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* Armor-Piercing Attack: This is why Life mages are considered scarier than the average mage. Their life magic and Touch of Death can get through an elemental mages shields, as if they weren't there.
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** Morden is definitely this, since he's usually very pleasant and polite towards Alex. This doesn't stop him from being a ruthless Dark mage who keeps slaves, or kill those who get in his way.
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* Benevolent Boss: Surprisingly, Morden is this to Alex. One of the most powerful Dark Mages in the country, allied with Richard [[spoiler:and forcing Alex to work for both of them with a suspended death sentence]], he doesn't belittle or bully Alex. He shows trust and appreciation towards Alex abilities as his aide, explains thigs to Alex when he doesn't understand something, and listens to Alex's input. He treats Alex much better than most Light mages do.
* Berserk Button: Deleo/Rachel has tons, due to being crazier than a shithouse rat. Chief among them are Alex's existence, mentioning Shireen, and calling her by her original name.
* Berserk Button: Deleo/Rachel has tons, due to being crazier than a shithouse rat. Chief among them are Alex's existence, mentioning Shireen, and calling her by her original name.
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* Corrupt Politician: Many mages on the Light Council, including in the Senior Council. Levistus is only the most prominent example. We see more of them in ''Marked''
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* ''Fallen'' (2019)
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** Her power is also noteworthy for being almost impossible to block or even detect [[spoiler:making her a phenomenally effective battle mage and duelist, at least against her classmates (and in her final test)]].
* {{Irony}}: ''Hidden'' is the first book in the series in which Alex does not kill anyone, however indirectly. It is also the book in which he is accused of murder most often.
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* {{Irony}}: ''Hidden'' is TheJinx: Luna has a hereditary curse that makes her this, stealing the first book in luck of anyone nearby to enhance her own (despite her desperate wishes to the contrary). Anyone who actually touches her is liable to wind up dead from a freak accident. As the series in which Alex does not kill anyone, however indirectly. It is also goes on she gets better and better at controlling it, to the book in which he is accused point that it can be safely considered WindsOfDestinyChange.
** Even after gaining control, her curse still interferes with a couple ofmurder most often.things. She has trouble using focuses to channel her power, because her curse tries to destroy them from the inside instead of flowing through them properly. [[spoiler:Arachne ends up making her a custom focus capable of playing nicely with her power.]]
** Even after gaining control, her curse still interferes with a couple of
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* AllLovingHero: Anne. [[spoiler:Except she doesn't actually like being this.]]
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** We meet mage named [[Literature/{{Vorkosigan Saga}} Barrayar]] who is shorter than average and more dangerous than he looks... though some of his strategies are way beyond "the far side of ethical".
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** Arachne, a beautiful person who happens to be a giant spider.
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*** Surely it's not another coincidence that both Drakh and Morden -- with his "what do you want?" catchphrase -- are names of major antagonists in ''Series/{{Babylon 5}}''.
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* NotSoDifferent: Anne and Vihaela share an unnerving number of similarities [[spoiler:which is why Alex ends up confusing a Jinn-powered Anne for Vihaela in ''Marked'']]. They're both very powerful, both use life magic to paralyze and kill and want respect. [[spoiler:When not-Anne negotiates terms with Morden in ''Marked'', she outright states she wants to be like Vihaela, to be feared by those around her.]]
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* WalkingSpoiler: It's getting harder and harder to talk about Anne without giving away most of the major developments in the series.
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* MoodWhiplash: Caldera's attempt to arrest [[spoiler:Alex]] in ''Burned'' jumps from hilarious to heart-breaking and back again several times.
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* LoveConfession: [[spoiler:Alex]] ''finally'' confesses to [[spoiler: Anne during the climax of ''Marked'']].
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* EldritchAbomination: The true form of the monkey's paw. Also the exact description Alex gives of [[spoiler: the jinn Anne bonded with.]]
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** The skeletally thin, scheming death mage who wants to live forever named Sagash is just one letter away from another [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} skeletal, scheming death mage who wants to live forever]].
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** Morden means "to kill" in German. He's a Death mage.
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* ToThePain: The dark mage Vihaela seems to be incapable of threatening people without describing in graphic detail what exactly she's going to do to them, like when she tells Alex that if he tries to walk past her, she will [[CruelAndUnusualDeath turn his blood into acid]].
* TookALevelInBadass: Alex has never quite been a wimp, but by ''Marked'', he has become noticeably more confident, composed and powerful. Fending off assassinations and power plays on a daily basis for the better part of a year will do that to a guy.
* TookALevelInBadass: Alex has never quite been a wimp, but by ''Marked'', he has become noticeably more confident, composed and powerful. Fending off assassinations and power plays on a daily basis for the better part of a year will do that to a guy.
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* PocketDimension: Only two novels so far did not involve one such place in their big showdown. ''Fated'' had the Fateweaver's tomb, ''Taken'' had [[spoiler: the other side of Crystal's estate]] and ''Hidden'' had Sagash's shadow realm.
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* PocketDimension: Only two novels so far did not involve one such place Bubble realms and shadow realms qualify and often have big, climatic moments happen in their big showdown. them. ''Fated'' had the Fateweaver's tomb, ''Taken'' had [[spoiler: the other side of Crystal's estate]] and estate]], ''Hidden'' had Sagash's shadow realm.realm and ''Burned'' had the jinn's tomb.
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* RealityWarper: The Chance Mage Chalice implies that chance magic is less about affecting probability and more about changing reality around them.
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* WrongContextMagic: [[spoiler:One of the reasons Richard Drakh is so unnerving is that his magic makes no sense. He should not be able to do the things he does and considering he spent ten years in another world, it's entirely possible that his powers are literally out of this world.]]
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* ComboPlatterPowers: A mage tends to only be able to do one type of magic but elementals tend to get a few StockSuperpowers like creating [[BarrierWarrior forcfields]] forcefields]] or [[ThinkingUpPortals portals]] on top of their element.
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** One of the "Ask Luna" blog posts says that Alex has resisted Luna's attempts to name the Blink Fox "[[Vulpix Franchise/{{Pokemon}}]]"
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** One of the "Ask Luna" blog posts says that Alex has resisted Luna's attempts to name the Blink Fox "[[Vulpix Franchise/{{Pokemon}}]]""[[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Vulpix]]"
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** Even weirder, in ''Fated'', Shireen seems to be [[spoiler: the sacrifice Alex couldn't prevent]]. The story was later fleshed out to make Shireen [[spoiler: the girl harvested by Rachel]] and added the character of Catherine Traviss to be [[spoiler: the one Richard sacrificed to open a portal to another world]]. Likely a full {{Retcon}}
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* DurableDeathtrap: Everything left behind to kill you in the fateweaver's tomb still works just dandy. Of course, as the traps are magical and located in a pocket dimension, there's no reason they would necessarily wear out in the first place.
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* GiantSpider: Arachne. Oddly enough, she's nicer than most of the humans. She also makes dresses.
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*** In "Fated" Morden asks Verus "What do you want?" - an important question and plot point for Morden in Babylon 5. Morden's appearance is also described as very similar to Ed Wasser, Morden's actor in Babylon 5.
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* AffablyEvil: [[NobleDemon Cinder]] and [[spoiler: [[BigBad Richard Drakh]]]].
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* TheChessmaster: Several people vie for the title, both among Dark and Light mages, with [[LightIsNotGood Levistus]] being the most prominent. [[spoiler: [[BigBad Richard Drakh]]]] proves himself worthy of the title in ''Bound''.
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** In ''Bound'' we meet a Force/Light hybrid mage called Lightbringer who can turn light into solid objects. [[GreenLantern What does this remind you of?]]
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* BelligerentSexualTension: Luna and Variam.
* DirtyCoward: A space mage called Symmaris in ''Burned'', who is terrified of stepping into Alex' store for fear of him murdering her, but she has no qualms [[spoiler:gating waves upon waves of gunmen into his home to kill him in his sleep.]]
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Everyone knows Alex is interested in Anne, including her. He CannotSpitItOut though.
* FightsLikeANormal: Richard Drakh never shows anyone what magic he can use. Some speculate death or charm magic, Alex has his money on him being a Diviner, but nobody knows. He never has to fall back on them because the same focus items Alex uses and some ImprobableAimingSkills with a handgun are all he needs to be one of the deadliest people in the series.
* FightsLikeANormal: Richard Drakh never shows anyone what magic he can use. Some speculate death or charm magic, Alex has his money on him being a Diviner, but nobody knows. He never has to fall back on them because the same focus items Alex uses and some ImprobableAimingSkills with a handgun are all he needs to be one of the deadliest people in the series.
* HeroicBSOD: Luna has one after the events of ''Burned''
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