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* MoralEventHorizon: Anders, once he becomes the Holy Father. [[spoiler:He personally punishes a priest for being homosexual. By castrating him. Anders has no medical training, and performs the mutilation with an eating knife in front of the Queen.]]
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* MoralEventHorizon: Anders, once he becomes the Holy Father. [[spoiler:He personally punishes a priest for being homosexual. By castrating him. Anders has no medical training, and performs the mutilation with an eating knife in front of the Queen.]]
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* BeakAttack: There is a specific breed of hawks, as big as dogs, who can kill people with their beak and talons. They are used as weapon.
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* FeatheredFiend: A specific breed of hawks is used as weapon.
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* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: The Fetch tells Kelsea he did not rape her while she was unconscious because she's too plain for his tastes. Kelsea is hurt that he thinks her plain, and does not much dwell on the fact that he told her ''he would have raped her if she was pretty.''
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* DeadlyBath: An attempt on Kelsea's life is made while she's taking a bath.
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** Evil Tear characters also have slaves.
* SweetPollyOliver: Kelsea swaps clothes with the youngest of the soldiers who accompany her, in the hopes that the enemy spies will be misled, and also because he has armour. She soon finds out that a breastplate meant for a male who is slimmer than her is not exactly comfortable.
* SweetPollyOliver: Kelsea swaps clothes with the youngest of the soldiers who accompany her, in the hopes that the enemy spies will be misled, and also because he has armour. She soon finds out that a breastplate meant for a male who is slimmer than her is not exactly comfortable.
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* UpbringingMakesTheHero: Carlin and Barty raised Kelsea so that she would be a wise and just queen.
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* SlaveLiberation: The first thing Kelsea does as queen is put a stop to the Tearling's slave trade.
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* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: In case you didn't know that the Mort were evil, they practice slavery. Kelsea is horrified to learn that the Tearling sells slaves to the Red Queen in exchange for safety.
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* PsychicChildren: Andalie's youngest child, Glee, inherited her mother's power of prophecy.
* PsychicPowers: Andalie
* PsychicPowers: Andalie
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* OppressiveStatesOfAmerica: Where the followers of William Tear were fleeing from.
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* Egopolis: The Tearling was named after its founder, William Tear.
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* Egopolis: {{Egopolis}}: The Tearling was named after its founder, William Tear.
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* Egopolis: The Tearling was named after its founder, William Tear.
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* NewNeoCity: New London, capital city of the Tearling. Also New Canaan, where Lily is from.
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* HappilyAdopted: Kelsea had a very happy childhood with Barty and Carlin.
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* TellMeAboutMyFather: Kelsea, about both her mother Queen Elyssa and her unknown father.
* TurnOutLikeHisFather: Carlin tries to raise Kelsea in a way so that she won't follow in her mother's footsteps, having all of Queen Elyssa's vanity and weakness.
* UpbringingMakesTheHero: Carlin and Barty raised Kelsea so that she would be a wise and just queen.
* TurnOutLikeHisFather: Carlin tries to raise Kelsea in a way so that she won't follow in her mother's footsteps, having all of Queen Elyssa's vanity and weakness.
* UpbringingMakesTheHero: Carlin and Barty raised Kelsea so that she would be a wise and just queen.
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* AbusiveHusband: Andalie's husband, and Lily's husband Greg.
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* DomesticAbuse: Andalie's husband abused both her and her children, and Lily's husband Greg abuses her in the second book.
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* AbusiveHusband: Andalie's husband, and Lily's husband Greg.
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* AnachronismStew: Justified by the fact that the Tearling was founded by people from futuristic America, who brought over some of the lasting technology and culture.
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* MeanwhileInTheFuture: An interesting version in ''Invasion of the Tearling'', as Lily's story takes place in a futuristic America but is actually happening ''before'' Kelsea was born.
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* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Rowland Finn appears to others as a very beautiful man. His true form is somewhat less appealing...
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* CorruptChurch: God's Church. While there are some, like Father Tyler, who truly believe in doing what is right, for the most part those involved in the church seem to be entirely corrupt and greedy.
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* BloodSport: Mace was raised in an underground place called the Creche where children were forced to fight and kill each other for entertainment.
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* TheAgeless: A few characters. The Queen of Mortmesne achieved this through magic. It's also implied that The Fetch and Rowland Finn are this.
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* MineralMacguffin: There are two, in the form of sapphires which belong to the heir to the Tearling throne. The jewels have magical powers which are not quite understood, although the Queen of Mortmesne desperately wants them for herself.
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* FeudalFuture: The Tearling is a monarchy founded by William Tear, who escaped with a handful of followers from a dystopian America.
* FeudalFuture: The Tearling is a monarchy founded by William Tear, who escaped with a handful of followers from a dystopian America.
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A second book in the planned series of three, ''The Invasion of the Tearling'', published in 2015, deals with the growing conflict between the Tearling and Mortmesne, as Kelsea begins to have visions of Lily, a woman who lived in pre-crossing America, a world on the verge of collapse where every facet of life was dictated by an oppressive government.
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A second book in the planned series of three, ''The Invasion of the Tearling'', published in 2015, deals with the growing conflict between the Tearling and Mortmesne, as Kelsea begins to have visions of Lily, a woman who lived in pre-crossing America, a world on the verge of collapse where every facet of life was is dictated by an oppressive government.
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Published in 2014 by Erika Johansen.
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A second book in the planned series of three, ''The Invasion of the Tearling'', published in 2015, deals with the growing conflict between the Tearling and Mortmesne, as Kelsea begins to have visions of Lily, a woman who lived in pre-crossing America, a world on the verge of collapse where every facet of life was dictated by an oppressive government regime.government.
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When she turns nineteen, Kelsea Raleigh Glynn must realize her birthright as queen of a small country known as the Tearling. Kelsea must right the wrongs of her mother, Queen Elyssa as well as deal with the neighboring country of Mortmesne, ruled by the malignant Red Queen. Long ago, Kelsea's ancestors crossed into the Tearling from America, in search of a better world. The key to defeating the evil of Mortmesne may lie in the secret of the Tearling's founding.
A second book in the planned series of three, ''The Invasion of the Tearling'', deals with the growing conflict between the Tearling and Mortmesne, as Kelsea begins to have visions of Lily, a woman who lived in pre-crossing America, where life was dictated by an oppressive government regime.
A second book in the planned series of three, ''The Invasion of the Tearling'', deals with the growing conflict between the Tearling and Mortmesne, as Kelsea begins to have visions of Lily, a woman who lived in pre-crossing America, where life was dictated by an oppressive government regime.
