History Webcomic / Avania

* PowerCrystal: Seemingly the energy source for Demonian {{Magitek}} [[https://worldofavania.com/post/656455173215076352 equipment]]. Dialogue implies that the crystals function similarly to electrical capacitors.

* SmokingIsCool: Much of the cast smoke, be it cigarettes, pipes, or cigars. Not that surprising considering the comic is based in a 1940s-ish setting full of military personnel. Captain Schmutzesser in particular is seen lighting one or more cigarettes per chapter, and early on lights a cigarette from the stub of his last cigarette. Major [=MacIntyre=] is also seldom seen without a [[CigarChomper big cigar]].

* CigarChomper: Captain Eraclare (...at least until she drops it mid-sentence). Major [=MacIntyre=], though his cigar is usually in his hand.

* SmokingIsCool: Much of the cast smoke, be it cigarettes, pipes, or cigars. Not that surprising considering the comic is based in a 1940s-ish setting full of military personnel. Captain Schmutzesser in particular is seen lighting one or more cigarettes per chapter, and early on lights a cigarette from the stub of his last cigarette. Major [=MacIntyre=] is also seldom seen without a big cigar in hand.

* GeodesicCast: And how! ''Avania'' has a huge cast of named characters, spread across various factions. Owing to several of the main characters belonging to completely different military units, each has their own supporting cast and background crew.

* AirborneAircraftCarrier: The Avanian Royal Navy possess at least one of these--The ''Lord Standish'' as well as a number of airborne battleships and other craft seen around [[https://worldofavania.com/post/645043770390462464 their naval HQ]].

* AirborneAircraftCarrier: The Avanian Royal Navy possess at least one of these--''The Lord Standish'' as well as a number of airborne battleships and other craft seen around [[https://worldofavania.com/post/645043770390462464 their naval HQ]].

* AirborneAircraftCarrier: The Avanian Royal Navy possess at least one of these--''The Lord Standish'' as well as a number of airborne battleships and other craft seen around naval HQ.

* PowerCrystal: Seemingly the energy source for Demonian {{Magitek}} [[https://worldofavania.com/post/656455173215076352 equipment]].

''[[https://worldofavania.com Avania]]'' is a webcomic created by Tristan Cobb featuring an EnsembleCast of anthropomorphic avian and equine characters in a military setting, spanning both DieselPunk and MagiTech worlds.

* ArtEvolution: Over time the quality of both the line art and shading has improved. The earlier pages tend to have rougher lines and only grey tones without much shading, but later pages have clean, expressive lines, and make extensive use of light and shadow.

Much of the story takes place in the titular country of Avania, and centers on a crumbling fort known as Frontier HQ. Despite being home to the Avanian Army's [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ArmyOfThievesAndWhores less than motivated troops]], the base's reluctant commander Captain Hans Schmutzesser winds up playing host to a number of guests, including a company of prideful Royal Engineers under orders to renovate the base's unused airfield, a scrappy squadron of mercenary [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurGryphonsAreDifferent Hequevar]] pilots searching for work after the occupation of their homeland, and an elite squadron of the Avanian Royal Navy--the famed White Knights. They aren't the only new faces on the Frontier, as two magical agents from the foreign world of Demonus carry out orders of their own.

* ImprobablePilotingSkills: During the first chapter she appears in, Una Pennrose flies her Lancer into a canyon in pursuit of a much smaller aircraft, [[spoiler: narrowly avoiding a fatal crash in the process.]]

''Avania'' went live July 8th 2018 and ran weekly until October 25th 2020. Since then it has run chapters in weekly installments until conclusion, with a hiatus until the next chapter is ready.

* EnsembleCast: And how! ''Avania'' has a huge cast of named characters, spread across various factions.
* GeodesicCast: Owing to several of the main characters belonging to completely different military units, each has their own supporting cast and background crew.

* GuyInBack: The Lancer aircraft operated by the Black Lanners are all seen to have a pilot and a navigator. Charlotte Burns sits behind Una Pennrose, and Olivia Mayfaire sits behind Isla Moorsley.

* TheCaptain: Captain Hans Schmutzesser is the commander of Frontier HQ (though he apparently not thrilled about this) and while scruffy and sarcastic at times, he is a skilled soldier and wants to improve the men under his command.

* TheCaptain: Captain Hans Schmutzesser is the commander of Frontier HQ (though he apparently not thrilled about this) and while scruffy and sarcastic at times, he is a skilled soldier and wants to improve the men under his command.

''Avania'' went live July 8th 2018 and ran weekly until October 25th 2020. Since then it has run chapters in weekly installments until conclusion, with a hiatus until the next chapter is ready.

Much of the story takes place in the titular country of Avania, and centers on a crumbling fort known as Frontier HQ. Despite being home to the Avanian Army's less than motivated troops, the base's reluctant commander Captain Hans Schmutzesser winds up playing host to a number of guests, including a company of prideful Royal Engineers under orders to renovate the base's unused airfield, a scrappy squadron of mercenary [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurGryphonsAreDifferent Hequevar]] pilots searching for work after the occupation of their homeland, and an elite squadron of the Avanian Royal Navy--the famed White Knights. They aren't the only new faces on the Frontier, as two magical agents from the foreign world of Demonus carry out orders of their own.