History Literature / Inda

* EverybodyHasLotsOfSex: [[AWizardDidIt Because of magic]], women in this world cannot get pregnant unless they choose to and sexually transmitted diseases have been eradicated. Therefore, this trope ensues. Most or all of the characters go to pleasure houses and/or engage in casual sex on a relatively regular basis, except for those few who are either explicitly stated or implied to be {{Asexual}}.

* SchoolBullyingIsHarmless: Deconstructed. The older crew on the ship that Inda signs on with all chuckle and approve of the other shiprats and older mids and mates making fun of him and playing tricks on him because he's a landlubber, figuring it's all in good fun and a good way to get him to learn faster, but it's clear that Inda hates it and doesn't find it in good fun at all.

* Fingore: One of the ways Signi is tortured.
* PreAssKickingOneLiner:
-->Balandir: "Get your sword."
-->Fox: "Don't need one."

* CollegeBisexual: Most of the all-male Tvei class sexually experiment with one another in their teenage years until they are given leave to go to the town pleasure houses, at which point most of them seem to be exclusively into women. The exceptions are Flash Arveas, who continues to be interested in both men and women, and Evred, who is only interested in men.

* WhatASenselessWasteOfLife: Durasnir's feelings on the Venn's attempted invasion of the Marlovans, when he discovers that Erkric was using the war as a front for his own secret purposes.

!!Examples specific to Treason's Shore

But all that is really background data. The ''real'' story begins with Indevan-Dal Algara-Vayir of Choraed-Elgaer, the second son of a prince (an aristocratic title) among the incredibly martial-oriented horse-riding Marlovans who rule Iasca-Leror. Still a child, and subject to the discipline and training deemed necessary by his elder brother, he is beloved of the castle people and perfectly content with his lot in life. As the younger brother, he is expected to remain at home and dedicate his life to serving as its defender when his brother inherits.

* AdultFear: When the people of Castle Andahi know the Venn are coming, they try to send the youngest children to hide out in a cave until everything is over in the hopes that they at least might survive. Not all of them do.

* {{Polyamory}}: Because almost all of the marriages among Marlovan nobility are ArrangedMarriages, a lot of this goes on. It's slightly less common outside of the Marlovan culture, but there are still several characters to whom it applies.

* InfantImmortality: Completely averted.

* IncompatibleOrientation: A major feature of two intersecting LoveTriangles in the series. Hadand is in love with Evred, who is gay. Evred is in love with Inda, who is straight.

* AdultFear: When the people of Castle Andahi know the Venn are coming, they try to send the yougest children to hide out in a cave until everything is done, knowing full well they will probably not survive to fetch them afterward.

!! This series provides examples of:

* PirateGirl: A lot of them, but Jeje deserves special mention.

Though Inda is the focus character, the books feature LoadsandLoadsofCharacters, several of whom have only a tertiary link if any to Inda himself. The books also span a period of about 15-20 years, following Inda, his siblings, and his age-mates as they grow up from childhood/teenhood to adulthood and parenthood, and introducing members of younger generations to follow as well in each book.

But all that is really background data. The ''real'' story begins with Indevan-Dal Algara-Vayir of Choraed-Elgaer, the second son of a prince (an aristocratic title) among the incredibly martial-oriented horse-riding Marlovans who rule Iasca-Leror. Still a child, and subject to the discipline and training deemed necessary by his elder brother, he is beloved of the castle people and perfectly content with his lot in life. As the younger brother, he is expected to remain at home and dedicate his life to serving as its defender when his brother inherits. But by royal decree, he and all other younger brothers among the aristocracy are summoned to train for war at the royal academy, disrupting tradition. To Inda, it seems an exciting opportunity to hone his skills and make friends among the other aristocrats' children, though it means the kingdom is preparing to go to war. But when he befriends the younger son of the king he becomes the target of vicious bullying directed by the king's heir and his inner circle, and as his own natural talent for command and tactics begins to show he draws the unwelcome attention of the king's own brother.

* AllThereInTheManual: Though the series is peppered with references and explanations about what sorts of things magic has completely changed in this world, a more complete explanation of how exactly things like Disappearing the dead and the Waste Spell work is given on the author's website, in addition to extra information about what happens to the characters following the end of the last book.

ActionGirl: A kingdom full of them - all of the Marlovan women are trained to fight defense in counterpart to the men, who are expected to fight offense. The girls and women in Inda's maritime company and later his pirate fleet also definitely count.
AllThereInTheManual: Though the series is peppered with references and explanations about what sorts of things magic has completely changed in this world, a more complete explanation of how exactly things like Disappearing the dead and the Waste Spell work is given on the author's website, in addition to extra information about what happens to the characters following the end of the last book.
InfantImmortality: Completely averted.
PirateGirl: A lot of them, but Jeje deserves special mention.

Inda does not get to live the life he had expected. The events set in motion by his friendships at the Academy lead him far away from Iasca-Leror, to the decks of pirate ships and distant shores, dealing with ghosts and pirates and rumored Norsundrians. And meanwhile, the people he's forced to leave behind have their own problems to deal with, as the machinations of the king's brother and firstborn son begin to come to light.

Though Inda is the focus character, the books have an EnsembleCast with LoadsandLoadsofCharacters, several of whom have only a tertiary link if any to Inda himself. The books also span a period of about 15-20 years, following Inda, his siblings, and his age-mates as they grow up from childhood/teenhood to adulthood and parenthood, and introducing members of younger generations to follow as well in each book.

The setting is a world in which humankind are migrants, albeit from some several thousand years past. Once, humans built an ancient kingdom referred to as Old Sartor, thriving and building on the magics that were taught them by the indigenous beings of the world when they first entered it. Because of the indigenous beings' negative reaction to several aspects of humanity's existence, certain fundamental aspects were erased or altered: rather than produce excrement, humans speak the Waste Spell; dead bodies are not buried but Disappeared according to specific conditions; Fire Sticks rather than ordinary woodburning fires are used for warmth and light; women do not produce children from having sex unless they take a certain herb - and in fact PIV sex is not necessarily a requirement to create children, as there exists also something called the Birth Spell; and the impulse to commit forceful rape and pedophilia was eradicated. It is said that the last great change the ancient mages intended to use to alter human nature was the eradication of humans' hunger for violence... but then Norsunder came, perverting and corrupting, and the ancient kingdom of Old Sartor fell. But magic (and indeed Sartor) continues to exist and enhance the lives of the people of Sartorias Deles and by the time of our story the memory of Old Sartor's fall and the shadowy existence of soul-eating Norsundrians have faded in most people's minds to frightening stories and a source for curses...

For Inda is not to live the life he had expected. The events set in motion by his friendships at the Academy will lead him far away from Iasca-Leror, to the decks of pirate ships and distant shores, and before he returns he will have become famed throughout the world.

The setting is a world in which humankind are migrants, albeit from some several thousand years past. Once, humans built an ancient kingdom referred to as Old Sartor, thriving and building on the magics that were taught them by the indigenous beings of the world when they first entered it. Because of the indigenous beings' negative reaction to several aspects of humanity's existence, certain fundamental aspects were erased or altered: rather than produce excrement, humans speak the Waste Spell; dead bodies are not buried but Disappeared according to specific conditions; Fire Sticks rather than ordinary woodburning fires are used for warmth and light; women do not produce children from having sex unless they take a certain herb - and in fact PIV sex is not necessarily a requirement to create children, as there exists also something called the Birth Spell; and the impulse to commit forceful rape and pedophilia was eradicated. It is said that the last great change the ancient mages intended to use to alter human nature was the eradication of humans' hunger for violence... but then Norsunder came, perverting and corrupting, and the ancient kingdom of Old Sartor fell. But magic (and indeed a new version of Sartor) continues to exist and enhance the lives of the people of Sartorias Deles and by the time of our story the memory of Old Sartor's fall and the shadowy existence of soul-eating Norsundrians have faded in most people's minds to frightening stories and a source for curses...

But all that is really background data. The ''real'' story begins with Indevan-Dal Algara-Vayir of Choraed-Elgaer, the second son of a prince (an aristocratic title) among the incredibly martial-oriented horse-riding Marlovans. Still a child, and subject to the discipline and training deemed necessary by his elder brother, he is beloved of the castle people and perfectly content with his lot in life. As the younger brother, he is expected to remain at home and dedicate his life to serving as its defender when his brother inherits. But by royal decree, he and all other younger brothers among the aristocracy are summoned to train for war at the royal academy, disrupting tradition. To Inda, it seems an exciting opportunity to hone his skills and make friends among the other aristocrats' children.

The setting is a world in which humankind are migrants, albeit from some several thousand years past. Once, humans built an ancient kingdom referred to as Old Sartor, thriving and building on the magics that were taught them by the indigenous beings of the world when they first entered it. Because of the indigenous beings' negative reaction to several aspects of humanity's existence, certain fundamental aspects were erased or altered: rather than produce excrement, humans speak the Waste Spell; dead bodies are not buried but Disappeared according to specific conditions; Fire Sticks rather than ordinary woodburning fires are used for warmth and light; women do not produce children from having sex unless they take a certain herb - and in fact PIV sex is not necessarily a requirement to create children, as there exists also something called the Birth Spell; and the impulse to commit forceful rape and pedophilia was eradicated. It is said that the last great change the ancient mages intended to use to alter human nature was the eradication of humans' hunger for violence... but then Norsunder came, perverting and corrupting, and the ancient kingdom of Old Sartor fell. But magic (and indeed a new version of Sartor) continues to exist and enhance the lives of the people of Sartorias Delehe memory of Old Sartor's fall and the shadowy existence of soul-eating Norsundrians have faded in most people's minds to frightening stories and a source for curses.

But all that is really background data. The ''real'' story begins with Indevan-Dal Algara-Vayir of Choraed Elgaer, the second son of a prince (an aristocratic title) among the incredibly martial-oriented horse-riding Marlovans. Still a child, and subject to the discipline and training deemed necessary by his elder brother, he is beloved of the castle people and perfectly content with his lot in life. As the younger brother, he is expected to remain at home and dedicate his life to serving as its defender when his brother inherits. But by royal decree, he and all other younger brothers of the aristocracy are summoned to learn at the academy

The setting is a world in which humankind are migrants, albeit from some several thousand years past. Once, humans built an ancient kingdom referred to as Old Sartor, thriving and building on the magics that were taught them by the indigenous beings of the world when they first entered it. Because of the indigenous beings' negative reaction to several aspects of humanity's existence, certain fundamental aspects were erased or altered: rather than produce excrement, humans speak the Waste Spell; dead bodies are not buried but Disappeared according to specific conditions; Fire Sticks rather than ordinary woodburning fires are used for warmth and light; women do not produce children from having sex unless they take a certain herb - and in fact PIV sex is not necessarily a requirement to create children, as there exists also something called the Birth Spell; and the impulse to commit forceful rape and pedophilia was eradicated. It is said that the last great change the ancient mages intended to use to alter human nature was the eradication of humans' hunger for violence... but then Norsunder came, perverting and corrupting, and the ancient kingdom of Old Sartor fell.

But all that is really background data. Magic (and indeed a new Sartor, though it does not serve as a setting for any of the events of the books) still exists by the time of Inda's story, studied to a greater or lesser extent across the different nations and the necessary services of mages traded for from kingdoms that possess none of their own... kingdoms like that of the Marlovans who rule Iasca Leror, which is the main setting and birthplace of the eponymous character

The Inda series is an adult fantasy series written by Sherwood Smith that takes place in an alternate world called Sartorias Deles, in which several of her other novels (including Crown Duel) are set. The events described in the four books comprising the Inda series are historical to the events in her other novels.