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The Shamer Chronicles is a series of children's fantasy novels written by the Danish author Lene Kaaberboel. There are four books in total: ''The Shamer's Daughter, The Shamer's Signet, The Serpent's Gift'' and ''The Shamer's War''. The books are about Dina Tonerre who has unwillingly inherited her mother's Gift: the ability to elicit shamed confessions from even the most hardened wrong-doers, simply by looking into their eyes. Starting with the second book, her older and completely normal brother Davin becomes the second point-of-view character.

The story starts with Dina's mother being called to Dunark Castle to elicit a confession from the seventeen year old heir to the throne who is blamed for commiting a bloody triple murder. Dina's mother promises to return as fast as she can, but the next day comes and she is not showing up. Which is when a yet another person comes from Dunark and takes Dina with him, telling her that Dina's mother needs her help.

In Denmark, the series is very popular and influential. Many young people credit it as one of the only books they've enjoyed reading, or the book that first got them into {{Fantasy}} or books in general. The theater making TheMusical have said that this is the reason they wanted to turn it into a musical.

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!!This series provides examples of:
* ActionGirl: Karmiana
* AfraidOfBlood: Nico [[spoiler:because he sat with his family's blood on his hands and clothing for days. He wasn't alloewd to clan himself before Dina came.]]
* TheAlcoholic: Nico. [[spoiler:This is why it's so easy for Drakan to convince everyone, even Nico, that he comitted the murders.]]
* AngryMobSong: TheMusical has two. "Dommen" is a BurnTheWitch type, while "Skidenstad" is more of a mix between the two types.
* AntiHero: [[spoiler:Sezuan is either this or AntiVillain. Even Lene Kaaberbøl isn't sure.]]
* BastardBastard: [[spoiler:Drakan]]
* BerserkButton: Implying Rose might have stolen something or mentioning where she grew up. 
** Hurting children emotionally or physically is Nico's.
* BlackAndWhiteMorality: Unsurprisignly, as the books are meant for 10-12 year old kids.
** The first book is very much BlackAndWhiteMorality, but the story becomes a bit more grey in the later books.
* BigBrotherBully: Aun [[spoiler:Rose's half-brother, who beats her and blames her for everything.]]
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: In TheMusical. A girl with a pig chasing the dragon out from the stage.
* BodyguardCrush: [[spoiler: Melussina and Callan. Though downplayed as it isn't mentioned until Davin figures it out in ''The Shamer's War'']]
* BurnTheWitch: It's mentioned that [[spoiler:people have started burning shamers in the Lowlands.]]
* CompellingVoice: Only those who drink dragon blood can disobey the CompellingVoice of a shamer.
* DevelopmentHell: Last time anyone heard about the movie was in 2004. Hopefully TheMusical can give it a push.
** A movie adaption has been announced again by a different company. 
* DisappearedDad: Melussina's kids have two different dads, and none of them is around. [[spoiler:Until Sezuan shows up in ''The Serpent's Gift'' and Rikert is revealed to be Davin and Melli's in ''The Shamer's War.'']]
* DubNameChange: A few examples, even though the author translated it personally:
** Rose is Rosa in the Danish version.
** Karmiana is Carmian.
* DawsonCasting: In TheMusical.
* DuelToTheDeath The [[spoiler:unfinished]] duel between Davin and [[spoiler:Ivain Laklan]], and the duel between Nik and [[spoiler:Drakan]], with villain taunting and all.
* {{Determinator}}: Rose is willing to walk mile after mile with a heavy backpack to get what she wants.
* DreamWeaver: The Serpent's gift. 
** [[spoiler:Sezuan, Azuan and Dina have this gift.]]
* DrowningHisSorrows: Nico, mostly in ''The Shamer's Daughter.''
* EmotionBomb: Dina and her mother can make people feel buried in shame by looking them in the eyes.
* EvilMatriarch: [[spoiler:Sezuan's mother, acording to Melussina.]]
* FatherIDontWantToFight: Nico, which is why his father disliked him so much.
* FearlessFool: Davin has a tendecy to be like this in the first two books. 
* FieryRedHead: Rose, but only in TheMusical, as she's blond in the books.
* [[spoiler:FlirtyStepSiblings: Rose and Davin.]]
* FriendToAllChildren: Nico.
* GildedCage: After Dina had been captured in ''The Shamer's Signet'', she was kept in one of these.
* HeroesWantRedheads: Karmiana.
* HeroicBastard: All og Melussina's kids and Rose.
* HonorBeforeReason: Davin is like this a lot, and still have shades of it after his CharacterDevelopment.
* HotMom: Melussina is implied to be this. 
* IJustWantToBeBadass: Davin.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Dina have a hard time getting friends, because people don't want to look into her eyes. Wich leads to the belove. 
** The song "Alle kan vel trænge til en ven" ("Everyone can need a friend") in TheMusical.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Dina would love to be normal and play with other girls the way she used to when she was younger.
** The first book is a lot about how she comes to accept herself and her abilities and [[spoiler:she've largly grown out of it in the ''Shamer's Signet'' where she feels a bit wrong without her abilities.]]
* IWantToBeARealMan: Davin.
* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: In ''The Shamer's Signet'', Dina is forced to use her Shamer powers on anyone her captor sees fit, for trivial things. If she refuses, he'll kill Tavis, the random kid who was with her when she was kidnapped.
* {{Ladette}}: Karmiana.
* LaResistance: A poorly trained group of a few hundred men that hides in the woods and plans to somehow [[spoiler:damage Drakan's army]]
* LeanAndMean: Dama Lizea.
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Sezuan to Dina. Indirectly.]]
* MagicMusic: Those with Serpent's gift can weave illusions and mind control people by playing a flute.
* MedievalEuropeanFantasy
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Nico, when he thinks he really did kill his whole family.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Drakan and Valdracu are not nice people.
* NeverMyFault: Aun.
* NonActionGuy: Nico doesn't like swords. Or violence. [[spoiler:He feel he has to look past that in ''The Shamer's War'' though]]
* NoEyeInMagic: To use their abilities fully, a shamer has to make eye contact, but trained shamer's can use their voice too, but it doesn't work as well. 
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Black-Arse real name, Allin, is only mentioned a couple of times. 
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Would be nothing more than just oversized reptiles if not for their blood having... unusual properties.
* OutDamnedSpot: Nico.
* PerceptionFilter: One of the abilities Sezuan [[spoiler:and Dina]] have, as part of the Serpent's Gift.
* {{Room 101}}: ''The Serpent's Gift'' featured a room that was covered head to toe in carvings of faces that would whisper the worst things you could imagine to you - remind you of horrible things you have done or play on your insecurities until you were driven mad.
* RedOniBlueOni: Davin is the red to Dina's and Nico's blue.
* SmartBall: The author seems to try her hardest to prevent FridgeLogic moments, which often results in the 11 year old Dina suddenly doing genius things, and then reverting to being a normal little girl.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Though Davin isn't overly manly and Nico isn't overly sensitive, but they still have this contrast.
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: [[spoiler:This is what Melussina fears will happen to Dina, if she gets too used to using the Serpent's gift.]]
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Lene Kaaberbøl have said that Sezuan is the reason the series is not a triology. 
* StockNessMonster: Orm, a huge serpent who lives in a lake.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: In TheMusical, the song "Skidenstad" sounds suspiciously like a slightly slower version of "At The End Of The Day" from Theatre/LesMiserables.
* TheMusical: There've been made on in Demark, running in fall 2012. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NPhWUD8ozU&feature=player_embedded]]
* TorchesAndPitchforks: The equipment of the villagers who chased the Tonerre family away from their village.
* TroubledButCute: Nico.
* {{Tsundere}}: Rose towards Davin.
** Karmiana too.
* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: Ebnezer had this kind of attitude towards Nico.
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