History Literature / DragonPrince

* DrugsAreBad: Drannath, a drug that is used [[spoiler: to control many Sunrunners throughout the story]]. [[spoiler: Subverted when it is the only cure to a plague ravaging the region, though otherwise it is still seen as universally horrible.]]

* AnAesop: People are '''NOT''' tools. Whether your intentions are noble or selfish, you can't use them like they are.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: So many most of them get killed offscreen in later trilogies, and Melanie Rawn herself needed to refer to complicated family trees to remember them all. It doesn't help everyone has similar names due to the tradition of naming children after other family members.

* UnfortunateName: In-universe, Chiana. Growing up with a name that meant "treason" in the universe's "Old Tongue" did not make her a happy, well-adjusted person.

* DeadlyDecadentCourt: Princemarch while Roelstra rules it, and the princely meetings held every few years.

* {{Kuudere}}: Meiglan.

No relation to the Netflix animated series WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Pandsala, Rolestra's second daughter, suffers from this, first from her sister Ianthe and then from Sioned.

** Masul, [[spoiler: Rolestra's possible son.]]

* DeadlyDecadentCourt: Princemarch while Rolestra rules it, and the princely meetings held every few years.

* EvilPrince: Several, most notably Rolestra and Miyon.

* GoneHorriblyRight: After Rolestra's death, Rohan appoints Pandsala to become regent of his kingdom, anticipating she will be grateful enough to work for his family. [[spoiler: She uses her position and power to have nearly every other royal family wiped out, including more than half her own family.]]

* TheHighKing: Rolestra, and later Rohan.
* HoneyTrap: All of Rolestra's daughters were supposed to ensnare Rohan. [[spoiler: They fail.]] Later, Meiglan is used to try to seduce Pol.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Chiana is nearly incapable of thinking about anyone but herself. Palila, Rolestra's last mistress, was the same way.

* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: Masul was widely believed to be Rolestra's son because he looked nothing like either of his parents. [[spoiler: His potential father, however, did bear an uncanny similarity to Rolestra.]]

* RebelliousPrincess: Pandsala is so desperate to get away from Rolestra she makes a deal with his mistress to make sure her baby is a boy, and tries her absolute hardest to seduce Rohan. [[spoiler: She is outgambitted both times.]]
* OutGambitted: Pandsala is outgambitted by Ianthe, leading to her exile from Princemarch. Rolestra is also outgambitted by Rohan and Sioned at their first Rialla, leading him to declare them both his enemies.

* {{Tsundere}}: Sioned pretends to be one to throw Rolestra off of Rohan's plans. Unfortunately, it makes Rolestra want her instead, assuming she's free to become his mistress.

* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Masul to Rolestra. [[spoiler: Except maybe not.]]

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: [[spoiler: Ianthe raping Rohan is barely referred to as such, while Rohan sees himself being rough during (more or less consensual) sex with her as utterly deplorable.]]

* OutGambitted: Pandsala is outgambitted by Ianthe, leading to her exile from Princemarch. Rolestra is also
outgambitted by Rohan and Sioned, leading him to declare them both his enemies.

* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Masul to Rolestra. [[spoiler: Except maybe not.]]

* DrugsAreBad: Drannath. [[spoiler: Subverted when it is the only cure to a plague ravaging the region, though otherwise it is still seen as universally horrible.]]

* OutGambitted: Pandsala is outgambitted by Ianthe, leading to her exile from Princemarch.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Chiana is nearly incapable of thinking about anyone but herself.

* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler: Pandsala]], and arguably Sioned both display featured of this trope. [[spoiler: Segev is also extremely possessive of Hollis.]]

* EvilPrince: Several, most notably Rolestra and Clutha.

* PreccociousChildhoodCrush: [[spoiler: subverted with Segev's crush on Hollis.]] Most people believe it is completely innocent. It's not.

* BastardBastard Chiana and Kiele, two of Roelstra's bastard daughters.
* DeadGuyJunior [[spoiler: Sorin of Ossetia]]
* FieryRedHead Sioned, Sionell, Feylin...and others. Bonus points to Sioned for having green eyes.
* HeirClubForMen In the beginning of ''Dragon Prince'', Roelstra's very frustrated that that after one wife, five mistresses, and seventeen daughters, he still has no surviving son. Note: His wife Lallante did bear him three sons, but all three died young and within days of each other.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters
* SpoiledBrat Chiana in ''Dragon Prince''
* SwitchedAtBirth A large part of ''The Star Scroll'', the second installment of the ''Dragon Prince'' trilogy, revolves around the alleged swap of Masul and Chiana at birth. [[spoiler: Andrade's memory shows that Masul's father is one of Roelstra's men, not Roelstra himself.]]
* UnfortunateName In-universe, Chiana. Growing up with a name that meant "treason" in the universe's "Old Tongue" did not make her a happy, well-adjusted person.

A trilogy by MelanieRawn, telling of Rohan, Prince of The Desert, and his rule over the continent upon becoming High Prince.

A trilogy by [[MelanieRawn Melanie Rawn]], telling of Rohan, Prince of The Desert, and his rule over the continent upon becoming High Prince.

These books are followed by Rawn's second trilogy, [[DragonStar Dragon Star]], which revolve mainly around Rohan's son Pol.