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* AndIMustScream: See Fate Worse than Death.
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* AndIMustScream: See Fate Worse than Death.[[spoiler: Happens to Sir Christopher at the end of the series. After his death, Robin uses her powers to bind his soul into a tree, to live trapped as a tree for however as it's alive. After she apologizes to amaranthine's leader for her hastiness in punishment, she is answered that they are patient, and when he will go into the Solace, they will be waiting, and they will have they revenge.]]
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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: Happens to Sir Christopher at the end of the series. After his death, Robin uses her powers to bind his soul into a tree, to live trapped as a tree for however as it's alive. After she apologizes to amaranthine's leader for her hastiness in punishment, she is answered that they are patient, and when he will go into the Solace, they will be waiting, and they will have they revenge.]]
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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: Happens to Sir Christopher at the end of the series. After his death, Robin uses her powers to bind his soul into a tree, to live trapped as a tree for however as it's alive. After she apologizes to amaranthine's leader for her hastiness in punishment, she is answered that they are patient, and when he will go into the Solace, they will be waiting, and they will have they revenge.]]See Fate Worse than Death.
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* SterilityPlague: The Amaranthine threaten Aeland's nobility with a {{Curse}} of sterility for their crimes. It's not an idle threat; when an Amaranthine told a historical king that "You will wither", his wife miscarried, his entire bloodline became infertile, and his dynasty fell out of power well before it died out.
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* SterilityPlague: The Amaranthine threaten Aeland's nobility with a {{Curse}} of sterility for their crimes. It's not an idle threat; when an Amaranthine told a historical king that "You will wither", his wife immediately miscarried, his entire bloodline became infertile, and his dynasty fell out of power well before it died out.
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* WillNotTellaLie: Amaranthines will never lie. It seems they have some [[RealityWarper]] powers that makes what they say turn real, like when one said to a king "You will wither". His wife miscarried immediately and his entire bloodline became infertile.
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* WillNotTellaLie: Amaranthines will never lie. It seems they have some [[RealityWarper]] [[RealityWarper powers that makes what they say turn real, like real]]. Like when one said to a king "You will wither". His wither"; his wife miscarried immediately miscarried and his entire bloodline became infertile.
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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: Happens to Sir Christopher at the end of the series. After his death, Robin uses her powers to bind his soul into a tree, to live trapped as a tree for however as it's alive. After she apologizes to amaranthine's leader for her hastiness in punishment, she is answered that they are patient, and when he will go into the Solace, they will be waiting, and they will have they revenge.]]
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* WillNotTellaLie: Amaranthines will never lie. It seems they have some [[RealityWarper]] powers that makes what they say turn real, like when one said to a king "You will wither". His wife miscarried immediately and his entire bloodline became infertile.
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* DeagedInDeath: When [[spoiler:Sir Christopher is hanged for his crimes]] at the end of ''Soulstar'', his spirit reverts from old age to the prime of life in seconds, apparently [[VengefulGhost eager to take revenge]].
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** Shortly after this, Tristan inflicts the beginning of a SlowTransformation into a beast on a guard, starting with one hand. After the guard flees, he admits that it was an illusion and he doesn't actually have that power.* GaslampFantasy: While the series is not based on any country's cultural markers in particular, the series' technology level seems to resemble roughly this period, with carriages, bikes, and electricity that is rooted in magic.
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** Shortly after this, Tristan inflicts the beginning of a SlowTransformation into a beast on a guard, starting with one hand. After the guard flees, he admits that it was an illusion and he doesn't actually have that power.power.
* GaslampFantasy: While the series is not based on any country's cultural markers in particular, the series' technology level seems to resemble roughly this period, with carriages, bikes, and electricity that is rooted in magic.
* GaslampFantasy: While the series is not based on any country's cultural markers in particular, the series' technology level seems to resemble roughly this period, with carriages, bikes, and electricity that is rooted in magic.
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** One of the punishments the Amaranthine Grand Duchess can mete out is to be transformed into a HorseOfADifferentColor and put to work. This fate befalls [[spoiler:the villain of ''Stormsong'' when his crimes are exposed.]]
** Shortly after this, Tristan inflicts the beginning of a SlowTransformation into a beast on a guard, starting with one hand. After the guard flees, he admits that it was an illusion and he doesn't actually have that power.
** One of the punishments the Amaranthine Grand Duchess can mete out is to be transformed into a HorseOfADifferentColor and put to work. This fate befalls [[spoiler:the villain of ''Stormsong'' when his crimes are exposed.]]
** Shortly after this, Tristan inflicts the beginning of a SlowTransformation into a beast on a guard, starting with one hand. After the guard flees, he admits that it was an illusion and he doesn't actually have that power.
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* ForcedTransformation:
** One of the punishments the Amaranthine Grand Duchess can mete out is to be transformed into a HorseOfADifferentColor and put to work. This fate befalls [[spoiler:the villain of ''Stormsong'' when his crimes are exposed.]]
** Shortly after this, Tristan inflicts the beginning of a SlowTransformation into a beast on a guard, starting with one hand. After the guard flees, he admits that it was an illusion and he doesn't actually have that power.* GaslampFantasy: While the series is not based on any country's cultural markers in particular, the series' technology level seems to resemble roughly this period, with carriages, bikes, and electricity that is rooted in magic.
** One of the punishments the Amaranthine Grand Duchess can mete out is to be transformed into a HorseOfADifferentColor and put to work. This fate befalls [[spoiler:the villain of ''Stormsong'' when his crimes are exposed.]]
** Shortly after this, Tristan inflicts the beginning of a SlowTransformation into a beast on a guard, starting with one hand. After the guard flees, he admits that it was an illusion and he doesn't actually have that power.* GaslampFantasy: While the series is not based on any country's cultural markers in particular, the series' technology level seems to resemble roughly this period, with carriages, bikes, and electricity that is rooted in magic.
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* {{Synchronization}}: At the end of ''Witchmark'', Miles and his lover Tristan, have their life forces bound together to save Miles's life.
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* {{Synchronization}}: At the end of ''Witchmark'', Miles and his lover Tristan, Tristan have their life forces bound together to save Miles's life.
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* {{Glamour}}: Tristan and the other Amaranthines use magic to disguise their true, utterly captivating appearances to allow them to go more-or-less unnoticed, or at least stop people from standing in shock staring. Of course, even glamoured, Tristan is an uncomonly handsome man, and photographs reveal their true forms.
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* {{Glamour}}: Tristan and the other Amaranthines use magic to disguise their true, utterly captivating appearances to allow them to go more-or-less unnoticed, or at least stop people from standing in shock staring. Of course, even glamoured, Tristan is an uncomonly uncommonly handsome man, and photographs reveal their true forms.
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* SharedLifeEnergy: Tristan binds his life force to Miles's to save Miles's life at the end of the book—and since Tristan is basically an immortal god, Miles is likely to live for a long time. As a bonus, Tristan says its the equivalent of marriage in his society.
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* SharedLifeEnergy: Tristan binds his life force to Miles's to save Miles's life at the end of the book—and since Tristan is basically an immortal god, Miles is likely to live for a long time. As a bonus, Tristan says its it's the equivalent of marriage in his society.
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* TheGoodChancellor: After her father's fall from "grace," Grace takes over his role as chancellor to the queen, trying to help repair the mess of the country after the events of ''Witchmark''.
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* CantLiveWithoutYou: Thanks to their {{Sychronization}}, Tristan and Miles literally can't live without each other.
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* CantLiveWithoutYou: Thanks to their {{Sychronization}}, {{Synchronization}}, Tristan and Miles literally can't live without each other.
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* CantLiveWithoutYou: Thanks to their {{Sychronization}}, Tristan and Miles literally can't live without each other.
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* SharedLifeEnergy: Tristan binds his life force to Miles's to save Miles's life at the end of the book—and since Tristan is basically an immortal god, Miles is likely to live for a long time. As a bonus, Tristan says its the equivalent of marriage in his society.
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* OurElvesAreDifferent: The Amaranthine are the {{inhumanly beautiful|Race}}, [[TheAgeless ageless]], and powerfully magical inhabitants of the Solace, an otherworld that doubles as the human afterlife. Fortunately for humans, they rarely involve themselves in mortal affairs.
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* ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth: Butterfly brooches are part of [[WidowsWeeds mourning attire]] in Aeland.
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* AltarDiplomacy: this is the default for marriage among the noble houses of Aeland; Avia and Grace commiserate over having formerly been "engaged to a corporation" and to a parliamentary voting bloc, respectively. [[spoiler:Defied when Grace refuses to marry the new King to her father's horror, promising to remain his Honest Advisor instead]].
* BedlamHouse: In Aeland, those with magic who aren't part of the aristocracy are convicted as criminals and locked up in horrifying asylums.
* BedlamHouse: In Aeland, those with magic who aren't part of the aristocracy are convicted as criminals and locked up in horrifying asylums.
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* AltarDiplomacy: this This is the default for marriage among the noble houses of Aeland; Avia and Grace commiserate over having formerly been "engaged to a corporation" and to a parliamentary voting bloc, respectively. [[spoiler:Defied when Grace refuses to marry the new King to her father's horror, promising to remain his Honest Advisor instead]].
* ArchnemesisDad: Miles and Grace's father, Sir Christopher, embodies all the worst traits of [[AristocratsAreEvil Aeland's nobility]]. He's the main antagonist of ''Witchmark'' and [[spoiler:works behind the scenes throughout the rest of the series.]]
* BalefulPolymorph:
** One of the punishments the Amaranthine Grand Duchess can mete out is to be transformed into a HorseOfADifferentColor and put to work. This fate befalls [[spoiler:the villain of ''Stormsong'' when his crimes are exposed.]]
** Shortly after this, Tristan inflicts the beginning of a SlowTransformation into a beast on a guard, starting with one hand. After the guard flees, he admits that it was an illusion and he doesn't actually have that power.
* BanOnMagic: Aeland has officially banned all witchcraft and now incarcerates witches in asylums. Unofficially, Aeland's government maintains a secret SupernaturalElite who control the country's weather.
* BarredFromTheAfterlife: When the Amaranthine learn the truth of the asylums, they close the Solace to human dead until the situation is resolved, causing their souls to linger as ghosts instead. The ban is lifted at the end of ''Soulstar''.
* BedlamHouse: In Aeland, those with magic who aren't part of the aristocracy are convicted as criminals and locked up in horrifying asylums. [[spoiler:Not only are their souls fed into the Aether network there, the asylums force them to [[SuperBreedingProgram breed]] the next generation of victims.]]
* BrownNoteBeing: The Amaranthine are so beautiful that their appearance is actually dangerous to human minds. Miles can only manage a quick glance at Tristan's true form, whereas a famous artist [[MadArtist went mad]] after he painted an un-glamoured Amaranthine lady.
* ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth: Butterfly brooches are part of [[WidowsWeeds mourning attire]] in Aeland.
* CassandraTruth: Wild claims that the Hundred Houses of Aeland are full of witches are commonly known as a sign that a witch has been driven mad by their power and needs to be locked away... just like the Hundred Houses intended.
* ArchnemesisDad: Miles and Grace's father, Sir Christopher, embodies all the worst traits of [[AristocratsAreEvil Aeland's nobility]]. He's the main antagonist of ''Witchmark'' and [[spoiler:works behind the scenes throughout the rest of the series.]]
* BalefulPolymorph:
** One of the punishments the Amaranthine Grand Duchess can mete out is to be transformed into a HorseOfADifferentColor and put to work. This fate befalls [[spoiler:the villain of ''Stormsong'' when his crimes are exposed.]]
** Shortly after this, Tristan inflicts the beginning of a SlowTransformation into a beast on a guard, starting with one hand. After the guard flees, he admits that it was an illusion and he doesn't actually have that power.
* BanOnMagic: Aeland has officially banned all witchcraft and now incarcerates witches in asylums. Unofficially, Aeland's government maintains a secret SupernaturalElite who control the country's weather.
* BarredFromTheAfterlife: When the Amaranthine learn the truth of the asylums, they close the Solace to human dead until the situation is resolved, causing their souls to linger as ghosts instead. The ban is lifted at the end of ''Soulstar''.
* BedlamHouse: In Aeland, those with magic who aren't part of the aristocracy are convicted as criminals and locked up in horrifying asylums. [[spoiler:Not only are their souls fed into the Aether network there, the asylums force them to [[SuperBreedingProgram breed]] the next generation of victims.]]
* BrownNoteBeing: The Amaranthine are so beautiful that their appearance is actually dangerous to human minds. Miles can only manage a quick glance at Tristan's true form, whereas a famous artist [[MadArtist went mad]] after he painted an un-glamoured Amaranthine lady.
* ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth: Butterfly brooches are part of [[WidowsWeeds mourning attire]] in Aeland.
* CassandraTruth: Wild claims that the Hundred Houses of Aeland are full of witches are commonly known as a sign that a witch has been driven mad by their power and needs to be locked away... just like the Hundred Houses intended.
* FateWorseThanDeath: At the end of ''Soulstar'', [[spoiler:Miles and Grace's father is hanged for his crimes against souls; his own soul is fused with an oak tree, leaving him blind, deaf, mute, and helpless for as long as it lives; and the Grand Duchess implies that she'll personally take over his punishment when the tree dies.]]
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* HeadacheOfDoom: Grace's WeatherManipulation powers give her severe headaches when a dangerous storm is approaching. One such storm early in the book cripples the country's economy despite her best efforts, and the headaches from another nearly incapacitate her while she's trying to prepare for the climactic scenes.
* InhumanlyBeautifulRace: The Amaranthines are incredibly attractive to humans--all of them--so much so that they disguise their true appearances to be less distracting.
* IntrepidReporter: Grace's love, Avia, is a formerly well-too-do business heiress who has abandoned her family to be an investigative reporter--and she is ''tenacious'' about getting the story.
* InhumanlyBeautifulRace: The Amaranthines are incredibly attractive to humans--all of them--so much so that they disguise their true appearances to be less distracting.
* IntrepidReporter: Grace's love, Avia, is a formerly well-too-do business heiress who has abandoned her family to be an investigative reporter--and she is ''tenacious'' about getting the story.
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* HeadacheOfDoom: Grace's WeatherManipulation powers give her severe headaches when a dangerous storm is approaching. One such storm early in the book ''Stormsong'' cripples the country's economy despite her best efforts, and the headaches from another nearly incapacitate her while she's trying to prepare for the climactic scenes.
* HorribleHousing: [[IntrepidReporter Avia]] lives in a small apartment in a run-down tenement building since her wealthy family [[RichesToRags cut her off]]. [[UptownGirl Grace]] is taken aback when she learns that the building is indirectly owned by her ex-fiancé's family.
* InhumanlyBeautifulRace: TheAmaranthines Amaranthine are incredibly attractive to humans--all of them--so much so that they disguise their true appearances to be less distracting.
* IntrepidReporter: Grace's love, Avia, is a formerly well-too-do business heiress who has abandoned her family to be an investigative reporter--and she is ''tenacious'' about getting thestory.story, even when it pits her against the most powerful people in the country.
* LandOfFaerie: The Amaranthine live in the Solace, a beautiful otherworld with a somewhat mutable reality. It also doubles as the afterlife for human souls.
* HorribleHousing: [[IntrepidReporter Avia]] lives in a small apartment in a run-down tenement building since her wealthy family [[RichesToRags cut her off]]. [[UptownGirl Grace]] is taken aback when she learns that the building is indirectly owned by her ex-fiancé's family.
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* IntrepidReporter: Grace's love, Avia, is a formerly well-too-do business heiress who has abandoned her family to be an investigative reporter--and she is ''tenacious'' about getting the
* LandOfFaerie: The Amaranthine live in the Solace, a beautiful otherworld with a somewhat mutable reality. It also doubles as the afterlife for human souls.
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* LoopholeAbuse: In ''Soulstar'', Zelinde receives a royal order to turn over the design for a revolutionary new power generator. To comply, Zelinde [[spoiler:sends copies to the Crown and to every newspaper in town, thereby destroying the fantastically valuable royal monopoly on the industry.]]
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* MeaningfulRename: Miles took his current name while FakingTheDead, but he continues to use it after his identity is discovered, as a renunciation of the ArchnemesisDad he was named after.
* NonHeteronormativeSociety: Aeland is reminiscent of Edwardian England, but non-binary genders and same-sex relationships are accepted as a matter of course. Cultural groups like the Samindans are similarly accepting of {{Polygamy}} but practice "triangle marriages" discreetly, as bigamy remains officially illegal.
* OurElvesAreDifferent: The Amaranthine are the {{inhumanly beautiful|Race}}, [[TheAgeless ageless]], and powerfully magical inhabitants of the Solace, an otherworld that doubles as the human afterlife. Fortunately for humans, they rarely involve themselves in mortal affairs.
* NonHeteronormativeSociety: Aeland is reminiscent of Edwardian England, but non-binary genders and same-sex relationships are accepted as a matter of course. Cultural groups like the Samindans are similarly accepting of {{Polygamy}} but practice "triangle marriages" discreetly, as bigamy remains officially illegal.
* OurElvesAreDifferent: The Amaranthine are the {{inhumanly beautiful|Race}}, [[TheAgeless ageless]], and powerfully magical inhabitants of the Solace, an otherworld that doubles as the human afterlife. Fortunately for humans, they rarely involve themselves in mortal affairs.
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* SinisterSuffocation: The villain of ''Stormsong'' commits one murder by [[SupernaturalSuffocation magically]] forcing the victim to stop breathing. Grace talks the victim's father into an EnemyMine arrangement by describing what a [[CruelAndUnusualDeath torturous death]] it was.
-->'''Grace:''' It took three minutes... three minutes where she was terrified. Three minutes where she saw her death coming and couldn't do anything to stop it."
-->'''Grace:''' It took three minutes... three minutes where she was terrified. Three minutes where she saw her death coming and couldn't do anything to stop it."
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* SterilityPlague: The Amaranthine threaten Aeland's nobility with a {{Curse}} of sterility for their crimes. It's not an idle threat; when an Amaranthine told a historical king that "You will wither", his wife miscarried, his entire bloodline became infertile, and his dynasty fell out of power well before it died out.
* SuperiorSpecies: The Amaranthine are ageless, impossibly beautiful, and powerfully magical; their Grand Duchess is a caring and just ruler who outranks all human monarchs; and they preside over the human afterlife with the [[CrystalDragonJesus Makers]]' authority.
* SupernaturalSuffocation: Happens twice in ''Stormsong'':
** The villain is revealed to have committed murder by using SympatheticMagic to force the victim to stop breathing.
** When they confront each other, Grace turns the tables by fine-tuning her WeatherManipulation power to suck the air out of the villain's lungs, [[DownplayedTrope briefly staggering them]].
* SuperiorSpecies: The Amaranthine are ageless, impossibly beautiful, and powerfully magical; their Grand Duchess is a caring and just ruler who outranks all human monarchs; and they preside over the human afterlife with the [[CrystalDragonJesus Makers]]' authority.
* SupernaturalSuffocation: Happens twice in ''Stormsong'':
** The villain is revealed to have committed murder by using SympatheticMagic to force the victim to stop breathing.
** When they confront each other, Grace turns the tables by fine-tuning her WeatherManipulation power to suck the air out of the villain's lungs, [[DownplayedTrope briefly staggering them]].
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* UptownGirl: Grace, one of the most wealthy and privileged people in the country, gets into a relationship with Avia, a poor reporter. Though Grace is far more moral than most aristocrats, her status blinds her to many of Aeland's injustices at first; she [[spoiler:chooses Avia over Prince Severin]] because Avia unrelentingly challenges her to become a better person.
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* EnergyAbsorption: The Invisibles use their Secondaries to drain their magic and use for themselves--and their Secondaries are often family members or someone similar, and they have no choice in the matter.
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* LivingBattery: Miles was born expected to be bonded to his sister to serve as a magical reservoir for her. He was very much opposed to this.
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''The Kingston Cycle'' is a fantasy trilogy by C.L. Polk, a Canadian author. The series follows the romance of Miles in ''Witchmak'', his sister Grace in ''Stormsong'', and his friend Robin in ''Soulstar''. And, of course, their quest to save their country from not only magical interference, but from its own corruption and the aftermath of uncovering it.
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''The Kingston Cycle'' is a fantasy trilogy by C.L. Polk, a Canadian author. The series follows the romance of Miles in ''Witchmak'', ''Witchmark'', his sister Grace in ''Stormsong'', and his friend Robin in ''Soulstar''. And, of course, their quest to save their country from not only magical interference, but from its own corruption and the aftermath of uncovering it.
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* SpeculativeFictionLGBT: The series is a fantasy series focused on queer romances: Miles and his male lover, Tristan, Grave, who falls in love with another woman, and Robin and her nonbinary lover, Zelinde. Lining up the book covers even produces the bi pride flag.
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* SpeculativeFictionLGBT: The series is a fantasy series focused on queer romances: Miles and his male lover, Tristan, Grave, Tristan; Grace, who falls in love with another woman, woman; and Robin and her nonbinary lover, Zelinde. Lining up the book covers even produces the bi pride flag.
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''The Kingston Cycle'' is a fantasy trilogy by C.L. Polk, a Canadian author. The series follows the romance of Miles in ''Witchmak'', his sister Grace in ''Stormsong'', and his friend Robin in ''Soulsong''.''Soulstar''. And, of course, their quest to save their country from not only magical interference, but from its own corruption and the aftermath of uncovering it.
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* BedlamHouse: In Kingston, those with magic who aren't part of the aristocracy are convicted as criminals and locked up in horrifying asylums.
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* {{Synchronization}}: At the end of ''Witchmark'', Miles and his lover Tristian, have their life forces bound together to save Mile's life.
* WeatherManipulation: The Invisibles keep Kingston free of the worst winter storms and cyclones with magic.
* {{Synchronization}}: At the end of ''Witchmark'', Miles and his lover Tristian, have their life forces bound together to save Mile's life.
* WeatherManipulation: The Invisibles keep Kingston free of the worst winter storms and cyclones with magic.
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* SpeculativeFictionLGBT: The series is a fantasy series focused on queer romances: Miles and his male lover, Tristan, Grave, who falls in love with another woman, and Robin and her nonbinary lover, Zelinde. Lining up the book covers even produces the bi pride flag.
* {{Synchronization}}: At the end of ''Witchmark'', Miles and his loverTristian, Tristan, have their life forces bound together to save Mile's Miles's life.
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* ChoreCharacterExploration: When Robin and her WrongfullyCommitted spouse Zelinde are reunited after twenty years apart, the truth that it's too late for them to have children hits home at dinnertime. Robin flees to the kitchen, Zelinde follows, and they distract themselves with the dishes while they console each other.
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* EnergyDonation: The Invisibles perform Weather Manipulation on a continent-wide scale by funneling all their power into a single elected Voice, who directs and shapes the magic.
* FoodAsCharacterization: [[ShelteredAristocrat Grace]]'s [[UptownGirl relationship]] with Avia is always underscored by the fact that Grace is a tremendously wealthy noblewoman and Avia went from RichesToRags. It rises to the surface when Grace's servants serve them a SimpleYetOpulent breakfast, including candied oranges, while outside, much of the country is being pushed towards starvation by a brutal winter.
* FoodAsCharacterization: [[ShelteredAristocrat Grace]]'s [[UptownGirl relationship]] with Avia is always underscored by the fact that Grace is a tremendously wealthy noblewoman and Avia went from RichesToRags. It rises to the surface when Grace's servants serve them a SimpleYetOpulent breakfast, including candied oranges, while outside, much of the country is being pushed towards starvation by a brutal winter.
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* HeadacheOfDoom: Grace's WeatherManipulation powers give her severe headaches when a dangerous storm is approaching. One such storm early in the book cripples the country's economy despite her best efforts, and the headaches from another nearly incapacitate her while she's trying to prepare for the climactic scenes.
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* MagicalStarSymbols: "Starred One" is an epithet for witches. They can bequeath their SoulPower to each other upon death, which shows to AuraVision as a star floating by their head, called witchmarks, or "soulstars" to be polite. By ''Soulstar'', Miles has a fairly intimidating crown of thirteen.
* MarriedAtSea: In Samindan culture, any ship's captain is authorized to perform marriages. Robin and her childhood sweetheart Zelinde were [[MyOwnPrivateIDo married in secret]] by a ferryman over Zelinde's family's objections, which somewhat bemuses Robin's family when they learn.
* MarriedAtSea: In Samindan culture, any ship's captain is authorized to perform marriages. Robin and her childhood sweetheart Zelinde were [[MyOwnPrivateIDo married in secret]] by a ferryman over Zelinde's family's objections, which somewhat bemuses Robin's family when they learn.
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* WeatherManipulation: The Invisibles keep Kingston free of the worst winter storms and cyclones with magic.
* WrongfullyCommitted: The government of Aeland maintains the widely-believed lie that witches [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity inevitably go mad]] so they can be locked up in asylums and [[spoiler:have their SoulPower extracted to fuel the power grid]]. As a bonus, [[CassandraTruth any claims]] that Aeland's nobility are a secret SupernaturalElite are taken as a sign that the witch has completely lost her mind.
* WrongfullyCommitted: The government of Aeland maintains the widely-believed lie that witches [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity inevitably go mad]] so they can be locked up in asylums and [[spoiler:have their SoulPower extracted to fuel the power grid]]. As a bonus, [[CassandraTruth any claims]] that Aeland's nobility are a secret SupernaturalElite are taken as a sign that the witch has completely lost her mind.
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* SpeculativeFictionLGBT: The series is a fantasy series focused on queer romances: Miles and his male lover, Tristan, Grave, who falls in love with another woman, and Robin and her nonbinary lover, Zelind. Lining up the book covers even produces the bi flag.
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''The Kingston Cycle'' is a fantasy trilogy by C.L. Polk, a Canadian author. The series follows the romance of Miles in ''Witchmak'', his sister Grace in ''Stormsong'', and his friend Robin in ''Soulsong''. And, of course, their quest to save their country from not only magical interference, but from its own corruption and the aftermath of uncovering it.
The series has been described as ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' meets ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' because of the story's focus on internal politics and rooting out mysteries.
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!!This series contains examples of:
* BedlamHouse: In Kingston, those with magic who aren't part of the aristocracy are convicted as criminals and locked up in horrifying asylums.
* CombatMedic: Miles is a doctor who is also a veteran. While he doesn't fight much in the series, he is certainly ''capable''.
* GaslampFantasy: While the series is not based on any country's cultural markers in particular, the series' technology level seems to resemble roughly this period, with carriages, bikes, and electricity that is rooted in magic.
* {{Glamour}}: Tristan and the other Amaranthines use magic to disguise their true, utterly captivating appearances to allow them to go more-or-less unnoticed, or at least stop people from standing in shock staring. Of course, even glamoured, Tristan is an uncomonly handsome man, and photographs reveal their true forms.
* InhumanlyBeautifulRace: The Amaranthines are incredibly attractive to humans--all of them--so much so that they disguise their true appearances to be less distracting.
* IntrepidReporter: Grace's love, Avia, is a formerly well-too-do business heiress who has abandoned her family to be an investigative reporter--and she is ''tenacious'' about getting the story.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Miles is a former army doctor with very serious PTSD, who has returned home from the war and works in a veterans' hospital.
* SoulPoweredEngine: Miles discovers the horrifying truth that his country has been powering the country's electricity with bound human souls.
* SpeculativeFictionLGBT: The series is a fantasy series focused on queer romances: Miles and his male lover, Tristan, Grave, who falls in love with another woman, and Robin and her nonbinary lover, Zelind. Lining up the book covers even produces the bi flag.
* {{Synchronization}}: At the end of ''Witchmark'', Miles and his lover Tristian, have their life forces bound together to save Mile's life.
''The Kingston Cycle'' is a fantasy trilogy by C.L. Polk, a Canadian author. The series follows the romance of Miles in ''Witchmak'', his sister Grace in ''Stormsong'', and his friend Robin in ''Soulsong''. And, of course, their quest to save their country from not only magical interference, but from its own corruption and the aftermath of uncovering it.
The series has been described as ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' meets ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' because of the story's focus on internal politics and rooting out mysteries.
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!!This series contains examples of:
* BedlamHouse: In Kingston, those with magic who aren't part of the aristocracy are convicted as criminals and locked up in horrifying asylums.
* CombatMedic: Miles is a doctor who is also a veteran. While he doesn't fight much in the series, he is certainly ''capable''.
* GaslampFantasy: While the series is not based on any country's cultural markers in particular, the series' technology level seems to resemble roughly this period, with carriages, bikes, and electricity that is rooted in magic.
* {{Glamour}}: Tristan and the other Amaranthines use magic to disguise their true, utterly captivating appearances to allow them to go more-or-less unnoticed, or at least stop people from standing in shock staring. Of course, even glamoured, Tristan is an uncomonly handsome man, and photographs reveal their true forms.
* InhumanlyBeautifulRace: The Amaranthines are incredibly attractive to humans--all of them--so much so that they disguise their true appearances to be less distracting.
* IntrepidReporter: Grace's love, Avia, is a formerly well-too-do business heiress who has abandoned her family to be an investigative reporter--and she is ''tenacious'' about getting the story.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Miles is a former army doctor with very serious PTSD, who has returned home from the war and works in a veterans' hospital.
* SoulPoweredEngine: Miles discovers the horrifying truth that his country has been powering the country's electricity with bound human souls.
* SpeculativeFictionLGBT: The series is a fantasy series focused on queer romances: Miles and his male lover, Tristan, Grave, who falls in love with another woman, and Robin and her nonbinary lover, Zelind. Lining up the book covers even produces the bi flag.
* {{Synchronization}}: At the end of ''Witchmark'', Miles and his lover Tristian, have their life forces bound together to save Mile's life.
