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* SuccessionCrisis: One of the major plotlines in ''Fire in the Blood.'' The King of Cormyr is old and his son is ready and willing to succeed him, but after ''that'' things get dicey - ''his'' son is brilliant but has [[AmbiguousDisorder zero people skills or desire to be king]], his daughter is, well, a ''daughter'' which the more traditional male nobles have a problem with, Baron Boldtree is a BastardBastard... and then there's Brin. And when the Crown Prince disappears, everything falls apart. [[spoiler: Raedra gets the crown after quite decisively proving her leadership skills in battle, while her brother Baerovus gets an adviser position where he's much happier, and Brin gets booted from the succession on a technicality, which makes ''him'' much happier]].
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* SuccessionCrisis: One of the major plotlines in ''Fire in the Blood.'' The King of Cormyr is old and his son is ready and willing to succeed him, but after ''that'' things get dicey - ''his'' son is brilliant but has [[AmbiguousDisorder zero people skills or desire to be king]], king, his daughter is, well, a ''daughter'' which the more traditional male nobles have a problem with, Baron Boldtree is a BastardBastard... and then there's Brin. And when the Crown Prince disappears, everything falls apart. [[spoiler: Raedra gets the crown after quite decisively proving her leadership skills in battle, while her brother Baerovus gets an adviser position where he's much happier, and Brin gets booted from the succession on a technicality, which makes ''him'' much happier]].
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* CannotTellALie: Devils in general, although they certainly twist their words, lie by omission, and so on. It's not totally clear how this restriction works, but it's at least important enough that [[spoiler: when Lorcan realizes he's capable of lying and does so for the first time, it gives him a massive IdentityCrisis and he actually worries he might be destroyed or stop being a devil.]]
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* CannotTellALie: Devils in general, although they certainly twist their words, lie by omission, and so on. It's not totally clear how this restriction works, but it's at least important enough that [[spoiler: when Lorcan realizes he's capable of lying and does so for the first time, it gives him a massive IdentityCrisis IdentityBreakdown and he actually worries he might be destroyed or stop being a devil.]]
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* BadassAdorable: Havilar frequently comes off as this, being a deadly mistress of the [[BladeOnAStick glaive]] who enjoys drinking, partying, gossiping about boys, and (to her sisters exasperation) dropping "facts" about monsters which are almost invariably head-tiltingly wrong.
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* BadassAdorable: Havilar frequently comes off as this, being a deadly mistress of the [[BladeOnAStick glaive]] glaive who enjoys drinking, partying, gossiping about boys, and (to her sisters exasperation) dropping "facts" about monsters which are almost invariably head-tiltingly wrong.
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* BladeOnAStick: Havilar's glaive, [[ICallItVera Devilslayer]], is her treasured and iconic weapon.
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* PapaWolf: Mehen, bordering on OverprotectiveDad at times. Also [[spoiler: Tam]], after he reunites with Mira. Both of them eventually have to come to terms with the fact that their daughters are grown and don't ''need'' their protection all the time any more.
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* HornyDevils: All the succubi, with Rohini being their primary representative.
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* SquishyWizard: Farideh, despite her adoptive father's attempts to make her a MagicKnight; she becomes a better fighter across the series, but magic is still her main skill. .
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* SuccubiAndIncubi: Succubi show up as antagonists, with Rohini being their primary representative, and as expected she is a [[TheVamp consummate seductress]] who is highly intelligent and manipulative.
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* InTheBlood: This is the basis for at least some of the FantasticRacism towards tieflings, as many people think that their devil blood makes them inherently evil; more personally, Farideh fears what this means for her and Havilar after learning that they're descended from Bryseis Kakistos and that Bryseis was a rather notorious monster.
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* VillainousLineage: This is the basis for at least some of the FantasticRacism towards tieflings, as many people think that their devil blood makes them inherently evil; more personally, Farideh fears what this means for her and Havilar after learning that they're descended from Bryseis Kakistos and that Bryseis was a rather notorious monster.
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* UltimateEvil: When Asmodeus appears in person at the end of the first book to chew out [[spoiler: his daughter]], it's only as a creepy voice and an overwhelmingly powerful sense of ''presence''. [[spoiler: His chat with Lorcan in ''The Adversary'' is played similarly]].
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* {{Unresolved|SexualTension}}[=/=]BelligerentSexualTension: Farideh and Lorcan's love/hate relationship is fairly thick with this [[spoiler: Gets resolved - in more ways than one - in ''Fire in the Blood'']].
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* {{Unresolved|SexualTension}}[=/=]BelligerentSexualTension: {{Unresolved|SexualTension}}: Farideh and Lorcan's love/hate relationship is fairly thick with this [[spoiler: Gets resolved - in more ways than one - in ''Fire in the Blood'']].Blood'']].
* UnseenEvil: When Asmodeus appears in person at the end of the first book to chew out [[spoiler: his daughter]], it's only as a creepy voice and an overwhelmingly powerful sense of ''presence''. [[spoiler: His chat with Lorcan in ''The Adversary'' is played similarly]].
* UnseenEvil: When Asmodeus appears in person at the end of the first book to chew out [[spoiler: his daughter]], it's only as a creepy voice and an overwhelmingly powerful sense of ''presence''. [[spoiler: His chat with Lorcan in ''The Adversary'' is played similarly]].
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* GenreShift: The first three books are smaller-scale, personal adventures that fit squarely in the HeroicFantasy subgenre - the last three, on the other hand, develop a much larger scope and with a much greater focus on the doings of gods and the fate of nations, trend more towards the HighFantasy end of things.
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* IJustWantToBeNormal: Farideh sometimes expresses these sentiments, being alienated by both her status as a tiefling and a warlock, though she invariably ends up affirming that she is hat she is. [[spoiler: and this is the reason Brin ran away, as he felt trapped by a royal heritage he never wanted and a family who only wanted to use him for their ambitions]].
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* IJustWantToBeNormal: Farideh sometimes expresses these sentiments, being alienated by both her status as a tiefling and a warlock, though she invariably ends up affirming that she is hat what she is. [[spoiler: and this is the reason Brin ran away, as he felt trapped by a royal heritage he never wanted and a family who only wanted to use him for their ambitions]].
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* AerithAndBob: A non-Western example. Farideh is actually one spelling of an Arabic name meaning "Unique." (In-universe, it's a dragonborn name, and several other dragonborn names also have real-world Semitic derivations.)
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* AerithAndBob: A non-Western example. Farideh is actually one spelling of an Arabic name meaning "Unique." (In-universe, it's a dragonborn name, as the twins were named by their adopted dragonborn father, and several other dragonborn names also have real-world Semitic derivations.)
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* UnexpectedSuccessor: Discussed in ''Lesser Evils''; when Brin reveals he's closely enough related to the royal house of Cormyr to be in the line of succession, Havilar jokes that it reminds her of stories where the entire royal family gets wiped out in a disaster and then "some swineherd's the king." [[spoiler: Of course, Brin is rather more closely related to the royal family than ''that'']].
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* CallingParentsByTheirName: Farideh and Havilar almost always call their adopted father "Mehen." Justified because he's a dragonborn and that's how children usually address their parents in dragonborn society, a fact borne out when the story arrives at Djerad Thymar later in the series.
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* ButtDialingMordor: Havilar butt-dialing the Nine Hells (and getting Lorcan) is what sets the whole plot in motion in the first place.
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* ActionGirl: Both tiefling twins, but especially Havilar.
* AdventurerArchaeologist: Mira is a rather morally ambiguous one.
* AerithAndBob: A non-Western example. Farideh is actually one spelling of an Arabic name meaning "Unique."
* AffablyEvil: Lorcan, as well as Yvon Claven, the general store owner/Ashmadai cultist, who is generally a friendly, pleasant man who looks out for his fellow cultists and is perfectly willing to dispense helpful advice to an inexperienced young warlock, while dealing in brutal blood sacrifice on the side., [[spoiler: Of course, after the rest of his Ashmadai cell is wiped out, he goes into full-on VillainousBreakdown mode, which rather removes the affability]].
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Devils are always ''lawful'' evil, thank you very much; WordOfGod describes them psychologically as being much like humans, but without any sort of filters like compassion and empathy to moderate their ambitions. Tieflings are [[FantasticRacism often assumed to be this]], but it's very explicitly shown to not be the case.
* AmazonBrigade: The Erinyes are a ''very'' scary one.
* AntiHero: Lorcan is a Type V. He's definitely evil, but most of the other devils he opposes are much worse.
* AdventurerArchaeologist: Mira is a rather morally ambiguous one.
* AerithAndBob: A non-Western example. Farideh is actually one spelling of an Arabic name meaning "Unique."
* AffablyEvil: Lorcan, as well as Yvon Claven, the general store owner/Ashmadai cultist, who is generally a friendly, pleasant man who looks out for his fellow cultists and is perfectly willing to dispense helpful advice to an inexperienced young warlock, while dealing in brutal blood sacrifice on the side., [[spoiler: Of course, after the rest of his Ashmadai cell is wiped out, he goes into full-on VillainousBreakdown mode, which rather removes the affability]].
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Devils are always ''lawful'' evil, thank you very much; WordOfGod describes them psychologically as being much like humans, but without any sort of filters like compassion and empathy to moderate their ambitions. Tieflings are [[FantasticRacism often assumed to be this]], but it's very explicitly shown to not be the case.
* AmazonBrigade: The Erinyes are a ''very'' scary one.
* AntiHero: Lorcan is a Type V. He's definitely evil, but most of the other devils he opposes are much worse.
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* ActionGirl: Both tiefling twins, twins are capable of holding their own in a fight, but especially Havilar.
Havilar - who loves to fight and is very good at it - fits the best.
* AdventurerArchaeologist: Mira is a rather morally ambiguousone.one, funding her research via work for [[NebulousEvilOrganization the Zhentarim]] [[spoiler: and eventually as a double-agent for the Harpers]].
* AerithAndBob: A non-Western example. Farideh is actually one spelling of an Arabic name meaning "Unique."
" (In-universe, it's a dragonborn name, and several other dragonborn names also have real-world Semitic derivations.)
*AffablyEvil: AffablyEvil:
** Lorcan,as who knows full well as that getting mortals to sign up for pacts takes charm, and doesn't entirely have to fake it (by devil standards he has a downright sunny disposition, not that that's saying much).
** In the first book, we have Yvon Claven, the general store owner/Ashmadai cultist, who is generally a friendly, pleasant man who looks out for his fellow cultists and is perfectly willing to dispense helpful advice to an inexperienced young warlock, while dealing in brutal blood sacrifice on the side., [[spoiler: Of course, after the rest of his Ashmadai cell is wiped out, he goes into full-on VillainousBreakdown mode, which rather removes the affability]].
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Devils are always ''lawful'' evil, thank you very much; WordOfGod describes them psychologically as being much like humans, but without any sort of filters like compassion and empathy to moderate their ambitions. Tieflings are [[FantasticRacism often assumed to be this]], but it's very explicitly shown to not be the case. Demons, who are Always Chaotic Evil with an emphasis on the ''chaotic'', start showing up more in later books.
* AmazonBrigade: The Erinyes of the pradixikai are a ''very'' scaryone.one, being the all-female enforcers of an archdevil's tyrannical rule.
* AntiHero: Lorcan is a TypeV. V on a good day. He's definitely evil, but most of the other devils he opposes are much worse.worse, and he has an odd sense of honor that shows through periodically.
* AdventurerArchaeologist: Mira is a rather morally ambiguous
* AerithAndBob: A non-Western example. Farideh is actually one spelling of an Arabic name meaning "Unique.
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** Lorcan,
** In the first book, we have Yvon Claven, the general store owner/Ashmadai cultist, who is generally a friendly, pleasant man who looks out for his fellow cultists and is perfectly willing to dispense helpful advice to an inexperienced young warlock, while dealing in brutal blood sacrifice on the side., [[spoiler: Of course, after the rest of his Ashmadai cell is wiped out, he goes into full-on VillainousBreakdown mode, which rather removes the affability]].
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Devils are always ''lawful'' evil, thank you very much; WordOfGod describes them psychologically as being much like humans, but without any sort of filters like compassion and empathy to moderate their ambitions. Tieflings are [[FantasticRacism often assumed to be this]], but it's very explicitly shown to not be the case. Demons, who are Always Chaotic Evil with an emphasis on the ''chaotic'', start showing up more in later books.
* AmazonBrigade: The Erinyes of the pradixikai are a ''very'' scary
* AntiHero: Lorcan is a Type
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** Also in ''The Devil You Know'', [[spoiler: Havilar discovers she was forced to have a child that she doesn't know about during her seven-year imprisonment.]]
* BadassAdorable: Havilar frequently comes off as this.
* BadassBookworm: Farideh and Dahl.
* BadassFamily: Mehen and his adopted tiefling daughters definitely count.
* BadassNormal: Havilar, Mira.
* BadassPreacher: Tam.
* BadassAdorable: Havilar frequently comes off as this.
* BadassBookworm: Farideh and Dahl.
* BadassFamily: Mehen and his adopted tiefling daughters definitely count.
* BadassNormal: Havilar, Mira.
* BadassPreacher: Tam.
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** Also in ''The Devil You Know'', [[spoiler: Havilar discovers she was forced to have a child that she doesn't know about during her seven-year imprisonment. Admittedly, she'd gotten pregnant before the devils took her; they just made sure she carried the child to term.]]
* BadassAdorable: Havilar frequently comes off asthis.
this, being a deadly mistress of the [[BladeOnAStick glaive]] who enjoys drinking, partying, gossiping about boys, and (to her sisters exasperation) dropping "facts" about monsters which are almost invariably head-tiltingly wrong.
* BadassBookworm: Farideh andDahl.Dahl, who are both smart, bookish types who are fully capable of mixing it up in a fight if necessary. Their shared interest in ritual magic helps bridge the gap caused by their initial frosty meeting.
* BadassFamily: Mehen and his adopted tiefling daughters definitely count. All three of them are capable of kicking ass in their own way, and at the start of the series proper (post-prologue) they're working as bounty hunters.
* BadassNormal: Though many of the characters in these books are powerful magic-users of various kinds, there are several who aren't but still manage to hold their own, with Havilar, Mira, and Raedra being among the most prominent.
* BadassNormal: Havilar, Mira.
* BadassPreacher: Tam.Tam is a wise and powerful cleric of Selune, and also [[GoodIsNotSoft a man you never want to cross]]. Goes with the territory of being a high-ranking Harper agent [[spoiler: and former assassin]].
* BadassAdorable: Havilar frequently comes off as
* BadassBookworm: Farideh and
* BadassFamily: Mehen and his adopted tiefling daughters definitely count. All three of them are capable of kicking ass in their own way, and at the start of the series proper (post-prologue) they're working as bounty hunters.
* BadassNormal: Though many of the characters in these books are powerful magic-users of various kinds, there are several who aren't but still manage to hold their own, with Havilar, Mira, and Raedra being among the most prominent.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: Farideh and Dahl, especially after the TimeSkip.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: Farideh and Dahl, especially after the TimeSkip. Between the fact that they're both stubborn and prickly, and their rather unpleasant first meeting, they have a tendency to butt heads - but also can't deny that they find each other attractive [[spoiler: and end up hooking up eventually]].
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** ''Brimstone Angels'': Rohini
** ''Lesser Evils'': [[spoiler: Tarchamus, through the medium of the Book and his undead mummy]]
** ''Lesser Evils'': [[spoiler: Tarchamus, through the medium of the Book and his undead mummy]]
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** ''Brimstone Angels'': Rohini
There are several antagonistic forces at work in Neverwinter, but the succubus Rohini is the most directly involved in the plot and the one the twins have to face at the climax.
** ''Lesser Evils'': [[spoiler: Tarchamus, though millennia dead, still manages to serve as the main antagonist through the medium of the Book and his undead mummy]]
** ''Lesser Evils'': [[spoiler: Tarchamus, though millennia dead, still manages to serve as the main antagonist through the medium of the Book and his undead mummy]]
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** ''Fire in the Blood'': Doesn't have a single personal antagonist, but the Shadovar army represents the ultimate threat all the others tie back into. [[DarkActionGirl Lady Marsheena]] is the commander of aforesaid army and mastermind of the Shadovar strategy, but [[TheGhost never puts in a personal appearance]].
** ''Ashes of the Tyrant'': The maurezhi demon [[spoiler: who is ultimately revealed to be an agent of Gilgeam]].
** ''Ashes of the Tyrant'': The maurezhi demon [[spoiler: who is ultimately revealed to be an agent of Gilgeam]].
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** ''Fire in the Blood'': Doesn't have a single personal antagonist, but the Shadovar army represents the ultimate threat all the others tie back into. [[DarkActionGirl Lady Marsheena]] is the commander of aforesaid army and mastermind of the Shadovar strategy, but [[TheGhost never puts in a personal appearance]].appearance]], save for once being briefly glimpsed by Raedra from a distance.
** ''Ashes of the Tyrant'': The maurezhi demon [[spoiler: who is ultimately revealed to be an agent of Gilgeam]]. [[DemonLordsAndArchDevils Graz'zt]] serves as an ArcVillain for Dahl's subplot [[spoiler: and is eventually revealed as the maurezhi's true master, who loaned it to Gilgeam]]/
** ''Ashes of the Tyrant'': The maurezhi demon [[spoiler: who is ultimately revealed to be an agent of Gilgeam]]. [[DemonLordsAndArchDevils Graz'zt]] serves as an ArcVillain for Dahl's subplot [[spoiler: and is eventually revealed as the maurezhi's true master, who loaned it to Gilgeam]]/
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* BigBadWannabe: In ''The Adversary'', Sairche is initially the most visible and dangerous of the main villains, but [[spoiler: about halfway through Lorcan manages to defeat her, and she spends most of the rest of the book either in a forced alliance with her brother or at the mercy of the Nameless One]].
* [[BigBrotherMentor Big Sister Mentor]]: Constancia was this to Brin, though she was his older cousin rather than a sibling. It's clear he respects her, even if their personalities tend to grate on each other.
* BlackMagicianGirl / LadyOfBlackMagic: Farideh is right on the borderline between these- as a warlock, her magic is highly focused on destruction and offense, and in addition, she's rather too reserved for the former trope but not mature or regal enough for the latter.
* BladeOnAStick: Havilar's glaive.
* [[BigBrotherMentor Big Sister Mentor]]: Constancia was this to Brin, though she was his older cousin rather than a sibling. It's clear he respects her, even if their personalities tend to grate on each other.
* BlackMagicianGirl / LadyOfBlackMagic: Farideh is right on the borderline between these- as a warlock, her magic is highly focused on destruction and offense, and in addition, she's rather too reserved for the former trope but not mature or regal enough for the latter.
* BladeOnAStick: Havilar's glaive.
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* BigBadWannabe: In ''The Adversary'', Sairche is initially the most visible and dangerous of the main villains, but [[spoiler: about halfway through Lorcan manages to defeat her, and she spends most of the rest of the book either in a forced alliance with her brother or at the mercy of the Nameless One]]. Sairche in general is this; though she's Fari and Lorcan's mutual ArchEnemy, she continually ends up getting outplayed and overshadowed by other villains.
* [[BigBrotherMentor Big Sister Mentor]]: Constancia was this to Brin, though she was his older cousin rather than asibling.sibling, and raised him after his father died. It's clear he respects her, even if their personalities tend to grate on each other.
* BlackMagicianGirl / LadyOfBlackMagic: Farideh is right on the borderline between these- as a warlock, her magic is highly focused on destruction and offense, and in addition, she's rather too reserved for the former trope but not mature or regal enough for thelatter.
latter. She settles firmly in the latter after the TimeSkip.
* BladeOnAStick: Havilar'sglaive.glaive, [[ICallItVera Devilslayer]], is her treasured and iconic weapon.
* [[BigBrotherMentor Big Sister Mentor]]: Constancia was this to Brin, though she was his older cousin rather than a
* BlackMagicianGirl / LadyOfBlackMagic: Farideh is right on the borderline between these- as a warlock, her magic is highly focused on destruction and offense, and in addition, she's rather too reserved for the former trope but not mature or regal enough for the
* BladeOnAStick: Havilar's
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Mehen]] for a good chunk of ''Brimstone Angels'' courtesy of [[spoiler: Rohini]].
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: BrainwashedAndCrazy:
**[[spoiler: Mehen]] for a good chunk of ''Brimstone Angels'' courtesy of [[spoiler:Rohini]].Rohini]].
** Dahl's entire party suffer from a version of this in ''Ashes of the Tyrant]], courtesy of Graz'zt. He doesn't control them directly, though, so much as force all their worst impulses to the surface - except for [[NeverMessWithGranny Dahl's grandmother]], who faced her demons long ago and [[NoSell manages to resist the effect]].
**[[spoiler: Mehen]] for a good chunk of ''Brimstone Angels'' courtesy of [[spoiler:
** Dahl's entire party suffer from a version of this in ''Ashes of the Tyrant]], courtesy of Graz'zt. He doesn't control them directly, though, so much as force all their worst impulses to the surface - except for [[NeverMessWithGranny Dahl's grandmother]], who faced her demons long ago and [[NoSell manages to resist the effect]].
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* CharmPerson: Rohini's specialty.
* TheChessmaster: Practically a required skill for the higher-ranking devils.
* TheChessmaster: Practically a required skill for the higher-ranking devils.
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* CharmPerson: Rohini's specialty.specialty; given time, she can turn almost anyone into an adoring thrall [[spoiler: at least until the aboleths turn the table on her]].
* TheChessmaster: Practically a required skill for the higher-ranking devils. Glasya plays a mean game, but her old man, Asmodeus, is the unchallenged master.
* TheChessmaster: Practically a required skill for the higher-ranking devils. Glasya plays a mean game, but her old man, Asmodeus, is the unchallenged master.
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* CuteBruiser: Havilar.
* CuteMonsterGirl: The tiefling twins.
* CuteMonsterGirl: The tiefling twins.
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* CuteBruiser: Havilar.Havilar; fun, perky, and fully willing and able to take the head off of anyone who messes with her or her family.
* CuteMonsterGirl: The tieflingtwins.twins, who are attractive humanoids who also demonstrate [[HornedHumanoid horns]], tails, monochromatic eyes, and CuteLittleFangs as a result of their fiendish heritage.
* CuteMonsterGirl: The tiefling
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* DarkActionGirl: All the Erinyes, as well as Sairche.
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* DarkActionGirl: All the Erinyes, an all-female caste of devils who are born to be warriors, as well as Sairche.Sairche, who prefers to avoid a fight but is fully capable of violence if need be.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Farideh has her moments.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Farideh has her moments.Farideh, if rubbed wrong, will demonstrate a dry, prickly wit.
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* DemonLordsAndArchDevils: Mostly the latter, specifically Glasya and Asmodeus.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Lorcan- WordOfGod explicitly describes him as such.
* DomesticAbuse: Lorcan to Farideh, [[spoiler: especially in "Fire in the Blood" when they actually briefly get together. Highlights include poisoning Farideh to "protect" her and trying to sabotage her other relationships through violence and coercion.]]
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Lorcan- WordOfGod explicitly describes him as such.
* DomesticAbuse: Lorcan to Farideh, [[spoiler: especially in "Fire in the Blood" when they actually briefly get together. Highlights include poisoning Farideh to "protect" her and trying to sabotage her other relationships through violence and coercion.]]
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* DemonLordsAndArchDevils: Mostly the latter, specifically Glasya and Asmodeus, whose schemes drive much of the plot. A demon lord ''does'' show up in later books, namely Graz'zt - who devils claim was once an archdevil himself who turned his coat and joined the Abyss. WordOfGod is [[ShrugOfGod deliberately vague]] on whether that's true, or just propaganda.
* {{Deuteragonist}}:
* DomesticAbuse: Lorcan to Farideh, [[spoiler: especially in "Fire in the Blood" when they actually briefly get together. Highlights include poisoning Farideh to "protect" her and trying to sabotage her other relationships through violence and coercion. It's implied this is how devil relationships ''usually'' operate, and Lorcan himself is only vaguely aware he crossed a line. Fari, when she puts what he's doing together, is less than amused.]]
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* EldritchAbomination: The aboleths.
* TheEmpire: Netheril.
* TheEmpire: Netheril.
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* EldritchAbomination: The aboleths.aboleths, monstrous, ancient psychic beings so alien even Asmodeus himself can't claim to know their thoughts.
* TheEmpire:Netheril.Netheril; TheRemnant of the Realms' most (in)famous {{precursor}} nations, returned to Toril with the goal of reclaiming a world they see as theirs. Most prominent in ''Lesser Evils'', ''The Adversary'' and ''Fire in the Blood''.
* TheEmpire:
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** In ''The Adversary'', Lorcan press-gangs Sairche into an alliance after her own plans start unraveling. She's not exactly ''happy'' to be his ally, but they made a contract, and for devils, that's SeriousBusiness.
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** In ''The Adversary'', Lorcan press-gangs Sairche into an alliance after her own plans start unraveling. She's not exactly ''happy'' to be his ally, but they made a contract, and for devils, that's SeriousBusiness. [[spoiler: She later ends up helping the heroes, at first under an assumed identity, in ''Fire in the Blood'' as an extension of the same deal]].
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* EpicFail: It's probably a very good thing Farideh can do magic, because when she tries to use her sword, this is the usual result (hint- it tends to involve the sword getting inadvertently hurled an impressive distance).
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* EpicFail: It's probably a very good thing Farideh can do magic, because when she tries to use her sword, this is the usual result (hint- it tends to involve the sword getting inadvertently hurled an impressive distance). She [[TookALevelInBadass gets better as the books go on]].
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* FantasticRacism: Tieflings get a fair bit of this.
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* FantasticRacism: Tieflings get a fair bit of this.this; most people assume they're inherently evil because of their fiendish heritage and have no problem acting on this belief - often violently.
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* GambitPileup: Another day in the life of a high-ranking devil.
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* GambitPileup: Another day in the life of a high-ranking devil. Glasya as Asmodeus's pileup as she jostles for his position and he keeps it ''just'' out of her reach plays out across the backdrop of the series.
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* GodOfEvil: Asmodeus is explicitly described as such. In ''The Adversary'' Shar, goddess of darkness, despair, and entropy, is also important.
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* GodOfEvil: Asmodeus is explicitly described as such.such; notably, in later books, Farideh actually takes time to speculate about ''why'' such a being is necessary in the first place. In ''The Adversary'' Shar, goddess of darkness, despair, and entropy, is also important.
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* {{The Hero}}ine: Farideh.
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* {{The Hero}}ine: Farideh. Farideh, the series' central protagonist and main good guy, whose adventurers are personal struggles drive the arc.
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* HornedHumanoid: Tieflings, and some kinds of devils.
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* HornedHumanoid: Tieflings, Tieflings all have horns of various types [[spoiler: at least, those born after Asmodeus's ascension do]], and some kinds of devils.devils do as well.
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* IJustWantToBeNormal: Farideh sometimes expresses these sentiments, [[spoiler: and this is the reason Brin ran away]].
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* IJustWantToBeNormal: Farideh sometimes expresses these sentiments, being alienated by both her status as a tiefling and a warlock, though she invariably ends up affirming that she is hat she is. [[spoiler: and this is the reason Brin ran away]].away, as he felt trapped by a royal heritage he never wanted and a family who only wanted to use him for their ambitions]].
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Dahl; he can be prickly and standoffish, but he's a good man at heart. Constancia is implied as well, though her "jerk" is on display much more often than her "heart of gold".
* KingIncognito: [[spoiler: Brin is fourth in line for the Cormyrean throne]].
* KnightInShiningArmor: Played with. [[spoiler: Brin]] and Dahl are both paladins, and therefore ''supposed'' to fit this trope, but neither does. Brin would rather [[IJustWantToBeNormal be normal]], while Dahl lost his deity's favor for unspecified reasons several years before the story began.
* TheLancer: Havilar, usually. Lorcan also has shades of this on occasions he's present in person.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: Mira [[spoiler: is Tam's daughter]].
* KingIncognito: [[spoiler: Brin is fourth in line for the Cormyrean throne]].
* KnightInShiningArmor: Played with. [[spoiler: Brin]] and Dahl are both paladins, and therefore ''supposed'' to fit this trope, but neither does. Brin would rather [[IJustWantToBeNormal be normal]], while Dahl lost his deity's favor for unspecified reasons several years before the story began.
* TheLancer: Havilar, usually. Lorcan also has shades of this on occasions he's present in person.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: Mira [[spoiler: is Tam's daughter]].
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Dahl; he can be prickly and standoffish, but he's a good man at heart. Constancia is implied as well, though her "jerk" is on display much more often than her "heart of gold".gold" [[spoiler: though she opens up a bit at the end of ''Fire in the Blood'' to help both her cousin and, more grudgingly, the twins]].
* KingIncognito: [[spoiler: Brin is fourth in line for the Cormyreanthrone]].throne. He'd really rather you didn't spread that around]].
* KnightInShiningArmor: Played with. [[spoiler: Brin]] and Dahl are both paladins, and therefore ''supposed'' to fit this trope, but neither does. Brin would rather [[IJustWantToBeNormal be normal]], while Dahl lost his deity's favor for unspecified reasons several years before the storybegan.
began and has spent a lot of time trying to figure out what he did wrong.
* TheLancer: Havilar,usually.usually, seeing as she's the character who's with Farideh the most and plays off her most dramatically. Lorcan also has shades of this on occasions he's present in person.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: Mira [[spoiler: is Tam's daughter]]. He's less than pleased by her line of work.
* KingIncognito: [[spoiler: Brin is fourth in line for the Cormyrean
* KnightInShiningArmor: Played with. [[spoiler: Brin]] and Dahl are both paladins, and therefore ''supposed'' to fit this trope, but neither does. Brin would rather [[IJustWantToBeNormal be normal]], while Dahl lost his deity's favor for unspecified reasons several years before the story
* TheLancer: Havilar,
* LukeYouAreMyFather: Mira [[spoiler: is Tam's daughter]]. He's less than pleased by her line of work.
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* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler: The Nameless One is never found dead at the end of ''The Adversary''. WordOfGod hints that her story isn't done...]]
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* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler: The Nameless One is never found dead at the end of ''The Adversary''. WordOfGod Though the Brimstone Angels books never touch on her again,WordOfGod hints that her story isn't done...]]
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: How Lorcan survives in the cutthroat devil hierarchy.
* OutOfCharacter: In ''The Adversary'', Asmodeus shows up to give [[spoiler: Lorcan]] cryptic orders and threaten him if he fails. Par for the course. He then ends with a ''silly, self-deprecating joke'' before leaving. [[spoiler: Lorcan and Sairche]] spend several pages deeply shaken over what it can possibly mean when ''The King of Hell'' is cracking jokes, especially ones that aren't sadistic and at someone else's expense. They end up deciding they're better off not knowing.
* OutOfCharacter: In ''The Adversary'', Asmodeus shows up to give [[spoiler: Lorcan]] cryptic orders and threaten him if he fails. Par for the course. He then ends with a ''silly, self-deprecating joke'' before leaving. [[spoiler: Lorcan and Sairche]] spend several pages deeply shaken over what it can possibly mean when ''The King of Hell'' is cracking jokes, especially ones that aren't sadistic and at someone else's expense. They end up deciding they're better off not knowing.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: How Lorcan survives in the cutthroat devil hierarchy. \n Most other devils think he's a useless dandy. He's actually a very clever, ambitious dandy, if you please.
*OutOfCharacter: OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In ''The Adversary'', Asmodeus shows up to give [[spoiler: Lorcan]] cryptic orders and threaten him if he fails. Par for the course. He then ends with a ''silly, self-deprecating joke'' before leaving. [[spoiler: Lorcan and Sairche]] spend several pages deeply shaken over what it can possibly mean when ''The King of Hell'' is cracking jokes, especially ones that aren't sadistic and at someone else's expense. They end up deciding they're better off not knowing. [[spoiler: It was a sign that Azuth was waking up inside him, and his personality was starting to fight Asmodeus's for control]].
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* PapaWolf: Mehen, bordering on OverprotectiveDad at times. Also [[spoiler: Tam]].
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* PapaWolf: Mehen, bordering on OverprotectiveDad at times. Also [[spoiler: Tam]]. Tam]], after he reunites with Mira. Both of them eventually have to come to terms with the fact that their daughters are grown and don't ''need'' their protection all the time any more.
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* PetTheDog: Much as he'd like to deny it, Lorcan ''does'' have a soft spot for Farideh.
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* PetTheDog: Much as he'd like to deny it, Lorcan ''does'' have a soft spot for Farideh. Farideh, and will sometimes be moved to help her in ways he'd never do for anyone else. [[spoiler: At the end of the day, she doesn't agree that it makes up for all the ''other'' horrible stuff he's done]].
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* RedOniBlueOni: Havilar is red, Farideh is blue.
* ReligionOfEvil: The Ashmadai (mortal worshipers of Asmodeus) are most important as a group. Individual followers of the dark gods [[EvilOverlord Bane]], [[AxCrazy Cyric]], and [[DarkIsEvil Shar]] show up in ''Lesser Evils'' as well.
* TheScottishTrope: The Nameless One, obviously. Her true name is never revealed even to the reader.
* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler: Tarchamus, applying both to his near-mindless undead body and the copy of his personality stored in the Book]].
* ReligionOfEvil: The Ashmadai (mortal worshipers of Asmodeus) are most important as a group. Individual followers of the dark gods [[EvilOverlord Bane]], [[AxCrazy Cyric]], and [[DarkIsEvil Shar]] show up in ''Lesser Evils'' as well.
* TheScottishTrope: The Nameless One, obviously. Her true name is never revealed even to the reader.
* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler: Tarchamus, applying both to his near-mindless undead body and the copy of his personality stored in the Book]].
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* RedOniBlueOni: Havilar is red, Farideh is blue. Havi's the impulsive, hot-blooded one who loves to fight; Fari's the more reserved, level-headed one who's good at magic.
* ReligionOfEvil: The Ashmadai (mortal worshipers of Asmodeus) are most important as a group. Individual followers of the dark gods [[EvilOverlord Bane]], [[AxCrazy Cyric]], and [[DarkIsEvil Shar]] show up in ''Lesser Evils'' as well. ''The Adversary'' explicitly discusses ''why'' people might find themselves voluntarily joining such a religion.
* TheScottishTrope: The Nameless One, obviously. Her true name is never revealed even to thereader.reader; it's implied Shar somehow made her forget it.
* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler: Tarchamus, applying both to his near-mindless undead body and the copy of his personality stored in theBook]].Book, neither of which can leave his library under their own power]].
* ReligionOfEvil: The Ashmadai (mortal worshipers of Asmodeus) are most important as a group. Individual followers of the dark gods [[EvilOverlord Bane]], [[AxCrazy Cyric]], and [[DarkIsEvil Shar]] show up in ''Lesser Evils'' as well. ''The Adversary'' explicitly discusses ''why'' people might find themselves voluntarily joining such a religion.
* TheScottishTrope: The Nameless One, obviously. Her true name is never revealed even to the
* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler: Tarchamus, applying both to his near-mindless undead body and the copy of his personality stored in the
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* ShelteredAristocrat: [[spoiler: Brin]]
* SiblingRivalry: Lorcan and his sister Sairche do ''not'' get along, at all.
* SiblingRivalry: Lorcan and his sister Sairche do ''not'' get along, at all.
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* ShelteredAristocrat: [[spoiler: Brin]]
Brin]] was raised by the aristocratic Crownsilver family, but is actually a bastard royal by blood; kept secret by his stepfamily, he didn't have a whole lot of life experience when he decided to run away. He gets better with CharacterDevelopment.
* SiblingRivalry: Lorcan and his sister Sairche do ''not'' get along, atall.all, and are constantly trying to one-up each other in their scheming.
* SiblingRivalry: Lorcan and his sister Sairche do ''not'' get along, at
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* TheSociopath: Rhand.
* SquishyWizard: Farideh, despite her adoptive father's attempts to make her a MagicKnight.
* SquishyWizard: Farideh, despite her adoptive father's attempts to make her a MagicKnight.
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* TheSociopath: Rhand.Rhand is a thoroughly self-absorbed, sadistic creep who never gave a damn about anyone other than himself.
* SquishyWizard: Farideh, despite her adoptive father's attempts to make her aMagicKnight.MagicKnight; she becomes a better fighter across the series, but magic is still her main skill. .
* SquishyWizard: Farideh, despite her adoptive father's attempts to make her a
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* SiblingTeam: Farideh and Havilar, graduating to full BadassFamily when Mehen is around.
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* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Tieflings tend to have oddly-colored, pupilless eyes as a side-effect of their fiend heritage- Havilar's are gold, while Farideh has one gold, one silver eye.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Farideh's [[spoiler: Chosen of Asmodeus]] status appears to function like this, though mercifully she hasn't delved too deep into it yet.
* SuccessionCrisis: One of the major plotlines in ''Fire in the Blood.''
* SwordAndSorcerer: Farideh and Havilar are an example of the "fighter and GlassCannon" type.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Farideh's [[spoiler: Chosen of Asmodeus]] status appears to function like this, though mercifully she hasn't delved too deep into it yet.
* SuccessionCrisis: One of the major plotlines in ''Fire in the Blood.''
* SwordAndSorcerer: Farideh and Havilar are an example of the "fighter and GlassCannon" type.
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* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Tieflings tend to have oddly-colored, pupilless eyes as a side-effect of their fiend heritage- Havilar's are both gold, while Farideh has one gold, one silver eye.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Farideh's [[spoiler: Chosen of Asmodeus]] statusappears functions as a downplayed version of this; it's powerful and scary, but Fari manages it fairly well and figures out how to function like this, though mercifully she hasn't delved too deep into discharge it yet.safely.
* SuccessionCrisis: One of the major plotlines in ''Fire in the Blood.''
'' The King of Cormyr is old and his son is ready and willing to succeed him, but after ''that'' things get dicey - ''his'' son is brilliant but has [[AmbiguousDisorder zero people skills or desire to be king]], his daughter is, well, a ''daughter'' which the more traditional male nobles have a problem with, Baron Boldtree is a BastardBastard... and then there's Brin. And when the Crown Prince disappears, everything falls apart. [[spoiler: Raedra gets the crown after quite decisively proving her leadership skills in battle, while her brother Baerovus gets an adviser position where he's much happier, and Brin gets booted from the succession on a technicality, which makes ''him'' much happier]].
* SwordAndSorcerer: Farideh andHavilar Havilar, as a warlock and fighter, are an example of the "fighter and GlassCannon" type.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Farideh's [[spoiler: Chosen of Asmodeus]] status
* SuccessionCrisis: One of the major plotlines in ''Fire in the Blood.
* SwordAndSorcerer: Farideh and
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* TitleDrop: "Brimstone Angel" was the epithet of the infamous tiefling warlock Bryseis Kakistos. It can also be applied to members of her bloodline- like Farideh and Havilar.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Lorcan.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Lorcan.
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* TitleDrop: "Brimstone Angel" was the epithet of the infamous tiefling warlock Bryseis Kakistos. It can also be applied to members of her bloodline- like Farideh and Havilar. ''The Adversary'' is the name of a card in a popular deck of playing and fortune-telling cards.
* TokenEvilTeammate:Lorcan.Lorcan, when working directly with the rest of the protagonists. He ''is'' a devil, in every since of the word, but he's also useful, so everyone has to grit their teeth and put up with him.
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* {{Unresolved|SexualTension}}[=/=]BelligerentSexualTension: Farideh and Lorcan's love/hate relationship is fairly thick with this.
* VillainTeamUp: As of the end of ''Lesser Evils'', one appears to be in the works between [[spoiler: Sairche and Rhand]]. ''The Adversary'' explores it in detail.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Even though people who know him ''well'' are generally varying degrees of creeped out by him, Adolican Rhand has still maintained his position as a member of Waterdeep's high society rather well.
* VillainTeamUp: As of the end of ''Lesser Evils'', one appears to be in the works between [[spoiler: Sairche and Rhand]]. ''The Adversary'' explores it in detail.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Even though people who know him ''well'' are generally varying degrees of creeped out by him, Adolican Rhand has still maintained his position as a member of Waterdeep's high society rather well.
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* {{Unresolved|SexualTension}}[=/=]BelligerentSexualTension: Farideh and Lorcan's love/hate relationship is fairly thick with this.this [[spoiler: Gets resolved - in more ways than one - in ''Fire in the Blood'']].
* VillainTeamUp: As of the end of ''Lesser Evils'', oneappears is about to be in the works between formed [[spoiler: Sairche and Rhand]]. ''The Adversary'' explores it in detail.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Even though people who know him ''well'' are generally varying degrees of creeped out by him, Adolican Rhand has still maintained his position as a member of Waterdeep's high society rather well. [[spoiler: At least until Dahl busts him as a SerialKiller during the TimeSkip]].
* VillainTeamUp: As of the end of ''Lesser Evils'', one
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Even though people who know him ''well'' are generally varying degrees of creeped out by him, Adolican Rhand has still maintained his position as a member of Waterdeep's high society rather well. [[spoiler: At least until Dahl busts him as a SerialKiller during the TimeSkip]].
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* WildCard: Even the author has admitted she's not entirely sure if Lorcan will be a good guy or a bad guy in the long run.
* YoungAndInCharge: The Nameless One is about thirteen/fourteen, but can order around even the likes of Adolican Rhand with impunity.
* YoungAndInCharge: The Nameless One is about thirteen/fourteen, but can order around even the likes of Adolican Rhand with impunity.
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* WildCard: Even the author has admitted she's not entirely sure if Lorcan will be a good guy or a bad guy in the long run.
run. [[spoiler: Fittingly, he's a bit of both]].
* YoungAndInCharge: The Nameless One is about thirteen/fourteen, but as the Chosen of Shar wields a great deal of power in Netheril and can order around even the likes of Adolican Rhand with impunity.
* YoungAndInCharge: The Nameless One is about thirteen/fourteen, but as the Chosen of Shar wields a great deal of power in Netheril and can order around even the likes of Adolican Rhand with impunity.
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* DomesticAbuser: Lorcan to Farideh, [[spoiler: especially in "Fire in the Blood" when they actually briefly get together. Highlights include poisoning Farideh to "protect" her and trying to sabotage her other relationships through violence and coercion.]]
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* DomesticAbuser: DomesticAbuse: Lorcan to Farideh, [[spoiler: especially in "Fire in the Blood" when they actually briefly get together. Highlights include poisoning Farideh to "protect" her and trying to sabotage her other relationships through violence and coercion.]]
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The series went through a substantial ReTool due to the sudden launch of 5e bringing the [[CrisisCrossover Second Sundering]]. Many of the subplots from the first two books were dropped. The most striking example, however, is [[spoiler: Lorcan casually referencing the death of Azuth as one of the factors in Asmodeus' Ascension,]] as if it's common knowledge, in ''Lesser Evils''. The later books made [[spoiler: Azuth's connection to Asmodeus]] a mystery that the characters spend multiple books investigating.
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* CrisisCrossover" ''The Adversary'' is the series' contribution to ''The Sundering'' metaplot, showing Farideh & Co. actions during [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Second Sundering]] of Faerûn.
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* BlackMagicianGirl / LadyOfBlackMagic: Farideh is right on the borderline between these- as a warlock, her magic is highly focused on destruction and offense, and in addition she's rather too reserved for the former trope but not mature or regal enough for the latter.
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* BlackMagicianGirl / LadyOfBlackMagic: Farideh is right on the borderline between these- as a warlock, her magic is highly focused on destruction and offense, and in addition addition, she's rather too reserved for the former trope but not mature or regal enough for the latter.
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* CollectorOfTheStrange: Lorcan collects warlocks- he went after Farideh in order to get a descendant of Bryseis Kakistos in his collection. He also warns, her, however, that he's far from the only devil with this hobby, and their ancestry means Farideh and Havilar are squarely in the sights of the Hells.
* TheCorruption: Rohini gets hit by a bad case of this, courtesy of [[spoiler:the aboleths. Yes, the aboleths are horrible enough to corrupt a ''devil'']].
* TheCorruption: Rohini gets hit by a bad case of this, courtesy of [[spoiler:the aboleths. Yes, the aboleths are horrible enough to corrupt a ''devil'']].
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* CollectorOfTheStrange: Lorcan collects warlocks- he went after Farideh in order to get a descendant of Bryseis Kakistos in his collection. He also warns, warns her, however, that he's far from the only devil with this hobby, and their ancestry means Farideh and Havilar are squarely in the sights of the Hells.
* TheCorruption: Rohini gets hit by a bad case of this, courtesy of[[spoiler:the [[spoiler: the aboleths. Yes, the aboleths are horrible enough to corrupt a ''devil'']].
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** Farideh's deal with Lorcan is the impetus for much of the series' action. [[spoiler: She makes another one with Sairche, albeit under duress, that kicks off the start of ''The Adversary''.]]
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** Devils also make these kinds of bargains with each other. [[spoiler: Lorcan and Sairche make one in the later half of ''The Adversary''.]]
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* DomesticAbuser: Lorcan to Farideh, [[spoiler:especially in "Fire in the Blood" when they actually briefly get together. Highlights include poisoning Farideh to "protect" her and trying to sabotage her other relationships through violence and coercion.]]
* TheDreaded: Devils in general. On a more mortal level, pretty much everyone who knows Adolican Rhand well is terrified of him, and if what Lorcan says about her is true, Bryseis Kakistos was this in life and in her homeland remains so after death. Then there's the Nameless One, who is is so dreaded she even worries ''Rhand''.
* TheDreaded: Devils in general. On a more mortal level, pretty much everyone who knows Adolican Rhand well is terrified of him, and if what Lorcan says about her is true, Bryseis Kakistos was this in life and in her homeland remains so after death. Then there's the Nameless One, who is is so dreaded she even worries ''Rhand''.
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* DomesticAbuser: Lorcan to Farideh, [[spoiler:especially [[spoiler: especially in "Fire in the Blood" when they actually briefly get together. Highlights include poisoning Farideh to "protect" her and trying to sabotage her other relationships through violence and coercion.]]
* TheDreaded: Devils in general. On a more mortal level, pretty much everyone who knows Adolican Rhand well is terrified of him, and if what Lorcan says about her is true, Bryseis Kakistos was this in life and in her homeland remains so after death. Then there's the Nameless One, whois is so dreaded she even worries ''Rhand''.
* TheDreaded: Devils in general. On a more mortal level, pretty much everyone who knows Adolican Rhand well is terrified of him, and if what Lorcan says about her is true, Bryseis Kakistos was this in life and in her homeland remains so after death. Then there's the Nameless One, who
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* EpicFail: It's probably a very good thing Farideh can do magic, because when she tries to use her sword, this is the usual result (hint- it tends to involve the sword getting inadvertantly hurled an impressive distance).
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* ManlyGay: [[spoiler:Clanless Mehen is a massive, musclebound dragonborn who can bench press a wagon, and is also gay.]]
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* TheStarscream: The devil Archduchess Glasya is this to her father Asmodeus, the king of hell. It's implied he'd be quite dissapointed in her if she ''wasn't'' plotting to kill him and take his crown. On a broader scale, ''every'' devil wants to take their immediate superior's position by any means neccessary.
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* TheStarscream: The devil Archduchess Glasya is this to her father Asmodeus, the king of hell. It's implied he'd be quite dissapointed disappointed in her if she ''wasn't'' plotting to kill him and take his crown. On a broader scale, ''every'' devil wants to take their immediate superior's position by any means neccessary.necessary.
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* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Tieflings tend to have oddly-colored, pupiless eyes as a side-effect of their fiend heritage- Havilar's are gold, while Farideh has one gold, one silver eye.
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''The Brimstone Angels Saga'' is a six-novel HeroicFantasy series set in the TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms by Erin M. Evans.
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''The Brimstone Angels Saga'' is a six-novel HeroicFantasy series by Erin M. Evans, set in the TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms by Erin M. Evans.TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms.
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* ExactWords: Devils in general are masters of this, [[GenreSavvy to the point that anyone remotely used to dealing with them knows to look out for it.]] In ''Fire in the Blood'' Helindra pulls a DoubleSubversion on Brin. [[spoiler: Helindra promises Brin that she will not remove Farideh from his house, nor will anyone in the Crownsilver Family. Brin immediately sees how weirdly specific this promise is and brings it up, but Helindra assures him it was only so that she wasn't obligated to interfere if a member of the Royal Family decided to come for Farideh. As it turns out this was all a distraction, she never promised not to remove the servants from the house, and leaves Farideh alone with a bad fever and no one to care for her.]]
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* AerithAndBob: A non-Western example. Farideh is actually one spelling of an Arabic name meaning "Delightful."
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* AerithAndBob: A non-Western example. Farideh is actually one spelling of an Arabic name meaning "Delightful."Unique."
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* AerithAndBob: A non-Western example. Farideh is actually one spelling of an Arabic name meaning "Delightful."
