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* TheChosenOne: Asvin

* [[spoiler: DidNotGetTheGirl: Asvin]]
* EvilOverlord: Danh-Gem. [[spoiler: Later, Kirin]]

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Kol is New Delhi/New York/[[Literature/{{Discworld}} Ankh-Morpork]], Avranti is an UsefulNotes/{{India}}n principality, Ventelot is [[KingArthur Camelot]], Durg is a LadyLand full of [[ActionGirl warrior women]], Xi'en is a mix of China and Japan, Skuanmark is Viking Scandinavia, Psomedea is classical Greece, Artaxerxia is Persia, Bolvudis is Hollywood/Bollywood, Elaken is Egypt, and so on.

* ThePlace
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* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The main ability of rakshases

* TheMole: [[spoiler: Narak, who is not just working for but ''is'' Danh-Gem.]]

* ReverseMole: [[spoiler:Kirin]] initially, before things get more complicated

A fantasy trilogy by Samit Basu, an [[UsefulNotes/{{India}} Indian]] author consisting of ''The Simoqin Prophecies'', ''The Manticore's Secret'', and ''The Unwaba Revelations''.

Two hundred years ago, the [[OurElvesAreBetter ravians]] defeated the [[EvilOverlord Dark Lord]] Danh-Gem and [[TheMagicGoesAway disappeared from the world]]. According to prophecy, after two hundred years, Danh-Gem would return to lead his army of darkness and a ChosenOne would rise up to defeat him.

* OurElvesAreBetter: Ravians have much stronger magic than humans, including [[JediMindTrick mind-control powers]] that make everyone think really well of them. [[spoiler: Most of them are intolerant, authoritarian jerks and their reappearance in book 2 is not a turn for the better. By the third book they're leveling human cities with [[TechnologicallyAdvancedFoe spaceship-born laser weapons]], because they can and humans are vermin to them.]]

* OurElvesAreBetter: Ravians have much stronger magic than humans, including [[JediMindTrick mind-control powers]] that make everyone think really well of them. [[spoiler: Most of them are intolerant, authoritarian jerks and their reappearance in book 2 is not a turn for the better. By the third book they're leveling human cities with spaceship-born laser weapons, because they can and humans are vermin to them.]]

* OutOfContextProblem: [[spoiler:When the war between the ravians and the rakshas is interrupted by horrific subterranean monsters the gods sent to wipe the gameboard clean, everyone is very surprised. Only the dragons and the vaman had any idea this was going on up until then. The army of the undead [[ApocalypseHow bringing about the end of times]] was also not something people were prepared to deal with.]]

* OurElvesAreBetter: Ravians have much stronger magic than humans, including [[JediMindTrick mind-control powers]] that make everyone think really well of them. [[spoiler: Most of them are intolerant, authoritarian jerks and their reappearance in book 2 is not a turn for the better.]]

* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Vaman are your standard fantasy dwarves, and they don't take well to that highist-slur. Except Gaam.

* GenreSavvy: Many of the characters; Danh-Gem, Kirin, Maya, the Silver Dagger, and the Civilian deserving special mention.

* TheoryOfNarrativeCausality: This is an actual force in the story, doing things like pushing Asvin and Maya together because the Hero Always Gets the Girl. The tongue-in-cheek GenreSavvy of the narrative voice just puts this all on the surface.

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The main ability of rakshases
* WrongGenreSavvy: Asvin's prepared for a very traditional, BlackAndWhiteMorality high fantasy hero's journey. That is not the story he is actually in. The people [[TheChessmaster actually in charge]] of Kol and its allies and acting as his {{Mentor}}s/MissionControl see it as a point in his favor as hero material that he's a nice boy who doesn't ask inconvenient questions.

* ReverseMole: [[spoiler: Kirin]] initially, before things get more complicated

* AllTrollsAreDifferent: Similarly to Literature/{{Discworld}} trolls, pashans are made of stone, the exact kind depending on where their egg was incubated.

A fantasy trilogy by Samit Basu, an [[{{India}} Indian]] author consisting of ''The Simoqin Prophecies'', ''The Manticore's Secret'', and ''The Unwaba Revelations''.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Kol is New Delhi/New York/[[Literature/{{Discworld}} Ankh-Morpork]], Avranti is an {{India}}n principality, Ventelot is [[KingArthur Camelot]], Durg is a LadyLand full of [[ActionGirl warrior women]], Xi'en is a mix of China and Japan, Skuanmark is Viking Scandinavia, Psomedea is classical Greece, Artaxerxia is Persia, Bolvudis is Hollywood/Bollywood, Elaken is Egypt, and so on.

* MalignedMixedMarriage: Narak and Isara got exiled over this, being [[{{Expy}} Expies]] of [[Literature/TheSilmarillion Beren and Luthien]] after all.

* MalignedMixedMarriage: Narak and Isara got exiled over this, being [[{{Expy}} Expies]] of [[{{Silmarillion}} Beren and Luthien]] after all.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Kol is New Delhi/New York/[[Literature/{{Discworld}} Ankh-Morpork]], Avranti is an {{India}}n principality, Ventelot is {{Camelot}}, Durg is a LadyLand full of [[ActionGirl warrior women]], Xi'en is a mix of China and Japan, Skuanmark is Viking Scandinavia, Psomedea is classical Greece, Artaxerxia is Persia, Bolvudis is Hollywood/Bollywood, Elaken is Egypt, and so on.

Except this is {{Discworld}}-esque setting where people are much [[GreyAndGreyMorality more]] [[GambitPileup complicated]] than good versus evil.

* AllTrollsAreDifferent: Similarly to {{Discworld}} trolls, pashans are made of stone, the exact kind depending on where their egg was incubated.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Kol is New Delhi/New York/[[{{Discworld}} Ankh-Morpork]], Avranti is an {{India}}n principality, Ventelot is {{Camelot}}, Durg is a LadyLand full of [[ActionGirl warrior women]], Xi'en is a mix of China and Japan, Skuanmark is Viking Scandinavia, Psomedea is classical Greece, Artaxerxia is Persia, Bolvudis is Hollywood/Bollywood, Elaken is Egypt, and so on.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Kol is New Delhi/New York/[[{{Discworld}} Ankh-Morpork]], Avranti is an {{India}}n principality, Ventelot is {{Camelot}}, Durg is a LadyLand full of [[HotAmazon warrior]] [[ActionGirl women]], Xi'en is a mix of China and Japan, Skuanmark is Viking Scandinavia, Psomedea is classical Greece, Artaxerxia is Persia, Bolvudis is Hollywood/Bollywood, Elaken is Egypt, and so on.

In the present, Danh-Gem's former allies are organizing in the shadows, and the ChosenOne has been found and must be trained before everyone runs out of time.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Kol is New Delhi/New York/[[{{Discworld}} Ankh-Morpork]], Avranti is an {{India}}n principality, Ventelot is {{Camelot}}, Durg is a LadyLand full of HotAmazons, Xi'en is a mix of China and Japan, Skuanmark is Viking Scandinavia, Psomedea is classical Greece, Artaxerxia is Persia, Bolvudis is Hollywood/Bollywood, Elaken is Egypt, and so on.

* TheoryOfNarrativeCausality: This is an actual force in the story, doing things like pushing Asvin and Maya together because the Hero Always Gets the Girl. The tongue-in-cheek GenreSavvy of the narrative voice just puts this all on the surface.
** The AnthropicPrinciple is a subset of this. Asvin's most common epitaph is: "The Chosen One. A Person to Whom Things Happen. Many Things."

* TheReverseMole: [[spoiler: Kirin]] initially, before things get more complicated

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Kol is New Delhi/New York/[[{{Discworld}} Ankh-Morpork]], Avranti is an {{India}}n principality, Ventelot is {{Camelot}}, Durg is an Amazonian {{LadyLand}}, Xi'en is a mix of China and Japan, Skuanmark is Viking Scandinavia, Psomedea is classical Greece, Artaxerxia is Persia, Bolvudis is Hollywood/Bollywood, Elaken is Egypt, and so on.

* ShoutOut: Full of them. The books are constantly referencing, if not quoting, from anywhere and everywhere. The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, the Bhagavad Gita, the Ramayana, the Odyssey, Robin Hood...

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Kol is Delhi/New York/[[{{Discworld}} Ankh-Morpork]], Avranti is an {{India}}n principality, Ventelot is {{Camelot}}, Durg is an Amazonian {{LadyLand}}, Xi'en is a mix of China and Japan, the Skuans are Vikings, Psomedea is classical Greece, Artaxerxia is Persia, Bolvudis is Hollywood/Bollywood, and so on.

* TheoryOfNarrativeCausality: This is an actual force in the story, doing things like pushing Asvin and Maya together because the Hero Always Gets the Girl. The tongue-in-cheek GenrySavvy of the narrative voice just puts this all on the surface.

* MadScienstsBeautifulDaughter: Maya, though Mantric is a {{Mentor}} rather than villain.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Kol is Delhi/New York/[[{{Discworld}} Ankh-Morpork]], Avranti is an {{India}}n principality, Ventelot is {{Camelot}}, Durg is an Amazonian {{LadyLand}}, Xi'en is a mix of China and Japan, the Skuans are Vikings, Psomedea is classical Greece, Artaxerxia is Persia, and so on.