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* TheArcher: Both Axel and Morgenregen were seen shooting arrows.



** His handsome face held stern nobility, from his precisely trimmed black goatee and firmly set jaw to his thin lined mouth and icy, lake-blue eyes.

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* BadassPrincess: The titular princess can handle herself in a fight.


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* WarriorPrincess: The titular princess can handle herself in a fight.
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* BadassPrincess: The titular heroine can handle herself in a fight.

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* BadassPrincess: The titular heroine princess can handle herself in a fight.



* VorpalPillow: Averted when [[spoiler:Morgenregen starting stifling the comatose Eider but then stopped herself/was stopped by discovery.]]

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* VorpalPillow: Averted when [[spoiler:Morgenregen starting stifling started to stifle the comatose Eider but then stopped herself/was stopped by discovery.]]



* WeatherManipulation: Morgenregen's power is in manipulating rain. [[MeaningfulName It's in her name, yo.]]

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* WeatherManipulation: Morgenregen's power is in manipulating rain. [[MeaningfulName It's in her name, yo.]]

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* ActionGirl: Morgenregen.

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* ActionGirl: Morgenregen.Morgenregen is in a ''lot'' of fights.



* AlwaysSecondBest: Erik.

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* AlwaysSecondBest: Erik.Erik, or at least he feels he can never beat Frieder because he is not blood.



* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Succession in the Black Forest royal family.
* TheArcher: Morgenregen and Axel.

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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Succession in the Black Forest royal family.
family works by the claimant challenging the incumbent to a duel.
* TheArcher: Both Axel and Morgenregen and Axel.were seen shooting arrows.



* BeardOfEvil: Erik has a goatee.
** His handsome face held stern nobility, from his precisely trimmed black goatee and firmly set jaw to his thin lined mouth and icy, lake-blue eyes.



* DeathOfTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:Axel.]]

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* DeathOfTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:Axel.[[spoiler:More like potential hypotenuse. Axel is killed off just as he's getting close to Morgenregen, forestalling a LoveTriangle.]]



* DisproportionateRetribution: Schallenberg.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: Schallenberg.Schallenberg is burned down near the beginning of the novel for allegedly harboring rebels.



* TheEvilPrince: Erik.
* EvilOverlord: Blackwing of old.

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* TheEvilPrince: Erik.
Erik's first introduction is burning down the village of Schallenberg.
* EvilOverlord: Blackwing Legends are whispered of old.Blackwing's terrible rule.



* FallenPrincess: Morgenregen, from princess to vagabond.

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* FallenPrincess: Morgenregen, Morgenregen goes from princess of ''die Fee'' of the Black forest to barely-dressed human vagabond.



* GenreBlindness: King Eider doesn't believe in fairies. Then one of them puts him in a coma.



* HumansAreBastards: There's certainly some basis for Morgenregen to think so.
* IDidntMeanToKillHim: Morgenregen with Eider.
* {{Jerkass}}: Erik, in the beginning. [[spoiler:Blackwing]], definitely.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Erik, at least with his sister.

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* HumansAreBastards: There's certainly some basis for Morgenregen to think so.
so, as it's human disbelief that's killing off her people.
* IDidntMeanToKillHim: Morgenregen with Eider.
originally meant to give Eider a scare, not kill him. Not that she was too unhappy when she thought she'd accidentally killed him.
* {{Jerkass}}: Erik, Erik shows remarkable callousness for the people whose homes and lives his men are destroying in Schallenberg. [[spoiler:Blackwing lives and breathes this trope, seeming to delight in the beginning. [[spoiler:Blackwing]], definitely.
suffering of others.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Erik, at least Erik is harsh and often cruel, yet is affectionate with his sister.young sister Silke and members of his household.



* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Erik.]]
* TheHighQueen: Primrose, Morgenregen's mother.

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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Erik.[[spoiler:Erik when he used the boon Blackwing owed him to protect Frieder and Silke.]]
* TheHighQueen: Primrose, Morgenregen's mother.mother, is temperate and reasonable even in the face of her people's impending extinction.



* LoopholeAbuse: [[spoiler:Erik when he used his killing of Axel, which freed Blackwing, to extract a boon from the fairy lord. He used this chance not for himself but to protect his siblings, making it a HeroicSacrifice.]]

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* LoopholeAbuse: [[spoiler:Erik when he used his killing of Axel, which freed Blackwing, Blackwing from his curse, to extract a boon from the fairy lord. He used this chance not for himself but to protect his siblings, making it a HeroicSacrifice.lord.]]



* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Blackwing, when he urged Morgenregen to kill Eider then arranged to have her attempt discovered.]]

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* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Blackwing, when he [[spoiler:Blackwing urged Morgenregen to kill Eider then arranged to have her attempt discovered.]]



* MissingMom: Frieder's mother.
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:Axel. Also Erik, but that's because Blackwing [[DisposingOfABody got rid of it.]]]]
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Axel.]] Or rather, [[spoiler:Blackwing.]]

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* MissingMom: Frieder's mother.
mother Queen Sonja died some years ago.
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:Axel.[[spoiler:Axel's body disappeared after his and Morgenregen's battle with the guards at Wirtenhammer. Also Erik, but that's because Blackwing [[DisposingOfABody got rid of it.]]]]
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Axel.[[spoiler:Axel turned back up alive.]] Or rather, [[spoiler:Blackwing.[[spoiler:Blackwing regained his memory and powers through the death of Axel.]]



* PrinceCharming: Frieder, ultimately played straight.
* PrincessClassic: Subverted pretty hard.
* ProtagonistTitle: And a helpful description to boot.
* RapePillageAndBurn: Or one of the three, for Schallenberg.

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* PrinceCharming: Frieder, [[spoiler:Frieder ultimately played straight.
ends up Morgenregen's Prince Charming.]]
* PrincessClassic: Subverted pretty hard.
hard with Morgenregen, who is a very flawed character.
* ProtagonistTitle: And The title is Morgenregen's name, plus a helpful description to boot.
* RapePillageAndBurn: Or one out of the three, for when Erik burned down Schallenberg.



* RebelliousPrincess: Morgenregen.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Erik.]]
* TheResenter: Erik.
* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler:Blackwing]]'s motivation.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Morgenregen. She blames her mother for not being this.
* SiblingRivalry: Erik and Frieder.

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* RebelliousPrincess: Morgenregen.
Morgenregen disagreed with her mother's policies.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Erik.[[spoiler:Erik died saving his siblings.]]
* TheResenter: Erik.
Erik clearly resents Eider's favoritism of Frieder.
* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler:Blackwing]]'s motivation.
motivation. [[spoiler:Not only does he want to enslave humans as he did before, he wants his own people wiped out for standing up to him the first time.]]
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Morgenregen. Morgenregen is a strong proponent of proactive action. She blames her mother for not being this.
the same.
* SiblingRivalry: Erik and Frieder.Frieder vie for their father's attention and squabble over policy.



* TakeOverTheWorld: Blackwing.
* VorpalPillow: Averted when [[spoiler:Morgenregen stopped herself/was stopped by discovery.]]
* TheWisePrince: Frieder, though he could be read as a subversion.
* WarriorPrince: Erik.

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* TakeOverTheWorld: Blackwing.
Blackwing ruled over Swabia, but was always looking to expand his domain.
* VorpalPillow: Averted when [[spoiler:Morgenregen starting stifling the comatose Eider but then stopped herself/was stopped by discovery.]]
* TheWisePrince: Frieder, though he could be read as a subversion.
Frieder is always concerned with increasing his subjects' welfare.
* WarriorPrince: Erik.Erik's first appearance is leading men in a mission against Schallenberg. He is also shown in personal combat.



* WeatherManipulation: Morgenregen's power. [[MeaningfulName It's in her name, yo.]]
* WingedHumanoid: Fairies.

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* WeatherManipulation: Morgenregen's power.power is in manipulating rain. [[MeaningfulName It's in her name, yo.]]
* WingedHumanoid: Fairies.Fairies are this in the book.

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* TheCoup: Morgenregen attempts this against her mother. [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking It doesn't go well.]]



* EvilChancellor: Erik is this to Frieder during their father's absence and later sickness.

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* EvilChancellor: Erik is this to Frieder during their father's absence and later sickness.sickness, though not in the sense of being malicious or scheming as incredibly hard-nosed.



* FallenPrincess: From princess to vagabond.

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* FallenPrincess: From Morgenregen, from princess to vagabond.



* {{Geas}}: Primrose's doom on Morgenregen.
** "A human you shall become – your powers gone, your immortality revoked. Only when you are able to humble yourself and perform an unselfish boon for one of them shall the spell be broken."
** [[spoiler:It turns out Blackwing was under one, too.]]



* HumanityEnsues: Morgenregen's punishment.
* HumansAreBastards: There's certainly some basis for Morgenregen to think this way.

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* HumanityEnsues: Morgenregen's punishment.
punishment. [[spoiler:Also Blackwing's.]]
* HumansAreBastards: There's certainly some basis for Morgenregen to think this way.so.



* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Frieder, after Morgenregen tried to kill his father before his eyes.]]

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* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Frieder, after Morgenregen tried to kill his father before his eyes. Also Morgenregen in jail after the same incident.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Erik.
]]



* LoopholeAbuse: [[spoiler:Erik when he used his killing of Axel, which freed Blackwing, to extract a boon from the fairy lord. He used this chance not for himself but to protect his siblings, making it a HeroicSacrifice.]]
* MagicallyBindingContract: [[spoiler:Erik forces one on Blackwing in return for lifting his curse (by killing Axel), forbidding Blackwing to harm Frieder or Silke.]]



* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:Axel.]]

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* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:Axel.]] Also Erik, but that's because Blackwing [[DisposingOfABody got rid of it.]]]]



* OneGenderRace: ''Die Fee'' seem to come close to this, though at least one male fairy is mentioned.
* PetTheDog: Erik for his KickTheDog introduction has surprisingly sympathetic moments, including tenderness toward his sister Silke, watching out for his men, and being kind to the help.
* PoliticallyActivePrincess: Morgenregen. This also makes her a RebelliousPrincess against her mother the queen.

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* OneGenderRace: ''Die Fee'' seem to come close to this, though at least one male this as every named fairy except one is mentioned.
female, and Morgenregen mentions having a [[MassiveNumberedSiblings massive number of sisters]] but no brother.
* PetTheDog: Erik for his KickTheDog introduction has surprisingly sympathetic moments, including tenderness toward his sister Silke, watching out for his men, and being kind nice to the help.
* PoliticallyActivePrincess: Morgenregen. This also leads her to attempt [[TheCoup a coup]] and makes her a RebelliousPrincess against her mother the queen.



* RearWindowWitness: [[spoiler:Silke, for her father's own murder by Blackwing pretending to be Erik.]]

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* RearWindowWitness: [[spoiler:Silke, for [[spoiler:Poor Silke witnessed her own father's own murder by Blackwing pretending to be Erik.Erik. She pretended to be asleep through the whole thing, afraid of what "Erik" might do to her.]]
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* RearWindowWitness: [[Silke, for her father's own murder by Blackwing pretending to be Erik.]]

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* RearWindowWitness: [[Silke, [[spoiler:Silke, for her father's own murder by Blackwing pretending to be Erik.]]

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* TheDarkTimes: Blackwing's rule.
** "Blackwing became king of ''die Fee'' and the humans of Swabia became his slaves. Those who would not serve were jailed, tortured, or killed. It was a time of despair and darkness unlike mortals had ever known."



* DeathOfTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:Axel.]]



* TheDarkTimes: Blackwing's rule.
** "Blackwing became king of ''die Fee'' and the humans of Swabia became his slaves. Those who would not serve were jailed, tortured, or killed. It was a time of despair and darkness unlike mortals had ever known."
* DeathOfTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:Axel.]]
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* HostyleWeather: Literally, when Morgenregen uses rain against Eider.

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* HostyleWeather: HostileWeather: Literally, when Morgenregen uses rain against Eider.

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* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler:Blackwing impersonates Erik after killing him.]]
* DisposingOfABody: [[spoiler:When Blackwing disposed of Erik's body. Happens simultaneously with DeadPersonImpersonation, and Blackwing actually reflects on the convenience of the transformation spell that lets him achieve both at the same time.]]



* HostyleWeather: Literally, when Morgenregen uses rain against Eider.



* RearWindowWitness: [[Silke, for her father's own murder by Blackwing pretending to be Erik.]]



* TheResenter: Erik.



* SlaveRace: Blackwing's plans for humanity.

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* SlaveRace: Blackwing's plans for humanity.Blackwing turned the humans of Swabia into this.


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* WeatherDissonance: When Morgenregen rains on King Eider some of his men comment on how unnatural it is.
* WeatherManipulation: Morgenregen's power. [[MeaningfulName It's in her name, yo.]]
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* {{Jerkass}}: Erik, in the beginning.

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* {{Jerkass}}: Erik, in the beginning. [[spoiler:Blackwing]], definitely.
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''Morgenregen: The Black Forest Fairy'' is a 2013 novel by Anastasia Robin Louis that chronicles the adventures of RebelliousPrincess Morgenregen of the fairies in the Black Forest in Germany as she travels to save her people from extinction. The setting seems to be based loosely on regions of 15th century Swabia, though the author has [[WordOfGod explicitly said]] that she [[http://morgenregen.livejournal.com/1450.html made the setting fictional]] so as to divorce her story from historical events.

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''Morgenregen: The Black Forest Fairy'' is a 2013 novel by Anastasia Robin Louis that chronicles the adventures of RebelliousPrincess Morgenregen of the fairies in the Black Forest in Germany as she travels to save her people from extinction. The setting seems to be based loosely on regions of story takes place in 15th century Swabia, though the author has [[WordOfGod explicitly said]] that she [[http://morgenregen.livejournal.com/1450.html made the setting her main settings fictional]] so as to divorce her story from historical events.

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* PoliticallyActivePrincess: Morgenregen. This also makes her a RebelPrincess against her mother the queen.

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* PetTheDog: Erik for his KickTheDog introduction has surprisingly sympathetic moments, including tenderness toward his sister Silke, watching out for his men, and being kind to the help.
* PoliticallyActivePrincess: Morgenregen. This also makes her a RebelPrincess RebelliousPrincess against her mother the queen.



* TakeOverTheWorld: [[spoiler:Blackwing.]]

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* TakeOverTheWorld: [[spoiler:Blackwing.Blackwing.
* VorpalPillow: Averted when [[spoiler:Morgenregen stopped herself/was stopped by discovery.
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* VorpalPillow: Averted when [[spoiler:Morgenregen stopped herself/was stopped by discovery.]]
* WarriorPrince: Erik has shades of this.

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* VorpalPillow: Averted when [[spoiler:Morgenregen stopped herself/was stopped by discovery.]]
* WarriorPrince: Erik has shades of this.Erik.

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** "Blackwing became king of ''die Fee'' and the humans of Swabia became his slaves. Those who would not serve were jailed, tortured, or killed. It was a time of despair and darkness unlike mortals had ever known."


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* BadOldDays: Blackwing's rule.


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* BadOldDays: Blackwing's rule.
** "Blackwing became king of ''die Fee'' and the humans of Swabia became his slaves. Those who would not serve were jailed, tortured, or killed. It was a time of despair and darkness unlike mortals had ever known."



* EvilOverlord: [[spoiler:Blackwing]] aspires to this.

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* EvilOverlord: [[spoiler:Blackwing]] aspires to this.Blackwing of old.
* FairyTaleWeddingDress: [[spoiler:What Frieder drew for Morgenregen.]]


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* FinalBattle: Between Morgenregen and [[spoiler:Blackwing.]]
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''Morgenregen: The Black Forest Fairy'' is a 2013 novel by Anastasia Robin Louis that chronicles the adventures of RebelliousPrincess Morgenregen of the fairies in the Black Forest in Germany as she travels to save her people from extinction. The setting seems to be based loosely on regions of 15th century Swabia, though the author has [[WordOfGod explicitly said]] that she [[http://morgenregen.livejournal.com/1450.html made the setting fictional]] so as to divorce her story from historical events.

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!!This book contains examples of:

* ActionGirl: Morgenregen.
* AllMythsAreTrue: The story of Blackwing.
* AlwaysSecondBest: Erik.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Erik, though he develops over time.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Succession in the Black Forest royal family.
* TheArcher: Morgenregen and Axel.
* BadassPrincess: The titular heroine can handle herself in a fight.
* BilingualBonus: Morgenregen's MeaningfulName. Also, characters tend to burst into German when excited.
* CainAndAbel: Erik and Frieder, though the picture grows murkier as the story progresses.
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Fairies become stronger through human belief
* DanceOfRomance: Frieder and Morgenregen's balcony scene.
* DeathOfTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:Axel.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: Schallenberg.
* EvilChancellor: Erik is this to Frieder during their father's absence and later sickness.
* TheEvilPrince: Erik.
* EvilOverlord: [[spoiler:Blackwing]] aspires to this.
* FallenPrincess: From princess to vagabond.
* FantasticRacism: Morgenregen and Blackwing against humans.
* HumanityEnsues: Morgenregen's punishment.
* HumansAreBastards: There's certainly some basis for Morgenregen to think this way.
* IDidntMeanToKillHim: Morgenregen with Eider.
* {{Jerkass}}: Erik, in the beginning.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Erik, at least with his sister.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Frieder, after Morgenregen tried to kill his father before his eyes.]]
* TheHighQueen: Primrose, Morgenregen's mother.
* KickTheDog: Erik when he burned down Schallenberg.
** Also when he slapped his comatose father.
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Blackwing, when he urged Morgenregen to kill Eider then arranged to have her attempt discovered.]]
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Morgenregen used to have 80 sisters. She now has 73.
* MeaningfulName: Morgenregen's name means "morning rain," and she controls the rain.
* MissingMom: Frieder's mother.
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:Axel.]]
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Axel.]] Or rather, [[spoiler:Blackwing.]]
* OneGenderRace: ''Die Fee'' seem to come close to this, though at least one male fairy is mentioned.
* PoliticallyActivePrincess: Morgenregen. This also makes her a RebelPrincess against her mother the queen.
* PrinceCharming: Frieder, ultimately played straight.
* PrincessClassic: Subverted pretty hard.
* ProtagonistTitle: And a helpful description to boot.
* RapePillageAndBurn: Or one of the three, for Schallenberg.
* RebelliousPrincess: Morgenregen.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Erik.]]
* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler:Blackwing]]'s motivation.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Morgenregen. She blames her mother for not being this.
* SiblingRivalry: Erik and Frieder.
* SickbedSlaying: [[spoiler:Morgenregen attempts, then averts, this. Unfortunately there were witnesses.]]
* SlaveRace: Blackwing's plans for humanity.
* TakeOverTheWorld: [[spoiler:Blackwing.]]
* TheWisePrince: Frieder, though he could be read as a subversion.
* VorpalPillow: Averted when [[spoiler:Morgenregen stopped herself/was stopped by discovery.]]
* WarriorPrince: Erik has shades of this.
* WingedHumanoid: Fairies.

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