| abstract | - A 2008 NaNoWriMo novel by Kamui Valentine. Darnell Paprin IX is a prince of a kingdom living the life of royalty. He has servants, friends, a loving family, and a fiancee. However trouble looms on the horizon when his father dies unexpectedly at a party. Someone is trying to take over the kingdom and eliminate anyone who figures out their plan, starting with Darnell. Though an unexpected twist he winds up on Earth, joining a Kendo team in their quest to sweep their first national championships. Can he get back to his world in time to save his world and those he loves? Currently has a sequel and a weird sort of interquel sequel thing with a character sheet.
* Affably Evil: Lazkan, the nicest guy you would want to meet is, the son of The Dragon.
* Aloof Older Brother: Kris
* Badass: All of the heroes gain a qualification at some point.
* Badass Normal: Ethan, the only human without magical powers still manages to kick as much ass as the magic users.
* Ballroom Blitz: Averted early on but played straight with Morgan's parents.
* Beware the Nice Ones: Darnell and Claire are currently in a race for who can outdo the other in this trope.
* Cloudcuckoolander: Darnell and Morgan, sometimes playing off of the other's tangent.
* Crowning Moment of Awesome: Darnell getting his Bloodline Crystal and kicking a giant ice breathing tortoise's ass.
* Crowning Moment of Funny: Morgan's love life comparison to Romeo and Juliet, and Ophelia, Edward and Bella, and-
* *pulls out butterfly knife* "You lookin' to die? Because I'm not a pedofairy in love with a piece of cardboard!"
* The Dragon: Lazkan's mother.
* Eyes Do Not Belong There: Morgan, overlaps with Evil Eye.
* Face Heel Turn: Lazkan, he got better. Bartholomew is a much straighter example.
* Five-Man Band: The Kendo Team
* The Hero: Morgan
* The Lancer: Kris
* The Big Guy: Eric
* The Smart Guy: Johnny
* The Chick: Claire
* Sixth Ranger: Darnell
* Generation Xerox: Most of the main characters.
* Half-Human Hybrid: The early members of the royal family are this. The blood thinned out over time with one exception.
* Heel Face Turn: Morgan's back story.
* I Am Not Left-Handed: Inverted with Morgan and Darnell. They are not right handed.
* Leaning on the Fourth Wall
* Martial Arts: Specifically Kendo, Fencing, and several hand to hand styles.
* Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Well to be fair he didn't know that it would cause that but the trope still fits.
* Nightmare Fuel: Morgan fighting against Bartholomew from the inside out. Easily crosses over in High Octane Nightmare Fuel.
* One-Winged Angel: Several, most notably Morgan fighting Bartholomew, two One-Winged Angel combatants fighting it out.
* Psychotic Smirk: Morgan's Blood Knight habits give rise to this.
* Red Oni, Blue Oni: Darnell and Morgan. Also applies to Ethan and Darnell.
* Shout-Out: The author loves many media and it shows.
* Morgan's two shinai are named Jackal and Harkonan.
* Claire also makes note of how much she and Morgan watch Sailor Moon and Revolutionary Girl Utena.
* Team Dad: Kris to the Kendo team.
* Took a Level In Badass: Most of the main characters by the end.
* Unstoppable Rage: Darnell and Kaunis during the ending.
* Viewer Gender Confusion: Morgan causes this a lot.
* Word of God: On most of the weapon names and artwork.
* You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Hand Waved by Kaunis's family history, other than that most of the hair colors are normal.
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