History Literature / TheNightsBlade

* AmbiguousDisorder: Several characters. Kestrel, Angharad and Josie are all very different notable examples.

* BlueScreenOfDeath: Angharad. Once to the extent that Linden pulls a GetAHoldOfYourself on her.

* BurnTheWitch: People are very keen to blame Kestrel for what happened to Liliette Hallin. Somewhat subverted, as she really is a witch and witches get a bad rap in her society.

* SheWhoFightsMonsters: Lendara. Somewhat subverted in that she realises what she's done.

The Night's Blade is a 2018 high fantasy novel by Emma Mary Currans.

* CreepyTwins: Emalley and Edwyn. To what extent this is an act is unclear.

* GoodIsNotSoft: Several characters. Angharad, Josie, Elsa, Linden and Aoife are in the business of killing people... to help others. Mara and Miruna are undoubtedly good people, but that doesn’t stop Mara [[spoiler:finally getting rid of Elonia by shooting her when she’s not expecting it]], or prevent Miruna from casually threatening Fox. Haiden clearly has morals, but he can be just plain mean to those he doesn’t like or trust. The twins could possibly be considered an example of this trope, but they’re perhaps not good so much as on the same side as a lot of good characters.

* GoodIsNotSoft: Several characters. Angharad, Josie, Elsa, Linden and Aoife are in the business of killing people... to help others. Mara and Miruna are undoubtedly good people, but that doesn’t stop Mara [[spoiler:finally getting rid of Elonia by shooting her when she’s not expecting it]], or prevent Miruna from casually threatening Fox. Haiden is clearly good-aligned, but he can be just plain mean to those he doesn’t like or trust.

* GoodIsNotSoft: Several characters. Angharad, Josie, Elsa, Linden and Aoife are in the business of killing people... to help others. Mara and Miruna are undoubtedly good people, but that doesn’t stop Mara [[spoiler:finally getting rid of Elonia by shooting her when she’s not expecting it]], or prevent Miruna from casually threatening Fox.

* GoodIsNotSoft: Miruna is good through and through, but she's also forced to exist in the same place as Elonia. She is certainly not to be taken lightly.

* MuggleBornOfMages: Angharad, Tanwen, presumably at least one of their parents, and possibly Bethanne. [[spoiler:Rhosmari]]’s magic was supposedly inherited, which means one of the Cewiolay ancestors must have been a witch.

* TheFellowshipHasEnded: The gang part ways at the end. Aoife remains with Tilith in Diressen to train as a healer. Angharad and Josie head to Miskra via Silene's house. Elsa and Linden are going to look for Elsa's children after visiting Linden's family in the Isles. Even Fox and Jath are clearing off together.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Kelstra and Lissia. Also, Kelstra and Fionnula. Briefly. Very briefly.

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: The fate of Ulalya, Alxiha, Mari, Kiranne, Lirrie, Raika and others.

* GoryDiscretionShot: The lead-up to Kiranne's death.

* WhamLine: 'I was... I was called Alxiha Faelha.'

AccompliceByInaction: Linden's view of Angharad after the Aoife incident.

AllMonksKnowKungFu: All Farlookers and Glancebacks are highly proficient in telekinetic warfare, anyway. The Assembly threw Initiates with no fighting experience into battle, and the Initiates apparently held their own well enough.

AmbiguousDisorder: Several characters. Kestrel, Angharad and Josie are all very different notable examples.

BlueScreenOfDeath: Angharad. Once to the extent that Linden pulls a GetAHoldOfYourself on her.

BreakTheHaughty: Aleanor.

BringMyRedJacket: Angharad wears red when killing people to hide the blood.

BurnTheWitch: People are very keen to blame Kestrel for what happened to Liliette Hallin. Somewhat subverted, as she really is a witch and witches get a bad rap in her society.

CreateYourOwnVillain: This is essentially what the Assembly did with Kestrel.

DidNotThinkThisThrough: Lendara realises this once she's finished with Aleanor.

TheDogBitesBack: Kestrel

TheDragon: Annamaria, originally to the Hallins, then to Kelstra.

TheFellowshipHasEnded: The gang part ways at the end. Aoife remains with Tilith in Diressen to train as a healer. Angharad and Josie head to Miskra via Silene's house. Elsa and Linden are going to look for Elsa's children after visiting Linden's family in the Isles. Even Fox and Jath are clearing off together.

GoodIsNotSoft: Miruna is good through and through, but she's also forced to exist in the same place as Elonia. She is certainly not to be taken lightly.

GoryDiscretionShot: The lead-up to Kiranne's death.

IHaveNoIdeaWhatImDoing: Angharad as she tries to lead the group.

IKnowYourTrueName: Angharad to Kelstra.

LaResistance: Mara, Emalley, Miruna, Edwyn, Haiden and ostensibly Joshua. Later joined by the Night's Blade, Fox, Tilith and Jath.

NotSoStoic: If you're normally calm and composed, you won't be when Annamaria is through with you.

OneWomanArmy: Aleanor

OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Mara. She's only identified Maranthina three times aloud, and twice in Angharad's internal monologue.

PsychicPowers: All witches and most witchborns have them.

PutOnABus / WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Mari

RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Angharad (sort of), Mara, Haiden and (arguably) Joshua. Jayne Northcrest was also this, as was Lucy Fayenquel.

SheWhoFightsMonsters: Lendara. Somewhat subverted in that she realises what she's done.

SwordAndSorcerer: Angharad and Josie, respectively.

UnchosenOne: With her set of magical abilities, Kestrel could have been a brilliant Farlooker, but her treatment at the hands of her peers and the Assembly (who have no idea how to handle her) has left her at the bottom of the heap.

WellIntentionedExtremist: Aleanor. Arguably.

WeUsedToBeFriends: Kelstra and Lissia. Also, Kelstra and Fionnula. Briefly. Very briefly.

WhatYouAreInTheDark: When Kestrel is left alone in the dungeon with her thoughts.

YouCantGoHomeAgain: The fate of Ulalya, Alxiha, Mari, Kiranne, Lirrie, Raika and others.