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* StrangledByTheRedString: Her lifebond [[spoiler: to Daren]] is the clearest example of marriage by divine decree in the series. Both [[spoiler: Daren]] and Selenay are well-adjusted adults, but the gods need Valdemar and Rethwellan firmly allied to each other when the Mage Storms hit, and accordingly they lifebond the pair on sight. [[invoked]]

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* StrangledByTheRedString: Her lifebond [[spoiler: to Daren]] is the clearest example of marriage by divine decree in the series. Both [[spoiler: Daren]] and Selenay are well-adjusted adults, but the gods need Valdemar and Rethwellan firmly allied to each other when the Mage Storms hit, and accordingly they lifebond the pair on sight. [[invoked]] However, this is Reconstructed considering by the time they do get linked together, the audience has enough time to know the both of them and that they will work well as partners.

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* HuntingAccident: Her late husband planned to arrange one. [[spoiler:It ends up backfiring on him.]]

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* BadassPrincess: It helps that Valdemar requires Monarchs and Heirs to be Heralds too, so Princess Selenay had rigorous academic and martial training, took an active role in her father's council, and sat in the city's courts as an adjudicator. Though understandably terrified, she accompanied her father to the frontlines of a war and while there, visited different campfires and to the sick tents to visit the common soldiers.
* HuntingAccident: Her [[spoiler:Her late husband planned to arrange one. [[spoiler:It It ends up backfiring on him.]]



* MamaBear: Comes through in rather obstructive, somewhat belated way to Elspeth during ''Winds of Fate,'' much to the latter's frustration. Selenay is not pleased when her daughter quite reasonably points out that she's expendable, since [[spoiler: Selenay ends up having twins with Daren and Elspeth is no longer the sole Heir]].



* ModestRoyalty
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: In the general tradition of most rulers of Valdemar
* StrangledByTheRedString: Her lifebond [[spoiler: to Daren]] is the clearest example of marriage by divine decree in the series. Both [[spoiler: Daren]] and Selenay are well-adjusted adults, but the gods need Valdemar and Rethwellan firmly allied to each other when the Mage Storms hit, and accordingly they lifebond the pair on sight. [[invoked]]
* WinterRoyalLady: As a Herald, she's going to have a rather limited color palette - white {though often with gold embellishments as her role as Monarch as well as black trim for mourning). However, this really comes into play during the Ice Festival, when she holds a party in an ice palace constructed on the river, with her royal regalia predominantly of white fur and diamonds.
* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: [[spoiler: Her father's HeroicSacrifice during the Tedrel Wars thrusts her very early onto the throne. Her sense of duty keeps her carrying on and she starts becoming a quite able leader but her forced maturation, unresolved grief, feelings of isolation, and despair seethe in her with no healthy outlet for quite some time... to disastrous effect.]]

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* ModestRoyalty
ModestRoyalty: She dresses quite simply on most days, enough that Talia had no idea who she was for a good portion of their first conversation. Her armor is well-made but the only concession to her rank is a small gold crown on her helm.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: In the general tradition of most rulers of Valdemar
Valdemar.
* StrangledByTheRedString: Her lifebond [[spoiler: to Daren]] is the clearest example of marriage by divine decree in the series. Both [[spoiler: Daren]] and Selenay are well-adjusted adults, but the gods need Valdemar and Rethwellan firmly allied to each other when the Mage Storms hit, and accordingly they lifebond the pair on sight. [[invoked]]
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* WinterRoyalLady: As a Herald, she's going to have a rather limited color palette - white {though (though often with gold embellishments as her role as Monarch as well as black trim for mourning). However, this really comes into play during the Ice Festival, when she holds a party in an ice palace constructed on the river, with her royal regalia predominantly of white fur and diamonds.
* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: [[spoiler: Her father's HeroicSacrifice during the Tedrel Wars thrusts her very early onto the throne. Her sense of duty keeps her carrying on and she starts becoming a quite able leader but leader, including in dealing with an obstructive and obstinate Council. But her forced maturation, unresolved grief, feelings of isolation, and despair seethe in her with no healthy outlet for quite some time... to disastrous effect.]]



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* DeadlyDoctor: Excellent MindHealer and terrifyingly skilled with knives. He gets added to Sendar's bodyguard detail during the Tedrel Wars as a result. As he tells Alberich, "Healers know how bodies are put together. We can take them apart far more easily."
* GoodIsNotNice: After several years of seeing to ShellshockedVeterans at the Healers' Collegium, he has no compunction about killing would-be assassins.

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* DeadlyDoctor: Excellent MindHealer Mind Healer and terrifyingly skilled with knives. He gets added to Sendar's bodyguard detail during the Tedrel Wars as a result. As he tells Alberich, "Healers know how bodies are put together. We can take them apart far more easily."
* GoodIsNotNice: After several years of seeing to ShellshockedVeterans the wounded and traumatized at the Healers' Collegium, he has no compunction about killing would-be Tedrel assassins.

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* ChasteHero: Though not a virgin (he does offhandedly mention that he's been with at least one woman... who he paid), he is adorably oblivious about romance. Kantor notes drolly that Alberich really doesn't know how to interact with a woman who's neither unattainable nor a prostitute.

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* ChasteHero: Though not a virgin (he does offhandedly mention that he's been with at least one woman... who he paid), he is adorably oblivious about romance.romance and gets flustered when a woman pays him positive attention. Kantor notes drolly that Alberich really doesn't know how to interact with a woman who's neither unattainable nor a prostitute.



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* MasterOfDisguiseMasterOfDisguise: Inherited from his predecessor, who was Weaponsmaster and second-in-command Spymaster. He most often takes on the role of a sword-for-hire but other roles have included a cantankerous scholar, carter, wealthy old man, priest of an obscure sect, and information broker.



* TheEvilPrince
* HuntingAccident: Attempted to arrange one for Selenay. Also the official explanation for his death.

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* TheEvilPrince
BlackSheep: He does an excellent job of alienating himself from his brothers and marking himself as unfit for the throne of Rethwellan. When his father dies, the Rethwellan court sends word of the death... ''after'' the oldest brother is crowned.
* HuntingAccident: [[spoiler: Attempted to arrange one for Selenay. Selenay.]] Also the official explanation for his death.death.
* PrinceCharmless: When he starts showing his true colors... and then he morphs right into TheEvilPrince.
* RoyalBrat: Tarma notes sourly in ''By the Sword'' that he was horrifically spoiled by his mother and had no redeeming features except for oily charm that he used to great effect in riling his brother Daren up and pinning trouble on him. When no one in Rethwellan is willing to put up with him, he turns his sights to Valdemar, where his reputation is not quite as well-known.

!Healer Cratchach
* DeadpanSnarker
* DeadlyDoctor: Excellent MindHealer and terrifyingly skilled with knives. He gets added to Sendar's bodyguard detail during the Tedrel Wars as a result. As he tells Alberich, "Healers know how bodies are put together. We can take them apart far more easily."
* GoodIsNotNice: After several years of seeing to ShellshockedVeterans at the Healers' Collegium, he has no compunction about killing would-be assassins.

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* StrangledByTheRedString: Her lifebond [[spoiler: to Daren]] is the clearest example of marriage by divine decree in the series. Both Daren and Selenay are well-adjusted adults, but the gods need Valdemar and Rethwellan firmly allied to each other when the Mage Storms hit, and accordingly they lifebond the pair on sight. [[invoked]]

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* StrangledByTheRedString: Her lifebond [[spoiler: to Daren]] is the clearest example of marriage by divine decree in the series. Both Daren [[spoiler: Daren]] and Selenay are well-adjusted adults, but the gods need Valdemar and Rethwellan firmly allied to each other when the Mage Storms hit, and accordingly they lifebond the pair on sight. [[invoked]]



* BodyguardCrush: The possibility of this is teasingly hinted at and Lampshaded by King Sendar when he approves Selenay's proposal that Alberich be her bodyguard for when she goes to the city courts. Of course, there is a foregone conclusion on Selenay's love life ([[spoiler: she's lifebonded to Prince Daren in ''By the Sword'']]), but this comes up again at the end of ''Exile's Valor'', when Alberich realizes that Selenary is worried he does have feelings for her and is able to honestly assure her that he respects her as his Monarch.

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* BodyguardCrush: The possibility of this is teasingly hinted at and Lampshaded by King Sendar when he approves Selenay's proposal that Alberich be her bodyguard for when she goes to the city courts. Of course, there is a foregone conclusion on Selenay's love life ([[spoiler: she's lifebonded to Prince Daren in ''By the Sword'']]), but this comes up again at the end of ''Exile's Valor'', when Alberich realizes that Selenary is worried he does have feelings for her and is able to honestly assure her that he respects her as his Monarch.Monarch and that's it.
* ChasteHero: Though not a virgin (he does offhandedly mention that he's been with at least one woman... who he paid), he is adorably oblivious about romance. Kantor notes drolly that Alberich really doesn't know how to interact with a woman who's neither unattainable nor a prostitute.



* TrainingFromHell: Though in fact partly self-inflicted. Told his armsmasters at the Karsite military academy that he's quite naturally talented, Alberich then worked himself to the ground to prove that he's just as good as anyone else, if not better, especially because the social cards were stacked against him due to his status as an illegitimate child of an impoverished single mother.

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* TrainingFromHell: Though in fact partly self-inflicted. Told his armsmasters at the Karsite military academy that he's quite naturally talented, young Alberich then worked himself to the ground to prove that he's just as good as anyone else, if not better, especially because the social cards were stacked against him due to his status as an illegitimate child of an impoverished single mother.
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* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: [[spoiler: Her father's HeroicSacrifice during the Tedrel Wars thrusts her very early onto the throne. Her sense of duty keeps her carrying on but her forced maturation, unresolved grief, feelings of isolation, and despair seethe in her with no healthy outlet for quite some time... to disastrous effect.]]

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* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: [[spoiler: Her father's HeroicSacrifice during the Tedrel Wars thrusts her very early onto the throne. Her sense of duty keeps her carrying on and she starts becoming a quite able leader but her forced maturation, unresolved grief, feelings of isolation, and despair seethe in her with no healthy outlet for quite some time... to disastrous effect.]]
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* WomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: [[Her father's HeroicSacrifice during the Tedrel Wars thrusts her very early onto the throne. Her sense of duty keeps her carrying on but her forced maturation, unresolved grief, feelings of isolation, and despair seethe in her with no healthy outlet for quite some time... to disastrous effect.]]

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* WomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: [[Her TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: [[spoiler: Her father's HeroicSacrifice during the Tedrel Wars thrusts her very early onto the throne. Her sense of duty keeps her carrying on but her forced maturation, unresolved grief, feelings of isolation, and despair seethe in her with no healthy outlet for quite some time... to disastrous effect.]]
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* LoveAtFirstSight: When she first sees Daren in ''By the Sword''.
* MindlinkMates: With Daren

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* LoveAtFirstSight: When she first sees Daren [[spoiler: Daren]] in ''By the Sword''.
* MindlinkMates: With Daren[[spoiler: Daren]]



* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
* StrangledByTheRedString: Her lifebond to Daren is the clearest example of marriage by divine decree in the series. Both Daren and Selenay are well-adjusted adults, but the gods need Valdemar and Rethwellan firmly allied to each other when the Mage Storms hit, and accordingly they lifebond the pair on sight. [[invoked]]
* WinterRoyalLady

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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: In the general tradition of most rulers of Valdemar
* StrangledByTheRedString: Her lifebond [[spoiler: to Daren Daren]] is the clearest example of marriage by divine decree in the series. Both Daren and Selenay are well-adjusted adults, but the gods need Valdemar and Rethwellan firmly allied to each other when the Mage Storms hit, and accordingly they lifebond the pair on sight. [[invoked]]
* WinterRoyalLady
WinterRoyalLady: As a Herald, she's going to have a rather limited color palette - white {though often with gold embellishments as her role as Monarch as well as black trim for mourning). However, this really comes into play during the Ice Festival, when she holds a party in an ice palace constructed on the river, with her royal regalia predominantly of white fur and diamonds.
* WomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: [[Her father's HeroicSacrifice during the Tedrel Wars thrusts her very early onto the throne. Her sense of duty keeps her carrying on but her forced maturation, unresolved grief, feelings of isolation, and despair seethe in her with no healthy outlet for quite some time... to disastrous effect.]]

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* BodyguardCrush: The possibility of this is teasingly hinted at and Lampshaded by King Sendar when he approves Selenay's proposal that Alberich be her bodyguard for when she goes to the city courts. Of course, there is a foregone conclusion on Selenay's love life ([[spoiler: she's lifebonded to Prince Daren in ''By the Sword'']]), but this comes up again at the end of ''Exile's Valor'', when Alberich realizes that Selenary is worried he does have feelings for her and is able to honestly assure her that he respects her as his Monarch.



* DeadpanSnarker: Though Alberich wryly notes that Kantor is much better at the verbal barbs than he is, Alberich manages a few good one-liners every so often.



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* DualWieldingDualWielding: Both swords and knives.




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* TrainingFromHell: Though in fact partly self-inflicted. Told his armsmasters at the Karsite military academy that he's quite naturally talented, Alberich then worked himself to the ground to prove that he's just as good as anyone else, if not better, especially because the social cards were stacked against him due to his status as an illegitimate child of an impoverished single mother.




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* StrangledByTheRedString: Her lifebond to Daren is the clearest example of marriage by divine decree in the series. Both Daren and Selenay are well-adjusted adults, but the gods need Valdemar and Rethwellan firmly allied to each other when the Mage Storms hit, and accordingly they lifebond the pair on sight.

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* StrangledByTheRedString: Her lifebond to Daren is the clearest example of marriage by divine decree in the series. Both Daren and Selenay are well-adjusted adults, but the gods need Valdemar and Rethwellan firmly allied to each other when the Mage Storms hit, and accordingly they lifebond the pair on sight. [[invoked]]
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* StrangledByTheRedString: Her lifebond to Daren is the clearest example of marriage by divine decree in the series. Both Daren and Selenay are well-adjusted adults, but the gods need Valdemar and Rethwellan firmly allied to each other when the Mage Storms hit, and accordingly they lifebond the pair on sight.
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* DrillSergeantNasty: The Weaponmaster fits the "the more you will hate me, the more you will learn" line to a tee, and quotes it (in slightly different words and Karsite syntax) at one point. Of course, he embodies the positive side of the trope rather than the negative.


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* MasterSwordsman: Until Kerowyn shows up, he's the finest swordsman in Valdemar.
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* OnlyOneName: His parents were not married (to each other), therefore Alberich has only a personal name -- last names, like lineage, come from the father in Karse.
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* NoGuyLikesToBeChased: Hilariously averted. Kantor outright ''tells'' Myste that she has to make the first move, because otherwise he'd never make one at all.

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* NoGuyLikesToBeChased: NoGuyWantsToBeChased: Hilariously averted. Kantor outright ''tells'' Myste that she has to make the first move, because otherwise he'd never make one at all.
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* NoGuyLikesToBeChased: Hilariously averted. Kantor outright ''tells'' Myste that she has to make the first move, because otherwise he'd never make one at all.
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* {{Adorkable}}: He is scary as all hell -- until he falls flat on his face in love, at which point he turns into a clueless, adorkable schoolboy.
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* TheConfidant: Talamir is this for Sendar and is supposed to be this for Selenay.

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* TheConfidant: Talamir is this for Sendar and is supposed to be this for Selenay.Selenay... but in practice, as a man of advancing years he finds it difficult to connect with and properly advise a much younger woman.
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->''His soul within that hide is steel or so I've been told--''

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->''His soul within that hide is steel or so I've I have been told--''
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->''His soul within that hide is steel or so I've been told-''

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->''His soul within that hide is steel or so I've been told-''told--''
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* HuntingAccident: Her late husband planned to arrange one.

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* HuntingAccident: Her late husband planned to arrange one. [[spoiler:It ends up backfiring on him.]]
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** EloquentInMyNativeTongue: When he's using Mindspeech, Lackey writes it as normal grammar. Since Mindspeech acts as a universal language in this setting, he would be thinking in grammatical Karsite and being heard (by Valdemarans) in grammatical Valdemaran.
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->''The weapons master has no heart his hide is iron cold''

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->''The weapons master has no heart heart; his hide is iron cold''
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* SadistTeacher / StoicTeacher: Lackey's song ''The Face Within'' is framed as a debate between these two views regarding Alberich

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* SadistTeacher / StoicTeacher: SternTeacher: Lackey's song ''The Face Within'' is framed as a debate between these two views regarding AlberichAlberich. He has to be tougher on his students than any possible enemy... and he has to steel himself for the possibility that it won't be enough.

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->''The weapons master has no heart his hide is iron cold / His soul within that hide is steel or so I've been told-''

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->''The weapons master has no heart his hide is iron cold / His cold''
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->''The weapons master has no heart his hide is iron cold / His soul within that hide is steel or so I've been told-''



* MasterOfDisguise

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* MasterOfDisguise MasterOfDisguise
* SadistTeacher / StoicTeacher: Lackey's song ''The Face Within'' is framed as a debate between these two views regarding Alberich
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* DidNotDoTheResearch: If he grasped the qualifications for being co-monarch of Valdemar[[hottip:*:(his elder brother had to be vouched for by a magic sword before getting confirmed as heir, so the magic horse thing is [[SelectiveObliviousness nowhere near too crazy to believe]])]], it is not likely he would have bothered coming over the border.
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* DidNotDoTheResearch: If he grasped the qualifications for being co-monarch of Valdemar[[hottip:*:(his elder brother had to be vouched for by a magic sword before getting confirmed as hier, so the magic horse thing is [[SelectiveObliviousness nowhere near too crazy to believe]])]], it is not likely he would have bothered coming over the border.

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* DidNotDoTheResearch: If he grasped the qualifications for being co-monarch of Valdemar[[hottip:*:(his elder brother had to be vouched for by a magic sword before getting confirmed as hier, heir, so the magic horse thing is [[SelectiveObliviousness nowhere near too crazy to believe]])]], it is not likely he would have bothered coming over the border.
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* DidNotDoTheResearch: If he grasped the qualifications for being co-monarch of Valdemar[[hottip:*:(his elder brother had to be vouched for by a magic sword before getting confirmed as hier, so the magic horse thing is [[SelectiveObliviousness nowhere near too crazy to believe]])]], it is not likely he would have bothered coming over the border.
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* MasterofDisguise

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* MasterofDisguise MasterOfDisguise
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!Prince Karathanelen

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!Prince KarathanelenKarathanelan

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