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* {{Nerd}}: Demys, essentially. He's a {{Bookworm}}, he has NoSocialSkills, and he's a decidedly NonActionGuy.
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* SiblingYinYang: [[{{WarriorPrince}} Amraxes]] and [[{{Nerd}} Demys,]] the two imperial princes, are a moderate version of this trope.
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* SiblingYinYang: [[{{WarriorPrince}} Amraxes]] WarriorPrince Amraxes and [[{{Nerd}} Demys,]] nerdy Demys, the two imperial princes, are a moderate version of this trope.
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''The Withering Sword'' is an EpicFantasy novel written by Jimena Novaro and posted in [[{{WebSerialNovel}} serial form]] on her website. It takes place in the fictional empire of Gyoto and chronicles the empire's dissolution from the point of view of various characters, including the [[{{SiblingYinYang}} sons of the empress]], the [[{{FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling}} royal princes]] who lead an uprising in one of the subjugated kingdoms, a [[{{ActualPacifist}} priestess]] who struggles to reconcile the differences between the cultures of the conquerors and the conquered, and a [[{{TheChessmaster}} cunning ambassador.]]
Inspired by [[{{ImperialChina}} ancient Chinese history,]] it has [[{{LowFantasy}} very little that can be defined as actual magic]], politics, war, assassination, [[{{DarkAndTroubledPast}} complicated backstories,]] LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, and [[FeatheredFiend giant birds that destroy entire villages.]]
Inspired by [[{{ImperialChina}} ancient Chinese history,]] it has [[{{LowFantasy}} very little that can be defined as actual magic]], politics, war, assassination, [[{{DarkAndTroubledPast}} complicated backstories,]] LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, and [[FeatheredFiend giant birds that destroy entire villages.]]
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''The Withering Sword'' is an EpicFantasy novel written by Jimena Novaro and posted in [[{{WebSerialNovel}} [[WebSerialNovel serial form]] on her website. It takes place in the fictional empire of Gyoto and chronicles the empire's dissolution from the point of view of various characters, including the [[{{SiblingYinYang}} [[SiblingYinYang sons of the empress]], the [[{{FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling}} [[FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling royal princes]] who lead an uprising in one of the subjugated kingdoms, a [[{{ActualPacifist}} [[ActualPacifist priestess]] who struggles to reconcile the differences between the cultures of the conquerors and the conquered, and a [[{{TheChessmaster}} [[TheChessmaster cunning ambassador.]]
Inspired by[[{{ImperialChina}} [[ImperialChina ancient Chinese history,]] it has [[{{LowFantasy}} [[LowFantasy very little that can be defined as actual magic]], politics, war, assassination, [[{{DarkAndTroubledPast}} [[DarkAndTroubledPast complicated backstories,]] LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, a huge cast, and [[FeatheredFiend giant birds that destroy entire villages.]]
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There's a [[http://www.jimenanovaro.com/the-withering-sword/appendices-characters/ page on the author's website]] to help keep track of them all.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Avaho and eventually Yamo, [[spoiler: but the trope is [[{{SubvertedTrope}} subverted.]] By the end of the first chapter, there are no princesses in the novel until Yamo gets named heir to Miihing... and gets killed before she can become queen. Being a princess is practically a death sentence.]]
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Inspired by [[{{ImperialChina}} ancient Chinese history,]] it has [[{{LowFantasy}} very little that can be defined as actual magic]], politics, war, assassination, [[{{DarkAndTroubledPast}} complicated backstories,]] LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, and [[{{BigBadassBirdOfPrey}} giant birds that destroy entire villages.]]
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Inspired by [[{{ImperialChina}} ancient Chinese history,]] it has [[{{LowFantasy}} very little that can be defined as actual magic]], politics, war, assassination, [[{{DarkAndTroubledPast}} complicated backstories,]] LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, and [[{{BigBadassBirdOfPrey}} [[FeatheredFiend giant birds that destroy entire villages.]]
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* BigBadassBirdOfPrey: The mountain birds are the size of a man and so far have destroyed several villages, killed soldiers, and generally terrorized the empire. The dawn bird is supposedly even bigger and smarter.
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* FeatheredFiend: The mountain birds are the [[GiantFlyer size of a man]] and so far have destroyed several villages, killed soldiers, and generally terrorized the empire. The dawn bird is supposedly even bigger and smarter.
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* LoveMakesYouDumb: Amraxes constantly berates himself for allowing Ahiri to cloud his judgment, but can't really do anything about it.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Near the beginning, Amraxes sees a hawk that he thinks is his reincarnated sister. Later on, [[spoiler: a hawk saves Demys from getting torn limb from limb.]] Helor Liwing's intimidation techniques are also an example of this trope.
* MoodyMount: Gyara's black stallion. Despite being an expert horsewoman, she often has trouble staying in the saddle. It's implied that she rides him as a matter of pride.
-->'''One of Gyara's men:''' That's why little girls shouldn't ride bad-tempered stallions.
-->'''Gyara:''' Keep quiet. He doesn't like being called bad-tempered.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Near the beginning, Amraxes sees a hawk that he thinks is his reincarnated sister. Later on, [[spoiler: a hawk saves Demys from getting torn limb from limb.]] Helor Liwing's intimidation techniques are also an example of this trope.
* MoodyMount: Gyara's black stallion. Despite being an expert horsewoman, she often has trouble staying in the saddle. It's implied that she rides him as a matter of pride.
-->'''One of Gyara's men:''' That's why little girls shouldn't ride bad-tempered stallions.
-->'''Gyara:''' Keep quiet. He doesn't like being called bad-tempered.
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* NorthIsColdSouthIsHot: Hassal is farther north than anything else we see in the novel, and characters have to wear furs constantly to keep warm. Silaron and Nerion, who are from Miihing, in the south, suffer the cold when they travel north to Gyoto.
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* TheLegendOfChekhov: Prince Demys reads about the legend of the dawn and dusk birds and thinks it might be an explanation of why the mountain birds are attacking the countryside. No one takes his theory seriously, since it's "just a legend."
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There's a [[http://www.jimenanovaro.com/the-withering-sword/appendices-characters/ page on the author's website]] to help keep track of them all.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There's a [[http://www.jimenanovaro.com/the-withering-sword/appendices-characters/ page on the author's website]] to help keep track of them all.
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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Yarod stabs a man he's just poisoned.
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--->'''Yarod:''' It was taking too long to act. I couldn't listen to him any longer.
--->'''Xemyo:''' He'd already eaten poison.
--->'''Yarod:''' It was taking too long to act. I couldn't listen to him any longer.
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* BadassBoast: The Myagadhars seem prone to do this. The current empress' father reportedly said "Gods may fall before our dynasty does" right before [[spoiler: he died of poisoning.]]
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* BadassBoast: The Myagadhars seem prone to do this. The current empress' father reportedly said "Gods may fall before our dynasty does" right before [[spoiler: he died of poisoning.]]
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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Avaho and eventually Yamo, [[spoiler: but the trope is[[{{SubvertedTrope}} subverted.]] By the end of the first chapter, there are no princesses in the novel until Yamo gets named heir to Miihing... and gets killed before she can become queen. Being a princess is practically a death sentence.]]
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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Avaho and eventually Yamo, [[spoiler: but the trope is[[{{SubvertedTrope}} is [[{{SubvertedTrope}} subverted.]] By the end of the first chapter, there are no princesses in the novel until Yamo gets named heir to Miihing... and gets killed before she can become queen. Being a princess is practically a death sentence.]]
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* TheUnfavorite: There's no question as to which of her children the empress cares about the least. She doesn't even consider making Demys her heir, and has an overall poor opinion of her middle son's abilities--actually, everyone seems to have a poor opinion of Demys' abilities, including Demys himself.
* UnlikelyHero: Demys is a bumbling scholar who can't wield any weapons and is terrified of riding a horse, but at least Scholar Geyas seems to think he'll be the one to save everyone.
* UnlikelyHero: Demys is a bumbling scholar who can't wield any weapons and is terrified of riding a horse, but at least Scholar Geyas seems to think he'll be the one to save everyone.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: [[spoiler: [[{{SubvertedTrope}} Subverted.]] By the end of the first chapter, there are no princesses in the novel, unless you count Celari, the daughter of the Lord Captain of Leiyang, who's technically not a princess.]]
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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Avaho and eventually Yamo, [[spoiler: [[{{SubvertedTrope}} Subverted.but the trope is[[{{SubvertedTrope}} subverted.]] By the end of the first chapter, there are no princesses in the novel, unless you count Celari, the daughter of the Lord Captain of Leiyang, who's technically not novel until Yamo gets named heir to Miihing... and gets killed before she can become queen. Being a princess.princess is practically a death sentence.]]
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* BaddassBoast: The Myagadhars seem prone to do this. The current empress' father reportedly said "Gods may fall before our dynasty does" right before [[spoiler: he died of poisoning.]]
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Xemyo is an ambassador tasked with keeping the peace between the empire and one of its subjugate territories, Hassal. She seems pretty inoffensive until she starts playing the Hassali lords against each other [[spoiler: and ends up starting a war... ''on purpose.'']]
* BlackSheep: The oldest and youngest children of the empress are both imperial, commanding, and pretty well-respected. The middle sibling, Demys, is a bumbling bookworm whom everyone makes fun of.
* BornInTheSaddle: The Pehm nomads.
* BreakTheCutie: Ebeya starts out as a young, naive servant who worships the empress and wants nothing more than to comb the empress' hair. Then she [[spoiler: kills a woman to protect the empress]], and it all goes downhill from there.
* BrokenPedestal: Ebeya has spent all her life looking up to the empress. She [[spoiler: kills for her]], risks her life for her, and ends up discovering the empress [[spoiler: has been a puppet for Helor Liwing for who knows how long.]]
* BlackSheep: The oldest and youngest children of the empress are both imperial, commanding, and pretty well-respected. The middle sibling, Demys, is a bumbling bookworm whom everyone makes fun of.
* BornInTheSaddle: The Pehm nomads.
* BreakTheCutie: Ebeya starts out as a young, naive servant who worships the empress and wants nothing more than to comb the empress' hair. Then she [[spoiler: kills a woman to protect the empress]], and it all goes downhill from there.
* BrokenPedestal: Ebeya has spent all her life looking up to the empress. She [[spoiler: kills for her]], risks her life for her, and ends up discovering the empress [[spoiler: has been a puppet for Helor Liwing for who knows how long.]]
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* ActionGirl: Yamo, captain of the Imperial Military, and Myogo, a Tyovadh warrior trainee. Presumably also Celari, the pirate princess, although so far we haven't seen her in action.
* ActualPacifist: Priestess Iriwe and most of the Miihing natives.
* ActualPacifist: Priestess Iriwe and most of the Miihing natives.
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* ActionGirl: Yamo, captain of the Imperial Military, and Myogo, a Tyovadh warrior trainee. Presumably also Celari, the pirate princess, although so far we haven't seen her in action.
action. Also Gyara, the young Pehm nomad [[spoiler: who captures Demys.]]
* ActualPacifist: Priestess Iriwe and most of the Miihing natives. [[spoiler: At least until a certain empress takes away their favorite prince.]]
* TheAlliance: [[spoiler: What Ambassador Xemyo manipulates the feudal lords of Hassal into forming to fight the empire.]] Also what Yamo suspects Miihing and Leiyang want to form.
* AncientTradition: The Tyovadh warriors, who choose children as trainees based on supposedly mystical indicators. No one can refuse if they're chosen.
* ActualPacifist: Priestess Iriwe and most of the Miihing natives. [[spoiler: At least until a certain empress takes away their favorite prince.]]
* TheAlliance: [[spoiler: What Ambassador Xemyo manipulates the feudal lords of Hassal into forming to fight the empire.]] Also what Yamo suspects Miihing and Leiyang want to form.
* AncientTradition: The Tyovadh warriors, who choose children as trainees based on supposedly mystical indicators. No one can refuse if they're chosen.
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* AnyoneCanDie: Characters have been dropping off like flies, [[spoiler: including, so far, two point-of-view characters.]]
* BaddassBoast: The Myagadhars seem prone to do this. The current empress' father reportedly said "Gods may fall before our dynasty does" right before [[spoiler: he died of poisoning.]]
* BaddassBoast: The Myagadhars seem prone to do this. The current empress' father reportedly said "Gods may fall before our dynasty does" right before [[spoiler: he died of poisoning.]]
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* BigBadassBirdOfPrey: The mountain birds are the size of a man and so far have destroyed several villages, killed soldiers, and generally terrorized the empire. The dawn bird is supposedly even bigger and smarter.
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The author updates the story with a new chapter, each one told from the point of view of a different character, every Sunday. It can be found [[http://www.jimenanovaro.com/the-withering-sword/ here.]]
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The author updates the story with a new chapter, each one told from the point of view of a different character, every Sunday. It can be found [[http://www.jimenanovaro.com/the-withering-sword/ here]] and [[http://www.wattpad.com/story/6294009-the-withering-sword here.]]
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* TheCasanova: Nerion.
-->'''Nerion:''' She looks unfriendly. And apparently uninterested in male companionship. I take that as a challenge.
* TheCassandra: Scholar Geyas ''might'' be this, or he might just be [[{{CloudCuckooLander}} nuts.]]
-->'''Nerion:''' She looks unfriendly. And apparently uninterested in male companionship. I take that as a challenge.
* TheCassandra: Scholar Geyas ''might'' be this, or he might just be [[{{CloudCuckooLander}} nuts.]]
* InitiationCeremony: The Tyovadh trainees put Nerion and Silaron through one. They have to make their way across rocky terrain in the dead of night, blindfolded and naked. Nerion enjoys it ([[{{NoodleIncident}} apparently, he's had to do something similar before while also drunk]]). Silaron tolerates it.
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* {{Nerd}}: Demys, essentially. He's a {{Bookworm}}, he has NoSocialSkills, and he's a decidedly NonActionGuy.
* TheProphecy: The previous emperor was worried about one that predicted that two people would bring about an end to his dynasty. According toseveral a priest who acted as his adviser, those two people were born twenty-seven years before the novel begins.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The Minister of Miihingese Culture and Religion is much more willing to hear Iriwe out than the officer at the outpost near her village.
* TheProphecy: The previous emperor was worried about one that predicted that two people would bring about an end to his dynasty. According to
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The Minister of Miihingese Culture and Religion is much more willing to hear Iriwe out than the officer at the outpost near her village.
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* WarriorPrince: Amraxes.
Amraxes, who commands the Imperial Fleet. At least until [[spoiler: Avaho dies and he becomes the heir to the empire.]]
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* TheChessmaster: Ambassador Xemyo.
* TheChessmaster: Ambassador Xemyo.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: [[spoiler: [[{{SubvertedTrope}} Subverted.]] By the end of the first chapter, there are no princesses in the novel, unless you count Celari, the daughter of the Lord Captain of Leiyang, who's technically not a princess.]]
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: [[spoiler: [[{{SubvertedTrope}} Subverted.]] By the end of the first chapter, there are no princesses in the novel, unless you count Celari, the daughter of the Lord Captain of Leiyang, who's technically not a princess.]]
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* SiblingYinYang: [[{{ColonelBadass}} Amraxes]] and [[{{Nerd}} Demys,]] the two imperial princes, are a moderate version of this trope.
* WellDoneSonGuy: The empress is this to her two sons.
* WellDoneSonGuy: The empress is this to her two sons.
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* TheProphecy: According to several
* SiblingYinYang:[[{{ColonelBadass}} [[{{WarriorPrince}} Amraxes]] and [[{{Nerd}} Demys,]] the two imperial princes, are a moderate version of this trope.
*WellDoneSonGuy: The empress is this to her two sons.
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The author, [[@/{{smokingchocolate}} a troper]], updates the story with a new chapter, each one told from the point of view of a different character, every Sunday. It can be found [[http://www.jimenanovaro.com/the-withering-sword/ here.]]
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The author, [[@/{{smokingchocolate}} a troper]], author updates the story with a new chapter, each one told from the point of view of a different character, every Sunday. It can be found [[http://www.jimenanovaro.com/the-withering-sword/ here.]]
* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: In the first chapter, we see Princess Avaho find out that she's going to marry one of her mother's councilors. However, she doesn't have any real issues with being married off until she starts to discover more about her fiancé.
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''The Withering Sword'' is an EpicFantasy novel written by Jimena Novaro and posted in [[{{WebSerialNovel}} serial form]] on her website. It takes place in the fictional empire of Gyoto and chronicles the empire's dissolution from the point of view of various characters, including the [[{{SiblingYinYang}} sons of the empress]], the [[{{FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling}} royal princes]] who lead an uprising in one of the subjugated kingdoms, a [[{{ActualPacifist}} priestess]] who struggles to reconcile the differences between the cultures of the conquerors and the conquered, and a [[{{RoaringRampageOfRevenge}} pissed-off ambassador.]]
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''The Withering Sword'' is an EpicFantasy novel written by Jimena Novaro and posted in [[{{WebSerialNovel}} serial form]] on her website. It takes place in the fictional empire of Gyoto and chronicles the empire's dissolution from the point of view of various characters, including the [[{{SiblingYinYang}} sons of the empress]], the [[{{FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling}} royal princes]] who lead an uprising in one of the subjugated kingdoms, a [[{{ActualPacifist}} priestess]] who struggles to reconcile the differences between the cultures of the conquerors and the conquered, and a [[{{RoaringRampageOfRevenge}} pissed-off [[{{TheChessmaster}} cunning ambassador.]]
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The author author, [[@/{{smokingchocolate}} a troper]], updates the story with a new chapter, each one told from the point of view of a different character, every Sunday. It can be found [[http://www.jimenanovaro.com/the-withering-sword/ here.]]
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* ActionGirl: Yamo, captain of the Imperial Military, and Myogo, a Tyovadh warrior trainee.
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* TheChessmaster: Ambassador Xemyo.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Amraxes has this for his younger siblings, and later on for his second cousins Nerion and Silaron as well. Silaron, despite being technically younger than his brother (they're twins), spends most of his time keeping Nerion from getting himself killed.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling:Nerion [[{{TheCasanova}} Nerion]] (foolish sibling) and Silaron [[{{TheDutifulSon}} Silaron]] (responsible sibling) fulfill this trope nicely.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Amraxes has this for his younger siblings, and later on for his second cousins Nerion and Silaron as well. Silaron, despite being technically younger than his brother (they're twins), spends most of his time keeping Nerion from getting himself killed.
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''The Withering Sword'' is an EpicFantasy novel written by Jimena Novaro and posted in [[{{WebSerialNovel}} serial form]] on her website. It takes place in the fictional empire of Gyoto and chronicles the empire's dissolution from the point of view of various characters, including the [[{{SiblingYinYang}} sons of the empress]], the [[{{FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling}} royal princes]] who lead an uprising in one of the subjugated kingdoms, a [[{{ActualPacifist}} priestess]] who struggles to reconcile the differences between the two vastly different cultures of the conquerors and the conquered, and a [[{{RoaringRampageOfRevenge}} pissed-off ambassador.]]
Inspired by [[{{ImperialChina}} ancient Chinese history,]] it has [[{{LowFantasy}} very little that can be defined as actual magic]], politics, war, assassination, [[{{DarkAndTroubledPast}} complicated backstories,]] LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, and [[{{BigBadassBirdOfPrey}} giant birds.]]
The author updates the story with a new chapter, each one told from the point of view of a different character, every Sunday. It can be found [[http://www.jimenanovaro.com/the-withering-sword/ here.]]
Inspired by [[{{ImperialChina}} ancient Chinese history,]] it has [[{{LowFantasy}} very little that can be defined as actual magic]], politics, war, assassination, [[{{DarkAndTroubledPast}} complicated backstories,]] LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, and [[{{BigBadassBirdOfPrey}} giant birds.]]
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''The Withering Sword'' is an EpicFantasy novel written by Jimena Novaro and posted in [[{{WebSerialNovel}} serial form]] on her website. It takes place in the fictional empire of Gyoto and chronicles the empire's dissolution from the point of view of various characters, including the [[{{SiblingYinYang}} sons of the empress]], the [[{{FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling}} royal princes]] who lead an uprising in one of the subjugated kingdoms, a [[{{ActualPacifist}} priestess]] who struggles to reconcile the differences between the two vastly different cultures of the conquerors and the conquered, and a [[{{RoaringRampageOfRevenge}} pissed-off ambassador.]]
Inspired by [[{{ImperialChina}} ancient Chinese history,]] it has [[{{LowFantasy}} very little that can be defined as actual magic]], politics, war, assassination, [[{{DarkAndTroubledPast}} complicated backstories,]] LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, and [[{{BigBadassBirdOfPrey}} giantbirds.birds that destroy entire villages.]]
The author updates the story with a new chapter, each one told from the point of view of a different character, every Sunday. It can be found [[http://www.jimenanovaro.com/the-withering-sword/ here.]]]]
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*ActionGirl: Yamo, captain of the Imperial Military, and Myogo, a Tyovadh warrior trainee.
*ActualPacifist: Priestess Iriwe and most of the Miihing natives.
*FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Nerion (foolish sibling) and Silaron (responsible sibling) fulfill this trope nicely.
*LowFantasy: There's not much overt magic, and the world as a whole is decidedly [[{{GreyAndGrayMorality}} grey,]] with touches of [[{{BlackAndGreyMorality}} black.]]
*SiblingYinYang: [[{{ColonelBadass}} Amraxes]] and [[{{Nerd}} Demys,]] the two imperial princes, are a moderate version of this trope.
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Inspired by [[{{ImperialChina}} ancient Chinese history,]] it has [[{{LowFantasy}} very little that can be defined as actual magic]], politics, war, assassination, [[{{DarkAndTroubledPast}} complicated backstories,]] LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, and [[{{BigBadassBirdOfPrey}} giant
The author updates the story with a new chapter, each one told from the point of view of a different character, every Sunday. It can be found [[http://www.jimenanovaro.com/the-withering-sword/ here.
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!! ''The Withering Sword'' provides examples of:
*ActionGirl: Yamo, captain of the Imperial Military, and Myogo, a Tyovadh warrior trainee.
*ActualPacifist: Priestess Iriwe and most of the Miihing natives.
*FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Nerion (foolish sibling) and Silaron (responsible sibling) fulfill this trope nicely.
*LowFantasy: There's not much overt magic, and the world as a whole is decidedly [[{{GreyAndGrayMorality}} grey,]] with touches of [[{{BlackAndGreyMorality}} black.]]
*SiblingYinYang: [[{{ColonelBadass}} Amraxes]] and [[{{Nerd}} Demys,]] the two imperial princes, are a moderate version of this trope.
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''The Withering Sword'' is an EpicFantasy novel written by Jimena Novaro and posted in [[{{WebSerialNovel}} serial form]] on her website. It takes place in the fictional empire of Gyoto and chronicles the empire's dissolution from the point of view of various characters, including the [[{{SiblingYinYang}} sons of the empress]], the [[{{FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling}} royal princes]] who lead an uprising in one of the subjugated kingdoms, a [[{{ActualPacifist}} priestess]] who struggles to reconcile the differences between the two vastly different cultures of the conquerors and the conquered, and a pissed-off ambassador.
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''The Withering Sword'' is an EpicFantasy novel written by Jimena Novaro and posted in [[{{WebSerialNovel}} serial form]] on her website. It takes place in the fictional empire of Gyoto and chronicles the empire's dissolution from the point of view of various characters, including the [[{{SiblingYinYang}} sons of the empress]], the [[{{FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling}} royal princes]] who lead an uprising in one of the subjugated kingdoms, a [[{{ActualPacifist}} priestess]] who struggles to reconcile the differences between the two vastly different cultures of the conquerors and the conquered, and a [[{{RoaringRampageOfRevenge}} pissed-off ambassador.]]
Inspired by [[{{ImperialChina}} ancient Chinese history,]] it has [[{{LowFantasy}} very little that can be defined as actual magic]], politics, war, assassination, [[{{DarkAndTroubledPast}} complicated backstories,]] LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, and [[{{BigBadassBirdOfPrey}} giant birds.]]
The author updates the story with a new chapter, each one told from the point of view of a different character, every Sunday. It can be found [[http://www.jimenanovaro.com/the-withering-sword/ here.]]
Inspired by [[{{ImperialChina}} ancient Chinese history,]] it has [[{{LowFantasy}} very little that can be defined as actual magic]], politics, war, assassination, [[{{DarkAndTroubledPast}} complicated backstories,]] LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, and [[{{BigBadassBirdOfPrey}} giant birds.]]
The author updates the story with a new chapter, each one told from the point of view of a different character, every Sunday. It can be found [[http://www.jimenanovaro.com/the-withering-sword/ here.]]
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''The Withering Sword'' is an EpicFantasy novel written by Jimena Novaro and posted in [[{{WebSerialNovel}} serial form]] on her website. It takes place in the fictional empire of Gyoto and chronicles the empire's dissolution from the point of view of various characters, including the [[{{SiblingYinYang}} sons of the empress]], the [[{{FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling}} royal princes]] who lead an uprising in one of the subjugated kingdoms, a [[{{ActualPacifist}} priestess]] who struggles to reconcile the differences between the two vastly different cultures of the conquerors and the conquered, and a pissed-off ambassador.
