History Literature / SymphonyOfAges

'''This series provides examples of:'''

* WoundThatWillNotHeal: Ashe's wound from when the F'dor attacked, until later in the first trilogy.

** [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]. Gwydion has control over water. 70% of the human body is made of water. He knows this. And there's the time when Rhapsody was taking a bath and he got frisky...

* MadLibFantasyTitle: Not the title of the series itself, but the individual novels very much so.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The F'dor, beings of elemental fire that want to burn the world.

* SlapSlapKiss: Rhapsody and Ashe have this relationship for the first two novels. It breaks down in the final novel, with time coming full circle, and [[Spoiler: Gwydion unintentionally repeats the mistakes of his ancestors, dealing Rhapsody a "Grievous Blow."]]

* AfterTheEnd: Meridion's future.

* ApocalypseHow: Planetary Extinction. In Meridion's future the F'dor have reduced the planet to molten slag.

* FramingDevice: The efforts of Meridion in an apocalyptic future as he attempts to stop the destruction of the world and unite Gwydion and Rhapsody.

* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The FramingDevice for the original trilogy takes place in an alternate timeline where the F'dor was successful and they have transformed the world into a lifeless, molten ruin. Meridion is trying to prevent that from occurring.

* StarCrossedLovers: Gwydion and Rhapsody in the original timeline. Meridion manipulated history specifically so they could avert this trope.

* SlapSlapKiss: Rhapsody and Ashe have this relationship for the first two novels. It breaks down in the final novel, with time coming full circle, and [[Spoiler:Gwydion unintentionally repeats the mistakes of his ancestors, dealing Rhapsody a "Grievous Blow."]]

''Symphony of Ages'' is a series of fantasy novels by Elizabeth Haydon. It blends HeroicFantasy with RomanceNovel tropes to produce an effect that you likely think is the most awsome thing ever or is absolutely ridiculous.

Rhapsody (formerly known as Emily, but she changed her name after running away from home as a child) is a former prostitute living in Elizabeth Haydon's ConstructedWorld of Serendair. During the sordid career, she attracted the attention of a minor warlord named Michael, who is the biggest pervert ever and has [[SingleTargetSexuality a strange fixation with her.]] She is trying to start a new life for herself when Michael shows up intending to kidnap and [[RapeAsDrama do really, really bad things to her.]] She escapes and ends up haphazardly under the protection of two traveling warriors, Achmed and Grunthor. They listen to her story and take enough pity on her to let her travel with them, safe from Michael (besides she just accidentally helped Achmed by renaming him). They do not tell her, however, that they are demon-hunters and that they are fleeing from a demon [[BeneathTheEarth through the center of the planet.]]

Also, when Emily was a child, she had a curious run in with a guy who called himself Sam. She did not know where he came from, but it was LoveAtFirstSight, or so she thought. They had sex (TheirFirstTime) and then he disappeared. She was naturallly quite upset, but all was not as it seemed: Sam was actually Gwidion, a [[PrinceCharming prince]] from the future who had all of a sudden been [[TimeTravel pushed backwards into Emily's era without knowing why.]] When Achmed, Grunthor, and Rhrapsody finally make it out from BeneathTheEarth and arrive on the far end of the world, he is there--although neither of them recognize each other.

* BecauseDestinySaysSo: The God of Time wants Rhapsody and Gwidion to hook up. This is SeriousBusiness! [[spoiler:More to the point, it's their son who wants them to hook up, and goes to great lengths to make their partnership a good one.]]

* FramingDevice: The efforts of Meridion in an apocalyptic future as he attempts to stop the destruction of the world and unite Gwidion and Rhapsody.

** [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]. Gwidion has control over water. 70% of the human body is made of water. He knows this. And there's the time when Rhapsody was taking a bath and he got frisky...

* SlapSlapKiss: Rhapsody and Ashe have this relationship for the first two novels.

* HelloNurse: Rhapsody

Also, several characters have ElementalPowers that lend themselves well to PowerPerversionPotential. Whereas most authors would shy away from this fact or not even notice, Hayden exploits them to their [[FetishFuel fullest potential.]]

* WoundThatWillNotHeal: Ashe's wound from when the F'dor attacked, until later in the first trilogy.
* ScheduleSlip: ''The Assassin King'', Book 6 overall and the first book of the second trilogy, (following two intermediate books) was released in 2006. After seven years without even a hint of the follow-up in sight, Book 7 was ''finally'' released in June, 2014.

** [[spoiler:He is part dragon, and that all dragons can do that. Check book 4 or 5, when they finally decide to get going on the children. Still an example, though.]]
** In Book 2 or 3 Ashe sayd that all 1st generation Cymrians can control their fertility (dont want kids means no kids).

''Symphony of Ages'' is a series of fantasy novels by Elizabeth Haydon. It blends HeroicFantasy with RomanceNovel tropes to produce an effect that you likely think [[LoveItOrHateIt is the most awsome thing ever or is absolutely ridiculous.]]

* ScheduleSlip: ''The Assassin King'', Book 6 overall and the first book of the second trilogy, (following two intermediate books) was released in 2006. After seven years without even a hint of the follow-up in sight, Book 7 is ''finally'' scheduled for a May, 2015 release.

* ScheduleSlip: ''The Assassin King'', Book 6 overall and the first book of the second trilogy, (following two intermediate books) was released in 2006. After seven years without even a hint of the follow-up in sight, Book 7 is ''finally'' rumored to be scheduled for an August, 2013 release.

* WoundThatWillNotHeal: Ashe's wound from when the F'dor attacked, until later in the first trilogy.

Rhapsody (formerly known as Emily, but she changed her name after running away from home as a child) is a former prostitute living in Elizabeth Haydon's ConstructedWorld of Serendair. During the sordid career, she attracted the attention of a minor warlord named Michael, who is the biggest pervert ever and has [[SingleTargetSexuality a strange fixation with her.]] She is trying to start a new life for herself when Michael shows up intending to kidnap and [[RapeAsDrama do really, really bad things to her.]] She escapes and ends up haphazardly under the protection of two traveling warriors, Achmed and Grunthor. They listen to her story and take enough pity on her to let her travel with them, safe from Michael. They do not tell her, however, that they are demon-hunters and that they are fleeing from a demon [[BeneathTheEarth through the center of the planet.]]

* ScheduleSlip: ''The Assassin King'', Book 6 overall and the first book of the second trilogy, (following two intermediate books) was released in 2006. After seven years without even a hint of the follow-up in sight, Book 7 is ''finally'' rumored to be scheduled for an August, 2013 release.

Rhapsody (formerly known as Emily, but she changed her name after running away from home as a child) is a former prostitute living in Elizabeth Haydon's ConstructedWorld of Serendair. During the sordid career, she attracted the attention of a minor warlord named Michael, who is [[CompleteMonster the biggest pervert ever]] and has [[SingleTargetSexuality a strange fixation with her.]] She is trying to start a new life for herself when Michael shows up intending to kidnap and [[RapeAsDrama do really, really bad things to her.]] She escapes and ends up haphazardly under the protection of two traveling warriors, Achmed and Grunthor. They listen to her story and take enough pity on her to let her travel with them, safe from Michael. They do not tell her, however, that they are demon-hunters and that they are fleeing from a demon [[BeneathTheEarth through the center of the planet.]]

* TheirFirstTime: Turns out to be just like HollywoodSex.

* WoundThatWillNotHeal: Ashe's wound from when the F'dor attacked, until later in the first trilogy.
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* AGodAmI: Non-villianous example. Achmed convinces the Firbolg that he is a god in order to unite them into a great nation.

* StarCrossedLovers: Gwydion and Rhapsody in the original timeline. Their son manipulated history specifically so they could avert this trope.

* StarCrossedLovers: Gwidion and Rhapsody

** [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]. Gwidion has control over water. 70% of the human body is made of water. He knows this.

* WorldTree: Many of them!

** [[PlayingWithATrope Played with.]] Gwidion has control over water. 70% of the human body is made of water. [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean He knows this.]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Achmed and Grunthor. Achmed has [[http://avidachmedians.deviantart.com/ his own fanclub.]]
* FanPreferredCouple: Despite (because of?) the lengths gone to establish Ashe as Rhapsody's soul mate, many fans prefer to pair her with Achmed. Possibly subverted in that [[spoiler:Achmed has decided to wait to get with Rhapsody until after Ashe dies making the couple borderline canon after all, see MayflyDecemberRomance below.]]
* FantasyContraception: Ashe [[spoiler:can use his water powers to hold back his own semen.]]
** I thought it was because [[spoiler:he is part dragon, and that all dragons can do that. Check book 4 or 5, when they finally decide to get going on the children. Still an example, though.]]

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex

* HollywoodSex

* MagicMusic
* MarySue: Rhapsody is a textbook example.

* MemoryGambit

* RapeAsDrama
* RapeIsTheNewDeadParents
* RelationshipSue: Gwidion

* PowerPerversionPotential: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with.]] Gwidion has control over water. 70% of the human body is made of water. [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean He knows this.]]

* TheXOfY
* TimeTravel