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* TeamDad: To his Wing.
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!!Sioan hui'Malkeenian
The late Empress of Annur and mother of Valyn, Kaden and Adare, she died of consumption several years prior to the first book.
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* MamaBear
The late Empress of Annur and mother of Valyn, Kaden and Adare, she died of consumption several years prior to the first book.
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* MamaBear
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* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Does not react well to Pyrre hinting at something between her and Valyn.
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* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: Tries to pull one by blowing up a bridge, but luckily she survives.]]
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->''''Then stop commanding the Wing you wanted. Start commanding the Wing you have.''''
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Comes off this way to Valyn because of his often unorthodox practices and advice.
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A beautiful young girl whose mother is a leina, a priestess of Ciena, goddess of pleasure, and part of an order of elite and cultured courtesans that cater solely to the aristocratic classes. She meets Kaden when his ministers 'give' her to him as a concubine for the newly crowned emperor.
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* HighClassCallGirl: She comes from an order of women who are just this, but while she's learnt the 'high 'low arts' (dancing, singing, painting), her mother, a concubine, refused to let her learn the, uh... 'low arts'.the 'high mysteries', AKA the 'bodily pleasures'.
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* CatsAreMean: His nickname is 'the Cat'
* CatsAreMean: His nickname is 'the Cat'
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!!Bedisa
The goddess of birth, life and creation, consort to Ananshael.
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* OddCouple: With Ananshael, who's the god of death
!!Ciena
The goddess of pleasure, patron to the leina, an order of elite courtesans.
The goddess of birth, life and creation, consort to Ananshael.
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!!Ciena
The goddess of pleasure, patron to the leina, an order of elite courtesans.
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* EldritchAbomination
* TheFaceless: Except for the prologue
* HiddenVillain
* MercyKill: What they thought they were doing to the humans. See below.
* TheFaceless: Except for the prologue
* HiddenVillain
* MercyKill: What they thought they were doing to the humans. See below.
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* GodInHumanForm: Evoked this when she interbred with the Malkeenian line
* TheOldGods: She and a few of the others are part of the original pantheon of gods who then gave birth to the younger, newer ones
* ThePowerOfTheSun
* GodInHumanForm: Evoked this when she interbred with the Malkeenian line
* TheOldGods: She and a few of the others are part of the original pantheon of gods who then gave birth to the younger, newer ones
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* TheOldGods: Like Intarra
* DarkIsNotEvil
* TheOldGods: Like Intarra
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* TopGod: According to the Shin
* TheAntiGod
* TopGod: According to the Shin
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* TheGrimReaper
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* FishOutOfWater: Once he leaves Ashk'lan and his isolated life among the Shin for the real world.
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* DeadManWriting: His letter to Adare
* TheGoodKing: Presumably. But considering we've only seen him from his children's perspective and they're obviously slightly biased....
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!!The Csestriim
An ancient, immortal and genetically superior race that predated mankind and whose children gradually evolved into humans, which spawned a centuries long war between the Csestriim and the humans. The Csestriim lost and receded from history, becoming little more than myths and children's stories, but now it seems they're returning to the surface.
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* BigBad
* TheDreaded
* OffingTheOffspring: In the prologue, we see the Csestriim murdering their children because they've contracted the Rot - in other words, they've begun to age and to feel emotions.
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove
!!Intarra
The goddess of light, fire and the sun, patron of the Malkeenian imperial family line and said to be their ancestress.
!!Hull
Known as the Owl King, he is the god of darkness and the night, and the patron god of the Kettral.
!!The Blank God
Thought by some to be the first and thus the only true god, he is worshipped by the Shin, who attempt to reach him through meditation.
!!Mashkent
The god of pain and suffering, whose name gave rise to the curse ''Kent-kissing'.
!!Ananshael
The god of death, patron of the Skullsworn, an order of assassins, whose name gave rise to the curse ''Shael-spawned'.
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!!The Csestriim
An ancient, immortal and genetically superior race that predated mankind and whose children gradually evolved into humans, which spawned a centuries long war between the Csestriim and the humans. The Csestriim lost and receded from history, becoming little more than myths and children's stories, but now it seems they're returning to the surface.
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* BigBad
* TheDreaded
* OffingTheOffspring: In the prologue, we see the Csestriim murdering their children because they've contracted the Rot - in other words, they've begun to age and to feel emotions.
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove
!!Intarra
The goddess of light, fire and the sun, patron of the Malkeenian imperial family line and said to be their ancestress.
!!Hull
Known as the Owl King, he is the god of darkness and the night, and the patron god of the Kettral.
!!The Blank God
Thought by some to be the first and thus the only true god, he is worshipped by the Shin, who attempt to reach him through meditation.
!!Mashkent
The god of pain and suffering, whose name gave rise to the curse ''Kent-kissing'.
!!Ananshael
The god of death, patron of the Skullsworn, an order of assassins, whose name gave rise to the curse ''Shael-spawned'.
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* DivineParentage: Somewhere along the line
* MasterSwordsman
* MasterSwordsman
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* ClassClown
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Kaden
* CynicalMentor
* DeadpanSnarker
* EccentricMentor: For the Shin, who are all cool and composed, while Tan has a temper and an unorthodox attitude.
* DeadpanSnarker
* EccentricMentor: For the Shin, who are all cool and composed, while Tan has a temper and an unorthodox attitude.
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* TheObiWan
* MotorMouth
* AcePilot: On a giant bird, of course, not a plane.
* FantasticRacism: Is a victim of this, due to being a leech, as magic users are feared and often persecuted across the empire.
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* TokenEvilTeammate: Valyn assumes her to be this. [[spoiler: He's wrong.]]
* TokenEvilTeammate: Valyn assumes her to be this. [[spoiler: He's wrong.]]
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* LivingLegend
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* EmotionSuppression
* TheStoic
* EmotionSuppression
* TheStoic
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* BadassArmy
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The ruling family of the Annurian empire, based in the capital, Annur, where they make their home in the Dawn Palace. Claim to be descended from the goddess Intarra, their patron, who is said to have had a child with one of their ancestors centuries ago.
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* ElementalEyeColors: Due to their divine ancestry, all the emperors and most of their children have eyes that are described as 'blazing'. As in, their pupils are ''literally'' on fire.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
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An isolated, mysterious order of monks who live in Ashk'lan, deep within the Bone Mountains, virtually at the edge of civilisation. They spend their days meditating, working and living a simple, Spartan life in order to worship the Blank God, and in the hopes of attaining what they call the '''vaniate''.
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An elite military branch who are the equivalent of Annur's special ops squad, they make their headquarters in the Qirin Islands, use special dark blades and act as soldiers, spies and assassins of the empire. Oh, and they ride giant wild birds called kettral. A typical 'Wing' or team of Kettral include a leader, a flier, a demolitions master, an archer and a leech.
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* MoralityAdjustment: Goes from arguing with Lin that right and wrong are necessities to saying "fuck necessity" when Kaden calls him out on his brutal killing of [[spoiler: Yurl.]]
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* ChildrenAreInnocent
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* YouNeedToGetLaid: Pulled on him by his ministers and guards, of all people, as a rite of passage and to prepare him for the harem of concubines he will receive. [[spoiler: Also to distract him while they try to assassinate him.]]
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Lin
* AloofDarkHairedGirl
* BadassBookworm
* BadassBookworm
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
* TheSmartGuy
* TheSmartGuy
* ActionDad
* {{Badass}}: Allegedly
* TheChessmaster
* {{Badass}}: Allegedly
* TheChessmaster
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
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* ThanatosGambit: [[spoiler: He gambles with his life in order to uncover the conspiracy against his family by arranging to meet with all the suspected conspirators alone and leaving a record of the names and dates of the meetings for Adare to find. He dies - and his handy note leads her straight to his killer.]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Shooting and killing the girl Valyn is carrying to safety out of a collapsing tavern, so he dump the (literally) dead weight and make the leap without hindrance. Even more jarring considering it's her first ever kill.
* GeniusBruiser: She knows a lot about explosives, mechanics and chemistry
* HairTriggerTemper
* HairTriggerTemper
* ManBitesMan: Nearly takes off the ear of one of the [[spoiler: Aedolian Guard]] when he tries to disarm her.
* TheNicknamer: Calls Valyn a variety of sarcastic, exaggerated honourifics.
* TheNicknamer: Calls Valyn a variety of sarcastic, exaggerated honourifics.
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* WrenchWench: As the (hot) demolitions master of the Wing
* TheLancer: Despite initial trust issues, he seems to become Valyn's confidant and adviser in the Wing.
* OnlySaneMan: In his Wing - considering Valyn doesn't know what he's doing half the time, Gwenna has a HairTriggerTemper, Laith DrivesLikeCrazy and Annick is flat-out terrifying.
* OnlySaneMan: In his Wing - considering Valyn doesn't know what he's doing half the time, Gwenna has a HairTriggerTemper, Laith DrivesLikeCrazy and Annick is flat-out terrifying.
* BadassAdorable: Not in her personality, but it's reiterated on many occasions that Annick looks way, way too young to be such a holy terror.
* [[spoiler: BadassGay]]
* [[spoiler: BadassGay]]
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* ImprobableAimingSkills
* OlderThanTheyLook
* OlderThanTheyLook
* ExplosiveStupidity: He's a demolitions master but is described as being comically bad at it.
* OpenMouthInsertFoot: Has this moment when he makes a joke about the different ways to die just minutes after Valyn's found out his father's been murdered before cutting himself off too late.
* OpenMouthInsertFoot: Has this moment when he makes a joke about the different ways to die just minutes after Valyn's found out his father's been murdered before cutting himself off too late.
* SmugSnake
* EvilSorcerer
* IShallTauntYou: Uses this during this fights, in order to rile up his opponents and make them careless. [[spoiler: Also a side-product of his EmotionEater magic.]]
* IShallTauntYou: Uses this during this fights, in order to rile up his opponents and make them careless. [[spoiler: Also a side-product of his EmotionEater magic.]]
* DisappearedDad: Her high-born father never formally acknowledged her.
* HeroicBastard: Her father is a nobleman and her mother is a concubine.
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* HighClassEscortGirl: HighClassCallGirl: She comes from an order of women who are just this, but while she's learnt the 'high arts' (dancing, singing, painting), her mother, a concubine, refused to let her learn the, uh... 'low arts'.
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* BlindObedience: Has been indoctrinated into this by the Shin
* DistractedByTheSexy: When he sees Triste.... Justified in that she's the only girl his age he's seen since he left Annur, and it doesn't hurt that she's drop-dead gorgeous.
* BlindObedience: Has been indoctrinated into this by the Shin
* DistractedByTheSexy: When he sees Triste.... Justified in that she's the only girl his age he's seen since he left Annur, and it doesn't hurt that she's drop-dead gorgeous.
* SociallyAwkwardHero: After spending most of his life with emotionally repressed monks and no contact with the outside world.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Lin calls him out on it.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Goes on one after [[spoiler: Yurl, whereupon he brutally kills him after chopping off both arms]]
* UnstoppableRage: See above
* UnstoppableRage: See above
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Her fellow ministers don't take her seriously because she's a girl.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Has a moment of this at the end of the book, when she realises [[spoiler: she just sent an innocent man to his death.]]
* [[WellDoneSonGuy "Well Done, Daughter" Girl]]
* [[WellDoneSonGuy "Well Done, Daughter" Girl]]
* PapaWolf: As seen in his reaction when his young sons are kidnapped and held hostage by his enemies.
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* SoProudOfYou: Never says it explicitly, but makes it clear to Adare
* TheStoic: Like Kaden, a result of growing up among the Shin.
* TheStoic: Like Kaden, a result of growing up among the Shin.
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* WarriorMonk: Though the Shin are pacifists, Tan carries a weapon and knows how to fight.
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A very young Shin novice who follows Kaden and Akiil around and still has a very optimistic view of the world.
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* [[spoiler: InfantImmortality: Brutally averted.]]
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]
* TagalongKid
A very young Shin novice who follows Kaden and Akiil around and still has a very optimistic view of the world.
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* [[spoiler: InfantImmortality: Brutally averted.]]
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]
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* HandsomeDevil
* [[spoiler: LoveInterestTraitor]]
* OfficerAndAGentleman
* RightHandHottie: To Adare
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* HandsomeDevil
* [[spoiler: LoveInterestTraitor]]
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* TheFundamentalist
* GiveMeASign: Uses this to prove his innocence by stepping into the place in the Temple of Intarra where the sun's light hits a giant magnifying glass - without being burnt. [[spoiler: Subverted, in that he's a leech and used his magic to pull off the trick.]]
* HighPriest
* SinisterMinister
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* DistractedByTheSexy: The Aedolians use her for this purpose for Kaden.
* HighClassEscortGirl: She comes from an order of women who are just this, but while she's learnt the 'high arts' (dancing, singing, painting), her mother, a concubine, refused to let her learn the, uh... 'low arts'.
* BrokenBird
* DistractedByTheSexy: The Aedolians use her for this purpose for Kaden.
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* DeadpanSnarker
* DirtyOldWoman: Not old per se, but described as being roughly middle aged.
* [[spoiler: MurderInc: Belongs to one called the Skullsworn.]]
* [[spoiler: ProfessionalKiller: A Skullsworn, one of the assassins who serve under Ananshael, the god of death.]]
* ActionGirl
* DeadpanSnarker
* DirtyOldWoman: Not old per se, but described as being roughly middle aged.
* [[spoiler: MurderInc: Belongs to one called the Skullsworn.]]
* [[spoiler: ProfessionalKiller: A Skullsworn, one of the assassins who serve under Ananshael, the god of death.]]
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* ReluctantRuler: He knew he would have to take the throne one day, he just knows he isn't ready in any way at the moment.
* CannotSpitItOut: His feelings for Lin.
* DaddysGirl
* ActionGirl
* ActionGirl
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Pyrre admiringly points out her 'beguiling figure'.
* ChivalrousPervert: Seen in the way he treats the prostitutes he sleeps with, reacting with genuine sorrow towards Amie's death.
* ActionGirl
* DefrostingIceQueen: Very, ''very'' slowly, towards her Wing.
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Yurl's right hand henchman, a leech with very sinister abilities.
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections
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Yurl's right hand henchman, a leech with very sinister abilities.
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* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: By Valyn.]]
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->''"We should've stayed in the palace and kept playing with sticks."''
->''"I don't belong to those bastards, and I certainly don't belong to you."''
->''"Today, my illustrious lord commander, would be a good day to start getting things right."''
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->''"No one wants to learn that they're an abomination."''
* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide]]: As a child, when he finds out he's a leech after being raised in a family that fears and despises them.
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* BewareTheQuietOnes
* EmotionSuppression: As part of his Shin training.
* EmotionSuppression: As part of his Shin training.
* TheStoic: See above.
* BerserkButton: ''Don't'' mess with Lin. Or Kaden.
* BigBrotherInstinct
* BigBrotherInstinct
* EyeColorChange: Undergoes one after Hull's Trial.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: after Lin's death.]]
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: after Lin's death.]]
* IronLady: Strives to be this, but has trouble controlling her anger.
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* MessyHair: Reportedly wears his this way as a deliberate rebellion against the Shin style of shaved heads.
* MessyHair: Reportedly wears his this way as a deliberate rebellion against the Shin style of shaved heads.
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* TechnicalPacifist
* BadassTeacher
* TechnicalPacifist
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* BaldOfAwesome
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* BaldOfAwesome
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
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* BerserkButton: Insinuating that she can't protect herself and needs a man to save her. A big point of contention between her and Valyn.
* HeroicBSOD: When she fails to defend herself against Balendin and Yurl, leaving her feeling totally helpless and pissed off about it.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: Murdered by Yurl towards the middle of the book.]]
* TheLadette
* BerserkButton: Insinuating that she can't protect herself and needs a man to save her. A big point of contention between her and Valyn.
* HeroicBSOD: When she fails to defend herself against Balendin and Yurl, leaving her feeling totally helpless and pissed off about it.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: Murdered by Yurl towards the middle of the book.]]
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A cadet who has been trained to fly the kettral, giant birds that the Kettral ride into battle - and he loves going very, very fast.
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One of Valyn's close friends among the cadets.
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* TheWhitePrince: Played with. He hasn't exactly led a sheltered life among the Shin, but he knows nothing about what's going on within his empire.
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The only one of the Emperor's children who didn't inherit the blazing fiery eyes of the goddess Intarra, Valyn is a soldier of the Kettral and nearing the end of his training, where he will have to undergo a terrifying trial. But at the same time, his father has just died, leaving his brother and sister in danger, and there may be a traitor among the Kettral who has his or her sighs sights set on Valyn.
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->''"I'm not ready."''
The current Emperor of Annur after his father's death, Kaden spent half his life isolated in the Bone Mountains, training as a monk under the Shin, and has little to no idea about how to rule an empire, nor does he understand what all his monk training will amount to - especially when the Shin are being hunted by an unseen creature in the mountains.
The current Emperor of Annur after his father's death, Kaden spent half his life isolated in the Bone Mountains, training as a monk under the Shin, and has little to no idea about how to rule an empire, nor does he understand what all his monk training will amount to - especially when the Shin are being hunted by an unseen creature in the mountains.
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!!Akiil
!!Rampuri Tan
!!Abbot Nin
!!Pater
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!!Ha Lin Cha
!!Gwenna Sharpe
!!Laith
!!Talal
!!Annick Frencha
!!Gent Harren
!!Sami Yurl
!!Balendin
!!Adaman Fane
!!The Flea
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!!Ran il Tornja
!!Uiniens
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!!Pyrre
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!!Rampuri Tan
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!!Ha Lin Cha
!!Gwenna Sharpe
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!!Kaden hui'Malkeenian
!!Valyn hui'Malkeenian
!!Adare hui'Malkeenian
->''"I'm not just a princess. I'm also the Minister of Finance."''
The eldest child and only daughter of Emperor Sanlitun, Adare has always struggled with the fact that, as a woman, she won't get to sit the throne and her only worth will be in marrying well. But when her father dies, it's she and not her brothers who is at the heart of the capital, trying to solve his murder and keep the family line alive while balancing her duties as Minister of Finance in a court where no one thinks she's ready for the job.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincess
!!Sanlitun hui'Malkeenian
--''"You are my last blade. You, and Kaden, and Valyn."''
The late Emperor of Annur, Sanlitun dies under mysterious circumstances before the book begins, kicking off the events of the series.
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!!Kaden hui'Malkeenian
!!Valyn hui'Malkeenian
!!Adare hui'Malkeenian
->''"I'm not just a princess. I'm also the Minister of Finance."''
The eldest child and only daughter of Emperor Sanlitun, Adare has always struggled with the fact that, as a woman, she won't get to sit the throne and her only worth will be in marrying well. But when her father dies, it's she and not her brothers who is at the heart of the capital, trying to solve his murder and keep the family line alive while balancing her duties as Minister of Finance in a court where no one thinks she's ready for the job.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincess
!!Sanlitun hui'Malkeenian
--''"You are my last blade. You, and Kaden, and Valyn."''
The late Emperor of Annur, Sanlitun dies under mysterious circumstances before the book begins, kicking off the events of the series.
