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City of Light

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City of Light	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The third book of the Caliel Cycle series. Sequel to Broken Ring.As the book opens, Myrren Kahliana and her friends, the elven ranger Shial and the Atma Knights Rahze and Kail, have come to Palidia, the titular "city of light" and majestic capitol of the lands that worship the god Nimrod, a deity of light, healing and knowledge. They're in pursuit of the senkata, a race of demons that stole the powerful ancient weapon called the Dark Heart and came to Palidia because it somehow offers the key to unlocking the relic's power.On the other side of the world, in the lands of the god Vraxor, Raine Destin and his former enemy Leah Arlavan have become co-regents working together to rule the country. The job is turning out much harder than either of them expected: the priesthood of Vraxor, the real power in the country, is mysteriously secluded and not responding to messages. Without the priests' authority, the country is stretched to the breaking point trying to hold onto its conquered foreign possessions while battling an internal rebellion. In spite of everything Raine and Leah do to hold the nation together, neither the nobles nor the military will listen to them.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })When Myrren and her friends seek the help of Palidia's democratic government to find and stop the senkata, they unwittingly become embroiled in a political struggle. A wave of immigration, driven by a famine in the east, is causing social unrest in the city, producing ghettos, crime and riots. One faction of the government, led by the civilian police, is trying to keep the peace and preserve democracy, while another, allied with the military, is urging martial law and the suspension of civil liberties. Ravidel Shand, the leader of Palidia's police force, is convinced that Myrren and her friends are agents of the other faction and that they're telling wild stories to justify a crackdown.Just as Raine and Leah's situation is becoming desperate, the priests return from their seclusion, but all is not well. They've become divided into two hostile, irreconcilable factions over a theological argument arising from the events of the last book. When one faction plans to put an end to the rebellion by triggering a volcano underneath them, the schism boils violently over into the public eye. As the two sides draw apart and start mustering armies, Raine and Leah realize the nation is about to split apart in civil war, and there's nothing they can do to stop it...Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })
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City of Light / int_18150c85	comment	Democracy Is Flawed: Palidia is a representative democracy, with a lot of the familiar problems-a huge class divide despite political equality in theory, strongly antagonistic politics and difficulty handling crises which their democratic government can't deal with quickly. This results in them turning into a dictatorship.
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City of Light / int_2034121a	type	Eat the Rich
City of Light / int_2034121a	comment	Eat the Rich: The attitude of Palidia's lower classes and refugees toward the inner city's citizens and the government.
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City of Light / int_21f7ff0f	type	Knight in Sour Armor
City of Light / int_21f7ff0f	comment	Knight in Sour Armor: Ravidel Shand. He's grown highly disillusioned with his country, but loyally serves it nonetheless as he swore to and still believes it's right even so.
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City of Light / int_30cdefe1	type	Reluctant Ruler
City of Light / int_30cdefe1	comment	Reluctant Ruler: Ravidel Shand accepts the title of dictator rather than let one of Michal's cronies get the job.
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City of Light / int_30ed4f7d	type	Sleazy Politician
City of Light / int_30ed4f7d	comment	Sleazy Politician: Palidia has plenty of them, especially Senator Michal.
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City of Light / int_4b4f6a2f	type	Mood-Swinger
City of Light / int_4b4f6a2f	comment	Mood-Swinger: The normally unflappable Rahze acting this way is the other characters' first clue that something has gone seriously wrong with him.
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City of Light / int_519f108a	type	Throwing Your Sword Always Works
City of Light / int_519f108a	comment	Throwing Your Sword Always Works: Raine hits a priest using his during the battle in the catacombs.
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City of Light / int_5527dc0c	type	Plot Coupon
City of Light / int_5527dc0c	comment	Plot Coupon: A villainous example. The senkata need to complete several alignments to unlock the power of the Dark Heart.
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City of Light / int_5d3e7c6	type	Kangaroo Court
City of Light / int_5d3e7c6	comment	Kangaroo Court: Ravidel Shand is tried by the senate of Palidia on charges he isn't notified of beforehand, making him unable to mount a defense. The prosecution witnesses are all criminals he arrested before, with some false stories of him brutalizing and extorting them, aside from the main characters (though even they have no hard evidence of any crimes he committed). All of his entirely valid objections are overruled by the judges. Needless to say, they convict him.
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City of Light / int_66ef1fa1	type	Hauled Before a Senate Subcommittee
City of Light / int_66ef1fa1	comment	Hauled Before A Senate Subcommittee: Ravidel Shand is called to answer (false) charges before the senate of Palidia. So are the main characters at a later date.
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City of Light / int_681c1b78	type	All Asians Know Martial Arts
City of Light / int_681c1b78	comment	All Asians Know Martial Arts: Karah, who turns out to be from Kajin, which resembles China, just happens to know martial arts and easily beats up a couple of robbers.
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City of Light / int_7241785e	type	You Can't Fight Fate
City of Light / int_7241785e	comment	You Can't Fight Fate: Because Myrren and Raine married under the constellation of the Broken Ring, everyone believes their marriage is doomed to end. They're right.
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City of Light / int_80cdee8b	type	God of Good
City of Light / int_80cdee8b	comment	God of Good: Nimrod, god of healing, light and knowledge, comes off as this, in start contrast with Vraxor. Mirren notes in reading his holy book how much nicer it is, speaking of people having rights and dignity. She's still left unsure that he exists though due to his long absence from Palidia.
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City of Light / int_874176be	type	Psychic Powers
City of Light / int_874176be	comment	Psychic Powers: The Ayin, a group of psychic Palidian soldiers, can affect or enter into people's minds.
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City of Light / int_8976acda	type	Civil War
City of Light / int_8976acda	comment	Civil War: Two factions exist among the priests in Vraxor's country, whose animosity slowly grows until, during the story, they erupt into open warfare.
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City of Light / int_95c2a9dd	type	Outliving One's Offspring
City of Light / int_95c2a9dd	comment	Outliving One's Offspring: Kail and Shial's baby dies at birth. The trauma sends Shial into a catatonia.
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City of Light / int_964b9464	type	Benched Hero
City of Light / int_964b9464	comment	Benched Hero: Shial, first from her pregnancy and then from being plunged into catatonic shock after her baby's death.
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City of Light / int_97ddee3e	type	My Skull Runneth Over
City of Light / int_97ddee3e	comment	My Skull Runneth Over: An Ayin tries to touch the mind of a senkata. Unfortunately for him, he succeeds: the senkata have millennia of memories, and the overflow burns his brain out inside his skull. It also nearly happens to Artemus when he tries to read the "knot of memory" they left in Myrren's head.
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City of Light / int_99010fab	type	Maternity Crisis
City of Light / int_99010fab	comment	Maternity Crisis: Shial goes into labor at a very bad moment, when a riot is going on in the city, and the baby is stillborn when she's hurt on the way to the healer.
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City of Light / int_a01f88a7	type	General Failure
City of Light / int_a01f88a7	comment	General Failure: Commander Vairnath, chosen by the priests to lead Raine's side in the civil war, has a habit of suicidal attacks and other ill-advised tactics. Arvis killing him is the best thing that could happen to their side.
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City of Light / int_a5398aba	type	Authority in Name Only
City of Light / int_a5398aba	comment	Authority in Name Only: The Sovereign is supposedly the absolute ruler of Vraxor's land, but Leah and Raine find out how limited their power is without the priesthood to back them up.
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City of Light / int_bbfaa837	type	Knight Templar
City of Light / int_bbfaa837	comment	Knight Templar: Rahze and other Atma Knights come off as leaning this way, convinced that everything they do is completely right and using tactics like assassinations or seizing control of governments when necessary. When they are recovering from attack, the neighboring countries, which resented their interference, take the opportunity to throw the "advisers" they had out then retaliate against them.
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City of Light / int_c335b9ec	type	Irony
City of Light / int_c335b9ec	comment	Irony: Ravidel Shand strongly opposes the senate appointing a temporary dictator to handle a crisis. Later, they appoint him to the position himself.
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City of Light / int_cc7fae30	type	Outside-Context Problem
City of Light / int_cc7fae30	comment	Outside-Context Problem: The senkata continue to curb-stomp everyone who interferes with them, including the magic-wielding Palidian army and even its special forces, the psychic Ayin.
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City of Light / int_d3701aea	type	Prevent the War
City of Light / int_d3701aea	comment	Prevent the War: Raine and Leah try. They fail.
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City of Light / int_d39e327f	type	What the Hell, Hero?
City of Light / int_d39e327f	comment	What the Hell, Hero?: Rahze's companions react this way when he kills a defenseless man in cold blood for striking him.
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City of Light / int_e04ed269	type	Urban Segregation
City of Light / int_e04ed269	comment	Urban Segregation: Palidia's inner city is wealthy, beautiful and peaceful. The outer city is a poor, dirty, crowded slum inhabited mostly by refugees and foreigners.
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City of Light / int_e27693	type	The Coup
City of Light / int_e27693	comment	The Coup: Each of Palidia's competing political factions accuses the other of plotting one. Eventually Ravidel Shand overthrows the senate, before a counter-coup by Senator Michal undoes this.
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City of Light / int_e83f211c	type	O.O.C. Is Serious Business
City of Light / int_e83f211c	comment	OOC Is Serious Business: The normally stoic Rahze showing emotion (mostly negative) is very worrying for his companions.
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City of Light / int_ebcf99b5	type	The Unmasqued World
City of Light / int_ebcf99b5	comment	The Unmasqued World: The senkata reveal themselves to the people of Palidia.
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City of Light / int_eece5183	type	Have You Seen My God?
City of Light / int_eece5183	comment	Have You Seen My God?: Vraxor and Nimrod both appear to be absent at best. It's suggested they may not even exist by Myrren.
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City of Light / int_fccd06b6	type	Beware the Nice Ones
City of Light / int_fccd06b6	comment	Beware the Nice Ones: Karah, a seemingly harmless Palidian healer, is attacked by two robbers. She kills one, breaks the other's arm, then sets the broken bone and invites him to stay with her until he heals.
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City of Light / int_fd86da63	type	Crisis of Faith
City of Light / int_fd86da63	comment	Crisis of Faith: Myrren undergoes one after she sees her prayers to Vraxor go unanswered, and he does not come to aid his people, as she had been taught he would. She begins to question whether Vraxor even exists after this.
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City of Light / int_fe1b2e75	type	Bigger on the Inside
City of Light / int_fe1b2e75	comment	Bigger on the Inside: A rare non-physical example. Artemus describes the "knot of memory" put into Myrren's head by the senkata as much bigger than it appears on from a surface scan. When he probes it, it nearly overwhelms him.
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City of Light / int_fe5e40e2	type	Gondor Calls for Aid
City of Light / int_fe5e40e2	comment	Gondor Calls for Aid: Myrren and her friends seek help from Palidia's army to defeat the senkata.
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