History Webcomic / Vattu

** Calirus' son Tanniri is likewise almost certainly an analogue for [[Series/GameOfThrones Joffrey]], both of them being horribly unqualified [[RoyalBrat Royal Brats]] whose families plan to use them as a PuppetKing, with dire consequences for everyone else. Tanniri even shares Joffrey's habit of [[KillEmAll hysterically calling for executions whenever he's threatened]]. [[spoiler:Fortunately, Vattu's rebellion destroys all of Tanniri's support, and he's left unable to do anything but ineffectually protest as she takes the throne]].

* Ironic Echo: On pages [[http://www.rice-boy.com/vattu/index.php?c=769 769]] and [[http://www.rice-boy.com/vattu/index.php?c=771 771]]
-->'''Junti''': Who are you?\\
'''Bakrah''': In this sort of work, one must accept a certain level of ambiguity.\\
'''Bakrah''': Why are you having weapons made?\\
'''Junti''': I'm sorry, but -- you must accept a certain level of ambiguity.

* {{Expy}}: Calirus drew a lot of comparison to [[GameOfThrones Tywin Lannister]] - both highly competent and ruthless elder statesmen whose machinations drive much of the story's events, [[spoiler:and who have their own plans for the throne]].
** Calirus' son Tanniri is likewise almost certainly an analogue for [[GameOfThrones Joffrey]], both of them being horribly unqualified [[RoyalBrat Royal Brats]] whose families plan to use them as a PuppetKing, with dire consequences for everyone else. Tanniri even shares Joffrey's habit of [[KillEmAll hysterically calling for executions whenever he's threatened]]. [[spoiler:Fortunately, Vattu's rebellion destroys all of Tanniri's support, and he's left unable to do anything but ineffectually protest as she takes the throne]].

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Good luck remembering names if you're following serially! They're all distinct enough to be [[CastOfSnowflakes recognisable upon sight]], though.

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Your easily distracted son walks into traffic right after a vehicular accident, and you can't do anything but watch as he's ripped apart.[[note]]Torrai's carriage is broken during the uprising on his way to the coup he instigated to put his son on the throne. This completely bites him in the ass as little Caniri just walks straight into the enemy fortress, unaware that his father's army has rebelled and is not behind him, and is pretty much doomed at this point.[[/note]]

* Cyclops: The War-Men.

* AdultFear: Your easily distracted son walks into traffic right after a vehicular accident, and you can't do anything but watch as he's ripped apart.[[note]]Torrai's carriage is broken during the uprising on his way to the coup he instigated to put his son on the throne. This completely bites him in the ass as little Caniri just walks straight into the enemy fortress, unaware that his father's army has rebelled and is not behind him, and is pretty much doomed at this point.[[/note]]

* ArrangedMarriage: Marria with Lord Morrian, of the political sort. As opposed to the usual trope, the marriage itself isn't paid much attention; instead, it is used to set up Marria's affliation with the Sisterhood (see below).

* DontCallMeSir: [[http://rice-boy.com/vattu/index.php?c=448 The small band of Surin who appear to be acting independently of the enclave.]] Is the first inkling that the higherups are not as singlemindedly devout as they seem.

** Kadarsh, upon meeting Junti, represents the interracial hostility bred by an inequal caste system; Vattu has had little time to be inoculated with it, and puts it aside.

* GreyAndGrayMorality: Though it's easy to assume the Sahtan Empire are the 'villains' as a conquering society, Dahm goes to great lengths to disspell such a clear-cut perspective -- the Empire is very much as amoral as any civilisation in our own history.

* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks

** As beggars and street rats, for many of the Fluters, the memory of their name is all they have left. Vattu, as seen, is highly protective of hers. As she matures and finds new purpose, [[http://rice-boy.com/vattu/index.php?c=440 she lets her obssession go.]]

* TakeAwayTheirName: After Sari hides a Sahtan game from the rest of the tribe and several fluters die as a result, Priestess [[http://www.rice-boy.com/vattu/index.php?c=067 takes away his name and mark.]] Vanni/Priest threatens [[http://www.rice-boy.com/vattu/index.php?c=089 to do the same thing to Vattu.]]

** Vattu, also meeting trouble in the Flower Room, [[spoiler:finds out she's learnt swordfighting a little too well]].

* TheBlank: The War Men have no facial features.

* TheSpeechless: The War Man, and [[http://www.rice-boy.com/vattu/index.php?c=158 apparently everyone from his home continent.]]

* AnthropomorphicPersonification: The basis of Vattu's tribe's religion is the massive river they live by, known as [[http://rice-boy.com/vattu/index.php?c=078 Ata]].

* CategoryTraitor: Various people see Vattu as one after she starts living in the Imperial Tower and becomes an emissary. DeconstructedTrope since many accusers are considered traitors themselves, by OTHER people. In a story about colonization, [[RealityEnsues few of the subjugated can really do much against the ruling power.]]

* ChildProdigy: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] with Junti; despite being an unremarkable student and the properties of Unweight being pretty well-understood, she still manages to puzzle out the mechanics of Unweight-powered flight and create a working design for a flying apparatus (in this case, a kind of personal levitation harness) within a few months through sheer deduction. Later on, she puts this discovery to good use when [[spoiler: she breaks Vattu out of the Imperial Tower's prison with [[http://rice-boy.com/vattu/index.php?c=1107 an]] [[http://rice-boy.com/vattu/index.php?c=1112 Unweight]] [[http://rice-boy.com/vattu/index.php?c=1118 airship]].]]

* ChildProdigy: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] with Junti; despite being an unremarkable student and the mechanics behind Unweight being pretty well-understood, she still manages to puzzle out the mechanics of Unweight-powered flight and create a working design for a flying apparatus (in this case, a kind of personal levitation harness) within a few months through sheer deduction. Later on, she puts this discovery to good use when [[spoiler: she breaks Vattu out of the Imperial Tower's prison with [[http://rice-boy.com/vattu/index.php?c=1107 an]] [[http://rice-boy.com/vattu/index.php?c=1112 Unweight]] [[http://rice-boy.com/vattu/index.php?c=1118 airship]].]]

* FantasticCasteSystem: Conquered races are subservient to the Sahtans by default. The War-Men living in Sahta have a comparatively easy deal as they are given room and board in exchange for permanent military service, while Grish are segregated in their own neighborhood of [[Grishet TheCityNarrows]] and mostly left to their own devices; Fluters, who largely reside at the bottom, are either pressed into indentured servitude or live in the streets. The Surin are seemingly external to this, shutting themselves off from the world where possible. (Compared to the lowest castes, though, their living quarters [[http://rice-boy.com/vattu/index.php?c=408 elicit much envy.]])

* FantasticCasteSystem: Conquered races are subservient to the Sahtans by default. The Fluters and Grish largely reside at the bottom. The Surin are seemingly external to this, shutting themselves off from the world where possible. (Compared to the lowest castes, though, their living quarters [[http://rice-boy.com/vattu/index.php?c=408 elicit much envy.]])

* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Bakrah is a heavyset, amoral and very cunning businessman, and is always either smoking or lighting a cigar. Seeing as how he's the only character in the entire comic who smokes, it also serves to emphasize his foreign origin.

* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Bakrah is a heavyset, amoral and very cunning businessman, and is always either smoking or lighting a cigar. Seeing as how he's the only character in the entire comic who smokes, it also serves to underline his foreign origin.

* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler: Asria tries to take charge of a deteriorating situation by disarming a defecting guard and ordering the arrest of the usurper for trying to buy the throne with drugs.]] Except everyone is more worried about the patriarchal succession crisis and immediately detains her.
** As CategoryTraitor notes, Sahta’s oppressed cultures have everyone accusing damn near everyone else of being a traitor or a SellOut for arbitrary reasons, which is unfortunately how things tend to go in real life. Most of the subjugated will have to compromise on SOMETHING.

* CategoryTraitor: Various people see Vattu as one after she starts living in the Imperial Tower and becomes an emissary. DeconstructedTrope since a number of the accusers are themselves considered traitors, by OTHER people. In a story about colonization, [[RealityEnsues few of the subjugated can really do much against the ruling power.]]

* CategoryTraitor: Various people see Vattu as one after she starts living in the Imperial Tower and becomes an emissary. DeconstructedTrope since a number of the accusers are considered traitors by OTHER people. In a story about colonization, [[RealityEnsues few of the subjugated can really do much against the ruling power.]]

** As CategoryTraitor notes, Sahta’s oppressed cultures have everyone accusing damn near everyone else of being a traitor or a SellOut for arbitrary reasons, which is unfortunately how things tend to go in real life.