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%% * BlackSheep - Europe of her family, and Threnody of her clave (to a degree).
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* NiceHat - Rossamund has a very nice one. Several, in fact. Every time he loses one, Europe calls him out on it, and it becomes something of a RunningGag.
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%% * BaldOfAwesome - All Wits lose their hair, which leads to...
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%% * BaldWomen - All female Wits.
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Other books and stories are planned in the series, obvious given the sheer scope of the world and the attention to detail and backstory present in [[AllThereInTheManual the glossaries of each book.]] As of spring 2013 two new stories in one book are forthcoming, [[http://monsterbloodtattoo.blogspot.com/2012/12/brandenbrass-or-there-was-time-once_11.html according the the author.]]

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Other books and stories are planned in the series, obvious given the sheer scope of the world and the attention to detail and backstory present in [[AllThereInTheManual the glossaries of each book.]] As of spring 2013 two new stories in one book are forthcoming, [[http://monsterbloodtattoo.blogspot.com/2012/12/brandenbrass-or-there-was-time-once_11.html according the to the author.]]

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# ''Foundling'' (2006)
# ''Lamplighter'' (2008)
# ''Factotum'' (2010)
* ''Tales from the Half-Continent'' (2014) -- anthology



%% * AFatherToHisMen - The Lamplighter-Marshal.


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* {{Adorkable}} - Rossamund. Kind-hearted, awkward, eager to please, very shy.
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%% * ActionGirl - Threnody and all her monster-hunting lady friends. And Europe, of course.



%% * BadassGrandpa - Fransitart
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%% * [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Everythings Better With Duchesses-in-Waiting]] - Europe.

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* AbnormalAmmo - Pistoleers/Spendonettes shoot chemical laden shot from their pistols
* AcademyOfAdventure - In the second book. Rossamund and his classmates as lamplighters have to learn to fight monsters.
* ActionGirl - Threnody and all her monster-hunting lady friends. And Europe, of course.

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* AbnormalAmmo - Pistoleers/Spendonettes shoot chemical laden shot from their pistols
pistols.
* AcademyOfAdventure - In the second book. book, Rossamund and his classmates as lamplighters have to learn to fight monsters.
%% * ActionGirl - Threnody and all her monster-hunting lady friends. And Europe, of course.



* AFatherToHisMen - The Lamplighter-Marshal.

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%% * AFatherToHisMen - The Lamplighter-Marshal.



* AlienSky - other planets and constellations are named and seen in the night sky.

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%% * AlienSky - other Other planets and constellations than the ones we know on Earth are named and seen in the night sky.



* AmazonBrigade - Calendar Claves.
* AmbitionIsEvil - The secretarial staff are up to no good.

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%% * AmazonBrigade - Calendar Claves.
%% * AmbitionIsEvil - The secretarial staff are up to no good.



* BadassAndChildDuo - Europe and Rossamund.
* BadassBookworm - Rossamund has his moments.
* BadassGrandpa - Fransitart

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%% * BadassAndChildDuo - Europe and Rossamund.
%% * BadassBookworm - Rossamund has his moments.
%% * BadassGrandpa - Fransitart



* BaldOfAwesome - All Wits lose their hair, which leads to...
* BaldWomen - All female Wits.
* BandOfBrothers - The Lamplighters at Wormstool.

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%% * BaldOfAwesome - All Wits lose their hair, which leads to...
%% * BaldWomen - All female Wits.
%% * BandOfBrothers - The Lamplighters at Wormstool.



* BioAugmentation - The method several people choose to be Monster Hunters.
* BioPunk - crossed with a SteamPunk aesthetic.

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%% * BioAugmentation - The method several people choose to be Monster Hunters.
%% * BioPunk - crossed with a SteamPunk aesthetic.



* BlackSheep - Europe of her family, and Threnody of her clave (to a degree).

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%% * BlackSheep - Europe of her family, and Threnody of her clave (to a degree).



* BloodKnight - Europe has elements of this; Licurius definitely is/was.

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%% * BloodKnight - Europe has elements of this; Licurius definitely is/was.



* CheshireCatGrin - Grinnlings.

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%% * CheshireCatGrin - Grinnlings.



* {{Cloudcuckoolander}} - Numps
* ComingOfAgeStory - The trilogy is Rossamund's Bildungsroman.

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%% * {{Cloudcuckoolander}} - Numps
%% * ComingOfAgeStory - The trilogy is Rossamund's Bildungsroman.



* ConvenientlyAnOrphan - Rossamund

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%% * ConvenientlyAnOrphan - Rossamund



* CuteBruiser - Rossamund is a male example after [[spoiler: learning to tap his inner monster-strength]] near the end of Book Two
* CuteMonster - Freckle and Cinnamon [[spoiler: and rossamund]]
* DanceBattler - Sagaars.
** Europe's fighting style is described as dance-like on several occasions

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%% * CuteBruiser - Rossamund is a male example after [[spoiler: learning to tap his inner monster-strength]] near the end of Book Two
%% * CuteMonster - Freckle and Cinnamon [[spoiler: and rossamund]]
* DanceBattler - Sagaars.
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DanceBattler- Europe's fighting style is described as dance-like on several occasionsoccasions.
%% * Sagaars.



* DefrostingIceQueen - Europe, after she adopts Rossamund as a MoralityPet.
* {{Deuteragonist}} - Europe.
* DissonantSerenity - Europe while she's fighting, or describing past accounts of bloodshed.
* {{Doorstopper}} - These books definitely qualify, even without the appendixes and indexes.

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%% * DefrostingIceQueen - Europe, after she adopts Rossamund as a MoralityPet.
%% * {{Deuteragonist}} - Europe.
%% * DissonantSerenity - Europe while she's fighting, or describing past accounts of bloodshed.
%% * {{Doorstopper}} - These books definitely qualify, even without the appendixes and indexes.



* [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Everythings Better With Duchesses-in-Waiting]] - Europe.
* EvilCounterpart - Laudibus Pile can be seen as the evil counterpart to Mister Sebastipole.

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%% * [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Everythings Better With Duchesses-in-Waiting]] - Europe.
%% * EvilCounterpart - Laudibus Pile can be seen as the evil counterpart to Mister Sebastipole.



* FantasyCounterpartCulture- The Gotts are heavily based on German culture, while the Haacobin are based on Western European culture with some Germanic influences.
**Turkemans are ''definitely'' not the Ottoman Turks of this world.

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* FantasyCounterpartCulture- FantasyCounterpartCulture-
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The Gotts are heavily based on German culture, while the Haacobin are based on Western European culture with some Germanic influences.
**Turkemans ** Turkemans are ''definitely'' ''[[SarcasmMode definitely]]'' not the Ottoman Turks of this world.



** "...You smell ''wrong.''"

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%% ** "...You smell ''wrong.''"



* GenderBlenderName - Rossamund.
* HarmfulToTouch - Chemical weaponry is in heavy use, especially against monsters.
* HairRaisingHare - The Lapinduce.
* HealingPotion - Rossamund always has a satchel full of powders, so of course one of them has to have healing powers.
* HegemonicEmpire- The Haacobin Empire.
* HeterosexualLifePartners - Masters Craumpalin and Fransitart.

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%% * GenderBlenderName - Rossamund.
%% * HarmfulToTouch - Chemical weaponry is in heavy use, especially against monsters.
%% * HairRaisingHare - The Lapinduce.
* HealingPotion - Rossamund always has a satchel full of powders, so of course one of them has to have including healing powers.
powders.
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* HegemonicEmpire- The Haacobin Empire.
%% * HeterosexualLifePartners - Masters Craumpalin and Fransitart.



* InSeriesNickname - "little man" is Europe's nickname for Rossamund.
* JerkAss - Gosling, [[FreudianExcuse although this is possibly because he comes from a rich family who dumped him into an orphanage so they can afford a new pair of racehorses]]

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%% * InSeriesNickname - "little man" is Europe's nickname for Rossamund.
%% * JerkAss - Gosling, [[FreudianExcuse although this is possibly because he comes from a rich family who dumped him into an orphanage so they can afford a new pair of racehorses]]



* KangarooCourt - The Master-of-Clerks inquiry into Rossamund's actions at Wormstool.
* KarmaHoudini - Laudibus Pile. Unlike the Master-of-Clerks and Grotius Swill, Pile manages to survive the fall of Winstermill ''and'' sells his account of it to the scandals.
* LadyOfBlackMagic - Europe, who is of the [[ShockAndAwe electric]] variety.
* LadyOfWar - Europe and a few of her allies and enemies in the third book.
* LivingLieDetector - Falsemen

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%% * KangarooCourt - The Master-of-Clerks inquiry into Rossamund's actions at Wormstool.
%% * KarmaHoudini - Laudibus Pile. Unlike the Master-of-Clerks and Grotius Swill, Pile manages to survive the fall of Winstermill ''and'' sells his account of it to the scandals.
%% * LadyOfBlackMagic - Europe, who is of the [[ShockAndAwe electric]] variety.
%% * LadyOfWar - Europe and a few of her allies and enemies in the third book.
%% * LivingLieDetector - Falsemen



* MadeOfIron-Most monsters, especially the larger ones, are particularly hard to kill
* MasqueradeBall - Europe throws one of these in Book Three.
* MindRape -The main weapon in a wit's psychic arsenal.
* MoralityPet - Rossamund for Europe.
* NaiveNewcomer - Rossamund

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%% * MadeOfIron-Most monsters, especially the larger ones, are particularly hard to kill
%% * MasqueradeBall - Europe throws one of these in Book Three.
%% * MindRape -The main weapon in a wit's psychic arsenal.
%% * MoralityPet - Rossamund for Europe.
%% * NaiveNewcomer - Rossamund



* NightmareFetishist - Licurius' hobby was painting graphic depictions of monster-related violence. Some he sold, others he kept in his bedroom.

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* NightmareFetishist - -
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Licurius' hobby was painting graphic depictions of monster-related violence. Some he sold, others he kept in his bedroom.



* OurMonstersAreDifferent
* OurMonstersAreWeird

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%% * OurMonstersAreDifferent
%% * OurMonstersAreWeird



* PhysicalScarsPsychologicalScars - Numps's injuries have made him a bit… off.
* PintsizedPowerhouse - Cinnamon [[spoiler: and Rossamund]].
* PowerUpFood - Whortleberries
* PropheticNames - Rossamund's embarrassing name is in fact quite important to the plot.

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%% * PhysicalScarsPsychologicalScars - Numps's injuries have made him a bit… off.
%% * PintsizedPowerhouse - Cinnamon [[spoiler: and Rossamund]].
%% * PowerUpFood - Whortleberries
%% * PropheticNames - Rossamund's embarrassing name is in fact quite important to the plot.



* PsychicPowers - Wits.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure - The Lamplighter-Marshal at Winstermill. See also BeleagueredBureaucrat, above.
* RedBaron - Europe, the Branden Rose.
* ShockAndAwe - Fulgars.
* TheStoic - Sebastipole.
* SuperSenses - Laggards have superpowerful vision, wearing an olfactlogue enhances ones sense of smell, and a sthenicon enhances both sight and smell.

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%% * PsychicPowers - Wits.
%% * ReasonableAuthorityFigure - The Lamplighter-Marshal at Winstermill. See also BeleagueredBureaucrat, above.
%% * RedBaron - Europe, the Branden Rose.
%% * ShockAndAwe - Fulgars.
%% * TheStoic - Sebastipole.
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Laggards have superpowerful vision, wearing an olfactlogue enhances ones sense of smell, and a sthenicon enhances both sight and smell.



* ThirdPersonPerson - Played with with Freckle, he's seemingly selective about this.
* [[spoiler: TomatoInTheMirror - Although he's not a ''bad'' monster]]

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%% * ThirdPersonPerson - Played with with Freckle, he's seemingly selective about this.
%% * [[spoiler: TomatoInTheMirror - [[spoiler: Although he's not a ''bad'' monster]]



* WorldBuilding - It's pretty intricate.

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%% * WorldBuilding - It's pretty intricate.
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Combine BioPunk and DungeonPunk, mold it into a ComingOfAgeStory, layer in a lot of Literature/LordOfTheRings-style [[CrypticBackgroundReference world building]], and frost it with lots of [[FunctionalMagic alchemy]], and you'll have the ''Monster Blood Tattoo'' series.

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Combine BioPunk and DungeonPunk, mold it into a ComingOfAgeStory, layer in a lot of Literature/LordOfTheRings-style ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''-style [[CrypticBackgroundReference world building]], and frost it with lots of [[FunctionalMagic alchemy]], and you'll have the ''Monster Blood Tattoo'' series.
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Properly alligned the image.


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* LadyOfBlackMagic - Europe of the [[ShockAndAwe electric]] variety.

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* LadyOfBlackMagic - Europe Europe, who is of the [[ShockAndAwe electric]] variety.
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* LadyOfBlackMagic - Europe of the [[ShockAndAwe electric]] variety.
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* BadPowersBadPeople - Subverted: [[spoiler: Rossamund's powers aren't evil persay, it's the reason behind their existence that has everyone upset.]]

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* BadPowersBadPeople - Subverted: [[spoiler: Rossamund's powers aren't evil persay, per se, it's the reason behind their existence that has everyone upset.]]
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* MindRape -The main weapon in a wit's psychic arsenal.
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* AnimalMotifs - Urchins, or monster lords, each have a specific one, having the head or general appearence of a specific animal.


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* {{Deutoragonist}} - Europe.

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* {{Deutoragonist}} {{Deuteragonist}} - Europe.
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* NoWoman'sLand - Averted, despite the world being based heavily on 17th -18th century time periods, women in this world seem to be able go to school, inherit positions of authority and become respected and feared monster hunters.

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* NoWoman'sLand NoWomansLand - Averted, despite the world being based heavily on 17th -18th century time periods, women in this world seem to be able go to school, inherit positions of authority and become respected and feared monster hunters.

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* NoWoman'sLand - Averted, despite the world being based heavily on 17th -18th century time periods, women in this world seem to be able go to school, inherit positions of authority and become respected and feared monster hunters.



** Wits can sense where their quarry is hiding by psychic picking up their natural electrical pulse.

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** Wits can sense where their quarry is hiding by psychic psychicly picking up their natural electrical pulse.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast - Fransitart's past is mysterious and tragic, leaving him gruff, scarred and ashamed of his actions.


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* AlienSea- Although not really an alien planet, the world of the Half Continent's ocean definitely sends the message that this is not our familiar world. The oceans are strongly acidic and multicolored due to the concentration of chemicals that rise from the sea floor. Half an hour in it will leave you with a really bad rash, over an hour and a half will leave you dead. Multitudes of sea monsters dwell beneath the waves, too. Have a nice swim!

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* AlienSea- Although not really an a traditional alien planet, the world of the Half Continent's ocean definitely sends the message that this is not our familiar world. The oceans are strongly acidic and multicolored due to the concentration of chemicals that rise from the sea floor. Half an hour in it will leave you with a really bad rash, over an hour and a half will leave you dead. Multitudes of sea monsters dwell beneath the waves, too. Have a nice swim! swim!
* AlienSky - other planets and constellations are named and seen in the night sky.


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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer - Rossamund is heavily picked on because of his name and size.
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** Licurius: "...You smell ''wrong.''"

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** Licurius: ** "...You smell ''wrong.''"
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* PhysicalScarsPsychologicalScars - Numps's injuries have made him a bit… off.
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* ClingyCostume- sthenicons, although they enhance human vision and smell, are somewhat painful to take off after being worn and, if worn long enough, ''will require surgery to be fully taken off.''
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** Licurius: "...You smell ''wrong.''

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* Bio-Augmentation - The method several people choose to be Monster Hunters.

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* Bio-Augmentation BioAugmentation - The method several people choose to be Monster Hunters.

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