History Literature / AgeOfFire

* 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.

* [[spoiler: BodySurf]]: After capturing the sun-shard, the Red Queen is able to use this to further her political schemes [[spoiler: by possessing people who are wearing crystalline fragments of the sun-shard. After [=AuRon=] destroys her body and her ([[BodyBackupDrive magically-grown replacements]]), the Red Queen uses this to possess Imfamnia]].

* DragonHoard: An atypical variant: dragons hoard because they need metal to make scales.

* EvilMatriarch: Tighlia, being responsible for [[spoiler: the deaths of Tyr [=FeHazathant's=] childen [=AgGriffopse=] and Enesea, and the banishment of [=DharSii=] and [=NiVom=] all so that her brother [=SiDrakkon=] would be able to become the next Tyr.]]

* ChekhovsGun: The dwarsaw.

* DivideAndConquer: [[spoiler: Silverstar was planning on using the Wyrmmaster's crusade to divide and weaken the humanoid races, so that he could then lead the dragons in destroying them all.]]

* 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]].

* PowerTrio: the siblings.

* PsychoSupporter: Starlight.

* MercyKill: In the first book, after many long years of travel, AuRon finally returns to the dwarven Delvings, as he promised his good friend Djer he would. Sadly, the Delvings have been ravaged by dragon attacks, and Djer got a faceful of dragon-flame while saving another dwarf. AuRon finds him lying in a cave with all the other soldiers injured in battle, only that Djer's burns literally cover his entire face, even burning his lungs. He asks AuRon to end his life, to spare him the agonized death of wound infection. AuRon is hesitant at first, but goes through with it, crushing Djer's skull, and then demanding a proper burial for his lost friend.

* ParentalSubstitute: [=AuRon=], Wistala, and [=RuGaard=] had [=NooMoahk=], Rainfall, and [=FeHazathant=], respectively.

* FirstTimeInTheSun: A variant in ''Dragon Avenger.'' Poor Natasatch was imprisoned in a cave since before she was even a drakka, and barely remembered what the sun looked like. When she's finally freed, she [[HeartwarmingMoments nuzzles up to [=AuRon=] and remarks she forgot how warm it feels]].

''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.

* Dragon Champion
* Dragon Avenger
* Dragon Outcast
* Dragon Strike
* Dragon Rule
* Dragon Fate

** Several of the dragons of the Lavadome Imperial Line share characteristics with the cast of IClaudius, both Tyr [=FeHazathant=] and Emperor Augustus are unaware that [[spoiler: their wives - Tighlia and Livia, respectively - are plotting to ensure their own relatives ascend to the throne - Tighlia's brother [=SiDrakkon=], and Livia's son Tiberius. Both end up being killed by their wives, who end up being neglected by their relatives once they end up in power. In addition to this, [=SiDrakkon=] and Tiberius both end up being murdered by their successors; [=SiMevolant=] and Caligula.]]

* InferredSurvival: [[spoiler: RuGaard and Nilrasha at the end of Dragon Fate]].

* 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, obedient mounts. Later, [=RuGaard=] institutes a more traditional pairing of dragons and riders, but the dragons are very much the boss of the partnership.]]

* 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]].

* AllTrollsAreDifferent: They walk with their hands, and eat and excrete from the same orifice. Troll my ass-mouth.

* AncientAliens: Implied to be Anklemere, the ancient wizard. [[spoiler: And apparently, the Lavadome is also a spaceship.]]

* 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.

* 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 wanted to sell the hatchlings to the [[BigBad Wyrmmaster]]. The fact that their deaths are directly his fault doesn't seem to matter.
** He knows this; the reason he mistrusts hominids is because they tricked him into thinking they would kidnap the two siblings who ignored him, only to try to kill or capture all of them when he led them there.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: In many ways they are the standard Western variety: they're big, don't like hominids, like treasure, etc. But they have no wings until they're about fifteen to twenty years old, can only breathe a limited amount of fire at a time, and are generally treated as something more like actual living creatures, rather than impossibly strong magical constructs.

* 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.

* AbusiveParents: [=AuRel=] and Irelia to the Copper.

* PsychoSupporter: Starlight

* [[spoiler: BodySurf]]: After capturing the sun-shard, the Red Queen is able to use this to further her political schemes [[spoiler: by possessing people who are wearing crystalline fragments of the sun-shard. After [=AuRon=] destroys her body and her ([[BackupBodyDrive magically-grown replacements]]), the Red Queen uses this to possess Imfamnia]].

* [[spoiler: BodySurf]]: After capturing the sun-shard, the Red Queen is able to use this to further her political schemes [[spoiler: by possessing people who are wearing crystalline fragments of the sun-shard. After [=AuRon=] destroys her body and her [[BackupBodyDrive magically-grown replacements]], the Red Queen uses this to possess Imfamnia]].

* ADeathInTheLimelight: Just one in ''Dragon Fate'': [[spoiler: [=NiVom=]]]

* BabiesEverAfter: In the first novel, with [=AuRon=] and Natasatch. And in the last novel, Wistala and [=DharSii=].

* 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: Ayafeeia sends Yefkoa to seek Wistala's help. When Wistala arrives, she's simply informed Ayafeeia died during an ambush at a party.

** [[spoiler: Nilrasha an [=RuGaad=] in the final book.]]

** In later books, [=SiDrakkon=]'s perversions are said to have been [=SiMevolant=]'s; possibly due to this trope.

* TheCaligula: [=SiDrakkon=] [[spoiler: who is somewhat this even before he takes the Tyrancy.]]

* 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. 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]].]]

** 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 children 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.

* AbusiveParents: [=AuRel=] and Irelia to the Copper.