Line #35 Literature/TalesOfWyre


1	''[[http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?58227-Tales-of-Wyre Sepulchrave's Tales of Wyre]]'' (originally ''Sepulchrave's Story Hour'') is a WebSerialNovel [[AfterActionReport based on]] the author's TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons campaign. It follows the [[TabletopGame/EpicLevelHandbook epic]] adventures of [[ThePaladin Eadric]], [[TheArchmage Mostin]], [[{{Druid}} Nwm]] and [[TheBard Ortwin]] as they deal with demons, war and religious upheavals.
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3	Also [[http://leagueofimaginaryheroes.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/sepulchraves-tales-of-wyre/ in PDF form here]].
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6	!!''Tales of Wyre'' provides examples of:
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8	* AChatWithSatan: As part of his divinely sanctioned temptation, Eadric must accept [[TheCorrupter Titivilus]] as his TreacherousAdvisor.
9	* AllThereInTheManual: More information on the setting is found in footnotes and supplementary material.
10	* AntiClimaxBoss[[invoked]]: The characters expected [[spoiler:Crosod and Threxu]] to be much tougher.
11	* ArcWords: Soneillon: "Nothing becomes."
12	* AscendedDemon: The story happens because Nehael claims to be one. [[spoiler:Both Nehael and Soneillon eventually ascend.]]
13	* [[BurnTheWitch Burn the Heretics!]]: the Inquisition's preferred punishment.
14	-->'''Brey''': As unrepentant apostates, heretics, idolaters and blasphemers, ...I am authorized to inform you that the entire adult population of [[spoiler:Trempa]] will be condemned to burn.
15	* CastFromHitPoints: Nwm often does this, since he can heal himself afterward.
16	-->'''Shomei''': Effectively, the Green absorbs the backlash.
17	* CelestialDeadline: Demons vary in power with the positions of the stars. Some spells are also affected.
18	* CelestialParagonsAndArchAngels: [[ArchangelGabriel Rintrah]], [[ArchangelMichael Enitharmon]] and others of Oronthon's Host.
19	* ChasteHero: As a paladin, Eadric is required to be chaste. Mostin is not interested.
20	-->'''Mostin''': I am not oblivious to the existence of certain baser urges, but I have utterly transcended the notion of coitus. Nor do I any longer require the use of a latrine.
21	* ChurchMilitant: The Temple is heavily armed.
22	* CombatSadomasochist: Soneillon enjoys pain, but what she really likes is [[spoiler:being killed]].
23	* CoolHorse: Eadric has two supernatural horses, Cotundor and Narh.
24	* CoolSword: As usual for D&D, there are many. Eadric has the sunblade Lukarn; Ortwine has the throwing-and-returning scimitar Dread Githla.
25	* DatingCatwoman: At the start of the story, Eadric is courting Nehael, who turns out to be a succubus. Later, this is taken up to eleven with [[spoiler:Eadric and Soneillon]].
26	* DeathIsCheap: resurrection is so routine that characters plan on it.
27	* DemonLordsAndArchDevils: many of the major antagonists [[spoiler:and, later, allies]] are archfiends.
28	* EvilSorceror: Many, especially Feezuu and Rimilin.
29	* EvilWeapon: [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Heedless]] is a sword with a penchant for chaotic destruction.
30	* TheFairFolk: the Loquai are corrupt, evil fey.
31	* {{Fallen Angel}}s: Devils are fallen angels, demons are "twice fallen" (from angel to devil to demon), and Falling is a major concern for [[spoiler:Eadric]].
32	-->'''[[spoiler:Nehael]]''': Am I now thrice fallen?
33	* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: the Nireem were greatly weakened by the loss of their worshipers.
34	* HatePlague: Grazz't's ''Wave of Hate'' makes the entire population of Morne murder each other.
35	* TheHeretic: There are many heretical sects, and heresy is a major issue.
36	* HumanoidAbomination: Quite a few of the DemonLordsAndArchdevils can appear as one. Mostin is turning into one due to his Alienist PrestigeClass.
37	* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: the story begins with Eadric agonizing over whether to slay a supposedly repentant demon.
38	* KillTheGod: The heroes must kill [[spoiler:Visuit, a war goddess]].
39	* KillTheLights: the Pall of Dhatri extinguishes all light within a hundred miles, to [[WeakenedByTheLight protect the undead]].
40	* NatureHero: Nwm defends [[MotherNature Uedii]] and her worshippers.
41	* NumerologicalMotif: deities follow numerological rules.
42	* OurGnomesAreWeirder: Gnomes are a kind of fey.
43	* OurLichesAreDifferent: several antagonists are liches, and [[spoiler:Feezuu]] nearly becomes one.
44	* ThePaladin: Eadric starts out as a stereotypical paladin.
45	* PhysicalGod: the Nireem, and [[WarGod Visuit]].
46	* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Brey]] is spared to BringNewsBack after a massacre, twice.
47	* SuccubiAndIncubi: Several major characters are succubi, most importantly Nehael and Soneillon.
48	* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Eadric's constant dilemma.
49	* TheTropeWithoutATitle: The [[{{Satan}} Nameless Adversary]].
50	-->'''Eadric''': Orthodoxy maintains that he was stripped of his name, and it was erased from every whisper of consciousness. Nothing in creation, including himself, can recall it, save Oronthon himself.
51	* TheUndead: Dhatri's host, a major part of the Cheshnite force.
52	* VancianMagic: complete with Vancian spell names: ''[[OneHitKill She Is Tired of Your Interference]]'', ''[[StatusBuff First/Second/Third/Fourth Perceptual Transcendence]]'', ''[[StatusBuff Renewal of Purpose and Desire]]'', ''[[TeleportInterdiction Quiescence of the Spheres]]'', ''[[StatusBuff Ecstasy of Negation]]'', ''[[Creator/AleisterCrowley Be Not]]''.
53	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: all fiends, and Nwm, and occasionally the wizards.
54	* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have to Have Feathers?]]: Mostin is terrified of birds.
55	* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Mostin.
56	-->'''Cheiromancer''': I'd be worried about getting that high an intelligence. What if there is some aspect of reality that [[ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow Man Was Not Meant To Know]]?\
57	'''[[http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?5652-Eadric-et-al-(The-Paladin-and-his-Friends)&p=1240989&viewfull=1#post1240989 The Lone Badger]]''': Then it's Mostin's job to know it.

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