![]() ![]() Parental Abandonment: Several characters are missing one or both parents (Kale, Bardon, Toopka), or have been estranged from them (Beal).Our Elves Are Different: Their skin, hair and eyes gradually darkens as they age and gain wisdom.Some of them make people impulsively laugh. Our Dragons Are Different: Not all breathe fire.Official Couple: Kale and Bardon, adult!Toopka and Dar.While he does die, it's not in a battle, he just sort of. Mentor Occupational Hazard: Fenworth half-averts it, half plays it straight.He's also something like this as far as Magic-use is concerned: most wizards have one tallent Regidor has them all. Kale: "He moves like a lizard." Bardon: "Agile like a lizard!" Toopka: "Don't say that: he might not like it!" Regidor is about seven feet tall, incredibly muscular, has a tail as a fifth limb, is an absolute genius who thinks faster than you ever could and could probably learn everything there is to know about fighting in a week, and breathes fire. they realize how glad they are not to be his enemies. Last-Minute Hookup: Dar/Suddenly-Adult!Toopka.Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Holt Hoddack.Humans by Any Other Name: There are only two noticeable differences between humans and o'rants - the gestation period and the fact o'rant sweat smells of citrus.Deadpan Snarker: Most dragons, especially Greer.Taken up to eleven when he kills Wizard Risto, absentmindedly remarking " I've never liked him, Thorp." Kill It with Fire Ensues. "How do you do the water spell, again?" "Is it one part hydrogen to two parts oxygen?" And then he drowns all the enemies. Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Fenworth.Cool Old Guy: Fenworth and Librettowit.Green dragons can heal, purples can sing, red and yellow dragons inspire mirth, mottled grays glow in the dark, and so on. Color-Coded for Your Convenience: A minor dragon's color indicates their magical talent.Oh, and God is called Wulder and Satan is called Pretender. Also, Grawligs are clearly ogres, with a hint of troll. Call a Rabbit a "Smeerp": A bizarre variation involving fantasy creatures. ![]() He still wears a stoic mask on occasions where he's likely to be judged for his parentage. Not entirely false, actually, but his heart is a whole lot better than his face. Beneath the Mask: Bardon, who at first looks stuck up, self-righteous, arrogant, and a jerk.But ordinary Wizards, such as Kale, occasionally can see darkness coming off of sufficiently evil characters. Paladin probably has something like this, too. Aura Vision: Regidor and a very few Minor Dragons have the ability to see people's souls.The Assimilator: Lord Ire, a being created by Pretender stealing a meech's body and 'absorbing' several others.It's actually discussed several times, particularly in reference to a Bisonbeck who is working with the good guys. Always Chaotic Evil: The lower races all first appear to be this, but as the series goes on we see more and more sympathetic characters from these races.Not to be confused with the Dragonkeeper series by Carole Wilkinson. Dragons of the Valley, and Dragons of the Watch. Three books have been published so far, Dragons of Chiril (previously titled The Vanishing Sculptor). This series follows the adventures of Tipper, a young Emerlindian girl. As you may have guessed, quite a lot of the characters are dragons.Ī new series has begun that is set in the same world, but at a different place and time. The series consists of DragonSpell, DragonQuest, DragonKnight, DragonFire and DragonLight. The series is set in a world with several fantastic races, many of which fit fairly comfortably into certain stereotypes. The Dragon Keeper Chronicles is a Christian fantasy series concerning the life of the Dragon Keeper, Kale. ![]()
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