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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: The first sign that Aleksander isn't merely TheEvilPrince is when he points out that Seyonne's blandly laudatory writing sample was hardly original. Seyonne bluntly says that it was ''safe'', which makes Aleksander burst out laughing, give him a SmackOnTheBack, and concede the point.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: The first sign that Aleksander isn't merely TheEvilPrince is when he points out that critiques the unoriginality of Seyonne's blandly laudatory writing sample was hardly original. handwriting demonstration, a bland boilerplate praise of Aleksander. Seyonne bluntly says that it was ''safe'', which makes Aleksander burst out laughing, laughing and give him a SmackOnTheBack, and concede the point.SmackOnTheBack.
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* DePower: Derzhi strip the magic from their Ezzarian slaves with the torturous "Rites of Balthar". Victims are BuriedAlive for days until they've exhausted all their power staving off death, then {{Mind Rape}}d by sorcerers to destroy what remains. [[spoiler:However, it's only a [[PsychosomaticSuperpowerOutage trauma-based mental block]], and Seyonne is able to regain access to his power with help from his old friends.]]
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* ConcentrationBoundMagic: Exorcisms require an Aife to maintain a portal to the victim's MentalWorld while a Warden [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind fights the demon within]]; if the portal closes, the Warden is lost forever. At the climax of ''Transformation'', [[spoiler:Ysanne holds a portal open for three days, an "unthinkable" feat of endurance, skill, and willpower.]]
* DePower: Derzhi strip the magic from their Ezzarian slaves with the torturous "Rites of Balthar". Victims are BuriedAlive for days until they've exhausted all their power staving off death, then {{Mind Rape}}d by sorcerers to destroy what remains. [[spoiler:However, it's only a [[PsychosomaticSuperpowerOutage trauma-based mental block]],and so Seyonne is able to regain access to his power with help from his old friends.]]
* DePower: Derzhi strip the magic from their Ezzarian slaves with the torturous "Rites of Balthar". Victims are BuriedAlive for days until they've exhausted all their power staving off death, then {{Mind Rape}}d by sorcerers to destroy what remains. [[spoiler:However, it's only a [[PsychosomaticSuperpowerOutage trauma-based mental block]],
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* SympatheticSlaveOwner: Durgan, the master of slaves for the Derzhi summer palace, is portrayed as a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who ends up building a rapport with Seyonne. He's entirely loyal to the institution, but takes other Derzhi to task for their gratuitous cruelty, tries to keep the slaves in good condition, and even takes orders from Seyonne in an emergency.
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* SympatheticSlaveOwner: Durgan, the master of slaves for the Derzhi summer palace, is portrayed as a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who ends up building a rapport with Seyonne. He's entirely loyal to the institution, but takes reprimands other Derzhi to task for their gratuitous cruelty, tries to keep the slaves in good condition, and even takes orders from Seyonne in an emergency.
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* BraidsOfAction: Derzhi men have to win the right to braid their hair through prowess in battle, and those who don't are heavily stigmatized.
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* BraidsOfAction: BraidsOfBarbarism: Derzhi men have to win the right to braid their hair through prowess in battle, and those who don't are heavily stigmatized.
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* UpsettingTheBalance: The Wardens try to defeat demons nonlethally in order to [[DefiedTrope avoid this]]. They sense something in the universe shift with every demon's death and don't want to learn what would rise in their place if demons were rendered extinct.
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Spot Of Tea is being dewicked per TRS.
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* DePower: Derzhi strip the magic from their Ezzarian slaves with the torturous "Rites of Balthar". Victims are BuriedAlive for days until they've exhausted all their power staving off death, then {{Mind Rape}}d by sorcerers to destroy what remains. [[spoiler:However, it's only a trauma-based mental block, and Seyonne is able to regain access to his power with help from his old friends.]]
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* DePower: Derzhi strip the magic from their Ezzarian slaves with the torturous "Rites of Balthar". Victims are BuriedAlive for days until they've exhausted all their power staving off death, then {{Mind Rape}}d by sorcerers to destroy what remains. [[spoiler:However, it's only a [[PsychosomaticSuperpowerOutage trauma-based mental block, block]], and Seyonne is able to regain access to his power with help from his old friends.]]
* ForeignQueasine: InUniverse, the Derzhi are alone in their love of Nazrheel tea -- Seyonne thinks it smells like a hay fire.
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* SpotOfTea: "Nazrheel" tea is the signature drink of the Derzhi [[TheEmpire Empire]], and Aleksander even brings a supply when he's [[KingIncognito traveling cross-country on the run]]. The Derzhi are alone in their taste for it; it's made from a particular wood bark and smells like a hay fire.
