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* CallBack: In ''Summons'', Ryll asks Tekaal "what makes you think you're good enough to date my sister?" Two books later, ''Silver'' reveals that this is a habit of hers, as she asks Ehail the same question about dating Gyre -- to both of their embarrassment, Ehail with her lower self-esteem just responds "Nothing", and Gyre chews Ryll out, causing her to mumble in her defense that Tekaal's answer was very witty.
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* GuileHero: Talyn uses magic to solve most of his troubles, but prefers to do it diplomatically.
* LongLived: As a Barashin halfblood, Talyn will live about 800 Elcenian years, making him tastier to his vampire girlfriend than an Elcenian elf, but not as much as an Elcenian dragon. [[spoiler:To fix that last bit, he steals ten years each of lifespan off thousands of people in war-torn Ryganaav, on the grounds that probably none of them were going to use it anyway.]]
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* PowerIncontinence: Talyn's kamai, and Vampiric Hallucinatory Audition. Also, spontaneous kamai, at first.
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* ShapeDiesShifterSurvives: Dragons that die while shapeshifted lose access to that form and immediately shift back to dragon shape. This forced shift can be dangerous in itself, if their location is inconvenient -- Kaylo's parents died when a scoot killed their assumed form while they were standing under a stone bridge. Death by starvation, channeling sting, or a [[OneHitKill spell that explicitly kills its target]] will also permanently kill a dragon without even changing them back.
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* PlainPalate: Liria Meialek-rimei likes her food unsalted and near-flavourless.
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* MistakenForDyed: A common problem for female dragons when they are in their human form due to the color of their scale being their hair color.
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** Mages on Elcenia get power over one such element after "dying" by that element: for instance, a water-type would drown, but be alive at the end.
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** Mages on Elcenia get power over one such element after "dying" by that element: for instance, a water-type would drown, but be alive at the end.end and have the power to control water.
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* FlatWorld: Elcenia is one; planets there are naturally regular polygons (though the moon is round, gray, and dusty...)
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* FlatWorld: Elcenia is a square one; planets there are naturally regular polygons (though the moon is round, gray, and dusty...)
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* GeometricMagic: Wizardry (see FunctionalMagic above) uses circle diagrams for some spells. The website uses summoning circles as a design motif.
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* GeometricMagic: Wizardry (see FunctionalMagic above) Wizardry, one of the Elcenian forms of magic, uses circle diagrams for some spells. The website uses summoning circles as a design motif.
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* TimeDissonance: Discussed, but averted. Narax, early in his relationship with Samia, had to repeatedly assure her that despite being LongLived, dragons don't experience time any faster than humans, and while being married for the eighty-odd years of ''her'' life would only be a small fraction of his, it would still feel like eighty years to him, not the blink of an eye.
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* NewLifeInAnotherWorldBonus: Rhysel is originally already from a MagicalLand and retains her Barashin kamai powers, letting her do things that are impossible by Elcenian standards.
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* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: The reason why [[spoiler:the vampire religion assigns stars]] based on the ''second'' midnight after the newborn's birth -- this span of time is long enough to ensure that [[spoiler:a genuine vampire infant has involuntarily shifted to and from bat form]], thus proving that there was no "deception".
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* TrueBreedingHybrid: Barashin halfbloods breed absolutely true, which is why they're not called half-elves -- it doesn't matter whether they are in fact 50-50 or just have one ancestor several generations back, they display the same even split between human and elfin traits. As Rhysel puts it, "it's the blood that's halved, not the actual descent".
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* UnevenHybrid: Elcenian elf-human hybrids blend smoothly -- the more elf, the longer their lifespan.
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* {{Dhampyr}}: Half-vampires are... problematic. Vampire biology doesn't match up with that of other species at all, so a half-vampire has a malformed semi-random mixture of the two and will be sickly their whole life, if they're even viable enough to avoid miscarriage. Vampires tend to [[MalignedMixedMarriage disapprove of mixed relationships]] as a result.
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* {{Dhampyr}}: Half-vampires are... problematic. Vampire biology doesn't match up with that of other species at all, so a half-vampire has a malformed semi-random mixture of the two and will be sickly their whole life, if they're even viable enough to avoid miscarriage. Vampires tend to [[MalignedMixedMarriage disapprove of mixed relationships]] as a result.result -- except in the case of dragons, since dragon genetics override all this.
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* {{Dhampyr}}: Half-vampires are... problematic. Vampire biology doesn't match up with that of other species at all, so a half-vampire has a malformed semi-random mixture of the two and will be sickly their whole life, if they're even viable enough to avoid miscarriage. Vampires tend to [[MalignedMixedMarriage disapprove of mixed relationships]] as a result.
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* FireBreathingDiner: {{Invoked|Trope}} -- when Keo, who ''loves'' spicy food, takes Rhysel to one of her favorite restaurants, Rhysel doesn't think to ask about the little stars marking each dish on the menu.
--> When Keo asked what Rhysel thought of the food, Rhysel's response was to breathe a little puff of fire at her; this was technically kamai, not a side effect of her "pepper rice", but it felt like it ought to be.
--> When Keo asked what Rhysel thought of the food, Rhysel's response was to breathe a little puff of fire at her; this was technically kamai, not a side effect of her "pepper rice", but it felt like it ought to be.
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* SympatheticMagic: Proxic kamai allows a kama to create a miniature model of the subject that, with the help of loose hair or the like, becomes {{synchroniz|ation}}ed to them. Rhysel uses it to fix Talyn's broken arm (and slowly, because he wants to observe the process) and [[spoiler:Leekath uses it to make the statue's voice tell her about Talyn when he's captured by the Linnipese army]].
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* LanguageEqualsThought: By any real-world standard, shrens are dragons with a disability. The Draconic language, on the other hand, makes it very clear that shrens are not dragons at all. Another concept baked into Draconic is that a shren ceasing to be a shren by any method other than dying is a miracle -- which makes it hard for Rhysel to [[AGodIAmNot point out that she's not a god]].
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* LanguageEqualsThought: LanguageEqualsThought:
** By any real-world standard, shrens are dragons with a disability. The Draconic language, on the other hand, makes it very clear that shrens are not dragons at all. Another concept baked into Draconic is that a shren ceasing to be a shren by any method other than dying is a miracle -- which makes it hard for Rhysel to [[AGodIAmNot point out that she's not agod]].god]].
** The interlude "[[http://elcenia.com/book/zinc.shtml Zinc]]" explores the opposite of this trope. Dragons being natural {{omniglot}}s means they can analyze a language and learn about its speakers. Pluralizing "friend" is weakly ungrammatical in the Isateian language because their culture has ''such'' a high standard for what constitutes friendship that most only ever have one.
** By any real-world standard, shrens are dragons with a disability. The Draconic language, on the other hand, makes it very clear that shrens are not dragons at all. Another concept baked into Draconic is that a shren ceasing to be a shren by any method other than dying is a miracle -- which makes it hard for Rhysel to [[AGodIAmNot point out that she's not a
** The interlude "[[http://elcenia.com/book/zinc.shtml Zinc]]" explores the opposite of this trope. Dragons being natural {{omniglot}}s means they can analyze a language and learn about its speakers. Pluralizing "friend" is weakly ungrammatical in the Isateian language because their culture has ''such'' a high standard for what constitutes friendship that most only ever have one.
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gd;sgdklj i was thinking of something else
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* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Both Barashi and Elcenia have independently invented a dessert called "iced planets", though since their planets are differently-shaped, the desserts are also shaped accordingly.
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* BungledSuicide: [[spoiler:Tsuan, after being confronted with Ilen's existence]] attempts suicide in a manner that only afterward she remembers could not have possibly killed her. The doctors call it an "announcement of distress", an assessment she deems "probably about right".
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* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Both Barashi and Elcenia have independently invented a dessert called "iced planets", though since their planets are differently-shaped, the desserts are also shaped accordingly.
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** Every chapter in ''Silver'' is a two-syllable word, e.g. "Shyness", "Adopt", "Tiger".
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* {{Yandere}}: Arylla stalks Gyre obsessively, even after he starts dating Ehail. Gyre tolerates this because her brother is his only source for certain gems, and he has been known to refuse business to those who annoy his sister. When Ehail solves that problem by conjuring gems for Gyre, Arylla decides that [[InsaneTrollLogic Ehail must be mind-controlling Gyre]] and decides to MurderTheHypotenuse.
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i don't see the pattern in silver if it has one and i think summons is just patternless but yeah
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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming:
** Every chapter in ''Blood'' is a present participle, e.g. "Cliffdiving", "Stealing", "Geasing".
** Every chapter in ''Empaths'' is an emotion, e.g. "Gratitude", "Caution", "Limerence".
** Every chapter in ''Siaddaki'' is a Draconic word, e.g. "Spheote" (adopted), "Noi" (safe), "Uen" (hug).
** Every chapter in ''Red'' is a location, e.g. "Kep Island", "Binaaralav Academy", "Livahe's Restaurant".
** Every chapter in ''Blood'' is a present participle, e.g. "Cliffdiving", "Stealing", "Geasing".
** Every chapter in ''Empaths'' is an emotion, e.g. "Gratitude", "Caution", "Limerence".
** Every chapter in ''Siaddaki'' is a Draconic word, e.g. "Spheote" (adopted), "Noi" (safe), "Uen" (hug).
** Every chapter in ''Red'' is a location, e.g. "Kep Island", "Binaaralav Academy", "Livahe's Restaurant".
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* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Pure-blooded infant dragons have a staggeringly high mortality rate in their first month of life. The first symptom is a cough; once that shows up, they're dead within an angle.
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* StarfishLanguage: The Draconic language is constantly updating itself with no apparent intent from its speakers, and every word has an absolutely preposterous amount of meaning baked into it. Non-dragons can't learn it because it's just ''impossible to learn''; even dragons can only "learn" it by virtue of being natural {{omniglot}}s.
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** Wolfriders are weakly telepathic, and their language is constructed around this fact. Most species don't hear the telepathic portion of the language, and until a translation spell was invented that actually accommodated for it, many believed wolfriders were simply not that intelligent.
** The Draconic language is constantly updating itself with no apparent intent from its speakers, and every word has an absolutely preposterous amount of meaning baked into it. Non-dragons can't learn it because it's just ''impossible to learn''; even dragons can only "learn" it by virtue of being natural {{omniglot}}s.
** Wolfriders are weakly telepathic, and their language is constructed around this fact. Most species don't hear the telepathic portion of the language, and until a translation spell was invented that actually accommodated for it, many believed wolfriders were simply not that intelligent.
** The Draconic language is constantly updating itself with no apparent intent from its speakers, and every word has an absolutely preposterous amount of meaning baked into it. Non-dragons can't learn it because it's just ''impossible to learn''; even dragons can only "learn" it by virtue of being natural {{omniglot}}s.
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** Biologically, shrens seem to be the same species as dragons, but dragons and shrens agree that shrens are not dragons.
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** Biologically, shrens seem to be the same species as dragons, but dragons and shrens agree that shrens are not dragons. This sentiment is due at least in part to how the Draconic language works.
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* TheDarkArts: A subset of kamai is called the "forbidden workings" and includes transferring lifespan from one person to another. This is implied to be one of the least nasty parts of the forbidden workings; the forbidding came after a worldwide war against the abuse of power by kyma.
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* TheDarkArts: A subset of kamai is called the "forbidden workings" and includes transferring lifespan from one person to another. This is implied to be one of the least nasty parts of the forbidden workings; the forbidding came after a worldwide war against the abuse of power by kyma. When Rhysel admits that she considered [[spoiler:giving Samia some of her lifespan]], Revenn admits that this [[DarkIsNotEvil isn't exactly the reason this sort of thing was forbidden]], but reminds her that even benign forbidden workings tend to result in SlowlySlippingIntoEvil.
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* OverlyLongName: Dragons have a custom of copying syllables from the names of those they're close to, which adds up [[LongLived over the course of their very long lives]].
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** Wolfriders used to be considered unintelligent, because [[StarfishLanguage their language is built around their telepathy]], and the common translation spells didn't account for that. Narax invented a new translation spell specifically to solve that problem, and the stereotype has been fading away since then.
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** In ''Silver'' and ''Siaddaki'', Mallyn's parents are abusive even by the standards of a nation full of abusive parents.
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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: For unethically summoning Rhysel, Korulen is sentenced to [[{{Irony}} tutor wizarding ethics]] to the younger students until the summoning can be reversed.
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* NonIndicativeName: "Unique" dragons are not, strictly speaking, one of a kind -- they just happen to be exactly rare enough that ''statistically'' there is ''probably'' one of each color group alive at a time.
