Line #6 Fanfic/AzulDragalia


1	!!'''UNDER CONSTRUCTION'''
2	!!This page assumes you have played ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'' since [[ContinuityLockout some of what you'll see may not make sense unless you were engaged in the events there]]. Therefore, there will be unmarked spoilers for that game, whereas spoilers exclusive to [[FanFic/AzulDragalia AzulDragalia]] will be appropriately marked. ''Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned''.
3	[[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/azuldragalia_tvtropes_cover_0.png Our main characters clockwise from center to left: [[ToBeLawfulOrGood Nedrick]], [[CloudCuckooLander Zethia]], [[MrViceGuy Euden]], [[BrokenAce Tobias]]]]
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5	FanFic/AzulDragalia / Visions Of Alberia is a VideoGame/DragaliaLost fanwork made by [[@/{{somepersonnamedcaloy}} AzulStryer/Somepersonnamedcaloy]], primarily being an AlternateUniverse of the game itself.
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7	Although there are plans to make it into a full-fledged story via the [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DragaliaLost/comments/10r24zq/dragalia_lost_writing_vn_project_dragalia_lost/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 Dragalia Lost Story Engine]]made by dabblerdragon as of writing, the author has opted to write it in a dialogue format reminiscent to Webcomic/DragaliaLife and the ingame dialogue itself and will post occasional batches in [[https://www.reddit.com/r/AzulDragalia/ the titular subreddit]] and sometimes promote it [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DragaliaLost/ within the main Dragalia subreddit]].
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9	While it retells the main campaign and some events, [[FanFic/AzulDragalia AzulDragalia]] [[AdaptationExpansion expands on]], [[AdaptationDeviation changes some]], and [[TakeAThirdOption does both]] for most of the characters, primarily [[InsufferableGenius Ezelith]] who is [[RelatedInTheAdaptation the 8th scion of the Alberian Royal Family]] with [[StepfordSnarker some issues]], and Zethia who gains some [[CloudCuckooLander quirkier traits]], and '''loses out on her DamselInDistress status.'''
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11	One major change in this version of events involves Zethia not being captured by Aurelius in Euden's first campaign chapter. Outside of Euden's story? There are [[BrokenAce Tobias]] and [[ToBeLawfulOrGood Nedrick]]'s stories which also take place around the same time, with them occasionally grouping up in The Halidom, or in Euden and Tobias' cases, teaming up. Outside of that, the tone of the stories/batches traditionally fluctuates on [[CerebusRollercoaster being utterly silly and irreverent or drop-dead serious and dire.]] There are three major storylines for the planned Visions Of Alberia.
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13	You can view the short stories officially in [[https://www.reddit.com/r/AzulDragalia/ r/AzulDragalia]] or wait for a batch to be posted on [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DragaliaLost/ r/DragaliaLost]] as of writing. The ever-updating Chapter List can be viewed [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lyb81rcJw-DI-F3nDxNc0HIhCYJbczm0pj-NvHHE1es/edit?usp=sharing here.]]
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16	![[FanFic/AzulDragalia AzulDragalia]] contains examples of:
17	* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance:
18	** The Agito appeared between Chapter 13 to Chapter 15 of the original game. Instead, they appear as villainous FoundFamily led by [[ToBeLawfulOrGood Nedrick]] and [[TokenMiniMoe Kyros/Bahamut]] (who appears as a child up until "Revelation") at the very start of the Nedrick Campaign.
19	** Bahamut appeared around the Sacred Tree Arc in the original game, but is instead active from the start as god who was BroughtDownToNormal during the Nedrick Campaign.
20	* AscendedExtra: As shown in [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DragaliaLost/comments/10v83sy/azuldragalia_the_8th_scions_opinion_of_the_royal/ "The 8th Scion's Opinion Of The Royal Family"]] and [[https://www.reddit.com/r/AzulDragalia/comments/159m2wb/shifting_visions/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 "Shifting Visions",]] Ezelith plays a role in the main campaign, with the latter being highlighted as a key member of Tobias' group in his campaign, alongside being one of the members outside of Nino and The Apostles who eventually join that doesn't [[ItsPersonal have a grudge against the Southern Church]]. Here are a few more examples:
21	** [[BrokenAce Tobias]] can also count. He goes from being another [[BlowYouAway Wind Adventurer]] in his home game to becoming one of the story's protagonists! Too bad [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized the means]] he has prepared isn't pretty for not just the Southern Church, but the Ilian Church too...
22	** [[BunnyEarsLawyer Laranoa]] is mostly in the background in canon, with one of her claims to fame being her relationship with Luca (who is ironically a major part of the campaign). Here? She's one of the eventual members of Euden's crew [[IWillFindYou for a plot-relevant reason]].
23	** [[TopGod Bahamut]] in the original game was an ArcVillain who appeared near the end of the storyline. In FanFic/AzulDragalia / Visions Of Alberia, he's one of the major characters [[AdaptationalEarlyAppearance from the very start]] and serves as an important part of Nedrick's character during his campaign and later the [[YouAllShareMyStory merged campaign]] where his relationship with [[BigBad Xenos]] becomes far more important.
24	* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade:
25	** Because Alberian Royals have dour subject matters in hand, [[RelatedInTheAdaptation Ezelith]] is a shining example of this. In [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DragaliaLost/comments/10v83sy/azuldragalia_the_8th_scions_opinion_of_the_royal/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 "The 8th Scion's Opinion Of The Royal Family"]], her section with Leonidas eventually starts sounding too personal, with her being [[ThatMakesMeFeelAngry vocally upset]] about his MotiveDecay, hinting at a major connection between the two, which [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DragaliaLost/comments/13na2fb/azuldragaliass_better_than_nothing/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 "Better Than Nothing"]] reveals the two of them to be biologically related at the end. In that relevant story, Ezelith recounts how her [[MoreThanMindControl (mostly?)]] possessed dad pulled the DisappointedInYou card, and that [[DrivenToSuicide she didn't take it well in the slightest]], with Euden explicitly saying he saw the whole thing transpire. And that's not getting into the fact that [[NothingIsScarier whatever the hell happened in Valkaheim]] may have made her this way...
26	** Euden is also hit with a dose of this, being more of a MrViceGuy than the outright NiceGuy he was in canon. As seen below in CerebusRollercoaster, he's [[HesitantSacrifice understandably rattled about the prospect of being one of the people needed to die in order to fix everything]], but [[FaceDeathWithDignity accepts it]] for unspecified reasons, though Zethia's reaction suggests it isn't pretty... [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DragaliaLost/comments/168xq50/azuldragalia_family/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 "Family"]] also goes into how badly TheReveal in "Light & Shadow" affected him, with some... ''concerning'' views about family. If that doesn't get into it enough, "Family" heavily implies that he of all people [[JerkassToOne despises Nedrick]] and outright admits that Nedrick deserved to suffer for it. The fact that it's '''Euden''' saying it [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness doesn't go unnoticed by Zethia & Bahamut]], with the two [[OhCrap now silently dreading Euden and Nedrick's future interactions]]...
27	* CorruptChurch: The Ilian church is still this, meaning that [[InSpiteOfANail the church schism and discourse still occurs anyways]]. The main catalyst of the conflict doesn't involve Conservatives or Periditonists, it doesn't involve who believes in Ilia being Morsayati's mother. Rather, it's caused by the Northern Leader's [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone soul-crushing guilt]] for an AccidentalMurder [[SanitySlippage getting out of hand]]. Even before that, there were issues such as the differing natures of how the Northern Leader and Southern Leader would conduct their factions, especially because they were a BrotherSisterTeam. [[DoomedByCanon Were]].
28	* CerebusRollercoaster: This is the tone for Visions Of Alberia. Most parts of the story/strips have an irreverent and silly vibe, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DragaliaLost/comments/118g3u5/azuldragalia_the_halidom_can_get_ratherquirky_at/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 with The Halidom acting like a full-on]] CloudCuckooLander group, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/AzulDragalia/comments/14pnf7b/checkmate/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 Leonidas screwing up a chess move]] PlayedForLaughs with a CurseCutShort, and an age-old question about snakes [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DragaliaLost/comments/116lf33/azuldragalia_ayaha_ohota_brought_up_a_question/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 taking a turn for the weird]] when '''Zethia''' jumps in. However, there are recurring themes of [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DragaliaLost/comments/133v4wf/azuldragalia_closure/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 revenge]] to the point that [[BunnyEarsLawyer Laranoa]] and [[EccentricArtist Fleur]] are [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness a little too eager to partake in]]. Euden becoming [[FaceDeathWithDignity willing]] to [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DragaliaLost/comments/12tcym5/azuldragalia_consequences_effect/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 face]] what was initially a HesitantSacrifice for currently unspecified reasons much to the sadness of his sister, and this is just getting into a '''few''' of them. But sometimes, it does both with [[https://www.reddit.com/r/AzulDragalia/comments/14rl0vq/a_remorseful_ambassador_archive/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 Melsa initially being weirded out by the quirkiness of The Halidom]] before [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone reflecting on her betrayal in "Kindness & Captivity]]...
29	* RevengeIsNotJustice: In [[https://www.reddit.com/r/AzulDragalia/comments/159m2wb/shifting_visions/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 "Shifting Visions",]] Zena both condemns and expresses concern for Tobias' group because the only thing keeping them together is shared hatred and trauma from the church conflict. While Ezelith, Nino, and The Apostles are exempt from this, Zena ponders how bonds can be formed in a group like this.

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