History Literature / Elcenia

* SuperpowerLottery: Elcenian dragons are LongLived natural {{omniglot}}s with VoluntaryShapeshifting, which is already a pretty sweet deal. Then there are the "unusuals" and "uniques", which take their color-group's special powers UpToEleven -- Keo, as a unique green-group dragon, has incredible powers of mental magic, which she uses to do things no other person can do.

* AdultFear: in ''Silver'' [[spoiler: when the egg-parents of Ehail and Gyre's adoptive children start showing up to claim them.]]

'''''[[http://www.elcenia.com/ Elcenia]]''''' is a series written by Alicorn (author of ''{{Fanfic/Luminosity}}'' and ''Webcomic/HiToTsukiToHoshiNoTama''), and is currently in-progress. It consists of six novels (so far) and several single-chapter 'shorts'.

Elcenia's [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13102307370A87120100&page=1 discussion thread]].

* IKnowYourTrueName: Elcenian dragon names are extremely magical. The first two syllables are given to them shortly after birth -- traditionally at a month[[note]]due to pure-blooded dragons very frequently suffering an IncurableCoughOfDeath in their first month of life[[/note]], but there's an upper limit of about five years, and if it's missed [[spoiler:such as with Fena/Zinc]], the dragon just won't have a true name, ever. The second two syllables are the line name, which is "like a surname but not really", according to Narax. And they can gain further syllables by taking them from others' names -- this requires their cooperation and is generally only done with family and close friends, but there's no strict rules on it except that it must be entirely the receiving dragon's idea, the same syllable can't be donated more than once, and a dragon can't have more than two syllables from the same person. A dragon ''always'' knows their full true name, at all times, and if it's at least four syllables, they have a unique song to go with it. If someone, anyone, sings a dragon's full name to the tune of their song, that dragon instantly knows who and where -- though this is filtered through what the dragon already knows of that person and that place.[[labelnote:For example...]]if you were randomly singing syllables and they coincidentally happened to match a dragon's song, that dragon would only know "someone I've never met in an existence I've never been to just sang my name".[[/labelnote]]

* DidntThinkThisThrough: How ''Summons'' starts. Korulen and Saasnil co-cast a summoning spell to prove a point to Nemaar... the problem is, co-casting can't be used for ''reversals''. Which means Rhysel's stuck until one of them can reverse it on their own.

* CallBack: In ''Summons'', Ryll asks Tekaal "what makes you think you're good enough to date my sister?"[[note]]His answer: "I have no excuse to doubt her esteemed judgment."[[/note]] 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.

* IKnowYourTrueName: Elcenian dragon names are extremely magical. The first two syllables are given to them at birth -- there's a time limit on this, and if it's missed [[spoiler:such as with Fena/Zinc]], the dragon just won't have a true name, ever. The second two syllables are the line name, which is "like a surname but not really", according to Narax. And they can gain further syllables by taking them from others' names -- this requires their cooperation and is generally only done with family and close friends, but there's no strict rules on it except that it must be entirely the receiving dragon's idea, the same syllable can't be donated more than once, and a dragon can't have more than two syllables from the same person. A dragon ''always'' knows their full true name, at all times, and if it's at least four syllables, they have a unique song to go with it. If someone, anyone, sings a dragon's full name to the tune of their song, that dragon instantly knows who and where -- though this is filtered through what the dragon already knows of that person and that place.[[labelnote:For example...]]if you were randomly singing syllables and they coincidentally happened to match a dragon's song, that dragon would only know "someone I've never met in an existence I've never been to just sang my name".[[/labelnote]]

* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: The magical abilities of Elcenian dragons are linked to their color.

* FunctionalMagic: Several kinds. Barashi has kamai, which is ''Force Magic'' fueled by {{mana}}, and the gods will sometimes intervene if requested and paid. Elcenia has several, of which the most prominent in the story so far is wizardry, a form of ''Rule Magic'' or RitualMagic that mostly behaves like engineering, and witchcraft, which is [[AlchemyIsMagic alchemy]].

* 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.]]

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Barashi and Elcenia dragons come in several varieties each. Elcenian dragons are ColourCodedForYourConvenience, [[VoluntaryShapeshifting voluntary shapeshifters]], and much friendlier to humanoids than the Barashin kind. Both kinds live very long, breathe fire, and fly.

* 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".

* IfIHadANickel: Kolaan, discussing local EveryoneCanSeeIt somehow-not-actually-dating pair Soraak and Kutran, says that if she had an aaber for every time she tried convincing Soraak to just kiss Kutran already... well, she'd still want more, but not as much.

* 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".

* OurElvesAreBetter: Elcenian elves age like humans, only three times slower, while Barashin elves age like humans until they reach adulthood, then stop aging entirely for a millennium or so.

* HeelFaceBrainwashing: Customary on Barashi for those convicted of violent crime. Since this is meant to be a lawful action, the practitioners perform the smallest possible change that ensures they won't reoffend.

** In ''Summons'', Rhysel notes a pair of brightly-colored ducks in the pond at the local WizardingSchool. Upon spotting some students practicing color-changing spells, she wonders if maybe the ducks were a different bright color a few semesters ago. [[spoiler:They weren't -- the "ducks" are shrens, their bright color is their ShapeshifterTell, and they are ''not'' happy about Rhysel invading their privacy.]]

* ShapeshifterTell: Shapeshifted dragons and shrens keep their scale color -- in humanoid forms, females have it in their hair and males have it in their eyes, and in other forms, they have the color all over.

* 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.

** A method of counting Elcenian channeling capacity is modified to transfer it instead. This is the only known way for Barashin natives to use Elcenian wizardry. [[spoiler:Talyn quietly steals every last drop of CC from everyone he meets in Ryganaav, on the grounds that they all hate magic anyway and would be glad to be rid of it if they knew -- he uses some of this to give Rhysel a nice round 500 units.]]

* 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.