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* HappilyMarried: Darrow and Mustang are still married after ten years.
* TheManInFrontOfTheMan: [[spoiler: The climax of ''Iron Gold'' reveals that the Ash Lord has become a SecretlyDying figurehead of The Society Remnant, and Atalantia is the real mastermind of the Society's actions throughout the book]].
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** [[spoiler: Atlas' intense torture and desecration of the Free Legions on Mercury both convinces the remaining Republic soldiers they must fight to the last man, and eventually convinces some of the Obsidians (who fought with them previously) to join Darrow again.]]
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** [[spoiler: Atlas' intense torture and desecration of the Free Legions on Mercury both convinces the remaining Republic soldiers they must fight to the last man, and eventually convinces some of the Obsidians (who fought with them previously) to join Darrow again.]]again]].
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* SecretlyDying: [[spoiler: The Ash Lord is revealed to be this in the climax of ''Iron Gold'']].
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* IndustrializedMercury: Downplayed. While the surface of Mercury depicted in ''Dark Age'' and ''Light Bringer'' is mostly desert and mountains, ore mining is established as the planet's main industry.
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* VenusIsWet: 80% of Venus's surface is covered by oceans, with the remaining surface consisting of tropical islands.
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* BatmanGambit: The Society's invasion plan in ''Light Bringer'', [[spoiler: They barrage the entire solar system in jamming signals to blind the Martian defenses. When the Society navy shows up on sensors, Victra positions her navy at the North Pole... directly in the path of a barrage of railgun slugs fired ''from the Moon'' several days earlier.]]
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* BatmanGambit: The Society's plan for their invasion plan of Mars in ''Light Bringer'', Bringer''. [[spoiler: They barrage the entire solar system in jamming signals to blind the Martian defenses. When the Society navy shows up on sensors, Victra positions her navy at the North Pole... directly in the path of a barrage of railgun slugs fired ''from the Moon'' several days earlier.]]earlier]].
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* DecapitatedArmy: [[spoiler: Atlas performs a KillAndReplace on Helios and then [[BeginWithAFinisher Begins With A Finisher]] against Dido at the start of the battle of Kalyke, thus eliminating the two leaders of the Rim Armada before the battle fully begins. This - and a few other tricks - allows him to swiftly destroy the surprised and leaderless Rim fleet.]]
* DemocracyIsFlawed: Now that the Rising has shifted from a resistance group to a legitimate government, Darrow can't exercise his usual tactics in battle without the approval of the senate, and when he does anyway, there are consequences for his actions.
* DemocracyIsFlawed: Now that the Rising has shifted from a resistance group to a legitimate government, Darrow can't exercise his usual tactics in battle without the approval of the senate, and when he does anyway, there are consequences for his actions.
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fleet]].
* DemocracyIsFlawed: Now that the Rising has shifted from a resistance group to a legitimate government, Darrow can't exercise his usual tactics in battle without the approval of the senate, and when he does anyway, there are consequences for his actions.
* DemocracyIsFlawed: Now that the Rising has shifted from a resistance group to a legitimate government, Darrow can't exercise his usual tactics in battle without the approval of the senate, and when he does anyway, there are consequences for his actions.
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* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler: Lysander allows Pytha to return Cassius' body to Mars, even after betraying and killing him, and using his body for propaganda purposes.]]
* ExplosiveBreeder: Invoked and played for laughs. While Sevro and Victra only have three children (though Victra is pregnant with their fourth), Mustang comments that the two have sex so frequently the two could single-handedly populate Pluto.
* ExtremelyShortTimespan: In comparison to the previous books, which had timespans ranging from seven months to two years, ''Iron Gold'' and ''Dark Age'' take place over the course of two or three months each, with the time-skips in between books only being a month or so compared to the year-or-more time-skips between books in the previous series.
* FalseFlagAttack: [[spoiler: Lysander's final move in ''Light Bringer,'' blaming the Rim for his assassination of Atlas as a pretext to destroy and loot the Garter.]]
* FantasticRacism: Despite the dismantling of the color heirarchy, there's still plenty of widespread prejudice between Colors.
* ExplosiveBreeder: Invoked and played for laughs. While Sevro and Victra only have three children (though Victra is pregnant with their fourth), Mustang comments that the two have sex so frequently the two could single-handedly populate Pluto.
* ExtremelyShortTimespan: In comparison to the previous books, which had timespans ranging from seven months to two years, ''Iron Gold'' and ''Dark Age'' take place over the course of two or three months each, with the time-skips in between books only being a month or so compared to the year-or-more time-skips between books in the previous series.
* FalseFlagAttack: [[spoiler: Lysander's final move in ''Light Bringer,'' blaming the Rim for his assassination of Atlas as a pretext to destroy and loot the Garter.]]
* FantasticRacism: Despite the dismantling of the color heirarchy, there's still plenty of widespread prejudice between Colors.
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* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler: Lysander allows Pytha to return Cassius' body to Mars, even after betraying and killing him, and using his body for propaganda purposes.]]
purposes]].
* ExplosiveBreeder: Invoked and played for laughs. While Sevro and Victra only have three children (though Victra is pregnant with their fourth), Mustang comments that the two have sex so frequently the two could single-handedly populatePluto.
Pluto.
* ExtremelyShortTimespan: In comparison to theprevious books, original trilogy, which had timespans ranging from seven months to two years, ''Iron Gold'' and ''Dark Age'' take took place over the course of two or three months each, with around seven years, the time-skips in between books only being a month or so compared to the year-or-more time-skips between books in the previous series.
entire sequel series thus far takes takes place over less than two.
* FalseFlagAttack: [[spoiler: Lysander's final move in ''Light Bringer,'' blaming the Rim for his assassination of Atlas as a pretext to destroy and loot theGarter.]]
Garter]].
* FantasticRacism: Despite the dismantling of the colorheirarchy, hierarchy, there's still plenty of widespread prejudice between Colors.
* ExplosiveBreeder: Invoked and played for laughs. While Sevro and Victra only have three children (though Victra is pregnant with their fourth), Mustang comments that the two have sex so frequently the two could single-handedly populate
* ExtremelyShortTimespan: In comparison to the
* FalseFlagAttack: [[spoiler: Lysander's final move in ''Light Bringer,'' blaming the Rim for his assassination of Atlas as a pretext to destroy and loot the
* FantasticRacism: Despite the dismantling of the color
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** [[spoiler: Glirastes Glirastes, Helios, Demetrius, Marius, and Paleron in ''Light Bringer'']].
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* ReforgedIntoAMinion. Discussed. [[spoiler: The Abomination threatens to do this to Sevro after the latter is captured in ''Dark Age'', but in ''Light Bringer'' it's revealed that he never followed through on his threats and simply sold him to the highest bidder after six months]].
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* TheAtoner: Cassius au Bellona, both for [[spoiler: killing Ares and failing to raise Lysander to be decent and honorable. In ''Light Bringer'', it causes him to take multiple reckless actions which ultimately end in his death.]]
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* BatmanGambit: The Society's invasion plan in ''Light Bringer'', [[spoiler: They barrage the entire solar system in jamming signals to blind the Martian defenses. When the Society navy shows up on sensors, Victra positions her navy at the North Pole... directly in the path of a barrage of railgun slugs fired ''from the Moon'' several days earlier.]]
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** Lysander is poisoned in ''Light Bringer'', and a poison-draining leech is placed on his body to help him recover. [[spoiler: That same leech gives him enough protection to save Diomedes' life when Atlas ambushes them with paralytics, and Diomedes helps Darrow use the same trick when fighting Fa later in the book.]]
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* DontThinkFeel: By the time of ''Light Bringer'', Darrow's technical mastery of the sword fighting style "The Willow Way" has become a liability: opponents have learned to predict his every move. [[spoiler: In his duel with Volsung Fa, he abandons it to adopt a free-flowing style reminiscent of Bruce Lee, which he calls "Breath of Stone" after the inexplicable breezes found in underground mines.]]
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* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler: Lysander allows Pytha to return Cassius' body to Mars, even after betraying and killing him, and using his body for propaganda purposes.]]
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* FalseFlagAttack: [[spoiler: Lysander's final move in ''Light Bringer,'' blaming the Rim for his assassination of Atlas as a pretext to destroy and loot the Garter.]]
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* GodzillaThreshold: [[spoiler: Eidmi, the Rim's secret super weapon. A set of targeted viruses that can genocide a specific Color.]]
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* TrojanHorse: [[spoiler: Darrow and Sevro reach Fa to challenge him by hiding inside the body of a giant sea creature, which Fa and the Obsidians cannot help but hunt and drag into their camp to feast upon.]]
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* DeathOfAChild : [[spoiler: Ulysses au Barca, the baby Victra gives birth to in ''Dark Age''. Just hours after giving birth to him, a wounded and exhausted Victra is captured by the Red Hand, and her baby nailed to a tree]].
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* DeathOfAChild : [[spoiler: Ulysses au Barca, the baby Victra gives birth to in ''Dark Age''. Just hours The day after giving birth to him, a wounded and exhausted Victra is captured by the Red Hand, and her baby nailed to a tree]].
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** [[spoiler: Atlas launching his attack on the Rim Ascomanni in ''Light Bringer'' draws the resources of Lysander's faction within the Society Remnant away from Mars, allowing the Republic forces a reprieve just as Lysander was preparing to launch an Iron Rain against the planet]].
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** [[spoiler: Atlas poisoning Lysander and launching his attack on the Rim through his puppet Fa and the Ascomanni in ''Light Bringer'' draws the resources of Lysander's faction within the Society Remnant away from Mars, allowing the Republic forces a reprieve just as Lysander was preparing to launch an Iron Rain against the planet]].
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* DecapitatedArmy: [[spoiler: Atlas performs a KillAndReplace on Helios and then [[BeginWithAFinisher Begins With A Finisher]] against Dido at the start of the battle of Kalyke, thus eliminating the two leaders of the Rim Armada before the battle fully begins. This - and a few other tricks - allows him to swiftly destroy the surprised and leaderless Rim fleet.]]
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** The end of ''Light Bringer'' sets up [[spoiler: Atanatia and Lysander]].
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** The end of ''Light Bringer'' sets up [[spoiler: Atanatia Atalantia and Lysander]].Lysander.]]
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** Figmnet is name dropped in ''Iron Gold'' by Ephraim as a fellow freelancer. [[spoiler: She has a nameless cameo at the end of the novel kidnapping Lyria on Victra's behalf, and gets more prominent scenes in ''Dark Age'']].
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** Figmnet Figment is name dropped in ''Iron Gold'' by Ephraim as a fellow freelancer. [[spoiler: She has a nameless cameo at the end of the novel kidnapping Lyria on Victra's behalf, and gets more prominent scenes in ''Dark Age'']].
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* TheAlliance: At the end of ''Light Bringer'', [[spoiler: the Rim Dominion, the Daughters of Athena and the Volk have formed a tri-partite alliance to come to the rescue of the Republic.]]
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Played for laughs in the opening battle of ''Dark Age'', where Lysander's chapters describe his first battle with the Reaper and his honor guard in brutal detail as Lysander's squadron [[CurbStompBattle gets their asses handed to them]], culminating in [[spoiler: Lysander getting half of his face burned off]]. Cut to Darrow's description of the event at the start of the next chapter...
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Played for laughs in the opening battle first quarter of ''Dark Age'', where Lysander's chapters describe his first battle with the Reaper and his honor guard in brutal detail as Lysander's squadron [[CurbStompBattle gets their asses handed to them]], culminating in [[spoiler: Lysander getting half of his face burned off]]. Cut to Darrow's description of the event at the start of the next chapter...
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* SpacePirates: The Ascomanni, Obsidian warriors who have brough their harsh way of life to the stars.
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* SnakePit: [[spoiler: After being defeated, Harmony is thrown into a nest of adult pitvipers]].
* SpacePirates: The Ascomanni, Obsidian warriors who have brough their harsh way of life to the stars.
* SpacePirates: The Ascomanni, Obsidian warriors who have brough their harsh way of life to the stars.
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* The first book, ''Iron Gold'' was released on January 16, 2018
* The second book, ''Dark Age'' was released on July 30, 2019
* The third book, ''Light Bringer'' was released on July 25, 2023.
* The fourth book, ''Red God'' and is expected to release soon after ''Light Bringer''.
* The second book, ''Dark Age'' was released on July 30, 2019
* The third book, ''Light Bringer'' was released on July 25, 2023.
* The fourth book, ''Red God'' and is expected to release soon after ''Light Bringer''.
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* The first book, ''Iron Gold'' Gold'', was released on January 16, 2018
* The second book, ''DarkAge'' Age'', was released on July 30, 2019
* The third book, ''LightBringer'' Bringer'', was released on July 25, 2023.
* The fourth book, ''RedGod'' and God'', is expected to release soon after ''Light Bringer''.
be released in 2024.
* The second book, ''Dark
* The third book, ''Light
* The fourth book, ''Red
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** In ''Light Bringer'', [[spoiler: after three books of fighting to get the Rim and the Society Remnant united again, he destroys the alliance himself when he chooses to destroy the Rim's food supply]].
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** In ''Light Bringer'', [[spoiler: after three books of Lysander fighting to get the Rim and the Society Remnant united again, he destroys the alliance himself when he chooses to destroy the Rim's food supply]].
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* AnachronicOrder: Various character POV chapters are presented out of order for drama.
* AscendedExtra: Wulgar and Valdir, two of the nameless Obsidian warriors who Darrow gave razors to in ''Golden Son'', now receives names backstories, and-in the latter's case-a more prominent role in the plot.
* AscendedExtra: Wulgar and Valdir, two of the nameless Obsidian warriors who Darrow gave razors to in ''Golden Son'', now receives names backstories, and-in the latter's case-a more prominent role in the plot.
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* AnachronicOrder: Various character POV chapters in ''Iron Gold'' and ''Dark Age'' are presented out of order for drama.
drama.
** Averted in ''Light Bringer'', where every chapter occurs in chronological order.
* AscendedExtra: Wulgar and Valdir, two of the nameless Obsidian warriors who Darrow gave razors to in ''Golden Son'', now receivesnames names, backstories, and-in the latter's case-a more prominent role in the plot.
** Averted in ''Light Bringer'', where every chapter occurs in chronological order.
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* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Ephraim's final play. It only partially works, and his target *eats his heart* as Ephraim has proved himself a worthy match.]]
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* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Ephraim's final play. It only partially works, and his target *eats his heart* as Ephraim has proved himself a worthy match.]]match]].
* SaltTheEarth: [[spoiler: What Lysander does to the Rim at the end of ''Light Bringer'', burning Demeter's Garter and decimating the Rim's ability to feed itself for generations, and uprooting whatever's left to take back to the Core]].
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* TheSiege: Darrow's storyline in ''Dark Age'' focus on the Solar Republic forces under siege in the Mercurian city of Heliopolis.
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* TheSiege: TheSiege:
** Darrow's storyline in ''Dark Age'' focus on the Solar Republic forces under siege in the Mercurian city ofHeliopolis. Heliopolis.
** Virginia's chapters in ''Light Bringer'' focus on [[spoiler: Mars being under siege by Lysander, the Society, ''and'' the Rim]].
** Darrow's storyline in ''Dark Age'' focus on the Solar Republic forces under siege in the Mercurian city of
** Virginia's chapters in ''Light Bringer'' focus on [[spoiler: Mars being under siege by Lysander, the Society, ''and'' the Rim]].
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* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: Darrow's quest to kill the Ash Lord and finally bring an end to the war by allowing Gold infighting to destroy Venus' defenses. He became a fugitive, broke into a secure military facility and released several high-ranking Gold prisoners, formed an alliance of convenience with Apollonius, and lost several Howlers in the assault on the Ash Lord's fortress, only to find out that the Ash Lord has been slowly dying after Apollonius had him poisoned three years ago, while his daughter has been the one leading the loyalists in the core all along. On top of that, by the time he's killed the Ash Lord, Atalantia has kidnapped his son]].
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* AllForNothing: AllForNothing:
** In ''Iron Gold'', [[spoiler: Darrow's quest to kill the Ash Lord and finally bring an end to the war by allowing Gold infighting to destroy Venus' defenses. He became a fugitive, broke into a secure military facility and released several high-ranking Gold prisoners, formed an alliance of convenience with Apollonius, and lost several Howlers in the assault on the Ash Lord's fortress, only to find out that the Ash Lord has been slowly dying after Apollonius had him poisoned three years ago, while his daughter has been the one leading the loyalists in the core all along. On top of that, by the time he's killed the Ash Lord, Atalantia has kidnapped hisson]]. son]].
** In ''Light Bringer'', [[spoiler: after three books of fighting to get the Rim and the Society Remnant united again, he destroys the alliance himself when he chooses to destroy the Rim's food supply]].
** In ''Iron Gold'', [[spoiler: Darrow's quest to kill the Ash Lord and finally bring an end to the war by allowing Gold infighting to destroy Venus' defenses. He became a fugitive, broke into a secure military facility and released several high-ranking Gold prisoners, formed an alliance of convenience with Apollonius, and lost several Howlers in the assault on the Ash Lord's fortress, only to find out that the Ash Lord has been slowly dying after Apollonius had him poisoned three years ago, while his daughter has been the one leading the loyalists in the core all along. On top of that, by the time he's killed the Ash Lord, Atalantia has kidnapped his
** In ''Light Bringer'', [[spoiler: after three books of fighting to get the Rim and the Society Remnant united again, he destroys the alliance himself when he chooses to destroy the Rim's food supply]].
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain:
** [[spoiler: Atlas launching his attack on the Rim Ascomanni in ''Light Bringer'' draws the resources of Lysander's faction within the Society Remnant away from Mars, allowing the Republic forces a reprieve just as Lysander was preparing to launch an Iron Rain against the planet]].
** [[spoiler: Lysander's attack on Demeter's Garter destroys his alliance with the Rim and causes them to once more side with Darrow against the Core]].
** [[spoiler: Atlas launching his attack on the Rim Ascomanni in ''Light Bringer'' draws the resources of Lysander's faction within the Society Remnant away from Mars, allowing the Republic forces a reprieve just as Lysander was preparing to launch an Iron Rain against the planet]].
** [[spoiler: Lysander's attack on Demeter's Garter destroys his alliance with the Rim and causes them to once more side with Darrow against the Core]].
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* KilledOffForReal:
** In ''Iron Gold'': [[spoiler: Wulfgar]], [[spoiler: The Ash Lord]],[[spoiler: Romulus]], and [[spoiler: Cassius]].
** In ''Dark Age'': [[spoiler: Tongueless]], [[spoiler: Orion]], [[spoiler: Seraphina]], [[spoiler: Dancer]], [[spoiler: Daxo]], [[spoiler: Theodora]], [[spoiler: Min-Min]], [[spoiler: Freihild]], [[spoiler: Harmony]], [[spoiler: Sefi]], [[spoiler: Ephraim]], and [[spoiler: Kalindora]].
** In ''Light Bringer'': [[spoiler: Tharsus]], [[spoiler: Glirastes]], [[spoiler: Oro]], [[spoiler: Dido]], [[spoiler: Volsung Fa]], and [[spoiler: Cassius]].
** In ''Iron Gold'': [[spoiler: Wulfgar]], [[spoiler: The Ash Lord]],[[spoiler: Romulus]], and [[spoiler: Cassius]].
** In ''Dark Age'': [[spoiler: Tongueless]], [[spoiler: Orion]], [[spoiler: Seraphina]], [[spoiler: Dancer]], [[spoiler: Daxo]], [[spoiler: Theodora]], [[spoiler: Min-Min]], [[spoiler: Freihild]], [[spoiler: Harmony]], [[spoiler: Sefi]], [[spoiler: Ephraim]], and [[spoiler: Kalindora]].
** In ''Light Bringer'': [[spoiler: Tharsus]], [[spoiler: Glirastes]], [[spoiler: Oro]], [[spoiler: Dido]], [[spoiler: Volsung Fa]], and [[spoiler: Cassius]].
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Trope misuse, that's about villains dying by their own actions, Harmony was tossed into the pit by Victra
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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Harmony dies falling into a nest of adult Pitvipers in ''Dark Age'']].
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* HappyEndingOverride: ''Morning Star'' ended on a hopeful note, but promotional materials for Iron Gold reveal that the Rising has been at war for the last decade.
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* HappyEndingOverride: ''Morning Star'' ended on a hopeful note, but promotional materials for Iron Gold reveal this series shows that the Rising has things haven't been at going that smoothly since then, with a long and grueling war for against the last decade.remnants of the Society, the Republic failing to support it's military and citizens, and the Rim finding evidence of Darrow's destruction of their docks.
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* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: Darrow and Sevro inadvertently kills Wulfgar in the process of resisting arrest by Sevro stunning Wulgar while he was fighting Darrow, causing him to accidentally stab Wulfgar in the face]].
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* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: Darrow and Sevro inadvertently kills kill Wulfgar in the process of resisting arrest by through Sevro stunning Wulgar while he was fighting Darrow, causing him to accidentally stab Wulfgar in the face]].
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* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: Darrow inadvertently kills Wulfgar in the process of resisting arrest]].
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* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: Darrow and Sevro inadvertently kills Wulfgar in the process of resisting arrest]].arrest by Sevro stunning Wulgar while he was fighting Darrow, causing him to accidentally stab Wulfgar in the face]].
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* AdvertisedExtra: [[The marketing of ''Iron Gold'' built up the Ash Lord the main villain of the new trilogy, only for him to be killed off at the end of the book after the reveal that he hadn't been running the Society's side of the war in years.]]
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* AdvertisedExtra: [[The [[spoiler: The marketing of ''Iron Gold'' built up the Ash Lord the main villain of the new trilogy, only for him to be killed off at the end of the book after the reveal that he hadn't been running the Society's side of the war in years.]]
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* JourneyOfReclamation: [[spoiler: Darrow's arc in ''Light Bringer'' basically amounts to this]].
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* AscendedExtra: The Ash Lord only appeared once in the original trilogy, and it was over a holo-conference. Now, he's being built up as the main villain of the new trilogy.
** There's also Wulfgar, who was originally one of the nameless Obsidian warriors who Darrow gave a razor to in ''Golden Son'', but now appears with both a name and a backstory.
** There's also Wulfgar, who was originally one of the nameless Obsidian warriors who Darrow gave a razor to in ''Golden Son'', but now appears with both a name and a backstory.
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* AscendedExtra: The Ash Lord only appeared once in the original trilogy, Wulgar and it was over a holo-conference. Now, he's being built up as the main villain of the new trilogy.
** There's also Wulfgar, who was originally oneValdir, two of the nameless Obsidian warriors who Darrow gave a razor razors to in ''Golden Son'', but now appears with both a name and a backstory.receives names backstories, and-in the latter's case-a more prominent role in the plot.
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** The Society Remnant's council of two-hundred is divided between the Reformer bloc and the Iron bloc.
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* InstantSedation: [[spoiler: At the end of the book, Lyria is drugged and abducted by Victra's agents to be interrogated]].
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Harmony dies falling into a nest of adult Pitvipers]].
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Harmony dies falling into a nest of adult Pitvipers]].
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* InstantSedation: [[spoiler: At the end of the book, ''Iron Gold'', Lyria is drugged and abducted by Victra's agents to be interrogated]].
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Harmony dies falling into a nest of adultPitvipers]].Pitvipers in ''Dark Age'']].
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Whereas the original trilogy was solely from the point of view of Darrow of Lykos, TheHero of the story, ''Iron Gold'' and its sequels tell the story from the perspective of four main characters: Darrow, who has been fighting an endless war for the last ten years as the solar system spirals into chaos. Lysander, grandson of the deposed Sovereign, who wanders the solar system with Cassius au Bellona, still haunted by the loss of everything he knew. Ephraim, husband of Holiday's brother Trigg, who has turned to a life of crime in order to survive. And Lyria, a young Red girl struggling to survive in the poor conditions of a Martian refugee camp.
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Whereas the original trilogy was solely from the point of view of Darrow of Lykos, TheHero of the story, ''Iron Gold'' and its sequels tell the story from the perspective of four main characters: characters:
* Darrow, who has been fighting an endless war for the last ten years as the solar system spirals intochaos. chaos.
* Lysander, grandson of the deposed Sovereign, who wanders the solar system with Cassius au Bellona, still haunted by the loss of everything heknew. knew.
* Ephraim, husband of Holiday's brother Trigg, who has turned to a life of crime in order tosurvive. And survive
* Lyria, a young Red girl struggling to survive in the poor conditions of a Martian refugee camp.
* Darrow, who has been fighting an endless war for the last ten years as the solar system spirals into
* Lysander, grandson of the deposed Sovereign, who wanders the solar system with Cassius au Bellona, still haunted by the loss of everything he
* Ephraim, husband of Holiday's brother Trigg, who has turned to a life of crime in order to
* Lyria, a young Red girl struggling to survive in the poor conditions of a Martian refugee camp.
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* The third book, ''Light Bringer'' will be released on July 25, 2023.
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* The third book, ''Light Bringer'' will be was released on July 25, 2023.
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** As of the end of ''Dark Age'', the characters being set up as the Big Bads of the final book of the new trilogy are [[spoiler: Atalantia au Grimmus, Lysander au Lune, Dido au Raa, and [[CloneGambit The Jackal]]]].
* TheBusCameBack: Julia au Bellona, Cassius's mother, appears in person for the first time since ''Golden Son''.
* TheBusCameBack: Julia au Bellona, Cassius's mother, appears in person for the first time since ''Golden Son''.
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** As of the end of ''Dark Age'', the characters being set up as the Big Bads of the final next book of the new trilogy are [[spoiler: Atalantia au Grimmus, Lysander au Lune, Dido au Raa, and [[CloneGambit The Jackal]]]].
Jackal]]]].
** The end of ''Light Bringer'' sets up [[spoiler: Atanatia and Lysander]].
* TheBusCameBack: Julia au Bellona, Cassius's mother, appearsin person for the first time since ''Golden Son''.
** The end of ''Light Bringer'' sets up [[spoiler: Atanatia and Lysander]].
* TheBusCameBack: Julia au Bellona, Cassius's mother, appears
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* TheCaper: Ephraim's storyline follows himself and his associates as they're recruited by the Syndicate to steal the most valuable thing in the solar system: [[spoiler: Darrow and Mustang's son Pax]].
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* TheCaper: Ephraim's storyline POV in ''Iron Gold'' follows himself and his associates as they're recruited by the Syndicate to steal the most valuable thing in the solar system: [[spoiler: Darrow and Mustang's son Pax]].
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* GreatOffscreenWar: The Solar War between the Society Remnant and the Solar Republic has been waging off-screen for the last decade. The only time the war is shown directly during ''Iron Gold'' is in the prologue, where Darrow launches his invasion of Mercury.
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* GreatOffscreenWar: The While the main plot of the novels focuses on several major battles in the Solar War between the Society Remnant and the Solar Republic has been waging Republic, the majority of the war occurs off-screen for the last decade. The only time the war is shown directly during ''Iron Gold'' is in the prologue, where Darrow launches his invasion of Mercury.ten-year timeskip between the original and sequel series.
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** In ''Light Bringer'': [[spoiler: Tharsus]], [[spoiler: Glirastes]], [[spoiler: Oro]], [[spoiler: Dido]], [[spoiler: Volsung Fa]], and [[spoiler: Cassius]].
* KilledOffscreen:
** [[spoiler: Glirastes in ''Light Bringer'']].
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** [[spoiler: Glirastes in ''Light Bringer'']].
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Played for laughs in the opening battle of ''Dark Age'', where Lysander's chapters describe his first battle with the Reaper and his honor guard in brutal detail as Lysander's squadron [[CurbStompBattle gets their asses handed to them]], culminating in [[spoiler: Lsyander getting half of his face burned off]]. Cut to Darrow's description of the event at the start of the next chapter...
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Played for laughs in the opening battle of ''Dark Age'', where Lysander's chapters describe his first battle with the Reaper and his honor guard in brutal detail as Lysander's squadron [[CurbStompBattle gets their asses handed to them]], culminating in [[spoiler: Lsyander Lysander getting half of his face burned off]]. Cut to Darrow's description of the event at the start of the next chapter...
