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** Valeria, whom Severian briefly meets once by accident but can't stop thinking about for the rest of his life.
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** Valeria, whom Severian briefly meets once by accident but can't stop thinking about for the rest of his life. Fortunately, [[spoiler:she reappears in ''Urth of the New Sun'', as Severian married her after becoming Autarch, but she's once again only actually present in one scene]].
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* OneSceneWonder:
** Master Ultan, a CoolOldGuy librarian responsible for a truly fascinating lore dump.
** Valeria, whom Severian briefly meets once by accident but can't stop thinking about for the rest of his life.
** The Cumaean only appears in person at the end of ''Claw of the Conciliator'', but is one of the most mysterious and intriguing characters in the novel, and the revelations she presents are essential to unravelling the plot.
** Master Ultan, a CoolOldGuy librarian responsible for a truly fascinating lore dump.
** Valeria, whom Severian briefly meets once by accident but can't stop thinking about for the rest of his life.
** The Cumaean only appears in person at the end of ''Claw of the Conciliator'', but is one of the most mysterious and intriguing characters in the novel, and the revelations she presents are essential to unravelling the plot.
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* AnticlimaxBoss: [[spoiler:After gassing himself up as an unstoppable GodEmperor returned to take over the known universe, Typhon is easily killed within pages of his resurrection by Severian socking his Piaton head in the face and then kicking him out of a window]]. It's as satisfying as it is hilarious.
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* TearJerker: You WILL feel sad when [[spoiler:Terminus Est shatters during Severian's fight with Baldanders.]]
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* TearJerker: TearJerker:
** You WILL feel sad when [[spoiler:Terminus Est shatters during Severian's fight with Baldanders.]] ]]
** The SurprisinglySuddenDeath of [[spoiler:Little Severian]], who gets instantly burned to death by an ancient technology he couldn't possibly have suspected of being dangerous.
** You WILL feel sad when [[spoiler:Terminus Est shatters during Severian's fight with Baldanders.
** The SurprisinglySuddenDeath of [[spoiler:Little Severian]], who gets instantly burned to death by an ancient technology he couldn't possibly have suspected of being dangerous.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Severian recalls a number of incidents that he admits don't have any apparent bearing on the plot. Subverted in that many (all?) of them do hint at things that Severian hasn't figured out but the reader is expected to. For example, the chapter about Triskele may be taken to show [[spoiler:that Severian could raise the dead long before he held the Claw.]]
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: After Severian is declared the New Sun, the human sailors with him try to kill him to prevent him from becoming the DestructiveSaviour he's destined to be. The Hierogrammates conjure up replicas of people from Severian's past to defend him - but since they [[BlueAndOrangeMorality feel obligated]] to give the sailors a sporting chance, they make sure to only call up people who have reason to hate him. And yet, every single one of the replicas fight for Severian, putting their own feelings for him aside for the hope of [[EarnYourHappyEnding a better future for the human race.]]
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* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatoryEveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: Prone to this.
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* MoralEventHorizon: A rather ambiguous example, [[spoiler: The nature of Severian having sex with Jolenta. It is highly questionable whether it was non-consensual or not-- it might have been Severian's guilt about the rough nature of the sex -- and she didn't really resist. Like the rest of the book, it's hard to know.]] The reader's reaction is how they read into the scene.
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* MoralEventHorizon: A rather ambiguous example, [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:the nature of Severian having sex with Jolenta. It is highly questionable whether it was non-consensual or not-- it might have been Severian's guilt about the rough nature of the sex -- and she didn't really resist. Like the rest of the book, it's hard to know.]] The reader's reaction is how they read into the scene.
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* TearJerker: You WILL feel sad when [[spoiler: Terminus [[spoiler:Terminus Est shatters during Severian's fight with Baldanders.]]
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* DesignatedHero: Severian is often very unlikeable, and his actions are rarely, if ever, heroic.
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* DesignatedHero: Severian is often can be seen as very unlikeable, and his actions are rarely, if ever, heroic.
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** Of course, [[spoiler: It is highly questionable whether it was non-consensual or not-- it might have been Severian's guilt about the rough nature of the sex -- and she didn't really resist. Like the rest of the book, it's hard to know.]]
** Of course, [[spoiler: It is highly questionable whether it was non-consensual or not-- it might have been Severian's guilt about the rough nature of the sex -- and she didn't really resist. Like the rest of the book, it's hard to know.]]
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* MoralEventHorizon: A rather ambiguous example, [[spoiler: Severian's rape The nature of Severian having sex with Jolenta. Of course, he's spent most of his life torturing people, so he might well have crossed it years ago, dependent on the reader.]]
** Of course, [[spoiler:It is highly questionable whether it was non-consensual or not-- it might have been Severian's guilt about the rough nature of the sex -- and she didn't really resist. Like the rest of the book, it's hard to know.]]]] The reader's reaction is how they read into the scene.
** Of course, [[spoiler:
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** For some, the appeal of the Urth cycle lies in trying to uncover the 'true story', to which the events of the plot, seen through Severian's [[UnreliableNarrator extremely subjective gaze]], allude.allude.
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* MoralEventHorizon - [[spoiler: Severian's rape of Jolenta. Of course, he's spent most of his life torturing people, so he might well have crossed it years ago, dependent on the reader.]]
* MoralEventHorizon - [[spoiler: Severian's rape of Jolenta. Of course, he's spent most of his life torturing people, so he might well have crossed it years ago, dependent on the reader.]]
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* LesYay - LesYay: Severian speculates that this happened between Dorcas and Jolenta during his absence.
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* NightmareFuel: Jolenta's eventual fate. [[spoiler: Originally a homely woman, Dr Talos made her very, very beautiful. So beautiful that EvenTheGirlsWantHer. It's left vague exactly how he did this, but strongly implied to be the reason why she's so weak and lethargic all the time. Then he and Baldanders leave, and the treatment starts to break down, and Severian feels ''metal bands under her skin'' holding her body in shape.]]
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* EpilepticTrees: whole groves of them. Some people have claimed that Dorcas might actually be a ''vampire''.
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* EpilepticTrees: whole Whole groves of them. Some people have claimed that Dorcas might actually be a ''vampire''.
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* NightmareFuel: Jolenta's eventual fate. [[spoiler: Originally a homely woman, Dr Talos made her very, very beautiful. So beautiful that EvenTheGirlsWantHer. It's left vague exactly how he did this, but strongly implied to be the reason why she's so weak and lethargic all the time. Then he and Baldanders leave, and the treatment starts to break down, and Severian feels ''metal bands under her skin'' holding her body in shape.]]
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* DesignatedHero: Severian is often very unlikeable, and his actions are rarely, if ever, heroic.
* EpilepticTrees: whole groves of them. Some people have claimed that Dorcas might actually be a ''vampire''.
* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory
* LesYay - Severian speculates that this happened between Dorcas and Jolenta during his absence.
* MoralEventHorizon - [[spoiler: Severian's rape of Jolenta. Of course, he's spent most of his life torturing people, so he might well have crossed it years ago, dependent on the reader.]]
** Of course, [[spoiler: It is highly questionable whether it was non-consensual or not-- it might have been Severian's guilt about the rough nature of the sex -- and she didn't really resist. Like the rest of the book, it's hard to know.]]
* NightmareFuel: Jolenta's eventual fate. [[spoiler: Originally a homely woman, Dr Talos made her very, very beautiful. So beautiful that EvenTheGirlsWantHer. It's left vague exactly how he did this, but strongly implied to be the reason why she's so weak and lethargic all the time. Then he and Baldanders leave, and the treatment starts to break down, and Severian feels ''metal bands under her skin'' holding her body in shape.]]]]
* RewatchBonus: There are ''many'' hidden aspects of the story. Including:
** Dorcas, Severian's second true love, [[spoiler: is also his ''[[{{Squick}} grandmother]]''.]]
** The tomb Severian spends much of his free time in as a child [[spoiler:is his own]]. HilariousInHindsight because in one of the early chapters of the first book, [[spoiler:Severian specifically notes that the funeral bronze on display in the tomb has similar facial features to his own]].
** For some, the appeal of the Urth cycle lies in trying to uncover the 'true story', to which the events of the plot, seen through Severian's [[UnreliableNarrator extremely subjective gaze]], allude.
* EpilepticTrees: whole groves of them. Some people have claimed that Dorcas might actually be a ''vampire''.
* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory
* LesYay - Severian speculates that this happened between Dorcas and Jolenta during his absence.
* MoralEventHorizon - [[spoiler: Severian's rape of Jolenta. Of course, he's spent most of his life torturing people, so he might well have crossed it years ago, dependent on the reader.]]
** Of course, [[spoiler: It is highly questionable whether it was non-consensual or not-- it might have been Severian's guilt about the rough nature of the sex -- and she didn't really resist. Like the rest of the book, it's hard to know.]]
* NightmareFuel: Jolenta's eventual fate. [[spoiler: Originally a homely woman, Dr Talos made her very, very beautiful. So beautiful that EvenTheGirlsWantHer. It's left vague exactly how he did this, but strongly implied to be the reason why she's so weak and lethargic all the time. Then he and Baldanders leave, and the treatment starts to break down, and Severian feels ''metal bands under her skin'' holding her body in shape.
* RewatchBonus: There are ''many'' hidden aspects of the story. Including:
** Dorcas, Severian's second true love, [[spoiler: is also his ''[[{{Squick}} grandmother]]''.]]
** The tomb Severian spends much of his free time in as a child [[spoiler:is his own]]. HilariousInHindsight because in one of the early chapters of the first book, [[spoiler:Severian specifically notes that the funeral bronze on display in the tomb has similar facial features to his own]].
** For some, the appeal of the Urth cycle lies in trying to uncover the 'true story', to which the events of the plot, seen through Severian's [[UnreliableNarrator extremely subjective gaze]], allude.
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