai-Feng likes his food.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Meredith is defeated and the war is over (with an astronomical body count thanks to her Justice magic missile), but Mordred and Bai-Feng are dead and Claude and Gunter are all alone. Claude, however, has Anna. It’s unknown whether Gunter has someone waiting for him.]]
* BlackAndGrayMorality: Discussed more than once by the characters, as some, like Claude, don’t believe in this and would rather try to do the right thing even when it’s not feasible.
* BloodMagic: One of many types of magics in the setting. Unlike other examples of the trope, however, blood magic is shown to be perfectly benevolent, as blood is considered a holy substance. It’s ''people'' that have perverted and corrupted blood magic. There’s a good reason that the Apostle and Pilgrim system is forbidden, as the ritual is man-made and therefore dangerous.
* BloodKnight: Bai-Feng sure loves his scraps.
* BookEnds: The novel begins and ends with Claude reading an interracial romance book.
* BreakThemByTalking: Brandl pulls this on Ruhiel. It works for a while.
* BrutalHonesty: Mordred and Bai-Feng share this trait. The difference, however, is that Mordred is a total JerkAss when being honest. Bai-Feng at least restrains himself.
* CasualDangerDialogue: When storming the Casus Belli, Lala and Claude engage in playful banter to calm their nerves. Lala has the gall to say that she’s ‘‘finally not bored’’.
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:Anna’s blood]]. It’s the catalyst that grants the pilgrim the [[spoiler:Hand of God]].
* Cloudcuckoolander: Claude has mild shades of this, being the Manchild that he is.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Mordred to Claude.
* CynicismCatalyst: A villainous example: Meredith loses all faith in the world after [[spoiler:Gunter]] leaves her. She doesn’t take it well.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Claude has a lot of baggage to sort through: [[spoiler:his parents were murdered by mutant yetis, he was ostracized by the city he used to live in, and grew up with a mildly dysfunctional (but still loving) family]].
* {{Deconstruction}}: ''Everyone'' has some sort of mental hangup. Claude and Gunter are heavily implied to be autistic, Anna becomes bipolar and prone to violence [[spoiler:after becoming Mystic Excelsis]], Lala seems to be depressed or cynical, Bai-Feng is a BloodKnight and Meredith is, well, [[AxCrazy Meredith]]. Mordred and Brandl are the only characters who seem to be relatively stable, though the former does keep up a stoic facade because he’s secretly [[spoiler:TheResenter]].
* DoubleStandard: Played for laughs when Anna invites herself into the entourage: she thinks it’s because she’s a woman. They think it’s because she’s too dangerous to keep around.
* TheDreaded: Ruhiel to his men.
* DuelToTheDeath: Twice: [[spoiler:Claude VS Ruhiel, and then Claude and Gunter VS Meredith during the finale]].
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Ruhiel’s first act when introduced is to ask the soldiers to kill the moles because they’re not trustworthy.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** Gunter is tersely disapproving of Meredith using forbidden magic to send someone’s soul to Hell. It’s implied that this is not the first time she’s done this- and foreshadows [[spoiler:his mutiny]].
** Two of the Angels immediately [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere mutiny]] when Meredith reveals her plan to use a [[spoiler:magic missile]] to slaughter an entire city. It sadly doesn’t take.
** There are certain lines Claude won’t cross.
* ExactWords: A saddened Claude says to Ruhiel, “GodSaveUsFromTheQueen”, word for word. [[spoiler:This is almost exactly what happens later, as Meredith dies to the Hand of God.]]
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Shaddhai resembles the present day UsefulNotes/UnitedStates culturally, while Anthropia is strongly reminiscent of Latino countries such as UsefulNotes/PuertoRico.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: A scene early in the book has the macabre description of Meredith sending a soldier’s soul to Hell, with Gunter denouncing the event as an affront to the divine. [[spoiler:Meredith later does something similar, but to a much grander scale. She primes a magic missile (that turns out to be a magic ''nuke'') with the forcefully-extracted souls of the Cassus Belli’s crew and propels it with the souls of her warlocks. The whole thing plays out very graphically and viscerally and is described as forbidden, blasphemous magic.]]
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