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The sequel, ''Literature/TheWallOfStorms'', was released in 2016; the third installment, ''Literature/TheVeiledThrone'', was released in 2021. The fourth and final installment, ''Literature/Speaking Bones'' was released 2022.
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The sequel, ''Literature/TheWallOfStorms'', was released in 2016; the third installment, ''Literature/TheVeiledThrone'', was released in 2021. The fourth and final installment, ''Literature/Speaking Bones'' ''Literature/SpeakingBones'' was released 2022.
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''The Grace of Kings'' is a 2015 "[[PunkPunk silk punk]]" epic fantasy novel by Creator/KenLiu and the first book in ''The Dandelion Dynasty'' trilogy.
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''The Grace of Kings'' is a 2015 "[[PunkPunk silk punk]]" epic fantasy novel by Creator/KenLiu and the first book in ''The Dandelion Dynasty'' trilogy.
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The sequel, ''Literature/TheWallOfStorms'', was released in 2016; the third installment, ''Literature/TheVeiledThrone'', was released in 2021. The fourth and final installment, ''Literature/Speaking Bones'' was released 2022.
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* GadgeteerGenius: Luan Zya, favored mortal of the god Lutho the scholar and trickster. Luan already had a thirst for knowledge common in Han before the conquest, and Lutho gave him a book that compiled the knowledge he already had into organized, easily-processed pages that allow him to plan and create things, including [[spoiler: submarines in the form of mechanical cruben-whales]]. Even before recieving the book, he created the glider-kite he used in the attempted assassination of Mapidere.
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* GadgeteerGenius: Luan Zya, favored mortal of the god Lutho the scholar and trickster. Luan already had a thirst for knowledge common in Han before the conquest, and Lutho gave him a book that compiled the knowledge he already had into organized, easily-processed pages that allow him to plan and create things, including [[spoiler: submarines in the form of mechanical cruben-whales]]. Even before recieving receiving the book, he created the glider-kite he used in the attempted assassination of Mapidere.
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%%* HeroicSeductress: Princess Kikomi tries to become this. It doesn't end well.
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* AngelUnaware: While the gods of the Shiro states have sworn not to directly interfere in the affairs of mortals, as the first book progresses they make more and more direct attempts in guiding their favorites (and belatedly justifying their choices to the other gods). By the 2/3rd mark, several gods have disguised themselves as humans to give advice or make demands; sometimes their divinity is revealed at the end of the conversation, and sometimes it isn't, and the reader only knows something is up when the gods are arguing among each other in the next scene. Special mention goes to Lutho, who appeared to Luan Zya as a cantankerous old man, Tazu, who pretended to be a concubine to sleep with Kuni and an old woman to demand sacrificed from Mata, Tututika, who tried to give Kikomi advice, Rufzio who pretended to be an absent minded doctor to distract Gin, and Kiji, who pretended to be a beggar.
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* AngelUnaware: While the gods of the Shiro Tiro states have sworn not to directly interfere in the affairs of mortals, as the first book progresses they make more and more direct attempts in guiding their favorites (and belatedly justifying their choices to the other gods). By the 2/3rd mark, several gods have disguised themselves as humans to give advice or make demands; sometimes their divinity is revealed at the end of the conversation, and sometimes it isn't, and the reader only knows something is up when the gods are arguing among each other in the next scene. Special mention goes to Lutho, who appeared to Luan Zya as a cantankerous old man, Tazu, who pretended to be a concubine to sleep with Kuni and an old woman to demand sacrificed from Mata, Tututika, who tried to give Kikomi advice, Rufzio who pretended to be an absent minded doctor to distract Gin, and Kiji, who pretended to be a beggar.
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* IgnoredExpert: While there are more than a few of these during Mapidere and Erishi's reigns, Torulu Pering, Mata's advisor, takes the cake. He warns Mata repeatedly about numerous potential strategic and political problems, including: strategies his enemies will use, how to divide the new Tiro states, about the consequences of punishing and rewarding the wrong people, and about the threat that Kuni poses to his reign. Mata completely disregards him, thinks of his advice as nagging, and finds him annoying.
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* GadgeteerGenius: Luan Zya, favored mortal of the god Lutho the scholar and trickster. Luan already had a thirst for knowledge common in Han before the conquest, and Lutho gave him a book that compiled the knowledge he already had into organized, easily-processed pages that allow him to plan and create. Even before that, he created the glider-kite he used in the attempted assassination of Mapidere.
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* GadgeteerGenius: Luan Zya, favored mortal of the god Lutho the scholar and trickster. Luan already had a thirst for knowledge common in Han before the conquest, and Lutho gave him a book that compiled the knowledge he already had into organized, easily-processed pages that allow him to plan and create. create things, including [[spoiler: submarines in the form of mechanical cruben-whales]]. Even before that, recieving the book, he created the glider-kite he used in the attempted assassination of Mapidere.
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* AngelUnaware: While the gods of the Shiro states have sworn not to directly interfere in the affairs of mortals, as the first book progresses they make more and more direct attempts in guiding their favorites (and belatedly justifying their choices to the other gods). By the 2/3rd mark, several gods have disguised themselves as humans to give advice or make demands; sometimes their divinity is revealed at the end of the conversation, and sometimes it isn't, and the reader only knows something is up when the gods are arguing among each other in the next scene. Special mention goes to Lutho, who appeared to Luan Zya as a cantankerous old man, Tazu, who pretended to be a concubine to sleep with Kuni and an old woman to demand sacrificed from Mata, Tututika, who tried to give Kikomi advice, Rufzio who pretended to be an absent minded doctor to distract Gin, and Kiji, who pretended to be a beggar.
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** "King" Huno Krima: Began as a sympathetic member of a crew of "[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil conscripts]]" on their way to hard labor. He and his companion Zopa Shigin accidentally kick off the entire rebellion, creating a cult of personality around Huno as a prophesied king. As he goes DrunkWithPower, he betrays [[spoiler: all the men who had helped him rise, murders Zopa and forbids his name from being spoken, instills a secret police to keep track of the people betraying him, and then another secret police to keep track of those guys, and then a THIRD secret police to keep track of them. By the end of his reign, he is every bit a insane, paranoid, and selfish as Mapidere.]]
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** "King" Huno Krima: Began as a sympathetic member of a crew of "[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil "[[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil conscripts]]" on their way to hard labor. He and his companion Zopa Shigin accidentally kick off the entire rebellion, creating a cult of personality around Huno as a prophesied king. As he goes DrunkWithPower, he betrays [[spoiler: all the men who had helped him rise, murders Zopa and forbids his name from being spoken, instills a secret police to keep track of the people betraying him, and then another secret police to keep track of those guys, and then a THIRD secret police to keep track of them. By the end of his reign, he is every bit a insane, paranoid, and selfish as Mapidere.]]
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* EvilChancellor: Emperor Erishi has two of two in Lugo Crupo and Goran Pira.
** Pira was Emperor Mapidere's close friend and confidant since the two were children, and when Mapidere dies, he does so believing Pira to be his only true friend. In reality, Pira ''despised'' Mapidere for [[spoiler: unknowingly murdering the love of Pira's life and Pira's newborn son]]. Pira then vows to destroy the entire empire, beginning with ensuring the wrong son inherits the throne, then intentionally guiding the inheriting son to ruin.
** Pira was Emperor Mapidere's close friend and confidant since the two were children, and when Mapidere dies, he does so believing Pira to be his only true friend. In reality, Pira ''despised'' Mapidere for [[spoiler: unknowingly murdering the love of Pira's life and Pira's newborn son]]. Pira then vows to destroy the entire empire, beginning with ensuring the wrong son inherits the throne, then intentionally guiding the inheriting son to ruin.
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* EvilChancellor: Emperor Erishi has two of two them in Lugo Crupo and Goran Pira.
** Pirawas had been Emperor Mapidere's close friend and confidant since the two were children, and when Mapidere dies, he does so believing Pira to be his only true friend. In reality, Pira ''despised'' Mapidere for [[spoiler: unknowingly murdering the love of Pira's life and Pira's newborn son]]. Pira then vows to destroy the entire empire, beginning with ensuring the wrong son inherits the throne, then intentionally guiding the inheriting son to ruin.
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