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* AllIssuesArePoliticalIssues: The Arrons- the family that fosters poisoner queens- are loathe to give up their three generations long reign. Natalia notes that the actual strength of the Queen doesn't matter but rather that of the family that backs her. The temple have been openly backing Mirabella, despite it being less than ethical, because they want to wrest control of the island away from the poisoners.

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* AllIssuesArePoliticalIssues: The Arrons- the family that fosters poisoner queens- are loathe to give up their three generations long reign. Natalia notes that the actual strength of the Queen doesn't matter matter, but rather that of the family that backs her. The temple have been openly backing Mirabella, despite it being less than ethical, because they want to wrest control of the island away from the poisoners.
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* ArrangedMarriage: The queens are presented to carefully screened suitors from the mainland. While it looks like they can chose among them, that isn't really the case. The Arrons in particular already have Katharine's consort picked out for her.

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* ArrangedMarriage: The queens are presented to carefully screened suitors from the mainland. While it looks like they can chose choose among them, that isn't really the case. The case - the Arrons in particular already have Katharine's consort picked out for her.



* EndOfAnAge: [[spoiler: The various gifts were slowly growing weaker and weaker with each generation. And with the mist that once isolated the island is now gone. Arsinoe, the surviving triplet, rejects becoming the next Queen Crowned, instead giving that title to Jules, a naturalist without any royal blood.]]

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* EndOfAnAge: [[spoiler: The various gifts were slowly growing weaker and weaker with each generation. And with the mist that once isolated the island is now gone. Arsinoe, the surviving triplet, rejects becoming the next Queen Crowned, instead giving that title to Jules, a naturalist without any royal blood.]]
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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Mirabella is quite popular and admired, both because she's a powerful elemental and because she's the most Queenly out of her sisters. Anyone who personally knows her is incredibly loyal to her.
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* NoPronunciationGuide: Some of the names given don't have obvious pronunciations, Arsinoe's in particular.

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-> ''Three dark queens are born in a glen.''
-> ''Sweet little triplets, will never be friends.''
-> ''Three dark sisters, all fair to be seen;''
-> ''two to devour and one to be Queen.''

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-> ''Three dark queens are born in a glen.''\\
''Sweet little triplets, will never be friends.''\\
''Three dark sisters, all fair to be seen;''\\
''two to devour and one to be Queen.
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-> ''Sweet little triplets, will never be friends.''
-> ''Three dark sisters, all fair to be seen;''
-> ''two to devour and one to be Queen.''



* ElementalPowers: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Elemtenals]] are people who have power over fire, water, earth, air, and the weather.

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* ElementalPowers: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Elemtenals]] Elementals]] are people who have power over fire, water, earth, air, and the weather.



* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each of the main books follow the same naming scheme of "Number Dark Noun".

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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each of the main books follow the same naming scheme of "Number "{{Number|OfObjectsTitle}} Dark Noun".



* NotWhatItLooksLike: [[spoiler: Jules looses control of Arsinoe's pretended bear familiar. Said bear goes straight for Mirabella and would have killed her had Joseph not jumped in to protect her. This causes Mirabella to think that Arsinoe tried to kill her and vows to kill her sister the first chance she gets.]]

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* NotWhatItLooksLike: [[spoiler: Jules looses [[spoiler:Jules loses control of Arsinoe's pretended bear familiar. Said bear goes straight for Mirabella and would have killed her had Joseph not jumped in to protect her. This causes Mirabella to think that Arsinoe tried to kill her and vows to kill her sister the first chance she gets.]]]]
* NumberOfObjectsTitle: Part of the IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming of "[Number] [Dark] [Noun]":
** ''Three Dark Crowns''
** ''One Dark Throne''
** ''Two Dark Reigns''
** ''Five Dark Fates''
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[[caption-width-right:314:Three sisters, one Queen, and whole lot of magic]]

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* YourCheatingHeart: Joseph cheats on Jules with Mirabella.

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[[caption-width-right:314:''When kingdom come, there will be one.'']]

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[[caption-width-right:314:''When kingdom come, there will be one.'']][[caption-width-right:314:Three sisters, one Queen, and whole lot of magic]]



--> -- Song about the three Queens

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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Mirabella is quite popular and admired, both because she's a powerful elemental and because she's the most Queenly out of her sisters.
* AbusiveParents: The Arron family is incredibly tough on their respective Queens, despicably the weaker ones. Katharine's training includes limited access to untainted food and drink, exposure to various poisoned plants, being poked and prodded by the harsh Geniveve, etc.
* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Thanks to her Arron training, Katharine has this, but it has come at the cost of her health. [[spoiler: Arsinoe is naturally immune due to being the real poisoner queen.]]
* AllIssuesArePoliticalIssues: Poisoner queens have sat on the throne for three generations. The Arrons, the family that fosters them, are loathe to give up on their power. Natalia notes that the actual strength of the queen does not matter but rather that of the family that backs her. The temple have been openly backing Mirabella, despite it being less than ethical because they want to wrest control of the island away from the Arrons.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: The populace of Wolf Spring dislike Arsinoe due to her lack of naturalist talent. The people of Fennbirn as whole dislike her because she tried to escape the island twice.
* AnArmAndALeg: The priestess Rho plans to [[spoiler: remove Katharine's and Arsinoe's arms and head and throw them into a sacrificial fire]]. The priestess Elizabeth loses a hand [[spoiler: for enabling Mirabella to run away when the pressure to kill her sisters gets too much]].
* AristocratsAreEvil: The Arrons fit this to a tee. They are decadent, fond of power, and have a disturbing tendency to poison anyone they find an inconvenience.
* ArrangedMarriage: The queens are presented to carefully screened suitors from the mainland. While it looks like they can chose among them that is not quite the case. The Arrons in particular already have Katharine's consort picked out for her.

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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Mirabella is quite popular and admired, both because she's a powerful elemental and because she's the most Queenly out of her sisters. \n Anyone who personally knows her is incredibly loyal to her.
* AbusiveParents: The Arron family is incredibly tough on their respective Queens, despicably especially the weaker ones. Katharine's training includes limited access to untainted food and drink, exposure to various poisoned plants, being poked and prodded by the harsh Geniveve, etc.
* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Thanks to her Arron training, Katharine has this, but it has come at the cost of her health. After being possessed by the spirits of past defeated Queens, she becomes more naturally able to handle poisons. [[spoiler: Arsinoe Arsinoe]] is naturally immune due to being the real poisoner queen.]]
queen.
* AerithAndBob: Characters named Asrinoe and Geniveve live alongside characters named Joseph and Elizabeth.
* AllIssuesArePoliticalIssues: Poisoner queens have sat on the throne for three generations. The Arrons, Arrons- the family that fosters them, poisoner queens- are loathe to give up on their power. three generations long reign. Natalia notes that the actual strength of the queen does not Queen doesn't matter but rather that of the family that backs her. The temple have been openly backing Mirabella, despite it being less than ethical ethical, because they want to wrest control of the island away from the Arrons.
poisoners.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: The populace of Wolf Spring dislike Arsinoe due to her lack of naturalist talent. The people of Fennbirn as a whole dislike her because she tried to escape the island twice.
* AnArmAndALeg: The priestess Rho plans to [[spoiler: remove Katharine's and Arsinoe's arms and head and throw them into a sacrificial fire]]. The priestess fire. Elizabeth loses a hand [[spoiler: for enabling Mirabella to run away when the pressure to kill her sisters gets became too much]].
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* AristocratsAreEvil: The Arrons fit this to a tee. They are decadent, fond of power, and have a disturbing tendency to poison anyone they find an inconvenience.
inconvenience.
* ArrangedMarriage: The queens are presented to carefully screened suitors from the mainland. While it looks like they can chose among them them, that is not quite isn't really the case. The Arrons in particular already have Katharine's consort picked out for her.



* BearsAreBadNews: Twice. One bear ruins Arsinoe's face after she tries to enslave it with low magic. [[spoiler: The bear that Jules tames for Arsinoe's presentation manages to break free, kill at least one priestess, several celebrants and nearly kills Mirabella.]]
* TheBeastMaster: Most naturalists have some kind of animal familiar. Jules is exceptional in having a mountain lion as hers. [[spoiler: She also manages to control a bear so he can pretend to be Arsinoe's familiar when the queen has to demonstrate her power to the masses.]]

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* BearsAreBadNews: Twice. One bear ruins Arsinoe's face after she tries to enslave it with low magic. [[spoiler: The bear that Jules tames for Arsinoe's presentation manages to break free, kill at least one priestess, several celebrants and nearly kills Mirabella.]]
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* TheBeastMaster: Most naturalists have some kind of animal familiar. Jules is exceptional in having a mountain lion as hers. [[spoiler: She also manages to control a bear so he can pretend to be Arsinoe's familiar when the queen has to demonstrate her power to the masses.]]masses. %%Stopped here

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-> ''Three dark queens,''
-> ''are born in a glen.''
-> ''Sweet little triplets,''
-> ''will never be friends.''
-> ''Three dark sisters,''
-> ''all fair to be seen;''
-> ''two to devour,''
-> ''and one to be Queen.''

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-> ''Three dark queens,''
-> ''are
queens are born in a glen.''
-> ''Sweet little triplets,''
-> ''will
triplets, will never be friends.''
-> ''Three dark sisters,''
-> ''all
sisters, all fair to be seen;''
-> ''two to devour,''
-> ''and
devour and one to be Queen.''



In the middle of an ocean rests the island of Fennbirn. On this island, a Queen rules over the land. This crown is selected not just by birthright, but by might. Though one Queen rules, three are born in every generation, each sister possessing one of three types of magic. During their sixteenth year, these triplets must battle each other in a fight to the death. The winner gets the crown; the losers' bodies are thrown into an abyss, their existences left to be forgotten.

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In the middle of an ocean rests the Fennbirn, an island of Fennbirn. On this island, a Queen rules magic, ruled over the land.by a Queen. This crown is selected not just by birthright, but by might. Though one Queen rules, three are born in every each generation, with each sister possessing one of three types type of magic. During their sixteenth year, these triplets must battle each other in a fight to the death. The winner gets the crown; the losers' bodies are thrown into an abyss, their existences left to be forgotten.



Or at least, that's what they want the island- and each other- to believe. Arsinoe can't even grow weeds, let alone a rose, and Katharine can barely handle the weakest of poisons. Mirabella, while incredibly gifted, is the only one who remembers their brief childhood together and can't bring herself to fight them.

Unfortunately for each of the triplets, the beginning of the Ascension Year looms ever nearer. With alliances being formed, betrayals taking shape, and ruthless revenge haunting the queens’ every move, one thing is certain: the last queen standing might not be the strongest but she may be the darkest.

''Three Dark Crowns'' is a [[YoungAdult YA]] {{Fantasy}} series by Kendare Blake.

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Or at least, that's what they want the island- and each other- everyone to believe. believe: Arsinoe can't even grow weeds, let alone a rose, and Katharine can barely handle gets sick from even the weakest of poisons. Mirabella, Mirabella- while incredibly gifted, genuinely powerful- is the only one who remembers their brief childhood together together, and can't bring herself to fight them.

Unfortunately for each of the triplets, these sisters, the beginning of the Ascension Year looms ever nearer. With alliances being formed, betrayals taking shape, and ruthless revenge haunting the queens’ every move, one thing is certain: the last queen standing might not be the strongest but she may be the darkest.

''Three Dark Crowns'' is a [[YoungAdult YA]] {{Fantasy}} {{fantasy}} series by Kendare Blake.



* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Arsinoe. In Wolf Spring, it's due to her lack of naturalist ability. For the rest of the populace, it's due to trying to leave the island twice.


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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: The populace of Wolf Spring dislike Arsinoe due to her lack of naturalist talent. The people of Fennbirn as whole dislike her because she tried to escape the island twice.

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* TheBait: In ''Two Dark Reigns'', [[spoiler:Jules]] acts as bait to lure Katharine.
* BearsAreBadNews: Twice. One bear ruins Arsinoe's face after she tries to enslave it with low magic. [[spoiler: The bear that Jules tames for Arsinoe's presentation manages to break free, kill at least one priestess, several celebrants and nearly kills Mirabella.]]



* ClosetPunishment: In ''The Young Queens'', after finding out she has to kill her sisters, Mirabella freaks out so bad the storm she brings down threatens to demolish the house. Unable to control her temper, the Westwoods lock her in a cellar for three years.



* ForegoneConclusion: ''The Oracle Queen'' is about Elsabet, a past Queen who is most well known in present-day Fennbirn for slaughtering three families. So you already know that not everyone will make it to the end.



* HarmfulToMinors: Mirabella is devastated and traumatized after Rho forces her to kill a volunteering priestess to harden her for her task in killing her sisters.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: This fate almost befalls to Arsinoe right in the middle of a crowded tent when she [[spoiler: blurts out that the Temple is scheming to kill both her and Katharine at the Quickening Feast.]]
* HotGuyUglyWife: Elsabet of ''The Oracle Queen'' is a conventionally unattractive Queen who has a very attractive king-consort.



* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Katharine, against all odds, managed to claw her way out of the Breccia Domain and came back with more confidence and more vindication towards seizing the crown.]]
* NotWhatItLooksLike: [[spoiler: Jules looses control of Arsinoe's pretended bear familiar. Said bear goes straight for Mirabella and would have killed her had Joseph not jumped in to protect her. This causes Mirabella to think that Arsinoe tried to kill her and vows to kill her sister the first chance she gets.]]



* OutWithABang: After consummating her marriage with Nicolas in ''One Dark Throne'', [[spoiler:Katharine wakes up to her husband's dead body]]. [[spoiler: Turns out her body is now a poison in and of itself. The mainlander boy didn't stand a chance of surviving.]]



* {{Revenge}}: By the end of the book, all three sisters have sworn revenge on each other.



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[[folder:''Three Dark Crowns'']]
* BearsAreBadNews: Twice. One bear ruins Arsinoe's face after she tries to enslave it with low magic. [[spoiler: The bear that Jules tames for Arsinoe's presentation manages to break free, kill at least one priestess, several celebrants and nearly kills Mirabella.]]
* HarmfulToMinors: Mirabella is devastated and traumatized after Rho forces her to kill a volunteering priestess to harden her for her task in killing her sisters.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: This fate almost befalls to Arsinoe right in the middle of a crowded tent when she [[spoiler: blurts out that the Temple is scheming to kill both her and Katharine at the Quickening Feast.]]
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Katharine, against all odds, managed to claw her way out of the Breccia Domain and came back with more confidence and more vindication towards seizing the crown.]]
* NotWhatItLooksLike: [[spoiler: Jules looses control of Arsinoe's pretended bear familiar. Said bear goes straight for Mirabella and would have killed her had Joseph not jumped in to protect her. This causes Mirabella to think that Arsinoe tried to kill her and vows to kill her sister the first chance she gets.]]
* {{Revenge}}: By the end of the book, all three sisters have sworn revenge on each other.



* YouCantFightFate: Despite Mirabella and Arsinoe's best efforts, [[spoiler: she and her sisters end up killing each other off anyway; Katharine pushes Mirabella off a cliff, and Arsinoe kills Katharine in a similar fashion]].



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[[folder:''One Dark Throne'']]
* OutWithABang: After consummating her marriage with Nicolas, [[spoiler:Katharine wakes up to her husband's dead body]]. [[spoiler: Turns out her body is now a poison in and of itself. The mainlander boy didn't stand a chance of surviving.]]
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* TheBait: [[spoiler:Jules]] acts as this to lure Katharine.
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* YouCantFightFate: Despite Mirabella and Arsinoe's best efforts, [[spoiler: she and her sisters end up killing each other off anyway; Katharine pushes Mirabella off a cliff, and Arsinoe kills Katharine in a similar fashion]].
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!! The Young Queens
* ClosetPunishment: After finding out she has to kill her sisters, Mirabella freaks out so bad the storm she brings down threatens to demolish the house. Unable to control her temper, the Westwoods lock her in a cellar for ''three years''.
!! The Oracle Queen
* ForegoneConclusion : Elsabet's downfall is already known, but the details behind it weren't.
* HotGuyUglyWife: Elsabet- a conventionally unattractive Queen- has a very attractive king-consort.
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* OutWithABang: After consummating her marriage with Nicolas, [[spoiler:Katharine wakes up to her husband's dead body]]. [[spoiler: Turns out her body is now a poison in and of itself. The mainlander boy didn't stand a chance of surviving.]]
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* TheBait: [[spoiler:Jules]] acts as this to lure Katharine.
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* YouCantFightFate: Despite Mirabella and Arsinoe's best efforts, [[spoiler: she and her sisters end up killing each other off anyway; Katharine pushes Mirabella off a cliff, and Arsinoe kills Katharine in a similar fashion]].
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[[folder:''Queens of Fennbirn'']]
!! The Young Queens
* ClosetPunishment: After finding out she has to kill her sisters, Mirabella freaks out so bad the storm she brings down threatens to demolish the house. Unable to control her temper, the Westwoods lock her in a cellar for ''three years''.
!! The Oracle Queen
* ForegoneConclusion : Elsabet's downfall is already known, but the details behind it weren't.
* HotGuyUglyWife: Elsabet- a conventionally unattractive Queen- has a very attractive king-consort.
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* OutWithABang: After consummating her marriage with Nicolas, [[spoiler:Katharine wakes up to her husband's dead body]]. [[spoiler: Turns out her body is now a poison in and of itself. The mainlander boy didn't stand a chance of surviving.]]




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* TheBait: [[spoiler:Jules]] acts as this to lure Katharine.


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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Arsinoe; in Wolf Spring, it's due to her lack of naturalist ability. For the rest of the populace, it's due to trying to leave the island twice.
* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Mirabella is quite popular and admired, not just because she's a powerful elemental, but also because she's the most Queenly out of her sisters.
* AbusiveParents: The Arron family is horrendously tough on Katharine. While Natalia aims at making Katherine stronger, her sister Genevieve is a physically, verbally and emotionally abusive monster.
* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Thanks to her Arron training Katharine has this, but it has come at the cost of her health. [[spoiler: Arsinoe is naturally immune due to being the real poisoner queen.]]

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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Arsinoe; in Arsinoe. In Wolf Spring, it's due to her lack of naturalist ability. For the rest of the populace, it's due to trying to leave the island twice.
* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Mirabella is quite popular and admired, not just both because she's a powerful elemental, but also elemental and because she's the most Queenly out of her sisters.
* AbusiveParents: The Arron family is horrendously incredibly tough on Katharine. While Natalia aims at making Katherine stronger, her sister Genevieve is a physically, verbally their respective Queens, despicably the weaker ones. Katharine's training includes limited access to untainted food and emotionally abusive monster.
drink, exposure to various poisoned plants, being poked and prodded by the harsh Geniveve, etc.
* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Thanks to her Arron training training, Katharine has this, but it has come at the cost of her health. [[spoiler: Arsinoe is naturally immune due to being the real poisoner queen.]]



* EndOfAnAge: [[spoiler: The various gifts that people have are slowly growing weaker and weaker with each generation. (Camille herself is the weakest of the poisoner Queens.) The mist that once isolated the island from the mainland is now gone. And Arsinoe, the surviving triplet, rejects becoming the next Queen Crowned, instead giving that title to Jules, a naturalist without any royal blood.]]

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* EndOfAnAge: [[spoiler: The various gifts that people have are were slowly growing weaker and weaker with each generation. (Camille herself is And with the weakest of the poisoner Queens.) The mist that once isolated the island from the mainland is now gone. And Arsinoe, the surviving triplet, rejects becoming the next Queen Crowned, instead giving that title to Jules, a naturalist without any royal blood.]]


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* FantasyPantheon: The inhabitants of Fennbirn pray to the Goddess. The Queens are said to be descended from her.


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* NoPronounciationGuide: Some of the names given don't have obvious pronunciations, Arsinoe's in particular.

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