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* HopeSpot: In the final battle in ''Silksinger''. Just when Magpie begins to think her crew may be able to best the huge devil army, [[RealityEnsues things take a turn for the worse]].
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* BigBad: The Blackbringer in the first book.
** [[spoiler:And Dusk in the second. Can sort of apply to Ethiag, too. All of those other demons they tried to fight off were his mind-control slaves.]]
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** Can sort of apply toEthiag, [[spoiler:Ethiag]], too. All of those other demons they tried to fight off were his mind-control slaves.]]
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''Faeries of Dreamdark'' is a middle grade fantasy series by Laini Taylor, currently comprised of two novels, ''Blackbringer'' and ''Silksinger''.
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* MookDepletion: In ''Silksinger'', this happens when Ethiag won't stop eating the low snags who are held as prisoners. It makes sense, since ''his'' soldiers are all alive and well under his hypnosis, and the only one who's really inconvenienced by the loss of the servants is [[spoiler:Dusk, who relies on them to do petty chores for him]].
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Faeries of Dreamdark is a middle grade fantasy series by Laini Taylor, currently comprised of two novels, ''Blackbringer'' and ''Silksinger''.
In ''Blackbringer'', Magpie Windwitch, a young fairy, has found herself as one of the last demon hunters, trying desperately to put back in bottles the monsters that humans have been letting out by the boatloads. It doesn’t help that most of the fairy world has hidden itself away behind enchanted hedges and isolated cities. When an entire town simply disappears with no evidence of trouble, it’s clear the latest terror stalking the fairy world is something altogether different. Leaving Magpie and her friends as the only ones capable (or willing) to stop it.
In ''Silksinger'', Magpie, Talon, and the crows continue searching for the dreaming Djinn, with the help of Batch Hangnail. Meanwhile, Whisper Silksinger journeys desperately, trying to return the Azazel to his throne and fulfill the duty of protecting the Djinn that her clan has performed for thousands of years. She soon crosses paths with Hirik, a lad with a secret deeper than his desire to be the Azazel's new champion.
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!!These novels provide examples of:
* ActionGirl: Magpie.
* AdventurerArchaeologist: Magpie and her parents are a whole family of them.
* AlliterativeName: No straight examples, but variations occur. The two halves of "Blackbringer", for example.
** Clan names also have a strong tendency towards this. "Windwitch", "Silksinger", "Mothmage"...
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: The Never Nigh fairies are less than accepting of Magpie and the crows.
* AllPowerfulBystander: [[spoiler: The djinn.]]
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Demons. They're just as likely to eat each other as to eat the fairies attacking them, during a fight.
* BackToBackBadasses: Hirik and Merryvenom.
* BadassCrew: Magpie, Talon, and the crows.
* BerserkButton: The crows (and Calypso in particular) take it very badly whenever Magpie is threatened.
* BigBad: The Blackbringer in the first book.
** [[spoiler:And Dusk in the second. Can sort of apply to Ethiag, too. All of those other demons they tried to fight off were his mind-control slaves.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: A couple times.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Vesper. [[spoiler:And then later, Dusk]].
* BlondBrunetteRedhead: Talon is blond, Magpie has brown hair, and Poppy rounds things out as the redhead.
* BloodMagic: The BigBad of ''Silksinger'' uses the blood of immortal firedrakes to sustain his life.
* BookDumb: Subverted. Magpie has "never been to school", but is at least as smart as less nomadic faeries.
* BraidsOfAction: Magpie usually braids her hair back.
** Same with Bellatrix.
* CessationOfExistence: What happens to those killed again after crossing to the Moonlight Gardens.
** Also subverted. [[spoiler:The Blackbringer's victims aren't utterly unmade after being taken; they can be saved.]]
* ClearMyName
* DirtyCoward: Stormfoil.
** Batch Hangnail, too.
* DisabilitySuperpower: The acrobatic abilities Talon acquired due to his inability to fly.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Bellatrix, to [[TogetherInDeath be with her husband]].]]
* DualWielding: A lot of the characters do this during battle scenes, usually fighting independently with each hand.
* GlamourFailure: Demons always leave rooster tracks, no matter what shape their feet may be. They also can't get hands right when [[VoluntaryShapeshifting masquerading as fairies]]; their fingers always have too many joint or two few.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: The scars Talon receives holding onto the tether on Magpie's waist are good. [[spoiler:Dusk]]'s scars received committing a murder are [[CaptainObvious less so]].
* HandicappedBadass: Talon.
* TheHerald: Magpie for Talon.
* HeroesPreferSwords: Played straight with Hirik, but subverted with Magpie and Talon, both of whom favor daggers as their primary weapon.
* HeroicBSOD: Magpie goes through one after [[spoiler:the Blackbringer eats Poppy and one of the crows]].
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Whisper's grandparents.]]
** There's also a few of these scattered throughout, both played straight and subverted.
* HiddenElfVillage: The fairies have holed themselves away to party and gossip while demons destroy the world.
* HopeSpot: In the final battle in ''Silksinger''. Just when Magpie begins to think her crew may be able to best the huge devil army, [[RealityEnsues things take a turn for the worse]].
* HotGuysAreBastards: [[spoiler:Dusk.]]
* HumansAreBastards/[[HumansAreSpecial Special]]/[[HumansAreMorons Morons]]: Magpie covers all of them in one speech! HumansAreCthulhu is also brought up, but subverted. Well-traveled faeries know that there are ''plenty'' scarier and more dangerous things, while most are in awe of their sheer size.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Talon may be able to pull some pretty acrobatic tricks, but he still wishes he could fly like almost every other fairy anywhere.
* TheLancer: Both Talon and Calypso act as this to [[TheHeroine Magpie]], being less impulsive and often more practical.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Subverted. Dusk implies Magpie's fondness for Talon is purely a sisterly sort of affection, and she immediately corrects him. Talon's not her brother, he's her ''sidekick''.
* LittleMissBadass: Magpie.
* LongingLook: Talon occasionally gives these to Magpie.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Magpie's parents and grandparents.
* MagicAIsMagicA: The violation of some of magic's basic rules is one of the first signs that Magpie is special.
* ManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: For most of ''Silksinger'', it appears that the BigBad is legendary demon general Ethiag. He's actually TheDragon to ancient faerie traitor Onyx/Dust]].
* MeetCute: Hirik and Whisper's relationship gets a handy little head start what with the whole "smoke bride" thing.
** Magpie and Talon also get one when she almost slits his throat at their first meeting.
* {{Metamorphosis}}: [[spoiler:Ethiag's transformation via cursed flying carpet.]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Dusk.]]
* MoodWhiplash: [[spoiler:They've defeated Ethiag! Erm, now Dusk is after Bertram.]]
* {{Mundanger}}: Magpie and Talon have to deal with fairly un-special threats such as hungry cats when they're not dueling with devils and such.
* NamedWeapons: It's stated that quite a few really old ones are named, but only Skuldraig and Bijal have made an appearance to date.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast:
** NamesToRunAwayFrom/{{Colors}}: The Blackbringer, Onyx
** NamesToRunAwayFrom/NamesEndingInTh: The Astaroth
** NamesToRunAwayFrom/BodyPart: Gutsuck
** NamesToRunAwayFrom/ThePerson: The Blackbringer
* NoImmortalInertia: Firedrake blood and the glyph for immortality both have to be used regularly to avoid RapidAging and death.
* ObliviousToLove: Magpie to Talon's affections.
* OneHeadTaller: Talon is described as a head taller than Magpie.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Whisper Silksinger shouts, you know something big is going on.
* PlotThreads: This is most apparent in ''Silksinger'', when focus is divided between Magpie and Talon, Whisper, and Hirik, but it also occurs to a lesser extent with ''Blackbringer'''s POV switches.
* PrecociousCrush: Magpie had one on Dusk when she was young. [[SmittenTeenageGirl She's still quite fond of him.]]
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: ''"There. Are. Worms. In. My. Hair."''
* PutDownYourGunAndStepAway: [[spoiler:Ethiag]] to Magpie in ''Silksinger''.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: [[spoiler:Dusk/Onyx.]]
* RealMenWearPink: Or rather, Real Warrior Princes Knit. It takes a while for Talon to become comfortable with that, though.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: [[spoiler: Batch Hangnail]]
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: The Rathersting royalty take a very active part in defending the forest. However, they are only one clan, and Queen Vesper subverts this. She has very little to do other than be rich, beautiful, and loved. In fact, when she's told she needs to lead people in actually fighting, she freaks out.
* SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler:As touching and heroic as it is, Magpie submitting to Ethiag to protect her friends was probably not a good idea, as it would have just kept them alive for another couple minutes and she would have died, too. The sacrifice itself is subverted, though.]]
* ShipTease: The whole kissing-their-fingers-and-flicking-each-other scene(s) in ''Silksinger''.
* SlipknotPonytail: It's not unknown for Magpie's hair to come undone while flying or fighting.
* SmittenTeenageGirl: Magpie for Dusk.
* SolidGoldPoop: Gold, silver, etc.? It's all dragon dung.
* SwitchingPOV: The books go through the third-person-limited point of view centered around lots of different characters.
* ThouShaltNotKill: The fairy respect for life is staunch, and Magpie was hugely upset when she was forced to help slay a mob of devils, even though she was protecting a large number of innocent, unarmed bystanders at that point.
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Bellatrix and Kipepeo, eventually.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: "Queen" Vesper
* WaifFu: Magpie might be a 'slip of a girl', but she can kick demon butt.
* TheWatson: Talon often needs clarfication about obscure faerie myths, which is helpful to the readers.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: Happens a number of times. The eyes in question also often happen to be blue.
** Talon is once asked to identify Magpie by answering whether or not she has "eyes like aquamarines". His embarrassment is priceless.
** Kite is said to have recognized Robin by the blue color of his eyes.
** As a more minor example, Talon's eyes are described as something along the lines of "crystals with the sky shining through them" when he and Magpie first meet.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: On her blog, [[WordOfGod Laini Taylor stated]] that Talon was not originally part of the plan while writing ''Blackbringer''. He came in later and replaced a character named Acorn, who was another scamperer boy and a cousin of Poppy's.
* WorldOfNoGrandparents: Averted. Magpie's grandfather shows up in the second chapter.
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In ''Blackbringer'', Magpie Windwitch, a young fairy, has found herself as one of the last demon hunters, trying desperately to put back in bottles the monsters that humans have been letting out by the boatloads. It doesn’t help that most of the fairy world has hidden itself away behind enchanted hedges and isolated cities. When an entire town simply disappears with no evidence of trouble, it’s clear the latest terror stalking the fairy world is something altogether different. Leaving Magpie and her friends as the only ones capable (or willing) to stop it.
In ''Silksinger'', Magpie, Talon, and the crows continue searching for the dreaming Djinn, with the help of Batch Hangnail. Meanwhile, Whisper Silksinger journeys desperately, trying to return the Azazel to his throne and fulfill the duty of protecting the Djinn that her clan has performed for thousands of years. She soon crosses paths with Hirik, a lad with a secret deeper than his desire to be the Azazel's new champion.
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!!These novels provide examples of:
* ActionGirl: Magpie.
* AdventurerArchaeologist: Magpie and her parents are a whole family of them.
* AlliterativeName: No straight examples, but variations occur. The two halves of "Blackbringer", for example.
** Clan names also have a strong tendency towards this. "Windwitch", "Silksinger", "Mothmage"...
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: The Never Nigh fairies are less than accepting of Magpie and the crows.
* AllPowerfulBystander: [[spoiler: The djinn.]]
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Demons. They're just as likely to eat each other as to eat the fairies attacking them, during a fight.
* BackToBackBadasses: Hirik and Merryvenom.
* BadassCrew: Magpie, Talon, and the crows.
* BerserkButton: The crows (and Calypso in particular) take it very badly whenever Magpie is threatened.
* BigBad: The Blackbringer in the first book.
** [[spoiler:And Dusk in the second. Can sort of apply to Ethiag, too. All of those other demons they tried to fight off were his mind-control slaves.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: A couple times.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Vesper. [[spoiler:And then later, Dusk]].
* BlondBrunetteRedhead: Talon is blond, Magpie has brown hair, and Poppy rounds things out as the redhead.
* BloodMagic: The BigBad of ''Silksinger'' uses the blood of immortal firedrakes to sustain his life.
* BookDumb: Subverted. Magpie has "never been to school", but is at least as smart as less nomadic faeries.
* BraidsOfAction: Magpie usually braids her hair back.
** Same with Bellatrix.
* CessationOfExistence: What happens to those killed again after crossing to the Moonlight Gardens.
** Also subverted. [[spoiler:The Blackbringer's victims aren't utterly unmade after being taken; they can be saved.]]
* ClearMyName
* DirtyCoward: Stormfoil.
** Batch Hangnail, too.
* DisabilitySuperpower: The acrobatic abilities Talon acquired due to his inability to fly.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Bellatrix, to [[TogetherInDeath be with her husband]].]]
* DualWielding: A lot of the characters do this during battle scenes, usually fighting independently with each hand.
* GlamourFailure: Demons always leave rooster tracks, no matter what shape their feet may be. They also can't get hands right when [[VoluntaryShapeshifting masquerading as fairies]]; their fingers always have too many joint or two few.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: The scars Talon receives holding onto the tether on Magpie's waist are good. [[spoiler:Dusk]]'s scars received committing a murder are [[CaptainObvious less so]].
* HandicappedBadass: Talon.
* TheHerald: Magpie for Talon.
* HeroesPreferSwords: Played straight with Hirik, but subverted with Magpie and Talon, both of whom favor daggers as their primary weapon.
* HeroicBSOD: Magpie goes through one after [[spoiler:the Blackbringer eats Poppy and one of the crows]].
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Whisper's grandparents.]]
** There's also a few of these scattered throughout, both played straight and subverted.
* HiddenElfVillage: The fairies have holed themselves away to party and gossip while demons destroy the world.
* HopeSpot: In the final battle in ''Silksinger''. Just when Magpie begins to think her crew may be able to best the huge devil army, [[RealityEnsues things take a turn for the worse]].
* HotGuysAreBastards: [[spoiler:Dusk.]]
* HumansAreBastards/[[HumansAreSpecial Special]]/[[HumansAreMorons Morons]]: Magpie covers all of them in one speech! HumansAreCthulhu is also brought up, but subverted. Well-traveled faeries know that there are ''plenty'' scarier and more dangerous things, while most are in awe of their sheer size.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Talon may be able to pull some pretty acrobatic tricks, but he still wishes he could fly like almost every other fairy anywhere.
* TheLancer: Both Talon and Calypso act as this to [[TheHeroine Magpie]], being less impulsive and often more practical.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Subverted. Dusk implies Magpie's fondness for Talon is purely a sisterly sort of affection, and she immediately corrects him. Talon's not her brother, he's her ''sidekick''.
* LittleMissBadass: Magpie.
* LongingLook: Talon occasionally gives these to Magpie.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Magpie's parents and grandparents.
* MagicAIsMagicA: The violation of some of magic's basic rules is one of the first signs that Magpie is special.
* ManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: For most of ''Silksinger'', it appears that the BigBad is legendary demon general Ethiag. He's actually TheDragon to ancient faerie traitor Onyx/Dust]].
* MeetCute: Hirik and Whisper's relationship gets a handy little head start what with the whole "smoke bride" thing.
** Magpie and Talon also get one when she almost slits his throat at their first meeting.
* {{Metamorphosis}}: [[spoiler:Ethiag's transformation via cursed flying carpet.]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Dusk.]]
* MoodWhiplash: [[spoiler:They've defeated Ethiag! Erm, now Dusk is after Bertram.]]
* {{Mundanger}}: Magpie and Talon have to deal with fairly un-special threats such as hungry cats when they're not dueling with devils and such.
* NamedWeapons: It's stated that quite a few really old ones are named, but only Skuldraig and Bijal have made an appearance to date.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast:
** NamesToRunAwayFrom/{{Colors}}: The Blackbringer, Onyx
** NamesToRunAwayFrom/NamesEndingInTh: The Astaroth
** NamesToRunAwayFrom/BodyPart: Gutsuck
** NamesToRunAwayFrom/ThePerson: The Blackbringer
* NoImmortalInertia: Firedrake blood and the glyph for immortality both have to be used regularly to avoid RapidAging and death.
* ObliviousToLove: Magpie to Talon's affections.
* OneHeadTaller: Talon is described as a head taller than Magpie.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Whisper Silksinger shouts, you know something big is going on.
* PlotThreads: This is most apparent in ''Silksinger'', when focus is divided between Magpie and Talon, Whisper, and Hirik, but it also occurs to a lesser extent with ''Blackbringer'''s POV switches.
* PrecociousCrush: Magpie had one on Dusk when she was young. [[SmittenTeenageGirl She's still quite fond of him.]]
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: ''"There. Are. Worms. In. My. Hair."''
* PutDownYourGunAndStepAway: [[spoiler:Ethiag]] to Magpie in ''Silksinger''.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: [[spoiler:Dusk/Onyx.]]
* RealMenWearPink: Or rather, Real Warrior Princes Knit. It takes a while for Talon to become comfortable with that, though.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: [[spoiler: Batch Hangnail]]
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: The Rathersting royalty take a very active part in defending the forest. However, they are only one clan, and Queen Vesper subverts this. She has very little to do other than be rich, beautiful, and loved. In fact, when she's told she needs to lead people in actually fighting, she freaks out.
* SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler:As touching and heroic as it is, Magpie submitting to Ethiag to protect her friends was probably not a good idea, as it would have just kept them alive for another couple minutes and she would have died, too. The sacrifice itself is subverted, though.]]
* ShipTease: The whole kissing-their-fingers-and-flicking-each-other scene(s) in ''Silksinger''.
* SlipknotPonytail: It's not unknown for Magpie's hair to come undone while flying or fighting.
* SmittenTeenageGirl: Magpie for Dusk.
* SolidGoldPoop: Gold, silver, etc.? It's all dragon dung.
* SwitchingPOV: The books go through the third-person-limited point of view centered around lots of different characters.
* ThouShaltNotKill: The fairy respect for life is staunch, and Magpie was hugely upset when she was forced to help slay a mob of devils, even though she was protecting a large number of innocent, unarmed bystanders at that point.
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Bellatrix and Kipepeo, eventually.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: "Queen" Vesper
* WaifFu: Magpie might be a 'slip of a girl', but she can kick demon butt.
* TheWatson: Talon often needs clarfication about obscure faerie myths, which is helpful to the readers.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: Happens a number of times. The eyes in question also often happen to be blue.
** Talon is once asked to identify Magpie by answering whether or not she has "eyes like aquamarines". His embarrassment is priceless.
** Kite is said to have recognized Robin by the blue color of his eyes.
** As a more minor example, Talon's eyes are described as something along the lines of "crystals with the sky shining through them" when he and Magpie first meet.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: On her blog, [[WordOfGod Laini Taylor stated]] that Talon was not originally part of the plan while writing ''Blackbringer''. He came in later and replaced a character named Acorn, who was another scamperer boy and a cousin of Poppy's.
* WorldOfNoGrandparents: Averted. Magpie's grandfather shows up in the second chapter.
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