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The ''Chronicles of the Emerged World'' is a recent Italian fantasy saga written by Licia Troisi, and published also in several other European countries ([[No Export for You|Sadly, it is not yet out in the UK.]])
The trilogy is set in the Emerged World, where the [[Big Bad|evil "Tyrant" Aster]] is launching a full-fledged war in order to take over the Eight Lands, and has almost taken control of all of them. The young girl Nihal, a Half-Elf (Half-Elves are considered a whole race in this setting) lives with her friends and her adoptive father in the Land of Wind, but then, the Tyrant invade. Armed with the precious [[Thunderbolt Iron|Black Crystal sword]] and along with her [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other|friend Sennar]], [[The Unfavorite|Laio]] and her master [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|Ido]] she begins her journey to become a Dragon Knight and fight the Tyrant and his army of monsters before it takes over the remaining free lands, and more.
The trilogy's titles are: ''Nihal of The Land of the Wind'', ''The Mission of Sennar'' and ''The Talisman of Power''. The series was well-received by readers and became quite popular. It also spawned a sequel trilogy known as ''The Wars of the Emerged World'', but it did not reach the previous series' level of success.
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* [[A Child Shall Lead Them]]: Queen Sulana is still very young.
* [[Absolute Cleavage]]: Aires. Also Nihal as portrayed in the cover art.
* [[Action Girl]]: Nihal. Also her magic teacher Soana, on a lesser scale.
* [[All Your Powers Combined]]: When all the stones of the Talisman of Power are gathered, {{spoiler|is possible to use this to [[Anti
* [[Alliterative Name]]: The evil twins Dameion and Sameion.
* [[
* [[An Axe to Grind]]: During Nihal's trials to be accepted in the Knighthood, she faces a warrior wielding one, and is forced to resorts to [[Dual
* [[Atlantis]]: The Submerged World, a whole undersea kingdom far in the north. The first part of the second book is focused on Sennar's mission to persuade their King, Nereo to send helps against the Tyrant.
* [[The Atoner]]: {{spoiler|Megisto and Ido as well.}}
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** [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: {{spoiler|Phos the Pixie, who's also the guardian of Mawas.}}
* [[Chick Magnet]]: Apparently Sennar, who has plenty of [[Ship Tease]] with [[Pirate Girl|Aires]], [[Shrinking Violet|Ondine]] and [[Action Girl|Nihal]].
* [[Co
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: The Stones, specifically the colors are Azure for Water, Blue for Sea, Yellow for Light, Teal for Time, Black for Darkness, Red for Fire, Brown for Stone and White for Wind.
* [[Cool Sword]]: Nihal's adoptive father Livon forges a bastard sword made of Black Crystal for his daughter.
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* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Laio came from the Land of the Night, shrouded in eternal darkness, but he's one of the nicest guys around. Also the guardian spirit of Goriar is very kind and gentle, the kind of darkness which brings rest and peace rather than nightmares.
* [[The Determinator]]: When the [[The Scrappy|Supreme General Raven]] refused to let Nihal join the Academy, she climbed on a statue in the hall and waited there until he was forced to at least offer her the chance of joining.
* [[
* [[Doomed Hometown]]: Salazar in the Land of the Wind.
* [[The Dragon]]: Dola the Gnome and later Deinoforo for Aster.
* [[Dragon Rider]]: Present in the whole saga. Unlike [[Inheritance Cycle
* [[Dropped a Bridge
* [[Elemental Powers]]: Each land has a secret sanctuary dedicated to an element and where the sacred Stones for the Talisman of Power are kept.
** [[Making a Splash|Aelon the Imperfection]] in the Land of the Water, a land of rivers and swamps.
** [[Kill It
** [[Light
** [[Time Stands Still|Thoolan the Oblium]] in the Land of the Days, former home of half-elves and bordering with the Great Eastern Desert.
** [[Casting a Shadow|Goriar the Fault]] in the Land of the Night, a land of forests shrouded in eternal darkness.
** [[Playing
** [[Dishing Out Dirt|Tarephen the Conflict]] in the Land of the Stones, a rocky and waste country with a unique petrified forest.
** [[Blow You Away|Mawas the Sacrifice]] in the Land of the Wind, a peaceful country of plains and woods where Nihal was raised.
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* [[Face Heel Turn]]: Demar, a former pupil of Ido, became Deinoforo.
* [[Feathered Fiend]]: Amongst Aster's creations, there are some nasty fire-breathing birds rode by miniature-size Fammin.
* [[Five
** [[Big Bad]]: Aster.
** [[The Dragon]]: Deinoforo.
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* [[Green Eyed Red Head]]: Sennar.
* [[The Grotesque]]: Malerba, a deformed gnome who was captured by the Tyrant in the past and experimented on.
* [[Half
* {{spoiler|[[Happily Ever After]]: Nihal and Sennar.}}
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: {{spoiler|Ido.}}
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* [[Kung Fu Wizard]]: It's possible to have warrior-wizards, though usually [[Squishy Wizards|pure wizards]] have more powerful spells.
* [[La Résistance]]: One is actively fighting the Tyrant forces in the Land of the Fire, and is lead by {{spoiler|Aires}}.
* [[Lethal Lava Land]]: The Land of the Fire. However, in a nice subversion, the main danger protecting the Sanctuary of Flaren is not a huge stream of [[Convection, Schmonvection|cool magma]] but rather the poisonous vapors and foul gases of the area.
* [[Light Is Not Good]]: The guardian of Glael, who wants to end its eternal solitude by taking over Laio's body. Fortunately, they managed to persuade it to leave.
* {{spoiler|[[Load
* [[MacGuffin]]: The eponymous Talisman of Power and its eight stones.
* [[Mad Oracle]]: The insane gnome sorceress Reis {{spoiler|Aster's former lover}}. She's also the one who send Nihal those nightmares.
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* [[Mind Rape]]: Performed by {{spoiler|Aster himself to a captured Sennar}} in book three.
* [[Mooks]]: Fammin were created for this purpose. {{spoiler|After Aster's demise the remaining Fammin lose their evilness and are eventually spared.}}
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: {{spoiler|[[Defector From Decadence|Ido]] after invading the Land of the Days and slaughtering the Half-Elves.}}
* [[Night of the Living Mooks]]: Near the end of book Two, Aster decides to stop playing Mister Nice Guy and summon a huge army made of the ghosts of the deceased enemies. [[Oh Crap|Which gets bigger and bigger as the good armies are decimated]].
* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife|Normal Guy Hot Wife]]: King Galba of the Land of the Water is married to the beautiful Nymph [[Barrier Maiden|Astrea]].
* [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same]]: Gnomes are actually more like dwarves, just taller than your usual dwarf. They hail from the Land of the Fire, where they forge weapons inside volcanoes.
* [[Our Elves Are Better]]: Averted: The true elves are nowhere to be seen in this saga, and little is known about their descendents, the Half-Elves, except that they have pointy ears, blue hair and purple eyes.
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* [[Purple Eyes]]: Nihal and all the Half-Elves.
* [[Sea Monster]]: The Sea Sanctuary is guarded by a tentacled, multiheaded monster resembling [[Classical Mythology|Scilla]].
* [[Stay in
* [[Taken for Granite]]: {{spoiler|Megisto is cursed by the Nymphs to be a rock during the day and a man during the night. And no matter where he is when it's dawn, he's istantly returned to the rock in the wood.}}
* [[Taking the Bullet]]: {{spoiler|High Commander Raven}} of all people pull this in the last book to protect Nihal.
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* [[The Reveal]]: {{spoiler|Dola is Ido's brother, Phos is actually the Guardian of Mawas and Aster is a Half-Elf/Human hybrid with the body of a 12 years old child.}}
* [[Tomboy]]: Nihal before growing [[Breast Expansion|breasts]].
* [[Took a Level
* [[Tragic Monster]]: Vrasta the Wronged One, who develops an [[Odd Friendship]] with Laio, helps him escape and find Nihal and Sennar {{spoiler|bit is eventually forced to kill him because of his magical name.}}
* [[Tsundere]]: Nihal and Aeris.
* [[When Trees Attack]]: The Father of the Forest in the Land of the Wind. Two [[Too Dumb to Live|axe-wielding Fammin]] found it out in the worst way possible.
* [[Whip It Good]]: The last warrior Nihal has to face before joining the Academy is a wizard mercenary from the Land of the Fire armed with a whip.
* [[White
* [[Wreathed in Flames]]: Flar, the Guardian of Fire.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Nihal and all the Half-Elves. {{spoiler|Also Aster.}}
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