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* TheKingslayer: Rumors start going around while the King is still alive that Landen will be this, prompting Landen to decide to leave Archeld [[spoilers:only he doesn't get out fast enough. Vesputo is the actual kingslayer, though it doesn't catch up with him until the end of the book.]]

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* EasilyOverheardConversation: Torina wanders through the castle garden and just happens to overhear that her intended husband only wants her crown.



* EvilChancellor: [[spoiler:Vesputo. He is introduced as Kareed's second-in-command who suggests making Landen a slave, and eventually murders Kareed, frames Landen, attempts to marry Torina, and steals the throne of Archeld.]]

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* EvilChancellor: [[spoiler:Vesputo. He is introduced as Kareed's second-in-command who suggests making Landen a slave, and eventually murders Kareed, frames Landen, attempts to force Torina to marry Torina, him, and steals the throne of Archeld.]]
* ExactEavesDropping: Right after Landen tells Torina her intended only wants the crown [[spoiler:she overhears Vesputo professing to his lover, Irene, just that.
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* {{Heir-In-Law}}: Torina is groomed to be the wife of a king, not a ruling queen. She states that the man who marries her will be king.

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* {{Heir-In-Law}}: HeirInLaw: Torina is groomed to be the wife of a king, not a ruling queen. She states that the man who marries her will be king.
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* Heir-In-Law: Torina is groomed to be the wife of a king, not a ruling queen. She states that the man who marries her will be king.

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* Heir-In-Law: {{Heir-In-Law}}: Torina is groomed to be the wife of a king, not a ruling queen. She states that the man who marries her will be king.
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*DevilInPlainSight: [[spoiler:Landen sees right through Vesputo, though Torina doesn't catch on until much later.]]
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* HorribleJudgeofCharacter: King Kareed invades Bellandra, murders the king in front of his son, steals the sword, and expects Landen to forget his old life and become a faithful solider of Archeld. [[spoiler:Also, he trusts Vesputo, who eventually murders Kareed for the throne.]]

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* HorribleJudgeofCharacter: HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: King Kareed invades Bellandra, murders the king in front of his son, steals the sword, and expects Landen to forget his old life and become a faithful solider of Archeld. [[spoiler:Also, he trusts Vesputo, who eventually murders Kareed for the throne.]]
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*HorribleJudgeofCharacter: King Kareed invades Bellandra, murders the king in front of his son, steals the sword, and expects Landen to forget his old life and become a faithful solider of Archeld. [[spoiler:Also, he trusts Vesputo, who eventually murders Kareed for the throne.]]
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*EvilChancellor: [[spoiler:Vesputo. He is introduced as Kareed's second-in-command who suggests making Landen a slave, and eventually murders Kareed, frames Landen, attempts to marry Torina, and steals the throne of Archeld.]]
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* ActualPacifist: King Veldon of Bellandra seems to be this, as King Kareed notes that he did nothing to stop the invading army of Archeld, attempted to parley his way 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 be have been this, as King Kareed notes that he did nothing to stop the invading army of Archeld, attempted to parley his way of war, and failed to use the Sword of Bellandra to defend his kingdom and his people.
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* GetIntoJailFree: Landen uses the bounty on him to infiltrate.

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* GetIntoJailFree: Landen uses the bounty on him to infiltrate.infiltrate [[spoiler:Archeld Castle.]]

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* AncestralWeapon: The Sword of Bellandra was first wielded by King Landen the First in defense of Bellandra.



* CoolSword: Landen's kingdom had one, to defend it. King Kareed seizes it at the beginning of the book and [[spoiler:Landen goes through a lot to eventually get it back.]]
* CrystalBall: Used by Torina for her abilities

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* CoolSword: Landen's kingdom had one, to defend it. King Kareed seizes it at the beginning of the book and cannot destroy it, instead hiding it away. [[spoiler:Landen goes through a lot to eventually get it back.]]
* CrystalBall: Used by Torina for her abilitiescan see the past and the future by gazing into it.


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* LiteralCliffhanger: Happens to Landen early on, courtesy of Beron. Torina sees it through the crystal and rescues him.
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* ActualPacifist: King Veldon of Bellandra seems to be this, as King Kareed notes that he did nothing to stop the invading army of Archeld, attempted to parley his way of war, and failed to use the Sword of Bellandra to defend his kingdom and his people.
* BigBrotherMentor: Eric to Landen, being the first one to stand up for Landen to the other boys and teaching Landen to fight.
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* PerfectPacifistPeople: Bellandra, described as a kingdom of peace, harmony, and art, and conquered by neighboring Archeld at the beginning of the book. Archeld's soldier trainees believe it to be a "kingdom of milksops".
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* CoolSword: Landen's kingdom had one, to defend it. King Kareed steals it at the beginning of the book and [[spoiler:Landen goes through a lot to eventually get it back.]]

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* CoolSword: Landen's kingdom had one, to defend it. King Kareed steals seizes it at the beginning of the book and [[spoiler:Landen goes through a lot to eventually get it back.]]
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* MadeASlave: Landen in the opening.

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* MadeASlave: Landen in the opening.Landen, until Torina frees him as soon as her father gives him to her.
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* CoolSword: Landen's kingdom had one, to defend it. King Kareed steals it at the beginning of the book and [[spoilers:Landen goes through a lot to eventually get it back.]]

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* CoolSword: Landen's kingdom had one, to defend it. King Kareed steals it at the beginning of the book and [[spoilers:Landen [[spoiler:Landen goes through a lot to eventually get it back.]]
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* CoolSword: Landen's kingdom had one, to defend it. King Kareed steals it at the beginning of the book and [[spoiler:serves as the {{MacGuffin}} for the rest of the book.]]

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* CoolSword: Landen's kingdom had one, to defend it. King Kareed steals it at the beginning of the book and [[spoiler:serves as the {{MacGuffin}} for the rest of the book.[[spoilers:Landen goes through a lot to eventually get it back.]]
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* CoolSword: Landen's kingdom had one, to defend it. King Kareed steals it at the beginning of the book and [[serves as the {{MacGuffin}} for the rest of the book.]]

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* CoolSword: Landen's kingdom had one, to defend it. King Kareed steals it at the beginning of the book and [[serves [[spoiler:serves as the {{MacGuffin}} for the rest of the book.]]

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* CoolSword: Landen's kingdom had one, to defend it.

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* CoolSword: Landen's kingdom had one, to defend it. King Kareed steals it at the beginning of the book and [[serves as the {{MacGuffin}} for the rest of the book.]]


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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Torina's father, King Kareed, constantly pits his strength against other kingdoms, personally marching into battle and conquering his neighbors.
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* FieryRedhead: Torina starts out as one, but the events of the book mellow her considerably.
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* CoolSword: Landen's kingdom had one, to defend it.


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* GetIntoJailFree: Landen uses the bounty on him to infiltrate.
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* CrystalBall: Used by Torina for her abilities


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* {{Seers}}: One gives the king the crystal, which he gives to Torina, who is also, it turns out, a seer.
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* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: Landen fondly remembers the rainbows of his native land.

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* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: Landen fondly remembers the rainbows of his native land.
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* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: Landen fondly remembers the rainbows of his native land.

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* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: Landen fondly remembers the rainbows of his native land.

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The Seer and the Sword is a 2000 novel by Victoria Hanley. It is the first book in the Seer and the Sword series.

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The '''''The Seer and the Sword Sword''''' is a 2000 novel by Victoria Hanley. It is the first book in the Seer and the Sword series.


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* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: Landen fondly remembers the rainbows of his native land.
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* SpiritedPrincess: Torina. Starting when she frees Landen.

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* SpiritedPrincess: RebelliousPrincess: Torina. Starting when she frees Landen.
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!!The book contains examples of:of:
* MadeASlave: Landen in the opening.
* SpiritedPrincess: Torina. Starting when she frees Landen.
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The Seer and the Sword is a 2000 novel by Victoria Hanley. It is the first book in the Seer and the Sword series.

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The Seer and the Sword is a 2000 novel by Victoria Hanley. It is the first book in the Seer and the Sword series.series.

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The Seer and the Sword is a 2000 novel by Victoria Hanley. It is the first book in the Seer and the Sword series.

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