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* ExactWords: Melos promises Celia he won't hurt Caradon, but he'll make the man answer for his crimes. [[spoiler:He straightforwardly kills Caradon.]]
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* ExactWords: Melos promises Celia he won't hurt Caradon, but he'll make the man answer for his crimes. [[spoiler:He straightforwardly kills Caradon.gives Caradon a numbing potion before he starts in with a ritual that requires a dagger, and off-screen carving.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: From page 1.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** From page 1.
** From page 1.
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** And late in the book, One of the king's guard, a former cultist, starts describing just why human-shaped demons are so dangerous, right before [[spoiler:we see Anise show off her power. Later, we get even stronger hints that Meros is just barely in control of her.]]
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** The audiobook possibly clarifies this by making it a drawling nasal VampireVords accent.
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necromancer Level 1\\
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* LevelUpFillUp: One of the things that keeps Threadbare alive early on is the fact that he's level one in everything and keeps getting new classes. Every time he levels up, it refills his pools, most importantly his HP.
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* ObviouslyEvil: With her pale skin, black hair, blood red nails, and seductive aura, you'd be a fool (or a child) to think Anise Layd'I was anything other than a demon.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Pulsivar quite wisely nopes out of the final fight. Unfortunately, this means he has to learn the horrible truth the following morning: ''his cream is going to be late''.
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* PragmaticHero/PragmaticVillain: Though Caradon views him as a villain, Melos sees himself as the hero who [[IDidWhatIHadToDo only did what was necessary]] to prevent disaster.
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* PragmaticHero/PragmaticVillain: PragmaticHero[=/=]PragmaticVillain: Though Caradon views him as a villain, Melos sees himself as the hero who [[IDidWhatIHadToDo only did what was necessary]] to prevent disaster.
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* PragmaticHero/PragmaticVillain: Though Caradon views him as a villain, Melos sees himself as the hero who [[IDidWhatIHadToDo only did what was necessary]] to prevent disaster.
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Once upon a time there was a teddy bear who made himself a mouth and a voice of strings and things, and said "'''Status.'''" And this is what saw.
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Once upon a time there was a teddy bear who made himself a mouth and a voice of strings and things, and said "'''Status.'''" And this is what he saw.
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* DueToTheDead: Though they leave Caradon (a traitor in their eyes) in the remains of his fallen home, Melos's soldiers bury their dead and leave markers saying "Fell in the line of duty".
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* {{Determinator}}: Threadbare spends five years pinned to the collapsed roof of the attic slowly working his way free of the sword holding him there. He ''will'' save his little girl.
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** Zuula is well prepared, using her HomeFieldAdvantage to take out a small army, with her mask full of emotions giving her enormous buffs to defend her family... [[spoiler:Except the leader of the troops is her estranged daughter, Mastoya.]]
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* WorthyOpponent: Mordecai taught all of the Royal Scouts personally, so when they finally take him down, his prime student, Jericho, lets his son Bak-Shaz go, knowing he has nothing to do with the rebellion and is no threat to the King's plans.
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* ExactWords: Melos promises Celia he won't hurt Caradon, but he'll make the man answer for his crimes. [[spoiler:He straightforwardly kills Caradon.]]
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* LukeIAmYourFather: "Hello, Cecilia, I'm your father," said King Melos Ragandor the First.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Caradon never trusted his son in law, so the disaster that came with the sealing of the Oblivion led him to believe that Melos was responsible. Melos never got the chance to explain, and, of course, his demonic servants were a ''little'' unreliable. Also, there were other unstoppable disasters he had to try and stop.
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* CirclingSaw: The King sends his five Animus Blades to cut through the ceiling and drop Celia down into the room with him at the end of the book.
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* WhamLine:
** The last spoken line of the text comes from Threadbare. "'''Status.'''"
** The last spoken line of the text comes from Threadbare. "'''Status.'''"
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* FireForgedFriends: Pulsivar and Threadbare start out as enemies thanks to Pulsivar being freaked the hell out watching Threadbare, in his newborn ignorance, accidentally murdering a fellow Greater Golem. However, their second fight turns into a MeleeATrois and they go into BackToBackBadasses and Pulsivar, smelling the family soap on the bear, realizes he's family.
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* DownerEnding: Caradon is dead, murdered in a cultist ritual. Mordecai is captive. Zuula's been killed by her own daughter. Celia has been taken by the king, [[spoiler:who is her real father]]. Missus Fluffbear has been kidnapped by monsters. Threadbare has spent ''five years'' pinned to the ceiling with a sword through his gut.
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* HopeSpot: All is not lost. The strongest characters have been killed or captured, but the kids and Threadbare are free, and now he can speak.
