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The origins of the [=Dechance=] Chronicles are tied to the World of Darkness by Creator/WhiteWolf. David Wilson used to write novels for them (The Grail Covenant Trilogy, ''Dark Age: Lasombra'', ''Clan Novel: Malkavian'') but grey frustrated with the restrictions on his world. The [=Dechance=] Chronicles are a more freeform interlocked universe by contrast. Also, a bit LighterAndSofter.
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The origins of the [=Dechance=] Chronicles are tied to the World of Darkness by Creator/WhiteWolf. David Wilson used to write novels for them (The Grail Covenant Trilogy, ''Dark Age: Lasombra'', ''Clan Novel: Malkavian'') but grey grew frustrated with the restrictions on his world. The [=Dechance=] Chronicles are a more freeform interlocked universe by contrast. Also, a bit LighterAndSofter.
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: Donovan Dechance. Also serves as an AlliterativeName.
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* BigDamnedHeroes: [[spoiler: Amethyst rescued Donovan from being killed by Vein when the archwizard underestimates his opponents in a street fight.]]
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* BigDamnedHeroes: BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Amethyst rescued Donovan from being killed by Vein when the archwizard underestimates his opponents in a street fight.]]
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MeaningfulName: Amethyst specializes in enchanting gemstones with magical spells.
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* TheBeautifulElite: The vampires are all spectacularly beautiful with Vanessa DiCaprio being the most beautiful.
* BeneathSuspicion: The alchemist's true identity [[spoiler: is an apprentice that was almost always around our heroes throughout the start of the book.]]
* BigDamnedHeroes: [[spoiler: Amethyst rescued Donovan from being killed by Vein when the archwizard underestimates his opponents in a street fight.]]
* BullyingADragon:
** The alchemist, [[spoiler: Lance Ezzel]], attempts to intimidate Donovan into surrendering the journal of Jean Claude Le Duc. Donovan wonders why he's even trying.
** Vein and his minions attempt to intimidate Donovan. Being an archwizard, he reacts to it with mild amusement. [[spoiler: It proves a mistake as their speed compensates for raw power.]]
* TheButlerDidIt: The alchemist is [[spoiler: Amethyst's apprentice, Lance Ezzel, who was privy to all of Donovan's plans by just being in the background.]]
* CardCarryingVillain: The alchemist [[spoiler: Lance Ezzel]] a mad sorcerer that plays up every EvilSorcerer stereotype there is. This is considered quite bizarre by other mages, including ones who are quite amoral.
* CoolestClubEver: A new one is visited by Donovan with "The Crossroads" being another place to do supernatural deals.
* CouncilOfVampires: The council of elders is one of these.
* DarkLord: The alchemist envisions himself to be one of these and is considered to be a joke by most mages.
* DeadpanSnarker: Donovan always has shades of this but it is particularly notable here when he's appalled by his opponents LargeHam and ObviouslyEvil tendencies.
* CoDragons: Both Vein and Kline serve as the chief enforcers of Johndrow.
* FantasticRacism: Vein doesn't think very much of humans and finds the idea of hiring Dechance to find Vanessa demeaning.
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: Lance Ezzel is taken by a demon off to hell when he doesn't fill the obligations of his ritual.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Alistair Cornwell was a poseur wizard who apparently gained actual magical power sometime in his later life. Donovan barely remembers him and only does so because he was such a LargeHam. [[spoiler: He's not the villain but the equally innocuous apprentice of Amethyst is.]]
* HumanSacrifice: Or vampire sacrifice in the case of the ritual being planned.
* HotConsort: Vanessa is the consort of Johndrow and his most beloved creation.
* IHaveYourWife: Johndrow assumes Vanessa has been kidnapped in order to leverage him as the leader of the vampires in San Valencez. Instead, Vanessa is being kept as a part of a ritual that will make her captor immortal. It will also kill her (again).
* ImmortalitySeeker: The alchemist attempts to finish Jean Claude Le Duc's formula to grant himself immortality.
* LargeHam: The alchemist acts like he's a villain in a high fantasy novel, which the UrbanFantasy crowd are utterly confused by.
* NoodleIncident: Donovan training a kung fu wielding vampire hunter to hunt on behalf of the vampire council.
* SkewedPriorities: Vein is more interested in getting revenge on Dovonan humiliating him than rescuing Vanessa.
* TomeOfEldritchLore: The Journal of Jean Claude Le Duc and its Perpetuum Vitae potion.
* TreasureHuntEpisode: Donovan needs to find the secrets of the Perpetuum Vitae potion before the villain does. This includes a magical journal, an Elder vampire, a human exorcists bones, and a few other exotic ingredients.
* VampireMonarch: Johndrow is the ruler of the vampires of San Valencez.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: Vein and his crew are more interested in roughing up Donovan than finding Vanessa.
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* TheBeautifulElite: The vampires are all spectacularly beautiful with Vanessa DiCaprio being the most beautiful.
* BeneathSuspicion: The alchemist's true identity [[spoiler: is an apprentice that was almost always around our heroes throughout the start of the book.]]
* BigDamnedHeroes: [[spoiler: Amethyst rescued Donovan from being killed by Vein when the archwizard underestimates his opponents in a street fight.]]
* BullyingADragon:
** The alchemist, [[spoiler: Lance Ezzel]], attempts to intimidate Donovan into surrendering the journal of Jean Claude Le Duc. Donovan wonders why he's even trying.
** Vein and his minions attempt to intimidate Donovan. Being an archwizard, he reacts to it with mild amusement. [[spoiler: It proves a mistake as their speed compensates for raw power.]]
* TheButlerDidIt: The alchemist is [[spoiler: Amethyst's apprentice, Lance Ezzel, who was privy to all of Donovan's plans by just being in the background.]]
* CardCarryingVillain: The alchemist [[spoiler: Lance Ezzel]] a mad sorcerer that plays up every EvilSorcerer stereotype there is. This is considered quite bizarre by other mages, including ones who are quite amoral.
* CoolestClubEver: A new one is visited by Donovan with "The Crossroads" being another place to do supernatural deals.
* CouncilOfVampires: The council of elders is one of these.
* DarkLord: The alchemist envisions himself to be one of these and is considered to be a joke by most mages.
* DeadpanSnarker: Donovan always has shades of this but it is particularly notable here when he's appalled by his opponents LargeHam and ObviouslyEvil tendencies.
* CoDragons: Both Vein and Kline serve as the chief enforcers of Johndrow.
* FantasticRacism: Vein doesn't think very much of humans and finds the idea of hiring Dechance to find Vanessa demeaning.
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: Lance Ezzel is taken by a demon off to hell when he doesn't fill the obligations of his ritual.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Alistair Cornwell was a poseur wizard who apparently gained actual magical power sometime in his later life. Donovan barely remembers him and only does so because he was such a LargeHam. [[spoiler: He's not the villain but the equally innocuous apprentice of Amethyst is.]]
* HumanSacrifice: Or vampire sacrifice in the case of the ritual being planned.
* HotConsort: Vanessa is the consort of Johndrow and his most beloved creation.
* IHaveYourWife: Johndrow assumes Vanessa has been kidnapped in order to leverage him as the leader of the vampires in San Valencez. Instead, Vanessa is being kept as a part of a ritual that will make her captor immortal. It will also kill her (again).
* ImmortalitySeeker: The alchemist attempts to finish Jean Claude Le Duc's formula to grant himself immortality.
* LargeHam: The alchemist acts like he's a villain in a high fantasy novel, which the UrbanFantasy crowd are utterly confused by.
* NoodleIncident: Donovan training a kung fu wielding vampire hunter to hunt on behalf of the vampire council.
* SkewedPriorities: Vein is more interested in getting revenge on Dovonan humiliating him than rescuing Vanessa.
* TomeOfEldritchLore: The Journal of Jean Claude Le Duc and its Perpetuum Vitae potion.
* TreasureHuntEpisode: Donovan needs to find the secrets of the Perpetuum Vitae potion before the villain does. This includes a magical journal, an Elder vampire, a human exorcists bones, and a few other exotic ingredients.
* VampireMonarch: Johndrow is the ruler of the vampires of San Valencez.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: Vein and his crew are more interested in roughing up Donovan than finding Vanessa.
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* Renaissance Man: Donovan possesses multiple kinds of magic and is an expert in numerous fields, allowing him to help with numerous insurmountable problems of a variety of people.
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* ArtAttacker: Salvatore's dragon portraits can provide powerful magic to anyone who wears one.
* ArtiInitiatesLife: Salvatore is capable of creating paintings of dragons so real they can lend their power to humans.
* ArtifactOfDoom: The dragon jackets are too powerful for any mortal to wear and quickly overwhelm the humans who put them on. [[spoiler: The Dragons get around this by fighting under a dragon STANDARD that empowers them but doesn't overwhelm them completely.]]
* ArtiInitiatesLife: Salvatore is capable of creating paintings of dragons so real they can lend their power to humans.
* ArtifactOfDoom: The dragon jackets are too powerful for any mortal to wear and quickly overwhelm the humans who put them on. [[spoiler: The Dragons get around this by fighting under a dragon STANDARD that empowers them but doesn't overwhelm them completely.]]
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Martinez and Donovan were enemies for years because the former stole away a werewolf before he could be killed as a threat to others. Martinez later explains this is because the werewolf was his son and he sought a way to cure him. [[spoiler: Which he did using a magical collar.]]
* WhatMeasureIsAMook: The casualties of the war are all between two pairs of gangs but Donovan wants to prevent more bloodshed. He's also worried about their magic potentially spreading.
* WhatMeasureIsAMook: The casualties of the war are all between two pairs of gangs but Donovan wants to prevent more bloodshed. He's also worried about their magic potentially spreading.
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''The [=Dechance=] Chronicles'' are a UrbanFantasy series by David Niall Wilson. They follow the advance of an occultist, wizard, and collector of ancient relics named Donovan [=Dechance=]. He investigates supernatural crimes and deals with threats that imperil his West Coast city San Valencez. He is joined in this by his long-time girlfriend Amethyst, cat Cleo, and a variety of strange as well as similarly gifted friends.
The origins of the [=Dechance=] Chronicles are tied to the World of Darkness by Creator/WhiteWolf. David Wilson used to write novels for them (The Grail Covenant Trilogy, ''Dark Age: Lasombra'', ''Clan Novel: Malkavian'') but grey frustrated with the restrictions on his world. The [=Dechance=] Chronicles are a more freeform interlocked universe by contrast. Also, a bit LighterAndSofter.
Works in the series include:
* ''Heart of a Dragon''
* ''Vintage Soul''
* ''My Soul to Keep''
* ''Kali's Tale''
* ''The Not Quite Right Reverend Cletus J. Diggs & The Currently Accepted Habits of Nature '' (novella)
* ''The Preacher's Marsh'' (novella)
* ''A Midnight Dreary''
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This series contains the following tropes:
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* AnimalMotifs: Despite owning a Egyptian cat, Dovanan is actually associated with ravens.
* TheArchmage: A DownplayedTrope example. Dovanan is the most powerful mage in San Vanlencez.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Donovan Dechance. Also serves as an AlliterativeName.
* BattleCouple: Dovanan and Amethyst frequently work together on occult crimes.
* BlueCollarWarlock: Martinez. It causes him some issues with Dovanan, who is a GentlemanWizard.
* CityOfAdventure: The majority of the books take place around the fictional city of San Valencez.
* CoolestClubEver: Club Chaos is a place for all manner of supernaturals, mortals, and thrill-seekers to hang out.
* {{Familiar}}: Cleo appears to act as this to Dovanan but she's just an ordinary cat.
* GentlemanWizard: Donovan [=Dechance=] acts like a man from several decades in the past. He is unfailingly polite, chivalrous to women, and almost never loses his temper. This sometimes gets him in trouble in dealing with rougher sorts.
* EldritchLocation: Donovan has access to a long corridor that allows him to teleport around the world due to its doors leading all across San Valencez and beyond.
* HotWitch:
** Amethyst herself.
** Anya Cabrera also qualities.
* ImmortalitySeeker: The villain of ''Vintage Soul'' is one of these, planning to sacrifice a vampire and other objects in a ritual to make himself truly immortal.
* KindHeartedCatLover: Donovan absolutely loves cats.
* OccultDetective: Dovanan serves as this in his home city, though he's significantly more powerful than most.
* MagicalLibrary: Donovan has one of the most impressive ones in the world.
* Renaissance Man: Donovan possesses multiple kinds of magic and is an expert in numerous fields, allowing him to help with numerous insurmountable problems of a variety of people.
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[[folder: Heart of a Dragon]]
* BigBad: Anya Cabrera and her plot to make an army of possessed gangsters.
* CameBackWrong: A variant example happens when the Los Escorpiones are possessed by the [[spoiler: fake]] loa. They are never quite the same and become an EmptyShell. Only the strongest can recover even with Anya's help.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Amethyst's mirror shows a person what they most fear. She uses it to punish a would-be pick-pocket.
* EvilIsNotAToy: Anya Cabrera summoned a bunch of primordial spirits (initially thought to be ''loa'') into the body of gang members so they could fight better, while planning on permanently trapping them on this side of the material plane. Dovanan is stunned at the sheer ''stupidity'' of the plan.
* MundaneUtility: Using powerful sorcery to summon minor gods in order to win a gang war.
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The origins of the [=Dechance=] Chronicles are tied to the World of Darkness by Creator/WhiteWolf. David Wilson used to write novels for them (The Grail Covenant Trilogy, ''Dark Age: Lasombra'', ''Clan Novel: Malkavian'') but grey frustrated with the restrictions on his world. The [=Dechance=] Chronicles are a more freeform interlocked universe by contrast. Also, a bit LighterAndSofter.
Works in the series include:
* ''Heart of a Dragon''
* ''Vintage Soul''
* ''My Soul to Keep''
* ''Kali's Tale''
* ''The Not Quite Right Reverend Cletus J. Diggs & The Currently Accepted Habits of Nature '' (novella)
* ''The Preacher's Marsh'' (novella)
* ''A Midnight Dreary''
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This series contains the following tropes:
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* AnimalMotifs: Despite owning a Egyptian cat, Dovanan is actually associated with ravens.
* TheArchmage: A DownplayedTrope example. Dovanan is the most powerful mage in San Vanlencez.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Donovan Dechance. Also serves as an AlliterativeName.
* BattleCouple: Dovanan and Amethyst frequently work together on occult crimes.
* BlueCollarWarlock: Martinez. It causes him some issues with Dovanan, who is a GentlemanWizard.
* CityOfAdventure: The majority of the books take place around the fictional city of San Valencez.
* CoolestClubEver: Club Chaos is a place for all manner of supernaturals, mortals, and thrill-seekers to hang out.
* {{Familiar}}: Cleo appears to act as this to Dovanan but she's just an ordinary cat.
* GentlemanWizard: Donovan [=Dechance=] acts like a man from several decades in the past. He is unfailingly polite, chivalrous to women, and almost never loses his temper. This sometimes gets him in trouble in dealing with rougher sorts.
* EldritchLocation: Donovan has access to a long corridor that allows him to teleport around the world due to its doors leading all across San Valencez and beyond.
* HotWitch:
** Amethyst herself.
** Anya Cabrera also qualities.
* ImmortalitySeeker: The villain of ''Vintage Soul'' is one of these, planning to sacrifice a vampire and other objects in a ritual to make himself truly immortal.
* KindHeartedCatLover: Donovan absolutely loves cats.
* OccultDetective: Dovanan serves as this in his home city, though he's significantly more powerful than most.
* MagicalLibrary: Donovan has one of the most impressive ones in the world.
* Renaissance Man: Donovan possesses multiple kinds of magic and is an expert in numerous fields, allowing him to help with numerous insurmountable problems of a variety of people.
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[[folder: Heart of a Dragon]]
* BigBad: Anya Cabrera and her plot to make an army of possessed gangsters.
* CameBackWrong: A variant example happens when the Los Escorpiones are possessed by the [[spoiler: fake]] loa. They are never quite the same and become an EmptyShell. Only the strongest can recover even with Anya's help.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Amethyst's mirror shows a person what they most fear. She uses it to punish a would-be pick-pocket.
* EvilIsNotAToy: Anya Cabrera summoned a bunch of primordial spirits (initially thought to be ''loa'') into the body of gang members so they could fight better, while planning on permanently trapping them on this side of the material plane. Dovanan is stunned at the sheer ''stupidity'' of the plan.
* MundaneUtility: Using powerful sorcery to summon minor gods in order to win a gang war.
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