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The ''Chronicles of Chaos'' is a fantasy trilogy by [[John C Wright]]. Five children in a orphanage-cum-school slowly discover their own heritage and the nature of the beings imprisoning them. |
The ''Chronicles of Chaos'' is a fantasy trilogy by [[John C. Wright]]. Five children in a orphanage-cum-school slowly discover their own heritage and the nature of the beings imprisoning them. |
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=== Works: === |
=== Works: === |
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* [[As You Know]]: Subverted; "Headmaster Boggin" begins one of these, but is quickly stopped. Double subverted later, when you find out his [[Magnificent Bastard|reason]]. |
* [[As You Know]]: Subverted; "Headmaster Boggin" begins one of these, but is quickly stopped. Double subverted later, when you find out his [[Magnificent Bastard|reason]]. |
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* [[Author Appeal]]: The curricula that the orphans are taught are taken directly from Wright's alma mater, St. John's College. |
* [[Author Appeal]]: The curricula that the orphans are taught are taken directly from Wright's alma mater, St. John's College. |
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* [[Amazon Brigade]]: [[Exactly What It Says |
* [[Amazon Brigade]]: [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|The Amazons.]] |
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* [[Axe Crazy]]: Artemis, the Maenads. |
* [[Axe Crazy]]: Artemis, the Maenads. |
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* [[Back From the Dead]]: Because of [[Mutually Exclusive Magic]], by several means. |
* [[Back From the Dead]]: Because of [[Mutually Exclusive Magic]], by several means. |
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* [[Determinator]]: Telegonus. |
* [[Determinator]]: Telegonus. |
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* [[Don't Explain the Joke]] |
* [[Don't Explain the Joke]] |
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* [[Due to |
* [[Due to the Dead]] |
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* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Invoked as an insult. |
* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Invoked as an insult. |
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* [[Enemy Civil War]]: Part of the backstory, and connected to why the orphans are in the school. |
* [[Enemy Civil War]]: Part of the backstory, and connected to why the orphans are in the school. |
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* [[Hidden Depths]]: Every character. |
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Every character. |
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* [[Hidden in Plain Sight]]: [[Sue Donym|"Terrance Miles"]] wears punk gear and conceals knives and throwing stars among the zippers and chains on his clothes. |
* [[Hidden in Plain Sight]]: [[Sue Donym|"Terrance Miles"]] wears punk gear and conceals knives and throwing stars among the zippers and chains on his clothes. |
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* [[Home Sweet Home]] |
* [[Home, Sweet Home]] |
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* [[I Have Many Names]] |
* [[I Have Many Names]] |
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* [[I Have You Now, My Pretty]]: In ''Fugitives'', this briefly happens to Amelia. |
* [[I Have You Now, My Pretty]]: In ''Fugitives'', this briefly happens to Amelia. |
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* [[Love Triangle]]: Amelia, Victor and Colin. |
* [[Love Triangle]]: Amelia, Victor and Colin. |
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* [[Made a Slave]]: The music teacher, Miss Daw, claims to Amelia that she is a POW. {{spoiler|as a Siren, she is also a Uranian and has the same powers as Amelia.}} |
* [[Made a Slave]]: The music teacher, Miss Daw, claims to Amelia that she is a POW. {{spoiler|as a Siren, she is also a Uranian and has the same powers as Amelia.}} |
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* [[Magic |
* [[Magic a Is Magic A]]: And Magic B is Magic B, and Magic C is Magic C... they get up to F. |
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* [[Malicious Slander]] |
* [[Malicious Slander]] |
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* [[Mama Bear]]: Echidna. |
* [[Mama Bear]]: Echidna. |
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* [[Secret Legacy]] |
* [[Secret Legacy]] |
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* [[Secret Test of Character]] |
* [[Secret Test of Character]] |
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* [[Shout-Out]]: Many. There is banter mangling together the [[Lord of the Rings]] and [[Richard Wagner|Wagner's Ring Cycle.]] When Amelia and Victor are talking on {{spoiler|the ''Queen Elizabeth 2''}}, about what a young man wants, she rattles off something very similar to the "Roc's Egg" monologue from [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s ''[[Glory Road ( |
* [[Shout-Out]]: Many. There is banter mangling together the [[Lord of the Rings]] and [[Richard Wagner|Wagner's Ring Cycle.]] When Amelia and Victor are talking on {{spoiler|the ''Queen Elizabeth 2''}}, about what a young man wants, she rattles off something very similar to the "Roc's Egg" monologue from [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s ''[[Glory Road (novel)|Glory Road]]''. |
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** Also notable is one point in the second book when the Orphans need to get past a locked, magically trapped door and Quentin uses one of the incantations Gandalf used on the Moria-Gate. Nothing happens. |
** Also notable is one point in the second book when the Orphans need to get past a locked, magically trapped door and Quentin uses one of the incantations Gandalf used on the Moria-Gate. Nothing happens. |
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{{quote| ''Quentin:'' That would have worked if these had been dwarf doors.}} |
{{quote| ''Quentin:'' That would have worked if these had been dwarf doors.}} |
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* [[The Stoic]]: Victor and Quentin both behave like this most of the time. |
* [[The Stoic]]: Victor and Quentin both behave like this most of the time. |
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* [[Succession Crisis]]: Part of the reason the orphans have been in the school so long is {{spoiler|there is dispute over who should take the throne of Olympus now that Zeus is dead.}} |
* [[Succession Crisis]]: Part of the reason the orphans have been in the school so long is {{spoiler|there is dispute over who should take the throne of Olympus now that Zeus is dead.}} |
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* [[Sympathy for |
* [[Sympathy for the Devil]]: Amelia toward Glum. |
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* [[Talking Animal]]: Lelaps the hound. |
* [[Talking Animal]]: Lelaps the hound. |
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* [[Talking in Your Dreams]] |
* [[Talking in Your Dreams]] |
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* [[Take That]]: Amelia's musing after reading [[Ulysses]] on how Joyce should have sued his publisher for all the typographical errors. Probably a general [[Take That]] to [[True Art Is Incomprehensible]]. |
* [[Take That]]: Amelia's musing after reading [[Ulysses]] on how Joyce should have sued his publisher for all the typographical errors. Probably a general [[Take That]] to [[True Art Is Incomprehensible]]. |
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** Also done to Kant, whose books are the only ones in the library that don't give off any [[Colour-Coded for Your Convenience|usefulness-light]] when Amelia looks at them with her higher senses. |
** Also done to Kant, whose books are the only ones in the library that don't give off any [[Colour-Coded for Your Convenience|usefulness-light]] when Amelia looks at them with her higher senses. |
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* [[Tap |
* [[Tap on the Head]]: Amelia tried to do this to Headmaster Boggin, but failed, probably because she didn't really want to cave his head in. |
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* [[They Have the Scent]] |
* [[They Have the Scent]] |
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* [[Through His Stomach]] |
* [[Through His Stomach]] |
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* [[Trickster Archetype]] |
* [[Trickster Archetype]] |
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* [[True Love Is Exceptional]]: Mulciber attempts to bribe Amelia by offering her her True Love on a platter. |
* [[True Love Is Exceptional]]: Mulciber attempts to bribe Amelia by offering her her True Love on a platter. |
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* [[Used to Be |
* [[Used to Be a Sweet Kid]] |
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* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]] |
* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]] |
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* [[We Need a Distraction]]: This is Colin's default job. |
* [[We Need a Distraction]]: This is Colin's default job. |
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* [[What You Are in |
* [[What You Are in the Dark]] |
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* [[The Wild Hunt]] |
* [[The Wild Hunt]] |
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