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

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

* [[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]]

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

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

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

* [[Warrior Poet]]

* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]

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

* [[Yaoi Guys]]

 

* [[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.

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

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

* [[Facial Markings]]

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

* [[Long Distance Relationship]]

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

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

* [[Taking You With Me]]

 

 

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

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

* [[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.}}

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.}}

 

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

* [[Complete Monster]]

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

* [[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.

* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]

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

* [[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.

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

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

* [[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.

* [[Naughty By Night]]

* [[Parental Marriage Veto]]

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

* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]

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

* [[Secret Relationship]]

 

 

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

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

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

* [[Ho Yay]]

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

* [[Romantic Runner Up]]

 

=== Mavros Shahrizai ===

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[Mouthy Kid]]

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

* [[The Stoic]]

 

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

* [[Locked In A Tower]]

* [[Shiny Midnight Black]]

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

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

 

 

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

 

* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Grainne

 

=== Dorelei mab Bredaia ===

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

* [[The Smart Guy]]