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** Mayson, Mara's childhood friend who became a watcher [[spoiler: Is accidentally killed by Mara during her final attack on the Magic Mine causing enough shock to break The Lady of Pain and Fire's memory block.]]
** Greff, the Child Guard that Mara befriends, later allows her to impersonate him to break into The Palace, [[spoiler: He later [[BigDamnHeroes attacks The Autarch, distracting him long enough for Mara to kill him, though he dies in the process.]]
** Mayson, Mara's childhood friend who became a watcher [[spoiler: Is accidentally killed by Mara during her final attack on the Magic Mine causing enough shock to break The Lady of Pain and Fire's memory block.]]
** Greff, the Child Guard that Mara befriends, later allows her to impersonate him to break into The Palace, [[spoiler: He later [[BigDamnHeroes attacks The Autarch, distracting him long enough for Mara to kill him, though he dies in the process.]]
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* EvilWearsBlack: Justified, all watchers are required to wear black mask to show their status.
* LightIsNotGood: The Autarch wears shiny gold clothes and has a gold mask and is the series BigBad.
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* OutsideContextProblem: Chell and his sailors and the Autarch are this to each other because neither of them even knew about each other before they started fighting.
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* OutsideContextProblem: Chell and his sailors The Korellian Sailors and the Autarch are this to each other because neither of them even knew about each other before they started fighting.
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** The Guard: The Warden of the Magic mine.
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** The Guard: The Warden of the Magic mine.Mine.
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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The properties of magic is indicated by it's color. Blue is healing, red is used to manipulate objects, and [[DarkIsEvil black is the magic of watchers]] for example. This extends to the people of Aygrima who have masks to indicate their jobs and magic proficiencies if any.
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* TheDragon:
**The Autarch's dragon is hard to pin down, The Guardian of Security is in charge of all the watchers but The Mistress of Magic is his best gifted subordinate.
** [[spoiler: The Lady's NumberTwo is Hamil, the head of the village, albeit an unwilling one.]]
**The Autarch's dragon is hard to pin down, The Guardian of Security is in charge of all the watchers but The Mistress of Magic is his best gifted subordinate.
** [[spoiler: The Lady's NumberTwo is Hamil, the head of the village, albeit an unwilling one.]]
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* EvilGloating: [[spoiler: The Lady of Pain and Fire tries to kill Keltan in front of her, giving her time to kill her.]]
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* EvilGloating: [[spoiler: The Lady of Pain and Fire tries to kill Keltan in front of her, Mara, giving her time to kill her.]]
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* OrcusOnHisThrone: The Autarch never leaves his palace throughout the series.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Dozens, ranging from stabbing, to [[OffWithHisHead: Decapitation]], to being shot in the head with a crossbow.
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* EvilGloating: [[spoiler: The Lady of Pain and Fire tries to kill Keltan in front of her, giving her time to kill her.]]
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Dozens, ranging from stabbing, to[[OffWithHisHead: [[OffWithHisHead Decapitation]], to being shot in the head with a crossbow.
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* TheSociopath: Grute is an early example in the series. [[spoiler: Later The Lady of Pain and Fire is shown to be a similar but even more dangerous example.]]
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRate: Everybody in The Unmasked Army except Keltan hates Mara after [[spoiler: she [[UnwittinInstigatorOfDoom accidentally]] gives Stank information that allows him to destroy The Secret City.]]
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** Grute gets one when he verbally harasses Mara and threatens her in the wagon.
** The second paragraph of the entire series is one for The Autarch, describing a mountain as unworthy of a name due to it not being distinct. This establishes his self centered view on his kingdom.
** [[spoiler: The Lady of Pain and Fire has one when she destroys Chell's ship ''The Defender'' when he offers his assistance with her war. Showing her LackOfEmpathy and her brutality.]]
** Grute gets one when he verbally harasses Mara and threatens her in the wagon.
** The second paragraph of the entire series is one for The Autarch, describing a mountain as unworthy of a name due to it not being distinct. This establishes his self centered view on his kingdom.
** [[spoiler: The Lady of Pain and Fire has one when she destroys Chell's ship ''The Defender'' when he offers his assistance with her war. Showing her LackOfEmpathy and her brutality.]]
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* EyeScream: Several watchers are shot in the eye by arrows due to their masks.
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Dozens, ranging from stabbing, to [[OffWithHisHead: Decapitation]], to being shot in the head with a crossbow.
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Dozens, ranging from stabbing, to [[OffWithHisHead: Decapitation]], to being shot in the head with a crossbow.
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* OffWithHisHead:
** [[spoiler: Mara blows Stanik's head off using magic.]]
** [[spoiler: Later she uses magic to decapitate The Autarch with a pair of masks.]]
** [[spoiler: Mara blows Stanik's head off using magic.]]
** [[spoiler: Later she uses magic to decapitate The Autarch with a pair of masks.]]
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* TheStrategist: Lieutenant Antril, one of Chell's best men, who leads the sailors through the new mine and proves himself capable of being two steps ahead of the watchers.
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* BadassNormal: Everybody in The Unmasked Army as well as Chell's sailors.
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* TheBigGuy: Edrik the general of The Unmasked Army and the best BadassNormal fighter.
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* TheLancer: Keltan, Mara's closest friend and later boyfriend.
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* DarkLordOnLifeSupport: [[spoiler: The Autarch has to constantly sap magic from the Child Guard in order to stave off the problems caused by his age. Shortly before the first book he started creating new masks that make people more submissive and allows him to take magic from any Gifted person.]]
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* GuileHero: Mara, despite having the ability to take magic from living things, tends to use the fact that she looks under fifteen ( the age people get masked at) and her lack of scars from her failed masking to walk around in broad daylight and talk her way through problems. Keltan occasionally does this, but by ''Faces'' he looks to old and has to wear a mask.
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* BadassGrandpa: The Autarch is in his late sixties and is one of the most powerful gifted in the series.
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** In ''Faces'', [[spoiler: Edrik is made king and Mara is banished from Aygrima and leaves for Korellia with Whiteblaze and Keltan. It's implied that her desire to suck magic from people is reduced but also that Chell will eventually ask her to help with his war against Stonefell.]]
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** The Warden is stabbed by one of his prisoners and is then caught in an explosion of the Rockbreakers used in his mine.
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* MookLieutenant: The Guardian of Security is in charge of all Watchers in Aygrima. [[spoiler: No one person fills this role for the whole series as every person to be The Guardian of Security die and are replaced.]]
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* MookLieutenant: The Guardian of Security is in charge of all Watchers in Aygrima. [[spoiler: No one person fills this role for the whole series as every person to be who becomes The Guardian of Security die dies and are is replaced.]]
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** In ''Faces'', [[spoiler: Mara is banished from Aygrima and leaves for Korellia with Whiteblaze and Keltan. It It's implied that her desire to suck magic from people is reduced but also that Chell will eventually ask her to help with his war against Stonefell.]]
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* BittersweetEnding
** In ''Shadows'', [[spoiler: The Secret City is destroyed, but the Unmasked Army is saved by the Lady of Pain and Fire.]]
** In ''Faces'', [[spoiler: Mara is banished from Aygrima and leaves for Korellia with Whiteblaze and Keltan. It implied that her desire to suck magic from people is reduced but also that Chell will eventually ask her to help with his war against Stonefell.]]
** In ''Shadows'', [[spoiler: The Secret City is destroyed, but the Unmasked Army is saved by the Lady of Pain and Fire.]]
** In ''Faces'', [[spoiler: Mara is banished from Aygrima and leaves for Korellia with Whiteblaze and Keltan. It implied that her desire to suck magic from people is reduced but also that Chell will eventually ask her to help with his war against Stonefell.]]
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* DownerEnding: In ''Masks'', Mara fails to save Katia, and her attack on the mine alerts The Autarch to the presence of The Unmasked Army and another powerful magic user.
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* KickTheDog: The watchers in the new magic mine killing all of the unmasked workers in the mine. Also [[spoiler: them killing Mara's mother despite her not knowing about her husband's crimes.]]
* LegacyCharacter: Keltan, the Autarch's horse is a name passed on to every white horse he owns in an attempt to convince people he's had it his whole life.
* LegacyCharacter: Keltan, the Autarch's horse is a name passed on to every white horse he owns in an attempt to convince people he's had it his whole life.
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* AbusiveParents: Keltan, Grute, and Krika Kirika had these.
* FreudianExcuse:
** Kirika, and Grute are more than likely as agressive as they are because of their AbusiveParents.
** [[spoiler: The Lady of Pain and Fire is implied to lack humanity because of the horrors of war she saw as a child, and because of the Soulprints she absorbed from the people she killed at the same time.]]
** Kirika, and Grute are more than likely as agressive as they are because of their AbusiveParents.
** [[spoiler: The Lady of Pain and Fire is implied to lack humanity because of the horrors of war she saw as a child, and because of the Soulprints she absorbed from the people she killed at the same time.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook:
** Chell looks eighteen but is twenty five.
** The Autarch is in his seventies but looks much younger than that.
** Chell looks eighteen but is twenty five.
** The Autarch is in his seventies but looks much younger than that.
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* Redbaron: The Lady of Pain and Fire's real name is Arilla.
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* GoodScarsEvilScars: Averted with the four girls rescued from the wagon with Mara who all have disfigured scars from their failed masking. Played strait with Grute who was part of that group but was insane.
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* AbusiveParents: Keltan, Grute, and Krika had these.
* ActionGirl: Mara, Illina, Tishka, and [[spoiler: The Lady of Pain and Fire]].
* ActionGirl: Mara, Illina, Tishka, and [[spoiler: The Lady of Pain and Fire]].
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Lady of Pain and Fire, and Guardian Stanik.
* Redbaron: The Lady of Pain and Fire's real name is Arilla.
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* AttemptedRape: Grute tries to Rape Mara in the Magic Hut while drunk, which leads to hi his death.
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** Grelda: The healer of The Secret City counts for being the only person in the city who is willing to talk back to Catilla.
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** Grelda: The healer Head Healer of The Secret City counts for being the only person in the city who is willing to talk back to Catilla.
** The Autarch is a BadassGrandpa who is in his seventies and is one of the strongest gifted in the series.Catilla.
** The Autarch is a BadassGrandpa who is in his seventies and is one of the strongest gifted in the series.
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* BerserkButton:
** Mara doesn't like people doubting her or the power of magic, and not trusting her.
** Magic is a "sore point" for Grelda.
** [[spoiler: The Lady of Pain and Fire hates people doubting the power of magic.]]
** Mara doesn't like people doubting her or the power of magic, and not trusting her.
** Magic is a "sore point" for Grelda.
** [[spoiler: The Lady of Pain and Fire hates people doubting the power of magic.]]
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** Grelda: The healer of The Secret City counts for being the only person in the city who is willing to talk back to Catilla.
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* MookLieutenant: The Guardian of Security is in charge of all Watchers in Aygrima. [[spoiler: No one person fills this role for the whole series as every person to be The Guardian of Security die and are replaced.]]
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* AttemptedRape: Grute tries to Rape Mara in the Magic Hut while drunk, which leads to hi death.
* TheBrute: Grute, the only boy from the wagon is incredibly strong and not very bright.
* CockFight: Hyram and Keltan have an off screen fight over Mara near the end of ''Masks''.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard
** The Warden is caught in an explosion of the Rockbreakers used in his mine.
** [[spoiler: The Autarch is [[OffWithHisHead Decapitated]] by both his own mask but also Mara's fake Child Guard mask, which were both flung at him by Mara.]]
** The Warden is caught in an explosion of the Rockbreakers used in his mine.
** [[spoiler: The Autarch is [[OffWithHisHead Decapitated]] by both his own mask but also Mara's fake Child Guard mask, which were both flung at him by Mara.]]
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** The Oddball: The Royal Healer, and the Master Maskmaker.
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** The Oddball: The Royal Healer, and the Master Maskmaker.Maskmaker.
* ThatManIsDead: in the first book Keltan reveals that his birth name is Birik, but that he will never use it again because his abusive father gave it to him. He chose the name Keltan because that is the name of The Autarch's horse and he really likes the horse.
* YourHeadAsplode: Grute, the first person Mara killed has his head exploded by magic.
* ThatManIsDead: in the first book Keltan reveals that his birth name is Birik, but that he will never use it again because his abusive father gave it to him. He chose the name Keltan because that is the name of The Autarch's horse and he really likes the horse.
* YourHeadAsplode: Grute, the first person Mara killed has his head exploded by magic.
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* ButchLesbian: Kirika, the strongest of the unmasked girls from the wagon, who later starts a relationship with Prella, another girl from the wagon.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: While the Autarch never says anything in person to fit this trope, the masks he created are stated to not work on homosexuals.
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* EliteMooks: The Sun Guard, The Autarch's personal bodyguards.
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** Stanik The Guardian of Security takes over this role in ''Shadows''.''Shadows''.
* StandardEvilEmpireHierarchy:
** TheEmperor: The Autarch
** The Right Hand: Shrela, the Mistress of magic, the Autarch's most powerful magic using subject.
** The Guard: The Warden of the Magic mine.
** The General: Stank The Guardian of Security, who is in charge of all [[{{Mooks}} watchers.]]
** The Oddball: The Royal Healer, and the Master Maskmaker.
* StandardEvilEmpireHierarchy:
** TheEmperor: The Autarch
** The Right Hand: Shrela, the Mistress of magic, the Autarch's most powerful magic using subject.
** The Guard: The Warden of the Magic mine.
** The General: Stank The Guardian of Security, who is in charge of all [[{{Mooks}} watchers.]]
** The Oddball: The Royal Healer, and the Master Maskmaker.
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* BetaCouple: Alita and Hyram, who hook up sometime during ''Shadows'' and seem to have less trouble as a couple than Mara and Keltan do.
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* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoler: In ''Faces'', the Autarch and The Lady of Pain and Fire try to [[GrandTheftMe take over Mara's body]] in order to extend their lifespan.]]
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* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoler: [[spoiler: In ''Faces'', the Autarch and The Lady of Pain and Fire battle for control over Aygrima and try to [[GrandTheftMe take over Mara's body]] in order to extend their lifespan.]]
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* Catilla, the commander of The Unmasked Army who is a great-grandmother and while not physically strong is brave enough to bad-mouth powerful gifted at multiple points in the story.
* The Autarch is a BadassGrandpa who is in his seventies and is one of the strongest gifted in the series.
* [[spoiler: The Lady of Pain and Fire is about the same age as Catilla and is the most powerful gifted in the series.]]
* BigBad: The Autarch of Aygrima. The tyrannical ruler of Aygrima who wishes to rule forever.[[spoiler: He becomes part of a BigBadEnsemble in ''Faces'' with The Lady of Pain and Fire.]]
* The Autarch is a BadassGrandpa who is in his seventies and is one of the strongest gifted in the series.
* [[spoiler: The Lady of Pain and Fire is about the same age as Catilla and is the most powerful gifted in the series.]]
* BigBad: The Autarch of Aygrima. The tyrannical ruler of Aygrima who wishes to rule forever.[[spoiler: He becomes part of a BigBadEnsemble in ''Faces'' with The Lady of Pain and Fire.]]
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* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoler: In ''Faces'', the Autarch and The Lady of Pain and
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* BigBad: The Autarch of Aygrima. The tyrannical ruler of Aygrima who wishes to rule forever.[[spoiler: He becomes part of a BigBadEnsemble in ''Faces'' with The Lady of Pain and Fire.]]]]
* DeaderThanDead: [[spoiler: The Lady of Pain and Fire, who is [[BoomHeadshot shot in the head with a crossbow,]] falls dozens of feet into a mine, more than likely crushed by the large gear at the bottom, and has the mine collapsed on top of her corpse.]] [[spoiler: Later, her consciousness is torn out of Mara and either crushed by The Autarch's consciousness, or is released and dissipated along with his magic when he dies.]]
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* In ''Masks'' The Warden of the magic mine is the most prominent villain.
* Stanik The Guardian of Security takes over this role in ''Shadows''.
* DeaderThanDead: [[spoiler: The Lady of Pain and Fire, who is [[BoomHeadshot shot in the head with a crossbow,]] falls dozens of feet into a mine, more than likely crushed by the large gear at the bottom, and has the mine collapsed on top of her corpse.]] [[spoiler: Later, her consciousness is torn out of Mara and either crushed by The Autarch's consciousness, or is released and dissipated along with his magic when he dies.]]
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* In ''Masks'' The Warden of the magic mine is the most prominent villain.
* Stanik The Guardian of Security takes over this role in ''Shadows''.
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Masks of Aygrima is a trilogy of fantasy novels written by E.C. Blake. The Trilogy consists of ''Masks'' (2013), ''Shadows'' (2014), and ''Faces'' (2015). They take place in a kingdom called Aygrima which is ruled by an Autarch who requires all people over 15 to wear masks that reflect their jobs. In this world some people have the ability to see and use magic which has many uses indicated by it's color. The main character is a young girl named Mara who, unlike all other known people can see and use all kinds of magic. On her 15th birthday when she is masked the mask shatters and she is sent off to a large slave mine. On the way her wagon is destroyed and she and the other passengers are taken to The Secret City, home of The Unmasked Army, a group of rebels who wish to overthrow the Autarch.
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Masks of Aygrima is a trilogy of fantasy novels written by E.C. Blake. The Trilogy consists of ''Masks'' (2013), ''Shadows'' (2014), and ''Faces'' (2015). They take place in a kingdom called Aygrima which is ruled by an Autarch who requires all people over 15 to wear masks that reflect their jobs. In this world some people (known as gifted) have the ability to see and use magic which has many uses indicated by it's color. The main character is a young girl named Mara who, unlike all other known people can see and use all kinds of magic. On her 15th birthday when she is masked the mask shatters and she is sent off to a large slave mine. On the way her wagon is destroyed and she and the other passengers are taken to The Secret City, home of The Unmasked Army, a group of rebels who wish to overthrow the Autarch.Autarch.
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* BadassGrandma:
* Catilla, the commander of The Unmasked Army who is a great-grandmother and while not physically strong is brave enough to bad-mouth powerful gifted at multiple points in the story.
* The Autarch is a BadassGrandpa who is in his seventies and is one of the strongest gifted in the series.
* [[spoiler: The Lady of Pain and Fire is about the same age as Catilla and is the most powerful gifted in the series.]]
* BigBad: The Autarch of Aygrima. The tyrannical ruler of Aygrima who wishes to rule forever.[[spoiler: He becomes part of a BigBadEnsemble in ''Faces'' with The Lady of Pain and Fire.]]
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* BadassGrandma:
* Catilla, the commander of The Unmasked Army who is a great-grandmother and while not physically strong is brave enough to bad-mouth powerful gifted at multiple points in the story.
* The Autarch is a BadassGrandpa who is in his seventies and is one of the strongest gifted in the series.
* [[spoiler: The Lady of Pain and Fire is about the same age as Catilla and is the most powerful gifted in the series.]]
* BigBad: The Autarch of Aygrima. The tyrannical ruler of Aygrima who wishes to rule forever.[[spoiler: He becomes part of a BigBadEnsemble in ''Faces'' with The Lady of Pain and Fire.]]
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Masks of Aygrima is a trilogy of fantasy novels written by E.C. Blake. The Trilogy consists of ''Masks'' (2013), ''Shadows'' (2014), and ''Faces'' (2015). They take place in a kingdom called Aygrima which is ruled by an Autarch who requires all people over 15 to wear masks that reflect their jobs. In this world some people have the ability to see and use magic which has many uses indicated by it's color. The main character is a young girl named Mara who, unlike all other known people can see and use all kinds of magic. On her 15th birthday when she is masked the mask shatters and she is sent off to a large slave mine. On the way her wagon is destroyed and she and the other passengers are taken to The Secret City, home of The Unmasked Army, a group of rebels who wish to overthrow the Autarch.
