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* [[spoiler:TheMasochismTango]]: With [[spoiler: Attolia]]. First he fell in love with her from afar. He spent a lot of time [[StalkerWithACrush sneaking around and watching her]]. Then she [[spoiler: cut of his hand]], causing him to go into [[HeroicBSOD a deep depression]]. Eventually he recovers, only to [[spoiler: kidnap her]] and propose marriage.

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* [[spoiler:TheMasochismTango]]: TheMasochismTango: With [[spoiler: Attolia]]. First he fell in love with her from afar. He spent a lot of time [[StalkerWithACrush sneaking around and watching her]]. Then she [[spoiler: cut of his hand]], causing him to go into [[HeroicBSOD a deep depression]]. Eventually he recovers, only to [[spoiler: kidnap her]] and propose marriage.
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* LikeBrotherAndSister: With Eddis.

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* LikeBrotherAndSister: With [[spoiler: Eddis.]]



* [[spoiler:TheMasochismTango]]

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* [[spoiler:TheMasochismTango]][[spoiler:TheMasochismTango]]: With [[spoiler: Attolia]]. First he fell in love with her from afar. He spent a lot of time [[StalkerWithACrush sneaking around and watching her]]. Then she [[spoiler: cut of his hand]], causing him to go into [[HeroicBSOD a deep depression]]. Eventually he recovers, only to [[spoiler: kidnap her]] and propose marriage.
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** "And how!"

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** "And how!" ''And how!''



* NoHeroToHisValet: As much as his childhood friend Eddis respects him, she still says explicitly that she would sooner strangle him than marry him. She also tells the woman he's in love with how much of a liar he is.

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* NoHeroToHisValet: As much as his childhood friend Eddis [[spoiler: Eddis]] respects him, she still says explicitly that she would sooner strangle him than marry him. She also tells the woman he's in love with how much of a liar he is.



* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking

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* AuthorityEqualsAsskickingAuthorityEqualsAsskicking



* LikeBrotherAndSister - With Eugenides.
* MeaningfulName

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* LikeBrotherAndSister - With Eugenides.
[[spoiler: Eugenides]]
* MeaningfulNameMeaningfulName: Her name is ironic, as the original [[spoiler: Helen]] was the most beautiful woman in the world. It's explicitly mentioned that Eddis isn't conventionally beautiful at all.



---> Attolia: "I have trusted you, and no, that does not mean that I have not had you watched and that I do not have spies that watch my spies, and spies even that watch those."

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---> Attolia: '''Attolia''': "I have trusted you, and no, that does not mean that I have not had you watched and that I do not have spies that watch my spies, and spies even that watch those."



* DanceOfRomance: With [[spoiler: Eugenedes]], in "The King of Attolia".

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* DanceOfRomance: With [[spoiler: Eugenedes]], Eugenides]], in "The King of Attolia".



* EstablishingCharacterMoment

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* EstablishingCharacterMomentEstablishingCharacterMoment: When she has [[spoiler: Gen's hand cut off]]. She spends a lot of time in the first and second books [[DefrostingIceQueen mellowing out]].

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* BigBrotherIsWatching

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* BigBrotherIsWatchingBigBrotherIsWatching : This quote from the third book sums it up
---> Attolia: "I have trusted you, and no, that does not mean that I have not had you watched and that I do not have spies that watch my spies, and spies even that watch those."



* EarnYourHappyEnding

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* EarnYourHappyEndingEarnYourHappyEnding:



* UnderestimatingBadassery: to [[spoiler: to Eugenides]]

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* UnderestimatingBadassery: to [[spoiler: to Eugenides]]



* TheSpymaster

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* TheSpymasterTheSpymaster

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** And how!

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** And how! "And how!"



*BadassArmy: She has one that's absolutely devoted to her, in the form of the Queen's guard



* DanceOfRomance: With [[spoiler: Eugenedes]], in The King of Attolia.

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* DanceOfRomance: With [[spoiler: Eugenedes]], in The "The King of Attolia.Attolia".



* DefrostingIceQueen: A major plot point in The Queen of Attolia.

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* DefrostingIceQueen: A major plot point in The "The Queen of Attolia.Attolia".
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* DanceOfRomance

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* DanceOfRomanceDanceOfRomance: With [[spoiler: Eugenedes]], in The King of Attolia.



* DefrostingIceQueen

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* DefrostingIceQueenDefrostingIceQueen: A major plot point in The Queen of Attolia.
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** Her name means {{spoiler:peace}}. The irony lies in that her reign has been riddled with war.

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** Her name means {{spoiler:peace}}.[[spoiler: peace]]. The irony lies in that her reign has been riddled with war.



** Married to the {{spoiler: chosen one of the gods}}

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** Married to the {{spoiler: [[spoiler: chosen one of the gods}}gods]]



* UnderestimatingBadassery: to {{spoiler: to Eugenides}}

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* UnderestimatingBadassery: to {{spoiler: [[spoiler: to Eugenides}}
Eugenides]]



* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: To {{spoiler: Eugenedes}}

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: To {{spoiler: Eugenedes}}
[[spoiler: Eugenedes]]



* MuggingTheMonster: Really, Sejanus, did you honestly think it was a good idea to try and bait {{spoiler: the former their of Eddis}}? Where have you been for the past two books?

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* MuggingTheMonster: Really, Sejanus, did you honestly think it was a good idea to try and bait {{spoiler: [[spoiler: the former their of Eddis}}? Eddis]]? Where have you been for the past two books?
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** Her name means peace. The irony lies in that her reign has been brought with war.

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** Her name means peace. {{spoiler:peace}}. The irony lies in that her reign has been brought riddled with war.

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** Her name means peace. The irony lies in that her reign has been brought with war.



** To her Mede ambassador

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** To her Mede ambassadorambassador. Leads to a CrowningMomentOfAwesome



**Married to the {{spoiler: chosen one of the gods}}



* UnderestimatingBadassery

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* UnderestimatingBadassery
UnderestimatingBadassery: to {{spoiler: to Eugenides}}



* UndyingLoyalty

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* UndyingLoyalty
UndyingLoyalty: To Attolia



* BerserkButton

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* BerserkButtonBerserkButton: The honor of the Queen's guard



* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech
TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: To {{spoiler: Eugenedes}}



* MuggingTheMonster

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* MuggingTheMonsterMuggingTheMonster: Really, Sejanus, did you honestly think it was a good idea to try and bait {{spoiler: the former their of Eddis}}? Where have you been for the past two books?
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* Jerkass: Is a serious jerk to Sophos, who hero-worships him, not to mention anyone who he perceives as being from a lower class (most noticeably Gen).

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* Jerkass: {{Jerkass}}: Is a serious jerk to Sophos, who hero-worships him, not to mention anyone who he perceives as being from a lower class (most noticeably Gen).
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*Jerkass: Is a serious jerk to Sophos, who hero-worships him, not to mention anyone who he perceives as being from a lower class (most noticeably Gen).
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** Played with. Really, she's ruthless because it's the only way to survive as a female ruler in a sexist government. The Attolian lower class seems to love her, at least the one's we've seen.


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** To her Mede ambassador
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** And how!
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* BeyondTheImpossible
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* HairyHammerspace: Part of his first plot: hiding [[MineralMacguffin something]] [[{{Immortality}} essential]] in his long hair.

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* HairyHammerspace: Part of his first plot: hiding [[MineralMacguffin something]] [[{{Immortality}} [[ImmortalityInducer essential]] in his long hair.
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* AirVentEscape: It didn't work as well as it should have, thanks to interference from a certain someone. See CosmicPlaything.

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* AirVentEscape: It AirVentPassageway: The escape by this method didn't work as well as it should have, thanks to interference from a certain someone. See CosmicPlaything.
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* [=~He's Back~=]: Makes a spectacular and ground-breaking return after his episode of {{Angst}} in the second book.

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* [=~He's Back~=]: HesBack: Makes a spectacular and ground-breaking return after his episode of {{Angst}} in the second book.



* [=~Let's Get Dangerous~=]

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* [=~Let's Get Dangerous~=]LetsGetDangerous
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* HairyHammerspace: Part of his first XanatosGambit plot: hiding [[MineralMacguffin something]] [[{{Immortality}} essential]] in his long hair.

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* HairyHammerspace: Part of his first XanatosGambit plot: hiding [[MineralMacguffin something]] [[{{Immortality}} essential]] in his long hair.
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* UndyingLoyalty
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**And occasionally Nahuserloser.
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* ImpossibleThief: [[spoiler: He goes from a lowly thief in the prisons of Sounis at the beginning of the series to the sovereign of ''all three countries by the end of the series; Eddis, Sounis and Attolia.]]

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* ImpossibleThief: [[spoiler: He goes from a lowly thief in the prisons of Sounis at the beginning of the series to the sovereign of ''all three countries by the end of the series; Eddis, Sounis and Attolia. Though to be fair, he was in prison by his own choice and only pretending to be "lowly".]]
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* NoHeroToHisValet: As much as his childhood friend Eddis respects him, she still says explicitly that she would sooner die than marry him. She also tells the woman he's in love with how much of a liar he is.

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* NoHeroToHisValet: As much as his childhood friend Eddis respects him, she still says explicitly that she would sooner die strangle him than marry him. She also tells the woman he's in love with how much of a liar he is.
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* HairyHammerspace: Part of his first XanatosGambit plot: hiding something essential in his long hair.

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* HairyHammerspace: Part of his first XanatosGambit plot: hiding something essential [[MineralMacguffin something]] [[{{Immortality}} essential]] in his long hair.
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* [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Crowning Moments Of Awesome]]

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* [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Crowning Moments Of Awesome]]Awesome]]: Has several throughout the series. Face it, where this CrazyAwesome, BunnyEarsLawyer thief goes, awesome immediately follows.



* [=~He's Back~=]

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* [=~He's Back~=]Back~=]: Makes a spectacular and ground-breaking return after his episode of {{Angst}} in the second book.



* NoHeroToHisValet

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* NoHeroToHisValetNoHeroToHisValet: As much as his childhood friend Eddis respects him, she still says explicitly that she would sooner die than marry him. She also tells the woman he's in love with how much of a liar he is.



* [[spoiler:StalkerWithACrush]]

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* [[spoiler:StalkerWithACrush]][[spoiler:StalkerWithACrush:]]
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* [=~Ain't Too Proud To Beg~=]

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* [=~Ain't [[AintTooProudToBeg Ain't Too Proud To Beg~=]Beg]]: The only one who can invoke this from him is Attolia, in her very scary TheHighQueen persona.



* CosmicPlaything: The gods had a hand in some of his great, as well as his [[Cold-BloodedTorture not so great]] achievements.

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* CosmicPlaything: The gods had a hand in some of his great, as well as his [[Cold-BloodedTorture [[ColdBloodedTorture not so great]] achievements.



* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: After

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* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: After his episode of BreakTheCutie, his long hair is cut short and it stays that way for the rest of the series.



* FirstPersonSmartass

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* FirstPersonSmartassFirstPersonSmartass: In the first book only.



* ImpossibleThief
* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis

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* ImpossibleThief
ImpossibleThief: [[spoiler: He goes from a lowly thief in the prisons of Sounis at the beginning of the series to the sovereign of ''all three countries by the end of the series; Eddis, Sounis and Attolia.]]
* IShouldWriteABookAboutThisIShouldWriteABookAboutThis: How the first book came into being, apparently. Sophos does something similiar to create ''A Conspiracy of Kings.''



* TurnOutLikeHisFather

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* TurnOutLikeHisFather
TurnOutLikeHisFather: At first, he despised fighting and killing like his father did, but it soon became a necessary skill for him to keep his position and his life.



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* [[=~Ain'tTooProudToBeg~=]]

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* [[=~Ain'tTooProudToBeg~=]][=~Ain't Too Proud To Beg~=]
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* [[=~Ain't Too Proud To Beg~=]]

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* [[=~Ain't Too Proud To Beg~=]][[=~Ain'tTooProudToBeg~=]]

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* [[AintTooProudToBeg Ain't Too Proud To Beg]]
* AirVentEscape

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* [[AintTooProudToBeg Ain't [[=~Ain't Too Proud To Beg]]
Beg~=]]
* AirVentEscapeAirVentEscape: It didn't work as well as it should have, thanks to interference from a certain someone. See CosmicPlaything.



* BadassBoast
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor

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* BadassBoast
BadassBoast: "I can steal anything," followed by "I can do anything I want!" with a helping of ThisIsSparta.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishForBeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He wanted to marry his love. He married her, along with all the responsibilities and obligations that came with the position.



* BreakTheCutie

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* BreakTheCutieBreakTheCutie: Broken horribly and tragically in the second book.



* ConsummateLiar
* CosmicPlaything

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* ConsummateLiar
ConsummateLiar: In the words of Eddis: "He always lies to me. He lies to himself. If Eugenides talked in his sleep, he'd lie then too."
* CosmicPlaythingCosmicPlaything: The gods had a hand in some of his great, as well as his [[Cold-BloodedTorture not so great]] achievements.



* ExpositoryHairstyleChange

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* ExpositoryHairstyleChangeExpositoryHairstyleChange: After



* HairyHammerspace

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* HairyHammerspaceHairyHammerspace: Part of his first XanatosGambit plot: hiding something essential in his long hair.



* LeapOfFaith

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* LeapOfFaithLeapOfFaith: He believes he'll only ever die of a fall if his god himself drops him. (And once your god betrays you, you really don't have any hope left anyway.)



* [[spoiler:LoveAtFirstSight]]: Towards [[spoiler:the Queen of Attolia]].

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* [[spoiler:LoveAtFirstSight]]: Towards [[spoiler:the [[spoiler:Towards the Queen of Attolia]].Attolia]]



* MeaningfulName

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* MeaningfulNameMeaningfulName: Eugenides is also the name of the god of thieves, and as he's the Queen's Thief, it's his name as well as his title.



* ObfuscatingStupidity
* [[spoiler:ReluctantRuler]]

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* ObfuscatingStupidity
ObfuscatingStupidity: In the first book. Funny thing is, ''he's the narrator,'' using the first-person perspective. Somehow he manages to fool the reader without leaving out anything that would be noticed.
* [[spoiler:ReluctantRuler]][[spoiler:ReluctantRuler]]: [[spoiler: He married his wife because he loved her, not because he wanted her throne.]]



* StreetUrchin ([[spoiler:Not]])

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* StreetUrchin ([[spoiler:Not]])StreetUrchin: See ObfuscatingStupidity.
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* ReluctantWarrior]]

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* ReluctantWarrior]]ReluctantWarrior



'''Attolia [[spoiler:Irene]]''

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'''Attolia [[spoiler:Irene]]''[[spoiler:Irene]]'''
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