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* CitywideEvacuation: In ''Dark Skies'' princess Malahi orders Mudaire to be evacuated, since its wells are contaminated and the enemy Derin are approaching.
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* IllegalReligion: All religious beliefs are forbidden in the Celendor Empire and punished by death.
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* WarRefugees: Following the Derin invasion, the countryside becomes too dangerous to live because of the Deimos and other nightmare creatures slaughtering whole villages--so the people flee to Mudaire.
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* IOweYouMyLife: In her BackStory, Killian's father saved Bercola's life (by deciding not to kill her, even though he had a right to do it, as their nations were at war then) and when she recovered from her injuries, she found him and offered him her services to repay the LifeDebt. He set her to look after his son.
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* WaterIsWomanly: One of the Six gods of the West, who rule over various aspects of human life, is Madoria, goddess of the sea.
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* ''Gilded Serpent'' (to be published in April 2021)
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* OminousObsidianOoze: The blight. At first it is believed to be just a nuisance, a river of foul-smelling black goo flowing through the countryside. Later, however, it turns out that it also brings a Mystical Plague, which turns any living being that comes into contact with it into a zombie-like creature. [[spoiler: Not to mention the fact that it can undermine city walls.]]
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* MysticalPlague: The blight. It is first shown as foul-smelling rivers of black goo flowing through the countryside but then it turns out that any closer contact with it turns living beings into zombie-like creatures, devoid of any rational thought and (according to Grand Master Quindor) any life.
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* TaintedVeins: All creatures (included humans) that are infected by blight, have visibly blackened veins that stand out on their grayish skin.
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* {{Conscription}}: At the beginning of ''Dark Skies'' King Serrick drafts all able-bodied men from Mudaire into his army to fight the Derrin. All nobles promptly leave the city, together with their private guards, and women take over most of men's roles.
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* BathhouseBlitz: When senator Lucius Cassius invites his fiance Lydia to the bathhouse early in the morning, she thinks he only wants pre-maritial sex. But the bathhouse is eerily empty and it turns out that Cassius has arranged to have Lydia killed and her body dumped into the tunnel that drains the baths and leads somewhere underground. she survives but only due to a lot of luck and possibly a DivineIntervention.
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* BathhouseBlitz: When senator Lucius Cassius invites his fiance Lydia to the bathhouse early in the morning, she thinks he only wants pre-maritial sex. But the bathhouse is eerily empty and it turns out that Cassius has arranged to have Lydia her killed and her body dumped into the tunnel that drains the baths and leads somewhere underground. she survives but only due to a lot of luck and possibly a DivineIntervention.underground.
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* TimeZonesDoNotExist: Subverted. When Lydia touches a xenthier and is teleported to an unknown location, she tries to guess where she's arrived by looking at the position of the sun over the horizon. And that also makes her realize she is now on the other side of the world.
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* AscendedExtra: Teriana's friend Lydia, who appeared in the first few chapters of ''Dark Shores'', becomes TheProtagonist of ''Dark Skies''.
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** Teriana's friend Lydia, who appeared in the first few chapters of ''Dark Shores'', becomes TheProtagonist of ''DarkSkies''.Skies''.
** Vibius appears in just one scene in ''Dark Shores'', which establishes him as a {{Jerkass}}. In ''Dark Skies'' he is revealed to be Cassius's ally and accomplice, and his actions are important for the plot.
** Teriana's friend Lydia, who appeared in the first few chapters of ''Dark Shores'', becomes TheProtagonist of ''Dark
** Vibius appears in just one scene in ''Dark Shores'', which establishes him as a {{Jerkass}}. In ''Dark Skies'' he is revealed to be Cassius's ally and accomplice, and his actions are important for the plot.
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* {{Jerkass}}: High Lord Hacken Calorian, Killian's oldest brother. Very handsome, rich and powerful, he is also greedy, full of contempt, does not care a whit about common people and often makes life miserable for Killian. Also, at one point he simply steps on the body of a girl who died while protecting his life (well, his and Malahi's) because he cannot be bothered to go around (or maybe he just does not care).
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* {{Jerkass}}: {{Jerkass}}:
** High Lord Hacken Calorian, Killian's oldest brother. Very handsome, rich and powerful, he is also greedy, full of contempt, does not care a whit about common people and often makes life miserable for Killian. Also, at one point he simply steps on the body of a girl who died while protecting his life (well, his and Malahi's) because he cannot be bothered to go around (or maybe he just does notcare).care).
** Valerius's nephew Vibius. The only thing he cares about is getting his uncle's money and title [[spoiler: to achieve this end, he is slowly poisoning Valerius]] and he is positively hostile and rude towards Lydia. Lydia, in turn, feels almost sorry for his wife Ulpia.
** High Lord Hacken Calorian, Killian's oldest brother. Very handsome, rich and powerful, he is also greedy, full of contempt, does not care a whit about common people and often makes life miserable for Killian. Also, at one point he simply steps on the body of a girl who died while protecting his life (well, his and Malahi's) because he cannot be bothered to go around (or maybe he just does not
** Valerius's nephew Vibius. The only thing he cares about is getting his uncle's money and title [[spoiler: to achieve this end, he is slowly poisoning Valerius]] and he is positively hostile and rude towards Lydia. Lydia, in turn, feels almost sorry for his wife Ulpia.
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** Teriana and Marcus are told of missing/kidnapped children in Dark Shores[[spoiler: The audience finds out where at least some of the Marked children are going in Dark Shores - sold to Mudamora.]]
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** At one point Malahi asks Killian to stop arguing with Helene Torrington, as one day she will become the High Lady of the House Torrington and Malahi will need her support then. [[spoiler: Which happens when her father drinks blight-infected wine and Helene, angry at Malahi's engagement to Killian, removes her House's support for the Princess]].
** Teriana and Marcus are told of missing/kidnapped children in DarkShores[[spoiler: Shores. [[spoiler: The audience finds out where at least some of the Marked children are going in Dark Shores - sold to Mudamora.]]
** Teriana and Marcus are told of missing/kidnapped children in Dark
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* LadyAndKnight: Princess Malahi and Killian Calorian as her sworn sword.
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In the meantime, on the other side of the world, the dreaded nation of Derin, who worship the [[GodOfEvil Seventh god]], has invaded Mudamora. Young Killian Calorian, Marked by WarGod Tremon, believes it's all his fault and is ready to pay with his life for his mistakes--when suddenly he is given a chance for redemption by none other than the King's daughter, princess Malahi.
And Lydia, Teriana's only friend in Celendor, is learning that the world is much more complicated than her beloved library and there is a price for everything.
And Lydia, Teriana's only friend in Celendor, is learning that the world is much more complicated than her beloved library and there is a price for everything.
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** The Corrupted that arrived at the Wall to warn Killian claimed to have been "stolen" by the Seventh rather than having made a pact. [[Spoiler: That Lydia has only made a pact with Hegeria but can also drain the life from others, the signature power of the Corrupted, confirms the Corrupted's claim that being Corrupted is not nearly as simple as accepting a pact with the Seventh.]]
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** The Corrupted that arrived at the Wall to warn Killian claimed to have been "stolen" by the Seventh rather than having made a pact. [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: That Lydia has only made a pact with Hegeria but can also drain the life from others, the signature power of the Corrupted, confirms the Corrupted's claim that being Corrupted is not nearly as simple as accepting a pact with the Seventh.]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Malahi - repeatedly.
** Her decision to [[spoiler: not include Dareena Falorn]] leads to her plans to be voted queen of Mudamora to be disrupted due to there being no spare votes, ''twice''.
** [[spoiler: Her forgery of the King Serrick's message nearly gets Killian killed and Mudamoria taken by Rufina's army.]]
** Her decision to [[spoiler: not include Dareena Falorn]] leads to her plans to be voted queen of Mudamora to be disrupted due to there being no spare votes, ''twice''.
** [[spoiler: Her forgery of the King Serrick's message nearly gets Killian killed and Mudamoria taken by Rufina's army.]]
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* DivineIntervention: Even though gods in theory mostly work through their Marked, there are a few, some more and some less obvious:
** Madoria and Gespurn fighting over the Maarin ships that carry legions through the xenthier.
** Hegeria marking Lydia to save Killian's life.
** Possibly Madoria tearing Lydia out of Marcus's grip.
** Madoria and Gespurn fighting over the Maarin ships that carry legions through the xenthier.
** Hegeria marking Lydia to save Killian's life.
** Possibly Madoria tearing Lydia out of Marcus's grip.
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* CassandraTruth: The Corrupted that comes to the Wall before Rita's forces claims to wish to help defend. Killian doesn't believe her until after her death.
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* CassandraTruth: The Corrupted that comes to the Wall before Rita's Rufina's forces claims to wish to help defend. Killian doesn't believe her until after her death.
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* CassandraTruth: The Corrupted that comes to the Wall before Rita's forces claims to wish to help defend. Killian doesn't believe her until after her death.
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** The Corrupted that arrived at the Wall to warn Killian claimed to have been "stolen" by the Seventh rather than having made a pact. [[Spoiler: That Lydia has only made a pact with Hegeria but can also drain the life from others, the signature power of the Corrupted, confirms the Corrupted's claim that being Corrupted is not nearly as simple as accepting a pact with the Seventh.]]
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** Lydia points out when Teriana gives her the Treatise of the Seven that she'd be in great trouble if she was found with it. [[spoiler: Lydia underestimated the trouble as the book being found leads to the Empire sending legions to conquer the West.]]
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** Senator Valerius is initially cold to Teriana's eyes when she greets him in his home. [[spoiler: He had just negotiated Lydia's marriage to Lucius Cassius and told Lydia to try and make herself more marketable as a wife by acting the part of a female Patrician to the T. Something that Lydia's friendship with Teriana works against.]]
** Marcus being healed by Caradoc despite the raised concerns of Hegeria not choosing to heal him makes more sense [[spoiler: when one realizes that either Hegeria is aligned with Madoria as to no longer enforcing the East/West divide or owes Madoria a favor for bringing Lydia back to the West.]]
** Marcus being healed by Caradoc despite the raised concerns of Hegeria not choosing to heal him makes more sense [[spoiler: when one realizes that either Hegeria is aligned with Madoria as to no longer enforcing the East/West divide or owes Madoria a favor for bringing Lydia back to the West.]]
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* BullyingADragon: Malahi, decides to blackmail [[spoiler: Lydia to murder King Serrick via the same [[TouchOfDeath manner]] of the Corrupted has. While in the same room as Lydia, who is untied.]]
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** [[spoiler: Lydia reveals that at least some of Hegeria's healers also have the ability.]]
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* BraidsOfAction: Young women who form princess Malahi's guard usually wear their hair long and braided, although some cut it short and the giantess Bercola shaves her head.
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* BraidsOfAction: Young women who form princess Malahi's guard usually wear their hair long and braided, although some cut it short and the giantess Bercola [[BaldWomen shaves her head.head]].
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* OnceMoreWithClarity: Between Teriana, Lydia and Marcus no one has the entire picture of what was going down in Celendrial. In particular Teriana and Lydia's final conversation before the Consul elections have very different tones depending on whose perspective it is.
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* RashomonStyle: Between Teriana, Lydia and Marcus no one has the entire picture of what was going down in Celendrial.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Malahi asks for confirmation of Lydia's description of the crown shelters. [[spoiler: Malahi is very aware that Lydia is the healer that saved Killian and is jealous.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: A frequent occurrence, both within a single book and stretching across books.
** Teriana and Marcus are told of missing/kidnapped children in Dark Shores[[spoiler: The audience finds out where at least some of the Marked children are going in Dark Shores - sold to Mudamora.]]
** Malahi asks for confirmation of Lydia's description of the crown shelters. [[spoiler: Malahi is very aware that Lydia is the healer that saved Killian and is jealous.]]
** Teriana and Marcus are told of missing/kidnapped children in Dark Shores[[spoiler: The audience finds out where at least some of the Marked children are going in Dark Shores - sold to Mudamora.]]
** Malahi asks for confirmation of Lydia's description of the crown shelters. [[spoiler: Malahi is very aware that Lydia is the healer that saved Killian and is jealous.]]
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** Single handcuff in the shape of the Calorian horse that Killian absent-mindedly leaves in his brother's house (the other one he gave to a little girl in the sewers) becomes quite damning in Hacken's hands.
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