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2	''The Tenabran trilogy'' is a fantasy trilogy by Creator/DaveLuckett, consisting of ''A Dark Winter'', ''A Dark Journey'', and ''A Dark Victory''.
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4	In the first book, rumours arise that the EvilOverlord, defeated long ago, is returning. Things get worse from there.
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6	!!This series provides examples of:
7	* TheEmpire: The BigBad is the Emperor. He isn't an EvilOverlord, just a regular historically-plausible dictator; in the long run, much more dangerous.
8	* EvilOverlord: Deconstructed. The author started writing it to explore questions like "Just what does the EvilOverlord get out of lurking in {{Mordor}} and trying to take over the world?" and "Where does he get the AlwaysChaoticEvil cannon fodder from?"
9	* HenchmenRace: Deconstructed. Goblins are thought to be an AlwaysChaoticEvil henchman race, because the only time they've interacted significantly with humans was as the EvilOverlord's mooks; it turns out that they're actually a peaceful and artistic people when left to themselves, but as a species they have a low resistance against telepathic domination that makes them really handy to anyone with mind control powers and a sudden desire to field an army.
10	* LeftJustifiedFantasyMap: There's a map, bordered with an ocean on the west, but the usual associations are inverted -- instead of having the EvilOverlord in the east, the heroes living in the west, and an Avalon-equivalent over the ocean, the heroes live in the east and the EvilOverlord's heartland is over the ocean to the west. There are watchtowers all along the coast.
11	* MagicIsEvil: A lot of people believe this. The SorcerousOverlord probably had something to do with it, but it's also pointed out in ''A Dark Journey'' that magic is by definition unnatural: magic causes things to happen that go against the laws of nature, that's how you know it's magic.
12	* MedievalEuropeanFantasy: Written by somebody who's studied actual medieval history, not just read a lot of earlier MedievalEuropeanFantasy.
13	* OurGoblinsAreDifferent: When they're not being enslaved by the SorcerousOverlord, they're the closest thing this setting has to Our Elves.
14	* PredecessorVillain: The EvilOverlord who was defeated in a costly battle a generation earlier. Over the course of the trilogy, several people attempt to set themselves up as his successor, for various reasons of their own.
15	* PuppetState: In ''A Dark Winter'', the protagonist's homeland has become a puppet state of TheEmpire. A significant plot point concerns the revelation of how far another character is prepared to go secure its independence.
16	* SorcerousOverlord: The EvilOverlord is of this type.
17	* TwoPartTrilogy: ''Winter'' was originally written as a standalone novel. ''Journey'' and ''Victory'' were plotted together after the publisher started thinking in trilogies, and form two parts of a single story.

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