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City of No End
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City of No End is a 2024 Science Fiction novel by Nathan Karnes and the first of a planned series. Set millions of years into a Feudal Future, in the ruins of a endless city that was once so advanced that mankind lost control of its technology, the book follows the schemes and ambitions of six noble houses who are trying to control the election of a new Receiver — an Elective Monarchy which is the only institution that has succeeded at maintaining at least some peace among the squabbling remnants of humanity.The six Great Houses are: House Norn, the house of the most recent Receiver. They rule the Depths below the crust of the City, living in massive fortresses amidst vast caverns. They maintain the hydraulic systems that facilitate transportation and keep everyone alive and oppose the Ascensionist religion of the surface peoples in favor of traditional hydraulic shamanism. However, Aldrich Norn, heir to the Seer's Throne, has recently converted to Ascensionism, alarming his family... House Kendar, who rules the vast and imposing arcologies of Hab Spire Rise, the only part of the City known to be both well-lit and well-fed. They have the most powerful army and are known for brutal aggression against the Norns... but recently, a feud has broken out between Lord Odham Kendar and his idealistic heir apparent. House Leibowitz, who rules the protruding shard known as Dorith's End, a section of broken infrastructure that juts into the howling winds of a malfunctioning gravitational field. Dorith's End is the holy land of Ascensionism, an ascetic religion that commands that humanity restrict its material pleasures in favor of ensuring that every human mind has the chance of salvation through Brain Uploading. Lord Setheus, the head of House Leibowitz, is also the head of the Ascensionist Church, leading many to wonder: is this a corrupt union of faith and power, or is he the only leader with the interests of all humanity at heart? House Djevak, who rules the toxic land of Mold Marsh, a region afflicted by chemical spills and fungal infestations so potent that only highly evolved mutants can venture outside without protection. From their hidden lair in the uncharted mists of the Marsh, House Djevak has built a reputation for espionage and blackmail, and their hidden hand is suspected in most affairs throughout the Realm. House Arktentek, the guardians of Fibre Tower, the last known repository of the ancient advanced technologies. Their guilds of Sorcerers keep many carefully guarded trade secrets which make the Arktenteks critical allies in any conflict between the other houses. House Redmond, the newest of the Great Houses. Once mere mercenary nomads, they made their name and were granted nobility for pacifying the eastern frozen Wastelands and annexing that region under the Receiver. Experts in defeating mutant barbarians, they have recently been contracted by House Djevak against a mysterious threat emerging in Mold Marsh. | |
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Interfaith Smoothie | |
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Interfaith Smoothie: The Church of Ascension has a lot of strong parallels to the Catholic Church, but its philosophy draws a lot on Buddhism and Gnosticism. | |
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The Spymaster | |
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The Spymaster: Maud Atlee for House Kendar and Chandra Dioden for House Norn. House Djevak is a whole family built around being spymasters. | |
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Gaia's Lament | |
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Gaia's Lament: Assuming nature ever existed to start with, that is... | |
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Plot-Triggering Death | |
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Plot-Triggering Death: The overarching plot of the series is a Succession Crisis to replace Janrad Norn, who dies of old age just before the first book begins. However, most events in the series can also be traced to the assassination of Roman Kendar partway through Book 1 and the ensuing crises it causes. | |
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Hidden Agenda Villain | |
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Hidden Agenda Villain: What exactly is House Djevak up to? No one knows in-universe, and neither of the brothers get POV chapters in the first book. | |
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Evolutionary Stasis | |
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Evolutionary Stasis: Averted. There are many different kinds of mutants and even purebloods have some interesting variations. | |
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Four-Philosophy Ensemble | |
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Four-Philosophy Ensemble: House Norn has this dynamic in Book 1, with Kavin as the Optimist, Aldrich as the Cynic, Yene as the Realist, and Ulrich as the Apathetic. | |
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The Anti-Nihilist | |
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The Anti-Nihilist: Setheus, as demonstrated in his encyclical Niriseb Vaha. | |
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The Beforetimes | |
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The Beforetimes: The City once had an extremely advanced Golden Age. It’s unclear what exactly befell it. | |
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The Creon | |
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The Creon: Maud Atlee. | |
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Human Resources | |
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Human Resources: The nutrients produced and consumed by the Depths are extracted by sending bodies into the pipe system to be recycled. | |
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The Horde | |
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The Horde | |
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Klingon Scientists Get No Respect | |
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Klingon Scientists Get No Respect: Avitus isn’t a Sorcerer but is instead a merchant and diplomat. The other nobles of Fibre Tower tend to look down on him for this. | |
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Hiding the Handicap | |
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Hiding the Handicap: Odham keeps his epilepsy under tight wraps since he does not believe in showing any kind of weakness. | |
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City of No End / int_1dda6e99 | type |
Theotech | |
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Theotech | |
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City of No End / int_203bb427 | type |
Gentle Touch vs. Firm Hand | |
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Gentle Touch vs. Firm Hand: The Kendar brothers disagree over how to handle Roman. Odham is solidly the Firm Hand while Ywain tries to influence him more towards Gentle Touch. However, since Ywain is never particularly assertive or confident, he doesn’t have much success before Roman turns on House Kendar and gets himself killed. | |
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Church Militant | |
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Church Militant | |
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Crapsack World | |
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Crapsack World | |
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City of No End / int_23015320 | type |
Proud Scholar Race | |
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Proud Scholar Race: The Sorcerers of Fibre Tower. | |
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City of No End / int_230d64 | type |
Screw the Rules, I Have Money! | |
City of No End / int_230d64 | comment |
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: Avitus performs a rare benevolent example of this trope near the end of Book 1, in which seeing the plight of a breadline (well… slurry-line) of Norn serfs moves him to break the laws of the Realm against hiring the serfs of other regions. | |
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City of No End / int_231e8193 | type |
Mistaken Identity | |
City of No End / int_231e8193 | comment |
Mistaken Identity: When Aldrich meets the King, the King mistakes him for Ulrich. Aldrich decides to play along, as the King tolerates no correction. | |
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City of No End / int_24383e9b | type |
First Church of Mecha | |
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First Church of Mecha: The King of the Depths is a massive robot worshipped by his people as a God Emperor. | |
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City of No End / int_246f70c6 | type |
Identical Twin Mistake | |
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Identical Twin Mistake: An interesting variant that does not actually involve identical twins: Because of their resemblance, the King of the Depths is unable to visually distinguish Aldrich from Ulrich, and unwilling to admit any error. Aldrich thus decides to play along and pretend to be Ulrich, resulting in the King declaring war when Ulrich becomes Lord and refuses to submit to the King. | |
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City of No End / int_25c83363 | type |
Bald Mystic | |
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Bald Mystic: Setheus. | |
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City of No End / int_26dfe475 | type |
Caring Gardener | |
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Caring Gardener: Ywain. Subverted in that, despite caring about them in his conscience, he never does quite bring himself to intervene to protect Roman or Kavin. | |
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Polluted Wasteland | |
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Polluted Wasteland: Mold Marsh has developed into a more “natural� environment, but it’s implied to have originated from toxic chemicals. | |
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Offing the Offspring | |
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Offing the Offspring: Odham orders Roman’s assassination, but Sohlem and Piyra kill Roman first. | |
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Gravity Screw | |
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Gravity Screw: The Abyss has a malfunctioning artificial gravity field, allowing ships to sail in it and harvest floating chunks of metal and concrete. | |
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City of No End / int_2cf5eb14 | type |
Endless Winter | |
City of No End / int_2cf5eb14 | comment |
Endless Winter: The Wastes have constant icy winds, and massive glaciers caused by broken pipes leaking onto the surface. It never snows, however. Dorith’s End has the same freezing wind but has to import its water. | |
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City of No End / int_2d768e2d | type |
Succession Crisis | |
City of No End / int_2d768e2d | comment |
Succession Crisis: The plot begins with the funeral of Receiver Janrad Norn, necessitating a replacement. It’s explained that this happens every time the Receiver dies, as it gives all the houses a chance to get up to sinister shenanigans before the next Receiver is elected. | |
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Innate Night Vision | |
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Innate Night Vision: Many inhabitants of the Depths have evolved this, and it gets more common the deeper they go. | |
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Scary Black Man | |
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Scary Black Man: Fraedrik. | |
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Artificial Afterlife | |
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Artificial Afterlife: What Ascensionism believes in. It’s unclear if this belief is true. | |
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Magic from Technology | |
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Magic from Technology: The setting has a lot of fantasy-like flair, and the characters routinely refer to advanced tech as “magic,� “spells, “sorcery,� et cetera. But it’s all technology fulfilling Clarke's Third Law. | |
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Mad Scientist | |
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Mad Scientist: House Animus. | |
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Generican Empire | |
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Generican Empire: The Realm is simply… the Realm. | |
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Defector from Decadence | |
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Defector from Decadence: Roman becomes one against the Spiremen. | |
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Room Disservice | |
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Room Disservice: How Piyra assassinates Roman. | |
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Powered Armor | |
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Powered Armor: Davion Redmond owns one such suit, an ancient artifact from eons past. | |
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The Patriarch | |
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The Patriarch: Kavin and Odham, as the leaders of their respective Houses. | |
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Manipulative Bastard | |
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Manipulative Bastard: Sohlem Lebbik manipulates Piyra into killing Roman. | |
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"Not If They Enjoyed It" Rationalization | |
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"Not If They Enjoyed It" Rationalization: Roman’s conscience is somewhat perturbed after he sleeps with a singer who was ordered to “make his stay comfortable� by Kavin Norn; but her apparent eagerness and enjoyment of the liaison allays his guilt over the dubious consent. | |
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Alien Sky | |
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Alien Sky: There’s no sun. Only an unexplained Ambience that lights the City. | |
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Sleep Deprivation Punishment | |
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Sleep Deprivation Punishment: Part of the torture that Carston Dreir goes through in Djevak captivity. | |
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A Tragedy of Impulsiveness | |
City of No End / int_42c186e | comment |
A Tragedy of Impulsiveness: Two major examples: Piyra stabbing Roman, and Aldrich not correcting the King on his mistaken identity and instead deciding to lie about his family. | |
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Gentleman Wizard | |
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Gentleman Wizard: Pontius Arkentek has this kind of aura, although his type of Sorcery is of the Sufficiently Advanced Technology type. | |
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Honor Before Reason | |
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Honor Before Reason: The Norns’ decision to burn the documents that Roman brings them. | |
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Scavenged Punk | |
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Scavenged Punk: A common aesthetic, but it does not completely dominant the setting. | |
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City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_450d9b75 | |
City of No End / int_4623b3bb | type |
Why Couldn't You Be Different? | |
City of No End / int_4623b3bb | comment |
Why Couldn't You Be Different?: Odham sees Roman as an unworthy heir to House Kendar, and Kavin loathes the fact that Aldrich has converted to Ascensionism. | |
City of No End / int_4623b3bb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_4623b3bb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_4623b3bb | |
City of No End / int_4852cf04 | type |
Court Physician | |
City of No End / int_4852cf04 | comment |
Court Physician: Odham keeps one around at all times. | |
City of No End / int_4852cf04 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_4852cf04 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_4852cf04 | |
City of No End / int_48b3600f | type |
BigFancySword | |
City of No End / int_48b3600f | comment |
Big Fancy Sword: The Men of Iron wield massive, thirty-pound swords. Justified in that, being mostly machine, the Men of Iron are significantly stronger than a normal human and can wield weapons that un-augmented humans could not. | |
City of No End / int_48b3600f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_48b3600f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_48b3600f | |
City of No End / int_4a02a75e | type |
The Theocracy | |
City of No End / int_4a02a75e | comment |
The Theocracy: Dorith’s End does not technically qualify as this trope, since (as it is explained multiple times) House Leibowitz and the Church are separate entities, though they both have great power in Dorith’s End. However, the current situation in which Setheus is both Lord Leibowitz and High Partaker means they are effectively united under one man. | |
City of No End / int_4a02a75e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_4a02a75e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_4a02a75e | |
City of No End / int_4c7add23 | type |
Dr. Genericius | |
City of No End / int_4c7add23 | comment |
Dr. Genericius: A particularly common naming convention in Fibre Tower, a culture dominated by scientists who deliberately act like mages. This is also a trend among the Ascensionist clergy, fitting their “Gospel of Science,� and also applies to House Animus, the Mad Scientist vassals of House Norn. | |
City of No End / int_4c7add23 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_4c7add23 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_4c7add23 | |
City of No End / int_51f65a3e | type |
Immortal Ruler | |
City of No End / int_51f65a3e | comment |
Immortal Ruler: The King of the Depths. | |
City of No End / int_51f65a3e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_51f65a3e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_51f65a3e | |
City of No End / int_52388345 | type |
Elective Monarchy | |
City of No End / int_52388345 | comment |
Elective Monarchy: The office of Receiver. | |
City of No End / int_52388345 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_52388345 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_52388345 | |
City of No End / int_528e8166 | type |
High Priest | |
City of No End / int_528e8166 | comment |
High Priest: The office of High Partaker. | |
City of No End / int_528e8166 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_528e8166 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_528e8166 | |
City of No End / int_5313c266 | type |
Bookends | |
City of No End / int_5313c266 | comment |
Book Ends: The first and last chapters of book 1 are both titled "The Funeral," as both of them cover a funeral of a Norn. | |
City of No End / int_5313c266 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_5313c266 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_5313c266 | |
City of No End / int_537dd8fe | type |
Affably Evil | |
City of No End / int_537dd8fe | comment |
Affably Evil: Avram Djevak. | |
City of No End / int_537dd8fe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_537dd8fe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_537dd8fe | |
City of No End / int_539a54d | type |
Ending Memorial Service | |
City of No End / int_539a54d | comment |
Ending Memorial Service: For Kavin Norn at the end of Book 1. | |
City of No End / int_539a54d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_539a54d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_539a54d | |
City of No End / int_5530e11b | type |
Founder of the Kingdom | |
City of No End / int_5530e11b | comment |
Founder of the Kingdom: Jacob Crom. | |
City of No End / int_5530e11b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_5530e11b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_5530e11b | |
City of No End / int_553cbdc2 | type |
Eyeless Face | |
City of No End / int_553cbdc2 | comment |
Eyeless Face: Altun Greybourne, the Blind Knight, and Kifos the Sniffer. Both are Wellborn, mutants without eyes. | |
City of No End / int_553cbdc2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_553cbdc2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_553cbdc2 | |
City of No End / int_5541da8c | type |
Lotus-Eater Machine | |
City of No End / int_5541da8c | comment |
Lotus-Eater Machine: House M’kai owns the Coils of Pleasure, a seedy establishment that offers full-immersion hallucinations using ancient psionic technology. This is an example in which users are aware they are about to enter a fantasy world, but nevertheless, as with the original Homeric trope, the seductive power of the Coils often traps users, makes them addicted, or drives them mad. | |
City of No End / int_5541da8c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_5541da8c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_5541da8c | |
City of No End / int_56401e68 | type |
Teaser-Only Character | |
City of No End / int_56401e68 | comment |
Teaser-Only Character: The criminals in the Action Prologue. | |
City of No End / int_56401e68 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_56401e68 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_56401e68 | |
City of No End / int_566f3ddd | type |
Nature Spirit | |
City of No End / int_566f3ddd | comment |
Nature Spirit: Not nature, per se. But the City is so ancient that the people of the Depths have come to consider its pipe systems to be natural and inhabited by spirits that maintain the web of life, and so have druids and shamans to maintain this “natural� order. | |
City of No End / int_566f3ddd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_566f3ddd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_566f3ddd | |
City of No End / int_57b80b45 | type |
Fantastic Racism | |
City of No End / int_57b80b45 | comment |
Fantastic Racism | |
City of No End / int_57b80b45 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_57b80b45 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_57b80b45 | |
City of No End / int_57d43e40 | type |
Fantasy Counterpart Culture | |
City of No End / int_57d43e40 | comment |
Fantasy Counterpart Culture: Largely averted by the extremely distinct and unique cultures of CoNE. However, there are some clear influences and parallels. The Wastes are very Scottish, for example. | |
City of No End / int_57d43e40 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
City of No End / int_57d43e40 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_57d43e40 | |
City of No End / int_585da3f0 | type |
Ambiguous Robots | |
City of No End / int_585da3f0 | comment |
Ambiguous Robots: It’s unclear whether the King of the Depths is completely robotic or is organic somewhere beneath the machinery. | |
City of No End / int_585da3f0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_585da3f0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_585da3f0 | |
City of No End / int_5ac8f358 | type |
Hordes from the East | |
City of No End / int_5ac8f358 | comment |
Hordes from the East: The Wraiths in House Redmond’s backstory are a literal example. Zvarak’s horde, which features much more prominently in the books, is an aversion since it comes from the west. However, the Fantasy Counterpart Cultures of the Realm have a bit of an east-west inversion going on: the Wastes are a kind of Wild West populated by Violent Glaswegians, and Mold Marsh draws on Japan, Vietnam, and the Middle East; so this would make the Lowlands Horde fits squarely into the “Asia� of this world. Zvarak’s lieutenant Saloth is even named after Pol Pot’s real name. | |
City of No End / int_5ac8f358 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
City of No End / int_5ac8f358 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_5ac8f358 | |
City of No End / int_5c300c3b | type |
The Berserker | |
City of No End / int_5c300c3b | comment |
The Berserker: How Fraedrik fights. | |
City of No End / int_5c300c3b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_5c300c3b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_5c300c3b | |
City of No End / int_5c36f1df | type |
Future Primitive | |
City of No End / int_5c36f1df | comment |
Future Primitive: The mutant barbarians. | |
City of No End / int_5c36f1df | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_5c36f1df | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_5c36f1df | |
City of No End / int_5d3483cc | type |
Reading The Enemy's Mail | |
City of No End / int_5d3483cc | comment |
Reading The Enemy's Mail: Carston snoops on Quine’s contacts in HSR. | |
City of No End / int_5d3483cc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_5d3483cc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_5d3483cc | |
City of No End / int_5ff9310b | type |
Painful Transformation | |
City of No End / int_5ff9310b | comment |
Painful Transformation: The drug that Dreir uses in order to disguise as a mutant is quite agonizing and takes an hour to finish altering his appearance. | |
City of No End / int_5ff9310b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_5ff9310b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_5ff9310b | |
City of No End / int_607d4ada | type |
Run for the Border | |
City of No End / int_607d4ada | comment |
Run for the Border: Aldrich and Piyra escape the Realm and head down to the King’s lands. | |
City of No End / int_607d4ada | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_607d4ada | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_607d4ada | |
City of No End / int_6114a875 | type |
Lost Technology | |
City of No End / int_6114a875 | comment |
Lost Technology | |
City of No End / int_6114a875 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_6114a875 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_6114a875 | |
City of No End / int_612f2a40 | type |
Hates Their Parent | |
City of No End / int_612f2a40 | comment |
Hates Their Parent: Roman hates Odham. The feeling is mutual. | |
City of No End / int_612f2a40 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_612f2a40 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_612f2a40 | |
City of No End / int_6363937b | type |
Cyanide Pill | |
City of No End / int_6363937b | comment |
Cyanide Pill: Dane Perrick poisons himself upon capture. | |
City of No End / int_6363937b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_6363937b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_6363937b | |
City of No End / int_6501c092 | type |
Impartial Purpose-Driven Faction | |
City of No End / int_6501c092 | comment |
Impartial Purpose-Driven Faction: The Cult of the Receiver. Theoretically, the Men of Iron, but certain mysterious events may put that in question... | |
City of No End / int_6501c092 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_6501c092 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_6501c092 | |
City of No End / int_65163c3a | type |
Evil Tower of Ominousness | |
City of No End / int_65163c3a | comment |
Evil Tower of Ominousness: House Kendar lives in the skyscraper variant. | |
City of No End / int_65163c3a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_65163c3a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_65163c3a | |
City of No End / int_65bc92fc | type |
Four-Temperament Ensemble | |
City of No End / int_65bc92fc | comment |
Four-Temperament Ensemble: In House Kendar, Odham is the Choleric, Ywain is the Phlegmatic, Roman is the Melancholic, and Layna is the Sanguine. | |
City of No End / int_65bc92fc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_65bc92fc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_65bc92fc | |
City of No End / int_66181568 | type |
Outgrown Such Silly Superstitions | |
City of No End / int_66181568 | comment |
Outgrown Such Silly Superstitions: A core doctrine of orthodox Ascensionism, which is officially atheist, is that all prior religions were unscientific superstitions and that only the material realm exists. However, there’s a growing movement that entertains concepts of the supernatural and believes that Crom has become a god. | |
City of No End / int_66181568 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_66181568 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_66181568 | |
City of No End / int_66370e0d | type |
Domesticated Dinosaurs | |
City of No End / int_66370e0d | comment |
Domesticated Dinosaurs: The Tyrannics aren’t explicitly dinosaurs, since this setting is millions of years in the future instead of the past, but they’re basically raptors. Zvarak and House Edirne keep them as pets. | |
City of No End / int_66370e0d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_66370e0d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_66370e0d | |
City of No End / int_66dfe36a | type |
Missing Mom | |
City of No End / int_66dfe36a | comment |
Missing Mom: None of the main characters has a known surviving mother. | |
City of No End / int_66dfe36a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_66dfe36a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_66dfe36a | |
City of No End / int_67e82be2 | type |
Shoulder Cannon | |
City of No End / int_67e82be2 | comment |
Shoulder Cannon: Kavin Norn’s Rig Armor has one. | |
City of No End / int_67e82be2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_67e82be2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_67e82be2 | |
City of No End / int_680f950 | type |
Gilligan Cut | |
City of No End / int_680f950 | comment |
Gilligan Cut: From Chandler Pa being confident that a heretic ringleader will give up his secrets during interrogation to Setheus lamenting that the heretic killed himself before interrogation. | |
City of No End / int_680f950 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_680f950 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_680f950 | |
City of No End / int_687f9874 | type |
Prefers the Illusion | |
City of No End / int_687f9874 | comment |
Prefers the Illusion: Often happens to those who use the Coils of Pleasure. | |
City of No End / int_687f9874 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_687f9874 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_687f9874 | |
City of No End / int_68e9a98d | type |
A Villain Named "Z__rg" | |
City of No End / int_68e9a98d | comment |
A Villain Named "Z__rg": Zvarak the Conqueror. | |
City of No End / int_68e9a98d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_68e9a98d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_68e9a98d | |
City of No End / int_69dff6df | type |
Fantasy Counterpart Religion | |
City of No End / int_69dff6df | comment |
Fantasy Counterpart Religion: The Church of Ascension is based heavily on the Catholic Church in several ways. However, its philosophy derives much more from Gnosticism. | |
City of No End / int_69dff6df | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_69dff6df | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_69dff6df | |
City of No End / int_6c0e5342 | type |
No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine | |
City of No End / int_6c0e5342 | comment |
No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine: Avram Djevak does this to Carston Dreir. | |
City of No End / int_6c0e5342 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_6c0e5342 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_6c0e5342 | |
City of No End / int_6cd2fb82 | type |
Full-Conversion Cyborg | |
City of No End / int_6cd2fb82 | comment |
Full-Conversion Cyborg: The Men of Iron. | |
City of No End / int_6cd2fb82 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_6cd2fb82 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_6cd2fb82 | |
City of No End / int_6cdbfb36 | type |
People of Hair Color | |
City of No End / int_6cdbfb36 | comment |
People of Hair Color: There is broadly a caste distinction between the jet-black-haired nobles of the Depths and the platinum-blonde commoners. | |
City of No End / int_6cdbfb36 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_6cdbfb36 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_6cdbfb36 | |
City of No End / int_6d4a4c29 | type |
Unspecified Apocalypse | |
City of No End / int_6d4a4c29 | comment |
Unspecified Apocalypse: Dorith’s End, the Abyss, and the Wastes were created by some kind of cataclysmic explosion of unknown origin. | |
City of No End / int_6d4a4c29 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_6d4a4c29 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_6d4a4c29 | |
City of No End / int_6d8b4e42 | type |
Fantastic Flora | |
City of No End / int_6d8b4e42 | comment |
Fantastic Flora: The few plants that do exist in the city aren’t really anything an Earthling would recognize. | |
City of No End / int_6d8b4e42 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_6d8b4e42 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_6d8b4e42 | |
City of No End / int_6fd620fd | type |
Anti-Human Alliance | |
City of No End / int_6fd620fd | comment |
Anti-Human Alliance: The Lowlands Horde is a union of several diverse tribes of mutants who are organized against pureblood humans in revenge for centuries of Fantastic Racism. | |
City of No End / int_6fd620fd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_6fd620fd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_6fd620fd | |
City of No End / int_7179a462 | type |
World in the Sky | |
City of No End / int_7179a462 | comment |
World in the Sky: Dorith’s End is an odd variant – it’s connected overland to the rest of the City, but it is a small continental shard that juts out into thin air, and is presumably prevented from collapsing by whatever weirdness is going on with the artificial gravity in the area. | |
City of No End / int_7179a462 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_7179a462 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_7179a462 | |
City of No End / int_71bb775a | type |
Rebel Prince | |
City of No End / int_71bb775a | comment |
Rebel Prince: Roman Kendar. | |
City of No End / int_71bb775a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_71bb775a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_71bb775a | |
City of No End / int_7294b403 | type |
Altar Diplomacy | |
City of No End / int_7294b403 | comment |
Altar Diplomacy: A frequent trope given the Feudal Future setting. | |
City of No End / int_7294b403 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_7294b403 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_7294b403 | |
City of No End / int_74e9a5b1 | type |
Scavenger World | |
City of No End / int_74e9a5b1 | comment |
Scavenger World: What most of the City is. | |
City of No End / int_74e9a5b1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_74e9a5b1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_74e9a5b1 | |
City of No End / int_7568eb84 | type |
Human Subspecies | |
City of No End / int_7568eb84 | comment |
Human Subspecies: The various kinds of mutants qualify, although even pureblooded humans in the Depths or Dorith’s End have evolved certain environmental adaptations. In two of the epigraphs, Saint Augmentine explains why the mutant-pureblood distinction is a bit of an arbitrary social construct. | |
City of No End / int_7568eb84 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_7568eb84 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_7568eb84 | |
City of No End / int_7583ecbf | type |
Morality Kitchen Sink | |
City of No End / int_7583ecbf | comment |
Morality Kitchen Sink | |
City of No End / int_7583ecbf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_7583ecbf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_7583ecbf | |
City of No End / int_75b53c77 | type |
Arcology | |
City of No End / int_75b53c77 | comment |
Arcology: Hab Spire Rise. | |
City of No End / int_75b53c77 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_75b53c77 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_75b53c77 | |
City of No End / int_76c30df4 | type |
Will Not Tell a Lie | |
City of No End / int_76c30df4 | comment |
Will Not Tell a Lie: Avram insists that this is true of the Djevaki themselves, and that lying is for commoners. It’s unclear if he is telling the truth. | |
City of No End / int_76c30df4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_76c30df4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_76c30df4 | |
City of No End / int_77414bc2 | type |
Action Prologue | |
City of No End / int_77414bc2 | comment |
Action Prologue | |
City of No End / int_77414bc2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_77414bc2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_77414bc2 | |
City of No End / int_77494699 | type |
Iaijutsu Practitioner | |
City of No End / int_77494699 | comment |
Iaijutsu Practitioner: Djevak soldiers are trained in this skill, as demonstrated when one of them kills Tawad. | |
City of No End / int_77494699 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_77494699 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_77494699 | |
City of No End / int_77dd4ff0 | type |
Sliding Scale of Shiny Versus Gritty | |
City of No End / int_77dd4ff0 | comment |
Sliding Scale of Shiny Versus Gritty: Most of the City is on the Gritty side, being the collapsing ruins of a once-advanced civilization. | |
City of No End / int_77dd4ff0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_77dd4ff0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_77dd4ff0 | |
City of No End / int_79c34029 | type |
The Nose Knows | |
City of No End / int_79c34029 | comment |
The Nose Knows: Kifos, the “sniffer.� | |
City of No End / int_79c34029 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_79c34029 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_79c34029 | |
City of No End / int_7aeb0635 | type |
Arms Dealer | |
City of No End / int_7aeb0635 | comment |
Arms Dealer: House Arkentek. It’s not their only purview, but it’s one aspect of their role as a source of advanced technology for the Realm. | |
City of No End / int_7aeb0635 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_7aeb0635 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_7aeb0635 | |
City of No End / int_7b454a57 | type |
White Sheep | |
City of No End / int_7b454a57 | comment |
White Sheep: Roman Kendar. Aldrich is too for readers who see Ascensionism as better than Norn culture, though that dichotomy is more Gray-and-Grey. | |
City of No End / int_7b454a57 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_7b454a57 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_7b454a57 | |
City of No End / int_7c46c734 | type |
Common Tongue | |
City of No End / int_7c46c734 | comment |
Common Tongue: Civic. It’s even spoken beyond the Realm. | |
City of No End / int_7c46c734 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_7c46c734 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_7c46c734 | |
City of No End / int_803e3201 | type |
Satanic Archetype | |
City of No End / int_803e3201 | comment |
Satanic Archetype: Not immediately obvious, but the King of the Depths slowly becomes this trope as the plot develops. He rules a spooky underworld far below the known world, and characters keep making deals with him that go poorly. | |
City of No End / int_803e3201 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_803e3201 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_803e3201 | |
City of No End / int_80621707 | type |
Arranged Marriage | |
City of No End / int_80621707 | comment |
Arranged Marriage: As to be expected in a feudal culture, this happens in this world sometimes, such as when Setheus drops by at Smelted Keep to arrange a marriage for Sibyla. | |
City of No End / int_80621707 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_80621707 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_80621707 | |
City of No End / int_80b57bec | type |
Super-Soldier | |
City of No End / int_80b57bec | comment |
Super-Soldier: Men of Iron, and the Templars of the King. | |
City of No End / int_80b57bec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_80b57bec | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_80b57bec | |
City of No End / int_81c8dd41 | type |
Deus Est Machina | |
City of No End / int_81c8dd41 | comment |
Deus Est Machina: The King of the Depths. | |
City of No End / int_81c8dd41 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_81c8dd41 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_81c8dd41 | |
City of No End / int_83adb272 | type |
Crystal Dragon Jesus | |
City of No End / int_83adb272 | comment |
Crystal Dragon Jesus: Ascensionism is a weird example, mostly functioning as an atheistic, scientific-materialist mimicry of Catholicism. However, a major faction has turned to theism and worships Jacob Crom as a god. | |
City of No End / int_83adb272 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_83adb272 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_83adb272 | |
City of No End / int_854b029a | type |
Encyclopedia Exposita | |
City of No End / int_854b029a | comment |
Encyclopedia Exposita | |
City of No End / int_854b029a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_854b029a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_854b029a | |
City of No End / int_86968c96 | type |
Above Good and Evil | |
City of No End / int_86968c96 | comment |
Above Good and Evil: A subtle but integral part of Ascensionist philosophy, particularly emphasized by Setheus in his encyclical Niriseb Vaha. | |
City of No End / int_86968c96 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_86968c96 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_86968c96 | |
City of No End / int_8b568cb7 | type |
Posthumous Character | |
City of No End / int_8b568cb7 | comment |
Posthumous Character: Several. Jacob Crom, Janrad Norn, Alicia Norn, Farica Norn, Nikkail Raven, Olav Kendar, Adoelv Hanlish. | |
City of No End / int_8b568cb7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_8b568cb7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_8b568cb7 | |
City of No End / int_8b97cb5d | type |
Symbolic Mutilation | |
City of No End / int_8b97cb5d | comment |
Symbolic Mutilation: Ascensionism makes an entire ritual of this. Aldrich does it to his hand to swear fealty to the King. | |
City of No End / int_8b97cb5d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_8b97cb5d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_8b97cb5d | |
City of No End / int_8e0ceaf5 | type |
Finger in the Mail | |
City of No End / int_8e0ceaf5 | comment |
Finger in the Mail: Djevak informs Norn of Dreir’s capture by this method, with no further elaboration. Dreir himself is never mutilated, however, so perhaps the finger comes from Tawad’s corpse. | |
City of No End / int_8e0ceaf5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_8e0ceaf5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_8e0ceaf5 | |
City of No End / int_8e3f54c | type |
Spare to the Throne | |
City of No End / int_8e3f54c | comment |
Spare to the Throne: In short succession, Aldrich Norn is disinherited by Kavin, who soon after is killed in an ambush by the Kendars. Ulrich Norn is thus abruptly thrust onto the Seer’s Throne without much preparation. | |
City of No End / int_8e3f54c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_8e3f54c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_8e3f54c | |
City of No End / int_8f746311 | type |
Cargo Cult | |
City of No End / int_8f746311 | comment |
Cargo Cult: The religion of the Depths follows animistic traditions around maintaining the pipe systems. These superstitions do have the benefit of keeping the City alive. | |
City of No End / int_8f746311 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_8f746311 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_8f746311 | |
City of No End / int_93bd8608 | type |
Cuckold | |
City of No End / int_93bd8608 | comment |
Cuckold: Ywain. He’s aware that Layna is cheating on him, and is generally resigned to that fact, but still has the affair investigated for political reasons. | |
City of No End / int_93bd8608 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_93bd8608 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_93bd8608 | |
City of No End / int_93c04c8a | type |
Future Food Is Artificial | |
City of No End / int_93c04c8a | comment |
Future Food Is Artificial: In Dorith’s End, the most devout Ascensionists shed the fleshly act of eating in favor of nutrient injections. | |
City of No End / int_93c04c8a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_93c04c8a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_93c04c8a | |
City of No End / int_9400b3b5 | type |
Questionable Consent | |
City of No End / int_9400b3b5 | comment |
Questionable Consent: Roman’s encounter with the singer in the room prepared for him by House Norn. From his perspective, it looks as if Lord Norn straight-up ordered her to service him, but she seems unbothered and even enthusiastic about sleeping with him. Roman’s POV is the only one that observes the situation, so it is never clear whether it was arranged by order or invitation; though the power dynamic around Lord Norn makes it still dubious if the latter. | |
City of No End / int_9400b3b5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_9400b3b5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_9400b3b5 | |
City of No End / int_9446f847 | type |
Death or Glory Attack | |
City of No End / int_9446f847 | comment |
Death or Glory Attack: Sark Leviticus tries one in the climactic battle of Book 1, by motorcycle-jumping with a sword into Kavin Norn’s face as the latter pilots a Mini Mecha. He succeeds. | |
City of No End / int_9446f847 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_9446f847 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_9446f847 | |
City of No End / int_9620c3a1 | type |
God-Emperor | |
City of No End / int_9620c3a1 | comment |
God-Emperor: The King of the Depths. | |
City of No End / int_9620c3a1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_9620c3a1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_9620c3a1 | |
City of No End / int_96ecc67e | type |
Shotguns Are Just Better | |
City of No End / int_96ecc67e | comment |
Shotguns Are Just Better: The Wastelanders’ gun of choice. | |
City of No End / int_96ecc67e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_96ecc67e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_96ecc67e | |
City of No End / int_977ddbc | type |
The Upper Crass | |
City of No End / int_977ddbc | comment |
The Upper Crass: The Wastes nobles have shades of this, being rough adventurers recently promoted to nobility. | |
City of No End / int_977ddbc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_977ddbc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_977ddbc | |
City of No End / int_978a82e6 | type |
Big Bad Duumvirate | |
City of No End / int_978a82e6 | comment |
Big Bad Duumvirate: The plot of book 1 starts off with Lord Kendar and Lord Djevak teaming up to ramp up food prices to gain power over the Realm. It’s an uneasy alliance, however, and both houses try to subvert the other. | |
City of No End / int_978a82e6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_978a82e6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_978a82e6 | |
City of No End / int_9823f7c | type |
ProudWarriorRace | |
City of No End / int_9823f7c | comment |
Proud Warrior Race: Spiremen are the Proud Soldier Race subtype. They’re a militaristic society focused on maintaining their strength and protecting their comfortable region and their impressive food supply, but they aren’t into war for war’s sake. | |
City of No End / int_9823f7c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_9823f7c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_9823f7c | |
City of No End / int_98936e28 | type |
Haunted Technology | |
City of No End / int_98936e28 | comment |
Haunted Technology: Davion thinks his armor is this, as he can hear “ghosts� whisper from its electronics. | |
City of No End / int_98936e28 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_98936e28 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_98936e28 | |
City of No End / int_99e583e0 | type |
The Philosopher King | |
City of No End / int_99e583e0 | comment |
The Philosopher King: Setheus, ruler of Dorith’s End, is a compassionate and perceptive ruler who gives deep insights at length. | |
City of No End / int_99e583e0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_99e583e0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_99e583e0 | |
City of No End / int_9cb3e22e | type |
Interface Spoiler | |
City of No End / int_9cb3e22e | comment |
Interface Spoiler: It’s subtle enough that many readers won’t catch it, but during the final battle of Book 1, the POV for the Kendar brothers switches from Ywain to Odham just in time for the latter to witness and react to the former’s death. | |
City of No End / int_9cb3e22e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_9cb3e22e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_9cb3e22e | |
City of No End / int_9e83f027 | type |
Amazing Technicolor Population | |
City of No End / int_9e83f027 | comment |
Amazing Technicolor Population: The Enders are black, but with a greyish tint. Some of the mutants in Mold Marsh have green skin. | |
City of No End / int_9e83f027 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_9e83f027 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_9e83f027 | |
City of No End / int_a0434be6 | type |
Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette | |
City of No End / int_a0434be6 | comment |
Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: The signature look of House Norn and most other Depths nobles. | |
City of No End / int_a0434be6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_a0434be6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_a0434be6 | |
City of No End / int_a23b07cd | type |
Ordered Apology | |
City of No End / int_a23b07cd | comment |
Ordered Apology: Odham sends Roman to meet Setheus and apologize for going hunting in Dorith’s End. Setheus forces Celvyn to apologize to House Redwater for unspecified unwanted advances towards a Redwater girl. | |
City of No End / int_a23b07cd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_a23b07cd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_a23b07cd | |
City of No End / int_a448674 | type |
Gratuitous Latin | |
City of No End / int_a448674 | comment |
Gratuitous Latin: Briefly spoken, somewhat inexplicably, by Aldrich as he burns his hand to swear allegiance to the King. | |
City of No End / int_a448674 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_a448674 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_a448674 | |
City of No End / int_a59e28a9 | type |
Overpopulation Crisis | |
City of No End / int_a59e28a9 | comment |
Overpopulation Crisis: The Lowland Horde is migrating because it has outgrown its food supply. | |
City of No End / int_a59e28a9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_a59e28a9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_a59e28a9 | |
City of No End / int_a5dbfd85 | type |
Contraception Deception | |
City of No End / int_a5dbfd85 | comment |
Contraception Deception: A subplot of Book 1 is that Layna is secretly taking contraceptives, and Ywain and Maud want to put a stop to that so that Ywain can produce an alternate heir. | |
City of No End / int_a5dbfd85 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_a5dbfd85 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_a5dbfd85 | |
City of No End / int_a63f45d5 | type |
Cool Uncle | |
City of No End / int_a63f45d5 | comment |
Cool Uncle: Their relationship isn’t perfect, but Roman gets along much better with Ywain than with Odham. | |
City of No End / int_a63f45d5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_a63f45d5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_a63f45d5 | |
City of No End / int_a7defafd | type |
Code Name | |
City of No End / int_a7defafd | comment |
Code Name: Blue Root. | |
City of No End / int_a7defafd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_a7defafd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_a7defafd | |
City of No End / int_a863ef67 | type |
Cultured Warrior | |
City of No End / int_a863ef67 | comment |
Cultured Warrior: Asa Janus is both the Captain of the Tunnheld Guard and the author of an acclaimed prose rendition of the Narosek, the national epic of the Depths. | |
City of No End / int_a863ef67 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_a863ef67 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_a863ef67 | |
City of No End / int_a8c462db | type |
Super-Senses | |
City of No End / int_a8c462db | comment |
Super-Senses: The Wellborn are mutant humans from the Depths who have evolved these, in exchange for losing their eyesight. | |
City of No End / int_a8c462db | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_a8c462db | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_a8c462db | |
City of No End / int_a9c7258a | type |
Absent Aliens | |
City of No End / int_a9c7258a | comment |
Absent Aliens: The only known distinction among sapient lifeforms is between pureblooded humans and various kinds of mutant humans. | |
City of No End / int_a9c7258a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_a9c7258a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_a9c7258a | |
City of No End / int_a9ea3c3c | type |
Warrior Monk | |
City of No End / int_a9ea3c3c | comment |
Warrior Monk: Fraedrik Leibowitz and the Men of Iron. | |
City of No End / int_a9ea3c3c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_a9ea3c3c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_a9ea3c3c | |
City of No End / int_a9f2e259 | type |
Mole in Charge | |
City of No End / int_a9f2e259 | comment |
Mole in Charge: Sohlem Lebbik, AKA Blue Root. | |
City of No End / int_a9f2e259 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_a9f2e259 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_a9f2e259 | |
City of No End / int_aa8db5e2 | type |
Mega City | |
City of No End / int_aa8db5e2 | comment |
Mega City | |
City of No End / int_aa8db5e2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_aa8db5e2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_aa8db5e2 | |
City of No End / int_abc55125 | type |
Character Filibuster | |
City of No End / int_abc55125 | comment |
Character Filibuster: Setheus and Quine both tend to do this. Justified in that these characters are major religious leaders and thus have a natural tendency to being preachy. | |
City of No End / int_abc55125 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_abc55125 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_abc55125 | |
City of No End / int_aca2516b | type |
My Horse Is a Motorbike | |
City of No End / int_aca2516b | comment |
My Horse Is a Motorbike: Kendar lancers ride bikes. | |
City of No End / int_aca2516b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_aca2516b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_aca2516b | |
City of No End / int_ade69f7d | type |
Heavyworlder | |
City of No End / int_ade69f7d | comment |
Heavyworlder: Enders have generally evolved to become short and squat, to deal with the fluctuations in the gravity field. | |
City of No End / int_ade69f7d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_ade69f7d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_ade69f7d | |
City of No End / int_ae3a3b36 | type |
Take a Moment to Catch Your Death | |
City of No End / int_ae3a3b36 | comment |
Take a Moment to Catch Your Death: Near the end of Book 1, when Kavin Norn fires his barrage of spikes to destroy the boulder cover of the Kendar brothers, they are unharmed. Then Ywain stands up, and abruptly gets shot and killed. | |
City of No End / int_ae3a3b36 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_ae3a3b36 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_ae3a3b36 | |
City of No End / int_aec19d54 | type |
Hyperlink Story | |
City of No End / int_aec19d54 | comment |
Hyperlink Story: There are a lot of plotlines to deal with, given the complex worldbuilding, and many different protagonists who shift in and out of focus. However, the disparate plotlines constantly interact and affect each other over the course of the series. | |
City of No End / int_aec19d54 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_aec19d54 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_aec19d54 | |
City of No End / int_b00115aa | type |
Noble Fugitive | |
City of No End / int_b00115aa | comment |
Noble Fugitive: Aldrich becomes one in the latter half of the first book, while trying to protect Piyra. | |
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City of No End / int_b00115aa | |
City of No End / int_b1cde42d | type |
Cuckoosnarker | |
City of No End / int_b1cde42d | comment |
Cuckoo Snarker: Sammael Animus. | |
City of No End / int_b1cde42d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_b1cde42d | |
City of No End / int_b31c84f9 | type |
Evil Is Not Well-Lit | |
City of No End / int_b31c84f9 | comment |
Evil Is Not Well-Lit: The throne room of the King of the Depths is described as quite dark, lit only by a few braziers of blue flame, with most of the place shrouded in shadows. Averted, however, with House Kendar, who conduct their business under bright electric lamps as befits their Light Is Not Good theme. | |
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-1.0 | |
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City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_b31c84f9 | |
City of No End / int_b35b6eda | type |
Secondary Color Nemesis | |
City of No End / int_b35b6eda | comment |
Secondary Color Nemesis: When the Djevak brothers first appear, they are wearing deep purple robes with dull green scarves around their heads. | |
City of No End / int_b35b6eda | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_b35b6eda | |
City of No End / int_b5d8da73 | type |
Freaky Funeral Forms | |
City of No End / int_b5d8da73 | comment |
Freaky Funeral Forms: Spiremen bury the dead in their greenhouses to feed their plants. Pale Ones send corpses into the pipes to be recycled into food, and ritually drown criminals to send as heralds for deceased nobles. Enders throw corpses into the Abyss as a final casting away of sinful flesh. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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City of No End / int_b5d8da73 | |
City of No End / int_b6e75430 | type |
Bald of Authority | |
City of No End / int_b6e75430 | comment |
Bald of Authority: Setheus and Pa. | |
City of No End / int_b6e75430 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_b6e75430 | |
City of No End / int_b7309056 | type |
Artificial Limbs Are Stronger | |
City of No End / int_b7309056 | comment |
Artificial Limbs Are Stronger: Reconstructed. The Men of Iron are only immensely strong because most of their flesh has been replaced with augments. | |
City of No End / int_b7309056 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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City of No End / int_b7309056 | |
City of No End / int_b7c53a22 | type |
Blood Knight | |
City of No End / int_b7c53a22 | comment |
Blood Knight: Sark Leviticus. Fraedrik does not count, despite his enthusiasm in combat; he fights fanatically in any battle he believes is righteous but loathes the idea of fighting for any secular reason. | |
City of No End / int_b7c53a22 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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City of No End / int_b7c53a22 | |
City of No End / int_b8dbe475 | type |
Blood from the Mouth | |
City of No End / int_b8dbe475 | comment |
Blood from the Mouth: Part of how Ywain dies at the end of Book 1. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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City of No End / int_b8dbe475 | |
City of No End / int_b9d334b2 | type |
Aerith and Bob | |
City of No End / int_b9d334b2 | comment |
Aerith and Bob | |
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1.0 | |
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City of No End / int_b9d334b2 | |
City of No End / int_bba5445 | type |
Ammunition Conservation | |
City of No End / int_bba5445 | comment |
Ammunition Conservation: Guns in general are considered rare and high-tech in this world, so they are used only when necessary. | |
City of No End / int_bba5445 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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City of No End / int_bba5445 | |
City of No End / int_bd2812b5 | type |
Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence | |
City of No End / int_bd2812b5 | comment |
Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: The goal of Ascensionism, especially the Augmentinian school of thought. | |
City of No End / int_bd2812b5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_bd2812b5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_bd2812b5 | |
City of No End / int_be009544 | type |
Holy City | |
City of No End / int_be009544 | comment |
Holy City: Dorith’s End, particularly Dredmor, functions as such for Ascensionism. | |
City of No End / int_be009544 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_be009544 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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City of No End / int_be009544 | |
City of No End / int_bf42f9f9 | type |
Lady-In-Waiting | |
City of No End / int_bf42f9f9 | comment |
Lady-In-Waiting: Beatrix Maison. | |
City of No End / int_bf42f9f9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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City of No End / int_bf42f9f9 | |
City of No End / int_c5474384 | type |
Vow of Celibacy | |
City of No End / int_c5474384 | comment |
Vow of Celibacy: Standard for Ascensionist clergy. | |
City of No End / int_c5474384 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_c5474384 | |
City of No End / int_c65ba3a0 | type |
Chastity Dagger | |
City of No End / int_c65ba3a0 | comment |
Chastity Dagger: Beatrix Maison pulls one out when startled. | |
City of No End / int_c65ba3a0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_c65ba3a0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_c65ba3a0 | |
City of No End / int_c72af5a8 | type |
Mini-Mecha | |
City of No End / int_c72af5a8 | comment |
Mini-Mecha: The Rig Armor used by House Norn and their soldiers. | |
City of No End / int_c72af5a8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_c72af5a8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_c72af5a8 | |
City of No End / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
City of No End / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: House Leibowitz's name is an obvious reference to A Canticle for Leibowitz. It's an extremely fitting name, given their whole ethos of using organized religious tradition to preserve scientific knowledge after a cataclysmic collapse of civilization. | |
City of No End / int_c75df49a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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City of No End / int_c75df49a | |
City of No End / int_c7f294da | type |
Large and in Charge | |
City of No End / int_c7f294da | comment |
Large and in Charge: Zvarak the Conqueror and the King of the Depths are colossal leaders of factions outside the Realm. | |
City of No End / int_c7f294da | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_c7f294da | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_c7f294da | |
City of No End / int_c82e751f | type |
Unspoken Plan Guarantee | |
City of No End / int_c82e751f | comment |
Unspoken Plan Guarantee: Zig-zagged with Odham’s plan to kill Kavin. The ambush works, but Kavin manages to kill Ywain just before he dies. | |
City of No End / int_c82e751f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_c82e751f | |
City of No End / int_caa05cf | type |
Breach of Promise of Marriage | |
City of No End / int_caa05cf | comment |
Breach of Promise of Marriage: In the backstory, this was the catalyst that started the Wedding War. Kendar and Norn were going to resolve their rivalry through a dynastic union between Ywain and Alicia, whose legitimately affectionate romance could have finally ended a centuries-long blood feud. Then Kavin overrode his sister’s engagement, sparking the war. | |
City of No End / int_caa05cf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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City of No End / int_caa05cf | |
City of No End / int_ccc0d531 | type |
Settling the Frontier | |
City of No End / int_ccc0d531 | comment |
Settling the Frontier: The job of House Redmond and their vassals. The Wastes are a recent addition to the Realm. | |
City of No End / int_ccc0d531 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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City of No End / int_ccc0d531 | |
City of No End / int_d229ed6 | type |
Hobbling the Giant | |
City of No End / int_d229ed6 | comment |
Hobbling the Giant: How the Mini-Mecha warrior Nikkail Raven was defeated in the backstory of the Wedding War. | |
City of No End / int_d229ed6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_d229ed6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_d229ed6 | |
City of No End / int_d4937788 | type |
Days of Future Past | |
City of No End / int_d4937788 | comment |
Days of Future Past | |
City of No End / int_d4937788 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_d4937788 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_d4937788 | |
City of No End / int_d4d8d831 | type |
Feuding Families | |
City of No End / int_d4d8d831 | comment |
Feuding Families: House Norn and House Kendar have been rivals for centuries. | |
City of No End / int_d4d8d831 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_d4d8d831 | featureConfidence |
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City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_d4d8d831 | |
City of No End / int_d50f42d | type |
Skyscraper City | |
City of No End / int_d50f42d | comment |
Skyscraper City: The Low Halls, but especially the Spires and Fibre Tower, which stretch higher than the eye can see. The rest of the City was once like this, but several regions have been leveled by various catastrophes. | |
City of No End / int_d50f42d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_d50f42d | |
City of No End / int_d63f8a53 | type |
The Alternet | |
City of No End / int_d63f8a53 | comment |
The Alternet: House Arkentek has been developing a prototype internet called the Datalink, which so far is a simple videocall system. Its spread throughout the Realm is a major subplot of the series. | |
City of No End / int_d63f8a53 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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City of No End / int_d63f8a53 | |
City of No End / int_d72b5003 | type |
Technicolor Fire | |
City of No End / int_d72b5003 | comment |
Technicolor Fire: Torches in the Depths glow green. | |
City of No End / int_d72b5003 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_d72b5003 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_d72b5003 | |
City of No End / int_d854461 | type |
Chemical Messiah | |
City of No End / int_d854461 | comment |
Chemical Messiah: The Sacrament. | |
City of No End / int_d854461 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_d854461 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_d854461 | |
City of No End / int_db38d6ca | type |
Torture Technician | |
City of No End / int_db38d6ca | comment |
Torture Technician: Esmour Heron. | |
City of No End / int_db38d6ca | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_db38d6ca | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_db38d6ca | |
City of No End / int_dc167d72 | type |
Knowledge Broker | |
City of No End / int_dc167d72 | comment |
Knowledge Broker: How House Djevak wields its influence. Bit of an interesting example in that they never trade knowledge directly, they just leak it strategically to harm rivals. | |
City of No End / int_dc167d72 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_dc167d72 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_dc167d72 | |
City of No End / int_dc292b90 | type |
Ear Ache | |
City of No End / int_dc292b90 | comment |
Ear Ache: Sark Leviticus loses an ear in the final battle of book 1. | |
City of No End / int_dc292b90 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_dc292b90 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_dc292b90 | |
City of No End / int_dcb07050 | type |
Significant White Hair, Dark Skin | |
City of No End / int_dcb07050 | comment |
Significant White Hair, Dark Skin: The standard look for Spiremen — because of their continual exposure to the lighting systems of HSR, they have tanned-bronze skin and bleach-blonde hair. | |
City of No End / int_dcb07050 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_dcb07050 | |
City of No End / int_dd963bd3 | type |
Our Giants Are Bigger | |
City of No End / int_dd963bd3 | comment |
Our Giants Are Bigger: Giants are a mutant subtype of human in this world. | |
City of No End / int_dd963bd3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_dd963bd3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_dd963bd3 | |
City of No End / int_de9047ac | type |
Gambit Pileup | |
City of No End / int_de9047ac | comment |
Gambit Pileup: There are a lot of characters with a lot of schemes and hidden agendas, and the plot consists of their interplay. | |
City of No End / int_de9047ac | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_de9047ac | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_de9047ac | |
City of No End / int_de98d218 | type |
Poke in the Third Eye | |
City of No End / int_de98d218 | comment |
Poke in the Third Eye: While Yene and Tavanna are using the Scrying Pool to track Aldrich and Piyra, the King of the Depths abruptly appears and shuts off the vision. | |
City of No End / int_de98d218 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_de98d218 | |
City of No End / int_e1fa8421 | type |
Dead Person Conversation | |
City of No End / int_e1fa8421 | comment |
Dead Person Conversation: The Norns use an arcane device to question the corpse of Roman Kendar on who killed him. It appears to function by accessing the corpse’s memories instead of actually bringing the person back. | |
City of No End / int_e1fa8421 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_e1fa8421 | |
City of No End / int_e3109dae | type |
Switching P.O.V. | |
City of No End / int_e3109dae | comment |
Switching P.O.V. | |
City of No End / int_e3109dae | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_e3109dae | |
City of No End / int_e543a655 | type |
Light Is Not Good | |
City of No End / int_e543a655 | comment |
Light Is Not Good: The Kendars are themed around light – their motto is “Light is Life,� their nickname is the Lords of Light, they maintain the electric lights that make the Spires the best-lit part of the City, and their symbol is a mythological heavenly being called the Sun. However, they are aggressive and power-hungry, and Odham is the main villain of the first book. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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City of No End / int_e543a655 | |
City of No End / int_e5507f60 | type |
Truce Zone | |
City of No End / int_e5507f60 | comment |
Truce Zone: The Low Halls, in theory, are supposed to be one between the Great Houses. In practice… not so much. The Hall of the Receiver is a more straightforward example that is rigidly enforced by the Cult. | |
City of No End / int_e5507f60 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_e5507f60 | |
City of No End / int_e56882bf | type |
Bald Black Leader Guy | |
City of No End / int_e56882bf | comment |
Bald Black Leader Guy: Setheus. Also his Castellan, Chandler Pa. | |
City of No End / int_e56882bf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_e56882bf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_e56882bf | |
City of No End / int_e7db27c7 | type |
Sympathetic P.O.V. | |
City of No End / int_e7db27c7 | comment |
Sympathetic P.O.V.: As a general rule, if a character gets a POV the narration will usually make them seem sympathetic for that scene. And the POV bounces around a lot, with the more villainous characters not usually getting as much focus. | |
City of No End / int_e7db27c7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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City of No End / int_e7db27c7 | |
City of No End / int_e8e56799 | type |
Blue-and-Orange Morality | |
City of No End / int_e8e56799 | comment |
Blue-and-Orange Morality: Ascensionist morality tries to maximize the number of minds that can be saved from entropy and uploaded into the Cloud. So in that regard, it’s a fairly straightforward form of utilitarianism that tries to minimize death. Where it becomes truly blue-and-orange is its philosophy of facilitating this transfer by encouraging detachment from the material realm and by manipulating society to help guide humanity towards Ascension. | |
City of No End / int_e8e56799 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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City of No End / int_e8e56799 | |
City of No End / int_e905c892 | type |
The Heretic | |
City of No End / int_e905c892 | comment |
The Heretic: There’s a small cell of heretics who are up to mysterious business in Dorith’s End. | |
City of No End / int_e905c892 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_e905c892 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_e905c892 | |
City of No End / int_eabb8130 | type |
Swamps Are Evil | |
City of No End / int_eabb8130 | comment |
Swamps Are Evil: Mold Marsh. | |
City of No End / int_eabb8130 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_eabb8130 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_eabb8130 | |
City of No End / int_ec212e4d | type |
Ensemble Cast | |
City of No End / int_ec212e4d | comment |
Ensemble Cast: The characters who get at least one POV scene in Book 1 are Welund, Ywain, Piyra, Aldrich, Quine, Beatrix, Roman, Yene, Setheus, Carston, Davion, Avitus, Lebbik, Saloth, Pa, Janus, Kavin, Leviticus, Odham, Maud, and Dakku. And there are plenty more characters, some of which are equally or even more important than those who get POVs. | |
City of No End / int_ec212e4d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_ec212e4d | |
City of No End / int_eddfe7e5 | type |
Underground City | |
City of No End / int_eddfe7e5 | comment |
Underground City: The Depths is the underground region of the City. The Kingdom is even deeper. | |
City of No End / int_eddfe7e5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_eddfe7e5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_eddfe7e5 | |
City of No End / int_ee302ebd | type |
Barbarian Tribe | |
City of No End / int_ee302ebd | comment |
Barbarian Tribe: The Lowlands Horde. | |
City of No End / int_ee302ebd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_ee302ebd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_ee302ebd | |
City of No End / int_ee7a60e9 | type |
One-Steve Limit | |
City of No End / int_ee7a60e9 | comment |
One-Steve Limit: Averted multiple times: Celvyn Leibowitz and Celvyn M’kai; Harrad Quine and Harrad Royl; Gawen Seerward and the petty criminal named Gawen in the Action Prologue. | |
City of No End / int_ee7a60e9 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_ee7a60e9 | |
City of No End / int_ef603c5 | type |
Emperor Scientist | |
City of No End / int_ef603c5 | comment |
Emperor Scientist: Pontius Arkentek, and nearly all past Lords of House Arkentek. | |
City of No End / int_ef603c5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_ef603c5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_ef603c5 | |
City of No End / int_f47bdd2a | type |
Violent Glaswegian | |
City of No End / int_f47bdd2a | comment |
Violent Glaswegian: Wastelander culture is basically just this trope. | |
City of No End / int_f47bdd2a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
City of No End / int_f47bdd2a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
City of No End | hasFeature |
City of No End / int_f47bdd2a | |
City of No End / int_f4d61c26 | type |
Creepy Uncle | |
City of No End / int_f4d61c26 | comment |
Creepy Uncle: Celvyn has made advances on Sibyla in the past, to the point of her becoming automatically uncomfortable at the mention of his name. | |
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1.0 | |
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City of No End / int_f6a0872 | type |
Mage Tower | |
City of No End / int_f6a0872 | comment |
Mage Tower: A sci-fi example, in which the Sorcerers, who practice Sufficiently Advanced Technology, live in Fibre Tower. | |
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City of No End / int_f76842b1 | type |
The Fundamentalist | |
City of No End / int_f76842b1 | comment |
The Fundamentalist: Fraedrik. | |
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City of No End / int_f8fc99d3 | type |
Scienceville | |
City of No End / int_f8fc99d3 | comment |
Scienceville: Fibre Tower. | |
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City of No End / int_fc52510 | type |
Brain Uploading | |
City of No End / int_fc52510 | comment |
Brain Uploading: What the religion of Ascensionism is built around. It’s unclear if this actually works or if it’s a sham. | |
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City of No End / int_fd1f1963 | type |
Young Conqueror | |
City of No End / int_fd1f1963 | comment |
Young Conqueror: Zvarak. | |
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City of No End / int_fe1c3451 | type |
Prophet Eyes | |
City of No End / int_fe1c3451 | comment |
Prophet Eyes: Non-supernatural example. Harrad Quine, having some minor mutant ancestry, has nictitating membranes in his eyes, giving this look when they cover the sclerae. | |
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City of No End / int_fea42091 | type |
Badass Preacher | |
City of No End / int_fea42091 | comment |
Badass Preacher: Fraedrik counts because most of the Ascensionist clergy stays out of direct conflict, despite their Church Militant tendencies. (The Men of Iron are its military wing.) | |
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City of No End / int_fea715c1 | type |
Feudal Future | |
City of No End / int_fea715c1 | comment |
Feudal Future | |
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City of No End / int_ff055287 | type |
Star Scraper | |
City of No End / int_ff055287 | comment |
Star Scraper: Fibre Tower and Hab Spire Rise. | |
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