History Literature / Kayn

* [[DidNotGetTheGirl Did Not Get The Man]]: [[spoiler: By the end of the final battle, Kayn has lost both Jalek (dead) and Aydan (pushed away). Averted in the epilogue as Aydan eventually seeks to rekindle his relationship with Kayn.]]

* [[FirstGirlWins First Boy Wins]]: [[spoiler: Played with. Aydan was banished from King Kayraen's court for having confessed a crush on Kayn, so in a way Aydan met Kayn long before Kayn met either Aydan or Jalek.]]
* UsefulNotes/FurryFandom: The characters are all anthropomorphic animals.

* NeverFoundTheBody: Jalek. [[spoiler: The first time.]]

* StraightGay: Kayn, Jalek, Aydan.

* WarriorPrince: Kayn and Aydan reverse Thald's situation in the war as soon as they take charge.

* ReplacementLoveInterest: Aydan comes to wonder if Kayn considered him as this all along.

* TheKingdom: One of the world's two major powers and a few minor ones are monarchies.

''Kayn'' is a [[FurryFandom furry]] story by {{Tropers/Erkhyan}}. It tells the tale of the eponymous character and how his life gets more and more complicated (mostly in all the wrong ways).

* FurryFandom: The characters are all anthropomorphic animals.

* GoodLookingPrivates: All of the Leothan soldiers are described as this.

* ReplacementGoldfish: Aydan comes to wonder if Kayn considered him as this all along.

* [[spoiler: AcquittedTooLate: By the time Kayn finally manages to reveal to the world just how much of a hero Jalek was, said Jalek has already been dead for days.]]

* [[spoiler: BigSleep: After the final battle, Kayn comforts a severely wounded Jalek and allows him to go to sleep, despite the both of them knowing there'll be no waking up after that.]]

* [[spoiler: [[DidNotGetTheGirl Did Not Get The Man]]: By the end of the final battle, Kayn has lost both Jalek (dead) and Aydan (pushed away). Averted in the epilogue as Aydan eventually seeks to rekindle his relationship with Kayn.]]
* [[spoiler: DiedInYourArmsTonight: Jalek eventually dies in Kayn's arms.]]

* [[spoiler: NotQuiteDead: Jalek barely survived the assassination attempt and spent years recovering, unable to let Kayn know he was alive.]]

* ClearTheirName: Everyone but Kayn thinks Jalek was killed while trying to murder both Kaell and Kayn. [[spoiler: It turns out Jalek was severely wounded while succeeding in ''preventing'' the assassination. Upon discovering the truth, Kayn insists on finding and exposing every single possible proof of Jalek's innocence.]]

* GayOption: The kingdom of Leothar has gay marriage. Even the Crown Prince is allowed to take a husband instead of a wife if he wishes so. Having grown up in Leothar, Kaell wishes his own kingdom to follow suit (on this issue amongst a lot of other things), but old habits (and old lawmakers) tend to get in the way.

* TheGoodChancellor: Ryal is seen as this by most characters. [[spoiler: Subverted in that he's actually behind the assassination attempts against the Thaldese royal family, and plays the kingdoms of Thald and Nuuran against each other for his own benefit.]]

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Lord Sa'aden treats all of his servants and subjects like family (especially Jalek, a surrogate son to him). Kaell turns into this once he ascends to the throne.

* StarCrossedLovers: Kayn and Jalek. Born to countries that hate each other. Their respective homelands have largely homophobic cultures. One's a royal Prince, the other is a mere soldier. Jalek is then [[spoiler: unwittingly]] involved in a plot to take control of Thald by killing the royalty. [[spoiler: Kayn then consciously attempts to avert the trope: in order to provide a last moment of happiness to a dying Jalek, he recites the traditional marriage vows. Not only does it fulfill Jalek's lifelong dream of being married to the man he loves until he dies, it also eventually becomes one of the most important cases in King Kaell's attempts to legalize same-sex marriage in his own kingdom (one of many steps in making Thald closer to Leothar in matter of governance).]]

* CycleOfRevenge: The kingdoms of Thald and Nuuran keep going to war against each other, each time with revenge as the primary driving force.
* DesignatedVillain: [[spoiler: Subverted]] with Norek. He's a bitter, bellicose, xenophobic, chauvinist, decidedly unsympathetic old rat who is overly proud that several in his family died in battle. He's sabotaged the peace talks with his antics, and still his political power has allowed him to keep his job. This leads him to being the prime suspect when Kayn is alerted about a plot against him and his relatives. [[spoiler: It turns out Norek is a relatively harmless LargeHam, who didn't even know about any plot.]]

* DesignatedVillain: [[spoiler: Subverted]] with Norek. He's a bitter, bellicose, xenophobic, chauvinist, decidedly unsympathetic old rat who is overly proud that several in his family died in battle. He's sabotaged the peace talks with his antics, and still his political powerhas allowed him to keep his job. This leads him to being the prime suspect when Kayn is alerted about a plot against him and his relatives. [[spoiler: It turns out Norek is a relatively harmless LargeHam, who didn't even know about any plot.]]

* StarCrossedLovers: Kayn and Jalek. Born to kingdoms that hate each other. Their respective homelands have a largely homophobic culture. One's a royal Prince, the other is a mere soldier. Jalek is then [[spoiler: unwittingly]] involved in a plot to take control of Thald by killing the royalty. [[spoiler: Kayn then consciously attempts to avert the trope: in order to provide a last moment of happiness to a dying Jalek, he recites the traditional marriage vows. Not only does it fulfill Jalek's lifelong dream of being married to the man he loves until he dies, it also eventually becomes one of the most important cases in King Kaell's attempts to legalize same-sex marriage in his own kingdom (one step to making Thald closer to Leothar in matter of governance).]]