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* UnwillingTransformation: Lesser example with Indigo: though not fond of most dragons due to her prolonged servitude and abuse at the hands of Sambar and his men, she reluctantly allows Shimmer to turn her into one so that they can travel more easily. [[spoiler:By the end of the book, she's grown fond of the form and becomes a dragon permanently.]]
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* AChildShallLeadThem: Right before the final battle with the Boneless King, it's revealed that [[spoiler: Thorn is the only living heir to the throne]].
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* AChildShallLeadThem: Right before the final battle with the Boneless King, it's revealed that [[spoiler: Thorn [[spoiler:Thorn is the only living heir to the throne]].
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In previous books, Shimmer has shown vanity about her size and the size of her snout, even when it compromises disguises. Here, when they're trying to retrieve Thorn from the Boneless King, she doesn't hesitate to give herself a smaller nose so they can succeed.
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* FillItWithFlowers: After sacrificing the last specimen of Ebony's Tears to summon the Lord of the Flowers in book two, when the sea is finally restored, the Lord shows up and gifts Shimmer with another specimen; as soon as they plant it, it multiplies to spread over the entire shoreline.
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* BroughtDownToNormal: Played humorously with Shimmer; her magical ability was limited to begin with, but without the Dream Pearl, she has none. Teasing follows about her having to go back to school to learn magic properly.
* HeroicRROD: Late in the book, Shimmer taps too much into the Dream Pearl's magic and almost dies for it; Monkey is forced to destroy the pearl to save her.
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* MagicMirror: The World Mirror, which shows possible futures.
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* MagicMirror: The It's finally revealed that the mirror that the Butcher—and in turn, the Boneless King—used to keep Pomfret loyal is the World Mirror, which shows allows the viewer to see any possible futures.futures that they wish. [[spoiler:Pomfret's HeelFaceTurn and HeroicSacrifice come after he yields to Shimmer's request to view the future that the Boneless King would create, and sees that every possibility ends the same way: a lifeless wasteland]].
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* OmnicidalManiac: The Boneless King.
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* RightHandAttackDog: Snowgoose, a ferocious, intelligent, and immortal red-eyed dog that serves the Boneless King.
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* RightHandAttackDog: Snowgoose, the Boneless King's familiar, is a ferocious, intelligent, and immortal red-eyed dog that serves the Boneless King.white dog.
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* ShapeShifting: In the final battle, this is how the heroes end up Curb-Stomped before they can even begin: they find the whole BigBadEnsemble waiting for them in the throne room, but [[spoiler:all of them are disguised as someone else]].
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* NotQuiteBackToNormal: At the end, Thorn's shoulder squeaks when he lifts his arm. The Smith and Snail Woman suspect they failed in transmuting all of the Cauldron properly and left one bone still made of metal.
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* GeniusDitz: The Old Boy, Monkey's master, finally appears at the end of the book and turns out to be this. As Monkey puts it, "The Old Boy was a master of magic, but he never could get to the point to save his life."
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: The Boneless King, who had taken over The Butcher's body, has to pretend to be a {{Muggle}} and conceal his magical ability behind spells of another mage in order to fool everyone into thinking he's still The Butcher.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: The Boneless King, who had taken over The Butcher's body, has to pretend to be a {{Muggle}} and conceal his magical ability behind spells of another mage in order to fool everyone into thinking he's still The Butcher. He finally gives up the act shortly before the final battle.
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* TheStarscream: Heavily implied with the Butcher; it was previously stated that the King's wife and heir disappeared after his death, leaving the Butcher to ascend to the throne. Here, the Old Boy reveals that he came across the two of them in the wilderness, the queen already fatally injured by assassins who had left them there to die. It's all but stated that said assassins were acting on the Butcher's orders.
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* EldritchLocation: The chaos before time; Monkey remarks that just looking at it for any significant amount of time would drive someone insane.
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* AChildShallLeadThem: In the book's final chapter, it's revealed that [[spoiler: Thorn is the only living heir to the throne]].
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* AChildShallLeadThem: In Right before the book's final chapter, battle with the Boneless King, it's revealed that [[spoiler: Thorn is the only living heir to the throne]].
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* AndIMustScream: Thorn, whose soul is trapped inside Baldy's Cauldron.
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* AndIMustScream: Thorn, whose soul is trapped inside Baldy's Cauldron. Finally fixed in the end, after the Sea is restored.
* ChekhovsGun: In the first book, when Monkey first met Shimmer and Thorn, he thought that he recognized Thorn from somewhere. Shortly before the final battle, we learn that he was thinking of [[spoiler:the royal family's gallery. Thorn is the lost heir to the throne.]]
* ChekhovsGun: In the first book, when Monkey first met Shimmer and Thorn, he thought that he recognized Thorn from somewhere. Shortly before the final battle, we learn that he was thinking of [[spoiler:the royal family's gallery. Thorn is the lost heir to the throne.]]
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* TheDragon: Pomfret, who becomes the Boneless King's right hand man, and has a vicious fight with Shimmer in the climax of the novel.
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* LivingForeverIsAwesome: The Snail Woman and The Smith's limited magic can only reanimate Thorn in a humanoid shape, not restore him to a human body. They point out that this is actually a pretty sweet deal for everyone because doing so means that Thorn is effectively immortal. Immortal [[spoiler: kings]] don't have to pass on their [[spoiler:throne]] to unworthy and corrupt heirs. Nor do they have to worry about assassination.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In an attempt to give the heroes a demise of absolute cruelty, the Boneless King opens a portal to the primordial chaos that existed before time began, explicitly stating that not even he could escape from there. Meaning that one bodycheck by [[spoiler:Pomfret]] is all it takes to put an end to him for good.
* LivingForeverIsAwesome: The Smith and Snail Womanand The Smith's limited magic can only reanimate are unable to free Thorn in from the Cauldron, instead transmogrifying the cauldron into a humanoid shape, not restore him to a human body. They point out that this is actually a pretty sweet deal new flesh and blood body for everyone because doing Thorn. Doing so means that Thorn is effectively immortal. Immortal [[spoiler: kings]] don't immortal, which is a good thing for posterity. After all, it means he won't have to pass [[spoiler:pass on their [[spoiler:throne]] his throne to an unworthy and or corrupt heirs. Nor do they heir]] nor will he have to worry about assassination. [[spoiler:assassins]].
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: When [[spoiler: Pomfret]] discovers the Boneless King's actual plans for the future, he makes a final redemptive sacrifices to defeat the Boneless King.
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: When [[spoiler: Pomfret]] discovers the Boneless King's actual plans for the future, he makes a final redemptive sacrifices sacrifice to defeat him.
* RightHandAttackDog: Snowgoose, a ferocious, intelligent, and immortal red-eyed dog that serves the Boneless King.
* RightHandAttackDog: Snowgoose, a ferocious, intelligent, and immortal red-eyed dog that serves the Boneless King.
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First published in 1992, ''Literature/DragonWar'' is Creator/LaurenceYep's final installment in the ''Literature/DragonSeries''. It is the sequel to ''Literature/DragonOfTheLostSea'', ''Literature/DragonSteel'' and ''Literature/DragonCauldron''.
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First published in 1992, ''Literature/DragonWar'' ''Dragon War'' is Creator/LaurenceYep's final installment in the ''Literature/DragonSeries''. It is the sequel to ''Literature/DragonOfTheLostSea'', ''Literature/DragonSteel'' and ''Literature/DragonCauldron''.
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The [[BigBad Boneless King]] manages to capture Shimmer, Monkey and Indigo, and steal Baldy's Cauldron. The events of the book are mostly about their attempts to get it back, white preparing troops for a mounting war between the humans and the dragons.
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The [[BigBad Boneless King]] manages to capture Shimmer, Monkey and Indigo, and steal Baldy's Cauldron. The events of the book are mostly about their attempts to get it back, white while preparing troops for a mounting war between the humans and the dragons.
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* [[MacGuffinGirl Mac Guffin Boy]]: Thorn AKA Baldy's Cauldron.
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First published in 1992, ''Literature/DragonWar'' is [[LaurenceYep Laurence Yep's]] final installment in the ''Literature/DragonSeries''. It is the sequel to ''Literature/DragonOfTheLostSea'', ''Literature/DragonSteel'' and ''Literature/DragonCauldron''.
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First published in 1992, ''Literature/DragonWar'' is [[LaurenceYep Laurence Yep's]] Creator/LaurenceYep's final installment in the ''Literature/DragonSeries''. It is the sequel to ''Literature/DragonOfTheLostSea'', ''Literature/DragonSteel'' and ''Literature/DragonCauldron''.
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* UnskilledButStrong: Shimmer, it turns out, who can transform anything (including herself), and perform impossibly realistic and dazzling illusions with the dream pearl, cannot cast a spell to save her life [[AmuletOfDependency without it]].
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* UnskilledButStrong: Shimmer, it turns out, who can transform anything (including herself), and perform impossibly realistic and dazzling illusions with the dream pearl, cannot cast a spell to save her life [[AmuletOfDependency without it]].it]].
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* HeelFaceTurn: King Sambar XII, who was the antagonist of ''Literature/DragonSteel'', but becomes much more heroic when faced with the realities of war.
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** King Sambar XII, who was the antagonist of ''Literature/DragonSteel'', but becomes much more heroic when faced with the realities ofwar.war.
** [[spoiler: Pomfret]] makes one when Shimmer shows him that the Boneless King will wipe out the dragons. He eventually [[spoiler: [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices himself]] to kill the King.]]
** King Sambar XII, who was the antagonist of ''Literature/DragonSteel'', but becomes much more heroic when faced with the realities of
** [[spoiler: Pomfret]] makes one when Shimmer shows him that the Boneless King will wipe out the dragons. He eventually [[spoiler: [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices himself]] to kill the King.]]
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* LivingForeverIsAwesome: The Snail Woman and The Smith's limited magic can only reanimate Thorn in a humanoid shape, not restore him to a human body. They point out that this is actually a pretty sweet deal for everyone because doing so means that Thorn is effectively immortal. Immortal [[spoiler: kings]] don't have to pass on their [[spoiler:throne]] to unworthy and corrupt heirs. Nor do they have to worry about assassination.
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* [[MacGuffinGirl MacGuffinBoy]]: Thorn AKA Baldy's Cauldron.
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First published in 1992, ''Literature/DragonWar'' is [[LaurenceYep Laurence Yep's]] final installment in the ''Literature/DragonSeries''. It is the sequel to ''Literature/DragonOfTheInlandSea'', ''Literature/DragonSteel'' and ''Literature/DragonCauldron''.
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First published in 1992, ''Literature/DragonWar'' is [[LaurenceYep Laurence Yep's]] final installment in the ''Literature/DragonSeries''. It is the sequel to ''Literature/DragonOfTheInlandSea'', ''Literature/DragonOfTheLostSea'', ''Literature/DragonSteel'' and ''Literature/DragonCauldron''.
