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2	''The Book of Atrix Wolfe'' is a fantasy novel by Creator/PatriciaAMcKillip, published in 1995.
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4	!!This book contains examples of:
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6	* AngerBornOfWorry: When Talis was unhorsed and injured, and then [[FullBoarAction had to kill a boar]], his brother descends on him dragging him away and pounded him -- only when Talis recovers from his shock does he realize he's saying that he thought Talis had been killed.
7	* CuriosityIsACrapshoot: Saro and her father watched Atrix Wolfe's spell because of her curiosity -- and got caught.
8	* DamselInDistress: Saro is trapped in a spell, rendered TheSpeechless, and [[FallenPrincess ends up]] a SculleryMaid in forced labor.
9	* DistressedDude: Talis is trapped in the forest. Where a woman reveals [[spoiler:that the omninous Hunter is her consort, trapped in a dire spell]].
10	* FallenPrincess: Saro, after the magic renders her mute and dazed, ends up a SculleryMaid.
11	* FearlessFool: They send off Saro to deliver the tray of food to the prince in his half-ruined and haunted towers, on the grounds she wouldn't understand it enough to be afraid.
12	* FullBoarAction: Talis is dazed in the woods when the dogs harry a boar near him. He kills it on instinct, and everyone is dully impressed -- after they get over the fear that he has been killed.
13	* TheHighQueen: The high queen in the forest who communicates with Atrix and Burne by TalkingInYourDreams.
14	* NiceToTheWaiter: The SculleryMaid Saro is sent to deliver a tray of food to the prince in the haunted and half-ruined hall. She drops it; he takes the blame for startling her, especially after she had braved the ghosts and owls, and offers her a white lily. [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan She goes back to the kitchen dreaming of him]].
15	* SculleryMaid: Saro, after the magic had rendered her mute and dazed.
16	* SdrawkcabName: A characteristic of the twisted magic.
17	* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: The SculleryMaid Saro is sent to deliver a tray of food to the prince in the haunted and half-ruined hall. She drops it; [[NiceToTheWaiter he takes the blame for startling her, especially after she had braved the ghosts and owls, and offers her a white lily]]. She goes back to the kitchen dreaming of him.
18	* TheSpeechless: Saro after the spell.
19	* TalkingInYourDreams: The [[TheHighQueen woman]] in the [[EnchantedForest woods]] communicates with both Atrix Wolfe and Burne this way. Later, so does [[spoiler:Talis]].
20	* ThickerThanWater: Burne can not bear the thought of losing Talis, his only living relative.
21	* WhenTreesAttack: An oak tries to bury Talis underground.

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