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* MutualPining: [[spoiler:Chelsie and the Golden Emperor had a forbidden affair six hundred years ago, and they're both mutually convinced that the other wouldn't want them back. It takes Julius' intervention to get them to reconsider.]]
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* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: Julius is surprised when meeting Chelsie face to face for the first time because she is only around his height, and he is short for a dragon.
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* ScryVsScry: Bob and Estella spend the first two books fighting each other using their knowledge of the future to ensure a better outcome for themselves. An entire plane of dragon seers doing this is what led to the destruction of the dragon homeworld.
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* AbortedArc: The first book seemed to be building up to the J-clutch as a whole playing prominent roles in the story, between Julius, the main character; Justin, who despite being Julius's opposite, protected him all their lives; and Jessica, who Bethesda also seemed to consider nearly as much of a failure as Julius. In the following books, however, Jessica was killed offscreen, older Heartstrikers became more prominent, and the Js other than Julius and Justin only made minor appearances.
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* AbortedArc: The first book seemed to be building up to the J-clutch as a whole playing prominent roles in the story, between Julius, the main character; Justin, who despite being Julius's opposite, protected him all their lives; and Jessica, who Bethesda also seemed to consider nearly as much of a failure as Julius. The clutch was also the first one born after the return of magic, and noted to be more magically inclined than most of the others. In the following books, however, Jessica was killed offscreen, older Heartstrikers became more prominent, and the Js other than Julius and Justin only made minor appearances.
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* ContinuityDrift: In later books, it becomes a plot point that the Heartstrikers are banned from China. However, this never came up in the first book, in which Justin appears after having just returned from there, or the second, in which Julius mentions that Edmund is Bethesda's official liaison to China.
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* ContinuityDrift: In later books, it becomes a plot point that the Heartstrikers are banned from China. However, this never came up in the first book, in which Justin appears after having just returned from there, or the second, in which Julius mentions that Edmund is Bethesda's official liaison to China.China and that he'd met members of some of the Chinese clans.
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* AbortedArc: The first book seemed to be building up to the J-clutch as a whole playing prominent roles in the story, between Julius, the main character; Justin, who despite being Julius's opposite, protected him all their lives; and Jessica, who Bethesda also seemed to consider nearly as much of a failure as Julius. In the following books, however, Jessica was killed offscreen, older Heartstrikers became more prominent, and the Js other than Julius and Justin only made minor appearances.
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* TheManBehindTheMan: Even though Julius establishes a three-dragon Council after overthrowing Bethesda, Julius, as the driving force behind the Council, is widely considered to be this. Not only does Justin repeatedly refer to him as the rightful clan head, Katya even addresses him as ''the'' Heartstriker.
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* ShoutOut: When Justin attacks Vann Jeger, Jeger says that he "Can't even kill my boredom". This is what Mihawk said to Zoro in ''Manga/OnePiece''.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** When Justin attacks Vann Jeger, Jeger says that he "Can't even kill my boredom". This is what Mihawk said to Zoro in ''Manga/OnePiece''.
** When [[spoiler:Algonquin kills the Three Sisters]], Bob comments, "Well, that escalated quickly." Sadly, he doesn't add, [[Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy "I mean, that really got out of hand, fast."]]
** When Justin attacks Vann Jeger, Jeger says that he "Can't even kill my boredom". This is what Mihawk said to Zoro in ''Manga/OnePiece''.
** When [[spoiler:Algonquin kills the Three Sisters]], Bob comments, "Well, that escalated quickly." Sadly, he doesn't add, [[Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy "I mean, that really got out of hand, fast."]]
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* ResurrectionGambit: [[spoiler: Amelia gives Marci half her fire then has Bob kill her so that she can hitch a ride into the mortal afterlife and become the Spirit of Dragons.]]
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** ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing: Some dragons hide secret caches of human clothing in various places because of the above nakedness problem.
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* ContinuityDrift: In later books, it becomes a plot point that the Heartstrikers are banned from China. However, this never came up in the first book, in which Justin appears after having just returned from there.
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* ContinuityDrift: In later books, it becomes a plot point that the Heartstrikers are banned from China. However, this never came up in the first book, in which Justin appears after having just returned from there.there, or the second, in which Julius mentions that Edmund is Bethesda's official liaison to China.
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* StrongerWithAge: Dragons never stop growing, and they become more magically powerful over time as well. Centuries-old Conrad is as large as a battleship, and Amelia, who thanks to spending time on other planes where time flowed differently is thousands of years old, is so large that Marci can hardly process it. Both are able to trounce younger dragons, physically in his case and magically in hers. [[spoiler: But because of the thin magic on the human plane, truly ancient dragons can't stay long without being driven into hibernation like the Three Sisters. There are almost no elder dragons left alive because they eventually become ''too'' large and powerful to thrive on this plane.]]
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Not absolutely sure about the quote.
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''The Heartstrikers'' series is a fantasy novel series by Rachel Aaron/Bach. The series takes place 60 years after an [[ApocalypseHow unexplained phenomenon]] that causes [[TheMagicComesBack magic to return]], awaking several spirits and other magical beings who had gone into hibernation, and causing societal disruption on a global level. [[TouchedByVorlons It also awakened the latent magical potential of a portion of the human population.]] The story mostly takes place in [[CityOfAdventure the DFZ]] (the Detroit Free Zone), ruled by [[PhysicalGod Algonquin, the Lady of the Lakes]].
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->''"You are the worst excuse for a dragon I've ever seen."''
-->-- '''Bethesda the Heartstriker''', regarding '''Julius the Nice Dragon'''
''The Heartstrikers'' series is a fantasy novel series by Rachel Aaron/Bach. The series takes place
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* TheChosenMany: "Merlin" is a title for the greatest of human mages. There were many throughout history, even multiple at once. Their job was to fight and bind gods, and they could affect magic on a global scale. [[spoiler:Shiro says that there were never more than a few dozen at once, which is why they were eventually overwhelmed by the mortal spirits. Marci notes that with the much larger modern population and widespread education, they can easily have ''nine hundred'' Merlins. Shiro is gobsmacked, and immediately starts supporting her plans, because nine hundred Merlins can handle anything]].
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* ActionGirl: despite having to relay in FunctionalMagic Marci has shades of this. Chelsie fits into this better, also doubling as TheDreaded.
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* ActionGirl: despite Despite having to relay in FunctionalMagic rely on FunctionalMagic, Marci has shades of this. Chelsie fits into this better, also doubling as TheDreaded.
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Lots of edits, but Frederick and the eyes aren't a Series Continuity Error. It was implied he figured out who his father was, but far from confirmed. All he knew for sure was that his eyes were a rare color.
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Lots of edits, but Frederick and the eyes aren't a Series Continuity Error. It was implied he figured out who his father was, but far from confirmed. All he knew for sure was that his eyes were a rare color.
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* AnAesop: Shortsighted goals lead to short lived victories. If you sell out the future to buy the present nothing will be left for anyone.
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* AnAesop: AnAesop:
** Shortsighted goals lead to short lived victories. If you sell out the future to buy the present nothing will be left for anyone.
** Shortsighted goals lead to short lived victories. If you sell out the future to buy the present nothing will be left for anyone.
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* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Mortal Spirits are sentient magic given shape by the mass subconscious of humanity.
** [[spoiler: Ghost is death itself, specifically the forgotten dead.]]
** [[spoiler: Ghost is death itself, specifically the forgotten dead.]]
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* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Mortal Spirits AnthropomorphicPersonification:
** All spirits are sentient magic given shape by whatever large force or feature carved out a vessel in the magical landscape. Spirits of the land are born from physical features like lakes and mountains, while animal spirits are born from large masses of a specific animal. Once they gain sentience, they can speak and appear in at least a vaguely human guise.
** Mortal spirits are conceptually similar, but instead of being created by natural features, they are created by the mass subconscious ofhumanity.
** [[spoiler:humanity, the natural magical ability of all humans carving out much larger vessels in the shape of human hopes and fears. [[spoiler:Marci's cat Ghost is death itself, specifically actually the forgotten dead.]]Empty Wind, Spirit of the Forgotten Dead. He is the most terrifying of a particularly terrifying class of spirit, but ultimately his purpose is to make sure that the dead are remembered]].
** All spirits are sentient magic given shape by whatever large force or feature carved out a vessel in the magical landscape. Spirits of the land are born from physical features like lakes and mountains, while animal spirits are born from large masses of a specific animal. Once they gain sentience, they can speak and appear in at least a vaguely human guise.
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* AntiHero: Surprisingly Marci can be this, but Julius helps keep her grounded.
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* AntiHero: Surprisingly Marci can be this, but Julius helps keep her grounded. She is the more pragmatic of the pair, the first to resort to violence, and Justin jokes at one point that she's a better dragon than Julius is.
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* BigEater: A dragon's human form is just a shell of sorts. Everything else is properly dragon-sized, including their appetite. At one point, Justin ate fifty large pizzas, by himself, ''in one day''.
* BloodKnight: Justin, one of Julius's brothers, is very much this.
* BloodKnight: Justin, one of Julius's brothers, is very much this.
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* BigEater: A dragon's human form is just a shell of sorts. Everything else is properly dragon-sized, including their appetite. At one point, Justin ate fifty large pizzas, by himself, ''in one day''.
ten minutes''. And he was expecting another order when Marci and Julius showed up.
* BloodKnight: Justin, one of Julius's brothers, isvery much this.a Knight of the Mountain and the Fifth Blade of Bethesda. His reaction to everything is gleeful violence, and Julius notes several times that "Justin wrangling" is a J-clutch survival strategy.
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* TheChessmaster: Two of them actually [[spoiler:both of them Seers]].
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* TheChessmaster: Two TheChessmaster:
** Seers, by default. They can see every possible future, but they can only change the future by affecting the decisions ofthem those around them. Bob is the Great Seer of the Heartstrikers and is repeatedly referred to as a young genius (he's "only" a thousand years old), and he can keep up with Estella. Estella, despite being far older and more experienced, gets tunnel vision and is repeatedly blindsided by people she had dismissed as irrelevant.
** And then there's the third seer, the Black Reach. He is known as the Death of Seers, and he is as far beyond seers as they are beyond normal people. Bob says that he doesn't even bother considering the Black Reach in his plans because he can barely even detect his machinations let alone his actual strategy, and the Black Reach says that it is flat-out ''impossible'' for a seer to beat him. [[spoiler:He is actually[[spoiler:both an artificial construct made to prevent seers from selling the future like they did their home plane. Bob eventually beats him by creating a future so good that the Black Reach doesn't want to stop it]].
** Algonquin might not be as good as a seer, but she ''is'' very good. She manages to take advantage of one of Estella's plans by demanding her hair in payment, [[spoiler:which allows her to pretend to have murdered her. When Estella's mothers wake up, Algonquin uses this to bait themSeers]].into a trap and kill them]].
** Seers, by default. They can see every possible future, but they can only change the future by affecting the decisions of
** And then there's the third seer, the Black Reach. He is known as the Death of Seers, and he is as far beyond seers as they are beyond normal people. Bob says that he doesn't even bother considering the Black Reach in his plans because he can barely even detect his machinations let alone his actual strategy, and the Black Reach says that it is flat-out ''impossible'' for a seer to beat him. [[spoiler:He is actually
** Algonquin might not be as good as a seer, but she ''is'' very good. She manages to take advantage of one of Estella's plans by demanding her hair in payment, [[spoiler:which allows her to pretend to have murdered her. When Estella's mothers wake up, Algonquin uses this to bait them
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* CoolSword: The five Fangs of the Heartstriker, incredibly old and powerful blades granted only to the strongest of the Heartstriker clan. Since dragons obviously can't use swords, they transform along with their wielder. Bethesda's Fang becomes a diadem, Bob's Fang becomes a pair of heavy gauntlets, Conrad's Fang becomes a massive suit of bone armor, Chelsie's Fang fits over her claws, Justin's Fang becomes a set of literal fangs, [[spoiler:and Julius's Fang, the SIXTH Fang]], becomes a crown of feathers.
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* CoolSword: The five Fangs of the Heartstriker, incredibly old and powerful blades granted only to the strongest of the Heartstriker clan. Since dragons obviously can't use swords, they transform along with their wielder. Bethesda's Fang becomes a diadem, Bob's Fang becomes a pair of heavy gauntlets, Conrad's Fang becomes a massive suit of bone armor, Chelsie's Fang fits over her claws, Justin's Fang becomes a set of literal fangs, [[spoiler:and Julius's Fang, the SIXTH Fang]], becomes a crown of feathers. Though it's not pointed out explicitly, it's interesting to note that it's theoretically possible to wear all of them at once, likely because they are all the powers of the Quetzalcoatl.
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* DeadGuyOnDisplay: Just one of Bethesda's many examples of her hubris is hanging the skull of her father, Quetzacoatl, on the ceiling of her throne room. She claims to have killed him herself in a hostile takeover of Clan Heartstriker.
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* DeadGuyOnDisplay: Just one of Bethesda's many examples of her hubris is hanging the skull of her father, Quetzacoatl, Quetzalcoatl, on the ceiling of her throne room. She claims to have killed him herself in a hostile takeover of Clan Heartstriker.
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* MagicVersusScience: Averted. Magic is treated and analyzed just like really any other force in the world.
** Shamans on the other hand, are humans who use the more [[EmotionalPowers natural side of magic]], and [[UnskilledButStrong draw power from spirits]]. Shamans are basically magic hippies.
* {{Magitek}}: A result of treating magic like a natural force of the universe.
** Shamans on the other hand, are humans who use the more [[EmotionalPowers natural side of magic]], and [[UnskilledButStrong draw power from spirits]]. Shamans are basically magic hippies.
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** Averted. Magic is treated and analyzed just like really any other force in the world.
**Shamans Shamans, on the other hand, are humans who use the more [[EmotionalPowers natural side of magic]], and [[UnskilledButStrong draw power from spirits]]. Shamans are basically magic hippies.
hippies, and thaumaturges look down on them for being uneducated and unrefined.
* {{Magitek}}: A result of treating magic like a natural force of the universe. Even phones draw on the mana of the user for power and to draw the AugmentedReality interface.
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* MassiveNumberedSiblings/ TheClan: Julius has literally ''hundreds'' of half-brothers and half-sisters, due to his mother Bethesda mating with ten different dragons; they all share the family name of "Heartstriker" and their dragon forms all have colorful feathers as well as dragon scales due to Bethesda's father being the legendary Feathered Serpent of Central America, Quetzlcoatl himself.
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* MassiveNumberedSiblings/ TheClan: MassiveNumberedSiblings: Julius has literally ''hundreds'' of half-brothers and half-sisters, due to his mother Bethesda mating with ten different dragons; they all share the family name of "Heartstriker" and their dragon forms all have colorful feathers as well as dragon scales due to Bethesda's father being the legendary Feathered Serpent of Central America, Quetzlcoatl the Quetzalcoatl himself.
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** At the end of ''Literature/NoGoodDragonGoesUnpunished'', Amelia notes that Fredrick was "quite shocked" at his gold eyes and that there could be no doubt as to who his father was with eyes like those, which heavily implied that Fredrick has learned his parentage. However, in ''Literature/ADragonOfADifferentColor'', Frederick states that he didn't know until he saw the Golden Emperor's unveiled face.
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