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Although the Tortall books have a large cast, it's currently practical to keep them all in one spot because the protagonists from one series end up as supporting characters in the next--or extras take center stage.[[note]]If future books start making the page too unwieldy to edit, what's practical might change.[[/note]]
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Although the Tortall books have a large cast, it's currently practical to keep them all in one spot because the protagonists from one series [[CharacterOverlap end up as supporting characters characters]] in the next--or extras take center stage.[[note]]If future books start making the page too unwieldy to edit, what's practical might change.[[/note]]
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* RememberTheNewGuy: He's nowhere to be seen in ''Song of the Lioness'', but three chapters into the first ''Immortals'' book Alanna says he's one of her best friends. There's actually a gap of ''ten years'' between the quartets, but since they don't start the book saying it's been a decade since Alanna was knighted, or talk at all about what happened in that time, it takes either a comparison of dates or meeting the children of the ''Song of the Lioness'' cast to realize that enough time has passed for Numair to have reasonably become as important to Tortall and Alanna as he is.
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* CosmicPlaything: A few times. In ''Wolf-Speaker'' several animal gods get the idea that the Long Lake valley could be a harmonious home for humans, Immortals, and animals alike and arrange for Daine to go there, realize that even Immortals she reflexively dislikes aren't necessarily evil, and try to sort things out. She resents this but the animal gods are fairly up front and anyway she does want to help her friends. Daine has it worse in ''Emperor Mage'', thanks to a Carthaki goddess named the Graveyard Hag claiming her as her "vessel", and dislikes this a lot more. The Hag's plans are more mysterious and on a larger scale, and she delights in keeping Daine from telling anyone.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Justified: Daine's magic allows her to communicate with animals, i.e. explain to them that [[HumansAreBastards she isn't a cold-blooded killer,]] heal them, and animals gravitate to her because of this.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Justified: Daine's magic allows her to communicate with animals, i.e. explain to them that [[HumansAreBastards she isn't a cold-blooded killer,]] heal them, and animals gravitate to her because of this.
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* CosmicPlaything: A few times. In ''Wolf-Speaker'' several animal gods get the idea that the Long Lake valley could be a harmonious home for humans, Immortals, and animals alike and arrange for Daine to go there, realize that even Immortals she reflexively dislikes aren't necessarily evil, and try to sort things out. She resents this a bit but the animal gods are fairly up front and anyway she does want to help her friends. Daine has it worse in ''Emperor Mage'', thanks to a Carthaki goddess named the Graveyard Hag claiming her as her "vessel", and dislikes this a lot more. The Hag's plans are more mysterious and on a larger scale, and she delights in keeping Daine from telling anyone.
* EntitledToHaveYou: Daine's magic makes almost all animals in her vicinity love her and be willing to do what she wants, even at cost to themselves. But when she tries to get a pod of whales to attack a pirate fleet and they refuse, unwilling to kill and be killed for her sake, she's furious and tries to force them.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Justified: Daine's magic allows her to communicate with animals,i.e. explain to them that [[HumansAreBastards she isn't a cold-blooded killer,]] heal them, and animals they gravitate to her because of this.her, inherently liking and trusting her.
* EntitledToHaveYou: Daine's magic makes almost all animals in her vicinity love her and be willing to do what she wants, even at cost to themselves. But when she tries to get a pod of whales to attack a pirate fleet and they refuse, unwilling to kill and be killed for her sake, she's furious and tries to force them.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Justified: Daine's magic allows her to communicate with animals,
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* HotForTeacher: Magic teacher in this case, although it's worth noting that Pierce deliberately kept her and Numair both in denial about it until they considered themselves working partners instead of teacher and student, and Daine was of marriageable age by her culture's standards.
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* HotForTeacher: Magic teacher in this case, although it's worth noting that Pierce deliberately kept her case. She and Numair both in denial about it don't pair off until they considered themselves working partners instead of teacher and student, student and Daine was of marriageable age by her culture's standards.considered an adult, but she found him attractive even when she met him at thirteen.
In ''[[Literature/TempestsAndSlaughter]]'', Ozorne is the "leftover prince", in line for the Carthaki throne but with multiple older cousins. A mage student with great potential, he loves birds and his friends Varice and Arram, but there are certain suggestions of a darker side which is realized when the other heirs die and he becomes Emperor.
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* BerserkButton: He can respond... ''unpredictably'' to any mention or sight of Sirajit people, as a youth. Sometimes he's icily civil. Sometimes he flies into a paranoid rage and is in a foul mood for the rest of the day. Varice advises Arram to not even look at Siraj food at the market while in Ozorne's company.
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* BerserkButton: He As a youth he can respond... ''unpredictably'' to any mention or sight of Sirajit people, as a youth.people. Sometimes he's icily civil. Sometimes he flies into a paranoid rage and is in a foul mood for the rest of the day. Varice advises Arram to not even look at Siraj food at the market while in Ozorne's company.
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* EntitledToHaveYou: Assumes that Daine will happily work for him tending his birds and other animals [[spoiler: and he doesn't even ask her to stay, he just attempts to kill her friends while she's in a drugged sleep.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Not that he was really evil at the time, but in ''Tempests and Slaughter'' he takes the death of his cousin Prince Stiloht hard. He confesses to Arram that he doesn't care for most of his family and didn't mourn the deaths of any of the other heirs, but he cried for Stiloht.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Not that he was really evil at the time, but in ''Tempests and Slaughter'' he takes the death of his cousin Prince Stiloht hard. He confesses to Arram that he doesn't care for most of his family and didn't mourn the deaths of any of the other heirs, but he cried for Stiloht.
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* InformedFlaw: Arram sighs that Ozorne tells him not everyone is interested in ''everything''.
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* InformedFlaw: Arram sighs that Ozorne tells him not everyone is interested in ''everything''.''everything'', but while ''Tempests and Slaughter'' shows several unflattering things about Ozorne, on page he's always interested when Arram starts talking.
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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Varice knew Numair as children when they were placed in advanced classes together. They quickly forged a close friendship, eventually culminating in a romance as teenagers. Unfortunately, their relationship was not to last as Numair had to flee to Tortall to escape Ozorne.
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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Varice knew Numair as children when they were placed in advanced classes together. They quickly forged a close friendship, eventually culminating in a romance as teenagers. Unfortunately, their relationship was not to last as Numair had to flee to Tortall to escape Ozorne.Ozorne, while Varice stayed behind and made a place for herself in Ozorne's court. Still, they take it back up in ''Emperor Mage''.
* DemotedToExtra: She's dear friends with Arram and Ozorne in ''Tempests and Slaughter'', but in ''Emperor Mage'' she seems to be a courtier and functionary to Ozorne rather than being close to him at all.
* DemotedToExtra: She's dear friends with Arram and Ozorne in ''Tempests and Slaughter'', but in ''Emperor Mage'' she seems to be a courtier and functionary to Ozorne rather than being close to him at all.
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* FeminineWomenCanCook: Her magical abilities are most often used for this, because she genuinely loves cooking. And as noted below, they have many more applications than one might expect.
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* FeminineWomenCanCook: Her magical abilities are most often used for this, because she genuinely loves cooking. And as noted below, they have kitchen magic has many more applications than one might expect.
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* LackOfEmpathy: To a varying degree. Arram can't stand the sight of gladiators killing each other and ''hates'' the arena. Varice is sympathetic to her friend's tender sensibilities and sits with him to distract him when he's forced to attend a game, but she doesn't care at all about the lives and deaths of the arena slaves and thinks watching them is great fun. This is deliberate - she advises Arram that it's not good to care personally about the gladiators.
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* InformedAbility: Varice is said to be a mage on the same level as [[TheArchmage Arram]] and [[SorcerousOverlord Ozorne]], but she's so out of focus in ''Tempests and Slaughter'' that almost nothing of her magic is shown, just some medical applications. If you move chronologically from that book to ''Emperor Mage'', all we see of her magic then is that she can make a ''very'' fancy cake.
* LackOfEmpathy: To a varying degree. Arram can't stand the sight of gladiators killing each other and ''hates'' the arena. Varice is sympathetic to her friend's tender sensibilities and sits with him to distract him when he's forced to attend a game, butshe they are arena slaves forced to fight for the amusement of the crowd. She doesn't care at all about the their lives and deaths of the arena slaves and thinks watching them is great fun. This is deliberate - she advises Arram that it's not good to care personally about the gladiators.
* LackOfEmpathy: To a varying degree. Arram can't stand the sight of gladiators killing each other and ''hates'' the arena. Varice is sympathetic to her friend's tender sensibilities and sits with him to distract him when he's forced to attend a game, but
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* NiceGirl: While her more classically feminine attributes, status as Numair's ex, and position working for Ozorne, all at a contrast to Daine, would seem to set her up as an AlphaBitch and minor antagonist, like Delia of Eldorne, she's actually fairly friendly, and [[spoiler: absolutely devastated when she thinks that Numair's been executed, enough that an enraged Daine takes pity on her.]] She might be intentionally placed in the narrative to demonstrate that being a ProperLady is just as valid a choice as being an ActionGirl and doesn't indicate weakness.
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* NiceGirl: While her more classically feminine attributes, status as Numair's ex, and position working for Ozorne, all at a contrast to Daine, would seem to set her up as an AlphaBitch and minor antagonist, like Delia of Eldorne, she's actually fairly friendly, and [[spoiler: begged Ozorne for mercy, and was absolutely devastated when she thinks that Numair's been executed, he's executed Numair anyway, enough that an enraged Daine, ready to kill her for an imagined part in Numair's death, lets her go.]] Her potential to be an antagonist seems to be a RedHerring and ultimately she's on the sympathetic side, though Daine takes pity on her.]] She might be intentionally placed in the narrative to demonstrate that being a ProperLady is just as valid a choice as being an ActionGirl and doesn't indicate weakness.pities her rather than finding common cause.
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* OddFriendship: With Rikash the Stormwing, because his duty is defiling the battlefield dead.
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* OddFriendship: With Rikash the Stormwing, Stormwing. He starts off as her enemy, but when she realizes he's friends with Maura Daine gradually comes to see that just because his duty is defiling he's made to defile the battlefield dead. dead doesn't mean that he doesn't have a noble aspect to him. In ''Emperor Mage'' she encounters him again and finds they have a bantery dynamic that she actually enjoys.
* PowerIncontinence: She starts with this in a big way.
** Early in ''Wild Magic'', she's attacked by Stormwings and all the birds in the area around her attack the Immortals without any concern for their own lives. When she looks at their scattered bodies afterwards, Daine's magic is sucked out of her and heals them all, causing her to faint. Throughout that book she has an issue with animals being compelled to act in her defense whether or not she consciously wants them to. [[spoiler: When she touches a dragon who's had a miscarriage, Daine's power is pulled out of her again and causes the dragon's baby to return to life.]]
** ''Wolf-Speaker'' has her learn how to pull an AnimalEyeSpy only to find that she takes on the physical traits of the animals whose senses she's using. By the end of the book she's using this to shapeshift, but it starts less pronounced, and along the way she's confused and frightened and wonders if she's running mad.
** In ''Emperor Mage'' the Graveyard Hag gives her a kind of {{Necromancy}} in which when she touches something dead, power is uncontrollably sucked out of her to animate it, with ''white'' light rather than the copper of Wild Magic.
* PowerIncontinence: She starts with this in a big way.
** Early in ''Wild Magic'', she's attacked by Stormwings and all the birds in the area around her attack the Immortals without any concern for their own lives. When she looks at their scattered bodies afterwards, Daine's magic is sucked out of her and heals them all, causing her to faint. Throughout that book she has an issue with animals being compelled to act in her defense whether or not she consciously wants them to. [[spoiler: When she touches a dragon who's had a miscarriage, Daine's power is pulled out of her again and causes the dragon's baby to return to life.]]
** ''Wolf-Speaker'' has her learn how to pull an AnimalEyeSpy only to find that she takes on the physical traits of the animals whose senses she's using. By the end of the book she's using this to shapeshift, but it starts less pronounced, and along the way she's confused and frightened and wonders if she's running mad.
** In ''Emperor Mage'' the Graveyard Hag gives her a kind of {{Necromancy}} in which when she touches something dead, power is uncontrollably sucked out of her to animate it, with ''white'' light rather than the copper of Wild Magic.
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* NiceGirl: While her more classically feminine attributes, status as Numair's ex, and position working for Ozorne, all at a contrast to Daine, would seem to set her up as an AlphaBitch and minor antagonist, like Delia of Eldorne, she's actually perfectly friendly, and [[spoiler: absolutely devastated when she thinks that Numair's been executed, enough that an enraged Daine takes pity on her.]] Indeed, she seems intentionally placed in the narrative to demonstrate that being a ProperLady is just as valid a choice as being an ActionGirl and doesn't indicate weakness.
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* NiceGirl: While her more classically feminine attributes, status as Numair's ex, and position working for Ozorne, all at a contrast to Daine, would seem to set her up as an AlphaBitch and minor antagonist, like Delia of Eldorne, she's actually perfectly fairly friendly, and [[spoiler: absolutely devastated when she thinks that Numair's been executed, enough that an enraged Daine takes pity on her.]] Indeed, she seems She might be intentionally placed in the narrative to demonstrate that being a ProperLady is just as valid a choice as being an ActionGirl and doesn't indicate weakness.weakness.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Depends on the waiter! Arram sees her being coldly dismissive to a slave and thinks it's out of character for her. She seems to be warmer to the non-enslaved servants at the university where she spends most of her time. Being cold to slaves may be a sign of a callous aspect to Varice that Arram ignores and downplays, much as he ignores and downplays Ozorne's much more severe red flags.
* OutOfFocus: Varice is billed on the back of ''Tempests and Slaughter'' as an equal member of the PowerTrio consisting of Arram, Ozorne, and herself, but just as she's simply on a lower level of importance than they are in ''The Immortals'', she's also less important in this prequel, simply having far less to do than the boys; scenes where she's central are ''memorable'' but there just aren't as many of them.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Depends on the waiter! Arram sees her being coldly dismissive to a slave and thinks it's out of character for her. She seems to be warmer to the non-enslaved servants at the university where she spends most of her time. Being cold to slaves may be a sign of a callous aspect to Varice that Arram ignores and downplays, much as he ignores and downplays Ozorne's much more severe red flags.
* OutOfFocus: Varice is billed on the back of ''Tempests and Slaughter'' as an equal member of the PowerTrio consisting of Arram, Ozorne, and herself, but just as she's simply on a lower level of importance than they are in ''The Immortals'', she's also less important in this prequel, simply having far less to do than the boys; scenes where she's central are ''memorable'' but there just aren't as many of them.
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* CameBackWrong: He was never ''good'' [[spoiler: but before falling to Alanna he wanted to become King. After Thom brings him back he just wants to wreak destruction on Tortall.]]
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* CameBackWrong: He was never ''good'' [[spoiler: but before falling to Alanna he wanted to become King. After Thom brings him back he just wants to wreak destruction on Tortall. Most characters also believe that he left his Gift in his grave, but in fact it was mingled with Thom's, letting him drain Thom's magic to use himself.]]
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* DevilInPlainSight: He plays the lovable uncle bit to the hilt, and only Alanna is able to have a "bad feeling" about him. [[spoiler:It turns out he was magicking everyone to not suspect him. It's implied that only Alanna's status as a secret girl or the Chosen of the Mother Goddess gave her protection against this, and even that was more instinctive than anything else]].
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* DevilInPlainSight: He plays the lovable uncle bit to the hilt, and only Alanna is and her commoner friends are able to have a "bad feeling" about him. [[spoiler:It turns out he was magicking everyone all of the nobles who had any power to stop him to not suspect him. It's implied that only Alanna's status as a secret girl or the Chosen of the Mother Goddess gave her protection against this, and even that was more instinctive than anything else]].
* SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum: In the first two books he was ruthlessly ambitious but wanted to take the throne and become Tortall's king. [[spoiler: Being killed, or... 'killed'? was ''not'' good for him. He allowed those of his followers who wanted to believe he still had concrete plans to continue to think so, but he really just wanted to punish everyone involved and if that killed him as well and/or destroyed the world, all the better.]]
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Pretends friendliness in his first appearances, claiming he'll sponsor poor PickedLast Kel and show her around, then being an ideal sparring partner in her first staff-fighting lesson, but he immediately drops the mask. As a squire he claims that he has changed his rough ways under the tutelage of his knight-master Paxton of Nond but he isn't very convincing. He still mistreats servants when he thinks no one is looking, engages in creepy stalkerish behavior towards Kel, and [[spoiler:he gives it up entirely when he's exposed for having Lalasa kidnapped.]]
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Pretends friendliness in his first appearances, claiming he'll sponsor poor PickedLast Kel and show her around, then being an ideal sparring partner in her first staff-fighting lesson, but he immediately drops the mask. As Years later as a squire squire, he claims that he has changed his rough ways under the tutelage of his knight-master Paxton of Nond Nond, but he isn't very convincing. He still mistreats servants when he thinks no one is looking, engages in creepy stalkerish behavior towards Kel, and [[spoiler:he gives it up entirely when he's exposed for having Lalasa kidnapped.]]
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Almost everything he does to get rid of Kel ends up making her stronger. He gives her a weighted training lance, she switches to all-weighted weapons to build muscle. He arranges for Kel's maid to be kidnapped and stowed up on top of Balor's Needle, then locks them out so they have to go down the outer stairway... and ends up breaking Kel out of her fear of heights. He manipulates numerous knights into tilting against her during the Progress in order to have them show her up and prove she's not as good as men (and possibly arranging for an attempt on her life in the process)... and she wins often enough to be noted, not often enough to look like anything but the honest fighter she is, which actually aids her in changing people's opinions about female knights, including some of his own allies. He constantly tries to discredit her in Lord Wyldon's eyes... and winds up putting her through enough crap that Wyldon eventually considers her the best knight he's ever trained. Whoops.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Almost everything he does to get rid of Kel ends up making her stronger. He gives her a weighted training lance, she switches to all-weighted weapons to build muscle. He arranges for Kel's maid to be kidnapped and stowed up on top of Balor's Needle, then locks them out so they have to go down the outer stairway... and ends up breaking the bloodied, sweating Kel out of her fear of heights.who reaches the ground is afterwards able to handle heights with much less terror. He manipulates numerous knights into tilting against her during the Progress in order to have them show her up and prove she's not as good as men (and possibly arranging for an attempt on her life in the process)... and she wins often enough to be noted, not often enough to look like anything but the honest fighter she is, which actually aids her in changing people's opinions about female knights, including some of his own allies. He constantly tries to discredit her in Lord Wyldon's eyes... and winds up putting her through enough crap that Wyldon eventually considers her the best knight he's ever trained. Whoops.
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: He blows off his own crimes since his family can easily pay the fines he incurs.
* TheUnfought: Kel fights him repeatedly when they're both pages, but never one on one. When he becomes a squire he stops -- but that doesn't mean he stops trying to bring her down through indirect means. If he ever challenged her ''himself'', it would be a tacit admission that she has the same rights as other squires, and he couldn't do that. Kel also has to put aside an opportunity to challenge him herself as part of an agreement with the King. Joren ends up [[spoiler: dying during his Ordeal when his inflexible nature causes him to break under the Chamber's power.]]
* TheUnfought: Kel fights him repeatedly when they're both pages, but never one on one. When he becomes a squire he stops -- but that doesn't mean he stops trying to bring her down through indirect means. If he ever challenged her ''himself'', it would be a tacit admission that she has the same rights as other squires, and he couldn't do that. Kel also has to put aside an opportunity to challenge him herself as part of an agreement with the King. Joren ends up [[spoiler: dying during his Ordeal when his inflexible nature causes him to break under the Chamber's power.]]
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: He blows off his own crimes since his family can easily pay the fines he incurs.
incurs; no matter how much the judge heaps on, ultimately his crime was one commited by a noble against a commoner, after all.
* TheUnfought: Kel fights him repeatedly whenthey're both pages, she's a first year page, but never one on one. When he becomes a squire he stops -- but that By her second year she has plenty of friends and allies and so after only one fight at the start of the term, Joren never fights her again. That doesn't mean he stops trying to bring her down through indirect means. If he ever formally challenged her ''himself'', it would be a tacit admission that she has the same rights as other squires, and he couldn't do that. Kel also has to put aside an opportunity to challenge him herself to a duel as part of an agreement with the King. Joren ends up [[spoiler: dying during his Ordeal when his inflexible nature causes him to break under the Chamber's power.]]
* TheUnfought: Kel fights him repeatedly when
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* AntiHero: Aly starts the series as a spoiled rich girl who views war and spy work as fun. She enjoys stringing boys along. She gets better, though she still retains some JerkAss traits. See MagnificentBitch.
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* AntiHero: Aly starts the series as a spoiled rich girl who views war and spy work as fun. She enjoys stringing boys along. She gets better, though she still retains some JerkAss traits. See MagnificentBitch.
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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: He was friends with Varice as children. They eventually became a couple as young adults. Unfortunately, their relationship was interrupted by Numair's flight to Tortall.
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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: He was friends with Varice as children. They eventually became a couple as young adults. Unfortunately, their relationship was interrupted by Numair's flight to Tortall. They take this back up when he visits Carthak again.
* ExtremeDoormat: Or possibly just willfully oblivious. In ''Tempests and Slaughter'' he's desperate to stay great friends with Ozorne and won't set boundaries or insist on anything Ozorne doesn't like, giving ground time and again. There are a lot of red flags that Arram purposely doesn't see.
* HotForStudent: While he doesn't actually get involved with Daine until he no longer considers her his student, he's clearly attracted to her before then and jealous of anyone showing interest in her.
* HotForTeacher: He was into some of his teachers in school, even giving one jewelry.
* HotForTeacher: He was into some of his teachers in school, even giving one jewelry.
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* MistakenForGay: With [[spoiler:Ozorne]] in "Tempests and Slaughter". It's used as an insult by other students on occasion and even Numair/[[spoiler:Arram]] is aware of how their relationship might be misconstrued.
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* MoralityChain: For Ozorne in "Tempest and Slaughter". Ozorne straight up tells him that he needs him to help keep him sane.
--> Don't ever abandon me, Arram. I don't know what I would do if you weren't at my side."
* MundaneUtility: There are many mages in this setting who can use their magic for such means as lighting candles but Numair isn't one of them. He has to actually blow it out because his magic would blow it ''up''.
-->[[spoiler: "Did you have to pay so the other two could share your...classes?"]].
* MoralityChain: For Ozorne in "Tempest and Slaughter". Ozorne straight up tells him that he needs him to help keep him sane.
--> Don't ever abandon me, Arram. I don't know what I would do if you weren't at my side."
* MundaneUtility: There are many mages in this setting who can use their magic for such means as lighting candles but Numair isn't one of them. He has to actually blow it out because his magic would blow it ''up''.
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* MoralityChain: For Ozorne in "Tempest and Slaughter".Ozorne straight up The Graveyard Hag tells him that Ozorne will do all right if he needs him always listens to help keep him sane.
his true friends, and Ozorne seems to agree. However, the actual effect he could have might be overstated, as Ozorne also thought of Arram as impractically idealistic rather than sharing his concern about, say, slavery.
-->Don't "Don't ever abandon me, Arram. I don't know what I would do if you weren't at my side."
* MundaneUtility: There are many mages in this setting who can use their magic for such means as lighting candles but most of the time Numair isn't one of them. He has to actually blow it out because his magic would blow it ''up''. If he's exhausted most of his power he can do small things.
* MoralityChain: For Ozorne in "Tempest and Slaughter".
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* MundaneUtility: There are many mages in this setting who can use their magic for such means as lighting candles but most of the time Numair isn't one of them. He has to actually blow it out because his magic would blow it ''up''. If he's exhausted most of his power he can do small things.
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* ObliviousToLove: It's implied he's gotten somewhat better by the Immortal series given his mild playboy status, [[spoiler:(Discounting Daine as noted under the JustFriends entry above)]] but as a youth he definitely had this in spades.
-->[[spoiler: "Those were hints? I thought those were... kisses like you'd give a brother."]]
-->[[spoiler: "Those were hints? I thought those were... kisses like you'd give a brother."]]
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* BerserkButton: He can respond... ''unpredictably'' to any mention or sight of Sirajit people, as a youth. Sometimes he's icily civil. Sometimes he flies into a paranoid rage and is in a foul mood for the rest of the day. Varice advises Arram to not even look at Siraj food at the market while in Ozorne's company.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: He's certainly nicer in ''Tempests and Slaughter'' but even when he's introduced at thirteen... Arram wants to think the best of his first close friend and so tends to ignore the microaggressions Ozorne sometimes directs at him and Varice, some of which Ozorne apologizes and is contrite for, others of which go unaddressed. He's imperious, defends his friends from others and supports them but still sometimes [[HypocriticalHeartwarming teases them in ways they don't like]], is willing to make them look worse sometimes... still, if he hadn't gone on to become Emperor he might have grown out of it.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: He's certainly nicer in ''Tempests and Slaughter'' but even when he's introduced at thirteen... Arram wants to think the best of his first close friend and so tends to ignore the numerous microaggressions Ozorne sometimes directs at him and Varice, some of which Ozorne apologizes and is contrite for, others of which go unaddressed. He's imperious, defends his friends from others and supports them but still sometimes [[HypocriticalHeartwarming embarasses or teases them in ways they don't like]], is willing to make them look worse sometimes... still, if he hadn't gone on to become Emperor he might have grown out of it.
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* FriendToAllLivingThings: That aren't human, anyways. Ozorne loved animals even as a kid and greatly enjoyed his time working under Lindhall.
* AGodAmI: This is his EvilPlan; to displace the worship of the gods by his citizens with worship of ''himself''. The other gods are not terribly amused, and Carthak's local patron deity, the Graveyard Hag, is downright ''furious'' - he "courted her like a maiden" with public feasts, beautiful offerings etc and she defended him from her brethren, until he cut off worship of her as well.
* AGodAmI: This is his EvilPlan; to displace the worship of the gods by his citizens with worship of ''himself''. The other gods are not terribly amused, and Carthak's local patron deity, the Graveyard Hag, is downright ''furious'' - he "courted her like a maiden" with public feasts, beautiful offerings etc and she defended him from her brethren, until he cut off worship of her as well.
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* {{Foil}}: As a youth he's got more in common with Kaddar than he does in ''Emperor Mage'', but even then Ozorne has a worse temper and holds terrible grudges, and while he's easily outraged for the sake of animals and his friends he's indifferent to everyone else.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: That aren't human, anyways. Ozorne loved animals even as a kid and greatly enjoyed his time working under Lindhall. \n As emperor, he runs a menagerie that Daine is quite impressed by... except for the portion that contains caged Immortals.
* AGodAmI: This is his EvilPlan; to displace the worship of the gods by his citizens with worship of ''himself''. The other gods are not terribly amused, and Carthak's local patron deity, the Graveyard Hag, is downright ''furious'' - once, he "courted her like a maiden" with public feasts, beautiful offerings etc and she defended him from her brethren, until he cut off worship of her as well.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: That aren't human, anyways. Ozorne loved animals even as a kid and greatly enjoyed his time working under Lindhall.
* AGodAmI: This is his EvilPlan; to displace the worship of the gods by his citizens with worship of ''himself''. The other gods are not terribly amused, and Carthak's local patron deity, the Graveyard Hag, is downright ''furious'' - once, he "courted her like a maiden" with public feasts, beautiful offerings etc and she defended him from her brethren, until he cut off worship of her as well.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: During his university days, he had frequent bouts of moodiness and haughtiness, but he was otherwise a largely decent friend to Arram and Varice.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: During his university days, he had frequent bouts of moodiness and haughtiness, haughtiness and sometimes left his friends angry or upset, but he was otherwise a largely decent friend to Arram and Varice.
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* PetTheDog: Inverted and [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Kaddar at the beginning, who complains that Ozorne cares far more about his birds than his subjects. He does genuinely love his animals, particularly his birds... but ''only'' them. When Daine speculates to Lindhall that the birds are getting sick because of something in their diet, she's cautioned to be very careful mentioning this possibility to Ozorne because he will torture and kill the slaves tending the birds if he thinks their care has been at fault. This makes him ''less'' sympathetic instead of more.
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* PetTheDog: Inverted and [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by at the beginning of ''Emperor Mage'', when Kaddar at the beginning, who complains that Ozorne cares far more about his birds than his subjects. He does genuinely love his animals, particularly his birds... but ''only'' them. When Daine speculates to Lindhall that the birds are getting sick because of something in their diet, she's cautioned to be very careful mentioning this possibility to Ozorne because he will torture and kill the slaves tending the birds if he thinks their care has been at fault. This makes him ''less'' sympathetic instead of more.
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* UnexpectedSuccessor: In ''Tempests and Slaughter'', Ozorne begins as the seventh heir for the throne, regarded as the "leftover prince". Over the course of the story, the heirs are wiped out one by one until Ozorne becomes second-in-line to become emperor.
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* UnexpectedSuccessor: In ''Tempests and Slaughter'', Ozorne begins as the seventh heir for the throne, regarded as the "leftover prince". Over the course of the story, the heirs are wiped out one by one one, in increasingly suspicious circumstances, until Ozorne becomes second-in-line to become emperor.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: He's certainly nicer in ''Tempests and Slaughter'' but even when he's introduced at thirteen... Arram wants to think the best of his first close friend and so tends to ignore the microaggressions Ozorne sometimes directs at him and Varice, some of which Ozorne apologizes and is contrite for, others of which go unaddressed. He's imperious, defends his friends from others and supports them but still sometimes [[HypocriticalHeartwarming teases them in ways they don't like]], is willing to make them look worse sometimes... still, if he hadn't gone on to become Emperor he might have grown out of it.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: During his university days, he had frequent bouts of moodiness and haughtiness, but he was otherwise a decent friend to Arram and Varice.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: During his university days, he had frequent bouts of moodiness and haughtiness, but he was otherwise a largely decent friend to Arram and Varice.
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* LackOfEmpathy: Ozorne is at his best in ''Tempests and Slaughter'' but there are plenty of things he just doesn't care about. Varice understands why Arram can't stand to watch gladiators, even if she's deliberately StoppedCaring so she can enjoy watching them fight and die. To Ozorne, his friend's squeamishness is just a mildly irritating quirk that he's rather dismissive of.
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* LackOfEmpathy: Ozorne is at his best in ''Tempests and Slaughter'' but there are plenty of things he just doesn't care about. Varice understands why Arram can't stand to watch gladiators, even if she's deliberately StoppedCaring so she can enjoy watching them cheer as they fight and die. To Ozorne, his friend's squeamishness is just a mildly irritating quirk that he's rather dismissive of.
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--> "Did you have to pay so the other two could share your... classes?".
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* RevengeBeforeReason: His father was assassinated in a conflict with the Sirajit people as a child. Ozorne swears revenge on the Sirajit people as a whole as a teenager, even though the people that were actually responsible for killing his father are already dead.
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* RevengeBeforeReason: His father was assassinated in a conflict with the Sirajit people as a child. Ozorne swears revenge on the Sirajit people as a whole as a teenager, even though the people that were actually responsible for killing his father are already dead.dead (and in fact his father had been an AssholeVictim who used a normal conflict between Sirajit tribes as an excuse to slaughter both tribes, down to the children, and was killed by a survivor).
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* StayInTheKitchen: People often don't take Varice seriously because her skills lie mostly in kitchen work and other domestic skills. Arram points out that she's studying at the same level as himself and Ozorne, two known [[ChildProdigy child prodigies,]] but he still seems to have expressed disdain towards her area of focus between ''Tempest and Slaughter'' and ''The Immortals'', since she's frustrated with him about it.
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* StayInTheKitchen: People often don't take Varice seriously because her skills lie mostly in kitchen work and other domestic skills. Arram points out that she's studying at the same level as himself and Ozorne, two known [[ChildProdigy child prodigies,]] but he still seems to have expressed disdain towards her area of focus between ''Tempest and Slaughter'' and ''The Immortals'', since she's frustrated with him about it.it as an adult.
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* CosmicPlaything: In ''Emperor Mage'' only, thanks to a Carthaki goddess named the Graveyard Hag claiming her as her "vessel." Otherwise, Daine is entirely her own woman and likes it that way.
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* CosmicPlaything: A few times. In ''Wolf-Speaker'' several animal gods get the idea that the Long Lake valley could be a harmonious home for humans, Immortals, and animals alike and arrange for Daine to go there, realize that even Immortals she reflexively dislikes aren't necessarily evil, and try to sort things out. She resents this but the animal gods are fairly up front and anyway she does want to help her friends. Daine has it worse in ''Emperor Mage'' only, Mage'', thanks to a Carthaki goddess named the Graveyard Hag claiming her as her "vessel." Otherwise, "vessel", and dislikes this a lot more. The Hag's plans are more mysterious and on a larger scale, and she delights in keeping Daine is entirely her own woman and likes it that way.from telling anyone.
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* ManipulativeBastard: For all his magical power, he's just as likely to work social magic to get what he wants. He tries to charm Daine into trusting him and lures the Tortallan representatives to Carthak under false gestures of peace.
* MistakenForGay: With [[spoiler:Arram]] in "Tempests and Slaughter". It's used as an insult by other students on occasion and even [[spoiler:Arram]] is aware of how their relationship might be misconstrued.
--> [[spoiler: "Did you have to pay so the other two could share your...classes?"]].
* MistakenForGay: With [[spoiler:Arram]] in "Tempests and Slaughter". It's used as an insult by other students on occasion and even [[spoiler:Arram]] is aware of how their relationship might be misconstrued.
--> [[spoiler: "Did you have to pay so the other two could share your...classes?"]].
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* LackOfEmpathy: Ozorne is at his best in ''Tempests and Slaughter'' but there are plenty of things he just doesn't care about. Varice understands why Arram can't stand to watch gladiators, even if she's deliberately StoppedCaring so she can enjoy watching them fight and die. To Ozorne, his friend's squeamishness is just a mildly irritating quirk that he's rather dismissive of.
* ManipulativeBastard: For all his magical power, he's just as likely to work social magic to get what he wants. He tries to charm Daine into trusting him and lures the Tortallan representatives to Carthak under false gestures ofpeace.
peace. This may have even been the case when he was a student and had much less power, there are a few hints that the personable side he shows Arram isn't all there is to him, and despite setbacks things tend to go his way.
* MistakenForGay:With [[spoiler:Arram]] He and Arram are very close in "Tempests and Slaughter". Slaughter" and were roommates for several years. It's used as an insult by other students on occasion and even [[spoiler:Arram]] Arram is aware of how their relationship might be misconstrued.
-->[[spoiler: "Did you have to pay so the other two could share your...classes?"]].classes?".
* ManipulativeBastard: For all his magical power, he's just as likely to work social magic to get what he wants. He tries to charm Daine into trusting him and lures the Tortallan representatives to Carthak under false gestures of
* MistakenForGay:
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* LackOfEmpathy: To a varying degree. Arram can't stand the sight of gladiators killing each other and ''hates'' the arena. Varice is sympathetic to her friend's tender sensibilities, but doesn't care at all about the lives and deaths of the arena slaves and thinks watching them is great fun.
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* LackOfEmpathy: To a varying degree. Arram can't stand the sight of gladiators killing each other and ''hates'' the arena. Varice is sympathetic to her friend's tender sensibilities, sensibilities and sits with him to distract him when he's forced to attend a game, but she doesn't care at all about the lives and deaths of the arena slaves and thinks watching them is great fun.fun. This is deliberate - she advises Arram that it's not good to care personally about the gladiators.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: To everyone other than Daine in ''Emperor Mage'', he is politely evil. In the fourth book he's far more openly villainous but retains a weird, poisoned affection for Daine.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: To everyone other than Daine in In ''Emperor Mage'', Mage'' he seems to be truly well-inclined towards Daine but is politely evil.merely polite, at best, to everyone else. In the fourth book he's far more openly villainous but retains a weird, poisoned affection for Daine.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: What other mindset would force his subjects to worship him instead of genuine gods that can manifest themselves before mortals and get shirty about blasphemy? Also, he's given three omens - lightning striking statues of him, a statue of the first emperor pointing at him and crying "Woe! The gods are angry!", and rats exploding out of a beautifully decorated cake. The lesson he takes from this is not that he should change his ways but that the gods are angry with ''Numair''.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: What other mindset would force his subjects to worship him instead of genuine gods that can manifest themselves before mortals and get shirty about blasphemy? Also, he's given three omens - lightning striking statues of him, a statue of the first emperor pointing at him and crying "Woe! The gods are angry!", and rats exploding out of a beautifully decorated palace-shaped cake. The lesson he takes from this is not that he should change his ways but that the gods are angry with ''Numair''.
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* PetTheDog: Inverted and [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Kaddar at the beginning, who complains that Ozorne cares far more about his birds than his subjects. He does genuinely love his animals, particularly his birds... but ''only'' them. This makes him ''less'' sympathetic instead of more.
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* PetTheDog: Inverted and [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Kaddar at the beginning, who complains that Ozorne cares far more about his birds than his subjects. He does genuinely love his animals, particularly his birds... but ''only'' them. When Daine speculates to Lindhall that the birds are getting sick because of something in their diet, she's cautioned to be very careful mentioning this possibility to Ozorne because he will torture and kill the slaves tending the birds if he thinks their care has been at fault. This makes him ''less'' sympathetic instead of more.
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* UnexpectedSuccessor: In ''Tempests and Slaughter'', Ozorne begins as the seventh heir for the throne. Over the course of the story, the heirs are wiped out one by one until Ozorne becomes second-in-line to become emperor.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: He was a friendly and outgoing person in university. He and Varice took a young Arram under their wing and formed a close-knit group of three.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: He was a friendly and outgoing person in university. He and Varice took a young Arram under their wing and formed a close-knit group of three.
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* UnexpectedSuccessor: In ''Tempests and Slaughter'', Ozorne begins as the seventh heir for the throne.throne, regarded as the "leftover prince". Over the course of the story, the heirs are wiped out one by one until Ozorne becomes second-in-line to become emperor.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: He was a friendly and outgoing person in university. He and Varice took a young Arram under their wing and formed a close-knit group of three. In ''Tempests and Slaughter'' Arram is aware of Ozorne having faults but tries to downplay them and make nice.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: He was a friendly and outgoing person in university. He and Varice took a young Arram under their wing and formed a close-knit group of three. In ''Tempests and Slaughter'' Arram is aware of Ozorne having faults but tries to downplay them and make nice.
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* TheMissusAndTheEx: Daine and Numair aren't in a relationship--[[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend they aren't aware]] [[LikeBrotherAndSister of their feelings yet]] -- but Varice showing up makes things awkward, and Daine gets jealous.
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* TheMissusAndTheEx: Daine and Numair aren't in a relationship--[[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend they aren't aware]] [[LikeBrotherAndSister of their feelings yet]] -- but Varice showing appearing and picking up where they left off makes things awkward, and Daine gets jealous.
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* HeroesWantRedheads: Alanna, being a hero herself, was romantically pursued by the three greatest heroes in the story, namely, her WarriorPrince (Jonathan), the King of Thieves (George), and the Shang Dragon (Liam).
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* HeroesWantRedheads: He romantically pursued Alanna.
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* HeroesWantRedheads: Described as having curly red hair, although Kel doesn't take an interest in him until she realizes his flirting has gotten serious.
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* PoliticallyMotivatedTeacher: He seems to spend half his time making sure the entire class knows his opinion on female knights and being forced to train Kel, and constantly works insults into her training. [[spoiler:Because he's so focused on her, [[DeconstructedTrope he neglects his other students]], letting Joren and Vinson get worse until they fail the Chamber of the Ordeal. Once he realizes this, he's deeply ashamed and resigns.]]
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* PoliticallyMotivatedTeacher: He seems to spend half his time making sure the entire class knows his opinion on female knights and being forced to train Kel, and constantly works insults into her training. [[spoiler:Because he's Wyldon's so focused on her, [[DeconstructedTrope he neglects his other students]], letting Joren and Vinson get worse until they fail the Chamber of the Ordeal. Once he realizes this, he's deeply ashamed and resigns.]]]]
** In ''Literature/TortallASpysGuide'', this attitude prompts Alanna's son Alan to seek an alternative path to knighthood - he didn't want to be taught chivalry by a man who despises his mother and openly says she's not a true knight.
** In ''Literature/TortallASpysGuide'', this attitude prompts Alanna's son Alan to seek an alternative path to knighthood - he didn't want to be taught chivalry by a man who despises his mother and openly says she's not a true knight.
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* [[NatureHero Nature Heroine]]: Because of her wild magic, she is heavily entuned to non-human animals and to wild places.
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* [[NatureHero Nature Heroine]]: NatureHero: Because of her wild magic, she is heavily entuned to non-human animals and to wild places.
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* NatureHeroine: Stable hand.
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* NatureHeroine: NatureHero: Stable hand.
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* SpyGlasses: Aly's Sight serves this purpose because it can perform a variety of functions like great distance and zoom.
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* SpyGlasses: SuperSenses: Aly's Sight serves this purpose because it can perform a variety of functions like great distance and zoom.
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* {{Tsundere}}: Not typically, but at the start of ''Page'' Kel rescues a dog, who licks her gratefully. Kel tells him "Stop. I don't even like you", because she doesn't want to take on any strays or draw trouble. Pets are forbidden to pages and she tries repeatedly to have Daine take Jump from her.
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* AffablyEvil: To Daine in ''Emperor Mage''. She helps his birds! He genuinely likes her and wants to give her a title and keep her around [[spoiler: but doesn't respect her and underestimates her feelings, assuming that all ''she'' cares about is animals as well]]. He's shed this in the fourth book.
* BadBoss: Numair says that working under him is a terrifying prospect. That's why he risked punishment by fleeing to Tortall.
* BadBoss: Numair says that working under him is a terrifying prospect. That's why he risked punishment by fleeing to Tortall.
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* AffablyEvil: To Daine in ''Emperor Mage''. She helps his birds! He genuinely likes her and wants to give her a title and keep her around [[spoiler: but doesn't respect her and underestimates her feelings, assuming that all ''she'' cares about is animals as well]]. He's shed lost this in the fourth book.
* BadBoss: Numair says that working under him is a terrifyingprospect. That's prospect, which is why he risked punishment by fleeing to Tortall.Tortall. We see in ''Emperor Mage'' that he has anyone who brings him bad knews or tries to draw his attention to the omens killed.
* BadBoss: Numair says that working under him is a terrifying
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* FauxAffablyEvil: To everyone other than Daine in ''Emperor Mage'', he is politely evil.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: To everyone other than Daine in ''Emperor Mage'', he is politely evil. In the fourth book he's far more openly villainous but retains a weird, poisoned affection for Daine.
* InstantExpert: [[spoiler: He becomes accustomed to his changed body very quickly, something that Rikash thought would take a few days, and is able to leverage a brief head start to dodge the other Stormwing while on his first, clumsy flight. Ozorne is also able to stretch a Stormwing's limited magic to its absolute maximum, becoming more effective as a mage than ones who've had centuries to practice.]] This might be using the knowledge of magical principles that he picked up in university. Numair thinks he's just brute-forced it.
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* ManipulativeBastard: For all his magical power, he's more likely to work social magic to get what he wants. He tries to charm Daine into trusting him and lures the Tortallan representatives to Carthak under false gestures of peace.
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* ManipulativeBastard: For all his magical power, he's more just as likely to work social magic to get what he wants. He tries to charm Daine into trusting him and lures the Tortallan representatives to Carthak under false gestures of peace.
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* PetTheDog: Inverted and [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Kaddar at the beginning, who complains that Ozorne cares far more about his birds than his subjects. He does genuinely love his animals, particularly his birds... but ''only'' them. This makes him ''less'' sympathetic than instead of more.
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* PetTheDog: Inverted and [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Kaddar at the beginning, who complains that Ozorne cares far more about his birds than his subjects. He does genuinely love his animals, particularly his birds... but ''only'' them. This makes him ''less'' sympathetic than instead of more.
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* ActionPet: He flings himself into battle alongside his people, though when it comes to helping Alanna he does so as a cat - his claws and teeth are distracting but not much more. Beka's enemies are less fortunate, but then again she's not a knight.
* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: It's very quickly evident that this is no ordinary cat, but as intelligent as any person. Most of Alanna's friends don't really grasp that, but as he's more openly a supernatural entity for Beka her friends speculate about him and his origins and soon draw the same conclusion Alanna reaches at the end of her quartet - that he's a constellation.
* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: It's very quickly evident that this is no ordinary cat, but as intelligent as any person. Most of Alanna's friends don't really grasp that, but as he's more openly a supernatural entity for Beka her friends speculate about him and his origins and soon draw the same conclusion Alanna reaches at the end of her quartet - that he's a constellation.
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* TheCameo: Makes a brief, unnamed appearance in "Realms of the Gods". He falls asleep on Mithros's throne so he can't sit down. Truly a cat in all the ways that matter, then...
* CatsAreSnarkers: To both heroines, who he humbles with snark.
* CatsAreSnarkers: To both heroines, who he humbles with snark.
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* TheCameo: Makes a brief, unnamed appearance in "Realms of the Gods". He falls asleep on Mithros's hops into the Great Goddess's throne so he she can't sit down.down and eventually resorts to moving him. Truly a cat in all the ways that matter, then...
* CatsAreSnarkers:To both heroines, who he humbles with snark. While he's unquestionably good and comforts them when they need it, otherwise he's always willing to tease Alanna and Beka and their friends.
* CatsAreSnarkers:
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* DeadpanSnarker: And since he controls who hears him, he can target his snark for maximum effectiveness.
* GodsHandsAreTied: He has wide latitude in helping his charges and using magic, but there are certain things he's barred from doing--he can help, but he can't make decisions for that person and he can't save them from ''everything''.
* GodsHandsAreTied: He has wide latitude in helping his charges and using magic, but there are certain things he's barred from doing--he can help, but he can't make decisions for that person and he can't save them from ''everything''.
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* DeadpanSnarker: And since Since he controls who hears him, he can target his snark for maximum effectiveness.
* EvilDetectingDog: Alone of Alanna's friends, he hates Duke Roger. Since Roger's charmed basically everyone else in Alanna's circle, she finds it a great relief to have someone else who shares her suspicion of him.
* GodsHandsAreTied: He has wide latitude in helping his charges and using magic, but there are certain things he's barred from doing--he can help, but he can't make decisions for that person and he can't save them from ''everything''. He interferes much more heavily with Beka than with Alanna [[spoiler: which gets him recalled from the mortal realm]], to whom he's primarily moral support and a source of comfort.
* EvilDetectingDog: Alone of Alanna's friends, he hates Duke Roger. Since Roger's charmed basically everyone else in Alanna's circle, she finds it a great relief to have someone else who shares her suspicion of him.
* GodsHandsAreTied: He has wide latitude in helping his charges and using magic, but there are certain things he's barred from doing--he can help, but he can't make decisions for that person and he can't save them from ''everything''. He interferes much more heavily with Beka than with Alanna [[spoiler: which gets him recalled from the mortal realm]], to whom he's primarily moral support and a source of comfort.
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* AffablyEvil: To Daine in ''Emperor Mage''. She helps his birds!
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* AffablyEvil: To Daine in ''Emperor Mage''. She helps his birds!birds! He genuinely likes her and wants to give her a title and keep her around [[spoiler: but doesn't respect her and underestimates her feelings, assuming that all ''she'' cares about is animals as well]]. He's shed this in the fourth book.
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* ILied: In the fourth book he's managed to get multiple king and queen Stormwings to listen to him and promised that they could get their share of mortal fear without risking themselves, but their flocks take heavy casualties in battle. When they try to confront him over this, he shrugs and says he lied.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She calls Kel on being an idealist and says she tries to break Rider trainees of that first thing, but isn't at all ''against'' ideals - simply against Kel beating herself up for not being able to heal the world on her own.
* CameBackWrong: He was never ''good'' [[spoiler: but before falling to Alanna he wanted to become King. After Thom brings him back he just wants to wreak destruction on Tortall.]]
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* DevilInPlainSight: He plays the lovable uncle bit to the hilt, and only Alanna is able to have a "bad feeling" about him. [[spoiler:It turns out he was magicking everyone to not suspect him. It's implied that only Alanna's status as the Chosen of the Mother Goddess gave her protection against this, and even that was more instinctive than anything else]].
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* DevilInPlainSight: He plays the lovable uncle bit to the hilt, and only Alanna is able to have a "bad feeling" about him. [[spoiler:It turns out he was magicking everyone to not suspect him. It's implied that only Alanna's status as a secret girl or the Chosen of the Mother Goddess gave her protection against this, and even that was more instinctive than anything else]].
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* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: To hear him say it Alanna didn't quite ''kill'' him but put him into a "Sorceror's Sleep". Still close enough to death that he was BuriedAlive until Thom revived him, which did not help his sanity.]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: His story is an answer to the question "what happened to the tree that Numair turned into a man?"
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: His story is an answer to the question "what question, "What happened to the tree that Numair turned into a man?"man by [[spoiler:turning Tristan into a tree]]?"
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* DoomedByCanon: interestingly, ''in universe''. Being the greatest unarmed combatant alive means you also have a freaking huge target on your back. In his farewell letter to Alanna, Liam states baldly that no Dragon has ever lived to the age of forty - and he's already the oldest Dragon in a century.
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* DoomedByCanon: interestingly, ''in universe''.''in-universe''. Being the greatest unarmed combatant alive means you also have a freaking huge target on your back. In his farewell letter to Alanna, Liam states baldly that no Dragon has ever lived to the age of forty - and he's already the oldest Dragon in a century.
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* MrFanservice: In universe. He's very popular among the young women in the duke's employ.
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* MrFanservice: In universe.In-universe. He's very popular among the young women in the duke's employ.
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* ToBeLawfulOrGood: [[spoiler: Has to choose between culling one of his triplets according to crow law, or letting her live, but being cast out from his flock forever.]]
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* ToBeLawfulOrGood: [[spoiler: Has to choose between culling one of his triplets according to crow law, law because she was born with dwarfism, or letting her live, but being cast out from his flock forever.]]
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* CarnivoreConfusion: Because of her VoluntaryShapeshifting, Daine knows what it's like for game animals to be hunted and killed, which turns her off from eating them as a human. Before she started to learn about her magic, she grew up eating meat like anybody else, and continued to hunt and eat meat for a long time after discovering it — she says at one point that she doesn't see why this would surprise anybody, since animals kill and eat each other all the time, and it's not as if she kills for sport or uses her magic to lure prey towards her. This changes, however, after a couple of bad experiences when hunters nearly kill her while she's in animal form — game meat becomes Nausea Fuel for her, and she can't stand to eat it anymore, having felt what the animal went through. She doesn't object to it in principle or try to stop other people; she just literally can't stomach it herself. In ''Emperor Mage'' she's able to eat domesticated meat and says this is because she's shut out the minds of farm animals, but the word she uses to describe eating duck, fish, and pork is "managed". By ''In The Realms Of The Gods'', the only meat she can eat is fish. Her father, a god of the hunt, doesn't get it.
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* CarnivoreConfusion: Because of her VoluntaryShapeshifting, Daine knows what it's like for game animals to be hunted and killed, which turns her off from eating them as a human. Before she started to learn about her magic, she grew up eating meat like anybody else, and continued to hunt and eat meat for a long time after discovering it — she says at one point that she doesn't see why this would surprise anybody, since animals kill and eat each other all the time, and it's not as if she kills for sport or uses her magic to lure prey towards her. This changes, however, after a couple of bad experiences when hunters nearly kill her while she's in animal form — game meat becomes Nausea Fuel for her, and she can't stand to eat it anymore, having felt what the animal went through. She doesn't object to it in principle or try to stop other people; she just literally can't stomach it herself. In ''Emperor Mage'' she's able to eat domesticated meat and says this is because she's shut out the minds of farm animals, but the word she uses to describe eating duck, fish, and pork is "managed". By ''In The Realms Of The Gods'', the only meat she can eat is mutton, chicken, and fish. Her father, a god of the hunt, hunt and the source of her power, doesn't get it.it and thinks she's too sentimental.
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* AGodAmI: This is his EvilPlan; to displace the worship of the gods by his citizens with worship of ''himself''. The other gods are not terribly amused, and Carthak's local patron deity, the Graveyard Hag, is downright ''furious.''
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* AGodAmI: This is his EvilPlan; to displace the worship of the gods by his citizens with worship of ''himself''. The other gods are not terribly amused, and Carthak's local patron deity, the Graveyard Hag, is downright ''furious.''''furious'' - he "courted her like a maiden" with public feasts, beautiful offerings etc and she defended him from her brethren, until he cut off worship of her as well.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: What other mindset would force his subjects to worship him instead of genuine gods that can manifest themselves before mortals and get shirty about blasphemy?
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* ItsAllAboutMe: What other mindset would force his subjects to worship him instead of genuine gods that can manifest themselves before mortals and get shirty about blasphemy?blasphemy? Also, he's given three omens - lightning striking statues of him, a statue of the first emperor pointing at him and crying "Woe! The gods are angry!", and rats exploding out of a beautifully decorated cake. The lesson he takes from this is not that he should change his ways but that the gods are angry with ''Numair''.
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* StayInTheKitchen: People often don't take Varice seriously because her skills lie mostly in kitchen work and other domestic skills. Arram points out that she's studying at the same level as himself and Ozorne, two known [[ChildProdigy child prodigies,]] but he still seems to have expressed dismissal of her area of focus between ''Tempest and Slaughter'' and ''The Immortals'', since she's frustrated with him about it.
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* StayInTheKitchen: People often don't take Varice seriously because her skills lie mostly in kitchen work and other domestic skills. Arram points out that she's studying at the same level as himself and Ozorne, two known [[ChildProdigy child prodigies,]] but he still seems to have expressed dismissal of disdain towards her area of focus between ''Tempest and Slaughter'' and ''The Immortals'', since she's frustrated with him about it.
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* KarmicTransformation: That Stormwing feather! [[spoiler: The vain and beautiful man who loves birds, has taken great effort to shape the Empire he inherited, and worked for years to master his magical Gift unwittingly makes himself into a birdlike creature with a reputation for being foul. He has no human magic, cannot have hereditary human power, and is even without hands with which to maintain his appearance and easily enjoy the luxuries he's accustomed to.]]
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* KarmicTransformation: That Stormwing feather! [[spoiler: The vain and beautiful man who loves birds, has taken great effort to shape the Empire he inherited, and worked for years to master his magical Gift unwittingly makes himself into a birdlike creature with a reputation for being foul. He has no human magic, cannot have hereditary human power, and is even without hands with which to maintain his appearance and easily enjoy the luxuries he's accustomed to.]] He does remain more clean and handsome than most Stormwings, but still becomes less put together.]]
* KickTheDog: After a confrontation with Numair that ends in Numair trying to hit him and stalking off, Ozorne conjures a tiny homunculus of Numair and crushes it, smiling as it screams and screams in Numair's voice.
* KickTheDog: After a confrontation with Numair that ends in Numair trying to hit him and stalking off, Ozorne conjures a tiny homunculus of Numair and crushes it, smiling as it screams and screams in Numair's voice.
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* PetTheDog: Inverted and [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Kaddar at the beginning, who complains that Ozorne cares far more about his birds than his subjects. This makes him ''less'' sympathetic than instead of more.
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* PetTheDog: Inverted and [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Kaddar at the beginning, who complains that Ozorne cares far more about his birds than his subjects. He does genuinely love his animals, particularly his birds... but ''only'' them. This makes him ''less'' sympathetic than instead of more.
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* BerserkButton: Whatever you do don't try to kill Numair. [[spoiler:''ZOMBIE DINOSAURS'' get involved if you do. No, seriously.]]
* BetterWithNonHumanCompany: The bandit attack on her home soured her on her fellow humans (Onua is later astonished she persuaded herself to interact with humans ever again), and she's quick to * BewareTheNiceOnes: Besides this being part of her back story when she was literally RaisedByWolves, just look what she does if she "loses her temper."
* BetterWithNonHumanCompany: The bandit attack on her home soured her on her fellow humans (Onua is later astonished she persuaded herself to interact with humans ever again), and she's quick to * BewareTheNiceOnes: Besides this being part of her back story when she was literally RaisedByWolves, just look what she does if she "loses her temper."
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* BerserkButton: Whatever you do don't try to kill Numair. [[spoiler:''ZOMBIE [[spoiler: At worst, ''ZOMBIE DINOSAURS'' get involved if you do. No, seriously.]]
* BetterWithNonHumanCompany: The bandit attack on herhome home, followed by the villagers she'd once known becoming hostile to her, soured her on her fellow humans (Onua is later astonished she persuaded herself to interact with humans ever again), but she does rapidly come to mellow and she's quick to appreciate some human company.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Besides this being part of her back story when she was literally RaisedByWolves, just look what she does if she "loses her temper."
* BetterWithNonHumanCompany: The bandit attack on her
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Besides this being part of her back story when she was literally RaisedByWolves, just look what she does if she "loses her temper."
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* CarnivoreConfusion: Because of her VoluntaryShapeshifting, Daine knows what it's like for game animals to be hunted and killed, which turns her off from eating them as a human. Before she started to learn about her magic, she grew up eating meat like anybody else, and continued to hunt and eat meat for a long time after discovering it — she says at one point that she doesn't see why this would surprise anybody, since animals kill and eat each other all the time, and it's not as if she kills for sport or uses her magic to lure prey towards her. This changes, however, after a bad experience or two when she herself is pursued in animal form by hunters — game meat becomes Nausea Fuel for her, and she can't stand to eat it anymore, having felt what the animal went through. She doesn't object to it in principle or try to stop other people; she just literally can't stomach it herself. It's mentioned that she gets by okay with domesticated meat by never bonding mentally with any farm animals, and how she feels about fish or insects isn't mentioned.
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* CarnivoreConfusion: Because of her VoluntaryShapeshifting, Daine knows what it's like for game animals to be hunted and killed, which turns her off from eating them as a human. Before she started to learn about her magic, she grew up eating meat like anybody else, and continued to hunt and eat meat for a long time after discovering it — she says at one point that she doesn't see why this would surprise anybody, since animals kill and eat each other all the time, and it's not as if she kills for sport or uses her magic to lure prey towards her. This changes, however, after a couple of bad experience or two experiences when she herself is pursued hunters nearly kill her while she's in animal form by hunters — game meat becomes Nausea Fuel for her, and she can't stand to eat it anymore, having felt what the animal went through. She doesn't object to it in principle or try to stop other people; she just literally can't stomach it herself. It's mentioned that she gets by okay with In ''Emperor Mage'' she's able to eat domesticated meat by never bonding mentally with any and says this is because she's shut out the minds of farm animals, but the word she uses to describe eating duck, fish, and how pork is "managed". By ''In The Realms Of The Gods'', the only meat she feels about fish or insects isn't mentioned.can eat is fish. Her father, a god of the hunt, doesn't get it.
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** She's also unsympathetic in ''Emperor Mage'', when Daine is appalled by the section of the menagerie containing Immortals, including ones with human aspects and intellects, in small, barren cages that they can barely move in. Unlike the mortal animals in their large semi-natural enclosures, Immortals won't fall sick and die, so what's the problem?