Line #63 Roleplay/TheHopeSaga


1	[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/HopeLogoDone_789.png]]
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3	->''There's no room for heroes in the Void.''
4	-->-- '''Kasby Bellwood, pilot'''
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6	Starting in 2008, Tropers/SunshineDuk ran an online roleplay for a group of his friends. The initial group of six players spiralled uncontrollably over the course of eight months to include two dozen drop-in drop-out players, divided into numerous groups, all part of the same sprawling saga. The game was played out over AIM, and of course Duk saved all the chatlogs.
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8	Obviously, when the game finished, everyone wanted to know everything that had happened--any one person had been privy to at most a quarter of the full storyline. So Duk decided to take the logs and tidy them up, editing them together into a coherent novel-style narrative. Two years later, he's finally almost done.
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10	The ongoing story can be found at http://thehopesaga.blogspot.com
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13	!!This series provides examples of:
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15	* ActionSurvivor: Pretty much everyone in the Void is one, by necessity.
16	* AirborneAircraftCarrier: The Roost.
17	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Seth Quinn is surrounded by ladies.
18	* AlwaysChaoticEvil: How demons get viewed. The reality... is that there are very very occasional very slight exceptions.
19	* AntiHero: All of the Talons. They're really just in it for themselves, and wind up being helpful mostly by accident.
20	* AnyoneCanDie: And if you like them, probably will. Especially as you get closer to the Finale.
21	* ApocalypticLog: Daniel Bellwood's journal.
22	* BadassBookworm: Again, most folk in the Void, courtesy of being adventure scientists who fight demons.
23	* BadassNormal: By the end, Kasby is the only one who doesn't have any special powers. He still kicks ass and takes names.
24	* BadassLongcoat: Seth is very fond of his.
25	* BattleCouple: Taken to extremes by Kasby and Jaz, who don't stop making out to kill a demon.
26	* BigBad: The Devourer.
27	* BladeBelowTheShoulder: [[spoiler:Devoured Jaz has a crystal blade instead of a right hand.]]
28	* BlessedWithSuck: [[spoiler:Magic.]]
29	* CameBackWrong: [[spoiler:Jaz. Oh dear.]]
30	* CoolAirship: It took the cast ten sessions to build it. You bet your ass the ''Quinn'' is one.
31	* CombatTentacles: The Devourer Larvae use these.
32	* ConvectionSchmonvection: Being fireproof comes packaged with Giraffe's pyromancy.
33	* CunningLinguist: Owl, though only for written languages.
34	* DeadpanSnarker: Giraffe and Reno, for their respective groups.
35	* TheDragon: Magid for the Devourer.
36	* EldritchAbomination: The Devourer borders on this.
37	* EverythingTryingToKillYou: A fact of life in the Void. Any animals are escaped angry demons. The ground itself will stab you if you dig wrong.
38	* FeatheredFiend / CreepyCrows: Torrential Black, Chun's demon, is a giant four-winged crow.
39	* FullContactMagic: Giraffe is the purest example.
40	* GrandFinale: And how. Five guest [=GMs.=]
41	* HeroicSacrifice: By the dozens.
42	* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: _____ Hope.
43	* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: The entirety of Bloodred Hope.
44	* LivingShadow: Three separate instances! Umbra, Kiara's demon; the creature in the bottom of the mineshaft; and of course the ever-mysterious Shadows.
45	* {{Magitek}}: Most machinery is powered by demon-charged crystals. Guns that shoot magic are fairly common.
46	* MacGuffin: The box, whatever it is. It's clearly important!
47	* TheMedic: Chun, for the Talons. Complete with gratuitous amputation.
48	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Spider let the Devourer out in the first place.
49	* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Coordinator Ammon, much to Kasby's frustration.
50	* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Anything (or anyone) with magic qualifies as one. They tend to be strange, not remotely humanoid creatures that are angry and full of power.
51	* PlayingWithFire: Giraffe is a pyromancer. You do the math.
52	* PhotographicMemory: Owl has natural eidetic memory, hence her original job as a rememorist.
53	* RankScalesWithAsskicking: Mercuria Barret, Inner Council Security Secretary. Old woman, complete badass.
54	* RedBaron: Cyclops. His real name is [[spoiler:never revealed.]]
55	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Played with. The entire crew of the Quinn has red eyes, due to their powers.
56	* SavingTheWorld: It takes them a while to realize that's what they're doing, though.
57	* SceneryGorn: Sorry, did you like that city?
58	* ScavengerWorld: It's not that no one knows how to make stuff anymore--quite the opposite, they're all scientists. They just don't have the facilities or factories to make things.
59	* SchizoTech: Guns that shoot magic. Airships. Swords. Very occasional computers. Power plants.
60	* SeriousBusiness: Goat takes sandwich-making very seriously. Don't get between him and a loaf of bread.
61	* SealedEvilInACan: The demons, as well as specifically the Devourer.
62	* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Kasby starts out at the idealistic end. Doesn't stay there. (Goat does, though!)
63	* SteamPunk: Elements of the aesthetic tend to show up, but most everything is powered by magic rather than steam.
64	* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Dr. Emerson tries to pull this on Skunk and Owl. It doesn't end well.
65	* {{Synchronization}}: Between the Talons and their demons.
66	* TouchedByVorlons: The crew gain their powers from direct exposure to the Devourers.
67	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Goat and sandwiches, obviously, but Skunk's love of dried mushrooms also gets mentioned on numerous occasions.
68	* TraumaCongaLine: Kasby, for the entire story. As the story opens, he's the sole survivor of the memepocalypse that wiped out his city. Things go downhill from there.
69	* TrueCompanions: The Talons. Despite Kasby's best efforts, the crew of the ''Quinn'' never remotely becomes this, though.
70	* WhamEpisode: The end of the Rising Hope arc.
71	* WhatTheHellHero: Spider to Seth, after the Talons casually murder Sector One's perimeter guards.
72	* WorldOfBadass: Kind of a requirement to survive in the Void.

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