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* ContrivedCoincidence: A couple. Nina befriends a girl called Hanne, who ends up being [[spoiler:the daughter of Jarl Brum, the commander of the Grisha-hunting drüskelle, a man she's had a couple of significant run-ins with before]]. Furthermore, Nina's fellow spy is a young woman called Leoni, who ends up being [[spoiler:the girl who Jesper's mother (a healer) died for after she exhausted herself drawing poisoned well water from Leoni's body]].
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* ContrivedCoincidence: A couple. Nina befriends a girl called Hanne, who ends up being [[spoiler:the daughter of Jarl Brum, the commander of the Grisha-hunting drüskelle, a man she's had a couple of significant run-ins with before]]. Furthermore, Nina's fellow spy is a young woman called Leoni, who ends up being is [[spoiler:the girl who Jesper's mother (a healer) died for after she exhausted herself drawing poisoned well water from Leoni's body]].
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* ContrivedCoincidence: A couple. Nina befriends a girl called Hanne, who ends up being [[spoiler:the daughter of Jarl Brum, the commander of the Grisha-hunting drüskelle, a man she's had a couple of significant run-ins with before]]. Furthermore, Nina's fellow spy is a young woman called Leoni, who ends up being [[spoiler:the girl who Jesper's mother (a healer) died for after she exhausted herself drawing poisoned well water from Leoni's body]].
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* MirroringFactions: At the end of ''Rule Of Wolves'' Nikolai muses that he and [[spoiler:the Darkling had pretty much the same goal, trying to be Ravka's salvation; and he has the potential to go the same way as his nemesis if he doesn't take steps to right his course. He also mourns the young man that the Darkling once was, who was very similar to Nikolai himself in believing he could accomplish anything if only he was clever, strong and brave enough.]]
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* GoodPrincessEvilQueen: Over in Shu Han, popular and amiable younger princess Ehri was named the next queen by her mother, but the throne was usurped by her cruel and jealously antagonistic older sister Makhi.
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* PossessionImpliesMastery: Hanne is effortlessly good at tailoring with presumably little to no experience or training. Compare that to Genya, who essentially pioneered tailoring and still had to spend years training and perfecting her craft at the Little Palace.
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* BelatedBackstory: The book provides an origin story for Nikolai, Zoya, and Nina.
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* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:Nina spends most of the duology disguised as a Fjerdan woman Mila Jandersdat. Hanne is later disguised as Rasmus, the crown prince of Fjerda. ''Rule of Wolves'' ends with both assuming these identities to marry, presumably for the foreseeable if not forever]].
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* AssassinationAttempt: When Nikolai throws a big party to find a suitable bride, he invites a lot of important people from foreign nations some of which are enemies of Ravka. This causes his guards to be extra alert for assassination attempts during the party.
** This turns out to be a good thing when the Fjerdans try to kill him with a poison gas trap and he survives because the guards noticed the smell before activating the trap.
** This turns out to be a good thing when the Fjerdans try to kill him with a poison gas trap and he survives because the guards noticed the smell before activating the trap.
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** When Nikolai throws a big party to find a suitable bride, he invites a lot of important people from foreign nations some of which are enemies of Ravka. This causes his guards to be extra alert for assassination attempts during theparty.
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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:The Darkling.]]
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* ExactWords: Nikolai invites the Empress Makhi to a royal wedding. [[spoiler: He doesn't say ''whose'' royal wedding. It's actually Genya and David having the fancy ceremony they didn't get the first time around, while Ehri flies home and exposes Makhi's crimes.]]
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** Nikolai invites the Empress Makhi to a royal wedding. [[spoiler: He doesn't say ''whose'' royal wedding. It's actually Genya and David having the fancy ceremony they didn't get the first time around, while Ehri flies home and exposes Makhi's crimes.]]
** Shu Han can't send any of their troops to back up Ravka, or be seen to assist them in any way. [[spoiler: As the government officially denies the ''khergud'' program exists, the freed subjects ''can'' help. The new empress very pointedly doesn't stop them leaving (and it can't hurt that this makes the incredibly obvious evidence of her granddaughter's crimes somebody else's problem).]]
** Nikolai invites the Empress Makhi to a royal wedding. [[spoiler: He doesn't say ''whose'' royal wedding. It's actually Genya and David having the fancy ceremony they didn't get the first time around, while Ehri flies home and exposes Makhi's crimes.]]
** Shu Han can't send any of their troops to back up Ravka, or be seen to assist them in any way. [[spoiler: As the government officially denies the ''khergud'' program exists, the freed subjects ''can'' help. The new empress very pointedly doesn't stop them leaving (and it can't hurt that this makes the incredibly obvious evidence of her granddaughter's crimes somebody else's problem).]]
