History Literature / DeathGodRising

* TheChick: Adrianna Fraser serves as the healer and emotional support for the team, and she's not even as action-oriented as her brother is. However, when she has reason to- and it's difficult to get her to this stage- [[BewareTheNiceOnes she can take you apart as easily as she can put you together]].

* SkunkStripe: In the same ley line incident that bleaches Adrian's hair, Alec acquires one of these.

%%* BaldOfAwesome: Rhys. Just Rhys.

* PowerTrio: The Fraser triplets, with Adrienne as the Id, Adrian as the Superego, and Adrianna as the Ego.

* AbusiveParents: The Fraser's parents are implied to have been like this.

* AffablyEvil: The villain of the first book.
* AmazonianBeauty / AmazonChaser: Adrienne Fraser is six feet tall, in shape, blonde, gorgeous, and kicks ass both physically and magically. There's no question as to why Theo's attracted to her.
* BaldOfAwesome: Rhys. Just Rhys.

* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Piss off Melkor and you will find yourself ceasing to exist- no one remembers who you are, your bank account doesn't exist, your social security number doesn't exist, and not even your dog recognizes you. Unless you're Rhys. See {{Unperson}} below.

* CoolOldGuy: Rhys is really old. He's also pretty cool.

* HappilyMarried: Adrienne and Theo in the second book.
* HealingHands: Adrianna's most obvious power.

* {{Magitek}}: Kale specializes in creating this.

* OfficialCouple: Theo and Adrienne, since before the first book.

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Melkor's way of doing things sometimes.

* TechnicolorEyes: Theo and Ash both have silver eyes, stemming from their divine (or partly divine) natures.

* TheTwink: Alec and Lan could both fall under this heading.

* {{Unperson}}: What Melkor does to you when you Really Piss Him Off.
* VirginSacrifice: A component of some rituals, specifically [[spoiler:the fertility rite that Ash-Erikigal used to ensure that the blight that came from his draining the West Coast's life energy to return to godhood wouldn't spread too far. He says the virgins were willing, but it's uncertain.]]

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Adrian gets his before the first book when [[spoiler:he stops Ash-Erikigal's ascension by teleporting all over the West Coast to break the spells feeding him energy and then using the last feeder spell to teleport to Ash's home where the rest of the team was holding him off so that he could tell him in person.]]
* CrowningMomentofFunny: When the team needed to speak to some unicorns and none of them qualified, Trever had to coat his naked self in honey and go out to try and coax the unicorns to speak to him. It worked. And it ended up on Website/YouTube.

* BlondGuysAreEvil: Although Adrian and Theo are blond and heroic, in the second book Val Starecrow joins the team and while not evil, he's definitely a massive {{jerkass}}.

* PsychicPowers: New DMCM member Lan Petrov has these, including [[MindProbe telepathy]], [[TheEmpath empathy]], and psychometry. His overuse does occasionally come with [[PsychicNosebleed nosebleeds]] but he tries to avoid the [[PstandardPsychicPstance stance]].

* HotChickInABadassSuit: Adrienne and Adrianna wear suits while on the job, and they're both hot blondes.

An alternate-earth UrbanFantasy novel by {{Kippurbird}} and a friend.

The other members of the decidedly unorthodox DMCM are [[NonIdleRich Theo Sammeth]], the son of a former god turned head of the Circle, the [[PowerTrio Fraser triplets]]- [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy Adrian]], [[ActionGirl Adrienne]], and [[TheMedic Adrianna]], and the Delvar twins [[MrFixit Kale]] and [[FluffyTamer Trever]]. The first book brings two new members, [[ReformedCriminal Alec Troven]] and [[TheEmpath Lan Petrov]].

* VirginSacrifice: A component of some rituals, specifically [[spoiler:the fertility rite that Ash-Erikigal used to ensure that the blight that came from his draining the West Coast's life energy to return to godhood wouldn't spread too far. He says the virgins were willing, but it's uncertain.]]
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Adrian Fraser's hair is so blond as to be white, but he falls into the good category. He can be aloof, but he's friendly if you're a member of the DMCM.
** Ash-Erikigal also counts, as his hair has been white since the day he [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence ascended to godhood]]. He is definitely more morally grey than Adrian is, especially considering the pre-book events and his behaviour towards Trever.
** In the second book, Adrian fits this even further after his hair gets turned white while handling ley lines.

* BaldOfAwesome: Rhys. Just Rhys.
* BigBrotherMentor: Adrian has to teach Alec about ritual magic, and this is closest to their relationship. [[spoiler:Later it takes on hints of [[LoverAndBeloved Lover And Beloved]], although Adrian is only about ten years older than Alec.]]

* CoolShades: Theo always wears sunglasses, even at night and indoors. It's because his eyes are highly sensitive to light and without them he's blinded. On the other hand he can see in the dark.

* CrowningMomentofFunny: When the team needed to speak to some unicorns and none of them qualified, Trever had to coat his naked self in honey and go out to try and coax the unicorns to speak to him. It worked. And it ended up on YouTube.
* {{Cult}}: Theo has his own cult. He's managed to get them to stop sacrificing virgins to him. They now send him holiday cards and the occasional goat sacrifice.

* {{Familiar}}: Veena is Trever's familiar cat. Although she doesn't talk, she does teleport and is quite capable of thinking on her own and causing trouble. Trever carries a photo ID for her.
* FantasticReligiousWeirdness: Christianity exists because Melkor accidentally raised Jesus, but no one believes it. He's rather embarrassed about the entire incident.

* HappilyMarried: Adrienne and Theo in the second book.

* InterserviceRivalry: Black Company of the Army and the DMCM often tread in the same areas and neither of them are happy about running into each other.

* NoodleIncident: Being exceptionally old and siblings, Ash and Melkor have many of these things which they bring up at times.

* ReincarnationRomance: According to Ash this is what Trever is for him. Trever refutes this. [[spoiler:Though this doesn't stop them from ending up in bed together once in a while. There's just a morning after of 'oh hell, not again']]
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Melkor's way of doing things sometimes.

* StalkerWithACrush: Since Ash-Erikigal firmly believes that Trever is his reincarnated lover he follows him where ever he goes to be with him.

** A sign of a mage-thief is silver sparkles in their eyes which they get after they've recently 'fed' on another mage. Alec has these when he first meets Rhys.

* HotAmazon: Adrienne Fraser is six feet tall, in shape, blonde, gorgeous, and kicks ass both physically and magically. There's no question as to why Theo's attracted to her.

* [[AbusiveParents Abusive Parents]]: The Fraser's parents are implied to have been like this.
* [[ActionGirl Action Girl]]: Adrienne Fraser is the most combat-oriented member of the team, having majored in War Magic in university. She outclasses both her brother and her fiance when it comes to the battlefield.
* [[AffablyEvil Affably Evil]]: The villain of the first book.
* [[BaldOfAwesome Bald of Awesome]]: Rhys. Just Rhys.
* [[BigBrotherMentor Big Brother Mentor]]: Adrian has to teach Alec about ritual magic, and this is closest to their relationship. [[spoiler:Later it takes on hints of [[LoverAndBeloved Lover And Beloved]], although Adrian is only about ten years older than Alec.]]
* [[BlondGuysAreEvil Blond Guys Are Evil]]: Although Adrian and Theo are blond and heroic, in the second book Val Starecrow joins the team and while not evil, he's definitely a massive {{jerkass}}.
* [[BoltOfDivineRetribution Bolt of Divine Retribution]] Piss off Melkor and you will find yourself ceasing to exist- no one remembers who you are, your bank account doesn't exist, your social security number doesn't exist, and not even your dog recognizes you. Unless you're Rhys. See {{Unperson}} below.
* [[BlackMagic Black Magic]]: Theo's specialty, though subverted in that he's definitely on the side of good. His father, who shares many of his powers, is more morally ambiguous.
* [[BungledSuicide Bungled Suicide]]: The victims of the ritual killings in the first book are [[spoiler:people who attempted suicide but did not succeed.]]
* [[CastFullOfGay Cast Full Of Gay]]: Rhys, Kale, Adrian, Lan, and Alec are all gay, Adrianna is a lesbian, and Ash is bisexual, which leaves Theo, Adrienne, and Trever as the major straight characters, and [[spoiler:if Ash gets his way, Trever will be bi too.]]
* [[CatsAreMean Cats Are Mean]] Veena, Trever's cat familiar causes trouble and tends to be quite selfish. [[spoiler:She later has a litter of teleporting kittens.]]
* [[CoolOldGuy Cool Old Guy]]: Rhys is really old. He's also pretty cool.
* [[CoolShades Cool Shades]]: Theo always wears sunglasses, even at night and indoors. It's because his eyes are highly sensitive to light and without them he's blinded. On the other hand he can see in the dark.
* [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Crowning Moment Of Awesome]]: Adrian gets his before the first book when [[spoiler:he stops Ash-Erikigal's ascension by teleporting all over the West Coast to break the spells feeding him energy and then using the last feeder spell to teleport to Ash's home where the rest of the team was holding him off so that he could tell him in person.]]
* [[CrowningMomentofFunny Crowning Moment of Funny]]: When the team needed to speak to some unicorns and none of them qualified, Trever had to coat his naked self in honey and go out to try and coax the unicorns to speak to him. It worked. And it ended up on YouTube.

* [[DarkIsNotEvil Dark Is Not Evil]]: Theo Sammeth may give off creepy vibes and raise zombies and those pesky undead wards always try to keep him out, but he's a good guy, through and through.
* [[EverybodyHatesHades Everybody Hates Hades]]: Subverted. Retired death god Melkor isn't a Satan clone or evil, though Rhys, at least, seriously questions his motives. Nor does he go in for fire, brimstone, horns, or pitchforks. Mel is a fairly amiable guy who does a good job of governing the Circle and is fond of his son's fiancee. There's nothing so bad about that, right?
* [[ExtremeOmnivore Extreme Omnivore]]: Mayhem, one of Veena's kittens, turns out to be this. He eats anything without regard and without harm. [[spoiler: It probably helps that he's got some goblin in him.]]

* [[FantasticReligiousWeirdness Fantastic Religious Weirdness]] Christianity exists because Melkor accidentally raised Jesus, but no one believes it. He's rather embarrassed about the entire incident.
* [[FluffyTamer Fluffy Tamer]]: Trever majored in Magical Species Zoology in college, and it shows. In one of the first scenes in the novel, he's seen befriending a lake monster and is told that no, he can't take it home with him.
* [[FunctionalMagic Functional Magic]]: There are many different kinds of magic, quite a few of which fall under this heading.
* [[GodInHumanForm God In Human Form]]: Theo's dad and Ash-Erikigal both fall into this category, though Ash's powers are far more limited than Melkor's since before the first book he [[spoiler:made a nearly-successful attempt to return to full godhood that would have turned the western coast of the United States into a wasteland and the DMCM stopped him.]]
* [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction Government Agency Of Fiction]]: The Department of Magical Crimes and Mischief, a fictional department of the FBI.
* [[HappilyMarried Happily Married]] Adrienne and Theo in the second book.
* [[HealingHands Healing Hands]]: Adrianna's most obvious power.
* [[HotAmazon Hot Amazon]]: Adrienne Fraser is six feet tall, in shape, blonde, gorgeous, and kicks ass both physically and magically. There's no question as to why Theo's attracted to her.
* [[HotChickInABadassSuit Hot Chicks In Badass Suits]]: Adrienne and Adrianna wear suits while on the job, and they're both hot blondes.
* [[InterserviceRivalry Interservice Rivalry]]: Black Company of the Army and the DMCM often tread in the same areas and neither of them are happy about running into each other.
* [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy I Want My Beloved To Be Happy]]: Theo's mother was originally Ash's fiancee but fell in love with his brother Melkor instead. After sulking for a while, Ash forgave them both and just wanted her to be happy... and encouraged their son Theo to embarrass his father regularly.
* [[LeyLine Ley Lines]]: When these start moving, it's a sign that something is going very wrong. Adrian and Rhys are the only team members who can use them.

* [[MissingMom Missing Mom]]: Subverted. Theo's mother died in a car accident when he was eight, but Melkor raised her as a ghost and she still helped to raise him.
* [[MoralityPet Morality Pet]]: Although he spends a lot of time annoying the members of the DMCM and his status as morally grey is inarguable, Ash-Erikigal really loves his daughter Maya and tries to make sure that her life is as normal as a daughter of a downgraded god's can be.
* [[NiceCharacterMeanActor Nice Character Mean Actor]]: Although known for playing heartthrobs and heroes, Ashley Carrey is a womanizing jerk.
* [[NoodleIncident Noodle Incident]]: Being exceptionally old and siblings, Ash and Melkor have many of these things which they bring up at times.
* [[OlderThanTheyLook Older Than They Look]]: Mages and gods in human form are immortal, which means that Melkor, Ash, and Rhys are all far, far older than they look. Melkor and Rhys appear to be in their forties while Rhys is two thousand years old and Melkor is... older, and Ash appears to be in his late twenties and is the same age as Melkor.
* [[ParentalAbandonment Parental Abandonment]]: The Fraser's parents died when they were in their teens in a gas leak. Adrienne [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial insists she had nothing to do with it and that nobody can prove anything.]]
* [[PlayingWithFire Playing With Fire]]: Adrienne's favourite toy. Though a blonde and not a redhead, she fits the fiery personality part of the trope to a T.
* [[PowerTrio Power Trio]]: The Fraser triplets, with Adrienne as the Id, Adrian as the Superego, and Adrianna as the Ego.
* [[PsychicPowers Psychic Powers]]: New DMCM member Lan Petrov has these, including [[MindProbe telepathy]], [[TheEmpath empathy]], and psychometry. His overuse does occasionally come with [[PsychicNosebleed nosebleeds]] but he tries to avoid the [[PstandardPsychicPstance stance]].
* [[OfficialCouple Official Couple]]: Theo and Adrienne, since before the first book.
* [[ReincarnationRomance Reincarnation Romance]]: According to Ash this is what Trever is for him. Trever refutes this. [[spoiler:Though this doesn't stop them from ending up in bed together once in a while. There's just a morning after of 'oh hell, not again']]
* [[{{ptitle2rgn9vunopna}} Screw The Rules—I Have Money]] Melkor's way of doing things sometimes.
* [[SkunkStripe Skunk Stripe:]] In the same ley line incident that bleaches Adrian's hair, Alec acquires one of these.
* [[StalkerWithACrush Stalker With A Crush]]: Since Ash-Erikigal firmly believes that Trever is his reincarnated lover he follows him where ever he goes to be with him.
* [[TechnicolorEyes Technicolor Eyes]]: Theo and Ash both have silver eyes, stemming from their divine (or partly divine) natures.

* [[TheChick The Chick]]: Adrianna Fraser serves as the healer and emotional support for the team, and she's not even as action-oriented as her brother is. However, when she has reason to- and it's difficult to get her to this stage- [[BewareTheNiceOnes she can take you apart as easily as she can put you together]].
* [[TheFashionista The Fashionista]]: Adrienne loves clothes and the fact that being engaged to Theo gives her tons of opportunities to dress up.
* [[TheTwink The Twink]]: Alec and Lan could both fall under this heading.
* [[TeamMom Team Mom]]: Adrianna takes good care of the rest of the DMCM and even some of their family members. She keeps them organized and on-task, and usually cleans up the mess when something goes awry.

* {{Unperson}} : What Melkor does to you when you Really Piss Him Off.
* [[VirginSacrifice Virgin Sacrifice]]: A component of some rituals, specifically [[spoiler:the fertility rite that Ash-Erikigal used to ensure that the blight that came from his draining the West Coast's life energy to return to godhood wouldn't spread too far. He says the virgins were willing, but it's uncertain.]]
* [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Adrian Fraser's hair is so blond as to be white, but he falls into the good category. He can be aloof, but he's friendly if you're a member of the DMCM.

* [[BoltOfDivineRetribution Bolt of Divine Retribution]] Piss off Melkor and you will find yourself ceasing to exist- no one remembers who you are, your bank account doesn't exist, your social security number doesn't exist, and not even your dog recognizes you. Unless you're Rhys. See [[Unperson]] below.

* [[Unperson]]: What Melkor does to you when you Really Piss Him Off.

* [[BoltOfDivineRetribution Bolt of Divine Retribution]] Piss off Melkor and you will find yourself ceasing to exist- no one remembers who you are, your bank account doesn't exist, your social security number doesn't exist, and not even your dog recognizes you. Unless you're Rhys