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In Celieria, Ellysetta Baristani, the 24-year old adopted daughter of a woodcarver, is [[Christmas Cake|nearing the end of her years of marriage-eligibility]], and finds herself being forced into a betrothal with the butcher's son Den Brodson. When it is learned that the Tairen Soul is coming to Celieria, Ellie's younger twin sisters ask her to accompany them to the ceremony. Unexpectedly, during the ceremony, Rain appears and claims Ellysetta as his ''Shei'tani'', his one-and-only, soulmated [[Mindlink Mates|mindlinked]] true love.

Originally starting off as a [[Paranormal Romance]] situated around Rain and Ellysetta, the Tairen Soul series eventually expands into a [[High Fantasy]] plot involving heavy amounts of magic, politics, and [[The End of the World As We Know It]], with the forces of darkness being led by [[Evil Overlord|Vadim Maur]], the High Mage of the resurrected mages of Eld, with an increased focus on worldbuilding and plot.

Originally starting off as a [[Paranormal Romance]] situated around Rain and Ellysetta, the Tairen Soul series eventually expands into a [[High Fantasy]] plot involving heavy amounts of magic, politics, and [[The End of the World as We Know It]], with the forces of darkness being led by [[Evil Overlord|Vadim Maur]], the High Mage of the resurrected mages of Eld, with an increased focus on worldbuilding and plot.

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* [[Can Not Tell a Lie]]: Fey. The text seems to imply that although they are not honest, and do mislead, but are physically incapable of saying something technically not true. Like many other examples of the trope they love to formulate things they don't want to say as mistakably as possible.

* [[Canon Sue]]: Rain and Ellysetta. Maybe it can be argued with Rain who did horrible things and no secret is made of it. Ellie ''is'' perfection personified.

* [[Can't Argue ~~With~~ Elves]]: Poor Annoura.

* [[Can't Argue with Elves]]: Poor Annoura.

* [[The Chessmaster]]: Vadim Maur. He's been doing it for centuries.

* [[Chivalrous Pervert]]: Rain pretty much behaves this way towards Ellysetta throughout the whole first book, if his thoughts are any indication.

* [[Christmas Cake]]: Ellysetta at the beginning of the first book.

* [[Convicted By Public Opinion]]: Bel.

* [[Convicted by Public Opinion]]: Bel.

* [[Contrived Coincidence]]: Fanir, an Elf who guides Elysetta turns out to be the son of one of the millions of good people Rain killed. He gets to forgive Rain in his dads place.

** Elysetta meeting Rain in the first place is a rather silly coincidence.

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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Gaelen. In the last book, Rain also explicitly mentions that Ellysetta has a deadpan sense of humor.

** The Feraz witch, when taking magically powerful male prisoners in payment for Chemaz, mentions that she will return them in no time when Maur grumbles about wanting to use those men for breeding purposes. She obviously never mentions the condition they will be returned in, but she does rattle a bag of Chemaz. Turns out that its made from their bones.

* [[Deal ~~With~~ the Devil]]

* [[Deal with the Devil]]

* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Fey tend to enact this whenever any slight is given to their mates. Rain in particular is prone to this.

* [[Distracted By the Sexy]]

* [[Distracted by the Sexy]]

* [[Double Standard]]: At the beginning of ''Queen of Song and Souls'', Ellysetta complains about the "double standard" of Rain repeatedly putting ''himself'' in danger but not allowing ''her'' to do the same thing.

* [[Eating the Eye Candy]]: Whenever Rain is described from Ellysetta's perspective.

* [[The Empath]]: Fey women, {{spoiler|including Ellysetta.}} Those that can use magic are also . . .

* [[Empathic Healer]]

* [[The End of the World As We Know It]]

* [[The End of the World as We Know It]]

* [[Eternal Love]]: Typical for fey couples. Special mention to Shan and Elfeya who have been together a thousand years already when they're captured and spend a thousand years supporting each other in a [[Torture Cellar]].

* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas]]: What {{spoiler|Ellysetta}} finds out when she {{spoiler|probes the mind of one of the Mages of Eld.}}

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* [[Fictionary]]: Feyan.

* [[For the Evulz]]: The Mharog. They have fallen so deep into darkness that there is utterly no goodness or light left in any part of their souls, and they live only to extinguish the life of others.

* [[Friends ~~With~~ Benefits]]: How Talisa's [[Arranged Marriage]] with DiSebourne was pretty much going before Adrial showed up. Ellysetta also viewed her relationship with Rain as something like this until the second book.

* [[Friends with Benefits]]: How Talisa's [[Arranged Marriage]] with DiSebourne was pretty much going before Adrial showed up. Ellysetta also viewed her relationship with Rain as something like this until the second book.

* [[Friend to All Children]]: Kieran, Rain.

* [[Friend to All Living Things]]

* [[Functional Magic]]: Fey magic is Force Magic that works by Elemental Powers and Inherent Gift. There is also Device Magic(magical items and ''Sel'dor''), Rule Magic(many of Vadim Maur's rituals), and Theurgy(drawing on and summoning demons from the Well of Souls).

* [[Genetic Memory]]: {{spoiler|Ellysetta is able to remember and use skills that were picked up by her biological father.}}

* [[Gender Restricted Ability]]: Healing and empathy can only be used by females. On the downside, having these abilities [[Blessed ~~With~~ Suck|forces one to become a pacifist]]. {{spoiler|Except for Ellysetta.}}

* [[Gender Restricted Ability]]: Healing and empathy can only be used by females. On the downside, having these abilities [[Blessed with Suck|forces one to become a pacifist]]. {{spoiler|Except for Ellysetta.}}

* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]: Combined with [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]] when a mage uses Azrahn.

* [[God]]: Adelis.

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* [[Hellfire]]: Mage Fire, Tairen Fire.

* [[Hero Insurance]]: Averted by Rain; after devouring some livestock that belong to the local ranchers, he repays them by using his magic to spin gold out of the earth.

* [[Hero ~~With~~ Bad Publicity]]: Rain. Scorching the world and killing millions tends to leave a black mark on your reputation.

* [[Hero with Bad Publicity]]: Rain. Scorching the world and killing millions tends to leave a black mark on your reputation.

* [[Hollywood Sex]]

* [[Honor Before Reason]]: Fey to the extreme.

* [[Hot Witch]]: Sheyl

* [[How Do I Shot Web?]]: When Ellysetta first starts using her power, her inexperience causes her to overdo things, often resulting in overly forceful and blunt weaves.

* [[Humans By Any Other Name]]: The term ''human'' or even ''Man'' is never used, instead they are called ''Celierian'', ''Eld'' and especially ''mortal''. The term "man" is occasionally even applied to male Fey.

* [[Humans by Any Other Name]]: The term ''human'' or even ''Man'' is never used, instead they are called ''Celierian'', ''Eld'' and especially ''mortal''. The term "man" is occasionally even applied to male Fey.

* [[I Am Who?]]: Ellysetta's parentage is ambiguous right from the start, until it is eventually revealed that {{spoiler|she is actually a Fey, and a Tairen Soul, who was conceived by two renowned Fey who were captured during the Mage Wars and used as breeding stock by Vadim Maur in an attempt to engineer the ultimate Tairen Soul.}}

* [[Immortal Procreation Clause]]: Fey already have low birth rates and girls are born only from [[Mindlink Mates]] couples. The author explicitly states that immortals need this trope in order to not "overrun the planet like an unchecked bunny population."

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* [[Moustache De Plume]]: "C.L. Wilson" is actually a woman.

* [[Nausea Fuel]]: See [[Fan Disservice]].

* [[The Nicknamer]]: Kieran, both to people he likes and dislikes. Lorelle, for example, he calls, "little Fey'cha."(Fey'cha being the Feyan term for "knife.") After seeing Den Brodsen go [[Stalker ~~With~~ a Crush]] on Ellysetta, he calls him "sausage" at every opportunity.

* [[The Nicknamer]]: Kieran, both to people he likes and dislikes. Lorelle, for example, he calls, "little Fey'cha."(Fey'cha being the Feyan term for "knife.") After seeing Den Brodsen go [[Stalker with a Crush]] on Ellysetta, he calls him "sausage" at every opportunity.

* [[Not So Stoic]]: Gaelen has his moments too, despite being a thousand years old man.

** Elysetta is hysterical for most of the story.

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** Meliandra is tougher then anyone else in the books, but even she has her limits.

* [[Numerological Motif]]: Five. Five [[Elemental Powers]], five Fey warriors in a quintet, five-fold weaves, five books in the series, etc.

* [[Omniscient Morality License]]: Galad Hawksheart, the king of the Elves. Maybe. The Fey [[Screw You Elves|don't think so]], Galad himself [[I Did What I Had to Do|anguishes over it but stays firm that he did the right thing]].

* [[Omniscient Morality License]]: Galad Hawksheart, the king of the Elves. Maybe. The Fey [[Screw You, Elves|don't think so]], Galad himself [[I Did What I Had to Do|anguishes over it but stays firm that he did the right thing]].

* [[Orgasmically Delicious]]: Keflee.

* [[Our Angels Are Different]]: "Light Maiden" is used commonly as a euphemism.

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* [[Reverse Harem]]: They (officially) do not want to be together or sleep with Ellie, but she certainly is surrounded by handsome men who swear they'll die to do her bidding. It's somewhere between friendship and [[Courtly Love]] with Ellie and Bel at least.

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: The Scorching of the World.

* [[Screw You Elves]]: A lot of Celierians say this to the Fey, and the Eld make a job out of doing it. Some Fey themselves, particularly Tajik, do the same thing to [[Because Destiny Says So|the Elves]].

* [[Screw You, Elves]]: A lot of Celierians say this to the Fey, and the Eld make a job out of doing it. Some Fey themselves, particularly Tajik, do the same thing to [[Because Destiny Says So|the Elves]].

* [[Sixth Ranger]]: {{spoiler|Gaelen vel Serranis.}}

* [[Smug Snake]]: Queen Annoura.

* [[Split Personality]]: Tairen Souls have ''two'' minds, one Fey, and one Tairen. {{spoiler|Makes sense, since Tairen Souls are effectively the merging of two different souls.}} The Tairen mind even thinks in plural, ''we''.

* [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]]: It seems that any important character turns out to have some Fey blood.

* [[Stalker ~~With~~ a Crush]]: After his attempt to betrothe himself to her is thrwarted, Den Brodson becomes this for Ellysetta.

* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: After his attempt to betrothe himself to her is thrwarted, Den Brodson becomes this for Ellysetta.

* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: Adrial and Talisa.

* [[That Came Out Wrong]]: At least once per book; between Rain and Ellysetta in the first two, and by a ''Shei'dalin'' to Ellysetta in the third, who implied that Ellysetta enjoyed watching violence and fighting.