Inheritance Trilogy: Difference between revisions

 

{{quote|There were three gods once... the god of day, the god of night, and the goddess of twilight and dawn. Or light and darkness and the shades between. Or order, chaos, and balance. None of that is important because one of them died, the other might as well have, and the last is the only one who matters anymore. |'''Yeine''', ''The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms''}}

 

 

''The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms'' details the life of Yeine, a noblewoman from the northern continent of Darr. She is called to the [[Laputa: Castle in the Sky|aptly-named]] capital city of Sky where she is unexpectedly made a candidate for the title of Arameri family head, or emperor of the world. Not all is as it seems, however, as petty squabbles break out, [[Living Weapon]]s act friendly, and the time of the coronation draws ever closer...

A fascinating tale of what could happen if the gods created humans in their image, humans turned on them, and by extension, the gods had all the faults that humans do.

 

 

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* [[Abusive Parents]]:

** Itempas to the Enefadeh

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]

* [[Hot Amazon]]: Subverted in both Yeine and Zhakkarn, the Goddess of Battle and Blood. Zhakkarn is described as something like seven feet tall, and is built like a "great sea ship." [[Fetish Fuel]], [[Sarcasm Mode|indeed]].

* [[I Have Many Names]]: After Nahadoth and unchained and Enefa is reborn as Yeine, the old Itempan church starts referring to them as the "Lord of Shadows" and "Gray Lady" to avoid sounding like they've completely backtracked on the "Enefa and Nahadoth are traitors you shouldn't pray to" bit.

** Naha/Hado/Ahad/Beloved (who also has one name that Glee gave him which he never shared with anyone).

* [[Save Your Deity]]: Yeine to Naha in book one; Oree to Tempa in book two.

* [[Semi-Divine]]: Demons are the descendants of both god and mortal, and include {{spoiler|Oree. Since demons are themselves mortal, but also partake of godhood, their blood is the only thing that can kill the genuinely-immortal gods.}}

* [[Sex Slave]]: Hado and Sieh in book one.

* [[Sexual Karma]]: Yeine and {{spoiler|the rest of the Three}} get ''heavy'' doses of this, it seems. Though, to be fair, {{spoiler|when the people in charge of karma are the ones in the relationship}}, [[Justified Trope|it kind of makes sense]].

[[Category:World Fantasy Award]]

[[Category:Hugo Award]]