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* [[Action Film Quiet Drama Scene]]: The bulk of ''Dragon'' is basically a war movie, and it features a quite deep discussion between Vlad and [[The Squadette|Virt]] on the philosophy of war.

* [[Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene]]: The bulk of ''Dragon'' is basically a war movie, and it features a quite deep discussion between Vlad and [[The Squadette|Virt]] on the philosophy of war.

* [[Action Girl]]: Dragaeran society is filled with them, due to the fact that women are just as likely to be fighters as men. Of the major characters, Tazendra and Aliera are most prominent. While Sethra is better known as a sorceress, she is also a potent swordswoman.

* [[Aerith and Bob]]: On the one hand you have names like Morrolan, Loiosh, and Khaavren, while on the other are characters named Vlad, Mario, and Kelly. Common-sounding names mostly come from Eastern cultures, which are even used by some Dragaerans. Loiosh is apparently a Dragaeran spelling of the Fenarian name Lajos. A few Dragaerans even have ''Serioli'' names, which sound no more fantastic than normal Dragaeran names to readers, but qualify as this trope in-universe.

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* [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence]]: Some of the gods of the world are Dragaerans who have ascended. Sethra claims to have ''turned this down.''

* [[Author Appeal]]: Brust has stated that the key to writing interesting fiction is to simply write about whatever you think is cool. Brust thinks that swashbuckling, swirling-cape adventures are cool, and so that's what he writes about. He also obviously likes food. A darker example comes from the organized crime angle in the first few books, which went by the wayside once a friend of Brust was killed by mobsters, making him realize that [[Real Life Writes the Plot|they aren't so cool after all]].

* [[Back ~~From~~ the Dead]]: Fairly routine; as long as the person's central nervous system is intact and they weren't killed with a Morganti weapon or left too long before it's attempted, revivifying someone is just a matter of an admittedly expensive spell. The ease with which revivification can be achieved and the sure certainty of an afterlife is important in maintaining sympathy for most of the protagonists. The people they kill might not always have deserved it, but at least they're not ''dead'' dead.

* [[Back from the Dead]]: Fairly routine; as long as the person's central nervous system is intact and they weren't killed with a Morganti weapon or left too long before it's attempted, revivifying someone is just a matter of an admittedly expensive spell. The ease with which revivification can be achieved and the sure certainty of an afterlife is important in maintaining sympathy for most of the protagonists. The people they kill might not always have deserved it, but at least they're not ''dead'' dead.

* [[Back in the Saddle]]: In ''Tiassa'', Cawti briefly comes out of [[Retired Badass|retirement]] to {{spoiler|save Vlad from Jhereg assassins. Norathar puts on her Jhereg cloak on top of her Dragon uniform and joins her.}}

* [[Badass Cape]]: Morrolan.