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* InSeriesNickname: Quite a large number of characters have a nickname on top of their given name. Examples include Jamison "The Sword of the Night" Dayne, Vorian "The Sword of the Evening" Dayne, Garrison "The Blind King" Fowler, Yorick "The Bloodroyal" Yronwood, Naemon "The Vulture Knight" Blackmont, Tom "the Animal", Larry "the Kind", Mizro "the Sharp" and Thomos "the Thunder".
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* InSeriesNickname: Quite a large number of characters have a nickname on top of their given name. Examples include [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Jamison "The Sword of the Night" Dayne, Dayne]], [[TheGoodKing Vorian "The Sword of the Evening" Dayne, Dayne]], [[GeniusCripple Garrison "The Blind King" Fowler, Fowler]], [[OrcusOnHisThrone Yorick "The Bloodroyal" Yronwood, Yronwood]], [[TheCaligula Albin "The Mad King" Manwoody]], [[KnightInShiningArmour Naemon "The Vulture Knight" Blackmont, Blackmont]], [[{{Jerkass}} Tom "the Animal", Animal"]], [[IronicNickname Larry "the Kind", Kind"]], [[GeniusBruiser Mizro "the Sharp" Sharp"]] and [[BoisterousBruiser Thomos "the Thunder".Thunder"]].
*InterclassRomance:
**Technically, Nymeria and her husband Mors are this. Though her power has massively dwindled after the destruction of her Rhoynar homelands, she is still the ruling princess of the entire Rhoynar people, whose numbers go into the hundred thousands, whereas Mors is a mere dornish lord, far less powerful than the kings. Though he is nobility, he is still far below the royal Nymeria in terms of status and power.
**Albin and his common concubine Missy are a more classic example, even if they aren't exactly big on the romance part of their relationship, with him having tortured her into submission. [[spoiler: This is subverted once it is revealed that Missy is none other than Kortney Caron, who comes from an important noble house of the Stormlands.]]
*IntergenerationalFriendship: Jamison and his mentor Laroy, several decades his senior, have formed one.
*InterruptedIntimacy: During their journey, Gwendis more or less walks in on Aisha and Trentan in the middle of the act, which reveals to her and to the readers that the priestess and the thief are in a relationship.
*InTheBack: Raina Serviene disposes of a peasant rebel in such a way, during the fall of Gravesend, saving the life of Ser Myke in the process.
*InTheHood: Zereth's face is always hidden by a dark hood.
*IronicNickname: One of the more prominent of Albin Manwoody's freaks is named Larry the Kind. While probably not the worst of them, he is still part of a group of sadistic torturers and therefore anything but kind.
*ItsAllAboutMe: This is Albin Manwoody's main motivation for his war against the entire rest of the Red Mountains. He has no greater goal but to unite them under his banner, to make him the greatest king that ever lived.
*InterclassRomance:
**Technically, Nymeria and her husband Mors are this. Though her power has massively dwindled after the destruction of her Rhoynar homelands, she is still the ruling princess of the entire Rhoynar people, whose numbers go into the hundred thousands, whereas Mors is a mere dornish lord, far less powerful than the kings. Though he is nobility, he is still far below the royal Nymeria in terms of status and power.
**Albin and his common concubine Missy are a more classic example, even if they aren't exactly big on the romance part of their relationship, with him having tortured her into submission. [[spoiler: This is subverted once it is revealed that Missy is none other than Kortney Caron, who comes from an important noble house of the Stormlands.]]
*IntergenerationalFriendship: Jamison and his mentor Laroy, several decades his senior, have formed one.
*InterruptedIntimacy: During their journey, Gwendis more or less walks in on Aisha and Trentan in the middle of the act, which reveals to her and to the readers that the priestess and the thief are in a relationship.
*InTheBack: Raina Serviene disposes of a peasant rebel in such a way, during the fall of Gravesend, saving the life of Ser Myke in the process.
*InTheHood: Zereth's face is always hidden by a dark hood.
*IronicNickname: One of the more prominent of Albin Manwoody's freaks is named Larry the Kind. While probably not the worst of them, he is still part of a group of sadistic torturers and therefore anything but kind.
*ItsAllAboutMe: This is Albin Manwoody's main motivation for his war against the entire rest of the Red Mountains. He has no greater goal but to unite them under his banner, to make him the greatest king that ever lived.
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*ImportantHaircut: Back when Raina Serviene's house was destroyed by a rival house, she cut her hair [[BoyishShortHair very short]] and began to pose as a boy, to mark a new part of her life, being on the run from anyone who mightstill wish to kill her.
*ImpoverishedPatrician: For a while, this happened to Nymeria and the Rhoynar people as a whole, after the loss of their homelands. Things have started to improve since they settled on the Martell lands, especially for Nymeria, but the nobility of her people is naturally still far less wealthy and important than they used to be.
*InadequateInheritor:
**Naemon views himself as one, on account of having no sense for politics and finding no joy in actually ruling a kingdom. He views his sister Gwendis, who can't inherit due to her gender, as a far more suitable heir.
**It is not outright stated, but this is a problem Lord Morgan Allyrion has to face. His only son, Emmett is [[AmbiguousDisorder lack-witted]] and likely wouldn't make a good lord, whereas the rightful heir, his nephew Emerson, is someone he isn't fond of in any way.
*IncompatibleOrientation: Relatively early, it is made clear that Ilor has the hots for Nealia. Unfortunately for him, she is [[StraightGay exclusively into other women]], as he finds out when she has a one-night stand with the Yi Tish woman Ying Yu.
*InferioritySuperiorityComplex: While Jamison is indeed an arrogant {{Jerkass}}, what truly makes these traits shine is his feeling of being not good enough to marry his crush Isabella, which is also the main reason for his yearning for glory.
*TheIngenue: Isabella is among the most innocent and pure-hearted of the characters in the story. Though she does have moments in which she reveals herself to be quite smart, her innocence makes her come across as naive and dreamy at times and makes her largely unaware to the true nature of the plots her father and her aunt are weaving.
*InHarmsWay: Some of Jamison's eagerness to get into a fight gives off such a vibe.
*InnocentBlueEyes: Isabella's eye colour reflects her personality quite well here.
*InsaneEqualsViolent: Just what exactly the extent of Albin Manwoody's madness is is not quite revealed, but one thing is for sure, he loves violence, as shown with his treatment of poor Missy.
*InSeriesNickname: Quite a large number of characters have a nickname on top of their given name. Examples include Jamison "The Sword of the Night" Dayne, Vorian "The Sword of the Evening" Dayne, Garrison "The Blind King" Fowler, Yorick "The Bloodroyal" Yronwood, Naemon "The Vulture Knight" Blackmont, Tom "the Animal", Larry "the Kind", Mizro "the Sharp" and Thomos "the Thunder".
*ImpoverishedPatrician: For a while, this happened to Nymeria and the Rhoynar people as a whole, after the loss of their homelands. Things have started to improve since they settled on the Martell lands, especially for Nymeria, but the nobility of her people is naturally still far less wealthy and important than they used to be.
*InadequateInheritor:
**Naemon views himself as one, on account of having no sense for politics and finding no joy in actually ruling a kingdom. He views his sister Gwendis, who can't inherit due to her gender, as a far more suitable heir.
**It is not outright stated, but this is a problem Lord Morgan Allyrion has to face. His only son, Emmett is [[AmbiguousDisorder lack-witted]] and likely wouldn't make a good lord, whereas the rightful heir, his nephew Emerson, is someone he isn't fond of in any way.
*IncompatibleOrientation: Relatively early, it is made clear that Ilor has the hots for Nealia. Unfortunately for him, she is [[StraightGay exclusively into other women]], as he finds out when she has a one-night stand with the Yi Tish woman Ying Yu.
*InferioritySuperiorityComplex: While Jamison is indeed an arrogant {{Jerkass}}, what truly makes these traits shine is his feeling of being not good enough to marry his crush Isabella, which is also the main reason for his yearning for glory.
*TheIngenue: Isabella is among the most innocent and pure-hearted of the characters in the story. Though she does have moments in which she reveals herself to be quite smart, her innocence makes her come across as naive and dreamy at times and makes her largely unaware to the true nature of the plots her father and her aunt are weaving.
*InHarmsWay: Some of Jamison's eagerness to get into a fight gives off such a vibe.
*InnocentBlueEyes: Isabella's eye colour reflects her personality quite well here.
*InsaneEqualsViolent: Just what exactly the extent of Albin Manwoody's madness is is not quite revealed, but one thing is for sure, he loves violence, as shown with his treatment of poor Missy.
*InSeriesNickname: Quite a large number of characters have a nickname on top of their given name. Examples include Jamison "The Sword of the Night" Dayne, Vorian "The Sword of the Evening" Dayne, Garrison "The Blind King" Fowler, Yorick "The Bloodroyal" Yronwood, Naemon "The Vulture Knight" Blackmont, Tom "the Animal", Larry "the Kind", Mizro "the Sharp" and Thomos "the Thunder".
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*ICallItVera: House Dayne has two named swords in this story. One of them is the famous Dawn, wielded by Malcolm Dayne, whereas the other one is called Darkness and is wielded by his brother, Jamison.
*IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace:
**Kingsgrave is every bit as dark and messed up as it sounds.
**Though the court of Blackmont is not quite as bad as the abovementioned example, it still has an even darker history and is filled with scheming sorcerers and worse.
*IGaveMyWord: Paired with a healthy dose of PapaWolf, Myke's commitment to finding Kortney Caron against all odds, no matter how hopeless it seems, is crossing into this territory.
*IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: It is heavily implied that the freaks occasionally demand such a proof of loyalty from Missy, to make sure that she is still absolutely loyal to them and hasn't switched back into her old self.
*IgnoredEpiphany: Albin is absolutely horrified when he learns of the defeat of his troops at the hands of the Blackmont/Fowler alliance, but quickly shuts down any possibility that he could surrender to them, instead considering fleeing or continuing the war.
*IHaveYouNowMyPretty: After being captured by the Ironborn under Bjorn Harlaw, Lysera is forced to marry Bjorn's brother Hargan. It is averted with Dianna, who is taken hostage by Bjorn himself, with intention to deliver her to Efran for interrogation.
*IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace:
**Kingsgrave is every bit as dark and messed up as it sounds.
**Though the court of Blackmont is not quite as bad as the abovementioned example, it still has an even darker history and is filled with scheming sorcerers and worse.
*IGaveMyWord: Paired with a healthy dose of PapaWolf, Myke's commitment to finding Kortney Caron against all odds, no matter how hopeless it seems, is crossing into this territory.
*IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: It is heavily implied that the freaks occasionally demand such a proof of loyalty from Missy, to make sure that she is still absolutely loyal to them and hasn't switched back into her old self.
*IgnoredEpiphany: Albin is absolutely horrified when he learns of the defeat of his troops at the hands of the Blackmont/Fowler alliance, but quickly shuts down any possibility that he could surrender to them, instead considering fleeing or continuing the war.
*IHaveYouNowMyPretty: After being captured by the Ironborn under Bjorn Harlaw, Lysera is forced to marry Bjorn's brother Hargan. It is averted with Dianna, who is taken hostage by Bjorn himself, with intention to deliver her to Efran for interrogation.
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**PlayedWith in case of Dalia. As a Flamebearer of R'hllor, she is far from a classical hero and more a case of a KnightTemplar. However, she is less of a fanatic than others of her faith and overall assists her daughter in their strife of cleansing Dorne from the influence of the Great Other. YMMV if this is truly a noble goal.
*HeroicBSOD: Missy suffers one when she snaps back into her old self.
*HeroWorshipper: The interaction between Naemon and his cousin Davos has signs of this, as the young Davos is clearly putting a lot of value onto the opinion of his accomplished cousin.
*HeWhoFightsMonsters: Aisha aims to please her god, whom she sees as the only one that truly exists, by crushing his enemies. She genuinely sees this as something good, even if it includes lying and manipulating, as well as eventually fighting against Desirea, who is only a child.
*HiddenDephts:
**Behind Emmett Allyrion's slow-witted exterior lies a boy that is, in his own way, rather thoughtful if naive and handicapped. He is also notably the only Allyrion to treat his cousin Emerson with nothing but respect and love.
**Missy is far more than the broken concubine of Albin Manwoody. [[spoiler: She is actually Kortney Caron, the runaway daughter of Trevas Caron of Nightsong, who yearned for a life with her lowborn lover Norano and ended up trapped in a nightmare at the court of Kingsgrave.]]
*HoistByHisOwnPetard: Ronny is killed by a girl he helped torturing into insanity.
*HonestAdvisor: Part of his unquestionable loyalty to Princess Nymeria involves Varyn telling her the absolute truth, even if it is far from pleasant.
*HordesFromTheEast: In an interesting twist of this trope, the leader of these eastern hordes is our central protagonist, Nymeria Martell. While they are portrayed sympathetically and are fugitives from the war that destroyed their homelands, Nymeria and her Rhoynar are still foreign invaders, who crossed the eastern sea and settled with the goal of uniting Dorne under their rule.
*HorribleJudgeOfCharacter:
**Benedict Blackmont keeps a number of ObviouslyEvil sorcerers close to him, some of whom can't be up to anything good, such as [[ObviouslyEvil Noctis]] or his personal assassin Lyla Sand. In return, he voices distrust of [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold Isabella Fowler]].
**ZigZagged with his daughter Gwendis and her trust towards Aisha, which is clearly very little and constantly shaken. Aisha herself manages to be just barly enough a case of AmbiguouslyEvil to keep up a reason for her to be trusted.
*HumanPincushion: [[spoiler: In one of Kortney's flashbacks, she remembers that her lover, Norano, got absolutely riddled with arrows as he was executed.]]
*HyperCompetentSidekick: Gwendis is certainly far more competent as a ruler than both, her father and her brother, though as a daughter, she has no chance of ever being more than the sidekick to them or to her future husband. Nonetheless, she does her utmost to keep the Kingdom of Blackmont safe through the politics she makes in her father's absence.
*HeroicBSOD: Missy suffers one when she snaps back into her old self.
*HeroWorshipper: The interaction between Naemon and his cousin Davos has signs of this, as the young Davos is clearly putting a lot of value onto the opinion of his accomplished cousin.
*HeWhoFightsMonsters: Aisha aims to please her god, whom she sees as the only one that truly exists, by crushing his enemies. She genuinely sees this as something good, even if it includes lying and manipulating, as well as eventually fighting against Desirea, who is only a child.
*HiddenDephts:
**Behind Emmett Allyrion's slow-witted exterior lies a boy that is, in his own way, rather thoughtful if naive and handicapped. He is also notably the only Allyrion to treat his cousin Emerson with nothing but respect and love.
**Missy is far more than the broken concubine of Albin Manwoody. [[spoiler: She is actually Kortney Caron, the runaway daughter of Trevas Caron of Nightsong, who yearned for a life with her lowborn lover Norano and ended up trapped in a nightmare at the court of Kingsgrave.]]
*HoistByHisOwnPetard: Ronny is killed by a girl he helped torturing into insanity.
*HonestAdvisor: Part of his unquestionable loyalty to Princess Nymeria involves Varyn telling her the absolute truth, even if it is far from pleasant.
*HordesFromTheEast: In an interesting twist of this trope, the leader of these eastern hordes is our central protagonist, Nymeria Martell. While they are portrayed sympathetically and are fugitives from the war that destroyed their homelands, Nymeria and her Rhoynar are still foreign invaders, who crossed the eastern sea and settled with the goal of uniting Dorne under their rule.
*HorribleJudgeOfCharacter:
**Benedict Blackmont keeps a number of ObviouslyEvil sorcerers close to him, some of whom can't be up to anything good, such as [[ObviouslyEvil Noctis]] or his personal assassin Lyla Sand. In return, he voices distrust of [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold Isabella Fowler]].
**ZigZagged with his daughter Gwendis and her trust towards Aisha, which is clearly very little and constantly shaken. Aisha herself manages to be just barly enough a case of AmbiguouslyEvil to keep up a reason for her to be trusted.
*HumanPincushion: [[spoiler: In one of Kortney's flashbacks, she remembers that her lover, Norano, got absolutely riddled with arrows as he was executed.]]
*HyperCompetentSidekick: Gwendis is certainly far more competent as a ruler than both, her father and her brother, though as a daughter, she has no chance of ever being more than the sidekick to them or to her future husband. Nonetheless, she does her utmost to keep the Kingdom of Blackmont safe through the politics she makes in her father's absence.
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*HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Isabella, the youngest child and only daughter of Garrison Fowler, has golden-blonde hair and is the sweetest and most innocent of the Point-of-View characters, as well as the characters in general.
*HairTriggerTemper: Lucifer Dryland and Albin Manwoody both suffer from it, though Albin has it a bit more pronounced, due to his insanity. It really doesn't take much for him to become the madman he is feared as.
*HandsomeLech:
**Jamison Dayne is very much TallDarkAndHandsome. He is also a womanizer, who can't really resist the urge to seduce pretty women around him, something that is especially prominent in his Histories&Lore part.
**As his cousin Naemon proves, this trait runs in the family.
*HappilyMarried: For all accounts, the marriage between Benedict Blackmont and Valaena Dayne was a PerfectlyArrangedMarriage. This makes her death an Benedict's prolonged mourning process all the more tragic.
*HappinessInSlavery: PlayedWith in case of Missy. She certainly thinks that she is happy as Albin Manwoody's mistress and bedslave. However, this is only after she has been mentally broken into near-insanity and in her few moments of clarity, she is appropriately horrified at what happened to her.
*HasAType: Naemon has a serious thing for redheads.
*HateSink: Albin Manwoody has just about zero redeeming traits. He is a cruel madman, a PsychopathicManchild and a warmonger, who is terrifying towards his family, his household and th surrounding kingdoms who have to live with the threat he poses. He is, at this point, by far the most easily hateable charactr in the entire story.
*TheHedonist: Naemon doesn't really have much of a sense of responsibility, save for love for his sister and some loyalty for his father, but aside from that, all he truly wants to do is to live his life to the fullest.
*HeelFaithTurn: Though never having been a clearly evil person, Dalia was a dedicated sellsword and therefore not someone with a particularly firm set of morals before she joined the cult of R'hllor, which at least aims to better the life of the people.
*TheHero: The titular character, Princess Nymeria Martell, certainly qualifies.
*HeroesPreferSwords: Some of the most central Point-of-View characters use the sword as their weapon of choice.
*HeroesWantRedheads: As described above, Naemon favours redheaded girls.
*HeroicBastard:
**Nealia Sand, the bastard daughter of Vorian Dayne, is one of the most important characters in the story and the first Point-of-View character to be introduced after Nymeria herself. She herself is a bit of an AntiHero, but nonetheless well-intentioned and brave.
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*HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Isabella, the youngest child and only daughter of Garrison Fowler, has golden-blonde hair and is the sweetest and most innocent of the Point-of-View characters, as well as the characters in general.
*HairTriggerTemper: Lucifer Dryland and Albin Manwoody both suffer from it, though Albin has it a bit more pronounced, due to his insanity. It really doesn't take much for him to become the madman he is feared as.
*HandsomeLech:
**Jamison Dayne is very much TallDarkAndHandsome. He is also a womanizer, who can't really resist the urge to seduce pretty women around him, something that is especially prominent in his Histories&Lore part.
**As his cousin Naemon proves, this trait runs in the family.
*HappilyMarried: For all accounts, the marriage between Benedict Blackmont and Valaena Dayne was a PerfectlyArrangedMarriage. This makes her death an Benedict's prolonged mourning process all the more tragic.
*HappinessInSlavery: PlayedWith in case of Missy. She certainly thinks that she is happy as Albin Manwoody's mistress and bedslave. However, this is only after she has been mentally broken into near-insanity and in her few moments of clarity, she is appropriately horrified at what happened to her.
*HasAType: Naemon has a serious thing for redheads.
*HateSink: Albin Manwoody has just about zero redeeming traits. He is a cruel madman, a PsychopathicManchild and a warmonger, who is terrifying towards his family, his household and th surrounding kingdoms who have to live with the threat he poses. He is, at this point, by far the most easily hateable charactr in the entire story.
*TheHedonist: Naemon doesn't really have much of a sense of responsibility, save for love for his sister and some loyalty for his father, but aside from that, all he truly wants to do is to live his life to the fullest.
*HeelFaithTurn: Though never having been a clearly evil person, Dalia was a dedicated sellsword and therefore not someone with a particularly firm set of morals before she joined the cult of R'hllor, which at least aims to better the life of the people.
*TheHero: The titular character, Princess Nymeria Martell, certainly qualifies.
*HeroesPreferSwords: Some of the most central Point-of-View characters use the sword as their weapon of choice.
*HeroesWantRedheads: As described above, Naemon favours redheaded girls.
*HeroicBastard:
**Nealia Sand, the bastard daughter of Vorian Dayne, is one of the most important characters in the story and the first Point-of-View character to be introduced after Nymeria herself. She herself is a bit of an AntiHero, but nonetheless well-intentioned and brave.
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*GenderIsNoObject: The Rhoynar have little difference between men and women when it comes to their social standing and female rulers are quite common among them, as seen with Nymeria. Part of her war is to establish the rhoynish customs, which includes this one, in all of Dorne and she already firmly establishes it in the regions she has conquered.
*GeniusBruiser: It would be easy to see Jamison's swordmanship and swagger as the only thing of note about him, but behind his dangerous skills lies a surprisingly sharp mind and while he is less educated than his brother, he is anything but dumb.
*TheGhost: A number of major characters is mentioned long before they are introduced. The most prominent examples of this are the members of House Yronwood, who are the most powerful noble family in all of Dorne, yet haven't appeared in the story so far.
*GildedCage: Aisha invokes this image in her talk with Gwendis, where she utters her first ominous warning about her future. Sure enough, the princess feels like being trapped in one when she is later betrothed to Desmor Fowler against her will.
*GloryDays: Lucifer Dryland is subtle about it, but he is clearly dissatisfied with the state of his house, which has once been among the proudest and strongest in Dorne. By the time of his rule, he is the last trueborn Dryland left alive, though his bastard daughter Dalia and her daughter Desirea are similarly present.
*GoingNative: Slowly, but steadily, the regions conquered by Nymeria adapt to the foreign Rhoynar culture and their customs, such as equal laws of inheritance for men and women. There is some resistance against it, but quite a number of Westerosi settle in quickly.
*GondorCallsForAid:
**The war against House Manwoody forces an unlikely alliance between the houses Blackmont and Fowler.
**Similarly, the peasant rebellion in the Blackmont lands eventually causes Gwendis to send her brother for negotiations to Starfall, where he gains the help of House Dayne against their father's will. Notably, Benedict has an intense dislike of his deceased wife's house.
**The threat of Nymeria and her Rhoynar forces Vorian Dayne to consider an alliance with Lucifer Dryland, with whom his house used to be at war many years ago.
*GoodAngelBadAngel: Nymeria's main advisors are her husband Mors Martell and her general Varyn. Though both are ambiguous and neither of them can be clearly seen as the more good or bad choice, Mors is typically the one to advice his wife to act patient, understanding and diplomatic, whereas Varyn argues for displays of force and harsh methods of dealing with her enemies.
*TheGoodChancellor: Gwendis Blackmont serves as the head of the royal council in her father's absence. It's not only a position she wholeheartedly enjoys, but also one she uses to make politics that help her kingdom and the smallfolk living there. She is also notably opposed to war and tries to maintain peace as good as possible.
*TheGoodKing: Vorian Dayne, the well-loved King of the Torrentine, is a perfect knight and upholder of the virtues that come with it, which makes him a good king by default.
*GoodVsGood: A natural consequence of having SympatheticPov characters in all storylines, even the ones that are sooner or later forced to fight against each other, as Nymeria's War goes on.
*GrayAndGreyMorality: In addition to the trope above, there are few characters who can be seen as outright good or bad, with most of them having some shade of grey instead. Even the most central protagonists are rarely truly white characters and express some ambiguous views, such as Nymeria's warmongering against the other rulers of Dorne.
*GrimUpNorth: Even though the story is set in the most southern part of Westeros, it still manages to include this trope in some capacity. The most northern kingdom of Dorne is the Kingdom of Manwoody, which is a harsh and terrifying place to live in, ruled by a madman of a king. It is also the only kingdom without a SympatheticPov, as the main Point-of-View for it, Missy, is more a prisoner than a genuine resident. On top of that, many of the characters who come from further north are portrayed as cold or downright brutal, such as Wyllem Pyke and Bjorn Harlaw, who both come from the Iron Islands.
*GrumpyOldMan: Lucifer Dryland is a harsh, cynical man who is easy to anger, has very few softer sides and a highly inflated opinion of himself and his kingdom, with his arrogance making him downright obnoxious at times.
*GuileHero:
**Nymeria herself is less of a warrior and more of a commander and tactician, which means she is mostly using her wits to get what she wants. Considering that her goal is to unite all of Dorne, she wants quite a lot.
**Gwendis is definitely far from a physical person, having a slim, petite build. Her weapon is her mind and she uses it to twist situations to her advantage as much as possible, up to the point where she, despite the prejudice against female rulers, manages to become her father's head of the council in his absence.
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*GenderIsNoObject: The Rhoynar have little difference between men and women when it comes to their social standing and female rulers are quite common among them, as seen with Nymeria. Part of her war is to establish the rhoynish customs, which includes this one, in all of Dorne and she already firmly establishes it in the regions she has conquered.
*GeniusBruiser: It would be easy to see Jamison's swordmanship and swagger as the only thing of note about him, but behind his dangerous skills lies a surprisingly sharp mind and while he is less educated than his brother, he is anything but dumb.
*TheGhost: A number of major characters is mentioned long before they are introduced. The most prominent examples of this are the members of House Yronwood, who are the most powerful noble family in all of Dorne, yet haven't appeared in the story so far.
*GildedCage: Aisha invokes this image in her talk with Gwendis, where she utters her first ominous warning about her future. Sure enough, the princess feels like being trapped in one when she is later betrothed to Desmor Fowler against her will.
*GloryDays: Lucifer Dryland is subtle about it, but he is clearly dissatisfied with the state of his house, which has once been among the proudest and strongest in Dorne. By the time of his rule, he is the last trueborn Dryland left alive, though his bastard daughter Dalia and her daughter Desirea are similarly present.
*GoingNative: Slowly, but steadily, the regions conquered by Nymeria adapt to the foreign Rhoynar culture and their customs, such as equal laws of inheritance for men and women. There is some resistance against it, but quite a number of Westerosi settle in quickly.
*GondorCallsForAid:
**The war against House Manwoody forces an unlikely alliance between the houses Blackmont and Fowler.
**Similarly, the peasant rebellion in the Blackmont lands eventually causes Gwendis to send her brother for negotiations to Starfall, where he gains the help of House Dayne against their father's will. Notably, Benedict has an intense dislike of his deceased wife's house.
**The threat of Nymeria and her Rhoynar forces Vorian Dayne to consider an alliance with Lucifer Dryland, with whom his house used to be at war many years ago.
*GoodAngelBadAngel: Nymeria's main advisors are her husband Mors Martell and her general Varyn. Though both are ambiguous and neither of them can be clearly seen as the more good or bad choice, Mors is typically the one to advice his wife to act patient, understanding and diplomatic, whereas Varyn argues for displays of force and harsh methods of dealing with her enemies.
*TheGoodChancellor: Gwendis Blackmont serves as the head of the royal council in her father's absence. It's not only a position she wholeheartedly enjoys, but also one she uses to make politics that help her kingdom and the smallfolk living there. She is also notably opposed to war and tries to maintain peace as good as possible.
*TheGoodKing: Vorian Dayne, the well-loved King of the Torrentine, is a perfect knight and upholder of the virtues that come with it, which makes him a good king by default.
*GoodVsGood: A natural consequence of having SympatheticPov characters in all storylines, even the ones that are sooner or later forced to fight against each other, as Nymeria's War goes on.
*GrayAndGreyMorality: In addition to the trope above, there are few characters who can be seen as outright good or bad, with most of them having some shade of grey instead. Even the most central protagonists are rarely truly white characters and express some ambiguous views, such as Nymeria's warmongering against the other rulers of Dorne.
*GrimUpNorth: Even though the story is set in the most southern part of Westeros, it still manages to include this trope in some capacity. The most northern kingdom of Dorne is the Kingdom of Manwoody, which is a harsh and terrifying place to live in, ruled by a madman of a king. It is also the only kingdom without a SympatheticPov, as the main Point-of-View for it, Missy, is more a prisoner than a genuine resident. On top of that, many of the characters who come from further north are portrayed as cold or downright brutal, such as Wyllem Pyke and Bjorn Harlaw, who both come from the Iron Islands.
*GrumpyOldMan: Lucifer Dryland is a harsh, cynical man who is easy to anger, has very few softer sides and a highly inflated opinion of himself and his kingdom, with his arrogance making him downright obnoxious at times.
*GuileHero:
**Nymeria herself is less of a warrior and more of a commander and tactician, which means she is mostly using her wits to get what she wants. Considering that her goal is to unite all of Dorne, she wants quite a lot.
**Gwendis is definitely far from a physical person, having a slim, petite build. Her weapon is her mind and she uses it to twist situations to her advantage as much as possible, up to the point where she, despite the prejudice against female rulers, manages to become her father's head of the council in his absence.
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**At the beginning of Chapter 2, Gwendis decides to leave Blackmont with Aisha, after the priestess informs her of a mysterious vision that foresaw her death if she would stay. She is then put through a life on the road, without any of the comfort she got used to during her life at Blackmont, something that clearly takes a toll on her.
**In a way, the rather blunt and occasionally downright rude Jamison is completely unfamiliar with the finer nuances of actual diplomacy. He is sent on an important mission to secure an alliance with Lucifer Dryland specifically to show that he can adapt.
*{{Foil}}:
**Aisha and Desirea are not only each other's EvilCounterpart (from their respective perspectives), but also very much a Foil to each other. Both are the most important figures of their respective religion, which is fundamentally opposed to the other. They are both fanatical in their faith and on a mission to destroy the enemies of their gods, something they believe as a righteous and good mission. However, whereas Aisha is a cold, distanced and occasionally downright creepy woman, who uses others for her gain, Desirea is still very much a child, which occasionally shines through, and her main contact is with her mother Dalia, whom she loves dearly and acts affectionately around. She is also a lot more honest about her plans than Aisha, who keeps every information she lets through intentionally vague.
*ForcedToWatch: [[spoiler: Eventually, it is revealed that Missy, back when she was still Kortney Caron, was forced to watch as her lover Norano got tortured and eventually executed, an experience that thoroughly broke her.]]
*{{Foreshadowing}}: Gwendis' vision at the end of Chapter 1 is full of this, hinting at the later events of Nymeria's War, showing the potential fates of other characters, as well as one possible fate for herself. Some of these events are set in stone, though others are potentially a case of {{Fauxshadowing}}, as it has been revealed that some events are only one possible outcome to the situations.
*ForTheEvulz: There is absolutely nothing to gain for Albin Manwoody and his freaks in torturing and breaking Missy into becoming his mistress. [[spoiler: In fact, due to her status as the eldest child of Lord Trevas Caron, this might even give him a strong new enemy.]] The only thing he truly gets out of this is a sick form of entertainment.
*FourLinesAllWaiting: A necessary drawback of having a dozen Point-of-View characters, something the source material is struggling with as well, is that sometimes, a couple of characters or storylines aren't seen in months of writing.
*FourStarBadass: Vorian Dayne is the head of his house and ruler of his kingdom, which makes him the leader of its armies. He is also known as the best knight in Dorne
*FramingTheGuiltyParty: [[spoiler: Garrison Fowler does this when he frames the Manwoody invaders of having attacked the outskirts of the Kingdom of Blackmont. While they are innocent of this particular incident, the Manwoody's are very much guilty of a lot of other things and have outright stated their intention of attacking the Kingdom of Blackmont regardless in due time.]]
*AFriendInNeed: Joran Storm at least tries to be an ally to the people of Gravesend, due to personal bonds he made with them, though his companion Myke subverts this by focussing on his mission instead of their problems.
*FriendlySniper: After warming up to Nealia, Manda Za becomes this.
*FromBadToWorse: Aside from being a general theme, the Kingdom of Blackmont gets hit particularly hard by this.
*FromNobodyToNightmare: Nymeria Martell started of as one of several rhoynish rulers, the Princess of Ny Sar and not even the most powerful of them, especially when compared to [[TheChampion Prince Garin of Chroyane]]. After Garin's death and the loss of a large part of her people to the Valyrian Hegemony, she leads her people across the Narrow Sea, before settling in Dorne and becoming a major nightmare for the petty kings of the region, who likely weren't even aware of her existence before her landing and subsequent declaration of war.
*TheFundamentalist: Aisha and Desirea are both fanatically devout to their religion. Out of the two, Aisha seems to be even stronger in her belief, likely due to her being twice as old as Desirea, who is still just a child.
**In a way, the rather blunt and occasionally downright rude Jamison is completely unfamiliar with the finer nuances of actual diplomacy. He is sent on an important mission to secure an alliance with Lucifer Dryland specifically to show that he can adapt.
*{{Foil}}:
**Aisha and Desirea are not only each other's EvilCounterpart (from their respective perspectives), but also very much a Foil to each other. Both are the most important figures of their respective religion, which is fundamentally opposed to the other. They are both fanatical in their faith and on a mission to destroy the enemies of their gods, something they believe as a righteous and good mission. However, whereas Aisha is a cold, distanced and occasionally downright creepy woman, who uses others for her gain, Desirea is still very much a child, which occasionally shines through, and her main contact is with her mother Dalia, whom she loves dearly and acts affectionately around. She is also a lot more honest about her plans than Aisha, who keeps every information she lets through intentionally vague.
*ForcedToWatch: [[spoiler: Eventually, it is revealed that Missy, back when she was still Kortney Caron, was forced to watch as her lover Norano got tortured and eventually executed, an experience that thoroughly broke her.]]
*{{Foreshadowing}}: Gwendis' vision at the end of Chapter 1 is full of this, hinting at the later events of Nymeria's War, showing the potential fates of other characters, as well as one possible fate for herself. Some of these events are set in stone, though others are potentially a case of {{Fauxshadowing}}, as it has been revealed that some events are only one possible outcome to the situations.
*ForTheEvulz: There is absolutely nothing to gain for Albin Manwoody and his freaks in torturing and breaking Missy into becoming his mistress. [[spoiler: In fact, due to her status as the eldest child of Lord Trevas Caron, this might even give him a strong new enemy.]] The only thing he truly gets out of this is a sick form of entertainment.
*FourLinesAllWaiting: A necessary drawback of having a dozen Point-of-View characters, something the source material is struggling with as well, is that sometimes, a couple of characters or storylines aren't seen in months of writing.
*FourStarBadass: Vorian Dayne is the head of his house and ruler of his kingdom, which makes him the leader of its armies. He is also known as the best knight in Dorne
*FramingTheGuiltyParty: [[spoiler: Garrison Fowler does this when he frames the Manwoody invaders of having attacked the outskirts of the Kingdom of Blackmont. While they are innocent of this particular incident, the Manwoody's are very much guilty of a lot of other things and have outright stated their intention of attacking the Kingdom of Blackmont regardless in due time.]]
*AFriendInNeed: Joran Storm at least tries to be an ally to the people of Gravesend, due to personal bonds he made with them, though his companion Myke subverts this by focussing on his mission instead of their problems.
*FriendlySniper: After warming up to Nealia, Manda Za becomes this.
*FromBadToWorse: Aside from being a general theme, the Kingdom of Blackmont gets hit particularly hard by this.
*FromNobodyToNightmare: Nymeria Martell started of as one of several rhoynish rulers, the Princess of Ny Sar and not even the most powerful of them, especially when compared to [[TheChampion Prince Garin of Chroyane]]. After Garin's death and the loss of a large part of her people to the Valyrian Hegemony, she leads her people across the Narrow Sea, before settling in Dorne and becoming a major nightmare for the petty kings of the region, who likely weren't even aware of her existence before her landing and subsequent declaration of war.
*TheFundamentalist: Aisha and Desirea are both fanatically devout to their religion. Out of the two, Aisha seems to be even stronger in her belief, likely due to her being twice as old as Desirea, who is still just a child.
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*FaceStealer: [[spoiler: Forovos Norvoshi, as a former Faceless Man, is capable of this.]]
*FacialHorror: It is not described in too much detail what Mordekhai did to Shana Sand's face and if the wounds were inflicted to her before or after her death, but Missy is barely able to recognize her when seeing the head.
*FalseFlagOperation: [[spoiler: In order to force the Kingdom of Blackmont into the war against House Manwoody and to gain the allies he needs to save his own house, Garrison Fowler orders one of his men, Ser Russal, to attack Blackmont villages near the Manwoody border, while wearing Manwoody colours. The surviving peasants naturally report an attack by Manwoody man, giving Benedict Blackmont the impression that his kingdom is under attack as well and that he needs to ally with the Fowler's if he wishes to survive.]]
*FalseFriend: Aisha poses as this to Gwendis, while using her for her own gain, to direct her at the enemies of her god. While it remains unclear if Aisha truly has bad intentions, she is at the very least far less friendly and well-intentioned towards Gwendis than she appears to be.
*FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: For the first fiteen years of his life, Emerson Allyrion has been raised as the bastard son of Morgan Allyrion. A year before the events of the story, he found out that he was indeed the trueborn son of Morgan's older brother, Mason. When Mason died without an apparent issue, Morgan ascended to lordship, therefore cheating Emerson out of his inheritance.
*FamousAncestor: With the story putting a heavy focus on the old and powerful houses of Dorne, all of them are bound to have at least some famous ancestors.
**During her first Histories&Lore part, Gwendis gives a good overview of famous Blackmont ancestors. She also mentions Samwell Dayne, who was a similarly famous figure in the past of House Dayne.
**Interestingly, many of the characters that appear in this story are famous ancestors during the time of the source material, about 700 years later. The most prominent of them is Nymeria herself of course.
*FateWorseThanDeath: Arguably, this is what happened to Missy after months of ColdBloodedTorture.
*FauxAffablyEvil:
**In his conversations with Missy, Albin Manwoody is affectionate, to a degree that seems almost genuine and he seems to honestly enjoy her company, but he is still the man responsible for her current situation and is also not above intimidating her, by sending her the head of one of her supposed allies as a warning not to betray him.
**The same goes for quite a number of his freaks, aside from [[{{Jerkass}} Tom the Animal]], who all act perfectly friendly towards Missy when she is spending time with them, but who have all participated in the torture that broke her and occasionally still take delight in teasing and tormenting her.
*TheFettered: Gwendis has a firm set of morals, which she uses to govern the Kingdom of Blackmont in her father's absence. Sure enough, these morals are not a weakness, but instead drive her to do reasonable decisions to help the smallfolk. Once her father gets involved, things go sour for the smallfolk and this results in a peasant rebellion.
*FeudingFamilies: The Manwoody's apparently have a history with the other noble houses of the Red Mountains and Albin declaring war on them is not the first time they clash. However, it is likely the first time that a Manwoody king declared war on every single house in the Red Mountains.
*FieryRedhead: Dalia Sand, the leader of the Wild Suns and experienced sellsword also has a wild mane of red hair. Her daughter Desirea has inherited the colour, though has a more calm personality and is not a fighter.
*FishOutOfWater:
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*FaceStealer: [[spoiler: Forovos Norvoshi, as a former Faceless Man, is capable of this.]]
*FacialHorror: It is not described in too much detail what Mordekhai did to Shana Sand's face and if the wounds were inflicted to her before or after her death, but Missy is barely able to recognize her when seeing the head.
*FalseFlagOperation: [[spoiler: In order to force the Kingdom of Blackmont into the war against House Manwoody and to gain the allies he needs to save his own house, Garrison Fowler orders one of his men, Ser Russal, to attack Blackmont villages near the Manwoody border, while wearing Manwoody colours. The surviving peasants naturally report an attack by Manwoody man, giving Benedict Blackmont the impression that his kingdom is under attack as well and that he needs to ally with the Fowler's if he wishes to survive.]]
*FalseFriend: Aisha poses as this to Gwendis, while using her for her own gain, to direct her at the enemies of her god. While it remains unclear if Aisha truly has bad intentions, she is at the very least far less friendly and well-intentioned towards Gwendis than she appears to be.
*FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: For the first fiteen years of his life, Emerson Allyrion has been raised as the bastard son of Morgan Allyrion. A year before the events of the story, he found out that he was indeed the trueborn son of Morgan's older brother, Mason. When Mason died without an apparent issue, Morgan ascended to lordship, therefore cheating Emerson out of his inheritance.
*FamousAncestor: With the story putting a heavy focus on the old and powerful houses of Dorne, all of them are bound to have at least some famous ancestors.
**During her first Histories&Lore part, Gwendis gives a good overview of famous Blackmont ancestors. She also mentions Samwell Dayne, who was a similarly famous figure in the past of House Dayne.
**Interestingly, many of the characters that appear in this story are famous ancestors during the time of the source material, about 700 years later. The most prominent of them is Nymeria herself of course.
*FateWorseThanDeath: Arguably, this is what happened to Missy after months of ColdBloodedTorture.
*FauxAffablyEvil:
**In his conversations with Missy, Albin Manwoody is affectionate, to a degree that seems almost genuine and he seems to honestly enjoy her company, but he is still the man responsible for her current situation and is also not above intimidating her, by sending her the head of one of her supposed allies as a warning not to betray him.
**The same goes for quite a number of his freaks, aside from [[{{Jerkass}} Tom the Animal]], who all act perfectly friendly towards Missy when she is spending time with them, but who have all participated in the torture that broke her and occasionally still take delight in teasing and tormenting her.
*TheFettered: Gwendis has a firm set of morals, which she uses to govern the Kingdom of Blackmont in her father's absence. Sure enough, these morals are not a weakness, but instead drive her to do reasonable decisions to help the smallfolk. Once her father gets involved, things go sour for the smallfolk and this results in a peasant rebellion.
*FeudingFamilies: The Manwoody's apparently have a history with the other noble houses of the Red Mountains and Albin declaring war on them is not the first time they clash. However, it is likely the first time that a Manwoody king declared war on every single house in the Red Mountains.
*FieryRedhead: Dalia Sand, the leader of the Wild Suns and experienced sellsword also has a wild mane of red hair. Her daughter Desirea has inherited the colour, though has a more calm personality and is not a fighter.
*FishOutOfWater:
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*EasilyForgiven: Played with in case of Missy. After her murder of Ronny, she confesses to Albin and later on reveals the full truth to the other freaks as well. Save for Tom the Animal, none of them seem to be particularly upset. Albin is even impressed by her actions. That said, he later on orders Zereth to send [[spoiler: the head of the Purple Ocelot]] to her as a warning.
*EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: The Great Other, at least the part of his essence that is stuck in Gwendis head.]]
*EmbarrassingNickname:
**Naemon was named The Vulture Knight as a mockery in his early career. He ended up making it an AppropriatedAppellation and fully went with it instead of being upset at it.
*EnemyMine:
**House Blackmont and House Fowler form an alliance against the shared threat of Albin Manwoody.
**To counteract the danger Nymeria Martell poses, Vorian Dayne and Lucifer Dryland team up against her.
*EqualOpportunityEvil: For all his flaws, Efran Sand doesn't really seem to have any problems with women fighting for him, as the presence of Nesila in his ranks proves.
*EstablishingCharacterMoment: Quite a large number of characters is introuced in such a way.
**Nymeria is introduced like this in the prologue, when she burns the rhoynish fleet, to make it impossible for them to ever leave Dorne, which makes it clear that she is determined to conquer it for the safety of her people.
**Gwendis' first part features her attending an important meeting in Blackmont, where she displays not only her skill and politically savvy attitude, but also her desire to help the smallfolk of Blackmont.
**The very same part also introduces Naemon as the more carefree and easy-going sibling, who instead of attending this important meeting, rathr goes out to hunt with his friends.
**Mordekhai Crusher is introduced when he delivers Shana Sand's mutilated head back to Albin Manwoody, after having tracked her down and likely tortured her to death for running away from the king's prison.
**Bjorn Harlaw is introduced on the battlefield, where he cuts down several of Dianna's men.
*EvenEvilHasLovedOnes:
**A {{Jerkass}} and main villain for Nymeria, the central heroine, he might be, but Lucifer Dryland softens up in the presence of his bastard daughter, Dalia, whom he seems to care for even after many years of not seeing her.
**It's PlayedWith in case of Aisha, who is in a physical relationship with Trentan, a common thief from Blackmont. It seems that she is using and manipulating him, but at least Trentan sees things differently and there is the possibility that at least part of her feelings are genuine. Of course, this is [[ConsummateLiar Aisha]] we're talking about, so it is hard to say how much of her actions towards him are genuine.
**Efran Sand has a lover, Elise, whom he is shown to genuinely love.
*EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Purple Ocelot is only known by this name, with his real one never being revealed in the story.
*EveryoneHasStandards: Verro shows this when he does not stop an old woman from attacking his comrade Axel, while said comrade is about to rape the woman's daughter. This allows the woman to give her daughter time to escape, another thing Verro could have prevented, but doesn't.
*EvilCounterpart: Aisha is this to Desirea, her R'hllor counterpart. While R'hllor has moral ambiguity going on, the same can't be said for Aisha's god, the Great Other. However, the two women have some similarities at second glance. Both have come to Dorne to make a move against the enemies of their god, they are both TheFundamentalist and both are in a position of such power at a very young age, although [[AChildShallLeadThem Desi]] puts this UpToEleven.
*EvilIsBigger: Ser Mordekhai Crusher is one of the tallest and most evil members of the cast.
*EvilIsDeathlyCold: The Great Other, naturally.
*EvilIsPetty: Several of the freaks are shown to be especially petty in their actions, especially in their behaviour to poor Missy. Tom the Animal is the most serious offender of this, as he isn't even above giving her mocking nicknames and generally teasing her.
*EvilMentor: Aisha tries to be this towards Gwendis, though not to much success so far.
*EvilOldFolks: Albin Manwoody's exact age is not stated, but he is at least in his fifties. On top of that, he is one of the stories main villains, being also among the few characters who are clearly and irredeemably evil.
*EvilSorcerer: Benedict Blackmont surrounds himself with several of these, most notably Noctis.
*EvilSorceress: Aisha, the priestess of the Great Other, has quite a number of strange magical powers.
*{{Expy}}: Forovos Norvoshi holds more than a fleeting resemblance to Tycho Nestoris of the Iron Bank. Like him, he is a keyholder of the bank who gets interested in a conflict in Westeros, where he ends up supporting a faction that starts of as an underdog. [[spoiler: He is also one to Jaqen H'ghar, due to him being a Faceless Man]].
*ExtremeMeleeRevenge: When she finally snaps and stabs Ronny, Missy absolutely loses it and it ends with her stabbing him again and again, many more times than she actually needed to do to kill him.
*EyepatchOfPower: Efran Sand has lost an eye due to some unspecified incident in his past and covers it up with an eyepatch, which certainly adds to his generally badass look.
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*EasilyForgiven: Played with in case of Missy. After her murder of Ronny, she confesses to Albin and later on reveals the full truth to the other freaks as well. Save for Tom the Animal, none of them seem to be particularly upset. Albin is even impressed by her actions. That said, he later on orders Zereth to send [[spoiler: the head of the Purple Ocelot]] to her as a warning.
*EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: The Great Other, at least the part of his essence that is stuck in Gwendis head.]]
*EmbarrassingNickname:
**Naemon was named The Vulture Knight as a mockery in his early career. He ended up making it an AppropriatedAppellation and fully went with it instead of being upset at it.
*EnemyMine:
**House Blackmont and House Fowler form an alliance against the shared threat of Albin Manwoody.
**To counteract the danger Nymeria Martell poses, Vorian Dayne and Lucifer Dryland team up against her.
*EqualOpportunityEvil: For all his flaws, Efran Sand doesn't really seem to have any problems with women fighting for him, as the presence of Nesila in his ranks proves.
*EstablishingCharacterMoment: Quite a large number of characters is introuced in such a way.
**Nymeria is introduced like this in the prologue, when she burns the rhoynish fleet, to make it impossible for them to ever leave Dorne, which makes it clear that she is determined to conquer it for the safety of her people.
**Gwendis' first part features her attending an important meeting in Blackmont, where she displays not only her skill and politically savvy attitude, but also her desire to help the smallfolk of Blackmont.
**The very same part also introduces Naemon as the more carefree and easy-going sibling, who instead of attending this important meeting, rathr goes out to hunt with his friends.
**Mordekhai Crusher is introduced when he delivers Shana Sand's mutilated head back to Albin Manwoody, after having tracked her down and likely tortured her to death for running away from the king's prison.
**Bjorn Harlaw is introduced on the battlefield, where he cuts down several of Dianna's men.
*EvenEvilHasLovedOnes:
**A {{Jerkass}} and main villain for Nymeria, the central heroine, he might be, but Lucifer Dryland softens up in the presence of his bastard daughter, Dalia, whom he seems to care for even after many years of not seeing her.
**It's PlayedWith in case of Aisha, who is in a physical relationship with Trentan, a common thief from Blackmont. It seems that she is using and manipulating him, but at least Trentan sees things differently and there is the possibility that at least part of her feelings are genuine. Of course, this is [[ConsummateLiar Aisha]] we're talking about, so it is hard to say how much of her actions towards him are genuine.
**Efran Sand has a lover, Elise, whom he is shown to genuinely love.
*EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Purple Ocelot is only known by this name, with his real one never being revealed in the story.
*EveryoneHasStandards: Verro shows this when he does not stop an old woman from attacking his comrade Axel, while said comrade is about to rape the woman's daughter. This allows the woman to give her daughter time to escape, another thing Verro could have prevented, but doesn't.
*EvilCounterpart: Aisha is this to Desirea, her R'hllor counterpart. While R'hllor has moral ambiguity going on, the same can't be said for Aisha's god, the Great Other. However, the two women have some similarities at second glance. Both have come to Dorne to make a move against the enemies of their god, they are both TheFundamentalist and both are in a position of such power at a very young age, although [[AChildShallLeadThem Desi]] puts this UpToEleven.
*EvilIsBigger: Ser Mordekhai Crusher is one of the tallest and most evil members of the cast.
*EvilIsDeathlyCold: The Great Other, naturally.
*EvilIsPetty: Several of the freaks are shown to be especially petty in their actions, especially in their behaviour to poor Missy. Tom the Animal is the most serious offender of this, as he isn't even above giving her mocking nicknames and generally teasing her.
*EvilMentor: Aisha tries to be this towards Gwendis, though not to much success so far.
*EvilOldFolks: Albin Manwoody's exact age is not stated, but he is at least in his fifties. On top of that, he is one of the stories main villains, being also among the few characters who are clearly and irredeemably evil.
*EvilSorcerer: Benedict Blackmont surrounds himself with several of these, most notably Noctis.
*EvilSorceress: Aisha, the priestess of the Great Other, has quite a number of strange magical powers.
*{{Expy}}: Forovos Norvoshi holds more than a fleeting resemblance to Tycho Nestoris of the Iron Bank. Like him, he is a keyholder of the bank who gets interested in a conflict in Westeros, where he ends up supporting a faction that starts of as an underdog. [[spoiler: He is also one to Jaqen H'ghar, due to him being a Faceless Man]].
*ExtremeMeleeRevenge: When she finally snaps and stabs Ronny, Missy absolutely loses it and it ends with her stabbing him again and again, many more times than she actually needed to do to kill him.
*EyepatchOfPower: Efran Sand has lost an eye due to some unspecified incident in his past and covers it up with an eyepatch, which certainly adds to his generally badass look.
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* DevilInPlainSight:DevilInPlainSight: Some of Benedict's sourcerers aren't exactly the most subtle beings. Most [[ObviouslyEvil obviously]], there is Noctis, but even [[AmbiguouslyEvil Aisha]] is someone who is visibly suspicious.
*DidntThinkThisThrough: On his own, Albin Manwoody is one of the stronger kings in the Red Mountains, able to beat the Fowlers, likely the Blackmont's as well and he could potentially even pose a threat to the Dayne's. However, declaring war on all of them at once certainly had its downside once they, naturally, ended up allying against him.
*DirtyCoward: In a battle between Dianna's men and forces of Efran Sand, led by the Ironborn raider Bjorn Harlaw, Dianna loses mostly because her supposed ally, Ser Dallin Dalt, decides to leave her and to save himself and his men.
*DirtyOldMan: Albin Manwoody is having a relationship [[note]]More something that resembles borderline rape, due to her being tortured into submitting to his urges [[/note]] with Missy, a girl who is roughly half his age.
*DisproportionateRetribution: For badmouthing one of the freaks, Shana Sand is captured and tortured by them. Later on, she is freed by the Purple Ocelot, which prompts Albin to send one of his best knights after her, who proceeds to kill her horribly.
*DissonantSerenity: As a result of her torture, Missy has the habit of being outwardly calm in the worst situations. Being ConditionedToAcceptHorror makes this very easy for her and she barely flinches when seeing the mutilated head of Shana Sand, a girl she helped escape.
*DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: King Donovar Toland is built up as a major rival for Nymeria's early conquest, yet he dies in his first part, at the end of the first chapter, being unceremoniously killed by Forovos Norvoshi.]]
*DividedWeFall: Nymeria's entire plan revolves around this trope applying to her enemies, who are busy fighting against each other even more than they are paying attention to her. The only ones who try to avert this are the Dayne's and the Dryland's.
*TheDogBitesBack: After spending countless hours of being tortured by him and the other freaks, Missy genuinely snaps after being pushed a bit too far by Ronny, who confronts her over the death of his friend, Matt the Mute. This ends with her brutally killing him.
*DomesticAbuse: There are some undertones between Albin and his queen, Sofina. Things are a lot less vague with his mistress/bedslave Missy, who has been outright tortured into accepting him as her lover.
*TheDragon:
**Efran Sand has Elise, his lover, who seems to be among the most influential members of his rebellion. She shares this spot [[note]] of being TheDragon, not of being his lover [[/note]] with Bjorn Harlaw, who seems to command the greatest independent force working for Efran and with his fatherly friend Byrron Granit.
**Donovar Toland's has his most capable general, Tylan Sager.
*DragonRider: The Valyrian's, though unseen in the actual story safe for the shipwrecked Eraehra Galneris, are dragon riders and play a crucial role in the events leading up to the story, through their war with the Rhoynar, resulting in Nymeria uniting the remainder of her people and leading them to Dorne in search for a new home.
*TheDreaded:
**The court of Blackmont has Noctis, by far the most feared of Benedict's sourcerers. While he hasn't done much to justify this reputation in the events detailed in the story yet, he is definitely among the most creepy characters in the entire cast.
**In Kingsgrave, there is Ser Mordekhai Crusher, a knight InNameOnly, is heavily feared among the smallfolk at court and he proves this during his EstablishingCharacterMoment, where he delivers the severed and mutilated head of Shana Sand to King Albin.
*DreamingOfThingsToCome: Gwendis eventually acquires this power, even if it comes at the price of her having to deal with [[spoiler: the Great Other]] being stuck in her head. Through her, Aisha also claims to have visions in her dreams.
*DressingAsTheEnemy: An even more literal example than usual occurs when [[spoiler: Forovos Norvoshi disguises himself as Tylan Sager, general of Donovar Toland's army, to sneak into the king's tent to murder him. For this, he literally steals Tylan's face to look like him.]]
*DroppedABridgeOnHim: Both, [[spoiler: the Purple Ocelot and Donovar Toland]] die relatively unceremoniously (and in case of the former, even [[KilledOffscreen offscreen]]) and with little build-up. This serves the purpose of making their deaths more shocking.
*DropTheHammer: During the fight in Gravesend, Myke sees himself pitted against a man wielding a large hammer, who soundly beats him and would have even killed him, if not for timely intervention from Raina Serviene.
*DudeWheresMyRespect: Desmor Fowler is highly dissatisfied with his position as a [[MiddleChildSyndrome thirdborn]], especially as his father barely seems to put any trust in him and never gives him a chance to prove his worth.
*DudleyDoRightStopsToHelp: Joran Storm at least attempts this after sympathizing with the people of Gravesend and gaining the desire to help them in retaking their city, which would mean that he would have to leave Myke alone on their search for Kortney. Myke isn't having it and instead appeals to his sense of duty to keep him by his side.
*DumbMuscle: Some of Albin's freaks are really not too bright and more concerned with being [[EvilIsPetty petty]] and [[{{Sadist}} sadistic]] than showing any cunning. Some of them, the dangerous ones, successfully avert this though.
*DysfunctionalFamily:
**House Manwoody of course, because how could they be any different with a man such as Albin Manwoody at the top. Special mention goes to his relationship with his wife, who is not above scheming against him. He also seems to have a very cool relationship to his brother Alaric, who even seems to be afraid of him.
**The Blackmont's are this for sure. They used to be the polar opposite until Valaena, Benedict's wife, died due to a mysterious illness. This caused Benedict to become reclusive and to distance himself even from his children. Gwendis growing up as her mother's spitting image probably didn't help. His son Naemon ended up outright blaming him for Valaena's death and this drove a rift between the two men and even between Benedict and his daughter.
*DidntThinkThisThrough: On his own, Albin Manwoody is one of the stronger kings in the Red Mountains, able to beat the Fowlers, likely the Blackmont's as well and he could potentially even pose a threat to the Dayne's. However, declaring war on all of them at once certainly had its downside once they, naturally, ended up allying against him.
*DirtyCoward: In a battle between Dianna's men and forces of Efran Sand, led by the Ironborn raider Bjorn Harlaw, Dianna loses mostly because her supposed ally, Ser Dallin Dalt, decides to leave her and to save himself and his men.
*DirtyOldMan: Albin Manwoody is having a relationship [[note]]More something that resembles borderline rape, due to her being tortured into submitting to his urges [[/note]] with Missy, a girl who is roughly half his age.
*DisproportionateRetribution: For badmouthing one of the freaks, Shana Sand is captured and tortured by them. Later on, she is freed by the Purple Ocelot, which prompts Albin to send one of his best knights after her, who proceeds to kill her horribly.
*DissonantSerenity: As a result of her torture, Missy has the habit of being outwardly calm in the worst situations. Being ConditionedToAcceptHorror makes this very easy for her and she barely flinches when seeing the mutilated head of Shana Sand, a girl she helped escape.
*DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: King Donovar Toland is built up as a major rival for Nymeria's early conquest, yet he dies in his first part, at the end of the first chapter, being unceremoniously killed by Forovos Norvoshi.]]
*DividedWeFall: Nymeria's entire plan revolves around this trope applying to her enemies, who are busy fighting against each other even more than they are paying attention to her. The only ones who try to avert this are the Dayne's and the Dryland's.
*TheDogBitesBack: After spending countless hours of being tortured by him and the other freaks, Missy genuinely snaps after being pushed a bit too far by Ronny, who confronts her over the death of his friend, Matt the Mute. This ends with her brutally killing him.
*DomesticAbuse: There are some undertones between Albin and his queen, Sofina. Things are a lot less vague with his mistress/bedslave Missy, who has been outright tortured into accepting him as her lover.
*TheDragon:
**Efran Sand has Elise, his lover, who seems to be among the most influential members of his rebellion. She shares this spot [[note]] of being TheDragon, not of being his lover [[/note]] with Bjorn Harlaw, who seems to command the greatest independent force working for Efran and with his fatherly friend Byrron Granit.
**Donovar Toland's has his most capable general, Tylan Sager.
*DragonRider: The Valyrian's, though unseen in the actual story safe for the shipwrecked Eraehra Galneris, are dragon riders and play a crucial role in the events leading up to the story, through their war with the Rhoynar, resulting in Nymeria uniting the remainder of her people and leading them to Dorne in search for a new home.
*TheDreaded:
**The court of Blackmont has Noctis, by far the most feared of Benedict's sourcerers. While he hasn't done much to justify this reputation in the events detailed in the story yet, he is definitely among the most creepy characters in the entire cast.
**In Kingsgrave, there is Ser Mordekhai Crusher, a knight InNameOnly, is heavily feared among the smallfolk at court and he proves this during his EstablishingCharacterMoment, where he delivers the severed and mutilated head of Shana Sand to King Albin.
*DreamingOfThingsToCome: Gwendis eventually acquires this power, even if it comes at the price of her having to deal with [[spoiler: the Great Other]] being stuck in her head. Through her, Aisha also claims to have visions in her dreams.
*DressingAsTheEnemy: An even more literal example than usual occurs when [[spoiler: Forovos Norvoshi disguises himself as Tylan Sager, general of Donovar Toland's army, to sneak into the king's tent to murder him. For this, he literally steals Tylan's face to look like him.]]
*DroppedABridgeOnHim: Both, [[spoiler: the Purple Ocelot and Donovar Toland]] die relatively unceremoniously (and in case of the former, even [[KilledOffscreen offscreen]]) and with little build-up. This serves the purpose of making their deaths more shocking.
*DropTheHammer: During the fight in Gravesend, Myke sees himself pitted against a man wielding a large hammer, who soundly beats him and would have even killed him, if not for timely intervention from Raina Serviene.
*DudeWheresMyRespect: Desmor Fowler is highly dissatisfied with his position as a [[MiddleChildSyndrome thirdborn]], especially as his father barely seems to put any trust in him and never gives him a chance to prove his worth.
*DudleyDoRightStopsToHelp: Joran Storm at least attempts this after sympathizing with the people of Gravesend and gaining the desire to help them in retaking their city, which would mean that he would have to leave Myke alone on their search for Kortney. Myke isn't having it and instead appeals to his sense of duty to keep him by his side.
*DumbMuscle: Some of Albin's freaks are really not too bright and more concerned with being [[EvilIsPetty petty]] and [[{{Sadist}} sadistic]] than showing any cunning. Some of them, the dangerous ones, successfully avert this though.
*DysfunctionalFamily:
**House Manwoody of course, because how could they be any different with a man such as Albin Manwoody at the top. Special mention goes to his relationship with his wife, who is not above scheming against him. He also seems to have a very cool relationship to his brother Alaric, who even seems to be afraid of him.
**The Blackmont's are this for sure. They used to be the polar opposite until Valaena, Benedict's wife, died due to a mysterious illness. This caused Benedict to become reclusive and to distance himself even from his children. Gwendis growing up as her mother's spitting image probably didn't help. His son Naemon ended up outright blaming him for Valaena's death and this drove a rift between the two men and even between Benedict and his daughter.
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*CrystalDragonJesus:
**Much like in the source material, the followers of R'hllor worship their god as the one true god and are heavily opposed to an evil counterpart, the Great Other.
**The story also expands on the belief system of the Great Other, making him seem as NotSoDifferent to R'hllor, if undoubtedly less AmbiguouslyEvil. Like followers of R'hllor, the followers of the Great Other worship him as the one true god and see the counterpart as evil.
*{{Cult}}: It is unclear how much influence the cult of the Great Other has in Dorne, but with confirmed members in Blackmont and Vaith and one heavily suggested member in Kingsgrave, they hold important positions in quite a number of important locations all around Dorne.
*CultureClash: The war between Nymeria and the rest of Dorne is not only a war between two kingdoms as it is known throughout Westeros. For the Dornish, it is an event not unlike the Andal Invasion has been for the Vale thousands of years ago. The Rhoynar are highly different from the Westerosi in their customs and the war is also very much about Nymeria wanting to maintain her culture and wanting to establish it in her new kingdom.
*CurbStompBattle:
**During his stay in Godsgrace, Jamison and his mentor Laroy are attacked by over half a dozen wannabe-assassins. The following fight is almost entirely one-sided and ends with Jamison and Laroy killing all but one of the men while suffering only minor wounds themselves.
**At first, it looks as if the climactic Fowler-Manwoody battle would be a thorough defeat for the Fowler's. Then, [[TheCavalry House Blackmont]] arrives, turnign the tides of the battle around completely and giving House Manwoody a heavy defeat.
**Much like in the source material, the followers of R'hllor worship their god as the one true god and are heavily opposed to an evil counterpart, the Great Other.
**The story also expands on the belief system of the Great Other, making him seem as NotSoDifferent to R'hllor, if undoubtedly less AmbiguouslyEvil. Like followers of R'hllor, the followers of the Great Other worship him as the one true god and see the counterpart as evil.
*{{Cult}}: It is unclear how much influence the cult of the Great Other has in Dorne, but with confirmed members in Blackmont and Vaith and one heavily suggested member in Kingsgrave, they hold important positions in quite a number of important locations all around Dorne.
*CultureClash: The war between Nymeria and the rest of Dorne is not only a war between two kingdoms as it is known throughout Westeros. For the Dornish, it is an event not unlike the Andal Invasion has been for the Vale thousands of years ago. The Rhoynar are highly different from the Westerosi in their customs and the war is also very much about Nymeria wanting to maintain her culture and wanting to establish it in her new kingdom.
*CurbStompBattle:
**During his stay in Godsgrace, Jamison and his mentor Laroy are attacked by over half a dozen wannabe-assassins. The following fight is almost entirely one-sided and ends with Jamison and Laroy killing all but one of the men while suffering only minor wounds themselves.
**At first, it looks as if the climactic Fowler-Manwoody battle would be a thorough defeat for the Fowler's. Then, [[TheCavalry House Blackmont]] arrives, turnign the tides of the battle around completely and giving House Manwoody a heavy defeat.
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*TheDandy: The Purple Ocelot, who is always seen in stylish, neat purple clothing.
*DangerousDeserter: A massive problem House Blackmont faces are men deserting from their army due to being disillusioned with Benedict's inability to properly care for his kingdom. During their travels through the Blackmont lands, Myke and his companion Joran are drawn into a BarBrawl involving particularly violent deserters.
*DarkActionGirl:
**Lyla Sand, one of Benedict's close advisors and an assassin in his service is at the very best AmbiguouslyEvil, but also, due to her line of profession, a clear ActionGirl.
**Missy's moments of phyiscal action almost exclusively overlap with her darker moments.
*DarkAndTroubledPast: Well, it ''is'' Westeros we're talking about, of course just about every major character and a couple of secondary ones have a tragic backstory of some kind. Notable exceptions include the Dayne's and Fowler's, but the other houses had their fair share of tragedy.
*DarkIsEvil:
**Aisha, the Dark Priestess, is associated with darkness even aside from her nickname. She has dark hair, is associated with coldness and worships one of the few gods in the setting that can be seen as clearly evil.
**Zereth, Albin Manwoody's personal assassin, is always seen with a dark hood.
**Albin himself also applies, wearing predominantly black and having a thick black bear. He is also by far the most evil character introduced in the story so far, as well as one of the most dangerous.
*DarkIsNotEvil:
**Benedict Blackmont has everything needed to make a stereotypical EvilOverlord, by coming from a house with a dark past, wearing dark colours and having dark hair, being associated with dark magic and surrounding himself with sorcerers. He is also a caring father, who loves his children and has shown just about no actually evil action in the entire story.
**His children, Gwendis and Naemon, are also associated with darkness due to their last name and they have dark brown hair, like their father. They are also anything but evil, but among the more morally good-aligned characters in the story.
*DeadpanSnarker: Dorne is very much a WorldOfSnark, like Westeros in the source material.
*DeadlyDecadentCourt:
**The court of Blackmont, especially once Gwendis is taken out of her position of power, resembles one, with an apathetic king who rather dabbles in dark magic, a sycophantic YesMan as the chancellor and sorcerers and at least one assassin taking part in the day-to-day politics of the council.
**The court of Kingsgrave is even worse, being led by a PsychopathicManchild and putting far too much importance to the various freaks, a group of torturers under Albin's command.
*DeadGuyOnDisplay: Manwoody knights who raid the outer villages of the Kingdom of Blackmont make specific order to the survivors not to bury the corpses, but to display them so that everyone can see the Manwoody brutality. [[spoiler: This move makes a lot more sense once it is revealed that this is part of a FalseFlagOperation led by men loyal to Garrison Fowler, to provoke the Blackmont's into a war with House Manwoody.]]
*DeathByIrony: Ronny is killed by the same girl he has constantly belittled and tormented, after pushing her too far one too many times. He is also killed by her during the very first time where he actually has a legitimate reason to be angry at her, after she orchestrated the murder of one of his friends.
*DecapitatedArmy: This is the state of the [[spoiler: Toland army, after Forovos Norvoshi murders both, their king and their finest general in a single night]].
*DecapitationPresentation:
**After hunting her down for escaping from the cells of Skyreach, Mordekhai Crusher only brings back Shana Sand's horribly mutilated head as proof of her death.
**Similarly, Zereth presents the head of [[spoiler: the Purple Ocelot]] to Missy, to show her that this is her fault, for getting him involved in something only she herself wished for.
*DeclarationOfProtection: Myke's motivation is to save Kortney Caron, whom he considers a daughter and also to keep her from further harm once he actually manages to find her.
*DefeatMeansFriendship: Not precisely friendship, but after getting his ass handed to him in a fight against Naemon, Alistair Upton becomes a lot less aggressive and belittling towards the prince of Blackmont.
*DesolationShot: On their travels through the Blackmont lands, Myke and Joran pass a number of abandoned farms and almost ruined towns, showing that the war against House Manwoody has already taken its toll.
*DespairEventHorizon: Missy crossed it many months ago, at the end of her ColdBloodedTorture.
*{{Determinator}}:
**Nymeria's goal to unite the kingdoms of Dorne under her flag is incredibly ambitious, especially considering that she isn't even the strongest faction in the region to begin with. It takes a lot of this trope for her to actually try it.
**Jamison will stop at nothing to prove himself worthy of marrying his love, Isabella Fowler. Seeing how her father can't possibly deny the best knight in Dorne, he sets out to become exactly that.
*DevilInPlainSight:
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*TheDandy: The Purple Ocelot, who is always seen in stylish, neat purple clothing.
*DangerousDeserter: A massive problem House Blackmont faces are men deserting from their army due to being disillusioned with Benedict's inability to properly care for his kingdom. During their travels through the Blackmont lands, Myke and his companion Joran are drawn into a BarBrawl involving particularly violent deserters.
*DarkActionGirl:
**Lyla Sand, one of Benedict's close advisors and an assassin in his service is at the very best AmbiguouslyEvil, but also, due to her line of profession, a clear ActionGirl.
**Missy's moments of phyiscal action almost exclusively overlap with her darker moments.
*DarkAndTroubledPast: Well, it ''is'' Westeros we're talking about, of course just about every major character and a couple of secondary ones have a tragic backstory of some kind. Notable exceptions include the Dayne's and Fowler's, but the other houses had their fair share of tragedy.
*DarkIsEvil:
**Aisha, the Dark Priestess, is associated with darkness even aside from her nickname. She has dark hair, is associated with coldness and worships one of the few gods in the setting that can be seen as clearly evil.
**Zereth, Albin Manwoody's personal assassin, is always seen with a dark hood.
**Albin himself also applies, wearing predominantly black and having a thick black bear. He is also by far the most evil character introduced in the story so far, as well as one of the most dangerous.
*DarkIsNotEvil:
**Benedict Blackmont has everything needed to make a stereotypical EvilOverlord, by coming from a house with a dark past, wearing dark colours and having dark hair, being associated with dark magic and surrounding himself with sorcerers. He is also a caring father, who loves his children and has shown just about no actually evil action in the entire story.
**His children, Gwendis and Naemon, are also associated with darkness due to their last name and they have dark brown hair, like their father. They are also anything but evil, but among the more morally good-aligned characters in the story.
*DeadpanSnarker: Dorne is very much a WorldOfSnark, like Westeros in the source material.
*DeadlyDecadentCourt:
**The court of Blackmont, especially once Gwendis is taken out of her position of power, resembles one, with an apathetic king who rather dabbles in dark magic, a sycophantic YesMan as the chancellor and sorcerers and at least one assassin taking part in the day-to-day politics of the council.
**The court of Kingsgrave is even worse, being led by a PsychopathicManchild and putting far too much importance to the various freaks, a group of torturers under Albin's command.
*DeadGuyOnDisplay: Manwoody knights who raid the outer villages of the Kingdom of Blackmont make specific order to the survivors not to bury the corpses, but to display them so that everyone can see the Manwoody brutality. [[spoiler: This move makes a lot more sense once it is revealed that this is part of a FalseFlagOperation led by men loyal to Garrison Fowler, to provoke the Blackmont's into a war with House Manwoody.]]
*DeathByIrony: Ronny is killed by the same girl he has constantly belittled and tormented, after pushing her too far one too many times. He is also killed by her during the very first time where he actually has a legitimate reason to be angry at her, after she orchestrated the murder of one of his friends.
*DecapitatedArmy: This is the state of the [[spoiler: Toland army, after Forovos Norvoshi murders both, their king and their finest general in a single night]].
*DecapitationPresentation:
**After hunting her down for escaping from the cells of Skyreach, Mordekhai Crusher only brings back Shana Sand's horribly mutilated head as proof of her death.
**Similarly, Zereth presents the head of [[spoiler: the Purple Ocelot]] to Missy, to show her that this is her fault, for getting him involved in something only she herself wished for.
*DeclarationOfProtection: Myke's motivation is to save Kortney Caron, whom he considers a daughter and also to keep her from further harm once he actually manages to find her.
*DefeatMeansFriendship: Not precisely friendship, but after getting his ass handed to him in a fight against Naemon, Alistair Upton becomes a lot less aggressive and belittling towards the prince of Blackmont.
*DesolationShot: On their travels through the Blackmont lands, Myke and Joran pass a number of abandoned farms and almost ruined towns, showing that the war against House Manwoody has already taken its toll.
*DespairEventHorizon: Missy crossed it many months ago, at the end of her ColdBloodedTorture.
*{{Determinator}}:
**Nymeria's goal to unite the kingdoms of Dorne under her flag is incredibly ambitious, especially considering that she isn't even the strongest faction in the region to begin with. It takes a lot of this trope for her to actually try it.
**Jamison will stop at nothing to prove himself worthy of marrying his love, Isabella Fowler. Seeing how her father can't possibly deny the best knight in Dorne, he sets out to become exactly that.
*DevilInPlainSight:
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* ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind: Raina saves Myke's life by stabbing driving her sword through the back of a man who was just about to crush his skull.stull.
*CoolBigSis: Gwendis is highly supportive of her brother Naemon, to the point where she is the only one whom he trusts with knowing about his weaknesses. She loves and adores him not despite, but especially because of them.
*CoolOldGuy:
**Ser Myke of the Marches is the oldest Point-of-View character in the entire story, yet still a very capable fighter who has earned his status as a knight and who displays high loyalty and love to the house he serves for, the Caron's. Lord Trevas Caron's daughter, Kortney, is so close to him that he considers her a surrogate daughter and when she gets into danger, he takes an equally dangerous journey into Dorne to find and save her.
**Laroy Ladybright, who is Jamison Dayne's mentor and fatherly friend, is an older man, yet still capable of going toe-to-toe with the prince in a fight, forming a BackToBackBadasses-team with him and managing to kill almost as many of their opponents as Jamison did.
**Varyn of Chroyane, Nymeria's general, is beyond fifty years old, making him rather old for the setting. He is also a sharp and cunning advisor, who displays absolute loyalty for Nymeria even if he disagrees with her on a personal level.
*CoolUncle: Vorian Dayne is this to Gwendis and Naemon.
*TheCorrupter: Aisha and [[spoiler: the Great Other]] arguably try to be this for Gwendis.
*CourtMage: Benedict Blackmont employs several of these, the most prominent of them being Aisha and Noctis.
*CoveredInScars: Not to truly disfiguring levels, but the torture she suffered at the hands of Albin Manwoody and his freaks leave Missy with quite some scars on her body.
*CrapsackWorld: The story is set in Westeros and though Dorne is by far not the worst place to live, compared to some of the other kingdoms, it's still very much a dark and harsh place. Ruled by six kings and several semi-independent lords, Dorne is torn by war on different fronts, undermined by [[ReligionOfEvil followers of the Great Other]], who seem to be present in many of the major locations, as well as in the process of an invasion through Nymeria and her Rhoynar. It says a lot that Nymeria, who is by all means a foreign invader, is usually portrayed as sympathetically.
*CreepyChild: Though she still holds some degrees of innocence and has a genuine desire to do good, Desirea's sheer dedication to the Lord of Light has taken a degree that is more than just a little bit unsettling. Even her own mother seems concerned at times.
*CreepyMonotone: Noctis' voice is described as such. His colleague Aisha is not entirely monotone, but still speaks in a cold and nearly emotionless voice at times.
*CreepyUncle: Just like how Vorian is a CoolUncle to his Blackmont niece and nephew, Benedict is this in return to the Dayne's, being a dark and reclusive man who is rumoured to dabble in black magic.
*CrossingTheDesert: A large part of Dorne consists of a central desert, so every character that has business in these regions naturally has to cross it, unless they take a longer route along the southern coast or the northern mountains.
*CruelAndUnusualDeath:
**We never get to see just what happens to Shana Sand when Mordekhai Crusher caught up to her, but the head he brings back is noted to look horribly mutilated.
**[[spoiler: Donovar Toland is hit in the throat with a blowdart, but doesn't immediately die. Instead, he is left to slowly suffocate, while his killer, Forovos Norvoshi, explains his reasons, before finally ending his life.]]
*CoolBigSis: Gwendis is highly supportive of her brother Naemon, to the point where she is the only one whom he trusts with knowing about his weaknesses. She loves and adores him not despite, but especially because of them.
*CoolOldGuy:
**Ser Myke of the Marches is the oldest Point-of-View character in the entire story, yet still a very capable fighter who has earned his status as a knight and who displays high loyalty and love to the house he serves for, the Caron's. Lord Trevas Caron's daughter, Kortney, is so close to him that he considers her a surrogate daughter and when she gets into danger, he takes an equally dangerous journey into Dorne to find and save her.
**Laroy Ladybright, who is Jamison Dayne's mentor and fatherly friend, is an older man, yet still capable of going toe-to-toe with the prince in a fight, forming a BackToBackBadasses-team with him and managing to kill almost as many of their opponents as Jamison did.
**Varyn of Chroyane, Nymeria's general, is beyond fifty years old, making him rather old for the setting. He is also a sharp and cunning advisor, who displays absolute loyalty for Nymeria even if he disagrees with her on a personal level.
*CoolUncle: Vorian Dayne is this to Gwendis and Naemon.
*TheCorrupter: Aisha and [[spoiler: the Great Other]] arguably try to be this for Gwendis.
*CourtMage: Benedict Blackmont employs several of these, the most prominent of them being Aisha and Noctis.
*CoveredInScars: Not to truly disfiguring levels, but the torture she suffered at the hands of Albin Manwoody and his freaks leave Missy with quite some scars on her body.
*CrapsackWorld: The story is set in Westeros and though Dorne is by far not the worst place to live, compared to some of the other kingdoms, it's still very much a dark and harsh place. Ruled by six kings and several semi-independent lords, Dorne is torn by war on different fronts, undermined by [[ReligionOfEvil followers of the Great Other]], who seem to be present in many of the major locations, as well as in the process of an invasion through Nymeria and her Rhoynar. It says a lot that Nymeria, who is by all means a foreign invader, is usually portrayed as sympathetically.
*CreepyChild: Though she still holds some degrees of innocence and has a genuine desire to do good, Desirea's sheer dedication to the Lord of Light has taken a degree that is more than just a little bit unsettling. Even her own mother seems concerned at times.
*CreepyMonotone: Noctis' voice is described as such. His colleague Aisha is not entirely monotone, but still speaks in a cold and nearly emotionless voice at times.
*CreepyUncle: Just like how Vorian is a CoolUncle to his Blackmont niece and nephew, Benedict is this in return to the Dayne's, being a dark and reclusive man who is rumoured to dabble in black magic.
*CrossingTheDesert: A large part of Dorne consists of a central desert, so every character that has business in these regions naturally has to cross it, unless they take a longer route along the southern coast or the northern mountains.
*CruelAndUnusualDeath:
**We never get to see just what happens to Shana Sand when Mordekhai Crusher caught up to her, but the head he brings back is noted to look horribly mutilated.
**[[spoiler: Donovar Toland is hit in the throat with a blowdart, but doesn't immediately die. Instead, he is left to slowly suffocate, while his killer, Forovos Norvoshi, explains his reasons, before finally ending his life.]]
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: Not too many, considering that the story is not even close to completion, but one notable example is the end to Myke's storyline in Chapter 1, where he is left knocked out and bleeding after being caught in a peasant rebellion in the town of Gravesend.Gravesend, his fate being unknown for a while.
*CloudCuckoolander: Albin Manwoody, in the [[PsychopathicManchild darkest way possible]], genuinely believes in this world he thinks he lives in, where he truly is the greatest king Westeros has ever know, the rightful ruler over the Red Mountains and where his concubine Missy genuinely loves him despite [[ColdBloodedTorture everything he has done to her]].
*ColdBloodedTorture: Albin Manwoody and his freaks are very fond of this, as well as infamous for their cruelty. Missy is the most prominent example of this in the story, the victim of intense psychological and physical torture, left with a broken mind as a result of her ordeal. [[spoiler: Her lover, Norano, was eventually killed at the end of his torture.]]
*ColdSniper: Manda Za, one of the female members of the Rose Company, uses a bow and is typically in a somewhat distant and aloof mood. That said, she [[DefrostingIceQueen shows signs of warming up to Nealia]].
*CombatPragmatist:
**Having a far lighter build than a majority of male fighters, Nealia is forced to fight pragmatically in order to overcome her opponents, who mostly outmatch her in sheer physical strength. This includes her attacking a man from behind and without warning.
**Despite being a knight, Jamison doesn't exactly believe in honourable combat, just like he has a general disdain for the morals of knighthood. In a fight, he uses whatever advantage he can gain, picking out weak fighters first and even using kicks and punches to overcome them.
*ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive: [[spoiler: On her last night in Blackmont, preparing for her unwanted marriage with Desmor Fowler, Gwendis is visted by Aisha, who reveals to her that she has seen her death in a vision and that to prevent the events of this vision to happen, Gwendis mustn't go to Skyreach and instead has to leave Blackmont with her, for parts unknown. Despite not trusting the priestess, she ultimately decides to go with her.]]
*ConditionedToAcceptHorror: After being tortured to insanity, Missy is almost unfazed by the horrors she encounters at the court of Kingsgrave on a daily basis, with the implication that she regularly watched or even participated in some of the torture sessions, alongside King Albin's freaks.
*ConflictingLoyalty:
**Naemon is forced into such a decision by his sister. He loves Gwendis dearly and would do anything for her, while he is resentful to his father Benedict, but loyal to the crown. Ultimately, he is forced to go behind Benedict's back to follow Gwendis' wish of delivering terms of an alliance to House Dayne of Starfall, in order to deal with the peasant rebellion in the Kingdom of Blackmont.
**Dalia is not only the leader of the Wild Suns sellsword group and bastard daughter of Lucifer Dryland, the man they are currently sworn to, but also the mother of Desirea and a [[TheChampion Flamebearer of R'hllor]]. She is torn between loyalty to her company and her father and loyalty to her daughter and her religion, especially after Desirea lampshades this by reminding her that these two loyalties might clash eventually.
*TheConscience: Aside from being TheGoodChancellor, Gwendis' role at the court of Blackmont is to stir her father's politics into a direction that benefits the kingdom and the smallfolk. Being his favourite child, she is the only one who actually has a chance of getting through to him.
*TheConspiracy: An early plot point for Nymeria revolves around her having to deal with a conspiracy in her own ranks. The ones behind it are dissatisfied Martell bannermen who don't want to wish to be dragged into her war, as well as remnants of the old rhoynish military, that wish to keep their people safe instead of following her into a seemingly hopeless fight.
*ConsummateLiar: It's very hard to say when Aisha tells the truth and while she herself claims to always tell the truth, she has been more or less confirmed to have lied on some occasions, or at least at having hidden part of the truth. It says a lot about her skill as a liar that it's still not clear when she is actually not telling the full truth.
*ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind: Raina saves Myke's life by stabbing a man who was just about to crush his skull.
*CloudCuckoolander: Albin Manwoody, in the [[PsychopathicManchild darkest way possible]], genuinely believes in this world he thinks he lives in, where he truly is the greatest king Westeros has ever know, the rightful ruler over the Red Mountains and where his concubine Missy genuinely loves him despite [[ColdBloodedTorture everything he has done to her]].
*ColdBloodedTorture: Albin Manwoody and his freaks are very fond of this, as well as infamous for their cruelty. Missy is the most prominent example of this in the story, the victim of intense psychological and physical torture, left with a broken mind as a result of her ordeal. [[spoiler: Her lover, Norano, was eventually killed at the end of his torture.]]
*ColdSniper: Manda Za, one of the female members of the Rose Company, uses a bow and is typically in a somewhat distant and aloof mood. That said, she [[DefrostingIceQueen shows signs of warming up to Nealia]].
*CombatPragmatist:
**Having a far lighter build than a majority of male fighters, Nealia is forced to fight pragmatically in order to overcome her opponents, who mostly outmatch her in sheer physical strength. This includes her attacking a man from behind and without warning.
**Despite being a knight, Jamison doesn't exactly believe in honourable combat, just like he has a general disdain for the morals of knighthood. In a fight, he uses whatever advantage he can gain, picking out weak fighters first and even using kicks and punches to overcome them.
*ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive: [[spoiler: On her last night in Blackmont, preparing for her unwanted marriage with Desmor Fowler, Gwendis is visted by Aisha, who reveals to her that she has seen her death in a vision and that to prevent the events of this vision to happen, Gwendis mustn't go to Skyreach and instead has to leave Blackmont with her, for parts unknown. Despite not trusting the priestess, she ultimately decides to go with her.]]
*ConditionedToAcceptHorror: After being tortured to insanity, Missy is almost unfazed by the horrors she encounters at the court of Kingsgrave on a daily basis, with the implication that she regularly watched or even participated in some of the torture sessions, alongside King Albin's freaks.
*ConflictingLoyalty:
**Naemon is forced into such a decision by his sister. He loves Gwendis dearly and would do anything for her, while he is resentful to his father Benedict, but loyal to the crown. Ultimately, he is forced to go behind Benedict's back to follow Gwendis' wish of delivering terms of an alliance to House Dayne of Starfall, in order to deal with the peasant rebellion in the Kingdom of Blackmont.
**Dalia is not only the leader of the Wild Suns sellsword group and bastard daughter of Lucifer Dryland, the man they are currently sworn to, but also the mother of Desirea and a [[TheChampion Flamebearer of R'hllor]]. She is torn between loyalty to her company and her father and loyalty to her daughter and her religion, especially after Desirea lampshades this by reminding her that these two loyalties might clash eventually.
*TheConscience: Aside from being TheGoodChancellor, Gwendis' role at the court of Blackmont is to stir her father's politics into a direction that benefits the kingdom and the smallfolk. Being his favourite child, she is the only one who actually has a chance of getting through to him.
*TheConspiracy: An early plot point for Nymeria revolves around her having to deal with a conspiracy in her own ranks. The ones behind it are dissatisfied Martell bannermen who don't want to wish to be dragged into her war, as well as remnants of the old rhoynish military, that wish to keep their people safe instead of following her into a seemingly hopeless fight.
*ConsummateLiar: It's very hard to say when Aisha tells the truth and while she herself claims to always tell the truth, she has been more or less confirmed to have lied on some occasions, or at least at having hidden part of the truth. It says a lot about her skill as a liar that it's still not clear when she is actually not telling the full truth.
*ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind: Raina saves Myke's life by stabbing a man who was just about to crush his skull.
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''Nymeria's War'' by [=WildlingKing=] is an ongoing ElsewhereFic set in the world of [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire A Song of Ice and Fire]]. Taking place around 700 years before the events detailed in the popular novel series and the [[Series/GameOfThrones HBO series]], it revolves around the titular character, the rhoynish princess Nymeria, who has led her people away from their homelands in Essos to the continent of Westeros, to find them a new home. Eventually, the rhoynish fleet lands in Dorne, the southernmost region of Westeros, where Nymeria marries the dornish lord Mors Martell. Soon after her marriage, she sets her eyes on uniting the entire region, up to then split into several smaller kingdoms, under her banner, therefore starting a years-long war for the control of Dorne.
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''Nymeria's War'' by [=WildlingKing=] is an ongoing ElsewhereFic set in the world of [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire A Song of Ice and Fire]]. Taking place around 700 years before the events detailed in the popular novel series and the [[Series/GameOfThrones HBO series]], it revolves around the titular character, the rhoynish princess Nymeria, who has led her people away from their homelands in Essos to the continent of Westeros, to find them a new home.home after the Valyrian Empire destroyed their former lands in a long and bloody war. Eventually, the rhoynish fleet lands in Dorne, the southernmost region of Westeros, where Nymeria marries the dornish lord Mors Martell. Soon after her marriage, she sets her eyes on uniting the entire region, up to then split into several smaller kingdoms, under her banner, therefore starting a years-long war for the control of Dorne.
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* TheChampion:
**Part of Aisha's mission is to find a suitable champion to fight for her.
**On the opposite side, there is Dalia, Firebearer of R'hllor.
*TheChessmaster:
**Forovos Norvoshi seems to subtly influnce the war in favour of House Martell.
**Aisha is another example. Most of her time she carefully manipulates others into following her orders without them even realizing it, in other moments she becomes a fullblown ManipulativeBitch.
*AChildShallLeadThem: Desirea is merely thirteen years old and still considered a child in Westeros, yet she is already the highest-ranking follower of R'hllor in Dorne and therefore leading the few believers of this religion in the entire region.
*ChivalrousPervert: Naemon is a womanizer who can't resist a pretty face, yet he is also a valiant and noble knight, who would always put his honour first if forced to decide.
*ChronicHeroSyndrome: Judging by the story he tells during his Histories&Lore part, Naemon seems to suffer from this quite heavily, as expected from a man with such a strong code of honour.
*{{Cliffhanger}}: Not too many, considering that the story is not even close to completion, but one notable example is the end to Myke's storyline in Chapter 1, where he is left knocked out and bleeding after being caught in a peasant rebellion in the town of Gravesend.
**Part of Aisha's mission is to find a suitable champion to fight for her.
**On the opposite side, there is Dalia, Firebearer of R'hllor.
*TheChessmaster:
**Forovos Norvoshi seems to subtly influnce the war in favour of House Martell.
**Aisha is another example. Most of her time she carefully manipulates others into following her orders without them even realizing it, in other moments she becomes a fullblown ManipulativeBitch.
*AChildShallLeadThem: Desirea is merely thirteen years old and still considered a child in Westeros, yet she is already the highest-ranking follower of R'hllor in Dorne and therefore leading the few believers of this religion in the entire region.
*ChivalrousPervert: Naemon is a womanizer who can't resist a pretty face, yet he is also a valiant and noble knight, who would always put his honour first if forced to decide.
*ChronicHeroSyndrome: Judging by the story he tells during his Histories&Lore part, Naemon seems to suffer from this quite heavily, as expected from a man with such a strong code of honour.
*{{Cliffhanger}}: Not too many, considering that the story is not even close to completion, but one notable example is the end to Myke's storyline in Chapter 1, where he is left knocked out and bleeding after being caught in a peasant rebellion in the town of Gravesend.
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*TheCaligula: Albin Manwoody is a [[PsychopathicManchild childish]] and [[HairTriggerTemper foul-tempered]] king, who is infamous for his cruelty and his madness. The majority of his actions in the story is not only incompetent, such as him declaring war on the other kingdoms of the Red Mountains, but also utterly blood-thirsty and unnecessary.
*CallingTheOldManOut: After years of being a victim to ParentalNeglect, Gwendis finally calls Benedict out on his behaviour towards her and Naemon just the night before she is supposed to leave for Skyreach and for her marriage to Desmor Fowler. Surprisingly for this trope, Benedict is shocked and genuinely remorseful, promising to repair his relationship with Naemon.
*CampStraight: There is absolutely no indication that the [[AgentPeacock flamboyant]] Purple Ocelot is not straight.
*CaptainSmoothAndSergeantRough: Being the ruling princess of her people, with aspirations of uniting all of Dorne under her banner, Nymeria is forced to do things smoothly, with diplomacy whenever it is suitable. By comparison, her advisor Varyn is a straightforward and rough man, who advises a very blunt, yet often effective course of action.
*TheCasanova: Despite [[LadyKillerInLove in love]] with Isabella Fowler, Jamison won't hesitate to seduce a pretty woman that catches his eye. In this role, he is audacious enough to even seduce the Storm Princess on her wedding day.
*CatapultNightmare: As her nightmares grow worse, Gwendis tends to wake up in such a way.
*TheCavalry: A literal example when the Blackmont cavalry crushes the Manwoody forces in a climactic battle on the Fowler lands, solidifying their alliance with House Fowler and driving the Manwoody's back into their own kingdom in the process.
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*CallingTheOldManOut: After years of being a victim to ParentalNeglect, Gwendis finally calls Benedict out on his behaviour towards her and Naemon just the night before she is supposed to leave for Skyreach and for her marriage to Desmor Fowler. Surprisingly for this trope, Benedict is shocked and genuinely remorseful, promising to repair his relationship with Naemon.
*CampStraight: There is absolutely no indication that the [[AgentPeacock flamboyant]] Purple Ocelot is not straight.
*CaptainSmoothAndSergeantRough: Being the ruling princess of her people, with aspirations of uniting all of Dorne under her banner, Nymeria is forced to do things smoothly, with diplomacy whenever it is suitable. By comparison, her advisor Varyn is a straightforward and rough man, who advises a very blunt, yet often effective course of action.
*TheCasanova: Despite [[LadyKillerInLove in love]] with Isabella Fowler, Jamison won't hesitate to seduce a pretty woman that catches his eye. In this role, he is audacious enough to even seduce the Storm Princess on her wedding day.
*CatapultNightmare: As her nightmares grow worse, Gwendis tends to wake up in such a way.
*TheCavalry: A literal example when the Blackmont cavalry crushes the Manwoody forces in a climactic battle on the Fowler lands, solidifying their alliance with House Fowler and driving the Manwoody's back into their own kingdom in the process.
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* BreakTheCutie: Missy is already broken by the time the story starts, but there is the implication that she has once been a very innocent noble girl, [[spoiler: which is outright confirmed in Myke's Histories&Lore part, where he interacts with a younger Kortney Caron]]. By the time of the story, she is so deeply sunken into her madness that she is way past her breaking point.
*BreakTheHaughty: One of Gwendis' main flaws, her arrogance, is severely tested over the course of the early story. First, she slowly, but steadly gets pushed out of the position of power she has proudly acquired for herself, before being forcibly betrothed to Desmor Fowler, a low thirdborn, meaning that she'd never be ruling a house, not even as its lady by marriage, as she had always yearned for. [[spoiler: Things arguably get even worse for her when she runs off with Aisha, not only having a severely reduced standard of living, but also ending up with a demon god stuck in her head and being pushed steadily towards her breaking point, which is likely exactly what the demon wants from her.]]
*BrilliantButLazy: Given that his daughter is a prodigy at politics, Benedict Blackmont must have some skills, especially as he inspired her through his behaviour during her early childhood. The death of his wife caused him to withdraw from the court for most of the time, instead preferring to follow his interest for the arcane arts.
*BrokenBird: Missy, after many months of intense torture and reconditioning, has managed to cling to just enough of her old self to realize how severely broken she is and that there is no way out for her, which in turn only further breaks her.
*BrokenPedestal: After the shady events surrounding his mother's death, Naemon has grown highly resentful of his father, with whom he has previously gotten along well. Over the years, Gwendis has started to feel similar to Benedict.
*BrokenTears: Missy shows this after remembering her previous identity as [[spoiler: Kortney Caron]].
*BrotherSisterTeam: Gwendis and Naemon form one when it comes to dealing with the affairs of the Kingdom of Blackmont. Having quickly realized that his sister is better than him when it comes to actual governing, as well as having no real interest about it, Naemon has early on been satisfied with his role as a mere representant of the crown as the heir to the kingdom.
*BruiserWithASoftCentre: Arguably, Jamison with his genuine love for Isabella.
*BrutalHonesty: Nymeria's main general, Varyn, is not a friend of mincing his words.
*TheBrute: Surprisingly few characters qualify as a mere brute in the story, though one of Albin's knights, Ser Mordekhai Crusher, comes rather close to this, as seen with his actions in the story so far.
*TheBully: Albin Manwoody's freaks apply, especially in the cruel way they tease Missy.
*BullyingADragon: During his stay in Godsgrace, Jamison Dayne is ambushed by a group of thugs, who don't attack him by surprise, but make their presence well known, before informing him of their intentions. Facing one of the best knights in Dorne and his mentor, this ends about as well for them as you can expect.
*ButtDialingMordor: [[spoiler: Due to her grabbing Aisha's hand and receiving a mysterious vision, supernatural powers are set free inside of Gwendis, much to her horror. The worst of these is a manifestation of the [[GodOfEvil Great Other]], who seems hellbent on breaking her and making her his willing servant.]]
*BreakTheHaughty: One of Gwendis' main flaws, her arrogance, is severely tested over the course of the early story. First, she slowly, but steadly gets pushed out of the position of power she has proudly acquired for herself, before being forcibly betrothed to Desmor Fowler, a low thirdborn, meaning that she'd never be ruling a house, not even as its lady by marriage, as she had always yearned for. [[spoiler: Things arguably get even worse for her when she runs off with Aisha, not only having a severely reduced standard of living, but also ending up with a demon god stuck in her head and being pushed steadily towards her breaking point, which is likely exactly what the demon wants from her.]]
*BrilliantButLazy: Given that his daughter is a prodigy at politics, Benedict Blackmont must have some skills, especially as he inspired her through his behaviour during her early childhood. The death of his wife caused him to withdraw from the court for most of the time, instead preferring to follow his interest for the arcane arts.
*BrokenBird: Missy, after many months of intense torture and reconditioning, has managed to cling to just enough of her old self to realize how severely broken she is and that there is no way out for her, which in turn only further breaks her.
*BrokenPedestal: After the shady events surrounding his mother's death, Naemon has grown highly resentful of his father, with whom he has previously gotten along well. Over the years, Gwendis has started to feel similar to Benedict.
*BrokenTears: Missy shows this after remembering her previous identity as [[spoiler: Kortney Caron]].
*BrotherSisterTeam: Gwendis and Naemon form one when it comes to dealing with the affairs of the Kingdom of Blackmont. Having quickly realized that his sister is better than him when it comes to actual governing, as well as having no real interest about it, Naemon has early on been satisfied with his role as a mere representant of the crown as the heir to the kingdom.
*BruiserWithASoftCentre: Arguably, Jamison with his genuine love for Isabella.
*BrutalHonesty: Nymeria's main general, Varyn, is not a friend of mincing his words.
*TheBrute: Surprisingly few characters qualify as a mere brute in the story, though one of Albin's knights, Ser Mordekhai Crusher, comes rather close to this, as seen with his actions in the story so far.
*TheBully: Albin Manwoody's freaks apply, especially in the cruel way they tease Missy.
*BullyingADragon: During his stay in Godsgrace, Jamison Dayne is ambushed by a group of thugs, who don't attack him by surprise, but make their presence well known, before informing him of their intentions. Facing one of the best knights in Dorne and his mentor, this ends about as well for them as you can expect.
*ButtDialingMordor: [[spoiler: Due to her grabbing Aisha's hand and receiving a mysterious vision, supernatural powers are set free inside of Gwendis, much to her horror. The worst of these is a manifestation of the [[GodOfEvil Great Other]], who seems hellbent on breaking her and making her his willing servant.]]
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*TheApprentice: Eventually, it is revealed that Aisha intends to take Gwendis as her's.
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*BlueBlood: Most of the Point-of-View characters are from the ranks of nobility, with quite a large number of them even being royalty. This is certainly justified, due to the story putting a heavy focus on the relationships between the different kingdoms, with the respective rulers receiving a lot of screentime. Out of 13 Point-of-View characters, only 3 are not in some way highborn. Out of then remaining 10, 8 are members of the royalty. [[spoiler: That said, Tomas' position as a member of the royal Toland family only happens after his cousin Donovar crowns himself king and is likely not seen as true royalty due to the man's short reign.]]
*BodyguardingABadass: Anyone that has the task to protect Jamison Dayne ends up in such a position. During the story, Ser Laroy Ladybright is chosen as his protector, but when they get into a fight, Jamison lives up to his reputation by ultimately killing even more of their attackers than Landry manages to.
*BoisterousBruiser: Bjorn Harlaw lives up to the martial culture of his people by being not only nearly unstoppable in the fight that serves to introduce him to the story, he is also loud and obviously amused by the carnage around him.
*BoisterousWeakling: Due to his insanity, Albin Manwoody is not even nearly as dangerous as he likes to appear. He is still very much a threat to his surroundings, most importantly his bedslave Missy, but despite playing himself up as a badass conqueror, he has clearly bitten off more than he can chew when declaring war on the entire Red Mountains, resulting in his invasion getting repelled by an alliance between House Fowler and Blackmont.
*BookDumb: Naemon is not a particularly educated man, mostly due to him never putting much value into such things. Therefore, his sister is needed to even explain the history of their own house to him. Despite that, he is by no means stupid and shows a lot of insight when talking about topics he is truly passionate about, such as [[KnightInShiningArmour knighthood]].
*BoomerangBigot: Aisha doesn't seem to hold any fondness for the utmost majority of Great Other worshippers, more or less implying that she sees them as having gone insane due to their power.
*BoringButPractical: Naturally, most kinds of armour don't make for a very fancy fight, but the story shows that it really does show that it saves lives in a fight. This is averted by the [[BlingOfWar Valyrian Steel armours]] which are worn by Eraehra's guards, which manage to look anything but boring, while being even harder than normal armour.
*BoyishShortHair:
**To maintain her identity as a male knight by the name of Ser Rai, Raina Servienne wears her hair very short.
**After the torture she suffered, Missy's hair is cut very short for a woman in the setting.
*BrainsAndBrawn:
**Gwendis and her brother Naemon have such a dynamic in their BrotherSisterTeam. Whereas Gwendis is a highly capable administrator, who finds joy in politics and diplomacy, whereas her brother is a famous knight and mostly known for his skills in combat.
**Eventually, it is revealed that Aisha seeks to find a warrior to serve her, which would naturally mean forming such a couple, with her being the clear brains, whereas the warrior is supposed to be there for his brawn.
*BrainyBrunette:
** For [[TheFundamentalist all]] [[KnightTemplar her]] [[ManipulativeBitch flaws]], Aisha is wickedly cunning and likely one of the smartest characters in the story, able to coldly trick a number of almost equally cunning characters into doing what she wants.
**Gwendis is a clever politician, especially for her age, who governs her father's kingdom whenever he is more interested in dabbling into the occult magic his sorcerers provide. She is a smart diplomat, a schemer and TheGoodChancellor for her people.
**The main character, Nymeria Martell, is this as well, being a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, who starts a war against the entire region of Dorne and managing to become a serious contender for the seemingly hopeless goal she set for herself, all through her cunning warfare.
*BrainwashedAndCrazy: After long mental and physical torture, Missy ends up being broken to the point where she believes herself to be Albin Manwoody's lover instead of his plaything. She has mostly suppressed any memory about her previous life as [[spoiler: Kortney Caron]].
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*BodyguardingABadass: Anyone that has the task to protect Jamison Dayne ends up in such a position. During the story, Ser Laroy Ladybright is chosen as his protector, but when they get into a fight, Jamison lives up to his reputation by ultimately killing even more of their attackers than Landry manages to.
*BoisterousBruiser: Bjorn Harlaw lives up to the martial culture of his people by being not only nearly unstoppable in the fight that serves to introduce him to the story, he is also loud and obviously amused by the carnage around him.
*BoisterousWeakling: Due to his insanity, Albin Manwoody is not even nearly as dangerous as he likes to appear. He is still very much a threat to his surroundings, most importantly his bedslave Missy, but despite playing himself up as a badass conqueror, he has clearly bitten off more than he can chew when declaring war on the entire Red Mountains, resulting in his invasion getting repelled by an alliance between House Fowler and Blackmont.
*BookDumb: Naemon is not a particularly educated man, mostly due to him never putting much value into such things. Therefore, his sister is needed to even explain the history of their own house to him. Despite that, he is by no means stupid and shows a lot of insight when talking about topics he is truly passionate about, such as [[KnightInShiningArmour knighthood]].
*BoomerangBigot: Aisha doesn't seem to hold any fondness for the utmost majority of Great Other worshippers, more or less implying that she sees them as having gone insane due to their power.
*BoringButPractical: Naturally, most kinds of armour don't make for a very fancy fight, but the story shows that it really does show that it saves lives in a fight. This is averted by the [[BlingOfWar Valyrian Steel armours]] which are worn by Eraehra's guards, which manage to look anything but boring, while being even harder than normal armour.
*BoyishShortHair:
**To maintain her identity as a male knight by the name of Ser Rai, Raina Servienne wears her hair very short.
**After the torture she suffered, Missy's hair is cut very short for a woman in the setting.
*BrainsAndBrawn:
**Gwendis and her brother Naemon have such a dynamic in their BrotherSisterTeam. Whereas Gwendis is a highly capable administrator, who finds joy in politics and diplomacy, whereas her brother is a famous knight and mostly known for his skills in combat.
**Eventually, it is revealed that Aisha seeks to find a warrior to serve her, which would naturally mean forming such a couple, with her being the clear brains, whereas the warrior is supposed to be there for his brawn.
*BrainyBrunette:
** For [[TheFundamentalist all]] [[KnightTemplar her]] [[ManipulativeBitch flaws]], Aisha is wickedly cunning and likely one of the smartest characters in the story, able to coldly trick a number of almost equally cunning characters into doing what she wants.
**Gwendis is a clever politician, especially for her age, who governs her father's kingdom whenever he is more interested in dabbling into the occult magic his sorcerers provide. She is a smart diplomat, a schemer and TheGoodChancellor for her people.
**The main character, Nymeria Martell, is this as well, being a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, who starts a war against the entire region of Dorne and managing to become a serious contender for the seemingly hopeless goal she set for herself, all through her cunning warfare.
*BrainwashedAndCrazy: After long mental and physical torture, Missy ends up being broken to the point where she believes herself to be Albin Manwoody's lover instead of his plaything. She has mostly suppressed any memory about her previous life as [[spoiler: Kortney Caron]].
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*BloodKnight: Jamison's eagerness to fight occasionally crosses into this territory.
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* BigDamnHeroes:
**During the fight in Gravesend, Myke is knocked down and almost killed, but just as his opponent goes for the final strike, he is fatally stabbed by Raina Serviene, saving Myke's life in the process.
**The Blackmont army pulls one during a particularly dire battle between House Fowler and House Manwoody, flanking the Manwoody soldiers and crushing them, which drives Albin's army back into his own kingdom.
*TheBigGuy: Several fighters in the story are successful because of their massive frame and the physical advantages this gives them. Some of the strongest examples are Mordekhai Crusher and Bjorn Harlaw.
*BiggerBad: In a way, the Great Other is this to Aisha, making him (or it) the driving force behind the fight between his followers and the followers of R'hllor, which is a major storyline in Book 1.
*BigLittleBrother: Naemon, having come more after his tall father, is notably taller than Gwendis, who has a rather petite build, getting most of her looks from her mother.
*BitchInSheepsClothing: Aisha's sheep's clothing is [[{{Stripperific}} very little and very thin]], though she likely tries to pull this off during her interactions with Gwendis, where she tries to convince the princess to trust her, despite her having been right about Aisha's [[ManipualtiveBitch true nature]] with her suspicions.
*BiTheWay: The rhoynish culture doesn't see someone's sexuality as that much of a big thing as Westerosi culture. As a result, bisexual characters are not uncommon or frowned upon among the Rhoynar.
*BlackAndGrayMorality: The story stays true to the source material when it comes to the morality of its characters. There are a couple of utterly black villains, evil to the core, whereas others gain some streaks of gray. A majority of the more heroic characters falls somewhere on the AntiHero spectrum, even the most well-intentioned of them. Nymeria herself, the titular character, is by far not a classical heroine and the few characters that actually are white hold little to no power over the other characters in the story, at least aside from [[KnightInShiningArmour Vorian Dayne]].
*BlackAndWhiteInsanity: Being fanatically devout to their respective religions, Aisha and Desirea are guilty of this. It's more severe in Aisha's case though, on account of Desi being younger and less stuck in her convictions.
*BlackSheep: Jamison embraces this trope an turns it into his strength. Being the son of a great KnightInShiningArmour and the brother of a virtuous WisePrince, his open disdain for knightly traditions mark him as the odd one in his family. Interestingly, he is also visually different from them, having dark hair where his father, brother and half-sister all have the platinum blonde of the Valyrians.
*BlingOfWar: Being Valyrian nobility, Eraehra Galneris has access to far larger quantities of Valyrian Steel than ordinary characters, allowing her to outfit her guardsmen with armour made from this material.
*BloodFromTheMouth: Due to being hit in the throat with a blowing dart, [[spoiler: Donovar Toland]] dies in such a way, effectively fulfilling a prophecy that has been revealed earlier.
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**During the fight in Gravesend, Myke is knocked down and almost killed, but just as his opponent goes for the final strike, he is fatally stabbed by Raina Serviene, saving Myke's life in the process.
**The Blackmont army pulls one during a particularly dire battle between House Fowler and House Manwoody, flanking the Manwoody soldiers and crushing them, which drives Albin's army back into his own kingdom.
*TheBigGuy: Several fighters in the story are successful because of their massive frame and the physical advantages this gives them. Some of the strongest examples are Mordekhai Crusher and Bjorn Harlaw.
*BiggerBad: In a way, the Great Other is this to Aisha, making him (or it) the driving force behind the fight between his followers and the followers of R'hllor, which is a major storyline in Book 1.
*BigLittleBrother: Naemon, having come more after his tall father, is notably taller than Gwendis, who has a rather petite build, getting most of her looks from her mother.
*BitchInSheepsClothing: Aisha's sheep's clothing is [[{{Stripperific}} very little and very thin]], though she likely tries to pull this off during her interactions with Gwendis, where she tries to convince the princess to trust her, despite her having been right about Aisha's [[ManipualtiveBitch true nature]] with her suspicions.
*BiTheWay: The rhoynish culture doesn't see someone's sexuality as that much of a big thing as Westerosi culture. As a result, bisexual characters are not uncommon or frowned upon among the Rhoynar.
*BlackAndGrayMorality: The story stays true to the source material when it comes to the morality of its characters. There are a couple of utterly black villains, evil to the core, whereas others gain some streaks of gray. A majority of the more heroic characters falls somewhere on the AntiHero spectrum, even the most well-intentioned of them. Nymeria herself, the titular character, is by far not a classical heroine and the few characters that actually are white hold little to no power over the other characters in the story, at least aside from [[KnightInShiningArmour Vorian Dayne]].
*BlackAndWhiteInsanity: Being fanatically devout to their respective religions, Aisha and Desirea are guilty of this. It's more severe in Aisha's case though, on account of Desi being younger and less stuck in her convictions.
*BlackSheep: Jamison embraces this trope an turns it into his strength. Being the son of a great KnightInShiningArmour and the brother of a virtuous WisePrince, his open disdain for knightly traditions mark him as the odd one in his family. Interestingly, he is also visually different from them, having dark hair where his father, brother and half-sister all have the platinum blonde of the Valyrians.
*BlingOfWar: Being Valyrian nobility, Eraehra Galneris has access to far larger quantities of Valyrian Steel than ordinary characters, allowing her to outfit her guardsmen with armour made from this material.
*BloodFromTheMouth: Due to being hit in the throat with a blowing dart, [[spoiler: Donovar Toland]] dies in such a way, effectively fulfilling a prophecy that has been revealed earlier.
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*BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler: Kortney Caron wished to run away with her lover Norano, to start a new life elsewhere, so the two left her home of Nightsong and travelled south. Shortly afterwards, they were captured by Manwoody forces, who brutally tortured Norano to death and broke Kortney in mind and body to the point where she became Albin Manwoody's willing concubine.]]
*BelievingTheirOwnLies: Due to his insanity, Albin Manwoody genuinely believes himself to be the great king he styles himself as and he genuinely believes in his right to rule the entire Red Mountains.
*BeneathTheMask:
**Behind his cunning, determined and unyielding facade, Garrison Fowler is deeply concerned with the future of his house and primarily a loving father, who has a strong soft spot for his children.
**Similarly, Benedict Blackmont is not even nearly as his reputation paints him to be, showing himself as a surprisingly caring father to his favourite child, Gwendis, while also being overwhelmed with the resentment his son Naemon shows him and the growing distance between him and his daughter.
**Gwendis herself is a headstrong woman who appears strong and confident when she deals with matters of politics, but who is lonely, almost isolated and deeply frustrated with her lot in life whenever she is in private, a side of hers only her brother truly gets to know.
**Speaking of, Naemon's cocky swagger is only partially genuine and often overplays his fears, particularly his fear of a genuine battle and his fear of having to take responsibility in a position he is clearly not well-suited for.
**It might be more of a case of HiddenDepths, but Jamison's genuine love for Isabella and the soft spot he has for her are something only his closest friends know about.
*BenevolentBoss: Nymeria herself is pretty generous to her subjects, rewarding them handsomely for loyal service.
*BerserkButton: Both, Lucifer Dryland and Albin Manwoody absolutely yearn for respect and recognition and denying them this is one safe way of angering them tremendously.
*TheBerserker: Several of Efran's men, being recruited out of bandits and pirates, qualify.
*BestFriendsInLaw: Thousands of years ago, this was the relationship between Samwell Dayne and Barragan Blackmont, who even raided Oldtown together and nearly burned it to the ground, a friendship that concluded with the marriage between Samwell's sister and Barragan.
*BetterTheDevilYouKnow: One of several reasons for Gwendis to accept Aisha's proposal and to leave Blackmont with her, considering that she roughly knows what to expect from Aisha, whereas her fate in Skyreach would be entirely up in the blue.
*BewareTheNiceOnes:
**Naemon Blackmont is a kind-hearted and virtuous knight, who takes his vows very seriously. He is also among the most trained fighters in Dorne, having a long history as a respected tourney fighter, which makes him far more deadly than his nice persona makes him seem to be.
**In a way, Nymeria is a perfectly reasonable and well-intentioned woman, open for negotiations and deals. At the same time, she is the ruling princess of the Rhoynar and those who stand between her and her goal of uniting Dorne are her enemies and will be ended sooner or later
*BewareTheQuietOnes:
**Forovos Norvoshi is not a big talker, yet his skills make him by far the single most dangerous person in Dorne at the time of Nymeria's War.
**One of Albin's knight, Mordekhai Crusher, is rarely speaking, yet an intimidating, fearsome man with a brutal reputation which he seems to have earned by all means.
**Noctis, one of Benedict's sorcerers, is considered to be the most creepy presence at the court of Blackmont, without uttering more than one or two sentences every time he actually appears.
*{{Bifauxnen}}: After the fall of her house, Raina Serviene dresses as a boy and calls herself Ser Rai to avoid those who might still be out to kill her. Myke is not particularly fooled though.
*BigBadWannabe: Albin Manwoody is a dangerous man for sure, yet in his madness, he has bit of more than he could ever chew, by declaring war on four powerful kingdoms at once, three of which form an alliance to crush him and making his victory look as good as [[UnwinnableByInsanity impossible]].
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: No matter what he's good at, Naemon Blackmont has to find out that there is someone who is better than him. Most prominently, his {{Foil}} Jamison Dayne, who is generally regarded as the better swordsman and due to his popularity even as the better knight. His own sister, Gwendis, is a lot more talented when it comes to governing a kingdom, something Naemon shows neither talent nor desire for, leading to him dreading the day he has to take over the kingdom from his father.
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*AppropriatedAppellation: During his first tourney, Naemon Blackmont was mocked as "The Vulture Knight", due to his house's sigil and the generally bad reputation the Blackmont's face. He proceeded to become a famous and respected knight, who took this title with pride, to the point where it is now spoken in reverence as opposed to mockery.
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*BackToBackBadasses: During his stay in Godsgrace, Jamison is ambushed by men who want him dead. Together with his companion Laroy, he fights them back to back, killing off six men together without suffering more than a scratch.
*BadassAdorable: Nealia Sand is a young woman, slim and pretty, yet also a skilled sellsword, capable of impressing even hardened killers, such as Tryden Flowers.
*BadassArmy: To achieve his goal of taking conquering the lands of House Dalt, Efran has hired sellswords that are as [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores chaotic]] as they are effective. Especially his Ironborn, commanded by Bjorn Harlaw, are crucial in inflicting one of the first major defeats to House Martell, by defeating Dianna's troops.
*BadassBeard: Several of the male characters sport one. Special mention goes to Bjorn Harlaw and his brother Hargan, as well as to Alester Upton and Laroy Ladybright.
*BadassBoast: Naturally, the words of the noble houses are this in many cases. Notable examples are House Martell's "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken", to House Manwoody's "No King Above Me", to House Blackmont's "We Conquer the Havens".
*BadassBureaucrat:
**[[GeniusCripple Blind he might be]], but Garrison Fowler is every bit the ruler his kingdom needs. Forced into the role of a NonActionGuy due to his disability, he manages to keep his kingdom and family safe in a way hundreds of warriors couldn't do, through the clever use of diplomacy in the right situations.
**It says a lot about Gwendis' talent for politics that she manages to effectively run the Kingdom of Blackmont in her father's absence despite her youth. [[spoiler: Sure enough, things start to go even more downhill once she runs away from Blackmont, leaving her uncle Braddock in charge.]]
*BadassFamily: Out of the houses shown in the story, House Dayne fits this trope the best. The head of the house, Vorian Dayne, is the most famous knight in Dorne, his younger son Jamison is widely praised for his skill as well and slowly shapes up to be an even more famous swordsman, whereas his older son Malcolm, though less of a fighter, is no weakling either. His bastard daughter Nealia is a sellsword with an impressive range of skills and his nephew Davos is shaping up to be a great knight as well. Then there's Naemon Blackmont, his nephew through his late sister Valaena, who is only narrowly behind Jamison when it comes to fame. All in all, it seems like House Dayne is the single most badass family in the entire story.
*BadassGay: Nealia, who has earned her badass credentials through years of sellsword work and even manages to impress hardened killers with her skills, is shown to be exclusively into other women.
*BadassGrandpa:
**Ser Myke of the Marches, an accomplished knight in service of House Caron, who defeats men way half his age on his search for Kortney Caron, the missing daughter of his liege lord [[PapaWolf and a girl he himself loves like a surrogate daughter]]-
**Nymeria's general, Varyn of Chroyane, is well into his fifties and still a fierce, loyal fighter and brilliant tactician.
**Ser Laroy Ladybright, an OldRetainer of House Dayne and fatherly friend of Jamison, is still youthful enough to accompany him on a mission across half of Dorne and personally protects him from dangers, showing almost as much skill as the prince himself.
*BadassMustache: Myke sports one, paired with impressive mutton chops.
*BadassPrincess:
**In case of Nymeria, this trope is not played entirely straight. Being a rhoynish ruler, she almost certainly got some skill with weaponry, but what she is most famously remembered for is not her skill as a mere warrior, but as a tactician and leader, making her a mixture between a traditional badass and a BadassBureaucrat. In any way, she is the ruling princess of the Rhoynar and of House Martell.
**Nealia is outright known as the [[RedBaron Bastard Princess]], the bastard daughter of King Vorian Dayne. After leaving her home to travel through Dorne, she gathered a lot of experience as a sellsword and is likely one of the finest fighters in the cast.
*BadBoss: Albin Manwoody is every bit as cruel to his subjects than he is to his enemies.
*BadPowersGoodPeople: After coming into contact with [[TheCorrupter Aisha]], Gwendis Blackmont starts to get a bit more acquainted with the [[GodOfEvil Great Other]] than she wants to. This leads to her developing currently unspecified powers, which are granted by the Great Other himself. The only power shown, which is having visions, is not necessarily a bad power, though coming from such an evil source still qualifies. Nonetheless, Gwendis is one of the more morally upright characters in the story, who has previously been TheGoodChancellor to her father's kingdom, using her status as his HypercompetentSidekick to effectively rule it in a benevolent way.
*BaitTheDog: Aisha's status as being AmbiguouslyEvil is repeatedly played with, though it slowly becomes more obvious that she is anything but ambiguous. She exploits this trope by appearing like a friendly helper to Gwendis, [[spoiler: which ends with her managing to lure the princess away from her home and to drag her into a war between followers of the Great Other and R'hllor, all under the thinly veiled excuse of "wanting to save her life", which very clearly ends up endangering her in the first place.]] Aisha still has some AmbiguouslyEvil credentials, though is certainly not even nearly as likable as she tried to set herself up as.
*BaldOfAwesome: Forovos Norvoshi combines this with a [[BaldOfEvil Bald of]] [[AmbiguouslyEvil Ambiguously]] [[BaldOfEvil Evil]].
*BaldOfEvil: Albin Manwoody is bald save for his BeardOfEvil, as well as one of the most obvious and most depraved villains in the entire story, being a cruel madman who is feared even by members of his own family, for good reason.
*BanditClan: Efran is known as the Bandit Lord and he has the absolute loyalty of men who would qualify as bandits.
*BarbarianLonghair: Verro, the Dothraki pirate in service of Efran sports a wild mane of dark hair.
*BarBrawl: At one point during his journey, Myke gets into a very violent one with several men who have previously deserted the kingdom of Blackmont, where he decides to aid a group of soldiers tasked with taking these deserters prisoner. Only one of the soldiers and one of the deserters survives the following brawl.
*BareYourMidriff: Part of Aisha's {{Stripperific}} attire.
*BashBrothers: Jamison and his mentor Laroy form such a team.
*BastardBastard: Regardless of wether or not his claim is actually rightful, there is no doubt that Efran Sand is a genuine bastard in every sense of the word, using brutal violence even against the innocent smallfolk to get the title he wants.
*BatmanGambit: When under heavy attack by Manwoody troops and facing potential annihilation, Garrison Fowler ends up manipulating House Blackmont, by forcing them into joining his war through a FalseFlagOperation, in which he orders his men to attack the Blackmont border while wearing Manwoody colours. This prompts Benedict Blackmont to be under the impression of being at war with House Manwoody as well, resulting in him being very open for negotiations about an alliance between Blackmont and Fowler.
*BattleDiscretionShot: Tomas Toland gets knocked out pretty early into the confrontation between his men and Nymeria's troops.
*BeardOfBarbarism: Bjorn Harlaw, the brutish Ironborn raider in service of Efran, sports one.
*TheBeautifulElite: [[MysticalWhiteHair Vorian and Malcolm Dayne]], [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold Isabella Fowler]], as well as [[TallDarkAndHandsome Naemon]] and [[RavenHairIvorySkin Gwendis Blackmont]] qualify in particular, being members of the royalty and growing up in a life of luxury, famous for their good looks, as well as showing high levels of education, virtue and intelligence.
*BeautyEqualsGoodness: Just like the source material, the story likes to play with this trope.
**On the one hand, there are characters such as Malcolm, Gwendis and Isabella are very good-looking, while also among the most good-natured characters in the story, being TheWisePrince, TheGoodChancellor and a sweet-natured PrincessClassic respectively. In contrast, villainous characters such as Noctis, Albin and Zereth are either ugly or at least very creepy in terms of looks, as well as all kinds of evil.
**On the other hand, there are also several good-looking characters who turn out to be evil. Aisha and Efran Sand come to mind, one a [[ManipulativeBitch manipulative]] [[TheFundamentalist fanatic]], the other a BastardBastard who slaughters countless innocents during his quest for power.
*BecauseDestinySaysSo: Amazingly, Aisha manages to avert this trope, while playing it straight at the same time. She fully admits that what she sees in her visions is only one of several possible outcomes and that different paths can be taken to avoid the fate she saw. However, once a certain path has been decided upon, she is confident that it won't be possible to change its outcome anymore. [[spoiler: This mindset comes into play during her interaction with Gwendis. Having seen the princess' death in Skyreach ([[UnreliableNarrator Or claiming to have seen so at least]]), she urges her to come with her instead of going to Skyreach. The thought that Gwendis might manage to survive whatever is supposed to happen to her at Skyreach doesn't even occur to her.]]
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*BadassAdorable: Nealia Sand is a young woman, slim and pretty, yet also a skilled sellsword, capable of impressing even hardened killers, such as Tryden Flowers.
*BadassArmy: To achieve his goal of taking conquering the lands of House Dalt, Efran has hired sellswords that are as [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores chaotic]] as they are effective. Especially his Ironborn, commanded by Bjorn Harlaw, are crucial in inflicting one of the first major defeats to House Martell, by defeating Dianna's troops.
*BadassBeard: Several of the male characters sport one. Special mention goes to Bjorn Harlaw and his brother Hargan, as well as to Alester Upton and Laroy Ladybright.
*BadassBoast: Naturally, the words of the noble houses are this in many cases. Notable examples are House Martell's "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken", to House Manwoody's "No King Above Me", to House Blackmont's "We Conquer the Havens".
*BadassBureaucrat:
**[[GeniusCripple Blind he might be]], but Garrison Fowler is every bit the ruler his kingdom needs. Forced into the role of a NonActionGuy due to his disability, he manages to keep his kingdom and family safe in a way hundreds of warriors couldn't do, through the clever use of diplomacy in the right situations.
**It says a lot about Gwendis' talent for politics that she manages to effectively run the Kingdom of Blackmont in her father's absence despite her youth. [[spoiler: Sure enough, things start to go even more downhill once she runs away from Blackmont, leaving her uncle Braddock in charge.]]
*BadassFamily: Out of the houses shown in the story, House Dayne fits this trope the best. The head of the house, Vorian Dayne, is the most famous knight in Dorne, his younger son Jamison is widely praised for his skill as well and slowly shapes up to be an even more famous swordsman, whereas his older son Malcolm, though less of a fighter, is no weakling either. His bastard daughter Nealia is a sellsword with an impressive range of skills and his nephew Davos is shaping up to be a great knight as well. Then there's Naemon Blackmont, his nephew through his late sister Valaena, who is only narrowly behind Jamison when it comes to fame. All in all, it seems like House Dayne is the single most badass family in the entire story.
*BadassGay: Nealia, who has earned her badass credentials through years of sellsword work and even manages to impress hardened killers with her skills, is shown to be exclusively into other women.
*BadassGrandpa:
**Ser Myke of the Marches, an accomplished knight in service of House Caron, who defeats men way half his age on his search for Kortney Caron, the missing daughter of his liege lord [[PapaWolf and a girl he himself loves like a surrogate daughter]]-
**Nymeria's general, Varyn of Chroyane, is well into his fifties and still a fierce, loyal fighter and brilliant tactician.
**Ser Laroy Ladybright, an OldRetainer of House Dayne and fatherly friend of Jamison, is still youthful enough to accompany him on a mission across half of Dorne and personally protects him from dangers, showing almost as much skill as the prince himself.
*BadassMustache: Myke sports one, paired with impressive mutton chops.
*BadassPrincess:
**In case of Nymeria, this trope is not played entirely straight. Being a rhoynish ruler, she almost certainly got some skill with weaponry, but what she is most famously remembered for is not her skill as a mere warrior, but as a tactician and leader, making her a mixture between a traditional badass and a BadassBureaucrat. In any way, she is the ruling princess of the Rhoynar and of House Martell.
**Nealia is outright known as the [[RedBaron Bastard Princess]], the bastard daughter of King Vorian Dayne. After leaving her home to travel through Dorne, she gathered a lot of experience as a sellsword and is likely one of the finest fighters in the cast.
*BadBoss: Albin Manwoody is every bit as cruel to his subjects than he is to his enemies.
*BadPowersGoodPeople: After coming into contact with [[TheCorrupter Aisha]], Gwendis Blackmont starts to get a bit more acquainted with the [[GodOfEvil Great Other]] than she wants to. This leads to her developing currently unspecified powers, which are granted by the Great Other himself. The only power shown, which is having visions, is not necessarily a bad power, though coming from such an evil source still qualifies. Nonetheless, Gwendis is one of the more morally upright characters in the story, who has previously been TheGoodChancellor to her father's kingdom, using her status as his HypercompetentSidekick to effectively rule it in a benevolent way.
*BaitTheDog: Aisha's status as being AmbiguouslyEvil is repeatedly played with, though it slowly becomes more obvious that she is anything but ambiguous. She exploits this trope by appearing like a friendly helper to Gwendis, [[spoiler: which ends with her managing to lure the princess away from her home and to drag her into a war between followers of the Great Other and R'hllor, all under the thinly veiled excuse of "wanting to save her life", which very clearly ends up endangering her in the first place.]] Aisha still has some AmbiguouslyEvil credentials, though is certainly not even nearly as likable as she tried to set herself up as.
*BaldOfAwesome: Forovos Norvoshi combines this with a [[BaldOfEvil Bald of]] [[AmbiguouslyEvil Ambiguously]] [[BaldOfEvil Evil]].
*BaldOfEvil: Albin Manwoody is bald save for his BeardOfEvil, as well as one of the most obvious and most depraved villains in the entire story, being a cruel madman who is feared even by members of his own family, for good reason.
*BanditClan: Efran is known as the Bandit Lord and he has the absolute loyalty of men who would qualify as bandits.
*BarbarianLonghair: Verro, the Dothraki pirate in service of Efran sports a wild mane of dark hair.
*BarBrawl: At one point during his journey, Myke gets into a very violent one with several men who have previously deserted the kingdom of Blackmont, where he decides to aid a group of soldiers tasked with taking these deserters prisoner. Only one of the soldiers and one of the deserters survives the following brawl.
*BareYourMidriff: Part of Aisha's {{Stripperific}} attire.
*BashBrothers: Jamison and his mentor Laroy form such a team.
*BastardBastard: Regardless of wether or not his claim is actually rightful, there is no doubt that Efran Sand is a genuine bastard in every sense of the word, using brutal violence even against the innocent smallfolk to get the title he wants.
*BatmanGambit: When under heavy attack by Manwoody troops and facing potential annihilation, Garrison Fowler ends up manipulating House Blackmont, by forcing them into joining his war through a FalseFlagOperation, in which he orders his men to attack the Blackmont border while wearing Manwoody colours. This prompts Benedict Blackmont to be under the impression of being at war with House Manwoody as well, resulting in him being very open for negotiations about an alliance between Blackmont and Fowler.
*BattleDiscretionShot: Tomas Toland gets knocked out pretty early into the confrontation between his men and Nymeria's troops.
*BeardOfBarbarism: Bjorn Harlaw, the brutish Ironborn raider in service of Efran, sports one.
*TheBeautifulElite: [[MysticalWhiteHair Vorian and Malcolm Dayne]], [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold Isabella Fowler]], as well as [[TallDarkAndHandsome Naemon]] and [[RavenHairIvorySkin Gwendis Blackmont]] qualify in particular, being members of the royalty and growing up in a life of luxury, famous for their good looks, as well as showing high levels of education, virtue and intelligence.
*BeautyEqualsGoodness: Just like the source material, the story likes to play with this trope.
**On the one hand, there are characters such as Malcolm, Gwendis and Isabella are very good-looking, while also among the most good-natured characters in the story, being TheWisePrince, TheGoodChancellor and a sweet-natured PrincessClassic respectively. In contrast, villainous characters such as Noctis, Albin and Zereth are either ugly or at least very creepy in terms of looks, as well as all kinds of evil.
**On the other hand, there are also several good-looking characters who turn out to be evil. Aisha and Efran Sand come to mind, one a [[ManipulativeBitch manipulative]] [[TheFundamentalist fanatic]], the other a BastardBastard who slaughters countless innocents during his quest for power.
*BecauseDestinySaysSo: Amazingly, Aisha manages to avert this trope, while playing it straight at the same time. She fully admits that what she sees in her visions is only one of several possible outcomes and that different paths can be taken to avoid the fate she saw. However, once a certain path has been decided upon, she is confident that it won't be possible to change its outcome anymore. [[spoiler: This mindset comes into play during her interaction with Gwendis. Having seen the princess' death in Skyreach ([[UnreliableNarrator Or claiming to have seen so at least]]), she urges her to come with her instead of going to Skyreach. The thought that Gwendis might manage to survive whatever is supposed to happen to her at Skyreach doesn't even occur to her.]]
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*AssassinOutclassin: [[spoiler: The Purple Ocelot, Alaric Manwoody's assassin, ends up being killed by Albin's personal killer Zereth.]]
*AssholeVictim: Absolutely nobody is sad for the early deaths of Matt the Mute and Ronny.
*AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Vorian Dayne is a famous knight and therefore a fearsome warrior on top of him being the ruler of the Kingdom of the Torrentine and head of House Dayne.
*AvengingTheVillain: After the death of Matt the Mute, Ronny correctly suspects Missy to have a hand in his death, so he confronts her with intentions of getting the truth out of her and potentially avenging his companion.
*AwesomeMcCoolName: A number of characters have undeniably cool sounding names, among them being Lucifer Dryland, Benedict Blackmont and Emerson Allyrion.
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**Albin Manwoody, the PsychopathicManchild that rules the Kingdom of Manwoody.
**He is surrounded by a group of equally crazy freaks, his personal torturers and companions.
**According to Aisha, becoming this is one of the dangers of the power the Great Other provides, which is why she wishes to teach Gwendis how to responsibly use her powers, to avoid the princess befalling such a fate.
*AnAxeToGrind: Being Ironborn, a number of Bjorn's men are shown to fight with these.
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**After landing in Dorne, Nymeria marries Lord Mors Martell due to diplomatic reasons. [[PerfectlyArrangedMarriage The two eventually grow to love each other]], but that doesn't change the initial reason for the marriage, which was made out of pragmatism and Nymeria's need for a strong ally.
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* AncientEvil: The Great Other, the GodOfEvil, whom Aisha serves. So ancient that is has become more of a myth by the time of the story, though Gwendis quickly learns that it really exists and has apparently taken an interest in her.
*AnimalMotifs: Several houses use animals for their sigils, though arguably less prominent than in the source material. Two of the major houses, Blackmont and Fowler, have a bird motif though.
*AntiHero:
**Desirea is a [[TheFundamentalist deeply devout]] follower of R'hllor, itself a god that is associated with morally ambiguous behaviour quite often. However, she is opposed to the forces of the Great Others, who have a far less ambiguous morality, save for maybe [[AmbiguouslyEvil Aisha]].
**Jamison might be many things, but certainly not a classical hero. He is loyal to his house, which is generally one of the more heroic houses of Dorne, but he is also a {{Jerkass}} with a massive ego, displays smug and petty behaviour on more than one occasion and finds the heroic virtues of a knight laughably naive.
*AntiVillain:
**Aisha, the priestess of the Great Other is either this or able to [[ManipulativeBitch play this role convincingly]]. Despite being [[KnightTemplar fanatically devout]] to her GodOfEvil, she paints herself as a mixture between a NobleDemon and a WellIntentionedExtremist, by being very kind to Trentan, to the point where she has his absolute loyalty and by manipulating Gwendis for something she sees as the best for her.
**Efran Sand certainly is a villain in the way he allows his men to wreak havoc among the Dalt smallfolk in his quest to reclaim his birthright. However, he is so convinced that this is actually his birthright that he comes off as a WellIntentionedExtremist, who only wishes to get what is rightfully his.
*AnyoneCanDie: Being a fanfiction set in [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Westeros]], this is to be expected. It's best shown when three characters who have been built up to be quite major all die over the course of the first chapter: [[spoiler: The Purple Ocelot, Septon Kevan]] and [[spoiler: King Donovar Toland]].
*ApatheticCitizens: Completely averted with the peasant rebellion in the Kingdom of Blackmont. Despite [[TheGoodChancellor Gwendis']] best attempts to help them, the situation in the kingdom grows more dire, especially due to her father's lack of actual ruling skills. This results in a peasant rebellion in the kingdom, [[FromBadToWorse right after Nymeria Martell and Albin Manwoody declare war on the kingdom and Gwendis runs away with the dark priestess Aisha, to avoid an unwanted marriage]].
*AppealToForce: Nymeria has no legal right to take Dorne, she just does so on account of wanting to create a new safe haven for her people and the only true right she has is the right of her strong army.
*ArbitrarySkepticism: Due to being in denial over the true nature of her vision, Gwendis keeps doubtful of Aisha's true powers even after receiving a demonstration of her powers. She eventually grows out of this and starts to believe in Aisha's magic, though not necessarily in her good intentions.
*ArchnemesisDad: Benedict is this to his son, Naemon. Due to the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of his mother, Naemon has grown distrustful of his father, who did little to prove his son wrong. At the time of the story, the relationship between the two is incredibly sour and probably broken beyond repair.
*AristocratsAreEvil: Albin Manwoody embodies this trope, being a cruel, brutal madman.
*ArmyOfThievesAndWhores: Efran Sand's rebel forces consist of pirates, bandits and sellswords, among them even Ironborn raiders. Together, they form a highly effective group of guerilla fighters, who pose a genuine threat to the forces of House Dalt.
*ArrangedMarriage: Quite a number of marriages in the story are a result of this.
**Nymeria herself manages to arrange a marriage between her and Mors Martell, the lord that first took her and her people in after landing in Dorne.
**After the death of his first wife, Lucifer Dryland is in need of a new bride. One of his bannermen, Bedwyck Tiddle, manages to arrange a marriage between the king and his daughter, Gwyneth.
**Though turning out as a PerfectlyArrangedMarriage, the union between Benedict Blackmont and Valaena Dayne started off as this.
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*AnimalMotifs: Several houses use animals for their sigils, though arguably less prominent than in the source material. Two of the major houses, Blackmont and Fowler, have a bird motif though.
*AntiHero:
**Desirea is a [[TheFundamentalist deeply devout]] follower of R'hllor, itself a god that is associated with morally ambiguous behaviour quite often. However, she is opposed to the forces of the Great Others, who have a far less ambiguous morality, save for maybe [[AmbiguouslyEvil Aisha]].
**Jamison might be many things, but certainly not a classical hero. He is loyal to his house, which is generally one of the more heroic houses of Dorne, but he is also a {{Jerkass}} with a massive ego, displays smug and petty behaviour on more than one occasion and finds the heroic virtues of a knight laughably naive.
*AntiVillain:
**Aisha, the priestess of the Great Other is either this or able to [[ManipulativeBitch play this role convincingly]]. Despite being [[KnightTemplar fanatically devout]] to her GodOfEvil, she paints herself as a mixture between a NobleDemon and a WellIntentionedExtremist, by being very kind to Trentan, to the point where she has his absolute loyalty and by manipulating Gwendis for something she sees as the best for her.
**Efran Sand certainly is a villain in the way he allows his men to wreak havoc among the Dalt smallfolk in his quest to reclaim his birthright. However, he is so convinced that this is actually his birthright that he comes off as a WellIntentionedExtremist, who only wishes to get what is rightfully his.
*AnyoneCanDie: Being a fanfiction set in [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Westeros]], this is to be expected. It's best shown when three characters who have been built up to be quite major all die over the course of the first chapter: [[spoiler: The Purple Ocelot, Septon Kevan]] and [[spoiler: King Donovar Toland]].
*ApatheticCitizens: Completely averted with the peasant rebellion in the Kingdom of Blackmont. Despite [[TheGoodChancellor Gwendis']] best attempts to help them, the situation in the kingdom grows more dire, especially due to her father's lack of actual ruling skills. This results in a peasant rebellion in the kingdom, [[FromBadToWorse right after Nymeria Martell and Albin Manwoody declare war on the kingdom and Gwendis runs away with the dark priestess Aisha, to avoid an unwanted marriage]].
*AppealToForce: Nymeria has no legal right to take Dorne, she just does so on account of wanting to create a new safe haven for her people and the only true right she has is the right of her strong army.
*ArbitrarySkepticism: Due to being in denial over the true nature of her vision, Gwendis keeps doubtful of Aisha's true powers even after receiving a demonstration of her powers. She eventually grows out of this and starts to believe in Aisha's magic, though not necessarily in her good intentions.
*ArchnemesisDad: Benedict is this to his son, Naemon. Due to the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of his mother, Naemon has grown distrustful of his father, who did little to prove his son wrong. At the time of the story, the relationship between the two is incredibly sour and probably broken beyond repair.
*AristocratsAreEvil: Albin Manwoody embodies this trope, being a cruel, brutal madman.
*ArmyOfThievesAndWhores: Efran Sand's rebel forces consist of pirates, bandits and sellswords, among them even Ironborn raiders. Together, they form a highly effective group of guerilla fighters, who pose a genuine threat to the forces of House Dalt.
*ArrangedMarriage: Quite a number of marriages in the story are a result of this.
**Nymeria herself manages to arrange a marriage between her and Mors Martell, the lord that first took her and her people in after landing in Dorne.
**After the death of his first wife, Lucifer Dryland is in need of a new bride. One of his bannermen, Bedwyck Tiddle, manages to arrange a marriage between the king and his daughter, Gwyneth.
**Though turning out as a PerfectlyArrangedMarriage, the union between Benedict Blackmont and Valaena Dayne started off as this.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Isabella Fowler is in love with Jamison Dayne, who is very much a poster child for being an ArrogantKungFuyGuy. It is slightly subverted though, since she isn't in love with him due to his rough and slightly jerkish traits, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold but for the kindness he shows around her]].
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Isabella Fowler is in love with Jamison Dayne, who is very much a poster child for being an ArrogantKungFuyGuy.ArrogantKungFuGuy. It is slightly subverted though, since she isn't in love with him due to his rough and slightly jerkish traits, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold but for the kindness he shows around her]].
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*AllForNothing: From the Toland's perspective, this is how their war against House Martell is resolved. After their lord, Donovar, crowns himself king and amasses a formidable army against House Martell, even causing some problems for them through his vanguard, [[spoiler: he is killed without ever having met them on the field with his main army, when [[ProfessionalKiller Forovos Norvoshi]] ends his life and the threat he poses by infiltrating his camp one night]].
*AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Isabella Fowler is in love with Jamison Dayne, who is very much a poster child for being an ArrogantKungFuyGuy. It is slightly subverted though, since she isn't in love with him due to his rough and slightly jerkish traits, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold but for the kindness he shows around her]].
*TheAlliance: After realizing that neither can win against Albin Manwoody on their own, the kingdoms of Blackmont and Fowler join forces and ally against the invaders, with House Dayne as additional allies for the Blackmont's.
*AlliterativeName: The most prominent examples are Mors Martell and Benedict Blackmont. Other characters with alliterative names include Tomas Toland, Laroy Ladybright, Ying Yu, Braddock Blackmont and Davos Dayne.
*AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Emerson Allyrion, despite his status as the technical heir to Godsgrace, is usually treated in a condescending way by most around him, especially by his uncle, Lord Morgan Allyrion. The exception is his mentally challenged cousin Emmett. His other, more cunning cousin Esperence seems to treat him kindly, but is most likely using him for her own gain through her actions.
*AlmightyJanitor:
**While Gwendis Blackmont is a princess and the favoured child of King Benedict, she stands below her younger brother Naemon and her uncle Braddock in the line of succession, as well as any other male member of the family due to her gender. Nonetheless, she is the most capable ruler House Blackmont could have hoped for, effectively governing the kingdom due to her father's lack of care for such things and doing a very fine job at it.
**Forovos Norvoshi holds no official rank in Nymeria's army, yet due to his [[ProfessionalKiller unique]] [[VoluntaryShapeShifting skills]], he is by far one of the most valuable allies she has at her disposal.
*AloofDarkHairedGirl: Aisha, the aptly named Dark Priestess.
*AlphaBitch: Esperence's constant scheming evokes the feeling of her just using her cousin Emerson for her own gain, making her this, as well as a ManipulativeBitch.
*AltarDiplomacy: This is quite common in all of Westeros and daughters of noble families are commonly expected to be married off to another house sooner or later, therefore creating important alliances.
**Due to this trope, Isabella Fowler is unable to marry her beloved, Jamison Dayne. He is only the secondborn son of Vorian Dayne and therefore not the heir to the Kingdom of the Torrentine. This in turn makes him not important enough to marry Garrison Fowler's only daughter.
**In his search for an alliance against House Manwoody, Garrison offers Isabella to House Blackmont, proposing a marriage between her and Naemon, the crown prince of Blackmont.
**When the abovementioned proposal falls through due to Benedict Blackmont not trusting a Fowler princess at his court, a counteroffer is made instead, in which Benedict offers his daughter Gwendis to marry Garrison's thirdborn son Desmor. The fact that she, the eldest child and only daughter, is offered to a low thirdborn is seen as highly unusual and shows how desperate both kingdoms are to make their alliance.
*AManIsAlwaysEager: Jamison Dayne certainly makes good use of his handsome looks to seduce any woman he fancies. That said, the only one he truly loves is Isabella Fowler.
*AmazonBrigade: A significant part of Nymeria's personal guard consists of warrior women, led by Captain Farrah of Ghoyan Drohe, who is noted to be an accomplished warrior.
*AmbiguousDisorder:
**Due to a lack of a proper diagnosis, Emmett Allyrion is only described as a lackwit by those around him. His mannerisms seem to imply that he is somewhere on the autistic spectrum, but this condition is obviously unheard of in the medieval society of Westeros.
**Similarly, the true extent of Albin Manwoody's madness is not specified, though he displays a megalomaniacal and psychopathic personality with severe and heavy mood swings and a sick pleasure in dominating others.
*AmbiguouslyEvil:
**Despite having the nickname "The Dark Priestess", it's not entirely clear if Aisha is truly evil. She is certainly a skilled manipulator, which makes it hard to say how much of her [[AffablyEvil affable]] and seemingly [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intentioned]] facade is genuine. She serves a GodOfEvil quite loyally, but seems to see no bad in the things she does. Her interactions with Gwendis and Trentan are therefore either an arguable PetTheDog moment, or a massive mixture of BaitTheDog and KickTheDog. She clearly manipulates both to do her bidding, but at least in Gwendis' case, she at least claims to have the princess' best interests at heart. Due to her subjective view on what Gwendis' best interests are, she gains further ambiguous points.
**Forovos Norvoshi is an ally to Nymeria, which makes him part of the central protagonist's team. Due to his methods, he certainly qualifies as the TokenEvilTeammate to her faction though and it remains to be seen if his ultimate goals are truly all that well-intentioned towards House Martell.
*AmbiguousSituation: For a brief amount of time, the fates of Myke and Septon Kevan where unclear, after the peasant rebels took the city of Gravesend. It is quickly revealed that Myke survived, [[KilledOffscreen whereas Septon Kevan has been stated to have perished in the attack]].
*AmbitionIsEvil:
**Certainly no saint in any way, Albin Manwoody's most dangerous acts of villainy come from his desire to be king of the entire Red Mountains, leading to him declaring war on the kingdoms of Blackmont, Fowler, Dayne and Yronwood.
**Efran Sand's rebellion is motivated by the fact that he is convinced to be the rightful ruler of House Dalt. To claim what he sees as his ancestral seat, he gathers [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores brutal sellswords, bandits, pirates and outcasts]], whom he sends against the lands of his family, in the desire to drive them out.
*AlwaysSomeoneBetter: No matter what he's good at, Naemon Blackmont has to find out that there is someone who is better than him. Most prominently, his {{Foil}} Jamison Dayne, who is generally regarded as the better swordsman and due to his popularity even as the better knight. His own sister, Gwendis, is a lot more talented when it comes to governing a kingdom, something Naemon shows neither talent nor desire for, leading to him dreading the day he has to take over the kingdom from his father.
*AncestralWeapon: House Dayne has one, the famous blade Dawn, which has been forged by an unknown material an is wielded by the Sword of the Morning. By the time of the story, the Sword of the Morning is Vorian Dayne's eldest son, Malcolm.
*AncientEvil: The Great Other, the GodOfEvil, whom Aisha serves.
*AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Isabella Fowler is in love with Jamison Dayne, who is very much a poster child for being an ArrogantKungFuyGuy. It is slightly subverted though, since she isn't in love with him due to his rough and slightly jerkish traits, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold but for the kindness he shows around her]].
*TheAlliance: After realizing that neither can win against Albin Manwoody on their own, the kingdoms of Blackmont and Fowler join forces and ally against the invaders, with House Dayne as additional allies for the Blackmont's.
*AlliterativeName: The most prominent examples are Mors Martell and Benedict Blackmont. Other characters with alliterative names include Tomas Toland, Laroy Ladybright, Ying Yu, Braddock Blackmont and Davos Dayne.
*AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Emerson Allyrion, despite his status as the technical heir to Godsgrace, is usually treated in a condescending way by most around him, especially by his uncle, Lord Morgan Allyrion. The exception is his mentally challenged cousin Emmett. His other, more cunning cousin Esperence seems to treat him kindly, but is most likely using him for her own gain through her actions.
*AlmightyJanitor:
**While Gwendis Blackmont is a princess and the favoured child of King Benedict, she stands below her younger brother Naemon and her uncle Braddock in the line of succession, as well as any other male member of the family due to her gender. Nonetheless, she is the most capable ruler House Blackmont could have hoped for, effectively governing the kingdom due to her father's lack of care for such things and doing a very fine job at it.
**Forovos Norvoshi holds no official rank in Nymeria's army, yet due to his [[ProfessionalKiller unique]] [[VoluntaryShapeShifting skills]], he is by far one of the most valuable allies she has at her disposal.
*AloofDarkHairedGirl: Aisha, the aptly named Dark Priestess.
*AlphaBitch: Esperence's constant scheming evokes the feeling of her just using her cousin Emerson for her own gain, making her this, as well as a ManipulativeBitch.
*AltarDiplomacy: This is quite common in all of Westeros and daughters of noble families are commonly expected to be married off to another house sooner or later, therefore creating important alliances.
**Due to this trope, Isabella Fowler is unable to marry her beloved, Jamison Dayne. He is only the secondborn son of Vorian Dayne and therefore not the heir to the Kingdom of the Torrentine. This in turn makes him not important enough to marry Garrison Fowler's only daughter.
**In his search for an alliance against House Manwoody, Garrison offers Isabella to House Blackmont, proposing a marriage between her and Naemon, the crown prince of Blackmont.
**When the abovementioned proposal falls through due to Benedict Blackmont not trusting a Fowler princess at his court, a counteroffer is made instead, in which Benedict offers his daughter Gwendis to marry Garrison's thirdborn son Desmor. The fact that she, the eldest child and only daughter, is offered to a low thirdborn is seen as highly unusual and shows how desperate both kingdoms are to make their alliance.
*AManIsAlwaysEager: Jamison Dayne certainly makes good use of his handsome looks to seduce any woman he fancies. That said, the only one he truly loves is Isabella Fowler.
*AmazonBrigade: A significant part of Nymeria's personal guard consists of warrior women, led by Captain Farrah of Ghoyan Drohe, who is noted to be an accomplished warrior.
*AmbiguousDisorder:
**Due to a lack of a proper diagnosis, Emmett Allyrion is only described as a lackwit by those around him. His mannerisms seem to imply that he is somewhere on the autistic spectrum, but this condition is obviously unheard of in the medieval society of Westeros.
**Similarly, the true extent of Albin Manwoody's madness is not specified, though he displays a megalomaniacal and psychopathic personality with severe and heavy mood swings and a sick pleasure in dominating others.
*AmbiguouslyEvil:
**Despite having the nickname "The Dark Priestess", it's not entirely clear if Aisha is truly evil. She is certainly a skilled manipulator, which makes it hard to say how much of her [[AffablyEvil affable]] and seemingly [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intentioned]] facade is genuine. She serves a GodOfEvil quite loyally, but seems to see no bad in the things she does. Her interactions with Gwendis and Trentan are therefore either an arguable PetTheDog moment, or a massive mixture of BaitTheDog and KickTheDog. She clearly manipulates both to do her bidding, but at least in Gwendis' case, she at least claims to have the princess' best interests at heart. Due to her subjective view on what Gwendis' best interests are, she gains further ambiguous points.
**Forovos Norvoshi is an ally to Nymeria, which makes him part of the central protagonist's team. Due to his methods, he certainly qualifies as the TokenEvilTeammate to her faction though and it remains to be seen if his ultimate goals are truly all that well-intentioned towards House Martell.
*AmbiguousSituation: For a brief amount of time, the fates of Myke and Septon Kevan where unclear, after the peasant rebels took the city of Gravesend. It is quickly revealed that Myke survived, [[KilledOffscreen whereas Septon Kevan has been stated to have perished in the attack]].
*AmbitionIsEvil:
**Certainly no saint in any way, Albin Manwoody's most dangerous acts of villainy come from his desire to be king of the entire Red Mountains, leading to him declaring war on the kingdoms of Blackmont, Fowler, Dayne and Yronwood.
**Efran Sand's rebellion is motivated by the fact that he is convinced to be the rightful ruler of House Dalt. To claim what he sees as his ancestral seat, he gathers [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores brutal sellswords, bandits, pirates and outcasts]], whom he sends against the lands of his family, in the desire to drive them out.
*AlwaysSomeoneBetter: No matter what he's good at, Naemon Blackmont has to find out that there is someone who is better than him. Most prominently, his {{Foil}} Jamison Dayne, who is generally regarded as the better swordsman and due to his popularity even as the better knight. His own sister, Gwendis, is a lot more talented when it comes to governing a kingdom, something Naemon shows neither talent nor desire for, leading to him dreading the day he has to take over the kingdom from his father.
*AncestralWeapon: House Dayne has one, the famous blade Dawn, which has been forged by an unknown material an is wielded by the Sword of the Morning. By the time of the story, the Sword of the Morning is Vorian Dayne's eldest son, Malcolm.
*AncientEvil: The Great Other, the GodOfEvil, whom Aisha serves.
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** Dalia Sand is good enough of a fighter to have taken control of a large sellsword group of her own, the Wild Suns.
* ActionMom: On top of being the leader of her own sellsword group, the Wild Suns, Dalia is also the mother of a teenage girl, Desirea, a task she puts [[MamaBear a lot of importance into]].
* ActionMom: On top of being the leader of her own sellsword group, the Wild Suns, Dalia is also the mother of a teenage girl, Desirea, a task she puts [[MamaBear a lot of importance into]].
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**The sellsword company Nealia works for, the Company of the Rose, also employs other women as fighters, among them the Yi Tish sisters Lien and Ying Yu.
** Dalia Sand is good enough of a fighter to have taken control ofa large her own sellsword group of her own, company, the Wild Suns.
* ActionMom: On top of being the leader of her own sellswordgroup, company, the Wild Suns, Dalia is also the mother of a teenage girl, Desirea, a task she puts [[MamaBear a lot of importance into]].
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* AffablyEvil: Aisha, the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Dark Priestess]], might be a ManipulativeBitch and a devoted servant of the closest thing the Ice and Fire world has to [[ReligionOfEvil the devil]], yet she is a perfectly affable, seemingly even helpful person, who manages to occasionally even cross into AmbiguouslyEvil territory. It is unclear if anything about her persona is genuine or just the result of clever manipulation, but at least outwardly, she even cares for her travelling companions, Trentan and Gwendis, the former of which she even enters a relationship.
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* AffablyEvil: Aisha, AffablyEvil:
**Aisha, the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Dark Priestess]], might be a ManipulativeBitch and a devoted servant of the closest thing the Ice and Fire world has to [[ReligionOfEvil the devil]], yet she is a perfectly affable, seemingly even helpful person, who manages to occasionally even cross into AmbiguouslyEvil territory. It is unclear if anything about her persona is genuine or just the result of clever manipulation, but at least outwardly, she even cares for her travelling companions, Trentan and Gwendis, the former of which she even enters arelationship.relationship.
**Forovos Norvoshi, a keyholder of the Iron Bank of Braavos, is one of Nymeria's most shady allies, but also a calm and polite man, who just happens to be [[spoiler: a former Faceless Man and therefore a face-stealing master assassin, who targets the most dangerous of Nymeria's enemies]].
*AffectionateNickname:
**"Gwen" for Gwendis, most commonly said by her brother Naemon.
**Desirea is often simply called Desi by her mother.
*AgentMulder:
**Aisha, a priestess of the Great Other, has good reason to believe in the existence of magic and gods.
**Benedict Blackmont is also a believer in the power she and other sorcerers hold and wishes to use it for his own gain, by dabbling into their arts.
*AgentPeacock: The Purple Ocelot, Alaric Manwoody's servant, is a highly skilled assassin, who almost exclusively wears purple clothes, including a turban of the colour, which doesn't really lessen his impressive skills.
*AgentScully: Quite a number of ordinary Dornishmen don't quite believe in the tales about dark magic from the court of Blackmont and the few that do see it mostly negatively.
*AHouseDivided:
**Just as Nymeria starts her war against the other kings of Dorne, having the backing of the entire surviving Rhoynar and the moderately powerful House Martell, the kings of Dorne fall into fights between each other instead of uniting against their commong enemy.
**This is entirely averted with Albin Manwoody's war against the other houses of the Red Mountains. After his initial attacks against House Fowler, the Fowler's join forces with House Blackmont, who in turn make an alliance with House Dayne, causing a formidable opposition against Albin and his goals.
**Aisha, the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Dark Priestess]], might be a ManipulativeBitch and a devoted servant of the closest thing the Ice and Fire world has to [[ReligionOfEvil the devil]], yet she is a perfectly affable, seemingly even helpful person, who manages to occasionally even cross into AmbiguouslyEvil territory. It is unclear if anything about her persona is genuine or just the result of clever manipulation, but at least outwardly, she even cares for her travelling companions, Trentan and Gwendis, the former of which she even enters a
**Forovos Norvoshi, a keyholder of the Iron Bank of Braavos, is one of Nymeria's most shady allies, but also a calm and polite man, who just happens to be [[spoiler: a former Faceless Man and therefore a face-stealing master assassin, who targets the most dangerous of Nymeria's enemies]].
*AffectionateNickname:
**"Gwen" for Gwendis, most commonly said by her brother Naemon.
**Desirea is often simply called Desi by her mother.
*AgentMulder:
**Aisha, a priestess of the Great Other, has good reason to believe in the existence of magic and gods.
**Benedict Blackmont is also a believer in the power she and other sorcerers hold and wishes to use it for his own gain, by dabbling into their arts.
*AgentPeacock: The Purple Ocelot, Alaric Manwoody's servant, is a highly skilled assassin, who almost exclusively wears purple clothes, including a turban of the colour, which doesn't really lessen his impressive skills.
*AgentScully: Quite a number of ordinary Dornishmen don't quite believe in the tales about dark magic from the court of Blackmont and the few that do see it mostly negatively.
*AHouseDivided:
**Just as Nymeria starts her war against the other kings of Dorne, having the backing of the entire surviving Rhoynar and the moderately powerful House Martell, the kings of Dorne fall into fights between each other instead of uniting against their commong enemy.
**This is entirely averted with Albin Manwoody's war against the other houses of the Red Mountains. After his initial attacks against House Fowler, the Fowler's join forces with House Blackmont, who in turn make an alliance with House Dayne, causing a formidable opposition against Albin and his goals.
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*AbusiveParents: [[PsychopathicManchild Albin Manwoody]] is never outright shown to hit his son, but considering [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil the way he acts around his bedslave Missy]], as well as his [[HairTriggerTemper general temper]], he is almost certainly not a good father.
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**Jamison, the younger son of Vorian Dayne, is a charismatic and handsome man with a brilliant understanding for warfare, who is famously known as one of the best swordsmen in all of Dorne.
**His father Vorian also qualifies himself, as the [[OneHundredPercentAdorationRating most well-loved]] king of Dorne, famous for his virtues, his skills as a knight and his honour.
*ActionGirl:
ActionGirl: The Rhoynar culture treats men and women equally, therefore generally accepting women as fighters. With their influence spreading over Dorne over the course of the story, there's guaranteed to be some even outside the Rhoynar ranks:
**Nymeria herself is a slight subversion of this. Despite being capable of combat, she is mostly famous for being a military leader and tactician as opposed to a mere warrior.
**Among the Rhoynar, there are Nymeria's captains Dianna and Farrah. The former is actively fighting in Nymeria's campaign to end the threat of the bandit lord Efran Sand, whereas the latter has been introduced as a respected soldier from the army of Nymeria's predecessor, Prince Garin, and her reputation is enough for her to be chosen as the leader of the royal guard of House Martell.
**Outside of the Rhoynar, there is Nealia Sand, the [[HeroicBastard bastard daughter]] of King Vorian Dayne. After leaving her home in favour of a more simple life, she has taken up sellsword work and is shown to be quite capable at it.
**Dalia Sand is good enough of a fighter to have taken control of a large sellsword group of her own, the Wild Suns.
*ActionMom:ActionMom: On top of being the leader of her own sellsword group, the Wild Suns, Dalia is also the mother of a teenage girl, Desirea, a task she puts [[MamaBear a lot of importance into]].
*AdaptationExpansion: Nymeria's War, a CrypticBackgroundReference in the source material that gets only slightly fleshed out in secondary sources, is given the centre stage here. This results in Nymeria, her husband Mors and the kings of Dorne, who only get mentioned in the source material at the very best, to take on the roles of main characters.
*AddictiveMagic: The magic of the Great Other seems to work that way, as [[spoiler: Gwendis]] gets more and more tempted to give in to his urges and her apparent powers the longer she spends time around his priestess and in the presence of the god himself.
*{{Adorkable}}: Emmett Allyrion is slightly mentally challenged and a lot of his actions come off as awkward as a result, yet he is a lovable guy, who is shown to treat others with kindness, even his cousin Emerson, who is a threat to his title as the heir to Godsgrace.
*AdoptTheDog: Ser Joran Storm, in no way affiliated with the Kingdom of Blackmont or its inhabitants and very much neutral to their plight, grows to like and respect the captain of the city guard of Gravesend, Brennin Kell, to the point where he wishes to help him with retaking his city from rebels.
*AdultFear:
**A recurring theme for Dalia is the deep fear she has for her daughter's safety.
**[[spoiler: Benedict Blackmont has to deal with his daughter Gwendis, his [[ParentalFavouritism favourite child]] running away from home to avoid a marriage he has arranged for her, with her whereabouts being unknown to him at first.]]
*AerithAndBob: Being set in Westeros, the naming rules can be a little bit odd. It is partially justified due to the presence of several distinctive cultures in one place though. There are rhoynish names such as Nymeria, valyrian names such Eraehra and westerosi names, such Albin and Vorian, next to more common names that wouldn't look out of place in the real world, such as Benedict and Walter.
*AffablyEvil: Aisha, the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Dark Priestess]], might be a ManipulativeBitch and a devoted servant of the closest thing the Ice and Fire world has to [[ReligionOfEvil the devil]], yet she is a perfectly affable, seemingly even helpful person, who manages to occasionally even cross into AmbiguouslyEvil territory. It is unclear if anything about her persona is genuine or just the result of clever manipulation, but at least outwardly, she even cares for her travelling companions, Trentan and Gwendis, the former of which she even enters a relationship.
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**Jamison, the younger son of Vorian Dayne, is a charismatic and handsome man with a brilliant understanding for warfare, who is famously known as one of the best swordsmen in all of Dorne.
**His father Vorian also qualifies himself, as the [[OneHundredPercentAdorationRating most well-loved]] king of Dorne, famous for his virtues, his skills as a knight and his honour.
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**Nymeria herself is a slight subversion of this. Despite being capable of combat, she is mostly famous for being a military leader and tactician as opposed to a mere warrior.
**Among the Rhoynar, there are Nymeria's captains Dianna and Farrah. The former is actively fighting in Nymeria's campaign to end the threat of the bandit lord Efran Sand, whereas the latter has been introduced as a respected soldier from the army of Nymeria's predecessor, Prince Garin, and her reputation is enough for her to be chosen as the leader of the royal guard of House Martell.
**Outside of the Rhoynar, there is Nealia Sand, the [[HeroicBastard bastard daughter]] of King Vorian Dayne. After leaving her home in favour of a more simple life, she has taken up sellsword work and is shown to be quite capable at it.
**Dalia Sand is good enough of a fighter to have taken control of a large sellsword group of her own, the Wild Suns.
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*AdaptationExpansion: Nymeria's War, a CrypticBackgroundReference in the source material that gets only slightly fleshed out in secondary sources, is given the centre stage here. This results in Nymeria, her husband Mors and the kings of Dorne, who only get mentioned in the source material at the very best, to take on the roles of main characters.
*AddictiveMagic: The magic of the Great Other seems to work that way, as [[spoiler: Gwendis]] gets more and more tempted to give in to his urges and her apparent powers the longer she spends time around his priestess and in the presence of the god himself.
*{{Adorkable}}: Emmett Allyrion is slightly mentally challenged and a lot of his actions come off as awkward as a result, yet he is a lovable guy, who is shown to treat others with kindness, even his cousin Emerson, who is a threat to his title as the heir to Godsgrace.
*AdoptTheDog: Ser Joran Storm, in no way affiliated with the Kingdom of Blackmont or its inhabitants and very much neutral to their plight, grows to like and respect the captain of the city guard of Gravesend, Brennin Kell, to the point where he wishes to help him with retaking his city from rebels.
*AdultFear:
**A recurring theme for Dalia is the deep fear she has for her daughter's safety.
**[[spoiler: Benedict Blackmont has to deal with his daughter Gwendis, his [[ParentalFavouritism favourite child]] running away from home to avoid a marriage he has arranged for her, with her whereabouts being unknown to him at first.]]
*AerithAndBob: Being set in Westeros, the naming rules can be a little bit odd. It is partially justified due to the presence of several distinctive cultures in one place though. There are rhoynish names such as Nymeria, valyrian names such Eraehra and westerosi names, such Albin and Vorian, next to more common names that wouldn't look out of place in the real world, such as Benedict and Walter.
*AffablyEvil: Aisha, the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Dark Priestess]], might be a ManipulativeBitch and a devoted servant of the closest thing the Ice and Fire world has to [[ReligionOfEvil the devil]], yet she is a perfectly affable, seemingly even helpful person, who manages to occasionally even cross into AmbiguouslyEvil territory. It is unclear if anything about her persona is genuine or just the result of clever manipulation, but at least outwardly, she even cares for her travelling companions, Trentan and Gwendis, the former of which she even enters a relationship.
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''Nymeria's War'' by [=WildlingKing=] is an ongoing ElsewhereFic set in the world of [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire A Song of Ice and Fire]]. Taking place around 700 years before the events detailed in the popular novel series and the [[Series/GameOfThrones HBO series]], it revolves around the titular character, the rhoynish princess Nymeria, who has led her people away from their homelands in Essos to the continent of Westeros, to find them a new home. Eventually, the rhoynish fleet lands in Dorne, the southernmost region of Westeros, where Nymeria marries the dornish lord Mors Martell. Soon after her marriage, she sets her eyes on uniting the entire region, up to then split into several smaller kingdoms, under her banner, therefore starting a years-long war for the control of Dorne.
The Fic relies heavily on reader input, by featuring a ChooseYourOwnAdventure-style of writing in which the readers are offered several options at the end of almost every part of the story, so that they can decide how the respective Point-of-View character is going to deal with different situations, by posting a comment below the part, which contains their favoured option in form of a vote. The option that is voted for the most is chosen as the one picked by the Point-of-View character in question. This affects not only the character themselves, but also the characters around them and more, sometimes even changing the course of the story in a heavy way. The Fic also allows the readers to create their own characters to be featured in the story, some of them even as Point-of-View characters in their own right.
It can mainly be read on [[https://telltale.com/community/discussion/105743/interactive-got-story-nymerias-war the Telltale forums]], which is also where new updates to the story are published first and where readers can vote on the course of action they wish the Point-of-View characters to take. The first book of four planned is also currently updated on [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Cba1oJ5VMPv2FDMn5Kr-q5LqtFx07IFvE-pOzqJAl64/edit google docs]].
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*AbsurdlySharpBlade: Every blade made from Valyrian Steel is this by default. Since the story takes place a few hundred years before the [[WorldSundering Doom of Valyria]], Valyrian Steel is also more common as it is going to be in later centuries. The most notable wielder of such a blade is Efran Sand, the bandit lord trying to claim the lands of House Dalt. The guards of Eraehra Galnaris, a Valyrian noblewoman, are also equipped with Valyrian Steel.
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The Fic relies heavily on reader input, by featuring a ChooseYourOwnAdventure-style of writing in which the readers are offered several options at the end of almost every part of the story, so that they can decide how the respective Point-of-View character is going to deal with different situations, by posting a comment below the part, which contains their favoured option in form of a vote. The option that is voted for the most is chosen as the one picked by the Point-of-View character in question. This affects not only the character themselves, but also the characters around them and more, sometimes even changing the course of the story in a heavy way. The Fic also allows the readers to create their own characters to be featured in the story, some of them even as Point-of-View characters in their own right.
It can mainly be read on [[https://telltale.com/community/discussion/105743/interactive-got-story-nymerias-war the Telltale forums]], which is also where new updates to the story are published first and where readers can vote on the course of action they wish the Point-of-View characters to take. The first book of four planned is also currently updated on [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Cba1oJ5VMPv2FDMn5Kr-q5LqtFx07IFvE-pOzqJAl64/edit google docs]].
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!!This fanfiction features examples of:
[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder: A]]
*AbsurdlySharpBlade: Every blade made from Valyrian Steel is this by default. Since the story takes place a few hundred years before the [[WorldSundering Doom of Valyria]], Valyrian Steel is also more common as it is going to be in later centuries. The most notable wielder of such a blade is Efran Sand, the bandit lord trying to claim the lands of House Dalt. The guards of Eraehra Galnaris, a Valyrian noblewoman, are also equipped with Valyrian Steel.
*TheAce:
*ActionGirl:
*ActionMom:
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