History Literature / DragonsInOurMidst

* NeverBareheaded: Sapphira wears a coif/headscarf/hat/veil/sunglasses at all times to hide her [[WhiteHairedPrettyGirl stark-white hair]] and [[OccultBlueEyes unnaturally brilliant blue eyes]]. Overlaps with PleaseKeepYourHatOn, although it’s Sapphira invoking the trope for herself, not others requesting her to enforce it.

* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: Sapphira and Acacia.

* CanYouHearMeNow: [[JustifiedTrope Justified:]] dimension hopping equals horrible reception.

* GoodWingsEvilWings: Subverted. Bonnie has draconic wings, while the Watchers have your more typical angelic wings.

* CoolGate: Sapphira has the ability to create portals in space and across dimensions with the abilities as an Oracle of Fire.

* FieryRedHead: Karen

* StrongFamilyResemblance: Between Bonnie and Shiloh, who are cousins. Becomes VERY plot relevant.

* BadassDamsel: Bonnie. She's in peril a ''lot'', but it doesn't stop her from making it easier for Billy to save her (or she even saves ''him'').

* NeverBareheaded: Sapphira wears a veil, coif, and/or headscarf at all times to hide her [[WhiteHairedPrettyGirl stark-white hair]] and [[OccultBlueEyes unnaturally brilliant blue eyes]].

* PowerNullifier: The candlestone, to dragons and anthrozils.

* AdamAndEvePlot: This happens to Makaidos and Thigocia, who are the only two dragons to escape TheGreatFlood by being on [[TheArk Noah's Ark]]

* LikeBrotherAndSister: Makaidos tries to invoke this with Thigocia to get out of the AdamAndEvePlot (see above).

* Immortality Seeker: Morgan, successfully.

* SlaveMooks: Many, created by Morgan and Mardon, in ''Eye of the Oracle.''

* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Grandfather, actually.]]

** Sapphira and Elam started out as this, but after [[spoiler: Elam became immortal and hung around for a few thousand years]], it no longer really mattered.

* MysteriousTransferStudent: Bonnie, who shows up with a rather large backpack that she never takes off.

* PlayingWithFire: Sapphira and Acacia can make it, Billy ''breathes'' it.

* AffablyEvil: Devin

** While Sheol/the seven circles and Hell would probably a lower plane...

* MeaningfulRename: In ''Eye of the Oracle,'' Mara (whose name means “bitter”, is given the new name “Sapphira” (after her brilliant blue eyes, to signify that even though she is a slave she has beauty and value).

* BlessedWithSuck: Billy and Bonnie's powers don't necessarily endear them to people. Billy sets of the fire alarm once while trying to stop a prank due to his breath, and Bonnie is mistaken for a monster while escaping from the school (with Billy in tow.)

* CastHerd: The first series cast was somewhat large, but manageable. The second series added entire hordes of new characters.

* CoolOldGuy: Professor Hamilton, Merlin and, technically, Valcor and Clefspeare, as well as about half of everyone else that lived longer than the normal human life span should allow.

* CoolOldLady: Hartanna and the rest of the female dragons.
* CoolSword: Excalibur.

* DevelopmentHell: The movie has been in pre-production for... a long time. A ''reeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaalllllllly'' long time.

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Almost]] happens to [[spoiler: Sapphira.]]

* EvilMinions: Most of Devin's present day lackeys.
* ExactEavesdropping: How Billy learns his true heritage.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Palin, Karen, Professor Hamilton, Merlin]].

* MayflyDecemberRomance: Any dragon/human relationships.
** Sapphira and Elam started out as this, but after he gained a few thousand years, it no longer really mattered.

* PowerTrio: In the first few books, Billy is id, Bonnie superego, Walter ego.

** Also, [[spoiler: it's implied in the epilogue for ''The Bones of Makaidos'' that one of Billy and Bonnie's twins will grow a pair when he or she gets older.]]

** She [[spoiler: has wings by the end of ''The Bones of Makaidos'']], but it's still left open whether she [[spoiler: had them or not]] before that whole thing with the tree.

* BreakTheCutie: Walter was a fun loving boy scout in the first book. Just about everything goes downhill for him for a long, long time.

* CastHerd: The first series cast was somewhat large, but manageable. The second series added entire hoards of new characters.

* LoadsandLoadsofCharacters

* UnexplainedRecovery: Several different people. [[spoiler: Doctor Conner, Roxil, Goliath, any dragon who ended up in Dragons Rest, the original ten female dragons who became human, Arramos ([[CameBackWrong sort of]]), Billy, Bonnie... the list goes on.]])]] It would actually probably be easier to list the [[KilledOffForreal subversions]].

* WackyMarriageProposal: [[spoiler: Walter proposes to Ashley by building a snowman kneeling on a roof in front of a snowwoman. He then goes on to make a speech in true [[PluckyComicRelief Walter]] style.]]

* HappilyMarried: Marilyn and Jared Bannister, Carl and Catherine Foley, dragons Makaidos and Thigocia, presumably [[spoiler: Ashley and Walter Foley, Billy and Bonnie Bannister, Elam and Sapphira, and Shiloh and Gabriel Drake]].

---

* DevelopmentHell - The movie has been in pre-production for... a long time. A reeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaalllllllly long time.
* DoggedNiceGuy - Walter, of the patient friend variety
* TheDragon - [[IncrediblyLamePun Puns aside]], there are several, but Palin probably fits the description best. [[NamesTheSame No, not]] [[RealLife Sarah]]. Or [[Creator/MontyPython Michael]].
* DrivenToSuicide - [[spoiler:Almost]] happens to [[spoiler:Sapphira.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding - [[DarkestHour Do they]] [[BitterSweetEnding ever.]]
* EasyEvangelism - Subverted. If anyone converts to Christianty, there is going to be a LOT of work to get them to that point.
* EvenEvilHasStandards - Both Palin and Naamah have their moments of this.

* EvilGloating - Devin loves doing this.
* EvilMinions - Most of Devin's present day lackeys
* ExactEavesDropping - How Billy learns his true heritage.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin - The first series is about dragons and half-dragons trying to fit into the modern day world, while also trying desperately to stay hidden.

** FaceHeelRevolvingDoor - Valcor. It took quite a while to finally figure out just which side he was on, and why.
* FallenAngel - The Watchers.
* FieryRedHead - Karen

* FosterKid - Bonnie. [[spoiler: At first.]] Also [[spoiler: Matt (Charlie) and Lauren (Karen)]]

* GadgeteerGenius - Ashley.
* GambitPileup - It can get pretty confusing, with Morgan, Devin, Mardon, Semiramis, [[spoiler:possessed]] Arramos, Valcor, Merlin, the Professor, and a few others all contributing.
* GenerationXerox - The Prof looks a LOT like his distant ancestor, [[spoiler:Merlin]], to the point that several of the dragons (notably Clefspeare) think he is his ancestor when they first meet him.
* GentleGiant - Yereq. The other Nephilim, [[ImAHumanitarian not so much.]]
* {{God}} - The BigGood
* GoodWingsEvilWings - Subverted. Bonnie has draconic wings, while the Watchers have your more typical angelic wings.
* HappilyMarried - Marilyn and Jared Bannister, Carl and Catherine Foley, dragons Makaidos and Thigocia, presumably [[spoiler:Ashley and Walter Foley, Billy and Bonnie Bannister, Elam and Sapphira, and Shiloh and Gabriel Drake]]
* HeelFaceDoorSlam - [[spoiler: Palin]]
* HeWhoFightsMonsters - What Devin claims to be, and Palin thinks he is.
* HeroWithBadPublicity - The dragons, especially around King Arthur's time.
* HeroesPreferSwords - Billy Bannister. However, he does use a handgun when he loans his sword to Walter, and given that the sword is [[CoolSword Excalibur]]...
* HeroicBSOD - Sapphira [[spoiler:She almost commits suicide due to depression/loneliness.]]
* HeroicSacrifice - [[spoiler: Acacia. She jumps in front of Billy, [[TakingTheBullet taking the sword thrust meant for him]]]]

* HonorBeforeReason - Several.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl - Of the non-romantic variety, Sapphira and Yereq.

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons - THE ENTIRE SERIES
* InsufferableGenius - Larry, as well as Ashley at times.
* InterspeciesRomance - Any dragon/human relationship
* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure - In ''Tears of a Dragon'', Morgan threatens to kill Walter if Ashley fails to release Devin from the candlestone.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold - Clefspeare comes off as this at times, especially in the first book.
* JoanOfArchetype - The Maid in "The Bones of Makaidos".

* KilledOffForReal - [[spoiler:Palin, Karen, Professor Hamilton, Merlin]]

* KnightInShiningArmor - Several, Barlow and his knights being literal examples.
* KnightTemplar - Devin, Palin
* LargeHam - Many of the characters from time to time, but especially Walter.

* LightIsNotGood - The Watchers
* LukeIAmYourFather - [[spoiler:Grandfather, actually.]]
* MadLove - Roxil. Poor girl.
* MadScientist - Mardon
* MagicalComputer - Larry
* MayflyDecemberRomance - Any dragon/human relationships.

* MisfitMobilizationMoment - Most battles in this series involve an assortment of dragons, humans, anthrozils, Oracles of Fire, and [[Really700YearsOld centuries-old teenagers]], as well as a [[GentleGiant Biblical giant]] and a [[TalkingAnimal talking]] [[SapientSteed horse]].
* MysteriousTransferStudent - Bonnie, who shows up with a rather large backpack that she never takes off.
* NamesTheSame - As mentioned above, this Palin has nothing to do with [[SarahPalin politics]] or [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus comedy routines.]]

* NobleDemon - Palin. [[spoiler: Had the perfect opportunity to kill Bonnie, but did not take it. Later defied Devin in the slayer's attempt to kill several of the heroes. He was promptly KilledOffForReal for his actions.]]
** Not to mention [[spoiler:the reason he dies ([[DeathIsCheap the second]] [[KilledOffForReal time]]) is that he tries to convince Devin that what they've been doing is wrong.]]
* NoLovesIntersect - For the most part, Karen and Namaah are the exceptions for their respective possible love interests. [[spoiler:Karen dies, then Naamah... re-dies...]]
* NosyNeighbor - Walter starts out as this.
* OfficialCouple - A whole slew of them by the end of ''The Bones of Makaidos'': Bonnie and Billy, [[spoiler: Ashley and Walter, Sapphira and Elam, Gabriel and Shiloh]], to name a few.
* OneWingedAngel - Devin

* OutOfFocus - Billy and Bonnie are rarely mentioned in most of the ''Oracles of Fire''

* PetTheDog - Palin
** A lot of Mardon's interactions with Sapphira
* PlayingWithFire - Sapphira and Acacia can make it, Billy ''breathes'' it
* PluckyComicRelief - Walter Foley, especially in the first four books. Not as much in ''Oracles of Fire'', but he definitely has his moments.
--> Walter: So we have...Me, Elam, Billy, Bonnie, Valiant, Candle, Yereq, Sir Barlow, and Sapphira. That's nine of us and the dragons *whistles* I don't know about you, but if we're facing hundreds of crazed warriors trained to kill, I'd like at least ten.
* PowerTrio - In the first few books, Billy is id, Bonnie superego, Walter ego
* PublicDomainArtifact - Excalibur
* RaisedByGrandparents - Ashley, who was raised by her grandfather Isaac Stalworth after her parents' deaths. Subverted in that we learn Isaac Stalworth is not actually her grandfather, but just a family friend.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld - More than half of the characters.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure - Prof Hamilton
* RedemptionEqualsDeath - [[spoiler:Bonnie's father.]]
* RedShirts - Most of Devin's underlings, no matter what century

* SiblingTeam - Acacia and Sapphira, whenever they're actually in the same place at the same time.

* SealedEvilInACan - The Watchers, the Nephilim
* ShesAllGrownUp - Paili, who took on a human name, grew up in the real world, and [[spoiler:got married and had a kid.]]
* StrongFamilyResemblance - Between Bonnie and Shiloh, who are cousins. Becomes VERY plot relevant.
* TakeThat - Against the entire human race, courtesy of the [[spoiler:possessed]] Arramos.
* TeamHandStack - Billy, Walter, Ashley, and Bonnie have one of these in ''The Bones of Makaidos'' before the final battle.
** Walter, Billy, and Ashley also have one at the end of ''The Last of the Nephilim''
* ThouShaltNotKill - Interestingly subverted: a lot of emphasis is put on killing honorably (through fair fights) instead of dishonorably (ambushes, back stabbing, etc.), but this doesn't stop several of the heroes from having a fairly high kill count, especially the dragons.
* TookALevelInBadass - Most notably Walter, Billy, and Bonnie.
* {{Tsundere}} - Ashley's a mild type B, her tsun-tsun side appearing towards Walter, mostly during his jokes.
* UnexplainedRecovery - Several different people. [[spoiler:Doctor Conner, Roxil, Goliath, any dragon who ended up in Dragons Rest, the original ten female dragons who became human, Arramos ([[CameBackWrong sort of]]), Billy, Bonnie... the list goes on.]])]] It would actually probably be easier to list the [[KilledOffForreal subversions.]]
* UnholyMatrimony - Roxil and Goliath
* TheVamp - Naamah [[spoiler:before her HeelFaceTurn]]
* WackyMarriageProposal - [[spoiler:Walter proposes to Ashley by building a snowman kneeling on a roof in front of a snowwoman. He then goes on to make a speech in true [[PluckyComicRelief Walter]] style.]]
* WeddingsForEveryone - This occurs at the end of ''The Bones of Makaidos'' with the triple wedding ceremony of [[spoiler:Walter and Ashley, Elam and Sapphira, and Billy and Bonnie]]
* WildMassGuessing - The forums would always be most active a few weeks before the book came out. One of the biggest topics was about Palin, specifically why he [[spoiler:didn't kill Bonnie.]]
** [[spoiler:When a member guessed that Palin had a daughter at one point and couldn't bring himself to kill someone else's little girl, Davis's response was that the member was [[LukeIAmYourFather "sowing a fertile field."]]]]
* WingedHumanoid - Bonnie, the Watchers, [[spoiler:Gabriel]].
** Also, [[spoiler:it's implied in the epilogue for ''The Bones of Makaidos'' that one of Billy and Bonnie's twins will grow a pair when he or she gets older.]]
* WordOfGod - Averted. Even though the series is finished, Davis still refuses to tell fans wether Bonnie [[spoiler:chose to stay an anthrozil or become a full blood human at the end of ''Tears of a Dragon''.]]
** She [[spoiler:has wings by the end of ''The Bones of Makaidos'']], but it's still left open whether she [[spoiler:had them or not]] before that whole thing with the tree.
* YouAreNotReady - The professor to Billy.
* YouHaveFailedMe / YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness - [[spoiler:Palin. Though, technically, he was already dead.]]
* YouShallNotPass - In ''Enoch's Ghost''.

* AnyoneCanDie: Whether they stay [[BackFromTheDead dead is another matter...]]

* AnimalStereotypes - Both played straight and subverted with the dragons.
* ArcNumber - 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13... pretty much any number that is significant in Literature/TheBible.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence - Heaven.

* TheAtoner - [[spoiler:Naamah]]
* [[spoiler:BabiesEverAfter]]
* BackFromTheDead - Many, some several times.
* BadassDamsel - Bonnie. She's in peril a ''lot'', but it doesn't stop her from making it easier for Billy to save her. (Or she even saves ''him''.)
* BadassNormal - Walter Foley. He's the human sidekick who loves [[PluckyComicRelief lame jokes]], [[BigEater food]] and [[TheTriple taunting fire-breathing dragons.]]
* BattleCouple - Billy and Bonnie

* BigBad - [[spoiler:Possessed Arramos.]]
* BigBadWannabe - Most villains who aren't the above mentioned BigBad.
* BittersweetEnding - Just about all of them, but especially ''Tears of a Dragon'' and ''The Bones of Makaidos''.

* BluntMetaphorsTrauma - Larry
* BodySurf - Morgan
* BreakTheCutie - Walter was a fun loving boyscout in the first book. Just about everything goes downhill for him for a long, long time.

* CannotSpitItOut - Played with several of the couples, but never truly used.
* CanYouHearMeNow - [[JustifiedTrope Justified:]] dimension hopping equals horrible reception.
* CastHerd - The first series cast was somewhat large, but managable. The second series added entire hoards of new characters.
* CatchPhrase - Ashley's "Too much information can make your brain choke"
** Also a MeaningfulEcho of sorts for the audience when the prequel, ''Eye of the Oracle'', reveals Ashley's mother Thigocia saying "Too much information can be taxing on our brains" several thousand years before Ashley was even born
** Thigocia also repeats the CatchPhrase verbatim while cradling the newborn Ashley
* ChekhovsGun - Several.
* ChekhovsGunman - [[spoiler:Sapphira, Acacia, Clefspeare, Arramos, and Elam all take turns. Though not in that order.]]
* CollapsingLair - In ''The Candlestone''.
* CombatMedic - Ashley in ''The Bones of Makaidos''
* CoolOldGuy - Professor Hamilton, Merlin and, technically, Valcor and Clefspeare, as well as about half of everyone else that lived longer than the normal human life span should allow.

* CoolOldLady - Hartanna and the rest of the female dragons.
* CoolSword - Excalibur
* CoolTeacher - Professor Charles Hamilton. Why did I never learn about King Arthur in high school?

* CuteMonsterGirl - Sapphira, Acacia, and Paili. Bonnie as well, when she was younger.
* DavidVersusGoliath - Pretty much whenever any of the kids are fighting, but especially when the Watchers and Nephilim show up.
* DeathByOriginStory - [[spoiler:Ashley's parents.]]

* DeathIsCheap - Which made [[spoiler:Karen's]] death even more of a punch to the gut.
* {{Deconstruction}} - Could be interpreted as one of who Merlin was and magic in general.
* DesignatedVictim - Bonnie, especially in the first few books. To be fair, this doesn't stop her from getting her moments.
* DestinedBystander - Walter

''Dragons in Our Midst'' was followed by another four-book series, titled ''Oracles of Fire''. The first book, ''Eye of the Oracle'', was a prequel to the [=DioM=] series, while the three others, ''Enoch's Ghost'', ''Last of the Nephilim'' and ''The Bones of Makaidos'', were all sequels to [=DioM=]. This series shifts its focus to other characters that were mostly in the background in the first series, such as Walter, Billy's best friend, and Ashley, an anthrozil (half-dragon, half-human) with a mind far more intelligent than a normal human. It also introduced several new characters, such as Sapphira Adi and Elam, the [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld centuries-old teenagers]]. It also introduced several new villains, such as Goliath [a dragon, not the biblical giant], Mardon and Semiramis.

These series provide examples of:
* AdamAndEvePlot - This happens to Makaidos and Thigocia, who are the only two dragons to escape TheGreatFlood by being on [[TheArk Noah's Ark]]
* AffablyEvil - Devin
* AGodAmI - The eventual goal of most of the villians.
* AIIsACrapShoot - Averted, Larry stays either TrueNeutral LawfulGood the entire series.
* AnyoneCanDie - Whether they stay [[BackFromTheDead dead is another matter...]]

* ButYourWingsAreBeautiful

---

* BreakTheCutie - Walter was a fun loving boyscout in the first book. Just about everything [[ItGetsWorse goes downhill]] for him for a long, long time.

[[redirect:DragonsInOurMidst]]