History Literature / TevinterNights

* 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.

* [[TheEndOrIsIt The End ... Or Is It?]]: At the end of “Hunger,” the Wardens Antoine and Evka [[spoiler: successfully slay the werewolf Renke and 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.]]

** Caterina Dellamorte is the First Talon of the Antivan Crows, making her one of the most dangerous people in all of Thedas. Despite being in her seventies, she is feared by the other assassins, who note they have seen her beat people to death with her cane.

* BittersweetEnding: This being the Dragon Age universe, there are multiple examples, but perhaps the best one is in "Streets of Minrathous." [[spoiler: While the Venatori have been stopped from unleashing the demon that Corypheus sealed underneath Minrathous, Otho Calla — who genuinely didn't want to be part of the Venatori — is still dead, and his uncle Quentin is left to mourn his death.]]

* AlwaysABiggerFish: In “Three Trees to Midnight,” Strife and Myrion are briefly cornered by the Qunari pursuing them. Cue the appearance of a “forest guardian,” a type of construct apparently tasked with protecting Arlathan Forest. It attacks the Qunari, allowing Strife and Myrion to escape.

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 and, of course, the Tevinter Imperium.

* ManOfAThousandVoices: Elim, a member of the Lords of Fortune, is able to alter her voice and convincingly mimic a variety of accents. Hollix is also skilled at changing their voice, though they lack Elon’s talent with accents.

* UnwittingPawn: Sidony is this to both [[spoiler: Cyrros and Antonia in “Murder by Death Mages,” being used to further their respective schemes.]]

* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Viago De Riva is trying to achieve an immunity to Adder’s Kiss by taking small doses every day. [[spoiler: Subverted in that he only has built up a resistance to the venom of an actual Death Adder - it keeps him alive long enough for Teia to administer the antivenin.]]

* IncrediblyLamePun: Viago’s vial of antivenin is labelled “Up and Adder.”

* EldritchAbomination: Besides the actual [[DemonicPossession abominations]] in several stories, this trope is the only fitting way to describe of the Cekorax from "Luck in the Gardens." [[spoiler: It is a tentacled horror [[OffWithHisHead that collects severed heads]], which it uses to speak through. After it is killed, Dorian from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' speculates that it may have been a creature "from beyond the Veil of this world,” meaning that it comes from beyond Thedas.

* EldritchAbomination: Besides the actual [[DemonicPossession abominations]] in several stories, this trope is the only fitting way to describe of the Cekorax from "Luck in the Gardens." [[spoiler: It is a tentacled horror [[OffWithHisHead that collects severed heads]], which it uses to speak through. After it is killed, Dorian from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' speculates that it may have been a creature "from beyond the Veil of this world."]]

** Caterina Dellamorte is the First Talon of the Antivan Crows. Despite being in her seventies, she is feared by the other assassins, who note they have seen her beat people to death with her cane.

* TenMurderVictims: “Eight Little Talons” is about the eight leaders of the Antivan Crows gathering together for a summit to discuss the Qunari threat and then being bumped off one by one. [[spoiler: TheMole is the Fourth Talon, who agreed to murder the rest on the promise that the Qunari’s invasion of Antiva would be a peaceful takeover, allowing the people to continue living their lives as normal. Upon learning his motives, the rest point out how foolish it is to trust the Qunari.]]

* TenLittleVictims: “Eight Little Talons” is about the eight leaders of the Antivan Crows gathering together for a summit to discuss the Qunari threat and then being bumped off one by one. [[spoiler: TheMole is the Fourth Talon, who agreed to murder the rest on the promise that the Qunari’s invasion of Antiva would be a peaceful takeover, allowing the people to continue living their lives as normal. Upon learning his motives, the rest point out how foolish it is to trust the Qunari.]]

* 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 — 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.]]

* UnwittingPawn: Sidony is this to both [[spoiler: Cyrros and Antonia, being used to further their respective schemes.]]

* MixAndMatchCritters: [[spoiler: The pool of grey liquid in “The Horror of Hormak” can mutate creatures who enter it into this trope, creating things like darkspawn with wings and scorpion’s tails. Intelligent creatures apparently have to drink the liquid for it to work, however.]]