History Literature / TheCrimsonShadow

* BagOfHolding: Oliver is given a sack with this effect by Brind'Amour. Things placed inside it come to his hand by simply thinking about them too.

* SealedGoodInACan: Brind'Amour put himself in stasis long ago, then awoke to find Eriador overrun by an evil wizard's forces.

* LoveTriangle: Between Luthien, his new lover Siobhan, and his old flame Katerin. After some struggling, he chooses [[spoiler: Katerin]].

* LesCollaborateurs: The merchants of Montfort seem to collaborate, along with Duke Morkney, who is apparently from there.

* {{Irony}}: When Brind'Amour is magically spying on Avon's royal palace, he notices a cyclopian standing guard before a tapestry depicting men of Avon defeating cyclopians.

* {{Irony}}: When Brind'Amour is magically spying on Avon's royal palace , he notices a cyclopian standing guard before a tapestry depicting men of Avon defeating cyclopians.

* InvoluntaryShapeshifter / VoluntaryShapeshifter: Greensparrow made a pact with a dragon to share his body in return for magical powers. Most of the time he can control this, but the dragon forces him to transform occasionally.
* {{Irony}}: When Brind'Amour is magically spying on Avon's royal palace , he notices a cyclopian standing guard before a tapestry depicting men of Avon defeating cyclopians.

* InvoluntaryShapeshifting / VoluntaryShapeshifting: Greensparrow made a pact with a dragon to share his body in return for magical powers. Most of the time he can control this, but the dragon forces him to transform occasionally.
* {{Irony}}: When Brind'Amour is magically spying on Avon's royal palace , he notices a cyclopian standing guard before a tapestry depicting men of Avon defeating cyclopians.

* HalfBreedDiscrimination: It's said many elves and humans dislike half-elves, though we never actually see this expressed.

* SlaveGalley: This is what anyone the Huegoths capture ends up as. It's considered a {{fate worse than death}}.

* GalleySlave: This is what anyone the Huegoths capture ends up as. It's considered a {{fate worse than death}}.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Eriodor is pretty clearly a parallel for Scotland, with one of its famed heroes being Bruce [=MacDonald=], who has the city Caer [=MacDonald=] named after him. Avon stands in England, with cities such as Newcastle and Carlisle which match actual English cities' names. Gascony is a clear parallel to France, not only with the pseudo-French names and having the name of a historical French province, but also its history in regards to people from there having invaded Avon (England) in the past. All three also share the same relative locations. An island near both may be the stand in for Ireland, though we don't get much information on it. Isenland stands in for Iceland, with its people being raiders like the vikings. Eriador and Avon also seem to follow a counterpart Christianity, though with no Jesus figure.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Eriodor is pretty clearly a parallel for Scotland, with one of its famed heroes being Bruce [=MacDonald=], who has the city Caer [=MacDonald=] named after him. Avon stands in England, with cities such as Newcastle and Carlisle which match actual English cities' names. Gascon is a clear parallel to France, not only with pseudo-French names but also history in regards to people from there having invaded Avon (England) in the past. All three also share the same relative locations. An island near both may also stand in for Ireland, though we don't get much information on it. Isenland stands in for Iceland, with its people being raiders like the vikings. Eriador and Avon also seem to follow a counterpart Christianity, though as usual there's no Jesus analogue.

* DisappearedDad: Siobhan's elven father abandoned her mother before she was born as he couldn't bear to see them both die, since they wouldn't have the same long life.

* CavalryBetrayal: A rare [[InvertedTrope inversion]]. During a naval battle between the Avonese and Eriadons, ships come sailing from Baraduine (an island ruled by Avon), making the former celebrate. Instead though they attack the Avonese ships, since it turns out that Baraduine would like to become independent too.

* BigGood: Brind'Amour, an ancient wizard who'd placed himself in stasis long ago and woke to fight Greensparrow.
* CavalryBetrayal: A rare [[InvertedTrope inversion]]. During a naval battle between the Avonese and Eriadons, ships come sailing from Baraduine (an island ruled by Avon), making the former celebrate. Instead though they attack the Avonese ships, since it turns out that Baraduine would like to become independent too.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Duke Morkney sentences a man who stole from a stall to lose all his property and one ''hand''.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Eriodor is pretty clearly a parallel for Scotland, with one of its famed heroes being Bruce [=MacDonald=], who has the city Caer [=MacDonald=] named after him. Avon stands in England, with cities such as Newcastle and Carlisle which match actual English cities' names. Gascon is a clear parallel to France, not only with pseudo-French names but also history in regards to people from there having invaded Avon (England) in the past. All three also share the same relative locations. An island near both may also stand in for Ireland, though we don't get much information on it. Isenland stands in for Iceland, with its people being raiders like the vikings.

* GentlemandThief: Oliver deBurrows, a charming and chivalrous "highway halfling".

* BenevolentMageRuler: Brind'Amour, after he becomes kind of Eriador.

* JustLikeRobinHood: Oliver leaves some fur coats he bought with money taken from rich merchants where orphaned children can get them, while denying he is doing any such thing.

''The Crimson Shadow'' is a fantasy book series by author R. A. Salvatore. ''Sword of Bedwyr'' was published in 1994, followed by ''Luthien's Gamble'' and ''The Dragon King'' (1996).

* EliteMooks: The Praetorian Guard, who serve not only as Greensparrow's bodyguards, but his most elite combat troops.

* PraetorianGuard: Cyclopian soldiers named this not only guard King Greensparrow, but also serve as elite combat troops.

* RightfulKingReturns: After Greensparrow is killed, the true queen of Avon (whose father he usurped, making her a duchess), takes over.

* WarIsHell: Luthien's father warns him that unlike in stories this is how it really turns out to be. Luthien later learns it for himself.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The entire cyclopsian people. We see don't see a single one that's anything but a bloodthirsty brute, though one solitary officer is a bit more refined in his tastes.

* CavalryBetrayal: A rare [[InvertedTrope inversion]]. During a naval battle between the Avonese and Eriadons, ships come from Baraduine (an island ruled by Avon), making the former celebrate. Instead though they attack the Avonese ships, since it turns out that Baraduine would like to become independent too.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Eriodor is pretty clearly a parallel for Scotland, with one of its heroes being Bruce [=MacDonald=], who has the city Caer [=MacDonald=] named after him. Avon stands in England, with cities such as Newcastle and Carlisle which match actual English cities' names. Gascon is a clear parallel to France, not only with its French names but also history in regards to people from there having invaded Avon (England) in the past. All three also share the same relative locations. An island near both may also stand in for Ireland, though we don't get much information on it. Isenland stands in for Iceland, with its people being raiders like the vikings.

* {{Irony}}: When Brind'Amour is magically spying on Avon's royal palace , he notices a cyclopsian standing before a tapestry depicting men from Avon defeating cyclopsians.

* SorcerousOverlord: King Greensparrow, who rules Avon, Eriador and the islands nearby.

''The Crimson Shadow'' is a fantasy book series by author Creator/RASalvatore. ''Sword of Bedwyr'' was published in 1994, followed by ''Luthien's Gamble'' and ''The Dragon King'' (1996).

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Eriodor is pretty clearly a parallel for Scotland, with one of its heroes being Bruce MacDonald, who has the city Caer MacDonald named after him. Avon stands in England, with cities such as Newcastle and Carlisle which match actual English cities' names. Gascon is a clear parallel to France, not only with its French names but also history in regards to people from there having invaded Avon (England) in the past. All three also share the same relative locations. An island near both may also stand in for Ireland, though we don't get much information on it. Isenland stands in for Iceland, with its people being raiders like the vikings.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Siobhan, a half-elf, looks around twenty but is nearly sixty.
* SealedGoodInACan: Brind'Amour put himself in stasis long ago, then awoke to find Eriador overrun by an evil wizard's forces.