History Literature / TheStolenThrone

** [[spoiler:Flemeth's brief line of "sometimes vengeance changes the world" will take on ''much'' deeper meaning come "VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition"]].

** Rowan has one not long after as she realises her own actions indirectly lead to [[Katriel's death]].

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Maric has this reaction after he [[spoiler:kills Katriel]].

* YouShouldKnowThisAlready: Which characters survive and the overall outcome of the rebellion are pretty well laid out by the game.

* DoomedByCanon: To fans who played the game first, many characters are this.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: During another [[VillainousBreakdown fit of pique]] after [[spoiler: the rebels defeat his army at Gwaren, Meghren orders Mother Bronach, Grand Cleric of Ferelden, to denounce the rumours of Maric's return from the dead as a demon imposter, even threatening her with violence to do so. In response, Bronach flees Denerim after branding Meghren a dangerous tyrant and Maric the rightful king of Ferelden. It is left open to speculation whether her actions were the result of a genuine crisis of faith or a politically motivated move to distance herself from an unpopular and collapsing regime]].

* ArtifactTitle: A Dragon Age novel that takes place in the previous era, the Blessed Age, although the Dragon Age begins just at the end of the book, before the Battle of the River Dane.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: Flemeth gives Maric a cryptic warning about Loghain: ''"Keep him close and he will betray you, each time worse than the last"''. Flemeth could mean any number of things both in the novel and the continuity; potentially referring to Loghain's eventual affair with Rowan, the fact he will ultimately lie to Maric to induce him to kill Katriel, or ultimately betraying everything he and Maric fought for [[VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins in the future]] by leaving Cailan to his death and becoming as great, if not even worse a tyrant than Meghren during the Blight]].

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Against the warnings of his advisors, Meghren orders mass executions of anyone suspected of sympathising with the rebels to discourage people from siding with Maric after West Hill. This backfires ''spectacularly'': instead of suppressing further revolts, such brutality only encourages further rebellion from the populace, and drives most of Meghren's grudging supporters amongst the nobility and the Chantry to side with Maric.

* TranquilFury: Maric displays this [[spoiler: when confronting Bann Ceorlic and the other traitor nobles who lured his mother to her death. When one of their number, Bann Keir, [[TooDumbToLive tries to extort Maric for more concessions in exchange for their support against Meghren]], Maric [[OffWithHisHead kills him on the spot]]. When Ceorlic protests that their families will fight him to the end if he kills them, Maric calmly and coldly replies that the children of his mother's killers will have one day to denounce the treachery of their fathers and swear allegiance to him. [[JoinOrDie If they agree, he will spare them. If they refuse, he will kill them all and give their lands to subjects who understand the consequences of betraying him]]. When Ceorlic, the only survivor of the ensuing bloodbath, falls to his knees and [[AintTooProudTOBeg begs for his life]], offering Maric anything he wants, Maric in the same cold tone tells Ceorlic "What I want back, you can't give me" and runs him through]].

* Foreshadowing: [[spoiler: Flemeth gives Maric a cryptic warning about Loghain: ''"Keep him close and he will betray you, each time worse than the last"''. Flemeth could mean any number of things both in the novel and the continuity; potentially referring to Loghain's eventual affair with Rowan, the fact he will ultimately lie to Maric to induce him to kill Katriel, or ultimately betraying everything he and Maric fought for [[VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins in the future]] by leaving Cailan to his death and becoming as great, if not even worse a tyrant than Meghren during the Blight]].

* DesecratingTheDead: [[spoiler: Prince Maric puts the puppet king Meghren's head on a spike in front of Fort Drakon in retaliation for Meghren doing the same to Maric's mother Moira the Rebel Queen a few years before that. ]]

* Foreshadowing: [[spoiler: Flemeth gives Maric a cryptic warning about Loghain: ''"Keep him close and he will betray you, each time worse than the last"''. Flemeth could mean any number of things both in the novel and the continuity; potentially referring to Loghain's eventual affair with Rowan, the fact he will ultimately lie to Maric to induce him to kill Katriel, or ultimately betraying everything he and Maric fought for by leaving Cailan to his death and becoming as great, if not even worse a tyrant than Meghren during the Blight]].

* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: As the rebellion begins to pick up momentum, [[spoiler: Maric has the traitor nobles who lured his mother to her death brought to him and killed, though not before telling the men inquestion their families must either denounce them for their sins or share their fate]].

* TranquilFury: Maric displays this [[spoiler: when confronting Bann Ceorlic and the other traitor nobles who lured his mother to her death. When one of their number, Bann Keir, [[TooDumbToLive tries to extort Maric for more concessions in exchange for their support against Meghren]], Maric [[OffWithHisHead kills him on the spot]]. When Ceorlic protests that their families will fight him to the end if he kills them, Maric calmly and coldly replies that the children of his mother's killers will have one day to denounce the treachery of their fathers and swear allegiance to him. If they agree, he will spare them. If they refuse, he will kill them all and give their lands to subjects who understand the consequences of betraying him. When Ceorlic, the only survivor of the ensuing bloodbath, falls to his knees and [[AintTooProudTOBeg begs for his life]], offering Maric anything he wants, Maric in the same cold tone tells Ceorlic "What I want back, you can't give me" and runs him through]].

* Foreshadowing: [[spoiler: Flemeth gives Maric a cryptic warning about Loghain: ''"Keep him close and he will betray you, each time worse than the last"''. Flemeth could mean any number of things both in the novel and the continuity; potentially referring to Loghain's eventual affair with Rowan, the fact he will ultimately lie to Maric to induce him to kill Katriel, or ultimately betraying everything he and Maric fought for by leaving Cailan to his death and becoming as great, even not even worse a tyrant during the Blight]].

-->'''Maric''': ''[[spoiler: (quoting Flemeth)'' You will hurt the ones you love the most, and become what you hate to save what you love.]]

* TranquilFury: Maric displays this [[spoiler: when confronting Bann Ceorlic and the other traitor nobles who lured his mother to her death. When one of their number, Bann Keir, tries to extort Maric for more concessions in exchange for their support against Meghren, Maric kills him on the spot. When Ceorlic protests that their families will fight him to the end if he kills them, Maric calmly and coldly replies that the children of his mother's killers will have one day to denounce the treachery of their fathers and swear allegiance to him. If they agree, he will spare them. If they refuse, he will kill them all and give their lands to subjects who understand the consequences of betraying him. When Ceorlic, the only survivor of the ensuing bloodbath, falls to his knees and [[AintTooProudTOBeg begs for his life]], offering Maric anything he wants, Maric in the same cold tone tells Ceorlic "What I want back, you can't give me" and runs him through]].

* ActionMom: Queen Moira, Maric's mother, is practically the poster woman for this trope. She's an unparalleled {{Badass}} both on the field and in leading her troops. Maric's biggest struggle is living up to the image of his beloved mother as a proven warrior and leader.

--> ""Your prince is not here! But when he returns to us, we shall hand to him his '''stolen throne!''' Here at the River Dane is where the '''Dragon Age''' begins, my friends! ''Today they will here us roar!''""

--> ""Your prince is not here! But when he returns to us, we shall hand to him his '''stolen throne!''' Here at the River Dane is where the ''Dragon Age begins'', my friends! ''Today they will here us roar!''""

--> ""Your prince is not here! But when he returns to us, we shall hand to him his stolen throne! Here at the River Dane is where the Dragon Age begins, my friends! ''Today they will here us roar!''""

* ArtifactTitle: A Dragon Age novel that takes place in the previous era, the Blessed Age.

-->"“Maric dug into his stew ravenously. Katriel picked at hers gingerly, sipping on some of the broth. The dwarf all but gulped his down greedily, finishing it long before the others were even half done, and then belching loudly."