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* HasTwoMommies: Dinara. [[spoiler: Conceived by Red Hand Reyka’s human lover and a close friend who was a man. She was raised by Reyka and her human lover in secret]].
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** Ayla gets her and Benjy into a restricted section of Queen Junn’s part by [[JanitorImpersonationInfiltration pretending to be a waiter]]. She does get past the guards, [[SubvertedTrope but is detected by the Made security system and they are both apprehended soon afterwards]].
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** Ayla gets her and Benjy into a restricted section of Queen Junn’s part party by [[JanitorImpersonationInfiltration pretending to be a waiter]]. She does get past the guards, [[SubvertedTrope but is detected by the Made security system and they are both apprehended soon afterwards]].
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* WhamLine: Near the very end of ''Crier's War'', Crier visits the Midwifery where she was born to check her blueprints and find a way to remove her fifth pillar and dissolve her feelings for Ayla. The Midwife reveals that [[spoiler:she was never Flawed to begin with, meaning that every Automae has the potential to feel as Crier does.]]
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* WhamLine: Near the very end of ''Crier's War'', Crier visits the Midwifery where she was born Made to check her blueprints and find a way to remove her fifth pillar and dissolve her feelings for Ayla. The Midwife reveals that [[spoiler:she was never Flawed had a fifth pillar to begin with, meaning that every Automae has the potential to feel as Crier does.]]
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-->'''Jezen''': [[spoiler:Years ago, I was one of many Midwives who experimented with making a five-pillared Automae. It never worked.]]
-->'''Jezen''': [[spoiler:Years ago, I was one of many Midwives who experimented with making a five-pillared Automae. It never worked.]]
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* VestigialEmpire: The Sovereign's authority once spanned the entire continent of Zulla, but the nation of Varn has seceded and the region of Tarreen -- which as on the far side of Varn -- is so remote there is almost no direct rule. This leaves only the heartland region of Rabu and the Far North under actual control, even though the Hesod still claims the title 'Sovereign of Zulla'.
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* VestigialEmpire: The Sovereign's authority once spanned the entire continent of Zulla, but the nation of Varn has seceded and the region of Tarreen -- which as on the far side of Varn -- is so remote there is almost no direct rule. This leaves only the heartland region of Rabu and the Far North under actual control, even though the Hesod still claims the title 'Sovereign of Zulla'.
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* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: It is repeatedly stated that Automae [[TinMan do not feel emotions the same way that humans do]]. Crier asks Ayla to explain to her why humans get married since [[AltarDiplomacy they don't need to make political alliances]], and Ayla has to explain that they ''want'' to.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Crier frequently makes offensive comments to Ayla without considering the implications. Once asking [[ThievingMagpie if humans are attracted to shiny objects like magpies are]].
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* ThievingMagpie: Crier asks Ayla [[DiscussedTrope if humans are fascinated by shiny objects like magpies]] to try and understand why Ayla holds onto the locket she got from her parents, even though it is illegal.
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* MoralMyopia: Automae do not view human lives as equal to their own. When discussing past rebellions where hundreds of humans were killed in reprisals, they view it as justified because one Automa was ''almost'' killed.
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* OnlyFriend: Rosi is the closest thing that Crier has to a friend, being somebody close to her own age that she has corresponded with frequently. They don't really ''like'' each other -- and Rosi is actually surprised when Crier says she is happy to see her at a party -- but that connection means that they are still very important to one another.
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* OnlyFriend: Rosi is the closest thing that Crier has to a friend, being somebody close to her own age that she has corresponded with frequently. They don't really ''like'' each other -- and Rosi is actually even surprised when Crier says she is happy to see her at a party -- but that connection means that they are still very important to one another.
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: When Crier asks Hesod about the raid on Ayla's village, he at first claims not to remember. When she points out that Automae remember ''everything'' he admits that he remembers the event itself, but ascribes it no particular importance.
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* PhotographicMemory: Automae have perfect recall by default. They remember everything.
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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Benjy has been in love with Ayla for years, [[DefiedTrope but she deliberately prevents him from confessing or taking any action]] [[LoveIsAWeakness because she doesn't want to let herself care for somebody]].
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* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: Ayla always refused to let herself feel something for Benjy [[LoveIsAWeakness since she viewed it as a weakness]], but this was heightened even more after she discovered Kinok's [[IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure map tracking human relationships so he can always strike somebody you care about]].
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* LoveIsAWeakness: Ayla refuses to let herself feel anything for Benjy, since she believes it will "weaken" her.
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* SecretPath: There are many passageways in the Sovereign's palace which the Automae do not know about, and which can be used by humans to move about the palace without being discovered. [[PlayingWithATrope The thing is, these passageways aren't actually secret or hidden]], they're just used by the servants in the course of their duties so the Automae [[BeneathNotice don't pay attention to them]].
* SecretRoom: Scyre Kinok has an alchemical laboratory hidden in a secret room behind his quarters, where he is working on creating a new substance to replace heartstone.
* SecretRoom: Scyre Kinok has an alchemical laboratory hidden in a secret room behind his quarters, where he is working on creating a new substance to replace heartstone.
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* StrangeSecretEntrance: There's a reason that the Resistance hasn't been able to find the Iron Heart. [[spoiler:It is literally ''inside'' a mountain, with the entrance a solid rock wall unless you know how to open it]].
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* AllForNothing: The Resistance has spent years trying to find the location of the Iron Heart, pinning all their hopes of victory on destroying the source of heartstone so the Automae are wiped out entirely. [[spoiler:When they finally do locate the heart, Kinok ''himself'' destroys it because he hopes to find an alternative power source for Automae and wants to force them to follow him through desperation]].
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* AllForNothing: The Resistance has spent years trying to find the location of the Iron Heart, pinning all their hopes of victory on destroying the source of heartstone so the Automae are wiped out entirely. [[spoiler:When they finally do locate the heart, Kinok ''himself'' destroys it because he hopes to find an alternative power source for Automae and wants to force them to follow him through desperation]].source]].
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* AltarDiplomacy: Marriages for political and economic reasons are so common amongst the nobility in Zulla that Lady Crier views this as the only legitimate reason to get married at all. Despite accepting the practice, she is crushed to discover that this was the entire reason her father had her Made in the first place. She was never intended to be his heir, but to be a negotiating tool if there was ever a political opponent who he couldn’t kill and needed to control in other ways.
* AlternativeCalendar: Time is divided into two different eras: Before Automa Era and Automa Era. The story starts in year 47AE. The BAE is divided into "Eras" (centuries) itself, which are then divided into individual years. The War of Kinds began in Era 900, Year 24 (Also presented as simply Year 924).
* AlternativeCalendar: Time is divided into two different eras: Before Automa Era and Automa Era. The story starts in year 47AE. The BAE is divided into "Eras" (centuries) itself, which are then divided into individual years. The War of Kinds began in Era 900, Year 24 (Also presented as simply Year 924).
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* AltarDiplomacy: Marriages for political and economic reasons are so common amongst the nobility in Zulla that Lady Crier views this as the only legitimate reason to get married at all. Despite accepting the practice, practice in general, she is crushed to discover that this was the entire reason her father had her Made in the first place. She was never intended to be his heir, but to be a negotiating tool if there was ever a political opponent who he couldn’t kill and needed to control in other ways.
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** Automae who are too sympathetic towards humans are viewed with distrust and contempt in Rabu. When Councilmember Reyka, who is one of the few Automae to publicly discuss human rights and fair treatment, disappears none of the other Red Hands are too concerned, and Scyre Kinok even jokes that she may have finally joined the humans that she was so fond of.
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* CondescendingCompassion: Lady Crier does earnestly mean well, but her perspective on humanity is so skewed and influenced by her position and education that she doesn't understand how poorly they are treated by her fellow Automa or how difficult their lives are.
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* FantasticSlurs: Humans call the Automae "leeches" because all they do is consume the labor and work of their human slaves, without contributing at all.
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* HitSoHardTheCalendarFeltIt: The calendar was reset after the War of Kinds, abandoning their previous Era markers and starting at year one of the Automa Era.
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* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: The Automae were originally created as servants and trinkets for humans. They rebelled in the War of Kinds, where they overthrew humanity and installed themselves as the new nobility in Zulla.
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* WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: When Ayla mentions how concerned she is about Faye working in the kitchens, Crier has Faye given a room in the palace and her own servants to care for her. She expects Ayla to be overjoyed and grateful, and is shocked when Ayla says that Crier can't just be kind to ''one'' human while leaving the rest enslaved.
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* AgentProvocateur: Scyre Kinok has infiltrated the human Resistance network, and instigated the rebellion in the Southern Estates a few years ago so he could crush it and make himself a hero to the Automae.
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* AgentProvocateur: Scyre Kinok has infiltrated the human Resistance network, and instigated the rebellion in the Southern Estates Uprisings a few years ago so he could crush it and make himself a hero to the Automae.
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* AltarDiplomacy: Marriages for political and economic reasons are so common amongst the nobility in Zulla that Lady Crier views this as the only legitimate reason to get married at all. Despite accepting the practice, she is crushed to discover that this was the entire reason her father had her Made.Made in the first place. She was never intended to be his heir, but to be a negotiating tool if there was ever a political opponent who he couldn’t kill and needed to control in other ways.
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* ArrangedMarriage:
** [[AltarDiplomacy Marriages for political and economic reasons]] are common amongst the nobility in Zulla. So common that Lady Crier views this as the only reason to get married, and is confused why humans -- who have no resources or political influence -- still get married to each other.
** Lady Crier is engaged to Scyre Kinok, the head of the Anti-Reliance Movement. Sovereign Hesod hopes to co-opt Kinok's popularity, and Kinok hopes to use the marriage to extend his influence.
** [[AltarDiplomacy Marriages for political and economic reasons]] are common amongst the nobility in Zulla. So common that Lady Crier views this as the only reason to get married, and is confused why humans -- who have no resources or political influence -- still get married to each other.
** Lady Crier is engaged to Scyre Kinok, the head of the Anti-Reliance Movement. Sovereign Hesod hopes to co-opt Kinok's popularity, and Kinok hopes to use the marriage to extend his influence.
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* ArrangedMarriage:
** [[AltarDiplomacy Marriages for political and economic reasons]] are common amongst the nobility in Zulla. So common that Lady Crier views this as the only reason to get married, and is confused why humans -- who have no resources or political influence -- still get married to each other.
**ArrangedMarriage: Lady Crier is engaged to Scyre Kinok, the head of the Anti-Reliance Movement. [[AltarDiplomacy Sovereign Hesod hopes to co-opt Kinok's popularity, and Kinok hopes to use the marriage to extend his influence.]]
** [[AltarDiplomacy Marriages for political and economic reasons]] are common amongst the nobility in Zulla. So common that Lady Crier views this as the only reason to get married, and is confused why humans -- who have no resources or political influence -- still get married to each other.
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* SayingTooMuch: Rosi is a devout member of the Anti-Reliance Movement, and she gives Crier a lot of information about Kinok's plans in their casual conversations because she thinks that Crier must already be involved. Crier leans into this to pump her for as much info as she can.
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* TheWarJustBefore: The Southern Uprisings, a human rebellion in the Southern Estates which launched Scyre Kinok's political career when he suppressed them almost single-handedly. [[AgentProvocateur He also deliberately instigated the Uprisings in the first place]]. This was the last large-scale human rebellion, and its crushing defeat has demotivated many Resistance members to think that open revolt against the Automae is futile.
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* MarryForLove: Crier is confused by the fact that humans still get married, because the only reason that Automae get married [[AltarDiplomacy is for political and economic reasons]]. Since humans don't have any power anymore, why do they get married? Ayla has to explain that humans get married because they love each other.
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* ArtificialLimbs: At the climax of the conflict, a cybernetic leg made for [[spoiler: Ayla after her leg was shattered]].
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* ArtificialLimbs: At the climax of the conflict, a cybernetic leg is made for [[spoiler: Ayla after her leg was shattered]].
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Crier tries to reach [[spoiler:Rosi after she has been corrupted by Nightshade]], but by the end she has degenerated so much that there is no reaction at all.
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* LogicalWeakness: The Automae rely on heartstone to survive, which is only mined at the Iron Heart in the mountains to the west and shipped throughout Zulla. If the Resistance can destroy the Iron Heart, or even just waylay enough of the trade caravans carrying it, the Automae will be destroyed in totality without the need for a general rebellion. The Automae know this, so the precise location of the Iron Heart is kept completely secret and the trade caravans are heavily guarded.
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* LogicalWeakness: The Automae rely on heartstone to survive, which is only mined at the Iron Heart in the mountains to the west and shipped from there throughout Zulla. If the Resistance can destroy the Iron Heart, or even just waylay enough of the trade caravans carrying it, the Automae will be destroyed in totality without the need for a general rebellion. The Automae know this, so the precise location of the Iron Heart is kept completely secret and the trade caravans are heavily guarded.
* OnlyFriend: Rosi is the closest thing that Crier has to a friend, being somebody close to her own age that she has corresponded with frequently. They don't really ''like'' each other -- and Rosi is actually surprised when Crier says she is happy to see her at a party -- but that connection means that they are still very important to one another.
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* PowerCrystal: Scyre Kinok is searching for “torumaline”, which he hopes to be able to use to power Automae indefinitely without the need for heartstone. [[spoiler:Tourmaline does work, and a tourmaline heart can replace an Automa’s heart completely.]]
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* PowerCrystal: Scyre Kinok is searching for “torumaline”, “tourmaline”, which he hopes to be able to use to power Automae indefinitely without the need for heartstone. [[spoiler:Tourmaline does work, and a tourmaline heart can replace an Automa’s heart completely.]]
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* UnresolvedSexualTension: Eventually is resolved but only after two books. [[spoiler: Ayla and Lady Crier are constantly aware of the other and how attractive they find one another]].
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* UnresolvedSexualTension: Eventually Crier is resolved but only obsessively fixated on Ayla after two books. [[spoiler: their very first meeting, and after spending time with her Ayla and Lady begins to find her own feelings for Crier growing as well. Crier believes that such feelings are constantly aware the result of her Flawed Design, and Ayla is plotting Crier's death and the overthrow of the other Automae, so neither can act on their feelings. [[spoiler:They finally admit and how attractive they find one another]].act on their feelings towards the end of the second novel.]]
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* ForeignCultureFetish: Sovereign Hesod is a supporter of "Traditionalism", so he continues many human customs and traditions even though they don't really serve any purpose for Automae. He argues that since human civilization prospered for so long there is much that Automae can learn from them. His respect for humanity itself is purely surface level, since he sees Automae as the new successors of civilization.
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Set in the fictional land of Zulla, it involves the escalating tension between humanity and the Automae, [[ArtificialHuman beings created through alchemy which are stronger, faster, and (in some ways) smarter than humanity]]. The automae were created by humans as servants workers, but after only a few years they took control in an uprising that led to [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters the War of Kinds]]. The Automae subsequently turned the [[SlaveRace humans into their slaves]] and installed themselves as the new nobility throughout all of Zulla.
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Set in the fictional land of Zulla, it involves the escalating tension between humanity and the Automae, [[ArtificialHuman beings created through alchemy which are stronger, faster, and (in some ways) smarter than humanity]]. The automae were created by humans as servants and workers, but after only a few years they took control in an uprising that led to [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters the War of Kinds]]. The Automae subsequently turned the [[SlaveRace humans into their slaves]] and installed themselves as the new nobility throughout all of Zulla.
* ArtificialHuman: The Automae are Designed and Made, given life through an alchemical process. They do not require sleep or food — it is unclear if they need to breathe — but they do require heartstone to function and are capable of sleeping and eating if they choose to do so. They view themselves as being inherently superior to humanity, but so far their culture and society is still based on the human society that preceded them.
* BeneathNotice: It frequently comes up that Automae do not know all of the secret ways for servants to get around their palaces, or notice the servants themselves at work. Sometimes this is plot-important when characters take advantage of this, but other times it just emphasizes how arrogant and elitist the Automae are.
** Crier escapes from her wedding by swapping clothes with Faye and walking down the hallways used by the servants, trusting the guards not to give a second look at a human servant about her work.
** Ayla gets her and Benjy into a restricted section of Queen Junn’s part by [[JanitorImpersonationInfiltration pretending to be a waiter]]. She does get past the guards, [[SubvertedTrope but is detected by the Made security system and they are both apprehended soon afterwards]].
** Crier escapes from her wedding by swapping clothes with Faye and walking down the hallways used by the servants, trusting the guards not to give a second look at a human servant about her work.
** Ayla gets her and Benjy into a restricted section of Queen Junn’s part by [[JanitorImpersonationInfiltration pretending to be a waiter]]. She does get past the guards, [[SubvertedTrope but is detected by the Made security system and they are both apprehended soon afterwards]].
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** Automae who are too sympathetic towards humans are viewed with distrust and contempt in Rabu. When Councilmember Reyka, who is one of the few Automae to publicly discuss human rights and fair treatment, disappears none of the other Red Hands are too concerned, and Scyre Kinok even jokes that she may have finally joined the humans that she was so fond of.
** When Ayla learns that [[spoiler:Storme]] is alive, she is furious to see him working as an advisor to Queen Junn. She doesn’t listen when he tries to explain that things are different in Varn, and that Automae aren’t universally oppressive.
** Automae who are too sympathetic towards humans are viewed with distrust and contempt in Rabu. When Councilmember Reyka, who is one of the few Automae to publicly discuss human rights and fair treatment, disappears none of the other Red Hands are too concerned, and Scyre Kinok even jokes that she may have finally joined the humans that she was so fond of.
** When Ayla learns that [[spoiler:Storme]] is alive, she is furious to see him working as an advisor to Queen Junn. She doesn’t listen when he tries to explain that things are different in Varn, and that Automae aren’t universally oppressive.
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* FamousAncestor: Ayla is the descendant of [[spoiler: Thomas Wren, who unknowingly had a child with a common woman who was the true creator of Automae]].
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* EyesNeverLie: More literal than most instances of the trope: You can tell whether somebody is human or Automa by seeing how their eyes reflect light. The first book opens with Crier remembering her father explaining this to her when she was freshly Made, and it is brought up throughout the story.
* FamousAncestor: Ayla is the descendant of [[spoiler: ThomasWren, who unknowingly had a child with a common Wren and “H”, the unknown woman who was the true creator of Automae]].
* FamousAncestor: Ayla is the descendant of [[spoiler: Thomas
* GoneHorriblyWrong: When the ‘shades’ start appearing in southern Rabu, primarily in areas where Kinok had the greatest influence, everybody opposing Kinok tries to figure out how this figures into his plan. It’s Ayla who realizes that this isn’t part of his plan at all, and that Kinok had actually screwed up and created the shades by accident. [[spoiler:Kinok had been trying to create a replacement for heartstone and came up with Nightshade, which he disributed to his loyal supporters. He had no idea that it turned the Automae who used it into shades, so he unwittingly lost his fiercest supporters and created a zombie mob at the same time]].
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* InhumanlyBeautifulRace: Automae are all Designed to be perfectly beautiful. They are all tall, thin, have unblemished complexions, with perfectly symmetrical faces. However, [[DeconstructedTrope this also makes them all look very similar to one another, without any character or uniqueness to make one Automa stand out from any other]].
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* InhumanlyBeautifulRace: Automae are all Designed to be perfectly beautiful. They are all tall, thin, have unblemished complexions, with perfectly symmetrical faces. However, [[DeconstructedTrope this also makes them all look very similar to one another, without any character or uniqueness to make one Automa stand out from any other]].
* JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: Ayla gets her and Benjy into the restricted area of Queen Junn’s party by grabbing a food platter, dumping off its contents, and telling the guards she needs to get it refilled inside. She gets past the guards, [[SubvertedTrope but the Made security system flags them as unauthorized shortly afterwards and they are both apprehended]].
* LogicalWeakness: The Automae rely on heartstone to survive, which is only mined at the Iron Heart in the mountains to the west and shipped throughout Zulla. If the Resistance can destroy the Iron Heart, or even just waylay enough of the trade caravans carrying it, the Automae will be destroyed in totality without the need for a general rebellion. The Automae know this, so the precise location of the Iron Heart is kept completely secret and the trade caravans are heavily guarded.
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* MalignedMixedMarriage:
** Rabu does not accept or tolerate any relationships between Automae and humans, and it is so unheard of that Crier thinks her own feelings for Ayla must mean her Design was Flawed. [[spoiler:Councilmember Reyka had to completely hide that she was in love with a human woman and they had a child together, only bringing Dinara around in the guise of a servant]].
** Things are much more tolerant in Varn, where human/Automa pairings are common enough for Ayla and Crier [[UndercoverAsLovers to pose as married]] when they need to sheek shelter at an Automa estate. Even then they still get side-eyed a little when they say that the wedding was human-style.
* MemoryJar: Crier discovers that Ayla’s locket, which is a Made object [[TragicKeepsake that her parents gave her before their death]], contains the stored memories of her grandfather’s life. It and its twin had been made by his wife, Siena, so they could pass down their lives to their children.
* MysteriousPast: Though many spots are eventually filled in, there are a lot ofblanks blank spots left in Scyre Kinok's history through to the end of the story.
** Rabu does not accept or tolerate any relationships between Automae and humans, and it is so unheard of that Crier thinks her own feelings for Ayla must mean her Design was Flawed. [[spoiler:Councilmember Reyka had to completely hide that she was in love with a human woman and they had a child together, only bringing Dinara around in the guise of a servant]].
** Things are much more tolerant in Varn, where human/Automa pairings are common enough for Ayla and Crier [[UndercoverAsLovers to pose as married]] when they need to sheek shelter at an Automa estate. Even then they still get side-eyed a little when they say that the wedding was human-style.
* MemoryJar: Crier discovers that Ayla’s locket, which is a Made object [[TragicKeepsake that her parents gave her before their death]], contains the stored memories of her grandfather’s life. It and its twin had been made by his wife, Siena, so they could pass down their lives to their children.
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* PoweredByAForsakenChild: Kiera, the first Automa, needed to consume human blood to function. The older she got, the more blood she needed. Thomas Wren eventually found out how to manufacture heartstone to serve in place of blood for the Automa who followed Kiera. [[spoiler:[[HumanResources Heartstone was still based on human blood, processed through an alchemical process so it could support more Automae with the same amount]].]]
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: Kiera, the first Automa, needed to consume human blood to function. The older she got, the more blood she needed. Thomas Wren eventually found out how to manufacture heartstone to serve in place of blood for the Automa who followed Kiera. [[spoiler:[[HumanResources Heartstone was still based on human blood, processed through an alchemical process so it could support more Automae with the same amount]].]]
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* StealingTheCredit: Thomas Wren is credited with creating the first Automa, [[spoiler:but he really stole the work from an unnamed woman now known only as “H”.]]
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* AgentProvocateur: Scyre Kinok has infiltrated the human Resistance network, and instigated the rebellion in the Southern Estates a few years ago so he could crush it and make himself a hero to the Automae.
* AltarDiplomacy: Crier is crushed to discover that this was the entire reason her father had her Made. She was never intended to be his heir, but to be a negotiating tool if there was ever a political opponent who he couldn’t kill and needed to control in other ways.
* CapitalLettersAreMagic: The steps and final products in the alchemical process are all spelt with capital letters: Objects (And Automae) are Designed and Made, and if there is an error then the final product is Flawed.
* CastFullOfGay: Very full. The two main characters are both either gay or bisexual. Almost all of the fairy tale stories told involve a same-sex couple. Several other characters are involved in queer romances. There are also two characters that are non-binary or genderfluid: Erren and Wender.
* ConspicuousConsumption: Traditionalism is the Automa philosophy that says they should continue human customs and traditions, but since they don’t have any of the same biological needs as humanity many of their activities are just for show. Automae don’t derive any nourishment or sustenance from food, so the feasts they hold go to waste while the servants in attendance are starving. They don’t require sleep, so setting aside individual bedrooms is wasted space while the servants are crammed into cramped quarters.
* CastFullOfGay: Very full. The two main characters are both either gay or bisexual. Almost all of the fairy tale stories told involve a same-sex couple. Several other characters are involved in queer romances. There are also two characters that are non-binary or genderfluid: Erren and Wender.
* ConspicuousConsumption: Traditionalism is the Automa philosophy that says they should continue human customs and traditions, but since they don’t have any of the same biological needs as humanity many of their activities are just for show. Automae don’t derive any nourishment or sustenance from food, so the feasts they hold go to waste while the servants in attendance are starving. They don’t require sleep, so setting aside individual bedrooms is wasted space while the servants are crammed into cramped quarters.
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* CastFullOfGay: Very full. The two main characters are both either gay or bisexual. Almost all of the fairy tale stories told involve a same-sex couple. Several other characters are involved in queer romances. There are also two characters that are non-binary or genderfluid: Erren and Wender.
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* GossipyHens:
** Ayla meets Wender at a party at Queen Junn’s palace, and learns that the only reason most of the attendees show up is to catch (And spread) the latest gossip. Ayla obviously doesn’t have any gossip to spread herself, but learns from Wender about Crier running away from her wedding.
** When Ayla and Crier [[UndercoverAsLovers pose as a married couple]] to seek shelter at an Automa women’s estate, she keeps trying to pump them for gossip. Even asking for stories from their wedding in case they know the same people.
** Ayla meets Wender at a party at Queen Junn’s palace, and learns that the only reason most of the attendees show up is to catch (And spread) the latest gossip. Ayla obviously doesn’t have any gossip to spread herself, but learns from Wender about Crier running away from her wedding.
** When Ayla and Crier [[UndercoverAsLovers pose as a married couple]] to seek shelter at an Automa women’s estate, she keeps trying to pump them for gossip. Even asking for stories from their wedding in case they know the same people.
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* InhumanlyBeautifulRace: Automae are all Designed to be perfectly beautiful. They are all tall, thin, have unblemished complexions, with perfectly symmetrical faces. However, [[DeconstructedTrope this also makes them all look very similar to one another, without any character or uniqueness to make one Automa stand out from any other]].
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* LastSecondChance: [[spoiler: When Scyre Kinok’s plans have been exposed, and his last followers have abandoned him, Crier pleads with him to just surrender and let it end. He refuses, and is killed immediately afterwards]].
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* TheStoic: Automae have much more control over their expressions than humans do, so they show much less emotion. Automae also claim [[TinMan to not experience emotions the same way as humans do in the first place]], but this may not be as true as they claim.
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* TechnicallyLivingZombie: The ‘shades’ are crazed, violent, mindless Automae who were addicted to [[spoiler:Nightshade]] and attack any non-shades they encounter, either human or Automa. They degenerate so far that their skin seems to rot, and their lack of any pain reaction means they continue to move even after suffering broken limbs. The final result is close to the classic shambling zombie.
* TinMan: The Automae are unusual in that they do not deny having emotions, but they claim that they experience them differently than humans do. Some of the text supports this, but other aspects seem to indicate that they simply [[TheStoic don’t SHOW it]].
* TinMan: The Automae are unusual in that they do not deny having emotions, but they claim that they experience them differently than humans do. Some of the text supports this, but other aspects seem to indicate that they simply [[TheStoic don’t SHOW it]].
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* VisionaryVillain: Scyre Kinok dreams of an Automae society completely divorced from any human legacy, without even the need for heartstone to hold them back. He hopes to discover Tourmaline, a new power source that can run forever, and remake the entire world.
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Set in the fictional land of Rabu, it involves the escalating tension between the human slaves and their automae masters. The automae were created by humans but took control in an uprising that led to [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters the War of Kinds]]. The Automae subsequently turned the [[SlaveRace humans into their slaves]]. The story is told in two points of view: a human slave (Ayla) who is working to avenge her family's death and the [[PrincessProtagonist daughter of the automa king of Rabu]] (Lady Crier) who is working towards being more involved in her father’s government. The book follows Ayla and Lady Crier as they meet and [[{{Robosexual}} slowly fall for each other]] despite all the taboos keeping their kinds apart.
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Set in the fictional land of Rabu, Zulla, it involves the escalating tension between humanity and the human slaves Automae, [[ArtificialHuman beings created through alchemy which are stronger, faster, and their automae masters. (in some ways) smarter than humanity]]. The automae were created by humans as servants workers, but after only a few years they took control in an uprising that led to [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters the War of Kinds]]. The Automae subsequently turned the [[SlaveRace humans into their slaves]]. slaves]] and installed themselves as the new nobility throughout all of Zulla.
The story is told in two points of view: a human slave (Ayla) who is working to avenge her family's death and the [[PrincessProtagonist daughter of the automaking Sovereign of Rabu]] Zulla]] (Lady Crier) who is working towards being more involved in her father’s government. The book follows Ayla and Lady Crier as they meet and [[{{Robosexual}} slowly fall for each other]] despite all the taboos keeping their kinds apart.
The story is told in two points of view: a human slave (Ayla) who is working to avenge her family's death and the [[PrincessProtagonist daughter of the automa
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* AlmostKiss: Happens during Reaper's Moon when Ayla and Lady Crier go off to a cave. Lady Crier tells Ayla a story and at the end they stare into each other's eyes meaningfully but neither of them try to kiss the other.
* AlternativeCalendar: Time is divided into two different eras: Before Automa Era and Automa Era.
* ArrangedMarriage: Between Lady Crier and Scyre Kinok
* ArtificialLimbs: A cybernetic leg made for [[spoiler: Ayla]] after [[spoiler: her leg was shattered]].
* BeautifulDreamer: According to Lady Crier, Ayla is this.
* DisappointedInYou: Both [[spoiler: Hesod]] and [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]] use this against [[spoiler: Lady Crier]] when the tell her that they expected her to be smarter and to have realized what they were doing sooner.
* DoomedHometown: Ayla’s village was burned down and all the villagers killed. However, [[spoiler: it was later revealed that there were more survivors, including Ayla’s brother Storme]].
* AlternativeCalendar: Time is divided into two different eras: Before Automa Era and Automa Era.
* ArrangedMarriage: Between Lady Crier and Scyre Kinok
* ArtificialLimbs: A cybernetic leg made for [[spoiler: Ayla]] after [[spoiler: her leg was shattered]].
* BeautifulDreamer: According to Lady Crier, Ayla is this.
* DisappointedInYou: Both [[spoiler: Hesod]] and [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]] use this against [[spoiler: Lady Crier]] when the tell her that they expected her to be smarter and to have realized what they were doing sooner.
* DoomedHometown: Ayla’s village was burned down and all the villagers killed. However, [[spoiler: it was later revealed that there were more survivors, including Ayla’s brother Storme]].
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* AllForNothing: The Resistance has spent years trying to find the location of the Iron Heart, pinning all their hopes of victory on destroying the source of heartstone so the Automae are wiped out entirely. [[spoiler:When they finally do locate the heart, Kinok ''himself'' destroys it because he hopes to find an alternative power source for Automae and wants to force them to follow him through desperation]].
* AlmostKiss: Happens during Reaper's Moon when Ayla and Lady Crier go off to a cave. Lady Crier tells Ayla astory story, and at the end they stare into each other's eyes meaningfully she is transfixed by a drop of water which hangs on Ayla's lips, but neither of them try cannot bring herself to kiss the other.act.
* AlternativeCalendar: Time is divided into two different eras: Before Automa Era and AutomaEra.
Era. The story starts in year 47AE. The BAE is divided into "Eras" (centuries) itself, which are then divided into individual years. The War of Kinds began in Era 900, Year 24 (Also presented as simply Year 924).
*ArrangedMarriage: Between ArrangedMarriage:
** Marriages for political and economic reasons are common amongst the nobility in Zulla. So common that Lady Crier views this as the only reason to get married, and is confused why humans -- who have no resources or political influence -- still get married to each other.
** Lady Crier is engaged to ScyreKinok
Kinok, the head of the Anti-Reliance Movement. Sovereign Hesod hopes to co-opt Kinok's popularity, and Kinok hopes to use the marriage to extend his influence.
* ArtificialLimbs:A At the climax of the conflict, a cybernetic leg made for [[spoiler: Ayla]] Ayla after [[spoiler: her leg was shattered]].
* BeautifulDreamer:According Automa do not need to Lady Crier, sleep, so when Ayla falls asleep in bed with Crier she is this.
able to stay awake and watch her.
* DecapitationRequired: Decapitation isn't the ''only'' way to kill an Automa, but it's the quickest and easiest for a human to pull off.
* DisappointedInYou: Both[[spoiler: Hesod]] Hesod and [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]] Kinok use this against [[spoiler: Lady Crier]] Crier when the tell her that they expected her to be smarter and to have realized what they were doing sooner.
* DoomedHometown: Ayla’s village was burned down seven years ago and all the villagers were killed.However, She was the only survivor. [[spoiler: it was It is later revealed that there were more survivors, including Ayla’s brother Storme]].
* AlmostKiss: Happens during Reaper's Moon when Ayla and Lady Crier go off to a cave. Lady Crier tells Ayla a
* AlternativeCalendar: Time is divided into two different eras: Before Automa Era and Automa
*
** Marriages for political and economic reasons are common amongst the nobility in Zulla. So common that Lady Crier views this as the only reason to get married, and is confused why humans -- who have no resources or political influence -- still get married to each other.
** Lady Crier is engaged to Scyre
* ArtificialLimbs:
* BeautifulDreamer:
* DecapitationRequired: Decapitation isn't the ''only'' way to kill an Automa, but it's the quickest and easiest for a human to pull off.
* DisappointedInYou: Both
* DoomedHometown: Ayla’s village was burned down seven years ago and all the villagers were killed.
* EvilVersusEvil: Queen Junn of Varn is known as the 'Mad Queen', and there are horrific rumors circulating about her brutal practices (Including that she murdered her father to take the throne, that she bathes in human blood, that she eats human bones, etc.). Crier is naturally put off by these rumors, but she considers allying with Junn against Kinok and Hesod in order to prevent their own plans from maturing. [[spoiler:It turns out that Junn spread those rumors herself, [[SubvertedTrope and she is a very competent and reasonably benevolent ruler]].]]
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* FirstKiss: Between Ayla and Lady Crier.
* FirstLove: Also between Ayla and Lady Crier.
* GreatOffscreenWar: The War of Kinds.
* FirstLove: Also between Ayla and Lady Crier.
* GreatOffscreenWar: The War of Kinds.
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* FirstKiss: Between FirstKiss:
** Ayla andLady Crier.
Crier kiss in the inn at Elderell, but rather than start their relationship [[DeconstructedTrope Ayla is so conflicted that it pushes them apart]].
** Benjy kisses Ayla before they begin the mission to steal Kinok's compass. Ayla herself does not know what Benjy intended, and thinks that it felt like "closure".
* FirstLove:Also between Crier does not believe that Automae feel love the way that humans do, and Ayla deliberately suppresses her feelings to prevent being hurt by others. They are both unprepared for the feelings that arise for each other.
* GoodIsNotNice: [[spoiler:Queen Junn of Varn had Reyka killed when she became a liability to her plans, even though she had been an ally. When Crier is infuriated at the death of her friend andLady Crier.
mentor, Junn explains that Reyka's slip-ups endangered their entire enterprise, plus her own close loved ones since Kinok in particular loves [[IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure striking at those close to you]]. When engaged in a struggle against such a powerful evil, hard choices have to be made]].
* GreatOffscreenWar: The War ofKinds.Kinds, where the Automae overthrew humanity and took control of Zulla.
** Ayla and
** Benjy kisses Ayla before they begin the mission to steal Kinok's compass. Ayla herself does not know what Benjy intended, and thinks that it felt like "closure".
* FirstLove:
* GoodIsNotNice: [[spoiler:Queen Junn of Varn had Reyka killed when she became a liability to her plans, even though she had been an ally. When Crier is infuriated at the death of her friend and
* GreatOffscreenWar: The War of
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* HiddenInPlainSight: Lady Crier finds [[spoiler: Yora's Heart]] in [[spoiler: her father's trophy room]]. Presumably, it has been there ever since [[spoiler: Ayla's village was destroyed but Hesod didn't recognize its significance]].
* HisStoryRepeatsItself: The first pivotal moment occurs when Ayla is hiding in the outhouse while her village burns and awaits her brother to return for her. [[spoiler: The wait is finally over when Storme rescues Ayla from the Iron Heart and the ensuing explosion and fire]].
* HotConsort: [[spoiler: Storme]] is this to Queen Junn
* HumanResources: [[spoiler: Human blood]] is harvested in order to make [[spoiler: Heartstone, which is the food source for automae]].
* InstantSedation: Occurs when [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]] finds [[spoiler: Ayla and Lady Crier]] when they are exploring the [[spoiler: Iron Heart. He throws a yellow dust at them which knocks them out immediately]].
* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: [[spoiler: Luna is killed]] to punish [[spoiler: Faye]] for her disobedience to [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]].
* LiteralCliffhanger: Lady Crier is crouching along the sea cliffs when the section she is standing on starts to separate off. She barely hangs on but is rescued by [[spoiler: Ayla]].
* MachineBlood: The Automa blood is purple in color.
* MakeAnExampleOfThem: Luna and [[spoiler: Nessa]] were both killed to discourage disobedience to the Automa.
* MysteriousPast: Several characters fill this trope including Scyre Kinok, [[spoiler: Storme]], and Queen Junn.
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler: The burned body that Ayla assumed was her brother Storme turns out to have been not his and she eventually realizes that her brother is alive. Can also be used for Ayla herself since Storme had also believed Ayla to be dead but had never seen her dead body]].
* ParentalSubstitute: Rowan is this to both Ayla and Benjy.
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: Occurs after Ayla and Lady Crier [[spoiler: escape from the human raiders]] and are taking a bath in a nearby river. [[spoiler: Lady Crier makes Ayla uncomfortable with her nakedness when she starts trying to converse with her afterwards]].
* PoliticallyActivePrincess: What Lady Crier is trying to be.
* PsychoSerum: [[spoiler: Nightshade]] is this to Automa. [[spoiler: Rosi claims to have never felt better after taking it but she starts losing weight, her veins and mouth turn black, and she is starting to go insane]].
* RevealingInjury: [[spoiler: Queen Junn]] is revealed [[spoiler: to be human after she cuts her own arm to show her red blood]].
* {{Robosexual}}: Ayla and Lady Crier. Subverted with [[spoiler: Storme and Queen Junn, since it is revealed that Queen Junn is actually human]].
* RoboticReveal: Crier is exposed to be an Automa to [[spoiler: the band of human rebels she is travelling with]] when she [[spoiler: takes a crossbow bolt to the back, revealing her purple blood]].
* HisStoryRepeatsItself: The first pivotal moment occurs when Ayla is hiding in the outhouse while her village burns and awaits her brother to return for her. [[spoiler: The wait is finally over when Storme rescues Ayla from the Iron Heart and the ensuing explosion and fire]].
* HotConsort: [[spoiler: Storme]] is this to Queen Junn
* HumanResources: [[spoiler: Human blood]] is harvested in order to make [[spoiler: Heartstone, which is the food source for automae]].
* InstantSedation: Occurs when [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]] finds [[spoiler: Ayla and Lady Crier]] when they are exploring the [[spoiler: Iron Heart. He throws a yellow dust at them which knocks them out immediately]].
* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: [[spoiler: Luna is killed]] to punish [[spoiler: Faye]] for her disobedience to [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]].
* LiteralCliffhanger: Lady Crier is crouching along the sea cliffs when the section she is standing on starts to separate off. She barely hangs on but is rescued by [[spoiler: Ayla]].
* MachineBlood: The Automa blood is purple in color.
* MakeAnExampleOfThem: Luna and [[spoiler: Nessa]] were both killed to discourage disobedience to the Automa.
* MysteriousPast: Several characters fill this trope including Scyre Kinok, [[spoiler: Storme]], and Queen Junn.
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler: The burned body that Ayla assumed was her brother Storme turns out to have been not his and she eventually realizes that her brother is alive. Can also be used for Ayla herself since Storme had also believed Ayla to be dead but had never seen her dead body]].
* ParentalSubstitute: Rowan is this to both Ayla and Benjy.
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: Occurs after Ayla and Lady Crier [[spoiler: escape from the human raiders]] and are taking a bath in a nearby river. [[spoiler: Lady Crier makes Ayla uncomfortable with her nakedness when she starts trying to converse with her afterwards]].
* PoliticallyActivePrincess: What Lady Crier is trying to be.
* PsychoSerum: [[spoiler: Nightshade]] is this to Automa. [[spoiler: Rosi claims to have never felt better after taking it but she starts losing weight, her veins and mouth turn black, and she is starting to go insane]].
* RevealingInjury: [[spoiler: Queen Junn]] is revealed [[spoiler: to be human after she cuts her own arm to show her red blood]].
* {{Robosexual}}: Ayla and Lady Crier. Subverted with [[spoiler: Storme and Queen Junn, since it is revealed that Queen Junn is actually human]].
* RoboticReveal: Crier is exposed to be an Automa to [[spoiler: the band of human rebels she is travelling with]] when she [[spoiler: takes a crossbow bolt to the back, revealing her purple blood]].
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* HiddenInPlainSight: Lady Crier finds [[spoiler: Yora's Heart]] Heart in [[spoiler: her father's trophy room]]. Presumably, it has been there ever since [[spoiler: Ayla's village was destroyed destroyed, but Hesod didn't recognize its significance]].
significance.
* HisStoryRepeatsItself: The first pivotal moment occurs when Ayla is hiding in the outhouse while her village burns and awaits her brother Storme to return forher. her. [[spoiler: The wait is finally over when Storme rescues Ayla from the Iron Heart and the ensuing explosion and fire]].
*HotConsort: [[spoiler: Storme]] is this to Queen Junn
*HumanResources: [[spoiler: Human blood]] blood is harvested in order to make [[spoiler: Heartstone, which is the food source for automae]].
* InstantSedation: Occurs when[[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]] Kinok finds [[spoiler: Ayla and Lady Crier]] Crier when they are exploring the [[spoiler: Iron Heart. Heart]]. He throws a yellow dust at them which knocks them out immediately]].
immediately.
* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure:[[spoiler: Ayla discovers that Scyre Kinok has made a deliberate map of all the relationships between human servants in the palace (Blood family, friendships, and romance). When somebody needs to be punished, he knows to hurt somebody they care about instead of them directly. [[spoiler:Ayla realizes that this is why Luna is killed]] was executed: She hadn't done anything wrong, but Kinok wanted to punish [[spoiler: Faye]] for Faye, her disobedience to [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]].
sister]].
* LiteralCliffhanger: Lady Crier is crouching along the sea cliffs when the section she is standing on starts to separate off. She barely hangs on but is rescued by[[spoiler: Ayla]].
Ayla, which starts their relationship.
* MachineBlood:The Automa blood is purple in color.
* MadeOfIron: Ignoring the pun, Automae are much stronger and faster than a normal human, and are also much more resilient. They only sure way to kill them is by [[DecapitationRequired removing their head]], striking them in the heart, or burning their body. Anything else and they will eventually heal back to perfect health.
* MakeAnExampleOfThem:Luna and [[spoiler: Nessa]] were both killed It is standard policy for the Automae to publicly hang the clothing of humans they have executed to discourage disobedience to the Automa.
others. The story opens with Luna's white dress on display, and later [[spoiler:Nessa's]] shoes replace it.
* MysteriousPast:Several characters fill this trope including Scyre Kinok, [[spoiler: Storme]], and Queen Junn.
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler: The burned body that Ayla assumed was her brother Storme turns out to have been not his and sheThough many spots are eventually realizes that her brother is alive. Can also be used for Ayla herself filled in, there are a lot of blanks spots left in Scyre Kinok's history through to the end of the story.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Automae age much slower than humans, and have a commiserate longer lifespan. However, sinceStorme had also believed Ayla Automae were only first created 65 years ago, none of them have yet reached advanced age. This manifests mainly as people in their middle-age looking in their prime.
* ParentalSubstitute:
** Crier was close tobe dead but had never seen Councilmember Reyka, who was the one person in authority who seemed to appreciate and nurture her dead body]].
* ParentalSubstitute:intelligence and aspirations. She is crushed when she learns that Reyka has mysteriously vanished at the start of the story.
** Rowan is this to both Ayla andBenjy.
Benjy, rescuing them from life on the street.
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: Occurs after Ayla and Lady Crier[[spoiler: escape from the human raiders]] and are taking a bath in a nearby river. [[spoiler: Lady river, and actually goes in both directions. Crier makes is initially unwilling to disrobe because she assumes that humans are hung up on the nudity taboo and that Ayla uncomfortable with won't ''want'' her nakedness when to take her clothes off, so Ayla eventually has to tell her to get in the river. When she starts trying gets out of the river to converse with her afterwards]].
dry she then forgets to re-dress, and Ayla has to remind her.
* PoliticallyActivePrincess:What Lady Crier has ambitions of joining the Red Hands, the ruling council, and has many ideas for political reforms in Zulla. She is trying to be.
crushed when Hesod keeps forcing her out of the room, metaphorically and once literally.
* PsychoSerum: [[spoiler: Nightshade]] is this toAutoma. Automae. [[spoiler: Rosi claims to have never felt better after taking it but she starts losing weight, her veins and mouth turn black, and she is starting to go insane]].
insane. Eventually Automae completely degenerate into mindless 'shades']].
* RevealingInjury:[[spoiler: Queen Junn]] When Crier is posing as a human, her nature is revealed [[spoiler: to be human after when she cuts [[TakingTheBullet throws herself in front of a crossbow to save a human]]. The fact that she survived at all would normally be enough, but it also shows her own arm to show her red blood]].
Automa blood.
*{{Robosexual}}: Ayla {{Robosexual}}: In Rabu there is a very large taboo against relations between humans and Lady Crier. Subverted with [[spoiler: Storme and Queen Junn, since Automae, it is revealed so large that Crier believes that her feelings for Ayla means she is Flawed. When she realizes that Queen Junn of Varn is actually human]].
in a relationship with her human advisor she is shocked at the implications. It is later revealed that Varn in general is much more lax with regards to romance, and Crier and Ayla once pose as a married couple. [[spoiler:They finally admit their feelings for each other and begin a relationship]].
*RoboticReveal: RoboticReveal:
** Crier is exposed to be an Automa to [[spoiler: the band of human rebels she is travelling with]] when she [[spoiler: takes a crossbow bolt to the back, revealing her purpleblood]].blood]].
** [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] with [[spoiler:Queen Junn, who cuts her own arm to show that she is actually ''human'']].
* HisStoryRepeatsItself: The first pivotal moment occurs when Ayla is hiding in the outhouse while her village burns and awaits her brother Storme to return for
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* InstantSedation: Occurs when
* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure:
* LiteralCliffhanger: Lady Crier is crouching along the sea cliffs when the section she is standing on starts to separate off. She barely hangs on but is rescued by
* MachineBlood:
* MadeOfIron: Ignoring the pun, Automae are much stronger and faster than a normal human, and are also much more resilient. They only sure way to kill them is by [[DecapitationRequired removing their head]], striking them in the heart, or burning their body. Anything else and they will eventually heal back to perfect health.
* MakeAnExampleOfThem:
* MysteriousPast:
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler: The burned body that Ayla assumed was her brother Storme turns out to have been not his and she
* OlderThanTheyLook: Automae age much slower than humans, and have a commiserate longer lifespan. However, since
* ParentalSubstitute:
** Crier was close to
* ParentalSubstitute:
** Rowan is this to both Ayla and
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: Occurs after Ayla and Lady Crier
* PoliticallyActivePrincess:
* PsychoSerum: [[spoiler: Nightshade]] is this to
* RevealingInjury:
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** Crier is exposed to be an Automa to [[spoiler: the band of human rebels she is travelling with]] when she [[spoiler: takes a crossbow bolt to the back, revealing her purple
** [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] with [[spoiler:Queen Junn, who cuts her own arm to show that she is actually ''human'']].
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* TaintedVeins: Automa that consume [[spoiler: Nightshade]] eventually develop [[spoiler: black veins]] before they inevitably [[spoiler: go insane and murderous]].
* TakeOverTheWorld: [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]] has a plant to [[spoiler: destroy the Iron Heart which supplies the Heartstone for all of the automae]] and replace it with [[spoiler: his own invented source of nourishment.]] Once this happens, all of the automae will have to submit to him or [[spoiler: starve to death]].
* TitleDrop: The mine that supplies Heartstone to the automae, the Iron Heart is mentioned frequently in the second book, ''Iron Heart''.
* TakeOverTheWorld: [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]] has a plant to [[spoiler: destroy the Iron Heart which supplies the Heartstone for all of the automae]] and replace it with [[spoiler: his own invented source of nourishment.]] Once this happens, all of the automae will have to submit to him or [[spoiler: starve to death]].
* TitleDrop: The mine that supplies Heartstone to the automae, the Iron Heart is mentioned frequently in the second book, ''Iron Heart''.
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* TaintedVeins: Automa Automae that consume [[spoiler: Nightshade]] eventually develop [[spoiler: black veins]] veins before they inevitably [[spoiler: go insane and murderous]].
murderous.
*TakeOverTheWorld: [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]] has TakingTheBullet: Crier throws herself in front of a plant crossbow in order to [[spoiler: destroy the Iron Heart which supplies the Heartstone for all of the automae]] and replace it with [[spoiler: his own invented source of nourishment.]] Once protect Hook. Since she is an Automa [[DownplayedTrope this happens, all of the automae will have to submit to him or [[spoiler: starve to death]].
is less dangerous than it would normally be]], [[RevealingInjury but it does reveal her true nature]].
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* VestigialEmpire: The Sovereign's authority once spanned the entire continent of Zulla, but the nation of Varn has seceded and the region of Tarreen -- which as on the far side of Varn -- is so remote there is almost no direct rule. This leaves only the heartland region of Rabu and the Far North under actual control, even though the Hesod still claims the title 'Sovereign of Zulla'.
* WeCanRuleTogether:[[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]] Kinok offers this to [[spoiler: Lady Crier]] Crier to entice her to stay when she starts to have doubts about [[spoiler: their upcoming marriage]].marriage.
* WeCanRuleTogether:
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* FamousAncestor: Ayla is the descendant of [[spoiler: Thomas Wren, who unknowingly had a child with a common woman who was the true creator of Automae]].
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* Robosexual: Ayla and Lady Crier. Subverted with [[spoiler: Storme and Queen Junn, since it is revealed that Queen Junn is actually human]].
* RoboticReveal: Ayla is exposed to be an automa to [[spoiler: the band of human rebels she is travelling with]] when she [[spoiler: takes a crossbow bolt to the back. Her purple blood reveals her to be an automa]].
* RoboticReveal: Ayla is exposed to be an automa to [[spoiler: the band of human rebels she is travelling with]] when she [[spoiler: takes a crossbow bolt to the back. Her purple blood reveals her to be an automa]].
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* Robosexual: {{Robosexual}}: Ayla and Lady Crier. Subverted with [[spoiler: Storme and Queen Junn, since it is revealed that Queen Junn is actually human]].
* RoboticReveal:Ayla Crier is exposed to be an automa Automa to [[spoiler: the band of human rebels she is travelling with]] when she [[spoiler: takes a crossbow bolt to the back. Her back, revealing her purple blood reveals her to be an automa]].blood]].
* RoboticReveal:
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* AlmostKiss: Happens during Reaper's Moon when Ayla and Lady Crier go off to a cave. Lady Crier tells Ayla a story and at the end they stare into each other's eyes meaningfully but neither of them try to kiss the other.
* AlternativeCalendar: Time is divided into two different eras: Before Automa Era and Automa Era.
* AlternativeCalendar: Time is divided into two different eras: Before Automa Era and Automa Era.
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* ArtificialLimbs: A cybernetic leg made for [[spoiler: Ayla]] after [[spoiler: her leg was shattered.]]
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* ArtificialLimbs: A cybernetic leg made for [[spoiler: Ayla]] after [[spoiler: her leg was shattered.]]shattered]].
* BeautifulDreamer: According to Lady Crier, Ayla is this.
* BeautifulDreamer: According to Lady Crier, Ayla is this.
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* DoomedHometown: Ayla’s village was burned down and all the villagers killed. However, [[spoiler: it was later revealed that there were more survivors, including Ayla’s brother Storme.]]
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* DoomedHometown: Ayla’s village was burned down and all the villagers killed. However, [[spoiler: it was later revealed that there were more survivors, including Ayla’s brother Storme.]]Storme]].
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* HasTwoMommies: Dinara. [[spoiler: Conceived by Red Hand Reyka’s human lover and a close friend who was a man. She was raised by Reyka and her human lover in secret]]
* HisStoryRepeatsItself: The first pivotal moment occurs when Ayla is hiding in the outhouse while her village burns and awaits her brother to return for her. [[spoiler: The wait is finally over when Storme rescues Ayla from the Iron Heart and the ensuing explosion and fire.]]
* HumanResources: [[spoiler: Human blood]] is harvested in order to make [[spoiler: Heartstone, which is the food source for automae.]]
* InstantSedation: Occurs when [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]] finds [[spoiler: Ayla and Lady Crier]] when they are exploring the [[spoiler: Iron Heart. He throws a yellow dust at them which knocks them out immediately.]]
* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: [[spoiler: Luna is killed]] to punish [[spoiler: Faye]] for her disobedience to [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]]
* LiteralCliffhanger: Lady Crier is crouching along the sea cliffs when the section she is standing on starts to separate off. She barely hangs on but is rescued by [[spoiler: Ayla.]]
* HisStoryRepeatsItself: The first pivotal moment occurs when Ayla is hiding in the outhouse while her village burns and awaits her brother to return for her. [[spoiler: The wait is finally over when Storme rescues Ayla from the Iron Heart and the ensuing explosion and fire.]]
* HumanResources: [[spoiler: Human blood]] is harvested in order to make [[spoiler: Heartstone, which is the food source for automae.]]
* InstantSedation: Occurs when [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]] finds [[spoiler: Ayla and Lady Crier]] when they are exploring the [[spoiler: Iron Heart. He throws a yellow dust at them which knocks them out immediately.]]
* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: [[spoiler: Luna is killed]] to punish [[spoiler: Faye]] for her disobedience to [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]]
* LiteralCliffhanger: Lady Crier is crouching along the sea cliffs when the section she is standing on starts to separate off. She barely hangs on but is rescued by [[spoiler: Ayla.]]
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* GreatOffscreenWar: The War of Kinds.
* HasTwoMommies: Dinara. [[spoiler: Conceived by Red Hand Reyka’s human lover and a close friend who was a man. She was raised by Reyka and her human lover insecret]]
secret]].
* HiddenInPlainSight: Lady Crier finds [[spoiler: Yora's Heart]] in [[spoiler: her father's trophy room]]. Presumably, it has been there ever since [[spoiler: Ayla's village was destroyed but Hesod didn't recognize its significance]].
* HisStoryRepeatsItself: The first pivotal moment occurs when Ayla is hiding in the outhouse while her village burns and awaits her brother to return for her. [[spoiler: The wait is finally over when Storme rescues Ayla from the Iron Heart and the ensuing explosion andfire.]]
fire]].
* HotConsort: [[spoiler: Storme]] is this to Queen Junn
* HumanResources: [[spoiler: Human blood]] is harvested in order to make [[spoiler: Heartstone, which is the food source forautomae.]]
automae]].
* InstantSedation: Occurs when [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]] finds [[spoiler: Ayla and Lady Crier]] when they are exploring the [[spoiler: Iron Heart. He throws a yellow dust at them which knocks them outimmediately.]]
immediately]].
* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: [[spoiler: Luna is killed]] to punish [[spoiler: Faye]] for her disobedience to [[spoiler: ScyreKinok]]
Kinok]].
* LiteralCliffhanger: Lady Crier is crouching along the sea cliffs when the section she is standing on starts to separate off. She barely hangs on but is rescued by [[spoiler:Ayla.]]Ayla]].
* HasTwoMommies: Dinara. [[spoiler: Conceived by Red Hand Reyka’s human lover and a close friend who was a man. She was raised by Reyka and her human lover in
* HiddenInPlainSight: Lady Crier finds [[spoiler: Yora's Heart]] in [[spoiler: her father's trophy room]]. Presumably, it has been there ever since [[spoiler: Ayla's village was destroyed but Hesod didn't recognize its significance]].
* HisStoryRepeatsItself: The first pivotal moment occurs when Ayla is hiding in the outhouse while her village burns and awaits her brother to return for her. [[spoiler: The wait is finally over when Storme rescues Ayla from the Iron Heart and the ensuing explosion and
* HotConsort: [[spoiler: Storme]] is this to Queen Junn
* HumanResources: [[spoiler: Human blood]] is harvested in order to make [[spoiler: Heartstone, which is the food source for
* InstantSedation: Occurs when [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]] finds [[spoiler: Ayla and Lady Crier]] when they are exploring the [[spoiler: Iron Heart. He throws a yellow dust at them which knocks them out
* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: [[spoiler: Luna is killed]] to punish [[spoiler: Faye]] for her disobedience to [[spoiler: Scyre
* LiteralCliffhanger: Lady Crier is crouching along the sea cliffs when the section she is standing on starts to separate off. She barely hangs on but is rescued by [[spoiler:
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* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler: The burned body that Ayla assumed was her brother Storme turns out to have been not his and she eventually realizes that her brother is alive. Can also be used for Ayla herself since Storme had also believed Ayla to be dead but had never seen her dead body.]]
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* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler: The burned body that Ayla assumed was her brother Storme turns out to have been not his and she eventually realizes that her brother is alive. Can also be used for Ayla herself since Storme had also believed Ayla to be dead but had never seen her dead body.]]body]].
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* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: Occurs after Ayla and Lady Crier [[spoiler: escape from the human raiders]] and are taking a bath in a nearby river. [[spoiler: Lady Crier makes Ayla uncomfortable with her nakedness when she starts trying to converse with her afterwards.]]
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* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: Occurs after Ayla and Lady Crier [[spoiler: escape from the human raiders]] and are taking a bath in a nearby river. [[spoiler: Lady Crier makes Ayla uncomfortable with her nakedness when she starts trying to converse with her afterwards.]]afterwards]].
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* PsychoSerum: [[spoiler: Nightshade]] is this to Automa. [[spoiler: Rosi claims to have never felt better after taking it but she starts losing weight, her veins and mouth turn black, and she is starting to go insane.]]
* RevealingInjury: [[spoiler: Queen Junn]] is revealed [[spoiler: to be human after she cuts her own arm to show her red blood]]
* RoboticReveal: Ayla is exposed to be an automa to [[spoiler: the band of human rebels she is travelling with]] when she [[spoiler: takes a crossbow bolt to the back. Her purple blood reveals her to be an automa.]]
* RevealingInjury: [[spoiler: Queen Junn]] is revealed [[spoiler: to be human after she cuts her own arm to show her red blood]]
* RoboticReveal: Ayla is exposed to be an automa to [[spoiler: the band of human rebels she is travelling with]] when she [[spoiler: takes a crossbow bolt to the back. Her purple blood reveals her to be an automa.]]
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* PsychoSerum: [[spoiler: Nightshade]] is this to Automa. [[spoiler: Rosi claims to have never felt better after taking it but she starts losing weight, her veins and mouth turn black, and she is starting to go insane.]]
insane]].
* RevealingInjury: [[spoiler: Queen Junn]] is revealed [[spoiler: to be human after she cuts her own arm to show her redblood]]
blood]].
* Robosexual: Ayla and Lady Crier. Subverted with [[spoiler: Storme and Queen Junn, since it is revealed that Queen Junn is actually human]].
* RoboticReveal: Ayla is exposed to be an automa to [[spoiler: the band of human rebels she is travelling with]] when she [[spoiler: takes a crossbow bolt to the back. Her purple blood reveals her to be anautoma.]]automa]].
* RunawayFiance: Lady Crier flees from Scyre Kinok on the day of the wedding.
* RevealingInjury: [[spoiler: Queen Junn]] is revealed [[spoiler: to be human after she cuts her own arm to show her red
* Robosexual: Ayla and Lady Crier. Subverted with [[spoiler: Storme and Queen Junn, since it is revealed that Queen Junn is actually human]].
* RoboticReveal: Ayla is exposed to be an automa to [[spoiler: the band of human rebels she is travelling with]] when she [[spoiler: takes a crossbow bolt to the back. Her purple blood reveals her to be an
* RunawayFiance: Lady Crier flees from Scyre Kinok on the day of the wedding.
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* SleepingWithTheBoss: [[spoiler: Storme, the advisor to the Queen, is sleeping with Queen Junn]]
* TaintedVeins: Automa that consume [[spoiler: Nightshade]] eventually develop [[spoiler: black veins]] before they inevitably [[spoiler: go insane and murderous.]]
* TakeOverTheWorld: [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]] has a plant to [[spoiler: destroy the Iron Heart which supplies the Heartstone for all of the automae]] and replace it with [[spoiler: his own invented source of nourishment.]] Once this happens, all of the automae will have to submit to him or [[spoiler: starve to death.]]
* UndercoverAsLovers: Ayla and Lady Crier pose as married when [[spoiler: staying in an estate after fleeing from Rabu to Varn.]]
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Eventually is resolved but only after two books. [[spoiler: Ayla and Lady Crier are constantly aware of the other and how attractive they find one another.]]
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]] offers this to [[spoiler: Lady Crier]] to entice her to stay when she starts to have doubts about [[spoiler: their upcoming marriage]]
* TaintedVeins: Automa that consume [[spoiler: Nightshade]] eventually develop [[spoiler: black veins]] before they inevitably [[spoiler: go insane and murderous.]]
* TakeOverTheWorld: [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]] has a plant to [[spoiler: destroy the Iron Heart which supplies the Heartstone for all of the automae]] and replace it with [[spoiler: his own invented source of nourishment.]] Once this happens, all of the automae will have to submit to him or [[spoiler: starve to death.]]
* UndercoverAsLovers: Ayla and Lady Crier pose as married when [[spoiler: staying in an estate after fleeing from Rabu to Varn.]]
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Eventually is resolved but only after two books. [[spoiler: Ayla and Lady Crier are constantly aware of the other and how attractive they find one another.]]
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]] offers this to [[spoiler: Lady Crier]] to entice her to stay when she starts to have doubts about [[spoiler: their upcoming marriage]]
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* SleepingWithTheBoss: [[spoiler: Storme, the advisor to the Queen, is sleeping with Queen Junn]]
Junn]].
* SoProudOfYou: Rowan says this to Ayla.
* SwitchingPOV: The books switch from Ayla's and Lady Crier's POV from chapter to chapter.
* TaintedVeins: Automa that consume [[spoiler: Nightshade]] eventually develop [[spoiler: black veins]] before they inevitably [[spoiler: go insane andmurderous.]]
murderous]].
* TakeOverTheWorld: [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]] has a plant to [[spoiler: destroy the Iron Heart which supplies the Heartstone for all of the automae]] and replace it with [[spoiler: his own invented source of nourishment.]] Once this happens, all of the automae will have to submit to him or [[spoiler: starve todeath.]]
death]].
* TitleDrop: The mine that supplies Heartstone to the automae, the Iron Heart is mentioned frequently in the second book, ''Iron Heart''.
* UndercoverAsLovers: Ayla and Lady Crier pose as married when [[spoiler: staying in an estate after fleeing from Rabu toVarn.]]
Varn]].
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Eventually is resolved but only after two books. [[spoiler: Ayla and Lady Crier are constantly aware of the other and how attractive they find oneanother.]]
another]].
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]] offers this to [[spoiler: Lady Crier]] to entice her to stay when she starts to have doubts about [[spoiler: their upcomingmarriage]]marriage]].
* SoProudOfYou: Rowan says this to Ayla.
* SwitchingPOV: The books switch from Ayla's and Lady Crier's POV from chapter to chapter.
* TaintedVeins: Automa that consume [[spoiler: Nightshade]] eventually develop [[spoiler: black veins]] before they inevitably [[spoiler: go insane and
* TakeOverTheWorld: [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]] has a plant to [[spoiler: destroy the Iron Heart which supplies the Heartstone for all of the automae]] and replace it with [[spoiler: his own invented source of nourishment.]] Once this happens, all of the automae will have to submit to him or [[spoiler: starve to
* TitleDrop: The mine that supplies Heartstone to the automae, the Iron Heart is mentioned frequently in the second book, ''Iron Heart''.
* UndercoverAsLovers: Ayla and Lady Crier pose as married when [[spoiler: staying in an estate after fleeing from Rabu to
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Eventually is resolved but only after two books. [[spoiler: Ayla and Lady Crier are constantly aware of the other and how attractive they find one
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]] offers this to [[spoiler: Lady Crier]] to entice her to stay when she starts to have doubts about [[spoiler: their upcoming
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* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: Occurs after Ayla and Lady Crier [[spoiler: escape from the human raiders]] and are taking a bath in the nearby lake. [[spoiler: Lady Crier makes Ayla uncomfortable with her nakedness when she starts trying to converse with her afterwards.]]
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* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: Occurs after Ayla and Lady Crier [[spoiler: escape from the human raiders]] and are taking a bath in the a nearby lake.river. [[spoiler: Lady Crier makes Ayla uncomfortable with her nakedness when she starts trying to converse with her afterwards.]]
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Crier’s War is a [[{{YoungAdultLiterature}} Young-Adult]] [[{{ScienceFiction}} science fiction]] duology series written by Nina Varela. Set in the fictional land of Rabu it involves the escalating tension between the human slaves and their automae masters. The automae were created by humans but took control in an uprising that led to [[{{TurnedAgainstTheirMasters}} the War of Kinds]]. The Automae subsequently turned the [[{{SlaveRace}} humans into their slaves]]. The story is told in two points of view: a human slave (Ayla) who is working to avenge her family's death and the [[{{PrincessProtagonist}} daughter of the automa king of Rabu]] (Lady Crier) who is working towards being more involved in her father’s government. The book follows Ayla and Lady Crier as they meet and [[{{Robosexual}} slowly fall for each other]] despite all the taboos keeping their kinds apart.
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''Crier's War'' is a
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* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]] offers this to [[spoiler: Lady Crier]] to entice her to stay when she starts to have doubts about [[spoiler: their upcoming marriage]]marriage]]
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* HumanResources: [[spoiler: Human blood]] is harvested in order to make [[spoiler: Heartstone, which is the food source for automae.]]
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* ArtificialLimbs: A cybernetic leg made for [[spoiler: Ayla after her leg was shattered.]]
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* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: [[spoiler: Luna is killed]] to punish [[spoiler: Faye]] for her disobedience to [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]]
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* TaintedVeins: Automa that consume [[spoiler: Nightshade]] eventually develop [[spoiler: black veins]] before they inevitably [[spoiler: go insane and murderous.]]
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Crier’s War is a young-adult [[{{YoungAdultLiterature}} Young-Adult]] [[{{ScienceFiction}} science fiction]] duology series written by Nina Varela. Set in the fictional land of Rabu it involves the escalating tension between the human slaves and the cyborg overlords their automae masters. The automae were created by humans but took control in an uprising that took over after winning a series led to [[{{TurnedAgainstTheirMasters}} the War of Race Wars. Kinds]]. The Automae subsequently turned the [[{{SlaveRace}} humans into their slaves]]. The story is told in two points of view: a human slave (Ayla) who is working to avenge the tragic her family's death of her whole family and the [[{{PrincessProtagonist}} daughter of the cyborg automa king of Rabu]] (Lady Crier) who is working towards being more involved in her father’s government. The book follows Ayla and Lady Crier as they meet and [[{{Robosexual}} slowly fall for each other other]] despite all the taboos keeping their kinds apart.
* AlchemyIsMagic: Alchemy is used for the creation of automa and Made objects which have very magic-like powers.
* DisappointedInYou: Both [[spoiler: Hesod]] and [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]] use this against [[spoiler: Lady Crier]] when the tell her that they expected her to be smarter and to have realized what they were doing sooner.
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* RevealingInjury: Lady Crier is [[spoiler: shot with crossbow bolts]] which reveals she is an automa when she bleeds. [[spoiler: Queen Junn]] is revealed [[spoiler: to be human after she cuts her own arm to show her red blood]]
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* PoliticallyActivePrincess: What Lady Crier is trying to be.
* RevealingInjury:Lady Crier is [[spoiler: shot with crossbow bolts]] which reveals she is an automa when she bleeds. [[spoiler: Queen Junn]] is revealed [[spoiler: to be human after she cuts her own arm to show her red blood]]blood]]
* RoboticReveal: Ayla is exposed to be an automa to [[spoiler: the band of human rebels she is travelling with]] when she [[spoiler: takes a crossbow bolt to the back. Her purple blood reveals her to be an automa.]]
* RevealingInjury:
* RoboticReveal: Ayla is exposed to be an automa to [[spoiler: the band of human rebels she is travelling with]] when she [[spoiler: takes a crossbow bolt to the back. Her purple blood reveals her to be an automa.]]
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* TakeOverTheWorld: [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]] has a plant to [[spoiler: destroy the Iron Heart which supplies the Heartstone for all of the automae]] and replace it with [[spoiler: his own invented source of nourishment.]] Once this happens, all of the automae will have to submit to him or [[spoiler: starve to death.]]
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Crier’s War is a young-adult duology series written by Nina Varela. Set in the fictional land of Rabu it involves the escalating tension between the human slaves and the cyborg overlords that took over after winning a series of Race Wars. The story is told in two points of view: a human slave (Ayla) who is working to avenge the tragic death of her whole family and the daughter of the cyborg king (Lady Crier) who is working towards being more involved in her father’s government. The book follows Ayla and Lady Crier as they meet and slowly fall for each other despite all the taboos keeping their kinds apart.apart.
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* ArrangedMarriage: Between Lady Crier and Scyre Kinok
* ArtificialLimbs: A cybernetic leg made for [[spoiler: Ayla after her leg was shattered.]]
* DoomedHometown: Ayla’s village was burned down and all the villagers killed. However, [[spoiler: it was later revealed that there were more survivors, including Ayla’s brother Storme.]]
* CastFullOfGay: Very full. The two main characters are both either gay or bisexual. Almost all of the fairy tale stories told involve a same-sex couple. Several other characters are involved in queer romances. There are also two characters that are non-binary or genderfluid: Erren and Wender.
* FirstKiss: Between Ayla and Lady Crier.
* FirstLove: Also between Ayla and Lady Crier.
* HasTwoMommies: Dinara. [[spoiler: Conceived by Red Hand Reyka’s human lover and a close friend who was a man. She was raised by Reyka and her human lover in secret]]
*HisStoryRepeatsItself: The first pivotal moment occurs when Ayla is hiding in the outhouse while her village burns and awaits her brother to return for her. [[spoiler: The wait is finally over when Storme rescues Ayla from the Iron Heart and the ensuing explosion and fire.]]
* InstantSedation: Occurs when [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]] finds [[spoiler: Ayla and Lady Crier]] when they are exploring the [[spoiler: Iron Heart. He throws a yellow dust at them which knocks them out immediately.]]
* LiteralCliffhanger: Lady Crier is crouching along the sea cliffs when the section she is standing on starts to separate off. She barely hangs on but is rescued by [[spoiler: Ayla.]]
* MachineBlood: The Automa blood is purple in color.
* MakeAnExampleOfThem: Luna and [[spoiler: Nessa]] were both killed to discourage disobedience to the Automa.
* MysteriousPast: Several characters fill this trope including Scyre Kinok, [[spoiler: Storme]], and Queen Junn.
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler: The burned body that Ayla assumed was her brother Storme turns out to have been not his and she eventually realizes that her brother is alive. Can also be used for Ayla herself since Storme had also believed Ayla to be dead but had never seen her dead body.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: Rowan is this to both Ayla and Benjy.
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: Occurs after Ayla and Lady Crier [[spoiler: escape from the human raiders]] and are taking a bath in the nearby lake. [[spoiler: Lady Crier makes Ayla uncomfortable with her nakedness when she starts trying to converse with her afterwards.]]
* RevealingInjury: Lady Crier is [[spoiler: shot with crossbow bolts]] which reveals she is an automa when she bleeds. [[spoiler: Queen Junn]] is revealed [[spoiler: to be human after she cuts her own arm to show her red blood]]
* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: Storme]] functions as this for [[spoiler: Queen Junn]] with her secret of [[spoiler: being human]].
* SleepingWithTheBoss: [[spoiler: Storme, the advisor to the Queen, is sleeping with Queen Junn]]
* UndercoverAsLovers: Ayla and Lady Crier pose as married when [[spoiler: staying in an estate after fleeing from Rabu to Varn.]]
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Eventually is resolved but only after two books. [[spoiler: Ayla and Lady Crier are constantly aware of the other and how attractive they find one another.]]
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]] offers this to [[spoiler: Lady Crier]] to entice her to stay when she starts to have doubts about [[spoiler: their upcoming marriage]]
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* ArrangedMarriage: Between Lady Crier and Scyre Kinok
* ArtificialLimbs: A cybernetic leg made for [[spoiler: Ayla after her leg was shattered.]]
* DoomedHometown: Ayla’s village was burned down and all the villagers killed. However, [[spoiler: it was later revealed that there were more survivors, including Ayla’s brother Storme.]]
* CastFullOfGay: Very full. The two main characters are both either gay or bisexual. Almost all of the fairy tale stories told involve a same-sex couple. Several other characters are involved in queer romances. There are also two characters that are non-binary or genderfluid: Erren and Wender.
* FirstKiss: Between Ayla and Lady Crier.
* FirstLove: Also between Ayla and Lady Crier.
* HasTwoMommies: Dinara. [[spoiler: Conceived by Red Hand Reyka’s human lover and a close friend who was a man. She was raised by Reyka and her human lover in secret]]
*HisStoryRepeatsItself: The first pivotal moment occurs when Ayla is hiding in the outhouse while her village burns and awaits her brother to return for her. [[spoiler: The wait is finally over when Storme rescues Ayla from the Iron Heart and the ensuing explosion and fire.]]
* InstantSedation: Occurs when [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]] finds [[spoiler: Ayla and Lady Crier]] when they are exploring the [[spoiler: Iron Heart. He throws a yellow dust at them which knocks them out immediately.]]
* LiteralCliffhanger: Lady Crier is crouching along the sea cliffs when the section she is standing on starts to separate off. She barely hangs on but is rescued by [[spoiler: Ayla.]]
* MachineBlood: The Automa blood is purple in color.
* MakeAnExampleOfThem: Luna and [[spoiler: Nessa]] were both killed to discourage disobedience to the Automa.
* MysteriousPast: Several characters fill this trope including Scyre Kinok, [[spoiler: Storme]], and Queen Junn.
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler: The burned body that Ayla assumed was her brother Storme turns out to have been not his and she eventually realizes that her brother is alive. Can also be used for Ayla herself since Storme had also believed Ayla to be dead but had never seen her dead body.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: Rowan is this to both Ayla and Benjy.
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: Occurs after Ayla and Lady Crier [[spoiler: escape from the human raiders]] and are taking a bath in the nearby lake. [[spoiler: Lady Crier makes Ayla uncomfortable with her nakedness when she starts trying to converse with her afterwards.]]
* RevealingInjury: Lady Crier is [[spoiler: shot with crossbow bolts]] which reveals she is an automa when she bleeds. [[spoiler: Queen Junn]] is revealed [[spoiler: to be human after she cuts her own arm to show her red blood]]
* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: Storme]] functions as this for [[spoiler: Queen Junn]] with her secret of [[spoiler: being human]].
* SleepingWithTheBoss: [[spoiler: Storme, the advisor to the Queen, is sleeping with Queen Junn]]
* UndercoverAsLovers: Ayla and Lady Crier pose as married when [[spoiler: staying in an estate after fleeing from Rabu to Varn.]]
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Eventually is resolved but only after two books. [[spoiler: Ayla and Lady Crier are constantly aware of the other and how attractive they find one another.]]
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler: Scyre Kinok]] offers this to [[spoiler: Lady Crier]] to entice her to stay when she starts to have doubts about [[spoiler: their upcoming marriage]]
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Crier’s War is a young-adult duology series written by Nina Varela. Set in the fictional land of Rabu it involves the escalating tension between the human slaves and the cyborg overlords that took over after winning a series of Race Wars. The story is told in two points of view: a human slave (Ayla) who is working to avenge the tragic death of her whole family and the daughter of the cyborg king (Lady Crier) who is working towards being more involved in her father’s government. The book follows Ayla and Lady Crier as they meet and slowly fall for each other despite all the taboos keeping their kinds apart.