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* RelationshipUpgrade: [[spoiler: [[EarnYourHappyEnding After years of hardship, separation, and mortal danger,]] Landen and Torina finally pledge their love to one another. The events of the next book see them HappilyMarried with BabiesEverAfter.]]
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* TheyDo: [[spoiler: [[EarnYourHappyEnding After years of hardship, separation, and mortal danger,]] Landen and Torina finally pledge their love to one another. The events of the next book see them HappilyMarried with BabiesEverAfter.]]
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* AnyoneCanDie: One after another in fairly rapid succession once the book gets rolling, [[CrimeAfterCrime mostly to solidify the villain's power.]] [[spoiler: List of character deaths, in order: Ancilla (old age), Kareed (murder), Eric (murder), and Irene (murder).]]
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* CharacterDeath: One after another in fairly rapid succession once the book gets rolling, [[CrimeAfterCrime mostly to solidify the villain's power.]] [[spoiler: List of character deaths, in order: Ancilla (old age), Kareed (murder), Eric (murder), and Irene (murder).]]
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* SuicidalPacifism: The king and people of Bellandran were complete pacifists. When their neighboring land Archeld invaded, they attempted to negotiate instead of fight and were quickly conquered. King Veldon of Bellandra himself would not use a magical sword he had, and thus was killed in front of his son Landen, with King Kareed (his killer) taking both with him home as war trophies. It's left a mystery just how they managed to survive until then.
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* SpoiledBrat: Princess Torina. While she frees Landen almost immediately and is very loving, good person, Torina can also be very headstrong, opinionated, thoughtless, proud, superior, and she's used to getting what she wants. [[spoiler:As an adult, Torina realizes that she was a bit of a brat, and begs Landen's forgiveness. Of course, he has already forgiven her.]]
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* SpoiledBrat: Princess Torina. While she frees Landen almost immediately and is mostly a very loving, good person, Torina can also be very headstrong, opinionated, thoughtless, proud, superior, and she's used to getting what she wants. [[spoiler:As an adult, Torina realizes that she was a bit of a brat, and begs Landen's forgiveness. Of course, he has already forgiven her.]]
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%% * ArrangedMarriage: Vesputo to Torina.
* TheBully: Vesputo will coerce and threaten anyone who is aware of his true nature .
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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: One thing is certain: [[spoiler:Vesputo]] will betray anyone if it is to his advantage. [[spoiler:First Kareed, and then the entire Northern Alliance.]]
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* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:Vesputo manages to kill the King, blame it on Landen, cover up the disappearance of Princess Torina, and fake her death, all without leaving any substantial evidence.]]
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: One thing is certain: [[spoiler:Vesputo]] will betray anyone if it is to his advantage. [[spoiler:First Kareed, and then the entire Northern Alliance. Vesputo literally stabbed the king and his lover Irene in the back with his stiletto, and has no qualms about sending Tobin to do the same to King Ardesen.]]
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: One thing is certain: [[spoiler:Vesputo]] will betray anyone if it is to his advantage. [[spoiler:First Kareed, and then the entire Northern Alliance. Vesputo literally stabbed the king and his lover Irene in the back with his stiletto, and has no qualms about sending Tobin to do the same to King Ardesen.]]
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%%* TheEvilPrince: Vesputo's played like this, though he's not royalty.
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* SpoiledSweet: Downplayed, as Princess Torina has shades of this and SpoiledBrat: While she frees Landen almost immediately and is very loving, good person, Torina can also be very headstrong, opinionated, thoughtless, proud, superior, and used to getting what she wants. [[spoiler:As an adult, Torina realizes that she was a bit of a brat, and begs Landen's forgiveness. Of course, he has already forgiven her.]]
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* SpoiledSweet: Downplayed, as Princess Torina has shades of this and SpoiledBrat: Princess Torina. While she frees Landen almost immediately and is very loving, good person, Torina can also be very headstrong, opinionated, thoughtless, proud, superior, and she's used to getting what she wants. [[spoiler:As an adult, Torina realizes that she was a bit of a brat, and begs Landen's forgiveness. Of course, he has already forgiven her.]]
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'''''The Seer and the Sword''''' is a 2000 novel by Victoria Hanley. It is the first book in the Healer and Seer series.
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When King Kareed of Archeld invades the the neighboring peaceful kingdom of Bellandra, he returns home with three spoils of war: a mysterious crystal given to him by an old woman "for his red-haired daughter"; the legendary Sword of Bellandra, a blade reputed to be brimming with magic and Bellandra's most powerful weapon; and Landen, the former Prince of Bellandra, to be given to his daughter as a slave. These three spoils of war change the course of Archeld's history forever.
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When King Kareed of Archeld invades the the neighboring peaceful kingdom of Bellandra, he returns home with three spoils of war: a mysterious crystal given to him by an old woman "for his red-haired daughter"; the legendary Sword of Bellandra, a blade reputed to be brimming with magic and Bellandra's most powerful weapon; and Landen, the former Prince of Bellandra, to be given to his daughter as a slave. These three spoils of war change the course of Archeld's history forever.
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* ActualPacifist: King Veldon of Bellandra seems to have been this. King Kareed notes that Veldon did nothing to stop the invading army of Archeld, attempted to parley his way out of war, and failed to use the Sword of Bellandra to defend his kingdom and his people.
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* ActualPacifist: King Veldon of Bellandra seems to have been this. King Kareed notes that Veldon did nothing to stop the invading army of Archeld, attempted to parley his way out of war, and failed to use the Sword of Bellandra to defend his kingdom and his people. It appears to go for his people in general, as the invasion was apparently wholly unopposed by the Bellandrans, with "peaceful soldiers" trying to negotiate instead of fight.
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* AssassinOutclassin: Several timestimes.
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** King Dahmis receives word of another assassin coming to kill him [[spoiler:namely, Beron,]]and forces him to drink his own poison. [[spoiler:Seriously, Vesputo should have learned from the first time, even if he did think Torina was dead.]]
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** King Dahmis receives word of another assassin coming to kill him [[spoiler:namely, Beron,]]and [[spoiler:(namely, Beron)]]and forces him to drink his own poison. [[spoiler:Seriously, Vesputo should have learned from the first time, even if he did think Torina was dead.]]
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** [[spoiler:Though he is in the awkward position of having granted mercy to a unrepentant man who murdered a child out of spite. The King of Desante only agrees to free Bellanes' men on the condition that the murderer is executed. Landen doesn't kill the murderer personally, but orders his soon-to-be right-hand man to do it. Landen admits that the man deserved to die, though he wishes justice had come from another hand.]]
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** [[spoiler:Though he is in the awkward position of having granted mercy to a an unrepentant man who murdered a child out of spite. The King of Desante only agrees to free Bellanes' men on the condition that the murderer is executed. Landen doesn't kill the murderer personally, but orders his soon-to-be right-hand man to do it. Landen admits that the man deserved to die, though he wishes justice had come from another hand.]]
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** [[spoiler:Though he is in the awkward position of having granted mercy to a unrepentant man who murdered a child out of spite. The King of Desante only agrees to free Bellane's men on the condition that the murderer is executed. Landen doesn't kill the murderer personally, but orders his soon-to-be right-hand man to do it. Landen admits that the man deserved to die, though he wishes justice had come from another hand.]]
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** [[spoiler:Though he is in the awkward position of having granted mercy to a unrepentant man who murdered a child out of spite. The King of Desante only agrees to free Bellane's Bellanes' men on the condition that the murderer is executed. Landen doesn't kill the murderer personally, but orders his soon-to-be right-hand man to do it. Landen admits that the man deserved to die, though he wishes justice had come from another hand.]]
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* CrystalBall: Torina can see the past and the future by gazing into it.
* DeathFakedForYou: Vesputo fakes Torina's death, just as he faked their wedding after she fled Archeld. It works, and all of Archeld [[spoiler:save for her mother and the captain of the guard]] and the neighboring countries believe she is dead. It does complicate matters for him a little, as Torina notes that he can't exactly advertise for "The Ghost of Princess Torina, Wanted Dead or Alive".
* DeathFakedForYou: Vesputo fakes Torina's death, just as he faked their wedding after she fled Archeld. It works, and all of Archeld [[spoiler:save for her mother and the captain of the guard]] and the neighboring countries believe she is dead. It does complicate matters for him a little, as Torina notes that he can't exactly advertise for "The Ghost of Princess Torina, Wanted Dead or Alive".
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* CrystalBall: Torina can see the past past, present, and the future by gazing into it.
* DeathFakedForYou: Vesputo fakes Torina's death, just as he faked their wedding after she fled Archeld. It works, and all ofArcheld Archeld, [[spoiler:save for her mother and the captain of the guard]] guard,]] and the neighboring countries believe she is dead. It does complicate matters for him a little, as Torina notes that he can't exactly advertise for "The Ghost of Princess Torina, Wanted Dead or Alive".
* DeathFakedForYou: Vesputo fakes Torina's death, just as he faked their wedding after she fled Archeld. It works, and all of
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** [[spoiler: Two minutes later, while they are escorting the "boy" assassin up, King Dahmis and Bellanes' men make their big entrance (though some of the dramatic thunder has already been stolen by Torina), providing Torina with the backup she needs to reveal that she is alive and Vesputor murdered Kareed.]]
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** [[spoiler: Two minutes later, while they are escorting the "boy" assassin up, King Dahmis and Bellanes' men make their big entrance (though some of the dramatic thunder has already been stolen by Torina), providing Torina with the backup she needs to reveal that she is alive and Vesputor Vesputo murdered Kareed.]]
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* AutomatonHorses: Consistently Averted, if not in detail. If a horse has been ridden hard, it is shown to be tired and in need of care. In the most detailed instance, Torina's mount Amber shows clear signs of fatigue during Torina's flight, and Torina takes the time to feed and water him.
* AwesomeMomentofCrowning: [[spoiler: Torina's crowning sees both her crowned and the Sword of Bellandra returned to Landen. The princess is restored, the Sword has been returned to its rightful owner, and Landen and Torina are poised for a happily ever after.]]
* AwesomeMomentofCrowning: [[spoiler: Torina's crowning sees both her crowned and the Sword of Bellandra returned to Landen. The princess is restored, the Sword has been returned to its rightful owner, and Landen and Torina are poised for a happily ever after.]]
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* AutomatonHorses: Consistently Averted, averted, if not in detail. If a horse has been ridden hard, it is shown to be tired and in need of care. In the most detailed instance, Torina's mount Amber shows clear signs of fatigue during Torina's flight, and Torina takes the time to feed and water him.
*AwesomeMomentofCrowning: AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: [[spoiler: Torina's crowning sees both her crowned and the Sword of Bellandra returned to Landen. The princess is restored, the Sword has been returned to its rightful owner, and Landen and Torina are poised for a happily ever after.]]
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When King Kareed of Archeld invades the the neighboring peaceful kingdom of Bellandra, he returns home with three spoils of war: a mysterious crystal given to him by an old woman "for his red-haired daughter", daughter"; the legendary Sword of Bellandra, a blade reputed to be brimming with magic and Bellandra's most powerful weapon, weapon; and Landen, the former Prince of Bellandra, to be given to his daughter as a slave. These three spoils of war change the course of Archeld's history forever.
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'''''The Seer and the Sword''''' is a 2000 novel by Victoria Hanley. It is the first book in the Healer and Seer and the Sword series.
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Princess Torina, Kareed's young daughter, discovers that she can see the past and future when she looks into the crystal. The young princess frees Landen, and begins to secretly build a bond of friendship with him. Landen, who had vowed to learn to fight and reclaim the Sword of Bellandra, is trained along with other boys to be a soldier of Archeld. As time goes on, Torina's head is turned by the much older Vesputo, her father's right-hand-man. Despite Landen's warnings and Torina's abilities, treachery strikes, and their lives are thrown into utter upheaval.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Vineda/[[spoiler:Torina]] breaks ties with Dahmis after finding out his alliance with Vesputo. Vesputo uses this to accuse her of working with the invading Sliviites, [[spoiler: simultaneously convincing the other kings to hunt Torina down and allow Vesputo to be rid of her once and for all and covering up the fact that Vesputo himself is the traitor.]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Vineda/[[spoiler:Torina]] Vineda[[spoiler:/Torina]] breaks ties with Dahmis after finding out his alliance with Vesputo. Vesputo uses this to accuse her of working with the invading Sliviites, [[spoiler: simultaneously convincing the other kings to hunt Torina down and allow Vesputo to be rid of her once and for all and covering up the fact that Vesputo himself is the traitor.]]
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* KingIncognito: High King Dahmis travels this way to meet with Vineda, the seer [[spoiler: who is actually Torina. As she has already seen him in her crystal, Torina sees right through it.]]
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* KingIncognito: High King Dahmis travels this way to meet with Vineda, the seer [[spoiler: who is actually Torina. As she has already seen him in her crystal, Torina sees right through it.his disguise.]]
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