History YMMV / TheElenium

** Berit's statement that Styric language is very complicated because "there are nine tenses" comes as very amusing for Spanish readers, used to their ''seventeen'' tenses.

*** That might be a bit of FridgeBrilliance, since Scarpa's status as a bastard son of a prostitute caused everyone (even his own father) to [[IncrediblyLamePun kick him around]] all his life (and generally treat him like something you'd scrape off the bottom of one).

* AcceptableTargets:
** Apparently, short people, since much is made of Avin Wargunsson's height.
** What seems to be this directed at homosexuals via the [[DepravedHomosexual Baron Harparin]] ends up being a fairly clear demonization and denouncing of pedophilia, since the gay owner from Mirtai's past is depicted quite fairly, honestly, and sympathetically.

** ''The Tamuli'' sequel trilogy: [[TheChessmaster Zalasta]], [[EvilFormerFriend Sephrenia's childhood friend]], is revealed to be an EvilSorcerer and traitor ''par excellence''. Having arranged for the massacre of his and Sephrenia's hometown when they were children--resulting in the slaughter of his own family--Zalasta went onto become Styricum's most powerful magician and an integral, behind-the-scenes player in Azash's scheme to conquer the world. Years later, he joins forces with [[GodOfEvil Cyrgon]] to instigate revolution in the Tamul Empire, and persuades the Elene peasantry to commit genocide against the Styrics-—his own people—-in order to harm Sephrenia's goddess, Aphrael. Eventually betraying Cyrgon in order to serve [[BigBad Klæl]], Zalasta is responsible for not only tens of thousands of deaths, but for endangering the very existence of the world; when everything falls apart, he makes two final attempts on the lives of Sephrenia and her lover Vanion. Driven by lust for Sephrenia, and loathing of Aphrael, Zalasta is guilty of every crime from high treason to "consorting with ye powers of darkness," and is content to damn the entire world, so long as he gains possession of the woman he wants.

** ''The Tamuli'' sequel trilogy: [[TheChessmaster Zalasta]], [[EvilFormerFriend Sephrenia's childhood friend]], is revealed to be an EvilSorcerer and traitor ''par excellence''. Having arranged for the massacre of his and Sephrenia's hometown when they were children--resulting in the slaughter of his own family--Zalasta went onto become Styricum's most powerful magician and an integral, behind-the-scenes player in Azash's scheme to conquer the world. Years later, he joins forces with [[GodOfEvil Cyrgon]] to instigate revolution in the Tamul Empire, and persuades the Elene peasantry to commit genocide against the Styrics-—his own people—-in order to harm Sephrenia's goddess, Aphrael. Eventually betraying Cyrgon in order to serve [[BigBad Klæl]], Zalasta is responsible for not only tens of thousands of deaths, but for endangering the very existence of the world]]; when everything falls apart, he makes two final attempts on the lives of Sephrenia and her lover Vanion. Driven by lust for Sephrenia, and loathing of Aphrael, Zalasta is guilty of every crime from high treason to "consorting with ye powers of darkness," and is content to damn the entire world, so long as he gains possession of the woman he wants.

** ''The Tamuli'' sequel trilogy: [[TheChessmaster Zalasta]], [[EvilFormerFriend Sephrenia's childhood friend]], is revealed to be an EvilSorcerer and traitor ''par excellence''. Having arranged for the massacre of his and Sephrenia's hometown when they were children--resulting in the slaughter of his own family--Zalasta went onto become Styricum's most powerful magician and an integral, behind-the-scenes player in Azash's scheme to conquer the world. Years later, he joins forces with [[GodOfEvil Cyrgon]] to instigate revolution in the Tamul Empire, and persuades the Elene peasantry to commit genocide against the Styrics-—his own people—-in order to harm Sephrenia's goddess, Aphrael. Eventually betraying Cyrgon in order to serve [[UltimateEvil Klæl]], Zalasta is responsible for not only tens of thousands of deaths, but for endangering the very existence of the world]]; when everything falls apart, he makes two final attempts on the lives of Sephrenia and her lover Vanion. Driven by lust for Sephrenia, and loathing of Aphrael, Zalasta is guilty of every crime from high treason to "consorting with ye powers of darkness," and is content to damn the entire world, so long as he gains possession of the woman he wants.

* HarsherInHindsight: After the revelations that the authors were convicted child abusers, some passages make for uncomfortable reading, especially when Berit (an almost fully grown adult knight) beats the crap out of ten year old Talen for being “disrespectful” and everyone apart from Talen finding this amusing.