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* NaiveAnimalLover: Ward is thought (partly due to his ObfuscatingStupidity) by other characters to be this with regard to a very vicious horse, but in fact is really a FriendToAllLivingThings, as he knows his way around horses and the horse in question is actually not so much aggressive as ruined by his violent father. The horse actually ''killed'' his father, but Ward decides to keep it and give it a cutesy name.
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* LadyLooksLikeADude: Tisala, who has [[StrongFamilyResemblance her father's]] homely, masculine features, including a [[CleopatraNose huge hawlike nose]], small, close-set eyes, a long, broad, and angular face, a heavy brow ridge and jaw, and a wide, thin-lipped mouth.
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* LadyLooksLikeADude: Tisala, who has [[StrongFamilyResemblance her father's]] homely, masculine features, including a [[CleopatraNose [[RomanNose huge hawlike hawklike nose]], small, close-set eyes, a long, broad, and angular face, a heavy brow ridge and jaw, and a wide, thin-lipped mouth.
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* AmazonianBeauty: {{Averted}} with Tisala, who is CoveredWithScars from years of fighting, has "hair cut short like a man's", and a [[LadyLooksLikeADude distinctively masculine face]]. Ward also notes that she's not [[WaifFu "slim-fragile"]] like most tall women, instead having a broad, "square frame" that is [[MusclesAreMeaningful lean and heavily-muscled]], "stronger, I [Ward] darsay, than many men."
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* AmazonianBeauty: {{Averted}} with Tisala, who AmazonianBeauty/BeautyIsNeverTarnished: {{Averted}}. [[ActionGirl Tisala]] has [[LadyLooksLikeADude a distinctively masculine face]] that is CoveredWithScars from years of fighting, has "hair cut short like a man's", and a [[LadyLooksLikeADude distinctively masculine face]]. fighting. Ward also notes that she's not [[WaifFu "slim-fragile"]] "[[WaifFu slim-fragile]]" like most tall women, instead having a broad, "square frame" build" that is [[MusclesAreMeaningful lean and heavily-muscled]], "stronger, "[[BadAss ...stronger, I [Ward] darsay, than many men."]]"
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* HeroicBuild: Ward and Tisala are both extremely tall and heavily-muscled for their respective sexes; Tisala in particular stands out since she is ''not'' a [[MostCommonSuperpower busty]], [[StatuesqueStunner statuesque]], "[[WaifFu slender-yet-toned]]" {{Amazonian Beauty}}, instead having a [[BrawnHilda wide, blocky, muscular frame]] that makes her as strong as most men.
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* HeroicBuild: Ward and Tisala are both extremely tall and heavily-muscled for their respective sexes; Tisala in particular stands out since she is ''not'' a [[MostCommonSuperpower busty]], [[StatuesqueStunner statuesque]], "[[WaifFu "[[MusclesAreMeaningless slender-yet-toned]]" {{Amazonian Beauty}}, instead having a [[BrawnHilda wide, blocky, muscular frame]] that makes her as strong as rivals most men.men in strength.
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* HeroicBuild: Ward and Tisala are both extremely tall and heavily-muscled for their respective sexes; Tisala in particular stands out since she is ''not'' a [[MostCommonSuperpower busty]], [[StatuesqueStunner statuesque]], "[[WaifFu slender-yet-toned]]" {{Amazonian Beauty}}, instead having a [[BrawnHilda wide, blocky, muscular frame]] that makes her as strong as most men.
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* AmazonianBeauty: {{Averted}} with Tisala, who is CoveredWithScars from years of fighting, has "hair cut short like a man's", and a [[LadyLooksLikeADude distinctively masculine face]]. Ward also notes that she's not [[WaifFu "slim-fragile"]] like most tall women, instead having a broad, "square frame" that is [[MusclesAreMeaningful lean and heavily-muscled]], "stronger, I [Ward] darsay, than many men."
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* BrawnHilda: Tisala is a practical application of this trope. She's taller than most men, has a masculine face and a short, practical haircut, is CoveredWithScars and callouses, broad-shouldered, lean, and muscular enough to match most men in strength. [[AmazonChaser Ward]], of course, is completely smitten by her.
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'''Hurog ''', is a series of two books, ''Dragon Bones'' and
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* FasterThanTheyLook: Ward is assumed to be slow, because of his huge size. He's actually quite fast.
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* RefuseToRescueTheDisliked: Ward is confronted with the fact that a runaway slave has hidden in his castle. He is asked to return the slave to Ladislaw, a noble he dislikes, because Ladislaw bought the slave from someone who didn't actually own her, and will get in big (maybe lethal) trouble if he doesn't give her back. Ward states that "There are no slaves in Hurog", and therefore, the slave is not a slave, and he won't deliver her to the noble. His uncle later asks him whether he made this decision out of principle, or whether he would have decided differently if he didn't dislike Ladislaw. Ward himself isn't quite sure about his reasons.
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* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: Averted. Other, spoileriffic examples aside, having an abusive father failed to make Ward even a tiny bit evil.
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* EvilSorcerer: Oreg's father. Turning Oreg in the child in a castle PoweredByAForsakenChild, and, despite Oreg being a powerful mage himself, making it so that Oreg is enslaved to whoever wears a certain ring and can't break this curse ... no mean feat. That evil sorcerer is long dead when the story begins, but there are others, such as [[spoiler: Bastilla]] who is a very powerful, very sadistic mage and the antagonist of the protagonists for much of the plot.
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* EvilSorcerer: Oreg's father. Turning Oreg in the child in into a castle PoweredByAForsakenChild, and, despite Oreg being a powerful mage himself, making it so that Oreg is enslaved to whoever wears a certain ring and can't break this curse ... no mean feat. That evil sorcerer is long dead when the story begins, but there are others, such as [[spoiler: Bastilla]] who is a very powerful, very sadistic mage and the antagonist of the protagonists for much of the plot.
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* Oreg has a flashback to being whipped after laying a curse on one of his old masters. His powerful magic makes the damage real, at least until he can get enough of a grip to heal himself again.
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* ATasteOfTheLash: Oreg has a flashback to being whipped after laying a curse on one of his old masters. His powerful magic makes the damage real, at least until he can get enough of a grip to heal himself again.
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The Hurog duology (Dragon Bones and Dragon Blood) by Creator/PatriciaBriggs is mainly about Ward, who [[ObfuscatingStupidity pretended to be stupid]] ever since his father gave him a beating that would almost have killed him. At the start of the novel, his father died, and Ward has problems to convince everyone that he is fully capable of inheriting and managing the estate.
The death of his father brings about many changes, among them the fact that he inherits Oreg, who he thought was just a ghost. Oreg is actually an immortal being, ''made'' [[PoweredByAForsakenChild into castle Hurog]] so that the man who did it (Oreg's own father) would not need any other servants. Things are further complicated by the fact that two noblemen ask Ward to deliver a slave, who had fled to Hurog. Ward will do no such thing, stating that "There are no slaves in Hurog", and flees the place, with his CuteMute sister Ciarra, Oreg, the slave, and two loyal men of the castle staff in tow.
The death of his father brings about many changes, among them the fact that he inherits Oreg, who he thought was just a ghost. Oreg is actually an immortal being, ''made'' [[PoweredByAForsakenChild into castle Hurog]] so that the man who did it (Oreg's own father) would not need any other servants. Things are further complicated by the fact that two noblemen ask Ward to deliver a slave, who had fled to Hurog. Ward will do no such thing, stating that "There are no slaves in Hurog", and flees the place, with his CuteMute sister Ciarra, Oreg, the slave, and two loyal men of the castle staff in tow.
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* EvilSorcerer: Oreg's father. Turning Oreg in the child in a castle PoweredByAForsakenChild, and, despite Oreg being a powerful mage himself, making it so that Oreg is enslaved to whoever wears a certain ring and can't break this curse ... no mean feat. That evil sorcerer is long dead when the story begins, but there are others, such as [[spoiler: Bastilla]] who is a very powerful, very sadistic mage and the antagonist of the protagonists for much of the plot.
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* ImmuneToMindControl: Ward seems to be immune to mind control to some extent. Doesn't help him much, though. The villains have other means. [[spoiler: A magician who tried to compel him to do something complained that her magic didn't work on him. She theorized it could be due to his stubborn character and thick skull.]]
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* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: Averted. Other, spoileriffic examples aside, having an abusive father failed to make Ward even a tiny bit evil.
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* CourtMage: Ward's father kept one of those.
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* NiceToTheWaiter: Ward is a genuinely nice person who is nice to everyone who seems deserving of it.
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* NiceToTheWaiter: One of the more obvious signs that Ward is a genuinely nice person who not like his father is nice the way he treats Oreg.
* NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization: Brought up and discussed. The heroes come toeveryone who seems deserving the conclusion that rape is rape, regardless of it.any accidental "enjoyment".
* NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization: Brought up and discussed. The heroes come to
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* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Hurog means "Dragon". [[spoiler: It turns out the family has dragon blood - dragons can take human form.]]
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* HauntedCastle: See above.
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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Oreg, who is bound to the head of the family through magic.
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* FriendlyGhost: Oreg, the family slave/ghost.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Ward towards his younger siblings.
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* AFateWorseThanDeath: It turns out that [[spoiler: the family's castle was built using magic that involved doing this to a child.]]
* DumbMuscle: Ward pretends to be this.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: That Ward did this started feigning brain damage as a young boy to escape protect himself from his violent father abusive father. As Ward is a major plot point, as it comes back to bite Ward.officially next in line for his father's title, his apparent incompetence becomes something of an obstacle later on.
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* AFateWorseThanDeath: It turns out that [[spoiler: the family's castle was built using magic that involved doing this to a child.]]
* AFateWorseThanDeath: It turns out that [[spoiler: the family's castle was built using magic that involved doing this to a child.]]
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: That Ward did this to escape his violent father is a major plot point, as it comes back to bite Ward.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Ward is a genuinely nice person who is nice to everyone who seems deserving of it.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: That Ward did this to escape his violent father is a major plot point, as it comes back to bite Ward.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Ward is a genuinely nice person who is nice to everyone who seems deserving of it.
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