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The fourth book in ''Franchise/TheWitcher'' series by Andrzej Sapkowski. The book was originally released in Polish, and an English translation was released after numerous delays in August of 2013.

While mentoring Ciri in the art of magic, Yennefer is invited to the upcoming sorcerer council at the Thanedd Island, where they reunite with Geralt. However, things go downhill fast when a coup d'etat breaks out amongst the mages. [[spoiler:Geralt is crippled (would be killed, if it were not for Triss), Yennefer disappears without a trace until book five, and Ciri is teleported by stray magic deep into the Nilfgaard territories.]] Meanwhile, Nilfgaard renews its assault, crushing the Northern Kingdoms one by one.
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!!Tropes found in the book:

* CurbStompBattle: Lampshaded. While recovering from his fight with [[spoiler:Vilgefortz]], Geralt thinks of what he could do to avoid ending badly damaged, and comes to conclusion that nothing would have helped -- his opponent was so above his level that if he wanted to leave the fight unharmed, he should have run away.
* InformationBroker: Codringher (and Fenn), an AmoralAttorney complete with RightHandCat, who for a good price can find any info or secure any court verdict. Geralt hires him to gather info on matters related to Ciri.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: InUniverse, Ciri names herself Falka ([[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast an infamous rebellion leader]] in the North) to the Rats.
* PartyScattering: Happens to the main cast of the series during the [[spoiler:Thanedd coup]] at the end of the book.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The Rats.
* RapeIsLove: [[spoiler:Mistle pretty much rapes Ciri [[NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization but she doesn't mind]], and the two are a couple in the next book.]]
* TeleportersAndTransporters: The portal in the Tower of the Seagull is supposed to be connected to the mysterious Tower of the Swallow but has long been known to malfunction.
* WizardingSchool: Arethusa on Thanedd, where Yennefer intends to enroll Ciri.
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The fourth book in ''Franchise/TheWitcher'' series by Andrzej Sapkowski. The book was originally released in Polish, and an English translation was released after numerous delays in August of 2013.

While mentoring Ciri in the art of magic, Yennefer is invited to the upcoming sorcerer council at the Thanedd Island, where they reunite with Geralt. However, things go downhill fast when a coup d'etat breaks out amongst the mages. [[spoiler:Geralt is crippled (would be killed, if it were not for Triss), Yennefer disappears without a trace until book five, and Ciri is teleported by stray magic deep into the Nilfgaard territories.]] Meanwhile, Nilfgaard renews its assault, crushing the Northern Kingdoms one by one.
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!!Tropes found in the book:

* CurbStompBattle: Lampshaded. While recovering from his fight with [[spoiler:Vilgefortz]], Geralt thinks of what he could do to avoid ending badly damaged, and comes to conclusion that nothing would have helped -- his opponent was so above his level that if he wanted to leave the fight unharmed, he should have run away.
* InformationBroker: Codringher (and Fenn), an AmoralAttorney complete with RightHandCat, who for a good price can find any info or secure any court verdict. Geralt hires him to gather info on matters related to Ciri.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: InUniverse, Ciri names herself Falka ([[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast an infamous rebellion leader]] in the North) to the Rats.
* PartyScattering: Happens to the main cast of the series during the [[spoiler:Thanedd coup]] at the end of the book.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The Rats.
* RapeIsLove: [[spoiler:Mistle pretty much rapes Ciri [[NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization but she doesn't mind]], and the two are a couple in the next book.]]
* TeleportersAndTransporters: The portal in the Tower of the Seagull is supposed to be connected to the mysterious Tower of the Swallow but has long been known to malfunction.
* WizardingSchool: Arethusa on Thanedd, where Yennefer intends to enroll Ciri.
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The fourth book in ''Franchise/TheWitcher'' series by Andrzej Sapkowski, originally in Polish but currently being translated to English.

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The fourth book in ''Franchise/TheWitcher'' series by Andrzej Sapkowski, Sapkowski. The book was originally released in Polish but currently being translated to English.
Polish, and an English translation was released after numerous delays in August of 2013.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking
--> "He [Geralt] killed a dozen Squirrels, slaughtered Artaud Terranova and caused unhealthy arousal of Keira Metz."
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* PartyScattering: Happens to the main cast of during the [[spoiler:Thanedd coup]] at the end of the book.

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* PartyScattering: Happens to the main cast of the series during the [[spoiler:Thanedd coup]] at the end of the book.
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The fourth book in TheWitcher series by Andrzej Sapkowski, originally in Polish but currently being translated to English.

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The fourth book in TheWitcher ''Franchise/TheWitcher'' series by Andrzej Sapkowski, originally in Polish but currently being translated to English.
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It\'s Not Rape If You Enjoyed It to Not If They Enjoyed It Rationalization per Rape Tropes Special Efforts thread


* RapeIsLove: [[spoiler:Mistle pretty much rapes Ciri [[ItsNotRapeIfYouEnjoyedIt but she doesn't mind]], and the two are a couple in the next book.]]

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* RapeIsLove: [[spoiler:Mistle pretty much rapes Ciri [[ItsNotRapeIfYouEnjoyedIt [[NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization but she doesn't mind]], and the two are a couple in the next book.]]
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* RapeAndSwitch: [[spoiler:Mistle, in her backstory.]]

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* BoringInvincibleHero: Subverted, ''hard''. Sapkowski noted once it got him tons of angry FanDumb letters.



* InformationBroker: Codhringer (and Fenn), an Evil Lawyer (complete with RightHandCat) who for a good price can find any info or secure any court verdict.

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* InformationBroker: Codhringer Codringher (and Fenn), an Evil Lawyer (complete AmoralAttorney complete with RightHandCat) RightHandCat, who for a good price can find any info or secure any court verdict.verdict. Geralt hires him to gather info on matters related to Ciri.

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While mentoring Ciri in the art of magic, Yennefer is invited to the upcoming sorcerer council at the Thanedd Island, where they reunite with Geralt. However, things go downhill fast when a coup d'etat breaks out amongst the mages. [[spoiler:Geralt is crippled (would be killed, if it were not for Triss), Yennefer disappears without a trace until book five, and Ciri is teleported by stray magic deep into the Niflgaard territories.]] Meanwhile, Niflgaard renews its assault, crushing the Northern Kingdoms one by one.

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While mentoring Ciri in the art of magic, Yennefer is invited to the upcoming sorcerer council at the Thanedd Island, where they reunite with Geralt. However, things go downhill fast when a coup d'etat breaks out amongst the mages. [[spoiler:Geralt is crippled (would be killed, if it were not for Triss), Yennefer disappears without a trace until book five, and Ciri is teleported by stray magic deep into the Niflgaard Nilfgaard territories.]] Meanwhile, Niflgaard Nilfgaard renews its assault, crushing the Northern Kingdoms one by one.



* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: InUniverse, Ciri names herself Falka (an infamous rebellion leader in the North) to the Rats.
** NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast

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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: InUniverse, Ciri names herself Falka (an ([[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast an infamous rebellion leader leader]] in the North) to the Rats.
** NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
Rats.

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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking
--> "He [Geralt] killed a dozen Squirrels, slaughtered Artaud Terranova and caused unhealthy arousal of Keira Metz."



* InformationBroker: Codhringer (and Fenn), an Evil Lawyer (complete with RightHandCat) who for a good price can find any info or secure any court verdict.



* RapeIsLove: [[spoiler:Mistle pretty much rapes Ciri but she doesn't mind, and the two are a couple in the next book.]]

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* RapeIsLove: [[spoiler:Mistle pretty much rapes Ciri [[ItsNotRapeIfYouEnjoyedIt but she doesn't mind, mind]], and the two are a couple in the next book.]]
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* PartyScattering: Happens to the main cast of during the [[spoiler:Thanedd coup]] at the end of the book.

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While mentoring Ciri in the art of magic, Yennefer is invited to the upcoming sorcerer council at the Thanedd island, where they reunite with Geralt. However, things go downhill fast when a coup d'etat breaks out amongst the mages. [[spoiler:Geralt is crippled (would be killed, if it were not for Triss), Yennefer disappears without a trace until book five, and Ciri is teleported by stray magic deep into the Niflgaard territories.]] Meanwhile, Niflgaard renews its assault, crushing the Northern Kingdoms one by one.

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While mentoring Ciri in the art of magic, Yennefer is invited to the upcoming sorcerer council at the Thanedd island, Island, where they reunite with Geralt. However, things go downhill fast when a coup d'etat breaks out amongst the mages. [[spoiler:Geralt is crippled (would be killed, if it were not for Triss), Yennefer disappears without a trace until book five, and Ciri is teleported by stray magic deep into the Niflgaard territories.]] Meanwhile, Niflgaard renews its assault, crushing the Northern Kingdoms one by one.


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* WizardingSchool: Arethusa on Thanedd, where Yennefer intends to enroll Ciri.

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While mentoring Ciri in the art of magic, Yennifer is invited to the upcoming sorcerer council at the Thanedd island, where they reunite with Geralt. However, things go downhill fast when a coup d'etat breaks out amongst the mages. [[spoiler:Geralt is crippled (would be killed, if it were not for Triss), Yennefer disappears without a trace until book five, and Ciri is teleported by stray magic deep into the Niflgaard territories.]] Meanwhile, Niflgaard renews its assault, crushing the Northern Kingdoms one by one.

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While mentoring Ciri in the art of magic, Yennifer Yennefer is invited to the upcoming sorcerer council at the Thanedd island, where they reunite with Geralt. However, things go downhill fast when a coup d'etat breaks out amongst the mages. [[spoiler:Geralt is crippled (would be killed, if it were not for Triss), Yennefer disappears without a trace until book five, and Ciri is teleported by stray magic deep into the Niflgaard territories.]] Meanwhile, Niflgaard renews its assault, crushing the Northern Kingdoms one by one.


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* BoringInvincibleHero: Subverted, ''hard''. Sapkowski noted once it got him tons of angry FanDumb letters.
* CurbStompBattle: Lampshaded. While recovering from his fight with [[spoiler:Vilgefortz]], Geralt thinks of what he could do to avoid ending badly damaged, and comes to conclusion that nothing would have helped -- his opponent was so above his level that if he wanted to leave the fight unharmed, he should have run away.


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** NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast


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* RapeAndSwitch: [[spoiler:Mistle, in her backstory.]]
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The fourth book in TheWitcher series by Andrzej Sapkowski, originally in Polish but translated to English.

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The fourth book in TheWitcher series by Andrzej Sapkowski, originally in Polish but currently being translated to English.
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* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: InUniverse, Ciri names herself Falka (an infamous rebellion leader in the North) to the Rats.

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* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: InUniverse, Ciri names herself Falka (an infamous rebellion leader in the North) to the Rats.

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