Line #119 Roleplay/EndlessTime


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2	[[caption-width-right:297:Some of the characters in Endless Time.]]
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4	->"Those old fools who run those nations... What do they know about rule? They simply think that if they sit there and collect taxes, they are a good ruler? Hah! When we take over, I will show them what a true ruler is capable of..."
5	-->'''King Thereme'''
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7	''[[http://aceattorney.sparklin.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=4267/ Endless Time]]'' is a [[ForumRolePlays Forum Role Play]] on ''[[http://aceattorney.sparklin.org/ Ace Attorney Online.]]'' Set in a [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy fantasy world,]] Endless Time follows the stories of various characters across 7 nations -- Darath, Grahk, Yalara, Jopo, Terum, Fellum, and Alia -- and the cursed Darathian King Thereme's wish to one day rule over them all.
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9	For more AAO roleplays, check out ''Roleplay/FinalWarfare'' and ''Roleplay/CrossoverCentral''.
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11	!!This roleplay provides examples of:
12	%%* AbusiveParents: Kenneth Roymond has them, and it makes up a good deal of his character.
13	* AccidentalMurder: Salfira only meant to hold down Derek with his blow but ended up killing him.
14	* AlasPoorVillain: Kenneth, despite being a cold hearted criminal, had a pretty sympathetic death which caused much sadness.
15	* AMillionIsAStatistic: Perofe wiped out the surrounding area of Thereme's castle. At least the castle survived.
16	%#** It took a while but this ended up getting heavily subverted multiple times.
17	* AerithAndBob: In a world where names like Thereme and Narome are common, there are also a few common names like Derek or Kenneth.
18	* AllThereInTheManual: Being a forum roleplay, the main ideas of a lot of the characters would be lost to someone who hadn't read the character descriptions separate to the main story.
19	* AncientArtifact: Holding infinite power, ancient artifacts are understandably sought-after. Each one is hidden somewhere in the world with a guardian protecting it.
20	** Thereme happens to be in possession of two. New rule: Don't mess with Thereme.
21	** Lamont has one. He's using it to conquer a country.
22	* AntiHero: Narome happens to be a type IV or a type V depending on your interpretation. You may also count him as a villain protagonist.
23	** Lamont started out as a Type III, before degrading through to Type IV, and V. It is eventually revealed that he is just plain MadeOfEvil.
24	* AnywhereButTheirLips: Kea apologises to Narome for her reaction to him by kissing him on the cheek.
25	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Darken asks Thereme for tips on finding the artifact in Jopo, how to contact him again once the task is accomplished and finally for some food.
26	* AxCrazy: To say that Kenneth has completely lost it would be an understatement.
27	* BerserkButton: Narome has two. Don't put pressure on his punctors, and ''don't threaten Kea.'' Though not exactly a BerserkButton, going too long without life energy will have the same effect as the first one.
28	%%* BewareTheNiceOnes: Exa.
29	%%* BigBad: Thereme.
30	* BigDamnHeroes: Narome and Mika showing up to rescue Kea.
31	** Narome again, and Drey, saving Kea's comatose body from a crashing Airship.
32	* BloodFromTheMouth: The few moments leading up to the end of the fight between Drey and Vincent.
33	%%* BreakingSpeech: Darken gives one to Salfira and Mika about killing. It doesn't completely work.
34	* CatchPhrase: Drey Wilkins has "That's... convenient."
35	%%* CharacterDevelopment: Being an RP, this is basically one of the main purposes.
36	%%* ColdBloodedTorture: Happens to Kea when she is captured after admitting to having seen Narome.
37	%%* ConstructedWorld: Obviously.
38	* ConvenientComa: Kea Kassidee was in a coma as her author unfortunately had cancer for a long time. Eventually she got better, and so the character got better with her.
39	%%* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Ewyn is a major one.
40	%%** The Mayor has a pretty serious case of this too, sometimes.
41	* CurbstompBattle: The battle between Exa and Kenneth, which mostly consisted of Kenneth taking a lot of damage, and not being able to retaliate.
42	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Narome has been forced to murder to survive for a good deal of his life. Mika's lived many years with memories of the tragedy where his entire crew, save for him, died. Kenneth was abused by his parents and lived a tough life of crime. Thereme's parents were killed by political spies. Exa lived for years without her father and when she did meet him, he turned out to be a criminal who she drove away, causing everyone to turn against her. Drey had an abusive father.
43	* DarkIsNotEvil
44	** Despite Ewyn being a Dark Mage, he really isn't that bad of a person.
45	** On a similar note, Cynder Janice is a necromancer, but opposed to Darath and on the heroes side.
46	%%* DeathFromAbove: How the Grahk vs. Darath war ends.
47	%%* DidntSeeThatComing: Fiddle killed Blade's family.
48	* DistressedDamsel: Kea gets recaptured quickly. (Thankfully this is short lived).
49	* DivergentCharacterEvolution: Assassins Drey Wilkins and Vincent Bodrovi start off as basically the same guy. As the RP goes on, Vincent is gradually given his own personality. And then he died.
50	* EnemyMine: Mika teams up with Darken, the guy who tore open a hole in his ship, captured his friend then attacked Mika when he came to get her back. Guess you have to do these things when a big dragon suddenly flies at you. Naturally, they can't even agree on how to deal with the dragon and ''still fight''.
51	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Exa is disgusted when she learns that Thereme killed off most of Sabolin to win the war, since she only kills people who she thinks deserve it(even if she tends to make these decisions quickly).
52	%%* EvilLaugh: Minoru, much to the benefit of the above character interpretation.
53	%%** Kenneth also has one, but it's more of an insane laugh than an evil one.
54	%%* EvilVersusEvil: The result of Kenneth and Exa crossing paths.
55	%%** With Thereme ruling Darath, and Lamont having freshly conquered Alia, it is very likely that the two will clash in the near future.
56	* FaceHeelTurn: Vincent turns on Drey when his logic gets the better of him. The resulting scenario is... bad.
57	* FakingTheDead: Minoru Akihiro fakes his own death to escape Lamont's forces.
58	* ForcedToWatch: Derek threatens to torture Kea to death in front of Mika shortly before his death.
59	* ForgetfulJones: The Mayor often falls under this trope, especially when it comes to remembering the name of his assistant.
60	* HeroesPreferSwords: Minoru Akihiro usually uses a sword.
61	** Alexis Lockswell also uses swords, which comes with being a paladin.
62	%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: Jax and Wild.
63	* {{Homage}}: Mika Cadenza is the master of this trope, homaging Series/{{Star Trek The Next Generation}}, Series/{{Star Trek Voyager}} and VideoGame/{{Metroid Prime}}.
64	* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Alexis Lockswell might be this, considering that she thinks Thereme is a fair and just king.
65	* ImagineSpot: Ewyn has had a few of these. The most notable example may be when he imagines a Gundam fight.(Which Makes Sense In Context... sort of.)
66	* {{Immortality}}
67	%%** Thereme has an unknown type.
68	** Salfira has FromASingleCell, except that it only works for age and his body deteriorates.
69	%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Narome, except slightly more extreme.
70	* KilledOffforReal: Varel Lingson is assassinated by Vincent Bodrovi.
71	** Vincent is killed in a fight with his former friend Drey Wilkins.
72	** Derek Hozz is accidentally killed by Salfira.
73	** Kenneth's wounds finally catch up to him in his fight with Alexis. Probably the saddest player death so far.
74	%%* LawyerFriendlyCameo
75	%%** [[Series/StarTrekVoyager The EMH]].
76	%%**[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Admiral Kathryn Jayneway]].
77	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Quite a few of Ewyn's posts are this, or just breaking the fourth wall. May or may not make sense since Ewyn is a Cloud Cuckoo Lander.
78	%%* MadeOfEvil: Lamont is a classic example of this. He started out as a Type III AntiHero, but that didn't last too long.
79	%%* MadeOfExplodium: The UKS Defiant. Played to lethal extents in Mika's flashback.
80	%%* MedievalEuropeanFantasy
81	%%* MercyKill: The end of the fight between Vincent and Drey.
82	* {{Mooks}}: Virtually every guard falls under this category. Even Kea took out a few of them no problem ''armed with only a hammer''.
83	* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Drey fits the bill. He considers nothing of killing thirteen different guards to keep his hiding place safe.
84	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Narome after getting Kea captured by running away.
85	** Also Mika after killing Aaron, justified considering that he was trying to prevent Aaron's death earlier.
86	* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: Atlantis the Bloodwater. He hasn't gotten very close, though...
87	* NearDeathExperience: Narome is nearly killed when a prison guard shoots him in the chest. Luckily, he survives via the combadge tucked into his gi. Narome leaves with newfound determination to put things right with Mika and Kea.
88	* NoOneShouldSurviveThat: Drey falls out of the airship at the end of his fight with Narome but through sheer luck, is able to swing to the other side of the ship on a rope.
89	* OnlySaneMan: Vincent is a minor example of this. While other people act wacky and strange he can only scratch his head and sigh. While he may not be a classic example, it does seem to fit.
90	* OmnicidalManiac: Atlantis the Bloodwater. Luckily for the rest of us, he's still working on it.
91	%%* PayEvilUntoEvil: Narome nearly shoots Drey in vengeful rage.
92	%%* PluckyComicRelief: Rivafiesh and The Mayor fit under this category.
93	* PrecisionFStrike: While not an actual F strike; Narome swears for the first time in the entire RP in outrage over Drey's rant about fighting for Darath.
94	%%* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Salfira and Roxciel.
95	* RetCon: Drey was inserted into the plot as having followed Narome until he was on the Ebon Hawk.
96	** Actually a subversion, since he was just unlucky enough to never get a chance to directly interact with any character until that point.
97	** The way combadges work has been retconned relentlessly, before having their functions finally decided on.
98	%%* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Minoru Akihiro counts, being the former king of Alia.
99	* SchizoTech: This apparently medieval universe also happens to contain SPACE TRAVEL, among other less major things like wheelchairs.
100	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Mika's reaction to Darken's reaction to Mika resuming his attack on Aaron in defense of Darken. Sounds like a bit of a {{Mind Screw}}, doesn't it.
101	%%* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Narome barely misses saying this line.
102	%%* ShinyLookingSpaceships: The Defiant, Ebon Hawk, and Voyager.
103	* SirSwearsALot: Kenneth. He is meant to be a heavy swearer. If such language was allowed, his character would be swearing around the clock.
104	** Drey may also be in this contest, but Kenneth takes the cake.
105	%%* {{SoleSurvivor}}/{{SurvivorGuilt}}: Mika. Twice. Once during a war, and the second after a routine mission.
106	* SinisterScythe: Atlantis the Bloodwater's scythe, Zetsubou, Japanese for "despair". He uses a summoning card to whip it out whenever he needs it, and when he does, expect heads to roll.
107	%%* SpitTake: Wild upon learning Narome is actually a vegetarian.
108	%%* SuperMode: Mika when he goes Hyper.
109	%%* TakeOverTheWorld: Thereme's goal.
110	%%* TheBigGuy: Jax is a class 2.
111	%%* TheDragon: Perofe.
112	%%** Darken, too.
113	%%* TheMentor: Fiddle to Blade.
114	%%* TheseHandsHaveKilled: Mika as Aaron is dying.
115	* ThreateningShark: Atlantis's main ability is using black magic in the form of sharks. Whatever the sharks devour is obliterated.
116	%%* TokenGoodTeammate: Alexis Lockswell for Darath.
117	* TooDumbToLive: When Darath soldiers call Narome a monster, Kea screams at them. She then says she's seen him. The result? ''Getting brutally tortured in an attempt to find out where he is''.
118	* TranquilFury: Mika experiences this during Darken's {{Breaking Speech}} to which the latter refuses to take seriously.
119	* VillainProtagonist: Minoru Akihiro, but he only qualifies if you consider him The Hero and subscribe to his Alternate Character Interpretation. Otherwise, if you count every character as the protagonist of their own story, then any of the evil-aligned characters fit this.
120	** Lamont, without a doubt. He is busy conquering a country, but at the rate things are going, it seems likely that he will be at war with Darath before long.
121	* WellIntentionedExtremist: Darlan spends most of his time conning people into extremely dangerous experiments. He wants to make an invention that will eventually help the world, but his methods are decidedly questionable.
122	* WrongGenreSavvy: Alexis Lockswell seems to think that she's in a very idealistic story with Black and White Morality in which Darath is a heroic nation and the other nations are evil, and all necromancers and demons are evil. She's wrong.
123	* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Tragically so for Mika, who has been living in the nations for 7 years, since the Defiant could no longer travel in space.
124	* YouHaveFailedMe: Thereme's jester and interrogator/torturer are killed for not doing their jobs well.
125	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Varel Lingson, killed off by his creator once his small side role was done.

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