...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!

Doctrine of Labyrinths

1680 statements
333 feature instances
100 referencing feature instances

Doctrine of Labyrinths	type	TVTItem
Doctrine of Labyrinths	label	Doctrine of Labyrinths
Doctrine of Labyrinths	page	DoctrineOfLabyrinths
Doctrine of Labyrinths	comment	The Doctrine of Labyrinths is a series of four fantasy novels, Mélusine, The Virtu, The Mirador, and Corambis and an additional side story, A Gift of Wings, by Sarah Monette featuring the incredibly dysfunctional Lord Felix Harrowgate, a powerful wizard who nearly managed to put his baseborn past and unsavory history behind him, and his equally-dysfunctional younger brother Mildmay, whose personality is just as fractured and whose past is just as dismal.Felix is a vain, self-centered ass, and Mildmay attempts to protect him and keep him out of trouble, with varying levels of success. Combine their wildly different personalities, more minor characters than you can shake a stick at, an assload of labyrinths, and even more trauma, abuse, magic, murder, and emotional regression to keep things interesting, and you've got The Doctrine of Labyrinths.Among other things, the series should be noted for its extremely realistic portrayals of post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disordernote Which, Word of God, Felix has, but lives in a world where diagnosis and treatment do not exist, clinical depression and the personality and behavioral consequences of childhood abuse; the characters never really get over what has happened to them, so much as...work through it to pass for halfway-normal, and slowly, eventually, heal.Set in a fantasy version of what roughly correlates to the Industrial Revolution-Era Francenote though in later books they hit a vaguely Victorian country complete with Steampunk magic, the series goes out of its way to subvert, avert, and deconstruct as many tropes as it possibly can, especially the Standard Fantasy Setting.
Doctrine of Labyrinths	fetched	2023-10-29T06:16:18Z
Doctrine of Labyrinths	parsed	2023-10-29T06:16:18Z
Doctrine of Labyrinths	processingComment	Dropped link to AFateWorseThanDeath: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN
Doctrine of Labyrinths	processingComment	Dropped link to ArtisticLicenseEngineering: Not a Feature - ITEM
Doctrine of Labyrinths	processingComment	Dropped link to ChaseScene: Not a Feature - IGNORE
Doctrine of Labyrinths	processingComment	Dropped link to GenreBusting: Not a Feature - IGNORE
Doctrine of Labyrinths	processingComment	Dropped link to HitmanWithAHeart: Not a Feature - ITEM
Doctrine of Labyrinths	processingComment	Dropped link to TheProphecy: Not a Feature - ITEM
Doctrine of Labyrinths	processingUnknown	AFateWorseThanDeath
Doctrine of Labyrinths	isPartOf	DBTropes
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1171ed72	type	Sexy Shirt Switch
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1171ed72	comment	Sexy Shirt Switch: Felix wears Isaac's nightshirt when Mehitabel surprises them during an intimate moment.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1171ed72	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1171ed72	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1171ed72
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_117b3429	type	A Taste of the Lash
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_117b3429	comment	A Taste of the Lash: Felix has permanent scars as a result of being whipped as a child; he also gets off on flogging sexual partners to the point of bleeding. Mildmay is covered in whip-weals when Malkar Sends an image of him as a captive to Felix.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_117b3429	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_117b3429	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_117b3429
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1186fcb5	type	Supernatural Gold Eyes
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1186fcb5	comment	Supernatural Gold Eyes: People in Mélusine associate Felix with the legendary Sunlings because of his red hair and yellow left eye. And, guess what: Wizard. Freakishly powerful wizard.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1186fcb5	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1186fcb5	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1186fcb5
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1226f314	type	Dream Walker
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1226f314	comment	Dream Walker: Many magicians are capable of this. Its forms can range from a benign sort of long-distance communication to outright Mind Rape; the latter is known as a "sending," and Gideon regards it as a particularly heinous act.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1226f314	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1226f314	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1226f314
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_12dd1d4c	type	Rape as Drama
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_12dd1d4c	comment	Rape as Drama: There is at least one rape or implied rape every book.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_12dd1d4c	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_12dd1d4c	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_12dd1d4c
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1439161f	type	Heroic BSoD
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1439161f	comment	Heroic BSoD: Felix when Malkar rapes him and uses his magic to break the Virtu, and again throughout the course of Mélusine as he bobs in and out of insanity, then again in The Mirador when Gideon is killed. Mildmay suffers one in The Virtu when Malkar tortures him, and then again in The Mirador as he remembers all, exactly, what was done to him. And Kay's arc in Corambis is basically one BSOD.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1439161f	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1439161f	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1439161f
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_154aa477	type	Big, Screwed-Up Family
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_154aa477	comment	Big, Screwed-Up Family: Mehitabel's descriptions would say she comes from one, as among other things she's apparently related to half the actors in Kekropia and she wants to avoid all of them.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_154aa477	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_154aa477	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_154aa477
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_15a4103a	type	Jerk Justifications
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_15a4103a	comment	Jerk Justifications: Of the third type. To quote Felix, talking to Mildmay about why he isn't able to treat Mildmay any better:
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_15a4103a	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_15a4103a	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_15a4103a
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_169d22e6	type	Villain Team-Up
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_169d22e6	comment	Villain Team-Up: Vey Coruscant and Malkar Gennadion in The Virtu. We also find out in The Mirador that Vey had been working with Kolkhis for years.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_169d22e6	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_169d22e6	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_169d22e6
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_17501df2	type	Cool Old Guy
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_17501df2	comment	Cool Old Guy: Iosephinus Pompey. Felix thinks he'd quit caring about heresy, enabling him to teach Felix a modicum of control over his mind and powers.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_17501df2	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_17501df2	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_17501df2
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_17cd36a1	type	Shattered Sanity
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_17cd36a1	comment	Shattered Sanity: Felix's mind is shattered in the first book alongside the virtu during his rape by Malkar.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_17cd36a1	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_17cd36a1	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_17cd36a1
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_17e47466	type	Emotionally Tongue-Tied
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_17e47466	comment	Emotionally Tongue-Tied: Due to a combination of past trauma and a truly burdensome ego, Felix struggles to say anything that renders him emotionally vulnerable - admitting weakness, asking for help, showing he cares about someone, and especially apologizing are excruciatingly difficult for him.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_17e47466	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_17e47466	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_17e47466
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_18687317	type	Fluorescent Footprints
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_18687317	comment	Fluorescent Footprints: Cyriack casts a spell that enables magicians and aethereals to follow a person's glowing pink footprints (Corambis).
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_18687317	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_18687317	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_18687317
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1869b4b1	type	Unreliable Narrator
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1869b4b1	comment	Unreliable Narrator: Mildmay and Felix both tell the truth as they see it, but that doesn't mean their truths are the same. This phenomenon is actually lampshaded in Corambis. For example, in the first book, Mildmay doesn't comment on what he thinks about their other travelling companions' disappearance/possible death at all. He doesn't like talking about situations of loss and mourning, as can also be seen with Ginevra. However, this comes up most notably with Shannon: note how Shannon is a terrible prick in Felix and Mildmay's narration... but a self-aware, kind, and remorseful guy in Mehitabel's. In Corambis, Felix claims that "every man who had ever touched me" trained him for a degrading sexual situation. But there's plenty of evidence that he had enthusiastic, enjoyable sex with Shannon, Gideon, and a lot of other random people throughout his adult life. He also claims to have lost his virginity at auction when he was eleven, and doesn't appear to consciously be lying, but internal narrative in The Virtu claims that he was even younger (depending on how you define virginity). The age at which Felix arrived at the Mirador changes from 17 to 16, depending on which book you're reading. This may have to do with the fact that he invented his birthday and is changing his estimate, or it may be a continuity error (Shannon's age, which should be known by everyone in Marathat, doesn't match up in the accounts of Felix, Stephen, Mildmay, Augusta Fenris, and the author, who admits her grasp of the characters' ages is a little sketchy.)
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1869b4b1	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1869b4b1	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1869b4b1
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_18d15922	type	Title Drop
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop: The title of the series is the (translated) title of a book in the books.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_18d15922	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_18d15922	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_18d15922
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1997076f	type	Melting-Pot Nomenclature
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1997076f	comment	Melting-Pot Nomenclature: Marathine nomenclature includes English, French, Italian, and Latin.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1997076f	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1997076f	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1997076f
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1b901025	type	The Fagin
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1b901025	comment	The Fagin: Margot is the more sympathetic type; most thief-keepers, including Kolkhis and the unnamed one who raised Felix, are considerably nastier.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1b901025	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1b901025	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1b901025
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1c3423d6	type	The Quest
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1c3423d6	comment	The Quest: Mainly averted in Mélusine, as the major goals are to survive and stay or become sane; in The Virtu, repairing, well, The Virtu; in The Mirador, overcoming a coup to overthrow Lord Stephen; in Corambis, stopping the machine under Summerdown. While most of the books feature a quest that would be the ultimate plot in typical fantasy, the series is somewhat unusual in its degree of focus on the characters outside of just questing.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1c3423d6	featureApplicability	-1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1c3423d6	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1c3423d6
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1c662a5d	type	LongLostSibling
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1c662a5d	comment	Long Lost Sibling: Invoked when Mildmay and Felix meet and realize that they share the same mother.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1c662a5d	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1c662a5d	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1c662a5d
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1c96f945	type	Wrong-Name Outburst
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1c96f945	comment	Wrong-Name Outburst: Mildmay calls Mehitabel "Ginevra" during sex on more than one occasion without even realizing. She takes it in her stride as their relationship is relatively casual, but when she finally tells him what he's been doing he feels pretty awful about it.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1c96f945	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1c96f945	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1c96f945
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1d3d3c32	type	Welcome to the Big City
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1d3d3c32	comment	Welcome to the Big City: Ginevra is really, really clueless about how to survive in Mélusine. Averted with Mehitabel, who's equally in awe of the cultural amenities, but has no problem handling the locals.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1d3d3c32	featureApplicability	-1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1d3d3c32	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1d3d3c32
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1d47dc06	type	Alternative Calendar
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1d47dc06	comment	Alternative Calendar: Multiple variants of these make them a little hard to keep track of. Realistically, the characters have the same problem in-universe.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1d47dc06	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1d47dc06	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1d47dc06
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1da5941e	type	The Quiet One
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1da5941e	comment	The Quiet One: Mildmay. In fact, whenever he says more than around two sentences in a row, there's a 50-50 chance that the character he's speaking to is going to make a (usually snide) comment about his sudden loquaciousness.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1da5941e	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1da5941e	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1da5941e
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1dfbbf31	type	Heterosexual Life-Partners
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1dfbbf31	comment	Heterosexual Life-Partners: Side characters Simon and Rinaldo. Not quite, as Simon is stated to be bisexual (or "janus" in Mélusinien slang).
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1dfbbf31	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1dfbbf31	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1dfbbf31
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1e2af48	type	Trapped in Villainy
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1e2af48	comment	Trapped in Villainy: Pretty much anybody who's ever worked for the Bastion. As Mehitabel says, "Once you give your soul to the Bastion, you never get it back."
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1e2af48	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1e2af48	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1e2af48
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1f75bca8	type	Wizard Duel
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1f75bca8	comment	Wizard Duel: Vey Coruscant tries to blackmail Felix into one in The Virtu.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1f75bca8	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1f75bca8	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1f75bca8
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1fc8335e	type	Deal with the Devil
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1fc8335e	comment	Deal with the Devil: When a wizard summons a fantôme, the spirit offers the wizard incredible powers in exchange for basically getting to eat the wizard's soul sooner or later. Felix accepts a fantôme at the end of Corambis before tricking it into becoming the final offering to the engine below Summerdown.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1fc8335e	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1fc8335e	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_1fc8335e
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_23781532	type	Ironic Name
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_23781532	comment	Ironic Name: "Felix" means happy. He isn't. Mildmay's full name, Mild-may-your-suffering-be-at-the-hands-of-the-wicked. Mildmay arguably suffers more at the hands of the wicked, including his own brother, than any other character. Lampshaded by Mildmay himself who can't figure out if it was a prayer for his own or other people's protection, but either way he doesn't think it worked.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_23781532	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_23781532	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_23781532
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_251bbe0e	type	Genre Blindness
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_251bbe0e	comment	Genre Blindness: Suffered by most of the authority figures. Except for Felix, the entire government is genre-blind, most dangerously with regard to the fantôme in the tower at Hermione. Even when they find out that the Mirador was built on a necromantic foundation, and even though Stephen knows that crypts of the Mirador are full of ghouls, the Cabalines continue to regard even acknowledging the existence of ghosts as heresy. Likewise, Ivo Polydorius who has been in league with a blood-wizard for at least fourteen years can't believe that Vincent actually sees ghosts and considers him insane. For some reason, the Caloxan brass actually thinks the ritual (involving blood and a mysterious, ages-old machine of destruction) that takes place in the beginning of Corambis is a good idea.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_251bbe0e	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_251bbe0e	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_251bbe0e
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_270c1778	type	Blood Magic
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_270c1778	comment	Played straight in Mélusine. Meeting a blood witch in a graveyard? Surrounded by millenia-year-old tormented ghosts? You're about to get drenched.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_270c1778	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_270c1778	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_270c1778
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2727c89a	type	Pride Before a Fall
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2727c89a	comment	Pride Before a Fall: The very first chapter of Mélusine sees Felix, supposedly the gentleman son of an exiled noblewoman, revealed as a lowborn ex-prostitute. Overlaps with Break the Haughty, since Felix's [1] long string of misfortunes continues throughout all four books.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2727c89a	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2727c89a	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2727c89a
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_27af99f1	type	Raised by Grandparents
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_27af99f1	comment	Raised by Grandparents: Corbie was raised by her grandmother, who is implied to have died at some point before she meets Felix and Mildmay. Her parents remain shrouded in mystery as she never gives any information about her mother, and all she knows about her father is that he was probably a Ygressine sailor because she looks almost exactly like the Ygressine people about town.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_27af99f1	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_27af99f1	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_27af99f1
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_28cd01ca	type	Disappeared Dad
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_28cd01ca	comment	Disappeared Dad: Neither of the brothers knows who their father was. Felix's could be anyone in the Gardens of Nephele and Mildmay's could be... well, anyone in Mélusine. Probably with green eyes.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_28cd01ca	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_28cd01ca	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_28cd01ca
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_28e90e30	type	More than Mind Control
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_28e90e30	comment	More than Mind Control: Worked on Felix by the Big Bad Malkar and on Mildmay by Kolkhis, they spend most of the series trying to escape it and rebuild themselves, even after the people who'd been controlling them weren't a regular fixture in their lives (outside of their own constant thoughts, memories and nightmares).
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_28e90e30	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_28e90e30	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_28e90e30
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_28f170e9	type	Whatevermancy
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_28f170e9	comment	Whatevermancy: We've got necromancy, hydromancy, geomancy, oneiromancy, and who knows what other -mancies to worry about.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_28f170e9	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_28f170e9	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_28f170e9
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2916334d	type	It's What I Do
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2916334d	comment	It's What I Do: Felix's explanation to Mildmay on why he consistently treats Mildmay like total crap. See Jerk Justifications.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2916334d	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2916334d	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2916334d
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_297ab1b9	type	Parental Abandonment
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_297ab1b9	comment	Parental Abandonment: Felix and Mildmay's mother, Methony, sold them at the ages of four and three, respectively, to their incredibly sadistic Keepers. They never find out who their fathers even were.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_297ab1b9	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_297ab1b9	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_297ab1b9
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2a090d00	type	Lampshade Hanging
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2a090d00	comment	Lampshade Hanging: Mildmay frequently mocks many conventional fantasy tropes and cliches: "Duels are just fancy knife-fights and just as fucking stupid." "I didn't know there were rooms like this outside of stories about evil wizards." Mehitabel also gets in on the action, telling Felix his life is "like something out of a roman".
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2a090d00	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2a090d00	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2a090d00
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2a2d62a0	type	Talking Down the Suicidal
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2a2d62a0	comment	Talking Down the Suicidal: Gideon to Felix in Mélusine.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2a2d62a0	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2a2d62a0	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2a2d62a0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2a7e7af1	type	Limited Wardrobe
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2a7e7af1	comment	Limited Wardrobe: Mildmay never had really high-class clothes, but after he returns to Mélusine, he dresses all in black except for a white shirt to match his role as Felix's esclavin.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2a7e7af1	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2a7e7af1	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2a7e7af1
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2ae29c0d	type	The Dreaded
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2ae29c0d	comment	The Dreaded: Any given blood wizard inspires terror in even the most Badass heroes, partly due to the fact that their techniques enhance their power beyond its normal limits and partly because they thrive on other people's pain and suffering (and, of course, blood).
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2ae29c0d	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2ae29c0d	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2ae29c0d
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2b726e19	type	Ring of Power
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2b726e19	comment	Ring of Power: Cabalines wear an expensive ring on each finger, and use the rings to focus their magic. Long use of potent magic can infuse them with its essence, leading to a serious Mineral MacGuffin issue for Felix in The Mirador and Corambis.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2b726e19	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2b726e19	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2b726e19
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2cd22076	type	Fantastic Drug
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2cd22076	comment	Fantastic Drug: Phoenix, spiderweb, and roseblood. It isn't clear what they're made of, but normal drugs like laudanum do exist in this universe, so magic seems like a real possibility.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2cd22076	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2cd22076	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2cd22076
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2d364343	type	Frame-Up
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2d364343	comment	Frameup: Felix is wrongfully jailed for treason in Mélusine, and for treason murder in The Mirador.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2d364343	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2d364343	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2d364343
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2dc0d2bf	type	Hidden Depths
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2dc0d2bf	comment	Simon averts this trope: according to Mehitabel, he's "janus." He's also kind, understanding, and surprisingly brave in The Mirador.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2dc0d2bf	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2dc0d2bf	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2dc0d2bf
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2ed5e99d	type	Depraved Bisexual
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2ed5e99d	comment	Depraved Bisexual: Malkar. He kept a teenage boy as a sex slave, seduced and betrayed a lady of the Mirador, rapes a man, and kidnaps and tortures another man. Oh, and then there are the burning a woman alive, driving another to suicide, and attempting to bring down an entire country that was pretty much minding its own business. The two-bit gangster Sunny Pingree is another example—although he apparently pays women for consensual sex more or less regularly, he also tries to shake down an (assumed) male prostitute for sex. Simon averts this trope: according to Mehitabel, he's "janus." He's also kind, understanding, and surprisingly brave in The Mirador.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2ed5e99d	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2ed5e99d	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2ed5e99d
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2f004fd4	type	SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2f004fd4	comment	Sliding Scaleof Idealism Vs Cynicism: The series falls pretty evenly down the middle of the scale; despite the horrific abuses that happen to the characters, it still seems to believe that people can heal, and do good things if they put their mind to it.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2f004fd4	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2f004fd4	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2f004fd4
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2f2f5b3f	type	Hedge Maze
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2f2f5b3f	comment	Hedge Maze: Part of the religious pageantry associated with the Trials of Heth-Eskaladen, although Felix and Gideon walk one for fun (or at least lack of anything better to do) in Hermione.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2f2f5b3f	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2f2f5b3f	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_2f2f5b3f
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_30415bbd	type	Weasel Words
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_30415bbd	comment	Weasel Words: Mavortian von Heber does this constantly, to the point where Mildmay actually calls him out on it, literally telling him, "them's weasel words." Inverted when, just afterward, Mildmay notes that kind of talk 'sounds great in stories', but in real life you have to watch the guy who's doing it very carefully regardless of what you said, or you'll get fucked over.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_30415bbd	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_30415bbd	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_30415bbd
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_317629db	type	Embarrassing Nickname
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_317629db	comment	Embarrassing Nickname: People call Shannon (although probably not to his face) the Golden Whelp, as his scheming mother was known as the Golden Bitch. Kolkhis used to call Mildmay "Milly-Fox", and he claims to have always hated it. That doesn't stop him using it to chide himself with every so often, when he thinks he's being weak or foolish.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_317629db	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_317629db	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_317629db
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_319e101e	type	Amplifier Artifact
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_319e101e	comment	Amplifier Artifact: Jeweled rings serve as these to Cabaline (and apparently Tibernian) wizards. Of course, they're also proof of wealth and status, and, well, they just look cool.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_319e101e	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_319e101e	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_319e101e
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_319e4a2f	type	Even Evil Has Standards
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_319e4a2f	comment	Even Evil Has Standards: Kolkhis doesn't do much for free (and isn't above sex with thirteen-year-olds or assassination for hire), but if the Cabalines are persecuting you, her heads-up comes gratis.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_319e4a2f	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_319e4a2f	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_319e4a2f
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_33c2b1e2	type	Best Served Cold
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_33c2b1e2	comment	Best Served Cold: Mavortian has spent years looking for Beaumont Livy, the many who seduced and abandoned Anna Gloria Pietrin. He's willing to resort to kidnapping, cross a continent with crutches, risk being burned as a witch, and walk into the lair of an Evil Sorcerer in order to get revenge. Unfortunately for Mavortian, Beaumont Livy is another pseudonym of Brinvillier Strych, and he just gets himself painfully killed for his trouble.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_33c2b1e2	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_33c2b1e2	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_33c2b1e2
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_35543514	type	Just Eat Gilligan
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_35543514	comment	Just Eat Gilligan: Seriously, what does anybody want with a Titan clock? They don't seem to do anything except keep time, which other clocks could do, drive people to suicide and, in one case, kill a bunch of sheep, keep trains from functioning, and nearly destroy the country where a clock is located, most of which don't really sound like pluses. The Marathines wised up and destroyed theirs centuries ago, but the Kekropians are hanging on to theirs for some reason. (It proves very useful to Mildmay and Felix, but not in a way the Kekropians wanted.) Edwin Beckett also thinks restarting the Bernathan clock is a good idea, but at least his compatriots have their doubts after it starts killing people.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_35543514	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_35543514	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_35543514
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_35a858b3	type	Cluster F-Bomb
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_35a858b3	comment	Cluster F-Bomb: Corbie drops one in Corambis.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_35a858b3	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_35a858b3	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_35a858b3
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_35cae9cc	type	Sex Magic
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_35cae9cc	comment	Sex Magic: Happens twice to Felix, where he gets sodomized in a sex magic ritual. The first time was in Melusine where his master buggers him to steal his magic. The second time is in Corambis, he's purchased as a whore and used in an orgy to activate the Titan Clock artifact.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_35cae9cc	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_35cae9cc	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_35cae9cc
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_362461f6	type	Sex Slave
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_362461f6	comment	In Corambis, Felix claims that "every man who had ever touched me" trained him for a degrading sexual situation. But there's plenty of evidence that he had enthusiastic, enjoyable sex with Shannon, Gideon, and a lot of other random people throughout his adult life. He also claims to have lost his virginity at auction when he was eleven, and doesn't appear to consciously be lying, but internal narrative in The Virtu claims that he was even younger (depending on how you define virginity).
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_362461f6	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_362461f6	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_362461f6
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_38047858	type	Squishy Wizard
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_38047858	comment	Squishy Wizard: Pretty much every wizard in the story, in keeping with the image of magic as something akin to a scholarly field. Felix's physical awkwardness is often mentioned— he's a useless fighter without magic— but he's actually less clumsy than some of his colleagues, who ride horses "with all the grace of so many sacks of potatoes." Mehitabel even notes that he's "a surprisingly good dancer, as long as you avoided the critical error of mentioning it."
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_38047858	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_38047858	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_38047858
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_38bb862f	type	Don't You Dare Pity Me!
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_38bb862f	comment	Don't You Dare Pity Me!: Tends to be subverted, more often than not, with many a character noting that they would have fended off attempts at help... if they weren't really, really in need of it.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_38bb862f	featureApplicability	-0.3
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_38bb862f	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_38bb862f
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3aec9e5e	type	Properly Paranoid
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3aec9e5e	comment	Properly Paranoid: A variant. Mildmay refuses to allow strangers to walk behind him for fear of being stabbed in the back, gets jumpy when he can't see everyone around him, surveys each room he enters for escapes and weapons, and has to keep himself from attacking people who sneak up on him. Felix hates it when people walk on the side of him that has his blind eye.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3aec9e5e	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3aec9e5e	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3aec9e5e
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3b113b7	type	Character Development
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3b113b7	comment	Character Development: The main arc of the story is centered on how Felix and Mildmay, and to a lesser extent Mehitabel and Kay, becoming functioning members of society again, or... ever.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3b113b7	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3b113b7	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3b113b7
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3b451101	type	Leaking Can of Evil
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3b451101	comment	Leaking Can of Evil: Felix can feel the noirance coming off Porphyria Levant's impounded rings.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3b451101	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3b451101	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3b451101
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3b72e6f0	type	Cards of Power
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3b72e6f0	comment	Cards of Power: The Sibylline, used for fortune-telling.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3b72e6f0	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3b72e6f0	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3b72e6f0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3c0a4666	type	Noodle Incident
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3c0a4666	comment	Noodle Incident: Played for drama. Gideon has some kind of leverage over Thaddeus, but he never tells anybody what it is.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3c0a4666	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3c0a4666	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3c0a4666
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3c3f28a5	type	Blessed with Suck
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3c3f28a5	comment	Blessed with Suck: Most of the characters with any significant talent, be it magic, larceny or good looks, end up paying for it more than they benefit. If they don't end up losing those skills outright in the most thematically ironic way possible. "For all things worthwhile, you must suffer."
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3c3f28a5	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3c3f28a5	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3c3f28a5
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3cb6468e	type	Bad Liar
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3cb6468e	comment	Bad Liar: Felix and Mildmay both have moments of this, especially when dealing with each other. Mildmay in general doesn't lie very well. Corbie is a terrible liar, to the point that just staring at her a little bit after one of her obvious tells (she'll talk too fast or lift her chin like she's daring you to contradict her) will make her crumble and tell the truth.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3cb6468e	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3cb6468e	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3cb6468e
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3d15a154	type	Muggle in Mage Custody
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3d15a154	comment	Muggle in Mage Custody: Felix casts the obligation d'ame on Mildmay in large part to keep him protected in the Mirador, as the contract makes them as one legally. But it still makes Mildmay his slave.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3d15a154	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3d15a154	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3d15a154
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3e416b0f	type	Perma-Shave
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3e416b0f	comment	Perma-Shave: Troians do not grow beards. Due to their Troian ancestry, neither do Mildmay and Felix.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3e416b0f	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3e416b0f	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3e416b0f
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3ec27f76	type	Costume Porn
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3ec27f76	comment	Costume Porn: For a non-visual medium, there's a lot of this. We hear about everything from Kolkhis's bustle to the lumpy socks that Mildmay wears on his return to Mélusine. Now and then we get bits of this with Mehitabel, but Felix probably gets the most clothing-related ink.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3ec27f76	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3ec27f76	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3ec27f76
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3fbbe6ad	type	Power Tattoo
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3fbbe6ad	comment	Power Tattoo: Cabaline wizards are tattooed from elbow to knuckle to show they have magic and status.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3fbbe6ad	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3fbbe6ad	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_3fbbe6ad
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_40cbee83	type	Wretched Hive
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_40cbee83	comment	Wretched Hive: Mélusine's Lower City, as well as its Kekropian counterpart, Lamia. The Upper City is kind of the same, but with better clothes.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_40cbee83	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_40cbee83	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_40cbee83
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: They still have issues, but the main characters are no longer in imminent danger from others or, more surprisingly, themselves.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_40cc0c7e	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_40cc0c7e	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_40cc0c7e
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4133a8bc	type	Forgets to Eat
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4133a8bc	comment	Forgets to Eat: Mildmay, especially when Felix is being mean to him. Also hates having people watch him eat, presumably because of his scar.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4133a8bc	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4133a8bc	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4133a8bc
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_41d50d81	type	Big Brother Bully
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_41d50d81	comment	Big Brother Bully: While there are enough Pet the Dog moments to indicate that Felix cares for Mildmay in his own messed up way, he also treats him abysmally much of the time.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_41d50d81	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_41d50d81	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_41d50d81
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_41dce76e	type	Small Town Boredom
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_41dce76e	comment	Small Town Boredom: According to the Duke of Murtagh, Vanessa's tastes are far too cosmopolitan for Grimglass, and she would rather spend her time in Esmer.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_41dce76e	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_41dce76e	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_41dce76e
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_41ec06f	type	Occult Blue Eyes
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_41ec06f	comment	The tattoos worn by all Cabaline wizards include Occult Blue Eyes on the palms.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_41ec06f	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_41ec06f	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_41ec06f
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_421ae215	type	Mysterious Past
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_421ae215	comment	Mysterious Past: We never told what, exactly, happened to many characters that made them so traumatized and/or evil.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_421ae215	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_421ae215	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_421ae215
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_427ca0d0	type	Animal Theme Naming
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_427ca0d0	comment	Animal Theme Naming: Why hello there Mr. Mildmay the Fox. Likewise, Felix and Mehitabel share their names with famous cats. Corbie's name comes from the Scots word for raven.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_427ca0d0	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_427ca0d0	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_427ca0d0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_43dc74d0	type	Sensitive Guy and Manly Man
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_43dc74d0	comment	Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Again, one could categorize Felix and Mildmay into these roles, being a genius bookworm aristocrat and a street-smart ex-assassin respectively, but on a closer look Mildmay is more sensitive and kind-hearted as opposed to Felix's ruthless cruelty.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_43dc74d0	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_43dc74d0	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_43dc74d0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_440d1d0b	type	Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_440d1d0b	comment	Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: Felix does this several times, breaking from law and orthodoxy by saving a repentant assassin from the Mirador's curse, putting the ghouls in the Mirador's lower levels to rest, and using blood to lay a ghost.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_440d1d0b	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_440d1d0b	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_440d1d0b
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_44d983e3	type	Gentleman Wizard
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_44d983e3	comment	Gentleman Wizard: Nearly all wizards. Having proper magical training is often—though not always—shorthand for class.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_44d983e3	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_44d983e3	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_44d983e3
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_44fc28e8	type	Honor Before Reason
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_44fc28e8	comment	Honor Before Reason: Stephen hates people causing trouble in his court. Robert of Hermione pretty much only exists to cause trouble (everything from malicious gossip to heresy); he's a bully and an idiot. But Stephen never so much as reprimands him because he vowed to his late wife, Robert's sister, that he would protect Robert.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_44fc28e8	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_44fc28e8	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_44fc28e8
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_461defa0	type	Two-Faced
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_461defa0	comment	Two-Faced: Apart from his scar, Mildmay's face strongly resembles beautiful Felix's. Of course, the scar down the left side of Mildmay's face is serious enough to keep him from properly moving his face to eat, speak, or smile.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_461defa0	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_461defa0	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_461defa0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4631e81f	type	Badass in Distress
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4631e81f	comment	Badass in Distress: Mildmay is the resident Badass, but at one point he gets locked in a farmhouse cellar and has to get rescued by Felix who is completely insane at this point and fights terribly even at his best. Not to mention later, when the usually competent Mildmay has to be rescued Damsel in Distress style.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4631e81f	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4631e81f	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4631e81f
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_466ccbb4	type	Gayngst
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_466ccbb4	comment	Gayngst: Gideon feels this for enjoying sex with Felix. Kay feels no conflict over enjoying sex with men, but falling in love with men is about the worst thing he can think of.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_466ccbb4	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_466ccbb4	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_466ccbb4
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_47e9e5c6	type	Smart People Know Latin
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_47e9e5c6	comment	Smart People Know Latin: Philosophers and wizards use Latin words a lot, although the language is never mentioned; given the apparent similarities between Cymellune and the Roman Empire, it seems likely that our Verse's Latin is this series' Cymellunar.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_47e9e5c6	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_47e9e5c6	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_47e9e5c6
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4864031b	type	Informed Attractiveness
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4864031b	comment	Informed Attractiveness: Mehitabel calls Susan "extremely beautiful" and Shannon "disconcertingly beautiful"; she also compares Felix with Mildmay: "Felix might be breath-stealingly gorgeous, but Mildmay had his own beauty..." Felix describes Vida Eoline as "tall, beautiful, and imperturbably soignee" and desires Shannon's "fragile gold and alabaster beauty." Vincent claims to have been, among the Demabrien brothers, "the youngest and most beautiful of the three." Mildmay calls Kolkhis "gorgeous" and Ginevra "so beautiful it hurt to look at her." As for Gloria Aestia, AKA the Golden Bitch, she nearly pulled off a coup d'etat based largely on her seductive beauty.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4864031b	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4864031b	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4864031b
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_49a2599d	type	Platonic Prostitution
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_49a2599d	comment	Platonic Prostitution: When they first meet, Felix pays Corbie a considerable amount of money to learn about Bernatha. Corbie is stunned.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_49a2599d	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_49a2599d	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_49a2599d
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_49d59be9	type	Scenery Porn
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_49d59be9	comment	Scenery Porn: Well, Worldbuilding Porn. Each city and country that Mildmay and Felix visit is very different and lovingly detailed.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_49d59be9	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_49d59be9	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_49d59be9
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4a3e547f	type	Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4a3e547f	comment	Leaning on the Fourth Wall: In The Virtu when Mavortian is teaching Felix how to read the Sibylline, the Knight of Swords (Mildmay) and the Sibyl of Swords (Felix) keep reappearing. Mavortian's comment? "You and he are at the heart of the matter, as you have been all along." The Sibylline knows and is telling them who the main characters of the story are. But it's a fairly natural conversation, because Mildmay's observed for a long time now that Mavortian is convinced that he's the protagonist of a great and terrible romance.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4a3e547f	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4a3e547f	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4a3e547f
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4cacfcc3	type	Honey Trap
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4cacfcc3	comment	Mehitabel gets fired from her job as a governess for fornication and later observes that gentlewomen view actresses as "little better than prostitutes." Even Vulpes sneers at her "wide "acquaintance among the court" before telling her to "[g]o trawling."
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4cacfcc3	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4cacfcc3	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4cacfcc3
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4efc4fae	type	Good Scars, Evil Scars
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4efc4fae	comment	Good Scars, Evil Scars: The greatest distinguishing characteristic of Mildmay is the large scar that distorts his upper lip and stretches up the entire left side of his face (just missing his eye), which has left that side of his face nearly dead. He also has minor scars on his hands and acquires another serious one on his right leg. Felix's back is a mess of ugly scars, though they're easily hidden under clothing.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4efc4fae	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4efc4fae	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4efc4fae
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4f6d87f7	type	Huge Guy, Tiny Girl
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4f6d87f7	comment	Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Felix and Corbie. Felix is explicitly stated as standing 6'2", taller than anyone in Corambis. Corbie, even in comparison to the slightly shorter (than Marathines) Corambins, is exceptionally small judging by Mildmay calling her a "little tiny gal."
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4f6d87f7	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4f6d87f7	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4f6d87f7
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4f773434	type	Wise Beyond Their Years
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4f773434	comment	Wise Beyond Their Years: Everyone with a traumatic past. Which is all of the POV characters.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4f773434	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4f773434	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4f773434
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4f84cdef	type	Smug Snake
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4f84cdef	comment	Smug Snake: Robert of Hermione. Even other self-centered nobles find his combination of arrogance, ambition, and sheer incompetence repulsive.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4f84cdef	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4f84cdef	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4f84cdef
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4fdd0d29	type	Place Worse Than Death
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4fdd0d29	comment	Place Worse Than Death: Felix apparently regards St. Crellifer's as worse than prison, at least, and Isaac throws himself out of its third-story window.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4fdd0d29	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4fdd0d29	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_4fdd0d29
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_51567188	type	Cast from Hit Points
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_51567188	comment	Cast from Hit Points: Mending the Virtu leaves Felix unconscious for two days, and he slits one of his wrists in order to lay the ghost of Magnus Cordelius.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_51567188	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_51567188	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_51567188
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_51bc8d33	type	The Church
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_51bc8d33	comment	The Church: While most Mèlusiniens appear to be either henotheists with a vast pantheon or agnostics, the Caloxans and Corambins fall into two camps: Eadian and Caddovian, which seem to be fantastic variants on Catholicism and Anglicanism, complete with the Lady (not called a goddess) at the center) and "coralines" (strings of prayer beads) as accessories.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_51bc8d33	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_51bc8d33	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_51bc8d33
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_51d8f2e3	type	Not-So-Omniscient Council of Bickering
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_51d8f2e3	comment	Not-So-Omniscient Council of Bickering: While some Cabalines, such as Giancarlo of Novalucrezia, take their responsibilities seriously enough, most are too bogged down in personal disputes, persecuting heretics, and enhancing their own power to care about taking down the city's crime lords or reforming discredited laws.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_51d8f2e3	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_51d8f2e3	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_51d8f2e3
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_53136954	type	Book Dumb
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_53136954	comment	Book Dumb: While Mildmay is quite intelligent, he's also functionally illiterate… until Felix begins to teach him to read in 'Corambis'. Corbie is similarly intelligent, and fortunate enough to be literate, but her grandmother pulled her out of school when she was eight. It is one of several factors that make her stand out at the Institution. The students Felix was teaching in The Mirador have a little education, but they haven't had the kind of opportunity and access that would make them ready to be apprentices. This is implied to be the case with most non-Cabaline wizards in Mélusine.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_53136954	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_53136954	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_53136954
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_55940b68	type	Doorstopper
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_55940b68	comment	Doorstopper: Each (paperback) book is at least 400+ pages of really small font.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_55940b68	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_55940b68	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_55940b68
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_575fd5e2	type	Dark Is Not Evil
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_575fd5e2	comment	Dark Is Not Evil: Felix is described as a noirant (black magic) wizard and a natural necromancer. He's the protagonist. Noirant magic in general is not evil, either. Coeurterrene wizards believe that it must be kept in balance with clairant (white) magic, not shunned or eliminated.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_575fd5e2	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_575fd5e2	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_575fd5e2
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_57b80b45	type	Fantastic Racism
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_57b80b45	comment	Fantastic Racism: People in Marathat really freak out over Felix's odd coloring (white skin, complete heterochromia with one eye being gold, and deep red hair) and unusual build (tall and very slender). His Keeper evn used to beat him for being bad luck. Over in Corambis, people mistreat "aethereals," or psychics, and female magicians.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_57b80b45	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_57b80b45	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_57b80b45
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_57d43e40	type	Fantasy Counterpart Culture
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_57d43e40	comment	Fantasy Counterpart Culture: More or less, the Troians = Ancient Greek, the Marathines = Anglo-French with a dash of Renaissance Europe, and the Kekropians = Modern Greek/Roman. Norvenans are obviously German, and the Merrows are obviously Russian. What little there is hints that Ygres is Spanish. Midlanders may be Italian? Mind, this is mostly in terms of naming, architecture and language, instead of actual culture... with the exception of Cymellume and Lucere, which seem to be the spiritual ancestors of Ancient Rome and Byzantium. Clear as mud? Cool!
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_57d43e40	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_57d43e40	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_57d43e40
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_58dd1c53	type	Cobweb of Disuse
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_58dd1c53	comment	Cobweb of Disuse: Found in the lower levels of the Mirador. Mélusine arguably subverts this trope, as the lack of cobwebs in an abandoned tower spooks out Mildmay, who thinks that means something worse is keeping the spiders out.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_58dd1c53	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_58dd1c53	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_58dd1c53
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_598513bb	type	Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_598513bb	comment	Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Felix spends a large chunk of the series making horrendous decisions while Mildmay tries (often in vain) to take care of him.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_598513bb	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_598513bb	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_598513bb
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5a365ed2	type	Incompatible Orientation
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5a365ed2	comment	Incompatible Orientation: Felix for Mildmay, and that's just besides the whole brother thing. Kay for Gerrard. Corbie for Felix Arakhne towards Felix - poor Felix; gets chased after by women despite being gay and the one guy he does want isn't gay.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5a365ed2	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5a365ed2	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5a365ed2
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5b0e992	type	Guilt Complex
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5b0e992	comment	Felix can only correlate love with sex, is mean and hateful to even those he loves (even when he recognizes it and knows he should stop), is a sadist when it comes to sex, is manipulative and controlling, and has a Guilt Complex the size of a horse's small intestine.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5b0e992	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5b0e992	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5b0e992
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5bddf95f	type	Talk About the Weather
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5bddf95f	comment	Talk About the Weather: Felix does this with a boatman in Bernatha (Corambis), but less for small talk than because he genuinely wonders if the weather in Bernatha is often this miserable. As it turns out, it's usually worse.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5bddf95f	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5bddf95f	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5bddf95f
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5ca80293	type	Pragmatic Villainy
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5ca80293	comment	Pragmatic Villainy: Louis Goliath mind-rapes minions for information, sexually exploited at least one underling, and locked a would-be runaway in an oubliette with his thumbs cut off. However, he always keeps his eye on the goal and "never does anything out of spite." His sheer pragmatism intimidates Mehitabel.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5ca80293	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5ca80293	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5ca80293
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5db59a03	type	Brown Note
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5db59a03	comment	Brown Note: The Titan clocks produce noirance-freighted tolling that drives people to commit suicide.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5db59a03	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5db59a03	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5db59a03
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5e2f5ad2	type	You Kill It, You Bought It
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5e2f5ad2	comment	You Kill It, You Bought It: After killing Malkar, Felix takes his gems, to make it appear Malkar has disappeared instead of died. The gems, unsurprisingly, turn out to be "saturated with noirance."
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5e2f5ad2	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5e2f5ad2	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5e2f5ad2
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5f97d951	type	The First Cut Is the Deepest
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5f97d951	comment	The First Cut Is the Deepest: Felix once loved Malkar, while Mildmay's first love was Kolkhis. Unsurprisingly, they're both terrible at developing healthy relationships as adults.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5f97d951	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5f97d951	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5f97d951
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5fce7087	type	Safe, Sane, and Consensual
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5fce7087	comment	Safe, Sane, and Consensual: Ideally, this is the sex that's supposed to happen between tarquins and martyrs (or, in Corambis, flames and shadows, or, in the real world, doms and subs or sadists and masochists). Unfortunately, Felix has a hard time adhering to the rules. Some people, such as Malkar and Edwin Beckett, don't even bother trying.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5fce7087	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5fce7087	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_5fce7087
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_606244c2	type	Parental Incest
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_606244c2	comment	Parental Incest: Diokletian lusts after Felix because Felix reminds him of the woman he loved, who happens to have been Felix's mother. Which means there's a definite chance of Diokletian being Felix's father. Oddly, this bothers Diokletian a lot more than it bothers Felix, who doesn't seem to have an issue with incest. Kolkhis and Mildmay, though they are not blood related, considering that Kolkhis raised him from the time he was three, and began sleeping with him when he was fourteen.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_606244c2	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_606244c2	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_606244c2
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6068c76b	type	Clock Punk
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6068c76b	comment	Clock Punk: An ancient (probably Cymellunar, but possibly Troian) was kind enough to leave behind magic-powered clocks that induce people to kill themselves.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6068c76b	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6068c76b	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6068c76b
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_60adc384	type	You Taught Me That
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_60adc384	comment	You Taught Me That: Played with, in a confrontation between Felix and his ex-lover, Shannon.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_60adc384	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_60adc384	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_60adc384
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_619985d7	type	Sacrificial Lion
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_619985d7	comment	Sacrificial Lion: Gideon, who was a major figure in Mélusine, The Virtu, and The Mirador. His death continues to haunt Felix well into Corambis.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_619985d7	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_619985d7	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_619985d7
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_624b1791	type	LivingLabyrinth
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_624b1791	comment	Living Labyrinth: The Mirador may have spontaneously changed its architecture, and certainly it produces spooky, improbable meetings in its hallways.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_624b1791	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_624b1791	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_624b1791
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6411dac8	type	BadassNormal
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6411dac8	comment	Badass Normal: Despite the fact that Mildmay is completely magicless, he never gets lost, he's a great street fighter and, according to Mehitabel, the best lover in the world, and he can get into any building.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6411dac8	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6411dac8	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6411dac8
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_66d13ab9	type	Talking in Your Dreams
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_66d13ab9	comment	Talking in Your Dreams: Felix meets with Thamuris and Diokletian in his dreams through magic— oneiromancy. Sendings, meanwhile, are a related but more malevolent version of this.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_66d13ab9	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_66d13ab9	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_66d13ab9
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_66ea7e5c	type	Brought Down to Normal
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_66ea7e5c	comment	Brought Down to Normal: While there doesn't appear to be any way to remove the magic from a wizard, there are several ways to keep one from accessing his power, and Felix gets hit with several: mental damage and the Curia's interdict in Mélusine, magic shackles in The Mirador, and drugs and later the binding-by-obedience (also called the "choke-binding") in Corambis. By this time, though, it's more a case of Brought Down to Badass, since he still manages to save the entire country from the engine under Summerdown.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_66ea7e5c	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_66ea7e5c	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_66ea7e5c
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_68424916	type	Eating the Eye Candy
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_68424916	comment	Eating the Eye Candy: Despite Mildmay's supposedly hideous scar, plenty of people seem to like ogling him— notably Felix, Mehitabel ("Well, I certainly like what I see"), the Fawn daughters, and various people at the baths (although he attributes this to his red body hair).
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_68424916	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_68424916	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_68424916
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6a42ef	type	Cynicism Catalyst
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6a42ef	comment	Cynicism Catalyst: Joline is this for Felix. After she died, he never really trusted anyone until Mildmay.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6a42ef	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6a42ef	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6a42ef
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6a6e2a10	type	Don't Call Me "Sir"
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6a6e2a10	comment	Don't Call Me "Sir": During a fight with his lover, Lord Shannon, over the revelation that Felix used to work as a prostitute (and lied to Shannon about it for more than four years), Felix calls him "my lord." Given their longstanding relationship, Shannon snaps back, "Don't call me that!"
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6a6e2a10	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6a6e2a10	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6a6e2a10
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6b05b601	type	Jerkass Has a Point
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6b05b601	comment	Jerkass Has a Point: So Glimmering—whose brother Kay killed—is the world's least impartial judge, and he comes across as a manipulative, sexist bigot even when dealing with Vanessa. That doesn't mean no one should punish Kay for the mass slaughter of prisoners of war, a point that even Kay concedes internally.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6b05b601	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6b05b601	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6b05b601
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6cbcd596	type	Gangbangers
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6cbcd596	comment	Gangbangers: Most, if not all, of the Mélusinien packs fall under this description. While a few of the smartest and most ruthless members, such as Kolkhis, may wind up living a more comfortable existence, the gangs mostly are hungry, badly-dressed, and on the verge of killing each other.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6cbcd596	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6cbcd596	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6cbcd596
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6cdbfb36	type	People of Hair Color
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6cdbfb36	comment	People of Hair Color: Red hair is common among Troians and Merrows, present among Corambins, but so freakish as to risk a Burn the Witch! incident in Mélusine.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6cdbfb36	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6cdbfb36	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6cdbfb36
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6d332aea	type	Driven to Suicide
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6d332aea	comment	Driven to Suicide: One of the side-effects of mikkary, Titan Clocks, and a certain thaumaturgic engine. Stephen and Victoria's mother, Lady Dulcinea, committed suicide when Stephen was eight. Later revealed to have been the handiwork of Vey Coruscant. Isaac Garamond commits suicide in Corambis
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6d332aea	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6d332aea	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6d332aea
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6d892421	type	Teacher/Student Romance
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6d892421	comment	Teacher/Student Romance: Mildmay believes Corbie has a huge crush on Felix and the reason Corbie sleeps with him is because Felix is gay and thus off limits. Felix both loves and hates Malkar, a relationship that ends badly for everyone involved.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6d892421	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6d892421	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6d892421
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6da4d56e	type	Conspicuously Public Assassination
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6da4d56e	comment	Conspicuously Public Assassination: Brinvillier Strych used magic to burn the Lady Protector to death in the Hall of the Chimeras.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6da4d56e	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6da4d56e	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6da4d56e
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6f0fd7b8	type	Everyone Loves Blondes
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6f0fd7b8	comment	Everyone Loves Blondes: Corbie is exceedingly popular with the boys at the Institution and seems to have them wrapped around her little finger before Felix or Mildmay even set foot on campus. Felix makes constant references to how beautiful Shannon is and he seems to get a lot of attention from the guys.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6f0fd7b8	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6f0fd7b8	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6f0fd7b8
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6fb5cb83	type	I Gave My Word
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6fb5cb83	comment	I Gave My Word: Felix is incensed when Mildmay suggests that they break the conditions of Felix's commuted sentence by not going to Corambis.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6fb5cb83	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6fb5cb83	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_6fb5cb83
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_707193f6	type	Aloof Big Brother
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_707193f6	comment	Aloof Big Brother: Subverted. Felix is so obviously not the more stable of the brothers, not that that's saying much. Stephen would be a better example, particularly towards rebellious younger brother Shannon.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_707193f6	featureApplicability	-0.3
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_707193f6	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_707193f6
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_707ee167	type	Secret Circle of Secrets
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_707ee167	comment	Secret Circle of Secrets: The cult of the White-Eyed Lady. Initiates don't even want to guess who their fellow initiates are. However, this subverts some expectations of such secret circles— Gideon belongs to it, and isn't evil. While blood rites were probably a part of the cult in the past, the rituals are now symbolic.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_707ee167	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_707ee167	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_707ee167
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_71bd62b9	type	Calling Your Attacks
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_71bd62b9	comment	Calling Your Attacks: Felix can perform magic without motion or speech, but it's harder. Mildmay relates his knowledge that keeping a wizard from speaking is critical if you're trying to assassinate them.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_71bd62b9	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_71bd62b9	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_71bd62b9
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_720e0c25	type	Grave Robbing
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_720e0c25	comment	Grave Robbing: "Resurrectionists" have their own guild in Mélusine.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_720e0c25	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_720e0c25	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_720e0c25
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_722b3319	type	Camp Gay
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_722b3319	comment	Camp Gay: Felix is very fashion-conscious, refers to other people of both sexes as "darling" (usually when he wants to be mocking; it's something he picked up from Malkar), and also is extremely beautiful.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_722b3319	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_722b3319	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_722b3319
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7241785e	type	You Can't Fight Fate
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7241785e	comment	You Can't Fight Fate: The huphantike Thamuris seals when he does pythian casting with Mildmay.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7241785e	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7241785e	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7241785e
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7276d0de	type	Mugging the Monster
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7276d0de	comment	Mugging the Monster: The dim-witted crooks who attack Mildmay and Septimus.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7276d0de	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7276d0de	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7276d0de
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_72c8b35c	type	When She Smiles
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_72c8b35c	comment	When She Smiles: Corbie is a pretty enough girl, but Felix says she's absolutely lovely when she smiles. The same can be said about Mildmay's 'not-smile' (he avoids smiling because it does weird things to his scar), which is said to light up his face. The first instance of this is the first time Felix finds him beautiful and thus begins the awkward incestuous crush. Mildmay describes Mehitabel's smile as being like "a handful of diamonds in the sun," although she's a very ordinary-looking woman in other regards. Vincent is getting over the hill, but, quoth Mildmay, "The hooker smiled, and for a moment he looked way younger."
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_72c8b35c	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_72c8b35c	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_72c8b35c
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_733e007a	type	Unwitting Pawn
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_733e007a	comment	Unwitting Pawn: At the beginning of Mélusine, Felix thinks he's been free of Malkar for six years. As it turns out, Malkar still has enough of a tie to him to steal his magic for the destruction of the Virtu and much of the city.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_733e007a	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_733e007a	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_733e007a
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_73f7975f	type	Jerkass Gods
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_73f7975f	comment	Jerkass Gods: The White-Eyed Lady (even one of her followers admits that "she is not a kind lover") and the God of the Obscured Sun (naturally; with a name like that, how could he be anything but a jerkass?) The suspicion that a friend worships Cade-Cholera, a death goddess, scares Mildmay, although he may be less concerned about the goddess herself and more concerned about what rites her followers might perform.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_73f7975f	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_73f7975f	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_73f7975f
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7426582d	type	Token Minority
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7426582d	comment	Token Minority: Played with. Most people in Marathat and the surrounding countries are brown-skinned, dark-eyed and dark-haired, meaning Felix and Mildmay with their pale complexions and red hair look exceedingly odd and out of place. Shannon being blue-eyed and blond also stands out.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7426582d	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7426582d	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7426582d
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_744e3311	type	Police Brutality
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_744e3311	comment	Police Brutality: When the Dogs receive a tip that Mildmay is staying with Margot's pack, they use it as an excuse to clean out (read: haul off or outright murder) a group of social undesirables, including small children.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_744e3311	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_744e3311	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_744e3311
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7464705c	type	Arc Words
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7464705c	comment	Arc Words: Arguably, "The doctrine of labyrinths", or "Every maze has a monster at its heart." The continued motif of "the heart and the center of a labyrinth are not the same" also deserves honorable mention.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7464705c	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7464705c	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7464705c
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_77063cd7	type	Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_77063cd7	comment	Hooker with a Heart of Gold: Corbie. And, after Mildmay gets sick and Felix has to prostitute himself to get money for a doctor in Corambis, Felix himself. Again. Also Vincent Demabrien, in The Mirador. Averted with Methony (who sold her children into slavery) and young!Felix.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_77063cd7	featureApplicability	-1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_77063cd7	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_77063cd7
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_771f6307	type	Brother–Sister Incest
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_771f6307	comment	Brother–Sister Incest: It's hinted that Mad Elinor slept with her brother to produce her heir, Henry Ophidius. The other possibility was her father. Either way, Henry was 'a little peculiar'. And then there's Felix and Mildmay, and the fact that everyone thought Mildmay was Kolkhis's little brother.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_771f6307	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_771f6307	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_771f6307
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_772ea6a1	type	Long-Dead Badass
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_772ea6a1	comment	Long-Dead Badass: Porphyria Levant and Loel Fairweather have all been dead for over a century, but they still scare the stuffing out of people.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_772ea6a1	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_772ea6a1	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_772ea6a1
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_777c0033	type	Technical Pacifist
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_777c0033	comment	Technical Pacifist: Mildmay. As of the ending of The Mirador, Mildmay has decided not to kill anymore, but that sure as hell won't stop him from kicking your ass six ways to Dimanche, especially if you even think about harming Felix. But no killing!
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_777c0033	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_777c0033	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_777c0033
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_77a8fd8a	type	STD Immunity
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_77a8fd8a	comment	STD Immunity: All the narrators have apparently unprotected sex with more people than they could probably count, and nobody mentions the possibility of catching diseases this way.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_77a8fd8a	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_77a8fd8a	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_77a8fd8a
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_77c0952e	type	Face Your Fears
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_77c0952e	comment	Face Your Fears: Felix is utterly terrified of Malkar. So who does he have to fight to the death in The Virtu's climax? Guess.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_77c0952e	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_77c0952e	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_77c0952e
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_77e8d49d	type	Clingy MacGuffin
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_77e8d49d	comment	Clingy MacGuffin: Malkar's rubies. Sarah Monette has even compared the rubies to the real world's radioactive waste, since there's no safe way for Felix to dispose of them and they may contaminate places, magic, and even people.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_77e8d49d	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_77e8d49d	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_77e8d49d
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_77ed6b7d	type	Troubling Unchildlike Behavior
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_77ed6b7d	comment	Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: The kept-thieves exemplify this, being directly modeled after Fagin's whole setup in Oliver Twist. Pack kids don't tend to do much better.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_77ed6b7d	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_77ed6b7d	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_77ed6b7d
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7a82c3d2	type	All Love Is Unrequited
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7a82c3d2	comment	All Love Is Unrequited: A lot of people towards Felix, but also Felix towards Mildmay for a good portion of the saga. While Mildmay does date both Mehitabel and Ginevra, neither of them ends up caring for him in quite the same way he does for them. According to Word of God, Cardenio feels this way towards Mildmay as well.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7a82c3d2	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7a82c3d2	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7a82c3d2
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7cf2f728	type	Boomerang Bigot
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7cf2f728	comment	Boomerang Bigot: Corbie's grandmother, who hated and feared magicians despite being one herself. Corbie herself was a softer version of this until Felix taught her better.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7cf2f728	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7cf2f728	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7cf2f728
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7d44b017	type	Balance of Power
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7d44b017	comment	Balance of Power: Marathat's position between two much greater powers (Tibernia and Kekropia) makes its more astute politicians acutely aware of this trope.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7d44b017	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7d44b017	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7d44b017
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7d89315b	type	"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7d89315b	comment	"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Mildmay, somewhat uncharacteristially, delivers it to Felix after a miserable party in The Mirador. Honestly, the fact that it took him so long is a testament to his patience.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7d89315b	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7d89315b	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7d89315b
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7e675d95	type	Unequal Rites
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7e675d95	comment	Unequal Rites: There are different schools of magic in each country, so a lot of the rivalry is tied up with politics. Most wizards don't study other schools of magic for this reason, even though they would probably be capable of more than one type of spells. Also, wizards visiting another country have to be very careful what they do—for example, in Mélusine it's considered heresy to cast a spell of any kind on a person.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7e675d95	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7e675d95	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7e675d95
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7e95adeb	type	High-Class Call Girl
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7e95adeb	comment	High-Class Call Girl: Ginevra would never use such a vulgar word as "whore" for herself, but she definitely sleeps with men for money. Felix becomes the male variant in Corambis. Mildmay instantly recognizes Vincent as "a high-class hooker."
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7e95adeb	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7e95adeb	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7e95adeb
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7f2c70ee	type	Silent Partner
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7f2c70ee	comment	Silent Partner: Gideon. He doesn't have a tongue. How is he supposed to talk?
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7f2c70ee	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7f2c70ee	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7f2c70ee
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7f533ea0	type	I Didn't Mean to Turn You On
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7f533ea0	comment	I Didn't Mean to Turn You On: When Mildmay fishes Felix out of a river in The Virtu and a dripping wet Felix clings to him in terror.... well, Felix's lust for Mildmay makes itself known in an, uh, very awkward way.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7f533ea0	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7f533ea0	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_7f533ea0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_80a7d3e2	type	Convicted by Public Opinion
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_80a7d3e2	comment	Convicted by Public Opinion: The Duke of Glimmering was hoping this would happen with Kay, but the people of Bernatha feel pity rather than contempt and the duke just comes off looking spiteful.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_80a7d3e2	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_80a7d3e2	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_80a7d3e2
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_819b6384	type	Sympathetic Murderer
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_819b6384	comment	Sympathetic Murderer: Mildmay, who took up the career under the direction of his creepy mother/lover figure when he was fourteen years old.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_819b6384	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_819b6384	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_819b6384
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_81ae2774	type	Evil Matriarch
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_81ae2774	comment	Evil Matriarch: Kolkhis. She claims to love her children, Mildmay especially, but she seems to love making them suffer for her amusement more. Blood wizard Vey Coruscant heads up organized crime in Dassament, and even Mildmay notes that he's always "gone pretty far out of my way to make sure me and the lady never met." Gloria Aestia, although she's long dead by the start of the series. She plotted to restore monarchy in Marathat with her son Shannon when he was fourteen or so, so she would have several years to consolidate power and make Shannon into a puppet king. Years after her execution, Shannon still flips out when people so much as mention her.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_81ae2774	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_81ae2774	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_81ae2774
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_820ac3c5	type	Dysfunction Junction
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_820ac3c5	comment	Dysfunction Junction: Powers and saints, where to start? Fucking everyone in this series is screwed-up beyond repair. But Felix and Mildmay, due to their horribly miserable childhoods, really take the cake, with the other two POV characters, Mehitabel and Kay, as close runner-ups. Thaddeus and Mavortian get honorable mention: we never quite find out what happened to them, but it's implied to be bad, or at least soul-crushingly depressing. Felix can only correlate love with sex, is mean and hateful to even those he loves (even when he recognizes it and knows he should stop), is a sadist when it comes to sex, is manipulative and controlling, and has a Guilt Complex the size of a horse's small intestine. Mildmay has horrible self-esteem and huge trust issues, is self-degrading, only wants to be loved in a non-sexual way, and still hangs around Felix even after Felix does and says seriously horrible things to and about him. While he was Kolkhis's assassin, he was clinically depressed. He falls back into that after Ginevra dies, pulls himself out of it when he meets Felix, and then falls right back into it again after Felix sends him, using the obligation d’âme, to murder Vey Coruscant, which he does. Malkar catches him and tortures him for around a month. Gideon joined a death cult at fifteen because of a longing for suicide, fell in love with a horny wizard but finds sex degrading, and spends a year and a half being openly, humiliatingly cheated on by Felix before he develops a backbone. And even then, he's so in love with Felix that he walks into Vulpes's trap. Shannon and his siblings do not get along— to the extent that he fears Stephen will have him burned at the stake for treason, even in the absence of any incriminating evidence.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_820ac3c5	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_820ac3c5	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_820ac3c5
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_829b958e	type	Embarrassing First Name
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_829b958e	comment	Embarrassing First Name: For Mr. Mild-may-your-suffering-be-at-the-hands-of-the-wicked. Yes, that's Mildmay's full first name. It's obvious why he doesn't use it. And for Gartrett Corbie.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_829b958e	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_829b958e	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_829b958e
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_83a903f6	type	Stepford Smiler
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_83a903f6	comment	Stepford Smiler: Felix, Mildmay, and Mehitabel all seem good enough to get by on when viewed from the outside. Inside is another story.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_83a903f6	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_83a903f6	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_83a903f6
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_83b44e80	type	Straight Gay
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_83b44e80	comment	Straight Gay: Kay. Murtagh. Heck, most of the gay characters besides Felix and Shannon.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_83b44e80	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_83b44e80	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_83b44e80
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_863fa679	type	What Happened to the Mouse?
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_863fa679	comment	For example, in the first book, Mildmay doesn't comment on what he thinks about their other travelling companions' disappearance/possible death at all. He doesn't like talking about situations of loss and mourning, as can also be seen with Ginevra.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_863fa679	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_863fa679	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_863fa679
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8767b1f3	type	Black-and-Gray Morality
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8767b1f3	comment	Black-and-Gray Morality: Pretty much the only kinds around. For example, one of the protagonists is Mildmay, the thief and former assassin, who justifies his current career by saying it's not "some great moral victory, but at least no one was dying."
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8767b1f3	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8767b1f3	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8767b1f3
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8967e17f	type	Back from the Dead
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8967e17f	comment	Back from the Dead: Always ends badly. At best you'll wind up with tortured souls making some mediums very unhappy; at worst, you've got yourself the above and some serious carnage.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8967e17f	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8967e17f	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8967e17f
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_89ed9b94	type	Gentleman Snarker
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_89ed9b94	comment	Gentleman Snarker: Felix especially, but in general it doesn't seem as if the wizards of the Mirador do much more than bicker and gossip amongst themselves and attend parties.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_89ed9b94	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_89ed9b94	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_89ed9b94
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8a4988bb	type	Mind Rape
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8a4988bb	comment	Mind Rape: Though there's some actual rape involved, too. Sometimes at the same time. Welcome to The Doctrine of Labyrinths.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8a4988bb	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8a4988bb	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8a4988bb
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8ae880f7	type	Deconstruction
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8ae880f7	comment	Deconstruction: The series is a massive, excruciatingly realistic deconstruction of the fantasy genre in general and the over-the-top traumatic pasts most (suspiciously well-adjusted) fiction characters have in particular. In general, it relies on invoking the tropes in question (traumatic pasts especially) and then playing them as realistically as possible, showing it's not so glamorous to have been raised as a beautiful prostitute, a deadly assassin, a skilled spy, or a noble warrior.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8ae880f7	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8ae880f7	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8ae880f7
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8af7b342	type	Sibling Yin-Yang
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8af7b342	comment	Sibling Yin-Yang: Felix is beautiful, arrogant, well-educated, and useless at anything that's not academia. Mildmay is scarred, has serious confidence issues, looks and talks like a thug, and academically stunted but terribly world-wise and clever. Stephen Teverius and Vicky Teveria are cold, ruthless, and savvy in the ways of the court, while their younger half-brother Shannon is spoilt, naive and hotheaded. Mavortian and Bernard. The former is an aristocratic wizard with crippled, nearly useless, legs. The latter is his (strongly implied to be) lowborn half-brother and hired muscle.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8af7b342	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8af7b342	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8af7b342
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8b92d7d5	type	Magic Is a Monster Magnet
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8b92d7d5	comment	Magic Is a Monster Magnet: Pretty much every ghost, semi-ghost, evil wizard, or death god on the continent is obsessed with Felix.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8b92d7d5	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8b92d7d5	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8b92d7d5
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8c4d6bdd	type	Classy Cravat
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8c4d6bdd	comment	Classy Cravat: Standard accessory for Marathat's male elite.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8c4d6bdd	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8c4d6bdd	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8c4d6bdd
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8ca9bf12	type	Sex Equals Love
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8ca9bf12	comment	Sex Equals Love: Averted. It's rare for there to be any loving sex in the series. Interestingly, though, Felix seems to believe that people have to have sex with him in order to love him, which Mildmay calls him on.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8ca9bf12	featureApplicability	-1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8ca9bf12	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8ca9bf12
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8d4928da	type	Safecracking
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8d4928da	comment	Safecracking: Mildmay can do it, but suggests that he's not one of Mélusine's fastest safecrackers.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8d4928da	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8d4928da	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8d4928da
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8f0dc93c	type	Dangerous Forbidden Technique
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8f0dc93c	comment	Dangerous Forbidden Technique: Using blood for magic or ritual purposes, or drawing on someone else's energy. Felix does them both when the situation requires, but the latter leaves him unconscious for two days and Mildmay not much better.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8f0dc93c	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8f0dc93c	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8f0dc93c
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8f900ccd	type	Overly Long Name
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8f900ccd	comment	Overly Long Name: Once again, Mild-may-your-sufferings-be-at-the-hands-of-the-wicked. No wonder his Keeper insisted on shortening it. Also, the prostitute in Pharaohlight that Mildmay mentions in passing: Fly-from-fornication-and-blasphemy.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8f900ccd	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8f900ccd	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_8f900ccd
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_90328f91	type	Unscrupulous Hero
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_90328f91	comment	Unscrupulous Hero: Felix. He risks life, limb, and sanity to save Mildmay from a horrible death... only to mind-rape Mildmay into a situation that leads to his being tortured to the edge of sanity. He leads a pack of human-eating ghouls through a maze so their spirits can rest... and coldly manipulates a friend's unwanted ability to talk to the dead for the benefit of his own curiosity. He swears apparently terrifying oaths so that he can help repair the Virtu... but casually breaks his oaths when he feels like it.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_90328f91	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_90328f91	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_90328f91
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_90984c54	type	Glamour Failure
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_90984c54	comment	Glamour Failure: Eusebian wizards such as Lieutenant Vulpes can disguise themselves with magic, but his glamour fails at a soiree, leading to The Reveal that he's actually Isaac Garamond.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_90984c54	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_90984c54	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_90984c54
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_91672d3e	type	Children Are Innocent
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_91672d3e	comment	Children Are Innocent: Averted constantly, as most of them are thieves, assassins, or self-aware sadists. The only straight example of an innocent child is Florian in The Virtu.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_91672d3e	featureApplicability	-1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_91672d3e	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_91672d3e
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_916c9d1b	type	Mark of Shame
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_916c9d1b	comment	Mark of Shame: Felix's scarred back reminds him of his time as a kept-thief, and the scar in his eyebrow is a reminder of his experience being Shamed by a Mob. He finds both intensely humiliating.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_916c9d1b	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_916c9d1b	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_916c9d1b
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_92762b69	type	Significant Green-Eyed Redhead
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_92762b69	comment	Significant Green-Eyed Redhead: Mildmay. He is in fact the only person in the story with this coloring.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_92762b69	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_92762b69	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_92762b69
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_9400b3b5	type	Questionable Consent
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_9400b3b5	comment	Questionable Consent: A recurring trope in this series. Is the first-chapter sex between Malkar and Felix (who deliberately drinks drugged wine beforehand) rape or just kinky? Does Felix rape Vulpes by having sex with him after discovering that the Bastion has coerced him into his role as a honey trap (which Felix isn't supposed to know)? How meaningful is a prostitute's consent to Mildmay, given that she's likely indentured to the madam?
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_9400b3b5	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_9400b3b5	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_9400b3b5
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_94eb5311	type	Geometric Magic
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_94eb5311	comment	Geometric Magic: An evil pentagram, a protective circle, spirits travelling a maze— it's all here.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_94eb5311	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_94eb5311	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_94eb5311
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_95be648c	type	Creepy Basement
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_95be648c	comment	Creepy Basement: The lower levels of the Mirador. They're cobwebby, populated by ghosts and ghouls, and the final resting place of lots of really bad people. Even Shannon, who's lived his whole life in the Mirador, would get "nervous and unhappy" if Felix spent too much time down there.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_95be648c	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_95be648c	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_95be648c
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_96fbeaf	type	There Are No Therapists
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_96fbeaf	comment	There Are No Therapists: Justified in that the story takes place in societies with roughly Renaissance/Industrial Revolution-era technology and societal mores; therapists just plain don't exist. And it's not like our boys open up to anyone anyway; it's nearly a miracle they can admit their plethora of issues to themselves.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_96fbeaf	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_96fbeaf	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_96fbeaf
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_98d3f973	type	Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_98d3f973	comment	Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe: It's entirely possible that Shannon isn't biologically a Teverius, but he's legally one and the family's sticking to that. Augusta Fenris's conversation with Luther Littleman seems to confirm that Shannon is not of "the blood of the Teverii. Also, while Felix and Mildmay are certain that they have the same mother, Mildmay firmly states that there's no possible way they share a father. Justified since Methony was a whore and they were born six years apart on different continents.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_98d3f973	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_98d3f973	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_98d3f973
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_997d5872	type	"Ass" in Ambassador
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_997d5872	comment	"Ass" in Ambassador: Arsene L'Hiver, junior envoy from Tibernia. He's bigoted over everything from homosexuality to his school of magic, which makes him odious to most people, but a rather amusing target for Felix.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_997d5872	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_997d5872	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_997d5872
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_99f2522e	type	Hit Me, Dammit!
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_99f2522e	comment	Hit Me, Dammit!: Felix, to Mildmay after making a pass at him and getting rejected.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_99f2522e	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_99f2522e	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_99f2522e
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_9d0cfdb9	type	Sex Is Evil, and I Am Horny
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_9d0cfdb9	comment	Sex Is Evil, and I Am Horny: A massive problem for Gideon, and to some extent for Felix as well: at a BDSM club, he observes that "in some sense we were all predators. As we were all prey."
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_9d0cfdb9	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_9d0cfdb9	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_9d0cfdb9
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_9d3b4703	type	This Is Reality
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_9d3b4703	comment	This Is Reality: Mildmay comments on how some people, like Mavortian, constantly seem to "think they are in a story" when in reality, nothing ever works like it does in the stories.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_9d3b4703	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_9d3b4703	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_9d3b4703
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_9df812ad	type	Tiny Guy, Huge Girl
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_9df812ad	comment	Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: Kay is an exceptionally short man, taking after his Usaran mother. The newspapers even describe him as "dwarfish." Vanessa is a few inches taller than Mildmay, making her very tall for a Corambin woman.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_9df812ad	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_9df812ad	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_9df812ad
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_9e08ab7f	type	Glowing Gem
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_9e08ab7f	comment	Glowing Gem: The aquamarines in Felix's rings glow red this during his magic/literal rape by Malkar. Justified by the fact that wizards do, in fact, use gems in magic.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_9e08ab7f	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_9e08ab7f	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_9e08ab7f
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_9e335555	type	Single-Issue Psychology
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_9e335555	comment	Single-Issue Psychology: Painfully, painfully averted. Life in general would be so much easier for Mildmay and Felix if all their defense mechanisms and dysfunctions could be traced back to one thing, but they can't.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_9e335555	featureApplicability	-1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_9e335555	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_9e335555
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a1b141f4	type	My God, What Have I Done?
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a1b141f4	comment	My God, What Have I Done?: Felix could be the poster boy for this trope. He experiences self-loathing horror after he finds himself contemplating sex with a young prostitute, after he returns to Malkar, and on many, many other occasions. In particular, he struggles with the knowledge that he forced Mildmay to kill again, and sent him straight into Malkar's tortuous clutches. He says it himself: "What I did to him could not possibly be described as anything other than rape." Interestingly enough, though, he still orders Mildmay to kill again later. Oh, Felix. Of course, it doesn't end there—he's also haunted by his negligent role in Gideon's death and his deliberate choice to drive Isaac to suicidal insanity. This is how Mildmay reacts to killing anybody, deserving or not.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a1b141f4	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a1b141f4	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a1b141f4
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a2bff6bc	type	Rape Leads to Insanity
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a2bff6bc	comment	Rape Leads to Insanity: Subverted. Felix goes mad after suffering a combination of Mind Rape and, well, the other kind in Mélusine, leading Mildmay to worry about a relapse following Felix's gang rape by Edwin Beckett's followers in Corambis. Since mind rape wasn't involved this time, Felix is able to assure him he won't go crazy again.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a2bff6bc	featureApplicability	-0.3
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a2bff6bc	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a2bff6bc
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a3673c4c	type	It Gets Easier
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a3673c4c	comment	It Gets Easier: Subverted, as time goes on, it gets more and more difficult for Mildmay to murder, until he refuses to do it at all, for any reason. Like most of the things in the books, this reaps terrible consequences.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a3673c4c	featureApplicability	-0.3
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a3673c4c	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a3673c4c
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a54534a0	type	Parental Neglect
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a54534a0	comment	Parental Neglect: Kay had a much less traumatic childhood. His mother simply wasn't interested in actually being a mother.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a54534a0	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a54534a0	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a54534a0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a5cfe2ac	type	And There Was Much Rejoicing
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a5cfe2ac	comment	And There Was Much Rejoicing: Over the deaths of a couple of blood wizards. Mildmay observes that Mrs. Fenris had "been praying for indictions for Vey Coruscant to choke on a fishbone and die."
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a5cfe2ac	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a5cfe2ac	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a5cfe2ac
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a5d92fce	type	Celibate Hero
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a5d92fce	comment	Celibate Hero: Asked what he'd like to do with his life, Vincent answers, "Cut off my sex and go into a monastery," and Mehitabel "worried that he wasn't joking". However, given his miserable history, it's hard to know whether this is a trait he was born with, or one he developed over time. We do know that in his youth he imagined that a "young, wealthy lord would see my sterling qualities behind the hard veneer of prostitution and take me away to his palace on Lighthill. But I was never in that story either." Some of the brothers of St. Crellifer's, specifically Brother Orphelin and Brother Lilburn. Felix can see in his madness that celibacy is no trouble for Orphelin because he is much more interest in power and secrets than sex. And Lilburn... doesn't seem to feel anything at all. Simon and Rinaldo similarly don't engage in sex, with each other or anybody else (despite rumors that they are lovers) and seem to be the only people in the Mirador to do so. This might be a consequence of the trauma they suffered, but they aren't about to think about that in depth.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a5d92fce	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a5d92fce	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a5d92fce
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a5e5c6d0	type	Aura Vision
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a5e5c6d0	comment	Aura Vision: While insane, Felix can see people's emotions in the colors that surround them. Gideon is an exception— he just looks green.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a5e5c6d0	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a5e5c6d0	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a5e5c6d0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a6f23b2d	type	Skepticism Failure
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a6f23b2d	comment	Skepticism Failure: The Cabalines experience this at Hermione, barely in time to avoid getting killed. Of course, then they act as if it'd never happened.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a6f23b2d	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a6f23b2d	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a6f23b2d
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a70223	type	Karma Houdini
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a70223	comment	Karma Houdini: Edwin Beckett. Despite abusing a prostitute/wizard to restart a clock that drives people to suicide, then having the nerve to ask said prostitute/wizard to help him keep the clock going, he doesn't suffer anything worse than getting chased out of a town he visits.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a70223	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a70223	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a70223
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a74e8ba4	type	Thieves' Guild
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a74e8ba4	comment	Thieves' Guild: Subverted and averted directly by Mildmay telling Simon, "There ain't no assassin's guild. Never has been." Averted also with the kept thief system, which is not at all organized. There are people you don't want to piss off, but it's not because there's a hierarchy.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a74e8ba4	featureApplicability	-0.3
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a74e8ba4	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a74e8ba4
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a7beb2c5	type	Non-Human Head
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a7beb2c5	comment	Non-Human Head: While insane, Felix sees Malkar's as a dog's, Stephen's as a bear's, Thaddeus's as a raven's, and Mildmay's as a fox's. Interestingly enough, Felix considers both Malkar and Mildmay to be "dogs" in the symbolism of the Sibylline.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a7beb2c5	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a7beb2c5	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_a7beb2c5
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_aa70b926	type	Classic Villain
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_aa70b926	comment	Classic Villain: Malkar, inverted/invoked/Lampshaded when Mildmay points out he was, "just like them evil wizards in stories," to which Felix notes, "he would have loved the comparison," implying Malkar was playing up a trope on purpose.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_aa70b926	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_aa70b926	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_aa70b926
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_aa79bac	type	Parting-Words Regret
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_aa79bac	comment	Parting-Words Regret: The last thing Felix said to his friend Sherbourne Foss was, "But if you want the truth, you bore me, darling." He never got to apologize. Felix and Gideon's final conversation was a quarrel, much to Felix's regret. Maybe stop being a dick to people, Felix.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_aa79bac	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_aa79bac	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_aa79bac
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_aabdf2c6	type	Tyke-Bomb
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_aabdf2c6	comment	Tyke Bomb: Mildmay's skills as a cat burglar were trained into him starting around the age of three when his Keeper bought him from his mother. His training as an assassin started when he was fourteen, and as an older teenager Mildmay the Fox was known through the lower city as one of the most skilled and dangerous killers around (two different and powerful wizards, three men in three different districts in three different ways in one night) and he was still entirely subservient to his keeper, Kolkhis, until he ran away at seventeen.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_aabdf2c6	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_aabdf2c6	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_aabdf2c6
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_aabe2fb	type	Deliberate Values Dissonance
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_aabe2fb	comment	Deliberate Values Dissonance: Mildmay "won't be a pimp," but he has no problems patronizing prostitutes, who are, in this particular Crapsack World, frequently slaves. Stephen's search for a wife involves searching for appropriate families with more or less eligible women, whose consent, based on the actions of their relatives, may not be free and willing. Shannon lampshades this by calling his brother's methods "barbaric," but no one seems to view it as criminal. Further, everyone knows that bear-baiting is a common sport; the POV characters tend to look down on it, but don't feel any apparent compunction to outlaw it. In-universe, Felix struggles to understand and adapt to the local culture in Corambis, which is significantly more sexist and homophobic than that of Marathat. Even in Marathat, people disagree bitterly over the acceptance of homosexuality ("The Lord Protector was known particularly to not like molls," even though his younger brother is out and proud), torture of criminals, and what qualifies as heresy.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_aabe2fb	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_aabe2fb	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_aabe2fb
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ab5eea65	type	Dramatic Irony
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ab5eea65	comment	Dramatic Irony: Used very well; unsurprisingly, Monette has a Ph.D in English Literature. For example, in The Mirador, Felix doesn't want Mildmay to go to the St. Dismas Baths in the Arcane, and uses the obligation d’âme to enforce his wishes. Mildmay thinks he's being a dick (which he is), but that's not the only reason. The St. Dismas Baths are where Felix goes to clean himself off after he gets done having extremely violent S&M sex with random men and getting spattered with their blood.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ab5eea65	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ab5eea65	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ab5eea65
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_abbda0ea	type	Intelligible Unintelligible
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_abbda0ea	comment	Intelligible Unintelligible: Only people who have known Mildmay for a long time can understand his speech, thanks to the combination of his Lower City accent and mouth-twisting facial scar.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_abbda0ea	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_abbda0ea	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_abbda0ea
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_abc60c5d	type	Harmful to Minors
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_abc60c5d	comment	Harmful to Minors: Pretty much everything that happened to Felix and Mildmay from age three until adulthood. Mehitabel's pervy uncle, too. Really it's harder to think of something in this series that doesn't.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_abc60c5d	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_abc60c5d	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_abc60c5d
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_acecb17d	type	Chekhov's Skill
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_acecb17d	comment	Chekhov's Skill: In The Virtu, Mehitabel says that she "worked in the Bastion at the time." Guess which citadel later needs infiltrating to rescue Mildmay?
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_acecb17d	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_acecb17d	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_acecb17d
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: Happens to often to recount all the instances, but a few stand out: Felix has this reaction on realizing that Malkar plans not just to rape him, but to use him to destroy the Virtu. Mildmay, when he realizes that Felix is actually going to force him to murder Vey Coruscant and again when he finds himself captured by Brinvillier Strych. Mehitabel, when Vulpes reveals that he knows her code name.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ad1db87c	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ad1db87c	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ad1db87c
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ad3d8092	type	Heartbroken Badass
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ad3d8092	comment	Heartbroken Badass: Killing the people that Mildmay and Felix love is a really bad idea.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ad3d8092	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ad3d8092	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ad3d8092
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_af11866	type	Wizarding School
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_af11866	comment	Wizarding School: The Gardens of Nephele in Troia and the Grevillian Institute in Corambis. All other references to schools of magic in the series—Cabalines, Eusebians, etc.—have to do with schools of thought, not the actual training of wizards.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_af11866	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_af11866	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_af11866
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_af157b58	type	First-Person Smartass
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_af157b58	comment	First-Person Smartass: Mildmay is the absolute king of this trope. Felix, Mehitabel, and Kay all have moments of this as well, but Mildmay's narration is constant smartassery.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_af157b58	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_af157b58	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_af157b58
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_af696bef	type	Fish out of Water
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_af696bef	comment	Fish out of Water: Mildmay accompanying Felix to the Mirador. Definitely not played for laughs. Also Corbie at the Institution due to their general attitude towards women practitioners.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_af696bef	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_af696bef	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_af696bef
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_af7d483f	type	Dreaming of Things to Come
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_af7d483f	comment	Dreaming of Things to Come: Explained as a kind of magic, oneiromancy. Felix is particularly prone to these tropes, which often proves unpleasant.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_af7d483f	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_af7d483f	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_af7d483f
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b10d7e8e	type	Head-in-the-Sand Management
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b10d7e8e	comment	Head-in-the-Sand Management: The Cabalines will not do anything about the blood wizards who runs a district of their own city.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b10d7e8e	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b10d7e8e	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b10d7e8e
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b11ac9f5	type	Abusive Parents
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b11ac9f5	comment	Abusive Parents: The Keepers who raised Felix and Mildmay were as close to parental figures as the brothers had after they were sold at the ages of four and three, respectively. Both of them were raised as kept thieves. Felix's Keeper regularly beat and drowned children who failed tasks or didn't obey; after his death Felix was taken in by a pimp who later sold him to a blood wizard. Mildmay's Keeper forced him to work as an assassin until he ran away at seventeen.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b11ac9f5	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b11ac9f5	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b11ac9f5
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b2cb7993	type	Brains and Brawn
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b2cb7993	comment	Brains and Brawn: This is what Felix and Mildmay are, respectively, to outside eyes. However, it's really subverted, because while Mildmay never had formal education, he's still more sensible than Felix. Felix, who was educated, but only pragmatically, has huge holes in his knowledge and habitually makes terrible decisions.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b2cb7993	featureApplicability	-0.3
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b2cb7993	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b2cb7993
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b349a835	type	Soiled City on a Hill
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b349a835	comment	Soiled City on a Hill: At some point in the past, a general of the Bastion decided Lamia was too sinful to exist, so he had it torn to the ground. Of course, the sinners came back, only now they live in tents.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b349a835	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b349a835	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b349a835
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b38b54ed	type	A Magic Contract Comes with a Kiss
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b38b54ed	comment	A Magic Contract Comes with a Kiss: When Felix puts the binding-by-forms on Mildmay, it's sealed with a kiss—which he doesn't warn Mildmay about first. When Mildmay reacts with shock, Felix just tells him he would probably prefer it to the alternative.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b38b54ed	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b38b54ed	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b38b54ed
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b4fb830c	type	Smarter Than You Look
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b4fb830c	comment	Smarter Than You Look: Mildmay is a shining example of this. People tend to think that because his speech is slurred, his mind is slow. In fact he's a better judge of character than just about everybody and is usually well aware of what people are trying to do when they think they're being clever.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b4fb830c	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b4fb830c	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b4fb830c
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b532f68b	type	Everybody Has Lots of Sex
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b532f68b	comment	Everybody Has Lots of Sex: True with regard to the POV characters— Felix will "fuck anything in trousers," Mildmay sleeps with Ginevra, Mehitabel, Corbie, the prostitute Anna Sylvia, and, it's suggested, random chambermaids; Mehitabel is "an actress of known immorality"; and Kay makes no secret of enjoying the men of the Clowder Palace, in addition to a fling with Angel Vyell.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b532f68b	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b532f68b	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b532f68b
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b5619979	type	Was It All a Lie?
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b5619979	comment	Was It All a Lie?: Shannon to Felix, after Robert drops the bombshell that Felix isn't any of the things he claims to be.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b5619979	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b5619979	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b5619979
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b6cc7fc0	type	Dysfunctional Family
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b6cc7fc0	comment	Dysfunctional Family: Well, let's see... Methony hated her father so much that she ran away and lived out her life on another continent, at least if you believe Diokletian's explanation. She later sold her sons into slavery, and they spend years dealing with and dishing out incest, physical abuse, and Mind Rape... frequently between each other. The Teverii are so dysfunctional that Shannon fears Stephen will have him burned at the stake on a false charge of treason. Not to mention that the family rose to power when Michael slaughtered every single Cordelius, including a cousin and the cousin's infant son. Mehitabel's parents ignored her, her uncle molested her, and the only thing she regrets about running away at 15 is leaving behind her siblings to deal with the situation. Kay's mother "had little interest in [him]," and his father turned him into a ruthless soldier when he was 14, though not before leaving him with a good deal of internalized homophobia. After the death of Vincent's father, his older brothers abandoned him and his mother sold him into prostitution. He apparently has no idea what happened to any of them afterward.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b6cc7fc0	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b6cc7fc0	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b6cc7fc0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b80238ca	type	Abomination Accusation Attack
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b80238ca	comment	Abomination Accusation Attack: Thaddeus is really into these. The crazy part is that he may actually believe them.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b80238ca	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b80238ca	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_b80238ca
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ba0e3912	type	Power Nullifier
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ba0e3912	comment	Power Nullifier: Big surprise: it's called the "Nullity." It makes Felix a little uneasy, but eventually he finds a use for it.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ba0e3912	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ba0e3912	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ba0e3912
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ba557643	type	Terms of Endangerment
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ba557643	comment	Terms of Endangerment: Malkar taunts Felix with such nicknames as "my darling child", and Felix likes to call people who annoy him "darling." Usually before insulting them or even threatening them with ghastly death.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ba557643	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ba557643	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ba557643
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_babc974	type	Sadistic Choice
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_babc974	comment	Sadistic Choice: If Felix is "very good" to Malkar, Malkar may not force him to watch as he tortures Mildmay to death. On the other hand, if Felix is very good to him, it'll likely result in the destruction of an entire country.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_babc974	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_babc974	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_babc974
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_bb0a2242	type	No-Tell Motel
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_bb0a2242	comment	No-Tell Motel: The good folks of The Doctrine of Labyrinths spend a lot of time in these. Mildmay calls the Spinning Goblin "about halfway between a hotel and a whorehouse," and even specifically notes that the clerk won't ask what you're doing there.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_bb0a2242	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_bb0a2242	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_bb0a2242
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_bc74ef27	type	Berserk Button
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_bc74ef27	comment	More importantly, Felix and Mildmay are each other's Berserk Buttons. Mess with one, and the other will go batfuck on you.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_bc74ef27	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_bc74ef27	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_bc74ef27
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_bdbc35e7	type	Blade Enthusiast
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_bdbc35e7	comment	Blade Enthusiast: Mildmay is an expert knife-fighter, specifically with butterfly knives. He flips them absentmindedly when upset or annoyed or just thinking.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_bdbc35e7	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_bdbc35e7	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_bdbc35e7
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_be30e493	type	Undignified Death
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_be30e493	comment	Undignified Death: Mildmay had no trouble strangling Bartimus Cawley to death because he was "fat and stupid."
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_be30e493	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_be30e493	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_be30e493
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_bec82f41	type	Anti-Hero
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_bec82f41	comment	Antihero: Felix is the Unscrupulous variety, sometimes skirting Nominal (for example, when ordering Mildmay to kill Vey Coruscant or when losing control when dominating a sexual partner). Mildmay at his best is a Disney Anti-Hero, but he generally stays at Pragmatic and his past indicates Unscrupulous.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_bec82f41	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_bec82f41	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_bec82f41
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_bf1255fa	type	Really Gets Around
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_bf1255fa	comment	Really Gets Around: Felix. Gideon comments (accurately) that Felix doesn't even know the names of all the men he's slept with in the past two months. Mehitabel also qualifies. Aside from Lord Stephen, who she sleeps with out of necessity, her list of lovers also includes Mildmay, Hallam Bellamy, Jeremias Tantony, Drin Baillie, Lionel Verlalius, Barnabas and Harcourt Malanius, Arthur Lelius, Rudolph Novadius, Antony Lemerius, Ashley Demellius, and Peter Jessamyn. That we know of.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_bf1255fa	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_bf1255fa	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_bf1255fa
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_bf1b02b	type	Fictional Currency
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_bf1b02b	comment	Fictional Currency: Often named for mythical creatures. Marathat uses centimes, gorgons, septagorgons, and decagorgons, while Bernatha uses such denominations as banshees and angels. Apparently unlike the former nations/regions, Corambis uses paper money.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_bf1b02b	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_bf1b02b	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_bf1b02b
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c00484eb	type	Accent Relapse
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c00484eb	comment	Accent Relapse: In rare moments of overwhelming emotion—usually fear or rage or both—Felix will lose his posh accent and slip into a Lower City one.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c00484eb	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c00484eb	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c00484eb
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c0b6ded	type	Lie Back and Think of England
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c0b6ded	comment	Lie Back and Think of England: Played straight with Mehitabel and Stephen: he's rather boring in bed, and she's only doing it to gain intel for Kekropia: "I spread myself on the bed and tried not to think of Mildmay." However, he eventually recognizes his ineptitude and asks her to teach him how to please a lover.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c0b6ded	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c0b6ded	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c0b6ded
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c289826f	type	Double Standard Rape: Female on Male
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c289826f	comment	Double Standard Rape: Female on Male: Averted, as Mildmay has nightmares about how Kolkhis used him, both sexually and as an assassin. Averted in Corambis with the violent orgy to restart the Clock of the Eclipses.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c289826f	featureApplicability	-1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c289826f	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c289826f
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c2e1777	type	Conveniently Common Kink
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c2e1777	comment	Conveniently Common Kink: Felix's experiences in Mélusine and The Mirador suggest that finding a willing bottom for violent gay sex in Mélusine is about as hard as finding a stalk of corn in Iowa in July.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c2e1777	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c2e1777	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c2e1777
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c30b3981	type	Mistaken for Prostitute
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c30b3981	comment	Mistaken for Prostitute: Happens to Felix in Corambis, due to the fact that respectable locals don't wear bright clothes. An odd case in that Felix actually does have a long history as a prostitute, but isn't one at the time.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c30b3981	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c30b3981	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c30b3981
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c35cddcd	type	I Control My Minions Through...
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c35cddcd	comment	I Control My Minions Through...: Blood wizards and Eusebians rely on a mixture of Mind Control and simple fear. In The Virtu, Felix casts the obligation d’âme on Mildmay, making the latter his slave through Mind Control. Kolkhis relies on More than Mind Control on Mildmay and Septimus, and Malkar uses all the aforementioned techniques on Felix.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c35cddcd	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c35cddcd	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c35cddcd
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c3c77510	type	There Is Only One Bed
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c3c77510	comment	There Is Only One Bed: First, Felix and Thaddeus have to bed down together in Mélusine; later, Felix and Mildmay spend much of The Virtu and Corambis dealing with this trope.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c3c77510	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c3c77510	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c3c77510
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c601fc37	type	Professional Killer
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c601fc37	comment	Professional Killer: Mildmay is a deconstruction of this. He's neither well-dressed, nor educated, and all the money he got for his jobs never touched his hands. He was the most terrifying and capable assassin in the city, though, and he takes excruciating pains to keep that fact under wraps, because he's ashamed, and because it's dangerous to let that information float around in the breeze.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c601fc37	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c601fc37	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c601fc37
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c6fe99cf	type	Creepy Cemetery
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c6fe99cf	comment	Creepy Cemetery: The Boneprince. It has the ghosts of murdered children and everything.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c6fe99cf	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c6fe99cf	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c6fe99cf
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: The author seems to love referencing literary works for geographical names (and occasionally characters). This can be extremely disorienting for some people wondering when the significance of places called Britomart and Gilgamesh will kick in. (Hint: Never.) The beginning line of The Mirador is a shout-out to Charles Dickens.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c75df49a	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c75df49a	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c75df49a
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c81e2bba	type	Necromancer
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c81e2bba	comment	Necromancer: Augusta Fenris. Felix also dabbles in the art, although he usually just does it to put some poor soul to rest. While this flavor of magic is forbidden in Mélusine, Mildmay notes that there is a furtive but thriving group of necromancers in the Scaffelgreen district.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c81e2bba	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c81e2bba	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c81e2bba
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c8e375d3	type	Lover and Beloved
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c8e375d3	comment	Lover and Beloved: Deconstructed with Malkar and Felix. The problems are explicit in Felix's world, so much so that he has a paranoia regarding the sexual abuse of apprentices.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c8e375d3	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c8e375d3	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c8e375d3
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c9597a03	type	Self-Deprecation
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c9597a03	comment	Kolkhis used to call Mildmay "Milly-Fox", and he claims to have always hated it. That doesn't stop him using it to chide himself with every so often, when he thinks he's being weak or foolish.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c9597a03	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c9597a03	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c9597a03
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c972d624	type	Slut-Shaming
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c972d624	comment	Slut-Shaming: A rare male example—people seem to enjoy humiliating Felix by talking about his past as a prostitute. Malkar and one of his rapists at the Clock of the Eclipses even call him a "slut"... either right before or right after having sex with him. Mehitabel gets fired from her job as a governess for fornication and later observes that gentlewomen view actresses as "little better than prostitutes." Even Vulpes sneers at her "wide "acquaintance among the court" before telling her to "[g]o trawling."
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c972d624	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c972d624	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c972d624
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c9c756a8	type	Child Soldiers
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c9c756a8	comment	Child Soldiers: The wizards of the Bastion (like Gideon) are drafted into the military at age 13 or 14, and then sexually preyed upon by the older wizards. Early military service may also be a Caloxan norm, as Kay went to war at 14.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c9c756a8	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c9c756a8	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_c9c756a8
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ca4e037	type	Dude Looks Like a Lady
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ca4e037	comment	Dude Looks Like a Lady: The male wizards Felix and Shannon are said to look just like their mothers, who are both notable beauties.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ca4e037	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ca4e037	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ca4e037
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_cd30716e	type	Boring Return Journey
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_cd30716e	comment	Boring Return Journey: Happily averted in The Virtu. The trip back has a dark spell, a death goddess, a couple of jailbreaks, a mutilation, two scheming sidekicks, straight sex, gay sex, and, at the end, a close call with burning at the stake.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_cd30716e	featureApplicability	-1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_cd30716e	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_cd30716e
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_cdd676a3	type	Hyper-Competent Sidekick
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_cdd676a3	comment	Hypercompetent Sidekick: Mildmay becomes this to Felix after Felix casts the obligation d’âme on him. Mehitabel becomes this to both brothers in The Virtu, since she can switch between languages and accents with ease, is familiar with the Grasslands culture, and even knows the layout of the Bastion.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_cdd676a3	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_cdd676a3	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_cdd676a3
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_cddc61ac	type	Fake-Out Make-Out
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_cddc61ac	comment	Fake-Out Make-Out: Mildmay and Mehitabel pull this one in The Virtu. Apparently, it's more fun than they expected.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_cddc61ac	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_cddc61ac	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_cddc61ac
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ce6487aa	type	Misery Builds Character
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ce6487aa	comment	Misery Builds Character: Played with. In general, the horrible things that happen to our leads only make them paranoid, isolated, and/or vindictive. However, when they go through horrible things together, the demonstration of loyalty may make them closer.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ce6487aa	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ce6487aa	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ce6487aa
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ce6555f0	type	Lighter and Softer
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ce6555f0	comment	Lighter and Softer: Corambis, while still very dark, is a freaking carnival ride compared to the other books in the series.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ce6555f0	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ce6555f0	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ce6555f0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_cec7dac0	type	The Magocracy
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_cec7dac0	comment	The Magocracy: Marathat's government is comprised largely of the Cabal, a group of wizards who receive the titles of "Lord" and "Lady" upon initiation.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_cec7dac0	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_cec7dac0	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_cec7dac0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d0309fad	type	Religion is Magic
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d0309fad	comment	Religion is Magic: Popular perception separates them (Mélusine's poor are okay with some priests but hate wizards), but the rituals performed by Felix at Nera and in the crypt of the Cordelii indicate they are, at least, closely related. Nonetheless, he remains unattached to any particular religion throughout the series.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d0309fad	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d0309fad	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d0309fad
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d0caee40	type	Uncanny Family Resemblance
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d0caee40	comment	Uncanny Family Resemblance: Felix and Mildmay look shockingly like each other and Methony, and shockingly unlike everyone else. Shannon looks exactly like a male version of his mother, which causes no small amount of awkwardness. Played with in the case of Mildmay and Kolkhis— as long as Mildmay dyed his hair, people assumed they were related because of their striking resemblance, but they presumably aren't. note We don't know the identity of either character's father, but Mélusine is a big enough city to make such a coincidence unlikely The incestuous implications unnerve him.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d0caee40	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d0caee40	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d0caee40
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d148b019	type	Mundane Made Awesome
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d148b019	comment	Mundane Made Awesome: Mildmay's absolutely epic line about helping the cook on the Morskaiakrov: "When it comes to scrubbing potatoes, I don't fuck around."
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d148b019	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d148b019	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d148b019
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d165034	type	Badass Fingersnap
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d165034	comment	Badass Finger Snap: Well, finger wave— Felix takes out a gang of thugs with one.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d165034	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d165034	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d165034
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d303e45e	type	Citadel City
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d303e45e	comment	Citadel City: Damaging Mélusine's massive, 700-year-old walls qualifies as treason, which is odd, since they don't seem to serve much purpose beyond looking cool. Assaults are much likelier to come through magic than a physical invasion.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d303e45e	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d303e45e	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d303e45e
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d32cd9f5	type	Cast Full of Gay
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d32cd9f5	comment	Cast Full of Gay: Felix, Kay, Shannon, Gideon, Astyanax, Sherbourne, Angel, Louis Goliath, and Murtagh are all definitely gay or bisexual; Edwin Beckett, Julian Carey, Cyriack Thrale, Edgar St. Rose, and Vincent Demabrien may or may not be gay.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d32cd9f5	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d32cd9f5	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d32cd9f5
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d39e327f	type	What the Hell, Hero?
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d39e327f	comment	What the Hell, Hero?: Mehitabel calls out Felix a lot for his atrocious treatment of Mildmay. Felix just... keeps on keeping on. Gideon also gives Felix down the road a few times: for pretending not to suffer from amnesia, for not looking after Mildmay after a traumatic incident, and for constantly cheating on Gideon. Mildmay does this when Felix torments him with questions about his past in The Mirador, and again in Corambis after Felix tells Mildmay to leave him to drown in a river.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d39e327f	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d39e327f	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d39e327f
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d3b02ffb	type	I Know Your True Name
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d3b02ffb	comment	I Know Your True Name: In Mélusine, Mildmay warns Ginevra not to use her real name when they go to meet Vey Coruscant. At one point she says his name out loud, but at the time she only knew him by an alias.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d3b02ffb	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d3b02ffb	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d3b02ffb
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d44ea142	type	You Are Not Alone
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d44ea142	comment	You Are Not Alone: Felix is terrified to stand in the Sim as part of a spell, but finds comfort in Mildmay's assurance that he's there to keep him from drowning.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d44ea142	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d44ea142	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d44ea142
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d48333a4	type	Ban on Magic
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d48333a4	comment	Ban on Magic: The Cabalines will burn you at the stake for using blood in magic, for contacting the dead, or even performing a magical healing... unless you're a blood wizard crime boss, in which case it apparently isn't worthwhile. The Corambins purged Caloxa of an entire school of magic, and while they don't explicitly forbid women to study magic, they certainly make it hard for them.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d48333a4	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d48333a4	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d48333a4
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d67f0a23	type	Modest Royalty
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d67f0a23	comment	Modest Royalty: Stephen and Victoria, who detest pomp in all its forms. Shannon doesn't share this trait.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d67f0a23	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d67f0a23	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d67f0a23
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d9320c33	type	Frequently-Broken Unbreakable Vow
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d9320c33	comment	Frequently-Broken Unbreakable Vow: The sevenfold oath of the Cabalines. Robert breaks it by attempting to steal Felix's magic (Mélusine), nearly the entire Cabal breaks it to seal Felix's magic (Mélusine), and Felix himself breaks it at least four times in The Mirador. This, despite the fact that Mildmay describes the Cabalines' oath as "put[ting] their soul in hock to the Mirador''.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d9320c33	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d9320c33	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d9320c33
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d935ee2f	type	Innocent Blue Eyes
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d935ee2f	comment	Innocent Blue Eyes: Shannon. While he can be a nasty person, he is also extremely sheltered and naive. Ginevra. Poor girl never had any sense of how much danger she was in.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d935ee2f	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d935ee2f	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_d935ee2f
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_da5a690d	type	Curious Qualms of Conscience
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_da5a690d	comment	Curious Qualms of Conscience: Despite being raised as an assassin, Mildmay turns into someone who "has very high moral standards" (Felix, Corambis.) Well, relative to Felix, anyway.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_da5a690d	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_da5a690d	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_da5a690d
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_dca70c44	type	Reasonable Authority Figure
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_dca70c44	comment	Reasonable Authority Figure: Few and far between, but Mildmay thinks Giancarlo of Novalucrezia, the head of the Curia, is "as fair as a hocus can be," and Virtuer John Ashmead's decisions all seem basically sensible.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_dca70c44	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_dca70c44	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_dca70c44
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_dcd423d2	type	Affectionate Nickname
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_dcd423d2	comment	Affectionate Nickname: Mehitabel always calls Felix "sunshine". Vanessa occasionally refers to Kay as "bonehead", but she does so in a friendly way and he doesn't seem to mind.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_dcd423d2	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_dcd423d2	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_dcd423d2
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_dde7da12	type	Come to Gawk
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_dde7da12	comment	Come to Gawk: Felix is paraded through Mélusine after he was framed for breaking the Virtu. Kay is put on display in public after he's blinded and forced to surrender his army.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_dde7da12	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_dde7da12	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_dde7da12
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_de89c0a1	type	Dating What Daddy Hates
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_de89c0a1	comment	Dating What Daddy Hates: Shannon makes it a point to take as his lover the one wizard his older brother can't stand.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_de89c0a1	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_de89c0a1	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_de89c0a1
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_defabcb9	type	Creepy Blue Eyes
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_defabcb9	comment	Creepy Blue Eyes: Felix, whose right eye is most definitely a Creepy Blue Eye as it's a strangely pale, cloudy blue. In the Lower City with its superstitions, this is blended with Occult Blue Eyes. Given his left eye is yellow, it creates an overall eerie effect that even Mildmay refers to as "spooky eyes."
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_defabcb9	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_defabcb9	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_defabcb9
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e04ed269	type	Urban Segregation
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e04ed269	comment	Urban Segregation: There's the poor, run-down and dangerous Lower City, which is separated from the fairly well-to-do rest of the city, which is separated again from the towering and imposing Mirador where the Cabaline wizards and aristocracy live/visit.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e04ed269	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e04ed269	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e04ed269
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e052ae34	type	Gagging on Your Words
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e052ae34	comment	Gagging on Your Words: Felix—a lot. When admitting to his history as a prostitute, he feels the words sticking in his throat "like a fishbone." Largely for magical reasons, he struggles to tell the truth about his relationship with Malkar and the physical aspects of his Mind Rape. He's almost incapable of expressing gratitude or apologies under any circumstances.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e052ae34	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e052ae34	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e052ae34
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e0aed924	type	No Antagonist
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e0aed924	comment	No Antagonist: Unlike the previous three books, Corambis doesn't have a Big Bad. The big threat of the book the engine under Summerdown that Gerrard partially awoke, which is only trying to do what it was made to do and get enough energy to fire.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e0aed924	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e0aed924	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e0aed924
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e1da40	type	The Bear
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e1da40	comment	The Bear: Murtagh is a warrior with scars, dense body hair, and a fondness for kinky sex with men. Felix finds him quite appealing.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e1da40	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e1da40	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e1da40
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e235202a	type	The Power of Blood
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e235202a	comment	The Power of Blood: Blood itself is very powerful, and blood wizardry is one of the ways for a wizard to cast a spell that requires more power than he or she can muster alone.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e235202a	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e235202a	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e235202a
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e28f88b8	type	Last-Name Basis
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e28f88b8	comment	Last-Name Basis: No one uses Corbie's first name. Probably because it leads to being kicked in the shin.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e28f88b8	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e28f88b8	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e28f88b8
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e2ccee25	type	Animal Motifs
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e2ccee25	comment	Animal Motifs: The magic of Felix's insanity causes him to see people with the heads of animals that represent them. Perhaps tellingly, Gideon is just a green blob.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e2ccee25	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e2ccee25	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e2ccee25
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e34400ab	type	Ambiguously Gay
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e34400ab	comment	Ambiguously Gay: Julian adores Cyriack, to the point that Isobel worries about him being "soppish" toward him, but the books never say whether his love is romantic or platonic. He's also notably more flustered than flattered when Corbie flirts with him, but Mildmay thinks that might be an issue of maturity rather than attraction. Edgar St. Rose lets Felix flirt with him and they get along better than Felix does with many of his colleagues. Mildmay wonders if they're also sleeping together, but we never find out.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e34400ab	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e34400ab	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e34400ab
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e3cee2e7	type	Empathic Environment
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e3cee2e7	comment	Empathic Environment: Played straight in Mélusine. Meeting a blood witch in a graveyard? Surrounded by millenia-year-old tormented ghosts? You're about to get drenched. Possibly played with in The Mirador: Although getting exiled from the Mirador for gross heresy certainly makes for a turbulent experience, Mildmay doesn't mind the accompanying rain because he's just happy to be leaving.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e3cee2e7	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e3cee2e7	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e3cee2e7
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e5400274	type	Ahem
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e5400274	comment	Ahem: Shannon demonstrates uncharacteristic good sense when he uses this tactic to stop a public quarrel between Stephen and Thaddeus.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e5400274	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e5400274	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e5400274
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e5411cdf	type	Cult
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e5411cdf	comment	Cult: Methony was in one when Mildmay was born, thus the ridiculous name she gave him. Weird cults "come and go like mayflies" in the Lower City. Gideon worships the rather spooky White-Eyed Lady, in a cult that dates back thousands of years (although the rituals have become somewhat tamer). Edwin Beckett's fervor for starting the Clock of the Eclipses through having lots of kinky sex borders on religious, and his followers act as though they've been brainwashed. Felix refers to the way they used him as "sacrifice."
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e5411cdf	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e5411cdf	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e5411cdf
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e542b0f5	type	Geas
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e542b0f5	comment	Geas: After you cast the obligation de sang or the obligation d’âme on someone, you can essentially cast as many gaesa as you want on them.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e542b0f5	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e542b0f5	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e542b0f5
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e5507f60	type	Truce Zone
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e5507f60	comment	Truce Zone: Even gangsters don't fight in Mélusine's baths because, as Mildmay said, "you [...] don't want someone getting knifed in the water with you and your soap." The entire "free city" of Bernatha perceives itself as beyond the petty (and bad-for-business) wars of Corambis, Caloxa, and Ygres.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e5507f60	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e5507f60	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e5507f60
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e563bf09	type	Insistent Terminology
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e563bf09	comment	Insistent Terminology: Thaumaturgical architecture is not architectural thaumaturgy! The heart of a labyrinth isn't the same as the center of one!
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e563bf09	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e563bf09	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e563bf09
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e69efe7f	type	Lysistrata Gambit
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e69efe7f	comment	Lysistrata Gambit: A group of prostitutes save Felix from a gang beating by reminding the thugs that they will raise their prices if they find out potential customers are being brutalized on their turf. It works.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e69efe7f	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e69efe7f	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e69efe7f
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e70127	type	The Mole
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e70127	comment	The Mole: There are a few. First, Felix turns out to be Malkar's mole in the Mirador, although it's unusual in that Felix didn't actually know he was a mole. Later, Vulpes appears, and not only becomes a mole himself but also coerces Mehitabel into becoming one too. Thaddeus thinks Gideon is a mole, too, but he's probably wrong.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e70127	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e70127	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e70127
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e7b1cb24	type	Old Master
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e7b1cb24	comment	Old Master: Iosephinus Pompey. Despite being "terrifically old," he took Felix as an apprentice after the latter broke away from Malkar and imparted crucial knowledge about forbidden magic.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e7b1cb24	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e7b1cb24	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e7b1cb24
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e7f9c214	type	Barred from the Afterlife
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e7f9c214	comment	Barred from the Afterlife: Felix encounters a lot of poor souls with this problem: at Nera, in the crypts of the Cordelii, in Hermione, at the burning building in Caloxa, and possibly in St. Crellifer's as well.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e7f9c214	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e7f9c214	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e7f9c214
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e851b5	type	The Plan
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e851b5	comment	The Plan: The plot to put Shannon Teverius on the throne, as formulated by Vey Coruscant, Kolkhis, and a spattering of the Polydorii.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e851b5	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e851b5	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e851b5
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e993da98	type	Equal-Opportunity Evil
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e993da98	comment	Equal-Opportunity Evil: Kolkhis is perfectly happy to use or serve men, women, and heretics, provided that they do good work or pay her on time.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e993da98	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e993da98	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e993da98
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e9d571ce	type	Ab Urbe Condita
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e9d571ce	comment	Ab Urbe Condita: Stephen uses the phrase in The Mirador. Presumably he's referring to the founding of Marathat, although given that Rome+Atlantis=Cymellune (and thus Latin likely equals Cymellunar), he may be counting from the founding of Cymellune, in which case the date would probably be in the realm of legend.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e9d571ce	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e9d571ce	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e9d571ce
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e9db9908	type	Younger Than They Look
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e9db9908	comment	Younger Than They Look: Due to his scar and his emotionless expression, Mildmay is consistently taken for being much older than he is. By the time Mélusine starts, he's a little over 19; when they meet, Felix thinks he's much older than that. And throughout the series, Felix often makes comments to himself about how young Mildmay actually is.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e9db9908	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e9db9908	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_e9db9908
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ea35fda5	type	Bastard Bastard
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ea35fda5	comment	Bastard Bastard: Played with. People keep expecting Shannon to do something evil on the grounds that he's the possibly-illegitimate son of the late, treasonous consort, Gloria Aestia. Luther Littleman's ghost essentially confirms that Shannon isn't a Teverius by blood. While he's no saint, his real offenses don't amount to much beyond sulking, sniping, and gossiping.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ea35fda5	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ea35fda5	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ea35fda5
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_eabb8130	type	Swamps Are Evil
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_eabb8130	comment	Swamps Are Evil: It's full of poisonous plants, alligators, and dumped bodies, but all those pale in comparison to the ghouls that inhabit St. Grandin's Swamp and will try to kill you For the Evulz.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_eabb8130	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_eabb8130	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_eabb8130
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_eb8ec7c8	type	Jerkass
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_eb8ec7c8	comment	Jerkass: Felix, to some degree, though he could be argued to be a Jerk with a Heart of Gold.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_eb8ec7c8	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_eb8ec7c8	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_eb8ec7c8
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ecd78a30	type	Double Standard: Rape, Male on Male
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ecd78a30	comment	Double Standard: Rape, Male on Male: Averted in Mélusine, as much of the plot hangs on Felix's trauma resulting from both physical and mental rape. Averted in Corambis as well when Corbie encourages Felix to press charges after the orgy to restart the Clock of Eclipses.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ecd78a30	featureApplicability	-1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ecd78a30	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ecd78a30
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ecf510f4	type	Puberty Superpower
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ecf510f4	comment	Puberty Superpower: Magic tends to develop at some point during adolescence, sometimes as late as nineteen. Felix was fourteen when his power came in.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ecf510f4	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ecf510f4	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ecf510f4
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_edf8db61	type	Oh, My Gods!
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_edf8db61	comment	Oh, My Gods!: Powers! Kethe! God and the thirteen crimson devils!
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_edf8db61	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_edf8db61	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_edf8db61
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f005700f	type	Conspicuous Consumption
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f005700f	comment	Conspicuous Consumption: Rich colors, sumptuous fabrics, and even gold and silver brocade are everyday wear at the Marathine court.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f005700f	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f005700f	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f005700f
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f174d8e8	type	Trying Not to Cry
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f174d8e8	comment	Trying Not to Cry: Mildmay after breaking up with Mehitabel and Mehitabel after Felix and Mildmay get exiled.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f174d8e8	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f174d8e8	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f174d8e8
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f1d3f0c9	type	Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f1d3f0c9	comment	Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Felix. Dear God, Feeeeliiiiiiix. And most other wizards, to an extent. Every pages, Felix would use some new, incredibly obscure word.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f1d3f0c9	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f1d3f0c9	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f1d3f0c9
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f1d6144a	type	War Is Hell
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f1d6144a	comment	War Is Hell: The aftermath, anyway, for Kay: nearly all his friends have died, he's permanently blindied, and, as punishment for his sins, he winds up chained to his late beloved's coffin on public display.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f1d6144a	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f1d6144a	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f1d6144a
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f288cf3	type	Innocent Innuendo
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f288cf3	comment	Innocent Innuendo: Vincent tells Mildmay that a ghost has requested Felix's help: "He needs to be laid." Mildmay's thought: I know Felix will fuck anything in trousers, but even he's gonna have some trouble with that.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f288cf3	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f288cf3	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f288cf3
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f4c50819	type	Famously Mundane, Fictionally Magical
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f4c50819	comment	Famously Mundane, Fictionally Magical: Coming from relatively low-tech Mélusine, Felix is fascinated by Corambis's Magitek trains and robot. Clocks also occasionally fall into this category.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f4c50819	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f4c50819	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f4c50819
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f55d739f	type	The Baroness
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f55d739f	comment	The Baroness: Kolkhis. Not only does she raise children to do her bidding as thieves and assassins, she also uses them as her sex slaves. By force if necessary. Oh, and she's in league with an Evil Sorcerer.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f55d739f	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f55d739f	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f55d739f
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f64a9cf7	type	Earn Your Happy Ending
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f64a9cf7	comment	Earn Your Happy Ending: Done very well in the ending of Corambis. Felix and Mildmay are technically being banished again, this time out to the back of beyond, but they've both (mostly) come to terms with themselves and each other, and promise to try to be happy with each other.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f64a9cf7	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f64a9cf7	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f64a9cf7
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f85354eb	type	Attempted Rape
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f85354eb	comment	Attempted Rape: Far less common than actual rape. Discussion continues over whether this is a subversion, making the story more realistic, or... not.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f85354eb	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f85354eb	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f85354eb
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f8600b	type	Cool Big Sis
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f8600b	comment	Cool Big Sis: Corbie slips herself into this role with Julian. Mehitabel acts this way towards Felix and Mildmay, even though she later starts sleeping with Mildmay. She later takes Semper under her wing.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f8600b	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f8600b	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f8600b
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f8c8175a	type	Malicious Slander
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f8c8175a	comment	Malicious Slander: Shannon drops hints that Felix and Mildmay are engaging in incest— a rumor that Felix finds "all the worse" because Felix actually wishes it were true.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f8c8175a	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f8c8175a	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f8c8175a
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f914cae5	type	Post-Rape Taunt
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f914cae5	comment	Post-Rape Taunt: Malkar calls Felix "a cheap whore."
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f914cae5	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f914cae5	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f914cae5
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f9ab4501	type	R-Rated Opening
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f9ab4501	comment	R-Rated Opening: The one-and-a-half page drops an F-bomb and mentions adultery, rape, Mind Rape, and suicide.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f9ab4501	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f9ab4501	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_f9ab4501
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_fc45bac0	type	Wouldn't Hit a Girl
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_fc45bac0	comment	Wouldn't Hit a Girl: Averted. Mildmay comments to Mehitabel that he wouldn't have any problem with hitting a woman who "deserves it". However, he does instantly apologize for saying it. Felix also mentions, several times, wanting to strike some woman or other for being flip. (Of course, Felix wants to strike everyone from time to time, so...)
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_fc45bac0	featureApplicability	-1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_fc45bac0	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_fc45bac0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_fcbb72d9	type	Present Tense Narrative
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_fcbb72d9	comment	Present Tense Narrative: Most of the story is told in past tense, but there are notable shifts into the present to signify a shift in reality. All dreams are told in present tense. If it's not a dream though, something is horribly wrong. Felix is insane through most of Mélusine, but even before getting into details, the reader can tell when he's "topside" because he's using past tense vs. "down the well" because he's using present tense. After he is raped in Corambis there is a brief switch to present tense to show just how badly the events are hurting him. When Mildmay is tortured nearly to insanity in The Virtu, he too narrates in present tense.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_fcbb72d9	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_fcbb72d9	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_fcbb72d9
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_fdc1e848	type	Will They or Won't They?
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_fdc1e848	comment	Will They or Won't They?: Kind-of, due to Felix's lust for Mildmay. They don't. Also with Mildmay and Mehitabel... They do. But are they in love? Uh...note (it should also be noted that in early drafts of the books, Mehitabel and Mildmay get married). And then again with Mildmay and Kay they don't, and then with Kay and Felix they don't.note But, again, in earlier drafts of the books? They totally do.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_fdc1e848	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_fdc1e848	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_fdc1e848
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ff202ce0	type	Scar Survey
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ff202ce0	comment	Scar Survey: Prior to the series, Felix has gotten one from Shannon; in Mélusine, he gets it from Mildmay.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ff202ce0	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ff202ce0	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ff202ce0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ff7f34c5	type	Pet the Dog
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ff7f34c5	comment	Pet the Dog: One of few indications we get that Kolkhis isn't a complete monster is that after the Fire she made flower crowns for all of her surviving kept-thieves.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ff7f34c5	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ff7f34c5	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ff7f34c5
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ffb1df90	type	Perpetual Poverty
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ffb1df90	comment	Perpetual Poverty: The Mirador is the only book of the series where Felix and Mildmay don't have to worry about money at all.
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ffb1df90	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ffb1df90	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_ffb1df90
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_name	type	ItemName
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_name	comment
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_name	featureApplicability	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_name	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_name
Doctrine of Labyrinths / int_name	itemName	Doctrine of Labyrinths

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

DoctrineofLabyrinths	sameAs	Doctrine of Labyrinths
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	A Magic Contract Comes with a Kiss / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Ab Urbe Condita / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Abomination Accusation Attack / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Accent Slip-Up / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Agent Peacock / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	And the Adventure Continues / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Anti-Magic / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Badass in Distress / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Bastard Bastard / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Bedlam House / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Best Served Cold / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Big Brother Bully / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Big Labyrinthine Building / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Bitch Alert / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Blood Magic / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Book Dumb / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Boring Return Journey / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Butter Face / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Camp Gay / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Cast from Hit Points / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Citadel City / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Classy Cravat / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Clock Punk / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Cloudcuckoolander's Minder / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Come to Gawk / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Creepy Blue Eyes / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Dark Fantasy / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Dark-Skinned Blond / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Depraved Homosexual / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Duality Motif / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Effeminate Misogynistic Guy / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Embarrassing First Name / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Emotionally Tongue-Tied / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Empathic Environment / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Fainting Seer / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Fake Aristocrat / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Functional Magic / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Gaslamp Fantasy / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Gayngst / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Gentleman Snarker / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Glamour Failure / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Grave Robbing / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Harmful to Minors / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Hit Me, Dammit! / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Honey Trap / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Hooker with a Heart of Gold / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	I Am Not Pretty / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	I Didn't Mean to Turn You On / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	I Have You Now, My Pretty / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Incest-ant Admirer / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Incompatible Orientation / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Innocent Blue Eyes / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Insecure Love Interest / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Ironic Name / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	It's What I Do / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Mature Younger Sibling / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Mistaken for Prostitute / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Muggle in Mage Custody / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Mysterious Employer / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Name That Unfolds Like Lotus Blossom / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Obliviously Beautiful / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Occult Blue Eyes / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Power Tattoo / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Professional Killer / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Psychic Dreams for Everyone / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Raging Stiffie / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Raised by Grandparents / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Rape as Backstory / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	STD Immunity / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Sadist / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Scars are Forever / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Sex Magic / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Sexy Shirt Switch / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Shattered Sanity / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Significant Green-Eyed Redhead / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Sliding Scale of Beauty / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	So Beautiful, It's a Curse / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Son of a Whore / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Speculative Fiction LGBT / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Strong Family Resemblance / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Supernatural Gold Eyes / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Sympathetic Slave Owner / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	The Baroness / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	The Exile / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	The Fagin / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	The Ophelia / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	The Queenpin / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	The Spymaster / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Traumatic Haircut / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Unequal Rites / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Unscrupulous Hero / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Unwitting Pawn / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Was It All a Lie? / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Whatevermancy / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Wizarding School / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Wrong-Name Outburst / int_6873fde2
Doctrine of Labyrinths	hasFeature	Pride Before a Fall / int_6873fde2

Copyright of DBTropes.org wrapper 2009-2013 DFKI Knowledge Management. Imprint. - Thanks to Bakken&Baeck for hosting. Contact.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.