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* HeroesWantRedheads: Akabar carries a torch for Alias from the moment he meets her despite already being married to two other women.
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* DirtyOldMan: Of sorts. [[spoiler:Zrie Prakis is several hundred years old, and his original plan for Alias is to use her as a glorified sex slave.]]
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* RiddleForTheAges: Subverted with Phalse. Olive asks Zrie Prakis what exactly he is, but Prakis isn't sure. Not even Cassana knows, which Prakis says is a bad sign. The book never fully explains what Phalse is, aside from a reference Moander makes to "a daemon of great power." The subversion comes in [[AllThereInTheManual the Villains Lorebook sourcebook]], which suggests that Phalse was [[spoiler:a hordling, a type of fiend native to the plane of Tarterus.]]
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* TheStarscream: Zrie Prakis [[spoiler:plans to murder Cassana and take over her holdings. He's powerless against her because his phylactery is her magic wand, which she's enchanted so she can NoSell anything he tries. He tries to enlist Olive to help him by stealing Cassana's wand, but Olive knows full well that Cassana would kill her long before she could get it.]]
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* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler: Alias is a homonculus made in the image of the wizard Casanna with fake memories as well as a portion of Dragonbait's soul.]]
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* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler: Alias is a homonculus homunculus made in the image of the wizard Casanna with fake memories as well as a portion of Dragonbait's soul.]]
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, specifically about angst from a character discovering that they're a clone.
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* CloningBlues: Another example of these as we see a number of Alias' "sisters" in action. [[spoiler: Plus, Flattery Wyvernspur, the BigBad.]] Most of them don't realize they're clones, though. [[spoiler: Flattery does and his hatred is due to WhatMeasureIsANonhuman]].
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* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: Not just anyone can use the wyvern's spur to [[spoiler:transform into a wyvern]]. Only someone that [[{{Dracolich}} the guardian]] has marked as her favorite can do so, and she only grants that favor to one member of the family each generation.
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* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Cat falls for Giogi because he's a genuinely kind, respectful man who treats her like an actual human being, something no other man in her life has done.
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* WouldHurtAChild: At the climax, Flattery kidnaps Gaylin's newborn daughter and threatens to kill her unless Giogi hands over the spur.
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* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Wyverns are normally brown or gray, but the one [[spoiler:Giogi]] turns into is red. Fittingly, it's also much larger than a normal wyvern and ImmuneToMagic.
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* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Wyverns are normally brown or gray, but the one [[spoiler:Giogi]] turns into is red. Fittingly, it's also much larger than a normal wyvern and ImmuneToMagic.ResistantToMagic.
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* KilledOffscreen: Giogi's Uncle Drone is ReducedToDust by one of Flattery's minions while Giogi was down in the crypt looking for the person who stole the spur. [[spoiler:Except not really. Drone disintegrated the assassin before it could kill him and is FakingTheDead to throw Flattery off his trail.]]
* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Wyverns are normally brown or gray, but the one [[spoiler:Giogi]] turns into is red. Fittingly, it's also much larger than a normal wyvern and ImmuneToMagic.
* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Wyverns are normally brown or gray, but the one [[spoiler:Giogi]] turns into is red. Fittingly, it's also much larger than a normal wyvern and ImmuneToMagic.
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* ScaledUp: The wyvern's spur allows anyone marked as the guardian's favorite to transform into an unusually large, magic-resistant wyvern. Meanwhile, Flattery can turn himself into a blue dragon with his magic.
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* Necromancer: Flattery prefers using mindless undead servants to the living and has an army of ghouls, lacedons, zombies, as well as the occasional nastier creature.
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* Necromancer: {{Necromancer}}: Flattery prefers using mindless undead servants to the living and has an army of ghouls, lacedons, zombies, as well as the occasional nastier creature.
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* TheNecromancer: Flattery prefers using mindless undead servants to the living and has an army of ghouls, lacedons, zombies, as well as the occasional nastier creature.
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* TheNecromancer: Necromancer: Flattery prefers using mindless undead servants to the living and has an army of ghouls, lacedons, zombies, as well as the occasional nastier creature.
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* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Apart from Giogioni, the Wyvernspur family men all look eerily similar, even generations apart. Giogi's uncle and cousins (none of whom are directly related) all look like slightly different versions of the same man to Olive, and even the guardian of the family crypt, which has watched over the family since its founding, cannot identify which Wyvernspur broke in to steal the family relic because all Wyvernspurs but Giogi look alike to her.
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* {{Dracolich}}: An intelligent ghostly wyvern stands guard over the Wyvernspur family crypt.
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* DoIReallySoundLikeThat: Giogioni Wyvernspur does an unflattering but frighteningly accurate impression of King Azoun IV, which nearly gets him killed. When he later meets with Azoun, Giogi is asked to demonstrate. The king is not amused.
-->"I don't sound like that," Azoun said, scowling.\\
"With respect, Your Highness," Vandergahast intervened, "you do."
-->"I don't sound like that," Azoun said, scowling.\\
"With respect, Your Highness," Vandergahast intervened, "you do."
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* NamedWeapons: Dragonbait's fancy broadsword is called Hill Cleaver.
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* OurLichesAreDifferent: Zrie Prakis is a typical D&D lich in most respects, being an intelligent undead spellcaster whose continued existence is tied to a SoulJar. Unlike the typical D&D lich, he did not seek to become one and was made undead post-mortem, against his will. His SoulJar is also Cassana's wand instead of a typical phylactery, giving Cassana absolute power over whether he "lives" or dies for real.
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* SoulJar: Cassana's magic wand doubles as the phylactery of her undead lover, Zrie Prakis the lich. Its proximity is what keeps him "alive" and sustains his magical might, and his power weakens the further the wand gets from him. [[spoiler:He dies immediately after someone throws the wand into an interplanar portal.]]
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* ItCanThink: Moander seems like a mindless MuckMonster when he first appears, but when he speaks to Alias through a possessed Akabar, it becomes clear that he is both intelligent and evil. He tells Alias about his evil plans and tries to break her spirit by revealing the awful truth of her origins.
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* TheDragon: Kimble is a dangerous assassin and spymaster who serves Victor Dhostar. His natural evil puts Dragonbait off immediately.
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* FakeMemories: Alias is drawn to helping Westgate due to Finder making it her hometown. Also, installing memories of his ex-girlfriend, Jamal, as her mother.
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* GiveGeeksAChance: [[spoiler: It's implied that Mintassan, the Outer Planes obsessed sage, will end up with Alias.]]
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* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler: Mintassan and Alias end up journeying together to the Hidden Vale.]]
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* NearVillainVictory: [[spoiler: Victor becomes the new ruler of Westgate and could have gotten the treasure of King Verovan but he didn't finish Alias off. Even so, Alias ended up having to impersonate a halfling for several weeks.]]
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The books furthermore have two unofficial sequels in ''[[Literature/TheHarpers Masquerades]]'' and ''[[Literature/TheHarpers Tymora's Luck]]'' as part of the ''Literature/TheHarpers'' series.
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The books furthermore have two an unofficial sequels sequel in ''[[Literature/TheHarpers Masquerades]]'' Masquerades]]''. The books also have a spin-off in ''[[Literature/TheLostGods Finder's Stone]]'', and ''[[Literature/TheHarpers ''[[Literature/TheLostGods Tymora's Luck]]'' as part of the ''Literature/TheHarpers'' ''Literature/TheLostGods'' series.
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* BigBad: The Nightmaster of the Night Masks. [[spoiler: AKA Victor Dhostar.]]
* EvilPlan: [[spoiler: Victor Dhostar plans to murder his father, frame him for being the Nightmaster, and then eliminate enough of the merchant nobility to get himself installed as the new king.]]
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Dragonbait uses his ''shen'' ability like ''Know Alignment'' to determine whether people are Good, Neutral, or Evil. [[spoiler: Victor's ability to fool this is a major plot point.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Victor Dhostar ends up being eaten by the Manes guarding the treasure of Westgate's last king, Verovan.]]
* JustTheFirstCitizen: The croamarkh of Westgate is the elected (by the nobility) leader of the city. The citizenry have a strong distaste for kings due to the behavior of their last one.
* LoveInterestTraitor: [[spoiler: Victor Dhostar proves to be the Nightmaster of the Night Masks.]]
* NeutralEvil: In-universe, [[spoiler: Victor is eventually revealed to be this.]]
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: Victor is perfectly willing to kill his own father, Luer Dhostar, in order to take over Westgate.]]
* TheSyndicate: The Night Masks are the most powerful organization in Westgate with over two thousand members.
* VictoryIsBoring: [[spoiler: Victor finds ruling Westgate has little appeal for him. He instead starts setting out to build an empire once he achieves it.]]
* WonTheWarLostThePeace: [[spoiler: Victor Dhostar becomes internim croamarkh but finds that he has absolutely no talent for ruling despite his talent as a Thieves Guildmaster. He immediately starts more evil plots because he's good at that.]]
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* BigBad: The Nightmaster of the Night Masks. [[spoiler: AKA Victor Dhostar.]]
* EvilPlan: [[spoiler: Victor Dhostar plans to murder his father, frame him for being the Nightmaster, and then eliminate enough of the merchant nobility to get himself installed as the new king.]]
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Dragonbait uses his ''shen'' ability like ''Know Alignment'' to determine whether people are Good, Neutral, or Evil. [[spoiler: Victor's ability to fool this is a major plot point.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Victor Dhostar ends up being eaten by the Manes guarding the treasure of Westgate's last king, Verovan.]]
* JustTheFirstCitizen: The croamarkh of Westgate is the elected (by the nobility) leader of the city. The citizenry have a strong distaste for kings due to the behavior of their last one.
* LoveInterestTraitor: [[spoiler: Victor Dhostar proves to be the Nightmaster of the Night Masks.]]
* NeutralEvil: In-universe, [[spoiler: Victor is eventually revealed to be this.]]
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: Victor is perfectly willing to kill his own father, Luer Dhostar, in order to take over Westgate.]]
* TheSyndicate: The Night Masks are the most powerful organization in Westgate with over two thousand members.
* VictoryIsBoring: [[spoiler: Victor finds ruling Westgate has little appeal for him. He instead starts setting out to build an empire once he achieves it.]]
* WonTheWarLostThePeace: [[spoiler: Victor Dhostar becomes internim croamarkh but finds that he has absolutely no talent for ruling despite his talent as a Thieves Guildmaster. He immediately starts more evil plots because he's good at that.]]
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* BotanicalAbomination: [[spoiler: Moander is a chaotic evil god of plants and decay who takes the form of a giant pile of rotting vegetation with tentacles.]]
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* BalefulPolymorph: Olive Ruskettle is turned into a burro by a curse placed on Giogi's purse.
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* ForcedTransformation: Olive Ruskettle is turned into a burro by a curse placed on Giogi's purse.
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* EverythingIsBetterWithDinosaurs: The Saurials are a race of dinosaur men (note: NOT lizard men).
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This is one of the earliest Forgotten Realms novels. It portrays King Azoun of Cormyr as weak willed and easily led.
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* ILied: Mist is a Red Dragon (i.e. AlwaysChaoticEvil) and obeyed the dictates of honorable combat with Alias only so much as it amuses her. She treats her deal with Dragonbait, a Paladin and fellow reptile, with more respect.
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* ILied: Mist is a Red Dragon (i.e. AlwaysChaoticEvil) and obeyed the dictates of honorable combat with Alias only so much as it amuses her. She treats her deal with Dragonbait, a Paladin paladin and fellow reptile, with more respect.
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* ManipulativeBastard: Phalse is playing his fellow conspirators like a fiddle, as well as Olive Ruskettle.
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* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: Dragonbait cannot speak anything resembling Common or even other demihuman races. [[spoiler: He is in fact a paladin of his world's equivalent of Torm as well as a a deeply wise as well as spiritual man.]]
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* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: Dragonbait cannot speak anything resembling Common or even other demihuman races. [[spoiler: He is in fact a paladin of his world's equivalent of Torm Tyr as well as a a deeply wise as well as spiritual man.]]
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* NotBloodSiblings: While Alias looks at Finder Wyvernspur as a father, her sisters don't view the Wyvernspurs as family. [[spoiler: Which is important since Giogi and Cat hook up. She is his cousin, but about 17 generations removed and quite possibly not genetically related.]]
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* NotBloodSiblings: While Alias looks at Finder Wyvernspur as a father, her sisters don't view the Wyvernspurs as family. [[spoiler: Which is important since Giogi and Cat hook up. She is his cousin, but about 17 12 generations removed and quite possibly not genetically related.]]
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* UpperClassTwit: The Wyvernspur family has a lot in common with the Woosters. Which is impressive given that they live in the Realms where the nobility generally needs to be fluent with sword or spell.
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* UpperClassTwit: The Wyvernspur family has a lot in common with the Woosters.[[Literature/JeevesAndWooster Woosters]]. Which is impressive given that they live in the Realms where the nobility generally needs to be fluent with sword or spell.
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* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Olive Ruskettle is called a fraud at being a bard numerous times. We later discover this is because she stole the identity of a famous bard and has been passing herself off as him (via DistaffCounterpart and BlatantLies). In first edition, halflings couldn't become bards.
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* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Olive Ruskettle is called a fraud at being a bard numerous times. We later discover this is because she stole the identity of a famous bard and has been passing herself off as him (via DistaffCounterpart and BlatantLies). In first edition, and second edition AD&D, halflings couldn't become bards.
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* KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect: Akabar is called a "green grocer" by Alias and this is apparently something that is common to refer to Merchant Wizards as from Turmish. It also gets under his skin a lot more than Alias probably intended.
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* KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect: Akabar is called a "green grocer" by Alias and this is apparently something that is common to refer to Merchant Wizards as from Turmish.Wizards. It also gets under his skin a lot more than Alias probably intended.
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* NayTheist: A DownplayedTrope example as Alias is fine with the gods but absolutely despises priests of all stripes. It becomes a problem with Akabar marries a priestess of Tymora.
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* NayTheist: A DownplayedTrope example as Alias is fine with the gods but absolutely despises priests of all stripes. It becomes is a problem when you want a curse removed. [[spoiler:It also leads to tension with Akabar marries a priestess one of Tymora.her sisters, Zhara.]]
* UniquenessDecay: [[spoiler:Alias is an ArtificialHuman. When the heros pursue Phalse, they discover he has produced multiple variants.]]
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* BigBadEnsemble: The Fire Knives, Cult of Moander, and Cassana. [[spoiler: Also the lich, Prakis and Phalse.]]
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* BigBadEnsemble: The Fire Knives, Cult of Moander, and Cassana. [[spoiler: Also the lich, lich Prakis and the fiend Phalse.]]
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* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: Olive had been given a Harper's pin by Finder. While it would help her claims to be a bard, she knows that abusing it would get her into serious trouble. She dons it, to do something that the Harpers would approve of. Eventually leads to a FakeRealTurn.
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* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: Olive had been given a Harper's pin by Finder. While it would help her claims to be a bard, she knows that abusing it would get her into serious trouble. She dons it, to do something that the Harpers would approve of. [[spoiler: Eventually leads to a FakeRealTurn.]]
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* SacrificialLamb: Jade Moore is one of Alias's sisters and Olive's best friend. She is disintegrated in the first few pages.
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* FakeMemories: [[spoiler: All of Alias's memories are fake.]]
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* LogicalWeakness: Mist reveals that, for all of Moander's AGodAmI pretensions (which he absolutely earns), his avatar is an enormous shambling mound of garbage and methane while she's an adult Red Dragon.
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* LogicalWeakness: Mist reveals demonstrates that, for all of Moander's AGodAmI pretensions (which he absolutely earns), his avatar is an enormous shambling mound of garbage and methane while she's an adult adult, fire-breathing, Red Dragon.
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* CantHoldHisLiquor: Despite supposedly being an experienced carouser, Alias finds the taste of alcohol unpleasant and gets drunk easily.
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* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: Detect Magic usually forms a dim glow around magic items. If cast on Alias's tattoo, the effect is blinding.
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* ILied: Mist is a Red Dragon (i.e. AlwaysChaoticEvil) and obeyed the dictates of honorable combat with Alias only so much as it amuses her. She treats her deal with Dragonbait, a Paladin and fellow reptile with more respect.
* LogicalWeakness: Mist points out for all of Moander's AGodAmI pretensions (which he absolutely earns), his avatar is an enormous shambling mound of garbage and methane while she's an adult Red Dragon.
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* LogicalWeakness: Mistpoints out reveals that, for all of Moander's AGodAmI pretensions (which he absolutely earns), his avatar is an enormous shambling mound of garbage and methane while she's an adult Red Dragon.
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* IdenticalStranger: A common problem given that there are a number of clones of Alias running around. Also, the fact that every member of the Wyvernspur male lineage (except Giogi) looks almost identical, even ones separated by generations like Finder.
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* IdenticalStranger: A common problem given that there are a number of clones of Alias running around. Also, the fact that every member of the Wyvernspur male lineage (except Giogi) looks almost identical, even ones separated by generations generations, like Finder.
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##* FreudianExcuse: Olive's chip on her shoulder is (possibly) motivated by the fact she and her family were driven out of Hillspar because they were thieves. Except it was actually because they were hallflings and this led to ThenLetMeBeEvil.##
