History Literature / TheDinosaurLords

* AccidentalDownerEnding: [[spoiler:Because the author DiedDuringProduction, the last book ends with the protagonist's rapist remaining unpunished and her little sister abducted, the villains' schemes still active and a possible demonic invasion about to happen.]]

* BadassArmy: The Fugitive Legion is this. When they were still the army of Providence, Karyl and Rob had succeeded in whipping into a potent force by bringing on several triceratops with howdahs (they're not on par with the White River Legion, so the Fugitive Legion's howdah riders used powerful but slow arbalests compared to the WRL's hornbow archers) that alone makes them unique since the White River Legion. They combine this with irregulars experienced in guerrilla warfare in their Wildrunners and even managed to enlist a number of true Dinosaur Knights. With Melodía joining, the light cavalry branch also improves to a respectable fighting force where they lacked a leader to rally behind before.

* BadassArmy: The Fugitive Legion is this. When they were still the army of Providence, Karyl and Rob had succeeded in whipping into a potent force by bringing on several triceratops with howdahs (they're not on par with the White River Legion, so the Fugitive Legion's howdah riders used powerful but slow arbalests compared to the WRL's hornbow archers) that alone makes them unique since the White River Legion. They combine this with irregulars experienced in guerrilla warfare in their Wildrunners and even managed to enlist a number of true Dinosaur Knights.

* ElectiveMonarchy: The Empire of Nuevaropa actually chooses its ruler from the several different branches of the large royal family, and a child of a former emperor cannot directly inherit.

* PraetorianGuard: The Scarlet Tyrants, named after the ''T. rex'', who serve as bodyguards and palace police of the Emperor. Insinuating himself a

* StressInducedVomiting: Melodia has to run off and go puke after she learns what the nobles actually think of her experiences as a light cavalry member of the Fugitive Legion. It turns out they believe she ran off when her father needed her most in the fight against the hordelings and when she counters saying that she fought the hordelings long before Imperial forces did, the nobles she hung out with tell her that her light cavalry did could hardly be called fighting and they felt she was just slumming with commoners who were also renegades.

* MasterSwordsman: The two most notable in the series are Voyvod (later Duke) Karyl Borgomirsky and Count (later Prince) Jaume Llobregat. In Jaume's case, there's no better swordman in the country of Nuevaropa and uniquely among Dinosaur Knights in mounted combat, Jaume not only still favors a sword but can put each attack in whatever target he aims at despite the incredible jostling of the dinosaur mount (most mounted Dinosaur Knights instead favor mauls or long-hafted maces to knock over enemies from their mounts). Karyl is so amazing a swordsman that he was able to go toe to toe with the superhuman Grey Angel Raguel, despite the being's inhuman size and speed, he even cuts off one of Raguel's hands before tiring out. Melodía is later tutored by Maestra Auriana who La Madrota Rosamaria says is a swordsmaster though not on Karyl's level.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: A question for the reader rather than the characters. On one hand, it'd be easy to see Aphrodite's actions and the Angel from the prologue as magic. On the other hand, there are indications that Paradise has been colonized by humans who later regressed technologically, so Aphrodite's "magic" that regrows Karyl's hand could be some sort of ClarkesThirdLaw-adhering tech.

* AttemptedRape: When drunk, Falk almost rapes Melodía; only intervention of her handmaiden lets her slip away.

** When talking with Montserrat about helping Melodía, Pilar lampshades this, noting that nobody in the palace notices children or servants.

* BigCreepyCrawlies: Underplayed, but Melodía mentions off-handedly that the fireflies from which the Palace takes its name are a metre long.

* ChinaTakesOverTheWorld: Among the Creators few if any were Asian given the depictions of each individual Creator. However there's evidence that they were at least partially Chinese in culture: the "holy language" that the Creators used is Chinese as the China expy of Paradise is the nation famous for their everyday language being the same as the Creators, the Book of Law that all nations follow uses Celestial hierarchy and Taoist beliefs as the focus of morality rather than a Christian-based faith and when Jaume and his Companions used their hand to draw the holy symbol in the air, the symbol depicted was the Yin-Yang. Even in the first book, among the Grey Angels meeting in the epilogue they mentioned Taoism by name.

* ConstructedWorld: While the countries and peoples are clearly historical analogues to medieval Earth with countries such as Angleterra, Zipangu, Cheng Guo, Nuevaropa and etc., the world of Paradise is not planet Earth as old texts note that Earth (a.k.a Home, Hogar and Old Home) had a heavier gravity, cooler temperatures and a year that was 1.6 times longer than that of Paradise.

* MasterSwordsman: The two most notable in the series are Voyvod (later Duke) Karyl Borgomirsky and Count (later Prince) Jaume Llobregat. In Jaume's case, there's no better swordman in the country of Nuevaropa and uniquely among Dinosaur Knights in mounted combat, Jaume not only still favors a sword but can put each attack in whatever target he aims at despite the incredible jostling of the dinosaur mount (most mounted Dinosaur Knights instead favor mauls or long-hafted maces to knock over enemies from their mounts). Karyl is so amazing a swordsman that he was able to go toe to toe with the superhuman Grey Angel Raguel, despite the being's inhuman size and speed, he even cuts off one of Raguel's hands before tiring out.

** Melodía's mom died in childbirth bearing Monsterrat.

* ChurchMilitant: The Companions, Jaume's EliteArmy, are technically a militant religious order, to current Pope's fury. They worship Bella, Lady of Beauty and Truth.

* CoolBigSis: Melodía ties to be this for Montserrat, in lieu of their father's attention.
* ConstructedWorld: While the countries and peoples are clearly historical analogues to medieval Earth with countries such as Anglaterre, Zipangu, Chung Kuo, Nuevaropa and etc., the world of Paradise is not planet Earth as old texts note that Earth (a.k.a Home, Hogar and Old Home) had a heavier gravity, cooler temperatures and a year that was 1.6 times longer than that of Paradise.

* DeathWorld: Paradise is a full-blown inversion. People have potential to live forever, wounds heal within days, food is so plentiful it takes effort to starve, and climate is on the hot side, but not murderously so.

* TheImmune: Disease is almost unknown to Humanity on Paradise, the only times people get sick from infection is when a plague is sent by the Grey Angels so illness has dark implications. People even get terrified if they see someone who's been sickened due to severe injury.

* OverlyLongTitle: ''A Primer To Paradise For The Improvement Of Young Minds'' is a mouthful.

* ChinaTakesOverTheWorld: Among the Creators few if any were Asian given the depictions of each individual Creator. However there's evidence that they were at least partially Chinese in culture: the "holy language" that the Creators used is Chinese as the China expy of Paradise is the nation famous for their everyday language being the same as the Creators, the Book of Law that all nations follow uses Celestial hierarchy and Taoist beliefs as the focus of morality rather than a Christian-based faith and when one character used their sword to draw in the air the sign of the holy symbol, the symbol depicted was the Yin-Yang. Even in the first book, among the Grey Angels meeting in the epilogue they mentioned Taoism by name.

* ConstructedWorld: While the countries and peoples are clearly historical analogues to medieval Earth with countries such as Angle Terre, Zipangu, Chung Kuo, Nuevaropa and etc., the world of Paradise is not planet Earth as old texts note that Earth (a.k.a Home, Hogar and Old Home) had a heavier gravity, cooler temperatures and a year that was 1.6 times longer than that of Paradise.

* ThunderboltIron: The planet of Paradise got some of its major metal deposits from large meteor impacts. Jaume's famed sword the Lady's Mirror is made of this "star-steel".