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* AluminumChristmasTrees: While the specific phenomenon of "advertchildsing" is fictional, the idea of children being named after brands is [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/05/18/a-couple-named-their-baby-espn-they-arent-the-only-ones/ not as outlandish as it sounds]].
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[[TheyFightCrime Together, they]] [[MacGuffin try to get a giant statue of a star]] [[WalkIntoMordor back from the Magic Kingdom]].
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** Gilead is an unorganized area that occupies Ohio, the east half of Michigan, and everything else north of Merica and south of the Canadian border. If you, like most Gileadites, don't count the area as a single kingdom, the United States is [[UpToEleven divided even further]] into feuding city-states.
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** Gilead is an unorganized area that occupies Ohio, the east half of Michigan, and everything else north of Merica and south of the Canadian border. If you, like most Gileadites, don't count the area as a single kingdom, the United States is [[UpToEleven divided even further]] further into feuding city-states.
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** As you get further into the book, you just feel worse and worse for Queen Emma worrying about her daughter. Not-so-fun drinking game: take a shot every time Amelia, the LittlestCancerPatient, gets her life endangered.
*** That Amelia apparently [[spoiler:[[DeathSeeker planned it this way]]]] doesn't make it better.
** Your kid stepsister's engaged to a forty year old man because a foreign country refuses to settle a political dispute in any other way. Said kid sister then murders him and risks starting a war. She then ropes you and two strangers, one of which is a creature of unimaginable power, into a complete mess of a wild goose chase in an attempt to apologize to the foreign country. This is what Isaak's been through by the end of ''part one''.
** [[spoiler:A girl tries to pursue her mother's rapist, but the guy has so many friends in the legal system that he is not only exonerated, but gets the girl falsely arrested and sentenced to the equivalent of the death penalty. That's what happened to Kite.]]
** As you get further into the book, you just feel worse and worse for Queen Emma worrying about her daughter. Not-so-fun drinking game: take a shot every time Amelia, the LittlestCancerPatient, gets her life endangered.
*** That Amelia apparently [[spoiler:[[DeathSeeker planned it this way]]]] doesn't make it better.
** Your kid stepsister's engaged to a forty year old man because a foreign country refuses to settle a political dispute in any other way. Said kid sister then murders him and risks starting a war. She then ropes you and two strangers, one of which is a creature of unimaginable power, into a complete mess of a wild goose chase in an attempt to apologize to the foreign country. This is what Isaak's been through by the end of ''part one''.
** [[spoiler:A girl tries to pursue her mother's rapist, but the guy has so many friends in the legal system that he is not only exonerated, but gets the girl falsely arrested and sentenced to the equivalent of the death penalty. That's what happened to Kite.]]
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* ButtMonkey: Isaak. So much. His existence is a big crack at the [[ByronicHero dark and mysterious prince]] archetype that's cropped up in romantic fantasy. His inability to communicate and accept help not only gets him constantly made fun of by his companions but [[spoiler:[[DiabolusExMachina leads to his own downfall]] at the very end of the book]].
* FantasticReligiousWeirdness: A central conceit of the story is how the Christian US reacted to apocalyptic nuclear war. Most present-day Usans conceive of it as some divine punishment - that angels fell from the sky shortly thereafter probably helps. [[spoiler:The real origin of angels is obfuscated by a combination of this and language drift. It's difficult to talk about "outer space" without getting religion involved, because the only word they have for what exists above the sky is "heaven."]]
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* ForcedIntoTheirSundayBest: Amelia complains about her vaguely nunlike summit dress.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: While the specific phenomenon of "advertchildsing" is fictional, the idea of children being named after brands is [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/05/18/a-couple-named-their-baby-espn-they-arent-the-only-ones/ not as outlandish as it sounds]].
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* ApocalypseNot: [[spoiler:The Kingdom of Magic is... pretty much just Disney World. The terrible labor conditions aside, it hasn't been hit nearly as hard as the rest of Usa.]]
** Hits even harder in the second book [[spoiler:when it comes to light that most of the Earth has already re-developed back to 21st century standards. The destruction doesn't even cover the entirety of North America.]]
** Hits even harder in the second book [[spoiler:when it comes to light that most of the Earth has already re-developed back to 21st century standards. The destruction doesn't even cover the entirety of North America.]]
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** Amelia isn't her birth name - her name was changed after Tejas was converted to Christianity. Her birth name is Arjuna. As in, [[Literature/BhagavadGita that]] Arjuna.
** There's a scene in which the characters start counting how many statues they see on the drive. Most of them are of men riding horses, but the men have inexplicably had their top halves removed, leaving just a pair of legs on a horse. In other words, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFgGazYzDPo Chloe Abbott's solution for Confederate monuments]] was actually used.
** According to Amelia, the nicer part of Tejas used to be an independent nation called [[Literature/ACanticleForLeibowitz Texarkana]].
** The sequel includes several to Literature/MotelOfTheMysteries at [[spoiler:Hen's archival job]], with a lot of focus placed on a certain undying (read: plastic) plant.
** Most of the religions are either real-world religions or based off real-life groups. Examples of the latter include the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianapolis_500 Indies]] and the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_for_the_Ethical_Treatment_of_Animals Church of Pita]].
** Amelia isn't her birth name - her name was changed after Tejas was converted to Christianity. Her birth name is Arjuna. As in, [[Literature/BhagavadGita that]] Arjuna.
** There's a scene in which the characters start counting how many statues they see on the drive. Most of them are of men riding horses, but the men have inexplicably had their top halves removed, leaving just a pair of legs on a horse. In other words, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFgGazYzDPo Chloe Abbott's solution for Confederate monuments]] was actually used.
** According to Amelia, the nicer part of Tejas used to be an independent nation called [[Literature/ACanticleForLeibowitz Texarkana]].
** The sequel includes several to Literature/MotelOfTheMysteries at [[spoiler:Hen's archival job]], with a lot of focus placed on a certain undying (read: plastic) plant.
** Most of the religions are either real-world religions or based off real-life groups. Examples of the latter include the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianapolis_500 Indies]] and the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_for_the_Ethical_Treatment_of_Animals Church of Pita]].
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* BigFancyCastle: The JPMorgan Castle is this. Titan Point is also featured, but noticeably averts this despite being the home of the Merican royal family - it's more of an EvilTowerOfOminousness.
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* BigFancyCastle: The JPMorgan [=JPMorgan=] Castle is this. Titan Point is also featured, but noticeably averts this despite being the home of the Merican royal family - it's more of an EvilTowerOfOminousness.
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-->“Now, let’s not panic,” Amelia said, peeking out of the thicket of trees the group was hiding in to watch the cart speed away. [[TemptingFate “Kite has never let us down before—”]]
[[spoiler:-->The cart exploded.]]
[[spoiler:-->The cart exploded.]]
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-->“Now, let’s not panic,” Amelia said, peeking out of the thicket of trees the group was hiding in to watch the cart carriage speed away. [[TemptingFate “Kite has never let us down before—”]]
[[spoiler:-->The cart -->[[spoiler:The carriage exploded.]]
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** Merica almost resembles the original Thirteen Colonies, though they don't have Georgia. It still claims descent from the Federal government and uses this as a {{Eagleland point of superiority}}.
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** Merica almost resembles the original Thirteen Colonies, though they don't have Georgia. It still claims descent from the Federal government and uses this as a {{Eagleland [[{{Eagleland}} point of superiority}}.superiority}}]].
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** Sequoyah is mentioned in passing as a Comanche kingdom north of Tejas.
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** Sequoyah Chahta Yakni is mentioned in passing as a Comanche Choctaw kingdom north of Tejas.
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* BST: Isaak and Hen constantly ribbing each other doesn't stop either of them from ogling the other.
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** Merica almost resembles the original Thirteen Colonies, though they don't have Georgia. It still claims descent from the Federal government and uses this as a [[Eagleland point of superiority]].
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** Merica almost resembles the original Thirteen Colonies, though they don't have Georgia. It still claims descent from the Federal government and uses this as a [[Eagleland {{Eagleland point of superiority]].superiority}}.
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* AerithAndBob: Due to a couple hundred years of drift, this happens a lot. It's most obvious with the Scotts. Within this single family, we have Evelyn, Tiffany, Ander (short for Alexander), and ''Microsoft.''
** Subverted with Kite and Hen themselves; they're just odd derivatives of Katherine and Henry respectively.
** Subverted with Kite and Hen themselves; they're just odd derivatives of Katherine and Henry respectively.
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* AerithAndBob: Due to a couple hundred years linguistic drift and the tendency of drift, Usans to take names off the rotting buildings of yore, this happens a lot. It's most obvious with the Scotts. Within this single family, we have Evelyn, Tiffany, Ander (short for Alexander), and ''Microsoft.''
** Subverted withKite and Hen themselves; they're Hen, which is just an odd derivatives derivative of Katherine and Henry respectively.Henry. Double subverted for Kite, whose name is an alias... [[spoiler:for Khadija, an even ''less'' likely name given her background.]]
** Subverted with
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* Belligerent Sexual Tension: Isaak and Hen constantly ribbing each other doesn't stop either of them from ogling the other.
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* AerithAndBob: Due to a couple hundred years of drift, this happens a lot. It's most obvious with the Scotts. Within a single family, we have Evelyn, Ander (short for Alexander), Marinette, [[Literature/GoodOmens Aziraphale...]]
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* AerithAndBob: Due to a couple hundred years of drift, this happens a lot. It's most obvious with the Scotts. Within a this single family, we have Evelyn, Tiffany, Ander (short for Alexander), Marinette, [[Literature/GoodOmens Aziraphale...]]and ''Microsoft.''
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* BrickJoke: One of Amelia's early scenes involves Marinette trying to get her interested in knitting. Later Amelia delivers a monologue about how to kill existential boredom, and Kite suggests...
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* BrickJoke: One of Amelia's early scenes involves Marinette Tiffany trying to get her interested in knitting. Later Amelia delivers a monologue about how to kill existential boredom, and Kite suggests...
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* AerithAndBob: Due to a couple hundred years of drift, this happens a lot. It's most obvious with the Scotts. Within a single family, we have Evelyn, Ander (short for Alexander), Marinette, [[Literature/GoodOmens ''Aziraphale...'']]
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* AerithAndBob: Due to a couple hundred years of drift, this happens a lot. It's most obvious with the Scotts. Within a single family, we have Evelyn, Ander (short for Alexander), Marinette, [[Literature/GoodOmens ''Aziraphale...'']]Aziraphale...]]
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* Deseret is in theory a Mormon theocracy, but in reality is more like a mess of fragmented factions that the Mormons think they have under control.
* Gilead is an assortment of city states that doesn't even put forth the notion that it's united, being split between two cultures with no central authority. The rest of Usa just counts it as one country because it's easier to keep track of that way.
* Gilead is an assortment of city states that doesn't even put forth the notion that it's united, being split between two cultures with no central authority. The rest of Usa just counts it as one country because it's easier to keep track of that way.
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''Heavenly Bodies'' is a [=NaNoWriMo=] novel by troper @/{{APieceofToast}}, set in the land of Yuza, with a road trip plot and a high focus on FamilyOfChoice as its chapters [[SwitchingPOV switch between the third-person narration]] of its four oddball heroes. [[JustForFun/XMeetsY Kind of like]] ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', if A Song of Ice and Fire eloped with ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''.
Yuza is a deeply Christian and troubled land. They blame most of the troubles on the obscure Roman gods [[WhatIfGodWasOneOfUs who keep falling out of the sky]] and onto the country.
The trouble: the kingdom of Ahkosa just conquered a large chunk of its dying neighbor, Teksas, and is trying to build a border wall in spite of its pathetic economy. In the middle of this conflict are:
* [[WrenchWench Kite]], a [[OddJobGods fallen goddess]] of metalworking who lives in Ahkosa, a kingdom with a strict god deportation policy, via citizenship fraud.
* [[WarriorPrince Isaak]], the crown prince of Teksas via a convenient marriage, constantly [[WellDoneSonGuy trying to please his father]] and feeling the pressure of inheriting what could very well be a dying kingdom.
* [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior Amelja]], Isaak's stepsister, and the rightful heir to the Teksan throne if not for a curse that will kill her if she ever sheds blood, which [[LittlestCancerPatient she inevitably will]], leading her to drastic measures.
* And [[MartialPacifist Hen]], a spy from the cult city of the Magic Kingdom, though he's largely started neglecting his duties due to [[BecomingTheMask preferring being a bookseller]], even if it's a front.
Yuza is a deeply Christian and troubled land. They blame most of the troubles on the obscure Roman gods [[WhatIfGodWasOneOfUs who keep falling out of the sky]] and onto the country.
The trouble: the kingdom of Ahkosa just conquered a large chunk of its dying neighbor, Teksas, and is trying to build a border wall in spite of its pathetic economy. In the middle of this conflict are:
* [[WrenchWench Kite]], a [[OddJobGods fallen goddess]] of metalworking who lives in Ahkosa, a kingdom with a strict god deportation policy, via citizenship fraud.
* [[WarriorPrince Isaak]], the crown prince of Teksas via a convenient marriage, constantly [[WellDoneSonGuy trying to please his father]] and feeling the pressure of inheriting what could very well be a dying kingdom.
* [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior Amelja]], Isaak's stepsister, and the rightful heir to the Teksan throne if not for a curse that will kill her if she ever sheds blood, which [[LittlestCancerPatient she inevitably will]], leading her to drastic measures.
* And [[MartialPacifist Hen]], a spy from the cult city of the Magic Kingdom, though he's largely started neglecting his duties due to [[BecomingTheMask preferring being a bookseller]], even if it's a front.
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''Heavenly Bodies'' is a [=NaNoWriMo=] novel by troper @/{{APieceofToast}}, set in the land of Yuza, Usa, with a road trip plot and a high focus on FamilyOfChoice as its chapters [[SwitchingPOV switch between the third-person narration]] of its four oddball heroes. [[JustForFun/XMeetsY Kind of like]] ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', if A Song of Ice and Fire eloped with ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''.
Yuza [[FallenStatesOfAmerica Usa]] is a deeply Christian and troubled land. They blame most of the troubles on the obscure Roman gods [[WhatIfGodWasOneOfUs angels [[FallenAngel who keep falling out of the sky]] and onto the country.
The trouble:region.
In thekingdom city of Ahkosa Houston, the princess of Tejas has just conquered been betrothed to a large chunk of its dying neighbor, Teksas, Luziannan duke. The betrothal is incredibly rushed because Princess Amelia is thirteen years old and cursed to fall into a coma when she has her menarche.
The day after the betrothal istrying to build a border wall in spite announced, the duke is dead and Tejas's most prized artifact, the Tejan Lone Star, has been stolen by the [[Ride/WaltDisneyWorld Kingdom of its pathetic economy. Magic]].
In the middle of this conflict are:
* [[WrenchWench Kite]], a[[OddJobGods fallen goddess]] angel of metalworking who lives in Ahkosa, Luzianna, a kingdom with a strict god angel deportation policy, via citizenship fraud.
* [[WarriorPrince Isaak]], the crown prince ofTeksas Tejas via a convenient marriage, constantly [[WellDoneSonGuy trying to please his father]] and feeling the pressure of inheriting what could very well be a dying kingdom.
* [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviorAmelja]], Amelia]], Isaak's stepsister, and the rightful heir to the Teksan Tejan throne if not for a curse that will kill put her in a coma if she ever sheds blood, which [[LittlestCancerPatient she inevitably will]], leading her to drastic measures.
* And [[MartialPacifist Hen]], aspy humble bookkeeper from the cult city of the Magic Kingdom, though he's largely started neglecting Kingdom. Though he wasn't always this, and as the plot brings him further and further east, his duties due DarkAndTroubledPast threatens to [[BecomingTheMask preferring being a bookseller]], even if it's a front.
catch up to him.
The trouble:
In the
The day after the betrothal is
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* [[WrenchWench Kite]], a
* [[WarriorPrince Isaak]], the crown prince of
* [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior
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** As you get further into the book, you just feel worse and worse for Queen Emma worrying about her daughter. Not-so-fun drinking game: take a shot every time Amelja, the LittlestCancerPatient, gets her life endangered.
*** That Amelja apparently [[spoiler:[[DeathSeeker planned it this way]]]] doesn't make it better.
*** That Amelja apparently [[spoiler:[[DeathSeeker planned it this way]]]] doesn't make it better.
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** As you get further into the book, you just feel worse and worse for Queen Emma worrying about her daughter. Not-so-fun drinking game: take a shot every time Amelja, Amelia, the LittlestCancerPatient, gets her life endangered.
*** ThatAmelja Amelia apparently [[spoiler:[[DeathSeeker planned it this way]]]] doesn't make it better.
*** That
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* AfterActionPatchup: The scene immediately after they tear out of Ouston has Kite pulling into her Aunt Panlop's house and getting her broken arm healed.
* ArcSymbol: The sun appears a lot to symbolize both Benxamin and Isaak. [[spoiler:It's a hint to their [[GodGuise true]] [[TomatoInTheMirror natures]]]].
* ArcSymbol: The sun appears a lot to symbolize both Benxamin and Isaak. [[spoiler:It's a hint to their [[GodGuise true]] [[TomatoInTheMirror natures]]]].
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* AerithAndBob: Due to a couple hundred years of drift, this happens a lot. It's most obvious with the Scotts. Within a single family, we have Evelyn, Ander (short for Alexander), Marinette, [[Literature/GoodOmens ''Aziraphale...'']]
** Subverted with Kite and Hen themselves; they're just odd derivatives of Katherine and Henry respectively.
* AfterActionPatchup: The scene immediately after they tear out ofOuston Houston has Kite pulling into her Aunt Panlop's house a monastery and getting her broken arm healed.
* AfterTheEnd: Clearly, but the exact nature of the Fall is unspecified. The Usans state that the angels falling ended the world, but the angels themselves [[spoiler:imply an apocalyptic nuclear exchange happened a long while before they started falling]].
* AllHailTheGreatGodMickey:
** Literally. Enough people holed up in Disneyworld to found the Magic Kingdom out of it which, indeed, venerates WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse.
** Not much is seen of it, but the Patriot religion of Merica seems to worship the sheer concept of America.
** The exact details of the [[AnimalWrongsGroup Church of Pita]] are blurry, but judging by the name they're a naturalistic religion derivative of [[TakeThat PETA]].
* {{Americasia}}: To a certain extent in Deseret, as Isaak mentions wearing kimono-derived clothing while living there.
* ApocalypseAnarchy: Not usually, but Deseret and Gilead are pretty chaotic.
* Deseret is in theory a Mormon theocracy, but in reality is more like a mess of fragmented factions that the Mormons think they have under control.
* Gilead is an assortment of city states that doesn't even put forth the notion that it's united, being split between two cultures with no central authority. The rest of Usa just counts it as one country because it's easier to keep track of that way.
* ArcSymbol: The sun appears a lot to symbolize bothBenxamin Benjamin and Isaak. [[spoiler:It's a hint to their [[GodGuise true]] [[TomatoInTheMirror natures]]]].
** Subverted with Kite and Hen themselves; they're just odd derivatives of Katherine and Henry respectively.
* AfterActionPatchup: The scene immediately after they tear out of
* AfterTheEnd: Clearly, but the exact nature of the Fall is unspecified. The Usans state that the angels falling ended the world, but the angels themselves [[spoiler:imply an apocalyptic nuclear exchange happened a long while before they started falling]].
* AllHailTheGreatGodMickey:
** Literally. Enough people holed up in Disneyworld to found the Magic Kingdom out of it which, indeed, venerates WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse.
** Not much is seen of it, but the Patriot religion of Merica seems to worship the sheer concept of America.
** The exact details of the [[AnimalWrongsGroup Church of Pita]] are blurry, but judging by the name they're a naturalistic religion derivative of [[TakeThat PETA]].
* {{Americasia}}: To a certain extent in Deseret, as Isaak mentions wearing kimono-derived clothing while living there.
* ApocalypseAnarchy: Not usually, but Deseret and Gilead are pretty chaotic.
* Deseret is in theory a Mormon theocracy, but in reality is more like a mess of fragmented factions that the Mormons think they have under control.
* Gilead is an assortment of city states that doesn't even put forth the notion that it's united, being split between two cultures with no central authority. The rest of Usa just counts it as one country because it's easier to keep track of that way.
* ArcSymbol: The sun appears a lot to symbolize both
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* BadGuyBar: The L'Obehzh, complete with a BarBrawl.
* Belligerent Sexual Tension: Hen and Isaak.
* BeneathTheMask: Isaak's description of Benxamin implies he has a friendly energy, but he's quickly established as being disrespectful and belittling of his son and stepdaughter. Still, one can think of this as him just being pushy and overbearing until [[spoiler:[[AbusiveParents Nolanet reveals that he beats Isaak]]]] and it only gets worse from there.
* Belligerent Sexual Tension: Hen and Isaak.
* BeneathTheMask: Isaak's description of Benxamin implies he has a friendly energy, but he's quickly established as being disrespectful and belittling of his son and stepdaughter. Still, one can think of this as him just being pushy and overbearing until [[spoiler:[[AbusiveParents Nolanet reveals that he beats Isaak]]]] and it only gets worse from there.
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* BigFancyCastle: Pheyoh is this. The Freedom Tower is also featured, but noticeably averts this despite being the home of the Amerakan royal family - it's more of an EvilTowerOfOminousness.
** Late in the book, we also get the castle Isaak and Amelja live in, though "fancy" [[AsceticAesthetic probably isn't the right word]].
* BoundAndGagged: Kite when [[spoiler:Benxamin captures the gang]].
* BrickJoke: One of Amelja's early scenes involves Mairinet trying to get her interested in knitting. Later Amelja delivers a monologue about how to kill existential boredom, and Kite suggests...
** Late in the book, we also get the castle Isaak and Amelja live in, though "fancy" [[AsceticAesthetic probably isn't the right word]].
* BoundAndGagged: Kite when [[spoiler:Benxamin captures the gang]].
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* BigFancyCastle: Pheyoh The JPMorgan Castle is this. The Freedom Tower Titan Point is also featured, but noticeably averts this despite being the home of the Amerakan Merican royal family - it's more of an EvilTowerOfOminousness.
** Late in the book, we also get the castle Isaak andAmelja Amelia live in, though "fancy" [[AsceticAesthetic probably isn't the right word]].
* BoundAndGagged: Kite when[[spoiler:Benxamin [[spoiler:Benjamin captures the gang]].
* BrickJoke: One ofAmelja's Amelia's early scenes involves Mairinet Marinette trying to get her interested in knitting. Later Amelja Amelia delivers a monologue about how to kill existential boredom, and Kite suggests...
** Late in the book, we also get the castle Isaak and
* BoundAndGagged: Kite when
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* ChekhovsGun: The Joan of Arc totem. It's hollow, and inside there's an... object. All Kite can deduce is that it's probably an industrial pin of some type, and it's made of thunderbolt iron. [[spoiler:It's the firing pin from the Duke's gun, which Amelja removed the night before the duel. If anyone important finds it, her IDidntMeanToKillHim defense will immediately fall through.]]
* ChekhovsSkill: Amelja has a diverse array of hobbies, including puppetry. Guess what she ends up [[OfCorpseHesAlive doing to the Duke's corpse?]]
* CrapsackWorld: The thirteen kingdoms in Yuza range from [[CrapsaccharineWorld Flawrede]], which is essentially a massive cult [[spoiler:founded on the ruins of several Orlando theme parks]] to Jawrjuh, which is paranoid and anti-god to the point of ''outlawing literacy'', reading being one of the things that they believe led them astray.
* ChekhovsSkill: Amelja has a diverse array of hobbies, including puppetry. Guess what she ends up [[OfCorpseHesAlive doing to the Duke's corpse?]]
* CrapsackWorld: The thirteen kingdoms in Yuza range from [[CrapsaccharineWorld Flawrede]], which is essentially a massive cult [[spoiler:founded on the ruins of several Orlando theme parks]] to Jawrjuh, which is paranoid and anti-god to the point of ''outlawing literacy'', reading being one of the things that they believe led them astray.
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* ChekhovsGun: The Joan of Arc totem. It's hollow, and inside there's an... object. All Kite can deduce is that it's probably an industrial pin of some type, and it's made of thunderbolt iron. [[spoiler:It's the firing pin from the Duke's gun, which Amelja Amelia removed the night before the duel. If anyone important finds found it, her IDidntMeanToKillHim defense will would've immediately fall fallen through.]]
* ChekhovsSkill:Amelja Amelia has a diverse array of hobbies, including puppetry. Guess what she ends up [[OfCorpseHesAlive doing to the Duke's corpse?]]
* CrapsackWorld: The thirteen kingdoms inYuza Usa range from [[CrapsaccharineWorld Flawrede]], the Magic Kingdom]], which is essentially a massive capitalistic cult [[spoiler:founded on the ruins of several Orlando theme parks]] to Jawrjuh, Southron, which is paranoid and anti-god anti-angel to the point of ''outlawing literacy'', reading being one of the things that they believe led them astray.
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-->The cart exploded.
-->“I… I may need to rewrite this rousing speech a bit,” Amelja said.
* DodgyToupee: King Noa's is a "greasy flap of some small animal's pelt." Shudder.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: The title refers most obviously to the corpses of gods, but it also refers to [[spoiler:planets in the solar system]].
* DryCrusader: Ahkosa, though its anti-intoxicant laws are immediately established as ineffective when its heir to the throne turns up drunk in his first appearance.
* DysfunctionJunction: Kite has a DarkAndTroubledPast that she won't talk about, Isaak suffers from the PTSD of [[AbusiveParents Benxamin's influence]], Amelja is [[spoiler:TheSociopath and speculated to be suicidal]], and Hen is depressed and struggling with a childhood of trauma.
* EasilyForgiven: Subverted. [[spoiler:Amelja is, but only because Isaak isn't.]]
* EmotionalPowers: Kite's metalbending becomes more powerful when she's under emotional duress. Her anger can vibrate all metal within a certain range, and [[spoiler:her panic in the face of death can crush a whole rocket]].
* EvilWearsBlack: Downplayed and subverted. Kite and Hen, who are mostly good people, wear darker colors, while the morally dubious Teksan royal family wears white.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Amelja starts the book with very long hair due to not being allowed near anything that could cut it. Kite cuts most of it off to glue it to the homunculus impersonating her, indicating her newfound freedom and ability to take risks.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Interestingly, despite some of the kingdoms sounding like existent US states (Teksas, for instance), because [[spoiler:the book takes place 400 years after the apocalypse]] they resemble the state InNameOnly. But there is ''one'' exception - Ameraka, which from what we see is both an {{Eagleland}} and the descendant of New York City.
* FantasyGunControl: Downplayed. Guns exist, but are hard to get for reasons ranging from "the gods used guns in the War in Heaven" to the more reasonable "they're just really expensive to make." Ergo, guns made by mortals are newer, but are only prototypes and owned exclusively by the rich. Guns made by gods are in way worse condition, but pack more firepower.
* ForcedIntoTheirSundayBest: Amelja complains about her vaguely nunlike summit dress.
* ForeignQueasine: The group arrives in the Magic Kingdom and promptly dine on... glazed locusts.
-->The cart exploded.
-->“I… I may need to rewrite this rousing speech a bit,” Amelja said.
* DodgyToupee: King Noa's is a "greasy flap of some small animal's pelt." Shudder.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: The title refers most obviously to the corpses of gods, but it also refers to [[spoiler:planets in the solar system]].
* DryCrusader: Ahkosa, though its anti-intoxicant laws are immediately established as ineffective when its heir to the throne turns up drunk in his first appearance.
* DysfunctionJunction: Kite has a DarkAndTroubledPast that she won't talk about, Isaak suffers from the PTSD of [[AbusiveParents Benxamin's influence]], Amelja is [[spoiler:TheSociopath and speculated to be suicidal]], and Hen is depressed and struggling with a childhood of trauma.
* EasilyForgiven: Subverted. [[spoiler:Amelja is, but only because Isaak isn't.]]
* EmotionalPowers: Kite's metalbending becomes more powerful when she's under emotional duress. Her anger can vibrate all metal within a certain range, and [[spoiler:her panic in the face of death can crush a whole rocket]].
* EvilWearsBlack: Downplayed and subverted. Kite and Hen, who are mostly good people, wear darker colors, while the morally dubious Teksan royal family wears white.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Amelja starts the book with very long hair due to not being allowed near anything that could cut it. Kite cuts most of it off to glue it to the homunculus impersonating her, indicating her newfound freedom and ability to take risks.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Interestingly, despite some of the kingdoms sounding like existent US states (Teksas, for instance), because [[spoiler:the book takes place 400 years after the apocalypse]] they resemble the state InNameOnly. But there is ''one'' exception - Ameraka, which from what we see is both an {{Eagleland}} and the descendant of New York City.
* FantasyGunControl: Downplayed. Guns exist, but are hard to get for reasons ranging from "the gods used guns in the War in Heaven" to the more reasonable "they're just really expensive to make." Ergo, guns made by mortals are newer, but are only prototypes and owned exclusively by the rich. Guns made by gods are in way worse condition, but pack more firepower.
* ForcedIntoTheirSundayBest: Amelja complains about her vaguely nunlike summit dress.
* ForeignQueasine: The group arrives in the Magic Kingdom and promptly dine on... glazed locusts.
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-->“Now, let’s not panic,” Amelja Amelia said, peeking out of the thicket of trees the group was hiding in to watch the cart speed away. [[TemptingFate “Kite has never let us down before—”]]
-->The [[spoiler:-->The cart exploded.
exploded.]]
-->“I… I may need to rewrite this rousing speech a bit,”Amelja Amelia said.
*DodgyToupee: King Noa's DividedStatesOfAmerica: Whatever the Fall was, it shattered the US into a mess of kingdoms.
** Luzianna has control of Louisiana and an eastern chunk of Texas. Racial discrimination actually doesn't seem as bad as would be expected of a resurrected South. [[FantasticRacism Angelic discrimination]], not so much.
** Tejas is essentially just "Texas a"greasy flap bit to the left," having atrophied on its eastern side, but expanded into New Mexico. It's also Hispanic-majority, despite its royal family being seemingly of some small animal's pelt." Shudder.
Indian descent.
** Merica almost resembles the original Thirteen Colonies, though they don't have Georgia. It still claims descent from the Federal government and uses this as a [[Eagleland point of superiority]].
** Southron is essentially a comeback for the Confederacy, though they mix and match elements of the Roman Empire and [[spoiler:Nazi Germany, including the Hitler Youth]]. They also claim to have dialed back the racism, but judging by [[spoiler:Hen]]'s experiences, it didn't get any better, it just got more subtle.
** The Magic Kingdom is the southern half of Florida, though it's implied it was a lot bigger before the Southronians started invading. [[spoiler:It's completely gone by the end of the book.]]
** Gilead is an unorganized area that occupies Ohio, the east half of Michigan, and everything else north of Merica and south of the Canadian border. If you, like most Gileadites, don't count the area as a single kingdom, the United States is [[UpToEleven divided even further]] into feuding city-states.
** Deseret essentially owns everything west of the Rockies, but isn't very good at pushing its Mormon theocracy on the diverse and eccentric populace.
** Sequoyah is mentioned in passing as a Comanche kingdom north of Tejas.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: The title refers most obviously to the corpses ofgods, angels, but it also refers to [[spoiler:planets in the solar system]].
* DryCrusader:Ahkosa, Luzianna, though its anti-intoxicant laws are immediately established as ineffective when its heir to the throne turns up drunk in his first appearance.
* DysfunctionJunction: Kite has a DarkAndTroubledPast that she won't talk about, Isaak suffers from the PTSD of [[AbusiveParentsBenxamin's Benjamin's influence]], Amelja Amelia is [[spoiler:TheSociopath and speculated to be suicidal]], and Hen is depressed and struggling with [[spoiler:guilt from being pulled into the Southronian legion as a childhood of trauma.
teenager]].
* EasilyForgiven: Subverted.[[spoiler:Amelja [[spoiler:Amelia is, but only because Isaak isn't.]]
* EmotionalPowers: Kite's metalbending becomes more powerful when she's under emotional duress. Her anger can vibrate all metal within a certain range, and [[spoiler:herpanic in the face of death throes can crush a whole rocket]].
* EvilWearsBlack: Downplayed and subverted. Kite and Hen, who are mostly good people, wear darker colors, while the morally dubiousTeksan Tejan royal family wears white.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange:Amelja Amelia starts the book with very long hair due to not being allowed near anything that could cut it. Kite cuts most of it off to glue it to the homunculus impersonating her, indicating her newfound freedom and ability to take risks.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Interestingly, despite some of the kingdoms sounding like existent US states (Teksas, for instance), because [[spoiler:the book takes place 400 years after the apocalypse]] they resemble the state InNameOnly. But there is ''one'' exception - Ameraka, which from what we see is both an {{Eagleland}} and the descendant of New York City.
* FantasyGunControl: Downplayed. Guns exist, but are hard to get for reasons ranging from "the gods angels used guns in the War in Heaven" Fall" to the more reasonable "they're just really expensive to make." Ergo, guns made by mortals are newer, but are only prototypes and owned exclusively by the rich. Guns made by gods angels are in way worse condition, but pack more firepower.
* ForcedIntoTheirSundayBest:Amelja Amelia complains about her vaguely nunlike summit dress.
* ForeignQueasine: The group arrives in the Magic Kingdom and promptly dine on... glazed locusts.dress.
-->“I… I may need to rewrite this rousing speech a bit,”
*
** Luzianna has control of Louisiana and an eastern chunk of Texas. Racial discrimination actually doesn't seem as bad as would be expected of a resurrected South. [[FantasticRacism Angelic discrimination]], not so much.
** Tejas is essentially just "Texas a
** Merica almost resembles the original Thirteen Colonies, though they don't have Georgia. It still claims descent from the Federal government and uses this as a [[Eagleland point of superiority]].
** Southron is essentially a comeback for the Confederacy, though they mix and match elements of the Roman Empire and [[spoiler:Nazi Germany, including the Hitler Youth]]. They also claim to have dialed back the racism, but judging by [[spoiler:Hen]]'s experiences, it didn't get any better, it just got more subtle.
** The Magic Kingdom is the southern half of Florida, though it's implied it was a lot bigger before the Southronians started invading. [[spoiler:It's completely gone by the end of the book.]]
** Gilead is an unorganized area that occupies Ohio, the east half of Michigan, and everything else north of Merica and south of the Canadian border. If you, like most Gileadites, don't count the area as a single kingdom, the United States is [[UpToEleven divided even further]] into feuding city-states.
** Deseret essentially owns everything west of the Rockies, but isn't very good at pushing its Mormon theocracy on the diverse and eccentric populace.
** Sequoyah is mentioned in passing as a Comanche kingdom north of Tejas.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: The title refers most obviously to the corpses of
* DryCrusader:
* DysfunctionJunction: Kite has a DarkAndTroubledPast that she won't talk about, Isaak suffers from the PTSD of [[AbusiveParents
* EasilyForgiven: Subverted.
* EmotionalPowers: Kite's metalbending becomes more powerful when she's under emotional duress. Her anger can vibrate all metal within a certain range, and [[spoiler:her
* EvilWearsBlack: Downplayed and subverted. Kite and Hen, who are mostly good people, wear darker colors, while the morally dubious
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange:
* ForcedIntoTheirSundayBest:
* ForeignQueasine: The group arrives in the Magic Kingdom and promptly dine on... glazed locusts.
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** Kite consistently refers to Benxamin as the correct English "Benjamin," something that is noticed by Hen but isn't actually addressed. [[spoiler:Kite's version is the right one.]]
** Amelja is described as dropping her gun after shooting the Duke. [[spoiler:She already knows that the Duke's gun is too sabotaged to fire.]]
** For [[AmusingInjuries comedic reasons]], Amelja goads Hen into slapping Isaak. Hen finally concedes and gives him a "little" slap, but somehow it knocks Isaak over. [[spoiler:Isaak's used to overexaggerating how hurt he is to keep Benxamin from injuring him too badly.]]
** Amelja is described as dropping her gun after shooting the Duke. [[spoiler:She already knows that the Duke's gun is too sabotaged to fire.]]
** For [[AmusingInjuries comedic reasons]], Amelja goads Hen into slapping Isaak. Hen finally concedes and gives him a "little" slap, but somehow it knocks Isaak over. [[spoiler:Isaak's used to overexaggerating how hurt he is to keep Benxamin from injuring him too badly.]]
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** Kite consistently refers to Benxamin as the correct English "Benjamin," something that is noticed by Hen but isn't actually addressed. [[spoiler:Kite's version is the right one.]]
** AmeljaAmelia is described as dropping her gun after shooting the Duke. [[spoiler:She already knows that the Duke's gun is too sabotaged to fire.]]
** For [[AmusingInjuries comedic reasons]],Amelja Kite goads Hen into slapping Isaak. Hen finally concedes and gives him a "little" slap, but somehow it knocks Isaak over. [[spoiler:Isaak's used to overexaggerating how hurt he is to keep Benxamin Benjamin from injuring him too badly.]]
** Amelja
** For [[AmusingInjuries comedic reasons]],
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** Amelja is Literature/SleepingBeauty, though it's [[DudeShesLikeInAComa implied]] it would've ended up more like Literature/SunMoonAndTalia if she hadn't murdered the Duke.
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** Amelja Amelia is Literature/SleepingBeauty, though it's [[DudeShesLikeInAComa implied]] it would've ended up more like Literature/SunMoonAndTalia if she hadn't murdered the Duke.
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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Thirteen year old Princess Amelja, everyone. Blackmails three different people into fixing her AccidentalMurder, attempts to throw herself into violent combat with wild abandon, and as it turns out, [[spoiler:that murder wasn't accidental.]] One could argue it's a case of ChildrenForcedToKill, since Amelja was poised to be in an unpleasant ArrangedMarriage, but we don't know how much of the plot [[spoiler: was orchestrated by her.]] In any case, she clearly didn't expect [[spoiler:what happens to [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes Isaak]] and ends the book ''livid'' with Benxamin.]]
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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Thirteen year old Princess Amelja, Amelia, everyone. Blackmails three different people into fixing her AccidentalMurder, attempts to throw herself into violent combat with wild abandon, and as it turns out, [[spoiler:that murder wasn't accidental.]] One could argue it's a case of ChildrenForcedToKill, since Amelja Amelia was poised to be in an unpleasant ArrangedMarriage, but we don't know how much of the plot [[spoiler: was orchestrated by her.]] In But in any case, she clearly didn't expect [[spoiler:what happens to [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes Isaak]] and ends the book ''livid'' with Benxamin.Benjamin.]]
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[[TogetherTheyFightCrime Together, they]] [[MacGuffin try to get a giant statue of a star]] [[WalkIntoMordor back from the Magic Kingdom]].
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* ChekhovsGun: Kite starts the book murdering her coworker and replacing him with a homunculus. Said strategy later figures into the plot when they need to sneak Amelja out of Ouston without anyone noticing she's gone.
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* ChekhovsGun: The Joan of Arc totem. It's hollow, and inside there's an... object. All Kite starts can deduce is that it's probably an industrial pin of some type, and it's made of thunderbolt iron. [[spoiler:It's the book murdering her coworker and replacing him with a homunculus. Said strategy later figures into firing pin from the plot when they need to sneak Duke's gun, which Amelja out of Ouston without removed the night before the duel. If anyone noticing she's gone.important finds it, her IDidntMeanToKillHim defense will immediately fall through.]]
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* FrameUp: [[spoiler:[[DiabolusExMachina Jesus Christ]], [[MadeASlave Isaak]]. [[DownerEnding It doesn't get fixed before the book ends.]]]]
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* FrameUp: [[spoiler:[[DiabolusExMachina Jesus Christ]], [[MadeASlave poor Isaak]]. [[DownerEnding It doesn't get fixed The book ends before anyone amends this.]]]]
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Thirteen year old Princess Amelja, everyone. Blackmails three different people into fixing her AccidentalMurder, attempts to throw herself into violent combat with wild abandon, and as it turns out, [[spoiler:that murder wasn't accidental.]] One could argue it's a case of ChildrenForcedToKill, since Amelja was poised to be in an unpleasant ArrangedMarriage, but we don't know how much of the plot [[spoiler: was orchestrated by her.]] In any case, she clearly didn't expect [[spoiler:what happens to [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes Isaak]] and ends the bookends.]]]]''livid'' with Benxamin.]]
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Thirteen year old Princess Amelja, everyone. Blackmails three different people into fixing her AccidentalMurder, attempts to throw herself into violent combat with wild abandon, and as it turns out, [[spoiler:that murder wasn't accidental.]] One could argue it's a case of ChildrenForcedToKill, since Amelja was poised to be in an unpleasant ArrangedMarriage, but we don't know how much of the plot [[spoiler: was orchestrated by her.]] In any case, she clearly didn't expect [[spoiler:what happens to [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes Isaak]] and ends the book
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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Interestingly, despite some of the kingdoms sounding like existent US states (Teksas, for instance), because [[spoiler:the book takes place 400 years after the apocalypse]] they resemble the state InNameOnly. But there is ''one'' exception - Ameraka, which from what we see is both an {{Eagleland}} and the descendant of New York City.
* FantasyGunControl: Downplayed. Guns exist, but are hard to get for reasons ranging from "the gods used guns in the War in Heaven" to the more reasonable "they're just really expensive to make." Ergo, guns made by mortals are newer, but are only prototypes and owned exclusively by the rich. Guns made by gods are in way worse condition, but pack more firepower.
* ForcedIntoTheirSundayBest: Amelja complains about her vaguely nunlike summit dress.
* FantasyGunControl: Downplayed. Guns exist, but are hard to get for reasons ranging from "the gods used guns in the War in Heaven" to the more reasonable "they're just really expensive to make." Ergo, guns made by mortals are newer, but are only prototypes and owned exclusively by the rich. Guns made by gods are in way worse condition, but pack more firepower.
* ForcedIntoTheirSundayBest: Amelja complains about her vaguely nunlike summit dress.
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* Foreshadowing:
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* FracturedFairyTale: Each main character is based off a FairyTale or Myth/ClassicalMythology.
** Kite is Icarus, being associated with falling, wings, and being at odds with a character represented by the sun.
** Isaak is [[spoiler:Apollo, specifically the slaughter of Python and the outcome thereof]].
** Amelja is Literature/SleepingBeauty, though it's [[DudeShesLikeInAComa implied]] it would've ended up more like Literature/SunMoonAndTalia if she hadn't murdered the Duke.
** Hen is [[Literature/HanselAndGretel Hansel]], though [[spoiler:his Gretel equivalent ended up going in the metaphorical oven]].
** Kite is Icarus, being associated with falling, wings, and being at odds with a character represented by the sun.
** Isaak is [[spoiler:Apollo, specifically the slaughter of Python and the outcome thereof]].
** Amelja is Literature/SleepingBeauty, though it's [[DudeShesLikeInAComa implied]] it would've ended up more like Literature/SunMoonAndTalia if she hadn't murdered the Duke.
** Hen is [[Literature/HanselAndGretel Hansel]], though [[spoiler:his Gretel equivalent ended up going in the metaphorical oven]].
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* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Amelja starts the book with very long hair due to not being allowed near anything that could cut it. Kite cuts most of it off to glue it to the homunculus impersonating her, indicating her newfound freedom and ability to take risks.
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* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Amelja starts the book with very long hair due to not being allowed near anything that could cut it. Kite cuts most of it off to glue it to the homunculus impersonating her, indicating her newfound freedom and ability to take risks.risks.
* ForeignQueasine: The group arrives in the Magic Kingdom and promptly dine on... glazed locusts.
* Foreshadowing:
** Kite consistently refers to Benxamin as the correct English "Benjamin," something that is noticed by Hen but isn't actually addressed. [[spoiler:Kite's version is the right one.]]
** Amelja is described as dropping her gun after shooting the Duke. [[spoiler:She already knows that the Duke's gun is too sabotaged to fire.]]
** For [[AmusingInjuries comedic reasons]], Amelja goads Hen into slapping Isaak. Hen finally concedes and gives him a "little" slap, but somehow it knocks Isaak over. [[spoiler:Isaak's used to overexaggerating how hurt he is to keep Benxamin from injuring him too badly.]]
* FrameUp: [[spoiler:[[DiabolusExMachina Jesus Christ]], [[MadeASlave Isaak]]. [[DownerEnding It doesn't get fixed before the book ends.]]]]
* ForeignQueasine: The group arrives in the Magic Kingdom and promptly dine on... glazed locusts.
* Foreshadowing:
** Kite consistently refers to Benxamin as the correct English "Benjamin," something that is noticed by Hen but isn't actually addressed. [[spoiler:Kite's version is the right one.]]
** Amelja is described as dropping her gun after shooting the Duke. [[spoiler:She already knows that the Duke's gun is too sabotaged to fire.]]
** For [[AmusingInjuries comedic reasons]], Amelja goads Hen into slapping Isaak. Hen finally concedes and gives him a "little" slap, but somehow it knocks Isaak over. [[spoiler:Isaak's used to overexaggerating how hurt he is to keep Benxamin from injuring him too badly.]]
* FrameUp: [[spoiler:[[DiabolusExMachina Jesus Christ]], [[MadeASlave Isaak]]. [[DownerEnding It doesn't get fixed before the book ends.]]]]
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* ButtMonkey: Isaak. So much. His existence is a big crack at the [[ByronicHero dark and mysterious prince]] archetype that's cropped up in romantic fantasy. His inability to communicate and accept help not only gets him constantly made fun of by his companions but [[spoiler:[[DiabolusExMachina leads to his own downfall]] at the very end of the book]].
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* ButtMonkey: Isaak. So much. His existence is a big crack at the [[ByronicHero dark and mysterious prince]] archetype that's cropped up in romantic fantasy. His inability to communicate and accept help not only gets him constantly made fun of by his companions but [[spoiler:[[DiabolusExMachina leads to his own downfall]] at the very end of the book]].book]].
* ChekhovsGun: Kite starts the book murdering her coworker and replacing him with a homunculus. Said strategy later figures into the plot when they need to sneak Amelja out of Ouston without anyone noticing she's gone.
* ChekhovsSkill: Amelja has a diverse array of hobbies, including puppetry. Guess what she ends up [[OfCorpseHesAlive doing to the Duke's corpse?]]
* CrapsackWorld: The thirteen kingdoms in Yuza range from [[CrapsaccharineWorld Flawrede]], which is essentially a massive cult [[spoiler:founded on the ruins of several Orlando theme parks]] to Jawrjuh, which is paranoid and anti-god to the point of ''outlawing literacy'', reading being one of the things that they believe led them astray.
* DeathByChildbirth: Isaak says this happened to his mother, though Kite seems to think [[TilMurderDoUsPart something else went down]].
* DescriptionCut:
-->“Now, let’s not panic,” Amelja said, peeking out of the thicket of trees the group was hiding in to watch the cart speed away. [[TemptingFate “Kite has never let us down before—”]]
-->The cart exploded.
-->“I… I may need to rewrite this rousing speech a bit,” Amelja said.
* DodgyToupee: King Noa's is a "greasy flap of some small animal's pelt." Shudder.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: The title refers most obviously to the corpses of gods, but it also refers to [[spoiler:planets in the solar system]].
* DryCrusader: Ahkosa, though its anti-intoxicant laws are immediately established as ineffective when its heir to the throne turns up drunk in his first appearance.
* DysfunctionJunction: Kite has a DarkAndTroubledPast that she won't talk about, Isaak suffers from the PTSD of [[AbusiveParents Benxamin's influence]], Amelja is [[spoiler:TheSociopath and speculated to be suicidal]], and Hen is depressed and struggling with a childhood of trauma.
* EasilyForgiven: Subverted. [[spoiler:Amelja is, but only because Isaak isn't.]]
* EmotionalPowers: Kite's metalbending becomes more powerful when she's under emotional duress. Her anger can vibrate all metal within a certain range, and [[spoiler:her panic in the face of death can crush a whole rocket]].
* EvilWearsBlack: Downplayed and subverted. Kite and Hen, who are mostly good people, wear darker colors, while the morally dubious Teksan royal family wears white.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Amelja starts the book with very long hair due to not being allowed near anything that could cut it. Kite cuts most of it off to glue it to the homunculus impersonating her, indicating her newfound freedom and ability to take risks.
* ChekhovsGun: Kite starts the book murdering her coworker and replacing him with a homunculus. Said strategy later figures into the plot when they need to sneak Amelja out of Ouston without anyone noticing she's gone.
* ChekhovsSkill: Amelja has a diverse array of hobbies, including puppetry. Guess what she ends up [[OfCorpseHesAlive doing to the Duke's corpse?]]
* CrapsackWorld: The thirteen kingdoms in Yuza range from [[CrapsaccharineWorld Flawrede]], which is essentially a massive cult [[spoiler:founded on the ruins of several Orlando theme parks]] to Jawrjuh, which is paranoid and anti-god to the point of ''outlawing literacy'', reading being one of the things that they believe led them astray.
* DeathByChildbirth: Isaak says this happened to his mother, though Kite seems to think [[TilMurderDoUsPart something else went down]].
* DescriptionCut:
-->“Now, let’s not panic,” Amelja said, peeking out of the thicket of trees the group was hiding in to watch the cart speed away. [[TemptingFate “Kite has never let us down before—”]]
-->The cart exploded.
-->“I… I may need to rewrite this rousing speech a bit,” Amelja said.
* DodgyToupee: King Noa's is a "greasy flap of some small animal's pelt." Shudder.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: The title refers most obviously to the corpses of gods, but it also refers to [[spoiler:planets in the solar system]].
* DryCrusader: Ahkosa, though its anti-intoxicant laws are immediately established as ineffective when its heir to the throne turns up drunk in his first appearance.
* DysfunctionJunction: Kite has a DarkAndTroubledPast that she won't talk about, Isaak suffers from the PTSD of [[AbusiveParents Benxamin's influence]], Amelja is [[spoiler:TheSociopath and speculated to be suicidal]], and Hen is depressed and struggling with a childhood of trauma.
* EasilyForgiven: Subverted. [[spoiler:Amelja is, but only because Isaak isn't.]]
* EmotionalPowers: Kite's metalbending becomes more powerful when she's under emotional duress. Her anger can vibrate all metal within a certain range, and [[spoiler:her panic in the face of death can crush a whole rocket]].
* EvilWearsBlack: Downplayed and subverted. Kite and Hen, who are mostly good people, wear darker colors, while the morally dubious Teksan royal family wears white.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Amelja starts the book with very long hair due to not being allowed near anything that could cut it. Kite cuts most of it off to glue it to the homunculus impersonating her, indicating her newfound freedom and ability to take risks.
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* Belligerent Sexual Tension: Hen and Isaak.
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BoundAndGagged: Kite when [[spoiler:Benxamin captures the gang]].
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* BoundAndGagged: Kite when [[spoiler:Benxamin captures the gang]].
* BrickJoke: One of Amelja's early scenes involves Mairinet trying to get her interested in knitting. Later Amelja delivers a monologue about how to kill existential boredom, and Kite suggests...
* BrickJoke: One of Amelja's early scenes involves Mairinet trying to get her interested in knitting. Later Amelja delivers a monologue about how to kill existential boredom, and Kite suggests...
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ButtMonkey: Isaak. So much. His existence is a big crack at the [[ByronicHero dark and mysterious prince]] archetype that's cropped up in romantic fantasy. His inability to communicate and accept help not only gets him constantly made fun of by his companions but [[spoiler:[[DiabolusExMachina leads to his own downfall]] at the very end of the book]].
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* BurnTheWitch: [[spoiler:How Hen's sister died.]]
* ButtMonkey: Isaak. So much. His existence is a big crack at the [[ByronicHero dark and mysterious prince]] archetype that's cropped up in romantic fantasy. His inability to communicate and accept help not only gets him constantly made fun of by his companions but [[spoiler:[[DiabolusExMachina leads to his own downfall]] at the very end of the book]].
* ButtMonkey: Isaak. So much. His existence is a big crack at the [[ByronicHero dark and mysterious prince]] archetype that's cropped up in romantic fantasy. His inability to communicate and accept help not only gets him constantly made fun of by his companions but [[spoiler:[[DiabolusExMachina leads to his own downfall]] at the very end of the book]].
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-->'''Kite''': Have you tried knitting?\\
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-->'''Kite''': Have you tried knitting?\\knitting?
ButtMonkey: Isaak. So much. His existence is a big crack at the [[ByronicHero dark and mysterious prince]] archetype that's cropped up in romantic fantasy. His inability to communicate and accept help not only gets him constantly made fun of by his companions but [[spoiler:[[DiabolusExMachina leads to his own downfall]] at the very end of the book]].
ButtMonkey: Isaak. So much. His existence is a big crack at the [[ByronicHero dark and mysterious prince]] archetype that's cropped up in romantic fantasy. His inability to communicate and accept help not only gets him constantly made fun of by his companions but [[spoiler:[[DiabolusExMachina leads to his own downfall]] at the very end of the book]].
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** Your kid stepsister's engaged to a forty year old man because a foreign country refuses to settle a political dispute in any other way. Said kid sister then murders him and risks starting a war. She then ropes you and two strangers, one of which is a creature of unimaginable power, into a complete mess of a wild goose chase in an attempt to apologize to the foreign country. This is what Isaak's been through by the end of 'part one'.
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** Your kid stepsister's engaged to a forty year old man because a foreign country refuses to settle a political dispute in any other way. Said kid sister then murders him and risks starting a war. She then ropes you and two strangers, one of which is a creature of unimaginable power, into a complete mess of a wild goose chase in an attempt to apologize to the foreign country. This is what Isaak's been through by the end of 'part one'.''part one''.
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* ArcSymbol: The sun appears a lot to symbolize both Benxamin and Isaak. [[spoiler:It's a hint to their [[GodGuise true]] [[TomatoInTheMirror natures]].
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* ArcSymbol: The sun appears a lot to symbolize both Benxamin and Isaak. [[spoiler:It's a hint to their [[GodGuise true]] [[TomatoInTheMirror natures]].natures]]]].
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Kite. Thanks, Isaak!]]
* BadGuyBar: The L'Obehzh, complete with a BarBrawl.
* BeneathTheMask: Isaak's description of Benxamin implies he has a friendly energy, but he's quickly established as being disrespectful and belittling of his son and stepdaughter. Still, one can think of this as him just being pushy and overbearing until [[spoiler:[[AbusiveParents Nolanet reveals that he beats Isaak]]]] and it only gets worse from there.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: It's difficult to piss off Hen, but God help you if you do.
* BigFancyCastle: Pheyoh is this. The Freedom Tower is also featured, but noticeably averts this despite being the home of the Amerakan royal family - it's more of an EvilTowerOfOminousness.
** Late in the book, we also get the castle Isaak and Amelja live in, though "fancy" [[AsceticAesthetic probably isn't the right word]].
BoundAndGagged: Kite when [[spoiler:Benxamin captures the gang]].
BrickJoke: One of Amelja's early scenes involves Mairinet trying to get her interested in knitting. Later Amelja delivers a monologue about how to kill existential boredom, and Kite suggests...
-->'''Kite''': Have you tried knitting?\\
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Kite. Thanks, Isaak!]]
* BadGuyBar: The L'Obehzh, complete with a BarBrawl.
* BeneathTheMask: Isaak's description of Benxamin implies he has a friendly energy, but he's quickly established as being disrespectful and belittling of his son and stepdaughter. Still, one can think of this as him just being pushy and overbearing until [[spoiler:[[AbusiveParents Nolanet reveals that he beats Isaak]]]] and it only gets worse from there.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: It's difficult to piss off Hen, but God help you if you do.
* BigFancyCastle: Pheyoh is this. The Freedom Tower is also featured, but noticeably averts this despite being the home of the Amerakan royal family - it's more of an EvilTowerOfOminousness.
** Late in the book, we also get the castle Isaak and Amelja live in, though "fancy" [[AsceticAesthetic probably isn't the right word]].
BoundAndGagged: Kite when [[spoiler:Benxamin captures the gang]].
BrickJoke: One of Amelja's early scenes involves Mairinet trying to get her interested in knitting. Later Amelja delivers a monologue about how to kill existential boredom, and Kite suggests...
-->'''Kite''': Have you tried knitting?\\
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* And [[MartialPacifist Hen]], a spy from the cult city of the Magic Kingdom, though he's largely started neglecting his duties due to [[BecomingTheMask preferring being a bookseller]], even if its a front.
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* And [[MartialPacifist Hen]], a spy from the cult city of the Magic Kingdom, though he's largely started neglecting his duties due to [[BecomingTheMask preferring being a bookseller]], even if its it's a front.
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*** That Amelja apparently [[spoiler:[[DeathSeeker planned it this way]]]] doesn't make it better.
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*** That Amelja apparently [[spoiler:[[DeathSeeker planned it this way]]]] doesn't make it better.better.
** Your kid stepsister's engaged to a forty year old man because a foreign country refuses to settle a political dispute in any other way. Said kid sister then murders him and risks starting a war. She then ropes you and two strangers, one of which is a creature of unimaginable power, into a complete mess of a wild goose chase in an attempt to apologize to the foreign country. This is what Isaak's been through by the end of 'part one'.
** [[spoiler:A girl tries to pursue her mother's rapist, but the guy has so many friends in the legal system that he is not only exonerated, but gets the girl falsely arrested and sentenced to the equivalent of the death penalty. That's what happened to Kite.]]
* AfterActionPatchup: The scene immediately after they tear out of Ouston has Kite pulling into her Aunt Panlop's house and getting her broken arm healed.
* ArcSymbol: The sun appears a lot to symbolize both Benxamin and Isaak. [[spoiler:It's a hint to their [[GodGuise true]] [[TomatoInTheMirror natures]].
** Your kid stepsister's engaged to a forty year old man because a foreign country refuses to settle a political dispute in any other way. Said kid sister then murders him and risks starting a war. She then ropes you and two strangers, one of which is a creature of unimaginable power, into a complete mess of a wild goose chase in an attempt to apologize to the foreign country. This is what Isaak's been through by the end of 'part one'.
** [[spoiler:A girl tries to pursue her mother's rapist, but the guy has so many friends in the legal system that he is not only exonerated, but gets the girl falsely arrested and sentenced to the equivalent of the death penalty. That's what happened to Kite.]]
* AfterActionPatchup: The scene immediately after they tear out of Ouston has Kite pulling into her Aunt Panlop's house and getting her broken arm healed.
* ArcSymbol: The sun appears a lot to symbolize both Benxamin and Isaak. [[spoiler:It's a hint to their [[GodGuise true]] [[TomatoInTheMirror natures]].
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''Heavenly Bodies'' is a NaNoWriMo novel by troper @/{{APieceofToast}}, set in the land of Yuza, with a road trip plot and a high focus on FamilyOfChoice as its chapters [[SwitchingPOV switch between the third-person narration]] of its four oddball heroes. [[XMeetsY Kind of like]] ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', if A Song of Ice and Fire eloped with ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''.
Yuza is a deeply Christian and troubled land. They blame most of the troubles on the gods [[WhatIfGodWasOneOfUs who keep falling out of the sky]] and onto the country and not being particularly helpful.
The kingdom of Ahkosa just conquered a large chunk of its dying neighbor, Teksas, and is trying to build a border wall in spite of its pathetic economy. In the middle of this conflict are:
* [[WrenchWench Kite]], a [[OddJobGods fallen goddess]] of metalworking who lives in Ahkosa, a kingdom with a strict god deportation policy, via citizenship fraud.
Yuza is a deeply Christian and troubled land. They blame most of the troubles on the gods [[WhatIfGodWasOneOfUs who keep falling out of the sky]] and onto the country and not being particularly helpful.
The kingdom of Ahkosa just conquered a large chunk of its dying neighbor, Teksas, and is trying to build a border wall in spite of its pathetic economy. In the middle of this conflict are:
* [[WrenchWench Kite]], a [[OddJobGods fallen goddess]] of metalworking who lives in Ahkosa, a kingdom with a strict god deportation policy, via citizenship fraud.
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''Heavenly Bodies'' is a NaNoWriMo [=NaNoWriMo=] novel by troper @/{{APieceofToast}}, set in the land of Yuza, with a road trip plot and a high focus on FamilyOfChoice as its chapters [[SwitchingPOV switch between the third-person narration]] of its four oddball heroes. [[XMeetsY [[JustForFun/XMeetsY Kind of like]] ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', if A Song of Ice and Fire eloped with ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''.
Yuza is a deeply Christian and troubled land. They blame most of the troubles on the obscure Roman gods [[WhatIfGodWasOneOfUs who keep falling out of the sky]] and onto thecountry and not being particularly helpful.
country.
The trouble: the kingdom of Ahkosa just conquered a large chunk of its dying neighbor, Teksas, and is trying to build a border wall in spite of its pathetic economy. In the middle of this conflict are:
* [[WrenchWench Kite]], a [[OddJobGods fallen goddess]] of metalworking who lives in Ahkosa, a kingdom with a strict god deportation policy, via citizenshipfraud.fraud.
* [[WarriorPrince Isaak]], the crown prince of Teksas via a convenient marriage, constantly [[WellDoneSonGuy trying to please his father]] and feeling the pressure of inheriting what could very well be a dying kingdom.
* [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior Amelja]], Isaak's stepsister, and the rightful heir to the Teksan throne if not for a curse that will kill her if she ever sheds blood, which [[LittlestCancerPatient she inevitably will]], leading her to drastic measures.
* And [[MartialPacifist Hen]], a spy from the cult city of the Magic Kingdom, though he's largely started neglecting his duties due to [[BecomingTheMask preferring being a bookseller]], even if its a front.
[[TogetherTheyFightCrime Together, they]] [[MacGuffin try to get a giant statue of a star]] [[WalkIntoMordor back from the Magic Kingdom]].
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!!This book provides examples of:
* EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler:Isaak]] is just as impressive a [[spoiler:healer]] as his father.
* AdultFear:
** As you get further into the book, you just feel worse and worse for Queen Emma worrying about her daughter. Not-so-fun drinking game: take a shot every time Amelja, the LittlestCancerPatient, gets her life endangered.
*** That Amelja apparently [[spoiler:[[DeathSeeker planned it this way]]]] doesn't make it better.
Yuza is a deeply Christian and troubled land. They blame most of the troubles on the obscure Roman gods [[WhatIfGodWasOneOfUs who keep falling out of the sky]] and onto the
The trouble: the kingdom of Ahkosa just conquered a large chunk of its dying neighbor, Teksas, and is trying to build a border wall in spite of its pathetic economy. In the middle of this conflict are:
* [[WrenchWench Kite]], a [[OddJobGods fallen goddess]] of metalworking who lives in Ahkosa, a kingdom with a strict god deportation policy, via citizenship
* [[WarriorPrince Isaak]], the crown prince of Teksas via a convenient marriage, constantly [[WellDoneSonGuy trying to please his father]] and feeling the pressure of inheriting what could very well be a dying kingdom.
* [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior Amelja]], Isaak's stepsister, and the rightful heir to the Teksan throne if not for a curse that will kill her if she ever sheds blood, which [[LittlestCancerPatient she inevitably will]], leading her to drastic measures.
* And [[MartialPacifist Hen]], a spy from the cult city of the Magic Kingdom, though he's largely started neglecting his duties due to [[BecomingTheMask preferring being a bookseller]], even if its a front.
[[TogetherTheyFightCrime Together, they]] [[MacGuffin try to get a giant statue of a star]] [[WalkIntoMordor back from the Magic Kingdom]].
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!!This book provides examples of:
* EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler:Isaak]] is just as impressive a [[spoiler:healer]] as his father.
* AdultFear:
** As you get further into the book, you just feel worse and worse for Queen Emma worrying about her daughter. Not-so-fun drinking game: take a shot every time Amelja, the LittlestCancerPatient, gets her life endangered.
*** That Amelja apparently [[spoiler:[[DeathSeeker planned it this way]]]] doesn't make it better.
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''Heavenly Bodies'' is a NaNoWriMo novel by troper @/{{APieceofToast}}, set in the land of Yuza, with a road trip plot and a high focus on FamilyOfChoice as its chapters [[SwitchingPOV switch between the third-person narration]] of its four oddball heroes. [[XMeetsY Kind of like]] ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', if A Song of Ice and Fire eloped with ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''.
Yuza is a deeply Christian and troubled land. They blame most of the troubles on the gods [[WhatIfGodWasOneOfUs who keep falling out of the sky]] and onto the country and not being particularly helpful.
The kingdom of Ahkosa just conquered a large chunk of its dying neighbor, Teksas, and is trying to build a border wall in spite of its pathetic economy. In the middle of this conflict are:
* [[WrenchWench Kite]], a [[OddJobGods fallen goddess]] of metalworking who lives in Ahkosa, a kingdom with a strict god deportation policy, via citizenship fraud.
Yuza is a deeply Christian and troubled land. They blame most of the troubles on the gods [[WhatIfGodWasOneOfUs who keep falling out of the sky]] and onto the country and not being particularly helpful.
The kingdom of Ahkosa just conquered a large chunk of its dying neighbor, Teksas, and is trying to build a border wall in spite of its pathetic economy. In the middle of this conflict are:
* [[WrenchWench Kite]], a [[OddJobGods fallen goddess]] of metalworking who lives in Ahkosa, a kingdom with a strict god deportation policy, via citizenship fraud.
