Egg MacGuffin: In the first book, the seemingly magical gemstone Danzi is taking with him to the ocean and demands that Ping protect at all costs turns out to be a dragon egg it hatches at the end of Dragonkeeper and the story then shifts to Ping caring for Danzi's child.Easily Forgiven: Kai forgives the emperor for torturing him.Dragon Rider: Ping from time to time Danzi is large enough for her to sit on his back when he flies, though due to his great age and weariness, they can't fly together over vast distances.Distant Sequel: Blood Brothers takes place close to four hundred years after Dragon Moon, after the Han Dynasty has fallen.The second book reiterates that Ping is the rightful Dragonkeeper, despite what Jun's family might have people believe. Some people don't even believe Ping could be a real Dragonkeeper because she's a girl, but she carries all the typical traits of a Dragonkeeper and there's no arguing with destiny. Usually, Dragonkeepers are descended from one of two families (Ping has no knowledge of her family) and Ping is also considered unusual because all previous known Dragonkeepers were men. The Chosen One: Ping learns she is a Dragonkeeper, a rare person who can harness qi (chi) to perform magic and communicate with dragons.Subverted with the selfish and ambitious Emperor Liu Che.From it, she learns that while kindness and politeness are good, she has to be more careful who she trusts in the future. Ping also has a negative experience after the seemingly good-natured Jiang Bing turns out to be a spy for the necromancer. Feeling sympathy, Ping allows them to keep the spoils, and leaves Chang'an with an understanding that grey areas do exist. In Dragonkeeper, Ping's black-and-white view on the world changes after she chases down a thief, only to find he and his family are desperate and starving. Character Development: Ping undergoes quite a bit.The Caligula: Emperor Liu Che descends into this during Garden of the Purple Dragon, culminating in him betraying Ping and torturing Kai in an attempt to become immortal.But Ping knows that Kai will be safe and happy with own kind away from those that would exploit him, and she herself gets a chance to start a new life of her own choosing. Ping gives up being a Dragonkeeper and leaves Kai to live with wild dragons it's unlikely they'll ever meet again. Dragon Moon, and thus the first trilogy as a whole.Not to mention Ping leaving with Danza has potentially soured her friendship with the current Emperor. Dragonkeeper ends with the egg hatching, but Danzi and a mortally-wounded Hua leaving Ping to travel to the Blessed Isle( although Hua returns in the next book).He follows her for as long as he can in Dragon Moon, waits for her to return from the sanctuary where she leaves Kai, and eventually proposes marriage. The Atoner: After the events of Garden of the Purple Dragon, Jun becomes this, knowing that he willingly aided in dethroning Ping from her position as Kai's guardian and nearly getting her killed.Not to be confused with the Dragon Keeper Chronicles or the first book in Robin Hobb's The Rain Wild Chronicles. The second trilogy, set over four centuries later, revolves around Kai searching for a new Dragonkeeper and meeting a young novice monk named Tao who may fit the bill. The first trilogy is set in China's Han Dynasty and revolves around a young slave girl named Ping who discovers she is a Dragonkeeper and must protect Long Danzi, one of the last living dragons, and later his son Kai too. The series consists of seven books, including two trilogies that tell complete stories and a prequel. Dragonkeeper is a series of historical fantasy children's novels, written by Australian author Carole Wilkinson and set in Ancient China.
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