Line #80 Literature/Eludoran


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6	->''"Nothing gold can stay."''
7	-->-- '''Robert Frost'''
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9	Being a princess isn't always what it's cracked up to be. Apparently, things get even worse when your older brother is [[TheAce better than you in everything]]. Tired of remaining in another's shadow, Lorelei learns this lesson the hard way when she undertakes an epic adventure to win her father's affection--with disastrous results. It soon occurs to her that the outside world is entirely different from what she has been used to, and she is obliged to learn its workings in order to survive.
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11	Violently thrust into hostile and alien surroundings, Lorelei needs to subvert its rules to her advantage. She is given the chance to do so when an accidental misunderstanding earns her the respect of the local juveniles, placing her in a position of power within their circles. Suddenly, everything seems to have changed for the better. Surely it can't hurt to maintain this illusion for a little while longer? Bending a few morals along the way isn't too high of a price to pay, given the alternatives. [[TemptingFate What could possibly go]] [[GoneHorriblyWrong wrong]]?
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13	Too bad she hasn't counted on how attractive the first taste of power can be. Or how difficult it is to hold on to it. Or how often it is that people only recognize the importance of something after that thing has been well and truly lost.
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15	The narrative poem was released in hardcover and paperback format and is available at www.eludoran.com
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18	!! This book provides examples of:
19	%%* AChildShallLeadThem: And how.
20	%%* TheAce: Lorelei's brother Llane, not to mention her cousin Malachi. In spades.
21	* AdultsAreUseless: No one over the age of 14 seems capable of making important decisions or getting anything done. Somewhat TruthInFiction since the adults tend to become mired in larger issues of state security and politics. It takes a year-long absence of his daughter before [[WellDoneSonGuy Arulaine]] even starts to take matters seriously, and even more time to spur himself to do something about it. Then again, he WAS battling [[FreudianExcuse depression]] at the time, so...
22	%%* AffectionateParody: Of both [[TheEpic epic]] fantasy and dystopian fiction.
23	%%* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: Lorelei's quest]]
24	* AxeCrazy: What most people consider Sheriden to be. Understandable, since he has a habit of [[ImAHumanitarian scavenging from recently-dead corpses]] and talking to his tail. [[spoiler:He's [[NotSoImaginaryFriend not]]]]
25	%%* BadassNormal: Mostly Llane. To a lesser extent; Lorelei, Malachi, Pendarynn and pretty much everyone else under 18.
26	%%* BigDamnHeroes: Llane has one in his rescue of Lorelei. So does Pendarynn much later on.
27	%%* ChildhoodFriends: Lorelei, Altayir and Malachi.
28	* ChildrenAreSpecial: Cubs appear more capable at the racial trait of [[MagicMusic song-based magic]] than adults.
29	* ChildrenForcedToKill: Part of the bear empire's TrainingFromHell designed to produce ChildSoldiers.
30	* ChildSoldiers: Winterhold's troops include children.
31	%%* ComingOfAgeStory: For Lorelei and Malachi.
32	%%* DeathByChildbirth: Anvira
33	* {{Doorstopper}}: 800+ pages of rhyming couplets make this a contender.
34	* EnfantTerrible: Lorelei. [[spoiler:She leaves behind an impressive number of dead friends in her wake.]]
35	%%* EvilFormerFriend: Morwenna. Also [[spoiler: Lorelei]]
36	%%* FatherIWantToMarryMyBrother: Or foster-brother. Or cousin. Either way.
37	%%* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Lorelei]]
38	* ForbiddenFriendship: Between Pendarynn and Lorelei, whose parents hate each other. May overlap with StarCrossedLovers.
39	%%* FriendshipTrinket: Pendarynn's fang. Also a [[spoiler: ChekhovsGun]]
40	%%* GoMadFromTheIsolation: This happened to Sheriden a long time ago.
41	%%* GoodGirlGoneBad: [[spoiler: Lorelei]]
42	%%* HeelFaceTurn: Pendarynn and Tabaqui both have one.
43	%%* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Between [[spoiler: Malachi]] and [[spoiler: Lorelei]]
44	* InadequateInheritor: What Lorelei believes she is. [[spoiler:Subverted. Her dad doesn't think so at all.]]
45	* IncestSubtext: Happens occasionally. What else should you expect from [[{{yiff}} foxes]]?
46	%%* InterspeciesFriendship: Lorelei and Pendarynn
47	* ImaginaryFriend: Rix to Sheriden. [[spoiler: subverted]]
48	* ImpossibleTask: Lorelei's quest. [[spoiler:Break into the heart of TheEmpire and steal back the remains of her brother. Which the EvilOverlord is [[ScaryImpracticalArmor wearing as a fur coat]]. Nothing to it, right?]]
49	%%* ItWasWithYouAllAlong: The entire premise.
50	%%* KidsAreCruel: Carnessian and Flint.
51	%%* KidHero: Lorelei and Malachi
52	* KidSidekick: Malachi and Tabaqui to Lorelei. Also [[spoiler: Rixaldin]] to Sheriden--[[spoiler: or is it the other way round?]]
53	* KnightTemplarParent: Arulaine is perfectly willing to risk the future of his kingdom to save his daughter. Everything he does is for her own good. Too bad he doesn't know how to express it.
54	* LittleStowaway: Lorelei stows away with some traders to begin her adventures.
55	%%* LonerTurnedFriend: Sheriden
56	* LotusEaterMachine: Tabaqui encounters one shortly after [[spoiler: dying]]
57	* LukeIAmYourFather: Towards the end of the poem, Lorelei reunites with her dad in similar fashion. [[spoiler: It doesn't end [[Literature/TheShahnameh well]].]]
58	* MagicFeather: The ability of Nepenthe petals to ward off 'evil' depends on the user's own faith.
59	* MaternalDeathBlameTheChild: Anvira died giving birth to Lorelei. Her dad doesn't take it all that [[YouShouldHaveDiedInstead well]].
60	* MatureAnimalStory: Death, genocide, terrorism... WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids?
61	* MeaningfulName: 'Lorelei' is another name for sirens who lure sailors to their doom.
62	* MetaphoricallyTrue: Bloodfang's new armor is technically invincible against 'weapons of war'. [[spoiler: Or is it?]]
63	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Bloodfang
64	* NarrativePoem: The entire story, all 800 pages of it.
65	* PrecociousCrush: Malachi develops feelings for Marissa eventually.
66	* ThePromise: Characters are in the habit of making vows, apparently. Often, oaths carelessly said can come back to haunt them later on in life--like Arulaine's enmity towards the Skaven race.
67	* ProtectedByAChild: Arulaine's last stand is thwarted by his enemy's newest lieutenant; [[spoiler: Lorelei]]
68	%%* PuppyLove: Lorelei and Pendarynn.
69	%%* RatMen: The Skaven.
70	* RedBaron: The Harlot Queen; The Hidden One
71	%%* TheRunaway: Lorelei
72	* {{Satire}}: Of its genre. Protagonist is a heroine instead of a hero, the strong/capable female turns out to be not so strong/capable in ways clear to the others, love triangles don't work out to the heroine's advantage, and there is no happily-ever-after.
73	%%* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: Lorelei]]
74	%%* SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler: Llane's death]]
75	* SiblingYinYang: Malachi and Lorelei. Well, foster-siblings anyway.
76	%%* SnarkyNonHumanSidekick: Rix
77	* SoProudOfYou: Lorelei learns this from her father eventually. [[spoiler: Too bad that by then it's too late.]]
78	* TeensAreMonsters: Carnessian. Pendarynn, to some lesser extent. Also [[spoiler: Lorelei]]--eventually
79	* TheUnFavourite: Lorelei next to Llane
80	* ThenLetMeBeEvil: [[spoiler: Lorelei's]] epiphany
81	* ThreeActStructure: The story is a poem in three acts.
82	%%* TinTyrant: Bloodfang
83	%%* TinyTyrannicalGirl: Lorelei
84	%%* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Frequent.
85	%%* TykeBomb: Carnessian
86	%%* UsedToBeASweetKid: [[spoiler: Lorelei]]
87	%%* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler: Lorelei's]] speech to Malachi.
88	* WellDoneSonGuy: All Lorelei wants is for her dad to acknowledge her.
89	%%* WeUsedToBeFriends: Morwenna and Anvira.
90	* WhyAreYouNotMySon: Arulaine seems to like his nephew Malachi more than his daughter and make comparisons between them
91	%%* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Malachi. The phrase is an actual line quote from the poem.
92	* WizardDuel: Malachi vs. Aurin. Also between Malachi and [[spoiler: Lorelei]]
93	%%* WouldHurtAChild: Just about everyone, really.
94	* YouCanTurnBack: Lorelei gives Tabaqui a chance to turn back. She is given her own chance to turn back later on. Both of them should have [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere accepted]], really.
95	* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: Arulaine's implied attitude to Lorelei, after his wife and son's deaths. [[spoiler: He doesn't actually mean it]]

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