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This series provides examples of:
This series provides examples of:
* [[Action Girl]] (Atara)
* [[Action Girl]]: Atara.
* [[And Your Little Dog, Too]]
* [[And Your Little Dog, Too]]
* [[Arch Enemy]] (Valashu and Morjin to each other)
* [[Arch Enemy]]: Valashu and Morjin to each other
* [[Author Tract]]
* [[Author Tract]]
* [[Awesome Moment of Crowning]]
* [[Awesome Moment of Crowning]]: {{spoiler|With Valashu, who else?}}
* [[Back From the Dead]]
* [[Back From the Dead]]
* [[Big Bad]]
* [[Big Bad]]: Morjin.
* [[Black Magic]]
* [[Black Magic]]
* [[Blind Seer]]
* [[Blind Seer]]
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* [[The Empire]] (Morjin's)
* [[The Empire]] (Morjin's)
* [[Energy Absorption]]
* [[Energy Absorption]]
* [[Evil Counterpart]] (Morjin to Valashu)
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Morjin to Valashu.
* [[Evil Overlord]] (Morjin)
* [[Evil Overlord]]: Morjin.
* [[Evolutionary Levels]] (human -> Valari (better human) -> Elijin (angel) -> Galadin (arch-angel) -> Ieldra)
* [[Evolutionary Levels]]: Human -> Valari (better human) -> Elijin (angel) -> Galadin (arch-angel) -> Ieldra
* [[Expy]] (Kane ~ Kane from Karl Edward Wagner, Astors ~ [[Lord of the Rings|mallorns]]...)
* [[Expy]] Kane ~ Kane from Karl Edward Wagner, Astors ~ [[Lord of the Rings|mallorns]]...
* [[The Gods Must Be Lazy]]
* [[The Gods Must Be Lazy]]
* [[Green Rocks]] (gelstei crystals)
* [[Green Rocks]]: Gelstei crystals
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]] (used straight and subverted)
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Used straight and subverted
* [[Idiot Ball]]
* [[Idiot Ball]]
* [[The Kingdom]]
* [[The Kingdom]]
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* [[Not Quite Dead]]
* [[Not Quite Dead]]
* [[Not So Different]]
* [[Not So Different]]
* [[Only One]]: {{spoiler|Subverted. The prophesied Maitreya turns to be not so irreplaceable after all, as in principle anyone can reach the required state of enlightenment.}}
* [[Only One]] (subverted)
* [[Religion of Evil]] (borderline case that claims to be [[Path of Inspiration|good]] but is very bad at hiding its evil)
* [[Religion of Evil]]: Borderline case that claims to be [[Path of Inspiration|good]] but is very bad at hiding its evil.
* [[People Puppets]] (ghuls)
* [[People Puppets]]: Ghuls.
* [[Planet of the Apes Ending]]
* [[Planet of the Apes Ending]]: It's not a spoiler because it doesn't matter.
* [[Plot Coupon]]
* [[Plot Coupon]]
* [[Power Crystal]]
* [[Power Crystal]]
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* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]
* [[Screw Destiny]]
* [[Screw Destiny]]
* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]] (Angra Mainyu)
* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: Angra Mainyu.
* [[Take Over the World]]
* [[Take Over the World]]: Morjin's goal.
* [[Waif Prophet]]
* [[Waif Prophet]]
* [[Walking the Earth]]
* [[Walking the Earth]]: Valashu and his friends end up having been just about everywhere on the map.
* [[We Can Rule Together]] (Morjin tries this)
* [[We Can Rule Together]]: Morjin tries this.
* [[White Magic]]
* [[White Magic]]
* [[You Killed My Father]]
* [[You Killed My Father]]

Revision as of 22:07, 19 May 2014

Ea Cycle is a fantasy tetralogy by David Zindell narrated in first person by Valashu Elahad, a prince of Mesh. In the beginning, Val goes on a continent-spanning quest for the Holy Grail Lightstone, a holy artifact that the fate of the universe hangs on. But Val and his stereotypically diverse group of friends also need to keep the Lightstone safe from Morjin, the Big Bad leader of The Empire, until the Lightstone can be claimed by its rightful wielder, the Maitreya.

Expect a lot of talk about chakras and meditation and ascending to a higher state of existence. Zindell is obviously heavily into New Age and it shows.

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