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** The film opens with the same lines from “The Creation of Ea” that ''A Wizard of Earthsea'' does

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** The film opens with the same lines from “The "The Creation of Ea” Ea" that ''A Wizard of Earthsea'' does



* NoodleIncident: Cob and Sparrowhawk’s original confrontation. All that stated is that Cob was abused the Pelnish Lore on the living and the dead with Sparrowhawk leaving him in the Dry Land.

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* NoodleIncident: Cob and Sparrowhawk’s Sparrowhawk's original confrontation. All that is stated is that Cob was abused the Pelnish Lore on the living and the dead with Sparrowhawk leaving him in the Dry Land.
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* ImortalitySeeker: Cob is out for eternal life. He even lies to Arren and claims that Sparrowhawk is seeking immortality as well.

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* ImortalitySeeker: ImmortalitySeeker: Cob is out for eternal life. He even lies to Arren and claims that Sparrowhawk is seeking immortality as well.



* SparedByTheAdaptation: Sparrowhawk lost his powers after his confrontation with Cob in the books, here he retains them thanks to not having to sacrifice his magic.

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* SparedByTheAdaptation: Sparrowhawk lost his powers after his confrontation with Cob in the books, here he retains them thanks to not having to sacrifice his magic.magic since Cob never opens a breach to the Dry Land.

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* BrokenBird: Therru, who was maimed and abandoned by her AbusiveParents.

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* BrokenBird: Therru, who was maimed and abandoned by her AbusiveParents.AbusiveParents as a child.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Therru is initially very hostile to Arren. Even when he saves her from Hare and his henchmen, [[UngratefulBastard instead of thanking him, she coldly slaps him and runs off]]. Though it is justified considering that she witnessed him saying that life means nothing to him and dared Hare to stab her. However she is

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Therru is initially very hostile to Arren. Even when he saves her from Hare and his henchmen, [[UngratefulBastard instead of thanking him, she coldly slaps him and runs off]]. Though it is justified considering that she witnessed him saying that life means nothing to him and dared Hare to stab her. However she isTherru mellows out as the movie goes on and comes to have more regard for Arren. She ultimately saves Arren from Cob's enchantments.



* NoodleIncident: Cob and Sparrowhawk’s original confrontation over his abuse of the Pelnish Lore.

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* NoodleIncident: Cob and Sparrowhawk’s original confrontation over his abuse of confrontation. All that stated is that Cob was abused the Pelnish Lore. Lore on the living and the dead with Sparrowhawk leaving him in the Dry Land.


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* PromotedToLoveInterest: Therru and Arren. In the books, Arren was older and married someone else.

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* AgeLift: Therru and Arren are portrayed as roughly the same age, in the books he was several years older.



** WhoWantsToLiveForever



* TheArchmage: Sparrowhawk is stated to be the Archmage of Earthsea.



%%* BrokenBird: Therru.

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%%* * BrokenBird: Therru.Therru, who was maimed and abandoned by her AbusiveParents.



* IKnowYourTrueName: The name is the thing, and the truename is the true thing. Know the truename, and you can control the thing.

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* IKnowYourTrueName: The name is the thing, and the truename is the true thing. Know the truename, and you can control the thing. Used by Cob to control Arren and used by Therru to snap him out of his daze



* ImortalitySeeker: Cob is out for eternal life. He even lies to Arren and claims that Sparrowhawk is seeking immortality as well.



* {{Jerkass}}: Therru spends most of the film being very cruel and harsh to Arren. Even when he saves her from Hare and his henchmen, [[UngratefulBastard instead of thanking him, she coldly slaps him and runs off]]. Though it is justified considering that she witnessed him saying that life means nothing to him and dared Hare to stab her.

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* {{Jerkass}}: * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Therru spends most of the film being is initially very cruel and harsh hostile to Arren. Even when he saves her from Hare and his henchmen, [[UngratefulBastard instead of thanking him, she coldly slaps him and runs off]]. Though it is justified considering that she witnessed him saying that life means nothing to him and dared Hare to stab her. However she is



** The film opens with the same lines from “The Creation of Ea” that A Wizard of Earthsea does

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** The film opens with the same lines from “The Creation of Ea” that A ''A Wizard of Earthsea Earthsea'' does



** Tenar briefly mentions Sparrowhawk's true name Ged.



** The confrontation between Cob and Sparrowhawk brings up the Dry Land and the Pelnish Lore, important elements from The Farthest Shore.

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** The confrontation between Cob and Sparrowhawk brings up the Dry Land and the Pelnish Lore, important elements from The ''The Farthest Shore.Shore''.

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** Sparrowhawk has the facial scar from his encounter with the Shadow.



** Albeit more somber, Tenar mentions Atuan quite a few times.

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** Albeit more somber, The Great House of Roke, the WizardSchool of the books is mentioned.
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Tenar mentions Atuan quite a few times.how Ged saved her from the Tombs of Atuan.
** The confrontation between Cob and Sparrowhawk brings up the Dry Land and the Pelnish Lore, important elements from The Farthest Shore.
* NoodleIncident: Cob and Sparrowhawk’s original confrontation over his abuse of the Pelnish Lore.


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* SparedByTheAdaptation: Sparrowhawk lost his powers after his confrontation with Cob in the books, here he retains them thanks to not having to sacrifice his magic.

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* MythologyGag: Albeit more somber, Tenar mentions Atuan quite a few times.

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* MythologyGag: MythologyGag:
** The film opens with the same lines from “The Creation of Ea” that A Wizard of Earthsea does
** Sparrowhawk’s boat the Lookfar appears in his first scene
** Sparrowhawk easily identifies a cloth claimed to be from Gont as a fake, nodding to the fact he hails from Gont in the books.
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Albeit more somber, Tenar mentions Atuan quite a few times.
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* BloodierAndGorier: While not quite as bloody as ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' or ''Anime/GraveOfTheFireflies'', the film is quite surprisingly violent for a Studio Ghibli film. This went to the point of this film being the first animated film released under Creator/{{Disney}} to receive a PG-13 rating.
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''Tales from Earthsea'' (''Gedo senki'', "Ged's War Chronicles") is a Creator/StudioGhibli animated film based on the first, third, and fourth novels in the ''Literature/{{Earthsea}}'' series by Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin, as well as Creator/HayaoMiyazaki's early manga ''Manga/ShunasJourney''. The film was directed by Goro Miyazaki, the son of studio founder Creator/HayaoMiyazaki. The soundtrack was done by Tamiya Terashima who previously worked on ''Anime/TweenyWitches''.

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''Tales from Earthsea'' (''Gedo senki'', "Ged's War Chronicles") is a Creator/StudioGhibli animated film based on the first, third, and fourth novels in the ''Literature/{{Earthsea}}'' series by Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin, as well as Creator/HayaoMiyazaki's early manga ''Manga/ShunasJourney''.storybook ''Literature/ShunasJourney''. The film was directed by Goro Miyazaki, the son of studio founder Creator/HayaoMiyazaki. The soundtrack was done by Tamiya Terashima who previously worked on ''Anime/TweenyWitches''.



* AdaptationAmalgamation: It's a mix of several of the books. Le Guin said what confused her most about the film was that she kept expecting it to follow one of the original plots. The storyline is taken mostly from ''The Farthest Shore'' with some elements of ''Tehanu'' and a little of ''A Wizard Of Earthsea''. And a bit of Hayao Miyazaki's early manga ''Manga/ShunasJourney'' on top of that.

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* AdaptationAmalgamation: It's a mix of several of the books. Le Guin said what confused her most about the film was that she kept expecting it to follow one of the original plots. The storyline is taken mostly from ''The Farthest Shore'' with some elements of ''Tehanu'' and a little of ''A Wizard Of Earthsea''. And a bit of Hayao Miyazaki's early manga ''Manga/ShunasJourney'' storybook ''Literature/ShunasJourney'' on top of that.
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''Tales from Earthsea'' (''Gedo senki'', "Ged's War Chronicles") is a Creator/StudioGhibli animated film based on the first, third, and fourth novels in the ''Literature/{{Earthsea}}'' series by Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin, as well as Creator/HayaoMiyazaki's early manga ''Shuna's Journey''. The film was directed by Goro Miyazaki, the son of studio founder Creator/HayaoMiyazaki. The soundtrack was done by Tamiya Terashima who previously worked on ''Anime/TweenyWitches''.

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''Tales from Earthsea'' (''Gedo senki'', "Ged's War Chronicles") is a Creator/StudioGhibli animated film based on the first, third, and fourth novels in the ''Literature/{{Earthsea}}'' series by Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin, as well as Creator/HayaoMiyazaki's early manga ''Shuna's Journey''.''Manga/ShunasJourney''. The film was directed by Goro Miyazaki, the son of studio founder Creator/HayaoMiyazaki. The soundtrack was done by Tamiya Terashima who previously worked on ''Anime/TweenyWitches''.



* AdaptationAmalgamation: It's a mix of several of the books. Le Guin said what confused her most about the film was that she kept expecting it to follow one of the original plots. The storyline is taken mostly from ''The Farthest Shore'' with some elements of ''Tehanu'' and a little of ''A Wizard Of Earthsea''. And a bit of Hayao Miyazaki's early manga ''Shuna's Journey'' on top of that.

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* AdaptationAmalgamation: It's a mix of several of the books. Le Guin said what confused her most about the film was that she kept expecting it to follow one of the original plots. The storyline is taken mostly from ''The Farthest Shore'' with some elements of ''Tehanu'' and a little of ''A Wizard Of Earthsea''. And a bit of Hayao Miyazaki's early manga ''Shuna's Journey'' ''Manga/ShunasJourney'' on top of that.
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''Tales from Earthsea'' (''Gedo senki'', "Ged's War Chronicles") is a Creator/StudioGhibli animated film based on the first, third, and fourth novels in the ''Literature/{{Earthsea}}'' series by Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin. The film was directed by Goro Miyazaki, the son of studio founder Creator/HayaoMiyazaki. The soundtrack was done by Tamiya Terashima who previously worked on ''Anime/TweenyWitches''.

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''Tales from Earthsea'' (''Gedo senki'', "Ged's War Chronicles") is a Creator/StudioGhibli animated film based on the first, third, and fourth novels in the ''Literature/{{Earthsea}}'' series by Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin.Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin, as well as Creator/HayaoMiyazaki's early manga ''Shuna's Journey''. The film was directed by Goro Miyazaki, the son of studio founder Creator/HayaoMiyazaki. The soundtrack was done by Tamiya Terashima who previously worked on ''Anime/TweenyWitches''.



* AdaptationAmalgamation: It's a mix of several of the books. Le Guin said what confused her most about the film was that she kept expecting it to follow one of the original plots. The storyline is taken mostly from ''The Farthest Shore'' with some elements of ''Tehanu'' and a little of ''A Wizard Of Earthsea''.

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* AdaptationAmalgamation: It's a mix of several of the books. Le Guin said what confused her most about the film was that she kept expecting it to follow one of the original plots. The storyline is taken mostly from ''The Farthest Shore'' with some elements of ''Tehanu'' and a little of ''A Wizard Of Earthsea''. And a bit of Hayao Miyazaki's early manga ''Shuna's Journey'' on top of that.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Don't let this fool you. The movie is NOT about dragons.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Don't let this fool you. The movie is NOT [[CoversAlwaysLie NOT]] about dragons.]]

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* TookALevelInBadass: Whenever Arren uses the sword.
** [[spoiler: Also, Therru becomes a dragon...somehow.]]

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* TookALevelInBadass: %%* TookALevelInBadass:
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* NotGoodWithPeople: Therru switches between painfully shy, when talking to someone named 'Sparrowhawk', but the first thing she says to Arren is "Did you come here to kill this lamb?" Although Therru and Arren's relationship is [[BelligerentSexualTension another trope]] entirely.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Therru spends most of the film being very cruel and harsh to Arren. Even when he saves her from Hare and his henchmen, [[UngratefulBastard instead of thanking him, she coldly slaps him and runs off]].

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* {{Jerkass}}: Therru spends most of the film being very cruel and harsh to Arren. Even when he saves her from Hare and his henchmen, [[UngratefulBastard instead of thanking him, she coldly slaps him and runs off]]. Though it is justified considering that she witnessed him saying that life means nothing to him and dared Hare to stab her.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Therru spends most of the film being very cruel and harsh to Arren. Even when he saves her from Hare and his henchmen, [[UngratefulBastard instead of thanking him, she coldly slaps him and runs off]].
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* OedipusComplex: Introduced then abandoned in the first 10 minutes.
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[[caption-width-right:306:Don't let this fool you. The movie is NOT about dragons.]]

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[[caption-width-right:306:Don't [[caption-width-right:350:Don't let this fool you. The movie is NOT about dragons.]]
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* BadBoss: Hare does ''not'' have it easy as Lord Cob's right-hand man. The guy nearly gets his heart crushed and is told very bluntly that he's easily replaceable.

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* BadBoss: Hare does ''not'' have it easy as Lord Cob's right-hand man. The guy His boss nearly gets crushes his heart crushed and is told tells him very bluntly that he's easily replaceable.
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* BadBoss: Hare does ''not'' have it easy as Lord Cob's right-hand. The guy nearly gets his heart crushed and is told very bluntly that he's easily replaceable.

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* BadBoss: Hare does ''not'' have it easy as Lord Cob's right-hand.right-hand man. The guy nearly gets his heart crushed and is told very bluntly that he's easily replaceable.

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''Tales from Earthsea'' (''Gedo senki'', "Ged's War Chronicles") is a Creator/StudioGhibli animated film based on the first, third, and fourth novels in the ''Literature/{{Earthsea}}'' series by Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin. The film was directed by Goro Miyazaki, the son of studio founder Creator/HayaoMiyazaki.

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''Tales from Earthsea'' (''Gedo senki'', "Ged's War Chronicles") is a Creator/StudioGhibli animated film based on the first, third, and fourth novels in the ''Literature/{{Earthsea}}'' series by Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin. The film was directed by Goro Miyazaki, the son of studio founder Creator/HayaoMiyazaki.
Creator/HayaoMiyazaki. The soundtrack was done by Tamiya Terashima who previously worked on ''Anime/TweenyWitches''.







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* BadBoss: Hare does ''not'' have it easy as Lord Cob's right-hand. The guy nearly gets his heart crushed and is told very bluntly that he's easily replaceable.



* BurnScarsBurningPowers: Therru has a large burn scar across the left side of her face she gained after her parents burned her. Near the end of the film, she becomes a dragon and uses her fire to kill Cob.

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* BurnScarsBurningPowers: Therru has a large burn scar across the left side of her face she gained after her parents burned her. Near the end of the film, she becomes [[spoiler:becomes a dragon and uses her fire to kill Cob.Cob]].

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* WouldHurtAChild: Hare has no qualms in assaulting Arren when he's taking a nap.
** Cob even applies, when he almost crushes Arren's heart with a spell. He even strangles Therru to death. [[spoiler:She survives.]]

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Hare has no qualms in assaulting Arren when he's taking a nap.
** Cob even also applies, when he almost crushes Arren's heart with a spell. He even strangles Therru [[spoiler:Therru]] to death. [[spoiler:She survives.]]

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* BrokenBird: Therru.

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* %%* BrokenBird: Therru.


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* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Cob meets his end when he goes down with his castle as it collapses. And he ''burns alive'' the entire way down, thanks to Therru]].
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* SoftSpokenSadist: Both Yūko Tanaka (Japanese version) and Creator/WillemDafoe (English dub) give Cob a very cold, whispery voice, and it ''really'' gets under your skin. Once he [[VillainousBreakdown goes off the deep end]], his voice becomes a lot louder and manic.

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* SoftSpokenSadist: Both Yūko Tanaka (Japanese version) and Creator/WillemDafoe (English dub) give Cob a very cold, whispery voice, and it ''really'' gets under your skin. Once he [[VillainousBreakdown goes off the deep end]], his voice becomes a lot louder more manic and manic.loud.



%%* TranquilFury: Arren/shadow/something. Non-lethally.

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%%* * TranquilFury: Arren/shadow/something. Non-lethally.Even as he's about to furiously take down Cob's men, Arren never raises his voice.

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* DudeLooksLikeALady: Lord Cob is indeed a man, though his long hair and makeup make him look quite feminine. He's even voiced by a woman in the Japanese version.



* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Arren's problem.

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* SoftSpokenSadist: Both Yūko Tanaka (Japanese version) and Creator/WillemDafoe (English dub) give Cob a very cold, whispery voice, and it ''really'' gets under your skin. Once he [[VillainousBreakdown goes off the deep end]], his voice becomes a lot louder and manic.
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* TranquilFury: Arren/shadow/something. Non-lethally.
* {{Tsundere}}: Therru.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The sword.

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* BurnScarsBurningPowers: Therru has a large burn scar across the left side of her face she gained after her parents burned her. Near the end of the film, she becomes a dragon and uses her fire to kill Cob.
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* RecycledCharacterDesign: Hare is the [[CaptainErsatz spitting image]] of Kurotowa from ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' and fulfills a similar role. His men resemble Torumekian soldiers. Arren's "horse" resembles [[Anime/PrincessMononoke Ashitaka's]] red elk Yakul.

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* RecycledCharacterDesign: ReusedCharacterDesign: Hare is the [[CaptainErsatz spitting image]] of Kurotowa from ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' and fulfills a similar role. His men resemble Torumekian soldiers. Arren's "horse" resembles [[Anime/PrincessMononoke Ashitaka's]] red elk Yakul.
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* SlaveMarket: The city to which Arren and Sparrowhawk arrive has a booming slave trade, and it's not long until the hero runs afoul of [[TheDragon Hare]] and rescues [[RomanticInterest Theru]] from the said slavers.

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* SlaveMarket: The city to which Arren and Sparrowhawk arrive has a booming slave trade, and it's not long until the hero runs afoul of [[TheDragon Hare]] and rescues [[RomanticInterest [[{{Love Interest|s}} Theru]] from the said slavers.

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