History Literature / CityTrilogy

** Ford Tasso. [[spoiler:In the third book the OldSoldier came back from retirement to lead TheMafia, despite he was crippled by cerebral haemorrhage years earlier. Despite his right side is almost completely non-functional, [[BadassGrandpa he still could choke a much younger criminal]], who called him a joke.]]

* BadassGrandpa: Despite being into his late 70-ies, the Cardinal almost killed Raimi. This is after Raimi broke several of the Cardinal's ribs by kicking him while he was asleep!
** Also Ford Tasso. See below at the Determinator.
** Paucar Wami, 'tho being TheAgeless doesn't hurt.
** Al Jeery himself is well into his fifties by the third book, yet he could take out entire squads of security personel barehanded if he had to, does hundreds of push-ups and other exercises day-by-day and he's not even TheAgeless!
* BaldOfEvil: Paucar Wami.

* BecomingTheMask: Deconstructed. [[spoiler: Once Al decides to play his father, he still can't bring himself to kill innocents. Instead, he becomes a BloodKnight.]]

* CrapsackWorld: The City.
* TheDragon: Ford Tasso is this to the Cardinal [[spoiler:and later Capac Raimi]]. Paucar Wami supposedly filled this role in the past as a hitman outside the Cardinal's regular forces, but ''Procession of the Dead'' and ''Hell's Horizon'' both show him returning to the City from years abroad.

The second book's events are taking place during the same time period as the first's, but from the PointOfView of Al Jeery, a soldier in the Cardinal's personal army, and [[spoiler: the son of [[LukeIAmYourFather the Cardinal's number one assasin]].]]

* GreenEyes: One of Paucar Wami's [[AnimalMotif several]] [[ScaryBlackMan distinguishing]] [[FacialMarkings features]]. [[spoiler: Al Jeery wears contacts to achieve this after he takes on his father's identity.]]

The first book tells the story of how the [[DiabolicalMastermind Cardinal]] [[ManipulativeBastard manipulates]] Capac Raimi, testing him if he's a worthy successor.

The third books takes place ten years later than the first two, tieing the fates of the City, Raimi and Jeery together.

** [[spoiler: Bill Casey. [[FreudianExcuse Caused by Wami]] [[MindRape threatening him by killing people if Bill didn't do all the horrible act he was instructed to do, including raping a girl.]] Bill was a teenager at the time. [[BreakTheCutie Concluded]] with Wami murdering his nine-year-old sister when Bill refused to kill another girl to save her.]]

** Al Jeery himself is well into his fifties by the thrid book, yet he could take out entire squads of security personel barehanded if he had to, does hundreds of push-ups and other exercises day-by-day and he's not even TheAgeless!

* BrainsAndBrawn: The old Cardinal lead the city and the organisation by silencing everyone to opposed him immediately. [[spoiler: Capac]] tries to do it by outsmarting his enemies, using force only when necessary.

''The City Trilogy'' is a series of adult horror/thriller books by Irish author [[TheSagaOfDarrenShan Darren Shan]]. The trilogy take place in a metropolis [[CityWithNoName called The City]], [[CrapSackWorld ruled by a crimelord]] [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep only known as the Cardinal]].

* CityWithNoName: [[CaptainObvious The City]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin of course.]]

** [[spoiler: Bill Casey. [[FreudianExcuse Caused by Wami]] [[MindRape threatening him by killing people if Bill didn't do all the horrible act he was instructed to do, including raping a girl.]] Bill was a teenager at the time. [[BreakTheCutie Concluded]] with Wami murdering his [[DeadLittleSister nine-year-old sister]] when Bill refused to kill another girl to save her.]]

The second book's events are taking place during the same time period as the first's, but from the PointOfView of Al Jeery, a soldier in the Cardinal's personal army, and [[spoiler: the son of [[LukeIAmYourFather the Cardinal's number one]] [[CompleteMonster assasin]].]]

* CompleteMonster: Paucar Wami is considered to be this even in-universe. He kills children without remorse, both ForTheEvulz and as a part of his job.

* CompleteMonster: Paucar Wami again. Kills children without remorse, both ForTheEvulz and as a part of his job.

** Al Jeery himself is well into his fifties by the thrid book, yet he could take out entire squads of security personel barehanded if he had to, does [[BeyondTheImpossible hundreds of push-ups and other exercises]] day-by-day and he's not even TheAgeless!

* ''City of the Snakes'

'''The City Trilogy'' is a series of adult horror/thriller books by Irish author [[TheSagaOfDarrenShan Darren Shan]]. The trilogy take place in a metropolis [[CityWithNoName called The City]], [[CrapSackWorld ruled by a crimelord]] [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep only known as the Cardinal]].
The Books of the trilogy:
* Procession of the Dead
* Hell’s Horizon
* City of the Snakes

The City trilogy is a series of [[OutOfCharacter adult]] ''Horror''-''Thriller'' books by Irish author [[TheSagaOfDarrenShan Darren Shan]]. The trilogy take place in a metropolis [[CityWithNoName called The City]], [[CrapSackWorld ruled by a crimelord]] [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep only known as the Cardinal]].

The second book's events are taking place during the same time period as the first's, but from the PointOfView of Al Jeery, a soldier in the Cardinal's personal army, and [[spoiler: the son of [[LukeIAmYourFather the Cardinals' number one]] [[CompleteMonster assasin]].]]

* AxCrazy Paucar Wami.

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: All of ayuamarcan are dead people, resurrected by the Villac with their personalities formed according to [[CameBackWrong how the Cardinal imagined them]].]]
* BadassGrandpa
** Despite being into his late 70-ies, the Cardinal almost killed Raimi, despite of his HealingFactor, after Raimi broke several of his ribs, by kicking him while he was asleep!

** Paucar Wami 'tho being TheAgeless doesn't hurt.

* BaldOfEvil Paucar Wami
* BrainsAndBrawn The old Cardinal lead the city and the organisation by silencing everyone to opposed him immediately. [[spoiler: Capac]] tries to do it by outsmarting his enemies, using force only when necessary.
* BecomingTheMask Deconsturckted. [[spoiler: Once Al decides to play his father, he still can't bring himself to kill innocents. Instead, he becomes a...]]
** BloodKnight

* TheDragon Wami is this to the Cardinal.
** Also DragonWithAnAgenda
* TheDeterminator

** Paucar Wami
** Al Jeery
** Ford Tasso [[spoiler: in the third book the OldSoldier came back from retirement to lead TheMaffia, despite he was crippled by cerebral haemorrhage years earlier. Despite his right side is almost completely non-functional, [[BadassGrandpa he still could choke a much younger criminal]], who called him a joke.]]
* [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Everyone Calls Him Cardinal]] [[spoiler: Ferdinand Dorak and later Raimi]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment The Cardinal's happens off-screen, but narrated by Raimi. [[spoiler: When an ArabOilSheikh sent a messenger, a member of his own family to him, the Cardinal greeted him while receiving oral sex from a prostitute. The messenger was so dumbfounded, he couldn't tell the message. The Cardinal lost his temper, and literally threw the guy out of the window, from the 15th floor!]]
** Paucar Wami's was on screen [[spoiler: Raimi is sent to solve a dispute with a small but dangerous fish. Before the discussion could even start Wami leaps in and kills the criminal and his body guards in an instant. Later when Raimi mets him with only the two of them, Wami tells him, to take a beer from the fridge before they start their discussion. Raimi found it behind [[StuffedInTheFridge the head]] of a six-year old.]]
* GreenEyes Paucar Wami.
* [[spoiler: LukeIAmYourFather Paucar Wami is the father of Al Jeery]].
* TheManBehindTheMan Despite being only a few of them, it's too complicated to list them all.
* MeaningfulName The most important of the ayuamarcan wore the name of the inca months.
** Capac Raimi is the name of December.
* MyGreatestFailure The Cardinal considers both Inti Maimi-s to be this.
* ResurrectiveImmortality Capac Raimi.
* TechnicolorEyes [[spoiler: Al Jeery after he takes on his father's identity.]]
* WouldHurtAChild WouldHitAGirl Paucar Wami yet again.
** WouldntHurtAChild The only moral difference between Paucar Wami and [[spoiler: his son Al, after the later tries BecomingTheMask.]]

** Paucar Wami's was on screen [[spoiler: Raimi is sent to solve a dispute with a small but dangerous fish. Before the discussion could even start Wami leaps in and kills the criminal and his body guards in an instant. Later when Raimi mets him with only the two of them, Wami tells him, to take a beer from the fridge before they start their discussion. Raimi found it behind [[StuffedInTheFridge the head]] [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel of a six-year old]].]]

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel It tells a lot that DarrenShan himself considers it an [[UpToEleven adult series]]!

* EstablishingCharacterMoment The Cardinal's happens off-screen, but narrated by Raimi. [[spoiler: When an ArabOilSheikh sent a messenger, a member of his own family to him, the Cardinal greeted him while receiving oral sex from a prostitute. The messenger was so dumbfounded, he couldn't tell the message. The Cardinal lost his tempere, and literally trew the guy out of the window, from the 15th floor!]]

The second book's events are taking place during the same timeperiod as the first's, but from the PointOfView of Al Jeery, a soldier in the Cardinal's personal army, and [[spoiler: the son of [[LukeIAmYourFather the Cardinals' number one]] [[CompleteMonster assasin]].]]

The second book's events are taking place during the same timeperiod as the first's, but from the PointOfView of Al Jeery, a soldier in the Cardinal's personal army, and [[spoiler: the son of [[LukeIAmYourFather the Cardinal' number one]] [[CompleteMonster assasin]].]]

The second book's events are taking place during the same timeperiod as the first's, but from the PointOfView of Al Jeery, a soldier in the Cardinal's personal army, and [[spoiler: the son of [[LukeIAmYourFather the Cardinal' numberone]] [[CompleteMonster assasin]].]]