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** The third book will be split into two parts.

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** The third book will be split into two parts.parts, ''Into the Narrowdark'' and ''The Navigator’s Children''.



* DramaticIrony: We know from the end of the first book that the traitor in the Hayholt is [[spoiler:Lord Pasevalles]]. Come the third book, he's covering his tracks so well that the heroes still haven't figured it out.

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* DramaticIrony: We know from the end of the first book ''The Witchwood Crown'' that the traitor in the Hayholt is [[spoiler:Lord Pasevalles]]. Come the third book, book (''Into the Narrowdark''), he's covering his tracks so well that the heroes still haven't figured it out.



* NothingIsScarier: For most of the third book, the ogre in the Narrowdark Valley is never seen and only his giant footprints are found.

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* NothingIsScarier: For most of ''Into the third book, Narrowdark'', the ogre in the Narrowdark Valley is never seen and only his giant footprints are found.



** [[spoiler:Miriamele]] in Book Three, from the perspective of Earl Durward's family.

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** [[spoiler:Miriamele]] in Book Three, ''Into the Narrowdark'', from the perspective of Earl Durward's family.



** Simon is no slouch himself when he participates in a battle to break a siege in Book Three.

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** Simon is no slouch himself when he participates in a battle to break a siege in Book Three.''Into the Narrowdark''.



* PregnantBadass: Tanahaya as of the third book, with Jiriki heavily implied to be the father.
* QuestionableConsent: While they do love each other and seem to enjoy their sexual relations, Viyeki and Tzoja are still master and slave so their relationship is inherently this, especially in the beginning, where her only alternative to him was to return to the slave pens and be gang raped.

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* PregnantBadass: Tanahaya as of ''Into the third book, Narrowdark'', with Jiriki heavily implied to be the father.
* QuestionableConsent: While they do love each other and seem to enjoy their sexual relations, relationship, Viyeki and Tzoja are still master and slave so their relationship is inherently this, especially in the beginning, where her only alternative to him was to return to the slave pens and be gang raped.



* WeAreStrugglingTogether: When the Sitha Yeja'aro is ordered to lead Aelin and his small company past the Norns to safety in Book Three. The Sitha and the humans don't get along ''at all''.

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* WeAreStrugglingTogether: When the Sitha Yeja'aro is ordered to lead Aelin and his small company past the Norns to safety in Book Three.''Into the Narrowdark''. The Sitha and the humans don't get along ''at all''.
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* AnAesop: Much like the original trilogy, the clear message here is "let go of your grudges." Every villain is prosecuting a long-time grudge, many against people with only a passing relationship to the original offenders. The heroes, on the other hand, tend to prefer buckling down and getting on with the work in front of them.



* AntiHero: Prince Morgan is just as unlikely a hero as his grandfather Simon, being a drunk, dissolute, easily influenced lout when we first meet him.



* BigBad: Utuk‘ku, Akhenabi, Ommu the Whisperer and the Norns in general -- but it seems there's much more going on than just that.

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* BigBad: This time, it's Utuk‘ku, Akhenabi, backed up by Akhenabi and Ommu the Whisperer and the Norns in general -- but it seems there's much even more going on than just that.



* ScienceFantasy: While they were always there, the hints that the Sithi and Norns came from another world on starships are growing increasingly blatant -- [[spoiler:what with it being mentioned that most of the eight ships landed in different spots all over Osten Ard, not even close to an ocean]].

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* ScienceFantasy: While they were always there, the hints that the Sithi and Norns came from another world on starships are growing increasingly blatant -- [[spoiler:what with it being [[spoiler:as it's mentioned that most of the eight ships landed in different spots all over Osten Ard, not even close to an ocean]].ocean.]]
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* QuestionableConsent: While they do love each other and seem to enjoy their sexual relations, Viyeki and Tzoja are still master and slave so their relationship is inherently this, especially in the beginning, where her only alternative to him was to return to the slave pens and be gang raped.
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* BreedingSlave: The Norns use them to repopulate after the events of the first trilogy.

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* BreedingSlave: The Norns use them to repopulate after the events of the first trilogy. Nezeru's mother Tzoja [[spoiler: aka Derra, Josua's daughter]] is one of these slaves.
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* ''The Navigator's Children'' (scheduled for March 2023)

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* ''The Navigator's Children'' (scheduled for March November 2023)






* ParentalNeglect: Both John Jousa and Idela were disengaged parents [[spoiler: before their deaths.]]

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* ParentalNeglect: Both John Jousa Josua and Idela were disengaged parents [[spoiler: before their deaths.]]



* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: [[spoiler: Both Miriamele and Simon are believed dead at some point in the story, which results in the whole realm (or rather what is left of the High King's ward at this point) mourning them, plus a burial celebration for Miri. Yet, obviously both are alive.]]

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* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: [[spoiler: Both Miriamele and Simon are believed dead at some point in the story, which results in the whole realm (or rather what is left of the High King's ward Ward at this point) mourning them, plus a burial celebration for Miri. Yet, obviously both are alive.]]



* TheSmartGuy: Tiamak, Brother Etan and Aengas. Binabik as well, though he is more of a BadassBookworm. Also true for Tanahaya.

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* TheSmartGuy: Tiamak, Brother Etan and Aengas. Binabik as well, though he is more of a BadassBookworm. Also The latter is also true for Tanahaya.
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* CreepyCrows: Crows gather for and around Unver to herald his ascention to the fabled Shan of all the Thrithings.
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* BadassGrandpa:
** Eolair was already middle-aged during the original trilogy. Now he's pushing eighty, but still more than capable of riding around on adventures.
** Simon is no slouch himself when he participates in a battle to break a siege in Book Three.

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* BadassGrandpa:
** Eolair was already middle-aged during the original trilogy. Now he's pushing eighty, but still more than capable of riding around on adventures.
** Simon is no slouch himself when he participates in a battle to break a siege in Book Three.


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* OldSoldier:
** Eolair was already middle-aged during the original trilogy. Now he's pushing eighty, but still more than capable of riding around on adventures.
** Simon is no slouch himself when he participates in a battle to break a siege in Book Three.
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But good times can't last - as the [[TheLastTitle trilogy's title suggests]] -, and something dark is stirring again in the far north, where thirty years ago the defeated Norns retreated to their icy mountain fortress of Stormspike while their queen slept. Now Utuk'ku has reawakened and she and her people plot their slow revenge against their mortal enemies. Meanwhile, in the southern duchy of Nabban, some of Osten Ard's [[BigScrewedUpFamily most powerful nobles]] are caught up in a rising conflict that's only just a step away from open CivilWar. On the eastern plains, the Thrithings clans aim to expand their territories in an increasingly violent manner; and in the Western Kingdom of Hernystir, a dangerous cult is involved with secret lore that was thought to have been banned from the world forever.

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But good times can't last - as the [[TheLastTitle trilogy's quadrilogy's title suggests]] -, and something dark is stirring again in the far north, where thirty years ago the defeated Norns retreated to their icy mountain fortress of Stormspike while their queen slept. Now Utuk'ku has reawakened and she and her people plot their slow revenge against their mortal enemies. Meanwhile, in the southern duchy of Nabban, some of Osten Ard's [[BigScrewedUpFamily most powerful nobles]] are caught up in a rising conflict that's only just a step away from open CivilWar. On the eastern plains, the Thrithings clans aim to expand their territories in an increasingly violent manner; and in the Western Kingdom of Hernystir, a dangerous cult is involved with secret lore that was thought to have been banned from the world forever.

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