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* [[Badass Unintentional]] - Adalia of "A Touch of Poison".
* [[Bittersweet Ending]] - Combined with [[Mood Whiplash]] in {{spoiler|"Never Say... Uh... Die?"}}: {{spoiler|Koshchei the Deathless dies, but at the cost of a very sympathetic character's life.}}
* [[Brother
* [[Calling the Old Man Out]] - In "Coin of the Realm", Rosalind {{spoiler|combines this with [[Hannibal Lecture]] and [[Ironic Echo]] upon claiming the best target for herself and announcing her place as the new right hand}}.
* [[Complete Monster]] - Lord Botello Darmo from "Myhr's Adventure in Hell", who Myhr [[
* [[Deader Than Dead]] - The point of Myhr's mission.
* [[Deadly Decadent Court]]
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* [[Downer Ending]] - Found in {{spoiler|"History and Economics"}} and combined with [[Karma Houdini]]: {{spoiler|Jan was sent after his sister's murder by his uncle so that the assassin could take ''his'' life as well}}.
** Also appears in {{spoiler|"On My Honor"}}: {{spoiler|the POV character ends up unable to commit to either side, takes a third option and flees both countries after finding himself unable to take out his target while standing at the king's bedside}}.
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* [[Foreshadowing]] - Found in all of the stories, but features most heavily in "Green Stones" and "History and Economics".
* [[The Genie Knows Jack Nicholson]] - Myhr and his wizard companion Terrin make ''tons'' of pop culture references and [[Shout Out|Shout Outs]]; this is [[Justified]] by the fact that they're both dimension-hopping wanderers trying to get back to Earth.
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{{quote| "Looks like you'll have to do."}}
* [[Licensed Sexist]] - All over the place in "Coin of the Realm". {{spoiler|Including the former right hand, which led directly to his demise.}}
* [[Murder, Inc.]] - A major plot point in "History and Economics", as the Silent Guild operates ''openly'' after the Romanez vs. the Silent Guild case.
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] - Adalia uses the fact that the [[Smug Snake|Smug Snakes]] trying to play her as their pawn assume she's stupid and easily manipulated to her advantage.
* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]] - In "He", {{spoiler|along with [[Our Vampires Are Different]]}}.
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