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Promise of Blood

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Field Marshal Tamas, powder mage and favored soldier of the Iron King Manhouch, stages a coup to kill Manhouch, slaughter the nobles, and free the country of Adro from their oppression. Despite centuries of corruption, Tamas still has an uphill climb ahead of him, between royalist holdouts, priests who believe in the Divine Right of Kings, and ordinary people who are caught up in the violence of the times.And then someone tries to summon Kresimir, the most powerful god in the world, to destroy Adro for killing their king.
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Easy Logistics: Largely subverted. There is quite a bit of discussion regarding the difficulties of feeding and equipping an army on the move, especially in a world like this that is still at a colonial technology level. Tamas is very confused when his food costs drop to almost nothing while the quality and quantity of the food vastly increases. It turns out that Adom, the patron saint of Adro (who is either a god or a privileged so powerful the difference is minor) has taken over cooking duties for the entire army and is producing food out of thin air.
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The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized
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The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized: While there is no question that Manhouch was a corrupt hedonist and most of the government was just as bad, the books don't shy away from the fact that killing him requires fighting through a lot of innocent people who are just trying to defend the government that they have been raised to believe is sacred and they're not exactly wrong either. The day of executions is an absolute bloodbath, and the common people have no problem tearing apart royal soldiers when given the chance. Tamas is also perfectly willing to kill noble children to keep the monarchy from resurfacing. Somewhat subverted when it is revealed that Tamas actually spared all the noble children and sent them to other countries to live out their lives as common folk. The claim that they were all killed is just to prevent Royalists from trying to find them to rally behind.
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Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
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Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Adom basically just wants to cook food, but he is still a god. He defeats soldiers sent to kill him with contemptuous ease.
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Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?
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Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: This pretty quickly becomes one of Taniel's signature moves. He stabs Rozalia, a Predeii, through the chest with a bayonet and throws Julene, another Predeii, off a 10,000ft cliff (although she does survive). He then tops both of those acts later when he shoots Kresimir in the face as he is literally descending from the heavens.
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