History YMMV / DiePilgerin

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Played with. Koloman Laux sends his son to search for Tilla, though Sebastian begs him to allow him to stay and hunt down the Bavarian conspiracy. Laux Senior, however, believes the conspiracy is all Sebastian's imagination and that a serious task will do him good. [[spoiler:Then that same conspiracy turns out to be pretty real and Otfried takes over the town with the Bavarians' help]]. But sending Sebastian after Tilla was a good idea after all from the pilgrims' point of view – Sebastian did prove himself helpful and a good friend. And then he [[spoiler:won Tilla's love and became a battle hero]]. And ''then'' he [[spoiler:was awarded a title and returned to Tremmlingen with an army that threw out the invaders]]. How much was broken and how much was fixed by Koloman's decision is debatable.
* WhatAnIdiot: Ilga, you've observed how [[SarcasmMode Otfried sticks to the promises]] he had given at his own father's deathbed. You see every day that money and power are top priority for him. Do you ''still'' think he'll really marry a maidservant?
** The pilgrims. A lady you've never met tells you she's a DamselInDistress (and you've got only her word for it) and begs you to obviously sacrifice several men from your group just to draw attention away from herself. Do you at least think it over? No, you rush headfirst to help at once and severely scold the OnlySaneMan (a girl actually, but whatever) when he hesitates to believe the lady.
** Quite by accident the guard forgot to lock Tilla's cell and even left it! Another guard was also luckily sent away on an errand by Aymer de Saltilieu! The back door is – a wonderful coincidence! – unlocked! Sebastian, Starrheim, did you honestly believe an AssPull like that could happen?
*** They did wonder how Tilla knew the back door would be open, but she told them it was revealed to her by the Holy Virgin. They never asked any more questions about the details of their escape.

* KarmaHoudini: Felicia de Lacaune, a selfish plotter and indirectly a murderess, doesn't get even a single reproof, and what she does get is [[spoiler:a marriage with Aymer and a title of Baroness]]. However, it's hinted in the epilogue about how her life had changed since [[spoiler:the wedding]], so perhaps there was a case of BreakTheHaughty... It's possible, because KarmaHoudini isn't usually what villains get in Iny Lorentz's novels.
** Sepp in the movie undoubtedly, but for some readers Sepp in the book too. He treats his wife horribly, behaves like a complete jerk during the pilgrimage, abandons his fellow pilgrims for the hope of a high position, and [[spoiler:murders Hugues de Saltilieu for a one-night stand with Felicia]]. What does he get? An important place in Count Starrheim's service. Justified, though, [[spoiler:because of his sincere repentance both for his behavior and especially the killing, and he does act heroically in battle with the Englishmen]].

** Aymer might qualify. He did force Tilla to sleep with him, and no one even remembers it – frankly, because no one ever finds out. [[spoiler:By the end Aymer is a war hero and beloved by the royalty and the commons]].

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Arguable. Koloman Laux sends his son to search for Tilla, though Sebastian begs him to allow him to stay and hunt down the Bavarian conspiracy. Laux Senior, however, believes the conspiracy is all Sebastian's imagination and that a serious task will do him good. [[spoiler:Then that same conspiracy turns out to be pretty real and Otfried takes over the town with the Bavarians' help]]. But sending Sebastian after Tilla was a good idea after all from the pilgrims' point of view – Sebastian did prove himself helpful and a good friend. And then he [[spoiler:won Tilla's love and became a battle hero]]. And ''then'' he [[spoiler:was awarded a title and returned to Tremmlingen with an army that threw out the invaders]]. How much was broken and how much was fixed by Koloman's decision is debatable.

* SuetifulAllAlong: Some can view Tilla as an example. She [[ImNotPretty thinks herself ugly]], too large and with hardly any curves to speak of, consoling herself with the thought that in her circles men marry money anyway. However, almost every guy in the novel wants her at least at some point and at some measure, including the breathtakingly attractive Gaston Phoebus with dozens of admiring girls at his disposal and Aymer de Saltilieu who [[spoiler:ends up with the gorgeous Felicia]]. It can be justified, though, that they get drawn to her nature and not to her looks, as many of them say straight that she's not beautiful but has a remarkable character.

* CompleteMonster: Veit Gürtler, from his youth. He marries a girl just for her money, beats and rapes her, his especially fierce beating causes her to lose her child and become unable to conceive again, not to mention him regularly having other women, then, less than a year after her death, he marries Tilla and plans to continue in the same way; he also betrays his hometown, handing it over to the Bavarians, murders Eckhardt Willinger, and wants to manipulate Otfried and have all the Willinger fortune to himself.

** Sepp in the movie undoubtedly, but for some readers Sepp in the book too. He treats his wife horribly, behaves terribly during the pilgrimage, abandons his fellow pilgrims for the hope of a high position, and [[spoiler:murders Hugues de Saltilieu for a one-night stand with Felicia]]. What does he get? An important place in Count Starrheim's service. Justified, though, [[spoiler:because of his sincere repentance both for his behavior and especially the killing, and he does act heroically in battle with the Englishmen]].

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: In the film, due to the added romance between Damian and Tilla, Tilla's subsequent love for Sebastian seems too sudden and hardly believable, especially since it begins when she doesn't know of [[spoiler:Damian's death]].

* SuetifulAllAlong: Some can view Tilla as an example. She [[ImNotPretty thinks herself ugly]], too large and with hardly any curves to speak of, consoling herself with the thought that in her circles men marry money anyway. However, almost every male guy in the novel wants her at least at some point and at some measure, including the breathtakingly attractive Gaston Phoebus with dozens of admiring girls at his disposal and Aymer de Saltilieu who [[spoiler:ends up with the gorgeous Felicia]]. It can be justified, though, that they get drawn to her nature and not to her looks, as many of them say straight that she's not beautiful but has a remarkable character.

* KarmaHoudini: Felicia de Lacaune, a selfish plotter and indirectly a murderess, doesn't get even a single reproof, and what she does get is [[spoiler:a marriage with Aymer and a title of Baroness]]. However, it's hinted in the epilogue about how her life had change since [[spoiler:the wedding]], so perhaps there was a case of BreakTheHaughty... It's possible, because KarmaHoudini isn't usually what villains get in Iny Lorentz's novels.

* KarmaHoudini: Felicia de Lacaune, a selfish plotter and indirectly a murderess, doesn't get even a single reproof, and what she does get is [[spoiler:a marriage with Aymer and a title of a baroness]]. However, it's hinted in the epilogue about how her life had change since [[spoiler:the wedding]], so perhaps there was a case of BreakTheHaughty... It's possible, because KarmaHoudini isn't usually what villains get in Iny Lorentz's novels.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance (as it is a historical novel): Radegund and Blanche get married at fourteen – both to men of twenty-odd. While the former doesn't exactly have a say in the matter and [[spoiler:her marriage ends tragically]], the latter's marriage is a happy one (and her [[UnresolvedSexualTension UST]] with her future spouse begins when she's ''thirteen''). Probably to avoid at least some squickiness, it's said in the epilogue that [[spoiler:Starrheim]] "was gentle" with Blanche for about three years and rarely slept with her.

** Sepp in the movie undoubtedly, but for some readers Sepp in the book too. He treats his wife horribly, behaves terribly during the pilgrimage, abandons his fellow pilgrims for the hope of a high position, and [[spoiler:murders Hugues de Saltilieu for a one-night stand with Felicia]]. What does he get? An important place in Count Starrheim's service. Justified, though, [[spoiler:because of his sincere repentance both of his behavior and especially the killing, and he does act heroically in battle with the Englishmen]].

* CompleteMonster: Veit Gürtler, from his youth. He marries a girl just for her money, beats and rapes her, his especially fierce beating causes her to lose her child and become unable to conceive again, not to mention him regularly having other women, then, less than a year after her death, he marries Tilla and plans to continue in the same way; he also betrays his hometown, handing it over to the Bavarians, murders Eckehard Willinger, and wants to manipulate Otfried and have all the Willinger fortune to himself.

** Sepp in the movie undoubtedly, but for some readers Sepp in the book too. He treats his wife horribly, behaves terribly during the pilgrimage, abandons his fellow pilgrims for the hope of a high position, and [[spoiler:murders Hugo de Saltilieu for a one-night stand with Felicia]]. What does he get? An important place in Count Starrheim's service. Justified, though, [[spoiler:because of his sincere repentance both of his behavior and especially the killing, and he does act heroically in battle with the Englishmen]].

* ValuesDissonance / DeliberateValuesDissonance (as it is a historical novel): Radegund and Blanche get married at fourteen – both to men of twenty-odd. While the former doesn't exactly have a say in the matter and [[spoiler:her marriage ends tragically]], the latter's marriage is a happy one (and her [[UnresolvedSexualTension UST]] with her future spouse begins when she's ''thirteen''). Probably to avoid at least some squickiness, it's said in the epilogue that [[spoiler:Starrheim]] "was gentle" with Blanche for about three years and rarely slept with her.

* CompleteMonster: Veit Gürtler, from his youth. He marries a girl just for her money, beats and rapes her, his especially fierce beating causes her to lose her child and become unable to conceive again, not to mention him regularly having other women, then, less than a year after her death, he marries Tilla and plans to continue in the same; he also betrays his hometown, handing it over to the Bavarians, murders Eckehard Willinger, and wants to manipulate Otfried and have all the Willinger fortune to himself.

* SuetifulAllAlong: Some can view Tilla as an example. She [[ImNotPretty thinks herself ugly]], too large and with hardly any curves to speak of, consoling herself with the thought that in her circles men marry money anyway. However, almost every male guy in the novel wants her at least at some point and at some measure, including the breathtakingly attractive Gaston Phoebus with dozens of admiring girls at his disposal and Aymer de Saltilieu who [[spoiler:ends up with the gorgeous Felicia]]. It can be justified, though, that they get drawn to her nature and not to her looks, as many of them say straight that she's not beautiful but has a remarkable character.

* MoralEventHorizon: Otfried crosses his when he helps Gürtler murder his father.

* CompleteMonster: Veit Gürtler, from his youth. He marries a girl just for her money, beats and rapes her, not to mention regularly having other women, then, less than a year after her death, he marries Tilla and plans to continue in the same; he also betrays his hometown, handing it over to the Bavarians, murders Eckehard Willinger, and wants to manipulate Otfried and have all the Willinger fortune to himself.