Irony of the Colonies
When June and Day arrive in the Colonies, they’re shocked by how open and expressive they are, in stark contrast to the rigid, drab life in the Republic. They assume that life in the Colonies must be freer and better than life in the Republic, but after spending some time there, they realize that there’s poverty and political corruption there as well. The place seen as a haven for those fleeing the Republic is actually just as corrupt, if not more.
Irony of Anden
Anden’s father was a tyrannical leader, who engineered a plague that spread through the slums and killed thousands of the Republic’s poorest citizens. He also helped maintain a regime that practiced strict social segregation and oppression of its people. In spite of this, when Anden takes over he’s a fair ruler, who’s dedicated to improving his country and ended some of that oppression, even though he grew up among those who advocated for it.
Irony of Day’s career
Day spent his early teenage years as one of the Republic’s most notorious criminals, living on the streets and running from law enforcement. At the end of Prodigy, however, he’s recruited to work for the very people who wanted to lock him up.
Irony of Day’s fate
As mentioned before, Day is a criminal who avoided arrest and multiple attempts on his life. After surviving this, he learns that he is dying of a brain disease, something totally unrelated to all of the trauma he already survived.
Irony of Africa
The world of the Legend series takes place in a reformed version of our world. Day and June travel to the Confederate Nations of Africa, where we learn that Africa, a continent colonized and exploited by the western world during our time, has become a global superpower in the world of Legend. In spite of foreign exploitation and social stigma, Legend paints a world in which the continent of Africa has extended far beyond anything that the Republic or the Colonies have managed to do.
