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* ShamefulStrip: In ''The King's Buccaneer'', Abigail and Margaret are captured at sea by slavers and stripped naked in front of the crew to see what value they'd bring on the block.
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* INeverToldYouMyName: Played with. Erik von Darkmoor is approached by a friendly man, whom he has never met, but who calls him Erik. When the man switches to calling him "von Darkmoor" instead, Erik's squadmates stick a knife in his back. When Erik asks how they knew this man was up to no good, the squadmate says that the man might have overheard "Erik" somewhere, but everyone was under strict orders not to use the name "von Darkmoor".
** This might have changed in later versions to the traitor calling the Captain "Calis" and Erik internally monologues that everyone was forbidden to call the Captain by name (which makes more sense, especially since De Loungeville screams "VON DARKMOOR" every other chance he gets).

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* INeverToldYouMyName: Played with. Late in ''Shadow of a Dark Queen'', Erik von Darkmoor is approached by talking to a friendly man, whom he has never met, but local mercenary who calls him Erik. When recently joined Calis's company under questionable circumstances. During the conversation, the man switches refers to calling him Erik by his surname of "von Darkmoor" instead, Darkmoor", and also refers to the Captain by name. It's enough to mark the man as a spy, and [[TheBigGuy Erik's squadmates stick a knife in his back. When Erik asks how they knew this man was up to no good, the squadmate says that Biggo]] [[NeckSnap kills him on the man might have overheard "Erik" somewhere, spot]].
-->'''Biggo:''' I'm pretty sure no one's called you 'von Darkmoor' since we met up with this lot,
but everyone was under strict orders not to use the name "von Darkmoor".
** This might have changed in later versions to the traitor calling the Captain "Calis" and Erik internally monologues that everyone was forbidden to call
I damn well know no one's called the Captain by name (which makes more sense, especially since De Loungeville screams "VON DARKMOOR" every other chance he gets).then.

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** The Panthians are stated and even shown to have a hatred for humankind from birth, yet later we meet an entire subclan of Pantathians who harbor no ill will towards humans, and state that only the priesthood had antipathy to humans. But, does this mean that the priesthood are a separate race with separate genes that inflict their newborns with hatred for human kind? That seems unlikely.

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** The Panthians Pantathians are stated and even shown to have a hatred for humankind from birth, yet later we meet an entire subclan of Pantathians who harbor no ill will towards humans, and state that only the priesthood had antipathy to humans. But, does this mean that the priesthood are a separate race with separate genes that inflict their newborns with hatred for human kind? That seems unlikely.



** Kaspar is described to have a son in Talon of the Silver Hawk, yet we later see he is childless in King of Foxes. This may have been a simple misconception on Talon's part, as he indicates this was a simple guess based on the boy and Kaspar's likeness. However, Talon is repeatedly shown to not only have a very well-trained eye, but to be a master at human nature. As for this boy, he is never shown again, nor mentioned again. He is never seen at the citadel, or as part of Kaspar's retinue. He simply vanishes, despite Talon having marked him as Duke Kaspar's son, and thus as someone notable in appearance and manner. In later editions of the book, this missing son apparently has been excised in editing.

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** Kaspar is described to have a son in Talon ''Talon of the Silver Hawk, Hawk'', yet we later see he is childless in King ''King of Foxes.Foxes''. This may have been a simple misconception on Talon's part, as he indicates this was a simple guess based on the boy and Kaspar's likeness. However, Talon is repeatedly shown to not only have a very well-trained eye, but to be a master at human nature. As for this boy, he is never shown again, nor mentioned again. He is never seen at the citadel, or as part of Kaspar's retinue. He simply vanishes, despite Talon having marked him as Duke Kaspar's son, and thus as someone notable in appearance and manner. In later editions of the book, this missing son apparently has been excised in editing.


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* TunnelNetwork: The city of Krondor has an AbsurdlySpaciousSewer belowground that is known as the "Thieves' Highway" because the Mockers (the resident ThievesGuild) uses them to get around and move smuggled and stolen goods. Castle Krondor, where the Prince of Krondor lives, has its own network of tunnels as well, some of which have been forgotten over time.
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* KillTheParentRaiseTheChild: Defied. [[spoiler:In her attempt to block her enemy Tasaio from becoming the Warlord, with the power to finish off his vendetta against her, Mara's machinations result in the magicians forcing Tasaio to kill himself. Though she didn't ''intend'' for this outcome, it suited her aims. Mara offers to adopt Tasaio's children and care for them, rather than let them die in the purge of their house. However, [[OffingTheOffspring their father would rather kill them]] just to spite her]].

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* MassTeleportation: The history of the planet Kelewan as told to Milamber includes an incident where the planet faced annihilation by a wandering star. The mages of Kelewan created a huge rift that pulled Kelewan and its sun into another place, thus avoiding the Stranger star. Hundreds of years later, after the Stranger had passed, another great rift-spell returned the planet and its star to their old place in the Universe.



* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Feists's dragons are, for the most part, dumb beasts. The one exception is golden dragons, who are capable of amazing magical feats and shape-shifting. Any dragon that lives long enough may eventually shed its skin and become a golden dragon.

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* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Feists's Feist's dragons are, for the most part, dumb beasts. The one exception is golden dragons, who are capable of amazing magical feats and shape-shifting. Any dragon that lives long enough may eventually shed its skin and become a golden dragon.



* OurElvesAreDifferent: Feist's elves are one race which break down into separate "types". Chief among these are the Eldehel (Wood Elves), Moredhel (Dark Elves), Eldar (High Elves) and most recently, the star elves from another planet - yes, Space Elves. There is also the warlike and almost annihilated Glamredhel (Wild Elves) eventually being assimilated in Elvandar, and the Ocedhel (Lost Elves) of Novindus, who've long since become scattered and absorbed into the human societies there. The other elf race is the Sun Elves, who protect the Peaks of the Quor.

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* OurElvesAreDifferent: Feist's elves are one race which break down into separate "types". Chief among these are the Eldehel Eledhel (Wood Elves), Moredhel (Dark Elves), Eldar (High Elves) and most recently, the star elves from another planet - yes, Space Elves. There is also the warlike and almost annihilated Glamredhel (Wild Elves) eventually being assimilated in Elvandar, and the Ocedhel (Lost Elves) of Novindus, who've long since become scattered and absorbed into the human societies there. The other elf race is the Sun Elves, who protect the Peaks of the Quor.

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