Master of One Magic: As a single-element Crafter, Isana wouldn't normally be considered very impressive as Alerans rank their powers – but as mentioned above, she can do a lot with what she's got. Invisibility: Both wind and woodcrafters can accomplish this, though through different means. Windcrafters have a more "traditional" form of invisibility, where they craft the air around a target so it reflects light away. Meanwhile, when enough plant matter is present, woodcrafters can accelerate and adjust plant growth around them so that they are hidden in the resulting shadows and leaves, making them effectively invisible. Heal It with Water: Healing magic is one of the watercrafting arts and one of the most commonly used for its Mundane Utility. It usually requires the patient to be immersed in a tub of water, but the more powerful practitioners don't need to do so. Bernard has at least basic ability in all forms of furycrafting. He is capable at crafting all the elements, but he is an extremely capable earthcrafter and woodcrafter. He manifests two powerful furies, Brutus the earth dog and Cypress the dryad. No Historical Figures Were Harmed: invoked According to Word of God, Tavi's characterization was heavily inspired by both Julius Caesar and Caesar Augustus.

Heroic Bastard: Tavi always assumed he was just the the son of a commoner and some legionnaire having a fling. This isn't correct. His father left Isana with legal proof of their courtship and wedding to prove Tavi wasn't born a bastard.

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She becomes increasingly beloved by the common folk of Alera as the series goes on, with many in the Dianic League seeing her as one of the main reasons to actually hope for the end of slavery in everyone's current lifetime. Beware the Nice Ones: Tavi always tries to think the best of others and be as polite & considerate to others as possible. As such, in his rage and fury Tavi is absolutely merciless, as Fidelias almost found out. Notes: This, the Queen killed by the Marat, and the first Queen the Awakened Queen created to inhabit Canea are the only Vord Queens to have never been seen in the series. In Academ's Fury he, by means of Ehren and Aria, gets the Aquitaines to help protect Gaius and the crown from falling because it would ruin their own plans in the making.

Tranquil Fury: When he discovers that Fidelias had been masquerading as Valiar Marcus. He's very calm even as he makes it clear that he's absolutely furious at Fidelias. He only explodes later in private when arguing with Kitai and she's giving him a What the Hell, Hero? speech for wasting such a valuable asset against the Vord.Does Not Know His Own Strength: Isana is an incredibly powerful watercrafter – one of the strongest in all of Alera. She never really grasped how powerful she was, assuming that her great strength came from familiarity with the Calderon Valley's furies. It isn't until later on that she begins to understand her true strength, and suspects that Septimus passed on many of his furies to her when he died. Okay, so I know that I come across as very snarky and like all of life is pain and suffering, but here is my space for unabashed joy. Bernard is a great character for the reasons I’ve already mentioned. And he is the only guy that really gets a pokemon in this book! He gets a little earth dog pokemon. When you hear pokemon crossed with roman legions, you are expecting pokemon and this is the one we get.