History Literature / StarWarsThrawnAscendancyChaosRising

* WhamLine:
** The reason why Thrawn has a soft spot for Sky-walkers:

It is followed by ''[[Literature/StarWarsThrawnAscendancyGreaterGood Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendacy: Greater Good]]'' and ''[[Literature/StarWarsThrawnAscendancyLesserEvil Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil]]'' in the ''Thrawn Ascendancy'' trilogy.

* WouldHurtAChild: Yiv's fleet destroys a refugee ship from the planet Rapacc with, many Paccosh women and children aboard.

* WouldHurtAChild: Yiv's fleet destroys a refugee ship from the planet Paccosh with women and children aboard.

* NeverMyFault: By the end of the book, Qilori blames Thrawn for his life being ruined rather than acknowledging his own mistake in abetting ruthless conquerors.

* CowboyCop: Some of the syndics consider Thrawn to be a loose cannon. They don't have anything against him personally and even admire his military skills, but they know full well that his political acumen is virtually nonexistent.

* IHaveManyNames: In Chiss culture, parts of your name can be added or removed when you become a family member or leave the family (families working differently in Chiss culture as well). For instance, Ali'astov becomes Thalias after she joins the Mitth family, Mitth'raw'nuru becomes Mitth'raw'nuruodo, and Ziara becomes Ar'alani after she is removed from the Irizi family.

** Early in "Memories", a young but promising Chiss from the minor Kivu family applies to be adopted into the powerful Mitth family at the urging of his superior. His adoption is fast-tracked ([[spoiler:thanks to the Mitth Patriarch, who takes a personal interest in him]]), and his name changes from Kivu'raw'nuru to Mitth'raw'nuru, and his core names changes from Vurawn to Thrawn. Later on, after he becomes a Trial-born, the suffix "odo" is added to his name (which is odd because the same thing doesn't happen to Thalias).

* AdaptationalNameChange: [[spoiler:In ''Legends'', Mitth'raw'nuruodo was always his birth name. ''Chaos Rising'' by contrast reveals that Thrawn was born Kivu'raw'nuru and only took on a new name after he was adopted by the Mitth family]].

It is followed by ''[[Literature/StarWarsThrawnAscendancyGreaterGood Star Wars Thrawn Ascendacy: Greater Good]]'' and ''[[Literature/StarWarsThrawnAscendancyLesserEvil Star Wars Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil]]' in the ''Thrawn Ascendancy'' trilogy.