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->''"There's no prophesy, no innocent boy destined to save the world, no ultimate evil to be slain. Just two guys in the wrong place at the wrong time trying to survive."''

''The Riyria Revelations'' is a six-book HighFantasy series by [[http://riyria.blogspot.com/ Michael J. Sullivan.]]

Five e-books were been published: 
* ''The Crown Conspiracy''
* ''Avempartha''
* ''Nyphron Rising''
* ''The Emerald Storm''
* ''Wintertide''

The final book—''Percepliquis''—was originally scheduled for an April 2011 release. However, publishing rights were acquired by Orbit Books in early 2011. The entire series was re-edited and re-published as three two-book volumes; a standalone version of ''Percepliquis'' was released simultaneously with the final volume. The Orbit editions' titles are:

* ''Theft of Swords'' (November 2011)
* ''Rise of Empire'' (December 2011) 
* ''Heir of Novron'' (January 2011)

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!!This series provides examples of:

* AffablyEvil: Saldur is polite, cultured, and fatherly- as long as you do what he wants. Interfere with his plans, though, and he ''will'' show his temper. 
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Goblins are considered to be this; their showing in the novels largely bears it out (though admittedly, we only see them at war or raiding, never at home). 
* AncestralWeapon
* TheAtoner: Per legend, the god Erebus/Kile. 
* BerserkButton: Don't ever hurt or insult Gwen when Royce is around. [[spoiler: If you ''kill'' her, Maribor help you]]. 
* BigBad: The Patriarch [[spoiler: aka Mawyndule]]
* {{BFS}}: Hadrian's longsword. It's by no means the largest of [=BFSes=], but when it gets drawn, things are gonna get messy. 
* ChurchMilitant: The Seret knights are the Nyphron Church's [[spoiler:(and eventually, New Empire's)]] enforcers-''cum''-inquisition, beholden only to the Patriarch and Sentinels. 
* CorruptChurch: The Church of Nyphron. [[spoiler: Of course, it's led by- and was largely created in its present form by- the BigBad]].
* DiscOneFinalBoss: Percy Braga. 
* DragonWithAnAgenda: Saldur and Ethelred, CoDragons to the Patriarch, are primarily concerned with reduilding the Nyphron Empire. [[spoiler: The Patriarch himself just wants the human kingdoms weakened so he can take them over after seizing the elven throne]].
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Luis Guy, KnightTemplar, major villain, and all-around evil {{Badass}}, gets offed unceremoniously in the first chapter of the last book. 
* DualWielding: When Hadrian's not using his longsword. 
* EnslavedElves: Elves (or at least, those with Elf-blood) are at the bottom of the ladder in most human kingdoms. Dwarves have it a bit better, but not by much. About the only nonhuman race that humans ''haven't'' tried to enslave are goblins, who are honestly just too mean for that to work in the first place. 
* EvilCounterpart: Luis Guy to Hadrian, Merrick to Royce, [[spoiler: Mawyndule to Esrahaddon]]. 
* EvilSorcerer: [[spoiler: Mawyndule]], as well as any of the ''oberdaza'', the goblins' mystical/shamanic caste. 
* FantasyWorldMap: [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GsF6XkE-qiY/TUrt00NMuoI/AAAAAAAAAZo/e-Wy1_FPhfo/s1600/World%2BMapStart.jpg Fairly]] [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GsF6XkE-qiY/TUruAVTWHRI/AAAAAAAAAZw/f3-g_OVwRMc/s1600/Offical%2BPSD_2010.jpg bog]] [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GsF6XkE-qiY/TUruuKkvrnI/AAAAAAAAAaA/5DdccQRxMNQ/s1600/Offical%2BPSD_2010Nations.jpg standard]]
* GodOfEvil: Uberlin is considered one of these, though he never actually shows up to ''do'' anything particularly evil. 
* GodWasMyCopilot: [[spoiler: Nimbus]] is incredibly heavily implied at the end to be [[spoiler: Kile]]. 
* HalfHumanHybrid: Practically all "elves" living in human lands are actually hybrids, [[spoiler:including Royce.]] The Tenkin are thought by some to be Human-Ba Ran Ghazel hybrids, but [[spoiler:are actually fully human Calisians who adopted much of their invaders' culture- cross-breeding between human and goblins is explicitly stated as biologically impossible.]]
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Thrace/Modina]] falls into one after [[spoiler: her father dies and her village is essentially destroyed]]. Amilia helps pull her out of it. 
* [[HiredGuns Hired Sword:]] Hadrian. 
* ImAHumanitarian: The Ghazel will eat just about anyone and anything, but have a special fondness for sentient beings. 
* ImplausibleFencingPowers: Teshlor. The Pickering and Killdare families each uncovered a Teshlor discipline, which made them the foremost swordsmen in Elan. [[spoiler:Hadrian, who was trained in the full range of Teshlor skills and techniques, is simply undefeatable in single combat, barring tricks.]]
* JeanneDArchetype: Deliberately invoked with [[spoiler: Thrace/Modina]]- the church capitalizes on the idea of the beautiful peasant girl who killed a terrible monster and saved the land in order to get a biddable Empress [[spoiler: they think]]. 
* KnightOfCerebus: In-universe; the stories involving goblins are explicitly said to always be very dark and never end happily. 
* KnightTemplar: Sentinels, as well as most seret knights. 
* MeaningfulRename: Thrace Wood to [[spoiler: Empress Modina]].
* MuggingTheMonster: The ''Theft of Swords'' opens on bandits trying to mug Royce and Hadrian. They wind up giving them pointers on the ''proper'' way to mug someone instead.
* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Yep; though only one dwarf, Magnus, is a main character, he and his people fit the standard pretty well.
* OurElvesAreBetter: Full-blooded elves are nigh-immortal, masters of magic, and incredibly {{Badass}}- but they're also xenophobic and want little to do with humans [[spoiler: until they invade in the last book]]. When most people in this world think of elves, they think of ''mir'', mixes of human and elf blood who are at the bottom of the social hierarchy. 
* OurGoblinsAreDifferent: The Ba Ran Ghazel. 
* PuppetKing: Modina is a Puppet Empress; this works fine when she's essentially catatonic after her battle with the Gilarabrywn, but [[spoiler: when she comes back to herself, she takes the Empire in her own right. ''Awesomely''.]]
* RebelliousPrincess: Arista. 
* RagsToRiches: Amilia goes directly from scullery maid to [[spoiler:Empress Modina's]] personal tutor, secretary, and confidant.
** Also, [[spoiler: Modina]] herself, who started out as being [[spoiler: peasant girl Thrace Wood]] until she killed an invincible monster and got hailed as the Heir of Novron. [[spoiler: Rather cruelly deconstructed, as initially she's little better than a prisoner and puppet for Saldur and Ethelred. Amilia helps her find herself again]]. 
* RagsToRoyalty: Thanks to [[spoiler:Deacon Tomas spreading word of Thrace's little stunt]], the Church didn't have much choice but to recognize her as [[spoiler:Empress. That she was [[HeroicBSOD all but comatose]] and the Church was expressly looking for a puppet definitely helped]]. 
* RegentForLife: [[spoiler:Saldur]] from ''Nyphron Rising'' through [[spoiler:''Wintertide.'']] 
* RoyalBrat: Around the beginning of ''The Crown Conspiracy,'' nineteen-year old Alric is... not exactly the picture of maturity.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Merrick is rather fond of the game and uses it at various points to explain his actions and/or make veiled threats. 
* StandardFantasySetting: There's no [[spoiler: obvious]] Dark Lord or other evil threat, but otherwise a pretty straightforward one. 
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Of all people, Myron gives one to [[BigBad Mawyndule]] in the last book, basically telling him that his grand plan 900 years in the making [[spoiler: was wasted time, given that, since he's already very old, even for an elf, he's not going to live long enough to enjoy his victory.]]
* TailorMadePrison: Esrahaddon is in one.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: How [[spoiler:Saldur]] rationalizes his actions. 
* WackyWaysideTribe

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4th Jan '13 9:05:09 AM PhoenixFire

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28th Dec '12 5:45:05 PM PhoenixFire

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Got the first book for Christmas, so expect a LOT of edits in the next however long it takes me to get through it. ;)

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