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%%* HeroesWantRedheads: Karmiana.
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* MeetingTheParentsSequel: Dina meets her DisappearedDad in the third book, while [[spoiler:Rikert is revealed to be Davin and Melli's father]] at the end of the last book.
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%%* OutDamnedSpot: Nico.
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* DarkSkinnedRedHead: Davin is depicted as such on the cover art of ''The Shamer's Signet'' and his personality fits the associated one.
** In the text he's described as having reddish brown hair, while his skintone isn't described.
** None of the adaptations have depicted him this way.
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* ParentalIncest: Not present in the books, but due to Nico's brother being AdaptedOut and [[CompositeCharacter combined with the character of Ebnezer]] in TheMovie, Adela is Nico's stepmother, and the backstory with Nico and Adela's affair is kept, making the whole thing fairly squicky. Additionally, a drunk Nico is seen delivering a TakeThatKiss to his abusive father.

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* ParentalIncest: Not present in the books, but due to Nico's brother being AdaptedOut and [[CompositeCharacter combined with the character of Ebnezer]] in TheMovie, TheFilmOfTheBook, Adela is Nico's stepmother, and the backstory with Nico and Adela's affair is kept, making the whole thing fairly squicky. Additionally, a drunk Nico is seen delivering a TakeThatKiss to his abusive father.

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* CrossDressing: When the Shamer's daughter is wanted, said daughter Dina cuts her hair and disguises herself as a boy.


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* SweetPollyOliver: When the Shamer's daughter is wanted, said daughter Dina cuts her hair and disguises herself as a boy.
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Adding short tidbit about the film adaptations.

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The first two books were eventually adapted into live action films, which were respectively released in 2015 and 2019.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The first book, when Dina sees Nico's past via ExpositionBeam, mentions teenage!Nico repeatedly whispering Adela's name into his pillows. At night. Make what you will of that.

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The first book, when Dina sees Nico's past via ExpositionBeam, mentions teenage!Nico repeatedly whispering Adela's name into his pillows. At night. Make what GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you will of that.are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.



* ParentalIncest: Not present in the books, but due to Nico's brother being AdaptedOut and [[CompositeCharacter combined with the character of Ebnezer]] in TheMovie, Adela is Nico's stepmother, and the backstory with Nico and Adela's affair is kept, making the whole thing fairly squicky. Additionally, a drunk Nico is seen delivering a TakeThatKiss to his abusive father. All of this falls under GettingCrapPastTheRadar as well.

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* ParentalIncest: Not present in the books, but due to Nico's brother being AdaptedOut and [[CompositeCharacter combined with the character of Ebnezer]] in TheMovie, Adela is Nico's stepmother, and the backstory with Nico and Adela's affair is kept, making the whole thing fairly squicky. Additionally, a drunk Nico is seen delivering a TakeThatKiss to his abusive father. All of this falls under GettingCrapPastTheRadar as well.
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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Nico, who doesn't want to fight which makes him gender non-conforming by his society's standards and Davin, who is eager to become a warrior [[Spoiler: until he understands what that entails, at least.]]

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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Nico, who doesn't want to fight which makes him gender non-conforming by his society's standards and Davin, who is eager to become a warrior [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: until he understands what that entails, at least.]]
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* BigBrotherBully: Aun [[spoiler:Rose's half-brother, who beats her and blames her for everything.]]
** Nico's older brother as well, as seen when Dina looks into his memories.

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* BigBrotherBully: Aun [[spoiler:Rose's BigBrotherBully:
** Rose's
half-brother, who Aun, beats her, tries to make her steal for him and blames her for everything.]]
everything.
** Nico's older brother as well, as seen when Dina looks into brother, Ludovic, used to mock Nico him for his memories.lack of interest in and skill at traditionally masculine disciplines, e.g. calling him "Nicoline".
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Drakan is well regarded by a lot of the people, as Nico is instead cast as the villain in the story of the Ravens family's loss. This is the subject of the song "Han er vor fader" (He is our father) from the musical.
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* TheFilmOfTheBook: ''The Shamer's Daughter'' (2015) and ''The Serpent's Gift'' (2018) have both been filmed.
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* CrossDressing: When the Shamer's DAUGHTER is wanted, said daughter Dina cuts her hair and disguises herself as a boy.

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* CrossDressing: When the Shamer's DAUGHTER daughter is wanted, said daughter Dina cuts her hair and disguises herself as a boy.
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* CrossDressing: When the Shamer's DAUGHTER is wanted, said daughter Dina cuts her hair and disguises herself as a boy.
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* Crossdressing: When the shamer's DAUGHTER is wanted, said daughter, Dina, cuts her hair and disguises herself as a boy.
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* Crossdressing: When the shamer's DAUGHTER is wanted, said daughter, Dina, cuts her hair and disguises herself as a boy.
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** None of the adaptions have depicted him this way.

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** None of the adaptions adaptations have depicted him this way.
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%%* AbusiveParents: Ebnezer to Nico.

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%%* * AbusiveParents: Ebnezer to Nico.does not approve of Nico's dislike of violence - and does approve of his older son bullying Nico.



%%* BastardBastard: [[spoiler:Drakan]]
* BerserkButton: Implying Rose might have stolen something or mentioning where she grew up.
** Hurting children emotionally or physically is Nico's.

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%%* * BastardBastard: [[spoiler:Drakan]]
[[spoiler:Drakan, who is Ebenezer's bastard son and the villain of the series.]]
* BerserkButton: Implying Rose might have stolen something or mentioning where she grew up.
up are her's.
** Hurting children emotionally or physically is Nico's.Nico's, likely because of his abusive upbringing.



%%* {{Deuteragonist}}: Davin.

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%%* * {{Deuteragonist}}: Davin.Parts of the series from book 2 onwards are told from Davin's perspective.



%%* DreamWeaver: The Serpent's gift.
%%** [[spoiler:Sezuan, Azuan and Dina have this gift.]]

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%%* * DreamWeaver: The Those who have the Serpent's gift.Gift can make people see anything when playing on their special flutes. Melussina are terrified of them, and they serve as something of a foil to Shamers. Shamers uncover the truth, those with the Serpent's Gift weave lies.
%%** [[spoiler:Sezuan, Azuan and ** [[spoiler: Dina has both Shamer abilities and the Serpent's Gift, which makes her very powerful. She has the Serpent's Gift from her father, Sezuan, who comes from a family where many have this gift.it.]]



%%* EvilMatriarch: [[spoiler:Sezuan's mother, according to Melussina.]]

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%%* * EvilMatriarch: [[spoiler:Sezuan's mother, mother is one, according to Melussina.Melussina. She controls the family with a firm fist, and apparently instructed Sezuan to have a child with Melussina specifically to see if it would result in a child with both Shamer abilities and the Serpent's gift.]]



%%* FlirtyStepSiblings: Rose and Davin.
%%* FriendToAllChildren: Nico.

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%%* * FlirtyStepSiblings: Rose is taken in by the Tonerre family and Davin.
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becomes romantically involved with Davin, her step-brother.
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FriendToAllChildren: Nico.Nico enjoys teaching children and hurting them is one of his [[BerserkButton Berserk Buttons]].



%%* HeroicBastard: All of Melussina's kids and Rose.

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%%* * HeroicBastard: All of Melussina's kids and Rose.Rose are born out of wedlock and they constitue most of the heroes of the series.



%%* IJustWantToBeBadass: Davin.

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%%* * IJustWantToBeBadass: Davin.Davin spends a lot of the second book lamenting that he isn't badass and is always known as his mom's son and not his own man. He does a lot of swordtraining and hunting in an attempt to become more manly as well as strong enough to protect his family.



%%* IWantToBeARealMan: Davin.

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%%* * IWantToBeARealMan: Davin.Davin. See IJustWantToBeBadass above, as Davin's idea of a badassness is very mixed up with his idea of masculinity in the second book.



%%* LeanAndMean: Dama Lizea.

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%%* * LeanAndMean: Dama Lizea.Lizea, Drakan's mother who set him on the path to villainy, is described as looking like a skeleton.



* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Black-Arse real name, Allin, is only mentioned a couple of times.

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Black-Arse Black-Arse's real name, Allin, is only mentioned a couple of times.



%%* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: Ebnezer had this kind of attitude towards Nico.

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%%* * YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: Ebnezer Ebnezer, whose oldest son died prior to the series' beginning, wishes Nico had this kind of attitude towards Nico.
died instead.
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* [[spoiler:FlirtyStepSiblings: Rose and Davin.]]

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* [[spoiler:FlirtyStepSiblings: %%* FlirtyStepSiblings: Rose and Davin.]]

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* ActionGirl: Karmiana
* AbusiveParents: Ebnezer to Nico.

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* %%* ActionGirl: Karmiana
* %%* AbusiveParents: Ebnezer to Nico.



* BastardBastard: [[spoiler:Drakan]]

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* %%* BastardBastard: [[spoiler:Drakan]]



* {{Deuteragonist}}: Davin.

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* %%* {{Deuteragonist}}: Davin.



* DreamWeaver: The Serpent's gift.
** [[spoiler:Sezuan, Azuan and Dina have this gift.]]

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* %%* DreamWeaver: The Serpent's gift.
** %%** [[spoiler:Sezuan, Azuan and Dina have this gift.]]



* EvilMatriarch: [[spoiler:Sezuan's mother, according to Melussina.]]

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* %%* EvilMatriarch: [[spoiler:Sezuan's mother, according to Melussina.]]



* FearlessFool: Davin has a tendency to be like this in the first two books.

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* %%* FearlessFool: Davin has a tendency to be like this in the first two books.



* FriendToAllChildren: Nico.

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* %%* FriendToAllChildren: Nico.



* HeroesWantRedheads: Karmiana.
* HeroicBastard: All of Melussina's kids and Rose.

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* %%* HeroesWantRedheads: Karmiana.
* %%* HeroicBastard: All of Melussina's kids and Rose.



* IJustWantToBeBadass: Davin.

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* %%* IJustWantToBeBadass: Davin.



* IWantToBeARealMan: Davin.

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* %%* IWantToBeARealMan: Davin.



* {{Ladette}}: Karmiana.

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* %%* {{Ladette}}: Karmiana.



* LeanAndMean: Dama Lizea.
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Sezuan to Dina. Indirectly.]]

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* %%* LeanAndMean: Dama Lizea.
* %%* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Sezuan to Dina. Indirectly.]]



* MedievalEuropeanFantasy

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* %%* MedievalEuropeanFantasy



* NeverMyFault: Aun.

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* %%* NeverMyFault: Aun.



* OutDamnedSpot: Nico.

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* %%* OutDamnedSpot: Nico.



* TroubledButCute: Nico.
* {{Tsundere}}: Rose towards Davin.
** Karmiana too.
* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: Ebnezer had this kind of attitude towards Nico.

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* %%* TroubledButCute: Nico.
* %%* {{Tsundere}}: Rose towards Davin.
** %%** Karmiana too.
* %%* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: Ebnezer had this kind of attitude towards Nico.
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* DevelopmentHell: It took over 10 years and two different studios for us to get a movie adaption.



* DawsonCasting: In TheMusical.
** Nico and Davin are 17 and 14 respectively in the first book, but are played by adult actors in the movie.

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