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* DoesNotLikeShoes: As the avatar of Haith, Psyke feels an urge to be in contact with earth and stone.
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* DeadlyDecadentCourt: Nobles swig booze in a funeral procession.
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''Kings and Assassins'', Book 2 of ''The Antyre Chronicles'' by Lane Robins, picks up some time after ''[[Literature/Maledicte]]'' leaves off. Having been deserted by Miranda/Maledicte for a series of betrayals detailed in the previous novel, scheming Antyrrian nobleman Janus, Earl of Last and bastard nephew of King Aris, continues to search for his lost lover amid escalating disasters, including the king's murder by someone matching Mal's description; his proper wife Psyke's creeping attachment to the god of death; popular riots by "antimachinists" protesting the country's industrialization; and Itarusine Prince Ivor's endless plans to benefit himself at everyone else's expense. From a near-opposite perspective, Psyke suffers contamination by Haith, the god of death, while also dealing with a husband she considers a murderer, a vengeance-obsessed friend, and the same riots and threat of invasion. Despite their mutually low opinion of each other, the spouses of necessity form an uneasy alliance to save their country from the murderous and the undead.
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''Kings and Assassins'', Book 2 of ''The Antyre Chronicles'' by Lane Robins, picks up some time after ''[[Literature/Maledicte]]'' ''Literature/{{Maledicte}}'' leaves off. Having been deserted by Miranda/Maledicte for a series of betrayals detailed in the previous novel, scheming Antyrrian nobleman Janus, Earl of Last and bastard nephew of King Aris, continues to search for his lost lover amid escalating disasters, including the king's murder by someone matching Mal's description; his proper wife Psyke's creeping attachment to the god of death; popular riots by "antimachinists" protesting the country's industrialization; and Itarusine Prince Ivor's endless plans to benefit himself at everyone else's expense. From a near-opposite perspective, Psyke suffers contamination by Haith, the god of death, while also dealing with a husband she considers a murderer, a vengeance-obsessed friend, and the same riots and threat of invasion. Despite their mutually low opinion of each other, the spouses of necessity form an uneasy alliance to save their country from the murderous and the undead.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Psyke learns that Janus once assassinated his infant half-brother in the cradle and pinned the murder on Maledicte.
* YourCheatingHeart: Janus once had an affair with Maledicte. At the start of the book, Psyke is in love with Aris; it's never stated whether or not the relationship was consummated.
* YourCheatingHeart: Janus once had an affair with Maledicte. At the start of the book, Psyke is in love with Aris; it's never stated whether or not the relationship was consummated.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Psyke learns that Janus once assassinated his infant half-brother in the cradle and pinned the murder on Maledicte.
* YourCheatingHeart: Janus once had an affair with Maledicte. At the start of the book, Psyke is in love with Aris; it's never stated whether or not the relationship was consummated.Maledicte.
* YourCheatingHeart: Janus once had an affair with Maledicte. At the start of the book, Psyke is in love with Aris; it's never stated whether or not the relationship was consummated.
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* BlackAndGrayMorality: Janus vs. Ivar.
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* GrayAndBlackMorality: Janus vs. Ivar.
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* CainAndAbel: Janus killed his half-brother in the first book; Ivar sacrifices Dmitri here. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for Ivar, he didn't finish the job, which is a factor in his defeat]].
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* CainAndAbel: Janus killed his half-brother in the first book; Ivar sacrifices Dmitri here. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for Ivar, he didn't finish make sure the job, job was finished, which is a factor in his defeat]].defeat]].
* CasualKink: Psyke scratches Janus bloody during a sexual encounter. His only problem with it is the possibility that she might have put poison on her nails. It's portrayed as a positive step in their relationship, showing that she's prepared to let him see [[BeneathTheMask beyond her prim-and-proper façade]].
* CasualKink: Psyke scratches Janus bloody during a sexual encounter. His only problem with it is the possibility that she might have put poison on her nails. It's portrayed as a positive step in their relationship, showing that she's prepared to let him see [[BeneathTheMask beyond her prim-and-proper façade]].
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* IDidWhatIHadToDo: How Janus feels about [[spoiler: releasing most of the inmates of a plague-ridden prison in a bid to lower unemployment and frighten away the Itarusine invaders]].
* NiceGirl: Psyke is a kind, polite young woman who puts her life on the line to protect a disabled youth.
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* UnwantedSpouse: When the book starts, Janus doesn't seem to have many personal feelings about Psyke; however, she truly despises him.
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* UnwantedSpouse: When the book starts, Janus doesn't seem to have many strong personal feelings about Psyke; however, she truly despises him.
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* WorkingWithTheEx: Downplayed. Delight was Psyke's childhood crush, and he still has feelings for her, but they work together without causing any dramatic scenes.
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* WorkingWithTheEx: Downplayed. Delight was Psyke's childhood crush, possibly even an early suitor, and he still has feelings for her, but they work together without causing any dramatic scenes.
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''Kings and Assassins'', Book 2 of ''The Antyre Chronicles'' by Lane Robins, picks up some time after ''Maledicte'' leaves off. Having been deserted by Miranda/Maledicte for a series of betrayals detailed in the previous novel, scheming Antyrrian nobleman Janus, Earl of Last and bastard nephew of King Aris, continues to search for his lost lover amid escalating disasters, including the king's murder by someone matching Mal's description; his proper wife Psyke's creeping attachment to the god of death; popular riots by "antimachinists" protesting the country's industrialization; and Itarusine Prince Ivor's endless plans to benefit himself at everyone else's expense. From a near-opposite perspective, Psyke suffers contamination by Haith, the god of death, while also dealing with a husband she considers a murderer, a vengeance-obsessed friend, and the same riots and threat of invasion. Despite their mutually low opinion of each other, the spouses of necessity form an uneasy alliance to save their country from the murderous and the undead.
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''Kings and Assassins'', Book 2 of ''The Antyre Chronicles'' by Lane Robins, picks up some time after ''Maledicte'' ''[[Literature/Maledicte]]'' leaves off. Having been deserted by Miranda/Maledicte for a series of betrayals detailed in the previous novel, scheming Antyrrian nobleman Janus, Earl of Last and bastard nephew of King Aris, continues to search for his lost lover amid escalating disasters, including the king's murder by someone matching Mal's description; his proper wife Psyke's creeping attachment to the god of death; popular riots by "antimachinists" protesting the country's industrialization; and Itarusine Prince Ivor's endless plans to benefit himself at everyone else's expense. From a near-opposite perspective, Psyke suffers contamination by Haith, the god of death, while also dealing with a husband she considers a murderer, a vengeance-obsessed friend, and the same riots and threat of invasion. Despite their mutually low opinion of each other, the spouses of necessity form an uneasy alliance to save their country from the murderous and the undead.
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* ArrangedMarriage: Janus and Psyke's marriage was arranged by their families.
* AwfulWeddedLife: Early on, it's bad enough that Janus and Psyke each suspect the other of trying to murder them.
* AwfulWeddedLife: Early on, it's bad enough that Janus and Psyke each suspect the other of trying to murder them.
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* BastardBastard: Janus, at least in the beginning.
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* BastardBastard: Janus, at least in the beginning.Janus is a bastard, and has to be more manipulative and dangerous to compensate for it.
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* CharacterDevelopment: By the end of ''Maledicte'', Janus had emerged as a sociopath willing to lie, cheat and steal-- not to mention murder babies-- to further his social climb. In ''Kings and Assassins'', he's still willing to lie, cheat, steal, and kill, but he develops a sense of noblesse oblige: it's for the greater good now.
* CrapsackWorld: It's a lot like early industrial Europe, only with black magic.
* CrapsackWorld: It's a lot like early industrial Europe, only with black magic.
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* CharacterDevelopment: By BigDamnHeroes: Psyke pulls this off when she [[spoiler: forces the end of ''Maledicte'', god possessing her to raise an undead army against the Itarusine navy]].
* CainAndAbel: Janushad emerged as killed his half-brother in the first book; Ivar sacrifices Dmitri here. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for Ivar, he didn't finish the job, which is a sociopath willing to lie, cheat factor in his defeat]].
* DivineDate: Both Janus's former love interest, Maledicte, andsteal-- not Psyke merge with gods.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: As the avatar of Haith, Psyke feels an urge tomention murder babies-- to further his social climb. In ''Kings be in contact with earth and Assassins'', he's still willing to lie, cheat, steal, and kill, but he develops a sense stone.
* ChangingOfTheGuard: None ofnoblesse oblige: it's for the greater good now.
POV characters was one in ''Maledicte.''
* CrapsackWorld: It's a lot likeearly industrial early-industrial Europe, only with black magic.
* CainAndAbel: Janus
* DivineDate: Both Janus's former love interest, Maledicte, and
* DoesNotLikeShoes: As the avatar of Haith, Psyke feels an urge to
* ChangingOfTheGuard: None of
* CrapsackWorld: It's a lot like
* FakeAristocrat: The Ixions pass Janus off as the result of a secret marriage between Celia Rosamunde and the Earl of Last. In reality, he's a bastard with no claim to the throne.
* GodzillaThreshold: When faced with an imminent invasion, Janus [[spoiler: deliberately facilitates the spread of smallpox to deter the Itarusine navy]].
* GrayAndBlackMorality: Janus vs. Ivar.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Psyke has golden hair and is perhaps the most innocent major character in the series. Her appearance is frequently compared to Janus's former lover, Maledicte, an [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]]. Janus is an aversion, as his innocent appearance covers a cunning and ambitious mind.
* GrayAndBlackMorality: Janus vs. Ivar.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Psyke has golden hair and is perhaps the most innocent major character in the series. Her appearance is frequently compared to Janus's former lover, Maledicte, an [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]]. Janus is an aversion, as his innocent appearance covers a cunning and ambitious mind.
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* ManipulativeBastard: Ivor, although at times Janus comes close.
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* ManipulativeBastard: Ivor, although at times and sometimes Janus.
* MyGirlIsASlut: Januscomes close.was very possessive of Maledicte, yet regards his marriage to Psyke pragmatically. He dismisses suspicions that she slept with Aris, not because he doesn't find them plausible, but because he has bigger concerns. While he eventually decides that they were lovers, the conclusion is barely mentioned, and it doesn't prevent him from pursuing a more amicable relationship with her.
* MyGirlIsASlut: Janus
* ReplacementGoldfish: Ivar intends Savne, who resembles Maledicte, to serve as one to Janus. Janus gives him the brush-off.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Whatever Janus's faults, he works very hard to keep Antyre out of Itarusine control. Psyke starts off on the sidelines, but takes a more active role in the story as it goes. They stand in contrast to most of the nobles, who spend their time drinking, whoring, gambling, or simply lounging around their homes.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Whatever Janus's faults, he works very hard to keep Antyre out of Itarusine control. Psyke starts off on the sidelines, but takes a more active role in the story as it goes. They stand in contrast to most of the nobles, who spend their time drinking, whoring, gambling, or simply lounging around their homes.
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* WholesomeCrossdresser: Delight, aka Dionyses DeGuerre, although his [[WellDoneSonGuy father]] sees him differently.
* WouldHurtAChild: Psyke learns that Janus once assassinated his infant half-brother in the cradle and pinned the murder on Maledicte.
* WouldHurtAChild: Psyke learns that Janus once assassinated his infant half-brother in the cradle and pinned the murder on Maledicte.
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* TransformationOfThePossessed: Psyke grows scales on the way to becoming Haith's avatar.
* TheUnfettered: Janus will do anything, even [[spoiler: unleash an uncontrollable plague in the Antyrian capital]], to maintain his country's independence.
* UnwantedSpouse: When the book starts, Janus doesn't seem to have many personal feelings about Psyke; however, she truly despises him.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Delight, aka DionysesDeGuerre, although his [[WellDoneSonGuy father]] sees him differently.
DeGuerre. He's an eccentric, but fairly part sympathetic, nobleman who dresses as a washerwoman.
* WorkingWithTheEx: Downplayed. Delight was Psyke's childhood crush, and he still has feelings for her, but they work together without causing any dramatic scenes.
* WouldHurtAChild: Psyke learns that Janus once assassinated his infant half-brother in the cradle and pinned the murder onMaledicte.Maledicte.
* YourCheatingHeart: Janus once had an affair with Maledicte. At the start of the book, Psyke is in love with Aris; it's never stated whether or not the relationship was consummated.
* TheUnfettered: Janus will do anything, even [[spoiler: unleash an uncontrollable plague in the Antyrian capital]], to maintain his country's independence.
* UnwantedSpouse: When the book starts, Janus doesn't seem to have many personal feelings about Psyke; however, she truly despises him.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Delight, aka Dionyses
* WorkingWithTheEx: Downplayed. Delight was Psyke's childhood crush, and he still has feelings for her, but they work together without causing any dramatic scenes.
* WouldHurtAChild: Psyke learns that Janus once assassinated his infant half-brother in the cradle and pinned the murder on
* YourCheatingHeart: Janus once had an affair with Maledicte. At the start of the book, Psyke is in love with Aris; it's never stated whether or not the relationship was consummated.
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* AristocratsAreEvil: All except Psyke are at least morally suspect, but warmongering, misogynistic psychopath Ivor even makes Janus look good.
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* AristocratsAreEvil: All except Psyke and possibly the DeGuerre sons are at least morally suspect, but warmongering, misogynistic psychopath Ivor even makes Janus look good.
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* ISeeDeadPeople: Psyke, after being touched by Haith, the god of death.
* JerkassGods: All of them, to the extent that Janus thinks the world would be better off without any of them.
* JerkassGods: All of them, to the extent that Janus thinks the world would be better off without any of them.
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* DeadlyDecadentCourt: Nobles swig booze in a funeral procession.
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* IDidWhatIHadToDo: How Janus feels about [[spoiler: releasing most of the inmates of a plague-ridden prison in a bid to lower unemployment and frighten away the Itarusine invaders]].
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* SuccessionCrisis: While the king's son, Auron, is mentally disabled and therefore unable to rule, Janus, the next of kin, has gained notoriety as a probable murderer and possible sorcerer on top of being a bastard. Hardly anyone [[spoiler: except Ivor]] wants to see either of them rule.
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* SuccessionCrisis: While the king's son, Auron, is mentally disabled and therefore unable to rule, Janus, the next of kin, has gained notoriety as a probable murderer and possible sorcerer on top of being a bastard. Hardly anyone [[spoiler: except Ivor]] wants to see either of them rule.rule.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Delight, aka Dionyses DeGuerre, although his [[WellDoneSonGuy father]] sees him differently.
* WouldHurtAChild: Psyke learns that Janus once assassinated his infant half-brother in the cradle and pinned the murder on Maledicte.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Delight, aka Dionyses DeGuerre, although his [[WellDoneSonGuy father]] sees him differently.
* WouldHurtAChild: Psyke learns that Janus once assassinated his infant half-brother in the cradle and pinned the murder on Maledicte.
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''Kings and Assassins'', Book 2 of ''The Antyre Chronicles'' by Lane Robins, picks up some time after ''Maledicte'' leaves off. Having been deserted by Miranda/Maledicte for a series of betrayals detailed in the previous novel, scheming Antyrrian nobleman Janus, Earl of Last and bastard nephew of King Aris, continues to search for his lost lover amid escalating disasters, including the king's murder by someone matching Mal's description; his proper wife Psyke's creeping attachment to the god of death; popular riots by "antimachinists" protesting the country's industrialization; and Itarusine Prince Ivor's endless plans to benefit himself at everyone else's expense. From a near-opposite perspective, Psyke suffers contamination by Haith, the god of death, while also dealing with a husband she considers a murderer, a vengeance-obsessed friend, and the same riots and threat of invasion. Despite their mutually low opinion of each other, the spouses of necessity form an uneasy alliance to save their country from the murderous and the undead.
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!!''Kings and Assassins'' contains examples of:
* AristocratsAreEvil: All except Psyke are at least morally suspect, but warmongering, misogynistic psychopath Ivor even makes Janus look good.
* AssInAmbassador: Ivor, more and more throughout the book.
* BastardBastard: Janus, at least in the beginning.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted when Psyke manifests the signs of possession, including growing scales on her skin.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Psyke is tiny, sweet-natured, and principled, but that won't keep her from killing you if you threaten Auron.
* CharacterDevelopment: By the end of ''Maledicte'', Janus had emerged as a sociopath willing to lie, cheat and steal-- not to mention murder babies-- to further his social climb. In ''Kings and Assassins'', he's still willing to lie, cheat, steal, and kill, but he develops a sense of noblesse oblige: it's for the greater good now.
* CrapsackWorld: It's a lot like early industrial Europe, only with black magic.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Antyre=England, Itarus=Russia.
* HoneyTrap: Savne, for Janus. Janus is unimpressed.
* HotConsort: Psyke.
* MadOracle: Played with; Psyke's conversations with dead people make her an unnerving companion, but she's not imagining them.
* ManipulativeBastard: Ivor, although at times Janus comes close.
* RagsToRoyalty: Janus started life in a slum and rises to become the regent for the Antyrrian throne.
* RegentForLife: A real possibility for Janus.
* SonOfAWhore: Janus.
* SuccessionCrisis: While the king's son, Auron, is mentally disabled and therefore unable to rule, Janus, the next of kin, has gained notoriety as a probable murderer and possible sorcerer on top of being a bastard. Hardly anyone [[spoiler: except Ivor]] wants to see either of them rule.
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!!''Kings and Assassins'' contains examples of:
* AristocratsAreEvil: All except Psyke are at least morally suspect, but warmongering, misogynistic psychopath Ivor even makes Janus look good.
* AssInAmbassador: Ivor, more and more throughout the book.
* BastardBastard: Janus, at least in the beginning.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted when Psyke manifests the signs of possession, including growing scales on her skin.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Psyke is tiny, sweet-natured, and principled, but that won't keep her from killing you if you threaten Auron.
* CharacterDevelopment: By the end of ''Maledicte'', Janus had emerged as a sociopath willing to lie, cheat and steal-- not to mention murder babies-- to further his social climb. In ''Kings and Assassins'', he's still willing to lie, cheat, steal, and kill, but he develops a sense of noblesse oblige: it's for the greater good now.
* CrapsackWorld: It's a lot like early industrial Europe, only with black magic.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Antyre=England, Itarus=Russia.
* HoneyTrap: Savne, for Janus. Janus is unimpressed.
* HotConsort: Psyke.
* MadOracle: Played with; Psyke's conversations with dead people make her an unnerving companion, but she's not imagining them.
* ManipulativeBastard: Ivor, although at times Janus comes close.
* RagsToRoyalty: Janus started life in a slum and rises to become the regent for the Antyrrian throne.
* RegentForLife: A real possibility for Janus.
* SonOfAWhore: Janus.
* SuccessionCrisis: While the king's son, Auron, is mentally disabled and therefore unable to rule, Janus, the next of kin, has gained notoriety as a probable murderer and possible sorcerer on top of being a bastard. Hardly anyone [[spoiler: except Ivor]] wants to see either of them rule.
