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* [[Coup De Grace]]: {{spoiler|Howard Alan Treesong--to himself.}}
** Also indirectly {{spoiler|Suthiro the poisoner, whom Gersen has infected with ''cluthe'' but who still needs a finishing shot when Gersen nearly gets too close.}}
* [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]]: Jerdian Chanseth, from ''The Face'', and Jheral Tinzy, from ''The Palace of Love.''▼
* [[Evil Is Petty]]: All five Demon Princes are seen exacting [[Disproportionate Retribution]] for relatively minor slights.
* [[Evil Overlooker]]: Justified in ''The Face'': it's actually {{spoiler|foreshadowing.}}
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* [[Karmic Death]]: {{spoiler|Malagate is killed by the world he wanted to conquer.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Last Girl Wins]]: Alice Wroke}}
* [[Love Makes You Evil]]: Demon Princes Howard Alan Treesong (''The Book of Dreams'') and Viole Falushe (''The Palace of Love''). ''Especially'' Viole Falushe; losing the ''Book of Dreams'' that
* [[Mad Artist]]: Navarth the poet (''The Palace of Love''). Depending on your tastes, his poems as seen in the book may be a fine example of [[Stylistic Suck]].
* [[Masochist's Meal]]: Darsh food is intentionally vile: the people of Dar Sai seem to pride themselves on their ability to stomach it. The once-mentioned Sandusker cult also has the same attitude to their food. And part of ''The Book Of Dreams'' revolves around a banquet for the highest-ranking members of The Institute at which ''charnay'' is served - a foodstuff which, apart from being fruit, is more or less a direct stand-in for ''fugu''.
* [[Master Poisoner]]: The planet Sarkovy's [[Planet of Hats|Hat]] is brewing and finding creative ways to administer poisons. The higher ranks of their grand masters can be [[Poisonous Person|Poisonous Persons]], although in a touch of realism, these people tend to die rapidly themselves. Hero Kirth Gersen spent several instructive years there, to the point of being able to outwit and infect a rival Master Poisoner.
* [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane]]: A subtle example with Howard Alan Treesong {{spoiler|and his [[Split Personalities]]: one of his captors says that it should have been impossible for him to commit suicide the way he did without help.}}
* [[Mugging the Monster]]:
** Young Kirth's first kill happened by this.
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* [[Not So Different]]: In ''The Face'', {{spoiler|Kirth Gersen decides to carry out Lens Larque's final plan — and for pretty much the exact same reason}}.
* [[Omniscient Council of Vagueness]]: The Institute, again. Purposely, as it turns out.
* [[Papa Wolf]]: Navarth is a partial example. Although a neglectful and... erratic... parent to Drusilla / Jheral IV, he is still willing to go to great lengths and privations to get her back.
* [[Planet of Hats]]: Sarkovy, a Planet of Poisoners (mentioned in ''Star King'' and featured in ''The Palace of Love'') as well as Methel (''The Face''), a Planet of Snobs. One of the planets of ''The Book of Dreams'' is clearly influenced by the [[Deep South]].
▲* [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]]: Jerdian Chanseth, from ''The Face'', and Jheral Tinzy, from ''The Palace of Love.''
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: Kokor Hekkus has been operating for two hundred and eighty-seven years.
* [[Rescue Sex]]: Jerdian Chanseth.
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*** [[The Chessmaster|Mewness of the Green]]
*** [[Evil Genius|Jeha Rais the Black]]
*** [[The Obi-Wan|Immir]] (no color), who seems to be an idealized [[Expy]] of {{spoiler|Treesong}} himself.
* [[The Stoic]]: Jehan Addels. High-ranked members of the Institute are expected to be this.
* [[So What Do We Do Now?]]: The final lines of ''The Book of Dreams'':
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