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* BedsheetLadder: Peter manages to make one out of threads plucked from the embroidered napkins given to him daily and woven together on the tiny but functional loom in the dollhouse he requested to keep in his cell over the span of several years.
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* BedsheetLadder: Peter [[spoiler:Peter manages to make one out of threads plucked from the embroidered napkins given to him daily and woven together on the tiny but functional loom in the dollhouse he requested to keep in his cell over the span of several years.]]
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* OhAndXDies: Relatively early in the story, the narrator suddenly reveals that [[spoiler:Roland will be assassinated, and Peter will be imprisoned for it.]]
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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Complicated example with Roland and Sasha, and it actually affects the disposition of their children. They have a mostly loving and satisfying relationship, but Roland is older and not particularly interested in sex, so he makes frequent use of LovePotions to be able to perform. One of the few times he doesn't need one - his moment of glory after slaying the last dragon - is the time Peter is conceived. Thomas, on the other hand, is conceived after Roland drinks an extra strong potion and engages in a violent, joyless moment of what is possibly martial rape.
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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Complicated example with Roland and Sasha, and it actually affects the disposition of their children. They have a mostly loving and satisfying relationship, but Roland is older and not particularly interested in sex, so he makes frequent use of LovePotions [[LovePotion Love Potions]] to be able to perform. One of the few times he doesn't need one - his moment of glory after slaying the last dragon - is the time Peter is conceived. Thomas, on the other hand, is conceived after Roland drinks an extra strong potion and engages in a violent, joyless moment of what is possibly martial rape.
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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Complicated example with Roland and Sasha, and it actually affects the disposition of their children. They have a mostly loving and satisfying relationship, but Roland is older and not particularly interested in sex, so he makes frequent use of LovePotions to be able to perform. One of the few times he doesn't need one - his moment of glory after slaying the last dragon - is the time Peter is conceived. Thomas, on the other hand, is conceived after Roland drinks an extra strong potion and engages in a violent, joyless moment of what is possibly martial rape.
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* UnreliableNarrator: ZigZagged. It's unclear if the narrator is an in-universe figure writing a historical document, or an omniscient narrator. At times he acknowledges that he doesn't know something (such as Flagg's origin), but other times he gives information he should have no way of knowing (such as several previous times Flagg visited the kingdom). It could be argued he was simply spice up the story with speculation presented as fact.
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* AlasPoorVillain: The narrator is very insistent that Thomas was not a ''bad'' child. He was weak, jealous, sensitive, easily manipulated and not particularly bright, but at heart he wasn't evil.
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* LovePotion: Roland doesn't really like sex, so he usually drinks an aphrodisiac potion made by Flagg before having it (at first, because he needs to produce a heir, later because he wants to pleasure his wife).
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* IronicNickname: "Thomas the Lightbringer" is the tool that Flagg plans to use to plunge Delain back into the DarkAges.
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* GeniusBonus: Lucifer derives from latin lucem ferre, meaning "lightbringer". As in, Thomas the Lightbringer.
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* MaternalDeathBlameTheChild: Thomas imagines that not only his father, but pretty much everyone in the kingdom is thinking, "We lost your mother, and we got you instead?"
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* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Flagg persuaded the king to marry Sasha because he believed that she, a commoner, would be weak and easily manipulated. He was proven wrong when Sasha turned out to be intelligent and clever, and the king genuinely came to love her so much that [[spoiler:Flagg backed out of a murder attempt on her because he felt the king's love for her was so great that he would not have rested until he uncovered her murderer. Although it didn't stop him from eventually figuring out a way to discreetly dispose of Sasha]].
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* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Flagg persuaded the king to marry Sasha because he believed that she, a commoner, very minor noble who was little more than a child at the time of the marriage, would be weak and easily manipulated. He was proven wrong when Sasha turned out to be intelligent and clever, and the king genuinely came to love her so much that [[spoiler:Flagg backed out of a murder attempt on her because he felt the king's love for her was so great that he would not have rested until he uncovered her murderer. Although it didn't stop him from eventually figuring out a way to discreetly dispose of Sasha]].
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* PreAssKickingOneLiner: [[spoiler: You told me only lies, magician.]]
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Not to be confused with ''Literature/TheEyeOfArgon''.
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* ThereAreTwoKindsOfPeopleInTheWorld: Or [[HumansAreFlawed two sides of people]]: "[[HumansAreSpecial God]]" and "[[HumansAreBastards dog]]".
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* TomeOfEldritchLore: Flagg's spell book. It is [[HumanResources bound in human skin]], and contains spells [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity so terrible that Flagg won't even use them]].
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* AllMenArePerverts / AllWomenArePrudes: Entirely inverted with Roland and Sasha. Not only does he have little interest in sex (and usually needs Flagg's potions to have it in the first place), but when he does sleep with his wife it is for ''her'' pleasure, not his own.
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* AllMenArePerverts / AllWomenArePrudes: Entirely inverted with Roland and Sasha. [[{{Asexuality}} Not only does he have little interest in sex sex]] (and usually needs Flagg's potions to have it in the first place), but when he does sleep with his wife it is for ''her'' pleasure, not his own.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: Some later editions tried to market the book as being a horror novel. One such cover's tagline is "Once upon a time, there was a terror..."
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* SequelHook: The novel ends [[spoiler:with the statement that Dennis and Thomas eventually found and confronted Flagg, but that it is a tale for another day. ''Literature/TheDrawingOfTheThree'' makes reference to this, but almost three decades after the novel's initial publication the plotline is still dangling.]]
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* [[PlayingAgainstType Writing Against Type]]: From [[StephenKing The Guy]] who brought us [[TheShining a Haunted Hotel]], [[{{Christine}} an Evil Car]], [[{{It}} a Monster Clown]] and [[{{Carrie}} a Shrinking Violet with Psychic Powers]], brings us a High Fantasy Novel.
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* TheHighQueen: Sasha, who is beautiful, moral, and quick-witted. The people of the kingdom adore her.
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* IronicNickname: "Thomas the Lightbringer" is the tool that Flagg plans to use to plunge Delain back into the DarkAges.
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* WalkingTheEarth: The fate of [[spoiler:Thomas and Dennis]].
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* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: Was published as such in 1984, three years before the book's official release.
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** In TheDarkTower series, Roland mentions that he met Thomas and his steward Dennis [[spoiler: during their pursuit of Flagg after the end of the book.]]
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Roland the Good, the king of Delain, has tried to be the best king he could be. [[KingOnHisDeathbed As he nears the end of his life,]] his son Peter will soon take his place -- unless the [[EvilChancellor king's magician, Flagg]], can make sure Roland's younger son Thomas ascends the throne instead.
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!!This work provides examples of:
* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Sasha, as well as Peter [[spoiler: before he is framed.]]
* ActionGirl: Naomi
* AllMenArePerverts / AllWomenArePrudes: Entirely inverted with Roland and Sasha. Not only does he have little interest in sex (and usually needs Flagg's potions to have it in the first place), but when he does sleep with his wife it is for ''her'' pleasure, not his own.
* BedsheetLadder: Peter manages to make one out of threads plucked from the embroidered napkins given to him daily and woven together on the tiny but functional loom in the dollhouse he requested to keep in his cell over the span of several years.
* CanonWelding: Flagg first appeared in ''TheStand''.
** In TheDarkTower series, Roland mentions that he met Thomas and his steward Dennis [[spoiler: during their pursuit of Flagg after the end of the book.]]
* ChekhovsGun: Many. The peephole in the dragon skull that Flagg shows Thomas, where [[spoiler: Thomas sees Flagg poison his father and Dennis finds out, years later, that Peter was innocent, bringing about Flagg's downfall.]] Peter's need for a napkin at every meal and his mother's old dollhouse are this as well.
* ChekhovsSkill: Archery is mentioned as being Thomas's best skill, the one thing he is better at then Peter. [[spoiler: He gets a chance to demonstrate it when he puts an arrow through Flagg's eye.]]
* DeathByChildbirth: Sasha, while giving birth to Thomas. [[spoiler:At least, that's what Flagg set it up to ''look'' like]].
* DrowningMySorrows: As a king, Thomas becomes an alcoholic [[spoiler: because he knows that Flagg poisoned Roland and framed Peter for it]].
* EvilChancellor: Flagg.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler: Thomas shoots an arrow, the same one that killed Niner, through Flagg's eye. The wound is apparently not fatal for Flagg, however.]]
* HereThereWereDragons: Although magic still exists in Delain, dragons themselves do not; the last one, named Niner, was killed by Roland.
* LemonyNarrator: The unnamed storytelling narrator, who often speaks directly to the reader and shares opinions on the characters.
* KingOnHisDeathbed
* OldManMarryingAChild: A rare positive example: Roland is fifty when he marries the seventeen-year-old Sasha, but the two seem quite happy together.
* ParentalFavoritism: Roland favors Peter over Thomas, interestingly because Thomas is just like him; not very smart and unattractive.
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Flagg persuaded the king to marry Sasha because he believed that she, a commoner, would be weak and easily manipulated. He was proven wrong when Sasha turned out to be intelligent and clever, and the king genuinely came to love her so much that [[spoiler:Flagg backed out of a murder attempt on her because he felt the king's love for her was so great that he would not have rested until he uncovered her murderer. Although it didn't stop him from eventually figuring out a way to discreetly dispose of Sasha]].
* PortraitPaintingPeephole: The titular eyes of the dragon Niner, rather than a traditional portrait; it serves the same purpose.
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: [[spoiler: You told me only lies, magician.]]
* PuppetKing: [[spoiler: both Thomas and his father were this.]]
* RightfulKingReturns: The plot in the latter half of the novel.
* ShoutOut: Flagg's spellbook, which drives you mad if you read it too long, was written by [[HPLovecraft Alhazred, in the land of Leng]].
* SiblingYinYang: Peter is essentially the golden child, being handsome, intelligent, multitalented and beloved by all, whereas Thomas is a meek boy who feels overshadowed by his older brother, his only talent being archery.
* SpareToTheThrone: Thomas is a textbook case.
* TomeOfEldritchLore: Flagg's spell book. It is [[HumanResources bound in human skin]], and contains spells [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity so terrible that Flagg won't even use them]].
* UnexpectedSuccessor: [[spoiler:Thomas]]
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Roland the Good, the king of Delain, has tried to be the best king he could be. [[KingOnHisDeathbed As he nears the end of his life,]] his son Peter will soon take his place -- unless the [[EvilChancellor king's magician, Flagg]], can make sure Roland's younger son Thomas ascends the throne instead.
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!!This work provides examples of:
* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Sasha, as well as Peter [[spoiler: before he is framed.]]
* ActionGirl: Naomi
* AllMenArePerverts / AllWomenArePrudes: Entirely inverted with Roland and Sasha. Not only does he have little interest in sex (and usually needs Flagg's potions to have it in the first place), but when he does sleep with his wife it is for ''her'' pleasure, not his own.
* BedsheetLadder: Peter manages to make one out of threads plucked from the embroidered napkins given to him daily and woven together on the tiny but functional loom in the dollhouse he requested to keep in his cell over the span of several years.
* CanonWelding: Flagg first appeared in ''TheStand''.
** In TheDarkTower series, Roland mentions that he met Thomas and his steward Dennis [[spoiler: during their pursuit of Flagg after the end of the book.]]
* ChekhovsGun: Many. The peephole in the dragon skull that Flagg shows Thomas, where [[spoiler: Thomas sees Flagg poison his father and Dennis finds out, years later, that Peter was innocent, bringing about Flagg's downfall.]] Peter's need for a napkin at every meal and his mother's old dollhouse are this as well.
* ChekhovsSkill: Archery is mentioned as being Thomas's best skill, the one thing he is better at then Peter. [[spoiler: He gets a chance to demonstrate it when he puts an arrow through Flagg's eye.]]
* DeathByChildbirth: Sasha, while giving birth to Thomas. [[spoiler:At least, that's what Flagg set it up to ''look'' like]].
* DrowningMySorrows: As a king, Thomas becomes an alcoholic [[spoiler: because he knows that Flagg poisoned Roland and framed Peter for it]].
* EvilChancellor: Flagg.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler: Thomas shoots an arrow, the same one that killed Niner, through Flagg's eye. The wound is apparently not fatal for Flagg, however.]]
* HereThereWereDragons: Although magic still exists in Delain, dragons themselves do not; the last one, named Niner, was killed by Roland.
* LemonyNarrator: The unnamed storytelling narrator, who often speaks directly to the reader and shares opinions on the characters.
* KingOnHisDeathbed
* OldManMarryingAChild: A rare positive example: Roland is fifty when he marries the seventeen-year-old Sasha, but the two seem quite happy together.
* ParentalFavoritism: Roland favors Peter over Thomas, interestingly because Thomas is just like him; not very smart and unattractive.
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Flagg persuaded the king to marry Sasha because he believed that she, a commoner, would be weak and easily manipulated. He was proven wrong when Sasha turned out to be intelligent and clever, and the king genuinely came to love her so much that [[spoiler:Flagg backed out of a murder attempt on her because he felt the king's love for her was so great that he would not have rested until he uncovered her murderer. Although it didn't stop him from eventually figuring out a way to discreetly dispose of Sasha]].
* PortraitPaintingPeephole: The titular eyes of the dragon Niner, rather than a traditional portrait; it serves the same purpose.
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: [[spoiler: You told me only lies, magician.]]
* PuppetKing: [[spoiler: both Thomas and his father were this.]]
* RightfulKingReturns: The plot in the latter half of the novel.
* ShoutOut: Flagg's spellbook, which drives you mad if you read it too long, was written by [[HPLovecraft Alhazred, in the land of Leng]].
* SiblingYinYang: Peter is essentially the golden child, being handsome, intelligent, multitalented and beloved by all, whereas Thomas is a meek boy who feels overshadowed by his older brother, his only talent being archery.
* SpareToTheThrone: Thomas is a textbook case.
* TomeOfEldritchLore: Flagg's spell book. It is [[HumanResources bound in human skin]], and contains spells [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity so terrible that Flagg won't even use them]].
* UnexpectedSuccessor: [[spoiler:Thomas]]
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