History AudioPlay / ThePrincessThieves

* StockholmSyndrome: Gwendoline seems to have this, as she grows more affectionate towards Robin despite the fact he kidnapped her. Justified in the fact that he is affectionate towards her as well, is an overall good person and she didn't mind being kidnapped that much to begin with.

* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: The Mad Bull, a front for the Knives, has tones of this.

* LieBackAndThinkOfEngland: Said word for word by Gwen when discussing her future, which includes marrying a man she doesn't love.

* CuffsOffRubWrists: Robin and Gwendoline both do this after Mortimer releases them from their shackles.

* NoPronunciationGuide:
** The Narrator and her sound engineer get in a brief argument about how to pronounce Celador, which spills into other pronunciation arguments.
** Characters and narrators mispronouncing the names of areas in England is a running gag throughout the story.

* Myth/KingArthur: It's revealed that the Duart have their own version of the legends and Old Meg lives in the ruins of Celador's Camelot. Celador's version, King Arthor, actually did have a magic sword, as opposed to Centrum's version, who was just a Roman-era, British warchief.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Gwendoline has a condition that causes pain in her head and body and also causes her to have angry outbursts. [[spoiler: It turns out this is actually her mind fighting against the hypnosis repressing the memories of her former life.]]

* SupernaturalIsPurple: Viola is fond of the color purple, has purple eyes, and possesses a rare magical talent.

* LondonGangster: Stoat, leader of the Knives, is this.
* TheLostWoods: Camelot Forest seems to have a sinister reputation.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Viola has pink hair.

* SpotOfTea:
** The sound engineer offers to get the Narrator a cup of tea to give her a break.
** It is said that everyone is relieved ones tea starts being imported from India again.

* WitchSpecies: WordOfGod states that the maajik that the Duart are capable of is due to a genetic mutation.

* FingerlessGloves: Robin wears these. Gwen eventually cuts off the fingers of her riding gloves so that she can have a pair of her own as well.

** Gwen does this again later [[spoiler: when she leaps from the Nag's back midair to try and get to Robin on the gallows. [[RealityEnsues It doesn't work as well as she had hoped.]]]]

* RealityEnsues:
** [[spoiler: Gwen tries to jump to Robin from the Nag's back, only to realize she has no ability to direct herself in midair.]]
** [[spoiler: In her first fight while wielding the Archenblade, Gwen brutally kills a Duart Heavy by kicking him into a wall, leaving everyone, including herself, shocked.]]
** Even if the Duart regime can be defeated, the heroes realize it would cost a lot of lives and could possibly leave Britain in a worse position than it was in before.

* TheJester: Viola is officially Princess Gwendoline's jester and isn't afraid to tell her off.

* PurpleEyes: Possessed by Viola, described as strange and intense.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Gwendoline's attraction towards Robin is something akin to this, as for all his good qualities, he is still a criminal who kidnapped her.

* AnIcePerson: Akka shaman are capable of using ice magic.

* ArcherArchetype: Fittingly for someone who thinks highly of Robin Hood, Robin is a charismatic and independent minded thief who uses a bow, though he's not particularly good with it.

* BabyFactory: Captain Baltus seems to think the only useful thing women are capable of is making children.

* BadassLongcoat: Mortimer, Robin and Oberon sport them. Gwen begins wearing one later as well.

* BarrierWarrior: Old Meg seems especially proficient at creating shields and barriers. She even refers to it as her signature move.
* BatmanParody: The Black Shuck is one, depicted as a violent, incompetent nutcase.

* BecomingTheMask: Oberon raises concerns that Robin is becoming too obsessed with the Robin Hood persona.

* BenevolentAlienInvasion: Though the Duart do take over the country, their arrival is largely to England's benefit, as they fight off the Barghest infestation and return the country to the level it was at before the outbreak.
* BerserkButton:
** Robin's appears to be seeing children hurt.
** Mortimer does not take well to being pitied by Gwen.
** Seeing Ajax injured sends Oberon into a roaring fury.
* BestFriend: Robin refers to Oberon as his closest compatriot.

* BigBrotherInstinct:
** Oberon is understandably protective of his brother Ajax.
** [[spoiler: Robin's sister Joanna would regularly protect Robin and their younger sister from their abusive father.]]

* BizarreAlienBiology: It's pointed out that Duart have 23 bones in their hands and Akka have 25, compared to the 27 in the human hand.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: Baltus, easily the most despicable character in the story, is described as having black eyes.

* BlingOfWar: The firecaster in the Duart guard wear intricately designed, Caronite armor of maroon and iron.

''The Princess Thieves'' is an audio drama created by Alexander Shaw and is the fifth story in the ''New Century'' series, as well as the fifth part of Phase 1 of the overarching story.

* AliensOfLondon: The Akka and the Duart all share accents with their voice actors.
* AlienSpaceBats: The situation in Britain, which already involved Alien Space Bats in the form of the Barghest, is further altered by the arrival of the Akka and the Duart.
* TheAllegedSteed: The Nag is rather shaggy and unkempt looking.

* AlternateUniverse:
** Similar to the other portals that are have appeared in New Century, the opening narration mentions a portal to Centrum (the main Earth of New Century) opening north of Londinium on Celador.
** In fact, the sound engineer mentions that the New Century story has about ten alternate Earths, including Rama (from ''Tiger's Eye''), Hanoth (the Akka homeworld), Celador (the Duart homeworld), and Centrum.

* [[spoiler: ArchnemesisDad]]: [[spoiler: Coriolanus becomes this to Gwen by the end of the story, despite the fact that both still hold a measure of love for each other.]]

* GreyEyes:
** Archduke Coriolanus has grey eyes that go with his stony demeanor.
** Old Meg also has grey eyes.

* ShaggySearchTechnique: Viola discovers the lever opening the secret passage in the library because she hid under a chair while playing hide-and-seek with Gwendoline and happened to spot it.

''The Princess Thieves'' is an audio drama created by Alex Shaw and is the fifth story in the ''New Century'' series, as well as the fifth part of Phase 1 of the overarching story.

Now has a direct prequel in the form of AudioPlay/TheChristmasThieves.

!! The Princess Thieves provides examples of:

Now has a direct sequel in the form of AudioPlay/TheChristmasThieves.

* ThePrincessAndThePirate: Gwen and Robin's relationship, though the latter is a highwayman instead of a pirate.