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The Licanius Trilogy

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The Licanius Trilogy	comment	The Licanius Trilogy is a series of High Fantasy novels with a subversive Time Travel spin, and the authorial debut of Australian writer James Islington.The trilogy consists of the following volumes: The Shadow of What Was Lost An Echo of Things to Come The Light of All That FallsThe first instalment was released in 2014, and the final installment wrapped things up in 2019. Islington has announced some side stories set in the same world as the original trilogy.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_116a941b	type	Applied Phlebotinum
The Licanius Trilogy / int_116a941b	comment	Applied Phlebotinum: Essence, though kan becomes much more important as the plot progresses.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_1237828f	type	Anyone Can Die
The Licanius Trilogy / int_1237828f	comment	Anyone Can Die: Not even all the main characters survive the story, and even most of the important supporting characters are toast. Despite the large cast, you can count the named characters that survive on your fingers.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_177acf96	type	Poisonous Captive
The Licanius Trilogy / int_177acf96	comment	Poisonous Captive: The two sha'teth held in Tol Athian's dungeon wreak havoc on Ishelle's mental state and attempt to shake Caeden's moral conviction. They're actually there to destroy the Tol's defenses from the inside.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_17e530e1	type	Punctuation Shaker
The Licanius Trilogy / int_17e530e1	comment	Punctuation Shaker: Darecian words and names make heavy use of apostrophes. Prominent examples include gil'shar, Jha'vett and dar'gai'thin.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_18bf4326	type	Anti-Magic
The Licanius Trilogy / int_18bf4326	comment	Anti-Magic: Shackles are a wearable Restraining Bolt that prevent Gifted from channeling. Tol Shen's amulet apparently has a similar effect on kan, as do the general environments of Ilshan Gathdel Teth and Zvaelar.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_19e41d8f	type	And This Is for...
The Licanius Trilogy / int_19e41d8f	comment	And This Is for...: Davian says this about Caladel when he throws Rethgar into the rift.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_1b590025	type	Dead All Along
The Licanius Trilogy / int_1b590025	comment	Dead All Along: Davian. At some point early in his life in utero, as it turns out he died and his body ceased to generate Essence. However, before his soul could pass on his Augur powers kicked in, allowing him to instinctively keep his body functional by leaching Essence from his surroundings. This makes him the only person able to safely traverse the Deilanis rift since the pure kan of the rift would destroy any source of Essence that entered it. Similarly, this lets him implant kan Vessels in his body, which no living person could do because the kan would disrupt their body's natural Essence flows and kill them.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_1f799027	type	Obstructive Bureaucrat
The Licanius Trilogy / int_1f799027	comment	Obstructive Bureaucracy: Administration seeks as to impede Wirr in his role of Northwarden at basically every turn.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_2139c878	type	Church Militant
The Licanius Trilogy / int_2139c878	comment	Church Militant: The gil'shar are technically a religious organisation, but they spend most of their time tracking and killing Gifted and eventually openly engage Andarra in combat.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_21a1776a	type	Great Way to Go
The Licanius Trilogy / int_21a1776a	comment	Great Way to Go: Once the conflict is over, the heroes reminisce about their fallen comrades (there are many), how they died and the impact they left on the world.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
The Licanius Trilogy / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: Several items that play a key role in the ending are introduced earlier on. The ring Vessel found by Asha in Tol Athian's armory is an excellent self-defense tool, but it eventually provides Caeden's past self with the tools to summon Davian through the rift in Deilannis. The locket in Tol Shen's secret armory is first used to strip Rohin of his Augur powers. The effect is replicated on Davian, allowing Caeden to close the rift without needing to kill his friend. The Essence-sharing Vessel initially allows Asha to share her reserve and power the Tributary using Ilseth Tenvar's brain-dead body. Its ultimate use is providing Davian with the essence needed to stay alive without using his Augur abilities. Early on in the story, it's established that Davian's source was extinguished well before the story started, that he has been able to survive this by using kan to draw Essence from external sources, and that his lack of a source is what allows him to traverse the time rift without being destroyed. Later on, it's further established that a shapeshifter can only assume the forms of those whose sources they have personally extinguished, and Caeden is cut by a Named blade that extinguishes his source, which he survives by using the Essence-sharing Vessel. All this comes together at the very end of the story, when Caeden realizes that he was the one to extinguish Davian's source (during the evacuation of Zvaelar, while Davian was still an unborn babe), and that he can go back through the rift, assume Davian's form, and take Davian's fated death on himself.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_22ecc839	type	Kryptonite Factor
The Licanius Trilogy / int_22ecc839	comment	Kryptonite Factor: The Blind soldiers have Telesthaesia, armor that drinks in Essence. The Banes have similar protection as well, making them hard to fight with Essence alone.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_2317bc85	type	Tampering with Food and Drink
The Licanius Trilogy / int_2317bc85	comment	Tampering with Food and Drink: On his journey out of Deilannis, Ishelle provides a very hungry Davian with a free meal. It's full of a sleeping drug, meant to non-violently subdue him until Driscin can return to make the case for joining Tol Shen.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_234073a4	type	Your Mind Makes It Real
The Licanius Trilogy / int_234073a4	comment	Your Mind Makes It Real: How the universe inside a dok'en works. While nothing inside is technically real, everything can still inflict real pain.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_25956bc1	type	Scary Impractical Armor
The Licanius Trilogy / int_25956bc1	comment	Scary Impractical Armor: Zig-Zagged with the Blind. Their armor would be impractical for anyone else, as it lacks eye-holes. It doesn't bother them, as each squadron has a leader that sees for all of them.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_28b2f93a	type	Slavery Is a Special Kind of Evil
The Licanius Trilogy / int_28b2f93a	comment	Slavery Is a Special Kind of Evil: Inverted to an insane degree in the Shining Lands during Caeden's flashbacks. Alarais considers those who personally serve him to have earned the highest honour possible, and treats them as equals.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_28e90e30	type	More than Mind Control
The Licanius Trilogy / int_28e90e30	comment	More than Mind Control: One of the ability some Augurs have is to control the minds of others in varying ways, with varying degrees of explicit control: The Augur Erran controlled Elocien, the Northwarden, but notes that, while at first it was direct puppetry in order to prevent the latter from killing him, as time passed, it was more that his own personality melted into him, causing the latter to natrually be inclined to make the same descisions he would. Rohin can puppet people, but mostly he is shown to utilize some kind of psychic charisma to cause those around him to ''want'' to do his bidding. The reality is much more subdued, Davian's trip into Ilshan Gathdel Teth indicates that the citizens there are mostly normal, just under the thumb of the Venerate's oppressive government.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_2af6bbeb	type	Break the Haughty
The Licanius Trilogy / int_2af6bbeb	comment	Break the Haughty: Aarkein Devaed's fall from the Venerate: Devaed is actually the name Tal'Kamar took on to try and seperate himself from the atrocities he was doing in El's name "for the greater good." As Caeden admits later, taking on a new name didn't actually change anything; he always felt horrible for the things he was doing, but he thought it would all be worth it in the end if El could really enable the Venerate to go back in time and change the past— undoing every evil act they'd done on the way to get there. After the destruction of the Darecians, while still standing in the burning remains of the city, a stranger from the future appears and gives him an armor piercing What the Hell, Hero? "Reason You Suck" Speech. Devaed kills the man in anger, but it sows the seed of doubt that has him sincerely questioning the Venerate and the nature of El. The result is that he spends the next thousand years a hunted, haunted, suicidal wreck whose only goal is to seal the rift and save the world, knowing it will cost the lives of the several other immortals who had been his closest friends and family for millennia, as well as his own life. The hits keep coming after he loses his memory and sees his past atrocities through the eyes of an innocent Caeden, and realizes that the mysterious time traveller who started him on this journey is his new friend, Davian— who he now knows he is destined to murder. Wirr attempts to change the supercilious perspective of Administration's leadership, including his mother, by proving that Gifted are not all monsters. Unfortunately for them, they all die before he can make much headway.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_2b2c66c3	type	Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor
The Licanius Trilogy / int_2b2c66c3	comment	Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor: The Blind's choice of entertainment as it passes through villages is grotesquely cruel.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_2cd6b637	type	Fantastic Nuke
The Licanius Trilogy / int_2cd6b637	comment	Fantastic Nuke: The pillars drain the Essence from everything in a set radius. They were used to wipe Dareci entirely off the map.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_2d047747	type	Gossip Evolution
The Licanius Trilogy / int_2d047747	comment	Gossip Evolution: Rumors travel and exaggerate quickly and in Ilin Illan, especially so where Wirr is concerned. Sometimes to his benefit, but often to his detriment.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_2dab6345	type	Light/Darkness Juxtaposition
The Licanius Trilogy / int_2dab6345	comment	Light/Darkness Juxtaposition: Downplayed for a High Fantasy series. Darkness is invoked as the main motif of many antagonists, but Light Is Not Good. In fact, when El/Shammaeloth first appears to Caeden, it's as a being of pure light.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_2f253c94	type	Glass Cannon
The Licanius Trilogy / int_2f253c94	comment	Glass Cannon: Gifted fit the Squishy Wizard category â€” they are capable of unleashing destructive magic, but they're easily countered by Finders and they are no different than any other human in terms of defense.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_2ffb4a4d	type	The Nondescript
The Licanius Trilogy / int_2ffb4a4d	comment	The Nondescript: Echoes strike by acting completely normal until their target drops their guard for a second.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_309b8806	type	Cursed with Awesome
The Licanius Trilogy / int_309b8806	comment	Cursed with Awesome: Davian and his fellow Augurs initially aren't thrilled to discover their powers, but quickly embrace their potential to use their abilities for good.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_319e101e	type	Amplifier Artifact
The Licanius Trilogy / int_319e101e	comment	Amplifier Artifact: Concentration Vessels help their users concentrate more effectively, which can help them create improved concentration Vessels, which helps them concentrate even more effectively, and so on.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_324e2fcf	type	Power Levels
The Licanius Trilogy / int_324e2fcf	comment	Power Levels: Gifted and Augurs have some variation in the amount of power they can unleash, but it doesn't affect relationships between them and has no bearing on leadership, which is mainly decided by intelligence. In battle, stronger Gifted are more likely to be Military Mages, while weaker ones are more likely to be magical Combat Medics.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_347e35d6	type	Grim Up North
The Licanius Trilogy / int_347e35d6	comment	Grim Up North: Talan Gol, to the north of the continent, is a desolate wasteland with a few military installations.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_34dd5f3	type	La RÃ©sistance
The Licanius Trilogy / int_34dd5f3	comment	La RÃ©sistance: Despite the Venerate's total control of Ilshan Gathdel Teth, there are citizens highly critical of their practices and rule. The more vocal ones are either sent to Zvaelar or forced to fight in gladiator battles. It is later revealed that Raeleth's writings were the founding text for the entire movement.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_361a1d26	type	Anguished Declaration of Love
The Licanius Trilogy / int_361a1d26	comment	Anguished Declaration of Love: Asha and Davian to each other, right before his final journey into the rift.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_3747e7f1	type	Royalty Super Power
The Licanius Trilogy / int_3747e7f1	comment	Royalty Super Power: Certain members of the royal family are given the authority to change the Tenets.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_37fce466	type	Teleport Interdiction
The Licanius Trilogy / int_37fce466	comment	Teleport Interdiction: Asha's initial strategy in her battle against Diara is to set up numerous Essence traps that will explode upon the latter's arrival.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_38d02d44	type	Batman Gambit
The Licanius Trilogy / int_38d02d44	comment	Davian's plan to stop Rohin is a Batman Gambit that plays out like this. Rohin uses his Control to get information out of Driscin and acts accordingly, but it isn't mentioned that Erran partially wiped Driscin's memory until Erran emerges from hiding and the locket is placed on Rohin.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_39488ea5	type	Mutant Draft Board
The Licanius Trilogy / int_39488ea5	comment	Mutant Draft Board: The Tols and Academies conscript anyone who shows signs of being Gifted. Their parents and neighbours are usually terrified by the development and happy to send them off.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_3b0479f2	type	You Shall Not Pass!
The Licanius Trilogy / int_3b0479f2	comment	You Shall Not Pass!: The heroes hold off El/Shammaeloth and its armies from reaching Deilannis until Caeden can finish his business with the Jha'vett.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_3bc88a7f	type	Foregone Conclusion
The Licanius Trilogy / int_3bc88a7f	comment	Foregone Conclusion: Played with to a heavy extent. By the end of Book 2, it's already revealed just how and when Davian will die ...or is it?
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_3c3f28a5	type	Blessed with Suck
The Licanius Trilogy / int_3c3f28a5	comment	Blessed with Suck: Gifted have immense power, but are bound by the tenets and therefore can only use it on other Gifted. They're also treated as low-class citizens. Post-Revolution Augurs have it even worse, as they are usually turned in to authorities for a miserable fate (if not outright killed) by their own villages as soon as their powers become evident.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_4108bb3e	type	Doomed Hometown
The Licanius Trilogy / int_4108bb3e	comment	Doomed Hometown: Caladel makes it all of 5 chapters before an escherii (sha'teth) shows up to murder everyone except Asha.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_434a6d40	type	Evil Sorcerer
The Licanius Trilogy / int_434a6d40	comment	Evil Sorcerer: The common people's gut perception of many Gifted and Augurs. Sometimes justified by the likes of Rohin, or the actions of sociopathic prewar Gifted in the absence of their overseers.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_4353c4b7	type	Magically-Binding Contract
The Licanius Trilogy / int_4353c4b7	comment	Magically-Binding Contract: The Four Tenets, a set of oaths imposed upon every Gifted by a powerful Vessel. Certain non-Gifted, known as Administrators, also bind themselves to the Tenets. Near the end of the book, Davian and Wirr work together to modify them. The First Tenet forbids the Gifted from using Essence to harm non-Gifted. The amended version permits the use of Essence for self-defense or defense of Andarra. The Second Tenet forbids the Gifted from using Essence to deceive, intimidate, or otherwise work to the detriment of non-Gifted. The amended version likewise permits the use of Essence in self-defense or defense of Andarra. The Third Tenet forbids Gifted from harming Administrators in any fashion, and prevents Administrators from harming Gifted in any fashion as well. This tenet is left unaltered. The Fourth Tenet requires the Gifted to obey any order given by an Administrator. This Tenet is abolished, as it almost resulted in the death of all Gifted.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_43555d33	type	Heroes Prefer Swords
The Licanius Trilogy / int_43555d33	comment	Heroes Prefer Swords: Initially downplayed. In Book 1, only Caeden and Aelric are shown to be competent with swords. The others, including the main trio, use Essence or Vessels to fight. As the story progresses, Davian and Ashalia receive enough sword training to be quite deadly as well. Swords aren't hero-exclusive, though. Many of the Venerate use them as well.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_44606d14	type	Becoming the Mask
The Licanius Trilogy / int_44606d14	comment	Becoming the Mask: At the end of the first novel, it is revealed that Erran has been Controlling Elocien, the Northwarden for the past several years. In the third book, Erran works with Wirr (who is now aware of what he had done and has forgiven him) and the rest of the royal family (who do not know what he's done). After years of being inside Elocien's head, Erran winds up with a deep affection for the royal family. He tends to think of the king as his brother which has led to "interesting slips of propriety," and he regularly forgets to address Wirr with the proper honorifics.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_4832a3bb	type	Always Chaotic Evil
The Licanius Trilogy / int_4832a3bb	comment	Tek'ryl are scorpion-like, amphibious creatures with powerful stinging tails. Their Always Chaotic Evil nature means they attack just about everything in sight, and even the Venerate can barely control them.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_491071bf	type	Fantasy Counterpart Appliance
The Licanius Trilogy / int_491071bf	comment	Fantasy Counterpart Appliance: While most Vessels are for military and espionage purposes, some have normal uses.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_4bc2a19c	type	Villain Forgot to Level Grind
The Licanius Trilogy / int_4bc2a19c	comment	Villain Forgot to Level Grind: Despite posing a serious threat in the first two books, the POV characters can dispatch Banes with incredible ease by the end of the series.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_501de366	type	Temporal Paradox
The Licanius Trilogy / int_501de366	comment	Temporal Paradox: Averted. Time travelers can take basically any action in the past because they have already done so. They can even come into contact with past versions of themselves.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_509769e7	type	Numerological Motif
The Licanius Trilogy / int_509769e7	comment	Numerological Motif: Five banes, five Augur powers, and they are all related.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_50a33496	type	Trap Is the Only Option
The Licanius Trilogy / int_50a33496	comment	Trap Is the Only Option: Davian and Fessi suspect their journey to rescue Ishelle from across the boundary might be one-way, but they refuse to abandon their friend.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_514bc7f8	type	Foreseeing My Death
The Licanius Trilogy / int_514bc7f8	comment	Happens to both Kol and Fessi. They Saw their own deaths, then later recognized the circumstances of their death, panicked, then accidentally instigate it.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_52388345	type	Elective Monarchy
The Licanius Trilogy / int_52388345	comment	Elective Monarchy: The royal family of Andarra requires the support of the other Great and Minor Houses to stay in power. If they lose it, they can be replaced by one of their contemporaries.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_556a4e20	type	The Empire
The Licanius Trilogy / int_556a4e20	comment	The Empire: The Eastern Empire is mentioned, and lightly described as a less-than-pleasant place to live (gladiatorial arenas are their preferred entertainment), but they play no role in the story and aren't shown on the map.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_56698261	type	Our Time Travel Is Different
The Licanius Trilogy / int_56698261	comment	Our Time Travel Is Different: Time travel mainly occurs through the Jha'vett, the Darecian Vessel at the heart of Deilannis. It opens a rift through time that allows the traveller to go to a specific point in the past. Actions taken in the past have already happened, though, as they must always follow a Stable Time Loop. Travellers cannot remain in the past for very long, as their body remains anchored in the present, and will eventually starve if they do not return to it in time. Further complicating things, only people who are actually dead (who survive by using Kan to draw Essence from their surroundings) or dar'gai'thin (though they lose their minds) are able to pass through the rift. Anyone else will age at an accelerated pace and die instantly. One notable exception is Gassandrid, who is able to briefly open "safe" rifts to the past on his own â€” Though that doesn't necessarily mean he can provide a safe return trip.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_57b80b45	type	Fantastic Racism
The Licanius Trilogy / int_57b80b45	comment	Fantastic Racism: Due to their previous positions as the Augur's enforcers, the Gifted are discriminated against by the general population. Complete with 'Bleeders', the in-universe swear word that refers specifically to them. Desriel has undergone a continuous genocide of the Gifted population due to their extreme religious views, to the point where Gifted aren't even born there anymore. Shadows are despised by normal people due to their association with the Gifted, and by Gifted due to their presumed inability to properly control Essence. This causes many of them to take refuge with the Shadraehin.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_59fe174d	type	Devil, but No God
The Licanius Trilogy / int_59fe174d	comment	Devil, but No God: Shammeloth is very active throughout the story, but we never see the real El acting.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_5d310fb8	type	Sword Fight
The Licanius Trilogy / int_5d310fb8	comment	Sword Fight: The Song of Swords is an international competition of blade masters. Aelric represents Andarra, finishing in second place intentionally. On a more serious note, several sword duels occur between Caeden and the Venerate, necessitated by Licanius' effects.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_5fb6411f	type	We Are as Mayflies
The Licanius Trilogy / int_5fb6411f	comment	We Are as Mayflies: Human lives compared to those of the Venerate, or the Shalis.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_6114a875	type	Lost Technology
The Licanius Trilogy / int_6114a875	comment	Lost Technology: Many Vessels remain from previous eras, but nobody is sure how to use them. They're usually stored in vaults for safekeeping. The cities built by the Builders and Darecians as a whole.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_617f0563	type	Heelâ€“Face Turn
The Licanius Trilogy / int_617f0563	comment	Throughout Book 1, multiple characters comment on how odd Elocin's total about-face regarding the Gifted and Augurs was. Near the end of the book, it's revealed that he was being Controlled.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_649b0880	type	Background Magic Field
The Licanius Trilogy / int_649b0880	comment	Kan is a Background Magic Field that radiates out from the Deilannis rift. In its natural state, kan consumes Essence, but it can also be used to shape and direct Essence with more finesse than Gifted are capable of, or to manipulate various non-physical things such as thoughts, memories, and time.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
The Licanius Trilogy / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: This is the case for many Darecian names. Licanius roughly translates to Fate. Fitting, as it is used to seal the fate of the Venerate once and for all. Shadreahin roughly translates into Leader, as in Leader of the Shadows. The full meaning provides more context, as it is a call to action as well. Aarkein Devaed roughly translates to The fate of all that must come.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_6c3d1777	type	Magic A Is Magic A
The Licanius Trilogy / int_6c3d1777	comment	Magic A Is Magic A for the most part, the rules of use for both powers are clearly defined and never violated, even as lost powers are rediscovered.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_6c8eb6ec	type	Tracking Spell
The Licanius Trilogy / int_6c8eb6ec	comment	Tracking Spell: A variation. Every Gifted has a unique Essence signature that can be tracked, though it requires specialty knowledge to actually do so.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_6eeba1f2	type	"Shut Up" Kiss
The Licanius Trilogy / int_6eeba1f2	comment	"Shut Up" Kiss: A few times. Wirr gets a big one from Breshada, though it's not romantic in nature. Aelric and Dezia have a good laugh at his expense afterwards. Davian gets a much more romantic one when he apologizes to Asha for using her Reserve to stay alive.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_6f572188	type	Another Dimension
The Licanius Trilogy / int_6f572188	comment	Another Dimension: Zvaelar exists in a pseudo-reality space where time is extremely dilated, complete with a blood-red moon and magically-enhanced metal. It's really a massive time bubble, playing out the destruction of the city in incredibly slow motion.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_707ee167	type	Secret Circle of Secrets
The Licanius Trilogy / int_707ee167	comment	Secret Circle of Secrets: Tol Shen and its council of Elders is incredibly secretive. For good reason, as they've been using forbidden Vessels and stolen Augur Visions to manipulate the king and bolster their reputation.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_716c0b1b	type	And the Adventure Continues
The Licanius Trilogy / int_716c0b1b	comment	And the Adventure Continues: The main plot, especially Caeden's story, is neatly tied up at the end, but makes it clear that the main characters have plenty to deal with in the future. Wirr has to lead the Andarran reconstruction effort, Asha has to negotiate with the Lyth to prevent them from chasing her and Davian (unbeknownst to him) has a big reunion with his mother in store.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_7241785e	type	You Can't Fight Fate
The Licanius Trilogy / int_7241785e	comment	You Can't Fight Fate: Another major theme of the story. Malshash's personal opinion on trying to change past events. From personal experience, and due to his stance against the Venerate. Whenever an event has been Seen by an Augur, it plays out exactly as it does in their vision. Even when it is happening to them, they can't alter anything about it. The main reason for the violent split between the Venerate: One group wants to go back, change all their mistakes and undo all of the world's suffering, at any cost. The other believes the past shouldn't be altered; that mistakes should be owned and repented for instead.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_72601f48	type	Ominous Message from the Future
The Licanius Trilogy / int_72601f48	comment	Ominous Message from the Future: Halfway through book 1, an older Davian warns Asha that in the future nearly everyone has been Read, he will be imprisoned and she will be wanted for capital punishment.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_7335ffa9	type	Grey-and-Gray Morality
The Licanius Trilogy / int_7335ffa9	comment	Grey-and-Gray Morality: In the conflict between the Venerate, each side knows that they are doing terrible things, but justifies it through their belief that the other side will do worse if they are successful. The idea of 'Grey' actions is thoroughly criticized by Raeleth in a conversation with Davian.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_73f38fe0	type	LEGO Genetics
The Licanius Trilogy / int_73f38fe0	comment	LEGO Genetics: Each of the Banes reflect a species that inhabits the world. You Do Not Want To Know how some of them were made.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_78f6faf4	type	Resistance as Planned
The Licanius Trilogy / int_78f6faf4	comment	Resistance as Planned: The revolution that sacked the ruling-class Augurs twenty years prior was actually orchestrated in secret by Nethgalla and Jakarris, the leader of the prewar augurs.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_7919a45b	type	Duel to the Death
The Licanius Trilogy / int_7919a45b	comment	Duel to the Death: A common form of entertainment in Ilshan Gathdel Teth. Davian is forced to enter a contest, though it ends surprisingly when his opponent impales himself with his own sword.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_7c46c734	type	Common Tongue
The Licanius Trilogy / int_7c46c734	comment	Common Tongue: Andarrans and Desrielites have certain words which are different, but share their basic language. Justified as Desriel is an offshoot of Andarra founded after the Boundary was raised. Not the case with Nesk, which has its own language.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_7c61a2d4	type	ShmuckBait
The Licanius Trilogy / int_7c61a2d4	comment	Shmuck Bait: Far back in Caeden's memory, his town of residence pays hefty bounties for killing giant scorpions. Of course, they travel in massive packs and kill just about everything with their deathly venomous stingers. Naturally, people are shocked when Caeden returns every night with several corpses â€” so much so that he becomes a local celebrity. They don't know he's immortal, of course.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_7d89315b	type	"The Reason You Suck" Speech
The Licanius Trilogy / int_7d89315b	comment	"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Happens often. Tal gives a big one to the mysterious entity in the prologue of the first book. Not for the last time. Tal'Kamar's entire personal revelation begins because a mysterious man claiming to be his friend from the future shows up to the scene of his greatest atrocity and gives him the most pointed What the Hell, Hero?, "Reason You Suck" Speech he's had in several hundred years. Tal' kills the stranger in rage, but it plants the seed of doubt that starts him on his several thousand year long journey to fighting Shammaeloth. Zig-Zagged with Garadis' speech to Caeden when he retrieves Licanius. It lists the terrible things he's done to the Lyth, but also their confusion for the ways in which he's helped them.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_82d2715f	type	Magitek
The Licanius Trilogy / int_82d2715f	comment	Magitek: Some of the Builder's cities, as well as the Darecian's warships, use Essence in a highly technical fashion.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_863fa679	type	What Happened to the Mouse?
The Licanius Trilogy / int_863fa679	comment	What Happened to the Mouse?: Downplayed with Orkoth, as its fate is speculated upon during the final trip to Deilannis, but never confirmed.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_874176be	type	Psychic Powers
The Licanius Trilogy / int_874176be	comment	Augurs redirect Essence in the environment through the use of kan, and can also use it for Psychic Powers including Mind Manipulation, Shapeshifting, slowing time and lie detection. They are also able to create strikingly complex tools and mechanisms with kan, which are then powered by Essence.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_8774fb47	type	Eldritch Abomination
The Licanius Trilogy / int_8774fb47	comment	Eldritch Abomination: El/Shammaeloth, the sha'teth and all of the Banes, to some degree.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_8a817c2a	type	Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
The Licanius Trilogy / int_8a817c2a	comment	Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: A few examples, mainly due to the Power Perversion Potential of magic in this universe. When the Augurs temporarily abdicated their positions, many Gifted took the opportunity to Control the general populace in highly unethical ways. This was a large motivator for Elocien and Kevran to instigate their rebellion, and taints their view of the Gifted for decades afterward. Implied to be something Rohin enjoys, as his abilities allow him to compel anyone to do his bidding with just a few words. Davian is disgusted by this admission.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_8ae880f7	type	Deconstruction
The Licanius Trilogy / int_8ae880f7	comment	Deconstruction: The Hero's Journey is anything but traditional for any of the main characters. They fear their own power, feel dread during moments of self-sacrifice, and struggle to come to terms with their ultimate fates.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_8b5e8731	type	Kudzu Plot
The Licanius Trilogy / int_8b5e8731	comment	Kudzu Plot: Highly Downplayed, despite introducing time travel, multiple POV threads across different time periods and alternate dimensions, almost everything is neatly wrapped up with solid answers by the story's end.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_8b682bd5	type	The Magic Comes Back
The Licanius Trilogy / int_8b682bd5	comment	The Magic Comes Back: Almost all of the Augurs were killed during the war, but they keep popping up. There is a hard limit of 13 Augurs, and when one has died a new one will always be born to replace them.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_8b6e8d7	type	Anachronic Order
The Licanius Trilogy / int_8b6e8d7	comment	Anachronic Order: Naturally, for a time travel story. Davian's first visit with Malshash takes place about 90 years prior to the rest of the events in the book. His trip to Zvaelar precedes the plot by thousands of years.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_8bd16732	type	The Law of Conservation of Detail
The Licanius Trilogy / int_8bd16732	comment	The Law of Conservation of Detail: Omnipresent. Character and location details are lightly mentioned, but more or less left up to the reader's imagination. As a result, the plot gets on rather quickly, with consistently fast developments and twists.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_8c49c29e	type	Zig-Zagging Trope
The Licanius Trilogy / int_8c49c29e	comment	Zig-Zagged with Garadis' speech to Caeden when he retrieves Licanius. It lists the terrible things he's done to the Lyth, but also their confusion for the ways in which he's helped them.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_8c96ae78	type	No One Could Survive That!
The Licanius Trilogy / int_8c96ae78	comment	No One Could Survive That!: Thell is baffled that Asha and Breshada were able to survive the fall into the Lantarche, and had completely written them off as goners.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_8e20979	type	Wham Episode
The Licanius Trilogy / int_8e20979	comment	Wham Episode: Caeden has a very significant flashback at the ends of both Book 1 and Book 2, re-contextualizing all of his past actions and drastically changing the direction of the narrative.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_8f0dc93c	type	Dangerous Forbidden Technique
The Licanius Trilogy / int_8f0dc93c	comment	Dangerous Forbidden Technique: Shapeshifting is handy but incredibly painful, as it involves literally reforming the user's body into another one, cell by excruciating cell. Users can only shapeshift into people they have personally killed as well.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_8f37b	type	Medieval Stasis
The Licanius Trilogy / int_8f37b	comment	Medieval Stasis: It's been a few thousand years since the fall of the truly advanced societies including the Builders, Shalis and Darecians, but Andarra is still vaguely in the medieval/renaissance stage of development. Justified as the authoritarian bent of the Augurs' rule was focused on establishing the domination of magically-enhanced humans, rather than spurring any sort of technological advancement.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_90965cc7	type	Hive Mind
The Licanius Trilogy / int_90965cc7	comment	Eletai are a swarm of wasp-like creatures that act as a unified Hive Mind. Humans forcefully inducted into their ranks are assimilated though a process of Mind Rape and individuality erasure.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_90c018ac	type	Justified Trope
The Licanius Trilogy / int_90c018ac	comment	Justified as the authoritarian bent of the Augurs' rule was focused on establishing the domination of magically-enhanced humans, rather than spurring any sort of technological advancement.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_918ef79f	type	Our Mages Are Different
The Licanius Trilogy / int_918ef79f	comment	Our Mages Are Different: Doubly so, with two kinds of mages. Gifted are born with the ability to wield Essence, an omnipresent expression of life force directly taken from their personal Reserves. Essence is Cast from Stamina, and overdoing it will cause a Power-Strain Blackout. Augurs redirect Essence in the environment through the use of kan, and can also use it for Psychic Powers including Mind Manipulation, Shapeshifting, slowing time and lie detection. They are also able to create strikingly complex tools and mechanisms with kan, which are then powered by Essence. Magic A Is Magic A for the most part, the rules of use for both powers are clearly defined and never violated, even as lost powers are rediscovered.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_91e3f284	type	Military Mage
The Licanius Trilogy / int_91e3f284	comment	In battle, stronger Gifted are more likely to be Military Mages, while weaker ones are more likely to be magical Combat Medics.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_91e894b4	type	Apocalypse How
The Licanius Trilogy / int_91e894b4	comment	Apocalypse How: The Darecians were eradicated by Aarkein Devead and his forces, through the use of pillars, massive Vessels that drained their entire territory of all its essence.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_92286f7f	type	Precursors
The Licanius Trilogy / int_92286f7f	comment	Precursors: The Builders were an ancient civilizations that went extinct long before the story began. They were incredibly gifted architects, and Andarra uses many of their works to house cities and institutions. The Shalis were immortal serpent-like beings with mastery over essence. They went extinct after the Builders, but during Caeden's lifetime. That's because he killed them.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_93b39134	type	Training the Gift of Magic
The Licanius Trilogy / int_93b39134	comment	Training the Gift of Magic: Most Gifted and Augurs require a significant training period to gain proper control over their powers. Those who cannot demonstrate it are stripped of their ability to use Essence.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_93ed8515	type	Set Right What Once Went Wrong
The Licanius Trilogy / int_93ed8515	comment	Set Right What Once Went Wrong: A major motivator for several parties. What the Darecians unsuccessfully tried to do, leading them to build the Jha'vett. This is the Venerate's mission statement, and their excuse for all the atrocities committed in their name.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_944eb8fb	type	All Deaths Final
The Licanius Trilogy / int_944eb8fb	comment	All Deaths Final: Played with. Essence can be used to heal someone up until the brink of death, but cannot cause a resurrection. It can, however, summon a denizen of the Darklands to inhabit the person's body and take on their memories.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_950329d8	type	Dynamic Entry
The Licanius Trilogy / int_950329d8	comment	Dynamic Entry: Elocien's preferred method of entering a meeting is to kick the door down.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_950bbfa7	type	Take a Third Option
The Licanius Trilogy / int_950bbfa7	comment	Take a Third Option: When faced with the two terrible choices of allowing Shammaeloth to reach the rift or sacrificing Davian, Caeden opts to non-violently remove Davian's Augur abilities, and sacrifice himself instead.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_95146f16	type	No, I Am Behind You
The Licanius Trilogy / int_95146f16	comment	No, I Am Behind You: Davian gives the Tol Shen Elders a good scare by appearing behind them.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_95df2bc3	type	Big Damn Reunion
The Licanius Trilogy / int_95df2bc3	comment	Big Damn Reunion: At the end of the first novel, Wirr, Davian, and Asha have a big damned reunion right before the Blind attack the city. Malshash (AKA Tal'Kammar/Caeden) and Davian have a happy reunion in Zvaelar, with the former thrilled to see Davian. Presumably happens offscreen between Davian and Niha, as Caeden gives her instructions on how to find him once the ilshara falls.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
The Licanius Trilogy / int_970c790a	comment	Big Bad: Aarkein Devaed. Not really, as he switched sides and is actually one of the four POV characters. El/Shammaeloth fits this role much better by the end of the story.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_9712e10	type	Sword of Plot Advancement
The Licanius Trilogy / int_9712e10	comment	Sword of Plot Advancement: Licanius. As the only tool that can kill the Venerate, Caeden can't progress his plan without it.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_974b47a7	type	Men Are the Expendable Gender
The Licanius Trilogy / int_974b47a7	comment	Men Are the Expendable Gender: Downplayed significantly. While men consist of the majority of soldiers, Andarra is generally equal-opportunity when it comes to the military, Administration and politics. Women comprise a significant portion of combat leadership for the Tols and Shadows as well.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_98412467	type	Getting Smilies Painted on Your Soul
The Licanius Trilogy / int_98412467	comment	Rohin can puppet people, but mostly he is shown to utilize some kind of psychic charisma to cause those around him to ''want'' to do his bidding.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_984ef9ef	type	"Not So Different" Remark
The Licanius Trilogy / int_984ef9ef	comment	"Not So Different" Remark: Uses this line of rhetoric with Davian in an attempt to invoke We Can Rule Together. It falls flat due to Davian's moral conviction, though.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_994b9db5	type	Screw the Rules, It's the Apocalypse!
The Licanius Trilogy / int_994b9db5	comment	Screw the Rules, It's the Apocalypse!: Wirr invokes this to convince the Gifted, Shadows, and Administrators to fight on the same side in Andarra's defense in Book 3.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_99dfd4fc	type	Nothing Is the Same Anymore
The Licanius Trilogy / int_99dfd4fc	comment	Nothing Is the Same Anymore: In the end, the boundary has fallen, the Banes are dead, Northern Andarra is destroyed, and both the Augurs and Venerate are no more. Regardless of what happens next, some major restructuring will be happening in the world.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_9c1f758a	type	Kill It with Fire
The Licanius Trilogy / int_9c1f758a	comment	Kill It with Fire: The only conclusive way to dispose of eletai and people who have been killed by them.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
The Licanius Trilogy / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: A truly insane amount, given that this is a Time Travel story. The prologue teases Caeden's plan, and makes the reasons for his change of heart very clear. It even foreshadows his fascination with Davian as the main catalyst. Wirr's cryptic message to his father before leaving Caladel hints at his royal origins. Deilannis features an eerie skull mounted on one of its arches, which gives the group a good scare. The skull actually belongs to Davian justifying his unsettled reaction. During their trek through Deilannis, the group encounters a savage beast that attacks their party, but leaves Caden and Davian alone. This is because Caeden is the one who created it (he named it Orkoth), and Davian has already been cleared to it by Malshash in his journey through time. Davian's first encounter with Malshash is rife with this. Malshash's use of the silver ring Vessel indicates that it will be of great significance to Davian. It ends up representing both his love for Asha, and his relationship with his parents. His horror at Davian's ability to shapeshift into another man is due to his knowledge that Davian had to kill this man in order for it to be possible. The sadness he exhibits at Davian's progress comes from the belief that he was responsible for killing Davian, and his remorse for his actions. Throughout Book 1, multiple characters comment on how odd Elocin's total about-face regarding the Gifted and Augurs was. Near the end of the book, it's revealed that he was being Controlled. When lighting the funeral pyre near the Boundary at the end of Book 2, Karaleine sings a strikingly somber dirge. This teases her murder and replacement by Nethgalla, as these songs were a favorite of Elliavia as well. The Venerate's claims that Davian's head will be on a pike, and their warnings that Caeden will kill Davian, take on a new significance once his death at Caeden's hands is revealed. Raeleth's similarity in appearance to Davian hints at their actual relationship of father and son. Davian is somehow the only person who can access kan in Zvaelar. He also arrives there 3 months after everyone else. This is because, like the al'goriat, he was created there (allowing him to touch kan), and subsequently spent about 3 months in Zvaelar as a fetus (so his 'time signature' already counted those months and delayed accordingly).
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_9e2c893	type	Black Magic
The Licanius Trilogy / int_9e2c893	comment	Black Magic: Kan is directly tied to El/Shammaeloth and the Darklands, and only accessible through the rift of Deilannis.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_a139f52b	type	Fantasy World Map
The Licanius Trilogy / int_a139f52b	comment	Fantasy World Map: Included at the beginning of every book. Andarra takes up the central part of the continent, with Talan Gol to the northeast, Desriel in a little pocket to the west, and Nesk over the mountains in the southeast.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_a5e02e9e	type	Infinity +1 Sword
The Licanius Trilogy / int_a5e02e9e	comment	Infinity +1 Sword: Licanius in its dominating first use against the Blind army. It's also the only of the named swords that can permanently kill an immortal. Later Downplayed, as Caeden has to rely more on plans, traps and combat ability to kill the rest of the Venerate.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_a808063f	type	Black-and-White Insanity
The Licanius Trilogy / int_a808063f	comment	Black-and-White Insanity: The gil'shar and more extreme Administrators believe that all Gifted are permanently cursed, and should be executed for their own benefit.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_a939d96a	type	Adults Are Useless
The Licanius Trilogy / int_a939d96a	comment	Adults Are Useless: Zig-Zagged. Taeris, Elocien, Driscin and even Kevran lend a supportive hand at one point or another, but by the end Davian, Asha and Wirr are the only ones fighting against Shammaeloth and the banes.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_aa2bd65c	type	Mordor
The Licanius Trilogy / int_aa2bd65c	comment	Mordor: Talan Gol is usually given this treatment by those in Andarra.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_ab5eea65	type	Dramatic Irony
The Licanius Trilogy / int_ab5eea65	comment	Dramatic Irony: Subverted heavily with Caeden's vision at the end of Book 2. It seems like Davian will have no clue that Caeden killed him, but it's actually common knowledge among the Venerate, and they tell him right away.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_ac6ea68c	type	Near-Villain Victory
The Licanius Trilogy / int_ac6ea68c	comment	Near-Villain Victory: A perpetual one. El/Shammaeloth has been very close to reaching the rift for thousands of years, only blocked by the ilshara. In the more traditional sense, it arrives right outside the boundary of Deilannis, only held at bay by the four POV characters.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_ad9fbc1e	type	Pyrrhic Victory
The Licanius Trilogy / int_ad9fbc1e	comment	Pyrrhic Victory: A frequent result of military conflict. In Book 1, Ilin Illan is able to successfully fight off the Blind's Invasion, though it happens at the expense of thousands of soldiers, many political and military leaders, and considerable destruction to the city. Tragically taken up to eleven in the fight against the Banes in Book 3, as the Eletai kill everyone who doesn't make it into Tol Athian and Caden is forced to raze the city to the ground to stop them. In Book 2, our heroes are able to fix the ilshara, but not until after the entire guardpost is massacred, Davian, Fessi and Ishelle are trapped in Talan Gol, and thousands of Banes have infiltrated Andarra. In Book 3, Wirr's forces successfully engage and defeat the gil'shar and their Banes, but at the expense of nearly all the soldiers, Augurs, Gifted, Shadows and Administrators in their army.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_af11866	type	Wizarding School
The Licanius Trilogy / int_af11866	comment	Wizarding School: Both Tol Athian and Tol Shen, complete with faculty, leadership and student ranks.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_b08b0f0e	type	Serpent of Immortality
The Licanius Trilogy / int_b08b0f0e	comment	Serpent of Immortality: Caeden's flashbacks reveal that the Shalis could always be revived after death, but if they aren't revived in about a day's time, they will go completely insane.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_b1346878	type	Fate Worse than Death
The Licanius Trilogy / int_b1346878	comment	Fate Worse than Death: El/Shammaeloth's real goal is to allow the Darklands to spread into the world, forcing every living being into a fate of eternal anguish and suffering. Unrelated, but Gifted see being turned into a Shadow as the worst possible fate they could suffer.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_b1dde8fd	type	Loophole Abuse
The Licanius Trilogy / int_b1dde8fd	comment	Loophole Abuse: A particularly chilling example, as an Administrator's twisted interpretation of the Tenets almost successfully force Wirr to make all Gifted in Andarra commit suicide.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_b2176eb6	type	Now or Never Kiss
The Licanius Trilogy / int_b2176eb6	comment	Now or Never Kiss: Common, as romantic moments are often interrupted by crucial plot events. Wirr plants one on Dezia right before she leaves to rescue her brother from his debtors. Davian does the same to Asha before he leaves to rescue Ishelle from the other side of the ilshara.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_b2e9c33f	type	Magical Accessory
The Licanius Trilogy / int_b2e9c33f	comment	Magical Accessory: Some Vessels are wearable, like Asha's wind ring.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_b38ebb09	type	Miles to Go Before I Sleep
The Licanius Trilogy / int_b38ebb09	comment	Miles to Go Before I Sleep: Tal'Kamar has realized that in order for the rift in Deilannis to be closed and the Darklands cut off forever, all of the immortal Venerate (as well as the Augars who draw power from the rift) must die. By his later personal chronology, he's become a haunted weck whose only goal is to kill his former friends, and then himself. At one point Caeden is looking through a Dok'en— a tiny, idyllic dream universe created by Tal'Kamar that Tal' had originally intended to spend his final days in, reliving happy memories from his youth with the memory of a person he loved. As Caeden notes:
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_b58b4e3c	type	Too Dumb to Live
The Licanius Trilogy / int_b58b4e3c	comment	Too Dumb to Live: The gil'shar's military leadership are the first to be turned into dust when they finally activate the pillar Vessels, despite being warned that they would immediately die.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_b7e0c5ff	type	Love Triangle
The Licanius Trilogy / int_b7e0c5ff	comment	Love Triangle: Davian, Asha and Ishelle form a three-way relationship, with Ishelle as the odd woman out.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_b9d334b2	comment	Aerith and Bob: Somewhat present. Names like Fessiricia, Gassandrid, Isiliar, Breshada and Nethgalla only exist in-universe, while other names like Davian, Torin, Caeden, Ashalia, Aelric and Dezia are all real, but relatively rare and fantastic-sounding.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_bc103f8b	type	Subverted
The Licanius Trilogy / int_bc103f8b	comment	Subverted heavily with Caeden's vision at the end of Book 2. It seems like Davian will have no clue that Caeden killed him, but it's actually common knowledge among the Venerate, and they tell him right away.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_bc37d80d	type	So Proud of You
The Licanius Trilogy / int_bc37d80d	comment	So Proud of You: Niha's initial reaction once she discovers that her child is actually Davian.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_be102b6a	type	GÃ¶tterdÃ¤mmerung
The Licanius Trilogy / int_be102b6a	comment	The Eternity War was a defacto GÃ¶tterdÃ¤mmerung, which occurred when Aarkein Devaed led his forces from Talan Gol against the highly advanced Darecians and eradicated them.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_c3cb84e2	type	Simple, yet Opulent
The Licanius Trilogy / int_c3cb84e2	comment	Simple, yet Opulent: The architectural design philosophy of the Builders.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_c5da23b	type	The Revolution Will Not Be Bureaucratized
The Licanius Trilogy / int_c5da23b	comment	The Revolution Will Not Be Bureaucratized: Subverted, as instead of continuing to wage war against the Gifted the rebels made a highly bureaucratic organization to manage and police them instead.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_c6c86cd	type	Collapsing Lair
The Licanius Trilogy / int_c6c86cd	comment	Collapsing Lair: Though not really a lair, this happens to Deilannis once the rift is closed, and Davian, Asha and Wirr need to make a quick escape.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_c82e751f	type	Unspoken Plan Guarantee
The Licanius Trilogy / int_c82e751f	comment	Unspoken Plan Guarantee: Comes into play a few times. Asha's plan to expose Iselth Tenvar involves baiting him into revealing his true intentions in a private conversation. It's not mentioned that another Tol Athian elder is hidden in the same room using her invisibility Vessel. Davian's plan to stop Rohin is a Batman Gambit that plays out like this. Rohin uses his Control to get information out of Driscin and acts accordingly, but it isn't mentioned that Erran partially wiped Driscin's memory until Erran emerges from hiding and the locket is placed on Rohin.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_cc05f657	type	Begin with a Finisher
The Licanius Trilogy / int_cc05f657	comment	Begin with a Finisher: Asha's strategy when fighting Diara. Complicated by the latter's immortality.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_cc7fae30	type	Outside-Context Problem
The Licanius Trilogy / int_cc7fae30	comment	Outside-Context Problem: All that is mentioned about Nesk is their geographic location and hostile attitude towards Andarra. The rumblings of military mobility in Book 3 preclude what seems like an invasion, but they are actually a friendly force.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_ccf7fe9c	type	Freedom from Choice
The Licanius Trilogy / int_ccf7fe9c	comment	Freedom from Choice: All events and choices in this world are pre-determined. This ensures that the Augurs' visions always come to pass exactly as they have been foreseen. A major subject of debate in the story is whether this invalidates the choices and existence itself, or whether they are still meaningful regardless of their inevitability. Interestingly, at the end of the series, with the rift closed and the Augurs/Venerate gone, it's no longer possible to see the future. It's left unstated whether or not this means actions are no longer predestined, or whether it's simply impossible to tell.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_ce6487aa	type	Misery Builds Character
The Licanius Trilogy / int_ce6487aa	comment	Manual Labour Builds Character: The main reason why the Elders at Caladel are so eager to give Davian endless tasks to fetch supplies from the nearby town.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_ceec4df5	type	Roaring Rampage of Revenge
The Licanius Trilogy / int_ceec4df5	comment	Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Isiliar tears through Ilin Illan to try and goad Caeden into battle, where she can exact retribution for his accidentally leaving her in the Tributary for 2000 years.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_d02a0c91	type	There Are No Coincidences
The Licanius Trilogy / int_d02a0c91	comment	There Are No Coincidences: Everything that happens to Davian in the first book is a result of Caeden's plan. This includes oddities like Breshada's sudden choice to save him, and his summoning through the rift.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_d238fd9d	type	Shapeshifting Excludes Clothing
The Licanius Trilogy / int_d238fd9d	comment	Shapeshifting Excludes Clothing: Nethgalla makes Davian strip to avoid this when he tests out his dar'gaithin transformation Vessel so that the new clothes she got him aren't destroyed. She doesn't look away, either.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_d250df04	type	Creation Myth
The Licanius Trilogy / int_d250df04	comment	The Genesis War is essentially the Creation Myth, and took place between El and Shammaeloth at the beginning of time.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_d303e45e	type	Citadel City
The Licanius Trilogy / int_d303e45e	comment	Citadel City: Ilin Illan, along with most of the Builders' great works. Deilannis is actually a giant weapon, albeit not the traditional kind.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_d397657d	type	Hoist by His Own Petard
The Licanius Trilogy / int_d397657d	comment	Hoist by His Own Petard: Several examples, mostly due to the Augur's visions of the future. The defining example is the story of an Augur who saw he would be hung for treason. To avoid this, he ran away from his position in the king's court only to be caught and hung for treason. Happens to both Kol and Fessi. They Saw their own deaths, then later recognized the circumstances of their death, panicked, then accidentally instigate it. The most extreme example belongs to Gassandrid. When he was a boy, his home city was destroyed while he was out in the desert hunting. His life purpose is to go back in time to find out what happened. His attempt to do so actually caused the incident and destroyed the city in the first place. The gil'shar do this by activating the pillar Vessels that drain the Essence from their surroundings, including their own soldiers and commanders — In spite of Taeris' warning. Assumed to be the cause of the Builder's extinction. Their final creation, the Hall of Mirrors, showed them a truth so powerful they simply couldn't go on.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_d39e327f	type	What the Hell, Hero?
The Licanius Trilogy / int_d39e327f	comment	What the Hell, Hero?: Asha is very mistrustful of Caeden and his intentions after learning that he will be responsible for Davian's death.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_d52d28b6	type	Hypocrite
The Licanius Trilogy / int_d52d28b6	comment	Hypocrite: Essence is untouchable for the gil'shar, but Banes and world-destroying Vessels are fine.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_d66cd0e6	type	Training from Hell
The Licanius Trilogy / int_d66cd0e6	comment	Training from Hell: No quick training montages to be found in this series. Malshash is a very fast-paced tutor, pushing Davian to learn Augur tactics that would take most people years to use in a few weeks' time. Even more so during their second round of training in Zvaelar. Asha's training from Elli requires fighting against al'goriat and learning to parry their time-dilation attacks. It actually works, but after plenty of painful failed attempts.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_d986d0ed	type	Evil Only Has to Win Once
The Licanius Trilogy / int_d986d0ed	comment	Evil Only Has to Win Once: El/Shammaeloth cannot be destroyed by any known method, and only needs to reach the rift in Deilannis once to unleash the Darklands upon the world.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_ddfb4e53	type	A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read
The Licanius Trilogy / int_ddfb4e53	comment	A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read: Augurs can read minds, but they can lose themselves in memories that aren't theirs and can even die if they get too attached. Forced reading can also severely hurt the target, even causing them to become brain-dead, as Davian accidentally does this to Ilseth Tenvar.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_deb39de3	type	Bad Future
The Licanius Trilogy / int_deb39de3	comment	Bad Future: Implied in Asha's vision of Davian that carries an Ominous Message from the Future. The reality is more nuanced, as Davian contacts her before the Venerate have actually succeeded in their plan.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_dee72620	type	BalanceOfGoodAndEvil
The Licanius Trilogy / int_dee72620	comment	Balance of Good and Evil: The inevitability of events and lack of free will in the world is seen as a result of the stalemate between El and Shammaeloth in the Genesis War.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_df1cea7e	type	Evil Tainted the Place
The Licanius Trilogy / int_df1cea7e	comment	Evil Tainted the Place: Zvaelar is a time bubble of a land in the middle of being destroyed. The destruction is slowed down to almost static levels, allowing the prisoners sent to Zvaelar to mine the place for resources. What parts aren't patrolled by terrifying al'goriat or insane dar'gai'thin might just be full of Dark, a poisonous, corrupting black liquid that progressively kills those it touches.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_dfcb2c08	type	The Evils of Free Will
The Licanius Trilogy / int_dfcb2c08	comment	The Evils of Free Will: Often debated. Some believe the lack of free will in the world is a result of Shammaeloth corrupting it to escape his imprisonment, others believe it is El protecting it with a divine plan. A major theme of the series is how the existence of the Augurs ability to see the future implies a lack of free will in the universe. This is often used by the Venerate to excuse any evil they've done: to them it is not their fault, and they have been promised that success will create a new universe with free will, and any who died in the old one will be saved. Shammaeloth is exceptionally good at using this argument to sway otherwise good people into commuting atrocities, "for the greater good". Eventually the main cast choose to interpret time as only a lens to make sense of events; while you may not be able to change the future, in the end everyone still makes the choices they make, and everyone must live with the evils they commit. The philosophical quandary is solved anyway when the rift is destroyed, severing any Kan powers, including the ability to see the future. No one can cheat and see how future events turn out anymore.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_dfe120e5	type	Functional Magic
The Licanius Trilogy / int_dfe120e5	comment	Functional Magic: Two different kinds: Essence is an energy generated by all life, and required by it to survive. Gifted have a Reserve of Essence over and above what their bodies need to survive, and can shape this Essence to heal themselves or others, strengthen themselves, go long periods without sleep, move objects, or generate light and heat. Kan is a Background Magic Field that radiates out from the Deilannis rift. In its natural state, kan consumes Essence, but it can also be used to shape and direct Essence with more finesse than Gifted are capable of, or to manipulate various non-physical things such as thoughts, memories, and time.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_e069fae8	type	Bad Guy Bar
The Licanius Trilogy / int_e069fae8	comment	Bad Guy Bar: Davian and Wirr stop at a few of these at the start of their journey into Desriel. Trouble ensues.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_e0d0fb13	type	Please Put Some Clothes On
The Licanius Trilogy / int_e0d0fb13	comment	Please Put Some Clothes On: Erran's initial (over)reaction to Asha as she takes most of her clothes off in preparation to swim towards the Tributary.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_e35ab565	type	Indy Ploy
The Licanius Trilogy / int_e35ab565	comment	Indy Ploy: Despite his optimism, Caeden has no clue how he's going to save Davian when he goes through the rift for the last time, but he does it anyway. Averted through much of the rest of the series, as a defining characteristic of the series is the fact that nearly everything that is happening is part of a millennium-old plan and that generally the characters are excellent strategists. The bonds he's forged with his friends and an encounter with both Niha and the real Elliavia finally push him in the right direction.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_e4fc9fbc	type	A Glitch in the Matrix
The Licanius Trilogy / int_e4fc9fbc	comment	A Glitch in the Matrix: Asha experiences this fairly frequently in the dok'en, but she is fully aware of them and able to patch them up herself.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_e7fd5cdc	type	Brain Bleach
The Licanius Trilogy / int_e7fd5cdc	comment	Brain Bleach: Try not to think about how al'goriat are made.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_e8b0f099	type	Dark Is Evil
The Licanius Trilogy / int_e8b0f099	comment	Dark Is Evil: El/Shammaeloth, kan, and the Banes all have direct ties to the Darklands. The first literally turns the area surrounding Deilannis black as night in his final approach.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_e8e56799	type	Blue-and-Orange Morality
The Licanius Trilogy / int_e8e56799	comment	Blue-and-Orange Morality: Darklanders don't necessarily hate humans, but their actions are driven by their desire to escape their place of origin. That often involves harming humans.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_e9ae8248	type	Prisons Are Gymnasiums
The Licanius Trilogy / int_e9ae8248	comment	Prisons Are Gymnasiums: Played completely straight with Davian. His imprisonment in Ilshan Gathdel Teth provides him with ample time to work out. His time scavenging and lifting metal buckets in Zvaelar give him an even more effective exercise routine.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_ea39d156	type	Who Wants to Live Forever?
The Licanius Trilogy / int_ea39d156	comment	Who Wants to Live Forever?: A major theme of the story. Caeden's inability to die causes him re-live the guilt and horror of his wedding night over and over again. This motivates him to join the Venerate, and commit terrible acts in the name of El/Shammaeloth, and subsequently to join Andreal in the quest to kill the Venerate, and rid the land of immortals. The Impossible Tasks of Alarais Shar illustrates the consequences of immortality. It's also the not-so-subtle backstory of Alaris.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_eb81c601	type	Big Damn Heroes
The Licanius Trilogy / int_eb81c601	comment	Big Damn Heroes: In the third novel, when it looks like Wirr and the last of the Andarran defenses will die to the Desrielite forces and their esense-stealing pillars, Aleric and Dezria show up out of nowhere with a Nesk army.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_ecf76ce6	type	Decapitated Army
The Licanius Trilogy / int_ecf76ce6	comment	Decapitated Army: Played with. There is no specific leader of the Banes, but once the rift in Deilannis is closed, they die immediately because they can no longer access Kan.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_edf8db61	type	Oh, My Gods!
The Licanius Trilogy / int_edf8db61	comment	Oh, My Gods!: Characters use expressions coloured by their world religion. Examples: "Fates!", "El-cursed/Fates-cursed" and "El with you/Fates with you".
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_ee6fc4e0	type	No Warping Zone
The Licanius Trilogy / int_ee6fc4e0	comment	No Warping Zone: Inverted with the Wells of Mor Aruil, which can only be accessed through portals.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_f020c621	type	Cast From Stamina
The Licanius Trilogy / int_f020c621	comment	Gifted are born with the ability to wield Essence, an omnipresent expression of life force directly taken from their personal Reserves. Essence is Cast from Stamina, and overdoing it will cause a Power-Strain Blackout.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_f1d6144a	type	War Is Hell
The Licanius Trilogy / int_f1d6144a	comment	War Is Hell: Military conflict in this series is anything but glorified. Plenty of Scenery Gorn, Squick and the deaths of many named characters always follow.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_f65c014c	type	Conveniently Interrupted Document
The Licanius Trilogy / int_f65c014c	comment	Conveniently Interrupted Document: The record of the prewar Augurs' visions is conspicuously missing several entries in the back half. They were stolen by Tol Shen, and used for political gain.
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The Licanius Trilogy / int_f722f635	comment	Great Offscreen War: Three, in fact. The Genesis War is essentially the Creation Myth, and took place between El and Shammaeloth at the beginning of time. The Eternity War was a defacto GÃ¶tterdÃ¤mmerung, which occurred when Aarkein Devaed led his forces from Talan Gol against the highly advanced Darecians and eradicated them. The Unseen War took place right before the story, when the ruling-class Augurs of Andarra were overthrown, the royal family gained real power, and Administration and the Tenets were created to keep the Gifted in line.
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