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* HotAmazon: [[spoiler: Leopold certainly thinks so.]]
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* TrainingThePeacefulVillagers: Invokes this with the Ragged Company.
* TrainingThePeacefulVillagers: Invokes this with the Ragged Company.
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* WeakButSkilled: As a Seventh Son, Fortunate Fool, ''and'' a Songweaver, he doesn't have huge, earthshaking magics, but rather small, simple tricks that have kept evil out of his home kingdom.
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* MakingASplash: As befitting a daughter of the Sea King.
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* ACupAngst: She did not inherit her mother's looks, especially in this department.
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* BlindWithoutEm: Wears "oculars" which are basically glasses. Initially, they're straight up NerdGlasses. Later, her mother's jeweler makes her some new one that are more flattering.
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* NerdGlasses: Her "oculars".
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* SilkHidingSteel: Very graceful and ladylike, but she has kept the Tradition in step for many, many years.
years. Elena notes she's rather like the general of Otraria - old, easily taken for granted but still sharp and incredibly mindful of duty.
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* PerkyGoth: Is essentially a fantasy equivalent. Madame Bella notes that even before she met her Poet Prince, she wasn't nearly as evil as she claimed, and she and Elena become rather good friends.
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* PerkyGoth: Is essentially a fantasy equivalent. Madame Bella notes that even before she met her Poet Prince, she wasn't nearly as evil as she claimed, claimed (she grows as many roses in her garden as henbane and nightshade and regularly feeds bats and owls so much that some are nearly too fat to fly), and she and Elena become rather good friends.
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* [[spoiler: ImmortalitySeeker: The cause of the events of "A Tangled Web," where he and Brynhilda Brunnhilde are looking for Immortality and Eternal Youth in the equivalent of Greece so they won't have to go through with him aging and dying.]]
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* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: Elena and Bella describe her as being more lonely and resentful than truly evil. Bella and the other Godmothers use that to facilitate her changeover to DarkIsNotEvil.
* PerkyGoth: Is essentially a fantasy equivalent. Madame Bella notes that even before she met her Poet Prince, she wasn't nearly as evil as she claimed, and she and Elena become rather good friends.
* RavenHairIvorySkin
* PerkyGoth: Is essentially a fantasy equivalent. Madame Bella notes that even before she met her Poet Prince, she wasn't nearly as evil as she claimed, and she and Elena become rather good friends.
* RavenHairIvorySkin
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* OnlySaneMan: In his own story, he has to wrangle a bunch of mercurial Greek god counterparts to work together to protect a country that has incoming winter when they've never known anything but spring, summer and early fall.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Gives her father (and the Ring Cycle in general) a truly epic one at the end of the book.
* [[spoiler: HappilyMarried: To Leopold by the end of the book. In the novella "A Tangled Web," the couple faces numerous challenges but are reunited stronger than ever.]]
* [[spoiler: ImmortalitySeeker: Not for herself, since she is essentially a goddess but for Leopold, so that she doesn't have to watch him age and die.]]
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Gives her father (and the Ring Cycle in general) a truly epic one at the end of the book.
* [[spoiler: HappilyMarried: To Leopold by the end of the book. In the novella "A Tangled Web," the couple faces numerous challenges but are reunited stronger than ever.]]
* [[spoiler: ImmortalitySeeker: Not for herself, since she is essentially a goddess but for Leopold, so that she doesn't have to watch him age and die.]]
* Valkyrie
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** To be fair, she then notes that on an Evil Sorceress, the spell would only last for, say, a month. But then Elena's mentor takes over, reinforces the spell, and then puts the Sorceress in a cave with a ring of fire around her and a firmly worded warning to would-be heroes.
** Also, when she is having to deal with a murderous sibling pair that uses the Hansel and Gretel story to go around murdering innocent old women and good witches, she invokes the nastier brand of fairy tales and folklore. The ones where naughty children meet very sticky ends...
** Also, when she is having to deal with a murderous sibling pair that uses the Hansel and Gretel story to go around murdering innocent old women and good witches, she invokes the nastier brand of fairy tales and folklore. The ones where naughty children meet very sticky ends...
* MarriedToTheJob: She laughingly says to Elena that she never cared for a suitor before she became a Godmother and once she became one, the job was enough for her. Which then ends up worrying Elena for a good portion of her book.
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Madame Arachnia was a young child abused by her wicked stepmother and sent to gather berries in the winter. In the forest she was snatched by an evil witch and kept prisoner. After getting fed up with the mistreatment, she shoved the witch out of the window and claimed the witch's castle, becoming an Evil Sorceress herself. Madame Bella arranges for her to meet a [[spoiler: former]] prince and fall in love, initiating her turn to DarkIsNotEvil territory.
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* MamaBear: There will be no Fair Rosalindas or Ladderlocks in any of her kingdoms. She's very pleased when Elena is similarly angered.
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* LoveRevelationEpiphany: Only when [[spoiler: Jimson accidentally calls her "my love" does she realize her feelings for him.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Her alter ego, "Queen Sable" is designed to invoke this. Discussed by Leopold and Siegfried when they figure out the Godmother and the Queen are one and the same.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Her alter ego, "Queen Sable" is designed to invoke this. Discussed by Leopold and Siegfried when they figure out the Godmother and the Queen are one and the same.
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* AManIsNotAVirgin: Averted, much to his embarrassment and Leopold's amusement when a unicorn fawns over him. (Given his history of constantly running away from being forced into falling in love with his aunt, this is understandable.)
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!!Godmother Lily/Queen Sable
* [[GuileHero Guile Heroine]]: Like any successful Fairy Godmother, she has to manipulate the Tradition to force a happy ending (or a happier one) for her people - even going so far as to masquerade as the WickedStepmother herself to prevent a real Evil Sorceress from stepping into the role when the Queen dies.
* WickedStepmother: Subverted. She only adopts the role of "Queen Sable" to keep a real Evil Stepmother from stepping in.
!!Princess Rosamund "Rosa" of Eltaria
* BadassDamsel
!!Prince Siegfried von Drachenthal
* GeniusBruiser: Frequently underestimated as a result, and knows it.
* AManIsNotAVirgin: Averted, much to his embarrassment and Leopold's amusement when a unicorn fawns over him. (Given his history of running away from being forced into falling in love with his aunt, this is understandable.)
!!Prince Leopold of Falkenreid
* GroinAttack: He gets a little over-enthusiastic in trying to wake the Princess from her cursed sleep and is a victim of this as a result.
* LovableRogue: So well-loved, in fact, he was kicked out by his father for his popularity. He has no ambition whatsoever for the throne and is a bit of a layabout, but the general populace adored him so much that the king was afraid the heir wouldn't get any recognition for his hard work and talents as long as Leopold was around.
!!Prince Desmond
* PrinceCharming: He initially comes off as this. [[spoiler: Ultimately subverted as it turns out to be an act and he's really the EvilSorcerer who first set the Huntsman after Rosa.]]
!!Jimson
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!!Princess Ekaterina ""Katya""Katya"
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Elena is a 21-year-old woman living with her horrible stepmother Madeleine and her stepsisters Daphne and Delphinium in the capital of the Kingdom of Otraria. Her stepmother has spent the family fortune and has racked up a dreadful amount of debt. She flees to the countryside with her daughters, leaving Elena alone. Elena tries to get hired as a maid and ends up with her Kingdom's Fairy Godmother, a delightful lady called Madame Bella. Bella gives Elena a choice: either give up her power and live a normal life with kind and considerate employers, or become Apprentice Godmother to Madame Bella. Elena chooses the latter.
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Elena is a 21-year-old woman living with her horrible stepmother Madeleine and her stepsisters Daphne and Delphinium in the capital of the Kingdom of Otraria. Her stepmother has spent the family fortune and has racked up a dreadful amount of debt. She flees to the countryside with her daughters, leaving Elena alone. Elena tries to get hired as a maid and ends up with apprenticed to her Kingdom's Fairy Godmother, a delightful lady called Madame Bella. Bella gives Elena a choice: either give up Bella. The rest of Elena's story involves growing into her power and live a normal life role, locking horns with kind the Tradition, and considerate employers, or become Apprentice Godmother to Madame Bella. Elena chooses the latter.
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* GoodIsNotSoft: Isabella, the main character of the sixth book in the series realises that the good godmother can be ruthless when the situation calls for it. And in her own book Elena had no problem stabbing an Evil Sorceres with a needle with a Sleeping spell on it, condemning the other woman to a hundred years sleep.
* [[GuileHero Guile Heroine]]: She manages to avert disaster at a christening and arrange for a worthy peasant girl to receive a reward in sixteen years' time. She also manages to guide the Tradition around a baby girl from its Ladderlocks Path to the far more pleasant Tender Princess Path.
* [[GuileHero Guile Heroine]]: She manages to avert disaster at a christening and arrange for a worthy peasant girl to receive a reward in sixteen years' time. She also manages to guide the Tradition around a baby girl from its Ladderlocks Path to the far more pleasant Tender Princess Path.
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romance, lest the Tradition take advantage of it.
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* [[FatBastard Fat Bitch]]: Daphne, partly in due that she eats anything nice so Elena will not get it. [[HarryPotter Much like the cousin of a certain wizard.]]
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* [[FatBastard Fat Bitch]]: Daphne, partly in due that she eats anything nice so Elena will not get it. [[HarryPotter [[Franchise/HarryPotter Much like the cousin of a certain wizard.]]
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* LeanAndMean: Delphinum, who is skinny enough to be anorexic suffers from a distinct lack of curves.
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''Fortune's Fool'']]
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!!Prince Aleksandr Pieterovich "Sasha"
Sasha is the youngest of the seven sons of King Pietr of Led Belarus. He has the magical abilities of a Seventh Son, Fortunate Fool and Songweaver. He is in charge of keeping the tradition in check in his country.
* AManIsNotAVirgin: Averted, certified unicorn bait. [[spoiler: Then Katya comes along.]]
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Has tasted Dragon's Blood, and he is nice to everyone he meets, friends and foes alike.
* GuileHero: Like everyone charged with managing the Tradition
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: His Songweaver abilities have kept his kingdom safe for years.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Acts the Fool in public, in private he is anything but.
* PurpleEyes: As befit his status as Seventh Son.
* ZanyScheeme: Always pranks everyone to keep up the facade.
!!Princess Ekaterina ""Katya"
The seventh daughter of the Sea King. Katya is well versed in the Tradition and acts as her father's spy in the Drylands.
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* PintSizedPowerhouse: Has fairly decent magical abilities and is tiny.
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* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler: ToAlexander]]Alexander.]] They're still going strong as a couple in later books.
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