History Literature / ChroniclesOfTheEmergedWorld

The trilogy's titles are ''Nihal of The Land of the Wind'', ''The Mission of Sennar'' and ''The Talisman of Power''. The series was well-received by readers and became quite popular. It also spawned two sequel trilogies known as ''The Wars of the Emerged World'' and ''Legends of the Emerged World'' but they did not reach the previous series' level of popularity.

* AllYourPowersCombined: When all the stones of the Talisman of Power are gathered, [[spoiler: is possible to use this to [[AntiMagic stop all the spells of the Emerged World for a day]], but it's CastFromHitPoints and eventually kills the user.]]

* OurGnomesAreWierder: They're classic fantasy dwarves, essentially. They resemble short, stout humans, often with beards, and hail from the Land of Fire, where they forge weapons inside their homeland's volcanoes, and the Land of Stone, where they carved whole cities into the mountaintops. As these were some of the lands conquered by the Tyrant before the start of the series, a significant portion of their race has been slaughtered or enslaved by his forces.

* AChildShallLeadThem: Queen Sulana is still very young.
* AbsoluteCleavage: Aires. Also Nihal as portrayed in the cover art.
* ActionGirl: Nihal. Also her magic teacher Soana, on a lesser scale.

* AlliterativeName: The evil twins Dameion and Sameion.

* AnAxeToGrind: During Nihal's trials to be accepted in the Knighthood, she faces a warrior wielding one, and is forced to resorts to DualWielding to win.

* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Megisto and Ido as well.]]
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: At a first glance, High Commander Raven looks like a self-righteous, pompous snob with a ridicolous dog and fancy clothes. It's later revealed in the third books that, asshole or not, ''there IS'' a reason why he's the High Commander.
* BadAssGrandpa: Ido. [[spoiler: Losing an eye didn't stop him.]]
* BareYourMidriff: Nihal is usually depicted like this.
* BigBad: Aster the Tyrant.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: [[spoiler:Aster, who claims in the last book that he has legitimate reasons to do what he's doing and that war and peace belong in a never-ending cycle, but loses a few levels in credibility when his [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer backstory]] is revealed. It gets worse when we know that, decades later, another war does indeed strikes the emerged world with [[VillainHasAPoint awfully similar circumstances.]]]]
* BoobsOfSteel: Nihal is often noted for being very buxom and also really strong.
* BreakTheCutie: Nihal, starting from Dola's attack. Also Laio, Sennar and, most of all, King Galba.
* BreastPlate: At first Nihal has troubles because she can't fit properly in any armor, but in the second book she gets a new, shiny armor made exactly for her.

* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:Phos the Pixie, who's also the guardian of Mawas.]]
* ChickMagnet: Apparently Sennar, who has plenty of ShipTease with [[PirateGirl Aires]], [[ShrinkingViolet Ondine]] and [[ActionGirl Nihal]].
* CoDragons: Dameion and Sameion, the Dragon Knight twins serving Aster.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The Stones, specifically the colors are Azure for Water, Blue for Sea, Yellow for Light, Teal for Time, Black for Darkness, Red for Fire, Brown for Stone and White for Wind.
* CoolSword: Nihal's adoptive father Livon forges a bastard sword made of Black Crystal for his daughter.
* CreepyChild: [[spoiler: Aster, who was cursed and forced to have the body of a 12 years old boy until his death.]]

* DarkIsNotEvil: Laio came from the Land of the Night, shrouded in eternal darkness, but he's one of the nicest guys around. Also the guardian spirit of Goriar is very kind and gentle, the kind of darkness which brings rest and peace rather than nightmares.
* TheDeterminator: When the Supreme General Raven refused to let Nihal join the Academy, she climbed on a statue in the hall and waited there until he was forced to at least offer her the chance of joining.
* DistressedDude: At one point during the quest for the Stones, Laio is taken prisoner twice (first by Bandits, then by Fammin). [[spoiler: And Sennar is captured by the Tyrant's men and took to The Fortress.]]
* DoomedHomeTown: Salazar in the Land of the Wind.
* TheDragon: Dola the Gnome and later Deinoforo for Aster.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Fen. [[spoiler: [[CameBackWrong Twice.]]]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: For Nihal and [[spoiler: Sennar]] at least.

* EvilSorcerer: Aster and one of his servants, Megisto.

* FaceHeelTurn: Demar, a former pupil of Ido, became Deinoforo.
* FeatheredFiend: Amongst Aster's creations, there are some nasty fire-breathing birds rode by miniature-size Fammin.
* FiveManBand:
** BigBad: Aster.
** TheDragon: Deinoforo.
** TheBrute: Dola.
** TheEvilGenius[=/=][[spoiler: SixthRangerTraitor]]: Megisto.
** TheDarkChick: Dameion and Sameion.

* TheGrotesque: Malerba, a deformed gnome who was captured by the Tyrant in the past and experimented on.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Nihal is an Half-Elf, and there were a whole race of them, (though elves themselves are gone from a long time). [[spoiler: Aster himself is a Half-Elf/Human Hybrid (Half-Elvish mother and Human father).]]
* [[spoiler: HappilyEverAfter: Nihal and Sennar. Though the sequels put a brutal end to that.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Ido.]]
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Averted for once: Nihal is often stated to wear an helmet (expecially when she couldn't wore a proper armor), and even on the cover books she's often picturen with the helm on. At least it leaves the face exposed.
* HeroicBSOD: During the last segments of the first book and also about halfway through the third one.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Nihal to save Sennar in the third book. She got better thanks to Phos' last magic.]]
* TheHighQueen: Sulana.

* IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Ondine, a girl from the Submerged World, has feelings for Sennar, but then opt with this when she realise that he loves only Nihal.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Laio, who'd rather be Nihal's Squire than a Knight himself. Also briefly Nihal in the last part of the first book.
* IKnowYourTrueName: Fammin's names are fragment of magical spells. The Wronged Ones are [[AndIMustScream forced to fight against their will by using their names.]]
* JerkAss: Many characters, like High Commander Raven and Laio's Father.
%%* TheKlutz: Laio.
* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler: Poor Laoi.]]
* KnightInShiningArmor: Fen.

* KungFuWizard: It's possible to have warrior-wizards, though usually [[SquishyWizards pure wizards]] have more powerful spells.

* LastOfHisKind: Nihal, the last surviving half-elf. [[spoiler: Subverted with Aster.]]
* LethalLavaLand: The Land of the Fire. However, in a nice subversion, the main danger protecting the Sanctuary of Flaren is not a huge stream of [[ConvectionSchmonvection cool magma]] but rather the poisonous vapors and foul gases of the area.
* LightIsNotGood: The guardian of Glael, who wants to end its eternal solitude by taking over Laio's body. Fortunately, they managed to persuade it to leave.
* LoadBearingBoss: [[spoiler:As Aster is ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice by Nihal, the Fortress starts to crumble and fall.]]

* MadOracle: The insane gnome sorceress Reis [[spoiler: Aster's former lover]]. She's also the one who send Nihal those nightmares.
* MadScientist: Aster has a penchant for this.
* MagicKnight: Nihal is a warrior, but has a little talent for magic. The other Dragon Knights are pureblood warriors.
* MaleGaze: The first thing Sennar sees after awakening from a days-long magic-induced coma is Aires' generous cleavage.
* MeaningfulName: Dola (Pain), Deinoforo (Terrorbringer), Aster (Star), Megisto (The Best One).
* MercyKill: Nihal does this to [[spoiler: Ghost Fen and Vrasta.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: [[DefectorFromDecadence Ido]] after invading the Land of the Days and slaughtering the Half-Elves.]]
* NightOfTheLivingMooks: Near the end of book Two, Aster decides to stop playing Mister Nice Guy and summon a huge army made of the ghosts of the deceased enemies. [[OhCrap Which gets bigger and bigger as the good armies are decimated]].

* PirateGirl: Aires, who's also a DeadpanSnarker and TheLadette.
* PrecociousCrush: Nihal for Fen in Book One. Things gets awful when he's killed in battle.
* ProngsOfPoseidon: Seraph, the Guardian Spirit of the Sea Sanctuary, wields one.
* PurpleEyes: Nihal and all the Half-Elves.

* TakenForGranite: [[spoiler: Megisto is cursed by the Nymphs to be a rock during the day and a man during the night. And no matter where he is when it's dawn, he's istantly returned to the rock in the wood.]]
* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler: High Commander Raven]] of all people pull this in the last book to protect Nihal.
* TattooedCrook: Nihal in the second books gets two closed Dragon Wings on her back. [[spoiler: They simbolically "Open" when she dies saving Sennar.]]

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Dola is Ido's brother, Phos is actually the Guardian of Mawas and Aster is a Half-Elf/Human hybrid with the body of a 12 years old child.]]
* {{Tomboy}}: Nihal before growing [[BreastExpansion breasts]].
* TookALevelInBadass: Laio, who grew enough balls to openly oppose his despot father.
* TragicMonster: Vrasta the Wronged One, who develops an OddFriendship with Laio, helps him escape and find Nihal and Sennar [[spoiler: but is eventually forced to kill him because of his magical name]].

* {{Tsundere}}: Nihal and Aeris.
* UglyGuyHotWife: King Galba of the Land of the Water is married to the beautiful Nymph [[BarrierMaiden Astrea]].

* WreathedInFlames: Flar, the Guardian of Fire.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Nihal and all the Half-Elves. [[spoiler: Also Aster.]]

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Fammin are a race of Orc-like monsters created as soldiers by the Tyrant. There are however some rare exceptions called the "Wrong ones", who still have feelings and free thoughts... but must obey the orders when their true name is spelled. [[spoiler: However when Aster dies, the remaining Fammin turns good or, at least, harmless and are spared.]]

* {{Curse}}: When a wizard cast a spell and dies before it's dispelled, said spell becomes a "Sigil" and can't be undone. The Land of the Night was put under a sigil that constantly covers it in thick darkness and its inhabitants can see well in the dark.
** Also [[spoiler: Megisto and Aster were cursed.]]

* DragonRider: Present in the whole saga. Unlike [[Literature/InheritanceCycle Eragon]], Dragon Knights here are more like Elite Troops than MagicKnight. Both Nihal and Ido have a Dragon (namely Oarf for Nihal and Vesa for Ido). The Tyrant has at least four Black Dragon Knight serving him.

* EliteMooks: During the final battle inside "The Fortress", Aster unleashes a horde of new, albino creatures on our heroes.

* {{Golem}}: Two golems wards the Sanctuary of Tarephen (Tareph himself is a sort of faun).

* TheKlutz: Laio.

* [[LastOfHisKind Last of her kind:]] Nihal, of course.[[spoiler: Subverted with Aster.]]

* [[spoiler: LoadBearingBoss: As Aster is ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice by Nihal, the Fortress starts to crumble and fall.]]

* [[UglyGuyHotWife Normal Guy Hot Wife]]: King Galba of the Land of the Water is married to the beautiful Nymph [[BarrierMaiden Astrea]].

* OurElvesAreBetter: Averted: The true elves are nowhere to be seen in this saga, and little is known about their descendents, the Half-Elves, except that they have pointy ears, blue hair and purple eyes.
* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: They coexist with the albino-like inhabitants of the Submerged World and can swim underwater like fish.

* SeaMonster: The Sea Sanctuary is guarded by a tentacled, multiheaded monster resembling [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Scilla]].
* StayInTheKitchen: How many Knights behaves towards Nihal. They eventually come to respect her more.

* {{TomBoy}}: Nihal before growing [[BreastExpansion breasts]].

* TrueBreedingHybrid: When humans first entered the then elven-dominated Great Land many centuries in the series' past, the intermingling of the two races led to the creation of the race of the half-elves. While the elves eventually left the Great Land, the half-elves had by then become numerous enough to form their own nation in the Land of the Days and become the Great Land's dominant race... at least until their near-total genocide by Aster the Tyrant shortly before the start of the series.

The trilogy is set in the Emerged World, where [[BigBad Aster the Tyrant]] is launching a full-fledged war in order to take over the Eight Lands, and has almost taken control of all of them. The young girl Nihal, a half-elf (half-elves are considered a whole race in this setting) lives with her friends and her adoptive father in the Land of Wind, until the Tyrant invades and conquers it, destroying its cities and enslaving its people. Armed with the precious [[ThunderboltIron Black Crystal sword]] and, along with her friends [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther Sennar]] and [[TheUnfavorite Laio]] and her master [[OurGnomesAreWierd Ido]], she begins her journey to become a Dragon Knight and fight the Tyrant and his army of monsters before it takes over the remaining free lands and more.

The trilogy is set in the Emerged World, where [[BigBad Aster the Tyrant]] is launching a full-fledged war in order to take over the Eight Lands, and has almost taken control of all of them. The young girl Nihal, a half-elf (half-elves are considered a whole race in this setting) lives with her friends and her adoptive father in the Land of Wind, until the Tyrant invades and conquers it, destroying its cities and enslaving its people. Armed with the precious [[ThunderboltIron Black Crystal sword]] and, along with her friends [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther Sennar]] and [[TheUnfavorite Laio]] and her master [[OurGnomesAreWierder Ido]], she begins her journey to become a Dragon Knight and fight the Tyrant and his army of monsters before it takes over the remaining free lands and more.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality : [[spoiler: Aster, which claims in the last book that he has legitimate reasons to do what he's doing and that war and peace belong in a never-ending cycle, but loses a few levels in credibility when his [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer backstory]] is revealed. It gets worse when we know that, decades later, another war does indeed strikes the emerged world with [[VillainHasAPoint awfully similar circumstances.]]]]

* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: The Father of the Forest.]]
** ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: Phos the Pixie, who's also the guardian of Mawas.]]

The trilogy is set in the Emerged World, where the [[BigBad evil "Tyrant" Aster]] is launching a full-fledged war in order to take over the Eight Lands, and has almost taken control of all of them. The young girl Nihal, a Half-Elf (Half-Elves are considered a whole race in this setting) lives with her friends and her adoptive father in the Land of Wind, but then, the Tyrant invade. Armed with the precious [[ThunderboltIron Black Crystal sword]] and along with her [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther friend Sennar]], [[TheUnfavorite Laio]] and her master [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Ido]] she begins her journey to become a Dragon Knight and fight the Tyrant and his army of monsters before it takes over the remaining free lands, and more.

The trilogy's titles are: ''Nihal of The Land of the Wind'', ''The Mission of Sennar'' and ''The Talisman of Power''. The series was well-received by readers and became quite popular. It also spawned two sequel trilogies known as ''The Wars of the Emerged World'' and ''Legends of the Emerged World'' but they did not reach the previous series' level of popularity.

* TookALevelInBadass: Laio, who grew enough balls to [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome openly oppose his dispotical father]].

* FiveBadBand:

* TragicMonster: Vrasta the Wronged One, who develops an OddFriendship with Laio, helps him escape and find Nihal and Sennar [[spoiler: bit is eventually forced to kill him because of his magical name.]]

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Nihal and all the Half-Elves. [[spoiler: Also Aster.]]

* {{Atlantis}}: The Submerged World, a whole undersea kingdom far in the north. The first part of the second book is focused on Sennar's mission to persuade their King, Nereo to send helps against the Tyrant.

* TheDeterminator: When the [[TheScrappy Supreme General Raven]] refused to let Nihal join the Academy, she climbed on a statue in the hall and waited there until he was forced to at least offer her the chance of joining.

* BadAss: Nihal and Sennar.
** BadAssGrandpa: Ido. [[spoiler: Losing an eye didn't stop him.]]

* SeaMonster: The Sea Sanctuary is guarded by a tentacled, multiheaded monster resembling [[ClassicalMythology Scilla]].

* [[spoiler: HappilyEverAfter: Nihal and Sennar.]]

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: All the people from the Submerged World tend to have white hair.

* GreeneyedRedhead: Sennar.

* [[LastOfHisKind Last of her kind:]] Nihal, of course, but subverted with [[spoiler: Aster]]

* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Played straight and quite literally with [[spoiler:Aster. Let's not forget he is stuck in the body of a cherubic child whose appearance hardly reminds anyone of the ruthless person that he is, and that it is all the aftermath of a curse which was cast upon him by his lover's father.]]

* BlueAndOrangeMorality : [[spoiler: Aster, which claims in the last book that he has legitimate reasons to do what he's doing and that war and peace belong in a never-ending cycle, but loses a few levels in credibility when his [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer backstory]] is revealed.]]

The trilogy's titles are: ''Nihal of The Land of the Wind'', ''The Mission of Sennar'' and ''The Talisman of Power''. The series was well-received by readers and became quite popular. It also spawned two sequel trilogies known as ''The Wars of the Emerged World'' and ''Legends of the Emerged world'' but they did not reach the previous series' level of popularity.

The trilogy's titles are: ''Nihal of The Land of the Wind'', ''The Mission of Sennar'' and ''The Talisman of Power''. The series was well-received by readers and became quite popular. It also spawned two sequel trilogies known as ''The Wars of the Emerged World'' and "Legends of the Emerged world" but they did not reach the previous series' level of popularity.

The trilogy's titles are: ''Nihal of The Land of the Wind'', ''The Mission of Sennar'' and ''The Talisman of Power''. The series was well-received by readers and became quite popular. It also spawned a sequel trilogy known as ''The Wars of the Emerged World'', but it did not reach the previous series' level of success.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Nihal and all the Half-Elves. [[spoiler: Also Aster.]]