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Twelve Houses

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Twelve Houses	comment	Twelve Houses is series of novels by Sharon Shinn, which follow the adventures of an Ragtag Bunch of Misfits who have been sent on a mysterious quest by the king to tour the southern lands of the kingdom, where having magic is a death-worthy crime.The misfits include Senneth, who can call fire, Kirra, who can shift shapes and heal people, Donnal, whose main power, although he is able to shift shapes, is mainly to follow Kirra (he is the only character whose point of view has not been used), and Cammon, a mind-reader. The “mystics" are joined by the “Riders" (natch), Tayse and Justin, who are around to make sure no one lynches the mystics. (Mind you, no-one has yet tried to lynch Senneth and succeeded. For good reason). Later, they are also joined by Ellynor, another healer, and Amalie, a Rebellious Princess you can actually like. Additionally, an new book has been written in the same world, following up on the story of one of the ragtag bunch's friends.Well, yes, it does sound like your ten-a-penny fantasy claptrap, but distinguishes itself by being well-written and genuinely funny. Especially the bits with Justin.The first four books each follow one romance, and one swathe of the truly massive plot: Mystic and Rider, the first book, has all of the characters meet, and Senneth and Tayse fall in love; The Thirteenth House is Kirra and Donnal, although not until the last few chapters - mainly, it's plot-heavy, interspersed with Kirra's affair with a married nobleman (so much better than it sounds); Dark Moon Defender, often called the weakest of the original four, follows Justin as he falls in love with Ellynor, although obviously the others have to turn up and be completely badass; and Reader and Raelynx, the fourth book, cranks the Kudzu Plot up to eleven, while also featuring the sweetest romance Shinn has ever written between The Empath Cammon and Rebellious Princess Amalie.Although each book has a focal character (Mystic and Rider arguably has two, as Senneth and Tayse are both given close third-person narration), the feeling of True Companions is extraordinary, and mentioned often by the characters. Senneth and Tayse, who were each pretty badass on their own, make an almost unstoppable BattleCouple - being the best mystic ever and the best Rider ever will have that effect - and tend to steal any scene they turn up in with their mixture of dry humor and complete ass-kick-ery. Clearly the author agrees with the fans; when Shinn tried to write a fifth novel set in the same world, she intended not to use the original characters and start a new Myth Arc. This did not work - Senneth and Tayse were just too awesome to ignore, and so as the book progresses, their subplot quickly becomes the main plot. This makes for a fairly unsettling book, and Fortune and Fate is widely considered the weakest by a long way.
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Twelve Houses / int_151bc113	type	Cover Identity Anomaly
Twelve Houses / int_151bc113	comment	Cover Identity Anomaly: When masquerading as her sister Casserah, Kirra nearly blows her cover by forgetting that the uncle she’s spying on, who dotes on Kirra, absolutely hates Casserah.
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Twelve Houses / int_187bddc1	type	Religion of Evil
Twelve Houses / int_187bddc1	comment	Religion of Evil: The cults of the Pale Mother are viewed as this by mystics—though most of the practitioners (aside from the inner circle, who are using it as a cover to commit treason) aren’t really evil, just narrow-minded and bigoted. No one remembers enough about the gods to say if the Pale Mother is truly evil, but she sure isn’t friendly to mystics in any case.
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Twelve Houses / int_1bf47ada	type	The Medic
Twelve Houses / int_1bf47ada	comment	The Medic: Ellynor, once she joins the team. (Kirra also has a healing power, though it's not used nearly as much as her shiftling abilities, and might fit this trope prior to Ellynor’s entrance.) Sort of Cammon on a mental/emotional level, as shown when he was able to use his empath powers to bring Kirra out of her hysteria after she wiped Romar Brendyn’s memories of herself.
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Twelve Houses / int_1cc9f5e5	type	Playing with Fire
Twelve Houses / int_1cc9f5e5	comment	Playing with Fire: Senneth’s mystic powers—and are they ever impressive.
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Twelve Houses / int_1fb440a6	type	Voluntary Shapeshifting
Twelve Houses / int_1fb440a6	comment	Voluntary Shapeshifting: The basic powers of any shiftling mystic, including Kirra and Donnal.
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Twelve Houses / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
Twelve Houses / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: Senneth’s connection to the Lirrens, when Justin wants to marry Ellynor.
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Twelve Houses / int_24321e44	type	Only Sane Man
Twelve Houses / int_24321e44	comment	Only Sane Man: Senneth, when the younger ones are all arguing. But then she goes and sets someone on fire.
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Twelve Houses / int_299d33f2	type	IKEA Erotica
Twelve Houses / int_299d33f2	comment	IKEA Erotica: Sort of; Cammon undresses in front of the extremely naïve Amalie so that he can explain very matter-of-factly “where everything goes.”
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Twelve Houses / int_2cac89cf	type	The Ingenue
Twelve Houses / int_2cac89cf	comment	The Ingenue: How Princess Amalie is viewed by most of her people, though over the course of the last book she’s revealed to actually be fairly savvy (though she remains exceedingly naïve regarding anything to do with sex, at least before her relationship with Cammon takes off).
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Twelve Houses / int_2d7f0748	type	Raised by Natives
Twelve Houses / int_2d7f0748	comment	Raised by Natives: A version of this occurs in Senneth’s backstory—after she was dispossessed by her abusive father, the 17-year-old mystic wandered into the Lirrens. The Lirren natives saved her life and adopted her into their clan.
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Twelve Houses / int_2dae4381	type	My Master, Right or Wrong
Twelve Houses / int_2dae4381	comment	My Master, Right or Wrong: No Rider has ever betrayed his King or Queen, even if they were someone who deserved betrayal.
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Twelve Houses / int_2f94135c	type	Thou Shalt Not Kill
Twelve Houses / int_2f94135c	comment	Thou Shalt Not Kill: Examined. Tayse and Justin, and to a lesser extent Senneth, are all fighting machines, but they are also the heroes, and even squeamish Kirra kills people with wild abandon when she's a lion.
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Twelve Houses / int_325a15f1	type	Rags to Royalty
Twelve Houses / int_325a15f1	comment	Rags to Royalty: Cammon, an orphaned former slave, eventually marries Princess Amalie and ascends to the kingship of Gillengaria.
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Twelve Houses / int_3437ee2c	type	Inheritance Murder
Twelve Houses / int_3437ee2c	comment	Inheritance Murder: Attempted in Fortune and Fate - the Big Bad tries to marry her daughter to a minor noble who happens to be the closest living relative of the marlady of Fortnault so that they can be elevated in rank after she murders the marlady.
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Twelve Houses / int_352def2a	type	Burn the Witch!
Twelve Houses / int_352def2a	comment	Burn the Witch!: Most of Gillengaria's population is nervous of mystics, and more than one terrified mob has consequently tried to execute Senneth. Usually by methods other than burning, though, because trying to burn the fire mystic alive would be less than effective.
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Twelve Houses / int_361a1d26	type	Anguished Declaration of Love
Twelve Houses / int_361a1d26	comment	Anguished Declaration of Love: Everyone, all the time. Most of them angst about it afterwards.
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Twelve Houses / int_3bebfcc0	type	Living Lie Detector
Twelve Houses / int_3bebfcc0	comment	Living Lie Detector: Cammon, as he further develops his “reader” powers.
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Twelve Houses / int_3cbb451b	type	Unrequited Love Lasts Forever
Twelve Houses / int_3cbb451b	comment	Unrequited Love Lasts Forever: Averted with Wen in Fortune And Fate. Most Riders are celibate anyway, and what with her heart being all smashed up over Justin’s marriage to Ellynor, Wen could pretty reasonably be expected not to get a romance subplot. Except that it’s Gillengaria, where unlikely romances practically grow on trees. Wen eventually falls for Jasper Paladar, who is luckily kind enough to return the favor.
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Twelve Houses / int_3ed17fe0	type	Wide-Eyed Idealist
Twelve Houses / int_3ed17fe0	comment	Wide-Eyed Idealist: Cammon, early on. Amalie, until about the middle of ''Reader and Raelynx’’.
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Twelve Houses / int_3edeeff4	type	Son of a Whore
Twelve Houses / int_3edeeff4	comment	Son of a Whore: Justin’s backstory. (Luckily it doesn’t get brought up often.) Thanks to Tayse, Justin grew up into a Heroic Bastard with a respectable and elite career.
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Twelve Houses / int_3f7a958b	type	Secret Test of Character
Twelve Houses / int_3f7a958b	comment	Secret Test of Character: What some fans think Baryn was doing sending the Ragtag Bunch of Misfits to find out things that he already knew.
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Twelve Houses / int_3ff156fa	type	Nay-Theist
Twelve Houses / int_3ff156fa	comment	Nay-Theist: Much of Gillengaria’s population doesn’t seem to put a lot of stock in what the goddesses think, though they do more or less believe in their existence. Averted with the fanatic moon goddess cults.
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Twelve Houses / int_42148628	type	Everyone is Jesus in Purgatory
Twelve Houses / int_42148628	comment	Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory: A hilarious in-universe example. Senneth thinks that mystics are descended from the goddesses of Gillengaria. Then Justin calls her out on it, in a typical Deadpan Snarker kinda way.
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Twelve Houses / int_478ae179	type	And Now You Must Marry Me
Twelve Houses / int_478ae179	comment	And Now You Must Marry Me: This is Halchon Gisseltess's plan when he captures Senneth in Reader and Raelynx.
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Twelve Houses / int_51a485d1	type	Brought Down to Badass
Twelve Houses / int_51a485d1	comment	Brought Down to Badass: Senneth loses her mystic fire power after the final battle, but even without it she still fights nearly as well as a Rider. As of Fortune and Fate, which takes place two years later, she has started to regain her power.
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Twelve Houses / int_556a3059	type	The Empath
Twelve Houses / int_556a3059	comment	The Empath: Cammon, once his “reader” powers come in. He’s actually much cooler and more effective than most uses of this trope, as his powers enable him to act as a Living Lie Detector, and not only read others’ emotions but influence them. An additional side effect is that he can sense when people are nearby.
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Twelve Houses / int_5941d75	type	Beta Couple
Twelve Houses / int_5941d75	comment	Beta Couple: Kirra and Donnal in the first book, then Senneth and Tayse from there on in. Casserah and Will, whose entire courtship consists of exactly one short conversation in which they conclude that since getting married would be practical and advantageous to both their houses, that’s what they would like to do. Kirra dryly remarks that she and other members of their team, who are forever tangling with complicated romances, should have tried that method years ago.
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Twelve Houses / int_5b8c285b	type	The Conspiracy
Twelve Houses / int_5b8c285b	comment	The Conspiracy: The series’ main story arc revolves around the heroes trying to uncover and thwart one of these. Part of the nobility is plotting to instigate a civil war against the monarchy.
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Twelve Houses / int_5d86966a	type	Man on Fire
Twelve Houses / int_5d86966a	comment	Man on Fire: Senneth set a criminal on fire in a village once to make a point.
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Twelve Houses / int_5f3c9391	type	Impersonation Gambit
Twelve Houses / int_5f3c9391	comment	Impersonation Gambit: Subverted; Kirra spends most of the second book shapeshifted into the form of her half-sister, Casserah. Casserah is not a member of the enemy organization, but she is a better option for spying on potential conspirators because everyone knows that Kirra works for King Baryn and using her own form would instantly rouse suspicion.
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Twelve Houses / int_60547993	type	I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Twelve Houses / int_60547993	comment	I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Maybe “happy” is a strong word, but Kirra destroys Romar Brendyn’s memories of their affair because she knows he will be better off with his own wife, despite that it breaks her own heart so thoroughly she passes out from hysteria afterwards.
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Twelve Houses / int_629fa757	type	Perfectly Arranged Marriage
Twelve Houses / int_629fa757	comment	Casserah and Will go through with one of these, although it’s implied that theirs will turn out to be a Perfectly Arranged Marriage—or at least their confidence that it will be is why they agree to it.
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Twelve Houses / int_6a1cbf28	type	Rebellious Princess
Twelve Houses / int_6a1cbf28	comment	Rebellious Princess: Amalie, most notably, but also Kirra, who juggles being a serramarra with being a lion, and Senneth, who ran away from home.
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Twelve Houses / int_6d9bc945	type	Babies Ever After
Twelve Houses / int_6d9bc945	comment	Babies Ever After: Justin and Ellynor, at the end of Reader and Raelynx.
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Twelve Houses / int_6f0fd7b8	type	Everyone Loves Blondes
Twelve Houses / int_6f0fd7b8	comment	Everyone Loves Blondes: Kirra’s got a pile of golden hair, and she herself notes how important it is to her abundant charisma.
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Twelve Houses / int_74c9cf33	type	Two Girls to a Team
Twelve Houses / int_74c9cf33	comment	Two Girls to a Team: Senneth and Kirra among the original six companions.
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Twelve Houses / int_7913eb6f	type	Healing Hands
Twelve Houses / int_7913eb6f	comment	Healing Hands: This is Kirra’s second power and Ellynor’s primary one.
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Twelve Houses / int_7c36c716	type	Angst Coma
Twelve Houses / int_7c36c716	comment	Angst Coma: After losing Romar, Kirra hysterically cries herself into unconsciousness. She only wakes up after Cammon has done psychic surgery on her out-of-control emotional state.
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Twelve Houses / int_80621707	type	Arranged Marriage
Twelve Houses / int_80621707	comment	Arranged Marriage: At the beginning of Reader and Raelynx, King Baryn decides to set up one of these for Amalie in an attempt to divert the coming civil war. It’s averted when Amalie falls in love with the peasant boy mystic who’s supposed to be reading her suitors’ intentions instead, and the king dies. See listing under Suddenly Suitable Suitor below. Casserah and Will go through with one of these, although it’s implied that theirs will turn out to be a Perfectly Arranged Marriage—or at least their confidence that it will be is why they agree to it.
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Twelve Houses / int_820ac3c5	type	Dysfunction Junction
Twelve Houses / int_820ac3c5	comment	Dysfunction Junction: Let's count them, shall we? Senneth: abusive parents, dead son. Tayse: emotionally distant father. Justin: Disappeared Dad, whore mother, grew up on the streets. Cammon: orphan, ex-slave. Amalie: dead mom, never allowed to have human connections with anyone. Kirra: repressed, violent, fell in love with a married man. Donnal: masochistic when it comes to Kirra.
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Twelve Houses / int_83446991	type	UST
Twelve Houses / int_83446991	comment	UST: Shinn's MO anyway, and particularly bad between Kirra and Donnal. All four novels/couples have this in spades.
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Twelve Houses / int_838366f2	type	Failure Knight
Twelve Houses / int_838366f2	comment	Failure Knight: This is basically Wen in Fortune and Fate, who is trying to atone for allowing her king to be slain by the rebellion.
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Twelve Houses / int_88cee6e2	type	Abhorrent Admirer
Twelve Houses / int_88cee6e2	comment	Abhorrent Admirer: Halchon Gisseltess to Senneth.
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Twelve Houses / int_8dff7e48	type	Stealth Expert
Twelve Houses / int_8dff7e48	comment	Stealth Expert: Both Kirra and Donnal qualify, considering they can shapeshift into any animal they choose. Kirra particularly is fond of morphing a cat for this purpose, as they are acrobatic and virtually silent.
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Twelve Houses / int_9baea00a	type	Sensor Character
Twelve Houses / int_9baea00a	comment	Sensor Character: Yet another side effect of Cammon’s powers, as he can identify who is feeling what emotions nearby and where they’re coming from.
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Twelve Houses / int_9cdef1ef	type	Lovable Sex Maniac
Twelve Houses / int_9cdef1ef	comment	Lovable Sex Maniac: Kirra, although since this is Swords And Sorcery, probably just Lovable Flirt Machine.
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Twelve Houses / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
Twelve Houses / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: Senneth's comments about marrying Kirra into Brassenthwaite, and about Kiernan turn about to be about her own brothers.
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Twelve Houses / int_a2492aff	type	Dogged Nice Guy
Twelve Houses / int_a2492aff	comment	Dogged Nice Guy: Donnal to Kirra (though it’s very subtle). Good thing, too.
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Twelve Houses / int_a5d92fce	type	Celibate Hero
Twelve Houses / int_a5d92fce	comment	Celibate Hero: Most King’s Riders, because having a spouse or Love Interest would forcibly divide their loyalty between their liege and their significant other. There are exceptions, though, as proven by both Tayse and Justin over the course of the series.
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Twelve Houses / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
Twelve Houses / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Justin. Enough that the other characters lampshade it.
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Twelve Houses / int_afc6df04	type	What You Are in the Dark
Twelve Houses / int_afc6df04	comment	What You Are in the Dark: Kirra is asked by Romar's wife to give her a medical examination to see if her barrenness can be treated. When Kirra does so, she discovers that the barrenness is a side effect of a potentially deadly health problem, and if she stays silent about it, her rival would be dead and Romar would be free to marry her within a year, and nobody else would ever know. Instead, she cures her.
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Twelve Houses / int_b070362d	type	Wicked Stepmother
Twelve Houses / int_b070362d	comment	Wicked Stepmother: Averted with Kirra's stepmother, Jannis, who is implied to have always treated Kirra well even though she is a mystic. Averted with Queen Valri, who is rather stoic but cares deeply about her stepdaughter Amalie.
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Twelve Houses / int_b11ac9f5	type	Abusive Parents
Twelve Houses / int_b11ac9f5	comment	Abusive Parents: Senneth's father. A lot. He killed her newborn son because he was a mystic.
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Twelve Houses / int_b53077b3	type	Take That!
Twelve Houses / int_b53077b3	comment	Take That!: The wow-so-subtle message against discrimination.
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Twelve Houses / int_b9d334b2	type	Aerith and Bob
Twelve Houses / int_b9d334b2	comment	Aerith and Bob: All over the place. Riders named Justin and Tayse. Malcolm naming his daughters Kirra and Casserah. Nobles whose names range from Martin, Eloise, and Ariane to Els, Coralinda, and Karryn to Halchon, Baryn, and Heffel. The most egregious example is probably the Brassenthwaites, with siblings named Kiernan, Nate, Will, Harris... and Senneth.
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Twelve Houses / int_ba0e3912	type	Power Nullifier
Twelve Houses / int_ba0e3912	comment	Power Nullifier: Moonstones have this effect on mystics, to the point where prolonged contact can kill the mystic. Halchon Gisseltess has this effect on Senneth.
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Twelve Houses / int_bc74ef27	type	Berserk Button
Twelve Houses / int_bc74ef27	comment	Berserk Button: Tayse goes loopy when anyone hurts Senneth.
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Twelve Houses / int_bd0d6395	type	No Social Skills
Twelve Houses / int_bd0d6395	comment	No Social Skills: Cammon, because he was raised outside of Gillengaria.
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Twelve Houses / int_bec0417c	type	Happily Married
Twelve Houses / int_bec0417c	comment	Villain Halchon Gisseltess does not hide the fact that he wants to get rid of his wife Sabina so that he can marry Senneth. (It doesn’t seem to occur to him that Senneth herself is already Happily Married.)
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Twelve Houses / int_bf9163d9	type	Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
Twelve Houses / int_bf9163d9	comment	Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: Played with in Dark Moon Defender, when Kirra, Senneth and Ellynor sit together. Sort of.
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Twelve Houses / int_c1e6c92c	comment	Unlucky Childhood Friend: Poor Donnal looks like he’s going to be stuck as this while Kirra is head over heels for Romar Brendyn. Luckily for everyone, subverted in the end into a successful Childhood Friend Romance.
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Twelve Houses / int_c2c92862	comment	Unwanted Spouse: Villain Halchon Gisseltess does not hide the fact that he wants to get rid of his wife Sabina so that he can marry Senneth. (It doesn’t seem to occur to him that Senneth herself is already Happily Married.) Romar Brendyn makes no secret of the fact that he resents his wife during his affair with Kirra, though he’s not likely to actually bump off his wife to be with his lover. (Much of his marital unhappiness stems from the fact that his wife is apparently unable to have children, which is resolved by the novel’s end, hopefully to the betterment of their marriage.)
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Twelve Houses / int_c601fc37	type	Professional Killer
Twelve Houses / int_c601fc37	comment	Professional Killer: A number of these crop up throughout the series and must be foiled by the protagonists. Some of the assassins are successful; some are not.
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Twelve Houses / int_c76f81b8	comment	Non-Idle Rich: Kirra, who is basically a princess, much prefers to be a wanderer/mercenary/spy/lioness.
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Twelve Houses / int_cfc52d52	type	Spoiled Brat
Twelve Houses / int_cfc52d52	comment	Spoiled Brat: What Wen believes sixteen-year-old Karryn Fortunalt is at the beginning of Fortune and Fate. As the story goes on, Wen (and the audience) learns that her late father's emotional abuse and Cloud Cuckoo Lander mother's distance have left Karryn very insecure and unsure of her own worth. By the end of the book, Karryn is a nice person rather than a spoiled brat.
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Twelve Houses / int_da297ad2	type	One of Our Own
Twelve Houses / int_da297ad2	comment	One of Our Own: When Tayse is kidnapped, and then when Senneth gets shot.
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Twelve Houses / int_da2f3716	type	Intimate Healing
Twelve Houses / int_da2f3716	comment	Intimate Healing: A mild version of this occurs in Mystic and Rider when Senneth complains that the only way to cure her magic-induced migraines is via a specialized massage…and discovers that Tayse is actually both strong and coordinated enough to successfully give one. It can easily be argued that this scene is when their romance really begins to get underway.
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Twelve Houses / int_dae5c997	type	Action Girl
Twelve Houses / int_dae5c997	comment	Action Girl: Senneth, and, to a lesser extent, Kirra, and to a lesser extent, Amalie. Wen in Fortune and Fate.
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Twelve Houses / int_db39ccfd	comment	Battle Couple: Senneth and Tayse. Kirra and Donnal, even before they’re a couple, though they get only more effective after they finally hook up.
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Twelve Houses / int_db912a80	type	The Good King
Twelve Houses / int_db912a80	comment	The Good King: Baryn. He is the heroes’ employer.
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Twelve Houses / int_def5d614	type	Suddenly Suitable Suitor
Twelve Houses / int_def5d614	comment	Suddenly Suitable Suitor: Senneth and a sympathetic noblewoman finagle this for Cammon to enable him to marry Amalie; the noblewoman invents a story about his being her long-lost son (a story that actually does have some truthfulness and therefore believability, except that her actual long-lost son was stillborn). The change in status makes him an acceptable consort for the new Queen. (Very fortunately for everyone, as Amalie had vowed not to marry anyone if she couldn’t have Cammon, a choice which would result in a Succession Crisis and most probably another civil war upon her death.)
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Twelve Houses / int_df1a0454	type	Fantasy Pantheon
Twelve Houses / int_df1a0454	comment	Fantasy Pantheon: Senneth references, more than once, the existence of goddesses in Gillengaria’s history. Most of the land’s population seems to more or less believe in these goddesses’ (at least past) existence, but with the exception of the Pale Mother cults, most religious practice in Gillengaria is lapsed.
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Twelve Houses / int_e4bb68b8	type	The Charmer
Twelve Houses / int_e4bb68b8	comment	The Charmer: Kirra. She once said it herself: "Charm better be enough, because that and hair are all I've got."
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Twelve Houses / int_e5411cdf	comment	Cult: The sects of the Pale Mother.
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Twelve Houses / int_e7b0229a	type	Laser-Guided Amnesia
Twelve Houses / int_e7b0229a	comment	Laser-Guided Amnesia: Kirra inflicts this when she magically obliterates Romar Brendyn’s memories of their affair at the end of the second book.
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Twelve Houses / int_edf8db61	type	Oh, My Gods!
Twelve Houses / int_edf8db61	comment	Oh, My Gods!: Averted; though the inhabitants of Gillengaria have goddesses, they prefer to swear by red, black, silver, or opal hells, or any combination thereof.
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Twelve Houses / int_f062453	type	Burning with Anger
Twelve Houses / int_f062453	comment	Burning with Anger: This has happened to Senneth a few times.
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Twelve Houses / int_f2758e74	type	Wreathed in Flames
Twelve Houses / int_f2758e74	comment	Wreathed in Flames: Senneth on multiple occasions, of course, but most notably in the Final Battle, where she literally burns herself out while saving the day and redeeming mystics in the eyes of her heretofore hopelessly bigoted family.
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Twelve Houses / int_f4f3252e	type	Law of Inverse Fertility
Twelve Houses / int_f4f3252e	comment	Romar Brendyn makes no secret of the fact that he resents his wife during his affair with Kirra, though he’s not likely to actually bump off his wife to be with his lover. (Much of his marital unhappiness stems from the fact that his wife is apparently unable to have children, which is resolved by the novel’s end, hopefully to the betterment of their marriage.)
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Twelve Houses / int_f54f1401	type	Passed-Over Inheritance
Twelve Houses / int_f54f1401	comment	Passed-Over Inheritance: In the second book Kirra loses her place as family heir to her younger half-sister. However, it's made quite clear that this was done purely because Casserah was far better suited to the life of a ruling noble than Kirra ever would be, and that Kirra would remain a respected and valued member of the family, even if she would never be its head. This is made quite clear when a vassal of the Danalustrous family makes some rather rude comments about Kirra in Casserah's hearing - and she promptly banishes him from Danan Hall.
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Twelve Houses / int_f9f2c33	type	Running Gag
Twelve Houses / int_f9f2c33	comment	Running Gag: That they will each fall in love with the most inappropriate person possible. Which they do. Senneth, a serramarra and a mystic, marries Tayse, a glorified soldier with a severe distrust of magic; Kirra, a serramarra-ier serramarra, falls in love first with a married man and then with Donnal, a peasant; Justin, a glorified soldier, weds Ellynor, an over-sheltered Lirren girl; and Cammon, a peasant, hooks up with Amalie, princess/Queen of Gillengaria. And it all works out in the end, except for Kirra’s adulterous affair.
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Twelve Houses / int_faf4a043	type	Good Adultery, Bad Adultery
Twelve Houses / int_faf4a043	comment	Good Adultery, Bad Adultery: Much of the plot of The Thirteenth House revolves around this. Deconstructed.
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Twelve Houses / int_fb56b948	type	My Sister Is Off-Limits
Twelve Houses / int_fb56b948	comment	My Sister Is Off-Limits: Every Lirren male to any non-Lirren suitor of their daughters/sisters/nieces/cousins. In order to prove their worthiness to marry a Lirren girl, said outsider must defeat the most skilled warrior in her family in a Duel to the Death.
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Twelve Houses / int_fd7267dd	type	Master of Disguise
Twelve Houses / int_fd7267dd	comment	Master of Disguise: Kirra, due to her well-exercised mystic powers.
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Twelve Houses / int_ff16efbf	type	Heroes Want Redheads
Twelve Houses / int_ff16efbf	comment	Heroes Want Redheads: Mainly averted, but Amalie's hair is mentioned quite often. Interestingly played with when Tayse falls in love with Senneth, very much against his preference and better judgement.
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Twelve Houses / int_ff6ae1f6	comment	Evil-Detecting Dog: Donnal often functions as this in his favorite shiftling form.
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