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* MuggleInMageCustody: Elena punishes him for his cruelty by transforming him into a donkey and taking him into her custody, where he is constantly made fun of and has to do a lot of work. [[spoiler: Eventually he makes a HeelFaceTurn, after which she warms up to him, and eventually they become a couple.]]
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* CinderellaCircumstances: The Tradition would have made her a Princess, except that the only Prince in the kingdom was a very young boy.

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* CinderellaCircumstances: CinderellaPlot: The Tradition would have made her a Princess, except that the only Prince in the kingdom was a very young boy.

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* AmazonianBeauty: [[spoiler: Leopold certainly thinks so.]]



* HotAmazon: [[spoiler: Leopold certainly thinks so.]]
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* PurpleEyes: As befit his status as Seventh Son.
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* {{Princess}}

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* {{Princess}}
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* AllMenArePerverts: He certainly was eager to seduce Elena.

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* AllMenArePerverts: He certainly was eager As far as he’s concerned, baseborn women exist for the nobility’s leisure, leading to seduce him forcing a kiss on Elena. He eventually grows out of it.



* MoralMyopia
* PrinceCharmless: At first.
* ShelteredAristocrat

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* MoralMyopia
MoralMyopia: As far as pre-CharacterDevelopment Alexander is concerned, the only people that matter are the nobility and the peasants are there to be used and abused as they wish.
* PrinceCharmless: At first.
first. Doesn’t get more charmless than trying to run down an old woman.
* ShelteredAristocratShelteredAristocrat: When Elena actually puts him to work, he’s shocked by how hard commoners have to work.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: When he thought that the old beggar woman that turned him into a donkey was going to harm his younger brother Julian, he desperately fought the magical bonds restraining him.

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* BigBrotherInstinct: When he thought that the old beggar woman that turned him into a donkey was going to harm his younger brother Julian, he desperately fought the magical bonds restraining him. This is one of the earliest signs that he's redeemable - indeed, one of the few signs early in the story.
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* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Deliberately invoked. Madame Bella knew she could be turned to good because she (Bella) could tell Arachnia liked the ''aesthetics'' of Traditional villainy far more than the evil acts part. After Arachnia realizes too, she does this on purpose, holding down the Evil Sorceress slot so that heroes can get some character development without danger of actually being horribly murdered by a ''real'' villain.

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* BadassPrincess




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* BadassPrincess
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* [[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 and more secure in their relationship.]]

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* [[spoiler: HappilyMarried: [[spoiler: 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 and more secure in their relationship.]]



* [[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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* [[spoiler: ImmortalitySeeker: [[spoiler: Not for herself, since she is essentially a goddess goddess, but for Leopold, so that she doesn't have to watch him age and die.]]
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* [[spoiler: ImmortalitySeeker: The cause of the events of "A Tangled Web," where he and 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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* [[spoiler: ImmortalitySeeker: [[spoiler: The cause of the events of "A Tangled Web," where he and 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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* [[spoiler: InterspeciesRomance: With Adam. She marries him after she becomes a dragon.]]

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* [[spoiler: InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler: With Adam. She marries him after she becomes a dragon.]]
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* [[spoiler: InterspeciesRomance]]: [[spoiler: Andie falls in love with the Bookwyrm Dragon Periapt and marries him after the latter is turned into a human.]]

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* [[spoiler: InterspeciesRomance]]: InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler: Andie falls in love with the Bookwyrm Dragon Periapt and marries him after the latter is turned into a human.]]
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* LeanAndMean: Delphinum, who is skinny enough to be anorexic suffers from a distinct lack of curves.

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* LeanAndMean: Delphinum, who is skinny enough to be anorexic anorexic, suffers from a distinct lack of curves.
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* AManIsNotAVirgin: Averted, certified unicorn bait. [[spoiler: Then Katya comes along.]]



* 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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* AManIsNotAVirgin: Averted, in several ways.

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* PoliticallyActivePrincess: She keeps her suitors in line, albeit with Lily's help.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: After Lily provides her with at dose of fresh Dragon blood.




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* {{Troll}}: [[spoiler: He and Brunhild plan to visit his family and make his father and older brother believe that they intend to steal the throne.]]
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* TookALevelInCharacterDevelopment: Daphne, at the end of ''The Fairy Godmother'', as detailed above, after several months of thankless labour she's not just losing lots of weight but becoming a better person for it. It's implied that if she keeps going with her CharacterDevelopment, the Two Old Ladies of the village will give Elena a call to make sure she gets a suitably magic KarmicReward; ie finding some gold in the course of her duties, enough to buy her way out of indentured servitude and maybe even enable her to marry.

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* TookALevelInCharacterDevelopment: TookALevelInKindness: Daphne, at the end of ''The Fairy Godmother'', as detailed above, after several months of thankless labour she's not just losing lots of weight but becoming a better person for it. It's implied that if she keeps going with her CharacterDevelopment, the Two Old Ladies of the village will give Elena a call to make sure she gets a suitably magic KarmicReward; ie finding some gold in the course of her duties, enough to buy her way out of indentured servitude and maybe even enable her to marry.
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* Meganekko

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* Meganekko{{Meganekko}}

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!!Godmother Aleksia
Once a Princess who had not one, but ''two'' Traditional Paths dogging her heels, she's now a Godmother, known as the Ice Fairy or the Snow Queen.

* AnIcePerson: As one might expect from her sobriquets, Aleksia is very well-versed in the use of snow and ice magic.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: This trope is, word-for-word, the way Aleksia thinks of her primary job--forcing some CharacterDevelopment upon the wishers in the process.
* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Aleksia's job requires her to project an image of being aloof, distant, and untouchable, but she's becoming rather lonely.
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* BoringButPractical: Her modus operandi. After a lifetime of mistreatment and uncertain meals, Elena prefers to get the most out of as little effort as possible, even if it's occasionally inconvenient. Her Brownies are especially proud of her for this, as it means she's never run out of magic in a tight spot, something that's common among Godmothers her age, and once doomed a kingdom for three generations when the Godmother failed to stop it.



* 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 Sorceress with a needle with a sleeping spell on it, condemning the other woman to a hundred years sleep.

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* GoodIsNotSoft: Isabella, the main character of the sixth book in the series, realises realizes 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 Sorceress with a needle with a sleeping spell on it, condemning the other woman to a hundred years sleep.


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* AwesomeButImpractical: He eventually realizes the clothing he insisted on wearing during his service to Elena was this. Despite its resemblance to proper military wear, it was far too ornamented, tight, and hot for anything truly strenuous. Later, Hob comments that Alexander probably can't fit into "that candy-soldier tunic" anymore after months of hard labor.


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* DefiantCaptive: Deconstructed. His attempts to insult Elena do nothing and are occasionally mocked, he can't hurt her due to her magic protections, and post EpiphanyTherapy, he realizes his insistence on wearing his own clothing rather than what's provided was horribly impractical and uselessly stubborn.
* EpiphanyTherapy: He's given a dose of this from a wandering Fae.
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* BlondesAreEvil
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* TookALevelInCharacterDevelopment: Daphne, at the end of ''The Fairy Godmother'', as detailed above, after several months of thankless labour she's not just losing lots of weight but becoming a better person for it. It's implied that if she keeps going with her CharacterDevelopment, the Two Old Ladies of the village will give Elena a call to make sure she gets a suitably magic KarmicReward; ie finding some gold in the course of her duties, enough to buy her way out of indentured servitude and maybe even enable her to marry.
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Alexander is the second son of King Henrik of Kohlstania and future Commander of the Army. He is also a PrinceCharmless. When sent by his father to quest for the hand of Princess Kylia of Fleurberg, he fails the first test, that of kindness. His rudeness and cruelty is enough that Elena turns him into a donkey.

* AllMenArePerverts: He certainly was eager to seduce Elena.

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Alexander is the second son of King Henrik of Kohlstania and future Commander of the Army. He is also a PrinceCharmless. When sent by his father to quest for the hand of Princess Kylia of Fleurberg, he not only fails the first test, that test he's set to - one of kindness. His rudeness and cruelty is enough kindness - he fails it so drastically that Elena turns him into a donkey.

* AllMenArePerverts: He certainly was eager to seduce Elena.
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* CinderellaCircumstances: The only thing that prevented the Tradition from making her a Princess was that the only Prince in the kingdom was a very young boy.

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* CinderellaCircumstances: The only thing that prevented the Tradition from making would have made her a Princess was Princess, except that the only Prince in the kingdom was a very young boy.
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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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* 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. They are also very intentionally designed to avoid DroppedGlasses.
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* [[HalfHumanHybryd Half-Human Hybryd]]: Her father was [[FairFolk Fae]], making her only Fairy Godmother that has some claim to first part of title. This is frightening, as in spin-off we learn that such children [[spoiler: have [[PhysicalGod godlike power]]. Example we're given? [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Olympians]]!]]

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* [[HalfHumanHybryd [[HalfHumanHybrid Half-Human Hybryd]]: Her father was [[FairFolk Fae]], making her only Fairy Godmother that has some claim to first part of title. This is frightening, as in spin-off we learn that such children [[spoiler: have [[PhysicalGod godlike power]]. Example we're given? [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Olympians]]!]]
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*[[HalfHumanHybryd Half-Human Hybryd]]: Her father was [[FairFolk Fae]], making her only Fairy Godmother that has some claim to first part of title. This is frightening, as in spin-off we learn that such children [[spoiler: have [[PhysicalGod godlike power]]. Example we're given? [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Olympians]]!]]
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* GeniusBruiser: Frequently underestimated as a result, and knows it.

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* GeniusBruiser: Frequently Looks and fights like a standard muscle-for-brains BarbarianHero, is frequently underestimated as a result, and knows it.

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