History Literature / TheMimeOrder

* IKnowYourTrueName: A variation. Jaxon explains to Paige that, as a binder, he can gain control of a spirit by carving their name into his own skin. [[spoiler: He tries to pull this on her during their final showdown in the scrimmage, but fortunately for Paige, he uses her anglicized middle name and not its true Irish counterpart.]]

* OutOfTheFryingPan: The transition from Sheol I to Scion London is extremely perilous for the Bone Season survivors, for multiple reasons. First, they are greeted at the Tower of London by the Guard Extraordinary, who cut their numbers down by more than half; second, they are declared preternatural fugitives and made the focus of a citywide manhunt; third, the London syndicate not only won't shield them but actively hurts them. For those who don't have a mime-lord's protection or a support system to fall back on, London turns out to be just as dangerous as Oxford ever was. Paige herself remarks, bitterly, that she has taken them from one hell to another.

* OutOfTheFryingPan: The transition from Sheol I to Scion London turns out to be extremely perilous for the Bone Season survivors, for multiple reasons. First, they are greeted at the Tower of London by the Guard Extraordinary, who cut their numbers down by more than half; second, they are declared preternatural fugitives and made the focus of a citywide manhunt; third, the London syndicate not only won't shield them but actively hurts them. For those who don't have a mime-lord's protection or a support system to fall back on, London is just as dangerous as Oxford was.

-->"Chat," I said, "I think I need a drink."

* PaintingTheMedium: When Warden makes a reference to the golden cord, Paige inexplicably starts speaking in capital letters, clearly dubious about the PsychicLink that neither of them really understands.
--> "Rephaite blood heightens your sixth sense. Mine in particular allowed you to see the link between us."
--> "Yes," I said. "The Mysterious Link Between Us."

* SymbolicMutilation: According to Warden, the Sargas family's favoured form of execution is decapitation, as it symbolizes the removal of the dreamscape.

* AndHereHeComesNow: In her address to the Unnatural Assembly, Paige is just about to [[DroppingTheBombshell drop the bombshell]] that Scion is nothing more than a façade for Rephaite control when Warden and his allies show up out of nowhere, nearly throwing the crowd into pandemonium. It's unclear if the Ranthen's arrival just coincided with her speech or if they were listening the whole time, waiting for the perfect moment to make a dramatic entrance.

* MeaningfulEcho: After freeing Warden from the Camden catacombs, Paige leaves him a note that cheekily reprises one that he left her back in Sheol I, with a minor tweak for good measure:

* NobodyCallsMeChicken: [[spoiler: Jaxon]] tries to undermine [[spoiler: Paige]]'s claim to the crown in the Rose Ring by reminding the Unnatural Assembly that she's a murder suspect and a wanted fugitive. Then she calls him a coward -- deliberately adding insult to injury -- and his whole demeanor changes into one of TranquilFury. When she challenges him again, he accepts with poisonous gentility.

* NoOneShouldSurviveThat: The Unnatural Assembly has this reaction when Paige is attacked by [[spoiler: Nashira's]] poltergeist, one more powerful than anything they had ever seen, and gets off without a scratch. Particularly the Abbess, who mouths the word "Impossible." Afterward, some voyants start calling Paige a thaumaturge, seeing no other explanation for how she could have fought off such a terrible spirit.

* MeaningfulEcho: After freeing Warden from the Camden catacombs, Paige leaves him a note that cheekily reprises one that he left her in Sheol I, with a minor tweak for good measure:

* NobodyCallsMeChicken: When Paige challenges him in the Rose Ring, [[spoiler: Jaxon]] first tries to discredit her , reminding the Unnatural Assembly that she's a wanted fugitive. She shuts him up by calling him a coward. Full of TranquilFury, he is forced to change his tune, as the London voyants would never follow him if he didn't answer a dare like that.

* MeaningfulEcho: After freeing Warden from the Camden catacombs, Paige leaves him a note that cheekily reprises one of the notes ''he'' left ''her'' in Sheol I, with a minor tweak for good measure:

* MeaningfulEcho: After freeing Warden from the Camden catacombs, Paige leaves him a note that cheekily reprises one of ''his'' notes to ''her'' in Sheol I, with a minor tweak for good measure:

* NobodyCallsMeChicken: When Paige challenges him in the Rose Ring, [[spoiler: Jaxon]] tries to discredit her in front of the Unnatural Assembly so that she can't fight him for the crown. She shuts him up by calling him a coward. Full of TranquilFury, he is forced to change his tune, as the London voyants would never follow him if he didn't answer a dare like that.

* NobodyCallsMeChicken: When Paige challenges him in the Rose Ring, [[spoiler: Jaxon]] tries to discredit her in front of the Unnatural Assembly so that she can't fight him for the crown. She shuts him up by calling him a coward. Full of TranquilFury, he is forced to accept the challenge, as the London voyants would never follow him if he didn't answer a dare like that.
* NoOneShouldSurviveThat: The Unnatural Assembly has this reaction when Paige is attacked by [[spoiler: Nashira's]] poltergeist, one more powerful than anything they had ever seen, and gets off without a scratch. Particularly the Abbess, who mouths the word "Impossible." Afterward, some voyants start calling Paige a thaumaturge, not seeing any other explanation for how she could have fought off such a terrible spirit.

* CasualDangerDialogue: Paige and [[spoiler: Jaxon]] banter while doing their level best to thrash each other in the scrimmage. Their drama-hungry audience eats it up.

-->"I'm a dreamwalker, Gomeisa. I recognize no anchor to this earth."
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: A particularly dramatic one when Paige throws herself into [[spoiler: Jaxon's]] dreamscape in the scrimmage, fighting her way through his "specters" to get to the sunlit zone. She manages to take possession of his body and make it speak the words of surrender, but his spirit fights her for every inch, furiously howling about how [[spoiler: ungrateful she is for betraying him and how she would be nothing without him]].

--> "So you never -- "

But Paige is public enemy number one and [[TheMostWanted the most-wanted person in the citadel]]. If she wants to stay alive and out of Scion's clutches, she'll have to seek the protection of her old mime-lord, Jaxon Hall - a man who has no intention of letting her act independently of his wishes.

--> "So you never - "

* FictionalDocument: One of the major plot points of the book is ''The Rephaite Revelation,'' a penny dreadful written by the Bone Season survivors to spread knowledge of the Rephaim throughout London. Since [[CassandraTruth no one will believe them if they claim to be telling the truth]], Paige decides that the next best option is to pass it off as fiction; after all, fictional things - such as how to kill a vampire - can just as easily become common knowledge.

-> ''"And words, my walker - well, words are everything. Words give wings even to those who have been stamped upon, broken beyond all hope of repair."''

* DwindlingParty: Apart from the Seven Seals, twenty-two people made it to the train in Sheol I. Many were killed by Scion guards when they arrived at the Tower of London. We find out later that one of the survivors of that ambush got captured and tortured by the Archon; another is [[PublicExecution publicly hanged]] at the end of the book. All told, there are now just five human survivors of Bone Season XX: Ivy, Jos, Felix, Nell, and Paige herself ... six, [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse if you count Michael]].

But Paige is [[TheMostWanted public enemy number one]] and the most-wanted person in the citadel. If she wants to stay alive and out of Scion's clutches, she'll have to seek the protection of her old mime-lord, [[BadBoss Jaxon Hall]] - a man who has no intention of letting her act independently of his wishes.

* TheWarHasJustBegun: Jaxon says as much after the scrimmage.
--> "The theatre of war opens tonight."

* WeWillMeetAgain: Jaxon again, almost in the same breath.

* DwindlingParty: Apart from the Seven Seals, twenty-two people made it to the train in Sheol I. Many were killed by Scion guards when they arrived at the Tower of London. We find out later that one of the survivors of that ambush got captured and tortured by the Archon; another is publicly hanged at the end of the book. All told, there are now just five human survivors of Bone Season XX: Ivy, Jos, Felix, Nell, and Paige herself ... six, [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse if you count Michael]].

* BlackMarket: The voyants have one in Covent Garden, which sells everything from numa to forgeries to death-related bric-a-brac. This seems to be where the Seven Seals make the better part of their income.

* NoOneShouldSurviveThat: The Unnatural Assembly has this reaction after Paige is attacked by [[spoiler: Nashira's]] poltergeist, one more powerful than anything they had ever seen, and gets off without a scratch. Particularly the Abbess, who mouths the word "Impossible." Afterward, some voyants start calling Paige a thaumaturge, not seeing any other explanation for how she could have fought off such a terrible spirit.

* HumanTrafficking: [[spoiler: The Abbess and the Rag and Bone Man were selling voyants to Sheol I in a venture called "the gray market."]]

* NobodyCallsMeChicken: When [[spoiler: Paige]] challenges him in the Rose Ring, Jaxon tries to discredit her in front of the Unnatural Assembly so that she can't fight him for the crown. She shuts him up by calling him a coward. Full of TranquilFury, he is forced to accept the challenge, as the London voyants would never follow him if he didn't answer a dare like that.
* NoOneShouldSurviveThat: The Unnatural Assembly has this reaction after Paige is attacked by [[spoiler: Nashira's]] poltergeist, one more powerful than anything they had ever seen, and gets off without a scratch. Particularly the Abbess, who mouths the word "Impossible." A few even start calling her a thaumaturge, not seeing any other explanation for how she could have fought off such a terrible spirit.

* TheWarHasJustBegun: Jaxon says as much after the scrimmage.
--> "The theatre of war opens tonight."

* BlackMarket: The voyants have one in Covent Garden, which sells everything from numa to forgeries to death-related bric-a-brac.

* DwindlingParty: Not counting the Seven Seals, twenty-two people made it onto the train from Sheol I. Many were killed by Scion guards in the ensuing ambush at the Tower of London. We find out later that one of the survivors of that ambush got captured and tortured by the Archon; another is publicly hanged at the end of the book. All told, there are now just five human survivors of Bone Season XX: Ivy, Jos, Felix, Nell, and Paige herself - six, [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse if you count Michael]].

* BulletproofHumanShield: [[spoiler: When the Abbess tries to shoot Paige, the Ranthen shield her with their own bodies. They don't take any permanent damage, since Rephaim are made of stronger stuff than human flesh.]]