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The Faraway Paladin

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The Faraway Paladin	comment	The Faraway Paladin, also known as Saihate no Paladin or The Paladin of the End is a Light Novel series by Yanagino Kanata. In it, a young boy named Will, who reincarnated in another world after a wasted life as a shut-in, is raised by three undead in a city of the dead: the boisterous skeletal warrior Blood, the motherly (and mummified) priestess Mary, and the spectral mage Gus.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The three undead teach him the ways of the world and he grows to adulthood under their loving care, but when he turns fifteen, disaster strikes as their patron, Stagnate, the god of undeath, comes to collect on the Deal with the Devil they made with him decades ago. He didn't reckon on their Happily Adopted child. Will plants himself between his surrogate parents and the Echo of Stagnate and fights for them, and when all hope seems lost, once again receives the blessing of Gracefeel, the kindly goddess of the cycle of death and resurrection who brought him to this world to serve as her paladin.The Faraway Paladin mixes Western fantasy with the popular isekai genre, and lampshades, homages, and reconstructs a variety of tropes common to its source material. The series is being translated by J-Novel Club and released digitally. A total of five light novels have been released in English. The following works are available at this time for purchase:Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); }) The Faraway Paladin: The Boy in the City of the Dead The Faraway Paladin: The Archer of Beast Woods The Faraway Paladin: The Lord of the Rust Mountains: Primus The Faraway Paladin: The Lord of the Rust Mountains: Secondus The Faraway Paladin: The Torch Port EnsembleA manga adaptation by Mutsumi Okubashi began production in 2018, published by OVERLAP Inc; it entered English production in two-volume omnibi from J-Novel Club in 2022. An anime started in October 2021, which can be found on Crunchyroll.
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The Faraway Paladin / int_10add6ee	type	Kill the God
The Faraway Paladin / int_10add6ee	comment	Kill the God: After giving up on his plans to murder Will to prevent Blood and Mary from voiding their contract with Stagnate, Gus instead tries to concoct a plan to kill Stagnate's echo before it can claim their souls.
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The Faraway Paladin / int_18d15922	type	Title Drop
The Faraway Paladin / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop: After being officially knighted and joining the local temple congregation, Will declares that he's become "a paladin in this faraway land".
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The Faraway Paladin / int_1fcda164	type	Latin Is Magic
The Faraway Paladin / int_1fcda164	comment	Latin Is Magic: The Words of Creation, which produce magical effects when pronounced properly, are depicted as Latin.
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The Faraway Paladin / int_2902d076	type	Support Party Member
The Faraway Paladin / int_2902d076	comment	Support/Utility Party Member: About midway through the second novel, Will makes friends with a halfling bard, Bee, and a traveling merchant (currently down on his luck), Tonio. Neither are fighters, but they help a lot with smoothing out more prosaic problems like building a reputation for him and connecting him with local merchants to buy supplies.
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The Faraway Paladin / int_38d02d44	type	Batman Gambit
The Faraway Paladin / int_38d02d44	comment	Batman Gambit: Will's arrival in the city of the undead was Stagnate's doing. Mary, Gus, and Blood would never harm or abandon an infant, and they wound up taking care of him and raising him. Stagnate knew that should any of the three come to care more about Will than guarding the seal, their souls would be forfeit and Stagnate would gain the fealty of some of the most powerful undead around. Mary and Blood do fall for it, and Gus very nearly ruins things by almost killing Will as he realized that this would happen and wanted to keep the world safe, but Gus couldn't bring himself to finish the job.
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The Faraway Paladin / int_39b8d3d6	type	Boring, but Practical
The Faraway Paladin / int_39b8d3d6	comment	Boring, but Practical: While teaching Will how to use the Words of Creation, Gus makes a point of mentioning that a big pile of cash can often accomplish the same thing as sorcery without half as much fuss. He also encourages Will to be creative with low-level "crowd control" spells in order to even the odds of tough fights.
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The Faraway Paladin / int_44fc28e8	type	Honor Before Reason
The Faraway Paladin / int_44fc28e8	comment	Honor Before Reason: This is the elves' hat. They are so locked into this that the heroes basically have to blackmail them to HELP them.
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The Faraway Paladin / int_4832a3bb	type	Always Chaotic Evil
The Faraway Paladin / int_4832a3bb	comment	Always Chaotic Evil: The demons are consistently portrayed as wanting nothing more than to kill all other forms of life, going so far as to fuse each other into monsters like chimeras to do it.
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The Faraway Paladin / int_535865be	type	I Resemble That Remark!
The Faraway Paladin / int_535865be	comment	I Resemble That Remark!: When Meneldor calls Will a barbarian that relies on brute force, Will says that he has way more tricks up his sleeve than barbarians, and his tricks are even more powerful to boot, so then he actually relies on super brawn which is stronger than any barbarian anyway! Meneldor and Al just silently give him a look at his exuberance proving Meneldor's point.
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The Faraway Paladin / int_5b965319	type	Language of Magic
The Faraway Paladin / int_5b965319	comment	Language of Magic: The Words of Creation are words that when spoken can produce magical effects when pronounced properly. According to Gus, everything has a name, and it is through these names that people and gods define the world around them. As such, invoking and layering Words of Creation are what produce the phenomenon known as "magic".
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The Faraway Paladin / int_6c953892	type	Henotheistic Society
The Faraway Paladin / int_6c953892	comment	Henotheistic Society: Everyone selects one of the gods and goddesses that watch over the world as their patron once they come of age. The particularly faithful and favored may be granted a blessing by their patron deity so that said deity can achieve something through their blessed champions. Among adventurers, it's not uncommon for one to call upon the name of their patron deity as a Battle Cry. Of particular note, Will is sworn to champion the cause of Gracefeel, goddess of light, flux, and reincarnation, but he also prays to his adoptive mother Mary's patron Mater, whose blessing of nutritious bread kept him fed growing up.
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The Faraway Paladin / int_77a495f1	type	Historical Badass Upgrade
The Faraway Paladin / int_77a495f1	comment	Historical Badass Upgrade: An In-Universe example. Blood, Mary, and Gus are remembered as the three leaders of the Hundred Heroes who slew the High Lord. In truth, they couldn't slay the High Lord and merely sealed him away with the help of Stagnate.
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The Faraway Paladin / int_80cd1f62	type	God of Evil
The Faraway Paladin / int_80cd1f62	comment	God of Evil: Surprisingly averted with Stagnate, considers the fact that people have to be torn apart by the cycle of death and rebirth a tragedy, and would rather all people live eternally as they are. She was once considered one of the wisest gods of the setting's pantheon, and while part of it was a gambit to gain three powerful followers, her desire to defeat the Demon King who threatened all life was genuine, as her goal is to preserve life as it is. Played straight with the God of Dimensions, Dhryghma. He's repeatedly referred to as an evil god and the patron of all demons. He empowers the demons to slaughter all other forms of life, fusing demons into horrible monstrosities solely to spread carnage and devastation.
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The Faraway Paladin / int_9392ab09	type	Patron God
The Faraway Paladin / int_9392ab09	comment	Patron God: The gods may grant blessings to reward the faithful and select champions to achieve their will through. For instance, Will is blessed by Gracefeel, the goddess of flux and reincarnation. Through her blessings, he is able to perform benedictions to heal and protect others as well as send the undead to the afterlife.
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The Faraway Paladin / int_a371a459	type	Fighting for a Homeland
The Faraway Paladin / int_a371a459	comment	Fighting for a Homeland: The dwarves of the world are. They were forced to evacuate the Iron Mountains that they lived in two-hundred years ago after the Demon King's army invaded it, with their king and most experienced warriors having stayed behind for a Suicide Mission to lure the enemy into traps in their country's underground passages and giving the refugees time to march away. They are still wandering as they hope return to the mountains and reclaim them.
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The Faraway Paladin / int_a4c37cbe	type	Mood Whiplash
The Faraway Paladin / int_a4c37cbe	comment	Mood Whiplash: Bee's storytelling of the Three Heroes (which were his adoptive parents) understandably brings Will to tears. Then he gets a bit of ribbing from everyone for crying because no one else knows that and Bee assumes she's just that good at her telling. Then he's internally quite happy to know that plenty of people still remember his beloved adoptive parents. Then Meneldor makes him realize that, quite humorously, he's essentially become a lord unintentionally...
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The Faraway Paladin / int_b1619b3c	type	Omnicidal Maniac
The Faraway Paladin / int_b1619b3c	comment	Omnicidal Maniac: Back during the Unity Age, the demons ravaging the southern continent were led by a man known as the High King who reveled in violence and death. Blood remembers him as a young kid with cruel eyes. Mary, Gus, and Blood defeated him before they became undead, and were aided by Stagnate in order to keep him sealed, as Stagnate is the god of undeath because she doesn't want anyone to die and be separated from those they love. As such, an omnicidal maniac directly goes against her dogma.
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The Faraway Paladin / int_b1e8a3b3	type	Coming of Age Story
The Faraway Paladin / int_b1e8a3b3	comment	Coming of Age Story: The first volume of the light novels, the first two volumes of the manga, and the first five episodes of the anime are devoted to Will growing up under Mary, Blood, and Gus' care as they prepare him to leave and experience the outside world.
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The Faraway Paladin / int_c1253f2b	type	Fatal Forced March
The Faraway Paladin / int_c1253f2b	comment	Fatal Forced March: The dwarves survived this, having to flee their homeland when the Demon King invaded. However, it remained highly dangerous and difficult, and killed many of their children. Recounting the extreme struggles of it brings Grendir to tears, and he mentions a bright young girl who died from a cold as he carried her on his back.
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The Faraway Paladin / int_c420a553	type	We Can Rule Together
The Faraway Paladin / int_c420a553	comment	We Can Rule Together: Stagnate offers this to Will after seeing how powerful a fighter he is.
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The Faraway Paladin / int_d7fc9fd0	type	Vitriolic Best Buds
The Faraway Paladin / int_d7fc9fd0	comment	Vitriolic Best Buds: Blood, Gus and Will frequently insult each other good-naturedly (usually more between the other two, but Will isn't immune to doing so) but remain clear friends.
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The Faraway Paladin / int_dca70c44	type	Reasonable Authority Figure
The Faraway Paladin / int_dca70c44	comment	Reasonable Authority Figure: The Duke of Southmark and Bishop Bagley, representing the secular and religious authority of the city of Whitesails, are both quite level-headed. Bagley shouts a bit more, but it's part of his public persona.
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The Faraway Paladin / int_df1a0454	type	Fantasy Pantheon
The Faraway Paladin / int_df1a0454	comment	Fantasy Pantheon: Multiple gods are known to exist in the new world, each offering their blessing and protection to their followers. While Gus explains to Will that describing the gods as good or evil is somewhat arbritrary, they're generally divided into two groups: the benevolent gods (Volt, Mater, Blaze, Whirl, Rhea Silvia, Enlight, and Gracefeel) and the malicious (Illtreat, Dyrhygma, and Stagnate). There was also the original creator deity who spoke the world into being, but their name is lost to history (and they might be dead).
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The Faraway Paladin / int_e567510d	type	Determinator
The Faraway Paladin / int_e567510d	comment	Determinator: Blood explains to Will that this is near universally true of Dwarven warriors, who are always contemplating the reason that they risk their lives to fight.
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The Faraway Paladin / int_e628546f	type	Minored in Ass-Kicking
The Faraway Paladin / int_e628546f	comment	Minored in Ass-Kicking: The final ruler of the dwarves' Iron Country Lord Aurvangr, who was a quiet, intelligent and mild man who was well-loved by most of his people as he reigned over a prosperous and happy time, though their warriors reeled about a lack of respect. But when the Demon King came their country and sent an emissary who proposed that the dwarves could forge weapons for him to be spared from invasion, Aurvangr told the messenger rhetorically that the Demon King could have the weapons they were going to fight him with as he beheaded it, rallying the warriors who were doubtful of him for all of the years prior. He then announced he and the most experienced troops would lead a Suicide Mission as they lured the demons into their underground passages to spring traps on them while the other dwarves would flee the mountains together. Stagnate further attests to this by telling Will and Al through a herald that Aurvangr wounded the enormous dragon Valacirca's eye in the Iron Country's last stand.
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The Faraway Paladin / int_e8e56799	type	Blue-and-Orange Morality
The Faraway Paladin / int_e8e56799	comment	Blue-and-Orange Morality: Discussed. Gus points out that the conventional religious view of gods as "good" and "evil" presents an incomplete picture. For example, Volt presides over order and judgement where his brother Illtreat is a god of chaos and destruction. Conventionally they're viewed as essentially invokedLawful Good and Chaotic Evil, but Gus argues that Volt also presides over tyrannical and corrupt governments and Illtreat supports revolutions that overthrow them. His conclusion, therefore, is that "good" and "evil" are subjective viewpoints of the gods' followers, and that the truly "good" gods are the ones whose ways of thinking don't pose a threat to society.
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The Faraway Paladin / int_eb5b71fe	type	Clingy Jealous Girl
The Faraway Paladin / int_eb5b71fe	comment	Clingy Jealous Girl: In this case, more like a jealous goddess. Gracefeel is not happy in the fourth book when we (the readers) find out rather humorously that Stagnate is a female goddess and has apparently decided she is in love with Will.
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The Faraway Paladin / int_f97ad4fe	type	Standard Fantasy Races
The Faraway Paladin / int_f97ad4fe	comment	Standard Fantasy Races: Humans, elves, dwarves and halflings are all known in Will's new world. Background lore describes them as servants of the benevolent gods. The malicious gods have their own minions as well: Stagnate, the god of undeath, has, uh, the undead; Dyrhygma, god of dimensions, has the demons; and Illtreat, god of tyranny, has the goblins.
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The Faraway Paladin / int_fe5e40e2	comment	Gondor Calls for Aid: In the fourth book, when Stagnate decides to help Will, she points out to the titular Lord of the Rust Mountains (an immensely powerful dragon) that he is in the fallen dwarven kingdom, where an army of dwarves died.
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