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Crosswicking new trope All Accessible Magic.
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* AccidentalIncantation: The Echorium WizardingSchool trains its Singers extensively to use the five mind-altering [[MagicMusic Songs of Power]], but the BigBad manages to "pirate" one Song, invoking and exploiting this trope by tricking a Singer into [[NotInFrontOfTheParrot using a Song of Power within earshot of a flock]] of semi-sapient BirdPeople that are [[VoiceChangeling perfect vocal mimics]]. Since it's not being consciously directed, the Song doesn't work ''well'', but the BigBad makes do with quantity over quality.
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* AccidentalIncantation: The Echorium WizardingSchool trains its Singers extensively to use the five mind-altering [[MagicMusic Songs of Power]], but the BigBad manages to "pirate" one Song, invoking and exploiting {{invoke|dTrope}}s this trope by tricking a Singer into [[NotInFrontOfTheParrot using a Song of Power within earshot of a flock]] of semi-sapient BirdPeople that are [[VoiceChangeling perfect vocal mimics]]. Since it's not being consciously directed, the Song doesn't work ''well'', but the BigBad makes do with quantity over quality.quality.
* AllAccessibleMagic: The Songs of Power work for anyone who can sing them. Humans tend to need special training to manage the necessary vocal precision, but in one incident, a flock of BirdPeople [[VoiceChangeling mimic a Song]] perfectly and spread its effects haphazardly.
* AllAccessibleMagic: The Songs of Power work for anyone who can sing them. Humans tend to need special training to manage the necessary vocal precision, but in one incident, a flock of BirdPeople [[VoiceChangeling mimic a Song]] perfectly and spread its effects haphazardly.
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* AccidentalIncantation: The Echorium WizardingSchool trains its Singers extensively to use the five mind-altering [[MagicMusic Songs of Power]], but the BigBad manages to "pirate" one Song, invoking and exploiting this trope by tricking a Singer into [[NotInFrontOfTheParrot using a Song of Power within earshot of a flock]] of semi-sapient BirdPeople that are [[VoiceChangeling perfect vocal mimics]]. Since it's not being consciously directed, the Song doesn't work ''well'', but the BigBad makes do with quantity over quality.
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No longer a trope.
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* MagicMusic: Appears here in the form of the five Songs of Power taught in the Echorium, each used for a specific effect. Certain stones [[AmplifierArtifact can increase their effect]], as can singers working in a group, and for some reason [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair the color blue.]]
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* MagicMusic: Appears here in the form of the five Songs of Power taught in the Echorium, each used for a specific effect. Certain stones [[AmplifierArtifact can increase their effect]], as can singers working in a group, and for some reason [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair the color blue.]]
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair:
** Singers dye their hair blue, which apparently makes their songs work better.
** Centaurs' coats are shades of blue and purple.
** Singers dye their hair blue, which apparently makes their songs work better.
** Centaurs' coats are shades of blue and purple.
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** Centaurs' coats are shades of blue and purple.
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** Centaurs' coats are shades of blue and purple.purple.
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* EmptyShell: At its most extreme, the death song Yehn induces a form of living death.
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* EmptyShell: At its most extreme, the death song Yehn induces a form of living death.death by "closing doors" in the head.
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* MagicMusic: The Songs of Power.
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* MagicMusic: The Appears here in the form of the five Songs of Power.Power taught in the Echorium, each used for a specific effect. Certain stones [[AmplifierArtifact can increase their effect]], as can singers working in a group, and for some reason [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair the color blue.]]
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* [[RaisedByWolves Raised By Centaurs]]: Shaiala.
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* [[RaisedByWolves Raised By Centaurs]]: Shaiala.RaisedByWolves: Shaiala is a human girl raised by a herd of centaurs. She uses their fighting techniques (despite only having half the legs they're designed for), and her inability to [[RiteOfPassage break rocks to get a herdstone]] presents an issue for her.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Singers dye their hair blue, which apparently makes their songs work better.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: YouGottaHaveBlueHair:
** Singers dye their hair blue, which apparently makes their songs work better.
** Singers dye their hair blue, which apparently makes their songs work better.
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* AncestralMemory: All quetzal have access to the "Memoryplace", the stored experiences of their kind. [[spoiler:Yellow Flowers allow humans to access it too.]]
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* MagicMusic
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* AncestralMemory: AntiMagic: Among other things, khiz can be used to resist the Songs.
* EmptyShell: At its most extreme, the death song Yehn induces a form of living death.
* GhostMemory: All quetzal have access to the "Memoryplace", the stored experiences of their kind. [[spoiler:Yellow Flowers allow humans to access it too.]]
*MagicMusicMagicMusic: The Songs of Power.
* MindControlDevice: Khiz is used throughout the series to control people and manipulate memories.
* EmptyShell: At its most extreme, the death song Yehn induces a form of living death.
* GhostMemory: All quetzal have access to the "Memoryplace", the stored experiences of their kind. [[spoiler:Yellow Flowers allow humans to access it too.]]
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* MindControlDevice: Khiz is used throughout the series to control people and manipulate memories.
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* OurCentaursAreDifferent: Intelligent, more or less neutral, and avoidant of humans.
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* OurCentaursAreDifferent: Intelligent, more or less neutral, and avoidant of humans.
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* [[RaisedByWolves Raised By Centaurs]]: Shiala.
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* [[RaisedByWolves Raised By Centaurs]]: Shiala.Shaiala.
* RiteOfPassage: To join a herd, young centaurs must travel to a certain canyon and obtain a herdstone. They break them out of the rock by kicking it: a bit of a problem for Shaiala, since she doesn't have hooves.
* RiteOfPassage: To join a herd, young centaurs must travel to a certain canyon and obtain a herdstone. They break them out of the rock by kicking it: a bit of a problem for Shaiala, since she doesn't have hooves.
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* WingedHumanoid: Quetzal are half-bird, half-human. Not only do they have the WingedHumanoid arms-and-wings setup, they have beaks, and are covered in feathers.
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* WingedHumanoid: Quetzal are half-bird, half-human. Not only do they have the WingedHumanoid arms-and-wings setup, they have beaks, and are covered in feathers.feathers.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Singers dye their hair blue, which apparently makes their songs work better.
** Centaurs' coats are shades of blue and purple.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Singers dye their hair blue, which apparently makes their songs work better.
** Centaurs' coats are shades of blue and purple.
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It\'s been a long time since I read these...
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* AmplifierArtifact: Bluestone and khiz-crystal both amplify the Songs, as well as allowing them to be transmitted over distances.
* AncestralMemory: All quetzal have access to the "Memoryplace", the stored experiences of their kind. [[spoiler:Yellow Flowers allow humans to access it too.]]
* AncestralMemory: All quetzal have access to the "Memoryplace", the stored experiences of their kind. [[spoiler:Yellow Flowers allow humans to access it too.]]
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* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: The phrase is used almost verbatim in relation to [[spoiler:Frazhin.]] Turns out he did.
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* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: The merlee lean more towards the "obvious sea creature" than "pretty people with legs" end of the scale.
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* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: The merlee lean more towards the "obvious sea creature" than "pretty people with legs" end of the scale.scale.
* [[RaisedByWolves Raised By Centaurs]]: Shiala.
* SnakePeople: The naga.
* WingedHumanoid: Quetzal are half-bird, half-human. Not only do they have the WingedHumanoid arms-and-wings setup, they have beaks, and are covered in feathers.
* [[RaisedByWolves Raised By Centaurs]]: Shiala.
* SnakePeople: The naga.
* WingedHumanoid: Quetzal are half-bird, half-human. Not only do they have the WingedHumanoid arms-and-wings setup, they have beaks, and are covered in feathers.
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I\'m really bad at writing a good synopsis and I didn\'t want to plagiarize Wikipedia. Halp?
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A trilogy of [[YoungAdultLiterature young adult]] {{fantasy}} novels by Katherine Roberts, consisting of ''Song Quest'' (1999), ''Crystal Mask'' (2001) and ''Dark Quetzal'' (2003).
The titular Echorium, on the Isle of Echoes, is home to the Singers: people trained in the use of the five [[MagicMusic Songs of Power]]. The trilogy follows the adventures of three successive generations of young Singers and their friends.
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!!This series provides examples of:
* MagicMusic
* OurCentaursAreDifferent: Intelligent, more or less neutral, and avoidant of humans.
* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: The merlee lean more towards the "obvious sea creature" than "pretty people with legs" end of the scale.
The titular Echorium, on the Isle of Echoes, is home to the Singers: people trained in the use of the five [[MagicMusic Songs of Power]]. The trilogy follows the adventures of three successive generations of young Singers and their friends.
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!!This series provides examples of:
* MagicMusic
* OurCentaursAreDifferent: Intelligent, more or less neutral, and avoidant of humans.
* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: The merlee lean more towards the "obvious sea creature" than "pretty people with legs" end of the scale.
