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''Chronicles of the Necromancer'' is a four novel long fantasy series by [[Gail Z Martin]] which consists of the novels ''The Summoner'', ''The Blood King'', ''Dark Haven'' and ''Dark Lady’s Chosen''. Book one in the follow up series, [[The Fallen Kings Cycle]], is scheduled to be released in early 2011.

 

* [[Awesome Moment of Crowning]]: Subverted, as it's never actually described in more than a few dismissive sentences, but {{spoiler|Tris' coronation finishes the second book}}.

* [[Badass Normal]]: Vahanian.

* [[Being Watched]]: Usually mentioned several times whenever there are ghosts present. Vahanian's first encounter with Gabriel, {{spoiler|who is one of the more powerful vayash moru}}, begins with pages of this trope.

* [[Blood Magic]]: dark magic in this setting.

* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: When the heroes have made a mess, the Goddess appears to clean it up. More than once.

* [[Embarrassing First Name]]: Carroway has one of these. His first name isn't even mentioned until the second half of the series.

* [[Evil Chancellor]]: Lord Curane

* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: The {{spoiler|ghost of the assassin sent by Jared}} is met by the Formless One, described as [[Eldritch Abomination|"too terrible to comprehend"]].

* [[God of Evil]]: Shanthadura

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Tris attempts this at the end of book two in order to save his country and his beloved, but the spirit of his grandfather, who was also a necromancer, manages to keep him from dying.}}

* [[Hot-Blooded]]: This is a common trait in the Isencroft royal family, and the kingdom as a whole.

* [[Ho Yay]]: There's the occasional moment between Tris and Vahanian.

* [[Just Following Orders]]: Tris make it clear that those that willingly served Jared will not receive mercy.

* [[No Guy Wants an Amazon]]: Kiara is willingly subjected to this.

* [[Oh My Gods]]: The Goddess has eight aspects, and almost all of them are invoked at some point or another.

* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: Vampires in the Winter Kingdoms are usually called vayash moru. The process to create a vayash moru is slightly more complicated than simply biting the victim - the victim must also drink some of the creator's blood as well. They are susceptible to sunlight, but the older the vayash moru is the longer it takes for it to kill them. The do need blood to live, but it can come from either humans or animals. Vayash moru are as likely to be evil as their human counterparts.

* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]: The Vyrkin, they switch from wolf to human form at will.

* [[Shoot the Messenger]]: King Jared has no problem with killing those that bring him bad news.

* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: Vahanian and {{spoiler|Carina}}.

* [[Spoony Bard]]: Averted with Carroway

* [[The Older Immortal]]: Gabriel and the Council of Blood.

* [[Title Drop]]: Royster, the librarian, in book two.

* [[Tomboy]]: Kait

* [[The Usurper]]: Jared, he is even called this.

** However, he considers Tris to be one, and has it pointed out by Arontola that his thinking is backwards.

* [[The White Prince]]: Tris

* [[White Mage]]: Carina Jesthrata.

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