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The Shadows Cyre and its sequel Wrath of the Lich Queen are RPG Play by Posts that follow the adventures of Eberron heroes that struggle are attempting to recover in the wake of the Last War. The adventure series begins with the foundation of the Watchmen, an organization devoted to stopping the Last War from occurring again, in the newly created County of Shadowfast. The organization proceeds to have numerous adventures against various parties fighting to gain advantage in the turbulent climate of the world.

The series is currently on its second thread.

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Examples of tropes in the series are:

• The Ace (Ethan)
• Bad Ass (Trent)
• Cloud cuckoolander (Maya)
• Elegant Gothic Lolita (Muffin, Fury, Erandis D'Vol)
• Heel Face Turn (Melissa and Lindsey)
• Ho Yay (A running gag with Cassius and Trent)
• The Kingdom (Caer Shadowfast)
• Lolicon (Marie is a hilarious example of this)
• Magnificent Bastard (Pyriel, Cassius, Merrix D'Cannith III, Shadowspawn and a few others)
• Cute Monster Girl (Too many to list)
• The Ojou (Samantha and Marie, later Samantha and Maevac)
• Petting Zoo People (Ben's harem, Marie, Karin, Thelia, and other examples of "cute" Shifters)
• Rule of Cool (Siber can defeat Daelkyr and gods through this. Patch managed to defeat the Lord of Blades in hand to hand combat)
• True Art Is Angsty (A defining trope of the game)
• The Undefeated (The Watchmen themselves)
• Wangst (Pretty much anything involving Thelia. Cassius used to be this way but seems to have gotten better)
• Well Intentioned Extremist (The Lord of Blades, Pyriel, and arguably Cassius himself)
• The Worf Effect (Cassius exists to get his ass kicked by the bad guy of the week)
• White Haired Pretty Boy (Cassius)