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* [[Functional Magic]] exists, is controlled by [[Words Can Break My Bones|rhymed verse]], and co-exists with normal physics. Matthew, having a good six hundred years' extra knowledge to draw upon in both fields, is enormously powerful by the standards of the day.
* God and Satan exist, bringing with them [[Black and White Morality]] and the necessity of picking a side. Both forces offer power--evil in the form of [[Deal With the Devil|Deals with Devils]], good in the form of saints--and one must be sure to stay on the good side of your moral compass in order to avoid defeat both in the afterlife and here. (Morality is Christian-flavored, which is [[Truth in Television|appropriate for medieval Europe]] but may result in [[Values Dissonance]] to some readers.)
* Saint Moncaire, patron of Merovence, brought Matthew here to restore the [[Balance of Good and Evil]]. All the other nations of Europe--Ibile, Allustria, Latruria, etc--have fallen under the reign of evil men, and a usurper, Astaulf, now threatens the throne of Merovence, aided by his [[Evil Chancellor]] Malingo. Matthew's job is to find [[
The series is relatively obscure--and, if truth be told, deservedly so. Books are a [[
The ''real'' reason tropers will want to check it out anyhow is that it is decidedly, deliberately, unabashedly [[Troperiffic]]. The [[Theory of Narrative Causality]] is in full force, and characters are [[Genre Savvy]] enough to actively ''[[Invoked Trope|invoke]]'' tropes if they stand to benefit from them (in the first book alone Princess Alisande calls upon "[[Underdogs Never Lose]]" and "[[The Good Guys Always Win]]"). The result is a [[Post Modern]] series in the trappings of an [[Historical Fantasy]] (complete with [[Ye Olde Butchered English]], even though technically they are speaking French), a flood of classic poetry, and a series of [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshade Hangings]] which can only be described as loving.
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* [[Adipose Rex]]
* [[A Day in The Limelight]]: After Matthew disappears from our world, his friend Saul Bremener tries to figure out where he went. He travels to Merovence just in time to be the star of the third book, and becomes the series' only first-person narrator.
* [[Bare
* [[Black Knight]]: non-villainous example in Sir Guy
* [[Distracted By the Sexy]]: a ''lot'' of female characters try this at different times.
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* [[Waking the Sleeping Giant]]
* [[Wicked Cultured]]: Fadecourt the cyclops.
* [[Year Inside, Hour Outside]]: at one point, Matthew returns to "our" dimension after five years in Merovence, to discover that it's been three days since he left.
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