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* FantasyCounterCulture: The culture of Los is, with it's caste system, Indian style names and hints that at east some of the dead religions are based on Hinduism and Buddhism is very much Indian.
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* FantasyCounterCulture: FantasyCounterpartCulture: The culture of Los is, with it's caste system, Indian style names and hints that at east some of the dead religions are based on Hinduism and Buddhism is very much Indian.
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* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: With a few exceptions religion has been done away with and the remnants of the old religions are viciously persecuted.
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* FantasyCounterCulture: The culture of Los is, with it's caste system, Indian style names and hints that at east some of the dead religions are based on Hinduism and Buddhism is very much Indian.
* FantasyGunControl: Played straight with the main culture of Lok but The Fortress at least has gun powder. Whether they have guns has not been rev sealed.
* FantasyGunControl: Played straight with the main culture of Lok but The Fortress at least has gun powder. Whether they have guns has not been rev sealed.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: There are hints that the world has a sci-fi background. Example; Sikasso's explanation of shape changing using black steel shows it to be based on rearranging atomic structure. Also, there are plenty of hints that humans on this world originated on our earth. Earth religions are mentioned, such as house Vidal originally worshiping 'The god with an elephant head, and the blue lady with six arms' referring to Hindu faith.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: There are hints that the world has a sci-fi background. Example; Sikasso's explanation of shape changing using black steel shows it to be based on rearranging atomic structure. Also, there are plenty of hints that humans on this world originated on our earth. Earth religions are mentioned, such as house Vidal originally worshiping 'The god with an elephant head, and the blue lady with six arms' referring to Hindu faith. The "smiling fat man" is plainly meant to be Buddha.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Jagdish feels he was dishonored by being maimed by Ashok, and the only way to redeem himself is to kill Ashok in a duel. The only way he can get better is by taking lessons....provided by Ashok in the jail yard.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Jagdish feels he was dishonored by being maimed by Ashok, and the only way to redeem himself is to kill Ashok in a duel. The only way he can get better is by taking lessons....provided by Ashok in the jail yard. Ashok is ''made'' of this.
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* MedievalEuropeanFantasy: Averted. The culture seems to draw much more heavily on Indian themes than European.
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* MedievalEuropeanFantasy: Averted. The culture seems to draw much more heavily on Indian themes than European.MedievalStasis: Played with In the last century or two things like the printing press, "glass pens" (fountain pens maybe?) and pocket watches have shown up but by and large, except for the printing press their impact has been minor.
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* TheResenter: Devedas. He's GenreSavvy about its effect on him, and regrets the one time he acted on his resentment, but it's still blinding him to Ashok's extenuating circumstances.
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* TheResenter: Devedas. He's GenreSavvy wise about its effect on him, and regrets the one time he acted on his resentment, but it's still blinding him to Ashok's extenuating circumstances.
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trilogy. It will be followed by ''House of Assassins'' circa 2018-19.
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** Bidaya also has a FreakOut when Ashok defeats her warriors. It is, like her, short-lived.
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* KicktheDog: Subverted AND played straight at the same time! Ashok subverts(to the great annoyance of Ormand) kicking the dog by refusing to kill innocent people, especially warriors who know they are outclassed by him, but still bravely stand their ground against him. However, in doing so he LITERALLY kicks a dog. It is a huge, powerful wardog, raised specifically for guarding and attacking, and it could easily kill a man. Instead of killing the dog, Ashok waits for the animal to come at him, and snap kicks it in the snout, it yelps, and lands in the stream below.
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* KicktheDog: Subverted AND played straight at the same time! Ashok subverts(to the great annoyance of Ormand) kicking the dog by refusing refuses to kill innocent people, especially warriors who know they are outclassed by him, outclassed, but still bravely stand their ground against him. However, in doing so he LITERALLY kicks a dog. It is a huge, powerful wardog, raised specifically for guarding and attacking, and it could easily kill a man. Instead of killing the dog, (huge, powerful) war-dog. Ashok waits for the animal to come at him, and snap kicks punts it in the snout, it yelps, and lands in the stream below.off a bridge.
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* OneManArmy: Jagdish estimates that he'd need a hundred men, including archers, to kill Ashok in a straight-up fight. And he's being conservative--at least half of those men would die in the process.
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* OneManArmy: Jagdish estimates that he'd need a hundred men, including archers, to kill Ashok in a straight-up fight. And he's being conservative--at least half of those men would die in the process. The end battle shows that he was underestimating by a ''long'' shot.
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* TheResenter: Devedas. He's GenreSavvy about its effect on him, and regrets the one time he acted on his resentment, but it's still blinding him to Ahsoks extenuating circumstances.
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* ShoutOut: According to WordOfGod, part of the inspiration for Ashok, particularly the party scene, came from the movie ''Film/ManFromNowhere''. The legendary hero who first drove the demons into the sea is named Ramrowan, which was TheDragon's name in the film.
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* ShoutOut: According to WordOfGod, part of the inspiration for Ashok, particularly the party scene, came from the movie ''Film/ManFromNowhere''.''Film/TheManFromNowhere''. The legendary hero who first drove the demons into the sea is named Ramrowan, which was TheDragon's name in the film.
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* AristocratsareEvil : Harta, Bidaya, and so far most of the first caste we have run into. They range from mildly corrupt and money grubbing to openly genocidal sociopaths who see everyone else as so far beneath them, that their deaths would be justified to save the first caste from dirtying their shoes. The best of them, like Rada, have been taught to feel superior and sheltered, so they are unaware of how much damage their caste does to others. The aware and honorable ones, like Mindarin and Ratul, break the rules of their own caste to the point of treason.
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* AristocratsareEvil AristocratsAreEvil : Harta, Bidaya, and so far most of the first caste we have run into. They range from mildly corrupt and money grubbing to openly genocidal sociopaths who see everyone else as so far beneath them, that their deaths would be justified to save the first caste from dirtying their shoes. The best of them, like Rada, have been taught to feel superior and sheltered, so they are unaware of how much damage their caste does to others. The aware and honorable ones, like Mindarin and Ratul, break the rules of their own caste to the point of treason.
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* ExactWords: Thera explains her old head injury as "something fell on me." [[spoiler: She doesn't mention that it was probably made of black steel.]]
* ExactWords: Thera explains her old head injury as "something fell on me." [[spoiler: She doesn't mention that it was probably made of black steel.]]
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* ExactWords: Thera explains her old head injury as "something fell on me."
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* FamedInStory: Ashok is known wherever he goes, as he embodies multiple superlatives.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: There are hints that the world has a sci-fi background. Example; Sikasso's explanation of shape changing using black steel shows it to be based on rearranging atomic structure. Also, there are plenty of hints that humans on this world originated on our earth. Earth religions are mentioned, such as house Vidal originally worshiping 'The god with an elephant head, and the blue lady with six arms' Referring to Hindu faith.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: There are hints that the world has a sci-fi background. Example; Sikasso's explanation of shape changing using black steel shows it to be based on rearranging atomic structure. Also, there are plenty of hints that humans on this world originated on our earth. Earth religions are mentioned, such as house Vidal originally worshiping 'The god with an elephant head, and the blue lady with six arms' Referring referring to Hindu faith.
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* HeroicBystander: The casteless in the opening scene, who fights back against the demon even though doing so guarantees his death by its hands or those of Ashok and the soldiers.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Jagdish feels he was dishonored by being maimed by Ashok, and the only way to redeem himself is to kill Ashok in a duel. The only way he can get better is by taking lessons....provided by Ashok. [[spoiler: from his jail cell, no less.]]
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* HonorBeforeReason: Jagdish feels he was dishonored by being maimed by Ashok, and the only way to redeem himself is to kill Ashok in a duel. The only way he can get better is by taking lessons....provided by Ashok. [[spoiler: from his Ashok in the jail cell, no less.]]yard.
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* KicktheDog: Subverted AND played straight at the same time! Ashok subverts(to the great annoyance of Ormand) kicking the dog by refusing to kill innocent people, especially warriors who know they are outclassed by him, but still bravely stand their ground against him. However, in doing so he LITERALLY kicks a dog. It is a huge, powerful wardog, raised specifically for guarding and attacking, and it could easily kill a man. Instead of killing the dog, Ashok waits for the animal to come at him, and snap kicks it in the snout, it yelps, and lands in the stream bellow.
* LawfulStupid: Subverted with Ashok. His devotion to the Law is [[spoiler:an artifact of brainwashing/hypnosis/magic by the House's wizard as a small child at the same time they repressed all his memories.]] He even internally recognizes this fact after he learns the truth.
* LeaveNoSurvivors: standard procedure for preserving operational security.
* LawfulStupid: Subverted with Ashok. His devotion to the Law is [[spoiler:an artifact of brainwashing/hypnosis/magic by the House's wizard as a small child at the same time they repressed all his memories.]] He even internally recognizes this fact after he learns the truth.
* LeaveNoSurvivors: standard procedure for preserving operational security.
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* KicktheDog: Subverted AND played straight at the same time! Ashok subverts(to the great annoyance of Ormand) kicking the dog by refusing to kill innocent people, especially warriors who know they are outclassed by him, but still bravely stand their ground against him. However, in doing so he LITERALLY kicks a dog. It is a huge, powerful wardog, raised specifically for guarding and attacking, and it could easily kill a man. Instead of killing the dog, Ashok waits for the animal to come at him, and snap kicks it in the snout, it yelps, and lands in the stream bellow.below.
* LawfulStupid: Subverted with Ashok. His devotion to the Law is [[spoiler:an artifact ofbrainwashing/hypnosis/magic indoctrination magic by the House's wizard as a small child at the same time they repressed all his memories.]] He even internally recognizes this fact after he learns the truth.
truth. It still has a strong hold on him, and he personally still values the Law, but its hold on him is rapidly weakening.
* LeaveNoSurvivors:standard Standard procedure for preserving operational security.
* LawfulStupid: Subverted with Ashok. His devotion to the Law is [[spoiler:an artifact of
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* WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide: Ormand's scheme to [[spoiler: exterminate the casteless. It doesn't count as genocide, because legally, casteless are not people.]]
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* WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide: Ormand's scheme to [[spoiler: exterminate the casteless. It doesn't count as genocide, because legally, casteless are not people.]]
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* KicktheDog: Subverted AND played straight at the same time! Ashok subverts(to the great annoyance of Ormand) kicking the dog by refusing to kill innocent people, especially warriors who know they are outclassed by him, but still bravely stand their ground against him. However, in doing so he LITERALLY kicks a dog. It is a huge, powerful wardog, raised specifically for guarding and attacking, and it could easily kill a man. Instead of killing the dog, Ashok waits for the animal to come at him, and snap kicks it in the snout, it yelps, and lands in the stream bellow.
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I don't see how that's an example of Distinction Without A Difference.
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* NoExceptYes: Thera points out to Ashok that his borrowed clothes have bloodstains because:
--> '''Thera:''' A Protector accused our last barge captain of smuggling and stabbed him through the heart.
--> '''Ashok''': Was he guilty?
--> '''Thera:''': Yes, but that's beside the point.
--> '''Thera:''' A Protector accused our last barge captain of smuggling and stabbed him through the heart.
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! Tropes Included in this series:
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! Tropes Included included in this series:
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* LawfulStupid: Subverted with Ashok. - Subverted. His devotion to the Law is [[spoiler: an [[spoiler:an artifact of brainwashing/hypnosis/magic by the House's wizard as a small child at the same time they repressed all his memories.]] He even internally recognizes this fact after he learns the truth.
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--> '''Ashok''': "Was he guilty?"
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--> '''Thera:''' "A A Protector accused our last barge captain of smuggling and stabbed him through the heart."
heart.
--> '''Ashok''':"Was Was he guilty?"
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* TheFaceless: Omand, and all of the Inquisitors in general wear a mask that has sharp horns, and sharp teeth in a leering mouth. Considering that torture is a big part of their duties, the off putting effect is probably helpful.
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* OhCrapOhCrap: Jagdish's reaction when Ashok discards his Protector's insignia.
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* DueToTheDead: Ashok personally buries a casteless who died in a demon attack, because he had stood up to defend his family from the demons while the professional soldiers turned and ran.
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* AxeCrazy: Nandan Somsak ''starts'' as this.
* BlackMailIsSuchAnUglyWord: Omand's general line of thinking.
* BulletCatch: Ashok can slap arrows out of the air and catch thrown knives, the latter much to Thera's displeasure.
* BulletCatch: Ashok can slap arrows out of the air and catch thrown knives, the latter much to Thera's displeasure.
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* DeadlyPartyCombatPragmatist: Thera survives by being this, and proudly relates an incident where she pretended to be a screeching DamselInDistress just long enough for a would-be rapist to drop his guard. [[GroinAttack Then she unmanned him.]]
* CurbStompBattle: Ashok versus just about anyone. [[spoiler: the Lost House wizards, despite the fact that he is tired and has been wounded multiple times, don't stand a chance.]]
** Ashok versus Nandan Somsak, first round. Nandan begins by insulting Vadal, Ashok, and the Protectors, and the Law. Ashok [[SingleStrokeBattle smites off his tongue.]]
* CurbStompBattle: Ashok versus just about anyone. [[spoiler: the Lost House wizards, despite the fact that he is tired and has been wounded multiple times, don't stand a chance.]]
** Ashok versus Nandan Somsak, first round. Nandan begins by insulting Vadal, Ashok, and the Protectors, and the Law. Ashok [[SingleStrokeBattle smites off his tongue.]]
* ExactWords: Thera explains her old head injury as "something fell on me." [[spoiler: She doesn't mention that it was probably made of black steel.]]
* FunctionalMagic
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* GoryIndescretionShot: What happens when [[spoiler: Bidaya]] is found unworthy of Angruvadal.
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* GoryIndescretionShot: What GoryDiscretionShot: The opposite of what happens when [[spoiler: Bidaya]] is found unworthy of Angruvadal.Angruvadal. See also ChunkySalsaRule and YourHeadAsplode.
* HiddenInPlainSight: The prophet of the Forgotten, predictably, is someone BeneathNotice. However, there is also a double layer of concealment in play, as [[spoiler: it's actually Thera--who is masquerading as ''Keta's'' bodyguard.]] Some of the rebellion's supporters are said to be Capital nobles as well, meaning they too fit the trope.
* HumanoidAbomination: The demons seen so far. [[spoiler: Nandan Somsak after he accepts the demon tongue.]]
* ImprovisedWeapon: An antler broken off from a HornedHelmet.
* InTheHood: Thera. Played with slightly in that the hood isn't to conceal her ''face'', so much as to hide a large and identifiable scar.
* ImprovisedWeapon: An antler broken off from a HornedHelmet.
* InTheHood: Thera. Played with slightly in that the hood isn't to conceal her ''face'', so much as to hide a large and identifiable scar.
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--> '''Thera:''' "A Protector accused our last barge captain of smuggling and beheaded him."
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--> '''Thera:''' "A Protector accused our last barge captain of smuggling and beheaded him.stabbed him through the heart."
* NoMisterBondIExpectYouToDine: Cleverly inverted when Omand--the High Inquisitor--shows up to Rada's family estate, uninvited, for dinner. (He says it was delicious and instructs an underling to steal their cook. WordOfGod indicates that [[CrowningMomentOfFunny he meant "steal" literally.]])
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Jagdish to Pakpa, despite it being a deliberate insult to match a warrior with a worker-caste woman. And also despite the fact that she snores.
* PreMortemOneLiner: To Nandan Somsak.
* PreMortemOneLiner: To Nandan Somsak.
* ShoutOut: According to WordOfGod, part of the inspiration for Ashok, particularly the party scene, came from the movie ''Film/ManFromNowhere''. The legendary hero who first drove the demons into the sea is named Ramrowan, which was TheDragon's name in the film.
* SmugSnake: Omand.
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* WouldBeRudeToCallItGenocide: Ormand's scheme to [[spoiler: exterminate the casteless. It doesn't count as genocide, because legally, casteless are not people.]]
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* WouldBeRudeToCallItGenocide: VillainExitStageLeft
* WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide: Ormand's scheme to [[spoiler: exterminate the casteless. It doesn't count as genocide, because legally, casteless are not people.]]
* WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide: Ormand's scheme to [[spoiler: exterminate the casteless. It doesn't count as genocide, because legally, casteless are not people.]]
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* LawfulStupid: Ashok. - Subverted. His devotion to the Law is an artifact of brainwashing/hypnosis/magic by the House's wizard as a small child at the same time they repressed all his memories. He even internally recognizes this fact after he learns the truth of his origins.
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* LawfulStupid: Ashok. - Subverted. His devotion to the Law is [[spoiler: an artifact of brainwashing/hypnosis/magic by the House's wizard as a small child at the same time they repressed all his memories. memories.]] He even internally recognizes this fact after he learns the truth of his origins.truth.
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* LawfulStupid: Ashok.
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* LawfulStupid: Ashok. - Subverted. His devotion to the Law is an artifact of brainwashing/hypnosis/magic by the House's wizard as a small child at the same time they repressed all his memories. He even internally recognizes this fact after he learns the truth of his origins.
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* BadassBoast: Not even the gods themselves will be allowed to sway Ashok from his purpose
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* MedievalEuropeanFantasy: Averted. The culture seems to draw much more heavily on Indian themes than European.
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* TheChosenOne
* HotLibrarian: Rada. In a strictly NerdsAreSexy fashion.
* HotLibrarian: Rada. In a strictly NerdsAreSexy fashion.
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* OneManArmy: Jagdish estimates that he'd need a hundred men, including archers, to kill Ashok in a straight-up fight. And he's being conservative--at least half of those men would die in the process.
* TheResenter: Devedas
* StealthExpert: Thera can sneak up on even Ashok.
* OhCrap
* TheResenter: Devedas
* StealthExpert: Thera can sneak up on even Ashok.
* OhCrap
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* OneManArmy: Jagdish estimates that he'd need a hundred men, including archers, to kill BrokenPedestal: Mindarin and Ratul.
* BrutalHonesty: Ashokin a straight-up fight. And he's being conservative--at least half of those men would die in isn't at home with "tact."
* TheChosenOne
* DeadlyParty
* DoomedHometown: [[spoiler: Ashok's mother, and theprocess.
entire casteless quarter of House Vadal with her.]]
*TheResenter: Devedas
EldritchAbomination: sea-demons.
*StealthExpert: Thera can sneak up on even Ashok.
FalseFlagAttack: Done multiple times [[spoiler: to frame Ashok or other characters.]]
*OhCrapFamedInStory
* FantasticRacism: A brutally oppressive caste system which classifies the lowest not as people, but as ''tools''.
* FemaleGaze: Devedas catches Rada's attention.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: There are hints that the world has a sci-fi background.
* FreakOut
* BrutalHonesty: Ashok
* TheChosenOne
* DeadlyParty
* DoomedHometown: [[spoiler: Ashok's mother, and the
*
*
*
* FantasticRacism: A brutally oppressive caste system which classifies the lowest not as people, but as ''tools''.
* FemaleGaze: Devedas catches Rada's attention.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: There are hints that the world has a sci-fi background.
* FreakOut
* GoryIndescretionShot: What happens when [[spoiler: Bidaya]] is found unworthy of Angruvadal.
* HealingFactor
* HeroicBystander
* HonorBeforeReason: Jagdish feels he was dishonored by being maimed by Ashok, and the only way to redeem himself is to kill Ashok in a duel. The only way he can get better is by taking lessons....provided by Ashok. [[spoiler: from his jail cell, no less.]]
* HotLibrarian: Rada. In a strictly NerdsAreSexy fashion.
* IronLady: Bidaya, the head of House Vadal.
* HealingFactor
* HeroicBystander
* HonorBeforeReason: Jagdish feels he was dishonored by being maimed by Ashok, and the only way to redeem himself is to kill Ashok in a duel. The only way he can get better is by taking lessons....provided by Ashok. [[spoiler: from his jail cell, no less.]]
* HotLibrarian: Rada. In a strictly NerdsAreSexy fashion.
* IronLady: Bidaya, the head of House Vadal.
* LeaveNoSurvivors: standard procedure for preserving operational security.
* OhCrap
* OldMaster: Mindarin to Ashok.
* OneManArmy: Jagdish estimates that he'd need a hundred men, including archers, to kill Ashok in a straight-up fight. And he's being conservative--at least half of those men would die in the process.
* TheResenter: Devedas
* SadlyMythtaken: Large chunks of the world's history have been lost--or deliberately distorted and forgotten.
* SentientWeapon: Ancestor blades...somehow.
* ShelteredAristocrat: Rada, atypically, has no ''strong'' adverse reactions to casteless... because she's never seen one.
* StealthExpert: Thera can sneak up on even Ashok.
* OldMaster: Mindarin to Ashok.
* OneManArmy: Jagdish estimates that he'd need a hundred men, including archers, to kill Ashok in a straight-up fight. And he's being conservative--at least half of those men would die in the process.
* TheResenter: Devedas
* SadlyMythtaken: Large chunks of the world's history have been lost--or deliberately distorted and forgotten.
* SentientWeapon: Ancestor blades...somehow.
* ShelteredAristocrat: Rada, atypically, has no ''strong'' adverse reactions to casteless... because she's never seen one.
* StealthExpert: Thera can sneak up on even Ashok.
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* IronLady: Bidaya, the head of House Vadal.
* GoryIndescretionShot: What happens when [[spoiler: Bidaya]] is found unworthy of Angruvadal.
* SentientWeapon: Ancestor blades...somehow.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: There are hints that the world has a sci-fi background.
* SadlyMythtaken: Large chunks of the world's history have been lost--or deliberately distorted and forgotten.
* FamedInStory
* BrokenPedestal: Mindarin and Ratul.
* OldMaster: Mindarin to Ashok.
* BrutalHonesty: Ashok isn't at home with "tact."
* FantasticRacism: A brutally oppressive caste system which classifies the lowest not as people, but as ''tools''.
* HonorBeforeReason: Jagdish feels he was dishonored by being maimed by Ashok, and the only way to redeem himself is to kill Ashok in a duel. The only way he can get better is by taking lessons....provided by Ashok. [[spoiler: from his jail cell, no less.]]
* DoomedHometown: [[spoiler: Ashok's mother, and the entire casteless quarter of House Vadal with her.]]
* FalseFlagAttack: Done multiple times [[spoiler: to frame Ashok or other characters.]]
* WouldBeRudeToCallItGenocide: Ormand's scheme to [[spoiler: exterminate the casteless. It doesn't count as genocide, because legally, casteless are not people.]]
* ShelteredAristocrat: Rada, atypically, has no ''strong'' adverse reactions to casteless... because she's never seen one.
* FemaleGaze: Devedas catches Rada's attention.
* FreakOut
* GoryIndescretionShot: What happens when [[spoiler: Bidaya]] is found unworthy of Angruvadal.
* SentientWeapon: Ancestor blades...somehow.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: There are hints that the world has a sci-fi background.
* SadlyMythtaken: Large chunks of the world's history have been lost--or deliberately distorted and forgotten.
* FamedInStory
* BrokenPedestal: Mindarin and Ratul.
* OldMaster: Mindarin to Ashok.
* BrutalHonesty: Ashok isn't at home with "tact."
* FantasticRacism: A brutally oppressive caste system which classifies the lowest not as people, but as ''tools''.
* HonorBeforeReason: Jagdish feels he was dishonored by being maimed by Ashok, and the only way to redeem himself is to kill Ashok in a duel. The only way he can get better is by taking lessons....provided by Ashok. [[spoiler: from his jail cell, no less.]]
* DoomedHometown: [[spoiler: Ashok's mother, and the entire casteless quarter of House Vadal with her.]]
* FalseFlagAttack: Done multiple times [[spoiler: to frame Ashok or other characters.]]
* WouldBeRudeToCallItGenocide: Ormand's scheme to [[spoiler: exterminate the casteless. It doesn't count as genocide, because legally, casteless are not people.]]
* ShelteredAristocrat: Rada, atypically, has no ''strong'' adverse reactions to casteless... because she's never seen one.
* FemaleGaze: Devedas catches Rada's attention.
* FreakOut
to:
* IronLady: Bidaya, the head of House Vadal.
* GoryIndescretionShot: What happens when [[spoiler: Bidaya]] is found unworthy of Angruvadal.
* SentientWeapon: Ancestor blades...somehow.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: There are hints that the world has a sci-fi background.
* SadlyMythtaken: Large chunks of the world's history have been lost--or deliberately distorted and forgotten.
* FamedInStory
* BrokenPedestal: Mindarin and Ratul.
* OldMaster: Mindarin to Ashok.
* BrutalHonesty: Ashok isn't at home with "tact."
* FantasticRacism: A brutally oppressive caste system which classifies the lowest not as people, but as ''tools''.
* HonorBeforeReason: Jagdish feels he was dishonored by being maimed by Ashok, and the only way to redeem himself is to kill Ashok in a duel. The only way he can get better is by taking lessons....provided by Ashok. [[spoiler: from his jail cell, no less.]]
* DoomedHometown: [[spoiler: Ashok's mother, and the entire casteless quarter of House Vadal with her.]]
* FalseFlagAttack: Done multiple times [[spoiler: to frame Ashok or other characters.]]
* WouldBeRudeToCallItGenocide: Ormand's scheme to [[spoiler: exterminate the casteless. It doesn't count as genocide, because legally, casteless are not people.]]
* ShelteredAristocrat: Rada, atypically, has no ''strong'' adverse reactions to casteless... because she's never seen one.
* FemaleGaze: Devedas catches Rada's attention.
* FreakOutTitleDrop
* GoryIndescretionShot: What happens when [[spoiler: Bidaya]] is found unworthy of Angruvadal.
* SentientWeapon: Ancestor blades...somehow.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: There are hints that the world has a sci-fi background.
* SadlyMythtaken: Large chunks of the world's history have been lost--or deliberately distorted and forgotten.
* FamedInStory
* BrokenPedestal: Mindarin and Ratul.
* OldMaster: Mindarin to Ashok.
* BrutalHonesty: Ashok isn't at home with "tact."
* FantasticRacism: A brutally oppressive caste system which classifies the lowest not as people, but as ''tools''.
* HonorBeforeReason: Jagdish feels he was dishonored by being maimed by Ashok, and the only way to redeem himself is to kill Ashok in a duel. The only way he can get better is by taking lessons....provided by Ashok. [[spoiler: from his jail cell, no less.]]
* DoomedHometown: [[spoiler: Ashok's mother, and the entire casteless quarter of House Vadal with her.]]
* FalseFlagAttack: Done multiple times [[spoiler: to frame Ashok or other characters.]]
* WouldBeRudeToCallItGenocide: Ormand's scheme to [[spoiler: exterminate the casteless. It doesn't count as genocide, because legally, casteless are not people.]]
* ShelteredAristocrat: Rada, atypically, has no ''strong'' adverse reactions to casteless... because she's never seen one.
* FemaleGaze: Devedas catches Rada's attention.
* FreakOut
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* DeadlyParty
* TitleDrop
* LeaveNoSurvivors: standard procedure for preserving operational security.
* HealingFactor
* HeroicBystander
* EldritchAbomination: sea-demons.
* TitleDrop
* LeaveNoSurvivors: standard procedure for preserving operational security.
* HealingFactor
* HeroicBystander
* EldritchAbomination: sea-demons.
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* DeadlyParty
* TitleDrop
* LeaveNoSurvivors: standard procedure for preserving operational security.
* HealingFactor
* HeroicBystander
* EldritchAbomination: sea-demons.
WouldBeRudeToCallItGenocide: Ormand's scheme to [[spoiler: exterminate the casteless. It doesn't count as genocide, because legally, casteless are not people.]]
* TitleDrop
* LeaveNoSurvivors: standard procedure for preserving operational security.
* HealingFactor
* HeroicBystander
* EldritchAbomination: sea-demons.
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will be back.
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Son of the Black Sword
''Son of the Black Sword'' is an EpicFantasy by Creator/LarryCorreia. In the fantasy world of Lok, religion has been replaced by a brutally oppressive caste system, maintained by a widespread bureaucracy and upheld by the militant Protectors, most notably by [[TheHero Ashok Vadal]], bearer of [[SentientWeapon the ancestor blade Angruvadal.]]
''Son of the Black Sword'' is the first in a projected trilogy.
! Tropes Included in this series:
* TheChosenOne
* HotLibrarian: Rada. In a strictly NerdsAreSexy fashion.
* BerserkButton: Insulting the Law for Ashok. For Devedas, it's [[spoiler: threatening Rada.]]
* OneManArmy: Jagdish estimates that he'd need a hundred men, including archers, to kill Ashok in a straight-up fight. And he's being conservative--at least half of those men would die in the process.
* TheResenter: Devedas
* StealthExpert: Thera can sneak up on even Ashok.
* OhCrap
* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler: Ormand realizes that he ''may'' have made a terrible mistake.]]
* LawfulStupid: Ashok.
* NoExceptYes: Thera points out to Ashok that his borrowed clothes have bloodstains because:
--> '''Thera:''' "A Protector accused our last barge captain of smuggling and beheaded him."
--> '''Ashok''': "Was he guilty?"
--> '''Thera:''': "Yes, but that's beside the point."
* SubmissiveBadass: Ashok is the greatest fighter and military asset of the legendary Protectors...who would obey an order to kill himself or submit to torture without any hesitation.
* SuddenPrincipledStand: [[spoiler: choosing to save the casteless children.]]
* IronLady: Bidaya, the head of House Vadal.
* GoryIndescretionShot: What happens when [[spoiler: Bidaya]] is found unworthy of Angruvadal.
* SentientWeapon: Ancestor blades...somehow.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: There are hints that the world has a sci-fi background.
* SadlyMythtaken: Large chunks of the world's history have been lost--or deliberately distorted and forgotten.
* FamedInStory
* BrokenPedestal: Mindarin and Ratul.
* OldMaster: Mindarin to Ashok.
* BrutalHonesty: Ashok isn't at home with "tact."
* FantasticRacism: A brutally oppressive caste system which classifies the lowest not as people, but as ''tools''.
* HonorBeforeReason: Jagdish feels he was dishonored by being maimed by Ashok, and the only way to redeem himself is to kill Ashok in a duel. The only way he can get better is by taking lessons....provided by Ashok. [[spoiler: from his jail cell, no less.]]
* DoomedHometown: [[spoiler: Ashok's mother, and the entire casteless quarter of House Vadal with her.]]
* FalseFlagAttack: Done multiple times [[spoiler: to frame Ashok or other characters.]]
* WouldBeRudeToCallItGenocide: Ormand's scheme to [[spoiler: exterminate the casteless. It doesn't count as genocide, because legally, casteless are not people.]]
* ShelteredAristocrat: Rada, atypically, has no ''strong'' adverse reactions to casteless... because she's never seen one.
* FemaleGaze: Devedas catches Rada's attention.
* FreakOut
* VillainousBSOD: [[spoiler: Bidaya of Vadal]] suffers a high-speed one.
* DeadlyParty
* TitleDrop
* LeaveNoSurvivors: standard procedure for preserving operational security.
* HealingFactor
* HeroicBystander
* EldritchAbomination: sea-demons.
''Son of the Black Sword'' is an EpicFantasy by Creator/LarryCorreia. In the fantasy world of Lok, religion has been replaced by a brutally oppressive caste system, maintained by a widespread bureaucracy and upheld by the militant Protectors, most notably by [[TheHero Ashok Vadal]], bearer of [[SentientWeapon the ancestor blade Angruvadal.]]
''Son of the Black Sword'' is the first in a projected trilogy.
! Tropes Included in this series:
* TheChosenOne
* HotLibrarian: Rada. In a strictly NerdsAreSexy fashion.
* BerserkButton: Insulting the Law for Ashok. For Devedas, it's [[spoiler: threatening Rada.]]
* OneManArmy: Jagdish estimates that he'd need a hundred men, including archers, to kill Ashok in a straight-up fight. And he's being conservative--at least half of those men would die in the process.
* TheResenter: Devedas
* StealthExpert: Thera can sneak up on even Ashok.
* OhCrap
* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler: Ormand realizes that he ''may'' have made a terrible mistake.]]
* LawfulStupid: Ashok.
* NoExceptYes: Thera points out to Ashok that his borrowed clothes have bloodstains because:
--> '''Thera:''' "A Protector accused our last barge captain of smuggling and beheaded him."
--> '''Ashok''': "Was he guilty?"
--> '''Thera:''': "Yes, but that's beside the point."
* SubmissiveBadass: Ashok is the greatest fighter and military asset of the legendary Protectors...who would obey an order to kill himself or submit to torture without any hesitation.
* SuddenPrincipledStand: [[spoiler: choosing to save the casteless children.]]
* IronLady: Bidaya, the head of House Vadal.
* GoryIndescretionShot: What happens when [[spoiler: Bidaya]] is found unworthy of Angruvadal.
* SentientWeapon: Ancestor blades...somehow.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: There are hints that the world has a sci-fi background.
* SadlyMythtaken: Large chunks of the world's history have been lost--or deliberately distorted and forgotten.
* FamedInStory
* BrokenPedestal: Mindarin and Ratul.
* OldMaster: Mindarin to Ashok.
* BrutalHonesty: Ashok isn't at home with "tact."
* FantasticRacism: A brutally oppressive caste system which classifies the lowest not as people, but as ''tools''.
* HonorBeforeReason: Jagdish feels he was dishonored by being maimed by Ashok, and the only way to redeem himself is to kill Ashok in a duel. The only way he can get better is by taking lessons....provided by Ashok. [[spoiler: from his jail cell, no less.]]
* DoomedHometown: [[spoiler: Ashok's mother, and the entire casteless quarter of House Vadal with her.]]
* FalseFlagAttack: Done multiple times [[spoiler: to frame Ashok or other characters.]]
* WouldBeRudeToCallItGenocide: Ormand's scheme to [[spoiler: exterminate the casteless. It doesn't count as genocide, because legally, casteless are not people.]]
* ShelteredAristocrat: Rada, atypically, has no ''strong'' adverse reactions to casteless... because she's never seen one.
* FemaleGaze: Devedas catches Rada's attention.
* FreakOut
* VillainousBSOD: [[spoiler: Bidaya of Vadal]] suffers a high-speed one.
* DeadlyParty
* TitleDrop
* LeaveNoSurvivors: standard procedure for preserving operational security.
* HealingFactor
* HeroicBystander
* EldritchAbomination: sea-demons.
