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* ModernMayincatecEmpire: Quechal used to be a FantasyCounterpartCulture of this, but the old religion was overthrown a couple of decades before the novel begins, and it's now a {{Magitek}} version of a 21st century capitalist city-state with a pseudo-Mesoamerican dominant culture.
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* DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler:Malina Kekapania attacked Bay Station, killed a god, and awoken twin serpents to chase Craftsmen out of Dresediel Lex.]]
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* DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler:Malina Kekapania attacked attacks Bay Station, killed kills a god, and awoken awakens twin serpents to chase Craftsmen out of Dresediel Lex.]]
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* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Subverted. Through Caleb’s flawed viewpoint, the reader sees Mal as his Manic Pixie Dream Girl. [[spoiler:It turns out that she’s actually crazy.]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Caleb and Mal defeat the craftwoman who was poisoning Seven Leaf Lake. [[spoiler:He unknowingly help along Mal’s plot to weaken the RKC and rise the Twin Serpents. ]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Caleb and Mal defeat the craftwoman who was poisoning Seven Leaf Lake. [[spoiler:He unknowingly help along Mal’s plot to weaken the RKC and rise raise the Twin Serpents. ]]
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* WouldntHitAGirl: Temoc knocks Teo unconscious [[spoiler: during an attempt to use her as a human sacrifice]], and afterward apologies, telling her that he does not "relish striking women]]. Teo [[SarcasmMode "thanks him"]] for his "condescending, sexist apology".
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* WouldntHitAGirl: Temoc knocks Teo unconscious [[spoiler: during an attempt to use her as a human sacrifice]], and afterward apologies, telling her that he does not "relish striking women]]. women". Teo [[SarcasmMode "thanks him"]] thanks him]] for his "condescending, sexist apology".
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* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Averted. [[spoiler:Through Caleb’s flawed viewpoint, the reader sees Mal as his Manic Pixie Dream Girl. It turns out that she’s actually crazy.]]
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* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Averted. [[spoiler:Through Subverted. Through Caleb’s flawed viewpoint, the reader sees Mal as his Manic Pixie Dream Girl. It [[spoiler:It turns out that she’s actually crazy.]]
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* VirginSacrifice: Averted. [[spoiler:Temoc insists that Teo is a perfect sacrifice because she was “untouched by men.” Teo is gay. Along with the fact that Kopil’s lover was also sacrificed, this bring horrible implications about being homosexual before the God Wars.]]
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* VirginSacrifice: Averted.Subverted. [[spoiler:Temoc insists that Teo is a perfect sacrifice because she was “untouched by men.” Teo is gay. Along with the fact that Kopil’s lover was also sacrificed, this bring horrible implications about being homosexual before the God Wars.]]
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* NotMeThisTime: Temoc insists that he's not behind the terrorist attacks occuring throughout the novel, asserting that [[EvenEvilHasStandards he would never engage in terrorism that hurt so many innocent people]]. [[spoiler: He's telling the truth.]]
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* StealthHiBye: During Temoc's clandestine meetings with Caleb, Temoc has a tendency to suddenly disappear when Caleb's back is turned, often leaving an open window in his wake. This prompts [[ShoutOut the]] [[{{Batman}} requisite]] response from Caleb that, "[[PhraseCatcher I hate when he does that.]]"
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* WouldntHitAGirl: Temoc knocks Teo unconscious [[spoiler: during an attempt to use her as a human sacrifice]], and afterward apologies, telling her that he does not "relish striking women]]. Teo [[SarcasmMode "thanks him"]] for his "condescending, sexist apology".
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* BerserkButton: Do not mention anything positive about the gods to Kopil. He will kill you.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Temoc just wants to save the city! By killing a lot of people in the process. Also [[spoiler:Mal]].
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* PersonWithTheClothing: The King in Red.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Kopil.
-->'''Kopil:''' It has been half a century since I last felt weakness. Do they appreciate what I do for them, I wonder.
-->'''Caleb:''' There are people who have sacrificed more and lived less comfortably, with death their only promise of release.
-->'''Kopil:''' It has been half a century since I last felt weakness. Do they appreciate what I do for them, I wonder.
-->'''Caleb:''' There are people who have sacrificed more and lived less comfortably, with death their only promise of release.
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Preceded by ''Literature/ThreePartsDead'', followed by ''Literature/FullFathomFive''.
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Preceded by ''Literature/ThreePartsDead'', followed by ''Literature/FullFathomFive''. See [[Literature/CraftSequence the series' page]] for tropes that are common to the whole Craft Sequence.
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Kopil, the King in Red, killed and enslaved a pantheon of gods and tore a hole a time and space after his beloved was sacrificed to feed the hungry gods.
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* PhysicalReligion: The gods are real, and they are hungry.
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* IllegalReligion: The new regime of Dresediel Lex is not so found of gods and their followers after overthrowing them.
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* VirginSacrifice: Averted. [[spoiler:Temoc insists that Teo is a perfect sacrifice because she was “untouched by men.” Teo is gay. Along with the fact that Kopil’s lover was also sacrificed, this bring horrible implications about being homosexual before the God Wars.]]
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* AffablyEvil:
** Temoc was the HighPriest of a religion which practiced HumanSacrifice and under the new regime is a notorious wanted terrorist. He's also a loving father who cares about Caleb's well-being (including asking about his love life) despite their differences in "politics". At one point, Temoc breaks into Caleb's apartment for a clandestine meeting and takes the time to make his son's bed and straighten up the place. Not to mention, he [[WellIntentionedExtremist thinks he's doing the right thing]] and [[GrayAndGreyMorality kind of has a point]].
** The King in Red is a terrifying deicidal sorcerer turned lich... and a great boss who looks out for his employees and citizens.
* ArchnemesisDad: Temoc is this to Caleb. Temoc was HighPriest of the old gods who were defeated by Kopil, Caleb's current boss, and post-regime change, is a wanted terrorist.
** Temoc was the HighPriest of a religion which practiced HumanSacrifice and under the new regime is a notorious wanted terrorist. He's also a loving father who cares about Caleb's well-being (including asking about his love life) despite their differences in "politics". At one point, Temoc breaks into Caleb's apartment for a clandestine meeting and takes the time to make his son's bed and straighten up the place. Not to mention, he [[WellIntentionedExtremist thinks he's doing the right thing]] and [[GrayAndGreyMorality kind of has a point]].
** The King in Red is a terrifying deicidal sorcerer turned lich... and a great boss who looks out for his employees and citizens.
* ArchnemesisDad: Temoc is this to Caleb. Temoc was HighPriest of the old gods who were defeated by Kopil, Caleb's current boss, and post-regime change, is a wanted terrorist.
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* TheNecrocracy: Dresediel Lex is ruled by Kopil, a lich. There's also a mention of lands in the North ruled by "Dread Koschei".
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* NinjaPirateRobotZombie: Kopil is a gay lich sorcerer businessman who rides a giant lizard.
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* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Averted. [[spoiler:Through Caleb’s flawed viewpoint, the reader sees Mal as his Manic Pixie Dream Girl at first. It turns out that she’s actually crazy.]]
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* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Averted. [[spoiler:Through Caleb’s flawed viewpoint, the reader sees Mal as his Manic Pixie Dream Girl at first.Girl. It turns out that she’s actually crazy.]]
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* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Averted. [[spoiler:Through Caleb’s flawed viewpoint, the reader sees Mal as his Manic Pixie Dream Girl at first. It turns out that she’s actually crazy.]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Caleb and Mal defeat the craftwoman who was poisoning Seven Leaf Lake. [[spoiler:He unknowingly help along Mal’s plot to weaken the RKC and rise the serpents. ]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Caleb and Mal defeat the craftwoman who was poisoning Seven Leaf Lake. [[spoiler:He unknowingly help along Mal’s plot to weaken the RKC and rise the serpents.Twin Serpents. ]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Caleb and Mal defeat the craftwoman who was poisoning Seven Leaf Lake. [[spoiler:He unknowingly help along Mal’s plot to weaken the RKC and rise the serpents. ]]
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* DemBones: The King in Red.Red.
*WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Kopil, the King in Red, killed and enslaved a pantheon of gods and tore a hole a time and space after his beloved was sacrificed to feed the hungry gods.
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* ClearTheirName: Temoc, the terrorist father of Caleb, insists that he is innocent and did not poison the water supply.
* DemBones: The King in Red.
* DemBones: The King in Red.
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In a world torn between sorcery and dead gods, risk management for a water utility company could be a deadly profession. When shadow demons plague the city reservoir, and risk manager Caleb Altemoc is sent to cleanse the water for the sixteen million people of Dresediel Lex. But Caleb has more than his job security and love life to worry about when he discovers that his father—the last priest of the old gods—has broken into his home and is wanted in connection to the attacks on the water supply.
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In a world torn between sorcery and dead gods, risk management for a water utility company could be a deadly profession. When shadow demons plague the city reservoir, and risk manager Caleb Altemoc is sent to cleanse the water for the sixteen million people of Dresediel Lex. But Caleb has more than his job security and love life to worry about when he discovers that his father—the last priest of the old gods—has broken into his home and is wanted in connection to the attacks on the water supply.
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In a world torn between sorcery and dead gods, risk management for a water utility company could be a deadly profession. When shadow demons plague the city reservoir, and risk manager Caleb Altemoc is sent to cleanse the water for the sixteen million people of Dresediel Lex. But Caleb has more than his job security and love life to worry about when he discovers that his father—the last priest of the old gods—has broken into his home and is wanted in connection to the attacks on the water supply.
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In a world torn between sorcery and dead gods, risk management for a water utility company could be a deadly profession. When shadow demons plague the city reservoir, and risk manager Caleb Altemoc is sent to cleanse the water for the sixteen million people of Dresediel Lex. But Caleb has more than his job security and love life to worry about when he discovers that his father—the last priest of the old gods—has broken into his home and is wanted in connection to the attacks on the water supply.
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->''"Would you bring back the blood, the dying cries, the sucking chest wounds? The constant war? So we’re caught between two poles of hypocrisy. We sacrifice our right to think of ourselves as good people, our right to think our life is good, our city is just. And so we and our city both survive.”''
-->-- '''Caleb Altemoc'''
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The second UrbanFantasy novel in the ''Literature/CraftSequence'' by Max Gladstone.
In a world torn between sorcery and dead gods, risk management for a water utility company could be a deadly profession. When shadow demons plague the city reservoir, and risk manager Caleb Altemoc is sent to cleanse the water for the sixteen million people of Dresediel Lex. But Caleb has more than his job security and love life to worry about when he discovers that his father—the last priest of the old gods—has broken into his home and is wanted in connection to the attacks on the water supply.
WARNING, novel contains: [[ActionGirl badass female characters]], necromancy, ironic humor, [[OurLichesAreDifferent a depressed gay lich king]], sex, sacrifice, philosophical religious questions, and coffee.
Preceded by ''Literature/ThreePartsDead'', followed by ''Literature/FullFathomFive''.
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!!''Two Serpents Rise'' provides examples of the following tropes:
*AbsurdlyCoolCity: Floating skyscrapers, giant black-glass pyramids for office buildings, zombie street cleaners, and goddesses hovering over every poker game.
*DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler:Malina Kekapania attacked Bay Station, killed a god, and awoken twin serpents to chase Craftsmen out of Dresediel Lex.]]
*AlwaysABiggerFish: [[spoiler:Waking the King in Red to curb-stomp high priest Temoc]].
* BadassBoast: The King in Red as he prepared to fight [[spoiler:Mal]].
-->''In the God Wars , I tore space and time asunder. I made a crack in the world. We shall see which of us is the more fearsome.''
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Sometimes the Tzimet takes the form of giant black crystal spiders.
**Also, the demon security guards like the shape of giant insects.
-->-- '''Caleb Altemoc'''
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The second UrbanFantasy novel in the ''Literature/CraftSequence'' by Max Gladstone.
In a world torn between sorcery and dead gods, risk management for a water utility company could be a deadly profession. When shadow demons plague the city reservoir, and risk manager Caleb Altemoc is sent to cleanse the water for the sixteen million people of Dresediel Lex. But Caleb has more than his job security and love life to worry about when he discovers that his father—the last priest of the old gods—has broken into his home and is wanted in connection to the attacks on the water supply.
WARNING, novel contains: [[ActionGirl badass female characters]], necromancy, ironic humor, [[OurLichesAreDifferent a depressed gay lich king]], sex, sacrifice, philosophical religious questions, and coffee.
Preceded by ''Literature/ThreePartsDead'', followed by ''Literature/FullFathomFive''.
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!!''Two Serpents Rise'' provides examples of the following tropes:
*AbsurdlyCoolCity: Floating skyscrapers, giant black-glass pyramids for office buildings, zombie street cleaners, and goddesses hovering over every poker game.
*DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler:Malina Kekapania attacked Bay Station, killed a god, and awoken twin serpents to chase Craftsmen out of Dresediel Lex.]]
*AlwaysABiggerFish: [[spoiler:Waking the King in Red to curb-stomp high priest Temoc]].
* BadassBoast: The King in Red as he prepared to fight [[spoiler:Mal]].
-->''In the God Wars , I tore space and time asunder. I made a crack in the world. We shall see which of us is the more fearsome.''
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Sometimes the Tzimet takes the form of giant black crystal spiders.
**Also, the demon security guards like the shape of giant insects.
