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1	Perilous Realms is the name of Morwen Edhelwen's UrbanFantasy novel, which she describes as ''Literature/APhaeryNamedPhredde'' by Jackie French, with a dash of ''The Lord of the Rings'' by J.R.R Tolkien, which is in its draft stage. Frodo is a hobbit who was named after a Dwarven chieftain. But he lives in a futuristic city called Silverlode, in an outer neighbourhood called the Westmarch, filled with elves, orcs and other refugees from another dimension.
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3	Thorin Eikinscialdi, son of Draupnir, is a Dwarf, a distant relative of Nar, the current chieftain of the tribe of Eikinskjaldi. He's also raised Frodo and his brother Meriadoc and cousin Cynbel.
4	Thorin used to be a mercenary and blacksmith, but has issues coping with the modern world where his sword is regarded as hopelessly outdated in fights against threats. Plus, the different races barely get along.
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6	Tensions increase with the discovery that the dark lord, disguised as a human, may have come to the district and that some evil Orcs, working for the hidden dark lord, may be attempting to conquer it out of revenge and desire to destroy fragments of a magical protective bracelet, inscribed with runes, that was originally a talisman of a noble house and get hold a of a treasure hoard. They are chasing an ordinary human girl, Emily, who has no idea that her family is a branch of the family that originally was given the ring, and that she is a noblewoman from a hilltop kingdom.
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8	Trope examples include:
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10	%%* AffablyEvil: Most of the villains
11	* BerserkButton: Being called "Thorin Oakenshield" for Thorin
12	* Myth/CelticMythology: Some of the elves
13	* ChangelingFantasy: Emily discovers that her family has otherworldly heritage and that she is nobility.
14	%%* CityOfAdventure: Silverlode
15	* [[DarkIsNotEvil Dark Is Not Always Evil]]: There are some good orcs. In a more straightforward version, Dvergar (dwarves) are often thought to be evil because they are associated with death.
16	* DeadGuyJunior: Thorin, Frodo, and Andvari, named after ancestors.
17	* DirectLineToTheAuthor Tolkien is said to have visited the other world and used it as inspiration.
18	%%* DoorstopBaby: [[spoiler: with a dark reason]] in the case of Frodo.
19	%%* DragonHoard: Where the treasure from the hill ended up before it was scattered.
20	%%* ElectiveMonarchy: The dwarven kingdoms.
21	* ElvesVSDwarves: Based on each race's perception of each other's qualities and failings (lack of honour included) and years of fighting.
22	%%* TheFairFolk: Dwarven perception of Elves.
23	%%* FairytaleMotifs: Arwen Evans and Adam Ellis [[spoiler: Arwen Evenstar and Aragorn Elessar]].
24	* FantasyCounterpartCulture: The dwarves of the ancient Norse.
25	%%* TheFuture
26	%%* GreatBigBookOfEverything
27	%%* HighSchoolAU: Of LOTR
28	%%* HappilyAdopted: Frodo and his brother and cousin.
29	%%* {{Hobbits}}: Much hairier than the average and referred to as " Secret People".
30	* {{Homage}}: To LOTR and the Andvaranaut legend.
31	%%* InterspeciesAdoption: Thorin and the halflings.
32	%%* LandOfFaerie: Alfheim.
33	* LukeNounverber: Thorin and Andvari's ancestor, Dwalin Runebringer.
34	%%* {{Magitek}}
35	%%* NeverHeardThatOneBefore
36	* Myth/NorseMythology: The mythology and culture of the characters' home world is dominated by Norse Mythology and culture. Also, Veror is Old Norse for world. Thorin and his ancestor Eikinscialdi are obscure characters from Norse myths, while his relatives Andvari and Dvalin are slightly better-known.
37	* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Averted. Most dwarves are dark-skinned and black-haired as well as talented blacksmiths and craftsmen and miners (going by the myths), while the traditional dwarf is almost never dark-skinned. The women are thought of as ugly by other races.
38	%%* ParentalSubstitute: Thorin
39	* RagtagBunchofMisfits: Emily and Frodo are members of the Role-Playing Games Club, which consists of mostly 21st century humans, Middeleardian/Verorian humans, halflings, orcs, dwarves, and elves.
40	* ShoutOut: Thorin's last name, Eikinscialdi, is a reference to Myth/NorseMythology and [[Literature/TheHobbit Thorin Oakenshield.]] Frodo's name is a reference to ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', as is his brother's. The name of the city was the name of a river in LOTR.
41	%%* TwelfthNightAdventure: Emily has one.
42	* UltimateBlacksmith:The two Andvaris. The second one, Andvari, son of Hornbori, who's forged a new magical ring for himself, is the most obvious one. To a certain extent, Thorin himself is also one.
43	%%* UrbanFantasy
44	%%* YouAreTheTranslatedForeignWord

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