Line #86 Fanfic/TheAvatarOfAlbion


1	->''"I was David Elliot... But now I am more. I am the spirit of Arthur, returned in Britain's hour of need. I am the spirit of the sword Excalibur, defender of justice and honour. I am the vengeance of a nation, the battle cry of a world that has been raped and mutilated beyond all endurance by thine and thy mistress' evil. I am a power thou cannot halt, Element of Order. I am the Avatar of Albion."''\
2	-- The Avatar of Albion.
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4	-> ''"I'm thinking of a world that doesn't have parties. I'm thinking of a world where ponies hurt other ponies, where ponies hurt other races too. I'm thinking of a world where... where... I'm thinking of a world where no one laughs, where no one smiles, or if they do it's a smile like Mr Elliot's smile: all weird, like he's smiling because of something horrible and if he wasn't smiling he'd be crying or screaming or something. Nopony... no anyone, ever... should have to live in a world like that. If we can help them, I think we should."''\
5	-- Pinkie Pie.
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7	[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/190040/the-avatar-of-albion ''The Avatar of Albion'']] is a completed ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic written by the author "Jed R", the concept of which is based loosely on [[Fanfic/TheConversionBureau ''The Conversion Bureau'' mythos]], most prominently ''FanFic/TheConversionBureauTheOtherSideOfTheSpectrum'' (which the author admits freely was a great inspiration, and subsequently [[AscendedFanboy contributed a]] [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/204729/the-kings-speech-a-side-story-of-the-conversion-bureau-the-other-side-of-the-spectrum short story]] to), mixed in with a lot of the author's own creations.
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9	It also has an [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/204085/the-avatar-of-albion-the-first-anthology Expanded Universe Anthology]] in progress, featuring various different stories and characters from the background and history of the main story. An in-progress sequel can be [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/227781/the-avatar-of-albion-bittersweet-victory read here]], and a prequel is in progress [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/310253/the-conversion-bureau-gilead here]].
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11	There are also a number of official AU's in progress. The first, ''When We Needed Him Most'', can be read [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/227336/the-avatar-of-albion-when-we-needed-him-most here]]. The second, ''Cold Regret'', can be read [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/248949/the-avatar-of-albion-cold-regret here]]. The third, ''The Morningstar Dawns'', can be read [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/251419/the-avatar-of-albion-the-morningstar-dawns here]]. The fourth, ''The Avatar's Odyssey'', can be read [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/259758/the-avatar-of-albion-the-avatars-odyssey here]]. The fifth, ''Starlight's Strife'', can be read [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/261213/the-avatar-of-albion-starlights-strife here]].
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13	A special AU, ''Albion'', which is effectively a retelling of the original story (or as WordofGod calls it, "the big budget CGI reboot") is in progress, and can be found [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/316773/albion here]].
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15	There is also a special crossover between ''Avatar of Albion'' and ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureauTheOtherSideOfTheSpectrum'' called ''[[Fanfic/ConvergenceSeries Convergence]]'', written by Doctor Fluffy of Spectrum fame.
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17	A group page for the series now exists [[https://www.fimfiction.net/group/208623/the-avatar-of-albion here]].
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19	The main story follows David Elliot, a man imbued with the power of Excalibur, Arthur and the Light itself as the Avatar of Albion, as he is transported to canon Equestria. That is when, stuff gets bad, leading eventually to the canon Mane Six, plus canon Lyra, Derpy and an OC, arriving in a war torn version of Britain at the height of a hopeless war of genocide led by a crazed version of Celestia, now calling herself Solamina. There's swords, sorcery, brutal, bloody warfare and a lot of other crazy stuff before the end...
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21	!!Tropes:
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23	[[foldercontrol]]
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26	[[folder: all stories.]]
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28	* DarkerAndEdgier: A lot of the AU's especially invoke this, featuring themes of dystopia, realistic conflicts and loss, as well as more disturbing things such as body horror and necromancy.
29	* TheMultiverse: The AU's exist partially to show off the multiverse, and there are often links between worlds.
30	* PhysicalGod: Avatars - both of Darkness and Light - tend to be represented as physical gods, capable of fears beyond mere mortals.
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32	[[/folder]]
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34
35	[[folder: Main Story]]
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37	* TheAce:
38	** Errant Flight, last survivor of the old Grey Squadron.
39	** Elliot certainly qualifies, given his nature as the living embodiment of the British Isles.
40	** Rainbow Dash as part of Grey Squadron.
41	* AffablyEvil: Solamina's brief appearance in Chapter Sixteen is scary simply because of how similar to canon Celestia she is.
42	* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: Luna's corpse is brought back to life as a necromantic abomination that is implied to be at least partially conscious of what it is and is experiencing.]]
43	* AscendedExtra:
44	** True Grit starts his life as a glorified extra in Chapter Three, and ends up being both a Mauve Shirt (in TCB True Grit's case) and a big player (in canonverse True Grit's case).
45	** Errant Flight is a bit player in the ''War is Hell'' interlude, and only later becomes a bigger part of the story.
46	** Brave Heart begins her life as the star of an Interlude, but ends up in the main story.
47	%%* BadassBoast: Basically most of the Avatar's dialogue, one way or another.
48	* BattleTrophy: Elliot's [[spoiler: sewing the manes of the Mane Six members he's killed into the lining of his jacket, to show off at key moments]].
49	* TheBigBad: Empress Solamina, formerly Princess Celestia.
50	* BlackAndGreyMorality: Solamina is pretty much evil. Humanity is... desperate, but still fighting an ultimately justifiable war.
51	* BrainwashedAndCrazy:
52	** The Converted. Nowhere near as bad as [[FanFic/TheConversionBureauTheOtherSideOfTheSpectrum the Newfoals of ''The Other Side of the Spectrum'']] and similar examples, but they're still perfectly cheery, almost polite folks... who are perfectly willing to murder you on command.
53	** Gentle Flower in Chapter Forty [[spoiler: seems convinced that the mutilation of several hundred human corpses was justifiable, and confused when others don't get it.]]
54	* BreakTheCutie:
55	** TCB Lyra seems increasingly sickened by the violence she encounters.
56	** Canon Lyra, who sees [[spoiler: her own alternative self]] die in front of her.
57	** TCB Ditzy also counts: compare the self-sacrificing warrior to the general fanon interpretation.
58	** [[spoiler: Rainbow Dash's reaction to killing]].
59	** TCB Doctor Hooves' reaction to [[spoiler: TCB Ditzy's]] death.
60	** Even Golden Lock counts, since he's entirely inexperienced and almost naive.
61	** Pinkie Pie's first taste of combat - lots of crying. "This wasn't much like a party."
62	** TCB Scootaloo: [[spoiler: Cutie Mark Crusader PTSD sufferer and Xenocidal maniac, yay!]]
63	* BritainIsOnlyLondon: Averted - though a lot of the story happens in London, there are also battles in the Midlands, Manchester, the Pennines, Hull and large swathes of the story are set in the cities of Plymouth and Leeds, the latter specifically the Royal Armoury, as well as Pontefract, a small mining town in Yorkshire (which is the author's hometown).
64	* TheCameo: An alternate version of [[FanFic/TheConversionBureauTheOtherSideOfTheSpectrum Viktor M. Kraber]] appears here, as one of the Dead Men.
65	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Pinkie Pie. Ninety percent of her dialogue is random wackiness. Ten percent of it is pure heartwarming awesome.
66	--> "Pinkie Pie, on a chair!"
67	* ClusterFBomb: The multitude of swears from Hell Blazer, especially when he has to correct himself.
68	* CreatorProvincialism: The entirety of Earth is gone apart from Britain and Ireland.
69	** Not only that, but the author sets a large part of the story in his old home town.
70	* {{Crossover}}:
71	** Hell Blazer is John Constantine (rather obviously).
72	** Doctor Whooves is blatantly interpreted as [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]] but a pony.
73	** Discord makes a reference to a "French Captain" that's clearly meant to be [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Jean-Luc Picard]], making Discord Q. [[note]]There's an Anthology piece called Q is for Quiet which confirms that Discord is Q in this continuity.[[/note]]
74	** Rupert Giles from Buffy appears from Chapter Thirty Four, after having been referenced briefly in previous chapters.
75	** A brief reference is made to the Bombinomicon and Merasmus from Team Fortress 2.
76	* CrapsackWorld: Britain/Earth (though TCB Equestria also counts).
77	%%* TheCynic: Hell Blazer.
78	* DarkerAndEdgier: A good contender for 'darkest [[FanFic/TheConversionBureau Conversion Bureau]] WarFic'. Considering some of its contemporaries, that's an impressive accomplishment. For instance, Chapter Forty Four has [[spoiler: the reanimated corpse of Spike chained to a wall in a cell!]]
79	%%* DeadpanSnarker: Hell Blazer by a country mile.
80	* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: parallel universe versions of Sol Invictus and Blessed Star in Chapter Thirty Five. Unpleasantly.]]
81	* EldritchLocation: [[spoiler: The Heart of the World in the chapter of the same name - what it is, and quite how it works, isn't explained very much. What it does is pretty self evident.]]
82	* TheEvilEmpire: Solamina's Empire.
83	* {{Expy}}: There's a couple. Iron Gait is pretty much a pony version of Gunnery Sergeant Hartman from Film/FullMetalJacket. Bright Wonder in Grey Squadron is somewhat akin to Surprise from earlier generations of MLP (and thus is similar to Pinkie Pie - this similarity is sort of lampshades by Wonder's eventual desire to meet her).
84	* FantasticRacism:
85	** The disdain held for "convies" by certain natural-born ponies, seen in Chapter Thirty Two.
86	** The usual TCB pony racism against humans.
87	* AFatherToHisMen: Fancy Pants could be an arguable example: [[spoiler: he refuses to keep sending Converted militia in a suicide attack against Albion during the battle of London.]]
88	* FinalBattle: The Battle of Canterlot (and, concurrently/within that battle, the fight between the Avatar and Solamina).
89	* {{Flanderization}}: Averted in the case of often-flanderized figures in fandom such as Blueblood or Lightning Dust, who receive more positive characterisations in this story.
90	* {{Flashback}}: This takes up most of entire chapters, and is a frequent device in the earlier chapters.
91	* GenderIsNoObject: The Holy Order of Albion is made up of Knights of both genders, all of whom have the title "Sir".
92	* GreyAndGrayMorality: most of Solamina's empire, from what we see, is shown to be essentially good ponies misled by a tyrant (see Golden Lock's Fight). Humanity, meanwhile, has sunk to the depths of barbarism in many ways (see Elliot's trophy taking). The net effect is that the human race and Solamina's troops - if not Solamina herself, who's still categorically evil - are pretty much morally equal in this story.
93	* {{Gorn}}:
94	** [[spoiler: Rainbow Dash's death (stabbed in the throat and choking on her own blood)]].
95	** [[spoiler: ''To Err is Human, an anthology story, has a line PER agent executed by having a bottle shoved down her throat]].
96	** [[spoiler: Golden Lock's death.]]
97	** Hell, all of the Golden Lock's Fight interlude.
98	** [[spoiler: TCB!Shining Armour's death/mutilation, to an almost OTT degree.]]
99	* HeroicSacrifice:
100	** [[spoiler: Errant Flight dies to save the Interdiction]] during the battle of Canterlot.
101	** [[spoiler: The Undead and Sir Eric Smith are both killed during the battle.]]
102	** [[spoiler: Desert Wind and Wallace Springfield both die during the battle against Luna's corpse and Commander Twilight Sparkle.]]
103	* ImprobableInfantSurvival: played straight in "Last Light". The author is on record as saying he wanted one happy ending.
104	* KnightTemplar:
105	** David Elliot/Albion.
106	** The Holy Order of Albion, a cult that springs up in Britain dedicated to the ideals of the Knights of the Round Table.
107	** The Dead Men, a cult that believes they are all dead already and their bodies must be made to have some purpose.
108	* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Elliot is present at London, Dover, Hull and Cornwall, and it's implied that he is one of the few things keeping the British Isles from being defeated.
109	** When asking for help from canon Celestia, Elliot only asks for the Mane Six. This is explained in story as him thinking they have the potential to turn the war, but all the same.
110	*** Both averted and played straight in Chapters Twenty Six and Twenty Seven: [[spoiler: Elliot isn't combat active for the raid on Leeds base, but the Mane Six are.]]
111	* MauveShirt: TCB True Grit definitely counts.
112	** Minor characters like Harrison and Sam, [[spoiler: who get a few lines and a bit of character, only to die, also count]].
113	* {{Mooks}}:
114	** Solamina's army, for the most part. In "Golden Lock's Fight", , though, the titular soldier is given real character.
115	** Well Spring, formerly [[spoiler:Wallace Springfield]], is a mook with character. Then he gets his programming broken and becomes something else entirely...
116	* TheMultiverse:
117	** In Chapter Thirty Five, [[spoiler: TCB Twilight Sparkle is exposed to multiple parallel versions of herself.]]
118	** [[spoiler: In Chapter Thirty Three, when Elliot talks with Merlin, there's already heavy implications that there's a multiverse out there with different choices to be made.]]
119	* OneWorldGovernment: The British isles now technically qualify, as they are all there is in the world as far as humans are concerned.
120	* OrcusOnHisThrone: Solamina - though when she comes off of her throne, worry.
121	* OriginalCharacter: for ponies, there's True Grit, Errant Flight, Cloud Ranger, Desert Wind and Sapphire Steel to name but a few, and for humans there's Lockett, Dutch, Redmond, Danny and Elliot himself, again to name but a few.
122	* PrecisionFStrike: Hell Blazer's reaction to the canon Mane Six's arrival.
123	* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Grey Squadron - both times - is shown as being this. The first Grey Squadron had Lightning Dust (shown in canon to be a sociopath with serious people issues), Royal Flush (a gambler), the Wing siblings (a hotheaded young mare and her older brother), and Ditzy Doo herself, as well as Butter Mellow, essentially the ParentalSubstitute for Lightning Dust. The second, meanwhile, [[spoiler: has the Canon Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Ditzy, as well as a more cynical and world weary Errant Flight and a whole host of oddballs.]]
124	* RankScalesWithAsskicking: David Elliot/the Avatar of Albion: commander of the last army, [[spoiler:killer of Elements]].
125	* RedShirt: Most of the regular soldiers we meet, including most of Lockett's squad.
126	* RunningGag: Hell Blazer has two - his leaning in to whisper sarcastic answers in people's ears, and his swearing corrections.
127	--> "Sorry, I meant to say s**t."
128	** Pinkie Pie has one involving her party cannon.
129	--> "Never bring a knife to a gun fight."
130	* ShoutOut:
131	** Several to the ''Franchise/StarWars'' films:
132	*** Grey Squadron's sound-off procedure is an homage to the "standing by" of the films. Some ponies even say "standing by".
133	*** The allusions fly thick and fast whenever Grey Squadron are shown in battle.
134	*** [[spoiler: Silver Spire's]] death has him recite almost the exact lines Red Six (Porkins) says in the original film just before his death.
135	** Chapter 35 has references to Equestria Divided, [[Fanfic/TheConversionBureauTheOtherSideOfTheSpectrum ''The Other Side of the Spectrum'']] (which is only fair given how many AOA references to author put into his Spectrum work), ''Franchise/MassEffect'' and various other slightly insane things.
136	** One of the Knights of Albion is called "Sir Jason ''sans le Argonauts'', a title taken from VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins DLC.
137	** Chapter Forty Eight has a brief appearance by Viktor Kraber of FanFic/TheConversionBureauTheOtherSideOfTheSpectrum Fame show up.
138	*** This appearance is seen from Kraber's perspective - sort of - in [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/229607/the-light-despondent ''The Light Despondent'']] (a chronicle of Kraber's misadventures) by Doctor Fluffy.
139	* TakeThat: Flash Sentry briefly appears, and almost immediately gets shot in the head.
140	* VillainousBSOD: Sol Invictus has one [[spoiler: upon Solamina's death - he begins repeating the Hail Mary in Latin upon realising what he has done,]] as does Command Sparkle.
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144	[[folder: Tales of the War]]
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146	''Tales of the War'' is an Anthology of side stories set during the years 2024 - 2030.
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148	* AFatherToHisMen: Ditzy Doo as the leader of Grey Squadron seems to be rather a maternal figure.
149	* TheAce: Lightning Dust, amongst Grey Squadron, seems to be their best flyer.
150	* AffablyEvil: Twilight Sparkle's brief appearance in ''The Great Exodus'' shows her being this.
151	* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: Discord in ''Q is for Quiet'', an Anthology piece, where he is stuck in a self-imposed exile in a cell in Canterlot, perfectly aware of everything that's going on, unwilling to leave but unable to help.]]
152	* BadassBoast: Apart from the Avatar's appearance in the same short story, there's this boast from Eric Smith in ''Knight''.
153	--> "I am a warrior of Albion! And this beach is mine, and the man behind me is under my protection. You can send as many ponies as you like, all at once or one at a time. I don't give a shit. [[Franchise/StarWars None shall pass]]."
154	* TheCynic: Trixie Lulamoon in ''The Freedom Caravan'' is shown to be extremely cynical and to a degree self-centred.
155	* DeadpanSnarker: Again, Trixie Lulamoon.
156	* DeathOfAChild: In the story ''To Err Is Human'', [[spoiler: a lone PER agent ponified a group of thirty children... who are then executed by their own parents]].
157	* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Averted: the "main characters" of AOA barely figure in most of these stories.
158	* MauveShirt: Does the entirety of Grey Squadron count?
159	* OriginalCharacter: Most of Grey Squadron is made up of OC's.
160	** Same can be said of Upsilon Squadron.
161	* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Upsilon Squadron includes the overly dramatic Storm Cloak, the war-weary Cloud Ranger, the former Night Guard Thestral Fell Spear and the... downright odd Pony Dave.
162	* RedShirt: Orange Swirl in Grey Squadron - she has the least lines and the least characterisation, and is one of the first to die.
163	* ShoutOut: ''Grey Squadron's Last Flight'' is a massive one to Franchise/StarWars
164	** Swift Wing has a specific bit of dialogue that any fan will recognise: "Stay on target!"
165	[[/folder]]
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167	[[folder: Bittersweet Victory]]
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169	''Bittersweet Victory'' follows the aftermath of the war with the Solaminan Empire, focusing on various different characters and their travails.
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171	* TheAtoner: Commander Twilight Sparkle has become this.
172	** Scootaloo is also this, by [[spoiler: joining Grey Squadron]].
173	* TheCameo: Doctor Bowman (the author's OC [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor]]) - who appears in some of his ''[[Fanfic/TheConversionBureauTheOtherSideOfTheSpectrum Other Side of the Spectrum]]'' work - appears in two chapters.
174	* DrowningMySorrows:
175	** The canonverse Mane Six in "Home: Part 1" are all seen to do this.
176	** Commander Sparkle in "The Woes of Commander Sparkle".
177	* SelfHarm: [[spoiler: Scootaloo]] cuts herself as a response to her post-war depression.
178	* TheQuest: Sparkle's mission, [[spoiler: aided by True Grit]], is very much this to her.
179	* TheRemnant: A Solaminan Remnant is one of the key enemies of the newfound peace.
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182	[[/folder]]
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184	[[folder: The Conversion Bureau: Gilead]]
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186	A story focusing on the fall of the United States of America and the rise of the Sanctified Republic of Gilead.
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188	* AffectionateNickname: Well Met and Dr Fenwick call each other "Walmart" and "Wick" respectively.
189	* ArtifactTitle: Both played straight ''and'' averted: this is one of the few AOA stories to ''not'' have "The Avatar of Albion" in the title, instead using "The Conversion Bureau".
190	* ContinuityPorn: The entire story focuses on a moment in AOA's history.
191	* TakeThat: Dr Well Met delivers one against the name "Newfoal" that was originally used in "straight" Conversion Bureau stories.
192	--> "Just because some of those idiots want to talk about this potion business in religious terms doesn't mean they're literally being 'born again', they're just genetically and magically altering their existing lives and bodies. If I have to hear one more person referring to a forty year old Convie as a 'Newfoal' I'll buck something so hard I'll probably crack my hooves, to say nothing of the state of whatever I bucking kick. Even the HLF agree with us - we're not making them children."
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194	[[/folder]]
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196	[[folder: When We Needed Him Most]]
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198	In the AU ''When We Needed Him Most'', we follow a version of AOA's history in which David Elliot died in London and the human race was exterminated. This story follows the attempts of the remaining Equestrian Resistance factions and other groups to defeat the Solaminan Empire.
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200	* AlternateUniverse: This story is an AU of the original ''Avatar of Albion.''
201	* AssimilationPlot: Lyrium's plans seem to have shades of this.
202	* BadFuture: This entire setting is a Bad Future of the original.
203	* BodyHorror:
204	** The Anthroponies are literally abominations.
205	** The Iron Men transform ponies into more Iron Men, using their bodies as raw material.
206	* ChewingTheScenery: Magnus loves his diet of landscape and ham.
207	* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Sol Invictus and Blessed Star both kill themselves - incidentally, this is the same scene from the Heart of the World chapter in the original AOA]].
208	* {{Gorn}}: The descriptions of what happen to unfortunate victims of the Anthroponies are certainly worthy contenders.
209	* {{Necromancer}}: An interesting example, as the Necromancy comes from the supposed "good guys", the Midnight Guard, specifically viewpoint character Royal Duty.
210	** The Solaminan Empire are still in on the act, as we see the Eternal Guard appear, [[spoiler: as well as the corpses of Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Pinkie Pie, resurrected - by way of personality imprints - by Twilight Sparkle to act as replacements for her living friends]].
211	* ObviouslyEvil: Magnus. Guy hams it up while zapping his enemies with pain spells and talking like half of RADA.
212	* VillainProtagonist: Arguable, but Magnus is pretty nasty.
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214	[[/folder]]
215
216	[[folder: Cold Regret]]
217
218	''Cold Regret'' follows a version of David Elliot who arrives in London with fragmented memories of what has happened to him.
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220	* AlternateUniverse: Another AU of the original AOA.
221	* {{Foreshadowing}}: The conversation being held between two characters - one of whom is Elliot - at the start of every chapter appears to foreshadow Elliot remembering his past, [[spoiler: and it does ''not'' go well for him]].
222	* IdentityAmnesia: Elliot doesn't remember much about his past life prior to arriving in this London, and what he does remember doesn't make sense.
223	* QuestForIdentity: one of this Elliot's motivations is finding out exactly who he is.
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225	[[/folder]]
226
227	[[folder: The Morningstar Dawns]]
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229	''The Morningstar Dawns'' is the story of an alternative fate for Hell Blazer, where Lucifer himself comes to demand John Constantine's soul from Solamina. The result is a literal [[SerialEscalation war between the Solaminan Empire and hell]].
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231	* AffablyEvil: Lucifer's introduction.
232	--> "Greetings. How is everypony?"
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234	* TheCynic: Applejack in the prologue - brainwashed or not, she is less than thrilled about dying for pointless reasons.
235	* HonorBeforeReason: An arguable example: Solamina refuses to release the soul of Hell Blazer to Lucifer... despite our brief (thus far) glimpse of the war with hell being... unpleasant. Of course, this could be TooDumbToLive instead...
236	* {{Satan}}: Goes by "Lucifer" in this, not that it really makes a difference - he's still pretty bad for your health/country/sanity.
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238	[[/folder]]
239
240	[[folder: The Avatar's Odyssey]]
241
242	''The Avatars Odyssey'' is a story by [=TheIdiot=] of ''[[Fanfic/TheConversionBureauTheOtherSideOfTheSpectrum The Other Side of the Spectrum]]'' fame, following an alternative version of David Elliot as he begins a course along the multiverse...
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244	* TheMultiverse: A greater focus is on the multiverse in this story than any other.
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246	[[/folder]]
247
248	[[folder: Starlight's Strife]]
249
250	''Starlight's Strife'' is another story by [=TheIdiot=], following a mare called Shining Starlight as she deals with the possibility that there is more to her than meets the eye...
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252	* FishOutOfWater: Starlight is thrown into situations she doesn't begin to understand, and doesn't ''want'' to.
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254	[[/folder]]
255
256	[[folder: Albion]]
257
258	Effectively a reboot of the original AOA story, retelling the tale of David Elliot coming to Equestria.
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260	* BadFuture: David Elliot comes from an alternative future of Equestria, as Twilight discovers [[spoiler: while being interrogated by him]].
261	* CombatPragmatist: Luna takes a shot at the Avatar while he's distracted by how different everything is to his own world. [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/316773/albion#comment/7102173 As commenters have pointed out]], this is a bit of a cheap shot.
262	* NoodleIncident: Albeit a particularly explained one: Lyra and Twilight both think back to a recent visit to Ponyville made by a group of travelling Moles, who in this are something of an {{Expy}} of fantasy Dwarves.
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264	[[/folder]]
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