History Literature / TevinterNights

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: An elven mage named Irelin turns into a bird, a halla and a bear during the course of “Three Trees to Midnight.”

The seventh book to be set in the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' universe, which was published on March 10, 2020. It alludes to the events of the Trespasser [[DownloadableContent DLC]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', where the qunari launched a major invasion of the Tevinter Imperium and the elf Solas was revealed to be [[spoiler: the Dread Wolf of elven legend.]]

* BittersweetEnding: This being the Dragon Age universe, there are multiple examples, but perhaps the best one is in "The Horror of Hormak.” [[spoiler: Ramesh has successfully destroyed Ghilan’nain’s sanctum, but his former lover Jovis and the other Wardens that were with him are dead, as is Lesha the mage. And what’s more, the bas-reliefs in the laboratory indicated that there may be more of these facilities throughout Thedas.]]

* [[TheEndOrIsIt The End ... Or Is It?]]: At the end of “Hunger,” the Wardens Antoine and Evka [[spoiler: successfully slay the werewolf Renke and [[HumanityEnsues end the curse afflicting the boy Willem.]] However, the ending narration indicates the demon possessing Renke is still alive and will wait for a new victim to take over.]]

* UnreliableNarrator: Philliam, a Bard! takes on this role in "Genitivi Dies at the End," the events of which are mostly [[BlatantLies total fabrication]].

* NeverMessWithGranny: Lessef of “An Old Crow’s Old Tricks” is an extremely competent ProfessionalKiller able to take down soldiers and mages alike.

* TomatoInTheMirror: Audric Felhausen was a hapless guard assigned to the funeral of a Nevarran lord [[DemonicPossession who becomes possessed and turns into a revenant.]] Afterward, Audric accompanies the Mortalitasi trying to stop the undead Nevarran lord, Penrick Karn, as he rampages through the Grand Necropolis. [[spoiler: Upon receiving a wound that no human could survive, Audric learns that Karn killed him shortly after he rose from the dead — [[DeadAllAlong his body has been controlled by a spirit of curiousity this entire time]], though his lingering anger at Karn threatens to turn it into a rage demon.]]

* AlienGeometries: The lower levels of the Grand Necropolis are rife with this trope. Corridors spring up where they shouldn’t be, and descending stairs can you to a place that’s higher than where you started. As Myrna the Mortalitasi puts it, the geography of the Necropolis is a tangle.

* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: Myrion and Strife in "Three Trees to Midnight"; after constantly denigrating each other for being a magister and a Dalish outlaw, during a brief lull in running from their Qunari pursuers, they start talking and discover they're both from lower class backgrounds that had to claw their way up (Strife was born in an alienage in Starkhaven and is on the run for beating a guard abusing elves, while Myrion was born into slavery and only escaped because his family's owner adopted him when he developed magic)]].

Unlike the five previous novels, this is an {{Anthology}} of stories by different writers at ''Creator/BioWare''. Each story stars a different cast of characters taking part in adventures throughout Nevarra, Antiva, the Free Marches, the Anderfels and, of course, the Tevinter Imperium.

* NeverMessWithGranny: Lessef of “An Old Crow’s Old Tricks” is an extremely competent ProfessionalKiller able to take down soliders and mages alike.

* FantasticNuke: [[spoiler: The fake Claw of Dumat is actually an [[Precursors ancient elven]] artifact that can absorb magical energy and release it in a potentially-city destroying explosion. The description of said explosion even matches that caused by a low-yield nuclear bomb, as the explosion emits a flash of light followed by a shockwave that shatters windows miles away from the epicenter.]]

* BittersweetEnding: This being the Dragon Age universe, there are multiple examples, but perhaps the best one is in "The Horror of Hormak.” [[spoiler: Ramesh has successfully destroyed Ghilan’nain’s ‘monster factory’, but his former lover Jovis and the other Wardens that were with him are dead, as is Lesha the mage. And what’s more, the bas-reliefs in the laboratory indicated that there may be more of these facilities throughout Thedas.]]

* InMediasRes: "Genitivi Dies in the End" starts this way, though the comments in the framing device argue about it's use.

* NoNameGiven: "Hollix" is never referred to by their real name. Dorian calls them "Hollix" during an improvised lie, the name of an old pet, and is told to continue using the name.

* NeverMessWithGranny: Lethel of “An Old Crow’s Old Tricks” is an extremely competent ProfessionalKiller able to take down soliders and mages alike.

* DumbMuscle: Panzstott from “Herold Had the Plan”. In the hopes of finding his sister, [[spoiler: he gets conned into stealing Celebrant - the sword awarded to the winner of the Grand Tourney, in front of hundreds of witnesses. Even if he got away, half the continent would have been hunting him for the rest of his life.]]

* ArtificialLimbs: Neve Gallus, the OccultDetective from “Streets of Minrathous,” has a prosthetic leg that was made by dwarves.

* AscendedExtra: Viago De Riva and Teia (Andarateia Cantori) from "Eight Little Talons" were the unnamed Antivan Crows seen in ''ComicBook/DragonAgeDeception''. Their appearance in the story and some of their quirks (Teia's predilection for revealing clothing and Viago covering his entire body except his head) are borrowed from the comic.
* BittersweetEnding: This being the Dragon Age universe, there are multiple examples, but perhaps the best one is in "The Horror of Hormak.” [[spoiler: Ramesh has successfully destroyed Ghilhan’nain’s ‘monster factory’, but his former lover Jovis and the other Wardens that were with him are dead, as is Lesha the mage. And what’s more, the bas-reliefs in the laboratory indicated that there may be more of these facilities throughout Thedas.]]