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{{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''}}
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''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
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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
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** [[Star-Killing]]*
** [[The Stars Are Going Out]].
* [[Ascend to
** In book three, {{spoiler|Sieh, Deka and Shahar become a second version of the Three, and set out to create their own universe}}.
* [[Barbarian Tribe]]: Subverted. The Amn ''consider'' the races of the High North continent to be this, even though the High Northers were forcibly civilized centuries before. Turns out the Amn themselves used to be {{spoiler|cannibals}}.
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* [[Character Development]]: The point of Nahadoth and Yeine sticking {{spoiler|Bright Itempas}} in a human body.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Glee's knife.
* [[The Church]] / [[Activist Fundamentalist Antics]] / [[Saintly Church]]: The Itempan Church, led by hateful priestess Shahar Arameri, used the Enefadeh to completely reshape the world after the gods' war. It collects taxes, provides extensive social services (universal primary education, food and housing for the disabled, public sanitation, etc.), and imposes a theological injunction against the chaos of war. The Church, with the guidance of the Arameri family, gave the world an unprecedented 2,000 years of stability and
* [[Cosmic Keystone]]: The Stone of Earth, which is vital to the ceremony that crowns the new Lord Arameri, is actually {{spoiler|the last remnant of Enefa's body and power - her heart.}}
** Actually, [[Word of God]] says it's an ovary.
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* [[Creation Myth]]
* [[Did the Earth Move For You, Too?]]: When {{spoiler|Yeine and Nahadoth}} do it, ''their passion engulfs the entire universe.''
* [[Did We Just Have Tea
** Yeine and the Enefadeh.
** Oree and Shiny.
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* [[Did You Just Romance Cthulhu?]]?
* [[Downer Ending]]: The Broken Kingdoms.
* [[Down in
* [[Earth Mother]] / [[Mother Nature, Father Science]]: Intentionally averted hard. Enefa, creator of life, is also the goddess of death, and is ruthless about offing substandard creations. Itempas and Nahadoth got most of the stereotypically emotional "motherly" aspects.
* [[The Empire]]: The Arameri Bright through its puppet Consortium.
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* [[God Is Flawed]]: And the Three made humans in their images, so [[Humans Are Flawed]], too!
* [[God Was My Co-Pilot]]: It sure is a surprise to Oree and Sermyn when they find out who "Shiny" really is.
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* [[Going Native]]: {{spoiler|Kurue, who turns against her fellow Enefadeh}} in hopes of winning Itempas' favor.
* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: T'Vril makes a much better ruler than his predecessors, but at the same time he is still very much an Arameri in some respects; particularly when he {{spoiler|''rips out Serymn's tongue'', not only to punish her but also to prevent her from revealing the truth about Oree to the gods, and then delivers her up to the mercy of Nahadoth. Who is not feeling very merciful. T'vril's trying to get rid of his 'too gentle image', and he's succeeding.}}
** Sieh and Nahadoth have their moments in books two and three.
* [[Good People Have Good Sex]]: Nahadoth and Yeine, Shiny and Oree, Madding and Oree.
* [[Green Eyes]]: A major plot point in book
** Also big in book three.
* [[Halfbreed]]:
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* [[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]].
* [[Humans Are
* [[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).
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** The first Shahar murders her dad. The second one isn't cruel, but sure is bratty.
* [[Kneel Before Frodo]]:
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The Lord Arameri rose and descended the steps. At the foot of the steps, he abruptly turned toward us in a swirl of cloak and hair and dropped to one knee, with a grace I would never have expected of a man so powerful. From this, he said in a ringing tone, “Behold Our Lord, Serymn. Hail Itempas, Master of Day, Lord of Light and Order.” }}
* [[Light Is Not Good]]
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* [[Oh My Gods]]: An interesting example in that characters frequently utter the phrase while in the presence of actual gods. ''Including the gods themselves.''
* [[Our Zombies Are Different]]: Maskers.
* [[Overshadowed
* [[Parental Incest]]
* [[Poisoned Weapons]]: Covered or made of demon blood.
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** Sieh, Deka, and Shahar.
* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: Yeine and Usein.
* [[Psychic Dreams for Everyone]]: Yeine ends up having accurate visions of things that happened in the past. Originally justified in that {{spoiler|Enefa's soul, and by extension her mind, is part of her}} but, as Nahadoth points out, {{spoiler|Enefa was already dead by the time half of Yeine's visions took place.}} Then again, {{spoiler|Enefa's soul has been 'drifting' all this time, ostensibly soaking up the sights in the meantime}}, which would make this more of a [[Zig
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]
* [[Redemption Equals Sex]]
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* [[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
* [[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]].
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