History Characters / ChroniclesOfTheKencyrathJaran

** AttractiveBentGender: Kirien's handsome either way.
** {{Bifauxnen}}: Naturally androgynous, Kirien is easily passes for male--and wearing her hair cut short surely helps.
** {{Crossdresser}}: She wears unisex scholars' robes at Mount Alban, and dresser versions of scholars' robes elsewhere--and she ''doesn't wear a mask'', which for Highborn, is distinctly male.
** YouNeverAsked: She's a Kencyr, she wouldn't actually ''lie''. She doesn't ''claim'' to be a boy--people just ''assume'' she is because of her appearance and her clothing, and she doesn't correct them.
* GenderReveal: At the Lordan's Presentation in ''Bound in Blood''.
-->'''Kirien''': They had to find out sooner or later, for those who hadn't already guessed. Not that it was ever meant to be a secret. […] As it is, your sister diverts attention from me as I do from her. Let them fight us both, or neither.

* UnrequitedLoveLastsForever: Her feelings for Ganth. They liked each other when they were young, but Gerraint {{Parental Marriage Veto}}ed it. After Gerraint died, they could've been together… but Ganth saw the Dream-weaver, and after that, he basically had SingleTargetSexuality for her, leaving Trishien as the RomanticRunnerUp. But through all these years, Trishien's feelings haven't vanished.

* {{Adorkable}}: With Kindrie
-->[[spoiler:''[They try to kiss, and bump noses.]'']]\\
'''Kirien''': ''[laughing]'' Obviously, this requires more experimentation. Let us be fools together, then, in the name of research.

* SweetPollyOliver ({{Downplayed|Trope}}): While Kirien doesn't ''actively propagate'' the misconception that she's male, she does do some things that let people think she is, so they don't throw a fit over her being lordan.

** YouNeverAsked: She's a Kencyr, she wouldn't actually ''lie''. She doesn't ''claim'' to be a boy--people just ''assume'' she is because of her appearance and her clothing, and she doesn't bother to correct them.

-->'''Kirien''': They had to find out sooner or later, for those who hadn't already guessed. Not that it was ever meant to be a secret. [...] As it is, your sister diverts attention from me as I do from her. Let them fight us both, or neither.

* OnlySaneWoman: Starting in ''To Ride a Rathorn'', most of the Matriarchs become obsessed with getting Torisen to make a contract with a woman of their own House. Antics include pursuing him with parades of women, and ''slipping him an aphrodisiac''. Trishien--who limits her efforts to noting that Kirien is the right age, and gets along with Torisen well, but she might not be happy about having to leave Mount Alban--is the only one who manages to avoid alienating him. As a result he trusts and relies on her, as well as seeing her as proof that not all Highborn women are insane. She also recognizes Jame's competence and intelligence when the other Matriarchs are either in denial or trying desperately to control her.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: By far the most reasonable of the Matriarchs, towards both Jame and Torisen.

* UnrequitedLoveLastsForever: Her feelings for Ganth. They liked each other when they were young, but Gerraint {{Parental Marriage Veto}}ed it. After Gerraint died, they could've been together… but Gerraint died on the same night Ganth first saw the Dream-weaver, and after that, he basically had SingleTargetSexuality for her, leaving Trishien the RomanticRunnerUp. But through all these years, Trishien's feelings haven't vanished.

[[folder:Scrollsmen's College]]
!!the Scrollsmen's College at Mount Alban
The Scrollsmen's College is located at the Mount Alban keep, right across the river from the Jaran's Valantir, and is the heart of academia in the Kencyrath
* AbsentMindedProfessor: Mount Alban's scholars often fall somewhere around this trope.
* AcademyOfAdventure: The scholars' and singers' academy goes wandering the weirdingstrom in ''Seeker's Mask'', to the delight of the bevy of scholars aboard.
* MrExposition: All scholars have an area of expertise, and they enjoy showing it off at plot-relevant moments.
* WarriorPoet: Many of the scholars are retired randon.
[[/folder]]

* SweetPollyOliver ({{Downplayed|Trope}}): While Kirien doesn't ''actively propagate'' the misconception that she's male, she does do some things that let people think she is, so people don't throw a fit over her being lordan.

* SheIsTheKing: The title "Lordan" is technically gender neutral, and it's perfectly legal for a women to hold it. But there's 3,000 years of custom and connotation against it, so people think it's purely masculine. And Kirien ''does'' pretend to be male for the first year of so of being lordan. We'll see what title Kirien takes when she takes power.

!!!This is listing of Jaran Kencyr in the series ''Literature/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrath''.

This is listing of Jaran Kencyr in the series ''Literature/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrath''.

--->''" 'Observe, describe, learn,' we Jaran say."''
---->--'''Kirien'''

* UnrequitedLoveLastsForever: Her feelings for Ganth. They liked each other when they were young, but Gerraint {{Parental Marriage Veto}}ed it. After Gerraint died, they could've been together… but Gerraint died on the same night Ganth first saw the Dream-weaver, and after that, he basically had SingleTargetSexuality for her. But through all these years, Trishien's feelings haven't vanished.

* UnrequitedLoveLastsForever: Her feelings for Ganth.

--->''"‘Observe, describe, learn,’ we Jaran say."''

* [[SmartPeopleKnowLatin Smart Kencyr Know High Kens]]: Their {{Battle Cry}} is a phrase in High Kens, the ClassicalTongue.

The Jaran Matriarch, and a scrollswoman

* [[SmartPeopleKnowLatin Smart Kencyr Know High Kens]]: Their {{Battle Cry}} is a phrase in High Kens.