History Literature / BrimstoneAngels

** ''Fire in the Blood'': Doesn't have a single personal antagonist, but the Shadovar army represents the ultimate threat all the others tie back into.
** ''Ashes of the Tyrant'': The maurezhi demon.

# ''The Devil You Know'' (Oct 2016)[[note]]conclusion of the main StoryArc and, as of this writing, the series[[/note]]

* ParentalAbandonment: Farideh and Havilar's biological parents abandoned them as infants outside the village where they would grow up; at this point we don't know why. Lorcan suspects foul play on ''someone's'' part, but even he doesn't know for sure (but he does think that whoever their parents were, they weren't exactly model citizens). [[spoiler: ''The Adversary'' reveals they were part of a plan to reincarnate Bryseis Kakistos, but they- or at least, the twins' biological mother- pulled out at the last minute, much to the displeasure of Bryseis' ghost, since she wants one of the twins for her new body]].

* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Mehen.

* CannotTellALie: Devils in general, although they certainly twist their words, lie by omission, and so on. It's not totally clear how this restriction works, but it's at least important enough that [[spoilers: when Lorcan realizes he's capable of lying and does so for the first time, it gives him a massive IdentityCrisis and he actually worries he might be destroyed or stop being a devil.]]

* CollectorOfTheStrange: Lorcan collects warlocks- he went after Farideh in order to get a descendant of Bryseis Kakistos in his collection. He also warns, her, however, that he's far from the only devil with this hobby, and their ancestry means Farideh and Havilar are squarely in the sights of teh Hells.

Ongoing novel series set in the TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms by Erin M. Evans.

The series so far consists of :

# ''The Adversary'' (Dec 2013)- part of the ''Sundering'' CrisisCrossover

# ''The Devil You Know'' (Oct 2016, conclusion of current StoryArc)

** ''The Devil You Know'': [[spoiler Bryseis Kakistos]] finally takes center stage after hanging around the edges of the story for the past five books, but [[GodEmperor Gilgeam]] [[BigBadEnsemble represents an entirely separate threat]].

# ''Fire in the Blood'' (October 2014)

* BigBadEnsemble: [[DemonLordsAndArchDevils Glasya]], [[DarkActionGirl Sairche]] and [[EvilSorcerer Adolican Rhand]] are being set up as series-spanning antagonists (which one will end up as ''the'' BigBad remains unclear). [[spoiler: ''The Adversary'' shakes things up by having Asmodeus take a more direct interest in things, taking Rhand and possibly Sairche off the table, and revealing that Bryseis Kakistos is still around and probably more Big Bad-like than anyone at the moment]]. Each book so far has one too:

* BiggerBad: [[GodOfEvil Asmodeus]]. [[spoiler: With some competition from Shar]].

* EnemyCivilWar: [[spoiler: Glasya]] tries to provoke one between [[spoiler: Asmodeus and the aboleths]] to begin undermining [[spoiler: her father's]] powerbase.

# ''The Devil You Know'' (TBR Oct 2016, conclusion of current StoryArc)

# ''Ashes of the Tyrant'' (TBR Dec 2015)

[[WordOfGod According to Evans]] one further novel is contracted and will finish out the current StoryArc, with the potential for more Farideh stories beyond that.

# ''Ashes of the Tyrant'' (TBR)

# ''Fire in the Blood'' (TBR October 2014)

[[WordOfGod According to an interview with Evans]] at least two further books are contracted.

* BigBad: [[DemonLordsAndArchDevils Glasya]], [[DarkActionGirl Sairche]] and [[EvilSorcerer Adolican Rhand]] are being set up as series-spanning antagonists (which one will end up as ''the'' BigBad remains unclear). [[spoiler: ''The Adversary'' shakes things up by having Asmodeus take a more direct interest in things, taking Rhand and possibly Sairche off the table, and revealing that Bryseis Kakistos is still around and probably more Big Bad-like than anyone at the moment]]. Each book so far has one too:

# ''Fire in the Blood'' (TBR September 2014)

** Farideh's deal with Lorcan is the impetus for much of the series' action. [[spoiler: She makes another one with Sairche, albeit under duress, that kicks off the start of ''The Adversary'']].
** Sairche and Adolican Rhand make one at the end of ''Lesser Evils'' that dominates much of the action of ''The Adversary''. [[spoiler: Though Rhand gives as good as he gets in this case]].

* EvilCounterpart: The Nameless One, to Farideh. [[spoiler: Both are young women who wield a portion of the power of a GodOfEvil, but Farideh fights against what she is while the Nameless One embraces it]].

* [[TheHero The Heroine]]: Farideh.

* OutOfCharacter: In ''The Adversary'', Asmodeus shows up to give [[spoiler: Lorcan]] cryptic orders and threaten him if he fails. Par for the course. He then ends with a ''silly, self-deprecating joke'' before leaving. [[spoiler: Lorcan and Sairche]] spend several pages deeply shaken over what it can possibly mean when ''The King of Hell'' is cracking jokes, especially ones that aren't sadistic and at someone else's expense. They end up deciding they're better off not knowing.

* ReligionOfEvil: The Ashmadai (mortal worshippers of Asmodeus) are most important as a group. Individual followers of the dark gods [[EvilOverlord Bane]], [[AxCrazy Cyric]], and [[DarkIsEvil Shar]] show up in ''Lesser Evils'' as well.

* SomethingTheyWouldNeverSay: Havilar ''never'' lets her glaive out of her sight and is described as fawning over it as if it was her child. When she [[spoiler: attacks the Ashmadai cult without it, it's a major tip-off to Farideh that something is ''very'' wrong. Turns out, she'd been possessed by Rohini]].

* {{UST}} [=/=]BelligerentSexualtension: Farideh and Lorcan's love/hate relationship is fairly thick with this.

** ''The Adversary'': A BigBadEnsemble, with Adolican Rhand, Sairche, and the Nameless One all vying for the position.

* TheCorruption: Rohini gets hit by a bad case of this, courtesy of [[spoiler:the aboleths. Yes, the aboleths are horrible enough to corrupt a ''devil'']].

* DealWithTheDevil: Farideh's deal with Lorcan is the impetus for much of the series' action. [[spoiler: She makes another one with Sairche, albeit under duress, that kicks off the start of ''The Adversary'']].

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Dahl; he can be prickly and standoffish, but he's a good man at heart.

* WildCard: Even the author has admitted she's not entirely sure if Lorcan will be a good guy or a bad guy in the long run.

* DealWithTheDevil: Farideh's deal with Lorcan is the impetus for much of the series' action.

* TheDreaded: Devils in general. On a more mortal level, pretty much everyone who knows Adolican Rhand well is terrified of him, and if what Lorcan says about her is true, Bryseis Kakistos was this in life and in her homeland remains so after death.

* ParentalAbandonment: Farideh and Havilar's biological parents abandoned them as infants outside the village where they would grow up; at this point we don't know why. Lorcan suspects foul play on ''someone's'' part, but even he doesn't know for sure (but he does think that whoever their parents were, they weren't exactly model citizens).

* PutOnABus: Mehen disappears for most of ''Lesser Evils''. [[spoiler: It turns out he was arrested...]]

* SemiDivine: ''The Adversary'' deals heavily in Chosen, people invested with some degree of a god's power. Most clearly, the Nameless One is a Chosen of Shar [[spoiler: and Farideh (and maybe Havilar]] is a Chosen of Asmodeus]].

[[WordOfGod According to an interview with Evans]] at least three further books are contracted.

# Untitled (TBR Fall 2014)

# ''The Adversary'' (TBR Dec 2013)- part of the ''Sundering'' CrisisCrossover

* BigBad: [[DemonLordsAndArchDevils Glasya]], [[DarkActionGirl Sairche]] and [[EvilSorcerer Adolican Rhand]] are being set up as series-spanning antagonists (which one will end up as ''the'' BigBad remains unclear). Each book so far has one too:

* BiggerBad: [[GodOfEvil Asmodeus]].

* TheDreaded: Devils in general. On a more mortal level, pretty much everyone who knows Adolican Rhand is terrified of him, and if what Lorcan says about her is true, Bryseis Kakistos was this in life and in her homeland remains so after death.

* EvilSorcerer: Most people would say Farideh is one merely for being a warlock. Adolican Rhand, on the other hand, is very much the genuine article [[spoiler: as was Tarchamus in life]].

* GodOfEvil: Asmodeus is explicitly described as such.

* HornedHumanoid: Tieflings.

* ManipulativeBastard: Rohini, Lorcan, Sairche, [[spoiler: Tarchamus]].

* NonActionGuy: Brin [[spoiler: though nominally a paladin of Torm]], tends to wind up getting his life saved by Havilar more often than not; his primary contribution is [[spoiler: his divine magic from Torm]].

* UltimateEvil: When Asmodeus appears in person at the end of the first book to chew out [[spoiler: his daughter]], it's only as a creepy voice and an overwhelmingly powerful sense of ''presence''.

* VillainTeamUp: As of the end of ''Lesser Evils'', one appears to be in the works between [[spoiler: Sairche and Rhand]].

* UnholyHolySword: [[spoiler: While not a weapon, the Book is certainly a magical object that initially appeared benevolent and useful, and turned out to be anything but]].

* MismatchedEyes: Farideh has one silver, one gold eye. This is significant because, when combined with the fact that she's a tiefling ''and'' a warlock, it's one of te traits that makes people tend to react with suspicion and prejudice to her.

* EvilIsSexy: Lorcan, to Farideh's frustration. Also the succubi, of course.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Devils are always ''lawful'' evil, thank you very much. Tieflings are [[FantasticRacism often assumed to be this]], but it's very explicitly shown to not be the case.