Line #96 Roleplay/GreyWardens


1	->''"We bear a sacred burden. For an age, we have protected the lands of men. But now, a blight is upon us and we dare not falter. Regardless of race, noble or commoner. The best must take up our banner to save us all from annihilation. We are the Grey Wardens. Join us."''
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3	Based on the video game ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', [[http://greywardens.insanejournal.com/ The Grey Wardens]] takes place fifteen years after the events of DA and stars a cast of all original characters - with the occasional appearance of a canon character just for the look of the thing. Started in late 2009/early 2010, GW might be slower than most LJ-style games, but the quality of the writing is top-notch and the level of character interaction can't be beat. With 60 characters and a supporting cast of [=NPCs=] that are just as beloved as the player characters, there is a flavor of companion or Warden for just about everyone to love, and a thriving OOC community with enough memes to choke the archdemon, a private chatroom and even a community just for companion-style banter.
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6	!!This RPG has examples of:
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8	'''In Character'''
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10	* AccidentalMarriage: While Conlan realized he was getting married, he did not realize he was getting married to an Antivan Crow.
11	%% * ActionGirl:
12	%% ** Imenry
13	%% ** Nerys
14	* ActionMom: Emmaline Ledaal left her sons a legacy of asskicking, and at least two of them with serious mommy issues.
15	%% * AffablyEvil - Lucressia, Lelahai... possibly Savio.
16	%% * AllGirlsLikePonies - This is here to tease Jill. Subverted in-game by Falina's outright fear of Salma and her big, trample-y hooves.
17	%% * AntiVillain - Bloodmage Constans
18	%% * AncestralWeapon - Imenry's sword. Cyril has one too.
19	%% * BabiesEverAfter: The Good Ending for Ordhan & Hilda
20	* BecomingTheMask: Subverted by Lucressia, who poisoned her husband and ran off, not because she was afraid she was falling for him, but simply because she'd become bored with pretending to be married.
21	%% * BadassAdorable: Kenton. While several adorable characters may be on their way to badass, Kenton has arrived.
22	%% * BelligerentSexualTension - NEED WE EXPLAIN? -- note: YES, YOU DO. Zero-context Example rule apply to all wiki pages.
23	%% * BewareTheSillyOnes: Savio is a goof, but he's still a Crow.
24	%% * BigBrotherInstinct - All Ledaals toward successively younger Ledaals, Ordhan for Eileen, Cormac for Falina...
25	%% * BigBrotherMentor - Ordhan for Conlan, Conlan in turn for Lalin.
26	%% * BigBrotherWorship - Ordhan towards Nathaniel, Eileen towards Ordhan...
27	%% * TheBigGuy - They don't come much bigger then The Karashok.
28	%% * BreakoutCharacter: Ser Talfryn Armstead, promoted from NPC to PC.
29	%% * TheCasanova - Brennan, Aurin, pre-Tranquil Constans... somehow, Conlan, and he's not especially happy about it.
30	* ChasteHero: Constans has become functionally asexual.
31	%% ** Bethen is a female version.
32	%% * ChurchMilitant - The Chantry and its Templars.
33	* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Group 3. Stopping a fight on the road is one thing, deciding from that to go investigate, and break up a slaver ring hidden in Denerim, when it has nothing to do with their mission on the other hand...
34	%% * ColorCodedForYourConvenience - Black Matthew, assassin and thief extraordinaire.
35	%% * CoolOldGuy - Valan, Tobias, Cyril...
36	* ConvenientlyAnOrphan:
37	** Inverted with Hilda, the fifth child of seven, her family (sans one brother) living happily in the Anderfels, with her parents still sickeningly in love with each other.
38	** Inverted with Cyril, whose older sisters, hoard of nieces and nephews, parents, and a plethora of cousins are still alive. While being Warrior Caste means that some of his extended family were Darkspawn fodder, his closest family are still alive.
39	%% * CultColony - Just a happy little village in the mountains! (Imenry, Brennan)
40	%% * CuteWitch - Bethen, and of course Signy "The Cutest Apostate"
41	%% * DeadpanSnarker- A few characters crack wise every now and again, especially Azabeth and Lalin, but this is Conlan's default mode.
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45	* DeathByOriginStory - The population of Imenry and Brennan's entire village, Nathaniel Wyland, Albrecht Aelricsn, Valeré Kordura, one or both parents of 2/3rds of the RP (as follows)...
46	* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest
47	** Both parents - Conlan, Bethen, Aurin, Brennan, Imenry, Seda...
48	** One parent - The Ledaal bros' mom, Faer's mom, Alderic's dad, Simon's mom, Nerys' dad...
49	* DeathSeeker - Ordhan after the siege of Denerim.
50	* DramaticIrony
51	** If Ordhan told Conlan how proud he was, Con would be a lot less bitter; sadly Ord CannotSpitItOut and Con probably wouldn't know it if he did.
52	* EarnYourHappyEnding - Do we really have to explain this one?
53	* EmptyShell - Tranquility will do that to you.
54	* TheFettered - Ordhan would fit this trope completely, if he weren't also TheQuietOne.
55	* FieryRedhead - Azabeth, Jill, Viara...
56	* ForbiddenFruit - Templars. Oh, Templars. Also Constans, and there is something very wrong with that.
57	* FunetikAksent - Played with by such foreigners as the Amazing Disappearing Orlesian Bard, Raelias, Kyrio, etc, but codified by Hilda Aelricsdottr, who speaks a version of Jaegermonster.
58	* GoodParents - Rois to Coan, Valan to Faer, Piers to the Ledaal boys, Tamrial & Yolita to Aeolyn, Epona to Branwyn, Hilda's folks to their whole massive blonde brood, Emiliana to Rhocanth, Ignacio to Lucressia (... maybe) ...
59	* HeroicBastard - Ordhan, Cormac
60	* HeterosexualLifePartners - Lalin and Azabeth. Alas, poor Faer, he'll never be rid of Az's cheerful needling even if she approves!
61	* HitchhikerHeroes - Every single group. Alistair is going to wonder who all these people are when they go back to Amaranthine.
62	* HotLibrarian - Bethen
63	* HookerWithAHeartOfGold - Lillian
64	* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey - Az does this ''at least'' thrice in character - once to Conlan and twice to Aurin.
65	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold - Cormac.
66	* KnightInSourArmor - Conlan, Simon...
67	* LampshadeHanging - This is inevitable, given a certain quotient of GenreSavvy characters.
68	--> '''Conlan:''' MAGES AND ARCHERS TO THE BACK OF THE GROUP! WARRIORS UP FRONT!
69	--> '''Azabeth:''' And where are the sneakthieves and other roguish types supposed to be standing?
70	** Lillie in the same scene: "After the rescuing of Jill and then of Azabeth Lillie had half expected to find Redheads beset by attackers every day of their journey."
71	* LikeBrotherAndSister - Conlan and Lalin, so much so that he's begun calling his former cellmate "Lil' Sis."
72	* LoveableRogue - Demetir and Falina are particularly cuddle-able, and Black Matthew's students have it going on- although sometimes "loveable" might mean more than one thing with those girls.
73	* LukeIAmYourFather - Noah doesn't realize that his mother is the famed mage Wynne who helped end the last Blight.
74	* TheMunchausen - Demetir
75	* MyBelovedSmother - Teyrna Rois Bryland. Enough said. And Coan and Rhocanth stop just short of being [[MommasBoy Momma's Boys]].
76	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone - Constans and Bethen, SIMULTANEOUSLY, on opposite sides of the same problem.
77	* NonIdleRich - Coan (NOW anyway <3), all Ledaals who are not mages.
78	* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished - What Conlan believes about heroism.
79	* OurDwarvesAreDifferent - Only three are bearded, and all are adorable.
80	* OurElvesAreDifferent - AND HOW. Also, tall.
81	* ParentalAbandonment - Lalin's mother, Azabeth's mother, Galen's poor mother, both of Nerys' parents.
82	* ParentalSubstitute - Talfryn to Coan, and Valan to Galen.
83	* PapaWolf - Valan. Definitely Valan. Faer's fear of wolves makes this trope name amusingly ironic.
84	** Also shown a touch more literally in the form of Garrett's father, Swiftrunner.
85	* PintSizedPowerhouse - Most of the PC dwarves.
86	** Magic is often seen as something of a game breaker, most people breathe a sigh of relief, knowing massive balls of fire will not come shooting from any dwarves they encounter. Pity those people.
87	* PirateGirl - Captain Vi!
88	* PlayingWithSyringes - Technically playing knives-and-lyrium, but Paragon Dagna has successfully made the first Dwarven Mages ever. Dwarven mage Signy took it a step further by then going through the Warden's Joining ritual. One hopes this doesn't end in a case of WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity.
89	* PromotionToParent - Nathaniel to Ordhan, Azrunath to Rhocanth (or IS he?)
90	* ProudWarriorRaceGuy - the Karashok.
91	* RagtagBunchOfMisfits - The more companions the Wardens pick up, the more each group becomes this.
92	* TheQuietOne - Ordhan, Karashok... Nivak, permanently.
93	* RageAgainstTheHeavens - Conlan.
94	* ReluctantWarrior - Again Conlan.
95	* SarcasmBlind - Ser Ordhan. Which makes his friendship with Conlan very awkward.
96	* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan - Her name is Lalin, and his is Faer.
97	* STDImmunity - Even Pearl workers have nothing to fear.
98	* StoicWoobie - Ordhan (although Hilda is thankfully no ManicPixieDreamGirl).
99	* TakeAThirdOption - Conlan's solution to the group 3 stand off over Azabeth, will probably be employed as the plot unfurls.
100	* TeethClenchedTeamwork - Go go group drama! G2 and G3 particularly. G1 be chill.
101	* TeamMom - Bethen, we see you knitting sweaters for the boys going off to war.
102	* ThickerThanWater - Bros will be bros. (Also, there is a pun here.)
103	* TokenEvilTeammate - If only Group 2 knew how easy it would be to have Lucressia turn on some of them.
104	* TotallyNotAWerewolf - Garrett
105	** This is actually a double inversion, if you consider that Garrett was originally Totally A Werewolf before the breaking of the curse!
106	* UnstoppableRage - What Cormac is constantly trying to control, as the last time he let loose, he lost his status as a knight.
107	* UnwittingPawn - Ordhan is just doing his duty.
108	* WhiteSheep - Nathaniel and Eileen Wyland.
109	* YouCantGoHomeAgain - Several characters who were taken from, or had to leave the life they lived just before the start of the game: Rhocanth, Signy, Falina, Faer, Jaden, Alderic, Seda, Azabeth, Lalin, Coan, Savio, and Conlan (Now that he's donated it to elves).
110	** In addition there are several characters who have this in their backstory; Eileen, Constans, Demetir, Ordhan's exile from Denever, Imenry and Brennan (now that it's burned down) With the exception of Imenry and Brennan, this crosses over with ''Literature/StrangerInAStrangeLand'' as they can go home, they would just be very unwelcome.
111	*** This goes Double for Bethan, who can't go back to her home in Lothering, being a mage, and can't go back to the Circle because she's a Grey Warden. Also for Desiderio, since he's gone apostate now.
112	* YourDaysAreNumbered - MASTER YOUR TAINT.

Context Roleplay / GreyWardens