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* AffablyEvil: Kithyr, the Taiytekei and the dragons can all be polite, friendly and in the dragons' case, even heartwarming at times. Usually right before they kill a whole bunch of people.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: It's probably easier to list who ''isn't'' than who is.
** Vale goes from being the nameless leader of the Adamantine Guard to the hero of ''Order of the Scales.''
*AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: The last thing [[spoiler: Jehal]] calls out before he dies? [[spoiler: ''Zafir.'']]
*AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: The last thing [[spoiler: Jehal]] calls out before he dies? [[spoiler: ''Zafir.'']]
* BadassBookworm: Vale Tassan.
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* [[BlackandGreyMorality Black and Grey Morality:]] ''Everyone'' is bad, even the sympathetically-displayed characters, although some are much worse than others. The possible exception is exceptions are Vale Tassan, the Night Watchman.Kataros and Lystra. Snow could also be excused due to the fact that [[BlueAndOrangeMorality she's not human.]] Justified in that it's a [[CrapsackWorld Crapsack World]].
* BrotherSisterIncest: Well, actually it's sister-sister incest. [[spoiler: Lystra and Jaslyn.]]
* DemotedToExtra: [[spoiler: Shezira]] goes from being a major protagonist and one of the few genuine "good guys" in ''The Adamantine Palace''(though that may merely be because [[spoiler: she]] simply had no opportunity to do anything bad) to speaking in only one chapter in ''The King of the Crags.'' [[spoiler: The effects of her imprisonment are felt throughout the series, however.]]
* DemonicPosession: Siff suffers from this.
* DemonicPosession: Siff suffers from this.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Silence MindRapes a Scales by telling him the truth of dragons.
* MoralityPet: Lystra to Jehal, and sometimes Kemir to Snow.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Jehal has a few moments sometimes. Usually they don't last.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Jehal has a few moments sometimes. Usually they don't last.
* PosessionBurnout: Eventually [[spoiler: Siff.]]
* RealAllAlong: ''The Black Mausoleum'' in particular plays with this, but in the series as a whole there are continous debates on whether or not [[spoiler: the Silver King]] actually exists, and what happened to him after he [[spoiler: "tamed" the dragons.]] The climax of the fourth book seems to prove it.
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* [[RoyallyScrewedUp Royally Screwed Up:]] Jehal's brother had a few...issues.
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* [[RoyallyScrewedUp Royally Screwed Up:]] Jehal's brother had a few...issues. [[spoiler: Namely killing virtually his entire family and having an affair with his uncle.]]
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Bizarrely enough, Jehal of all people.
--> '''Jehal:''' "I do wish you could have told me, just once, that you were proud of what I've done. That I'm not a monster like {{RoyallyScrewedUp/Calzarin.}}"
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse? In-universe example. Vale and Zafir both wonder over what actually happened to Knight-Marshal Nastria.
--> '''Jehal:''' "I do wish you could have told me, just once, that you were proud of what I've done. That I'm not a monster like {{RoyallyScrewedUp/Calzarin.}}"
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse? In-universe example. Vale and Zafir both wonder over what actually happened to Knight-Marshal Nastria.
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* ThoseWhoFightMonsters: Skjorl is compared several times throughout the fourth book as worse than a dragon, and he even admits it to himself in the book's climax.
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* AscendedExtra: Kataros. In ''The Order of the Scales'' she was merely Kemir's love interest. In ''The Black Mausoleum'' she's a competent and powerful blood mage and the true hero of the book.
* DysfunctionJunction: The quadrat in ''The Black Mausoleum'' all have serious issues; Kataros is a BrokenBird and persecuted by everyone due to being an alchemist, Jasaan is sick of life, Skjorl borders on CompleteMonster, and Siff's just batshit insane.
* SociopathicHero: Skjorl.
* SympatheticPOV: Another deconstruction involving Skjorl. At first, during his chapters, Skjorl appears simply to be a hard-hearted but pragmatic AntiHero. However, when we see him through the eyes of other characters, he's as much a monster as the dragons he hunts, and that's even before we get to [[TheReveal Scarsdale...]]
** Likewise with Siff. He thinks of himself as a survivor. Everyone else thinks he's insane and dangerous.
** Likewise with Siff. He thinks of himself as a survivor. Everyone else thinks he's insane and dangerous.
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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Vale and Jehal in the first three books embody this, but this trope is heavily {{deconstructed}} in ''The Black Mausoleum,'' where ''none'' of the main characters like each other at all.
* [[TitleDrop Title Drop:]] Everyone wants to be in the Adamantine Palace. The King of the Worldspine is known as The King of the Crags. Dragons are kept drugged to their eyeballs by The Order of the Scales. The Black Mausoleum is also where everyone wants to be at.
* TookALevelInBadass: Kataros, oh so much.
* [[TitleDrop Title Drop:]] Everyone wants to be in the Adamantine Palace. The King of the Worldspine is known as The King of the Crags. Dragons are kept drugged to their eyeballs by The Order of the Scales. The Black Mausoleum is also where everyone wants to be at.
* TookALevelInBadass: Kataros, oh so much.
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* AfterTheEnd: ''The Black Mausoleum.''
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler: Meteroa]] kills a dragon without any divine weapons.
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler: Meteroa]] kills a dragon without any divine weapons. Likewise with Skjorl--[[spoiler:twice.]]
* DisasterScavengers: Called ferals in the fourth book.
* DisasterScavengers: Called ferals in the fourth book.
* FatalFlaw: Lots of these--but the best examples are probably [[spoiler: Kemir]], who is so dead-set on revenge that he all but destroys the world, and [[spoiler: Skjorl]], who has serious lust issues.
* GhostCity: [[spoiler: Evenspire and Bloodsalt]] in ''The Black Mausoleum.''
* IAmAHumanitarian: In the fourth book, both Skjorl and Jaasan eat human flesh without much of a fuss. Justified in that they've got absolutely no other food.
* NominalHero: Skjorl, in a strong deconstruction of the whole thing.
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* [[TrueNeutral True Neutral:]] Dragons in general.
--> '''Snow:''' ''I have told you, little one, that dragons do not act out of spite or revenge, but as you have seen, we have little patience, we are prone to anger, and if we do not avenge, nor do we forgive.''
--> '''Snow:''' ''I have told you, little one, that dragons do not act out of spite or revenge, but as you have seen, we have little patience, we are prone to anger, and if we do not avenge, nor do we forgive.''
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* [[MoodWhiplash Mood Whiplash:]] There's a tear-jerking heart-to-heart between Snow and Kemir in which Kemir tells Snow that she can't go around wantonly killing babies and children, because they're innocent and might just serve a higher purpose. Snow thinks this over, agrees, and promptly eats the boy in question's parents.
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* [[OnlyTheAuthorCanSaveThemNow Only The Author Can Save Them Now:]] Happens quite a lot.
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* [[WhatTheHellHero What The Hell, Hero?]] A few examples, but the one that most stands out is when Snow prevents Kemir from raping a female dragon knight with a healthy helping of irony and "I told you so."
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* [[WhatTheHellHero What The Hell, Hero?]] A few examples, but the one that most stands out is when Snow prevents Kemir from raping a female dragon knight with a healthy helping of irony and "I told you so."
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* [[BluendOrangeMorality Blue and Orange Mortality:]] We don't know enough about the Taiytakei to judge them, but it seems to be this. Snow claims that dragons have no morals whatsoever in a [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem Screw The Rules, I Make Them!]] fashion.
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* [[BluendOrangeMorality [[BlueAndOrangeMorality Blue and Orange Mortality:]] Morality:]] We don't know enough about the Taiytakei to judge them, but it seems to be this. Snow claims that dragons have no morals whatsoever in a [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem Screw The Rules, I Make Them!]] fashion.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: [[spoiler: Zafir.]]
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* [[ASharedSuffering A Shared Suffering:]] Snow and Ash.
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* [[ArcWords Arc Words:]] A number; mainly ''the realms need a speaker'' and ''the potions are running out.''
* [[ASharedSuffering A Shared Suffering:]] Snow andAsh.Silence.
* [[ASharedSuffering A Shared Suffering:]] Snow and
* [[BluendOrangeMorality Blue and Orange Mortality:]] We don't know enough about the Taiytakei to judge them, but it seems to be this. Snow claims that dragons have no morals whatsoever in a [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem Screw The Rules, I Make Them!]] fashion.
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* [[BreakTheBadass Break The Badass]] It takes a while, but eventually [[spoiler: Snow does it to Kemir]].
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* [[BreakTheBadass Break The Badass]] Badass:]] It takes a while, but eventually [[spoiler: Snow does it to Kemir]].
* [[DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snarker:]] Many, but in particular Meteroa.
* [[HiddenBadass Hidden Badass:]] Lystra in the third book. Winning a duel after just giving birth? Awesome.
* [[HobbesWasRight Hobbes Was Right:]] ''The realms need a speaker''.
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* [[HiddenBadass Hidden Badass:]] Lystra in the third book. Winning a duel after just giving birth? Awesome.
* [[HumansAreBastards Humans Are Bastards]] Dragons certainly think so.
* [[HumansAreBastards Humans Are Bastards]] Dragons certainly think so.
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* [[MindRape Mind Rape:]] Dragons are capable of this; this is most apparent when [[spoiler: Reborn!Silence]] breaks the mind of a Scales simply by "telling him the truth".
* [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech The "Reason You Suck" Speech:]] Jehal gets two: an incredibly awesome one from Vale, and another one not long after from [[spoiler:Snow]]
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* [[ShutUpHannibal Shut Up, Snow!]] Kemir again.
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* [[WhatTheHellHero What The Hell, Hero?]] A few examples, but the one that most stands out is when Snow prevents Kemir from raping a female dragon knight with a healthy helping of irony and "I told you so."
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* [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Heroes:]] Bizarrely, [[spoiler: Snow]] of all characters gets a moment, saving [[spoiler: Kemir and Kataros from pirates]] in the nick of time.
* [[BringMyBrownPants Bring My Brown Pants:]] [[spoiler: Jehal,]] finally coming face-to-face with Snow.
* [[CrystalDragonJesus Crystal Dragon Jesus:]] Oddly a very literal example.
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* {{Determinator}}: It takes a ''lot'' to break Kemir.
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* {{Determinator}}: It takes a ''lot'' to break Kemir.Kemir...
* [[DespairEventHorizon Despair Event Horizon:]]...yet he comes very close to this at the beginning of ''Order of the Scales.''
* [[DespairEventHorizon Despair Event Horizon:]]...yet he comes very close to this at the beginning of ''Order of the Scales.''
* [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan Get A Hold Of Yourself, Man!:]] In one of their eerie-sweet shared dreams, Snow to Kemir.
* [[HeroicBSOD Heroic BSoD:]] Kemir at the beginning of ''The Order of the Scales''. He slips in and out of it for the remainder of the book.
* [[HiddenDepths Hidden Depths:]] Snow can ''cook''.
* [[HiddenDepths Hidden Depths:]] Snow can ''cook''.
* [[IThinkYouBrokeHim I Think You Broke Him:]] Kemir to Snow, and once vice-versa.
* [[NecessarilyEvil Necessarily Evil:]] Outsiders are required to do some pretty awful things just to stay alive.
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* [[PetTheDog Pet the Dog:]] For an amoral killing machine, Snow has a number of moments, culminating in when she spares a little boy on Kemir's request and then spends half the day carefully cooking a meal for him.
* [[ShutUpHannibal Shut Up, Snow!]] Kemir again.
* [[VillainProtagonist Villain Protagonist:]] A number, including [[spoiler: the Picker, Kithyr]] and depending on your mileage, [[spoiler: Meteroa, Zafir and Jehal.]]
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''There will be flames.''
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''A Memory of Flames'' is a fantasy trilogy written by Stephen Deas. It consists of three books: ''The Adamantine Palace'', ''The King of the Crags'' and ''The Order of the Scales''.
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''A Memory of Flames'' is a fantasy trilogy series written by Stephen Deas. It So far, it consists of three four books: ''The Adamantine Palace'', ''The King of the Crags'' and Crags'', ''The Order of the Scales''.
Scales'' and ''The Black Mausoleum''.
* [[ApocalypticLog Apocalyptic Log:]] [[spoiler:''The Order of the Scales''.]]
* [[ASharedSuffering A Shared Suffering:]] Snow and Ash.
* [[ASharedSuffering A Shared Suffering:]] Snow and Ash.
* [[BornAgainImmortality Born Again Immortality:]] When a dragon dies, its soul wanders in purgatory for a little while, before it returns as a hatchling.
* [[ConvenientlyCoherentThoughts Conveniently Coherent Thoughts:]] Snow can, apparently, read Kemir's mind so well that she knows what he's going to do before ''he'' knows. [[spoiler: Snow also manages to guess each and every one of Jehal's secret fears while he's literally shitting himself about the fact that she's about to squeeze him to death.]]
* [[TheDayofReckoning The Day of Reckoning:]] Climax of Book Three.
* [[TheDayofReckoning The Day of Reckoning:]] Climax of Book Three.
* [[TheDragon The Dragon:]] Meteroa for Jehal, and in an odd role-reversal, Kemir for Snow. You could also count the drugged dragons for their riders.
* [[TheDragonsComeBack The Dragons Come Back:]] Not in a literal sense, but they are most certainly returning.
* [[TheDragonsComeBack The Dragons Come Back:]] Not in a literal sense, but they are most certainly returning.
* [[EndOfAnAge End of an Age:]] [[spoiler: The time of humans is done; the dragons' is just beginning.]]
* [[FantasticDrug Fantastic Drug:]] Souldust.
* [[FlingALightIntoTheFuture Fling A Light Into The Future:]] In a Dying Moment of Awesome, [[spoiler: Vale Tassan throws the [[LegendaryWeapon Adamantine Spear]] into the church, so that the survivors have a chance of defending themselves against the dragons.]]
* [[TheGhost The Unseen:]] At no point do we ever see the Silver King except in a few hallucinations.
* [[FlingALightIntoTheFuture Fling A Light Into The Future:]] In a Dying Moment of Awesome, [[spoiler: Vale Tassan throws the [[LegendaryWeapon Adamantine Spear]] into the church, so that the survivors have a chance of defending themselves against the dragons.]]
* [[TheGhost The Unseen:]] At no point do we ever see the Silver King except in a few hallucinations.
* [[GoneHorriblyRight Gone Horribly Right:]] Well, Kemir wanted dead dragon-knights...
* [[IgnoredExpert Ignored Experts:]] The alchemists.
* [[ImmortalLifeIsCheap Immortal Life Is Cheap:]]
--> '''Jaslyn:''' "You'll starve. You'll die."
-->'''[[spoiler: Silence]]:''' ''Yes. Again and again and again, and each time I will return. What does it matter to us?'''
* [[ImmortalLifeIsCheap Immortal Life Is Cheap:]]
--> '''Jaslyn:''' "You'll starve. You'll die."
-->'''[[spoiler: Silence]]:''' ''Yes. Again and again and again, and each time I will return. What does it matter to us?'''
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* [[KilledOffForReal Killed Off For Real]] By the end of the series, [[spoiler:every main human character's dead, and the rest of the human cast are facing either a life underground or being a dragon's dinner.]]
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* [[KilledOffForReal Killed Off For Real]] Real:]] By the end of the series, third book, [[spoiler:every main human character's dead, and the rest of the human cast are facing either a life underground or being a dragon's dinner.]]]]
* [[KissingCousins Kissing Cousins:]] Doesn't actually happen, but Sakabian ''really'' has a thing for his cousin Zafir.
* [[LegendaryWeapon Legendary Weapon:]] The Adamantine Spear.
* [[KissingCousins Kissing Cousins:]] Doesn't actually happen, but Sakabian ''really'' has a thing for his cousin Zafir.
* [[LegendaryWeapon Legendary Weapon:]] The Adamantine Spear.
* [[LetsMockTheMonsters Let's Mock The Monsters:]] You could have a drinking game for the number of times Kemir calls Snow an idiot.
* [[OnlyTheAuthorCanSaveThemNow Only The Author Can Save Them Now:]] Happens quite a lot.
* [[OnlyTheAuthorCanSaveThemNow Only The Author Can Save Them Now:]] Happens quite a lot.
* [[OneManArmy One Dragon Army:]] The chapter ''A Taste of Happiness'' in Book Two shows exactly what one angry dragon can do.
* [[PunyEarthlings Puny Earthlings:]] Dragons describe humans as "amusing food."
* [[ScienceMarchesOn Science Marches On:]] In the old days, a heap of people had to be sacrificed a week to keep the dragons under control. Now...
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* [[LetsGetDangerous: Let's Get Dangerous]] Meteroa and Lystra in one memorable siege.
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* [[IncestIsRelative Incest:]] Meteroa really, really liked his nephew Calzarin, [[spoiler: who may have also been his son.]]
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* [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu?:]] DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler: Meteroa]] kills a dragon without any divine weapons.
* [[IncestIsRelative Incest:]] Meteroa really, really liked his nephew Calzarin, [[spoiler: who may have also been his son.]]
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* [[Determinator Determinator:]] It takes a ''lot'' to break Kemir.
* [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu? Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?:]] [[spoiler: Meteroa]] kills a dragon without any divine weapons.
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* [[Determinator Determinator:]] {{Determinator}}: It takes a ''lot'' to break Kemir.
*[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu? Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?:]] [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu?:]] [[spoiler: Meteroa]] kills a dragon without any divine weapons.
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* [[BlackandGreyMorality Black and Grey Morality:]] ''Everyone'' is bad, even the sympathetically-displayed characters, although some are much worse than others. The possible exception is Vale Tassan, the Night Watchmen.Watchman. Snow could also be excused due to the fact that [[BlueAndOrangeMorality she's not human.]] Justified in that it's a [[CrapsackWorld Crapsack World]].
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* [[BlackandGreyMorality Black and Grey Morality:]] ''Everyone'' is bad, even the sympathetically-displayed characters, although some are much worse than others. The possible exception is Vale Tassan, the Night Watchmen. Snow could also be excused due to the fact that [[CaptainObvious [[BlueAndOrangeMorality she's not human.]] Justified in that it's a [[CrapsackWorld Crapsack World]].
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*[[[BadassInDistress]] [[[BadassInDistress Badass In Distress:]] All of them at differing points, but Kemir in particular.
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* [[ActionDuo Action Duo:]] Sollos and Kemir.
* [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking Authority Equals Asskicking:]] If you're a king, you are in possession of a few hundred dragons.
* [[AnyoneCanDie Anyone Can Die:]] Oh, yes.
* [[AnyoneCanDie Anyone Can Die:]] Oh, yes.
* [[BadassCreed Badass Creed:]] ''When night comes it falls to the Adamantine Men to keep watch over the nine realms.''
* [[BadassGrampa]] Hyrkallam and Meteroa.
* [[[BadassInDistress]] All of them at differing points, but Kemir in particular.
* [[BadassGrampa]] Hyrkallam and Meteroa.
* [[[BadassInDistress]] All of them at differing points, but Kemir in particular.
* [[BewareTheNiceOnes Beware The Nice Ones:]] Vale Tassan is polite, friendly, and always leaves his door open. He's the greatest warrior in the realm.
* [[BreakTheBadass Break The Badass]] It takes a while, but eventually [[spoiler: Snow does it to Kemir]].
* [[BreakTheCutie Break the Cutie:]] Lystra and Kataros.
* [[Incest Incest]] Meteroa really, really liked his nephew Calzarin, [[spoiler: who may have also been his son.]]
* [[BullyingADragon Bullying A Dragon:]] In a very literal sense, Kemir.
* [[BreakTheCutie Break the Cutie:]] Lystra and Kataros.
* [[Incest Incest]] Meteroa really, really liked his nephew Calzarin, [[spoiler: who may have also been his son.]]
* [[BullyingADragon Bullying A Dragon:]] In a very literal sense, Kemir.
* [[CruelAndUnusualPunishment Cruel and Unusual Punishment:]] The little incident involving Jehal and [[spoiler: a crossbow]].
* [[Determinator Determinator:]] It takes a ''lot'' to break Kemir.
* [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu? Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?:]] [[spoiler: Meteroa]] kills a dragon without any divine weapons.
* [[DownerEnding Downer Ending:]] [[spoiler: Things really aren't looking too good for the human race now that dragons are ruling the roost again. It's implied that the end of the world is not far away, either.]]
* [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu? Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?:]] [[spoiler: Meteroa]] kills a dragon without any divine weapons.
* [[DownerEnding Downer Ending:]] [[spoiler: Things really aren't looking too good for the human race now that dragons are ruling the roost again. It's implied that the end of the world is not far away, either.]]
* [[GroinAttack Groin Attack:]] With a ''crossbow,'' no less.
* [[KilledOffForReal Killed Off For Real]] By the end of the series, [[spoiler:every main human character's dead, and the rest of the human cast are facing either a life underground or being a dragon's dinner.]]
* [[Let'sGetDangerous Let's Get Dangerous]] Meteroa and Lystra in one memorable siege.
* [[Let'sGetDangerous Let's Get Dangerous]] Meteroa and Lystra in one memorable siege.
* [[NecessarilyEvil Necessarily Evil:]] Outsiders are required to do some pretty awful things just to stay alive.
* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Person of Mass Destruction]] Snow describes herself as one.
--> '''Kemir:''' "Dragons aren't weapons."
-->'''Snow:''' ''No, Kemir, that is exactly what we are. But not for you.''
* [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Pre-Ass Kicking One Liner:]] ''Little one, I am hungry.''
* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Person of Mass Destruction]] Snow describes herself as one.
--> '''Kemir:''' "Dragons aren't weapons."
-->'''Snow:''' ''No, Kemir, that is exactly what we are. But not for you.''
* [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Pre-Ass Kicking One Liner:]] ''Little one, I am hungry.''
* [[RoyallyScrewedUp Royally Screwed Up:]] Jehal's brother had a few...issues.
* [[SubmissiveBadass Submissive Badass:]] Vale Tassan. He may have sworn a life of service to the speaker and the speaker's buddies, but he's still the Scorpion King and the greatest warrior in the realm.
* [[StaringDownCthulhu Staring Down Cthulhu:]] Kemir regularly mocks and insults Snow, a dragon who thinks so little of him that she occasionally forgets that he's on her back and breaks his face.
* [[SubmissiveBadass Submissive Badass:]] Vale Tassan. He may have sworn a life of service to the speaker and the speaker's buddies, but he's still the Scorpion King and the greatest warrior in the realm.
* [[StaringDownCthulhu Staring Down Cthulhu:]] Kemir regularly mocks and insults Snow, a dragon who thinks so little of him that she occasionally forgets that he's on her back and breaks his face.
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* [[RootingForTheEmpire Rooting For The Empire:]] After seeing the way dragons have been treated, you might well be on Snow's side.
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* [[BeastOfBattle Beast of Battle]] In serious battles, dragons are the only unit. For obvious reasons.
* [[BigBad Big Bad]] It depends on your viewpoint, but it's either Snow or the Taiytakei.
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* [[BigBad BigBad]] Bad:]] It depends on your viewpoint, but it's either Snow or the Taiytakei.
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* [[DecoyProtagonist Decoy Protagonist]] Protagonist:]] Deas likes this trope. In the first book, we have [[spoiler: Shezira and Sollos]]. In the second, we have [[spoiler: Semian and Jostan]].
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* [[TitleDrop Title Drop:]] Everyone wants to be in the Adamantine Palace. The King of the Worldspine is known as The King of the Crags. Dragons are kept drugged to their eyeballs by The Order of the Scales.
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''A Memory of Flames'' is a fantasy trilogy written by Stephen Deas. It consists of three books: ''The Adamantine Palace'', ''The King of the Crags'' and ''The Order of the Scales''.
Once, dragons and other strange monsters ruled the world and humans were simply prey. Thanks to the intervention of a mysterious figure called [[TheGhost The Silver King]], however, the dragons were tamed (read: drugged into docility) and became the cavalry of kings and queens, kept in check by a mysterious organization known as The Order of the Scales. It's been so long since dragons were free that most humans have forgotten just how dangerous they truly are.
Instead, they play games of twisted politics that would rival Creator/NiccoloMachiavelli's works. Their ultimate goal is to become the speaker--the king of kings--and reside in the [[TitleDrop Adamantine Palace]]. They will do anything to achieve that, including murder.
Then one day a dragon named Snow, the first perfect white to have ever been bred, escapes from captivity. Aided by a revenge-driven mercenary named Kemir, they seek to free all dragons from their slavery and return the world to its former state of dragon rule--which would be [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt mankind's destruction.]]
''There will be flames.''
!! This series provides examples of:
*[[ActionGirl Action Girl:]] Shezira and Jaslyn definitely qualify. The jury is out on Zafir.
* {{Badass}}: Most qualify in one way or another, but Kemir, Snow and Vale stand out.
* [[BeastOfBattle Beast of Battle]] In serious battles, dragons are the only unit. For obvious reasons.
* [[BigBad Big Bad]] It depends on your viewpoint, but it's either Snow or the Taiytakei.
*[[BlackandGreyMorality Black and Grey Morality:]] ''Everyone'' is bad, even the sympathetically-displayed characters, although some are much worse than others. The possible exception is Vale Tassan, the Night Watchmen. Snow could also be excused due to the fact that [[CaptainObvious she's not human.]] Justified in that it's a [[CrapsackWorld Crapsack World]].
* [[CrapsackWorld Crapsack World:]] For the nobles, perhaps not so much, but if you're an Outsider, this most certainly applies.
* [[DecoyProtagonist Decoy Protagonist]] Deas likes this trope. In the first book, we have [[spoiler: Shezira and Sollos]]. In the second, we have [[spoiler: Semian and Jostan]].
* [[DragonRider Dragon Rider:]] Subverted in that although Kemir does indeed ride on Snow's back, she's the one in charge.
*[[TheEmpath Empath]] Awakened dragons can read feelings, and their own emotions are projected onto those around them. Since dragons are usually always enraged, the effect on humans is...not pretty.
*[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt The End of the World As We Know It:]] ''This is how the world will end...in flames.''
* [[GiantFlyer Giant Flyer:]] The dragons.
* [[HorseOfADifferentColor Horse of a Different Colour:]] Again, the dragons--but only when they're drugged.
* [[HiddenBadass Hidden Badass:]] Lystra in the third book. Winning a duel after just giving birth? Awesome.
* [[HumansAreBastards Humans Are Bastards]] Dragons certainly think so.
* [[IronWoobie Iron Woobie:]] Poor Kemir can't catch a break.
* [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Our Dragons Are Different:]] In Deas' universe, dragons are at least fifty feet tall, were apparently created by magic, don't need to breathe, are capable of [[MindRape mind-raping humans]], have immortal souls that simply recycle bodies (which burst into flame when they die) and think of humans as nothing more than amusing food. Did we mention they used to rule the world? Did we mention that humans have been keeping them as pets?
* [[PsychicLink Psychic Link]] In the third book, Snow and Kemir develop one.
* [[RootingForTheEmpire Rooting For The Empire:]] After seeing the way dragons have been treated, you might well be on Snow's side.
* [[Telepathy Telepathy]] Dragons speak using this.
Once, dragons and other strange monsters ruled the world and humans were simply prey. Thanks to the intervention of a mysterious figure called [[TheGhost The Silver King]], however, the dragons were tamed (read: drugged into docility) and became the cavalry of kings and queens, kept in check by a mysterious organization known as The Order of the Scales. It's been so long since dragons were free that most humans have forgotten just how dangerous they truly are.
Instead, they play games of twisted politics that would rival Creator/NiccoloMachiavelli's works. Their ultimate goal is to become the speaker--the king of kings--and reside in the [[TitleDrop Adamantine Palace]]. They will do anything to achieve that, including murder.
Then one day a dragon named Snow, the first perfect white to have ever been bred, escapes from captivity. Aided by a revenge-driven mercenary named Kemir, they seek to free all dragons from their slavery and return the world to its former state of dragon rule--which would be [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt mankind's destruction.]]
''There will be flames.''
!! This series provides examples of:
*[[ActionGirl Action Girl:]] Shezira and Jaslyn definitely qualify. The jury is out on Zafir.
* {{Badass}}: Most qualify in one way or another, but Kemir, Snow and Vale stand out.
* [[BeastOfBattle Beast of Battle]] In serious battles, dragons are the only unit. For obvious reasons.
* [[BigBad Big Bad]] It depends on your viewpoint, but it's either Snow or the Taiytakei.
*[[BlackandGreyMorality Black and Grey Morality:]] ''Everyone'' is bad, even the sympathetically-displayed characters, although some are much worse than others. The possible exception is Vale Tassan, the Night Watchmen. Snow could also be excused due to the fact that [[CaptainObvious she's not human.]] Justified in that it's a [[CrapsackWorld Crapsack World]].
* [[CrapsackWorld Crapsack World:]] For the nobles, perhaps not so much, but if you're an Outsider, this most certainly applies.
* [[DecoyProtagonist Decoy Protagonist]] Deas likes this trope. In the first book, we have [[spoiler: Shezira and Sollos]]. In the second, we have [[spoiler: Semian and Jostan]].
* [[DragonRider Dragon Rider:]] Subverted in that although Kemir does indeed ride on Snow's back, she's the one in charge.
*[[TheEmpath Empath]] Awakened dragons can read feelings, and their own emotions are projected onto those around them. Since dragons are usually always enraged, the effect on humans is...not pretty.
*[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt The End of the World As We Know It:]] ''This is how the world will end...in flames.''
* [[GiantFlyer Giant Flyer:]] The dragons.
* [[HorseOfADifferentColor Horse of a Different Colour:]] Again, the dragons--but only when they're drugged.
* [[HiddenBadass Hidden Badass:]] Lystra in the third book. Winning a duel after just giving birth? Awesome.
* [[HumansAreBastards Humans Are Bastards]] Dragons certainly think so.
* [[IronWoobie Iron Woobie:]] Poor Kemir can't catch a break.
* [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Our Dragons Are Different:]] In Deas' universe, dragons are at least fifty feet tall, were apparently created by magic, don't need to breathe, are capable of [[MindRape mind-raping humans]], have immortal souls that simply recycle bodies (which burst into flame when they die) and think of humans as nothing more than amusing food. Did we mention they used to rule the world? Did we mention that humans have been keeping them as pets?
* [[PsychicLink Psychic Link]] In the third book, Snow and Kemir develop one.
* [[RootingForTheEmpire Rooting For The Empire:]] After seeing the way dragons have been treated, you might well be on Snow's side.
* [[Telepathy Telepathy]] Dragons speak using this.
