History Literature / FirstSwordChronicles

* PropheciesAlwaysComeTrue: The things Romana dreams of always happen.

* KnightInShiningArmour: Both Michael and Amy play at being this, to various degress, but Amy is really more of a BloodKnight and Michael turns out to be a KnightInSourArmour who is putting up a front.

* FairyCompanion: Robin plays up to this trope in her relationship with Irithelie, but actually subverts it as a FalseFriend working for TheManBheindTheMan, with subtle hints that she is also a BitchInSheepsClothing.

* A MillionIsAStatistic: Summer's morality runs on this, her empathy appears to be reserved for people she knows personally.

The First Sword Chronicles are a fantasy series written by Frances Smith. To date, there have been three volumes published:\\\

* ArcVillain: The Voice of Corona, leader of the Crimson Rose, poses a more immediate threat to Michael and his allies than Quirian does for most of the first book. [[spoiler: Quirian turns out to be this too, he gets killed off at the end of book two and the series continues without him.]]

* BigBad: Quirian of Aureliana [[spoiler: for the first two novels at least]], who is plotting to use Miranda's power to destroy the Empire.

* AssholeVictim: Most of the guards killed by the furies in ''Hunted'' are either [[JerkAss jerkasses]] or [[CompleteMonster complete monsters]] who thoroughly deserve everything that happens to them.

* AssholeVictim: most of the guards killed by the furies in ''Hunted'' are either [[{{Jerkass}} jerkasses]] or [[CompleteMonster complete monsters]] who thoroughly deserve everything that happens to them.

* AssholeVictim: most of the guards killed by the furies in ''Hunted'' are either [[[{Jerkass} jerkasses]] or [[CompleteMonster complete monsters]] who thoroughly deserve everything that happens to them.

* AssholeVictim: most of the guards killed by the furies in ''Hunted'' are either [[Jerkass jerkasses]] or [[CompleteMonster complete monsters]] who thoroughly deserve everything that happens to them.

* ArcVillain: The Voice of Corona, leader of the Crimson Rose, poses a more immediate threat to Michael and his allies than Quirian does for most of the first book.

* BigBad: Quirian of Aureliana, who is plotting to use Miranda's power to destroy the Empire.

* BullyingADragon: various members of the Empire's old [[BlueBlood patrician]] famillies attempt to push Miranda around with their money, influence or access to military might, apparently forgetting that she could kill all of them with her magic if she chose. [[RevengeBeforeReason Helen Manzikes]] who tries to [[spoiler: have Miranda assassinated]] and Prince Antiochus, who [[spoiler: murders Miranda's best friend in front of her]] and then expects her to kneel before him, take the cake.

* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:Lysimachus]] delivers two, one to the Lost and one to the Imperial troops protecting Lord Manzikes. Quirian gives one to Michael, Tullia and Fiannuala, [[spoiler:killing Tullia and Fia in the process.]]

The First Sword Chronicles are a fantasy series written by Frances Smith. To date, there have been two volumes published:\\\

* BashBrothers: Michael and Amy are this to one another; Wyrrin refers to the two of them as 'shield brothers', while Amy says that she and Michael are 'two swords in one scabbard' (it sounds much more elegant in the original naiad, apparently).

* TheEmpire: The Divine Empire of All Pelarius, Lavissar, Triazica and All the Lands that Lie Between or May be Found Beyond. Whether it is a benign or wicked entity is something the characters could debate fiercely, but for all its many faults it does provide peace and stability to most of its citizens.

* LastofHisKind: Quirian is the last survivor of Aureliana. A marginal example, since Michael, Miranda and [[spoiler:Felix]] also have Aurelian blood.

* HairofGoldHeartofGold: Portia has golden hair and is just about the nicest person in the whole story.

ActionGirl: Amy, Tullia and Fiannuala all qualify.

AllYourPowersCombined: Miranda; as the inheritor of the Aurelian magic she possesses all kinds of elemental magic (most people only have one), has the ability to use sorcery in her own right (most people have to appeal to a god to help them) and her powers involve elements of spirit magic (otherwise very rare).

ArcVillain: The Voice of Corona, leader of the Crimson Rose, poses a more immediate threat to Michael and his allies than Quirian does for most of the first book.

BadassPrincess: Princess Fiannuala of Eena.

BigBad: Quirian of Aureliana, who is plotting to use Miranda's power to destroy the Empire.

BigGood: Silwa, Goddess of Victory and Wisdom, who is using the main characters to save the Empire.

ChosenOne: Miranda certainly appears to be one, since she is the first person in five hundred years to be born with the Aurelian power, granting her unique control over all forms of magic. What she's been chosen to do, however (and by whom) is a little less clear. Miranda becomes convinced that she has been chosen to [[spoiler:destroy the Empire]] but Michael talks her out of it.

CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:Lysimachus]] delivers two, one to the Lost and one to the Imperial troops protecting Lord Manzikes. Quirian gives one to Michael, Tullia and Fiannuala, [[spoiler:killing Tullia and Fia in the process.]]

GodEmperor: Aegea the Great, Divine Empress of All Pelarius, Lavissar, Triazica and All the Lands that Lie Between or May be Found Beyond. By the time the story begins she has very few believers.

DualWielding: Michael, Gideon, Quirian and the Voice of Corona all indulge in this.

HairofGoldHeartofGold: Portia has golden hair and is just about the nicest person in the whole story.

HalfHumanHybrid: Amy (half-human, half naiad) and Octavia (half-human, half aestival)

InsistentTerminology: Princess Romana never refers to Demodocus and Portia as Emperor and Empress, always as Prince Imperial and Princess Consort, due to her allegiance to the Faith of Aegea which holds that there is only one Empress, Aegea. Portia doesn't mind but it infuriates Demodocus.

KnightInShiningArmour: Both Michael and Amy play at being this, to various degress, but Amy is really more of a BloodKnight and Michael turns out to be a KnightInSourArmour who is putting up a front.

LastofHisKind: Quirian is the last survivor of Aureliana. A marginal example, since Michael, Miranda and [[spoiler:Felix]] also have Aurelian blood.

ModestRoyalty: Princess Romana is a partial example, as she goes around in public dressed in black. However this is not because of modesty per se, but because she is ostentatiously mourning the decline of traditional values. She also dresses up a little where the people can't see her.

MysticalWhiteHair: Miranda has white hair despite being only nineteen, on account of possessing the Aurelian magic.

NamedWeapons: Gideon's swords, Duty and Piety, as well as the sword of Cupas, Semper Fidelis

TheNameless: The Voice of Corona is never given a name, at most he is referred to as The Voice.

PoliticallyActivePrincess: Romana, the only member of the Imperial family who seems to care that the Empire is falling apart, or have any ideas for how to fix it.

PrincessClassic: Although she is an Empress rather than a princess (but Romana refers to her as Princess Consort anyway, see InsistentTerminology above) Portia ticks every other box for this trope, being kind, innocent, beautiful, demure and always elegantly dressed.

PurpleEyes: Romana and Jason both have them, demonstrating their descent from Aegea.

SelfProclaimedKnight: Amy is quick to tell everyone she meets that she is a Knight of the Oceanhost, but admits to her closest friends (Michael) that she is only a squire who has stolen the sword and armour of a knight. [[spoiler:At the end of ''Spirit of the Sword: Faith and Virtue'', Princess Romana makes her Knight of the Purple.]]

WingedHumanoid: Octavia, on account of being half aestival

YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Princess Romana has purple hair (and purple eyes) as a sign of her descent from Aegea. Notably her two brothers do not, which Romana and her supporters see as a sign that she is better suited to the throne: the bloodline has 'bred true' in her. Jason also has purple hair, making it difficult to hide his bastardy.

And the only person who would like to do something about this sorry state of affairs is written off as being mad. \\\