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* [[HasTwoMommies Has Two Daddies]]: Thanks to the powers of magic, this is a literal case! [[spoiler:While on a ship, a {{Fair Folk}} trick Beltan and Vani into having sex with each other, both thinking that the other was Travis. Because of this, the child calls both of them her daddy, because they both played a role in her birth. Even if Travis didn't directly contribute.]]
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Beyond the two main characters, the cast of major side characters balloons to about eight by the fourth book, and some minor characters that only show up for a few chapters get detailed backstories.
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* BiTheWay: Travis is attracted to both men and women at various points, and his bisexuality is never made a big deal of. [[spoiler: He ultimately ends up with a man, Beltan]].
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* OurDragonsAreDifferent: In Eldh, dragons are hyper-intelligent, virtually all-knowing beings who existed before the creation of the universe and want to return it to formless chaos.
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* OurDragonsAreDifferent: In Eldh, dragons are hyper-intelligent, virtually all-knowing beings who existed before the creation of the universe and want to return it to formless chaos. Instead of hoarding gold, they hoard secrets.
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* EvilAlbino: The Pale King, though whether his skin is ''naturally'' that white or just looks like that because of magic is unclear.
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* BigBadEnsemble: Pretty much all the conflict in the series ties in to either [[spoiler: Mohg]] or [[spoiler: the Philosophers]], who are working entirely independently of each other and indeed may be unaware of each other's existence.
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* BigBadEnsemble: Pretty much all the conflict in the series ties in to either [[spoiler: Mohg]] or [[spoiler: the Philosophers]], who are working entirely independently of each other and indeed may be unaware of each other's existence. [[spoiler: Mohg]] is the much bigger threat for most of the series, though.
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* BiTheWay: TravisTravis is attracted to both men and women at various points, and his bisexuality is never made a big deal of. [[spoiler: He ultimately ends up with a man, Beltan]].
* EvilOverlord: The Pale King, a tyrant who dwells in his icy stronghold of Imbrifale and schemes to conquer the rest of Eldh.
* DarkIsEvil: Discussed and ultimate subverted. [[spoiler: Mohg]] is the Lord of Nightfall and associated with darkness in general, but he was the god of darkness ''long'' before he separately became the GodOfEvil, and it's explicitly stated that darkness has a place in the natural order of things independent of Mohg's corruption.
* TheDragon: The Pale King [[spoiler: to Mohg]].
** DragonWithAnAgenda: It's noted by several characters that Berash seems to care a lot more about conquering Eldh for himself than he does for [[spoiler: freeing Mohg]], though his actions serve his god's purposes either way.
* TheDragon: The Pale King [[spoiler: to Mohg]].
** DragonWithAnAgenda: It's noted by several characters that Berash seems to care a lot more about conquering Eldh for himself than he does for [[spoiler: freeing Mohg]], though his actions serve his god's purposes either way.
* GrimUpNorth: Imbrifale is the Pale King's domain, and it's the farthest north of the Dominions.
* LoadBearingBoss: Imbrifale as a kingdom has become entirely dependent on either the Pale King or [[spoiler: Mohg]] for its survival. [[spoiler: When both bite it at almost the exact same time, they drag every living thing in Imbrifale down with them]].
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: Mohg]] is the ultimate string-puller behind both the Pale King on Eldh and Duratek on Earth. Though his existence is implied from the first book with Brother Cy's cryptic warnings about "a shadow behind the shadow", and he is first named in the second, his actual role in the series isn't revealed until near the end of the third.
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* {{Mordor}}: Imbrifale is basically thisthis, albeit arctic rather than volcanic.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: Enforced; the Pale King has to work through the Raven Cult, the Necromancers, and [[spoiler: Kelephon]] rather than doing things himself because he's magically bound to stay in Imbrifale. Once the wards come ''down'', however, he personally leads his army through in no time.
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* PhysicalGod: Both the Old Gods and the New Gods have been shown to be this, more or less.
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* PhysicalGod: Both the Old Gods and the New Gods have been shown to be this, more or less.less, though the New Gods are much more accessible.
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* RedEyesTakeWarning: The Pale King has them; [[spoiler: Mohg]] has one red eye.
* ReligionOfEvil: The RavenCultCult is an eerie, death-worshipping religion even before it's revealed that they worship the Pale King [[spoiler: and, by extension, Mohg]].
* ReligionOfEvil: The Raven
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* SpikesOfVillainy: Kelephon's armorarmor sports them, as does the Pale King's in ''The Gates of Winter''.
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* TheVoiceless: The Pale King never actually speaks during his rare on-page appearances.
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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Pale King's real name is Berash, which is fairly well known. Everyone mostly just uses his title, though.
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* FromNobodyToNightmare: Berash was originally just a minor barbarian chieftain before making a DealWithTheDevil with [[spoiler: Mohg]] turned him into the Pale King.
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* {{Expy}}: A powerful but prideful wizard on the good guys' side becomes obsessed with certain powerful artifacts, which leads to his corruption to the {{Big Bad}}'s side. He secretly plots against the BigBad, hoping to gain control of said artifacts, knock him off his throne, and take his place, and commands his own forces that are allied to be distinct from the {{Big Bad}}'s main armies. Though his treachery has some consequences, his plans fall through and he ends up dying an ignominious death at the hands of someone he'd wronged. Are we talking Kelephon, or [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Saruman]]?
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* BigBad: the Old God Mohg.
** Actually, for most of the series the tangible Big Bad is The Pale King. Mohg is more like the {{Bigger Bad}}
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* BigBad: [[spoiler: Mohg, the Old God Mohg.
of Nightfall]] is the ultimate villain of the first five books, but the fact that he's [[SealedEvilInACan stuck in the void between worlds]] means he needs to work through proxies, chiefly [[EvilOverlord the Pale King]] on Eldh and [[MegaCorp Duratek]] on Earth.
**Actually, for most of After [[spoiler: Mohg, the Pale King, and Duratek]] are all defeated in the fifth book, [[spoiler: the Philosophers]] take center stage as the final villains in the sixth.
* BigBadEnsemble: Pretty much all the conflict in the series ties in to either [[spoiler: Mohg]] or [[spoiler: thetangible Big Bad is Philosophers]], who are working entirely independently of each other and indeed may be unaware of each other's existence.
* BigBadWannabe: Several villains have ambitions that overreach their actual abilities:
** The necromancer Dakarreth in ''The Keep of Fire'' schemes to use the stone Krondisar to become a god [[spoiler: again]] and was TheChessmaster behind various events in the first two books and the backstory, but gets rather solidly defeated at the end of the novel without having come close to realizing his goals. [[spoiler: Rubbing further salt in his wounds, it's later revealed that said Chessmastering was mostly Kelephon's work, and he simply manipulated Dakarreth into thinking it was his idea]].
** [[spoiler: Kelephon]] himself plans big, serving the PaleKing. Mohg is more like King with the {{Bigger Bad}}full intention of uniting the Stones himself and taking Berash's place as an EvilOverlord [[spoiler: in pursuit of which goal, he was responsible for destroying Malachor and used Dakarreth as his catspaw]]. He actually succeeds in [[spoiler: tricking Berash into giving him Gelthisar]], only to immediately run into Melia and Falken and get rather unceremoniously killed off.
** The Scirathi blood sorcerers in general. Billed as potentially ''worse'' than the Pale King if they get the power they seek, the serve as supporting villains in several novels, but their prideful belief in their own destiny to rule and severe case of tunnel-vision when it comes to their goals leave them open to being manipulated by other forces, such as [[spoiler: Mohg]] and [[spoiler: the Philosophers]].
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* BigBadEnsemble: Pretty much all the conflict in the series ties in to either [[spoiler: Mohg]] or [[spoiler: the
* BigBadWannabe: Several villains have ambitions that overreach their actual abilities:
** The necromancer Dakarreth in ''The Keep of Fire'' schemes to use the stone Krondisar to become a god [[spoiler: again]] and was TheChessmaster behind various events in the first two books and the backstory, but gets rather solidly defeated at the end of the novel without having come close to realizing his goals. [[spoiler: Rubbing further salt in his wounds, it's later revealed that said Chessmastering was mostly Kelephon's work, and he simply manipulated Dakarreth into thinking it was his idea]].
** [[spoiler: Kelephon]] himself plans big, serving the Pale
** The Scirathi blood sorcerers in general. Billed as potentially ''worse'' than the Pale King if they get the power they seek, the serve as supporting villains in several novels, but their prideful belief in their own destiny to rule and severe case of tunnel-vision when it comes to their goals leave them open to being manipulated by other forces, such as [[spoiler: Mohg]] and [[spoiler: the Philosophers]].
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* FunctionalMagicFunctionalMagic: Three main kinds:
** Wizards use Rune Magic, which relies on the idea that [[IKnowYourTrueName every object or concept]] has a particular rune, and to speak or write that rune lets you command it. There used to be three specialized kinds of wizards - Runebinders, Runespeakers, and Runebreakers - but only the Runespeakers still exist in the present of the story. A wizard who can do all three kinds of rune magic is called a Runelord, [[spoiler: which Travis becomes]]. Wizards in the books are AlwaysMale, though it's implied this is due more to cultural prejudice than actual restriction of ability.
** Witches draw on the Weirding, an energy derived from living things, and can "weave" it to create various effects, which mostly involve PsychicPowers and influence over the natural world. Almost [[GenderRestrictedAbility all witches are women]]; male witches exist, but are incredibly rare.
** Sorcerers use BloodMagic to call up powerful spirits called morndari and bind them to perform tasks; the Scirathi further amplify their powers with special golden masks, with the caveat that they'll lose control of any bound spirits if the mask comes ''off''. Whereas both witches and wizards require an innate gift, seemingly anyone can become a sorcerer if they're willing to pay the price, and while the former two kinds of magic-user are distrusted, sorcerers are outright reviled in most cultures which are aware of the practice.
** Wizards use Rune Magic, which relies on the idea that [[IKnowYourTrueName every object or concept]] has a particular rune, and to speak or write that rune lets you command it. There used to be three specialized kinds of wizards - Runebinders, Runespeakers, and Runebreakers - but only the Runespeakers still exist in the present of the story. A wizard who can do all three kinds of rune magic is called a Runelord, [[spoiler: which Travis becomes]]. Wizards in the books are AlwaysMale, though it's implied this is due more to cultural prejudice than actual restriction of ability.
** Witches draw on the Weirding, an energy derived from living things, and can "weave" it to create various effects, which mostly involve PsychicPowers and influence over the natural world. Almost [[GenderRestrictedAbility all witches are women]]; male witches exist, but are incredibly rare.
** Sorcerers use BloodMagic to call up powerful spirits called morndari and bind them to perform tasks; the Scirathi further amplify their powers with special golden masks, with the caveat that they'll lose control of any bound spirits if the mask comes ''off''. Whereas both witches and wizards require an innate gift, seemingly anyone can become a sorcerer if they're willing to pay the price, and while the former two kinds of magic-user are distrusted, sorcerers are outright reviled in most cultures which are aware of the practice.
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''The Last Rune'' is a series of fantasy novels written by Mark Anthony. Consisting of the following novels:
* ''Beyond the Pale'' (1998)
* ''The Keep of Fire'' (1999)
* ''The Dark Remains'' (2001)
* ''Blood of Mystery'' (2002)
* ''The Gates of Winter'' (2003)
* ''The First Stone'' (2004)
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!! This series provides examples of:
* AlwaysFemale: Witches. [[spoiler:Averted by Teravian being the {{Rare Male Example}} who not only gets to keep his powers into adulthood, but gets ''even stronger'']]
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Tira, though she comes back for visits.
* BeardOfBarbarism: King Kel has one of these.
* BigBad: the Old God Mohg.
** Actually, for most of the series the tangible Big Bad is The Pale King. Mohg is more like the {{Bigger Bad}}
* BiTheWay: Travis
* BittersweetEnding
* BlindSeer: the boy Danyn went blind when he stared at the sun too long. He possesses some glimmer of the Sight.
** Dont forget Sister Mirrim!
* BloodMagic: Sorcery involves sacrificing the blood of one's self or other to compel the mondari, Those Who Hunger, to do the sorcerer's will.
* DragQueen: Marji
* EitherOrProphecy: people are trying to save or kill Travis since he's fated to both save and destroy the world (usually based on how optimistic they are). Turns out he destroys the world then rebuilds it exactly the same only without the BigBad.
* EvilAlbino: The Pale King, though whether his skin is ''naturally'' that white or just looks like that because of magic is unclear.
* EvilGloating: Kelephon does this in his only major appearance in the novels, providing a nice little {{Infodump}} and showing a staggering lack of {{Genre Savvy}}.
* TheFairFolk: Not as malevolent as the example, but not Disney either, and they have no compunction about manipulating the heroes to their own ends.
* FunctionalMagic
* GayCowboy: the minor characters Davis and Mitchell, two gay ranchers who have been together for over twenty five years.
* GeniusBruiser: Durge
* GodInHumanForm: Melindora Nightsilver and the rest of the Nine.
* [[HasTwoMommies Has Two Daddies]]: Thanks to the powers of magic, this is a literal case! [[spoiler:While on a ship, a {{Fair Folk}} trick Beltan and Vani into having sex with each other, both thinking that the other was Travis. Because of this, the child calls both of them her daddy, because they both played a role in her birth. Even if Travis didn't directly contribute.]]
* HighFantasy
* KnightInSourArmor: Durge is a mild example. It's not so much that he's cynical, he just expects the worse. All the time. But he is, rarely, capable of humor.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Beyond the two main characters, the cast of major side characters balloons to about eight by the fourth book, and some minor characters that only show up for a few chapters get detailed backstories.
* LoveTriangle: Beltan and Vani are both in love with Travis.
* TheMagicGoesAway: The main plot of the last book.
* TheMagocracy
* MegaCorp: Duratek.
* {{Mordor}}: Imbrifale is basically this
* NowOrNeverKiss: Beltan kisses Travis (who he thinks has previously rejected him; in reality Travis has no idea he's even interested) while the former is mortally wounded. In an interesting twist, after Beltan recovers he apologizes, saying it was a coward's move and a terrible position to put Travis in.
* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: Fellring
* OrphansPlotTrinket: Grace's necklace
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: In Eldh, dragons are hyper-intelligent, virtually all-knowing beings who existed before the creation of the universe and want to return it to formless chaos.
* PhysicalGod: Both the Old Gods and the New Gods have been shown to be this, more or less.
* PureMagicBeing: The fairies. When they travel to Earth, where magical power isn't nearly as common as on Eldh, they suffer horrific pain and slowly die unless they take special drugs.
* ReligionOfEvil: The Raven Cult
* RoyalBlood: [[spoiler:Turns out Grace is actually the lost heir of Malachor that Falken and Melia sent to Earth to keep safe from the Big Bad]]
* ShootTheDog: Ivalaine attempts this on Teravian
* SpikesOfVillainy: Kelephon's armor
* SpyCatsuit: The assassin Vani wears one of these, high heels included.
* TimeTravel: Occurs in the 4th book of the series, transporting a few of the characters into 1880's Colorado. This leads to something of a {{Stable Time Loop}}
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: The Philosphers]]
* TheSpeechless: Sky, the Runespeakers' servant, has had his tongue cut out.
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Travis and Grace, though Grace decides pretty quickly that she prefers Eldh to Earth.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Falken and his "gift" for his role in the fall of Malachor
* WorldSundering: The Ironfang Mountains were created by the Runelords so that the BigBad's kingdom in Imbrifale would be cut off from the rest of Eldh.
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* ''Beyond the Pale'' (1998)
* ''The Keep of Fire'' (1999)
* ''The Dark Remains'' (2001)
* ''Blood of Mystery'' (2002)
* ''The Gates of Winter'' (2003)
* ''The First Stone'' (2004)
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!! This series provides examples of:
* AlwaysFemale: Witches. [[spoiler:Averted by Teravian being the {{Rare Male Example}} who not only gets to keep his powers into adulthood, but gets ''even stronger'']]
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Tira, though she comes back for visits.
* BeardOfBarbarism: King Kel has one of these.
* BigBad: the Old God Mohg.
** Actually, for most of the series the tangible Big Bad is The Pale King. Mohg is more like the {{Bigger Bad}}
* BiTheWay: Travis
* BittersweetEnding
* BlindSeer: the boy Danyn went blind when he stared at the sun too long. He possesses some glimmer of the Sight.
** Dont forget Sister Mirrim!
* BloodMagic: Sorcery involves sacrificing the blood of one's self or other to compel the mondari, Those Who Hunger, to do the sorcerer's will.
* DragQueen: Marji
* EitherOrProphecy: people are trying to save or kill Travis since he's fated to both save and destroy the world (usually based on how optimistic they are). Turns out he destroys the world then rebuilds it exactly the same only without the BigBad.
* EvilAlbino: The Pale King, though whether his skin is ''naturally'' that white or just looks like that because of magic is unclear.
* EvilGloating: Kelephon does this in his only major appearance in the novels, providing a nice little {{Infodump}} and showing a staggering lack of {{Genre Savvy}}.
* TheFairFolk: Not as malevolent as the example, but not Disney either, and they have no compunction about manipulating the heroes to their own ends.
* FunctionalMagic
* GayCowboy: the minor characters Davis and Mitchell, two gay ranchers who have been together for over twenty five years.
* GeniusBruiser: Durge
* GodInHumanForm: Melindora Nightsilver and the rest of the Nine.
* [[HasTwoMommies Has Two Daddies]]: Thanks to the powers of magic, this is a literal case! [[spoiler:While on a ship, a {{Fair Folk}} trick Beltan and Vani into having sex with each other, both thinking that the other was Travis. Because of this, the child calls both of them her daddy, because they both played a role in her birth. Even if Travis didn't directly contribute.]]
* HighFantasy
* KnightInSourArmor: Durge is a mild example. It's not so much that he's cynical, he just expects the worse. All the time. But he is, rarely, capable of humor.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Beyond the two main characters, the cast of major side characters balloons to about eight by the fourth book, and some minor characters that only show up for a few chapters get detailed backstories.
* LoveTriangle: Beltan and Vani are both in love with Travis.
* TheMagicGoesAway: The main plot of the last book.
* TheMagocracy
* MegaCorp: Duratek.
* {{Mordor}}: Imbrifale is basically this
* NowOrNeverKiss: Beltan kisses Travis (who he thinks has previously rejected him; in reality Travis has no idea he's even interested) while the former is mortally wounded. In an interesting twist, after Beltan recovers he apologizes, saying it was a coward's move and a terrible position to put Travis in.
* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: Fellring
* OrphansPlotTrinket: Grace's necklace
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: In Eldh, dragons are hyper-intelligent, virtually all-knowing beings who existed before the creation of the universe and want to return it to formless chaos.
* PhysicalGod: Both the Old Gods and the New Gods have been shown to be this, more or less.
* PureMagicBeing: The fairies. When they travel to Earth, where magical power isn't nearly as common as on Eldh, they suffer horrific pain and slowly die unless they take special drugs.
* ReligionOfEvil: The Raven Cult
* RoyalBlood: [[spoiler:Turns out Grace is actually the lost heir of Malachor that Falken and Melia sent to Earth to keep safe from the Big Bad]]
* ShootTheDog: Ivalaine attempts this on Teravian
* SpikesOfVillainy: Kelephon's armor
* SpyCatsuit: The assassin Vani wears one of these, high heels included.
* TimeTravel: Occurs in the 4th book of the series, transporting a few of the characters into 1880's Colorado. This leads to something of a {{Stable Time Loop}}
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: The Philosphers]]
* TheSpeechless: Sky, the Runespeakers' servant, has had his tongue cut out.
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Travis and Grace, though Grace decides pretty quickly that she prefers Eldh to Earth.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Falken and his "gift" for his role in the fall of Malachor
* WorldSundering: The Ironfang Mountains were created by the Runelords so that the BigBad's kingdom in Imbrifale would be cut off from the rest of Eldh.
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