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** Hero: Seth
** Lancer: Reno
** Smart Guy: Chun
** Big Guy: The Demons
** The Chick: Kiara
** Sixth Ranger: Spider
** Mentor: Cyclops
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** Lancer: Reno
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-->''There's no room for heroes in the Void.''
-->-- '''Kasby Bellwood, pilot'''
Starting in 2008, Tropers/SunshineDuk ran an online roleplay for a group of his friends. The initial group of six players spiralled uncontrollably over the course of eight months to include two dozen drop-in drop-out players, divided into numerous groups, all part of the same sprawling saga. The game was played out over AIM, and of course Duk saved all the chatlogs.
Obviously, when the game finished, everyone wanted to know everything that had happened--any one person had been privy to at most a quarter of the full storyline. So Duk decided to take the logs and tidy them up, editing them together into a coherent novel-style narrative. Two years later, he's finally almost done.
The ongoing story can be found at http://thehopesaga.blogspot.com
[[{{Characters/TheHopeSaga}} This page has a character sheet.]]
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!!This series provides examples of:
* ActionSurvivor: Pretty much everyone in the Void is one, by necessity.
* AirborneAircraftCarrier: The Roost.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Seth Quinn is surrounded by ladies.
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: How demons get viewed. The reality... is that there are very very occasional very slight exceptions.
* AntiHero: All of the Talons. They're really just in it for themselves, and wind up being helpful mostly by accident.
* AnyoneCanDie: And if you like them, probably will. Especially as you get closer to the Finale.
* ApocalypticLog: Daniel Bellwood's journal.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Mercuria Barret, Inner Council Security Secretary, old woman, complete badass.
* BadassBookworm: Again, most folk in the Void, courtesy of being adventure scientists who fight demons.
* BadassNormal: By the end, Kasby is the only one who doesn't have any special powers. He still kicks ass and takes names.
* BadassLongcoat: Seth is very fond of his.
* BadassNickname: Cyclops. His real name, of course, is [[spoiler:never revealed.]]
* BadDreams: Comes as part of Zebra's oneiromantic powers.
* BattleCouple: Taken to extremes by Kasby and Jaz, who don't stop making out to kill a demon.
* BigBad: The Devourer.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: [[spoiler:Devoured Jaz has a crystal blade instead of a right hand.]]
* BlessedWithSuck: [[spoiler:Magic.]]
* CameBackWrong: [[spoiler:Jaz. Oh dear.]]
* CoolAirship: It took the cast ten sessions to build it. You bet your ass the ''Quinn'' is one.
* CombatTentacles: The Devourer Larvae use these.
* ConvectionSchmonvection: Being fireproof comes packaged with Giraffe's pyromancy.
* CunningLinguist: Owl, though only for written languages.
* DeadpanSnarker: Giraffe and Reno, for their respective groups.
* {{Diary}}: Everyone in the Void keeps them, in case of their own death. Owl learns about Kasby's father by finding his old diary.
* TheDragon: Magid for the Devourer.
* EldritchAbomination: The Devourer borders on this.
* EverythingTryingToKillYou: A fact of life in the Void. Any animals are escaped angry demons. The ground itself will stab you if you dig wrong.
* FeatheredFiend / CrowsAndRavens: Torrential Black, Chun's demon, is a giant four-winged crow.
* FiveManBand: The Talons fit this perfectly.
** Hero: Seth
** Lancer: Reno
** Smart Guy: Chun
** Big Guy: The Demons
** The Chick: Kiara
** Sixth Ranger: Spider
** Mentor: Cyclops
* FullContactMagic: Giraffe is the purest example.
* GrandFinale: And how. Five guest [=GMs.=]
* HeroicSacrifice: By the dozens.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: _____ Hope.
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: The entirety of Bloodred Hope.
* LivingShadow: Three separate instances! Umbra, Kiara's demon; the creature in the bottom of the mineshaft; and of course the ever-mysterious Shadows.
* {{Magitek}}: Most machinery is powered by demon-charged crystals. Guns that shoot magic are fairly common.
* MacGuffin: The box, whatever it is. It's clearly important!
* TheMedic: Chun, for the Talons. Complete with gratuitous amputation.
* {{Nakama}}: The Talons. Despite Kasby's best efforts, the crew of the ''Quinn'' never remotely becomes one, though.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Spider let the Devourer out in the first place.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Coordinator Ammon, much to Kasby's frustration.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Anything (or anyone) with magic qualifies as one. They tend to be strange, not remotely humanoid creatures that are angry and full of power.
* PlayingWithFire: Giraffe is a pyromancer. You do the math.
* PhotographicMemory: Owl has natural eidetic memory, hence her original job as a rememorist.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Played with. The entire crew of the Quinn has red eyes, due to their powers.
* SavingTheWorld: It takes them a while to realize that's what they're doing, though.
* SceneryGorn: Sorry, did you like that city?
* ScavengerWorld: It's not that no one knows how to make stuff anymore--quite the opposite, they're all scientists. They just don't have the facilities or factories to make things.
* ScheduleSlip: Oops.
* SchizoTech: Guns that shoot magic. Airships. Swords. Very occasional computers. Power plants.
* SeriousBusiness: Goat takes sandwich-making very seriously. Don't get between him and a loaf of bread.
* SealedEvilInACan: The demons, as well as specifically the Devourer.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Kasby starts out at the idealistic end. Doesn't stay there. (Goat does, though!)
* SteamPunk: Elements of the aesthetic tend to show up, but most everything is powered by magic rather than steam.
* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Dr. Emerson tries to pull this on Skunk and Owl. It doesn't end well.
* {{Synchronization}}: Between the Talons and their demons.
* TearJerker: [[spoiler:Jaz's death.]]
* TouchedByVorlons: The crew gain their powers from direct exposure to the Devourers.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Goat and sandwiches, obviously, but Skunk's love of dried mushrooms also gets mentioned on numerous occasions.
* TraumaCongaLine: Kasby, for the entire story. As the story opens, he's the sole survivor of the memepocalypse that wiped out his city. Things go downhill from there.
* WhamEpisode: The end of the Rising Hope arc.
* WhatTheHellHero: Spider to Seth, after the Talons casually murder Sector One's perimeter guards.
* WorldOfBadass: Kind of a requirement to survive in the Void.
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-->''There's no room for heroes in the Void.''
-->-- '''Kasby Bellwood, pilot'''
Starting in 2008, Tropers/SunshineDuk ran an online roleplay for a group of his friends. The initial group of six players spiralled uncontrollably over the course of eight months to include two dozen drop-in drop-out players, divided into numerous groups, all part of the same sprawling saga. The game was played out over AIM, and of course Duk saved all the chatlogs.
Obviously, when the game finished, everyone wanted to know everything that had happened--any one person had been privy to at most a quarter of the full storyline. So Duk decided to take the logs and tidy them up, editing them together into a coherent novel-style narrative. Two years later, he's finally almost done.
The ongoing story can be found at http://thehopesaga.blogspot.com
[[{{Characters/TheHopeSaga}} This page has a character sheet.]]
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!!This series provides examples of:
* ActionSurvivor: Pretty much everyone in the Void is one, by necessity.
* AirborneAircraftCarrier: The Roost.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Seth Quinn is surrounded by ladies.
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: How demons get viewed. The reality... is that there are very very occasional very slight exceptions.
* AntiHero: All of the Talons. They're really just in it for themselves, and wind up being helpful mostly by accident.
* AnyoneCanDie: And if you like them, probably will. Especially as you get closer to the Finale.
* ApocalypticLog: Daniel Bellwood's journal.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Mercuria Barret, Inner Council Security Secretary, old woman, complete badass.
* BadassBookworm: Again, most folk in the Void, courtesy of being adventure scientists who fight demons.
* BadassNormal: By the end, Kasby is the only one who doesn't have any special powers. He still kicks ass and takes names.
* BadassLongcoat: Seth is very fond of his.
* BadassNickname: Cyclops. His real name, of course, is [[spoiler:never revealed.]]
* BadDreams: Comes as part of Zebra's oneiromantic powers.
* BattleCouple: Taken to extremes by Kasby and Jaz, who don't stop making out to kill a demon.
* BigBad: The Devourer.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: [[spoiler:Devoured Jaz has a crystal blade instead of a right hand.]]
* BlessedWithSuck: [[spoiler:Magic.]]
* CameBackWrong: [[spoiler:Jaz. Oh dear.]]
* CoolAirship: It took the cast ten sessions to build it. You bet your ass the ''Quinn'' is one.
* CombatTentacles: The Devourer Larvae use these.
* ConvectionSchmonvection: Being fireproof comes packaged with Giraffe's pyromancy.
* CunningLinguist: Owl, though only for written languages.
* DeadpanSnarker: Giraffe and Reno, for their respective groups.
* {{Diary}}: Everyone in the Void keeps them, in case of their own death. Owl learns about Kasby's father by finding his old diary.
* TheDragon: Magid for the Devourer.
* EldritchAbomination: The Devourer borders on this.
* EverythingTryingToKillYou: A fact of life in the Void. Any animals are escaped angry demons. The ground itself will stab you if you dig wrong.
* FeatheredFiend / CrowsAndRavens: Torrential Black, Chun's demon, is a giant four-winged crow.
* FiveManBand: The Talons fit this perfectly.
** Hero: Seth
** Lancer: Reno
** Smart Guy: Chun
** Big Guy: The Demons
** The Chick: Kiara
** Sixth Ranger: Spider
** Mentor: Cyclops
* FullContactMagic: Giraffe is the purest example.
* GrandFinale: And how. Five guest [=GMs.=]
* HeroicSacrifice: By the dozens.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: _____ Hope.
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: The entirety of Bloodred Hope.
* LivingShadow: Three separate instances! Umbra, Kiara's demon; the creature in the bottom of the mineshaft; and of course the ever-mysterious Shadows.
* {{Magitek}}: Most machinery is powered by demon-charged crystals. Guns that shoot magic are fairly common.
* MacGuffin: The box, whatever it is. It's clearly important!
* TheMedic: Chun, for the Talons. Complete with gratuitous amputation.
* {{Nakama}}: The Talons. Despite Kasby's best efforts, the crew of the ''Quinn'' never remotely becomes one, though.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Spider let the Devourer out in the first place.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Coordinator Ammon, much to Kasby's frustration.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Anything (or anyone) with magic qualifies as one. They tend to be strange, not remotely humanoid creatures that are angry and full of power.
* PlayingWithFire: Giraffe is a pyromancer. You do the math.
* PhotographicMemory: Owl has natural eidetic memory, hence her original job as a rememorist.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Played with. The entire crew of the Quinn has red eyes, due to their powers.
* SavingTheWorld: It takes them a while to realize that's what they're doing, though.
* SceneryGorn: Sorry, did you like that city?
* ScavengerWorld: It's not that no one knows how to make stuff anymore--quite the opposite, they're all scientists. They just don't have the facilities or factories to make things.
* ScheduleSlip: Oops.
* SchizoTech: Guns that shoot magic. Airships. Swords. Very occasional computers. Power plants.
* SeriousBusiness: Goat takes sandwich-making very seriously. Don't get between him and a loaf of bread.
* SealedEvilInACan: The demons, as well as specifically the Devourer.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Kasby starts out at the idealistic end. Doesn't stay there. (Goat does, though!)
* SteamPunk: Elements of the aesthetic tend to show up, but most everything is powered by magic rather than steam.
* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Dr. Emerson tries to pull this on Skunk and Owl. It doesn't end well.
* {{Synchronization}}: Between the Talons and their demons.
* TearJerker: [[spoiler:Jaz's death.]]
* TouchedByVorlons: The crew gain their powers from direct exposure to the Devourers.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Goat and sandwiches, obviously, but Skunk's love of dried mushrooms also gets mentioned on numerous occasions.
* TraumaCongaLine: Kasby, for the entire story. As the story opens, he's the sole survivor of the memepocalypse that wiped out his city. Things go downhill from there.
* WhamEpisode: The end of the Rising Hope arc.
* WhatTheHellHero: Spider to Seth, after the Talons casually murder Sector One's perimeter guards.
* WorldOfBadass: Kind of a requirement to survive in the Void.
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