History Literature / KingsQuest1984

* KidHero: Averted. Sparrow's just a kid (and the younger of the two brothers at that). As a result he has to avoid trouble except for the times when he's managed to befriend a more powerful character.

* MagicalWeapon: In one path Sparrow and Redbeard find a treasure trove with a magic sword and chainmail vest for both of them. A bit ironically, they never really use them, except to trade to the caveman tribe they run into for the treasure, since those primitive folk are more interested in practical things like weapons and armor than gold and jewels.

* SupportingProtagonist: Probably the starkest example in the series. Sparrow makes the big decisions because that's the selling point of the books, but if something bad happens, he either has to run away or let someone else deal with it for him.

Sparrow and Jay are two young brothers who wander the roads, eking out a living doing a juggling act at inns and festivals. On the way to the next town on their circuit, they come across an adventurer who's been mortally wounded by a band of cutthroats, on his way to where a king's ransom has been hidden. He gives the map to Jay and Sparrow on condition they bury the king's bones once they find it. Now all the brothers have to do to be set for life is survive a perilous quest with no weapons or skills...

* MagicalWeapon: In one path Sparrow and Redbeard find a treasure trove with a magic sword and chainmail vest for both of them. A bit ironically, in the most likely ending for that path, they never really use them, except to trade to the caveman tribe they run into for the treasure, since those primitive folk are more interested in practical things like weapons and armor than gold and jewels.

* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler: In one path, the warrior Redbeard's injured, and the reader has the choice between waiting for him to recover before they get the treasure, or going to get it without him. If they take the first option, one day Redeard just disappears along with their map. They never find out if he stole it and left them nothing, or if he did honestly intend to honor their partnership but ran into something that was too much for him and died.]]

* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler: In one path, the warrior Redbeard's injured, and the reader has the choice between waiting for him to recover before they get the treasure, or going to get it without him. If they take the first path, one day he just disappears along with their map. They never find out if he stole it and left them nothing, or if he did honestly intend to honor their partnership but ran into something that was too much for him and died.]]

* ShapeshifterShowdown: One ending that seems heavily inspired by ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone'' involves the wizard Sparrow's befriended and an old rival [changing themselves into a large portion of the D&D bestiary over who gets the treasure.

* WizardDuel: One ending that seems heavily inspired by ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone'' involves the wizard Sparrow's befriended and an old rival changing themselves into a large portion of the D&D bestiary over who gets the treasure.

* WizardDuel: One ending involves the wizard Sparrow's befriended and an old rival changing themselves into a large portion of the D&D bestiary over who gets the treasure.

The 18th book in the ''Literature/EndlessQuest'' series. No relation to the famous [[VideoGame/KingsQuest PC game dynasty of the same name]].

* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: Sparrow and Jay probably are their real names, but one path involves Sparrow befriending a warrior he calls "Redbeard", for obvious reasons. That's even what the warrior says to call him after they decide to partner up.

* WizardDuel: One ending involves the wizard Sparrow's befriended and an old rival changing themselves into a large portion of the creatures from the D&D bestiary over who gets the treasure.

Sparrow and Jay are two young brothers who wander the roads, eking out a living doing a juggling act at inns and festivals. On the way to the next town on their circuit, they come across an adventurer who's been mortally wounded by a band of cutthroats, on his way to where a king's ransom has been hidden. He gives the map to Jay and Sparrow on condition they bury the king's bones once they find it. Now all the brothers have to do is survive a perilous quest with no weapons or skills...

* KidHero: Averted. Sparrow's just a kid (and the younger of the two brothers at that). As a result he mostly has to avoid trouble except for the times when he's managed to befriend a more powerful character.

* Wizard Duel: One ending involves the wizard Sparrow's befriended and an old rival changing themselves into a large portion of the creatures from the D&D bestiary over who gets the treasure.