History Literature / KeeperOfTheSwords

* DarkMagicalGirl: Sylvia.

* InfantImmortality: Sylvia, being in a city overrun with monsters, hears a plea for help, coming from a 6-year old girl. She rushes in, but cannot save the girl anymore. This sets Sylvia in a [[BerserkButton deep rage]]. Sylvia [[spoiler: invites ''all'' monsters in a city to feast on her, and when they really come proceeds to hack them all in pieces with her sword. She single-handedly defeats a monster army capable of overrunning dozens of local wizards.]]

* CombatMedic: [[spoiler: Dintra]] is a respected healer who is actually [[spoiler: a very powerful mage]] and a former student of [[spoiler: Hedin]].

* {{Necromancy}}: The eventual main character in the series and the keeper of the swords, [[spoiler: Fess,]], becomes a necromancer in ''The Mage's Birth''. The art of Necromancy play's and important role throughout the whole series.

* InfantImmortality: Sylvia, being in a city overrun with monsters, hears a plea for help, coming from a 6-year old girl. She rushes in, but cannot save the girl anymore. This sets Sylvia in a [[BerserkButton deep rage]]. Cue one big CrowningMomentOfAwesome where Sylvia [[spoiler: invites ''all'' monsters in a city to feast on her, and when they really come proceeds to hack them all in pieces with her sword. She single-handedly defeats a monster army capable of overrunning dozens of local wizards.]]

* ''Diamond Sword, Wooden Sword''(1998)

* {{Necromancy}}: The main character in the series and the keeper of the swords, Fess, becomes a necromancer in ''The Mage's Birth''. The art of Necromancy play's and important role throughout the whole series.

* Necromancy: The main character in the series and the keeper of the swords, Fess, becomes a necromancer in ''The Mage's Birth''. The art of Necromancy play's and important role throughout the whole series.

* CrystalDragonJesus: There is an ''evil'' Crystal Dragon Jesus called "The Saviour", who resembles actual {{Jesus}} very much. Creepy.

The ''Keeper of the Swords'' (Хранитель мечей) cycle is a HighFantasy novel series by the Russian author Creator/NickPerumov. It is part of the ''Chronicles of the Rift'' series, which began with a (mostly) standalone novel ''Literature/DiamondSwordWoodenSword'' and later continued with the ''Enchanted Forest'' trilogy. The title of the cycle refers to Fess, a freelance spy who accidentally becomes the guardian of the eponymous artifacts from ''DSWS'' at the end of that novel and ends up taking them into an entirely different corner of TheMultiverse.

The ''Keeper of the Swords'' (Хранитель мечей) cycle is a HighFantasy novel series by the Russian author Creator/NickPerumov. It is part of the ''Chronicles of the Rift'' series, which began with a (mostly) standalone novel ''Literature/DiamondSwordWoodenSword'' and later continued with the ''Literature/EnchantedForest'' trilogy. The title of the cycle refers to Fess, a freelance spy who accidentally becomes the guardian of the eponymous artifacts from ''DSWS'' at the end of that novel and ends up taking them into an entirely different corner of TheMultiverse.

* TomeOfEldritchLore: ''Of the Essence of Otherbeing'' by Evengar of Sallador.

* MacGuffinTitle: Though it sounds like a word salad at first, but later you learn that the eponymous Swords from ''Literature/DiamondSwordWoodenSword'' are the MacGuffin.

* ChildSoldiers: Teenage witch Sylvia of Arc was "considered a veteran at the age of ten." She fills both variants (i.e. is both Precociously Talented AND Tragic) of this trope, though, as she is IMMENSELY talented and could take most adult opponents with ease... until she started to run into demigods, that is.

* HarmfulToMinors: It is revealed that Sylvia had to fight in the wars (as a witch) from early on, so that by ten(!), she was "[[ChildSoldier already considered a battle-hardened veteran]]". She also suggests that she witnessed other witch, Seges, being a "pervert", though it's not clear whether she herself was abused. In the story itself, she has a NearDeathExperience AT LEAST once a book. She gets speared, buried under rubble of a tower, her head smashed with a candelabra, hit by magical lightning... Way to have a childhood.

* SquishyWizard: The world of Evial features a "Rule of one Gift", meaning that you simply CANNOT be both a good wizard and a good fighter. In another world Mel'in, the physical weakness of most wizards allowed the young Emperor to successfully wage war against wizards. Nevertheless the same series there are [[MagicKnight Battle Mages]], who are both super strong wizards and good fighters. They do not hail from Evial, so they are not subject to the rule.
* TomeOfEldritchLore: ''Of the Essence of Otherbeing'' by Evengar of Sallador.

* SquishyWizard: The world of Evial features a "Rule of one Gift", meaning that you simply CANNOT be both a good wizard and a good fighter. In another world Mel'in, the physical weakness of most wizards allowed the young Emperor to successfully wage war against wizards. Nevertheless the same series there are [[MagicKnight Battle Mages]], who are both super strong wizards and good fighters.