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** RefusalOfTheCall: [[IJustWantToBeNormal Peter]].
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* MythologyGag: (?) of Radio/TheShadow. Azrael realizes that [[spoiler: Pendrake]]'s [[CoatHatMask cloak and hat]] are a reference to [[NorseMythology [[Myth/NorseMythology Odin]].
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* SealedArmyInACan: The Armies of Heaven (lead by [[NorseMythology [[Myth/NorseMythology Oberon]]) await only the call to descend and restore Earth. [[ScrewYouElves Theoretically]].
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** Manannan, the selkie King, who was trying his damndest to keep his people from being utterly destroyed.
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** Interlaps with IHaveManyNames; it is explicitly stated(by Heracles) that [[GreekMythology Cerberus]] is another name for [[RussianMythology Koschei the Deathless]].
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** Interlaps with IHaveManyNames; it is explicitly stated(by Heracles) that [[GreekMythology Cerberus]] is another name for [[RussianMythology Koschei the Deathless]].Deathless.
* [[spoiler: TheAtoner: Azrael realizes he was wrong from the beginning and sets out to make amends.]]
* CoolSword
* CrazyPrepared: The Waylocks as a family. Pendrake.
* EvenEvilHasStandards.
--> Sometimes Mackleir did not care for [[IHaveYourWife the ways of his people.]]
--> Sometimes Mackleir did not care for [[IHaveYourWife the ways of his people.]]
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* MeditationPowerup: Raven can only control the storm princes by remaining calm and confident.
* MythologyGag: (?) of TheShadow. Azrael realizes that [[spoiler: Pendrake's]] [[CoatHatMask cloak and hat]] are a reference to [[NorseMythology Odin]].
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* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Titania points out how all of Merlin/Azrael's machinations to save Britain bore bitter fruit. The "necessary" lies were covered by other lies which led to the fall of Arthur. At the end, he gets the same treatment from Prometheus about his schemes that encompassed most of the plot.
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skins so often the lower ranks are perpetually confused about their identities.
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skins so often the lower ranks are perpetually confused about their identities.
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switch skins so often the lower ranks are perpetually confused about their identities.
* ShoutOut: to JackVance, amongothers.
**''Many''''many'' others: C.S.Lewis' SpaceTrilogy, HPLovecraft's Dreamlands stories, AtlasShrugged, ''{{Batman}}''...''the GreenHornet''...
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* ''Last Guardian of Everness''
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* AdultChild: Wendy tries for "the best of both worlds."
* AllMythsAreTrue: shading over to CrossoverCosmology.
** Interlaps with IHaveManyNames; it is explicitly stated(by Heracles) that [[GreekMythology Cerberus]] is another name for [[RussianMythology Koschei the Deathless]].
* Arguably Azrael, who wished to make men independent of both Acheron and Heaven.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: [[DistressCall "galen help]] [[NightmareFuel im trapped in nastrond."]]]]
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: two villains rattle off a list of atrocities they can/will commit against the American people...and pause when they are ordered to nuke Hollywood.
* BadassCape: lampshaded and justified via FunctionalMagic, not to mention roundly mocked.
* CallToAdventure
** IgnorantOfTheCall: [[ReluctantWarrior Raven]] merely wants to [[DealWithTheDevil save]] his [[IllGirl wife]].
** JumpedAtTheCall:[[LeeroyJenkins Galen]].
** RefusalOfTheCall: [[IJustWantToBeNormal Peter]].
** They all end up ResignedToTheCall
* CoatHatMask
* CoolCar
* CovertPervert: Wendy "Hey, is this the [[HilariousInHindsight Oval Office]]?" Varovitch. Notably, although published in the millenium, the books were written long before a certain scandal happened.
* CrossoverCosmology: In addition to Wright's own creations, the world of the Dreaming includes angels and fallen angels, beings from Greek, Norse, and Celtic mythology and Arthurian legend. Plus lots of briefer references, see ShoutOut below.
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Acheron vs the US Pacific Carrier group.]] Also [[spoiler: Acheron's archangels vs the 105th Fighter Attack Squadron]]. On the other hand, [[MugglesDoItBetter mortal technology]] is quite good at wiping out non-immortal bad guys.
* DreamLand: Central conceit.
* [[spoiler: EarnYourHappyEnding]]
* EvilIsPetty
* FightingForSurvival
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Azrael
* GenkiGirl: Wendy
* GrandTheftMe
* HannibalLecture: Azrael ''attempts'' this.
* HeroSecretService: [[spoiler: Pendrake]] directs a [[MissionControl variant]] of this.
* [[HotSubOnSubAction Hot Sub On Sea Serpent Action]]
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: the air force performs a ColonyDrop on Acheron, utterly destroying all the lesser minions...and is curb stomped by the immortals]].
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Merlin/Azrael's answer for everything.
* KnightTemplar: many of the bad guys see [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans themselves]] as this. They are wrong.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Most of the evil of the plot was kicked off because Raven was willing to do anything to keep his wife alive.
* LukeIAmYourFather: Azrael is the Waylock's distant ancestor. However, while he goes to some lengths not to injure them ''permanently'', they have less compunction about trying to kill or banish him.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Wendy.
* MeaningfulName: lots.
* MysteriousParent: Wendy knows perfectly well who [[TheHighQueen Mommy]] and [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist Daddy]] are. It's her husband who has no idea.
* [[spoiler: NukeEm]]
* OneManArmy: Peter
* PossessionImpliesMastery: Averted. The heroes are able to use the talismans without any foreknowledge at all, but hurt themselves badly.
* ReplicantSnatching: Played for both horror and comedy, weirdly enough. The selkies wear people's skins, but swap faces often enough that [[ThoroughlyMistakenIdentity no one knows who anyone else is]].
* ScienceHero: [[spoiler: Pendrake]]
* ScrewDestiny: Done instead of following the [[PropheciesAreAlwaysRight prophecy]] and summoning the KingInTheMountain.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Peter's ex-wife has this reaction.
* SealedArmyInACan: The Armies of Heaven (lead by [[NorseMythology Oberon]]) await only the call to descend and restore Earth. [[ScrewYouElves Theoretically]].
* SealedBadassInACan: Azrael de Gray. [[BadassDecay Theoretically]].
* SelkiesAndWereseals: Selkies refer to the skins as "jackets," and they can be made from any species' flesh. Weirdly enough, this is also played for comedy: high-ranking selkie switch
skins so often the lower ranks are perpetually confused about their identities.
* ShoutOut: to JackVance, among others.
**''Many'' others: C.S.Lewis' SpaceTrilogy, HPLovecraft's Dreamlands stories, AtlasShrugged, ''{{Batman}}''...
* StoryboardingTheApocalypse
* TakeALevelInBadass: What happens when the heroes ''do'' figure out how to use the talismans correctly.
* TooDumbToLive: Let's put it this way. When the resident CloudCuckooLander calls you out on it, you are probably this trope.
* [[spoiler: TheAtoner]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Titania points out how all of Merlin/Azrael's machinations to save Britain bore bitter fruit. The necessary lies were covered by other lies which led to the fall of Arthur. At the end, he gets the same treatment from Prometheus about his schemes that encompassed most of the plot.
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!!Books included
* ''Last Guardian of Everness''
* ''Mists of Everness''
!!!Tropes Featured
* AdultChild: Wendy tries for "the best of both worlds."
* AllMythsAreTrue: shading over to CrossoverCosmology.
** Interlaps with IHaveManyNames; it is explicitly stated(by Heracles) that [[GreekMythology Cerberus]] is another name for [[RussianMythology Koschei the Deathless]].
* Arguably Azrael, who wished to make men independent of both Acheron and Heaven.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: [[DistressCall "galen help]] [[NightmareFuel im trapped in nastrond."]]]]
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: two villains rattle off a list of atrocities they can/will commit against the American people...and pause when they are ordered to nuke Hollywood.
* BadassCape: lampshaded and justified via FunctionalMagic, not to mention roundly mocked.
* CallToAdventure
** IgnorantOfTheCall: [[ReluctantWarrior Raven]] merely wants to [[DealWithTheDevil save]] his [[IllGirl wife]].
** JumpedAtTheCall:[[LeeroyJenkins Galen]].
** RefusalOfTheCall: [[IJustWantToBeNormal Peter]].
** They all end up ResignedToTheCall
* CoatHatMask
* CoolCar
* CovertPervert: Wendy "Hey, is this the [[HilariousInHindsight Oval Office]]?" Varovitch. Notably, although published in the millenium, the books were written long before a certain scandal happened.
* CrossoverCosmology: In addition to Wright's own creations, the world of the Dreaming includes angels and fallen angels, beings from Greek, Norse, and Celtic mythology and Arthurian legend. Plus lots of briefer references, see ShoutOut below.
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Acheron vs the US Pacific Carrier group.]] Also [[spoiler: Acheron's archangels vs the 105th Fighter Attack Squadron]]. On the other hand, [[MugglesDoItBetter mortal technology]] is quite good at wiping out non-immortal bad guys.
* DreamLand: Central conceit.
* [[spoiler: EarnYourHappyEnding]]
* EvilIsPetty
* FightingForSurvival
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Azrael
* GenkiGirl: Wendy
* GrandTheftMe
* HannibalLecture: Azrael ''attempts'' this.
* HeroSecretService: [[spoiler: Pendrake]] directs a [[MissionControl variant]] of this.
* [[HotSubOnSubAction Hot Sub On Sea Serpent Action]]
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: the air force performs a ColonyDrop on Acheron, utterly destroying all the lesser minions...and is curb stomped by the immortals]].
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Merlin/Azrael's answer for everything.
* KnightTemplar: many of the bad guys see [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans themselves]] as this. They are wrong.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Most of the evil of the plot was kicked off because Raven was willing to do anything to keep his wife alive.
* LukeIAmYourFather: Azrael is the Waylock's distant ancestor. However, while he goes to some lengths not to injure them ''permanently'', they have less compunction about trying to kill or banish him.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Wendy.
* MeaningfulName: lots.
* MysteriousParent: Wendy knows perfectly well who [[TheHighQueen Mommy]] and [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist Daddy]] are. It's her husband who has no idea.
* [[spoiler: NukeEm]]
* OneManArmy: Peter
* PossessionImpliesMastery: Averted. The heroes are able to use the talismans without any foreknowledge at all, but hurt themselves badly.
* ReplicantSnatching: Played for both horror and comedy, weirdly enough. The selkies wear people's skins, but swap faces often enough that [[ThoroughlyMistakenIdentity no one knows who anyone else is]].
* ScienceHero: [[spoiler: Pendrake]]
* ScrewDestiny: Done instead of following the [[PropheciesAreAlwaysRight prophecy]] and summoning the KingInTheMountain.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Peter's ex-wife has this reaction.
* SealedArmyInACan: The Armies of Heaven (lead by [[NorseMythology Oberon]]) await only the call to descend and restore Earth. [[ScrewYouElves Theoretically]].
* SealedBadassInACan: Azrael de Gray. [[BadassDecay Theoretically]].
* SelkiesAndWereseals: Selkies refer to the skins as "jackets," and they can be made from any species' flesh. Weirdly enough, this is also played for comedy: high-ranking selkie switch
skins so often the lower ranks are perpetually confused about their identities.
* ShoutOut: to JackVance, among others.
**''Many'' others: C.S.Lewis' SpaceTrilogy, HPLovecraft's Dreamlands stories, AtlasShrugged, ''{{Batman}}''...
* StoryboardingTheApocalypse
* TakeALevelInBadass: What happens when the heroes ''do'' figure out how to use the talismans correctly.
* TooDumbToLive: Let's put it this way. When the resident CloudCuckooLander calls you out on it, you are probably this trope.
* [[spoiler: TheAtoner]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Titania points out how all of Merlin/Azrael's machinations to save Britain bore bitter fruit. The necessary lies were covered by other lies which led to the fall of Arthur. At the end, he gets the same treatment from Prometheus about his schemes that encompassed most of the plot.
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