Line #14 Literature/SymphonyOfShiftingTides


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2	[[caption-width-right:907:Characters (from top-left, clockwise) Xan, Fate, Basil, Karina, Verse, Cecelia]]
3	"Symphony of Shifting Tides" is the first book in the ''Literature/ElanciaChronicles'' saga. It was written by Creator/LeilaniRaeWilson, and published in 2019 through Goal Publications. Illustrations were done by [=NightlineZ=] (Cover art), and Renz (interior art).
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5	After another successful heist, Verse and Xan are forced to abandon their piratical lives, as they find themselves in grave danger. The sea has started to die under their noses. Before the monsters can take them down into the abyss, They escape to the land of Celestion: an old-fashioned devoutly religious nation from the Basker continent, who are at war with their Dascillian neighbours. After their only hope for escape leaves them behind, they must find a way to survive, as they make all sorts of strange new friends, get stalked by bounty hunters, and are forced to enlist into military service. Meanwhile, Verse looks for answers about her missing past, and tries to resolve her inner turmoil. All while she tries to suppress a disturbing presence inside her...
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7	In 2019, it received a [[https://furrybookreview.com/leo-literary-award/ Leo Literary Award]] for being among the best novels of the year, and was also nominated for a [[https://coyotlawards.com/2019-coyotl-award-winners/ Coyotl Award.]]
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9	It was followed up the next year by it's sequel ''Literature/SymphonyOfHuntedTruths''.
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12	!! Symphony Of Shifting Tides contains examples of:
13	* ArborealAbode: Zolder City in Lurafelle is full of houses carved from trees.
14	* CigarFuseLighting: Stella accidentally lights a stick of dynamite when she drops her cigar, and catches it with the wrong hand...
15	* CrypticConversation: When the main five characters arrive in [[spoiler:Fate's lair, Fate mocks everybody with cryptic riddles & confusing, ominous predictions of everyone's futures, [[PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes much to all of their frustration]].]]
16	* DudeWheresMyRespect: [[spoiler: After the war, Basil, Karina and Chaz get all the fame & glory for their heroicism, While Verse, Xan and Cecelia's contributions are reduced to passing mentions at the end of Basil's speech. Verse doesn't mind, but Xan is not impressed.]]
17	* DudeWheresMyReward: Despite being promised a lucrative reward for escorting Basil to Lurafelle, [[spoiler: Verse, Xan & Cecelia are left empty-handed, since Regando didn't have the money Basil thought he did.]]
18	* EnchantedForest: The 'Sacred Forest' in Celestion has glowing trees, and is inhabited by the wise Chimera folk.
19	* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Fate gruesomely bisects Verse's eye with his sword in order to inject his own power into it. This results in Verse getting a MagicalEye which allows her to see disturbing visions of the future, and also gives Fate a second life in her nightmares. Verse also gets an EyepatchOfPower from this.]]
20	* FantasticDrug: Aria's cigarettes look & smell different to Verse's. They also make it's user feel light-headed & hungry, implying that Aria smokes that dank Elancian weed.
21	--> '''Verse:''' It makes me feel… Weird. Weird and hungry.
22	* Foreshadowing: This little gem early on: [[spoiler: "The ocean could have a maternal quality to it, right down to its fierce temper", hints at Verse's Ocean-Goddess Ancestry.]]
23	** The entire exchange with [[spoiler: Verse's party, & Fate before their battle]]
24	* GayBravado: When they first meet, Verse and Aria agressively trash talk eachother, culminating in Verse Accusing Aria of being a dick-sucker, which backfires spectacularly when Aria immediately & proudly confirms the accusation.
25	* GroinAttack: Xan and Verse have a game they like to play called "Confession Time" in which the two players reveal increasingly more embarrassing facts about themselves until one gives up. Loser gets punched in the dick.
26	* TheInfiltration: Verse & friends working under the 'Blades of Light' all don disguises to infiltrate a wedding of a Dascillian Prince for an assassination, and to sabotage the Aegiys Cannon.
27	* MultiArmedAndDangerous: [[spoiler: Fate's]] wings also have hands on them, thus letting him use 4 swords at once.
28	* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: Cecelia's attempts to speak Kerlynzian (which she learned in a book), leading to hilariously broken results, much to the bafflement of Verse & Karina.
29	--> '''Cecelia (in Elian)''' Ooh! You guys are Kerlynzian! That’s right!
30	--> '''Cecelia (In Kerlynzian)''' Thank you very much! I am wish to love you! Sword is great! Imagine intense romance!
31	* NighInvulnerable: [[spoiler: Fate is practically impervious to regular weaponry, and requires his own [[ImmortalBreaker Moon]][[LegendaryWeapon Sword]] to damage him. Wounds opened by the Moonsword are vulnerable to regular weapons, though. But even then, Fate is extremely resillient.]]
32	* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: [[spoiler: Xan & Stella fall down into a deep ravine during a fight, where nobody can see where they landed. Both survive. Later, Verse's party falls into a fissure along with some trees, and a building during an earthquake. Somehow, nobody got any serious injuries.]]
33	* PlotCoupon: Fate's [[SwordOfPlotAdvancement Moonsword]], which is necessary to vanquish him.
34	* RhetoricalRequestBlunder: During some negotiations between Celestion & Dascillia, Prince Filn finds Chaz's demands unreasonable, and asserts that he'd rather die than fulfil her requests. Aliester proceeds to shoot him, much to [[WhatTheHellHero Xan & Chaz's shock]].
35	--> '''Filn''' If you want the Aegiys gone, strike me down, because I will not yield!
36	--> '''Aliester''' I can arrange that
37	--> '''Filn (after being shot)''' I-I didn’t mean that literally! How could you?
38	* SayingTooMuch: Stella loudly threatening to use magic on Verse & Xan. Amongst an enormous crowd of devout Elians, who consider magic use to be a hideous sin.
39	* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler: Fate, who spends the entire story up until the final battle sealed [[OrcusOnHisThrone in his temple]] in a cave under Mount Rukrous.]]
40	* SuperWeapon: The [[{{Magitek}} Aegiys Cannon]] is a giant, mountain-sized gun being developed that when complete, will be able to launch immensely-powerful magical strikes anywhere on the Basker continent. It is implied that this was once a weapon aboard an alien starship...
41	* SupportingProtagonist: Verse. Xan and Basil are both more traditionally heroic, and play a bigger part in the Baskerian war.
42	* SurroundedByIdiots: Ryza's reaction to finding Verse writhing in agony on the floor after receiving a punch to the groin.
43	* TemptingFate: Verse has a tendency to trash-talk her captors when they have her life in their hands.
44	* YourHeadASplode: [[spoiler: As punishment for threatening Xan's life, Verse gruesomely blows up Ryadel's head with water magic.]]

Context Literature / SymphonyOfShiftingTides