History Literature / TheFarthestAwayMountain

* EnchantedForest: The Wicked Wood is Dakin's first obstacle. Just beyond the river at the end of her village, the wicked wood is forbidden. Mostly it's so dense that it's extremely easy to get lost in, but when her cap gets stuck on a branch that is somehow far above her, there are implications that the forest might have a bit of a mind of its own. The only other implication is retroactive at the end since, after [[spoiler:Dakin cleanses the evil on the mountain, the forest is said to no longer be unnerving at all and even lets more sunlight through its canopy]].

* AllTrollsAreDifferent: The story has four trolls in total and all are well-meaning characters whose descriptions as small bearded men (at least one with a pointed cap) are a dead ringer for the stereotypical garden gnome. %%The Wikipedia synopsis for the novel outright calls them gnomes. I wonder if a different printing of the book called them gnomes, but I cannot confirm.

* DivineRightOfKings: The supernatural implications behind the royal family being unable to conduct marriages without the royal ring, and the royal ring having the ability to [[spoiler:extend the Master's evil influence well beyond the mountain]], imply that the king and queen are not in their position by mere mortal means. How Prince Rally's [[spoiler:boorish nature fits in with this plan]] is never questioned or addressed.

* MagicIsEvil: Not outright stated, but heavily implied. While good creatures have forms of supernatural influence, the witch is an evil magic-user and an offhand mention about the son of the magician (along with another mention of wizards) implies that being a magician is enough for you to know the father was evil as well. Mentions of a church in her village and the [[spoiler:evil castle resembling a cathedral]] after the evil is banished imply this might be coming from the religious angle on magic.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Early on it's established that Dakin only wears footwear when it's especially cold. She dons boots for her adventure to a snow-capped mountain, but when she's reunited with her boots after losing them for several chapters, she realizes that she forgot she even lost them because going barefoot in the meantime was completely natural for her.

* BalefulPolymorph: Every character Dakin meets on the mountain (and one prior) except the BigBad are the victims of such a transformation. The Master turned [[spoiler:Ravik into a frog, three of the troll brothers into gargoyles, the fourth into a bronze statue, and a man and a parrot into an ogre and a demonic beast]].

* TheLostWoods: The Wicked Wood is a very, very downplayed example, but is Dakin's first obstacle. Just beyond the river at the end of her village, the wicked wood is forbidden. Mostly it's so dense that it's extremely easy to get lost in, but when her cap gets stuck on a branch that is somehow far above her, there are implications that the forest might have a bit of a mind of its own. The only other implication is retroactive at the end since, after [[spoiler:Dakin cleanses the evil on the mountain, the forest is said to no longer be unnerving at all and even lets more sunlight through its canopy]].

* NighInvulnerability: Dakin is told that bathing clothed in the Lithy Pool will make her resistant to evil. The [[spoiler:witch's magic]] ends up being able to effect her just fine, but Dakin discovers that it seems to make her extremely physically resilient, as Graw's demonic talons don't pierce her skin and tumbling along the rocks and crags still disorient but no longer injure her.

A young girl named Dakin who has come of age refuses to settle down until she has accomplished three things in life: visit the Farthest-Away Mountain, meet a gargoyle, and find a prince to be her husband. Her family teases her about the impossibility of all three, but when the mountain itself seems to call her and nod, she sets off to fulfill her dreams.

!!This series provides examples of:

* SwissArmyTears: Dakin's tears melt away the dangerous crags on the first slopes of the mountain, and at the end of the story she learns that it was her tears that [[spoiler:animated the statue of Gog]].

* CrystalBall: The Colored Snow Witch has a "Witch Ball" that has a variety of abilities, such as casting a greenish light, [[SurveillanceDrone communicating information about the room it's ''in'']], and serving as a HypnoTrinket. It also seems to serve as a bit of a [[spoiler:SoulJar, as the Witch is visibly weakened after its destruction]].