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* HumanMomNonHumanDad: [[spoiler:Her mother's fate as a ''panchakanya'' led her to conceive Aru with the demonic Sleeper.]]
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* MixedAncestry: Brynne is descended from Mayasura, an asura.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: She's shown with a long braid, but in-story mentions having a bob cut.
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* MorphWeapon: Vajra, once awakened, can take on several forms based on its own whims and Aru’s mental commands. Favorites include a sword, rope, net, javelin, a bracelet [[spoiler:or ball]] when inactive, and its natural form as a bolt of lightning.
* MorphWeapon: Vajra, once awakened, can take on several forms based on its own whims and Aru’s mental commands. Favorites include a sword, rope, net, javelin, a bracelet [[spoiler:or ball]] when inactive, and its natural form as a bolt of lightning.
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* MeaningfulName: It comes up in the third book that it was the Sleeper who chose her name.
name. Her name also means sun, ironic considering that in another life, Karna was her enemy.
* MorphWeapon: Vajra, once awakened, can take on several forms based on its own whims and Aru’s mental commands. Favorites include a sword, rope, net, javelin, a bracelet [[spoiler:or ping pong ball]] when inactive, and its natural form as a bolt of lightning.
* MorphWeapon: Vajra, once awakened, can take on several forms based on its own whims and Aru’s mental commands. Favorites include a sword, rope, net, javelin, a bracelet [[spoiler:or ping pong ball]] when inactive, and its natural form as a bolt of lightning.
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]] Or Ammamma, because he acts like a grandma.
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* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:At the end of City of Gold, Kara rejoins the Sleeper's side.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Before Kara's FaceHeelTurn, she quests alongside the Potatoes and even fights against the Sleeper at the battle of Lanka once she meets Aru, though previously she was perfectly content living with the Sleeper.]]
* NotGoodWithRejection: When Kara finally confesses her budding crush on Aiden and he has to reject her, she doesn't take it well. And that only worsens when the Sleeper reveals that only minutes after Aiden rejected her, [[spoiler:he kissed her sister, Aru. This is one of the final pushes Kara needs to join the Sleeper's side once more, feeling like the only person who truly cares about her is her father.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Before Kara's FaceHeelTurn, she quests alongside the Potatoes and even fights against the Sleeper at the battle of Lanka once she meets Aru, though previously she was perfectly content living with the Sleeper.]]
* NotGoodWithRejection: When Kara finally confesses her budding crush on Aiden and he has to reject her, she doesn't take it well. And that only worsens when the Sleeper reveals that only minutes after Aiden rejected her, [[spoiler:he kissed her sister, Aru. This is one of the final pushes Kara needs to join the Sleeper's side once more, feeling like the only person who truly cares about her is her father.]]
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* WhenYouComingHomeDad?: The Sleeper certainly loves Kara, although he has a very emotionally stunted way of showing it, and Kara wholeheartedly loves him as well - it's just that he's always very busy with taking over the world and such, and Kara often didn't see him or talk to him for weeks or even months during the two years she lived with him.
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Kara is the adopted daughter of the Sleeper, [[spoiler:and as it turns out, the biological daughter of Krithika P. Shah and the reincarnation of Karna.]] She joins the Potatoes on their quest in Aru Shah and the City of Gold, and eventually is anointed a Potato herself. [[spoiler: At the end of Aru Shah and the City of Gold, she joins the Sleeper's side.]]
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* CuteBookworm: Kara is very sweet and naive, as well as intelligent and well-read, often referencing literary terms or the origins of words. She even carries a book of poetry around with her!
* OnlyOneName: Kara's never given a last name in text, mainly because she has amnesia and knows very little about her origins. Aru Lampshades this when she makes Kara a Potato.
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Kara is the adopted daughter of the Sleeper, [[spoiler:and as it turns out, the biological daughter of Krithika P. Shah and the reincarnation of Karna.]] She joins the Potatoes on their quest in Aru Shah and the City of Gold, and eventually is anointed a Potato herself. [[spoiler: At the end of Aru Shah and the City of Gold, she joins the Sleeper's side.]]
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* CuteBookworm: Kara is very sweet and naive, as well as intelligent and well-read, often referencing literary terms or the origins of words. She even carries a book of poetry around with her!
* OnlyOneName: Kara's never given a last name in text, mainly because she has amnesia and knows very little about her origins. Aru Lampshades this when she makes Kara a Potato.
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* OnlyChildSyndrome: Amongst the Pandavas, she has no biological sibling.
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* ClashingCousins: Aiden and his cousin, Rudy, have elements of this. Although they can be quite sweet together on occasion, more often their relationship falls into a pattern of Rudy being purposefully annoying/flirty and Aiden making caustic remarks or rolling his eyes.
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* TheOneGuy: Before Rudy is introduced as a major character in book 3, Aiden takes this role in the team. Even with Rudy, there's still far more female Potatoes than male. He Lampshades this.
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--> Aiden: (muttered) I need to get more guy friends.
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The reincarnation of the Pandava Arjuna, Aru is the main character of the quintet. She's the catalyst of the entire plot, since she's the one who lights the diya and frees the Sleeper under the urging of her schoolmates.
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* TheTeam: They're officially the team of all the main characters in the novel, excluding Nikita and Sheela.
* TrueCompanions: All of them eventually become this to one another.
* UnusuallyUninterestingName: They're named the Potatoes, for crying out loud.
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* TheDitz: Due to his inexperience with ObliviousToHatred: More like annoyance, but despite the human world, Rudy other Potatoes, mainly Aiden, often comes off as this. It being irritated at him, he never seems to take it to heart. Of course, him being Rudy, he could also just be willfully ignoring it to get under their skin.
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Rudy is a prince of Naga-Loka, but doesn'thelp that, in general, know what a microwave does and thinks a hot dog is made of actual dogs, among other things. Partially excused by him being from another realm, though he's not that perceptive.also generally oblivious to the emotions of other characters.
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* ClosetGeek: Aiden is known mainly for his good looks and quiet nature, but he's very, very invested in photography and infodumps about his camera Shadowfax at multiple points -- he's also a bit of one for LotR, seeing as he literally named his camera Shadowfax, and remembered the word for friend in Elvish when Aru was trying to recall it.
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* ClosetGeek: Aiden is known mainly for his good looks and quiet nature, but he's very, very invested in photography and infodumps about his camera Shadowfax at multiple points -- he's also a bit of one for LotR, Lord of the Rings, seeing as he literally named his camera Shadowfax, and remembered the word for friend in Elvish when Aru was trying to recall it.
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* BlessedWithSuck: As the descendant of an apsara, Aiden has the supernatural ability to force people to do what he asks them to do. However, he refrains from using this, since it can be too easily exploited for evil, and
* ClosetGeek: Aiden is known mainly for his good looks and quiet nature, but he's very, very invested in photography and infodumps about his camera Shadowfax at multiple points -- he's also a bit of one for LotR, seeing as he literally named his camera Shadowfax, and remembered the word for friend in Elvish when Aru was trying to recall it.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: The former half of this duo with him and Aru.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Aiden fits this description to a T. He's taller than all the other Potatoes par Brynne, who is unnaturally tall for her age, has black hair and lashes, and is extremely handsome due to being descended from a former apsara.
* TheStoic: Aiden tends to come off as this, with him being more introverted.
* WhatBeautifulEyes!: A frequently remarked upon feature of his by Aru, Aiden has dark brown eyes with flashes of deep sky-blue in them when you look closely.
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* PolarOppositeTwins: Nikita and Sheela are very different in terms of personality. Nikita is more protective, guarded, cynical, and fashion-forward, while Sheela is dreamy, upbeat, and finds it difficult to process her emotions regarding her parents.
* {{Seers}}: This is Sheela's power.
* StepfordSmiler: Sheela comes off as one, with her being very cheerful and curious, but having gone through deep trauma which she's clearly not done processing as shown by the scene where her nightmares warp the DreamLand.
* TalkingInYourDreams: How Nikita and Sheela communicate with the Potatoes on their quest to find the real Kalpavriksha in the grove of Aranyani -- since they're underage, they can't physically accompany the Potatoes, but they share their minds via dream.
* TwinSwitch: Nikita and Sheela pull this off near the end of Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes.
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* BreakTheCutie: The twins go through a major one in their traumatic backstory.
* PolarOppositeTwins: Nikita and Sheela are very different in terms of personality. Nikita is more protective, guarded, cynical, and fashion-forward, while Sheela is dreamy, upbeat, and finds it difficult to process her emotions regarding her parents.
* {{Seers}}: This is Sheela's power.
* StepfordSmiler: Sheela comes off as one, with her being very cheerful and curious, but having gone through deep trauma which she's clearly not done processing as shown by the scene where her nightmares warp the DreamLand.
* TalkingInYourDreams: How Nikita and Sheela communicate with the Potatoes on their quest to find the real Kalpavriksha in the grove of Aranyani -- since they're underage, they can't physically accompany the Potatoes, but they share their minds via dream.
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* DefrostingIceQueen: Nikita slowly warms up to Aru in particular throughout Tree of Wishes.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Nikita slowly warms up to Aru in particular throughout Tree of Wishes.
