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* TheFairFolk: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Quentin when he theorizes that Vanity's people [[spoiler: The Phaeanicians]] could have been this in the Homer's {{Odyssey}}, he mentions some similarities, like not having to suffer heat, cold, the seasons or weather, having food always ripe etc.
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* TheFairFolk: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Quentin when he theorizes that Vanity's people [[spoiler: The Phaeanicians]] could have been this in the Homer's {{Odyssey}}, ''Literature/TheOdyssey'', he mentions some similarities, like not having to suffer heat, cold, the seasons or weather, having food always ripe etc.
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* FlawExploitation: Every paradigm is vulnerable to another, and a third is vulnerable to it. Working out how to exploit flaws is a major plot thread.
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* NeverFoundTheBodyNeverFoundTheBody: After [[spoiler:Colin]] vanished
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* NumericalThemeNaming: Their original names -- Primus, Secunda, etc.
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* DeathOfPersonality: This is referenced by Vanity, upon learning that all of them are [[spoiler: Uranians (or Titans) and prisoners of war of the Olympians, who had their memories erased, forced into human bodies, and raised as such she cries that they commited murder by making them forget their true selves.]]
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* ArchangelGabriel: In Orphans, Amelia says that rather than pray to God, she prefers praying to Gabriel, seeing him as the only one mentioned in the major religions (Christianism, Judaism and Islamism)
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Sort of, [[spoiler: The four factions of Chaos]], want to overthrow the [[spoiler: Olympians]] and destroy Cosmos, but one of their main motivations (well at for least two of them) is to free humans form the suffering of time and fate, which is indeed controlled by the gods, who according to the [[spoiler: Creatures of the Void]] sees them as plaything (see {{Humans are Special}} above)
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Sort of, [[spoiler: The four factions of Chaos]], want to overthrow the [[spoiler: Olympians]] and destroy Cosmos, but one of their main motivations (well at for least for two of them) is to free humans form the suffering of time and fate, which is fate,the later being indeed controlled by the gods, who according to the [[spoiler: Creatures of the Void]] sees them as plaything playthings (see {{Humans are Special}} above)
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** Also, this is represented by [[spoiler: Queen Basilissa (Hera)]] who is said by [[spoiler: Cupid]] to be the Lady of Forgiveness, and one of the three goddesses that can [[spoiler: the Throne of Heaven]] by this.
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** Also, this is represented by [[spoiler: Queen Basilissa (Hera)]] who is said by [[spoiler: Cupid]] to be the Lady of Forgiveness, and one of the three goddesses that can [[spoiler: grant the Throne of Heaven]] by this.
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* ItWasaGift: Mrs. Wren gave them — peculiar birthday gifts. Romus also gives Amelia and Quentin gifts in Fugitives of Chaos.
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* TheyHaveTheScentTheyHaveTheScent: when Grum sets Lelaps on Vanity and Amelia's trail, he finds them, turns away, and starts to bay, running off. Grum comments that he's found the scent.
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* TheFairFolk: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Quention when he theorizes that Vanity's people [[spoiler: The Phaeanicians]] could have been this in the Homer's {{Odyssey}}, he mentions some similarities, like not having to suffer heat, cold, the seasons or weather, having food always ripe etc.
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* TheFairFolk: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Quention Quentin when he theorizes that Vanity's people [[spoiler: The Phaeanicians]] could have been this in the Homer's {{Odyssey}}, he mentions some similarities, like not having to suffer heat, cold, the seasons or weather, having food always ripe etc.
* {{Forgiveness}}:In Titans, Amelia is told to speak the word and the universe will be destroyed in {{Revenge}} [[spoiler: for her killing]]. It is, it turns out, a SecretTestOfCharacter; when she does not speak, they proclaim she forgives her killers and shows that a human can make correct moral judgments. Later, Quentin manages to nullify a {{Curse}} against him [[spoiler: for killing Lamia]] by forgiving her for the injuries she did him.
** Also, this is represented by [[spoiler: Queen Basilissa (Hera)]] who is said by [[spoiler: Cupid]] to be the Lady of Forgiveness, and one of the three goddesses that can [[spoiler: the Throne of Heaven]] by this.
** Also, this is represented by [[spoiler: Queen Basilissa (Hera)]] who is said by [[spoiler: Cupid]] to be the Lady of Forgiveness, and one of the three goddesses that can [[spoiler: the Throne of Heaven]] by this.
* TheHighQueen: Queen Basilissa (Hera), whom Miss Daw, deeply admires and says that she's the only decent one of the Olympians who she respects.
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* ManlyTearsManlyTears: after Amelia explains to Colin that a certain picture shows [[spoiler:his loving parents being forced to [[ParentalAbandonment give him up at birth]] as a hostage, and Colin contemplates how he has lived his entire childhood in the care of hostile strangers]], Colin cries.
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ThePowerOfRock: [[TricksterArchetype Colin]] unlocks his powers by playing rock music. DeadpanSnarker Amelia notes that if he hadn't been playing in the middle of a war, the resultant noise would have been [[DreadfulMusician pretty bad.]]
*PowerOfTrustPowerOfTrust: Amelia recounts a fantastic story and all the other children immediately vote that they are in a crisis and must take all precautions. She is moved by their trust.
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* TimeAbyss: [[spoiler: Amelia's]] people, The Prelapsarias, are said to be from before the Fall of Man (or Adam) and said not to suffer the pass of time whatsoever
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* TimeAbyss: [[spoiler: Amelia's]] people, The Prelapsarias, Prelapsarians, are said to be from before the Fall of Man (or Adam) and said not to suffer the pass of time whatsoever
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Sort of, [[spoiler: The four factions of Chaos]], want to overthrow the [[spoiler: Olympians]] and destroy Cosmos, but one of their main motivations (well at least two of them) is to free humans form the suffering of fate, which is indeed controlled by the gods, who according to the [[spoiler: Creatures of the Void]] sees them as plaything (see {{Humans are Special}} above)
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Sort of, [[spoiler: The four factions of Chaos]], want to overthrow the [[spoiler: Olympians]] and destroy Cosmos, but one of their main motivations (well at for least two of them) is to free humans form the suffering of time and fate, which is indeed controlled by the gods, who according to the [[spoiler: Creatures of the Void]] sees them as plaything (see {{Humans are Special}} above)
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* {{Arson Murder and Jaywalking}}: When Amelia confronts the possibility of getting back her memories, she fears that her true self could be someone terrible, like murderess, an adulteress...or an environmentalist, she also fears to be someone that can't do math, or who likes TonyBlair.
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* CrackPairing: Lord Mavors/Mrs. Wren
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* TheDreaded: Even for the four faction of Chaos, the {{Army of the Dead}} seems to be this, [[spoiler: Boggin recalls that the four armies either fled or stoped their advances when The Unseen One (Hades) opened the Gates of hell]]:
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* TheDreaded: Even for the [[spoiler: four faction of Chaos, Chaos]], the {{Army of the Dead}} seems to be this, [[spoiler: Boggin recalls that the four armies either fled or stoped their advances when The Unseen One (Hades) opened the Gates of hell]]:
* TheFairFolk: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Quention when he theorizes that Vanity's people [[spoiler: The Phaeanicians]] could have been this in the Homer's {{Odyssey}}, he mentions some similarities, like not having to suffer heat, cold, the seasons or weather, having food always ripe etc.
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* HumansAreSpecial: [[spoiler: Boggin]] certainly seems to think so, and assures to Amelia that she will come to realize this too, when questioned about [[spoiler: being raised among humans, as humans]] he says:
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* HumansAreSpecial: In Titans, [[spoiler: Boggin]] certainly seems to think so, and assures to Amelia [[spoiler: Amelia]] that she will come to realize this too, when questioned about [[spoiler: being raised among humans, as humans]] he says:
** There were already mentions of this in Orphans:
--> ''In every human being, there is a spark of divine fire, which makes them sacred. We have nothing like that in us. We are mightier, older, wiser than man, and we do not violate our laws; but Mankind is a finer thing than we are, and some day we will save them from the Demiurge, who made them merely to be playthings. He did not know what he made.''
--> ''In every human being, there is a spark of divine fire, which makes them sacred. We have nothing like that in us. We are mightier, older, wiser than man, and we do not violate our laws; but Mankind is a finer thing than we are, and some day we will save them from the Demiurge, who made them merely to be playthings. He did not know what he made.''
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* OneSceneWonder: Most of the Olympians, in ''Orphans''. [[{{Determinator}} Telegonus]].
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* TimeAbyss: [[spoiler: Amelia's]] people, The Prelapsarias, are said to be from before the Fall of Man (or Adam) and said not to suffer the pass of time whatsoever
** It's also implied [[spoiler: by Cupid]] her own son, that Lady Cyprian (Venus) may be older than Chaos or Old Night
** It's also implied [[spoiler: by Cupid]] her own son, that Lady Cyprian (Venus) may be older than Chaos or Old Night
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* TheDreaded: Even for the four faction of Chaos, the {{Army of the Dead}} seems to be this, [[spoiler: Boggin recalls that the four armies either fled or stoped their advances when The Unseen One (Hades) opened the Gates of hell]]:
-->''"Yet even they, yet even they were held back by one more terrible still: the great lord whom I will not name, the Unseen One, the Lord of the House of Woe, came forth that day in all his horror, opened the hell-gate, and drove his armies of shadow before him; the dead walked, and the Great Fear was at hand: the dreamlords shrieked and fled like mist; the Fallen spirits cowered, aetherial spear and shield a-tremble in their airy hands; and the cold brains of the war-machines of the Lost would not open fire with their planet-destroying weapons without the support of their allies. Even the deathless Titans of your timeless people, the prelapsarians, were astonished, and they paused, even though they could not be made afraid."''
-->''"Yet even they, yet even they were held back by one more terrible still: the great lord whom I will not name, the Unseen One, the Lord of the House of Woe, came forth that day in all his horror, opened the hell-gate, and drove his armies of shadow before him; the dead walked, and the Great Fear was at hand: the dreamlords shrieked and fled like mist; the Fallen spirits cowered, aetherial spear and shield a-tremble in their airy hands; and the cold brains of the war-machines of the Lost would not open fire with their planet-destroying weapons without the support of their allies. Even the deathless Titans of your timeless people, the prelapsarians, were astonished, and they paused, even though they could not be made afraid."''
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* HumansAreSpecial: [[spoiler: Boggin]] certainly seems to think so, and assures to Amelia that she will come to realize this too, when questined about [[spoiler: being raised among humans, as humans]] he says:
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* HumansAreSpecial: [[spoiler: Boggin]] certainly seems to think so, and assures to Amelia that she will come to realize this too, when questined questioned about [[spoiler: being raised among humans, as humans]] he says:
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--> ''You will not believe this now, but in times to come you may. The art and science, poetry and literature, philosophy and thought and myth of mankind exceed the best efforts of the immortal races. Our muses need their artists as much as their artists need our muses. What men had to teach was more rational, fair, and lofty and, in a word, better, than the lessons you would have learned from the Olympians. They are the creatures of Prometheus.''
--> ''You will not believe this now, but in times to come you may. The art and science, poetry and literature, philosophy and thought and myth of mankind exceed the best efforts of the immortal races. Our muses need their artists as much as their artists need our muses. What men had to teach was more rational, fair, and lofty and, in a word, better, than the lessons you would have learned from the Olympians. They are the creatures of Prometheus.''
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* AmnesiaLoop: Some discoveries have to be made more than once.
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* GoGoEnslavementGoGoEnslavement: Grendel has his mother dress up the girl like that.
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* AMillionIsAStatisticAMillionIsAStatistic: Characters discuss saving a cruise ship that they are on vs. ''endangering the universe''.
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* OmnicidalManiacOmnicidalManiac: One god is out to destroy and remake the universe.
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* PowerNullifierPowerNullifier: Half the purpose of the school is this.
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* MsFanservice: Amelia from necessity, [[UnreliableNarrator so she keeps insisting]], Vanity far more enthusiastically
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* MsFanservice: [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl Amelia from necessity, necessity]], [[UnreliableNarrator so she keeps insisting]], Vanity far more enthusiastically
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** Also per WordOfGod, the series is a PerspectiveFlip of ChroniclesOfAmber, with the Olympians mapping out to the various Amberite factions.
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** Also per WordOfGod, the series is a PerspectiveFlip of ChroniclesOfAmber, of''Literature/TheChroniclesOfAmber'', with the Olympians mapping out to the various Amberite factions.
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Blue Eyes is being split into different tropes (Creepy Blue Eyes,Innocent Blue Eyes, Occult Blue Eyes and Icy Blue Eyes) as per this thread
because it\'s not just about having that eye colour, it\'s about what traits blue eyes supposed to symbolise and blue eyes is constantly being misused for \"X has blue eyes\", so anything that doesn\'t fit the split off tropes or Zero Content Examples will be removed. This goes for most of the Common Eye Colours tropes as well
because it\'s not just about having that eye colour, it\'s about what traits blue eyes supposed to symbolise and blue eyes is constantly being misused for \"X has blue eyes\", so anything that doesn\'t fit the split off tropes or Zero Content Examples will be removed. This goes for most of the Common Eye Colours tropes as wellDeleted line(s) 21 (click to see context) :
* BlueEyes
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* ShoutOut: Many. There is banter mangling together the LordOfTheRings and [[Creator/RichardWagner Wagner's Ring Cycle.]] When Amelia and Victor are talking on [[spoiler: the ''Queen Elizabeth 2'']], about what a young man wants, she rattles off something very similar to the "Roc's Egg" monologue from RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/GloryRoad''.
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* ShoutOut: Many. There is banter mangling together the LordOfTheRings and [[Creator/RichardWagner Wagner's Ring Cycle.]] When Amelia and Victor are talking on [[spoiler: the ''Queen Elizabeth 2'']], about what a young man wants, she rattles off something very similar to the "Roc's Egg" monologue from RobertAHeinlein's Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/GloryRoad''.
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* ChildrenAreInnocent: Explicitly invoked; Mrs. Wren asks Vanity and Amelia to pray for her, because God will hear the prayers of the "young and sweet" better than hers.
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* HiddenInPlainSight: [[SueDonym "Terrance Miles"]] wears punk gear and conceals knives and throwing stars among the zippers and chains on his clothes.
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* ShoutOut: Many. There is banter mangling together the LordOfTheRings and [[RichardWagner Wagner's Ring Cycle.]] When Amelia and Victor are talking on [[spoiler: the ''Queen Elizabeth 2'']], about what a young man wants, she rattles off something very similar to the "Roc's Egg" monologue from RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/GloryRoad''.
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* ShoutOut: Many. There is banter mangling together the LordOfTheRings and [[RichardWagner [[Creator/RichardWagner Wagner's Ring Cycle.]] When Amelia and Victor are talking on [[spoiler: the ''Queen Elizabeth 2'']], about what a young man wants, she rattles off something very similar to the "Roc's Egg" monologue from RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/GloryRoad''.
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* SpockSpeak: Victor and Dr Fell, being [[spoiler: robotic.]] This makes their pre-battle banter somewhat...odd.
* StandardFemaleGrabArea: Amelia has a slight tendency towards this, at least at first.
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* SpockSpeak: Victor and Dr Fell, being [[spoiler: robotic.]] This makes their pre-battle banter somewhat...odd.
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* StandardFemaleGrabArea: Amelia has a slight tendency towards this, at least at first.
* StandardFemaleGrabArea: Amelia has a slight tendency towards this, at least at first.
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* AxeCrazy: Artemis, the Maenads.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas
* ExactEavesdropping: slightly subverted in ''Orphans'', played straight in ''Fugitives''.
* HappinessInSlavery: Well, not happiness, but [[spoiler: Miss Daw, who as a siren is also a POW, admires and is loyal to Queen Hera.]]
* HiddenInPlainSight: [[SueDonym "Terrance Miles"]] wears punk gear and conceals knives and throwing stars among the zippers and chains on his clothes.
* RunningGag: Quentin's "The true name of the first Salmon." It later becomes a CrowningMomentOfAwesome when he uses said name [[spoiler: to turn a group of Maenads into fish.]]
* StealthInsult: Boggin's conversation with [[spoiler: Centurion Infantophage]] is loaded with these.
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* LikeBrotherAndSister
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* OneSceneWonder: Most of the Olympians, in ''Orphans''. [[{{Determinator Telegonus]].
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* CloseKnitCommunity: The Prelapsarians, who will not act to distress Helion despite his holding no official position
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* ConversationalTroping
* {{Determinator}}: Telegonus.
* DontExplainTheJoke
* DontExplainTheJoke
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: Grendel]] may have drowned hundreds of sailors and drunk their blood, but damnit, he's ''never'' molested a woman outside of wedlock. He's got the skull of a preacher in his shed to officiate, too...
* EveryoneKnowsMorse: Amelia muses that every conspirator should know Morse code, as it makes things simpler.
* EveryoneKnowsMorse: Amelia muses that every conspirator should know Morse code, as it makes things simpler.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: In ''Fugitives'', this briefly happens to Amelia.
* JerkassGods: Ingeniously examined. In this universe, moral laws have definite weight, which is why every supernatural species is leery of breaking them. Olympians, however, can define and change morality and destiny, which means they don't have to pay heed to them. At all.
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* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Amelia, as the most dangerous of the orphans.
* OneSceneWonder: Most of the Olympians, in ''Orphans''. [[{{Determinator Telegonus]].
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The ''Chronicles of Chaos'' are a fantasy trilogy by JohnCWright. Five children in a orphange slowly discover their own heritage and the nature of the beings imprisoning them.
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* EnemyCivilWar: Part of the backstory, and connected to why the orphans are in the school.
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* HiddenDepths: Every character.
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* ManipulativeBastard: Headmaster Boggin can usually play the orphans like violins.
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: At the end of the first book. And, as it turns out, [[the beginning as well]].
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* CrossoverCosmology: Features Grendel, [[GreekMythology Greek gods]], and figures from MotherGoose -- among others.
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The ''Chronicles of Chaos'' are a fantasy trilogy by JohnCWright. Five children in a orphange slowly discover their own heritage and the nature of the beings imprisoning them.
!! Works:
* ''Orphans of Chaos''
* ''Fugitives of Chaos''
* ''Titans of Chaos''
!!!Tropes featured
* {{Action Film Quiet Drama Scene}}
* AirVentPassageway
* AlienGeometries
* AsYouKnow: Subverted; "Headmaster Boggin" begins one of these, but is quickly stopped. Double subverted later, when you find out his [[MagnificentBastard reason]].
* AuthorAppeal: The curricula that the orphans are taught are taken directly from Wright's alma mater, St. John's College.
* AmazonBrigade: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Amazons.]]
* BadDreams
* BeingWatched
* {{Blackmail}}
* BlueEyes
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Explicitly invoked; Mrs. Wren asks Vanity and Amelia to pray for her, because God will hear the prayers of the "young and sweet" better than hers.
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve
* CloseKnitCommunity: The Prelapsarians, who will not act to distress Helion despite his holding no official position
* ComesGreatResponsibility
* CoolShip. Which, as it turns out can be:
** CoolBoat
** CoolStarship (This one takes some aftermarket modifications....)
* CrackPairing: Lord Mavors/Mrs. Wren
* CrossoverCosmology: Features Grendel, [[GreekMythology Greek gods]], and figures from MotherGoose -- among others.
* DeadpanSnarker: Amelia is a bit to ladylike to qualify as a FirstPersonSmartass.
* DueToTheDead
* DumbBlonde: Invoked as an insult.
* FamedInStory
* FeedTheMole
* FiveManBand: Played with, in that different characters rotate in and out of the Hero slot according to different circumstances.
** TheHero: Victor, when the situation requires logical, careful planning. Amelia is his Lancer.
** TheLancer: Amelia, who tends to take the lead during battles.
** TheSmartGuy: Quentin. When he takes the Hero role, Victor is his Lancer.
** TheBigGuy: Colin (although he fits TheBrute better). Only gets leadership of the team ''once'' when everybody else is out cold.
** TheChick / TeamMom: Vanity.
* ForcefulKiss: Amelia tends to run into these.
* AFriendInNeed
* GeniusLoci
* GildedCage: The orphanage.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Explicitly invoked by Vanity in hopes of [[spoiler: giving Colin the will to turn himself from eagle back to a young man.]] Also see CrowningMomentOfFunny.
* GoGoEnslavement
* GreatBigBookOfEverything
* HomeSweetHome
* IHaveManyNames
* IKnowYourTrueName: Done by one of the villains late in the trilogy.
* InHarmsWay
* InsubstantialIngredients
* KingIncognito
* KnightTemplar
* LanguageOfMagic
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: At the end of the first book. And, as it turns out, [[the beginning as well]].
* LastOfHisKind
* LosingYourHead
* LoveTriangle: Amelia, Victor and Colin.
* MadeASlave: The music teacher, Miss Daw, claims to Amelia that she is a POW. [[spoiler: as a Siren, she is also a Uranian and has the same powers as Amelia.]]
* MagicAIsMagicA: And Magic B is Magic B, and Magic C is Magic C... they get up to F.
* MaliciousSlander
* MamaBear
* ManlyTears
* {{Masquerade}}
* MeaningfulName: The orphans chose their own names. This became quite important towards the end.
* {{Metaphorgotten}}
* AMillionIsAStatistic
* MindOverMatter
* MsFanservice: Amelia from necessity, [[UnreliableNarrator so she keeps insisting]], Vanity far more enthusiastically
* MutuallyExclusiveMagic: There is a sophisticated system involving four paradigms of power, each with a specific weakness to a different paradigm and the power to trump another.
** Plus two composite paradigms.
* NeverFoundTheBody
* NotQuiteDead
* OmnicidalManiac
* OrderVersusChaos The [[spoiler: Olympians]] vs the [[spoiler: Uranians.]]
* OrphanageOfFear: Though there's an unusual amount of education going on in this one.
* OurMermaidsAreDifferent
* ParentalAbandonment: The title orphans never knew their parents. [[spoiler: All of whom are, in fact, alive, but had to surrender their children as hostages to the [[GreekMythology Olympians]].]]
* PhysicalGod: Lots of them, including some mythological gods.
* PowerNullifier
* ThePresidentsDaughter
* ThePromise
* PromotionToParent
* RestrainingBolt
* SacredFirstKiss: Amelia is saving hers for Victor. [[spoiler: She kisses all of the other orphans first, though. Even Vanity.]]
* SecretLegacy
* ShoutOut: Many. There is banter mangling together the LordOfTheRings and [[RichardWagner Wagner's Ring Cycle.]] When Amelia and Victor are talking on [[spoiler: the ''Queen Elizabeth 2'']], about what a young man wants, she rattles off something very similar to the "Roc's Egg" monologue from RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/GloryRoad''.
** Also notable is one point in the second book when the Orphans need to get past a locked, magically trapped door and Quentin uses one of the incantations Gandalf used on the Moria-Gate. Nothing happens.
--> ''Quentin:'' That would have worked if these had been dwarf doors.
* ShownTheirWork: Concerning the gangs trip to Mars: "astronomers can figure out what year the scene takes place, because I established the orbital positions needed for a Hohmann transfer orbit".
* ShowSomeLeg
* ShutUpKiss: Don't tell a boy to put you down when you're both being held aloft by aerial spirits.
* SoProudOfYou
* StandardFemaleGrabArea: Amelia has a slight tendency towards this, at least at first.
* SpankTheCutie: Amelia runs into this.
* SpeakOfTheDevil
* ThePowerOfRock
* PowerOfTrust
* SecretTestOfCharacter
* TheStoic: Victor and Quentin both behave like this most of the time.
* SuccessionCrisis: Part of the reason the orphans have been in the school so long is [[spoiler: there is dispute over who should take the throne of Olympus now that Zeus is dead.]]
* TalkingAnimal: Lelaps the hound.
* TalkingInYourDreams
* TakeAThirdOption
* TakeThat: Amelia's musing after reading {{Ulysses}} on how Joyce should have sued his publisher for all the typographical errors. Probably a general TakeThat to TrueArtIsIncomprehensible.
** Also done to Kant, whose books are the only ones in the library that don't give off any [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience use light]] when Amelia looks at them with her higher senses.
* TapOnTheHead: Amelia tried to do this to Headmaster Boggin, but failed, probably because she didn't really want to cave his head in.
* TheyHaveTheScent
* ThroughHisStomach
* TricksterArchetype
* UsedToBeASweetKid
* VoluntaryShapeshifting
* WhatYouAreInTheDark
* TheWildHunt
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!! Works:
* ''Orphans of Chaos''
* ''Fugitives of Chaos''
* ''Titans of Chaos''
!!!Tropes featured
* {{Action Film Quiet Drama Scene}}
* AirVentPassageway
* AlienGeometries
* AsYouKnow: Subverted; "Headmaster Boggin" begins one of these, but is quickly stopped. Double subverted later, when you find out his [[MagnificentBastard reason]].
* AuthorAppeal: The curricula that the orphans are taught are taken directly from Wright's alma mater, St. John's College.
* AmazonBrigade: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Amazons.]]
* BadDreams
* BeingWatched
* {{Blackmail}}
* BlueEyes
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Explicitly invoked; Mrs. Wren asks Vanity and Amelia to pray for her, because God will hear the prayers of the "young and sweet" better than hers.
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve
* CloseKnitCommunity: The Prelapsarians, who will not act to distress Helion despite his holding no official position
* ComesGreatResponsibility
* CoolShip. Which, as it turns out can be:
** CoolBoat
** CoolStarship (This one takes some aftermarket modifications....)
* CrackPairing: Lord Mavors/Mrs. Wren
* CrossoverCosmology: Features Grendel, [[GreekMythology Greek gods]], and figures from MotherGoose -- among others.
* DeadpanSnarker: Amelia is a bit to ladylike to qualify as a FirstPersonSmartass.
* DueToTheDead
* DumbBlonde: Invoked as an insult.
* FamedInStory
* FeedTheMole
* FiveManBand: Played with, in that different characters rotate in and out of the Hero slot according to different circumstances.
** TheHero: Victor, when the situation requires logical, careful planning. Amelia is his Lancer.
** TheLancer: Amelia, who tends to take the lead during battles.
** TheSmartGuy: Quentin. When he takes the Hero role, Victor is his Lancer.
** TheBigGuy: Colin (although he fits TheBrute better). Only gets leadership of the team ''once'' when everybody else is out cold.
** TheChick / TeamMom: Vanity.
* ForcefulKiss: Amelia tends to run into these.
* AFriendInNeed
* GeniusLoci
* GildedCage: The orphanage.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Explicitly invoked by Vanity in hopes of [[spoiler: giving Colin the will to turn himself from eagle back to a young man.]] Also see CrowningMomentOfFunny.
* GoGoEnslavement
* GreatBigBookOfEverything
* HomeSweetHome
* IHaveManyNames
* IKnowYourTrueName: Done by one of the villains late in the trilogy.
* InHarmsWay
* InsubstantialIngredients
* KingIncognito
* KnightTemplar
* LanguageOfMagic
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: At the end of the first book. And, as it turns out, [[the beginning as well]].
* LastOfHisKind
* LosingYourHead
* LoveTriangle: Amelia, Victor and Colin.
* MadeASlave: The music teacher, Miss Daw, claims to Amelia that she is a POW. [[spoiler: as a Siren, she is also a Uranian and has the same powers as Amelia.]]
* MagicAIsMagicA: And Magic B is Magic B, and Magic C is Magic C... they get up to F.
* MaliciousSlander
* MamaBear
* ManlyTears
* {{Masquerade}}
* MeaningfulName: The orphans chose their own names. This became quite important towards the end.
* {{Metaphorgotten}}
* AMillionIsAStatistic
* MindOverMatter
* MsFanservice: Amelia from necessity, [[UnreliableNarrator so she keeps insisting]], Vanity far more enthusiastically
* MutuallyExclusiveMagic: There is a sophisticated system involving four paradigms of power, each with a specific weakness to a different paradigm and the power to trump another.
** Plus two composite paradigms.
* NeverFoundTheBody
* NotQuiteDead
* OmnicidalManiac
* OrderVersusChaos The [[spoiler: Olympians]] vs the [[spoiler: Uranians.]]
* OrphanageOfFear: Though there's an unusual amount of education going on in this one.
* OurMermaidsAreDifferent
* ParentalAbandonment: The title orphans never knew their parents. [[spoiler: All of whom are, in fact, alive, but had to surrender their children as hostages to the [[GreekMythology Olympians]].]]
* PhysicalGod: Lots of them, including some mythological gods.
* PowerNullifier
* ThePresidentsDaughter
* ThePromise
* PromotionToParent
* RestrainingBolt
* SacredFirstKiss: Amelia is saving hers for Victor. [[spoiler: She kisses all of the other orphans first, though. Even Vanity.]]
* SecretLegacy
* ShoutOut: Many. There is banter mangling together the LordOfTheRings and [[RichardWagner Wagner's Ring Cycle.]] When Amelia and Victor are talking on [[spoiler: the ''Queen Elizabeth 2'']], about what a young man wants, she rattles off something very similar to the "Roc's Egg" monologue from RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/GloryRoad''.
** Also notable is one point in the second book when the Orphans need to get past a locked, magically trapped door and Quentin uses one of the incantations Gandalf used on the Moria-Gate. Nothing happens.
--> ''Quentin:'' That would have worked if these had been dwarf doors.
* ShownTheirWork: Concerning the gangs trip to Mars: "astronomers can figure out what year the scene takes place, because I established the orbital positions needed for a Hohmann transfer orbit".
* ShowSomeLeg
* ShutUpKiss: Don't tell a boy to put you down when you're both being held aloft by aerial spirits.
* SoProudOfYou
* StandardFemaleGrabArea: Amelia has a slight tendency towards this, at least at first.
* SpankTheCutie: Amelia runs into this.
* SpeakOfTheDevil
* ThePowerOfRock
* PowerOfTrust
* SecretTestOfCharacter
* TheStoic: Victor and Quentin both behave like this most of the time.
* SuccessionCrisis: Part of the reason the orphans have been in the school so long is [[spoiler: there is dispute over who should take the throne of Olympus now that Zeus is dead.]]
* TalkingAnimal: Lelaps the hound.
* TalkingInYourDreams
* TakeAThirdOption
* TakeThat: Amelia's musing after reading {{Ulysses}} on how Joyce should have sued his publisher for all the typographical errors. Probably a general TakeThat to TrueArtIsIncomprehensible.
** Also done to Kant, whose books are the only ones in the library that don't give off any [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience use light]] when Amelia looks at them with her higher senses.
* TapOnTheHead: Amelia tried to do this to Headmaster Boggin, but failed, probably because she didn't really want to cave his head in.
* TheyHaveTheScent
* ThroughHisStomach
* TricksterArchetype
* UsedToBeASweetKid
* VoluntaryShapeshifting
* WhatYouAreInTheDark
* TheWildHunt
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