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Our heroine, sent to her mother's world to learn there. Not too happy about this.

* AuthorAvatar: WordOfGod states that a great deal of the things Aylia has done while at college were things she really wanted to do herself, but didn't dare to (Mainly because unlike Aylia, ''she'' actually cared about her GPA).

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Our heroine, heroine- the daughter of a royal Duke of Umbria, who is sent to her mother's the world of her mother (i.e. ours) to learn there. Not go to college. She's not too happy about this.

that.

* AbusiveParents: Her mother is delusional and refuses to believe that her children are not what she thinks they are, and instead of trying to be a good husband, her father just resorts to backing his wife under all circumstances, even if he knows she's wrong.
* ADegreeInUseless: Actually, it's her opinion toward the degree she's doing- she doesn't care about it, doesn't want to study it, wouldn't if she had a choice- but she ''doesn't'', and so she's just whiling away the time waiting to turn twenty.
* AuthorAvatar: WordOfGod states that a great deal of the things Aylia has done while at college were things she really wanted to do herself, but didn't dare to (Mainly (mainly because unlike Aylia, ''she'' actually cared about her GPA).GPA).
* BlueBlood: Her father is the youngest of three royal sons, so she's technically in the line of succession, but that's about it.
* BrokenPedestal: She thought the wizard school would be a place of pure study and that when she started TAing, she'd be in the company of people who really cared about the subject matter. Instead, most of the other TAs turn out to be catty and snide, who only care about who is better than whom.



* EurekaMoment: When Aylia turns twenty, she realizes that she doesn't have to obey her parents any more.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Aylia doesn't want to be the Child of Prophecy.

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* EurekaMoment: When Aylia turns twenty, she realizes that she doesn't have to obey her parents any more.
more (under the laws, noble children must obey their parents up until they turn twenty (unless they A, get married, or B, have parents who abuse their authority in some way, like trying to get them married without their consent). She subsequently tells them both to get stuffed and goes to the school she always wanted to.
* FishOutOfWater: When she first gets to our world.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Aylia's the smart one, Alassa's the pretty one. Unfortunately, there's two complications: one, their mother believes that they're actually the opposite and operates on this belief while ignoring everything they say, and two, Alassa is a genuinely unlikeable sociopath.
* {{Hypocrite}}: When Alassa [[spoiler: tries to murder her sort-of-boyfriend by turning him into a cat and placing no safeguards on him,]] Aylia is shocked and horrified. Her aunt then points out that Aylia's been turning people into animals without their consent too, and while Aylia first protests that she meant them no harm, she finally admits that it was wrong.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Aylia doesn't want to be the Child of Prophecy. Unfortunately, until the vital part turns up, it looks like she's the only valid option.
* IncompletelyTrained: By her magical genius of a grandfather, who died. She's forced to teach herself until she turns twenty, but without a teacher, she winds up being sadly behind in her magic level.
* {{Pride}}: Something of her biggest flaw. A lot of her actions seem to be fuelled by the belief that since she's the one doing it, it's obviously OK (turning people into animals without their consent, forcing her mother to attempt to reunite with her abusive parents without considering that maybe there's a reason why they don't talk) and



* TeenGenius



* NoAccountingForTaste


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* NoAccountingForTaste

NoAccountingForTaste: Dear God, look at his wife.
* TheUnfavorite: As the third son, he was neither heir nor spare, and never really gifted.



Aylia's mother, who is from our world.

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Aylia's mother, who is from our world.
world but has been happily living in the magical world for several years.



* CloudCuckooLander

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* CloudCuckooLanderCloudCuckooLander: And not in a good way. She's genuinely delusional.



* BrattyTeenageDaughter

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* BrattyTeenageDaughterBrattyTeenageDaughter: Dear ''God''.



* ItsAllAboutMe: When Aylia turned ten, Alassa ''destroyed all of her presents'' because they weren't for her, and that's just the start.




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* TheSociopath



* FishOutOfWater: Has to deal with a whole new world, but also with [[spoiler: becoming a crown princess.]]




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* NiceGuy
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: According to her epilogue, her and Albert's first year as rulers goes terribly, and then they get hit by a plague. After their three children become sick, Jenny effectively quits being queen and spends all her time with her kids.]]



* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Except Jenny.



Real name Elzandra Ayra [[spoiler: Umbria]] (Alexandra A. Underwood according to her birth certificate), X is one of Aylia's first roommates. [[spoiler: She turns out to be Aylia's cousin.]]

* BadLiar: Because of her monosyllabic speech patterns, it's hard to tell a lie from the truth when she says it, but she puts so little effort into her lies that they're easy to uncover if you try. For example, as seen below under BlatantLies, her pretending to be a fairy gets exposed when several other fairy students point out that the teachers at the school should be able to undo it, and she runs into a student whose focus (think major) is shapeshifting, who points out that there is no kind of possible accident that could have done such a thing.

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Real name Elzandra Ayra [[spoiler: Umbria]] (Alexandra A. Underwood according to her birth certificate), X is one of Aylia's first roommates.roommates, and by far the most bizarre one. [[spoiler: She turns out to be Aylia's cousin.]]

* BadLiar: Because of her monosyllabic speech patterns, it's hard to tell a lie from the truth when she says it, but she puts so little effort into her lies that they're easy to uncover if you try. For example, as seen below under BlatantLies, her pretending to be a fairy gets exposed when several other fairy students point out that the teachers at the school should be able to undo the 'magical accident' that caused it, and then she runs into a student whose focus (think major) is shapeshifting, who points out that there is no kind of possible accident that could have done such a thing.



* StuffBlowingUp: Regularly

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* StuffBlowingUp: Regularly
She is the ''poster child'' for this trope.



* AwesomeMcCoolName: Yep, his name is actually 'Charming'.



* ButtMonkey



* NiceGuy
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething



* BlueBlood: Actually averted- she's a commoner.



* OnlySaneMan: Well, except for the swords.



* CultureClash: Her lack of knowledge about how Aylia's society works (and vice versa) leads to some bad fights- specifically, over the respect she feels that children owe their parents (and Aylia's lack thereof) and vice versa (and her parents' lack thereof).

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* CultureClash: Her lack of knowledge about how Aylia's society works (and vice versa) leads to some bad fights- specifically, over the respect she feels that children owe their parents (and Aylia's lack thereof) and vice versa (and her Aylia's parents' lack thereof).




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* WhoWantsToLiveForever



* ProphecyTwist: [[spoiler: She's the princess who X will do 'a great service' for (i.e. helping her pull off the wedding/coup), instead of, say, Jenny or Cecelia.]]



* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Mordran is meant to be protecting Victoria, not dating her.

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* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: As a black fairy, Mordran is meant to be protecting Victoria, not dating her.



!Cecilia

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!Cecilia!Cecelia



* InvoluntaryTransformation: Was accidentally turned into a dragon by her father.
* PromotionToParent: Then she adopted the child of an actual dragon.

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* InvoluntaryTransformation: Was accidentally turned into a dragon by her father.
father...
* PromotionToParent: Then PromotionToParent: ...then she adopted the child of an actual dragon.
dragon and had the transformation made permanent.



* CloudCuckooLander:

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* CloudCuckooLander:CloudCuckooLander: Oh, ''God''.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: When she was a baby, an Oracle from Andra had a vision marking her as a Child of Prophecy. Andra was at the time a vassal state of Dragoria, and the Oracle was a freedom fighter who wanted to see her country free- so she told the King of Dragoria that Daria would become a military genius who would bring Dragoria to its knees. The King, incensed, went dragon hunting. End results: maybe five or so dragons dead, including Daria's parents- but Daria herself lived, and thousands upon thousands of Dragorians were killed by the dragons in retaliation.



* CloudCuckooLander:

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* CloudCuckooLander: CloudCuckooLander



One of the founders of the magical school. He's an incredibly old dragon and is very well respected.

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One of the founders of the magical school. He's an incredibly old dragon and is very well respected.
respected, but he's got a very whimsical sense of humour.



* ExactWords: In one notable strip, he failed a very good student who learned everything about the subject herself. He explained that he was failing her because he was assessing the students not on what they knew about the subject, but what they ''learned from him'', and since she'd learned nothing from him, it was only right to fail her.

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* ExactWords: In one notable strip, he failed a very good student who learned everything about the subject herself. He explained that he was failing her because he was assessing the students not on what they knew about the subject, but what they ''learned from him'', and since she'd learned nothing from him, it was ''from him'', the only right logical thing he could do was to fail her.
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* ExactWords

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* ExactWordsExactWords: In one notable strip, he failed a very good student who learned everything about the subject herself. He explained that he was failing her because he was assessing the students not on what they knew about the subject, but what they ''learned from him'', and since she'd learned nothing from him, it was only right to fail her.
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That\'s not what Adult Child (now One Of The Kids) means.


* AdultChild: In the eyes of the dragon community for a while, who see her as too young for her body (the age of her body is the dragon equivalent of that of a young adult, but she's still only in the 18-25 age range, and they find this disturbing.)

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* CompleteMonster: And then some.
* GreenEyedMonster: Her entire life is devoted to one-upping Aylia. It doesn't work.

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* CompleteMonster: And then some.
* GreenEyedMonster: Her entire life is devoted to one-upping Aylia. It doesn't work.

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* SpoiledBrat: Well, maybe not brat, but definitely spoiled.

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* SpoiledBrat: Well, maybe not brat, SpoiledSweet: He's spoiled as hell, but definitely spoiled.
generally a nice kid.


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* BadassBookworm: Dron accomplished some incredibly amazing things.

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* AlphaBitch



* TheLibby
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* The Unpronounceable: And mispronouncing or shortening the name of a Mountain Clan Gorgon is considered a serious insult. Fortunately, it is acceptable to address one by a title or accurate description (Which is why she is known as The Gorgon).

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* The Unpronounceable: TheUnpronounceable: And mispronouncing or shortening the name of a Mountain Clan Gorgon is considered a serious insult. Fortunately, it is acceptable to address one by a title or accurate description (Which is why she is known as The Gorgon).
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* Kawaiiko

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* Kawaiiko{{Kawaiiko}}
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* SpareToTheThrone: Originally this (Cecelia was the Crown Princess) but he didn't mind so much.


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* [[spoiler: SpareToTheThrone: She and X are in line for royal succession between Albert and Cecelia, and Aylia and Alassa.]]

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* HiddenDepths: He sucks at magic, but he's actually good at magical artifacts- he makes a wolfbane pendant for Albert that holds off his lycanthropy, and it works perfectly well.




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* MyBelovedSmother



* ArrangedMarriage: To a man who has to be bullied into being faithful.

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* ArrangedMarriage: To a man who has to be bullied into being faithful. She didn't care.



* GreenEyedMonster: Her entire life is devoted to one-upping Aylia. It doesn't work.



* RunningGag: Crazy things always turn up at Nicole's door (like Aylia's father accidentally moving trees to her dorm room)



* BadLiar: Because of her monosyllabic speech patterns, it's hard to tell a lie from the truth when she says it, but she puts so little effort into her lies that they're easy to uncover if you try. For example, as seen below under BlatantLies, her pretending to be a fairy gets exposed when several other fairy students point out that the teachers at the school should be able to undo it, and she runs into a student whose focus (think major) is shapeshifting, who points out that there is no kind of possible accident that could have done such a thing.



** Also, related to the 'clingy'- she follows Aylia to the wizarding school because she doesn't like being alone and Aylia is her only other friend.




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* NonActionGuy: He runs away from anything scary.
* TookALevelInBadass: His epilogue states that he eventually becomes a competent and capable king after suffering through the stress of an epidemic and having nobody else around to help.




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* InsaneTrollLogic: Initially, she believes that anyone who becomes a werewolf must love everything werewolves do, and actually seems to run on a policy of 'Because I say so' when arguing about it. Reg manages to wear her down with his practicality.



* ControlFreak



* BadassNormal: He hardly ever gets flustered, no matter what happens, takes everything in stride and manages to sort out any problem he runs into.
* BerserkButton: Don't insult Felincia.




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* OnlySaneMan



* OnlySaneMan



* ControlFreak: She's bossy and gets everything done her way. This is a good trait for a queen, but [[spoiler: it doesn't make Corinn want to come back any time soon.]]
* OnlySaneMan: Nothing takes her out of stride, and she always finds a solution.




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* UnstoppableRage: Which usually leads to her chasing people around with swords. This eventually gets them taken away from her, because ''she's chasing people around with deadly weapons over minor things''.



* LoopholeAbuse: He keeps finding ways to visit Loretta even when she puts limits on him.
* SpoiledBrat: Well, maybe not brat, but definitely spoiled.



* ArrangedMarriage: She quite likes her intended husband.

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* ArrangedMarriage: She quite likes her intended husband.husband, though.



* CultureClash: Her lack of knowledge about how Aylia's society works (and vice versa) leads to some bad fights.

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* CultureClash: Her lack of knowledge about how Aylia's society works (and vice versa) leads to some bad fights.fights- specifically, over the respect she feels that children owe their parents (and Aylia's lack thereof) and vice versa (and her parents' lack thereof).
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Her mother's a priestess, and since her culture is a theocracy, that gives her a very high rank. The Gorgon is directly responsible for [[spoiler: the first wave of diplomats sent to our world by anyone from the other world.]]



* TheUnpronouncable: And mispronouncing or shortening the name of a Mountain Clan Gorgon is considered a serious insult. Fortunately, it is acceptable to address one by a title or accurate description (Which is why she is known as The Gorgon).

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* TheUnpronouncable: TheReveal: She's a [[spoiler: spy, sent to the wizard school after our world was discovered to find out if there are Gorgons in our world.]] She eventually leaves the school for fear that she could be used as a scapegoat by the Umbrian government.
* The Unpronounceable:
And mispronouncing or shortening the name of a Mountain Clan Gorgon is considered a serious insult. Fortunately, it is acceptable to address one by a title or accurate description (Which is why she is known as The Gorgon).



* LastOfHisKind: Well, alright, Oracles are always turning up, but at the time of the main plot, Kuralla is the only public Oracle (the Oracle of Lycanth is a recluse).
** ThereIsAnother: The aforementioned Oracle of Lycanth.



* NonActionGuy



* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: She often bosses around Lullela and others despite the fact that she has literally no power outside of her kingdom.



* AdultChild: In the eyes of the dragon community for a while, who see her as too young for her body (the age of her body is the dragon equivalent of that of a young adult, but she's still only in the 18-25 age range, and they find this disturbing.)
* HappilyMarried: In her epilogue.



* CloudCuckooLander
* GeniusDitz

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* CloudCuckooLander
CloudCuckooLander:
* GeniusDitzGeniusDitz: Should be used as the definite example.



* MoralEventHorizon: At least in Loretta's eyes- Loretta leaves her swords on Sissy's side of the room. What does Sissy do in response? Put them back on Loretta's side? Ask Loretta to move them? No. She puts them in a dumpster instead, breaking one in the process.



* CloudCuckooLander: Has no serious side.






One of Alassa's roommates- a studious fairy.

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One of Stefanee and later Alassa's roommates- a studious fairy.




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* TechnicianVersusPerformer: A literal case, and it annoys Stefanee a lot- she prefers to study theory over practice, and thus doesn't cast spells.



* TricksterMentor

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* TricksterMentorTricksterMentor: Though not always in a good way- he tries to shake his students out of the 'learn what they tell you and don't think for yourself' mentality by forcing them to question everything and everyone, but fails to see that students need ''something'' reliable to trust, or they can't do anything.
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Our heroine, sent to her mother's world to learn there. Was [[{{Understatement}} not too happy about this.]]

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Our heroine, sent to her mother's world to learn there. Was [[{{Understatement}} not Not too happy about this.]]
this.
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Due to the Dead example

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* DueToTheDead: The school honors his passing by constructing a new school building on campus shaped like a life-sized statue of him. He would have hated it... But he also would have found the fact that the roof leaks hilarious.

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Because no non-Gorgon can pronounce her real one. In fact, her fiance doesn't address her by name either, instead addressing her by a Gorgon word which means "Female to whom I am engaged". She addresses him by the masculine equivalent of that word.




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* TheUnpronouncable: And mispronouncing or shortening the name of a Mountain Clan Gorgon is considered a serious insult. Fortunately, it is acceptable to address one by a title or accurate description (Which is why she is known as The Gorgon).
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* PowerBehindTheThrone: To her son after he takes the throne, until he gets sick of it and manages to get her out of the country. She takes this as a sign that he's all grown up.

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* PowerBehindTheThrone: RegentForLife: To her son after he takes the throne, acting as the power behind the throne until he gets sick of it and manages to get her out of the country. She takes this as a sign that he's all grown up.

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* BreakTheCutie: Her epilogue states that centuries later, she is captured by a rogue Sage and held prisoner by a warlord who horribly mistreates her.




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* WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility: And she hates it, thus leading her to often run away from her shrine.


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* TheSmartGuy: WordOfGod says that Daria is actually about twice as smart as Aylia, and even better at magic- she just has the attention span of a speck of dust.


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* TheReveal: He was brought up by the Oracle of Lycanth
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* CompleteMonster

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* CompleteMonsterCompleteMonster: And then some.




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* HappilyMarried: To Alfred.
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* PowerBehindTheThrone: To her son after he takes the throne, until he gets sick of it and manages to get her out of the country. She takes this as a sign that he's all grown up.

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Arranged marriage exmaple


* ArrangedMarriage: To a man who has to be bullied into being faithful.



* BrilliantButLazy: Almost. As the author puts it,

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* BrilliantButLazy: Almost.Inverted. As the author puts it,
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** This is why Alexis made sure that X didn't learn that she was engaged until the day of the wedding.


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* SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace: X tries to invoke this during her sister's wedding - with ''explosives''. Alexis, knowing about X's ClingyJealousGirl behavior from incidents with previous boyfriends, had Aylia on hand to stop her.


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* SecretRelationship: Had to do this with her eventual husband to keep him safe from X until the wedding.

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Heavy Sleeper example


* HeavySleeper: She stays awake for months at a stretch, and then hibernates for a few weeks. Once asleep, she can't be woken up without magic.



* StuffBlowingUp

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* StuffBlowingUp
StuffBlowingUp: Regularly
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Real name Elzandra Ayla [[spoiler: Umbria]] (Alexandra A. Underwood according to her birth certificate), X is one of Aylia's first roommates. [[spoiler: She turns out to be Aylia's cousin.]]

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Real name Elzandra Ayla Ayra [[spoiler: Umbria]] (Alexandra A. Underwood according to her birth certificate), X is one of Aylia's first roommates. [[spoiler: She turns out to be Aylia's cousin.]]
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Real name Elzandra Ayla [[spoiler: Umbria]] (Alexandra A. Underhill according to her birth certificate), X is one of Aylia's first roommates. [[spoiler: She turns out to be Aylia's cousin.]]

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Real name Elzandra Ayla [[spoiler: Umbria]] (Alexandra A. Underhill Underwood according to her birth certificate), X is one of Aylia's first roommates. [[spoiler: She turns out to be Aylia's cousin.]]
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* TheQuietOne: She has never used a sentence with more than four words or five syllables in it. Maybe the reason she doesn't like the name Alexandra is because it has four syllables in it.

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* TheQuietOne: She has never used a sentence with more than four words or five six syllables in it. Maybe the reason she doesn't like the name Alexandra is because it has four syllables in it.
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* ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself: After she and Alexis grow fairy wings, Aylia suggests that they dress as human-sized black fairies for Halloween. X loves this, as such a costume requires zero effort on her part.


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* ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself: After she and X grow fairy wings, Aylia suggests that they dress as human-sized black fairies for Halloween.
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* ClingyJealousGirl: Is so afraid of losing her place as the most important person in her sister's life that she tries scaring away her boyfriends with explosives. Alexis is not amused.

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* AuthorAvatar: WordOfGod states that a great deal of the things Aylia has done while at college were things she really wanted to do herself, but didn't dare to (Mainly because unlike Aylia, ''she'' actually cared about her GPA).



* EurekaMoment: When Aylia turns twenty, she realises that she doesn't have to obey her parents any more.

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* EurekaMoment: When Aylia turns twenty, she realises realizes that she doesn't have to obey her parents any more.



Real name Elzandra, X is one of Aylia's first roommates. [[spoiler: She turns out to be Aylia's cousin.]]

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Real name Elzandra, Elzandra Ayla [[spoiler: Umbria]] (Alexandra A. Underhill according to her birth certificate), X is one of Aylia's first roommates. [[spoiler: She turns out to be Aylia's cousin.]]


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* OneLetterName: One letter nickname, anyway.
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** She also unintentionally acts like this to her own children. She means well, but her CloudCuckooLander nature makes her incapable of realizing that her children have their own interests and resent her arbitrary and ill-planned micromanagement of their lives - such as her decision to have Aylia, who wanted to be a wizard, being held back from going to the wizard's academy for two years, and then be sent to a college in the non-magical world - and arbitrarily signing her up as a ''home economics'' major.
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* BrilliantButLazy: Almost. As the author puts it,
-->She's also so determinedly convinced of her superiority that she refuses to put forth any work to improve at anything, which is half the reason she's such an idiot; she'd have average intelligence if she didn't work so hard at being ''stupid''.
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* TheQuietOne: She has never used a sentence with more than four words or five syllables in it. Maybe the reason she doesn't like the name Alexandra is because it has four syllables in it.
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* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: Was accidentally turned into a dragon by her father.
* PromotionToParent

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* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: InvoluntaryTransformation: Was accidentally turned into a dragon by her father.
* PromotionToParent
PromotionToParent: Then she adopted the child of an actual dragon.



The dragon Cecelia became a full dragon to raise.

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The dragon Cecelia became a full dragon to raise.
raised.

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