- Ensemble Dark Horse: Beatrice Elwhick, and Word of God says that Matthew Hunter was only supposed to show up three or four times throughout the story.
- Fountain of Memes: Oh, Shasta, you glorious, brilliant badass.
- EVERYTHING IS KAI AND NOTHING HURTS.
- Fridge Brilliance: Sibyl's prophecy. You'd think it was about Kira, right? Well...
“He, the one-eyed prince, shall face the Angel with a Defender as his Fighter and two fortresses on either flank."
- Ho Yay: Alec/Kira, anyone? I suppose it could also apply to Matt/Shasta.
- There is so much of this in Ashes to Ashes.
- Launcher of a Thousand Ships: Shasta with anyone.
- Nightmare Fuel:
- Did anyone else try to picture Azar's lovely... eye-removing process?
- Or anything with Azar's torture. Have you tried to imagine what the girl she was torturing at the beginning looked like after having her eyes gouged out, foot sawn off, and tongue lopped off?
- Portmanteau Couple Name: The Masta.
- Shasiette, for one.
- Mattsuki; it's seriously scary how well their names fit together.
- Shassius
- Edai
- Any two people who can be shipped will be shipped and given a portmanteau couple name.
