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* RagsToRiches: Sunandi rose from a StreetUrchin to the prestigious ambassador of Kisua to Gujaareh, and from there to the governor of Gujaareh itself.
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* SelfMadeOrphan: Nijiri met Ehiru when he asked a Gatherer to end his mother's pain.
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* SelfMadeOrphan: In a benign version, Nijiri met Ehiru when he asked a Gatherer to end his terminally ill mother's pain.
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* CreepyGood: The Gatherers are DreamWeaver priests of Hananja charged with ushering the dying into the afterlife -- which usually means sneaking into their target's house, creating a beautiful DyingDream for them, and [[TouchOfDeath severing their soul's link to their body]]. Even Hananja's faithful tend to be creeped out by this, not least because the Gatherers are both implacable and utterly compassionate -- and because Gathering doubles as a method of execution. To the rival Kisuati, they're TheDreaded.
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* RagsToRiches: Sunandi rose from a StreetUrchin to the prestigious ambassador of Kisua to Gujaareh, and from there to the governor of Gujaareh itself.
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* SoulEating: Reaping a soul involves using narcomancy to crack it open and suck out its dreamblood until there's nothing left to sustain the victim in the afterlife.
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* AntimagicalFaction: The nation of Kisua forbids narcomancy on pain of death and exiles any Kisuati who receives magical healing in Gujaareh. Although this attitude deprives them of the miraculous life-saving PsychicSurgery that narcomancy can provide, it [[spoiler:is implied to have its roots in Gujaareh's war of independence, since a narcomancer gone DrunkOnTheDarkSide can become a SoulEating PersonOfMassDestruction, which the {{Founder|OfTheKingdom}} Inunru might have taken advantage of]].
* ImmortalRuler: [[spoiler:{{Invoked|Trope}} by Prince Eninket. By harnessing a Reaper to MindRape thousands of people to death through their dreams at once, [[SoulEating harvesting their souls]] and [[FantasticDrug Dreamblood]], he intends to magnify the usual life-extending properties of Dreamblood into true immortality. The Reaper regains his senses long enough to kill Eninket before following through.]]
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* IKnowYourTrueName: Downplayed, but knowing someone's Soulname grants a greater measure of power over them in dreams, so the Gujareen are very careful about sharing them. [[spoiler:When they face the Wild Dreamer, Wana helps Hunandi recover her mind by calling her by her Soulname.]]
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* IKnowYourTrueName: Downplayed, but knowing someone's Soulname grants a greater measure of power over them in dreams, so the Gujareen are very careful about sharing them. [[spoiler:When they face the Wild Dreamer, Wana helps Hunandi Hanani recover her mind by calling her by her Soulname.]]
* {{Sarashi}}: Hanani binds her breasts and wears men's clothing to downplay her status as the first female Sharer. Once she realizes that she's making herself unhappy, that it's not doing anything to mollify the people who feel threatened by her, and that she's setting precedent for future female priests, she switches to unapologetically feminine garb.
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* SexForSolace: [[spoiler:Hanandi]] propositions Wana after [[spoiler:her mentor Mni-inh's untimely death]], although he doesn't accept until considerably later, after she has time to express her grief in a more conventional manner and is in more of a state of mind to enjoy the experience.
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* SexForSolace: [[spoiler:Hanandi]] [[spoiler:Hanani]] propositions Wana after [[spoiler:her mentor Mni-inh's untimely death]], although he doesn't accept until considerably later, after she has time to express her grief in a more conventional manner and is in more of a state of mind to enjoy the experience.
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** In the sequel, Wana is troubled by nightmares of his dead father talking to him while his body putrefies and rots. [[spoiler:Made worse by the knowledge that they're true visions of his father's soul eternally trapped in nightmares for his crimes in life.]]
** The nightmare curse {{Mind Rape}}s people with these until they die. [[spoiler:Specifically, it traps them in the nightmares of its source, a horrifically tormented child.]]
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** Sonta-i is a self-acknowledged male example, having come to the Dreaming Gift so early in life that he sees no meaningful distinction between dream and reality and views the worst of both with the same cool detachment. [[spoiler:It makes him utterly unsuited to face the utter rage and sorrow of the Wild Dreamer, and he dies mildly surprised by having experienced those emotions for the first time.]]
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** Sonta-i is a self-acknowledged male example, having come to the Dreaming Gift so early in life that he sees no meaningful distinction between dream and reality and views the worst of both with the same cool detachment. [[spoiler:It makes him utterly unsuited to face the utter vast rage and sorrow of the Wild Dreamer, and so he dies mildly surprised by having experienced those emotions for the first time.]]
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* TheMedic: Sharers are a special denomination among Hananja's priests who harvest the dreamichor from the dreams of her faithful and use it to heal those in need. It's even possible to regrow limbs and cure genetic diseases this way.
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* TheMedic: Sharers are a special denomination among Hananja's priests who harvest the dreamichor from the dreams of her faithful and use it to heal those in need. It's even possible to regrow limbs and cure genetic diseases this way.way by using additional types of dreamhumor.
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* SexForSolace: [[spoiler:Hanandi]] propositions Wana after [[spoiler:her mentor Mni-inh's untimely death]], although he doesn't accept until considerably later, after she has time to express her grief in a more conventional manner and is in more of a state of mind to enjoy the experience.
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* GroinAttack: When a man tries to assassinate Wana while bathing, Wana quite deliberately fractures his penis, then threatens to tell his clan -- a death sentence, since a Banbarra man unable to father children would be rejected as a husband and as a clansman. To soften the blow, he offers to have a Sharer heal the damage if the assassin cooperates.
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* PsychicSurgery: Sharers use narcomancy to heal people through their dreams by conjuring a dreamscape that represents their injury, magically empowering it with dream-humours, and redirecting it to represent the injury being cured.
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* CessationOfExistence: People who are reaped instead of gathered do not go on to [[DreamLand Ina-Karekh]], but cease existing alltogether, which is against Hananja's will and denies them any happiness in the afterlife. Also, [[spoiler: Hanani does this to Tantufi at the end of ''The Shadowed Sun'' because her soul is so damaged that it would never have found rest.]]
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* CessationOfExistence: People who are reaped instead of gathered do not go on to [[DreamLand Ina-Karekh]], but cease existing alltogether, altogether, which is against Hananja's will and denies them any happiness in the afterlife. Also, [[spoiler: Hanani does this to Tantufi at the end of ''The Shadowed Sun'' because her soul is so damaged that it would never have found rest.]]
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* ChurchPolice: The Sentinels, those of hananja's chosen who are best suited to the path of the soldier, act as the Hetawa's elite guards.
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* ChurchPolice: The Sentinels, those of hananja's chosen who are best suited to the path of the soldier, act as the Hetawa's elite guards. An enemy Kisuati has an OhCrap moment when he's told that the Sentinels are the ones who train and regulate TheDreaded Gatherers.
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** Sonta-i is a self-acknowledged male example, having come to the Dreaming Gift so early in life that he sees no meaningful distinction between dream and reality and views the worst of both with the same cool detachment. [[spoiler:It makes him utterly unsuited to face the utter rage and sorrow of the Wild Dreamer, and he dies mildly surprised by having experienced those emotions for the first time.]]
** Tiaanet's horrific childhood scarred over her capacity for emotion, since detached reason was the only way she could survive it. [[spoiler:At the end of the book, she starts to regain it, which mostly just leaves her heartbroken.]]
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* InsistentTerminology: The first Prince of Gujareeh was almost named a king, but he declared that because the goddess Hananja was the only queen, while living he would be a prince and only become a king upon death at Hananja's side.
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* ReligionIsMagic: Priests of Hananja can use norcomancy, the magic Hanaja has bestowed upon her city to be used to maintain peace and prosperity among its population.
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* SheCleansUpNicely: Hanani actually looks pretty good once she stops dressing as a Sharer i.e. like a man.
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* SheCleansUpNicely: Hanani actually looks pretty good once she stops dressing as a Sharer Sharer, i.e. : like a man.man. Also a SignificantWardrobeShift for her, since she had previously tried to downplay her status as the first female Sharer, and ultimately decides not to try to hide her femininity.
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** Sonta-i has never experienced emotion in his life and is usually TheStoic. When he's not, well...
---> ''"To his utter shock, Sonta-i smiled. It was a horrible expression beneath his [[EmptyEyes dead gray eyes]], lacking the slightest touch of amusement or pleasure, and the sight of it sent a shiver down Nijiri's every nerve."''
** Tiaanet is an utterly BrokenBird who usually plays the part of Sanfi's demure, beautiful daughter so well that she has a horde of suitors. When she goes through the motions of affecting a smile, they quickly find somewhere else to be.
** Sonta-i has never experienced emotion in his life and is usually TheStoic. When he's not, well...
---> ''"To his utter shock, Sonta-i smiled. It was a horrible expression beneath his [[EmptyEyes dead gray eyes]], lacking the slightest touch of amusement or pleasure, and the sight of it sent a shiver down Nijiri's every nerve."''
** Tiaanet is an utterly BrokenBird who usually plays the part of Sanfi's demure, beautiful daughter so well that she has a horde of suitors. When she goes through the motions of affecting a smile, they quickly find somewhere else to be.
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* YourNormalIsOurTaboo: The use of magic is completely banned in Kisua, while it is part of the fabric of Gujaareen life.
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* YourNormalIsOurTaboo: The use of magic is completely banned in Kisua, while it is part of the fabric of Gujaareen life. Becomes starkly evident when Ehiru is discussing how a crippled Kisuati child could be healed through narcomancy, only to be threatened by the local guards.
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* {{Whatevermancy}}: Narcomancy, a magic of sleep and dreams.
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* {{Whatevermancy}}: Narcomancy, a magic of sleep and dreams. The dreams of Hanaja's faithful can be harvested by her priests and in turn used to do all sorts of things like healing. Gatherers can use it to send people on their last journey to [[DreamLand Ina-Karekh]] and to harvest [[FantasticDrug dreamblood]] from their final dreams.
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* SuperpoweredEvilSide: You think Gatherers are awesome? Reapers can kill thousands of people at a time.
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* SuperpoweredEvilSide: You think Gatherers are awesome? Reapers can kill well trained and educated priest capable of killing people in their dreams and making them enjoy it. [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Reapers]] are Gatherers who have lost control and become addicted to the [[FantasticDrug dreamblood]] they collect as their job. Those are capable of killing hundreds or thousands of people at a time.the same time just to get their desired dreamblood.
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* OrphanageOfLove: The Hetawa's House of Children. Everyone seems to come out of it as happilyAdopted, as it provides for and educates children who would otherwise have had to grow up in poverty and on their own.
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* OrphanageOfLove: The Hetawa's House of Children. Everyone seems to come out of it as happilyAdopted, HappilyAdopted, as it provides for and educates children who would otherwise have had to grow up in poverty and on their own.
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* InTheBlood: Dreaming talent tends to run in families. If it is a particularly strong talent not caught early, it leads to madness. This tends to happen to women, because the Hetawa will not let them work.
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* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:Ehiru, the main protagonist and object of the story in ''The Killing Moon'', inevitably dies aftre having become a Reaper by neccessity and to make space for Nijiri to become a Gatherer.]]
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* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:Ehiru, the main protagonist and object of the story in ''The Killing Moon'', inevitably dies aftre after having become a Reaper by neccessity and to make space for Nijiri to become a Gatherer.]]
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* FantasticDrug: Dreamblood. It is need to perform narcomancy and the Gatherers, chosen priest of Hananja, set out each night to gather it from those whose time has come to pass into [[DreamLand Ina-Karekh]], but it also is highly addictive. Any Gatherer who detects an untoward need for dreamblood within himself may request to be gathered in turn, and should he fail to do so in time forcefully gather someone to sate his need, he will become DrunkOnTheDarkSide, turning him into a Reaper.
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* FantasticDrug: Dreamblood. It is need needed to perform narcomancy [[{{Whatevermancy}} narcomancy]] and the Gatherers, chosen priest priests of Hananja, set out each night to gather it from those whose time has come to pass into [[DreamLand Ina-Karekh]], but it also is highly addictive. Any Gatherer who detects an untoward need for dreamblood within himself may request to be gathered in turn, and should he fail to do so in time and forcefully gather someone to sate his need, he will become DrunkOnTheDarkSide, turning him into a Reaper.[[OurVampiresAreDifferent Reaper]].
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The ''Dreamblood Duology'' is a series of two {{Fantasy}} novels by Creator/NKJemisin (known for her ''Literature/InheritanceTrilogy''), set in a kingdom inspired by AncientEgypt where dream magic and its priests are central. The first novel is ''The Killing Moon'' about Ehiru, a Gatherer, who discovers corruption at the very heart of power. The second novel is ''The Shadowed Sun'', about Hanani, the first female Sharer, and her discovery of what lays outside of the cloistered halls of the Hetawa.
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The ''Dreamblood Duology'' (2012) is a series of two {{Fantasy}} novels by American author Creator/NKJemisin (known for her ''Literature/InheritanceTrilogy''), set in a kingdom and inspired by AncientEgypt where dream magic and its AncientEgypt. It is set mainly in the city-state of Gujaareh, ruled by the law of the dream-goddess Hananja whose priests oversee both the living and dreaming lives of her subjects. Narcomancy, the magic inherent in dreams, and the corruption of power are central. central themes in the story.
The firstnovel is novel, ''The Killing Moon'' Moon'', tells about Ehiru, a Gatherer, who discovers Gatherer Ehiru and his apprentice Nijiri, and how they discover corruption at the very heart of power. Gujaareh's power.
The secondnovel is novel, ''The Shadowed Sun'', tells about Hanani, the first female Sharer, and her discovery of what lays lies outside of the cloistered halls of the Hetawa.
The first
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* TheAce: Ehiru.
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* AddictiveMagic: Dreamblood. It gives wonderful sensations and visions, but after a time the user becomes dependent and must have dreamblood or die.
* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Eninket]]
* TheApprentice: Nijiri to Ehiru, Hanani to Mni-inh.
* AscendedExtra: Mni-inh, Wanahomen, and Hendet from book one to two.
* AttemptedRape
* BadassInDistress: Ehiru, a lot.
* BadDreams
* BadPowersGoodPeople: Sunandi certainly thinks this of Ehiru and his Gathering.
* BarbarianTribe: The Shadoun, Banbarra, and everyone but Gujaareh and Kisua.
* BarehandedBladeBlock: Ehiru manages to do this.
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Hanani and Wana against the Wild Dreamer.
* BeingGoodSucks: Ehiru spends much of the first book desperately needing dreamblood, but even when he could just Gather someone in the night and get what he needs, he resists because they refuse him.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Mni-inh to Hanani; Ehiru to Nijiri.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Sunset Lineage tends towards this as the Prince has 256 wives, and succession is decided by who can best the others whether by murder or clever schemes.
* BittersweetEnding: Book two.
* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Eninket]]
* TheApprentice: Nijiri to Ehiru, Hanani to Mni-inh.
* AscendedExtra: Mni-inh, Wanahomen, and Hendet from book one to two.
* AttemptedRape
* BadassInDistress: Ehiru, a lot.
* BadDreams
* BadPowersGoodPeople: Sunandi certainly thinks this of Ehiru and his Gathering.
* BarbarianTribe: The Shadoun, Banbarra, and everyone but Gujaareh and Kisua.
* BarehandedBladeBlock: Ehiru manages to do this.
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Hanani and Wana against the Wild Dreamer.
* BeingGoodSucks: Ehiru spends much of the first book desperately needing dreamblood, but even when he could just Gather someone in the night and get what he needs, he resists because they refuse him.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Mni-inh to Hanani; Ehiru to Nijiri.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Sunset Lineage tends towards this as the Prince has 256 wives, and succession is decided by who can best the others whether by murder or clever schemes.
* BittersweetEnding: Book two.
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* AddictiveMagic: Dreamblood. It Narcomancy, especially dreamblood, one of the four dreamhumours. Coming in contact with it or using it gives wonderful sensations and visions, but after a time the user becomes dependent and must have dreamblood dream blood or die.
* AffablyEvil:[[spoiler:Eninket]]
[[spoiler:Eninket, the Prince of Gujaareh.]] He is cultured, charismatic, well-spoken, companionable and cherishes his family, but that doesn't stop him from trying to take over the world, having people killed who stand in his way or from using them in horrible ways.
*TheApprentice: TheApprentice:
** Nijiri is Ehiru's Gatherer-Apprentice in ''The Killing Moon'' and idolises his teacher. He has striven toEhiru, become Ehiru's apprentice ever since their first meeting. In an interesting twist, while everyone agrees that Nijiri will become a capable Gatherer, Nijiri himself only follows this path to be as close to Ehiru as possible [[spoiler:because he is in love with Ehiru]] and would have chosen any path to achieve this goal.
** In ''The Shadowed Sun'', Hanani is apprenticed toMni-inh.
Mni-inh in the goal to become the first female Sharer, creating a situation where she has to prove herself more than other Sharer-Apprentices and Mni-inh is scrutinized more closely due to having a female Apprentice.
* AscendedExtra: Mni-inh, Wanahomen, and Hendetfrom book one to two.
*-- minor side characters in ''The Killing Moon'' -- become more important in ''The Shadowed Sun''.
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* BadassInDistress:Ehiru, [[TheAce Ehiru]] for most of ''The Killing Moon''. He's the best Gatherer around and a lot.
*very capable fighter with remarkable self-control, but because of his unwavering devotion to Hananja's law he is easily manipulated by [[spoiler:Eninket]] and finds himself completely out of his waters outside the Hetawa. While Ehiru is plagued by visions due to a lack of dreamblood it falls to Nijiri to make sure his mentor keeps a grasp on reality, as well as [[spoiler:to free the two of them from Eninket's prison when Ehiru eventually gives in and becomes a Reaper]].
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* BadPowersGoodPeople:Sunandi certainly thinks In Sunandi's opinion this of is what Ehiru and his Gathering.
Nijiri are. She eventually understands that neither of them are bad people, but their ability to kill people in their dreams and make them enjoy and welcome it just goes against anything Sunandi considers right.
* BarbarianTribe: The Shadoun, Banbarra, and basically everyonebut outside Gujaareh and Kisua.
*Kisua. At least, that is what the people of Gujaareh and Kisua think. The barbarians from the north join the conflict only because it offers them an opportunity to fight and loot.
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Dreamer.
* BeingGoodSucks: Ehiru spends much of the first book desperately needing dreamblood, but even when he could just secretly Gather someone in the night and get what he needs, he resists because they refuse him.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Ehiru is supposed to take that role towards his apprentice Nijiri for the duration of Nijiri's apprenticeship. However, the situation turns out complicated because while Ehiru does love Nijiri like a brother and has to constantly remind himself not to underestimate and coddle Nijiri, Nijiri's feelings and motives are more complicated. In the long run it's ''Nijiri'' who takes that role towards Ehiru, going to great lengths to keep trouble away from him and coddling him.
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Hanani
* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Sunset Lineage tends towards this as the Princehas is requiered to have 256 wives, and succession is decided by who can best the others whether by murder or clever schemes.
*schemes. [[spoiler:One of Eninket's reasons to do what he does is to change that situation and allow every member of his family to live free from this.]]
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** Nijiri is Ehiru's Gatherer-Apprentice in ''The Killing Moon'' and idolises his teacher. He has striven to
** In ''The Shadowed Sun'', Hanani is apprenticed to
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* BeingGoodSucks: Ehiru spends much of the first book desperately needing dreamblood, but even when he could just secretly Gather someone in the night and get what he needs, he resists because they refuse him.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Ehiru is supposed to take that role towards his apprentice Nijiri for the duration of Nijiri's apprenticeship. However, the situation turns out complicated because while Ehiru does love Nijiri like a brother and has to constantly remind himself not to underestimate and coddle Nijiri, Nijiri's feelings and motives are more complicated. In the long run it's ''Nijiri'' who takes that role towards Ehiru, going to great lengths to keep trouble away from him and coddling him.
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** StepfordSmiler
* CannotDream: Gatherers.
* CelibateHero: Everyone in the Hetawa is supposed to swear off sex.
* CessationOfExistence: This happens to people who are reaped instead of gathered. Also, [[spoiler: Hanani does this to Tantufi at the end of ''The Shadowed Sun'' because her soul is so damaged that it would never have found rest.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: Nijiri calms down. Hanani grows more assertive.
* ChildByRape: [[spoiler: Tantufi.]]
* TheChurch: The Hetawa.
* ChurchPolice: Sentinels.
* CorruptBureaucrat: The Superior and his collaborators in book one.
* CorruptChurch: [[spoiler: The Hetawa]] has been controlling Gujaareh by turning the elite into magical drug addicts.
* TheCorrupter: [[spoiler: Eninket.]]
* TheCorruption: Pretty much once a Gatherer uses their powers to kill rather than to bestow peace, a long downward spiral begins. If they even suspect they are emotionally unbalanced, they may ask to die.
* CreationMyth
* CreepyChild: The Wild Dreamer, through no fault of her own.
* CrossingTheDesert
* CultureClash: Common between Kisuati and Gujaareen, even when the Gujaareen are of the shunha caste and stick very close to their Kisuati roots.
* CulturalPosturing: Kisuati are quick to remind Gujaareen that Gujaareh is a daughter-state.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest
** StepfordSmiler
* CannotDream: Gatherers.
* CelibateHero: Everyone in the Hetawa is supposed to swear off sex.
* CessationOfExistence: This happens to people who are reaped instead of gathered. Also, [[spoiler: Hanani does this to Tantufi at the end of ''The Shadowed Sun'' because her soul is so damaged that it would never have found rest.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: Nijiri calms down. Hanani grows more assertive.
* ChildByRape: [[spoiler: Tantufi.]]
* TheChurch: The Hetawa.
* ChurchPolice: Sentinels.
* CorruptBureaucrat: The Superior and his collaborators in book one.
* CorruptChurch: [[spoiler: The Hetawa]] has been controlling Gujaareh by turning the elite into magical drug addicts.
* TheCorrupter: [[spoiler: Eninket.]]
* TheCorruption: Pretty much once a Gatherer uses their powers to kill rather than to bestow peace, a long downward spiral begins. If they even suspect they are emotionally unbalanced, they may ask to die.
* CreationMyth
* CreepyChild: The Wild Dreamer, through no fault of her own.
* CrossingTheDesert
* CultureClash: Common between Kisuati and Gujaareen, even when the Gujaareen are of the shunha caste and stick very close to their Kisuati roots.
* CulturalPosturing: Kisuati are quick to remind Gujaareen that Gujaareh is a daughter-state.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest
to:
** StepfordSmiler
* CannotDream:
* CelibateHero: Everyone living and serving in the Hetawa is supposed to swear off
* CessationOfExistence:
* CharacterDevelopment:
%%** Hanani grows more assertive.
* ChildByRape:
* TheChurch: The
* ChurchPolice:
*
%%* CorruptBureaucrat: The Superior and his collaborators in book
* CorruptChurch: [[spoiler: The Hetawa]] has been controlling Gujaareh by turning the elite into magical drug
* TheCorrupter: [[spoiler:
* TheCorruption:
*
* CultureClash: Common between Kisuati and Gujaareen, even when the Gujaareen are of the shunha caste and stick very close to their Kisuati
* CulturalPosturing: Kisuati are quick to remind the Gujaareen that Gujaareh is a
*
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* DownerEnding: Book one.
* DreamLand: Ina-Karehh, which doubles as an afterlife.
* DreamStealer: Sharers and Gatherers are good (mostly) examples.
* DreamWeaver
* DrugsAreBad: Eninket is a concerned local politician cracking down on addiction, okay.
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Because dreamblood is highly addictive, once a Gatherer becomes a Reaper, this is inevitable.
* EmpireWithADarkSecret[=/=]UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans
** AwfulTruth[=/=]DarkSecret
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Ehiru, Nijiri, and Wanahomen.
* EveryoneIsBi: Everyone in Gujaareh.
* FantasyPantheon: The goddess Hananja.
* FantasticDrug: Dreamblood. Timbalin.
* {{Flashback}}
** PensieveFlashback: Gatherers can pull memories out of someone as a ThirdPersonFlashback.
** TroubledBackstoryFlashback
* TheFundamentalist: Arguably the whole city of Gujaareh, but certainly the Hetawa. "Hananja's City obeys Hananja's Law" right down to a pissed crowd of peasants screaming that at you when you break it.
* GoingNative: Wanahomen and [[spoiler:Hanani]] among the Banbarra.
* GoOutWithASmile: Generally, Gatherers facilitate this. [[spoiler:Nijiri makes sure Ehiru goes out with one, too]].
* GovernmentDrugEnforcement: [[spoiler:The Hetawa]] gets everyone rich and powerful in the city addicted to drugs, then uses addiction to control them or extort them.
* GreyAndGrayMorality: Whether Gujaareh or Kisua can actually be called morally superior to the other is a constant question in the books, and one that ultimately goes unanswered.
* HappilyAdopted: Sunandi. Any member of the Hetawa, too.
* HerHeartWillGoOn: [[spoiler:Isn't it sad, Nijiri]].
* TheHeroDies
* HeroicWillpower: Ehiru. [[spoiler: It falters from time to time until the MercyKill.]]
* HighPriest: The Superior of the Hetawa leads Hananjan religion around the world.
* HitmanWithAHeart: This is essentially what being a Gatherer is. They kill, but it is done with love and mercy.
* HolyCity: Gujaareh.
* HonorBeforeReason: Ehiru falls prey to this a lot.
* HumanResources
* IKnowYourTrueName: Soulnames are treated thus.
* InTheBlood: Dreaming talent tends to run in families. If it is a particularly strong talent not caught early, it leads to madness. [[spoiler: This tends to happen to women, because the Hetawa will not let them work.]]
* DreamLand: Ina-Karehh, which doubles as an afterlife.
* DreamStealer: Sharers and Gatherers are good (mostly) examples.
* DreamWeaver
* DrugsAreBad: Eninket is a concerned local politician cracking down on addiction, okay.
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Because dreamblood is highly addictive, once a Gatherer becomes a Reaper, this is inevitable.
* EmpireWithADarkSecret[=/=]UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans
** AwfulTruth[=/=]DarkSecret
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Ehiru, Nijiri, and Wanahomen.
* EveryoneIsBi: Everyone in Gujaareh.
* FantasyPantheon: The goddess Hananja.
* FantasticDrug: Dreamblood. Timbalin.
* {{Flashback}}
** PensieveFlashback: Gatherers can pull memories out of someone as a ThirdPersonFlashback.
** TroubledBackstoryFlashback
* TheFundamentalist: Arguably the whole city of Gujaareh, but certainly the Hetawa. "Hananja's City obeys Hananja's Law" right down to a pissed crowd of peasants screaming that at you when you break it.
* GoingNative: Wanahomen and [[spoiler:Hanani]] among the Banbarra.
* GoOutWithASmile: Generally, Gatherers facilitate this. [[spoiler:Nijiri makes sure Ehiru goes out with one, too]].
* GovernmentDrugEnforcement: [[spoiler:The Hetawa]] gets everyone rich and powerful in the city addicted to drugs, then uses addiction to control them or extort them.
* GreyAndGrayMorality: Whether Gujaareh or Kisua can actually be called morally superior to the other is a constant question in the books, and one that ultimately goes unanswered.
* HappilyAdopted: Sunandi. Any member of the Hetawa, too.
* HerHeartWillGoOn: [[spoiler:Isn't it sad, Nijiri]].
* TheHeroDies
* HeroicWillpower: Ehiru. [[spoiler: It falters from time to time until the MercyKill.]]
* HighPriest: The Superior of the Hetawa leads Hananjan religion around the world.
* HitmanWithAHeart: This is essentially what being a Gatherer is. They kill, but it is done with love and mercy.
* HolyCity: Gujaareh.
* HonorBeforeReason: Ehiru falls prey to this a lot.
* HumanResources
* IKnowYourTrueName: Soulnames are treated thus.
* InTheBlood: Dreaming talent tends to run in families. If it is a particularly strong talent not caught early, it leads to madness. [[spoiler: This tends to happen to women, because the Hetawa will not let them work.]]
to:
* DownerEnding: Book one.
''The Killing Moon'' ends with [[spoiler:Nijiri gathering Ehiru because the latter has become a Reaper and Gujaareh being conquered by the Kisuati in the name of saving the people of Gujaareh from their own religion]].
* DreamLand:Ina-Karehh, Ina-Karekh, where people go when dreaming and which doubles as an afterlife.
* DreamStealer: Sharers and Gatherers are good(mostly) examples.
examples. Sharers use the dreamichor harvested from dreams to perform their healing and Gatherers gather dreamblood from those whose time it is to die and [[DreamWeaver shape pleasing final dreams]] for the departing.
*DreamWeaver
*DreamWeaver: Sharers and Gatherers both weave dreams in order to perform their duties. Sharers use dreamichor to shape the dreams of their patients use those dreams as a way to heal, while Gatherers shape pleasing final dreams for those departing into [[DreamLand Ina-Karekh]] for good.
%%* DrugsAreBad: Eninket is a concerned local politician cracking down on addiction, okay.
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Because dreamblood is highly addictive, once a Gatherer kills on purpose and without being welcomed, he becomes aReaper, this is inevitable.
* EmpireWithADarkSecret[=/=]UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans
** AwfulTruth[=/=]DarkSecret
*Reaper and requieres a constant supply of dreamblood. And he will kill anyone who comes close enough to get it.
%%* EmotionlessGirl
%%* EmpireWithADarkSecret
%%* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Ehiru, Nijiri, andWanahomen.
*Wanahomen.
%%* EveryoneIsBi: Everyone in Gujaareh.
* FantasyPantheon:The Several deities of Kisuati origin are mentioned, but Hananja has risen to be the sole deity worshipped in the city-state of Gujaareh. According to scripture, she bestowed the magic of narcomancy on its citizens and in return Hananja's Law is the highest law within its walls. Since she is the goddess Hananja.
of dreams and peace, the Gujaareens worship her by offering her their dreams, which are gathered by her priests and used for narcomacy, and peace is to be maintained at all cost.
* FantasticDrug: Dreamblood. It is need to perform narcomancy and the Gatherers, chosen priest of Hananja, set out each night to gather it from those whose time has come to pass into [[DreamLand Ina-Karekh]], but it also is highly addictive. Any Gatherer who detects an untoward need for dreamblood within himself may request to be gathered in turn, and should he fail to do so in time forcefully gather someone to sate his need, he will become DrunkOnTheDarkSide, turning him into a Reaper.
%%** Timbalin.
*{{Flashback}}
** PensieveFlashback: Gatherers can pull memories out{{Flashback}}: In ''The Killing Moon'', Nijiri's and Ehiru's first meeting, in which Nijiri requested a gathering of someone as his mother to end her suffering from ThePlague and Ehiru is sent to enact it, is described in a ThirdPersonFlashback.
** TroubledBackstoryFlashback
flashback.
* TheFundamentalist:Arguably the The whole city of Gujaareh, Gujaareh to a degree, but certainly the Hetawa. "Hananja's City obeys Hananja's Law" right down to a pissed crowd of peasants screaming that at you when you break it.
* %%* GoingNative: Wanahomen and [[spoiler:Hanani]] among the Banbarra.
* GoOutWithASmile: Generally, Gatherers facilitatethis. it for their clients to go peacefully by [[DreamWeaver weaving pleasant dreams]] for those who are about to depart to [[DreamLand Ina-Karekh]]. It's the only way to gain the dying person's agreement to gather their dreamblood. [[spoiler:Nijiri makes sure Ehiru goes out with one, a smile, too]].
* GovernmentDrugEnforcement:[[spoiler:The Hetawa]] The Hetawa gets everyone rich and powerful in the city addicted to drugs, then uses addiction to control them or extort them.
* GreyAndGrayMorality: Whether Gujaareh or Kisua can actually be called morally superior to the other is a constant question in the books, and one that ultimately goesunanswered.
unanswered. Gujaareh's rulers actively deceive their citizens, but Gujaareh has known years and years of peace, while Kisuati enjoy more freedom in a notoriously unstable country and generally look down on anyone not Kisuati for not following in their footsteps.
*HappilyAdopted: Sunandi. Any member HappilyAdopted:
** Sunandi was adopted by Kinja Seh Kalabsha when she was a child and trained to be a diplomat and spy. While her upbringing was trying, Sunandi is aware of theHetawa, too.
priviledge of having had it and her love and devotion for master Kinja is what motivates her to see their mission in Gujaareh through even after his untimely death.
** Most of those living within the Hetawa were adopted by the priesthood, either because their parents died or because they showed talent for narcomancy. Children who grow up within the Hetawa are cared for and educated and generally happy with their lot.
* HerHeartWillGoOn:[[spoiler:Isn't it sad, Nijiri]].
* TheHeroDies
* HeroicWillpower: Ehiru. [[spoiler: It falters from time to time untilWell, his. [[spoiler:Ehiru, having become a Reaper, inevitably dies by being gathered by Nijiri, who is in love with Ehiru for the MercyKill.entirety of ''The Killing Moon''. Nijiri's only option is to face that they could never have been together because Ehiru's loyalty and love lay solely with Hananja. It is also the first Gathering Nijiri performs, making him Ehiru's successor, and is a turning point for Nijiri's development towards a calm, responsible young man and Gatherer.]]
* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:Ehiru, the main protagonist and object of the story in ''The Killing Moon'', inevitably dies aftre having become a Reaper by neccessity and to make space for Nijiri to become a Gatherer.]]
* HeroicWillpower: Ehiru, when suffering from dreamblood withdrawal, adamantly refuses to alleviate his suffering by gathering it from any of the other travellers or members of the caravan, even though the logical consequence is to become a Reaper and lose his humanity.
* HighPriest: The Superior of the Hetawaleads is the head of Hananjan religion around the world.
religion.
* HitmanWithAHeart: This is essentially what being a Gatherer is. Theykill, kill those who have requested to be gathered, or those whose family has requested they be gathered, but it is done with true love and mercy.
mercy and by [[DreamWeaver weaving a most pleasant dream]] for those departing.
* HolyCity:Gujaareh.
Gujaareh is the main and most important city for the worshippers of Hananja. In fact, Hananja's Law is what the Gujaareens live by and are in return bestowed with Hananja's magic, narcomancy, which is virtually unknown and unused outside of the city-state. Gujaareh also houses the Hetawa, the main temple of Hanaja.
* HonorBeforeReason:Ehiru falls prey [[TheAce Ehiru's]] main flaw is his by-the-book adherence to this a lot.
Hananja's Law and refusal to acknowledge the possibility of corruption within the priesthood, making him susceptible to being easily manipulated by those with less scruple about these things.
*HumanResources
HumanResources: Hananja's believers are encouraged to donate their dreams and nightmares to the Hetawa, so the priests -- mainly Sharers -- may harvest them and use them to in turn heal those in need. On the other hand, dreamblood harvested from dreams of the dying by Gatherers is highly addictive and can be used for less communal purposes.
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: Sharers enter the minds of those they are healing and rummage around to find the cause of their ailment as well as working their healing from within the patient's mind.
%%* IKnowYourTrueName: Soulnames are treated thus.
* InTheBlood: Dreaming talent tends to run in families. If it is a particularly strong talent not caught early, it leads to madness.[[spoiler: This tends to happen to women, because the Hetawa will not let them work.]]
* DreamLand:
* DreamStealer: Sharers and Gatherers are good
*
*
%%* DrugsAreBad: Eninket is a concerned local politician cracking down on addiction, okay.
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Because dreamblood is highly addictive, once a Gatherer kills on purpose and without being welcomed, he becomes a
* EmpireWithADarkSecret[=/=]UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans
** AwfulTruth[=/=]DarkSecret
*
%%* EmotionlessGirl
%%* EmpireWithADarkSecret
%%* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Ehiru, Nijiri, and
*
%%* EveryoneIsBi: Everyone in Gujaareh.
* FantasyPantheon:
* FantasticDrug: Dreamblood. It is need to perform narcomancy and the Gatherers, chosen priest of Hananja, set out each night to gather it from those whose time has come to pass into [[DreamLand Ina-Karekh]], but it also is highly addictive. Any Gatherer who detects an untoward need for dreamblood within himself may request to be gathered in turn, and should he fail to do so in time forcefully gather someone to sate his need, he will become DrunkOnTheDarkSide, turning him into a Reaper.
%%** Timbalin.
*
** PensieveFlashback: Gatherers can pull memories out
** TroubledBackstoryFlashback
* TheFundamentalist:
* GoOutWithASmile: Generally, Gatherers facilitate
* GovernmentDrugEnforcement:
* GreyAndGrayMorality: Whether Gujaareh or Kisua can actually be called morally superior to the other is a constant question in the books, and one that ultimately goes
*
** Sunandi was adopted by Kinja Seh Kalabsha when she was a child and trained to be a diplomat and spy. While her upbringing was trying, Sunandi is aware of the
** Most of those living within the Hetawa were adopted by the priesthood, either because their parents died or because they showed talent for narcomancy. Children who grow up within the Hetawa are cared for and educated and generally happy with their lot.
* HerHeartWillGoOn:
* TheHeroDies
* HeroicWillpower: Ehiru. [[spoiler: It falters from time to time until
* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:Ehiru, the main protagonist and object of the story in ''The Killing Moon'', inevitably dies aftre having become a Reaper by neccessity and to make space for Nijiri to become a Gatherer.]]
* HeroicWillpower: Ehiru, when suffering from dreamblood withdrawal, adamantly refuses to alleviate his suffering by gathering it from any of the other travellers or members of the caravan, even though the logical consequence is to become a Reaper and lose his humanity.
* HighPriest: The Superior of the Hetawa
* HitmanWithAHeart: This is essentially what being a Gatherer is. They
* HolyCity:
* HonorBeforeReason:
*
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: Sharers enter the minds of those they are healing and rummage around to find the cause of their ailment as well as working their healing from within the patient's mind.
%%* IKnowYourTrueName: Soulnames are treated thus.
* InTheBlood: Dreaming talent tends to run in families. If it is a particularly strong talent not caught early, it leads to madness.
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* InstantSedation: Narcomancy everywhere.
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind
* LaResistance: Through book two.
* LesCollaborateurs: The Hetawa has been cooperating with the invaders in book two.
* TheLoad: Wana sees his hostage Sharers at this for a while.
* MamaBear: [[spoiler: Tiaanet]]
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Only natural in the royal line, where the Prince is expected to take two-hundred fifty-six wives.
* TheMedic: Sharers.
* MedievalStasis
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind
* LaResistance: Through book two.
* LesCollaborateurs: The Hetawa has been cooperating with the invaders in book two.
* TheLoad: Wana sees his hostage Sharers at this for a while.
* MamaBear: [[spoiler: Tiaanet]]
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Only natural in the royal line, where the Prince is expected to take two-hundred fifty-six wives.
* TheMedic: Sharers.
* MedievalStasis
to:
*
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Only natural in the royal
* TheMedic:
*
%%* MedievalStasis
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* MentalWorld
* MercyKill: The basic purpose of the Gatherers. [[spoiler: Also [[DyingAsYourself Ehiru's fate]].]]
* MindRape
* TheMentor: Ehiru to Nijiri; Mni-inh to Hanani.
* MentorShip: In book two, Hanani's perspective reveals everyone thinks Ehiru and Nijiri were lovers.
* MoreThanMindControl: In order to control Reapers, Eninket uses Hetawa terms and imagery in addition to the jungissa. In [[spoiler:Ehiru's]] case he also uses [[spoiler:some well-placed lies and their family bond]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Ehiru, after his first Gathering of the story goes horribly awry.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Ehiru staunchly believes the Hetawa can't be corrupt.
** Nijiri dedicates the whole of the first book to finding a way to save Ehiru from becoming a Reaper.
* MercyKill: The basic purpose of the Gatherers. [[spoiler: Also [[DyingAsYourself Ehiru's fate]].]]
* MindRape
* TheMentor: Ehiru to Nijiri; Mni-inh to Hanani.
* MentorShip: In book two, Hanani's perspective reveals everyone thinks Ehiru and Nijiri were lovers.
* MoreThanMindControl: In order to control Reapers, Eninket uses Hetawa terms and imagery in addition to the jungissa. In [[spoiler:Ehiru's]] case he also uses [[spoiler:some well-placed lies and their family bond]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Ehiru, after his first Gathering of the story goes horribly awry.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Ehiru staunchly believes the Hetawa can't be corrupt.
** Nijiri dedicates the whole of the first book to finding a way to save Ehiru from becoming a Reaper.
to:
* MercyKill: The basic purpose of the
*
%%* MindRape
* MoreThanMindControl: In order to control Reapers,
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Ehiru staunchly believes the Hetawa can't
** Nijiri dedicates the whole of the first book
%%* MysticalPlague
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* OlderThanTheyLook: A side-effect of dreamblood.
* OldSoldier: Charris.
* OneManArmy: Gatherers, Sentinels, Reapers.
* OrphanageOfLove: The Hetawa's House of Children. Everyone seems to come out of it okay.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Reapers.
* ParentalIncest: Tiaanet's father has been raping her for years.
* ParentalSubstitute: Mni-inh is very much a father figure to Henani.
* PedophilePriest: One is mentioned going after Nijiri.
* ThePlague
** MysticalPlague
** PoweredByAForsakenChild
** TyphoidMary: The Wild Dreamer.
* PowerPerversionPotential: Reapers to Gatherers. Using Sharer healing powers to kill.
* ProperLady: Tiaanet. At least that's how it looks from the outside.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: The Banbarra; presumably the Shadoun.
* PsychicDreamsForEveryone: Gatherers are susceptible. [[spoiler: Wanahomen, too]].
* OldSoldier: Charris.
* OneManArmy: Gatherers, Sentinels, Reapers.
* OrphanageOfLove: The Hetawa's House of Children. Everyone seems to come out of it okay.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Reapers.
* ParentalIncest: Tiaanet's father has been raping her for years.
* ParentalSubstitute: Mni-inh is very much a father figure to Henani.
* PedophilePriest: One is mentioned going after Nijiri.
* ThePlague
** MysticalPlague
** PoweredByAForsakenChild
** TyphoidMary: The Wild Dreamer.
* PowerPerversionPotential: Reapers to Gatherers. Using Sharer healing powers to kill.
* ProperLady: Tiaanet. At least that's how it looks from the outside.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: The Banbarra; presumably the Shadoun.
* PsychicDreamsForEveryone: Gatherers are susceptible. [[spoiler: Wanahomen, too]].
to:
*
** Gatherers and Sentinels undergo excessive martial training during their apprenticeship, making them a match to almost anyone else.
** Reapers, [[spoiler:who are Gatherers turned evil]], are able to not only gather anyone at will, they can do it to hundreds and thousands of people ''at once''.
* OrphanageOfLove: The Hetawa's House of Children. Everyone seems to come out of it
* OurVampiresAreDifferent:
* ParentalIncest:
*
%%* ParentalSubstitute: Mni-inh is very much a father figure to Henani.
* PensieveFlashback: Gatherers can pull memories out of someone as a ThirdPersonFlashback.
%%* ThePlague
**
* PowerPerversionPotential:
**
* PowerPerversionPotential: Reapers
** Sharers are meant to
*
%%* ProperLady: Tiaanet. At least that's how it looks from the outside.
*
%%* PsychicDreamsForEveryone: Gatherers are susceptible. [[spoiler: Wanahomen, too]].
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* RealityWarper
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Sunandi and her husband in book two are quite reasonable occupiers.
* ReligionIsMagic
* RightfulKingReturns
* RoyallyScrewedUp / RoyalMess: The royal family has a strong dreaming gift that veers into straight-up crazy.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
* SacredHospitality: Guest right in shunha households (and one can assume sonha households) ensures that a guest be treated as an honorary member of the family for their stay.
* SanitySlippage: Part of a Gatherer's disintegration.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Sunandi and her husband in book two are quite reasonable occupiers.
* ReligionIsMagic
* RightfulKingReturns
* RoyallyScrewedUp / RoyalMess: The royal family has a strong dreaming gift that veers into straight-up crazy.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
* SacredHospitality: Guest right in shunha households (and one can assume sonha households) ensures that a guest be treated as an honorary member of the family for their stay.
* SanitySlippage: Part of a Gatherer's disintegration.
to:
*
*
%%* RightfulKingReturns
*
* SacredHospitality: Guest right in shunha households (and one can assume sonha households) ensures that a guest be treated as an honorary member of the family for the duration of their stay.
* SanitySlippage: Part of a Gatherer's
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** [[spoiler:Eninket and Tiaanet]] both kill their fathers.
to:
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* StreetUrchin: Sunandi at one point.
* StudentAndMasterTeam: Nijiri and Ehiru, then Mni-inh and Hanani.
* StudentAndMasterTeam: Nijiri and Ehiru, then Mni-inh and Hanani.
to:
%%* StepfordSmiler
* StreetUrchin: Sunandiat one point.
used to live on the streets in Kisua before being adopted by master Kinja.
*StudentAndMasterTeam: StudentAndMasterTeam:
** Nijiri and Ehiru have to team up to uncover what's going on within the city and the Hetawa. While Ehiru is officially Nijiri's master, after his first gathering of the story goes awry and he begins to suffer dreamblood withdrawal due to refusing to gather any more, Nijiri becomes something like his caretaker, doing his best to get Ehiru away from danger. However, while Nijiri is both young and rash and awfully in love with Ehiru,then the latter is too caught up in his HonorBeforeReason mindset to be of any use. Eventually, they both manage to overcome their respective faults and work together to prevent the worst.
** Sunandi and master Kinja worked as a team before Kinja's untimely and suspicious death. Kinja took Sunandi along with him on his diplomatic (and spying) mission to Gujaareh and made her his successor as the Kisuati ambassador in Gujaareh, just in case something happened to him.
%%** Mni-inh andHanani.Hanani
* StreetUrchin: Sunandi
*
** Nijiri and Ehiru have to team up to uncover what's going on within the city and the Hetawa. While Ehiru is officially Nijiri's master, after his first gathering of the story goes awry and he begins to suffer dreamblood withdrawal due to refusing to gather any more, Nijiri becomes something like his caretaker, doing his best to get Ehiru away from danger. However, while Nijiri is both young and rash and awfully in love with Ehiru,
** Sunandi and master Kinja worked as a team before Kinja's untimely and suspicious death. Kinja took Sunandi along with him on his diplomatic (and spying) mission to Gujaareh and made her his successor as the Kisuati ambassador in Gujaareh, just in case something happened to him.
%%** Mni-inh and
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* TalkingInYourDreams
* TallDarkAndHandsome: The royal family.
* TechnicalPacifist: Gatherers in particular, since they're killing to preserve the peace.
* TheirFirstTime
* TimeSkip: Ten years between books one and two.
* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler: Eninket creates some pretty wild plans to ensure that he will become an immortal and take over the world. Ehiru refuses to give in and become a Reaper? Oh well. He can just torture Nijiri and get the same effect. Sunandi makes it to Kisua to warn them war is coming? Oh well. He had warriors ready years ago. He's also just going to kill all of them with his inevitable Reaper. The only reason he fails is because he underestimates how much Ehiru's hatred and determination will keep his head clear enough to kill him.]]
* WarriorMonk: Sentinels. Gatherers to a slightly lesser extent.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: The royal family.
* TechnicalPacifist: Gatherers in particular, since they're killing to preserve the peace.
* TheirFirstTime
* TimeSkip: Ten years between books one and two.
* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler: Eninket creates some pretty wild plans to ensure that he will become an immortal and take over the world. Ehiru refuses to give in and become a Reaper? Oh well. He can just torture Nijiri and get the same effect. Sunandi makes it to Kisua to warn them war is coming? Oh well. He had warriors ready years ago. He's also just going to kill all of them with his inevitable Reaper. The only reason he fails is because he underestimates how much Ehiru's hatred and determination will keep his head clear enough to kill him.]]
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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: [[spoiler: After Hanani's myriad ordeals, she simply can't go back to the Hetawa or even to Gujaareh and stays with the Banbarra.]]
* YourNormalIsOurTaboo: The use of magic is completely banned in Kisua, while it is part of the fabric of Gujaareen life.
* YourNormalIsOurTaboo: The use of magic is completely banned in Kisua, while it is part of the fabric of Gujaareen life.
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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: [[spoiler: After [[spoiler:After Hanani's myriad ordeals, ordeals]], she simply can't go back to the Hetawa or even to Gujaareh and stays with the Banbarra.]]
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* YourNormalIsOurTaboo: The use of magic is completely banned in Kisua, while it is part of the fabric of Gujaareenlife.life.
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* FantasyPantheonFantasyPantheon: The goddess Hananja.
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* GovernmentDrugEnforcement: The Hetawa gets everyone rich and powerful in the city addicted to drugs, then uses addiction to control them or extort them.
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* GovernmentDrugEnforcement: The Hetawa [[spoiler:The Hetawa]] gets everyone rich and powerful in the city addicted to drugs, then uses addiction to control them or extort them.
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The ''Dreamblood Duology'' is a series of two {{Fantasy}} novels by Creator/NKJemisin (Known for her ''Literature/InheritanceTrilogy''), set in a kingdom inspired by AncientEgypt where dream magic and its priests are central. The first novel is ''The Killing Moon'' about Ehiru, a Gatherer, who discovers corruption at the very heart of power. The second novel is ''The Shadowed Sun'', about Hanani, the first female Sharer, and her discovery of what lays outside of the cloistered halls of the Hetawa.
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The ''Dreamblood Duology'' is a series of two {{Fantasy}} novels by Creator/NKJemisin (Known (known for her ''Literature/InheritanceTrilogy''), set in a kingdom inspired by AncientEgypt where dream magic and its priests are central. The first novel is ''The Killing Moon'' about Ehiru, a Gatherer, who discovers corruption at the very heart of power. The second novel is ''The Shadowed Sun'', about Hanani, the first female Sharer, and her discovery of what lays outside of the cloistered halls of the Hetawa.
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* AddictiveMagic: Dreamblood. It gives wonderful sensations and visions, but after a time the user becomes dependent and must have dream blood or die.
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* AddictiveMagic: Dreamblood. It gives wonderful sensations and visions, but after a time the user becomes dependent and must have dream blood dreamblood or die.
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The ''Dreamblood Duology'' is a series of two {{Fantasy}} novels by N. K. Jemisin Creator/NKJemisin (Known for her ''Literature/InheritanceTrilogy''), set in a kingdom inspired by AncientEgypt where dream magic and its priests are central. The first novel is ''The Killing Moon'' about Ehiru, a Gatherer, who discovers corruption at the very heart of power. The second novel is ''The Shadowed Sun'', about Hanani, the first female Sharer, and her discovery of what lays outside of the cloistered halls of the Hetawa.
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The ''Literature/DreambloodDuology'' ''Dreamblood Duology'' is a series of two {{Fantasy}} novels by N. K. Jemisin (Known for her ''Literature/InheritanceTrilogy''), set in a kingdom inspired by AncientEgypt where dream magic and its priests are central. The first novel is ''The Killing Moon'' about Ehiru, a Gatherer, who discovers corruption at the very heart of power. The second novel is ''The Shadowed Sun'', about Hanani, the first female Sharer, and her discovery of what lays outside of the cloistered halls of the Hetawa.
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* TechnicalPacifist: Gatherers in particular, since they're killing to preserve the peace.
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* BrokenBird: Tiaanet. Her life is so horrible she just stopped feeling to deal with it.
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* EmotionlessGirl: Tiaanet.
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* HitmanWithAHeart: This is essentially what being a Gatherer is. They kill, but it is done with love and mercy.
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* InsistentTerminology: The first Prince of Gujareeh was almost named a king, but he declared that because the goddess Hananja was the only queen, while living he would be a prince and only become a king upon death at Hananja's side.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Ehiru, after his first Gathering of the story goes horribly awry.
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* ParentalSubstitute: Mni-inh is very much a father figure to Henani.
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* SacredHospitality: Guest right in shunha households (and one can assume sonha households) ensures that a guest be treated as an honorary member of the family for their stay.
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* SheCleansUpNicely: Hanani actually looks pretty good once she stops dressing as a Sharer i.e. like a man.
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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: [[spoiler: After Hanani's myriad ordeals, she simply can't go back to the Hetawa or even to Gujaareh and stays with the Banbarra.]]
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* AbusiveParents: Tiaanet probably has the worst parents in the series.
* BadPowersGoodPeople: Sunandi certainly thinks this of Ehiru and his Gathering.
* CulturalPosturing: Kisuati are quick to remind Gujaareen that Gujaareh is a daughter-state.
* EveryoneIsBi: Everyone in Gujaareh.
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* HerHeartWillGoOn: [[spoiler:Isn't it sad, Nijiri]].
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* HumanResourcesTheFundamentalist: Arguably the whole city of Gujaareh, but certainly the Hetawa. "Hananja's City obeys Hananja's Law" right down to a pissed crowd of peasants screaming that at you when you break it.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Ehiru falls prey to this a lot.
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* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Only natural in the royal line, where the Prince is expected to take two-hundred fifty-six wives.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Ehiru staunchly believes the Hetawa can't be corrupt.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Sunandi and her husband in book two are quite reasonable occupiers.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Sunandi and her husband in book two are quite reasonable occupiers. occupiers.
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* GreyAndGrayMorality: Whether Gujaareh or Kisua can actually be called morally superior to the other is a constant question in the books, and one that ultimately goes unanswered.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Ehiru is a very talented Gatherer. Too bad he never questioned which of his assignments were actually just political hits that ultimately made all the disaster of the books possible.
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* PyrrhicVictory: Ehiru manages to stop a major war between Gujaareh and Kisua... by basically making it possible for Kisua to walk right in and take over. Oops.
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* WeirdMoon: The Dreaming Moon. WordOfGod says it's actually a gas giant and this world is on one of the planet's moons. The Waking Moon is also another of the planet's moons.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Eninket]] doesn't actually want to live forever and wage war until the world is united under his rule, he just sees it as the only way peace is actually possible. He could also just be really, really crazy, but the people who knew him best stick with this one.
* WhatTheHellHero: Sunandi constantly asks how Ehiru and Nijiri can effectively live as hitmen. They in turn ask her how she can lie for a living.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Eninket]] doesn't actually want to live forever and wage war until the world is united under his rule, he just sees it as the only way peace is actually possible. He could also just be really, really crazy, but the people who knew him best stick with this one.
* WhatTheHellHero: Sunandi constantly asks how Ehiru and Nijiri can effectively live as hitmen. They in turn ask her how she can lie for a living.
