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* Having just been subjected to a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown by three bullies who have been making his life hell for months, Horace [[{{Determinator}} gets back up and goes after them]] when he hears they're going after [[FireForgedFriends Will.]] He then proceeds to take them on in sword duels (while he's still bruised and bleeding), one at a time, perform a LiteralAssKicking to Jerome, and punch out Alda, in an ''incredibly'' cathartic scene.
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* Having just been subjected to a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown by three bullies who have been making his life hell for months, Horace [[{{Determinator}} gets back up and goes after them]] when he hears they're going after [[FireForgedFriends Will.]] He then proceeds to take them on in sword duels (while he's still bruised and bleeding), one at a time, perform a LiteralAssKicking to Jerome, Bryn, and Alda, and punch out Alda, in an ''incredibly'' cathartic scene.
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* Baron Arald, Duncan, and Sir David teaming up at the [[TitleDrop Tournament at Gorlan]]. Seeing one MasterSwordsman at work is awesome enough, but three at once is pretty darn badass.
* ''The Battle of Hackham Heath'':
** Duncan leaves his newborn daughter in Castle Araluen, knowing that logically, Morgarath will recognize he can't take it without proper siege equipment. He leaves a small detachment of soldiers under the command of his mother. When Morgarath and a lieutenant ride up to take a look at things, she snipes the lieutenant from the wall, an incredibly long shot according to the guard whose bow she borrowed. Furthermore, it's implied she was aiming at Morgarath himself -- if not for her forgetting to account for the wind, the rebel army would have been decapitated before they even faced Duncan in battle. Apparently [[ActionGirl Amazon-ness]] runs in the royal bloodline.
** How does Flanagan show that the GodzillaThreshold has been reached? At one point, ''the entire Ranger Corps'' pours down a mass of arrows at the Wargals. Instead of just one archer with ImprobableAimingSkills and super-fast shooting, you have about ''two dozen'' attacking all at once. They're a major factor in destroying Morgarath's forces in the battle at Ashdown Cut.
** King Duncan, Sir David, and Baron Arald are a force of nature with their swords, turning the tide on more than one occasion by [[FrontLineGeneral charging into the fray themselves]] to relieve the beleaguered troops. Keep in mind, warghals are stronger than the average human, and the Araluen forces are heavily outnumbered.
** Gilan [[KidHero proves his mettle and skill early]] by attacking a trio of warghals who went after Halt when the Ranger ran out of arrows. He kills two of them despite the warghals being armed and outweighing him. It's enough to make Halt offer him a spot in the Ranger apprentice program when he's older.
** The anticipated CurbStompBattle at Hackham Heath turns into a rout when Halt turns up with the cavalry. Using HitAndRunTactics, the horsemen thoroughly demoralize the warghals, who end up fleeing down the hill. Morgarath takes years to recover the total control he had over his forces after that incident.
** Will, as it turns out, gets heroism from both sides of his family line. When Halt tracked down Daniel's wife, she was under attack by two of her husband's "comrades", who were intent on looting the place. She gave Halt the chance to defeat one by jumping him, dying as a result.
* The fact that Horace went from a JerkJock to being a MasterSwordsman, loyal friend, and devious enough to occasionally one-up ''Halt,'' of all people, in an amazing example of CharacterDevelopment.
* ''The Battle of Hackham Heath'':
** Duncan leaves his newborn daughter in Castle Araluen, knowing that logically, Morgarath will recognize he can't take it without proper siege equipment. He leaves a small detachment of soldiers under the command of his mother. When Morgarath and a lieutenant ride up to take a look at things, she snipes the lieutenant from the wall, an incredibly long shot according to the guard whose bow she borrowed. Furthermore, it's implied she was aiming at Morgarath himself -- if not for her forgetting to account for the wind, the rebel army would have been decapitated before they even faced Duncan in battle. Apparently [[ActionGirl Amazon-ness]] runs in the royal bloodline.
** How does Flanagan show that the GodzillaThreshold has been reached? At one point, ''the entire Ranger Corps'' pours down a mass of arrows at the Wargals. Instead of just one archer with ImprobableAimingSkills and super-fast shooting, you have about ''two dozen'' attacking all at once. They're a major factor in destroying Morgarath's forces in the battle at Ashdown Cut.
** King Duncan, Sir David, and Baron Arald are a force of nature with their swords, turning the tide on more than one occasion by [[FrontLineGeneral charging into the fray themselves]] to relieve the beleaguered troops. Keep in mind, warghals are stronger than the average human, and the Araluen forces are heavily outnumbered.
** Gilan [[KidHero proves his mettle and skill early]] by attacking a trio of warghals who went after Halt when the Ranger ran out of arrows. He kills two of them despite the warghals being armed and outweighing him. It's enough to make Halt offer him a spot in the Ranger apprentice program when he's older.
** The anticipated CurbStompBattle at Hackham Heath turns into a rout when Halt turns up with the cavalry. Using HitAndRunTactics, the horsemen thoroughly demoralize the warghals, who end up fleeing down the hill. Morgarath takes years to recover the total control he had over his forces after that incident.
** Will, as it turns out, gets heroism from both sides of his family line. When Halt tracked down Daniel's wife, she was under attack by two of her husband's "comrades", who were intent on looting the place. She gave Halt the chance to defeat one by jumping him, dying as a result.
* The fact that Horace went from a JerkJock to being a MasterSwordsman, loyal friend, and devious enough to occasionally one-up ''Halt,'' of all people, in an amazing example of CharacterDevelopment.
* Horace (an apprentice with less than three years of training under his belt) vs a series of Gallican knights. Result? CurbStompBattle after CurbStompBattle. No wonder Deparnieux was worried.
* Speaking of the above, in the same book Halt gets ''another'' one not for his ImprobableAimingSkills (which are pretty par for the course for Halt), but for his timing. [[DramaQueen Deparnieux rears back]] and sweeps a glove out of his belt, then swings it forward to slap Horace's cheek, trapping the young knight in a challenge he can't possibly win...and in an eyeblink, the glove is yanked out of his hand and skewered to a pillar as Halt moves out of the shadows, with another arrow already on the string and pointed at the warlord's heart. And then intimidating the warlord into backing down, pretty much through sheer force of personality.
* Speaking of the above, in the same book Halt gets ''another'' one not for his ImprobableAimingSkills (which are pretty par for the course for Halt), but for his timing. [[DramaQueen Deparnieux rears back]] and sweeps a glove out of his belt, then swings it forward to slap Horace's cheek, trapping the young knight in a challenge he can't possibly win...and in an eyeblink, the glove is yanked out of his hand and skewered to a pillar as Halt moves out of the shadows, with another arrow already on the string and pointed at the warlord's heart. And then intimidating the warlord into backing down, pretty much through sheer force of personality.
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* Baron Arald, Duncan, and Sir David teaming up at the [[TitleDrop Tournament at Gorlan]]. Seeing one MasterSwordsman at work is awesome enough, but three at once is pretty darn badass.
* The fact that Horace went from a JerkJock to being a MasterSwordsman, loyal friend, and devious enough to occasionally one-up ''Halt,'' of all people, in an amazing example of CharacterDevelopment.
* The fact that Horace went from a JerkJock to being a MasterSwordsman, loyal friend, and devious enough to occasionally one-up ''Halt,'' of all people, in an amazing example of CharacterDevelopment.
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* Horace (an apprentice with less than three years of training under his belt) vs a series of Gallican knights. Result? CurbStompBattle after CurbStompBattle. No wonder Deparnieux was worried.
* Speaking of the above, in the same book Halt gets ''another'' one not for his ImprobableAimingSkills (which are pretty par for the course for Halt), but for his timing. [[DramaQueen Deparnieux rears back]] and sweeps a glove out of his belt, then swings it forward to slap Horace's cheek, trapping the young knight in a challenge he can't possibly win...and in an eyeblink, the glove is yanked out of his hand and skewered to a pillar as Halt moves out of the shadows, with another arrow already on the string and pointed at the warlord's heart. And then intimidating the warlord into backing down, pretty much through sheer force of personality.
* ''The Battle of Hackham Heath'':
** Duncan leaves his newborn daughter in Castle Araluen, knowing that logically, Morgarath will recognize he can't take it without proper siege equipment. He leaves a small detachment of soldiers under the command of his mother. When Morgarath and a lieutenant ride up to take a look at things, she snipes the lieutenant from the wall, an incredibly long shot according to the guard whose bow she borrowed. Furthermore, it's implied she was aiming at Morgarath himself -- if not for her forgetting to account for the wind, the rebel army would have been decapitated before they even faced Duncan in battle. Apparently [[ActionGirl Amazon-ness]] runs in the royal bloodline.
** How does Flanagan show that the GodzillaThreshold has been reached? At one point, ''the entire Ranger Corps'' pours down a mass of arrows at the Wargals. Instead of just one archer with ImprobableAimingSkills and super-fast shooting, you have about ''two dozen'' attacking all at once. They're a major factor in destroying Morgarath's forces in the battle at Ashdown Cut.
** King Duncan, Sir David, and Baron Arald are a force of nature with their swords, turning the tide on more than one occasion by [[FrontLineGeneral charging into the fray themselves]] to relieve the beleaguered troops. Keep in mind, warghals are stronger than the average human, and the Araluen forces are heavily outnumbered.
** Gilan [[KidHero proves his mettle and skill early]] by attacking a trio of warghals who went after Halt when the Ranger ran out of arrows. He kills two of them despite the warghals being armed and outweighing him. It's enough to make Halt offer him a spot in the Ranger apprentice program when he's older.
** The anticipated CurbStompBattle at Hackham Heath turns into a rout when Halt turns up with the cavalry. Using HitAndRunTactics, the horsemen thoroughly demoralize the warghals, who end up fleeing down the hill. Morgarath takes years to recover the total control he had over his forces after that incident.
** Will, as it turns out, gets heroism from both sides of his family line. When Halt tracked down Daniel's wife, she was under attack by two of her husband's "comrades", who were intent on looting the place. She gave Halt the chance to defeat one by jumping him, dying as a result.
* Speaking of the above, in the same book Halt gets ''another'' one not for his ImprobableAimingSkills (which are pretty par for the course for Halt), but for his timing. [[DramaQueen Deparnieux rears back]] and sweeps a glove out of his belt, then swings it forward to slap Horace's cheek, trapping the young knight in a challenge he can't possibly win...and in an eyeblink, the glove is yanked out of his hand and skewered to a pillar as Halt moves out of the shadows, with another arrow already on the string and pointed at the warlord's heart. And then intimidating the warlord into backing down, pretty much through sheer force of personality.
* ''The Battle of Hackham Heath'':
** Duncan leaves his newborn daughter in Castle Araluen, knowing that logically, Morgarath will recognize he can't take it without proper siege equipment. He leaves a small detachment of soldiers under the command of his mother. When Morgarath and a lieutenant ride up to take a look at things, she snipes the lieutenant from the wall, an incredibly long shot according to the guard whose bow she borrowed. Furthermore, it's implied she was aiming at Morgarath himself -- if not for her forgetting to account for the wind, the rebel army would have been decapitated before they even faced Duncan in battle. Apparently [[ActionGirl Amazon-ness]] runs in the royal bloodline.
** How does Flanagan show that the GodzillaThreshold has been reached? At one point, ''the entire Ranger Corps'' pours down a mass of arrows at the Wargals. Instead of just one archer with ImprobableAimingSkills and super-fast shooting, you have about ''two dozen'' attacking all at once. They're a major factor in destroying Morgarath's forces in the battle at Ashdown Cut.
** King Duncan, Sir David, and Baron Arald are a force of nature with their swords, turning the tide on more than one occasion by [[FrontLineGeneral charging into the fray themselves]] to relieve the beleaguered troops. Keep in mind, warghals are stronger than the average human, and the Araluen forces are heavily outnumbered.
** Gilan [[KidHero proves his mettle and skill early]] by attacking a trio of warghals who went after Halt when the Ranger ran out of arrows. He kills two of them despite the warghals being armed and outweighing him. It's enough to make Halt offer him a spot in the Ranger apprentice program when he's older.
** The anticipated CurbStompBattle at Hackham Heath turns into a rout when Halt turns up with the cavalry. Using HitAndRunTactics, the horsemen thoroughly demoralize the warghals, who end up fleeing down the hill. Morgarath takes years to recover the total control he had over his forces after that incident.
** Will, as it turns out, gets heroism from both sides of his family line. When Halt tracked down Daniel's wife, she was under attack by two of her husband's "comrades", who were intent on looting the place. She gave Halt the chance to defeat one by jumping him, dying as a result.
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** Will manages to reach the tent before the Genovesan who is looking to destroy the drugged water, save some, knock the man out, get the ice vendor to testify that he sold ice to the man for the Sunrise Warrior, and reach the field of combat just in time to save Horace from Gerard with a well-placed arrow. Then he turns the crowd against Tennyson, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard using the charlatan's preferred method of influencing the mob against him.]]
* In Book 9, Will and Horace are seemingly at an impasse--they know what kind of poison was used on Halt, but there are two varieties, the antidote for one will make the other worse and vice versa, and the Genovesan won't tell them which he used. Will, pushed beyond the breaking point, loses his temper, but obviously it's ineffective. Horace gently moves him aside. He then [[TranquilFury very, very calmly]] slices open the man's sleeve, slashes him with the poisoned arrow, and '''cheerfully''' forces him to run around the campsite, getting his heart pounding and spreading the poison through his veins, until the man "has his memory back." And then Horace still has the presence of mind to make sure that he gets the antidote first, in case he's lying. It is a huge departure from Horace's usual affable NiceGuy persona, and it's kind of terrifying.
* In Book 9, Will and Horace are seemingly at an impasse--they know what kind of poison was used on Halt, but there are two varieties, the antidote for one will make the other worse and vice versa, and the Genovesan won't tell them which he used. Will, pushed beyond the breaking point, loses his temper, but obviously it's ineffective. Horace gently moves him aside. He then [[TranquilFury very, very calmly]] slices open the man's sleeve, slashes him with the poisoned arrow, and '''cheerfully''' forces him to run around the campsite, getting his heart pounding and spreading the poison through his veins, until the man "has his memory back." And then Horace still has the presence of mind to make sure that he gets the antidote first, in case he's lying. It is a huge departure from Horace's usual affable NiceGuy persona, and it's kind of terrifying.
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** Will manages to reach the tent before the Genovesan who is looking to destroy the drugged water, save some, knock the man out, get the ice vendor to testify that he sold ice to the man for the Sunrise Warrior, and reach the field of combat just in time to save Horace from Gerard with a well-placed arrow. Then he turns the crowd against Tennyson, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard using the charlatan's preferred method of influencing the mob against him.]]
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* InBook 9, ''Halt's Peril'', Will and Horace are seemingly at an impasse--they know what kind of poison was used on Halt, but there are two varieties, the antidote for one will make the other worse and vice versa, and the Genovesan won't tell them which he used. Will, pushed beyond the breaking point, loses his temper, but obviously it's ineffective. Horace gently moves him aside. He then [[TranquilFury very, very calmly]] slices open the man's sleeve, slashes him with the poisoned arrow, and '''cheerfully''' forces him to run around the campsite, getting his heart pounding and spreading the poison through his veins, until the man "has his memory back." And then Horace still has the presence of mind to make sure that he gets the antidote first, in case he's lying. It is a huge departure from Horace's usual affable NiceGuy persona, and [[BewareTheNiceOnes it's kind of terrifying.terrifying]].
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** Horace, despite being on the defensive against Killeen's ball and chain for most of the match, wins with a seriously unconventional plan using his nearly-broken shield as a distraction.
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** Horace, despite being on the defensive against Killeen's ball and chain for most of the match, wins with a seriously unconventional plan using his nearly-broken shield as a distraction. Even though Tennyson has him drugged before his match with Gerard, he manages to land two potentially lethal blows (one to the chest and one to the head), even with a sluggish body and blurred vision.
** Will manages to reach the tent before the Genovesan who is looking to destroy the drugged water, save some, knock the man out, get the ice vendor to testify that he sold ice to the man for the Sunrise Warrior, and reach the field of combat just in time to save Horace from Gerard with a well-placed arrow. Then he turns the crowd against Tennyson, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard using the charlatan's preferred method of influencing the mob against him.]]
** Will manages to reach the tent before the Genovesan who is looking to destroy the drugged water, save some, knock the man out, get the ice vendor to testify that he sold ice to the man for the Sunrise Warrior, and reach the field of combat just in time to save Horace from Gerard with a well-placed arrow. Then he turns the crowd against Tennyson, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard using the charlatan's preferred method of influencing the mob against him.]]
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* ''The Kings of Clonmel'':
** The Outsiders and the throne (or rather, Halt, who was posing as his brother) get into a TrialByCombat. Sean Kerrick makes it evident from the announcements that this is intended to be a final judgment and demands that Tennyson swear to be bound by the rules of the duel. Tennyson, naturally, doesn't want to lose his wiggle room in case something goes wrong, even though Horace is apparently at a disadvantage. However, his hesitation makes his new followers suspicious, and he's forced into agreeing to maintain his own image. It's rather satisfying to see the FalseProphet's reliance on spectacle used against him.
** Horace, despite being on the defensive against Killeen's ball and chain for most of the match, wins with a seriously unconventional plan using his nearly-broken shield as a distraction.
** The Outsiders and the throne (or rather, Halt, who was posing as his brother) get into a TrialByCombat. Sean Kerrick makes it evident from the announcements that this is intended to be a final judgment and demands that Tennyson swear to be bound by the rules of the duel. Tennyson, naturally, doesn't want to lose his wiggle room in case something goes wrong, even though Horace is apparently at a disadvantage. However, his hesitation makes his new followers suspicious, and he's forced into agreeing to maintain his own image. It's rather satisfying to see the FalseProphet's reliance on spectacle used against him.
** Horace, despite being on the defensive against Killeen's ball and chain for most of the match, wins with a seriously unconventional plan using his nearly-broken shield as a distraction.
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** How does Flanagan show that the GodzillaThreshold has been reached''? At one point, ''the entire Ranger Corps'' pours down a mass of arrows at the Wargals. Instead of just one archer with ImprobableAimingSkills and super-fast shooting, you have about ''two dozen'' attacking all at once.
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** How does Flanagan show that the GodzillaThreshold has been reached''? reached? At one point, ''the entire Ranger Corps'' pours down a mass of arrows at the Wargals. Instead of just one archer with ImprobableAimingSkills and super-fast shooting, you have about ''two dozen'' attacking all at once. They're a major factor in destroying Morgarath's forces in the battle at Ashdown Cut.
** King Duncan, Sir David, and Baron Arald are a force of nature with their swords, turning the tide on more than one occasion by [[FrontLineGeneral charging into the fray themselves]] to relieve the beleaguered troops. Keep in mind, warghals are stronger than the average human, and the Araluen forces are heavily outnumbered.
** Gilan [[KidHero proves his mettle and skill early]] by attacking a trio of warghals who went after Halt when the Ranger ran out of arrows. He kills two of them despite the warghals being armed and outweighing him. It's enough to make Halt offer him a spot in the Ranger apprentice program when he's older.
** The anticipated CurbStompBattle at Hackham Heath turns into a rout when Halt turns up with the cavalry. Using HitAndRunTactics, the horsemen thoroughly demoralize the warghals, who end up fleeing down the hill. Morgarath takes years to recover the total control he had over his forces after that incident.
** Will, as it turns out, gets heroism from both sides of his family line. When Halt tracked down Daniel's wife, she was under attack by two of her husband's "comrades", who were intent on looting the place. She gave Halt the chance to defeat one by jumping him, dying as a result.
** King Duncan, Sir David, and Baron Arald are a force of nature with their swords, turning the tide on more than one occasion by [[FrontLineGeneral charging into the fray themselves]] to relieve the beleaguered troops. Keep in mind, warghals are stronger than the average human, and the Araluen forces are heavily outnumbered.
** Gilan [[KidHero proves his mettle and skill early]] by attacking a trio of warghals who went after Halt when the Ranger ran out of arrows. He kills two of them despite the warghals being armed and outweighing him. It's enough to make Halt offer him a spot in the Ranger apprentice program when he's older.
** The anticipated CurbStompBattle at Hackham Heath turns into a rout when Halt turns up with the cavalry. Using HitAndRunTactics, the horsemen thoroughly demoralize the warghals, who end up fleeing down the hill. Morgarath takes years to recover the total control he had over his forces after that incident.
** Will, as it turns out, gets heroism from both sides of his family line. When Halt tracked down Daniel's wife, she was under attack by two of her husband's "comrades", who were intent on looting the place. She gave Halt the chance to defeat one by jumping him, dying as a result.
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* Horace challenging [[BigBad Morgarath]] in the end of The Burning Bridge. He didn't really think it through, but by god, he looked BADASS. Furthermore, he ''won'' due to a combination of ChekhovsSkill, UnderestimatingBadassery, and the good ol'fashioned IndyPloy.
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* Horace challenging [[BigBad Morgarath]] in the end of The ''The Burning Bridge.Bridge''. He didn't really think it through, but by god, he looked BADASS. Furthermore, he ''won'' due to a combination of ChekhovsSkill, UnderestimatingBadassery, and the good ol'fashioned IndyPloy.
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** And on the villainous side, the Temujai leader taking a good look at the odds, determining that while he still has more than enough force to win the battle and wipe the Skandians from the map, doing so [[PyrrhicVictory will cost him more men then he can afford]], and [[KnowWhenToFoldEm calmly giving the order to retreat]].
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** And on the villainous side, the Temujai leader taking a good look at the odds, determining that while he still has more than enough force to win the battle and wipe the Skandians from the map, doing so [[PyrrhicVictory will cost him more men then than he can afford]], and [[KnowWhenToFoldEm calmly giving the order to retreat]].
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-->'''Horace:''' That was really very good. I wonder, can I have a go?
** The executioner repeats this with Erak, Svengal, and Cassandra--the latter of whom, remember, is ''not'' a trained warrior--and not a single one of them flinches. Erak and Svengal even get in some casual bickering!
** The executioner repeats this with Erak, Svengal, and Cassandra--the latter of whom, remember, is ''not'' a trained warrior--and not a single one of them flinches. Erak and Svengal even get in some casual bickering!
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** The executioner repeats this with Erak, Svengal, and Cassandra--the latter of whom, remember, is ''not'' a trained warrior--and not a single one of them flinches. Erak and Svengal even get in some [[CasualDangerDialogue casual
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* How does Flanagan show that the GodzillaThreshold has been reached in ''The Battle of Hackham Heath?'' At one point, ''the entire Ranger Corps'' pours down a mass of arrows at the Wargals. Instead of just one archer with ImprobableAimingSkills and super-fast shooting, you have about ''two dozen'' attacking all at once.
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* ''The Battle of Hackham Heath'':
** Duncan leaves his newborn daughter in Castle Araluen, knowing that logically, Morgarath will recognize he can't take it without proper siege equipment. He leaves a small detachment of soldiers under the command of his mother. When Morgarath and a lieutenant ride up to take a look at things, she snipes the lieutenant from the wall, an incredibly long shot according to the guard whose bow she borrowed. Furthermore, it's implied she was aiming at Morgarath himself -- if not for her forgetting to account for the wind, the rebel army would have been decapitated before they even faced Duncan in battle. Apparently [[ActionGirl Amazon-ness]] runs in the royal bloodline.
** How does Flanagan show that the GodzillaThreshold has beenreached in ''The Battle of Hackham Heath?'' reached''? At one point, ''the entire Ranger Corps'' pours down a mass of arrows at the Wargals. Instead of just one archer with ImprobableAimingSkills and super-fast shooting, you have about ''two dozen'' attacking all at once.
** Duncan leaves his newborn daughter in Castle Araluen, knowing that logically, Morgarath will recognize he can't take it without proper siege equipment. He leaves a small detachment of soldiers under the command of his mother. When Morgarath and a lieutenant ride up to take a look at things, she snipes the lieutenant from the wall, an incredibly long shot according to the guard whose bow she borrowed. Furthermore, it's implied she was aiming at Morgarath himself -- if not for her forgetting to account for the wind, the rebel army would have been decapitated before they even faced Duncan in battle. Apparently [[ActionGirl Amazon-ness]] runs in the royal bloodline.
** How does Flanagan show that the GodzillaThreshold has been
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** Cassandra proves her {{Ambadassador}} status by pointing out to Selethen that since Yusal, not he, was the one holding Erak, she should technically pay him. When he argues that this is a technicality, she gets him to admit that there's actually a substantial reward being offered for Yusal [[ActionGirl (whom she defeated)]]. Ergo, ''she'' does not owe him any money-''he'' owes some to ''her.'' She therefore offers to pay 20,000 silver reels to the Bedullin for their help, and another 20,000 to Selethen. When Erak tells her that she's very generous, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments she looks at him and replies]],
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** Cassandra proves her {{Ambadassador}} status by pointing out to Selethen that since Yusal, not he, was the one holding Erak, she should technically pay him. When he argues that this is a technicality, she gets him to admit that there's actually a substantial reward being offered for Yusal [[ActionGirl (whom she defeated)]]. Ergo, ''she'' does not owe him any money-''he'' owes some to ''her.'' She therefore offers to forego the reward for Yusal, pay 20,000 silver reels to the Bedullin for their help, and another 20,000 to Selethen. When Erak tells her that she's very generous, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments she looks at him and replies]],
*** Note that the original ransom for Erak was over 66,000 reels, which means that she's simultaneously: Earned the respect of the local Wakir, the Bedullin, and the Oberjarl of Skandia, putting Araulen in a stronger position next time they have to work with them; saved her own country a significant sum of money; and put Skandia in Araulen's debt for the immediate future, until they can pay it off. All in less than five minutes and without showing any sign of effort. ''That'' is an {{Ambadassador}}, ladies and gentlemen.
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** Another example: In Book 7, he picks up a curved sword, when he's only ever trained with straight blades, and "cutting through the defenders like a knife through butter." Anyone who's ever trained in multiple weapons styles can attest how difficult it is to adjust to a different kind of weapon. Gilan? He "began wielding the '''unfamiliar''' curved sword as if he'd been using one all his life."
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** Another example: In Book 7, he picks up a curved sword, when he's only ever trained with straight blades, and starts "cutting through the defenders like a knife through butter." Anyone who's ever trained in multiple weapons styles can attest how difficult it is to adjust to a different kind of weapon. Gilan? He "began wielding the '''unfamiliar''' curved sword as if he'd been using one all his life."
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** Baron Arald having the sheer guts to publicly disagree with Duncan. Admittedly, given that it's Duncan, he knew that he wouldn't be in too much danger of retribution, but still... arguing with the king? In public? That takes a lot of nerve.
** When the Tualaghi executioner arrives, he starts prancing around, swinging his broadsword above his head, and making a huge display, before bringing it straight down an inch above the nearest prisoner's hair. Horace, who saw what was coming thanks to reading the other man's body language, stands utterly still and ''smiles.''
-->'''Horace:''' That was really very good. I wonder, can I have a go?
** The executioner repeats this with Erak, Svengal, and Cassandra--the latter of whom, remember, is ''not'' a trained warrior--and not a single one of them flinches. Erak and Svengal even get in some casual bickering!
** Will pulls off multiple pretty much perfect shots at a range of ''one hundred and twenty meters.'' (For American readers, that's nearly ''four hundred feet'').
-->'''Horace:''' That was really very good. I wonder, can I have a go?
** The executioner repeats this with Erak, Svengal, and Cassandra--the latter of whom, remember, is ''not'' a trained warrior--and not a single one of them flinches. Erak and Svengal even get in some casual bickering!
** Will pulls off multiple pretty much perfect shots at a range of ''one hundred and twenty meters.'' (For American readers, that's nearly ''four hundred feet'').
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* Credit to Gilan for picking up a curved sword, when he's only ever trained with straight blades, and "cutting through the defenders like a knife through butter." Anyone who's ever trained in multiple weapons styles can attest how difficult it is to adjust to a different kind of weapon. Gilan? He "began wielding the '''unfamiliar''' curved sword as if he'd been using one all his life."
** Another example: In Book 7, he picks up a curved sword, when he's only ever trained with straight blades, and "cutting through the defenders like a knife through butter." Anyone who's ever trained in multiple weapons styles can attest how difficult it is to adjust to a different kind of weapon. Gilan? He "began wielding the '''unfamiliar''' curved sword as if he'd been using one all his life."
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* Baron Arald having the sheer guts to publicly disagree with Duncan in Book 7. Admittedly, given that it's Duncan, he knew that he wouldn't be in too much danger of retribution, but still... arguing with the king? In public? That takes a lot of nerve.
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* Credit to Gilan for picking up a curved sword, when he's only ever trained with straight blades, and "cutting through the defenders like a knife through butter." Anyone who's ever trained in multiple weapons styles can attest how difficult it is to adjust to a different kind of weapon. Gilan? He "began wielding the '''unfamiliar''' curved sword as if he'd been using one all his life."
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* In Book 9, Will and Horace are seemingly at an impasse--they know what kind of poison was used on Halt, but there are two varieties, the antidote for one will make the other worse and vice versa, and the Genovesan won't tell them which he used. Will, pushed beyond the breaking point, loses his temper, but obviously it's ineffective. Horace gently moves him aside. He then [[TranquilFury very, very calmly]] slices open the man's sleeve, slashes him with the poisoned arrow, and '''cheerfully''' forces him to run around the campsite, getting his heart pounding and spreading the poison through his veins, until the man "has his memory back." And then Horace still has the presence of mind to make sure that he gets the antidote first, in case he's lying. It is a huge departure from Horace's usual affable NiceGuy persona, and it's kind of terrifying.
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* In Book 9, Will and Horace are seemingly at an impasse--they know what kind of poison was used on Halt, but there are two varieties, the antidote for one will make the other worse and vice versa, and the Genovesan won't tell them which he used. Will, pushed beyond the breaking point, loses his temper, but obviously it's ineffective. Horace gently moves him aside. He then [[TranquilFury very, very calmly]] slices open the man's sleeve, slashes him with the poisoned arrow, and '''cheerfully''' forces him to run around the campsite, getting his heart pounding and spreading the poison through his veins, until the man "has his memory back." And then Horace still has the presence of mind to make sure that he gets the antidote first, in case he's lying. It is a huge departure from Horace's usual affable NiceGuy persona, and it's kind of terrifying.terrifying.
* In general: It's noted that Gilan is the Ranger Corps' recognized expert on unseen movement. Given that every Ranger is expected to be a master of stealth, that's no small thing.
* In general: It's noted that Gilan is the Ranger Corps' recognized expert on unseen movement. Given that every Ranger is expected to be a master of stealth, that's no small thing.
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* The fact that Horace went from a JerkJock to being a MasterSwordsman, loyal friend, and devious enough to occasionally one-up ''Halt,'' of all people, in one of the best examples of CharacterDevelopment.
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* The fact that Horace went from a JerkJock to being a MasterSwordsman, loyal friend, and devious enough to occasionally one-up ''Halt,'' of all people, in one of the best examples an amazing example of CharacterDevelopment.
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* Speaking of the above, in the same book Halt gets ''another'' one not for his ImprobableAimingSkills (which are pretty par for the course for Halt), but for his timing. [[DramaQueen Deparnieux rears back]] and sweeps a glove out of his belt, then swings it forward to slap Horace's cheek, trapping the young knight in a challenge he can't possibly win...and in an eyeblink, the glove is yanked out of his hand and skewered to a pillar as Halt moves out of the shadows, with another arrow already on the string and pointed at the warlord's heart.
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* Speaking of the above, in the same book Halt gets ''another'' one not for his ImprobableAimingSkills (which are pretty par for the course for Halt), but for his timing. [[DramaQueen Deparnieux rears back]] and sweeps a glove out of his belt, then swings it forward to slap Horace's cheek, trapping the young knight in a challenge he can't possibly win...and in an eyeblink, the glove is yanked out of his hand and skewered to a pillar as Halt moves out of the shadows, with another arrow already on the string and pointed at the warlord's heart. And then intimidating the warlord into backing down, pretty much through sheer force of personality.
