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* VisualPun: The book's off-brand Italian peninsula is shaped like a hand or glove (named "the Peninsula of the Palm") while real-life Italy is shaped like a boot.
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* TakeAwayTheirName: This is done to a whole region rather than a person. During his conquest of the eastern Peninsula of the Palm, Brandin's son was slayed in a battle in the province of Tigana. Brandin is a sorcerer, and a father who dearly loved his son. In retaliation, he razed the province flat, and put a curse on it that no one who wasn't born in Tigana could remember its name.
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* TwistEnding: [[spoiler:Of the Snap Ending variety on the very last paragraph. Possibly, anyway, since we never discover which of the three got which fate. Many chapters before, Dianora sees a riselka (a fairy-like creature, something like a banshee). She repeats to herself the old prophecy about the riselka, including the lines "one woman sees a riselka / her path comes clear to her" and "three men see a riselka / one is blessed, one forks [comes to a crossroads in his life], one shall die". At the very end of the book, Sandre, Baerd and Devin are walking to meet Marius when they spot a riselka sitting by the side of the path. While there's clear hints at who ''should'' get which (Sandre is an old man, Devin is deciding between several paths for the rest of his life, and Baerd is finally considering a settled life pursuing his passion for architecture, it's left up to the reader what actually happens.]]
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* TwistEnding: [[spoiler:Of the Snap Ending variety on the very last paragraph. Possibly, anyway, since we never discover which of the three got which fate. Many chapters before, Dianora sees a riselka (a fairy-like creature, something like a banshee). She repeats to herself the old prophecy about the riselka, including the lines "one woman sees a riselka / her path comes clear to her" and "three men see a riselka / one is blessed, one forks [comes to a crossroads in his life], one shall die". At the very end of the book, Sandre, Baerd and Devin are walking to meet Marius when they spot a riselka sitting by the side of the path. While there's clear hints at who ''should'' get which (Sandre is an old man, Devin is deciding between several paths for the rest of his life, and Baerd is finally considering a settled life pursuing his passion for architecture, architecture), it's left up to the reader what actually happens.]]
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* LiminalTime: During the ember days, the dead are said to be able to walk in the world of the living. This allows the night walkers to fight them.
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* RevengeMyopia: Besides taking his revenge very far, Brandin also doesn't care that his revenge is for the death of someone who was leading an unprovoked invasion of the province of the people who killed him.
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* DespotismJustifiesTheMeans: Alberico doesn't care about anything but using his power as a stepping stone to become the Emperor of Barbadior. Brandin [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calls him out]] for not caring about anything in the world besides power for its own sake.
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* ChangedMyMindKid: Alessan eventually lets Erlein go, but after being very angry at being dragged into the mission the whole book and seeming like he is going to leave he ends up staying with the main cast for the final battle anyway.
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* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Catriana and Devin in the closet while eavesdropping on Tomasso's plan, with Catriana doing this to distract Devin from hearing what is being said.
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* OutWithABang: Catriana kills Anghiar of Barbadior after having sex with him, which she does in order to get him alone so she can kill him.
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* FiveManBand: The core group of Alessan's followers.
** TheHero: Alessan, a lost prince seeking revenge.
** TheLancer: Catriana, an outspoken follower and capable planner who isn't afraid to let the others know when their ideas are terrible.
** TheBigGuy: Baerd, the best fighter of the group.
** TheSmartGuy: Sandre, a former duke and a wizard.
** TheHeart: Devin, the newest and youngest member of the team, who everyone takes to like a little brother.
** SixthRanger: Erlaine di Senzio, who isn't there by choice.
** TheHero: Alessan, a lost prince seeking revenge.
** TheLancer: Catriana, an outspoken follower and capable planner who isn't afraid to let the others know when their ideas are terrible.
** TheBigGuy: Baerd, the best fighter of the group.
** TheSmartGuy: Sandre, a former duke and a wizard.
** TheHeart: Devin, the newest and youngest member of the team, who everyone takes to like a little brother.
** SixthRanger: Erlaine di Senzio, who isn't there by choice.
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* NobleFugitive: Alessan is the prince of Tigana who has had to go into hiding after his home was destroyed.
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* NobleFugitive: Alessan is the prince of Tigana who has had to go into hiding after his home was destroyed. He's trying to plot the death of the person who did it, which has the bonus effect of [[NoOntologicalInertia ending the curse that stops anyone not born there from even recognizing his homeland's name.]]
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: One variety of execution is "death wheeling", where the victims have all of their limbs and their back broken and are then left on a wheel to die with their severed hand stuffed in their mouth to stop them from screaming.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: One variety of execution is "death wheeling", where the victims have all of their limbs and their back broken and are then left on a wheel to die with their severed hand stuffed in their mouth to stop them from screaming. Alberico is particularly fond of doing this.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Whilst the Barbadian sky-wheels are pretty nasty, it's [[spoiler:Isolla]]'s death that really stands out. Brandin's magic ''rips her apart from the inside'', giving us our first glimpse of him not as a charming, benign AntiVillain, but as the man who obliterated a country all the way down to its ''name''.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Whilst One variety of execution is "death wheeling", where the Barbadian sky-wheels victims have all of their limbs and their back broken and are pretty nasty, it's [[spoiler:Isolla]]'s death that really stands out. Brandin's magic ''rips her apart then left on a wheel to die with their severed hand stuffed in their mouth to stop them from the inside'', giving us our first glimpse of him not as a charming, benign AntiVillain, but as the man who obliterated a country all the way down to its ''name''.screaming.
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* PreMeeting: Devin runs into Rovigo randomly in a bar in the second chapter. Rovigo later turns out to be more involved with the plot, and the Tiganan rebels, than he lets on.
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* DoomedHometown: Or doomed entire home province, with regards to Tigana.
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* ThePlace: Tigana is the name of one of the nine Provinces of the Palm, the destruction and erasure from history of which kickstarts the narrative and the main character's quest to kill the person who did it.
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* EvilOverlord: Two of them, opposed to each other as well as the people they conquered [[note]]though Alberico is in some ways more like an Evil Governor, as he's technically answerable to an off-page Emperor [[TheStarscream whose throne he'd love to usurp]], in direct contrast to Brandin, who was a king in his own right even before coming to the Palm[[/note]].
* EvilSorcerer: Alberico. Brandin is definitely a ''ruthless'' sorcerer, but [[AmbiguouslyEvil it's up for debate how evil he actually is]].
* EvilSorcerer: Alberico. Brandin is definitely a ''ruthless'' sorcerer, but [[AmbiguouslyEvil it's up for debate how evil he actually is]].
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* GenocideBackfire: It wasn't genocide so much as [[IncrediblyLamePun countrycide]], but it still led to a small bitter group seeking sweet revenge.
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* GenocideBackfire: It wasn't genocide so much as [[IncrediblyLamePun countrycide]], countrycide, but it still led to a small bitter group seeking sweet revenge.
* HeteronormativeCrusader: Upon finding out his son Tomasso had a male lover, Duke Sandre executed the lover and whipped his son for it, and took a while to show any affection for Tomasso again.
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Kick The Dog is when the character does a cruel action just to be cruel to show how bad they are, Alessan has an actual pragmatic reason for binding Erlein (he could use a wizard for his cause).
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Taeri kills himself to avoid being captured and tortured before death by Alberico. [[spoiler: Catriana]] later does the same thing to avoid torture, though [[spoiler:she is saved.]]
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* MercyKill: [[spoiler:He gives poison to his captured son Tomasso, to save him from being tortured and killed by Alberico.]]
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Brandin gives one about Alberico, though not in Alberico's presence, emphasizing how he hates Alberico for having no love or pride and caring for nothing or no one but himself, as well as only wanting power for its own sake without ever thinking of why or what he will do with it.
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If the title refers to something that is a major part of the work it doesn't count. as a title drop.
* PragmaticVillainy: Alberico is cautious and mostly refrains from being too harsh on the people he rules so he can avoid being turned against, though this starts to fall apart as he gets more paranoid following nearly being killed.
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* ThanatosGambit: Sandre's death and subsequent funeral [[spoiler:at first appears to be this, with the twist that Sandre is actually FakingTheDead.]] Later [[spoiler:Catriana invokes this trope when she assassinates Anghiar and jumps to what she assumes to be her death. [[NotQuiteDead It doesn't take.]]]]
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* ThanatosGambit: Sandre's death and subsequent funeral [[spoiler:at first appears to be this, with the twist that Sandre is actually FakingTheDead.]] Later [[spoiler: Dianora]] tries for this by [[spoiler: planning to purposefully fail the ring dive and die to destroy Brandin's legitimacy]], but backs off at the last minute. Still later, [[spoiler:Catriana invokes this trope when she assassinates Anghiar and jumps to what she assumes to be her death. [[NotQuiteDead It doesn't take.]]]]
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** The momentous first time "Tigana" is said, when Baerd tells it to Devin.
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“Tigana.”
--->''In the darkness they heard the trialla one more time, a long, descending note, and then Baerd spoke, and for the first time in his days Devin heard someone say:''\\
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* DivineIncest: The Palm has a three-god pantheon: Adaon and Eanna are consorts and brother and sister. They have a daughter, Morian, who is Adaon's second bride as well.
-->''The sin of the gods, it was named, [incest]. For Adaon and Eanna were said to have been brother and sister at the beginning of time, and Morian was their child.''
-->''The sin of the gods, it was named, [incest]. For Adaon and Eanna were said to have been brother and sister at the beginning of time, and Morian was their child.''
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* SadisticChoice: An unusual example where the ''villain'' is forced into making one: [[spoiler:In the final battle between Brandin and Alberico, Alessan orders a team of rebel wizards and Night Walkers to lend their power to supporting Alberico, forcing Brandin to choose between saving the lives of his soldiers and preserving his curse upon Tigana when he realizes he does not have enough power to do both.]] The plan is also something of a BatmanGambit, as it relies on correctly predicting the reactions of both major antagonists.
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->''...this one morning in the falling season. This morning that was shaped to become the harbinger, the promise of spring to come, of winter's end. This one single morning on the mountain when the god who was a man had to be slain. Torn and slain, to be put into his place which was the earth. To become the soil, which would be nurtured in turn by the rain of Eanna's tears and the moist sorrowings of Morian's endless underground streams twisting in their need. Slain to be reborn and so loved anew, more and more with each passing year, with each and every time of dying on these cypress-clad heights. Slain to be lamented and then to rise as a god rises, as a man does, as the wheat of summer fields.''
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* SeasonalBaggage: There is a seasonal rite about the autumnal killing of Adaon and his spring rebirth.
->''...this one morning in the falling season. This morning that was shaped to become the harbinger, the promise of spring to come, of winter's end. This one single morning on the mountain when the god who was a man had to be slain. Torn and slain, to be put into his place which was the earth. To become the soil, which would be nurtured in turn by the rain of Eanna's tears and the moist sorrowings of Morian's endless underground streams twisting in their need. Slain to be reborn and so loved anew, more and more with each passing year, with each and every time of dying on these cypress-clad heights. Slain to be lamented and then to rise as a god rises, as a man does, as the wheat of summer fields.''
->''...this one morning in the falling season. This morning that was shaped to become the harbinger, the promise of spring to come, of winter's end. This one single morning on the mountain when the god who was a man had to be slain. Torn and slain, to be put into his place which was the earth. To become the soil, which would be nurtured in turn by the rain of Eanna's tears and the moist sorrowings of Morian's endless underground streams twisting in their need. Slain to be reborn and so loved anew, more and more with each passing year, with each and every time of dying on these cypress-clad heights. Slain to be lamented and then to rise as a god rises, as a man does, as the wheat of summer fields.''
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* TemptingFate: In the prologue
-->'''Saevar:''' But they will remember. The one thing we know with certainty is that they will remember us. Here in the peninsula, and in Ygrath, and Quileia, even west over the sea, in Barbadior and its Empire. We will leave a name.\\
'''Valentin:''' And we leave our children, The younger ones. Sons and daughters who will remember us. Babes in arms our wives and grandfathers will teach when they grow up to know the story of the River Deisa, what happened here, and, even more--what we were in this province before the fall. Brandin of Ygrath can destroy us tomorrow, he can overrun our home, but he cannot take away our name, or the memory of what we have been.
-->'''Saevar:''' But they will remember. The one thing we know with certainty is that they will remember us. Here in the peninsula, and in Ygrath, and Quileia, even west over the sea, in Barbadior and its Empire. We will leave a name.\\
'''Valentin:''' And we leave our children, The younger ones. Sons and daughters who will remember us. Babes in arms our wives and grandfathers will teach when they grow up to know the story of the River Deisa, what happened here, and, even more--what we were in this province before the fall. Brandin of Ygrath can destroy us tomorrow, he can overrun our home, but he cannot take away our name, or the memory of what we have been.
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* StupidityInducingAttack: The Court Fool creation process, providing a Ygrathi king's least favourite enemies with a particularly nasty FateWorseThanDeath. [[spoiler:As Brandin found out, though, it only works so long as you've got enough magic to sustain it, and once you're out of magic, your revenge is standing close at hand, whole in mind, and very angry.]]
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Very early in the book, an assassination attempt by a minor character on [[spoiler:Alberico]] fails by the narrowest of margins, but the victim is permanently weakened by surviving it, and this long-term weakening plays a significant part in his final defeat.
* StupidityInducingAttack: The Court Fool creation process, providinga Ygrathi an Ygrathen king's least favourite enemies with a particularly nasty FateWorseThanDeath. [[spoiler:As Brandin found out, though, it only works so long as you've got enough magic to sustain it, and once you're out of magic, your revenge is standing close at hand, whole in mind, and very angry.]]
* StupidityInducingAttack: The Court Fool creation process, providing
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* AirStripOne: Tigana/Lower Corte. See PleaseSelectNewCityName below; it's a city-state.PleaseSelectNewCityName.
* AndTheAdventureContinues: On the very last page, [[spoiler:while riding to Alessan and Catriana's wedding, Devin, Baerd, and Sandre see a riselka. One of them will die, one be blessed, and one face a stark choice. We never learn who gets what fate.]]
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* ArcSymbol: A trialla singing in the nightnight. Astibar blue wine. The riselka.
* BettyAndVeronica: Devin's two love interests, [[TheReliableOne Alais]] and [[FieryRedhead Catriana]].
* BittersweetEnding: Another GGK hallmark. [[spoiler:Both tyrants are dead, the memory of Tigana is restored, and Alessan has reclaimed the title of crown prince and will be HappilyMarried to Catriana. On the other hand, Baerd will never see Dianora again or even know what happened to her, and Sandre can't get his lost family back. Also, Devin, Baerd, and Sandre see a riselka, heavily implying that one of them will die soon.]]
* BookEnds: The book begins with Alessan making a wager about whether a famous poet will mourn Sandre's death in verse. It ends with another wager: [[spoiler:Sandre betting that Alessan will be crowned King of the Palm within a year.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: It's a Guy Gavriel Kay novel, after all.
** Marius of Quileia is mentioned in the first chapter as the matriarchal country's longest-surviving king in some time. [[spoiler:He is later revealed to have been a guardian to the young Alessan, and is instrumental in the plot to start a war between Brandin and Alberico.]]
** The Night Walkers of Certando seem like a bit of a BigLippedAlligatorMoment, [[spoiler:until they reappear at the climax as newly awakened wizards.]]
** And of course, there's [[spoiler:Rhun the fool, a.k.a. Prince Valentin of Tigana.]]
* CourtJester: the King's Fool in Brandin's court is magically linked to him, acting out his master's subconscious urges.
** Marius of Quileia is mentioned in the first chapter as the matriarchal country's longest-surviving king in some time. [[spoiler:He is later revealed to have been a guardian to the young Alessan, and is instrumental in the plot to start a war between Brandin and Alberico.]]
** The Night Walkers of Certando seem like a bit of a BigLippedAlligatorMoment, [[spoiler:until they reappear at the climax as newly awakened wizards.]]
** And of course, there's [[spoiler:Rhun the fool, a.k.a. Prince Valentin of Tigana.]]
* CourtJester: the King's Fool in Brandin's court is magically linked to him, acting out his master's subconscious urges.
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* CynicismCatalyst: Residual grief over the death of his son is what drives Brandin to do what he does.
* DeadpanSnarker: Approximately fourth fifths of the cast.
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* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Alberico has spent twenty years and the entire novel scheming to become Emperor of Barbadior, cursing the current Emperor for refusing to die of old age. The Emperor finally snuffs it only two days after Alberico dies in battle.]]
* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler:After twenty years as Brandin's deformed, mindless fool, Valentin regains his senses just in time to kill his master and be killed in turn.]]
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* EunuchsAreEvil: Averted with Scelto. Vaguely hinted at with Vencel, but it never amounts to anything.
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* EvilerThanThou: Brandin is a ruthless conqueror, but he's got [[AffablyEvil redeeming]] [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes qualities]]. Alberico... doesn't.
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* EvilChancellor: Damon could be considered one, but only because he opposes Dianora. From the Ygrathan perspective, he's TheGoodChancellor.
* EvilerThanThou: Brandin is a ruthless conqueror, but he's got [[AffablyEvil redeeming]] [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes qualities]]. Alberico... doesn't.
* EvilerThanThou: Brandin is a ruthless conqueror, but he's got [[AffablyEvil redeeming]] [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes qualities]]. Alberico...
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* FeudingFamilies: Nobles are just like that.
* FiveManBand: The core group of Alessan's followers.
** TheHero: Alessan, a lost prince seeking revenge.
** TheLancer: Catriana, an outspoken follower and capable planner who isn't afraid to let the others know when their ideas are terrible.
** TheBigGuy: Baerd, the best fighter of the group.
** TheSmartGuy: Sandre, a former duke and a wizard.
** TheHeart: Devin, the newest and youngest member of the team, who everyone takes to like a little brother.
** SixthRanger: Erlaine di Senzio, who isn't there by choice.
** TheHero: Alessan, a lost prince seeking revenge.
** TheLancer: Catriana, an outspoken follower and capable planner who isn't afraid to let the others know when their ideas are terrible.
** TheBigGuy: Baerd, the best fighter of the group.
** TheSmartGuy: Sandre, a former duke and a wizard.
** TheHeart: Devin, the newest and youngest member of the team, who everyone takes to like a little brother.
** SixthRanger: Erlaine di Senzio, who isn't there by choice.
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* FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator: It would be fair to claim this is more Alessan's story than Devin's. Or Baerd's. Or Dianora's. Or Brandin's. The point is, there are lots of strong candidates for "main character" of this story… and Devin isn't really one of them.
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* GoodBadGirl: Alienor is kind, helpful woman who kisses Alessan and flirts with both Catriana and Devin ''all within her first scene''.
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* GoodBadGirl: Alienor is a kind, helpful woman who kisses Alessan and flirts with both Catriana and Devin ''all within her first scene''.
* HufflepuffHouse: We get action in seven of the nine provinces, but very little about Corte outside of its historical rivalry with Tigana, and almost nothing in or about Ferraut.
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* CourtJester: the King's Fool in Brandin's court is magically linked to him, acting out his master's subconscious urges.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Erlein never passes up an opportunity to needle Alessan and company, but--as Alessan himself points out--he ''is'' being held captive, and his people ''are'' in great danger from what Alessan plans to do. (And Erlein gets better, anyways.)
* JerkassHasAPoint: Erlein never passes up an opportunity to needle Alessan and company, but--as Alessan himself points out--he ''is'' being held captive, and his people ''are'' in great danger from what Alessan plans to do. (And Erlein gets better, anyways.)
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* LetsYouAndHimFight: [[spoiler:The crux of Alessan's plan is to trick Alberico and Brandin into going to war over Senzio.]]
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Brandin. He's a decent guy once you get to know him, and manages to win the hearts of many Palm natives, which Alberico never pulls off. But he also went on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge that unpersoned an entire country, and the less said about the fool creation process, the better. Next to Alberico, though, anyone comes out looking good.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Brandin. He's a decent guy once you get to know him, and manages to win the hearts of many Palm natives, which Alberico never pulls off. But he also went on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge that unpersoned an entire country, and the less said about the fool creation process, the better. Next to Alberico, though, anyone comes out looking good.
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* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Brandin. Sure, he's a decent guy in person... too bad this decent guy is a foreign invader, and would be plainly AffablyEvil (or even FauxAffablyEvil), had he been the sole invader of Peninsula. Next to Alberico, though, anyone comes out looking good.
** Alessan's mother, Pasithea, thinks he should have killed Brandin years ago, giving zero craps about Alberico or the rest of the Palm.
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* NoOntologicalInertia: A DiscussedTrope, as it is an important plot point that drives part of the story. The curse Brandin laid upon Tigana only exists so long as Brandin himself lives. Upon his death the curse will end and people will be able to speak of Tigana once more. That is why he is staying in the Palm and prolonging his life through unnatural means... for his vengeance to be complete he needs to outlive ''everyone'' who was born in Tigana before it fell.
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* NoOntologicalInertia: A DiscussedTrope, as it is an important plot point that drives part of the story. The curse Brandin laid upon Tigana only exists so long as Brandin himself lives. Upon his death the curse will end and people will be able to speak of Tigana once more. That is why he is staying in the Palm and prolonging his life through unnatural means... means: for his vengeance to be complete he needs to outlive ''everyone'' who was born in Tigana before it fell.
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* PleaseSelectNewCityName: Brandin renaming Tigana to Lower Corte is a major driving force in the main plot. He magically ''erases'' the name Tigana from the consciousness of anyone who didn't live there when it was Tigana, so that it seems the name, and the memory of the city-state, is destined to die with that generation.
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* PleaseSelectNewCityName: Brandin renaming Tigana to Lower Corte is a major driving force in the main plot. He magically ''erases'' the name Tigana from the consciousness of anyone who didn't live there when it was Tigana, so that it seems the name, and the memory of the city-state, is destined to die with that generation.
** Both tyrants also suffer from dangerous pride. Brandin is too proud to forgive the Tiganese for killing his son, and Alberico is too proud to cut his losses and sail home without being certain he'll immediately be made emperor.
** Averted by Alessan. He desperately wants revenge against Brandin for what he did to Tigana. However, he's rational enough to understand that his revenge would be meaningless if it hands the entire Palm over to [[TheCaligula Alberico]].
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* RoyalHarem: Brandin has one, called a saishan. One of the concubines, Dianora, is actually planning to kill Brandin in revenge for what he did to Tigana, [[spoiler:but changes her mind]].
* RoyaltySuperPower: The Princes of Tigana can bind wizards to them. This comes to them via DivineParentage.
* RoyaltySuperPower: The Princes of Tigana can bind wizards to them. This comes to them via DivineParentage.
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* RoyalHarem: Brandin has one, called a saishan. One of the concubines, Dianora, is actually planning to kill Brandin in revenge for what he did to Tigana, [[spoiler:but changes her mind]].
Tigana.
* RoyaltySuperPower: The Princes of Tigana can bind wizards tothem.their service. This comes to them via DivineParentage.
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* SupportingProtagonist: It would be fair to claim this is more Alessan's story than Devin's. Or Baerd's. Or Dianora's. Or Brandin's. The point is, there are lots of strong candidates for "main character" of this story… and Devin isn't really one of them.
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* TwistEnding: [[spoiler:Of the Snap Ending variety on the very last paragraph. Possibly, anyway, since we never discover which of the three got which fate. Many chapters before, Dianora sees a riselka (a fairy-like creature, something like a banshee). She repeats to herself the old prophecy about the riselka, including the lines "one woman sees a riselka / her path comes clear to her" and "three men see a riselka / one is blessed, one forks [comes to a crossroads in his life], one shall die". At the very end of the book, Sandre, Baerd and Devin are walking to meet Marius when they spot a riselka sitting by the side of the path. While there's clear hints at who ''should'' get which (Sandre is an old man, Baerd is deciding which of the women in his life he should go to see, and Devin is a young man with a vast array of opportunities ahead of him), it's left up to the reader what actually happens.]]
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* TwistEnding: [[spoiler:Of the Snap Ending variety on the very last paragraph. Possibly, anyway, since we never discover which of the three got which fate. Many chapters before, Dianora sees a riselka (a fairy-like creature, something like a banshee). She repeats to herself the old prophecy about the riselka, including the lines "one woman sees a riselka / her path comes clear to her" and "three men see a riselka / one is blessed, one forks [comes to a crossroads in his life], one shall die". At the very end of the book, Sandre, Baerd and Devin are walking to meet Marius when they spot a riselka sitting by the side of the path. While there's clear hints at who ''should'' get which (Sandre is an old man, Baerd Devin is deciding which of between several paths for the women in rest of his life, and Baerd is finally considering a settled life he should go to see, and Devin is a young man with a vast array of opportunities ahead of him), pursuing his passion for architecture, it's left up to the reader what actually happens.]]
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* WackyWaysideTribe: Possibly the Night Walkers. On the one hand, they pop up with no foreshadowing whatsoever, and receive little mention afterwards. On the other, they provide significant CharacterDevelopment for one member of the heroes' party, as well as showing that there are rather more serious, immediate reasons to restore Tigana than just addressing past grievances.
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* VillainousRROD: [[spoiler:How Brandin finally falls. Alessan's team lend their magic to Alberico at the final battle. To counter them, Brandin is forced to cancel the spell on Tigana, and ultimately spend all the magic in his body.]]
* WackyWaysideTribe: Possibly the Night Walkers. On the one hand, they pop up with no foreshadowingwhatsoever, and receive little mention afterwards.whatsoever. On the other, they provide significant CharacterDevelopment for one member of the heroes' party, as well as showing that there are rather more serious, immediate reasons to restore Tigana than just addressing past grievances. [[spoiler:They also [[ChekhovsGunman reappear at the climax]] after Sandre and Baerd realize that their ability to share dreams constitutes a form of wizardry.]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: Sandre deeply regrets having been this to Tomasso, even verging into IHaveNoSon out of disapproval of Tomasso's homosexuality. He does get the chance to apologize and tell Tomasso how proud he is [[spoiler:right before slipping Tomasso poison in Alberico's dungeon.]]
* WackyWaysideTribe: Possibly the Night Walkers. On the one hand, they pop up with no foreshadowing
* WellDoneSonGuy: Sandre deeply regrets having been this to Tomasso, even verging into IHaveNoSon out of disapproval of Tomasso's homosexuality. He does get the chance to apologize and tell Tomasso how proud he is [[spoiler:right before slipping Tomasso poison in Alberico's dungeon.]]
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* AffablyEvil[=/=]AntiVillain: Brandin is cultured, benevolent, an excellent ruler, and an all-around great guy. However, he'll never be dissuaded from seeking revenge against those who have wronged him, no matter who (or what) it harms (or who actually wronged whom in the first place), and so for the good of the entire Peninsula, he's got to go.
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* AffablyEvil[=/=]AntiVillain: AffablyEvil: Brandin is cultured, benevolent, an excellent ruler, and an all-around great guy. However, he'll never be dissuaded from seeking revenge against those who have wronged him, no matter who (or what) it harms (or who actually wronged whom in the first place), and so for the good of the entire Peninsula, he's got to go.
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* AlienSky[=/=]WeirdMoon: Their world has two moons, Vidomni and Ilarion. The former is white, and the later blue.
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* AlienSky[=/=]WeirdMoon: AlienSky: Their world has two moons, Vidomni and Ilarion. The former is white, and the later blue.
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* TheJester: the King's Fool in Brandin's court is magically linked to him, acting out his master's subconscious urges.
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* TheJester: CourtJester: the King's Fool in Brandin's court is magically linked to him, acting out his master's subconscious urges.
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* WizardsLiveLonger: Sorcerers are longer lived than ordinary people, though ''how'' long isn't specified. Brandin is in his sixties but only looks around half that, and indicates he fully expects to still be alive and hale after ''another'' sixty years have passed; we don't get confirmation on how old Alberico is.
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* FieryRedhead: Catriana
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%%* LoveHurts: Oh boy.
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* BlackAndGrayMorality[=/=]TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil: Alessan is pretty grey AntiHero, Brandin is is somewhat darker grey AntiVillain, and Alberico... is freaking TheCaligula.
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* GreyAndBlackMorality[=/=]TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil: Alessan is pretty grey AntiHero, Brandin is is somewhat darker grey AntiVillain, and Alberico... is freaking TheCaligula.
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* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Sandre, at the very start]]. Catriana later attempts a suicidal bridge-dive for propaganda purposes. [[spoiler:She fails, thanks to a intervention by one of the wizards.]]
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* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Sandre, at the very start]]. Catriana later attempts fakes a suicidal bridge-dive for propaganda purposes. [[spoiler:She fails, thanks to a intervention by one [[spoiler:It’s several layers of the wizards.foreshadowing.]]
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* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Sandre, at the very start]]; Catriana later fakes a bridge-dive for propaganda purposes.
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* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Sandre, at the very start]]; start]]. Catriana later fakes attempts a suicidal bridge-dive for propaganda purposes. [[spoiler:She fails, thanks to a intervention by one of the wizards.]]
