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Humanity once tried to rebel and throw off the yoke of the Chapalii, only to fail. The leader of the rebellion, Charles Soerensen, was ennobled to the rank of Duke (or Tai, in the Chapalii language), one of the highest ranks in their stratified society, only bowing to Princes and the Emperor himself. He was given two systems as his fief, the Dao Cee system with its newly raped for its resources planet of Odys, and the recently discovered Rhui system.
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Humanity once tried to rebel and throw off the yoke of the Chapalii, only to fail. The leader of the rebellion, Charles Soerensen, was ennobled to the rank of Duke (or Tai, in the Chapalii language), one of the highest ranks in their stratified society, only bowing to Princes and the Emperor himself. He was given two systems as his fief, the Dao Cee system with its newly raped for its resources planet of Odys, and fief- the recently discovered Rhui system.
system, and the Dao Cee system, including the pillaged planet of Odys.
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* DepravedBisexual: Vasil.
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* SufficientlyAdvancedAliens: [[spoiler: Chapalii females, who can apparently manipulate space-time.]] The [[spoiler:male]] Chapalii have shades of this as well.
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* {{Alien Non-Interference Clause}}: The humans believe in this, but the Chapalii don't. Charles has interdicted Rhui, much to the confusion of the Empire, but he is working to introduce modern thinking as much as possible to the Rhuians, since he knows that some day soon, he'll have to lift the interdiction.
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* {{Alien Non-Interference Clause}}: AlienNonInterferenceClause: The humans believe in this, but the Chapalii don't. Charles has interdicted Rhui, much to the confusion of the Empire, but he is working to introduce modern thinking as much as possible to the Rhuians, since he knows that some day soon, he'll have to lift the interdiction.
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* AlliterativeName: Vera, Vasil, and Valentin Veselov.
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* CultureClash: A major theme of the series. The humans misinterpret the Chapalii, the jaran and the khaja both consider each other barbarians, inhabitants of the different "khaja" kingdoms have profound enough differences to get into trouble, and the humans from Earth- most of whom had some warning what the Rhuian cultures were like- still don't know exactly how to act, and are often intrigued and horrified by turns by the cultures they're trying to live near.
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* FourthDateMarriage: Make that ''no'' date marriage. Diana Brooke-Holt and Anatoly Sakhalin are married before they've had a full conversation, and before they share more than a few words of a common language. At least everyone else realizes that this is reckless behavior on their part. Ilya predicts on the day of the celebration that it won't last, [[spoiler: and he's right, as the marriage eventually ends in divorce.]]
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* RisingEmpire: Ilya is building a jaran empire with his conquests.
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''The Novels of the Jaran'', also known as the ''Jaran Series'', are a series of SpeculativeFiction novels by Kate Elliot. They are set an unspecified amount of time into the future, when humanity discovered interstellar travel and was absorbed into the enormous Chapalii Empire, an empire ruled by the long-lived and patient Chapalii.
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''The Novels of the Jaran'', also known as the ''Jaran Series'', are a series of SpeculativeFiction novels by Kate Elliot.Elliott. They are set an unspecified amount of time into the future, when humanity discovered interstellar travel and was absorbed into the enormous Chapalii Empire, an empire ruled by the long-lived and patient Chapalii.
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* FantasticSlur: Humans sometimes call the Chapalii "chameleons," because their skin changes color according to their emotions- for example, violet signifies mortification.
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''The Novels of the Jaran'', also known as the ''Jaran Series'', are a series of SpeculativeFiction novels by Kate Elliot. They are set an unspecified amount of time into the future, when humanity discovered interstellar travel and was absorbed into the enormous Chapalli Empire, an empire ruled by the long-lived and patient chapalli.
Humanity once tried to rebel and throw off the yoke of the chapalli, only to fail. The leader of the rebellion, Charles Soerenson, was ennobled to the rank of Duke (or Tai, in the chapalli language), one of the highest ranks in their stratified society, only bowing to Princes and the Emperor himself. He was given two systems as his fief, the Dao Cee system with its newly raped for its resources planet of Odys, and the recently discovered Rhui system.
Rhui was unique, since one of its planets contained a species so like humans that they were genetically compatible, but at a much lower level of technology. To protect his "cousins" from the greed of the chapalli, Charles interdicted the planet, allowing only minimal contact with the natives and the truth about their origins to be kept secret.
Tess Soerenson, Charles' sister, is a highly talented linguist who, while on a chapalli vessel, discovers a plot to secretly visit the interdicted world. Stowing away on their shuttlecraft, she finds herself far from explored lands and thrown in the the Jaran, a nomadic people whose leader is slowly united their tribes and planning to conquer all the lands.
Humanity once tried to rebel and throw off the yoke of the chapalli, only to fail. The leader of the rebellion, Charles Soerenson, was ennobled to the rank of Duke (or Tai, in the chapalli language), one of the highest ranks in their stratified society, only bowing to Princes and the Emperor himself. He was given two systems as his fief, the Dao Cee system with its newly raped for its resources planet of Odys, and the recently discovered Rhui system.
Rhui was unique, since one of its planets contained a species so like humans that they were genetically compatible, but at a much lower level of technology. To protect his "cousins" from the greed of the chapalli, Charles interdicted the planet, allowing only minimal contact with the natives and the truth about their origins to be kept secret.
Tess Soerenson, Charles' sister, is a highly talented linguist who, while on a chapalli vessel, discovers a plot to secretly visit the interdicted world. Stowing away on their shuttlecraft, she finds herself far from explored lands and thrown in the the Jaran, a nomadic people whose leader is slowly united their tribes and planning to conquer all the lands.
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''The Novels of the Jaran'', also known as the ''Jaran Series'', are a series of SpeculativeFiction novels by Kate Elliot. They are set an unspecified amount of time into the future, when humanity discovered interstellar travel and was absorbed into the enormous Chapalli Chapalii Empire, an empire ruled by the long-lived and patient chapalli.
Chapalii.
Humanity once tried to rebel and throw off the yoke of thechapalli, Chapalii, only to fail. The leader of the rebellion, Charles Soerenson, Soerensen, was ennobled to the rank of Duke (or Tai, in the chapalli Chapalii language), one of the highest ranks in their stratified society, only bowing to Princes and the Emperor himself. He was given two systems as his fief, the Dao Cee system with its newly raped for its resources planet of Odys, and the recently discovered Rhui system.
Rhui was unique, since one of its planets contained a species so like humans that they were genetically compatible, but at a much lower level of technology. To protect his "cousins" from the greed of thechapalli, Chapalii, Charles interdicted the planet, allowing only minimal contact with the natives and the truth about their origins to be kept secret.
TessSoerenson, Soerensen, Charles' sister, is a highly talented linguist who, while on a chapalli Chapalii vessel, discovers a plot to secretly visit the interdicted world. Stowing away on their shuttlecraft, she finds herself far from explored lands and thrown in the the Jaran, a nomadic people whose leader is slowly united their tribes and planning to conquer all the lands.
Humanity once tried to rebel and throw off the yoke of the
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* {{Alien Non-Interference Clause}}: The humans believe in this, but the chapalli Chapalii don't. Charles has interdicted Rhui, much to the confusion of the Empire, but he is working to introduce modern thinking as much as possible to the Rhuians, since he knows that some day soon, he'll have to lift the interdiction.
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* TheEmpire: The Chapalli Empire, naturally.
* ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty: Thanks to chapalli medical technology, humans age until they reach maturity, then stay young until around 120 years of age, at which point their bodies shut down.
* ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty: Thanks to chapalli medical technology, humans age until they reach maturity, then stay young until around 120 years of age, at which point their bodies shut down.
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* TheEmpire: The Chapalli Chapalii Empire, naturally.
* ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty: Thanks tochapalli Chapalii medical technology, humans age until they reach maturity, then stay young until around 120 years of age, at which point their bodies shut down.
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* TheQuisling: Even named "the quisling" by the characters. She is one of many who have sold out entirely to the Chapalli and have been granted limited authority because of it.
* StarfishAliens: The chapalli. Acknowledged by the humans as true while they struggle to understand them, but even they don't know the extent of it until Ilyana meets a female chapalli.
* SufficientlyAdvancedAliens: [[spoiler: Chapalli females, who can apparently manipulate space-time.]] The [[spoiler:male]] chapalli have shades of this as well.
* StarfishAliens: The chapalli. Acknowledged by the humans as true while they struggle to understand them, but even they don't know the extent of it until Ilyana meets a female chapalli.
* SufficientlyAdvancedAliens: [[spoiler: Chapalli females, who can apparently manipulate space-time.]] The [[spoiler:male]] chapalli have shades of this as well.
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* TheQuisling: Even named "the quisling" by the characters. She is one of many who have sold out entirely to the Chapalli Chapalii and have been granted limited authority because of it.
* StarfishAliens: Thechapalli.Chapalii. Acknowledged by the humans as true while they struggle to understand them, but even they don't know the extent of it until Ilyana meets a female chapalli.
* SufficientlyAdvancedAliens: [[spoiler:Chapalli Chapalii females, who can apparently manipulate space-time.]] The [[spoiler:male]] chapalli Chapalii have shades of this as well.
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There are currently 4 novels in the series: ''Jaran'', ''An Earthly Crown'', ''His Conquering Sword'', and ''The Law of Becoming''. While the author has expressed her intent to finish the series at some point, [[OrphanedSeries nothing has been heard about it for almost 10 years]].
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There are currently 4 novels in the series: ''Jaran'', ''Jaran'' (1992), ''An Earthly Crown'', Crown'' (1993), ''His Conquering Sword'', Sword'' (1993), and ''The Law of Becoming''.Becoming'' (1994). While the author has expressed her intent to finish the series at some point, [[OrphanedSeries nothing has been heard about it for almost 10 years]].
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Tess Soerenson, Charles' brother, sister, is a highly talented linguist who, while on a chapalli vessel, discovers a plot to secretly visit the interdicted world. Stowing away on their shuttlecraft, she finds herself far from explored lands and thrown in the the Jaran, a nomadic people whose leader is slowly united their tribes and planning to conquer all the lands.
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* SufficientlyAdvancedAliens: [[spoiler: Chapalli females, who can apparently manipulate space-time.]] The [[spoiler:male]] chapalli have shades of this as well.
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* AbusiveParents: Karolla and Vasil, after they move off of Rhui. Karolla is stuck in the past and refuses to support her children's studies or seek modern medicine or counseling. Vasil is a severe narcissist and neglectful of his children, especially Valentin. Their combined neglect and ignorance lead to Valentin's life-threatening addiction to Nesh and, later, [[spoiler: to Vasil killing him for not instantly obeying by physically pulling him away from a Nesh point.]]
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* TransplantedHumans: The Rhuians.
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* TransplantedHumans: The Rhuians.
Rhuians, who were taken from Earth between 10,000 and 15,000 years ago by the Tai-en Mushai. They were also genetically "improved".
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* PlanetaryRomance: Most of the original novel. In later novels, this is toned down as we see more of the technology and the Empire.