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* DecoyProtagonist: Chapter 1 shows her murder from her POV.
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* HeroicBastard: [[spoiler:While she's technically not a Thorne, since she's the Queen's bastard, not the King's, she proves to be just as heroic as Marguerite.]]
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* AssholeVictim: DownPlayed. Sebastian wasn't a good person; he regularly bribed, blackmailed, or poisoned his political opponents. However, he does display some JerkWithAHeartOfGold tendencies, and his crimes aren't as severe as the ones committed by the BigBad.

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* AssholeVictim: DownPlayed.{{Downplayed}}. Sebastian wasn't a good person; he regularly bribed, blackmailed, or poisoned his political opponents. However, he does display some JerkWithAHeartOfGold tendencies, and his crimes aren't as severe as the ones committed by the BigBad.
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* AssholeVictim: DownPlayed. Sebastian wasn't a good person; he regularly bribed, blackmailed, or poisoned his political opponents. However, he does display some JerkWithAHeartOfGold tendencies, and his crimes aren't as severe as the ones committed by the BigBad.
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* BastardAngst: [[spoiler:She doesn't take being her mother's bastard well.]]
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* HeroicBastard: She's the TokenGoodTeammate among King Maksim's bastards. Overlaps with WomenAreWiser.

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* HeroicBastard: She's the TokenGoodTeammate among King Maksim's bastards. Overlaps with WomenAreWiser.WomenAreWiser, as she is her mother's only daughter.
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* HeroicBastard: She's the TokenGoodTeammate among King Maksim's bastards. Overlaps with WomenAreWiser.
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* TheBabyOfTheBunch: She's the youngest Thorne sibling, as Juliana's dossier reveals she will be last in line to the throne should she be legitimized.
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* WalkingSpoiler: As you can see, while he seems like a NiceGuy compared to the rest of his family, most of his tropes are proof that this niceness is all an act.
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* WalkingSpoiler: As you can see, while he seems like a NiceGuy compared to the rest of his family, most of his tropes are proof that this niceness is all an act.
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* ButchLesbian: Short haired captain of the guard who eschews dresses and is a dating a woman.
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* ButchLesbian: Short haired captain of the guard who eschews dresses and is a dating a woman.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:While he's the BigBad of Book 2, since his murder of Juliana happened 8 years ago, he can be considered this for the series.]]
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* OutOfFocus: By far, he's the Thorne sibling with the least screentime and plot relevance. He's one of three siblings who aren't suspected[[note]]the other two being Marguerite (who has been on Trystan's side since Book 1) and [[spoiler: Vasili]] (who was beneath suspicion until his status as the BigBad was revealed)[[/note]], he doesn't get his own dossier when just about every other Thorne sibling does, and his only real appearance is in Chapter 6, with a brief appearance in Chapter 13 (which features every Thorne sibling anyway), and everything else related to him is either off-screen appearances or passing mentions.

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* OutOfFocus: By far, he's the Thorne sibling with the least screentime and plot relevance. He's one of three siblings who aren't suspected[[note]]the other two being Marguerite (who has been on Trystan's side since Book 1) and [[spoiler: Vasili]] (who was beneath suspicion until his status as the BigBad was revealed)[[/note]], he doesn't get his own dossier when just about every other Thorne sibling does, does (save for Marguerite), and his only real appearance is in Chapter 6, with a brief appearance in Chapter 13 (which features every Thorne sibling anyway), and everything else related to him is either off-screen appearances or passing mentions.
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* DepravedBisexual: She has been described as "a serial monogamist who tends to leave a trail of dead lovers in her wake", she's dated both men and women, and she killed one of her ex-girlfriend's ex-boyfriend after he wouldn't stop harassing them (since he was bitter about his girlfriend leaving him for a woman).


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!!Patryk Thorne
One of Trystan's younger brothers who is a notorious prankster and "party bro"
* OutOfFocus: By far, he's the Thorne sibling with the least screentime and plot relevance. He's one of three siblings who aren't suspected[[note]]the other two being Marguerite (who has been on Trystan's side since Book 1) and [[spoiler: Vasili]] (who was beneath suspicion until his status as the BigBad was revealed)[[/note]], he doesn't get his own dossier when just about every other Thorne sibling does, and his only real appearance is in Chapter 6, with a brief appearance in Chapter 13 (which features every Thorne sibling anyway), and everything else related to him is either off-screen appearances or passing mentions.
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* BewareTheQuietOnes: He may be cool and collected, but in reality he's a cunning strategist [[spoiler:who killed Juliana, Nadja and Sebastyan]].

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* BewareTheQuietOnes: He may be cool and collected, but in reality he's a cunning strategist [[spoiler:who killed Juliana, Nadja and Sebastyan]].Sebastyan so that he could seize the throne]].
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* [[PoliticallyActivePrincess Politically Active Prince]]: He's a parliamentarian as well as a prince.

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* [[PoliticallyActivePrincess Politically Active Politically-Active Prince]]: He's a parliamentarian as well as a prince.
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* EvilGenius: Being a cunning strategist, [[spoiler:he plants evidence that points to his siblings to throw Cameron and Trystan off his trail throughout the book]].
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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:In Chapter 15, you can kill him by giving him a lethal injection of glitter, the same way he killed Juliana.]]
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Captain of the Guard and 2nd in line to the throne [[spoiler: She becomes Queen of Drakovia at the end of Book 2.]]

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Captain of the Guard and 2nd in line to the throne throne. [[spoiler: She becomes Queen of Drakovia at the end of Book 2.]]
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Captain of the Guard and 2nd in line to the throne

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Captain of the Guard and 2nd in line to the thronethrone [[spoiler: She becomes Queen of Drakovia at the end of Book 2.]]




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* YouAreInCommandNow: [[spoiler: Trystan names her the new Queen of Drakovia in their place in Book 2 Chapter 16.]]
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* PutOnABus: She doesn't appear after Book 2, Chapter 2 due to Cameron and Trystan leaving for Drakovia.

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* PutOnABus: She doesn't appear after Book 2, Chapter 2 due to Cameron and Trystan leaving for Drakovia. [[TheBusCameBack The bus trip ends]] in Chapter 16 when she and Uncle Tommy are invited to Trystan's coronation as King/Queen of Drakovia.
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* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:He wanted the Act for Heir Equity to pass so that he could seize the throne.]]
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* BastardBastard: He's one of King Maksim's bastards, [[spoiler:and in Chapter 14, he is revealed to be the BigBad of Book 2 who killed Juliana, Nadja and Sebastyan.]]

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* BastardBastard: He's one of King Maksim's bastards, [[spoiler:and in Chapter 14, he is revealed to be the BigBad of Book 2 who killed Juliana, Nadja and Sebastyan.[[SiblingMurder Sebastyan]].]]
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* WickedCultured: His dossier reveals that he's a patron of the arts.
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* BastardBastard: [[spoiler:In Chapter 14, he is revealed to be the BigBad of Book 2 who killed Juliana, Nadja and Sebastyan.]]

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* BastardBastard: [[spoiler:In He's one of King Maksim's bastards, [[spoiler:and in Chapter 14, he is revealed to be the BigBad of Book 2 who killed Juliana, Nadja and Sebastyan.]]
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* RedHerring: His temperament makes it easy to suspect him of murder, and he's suspected to have a relationship with Juliana. However, after spending 2 chapters as the prime suspect, [[spoiler:he gets killed himself in Chapter 12]].

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* RedHerring: His temperament makes it easy to suspect him of murder, and he's also suspected to have a relationship with Juliana. However, after spending 2 chapters as the prime suspect, [[spoiler:he gets killed himself in Chapter 12]].
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* RedHerring: Her reputation as a BlackWidow makes it easy to suspect her of Juliana's murder, and she's also suspected to be the bastard of Queen Viktoria. However, Chapter 14 reveals the killer to be [[spoiler:Vasili]], while the bastard is revealed to be [[spoiler:Lydea]].

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* RedHerring: Her reputation as a BlackWidow and the fact that she's one of the legitimate siblings makes it easy to suspect her of Juliana's murder, and she's also suspected to be the bastard of Queen Viktoria. However, Chapter 14 reveals the killer to be [[spoiler:Vasili]], while the bastard is revealed to be [[spoiler:Lydea]].

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