History for Literature/PathfinderTales

''Pathfinder Tales'' includes all the official ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' Roleplaying Game fiction; while mainly for the novels by various authors, this also includes ''Pathfinder Journals'' and other official material.
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!Novels

[[folder:Nightglass]]
* BodyHorror: In the land of Nidal, torture and mutilation is both art and holy calling.
* DarkIsEvil: Pangolais is permanently shrouded in darkness and canonically LawfulEvil.%%In-universe
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[[folder:Prince of Wolves]]
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Both in-universe and out. Radovan is known for his charm with the ladies, and many female readers prefer him to Jeggare.
* AnimalsHateHim: Most animals, even tame creatures, react harshly to Radovan's attempts at friendship. This changes when Jeggare conjures a [[CoolHorse spiritual mount]] for him. Averted with Arnisant, who considers Radovan a friend.
%%* BettyAndVeronica: Azra and Malena, respectively.%%How?
%%* BrainsAndBrawn: Radovan is Jeggare's bodyguard.%%But how is this trope?
%%* CanineCompanion
%%* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Azra.]]
* FamousAncestor: [[spoiler:Radovan, making him the Prince of Wolves.]]
%%* FantasticRacism
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Jeggare and Radovan, to the point they even use the word "friend".
* OlderThanTheyLook: Remarked on during the first chapter, justified because of Jeggare's elven father.
%%* PowerIsSexy: [[spoiler: Radovan, in Malena's eyes.]]
%%* RedOniBlueOni: Radovan and Jeggare (with bonus HairContrastDuo), Malena and Azra.
* SandInMyEyes: After discovering that Radovan is still alive, Jeggare tears up. In his journal, he writes that he dried his eyes because of "ancient grave dust".
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Jeggare's writing and speech pattern is noticeably more complex than most other characters in the stories.
* StubbornMule: A donkey, in this case. She reacts well enough to Azra, but the stubbornness is still there.
%%* TheCasanova: Radovan.
* TheSmartGuy: Jeggare. He can still hold up his end of a fight, though.
* TheSpeechless: Azra, who communicates through a form of [[HandSignals Pathfinder gestures]].
%%* ThisWasHisTrueForm: [[spoiler: Dragos, after his duel with Jeggare.]]
%%* VoluntaryShapeshifting

!!Master of Devils
As a sequel to ''Prince of Wolves'', many of the tropes above apply here as well.
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%%* AnimalTalk
* DogsAreDumb: Averted. [[spoiler: [[HeroicDog Arnisant]] gains more [[AmplifiedAnimalAptitude human-like traits and intelligence]] the longer he stays with the kamis, although it is a temporary effect.]]
%%* TheDragon: Burning Cloud Devil intends to use Radovan as his.
* DrunkenMaster: Radovan goes toe to toe with a prodigiously able drunk in a tavern.
%%* {{Kitsune}}
%%* LargeHam: Burning Cloud Devil.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The group of kami. They eventually have a [[spoiler:MisfitMobilizationMoment]].
%%* SmallAnnoyingCreature: Judge Fang.
* TookALevelInBadass: Both Jeggare and Radovan undergo TrainingFromHell. [[spoiler:Arnisant takes a different road.]]
* TurtleIsland: Subverted. It's an actual massive turtle seen at a distance, with no adornment.
* TurtlePower: [[spoiler: Turtle almost takes down the whole gathering of kamis before he agrees to join their quest.]]
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!Short Fiction

[[folder:Hell's Pawns]]
* BlackKnight: The Chelish Hellknights that accompany Ivo Elliendo fall neatly into this trope.
%%* TheDandy: Jeggare.
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[[folder:The Lost Pathfinder]]
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Count Varian Jeggare among his noble peers. He already stood out among Chelish society, but this story makes it [[TheWoobie painfully evident for him]].
%%* ByronicHero: Jeggare.
* GoodFlawsBadFlaws: Jeggare's [[TheAlcoholic alcoholism]] when he attempts to [[DrowningMySorrows drown his sorrows]].
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%%!Web Fiction
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%%[[folder:A Passage to Absalom]]
%%* OlderThanHeLooks: [[spoiler: Murviniel the elf.]]
%%* RedOniBlueOni: Pekko and Jaska.
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History Literature / PathfinderTales