History Characters / CodexAleraOtherRaces

!!Doroga, Headman of the Gargant Tribe

!!Tropes that apply to Nasaug:

!!Tropes that apply to Sarl:

!!Tropes that apply to the Vord Queen:

!Other

!!Tropes that apply to Alera:

** Meanwhile, the Awakened Vord Queen is so intelligent she's almost like a Zerg version of [[Franchise/StarWars Grand Admiral Thrawn]], using methods like underground ''croach'' nurseries, promising the protection of any turncoat/deserting Alerans, [[IHaveYourWife kidnapping Isana & Araris to hold them hostage]], infesting the very crows of Alera's with Takers to surprise attack Alera Imperia, utilized discipline collars fitted with the special methods of the House of Kalarus to enslave Aleran Citizens and use them as her ''[[BodyguardingABadass singulares]]'', et cetera.

* AnimalMotifs: The Marat tribes are each based around a certain animal, and the animal's nature is typically reflected in the tribals' demeanor. The known tribal animals are [[CoolHorse horses]] (fast, deceptively dangerous, hard-working, and stoic), [[SavageWolves wolves]] (merciless, cold, savage, and excellent at teamwork), [[FeatheredFiend herdbane]] (treacherous, quick-witted, flighty, impulsive, and stubborn), gargants (honorable, wise, slow to act but absolutely devastating and near-impossible to counter), and [[PantheraAwesome lions]] (though the latter never appear in the series). There was formerly a [[FantasticFoxes Fox]] Tribe, but the Wolf and Herdbane Tribes wiped them out several years prior to the start of the series.

* RockBeatsLaser: The fantasy equivalent; [[ImplausibleFencingPowers Knights Ferrous]] use their furycrafting abilities to [[ExtraOreDinary sense the metals of the weapons surrounding]] so they can slice arrows out of the air before they hit them and cut enemy swords to ribbons. The stone weapons used by the Marat, meanwhile, do not use metal at all, and so Kitai at one point is able to successfully force [[AxCrazy Phrygiar Navaris]] to back off from Isana and Araris by having her Horse Clan relatives surround the cutter with stone arrows and threaten to turn her into a glorified pincushion, as Navaris wouldn't be able to sense any metal in the arrows and thus wouldn't be able to cut enough before she'd be killed.

* {{Foil}}: For Tavi. Both lost a parent when they were young because of another clan or noble attacking them. Both sought to be "normal" for their own culture, Tavi wants Furycrafting and Kitai wants a horse. She is basically a princess, as her father is headman of one tribe and representative of many others to the Alerans, and Tavi is, unknown to him, also a prince. They differ in that while both sport a dry wit, Kitai is relatively level-headed and Tavi is often treated like a lunatic for his ''very'' outside-the-box ideas. Additionally, while Tavi is often incredibly polite & respectful towards others while trying to constantly plan for the future, Kitai has little to no respect for anything and is one to argue more for living in the moment & enjoying life while it lasts.

* GoodIsNotSoft: While she's a very friendly and honorable person, she's still at the end of the day a "barbarian" who practices cannibalism and lives with an almost sexual desire for combat and bloodshed.

* DeadpanSnarker: Kitai had to get it from ''somewhere'', after all. Particularly memorable is his editorializing when asked to mediate a ''[[DuelToTheDeath juris macto]]'', to the point where Placidus Garius (Antillus Raucus' second) [[LampshadeHanging outright notes that]] he doesn't think it's exactly proper for the Master of Arms regarding a ''juris macto'' to spend most of his time snarkily calling out its participants as being essentially a bunch of dolts too incompetent to just talk out their problems instead of relying on bloodshed.

* ShutUpKirk: A rare heroic case; When he is meeting with Isana's coterie in ''Princeps' Fury'', High Lady Placidus Aria -- who is, unbeknownst to everyone affected by the HatePlague inadvertently created by Aleran firecrafting mixing with Icemen watercrafting -- briefly marches right up to him and growls about how her elder brother [[YouKilledMyFather died at the Battle of First Calderon]] defending Gaius Septimus [[FantasticRacism "from your [Doroga's] kind"]], here is how Doroga ripostes and forces Aria to re-focus on the importance of the Alerans establishing an armistice with the Icemen:

'''Doroga:''' There is no use om chewing at old wounds. [[BrutalHonesty That battle ended more than twenty years ago]]. ''Today's'' battle is fought far to the south, where many good Alerans, your own husband among them, now fight the Vord. [[StealthInsult In case you have forgotten]], our purpose here is to make peace. ''[Doroga's eyes flash in restrained anger and Walker lets out a warning rumble] Let it be, Aleran.''

* BloodMagic: The Ritualists can create powerful magical effects with rituals that use blood as their chief component. Incidentally, it only works with the blood of sapient beings -- moral Ritualists use their own, while less moral one sacrifice other beings.

** This is how Canim technology in general seems to work, as the BloodMagic practiced by the Ritualists does not have the same flexibility as Aleran furycrafting. Most of what they build is intended to be used by someone without any magic, and most often they're all the more useful for it (ranging from terrifyingly dangerous weapons like their massive "balest" crossbows to the simple pulley system used to water the rooftop gardens found in their steadholt-analogues).
* CanisMajor: Canim are, on average, ''very'' large.

* FlyingBrick: The Awakened Queen takes all the [[LightningBruiser inherent physical power]] of the other queens and adds in the ability to fly via windcrafting. Her first fight scene sees her [[CurbStompBattle completely annihilate]] [[PersonOfMassDestruction High Lord Rhodes]] in a midair battle, though she might've also had some help from Invidia.
* GeniusBruiser: One of the scariest things about the Vord Queens in general is how incredibly ''smart'' they are. The first Queen is so intelligent she's almost like a Zerg version of [[Franchise/StarWars Grand Admiral Thrawn]].

* HiveQueen: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Well, duh.]]

* WaifFu: The Awakened Queen is able to tear through nine-foot tall Canim warriors, shred a Legion shieldwall, and take on the mightiest crafters in Alera with casual ease. She's also only about as tall as Tavi and Kitai were when they were about fourteen to sixteen years old.
* WeHaveReserves: The Queens will throw hundreds if not thousands of forces against a foe because they can create more so quickly. It is even weaponized in Canea when the horde constantly attacking the last surviving Canim range of Shuar for so long was a distraction while she had another group slowly dig a tunnel into the settlement.