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* [[Abusive Parents]]:
** Hoooo boy, Quain'tana. Let's see, of her three adult children, one is dead and has been turned into a golem, Kel'noz is officially subservient to her but has his own agenda (and readily acknowledges that she was a really bad mother) and then there's Mel'arnach, who was not only disowned and imprisoned, but beaten (and implied, raped) by Quain'tana's men, {{spoiler|and then for her trouble had the child she wanted taken away from her}}. And then there's [[The Unfavorite|Syphile]], who has a trope of her own...
** There are also plenty of others, and a current thread in the forum is titled "[https://web.archive.org/web/20160826034740/http://forums.drowtales.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=12777 Worst parent in Chel]" discussing this. The number of ''good'' parents (Shimi'lande, Kiel's mother Ven'ndia, Sarnel's caretaker Nei'kalsa if you're counting foster parents, and Waes'soloth spring to mind) can be counted on one hand...
** As well as Ash'waren, who is the neglectful type. After being told that her daughter Faen has returned traumatized, her reply was "Who?" And then after being reminded when Faen was born to help her remember, she merely comments on how Faen's father was a bad lay. This was fairly shocking to fans who had thought better of Ash'waren before this, leading at least one to comment that it seems that this is shaping up to be a general trait of Val mothers no matter who they are.
* [[Action Girl]]: Plenty of these, and culturally it's unusual for a female to ''not'' be an [[Action Girl]], since females are the dominant gender in both political and military matters.
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* [[Running Gag]]: Ariel's love of cats, and her dislike of maths. Shimi'lande also has a running gag of needing chocolate to keep herself from going insane from keeping all the fanatical Kyorls in line, which occasionally leads to references like '''NO CHOCOLATE?! ''CRUSADE!'''''
* [[Satisfied Street Rat]]: Quain'tana's early history. Also deconstructed, since it left her as a horrible parent.
* [[Schizo-Tech]]: Averted. The technology seen in the series ([[Powered Armor]], mana-powered rockets, flying platforms, automatic crossbows, golem and golem limbs, something [[Word of God]] has actually called [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=37 a drow iPod] and [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=4239 something that resembled an iPad] even before they existed in the real world, holographic displays etc.) is actually fairly advanced due to mana, and most was developed during the Moons Age, but exactly how much a given city has depends on its culture and exposure to nether summoning, which can severely mess with golem tech especially. When a few people on the forum complained that a rock concert made no sense in a "medieval setting" the author drew [https://web.archive.org/web/20160826033607/http://forums.drowtales.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&p=711230#p711226 this] in response.
* [[Secret Legacy]]: {{spoiler|Ariel's}} true heritage. And {{spoiler|Kalki}} on both sides, though she knows it.
* [[Seen It All]]: {{spoiler|Sha'sana}} knows critical information that could prevent Chel from going through hell all over again, but she does nothing because [[Somebody Else's Problem|she no longer gives a damn]] about Chel or its problems.
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