History Literature / LoomingShadow

* YourMakeUpIsRunning: After her tearful reuinon with Eric, Kasile's make up is a mess. Eric has a laugh at her expense.

* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Eric notes this sort of change in Kasile. When she was a princess she affected a cutesy and friendly persona. Now that she is TheHighQueen she is cold and regal. When in private with him, she drops the act.

* BossSubtitles: Tasio the Trickster invokes this trope. After warning Eric that the final boss of a dungeon ''always'' has more than one form, the EvilSorcerer that Eric just defeated returns for round two. At that point, Tasio [[Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime plays a brief tune on an ocarina and says]]: "The Crimson Killer: Kierdos!"

** Eric claims that sailors are a [[Comicbook/{{Batman}} superstitious and cowardly lot]].

** [[spoiler: Eric shanks a reaper and steals one of his abilities. What does he say after that?]] [[WesternAnimation/MegaMan Now I've got your power!]]

* YourMakeUpIsRunning: After her tearful reuinon with Eric, Kasile's make up is a mess. Eric has a laugh at her expense.

* KirkSummation: Basilard hands out one of these when Professor Haburt is trying to rationalize his crimes. He says that Basilard went to [[NotSoDifferent similar extremes as himself to revive someone]] and so has no right to judge him. Basilard replies that he understands the professor's pain but there is a crucial difference between them: ''"I didn't steal a girl from her mother's lap!"''

-->''You are young, you are a student of magic, you live in the shadow of previous mages, and you have The Trickster's attention...Yes, I'd say you are very much like Dengel.''

Looming Shadow by Brian Wilkerson is the second book in the Journey To Chaos series. It picks up where book one left off, with protagonist Eric Watley desperate to return to Tariatla, a land where using magic is as common as learning to ride a bicycle. The life of a humble mercenary is no longer available to Eric after his previous adventures in this foreign land, and a whole new adventure filled with monsters, magic and darkness awaits him now. Despite the danger and the looming return of the villainous Dengel, Eric’s enthusiasm for magic will help him see through all the trickery and deception that stands in his way.

''Looming Shadow'' is the sequel to ''[[Literature/AMagesPower A Mage's Power]]'' and the second book in the ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'' series. It follows the fallout of the conclusion of the previous book while continuing to build the ConstructedWorld of Tariatla.

The next book in the series is ''Literature/ManaMutationMenace''.

* EvilLaugh: Invoked by Eric to scare a trainee soldier; the kid is sneaking into the royal mage's tower and Eric sneaks up behind him. When close enough, he belts out a maniacal laugh.

* BigNo: Tiza releases a short and sharp "No!" when she realizes she's about to relive the even that lead to her amnesia [[spoiler: by the same guy who kidnapped her when she was younger.]]

* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Tiza has suffered amensia for years before the series began. It causes her confusion about her past and identity. Then she meets Haburt, who she's subconsciously terrified of but she refuses to admit it. When he makes his move and recreates a crucial momment from her past, she admits to this fear and steps forward confidently to overcome it. [[spoiler: Then he sheds light on her past and tells her the identity of her parents.]]

* SinisterSurveillance: There is a downplayed example in Ataidar. Its national government keeps detailed logs of the activities of Otherworlders (people that came to them from another dimension) such as Eric. Instead of surveillance cameras, they have agents tailing him on his walks through the city and on his out-of-country missions. When the Royal Archivist, Henry Pupil, shows Eric his own log, Eric finds it to be "creepy". Henry replies that it is "careful" because otherworlders are often the TheChosenOne of local TricksterArchetype and thus a magnet for trouble. The last one that came tried to take over the world.

* KirkSummation: Basilard hands out one of these when Professor Haburt is trying to rationalize his crimes. He says that Basilard went to [[NotSoDifferent similar extremes as himself to revive someone]] and so has no right to judge him. Basilard replies that he understands the professor's pain but there is a crucial difference between them: ''"I didn't steal a girl from her mother's lap!"''.

* WoundThatWillNotHeal: Greater Mage Haburt Kloac has chronic health issues because [[spoiler: Sathel Aranid inflict them via poison in retribution for him kidnapping her daughter.]] Neither magic nor medicine cure him.

* MySensorsIndicateYouWantToTapThat: One of the abilities that Eirc picked up during his vision quest in Ceiha was the ability to see love between two people reflected in their spirits. When Tiza talks about her two best friends, Eric assumes she's referring to himself and Raki; "you couldn't possibly refer to Nolien because your soul shines too bright around him for mere friendship".

* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu:Zettai has one such moment when she mouths off to the local GrimReaper. "You’re not a god; you’re a worm on a power trip". This gets her soul ripped from her body. [[spoiler: Fortunately, she's a Bladi by this point so she's still conscious enough to put it back in, after an assist from Kallen and her Campione Cannon.]]

* OvershadowedByAwesome: Dengel literally wrote the book on magecraft and so modern mages like Eric find it hard to stand out in comparison. Eric's character arc in ''Literature/LoomingShadow'' has him grappling with this and trying to prove himself better.