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* KickTheDog: A particularly nasty example after Feliq is reunited with their elephant (see above): despite being under a flag of truce, the villain has his soldiers kill the elephant and capture Feliq [[spoiler: while also revealing that ''he'' is actually a ''she''.]]
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* KickTheDog: A particularly nasty example after Feliq is reunited with their elephant (see above): despite being under a flag of truce, the villain has his soldiers kill the elephant and capture Feliq and stab the elephant to death [[ForcedToWatch as Feliq watches]] [[spoiler: while also revealing that ''he'' is actually a ''she''.]]
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* ElephantsNeverForget: Filaq is reunited with an elephant from their youth: despite being ancient and near blind, she still recognizes Feliq and cries TearsOfJoy upon their reuniting.
* FakeAFight: Zelickman and Amram do this at the beinning in order to partake of the betting pool for their staged dulel. They have done this many times.
* FakeAFight: Zelickman and Amram do this at the beinning in order to partake of the betting pool for their staged dulel. They have done this many times.
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* FakeAFight: Protagonists Zelickman and Amram do this at the beinning in order to partake of the betting pool for their staged dulel. They have done this many times
* KickTheDog: A particularly nasty example after Feliq is reunited with their elephant (see above): despite being under a flag of truce, the villain has his soldiers kill the elephant and capture Feliq [[spoiler: while also revealing that ''he'' is actually a ''she''.]]
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* NamedWeapons: One of the main characters has a Viking ax "whose name, cut in runes along its ashwood haft, translated roughly as '[[IBangedYourMom Defiler of Your Mother]]'."
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* NamedWeapons: One of the main characters Amran has a Viking ax "whose name, cut in runes along its ashwood haft, translated roughly as '[[IBangedYourMom Defiler of Your Mother]]'."
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It is a [[SwordAndSorcery swashbuckling adventure]] set in the khaganate of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khazars Khazaria]] around AD 950. It follows two Jewish bandits who become embroiled in a rebellion and a plot to restore a displaced Khazar prince to the throne.
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It is a [[SwordAndSorcery swashbuckling adventure]] set in the khaganate of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khazars Khazaria]] around AD 950. It follows two Jewish bandits bandits, [[FrontierDoctor Zelikman]] and [[WarriorPoet Amran]], who become embroiled in a rebellion and a plot to restore a displaced Khazar prince to the throne.
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* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Our heroes hide out in a bordello full of these in Atil while the city is rioting. One, Flower of Life, Amran takes a particular liking to.
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* SweetPollyOliver: [[spoiler: The young prince, Filaq, is actually a princess in disguise.]]
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It is a [[SwordAndSorcery swashbuckling adventure]] set in the khaganate of [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/TheCaucasus Khazaria]] around AD 950. It follows two Jewish bandits who become embroiled in a rebellion and a plot to restore a displaced Khazar prince to the throne.
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It is a [[SwordAndSorcery swashbuckling adventure]] set in the khaganate of [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/TheCaucasus [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khazars Khazaria]] around AD 950. It follows two Jewish bandits who become embroiled in a rebellion and a plot to restore a displaced Khazar prince to the throne.
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''Gentlemen of the Road'' is an adventure novel by Creator/MichaelChabon. It was first published in 2007.
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''Gentlemen of the Road'' is an adventure novel by Creator/MichaelChabon. It was Creator/MichaelChabon, first published in 2007.serial format in 2007.
It is a [[SwordAndSorcery swashbuckling adventure]] set in the khaganate of [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/TheCaucasus Khazaria]] around AD 950. It follows two Jewish bandits who become embroiled in a rebellion and a plot to restore a displaced Khazar prince to the throne.
It is a [[SwordAndSorcery swashbuckling adventure]] set in the khaganate of [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/TheCaucasus Khazaria]] around AD 950. It follows two Jewish bandits who become embroiled in a rebellion and a plot to restore a displaced Khazar prince to the throne.
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* NamedWeapons: One of the main characters has a Viking ax "whose name, cut in runes along its ashwood haft, translated roughly as 'Defiler of [[YourMom Your Mother]]'."
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* NamedWeapons: One of the main characters has a Viking ax "whose name, cut in runes along its ashwood haft, translated roughly as 'Defiler '[[IBangedYourMom Defiler of [[YourMom Your Mother]]'."
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* BlackVikings: The protagonists are a black Abyssinian and a very white Eastern Frank, both Jewish, who travel the world as bandits and mercenaries and end up in the Caucasus. The Khazars, a nation of Turkic Jews, also features heavily in the plot. It was Chabon's intention to explore the [[TheGreatestHistoryNeverTold lesser-known]] branches of Jewish lineage.
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* BlackVikings: The protagonists are a black Abyssinian and a very white Eastern Frank, both Jewish, who travel the world as bandits and mercenaries and end up in the Caucasus. The Khazars, a nation of Turkic Jews, also features heavily in the plot. It was Chabon's intention to explore the [[TheGreatestHistoryNeverTold lesser-known]] lesser-known branches of Jewish lineage.
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* NamedWeapons: One of the main characters has a Viking ax "whose name, cut in runes along its ashwood haft, translated roughly as 'Defiler of [[YourMom Your Mother'.Mother]]'."
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* BlackVikings: The protagonists are a black Abyssinian and a very white Eastern Frank, both Jewish, who travel the world as bandits and mercenaries and end up in the Caucasus. The Khazars, a nation of Turkic Jews, also features heavily in the plot. It was Chabon's intention to explore the lesser-known [[TheGreatestHistoryNeverTold lesser-known]] branches of Jewish lineage.
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trope list from Michael Chabon and various trope pages
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''Gentlemen of the Road'' is an adventure novel by Creator/MichaelChabon. It was first published in 2007.
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!!This novel contains examples of:
* AllJewsAreAshkenazi: Chabon set out to turn this trope on its head -- the novel prominently features an Abyssinian Jew and the Khazars, a kingdom of Turkic Jews. It does, however, feature an Ashkenazi Jew who is very far from home.
* BlackVikings: The protagonists are a black Abyssinian and a very white Eastern Frank, both Jewish, who travel the world as bandits and mercenaries and end up in the Caucasus. The Khazars, a nation of Turkic Jews, also features heavily in the plot. It was Chabon's intention to explore the lesser-known branches of Jewish lineage.
* {{Homage}}: Among other things, the novel is a homage to Creator/FritzLeiber's ''Literature/FafhrdAndTheGrayMouser'' tales.
* LiveActionEscortMission: This is the main plot; the two main characters (who are essentially mercenaries) have been asked to escort the son of a deposed and murdered king to relatives in another nation where he'll be safe, but all he wants to do is run back to the capitol to kill the usurper.
* NamedWeapons: One of the main characters has a Viking ax "whose name, cut in runes along its ashwood haft, translated roughly as 'Defiler of Your Mother'."
* {{Reconstruction}}: Reconstructs TwoFistedTales and pulp adventure stories.
* PurpleProse: A particularly thick example, as a deliberate part of the GenreThrowback aspect.
* TranslationConvention: Many of the characters are polyglots, which is implied to be par for the course of residents in such a crossroads of cultures. The main characters run through a wide range of languages, which are all rendered as English.
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!!This novel contains examples of:
* AllJewsAreAshkenazi: Chabon set out to turn this trope on its head -- the novel prominently features an Abyssinian Jew and the Khazars, a kingdom of Turkic Jews. It does, however, feature an Ashkenazi Jew who is very far from home.
* BlackVikings: The protagonists are a black Abyssinian and a very white Eastern Frank, both Jewish, who travel the world as bandits and mercenaries and end up in the Caucasus. The Khazars, a nation of Turkic Jews, also features heavily in the plot. It was Chabon's intention to explore the lesser-known branches of Jewish lineage.
* {{Homage}}: Among other things, the novel is a homage to Creator/FritzLeiber's ''Literature/FafhrdAndTheGrayMouser'' tales.
* LiveActionEscortMission: This is the main plot; the two main characters (who are essentially mercenaries) have been asked to escort the son of a deposed and murdered king to relatives in another nation where he'll be safe, but all he wants to do is run back to the capitol to kill the usurper.
* NamedWeapons: One of the main characters has a Viking ax "whose name, cut in runes along its ashwood haft, translated roughly as 'Defiler of Your Mother'."
* {{Reconstruction}}: Reconstructs TwoFistedTales and pulp adventure stories.
* PurpleProse: A particularly thick example, as a deliberate part of the GenreThrowback aspect.
* TranslationConvention: Many of the characters are polyglots, which is implied to be par for the course of residents in such a crossroads of cultures. The main characters run through a wide range of languages, which are all rendered as English.
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