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A story by Murky Muse created purely for the funny. Found here.

Come now and listen to the Muse sing. Sing a song of tattered travelers, heroic and crude. A huntsman with a curse, a knightly prince, a sorceress who may not be sane, and a dragon who would prefer to eat them all; this is their tale, the Tale of the Weary.

An Affectionate Parody on the Heroic Fantasy genre. The story follows four characters seeking the cure to a curse.

Forest, a huntsman with a curse. Can be either The Hero or The Lancer depending on point of view.
Prince Carloman Leopold Michael of Mercia, The Knighted and Titled Protector of the Peoples.
Mist, a gifted sorceress who is also very unique.
Pyrrhus, a dragon who is only helping the group because his grandfather told him to.

Tropes used in Tale of the Weary include:

Blind Seer: Played with- Sibyl is deaf.
Chronic Hero Syndrome: Carloman
Damsel in Distress: subverted- the damsel had stolen from the dragon.
The Fair Folk
Fourth Wall Observer: Sibyl and Mist
Fractured Fairy Tale
Functional Magic
Narrator: The writer acts as an narrator.
- Interactive Narrator: Only with Mist.
Our Werewolves Are Different: Forest
Shout-Out: From Homer to Firefly
Shrouded in Myth: Mist
Voluntary Shapeshifting: The dragons can shift into a human form.
You All Meet in An Inn: At least Carloman and Forest do. Mist also made an cameo, but didn't officially meet them until later.

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-A story by [[Tropers/Murky Muse|Murky Muse]] created purely for [[Rule of Funny|the funny.]] [http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2628185/1/Tale_of_the_Weary Found here.]
+A story by [[Tropers/Murky Muse|Murky Muse]] created purely for [[Rule of Funny|the funny.]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20200327022930/https://www.fictionpress.com/s/2628185/1/Tale_of_the_Weary Found here.]
 ''Come now and listen to the Muse sing. Sing a song of tattered travelers, heroic and crude. A huntsman with a curse, a knightly prince, a sorceress who may not be sane, and a dragon who would prefer to eat them all; this is their tale, the Tale of the Weary.''
 An [[Affectionate Parody]] on the [[Heroic Fantasy]] genre. The story follows [[Five-Man Band|four characters]] [[Find the Cure|seeking the cure to a curse.]]
-* Forest, a [[Farm Boy|huntsman]] with a [[Cursed With Awesome|curse]]. Can be either [[The Hero]] or [[The Lancer]] depending on point of view.
+* Forest, a [[Farm Boy|huntsman]] with a [[Cursed with Awesome|curse]]. Can be either [[The Hero]] or [[The Lancer]] depending on point of view.
 * [[Warrior Prince|Prince]] [[Overly Long Name|Carloman Leopold Michael of Mercia]], [[Knight in Shining Armor|The Knighted and]] [[Large Ham|Titled Protector of the Peoples.]]
 * [[The Smart Guy|Mist]], a [[The Gift|gifted]] [[Squishy Wizard|sorceress]] who is also very [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|unique.]]
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-=== Tropes: ===
 * [[Blind Seer]]: Played with- Sibyl is deaf.
 * [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]]: Carloman
-* [[Distressed Damsel]]: subverted-  {{spoiler|the damsel had stolen from the dragon.}}
+* [[Damsel in Distress]]: subverted-  {{spoiler|the damsel had stolen from the dragon.}}
 * [[The Fair Folk]]
 * [[Fourth Wall Observer]]: Sibyl and Mist
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 ** [[Interactive Narrator]]: Only with Mist.
 * [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]:  {{spoiler|Forest}}
-* [[Shout Out]]: From [[Homer]] to ''[[Firefly]]''
+* [[Shout-Out]]: From [[Homer]] to ''[[Firefly]]''
 * [[Shrouded in Myth]]: Mist
 * [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: The dragons can shift into a human form.
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-[[Category:Main/New Media/Fantasy/Sandbox]]
 [[Category:Fantasy Web Originals]]
 [[Category:Tale of the Weary]]