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** [[Retcon|Retconned]] <ref>(in a [[Footnote Fever|footnote]])</ref> in the post-Apollo books to A.D. 1969, First Man on the Moon.
* [[Ancient Conspiracy]] / [[Ancient Tradition]]: The Institute, which is officially "just" a society of philosophers. Its (many) detractors consider it to be the former.In some ways, it also resembles an [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council]].
* [[Amazing Technicolor Population]]: Skin, hair, and eye color can be altered at will. Notably, in the first book Gersen dates a [[Green
* [[Badass]]
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Kirth Gersen's grandfather, who trains him and is hinted to have had criminal ties in the past.
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* [[Devil in Plain Sight]]: The Princes are very good at concealing themselves despite their notorious reputations.
* [[Doomed Hometown]]: The Mount Pleasant colony.
* [[The Dragon]]: Attel Malagate has Beauty Dasce as his Dragon. Howard Alan Treesong has two [[Co
* [[Dreadful Musician]]: Gersen once goes undercover as a band member. Eventually, the target gets fed up and orders him thrown in the river. [[Hilarity Ensues]]. {{spoiler|And you can also put an S on the front of "laughter".}}
* [[Duel of Seduction]]: Alice Wroke has been told by Treesong to seduce Gersen for information. Gersen, however, is way ahead of her, and chooses to simply [[Feed the Mole]].
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* [[Gilded Cage]]: Interchange in ''The Killing Machine'', a planet whose sole purpose is to house kidnap victims awaiting their ransom.
* [[Gotta Kill Them All]]: {{spoiler|Except for Howard Alan Treesong, whom Gersen is satisfied has been broken as a man.}}
* [[Green
* [[Hair of Gold]]: Alusz Iphigenia from ''The Killing Machine''.
* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: Alice Wroke from ''The Book of Dreams''.
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* [[Love Makes You Evil]]: Demon Princes Howard Alan Treesong (''The Book of Dreams'') and Viole Falushe (''The Palace of Love''). ''Especially'' Viole Falushe.
* [[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]].
* [[
* [[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.
* [[Mugging the Monster]]:
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* [[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 Methlen (''The Face''), a Planet of Snobs. One of the planets of ''The Book of Dreams'' is clearly influenced by the [[Deep South]].
* [[Eerie Pale
* [[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
* [[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'':
{{quote| "I have been deserted by my enemies. Treesong is dead. The affair is over. I am done."}}
* [[Sugar and Ice Personality]]: Alusz Iphigenia.
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