partnerasfen.blogg.se - Ember in the ashes

The Blood Shrike drops their real name when they're appointed.Deliberately invoked by the Commandant she punishes them if they use their names. Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Kitchen-Girl, Cook, and the other slaves in the Commandant's household.When she heals Cook she takes a less severe version of the wound onto herself, but it still causes her some pain and bleeding. Empathic Healer: This is how Helene's healing works.A Death in the Limelight: Keris's death is from her perspective.Marcus gets really bad about this after he becomes Emperor.Dude, Where's My Respect?: Laia invokes this on behalf of her parents' achievements to get the Resistance to help her.Unfortunately for everyone, he gets promoted to Emperor before the book's end.

Second only to Elias, he's a dangerous foe with no qualms about fighting dirty.Įlias: "Telling Marcus not to cheat is like telling him not to breathe."

The Dragon: Marcus, Elias' and Helene's most hated enemy, even before the Trials.

Childhood Friends: Elias and Helene, from the very beginning of their training at Blackcliff.

Break the Cutie: Itd actually be easier to name everyone who isnt broken in this series.

Bonding over Missing Parents: Keenan and Laia.

Big Bad Duumvirate: It turns out the Commandant has been working with the Nightbringer to interfere with the Trials and assassinate the current Emperor.

She doesn't have a benevolent bone in her body, as Laia soon discovers.

Big Bad: Keris Veturia, the Commandant of Blackcliff, and also Elias's hateful mother.

It's not an asset when she's at a place like Blackcliff.

Arch-Enemy: Marcus to Helene and Elias.

And Now You Must Marry Me: At the end of the second book, Marcus forces Helene's younger sister Livia to marry him.

Half this trope, half You Can't Fight Fate: the Augurs inform Helene that Elias's life is in danger and that if she swears to give her loyalty to whoever is named Emperor, he'll be saved.