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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Averted, Ollie and [[spoiler:Jacob (the [[Literature/{{Twilight}} other Jacob]] is excluded)]] are nice, normal names.
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* RelationshipUpgrade: Well, it is mentioned in the [[AllThereInTheManual story info]] that [[spoiler:Anton's only real friends are Morley and Zo, so does it come as that much of a surprise that Anton and Morley are in a relationship? And yes, that does technically make Morley a [[YourCheatingHeart cheating bastard]].]]
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* RelationshipUpgrade: Well, it is mentioned in the [[AllThereInTheManual story info]] that [[spoiler:Anton's only real friends are Morley and Zo, so does it come as that much of a surprise that Anton and Morley are in a relationship? And yes, that does technically make Morley a [[YourCheatingHeart cheating bastard]].bastard.]]
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He was sent to the army for the kingdom in four-oh-seven, and was apparently so good (or bad, opinions vary on why) that they sent him to be [[TheMole a mole]] and he lived with the rebels for a while, forming a [[FriendsWithBenefits deal]] with the main character of [[{{Prequel}} the]] [[TroperWorks/{{Magical}} prequel]].
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He was sent to the army for the kingdom in four-oh-seven, and was apparently so good (or bad, opinions vary on why) that they sent him to be [[TheMole a mole]] and he lived with the rebels for a while, forming a [[FriendsWithBenefits deal]] with the main character of [[{{Prequel}} the]] [[TroperWorks/{{Magical}} prequel]].
prequel, ''Magical''.
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Magical is a sort of prequel to Literature/BurntEmpire, Burnt Empire, this troper's previous novel. It focuses on Esme TheMagnificent, who infiltrates the rebel base to turn in information to the queen and become (more) famous. Of course, there are some problems.
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->''"So you really don't understand and that means I have to do a total exposition. Alright, let's get this started."''
-->-- Ollie Pirenci, resident villain of the book
Burnt Empire is this troper's attempt at making something readable. She's been working on it for a few years now and it's probably not going to be published. It's about three kids, one of whom was a [[RebelLeader resistance leader]] but was captured and escaped. She (self-named Vallian) is travelling with the other kids for reasons unknown for most of the book. And so you're not confused later, the other kids are Hane (girl) and Morley (guy).
Now has a [[Characters/BurntEmpire character sheet]].
The author's on the third revision, so the download link is down.
The author's a Wordpress [[http://burntempireblog.wordpress.com/ at this address]] if anyone wants to look at excerpts and things from the new one.
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!!The tropes used are:
* AboveGoodAndEvil: Ollie.
* ActionGirl: Vallian, sort of.
* ActionPrologue: Vallian is shown escaping from jail and the [[KickTheDog evil]] person who wants to kill her.
* AerithAndBob
* AllThereInTheManual / AllThereInTheScript: The names of a few characters are only in the script, and there's a lot of extra information in the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin aptly-titled]] storyinfo doc. The script also elaborates on who exactly is talking during a few scenes, such as the person in the dark during Morley's WhatYouAreInTheDark.
* AloofBigBrother: Jacob.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Debora to Morley, and Morley to Jacob.
* AwfulTruth: [[spoiler:Vallian is Ollie's brother and this shocks her to her very core. Sure, that's a bit dramatic, but that's [[{{Pun}} drama]] for you.]]
* {{Backstory}}
* BadDreams: With Hane, and Vallian to a lesser extent.
* BerserkButton: Every character. Hane with morals, Morley with 'how dare you try to attack them they're innocent', and Vallian has quite a few. That's just the overview.
* BerserkerTears: Vallian after what has been dubbed the [[spoiler:'kiss scene'.]] It just sets off a whole giant chain of events.
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Queen Nalia and King Leo]]
* BigNo: When [[spoiler:[[KilledOffForReal Hane dies]]. Probably more.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:[[BigBad Nalia]], [[PsychoForHire Terra]], [[MadScientist Joren]], are all are gone but [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Ollie]] is still here and killing things. [[OnlySaneMan Morley]],is always going to be haunted by this and makes no effort to fix things with anyone, not his parents, his brother, ''anyone''. [[RebelLeader Vallian's]] not in a good place at all and [[KillTheCutie Hane]] is dead.]]
* BlackAndGreyMorality: Mentioned by the person you can't see during Morley's WhatYouAreInTheDark.
--> “It's a choice between mundane corruption and baby-eating supervillainy. Exaggeration, but the basic principles are the same, yes.”
* BlueBlood
* BountyHunter: A few somewhere around halfway through.
* BreakingSpeech: Combined with a NotSoDifferent speech by Ollie.
* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:Morley and Jacob.]]
* TheCakeIsALie: [[spoiler:Jacob, around twenty pages in, threatens to kill his brother (Morley) and Morley's friends if Vallian doesn't do what he wants. Guess what? He was planning to anyway.]]
* CantArgueWithElves: Elves can't lie (or use contractions, but that's a different issue entirely) so they'll often say something bad when they were supposed to say something good.
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The sword Jacob has between his fingers is the same one that is used to kill [[BigBad Nalia]].]]
* ChewbaccaDefense: Hane likes resorting to crying which confuses the person she's arguing with, especially when she started the fight in the first place.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Utterly averted.
* AChildShallLeadThem: [[RebelLeader Vallian]] led LaResistance when she was around twelve, and now the whole main character group is comprised of people in their early teens.
* CleanCut: HandWaved or {{justified|Trope}}, ''all'' the weapons are {{Absurdly Sharp Blade}}s.
* ClusterFBomb
-->Morley: Ef. Effing ef ef ef.\\
Of course, what he actually said shouldn't be repeated in a novel at least semi-intended for quasi-child-aged-people, but one can imagine.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Terra Vengen's specialty. To quote a person from the book: "Vengen enjoyed torture for torture's sake. Nothing else about it, she was just a master at making people scream."
* CombatPragmatist: Hane.
* ConstructedWorld
* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: In Ollie's {{Backstory}}, everyone thinks he killed his best friend. [[spoiler:Which he did, but let's not get into that now.]]
* [[spoiler:CorruptTheCutie: This, and KillTheCutie, are used with Hane, however much she's not really a cutie. And she was already corrupted.]]
* CurseCutShort: There are a lot of these, coming from [[spoiler:Hane's setting up a thing to give Morley an electric shock every time he tries to say a swear word. And Morley really likes to swear]].
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Quite a few of the characters. Even a villain, though it doesn't give him a good FreudianExcuse. The author likes drama, okay?
* DeadpanSnarker: Vallian, and Morley sometimes.
* DeathIsDramatic: Oh yes, just ask [[spoiler:the two girls killed near or at the end. One of which gets all of the very short Chapter Eight [[InWhichATropeIsDescribed In Which Something Not Very Important To The Whole Plot Happens]]]].
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: There are characters who love to say things like this.
* DontYouDarePityMe: Hane could live and breathe this trope when the situation warrants it.
* TheDragon: Subverted in that one 'fights' the BigBad approximately a day before the other hero has the whole moral thing against The Dragon.
* DramaticIrony: [[spoiler:It's revealed (at least part of it) about Hane's history to Hane and Vallian (and the reader), but Morley stays in the dark about the whole thing, not even knowing the other two went and found the archives, because he didn't follow them because he wanted to stay back in case something bad happened. Which it did.]]
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Hane.
* DynamicCharacter(s)
* EvilIsSexy: Most people seem to think this of [[spoiler:Jacob even after he's shown how low he'll sink. In-universe, of course. The author has no idea what the tiny fanbase thinks of him.]]
* EvilLaugh: [[spoiler:Jacob does this quite a lot.]]
* EvilPlan: Most people (himself included) believe Ollie's plan is an evil plan. And if the person who made it thinks it is, why shouldn't it be?
* [[spoiler:EvilRedhead: Averted because Ollie used to have [[FieryRedhead red hair]], but [[HandWaved for some reason]] when a vampire is converted a type of dye materializes onto their scalp and gives them jet-black hair. It's not permanent, in case one is devamped or killed or something of that nature.]]
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The Law Of Acidic Spit Is Only Acidic If The Person Spitting Is In A Foul Mood.
* FakingTheDead: In Ollie's {{Backstory}}, he does this so people won't search for him when he's just been converted.
* [[spoiler:FallenHero: This happens to Morley gradually at first, but there's a giant increase the speed of it happening after he kills Nalia. At the end of the story.]]
* FantasyGunControl: Subverted in that Ollie has a gun but most people in the whole world don't even know they exist in real life and not just stories. [[spoiler: However, [[AllThereInTheScript Jude]], Jill's boyfriend in Hane's flashback, has one too.]]
* FantasyWorldMap: A world, the four continents in it, and a map key, all using a fancy font.
* FatalFlaw: Hane definitely has one, and Vallian. Morley not so much, except maybe his undying hatred for Jacob[[spoiler:, which turns out to be justified.]]
* {{Filler}}: It's a novel edited for UsefulNotes/NaNoWriMo, of course there's filler. A lot of it was cut out after November however, dropping the novel under fifty thousand words.
* TheFilmOfTheBook: Though the script thing only seeks to provide some explanations for things, not be an actual working movie version. Also foreshadowing!
* FlawExploitation: Hane does this to Morley multiple times throughout the story.
* FootnoteFever: The author, often referred to in the third person, has this.[[note]]At least it's not fatal.[[/note]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Hane's dream, to name the first instance.
* ForTheEvulz: [[spoiler:Jacob. He kills people just to see how much it would hurt for them, among other things.]]
* FreudianExcuse: See Dark And Troubled Past.
* AFriendInNeed: See An Offer You Can't Refuse below.
* GoodFlawsBadFlaws: Hane has Bad Flaws. Hint: Some of the last ones on the list.
* GoodIsNotNice: Vallian and Hane.
* HandWave: A few, and only one of them is {{justified|Trope}}.
* HatesBeingTouched: Vallian.
* HealingHands: [[spoiler:Combined with HealingFactor for Hane. Too much of a {{Jerkass}} to really use it, though.]]
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: [[spoiler:Hane. Good to bad to good to bad. But if you ask her, she's on the side of whoever's winning. [[WordOfGod Ask the author]] and she's always been bad, just {{manipulati|veBastard}}ng people so they think the right thing.]]
* TheHero: Morley, but he's not ''the'' protagonist.
* [[spoiler:HeroicBSOD: Poor Morley.]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Not heroic as such, or a sacrifice, but it qualifies. Don't ask how.]]
* HeroicVow: See Morley's moral code below. [[spoiler:The only one he manages to keep is [[ThereIsNoRuleSix Rule Four]].]]
* HeroWithAnFInGood: Vallian. She doesn't have the... morals appropriate for a hero.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: All of them.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Most of Vallian's claim for joining LaResistance.
* IAmWho: Subverted and played straight, Vallian ''is'' just a girl from this seaside city somewhere and Morley's a noble person. [[spoiler:Hane's a noble and didn't know about it.]]
* IHaveNothingToSayToThat: Morley and Vallian when Hane makes a fat insult, just because of how unexpected it is.
* IJustWriteTheThing: My characters have their own lives, man. [[spoiler:For instance, Hane is an amoral side-switching-at-the-drop-of-a-hat sort-of-protagonist, instead of the main character as was originally planned.]]
* ImprobableAge: Vallian. Twelve-year-old resistance leader, anyone? Eh, brilliant at tactics and whatnot.
* InWhichATropeIsDescribed: In which there are a pre-prologue, a prologue, nine chapters, and an afterword.
* IronicEcho: Most people have the version without this, but it's during [[spoiler:the scene before Morley steals Jacob's sword.]]
--> [[spoiler:Morley: So? Some of us are dynamic people. (during chapter three)]]\\
[[spoiler:(for context, during chapter seven) Morley: Why the hell did you kill her! All she did was–]]\\
[[spoiler:Jacob: Threaten to expose me as a double agent. So she was killed to uphold the masquerade. And you of all people should know some of us are dynamic people.]]
* ItMakesSenseInContext: The author tried to explain to (online) friends, and the only response was 'What.'
* JadeColoredGlasses: Again Vallian, it stems from the {{Backstory}}.
* TheGoodKingdom: [[spoiler:Inverted with TheEmpire, the kingdom is evil and the empire is good.]]
* KickTheDog: Ollie, [[spoiler:Hane, Jacob.]]
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: Hane.]]
* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade: [[spoiler:Someone finds out Jacob is a bad guy and actually goes out to make it public, but before they can, [[ManipulativeBastard he]] kills them just like that. Bam. Dead. Onscreen, no less.]]
* TheKillerBecomesTheKilled: [[spoiler:Right before Hane falls over dead she decapitates the guy who stabbed her.]]
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Happens occasionally.
* LemonyNarrator: Trying and failing.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: Named after a lyric in [[Music/TheBlackParade The Sharpest Lives]] by Music/MyChemicalRomance, 'A light to burn all the empires'.
* LovesTheSoundOfScreaming: Terra.
* [[spoiler:LukeIAmYourFather: Or brother, in this case.]]
* {{Lust}}: Jacob has so much, you can't even see the scope of it. [[BiTheWay He'll]] [[AnythingThatMoves screw]] [[EvenTheGuysWantHim anyone]], but seems to prefer teenaged girls.
* MagicAIsMagicA
* TheMagnificent: "'[[TheAdjectivalSuperhero The Great Insert Name Here]]', 'Insert Name Here the Magnificent', it goes on."
* MaliciousSlander: Goes hand in hand with HeroWithBadPublicity.
* MeaningfulRename: Vallian is a thinly-veiled respelling of 'valiant'. But until later, her actually ''being'' valiant is an InformedAbility for the most part.
* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Morley [[HandWaved somehow]] falls into the mind of a villain and what he sees utterly disgusts him.
* MisterExposition: See quote at the top of the page.
* MonsterTown: Full of zombies and exploding brains, Old Arlaz. [[spoiler:They don't actually like fighting anyone who looks like they could fight back, so hide if a formidable-looking person comes in.]]
* MoralityKitchenSink
* {{Muggles}}
* MysteriousPast: Morley and Jacob, and most of the secondary characters.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Averted, Ollie and [[spoiler:Jacob (the [[Literature/{{Twilight}} other Jacob]] is excluded)]] are nice, normal names.
* NeverSayThatAgain: This is why Hane [[spoiler:cuts off Morley's swearing.]]
* NoNameGiven: Vallian is referred to as just that, her chosen and preferred nickname, until TheReveal at the end. [[spoiler: Although in the script, we get a thing that breaks that careful no-revealing-of-her-surname, even if does help with foreshadowing aforementioned reveal.]]
* OddFriendship: Does Hane and Morley being friends at the start count? [[spoiler:Because, dude, they're pretty much only friends because of Hane and her PsychicPowers. She needed a friend and he was there.]]
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Jacob to Vallian. Fortunately, [[spoiler:[[JustInTime Morley saves the day]].]]
* OhMyGods: Vespian, anyone?
* OrWasItADream: Hane has one of these near the beginning. [[spoiler: No. No it was not.]]
* OurGodsAreDifferent: Vespian, sort of.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: The whole vampire process is pretty much the same, with one added bonus. And they die pretty much instantly in sunlight.
* PervertDad: Let's just say that [[Music/{{Voltaire}} dead]] [[ILoveTheDead girls]] like Hane's dad.
* PetTheDog: Ollie ''seems'' to have one, but it turns out to be [[spoiler:sparing a little boy while Ollie kills his parents ''in front of him.'' [[BlatantLies Arguably]] much, much worse.]]
* PlotTechnology: At least Ollie actually ''uses'' his gun for things like killing people.
* PrecisionFStrike: [[spoiler:When Hane has her pre-death chat with Zina.]]
* {{Prequel}}: Literature/{{Magical}}. The author does suggest reading that first, once it's finished.
* PsychicDreamsForEveryone: Yes. A very select few are immune. And it doesn't usually start until around the same time as puberty.
* [[spoiler:PyrrhicVictory: They won, yes, but Morley's lost his friends, Vallian is... broken, for lack of a better word, and [[KillTheCutie Hane]] is [[KilledOffForReal dead]]. See BittersweetEnding above for more details.]]
* RebelLeader: It's been mentioned quite a bit who led the resistance.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Well, it is mentioned in the [[AllThereInTheManual story info]] that [[spoiler:Anton's only real friends are Morley and Zo, so does it come as that much of a surprise that Anton and Morley are in a relationship? And yes, that does technically make Morley a [[YourCheatingHeart cheating bastard]].]]
* RoyalBastard: [[spoiler:Hane, once she finds out about it.]]
* RoyalBrat: Added with a dose of MoralMyopia.
* RoyallyScrewedUp: [[spoiler:Hane, counting PsychicPowers.]]
* SarcasmBlind: Hane somewhat.
* ShoutOut: Plenty. Mainly to music (such as the [[LiteraryAllusionTitle title]]), though there's quite a bit to different bits of literature too.
** This one is of note:
--->He exited the room that had tested and trialed him so, going to sit on the bench or piece of architectural genius, a word which here means 'A particularly good piece of building', and its lesser known second meaning, [[Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents 'Please don't sue me, Mister Snicket'.]]
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: More to the cynicism side of things.
* SonOfAWhore: Hane. And in case you get confused, the whore is her father, not her mum. [[spoiler:Jonathan Darkloom ReallyGetsAround.]]
* StrawHypocrite: [[spoiler:Jacob.]]
* ThatManIsDead: Vallian when talking to the main villain.
* TheoryOfNarrativeCausality
* ThereIsNoRuleSix: Morley's Code Of Ethical Behavior
-->Rule One: Don't kill anyone, ever.\\
Rule Two: Never blackmail, especially not for anything disgusting.\\
Rule Three: Never steal, ever.\\
Rule Four: There is no Rule Four.\\
[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Rule Five: Don't insult anyone who doesn't deserve it.]]
* TheseHandsHaveKilled: [[spoiler:Type one with Morley after he kills Nalia, believing she's still innocent.]]
* ThouShaltNotKill: See Rule One above.
* ThreeAmigos: But there are two heroes and one of them is really not that fond of one of the other ones at all.
* TradeSnark
-->"You say 'yes' a lot. Maybe that's what your name should be. 'Yes Man, tm.' I like it."
** Also Random Time Skip tm!
* UndyingLoyalty: Morley to anyone he considers himself on friendly terms with, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and most of his family]].
* UniverseChronology: Working on this.
* UnpopularPopularCharacter: People in-universe really don't like the guy who sells sausages in Arlaz, but he's the author's favorite character. [[spoiler:Although one would suppose they have good reason, as his character is [[AllThereInTheManual expanded on]] so he's part of a thing that sells kids as part of a political blackmail thing.]]
* VerbalTic: Morley will add practically any swear word to practically anything he says, while Vallian adds 'hell' all the time (as in 'what the hell is this?' instead of 'what is this?', [[Literature/{{Discworld}} ekcetera]].)
* VetinariJobSecurity: The only reason Vallian even goes to try and stop things is because no one else will. And then when someone else ''does'', they fail miserably.
* VillainCorner: [[spoiler:Hane.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Again, [[spoiler: Nalia and Leo. They rule a whole continent, so it might not be only the heroes (in this case one of the heroes) know, it's everybody else is too scared to speak up. [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Seriously]].]]
* WeWinBecauseYouDidnt: Basically.
* WhatTheHellHero: Morley a couple times. The others can't be trusted in the first place.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Happens to both Hane and Morley, though not at the same time.
* WorldOfNoGrandparents: Pretty much. Jacob makes a reference but you never hear of grandparents again.
* WouldHitAGirl: Until afterwards and he finds out who the girl he hit ''is''.
* YouMonster: Used quite a lot.
** An exception is when Morley says "You... you..." to Vallian, wanting to say 'monster', but he's unable to spit it out.
** Lampshaded by Ollie: "There's a disproportionately high chance someone will say 'you monster', with varying inflections and in some cases words in this world. It's losing its meaning with all of this."
Section for Magical here. Shall be edited tomorrow.
Magical is a sort of prequel to Literature/BurntEmpire, this troper's previous novel. It focuses on Esme TheMagnificent, who infiltrates the rebel base to turn in information to the queen and become (more) famous. Of course, there are some problems.
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!!Tropes
* ActuallyIAmHim: Esme tells Jacob about how she's a spy.
* TheAllConcealingI: It's told in first-person, so you could say this, such as why she has a MysteriousPast in the first place and doesn't really tell people all that much about her husband, besides his presumably running off with [[BrotherSisterIncest his sister]] to Arazim.
* {{Backstory}}: The whole story can serve as backstory for Vallian and Jacob from Burnt Empire.
* AChildShallLeadThem: Vallian, as in Burnt Empire.
* CodeName: Everyone important to the plot's code name will be mentioned. Vallian is Pirate, Esme is Magic, and Jacob is [[Creator/PennAndTeller Teller]].
* ConstructedWorld
* ContinuityNod:[[spoiler: Esme only dies at the end because of a footnote in Burnt Empire.]]
* ADayInTheLimelight: This is the prequel (as mentioned right there) to Burnt Empire, told from the perspective of a character who's only in ''footnotes'' in the aforementioned story. [[spoiler:Which is why she dies at the end.]]
* FantasyWorldMap
* HowWeGotHere: The story begins with Esme in the rebel jail, talking about... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin how she got in jail.]]
* TheInfiltration: The whole premise of the story.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Esme.]]
* TheMagnificent
* MoralityKitchenSink
* MysteriousPast: You never really learn about Esme's life before she decided to infiltrate the rebels.
* PrecisionFStrike: Esme only swears when she's translating or directly quoting someone, and the strongest word she actually uses in her own speech is 'ass'. [[spoiler: Except at the end. "God-fucking-dammit Vespian is evil, isn't he?"]]
* {{Retcon}}: [[spoiler:It's added in that Jacob was a [[TheMole mole]] for the [[SociopathicSoldier official army]] from one year in his actually being in the army to just after the war ended. Then he had to track down [[RebelLeader Vallian]] and you get Literature/BurntEmpire.]]
* UniverseChronology
* VetinariJobSecurity: Vallian.
* WhatASenselessWasteOfHumanLife: Said by [[spoiler:the woman who's apparently been listening to Esme after she shoots our protagonist. It ''is'' mentioned at the start that there's a person there holding a gun, so...]])
* YouAreTooLate: [[spoiler:"Esme, why would I tell you all this if I thought you had a chance of stopping things? It started twenty minutes ago."]]
!! Characters
'''Vallian'''
The (at the end of the story) fourteen-year-old female [[TheProtagonist protagonist]] of the aforementioned story. She, among other things, has a ''very'' [[DarkAndTroubledPast traumatic past]], a deep-seated loathing of things [[MagicAIsMagicA magical]], and problems relating to people.
She's quite a ManipulativeBastard.
[[spoiler:In her past, it's revealed that her brother is a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]], her sister is a spoiled brat with aspirations of becoming a druid despite only elves being able to, she assisted her frenemy Morley in killing the [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen queen]], and that person she's been trying to exact revenge on was killed by her brother.]]
She was the RebelLeader for a short while, but was kicked out after being defeated devastatingly during the Krastone raid.
Has two siblings, one brother and one sister.
Tropes associated with her include:
* ActionGirl: Well, yeah.
* BadDreams: They're just never shown on screen. She doesn't feel the need to angst about these things, unlike some other, more 'heroic' characters.
* BerserkButton: Go ahead, mention the Krastone battle, her family, dogs, her hypocrisy over some things, we dare you.
* BerserkerTears: [[spoiler:After the kiss scene.]]
* DeadpanSnarker
* FatalFlaw: [[spoiler:She does really hate physical attention.]]
* GoodIsNotNice
* HatesBeingTouched: [[spoiler:Turns out to be what brings her downfall.]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicBSOD]]
* HeroWithAnFInGood
* ImprobableAge: Twelve-year-old resistance leader, anyone?
* JadeColouredGlasses: Stems from the backstory.
* MeaningfulRename: Vallian's not her original name; it's a thinly-veiled (and lampshaded) respelling of 'valiant'. [[spoiler: Her real name is Carie Pirenci.]]
* NoNameGiven: [[spoiler:Except in the script, where it reveals her surname in a bit of foreshadowing.]]
* RebelLeader: Former, anyway.
* ThatManIsDead: [[spoiler:Carie does not exist anymore.]] Paraphrased, but still.
* VerbalTic: She adds 'hell' to her speech sometimes, like 'what the hell is this?' for 'what is this?', ekcetera.
* VetinariJobSecurity: The only reason she even goes to try and stop things is because no one else will. And then when someone else ''does'', they fail miserably.
'''Morley Telrenas'''
As of the end of the thing, he's fourteen and [[spoiler:officially a regicide]] who loathes his older brother. Also the male [[TheProtagonist protagonist]].
You could say he's a KnightInSourArmor, but that's a bit inaccurate. Why not go by tropes he's been known to associate with him, instead?
Has two siblings, one brother and one sister.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To his SociopathicSoldier older brother.
* BerserkButton: He's a firm believer in rights for the people. Also don't steal things.
* BlueBlood
* CainAndAbel: Morley's the Abel.
* ClusterFBomb: "Ef. Effing ef ef ef."
* CurseCutShort: Quite a few after [[spoiler:Hane cuts off his swearing.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Sometimes.
* [[spoiler:FallenHero]]
* FatalFlaw: His belief in rights for everyone, mayhaps?
* TheHero
* [[spoiler:HeroicBSOD: Poor Morley.]]
* HeroicVow: A whole code of ethical behaviour, see ThereIsNoRuleSix at the main page for details.
* MysteriousPast
* OddFriendship: With Hane, and later Vallian.
* [[spoiler:TheseHandsHaveKilled: How the author visualizes Morley's TheseHandsHaveKilled moment.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: Best summed up by a thing in the [[AllThereInTheManual info]]: "And he always trusted Hane, even if it wavered a bit. Always."
* VerbalTic: Morley does like swearing.
'''Hane Avanta'''
A twelve-year-old [[spoiler:[[KilledOffForReal dead]]]] [[{{Jerkass}} jerkass]]. One could say her flashback thingy makes her a bit more sympathetic.
Has [[spoiler: three biological siblings, two sisters and a brother; and one actual sibling, a sister.]]
Tropes associated with her include:
* BadDreams: One near the beginning, [[spoiler: tis actually a prophecy.]]
* BerserkButton: With morals. [[spoiler:For one thing, her foster father is a necrophiliac pedophile who went on to lead the rebels after Vallian's dishonorable discharge. Does not help with feelings toward Vallian.]]
* BigNo: When [[spoiler:she dies.]]
* ChewbaccaDefense: She likes crying to get her way, whether it's in an applicable situation or not.
* CombatPragmatist
* DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm: You could say this.
* [[DontYouDarePityMe Don't You Dare Pity Me]]: She could live and breathe this trope when not opting to use her Chewbacca Defense.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome
* FatalFlaw: [[spoiler:Arrogant, snotty, jerkassy? Yeah, some guys really don't like that.]]
* GoodFlawsBadFlaws: Actual snobbery, hypocrisy, self-serving phoniness.
* GoodIsNotNice
* [[HealingHands Healing Hands]]/[[HealingFactor Healing Factor]]: Too arrogant and such to really use it.
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceRevolvingDoor]]
* [[spoiler:IAmWho: Bastard daughter of Jonathan Darkloom, [[IncrediblyLamePun lord of Lordstown]].]]
* KickTheDog
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
* OddFriendship: With Morley.
* PrecisionFStrike: [[spoiler: During her pre-death chat with Zina.]]
* PsychicPowers
* [[spoiler:RoyalBastard]]
* SonOfAWhore: In case you get confused, the whore is her father, not her mum. [[spoiler:Jonathan Darkloom really gets around.]]
* [[spoiler:VillainCorner]]
'''Jacob Telrenas'''
He's partially based off Tavor from ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'', along with a few other things kept from the first draft.
The aforementioned elder brother of Morley, Jacob is the suave type of guy, as noted below.
He was sent to the army for the kingdom in four-oh-seven, and was apparently so good (or bad, opinions vary on why) that they sent him to be [[TheMole a mole]] and he lived with the rebels for a while, forming a [[FriendsWithBenefits deal]] with the main character of [[{{Prequel}} the]] [[TroperWorks/{{Magical}} prequel]].
He's... not a good guy, to say the least.
Tropes associated with him include:
* AloofBigBrother: To Morley, obviously.
* AristocratsAreEvil
* BerserkButton: His family being matrilineal.
* BlueBlood
* BrokenAce
* CainAndAbel: The Cain. He does mention dreams of making fratricide legal a few times, and in fact that's the only reason Morley's not dead, because Jacob doesn't want to be kicked from the army.
* EvilIsSexy: In-universe, this is mostly the opinion of him, but reader opinions may and will vary.
* {{Lust}}: Jacob has so much, you can't even see the scope of it. [[BiTheWay He'll]] [[AnythingThatMoves screw]] [[EvenTheGuysWantHim anyone]], but seems to prefer teenaged girls.
* MoralMyopia
* MysteriousPast: It's not really mentioned about his life before joining the army, or Morley's for that matter.
* RoyalBrat
'''Ollie Pirenci'''
A [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]], who for some reason has a much smaller role than he was supposed to. He was vampirised four-oh-six by Margo Morgenstern, whom (as barely-satiable bloodlust dictates) he keeled. Let me tell you, he was quite pissed at the development of her not having any blood in her.
Tropes associated with him include:
* AboveGoodAndEvil
* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: His is, yes.
* BountyHunter: Sort of.
* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: In his [[{{Backstory}} backstory]], everyone thinks he killed his best friend. [[spoiler:Which he did, but let's not get into that now.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Though, no, he and the author refuse to believe in {{Freudian Excuse}}s.
* TheDragon
* EvilPlan: Most people (himself included) believe Ollie's plan is an evil plan. And if the person who made it thinks it is, why shouldn't it be?
* EvilRedhead
* FakingTheDead: In Ollie's [[{{Backstory}} backstory]], he does this so people won't search for him when he's just been converted. After he kills Margo, of course.
-->-- Ollie Pirenci, resident villain of the book
Burnt Empire is this troper's attempt at making something readable. She's been working on it for a few years now and it's probably not going to be published. It's about three kids, one of whom was a [[RebelLeader resistance leader]] but was captured and escaped. She (self-named Vallian) is travelling with the other kids for reasons unknown for most of the book. And so you're not confused later, the other kids are Hane (girl) and Morley (guy).
Now has a [[Characters/BurntEmpire character sheet]].
The author's on the third revision, so the download link is down.
The author's a Wordpress [[http://burntempireblog.wordpress.com/ at this address]] if anyone wants to look at excerpts and things from the new one.
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!!The tropes used are:
* AboveGoodAndEvil: Ollie.
* ActionGirl: Vallian, sort of.
* ActionPrologue: Vallian is shown escaping from jail and the [[KickTheDog evil]] person who wants to kill her.
* AerithAndBob
* AllThereInTheManual / AllThereInTheScript: The names of a few characters are only in the script, and there's a lot of extra information in the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin aptly-titled]] storyinfo doc. The script also elaborates on who exactly is talking during a few scenes, such as the person in the dark during Morley's WhatYouAreInTheDark.
* AloofBigBrother: Jacob.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Debora to Morley, and Morley to Jacob.
* AwfulTruth: [[spoiler:Vallian is Ollie's brother and this shocks her to her very core. Sure, that's a bit dramatic, but that's [[{{Pun}} drama]] for you.]]
* {{Backstory}}
* BadDreams: With Hane, and Vallian to a lesser extent.
* BerserkButton: Every character. Hane with morals, Morley with 'how dare you try to attack them they're innocent', and Vallian has quite a few. That's just the overview.
* BerserkerTears: Vallian after what has been dubbed the [[spoiler:'kiss scene'.]] It just sets off a whole giant chain of events.
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Queen Nalia and King Leo]]
* BigNo: When [[spoiler:[[KilledOffForReal Hane dies]]. Probably more.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:[[BigBad Nalia]], [[PsychoForHire Terra]], [[MadScientist Joren]], are all are gone but [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Ollie]] is still here and killing things. [[OnlySaneMan Morley]],is always going to be haunted by this and makes no effort to fix things with anyone, not his parents, his brother, ''anyone''. [[RebelLeader Vallian's]] not in a good place at all and [[KillTheCutie Hane]] is dead.]]
* BlackAndGreyMorality: Mentioned by the person you can't see during Morley's WhatYouAreInTheDark.
--> “It's a choice between mundane corruption and baby-eating supervillainy. Exaggeration, but the basic principles are the same, yes.”
* BlueBlood
* BountyHunter: A few somewhere around halfway through.
* BreakingSpeech: Combined with a NotSoDifferent speech by Ollie.
* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:Morley and Jacob.]]
* TheCakeIsALie: [[spoiler:Jacob, around twenty pages in, threatens to kill his brother (Morley) and Morley's friends if Vallian doesn't do what he wants. Guess what? He was planning to anyway.]]
* CantArgueWithElves: Elves can't lie (or use contractions, but that's a different issue entirely) so they'll often say something bad when they were supposed to say something good.
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The sword Jacob has between his fingers is the same one that is used to kill [[BigBad Nalia]].]]
* ChewbaccaDefense: Hane likes resorting to crying which confuses the person she's arguing with, especially when she started the fight in the first place.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Utterly averted.
* AChildShallLeadThem: [[RebelLeader Vallian]] led LaResistance when she was around twelve, and now the whole main character group is comprised of people in their early teens.
* CleanCut: HandWaved or {{justified|Trope}}, ''all'' the weapons are {{Absurdly Sharp Blade}}s.
* ClusterFBomb
-->Morley: Ef. Effing ef ef ef.\\
Of course, what he actually said shouldn't be repeated in a novel at least semi-intended for quasi-child-aged-people, but one can imagine.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Terra Vengen's specialty. To quote a person from the book: "Vengen enjoyed torture for torture's sake. Nothing else about it, she was just a master at making people scream."
* CombatPragmatist: Hane.
* ConstructedWorld
* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: In Ollie's {{Backstory}}, everyone thinks he killed his best friend. [[spoiler:Which he did, but let's not get into that now.]]
* [[spoiler:CorruptTheCutie: This, and KillTheCutie, are used with Hane, however much she's not really a cutie. And she was already corrupted.]]
* CurseCutShort: There are a lot of these, coming from [[spoiler:Hane's setting up a thing to give Morley an electric shock every time he tries to say a swear word. And Morley really likes to swear]].
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Quite a few of the characters. Even a villain, though it doesn't give him a good FreudianExcuse. The author likes drama, okay?
* DeadpanSnarker: Vallian, and Morley sometimes.
* DeathIsDramatic: Oh yes, just ask [[spoiler:the two girls killed near or at the end. One of which gets all of the very short Chapter Eight [[InWhichATropeIsDescribed In Which Something Not Very Important To The Whole Plot Happens]]]].
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: There are characters who love to say things like this.
* DontYouDarePityMe: Hane could live and breathe this trope when the situation warrants it.
* TheDragon: Subverted in that one 'fights' the BigBad approximately a day before the other hero has the whole moral thing against The Dragon.
* DramaticIrony: [[spoiler:It's revealed (at least part of it) about Hane's history to Hane and Vallian (and the reader), but Morley stays in the dark about the whole thing, not even knowing the other two went and found the archives, because he didn't follow them because he wanted to stay back in case something bad happened. Which it did.]]
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Hane.
* DynamicCharacter(s)
* EvilIsSexy: Most people seem to think this of [[spoiler:Jacob even after he's shown how low he'll sink. In-universe, of course. The author has no idea what the tiny fanbase thinks of him.]]
* EvilLaugh: [[spoiler:Jacob does this quite a lot.]]
* EvilPlan: Most people (himself included) believe Ollie's plan is an evil plan. And if the person who made it thinks it is, why shouldn't it be?
* [[spoiler:EvilRedhead: Averted because Ollie used to have [[FieryRedhead red hair]], but [[HandWaved for some reason]] when a vampire is converted a type of dye materializes onto their scalp and gives them jet-black hair. It's not permanent, in case one is devamped or killed or something of that nature.]]
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The Law Of Acidic Spit Is Only Acidic If The Person Spitting Is In A Foul Mood.
* FakingTheDead: In Ollie's {{Backstory}}, he does this so people won't search for him when he's just been converted.
* [[spoiler:FallenHero: This happens to Morley gradually at first, but there's a giant increase the speed of it happening after he kills Nalia. At the end of the story.]]
* FantasyGunControl: Subverted in that Ollie has a gun but most people in the whole world don't even know they exist in real life and not just stories. [[spoiler: However, [[AllThereInTheScript Jude]], Jill's boyfriend in Hane's flashback, has one too.]]
* FantasyWorldMap: A world, the four continents in it, and a map key, all using a fancy font.
* FatalFlaw: Hane definitely has one, and Vallian. Morley not so much, except maybe his undying hatred for Jacob[[spoiler:, which turns out to be justified.]]
* {{Filler}}: It's a novel edited for UsefulNotes/NaNoWriMo, of course there's filler. A lot of it was cut out after November however, dropping the novel under fifty thousand words.
* TheFilmOfTheBook: Though the script thing only seeks to provide some explanations for things, not be an actual working movie version. Also foreshadowing!
* FlawExploitation: Hane does this to Morley multiple times throughout the story.
* FootnoteFever: The author, often referred to in the third person, has this.[[note]]At least it's not fatal.[[/note]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Hane's dream, to name the first instance.
* ForTheEvulz: [[spoiler:Jacob. He kills people just to see how much it would hurt for them, among other things.]]
* FreudianExcuse: See Dark And Troubled Past.
* AFriendInNeed: See An Offer You Can't Refuse below.
* GoodFlawsBadFlaws: Hane has Bad Flaws. Hint: Some of the last ones on the list.
* GoodIsNotNice: Vallian and Hane.
* HandWave: A few, and only one of them is {{justified|Trope}}.
* HatesBeingTouched: Vallian.
* HealingHands: [[spoiler:Combined with HealingFactor for Hane. Too much of a {{Jerkass}} to really use it, though.]]
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: [[spoiler:Hane. Good to bad to good to bad. But if you ask her, she's on the side of whoever's winning. [[WordOfGod Ask the author]] and she's always been bad, just {{manipulati|veBastard}}ng people so they think the right thing.]]
* TheHero: Morley, but he's not ''the'' protagonist.
* [[spoiler:HeroicBSOD: Poor Morley.]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Not heroic as such, or a sacrifice, but it qualifies. Don't ask how.]]
* HeroicVow: See Morley's moral code below. [[spoiler:The only one he manages to keep is [[ThereIsNoRuleSix Rule Four]].]]
* HeroWithAnFInGood: Vallian. She doesn't have the... morals appropriate for a hero.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: All of them.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Most of Vallian's claim for joining LaResistance.
* IAmWho: Subverted and played straight, Vallian ''is'' just a girl from this seaside city somewhere and Morley's a noble person. [[spoiler:Hane's a noble and didn't know about it.]]
* IHaveNothingToSayToThat: Morley and Vallian when Hane makes a fat insult, just because of how unexpected it is.
* IJustWriteTheThing: My characters have their own lives, man. [[spoiler:For instance, Hane is an amoral side-switching-at-the-drop-of-a-hat sort-of-protagonist, instead of the main character as was originally planned.]]
* ImprobableAge: Vallian. Twelve-year-old resistance leader, anyone? Eh, brilliant at tactics and whatnot.
* InWhichATropeIsDescribed: In which there are a pre-prologue, a prologue, nine chapters, and an afterword.
* IronicEcho: Most people have the version without this, but it's during [[spoiler:the scene before Morley steals Jacob's sword.]]
--> [[spoiler:Morley: So? Some of us are dynamic people. (during chapter three)]]\\
[[spoiler:(for context, during chapter seven) Morley: Why the hell did you kill her! All she did was–]]\\
[[spoiler:Jacob: Threaten to expose me as a double agent. So she was killed to uphold the masquerade. And you of all people should know some of us are dynamic people.]]
* ItMakesSenseInContext: The author tried to explain to (online) friends, and the only response was 'What.'
* JadeColoredGlasses: Again Vallian, it stems from the {{Backstory}}.
* TheGoodKingdom: [[spoiler:Inverted with TheEmpire, the kingdom is evil and the empire is good.]]
* KickTheDog: Ollie, [[spoiler:Hane, Jacob.]]
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: Hane.]]
* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade: [[spoiler:Someone finds out Jacob is a bad guy and actually goes out to make it public, but before they can, [[ManipulativeBastard he]] kills them just like that. Bam. Dead. Onscreen, no less.]]
* TheKillerBecomesTheKilled: [[spoiler:Right before Hane falls over dead she decapitates the guy who stabbed her.]]
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Happens occasionally.
* LemonyNarrator: Trying and failing.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: Named after a lyric in [[Music/TheBlackParade The Sharpest Lives]] by Music/MyChemicalRomance, 'A light to burn all the empires'.
* LovesTheSoundOfScreaming: Terra.
* [[spoiler:LukeIAmYourFather: Or brother, in this case.]]
* {{Lust}}: Jacob has so much, you can't even see the scope of it. [[BiTheWay He'll]] [[AnythingThatMoves screw]] [[EvenTheGuysWantHim anyone]], but seems to prefer teenaged girls.
* MagicAIsMagicA
* TheMagnificent: "'[[TheAdjectivalSuperhero The Great Insert Name Here]]', 'Insert Name Here the Magnificent', it goes on."
* MaliciousSlander: Goes hand in hand with HeroWithBadPublicity.
* MeaningfulRename: Vallian is a thinly-veiled respelling of 'valiant'. But until later, her actually ''being'' valiant is an InformedAbility for the most part.
* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Morley [[HandWaved somehow]] falls into the mind of a villain and what he sees utterly disgusts him.
* MisterExposition: See quote at the top of the page.
* MonsterTown: Full of zombies and exploding brains, Old Arlaz. [[spoiler:They don't actually like fighting anyone who looks like they could fight back, so hide if a formidable-looking person comes in.]]
* MoralityKitchenSink
* {{Muggles}}
* MysteriousPast: Morley and Jacob, and most of the secondary characters.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Averted, Ollie and [[spoiler:Jacob (the [[Literature/{{Twilight}} other Jacob]] is excluded)]] are nice, normal names.
* NeverSayThatAgain: This is why Hane [[spoiler:cuts off Morley's swearing.]]
* NoNameGiven: Vallian is referred to as just that, her chosen and preferred nickname, until TheReveal at the end. [[spoiler: Although in the script, we get a thing that breaks that careful no-revealing-of-her-surname, even if does help with foreshadowing aforementioned reveal.]]
* OddFriendship: Does Hane and Morley being friends at the start count? [[spoiler:Because, dude, they're pretty much only friends because of Hane and her PsychicPowers. She needed a friend and he was there.]]
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Jacob to Vallian. Fortunately, [[spoiler:[[JustInTime Morley saves the day]].]]
* OhMyGods: Vespian, anyone?
* OrWasItADream: Hane has one of these near the beginning. [[spoiler: No. No it was not.]]
* OurGodsAreDifferent: Vespian, sort of.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: The whole vampire process is pretty much the same, with one added bonus. And they die pretty much instantly in sunlight.
* PervertDad: Let's just say that [[Music/{{Voltaire}} dead]] [[ILoveTheDead girls]] like Hane's dad.
* PetTheDog: Ollie ''seems'' to have one, but it turns out to be [[spoiler:sparing a little boy while Ollie kills his parents ''in front of him.'' [[BlatantLies Arguably]] much, much worse.]]
* PlotTechnology: At least Ollie actually ''uses'' his gun for things like killing people.
* PrecisionFStrike: [[spoiler:When Hane has her pre-death chat with Zina.]]
* {{Prequel}}: Literature/{{Magical}}. The author does suggest reading that first, once it's finished.
* PsychicDreamsForEveryone: Yes. A very select few are immune. And it doesn't usually start until around the same time as puberty.
* [[spoiler:PyrrhicVictory: They won, yes, but Morley's lost his friends, Vallian is... broken, for lack of a better word, and [[KillTheCutie Hane]] is [[KilledOffForReal dead]]. See BittersweetEnding above for more details.]]
* RebelLeader: It's been mentioned quite a bit who led the resistance.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Well, it is mentioned in the [[AllThereInTheManual story info]] that [[spoiler:Anton's only real friends are Morley and Zo, so does it come as that much of a surprise that Anton and Morley are in a relationship? And yes, that does technically make Morley a [[YourCheatingHeart cheating bastard]].]]
* RoyalBastard: [[spoiler:Hane, once she finds out about it.]]
* RoyalBrat: Added with a dose of MoralMyopia.
* RoyallyScrewedUp: [[spoiler:Hane, counting PsychicPowers.]]
* SarcasmBlind: Hane somewhat.
* ShoutOut: Plenty. Mainly to music (such as the [[LiteraryAllusionTitle title]]), though there's quite a bit to different bits of literature too.
** This one is of note:
--->He exited the room that had tested and trialed him so, going to sit on the bench or piece of architectural genius, a word which here means 'A particularly good piece of building', and its lesser known second meaning, [[Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents 'Please don't sue me, Mister Snicket'.]]
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: More to the cynicism side of things.
* SonOfAWhore: Hane. And in case you get confused, the whore is her father, not her mum. [[spoiler:Jonathan Darkloom ReallyGetsAround.]]
* StrawHypocrite: [[spoiler:Jacob.]]
* ThatManIsDead: Vallian when talking to the main villain.
* TheoryOfNarrativeCausality
* ThereIsNoRuleSix: Morley's Code Of Ethical Behavior
-->Rule One: Don't kill anyone, ever.\\
Rule Two: Never blackmail, especially not for anything disgusting.\\
Rule Three: Never steal, ever.\\
Rule Four: There is no Rule Four.\\
[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Rule Five: Don't insult anyone who doesn't deserve it.]]
* TheseHandsHaveKilled: [[spoiler:Type one with Morley after he kills Nalia, believing she's still innocent.]]
* ThouShaltNotKill: See Rule One above.
* ThreeAmigos: But there are two heroes and one of them is really not that fond of one of the other ones at all.
* TradeSnark
-->"You say 'yes' a lot. Maybe that's what your name should be. 'Yes Man, tm.' I like it."
** Also Random Time Skip tm!
* UndyingLoyalty: Morley to anyone he considers himself on friendly terms with, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and most of his family]].
* UniverseChronology: Working on this.
* UnpopularPopularCharacter: People in-universe really don't like the guy who sells sausages in Arlaz, but he's the author's favorite character. [[spoiler:Although one would suppose they have good reason, as his character is [[AllThereInTheManual expanded on]] so he's part of a thing that sells kids as part of a political blackmail thing.]]
* VerbalTic: Morley will add practically any swear word to practically anything he says, while Vallian adds 'hell' all the time (as in 'what the hell is this?' instead of 'what is this?', [[Literature/{{Discworld}} ekcetera]].)
* VetinariJobSecurity: The only reason Vallian even goes to try and stop things is because no one else will. And then when someone else ''does'', they fail miserably.
* VillainCorner: [[spoiler:Hane.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Again, [[spoiler: Nalia and Leo. They rule a whole continent, so it might not be only the heroes (in this case one of the heroes) know, it's everybody else is too scared to speak up. [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Seriously]].]]
* WeWinBecauseYouDidnt: Basically.
* WhatTheHellHero: Morley a couple times. The others can't be trusted in the first place.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Happens to both Hane and Morley, though not at the same time.
* WorldOfNoGrandparents: Pretty much. Jacob makes a reference but you never hear of grandparents again.
* WouldHitAGirl: Until afterwards and he finds out who the girl he hit ''is''.
* YouMonster: Used quite a lot.
** An exception is when Morley says "You... you..." to Vallian, wanting to say 'monster', but he's unable to spit it out.
** Lampshaded by Ollie: "There's a disproportionately high chance someone will say 'you monster', with varying inflections and in some cases words in this world. It's losing its meaning with all of this."
Section for Magical here. Shall be edited tomorrow.
Magical is a sort of prequel to Literature/BurntEmpire, this troper's previous novel. It focuses on Esme TheMagnificent, who infiltrates the rebel base to turn in information to the queen and become (more) famous. Of course, there are some problems.
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!!Tropes
* ActuallyIAmHim: Esme tells Jacob about how she's a spy.
* TheAllConcealingI: It's told in first-person, so you could say this, such as why she has a MysteriousPast in the first place and doesn't really tell people all that much about her husband, besides his presumably running off with [[BrotherSisterIncest his sister]] to Arazim.
* {{Backstory}}: The whole story can serve as backstory for Vallian and Jacob from Burnt Empire.
* AChildShallLeadThem: Vallian, as in Burnt Empire.
* CodeName: Everyone important to the plot's code name will be mentioned. Vallian is Pirate, Esme is Magic, and Jacob is [[Creator/PennAndTeller Teller]].
* ConstructedWorld
* ContinuityNod:[[spoiler: Esme only dies at the end because of a footnote in Burnt Empire.]]
* ADayInTheLimelight: This is the prequel (as mentioned right there) to Burnt Empire, told from the perspective of a character who's only in ''footnotes'' in the aforementioned story. [[spoiler:Which is why she dies at the end.]]
* FantasyWorldMap
* HowWeGotHere: The story begins with Esme in the rebel jail, talking about... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin how she got in jail.]]
* TheInfiltration: The whole premise of the story.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Esme.]]
* TheMagnificent
* MoralityKitchenSink
* MysteriousPast: You never really learn about Esme's life before she decided to infiltrate the rebels.
* PrecisionFStrike: Esme only swears when she's translating or directly quoting someone, and the strongest word she actually uses in her own speech is 'ass'. [[spoiler: Except at the end. "God-fucking-dammit Vespian is evil, isn't he?"]]
* {{Retcon}}: [[spoiler:It's added in that Jacob was a [[TheMole mole]] for the [[SociopathicSoldier official army]] from one year in his actually being in the army to just after the war ended. Then he had to track down [[RebelLeader Vallian]] and you get Literature/BurntEmpire.]]
* UniverseChronology
* VetinariJobSecurity: Vallian.
* WhatASenselessWasteOfHumanLife: Said by [[spoiler:the woman who's apparently been listening to Esme after she shoots our protagonist. It ''is'' mentioned at the start that there's a person there holding a gun, so...]])
* YouAreTooLate: [[spoiler:"Esme, why would I tell you all this if I thought you had a chance of stopping things? It started twenty minutes ago."]]
!! Characters
'''Vallian'''
The (at the end of the story) fourteen-year-old female [[TheProtagonist protagonist]] of the aforementioned story. She, among other things, has a ''very'' [[DarkAndTroubledPast traumatic past]], a deep-seated loathing of things [[MagicAIsMagicA magical]], and problems relating to people.
She's quite a ManipulativeBastard.
[[spoiler:In her past, it's revealed that her brother is a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]], her sister is a spoiled brat with aspirations of becoming a druid despite only elves being able to, she assisted her frenemy Morley in killing the [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen queen]], and that person she's been trying to exact revenge on was killed by her brother.]]
She was the RebelLeader for a short while, but was kicked out after being defeated devastatingly during the Krastone raid.
Has two siblings, one brother and one sister.
Tropes associated with her include:
* ActionGirl: Well, yeah.
* BadDreams: They're just never shown on screen. She doesn't feel the need to angst about these things, unlike some other, more 'heroic' characters.
* BerserkButton: Go ahead, mention the Krastone battle, her family, dogs, her hypocrisy over some things, we dare you.
* BerserkerTears: [[spoiler:After the kiss scene.]]
* DeadpanSnarker
* FatalFlaw: [[spoiler:She does really hate physical attention.]]
* GoodIsNotNice
* HatesBeingTouched: [[spoiler:Turns out to be what brings her downfall.]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicBSOD]]
* HeroWithAnFInGood
* ImprobableAge: Twelve-year-old resistance leader, anyone?
* JadeColouredGlasses: Stems from the backstory.
* MeaningfulRename: Vallian's not her original name; it's a thinly-veiled (and lampshaded) respelling of 'valiant'. [[spoiler: Her real name is Carie Pirenci.]]
* NoNameGiven: [[spoiler:Except in the script, where it reveals her surname in a bit of foreshadowing.]]
* RebelLeader: Former, anyway.
* ThatManIsDead: [[spoiler:Carie does not exist anymore.]] Paraphrased, but still.
* VerbalTic: She adds 'hell' to her speech sometimes, like 'what the hell is this?' for 'what is this?', ekcetera.
* VetinariJobSecurity: The only reason she even goes to try and stop things is because no one else will. And then when someone else ''does'', they fail miserably.
'''Morley Telrenas'''
As of the end of the thing, he's fourteen and [[spoiler:officially a regicide]] who loathes his older brother. Also the male [[TheProtagonist protagonist]].
You could say he's a KnightInSourArmor, but that's a bit inaccurate. Why not go by tropes he's been known to associate with him, instead?
Has two siblings, one brother and one sister.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To his SociopathicSoldier older brother.
* BerserkButton: He's a firm believer in rights for the people. Also don't steal things.
* BlueBlood
* CainAndAbel: Morley's the Abel.
* ClusterFBomb: "Ef. Effing ef ef ef."
* CurseCutShort: Quite a few after [[spoiler:Hane cuts off his swearing.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Sometimes.
* [[spoiler:FallenHero]]
* FatalFlaw: His belief in rights for everyone, mayhaps?
* TheHero
* [[spoiler:HeroicBSOD: Poor Morley.]]
* HeroicVow: A whole code of ethical behaviour, see ThereIsNoRuleSix at the main page for details.
* MysteriousPast
* OddFriendship: With Hane, and later Vallian.
* [[spoiler:TheseHandsHaveKilled: How the author visualizes Morley's TheseHandsHaveKilled moment.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: Best summed up by a thing in the [[AllThereInTheManual info]]: "And he always trusted Hane, even if it wavered a bit. Always."
* VerbalTic: Morley does like swearing.
'''Hane Avanta'''
A twelve-year-old [[spoiler:[[KilledOffForReal dead]]]] [[{{Jerkass}} jerkass]]. One could say her flashback thingy makes her a bit more sympathetic.
Has [[spoiler: three biological siblings, two sisters and a brother; and one actual sibling, a sister.]]
Tropes associated with her include:
* BadDreams: One near the beginning, [[spoiler: tis actually a prophecy.]]
* BerserkButton: With morals. [[spoiler:For one thing, her foster father is a necrophiliac pedophile who went on to lead the rebels after Vallian's dishonorable discharge. Does not help with feelings toward Vallian.]]
* BigNo: When [[spoiler:she dies.]]
* ChewbaccaDefense: She likes crying to get her way, whether it's in an applicable situation or not.
* CombatPragmatist
* DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm: You could say this.
* [[DontYouDarePityMe Don't You Dare Pity Me]]: She could live and breathe this trope when not opting to use her Chewbacca Defense.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome
* FatalFlaw: [[spoiler:Arrogant, snotty, jerkassy? Yeah, some guys really don't like that.]]
* GoodFlawsBadFlaws: Actual snobbery, hypocrisy, self-serving phoniness.
* GoodIsNotNice
* [[HealingHands Healing Hands]]/[[HealingFactor Healing Factor]]: Too arrogant and such to really use it.
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceRevolvingDoor]]
* [[spoiler:IAmWho: Bastard daughter of Jonathan Darkloom, [[IncrediblyLamePun lord of Lordstown]].]]
* KickTheDog
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
* OddFriendship: With Morley.
* PrecisionFStrike: [[spoiler: During her pre-death chat with Zina.]]
* PsychicPowers
* [[spoiler:RoyalBastard]]
* SonOfAWhore: In case you get confused, the whore is her father, not her mum. [[spoiler:Jonathan Darkloom really gets around.]]
* [[spoiler:VillainCorner]]
'''Jacob Telrenas'''
He's partially based off Tavor from ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'', along with a few other things kept from the first draft.
The aforementioned elder brother of Morley, Jacob is the suave type of guy, as noted below.
He was sent to the army for the kingdom in four-oh-seven, and was apparently so good (or bad, opinions vary on why) that they sent him to be [[TheMole a mole]] and he lived with the rebels for a while, forming a [[FriendsWithBenefits deal]] with the main character of [[{{Prequel}} the]] [[TroperWorks/{{Magical}} prequel]].
He's... not a good guy, to say the least.
Tropes associated with him include:
* AloofBigBrother: To Morley, obviously.
* AristocratsAreEvil
* BerserkButton: His family being matrilineal.
* BlueBlood
* BrokenAce
* CainAndAbel: The Cain. He does mention dreams of making fratricide legal a few times, and in fact that's the only reason Morley's not dead, because Jacob doesn't want to be kicked from the army.
* EvilIsSexy: In-universe, this is mostly the opinion of him, but reader opinions may and will vary.
* {{Lust}}: Jacob has so much, you can't even see the scope of it. [[BiTheWay He'll]] [[AnythingThatMoves screw]] [[EvenTheGuysWantHim anyone]], but seems to prefer teenaged girls.
* MoralMyopia
* MysteriousPast: It's not really mentioned about his life before joining the army, or Morley's for that matter.
* RoyalBrat
'''Ollie Pirenci'''
A [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]], who for some reason has a much smaller role than he was supposed to. He was vampirised four-oh-six by Margo Morgenstern, whom (as barely-satiable bloodlust dictates) he keeled. Let me tell you, he was quite pissed at the development of her not having any blood in her.
Tropes associated with him include:
* AboveGoodAndEvil
* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: His is, yes.
* BountyHunter: Sort of.
* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: In his [[{{Backstory}} backstory]], everyone thinks he killed his best friend. [[spoiler:Which he did, but let's not get into that now.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Though, no, he and the author refuse to believe in {{Freudian Excuse}}s.
* TheDragon
* EvilPlan: Most people (himself included) believe Ollie's plan is an evil plan. And if the person who made it thinks it is, why shouldn't it be?
* EvilRedhead
* FakingTheDead: In Ollie's [[{{Backstory}} backstory]], he does this so people won't search for him when he's just been converted. After he kills Margo, of course.
