Cast From Hit Points - one of the reasons why wizards on Rhiow's world are so intent on conserving their magic.
Functional Magic - Wizards have been compared to the technical support staff of the universe.
Geometric Magic - Rhiow's spellwork can be folded up and stored in a claudication, and excessively complex spells tend to resemble advanced geometric constructs.
Rewriting Reality - What wizardry does. In keeping with the metaphor about wizards being the IT staff of the universe, wizardry is often compared to programming.
Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness - Guilty of this when talking about worldgating, hyperstring function, the specific function of her wizardry, and of course when she's using wizardry. The latter is justified because if you're re-programming the universe, you have to be very specific about all the variables involved.
Talking Animal - Has produced some amusing reactions aboard ship.
Intellectual Animal - In conjunction with the first. Rhiow is a worldgate technician, after all.
Team Mom - Finds herself filling this role, much to her ironic dismay, since she actually can't have children.
Reincarnation - Cats have nine lives. Rhiow is on her sixth, after spending her fifth to pay for extra spell-carrying capacity to defeat the Lone Power.
Carnivore Confusion - Subverted in that even if the mice can talk (to the People's knowledge they can't), cats have to eat. Although there is a tradition among cats not to hunt to the last life, because "even the prey have gods."
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Language of Magic - The Speech.
Cast From Hit Points - one of the reasons why wizards on Rhiow's world are so intent on conserving their magic.
Functional Magic - Wizards have been compared to the technical support staff of the universe.
Geometric Magic - Rhiow's spellwork can be folded up and stored in a claudication, and excessively complex spells tend to resemble advanced geometric constructs.
In the Name of the Moon - "Eldest, fairest and fallen, greetings and defiance."
Powers That Be - the trope namer.
Rewriting Reality - What wizardry does. In keeping with the metaphor about wizards being the IT staff of the universe, wizardry is often compared to programming.
Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness - Guilty of this when talking about worldgating, hyperstring function, the specific function of her wizardry, and of course when she's using wizardry. The latter is justified because if you're re-programming the universe, you have to be very specific about all the variables involved.
Talking Animal - Has produced some amusing reactions aboard ship.
Intellectual Animal - In conjunction with the first. Rhiow is a worldgate technician, after all.
Team Mom - Finds herself filling this role, much to her ironic dismay, since she actually can't have children.
Reincarnation - Cats have nine lives. Rhiow is on her sixth, after spending her fifth to pay for extra spell-carrying capacity to defeat the Lone Power.
Carnivore Confusion - Subverted in that even if the mice can talk (to the People's knowledge they can't), cats have to eat. Although there is a tradition among cats not to hunt to the last life, because "even the prey have gods."