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* [[A Plague On Both Your Houses]]: a servant curses the head of the Aldaran household as he dies in ''Stormqueen!''
* [[A Plague on Both Your Houses]]: a servant curses the head of the Aldaran household as he dies in ''Stormqueen!''
* [[Alien Non Interference Clause]]: The Empire has this in theory, as worlds that want limited contact with the Empire are supposed to be respected. However, in [[Characterization Marches On|later books]], they start looking for an excuse to break the rule and force their way into Darkover, and in ''Traitor's Sun'' they finally abandon the rule (fortunately, Darkover manages to cut off all contact before the Terrans can invade).
* [[Alien Non-Interference Clause]]: The Empire has this in theory, as worlds that want limited contact with the Empire are supposed to be respected. However, in [[Characterization Marches On|later books]], they start looking for an excuse to break the rule and force their way into Darkover, and in ''Traitor's Sun'' they finally abandon the rule (fortunately, Darkover manages to cut off all contact before the Terrans can invade).
* [[Alien Sky]]: the Darkovan sun is a large, red star, colloquially known as the Bloody Sun. The night sky has four moons.
* [[Alien Sky]]: the Darkovan sun is a large, red star, colloquially known as the Bloody Sun. The night sky has four moons.
* [[All Myths Are True]]: The creation myth of the house of Hastur is actually true, although the "god" was [[God Guise|actually an alien Chieri]]
* [[All Myths Are True]]: The creation myth of the house of Hastur is actually true, although the "god" was [[God Guise|actually an alien Chieri]]
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* [[Closet Key]]: Danilo for Regis (in more ways than one; he has the catalyst laran, after all) and vice versa.
* [[Closet Key]]: Danilo for Regis (in more ways than one; he has the catalyst laran, after all) and vice versa.
* [[Culture Clash]]: The Darkovans and the Terrans do this a lot; stories where the characters [[Going Native|go native]] invariably focus on the difficulty of adapting to a different culture.
* [[Culture Clash]]: The Darkovans and the Terrans do this a lot; stories where the characters [[Going Native|go native]] invariably focus on the difficulty of adapting to a different culture.
* [[Death By Childbirth]]: Melora
* [[Death by Childbirth]]: Melora
* [[Depraved Homosexual]]: Dyan Ardais, before his redemption.
* [[Depraved Homosexual]]: Dyan Ardais, before his redemption.
** It's implied that this might partly be owing to Dyan never really getting over the fact that in their teens, {{spoiler|Kennard Alton}} broke his heart TWICE, first by picking a new best friend and then by {{spoiler|going straight on Dyan.}} Jawdroppingly, Dyan realizes the last-mentioned {{spoiler|while he and Kennard are actually having sex}}.
** It's implied that this might partly be owing to Dyan never really getting over the fact that in their teens, {{spoiler|Kennard Alton}} broke his heart TWICE, first by picking a new best friend and then by {{spoiler|going straight on Dyan.}} Jawdroppingly, Dyan realizes the last-mentioned {{spoiler|while he and Kennard are actually having sex}}.
* [[Disney Villain Death]]: {{spoiler|Jaelle and Aquilara}}
* [[Disney Villain Death]]: {{spoiler|Jaelle and Aquilara}}
* [[Doppelganger]]: Paul Harrell, to Bard di Asturiens
* [[Doppelganger]]: Paul Harrell, to Bard di Asturiens
* [[Dramatic Irony]]: Auster is ''convinced'' that the Terran Jeff Kerwin is somehow being used as a spy for the Terrans against his knowledge. {{spoiler|Turns out that (a) Jeff doesn't have a Terran dad, Auster does, and (b) he was [[Separated At Birth]] from an [[Evil Twin]], and the twin is using his psychic link to Auster to spy on the Arilinn circle.}}
* [[Dramatic Irony]]: Auster is ''convinced'' that the Terran Jeff Kerwin is somehow being used as a spy for the Terrans against his knowledge. {{spoiler|Turns out that (a) Jeff doesn't have a Terran dad, Auster does, and (b) he was [[Separated at Birth]] from an [[Evil Twin]], and the twin is using his psychic link to Auster to spy on the Arilinn circle.}}
* [[Dropped a Bridget On Him]]: In ''Hawkmistress!'', Romilly MacAran, [[Sweet Polly Oliver|in disguise as a boy]], is an object of lust for one of her companions. Turns out he didn't see though her disguise at all, he was actually gay.
* [[Dropped a Bridget On Him]]: In ''Hawkmistress!'', Romilly MacAran, [[Sweet Polly Oliver|in disguise as a boy]], is an object of lust for one of her companions. Turns out he didn't see though her disguise at all, he was actually gay.
* [[Due to The Dead]]
* [[Due to the Dead]]
* [[The Empire]]: The Terran Empire during the Second Age
* [[The Empire]]: The Terran Empire during the Second Age
* [[Eternal English]]: Played straight with the Terran Empire, subverted on Darkover which speaks two different languages derived from gaelic and Spanish.
* [[Eternal English]]: Played straight with the Terran Empire, subverted on Darkover which speaks two different languages derived from gaelic and Spanish.
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* [[Law of Inverse Fertility]]: Ellemir, who loves children and very much wants her own, finds it very difficult to carry a child to term. Her twin sister Callista, who is not especially interested, has no trouble at all. The result is a bunch of children running around the estate who all call Ellemir "Mama," regardless of their biological parentage. (IIRC, even some children not born to Ellemir, Callista, or either's husband do this. She just mothers any child in range.)
* [[Law of Inverse Fertility]]: Ellemir, who loves children and very much wants her own, finds it very difficult to carry a child to term. Her twin sister Callista, who is not especially interested, has no trouble at all. The result is a bunch of children running around the estate who all call Ellemir "Mama," regardless of their biological parentage. (IIRC, even some children not born to Ellemir, Callista, or either's husband do this. She just mothers any child in range.)
* [[Lost Colony]]
* [[Lost Colony]]
* [[Love Is in The Air]]: The Ghost Winds spread ''kireseth'' pollen, which has this effect among others.
* [[Love Is in the Air]]: The Ghost Winds spread ''kireseth'' pollen, which has this effect among others.
* [[Luke, I Might Be Your Father]]: Dezi's father might be one of oh, six guys his mother slept with that night. None of them will claim him as his own, which royally pisses him off.
* [[Luke, I Might Be Your Father]]: Dezi's father might be one of oh, six guys his mother slept with that night. None of them will claim him as his own, which royally pisses him off.
* [[Mandatory Motherhood]]: and how. Not only can nobody conceive of such a thing as being wanted, Darkover used to have breeding programs for laran. The Comyn still insists on everyone having as many kids as possible with other Comyn (at a time in the past, it was forbidden for one woman to have more than two children by the same man: a Darkovan woman a little patronizingly explains to an Earthwoman the concept of "genetic pool"). Camilla of ''Darkover Landfall'' and Rohana of the Renunciate trilogy particularly were not thrilled to have lots of kids.
* [[Mandatory Motherhood]]: and how. Not only can nobody conceive of such a thing as being wanted, Darkover used to have breeding programs for laran. The Comyn still insists on everyone having as many kids as possible with other Comyn (at a time in the past, it was forbidden for one woman to have more than two children by the same man: a Darkovan woman a little patronizingly explains to an Earthwoman the concept of "genetic pool"). Camilla of ''Darkover Landfall'' and Rohana of the Renunciate trilogy particularly were not thrilled to have lots of kids.
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