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2	[[caption-width-right:350:[[VirginSacrifice Just another virgin walking to her doom]]]]
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4	''Lord of the Mountain'' is an installment in ''Literature/AnthologiesOfUllord'' created by Creator/NikkiFlynn and Creator/EdwinDantes.
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6	Ritana, a young woman from the Mistborn Village, has dreams of greatness. Her plans for life involve studying at the Arcane University and becoming a great mage. However, all of her plans and dreams are forced to be forsaken after her village had its livelihood ruined by a terrible flood. She was selected to marry the monster living on the nearby Rainy Peaks Mountain, in order to appease it and spare the village its wrath.
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8	After arriving to meet her would-be husband, however, she learns that there is more to the monster than her village had ever known.
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10	!! Tropes Found in ''Lord Of The Mountain'':
11	%%* AltarDiplomacy: This is what the people of the villages hope they are doing in sending virgins up the mountainside.%%"This" being what?
12	%%* AndTheAdventureContinues:
13	%%* Arranged Marriage: ...Of sorts...
14	* ContinuityNod: The friends that Ritana makes appear in ''Literature/NarcissismAndPower''.
15	* HeavenAbove: The gods' wills and influence and the constellations that represent the gods' domains are heavily referenced throughout the story. It is believed that the gods' influence does play a role in the mortals' day to day lives.
16	%%* MarriageOfConvenience:
17	%%* MaintainTheLie: Good people do so at the request of [[spoiler:Alaric Goldenscales]].
18	* ThemeNaming:
19	** All of Alaric's siblings' names begin with "A"
20	** Most of the named places have to do with nature, oftentimes water.
21	* VirginSacrifice: Required to keep disasters from affecting the villages.
22	%%* WillTheyOrWontThey:
23	%%* WizardingSchool: The Arcane University.

Context Literature / LordOfTheMountain