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* BadassBoast: Coming out of her crisis of faith in her abilities, Juniper carves 'Marshal Juniper wins here' onto a tree. Chapters later, the enemy commander stumbles onto the tree, sees it... and realizes that she's been played. She orders the retreat on that very spot, proving the boast right.
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* BadassBoast: Coming BadassBoast:
**Coming out of her crisis of faith in her abilities, Juniper carves 'Marshal Juniper wins here' onto a tree. Chapters later, the enemy commander stumbles onto the tree, sees it... and realizes that she's been played. She orders the retreat on that very spot, proving the boastright.right.
**The Legions frequently have these in their marching songs: [[spoiler: "Crowned In Dread," the marching song of the Fifteenth Legion, contains the lines: "Come forth you old devils / Bring out your lesser evils / Blight the skies and the land / You'll be met sword in hand / One day your children'll tell / Of the deep and rebel yell / That on this field so sombre / Conquered host of horror" and "Be they high or resplendent our oaths stand taller still / And in the west do quiet lie graves we have yet to fill / Learn ye mighty that from Tower's shade to vales of red / The Fifteenth by call of horn stands ever crowned in dread."]]
**The Drow [[spoiler: after Catherine and Sve Noc reform the faith and cabals so that each Mighty attempts to attract followers by competing to make the most badass boast about what it will accomplish in the coming years]]
**Coming out of her crisis of faith in her abilities, Juniper carves 'Marshal Juniper wins here' onto a tree. Chapters later, the enemy commander stumbles onto the tree, sees it... and realizes that she's been played. She orders the retreat on that very spot, proving the boast
**The Legions frequently have these in their marching songs: [[spoiler: "Crowned In Dread," the marching song of the Fifteenth Legion, contains the lines: "Come forth you old devils / Bring out your lesser evils / Blight the skies and the land / You'll be met sword in hand / One day your children'll tell / Of the deep and rebel yell / That on this field so sombre / Conquered host of horror" and "Be they high or resplendent our oaths stand taller still / And in the west do quiet lie graves we have yet to fill / Learn ye mighty that from Tower's shade to vales of red / The Fifteenth by call of horn stands ever crowned in dread."]]
**The Drow [[spoiler: after Catherine and Sve Noc reform the faith and cabals so that each Mighty attempts to attract followers by competing to make the most badass boast about what it will accomplish in the coming years]]
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* HeroesWantRedheads: Catherine and Kilian. Lampshaded by Black:
--> '''Black:''' Never bet against a redhead.
--> '''Black:''' Never bet against a redhead.
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** The League of Free Cities has several parallels with the Greek city-states. As a whole, they are a loose confederacy only rarely brought together, and were once conquered by The Miezan Empire (a Roman analogue). Individually, Bellerophon is Democratic Athens, Helike is led by a tyrant like Argos, Nicae is a naval trade hub like Rhodes, Atalante is obsessed with religion like Delphi, Stygia is a slave-state known for skill in battle with a powerful but tiny ruling aristocracy like Sparta[[note]]Though with the twist that in this instance the slaves are the warriors, rather than the aristocrats[[/note]], etc.
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** The League of Free Cities has several parallels with the Greek city-states. As a whole, they are a loose confederacy only rarely brought together, and were once conquered by The Miezan Empire (a Roman analogue). Individually, Bellerophon is Democratic Athens, Helike is led by a tyrant like Argos, Nicae is a naval trade hub like Rhodes, Atalante is obsessed with religion like Delphi, Stygia is a slave-state known for skill in battle with a powerful but tiny ruling aristocracy like Sparta[[note]]Though with the twist that in this instance the Sparta[[note]]Spartan slaves are and non-citizens actually provided the warriors, rather than bulk of their armies by simple necessity of comprising around 95% of the aristocrats[[/note]], population - mostly in scouting and logistics roles, but also in combat, primarily as light infantry screens[[/note]], etc.
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** The League of Free Cities has several parallels with the Greek city-states. As a whole, they are a loose confederacy only rarely brought together, and were once conquered by The Miezan Empire (a Roman analogue). Individually, Bellerophon is Democratic Athens, Helike is led by a tyrant like Argos, Nicae is a naval trade hub like Rhodes, Atalante is obsessed with religion like Delphi, etc.
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** The League of Free Cities has several parallels with the Greek city-states. As a whole, they are a loose confederacy only rarely brought together, and were once conquered by The Miezan Empire (a Roman analogue). Individually, Bellerophon is Democratic Athens, Helike is led by a tyrant like Argos, Nicae is a naval trade hub like Rhodes, Atalante is obsessed with religion like Delphi, Stygia is a slave-state known for skill in battle with a powerful but tiny ruling aristocracy like Sparta[[note]]Though with the twist that in this instance the slaves are the warriors, rather than the aristocrats[[/note]], etc.
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* BlackAndWhiteMorality: In theory, the world operates this way, but from the reader's perspective it often seems more like BlackAndGreyMorality since some of the heroes are [[JerkAss Jerkasses]], many of the villains are AffablyEvil, [[PragmaticVillainy Pragmatic]] [[AntiVillain Anti-Villains]], and ultimately both sides are aristocratic societies where the peasantry gets shafted.
* BlackAndWhiteMorality: In theory, the world operates this way--and in the past, it often has. At present, however, it's both subverted and deconstructed: relatively few conflicts in the series are actually black and white (even if a few heroes and villains still think in those terms), but the long-term conflict between them has had ruinous effects on the continent. [[spoiler:It's implied the conflict between the Intercessor and the Dead King played a major role in how the world got this way in the first place. It's also implied by some characters who can see beyond one lifetime, such as Hanno through his '''[[GhostMemory Recall]]''' aspect, that culture has some influence on what conduct actually counts as supporting Above or Below and that both have changed over time.]] For more details, see the ShadesOfConflict entry below.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: A recurring theme among many of the more successful villains, though it's not always romantic--indeed, both Black and Masego are written as being on the [[{{UsefulNotes/Asexual}} asexual]] [=and/or=] [[{{UsefulNotes/Aromantic}} aromantic]] spectra, with Black being demiromantic and Masego being asexual.
** [=Amadeus/Black=] in particular develops strong bonds with his colleagues, in the [[FiveManBand Calamities]] and the Dread Empire alike.
*** His friendship with Dread Empress Malicia, [[ChildhoodFriends lasting since childhood]], is implied to be one of the main reasons her reign has lasted so long.
*** In an extra chapter, Peers, [[spoiler:Amadeus notes that he absolutely considered Ranker to be a friend when the Gray Pilgrim's plague killed her]]:
----> [[spoiler:“Her name,” Amadeus mildly said, “was Ranker of the Hungry Dog tribe. She was a vicious and mistrusting and often unpleasant, but she was also my friend. I loved her, you see, in my own crooked way. And she died choking on her own blood from your plague.”]]
** [=Sabah/The Captain=] has a husband and children.
** [=Wekesa/The Warlock=] has an incubus husband, Tikoloshe, whom he summoned and gave bindings to emulate free will--as well as an adopted son, Masego, who is close enough to the other Calamities (and Scribe) to refer to them on a first-name basis as his aunts and uncles. [[spoiler:Tikoloshe ultimately chooses to stay when Warlock sacrifices himself to save Masego's life.]]
** [=Hye/Ranger=] plays the trope straight with Amadeus [[spoiler:and defies it with her pupils]]. She cares about Amadeus to some degree, [[spoiler:but explicitly raised the five Named she took in at Refuge to be too mutually prickly to form a Band of Five together out of a desire to keep them independent]].
** The Woe are noted by outsiders to have unusually strong bonds. One of Cat's long-term problems is figuring out how to balance her friendships with [[TheChainsOfCommanding the burdens of power]].
** [=Amadeus/Black=] in particular develops strong bonds with his colleagues, in the [[FiveManBand Calamities]] and the Dread Empire alike.
*** His friendship with Dread Empress Malicia, [[ChildhoodFriends lasting since childhood]], is implied to be one of the main reasons her reign has lasted so long.
*** In an extra chapter, Peers, [[spoiler:Amadeus notes that he absolutely considered Ranker to be a friend when the Gray Pilgrim's plague killed her]]:
----> [[spoiler:“Her name,” Amadeus mildly said, “was Ranker of the Hungry Dog tribe. She was a vicious and mistrusting and often unpleasant, but she was also my friend. I loved her, you see, in my own crooked way. And she died choking on her own blood from your plague.”]]
** [=Sabah/The Captain=] has a husband and children.
** [=Wekesa/The Warlock=] has an incubus husband, Tikoloshe, whom he summoned and gave bindings to emulate free will--as well as an adopted son, Masego, who is close enough to the other Calamities (and Scribe) to refer to them on a first-name basis as his aunts and uncles. [[spoiler:Tikoloshe ultimately chooses to stay when Warlock sacrifices himself to save Masego's life.]]
** [=Hye/Ranger=] plays the trope straight with Amadeus [[spoiler:and defies it with her pupils]]. She cares about Amadeus to some degree, [[spoiler:but explicitly raised the five Named she took in at Refuge to be too mutually prickly to form a Band of Five together out of a desire to keep them independent]].
** The Woe are noted by outsiders to have unusually strong bonds. One of Cat's long-term problems is figuring out how to balance her friendships with [[TheChainsOfCommanding the burdens of power]].
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*** Book 5 [[spoiler:is entirely the war between Cat, the Grey Pilgrim, the Tyrant, and the Dead King that turns into a battle of [[TheChessmaster Chessmasters]], each trying to force their own chosen story onto reality.]]
*** Book 6 has a final battle where [[spoiler:the Dead King wins the initial gambit by forcing Catherine off of the field, and trapping Sve Noc. The Grand Alliance responds with a series of successful [[HeroicSacrifice Heroic Sacrifices]] that successfully stop the Dead King and win the battle. Except this ends up being the bait the Dead King left out so that the Grand Alliance would escalate power tiers first, allowing him to deploy multiple Hellgates to promptly wipe out any advantage. The giants carry out a HeroicSacrifice to provide a temporary lock on these Hellgates so that the Grand Alliance has one chance to figure out some way to avert this catastrophe.]]
*** Book 6 has a final battle where [[spoiler:the Dead King wins the initial gambit by forcing Catherine off of the field, and trapping Sve Noc. The Grand Alliance responds with a series of successful [[HeroicSacrifice Heroic Sacrifices]] that successfully stop the Dead King and win the battle. Except this ends up being the bait the Dead King left out so that the Grand Alliance would escalate power tiers first, allowing him to deploy multiple Hellgates to promptly wipe out any advantage. The giants carry out a HeroicSacrifice to provide a temporary lock on these Hellgates so that the Grand Alliance has one chance to figure out some way to avert this catastrophe.]]
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*** Book 5 [[spoiler:is entirely the war between Cat, the Grey Pilgrim, the Tyrant, and the Dead King King, and the Intercessor that turns into a battle of [[TheChessmaster Chessmasters]], each trying to force their own chosen story onto reality.]]
*** Book 6 has a final battle where [[spoiler:the Dead King wins the initial gambit by forcing Catherine off of the field, and trapping Sve Noc. The Grand Alliance responds with a series of successful [[HeroicSacrifice Heroic Sacrifices]] that successfully stop the Dead King and win the battle. Except this ends up being the bait the Dead King left out so that the Grand Alliance would escalate power tiers first, allowing him to deploy multiple Hellgates to promptly wipe out any advantage. The giants carry out a HeroicSacrifice to provide a temporary lock on these Hellgates so that the Grand Alliance has one chance to figure out some way to avert this catastrophe.]] %% *** Book 7 ends most of its arcs with these. [[spoiler:The final fight involves Catherine, the Dead King, and the Intercessor.]]
*** Book 6 has a final battle where [[spoiler:the Dead King wins the initial gambit by forcing Catherine off of the field, and trapping Sve Noc. The Grand Alliance responds with a series of successful [[HeroicSacrifice Heroic Sacrifices]] that successfully stop the Dead King and win the battle. Except this ends up being the bait the Dead King left out so that the Grand Alliance would escalate power tiers first, allowing him to deploy multiple Hellgates to promptly wipe out any advantage. The giants carry out a HeroicSacrifice to provide a temporary lock on these Hellgates so that the Grand Alliance has one chance to figure out some way to avert this catastrophe.]] %% *** Book 7 ends most of its arcs with these. [[spoiler:The final fight involves Catherine, the Dead King, and the Intercessor.]]
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* HeroAntagonist: Since Catherine is a VillainProtagonist, quite a few antagonistic but good-aligned characters show up: Most notably William the Lone Swordsman and his party, Hanno the White Knight and his party, Cordelia, and the Wandering Bard.
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* HeroAntagonist: Since Catherine is a VillainProtagonist, quite a few antagonistic but good-aligned characters show up: Most notably William the Lone Swordsman and his party, Hanno the White Knight and his party, Cordelia, the Grey Pilgrim, the Saint of Swords, and the Wandering Bard.
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* PeaceConference: In the fourth book, that's how the Tenth Crusade into Callow ends.
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* PeaceConference: In the fourth book, that's how the Tenth Crusade into Callow ends. [[spoiler:This is also how the Uncivil Wars in general end at the end of Book 5.]]
%% * ThePowerOfTrust: This is a central theme of the series. [[spoiler:The only reason everyone manages to defeat the Dead King and the Intercessor is by everyone trusting everyone.]] %% There are several big examples--Malicia ruling for the length she has because she could actually trust her second in command, Malicia mentioning that you can trust people's nature even if you can't trust them, Kairos putting trust in people on a whim despite otherwise being a chronic backstabber, Cat earning the trust of the entire continent to come into The Warden...
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** Catherine having castrated an ogre in single combat and the increasingly elaborate lies her followers tack on to that. Robber having a jar full of eyeballs comes up now and then, as does the fact that Hakram is an inveterate gossip and something of a ladies' man among other Orcs.
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** Catherine having castrated an ogre in single combat (an elf in the Yonder version) and the increasingly elaborate lies her followers tack on to that. Robber having a jar full of eyeballs comes up now and then, as does the fact that Hakram is an inveterate gossip and something of a ladies' man among other Orcs.
* ShadesOfConflict: While the series presents itself as BlackAndWhiteMorality, [[SubvertedTrope in practice]] the setting tends towards MoralityKitchenSink. Many more specific moral dynamics happen throughout the series:
** Books 1-3 tend to demonstrate BlackAndGrayMorality or ALighterShadeOfBlack in villain-villain interactions and GreyAndGrayMorality in hero-villain interactions. It's repeatedly noted that Black's reforms and Malicia's rule have unironically helped lift up Praes, that one of their main goals is beneficial to both Callow and Praes, and the [[DeadlyDecadentCourt High Lords]] are threatened by this--while the main heroic party resorts to terrorism in order to get around Black's suppression of conventional heroes. Book 2 ends with a TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil variant, where the [[AntiVillain Squire]] is playing light gray, the [[KnightTemplar Lone Swordsman]] is playing dark gray, and [[CardCarryingVillain Heiress]] is playing black, while Book 3 ends with [[spoiler:the Legions vs the Diabolist]].
** Book 4 starts with GreyAndGrayMorality, as the Tenth Crusade begins. It's made clear that both the First Prince and [[spoiler:the Black Queen]] are just trying to keep their respective nations together, [[spoiler:while the Grey Pilgrim wants Catherine to abdicate to prevent her people turning to Below]]. [[spoiler:It then dives straight into EvilVsEvil or ALighterShadeOfBlack, as Catherine attempts two desperate bargains with other Evil polities to gain allies--first with the Dead King, and then with the drow.]]
** Book 5 is a MoralityKitchenSink, with [[spoiler: Levant and Procer, the Army of Callow, most of the heroes, the Legions in Exile, the armies of the Free Cities, the Empire Ever Dark, the Saint of Swords, a Dead King-possessed Masego, the Tyrant of Helike, the Intercessor, and the Dead King in rough and likely inaccurate order of white to black. It continues into the peace talks, adding Hanno the White Knight, Amadeus, and Dread Empress Malicia to the sink as well]].
** Book 6 is TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil, with [[spoiler:the Truce and Terms forcing most heroes and villains to play nice...[[AHouseDivided mostly]], with some heroes rebelling at the idea of having to work with villains. The Dead King and the Intercessor collectively serve as Evils, while Malicia and Mercantis serve as lesser antagonist Bads]].
** Book 7 [[spoiler:begins with BlackAndGrayMorality, as Catherine begins the process of forcing Praes into line for a continent-wide front against [[EvilVsOblivion the Dead King]]. The actual fight for the Tower is similar, though with Amadeus acting as a WildCard. It then delves into a WhiteAndGrayMorality-focused [=Good/Bad/Evil=] dynamic, with Hanno and Cordelia as [[GoodVsGood two tones of White]] trying to decide who will lead Good as Warden of the West, Catherine as Gray trying to mediate between them, and the dwarves under Speaker Balasi as either Black or a very dark Gray [[LeonineContract extorting the surface for concessions]], which will still make life better for certain lower castes of dwarves. The Serolen arc that follows is Gray and Black, with Gray being reformist drow following Sve Noc and Black being revanchist drow under Mighty Kurosiv. Finally, it ends a three-way fight between the two [[OmnicidalManiac darkest shades]] of the MoralityKitchenSink and everyone else--the Dead King, the Intercessor, and the Grand Alliance, now incorporating fighters from everyone on Calernia but [[AlwaysChaoticEvil the ratlings]].]]
** Books 1-3 tend to demonstrate BlackAndGrayMorality or ALighterShadeOfBlack in villain-villain interactions and GreyAndGrayMorality in hero-villain interactions. It's repeatedly noted that Black's reforms and Malicia's rule have unironically helped lift up Praes, that one of their main goals is beneficial to both Callow and Praes, and the [[DeadlyDecadentCourt High Lords]] are threatened by this--while the main heroic party resorts to terrorism in order to get around Black's suppression of conventional heroes. Book 2 ends with a TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil variant, where the [[AntiVillain Squire]] is playing light gray, the [[KnightTemplar Lone Swordsman]] is playing dark gray, and [[CardCarryingVillain Heiress]] is playing black, while Book 3 ends with [[spoiler:the Legions vs the Diabolist]].
** Book 4 starts with GreyAndGrayMorality, as the Tenth Crusade begins. It's made clear that both the First Prince and [[spoiler:the Black Queen]] are just trying to keep their respective nations together, [[spoiler:while the Grey Pilgrim wants Catherine to abdicate to prevent her people turning to Below]]. [[spoiler:It then dives straight into EvilVsEvil or ALighterShadeOfBlack, as Catherine attempts two desperate bargains with other Evil polities to gain allies--first with the Dead King, and then with the drow.]]
** Book 5 is a MoralityKitchenSink, with [[spoiler: Levant and Procer, the Army of Callow, most of the heroes, the Legions in Exile, the armies of the Free Cities, the Empire Ever Dark, the Saint of Swords, a Dead King-possessed Masego, the Tyrant of Helike, the Intercessor, and the Dead King in rough and likely inaccurate order of white to black. It continues into the peace talks, adding Hanno the White Knight, Amadeus, and Dread Empress Malicia to the sink as well]].
** Book 6 is TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil, with [[spoiler:the Truce and Terms forcing most heroes and villains to play nice...[[AHouseDivided mostly]], with some heroes rebelling at the idea of having to work with villains. The Dead King and the Intercessor collectively serve as Evils, while Malicia and Mercantis serve as lesser antagonist Bads]].
** Book 7 [[spoiler:begins with BlackAndGrayMorality, as Catherine begins the process of forcing Praes into line for a continent-wide front against [[EvilVsOblivion the Dead King]]. The actual fight for the Tower is similar, though with Amadeus acting as a WildCard. It then delves into a WhiteAndGrayMorality-focused [=Good/Bad/Evil=] dynamic, with Hanno and Cordelia as [[GoodVsGood two tones of White]] trying to decide who will lead Good as Warden of the West, Catherine as Gray trying to mediate between them, and the dwarves under Speaker Balasi as either Black or a very dark Gray [[LeonineContract extorting the surface for concessions]], which will still make life better for certain lower castes of dwarves. The Serolen arc that follows is Gray and Black, with Gray being reformist drow following Sve Noc and Black being revanchist drow under Mighty Kurosiv. Finally, it ends a three-way fight between the two [[OmnicidalManiac darkest shades]] of the MoralityKitchenSink and everyone else--the Dead King, the Intercessor, and the Grand Alliance, now incorporating fighters from everyone on Calernia but [[AlwaysChaoticEvil the ratlings]].]]
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* StandardFantasyRaces: Each of the standard good races (except Halflings, who have yet to appear) gets a deconstruction.
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* StandardFantasyRaces: Each of the standard good races (except Halflings, who have yet to appear) only appear in the Yonder version as a discussed replacement for Gnomes) gets a deconstruction.
** In the Yonder rewrite (which excises the gnomes), halflings are a long-extinct people who built a wide variety of burrows and other hiding places in southeastern Callow. It's suggested they died from [[SuicidalPacifism refusal to fight back]] against Callowans invading them.
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* ThereCanBeOnlyOne: Only one person can claim a given Name at any given time, so if multiple people try for the same one, none can succeed until all of the others are somehow knocked out of the running (most commonly by death). That said, the winner does not have to kill the other contenders personally -- using a hero to knock off your villainous rivals is a valid tactic.
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* ThereCanBeOnlyOne: Only one person can claim a given Name at any given time, time (except under very specific circumstances), so if multiple people try for the same one, none can succeed until all of the others are somehow knocked out of the running (most commonly by death). That said, the winner does not have to kill the other contenders personally -- using a hero to knock off your villainous rivals is a valid tactic. [[spoiler:Downplayed in the epilogue, as transitional Names such as the Squire or the Apprentice can now be claimed by multiple people at once.]]
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* VillainRespect: Catherine is the recipient of this from Akua Sahelian.
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* VillainRespect: Catherine is the recipient of this from Akua Sahelian. Later, she gets similar from Kairos Theodosian.
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* WeakButSkilled: Many amongst the Praesi acknowledge that Black is the weakest holder of the Name in recent memory--perhaps in all of history. Black freely admits that his predecessors to the Name "Black Knight" had a much stronger power set, who generally possess incredibly powerful dueling abilities to take down heroes one on one whilst his are centered more around enhancing armies. Outside of his Aspects, Amadeus can perform some necromancy and shadow manipulation--which Catherine notes uses less power than even her shadow platforms--but that does not allow him easily topple a fortress with said shadows, as his predecessor could. The fact that Amadeus has survived for decades and conquered Callow while his predecessors were generally killed in a failed invasion says a lot about how skilled Black is.
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* WeakButSkilled: Many amongst the Praesi acknowledge that Black is one of the weakest holder holders of the Name in recent memory--perhaps in all of history. Black freely admits that his predecessors to the Name "Black Knight" had a much stronger power set, who generally possess incredibly powerful dueling abilities to take down heroes one on one whilst his are centered more around enhancing armies. Outside of his Aspects, Amadeus can perform some necromancy and shadow manipulation--which Catherine notes uses less power than even her shadow platforms--but that does not allow him to easily topple a fortress with said shadows, as his predecessor could. The fact that Amadeus has survived for decades and conquered Callow while his predecessors were generally killed in a failed invasion says a lot about how skilled Black is.
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* AbominationAccusationAttack: A common occurrence whenever a Hero speaks to a Villain.
** Catherine herself is declared [[spoiler:Arch-Heretic of the East, despite not being a Dread Empress]]. This so infuriates the Callowan priesthood that they in turn declare [[spoiler:the entire conclave that made the first declaration to be heretics, and the associated heroes to be imposters.]]
** Catherine herself is declared [[spoiler:Arch-Heretic of the East, despite not being a Dread Empress]]. This so infuriates the Callowan priesthood that they in turn declare [[spoiler:the entire conclave that made the first declaration to be heretics, and the associated heroes to be imposters.]]
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* AbominationAccusationAttack: A common occurrence whenever a Hero speaks to a Villain.
** Catherine herself is declared [[spoiler:Arch-Heretic of the East, despite not being a Dread Empress]]. This so infuriates the Callowan priesthood that they in turn declare [[spoiler:the entire conclave that made the first declaration to be heretics, and the associated heroes to be imposters.]]
* AChildShallLeadThem: Young Named often take up leading military or governmental positions for which non-Named would be considered far too young. An excellent example is the Tyrant, who gets his position as ruler of Helike at age 12.
** Catherine herself is declared [[spoiler:Arch-Heretic of the East, despite not being a Dread Empress]]. This so infuriates the Callowan priesthood that they in turn declare [[spoiler:the entire conclave that made the first declaration to be heretics, and the associated heroes to be imposters.]]
* AChildShallLeadThem: Young Named often take up leading military or governmental positions for which non-Named would be considered far too young. An excellent example is the Tyrant, who gets his position as ruler of Helike at age 12.
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* AChildShallLeadThem: Young Named often take up leading military or governmental positions for which non-Named would be considered far too young. An excellent example is the Tyrant, who gets his position as ruler of Helike at age 12.
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* GrimUpNorth: The northern reaches of the continent of Calernia consist of the Chain of Hunger, a mountain range dominated by the [[TheUsualAdversaries horde-like evil species called Ratlings]], [[TheNecrocracy The Kingdom of the Dead]], a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin kingdom of undead ruled by an immortal Lich-King]] who also happens to rule over a hell [[note]]While there an infinite amount of hells, this is acknowledged in-universe to be a MomentOfAwesome[[/note]] and all the infernal legions that inhabited it, and the Everdark, the domain of constantly warring drow tribes who follow something called [[ReligionOfEvil the Tenets of Night]].
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* GrimUpNorth: The northern reaches of the continent of Calernia consist of the Chain of Hunger, a mountain range dominated by the [[TheUsualAdversaries horde-like evil species called Ratlings]], [[TheNecrocracy The Kingdom of the Dead]], a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin kingdom of undead ruled by an immortal Lich-King]] who also happens to rule over a hell [[note]]While there an infinite amount of hells, this is acknowledged in-universe to be a MomentOfAwesome[[/note]] SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome[[/note]] and all the infernal legions that inhabited it, and the Everdark, the domain of constantly warring drow tribes who follow something called [[ReligionOfEvil the Tenets of Night]].
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* AdaptationExpansion: The Yonder rewrite of the series greatly expands on Book 1, most notably separating the Squire arc and the War College arc into separate books, adding detail and sub-arcs to match, and adding even more foreshadowing of later books from the [=WordPress=] version. Time will tell if later books take the same path.
** "I do not judge" is Hanno's.
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* BadassBoast: Coming out of her crisis of faith in her abilities, Juniper carves 'Marshal Juniper wins here' onto a tree. Chapters later, the enemy commander stumbles onto the tree, sees it... and realises that she's been played. She orders the retreat on that very spot, proving the boast right.
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* BadassBoast: Coming out of her crisis of faith in her abilities, Juniper carves 'Marshal Juniper wins here' onto a tree. Chapters later, the enemy commander stumbles onto the tree, sees it... and realises realizes that she's been played. She orders the retreat on that very spot, proving the boast right.
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* BoomHeadshot: Both [[spoiler:the Exiled Prince]] and [[spoiler:the Bumbling Conjurer]] get brutally killed off this way, just as they seemed poised to seriously threaten the protagonists. In book 5 [[spoiler:The Dead King]] does this to [[spoiler:Archer]].
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** Both [[spoiler:the Exiled Prince]] and [[spoiler:the Bumbling Conjurer]] get brutally killed off this way, just as they seemed poised to seriously threaten theprotagonists. protagonists.
** Inbook 5 Book 5, [[spoiler:The Dead King]] does this to [[spoiler:Archer]].[[spoiler:Archer]].
** In Book 6, [[spoiler:The Hawk does this to Catherine. It's downplayed in that she survives unconscious with a generous amount of help from the Woe, Sve Noc, and Ivah, but she still loses an eye from it permanently]].
** Both [[spoiler:the Exiled Prince]] and [[spoiler:the Bumbling Conjurer]] get brutally killed off this way, just as they seemed poised to seriously threaten the
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** In Book 6, [[spoiler:The Hawk does this to Catherine. It's downplayed in that she survives unconscious with a generous amount of help from the Woe, Sve Noc, and Ivah, but she still loses an eye from it permanently]].
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* ChekhovsGun: All over the place bordering on ChekhovsArmory. If something is mentioned and might be remotely at all plot-important, expect it to show up again in the future.
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* ChekhovsGun: All over the place bordering on ChekhovsArmory. If something is mentioned and might be remotely at all plot-important, expect it to show up again in the future. The Yonder rewrite takes this even further, adding in elements from later books in the series far before they first show up in the [=WordPress=] version.
* ChessMotifs: A very frequent motif of the series, to the point that even the official Discord features a black knight dissolving on a while background as its icon. Finding ways to subvert the game is a theme.
* ChessMotifs: A very frequent motif of the series, to the point that even the official Discord features a black knight dissolving on a while background as its icon. Finding ways to subvert the game is a theme.
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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: [[spoiler: Blended with DeadlyDistantFinale in Book 7's Epilogue II, with a brief look at the events of the early Age of Order. Many characters are shown to die of old age or strife after having lived long, fulfilling lives making the continent a better place...except Akua and Yara (who continue to perform their immortal Roles as Calamity and Providence) and the Woe, who each [[FakingTheDead fake their deaths]] before Cat gives them some of her Night-based agelessness, [[FastForwardToReunion reunited at last]] for new adventures across the Tyrian Sea.]]
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** The Black Knight goes everywhere, and does everything, in plate armor, no matter the occasion. Averted somewhat in that it is a normal plate armor, not black or anything conspicuous.
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* HighPriest: After [[GodOfDarkness Sve Noc]] completes their apotheosis and becomes a true god, they create a leadership position in their previously leaderless faith, held by [[spoiler:Catherine herself]]. As "First Under the Night," she has immense authority over the drow and becomes the most powerful [[CastingAShadow Night-wielder]] of them all, but is also charged with turning the mass of warring gangs the drow have devolved into back into a functional nation, and keeping Sve Noc themselves from becoming DrunkWithPower. "First Under the Night" doesn't just mean first in the heirarchy; [[spoiler:Catherine]]'s god expects her to be out in front, finding the stumbling blocks of their new way of life.
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* HighPriest: After [[GodOfDarkness Sve Noc]] completes their apotheosis and becomes a true god, they create a leadership position in their previously leaderless faith, held by [[spoiler:Catherine herself]]. As "First Under the Night," she has immense authority over the drow and becomes the most powerful [[CastingAShadow Night-wielder]] of them all, but is also charged with turning the mass of warring gangs the drow have devolved into back into a functional nation, and keeping Sve Noc themselves from becoming DrunkWithPower.[[AGodAmI going mad with power]]. "First Under the Night" doesn't just mean first in the heirarchy; [[spoiler:Catherine]]'s god expects her to be out in front, finding the stumbling blocks of their new way of life.
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* HighPriest: After [[GodOfDarkness Sve Noc]] completes their apotheosis and becomes a true god, they create a leadership position in their previously leaderless faith, held by [[spoiler:Catherine herself]]. As "First Under the Night," she has immense authority over the drow and becomes the most powerful [[CastingAShadow Night-wielder]] of them all, but is also charged with turning the mass of warring gangs the drow have devolved into back into a functional nation, and keeping Sve Noc themselves from becoming DrunkWithPower. "First Under the Night" doesn't just mean first in the heirarchy; [[spoiler:Catherine]]'s god expects her to be out in front, finding the stumbling blocks of their new way of life.
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** Catherine herself is declared [[spoiler:Arch-Heretic of the East, despite not being a Dread Empress]]. This so infuriated the Callowan priesthood that they in turn declared [[spoiler:the entire conclave that made the first declaration to be heretics, and the associated heroes to be imposters.]]
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** Catherine herself is declared [[spoiler:Arch-Heretic of the East, despite not being a Dread Empress]]. This so infuriated infuriates the Callowan priesthood that they in turn declared declare [[spoiler:the entire conclave that made the first declaration to be heretics, and the associated heroes to be imposters.]]
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* FromNobodyToNightmare: Catherine Foundling starts the series as an impoverished orphan waitress and part-time pit brawler. By the start of the final arc, she is the [[TheDreaded dreaded and admired]] Black Queen of Callow, [[spoiler:ruler of ''two'' powerful nations in the Grand Alliance, high priestess (and mightiest Night-wielder) of the drow, one of the wealthiest people on Calernia, representative of all villains under the Truce and Terms, [[GenreSavvy noted authority on]] [[MediumAwareness storycrafting and Name-lore]], and coming into a Name so powerful she's capable of using a CompellingVoice on the ''Dread Empress of Praes''.]]
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*FromNobodyToNightmare: Catherine Foundling starts the series as an impoverished orphan waitress and part-time pit brawler. By the start of the final arc, she is the [[TheDreaded dreaded and admired]] Black Queen of Callow, [[spoiler:ruler of ''two'' powerful nations in the Grand Alliance, high priestess (and mightiest Night-wielder) of the drow, one of the wealthiest people on Calernia, representative of all villains under the Truce and Terms, [[GenreSavvy noted authority on]] [[MediumAwareness storycrafting and Name-lore]], and coming into a Name so powerful she's capable of using a CompellingVoice on the ''Dread Empress of Praes''.]]
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** Catherine herself is declared [[spoiler:Arch-Heretic of the East, despite not being a Dread Empress]]. This so infuriated the Callowan priesthood that they in turn declared [[spoiler:the entire authorship of conclave that made the first declaration to be heretics, and the associated heroes to be imposters.]]
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* EatingTheEyeCandy: Catherine isn't shy about this, especially when someone is particularly strong and fit, though she does try to restrain herself when it's someone she has power over. After Callow joins [[TheAlliance the Grand Alliance]], it quickly becomes known among Alliance higher-ups that "the Black Queen has a roving eye," though fortunately most of them are either indifferent or flattered.
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* SelfMutilationDemonstration: Subverted. When the Squire asks why veterans who fought the [[NightOfTheLivingMooks Dead King]] would have trouble fighting [[TheEmpire Praesi]], Catherine casually asks Staff Tribune Aisha (a Praesi highborn) to stick her hand in a candle flame. She does so... as a demonstration of her bloodline talent that makes her ImmuneToFire.
