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* MeaningfulName: 'Keren' is a Hebrew name which means "ray of light".
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* RealMenWearPink: Skif gets a certain amount of teasing from the other male Trainees over his chore assignments of laundry and mending. (Both of which he learned during his thief days.) They stop teasing him when he points out he's the only male in a room full of women.
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* ReformedCriminal
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* {{Bookworm}}: One thing that puts her at odds with her family is the fact that she's always skipping chores to read books. She was also caught sneaking into her father's library on moonlit nights. She was harshly punished for this.
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* {{Bookworm}}: One thing that puts her at odds with her family is the fact that she's always skipping chores to read books. She was also caught sneaking into snuck in to her father's library on moonlit nights. She full moon nights to read. At one point she was harshly punished afraid that she'd been found out for this.it, only to be told by her father's wives that as she was now thirteen, a marriage would be arranged for her.
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* MindlinkMates: Both played straight ''and'' averted. She and Eldan can speak mind-to-mind, and can open their minds to each other while making love, but they are ''not'' lifebonded.
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* {{Bookworm}}: One thing that puts her at odds with her family is the fact that she's always skipping chores to read books about Heralds. (Why they even have those books around is a bit of a mystery.)
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* {{Bookworm}}: One thing that puts her at odds with her family is the fact that she's always skipping chores to read books about Heralds. (Why they even have those books around is a bit of a mystery.)books. She was also caught sneaking into her father's library on moonlit nights. She was harshly punished for this.
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* FishOutOfWater: Since her people are kind of a WackyWaysideTribe to Valdemar as a whole, she's totally out of her depth when she gets to the College.
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* FishOutOfWater: Since her people are kind of a WackyWaysideTribe to Valdemar as a whole, she's totally out of her depth when she gets to the College.Collegium.
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* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Talia.
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* BigSisterMentor: Partly this and partly ParentalSubstitute for Talia.
* BornInTheSaddle: Keren is acknowledged by all the Heraldic Circle to be far and away the best equestrian among them.
* BornInTheSaddle: Keren is acknowledged by all the Heraldic Circle to be far and away the best equestrian among them.
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* ParentalSubstitute: Combines this and BigSisterMentor for Talia.
* PsychologistTeacher: It's Keren who breaks through Talia's walls, and she remains Talia's main counselor and confidant throughout the ''Arrows'' trilogy.
* PsychologistTeacher: It's Keren who breaks through Talia's walls, and she remains Talia's main counselor and confidant throughout the ''Arrows'' trilogy.
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* BewareTheNiceOnesBewareTheNiceOnes: Being an empath means she can heal your angst and trauma, as she does for her friends and people in need. It also means that she can ''destroy your mind'', and if she thinks she should do it, she will.
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* DirtyMindReading[=/=]SexByProxy: Unavoidably, due to her empathy.
empathy and the fact that Rolan is, ahem, quite a mare's stallion.
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TheEmpath: Her magical power. She can sense emotion and act as a LivingLieDetector in local disputes, but she can also influence other people's mental state.
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* Empowered BadassAbnormal: After a career as Captain of a mercenary band, she gets chosen by a Companion.
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* FlorenceNightingaleEffect[=/=]GladToBeAliveSex: She and Eldan begin their relationship by patching one another up after battle; Kero mentally lampshades the latter trope in the process.
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* FlorenceNightingaleEffect[=/=]GladToBeAliveSex: GladToBeAliveSex: She and Eldan begin their relationship by patching one another up after battle; with an AfterActionPatchup. Kero mentally lampshades the latter trope in the process.process, acknowledging that she's felt the impulse plenty of times before, this is just the first time it's happened in the vicinity of someone she wouldn't mind waking up with.
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* NoodleIncident: She undertook a diplomatic mission to Karse, befriended Solaris, and was named an honorary Sun Priest. The details are, we hope, forthcoming.
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* NoodleIncident: Only sort of. She undertook a diplomatic mission to Karse, befriended Solaris, and was named an honorary Sun Priest. The details are, we hope, forthcoming.are in the story ''Sun in Glory'' in the anthology of the same name.
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* BadassAbnormal: While with the Skybolts. All the fighting skill of a good mercenary, plus mental powers, plus a battle-mare most people would give an arm to own, ''plus'' a magic sword named Need.
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* NeverAcceptedInHisHometown: She is in fact completely disowned by her Holding for running away and getting Chosen as a Herald.
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* NeverAcceptedInHisHometown: She is in fact completely disowned by her Holding for running away "running away" and getting Chosen as a Herald.Herald.
* NoodleIncident: She undertook a diplomatic mission to Karse, befriended Solaris, and was named an honorary Sun Priest. The details are, we hope, forthcoming.
* NoodleIncident: She undertook a diplomatic mission to Karse, befriended Solaris, and was named an honorary Sun Priest. The details are, we hope, forthcoming.
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* RetiredBadass: Formerly a field Herald and the King's bodyguard.
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* TalkingInYourDreams: With Eldan, for ten years.
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* AnimalEyeSpy: A skill of Eldan's, made possible by a special form of telepathy.
* TheDeterminator: Like all Heralds. He also never, ever gives up on Kerowyn and finds ways to stay in contact with her.
* TheDeterminator: Like all Heralds. He also never, ever gives up on Kerowyn and finds ways to stay in contact with her.
* IWillWaitForYou: A subtle example; he never took up with anyone else after Kerowyn.
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* SpeaksFluentAnimal: His [=MindSpeech=] works on animals as well as humans.
* TalkingInYourDreams: With Kerowyn, for over tenyears.
years. She isn't too pleased to find out they weren't ''just'' dreams.
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* TheConfidant: Confidant, close personal friend, and high-ranking adviser to Queen Selenay, her father King Sendar, and her grandfather King Roald. A powerful adviser dedicated to furthering Valdemar's interests[[spoiler: (or so everyone believes)]].
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!Queen Selenay and Companion Caryo
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!Weaponsmaster Alberich and Companion Kantor
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!Princess Elspeth and Companion Gwena
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!Weaponsmaster Alberich and Companion Kantor
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!King Ancar
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!Hulda
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!Characters described in other pages:
* Queen Selenay and Companion Caryo: Characters/ExileDuology
* Weaponsmaster Alberich and Companion Kantor: Characters/ExileDuology
* Princess Elspeth and Companion Gwena: Characters/MageWindsAndMageStorms
* King Ancar: Characters/MageWindsAndMageStorms
* Hulda: Characters/MageWindsAndMageStorms
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* Queen Selenay and Companion Caryo: Characters/ExileDuology
* Weaponsmaster Alberich and Companion Kantor: Characters/ExileDuology
* Princess Elspeth and Companion Gwena: Characters/MageWindsAndMageStorms
* King Ancar: Characters/MageWindsAndMageStorms
* Hulda: Characters/MageWindsAndMageStorms
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* BetterAsFriends: With Kris. Played with between her and Skif; they're so much better as friends that they don't even manage to get a romance off the ground to start with.
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Hair Of Gold has been renamed to Hair Of Gold Heart Of Gold as per this thread
due to being miused for any character with blonde hair regardless if they fit the personality traits required (innocent, pure of heart, good, beautiful, young, etc) . Zero Context Examples, shoehorns, and examples with insufficient context will be removed
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* HairOfGold
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* MayDecemberRomance: she's 19-20, Dirk is in his mid-30s.
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* InsigniaRipoffRitual: She performs the self-inflicted "I quit" version halfway through the novel.
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* InsigniaRipoffRitual: She performs the self-inflicted "I quit" version halfway through the novel.''By The Sword''.
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* ShelteredAristocrat: When he initially shows up in ''By the Sword''; Tarma and Kerowyn between them take care of that.
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* TheWhitePrince: In the ''Mage Winds'' and ''Mage Storms'' trilogies.
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It\'s not really a subversion, since they ARE better as friends.
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* BetterAsFriends: With Kris. Subverted Played with between her and Skif, Skif; they're so much better as friends that they never actually managed the don't even manage to get a romance part.off the ground to start with.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Dirk.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Kris.
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* BetterAsFriends: With DarenDaren.
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* EmbarrassingRescue: Her story began when she rescued her brother's fiancee, making everyone so uncomfortable she finally left home.
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He doesn\'t really fit the role, as by the time he\'s outed as genuinely malevolent he\'s been surpassed in menace by Ancar.
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* [[spoiler: TheBigBad]]
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* InterspeciesRomance: With Nyara, sort of.
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* InterspeciesRomance: With Nyara, sort of. (She's actually human, but extensively modified.)
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* KnifeNut: Especially with throwing knives, which go exactly where he wants to put them.
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* FamedInStory: Her early adventures were turned into a song which dogs her throughout the rest of her career, to her distinct chagrin.
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* FamedInStory: Her early adventures were turned into a song which dogs her throughout the rest of her career, to her distinct chagrin. It doesn't help that she has perfect pitch, and not all of the people who perform that song in her honor are all that good at singing.
