Kushiel's Legacy/Characters: Difference between revisions

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* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Her parents sell her into indentured servitude because they're broke.

* [[Parental Substitute]]: Is one to Imriel.

* [[Pimped Out Dress]]: Wears a lot of these, usually to an assignation or at the Midwinter Masque.

* [[Pimped-Out Dress]]: Wears a lot of these, usually to an assignation or at the Midwinter Masque.

* [[Raven Hair Ivory Skin]]: Less so on the covers, but describes herself as this in the books proper.

* [[Raven Hair, Ivory Skin]]: Less so on the covers, but describes herself as this in the books proper.

* [[Really Gets Around]]: Causes Imriel no small amount of angst when he realizes she's slept with quite a few really important people, including a decent chunk of the D'Angeline aristocracy. Curiously, Phedre tends towards monogamy when Kushiel grants her peace.

* [[Sex Is Violence]]

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* [[Parental Substitute]]: Is this for Phedre and Alcuin. Until they both fall in love with him.

* [[Second Love]]: Alcuin is his.

* [[Star Crossed Lovers]]: {{spoiler|He and Rolande, due to Isabel L'Envers' jealousy.}}

* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: {{spoiler|He and Rolande, due to Isabel L'Envers' jealousy.}}

* [[Teeth Clenched Teamwork]]: See [[Enemy Mine]] example above.

* [[Warrior Poet]]

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* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]

* [[Love Triangle]]: Both he and Phedre are in love with Delaunay. [[First Girl Wins|He wins.]]

* [[May December Romance]]: He and Delaunay.

* [[May-December Romance]]: He and Delaunay.

* [[White Haired Pretty Boy]]: Averted. He's pretty and he has white hair, but he's not evil.

* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Averted. He's pretty and he has white hair, but he's not evil.

* [[Yaoi Guys]]

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* [[Estrogen Brigade Bait]]

* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: In-universe inversion: the Skaldi men think he's a pretty boy and not a real man because he doesn't have a beard, but the Skaldi women certainly find him attractive.

* [[Get a Hold of Yourself Man]]: Phedre does this to him when they're enslaved in Skaldia.

* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: Phedre does this to him when they're enslaved in Skaldia.

* [[Honor Before Reason]]: Especially in ''Dart.'' He gradually relaxes, though.

* [[I Will Protect Her]]: He vows to protect Phedre.

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* [[Facial Markings]]

* [[Famed in Story]]: He asks Phedre to make sure the deeds of the Albans are remembered.

* [[The ~~Ladys~~ Favour]]: Phedre gives him a ring from Ysandre, which he wears into battle.

* [[The Lady's Favour]]: Phedre gives him a ring from Ysandre, which he wears into battle.

* [[Long Distance Relationship]]

* [[Love Ruins the Realm]]: Subversion, his love for Ysandre actually ''saves'' the realm.

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* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]]}}

* [[Taking You With Me]]

* [[White Haired Pretty Boy]]

* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]

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* [[Famed in Story]]: The Skaldi have many songs about him.

* [[Genghis Gambit]]: Uses one to unite the Skaldi.

* [[I Have You Now My Pretty]]

* [[I Have You Now, My Pretty]]

* [[Master Swordsman]]: Manages to disarm Joscelin in the heat of battle, but {{spoiler|is killed by Isidore d'Aiglemort, another master swordsman.}}

* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: {{spoiler|He crosses it when he tries to skin Phedre alive.}}

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The ruler of Drujan, the Mahrkagir is extremely sadistic and completely evil. Imriel is sold to him, and he subjects the boy to horrific abuse. {{spoiler|Phedre comes to save him, and the Mahrkagir ends up falling in love with her (although his definition of love is rather different from most people's). She kills him with a hairpin.}}

* [[Alas Poor Villain]]

* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]

* [[Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad]]

* [[Blood Splattered Innocents]]: His backstory reveals that he was the only member of his family to survive a particularly brutal massacre.

* [[Blood-Splattered Innocents]]: His backstory reveals that he was the only member of his family to survive a particularly brutal massacre.

* [[Complete Monster]]

* [[Dark Messiah]]: The followers of Angra Mainyu believe he is this.

* [[I Have You Now My Pretty]]

* [[I Have You Now, My Pretty]]

* [[Rape Is Love]]: {{spoiler|His idea of love is to rape Phedre with a spiked rod.}}

* [[Religion of Evil]]: The religion of Angra Mainyu, which the Mahrkagir is head of.

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* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]

* [[Secret Relationship]]: He and Sidonie, in ''Justice.'' Eventually they get found out.

* [[Star Crossed Lovers]]: He and Sidonie.

* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: He and Sidonie.

* [[Stern Chase]]: His search for Berlik in ''Justice'' counts as one of these.

* [[Teeth Clenched Teamwork]]: See [[Enemy Mine]]. Also, the time he teams up with Maslin.

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* [[Hope Bringer]]: Fills this function along with Imriel in ''Mercy.''

* [[Hypnotize the Princess]]: What the Carthaginians do to her in ''Mercy.''

* [[I Have You Now My Pretty]]: Although Sidonie is completely willing to sleep with Astegal while she's under the Carthaginians' love spell.

* [[I Have You Now, My Pretty]]: Although Sidonie is completely willing to sleep with Astegal while she's under the Carthaginians' love spell.

* [[Kissing Cousins]]

* [[Love Potion]]: It's not an actual potion, but the Carthaginians put a spell on Sidonie to make her fall in love with General Astegal.

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* [[Naughty By Night]]

* [[Parental Marriage Veto]]

* [[Pimped Out Dress]]: Wears one during the Midwinter Masque in ''Justice.''

* [[Pimped-Out Dress]]: Wears one during the Midwinter Masque in ''Justice.''

* [[Rebellious Princess]]: Has elements of this.

* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]

* [[Save the Princess]]: Needs Imriel to rescue her in ''Mercy.''

* [[Secret Relationship]]

* [[Star Crossed Lovers]]

* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]

* [[Well Excuse Me Princess]]

* [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!]]

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* [[Better As Friends]]: He and Sidonie.

* [[Don't You Dare Pity Me]]

* {{spoiler|[[Fire Forged Friends]]: He & Imriel become friends during their time together in Vralia.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Fire-Forged Friends]]: He & Imriel become friends during their time together in Vralia.}}

* [[Heroic Bastard]]: Eventually becomes this.

* [[Ho Yay]]

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* [[Relationship Upgrade]]: He and Sidonie begin sleeping together in ''Justice'' after Imriel marries Dorelei and goes to Alba.

* [[Romantic Runner Up]]

* [[White Haired Pretty Boy]]: Averted in that he has silver hair & can be antagonistic to Imriel, but he's not evil.

* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Averted in that he has silver hair & can be antagonistic to Imriel, but he's not evil.

=== Mavros Shahrizai ===

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* [[Aliens Made Them Do It|My Diadh-Anam Made Me Do It]]: This is often the reason for starting a quest.

* [[Naive Newcomer]]: When she leaves Alba for Terre d'Ange to find her father in Kiss, she's bewildered by d'Angeline customs and almost makes a fool of herself at court.

* [[Raven Hair Ivory Skin]]: Her looks are commented on as "exotic" by the d'Angelines and supernatural by the Albans, due to her mixed blood status.

* [[Raven Hair, Ivory Skin]]: Her looks are commented on as "exotic" by the d'Angelines and supernatural by the Albans, due to her mixed blood status.

* [[Really Gets Around]]: And ''how''. Lets put it this way. Phedre and Imriel from the first two trilogies were either a magically induced to enjoy pain courtesan or an issue-ridden, angsty prince. Both encountered problems directly related to their attitudes about sex (more on Imriel's side). Moirin has [[Anything That Moves|no such hang ups]]. She may possibly be the protagonist that has the most sex of the three. Judging by the [[Justified Trope|theme]] of Moirin's trilogy this is probably because her gifts come from Naamah rather than Kushiel.

* [[Romantic Two Girl Friendship]]: Her relationship with Jehane develops into this by the last third of ''Naamah's Kiss''.

* [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]]: Her relationship with Jehane develops into this by the last third of ''Naamah's Kiss''.

* [[Superpower Lottery]]: Her mother's line is descended from Princess Alais of the second trilogy, giving her the powers of an ''ollamh'' a type of combined seer and priestess. On that note, she also has descent from fallen angels Elua and Naamah through Princess Alais' own combined Courcel/L'Envers heritage. Her father's line is descended from Anael, the fallen angel who gave d'Angelines their farming skills. This gives Moirin the power to turn herself invisible, talk to plants, incite lust in other characters and access the powers of the ''Maghuin Donn'' or "bear-witch" in the Alban language.

* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: Readers often accuse Moirin of being this for Phedre.

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* [[Mouthy Kid]]

* [[The Quiet One]]: Hardly says a word in Kiss. He [[Character Development|begins]] to talk more from Curse onwards.

* [[Star Crossed Lovers]]: {{spoiler|Again, with Moirin.}}

* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: {{spoiler|Again, with Moirin.}}

* [[The Stoic]]

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* [[Girls Love]] / [[Les Yay]] {{spoiler|With Moirin when the latter travels to Ch'in}}.

* [[Locked In A Tower]]

* [[Raven Hair Ivory Skin]]

* [[Raven Hair, Ivory Skin]]

* [[Shiny Midnight Black]]

* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] {{spoiler|was this before getting possessed by the Celestial Dragon}}.

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Moirin's mother and a [[Seer|seer]] of the Maghuin Donn tribe of Alba.

* [[Open Minded Parent]]

* [[Open-Minded Parent]]

== Minor characters and organizations appearing throughout the various trilogies ==

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* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Grainne

* [[Red Oni Blue Oni]]: Hot tempered Grainne is the red oni while the calmer more rational Eamonn is the blue oni.

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Hot tempered Grainne is the red oni while the calmer more rational Eamonn is the blue oni.

=== Dorelei mab Bredaia ===

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* [[Fan Nickname|Detractor Nickname]]: ''The Wise Ape''

* [[The Smart Guy]]

* [[Ugly Guy Hot Wife|Ugly Guy Hot Consort]] {{spoiler|Cytheran opinion of his relationship with Melisande, to the extent that they compare it with that of the [in-universe] Greek god Vulcan and his wife the Greek goddess Venus.}}

* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife|Ugly Guy Hot Consort]] {{spoiler|Cytheran opinion of his relationship with Melisande, to the extent that they compare it with that of the [in-universe] Greek god Vulcan and his wife the Greek goddess Venus.}}