History Literature / Medallion

* CuriosityIsACrapshoot: Dreya's need to explore led to her capture and near-death. Tamox's need to explore revealed an illegal PortalPool.

* HonorBeforeReason: After the final battle, [[spoiler: as Dreya lay dying,]] Anshi decided to [[HeroicSacrifice do something right]].

* LoveAtFirstPunch: [[WordOfGod WOG]] says Mayara and Darys fell in love this way.

** Sirold cuts himself during a nighttime fight, earning a [[Literature/HarryPotter lightning-bolt scar]] on his forehead.
** After a narrow escape in Kespa's kitchen, Tamox demands to be taught how to [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus defend himself against assailants armed with fruit.]]

* TalkToTheFist

** Sirold cuts himself during a nighttime fight, earning a [[HarryPotter lightning-bolt scar]] on his forehead.

The story has two halves, both of which can be enjoyed as a standalone work. One is the novella itself, the other is a series of vignettes and short stories featuring characters from the book and detailing events that happened before or during the story. Dreya, Anshi, and Saela's family feature prominently.

Medallion is a work by amateur novelist Meredith Foster about coming-of-age, loyalty, trust, and [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a medallion.]] In the making since 2005, it's become the pride and joy of the author's works. At the moment it is unpublished, but can be read in its entirety online.

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveANuke: Kespa's preferred negotiation technique.

[[{{Characters/Medallion}} Characters are here.]]

* NoOntologicalInertia: Averted and justified.

** An exchange in chapter six lifts dialogue from Peter Jackson's [[{{Film/TheLordOfTheRings}} Return of the King]].

** After a narrow escape in Kespa's kitchen, Tamox demands to be taught how to [[MontyPythonsFlyingCircus defend himself against assailants armed with fruit.]]

* AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: Justified to an extent. Xarn and elves have their own fashions and preferences for clothing and color, so a few characters wear things that wouldn't be out of place in a StarTrek episode.

** Anshi's mother Treyn is named after [[BlackCat Train Heartnet]].

* ZergRush: Kespa's Myrl aren't very skilled fighters, but the sheer numbers of their forces mean that they're a challenge to fight if you aren't careful.

* {{Nakama}}
* NarrowEscape

* SuccessionCrisis: between Dreya and Valeria

* TheQuest

** Dreya's last words to [[spoiler: Anshi]] reference a song called [[DoctorWho "The Sound of Drums"]].

Medallion is a work by Troper {{Tropers/Absynthe}} about coming-of-age, loyalty, trust, and [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a medallion.]] The main character, Andreya Orifax, is the child of the line of queens that are in charge of the object, and did we mention she's the last of her bloodline? And her parents were slaughtered by an [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen insane usurper]]? Who stole the MacGuffin and is using it to commit genocide in the name of getting troops?

We didn't think so.

Set in an unnamed world, the story mostly takes place in an immense forest. Andreya Orifax, queen of the elves, is frustrated with her life and the responsibilities her position gives her; at the same time, her people are under threat of extinction from [[BigBad Kespa]], who killed the previous rulers and is ruling with an iron hand. Dreya doesn't want anything to do with heroism, though - all she wants is to be left to do as she wishes. But after she meets a unique individual named Tamox, she finds herself facing the maturity she never wanted to possess.

* CantArgueWithElves: Averted. There are no humans in this story, neither are there dwarves. The one mortal race that is around, the Xarn, argue quite passionately with the elves. And the elves themselves are much more humanlike.

* ErmineCapeEffect: Averted with Dreya and Melane, played straight with the other courtiers

* HonorBeforeReason: After the final battle, [[spoiler: as Dreya lay dying,]] Anshi decides to [[HeroicSacrifice do something right]].

* YouCantFightFate: Mayara's opinion of destiny.
* BadassInDistress
* DuelToTheDeath
* DespiteThePlan Dreya manages to ensure escape from Kespa's castle.
* FindTheCure: Anshi looking to stop Dreya's poisoning
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Dreya and Melane, Valeria and Aora
* DressingAsTheEnemy and the villain herself, in order to escape.
* IndyPloy: Tamox's scheme to save Dreya
* ItsPersonal
* TheQuest
* SuccessionCrisis: between Dreya and Valeria
* TheBigDamnKiss
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Dreya, Anshi, Kespa
* SpaceWhaleAesop: The message is actually supposed to be "Don't let life stop you from living". Whether that's clear or not remains to be seen.
* TalkToTheFist
* ImpossibleTask
* NarrowEscape
* StrangeSalute: The Quirlwing greeting is a long, slow nod with eyes closed.
* BackstabBackfire
* BattleInTheRain: Averted. Even though Chapter Six contains both a fight with a serpentine monster and a downpour, the two do not occur simultaneously.
* TimeSkip: [[spoiler: Krysty's death]] interrupts a spell in progress, sending Dreya and Tamox two years into the future.
* TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: Justified, as the trees in Quirlwing territory have a spell on them that shortens travel time to about 1/10 of its normal length.
* NoOntologicalInertia: Averted and justified.
** When Kespa dies, her fortress remains standing, and it stays that way. The Myrl, however, draw their life energy from the Medallion and are given life by Kespa; when she dies they cease to exist.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: Kespa's short story has her musing on [[spoiler: the death of Krysty]] and her estrangement from family, nearly venturing into JerkassWoobie territory.
* AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: Justified to an extent. Xarn and elves have their own fashions and preferences for clothing and color, so a few characters wear things that wouldn't be out of place in a StarTrek episode.
* ShoutOut: To StarWars, TheLordOfTheRings, BlackCat, and MontyPython, among others.
* MyNaymeIs: Melane (pronounced "Melanie"), Krysty, Treyn (Train), Cassy
* BavarianFireDrill: Subverted. Dreya disguises herself as Kespa in order to escape from a dungeon, but when one of the Myrl questions her orders she decides it isn't worth it and just [[KillEmAll slaughters them]].
* BigNo
* BloodlessCarnage: Averted. Characters are wounded and bleed in amounts normal for their injury.
** Also justified with the Myrl and other creatures created by Kespa - they're kept alive by magic, there's no reason for them to have blood.

* BoundAndGagged: The Myrl do this to Dreya when she's captured.
** Averted with Anshi, as she's left completely unrestrained in her cell. Granted, she was very injured, so they probably didn't think she'd attempt to escape or survive for long if she succeeded.
* BridalCarry [[supersecretspoiler: Dreya carrying Anshi's dead body]]
* BringNewsBack: Dreya must take a message to Sirold because the Xarn culture is such that only authority figures are trusted by the king.
* BrokenPedestal
* PowerGlows
* SphereOfDestruction
* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Anshi, during her captivity, is immobilized on a table via MindRape. Since Kespa is a CombatSadomasochist and NightmareFetishist, she keeps a lot of prisoners on tables.
* TranslationConvention: The characters speak Integra for the most part, a blend of the native Xarn language and Ilverin, Dreya's tongue. In fact, Integra is becoming the most common language, but the races still teach their native languages for posterity's sake.
* CallARabbitASmeerp: A [[LostInTranslation poor translation]] of Dreya's species name, Ilvir (plural Ilviren) into Integra resulted in most other races calling them "elves".
[[supersecretspoiler: *PietaPlagiarism: Tamox holding Dreya, Dreya holding Anshi]]

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* Passes TheBechdelTest, as most of Dreya's conversations with the other women in the story have to do with the ongoing war or politics.

* NoOntologicalInertia: Averted and justified When Kespa dies, her fortress remains standing, and it stays that way. The Myrl, however, draw their life energy from the Medallion and are given life by Kespa; when she dies they cease to exist.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: Kespa's short story has her musing on [[the death of Krysty]] and her estrangement from family, nearly venturing into JerkassWoobie territory.

* AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: Justified to an extent. Xarn and elves have their own fashions and preferences for clothing and color, so a few characters wear things that wouldn't be out of place in a StarTrek episode.

* CatFight

* StrangeSalute: The Quirlwing greeting is a long, slow nod with eyes closed.

* NarrowEscape

-> "Sometimes all you can do is protect those you love. And sometimes you can't even do that."

[[caption-width-left:350:"Sometimes all you can do is protect those you love. Sometimes you can't even do that."]]

[[caption-width-right:350:"Sometimes all you can do is protect those you love. Sometimes you can't even do that."]]

* CatFight

* TalkToTheFist

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Dreya, Anshi, Kespa