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Vanas Heritage (Original Title: Vanas Erbe - Nordgard) is a german fantasy novel written by Lucian Frey and first published in Germany in 2024. The book follows the young protagonist Nirvy, who attends a military academy named Nordgard. Her unusual appearance and heritage make her a lot of enemies and she has to struggle for acceptance. But being accepted turns out to be the least of her problems when powerful enemies lay their eyes upon her.
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* MutualKill: Nirvy fights and kills a Skjall but screws up her guard and gets hit by an afterblow [note] just before her opponent drops dead. She is not killed though, but severely injured.
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Vanas Heritage (Original Title: Vanas Erbe - Nordgard) is a german fantasy novel written by Lucian Frey and first published in Germany in 2024. The book follows the young protagonist Nirvy, who attends a military academy named Nordgard. Her unusual appearance and heritage make her a lot of enemies and she has to struggle for acceptance. But being accepted turns out to be the least of her problems when powerful enemies lay their eyes upon her.
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!!Vanas Heritage contains examples of:
* AccidentalAimingSkills: Ylvie, misses her target – the chest of a Shor-Warrior – and kills him instantly by accidentally hitting his brain stem instead.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Most of the students of the warrior and ranger classes on Nordgard dislike Nirvy, some see an easy target for ridicule in her, others are afraid to be victimized by Nemdes and her gang if they don't join in, too.
* AllTrollsAreDifferent: Some Skjalla-Bands bring Tryll into battle; huge brutes with their size-range starting at bear-sized, who usually carry clubs and are very hard to kill.
* ATasteOfTheLash: Vladr uses a whip, a lash, a cane, and a bullwhip on Nirvy. Yes, he has an obsession.
* AdultsAreUseless: Played with. The warriors of Vátnfall, who could have easily chased the mercenaries are preoccupied fending off an invasion in the east, so it all comes down to Ylvie, Halvor and Namar. Avaron accompanies them, but he zig-zags between desperation and fierce determination, while not being the greatest warrior himself.
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: In the middle of the book, the perspective changes abruptly from Nirvy to Halvor. Just as if something happened...
* AnimalEyeSpy: Vladr uses a seer-crow to scout the land and carry messages.
* ArmorIsUseless: Averted in the whole book. At one occasion Halvor swings his axe at a Shor warrior and the mail he is wearing stops it from penetrating. Halvor must bring him down with repeated axe-strikes and stab him into the armpit to kill him. When Avaron is later hit in the head, he is "only" knocked unconscious due to him wearing a Helmet.
* BadBoss: Vladr excels at threatening, killing, and upsetting his subordinates. In his arrogance he doesn´t even realize that this might come back to bite him later.
* BarbarianLongHair: Vladr has a long mane which is described as ashen and wild.
* BarelyThereSwimwear: Played straight, played for laughs and discussed. While Northeners skinny dip without shame, the Eldamirians don´t. When confronted with naked Northeners, the ambassador from Eldamir demanded that schools where eldamirian students are present should employ mandatory swimwear. The Northeners complied by introducing barely-there swimwear, which barely covers anything.
* BeachEpisode: In northern culture, swimming and socializing near and in the water takes a huge role. That´s no different at Nordgard, which is in the near vicinity of a lake.
* BloodSplatteredWarrior: After slaying Vladr, Halvors face is dashed in blood. And so is Nirvy, after her fighting the Skjalla.
* BreedingCult: The Shor try to create a master-race through selective breeding.
* BreedingSlave: Shor women are this. Their only purpose is to raise as many strong children as possible. If they fail at this, they get demoted to sex slave at best and "removed" at worst.
* CatScare: While intruding Dubransk castle, Halvor gets scared by a cat. He then uses this cat to play a cat scare on a guard. When the guard is relieved, that it was just a cat, and lets his guard down, he gets surprised by Avaron and Halvor and is subsequently slain.
* ChosenConceptionPartner: Siyana can be impregnated by a man-wolf, so she is given to Vladr for reproducing.
* CitadelCity: Vátnfall is an enormous bastion, which guards the northern lands from invasion.
* ClothingDamage: In her first fight, Fjor grabs Nirvys shirt, and it gets torn halfway through. Downplayed, as it doesn't expose anything and Nirvy isn't too bothered at first.
* CombatMedic: War-healers are this. In the north, they accompany soldiers for treatment of typical soldier diseases and wounds and are protected by a personal bodyguard, called Fjorbera.
* CommonTongue: All sentient beings created by Vana understand a common tongue, even if they have a completely different mother tongue. Creatures of Vânor have their separate common tongue.
* CuteButCacophonic: While looking for Nirvy, Yvlie shouts her name so loudly, even the still sleepy Namar gets a good scare of it.
* CuteClumsyGirl: Downplayed – Nirvy usually isn´t clumsy at all but when Halvor sees her naked she is so overrun by her thoughts that she gets really clumsy.
* DeathOfAChild: In the skirmish with the Skjalla and the direct aftermath, three teenaged students lose their lives.
* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: After Nirvys failed attempt to flee from captivity, Vladr starves her to weaken and punish her. He goes so far; she almost starves to death.
* ExposedToTheElements: Justified with Nirvys Outfit because Inari are not affected by the cold.
* FanDisservice: Nirvy spends most of the second half of the story naked, but her treatment by Vladr makes it anything but erotic. Siyanas Sex scene is outright nightmare fuel as well.
* FateWorseThanDeath: As'Saif sees Nirvys captivity as this because he expects that she will get abused and tortured even before she is brought to Vânorak. Nirvy disagrees at first and is determined not to give up, but she changes her mind, after she is being left alone with Vladr.
* FetusTerrible: After Vladr impregnates Siyana, she feels that her Baby is possessed by an evil force. It has quite an effect on her.
* FisticuffProvokingComment: Halvors and Nerons stand-off ends in a fistfight, when Halvor compares Neron and his gang to a past war criminal.
* GlassWeapon: The Skjalla, Nirvy encounters on the road to Vátnfall carry weapons not too different to a maquahuitl.
* HeroicResolve: After Avaron is defeated by Vladr, Halvor realizes that he must step up and face him, to save his friends.
* HighPressureBlood: Nirvy hits a Skjalls throat with her sword and his blood splats in her face.
* HopeSpot: After she gets abducted by Vladr and his mercenaries, Nirvy tries to escape captivity as the opportunity presents itself. She almost manages to escape but gets caught by Vladr in his beast form.
* HouseFire: Avaron sets fire to Dubransk keep, hoping to kill Vladr.
* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: Vladr threatens As'Saif to kill one of his subordinates if he fails watching Nirvy. He fails and Vladr stands by his words.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Nirvy has no nudity taboo and at the beginning of the story doesn´t care if anyone is looking at her naked body. While the story progresses, she starts to care about it more, but her outfit remains somewhat revealing.
* ImpromptuTracheotomy: Nirvy kills a Skjall by hitting his throat with her sword.
* It´sPersonal: After Vladr abducts, tortures, and rapes his daughter, Avaron is determined to kill him by himself. His justification for this may also be that he tries to protect his teenage companions from the dangers of facing a man-wolf in combat.
* JavelinThrower: Avaron and Halvor use Javelins to ambush the Shor-Warriors.
* LapPillow: After the climactic fight, Nirvy falls asleep on Halvors lap. After she wakes up, she is spooked by the fact that he was freezing the whole time and didn't want to put a shirt on, in order not to wake her.
* LimaSyndrome: As'Saif and some of his mercenaries have pity for their captive Nirvy. It does spark conflict with their master, but it´s not enough for them to betray him.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Shields – like armor – work in this setting. Unfortunately for Avaron, Falxes work, too.
* MakerOfMonsters: Vânor frequently tries to create able servants for him. In the process he creates the Skjalla, the Tryll and were-beasts.
* MaliciousSlander: Nemdes spreads lies about Nirvy being a spy from Ilum.
* MatureWorkChildProtagonists: Even though the protagonists are mostly teenagers, when the first kids get brutally killed in a skirmish it is made clear that this is not a story for kids or even teens. And that's even before the second half...
* MercyKill: As'Saif on one occasion tries to kill Nirvy to spare her from the abuse by Vladr but gets interrupted by Vladr.
* MoeGreeneSpecial: Nirvy shoots an arrow into a Skjalls eye. Jord gets speared in the face by Ghazghar.
* MutualKill: Nirvy fights and kills a Skjall but screws up her guard and gets hit by an afterblow [note] just before her opponent drops dead. She is not killed though, but severely injured.
* NeverAcceptedInHisHometown: Inverted. Despite her being vastly different from typical Northeners, Nirvy was always accepted in her hometown. Her stepdad had a play in this acceptance, so when she is separated from him, she learns the hard way, that not everybody in the wide world is nice and without prejudice.
* NoDressCode: On Nordgard, students and teachers don´t have to adhere to a dress code. Nirvys midriff-baring tops are no concern for any of the teachers.
* NotInMyContract: In the climax, Vladr orders As'Saif to disarm the opposing mercenary force with his mercenaries. As'Saif responds that he is hired for escort duty on the road, and they haven't left the city yet.
* NothingButSkinAndBones: When Nirvy is finally rescued, she is so emaciated that it is apparent that she was only days from starving to death.
* OffWithHisHead: Nirvy cuts at a Skjall from behind and severs a good chunk out of his head.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Nirvy is almost fourteen at the start of the book, but gets mistaken for much younger, because of her being very short and flat-chested.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: The Dhash Mercenaries help Vladr to kidnap Nirvy, but they are mostly not fine with his actions.
* OurNudityIsDifferent: Inari usually don't wear clothes and Nirvys sense of nudity differs greatly to the standards of her fellow students. In addition, the nudity standards of all northerners differ greatly to the Eldamirians, who perceive Nirvy as being as good as naked, while the northerners see her outfit as an acceptable summer dress.
* OurOrcsAreDifferent: In the mountains of the north live the Skjalla; humanoids that come close to the Orcs as defined by Tolkien.
* OutdoorBathPeeping: When Nirvy goes out to the ocean, Halvors Family sends him to watch over her, if she decides to swim. She does and gets a good scare when Halvor suddenly appears.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Vladr is one of the Shor-people, whose culture is all about the strife for being the fiercest warriors in the world.
* PunchClockVillain: The mercenaries will do what is demanded from them – but only as long as the contract obliges them to do so.
* RapeDiscretionShot: The chapter ends as Nirvys punishment begins but it is later implied that she got raped.
* RisingEmpire: It is implied that the Shor are being serious in establishing an empire of their own in the east.
* ShipTease: There is nothing that comes out of it so far, but Nirvy seems to be interested in more than being just friends with Halvor.
* SkinnyDipping: At Stínhavn Nirvy touches the ocean for the first time and spontaneously decides to go for a swim.
* SlashedThroat: Vladr kills Sadak by unsheathing Sadaks own dagger and slashing his throat.
* SleepsInTheNude: Northeners sleep in the nude, when around family or friends.
* StormingTheCastle: Avaron and Halvor enter Dubransk Castle to rescue Nirvy, who is held captive there.
* StupidEvil: Vladr in his hybris doesn´t worry about antagonizing any of his supporters. This attitude is the key to his downfall.
* SuicideByCop: Siyana wishes to die but is unable to do it herself. She turns to Nirvy and tries to make her kill her. She succeeds, even if it is accidental.
* TeenyWeenie: Nirvy notices that Halvor doesn't respond well to Ylvies joke about penis size and makes a probably right conclusion.
* TheChase: Taking place over forty days, Avaron and Nirvys friends chase after Vladr and the mercenaries.
* TheFederation: The Northlands form a loose federation of several kingdoms, with Valheim and Vesthris being the most influential parts of it.
* TheyHaveTheScent: While looking for Nirvy, Avaron brings three dogs. They immediately scent the man-wolf and chase after it.
* TortureAlwaysWorks: Nirvy, a fourteen-year-old girl, doesn't need too much torture to start talking, because the past weeks have scared her so much, that she fears it will get much worse than that. It doesn't stop Vladr from brutalizing her, though.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: "Man-Wolves" of the Shor can change into their beast form at will. There are two stages: A animal-man-hybrid, that is closer to traditional werewolf myths and a beast-form, which is much bigger and has almost nothing humanlike left.
* WardrobeMalfunction: After Nirvy gets out of the water, she grabs her blouse, but due to the wetness of her skin and her nervousness she can't pull it over her head and must unbutton it to finally get dressed. All while butt naked. While Halvor is staring at her.
* WhipOfDominance: Vladr uses his whip to show Nirvy her place.
* WouldHitAGirl: Vladr has no remorse, beating Nirvy up.
* YankTheDogsChain: After all her struggle beforehand, Nirvy is finally happy and with her friends. Then shit hits the fan.
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* AccidentalAimingSkills: Ylvie, misses her target – the chest of a Shor-Warrior – and kills him instantly by accidentally hitting his brain stem instead.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Most of the students of the warrior and ranger classes on Nordgard dislike Nirvy, some see an easy target for ridicule in her, others are afraid to be victimized by Nemdes and her gang if they don't join in, too.
* AllTrollsAreDifferent: Some Skjalla-Bands bring Tryll into battle; huge brutes with their size-range starting at bear-sized, who usually carry clubs and are very hard to kill.
* ATasteOfTheLash: Vladr uses a whip, a lash, a cane, and a bullwhip on Nirvy. Yes, he has an obsession.
* AdultsAreUseless: Played with. The warriors of Vátnfall, who could have easily chased the mercenaries are preoccupied fending off an invasion in the east, so it all comes down to Ylvie, Halvor and Namar. Avaron accompanies them, but he zig-zags between desperation and fierce determination, while not being the greatest warrior himself.
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: In the middle of the book, the perspective changes abruptly from Nirvy to Halvor. Just as if something happened...
* AnimalEyeSpy: Vladr uses a seer-crow to scout the land and carry messages.
* ArmorIsUseless: Averted in the whole book. At one occasion Halvor swings his axe at a Shor warrior and the mail he is wearing stops it from penetrating. Halvor must bring him down with repeated axe-strikes and stab him into the armpit to kill him. When Avaron is later hit in the head, he is "only" knocked unconscious due to him wearing a Helmet.
* BadBoss: Vladr excels at threatening, killing, and upsetting his subordinates. In his arrogance he doesn´t even realize that this might come back to bite him later.
* BarbarianLongHair: Vladr has a long mane which is described as ashen and wild.
* BarelyThereSwimwear: Played straight, played for laughs and discussed. While Northeners skinny dip without shame, the Eldamirians don´t. When confronted with naked Northeners, the ambassador from Eldamir demanded that schools where eldamirian students are present should employ mandatory swimwear. The Northeners complied by introducing barely-there swimwear, which barely covers anything.
* BeachEpisode: In northern culture, swimming and socializing near and in the water takes a huge role. That´s no different at Nordgard, which is in the near vicinity of a lake.
* BloodSplatteredWarrior: After slaying Vladr, Halvors face is dashed in blood. And so is Nirvy, after her fighting the Skjalla.
* BreedingCult: The Shor try to create a master-race through selective breeding.
* BreedingSlave: Shor women are this. Their only purpose is to raise as many strong children as possible. If they fail at this, they get demoted to sex slave at best and "removed" at worst.
* CatScare: While intruding Dubransk castle, Halvor gets scared by a cat. He then uses this cat to play a cat scare on a guard. When the guard is relieved, that it was just a cat, and lets his guard down, he gets surprised by Avaron and Halvor and is subsequently slain.
* ChosenConceptionPartner: Siyana can be impregnated by a man-wolf, so she is given to Vladr for reproducing.
* CitadelCity: Vátnfall is an enormous bastion, which guards the northern lands from invasion.
* ClothingDamage: In her first fight, Fjor grabs Nirvys shirt, and it gets torn halfway through. Downplayed, as it doesn't expose anything and Nirvy isn't too bothered at first.
* CombatMedic: War-healers are this. In the north, they accompany soldiers for treatment of typical soldier diseases and wounds and are protected by a personal bodyguard, called Fjorbera.
* CommonTongue: All sentient beings created by Vana understand a common tongue, even if they have a completely different mother tongue. Creatures of Vânor have their separate common tongue.
* CuteButCacophonic: While looking for Nirvy, Yvlie shouts her name so loudly, even the still sleepy Namar gets a good scare of it.
* CuteClumsyGirl: Downplayed – Nirvy usually isn´t clumsy at all but when Halvor sees her naked she is so overrun by her thoughts that she gets really clumsy.
* DeathOfAChild: In the skirmish with the Skjalla and the direct aftermath, three teenaged students lose their lives.
* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: After Nirvys failed attempt to flee from captivity, Vladr starves her to weaken and punish her. He goes so far; she almost starves to death.
* ExposedToTheElements: Justified with Nirvys Outfit because Inari are not affected by the cold.
* FanDisservice: Nirvy spends most of the second half of the story naked, but her treatment by Vladr makes it anything but erotic. Siyanas Sex scene is outright nightmare fuel as well.
* FateWorseThanDeath: As'Saif sees Nirvys captivity as this because he expects that she will get abused and tortured even before she is brought to Vânorak. Nirvy disagrees at first and is determined not to give up, but she changes her mind, after she is being left alone with Vladr.
* FetusTerrible: After Vladr impregnates Siyana, she feels that her Baby is possessed by an evil force. It has quite an effect on her.
* FisticuffProvokingComment: Halvors and Nerons stand-off ends in a fistfight, when Halvor compares Neron and his gang to a past war criminal.
* GlassWeapon: The Skjalla, Nirvy encounters on the road to Vátnfall carry weapons not too different to a maquahuitl.
* HeroicResolve: After Avaron is defeated by Vladr, Halvor realizes that he must step up and face him, to save his friends.
* HighPressureBlood: Nirvy hits a Skjalls throat with her sword and his blood splats in her face.
* HopeSpot: After she gets abducted by Vladr and his mercenaries, Nirvy tries to escape captivity as the opportunity presents itself. She almost manages to escape but gets caught by Vladr in his beast form.
* HouseFire: Avaron sets fire to Dubransk keep, hoping to kill Vladr.
* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: Vladr threatens As'Saif to kill one of his subordinates if he fails watching Nirvy. He fails and Vladr stands by his words.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Nirvy has no nudity taboo and at the beginning of the story doesn´t care if anyone is looking at her naked body. While the story progresses, she starts to care about it more, but her outfit remains somewhat revealing.
* ImpromptuTracheotomy: Nirvy kills a Skjall by hitting his throat with her sword.
* It´sPersonal: After Vladr abducts, tortures, and rapes his daughter, Avaron is determined to kill him by himself. His justification for this may also be that he tries to protect his teenage companions from the dangers of facing a man-wolf in combat.
* JavelinThrower: Avaron and Halvor use Javelins to ambush the Shor-Warriors.
* LapPillow: After the climactic fight, Nirvy falls asleep on Halvors lap. After she wakes up, she is spooked by the fact that he was freezing the whole time and didn't want to put a shirt on, in order not to wake her.
* LimaSyndrome: As'Saif and some of his mercenaries have pity for their captive Nirvy. It does spark conflict with their master, but it´s not enough for them to betray him.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Shields – like armor – work in this setting. Unfortunately for Avaron, Falxes work, too.
* MakerOfMonsters: Vânor frequently tries to create able servants for him. In the process he creates the Skjalla, the Tryll and were-beasts.
* MaliciousSlander: Nemdes spreads lies about Nirvy being a spy from Ilum.
* MatureWorkChildProtagonists: Even though the protagonists are mostly teenagers, when the first kids get brutally killed in a skirmish it is made clear that this is not a story for kids or even teens. And that's even before the second half...
* MercyKill: As'Saif on one occasion tries to kill Nirvy to spare her from the abuse by Vladr but gets interrupted by Vladr.
* MoeGreeneSpecial: Nirvy shoots an arrow into a Skjalls eye. Jord gets speared in the face by Ghazghar.
* MutualKill: Nirvy fights and kills a Skjall but screws up her guard and gets hit by an afterblow [note] just before her opponent drops dead. She is not killed though, but severely injured.
* NeverAcceptedInHisHometown: Inverted. Despite her being vastly different from typical Northeners, Nirvy was always accepted in her hometown. Her stepdad had a play in this acceptance, so when she is separated from him, she learns the hard way, that not everybody in the wide world is nice and without prejudice.
* NoDressCode: On Nordgard, students and teachers don´t have to adhere to a dress code. Nirvys midriff-baring tops are no concern for any of the teachers.
* NotInMyContract: In the climax, Vladr orders As'Saif to disarm the opposing mercenary force with his mercenaries. As'Saif responds that he is hired for escort duty on the road, and they haven't left the city yet.
* NothingButSkinAndBones: When Nirvy is finally rescued, she is so emaciated that it is apparent that she was only days from starving to death.
* OffWithHisHead: Nirvy cuts at a Skjall from behind and severs a good chunk out of his head.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Nirvy is almost fourteen at the start of the book, but gets mistaken for much younger, because of her being very short and flat-chested.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: The Dhash Mercenaries help Vladr to kidnap Nirvy, but they are mostly not fine with his actions.
* OurNudityIsDifferent: Inari usually don't wear clothes and Nirvys sense of nudity differs greatly to the standards of her fellow students. In addition, the nudity standards of all northerners differ greatly to the Eldamirians, who perceive Nirvy as being as good as naked, while the northerners see her outfit as an acceptable summer dress.
* OurOrcsAreDifferent: In the mountains of the north live the Skjalla; humanoids that come close to the Orcs as defined by Tolkien.
* OutdoorBathPeeping: When Nirvy goes out to the ocean, Halvors Family sends him to watch over her, if she decides to swim. She does and gets a good scare when Halvor suddenly appears.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Vladr is one of the Shor-people, whose culture is all about the strife for being the fiercest warriors in the world.
* PunchClockVillain: The mercenaries will do what is demanded from them – but only as long as the contract obliges them to do so.
* RapeDiscretionShot: The chapter ends as Nirvys punishment begins but it is later implied that she got raped.
* RisingEmpire: It is implied that the Shor are being serious in establishing an empire of their own in the east.
* ShipTease: There is nothing that comes out of it so far, but Nirvy seems to be interested in more than being just friends with Halvor.
* SkinnyDipping: At Stínhavn Nirvy touches the ocean for the first time and spontaneously decides to go for a swim.
* SlashedThroat: Vladr kills Sadak by unsheathing Sadaks own dagger and slashing his throat.
* SleepsInTheNude: Northeners sleep in the nude, when around family or friends.
* StormingTheCastle: Avaron and Halvor enter Dubransk Castle to rescue Nirvy, who is held captive there.
* StupidEvil: Vladr in his hybris doesn´t worry about antagonizing any of his supporters. This attitude is the key to his downfall.
* SuicideByCop: Siyana wishes to die but is unable to do it herself. She turns to Nirvy and tries to make her kill her. She succeeds, even if it is accidental.
* TeenyWeenie: Nirvy notices that Halvor doesn't respond well to Ylvies joke about penis size and makes a probably right conclusion.
* TheChase: Taking place over forty days, Avaron and Nirvys friends chase after Vladr and the mercenaries.
* TheFederation: The Northlands form a loose federation of several kingdoms, with Valheim and Vesthris being the most influential parts of it.
* TheyHaveTheScent: While looking for Nirvy, Avaron brings three dogs. They immediately scent the man-wolf and chase after it.
* TortureAlwaysWorks: Nirvy, a fourteen-year-old girl, doesn't need too much torture to start talking, because the past weeks have scared her so much, that she fears it will get much worse than that. It doesn't stop Vladr from brutalizing her, though.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: "Man-Wolves" of the Shor can change into their beast form at will. There are two stages: A animal-man-hybrid, that is closer to traditional werewolf myths and a beast-form, which is much bigger and has almost nothing humanlike left.
* WardrobeMalfunction: After Nirvy gets out of the water, she grabs her blouse, but due to the wetness of her skin and her nervousness she can't pull it over her head and must unbutton it to finally get dressed. All while butt naked. While Halvor is staring at her.
* WhipOfDominance: Vladr uses his whip to show Nirvy her place.
* WouldHitAGirl: Vladr has no remorse, beating Nirvy up.
* YankTheDogsChain: After all her struggle beforehand, Nirvy is finally happy and with her friends. Then shit hits the fan.
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