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[http://imperial-saga.dreamwidth.org/profile Here.] An [[Alternate Universe]] fantasy game with [[Steampunk]] and [[Magitek]] elements. Characters are citizens of a vast empire ([[The Empire|not that kind]]), composed of a plethora of
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* [[Alternate Universe]]
** There's also AU within the AU, as someone pitched the idea of having a [[Fate/stay night|Grail War]] in Dagaria and a few people jumped on it. Amusingly, this game's version of Arturia Pendragon has absolutely nothing to do with the Grail War this time. Yet.
*** The list: [[
* [[Angels, Devils, and Squid]]: There is a Heaven, a Hell, and a pit in the world crawling with Lovecraftian monstrosities and the undead. The latter is more or less the most relevant to day-to-day life.
* [[Anthropomorphic Personification]]: Thanks to Mitsunari-Mun, there are now Faction-Tans for every faction currently in the game - they only exist OOC and are [[Just for Fun]]
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* [[A Storm Is Coming]]
* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: [[Fate/stay night|Saber]]. [[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|King Bradley]]. [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Char Aznable]]. Need we go on?
* [[Back
* [[Colonel Badass]]: [[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Roy Mustang]] and [[Tales of the Abyss|Jade Curtiss]].
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Zeon]] has multiple characters associated with [[Law of Chromatic Superiority|the color red]], from Char Aznable, the Red Comet, to [[Final Fantasy IV|Cecil Harvey, commander of the Red Wings]], to [[Gundam Seed|Athrun Zala, the Red Knight]].
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* [[Cool Big Sis]] (Excellen)
* [[Corrupt Church]]: The Church under [[Final Fantasy Tactics|Delacroix's reign]] - while many of the members are honest, The Pope solely seeks power and inquisitions are not uncommon.
* [[Crystal Dragon Jesus]]: The Church is modeled after Christianity, and it's monotheistic, but it worships, amusingly enough, the Crystal
* [[Dance Battler]]: [[Original Generation|Eleuseus]],
* [[Dead Serious]]: Though nobody really mourns Black Mage, nor does anyone expect he won't stick around, the events surrounding his death make it count anyway.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Xykon's reaction to the incident at Stratholme? "I really don't like that I just got totally outshone by a card."
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* [[Eldritch Location]]: The Rift.
* [[Everyone Is Bi]]: In Rome, anyway.
* [[Evil Versus Evil]]: The two most militarily important kingdoms are both run by [[Omnicidal Maniac
* [[Expy]] - a mysterious, long-nosed old man gives your character a Tarot reading in a dream at some point after (or before) you join. [[Persona|Yes, this is supposed to sound familiar]], even though the Tarot Card concept as used in the game is taken from [[Tactics Ogre|a different game series entirely]].
** We also have characters filling similar roles for others' plots, such as [[Gundam Seed|Athrun Zala]], who served under a [[Char Clone]] in canon, and serves under [[Mobile Suit Gundam|the man himself]] here.
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* [[Killed Off for Real]]: This, too, can happen, if a dead character lacks the ability to escape the afterlife and/or simply chooses not to.
* [[Klingon Promotion]]: Expected and encouraged.
* [[Lady and Knight]]: [[Fate Extra|Nero]] and [[Warhammer
* [[Lady of War]]: [[Code Geass|Cornelia li Britannia]], [[Fate/stay night|Saber]], [[Hellsing|Integra Hellsing]], and [[
* [[Magitek]]
* [[Mad Scientist]] ([[Tales of the Abyss|Dist]], also [[Gadgeteer Genius]])
* [[Majorly Awesome]]: [[
* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: With the number of villains and [[Jerkass
* [[Mistaken for Servant]]: Shiki/Assassin. [[Incredibly Lame Pun|She is]], of course, but...
** [[Mistaken for Cheating]]: After Mitsunari tries to clear up the above misunderstanding.
* [[Name's the Same]]: For the second AU game in a row, two players couldn't resist making [[Death Note|Light Yagami]] and [[
* [[My Sister Is Off-Limits]]: A variation. [[Code Geass|Cornelia]] is so protective of her sister that she disapproves of her having a relationship at all. Needless to say, she utterly disapproves of Euphemia's engagement (now marriage) to [[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED|Athrun]]. It's a variation because Cornelia and Athrun barely even know each other.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: Plenty.
** [[Indiana Jones|Indiana]] being part of the Grail War
** [[Gundam Seed|Athrun]] working for the original [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Char]]
*** Additionally, Athrun being engaged to [[Code Geass|a peace-loving, pink-haired princess]]
* [[Non-Player Character]]: Emperor Terenas Menethil.
* [[Obviously Evil]] (Xykon, [[Black Mage]])
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* [[Rain of Blood]]: When Arthas uses the Tower to kill his own army at Stratholme.
* [[Running Gag]]: Narwhals
** [[8-Bit Theater
** Evil characters calling [[Soukou no Strain|Sara]] a slut.
* [[Sacrificial Lamb]]: The majority of the population of Stratholme. [[8-Bit Theater
** Emperor [[Warcraft|Terenas Menethil]] also counts.
* [[Shades of Conflict]]: The first four major kingdoms in the game range from the typical white knights ([[Fate/stay night|Arturia's Britain]]) to the well-intentioned but potentially underhanded (Mitsunari's Sawa) to those with a veneer of nobility over genocidal tendencies ([[Mobile Suit Gundam|Char's Zeon]]) to people who employ [[Those Wacky Nazis|Nazi]] [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Vampires]] as regular retainers and attack [[Hidden Elf Village
* [[Shipper on Deck]]:
** [[Code Geass|Euphemia]] ships [[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Roy]]/Cornelia, much to her sister's chagrin. King Bradley does, too, but {{spoiler|he just wants them to reproduce and bring more souls into Amestris}}.
** [[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED|Kira]] seems to ship Athrun/[[Code Geass|Euphemia]], despite his own crush on Euphie.
* [[Shout-Out]]: These happen sometimes, usually to the characters' original canons. For example, [[Gundam Seed|Athrun Zala]] being sent to rescue his fiancée, and said fiancée -- [[Code Geass|Euphemia li Britannia]]
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: To [[Roleplay/Romance Of The Infinite Kingdoms|Romance Of The Infinite Kingdoms]]. It's also been called the second [[The Sky Tides|TST]].
* [[Start of Darkness]]: Presently happening to [[Warcraft III|Arthas Menethil]], with [[Order of the Stick|Xykon]] nicely filling in for Mal'Ganis.
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* [[Steampunk]]
* [[Tarot Motifs]]: Each character finds themselves in the possession of three magical tarot cards, each of a different Major Arcana. These have various effects.
* [[They Killed Kenny]]: A [[Running Gag]] for [[8-Bit Theater
* [[Throwaway Country]]: Stratholme is the first throwaway town, and considering the story so far, it probably won't be the last, either.
* [[Troll]]: This seems to be the primary use of Destiny Crystals by [[Card-Carrying Villain|Card Carrying Villains]] like [[The Order of the Stick|Xykon]] and [[8-Bit Theater
** Mitsunari seems to be a favorite trolling target, and even his subordinates get on the act!
* [[Warrior Heaven]]: The Halls of Valor.
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* [[Wutai]]: Sawa is where most of the [[Samurai Warriors|Pre-Meiji Era Japanese]] [[Okami|characters]] [[Hakuouki|have been gathered]].
* [[X Meets Y]]: The kingdoms that don't fall into [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]] fall into this.
** Amestris: [[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Amestris]] meets [[Code Geass|Britannia]] meets the [[
** Zeon: [[Chars Counterattack|Neo-Zeon]] meets [[Final Fantasy IV|Baron]] meets the [[Final Fantasy VI|Gestahlian Empire]] meets [[Gundam Seed|ZAFT]].
* [[You Kill It, You Bought It]]: It's possible to happen if a character is particularly
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