1 | This fantasy trilogy (''Moongather'', ''Moonscatter'', and ''Changer's Moon'') by Creator/JoClayton, far removed from the [[StandardFantasySetting standard model]], was published in the early to mid 1980s. |
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3 | It was followed by the ''Dancer'' trilogy, in which Serroi also featured. |
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6 | !!Provides examples of: |
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8 | * ActionGirl: Serroi, and ''meien'' in general. |
9 | * AdiposeRex: Subverted with Domnor Hern Heslin: While he's often dismissed as a tubby, ineffectually good-natured doofus, he's less outright fat than stocky and well-padded, and is surprisingly [[StoutStrength strong]] and [[{{Acrofatic}} agile]]. He's also neither [[BewareTheNiceOnes ineffectual]] nor a [[ObfuscatingStupidity doofus]]. |
10 | * AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Subverted; Serroi's green skin (she's a [[{{Mutants}} mutant]]) is a dead give-away unless she takes pains to hide it. (There ''are'' other green-skinned people; however, Serroi, not being [[LizardFolk scaly]], would never be mistaken for a silkar.) |
11 | * AmazonBrigade: The Biserica, although ''meien'' usually just travel in pairs. |
12 | * BigBeautifulMan: Hern's sweet face and beautiful hazel eyes are mentioned more than once. |
13 | * CallARabbitASmeerp: If it wasn't obvious enough that chinin are dogs (or such a close analogue that someone from our world would automatically consider them "dogs") in ''Moongather'', they're explicitly identified as such in ''Changer's Moon''. |
14 | * ConvenientMiscarriage: Averted. [[spoiler:[[MagicalAbortion The Biserica equivalent of a morning-after pill]] is nasty stuff.]] |
15 | * DeathByOriginStory: [[spoiler:Tayyan's [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled suicide]]]] in ''Moongather''. |
16 | * EquivalentExchange: At the end of ''Changer's Moon''[[spoiler:, Serroi [[{{Transflormation}} turns Ser Noris into a tree]]. But because of his power, she [[HeroicSacrifice turns into one herself]] (and isn't restored until several generations later)]]. |
17 | * EvilSorcerer: The Nearga-Nor, especially [[BigBad Ser Noris]]. |
18 | * FeministFantasy, to at least some degree. |
19 | * GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Floarin, although she's pretty much a puppet. |
20 | * HalfIdenticalTwins: Tuli and Teras; subverted when Teras hits a growth spurt. |
21 | * HighFantasy: Kind of. |
22 | * HorseOfADifferentColor: Macain are monotremes resembling ornithopod dinosaurs. Rambuts are somewhere between a zebra and an antelope. And a vinat is a moose with porcupine quills. |
23 | * KickTheDog: Ser Noris pulls an almost literal example in ''Moongather''. If by "kick" you mean [[spoiler:"drain out the life force—[[PoweredByAForsakenChild using a little girl as a conduit]]—then transform what's left into demons,"]] that is. And if by "dog" you mean [[spoiler:"entire litter of puppies, followed by the rest of the menagerie,"]] that is. |
24 | * LittleMissBadass: Serroi is a MagicKnight who's been training as a soldier since she was thirteen. She's about four and a half feet tall, and at the age of twenty-seven to thirty, doesn't have to put much effort into passing for twelve. |
25 | * LoveHurts: And ''how''. |
26 | * LowFantasy: Kind of. |
27 | * LittleMissBadass: Serroi, at the beginning of ''Moongather'', is [[OlderThanTheyLook twenty-seven years old and can pass for a preteen without much effort]]. You do ''not'' want to mess with her. |
28 | * MagicKnight: Serroi is quite the fighter, but also has quite impressive [[HealingHands healing]] and [[NatureHero nature-magic]] powers. |
29 | * OlderThanTheyLook: Serroi is tiny and baby-faced enough to pass herself off as a preadolescent. She's twenty-seven in ''Moongather'', thirty or thereabouts by ''Changer's Moon''. |
30 | * OurDragonsAreDifferent: They vary incredibly widely in size, seem to be lighter than air, and communicate by changing the colors of their transparent bodies. |
31 | * RapeAsDrama: Happens to [[spoiler:Tuli]] in ''Moonscatter'' and [[spoiler:Julia]] in ''Changer's Moon''. |
32 | * RebelliousPrincess: Tuli, although it's more accurate to call her the daughter of a minor noble. |
33 | * ShoutOut: To the ''Literature/DragonridersOfPern'' series, in ''Changer's Moon''. |
34 | * StandardFantasySetting: Averted. |
35 | * StoutStrength: Short, pudgy Hern is [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething surprisingly effective]] in a fight. |
36 | * {{Transflormation}}: [[spoiler:''Changer's Moon'' ends with Serroi and Ser Noris both transformed into trees.]] |
37 | * {{Tykebomb}}: In ''Changer's Moon'', the Followers of the Flame are doing their best to turn Dris Gradin into one. |
38 | * WaifFu: Serroi is well under five feet tall and lightly built, but [[LittleMissBadass can kick some serious ass]]. Justified by her [[WeakButSkilled extensive combat training]] and by a tendency to [[FragileSpeedster outmaneuver her opponents]] rather than overpowering them. |
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