* BadassDecay: [[spoiler:Sabine after Clover hits him with a car]] while he was frozen solid. Also [[spoiler:Ezra could move buildings with his mind in book two, but in book three, the biggest thing that he can control is ''grass'' with which he [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness kills Sabine.]] This is BadassDecay for them both. Justified with Ezra]] though because he uses the power of dreams and dreams are weakening.
* CrackPairing: [[spoiler:Geth with Phoebe]] is canon.
** It can be argued that [[spoiler:Leven with Winter]] is this.
* DesignatedHero: Leven. He takes a key, which causes [[spoiler:[[NiceJobBreakingItHero the Big Bad The Dearth to be unleashed]]]], can be a {{Jerkass}} a lot, and never really does anything to save the day. [[spoiler:[[ItMakesSenseInContext Until he chops down a magic tree in the fifth book, that is.]]]]
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Dennis and Ezra, Tim Tuttle, Janet's wisp, Osck, and maybe even Farrow in book 2 and the boulder in book 3.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: [[spoiler:The Secret to killing sycophants]] dies a few pages in to book three.
** [[spoiler:Ezra kills Sabine in book 3 before the former BigBad could make some sort of triumphant return.]]
** In book 2, The Whispered Secret, character Farrow could have been a very interesting recurring character if he hadn't turned out to be just [[spoiler:a bunch of Tharms.]]
* VillainDecay: [[spoiler:Sabine has died about six times by now]] as Clover puts it.
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