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** Since he's almost always referred to as a slave, rather than by his profession, it's easy to miss that Fade, {{spoiler|secretly one of the finest metalcrafters alive,}} works as a ''blacksmith.''
* The choice of pictures for the cover of this book. Each cover represents a high-level use of each kind of Aleran furycraft. Furies of Calderon - Wind ( {{spoiler|the windmanes}}), Academ's Fury - Earth ( {{spoiler|the arms of Earth used to restrain Tavi}}), Cursor's Fury - Water ( {{spoiler|the two water lions sent by Max and Crassus}}), Captain's Fury - Fire ( {{spoiler|the firehounds guarding the Gray Tower}}), Princeps' Fury - Wood ( {{spoiler|the figurehead of the ''Slive'' bending over to pick Tavi up}}), and First Lord's Fury - Metal.
*** The British versions have symbols for what appears to be fire(Garm's Fearcrafting), Water({{spoiler|Max's impersonation of Gaius}}, Air({{spoiler|The air-lenses used to win the battle with the Canim}}), Earth({{spoiler|the Legionaires' defenses, on both sides}}), Wood, and Metal. The German covers [http://www.randomhouse.de/book/editionsearchresult.jsp?pat=jim+butcher&x=7&y=6&pub=1 are more direct]{{Dead link}}.
* {{spoiler|Tavi's [[Sword Sparks]] are blue and red, his family's colors and those of Alera itself.}}
* One would think that "Tavi" is a very weird sounding name. Or at least, that it doesn't fit in a world of [[Awesome McCoolname|Awesome McCoolnames]]. And it appeared as if Butcher was shamelessly rubbing that name in our faces for 3 books. Well, that was until the fourth book, where it was revealed that Tavi stood for {{spoiler|Octavian... as in Sextus-Septimus-Octavus}}. And then, bricks were shat.
** More Bricks. {{spoiler|''Gaius'' Octavian, you know, the proper name of [[Emperor Augustus]]}}
* Ever wonder why the Vord Queens are so unconventionally intelligent and such brilliant strategists and tacticians, and how they develop such potent furycrafting? {{spoiler|Tavi bled on the Vord Queen's mound in ''Furies of Calderon''. They picked up Tavi's furycrafting talents and intelligence directly from him.}} It's no coincidence that {{spoiler|the primary Vord Queen picks up furycrafting at the same time as her "parents." On the other hand, Doroga talks about the Vord as if they've ''always'' been quite cunning- while the original Queen likely got her [[Crazy Awesome]] creativity and, of course, her furycraft, from her "parents"}}, but I'm pretty sure the raw intellect is simply a natural trait of that kind of Vord. ]]
* From Books 2 through 6, the titles all follow a specific pattern. {{spoiler|All of them refer to Tavi at various stages of his [[
** Also, the working title was {{spoiler|''[[Farm Boy|Shepherd Boy]]'s Fury''.}}
* In Book 1, Frederick uses a spade as a weapon. This may seem a humorous reference to his farmboy nature and nothing more... Until one realizes that the Roman word for spade, 'Spatha' is also the word for the Roman Broadsword. (And indeed there's some evidence early Spatha swords saw double use for digging and cutting of both roots and limbs).
* The way the Lords make lots of small fires rather than just big ones is an example of Tavi's preference for efficiency over the traditional Aleran brute force.
* How did Tavi manage to anticipate exactly which street [[Phantom Thief|The Black Cat]] was going to rob, not once but twice? {{spoiler|Because he's telepathically bonded to her}}
* Tavi's alias during his stint as subtribune and later captain of the First Aleran is Rufus ''Scipio''. This is possibly a reference to [
* Tavi is a farmboy and rises to be {{spoiler|First Lord}} and that Title is reserved for the strongest man is Alera. In Pokemon, a basis for the series, the player starts as a kid from the smallest town and becomes champion, the strongest in the game. As a further nod to the games Tavi frequently encounters the Vord and defeats them. The Vord Queen {{spoiler|kills the First Lord}} and becomes the final opponent Tavi must face, as a reference to the rival {{spoiler|being the champion}} at the end of the first set of games.
* Why do the archers not wear armor? Most series say it allows them to move and bend better. But in Codex Alera the archers are woodcrafters. Metal cancels their abilities rendering them useless. Even a few metal bands can cancel a woodcrafters skills, imagine what a full set of armor would do.
* On reflection, Tavi and his close circle of friends all reflect different outsiders from Aleran society. In a culture that prizes furycrafting, Tavi has none and Ehren very little. Kitai is a nonhuman in a humanocentric, xenophobid empire (and she's also an outsider among her own people, for that matter, not having a clan). Even Max, handsome, likable son of a powerful nobleman, is a bastard and suffers both a degree of social stigma and, more directly, a homicidal stepmother. Of course, that's just where they ''start'', but still...
* At the start of "Cursor's Fury", Gaius tricks Kalarus into acting too early with a faked letter claiming {{spoiler|he's going to adopt Lord Aquataine as his heir}}. His later {{spoiler|actual adoption of Aquataine}} makes it almost certain that it was his real plan as well if Tavi {{spoiler|hadn't developed crafting}}.
** And if you think about it, Attis may be a bastard (in the metaphorical sense) but he's smart, charismatic, relatively young, and a really powerful crafter {{spoiler|and he's got the Realm's best interests at heart, though his methods are [[Well
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