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* [[Divided States of America]]
* [[Fair Folk]]
* [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff]]: In universe. The Great Game sweep the drawing rooms and saloons of Europa, from the must humble middle man to nobility and is greatly enjoyed (and endorsed) by Kings, Lord Faes and otherworldy beings alike.
* [[Istanbul (Not Constantinople)]] : Most of Europe - sorry, "Europa" - has the same names and borders as in our reality, but South America is Antillea, and the Atlantic Ocean is the Atlantean Ocean, among other things.
* [[Karma Houdini]]: If the complementary book "Memoirs of Auberon of Faerie" is anywhere near correct, ''all'' the Fae, whether Seele or Unseele are {{spoiler|unrepented mass murderess, '''literally''' killing, raping, torturing and bringing two entire dimensions worht of Millions of Humans to extinction... and so far they had shown no sense of remorse}}. It really gave you a new perspective of the witty, charming Fae you met in the Ballroom, isn't?.
* [[Literary Agent Hypothesis]]: The ''Castle Falkenstein'' books are allegedly written by Tom Olam, an acquaintance of game publisher Mike Pondsmith who mysterously vanished during a vacation in Europe; Olam sends documents to Pondsmith claiming to have been abducted to a Steam Punk-plus-magic alternate world, in which he wrote the rules to the game using cards because the local nobility were scandalized at the thought of gaming with dice.
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* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]
* [[Our Elves Are Different]]
* [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same]]: Somewhat [[Averted]], while dwarf had some of the miners/dwarfclan/short temper typical feel, they are completely inmune to fire, need other races to reproduce and you will hardly find a "Viking type dwarf", they being consumate engineers/mad scientists. They are also rather indifferent about their beards but don't you dare to mock [[Berserk Button|their feet]].
* [[Summon Everyman Hero]]: The ''Castle Falkenstein'' backstory tells of Tom Olam, computer game designer, who is summoned into a world of Victorian Steampunk Fantasy by a mighty spell. Although he proves to be of some value, the real prize is the book he brought with him - he picked it up at a used book shop cheap, and it holds the secret to Saving The Day.
* [[Values Dissonance]]: In universe. "Dice are the devil’s work. Cards are OK. Culture. Go figure."
** [[Fridge Horror|You would hardly found a medic who wash his hands and Pasteaur works are still considered quite "crass"]].
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