Crown of Stars is a historical fantasy series by Kate Elliot. The books chronicle the adventures of three people in a Europe clone. The three main characters are:

• Alain, a well-meaning young man who became heir to a count. He has incredible skill with animals and is chosen by a goddess of war.
• Sanglant, the first and illegitimate son of the king. He leads the elite cavalry of the king, he's a half-elf with incredible healing powers.
• Liath, a wizard who can't control her magic. She is a member of the king's elite messengers.

The books also have a mess of secondary characters, but they all have bizarre relations to each other. Oh, and All Myths Are True. Also, all the main characters are bastards (not those, but these).

• Anything That Moves Ekkehard, later a
• All Myths Are True The Eika are metallic dragon vikings. Sphinxes, Dragons, Phoenix, and Centaur.
• Anti-Villain: Fifth Son.
• Badass Alain, Bulkezu.
• Badass Bookworm: Hugh was a pretty good sword.
• Badass Grandpa Helmut Villam.
• Big Bad:
• Bishonen: Baldwin, who was super hawt.
• Blondes Are Evil Hugh.
• Buffy-Speak "It's kind of you to be so ... kind.".
• Crystal Dragon Jesus: The prophet Daisan is pretty clearly Jesus Christ. Interestingly
• Deadpan Snarker: Hugh has elements of this.
• Disc One Final Boss: Bloodheart.
• Evil Counterpart: Hugh is a rival with Liath, and they're pretty similar in a whole lot of ways, Hugh also shares charisma, wits, and courage with Sanglant, a fact that bothers everybody.
  • Bulkezu and Sanglant had the looks Badassery, and warrior prince like similarities, plus a certain immunity to specific types of attack.
• The Fair Folk: The Ashioi.
• Fantasy Counterpart Culture: The setting in general strongly resembles medieval Europe, except for women having much stronger and/or more visible roles, including a female-dominated version of the Catholic Church.
• Fate Worse Than Death:
• Face Heel Turn While more of a faint saunter over to the evil side counts.
• Hell Hound Sorrow and Rage, Alain's dogs.
• Heroic Sociopath: Wichman, later.
• Ho Yay: Ivar and Baldwin don't count cause it's canon, Sorgatani, Hanna and Liath on the other hand...
• Genius Ditz: At the end of the series, .
• Giant Flyer: The guivre.
• Karma Houdini: Pulled a bit too often sometimes
• Manly Gay: Ivar.
• Messianic Archetype: Alain is hinted to be . Tallia suffered the stigmata and goes completely .
• Proud Warrior Race Guy: The Eika.
• Psycho Electro: When becomes a tempestri, watch the fuck out.
• Ship Tease Creepily enough, Liath and Hugh.
• Sinister Minister: Hugh
• So Beautiful It's a Curse: Baldwin enters the church to a escape marrying a woman in her 50s. At one point Ivar observes that it's not Baldwin's fault that he's been "cursed" with a face so beautiful that it becomes a mirror for everyone else's ambitions.
• The Starscream: .
• Technical Pacifist: Alain will beat you senseless, but he will not kill. His dogs will though.
• Token Evil Teammate: Lord Wichman, big time.
• Took a Level in Badass While most characters in the book took a level here or again, Liath is by far the biggest example, going from a to to to to to to
  • Hugh himself.
• Yaoi Guys: Baldwin and Ivar.
• Warrior Prince Most of the nobles but Sanglant's their poster boy.
• White-Haired Pretty Girl Hanna, though it's her white hair that makes her pretty.

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