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* TheHero: Saves the country from numerous threats.
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* AuthorityGrantsAsskicking: Even more than the other High Lords. To be High Lord of one of the Shield Cities, you have to be adept at asskicking.
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* AuthorityGrantsAsskicking: AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Even more than the other High Lords. To be High Lord of one of the Shield Cities, you have to be adept at asskicking.
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* ArcherArchetype: One of the best archers in the kingdom capable of taking down [[PersonOfMassDestruction High Lords]] with his arrows.
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: As they're descended from a LostRomanLegion, the Alerans frequently show an incredibly xenophobic (bordering on ''genocidal'') and imperialist attitude towards their non-human neighbors, and are also highly misogynistic and sexist (represented in how Alera is a NoWomansLand). Additionally, the practice of slavery is incredibly common and widespread, albeit becoming increasingly controversial and unpopular (to the point where it only seems to be several of the southernmost cities, such as Kalare, that are keeping the abominable practice running). Additionally, Alera also inherits from Rome a highly classist social structure whose nobility operates on a rigid MightMakesRight ethos. On a more positive note, though, modern racial politics (i.e., inter-human racism) are non-existent since the Alerans "left" Earth long before modern concepts around race were invented.
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: As they're descended from a LostRomanLegion, the Alerans frequently show an incredibly xenophobic (bordering on ''genocidal'') and imperialist attitude towards their non-human neighbors, and are also highly misogynistic and sexist (represented in how Alera is a NoWomansLand). Additionally, Furthermore, the practice of slavery is incredibly common and widespread, albeit becoming increasingly controversial and unpopular (to the point where it only seems to be several of the southernmost cities, such as Kalare, that are keeping the abominable practice running). Additionally, Alera also inherits from Rome a highly classist social structure whose nobility operates on a rigid MightMakesRight ethos. On a more positive note, though, modern racial politics (i.e., inter-human racism) are non-existent since the Alerans "left" Earth long before modern concepts around race were invented.
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* NaiveNewcomer: A downplayed case; during Tavi's expedition to kill of the Canean Vord Queens, Tavi internally muses how out of all the people he has brought along with him, Durias is the only one who hasn't been previously exposed to any of Tavi's CrazyEnoughToWork stratagems, and so must think they've all gone insane. Him looking back to see Durias' pained "Why ''me?''" expression regarding why someone like him was brought along pretty much seals it.
* OnlySaneMan: Among the group of Alerans and Canim Tavi leads to kill one of the two remaining Canean Vord Queens.
* OnlySaneMan: Among the group of Alerans and Canim Tavi leads to kill one of the two remaining Canean Vord Queens.
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* NaiveNewcomer: A downplayed case; during Tavi's expedition to kill of the Canean Vord Queens, Tavi internally muses how out of all the people he has brought along with him, Durias is the only one who hasn't been previously exposed to any of Tavi's CrazyEnoughToWork stratagems, and so must think they've all gone insane. Him looking back to see Durias' pained "Why ''me?''" expression regarding why someone like him was brought along pretty much seals it.
almost makes Tavi burst into laughter.
* OnlySaneMan:Among He largely serves as the StraightMan among the small group of Alerans and Canim Tavi leads to kill one of the two remaining Canean Vord Queens.within Shuar.
* OnlySaneMan:
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* TheMentor: One of Tavi's mentors; he helps Tavi acclimate to Legion life, and later openly advises him.
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* TheMentor: One of Tavi's mentors; he helps Tavi acclimate to Legion life, and later openly advises him.him during his time as a Princeps.
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* ServileSnarker: He rebuffs Tavi when, in ''Princeps' Fury'' Tavi ordered him and the cursors to not gather information on the Cane during the boat trip, with the line, "And Your Highness expected me to ''listen''?"
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* ServileSnarker: He rebuffs Tavi when, in ''Princeps' Fury'' Tavi ordered him and the cursors Cursors to not gather information on the Cane Canim during the boat trip, with the line, "And Your Highness expected me to ''listen''?"
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* NothingPersonal: He knows that dubious alliances and manipulation are a way of life in politics and spying (as if the two are all that different), so he doesn't tend to take it personally when someone seems to side against him, so long as they're doing it for good reasons. However, threatening his family is something he takes ''very'' personally, as Lords Kalarus and Rhodes eventually found out (one was blown up by his own giant superweapon, the other was tricked into a UriahGambit).
* OlderThanTheyLook: Like all powerful watercrafters – in this case, he looks like he's in his forties, when he's about 80 at the start of the series and likely could be in his 90s by ''First Lord's Fury''.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Like all powerful watercrafters – in this case, he looks like he's in his forties, when he's about 80 at the start of the series and likely could be in his 90s by ''First Lord's Fury''.
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* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: [[invoked]] As per WordOfGod, Gaius Sextus was inspired by a combination of multiple different “decent”/“average” Roman emperors (conveying the implication that, as good of a First Lord Sextus is, he fundamentally lacks both Tavi’s cleverness and Septimus’ charisma) and Erwin Rommel (though Sextus is significantly more heroic than Rommel ever was).
* NothingPersonal: He knows that dubious alliances and manipulation are a way of life in politics and spying (as if the two are all that different), so he doesn't tend to take it personally when someone seems to side against him, so long as they're doing it for good reasons. However, threatening his family is something he takes ''very'' personally, as High Lords Kalarus and Rhodes eventually found out (one was blown up by his own giant superweapon, while the other was tricked into a UriahGambit).
* OlderThanTheyLook: Like all powerful watercrafters – in this case, he looks like he's in his forties, when he's about 80 at the start of the series and likely could be in his90s nineties by ''First Lord's Fury''.
* NothingPersonal: He knows that dubious alliances and manipulation are a way of life in politics and spying (as if the two are all that different), so he doesn't tend to take it personally when someone seems to side against him, so long as they're doing it for good reasons. However, threatening his family is something he takes ''very'' personally, as High Lords Kalarus and Rhodes eventually found out (one was blown up by his own giant superweapon, while the other was tricked into a UriahGambit).
* OlderThanTheyLook: Like all powerful watercrafters – in this case, he looks like he's in his forties, when he's about 80 at the start of the series and likely could be in his
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The illegitimate son of one of the most powerful High Lords, Max is Tavi's roommate at the Academy and a close personal friend. Lives life for the moment, as he doesn't expect to outlive his father. Powerful in Earthcrafting (especially the ability to induce lust), with a respectable skill in watercrafting as well. As one of the nobility, is also capable in all six elements. Seems to have fallen into the role of Tavi's primary sidekick.
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The illegitimate son of one of the most powerful High Lords, Max is Tavi's roommate at the Academy and a close personal friend. Lives life for the moment, as he doesn't expect to outlive his father. Powerful in Earthcrafting (especially the ability to induce lust), with a respectable skill in watercrafting as well. As one a descendant of the Alera's nobility, Max is also highly capable in all six elements. Seems to have fallen into the role of Tavi's primary sidekick.
* CatchPhrase: He often remarks about how it's a "sacred right" for a ''legionarie'' to complain about how sucky their life is and how much their commanding officers are screwing each other over.
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* HandsomeLech: Occasionally verging on ChivalrousPervert. It's even noted that
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* HandsomeLech: Occasionally verging on ChivalrousPervert. It's even noted that
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: He often mocks himself, both in good humor and as an example of his carefully concealed fatalism. As noted above, he himself claims that he "treats woemn like objects".
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* LadykillerInLove: He is very interested in Cereus Veradis, who won't give him the time of day. It's implied that she's started to warm up to him after the end of the Vord War, though, likely aided in part.
* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: In contrast to Tavi, who is set only on Kitai, Max goes through a series of one-night stands. He lampshades it.
* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: In contrast to Tavi, who is set only on Kitai, Max goes through a series of one-night stands. He lampshades it.
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* LadykillerInLove: He is very interested in Cereus Veradis, who won't give him the time of day. It's implied that she's started to warm up to him after the end of the Vord War, though, likely aided in part.
part by him defending her from various {{Jerkass}} Citizens attempt to usurp her position as the heir to Ceres.
* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: In contrast to Tavi, who is set only on Kitai, Max goes through a series of one-night stands.He lampshades it.Both Tavi and Max himself lampshade it.
* MadeOfIron: Max has suffered through ''numerous'' "accidents" at the hand of his stepmother, but thanks in large part to a mix of his own luck, having good friends, and just in general being pretty damn tough, he's been able to survive them all. Probably the most noteworthy case is how he managed to survive having Schultz ''open his throat'' during a swordplay practice session thanks to Dorotea making Schultz's sword "slip" out of the ''legionarie's'' hands.
* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: In contrast to Tavi, who is set only on Kitai, Max goes through a series of one-night stands.
* MadeOfIron: Max has suffered through ''numerous'' "accidents" at the hand of his stepmother, but thanks in large part to a mix of his own luck, having good friends, and just in general being pretty damn tough, he's been able to survive them all. Probably the most noteworthy case is how he managed to survive having Schultz ''open his throat'' during a swordplay practice session thanks to Dorotea making Schultz's sword "slip" out of the ''legionarie's'' hands.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Tavi is ''very'' put off and concerned when he sees Max get openly terrified when his WickedStepmother arrives at the First Aleran Legion's camp in ''Cursor's Fury''.
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* ReallyGetsAround: His first scene in ''Academ's Fury'' has him having just enjoyed a night with twins. Whether they did a Twin-Threesome or he just took them in turns is unsaid, but Tavi finding him and dragging him from the bed of some young woman during their schooling wasn't uncommon.
* TheRival: Dorotea sees him as this to Crassus. In reality, he forms a friendlier rivalry with his step-brother as the series goes on.
* SadClown: A lot of his heroic lechery and clowning around is because he knows his stepmother's planning to murder him anyway, so he sees no point in being too serious about life.
* TheRival: Dorotea sees him as this to Crassus. In reality, he forms a friendlier rivalry with his step-brother as the series goes on.
* SadClown: A lot of his heroic lechery and clowning around is because he knows his stepmother's planning to murder him anyway, so he sees no point in being too serious about life.
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* ReallyGetsAround: His first scene in ''Academ's Fury'' has him having just enjoyed a night with twins. Whether they did he actually had a Twin-Threesome [[TwinThreesomeFantasy simultaneous threesome]] with them or he just took them in turns is unsaid, but Tavi finding him and dragging him from the bed of some young woman during their schooling wasn't uncommon.
* TheRival: Dorotea sees him as this to Crassus. In reality, he forms afriendlier sincere friendship/friendly rivalry with his step-brother as the series goes on.
* SadClown: A lot of hisheroic lechery and clowning around is because he knows his stepmother's planning to murder him anyway, so he sees no point in being too serious about life.
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* StepfordSmiler: Max uses his lechery and goofiness to avoid thinking about how miserable and depressing his life usually is.
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* StepfordSmiler: Max uses his lechery and goofiness to avoid thinking about how miserable and depressing his life usually is.
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* BroughtDownToBadass: The Awakened Vord Queen badly cripples him in ''First Lord's Fury'' by making him fall out of the sky, to the point where it's unknown if he'll ever be able to actually walk again without extensive physical therapy. However, he's still an incredibly deadly furycrafter, and both he & a nearly-unconscious Max successfully erect a stone barrier during ''a furystorm'' to help the First Aleran in the Battle of Third Calderon.
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* BroughtDownToBadass: The Awakened Vord Queen badly cripples him in ''First Lord's Fury'' by making him fall out of the sky, to the point where it's unknown if he'll ever be able to actually walk again without extensive physical therapy. However, he's still an incredibly deadly furycrafter, and both he & a nearly-unconscious Max successfully erect a stone barrier during ''a furystorm'' to help the First and Free Aleran in Legions during the Battle of Third Calderon.
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The long-lost descendants of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legio_IX_Hispana Legio IX Hispana]] and its {{Camp Follower}}s (along with many Germanic mercenaries), who ended up in Carna through a wormhole. Basically humans granted with ElementalPowers connected to nature spirits called "furies", the Alerans went on to conquer an entire continent and have ruled over their newfound empire for roughly a thousand years under the House of Gaius.
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The long-lost descendants of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legio_IX_Hispana Legio IX Hispana]] and its {{Camp Follower}}s (along with many numerous Germanic mercenaries), who ended up in Carna through a wormhole. Basically humans granted with ElementalPowers connected to nature spirits called "furies", the Alerans went on to conquer an entire continent and have ruled over their newfound empire for roughly a thousand years under the House of Gaius.
* BulletTime: As part of their SuperSpeed, windcrafters can use their furies to effectively slow down their own reaction time, allowing them to easily respond to enemy attacks and perform actions like casually cutting arrows out of the air.
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: As they're descended from a LostRomanLegion, the Alerans frequently show an incredibly xenophobic (bordering on ''genocidal'') and imperialist attitude towards their non-human neighbors, and are also highly misogynistic and sexist (represented in how Alera is a NoWomansLand). Additionally, the practice of slavery is incredibly common and widespread, albeit becoming increasingly controversial and unpopular (to the point where it only seems to be several of the southernmost cities, such as Kalare, that are keeping the abominable practice running). Additionally, Alera also inherits from Rome a highly classist social structure whose nobility operates on a rigid MightMakesRight ethos. On a more positive note, though, modern racial politics (i.e., inter-human racism) are non-existent since the Alerans "left" Earth long before modern concepts around race were invented
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: As they're descended from a LostRomanLegion, the Alerans frequently show an incredibly xenophobic (bordering on ''genocidal'') and imperialist attitude towards their non-human neighbors, and are also highly misogynistic and sexist (represented in how Alera is a NoWomansLand). Additionally, the practice of slavery is incredibly common and widespread, albeit becoming increasingly controversial and unpopular (to the point where it only seems to be several of the southernmost cities, such as Kalare, that are keeping the abominable practice running). Additionally, Alera also inherits from Rome a highly classist social structure whose nobility operates on a rigid MightMakesRight ethos. On a more positive note, though, modern racial politics (i.e., inter-human racism) are non-existent since the Alerans "left" Earth long before modern concepts around race were invented invented.
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** [[DishingOutDirt Earthcrafting]]: Earth and rock manipulation, also granting SuperStrength (though [[WeaksauceWeakness only as long as the earthcrafter is touching the ground]]) and the ability to induce calm or lust in someone else.
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** [[DishingOutDirt Earthcrafting]]: Earth and rock manipulation, also granting SuperStrength (though [[WeaksauceWeakness only as long as the earthcrafter is touching the ground]]) and the ability to induce calm or lust in someone else.else (though limited by the earthcrafter's line of sight).
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** [[PlayingWithFire Firecrafting]]: Fire and heat manipulation, along with granting the ability to inspire fear or passion and chucking [[ShockAndAwe lightning bolts]] when combined with windcrafting.
* EmotionControl: Firecrafting can inspire fear and/or passion, while earthcrafting can inspire lust and/or calm. Metalcrafting can instead [[StealthPun steel oneself against]] emotion.
* EmotionControl: Firecrafting can inspire fear and/or passion, while earthcrafting can inspire lust and/or calm. Metalcrafting can instead [[StealthPun steel oneself against]] emotion.
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** [[PlayingWithFire Firecrafting]]: Fire and heat manipulation, along with granting the ability to inspire fear or passion passion/courange in others (''without'' being limited by line of sight) and chucking [[ShockAndAwe lightning bolts]] when combined with windcrafting.
* EmotionControl: Firecrafting can inspire fear and/or passion, while earthcrafting can inspire lust and/or calm. Metalcrafting can instead [[StealthPun steel oneself against]]emotion.emotion and pain.
* EmotionControl: Firecrafting can inspire fear and/or passion, while earthcrafting can inspire lust and/or calm. Metalcrafting can instead [[StealthPun steel oneself against]]
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* FounderOfTheKingdom: The original Gaius Primus, the first of the House of Gaius and the first of the First Lords of the Realm. Ever since his death, his family line - through multiple different branches - has ruled over the entire Realm in at least one way or another.
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* FounderOfTheKingdom: The original Gaius Primus, the first of the House of Gaius and the first of the First Lords of the Realm. Ever since his death, his family line - -- through multiple different branches - -- has ruled over the entire Realm in at least one way or another.
* HealingFactor: Sufficiently skilled watercrafters can easily heal themselves from various injuries, as long as they either have enough time & focus to perform the necessary furycrafting or the injury they're inflicted with isn't instantly fatal. As an example, ''First Lord's Fury'' has Invidia nearly getting her windpipe crushed by the infuriated Awakened Vord Queen [[BullyingADragon when she inadvertently hesitates on following one of the Queen's orders]], and Isana notices Invidia carefully "pushing" her injured windpipe back into place and healing it to be functional after the Queen lets her go.
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* HumansAreWhite: Averted. While most of the viewpoint Aleran characters are described as being either white or at least having pale skin (i.e., Tavi, Fidelias, Ehren, and Invidia), many other Alerans (mostly those hailing from the southern reaches of the Realm) are described as having dark skin tones, most notably Amara. Makes sense, as the Alerans were founded by a LostRomanLegion mostly staffed with people hailing from the Iberian Peninsula, Central Europe and the Mediterranean.
* HumansByAnyOtherName: Why the Canim, Icemen, Marat, and Vord almost exclusively call them only "Alerans," the actual Alerans use "Aleran" and "human" interchangeably, and it's made clear that there's no real difference between the two terms.
* HumansByAnyOtherName: Why the Canim, Icemen, Marat, and Vord almost exclusively call them only "Alerans," the actual Alerans use "Aleran" and "human" interchangeably, and it's made clear that there's no real difference between the two terms.
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* HumansAreWhite: Averted. While most of the viewpoint Aleran characters are described as being either white or at least having pale skin (i.e., Tavi, Fidelias, Ehren, Isana and Invidia), many other Alerans (mostly those hailing from the southern reaches of the Realm) are described as having dark skin tones, most notably Amara.Amara and Ehren. Makes sense, as the Alerans were founded by a LostRomanLegion mostly staffed with people hailing from the Iberian Peninsula, Central Europe and the Mediterranean.
* HumansByAnyOtherName: Why the Canim, Icemen, Marat, and Vord almost exclusively call themonly "Alerans," the actual Alerans use "Aleran" and "human" interchangeably, and it's made clear that there's no real difference between the two terms.
* HumansByAnyOtherName: Why the Canim, Icemen, Marat, and Vord almost exclusively call them
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** Firecrafters can create "coldstones" (which allow for refrigeration without need of ice). Additionally, sealing fire furies in lamps allows for "furylamps," which are basically treated as electrical lights, and skilled-enough firecrafters can use their abilities to incite either fear or passion to help them play to the crowd and effective politicians.
** Watercrafters allow for near-instantaneous long-way communication through connected bodies of water (though according to Max, skilled-enough crafters can alter the conveyed messages) along with extensive healing and medical science.
** Watercrafters allow for near-instantaneous long-way communication through connected bodies of water (though according to Max, skilled-enough crafters can alter the conveyed messages) along with extensive healing and medical science.
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** Firecrafters can create "coldstones" (which allow for refrigeration without need of ice). Additionally, sealing fire furies in lamps allows for "furylamps," which are basically treated as electrical lights, and skilled-enough firecrafters can use their abilities to incite either fear or passion to help them play to the crowd and be effective politicians.
** Watercrafters allow for near-instantaneous long-way communication through connected bodies of water (though according to Max, skilled-enough crafters can alter the conveyed messages) along with providing extensive healing opportunities and helping advance the medicalscience.sciences. Sufficiently skilled watercrafters are also tasked with serving as {{Living Lie Detector}}s and "witchmen" (a special role found among Aleran sailors tasked with keeping [[KrakenAndLeviathan leviathans]] from noticing said ships when they intrude upon their territories and smashing them into kindling, greatly aiding in the Alerans' nautical trade networks).
** Watercrafters allow for near-instantaneous long-way communication through connected bodies of water (though according to Max, skilled-enough crafters can alter the conveyed messages) along with providing extensive healing opportunities and helping advance the medical
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** Earthcrafters can draw up bedrock and minerals from the earth (making both construction and mining a breeze) along with using their SuperStrength to make manual labor far more expedient. Additionally, some skilled earthcrafters have been known to use their ability to incite lust to act as strippers & prostitutes, being able to throw an entire crowd of already horny folks into a tizzy. If Bernard is to go by, earthcrafters' ability to incite calm also makes them very useful in terms of training beasts of burden and utilizing domesticated animals such as gargants, sheep, goats, and horses. Additionally, earthcrafters can bring up nutrients for farming plants to help bring in larger yields of crops, though this is usually an emergency measure and is mentioned as making the soil unusable for farming after a few seasons' worth of growth.
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** Earthcrafters can draw up bedrock and minerals from the earth (making both construction and mining a breeze) along with using their SuperStrength to make manual labor far more expedient. Additionally, some skilled earthcrafters have been known to use their ability to incite lust to act as strippers & prostitutes, being able to throw an entire crowd of already horny folks into a tizzy. If Bernard is to go by, earthcrafters' ability to incite calm also makes them very useful in terms of training beasts of burden and utilizing domesticated animals such as gargants, sheep, goats, and horses. Additionally, earthcrafters can bring up nutrients for farming plants to help bring in larger yields of crops, though this is usually an emergency measure and is mentioned as making the soil unusable for farming after a few seasons' worth of growth. Finally, earthcrafters can infuse earth furies into causeways (special paved roads used to link the Realm together), greatly accelerating the speed of anyone using it for transportation along with having said roads adjust themselves (i.e., naturally creating furrows to allow blood/water to flow off of it).
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* ProudWarriorRace: Downplayed; Because they've been fighting for roughly two millenia just to survive in the DeathWorld that is Carna, the Alerans have developed a heavy martial tradition in their society (to their point where it is law for all Aleran men to go on tour with one of their home city's Legions for at least three years), but modern Alera has sufficiently evolved to where a lot of focus is given to other professions such as espionage, scholarly work, and even bureucracy. Notably, this was played ''disturbingly'' straight with the ancient Romans who first landed in Alera millennia ago, as told below by the Great Fury Alera to Tavi in ''First Lord's Fury'':
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: As part of the DeliberateValuesDissonance on display, the Realm of Alera is a society that is rigidly classist and misogynistic, the former to the point where it openly practices slavery.
* ProudWarriorRace: Downplayed; Because they've been fighting for roughly twomillenia millennia just to survive in the DeathWorld that is Carna, the Alerans have developed a heavy martial tradition in their society (to their point where it is law for all Aleran men to go on tour with one of their home city's Legions for at least three years), but modern Alera has sufficiently evolved to where a lot of focus is given to other professions such as espionage, scholarly work, and even bureucracy. Notably, this was played ''disturbingly'' straight with the ancient Romans who first landed in Alera millennia ago, as told below by the Great Fury Alera to Tavi in ''First Lord's Fury'':
* ProudWarriorRace: Downplayed; Because they've been fighting for roughly two
* AllLovingHero: Downplayed since Tavi isn't an ActualPacifist or anything like that (Carna is far too much of a DeathWorld to suffer pacifists, after all), but thanks in large part to his upbringing as a "furyless freak" who got to see and experience first-hand just how hideously abusive and cruel Aleran society can be, Tavi grows into a very empathetic young man who is able to look past his people's xenophobia and classism, able to see those less fortunate from him or even aren't of the same species as him with genuine kindness, mercy and empathy. See, for instance, where after defeating Sarl at the Battle of the Elinarch and making the Narashan Canim turn back, Tavi notes that he ''should'' logically be feeling satisfied over ending the life of such an AssholeVictim as Sarl... but he can't bring himself to feel that way, instead just feeling regret for having had to wage the battle in the first place along with being saddened by how many poor Canim makers had to needlessly lose their lives to sate Sarl's ambitions.
-->'''Kitai:''' ''[to Tavi]'' You are mad, Aleran. You can be strong. Hard. But beneath that, you bleed for the fallen. Even those who are not your own folk.
-->'''Kitai:''' ''[to Tavi]'' You are mad, Aleran. You can be strong. Hard. But beneath that, you bleed for the fallen. Even those who are not your own folk.
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Mostly done offscreen. The one time we see this in action, it's both awesome and terrifying as Tavi decides how to kill [[PersonOfMassDestruction High Lady Antillus]] and Crassus with a ''[[ImprovisedWeapon stick]]''.
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Mostly done offscreen. The one time we see this in action, it's both awesome and terrifying as Tavi decides how to kill both [[PersonOfMassDestruction High Lady Antillus]] and Crassus with a ''[[ImprovisedWeapon stick]]''.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Tavi feels a responsibility to help defend those who cannot defend themselves. This even gets discussed in ''Princeps' Fury'', where Sha notes to Tavi that the Aleran was holding the IdiotBall in being willing to perform a HeroicSacrifice to take out one of the Canean Vord Queens when Varg would be unwilling to help save the Alerans from the Vord. Tavi muses on this and freely admits that while Sha has a point, but he felt it was the right thing to do regardless (implicitly since it would've helped make sure more of the Canim could escape the Vord).
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--->'''Ehren:''' This plan is insane... ''You'' are insane... ([[{{Beat}} looks around]]) [[ItMakesSenseInContext I need some pants]].
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--->'''Ehren:''' This plan is insane... ''You'' are insane... ([[{{Beat}} ''[[[{{Beat}} looks around]]) around]]]'' [[ItMakesSenseInContext I need some pants]].
* FictionalDisability: For the first twenty years of his life -- and the first half of the series -- Tavi is incapable of furycrafting, making him be seen as a glorified special needs child since he lives in a society where EveryoneIsASuper. He eventually comes into his furies when he's around 20 years old -- when most Alerans come into their furies during puberty or even earlier -- effectively making him a late bloomer ''par excellance''. This is because of his mother Isana having watercrafted him to stunt his growth to protect him from being noticed as Septimus' son.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Tavi has a JerkassRealization and MyGodWhatHaveIDone reaction when Max helps him figure out in ''First Lord's Fury'' that as much as he & Kitai love each other, he hasn't been fully trusting of her or treating her with the respect as expected of a true life-partner, not even having initially tried to figure out the courtship rituals of her own people despite freely admitting to have a SingleTargetSexuality for only her. To Tavi's credit, though, he immediately starts rectifying this with the gusto he applies to the rest of his life (i.e., taking her out for a romantic dinner and specifically figuring out the Marat's BestHerToBedHer courtship rituals so as to figure out how he can earn her hand in marriage).
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* ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime: Desperately trying to think of a way to kill the ridiculously-lethal Awakened Vord Queen, Tavi leads her to the mountain Garados to try to wake it and Thana up. Unfortunately, the Vord Queen manages to get along to trying to ''control'' these two Great Furies. Thankfully, Kitai manages to stop her from completing doing so rather than the other possible situation of "The Vord Queen is now has two Great Furies at her command and is literally unstoppable."
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* ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime: Desperately trying to think of a way to kill the ridiculously-lethal Awakened Vord Queen, Tavi leads her to the mountain Garados to try to wake it and Thana Livia up. Unfortunately, the Vord Queen manages to get along to trying to ''control'' these two Great Furies. Thankfully, Kitai manages to stop her from completing doing so rather than the other possible situation of "The Vord Queen is now has two Great Furies at her command and is literally unstoppable."
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** His name of “Tavi” is a reference to the Creator/{{Rudyard Kipling}} character [[Literature/TheJungleBook Rikki-Tikki-Tavi]], a seemingly small and innocuous mongoose who worked together with his allies to use cleverness, guile, and courage to triumph over much stronger opponents.
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** His name of “Tavi” "Tavi" is a reference to the Creator/{{Rudyard Kipling}} character [[Literature/TheJungleBook Rikki-Tikki-Tavi]], a seemingly small and innocuous mongoose who worked together with his allies to use cleverness, guile, and courage to triumph over much stronger opponents.
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* MrFanservice: It is mostly hidden by the focus of the third-person omniscient narrator around him, but as he grows up and spends time in the First Aleran Legion, he is described as looking very handsome along with having developed a noticeable HeroicBuild. It's perhaps most notable in ''Captain's Fury'', where Kitai’s cousin Enna is mentioned as [[EatingTheEyeCandy blatantly appreciating his shirtless form]] when she [[InterruptedIntimacy interrupts him and Kitai in an intimate moment]].
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* MrFanservice: It is mostly hidden by the focus of the third-person omniscient narrator around him, but as he grows up and spends time in the First Aleran Legion, he is described as looking very handsome along with having developed a noticeable HeroicBuild. It's perhaps most notable in ''Captain's Fury'', where Kitai’s Kitai's cousin Enna is mentioned as [[EatingTheEyeCandy blatantly appreciating his shirtless form]] when she [[InterruptedIntimacy interrupts him and Kitai in an intimate moment]].moment]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Following the Battle of the Elinarch, he feels completely unsatisfied with his victory, noting to Kitai that all he ''really'' feels is a weary resignation with the fact that he now has even more work to do along with being quietly regretful for having had to kill so many Canim over the battle whose worst crime was being dumb enough to trust the leadership of a loathsome EvilSorcerer like Sarl. Similarly, he's understandably ashamed about having initially failed to properly court Kitai in the traditions of her people (with Max directly spelling out to him how InnocentlyInsensitive that was of him) and having failed to tell Crassus of his mother Dorotea's fate.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Following the Battle of the Elinarch, he feels completely unsatisfied with his victory, noting to Kitai that all he ''really'' feels is a weary resignation with the fact that he now has even more work to do along with being quietly regretful for having had to kill so many Canim over the battle whose worst crime was being dumb enough to trust the leadership of a loathsome EvilSorcerer like Sarl. Similarly, he's understandably ashamed about having initially failed to properly court Kitai in the traditions of her people (with Max directly spelling out to him how InnocentlyInsensitive that was of him) and having failed to tell Crassus of his mother Dorotea's fate.
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* NiceGuy: Tavi has more than once shown immense compassion and understanding for others, actively tries to think the better of others, and wants to make the world a better place for no other reason than he feels that no one should suffer needlessly. It's to the point that he's sometimes considered to be a bit ''too'' nice to the people who should be his mortal enemies. Most notably, the Canim Hunter Sha is visibly taken aback when Tavi offers his sympathies over the deaths of his fellow Hunters in ''Princeps' Fury''.
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* NiceGuy: Tavi has more than once shown immense compassion and understanding for others, actively tries to think the better of others, and wants to make the world a better place for no other reason than he feels that no one should suffer needlessly. It's to the point that he's sometimes considered to be a bit ''too'' nice to the people who should be his mortal enemies. Most notably, the Canim Hunter Sha is visibly taken aback when Tavi offers his sympathies over the deaths of his fellow Hunters in ''Princeps' Fury''.Fury'', and then becomes quite thoughtful after Tavi notes that he considers it his personal responsibility to help those who cannot help themselves -- be they of his own species or not.
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* ParentInducedExtendedChildhood: Played with. At the start of the cycle, Tavi is a 15 years-old orphan but looks much younger. As well, he cannot manifest any Furycrafting powers, which usually awaken at age 12-13 in his peers. This is eventually revealed to be due to the manipulations of his aunt Isana, [[spoiler:who is actually his ''mother'' and has used her powerful Watercrafting to fake Tavi's age and to prevent the onset of ''his'' powerful Furycrafting. She did it to prevent anyone from realizing that Tavi's father was none other than Gaius Septimus, the late heir apparent to the Aleran empire, making Tavi the only legitimate heir to the throne]].
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* ParentInducedExtendedChildhood: Played with. At the start of the cycle, Tavi is a 15 years-old orphan but looks much younger. As well, he cannot manifest any Furycrafting powers, which usually awaken at age 12-13 in his peers. This is eventually revealed to be due to the manipulations of his aunt Isana, [[spoiler:who who is actually his ''mother'' and has used her powerful Watercrafting to fake Tavi's age and to prevent the onset of ''his'' powerful Furycrafting. She did it to prevent anyone from realizing that Tavi's father was none other than Gaius Septimus, the late heir apparent to the Aleran empire, making Tavi the only legitimate heir to the throne]].throne.
* DeterminedDefeatist: He spends the vast majority of ''First Lord's Fury'' completely convinced that the Vord will inevitably take over Alera and his people are trapped in a HopelessWar. Despite all of that, he still firmly fights as hard as he can to make sure the Realm will stand for as long as it can.
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Former ''singulare'' to Princeps Septimus. Probably the second greatest swordsman alive, fears only the swordsman who once beat him – the legendary Araris Valerian. Lover of Odiana, and a mercenary in the service of the Aquitaines.
Former ''singulare'' to Princeps Septimus. Probably the second greatest swordsman alive, fears only the swordsman who once beat him – the legendary Araris Valerian. Lover of Odiana, and a mercenary in the service of the Aquitaines.
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Former ''singulare'' to Princeps Septimus.
* HeCleansUpNicely: After spending close to two decades presenting himself as a mentally disabled unkempt slave, it's mentioned to be quite surprising how handsome he looks after he regains his will to live and decides to clean himself back up following the epilogue of ''Cursor's Fury''.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: His outwardly lecherous behavior belies a surprisingly intelligent and tactically-minded nature. Additionally, he's also probably the single most powerful of all of Tavi's friends in terms of furycrafting and straight-up combat.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: His outwardly lecherous behavior belies a surprisingly intelligent and tactically-minded nature. Additionally, he's also probably the single most powerful of all of Tavi's friends in terms of both furycrafting and straight-up combat.
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* FlatWhat: His reaction to being told the catapult he just destroyed, and promised to help rebuild, was made with ''no'' crafting and the new one will be like that.
* HandsomeLech: Occasionally verging on ChivalrousPervert.
* HandsomeLech: Occasionally verging on ChivalrousPervert.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: As lecherous as he is (to the point where he self-mockingly claims that he "treats women like objects"), Max is very keen on earning women's consent before he sleeps with them. Sure, he'll earthcraft them to be a ''little'' more open to him than they might otherwise be, but this is presented as more him just "speeding up the timetable" than anything else. In fact, it's mentioned that many of the women he bedded at the Academy were actually women that he'd previously helped defend from the interests of unwanted suitors.
* FlatWhat: Hisreaction [[OhCrap reaction]] in the first chapter of ''Cursor's Fury'' to being told the catapult he just destroyed, and promised to help rebuild, was made with ''no'' crafting and the new one will be like that.
* HandsomeLech: Occasionally verging on ChivalrousPervert. It's even noted that
* FlatWhat: His
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* HiddenDepths: Despite his goofy demeanor, he often shows a surprisingly clever mind in terms of politics, furycrafting, and insight into one's character. For instance, he bluntly but honestly informs Tavi in ''First Lord's Fury'' that he's a better man than Gaius Sextus ever was, since Tavi wouldn't have simply condemned the civilians of Alera Imperia that couldn't be evacuated in time to death like Sextus did with his HeroicSacrifice. He also read up on advanced furycrafting theory in preparation for Tavi's expedition to Canea so as to make sure he and his friends were CrazyPrepared. Furthermore, he critiques Tavi during ''First Lord's Fury'' by noting how he hasn't been properly taking Kitai's opinions into account within their romance.
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* HiddenDepths: Despite his goofy demeanor, he often shows a surprisingly clever mind in terms of politics, furycrafting, and insight into one's character. For instance, he bluntly but honestly informs Tavi in ''First Lord's Fury'' that he's a better man than Gaius Sextus ever was, since Tavi wouldn't have simply condemned the civilians of Alera Imperia that couldn't be evacuated in time to death like Sextus did with his HeroicSacrifice. He also read up on advanced furycrafting theory in preparation for Tavi's expedition to Canea so as to make sure he and his friends were CrazyPrepared. Furthermore, he critiques criticizes Tavi during ''First Lord's Fury'' by noting how he hasn't been properly taking Kitai's opinions into account within regarding their romance.
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* LadykillerInLove: He is very interested in Cereus Veradis, who won't give him the time of day. It's implied that she's started to warm up to him after the end of the Vord War, though.
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* LadykillerInLove: He is very interested in Cereus Veradis, who won't give him the time of day. It's implied that she's started to warm up to him after the end of the Vord War, though.though, likely aided in part.
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* MeaningfulName: Antyllus, son of Marc Antony, who ''did'' die young because his father's death stripped him of his protection - because Gaius Octavian murdered him.
* MrFanservice: It's often mentioned that [[SheCleansUpNicely He Cleans Up Nicely]] and that his attractive & boisterous HeroicBuild often got him into bed with any woman he smiled at in the Academy.
* MoodWhiplash: Causes it just by wandering in and out of scenes. Especially when his past comes up, he goes from happy to dark and curt quickly.
* MrFanservice: It's often mentioned that [[SheCleansUpNicely He Cleans Up Nicely]] and that his attractive & boisterous HeroicBuild often got him into bed with any woman he smiled at in the Academy.
* MoodWhiplash: Causes it just by wandering in and out of scenes. Especially when his past comes up, he goes from happy to dark and curt quickly.
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* MeaningfulName: Antyllus, son of Marc Antony, who ''did'' die young because his father's death stripped him of his protection - -- because Gaius Octavian murdered him.
* MrFanservice: It's often mentioned that [[SheCleansUpNicely He Cleans Up Nicely]] and that while he's not precisely "conventionally" handsome, his attractive & boisterous HeroicBuild along with his DeadpanSnarker streak and status as TheCharmer often got him into bed with any woman he smiled at in the Academy.
* MoodWhiplash: Causes it just by wandering in and out of scenes. Especially when his past comes up, where he goes from happy to dark and curt jarringly quickly.
* MrFanservice: It's often mentioned that [[SheCleansUpNicely He Cleans Up Nicely]] and that while he's not precisely "conventionally" handsome, his attractive & boisterous HeroicBuild along with his DeadpanSnarker streak and status as TheCharmer often got him into bed with any woman he smiled at in the Academy.
* MoodWhiplash: Causes it just by wandering in and out of scenes. Especially when his past comes up, where he goes from happy to dark and curt jarringly quickly.
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* ThePornomancer: His most-used application of earthcraft is to induce lust in women.
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* ThePornomancer: His most-used application of earthcraft is to induce lust in women. Downplayed in that it's specifically noted that Max less uses his earthcrafting to get women into bed with him without their consent, but more to distract them so he can "properly" romance them with his silver tongue.
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* SpareToTheThrone: While Max has no ambitions to take his father's position of High Lord, Dorotea is aware that should something happen to her Crassus, or if Max gets enough support from Antillus' Legions and the other High Lords, he could challenge Crassus for the position. She views his actions, growing prominent in the legions, becoming friends with the page of the First Lord, as a plot to get around his illegitimacy. So she seeks to kill him.
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* StepfordSmiler: Max uses his lechery and goofiness to avoid thinking about how miserable and depressing his life usually is.
* SpareToTheThrone: While Max has no ambitions to take his father's position of High Lord, Dorotea is aware that should something happen to her Crassus, or if Max gets enough support from Antillus' Legions and the other High Lords, he could challenge Crassus for the position. She views his actions, growingprominent prominence in the legions, Legions, becoming friends with the page of the First Lord, as a plot to get around his illegitimacy. So she seeks to kill him.
* SpareToTheThrone: While Max has no ambitions to take his father's position of High Lord, Dorotea is aware that should something happen to her Crassus, or if Max gets enough support from Antillus' Legions and the other High Lords, he could challenge Crassus for the position. She views his actions, growing
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* WhatTheHellHero: He calls out Tavi on not properly courting Kitai according to the tenets of both her people and that of Aleran culture in ''First Lord's Fury'', even noting that as a bastard himself, he wouldn't want to inflict the pains of illegitimacy upon anyone if he could afford it and it's more than understandable how angry Kitai would be at Tavi about this.
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* NonStandardCharacterDesign: When furies are physically manifested, they most often take the form of some type of plant or animal (i.e., Count Gram's fire fury Phyllis taking the form of a hummingbird, and a feral fire fury in ''First Lord's Fury'' being described as taking the form of a swaying willow tree). Isana's water fury Rill instead never directly manifests as anything other than a faint reflection of a younger Isana (specifically, around the time she first came into Rill's power) in the water she is currently controlling. Why ''exactly'' Rill looks so different from any other fury is intentionally left as a RiddleForTheAges.
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* TookALevelInBadass: She gets a ''lot'' more powerful after a little swim in the Leviathans' Run. It's not entirely clear, though, exactly why that is: maybe she got them from the swim in the ocean in a stressful situation, but then again maybe she had that power all along or Septimus left her some furies of his own when he died and she didn't realize it. In either case, any extraordinary use of her power in her homeland is more normal where she is familiar with the place, and because she's a nobody from the hinterlands, she just assumed she couldn't possibly be that powerful otherwise.
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* TookALevelInBadass: She gets a ''lot'' more powerful after a little swim in the Leviathans' Run. It's Interestingly, it's not entirely clear, though, exactly clear why that this is: maybe she got them from the swim in the ocean in a stressful situation, but then again maybe she had that power all along or Septimus left her some furies of his own when he died and she didn't realize it. In either case, any extraordinary use of her power in her homeland is more normal where she is familiar with the place, and because she's a nobody from the hinterlands, she just assumed she couldn't possibly be that powerful otherwise.
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* WaterIsWomanly: A single-element Crafter of Water and one of the strongest watercrafters in all of Alera. She's also selfless, kind empath and motherly figure for Tavi.
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* WaterIsWomanly: A single-element Crafter of Water and one of the strongest watercrafters in all of Alera. She's also a selfless, kind empath and loyal motherly figure for Tavi.
* HeroicDogs: His earth fury Brutus takes the form of a hunting dog.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: He gets both scalped and his heart ripped out of his chest by a group of angry Marat of the Horse Tribe off-page after Odiana arranges it to look like he was responsible for desecrating the bodies of some of their fallen warriors.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: He gets both scalped and his heart ripped out of his chest by a group of angry Marat of the Horse Tribe Clan off-page after Odiana arranges it to look like he was responsible for desecrating the bodies of some of their fallen warriors.
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* HateSink: [[invoked]] Basically the main purpose of his existence in the first book is to give readers a villain they could hate wholeheartedly (Atsurak doesn't even interact with the main cast in his brief appearances, while Team Fidelias operates on an EvilIsCool basis and has some redeeming traits).
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* HateSink: [[invoked]] Basically the main purpose of his existence in the first book is to give readers a villain they could hate wholeheartedly (Atsurak doesn't even barely interact with the main cast in his brief appearances, while Team Fidelias both operates on an EvilIsCool basis and has have some redeeming traits).{{Evil Virtues}}).
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: A massive misogynist.
* ScaryScorpions: His Earth Fury manifests as one.
* ScaryScorpions: His Earth Fury manifests as one.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: A massive misogynist.
misogynist. Her also mocks and derides Tavi for being a "furyless freak" (which is basically treated as an InUniverse disability)
* ScaryScorpions: HisEarth Fury earth fury manifests as one.
* ScaryScorpions: His
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* CoolHorse: Her air fury, Cirrus, appears as a translucent horse made of air when it's manifested physically.
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* CoolHorse: Her air wind fury, Cirrus, appears as a translucent horse made of air and clouds when it's manifested physically.
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* TheyCalledMeMad: Magnus invokes this when celebrating the success of his and Tavi's furycraft-free catapult at the beginning of ''Cursor's Fury''. (Magnus isn't exactly a [[MadScientist Mad Historian]], but to be fair, the fools at the Academy ''did'' call him mad.)
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* TheyCalledMeMad: Magnus invokes this when celebrating the success of his and Tavi's furycraft-free catapult at the beginning of ''Cursor's Fury''. (Magnus Magnus isn't exactly a [[MadScientist Mad Historian]], but to be fair, the fools at the Academy ''did'' call him mad.)
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* DeathbedConfession: He openly confirms his role in manipulating Atsurak into attacking Calderon years ago after Doroga tells him when the Vord War was over, they would have words about his role in getting a good many Marat killed.
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* DeathbedConfession: He openly confirms his role in manipulating Atsurak into attacking the Calderon Valley years ago after Doroga tells him when the Vord War was over, they would have words about his role in getting a good many Marat killed.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Not many, but she dislikes pointless deaths and would rather rule the country through manipulation of the government than all-out war. After siding with the Vord due to desperation, she's also shown small signs of regretting her choice.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Not many, but she dislikes pointless deaths and would rather rule the country through manipulation of the government than all-out war. After siding with the Vord due to desperation, she's also shown small signs of regretting her choice.choice, such as her visibly wincing in sympathy to a young mother when she mistakenly thinks the Awakened Vord Queen is about to kill the young woman's infant child.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: While she'll be polite and make a number of necessary deals in public, even managing to form a bond of sorts with the Awakened Vord Queen because of how useful she is, make no mistake - the woman is ultimately a ruthless monster.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: While she'll be polite and make a number of necessary deals in public, even managing to form a bond of sorts with the Awakened Vord Queen because of how useful she is, make no mistake - -- the woman is ultimately a ruthless monster.
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* MeaningfulRename: Isana renames her Nihilus Invidia for her ChronicBackstabbingDisorder.
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* MeaningfulRename: Isana renames her Nihilus Invidia "Nihilus Invidia" for her ChronicBackstabbingDisorder.
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* VillainousFriendship: Develops into a type IV relationship with the Awakened Vord Queen, with the Queen being somewhat put out by her sudden death and admitting that they had formed something of a bond.
* VillainousRescue: An odd case in ''First Lord's Fury''. She saves the life of the Awakened Vord Queen at one point from the Junior Queen during their duel in the ruins outside Alera Imperia, as she's smart enough to realize that the "non-defective" Junior Queen wouldn't see Invidia as a valuable asset to the Vord conquest.
* VillainousRescue: An odd case in ''First Lord's Fury''. She saves the life of the Awakened Vord Queen at one point from the Junior Queen during their duel in the ruins outside Alera Imperia, as she's smart enough to realize that the "non-defective" Junior Queen wouldn't see Invidia as a valuable asset to the Vord conquest.
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* VillainousFriendship: Develops into a type IV relationship with the Awakened Vord Queen, with the Queen being somewhat put out by her sudden death and even admitting that they had formed something of a bond.
* VillainousRescue: An odd case in ''First Lord's Fury''. She saves the life of the Awakened Vord Queen at one point from the Junior Queen during their duel in the ruins outside Alera Imperia, as she's smart enough to realize that the "non-defective" Junior Queen wouldn't see Invidia as a valuable asset to theVord Vord's conquest.
* VillainousRescue: An odd case in ''First Lord's Fury''. She saves the life of the Awakened Vord Queen at one point from the Junior Queen during their duel in the ruins outside Alera Imperia, as she's smart enough to realize that the "non-defective" Junior Queen wouldn't see Invidia as a valuable asset to the
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* YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood: Fidelias tries to get her to see she could reveal herself in ''Captain's Fury'', save the trapped Legions from the Canim forces, and become a hero of the Realm once more. Instead, Invidia plans to sacrifice the Legions and depart with Fidelias, to make sure he is taken care of as well. Later, in ''First Lord's Fury'', Isana ''almost'' convinces her to help her fellow Lords defeat the Vord Queen and save the nation... but she decides to try killing them too to win the day as the last woman standing, and the whole plan blows up in her face.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Tends to happen to her retainers. She orders Fidelias to kill Arnos if Navaris wins the duel against Tavi, and Fidelias suspects (with good reason) that she'll order ''him'' killed sometime.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Tends to happen to her retainers. She orders Fidelias to kill Arnos if Navaris wins the duel against Tavi, and Fidelias suspects (with good reason) that she'll order ''him'' killed sometime.
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* YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood: Fidelias tries to get her to see she could reveal herself in ''Captain's Fury'', save the trapped Legions from the Canim forces, and become a hero of the Realm once more. Instead, since she doesn't think there's enough of a good chance for her to actually survive, Invidia plans to sacrifice the Legions and depart with Fidelias, to make sure he is taken care of as well. Later, in ''First Lord's Fury'', Isana ''almost'' convinces her to help her fellow Lords defeat the Vord Queen and save the nation... but she decides to try killing them too to win the day as the last woman standing, and the whole plan blows up in her face.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Tends to happen to her retainers. She orders Fidelias to kill Arnos if Navaris wins the duel against Tavi, and Fidelias suspects (with good reason) that she'll order ''him'' killed sometime. Additionally, she was fully prepared to let the Senatorial Guard and First Aleran Legions all get wiped out by the vengeful Canim and Free Aleran forces since it could be spun to her political advantage.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Tends to happen to her retainers. She orders Fidelias to kill Arnos if Navaris wins the duel against Tavi, and Fidelias suspects (with good reason) that she'll order ''him'' killed sometime. Additionally, she was fully prepared to let the Senatorial Guard and First Aleran Legions all get wiped out by the vengeful Canim and Free Aleran forces since it could be spun to her political advantage.
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The Senator in charge of military spending, who dismisses any report of military threats that don't fit his preconceptions. Politically, not a supporter of the First Lord, but in a position too sensitive to ignore.
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The
* BewareTheQuietOnes: He's often likened and described as being a "frail old man," but survives right to the end of the series despite being put through some of the worst possible battles.
* FeedItABomb: How he manages to kill the last of the Vordbulks, flying into its mouth while unleashing all of his firecrafting, effectively ''vaporizing'' its head.
* HeroicSacrifice: He flies into the last Vordbulk's mouth and blows its head to smithereens through his firecrafting, saving Garrison and helping win the day for the Alerans.
* OldSoldier:
* OlderThanTheyLook: Subverted. It's specifically noted that, unusually for a skilled Citizen-tier furycrafter, Macius' watercrafting isn't able to make him look decades younger than he really is, resulting in him being one of Alera's few watercrafting-capable aristocrats to actually look his age.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: His son and heir Vereus is killed by the Vord early on into the events of ''Princeps' Fury''.
* PapaWolf:
** After Kalarus obliquely threatens Macius' son, daughter, and grandchildren, he makes Kalarus' water image ''explode'' into droplets, and directly aids on the frontlines during Kalarus' siege of the city to help keep his family safe.
** His HeroicSacrifice to kill the last Vordbulk is motivated primarily by how his daughter and his grandchildren are all hiding behind Garrison's walls with the rest of the Calderon Valley's refugees, and if the Vordbulk isn't stopped, it will plow right through the Aleran defenses and kill everyone.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: High Lord Ceres is repeatedly shown to be a patient, wise man who is willing to listen to the advice of others even when it's not necessarily advice that he'd want to hear.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: He directly fights on the frontlines against both Kalarus and the Vord.
* ShutUpHannibal: After Kalarus's watercrafted image in Macius' garden subjects him to a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and all but ''orders'' him to stand down and let Kalarus' forces pass Ceres by or else he will take the city through bloody force, Macius silently stares at him for a moment before snarling "Get out of ''my garden''," making Kalarus' water image evaporate and then immediately start barking orders at his councilors to prepare for the defense of his city.
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: He subtly chooses "Good" through having his civic legionaries turn a blind eye to the Libertus Vigilantes, a group of ruthless abolitionists [[PayEvilUntoEvil who murder slavers]] in their drive to abolish slavery throughout the Realm, quietly supporting their viewpoint while being unable to openly endorse them since his city's largest market is in agriculture (as in, an industry "requiring" slave labor thanks to Alera's MedievalStasis).
* TraumaCongaLine: His city and subjects are repeatedly savaged -- first by Kalarus, and then by the Vord -- to the point where it must be abandoned, his son is killed in battle by the Vord, and he is forced to fight on essentially the front lines to keep the Realm standing. Suffice to say, he's basically falling apart by the end of the series.
* UndyingLoyalty:
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The daughter of High Lord Cereus Macius. As Alera slowly falls into chaos over the course of the series, she and her father find themselves increasingly intertwined with the Realm's politics.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Antillar Maximus is implied to have become a LadykillerInLove, being very fond of her but having his affections for her turned down multiple times. That being said, this trope might actually be downplayed since the series' epilogue heavily implies that she ''is'' starting to return his affections following the end of the Vord War.
* HeroWorshipper: She becomes quietly fawning over Isana and is greatly impressed by the older woman's NervesOfSteel and unexpected skill in the political arena.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Forms one with Isana.
* MagicalDefibrillator: Can do this through using a mix of windcrafting and watercrafting to channel electricity.
* [[NonActionGuy Non-Action Girl]]: While she is a skilled crafter, her specialties aren't in combat and are more based in healing people.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: She spends the vast majority of her time directly helping save the lives of Alera's legionaries, first during the Kalaran Rebellion and then during the Vord War.
* TraumaCongaLine: Her city and subjects are all ravaged -- to the point where Alera is eventually forced to abandon the city -- her older brother is killed (meaning that she must now indirectly care for her dead brother's children), and works herself to the bone through trying to keep Alera even somewhat standing as the conflict with the Vord slowly shifts more and more into a HopelessWar. Amara even mentions in her narration that Veradis is barely able to stop herself from breaking down crying when she's begging the Senate to help defend Ceres from the Vord's incoming attack.
* UnexpectedSuccessor: Her older brother was the next in line for Ceres' throne; as such, when he is killed by the Vord, everyone is very surprised to see her as Macius' successor.
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The Senator in charge of military spending, who dismisses any report of military threats that don't fit his preconceptions. Politically, not a supporter of the First Lord, but in a position too sensitive to ignore.
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* FeedItABomb: How he manages to kill the last of the Vordbulks, flying into its mouth while unleashing all of his firecrafting, effectively ''vaporizing'' its head.
* HeroicSacrifice: He flies into the last Vordbulk's mouth and blows its head to smithereens through his firecrafting, saving Garrison and helping win the day for the Alerans.
* OldSoldier:
* OlderThanTheyLook: Subverted. It's specifically noted that, unusually for a skilled Citizen-tier furycrafter, Macius' watercrafting isn't able to make him look decades younger than he really is, resulting in him being one of Alera's few watercrafting-capable aristocrats to actually look his age.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: His son and heir Vereus is killed by the Vord early on into the events of ''Princeps' Fury''.
* PapaWolf:
** After Kalarus obliquely threatens Macius' son, daughter, and grandchildren, he makes Kalarus' water image ''explode'' into droplets, and directly aids on the frontlines during Kalarus' siege of the city to help keep his family safe.
** His HeroicSacrifice to kill the last Vordbulk is motivated primarily by how his daughter and his grandchildren are all hiding behind Garrison's walls with the rest of the Calderon Valley's refugees, and if the Vordbulk isn't stopped, it will plow right through the Aleran defenses and kill everyone.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: High Lord Ceres is repeatedly shown to be a patient, wise man who is willing to listen to the advice of others even when it's not necessarily advice that he'd want to hear.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: He directly fights on the frontlines against both Kalarus and the Vord.
* ShutUpHannibal: After Kalarus's watercrafted image in Macius' garden subjects him to a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and all but ''orders'' him to stand down and let Kalarus' forces pass Ceres by or else he will take the city through bloody force, Macius silently stares at him for a moment before snarling "Get out of ''my garden''," making Kalarus' water image evaporate and then immediately start barking orders at his councilors to prepare for the defense of his city.
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: He subtly chooses "Good" through having his civic legionaries turn a blind eye to the Libertus Vigilantes, a group of ruthless abolitionists [[PayEvilUntoEvil who murder slavers]] in their drive to abolish slavery throughout the Realm, quietly supporting their viewpoint while being unable to openly endorse them since his city's largest market is in agriculture (as in, an industry "requiring" slave labor thanks to Alera's MedievalStasis).
* TraumaCongaLine: His city and subjects are repeatedly savaged -- first by Kalarus, and then by the Vord -- to the point where it must be abandoned, his son is killed in battle by the Vord, and he is forced to fight on essentially the front lines to keep the Realm standing. Suffice to say, he's basically falling apart by the end of the series.
* UndyingLoyalty:
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[[folder:Lady Cereus Veradis]]
The daughter of High Lord Cereus Macius. As Alera slowly falls into chaos over the course of the series, she and her father find themselves increasingly intertwined with the Realm's politics.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Antillar Maximus is implied to have become a LadykillerInLove, being very fond of her but having his affections for her turned down multiple times. That being said, this trope might actually be downplayed since the series' epilogue heavily implies that she ''is'' starting to return his affections following the end of the Vord War.
* HeroWorshipper: She becomes quietly fawning over Isana and is greatly impressed by the older woman's NervesOfSteel and unexpected skill in the political arena.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Forms one with Isana.
* MagicalDefibrillator: Can do this through using a mix of windcrafting and watercrafting to channel electricity.
* [[NonActionGuy Non-Action Girl]]: While she is a skilled crafter, her specialties aren't in combat and are more based in healing people.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: She spends the vast majority of her time directly helping save the lives of Alera's legionaries, first during the Kalaran Rebellion and then during the Vord War.
* TraumaCongaLine: Her city and subjects are all ravaged -- to the point where Alera is eventually forced to abandon the city -- her older brother is killed (meaning that she must now indirectly care for her dead brother's children), and works herself to the bone through trying to keep Alera even somewhat standing as the conflict with the Vord slowly shifts more and more into a HopelessWar. Amara even mentions in her narration that Veradis is barely able to stop herself from breaking down crying when she's begging the Senate to help defend Ceres from the Vord's incoming attack.
* UnexpectedSuccessor: Her older brother was the next in line for Ceres' throne; as such, when he is killed by the Vord, everyone is very surprised to see her as Macius' successor.
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The Senator in charge of military spending, who dismisses any report of military threats that don't fit his preconceptions. Politically, not a supporter of the First Lord, but in a position too sensitive to ignore.
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* HanslonsRazor: Tavi ultimately realizes that his AMillionIsAStatistic is ultimately born of this, with Arnos being both too stupid and too selfish to be "truly" evil and he just has a fundamental LackOfEmpathy making it so he doesn't understand the numerous hideous DisasterDominos that emerge from warfare.
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* HanslonsRazor: Tavi ultimately realizes that his AMillionIsAStatistic attitude is ultimately born of this, with Arnos being both too stupid and too selfish to be "truly" evil and he just has a fundamental LackOfEmpathy making it so he doesn't understand the numerous hideous DisasterDominos that emerge from warfare.
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* NoodleIncident: A non-comic version. When Invidia is blackmailing him into doing what she wants, she mentions several things, including what seems to have been an assassination.
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* NoodleIncident: A non-comic non-comedic version. When Invidia is blackmailing him into doing what she wants, she mentions several things, including what seems to have been an assassination.
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* YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood: Tavi commented that he could have, though he takes it back when he realizes that Arnos thinks AMillionIsAStatistic.
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* YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood: Tavi commented that he could have, though he takes it back when he realizes that Arnos thinks in terms of AMillionIsAStatistic.
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* NonIndicativeName: "Fidelias" means "faithful". Which he... um, isn't. Well, except to the Realm itself.
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* NonIndicativeName: "Fidelias" means "faithful". Which he... um, isn't. Well, except to the Realm itself.
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** Really, one scene in ''Cursor's Fury'' sums it up perfectly, when Amara and Rook have broken into Kalarus' tower apartment-dungeon to rescue his hostages. Amara notes that the apartment is richly and gorgeously decorated with various works of fine art, but the art pieces are all put together in a manner with no sense of style, theme, or commonality. The Cursor even lampshades it, noting how the room is an insight into Kalarus' character.
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** Really, one the scene in ''Cursor's Fury'' sums it up perfectly, when where Amara and Rook have broken into Kalarus' tower apartment-dungeon to rescue his hostages. hostages sums it up perfectly; Amara notes that the apartment is richly and gorgeously decorated with various works of fine art, but the art pieces are all put together in a manner with no sense of style, theme, or commonality. The Cursor even lampshades it, noting how the room is an excellent insight into Kalarus' character.
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* OrcusOnHisThrone: In ''Captain's Fury''. Justified because Bernard and Amara crippled him at the end of ''Cursor's Fury'' – he was quite an active villain before that.
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* OrcusOnHisThrone: In ''Captain's Fury''. Justified because Bernard and Amara crippled him at the end of ''Cursor's Fury'' – –- he was quite an active villain before that.
** When his forces were attacking Ceres, they were able to eventually bait the defending Ceresian Legions and Crown Legions into a devastating trap through savagely attacking the city's largest orphanage along with several streets where retired legionaries were living out their pensions.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Brencis is a talented warrior and crafter, despite being a coward and a jerk. When the going gets tough, he responds in kind, like the time when he fought Max to standstill despite being intoxicated, or when he disobeyed the Vord Queen despite having a discipline collar on. Also, he creates slaver collars more powerful then Invidia's, though that's at least in part because of tricks he learned from his father.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Brencis is a talented warrior and crafter, despite being a coward and a cowardly jerk. When the going gets tough, he responds in kind, like the time when he fought Max to standstill despite being intoxicated, or when he disobeyed the Awakened Vord Queen despite having a discipline collar on. Also, he creates slaver collars more powerful then than Invidia's, though that's at least in part because of tricks he learned from his father.
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* HanslonsRazor: Tavi ultimately realizes that his AMillionIsAStatistic is ultimately born of this, with Arnos being both too stupid and too selfish to be "truly" evil and he just has a fundamental LackOfEmpathy making it so he doesn't understand the numerous hideous DisasterDominos that emerge from warfare.
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* PainfulTransformation: Araris makes it clear that even with his pain-numbing abilities via metalcrafting, his ChromeChampion transformation is ''highly'' painful (and the Vord Queen at one point takes advantage of this by reducing the temperature of the room to make his metal skin frost over), but when you're fighting the Vord Queen in a last-ditch effort to stop her from destroying all of Alera, [[GodzillaThreshold you'll do it]].
* ThePenance: Part of his branding himself is to pay for his perceived cowardice and his Greatest Failures.
* ThePenance: Part of his branding himself is to pay for his perceived cowardice and his Greatest Failures.
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* PainfulTransformation: Araris makes it clear that even with his pain-numbing abilities via metalcrafting, his ChromeChampion transformation is ''highly'' painful (and the Vord Queen at one point takes advantage of this by reducing the temperature of the room to make his metal skin frost over), but when you're fighting the Awakened Vord Queen in a last-ditch effort to stop her from destroying all of Alera, Carna, [[GodzillaThreshold you'll do it]].
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* PosthumousCharacter: Died before the start of the series in the Marat war. That's what is commonly believed, anyway. The reality is that he's been living undercover as the slave Fade.
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* PosthumousCharacter: Died before the start of the series in the Marat war.First Battle of Calderon. That's what is commonly believed, anyway. The reality is that he's been living undercover as the slave Fade.
* AndThenWhat: As he later confesses to Tavi, he's never really put much thought into what he'd do with his life since he was fully in the mindset that Dorotea would make sure he'd never live to old age. As such, he's left a bit at a loss about what exactly he should do after Dorotea is given HeelFaceBrainwashing and the Alerans ultimately "win" the Vord War. It's implied that he is now thinking about settling down, hopefully with Cereus Veradis.
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* CerebusRetcon: His status as TheHedonist comes across in a far darker light in ''Cursor's Fury'' once it's revealed that it's a side effect of him being fully aware of how his WickedStepmother will ensure he has a short and tragic life.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: His outwardly lecherous behavior belies a surprisingly intelligent and tactically-minded nature.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: His outwardly lecherous behavior belies a surprisingly intelligent and tactically-minded nature.
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* CerebusRetcon: His status as TheHedonist comes across in a far darker light in come ''Cursor's Fury'' once it's revealed that it's a side effect of him being fully aware of how his WickedStepmother will ensure he has a short and tragic life.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: His outwardly lecherous behavior belies a surprisingly intelligent and tactically-minded nature. Additionally, he's also probably the single most powerful of all of Tavi's friends in terms of furycrafting and straight-up combat.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: His outwardly lecherous behavior belies a surprisingly intelligent and tactically-minded nature. Additionally, he's also probably the single most powerful of all of Tavi's friends in terms of furycrafting and straight-up combat.
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* BroughtDownToBadass: The Awakened Vord Queen badly cripples him in ''First Lord's Fury'', to the point where it's unknown if he'll ever be able to actually walk again without extensive physical therapy. However, he's still an incredibly deadly furycrafter, and both he & a nearly-unconscious Max successfully erect a stone barrier during ''a furystorm'' to help the First Aleran in the Battle of Third Calderon.
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* BroughtDownToBadass: The Awakened Vord Queen badly cripples him in ''First Lord's Fury'', Fury'' by making him fall out of the sky, to the point where it's unknown if he'll ever be able to actually walk again without extensive physical therapy. However, he's still an incredibly deadly furycrafter, and both he & a nearly-unconscious Max successfully erect a stone barrier during ''a furystorm'' to help the First Aleran in the Battle of Third Calderon.
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* FireForgedFriends: With Tavi, since they were on oppsite sides of the conflict with the Canim until Tavi managed to bring about a peace between both sides.
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A former slave who was liberated by the Narashan Canim during their invasion of the Amaranth Vale, and who has since become the First Spear of the "Free Aleran Legion" (made up entirely of liberated Aleran slaves fighting with the Canim to preserve their freedom).
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* FireForgedFriends: With Tavi, since they were onoppsite opposite sides of the conflict with the Canim until Tavi managed to bring about a peace between both sides. Their friendship was further engrained following Durias helping with Tavi's expedition to kill one of the Canean Vord Queens.
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* OnlySaneMan: Among the group of Alerans and Canim Tavi leads to kill one of the two remaining Canea Vord Queens.
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* NaiveNewcomer: A downplayed case; during Tavi's expedition to kill of the Canean Vord Queens, Tavi internally muses how out of all the people he has brought along with him, Durias is the only one who hasn't been previously exposed to any of Tavi's CrazyEnoughToWork stratagems, and so must think they've all gone insane. Him looking back to see Durias' pained "Why ''me?''" expression regarding why someone like him was brought along pretty much seals it.
* OnlySaneMan: Among the group of Alerans and Canim Tavi leads to kill one of the two remainingCanea Canean Vord Queens.
* OnlySaneMan: Among the group of Alerans and Canim Tavi leads to kill one of the two remaining
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* TheDarkChick: Male variant, to the Vord. Completely selfish, he has no higher motives than having a good time.
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* DamselInDistress: If there's a situation where she can be kidnapped and/or swoon, she'll be taken full advantage of. She even lampshades it later on:
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-->'''Isana:''' At some point I would like a few weeks to go by in which I do not faint during a crisis.
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* DistressedDamsel: If there's a situation where she can be kidnapped and/or swoon, she'll be taken full advantage of. She even lampshades it later on:
-->'''Isana:''' At some point I would like a few weeks to go by in which I do not faint during a crisis.
-->'''Isana:''' At some point I would like a few weeks to go by in which I do not faint during a crisis.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Invidia essentially disembowels him with a heated sword that sutured his wounds shut (preventing him from being healed by watercrafting), causing him to very slowly waste away over the last act of ''First Lord's Fury''.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Invidia essentially disembowels him with a heated sword that sutured cauterized his wounds shut (preventing him from being healed by watercrafting), causing him to very slowly waste away over the last act of ''First Lord's Fury''.
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!Tavi of Calderon, a.k.a. Rufus Scipio, a.k.a. [[UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}} Gaius Octavian]], a.k.a. Gaius Tavarus Magnus
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