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* {{Patronymic}}: Standard for Akhian names. Ramiz is his father, Khalis is his grandfather, and the Aritat are his tribe.

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* {{Patronymic}}: {{UsefulNotes/Patronymic}}: Standard for Akhian names. Ramiz is his father, Khalis is his grandfather, and the Aritat are his tribe.



* {{Patronymic}}: [[spoiler:Draconeans]] use ''matronymics'', so he's Kudshayn, son of Ahheke, daughter of Iztam.

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* {{Patronymic}}: {{UsefulNotes/Patronymic}}: [[spoiler:Draconeans]] use ''matronymics'', so he's Kudshayn, son of Ahheke, daughter of Iztam.
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* MultiethnicName: Audrey's full name is [[OverlyLongName Audrey Isabella Mahira Adiaratou Camherst]], reflecting her Scirling (fantasy British), Akhian (fantasy Arabian), and Talu (fantasy African, presumably West Africa) ancestry.[[note]]Though her Akhian ancestry is through her step-grandfather Suhail, who she is not related to by blood.[[/note]] She is explicitly mentioned to have dark brown skin and afro-textured hair.

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* MultiethnicName: Audrey's full name is [[OverlyLongName Audrey Isabella Mahira Adiaratou Camherst]], reflecting her Scirling (fantasy British), Akhian (fantasy Arabian), and Talu (fantasy African, presumably West Africa) ancestry.[[note]]Though her Akhian ancestry is through her step-grandfather Suhail, who she is not related to by blood.[[/note]] She is explicitly mentioned to have dark brown skin and afro-textured hair.

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* ScienceFoils: Tom had the benefit of a formal education and mentor, Earl Hilford, that gives him a through grounding in hard sciences. helped Tom get where he is so he has grounding in several

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* ScienceFoils: Tom had the benefit of a formal education and mentor, Earl Hilford, that gives him a through grounding in hard sciences. Hilford helped Tom get where he is so he has grounding in several method right out the gate that Isabela lacks, unlike her Tom's birth was specifically low class and his career was hampered by this just like Isabella's Sex hampered her own.



* ScienceHero: A more traditional engineering one in a crowd of biologists, we here about her further exploits in snatches now and then.

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* ScienceHero: A more traditional engineering one in a crowd of biologists, we here hear about her further exploits in snatches now and then.
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* CelibateHero: The reason she shows up in ''The Tropic of Serpents'' is to get away from her stifling family and try some self determination on for size. Incredibly important to the plot and thanks to her Isabella is able to find the Cataract Stone.
* [[ConfirmedBachelor Confirmed Spinster]]: The author [[https://mylifemybooksmyescape.wordpress.com/2017/05/10/author-interview-marie-brennan-2/ calls her this]] and spends her entire life trying to make man fly.


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* ScienceHero: A more traditional engineering one in a crowd of biologists, we here about her further exploits in snatches now and then.


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Isabella's [[spoiler:first]] husband and a naturalist in his own right.

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Isabella's [[spoiler:first]] husband and a naturalist in his own right.



A [[spoiler:Draconean]] priest and scholar, and Audrey's best friend. He works on the translation with her.

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A [[spoiler:Draconean]] priest and scholar, and Audrey's best friend. He works on the translation with her.

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* [[spoiler:SomeoneToRememberHimBy]]: [[spoiler:After Jacob is killed, Isabella finds out she's pregnant and names the baby after him.]]

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* [[spoiler:SomeoneToRememberHimBy]]: SomeoneToRememberHimBy: [[spoiler:After Jacob is killed, Isabella finds out she's pregnant and names the baby after him.]]



* {{Asexual}}: implied to be this in the second book. Confirmed by the author in a blog post.



* {{Nephewism}}: She's been her uncle's ward since her parents died in a train accident when she was ten.

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* {{Nephewism}}: She's been her uncle's ward since her parents died in a train accident when she was ten.ten.

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* ArtistsAreAttractive: Isabella isn't bad looking but in the field she dresses for practicality not appearance. Interestingly her skill as an Artist makes her ''more'' attractive in Erigan culture, a West African inspired country.



* SpiritedYoungLady: Isabella is the only daughter of a Scirling nobleman, and is expected to focus on ladylike pursuits rather than her true passion, dragon biology. She eventually satisfies both her parents and herself when she [[PairTheSmartOnes marries Jacob Camherst]], who is fully supportive of his wife's scientific career, and interested in dragons himself.

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* ScienceFoils: Compared to her successors and contemporaries Isabella is an ill-educated autodidact, she calls her own education piecemeal more then once. However her intelligence, scientific rigor, and theoretical brilliance makes her stand out among them. [[spoiler: Her acceptance to the philosophers colloquium took so long due to the institutions ingrained sexism, having published several acclaimed papers beforehand.]]
* SnobsVersusSlobs: Part of her early issues with Tom comes from their different social positions. She makes several assumptions that annoy Tom and damage their early friendship. However her gender keeps her from the Philosopher's colloquium while Tom's let in fairly quickly.
* SpiritedYoungLady: Isabella Hendemore is the only daughter of a Scirling nobleman, and is expected to focus on ladylike pursuits rather than her true passion, dragon biology. When forbidden from studying natural history (including dragons) as a teenager, she turns to horses since they're [[AllGirlsLikePonies an acceptable pastime for young ladies]]. She eventually satisfies both her parents and herself when she [[PairTheSmartOnes marries Jacob Camherst]], who is [[UnderstandingBoyfriend fully supportive supportive]] of his wife's scientific career, and interested in dragons himself.



* UnderstandingBoyfriend: Understood and encouraged his wife's love of dragons, and brought her on her first expedition.

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* UnderstandingBoyfriend: Understood and encouraged his wife's love of dragons, and brought her on her first expedition.
expedition. It's noted in the narration and later books how uncommon his attitude was for the time.
* PairTheSmartOnes: A major basis for his attraction to Issabella, first seeing her standing toe-to-toe with another Natural historian about the various dragons at the Kings Nature Preserve.



* ConfirmedBachelor: Tom never shows any sign of romantic interest, he seems focused on his scientific career. A Gender {{inverted}} case of CareerVersusMan perhaps.




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* ScienceFoils: Tom had the benefit of a formal education and mentor, Earl Hilford, that gives him a through grounding in hard sciences. helped Tom get where he is so he has grounding in several
* SnobsVersusSlobs: Part of his early issues with Isabella comes from their different social positions. It levels out at the first book but they settle into their real partnership after ''The Tropic of Serpents'' has them perform a cleansing ritual.



* ShirtlessScene: He's introduced this way in ''Voyage of the Basilisk'', and gets a few more as the book goes on.

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* ScienceHerosBabeAssistant: While a science hero himself, [[HardOnSoftScience depending on what you think of archeology]], and his intro below firmly establishes him as eye candy. But in ''Voyage of the Basilisk'' he is more of a facilitator of the plot than the driver himself, he even acts as a notetaker for some of Isabella's musing. Later books let him showcase his specialties more.
* ShirtlessScene: He's introduced this way in ''Voyage of the Basilisk'', Basilisk'' after vigorous high dives off a cliff, and gets a few more as the book goes on.



* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: After Jacob is killed, Isabella finds out she's pregnant and names the baby after him.

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* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: After [[spoiler:SomeoneToRememberHimBy]]: [[spoiler:After Jacob is killed, Isabella finds out she's pregnant and names the baby after him.
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* OutOfFocus: Her role is reduced in importance after the second book.

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* OutOfFocus: Her role is reduced in importance after the second book.book, she has her own career outside the main casts adventures though.
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* {{Patronymic}}: [[spoiler:Draconeans]] use ''matronymics'', so he's Kudshayn, son of Ahheke, daughter of Iztam.
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* BeardOfSorrow: He grows one in ''Within the Sanctuary of Wings'' when [[spoiler:he thinks Isabella has died]].
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* ProneToSunburn: A RunningGag is Tom's skin becoming very red whenever he's exposed to the sun for too long, and wherever he goes, the locals nickname him some form of "red" or "red man".

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Isabella's [[spoiler:first]] husband and a naturalist in his own right.



Lord Hilford's protege, and Isabella's scientific partner for most of her adventures.




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* PlatonicLifePartners: He and Isabella never think of each other romantically, but are close friends their entire lives.



Son of Jacob and Isabella. Later becomes an oceanographer when he grows up.



Lord Hilford's niece and a talented engineer. She travels to Eriga with Isabella and Tom in the second book.



* FieldPromotion: Isabella was able to buy him a lieutenant's commission in the Scirling Army, and when his captain was killed he was promoted.



* MultiethnicName: Audrey's full name is [[OverlyLongName Audrey Isabella Mahira Adiaratou Camherst]], reflecting her Scirling (fantasy British), Akhian (fantasy Arabian), and Talu (fantasy African, presumably West Africa) ancestry.[[note]]Though her Akhian ancestry is through her step-grandfather Suhail, who she is not related to by blood.[[/note]] She is explicitly mentioned to have dark brown skin.

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* MultiethnicName: Audrey's full name is [[OverlyLongName Audrey Isabella Mahira Adiaratou Camherst]], reflecting her Scirling (fantasy British), Akhian (fantasy Arabian), and Talu (fantasy African, presumably West Africa) ancestry.[[note]]Though her Akhian ancestry is through her step-grandfather Suhail, who she is not related to by blood.[[/note]] She is explicitly mentioned to have dark brown skin.skin and afro-textured hair.

!!Kudshayn
A [[spoiler:Draconean]] priest and scholar, and Audrey's best friend. He works on the translation with her.
* FaceOfAThug: His [[spoiler:DraconicHumanoid]] features are frightening to most people who have never met a [[spoiler:Draconean]] before, but he's a friendly guy who only really gets angry when he or his friends and family are in danger.

!!Cora Fitzarthur
Lord Gleinleigh's niece and ward, she's assigned to be Audrey's assistant.
* FriendlessBackground: Cora is very lonely at Stokesley, lacking kids her own age, though letters she sent to a friend from the school she attended before moving there imply she didn't have any real friends there either; nobody ever replied to her letters.
* {{Nephewism}}: She's been her uncle's ward since her parents died in a train accident when she was ten.
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* CoolOldGuy: Financed Isabella's expedition even though she's a woman.

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* CoolOldGuy: Financed Isabella's expedition even though she's a woman.woman.

!!Audrey Camherst
Jake's daughter and Isabella's granddaughter, the protagonist of ''Turning Darkness Into Light''.
* CunningLinguist: She's hired to translate a collection of Draconean tablets, and started studying the language when she was six.
* MultiethnicName: Audrey's full name is [[OverlyLongName Audrey Isabella Mahira Adiaratou Camherst]], reflecting her Scirling (fantasy British), Akhian (fantasy Arabian), and Talu (fantasy African, presumably West Africa) ancestry.[[note]]Though her Akhian ancestry is through her step-grandfather Suhail, who she is not related to by blood.[[/note]] She is explicitly mentioned to have dark brown skin.
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* SpiritedYoungLady: Isabella is the only daughter of a Scirling nobleman, and is expected to focus on ladylike pursuits rather than her true passion, dragon biology. She eventually satisfies both her parents and herself when she [[PairTheSmartOnes marries Jacob Camherst]], who is fully supportive of his wife's scientific career, and interested in dragons himself.

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!!Isabella Lady Trent

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!!Isabella Camherst, Lady Trent



* MissingMom: to Jake in one book when she goes adventuring, and it comes back to haunt them briefly during the next book.

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* MissingMom: to To Jake in one book when she goes adventuring, and it comes back to haunt them briefly during the next book.






* DeadGuyJunior: Jake is named after his deceased father

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* DeadGuyJunior: Jake is named after his deceased fatherfather.




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* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: After Jacob is killed, Isabella finds out she's pregnant and names the baby after him.
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* {{Patronymic}}: standard for Akhian names.

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* ActionSurvivor: Isabella is far from an ActionGirl, but finds herself in many dangerous situations. Book five even has Suhail note her knack for getting out of survival.

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* ActionSurvivor: Isabella is far from an ActionGirl, but finds herself in many dangerous situations. Book five even has Suhail note her knack for getting out of survival.



* LikeMotherLikeSon: That said, he becomes a scientist himself when he's old enough, though an oceanographer rather than a dragon naturalist.

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* LikeMotherLikeSon: LikeParentLikeChild: That said, he becomes a scientist himself when he's old enough, though an oceanographer rather than a dragon naturalist.
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* ActionSurvivor: Isabella is far from an ActionGirl, but finds herself in many dangerous situations. Book five even has Suhail note her knack for getting out of dangerous situations.

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* ActionSurvivor: Isabella is far from an ActionGirl, but finds herself in many dangerous situations. Book five even has Suhail note her knack for getting out of dangerous situations.survival.
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* CareerVersusMan: Why she avoids marriage after [[spoiler:Jacob's death]]. [[spoiler:Eventually fully averted with her marriage to Suhail, who she finds a kindred spirit in and whose contributions actively help her career.]]

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* CareerVersusMan: Why she avoids marriage after [[spoiler:Jacob's death]]. [[spoiler:Eventually fully averted with her marriage to Suhail, who in whom she finds a kindred spirit in and whose contributions actively help her career.]]



!!Jacob Camhurst

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!!Jake

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!!Jake!!Jake Camherst



* {{Asexual}}: implied to be this in the second book.
* OutOfFocus: Her role reduced in importance after the second book.

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* {{Asexual}}: implied to be this in the second book.
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* OutOfFocus: Her role is reduced in importance after the second book.

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* FireForgedFriends: He and Isabella didn't get along at first, but eventually become best friends through their mutual love of dragons.
* TheNotLoveInterest: Isabella's friend and scientific partner. Since it's in the Victorian era, however, everyone assumes they're sleeping together and [[SlutShaming slut shames]] Isabella for it whenever she shows too much affection or goes anywhere unchaperoned with him.
* PennyAmongDiamonds: Much is made of him being of, as Isabella states it, less than gentle birth, which makes advancement in his field difficult.

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* ActionSurvivor: Isabella is far from an ActionGirl, but finds herself in many dangerous situations.

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* ActionSurvivor: Isabella is far from an ActionGirl, but finds herself in many dangerous situations. Book five even has Suhail note her knack for getting out of dangerous situations.



* CareerVersusMan: Why she avoids marriage after [[spoiler:Jacob's death]].

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* CareerVersusMan: Why she avoids marriage after [[spoiler:Jacob's death]]. [[spoiler:Eventually fully averted with her marriage to Suhail, who she finds a kindred spirit in and whose contributions actively help her career.]]



* DisappearedDad: he's gone long before his son is born.

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* DisappearedDad: he's He's gone long before his son is born.
* TheLostLenore: To Isabella, who never stops mourning him even after [[spoiler:she remarries]].
* UnderstandingBoyfriend: Understood and encouraged his wife's love of dragons, and brought her on her first expedition.





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* LikeMotherLikeSon: That said, he becomes a scientist himself when he's old enough, though an oceanographer rather than a dragon naturalist.
* PluckyMiddie: He gains a love for the sea during the world voyage in the third book and serves as one of these to the captain as practice.




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* WrenchWench: An atypical older version, but nonetheless a great engineer who creates and maintains her own circle of lady inventors.




!!Maxwell Oscott, Earl of Hilford

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\n* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: [[spoiler:He sabotages his own caeliger to keep his commanding officer from colonizing the Draconeans, something that could get him court-martialed at the very least.]]

!!Maxwell Oscott, Earl of HilfordHilford
* CoolOldGuy: Financed Isabella's expedition even though she's a woman.

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* {{Asexual}}: implied to be this in the second book.
* OutOfFocus: Her role reduced in importance after the second book.
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* Patronymic: standard for Akhian names.

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!!Natilie Oscott

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!!Natilie !!Natalie Oscott

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* MissingMom: to Jake in one book when she goes adventuring, and it comes back to haunt them briefly during the next book.




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* DisappearedDad: he's gone long before his son is born.



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* FollowInMyFootsteps: Averted, despite Isabella's hope that Jake will take up hers and Jacob's passion for dragons, he turns out to be in love with the sea instead.

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* AllGirlsLikePonies: When forbidden from studying natural history (including dragons) as a teenager, she turns to horses since they're an acceptable pastime for young ladies.



* LadyOfAdventure: Isabella herself, an intrepid adventurer-scientist in a similar vein to real-life examples such as Gertrude Bell.

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* CareerVersusMan: Why she avoids marriage after [[spoiler:Jacob's death]].
* CartwrightCurse: She spends most of one book fearing that she's a carrier.
* LadyOfAdventure: Isabella herself, an An intrepid adventurer-scientist in a similar vein to real-life examples such as Gertrude Bell.




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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Played with in Isabella and her childhood friend Amanda Lewis - Isabella is sometimes dismissive of the more romantic and fashionable Amanda, but Amanda is also supportive of her friend's tomboy scheme to join a hunt.
* TraumaticHaircut: She's mortified when her hair is cut during an illness, although the resulting BoyishShortHair helps save her later.



* CunningLinguist: Suhail, who speaks so many languages that when asked ''how'' many, he has to stop and think about it before answering.

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* CunningLinguist: Suhail, who He speaks so many languages that when asked ''how'' many, he has to stop and think about it before answering.
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* ActionSurvivor: Isabella is far from an ActionGirl, but finds herself in many dangerous situations.
* BrutalHonesty: Isabella has very little in the way of a brain-to-mouth filter, which causes her trouble more than a few times.
* LadyOfAdventure: Isabella herself, an intrepid adventurer-scientist in a similar vein to real-life examples such as Gertrude Bell.
* MaternallyChallenged: Although Isabella loves her son, she freely admits that parenting isn't her best skill. She more or less leaves young Jake to his nursemaid until he's old enough to carry a conversation, though in the third book she takes him on the eponymous voyage around the world to make up for it.




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* AdventurerArchaeologist: Suhail researches Draconean ruins, and his first scene has him diving off a cliff. Short time after, he reveals that he's conducting his research in ruins occupied by a quetzalcoatl.
* CunningLinguist: Suhail, who speaks so many languages that when asked ''how'' many, he has to stop and think about it before answering.




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* DeadGuyJunior: Jake is named after his deceased father




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* CoolBigBro: Isabella's older brother Andrew is the only one she has a close relationship with, and he's always been supportive of her and her chosen profession - in fact, him stealing ''Natural History of Dragons'' for her from their father is how she got into dragon naturalism in the first place. Isabella, in turn, seems to adore him.
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Characters from A Memoir of Lady Trent

!!Isabella Lady Trent

!!Jacob Camhurst

!!Thomas Wilker

!!Suhail ibn Ramiz ibn Khalis al-Aritati

!!Jake

!!Natilie Oscott

!!Andrew Hendemore

!!Maxwell Oscott, Earl of Hilford

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