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* LipstickLesbian: Priya and Malina are both feminine women, with their hair long while they wear saris as is expected from their gender. They fall in love together over time.
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* JerkassGods: Neither the mothers nor the yaksa come off as nice, since the former grant {{magic fire}} in return for {{human sacrifice}}s (which then gets used for killing, whether justifiable or not), the latter coerce their worship by threatening [[{{Transflormation}} dire punishment]] if refuse while openly saying they don't care about human life but also grant their servants magical gifts.
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* JerkassGods: Neither the mothers nor the yaksa come off as nice, since the former grant {{magic fire}} in return for {{human sacrifice}}s (which then gets used for killing, whether justifiable or not), the latter coerce their worship by threatening [[{{Transflormation}} dire punishment]] if refuse refused while openly saying they don't care about human life but also grant their servants magical gifts.
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* PosthumousCharacter: Malini's {{childhood friend}}s/handmaids Alori and Narina are dead when the story begins. However, they appear in her flashbacks and thoughts often, as the continues to mourn them. Their loss motivates her to fight her brother Chandra, who had ordered their deaths.
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* PosthumousCharacter: Malini's {{childhood friend}}s/handmaids Alori and Narina are dead when the story begins. However, they appear in her flashbacks and thoughts often, as the she continues to mourn them. Their loss motivates her to fight her brother Chandra, who had ordered their deaths.
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* SemiDivine: Malini and Chandra's family supposedly descent from Divyanski, a goddess who is worshipped among their people.
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* SemiDivine: Malini and Chandra's family supposedly descent descend from Divyanski, a goddess who is worshipped among their people.
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* JerkassGods: Neither the mothers nor the yaksa come off as nice, since the former grant {{magic fire}} in return for {{human sacrifice}}s (which then gets used for killing, whether justifiable or not), the latter coerce their worship by threatening [[{{Transflormation}} dire punishment]] if refuse while openly saying they don't care about human life but also grant their servants magical gifts.
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* OccupiersOutOfOurCountry: Many of the Ahiranyi want freedom from their Parijati rulers, and an independent Ahiranya again. Some have become rebels, with sympathizers advocating it too.
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* ''The Oleander Sword'' (2022)
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* ''The Oleander Sword'' ''Literature/TheOleanderSword'' (2022)
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** In the opening chapter of ''Literature/TheJasmineThrone'' Chandra forces Malini and her companions to choose between burning to death or being his prisoners for life.
** [[spoiler:Later in ''Literature/TheOleanderSword'', as revenge for this and having drugged her into submission, Malini gives Chandra poison, saying it's his choice to drink it and die then, or be slowly poisoned over many months before he finally dies.]]
** [[spoiler:Later in ''Literature/TheOleanderSword'', as revenge for this and having drugged her into submission, Malini gives Chandra poison, saying it's his choice to drink it and die then, or be slowly poisoned over many months before he finally dies.]]
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** In the opening chapter of ''Literature/TheJasmineThrone'' Chandra forces Malini and her companions to choose between burning to death or being his prisoners for life.
life. They agree to burn, but she refuses and is imprisoned.
** [[spoiler:Later in ''Literature/TheOleanderSword'', as revenge for this and having drugged her into submission, Malini also gives Chandra poison, saying it's his choice to drink it and die then, or be slowly poisoned over many months before he finallydies.dies. Chandra drinks the poison.]]
** [[spoiler:Later in ''Literature/TheOleanderSword'', as revenge for this and having drugged her into submission, Malini also gives Chandra poison, saying it's his choice to drink it and die then, or be slowly poisoned over many months before he finally
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* WarriorMonk: Parijatdvipa has priestly warriors who fight with great skill.
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* SemiDivine: Malini and Chandra's family supposedly descent from Divyanski, a goddess who is worshipped among their people.
** A priest notes that Malini's appearance is similar to hers.
** Chandra believes being a descendant of Divyanski is why he's the [[DivineRightOfKings emperor by right]].
** A priest notes that Malini's appearance is similar to hers.
** Chandra believes being a descendant of Divyanski is why he's the [[DivineRightOfKings emperor by right]].
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* SuicidalSadisticChoice:
** In the opening chapter of ''Literature/TheJasmineThrone'' Chandra forces Malini and her companions to choose between burning to death or being his prisoners for life.
** [[spoiler:Later in ''Literature/TheOleanderSword'', as revenge for this and having drugged her into submission, Malini gives Chandra poison, saying it's his choice to drink it and die then, or be slowly poisoned over many months before he finally dies.]]
** In the opening chapter of ''Literature/TheJasmineThrone'' Chandra forces Malini and her companions to choose between burning to death or being his prisoners for life.
** [[spoiler:Later in ''Literature/TheOleanderSword'', as revenge for this and having drugged her into submission, Malini gives Chandra poison, saying it's his choice to drink it and die then, or be slowly poisoned over many months before he finally dies.]]
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* PersecutedIntellectuals: Ahirani poets and scribes who has written in support of their country being independent are viciously executed for it by the Parijati who rule them.
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* PersecutedIntellectuals: Ahirani poets and scribes who has had written in support of their country being independent are viciously executed for it by the Parijati who rule them.
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* PoweredByAForsakenChild: [[spoiler:The magic that Chandra uses against Malini's forces is fueled by {{human sacrifice}}s, though they're ostensibly voluntary ones.]]
* ReligionIsMagic: All of the magic users are clergy or initiates into religious orders, whose magic is explictly connected to their gods and considered a gift from them.
* ReligionIsMagic: All of the magic users are clergy or initiates into religious orders, whose magic is explictly connected to their gods and considered a gift from them.
