Ea Cycle: Difference between revisions
II could do better if I read the books again but... they're not exactly good.
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This series provides examples of:
* [[Action Girl]]: Atara.
* [[And Your Little Dog, Too]]: {{spoiler|Morjin, being a bad loser, takes it out on Valashu's family.}}
* [[Arch Enemy]]: Valashu and Morjin to each other
* [[Author Tract]]
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* [[Big Bad]]: Morjin.
* [[Black Magic]]
* [[Blind Seer]] {{spoiler|Atara later on.}}
* [[Blind Weaponmaster]] {{spoiler|Atara becomes this after she gets blinded by Morjin. She is an archer, so her [[Blind Seer]] powers come in handy.}}
* [[The Chosen One]]
* [[Colour-Coded for Your Convenience]]: The gelstei crystals come in all the colors of the rainbow and then some.
* [[Cool Sword]]: The silver gelstei crystal.
* [[Cosmic Keystone]]: The Lightstone. It looks like a golden chalice. Only one exists in the entire universe.
* [[Crystal Spires and Togas]]: In the [[Utopia|utopian]] past.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: The black gelstei crystals don't have to be used for evil.
* [[The Dark Side]]
* [[Disney Death]]
* [[Either/Or Prophecy]]
* [[The Empath]]: Valashu.
* [[The Empire]]
* [[Energy Absorption]]: The special power of the black gelstei crystals.
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Morjin to Valashu.
* [[Evil Overlord]]: Morjin.
* [[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]]...
* {{spoiler|[[Fallen Angel]]}}: Morjin. {{spoiler|Also Kane.}}
* [[Fantasy World Map]]: Features a strangely rectangular continent that fits nicely on a double-page spread.
* [[Green Rocks]]: Gelstei crystals▼
* [[The Gods Must Be Lazy]]: The universe has numerous mighty beings of goodness and light - whole planetfuls of them - who should be able to save the day without much effort, but somehow don't, even when the fate of the ''entire universe'' is at stake.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Used straight and subverted▼
▲* [[Green Rocks]]: Gelstei crystals.
* [[Healing Magic]]: The special power of the green gelstei.
▲* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Used straight and subverted.
* [[Hidden Elf Village]]
* [[Hot Amazon]]: Atara.
* [[Idiot Ball]]
* [[The Kingdom]]: Mesh.
* [[Lost Colony]]: The planet in question was colonized by humans thousands of years ago.
* [[Lost Technology]]
* [[Messianic Archetype]]
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* [[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.}}
* [[Religion of Evil]]:
* [[People Puppets]]: Ghuls.
* [[Planet of the Apes Ending]]: It's not a spoiler because it doesn't matter.
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* [[Screw Destiny]]
* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: Angra Mainyu.
* [[Sword of Plot Advancement]]: The silver gelstei crystal has the form of a sword.
* [[Take Over the World]]: Morjin's goal.
* [[Waif Prophet]]
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