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Line 1: {{~~trope~~work}} Sci-fi/fantasy series (2 quartets, 1 trilogy and one series to come) by Australian author Ian Irvine dealing with the "Three Worlds" Santhenar(setting of most the series), Aachan and Tallallame and the four humanoid plus one races living there. Quite gritty and realistic; characters range from flawed to plainly insane. The series is also noted for its seemingly random mix of magic and science, and also large span of events. ---- {{tropelist}} ~~This series provides examples of:~~ * [[A God Am I]] * [[Action Survivor]]: With the possible exception of supporting characters like Mendark or [[Cool Old Guy\|Xervish Flydd]], most of the characters in the series are scribes or engineers, who tend to [[Indy Ploy]] their way through most situations. Line 17: * [[Death Seeker]] * [[Downer Ending]]: The first series had this mildly, the second was horribly depressing. The third series is somewhat nicer but still horribly grim. * [[The End of the World Asas We Know It]]: Oh look! It's Tuesday. Time for Armageddon. * [[Fatal Flaw]]: Aachim and Faellem pride. It is noted by many characters that even the most unbiased and open Aachim Malien is not free of overwhelming arrogance. * [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: Blendings have the blood of two races, triunes have 3 and quartines or{{spoiler\|tetrarchs}} have 4. Liable to be riddled with mental and physical problems. Line 25: * [[The Napoleon]]: Cryl-Nish, especially painful as his nickname means ''pipsqueak''. * [[Not Quite Dead]]: {{spoiler\|Jal-Nish}} * [[Our Elves Are Better]]: They're called "Aachim" here, but ''boy'' are they pricks. * [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: All the other races, although Yggur(old human) gets this as well. * [[Schizo -Tech]]: Everywhere in the second series. Mainly because having been at war for more than a hundred years, all scientific efforts are focused on making better weapons and nothing else. * [[Squick]]: Ian Irvine seems to take sadistic glee in being sadistic towards his characters. {{spoiler\|Look at everything he does to Flydd. And Jal-Nish. And Karan. And... well, you get it. }}Sadist. * [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: In the time between ''The View from the Mirror'' and ''Song of the Tears'', {{spoiler\|Maigraith}} apparently decided to stop faffing about and put her considerable mind and talent to sinister use. [[Face Heel Turn\|Not good news]]. * [[Wangst]]: Minis, Tiaan and Nish especially. Nish improves a fair bit over the course of the series though. * [[We Are Asas Mayflies]]: Old humans, who are also the weakest race with the least magical talent (most of the time). * [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]: Used liberally in the second series. It turns out that the lyrinx {{spoiler\|are actually old humans}}. Line 37: [[Category:Fantasy Literature]] [[Category:Australian Literature]] ~~[[Category~~{{DEFAULTSORT:~~The~~ Three Worlds Cycle]], The}} [[Category:~~Trope~~{{PAGENAME}}]]