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Trinity Tourney OCT <ref>often reduced to Trinity Tourney or even just Trinity</ref> is an [[Original Character Tournament]] which takes place in the magical kingdom of Sarun. Bored of facing the same challengers year after year, the three Champions of Sarun decide to expand the scope of their annual tournament to include any team who thinks themselves a match for them. However, it soon turns out that they've also let in some ''uninvited'' guests: the Mist Claws, a league of bandits set on reviving an ancient threat to Sarun's peace. Now the Champions must keep the Mist Claws from ruining the festival—even if it means using the tournament itself to keep them in check.


=== General Tropes: ===
* [[Bonus Material]]: Includes one-shots written by the judges which usually feature a closer look at various NPCs. Competitor-written spectator entries also exist.
* [[Fleur-de-Lis]]: A red, orange, and purple Fleur de Lis is a prominent symbol which is usually associated with the Champions and frequently seen on uniforms.
* [[Lions and Tigers and Humans, Oh My!]]: Humans? Check. Most of the [[Sliding Scale of Anthropomorphism]]? Also check.
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: As expected due to the tournament format. Between the competitors, NPCs, and all others, the cast is well over 100 strong.
* [[Power Trio]]: Required by the tournament format. Every single team in the tournament falls under this trope.
* [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]: Enfoced by the writer-level tournament rules, then justified by the [[In-Universe]] parallel of the same rule.

=== Tropes by Round: ===
== Note: Only tropes found in the winning (canon) entries, plot entries, one-shots and spectator entries will be included. ==

== Audition ==
* [[A MacGuffin Full of Money]]: Money means Food, and that's all the motivation the starving Eurasian Oddities need to join the tournament.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Rafi calls David "gay boy," and David attacks.
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: Team New Worlds develops a strategic attack before arriving, which they call the Electric Frenzy.
* [[Cue the Flying Pigs]]: The unlikely union between the dragon people and steampunk robot who form Team Chaospunks is lampshaded when a pig flies overhead upon their arrival.
* [[Mission Briefing]]: The Steel King decides that Leslie, Chrome, and Nina's involvement in the tournament will be "a mission."
* [[Plot Coupon]]: Most of the competitors received a plot coupon in the form of a tournament invite. Acquiring an invitation was usually necessary in order to compete or even (sometimes) to enter Sarun.
* [[The Taxi]]: The Steam Junk Team arrives in Sarun - and escapes a mob of people hunting for them - by riding off in a cab. No further explanation is given, except that the driver's fee was apparently "outrageous."

== Round 1 ==
* [[At Arm's Length]]: Worked quite well for Hard Rock against Wolfboy, if only briefly.
* [[Berserk Button]]: King was pretty calm until Ruli scuffed his crown and called it a "stupid hat."
* [[Break Them by Talking]]: Worked quite well against Ruli. Failed against Wallace.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Mary's muffin serves as one, as well as the writing she scrawls on the ground, which later turns out to activate a trap.
* [[Drawing Straws]]: Ariadne's and Teagan's teams draw straws to determine a member from both groups to sit out for the round. It is an effort on Ariadne's part to remove Kami from the match, and it remarkably works.
* [[Food and Animal Attraction]]: Vurr is distracted from attacking Mary by her muffin, which she then offers to him. Later, when it seems the Sarun guards will have to use Digger to force Vurr out of the ring, they end up luring him out with food instead.
* [[Grenade Tag]]: Hank slipped a grenade into Maria's pocket during a close-range scuffle in their match.
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: To Mr. Smithy's immense frustration, Kirby just can't understand that he is a gnome rather than a "Guh-nome," because "That's not how you spell it, dummy."
* [[Not Afraid of You Anymore]]: Or so Shirotsuki claims to Austere after being antagonized by him ever since their teams were matched up. This newfound resolve does not, however, make her voltage-proof.
* [[Opt Out]]: Yuki takes one look at Frank and hops out of the ring without even fighting him.
* [[Public Secret Message]]: Shirotsuki realizes Lancrose will be listening in on her team's every word. To catch him off guard, she gives Blaze the pre-round instruction to join her in attacking him - when she says NOT to attack.
* [[Tampering with Food and Drink]]: Zuru was just being a hospitable opposing captain when he bought Alyx some coffee the morning of their teams' fight... wasn't he?

== Round 2 ==
* [[Derailed for Details]]: When Mary tries to tell Bennett about the creepy voices in the Dragon's Cave, Bennett catches that she saw Tin and rushes to check on Rufus. Mary doesn't get to finish her story.
* [[Find the Cure]]: This became the premise of Round 2 after Lottatelum fell ill.
* [[Flower From the Mountaintop]]: A rare fern that grows on the cliffside is one of the ingredients required for Lottatelum's medicine.
* [[Giant Spider]]: Spider venom is another required ingredient - specifically, the venom is to be acquired from an oversized, talking spider named Aras.
* [[I Know Mortal Kombat]]: Yuki's played enough RPG's to know that the items the teams must find are for a healing potion ("or something").
* [[Is This Thing Still On?]]: Alto spontaneously breaks out into song when Chance destroys the cameras used to watch the match. When Gebroken reminds him that he should go make sure the rules are being followed, Alto promptly objects and then asks if his mike was off.
* [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya]]: "Ah, Captain Chance! My name is Estevan Marshall Lancrose, and if you do not give me what I want..."
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: Mostly a dig at Lancrose's aforementioned tenancy to introduce himself by (and remind everyone of) his full name, Chance calls him by the nickname "Lanny" - and Lancrose makes no attempt to hide how much he loathes it.

== Round 3 ==

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[[Category:Original Character Tournament]]
[[Category:Trinity Tourney OCT]]