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Old fantasy story written by @/NotSoBadassLongcoat and published in ''[=NoName=]'' (seriously, it was called that) e-zine around the year 2000. The protagonist, a [[OurElvesAreDifferent Sea Elf]] adventurer, seeks the assassin of her mother and gets involved with [[ClicheStorm all kinds of cliched hijinks]] that usually happen to adventurers. It helped lay the foundations for the adventures of Literature/BjornWestlanderAgentRetriever, sharing the same world (with some name changes and {{retcon}}s).
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More notable tropes involved:
* CharacterTitle: Actually, Sarriss has a family name, but the title also says where is she from.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: The titular Black Harbor contains four "free cities" slightly based on the Italian city-states like Florence or Venice. There's also Kingdom of Haern, based partially on Germany (but the inhabitants have Dutch-sounding names), also mentioned are Cortiara (very [[FantasticRacism xenophobic]] Russia), Shiv (Arabia, with a monotheist solar religion) and Sung (Japan). Also, gnomes play the role of Jews.
%%* ItsPersonal: Sarriss wants to kill Ylith. Ylith wants to kill Sarriss. What people do when they lose their family or beauty...
* OurElvesAreDifferent: There are five elven tribes: dark-skinned High Elves who live on a large tropical island south of the Black Harbor, Dark Elves who look identical to High Elves but are [[EvilCounterpart way nastier]] and were exiled east to the fantasy counterpart of Africa, noticeably paler Sea Elves who live near or together with humans and are known as skilled sailors and traders, Wood Elves who live in forests and Snow Elves - living in stone fortresses in the mountains.
%%* ScarsAreForever: Ylith, the Dark Elf assassin, gets one from Sarriss in the beginning.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Ylith has dark skin and black hair. Sarriss has pale skin and silver hair.
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