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** Book 5 is tentatively titled ''Endlords'' and set for release in 2012
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* [[Action Girl]]: Ash isn't one when we meet her, but is growing into the role. Most Sull females, and more than a few Clanswomen, would also qualify.
* [[A Father to His Men]]: Marafice Eye is a rather despicable person, on the whole, but he ''is'' a very good leader of men.
* [[And I Must Scream]]: {{spoiler|Baralis'}} imprisonment under Iss involved a great deal of sensory deprivation, torture, crippling, and being bled constantly. ''Yikes''.
* [[Anti
* [[Anthropomorphic Personification]]: In addition to the Endlords, Death exists as a definite entity in this Verse. She's female, tied to Raif's powers, and has spoken to him directly.
* [[The Archer]]: Raif's specialty, since his ability to "Heart-kill" makes him an outstanding shot against a living target. He ''can'' do it with other weapons too, though, and now has a magical sword acquired from an ancient battlefield. Ash is depicted as one on the cover of the second book, [[Covers Always Lie|but isn't one in the actual text]].
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* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: The Endlords, again.
** [[Humanoid Abomination]]: They're humanoid ''looking'', but it's made plain that they're cosmic forces compressed into this shape.
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* [[Evil Cripple]]: The Maimed Men (the raiders who live just north of the Clans) are certainly considered evil by the Clansmen, and they get their name because they disfigure anyone who joins them as a brutal initiation ritual- except for one, [[Meaningful Name|Stillborn]], who was so ugly they decided he was disfigured enough. {{spoiler|When Raif joins them, he's lucky to end up losing nothing worse than part of a finger}}.
* [[Evil Sorcerer]]: Sarga Veys, Penthero Iss, {{spoiler|and Baralis}}
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* [[Functional Magic]]: Inherent Gift is in the spotlight the most- Raif and Ash's inborn abilities most notably. Rule Magic practiced by sorcerers also exists- the fact that Sarga Veys has an Inherent Gift ''for'' sorcery is what makes him such a formidable magic-user (not to mention so arrogant).
* [[Grim Up North]]: The books take place in the north part of their world, and the setting is rather grim, but go even further than that and you get to the Great Want, a thoroughly unpleasant arctic [[Eldritch Location]] where time, distance, and direction become confused.
* [[Half
* [[It Sucks to Be The Chosen One]]: Neither Raif nor Ash have it easy, to put it mildly; Raif's powers give him a connection to death, and Ash's to the Endlords, and there are plenty of people who want to exploit them or kill them. Early on, Ash definitely has it worse, being doomed to either release the Endlords or go insane and die horribly unless she releases her power in the Cavern of Black Ice, but as of ''Watcher of the Dead'' Raif has definitely eclipsed her in the suffering and angst department.
* [[Knight Templar]]: Yiselle No-Knife, who wants to turn Raif into a weapon against the Endlords and will do ''anything'' she sees as neccessary to accomplish that.
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* [[The Vamp]]: Explicitly averted; the Crouching Maiden takes pride in the fact that she's one of the best assassins in the North and ''doesn't'' use sex appeal as a crutch. In the course of her work, she'll occasionally mentally deride female assassins who do.
* [[Villainous Valor]]: Marafice Eye is a very bad man, but he's also very [[Badass]].
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: Marafice Eye probably counts in his own POV sections in the later books. Arguably also the Dog Lord, for [[Anti
* [[Villain With Good Publicity]]: Mace Blackhail, initially, at least among his own clan. {{spoiler|Thanks to Raina, not anymore...}}
* [[Weak but Skilled]]: Iss, as a magic user, is not very impressive, as Sarga Veys is quick to note- but he is clever, and he's got some nasty tricks up his sleeve. See [[Blood Magic]].
* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]: Sarga Veys hasn't been seen since he ran off near the end of ''Cavern''.
* [[You Kill It You Bought It]]: The way the succession works in Spire Vanis; the accepted way to become the new Surlord is to off the old one. This is how Iss got the job, but {{spoiler|the fact that he actually ''names'' his own successor- Marafice Eye- does not go over well with the local aristocracy. The fact that Eye is a commoner- Iss himself came of noble, albeit not very significant, blood- just rubs further salt in it}}.
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