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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Infamnia, again and again. The people she has betrayed or backstabbed include all of the main cast, her current mate, and separate Empires, including her own.
** [[spoiler: And betrays her mate again, after he thought to himself that she was too stupid to betray him.]]
*** [[spoiler: Then it turns out that only the first betrayal was of her doing. Everything else was [[DemonicPossession the Red Queen's doing]].]]
** The Copper does this to [[spoiler: His mother and sister in the egg cave]] and later on to [[spoiler:His brother and sister when they work for him]] though he regrets the first one
** [[spoiler: And betrays her mate again, after he thought to himself that she was too stupid to betray him.]]
*** [[spoiler: Then it turns out that only the first betrayal was of her doing. Everything else was [[DemonicPossession the Red Queen's doing]].]]
** The Copper does this to [[spoiler: His mother and sister in the egg cave]] and later on to [[spoiler:His brother and sister when they work for him]] though he regrets the first one
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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Infamnia, again and again. The people she has betrayed or backstabbed include all of the main cast, her current mate, and separate Empires, including her own.
** [[spoiler:own. And betrays her mate again, after he thought to himself that she was too stupid to betray him.]]
***him. [[spoiler: Then Then, it turns out that only the first betrayal was of her doing. Everything else was [[DemonicPossession the Red Queen's doing]].]]
** The Copper does this to [[spoiler: His mother and sister in the egg cave]] and later on to [[spoiler:His brother and sister when they work for him]] though he regrets the firstoneone.
** [[spoiler: Rayg in his later years]], helping overthrow both [=RuGaard=] and many citizens of the new Dragon Empire [[spoiler: to gain the [[HumanResources Dragon resources]] needed for his plans]].
*** Infamnia and Rayg's tendency toward this is {{Exploited}} by [=AuRon=], as [[spoiler: they both prepare to execute them. He points out that after betraying so many, it's only logical that the both are now on the other's hit list. One [[{{Beat}} pregnant pause]] later, they weakly affirm that they wouldn't betray one another, but all [=AuRon=] has to do is say "Watch out!" for them to attack each other]].
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** The Copper does this to [[spoiler: His mother and sister in the egg cave]] and later on to [[spoiler:His brother and sister when they work for him]] though he regrets the first
** [[spoiler: Rayg in his later years]], helping overthrow both [=RuGaard=] and many citizens of the new Dragon Empire [[spoiler: to gain the [[HumanResources Dragon resources]] needed for his plans]].
*** Infamnia and Rayg's tendency toward this is {{Exploited}} by [=AuRon=], as [[spoiler: they both prepare to execute them. He points out that after betraying so many, it's only logical that the both are now on the other's hit list. One [[{{Beat}} pregnant pause]] later, they weakly affirm that they wouldn't betray one another, but all [=AuRon=] has to do is say "Watch out!" for them to attack each other]].
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* AncientAliens: Implied to be Anklemere, the ancient wizard. [[spoiler: And aparently, the Lavadome is also a spaceship.]]
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* AncientAliens: Implied to be Anklemere, the ancient wizard. [[spoiler: And aparently, apparently, the Lavadome is also a spaceship.]]
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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Infamnia, again and again. The people she has betrayed or backstabbed include all of the main cast, her current mate, and seperate Empires, including her own.
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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Infamnia, again and again. The people she has betrayed or backstabbed include all of the main cast, her current mate, and seperate separate Empires, including her own.
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* CursedWithAwesome: [=AuRon=] is a Gray Dragon, meaning that he lacks the scales that give dragons resistance against most weapons. However, his skin can also change colors, alowing him to blend in to his environment. Also, he can fly farther and swim better without scales weighing him down, and doesn't have to eat metal, allowing him to live far away from hominds.
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* CursedWithAwesome: [=AuRon=] is a Gray Dragon, gray dragon, meaning that he lacks the scales that give dragons resistance against most weapons. However, his skin can also change colors, alowing slowing him to blend in to his environment. Also, he can fly farther and swim better without scales weighing him down, and doesn't have to eat metal, allowing him to live far away from hominds.hominids.
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* DragonRider: A few somewhat nonstandard uses. [[spoiler: The first encounter of them is the Wyrmasters' dragon riders, which are created by stealing eggs from their mothers and causing the hatchlings to imprint on humans, raising them to serve as dull-minded, obediant mounts. Later, [=RuGaard=] institutes a more traditional pairing of dragons and riders, but the dragons are very much the boss of the partnership.]]
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* DragonRider: A few somewhat nonstandard uses. [[spoiler: The first encounter of them is the Wyrmasters' dragon riders, which are created by stealing eggs from their mothers and causing the hatchlings to imprint on humans, raising them to serve as dull-minded, obediant obedient mounts. Later, [=RuGaard=] institutes a more traditional pairing of dragons and riders, but the dragons are very much the boss of the partnership.]]
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** [[Taken even further in the last book, since the Red Queen (in Infamnia's body) has been secretly killing and harvesting dragons for ''decades'' to create an army of hybridized de-men and trolls to conquer the Dragon's Empire]].
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** [[Taken [[spoiler: Taken even further in the last book, since the Red Queen (in Infamnia's body) has been secretly killing and harvesting dragons for ''decades'' to create an army of hybridized de-men and trolls to conquer the Dragon's Empire]].
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* NoNameGiven: Because he lost the egg shelf fight, the Copper recieves no name from his parents, as an outcast. Though he's later given the name [=RuGaard=] by another dragon, he's referred to as 'the Copper' in the narration until the final book.
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* NoNameGiven: Because he lost the egg shelf fight, the Copper recieves receives no name from his parents, as an outcast. Though he's later given the name [=RuGaard=] by another dragon, he's referred to as 'the Copper' in the narration until the final book.
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** A lot of Dragons hold this view, sometimes gobling up thralls who've displeased them and attacking nations who refuse to pay ungdoly amounts of tribute. Other characters call them out for this, but only Wistala, being raised with hominds on her heart, seems to care.
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** A lot of Dragons hold this view, sometimes gobling gobbling up thralls who've displeased them and attacking nations who refuse to pay ungdoly ungodly amounts of tribute. Other characters call them out for this, but only Wistala, being raised with hominds hominids on her heart, seems to care.
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* RashomonStyle: The opening chapters of the first three books all relate the lives of the main characters from hatching onward, which means that the time the three spent in the egg cave is covered separately by all three characters. Young Auron is see in a less and less sympathetic light each time, and Jizara's character is expanded more. [=AuRel=] and Irelia also almost seem like different dragons depending on the narrator.
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* RashomonStyle: The opening chapters of the first three books all relate the lives of the main characters from hatching onward, which means that the time the three spent in the egg cave is covered separately by all three characters. Young Auron is see seen in a less and less sympathetic light each time, and Jizara's character is expanded more. [=AuRel=] and Irelia also almost seem like different dragons depending on the narrator.
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** [[spoiler: Infamia and Rayg, enough that they end up betraying eachother after both betraying [=NiVom=].]]
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** We have an offhand mention that Rhea passed away in the final book, which is further reinforced by the fact that even Rayg is an old man by then, but all we know about Rayg's wife and childern is that they were sent "somewhere safe."
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** We have an offhand mention that Rhea passed away in the final book, which is further reinforced by the fact that even Rayg is an old man by then, but all we know about Rayg's wife and childern children is that they were sent "somewhere safe."
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* DragonHoard: An atypical variant: dragons hoard because they need metal to make scales.
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** [=AuMoahk=], [=AuRon's=] gold son, doesn't appear in ''Dragon Fate'', while his brother gets an expanded role compared to the previous books. Nor is his sister Istatch's fate revealed.
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** [=AuMoahk=], [=AuRon's=] gold son, doesn't appear in ''Dragon Fate'', while his brother gets an expanded role compared to the previous books. Nor is his sister Istatch's fate revealed.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out if Nilrasha [[spoiler: really did or didn't kill Halaflora, but Nilrasha herself said that she let her choke to death, even when she knew a technique to save dragons in that exact situation]]. We have an offhand mention that Rhea passed away in the final book, which is further reinforced by the fact that even Rayg is an old man by then, but all we know about Rayg's wife and childern is that they were sent "somewhere safe."
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out if Nilrasha [[spoiler: really did or didn't kill Halaflora, but Nilrasha herself said that she let her choke to death, even when she knew a technique to save dragons in that exact situation]].
** We have an offhand mention that Rhea passed away in the final book, which is further reinforced by the fact that even Rayg is an old man by then, but all we know about Rayg's wife and childern is that they were sent "somewhere safe.""
** [=AuMoahk=], [=AuRon's=] gold son, doesn't appear in ''Dragon Fate'', while his brother gets an expanded role compared to the previous books. Nor is his sister Istatch's fate revealed.
** We have an offhand mention that Rhea passed away in the final book, which is further reinforced by the fact that even Rayg is an old man by then, but all we know about Rayg's wife and childern is that they were sent "somewhere safe.
** [=AuMoahk=], [=AuRon's=] gold son, doesn't appear in ''Dragon Fate'', while his brother gets an expanded role compared to the previous books. Nor is his sister Istatch's fate revealed.
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* BookEnds: The first book began with Auron as an egg in his clutch, in his home cave, with his family. The same book ends with [=AuRon=] in his new home cave, with his mate Nilrasha, both looking over their clutch of eggs. [[spoiler: The last scene in the final book takes a whopping 5 novels to cycle again, as Wistala and [=DharSii=] overlook their latest clutch of eggs in a new home cave, similar to [=AuRon=] and Natasatch]].
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out if Nilrasha [[spoiler: really did kill Halaflora, or if she's innocent]]. Nor do we find out what happened to [[spoiler: Rayg's family, including Rhea.]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out if Nilrasha [[spoiler: really did or didn't kill Halaflora, or if she's innocent]]. Nor do but Nilrasha herself said that she let her choke to death, even when she knew a technique to save dragons in that exact situation]]. We have an offhand mention that Rhea passed away in the final book, which is further reinforced by the fact that even Rayg is an old man by then, but all we find out what happened to [[spoiler: know about Rayg's family, including Rhea.]]wife and childern is that they were sent "somewhere safe."
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* BadassBoast: One that the Copper overhears in the 3rd book and gets repeated often:
-->'''The Copper''': ''Dragons eat challenge and vent victory!''
* BlingOfWar: {{Lampshaded}} by Wistala when visiting the Hypatian capital, remarking that the chancellor's guards were straining under the weight of their immaculate armor and shields. Since she's trying to recruit them as war allies, she's a bit justified in her concern if this is their nobles' idea of combat outfitting.
-->'''The Copper''': ''Dragons eat challenge and vent victory!''
* BlingOfWar: {{Lampshaded}} by Wistala when visiting the Hypatian capital, remarking that the chancellor's guards were straining under the weight of their immaculate armor and shields. Since she's trying to recruit them as war allies, she's a bit justified in her concern if this is their nobles' idea of combat outfitting.
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* ChasedByAngryNatives: Auron at the fishing village.
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* ChasedByAngryNatives: Auron at the fishing village.village, after devouring half of a child out of desperation.
* FalseFlagOperation: A bunch of Moor [[{{Expy}} Expies]] [[BallroomBlitz suddenly raid a party at the start of the sixths book, killing any dragon they can find]]. [=AuRon=] isn't fooled, since he could identify the attackers as blighter mercenaries. the fact that both the dead mercenaries and dragon bodies are confiscated less than an hour afterwards only raises his suspicions further. [[spoiler: He's right, it was the BigBad harvesting dragon bodies to grow her army]].
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* GuileHero: You know [=RuGaard=] is this when he smooth-talks his way out of his dwarvish kidnappers, hires them later, and relies on them in the final battle.
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* GuileHero: You know [=RuGaard=] is this has always been this, but his Crowning Moment comes when he smooth-talks his way out of his dwarvish kidnappers, dwarven kidnappers (who mistrust all dragons, since it was Wistala herself who decimated their clan), hires them later, and relies on them in the final battle.battle.
* [[HalfHumanHybrids Half-Dragon Hybrids]]: Consumption of dragon blood will give the drinkers dragon's power, and eventually dragon-like characteristics such as obvious scales, bony ridges, and higher intelligence in the case of animals like bats and mice. The Dragons exploit this heavily, as selling bottled blood is a major source of income for their Empire.
** [[Taken even further in the last book, since the Red Queen (in Infamnia's body) has been secretly killing and harvesting dragons for ''decades'' to create an army of hybridized de-men and trolls to conquer the Dragon's Empire]].
* HumansAreSpecial: Humans obviously aren't the focus of the series, but they've created many game-changing inventions and new, powerful empires in a matter of years, while the other species seem to be stuck in MedievalStasis. One dwarf had this to say:
--> '''Dwarf''': ''[Dragonkind], elven, and dwarven kind are alike. Since the dawn of time, we've stood on pillars, looking down into the humans laboring in the dirt. But the humans, they've just been laying the foundations of a pyramid, and each generation adds a little more until one day, they will look down at us.''
* [[HalfHumanHybrids Half-Dragon Hybrids]]: Consumption of dragon blood will give the drinkers dragon's power, and eventually dragon-like characteristics such as obvious scales, bony ridges, and higher intelligence in the case of animals like bats and mice. The Dragons exploit this heavily, as selling bottled blood is a major source of income for their Empire.
** [[Taken even further in the last book, since the Red Queen (in Infamnia's body) has been secretly killing and harvesting dragons for ''decades'' to create an army of hybridized de-men and trolls to conquer the Dragon's Empire]].
* HumansAreSpecial: Humans obviously aren't the focus of the series, but they've created many game-changing inventions and new, powerful empires in a matter of years, while the other species seem to be stuck in MedievalStasis. One dwarf had this to say:
--> '''Dwarf''': ''[Dragonkind], elven, and dwarven kind are alike. Since the dawn of time, we've stood on pillars, looking down into the humans laboring in the dirt. But the humans, they've just been laying the foundations of a pyramid, and each generation adds a little more until one day, they will look down at us.''
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* NoNameGiven: Because he lost the egg shelf fight, the Copper recieves no name from his parents, as an outcast. Though he's later given the name [=RuGaard=] by another dragon, he's still mostly referred to as 'the Copper' in the non-dialogue text.
* NotHyperbole: The Red Queen once said she was far too busy to die. She wasn't lying, even decades after her aparent death.
* NotHyperbole: The Red Queen once said she was far too busy to die. She wasn't lying, even decades after her aparent death.
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** [[spoiler: Nilrasha an [=RuGaad=] in the final book.]]
* NoNameGiven: Because he lost the egg shelf fight, the Copper recieves no name from his parents, as an outcast. Though he's later given the name [=RuGaard=] by another dragon, he'sstill mostly referred to as 'the Copper' in the non-dialogue text.
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* NotHyperbole: The Red Queen once said she was far too busy to die. She wasn't lying, even decades after heraparent apparent death.
** [[spoiler: Nilrasha an [=RuGaad=] in the final book.]]
* NoNameGiven: Because he lost the egg shelf fight, the Copper recieves no name from his parents, as an outcast. Though he's later given the name [=RuGaard=] by another dragon, he's
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out if Nilrasha [[spoiler: really did kill Halaflora, or if she's innocent]]. Nor do we find out what happened to [[spoiler: Rayg's family, including Rhea.]]
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* ScarsAreForever: The Copper has been crippled for life due to the plethora of injuries he's sustained, barely able to walk, half blind, and unable to fly without assistance. Used to a lesser extent with [=AuRon=], who lost a tail and has a stiff replacement. Meanwhile, Nilrasha and NoSosoth have lost their wings, meaning they can't fly either.
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: [[spoiler: After Infamia and Rayg both boast their victory to an immobilzed [=AuRon=], he points out that each of them would likely betray the other in short order. They actually stop their [[EvilLaugh laughter]], and all it takes is a shout as Rayg goes in to finish him for them to errupt into conflict.]]
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: [[spoiler: After Infamia and Rayg both boast their victory to an immobilzed [=AuRon=], he points out that each of them would likely betray the other in short order. They actually stop their [[EvilLaugh laughter]], and all it takes is a shout as Rayg goes in to finish him for them to errupt into conflict.]]
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* ScarsAreForever: The Copper has been crippled for life due to the plethora of injuries he's sustained, barely able to walk, half blind, mostly fireless, and unable to fly without assistance. Used to a lesser extent with [=AuRon=], who lost a tail and has a stiff replacement. Meanwhile, Nilrasha and NoSosoth [=NoSohoth=] have lost their wings, meaning they can't fly either.
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: [[spoiler: After Infamia and Rayg both boast their victory to animmobilzed immobilized [=AuRon=], he points out that each of them would likely betray the other in short order. They actually stop their [[EvilLaugh laughter]], and all it takes is a shout as Rayg goes in to finish him for them to errupt erupt into conflict.]]
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: [[spoiler: After Infamia and Rayg both boast their victory to an
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Several in ''Dragon Fate'': [=NiVom=], Scabia, [=NaStirath=], [=AuSurath=], and Varatheela.
* ADeathInTheLimelight: Just one in ''Dragon Fate'': [[spoiler: [=NiVom=]]]
* ADeathInTheLimelight: Just one in ''Dragon Fate'': [[spoiler: [=NiVom=]]]
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* DestructoNookie: [[spoiler: Shadowcatch stays behind to delay Oustrelia, waging a guerrilla war against her and her allies. One instance, she gets the jump on him, and this occurs sometime after tackling him off a mountainside. They part better terms afterward.]]
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* DestructoNookie: [[spoiler: Shadowcatch stays behind to delay Oustrelia, Oustrelia when the siblings escape to the Sadda-Vale, waging a guerrilla war against her and her allies. One instance, she gets the jump on him, and this occurs sometime after tackling him off a mountainside. mountainside, and they mate. They part better terms afterward.afterward, and though they don't become mates, Oustrelia raises Shadowcatch's clutch.]]
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** And in ''Dragon Champion'', Auron says goodbye to Blackhard and the rest of the Dawn Roarers after [[spoiler: Thing saves him from the Dragonblade.]] The next time the reader sees the pack, it's not even the same pack anymore, and Blackhard's grandson is leading it. {{Justified}} as this is decades later, and it's rare for a wolf to live past 14 years of age.
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** And in ''Dragon Champion'', Auron says goodbye to Blackhard and the rest of the Dawn Roarers after [[spoiler: Thing saves him from the Dragonblade.]] The next time the reader sees the pack, it's not even the same pack anymore, and Blackhard's grandson is leading it. {{Justified}} as But this is decades later, later anyway, and it's rare for a wolf to live past 14 years of age.
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* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Jizara is revealed to be this somewhat in ''Dragon Outcast''. She is the only one of the siblings (or their parents) to sympathize with the Copper or even remotely treat him well; part of the reason she died is that she was waiting for the Copper to escape with her, Auron, and Wistala.
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* AnyoneCanDie: Many, many characters die. Some simply due to the fact that the main characters live longer than wolves, bats, and humans.
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* AnyoneCanDie: Many, Since the books take place over decades, many of the non-dragon characters die. Some simply due end up dead, either to the fact that the main characters live longer than wolves, bats, and humans.conflict or old age. Even then, plenty of dragons have their numbers come up.
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** And in ''Dragon Champion'', Auron says goodbye to Blackhard and the rest of the Dawn Roarers after [[spoiler: Thing saves him from the Dragonblade.]] The next time the reader sees the pack, it's not even the same pack anymore, and Blackhard's grandson is leading it.
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** And in ''Dragon Champion'', Auron says goodbye to Blackhard and the rest of the Dawn Roarers after [[spoiler: Thing saves him from the Dragonblade.]] The next time the reader sees the pack, it's not even the same pack anymore, and Blackhard's grandson is leading it. {{Justified}} as this is decades later, and it's rare for a wolf to live past 14 years of age.
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* BusCrash: Ayafeia sends Yefkoa to seek Wistala's help. When Wistala arrives, she's simply informed Ayafeia died during an ambush at a party.
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* BusCrash: Ayafeia Ayafeeia sends Yefkoa to seek Wistala's help. When Wistala arrives, she's simply informed Ayafeia Ayafeeia died during an ambush at a party.party.
** And in ''Dragon Champion'', Auron says goodbye to Blackhard and the rest of the Dawn Roarers after [[spoiler: Thing saves him from the Dragonblade.]] The next time the reader sees the pack, it's not even the same pack anymore, and Blackhard's grandson is leading it.
** And in ''Dragon Champion'', Auron says goodbye to Blackhard and the rest of the Dawn Roarers after [[spoiler: Thing saves him from the Dragonblade.]] The next time the reader sees the pack, it's not even the same pack anymore, and Blackhard's grandson is leading it.
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* TheUnfought: [[spoiler: King Gan]] looks like he's shaping up to be the [[DiscOneFinalBoss big bad]] of the hatchling part of Dragon Outcast, but the Copper only has a brief fight with him one day and later simply leaves the cave.
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* FreudianExcuse: The Copper, whose desire to enslave all hominids and have dragons become the dominant race is probably linked to his parents' (and sister's) horrible deaths at the hands of the Wheel of Fire dwarves, the Dragonblade, and some elves who want to sell the hatchlings to the [[BigBad Wyrmmaster]]. The fact that their deaths are directly his fault doesn't seem to matter.
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* RashomonStyle: The opening chapters of the first three books all relate the lives of the main characters from hatching onward, which means that the time the three spent in the egg cave is covered separately by all three characters. Young Auron is see in a less and less sympathetic light each time, and Jizara's character is expanded more. [=AuRel=] and Irelia also almost seem like different dragons depending on the narrator.
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* AntiHero: The Copper wants to [[spoiler: take over the world]] and doesn't bat an eye over the enslavement of sentient people, as long as they're not dragons. He also doesn't have many (if any) friends and hardly seems to care when dragons he's close to die. And of course, there's the whole [[SelfMadeOrphan egg cave debacle.]]
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* ArcWords: [=AuRon=], Wistala, and the Copper have improvise, adapt, and overcome respectively in the first three books.
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* ArcWords: [=AuRon=], Wistala, and the Copper have improvise, adapt, and overcome respectively in the first three books. These three are reused in Dragon Strike as the names of the three parts of that book.
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* AmazonBrigade: The Firemaids. Combative, sworn-to-celibacy dragonelles that serve as protectors of the Lavadome.
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* AmazonBrigade: The Firemaids. Combative, sworn-to-celibacy dragonelles that serve as protectors of the Lavadome. Also their younger counterpart the Firemaidens, a similar group that comprises drakka.
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* ArcWords: AuRon, Wistala, and the Copper have improvise, adapt, and overcome respectively in the first three books.
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* SwitchingPOV: The latter three books rotate between Wistala's, [=AuRon's=] and the Copper's points of view.
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* TheDragonsComeBack: [=RuGaard=] [[spoiler:wants this to happen, and for dragons to return to the glory days of ruling over the hominid races.]] Slightly subverted in that dragons were never gone, but have been in a decline in numbers in recent millennia.
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''Age of Fire'' is a fantasy series by E.E. Knight that follows the lives of three dragon siblings. The books in this series are:
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''Age of Fire'' is a fantasy series by E.E. Knight that follows the lives of three dragon siblings. The three dragons separate shortly after their parents and fourth sibling are killed by dwarves. The first book follows [[TheHero Auron]] as he [[WalkingTheEarth travels the world]] having adventures, making friends, and learning about dragons and why they are disappearing from the world. The second book follows Wistala, the only surviving female of the clutch, who is determined to avenge her parents' and sister's murder. [[NoNameGiven The Copper]] is the main character of the third book who, after betraying his family, is betrayed in turn by the dwarves. He finds his way eventually to an underground society of dragons. The fourth, fifth, and sixth books rotate through the three siblings' perspectives after they reunite, and deal with the characters working to determine the role dragons will play in the world.
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* [[IllGirl Ill Dragonelle]]: Halaflora was born with several developmental disorders. Her skin is a little too tight, her complexion is a little too thin, and her hearts are a little too weak. Because of her... undesirability, she was married off to [=RuGaard=] and [[ReassignedToAntarctica sent to live in some backwater Protectorate]] to keep them both out of political affairs, but they come to care for each other anyway. [[spoiler: And then she dies ([[UnreliableNarrator or so Nilrasha claims]]) by choking on a haunch of meat.]]
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''Age of Fire'' is a fantasy series by E.E. Knight that follows the lives of three dragon siblings.
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''Age of Fire'' is a fantasy series by E.E. Knight that follows the lives of three dragon siblings.
siblings. The books in this series are:
* Dragon Champion
* Dragon Avenger
* Dragon Outcast
* Dragon Strike
* Dragon Rule
* Dragon Fate
* Dragon Champion
* Dragon Avenger
* Dragon Outcast
* Dragon Strike
* Dragon Rule
* Dragon Fate
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* BabiesEverAfter: In the first novel, with [=AuRon=] and Natasatch. And in the last novel, Wistala and DharSii.
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* ArrangedMarriage: [=RuGaard=] and Halaflora. He was mostly miserable at first, but he came to love Halaflora's gentle nature.
* BabiesEverAfter: In the first novel, with [=AuRon=] and Natasatch. And in the last novel, Wistala andDharSii.[=DharSii=].
* BabiesEverAfter: In the first novel, with [=AuRon=] and Natasatch. And in the last novel, Wistala and
* BrideAndSwitch: [=NaStirath=] switches with [=DharSii=]
* ChameleonCamouflage: A Grey dragon skin changes color to match whatever they're resting against. At one point [=AuRon=] notes that this ability is even detailed enough to match the strata of the cliff face he's clinging to.
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* {{Expy}}: Dharsii, for a certain [[PrideAndPrejudice Darcy]].
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* {{Expy}}: Dharsii, [=DharSii=], for a certain [[PrideAndPrejudice Darcy]].
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* FantasticRacism: Most humans and elves hate Dragons, dwarves are divided among those who hate them and those who see them as potentially useful Dragons tend to see most other sentient races simply as food. There's also, in the first book, an increase of racism towards dwarves and elves by humans.
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* FantasticRacism: Most humans and elves hate Dragons, dwarves are divided among those who hate them and those who see them as potentially useful useful. Dragons tend to see most other sentient races simply as food. There's also, in the first book, an increase of racism towards dwarves and elves by humans.
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* LifeOrLimbDecision: Twice. [[spoiler: [=AuRon=] rips off most of his tail after Starlight bites the end of it, to prevent the lethal venom from killing him. Later, in Dragon Strike, Nilrasha chews off her own ''wing'', pinned under rubble, to prevent being executed while helpless. Ouch.]]
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* LifeOrLimbDecision: Twice. [[spoiler: [=AuRon=] rips off most of his tail after Starlight bites the end of it, to prevent the lethal venom from killing him. Later, in Dragon Strike, Nilrasha chews off her own ''wing'', ''wings'', pinned under rubble, to prevent being executed while helpless. Ouch.]]
* MurderTheHypotenuse: The rumor that Nilrasha did this to Halaflora never quite went away.
* ParentalSubstitute: [=AuRon=], Wistala, and [=RuGaard=] had [=NooMoahk=], Rainfall, and [=FeHazathant=], respectively.
* QuestionableConsent: In payment for sheltering the Exiles from the Dragon Empire, Scabia demands that Wistala be impregnated by her son-in-law [=NaStirath=] and give the eggs to his mate Aethleethia to raise as her own. She reluctantly agrees, and only avoids it when [=NaStirath=] sends Wistala's LoveInterest [=DharSii=] instead. They still had to hand over the eggs, though.
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* SelfFulfillingProphecy: [[spoiler: After Infamia and Rayg both boast their victory to an immobilzed []AuRon=], he points out that each of them would likely betray the other in short order. They actually stop their [[EvilLaugh laughter]], and all it takes is a shout as Rayg goes in to finish him for them to errupt into conflict.]]
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* SelfFulfillingProphecy: [[spoiler: After Infamia and Rayg both boast their victory to an immobilzed []AuRon=], [=AuRon=], he points out that each of them would likely betray the other in short order. They actually stop their [[EvilLaugh laughter]], and all it takes is a shout as Rayg goes in to finish him for them to errupt into conflict.]]
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* TheStarscream: [[spoiler: Silverstar]] but he got killed before he could put his plot into action.
** [[spoiler: Infamia and Rayg, enough that they end up betraying eachother after both betraying [=NiVom=].]]
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* TooDumbToLive: Balazeh
* UnexpectedSuccessor: [[spoiler: The Copper, to the Tyrancy.]]
* TheUnfavourite: Male, living losers of the egg shelf fight, or 'outcasts'. Most notably the Copper.
* UnexpectedSuccessor: [[spoiler: The Copper, to the Tyrancy.]]
* TheUnfavourite: Male, living losers of the egg shelf fight, or 'outcasts'. Most notably the Copper.
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* TooDumbToLive: Balazeh
* UnexpectedSuccessor: [[spoiler: The Copper,TheMistress: [=RuGaard=]'s LoveInterest Nilrasha wanted to be his "jade" after his ArrangedMarriage to Halaflora. Apparently he was the Tyrancy.]]
* TheUnfavourite: Male, living losers of the egg shelf fight, or 'outcasts'. Most notably the Copper.only one who took his Mating Flight seriously; ''everyone'' else (''including'' Halaflora) assumed they were secretly together.
* UnexpectedSuccessor: [[spoiler: The Copper,
* TheUnfavourite: Male, living losers of the egg shelf fight, or 'outcasts'. Most notably the Copper.
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* TheStarscream: [[spoiler: Silverstar]] but he got killed before he could put his plot into action.
** [[spoiler: Infamia and Rayg, enough that they end up betraying eachother after both betraying [=NiVom=].]]
* TheUnfavourite: Male, living losers of the egg shelf fight, or 'outcasts'. Most notably the Copper.
* TooDumbToLive: Balazeh
* UnexpectedSuccessor: [[spoiler: The Copper, to the Tyrancy.]]
** [[spoiler: Infamia and Rayg, enough that they end up betraying eachother after both betraying [=NiVom=].]]
* TheUnfavourite: Male, living losers of the egg shelf fight, or 'outcasts'. Most notably the Copper.
* TooDumbToLive: Balazeh
* UnexpectedSuccessor: [[spoiler: The Copper, to the Tyrancy.]]
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''Age of Fire'' is a fantasy series by E.E. Knight that follows the lives of three dragon siblings.
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Tropes include:
* ADateWithRosiePalms: When Rethothanna is berating The Copper's appearance she asks if his thrall has been doing the one armed hominid pastime.
* AirVentPassageway: Wistala and Auron's escape from the egg cave.
* AllTrollsAreDifferent: They walk with their hands, and eat and excrete from the same orifice. Troll my ass-mouth.
* AlternateAnimalAffection: Dragons "kiss" by crossing necks with each other.
* AmazonBrigade: The Firemaids. Combative, sworn-to-celibacy dragonelles that serve as protectors of the Lavadome.
* AncientAliens: Implied to be Anklemere, the ancient wizard. [[spoiler: And aparently, the Lavadome is also a spaceship.]]
* BabiesEverAfter: In the first novel, with [=AuRon=] and Natasatch. And in the last novel, Wistala and DharSii.
* [[BizarreAlienBiology Bizarre Dragon Biology]]: Dragons have 2 extra neck-hearts, grow their wings which emerge at puberty, and must eat metal to keep their scales healthy.
* BodySurf: [[spoiler: Revealed to be how the Red Queen can survive dying multiple times. Even dragons aren't immune to possession.]]
* BrotherSisterIncest: Imfamnia and Tyr [=SiMevolent=].
* BusCrash: Ayafeia sends Yefkoa to seek Wistala's help. When Wistala arrives, she's simply informed Ayafeia died during an ambush at a party.
* TheCaligula: [=SiDrakkon=] [[spoiler: who is somewhat this even before he takes the Tyrancy.]]
* ChasedByAngryNatives: Auron at the fishing village.
* ChekhovsGun: The dwarsaw.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Infamnia, again and again. The people she has betrayed or backstabbed include all of the main cast, her current mate, and seperate Empires, including her own.
** [[spoiler: And betrays her mate again, after he thought to himself that she was too stupid to betray him.]]
*** [[spoiler: Then it turns out that only the first betrayal was of her doing. Everything else was [[DemonicPossession the Red Queen's doing]].]]
** The Copper does this to [[spoiler: His mother and sister in the egg cave]] and later on to [[spoiler:His brother and sister when they work for him]] though he regrets the first one
* ClockPunk: Extensively used by the Dwarves.
* ContinuityNod: Events from different books, which are each from a different dragon's perspective, are mentioned in the other books
* CrossingTheDesert: [=AuRon's=] search for [=NooMoahk=]
* CursedWithAwesome: [=AuRon=] is a Gray Dragon, meaning that he lacks the scales that give dragons resistance against most weapons. However, his skin can also change colors, alowing him to blend in to his environment. Also, he can fly farther and swim better without scales weighing him down, and doesn't have to eat metal, allowing him to live far away from hominds.
* CycleOfRevenge: A theme throughout the series, but especially highlighted in Dragon Avenger- [[spoiler: Wistala eventually tries to end this as regards the Dragonblade line by making peace with the current one and his family, rather than take revenge on him for killing her father.]]
* [[DoomedHometown Doomed Home Cave]]: The 3 (originally 4) siblings grew up in a cozy cave, although the Copper got the worst part of the deal. Of course, that home gets invaded and destroyed.
* DragonRider: A few somewhat nonstandard uses. [[spoiler: The first encounter of them is the Wyrmasters' dragon riders, which are created by stealing eggs from their mothers and causing the hatchlings to imprint on humans, raising them to serve as dull-minded, obediant mounts. Later, [=RuGaard=] institutes a more traditional pairing of dragons and riders, but the dragons are very much the boss of the partnership.]]
* {{Expy}}: Dharsii, for a certain [[PrideAndPrejudice Darcy]].
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Rayg, of all people, in the final novel. It's safe to say this was a result of decades worth of tinkering with [[ArtifactOfDoom the crystal spheres]], however.]]
* TheFaceless: The Red Queen.
* FaintingSeer: Wistala plays the part of this for a time. Later played straight with Iatella.
* FantasticRacism: Most humans and elves hate Dragons, dwarves are divided among those who hate them and those who see them as potentially useful Dragons tend to see most other sentient races simply as food. There's also, in the first book, an increase of racism towards dwarves and elves by humans.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: The Copper was ostracized from his family at early age and was considered a cripple and misfit by the Lavadome Dragons. By the end of his book, he's their leader, and has his sights set on [[TakeOverTheWorld conquering the world]].
* GuileHero: You know [=RuGaard=] is this when he smooth-talks his way out of his dwarvish kidnappers, hires them later, and relies on them in the final battle.
* TheInfiltration: [=AuRon=], on the Isle of Ice. Also Wistala with the Wheel of Fire.
* [[LikesOlderWomen Likes Older Dragons]]: At the end of the fifth book, Wistala falls for [[spoiler:[=DharSii=], who is at least 150 years her senior.]]
* LifeOrLimbDecision: Twice. [[spoiler: [=AuRon=] rips off most of his tail after Starlight bites the end of it, to prevent the lethal venom from killing him. Later, in Dragon Strike, Nilrasha chews off her own ''wing'', pinned under rubble, to prevent being executed while helpless. Ouch.]]
* MadDoctor: [[spoiler: Rayg, briefly, after his FaceHeelTurn. His practice consisted of permanently crippling and lobotomizing several dragons.]]
* NoNameGiven: Because he lost the egg shelf fight, the Copper recieves no name from his parents, as an outcast. Though he's later given the name [=RuGaard=] by another dragon, he's still mostly referred to as 'the Copper' in the non-dialogue text.
* NotHyperbole: The Red Queen once said she was far too busy to die. She wasn't lying, even decades after her aparent death.
* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: And how. With both the [[ProudMerchantRace gold-digging]] and [[ProudWarriorRace war-mongering]] breeds.
* OurOrcsAreDifferent: called blighters according to dragon legend they were the fist sentient race. In fact dragons were supposedly created to keep them from overrunning the world. once they had a high level civilization but are now just squabbling tribes who often fill the Mook slot.
* ParentalAbandonment: The Copper
* PowerTrio: the siblings.
* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Justified in that [=AuRon=] is a dragon and to him a human child is just a protein source.
** A lot of Dragons hold this view, sometimes gobling up thralls who've displeased them and attacking nations who refuse to pay ungdoly amounts of tribute. Other characters call them out for this, but only Wistala, being raised with hominds on her heart, seems to care.
* {{Protectorate}}: This is what Tyr [=RuGaard's=] dragon empire is called, with a family of dragons overseeing a "state". In reality, it's more often a dragon setting up shop in the local government building, demanding tribute, and boasting of their possesions to attract a mate.
* PsychoSupporter: Starlight
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: When the dragonelles escape in ''Dragon Champion''.
* ScarsAreForever: The Copper has been crippled for life due to the plethora of injuries he's sustained, barely able to walk, half blind, and unable to fly without assistance. Used to a lesser extent with [=AuRon=], who lost a tail and has a stiff replacement. Meanwhile, Nilrasha and NoSosoth have lost their wings, meaning they can't fly either.
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: [[spoiler: After Infamia and Rayg both boast their victory to an immobilzed []AuRon=], he points out that each of them would likely betray the other in short order. They actually stop their [[EvilLaugh laughter]], and all it takes is a shout as Rayg goes in to finish him for them to errupt into conflict.]]
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: The Copper, if indirectly. Whatever his intentions, he ''did'' knowingly lead assassins to his home cave.]]
** Can be subverted due to the fact his parents pretty much left him to die.
* SeparatedAtBirth: The siblings, told at the start of all three books.
* TheStarscream: [[spoiler: Silverstar]] but he got killed before he could put his plot into action.
** [[spoiler: Infamia and Rayg, enough that they end up betraying eachother after both betraying [=NiVom=].]]
* TakeOverTheWorld: Wyrmmaster and [[spoiler:Tyr [=RuGaard=]. ]]
** [[spoiler: Also Infamia and Rayg.]]
* TooDumbToLive: Balazeh
* UnexpectedSuccessor: [[spoiler: The Copper, to the Tyrancy.]]
* TheUnfavourite: Male, living losers of the egg shelf fight, or 'outcasts'. Most notably the Copper.
* ThePowerOfBlood: Dragon blood has valuable alchemical properties, able to invigorate drinkers while also fetching a pretty coin. Sustained drinking cause biological shifts resulting in more draconic features.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Wyrmmaster and [[spoiler:Tyr [=RuGaard=]]] again. (Of course, [[spoiler:[=RuGaard=]'s]] utopia is only for dragons, and he doesn't consider it a sacrifice to subjugate and kill humanoids, so it's debatable.)
* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: Somewhat, as the Copper is quick to lead angry dwarves back to his home keep. Somewhat forgivable, as his family had all but ostracized him at that point simply for existing.
* YouJustToldMe: Averted. The Wyrnmaster calls [=AuRon=] by his real name while he is is under a false identity, but he catches himself.
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''Age of Fire'' is a fantasy series by E.E. Knight that follows the lives of three dragon siblings.
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Tropes include:
* ADateWithRosiePalms: When Rethothanna is berating The Copper's appearance she asks if his thrall has been doing the one armed hominid pastime.
* AirVentPassageway: Wistala and Auron's escape from the egg cave.
* AllTrollsAreDifferent: They walk with their hands, and eat and excrete from the same orifice. Troll my ass-mouth.
* AlternateAnimalAffection: Dragons "kiss" by crossing necks with each other.
* AmazonBrigade: The Firemaids. Combative, sworn-to-celibacy dragonelles that serve as protectors of the Lavadome.
* AncientAliens: Implied to be Anklemere, the ancient wizard. [[spoiler: And aparently, the Lavadome is also a spaceship.]]
* BabiesEverAfter: In the first novel, with [=AuRon=] and Natasatch. And in the last novel, Wistala and DharSii.
* [[BizarreAlienBiology Bizarre Dragon Biology]]: Dragons have 2 extra neck-hearts, grow their wings which emerge at puberty, and must eat metal to keep their scales healthy.
* BodySurf: [[spoiler: Revealed to be how the Red Queen can survive dying multiple times. Even dragons aren't immune to possession.]]
* BrotherSisterIncest: Imfamnia and Tyr [=SiMevolent=].
* BusCrash: Ayafeia sends Yefkoa to seek Wistala's help. When Wistala arrives, she's simply informed Ayafeia died during an ambush at a party.
* TheCaligula: [=SiDrakkon=] [[spoiler: who is somewhat this even before he takes the Tyrancy.]]
* ChasedByAngryNatives: Auron at the fishing village.
* ChekhovsGun: The dwarsaw.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Infamnia, again and again. The people she has betrayed or backstabbed include all of the main cast, her current mate, and seperate Empires, including her own.
** [[spoiler: And betrays her mate again, after he thought to himself that she was too stupid to betray him.]]
*** [[spoiler: Then it turns out that only the first betrayal was of her doing. Everything else was [[DemonicPossession the Red Queen's doing]].]]
** The Copper does this to [[spoiler: His mother and sister in the egg cave]] and later on to [[spoiler:His brother and sister when they work for him]] though he regrets the first one
* ClockPunk: Extensively used by the Dwarves.
* ContinuityNod: Events from different books, which are each from a different dragon's perspective, are mentioned in the other books
* CrossingTheDesert: [=AuRon's=] search for [=NooMoahk=]
* CursedWithAwesome: [=AuRon=] is a Gray Dragon, meaning that he lacks the scales that give dragons resistance against most weapons. However, his skin can also change colors, alowing him to blend in to his environment. Also, he can fly farther and swim better without scales weighing him down, and doesn't have to eat metal, allowing him to live far away from hominds.
* CycleOfRevenge: A theme throughout the series, but especially highlighted in Dragon Avenger- [[spoiler: Wistala eventually tries to end this as regards the Dragonblade line by making peace with the current one and his family, rather than take revenge on him for killing her father.]]
* [[DoomedHometown Doomed Home Cave]]: The 3 (originally 4) siblings grew up in a cozy cave, although the Copper got the worst part of the deal. Of course, that home gets invaded and destroyed.
* DragonRider: A few somewhat nonstandard uses. [[spoiler: The first encounter of them is the Wyrmasters' dragon riders, which are created by stealing eggs from their mothers and causing the hatchlings to imprint on humans, raising them to serve as dull-minded, obediant mounts. Later, [=RuGaard=] institutes a more traditional pairing of dragons and riders, but the dragons are very much the boss of the partnership.]]
* {{Expy}}: Dharsii, for a certain [[PrideAndPrejudice Darcy]].
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Rayg, of all people, in the final novel. It's safe to say this was a result of decades worth of tinkering with [[ArtifactOfDoom the crystal spheres]], however.]]
* TheFaceless: The Red Queen.
* FaintingSeer: Wistala plays the part of this for a time. Later played straight with Iatella.
* FantasticRacism: Most humans and elves hate Dragons, dwarves are divided among those who hate them and those who see them as potentially useful Dragons tend to see most other sentient races simply as food. There's also, in the first book, an increase of racism towards dwarves and elves by humans.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: The Copper was ostracized from his family at early age and was considered a cripple and misfit by the Lavadome Dragons. By the end of his book, he's their leader, and has his sights set on [[TakeOverTheWorld conquering the world]].
* GuileHero: You know [=RuGaard=] is this when he smooth-talks his way out of his dwarvish kidnappers, hires them later, and relies on them in the final battle.
* TheInfiltration: [=AuRon=], on the Isle of Ice. Also Wistala with the Wheel of Fire.
* [[LikesOlderWomen Likes Older Dragons]]: At the end of the fifth book, Wistala falls for [[spoiler:[=DharSii=], who is at least 150 years her senior.]]
* LifeOrLimbDecision: Twice. [[spoiler: [=AuRon=] rips off most of his tail after Starlight bites the end of it, to prevent the lethal venom from killing him. Later, in Dragon Strike, Nilrasha chews off her own ''wing'', pinned under rubble, to prevent being executed while helpless. Ouch.]]
* MadDoctor: [[spoiler: Rayg, briefly, after his FaceHeelTurn. His practice consisted of permanently crippling and lobotomizing several dragons.]]
* NoNameGiven: Because he lost the egg shelf fight, the Copper recieves no name from his parents, as an outcast. Though he's later given the name [=RuGaard=] by another dragon, he's still mostly referred to as 'the Copper' in the non-dialogue text.
* NotHyperbole: The Red Queen once said she was far too busy to die. She wasn't lying, even decades after her aparent death.
* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: And how. With both the [[ProudMerchantRace gold-digging]] and [[ProudWarriorRace war-mongering]] breeds.
* OurOrcsAreDifferent: called blighters according to dragon legend they were the fist sentient race. In fact dragons were supposedly created to keep them from overrunning the world. once they had a high level civilization but are now just squabbling tribes who often fill the Mook slot.
* ParentalAbandonment: The Copper
* PowerTrio: the siblings.
* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Justified in that [=AuRon=] is a dragon and to him a human child is just a protein source.
** A lot of Dragons hold this view, sometimes gobling up thralls who've displeased them and attacking nations who refuse to pay ungdoly amounts of tribute. Other characters call them out for this, but only Wistala, being raised with hominds on her heart, seems to care.
* {{Protectorate}}: This is what Tyr [=RuGaard's=] dragon empire is called, with a family of dragons overseeing a "state". In reality, it's more often a dragon setting up shop in the local government building, demanding tribute, and boasting of their possesions to attract a mate.
* PsychoSupporter: Starlight
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: When the dragonelles escape in ''Dragon Champion''.
* ScarsAreForever: The Copper has been crippled for life due to the plethora of injuries he's sustained, barely able to walk, half blind, and unable to fly without assistance. Used to a lesser extent with [=AuRon=], who lost a tail and has a stiff replacement. Meanwhile, Nilrasha and NoSosoth have lost their wings, meaning they can't fly either.
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: [[spoiler: After Infamia and Rayg both boast their victory to an immobilzed []AuRon=], he points out that each of them would likely betray the other in short order. They actually stop their [[EvilLaugh laughter]], and all it takes is a shout as Rayg goes in to finish him for them to errupt into conflict.]]
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: The Copper, if indirectly. Whatever his intentions, he ''did'' knowingly lead assassins to his home cave.]]
** Can be subverted due to the fact his parents pretty much left him to die.
* SeparatedAtBirth: The siblings, told at the start of all three books.
* TheStarscream: [[spoiler: Silverstar]] but he got killed before he could put his plot into action.
** [[spoiler: Infamia and Rayg, enough that they end up betraying eachother after both betraying [=NiVom=].]]
* TakeOverTheWorld: Wyrmmaster and [[spoiler:Tyr [=RuGaard=]. ]]
** [[spoiler: Also Infamia and Rayg.]]
* TooDumbToLive: Balazeh
* UnexpectedSuccessor: [[spoiler: The Copper, to the Tyrancy.]]
* TheUnfavourite: Male, living losers of the egg shelf fight, or 'outcasts'. Most notably the Copper.
* ThePowerOfBlood: Dragon blood has valuable alchemical properties, able to invigorate drinkers while also fetching a pretty coin. Sustained drinking cause biological shifts resulting in more draconic features.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Wyrmmaster and [[spoiler:Tyr [=RuGaard=]]] again. (Of course, [[spoiler:[=RuGaard=]'s]] utopia is only for dragons, and he doesn't consider it a sacrifice to subjugate and kill humanoids, so it's debatable.)
* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: Somewhat, as the Copper is quick to lead angry dwarves back to his home keep. Somewhat forgivable, as his family had all but ostracized him at that point simply for existing.
* YouJustToldMe: Averted. The Wyrnmaster calls [=AuRon=] by his real name while he is is under a false identity, but he catches himself.
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