History Literature / TheAgeOfTheFive

* {{Adorkable}}: Tryss

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Imi is the daughter of the Elai King.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Usually averted or even inverted - immortality is generally seen as a great thing, with one exception: [[spoiler:Chaia. He explains to Auraya that he]] grew tired of an existence beyond mortality hundreds of years ago, and that frankly he'd rather not [[Spoiler:AndIMustScream spend another thousand years trapped with the {{Jerkass}} Huan. So he sucks in all the magic in the trap, killing himself and the other four gods with him.]]

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Usually averted or even inverted - immortality is generally seen as a great thing, with one exception: [[spoiler:Chaia. He explains to Auraya that he]] grew tired of an existence beyond mortality hundreds of years ago, and that frankly he'd rather not [[AndIMustScream spend another thousand years trapped with the {{Jerkass}} Huan. So he sucks in all the magic in the trap, killing himself and the other four gods with him.]]

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Usually averted or even inverted - immortality is generally seen as a great thing, with one exception: [[spoiler:Chaia. He explains to Auraya that he]] grew tired of an existence beyond mortality hundreds of years ago, and that frankly he'd rather not [[AndIMustScream spend another thousand years trapped with]] the {{Jerkass}} Huan. So he sucks in all the magic in the trap, killing himself and the other four gods with him.]]

'''The Age of the Five''' is a fantasy trilogy by [[Creator/TrudiCanavan Trudi Canavan]]. The books in the series are ''Priestess of the White'', ''Last of the Wilds'' and ''Voice of the Gods''.

* Mascot: Mischief. While his intelligence is inferior to humans, he is actually useful.

* TheReveal: Several. The more noteworty are [[spoiler:the gods' true nature]] and [[spoiler:Leiard's identity]].
* [[spoiler: RunningBothSides]]: [[spoiler: Auraya eventually discovers that the Circlian Gods and the Pentadrian Gods are the same five. After the war of the Gods they set up two religions in isolation from each other then spent the next century building each one up in strength in order to finally pit them against each other in war (just for fun).]]

* TheSoulSaver: Auraya's justification for etablishing the hospital. If the priests gain the abilities of the Dreamweavers, less people will become Dreamweavers whose souls are not taken in by the gods after death and perish. [[spoiler: Averted since it turns out that the gods never took in any souls.]]
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Chaia to the other gods.]]

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Usually averted or even inverted - immortality is generally seen as a great thing, with one exception: [[spoiler: Chaia. He explains to Auraya that he grew tired of an existence beyond mortality hundreds of years ago, and that frankly he'd rather not [[AndIMustScream spend another thousand years trapped with]] [[JerkAss Huan]]. So he sucks in all the magic in the trap, killing himself and the other four gods with him.]]

* WonTheWarLostThePeace: Despite winning the first war, the [[spoiler: Criclians]] were stopped by their gods to invade the other countries which leads to both sides anxiously waiting for the next move of their enemy. [[spoiler: The gods caused this on purpose since otherwise their fun game would end too soon.]]

* UnwittingPawn{{s}}: [[spoiler: Even the probably strongest magicans of the century aren't immune to being used.]]

* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler: Nekaun. While it is not clear if he was a jerk before becoming the First Voice, he gradually gets worse over the third book. THEN he notices his sadistic side and things get even worse.

* GodIsFlawed: Some of Huan's orders seem not very thought through. [[spoiler: Granted since all gods used to be humans and deification did not erease their flaws.]]

* Adorkable: Tryss

* KickTheSonOfABitch: The other Voices to [[spoiler: Nekaun, hitting him with enough fire and heat to leave him a scorch mark. This was for raping three young priestesses]].

'''The Age of the Five''' is a fantasy trilogy by Trudi Canavan. The books in the series are ''Priestess of the White'', ''Last of the Wilds'' and ''Voice of the Gods''.

* FirstGirlWins: Auraya ends up with Leiard.
* FunctionalMagic: spells are cast using a kind of background magic, that can be depleted from a certain place for some time.

* IAmWho: Leiard is [[spoiler:Mirar, leader of the Dreamweavers, who is supposed to be long dead]]

** Special mention should go to [[spoiler: Huan]]. Not even the other gods like her very much, although they keep up a facade of cooperation when appearing to their followers.

* NoImmortalInertia: Averted. An ancient priest left a warning on a tomb stating that only mortals could enter. The tomb was only notable for containing a magical void. Emerahl suspects the priest thought cutting off an immortal's access to magic would lead to this.

* TheReveal: Several. The more noteworty are the gods' true nature and Leiard's identity.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Arguably [[spoiler: Chaia, when he sacrifices himself to kill all the other gods.]].

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: [[spoiler: As it turns out, Chaia very much doesn't anymore. He explains to Auraya that he grew tired of an existence beyond mortality hundreds of years ago, and that frankly he'd rather not spend another thousand years trapped with [[JerkAss Huan]]. So he sucks in all the magic in the trap, killing himself and the other four gods with him.]]

* TheAgeless: The majority of the Wilds. The most extreme example is [[spoiler: The Gull - the oldest of the Wilds, who has the physical body of a prepubescent child.]]
** Not just the majority, all of the Wilds. The entry point to becoming a Wild is to be so powerful at magic you can regenerate at a rate that stops aging completely.

'''The Age of the Five''' is a fantasy trilogy by Trudi Canavan. The books in the series are ''Priestess of the White'', ''Last of the Wilds'' and Voice of the Gods.

'''The Age of the Five''' is a fantasy trilogy by Trudi Canavan. The books in the series are Priestess of the White, Last of the Wilds and Voice of the Gods.