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* PowerBlonde: Varencienne as she grows up and becomes her own woman is quite the force to be reckoned with politically, personally, and magically. This on top of being quite sexually attractive.
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** Leonid doesn't come off much better. The first and only time she touches her father or speaks to him personally is on her wedding day.
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** Leonid doesn't come off much better. The first and only time she Varencienne touches her father or speaks to him personally is on her wedding day.
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* ShinyMidnightBlack: The Palindrakes are known for their black hair.
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* TheEmpire: MagravandiasMagravandias. In the past it was Cos, and before them, Mewt.
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* EveryoneLovesBlondes: In a rare male example, Tayven. At least, he starts out this way.
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* BigBeautifulWoman: Queen Neferishu, in contrast with the willowy standards of beauty of the Mewtish people. Bayard has apparently said "she's the only weighty woman he'd ever consider taking to bed."
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* BigBeautifulWoman: Queen Neferishu, in contrast with the standards of beauty of the Mewtish people.
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Two-hundred years later, Magravandias is [[TheEmpire a vast empire]] and still expanding with the help of Caradorean nobles leading their armies. Pharinet Palindrake, twin sister to Valraven V, begins to learn the truth of her family and her country's history and wants to revive the power of the sea dragons. This is complicated when she becomes insanely jealous of her best friend, who is destined to marry [[TheChosenOne Valraven]] and become the [[InHarmonyWithNature sea]] [[ComesGreatResponsibility wife]], a role she [[BrotherSisterIncest wants for herself]]. [[ItGotWorse It gets worse]] before it gets better.
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Two-hundred years later, Magravandias is [[TheEmpire a vast empire]] and still expanding with the help of Caradorean nobles leading their armies. Pharinet Palindrake, twin sister to Valraven V, begins to learn the truth of her family and her country's history and wants to revive the power of the sea dragons. This is complicated when she becomes insanely jealous of her best friend, who is destined to marry [[TheChosenOne Valraven]] and become the [[InHarmonyWithNature sea]] [[ComesGreatResponsibility wife]], a role she [[BrotherSisterIncest wants for herself]]. [[ItGotWorse It gets worse]] worse before it gets better.
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* PairTheSpares: Maycarpe/Saska is teased in the final chapters of the series.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Many of the problems in Caradore could have been avoided by the Palindrakes and the Leckerys not marrying in the first place.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Many of the problems in Caradore could have been avoided by the Palindrakes and the Leckerys not marrying in the first place.
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* WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis: Many of the problems in Caradore could have been avoided by the Palindrakes and the Leckerys not marrying in the first place.
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* DifferentAsNightAndDay: Twins Rav and Elly are opposites physically and mentally. He is golden like his Malagash relatives, bold, adventurous, and talkative. Elly is dark like the Palindrakes, gentle, quiet, and sensitive.
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* PolarOppositeTwins: Twins Rav and Elly are opposites physically and mentally. He is golden like his Malagash relatives, bold, adventurous, and talkative. Elly is dark like the Palindrakes, gentle, quiet, and sensitive.
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''The Chronicles of Magravandias'' is an epic {{fantasy}} trilogy with occasional undertones of AffectionateParody by British author StormConstantine. It consists of:
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''The Chronicles of Magravandias'' is an epic {{fantasy}} trilogy with occasional undertones of AffectionateParody by British author StormConstantine.Creator/StormConstantine. It consists of:
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* ChristmasCake: Everna seemed doomed to being a spinster until finally marrying at the late age of twenty-eight. She is widowed not long after.
* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale: Painfully averted.
** Shan is gang-raped by soldiers
** Tayven is nearly assaulted by Bayard before Khaster steps in, and is raped by Bayard later [[SlippingAMickey while drugged]]. [[spoiler: Actually Tayven was not that affected by the drug and reveals to Bayard that he could have killed him during that encounter.]]
** Shan is gang-raped by soldiers
** Tayven is nearly assaulted by Bayard before Khaster steps in, and is raped by Bayard later [[SlippingAMickey while drugged]]. [[spoiler: Actually Tayven was not that affected by the drug and reveals to Bayard that he could have killed him during that encounter.]]
* OldMaid: Everna seemed doomed to being a spinster until finally marrying at the late age of twenty-eight. She is widowed not long after and becomes the MaidenAunt to her brother's children.
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* RapeIsFunnyWhenItsMaleOnMale: Painfully averted.
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** Shan is gang-raped by soldiers
** Tayven is nearly assaulted by Bayard before Khaster steps in, and is raped by Bayard later [[SlippingAMickey while drugged]]. [[spoiler: Actually Tayven was not that affected by the drug and reveals to Bayard that he could have killed him during that encounter.]]
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* RapeIsTheNewDeadParents: Of course, Shan's parents are also dead.
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* PowerTrio: The Brotherhood of the King--Shan the warrior, Taropat the magus, and Tayven the bard.
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* TheThreeFacesOfAdam: The Brotherhood of the King--Shan the warrior (hunter), Taropat the magus (lord), and Tayven the bard (prophet).
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* AncientTradition: Everything to do with the sea dragons. Also everything to do with the Crown of Silence.
* BornLucky: Palindrake men are immune to assassination attempts. Also they will always triumph on the battlefield. The Malagashes love them for exactly this reason.
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* OfferedTheCrown: Valraven offered the Magravandian throne and people plot to put him in power long before this offer is made.
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* RightfulKingReturns: [[spoiler: Of course Valraven takes Caradore back. That's the whole point of stories that start with fallen dynasties.]]
* RoyalBlood: The Palindrakes, Malagashes, and other royal families. The Mewtish people in particular are proud of their long history and ancient royal dynasty.
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* StandardHeroReward: Played with a lot. Valraven is indeed useful to Leonid and thus is rewarded with being married to Varencienne, but the marriage is also for the purpose of "keep your friends close and your (potential) enemies closer." Not to mention Valraven isn't intended to be in line for succession. [[spoiler: He gets the throne anyway.]]
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* WritersCannotDoMath: Though details of character ages are mostly left vague, there are clues. And those clues don't always line up with the explicitly stated ages.
** At one point Almorante is stated to be thirty-six. Context clues would put his younger brother Bayard at thirty-five or so and at best Bayard and Mante have one (two if you count the son that died) brother between the two of them.
** Where exactly does Bayard fall in the line of succession? Good luck trying to figure it out, the number seem to change from sixth to fourth.
** Linnard's age makes no sense. In ''Sea Dragon Heir'' Tatrini explicitly states that Gastern is not yet married. By ''The Way of Light'', four years later, he is married with a child, only Linnard isn't a toddler by any stretch of the imagination.
** The number of the emperor's sons never seems to change, even though in the beginning of ''Sea Dragon Heir'' when they were first mentioned, the youngest ones wouldn't even have been born yet.
** At one point Almorante is stated to be thirty-six. Context clues would put his younger brother Bayard at thirty-five or so and at best Bayard and Mante have one (two if you count the son that died) brother between the two of them.
** Where exactly does Bayard fall in the line of succession? Good luck trying to figure it out, the number seem to change from sixth to fourth.
** Linnard's age makes no sense. In ''Sea Dragon Heir'' Tatrini explicitly states that Gastern is not yet married. By ''The Way of Light'', four years later, he is married with a child, only Linnard isn't a toddler by any stretch of the imagination.
** The number of the emperor's sons never seems to change, even though in the beginning of ''Sea Dragon Heir'' when they were first mentioned, the youngest ones wouldn't even have been born yet.
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* GenerationXerox: Played with. Elly physically resembles her aunt Pharinet, but mentally and emotionally resembles her namesake Ellony Leckery. Similarly, Pharinet is said to greatly resemble her ancestor Ilcretia Palindrake.
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* UncannyFamilyResemblance: All over the place.
** Elly physically resembles her aunt Pharinet, but mentally and emotionally resembles her namesake Ellony Leckery. Similarly, Pharinet is said to greatly resemble her ancestor Ilcretia Palindrake.
** Merlan is almost identical to Khaster.
** Niska is almost identical to Ellony.
** Tayven and his younger brother look a lot alike.
** Rav looks more than a little like a young Bayard.
** Elly physically resembles her aunt Pharinet, but mentally and emotionally resembles her namesake Ellony Leckery. Similarly, Pharinet is said to greatly resemble her ancestor Ilcretia Palindrake.
** Merlan is almost identical to Khaster.
** Niska is almost identical to Ellony.
** Tayven and his younger brother look a lot alike.
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* FallenAngel: Azcarnoth the peacock angel is likened to [[GreekMythology the myth of Prometheus]] with a touch of {{Satan}}.
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* FallenAngel: Azcarnoth Azcaranoth the peacock angel is likened to [[GreekMythology the myth of Prometheus]] with a touch of {{Satan}}.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler: Gastern]] faces the darkness of humanity. His mind doesn't survive.
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* The Leckerys, particularly Saska, whose worst flaw is being a busybody.
* Shan has nothing but fond memories ofhumanity. His mind doesn't survive.his father.
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* LampshadeHanging: Happens very frequently, though not enough to make the series a {{deconstruction}} and not quite enough for the characters to be GenreSavvy. The characters just, unknowingly, question normal fantasy novel actions and logic.
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# ''Sea Dragon Heir''
Heir'' (1998)
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* AbdicateTheThrone: [[spoiler: Gastern]] is forced to abdicate after he goes mad. His son is also quietly pushed aside in favorite of crowning his brother.
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* FallenAngels: Azcarnoth the peacock angel is likened to [[GreekMythology the myth of Prometheus]] with a touch of {{Satan}}.
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* FallenAngels: FallenAngel: Azcarnoth the peacock angel is likened to [[GreekMythology the myth of Prometheus]] with a touch of {{Satan}}.
