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''[[Lord of Dragons]]'' is a eighteen-part book series written mostly by Ephraim B Smain, a popular science fiction and fantasy author who wrote the first book in the series, ''To Serve A Dragonlord'', in 1961, when he was fifteen years old.
[[Blatant Lies|Such is what the]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100722102023/http://lordofdragons.wikispaces.com/ Lord of Dragons wiki] claims. In truth, ''Lord of Dragons'' is a wiki-based parody of high fantasy novels, [[Follow the Leader|inspired by]] [[Penny Arcade]]'s ''[http://elothtes.pbworks.com/ Epic Legends of the Heirarchs: The Elemenstor Saga]'' wiki. It was created because Air Of Mystery and co-writer 4rcit4 wanted to write something with no established canon, whereas if they wrote in ELotHTES they would have to follow existing rules. (ELotHTES did rather kindly [http://elothtes.pbworks.com/w/page/Lord-of-Dragons put up a short article] about ''LoD''.
The wiki is partly about detailing the books in the series (which parody High Fantasy tropes), Smain's life (disastrous) and the ongoing efforts to create a [[Film of the Book]] (which parodies moviemaking in general).
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* [[Aerith and Bob]]: One dragon is named Mnemnonic, another Cecil. There's even one example in the same name: Gus Lémodỗonyn, an elf.
* [[All Monks Know Kung Fu]]: The Brotherhood of the Deep Sai, which promotes peace through ass-kicking.
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** Similarly, Jeremy Irons has been Flanderized into being obsessed with dragons based on his appearance in a ''Spyro'' game and the ''Eragon'' movie.
* [[Ax Crazy]]: The Knights Exemplar.
* [[Canon
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Damn! That's one '''shitload''' of dragons!"
* [[Continuity Snarl]]: The [http://lordofdragons.wikispaces.com/Dagoranian+dating+system Dagoranian dating system]{{Dead link}} is so needlessly complex, when coupled with the many examples of [[Series Continuity Error]] it's impossible to know what happened when.
* [[Dragon Rider]]: The Dragonlords, naturally.
* [[The Dung Ages]]: Peasants live in Dungheeps.
* [[Expy]]: A great deal, both in-books and in the 'real world' of people Smain knows.
** Smaindur the Strong is a [[Barbarian Hero]] in the vein of [[Conan the Barbarian|Conan]].
** Oregon Buglegs is a parody of both ''[[Inheritance Cycle
** Episodes from Ephraim B. Smain's life seem to paint him as part [[Dragonriders of Pern|Anne McCaffrey]], part [[Dune|Frank Herbert]], and a smattering of [[The Inheritance Trilogy|Christopher Paolini]].
* [[Forgot I Could Fly]]: The Battle of Dragon's Field was the first battle in Dagoran's history to utilise dragons in the air; previous battles just had them 'stomp around on the ground for a bit and breathe fire'. The idea was suggested by a common soldier, who asked why the dragons weren't flying, to which the Commander replied elatedly 'oh yeah!' and then 'a-whoops!'.
* [[Inherently Funny Words]]: "Ephraim B. Smain" is a fairly silly name. Similarly, there is a month, a day and a macro-month called "Meggins".
* [[It Runs
* [[Loveable Rogue]]: Thermidar the Rogue.
* [[Luke Nounverber]]: Gurney Half-Swede.
* [[No
* [[Punctuation Shaker]]: Elves, dwarves.
* [[Pungeon Master]]: Terrible puns fly thick and fast in the land of Dagoran.
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