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* ArcherArchetype: The Daeva tribe pride themselves on their traditional skill with bow and arrow.

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* AbandonedHospital: Daevabad used to have a place of healing that was run by the Nahids. Nahri puts considerable time and effort into restoring it as a good faith gesture.

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* AbandonedHospital: Daevabad used to have a place of healing that was run by the Nahids. Nahri puts considerable time and effort into restoring it as a good faith gesture. [[spoiler:It was also used by the Nahids as a place to conduct horrific experiments on the shafit.]]



* AlwaysChaoticEvil: All of the ifrit are enemies of the djinn. They universally consider the djinn to be cowardly traitors for submitting to Suleiman's judgment and enslave them as retaliation.



* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Ifrit delight in picking humans to give enslaved djinn to in the hopes that the humans will create as much self-inflicted misery as possible through their wishes.

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Ifrit delight in picking out which humans to give enslaved djinn to in the hopes that the humans will create as much self-inflicted misery as possible through their wishes.



* OurGeniesAreDifferent: And HOW.

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* OurGeniesAreDifferent: And HOW.
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* BlueAndOrangeMorality:
** The peris have a strict code of noninterference with anyone they consider an "inferior being" and execute any fellow who breaks it. However, they can ''arm'' lesser creatures with peri weapons or advice and send them out to do the dirty work. [[spoiler:They give Nahri a daeva-killing dagger to kill Dara in ''The Empire of Gold.'' She winds up calling them on their "noninterference" bluff by using it on ''herself'' at a crucial moment.]]
** Marid operate on a system of debts and dealmaking--taking Ali as a weapon to kill Dara puts them in ''debt'' to Dara. Because getting their help has traditionally involved blood sacrifice, they are abhorred by djinn. Their nature as communal beings also makes them difficult for everyone else to comprehend, and the feeling is mutual.


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* CreativeSterility: After Nahri gets him to open his mind a little, the high priest Kartir points out to Dara that--for all the supposed inferiority of humans--the daevas and djinn made human society a model for their new world after Suleiman. Their styles of architecture, art, clothing, and worship are all based on customs that were invented by humans.

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