Line #117 Literature/Phenomena


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Ilke, Alk, Arol and Kheiko.]]
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4	-> ''Where stories meet the young, is where we meet the heroes and the legends.''
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6	''Phenomena'' is a series of Norwegian YoungAdult fantasy books written by Creator/RubenEliassen. The series follows the elf boy Alk and his twin sister Ilke, which according to an old prophecy has the power to defeat Tarkan, the fürst of darkness, and by that free their world from his evil regime.
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8	The series takes place in Aldra, a country in the world Erda, controlled by the Sherpa, the Dark Lord and his evil forces. The elves are slaves by Tarkan's servants the mortoks but two elves, Harti and Khiri, manages to bring their newborn children out of captivity and to the wise vizard Sha-ra's Castle. Here will the children, the twins Alk and Ilke, raised in freedom. It turns out that Sha-ra knows an ancient prophecy, recorded in the Phenomena; the book of visdom. The prophecy says that two elf children will rise up and fight Tarkan on the Gredom fields. These two children are Alk and Ilke, and they go out to fulfil prophecy and defeat evil.
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10	Throughout the series, we follow Alk and Ilke and their adventures leading up to the unavoidable battle that will decide the fate of the world. In addition to the twins, we also get to know their adoptive father Sha-ra, their big brother figure Arol, Jolsah the mortok prince, Azur an escaped slave, and Millian who have been transported to Aldra from our own world and many others.
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12	Official site is [[http://phenomena.no/ here]], official facebook page is [[https://www.facebook.com/phenomena.no here]], and a fan club on Website/DeviantArt [[http://phenomena-fanclub.deviantart.com/ here]]. Some has been translated professionally [[http://web2.gyldendal.no/cims2html/default.ashx?template=&projectId=102&nick=Gyldendal%20Agency&menuId=6896 here by Gyldendal]], but it has not been updated in a long time including but calling a GoodBadTranslation would be too kind due to the fact it's [[{{Understatement}} not very good]]. It has been translated into Italian, Danish, Swedish, Finish and German. Has a [[LiveActionAdaptation Live Action TV-series]] in development by [[http://filmedimagination.com/index.html Filmed Imagination]], which you can read about on [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2198107/ IMDb]] and their own pages [[http://filmedimagination.com/projects/phenomena.html here]], the episode writer is open for both questions and sugestions on [[https://twitter.com/PhenomenaWriter twitter]]. Some fans hope it'll see the same fate as Literature/DeltoraQuest did in Japan which got an [[Anime/DeltoraQuest anime]], a manga and a game.
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14	* '''Phenomena''', the 2002-2011 book series currently consisting of 7 novels and so far 12 spinoffs:
15	** ''[[Literature/Phenomena1TheProphecysChosenOnes Phenomena 1: The Prophecy's Chosen Ones]]''(2002)
16	** ''[[Literature/Phenomena2ParadosEye Phenomena 2: Parados' Eye]]''(2003)
17	** ''[[Literature/Phenomena3TheLostHeart Phenomena 3: The Lost Heart]]''(2004)
18	** ''[[Literature/Phenomena4Exodus Phenomena 4: Exodus]]''(2006)
19	** ''[[Literature/Phenomena5Enigma Phenomena 5: Enigma]]''(2007)
20	** ''[[Literature/Phenomena6TheWizard Phenomena 6: The Wizard]]''(2009)
21	** ''[[Literature/Phenomena7FrostsDaugher Phenomena 7: Frost's Daugher]]''(2011)(Cover illustrated by [[http://olvesblog.blogspot.no/ Olve Askim]]).
22	** ''[[Literature/PhenomenaAzur Phenomena: Azur]]'' (6 books)(illustrated by [[http://www.oysteinrunde.no/#home Øystein Runde]])
23	** ''[[Literature/PhenomenaJolsah Phenomena: Jolsah]]''(6 books)(same as above)
24	** Phenomena The Battle For Aldra board game.(Illustrated by [[http://www.franz-vohwinkel.com/home.phtml Franz Vohwinkel]])
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26	!!''Phenomena'' provides examples of:
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28	%% * ActionGirl: Ilke and Millian
29	%% * AntiHero: Azur and [[spoiler:Jolsah]] can be seen as such.
30	%% * AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Tarkan, is Mentor, Sha-ra's jealous brother]].
31	* AloofAlly:
32	%% ** [[spoiler:Azur seems to be this in the beginning.]]
33	%% ** [[spoiler:Tarkan as of the fourth book.]]
34	* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Subverted, [[spoiler:as Alk didn't know that Mijam and her people where taken away in the first place.]]
35	* ArtifactOfDoom: [[spoiler:King Veha's heart, it might keep [[BigBad Sherpa]] from going to kill everyone in Aldra, however, he still torments them. Also [[CoolSword Kheiko]] in some way since it uses the wielder to kill.]]
36	* ArtEvolution: See [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eintotre_2074.jpg here]], wherever it was an evolution however, is up to you.
37	* BadassFamily: Alk, Ilke, Sha-ra and Arol is kinda this. Alk and Ilke are [[TheChosenOne the chosens]], Alk wields [[CoolSword Kheiko]] while Ike controls the [[AnIcePerson ice]]. Sha-ra is an badass sorcerer, who was the [[spoiler: first dragonknight]] and Arol is a badass winterbear!
38	** PregnantBadass: Khiri, and how!
39	%% * BadassCrew: The more they travel the bigger the crew gets. [[spoiler:In the end they have a BadassArmy.]]
40	%% ** BadassAdorable: Ilke
41	%% ** BadassBookworm: Alk and Sha-ra
42	%% ** BadassLongcoat: Alk and Ilke has longcoats in many covers and illustrations.
43	%% ** BadassTeacher: Sha-ra is Alk and Ilke's teacher too.
44	%% ** BattleCouple: [[spoiler:Millian and Azur.]]
45	%% ** BewareTheNiceOnes: Alk and Ilke
46	%% ** DareToBeBadass: Jolsah
47	%% ** HiddenBadass: You wouldn't guess that the innocent looking elf children are the chosen.
48	* BarbarianTribe: The mortoks, who keeps he elves as their slaves.
49	* BerserkButton: have slaves and Ilke will kick your ass, hurt Ilke and Alk will kick your ass...
50	* BrotherSisterTeam: Alk and Ilke that also are twins.
51	* BigBrotherMentor: Arol is this to Alk and Ilke. Teaching them different things, like how to fight without weapons.
52	* BigFancyCastle: Sha-ra has one.
53	* BlindSeer: They meet one on their travels.
54	* BlueMeansCold: Ilke has blue skin, and in some artwork she's depicted with blue hair, because the frost spirit Hish blew some of his powers into her, making her become a frost child with power over everything cold.
55	%%* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:Mentor and Sha-ra, Ezau and Azur. [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Azur is the one who kills Ezau]] though.]]
56	* TheCavalryArrivesLate:[[spoiler: PlayedForDrama, if they had come earlier would Ilke have survived.]]
57	%% * ChildrenForcedToKill: [[spoiler:Alk and Ilke, unfortunately...]]
58	* ChildSoldier: [[spoiler:Turns out in the end that Alk and Ilke weren't chosen, King Veha just needed someone to free the elves for him.]]
59	* ComingOfAgeStory: Follows Alk and Ilke from they are born until they're around 18.
60	%% * CoolOldGuy: Sha-ra
61	%% * CuteBookworm: Alk
62	%% * DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Sha-ra in the 1st book]]
63	* DubNameChange: In the german translation Alk is Alak, Sha-ra is Scha-ra and Arol is Arul. The only understandable is Arul since the german u is the norwegian o.
64	%% * EitherOrProphecy
65	* ElementalEmbodiment: Hisj and the other season spirits are this, but only Hisj's powers are told of thus far.
66	* ElementalHairColors: Ilke has icy light blue hair that almost looks like icicles. It's a case of PowerDyesYourHair. However the germans did an AdaptationDyeJob and gave her black or very dark blue.
67	* EvilIsDeathlyCold: averted strongly. The heroine Ilke is a [[AnIcePerson frost child]], [[ElementalEmbodiment Hisj]] is a ChaoticNeutral at worst, and the coldest place revealed so far is the [[{{Arcadia}} place where the winter bears live]].
68	* ExtremeOmnivore: the terraquses.
69	* FighterMageThief: Alk, Ilke and Millian pretty much when they travel alone.
70	%%* FolkHero: According to Phenomena Alk and Ilke will become this.
71	* GamerChick: Millian likes ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft,'' and wants [[{{Tomboy}} Ilke]] to try it.
72	%% * GenkiGirl: Ilke and Mijam.
73	%% * GenreSavvy: Millian, which confuses the others.
74	* GiantFlyer: Alk, Ilke and [[spoiler: Jolsah]] sees one in the beginning of the 2nd book.
75	%% * GoodIsNotNice: [[spoiler: Kheiko]]
76	%% * GreatBigBookOfEverything: Phenomena itself.
77	%% * HerosMuse: Mijam is Alk's.
78	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Ponjak and Melka becomes this.
79	* HorseOfADifferentColor: the [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/airprophets_776.jpg Ahmel]] is used much, as well as [[DragonRider dragons]](but only by the Dragon Knight order), wolves by the Wolf Rider tribe and sometimes horses.
80	%% * InevitableWaterfall: in the 1st book
81	* IntergenerationalFriendship: Alk and Ilke has this with many, including Millian, Azur, Arol, [[spoiler:Mentor]] and more.
82	%% * InterspeciesFriendship: tons
83	%% * InterspeciesRomance: Mijam and Alk seems to be this. Also [[spoiler: Millian and Azur.]]
84	%% * IWillWaitForYou: Mijam will wait for Alk.
85	* JeanneDArchetype: Ilke, [[spoiler:She even dies in the end, but seems to have woken up from the dead. If one like Phenomena's facebook page Ruben Eliassen will write her ultimate fate.]]
86	%% * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Jolsah
87	%% * KidHero: Alk and Ilke
88	%% * LeftHanging: And how!
89	%% * LoadsAndLoadsOfRaces
90	%% * MagneticHeroes
91	* MageInManhattan: [[spoiler:Where both Alk and Ilke goes when they are teleported to our world and the hideout for some evil wizards. The wizards hide in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nidaros_Cathedral Nidarosdomen]]. Where ever this was meant to be TakeThat to christianity or not is not told, might be because the 1st book was awarded The Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Church Affair First Book Prize.]]
92	* ManHug: [[spoiler:Alk and Jolsah does this in the 7th book, and Ilke claims she loves seeing guys hug.]]
93	* MasterRace: The mortoks see themselves as this over the elves.
94	%% * MeaningfulName: tons, aparently, according to Sha-ra.
95	* MedievalEuropeanFantasy: {{subverted}}, if one pay attention is it more like the 19th century if compared to Earth, [[spoiler: and Amyrst's dress looks more like it's from the 18th century. There is FantasyGunControl, probably because there's magic and the population's extreme fear of the unknown. It is pretty feudal, but there's one king.]]
96	* {{Mordor}}: [[BigBad Sherpa]] controls a country called "nothern country" or "country in the north" by the story and the charcters, it's never described in much detail.
97	%%* NearRapeExperience: [[spoiler:Mijam seems to have experienced something like that late in the 6th book, but it's never brought up again in the 7th so nobody really knows]].
98	* NoPeriodsPeriod: although it is hinted that Ilke and Millian talk about it once.
99	%% * OneOfTheBoys: Ilke, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Jolsah]] tries to keep her out though.
100	%% * OlderThanTheyLook: Sha-ra and [[spoiler:Millian]]
101	%% * LeParkour: Millian seems to be really good at this.
102	* PeltsOfTheBarbarian: What the mortoks wear in the spin-off, they are fond of them in the main books too, but not to such an extent.
103	%% * PictureBooks: Both spin-offs.
104	%% * PropheciesAreAlwaysRight: [[spoiler:Or so they where led to believe.]]
105	%% * PuppyLove: Mijam and Alk
106	* QuicksandSucks: [[spoiler:Early in the 2nd book Alk and Ilke are SeparatedFromTheAdults. Then they are dragged into the sand. It's actually because [[ImAHumanitarian terraqus]]'es are dragging them down.]]
107	%% * RealWomenDontWearDresses: Ilke, except for one time.
108	* RiverOfInsanity: [[spoiler:Quite early in the 1st book, Sha-ra jumps of the raft trying to stop it.]]
109	%%* DaddysGirl: Ilke
110	* ShoutOut: Millian loves coming with them since she grew up here on earth. Some to ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'', which first came out when Eliassen was 11. This was never specified in forewords, although it might be because he wanted to avoid a CaptainObiousReveal.
111	* SlasherSmile: Azur on the cover 6th book of his spin-off.
112	* SlaveRace: Elves are kept as this by the mortoks. The plot is about freeing them.
113	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Ilke was the only girl in the main group until book 3.
114	* SpringIsLate: during most of Alk and Ilke's childhood, because Hish wants to kidnap them, or as he says, play with them, so he sticks around the castle until he can't anymore.
115	%% * TheSwordThatSpeaks: Kheiko, but only Alk can hear it.
116	* TakeUpMySword: Sha-ra wants Mentor to take up the Phenomena after his death.
117	%% * TallDarkAndHandsome: Azur, [[spoiler: well according to Millian anyway.]]
118	* TrappedInAnotherWorld: [[spoiler:Alk and Ilke are trapped in our world in the 3rd book.]]
119	* TheThreeFacesOfEve: Ilke is childlike and innocent, Mijam is sensible and capable, Millian is HotterAndSexier.
120	%%* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Ilke's Tomboy to Mijam's girly girl
121	%%* TwoGirlsAndAGuy: Alk, Ilke and Millian from time to time.
122	%%* UnableToCry: Alk when Sha-ra dies, and even more when Ilke dies, which [[BreakTheCutie breaks him completely]].]]
123	%%* UpperClassTwit: Jolsah in the beginning.
124	%%* UrbanFantasy: for some of the 3rd book.
125	%%* WelcomeToTheRealWorld
126	%%* WhatDoesThisButtonDo: how their adventure begins.
127	%%* YouGetKnockedDownYouGetBackUpAgain: Harti in the very 1st chapter.

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