History Literature / GloryInTheThunder

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Rashk can make monsters. Of ''course'' he made a pterosaur.

* DarkSkinnedRedhead: Houri, Anahit and Sparkasuki

A GaslampFantasy novel set in a fictional counterpart to UsefulNotes/TheSilkRoad, with themes of [[GodIsFlawed non-standard theology]], [[CastFullOfGay tolerance]], and deconstructing YouCantFightFate. Involves LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters and lies somewhere on the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism between ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' and ''Franchise/ASongOfIceAndFire''.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There are seventy in the character index in the back.

* InTheBlood: Barsamin pretty legitimately worries about this.

* BadassGay: Ismyrn, Solornel (who is the mostly-gay sort of bi), Ziazan (who by {{Word Of God}} is bi), arguably Rashk; and [[spoiler:Barsamin]] is apparently on his way.

The author is OneOfUs and maintains a [[http://gloryinthethunder.com Tumblr]] related to the novel.

'''Glory in the Thunder''' is the first book in the planned ''Aspects of the Divinity'' series, released on October 20, 2013.

Hayr is a young lad of the Tokhar protectorates, forced to flee home after his brother discovers [[{{Gayngst}} his true nature]]. Alone and vulnerable on the road, a [[YouCantFightFate suspiciously convenient]] chance encounter sees him pulled into the company of {{Mad Oracle}} Rashk and his coterie of {{Artificial Humans}}. The four nations of the Tarim region are embroiled in a flow of events which the gods themselves do not fully understand, with [[TheShortGuyWithGlasses Barsamin]] of Chald, [[ActionGirl Ismyrn]] of Petragon, [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Katarosi]] of Antaram and Hayr locked in the center. Meanwhile, {{Knight In Sour Armor}} Tsovinar seeks the unsettling truth that lies at the heart of her world.

A {{Gaslamp Fantasy}} novel set in a fictional counterpart to the {{Silk Road}}, with themes of [[GodIsFlawed non-standard theology]], [[CastFullOfGay tolerance]], and deconstructing [[YouCantFightFate You Can't Fight Fate]]. Involves {{Loads and Loads of Characters}} and lies somewhere on the {{Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism}} between [[Literature/HarryPotter Harry Potter]] and [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire A Song of Ice and Fire]].

The author is {{One Of Us}} and maintains a [[http://gloryinthethunder.com Tumblr]] related to the novel.

!!This novel provides examples of:

->''"The [gods have come out to dance. Whenever they do, people die. The best one can hope for is that they turn only inwards."''

->''"The [[PhysicalGod gods have come out to dance]]. Whenever they do, [[AStormIsComing people die]]. The best one can hope for is that they [[EvilVersusEvil turn only inwards]]."''

* CreatingLife: An actually very large portion of the cast were given artificial life by other people in the cast.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Rashk can make monsters. Of *course* he made a pterosaur.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: The Tarim Peninsula is loosely based on the Silk Road. As for Petragon - a republic to the west, characterized by wealth, interfering in the interests of smaller countries, and even specifically mentioned to have an unjust health care system? {{DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything}}Hmm. When Ziazan meets a man from the Vrie Countries they start speaking Fake Dutch.

* PosthumousCharacter: The plot is advanced with many flashbacks so there are actually a lot of them.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Everything is terrible but we’re just gonna have to take it one day at a time.]] Pretty clearly not the end of the story as a whole,... one hopes.

A {{Gaslamp Fantasy}} novel set in a fictional counterpart to the {{Silk Road}}, with themes of [[GodIsFlawed non-standard theology]], [[CastFullOfGay human tolerance]] and deconstructing [[YouCantFightFate You Can't Fight Fate]]. Involves {{Loads and Loads of Characters}} and lies somewhere on the {{Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism}} between [[Literature/HarryPotter Harry Potter]] and [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire A Song of Ice and Fire]].

A {{Gaslamp Fantasy}} novel set in a fictional counterpart to the {{Silk Road}}, with themes of [[GodIsFlawed non-standard theology]], [[CastFullOfGay tolerance]] and deconstructing [[YouCantFightFate You Can't Fight Fate]]. Involves {{Loads and Loads of Characters}} and lies somewhere on the {{Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism}} between [[Literature/HarryPotter Harry Potter]] and [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire A Song of Ice and Fire]].

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A {{Gaslamp Fantasy}} novel set in a fantasy counterpart to the {{Silk Road}}, with themes of [[GodIsFlawed non-standard theology]], [[CastFullOfGay tolerance]] and deconstructing [[YouCantFightFate You Can't Fight Fate]]. Involves {{Loads and Loads of Characters}} and lies somewhere on the {{Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism}} between [[Literature/HarryPotter Harry Potter]] and [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire A Song of Ice and Fire]].

Hayr is a young lad of the Tokhar protectorates, forced to flee home after his brother discovers [[{{Gayngst}} his true nature]]. Alone and vulnerable on the road, a [[YouCantFightFate suspiciously convenient]] chance encounter sees him pulled into the company of {{Mad Oracle}} Rashk and his coterie of {{Artificial Humans}}. The four nations of the Tarim region are embroiled in a flow of events which the gods themselves do not fully understand, with [[TheShortGuyWithGlasses Barsamin]] of Chald, [[ActionGirl Ismyrn]] of Petragon, [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Katarosi]] of Antaram and Hayr himself locked in the center. Meanwhile, {{Knight In Sour Armor}} Tsovinar seeks the unsettling truth that lies at the heart of her world.

* AltarTheSpeed: As in like right about *now*.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Rashk is *up to something*, that much we know.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Everything is terrible but we’re just gonna have to take it one day at a time.]] Pretty clearly not the end of the story as a whole, *one hopes.*
* BornInTheSaddle: the Tokharika. *Proper* Tokharika, anyway.

* DoWrongRight: Rashk lectures Vahagn about the *correct* way to murder a good person who doesn’t deserve to die.

Hayr is a young lad of the Tokhar protectorates, forced to flee home after his brother discovers [[{{Gayngst}} his true nature]]. Alone and vulnerable on the road, a [[YouCantFightFate suspiciously convenient]] chance encounter sees him pulled into the company of {{Mad Oracle}} Rashk and his coterie of {{Artificial Humans}}. The four nations of the Tarim region are embroiled in a flow of events which even the gods themselves do not fully understand, with [[TheShortGuyWithGlasses Barsamin]] of Chald, [[ActionGirl Ismyrn]] of Petragon, [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Katarosi]] of Antaram and Hayr himself locked in the center. Meanwhile, {{Knight In Sour Armor}} Tsovinar seeks the unsettling truth that lies at the heart of her world.

* ActionGirl: Ismyrn Galatti, Tsovinar, Evren, {{NinjaMaid}}Ziazan, Thalass Veraldo, {{FriendlySniper}}Oseni, and that’s without bringing up the lore characters.

* BadassGay: Ismyrn, Solornel (who is the mostly-gay sort of bi), Ziazan (who by {{word of god}} is bi), arguably Rashk; and [[spoiler:Barsamin]] is apparently on his way.

* ChekhovsVolcano: Subverted in that nobody has died in the volcano dominating the horizon of one of the cities, *so far*. But we do get to see multiple characters fall off Chekhov’s Waterfall.

* Crossdresser: A much younger Rashk’s clothing choices are expressed in unambiguously feminine terms, to the point that the narrative itself briefly succumbs to {{Viewer Gender Confusion}}.

* DecoyProtagonist Establish {{Woobie}}. [[spoiler: Kill her.]]
* Deuteragonist: The plot largely bounces back and forth between two boys of very different background.

* FirstNameBasis: The people from Tarim have no last names, but they all seem to understand they’re supposed to call the Occidentals by last name. Notably, Barsamin refers to Ismyrn by first name. No wonder Katarosi thinks he *likes* her.

* GaslampFantasy: Technology is not evenly distributed across cultures but electric lighting, automobiles, steamboats, drilling machines, typewriters, and most importantly {{FantasyGunControl}}*guns* all exist.
* Gaydar: Luzcrezo has one. So does Rashk.
* Gayngst: The root cause of why Hayr ran away from home.

* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Evren warns Hayr concerning her little sister. Katarosi places down one of these ultimatums regarding *herself*.

* MagneticPlotDevice: Speaking of, there’s apparently something *weird* about that volcano.

* NayTheist: Said to God Herself: “I do not much care what *you* want.”

* OldShame: An *in universe* example: [[spoiler:Tsovinar]] is the opposite of proud of the work she put out when she was young.

WORLD SETTING TROPES

PLOT TROPES
* [[spoiler: KillTheOnesYouLove]]: [[spoiler: Solornel ultimately falls not to the potential successors he fears, but to a snake bite courtesy of Rashk.]]
* AltarTheSpeed: As in like right about *now*.
* ArcWords: a l w a y s
* ArrangedMarriage: All over the place. The Tokharika culture seems to be built entirely on them.
* AStormIsComing: The {{Deuteragonist}} is apparently “a storm on the horizon” for many people.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Deconstructed. Destiny in this case seems to be unhinged if not outright malicious, and characters often wonder why they’re listening to it at all.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Everything is terrible but we’re just gonna have to take it one day at a time.]] Pretty clearly not the end of the story as a whole, *one hopes.*
* BreakTheCutie: Barsamin’s backstory.
* ChekhovsVolcano: Subverted in that nobody has died in the volcano dominating the horizon of one of the cities, *so far*. But we do get to see multiple characters fall off Chekhov’s Waterfall.
* CitizenshipMarriage: The process takes four years.
* CrypticConversation: Rashk, the God of Sight, revels in these to the extent that multiple other characters call him out on it.
* Deuteragonist: The plot largely bounces back and forth between two boys of very different background.
* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler:Tsovinar. Briefly.]]
* DivineDate: The reason Katarosi has been set up with Barsamin in particular is due to religious perception.
* DoWrongRight: Rashk lectures Vahagn about the *correct* way to murder a good person who doesn’t deserve to die.
* DramaticThunder: It’s right there in the title.
* DueToTheDead: Ziazan stops and takes the time to dispose of the undead men she just re-deaded, even though she suspects something terrible just happened.
* EngagementChallenge: Deloram throws one of these at Barsamin: win the approval of swordmaster Rodomond Veraldo. [[spoiler:It’s been rigged.]]
* EveryoneIsRelated: Justified; since divine potential seems to have a genetic component, there is a complex network of intermarried gods and relatives of gods.
* EyeScream: One of the most important characters is the God of Sight… so this is everywhere, subtle or blatant.
* Gayngst: The root cause of why Hayr ran away from home.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: The off-page fate of Diadem Correl, and presumably most other Gods of Truth.
* HellSeeker: “And may I be damned for it.”
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Evren warns Hayr concerning her little sister. Katarosi places down one of these ultimatums regarding *herself*.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: The royal family of Antaram is running on borrowed money from across the sea.
* InadequateInheritor: [[spoiler: Vahagn murders his own young daughters, knowing they will never be able to wield his Aspect.]]
* InTheBlood: Barsamin pretty legitimately worries about this.
* ItIsNotYourTime / ForeseeingMyDeath: Rashk gets away with an awful lot simply because he feels certain it is not his time.
* LightningReveal: The God of Thunder. Pretty inevitable.
* LongLostRelative: Hayr’s father was forced to abandon his wife and sons to go back to his “proper” wife chosen by his parents. He was never heard from again… we can all see where this is going.
* MagneticPlotDevice: Speaking of, there’s apparently something *weird* about that volcano.
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: An unusual case in which [[spoiler: Rashk plots Tsovinar’s death against her will, knowing that she will return immortal.]]
* MyParentsAreDead: Barsamin’s father is dead!
* NayTheist: Said to God Herself: “I do not much care what *you* want.”
* NobilityMarriesMoney: Eodar turned down his one chance to marry into money, and now he is pressuring his daughter not to make the same mistake.
* OldShame: An *in universe* example: [[spoiler:Tsovinar]] is the opposite of proud of the work she put out when she was young.
* ParentalMarriageVeto: Hayr’s father had no legal right in the eyes of the Tokharika to marry his mother without permission. It is also the premise of the historical lore of Arakel and Kandakari.
* PosthumousCharacter: The plot is advanced with many flashbacks so there are actually a lot of them.
* ProphecyTwist: Rashk seems to be trying to set these sorts of things up deliberately.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Antaram is small enough that Eodar and Deloram manage many things directly.
* SadBollywoodWedding: It’s a western work, but the marriage of [[spoiler:Katarosi and Barsamin]] follows this pattern - with the twist that they’re pretty clearly both [[spoiler:gay]].
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: If young Rashk had kept his mouth shut concerning the details, Clarion would never had taken actions towards fulfilling his own vision of his own death.
* TakingTheVeil: Houri has this to look forward to.
* TheConqueror: The lore focuses on one; the plot raises the worry that another is coming. [[spoiler:Or coming back, really.]]
* TheGlassesGottaGo: subverted: both Barsamin’s mother and Katarosi’s grandmother claim this. Barsamin and Katarosi both think the other looks better with glasses.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Katarosi and Houri are prone to bickering.
* VirginPower: Played with: Anahit is passed off as this in folklore but in reality she was a lesbian.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Well Solornel sure does, and [[spoiler:Houri]] is in favor, but [[spoiler:Tsovinar]] is absolutely terrified of the potential consequences.
* YouCantFightFate: Hayr is going to die. Definitely, we’re sure. No, no, Rashk is never wrong. Hayr isn’t long for it. The bell tolls for Hayr.

CHARACTERIZATION TROPES
* ActionGirl: Ismyrn Galatti, Tsovinar, Evren, {{NinjaMaid}}Ziazan, Thalass Veraldo, {{FriendlySniper}}Oseni, and that’s without bringing up the lore characters.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Rashk is *up to something*, that much we know.
* AnimalsHateHim: Tsovinar and animals do not mix. Probably because she has all the empathy of a clay brick. Also, artifices smell weird to normal animals.
* BadassGay: Ismyrn, Solornel (who is the mostly-gay sort of bi), Ziazan (who by {{word of god}} is bi), arguably Rashk; and [[spoiler:Barsamin]] is apparently on his way.
* BadassNormal: Despite being a world filled with gods and artifice people, Ismyrn is the one who seems to deploy violence most effectively. Of course, she learned it from her master Rodomond Veraldo, who is also this.
* CapsLock: Cruise control for divine meddling.
* CastFullOfGay: Four gay teenagers, one bi teenager, two old gay guys, the jury is still out on Houri. There are also explicitly asexual characters.
* Crossdresser: A much younger Rashk’s clothing choices are expressed in unambiguously feminine terms, to the point that the narrative itself briefly succumbs to {{Viewer Gender Confusion}}.
* DarkSkinnedRedhead: Houri, Anahit and Sparkasuki
* DecoyProtagonist Establish {{Woobie}}. [[spoiler: Kill her.]]
* EmotionsVersusStoicism: Tsovinar’s driving inner conflict.
* EvilUncle: A rare maternal uncle example.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Clarion is repeatedly described as the most beautiful and charming girl who evokes pleasant memories in onlookers. She either kills someone or threatens to in every scene she has.
* FamilyOfChoice: Rashk left his real family behind and has since accrued quite a large assortment. He characterizes family as those who “save each other from themselves.”
* FirstNameBasis: The people from Tarim have no last names, but they all seem to understand they’re supposed to call the Occidentals by last name. Notably, Barsamin refers to Ismyrn by first name. No wonder Katarosi thinks he *likes* her.
* FriendlySniper: Oseni. Nice enough to stop [[spoiler:Barsamin]] from making himself a murderer. Dutiful enough to try to take down [[spoiler:Luzcrezo]] when he threatens her lord.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Clarion was apparently once a perfectly ordinary rustic girl before she became an immortal clingy {{yandere}} with power over iron.
* Gaydar: Luzcrezo has one. So does Rashk.
* GenderBender: Heavily implied to have happened to [[spoiler:Erasmin Arcocelli]] as we know her.
* GeniusBruiser: Tsovinar, tall and strong and a published author.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: It turns out that the good lady [[spoiler:Deloram]] worked in harlotry and thievery before she got married and settled down.
* KnightInSourArmor: Tsovinar literally sets her hopes and dreams on fire after accepting they can never come true, and wonders aloud why she even bothers intervening for the good of others, but she just keeps doing it.
* LoserSonOfLoserDad: Everyone’s opinion of Aramaz.
* ManlyGay / TheBear: Solornel, huge, muscled, bearded, and devoted to Rashk.
* NobodyOver50IsGay: Subverted pretty hard. A shame about Rashk’s hair.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Ismyrn, especially with respect to Katarosi.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Chakori, age eight, pulls entire trees up by their roots and assumes she is perfectly capable of stopping a moving automobile with her bare hands.
* PrettyBoy: Barsamin and Luzcrezo, as specifically called out by Hayr and Ismyrn.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Clarion is really eight hundred and three. And that’s in a flashback.
* RedOniBlueOni: Almost every relationship in the world seems patterned on this.
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: A lot of the names are lifted out of pre-Christian Armenian myth, not necessarily with a direct correlation to the original god.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Shanlar. Apparently he was short on souls for artificing, or something…
* ShipperOnDeck: Houri, after deciding she approves of Barsamin.
* SorryImGay: As good a reason as any to turn down a goddess.
* SupportingProtagonist: Hayr has no special abilities whatsoever, except asking too many questions, and is in way over his head.
* TheShortGuyWithGlasses: Barsamin, right down to wearing green. May involve Author Appeal
* TokenMinority: There aren’t very many white people in this story. {{Inverted Trope}}What?
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Ismyrn and Katarosi, who do not get started off on the right foot.
* TransparentCloset: Barsamin.
* UndeadChild: Chakori, an eight-year-old monster grown from the enslaved soul of a dead girl. Pretty cute.
* UnnamedParent: Averted. We’re given the names of both parents (one, Ismyrn’s mom, is only in the character index) of all eight of the teenage protagonists.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: His bodyguard says this almost word for word when she sees what the Aspect is doing to [[spoiler:Barsamin]].
* Yandere: As implied by the above, the Goddess of Iron might as well be the Goddess of Teenage Obsessive Love. Forever.

* Yandere: As implied by the above, the Goddess of Iron might as well be the Goddess of Teenage Obsessive Love. Forever.