History Literature / Dragons

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: "David, stop talking in italics. It's not helping anything."

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: '''David.''' Yes, d'Lacey killed off the protagonist of a children's book series in the goriest manner possible in the third book.]] And lets not forget [[spoiler: Hannah, a minor character in ''Dark Fire'',]] who got impaled by [[spoiler: Gawaine's claws.]]

* [[spoiler: TheHeroDies]]: Yes, in a children's book.

* [[spoiler: {{God}}(ith)]]

* GRatedSex: Descendants of Guinivere can become pregnant by thinking about the ones they love (or motherhood) in the presence of special clay [[WhaleEgg eggs.]] [[spoiler: The third book also [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar gets a reference to sex past the radar]] with a character knowingly saying that David and Zanna spent a lot of time "keeping each other warm."]]

* Evil Army: [[spoiler:All the people/animals/plants infected by the Shadow become this, under Voss' command.]] If you think that's bad, why don't we add some darklings to the mix...?

* [[spoiler: WrongGirlFirst]]

* BadassAbnormal: [[spoiler: Both David and Zanna. And later Tam.]]

'''This series contains examples of:'''

* [[LibraryOfBabel Librarium Of Babel]]: The Librarium in ''Fire World''.

* NamesTheSame: A squirrel named Conker? [[ConkersBadFurDay Where have I heard that before?]]

* TheEndOrIsIt: The ending of Fire Ascending, though specified as definite by D'lacey, seemed...less then definite. [[spoiler: Though the ending was played off as a NestedStoryReveal, Bergstrom had the mark of Oomara which David never knew about, and Gadzooks came alive on Elizabeth's grave...]]

** Earlier on in the series there's a reference to (paraphrased from memory) '[[HarryPotter a popular series of books about a boy wizard going to school]]', and then in ''The Fire Eternal'', Gollygosh conjours up a screwdriver that 'looked very similar to the [[Series/DoctorWho screwdriver used by the time travelling hero of the dragons' favourite television programme]]'.

* EyesOfGold: Grella has amber eyes and Grockle's are coppery. That's close enough to fit.

* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:Agawin is Alexa.]]

* [[spoiler: AmnesiacGod:]] Actually it'd be [[spoiler: Amnesiac Fain,]] but for all intents and purposes, [[spoiler: David and Alexa]] would be very nearly as powerful.

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler: The fourth book reveals that David did this, and at the end [[IGotBetter he gets better.]]]]

* ShoutOut: In ''Fire World'', some authors on the books bear resemblance to real life authors. A more obvious ShoutOut is to AliceInWonderland, when David finds a book called Alicia in the Land of Wonder.

* TokenDeity: [[spoiler: "Female god" version. However, She ''is'' also a ''dragon...'']]

* IntergenerationalFriendship: David and Lucy forge a bond over trying to rescue a squirrel named Conker. [[ConkersBadFurDay No, not that one.]]

* {{Expy}}: Every main character in ''Fire World'' has a counter part on Earth. It's also {{Lampshaded}} in-universe.
** David is[[spoiler:...well, David]].
** Eliza is [[spoiler: Elizabeth]].
** Harlan is [[spoiler: Arthur]].
** Penny is [[spoiler: Lucy]].
** Rosa is [[spoiler: Zanna]].
** Gwyneth is [[spoiler: Gwillana]].
** Mr. Henry is [[spoiler: Mr. Bacon]].
** Mathew is [[spoiler: Tam]].
** Angel is [[spoiler: Alexa]].
** Boon is [[spoiler: Bonnington]].
** Stromberg is [[spoiler: Bergstrom]].

* ObviouslyEvil: [[spoiler:Gwillana, of course.]] Well, YourMileageMayVary.

* ArthurDent: Henry Bacon - he never ''really'' knows what's going on, but he provides sturdiness in all the chaos surrounding him.