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** Isana is not exactly a fighter. Which makes her {{spoiler|slaughtering 6 vord warriors at once}} when cornered in the sixth book that much more awesome.

** Bernard taking down {{spoiler|a vordbulk that had been shrugging off the concerted efforts of the entire Herdbane Clan}} with one (slightly modified) arrow.

*** And then High Lord Cereus tops Bernard by doing the same thing. {{spoiler|Except instead of using an arrow, he uses ''himself'' - literally hurling himself down the maw of the vordbulk and triggering a furycrafting that destroyed its entire head, taking himself along with it, to protect his daughter and grandchildren.}} [[Manly Tears]].

** [[Two Words|One word]]: {{spoiler|Catapults}}.

** The Canim are pretty creepy when they're introduced in ''Academ's Fury'', though they become significantly less so as Tavi (and by extension the reader) becomes more familiar with them. The Ritualists are still fairly disturbing, though, even the decent ones- [[Blood Magic]] and all.

** In ''First Lord's Fury'', Amara serves us up this gem, noting that she seems to be in shock:

* [[HSQ]]: Trends steadily upward over the course of the series, until it takes up the majority of the entire final book.

* [[Nightmare Retardant]] - Intentional. At the end of ''First Lord's Fury'', Ehren reads Tavi a series of reports saying that unrest has arisen between {{spoiler|steadholders who surrendered to the Vord and the army. The farmers keep complaining that the soldiers are killing "their" Vord-- spiders and other creatures that they are using to tend their crops and livestock. [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|Painted]] [[Crowning Moment of Funny|in different colors so that no one confuses whose is whose]].}}