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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Mijaki.
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* AntiVillain: Nagarak.
* ArmiesAreEvil
* ArrangedMarriage: Rhian's problem in the second book.
* ArtifactOfDoom: The glove that is the actual Hammer of God.
* ArmiesAreEvil
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* TheForce: Where the magic of Emperor Han comes from, called "the wind".
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* HeroAntagonist: [[spoiler:Hanochek.]]
* TheHighQueen: Rhian.
* HopelessSuitor: Zandakar.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo Many times with Rhian.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Marlan
* HeroAntagonist: [[spoiler:Hanochek.]]
* TheHighQueen: Rhian.
* HopelessSuitor: Zandakar.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo Many times with Rhian.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Dmitrak, as mentioned above. His mother ''really'' does not like him. She only came up with the idea of having a second child able to wield the PowerCrystal because she hoped that this "spare" would attract the attention of demons and thusly be a living, disposable shield for her precious Zandakar.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Dmitrak, as mentioned above. His mother ''really'' does not like him. She only came up with the idea of having a second child able to wield the PowerCrystal because she hoped that this "spare" would attract the attention of demons and thusly be a living, disposable shield for her precious Zandakar.
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** Dmitrak, as mentioned above. His mother ''really'' does not like him. She only came up with the idea of having a second child able to wield the PowerCrystal because she hoped that this "spare" would attract the attention of demons and thusly be a living, disposable shield for her precious Zandakar.
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The first novel is ''Empress of Mijak'' or ''Empress'', in which Hekat is sold as [[HappinessInSlavery a slave]] by her parents, escapes to become the instrument of [[GodIsEvil Mijak's [[GodOfEvil God]], being a sort of [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]] who thinks anyone who disagrees with her is possessed by demons as she is [[BecauseDestinySaysSo following the God's plan]]. She [[FilleFatale seduces]] the warlord Raklion, bears a son by the benevolent priest Vortka and ends up Queen of the whole known world.
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* TheChessmaster: Either Hekat or her god; it's hard to tell which of them is actually writing the plans, but either way she's involved in a lot of scheming.
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* GodOfEvil: The Mijaki God, [[spoiler:otherwise known as a pool of demons fueled by death and blood.]]
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* TheUnchosenOne: Hekat, she makes a sort of DealWithTheDevil (even though the [[spoiler:devil is what she thinks to be God]]).
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: Dexterity Jones.
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* KnifeNut: Mijaki warriors fight with "snakeblades," which are more or less long daggers.
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The ''Godspeaker Trilogy'' is a [[DarkerAndEdgier Dark]] HeroicFantasy trilogy of novels by Creator/KarenMiller. Centered around the two main female characters: slave turned warrior turned Empress [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Hekat]] and DistressedDamsel [[TheHighQueen Rhian]]. Assisting Hekat is [[SexyPriest Vortka]], one of the few good guys in his country's [[ReligionOfEvil horrible religion]]. On Rhian's side is [[TheEveryman Dexterity Jones]], who, with the help of his [[SpiritAdvisor his dead wife Hettie]], turns into the [[PowerGlows Fantastic Glowing Man]] with HealingHands. In the middle is [[TheLancer Zandakar]] whose younger brother [[EvilTwin Dmitrak]] [[CainAndAbel he's always had some problems with]], not to mention a rivalry in the [[PowerCrystal power weapon department]].
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The ''Godspeaker Trilogy'' is a [[DarkerAndEdgier Dark]] HeroicFantasy trilogy of novels by Creator/KarenMiller. Creator/KarenMiller.
Centered around the two main female characters: slave turned warrior turned Empress [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Hekat]] and DistressedDamsel [[TheHighQueen Rhian]]. Assisting Hekat is [[SexyPriest Vortka]], one of the few good guys in his country's [[ReligionOfEvil horrible religion]]. On Rhian's side is [[TheEveryman Dexterity Jones]], who, with the help of his [[SpiritAdvisor his dead wife Hettie]], turns into the [[PowerGlows Fantastic Glowing Man]] with HealingHands. In the middle is [[TheLancer Zandakar]] whose younger brother [[EvilTwin Dmitrak]] [[CainAndAbel he's always had some problems with]], not to mention a rivalry in the [[PowerCrystal power weapon department]].
Centered around the two main female characters: slave turned warrior turned Empress [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Hekat]] and DistressedDamsel [[TheHighQueen Rhian]]. Assisting Hekat is [[SexyPriest Vortka]], one of the few good guys in his country's [[ReligionOfEvil horrible religion]]. On Rhian's side is [[TheEveryman Dexterity Jones]], who, with the help of his [[SpiritAdvisor his dead wife Hettie]], turns into the [[PowerGlows Fantastic Glowing Man]] with HealingHands. In the middle is [[TheLancer Zandakar]] whose younger brother [[EvilTwin Dmitrak]] [[CainAndAbel he's always had some problems with]], not to mention a rivalry in the [[PowerCrystal power weapon department]].
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The ''Godspeaker Trilogy'' is a [[DarkerAndEdgier Dark]] HeroicFantasy trilogy of novels by Karen Miller, better known for her ''Literature/KingmakerKingbreaker'' series. Centered around the two main female characters: slave turned warrior turned Empress [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Hekat]] and DistressedDamsel [[TheHighQueen Rhian]]. Assisting Hekat is [[SexyPriest Vortka]], one of the few good guys in his country's [[ReligionOfEvil horrible religion]]. On Rhian's side is [[TheEveryman Dexterity Jones]], who, with the help of his [[SpiritAdvisor his dead wife Hettie]], turns into the [[PowerGlows Fantastic Glowing Man]] with HealingHands. In the middle is [[TheLancer Zandakar]] whose younger brother [[EvilTwin Dmitrak]] [[CainAndAbel he's always had some problems with]], not to mention a rivalry in the [[PowerCrystal power weapon department]].
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The ''Godspeaker Trilogy'' is a [[DarkerAndEdgier Dark]] HeroicFantasy trilogy of novels by Karen Miller, better known for her ''Literature/KingmakerKingbreaker'' series.Creator/KarenMiller. Centered around the two main female characters: slave turned warrior turned Empress [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Hekat]] and DistressedDamsel [[TheHighQueen Rhian]]. Assisting Hekat is [[SexyPriest Vortka]], one of the few good guys in his country's [[ReligionOfEvil horrible religion]]. On Rhian's side is [[TheEveryman Dexterity Jones]], who, with the help of his [[SpiritAdvisor his dead wife Hettie]], turns into the [[PowerGlows Fantastic Glowing Man]] with HealingHands. In the middle is [[TheLancer Zandakar]] whose younger brother [[EvilTwin Dmitrak]] [[CainAndAbel he's always had some problems with]], not to mention a rivalry in the [[PowerCrystal power weapon department]].
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* FlatEarthAtheist: Marlan has never encountered his God before, and doesn't believe that He exists. [[spoiler: What makes it this trope, however, is that he continues to hold this belief in the face of the divinely-chosen Dexterity Jones, even when the guy's glowing with power, and is struck down for his trouble.]]
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* ActionGirl: Hekat and later Rhian, and there are '''a lot''' of action girls as Mijak lets women be warriors.
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* EvilMakeover: Zandakar's hair turns blue when he uses the hammer, Dmitrak's turns red. Hekat gives '''herself''' an evil makeover.
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* GoodScarsEvilScars: Both Hekat and Rhian cut themselves on the face so men can take them seriously. Hekat cuts her face '''twice'''.
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The ''Godspeaker Trilogy'' is a [[DarkerAndEdgier Dark]] HeroicFantasy trilogy of novels by Karen Miller, better known for her ''KingmakerKingbreaker'' ''Literature/KingmakerKingbreaker'' series. Centered around the two main female characters: slave turned warrior turned Empress [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Hekat]] and DistressedDamsel [[TheHighQueen Rhian]]. Assisting Hekat is [[SexyPriest Vortka]], one of the few good guys in his country's [[ReligionOfEvil horrible religion]]. On Rhian's side is [[TheEveryman Dexterity Jones]], who, with the help of his [[SpiritAdvisor his dead wife Hettie]], turns into the [[PowerGlows Fantastic Glowing Man]] with HealingHands. In the middle is [[TheLancer Zandakar]] whose younger brother [[EvilTwin Dmitrak]] [[CainAndAbel he's always had some problems with]], not to mention a rivalry in the [[PowerCrystal power weapon department]].
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The''GodspeakerTrilogy'' ''Godspeaker Trilogy'' is a [[DarkerAndEdgier Dark]] HeroicFantasy trilogy of novels by Karen Miller, better known for her ''KingmakerKingbreaker'' series. Centered around the two main female characters: slave turned warrior turned Empress [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Hekat]] and DistressedDamsel [[TheHighQueen Rhian]]. Assisting Hekat is [[SexyPriest Vortka]], one of the few good guys in his country's [[ReligionOfEvil horrible religion]]. On Rhian's side is [[TheEveryman Dexterity Jones]], who, with the help of his [[SpiritAdvisor his dead wife Hettie]], turns into the [[PowerGlows Fantastic Glowing Man]] with HealingHands. In the middle is [[TheLancer Zandakar]] whose younger brother [[EvilTwin Dmitrak]] [[CainAndAbel he's always had some problems with]], not to mention a rivalry in the [[PowerCrystal power weapon department]].
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[[caption-width-right:300:''Her name is Hekat - and she will be slave to no man.'' Art by Les Petersen.]] The ''GodspeakerTrilogy'' is a [[DarkerAndEdgier Dark]] HeroicFantasy trilogy of novels by Karen Miller, better known for her ''KingmakerKingbreaker'' series. Centered around the two main female characters: slave turned warrior turned Empress [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Hekat]] and DistressedDamsel [[TheHighQueen Rhian]]. Assisting Hekat is [[SexyPriest Vortka]], one of the few good guys in his country's [[ReligionOfEvil horrible religion]]. On Rhian's side is [[TheEveryman Dexterity Jones]], who, with the help of his [[SpiritAdvisor his dead wife Hettie]], turns into the [[PowerGlows Fantastic Glowing Man]] with HealingHands. In the middle is [[TheLancer Zandakar]] whose younger brother [[EvilTwin Dmitrak]] [[CainAndAbel he's always had some problems with]], not to mention a rivalry in the [[PowerCrystal power weapon department]].
The first novel is ''Empress of Mijak'' or ''Empress'', in which Hekat is sold as [[HappinessInSlavery a slave]] by her parents, escapes to become the instrument of [[GodIsEvil God]], being a sort of [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]] who thinks anyone who disagrees with her is possessed by demons as she is [[BecauseDestinySaysSo following the God's plan]]. She [[FilleFatale seduces]] the warlord Raklion, bears a son by the benevolent priest Vortka and ends up Queen of the whole known world.
The sequel ''The Riven Kingdom'' involves [[RebelliousPrincess Rhian]] [[RunawayFiance running away]] from her ArrangedMarriage and becoming [[TheHighQueen queen in her own right]] with the help of Dexterity and Zandakar, going against the High Priest [[WellIntentionedExtremist Marlan]] who just thinks Rhian [[StayInTheKitchen should just get married]] and [[ItsAllAboutMe really doesn't believe in any religion at all]].
In ''Hammer of God'', [[FightScene Rhian fights a sea battle]] for her crown with MassTeleportation and a FinalBattle with some [[RuleOfCool great explosive sequences]].
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!!The series contains examples of:
* ActionGirl: Hekat and later Rhian, and there are '''a lot''' of action girls as Mijak lets women be warriors.
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Mijaki.
* AlienSky: Two moons.
* AmbitionIsEvil: It's never quite clear whether one of Hekat's viler acts is truly motivated by her god speaking to her from within, or just her own ambition. For example, her using a divine curse to spiritually "neuter" Vortka, rendering him incapable of fathering future children that could challenge Zandakar's ability to wield the PowerCrystal (and, coincidentally, negating his own ability to do the same) could have just been her own zeal to see her dynastic plans not thwarted... or genuinely prompted by the god in order to ensure her next child would be by Nagarak, ensuring he would be much more like a typical Mijaki.
* AntiVillain: Nagarak.
* ArmiesAreEvil
* ArrangedMarriage: Rhian's problem in the second book.
* ArtifactOfDoom: The glove that is the actual Hammer of God.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Dexterity Jones.
* BattleCry: "Chalava! Chalava zho!"
* BloodBath: Mijak's godspeakers bathe in animal blood to commune with their god.
* BloodbathVillainOrigin: Hekat kills the two slavers who bought her with a divine-like curse as they had revealed her as a runaway slave to the warlord, and if the godspeakers heard, she would be nailed to a cross, disemboweled and left to die. Ironically, no actual blood is shed, and she even choses to forgo slitting their throats to use the curse.
* BloodMagic: The ReligionOfEvil of Mijak is built on ThePowerOfBlood, and thousands of slaves die to spread the power of their dark god.
* TheChessmaster: Either Hekat or her god; it's hard to tell which of them is actually writing the plans, but either way she's involved in a lot of scheming.
* TheChosenOne: Dexterity Jones and Zandakar are chosen by the God of Ethrea. Hekat, meanwhile, is TheChosenOne of the ''chalava'' of Mijak.
* CrystalDragonJesus: The historical figure Rollin, and later Dexterity Jones.
* DarkActionGirl: Hekat.
* DarkMagicalGirl: Hekat to an extent; she really wants her son to love her, but she's completely insane and TheChosenOne of a dark god.
* DualWielding: The sword fighting of the knife dancers involves ''hotas'' using two blades. [[spoiler:Rhian adapts this to broad swords]].
* EldritchAbomination: ''Chalava''. [[spoiler: The god of Mijak is a [[SentientCosmicForce semi-sentient pool of dark magic]], fueled by blood to become as strong as a god, and existing solely to strengthen itself with more bloodletting.]]
* TheEmpire: Mijak.
* ErmineCapeEffect
* EvilMakeover: Zandakar's hair turns blue when he uses the hammer, Dmitrak's turns red. Hekat gives '''herself''' an evil makeover.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: According to Miller, Mijak is supposed to be like the Hittites where Ethrea is Medieval England. Tzhung-tzhungchai is obviously China, while Arbenia and Harbisland have German traits.
* TheFederation: The trade alliance with Ethrea, Rhian has to go through hell to get them to help her when [[spoiler:Mijak is coming to attack]].
* TheForce: Where the magic of Emperor Han comes from, called "the wind".
* FreudianExcuse: Dmitrak's personality is because his mother Hekat never liked him.
** Hekat herself; her own childhood was horrifically abusive (she wasn't even named and her father demanded her mother not even bother trying to teach her to talk), and the trader that she thought had rescued her by purchasing her as a slave and proceeding to treat her with exceptional kindness was really just trying to amp up her value for when he sold her as a concubine. It's not really that surprising she becomes psychotically vicious in trying to climb as high in power as she can so she can at last be "safe".
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Hekat.
* GodIsEvil: In ''Empress''. [[spoiler: The god is not actually the God that the characters in the later books describe.]]
* GondorCallsForAid: Ethrea doesn't have a standing army due to the treaty of the trading nations.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Both Hekat and Rhian cut themselves on the face so men can take them seriously. Hekat cuts her face '''twice'''.
* HappinessInSlavery: Hekat, before she realizes that the slavers care about her solely for her value and not for herself.
* HealingHands
* HeroAntagonist: [[spoiler:Hanochek.]]
* TheHighQueen: Rhian.
* HopelessSuitor: Zandakar.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo Many times with Rhian.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Marlan
* KillItWithFire: The gauntlet fires people where they stand. As well as [[spoiler:Marlan's death]].
* KnifeNut: Mijaki warriors fight with "snakeblades," which are more or less long daggers.
* LadyOfWar: Rhian.
* LittleMissBadass: Hekat.
* LoveTriangle: Alisdair and Zandakar over Rhian.
* LukeIAmYourFather: Subverted here. We know the paternity of Zandakar and Dmitrak from the first novel, neither of them are told this until the third. And in Dmitrak's case it's just [[spoiler:before he kills his mother and gets killed himself]].
* MassTeleportation: [[spoiler: An entire armada.]]
* MommyIssues: Dmitrak.
* PathOfInspiration: Vortka within Mijak's religion.
* PimpedOutDress
* PlanetOfHats
* PlotHole: Mijak's Hekat chooses her name due to mispronouncing "hellcat," which she was called as a child. Ethrean sounds like English no matter what point of view it's heard from, while Mijaki is represented as a completely different language when heard by Ethrean characters. The plot hole here is how the term "hellcat" sounds exactly the same in two uniquely-developed languages.
* PowerCrystal
* PowerGlows: When filled with power, Dexterity glows with fire that does not burn. [[spoiler:[[KillItWithFire Except for Marlan.]]]]
* ThePowerOfBlood: Mijak's religious ritual involves so much sacrificial blood (including swallowing it hot and [[BloodBath taking baths in it]]) it's just SickAndWrong.
* ReligionOfEvil: Mijak, and they're really [[spoiler:worshipping [[GodIsEvil some dark power]] that they believe to be God]]
* SaintlyChurch: Ethrea's religion, except under Marlan who turns it into a [[ItsAllAboutMe cult about himself]].
* SealedEvilInACan: Can be said to apply to the entire Mijaki society, who were confined within borders by their religion as they basically destroyed the world.
* SentientCosmicForce: The god of Mijak is a particularly evil variant.
* SliceAndDiceSwordsmanship: pretty much ''''everything''' to do about ''hotas''.
* SpiritAdvisor: Hettie and [[spoiler:Marlan.]]
* StayInTheKitchen
* StuffBlowingUp: This is the gauntlet's effect on pretty much everything, [[KillItWithFire except people of course.]]
* TakeOverTheWorld
* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself
* ThrowAwayCountry: Anything in Mijak's path.
* TheUnchosenOne: Hekat, she makes a sort of DealWithTheDevil (even though the [[spoiler:devil is what she thinks to be God]]).
* VillainProtagonist: Hekat.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Dmitrak, as mentioned above. His mother ''really'' does not like him. She only came up with the idea of having a second child able to wield the PowerCrystal because she hoped that this "spare" would attract the attention of demons and thusly be a living, disposable shield for her precious Zandakar.
** His efforts to win Hekat's love are even more doomed by the fact she had to lie with a man she absolutely hated and despised, the high godspeaker Nagarak (due to having earlier gelded Vortka on a spiritual level to avoid future competition for Zandakar), in order to conceive him. That he was an agonizing breach birth, requiring an unspeakably painful caesarian that she never fully recovered from, is just icing on the cake.
* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Rhian, who has a constant battle keeping her throne and proving she can rule in her own right.
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[[caption-width-right:300:''Her name is Hekat - and she will be slave to no man.'' Art by Les Petersen.]] The ''GodspeakerTrilogy'' is a [[DarkerAndEdgier Dark]] HeroicFantasy trilogy of novels by Karen Miller, better known for her ''KingmakerKingbreaker'' series. Centered around the two main female characters: slave turned warrior turned Empress [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Hekat]] and DistressedDamsel [[TheHighQueen Rhian]]. Assisting Hekat is [[SexyPriest Vortka]], one of the few good guys in his country's [[ReligionOfEvil horrible religion]]. On Rhian's side is [[TheEveryman Dexterity Jones]], who, with the help of his [[SpiritAdvisor his dead wife Hettie]], turns into the [[PowerGlows Fantastic Glowing Man]] with HealingHands. In the middle is [[TheLancer Zandakar]] whose younger brother [[EvilTwin Dmitrak]] [[CainAndAbel he's always had some problems with]], not to mention a rivalry in the [[PowerCrystal power weapon department]].
The first novel is ''Empress of Mijak'' or ''Empress'', in which Hekat is sold as [[HappinessInSlavery a slave]] by her parents, escapes to become the instrument of [[GodIsEvil God]], being a sort of [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]] who thinks anyone who disagrees with her is possessed by demons as she is [[BecauseDestinySaysSo following the God's plan]]. She [[FilleFatale seduces]] the warlord Raklion, bears a son by the benevolent priest Vortka and ends up Queen of the whole known world.
The sequel ''The Riven Kingdom'' involves [[RebelliousPrincess Rhian]] [[RunawayFiance running away]] from her ArrangedMarriage and becoming [[TheHighQueen queen in her own right]] with the help of Dexterity and Zandakar, going against the High Priest [[WellIntentionedExtremist Marlan]] who just thinks Rhian [[StayInTheKitchen should just get married]] and [[ItsAllAboutMe really doesn't believe in any religion at all]].
In ''Hammer of God'', [[FightScene Rhian fights a sea battle]] for her crown with MassTeleportation and a FinalBattle with some [[RuleOfCool great explosive sequences]].
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!!The series contains examples of:
* ActionGirl: Hekat and later Rhian, and there are '''a lot''' of action girls as Mijak lets women be warriors.
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Mijaki.
* AlienSky: Two moons.
* AmbitionIsEvil: It's never quite clear whether one of Hekat's viler acts is truly motivated by her god speaking to her from within, or just her own ambition. For example, her using a divine curse to spiritually "neuter" Vortka, rendering him incapable of fathering future children that could challenge Zandakar's ability to wield the PowerCrystal (and, coincidentally, negating his own ability to do the same) could have just been her own zeal to see her dynastic plans not thwarted... or genuinely prompted by the god in order to ensure her next child would be by Nagarak, ensuring he would be much more like a typical Mijaki.
* AntiVillain: Nagarak.
* ArmiesAreEvil
* ArrangedMarriage: Rhian's problem in the second book.
* ArtifactOfDoom: The glove that is the actual Hammer of God.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Dexterity Jones.
* BattleCry: "Chalava! Chalava zho!"
* BloodBath: Mijak's godspeakers bathe in animal blood to commune with their god.
* BloodbathVillainOrigin: Hekat kills the two slavers who bought her with a divine-like curse as they had revealed her as a runaway slave to the warlord, and if the godspeakers heard, she would be nailed to a cross, disemboweled and left to die. Ironically, no actual blood is shed, and she even choses to forgo slitting their throats to use the curse.
* BloodMagic: The ReligionOfEvil of Mijak is built on ThePowerOfBlood, and thousands of slaves die to spread the power of their dark god.
* TheChessmaster: Either Hekat or her god; it's hard to tell which of them is actually writing the plans, but either way she's involved in a lot of scheming.
* TheChosenOne: Dexterity Jones and Zandakar are chosen by the God of Ethrea. Hekat, meanwhile, is TheChosenOne of the ''chalava'' of Mijak.
* CrystalDragonJesus: The historical figure Rollin, and later Dexterity Jones.
* DarkActionGirl: Hekat.
* DarkMagicalGirl: Hekat to an extent; she really wants her son to love her, but she's completely insane and TheChosenOne of a dark god.
* DualWielding: The sword fighting of the knife dancers involves ''hotas'' using two blades. [[spoiler:Rhian adapts this to broad swords]].
* EldritchAbomination: ''Chalava''. [[spoiler: The god of Mijak is a [[SentientCosmicForce semi-sentient pool of dark magic]], fueled by blood to become as strong as a god, and existing solely to strengthen itself with more bloodletting.]]
* TheEmpire: Mijak.
* ErmineCapeEffect
* EvilMakeover: Zandakar's hair turns blue when he uses the hammer, Dmitrak's turns red. Hekat gives '''herself''' an evil makeover.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: According to Miller, Mijak is supposed to be like the Hittites where Ethrea is Medieval England. Tzhung-tzhungchai is obviously China, while Arbenia and Harbisland have German traits.
* TheFederation: The trade alliance with Ethrea, Rhian has to go through hell to get them to help her when [[spoiler:Mijak is coming to attack]].
* TheForce: Where the magic of Emperor Han comes from, called "the wind".
* FreudianExcuse: Dmitrak's personality is because his mother Hekat never liked him.
** Hekat herself; her own childhood was horrifically abusive (she wasn't even named and her father demanded her mother not even bother trying to teach her to talk), and the trader that she thought had rescued her by purchasing her as a slave and proceeding to treat her with exceptional kindness was really just trying to amp up her value for when he sold her as a concubine. It's not really that surprising she becomes psychotically vicious in trying to climb as high in power as she can so she can at last be "safe".
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Hekat.
* GodIsEvil: In ''Empress''. [[spoiler: The god is not actually the God that the characters in the later books describe.]]
* GondorCallsForAid: Ethrea doesn't have a standing army due to the treaty of the trading nations.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Both Hekat and Rhian cut themselves on the face so men can take them seriously. Hekat cuts her face '''twice'''.
* HappinessInSlavery: Hekat, before she realizes that the slavers care about her solely for her value and not for herself.
* HealingHands
* HeroAntagonist: [[spoiler:Hanochek.]]
* TheHighQueen: Rhian.
* HopelessSuitor: Zandakar.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo Many times with Rhian.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Marlan
* KillItWithFire: The gauntlet fires people where they stand. As well as [[spoiler:Marlan's death]].
* KnifeNut: Mijaki warriors fight with "snakeblades," which are more or less long daggers.
* LadyOfWar: Rhian.
* LittleMissBadass: Hekat.
* LoveTriangle: Alisdair and Zandakar over Rhian.
* LukeIAmYourFather: Subverted here. We know the paternity of Zandakar and Dmitrak from the first novel, neither of them are told this until the third. And in Dmitrak's case it's just [[spoiler:before he kills his mother and gets killed himself]].
* MassTeleportation: [[spoiler: An entire armada.]]
* MommyIssues: Dmitrak.
* PathOfInspiration: Vortka within Mijak's religion.
* PimpedOutDress
* PlanetOfHats
* PlotHole: Mijak's Hekat chooses her name due to mispronouncing "hellcat," which she was called as a child. Ethrean sounds like English no matter what point of view it's heard from, while Mijaki is represented as a completely different language when heard by Ethrean characters. The plot hole here is how the term "hellcat" sounds exactly the same in two uniquely-developed languages.
* PowerCrystal
* PowerGlows: When filled with power, Dexterity glows with fire that does not burn. [[spoiler:[[KillItWithFire Except for Marlan.]]]]
* ThePowerOfBlood: Mijak's religious ritual involves so much sacrificial blood (including swallowing it hot and [[BloodBath taking baths in it]]) it's just SickAndWrong.
* ReligionOfEvil: Mijak, and they're really [[spoiler:worshipping [[GodIsEvil some dark power]] that they believe to be God]]
* SaintlyChurch: Ethrea's religion, except under Marlan who turns it into a [[ItsAllAboutMe cult about himself]].
* SealedEvilInACan: Can be said to apply to the entire Mijaki society, who were confined within borders by their religion as they basically destroyed the world.
* SentientCosmicForce: The god of Mijak is a particularly evil variant.
* SliceAndDiceSwordsmanship: pretty much ''''everything''' to do about ''hotas''.
* SpiritAdvisor: Hettie and [[spoiler:Marlan.]]
* StayInTheKitchen
* StuffBlowingUp: This is the gauntlet's effect on pretty much everything, [[KillItWithFire except people of course.]]
* TakeOverTheWorld
* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself
* ThrowAwayCountry: Anything in Mijak's path.
* TheUnchosenOne: Hekat, she makes a sort of DealWithTheDevil (even though the [[spoiler:devil is what she thinks to be God]]).
* VillainProtagonist: Hekat.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Dmitrak, as mentioned above. His mother ''really'' does not like him. She only came up with the idea of having a second child able to wield the PowerCrystal because she hoped that this "spare" would attract the attention of demons and thusly be a living, disposable shield for her precious Zandakar.
** His efforts to win Hekat's love are even more doomed by the fact she had to lie with a man she absolutely hated and despised, the high godspeaker Nagarak (due to having earlier gelded Vortka on a spiritual level to avoid future competition for Zandakar), in order to conceive him. That he was an agonizing breach birth, requiring an unspeakably painful caesarian that she never fully recovered from, is just icing on the cake.
* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Rhian, who has a constant battle keeping her throne and proving she can rule in her own right.
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