History Literature / Indigo

But [[PrincessProtagonist Princess Anghara]], driven by curiosity and [[RebelliousPrincess resentment]] of her [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere sheltered life]], breaks that ancient law. [[SealedEvilInACan Seven demons]], representing the sins of humanity, break loose and destroy all that she holds dear. And Anghara—now calling herself Indigo—is granted [[WhoWantsToLiveForever immortality]] by a divine emissary, so as to have time to [[GottaCatchEmAll undo what she has wrought]].

* WalkingTheEarth

* {{Call A Rabbit A Smeerp}}/{{Horse Of A Different Color}}: A "chimelo" is either a dromedary (as described by someone with no point of reference except horses) or a sort of [[MixAndMatchCritters impossible camel/horse hybrid]].

* GottaCatchThemAll

* {{Blessed With Suck}}/{{Cursed With Awesome}}: How Indigo's immortality and Grimya's speech and telepathy are treated [[spoiler:at first]]. (Grimya's immortality, on the other hand, was a reward for being such a loyal friend, and is never treated otherwise.)

Long ago, [[AfterTheEnd a great crisis]] destroyed and remade the world. Generations later, the people of the Southern Isles [[SchmuckBait know better]] than to [[ForbiddenZone go near]] the [[CallReceivalArea Tower of Regrets]].

But [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Princess Anghara]], driven by curiosity and [[RebelliousPrincess resentment]] of her [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere sheltered life]], breaks that ancient law. [[SealedEvilInACan Seven demons]], representing the sins of humanity, break loose and destroy all that she holds dear. And Anghara—now calling herself Indigo—is granted [[WhoWantsToLiveForever immortality]] by a divine emissary, so as to have time to [[GottaCatchEmAll undo what she has wrought]].

* {{Lolicon}}: Augon Hunnamek [[WifeHusbandry plans to marry Jessamin]] on her twelfth birthday. [[spoiler:He later steps that up to her ''eleventh'' birthday. Of course, she turns out to be the avatar of the Serpent who Devours...but even so.]]

* BittersweetEnding:[[spoiler:Indigo's long-lost fiancé Fenran resurfaces. Indigo kills him. It's for the best.]] The endings of several specific books count as well. [[spoiler:(For example, in ''Infanta'', Luk Copperguild—aged ''thirteen''—becomes the king of Khimiz after losing his father, his uncle, and the girl he's loved since childhood. And in ''Troika'', Fenran's relatives are freed from a family curse, but not before it devastates them.)]]

* RedHeadedHero: Indigo. (She [[LockedIntoStrangeness goes gray]] in ''Nemesis'', but her hair gradually regains its color as the series progresses).

This LowFantasy series, written by the late British author Louise Cooper, has been called "an original take on the Pandora's Box myth."

* MeaningfulName: Indigo takes on that name because the color represents death and mourning in her homeland. The seeress [[TheGoodChancellor Phereniq]] is instrumental to Augon Hunnamek's successes; her name is a derivative of Veronica (although she's decidedly ''[[BettyAndVeronica not]]'' one) or Berenice, both of which mean "bringer of victory." [[spoiler:Augon himself has a surname containing the word "human," which may foreshadow the fact that he is ''not'', in fact, the demon in ''Infanta''.]] The Brabazon family in ''Nocturne'' are all named after virtues...and while some of them live up to their names, the rather insufferable Modesty is a blatant subversion.

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Several aversions. [[spoiler:Jessamin in ''Infanta'' and Carlaze in ''Troika'' [[BeautyIsBad come to mind]].]] Conversely, Niahrin in ''Aisling'' is decidedly a good character; and, while she's attractive enough otherwise, [[GoodScarsEvilScars half of her face is horribly scarred]].

* TheAgeless: Indigo and Grimya, maybe. They do not age, but even they don't know whether they can be killed by injury or disease. (here's actually a point in ''Avatar'' where Indigo is comatose from fever and Grimya is worried that she'll be ''[[FateWorseThanDeath stuck]]'' like that if she doesn't recover...but she does recover, so it's ultimately a moot point.)

* TheAgeless: Indigo and Grimya, maybe. They do not age, but even they don't know whether they can be killed by injury or disease.

* LoveHurts

* NobleWolf: Grimya, what with being Indigo's confidante and NonHumanSidekick. [[spoiler:Indigo in her [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent shapeshift form]] may also count.]]

* NobleWolf: Grimya. [[spoiler:Indigo in her [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent shapeshift form]] may also count.]]

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: While there's ''some'' use of ElementalPowers in the series as a whole, that's [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender not a plot point]] in ''Avatar'', the seventh book. And there are certainly no [[{{Film/Avatar}} blue aliens]] to be found, either. Nor was it written by Creator/PoulAnderson.

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: While there's ''some'' use of ElementalPowers in the series as a whole, that's [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender not a plot point]] in ''Avatar'', the seventh book. And there are certainly no [[{{Film/Avatar}} blue aliens]] to be found, either. Nor was it written by PoulAnderson.

But [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Princess Anghara]], driven by curiosity and [[RebelliousPrincess resentment]] of her [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere sheltered life]], breaks that ancient law. [[SealedEvilInACan Seven demons]] [[spoiler:representing the sins of humanity]] break loose and destroy all that she holds dear. And Anghara—now calling herself Indigo—is granted [[WhoWantsToLiveForever immortality]] by a divine emissary, so as to have time to [[GottaCatchEmAll undo what she has wrought]].

* BigBadassWolf: Grimya. [[spoiler:Indigo in her [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent shapeshift form]] may also count.]]
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Several ''hard'' subversions. [[spoiler:Jessamin in ''Infanta'' and Carlaze in ''Troika'' [[BeautyIsBad come to mind]].]] Conversely, Niahrin in ''Aisling'' is decidedly a good character; and, while she's attractive enough otherwise, [[GoodScarsEvilScars half of her face is horribly scarred]].

* EyepatchOfPower: Niahrin, although her eyepatch represents less outright badassery than the fact that her [[BlindSeer ruined]] and [[RedRightHand very unnerving left eye]] [[EvilEye is magic]].