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* CastFromLifespan: It costs the Nhadragh, Ertil, a year of his life every time Glandyth makes him summon Yrkoon.
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* CastFromLifespan: It costs the Nhadragh, Ertil, Ertil a year of his life every time Glandyth makes him summon Yrkoon.
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* HeavyMithril: Italian PowerMetal band ''Domine'' have a song about Corum called "The Prince in the Scarlet Robe".
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* AllPowerfulBystander: Lord Arkyn is prevented by the Cosmic Balance from simply wiping Glandyth and his men from existence and restoring the Vadhagh. Of course, even if the balance weren't present, there would be the small problem of his intervention allowing Xiombarg and Mabelrode to do the same.
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* AllPowerfulBystander: Lord Arkyn is prevented by the Cosmic Balance from simply wiping Glandyth and his men from existence and restoring the Vadhagh. Of course, even if the balance weren't present, there would be the small problem of his intervention allowing Xiombarg and Mabelrode Mabelode to do the same.
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* ApeShallNeverKillApe: Implied to be the case with the Vadhagh and the Nadragh as Corum is shocked that Mabden kill other Mabden.
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* ApeShallNeverKillApe: Implied to be the case with the Vadhagh and the Nadragh Nhadragh as Corum is shocked that Mabden kill other Mabden.
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* TheBlank: Mabelrode the Faceless, the King of the Swords. There's a reason he's called that. [[spoiler: It's because he has no face!]]
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The Fhoi Myore aren't evil per se, they're trapped in a world that's poisonous to them and trying to change into one more suitable to them. [[spoiler: They are "defeated" by returning them to their own world]].
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The Fhoi Myore aren't evil per se, they're trapped in a world that's poisonous to them and trying to change into one more suitable to them. [[spoiler: They are "defeated" by returning them to their own world]].
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* TheBlank: Mabelrode Mabelode the Faceless, the King of the Swords. There's a reason he's called that. [[spoiler: It's because he has no face!]]
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The Fhoi Myore aren't evil per se, they're trapped in a world that's poisonous to them and trying to change it into one more suitable to them. [[spoiler: They are "defeated" by returning them to their own world]].
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The Fhoi Myore aren't evil per se, they're trapped in a world that's poisonous to them and trying to change it into one more suitable to them. [[spoiler: They are "defeated" by returning them to their own world]].
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* CastFromLifespan: It costs the Nhadragh, Ertil a year of his life every time Glandyth makes him summon Yrkoon.
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* CastFromLifespan: It costs the Nhadragh, Ertil Ertil, a year of his life every time Glandyth makes him summon Yrkoon.
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* CavalryOfTheDead: The Margrave's crew chase of Glandyth's invading forces though Corum accuses them of not being able to do anything other than look scary.
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* CavalryOfTheDead: The Margrave's crew chase of off Glandyth's invading forces though Corum accuses them of not being able to do anything other than look scary.
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* DemonOfHumanOrigin: Yrkoon used to be Mortal, possibly Elric's similarly named cousin, Yyrkoon. He also says Glandyth will turn into a demon if he makes to many [[DealWithTheDevil Deals With The Devil]].
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* DemonOfHumanOrigin: Yrkoon used to be Mortal, mortal, possibly Elric's similarly named cousin, Yyrkoon. He also says Glandyth will turn into a demon if he makes to too many [[DealWithTheDevil Deals With The Devil]].
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** DragonAscendant: Glandyth manages to become Mabelrode's chief agent following the death of King Lyr, and the defeat of Xiombarg, The Dog, and The Horned Bear. This makes him TheHeavy of the novel, and TheDragon to Mabelrode.
* EldritchLocation: When testing the Eye of Rhynn, Corrum sees onto a plane with dark, shifting images, land turning into liquid and size-changing beasts.
* EldritchLocation: When testing the Eye of Rhynn, Corrum sees onto a plane with dark, shifting images, land turning into liquid and size-changing beasts.
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** DragonAscendant: Glandyth manages to become Mabelrode's Mabelode's chief agent following the death of King Lyr, and the defeat of Xiombarg, The Dog, and The Horned Bear. This makes him TheHeavy of the novel, and TheDragon to Mabelrode.
Mabelode.
* EldritchLocation: When testing the Eye of Rhynn,Corrum Corum sees onto a plane with dark, shifting images, land turning into liquid and size-changing beasts.
* EldritchLocation: When testing the Eye of Rhynn,
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* EvilOverlord: King Lyr-a-Bode of the Mabden.
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* EvilOverlord: King Lyr-a-Bode Lyr-a-Brode of the Mabden.
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* ExtraDigits: Kwll had six fingers on each hand or at least the one Corrum got.
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* ExtraDigits: Kwll had six fingers on each hand or at least the one Corrum Corum got.
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* FantasticRacism: Glandyth really, really hates the Vadhagh and Nadragh, or as he terms them, Shefanhow (fiends). The Vadhagh themselves treated the Mabden this way, seeing them as little more than animals.
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* FantasticRacism: Glandyth really, really hates the Vadhagh and Nadragh, Nhadragh, or as he terms them, Shefanhow (fiends). The Vadhagh themselves treated the Mabden this way, seeing them as little more than animals.
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* FlatWorld: Corum and Hanafax discuss legends that the world used to be found as opposed to dish-shaoed like it is now.
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* FlatWorld: Corum and Hanafax discuss legends that the world used to be found round as opposed to dish-shaoed dish-shaped like it is now.
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* HardLight: A spiral ramp leading to Alrioch's heart is made from solid light.
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* HardLight: A spiral ramp leading to Alrioch's Arioch's heart is made from solid light.
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** The Vadhagh and the Nadragh make the mistake of dismissing the Mabden as a type of animal.
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** The Vadhagh and the Nadragh Nhadragh make the mistake of dismissing the Mabden as a type of animal.
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* MacGuffinDeliveryService: Turns out the Sword Rulers [[spoiler:hearts are inaccessible to them to keep them anchored to one plane and Corum was doing Alrioch a favour by stealing his heart.]]
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* MacGuffinDeliveryService: Turns out the Sword Rulers Rulers' [[spoiler:hearts are inaccessible to them to keep them anchored to one plane and Corum was doing Alrioch Arioch a favour by stealing his heart.]]
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* MagicMusic: The Summoning that Rhalina does to get the Margrave to come in his ship involves singing an unearthly language while in a transe.
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* MagicMusic: The Summoning that Rhalina does to get the Margrave to come in his ship involves singing an unearthly language while in a transe.trance.
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* NoOntologicalInertia: [[spoiler:Shool]] loses his powers when Alrioch is defeated, not realising that Alrioch gave him his powers because he wanted a challenge.
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* NoOntologicalInertia: [[spoiler:Shool]] loses his powers when Alrioch Arioch is defeated, not realising that Alrioch Arioch gave him his powers because he wanted a challenge.
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* OrderVersusChaos: What the original trilogy is built around. The coming of the Lords of Chaos led to the destruction of the Vadhagh and Nadragh as Arioch, Xiombarg, and Mabelrode wiped the slate clean of creations they felt had grown stagnant. This puts the balance so far out of whack however, that the Chaos Lords are free to do as they please, resulting in constant social change and violence in Arioch's realm to an entire world that constantly shifts form in Mabelrode's. Corum and his allies struggle to restore the Lords of Law in an effort to end this, while the neutral Cosmic Balance ensures that no one on either side gets too far out of line.
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* OrderVersusChaos: What the original trilogy is built around. The coming of the Lords of Chaos led to the destruction of the Vadhagh and Nadragh Nhadragh as Arioch, Xiombarg, and Mabelrode Mabelode wiped the slate clean of creations they felt had grown stagnant. This puts the balance so far out of whack however, that the Chaos Lords are free to do as they please, resulting in constant social change and violence in Arioch's realm to an entire world that constantly shifts form in Mabelrode's.Mabelode's. Corum and his allies struggle to restore the Lords of Law in an effort to end this, while the neutral Cosmic Balance ensures that no one on either side gets too far out of line.
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** The Giant of Laahr is a twelve foot tall HumanoidAbomination whose body rejects light with no details other than his face being observed. He's thought to be ancient, predating Mabden and Vaghagh.
** One far larger one causes waves at sea that knock Corum of course from retreating the heart.
** One far larger one causes waves at sea that knock Corum of course from retreating the heart.
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** The Giant of Laahr is a twelve foot tall HumanoidAbomination whose body rejects light with no details other than his face being observed. He's thought to be ancient, predating Mabden and Vaghagh.
Vadhagh.
** One far larger one causes waves at sea that knock Corumof off course from retreating retrieving the heart.
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* PhysicalGod: Arioch, Xiombarg, and Mabelrode of Chaos; Arkyn and his fellow Lords of Law; The Dog and The Horned Bear (the Mabden gods); Kwll and Rhynn.
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* PhysicalGod: Arioch, Xiombarg, and Mabelrode Mabelode of Chaos; Arkyn and his fellow Lords of Law; The Dog and The Horned Bear (the Mabden gods); Kwll and Rhynn.
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** The Vadhagh and the Nadragh were replaced by the Mabden and Shool's race came before them. ** Shool says the gods make the new races wipe out the old ones when they get bored of them.
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** The Vadhagh and the Nadragh Nhadragh were replaced by the Mabden and Shool's race came before them. ** Shool says the gods make the new races and wipe out the old ones when they get bored of them.
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* {{Revenge}}: Let's see: Corum wants revenge on Glandyth for his maiming and the deaths of his family. Glandyth wants revenge on Corum for escaping him, making him look like a jackass, and subsequently, destroying his kingdom and driving him into hiding. Queen Xiombarg wants revenge on Corum for the death of Duke Arioch. King Mabelrode subsequently needs to avenge himself on Corum for the death of Xiombarg. Needless to say, there's a lot of revenging going on here.
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* {{Revenge}}: Let's see: Corum wants revenge on Glandyth for his maiming and the deaths of his family. Glandyth wants revenge on Corum for escaping him, making him look like a jackass, and subsequently, destroying his kingdom and driving him into hiding. Queen Xiombarg wants revenge on Corum for the death of Duke Arioch. King Mabelrode Mabelode subsequently needs to avenge himself on Corum for the death of Xiombarg. Needless to say, there's a lot of revenging going on here.
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* SlaveRace: The Mabden have enslaved all the Nadragh.
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* SlaveRace: The Mabden have enslaved all the Nadragh.Nhadragh.
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** Corum can use his hand to summon creatures from other planes that his eye let's him see.
** King Lyr-a-bode summons The Dog and The Bear by burning a cage load of prisoners.
* TakeMeInstead: Corum asks the Margrave to take him instead of Rhalina. Margrave refuses but let's Corum come along.
** King Lyr-a-bode summons The Dog and The Bear by burning a cage load of prisoners.
* TakeMeInstead: Corum asks the Margrave to take him instead of Rhalina. Margrave refuses but let's Corum come along.
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** Corum can use his hand to summon creatures from other planes that his eye let's lets him see.
** KingLyr-a-bode Lyr-a-brode summons The Dog and The Bear by burning a cage load of prisoners.
* TakeMeInstead: Corum asks the Margrave to take him instead of Rhalina. The Margrave refuses butlet's lets Corum come along.
** King
* TakeMeInstead: Corum asks the Margrave to take him instead of Rhalina. The Margrave refuses but
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* VestigialEmpire: The Vadhagh and the Nadragh who used to rule most of the world and were at constant war with eachother. Now families live isolated in castles while the Mabden colonize the world. The Vadhagh are descended from the same interdimensional elves called the Eldren that the Melnibonéan vestigial empire from ''Literature/TheElricSaga'' evolved from.
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* VestigialEmpire: The Vadhagh and the Nadragh Nhadragh who used to rule most of the world and were at constant war with eachother. Now families live isolated in castles while the Mabden colonize the world. The Vadhagh are descended from the same interdimensional elves called the Eldren that the Melnibonéan vestigial empire from ''Literature/TheElricSaga'' evolved from.
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* DirtyCoward: Glandyth can talk a big game and has no problem killing or torturing weaker opponents, but the moment his fights against Corum turn south he always retreats and makes his men fight instead.
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* DemonOfHumanOrigin: Yrkoon used to be human. He says Glandyth will turn into a demon if he makes to many [[DealWithTheDevil Deals With The Devil]].
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* DemonOfHumanOrigin: Yrkoon used to be human. Mortal, possibly Elric's similarly named cousin, Yyrkoon. He also says Glandyth will turn into a demon if he makes to many [[DealWithTheDevil Deals With The Devil]].
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* SociopathicSoldier: Glandyth-a-Krae and his Dendledhyssi. The name actually translates as murderers.
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* SociopathicSoldier: Glandyth-a-Krae and his Dendledhyssi. The name actually translates as murderers.
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* ** The first book starts with "In those days there were oceans of light" and most of the page listing fantastic things that existed back then.
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** The Vadhagh and the Nadragh were replaced by the Mabden and Shool's race came before them. Shool says the gods make the new races wipe out the old ones when they get bored of them.
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** The Vadhagh and the Nadragh were replaced by the Mabden and Shool's race came before them. ** Shool says the gods make the new races wipe out the old ones when they get bored of them.
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* BadassBeard: Glandyth.
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* RecursivePrecursors:
** The Vadhagh and the Nadragh were replaced by the Mabden and Shool's race came before them. Shool says the gods make the new races wipe out the old ones when they get bored of them.
* ReinforceField: The Margrave's ship is made from rotted wood held together by sturdy magic.
* RestrainingBolt: Corum's eyepatch is to stop him seeing other dimensions constantly.
* {{Revenge}}: Let's see: Corum wants revenge on Glandyth for his maiming and the deaths of his family. Glandyth wants revenge on Corum for escaping him, making him look like a jackass, and subsequently, destroying his kingdom and driving him into hiding. Queen Xiombarg wants revenge on Corum for the death of Duke Arioch. King Mabelrode subsequently needs to avenge himself on Corum for the death of Xiombarg. Needless to say, there's a lot of revenging going on here.
* SemiDivine: Shool considers Corum to be a demigod after getting the upgraded hand and eye.
* {{Shapeshifter}}: Many of the Lords of Chaos, most notably Arioch, who transforms from a fat, naked, drunken giant into the quintessential [[AristocratsAreEvil Evil Aristocrat]] in about ten seconds flat.
** The Vadhagh and the Nadragh were replaced by the Mabden and Shool's race came before them. Shool says the gods make the new races wipe out the old ones when they get bored of them.
* ReinforceField: The Margrave's ship is made from rotted wood held together by sturdy magic.
* RestrainingBolt: Corum's eyepatch is to stop him seeing other dimensions constantly.
* {{Revenge}}: Let's see: Corum wants revenge on Glandyth for his maiming and the deaths of his family. Glandyth wants revenge on Corum for escaping him, making him look like a jackass, and subsequently, destroying his kingdom and driving him into hiding. Queen Xiombarg wants revenge on Corum for the death of Duke Arioch. King Mabelrode subsequently needs to avenge himself on Corum for the death of Xiombarg. Needless to say, there's a lot of revenging going on here.
* SemiDivine: Shool considers Corum to be a demigod after getting the upgraded hand and eye.
* {{Shapeshifter}}: Many of the Lords of Chaos, most notably Arioch, who transforms from a fat, naked, drunken giant into the quintessential [[AristocratsAreEvil Evil Aristocrat]] in about ten seconds flat.
* SiblingTeam: Kwll and Rhynn make the [[PhysicalGod ultimate]] BashBrothers.
* {{Sidekick}}: Jhary-a-Conel, Companion to Champions. Just as Corum is a part of the Eternal Champion, Jhary is an incarnation of the Eternal Companion. Unlike Corum, he remembers his past lives (or at least he does this time around).
* SignificantAnagram: Corum Jhaelen Irsei == [[Literature/TheCorneliusChronicles Jeremiah Cornelius]], another Eternal Champion aspect.
* SingleSpecimenSpecies: The Giant of Laahr seems to be one of a kind but he's thought to come from AnotherDimension.
* SlaveRace: The Mabden have enslaved all the Nadragh.
* SlippingAMickey: Rhalina drugs Corum's food on the first night in her castle so he'll sleep and recover.
* SoulJar: To stay invincible, The Knight of The Swords keeps his heart and brain on other planes. His heart is kept on Corum's world.
* SociopathicSoldier: Glandyth-a-Krae and his Dendledhyssi. The name actually translates as murderers.
* {{Sidekick}}: Jhary-a-Conel, Companion to Champions. Just as Corum is a part of the Eternal Champion, Jhary is an incarnation of the Eternal Companion. Unlike Corum, he remembers his past lives (or at least he does this time around).
* SignificantAnagram: Corum Jhaelen Irsei == [[Literature/TheCorneliusChronicles Jeremiah Cornelius]], another Eternal Champion aspect.
* SingleSpecimenSpecies: The Giant of Laahr seems to be one of a kind but he's thought to come from AnotherDimension.
* SlaveRace: The Mabden have enslaved all the Nadragh.
* SlippingAMickey: Rhalina drugs Corum's food on the first night in her castle so he'll sleep and recover.
* SoulJar: To stay invincible, The Knight of The Swords keeps his heart and brain on other planes. His heart is kept on Corum's world.
* SociopathicSoldier: Glandyth-a-Krae and his Dendledhyssi. The name actually translates as murderers.
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* SummonMagic: King Lyr-a-bode summons The Dog and The Bear by burning a cage load of prisoners.
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* SummonMagic: SummoningArtifact: The Hand of Kwll and the Eye of Rhynn act as these for Corum.
* SummonMagic:
** ''The Summoning'' is the name of a magic ritual that Rhalina does to summon the CavalryOfTheDead.
** Corum can use his hand to summon creatures from other planes that his eye let's him see.
** King Lyr-a-bode summons The Dog and The Bear by burning a cage load ofprisoners.prisoners.
* TakeMeInstead: Corum asks the Margrave to take him instead of Rhalina. Margrave refuses but let's Corum come along.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Hanafax guesses that the Ragha-da-kheta poison the wine they give their guests because they threw him in jail for not drinking it and Corum's hand knocked the cup over if its own accord as if it sensed the poison.
* TapOnTheHead;
** Glandyth's men knock Corum out before strapping him to a board to be cut up.
** Serwde knocks Corum out by throwing a stone when he refuses to go to the Margrave's castle to recover.
* ThereIsAnother: Corum eventually runs into [[spoiler:a group people descended from Vadhagh who left to explore the multiverse.]]
* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: After using the Eye of Rhynn to see into an eldritch dimension, Corum wishes Shool would take back his gifts saying such things aren't for mortals.
* SummonMagic:
** ''The Summoning'' is the name of a magic ritual that Rhalina does to summon the CavalryOfTheDead.
** Corum can use his hand to summon creatures from other planes that his eye let's him see.
** King Lyr-a-bode summons The Dog and The Bear by burning a cage load of
* TakeMeInstead: Corum asks the Margrave to take him instead of Rhalina. Margrave refuses but let's Corum come along.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Hanafax guesses that the Ragha-da-kheta poison the wine they give their guests because they threw him in jail for not drinking it and Corum's hand knocked the cup over if its own accord as if it sensed the poison.
* TapOnTheHead;
** Glandyth's men knock Corum out before strapping him to a board to be cut up.
** Serwde knocks Corum out by throwing a stone when he refuses to go to the Margrave's castle to recover.
* ThereIsAnother: Corum eventually runs into [[spoiler:a group people descended from Vadhagh who left to explore the multiverse.]]
* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: After using the Eye of Rhynn to see into an eldritch dimension, Corum wishes Shool would take back his gifts saying such things aren't for mortals.
* TheTimeOfMyths:
* ** The first book starts with "In those days there were oceans of light" and most of the page listing fantastic things that existed back then.
** The third book says that becoming like our world is one possible future for Corum's.
* TheUnfettered: Kwll and Rhynn, two ancient gods who are not constrained by the Cosmic Balance, or anything else, save their oaths to one another.
* VestigialEmpire: The Vadhagh and the Nadragh who used to rule most of the world and were at constant war with eachother. Now families live isolated in castles while the Mabden colonize the world. The Vadhagh are descended from the same interdimensional elves called the Eldren that the Melnibonéan vestigial empire from ''Literature/TheElricSaga'' evolved from.
* WalkOnWater: The first page of the introduction establishing TheTimeOfMyths setting mentions there were giants that could walk on water.
* ** The first book starts with "In those days there were oceans of light" and most of the page listing fantastic things that existed back then.
** The third book says that becoming like our world is one possible future for Corum's.
* TheUnfettered: Kwll and Rhynn, two ancient gods who are not constrained by the Cosmic Balance, or anything else, save their oaths to one another.
* VestigialEmpire: The Vadhagh and the Nadragh who used to rule most of the world and were at constant war with eachother. Now families live isolated in castles while the Mabden colonize the world. The Vadhagh are descended from the same interdimensional elves called the Eldren that the Melnibonéan vestigial empire from ''Literature/TheElricSaga'' evolved from.
* WalkOnWater: The first page of the introduction establishing TheTimeOfMyths setting mentions there were giants that could walk on water.
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* WasOnceAMan: Xiombarg's Chaos Pack look like {{Beast M|an}}en but were originally her human followers warped by Chaos.
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* WasOnceAMan: Xiombarg's Chaos Pack look like {{Beast M|an}}en but were originally her human followers warped by Chaos.Chaos.
* WizardsLiveLonger: Shool can live indefinitely by changing bodies and seems to have some way of keeping bodies alive as one of his is of a long extinct race.
* WizardsLiveLonger: Shool can live indefinitely by changing bodies and seems to have some way of keeping bodies alive as one of his is of a long extinct race.
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* ButWhatAboutTheAstronauts: Corum eventually meets [[spoiler: Vadhagh whose ancestors left Corum's dimension millennia ago.
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* ButWhatAboutTheAstronauts: Corum eventually meets [[spoiler: Vadhagh whose ancestors left Corum's dimension millennia ago.]]
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* NoOntologicalInertia: [[spoiler:Shool]] loses his powers when Alrioch is defeated, not realising that Alrioch gave him his powers because he wanted a chellange.
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* NoOntologicalInertia: [[spoiler:Shool]] loses his powers when Alrioch is defeated, not realising that Alrioch gave him his powers because he wanted a chellange.
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* ButWhatAboutTheAstronauts: Corum eventually meets [[spoiler: Vadhagh whose ancestors left Corum's dimension millennia ago.]]
* CallAPegasusAHippogriff: It's confirmed in the third book that elf, Vadhagh and [[Literature/TheElricSaga Melnibonéan]] are different words for the same thing.
* CallAPegasusAHippogriff: It's confirmed in the third book that elf, Vadhagh and [[Literature/TheElricSaga Melnibonéan]] are different words for the same thing.
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* ButWhatAboutTheAstronauts: Corum eventually meets [[spoiler: Vadhagh whose ancestors left Corum's dimension millennia ago.]]
* CallAPegasusAHippogriff: It's confirmed in the third book that elf, Vadhagh and [[Literature/TheElricSaga Melnibonéan]] are different words for the same thing.
* CallAPegasusAHippogriff: It's confirmed in the third book that elf, Vadhagh and [[Literature/TheElricSaga Melnibonéan]] are different words for the same thing.
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* NotUsingTheZWord: It's confirmed in the third book that elf, Vadhagh and [[Literature/TheElricSaga Melnibonéan]] are different words for the same thing.
* NotUsingTheZWord: It's confirmed in the third book that elf, Vadhagh and [[Literature/TheElricSaga Melnibonéan]] are different words for the same thing.
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* CallAPegasusAHippogriff: It's confirmed in the third book that elf, Vadhagh and [[Literature/TheElricSaga Melnibonéan]] are different words for the same thing.
* EldritchLocation: When testing the Eye of Rhynn, Corrum sees onto a plane with dark, shifting images, land turning into liquid and size-changing beasts.
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* EldritchLocation: When testing the Eye of Rhynn, Corrum sees onto a plane with dark, shifting images, land turning into liquid and size-changing beasts.
* TheOmnipotent: Shool says no gods are truly omnipotent. Some can do anything with certain things like The Dog and The Bear having complete control over the Mabden but nothing else.
* OneWingedAngel: Arioch turns back into his huge fat man form for his fight with Corum.
* OneWingedAngel: Arioch turns back into his huge fat man form for his fight with Corum.
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* TheOmnipotent: Shool says no gods are truly omnipotent. Some can do anything with certain things like The Dog and The Bear having complete control over the Mabden but nothing else.
* OneWingedAngel: Arioch turns back into his huge fat man form for his fight with Corum.
* OneWingedAngel: Arioch turns back into his huge fat man form for his fight with Corum.
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* CastFromLifespan: It costs the Nhadragh, Ertil a year of his life every time Glandyth makes him summon Yrkoon.
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* DemonOfHumanOrigin: Yrkoon used to be human. He says Glandyth will turn into a demon if he makes to many [[DealWithTheDevil Deals With The Devil]].
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* AlienBlood: The Ghanh bleeds green when injured
** Prince Gaynor is implied not to be dead but suffering forever in some Chaos dimension.
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* BackupFromOtherworld: Rhalina summons her [[spoiler:dead husband]] to chase off Glandyth's forces.
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* BackupFromOtherworld: BackupFromOtherworld;
** Rhalina summons her [[spoiler:dead husband]] to chase off Glandyth'sforces.forces.
** Corum can use his eye to summon people he's killed to fight for him. They'll kill someone else to take their place so they can move on.
** Rhalina summons her [[spoiler:dead husband]] to chase off Glandyth's
** Corum can use his eye to summon people he's killed to fight for him. They'll kill someone else to take their place so they can move on.
* BigGood;
** The god Arkyn backs Corum's mission in the second book.
** The Cosmic Balance [[spoiler:steps in to kill Xiombarg when she intrudes on a Law plane.]]
** The god Arkyn backs Corum's mission in the second book.
** The Cosmic Balance [[spoiler:steps in to kill Xiombarg when she intrudes on a Law plane.]]
* BodySurf: Shool switches bodies as often as we change clothes.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Corum realizes Arioch bore no malice in wiping out the Vadhagh and thinks of him as a painter wiping a canvas cleans before starting a new picture.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Corum realizes Arioch bore no malice in wiping out the Vadhagh and thinks of him as a painter wiping a canvas cleans before starting a new picture.
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* BodySurf: Shool switches bodies constantly
* CessationOfExistence: The dead that Corum summons are implied to stop existing if they can find someone to take their place in the Caverns of Limbo.
* DimensionLord: Each Sword Ruler has a five-plane LayeredWorld.
* EndlessDaytime: The sun doesn't move in Xiombarg's realm. It's mentioned she's used chaos to stop time from working.
* FictionalColor: When summoned, The Dog appeared "wreathed in radiance of unpleasant and unnameable colours".
* FireAndBrimstoneHell: Some Mabden believe in netherworld that burn in eternal flame like Flameland
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* ForcedSleep: FlyingSeafoodSpecial: The Ghanh is basically a winged shark.
* ForcedSleep;
** Shool forces Corum to sleep with magic before surgically implanting the new hand andeye.eye.
** Arioch forces Corum to sleep at the table when they're done eating.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Arioch turns from a gigantic fat man into a more handsome human-sized form when he notices Corum.
* ForcedSleep;
** Shool forces Corum to sleep with magic before surgically implanting the new hand and
** Arioch forces Corum to sleep at the table when they're done eating.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Arioch turns from a gigantic fat man into a more handsome human-sized form when he notices Corum.
* GiantWoman: Xiombarg grows one hundred feet tall and stays that way shortly after appearing.
* GroinAttack: A cow-like member of the Chaos Pack kicks Jhary in the balls.
* HardLight: A spiral ramp leading to Alrioch's heart is made from solid light.
* HardLight: A spiral ramp leading to Alrioch's heart is made from solid light.
* HotGoddess: Xiombarg is said to be the most beautiful woman Corum has ever seen.
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* HumansAreInsects: The Vadhagh and the Nadragh make the mistake of dismissing the Mabden as a type of animal.
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* HumansAreInsects: HumansAreInsects;
** The Vadhagh and the Nadragh make the mistake of dismissing the Mabden as a type ofanimal. animal.
** Arioch seems to have this attitude to all mortal races. His wiping out of the Vadhagh is compared to a painter wiping his canvas clean.
** The Vadhagh and the Nadragh make the mistake of dismissing the Mabden as a type of
** Arioch seems to have this attitude to all mortal races. His wiping out of the Vadhagh is compared to a painter wiping his canvas clean.
* IAmAHumanitarian: The Dog and The Bear have to be summoned with a cage full of burning humans they will then eat.
* InevitableWaterfall: Corum has to abandon his boat before it goes down one in Xiombarg's realm.
* MacGuffinDeliveryService: Turns out the Sword Rulers [[spoiler:hearts are inaccessible to them to keep them anchored to one plane and Corum was doing Alrioch a favour by stealing his heart.]]
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: The Ghanh is a shark like creature with several rows of fangs.
* MultiversalConqueror: Shool flirts with the idea of being omnipotent as ruling the whole multiverse.
* TheMultiverse: The fifteen planes are basically three [[LayeredWorld Layered Worlds]] with five layers each. Each world ruled by a Sword Ruler. There are also countless other planes inhabited
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* TheMultiverse: The fifteen planes are basically three [[LayeredWorld Layered Worlds]] with five layers each. Each world ruled by a Sword Ruler. There are also countless other planes inhabited
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* NoOntologicalInertia: [[spoiler:Shool]] loses his powers when Alrioch is defeated, not realising that Alrioch gave him his powers because he wanted a chellange.
* TheOmnipotent: Shool says no gods are truly omnipotent. Some can do anything with certain things like The Dog and The Bear having complete control over the Mabden but nothing else.
* OneWingedAngel: Arioch turns back into his huge fat man form for his fight with Corum.
* OneWingedAngel: Arioch turns back into his huge fat man form for his fight with Corum.
* PointyEars: Being related to the Eldren and the [[Literature/TheElricSaga Melnibonéans]], Vadhagh have them
* PurgatoryAndLimbo: Whoever Corum kills ends up in the Cavern of Limbo until they can be summoned to kill someone else to take their place.
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* RecursivePrecursors:
** The Vadhagh and the Nadragh were replaced by the Mabden and Shool's race came before them. Shool says the gods make the new races wipe out the old ones when they get bored of them.
* ReinforceField: The Margrave's ship is made from rotted wood held together by sturdy magic.
* RestrainingBolt: Corum's eyepatch is to stop him seeing other dimensions constantly.
* {{Revenge}}: Let's see: Corum wants revenge on Glandyth for his maiming and the deaths of his family. Glandyth wants revenge on Corum for escaping him, making him look like a jackass, and subsequently, destroying his kingdom and driving him into hiding. Queen Xiombarg wants revenge on Corum for the death of Duke Arioch. King Mabelrode subsequently needs to avenge himself on Corum for the death of Xiombarg. Needless to say, there's a lot of revenging going on here.
* SemiDivine: Shool considers Corum to be a demigod after getting the upgraded hand and eye.
* {{Shapeshifter}}: Many of the Lords of Chaos, most notably Arioch, who transforms from a fat, naked, drunken giant into the quintessential [[AristocratsAreEvil Evil Aristocrat]] in about ten seconds flat.
* SiblingTeam: Kwll and Rhynn make the [[PhysicalGod ultimate]] BashBrothers.
* {{Sidekick}}: Jhary-a-Conel, Companion to Champions. Just as Corum is a part of the Eternal Champion, Jhary is an incarnation of the Eternal Companion. Unlike Corum, he remembers his past lives (or at least he does this time around).
* SignificantAnagram: Corum Jhaelen Irsei == [[Literature/TheCorneliusChronicles Jeremiah Cornelius]], another Eternal Champion aspect.
* SingleSpecimenSpecies: The Giant of Laahr seems to be one of a kind but he's thought to come from AnotherDimension.
* SlaveRace: The Mabden have enslaved all the Nadragh.
* SlippingAMickey: Rhalina drugs Corum's food on the first night in her castle so he'll sleep and recover.
* SoulJar: To stay invincible, The Knight of The Swords keeps his heart and brain on other planes. His heart is kept on Corum's world.
* SociopathicSoldier: Glandyth-a-Krae and his Dendledhyssi. The name actually translates as murderers.
* SummoningArtifact: The Hand of Kwll and the Eye of Rhynn act as these for Corum.
* SummonMagic;
** ''The Summoning'' is the name of a magic ritual that Rhalina does to summon the CavalryOfTheDead.
** Corum can use his hand to summon creatures from other planes that his eye let's him see.
* TakeMeInstead: Corum asks the Margrave to take him instead of Rhalina. Margrave refuses but let's Corum come along.
* TapOnTheHead;
** Glandyth's men knock Corum out before strapping him to a board to be cut up.
** Serwde knocks Corum out by throwing a stone when he refuses to go to the Margrave's castle to recover.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Hanafax guesses that the Ragha-da-kheta poison the wine they give their guests because they threw him in jail for not drinking it and Corum's hand knocked the cup over if its own accord as if it sensed the poison.
* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: After using the Eye of Rhynn to see into an eldritch dimension, Corum wishes Shool would take back his gifts saying such things aren't for mortals.
* ThereIsAnother: Corum eventually runs into [[spoiler:a group people descended from Vadhagh who left to explore the multiverse.]]
* TheTimeOfMyths: The first book starts with "In those days there were oceans of light" and most of the page listing fantastic things that existed back then.
* TheUnfettered: Kwll and Rhynn, two ancient gods who are not constrained by the Cosmic Balance, or anything else, save their oaths to one another.
* VestigialEmpire: The Vadhagh and the Nadragh who used to rule most of the world and were at constant war with eachother. Now families live isolated in castles while the Mabden colonize the world. The Vadhagh are descended from the same interdimensional elves called the Eldren that the Melnibonéan vestigial empire from ''Literature/TheElricSaga'' evolved from.
* WalkOnWater: The first page of the introduction establishing TheTimeOfMyths setting mentions there were giants that could walk on water.
* WizardsLiveLonger: Shool can live indefinitely by changing bodies and seems to have some way of keeping bodies alive as one of his is of a long extinct race.
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** The Vadhagh and the Nadragh were replaced by the Mabden and Shool's race came before them. Shool says the gods make the new races wipe out the old ones when they get bored of them.
* ReinforceField: The Margrave's ship is made from rotted wood held together by sturdy magic.
* RestrainingBolt: Corum's eyepatch is to stop him seeing other dimensions constantly.
* {{Revenge}}: Let's see: Corum wants revenge on Glandyth for his maiming and the deaths of his family. Glandyth wants revenge on Corum for escaping him, making him look like a jackass, and subsequently, destroying his kingdom and driving him into hiding. Queen Xiombarg wants revenge on Corum for the death of Duke Arioch. King Mabelrode subsequently needs to avenge himself on Corum for the death of Xiombarg. Needless to say, there's a lot of revenging going on here.
* SemiDivine: Shool considers Corum to be a demigod after getting the upgraded hand and eye.
* {{Shapeshifter}}: Many of the Lords of Chaos, most notably Arioch, who transforms from a fat, naked, drunken giant into the quintessential [[AristocratsAreEvil Evil Aristocrat]] in about ten seconds flat.
* SiblingTeam: Kwll and Rhynn make the [[PhysicalGod ultimate]] BashBrothers.
* {{Sidekick}}: Jhary-a-Conel, Companion to Champions. Just as Corum is a part of the Eternal Champion, Jhary is an incarnation of the Eternal Companion. Unlike Corum, he remembers his past lives (or at least he does this time around).
* SignificantAnagram: Corum Jhaelen Irsei == [[Literature/TheCorneliusChronicles Jeremiah Cornelius]], another Eternal Champion aspect.
* SingleSpecimenSpecies: The Giant of Laahr seems to be one of a kind but he's thought to come from AnotherDimension.
* SlaveRace: The Mabden have enslaved all the Nadragh.
* SlippingAMickey: Rhalina drugs Corum's food on the first night in her castle so he'll sleep and recover.
* SoulJar: To stay invincible, The Knight of The Swords keeps his heart and brain on other planes. His heart is kept on Corum's world.
* SociopathicSoldier: Glandyth-a-Krae and his Dendledhyssi. The name actually translates as murderers.
* SummoningArtifact: The Hand of Kwll and the Eye of Rhynn act as these for Corum.
* SummonMagic;
** ''The Summoning'' is the name of a magic ritual that Rhalina does to summon the CavalryOfTheDead.
** Corum can use his hand to summon creatures from other planes that his eye let's him see.
* TakeMeInstead: Corum asks the Margrave to take him instead of Rhalina. Margrave refuses but let's Corum come along.
* TapOnTheHead;
** Glandyth's men knock Corum out before strapping him to a board to be cut up.
** Serwde knocks Corum out by throwing a stone when he refuses to go to the Margrave's castle to recover.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Hanafax guesses that the Ragha-da-kheta poison the wine they give their guests because they threw him in jail for not drinking it and Corum's hand knocked the cup over if its own accord as if it sensed the poison.
* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: After using the Eye of Rhynn to see into an eldritch dimension, Corum wishes Shool would take back his gifts saying such things aren't for mortals.
* ThereIsAnother: Corum eventually runs into [[spoiler:a group people descended from Vadhagh who left to explore the multiverse.]]
* TheTimeOfMyths: The first book starts with "In those days there were oceans of light" and most of the page listing fantastic things that existed back then.
* TheUnfettered: Kwll and Rhynn, two ancient gods who are not constrained by the Cosmic Balance, or anything else, save their oaths to one another.
* VestigialEmpire: The Vadhagh and the Nadragh who used to rule most of the world and were at constant war with eachother. Now families live isolated in castles while the Mabden colonize the world. The Vadhagh are descended from the same interdimensional elves called the Eldren that the Melnibonéan vestigial empire from ''Literature/TheElricSaga'' evolved from.
* WalkOnWater: The first page of the introduction establishing TheTimeOfMyths setting mentions there were giants that could walk on water.
* WizardsLiveLonger: Shool can live indefinitely by changing bodies and seems to have some way of keeping bodies alive as one of his is of a long extinct race.
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* RecursivePrecursors:
ShapeshifterSwanSong;
** Xiombarg briefly shifts through a few forms before becoming a GiantWoman.
** As Prince Gaynor dies, he shifts through various forms he took over the million plus years he was alive. Including mimicking Corum.
* StatuesqueStunner: Xiombarg is described as the most beautiful woman Corum has ever seen and as tall and elegant. She goes full on GiantWoman shortly after she appears.
* SummonMagic: King Lyr-a-bode summons TheVadhagh Dog and The Bear by burning a cage load of prisoners.
* ThinkingUpPortals: With difficulty, Arkyn creates one to send Corum and theNadragh were replaced by the Mabden and Shool's race came before them. Shool says the gods make the new races wipe out the old ones when they get bored of them.
* ReinforceField: The Margrave's ship is made from rotted wood held together by sturdy magic.
* RestrainingBolt: Corum's eyepatch isgang to stop him seeing other dimensions constantly.
Xiombarg's plane.
*{{Revenge}}: Let's see: VillainsWantMercy: Prince Gaynor begs Corum to spare him. Though Corum wants revenge on Glandyth for his maiming to, he knows Gaynor has to obey Xiombarg and the deaths of his family. Glandyth wants revenge on Corum for escaping him, making him will never surrender.
* WasOnceAMan: Xiombarg's Chaos Pack look likea jackass, and subsequently, destroying his kingdom and driving him into hiding. Queen Xiombarg wants revenge on Corum for the death of Duke Arioch. King Mabelrode subsequently needs to avenge himself on Corum for the death of Xiombarg. Needless to say, there's a lot of revenging going on here.
* SemiDivine: Shool considers Corum to be a demigod after getting the upgraded hand and eye.
* {{Shapeshifter}}: Many of the Lords of Chaos, most notably Arioch, who transforms from a fat, naked, drunken giant into the quintessential [[AristocratsAreEvil Evil Aristocrat]] in about ten seconds flat.
* SiblingTeam: Kwll and Rhynn make the [[PhysicalGod ultimate]] BashBrothers.
* {{Sidekick}}: Jhary-a-Conel, Companion to Champions. Just as Corum is a part of the Eternal Champion, Jhary is an incarnation of the Eternal Companion. Unlike Corum, he remembers his past lives (or at least he does this time around).
* SignificantAnagram: Corum Jhaelen Irsei == [[Literature/TheCorneliusChronicles Jeremiah Cornelius]], another Eternal Champion aspect.
* SingleSpecimenSpecies: The Giant of Laahr seems to be one of a kindPettingZooPeople but he's thought to come from AnotherDimension.
* SlaveRace: The Mabden have enslaved all the Nadragh.
* SlippingAMickey: Rhalina drugs Corum's food on the first night inwe're originally her castle so he'll sleep and recover.
* SoulJar: To stay invincible, The Knight of The Swords keeps his heart and brain on other planes. His heart is kept on Corum's world.
* SociopathicSoldier: Glandyth-a-Krae and his Dendledhyssi. The name actually translates as murderers.
* SummoningArtifact: The Hand of Kwll and the Eye of Rhynn act as these for Corum.
* SummonMagic;
** ''The Summoning'' is the name of a magic ritual that Rhalina does to summon the CavalryOfTheDead.
** Corum can use his hand to summon creatures from other planes that his eye let's him see.
* TakeMeInstead: Corum asks the Margrave to take him instead of Rhalina. Margrave refuses but let's Corum come along.
* TapOnTheHead;
** Glandyth's men knock Corum out before strapping him to a board to be cut up.
** Serwde knocks Corum outhuman followers warped by throwing a stone when he refuses to go to the Margrave's castle to recover.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Hanafax guesses that the Ragha-da-kheta poison the wine they give their guests because they threw him in jail for not drinking it and Corum's hand knocked the cup over if its own accord as if it sensed the poison.
* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: After using the Eye of Rhynn to see into an eldritch dimension, Corum wishes Shool would take back his gifts saying such things aren't for mortals.
* ThereIsAnother: Corum eventually runs into [[spoiler:a group people descended from Vadhagh who left to explore the multiverse.]]
* TheTimeOfMyths: The first book starts with "In those days there were oceans of light" and most of the page listing fantastic things that existed back then.
* TheUnfettered: Kwll and Rhynn, two ancient gods who are not constrained by the Cosmic Balance, or anything else, save their oaths to one another.
* VestigialEmpire: The Vadhagh and the Nadragh who used to rule most of the world and were at constant war with eachother. Now families live isolated in castles while the Mabden colonize the world. The Vadhagh are descended from the same interdimensional elves called the Eldren that the Melnibonéan vestigial empire from ''Literature/TheElricSaga'' evolved from.
* WalkOnWater: The first page of the introduction establishing TheTimeOfMyths setting mentions there were giants that could walk on water.
* WizardsLiveLonger: Shool can live indefinitely by changing bodies and seems to have some way of keeping bodies alive as one of his is of a long extinct race.
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** Xiombarg briefly shifts through a few forms before becoming a GiantWoman.
** As Prince Gaynor dies, he shifts through various forms he took over the million plus years he was alive. Including mimicking Corum.
* StatuesqueStunner: Xiombarg is described as the most beautiful woman Corum has ever seen and as tall and elegant. She goes full on GiantWoman shortly after she appears.
* SummonMagic: King Lyr-a-bode summons The
* ThinkingUpPortals: With difficulty, Arkyn creates one to send Corum and the
* ReinforceField: The Margrave's ship is made from rotted wood held together by sturdy magic.
* RestrainingBolt: Corum's eyepatch is
*
* WasOnceAMan: Xiombarg's Chaos Pack look like
* SemiDivine: Shool considers Corum to be a demigod after getting the upgraded hand and eye.
* {{Shapeshifter}}: Many of the Lords of Chaos, most notably Arioch, who transforms from a fat, naked, drunken giant into the quintessential [[AristocratsAreEvil Evil Aristocrat]] in about ten seconds flat.
* SiblingTeam: Kwll and Rhynn make the [[PhysicalGod ultimate]] BashBrothers.
* {{Sidekick}}: Jhary-a-Conel, Companion to Champions. Just as Corum is a part of the Eternal Champion, Jhary is an incarnation of the Eternal Companion. Unlike Corum, he remembers his past lives (or at least he does this time around).
* SignificantAnagram: Corum Jhaelen Irsei == [[Literature/TheCorneliusChronicles Jeremiah Cornelius]], another Eternal Champion aspect.
* SingleSpecimenSpecies: The Giant of Laahr seems to be one of a kind
* SlaveRace: The Mabden have enslaved all the Nadragh.
* SlippingAMickey: Rhalina drugs Corum's food on the first night in
* SoulJar: To stay invincible, The Knight of The Swords keeps his heart and brain on other planes. His heart is kept on Corum's world.
* SociopathicSoldier: Glandyth-a-Krae and his Dendledhyssi. The name actually translates as murderers.
* SummoningArtifact: The Hand of Kwll and the Eye of Rhynn act as these for Corum.
* SummonMagic;
** ''The Summoning'' is the name of a magic ritual that Rhalina does to summon the CavalryOfTheDead.
** Corum can use his hand to summon creatures from other planes that his eye let's him see.
* TakeMeInstead: Corum asks the Margrave to take him instead of Rhalina. Margrave refuses but let's Corum come along.
* TapOnTheHead;
** Glandyth's men knock Corum out before strapping him to a board to be cut up.
** Serwde knocks Corum out
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Hanafax guesses that the Ragha-da-kheta poison the wine they give their guests because they threw him in jail for not drinking it and Corum's hand knocked the cup over if its own accord as if it sensed the poison.
* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: After using the Eye of Rhynn to see into an eldritch dimension, Corum wishes Shool would take back his gifts saying such things aren't for mortals.
* ThereIsAnother: Corum eventually runs into [[spoiler:a group people descended from Vadhagh who left to explore the multiverse.]]
* TheTimeOfMyths: The first book starts with "In those days there were oceans of light" and most of the page listing fantastic things that existed back then.
* TheUnfettered: Kwll and Rhynn, two ancient gods who are not constrained by the Cosmic Balance, or anything else, save their oaths to one another.
* VestigialEmpire: The Vadhagh and the Nadragh who used to rule most of the world and were at constant war with eachother. Now families live isolated in castles while the Mabden colonize the world. The Vadhagh are descended from the same interdimensional elves called the Eldren that the Melnibonéan vestigial empire from ''Literature/TheElricSaga'' evolved from.
* WalkOnWater: The first page of the introduction establishing TheTimeOfMyths setting mentions there were giants that could walk on water.
* WizardsLiveLonger: Shool can live indefinitely by changing bodies and seems to have some way of keeping bodies alive as one of his is of a long extinct race.
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* BestialityIsDepraved: Corum muses that the other Vadhagh would see his relationship with Rhalina as they would a Mabden having feelings for a horse.
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* ChildEater: The god that used to rule Shool's island liked to eat children so Shool overfed him children and captured him while he was asleep.
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** Elric Corum can use his hand to summon creatures from other planes that his eye let's him see.
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* CharacterOverlap: The Knight of The Swords is also Arioch. One of the Dukes of Hell from ''Literature/TheElricSaga''.
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* HomeFieldAdvantage: Shool has spells and devices that protect him on his island. If he left, the other gods would smite him pretty quickly.
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* HomeFieldAdvantage: Shool has spells and devices that protect him a minor god imprisoned on his island. If he left, The Sword Rulers can't kill him there without blowing up the other gods island and killing the god. Hence Shool is effectively invincible there but would smite him be smote pretty quickly.quickly if he left.
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* SummonMagic;
** ''The Summoning'' is the name of a magic ritual that Rhalina does to summon the CavalryOfTheDead.
** Elric can use his hand to summon creatures from other planes that his eye let's him see.
** ''The Summoning'' is the name of a magic ritual that Rhalina does to summon the CavalryOfTheDead.
** Elric can use his hand to summon creatures from other planes that his eye let's him see.
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* {{Arcology}}: Castle Erorn is a functional city in one building capable.of housing 500 hundred people.
* BackupFromOtherworld: Rhalina summons her [[spoiler:dead husband]] to chase off Glandyth's forces.
* BodyBackupDrive: Shool can't be killed because he keeps moving into new bodies. He keeps a few to wear as he sees fit.
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* CatsAreMagic: Jhary, Corum's Companion, has a companion of his own, a winged cat with whom he has a telepathic link
* ComicBookAdaptation: Creator/FirstComics published ''The Chronicles of Corum'' which adapted the Swords Trilogy and ''The Bull and The Spear''.
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* CatsAreMagic: Jhary, Corum's Companion, has a companion of his own, a winged cat with whom he has a telepathic link
link.
* CavalryOfTheDead: The Margrave's crew chase of Glandyth's invading forces though Corum accuses them of not being able to do anything other than look scary.
* ComicBookAdaptation:Creator/FirstComics First Comics published ''The Chronicles of Corum'' which adapted the Swords Trilogy and ''The Bull and The Spear''.
* CavalryOfTheDead: The Margrave's crew chase of Glandyth's invading forces though Corum accuses them of not being able to do anything other than look scary.
* ComicBookAdaptation:
* DealWithTheDevil: To repel Glandyth's invasion, Rhalina [[spoiler:summons her dead husband and promises to go off with him and his undead crew.]]
* DeathOfTheOldGods: Rhynn and Kwll were two god's who oredate Shool and the Sword Rulers but disappeared for unknown reasons.
* DeityOfHumanOrigin: Not human but Shool originated from some long extinct mortal race.
* DeathOfTheOldGods: Rhynn and Kwll were two god's who oredate Shool and the Sword Rulers but disappeared for unknown reasons.
* DeityOfHumanOrigin: Not human but Shool originated from some long extinct mortal race.
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* EyepatchOfPowerEldritchLocation: When testing the Eye of Rhynn, Corrum sees onto a plane with dark, shifting images, land turning into liquid and size-changing beasts.
* ExtraDigits: Kwll had six fingers on each hand or at least the one Corrum got.
* EyepatchOfPower: Corum's jeweled eyepatch is a RestrainingBolt to stop him constantly seeing things from other dimensions.
* EyeScream: The Mabden gouge out Corum's right eye.
* ExtraDigits: Kwll had six fingers on each hand or at least the one Corrum got.
* EyepatchOfPower: Corum's jeweled eyepatch is a RestrainingBolt to stop him constantly seeing things from other dimensions.
* EyeScream: The Mabden gouge out Corum's right eye.
* FetchQuest: To get Rhalina back, Corum has to get The Knight of The Swords' heart.
* ForcedSleep: Shool forces Corum to sleep with magic before surgically implanting the new hand and eye.
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* AGodAmI: The delusion of EvilSorcerer Shool.
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* GhostPirate: Not pirates but the Margrave and his undead crew serve Shool on their ship. He implies everybody who drowns in Shool's waters ends up the same way.
* AGodAmI:The delusion of EvilSorcerer Shool.Shool considers himself to be one and is furious that the Sword Rulers don't agree.
* AGodIAmNot: Corum says he isn't a god when Shool says they're similar though Shool does call him a demigod after his upgrades.
* AGodAmI:
* AGodIAmNot: Corum says he isn't a god when Shool says they're similar though Shool does call him a demigod after his upgrades.
* HomeFieldAdvantage: Shool has spells and devices that protect him on his island. If he left, the other gods would smite him pretty quickly.
* HumanoidAbomination: The Giant of Laahr, his body refuses light and no detail of it can be observed.
* ILoveTheDead: Corum finds a terrified Rhalina [[spoiler:in bed with her undead husband wrapped around her as part of their bargain.]] It's implied Shool stopped it before anything really happened.
* ImmortalityInducer: Shool mentions that he can make people immortal if he chooses to.
* ImmortalityInducer: Shool mentions that he can make people immortal if he chooses to.
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* LastOfHisKind: Corum is the last of the Vadhagh, courtesy of Glandyth's depredations. [[spoiler: Though he does meet up with a community of Vadhagh descendants who had left this world in the distant past.]]
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* LastOfHisKind: LastOfHisKind;
** Corum is the last of the Vadhagh, courtesy of Glandyth's depredations. [[spoiler: Though he does meet up with a community of Vadhagh descendants who had left this world in the distant past.]]]]
** Shool is the last of an even older unnamed precursor race.
* LayeredWorld: Corum's version of Earth exists in five dimensions at once.
** Corum is the last of the Vadhagh, courtesy of Glandyth's depredations. [[spoiler: Though he does meet up with a community of Vadhagh descendants who had left this world in the distant past.
** Shool is the last of an even older unnamed precursor race.
* LayeredWorld: Corum's version of Earth exists in five dimensions at once.
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* MagicMusic: The Summoning that Rhalina does to get the Margrave to come in his ship involves singing an unearthly language while in a transe.
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* MultiArmedAndDangerous: The god, Kwll had four hands. One of which was cut off by his brother, Rhynn and now belongs to Corrum.
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* OurGiantsAreBigger;
** The first page of the introduction establishing TheTimeOfMyths setting mentions there were giants that could WalkOnWater.
** The Giant of Laahr is a twelve foot tall HumanoidAbomination whose body rejects light with no details other than his face being observed. He's thought to be ancient, predating Mabden and Vaghagh.
** The first page of the introduction establishing TheTimeOfMyths setting mentions there were giants that could WalkOnWater.
** The Giant of Laahr is a twelve foot tall HumanoidAbomination whose body rejects light with no details other than his face being observed. He's thought to be ancient, predating Mabden and Vaghagh.
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* ReactionlessDrive: The Margrave's ship moves on its own through some magical method with no wind or other visible method of propulsion.
* RecursivePrecursors:
** The Vadhagh and the Nadragh were replaced by the Mabden and Shool's race came before them. Shool says the gods make the new races wipe out the old ones when they get bored of them.
* ReinforceField: The Margrave's ship is made from rotted wood held together by sturdy magic.
* RestrainingBolt: Corum's eyepatch is to stop him seeing other dimensions constantly.
* RecursivePrecursors:
** The Vadhagh and the Nadragh were replaced by the Mabden and Shool's race came before them. Shool says the gods make the new races wipe out the old ones when they get bored of them.
* ReinforceField: The Margrave's ship is made from rotted wood held together by sturdy magic.
* RestrainingBolt: Corum's eyepatch is to stop him seeing other dimensions constantly.
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* SemiDivine: Shool considers Corum to be a demigod after getting the upgraded hand and eye.
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* SingleSpecimenSpecies: The Giant of Laahr seems to be one of a kind but he's thought to come from AnotherDimension.
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* SlippingAMickey: Rhalina drugs Corum's food on the first night in her castle so he'll sleep and recover.
* SoulJar: To stay invincible, The Knight of The Swords keeps his heart and brain on other planes. His heart is kept on Corum's world.
* SoulJar: To stay invincible, The Knight of The Swords keeps his heart and brain on other planes. His heart is kept on Corum's world.
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* TakeMeInstead: Corum asks the Margrave to take him instead of Rhalina. Margrave refuses but let's Corum come along.
* TapOnTheHead;
** Glandyth's men knock Corum out before strapping him to a board to be cut up.
** Serwde knocks Corum out by throwing a stone when he refuses to go to the Margrave's castle to recover.
* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: After using the Eye of Rhynn to see into an eldritch dimension, Corum wishes Shool would take back his gifts saying such things aren't for mortals.
* TapOnTheHead;
** Glandyth's men knock Corum out before strapping him to a board to be cut up.
** Serwde knocks Corum out by throwing a stone when he refuses to go to the Margrave's castle to recover.
* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: After using the Eye of Rhynn to see into an eldritch dimension, Corum wishes Shool would take back his gifts saying such things aren't for mortals.
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* WalkOnWater: The first page of the introduction establishing TheTimeOfMyths setting mentions there were giants that could walk on water.
* WizardsLiveLonger: Shool can live indefinitely by changing bodies and seems to have some way of keeping bodies alive as one of his is of a long extinct race.
* WizardsLiveLonger: Shool can live indefinitely by changing bodies and seems to have some way of keeping bodies alive as one of his is of a long extinct race.
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* HumansAreIsects: The Vadhagh and the Nadragh make the mistake of dismissing the Mabden as a type of animal.
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* HumansAreIsects: HumansAreInsects: The Vadhagh and the Nadragh make the mistake of dismissing the Mabden as a type of animal.
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* HumansAdvanceSwiftly: The Mabden have been exploring and colonising in the millennia when the Vadhagh and the Nadragh were growing stagnant.
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* PeopleZoo: The only previous contact Corum's family had with a Mabden before was a woman they kept in a menagerie for 50 years.
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* ApeShallNeverKillApe: Implied to be the case with the Vadhagh and the Nadragh as Corum is shocked that Mabden kill other Mabden.
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* SlaveRace: The Mabden have enslaved all the Nadragh.
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* HumansAreIsects: The Vadhagh and the Nadragh make the mistake of dismissing the Mabden as a type of animal.
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* VestigialEmpire: Vadhagh and the Nadragh who used to rule most of the world and were at constant war with eachother. Now families live isolated in castles while the Mabden colonize the world. The Vadhagh are descended from the same interdimensional elves called the Eldren that the Melnibonéan vestigial empire from ''Literature/TheElricSaga'' evolved from.
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* VestigialEmpire: The Vadhagh and the Nadragh who used to rule most of the world and were at constant war with eachother. Now families live isolated in castles while the Mabden colonize the world. The Vadhagh are descended from the same interdimensional elves called the Eldren that the Melnibonéan vestigial empire from ''Literature/TheElricSaga'' evolved from.
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* AutomatonHorses: Corum's horse can run continuously for three days before needing a rest.
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* ComicBookAdaptation: Creator/FirstComics published ''The Chronicles of Corum'' which adapted the Swords Trilogy and ''The Bull and The Spear''.
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* TheTimeOfMyths: The first book starts with "In those days there were oceans of light" and most of the page listing fantastic things that existed back then.
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* FusionDance: ''The Quest for Tanelorn'' has Corum, [[Literature/TheElricSaga Elric]], [[Literature/TheHistoryOfTheRunestaff Hawkmoon]] and Erekosë fuse into a giant eight-armed eight-legged monstrosity to beat Agak and Gagak.
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* ButWhatAboutTheAstronauts: Corum eventually meets [[spoiler: Vadhagh whose ancestors left Corum's dimension millennia ago.]]
* ThereIsAnother: Corum eventually runs into [[spoiler:a group people descended from Vadhagh who left to explore the multiverse.]]
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