Line #196 DarthWiki/KingdomOfKandar


1	''Kingdom of Kandar'' is another theoretical WebComic idea by {{Axioanarchist}}.
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3	As the name would suggest, the storyline centers around the FloatingContinent of the Kingsland and the archipelago of Kandar beneath it. Even more directly, though, it focuses on Tyra Revail, a [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan young girl]] raised by a [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Dwarven explorer]] to become an [[AdventurerArchaeologist Excavator]]. Other than [[PerpetualPoverty strained finances]] the two seem to be having a good and happy life, moving from island to island, town to town while investigating the many ruins left over from the {{Precursors}}... until trouble comes calling in the form of two "Agents" of the King of Kandar. In the ensuing skirmish [[YouKilledMyFather her adoptive father is killed]] and Tyra becomes a fugitive, leaving her with only [[OrphansPlotTrinket a strange item the brigands seemed interested in acquiring]].
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5	On the run and all but penniless, Tyra attempts to carve out a new life for herself, starting by seeking out the Excavators' Guild, a group of fellow Excavators who work together to unlock the secrets of Kandar's past. Perhaps by coincidence, she quickly encounters [[TheLancer Silas Orridian]], the Guildmaster, while doing mercenary work to live off of. Between encounters with [[TheRival a vicious wyvern with whom Silas has a grudge]], [[LadyOfWar a steel-cold Lieutenant]] of Kandar's army and her brother, a [[CulturedWarrior polite]], [[OfficerAndAGentleman respectful]] General who harbors some doubts as to the true intents of his [[EvilOverlord king]], the [[GentlemanThief Bandit Queen]], and an enigmatic [[KnightInShiningArmor paladin]] from a distant land, Tyra discovers she may have just stumbled into something a lot bigger than some ruin stash.
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7	And that's just the first quarter of Book One of Four.
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9	'''Book One Characters:'''
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11	* '''Tyra Revail:''' A mysterious orphan, but NOT in your usual sense. Tyra is [[ActionGirl active, daring, and not afraid to meet challenges - and enemies - head-on]]. Skilled with swords and other melee weaponry, especially scimitars, but best with throwing knives and similar weapons. An apprentice [[AdventurerArchaeologist Excavator]].
12	* '''Silas Orridian:''' LoveableRogue and Master of the [[AdventurerArchaeologist Excavators' Guild]]. Favors crossbows, though a rapier or shortblade will do in a pinch. [[BadassLongcoat Wears a trenchcoat]] filled with oddities and knicknacks over leather and chain armor.
13	* '''Titus Draeven:''' [[EyepatchOfPower One-eyed]] blue-haired SmugSnake of an Evil Minion. Works as an "Agent" for Kandar, collecting "debts" and doling out appropriate "justice" for crimes as he sees fit... and has a particular interest in [[OrphansPlotTrinket the item Enoch left for Tyra]]. [[ManipulativeBastard Smarter and more influential than he appears.]]
14	* '''Demas Markert:''' Titus's AxeCrazy partner. Demas is [[YoureInsane less than sane]] but [[BloodKnight exceptionally good and enthusiastic in a fight]].
15	* '''Vyper:''' A [[OurDragonsAreDifferent White Drake]] with a rivalry with Silas over an event in their past. She shows a particular interest in Tyra as well, for some reason. Has two [[MinionWithAnFInEvil fairly inneffectual followers]], Snayke and Kobra.
16	* '''Ayaka Algoni:''' [[LadyOfWar A Lieutenant in the Kandar Military]], [[MagicKnight Spellsword]] and [[HalfHumanHybrid Half-Elven]] half-sister of the general, Lucas.
17	* '''Lucas Algoni:''' A CulturedWarrior OfficerAndAGentleman, Lucas is a general in the Kandar Military. Like his half-sister he's a [[MagicKnight Spellsword]], though he has more of a preference for spears in combat.
18	* '''Apollos:''' A mysterious [[KnightInShiningArmor Holy Knight]] from a land across the sea to the west. A friend of Lucas from journeys in the past.
19	* '''Raquelle Del'Ergoh:''' A rare female example of the GentlemanThief (and very much NOT a ClassyCatBurglar), Raquelle is the self-styled "Bandit Queen" of Kandar. [[LaResistance She stands in opposition to Kandar's rulers]], [[JustLikeRobinHood stealing almost exclusively from the military and the nobility]].
20	* '''King Tiberius Kandar:''' The monarch and ruler of Kandar. Where his predecessors have allowed Excavators and other independents to search the ruins of the kingdom's past for relics, this king has taken a personal interest in the ruins... especially the [[MacGuffin Zodiac]].
21	* '''Lohan Aaronsen:''' A [[TheSmartGuy librarian and scholar]] living on the Kingsland. Serves as a Sky Contact for LaResistance.
22	* '''Draco:''' [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Black Dragon, the Emissary from the Stars, the Lord of the Zodiac]]. A powerful and ancient [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dragon]] once sealed in the sky who has recently been released. Has some kind of [[EvilChancellor arrangement]] with King Kandar.
23	* '''Riccard Alco:''' MadScientist in every sense of the word. Works for King Kandar... at least officially.
24	* '''Merdiciana Vyst:''' Alco's assistant. Has her own plans, as well as two assistants of her own who do most of the fighting when things get violent.
25	* '''[[PublicDomainCharacter Orion]]:''' ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. A hunter with a bone to pick with Draco.
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27	'''''Kingdom of Kandar: Book One'' will theoretically eventually provide examples of:'''
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29	%%* ActionGirl: Tyra, Ayaka.
30	%%* AFatherToHisMen: Admiral Josef Mandar.
31	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Miriam. "Healers know how to put people back together. By necessity this means we also know [[BadassBoast how to take them apart]]."
32	%%* TheCaptain: Admiral Mandar.
33	%%* CoolOldGuy: Admiral Mandar ''again''.
34	%%* CuteMonsterGirl: Miriam, and by extension most other nymph Satyrs.
35	%%* DarkActionGirl: Forma and Lorne; [[spoiler:Forlorn by extension, though she qualifies well enough on her own!]]
36	%%* DeathIsCheap: ... by which we mean he's a cheap cheating bastard.
37	%%* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:Forlorn at first.]]
38	%%* TheDeterminator: Orion.
39	* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Tyra ''kills '''[[TheGrimReaper Death]]'''''. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] when [[FatherTime Time]] explains that a Demigod who doesn't perform their duties properly begins to lose their powers and by extension their Immortality.]]
40	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Demigods' names are essentially nothing more than their ranks and purposes: Time, Fate, Nature, Death, etc. [[spoiler:Subverted by Trysta, who keeps being referred to by her name even after becoming Death, and who asks Nature what her name was before she became a Demigod - turns out it was Annabella.]]
41	%%* EvilOldFolks: Diotrephes.
42	%%* EvilRedhead: Forma.
43	%%* EvilTwin: Diotrephes to Apollos.
44	%%* EvilutionaryBiologist: Alco, and Vyst to an extent.
45	%%* EyepatchOfPower: Titus, Raquelle.
46	* TheFairFolk: Satyrs - goat-legged, whip-tailed, horned humanoids; technically the females ''should'' be called Nymphs but that tendency has faded over the centuries - are the distant descendants of [[HalfHumanHybrid human and fey crossbreeds]]. True fey are rare and tend to stay hidden.
47	%%* FertileFeet: Nature.
48	%%* FloatingContinent: The Kingsland.
49	* FusionDance: [[spoiler:Forma + Lorne = Forlorn. Unusual in that it's an extremely painful and torturous existence until healing magic intervenes.]]
50	* GambitRoulette: [[spoiler:The White-Haired Woman is planning ''something''... [[ArcWords "Come And See."]]]]
51	* GlassCannon: [[spoiler:Trysta: [[PersonOfMassDestruction Powerful mage]]... [[SquishyWizard zero stamina]].]]
52	* TheGrimReaper: Death is an emaciated, ancient-looking man who vaguely resembles an elf. He wears a billowing cloak and carries a scythe. [[spoiler:When Trysta takes his place she gets the cloak and scythe, but her appearance doesn't change other than her wings turning black.]]
53	* HalfHumanHybrid: Half-Elves are common, Half-Dwarves slightly less so.
54	%%* KillItWithWater: Admiral Mandar.
55	* LaResistance: Two different kinds - Raquelle Del'Ergoh's thieves and the Knights of Orion.
56	* LaserBlade: [[spoiler:The Divine Gladii (singular Gladius): Swords of [[HolyHandGrenade pure light energy]] that any Angel can conjure or dismiss at will, as long as they aren't [[HoldingBackThePhlebotinum suppressing their powers]] - IE [[VoluntaryShapeshifting as long as they aren't in their human forms]].]]
57	%%* LightningBruiser: [[spoiler:Angel Tyra.]]
58	* MacGuffinDeliveryService: [[spoiler:Destroying a Zodiac's physical body - repeatedly done since most of the Zodiac are hostile - sends its [[OurSoulsAreDifferent "star"]] back to the Zodiac Temple. Guess where Draco's headed.]]
59	* MadeOfPhlebotinum: Arguably, Kandar itself. Magic keeps [[FloatingContinent The Kingsland]] airborne, imbues even common, untrained folk with [[MundaneUtility enough basic magic talent to do household chores]], and [[WizardsLiveLonger extends the lifespan of anyone living there by up to double or more]].
60	%%* MadScientist: Alco so very very much. Also Vyst.
61	%%* MagicKnight: Lucas, Ayaka, Apollos, Sceva.
62	%%* {{Magitek}}
63	%%* ManipulativeBastard: Titus, Vyper, and Draco.
64	%%* MeaningfulName: Apollos, [[spoiler:Forlorn]].
65	%%* MirrorUniverse: Dark World. [[DarkWorld And it matches that trope too for good measure.]]
66	%%* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Lucas and Sceva, Apollos and Diotrephes.
67	%%* OurAngelsAreDifferent
68	%%* OurDemonsAreDifferent
69	* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Dragons proper are all but extinct, with only their weaker cousins Drakes - such as Vyper and her goons - still in any decent numbers. Draco gets a pass as he's been [[SealedEvilInACan sealed in the sky]] for a few thousand years.
70	* PeoplePuppets: [[spoiler:Slain Angels leave behind "Soulstones" which contain their essence, which anyone who possesses can then manifest and control. Tyra and Trysta's parents Angaius and Lyrdreia are held by Diotrephes in this manner, and Tyra is used in this manner once - accidentally - by Silas while she's dead.]]
71	* PhysicalGod: The Demigods. Their purposes are to run the day-to-day clockwork of the Universe, and have titles such as Time, Death, Nature, Phobia, et cetera. The PowersThatBe are a little more individualistic and not always as... efficient.
72	%%* {{Portmanteau}}: [[spoiler:Forlorn.]] So very much NOT a PortmanteauCoupleName.
73	%%* PublicDomainCharacter: Draco, Orion, the Zodiac, Fenrir.
74	* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Princess Summer is exceptionally active, [[RebelliousPrincess working incognito]] with the [[LaResistance Knights of Orion]] to undermine Draco's unwelcome activities and diminish their effects on the country; her brother Augustus is equally active both as a soldier and as a rebel later.
75	%%* SealedEvilInACan: Draco - Sealed Evil In The Stars is more like it.
76	%%** SealedGoodInACan: Orion, same reason.
77	* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:Tyra's an Angel!?]]
78	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: LOTS of it. Starting with [[spoiler:Ayaka using an enchanted eyepatch to turn herself into Raquelle]] and ending with [[spoiler:Diotrephes and Draco being the same being]].
79	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Fighting Phobia this comes up repeatedly.
80	* WizardsLiveLonger: The [[MadeOfPhlebotinum high concentration of magical energy around the Kandar Archipelago]] extends the lifespan of anyone born there or living there for an extended amount of time. The average Human and Satyr lifespans are around 200, give or take a few decades, reaching adulthood around 25 or 30; Elves and Dwarves live about an extra 100 to 150 years past that, and reach adulthood around 50.
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82	'''''[[{{Spoiler}} SPOILER WARNING]]: READING PAST THIS POINT WILL [[LateArrivalSpoiler REVEAL BOOK ONE SPOILERS DUE TO THE CONTENT OF LATER BOOKS]]. SAME GOES WITH EACH SUBSEQUENT BOOK. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.'''''
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84	Book Two is set twenty-six years after the end of the first, and begins with the [[DoomedHometown destruction]] of the village of [[TownWithADarkSecret Cerbolt]] on one of the most removed islands in the Kandar Archipelago by [[RobotWar an army of machines]]. When the military go to investigate, they find the village ransacked and devoid of any survivors... [[LastOfHisKind save one]], an infant girl Lieutenant Ayaka names [[MeaningfulName Antigone]].
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86	In short order Kandar finds itself at war again, this time fighting a war of attrition against [[AIIsACrapshoot Seth, the Machine Lord]] and his forces. The heroes of the Draco War have either [[DroppedABridgeOnHim died]], vanished without explanation, or [[StayInTheKitchen dedicated themselves to their families]] at the expense of leaving the military or adventuring life. Combined with an evacuation of as many survivors as possible to the [[FloatingContinent Kingsland]] and the raising of three more cities to float with it, this is the Kandar that Antigone, her cousin [[BlueBlood Selah]], and others of the next generation have grown up in.
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88	Antigone, for one, isn't going to stand for that. She wants to do something about this. Luckily she's not alone - even if her [[KnightTemplarParent protective parents]] have a few complaints, there's not much they can do to stop her when she meets [[LoveableRogue Daven Keinran]] and his father [[KnightInShiningArmor Apollos]] and learns of their plans to undermine Seth's war effort. With Daven and (reluctantly) Selah along for the ride, Antigone dives headfirst into a war that's more her own than she realizes.
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90	'''Book Two Characters:'''
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92	* '''Antigone Algoni:''' A green-haired [[LastOfHisKind girl]] from the [[DoomedHometown destroyed village]] of Cerbolt, adopted by Lucas and Summer. [[BareFistedMonk She's trained herself in unarmed]] and quarterstaff combat, intending to get involved in ''some way'' with the war below... much against the wishes of her father.
93	* '''Daventhalas "Daven" Keinran:''' Son of Apollos and Salome, referred to occasionally as [[TheChosenOne The Divine Seeker]]. Daven is friendly and witty but has little patience for fools and even less for cowards.
94	* '''Selah Aaronsen:''' Daughter of Lohan and Winter. A [[BlueBlood noble by birth]], she was raised to be little more than that, and has [[RefusalOfTheCall absolutely no interest]] in getting involved in the war. [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive Destiny apparently had other plans.]]
95	* '''Ayaka Algoni:''' Unlike her brother, Ayaka is still in the Kandar Military after the past twenty-six years, and has ascended to rank somewhat in the process.
96	* '''Apollos and Salome Keinran:''' The [[KnightInShiningArmor knightly paladin]] and priestess from the first book are still around, and actively trying to find a way to break Seth's strength.
97	* '''Augustus and Forlorn Kandar:''' Augustus and Forlorn, [[HappilyMarried married]] and ruling jointly, are primarily concerned with the war effort and Seth's conquests. Augustus, being a former soldier, is mainly focused on the straight-up military view of the situation; Forlorn, on the other hand, is [[TakeAThirdOption actively exploring alternatives]].
98	* '''Seth the Machine Lord:''' A powerful [[AIIsACrapshoot Artificial Intelligence]] once [[SealedEvilInACan bound inside an artifact known as the Mind Shard]], Seth was released by Titus Draeven after he fled Kandar following Draco's defeat. Titus's body was turned into a cyborg and his mind [[DemonicPossession suppressed by Seth's intellect]]. He seems primarily focused on [[TakeOverTheWorld conquering as much territory as possible]], but that takes a heavy back seat to his plans to "[[TheVirus perfect]]" [[TheVirus mortal races by adding his cybernetics to them]].
99	* '''Argolas-01X:''' Seth's [[TheDragon right-hand man]], a cyborg in heavy black armor. Has immense strength and ElementalPowers.
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101	'''''Kingdom of Kandar: Book Two'' will theoretically eventually provide examples of:'''
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103	* ActionGirl: Antigone, as well as returning Ayaka [[spoiler:and Tyra]].
104	%%* AIIsACrapshoot
105	%%* ArtifactOfDoom: The Mind Shard.
106	%%* AscendedMeme: Bloody Mary.
107	* BlueBlood: Selah by birth, Antigone by adoption though [[RebelliousPrincess she goes out of her way to subvert most expectations of such]]. [[spoiler:Selah eventually does likewise.]]
108	* BodySurf: Titus is only the most recent of Seth's hosts.
109	* [[spoiler:ChekhovsVolcano]]
110	* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Selah. [[RefusalOfTheCall She did NOT want to become an adventurer. AT ALL.]] [[spoiler:Then Argolas kidnapped her, discovered she had [[PsychicPowers psionic potential]], and decided to push the "ON" button.]]
111	* TheChosenOne: Older, divinely-attuned characters such as Apollos [[spoiler:and Tyra]] keep referring to Daventhalas as "The (Divine) Seeker" from time to time. He admits to Antigone and Selah that he doesn't know what it means but [[IndyPloy just rolls with it]]. [[spoiler:He eventually discovers that he was selected at birth by [[PowersThatBe Anubis]] when he has to petition the God for aid against the [[DemonLordsAndArchDevils Ur-Grue]].]]
112	%%* ClockworkCreature
113	* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]... IF you can break your connection to the HiveMind.]]
114	* DemonicPossession: Titus is nothing more now than a host for Seth. [[spoiler:Much later, while in DarkWorld, Antigone is possessed by the [[DemonLordsAndArchDevils Ur-Grue]] and has to be rescued.]]
115	%%* DeusEstMachina
116	%%* DoomedHometown: Cerbolt.
117	* TheDragon: Argolas [[spoiler:and Silas]].
118	* ElementalPowers: Antigone gets them all eventually: KillItWithFire, DishingOutDirt, AnIcePerson / KillItWithWater, ''and'' BlowYouAway. [[spoiler:Later she picks up DarkIsNotEvil and HolyHandGrenade as well.]]
119	* ElementalRockPaperScissors: Played by Antigone and Argolas.
120	%%* EternalEngine
121	* EyepatchOfPower: Seth/Titus still has his. Seth one-ups this by putting a cybernetic eye with a few tricks in the empty socket.
122	* FunWithAcronyms: SOBEK: '''S'''urveillance '''O'''perative '''B'''allistic '''E'''nergy '''K'''inetics drone.
123	** [[spoiler:APEP: '''A'''rgolas '''P'''repared '''E'''ngagement '''P'''rerogative.]]
124	* GoodScarsEvilScars: [[spoiler:The psionic brand on Selah's head appears after Argolas forces her PsychicPowers to activate.]]
125	* HailfirePeaks: The Ice Cave in Dark World, with its rivers of lava.
126	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Silas after he escapes the HiveMind.]]
127	%%* HesJustHiding: [[spoiler:Silas and Tyra, both unwillingly.]]
128	* HiveMind: Any machine or cyborg in Seth's collective is controlled by it. Seth is the only member with actual free will.
129	%%* JumpedAtTheCall: Antigone, all but literally.
130	%%* KillerRobot
131	* KingMook: Though the regular ones are hardly {{Mooks}} in the traditional sense, as they're a [[BossInMookClothing terror]] every time they're encountered... [[ShoutOut Ur]]-[[VideoGame/{{Zork}} Grue]].
132	* KnightTemplarParent: Lucas and Summer are dead-set against Antigone getting involved in any way with the war. Even after Apollos explains the good she can do they only agree reluctantly. Lohan is equally apprehensive, but lacks the stubbornness or will to stand up to Apollos... though in his case, Selah is equally unwilling to go and is only accompanying Daven and Antigone reluctantly [[spoiler:due to some foreshadowing comments made by Tyra]].
133	* LaserBlade: [[spoiler:The Divine Gladius returns along with Tyra, and Silas gains an actual laser sword during his time with Seth, which he keeps when he [[HeelFaceTurn comes back to himself]].]]
134	* LastOfHisKind: Antigone is the only Cerboltan who is not dead or under Seth's control.
135	* LethalLavaLand: The Heart of Elin, the volcano in The Twelve Hours of Night.
136	* [[spoiler:LukeIAmYourFather: Argolas is Antigone's. Her birth name is Miranda.]]
137	* MagicAIsMagicA: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]: [[PsychicPowers Psionics]] operate under a different set of rules than normal magic.
138	%%* MeaningfulName: Antigone, Set(h), SOBEK.
139	%%* MechaMooks
140	%%* MechanicalLifeforms
141	* MirrorUniverse: DarkWorld again... but this time we actually visit it.
142	* MoreDakka: [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Abomination]]. MoreDakka [[RefugeInAudacity with a]] '''''Crossbow'''''.
143	%%* NotHimself: Silas.
144	* PhlebotinumOverload: [[spoiler:Selah after Argolas forces her PsychicPowers to manifest.]]
145	%%* RebelliousPrincess: Antigone.
146	* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The SOBEK models have snake and crocodalian motifs. [[spoiler:Also Argolas's [[ScaledUp APEP mode]] and the CyberSpace manifestation of [[DeusEstMachina SET.EXE]].]]
147	%%* RobotWar
148	%%* SealedEvilInACan: Seth.
149	* ShapeShifterShowdown: See ElementalRockPaperScissors above.
150	* TownWithADarkSecret: Cerbolt, though the secret is not evil this time: [[spoiler:The Cerboltans were divinely empowered to guard the Mind Shard to prevent Seth ever getting loose again.]]
151	%%* UnwillingRoboticisation
152	* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: A non-game example, The Twelve Hours of Night.
153	%%* TheVirus: "A Plague of Spark and Steel."
154	%%* WeCanRebuildHim
155	%%* YouWillBeAssimilated
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158	Book Three has the shortest gap time of the entire series - only five years pass between the end of Book Two and the beginning of Book Three. Following the defeat of the Machine Army, Kandar turned its attentions to its neighbors, many of whom saw the magic kingdom as vulnerable after their war with Seth's forces and aimed to strike while the advantage was available. A short-lived war with the east was ended in three years, mostly due to the efforts of Commander Ayaka's DIREA team; however, the second conflict with the [[GrimUpNorth northern lands of Naurwyn]] has been much more sustained. When the enemy forces begin using [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Lune Tribe soldiers]] DIREA is called in to assist, investigate, and perhaps even repeat their performance of two years prior and bring an end to the fighting.
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160	When the team heads into Naurwyn lands to attempt diplomacy, however, the native life is less than hospitable and the native people even less so; in the ensuing chaos the team is separated. Selah Aaronsen collapses from exhaustion and injury and nearly freezes to death before she is found and saved by [[NobleSavage Kunan, a Naurwyn exiled from his clan]]. Kunan thinks Selah is a shaman, due to the illusions that manifested around her while she was unconscious; she tries to explain her [[PsychicPowers psionic abilities]] with little luck but ends up travelling with the ranger anyway, as he offers to escort her to a nearby village to speak with one of the tribal shamans about diplomacy.
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162	Along the way the pair cross a battlefield where [[OurGiantsAreBigger giants]] are rampaging, and see a [[PhysicalGod Valkyrie]] knocked out of the sky along with one of her Einherjar while trying to exit the battlefield on their way to Valhalla. Realizing the mortals can see them the Valkyrie determines something is greatly wrong and offers to accompany the pair to their destination, with the promise that they will attempt to gain the shamans' assistance in reaching the WorldTree, Yggdrasil, where they can inquire of the gods as to what has gone wrong. When they finally do so, after a few roadblocks along the way, they discover something ''is'' going wrong: [[SealedEvilInACan Loki the Trickster God]] has escaped his bonds, and [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Ragnarok]] is about to begin. All the signs are wrong, [[ScrewDestiny this shouldn't be happening yet]], but it is.
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164	'''Book Three Characters:''' Returning characters from Book Two excluded.
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166	* '''Kunan:''' A hunter, falconer, and exiled Naurwyn ranger.
167	* '''Vanessa:''' A Valkyrie trapped on the mortal world due to the strange happenings surrounding the beginning of Ragnarok.
168	* '''Kerr:''' An Einherjar, a spiritual warrior of Valhalla. Except he never quite made it to Valhalla, as he was trapped on Earth with Vanessa while being escorted there.
169	* '''Loki:''' The Trickster, the Earthwalker, the God of Fire. An [[SealedEvilInACan imprisoned]] [[PowersThatBe God of Naurwyn]], he aims to start [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Ragnarok]] a bit [[ScrewDestiny ahead of schedule]].
170	* '''Fenrir:''' Loki's [[TheDragon Dragon]], returned from his "death" back in Book One.
171	* '''Jormungander:''' The World Serpent, a [[ScaledUp massive snake]] that encircles the globe... or at least Naurwyn. Generally appears on land as a physical manifestation of a violet-haired woman who resembles Loki.
172	* '''Queen Falbrynn:''' Queen of the Fire Giants and herald of Surtur, the Fire Giant god.
173	* '''Janvulf:''' A Frost Giant warrior, aiming to prove himself in the eyes of his god Thrym and lead the forces of the Jotun in the upcoming Ragnarok.
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175	'''''Kingdom of Kandar: Book Three'' will theoretically eventually provide examples of:'''
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177	%%* AbsurdlySharpBlade: The Soul Knife.
178	%%* TheBerserker: Kerr, though all Einherjar qualify.
179	%%* BloodKnight: Fenrir and Janvulf.
180	%%* CanisMajor: Fenrir.
181	* DivineParentage: Leckhart is distantly descended from Loki. [[spoiler:Hence how Loki can manifest through him.]]
182	* FunWithAcronyms: '''D'''iplomacy '''I'''nvestigation '''R'''econaissance '''E'''spionage '''A'''ssault - listing DIREA's order of operations.
183	* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Falbrynn is... [[AxeCrazy less than sane]], to put it mildly.
184	%%* IHaveManyNames: Loki spends a page listing them.
185	%%* KillItWithFire: Loki.
186	* LaserBlade: The Soul Knife kind of looks like an energy blade.
187	* LoyalAnimalCompanion: Wild Sky, Kunan's hawk.
188	* MamaBear and PapaWolf: Tyra and Silas. [[spoiler:Fenrir makes a big, big mistake by kidnapping their infant daughter. Though it IS part of Loki's {{plan}}...]]
189	* OurGiantsAreBigger: As per the mythology they're based on, Fire and Frost Giants both make appearances. [[spoiler:Continuing his attempt to ScrewDestiny, Loki changes a few of the things they're supposed to do, however.]]
190	* RedRightHand: [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Due to transformation powers]] Loki, Fenrir, and Jormungander regularly look like someone else... however, Loki always has [[GoodScarsEvilScars burn scars on his temples and stitching scars around his mouth]], Fenrir always has thick brown hair and GlowingEyesOfDoom, and Jormun typically has [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] with [[HellishPupils snake-slit pupils]] and [[SssssnakeTalk a forked tongue]].
191	* ScrewDestiny: [[spoiler:Loki doesn't want to die at Ragnarok. So he starts the show early, hoping to disrupt some of the prophecies and ensure himself a more complete victory.]]
192	* SealedEvilInACan: Loki obviously, buried deep beneath the earth years ago by the other gods. [[spoiler:Technically he's still buried there - the physical presence of Loki is only him manifesting through Leckhart.]] Seeing a pattern here?
193	%%* SeparatedAtBirth: [[spoiler:Kunan and Kerr.]]
194	%%* SixthRanger: Kunan.
195	%%* TheStoic: Vanessa.
196	%%* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt
197	%%* TricksterArchetype: Loki, ''"But Of Course!!"''
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