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* 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.
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* 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.
** 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.
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* 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.
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* GoodVsGood: GoodVersusGood: 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.
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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.
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The Fic relies heavily on reader input, by featuring a ChooseYourOwnAdventure-style {{Gamebooks}}-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.
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A sequel of sorts titled [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13034116/1/The-Age-of-Storm-Steel-Rain The Age of Storm]] is also concurrently being published. It's set 20 years after the beginning of Book 2, and it centers on the rest of Westeros, with Dorne being only mentioned so far.
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* OutnumberedSibling: Isabella Fowler is the youngest and only girl among four siblings. The same with Jaena Yronwood, who's the oldest of four but also the only girl. Lord Jeremie Gargalen is the youngest child of Lord Jorvian and the only son (he has three sisters). Lena Wells is the middle child of Lord Wells but also the only girl among three brothers.
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* OrcusOnHisThrone: For various reasons, five of the six Dornish kings refuse to leave their seats, leaving the fighting to their vassals and family members. Vorian Dayne doesn't leave his seat because for most of Book 1, no threat had come close to his kingdom. Benedict Blackmont is too embroiled in his study of sorceries to leave Blackmont and Albin Manwoody is too paranoid to leave Kingsgrave. Because of his age and blindness, Garrison Fowler is forced to stay at Skyreach.
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** By the end of Book 1 [[spoiler:POV characters Myke, Dalia and Dianna have all died, not to mention several secondary characters all throughout Dorne]].
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* WhamEpisode: Yorick's Interlude ends with [[spoiler:Yronwood's army taking over Ghost Hill and taking Tomas Toland prisoner.]]
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* 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.
** 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.
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* 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, Ferris Fowler, Davos Dayne and Yorick Yronwood.
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* 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, Ferris Fowler, Davos Dayne Dayne, Hargan Harlaw and Yorick Yronwood.
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* 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.
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* 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 Blackmont, Ferris Fowler, Davos Dayne.Dayne and Yorick Yronwood.
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* Tomas Toland is very much the TokenEvilTeammate of the Point-of-View charactrers, for very good reason, being smug and cold even while killing innocent people on the orders of his king.
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*JerkassGods: [[spoiler: The Great Other qualifies in the way he utterly torments Gwendis for continuing to resist his influence, trying to force and bully her into submission.]]
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WellDoneSonGuy: Desmor Fowler is extremely eager to win the respect of his father and prove his worth to his house. The fact that he is constantly unable to do so and fails even at a simple marriage frustrates him greatly and turns him crabby and bitter.
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WhoNeedsEnemies: Being surrounded by dark sorcerers and evil cultists in his pursuit for magic has caused Benedict Blackmont to become isolated from his children and his kingdom, putting him into a very bad position once he is forced to deal with problems he hasn't spent any time to understand.
*WideEyedIdealist:
WideEyedIdealist: Isabella is by far the most idealistic, yet also naive of the Point-of-View characters, displaying views that are far more innocent than what we see from the others.
*TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask:
TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Part of Nymeria's storyline shows the woman behind this queenly mask and it shows her struggling with maintaining her royal composure at all times.
*WonTheWarLostThePeace:
WonTheWarLostThePeace: [[spoiler: Garrison Fowler is ultimately under the threat of this, when his manipulations to lure House Blackmont into the war against House Manwoody via a FalseFlagOperation come back to threaten him. His inability to secure a marriage alliance with them means that nothing will prevent Benedict Blackmont from taking revenge should he ever find out, which would mean a lot of bad blood between the two houses.]]
*WorldOfBadass:
WorldOfBadass: Almost every character has a skill that qualifies them as badass, be it as a fighter, a schemer or anything else. It is justified since the brutal world of Dorne makes it necessary for most characters to be either a badass fighter or a GuileHero in some capacity.
*WorldOfSnark:
WorthyOpponent: If his fair treatment of Dianna is any indication, Bjorn Harlaw seems to consider the forces of Nymeria to be this for him and his Ironborn, even if he gave them a crushing defeat the first time they fought.
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WouldHitAGirl: Would torture a girl even, as seen with Albin Manwoody and his freaks, who have no problem with regularly doing this to young women, such as Missy and Shana Sand.
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* TheWrongfulHeirToTheThrone:TheWrongfulHeirToTheThrone: Naemon believes himself to be this when compared to his sister Gwendis. Whereas she is cunning, finds joy in ruling and has a lot of ambition, as well as the desire to help the smallfolk, Naemon has no skill at all when it comes to politics, is overwhelmed and afraid by these responsibilites and overall heavily disappointed that his older sister cannot take on them for him.
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* WarIsHell: The story does not shy away from showing the brutal reality of war, be it by showing the aftermath of a looted village and the way the smallfolk suffers from this, or by showing the ruthless plundering of farms and the way some [[SociopathicSoldier soldiers]] act in situations like these.
*WarriorMonk: As a Flamebearer of R'hllor, Dalia is a member of the fighting order of the church of R'hllor and this trope by default. She, a badass fighter and MamaBear is also subordinate to her daughter Desirea, who is a priestess.
*WarriorPrince:
**Nymeria Martell is a female version of this. That said, she also slightly subverts it. As rhoynish nobility, she is undoubtedly skilled with weaponry, but what she is mostly remembered for is not her skill as a fighter, but her ability to command an army, as a tactician and leader.
**Most of the male members of royal houses play this trope straight. Examples include Jamison Dayne, Naemon Blackmont, Arvin Manwoody, Ferris and Desmor Fowler and Mors Martell.
*TheWatson: Isabella is a PrincessClassic and therefore far less politically skilled and knowledgeable about the finer aspects of dornish diplomacy than most other members of the royalty. This fact makes her perfect to receive exposition which helps the readers with understanding quite a number of connections in other storylines.
*WeAreStrugglingTogether: Nymeria uses this trope to her advantage, invoking it in the way the rest of the dornish kings react to her landing. She fully counts on most of them either ignoring her or focussing on lesser threats, such as the recent declaration of war from Albin Manwoody, to pick them off one by one.
*WeaponOfChoice: Swords seem to be the weapon favoured by the utmost majority of characters in the story. There are some minor exceptions, but other than that, SwordsAreHeroic is played straight.
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*WorthyOpponent:
*WouldHitAGirl:
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*WarriorMonk: As a Flamebearer of R'hllor, Dalia is a member of the fighting order of the church of R'hllor and this trope by default. She, a badass fighter and MamaBear is also subordinate to her daughter Desirea, who is a priestess.
*WarriorPrince:
**Nymeria Martell is a female version of this. That said, she also slightly subverts it. As rhoynish nobility, she is undoubtedly skilled with weaponry, but what she is mostly remembered for is not her skill as a fighter, but her ability to command an army, as a tactician and leader.
**Most of the male members of royal houses play this trope straight. Examples include Jamison Dayne, Naemon Blackmont, Arvin Manwoody, Ferris and Desmor Fowler and Mors Martell.
*TheWatson: Isabella is a PrincessClassic and therefore far less politically skilled and knowledgeable about the finer aspects of dornish diplomacy than most other members of the royalty. This fact makes her perfect to receive exposition which helps the readers with understanding quite a number of connections in other storylines.
*WeAreStrugglingTogether: Nymeria uses this trope to her advantage, invoking it in the way the rest of the dornish kings react to her landing. She fully counts on most of them either ignoring her or focussing on lesser threats, such as the recent declaration of war from Albin Manwoody, to pick them off one by one.
*WeaponOfChoice: Swords seem to be the weapon favoured by the utmost majority of characters in the story. There are some minor exceptions, but other than that, SwordsAreHeroic is played straight.
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*WonTheWarLostThePeace:
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*WorldOfSnark:
*WorthyOpponent:
*WouldHitAGirl:
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*XanatosSpeedChess: Garrison Fowler is the stories unquestionable master of this trope, as he manages to adjust his plans incredibly quickly under any circumstance, to somehow get out on top in the end.
*{{Yandere}}: Some of Albin Manwoody's affection towards Missy has shades of this.
*YankTheDogsChain: Just as it seems that Missy has finally found a potential ally in Willem Pyke, one of her most brutal parts happened, where she is more or less forced to remember her former identity, resulting in her almost breaking down from the mental stress this puts her through.
*YouCantGoHomeAgain:
**The entirety of the Rhoynar lives this trope, due to them having lost their homelands to the Valyrian Hegemony. Led by Nymeria, they have built up a new home in Dorne, but many of them still clearly miss their old empire.
**[[spoiler: After running away from Blackmont, Gwendis is also unable to return, due to the threat of her being married off to House Fowler in such a case. Due to a vision the Dark Priestess Aisha had, she is convinced that such a marriage would result in her death.]]
*YouMonster: Albin Manwoody is quite often called a monster by those around him or by others who have nothing to do with him otherwise.
*YoungConqueror: Due to the death of most other high-ranking Rhoynar, Princess Nymeria is led to lead her people in the conquest of Dorne. She is in her twenties during the early stages of this war.
*ZeroPercentApprovalRating: There is absolutely no one who likes Albin Manwoody, even among his own court. Of course, there are supporters, but they are mostly about as sadistic as he is and don't hold any personal fondness towards him.
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*XanatosSpeedChess: Garrison Fowler is the stories unquestionable master of this trope, as he manages to adjust his plans incredibly quickly under any circumstance, to somehow get out on top in the end.
*{{Yandere}}: Some of Albin Manwoody's affection towards Missy has shades of this.
*YankTheDogsChain: Just as it seems that Missy has finally found a potential ally in Willem Pyke, one of her most brutal parts happened, where she is more or less forced to remember her former identity, resulting in her almost breaking down from the mental stress this puts her through.
*YouCantGoHomeAgain:
**The entirety of the Rhoynar lives this trope, due to them having lost their homelands to the Valyrian Hegemony. Led by Nymeria, they have built up a new home in Dorne, but many of them still clearly miss their old empire.
**[[spoiler: After running away from Blackmont, Gwendis is also unable to return, due to the threat of her being married off to House Fowler in such a case. Due to a vision the Dark Priestess Aisha had, she is convinced that such a marriage would result in her death.]]
*YouMonster: Albin Manwoody is quite often called a monster by those around him or by others who have nothing to do with him otherwise.
*YoungConqueror: Due to the death of most other high-ranking Rhoynar, Princess Nymeria is led to lead her people in the conquest of Dorne. She is in her twenties during the early stages of this war.
*ZeroPercentApprovalRating: There is absolutely no one who likes Albin Manwoody, even among his own court. Of course, there are supporters, but they are mostly about as sadistic as he is and don't hold any personal fondness towards him.
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* TasteOfDefeat: After many parts of building himself up as the greatest king in all of Dorne, Albin Manwoody hits rock bottom when his armies are crushed by a Blackmont/Fowler coalition. He falls into a VillainousBreakdown, unable to fully comprehend what happened to him and his armies.
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* TasteOfDefeat: ATasteOfDefeat: After many parts of building himself up as the greatest king in all of Dorne, Albin Manwoody hits rock bottom when his armies are crushed by a Blackmont/Fowler coalition. He falls into a VillainousBreakdown, unable to fully comprehend what happened to him and his armies.
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*UndyingLoyalty:
**Ser Laroy Ladybright is one of House Dayne's oldest and most loyal bannermen, a fatherly friend and mentor to Prince Jamison and unquestionably loyal to his king and prince.
**Myke of the Marches has grown so close to House Caron that he considers Kortney like his own daughter. This is enough for him to risk his life to save her when he learns of her disappearance.
**General Varyn might be more of a SourSupporter towards Nymeria, but his loyalty to her and the rhoynish people is out of question, as he would support her even when he doesn't believe in her goal.
*TheUnfavourite: Benedict Blackmont has withdrawn from his children for the most part after the painful loss of his beloved wife. Nonetheless, he still interacts with them occasionally and in there makes it clear that his sharp-minded and ambitious daughter Gwendis is his favourite over his lazy and hedonistic son Naemon. His soft spot for her goes as far as to leave her unmarried at the age of nineteen and allow her a position as the head of his small council.
*TheUnfettered: Albin Manwoody is all kinds of evil, though one of his worst traits is his willigness to do just about anything to assure his goals, without any obvious moral restraints. Fittingly, he is a major [[TheSociopath sociopath]] and not of the high-functional variety.
*{{Unobtanium}}: Valyrian Steel of course. Due to the story being set before the [[WorldSundering Doom of Valyria]], it is available in far higher quantities than usual, up to the point where a valyrian noblewoman has guards with Valyrian Steel ''armour''.
*UnreliableNarrator: There is really no proof, nor much of a good reason to trust the things Aisha claims about her god, the enemies of said god or the visions she sees thanks to him.
*VillainousBreakdown: After the loss of his armies and his son being forced into fleeing with the remainder of his troops, it finally dawns upon Albin that pissing off four royal houses at once was not a good idea. This results in him having a heavy breakdown, where he ends up screaming at his advisors, throwing a general tantrum and being shown completely helpless for the first time.
*VillainsNeverLie: Aisha claims to always tell the truth at the very least, but her being [[UnreliableNarrator Aisha]] the truth of this statement, as well as her [[AmbiguouslyEvil status as a villain]] is quite questionable.
*VowOfCelibacy: By joining the order of Maester's, Garrison Fowler's secondborn son, Andren, took one. This actually becomes a plot point when this only leaves Desmor, Garrison's youngest son, as the possible match for a marriage alliance.
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*UndyingLoyalty:
**Ser Laroy Ladybright is one of House Dayne's oldest and most loyal bannermen, a fatherly friend and mentor to Prince Jamison and unquestionably loyal to his king and prince.
**Myke of the Marches has grown so close to House Caron that he considers Kortney like his own daughter. This is enough for him to risk his life to save her when he learns of her disappearance.
**General Varyn might be more of a SourSupporter towards Nymeria, but his loyalty to her and the rhoynish people is out of question, as he would support her even when he doesn't believe in her goal.
*TheUnfavourite: Benedict Blackmont has withdrawn from his children for the most part after the painful loss of his beloved wife. Nonetheless, he still interacts with them occasionally and in there makes it clear that his sharp-minded and ambitious daughter Gwendis is his favourite over his lazy and hedonistic son Naemon. His soft spot for her goes as far as to leave her unmarried at the age of nineteen and allow her a position as the head of his small council.
*TheUnfettered: Albin Manwoody is all kinds of evil, though one of his worst traits is his willigness to do just about anything to assure his goals, without any obvious moral restraints. Fittingly, he is a major [[TheSociopath sociopath]] and not of the high-functional variety.
*{{Unobtanium}}: Valyrian Steel of course. Due to the story being set before the [[WorldSundering Doom of Valyria]], it is available in far higher quantities than usual, up to the point where a valyrian noblewoman has guards with Valyrian Steel ''armour''.
*UnreliableNarrator: There is really no proof, nor much of a good reason to trust the things Aisha claims about her god, the enemies of said god or the visions she sees thanks to him.
*VillainousBreakdown: After the loss of his armies and his son being forced into fleeing with the remainder of his troops, it finally dawns upon Albin that pissing off four royal houses at once was not a good idea. This results in him having a heavy breakdown, where he ends up screaming at his advisors, throwing a general tantrum and being shown completely helpless for the first time.
*VillainsNeverLie: Aisha claims to always tell the truth at the very least, but her being [[UnreliableNarrator Aisha]] the truth of this statement, as well as her [[AmbiguouslyEvil status as a villain]] is quite questionable.
*VowOfCelibacy: By joining the order of Maester's, Garrison Fowler's secondborn son, Andren, took one. This actually becomes a plot point when this only leaves Desmor, Garrison's youngest son, as the possible match for a marriage alliance.
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*TallDarkAndHandsome: Jamison Dayne and Naemon Blackmont both have such looks.
*TallDarkAndSnarky: Similarly, this trope applies to both, Jamison and Naemon as well.
*TapOnTheHead: Myke is knocked out in such a way during the fighting in Gravesend.
*TasteOfDefeat: After many parts of building himself up as the greatest king in all of Dorne, Albin Manwoody hits rock bottom when his armies are crushed by a Blackmont/Fowler coalition. He falls into a VillainousBreakdown, unable to fully comprehend what happened to him and his armies.
*TeethClenchedTeamwork:
**As a result of their marriage pact falling through, House Blackmont and Fowler stand against House Manwoody due to an EnemyMine situation and are not in a genuinely solid alliance. This is a source of great concern for Garrison Fowler, who has put a lot of hopes into such an alliance.
**Due to Nymeria threatening both of their kingdoms, the former enemies Lucifer Dryland and Vorian Dayne reluctantly go into an alliance against the Martell's. However, neither actually holds any fondness for the other, to say the least.
*ThickerThanWater: Blood ties are treated as very seriously in Dorne, so an alliance is usually expected to be sealed by a marriage pact. The failure of said pact threatens the stability of the entire alliance.
*ThoseTwoGuys: Lien and Ying Yu are introduced in that way.
*ThoseTwoBadGuys: The most prominent of the freaks, Tom the Animal and Larry the Kind.
*ThousandYearReign: The majority of the royal houses of Westeros have a very long history, often even longer than a mere thousand years. Nymeria's arrival shakes things up quite heavily for them.
*TookALevelInBadass: Jamison's goal is to take enough levels to be worthy of the love of his life, Isabella Fowler. For this goal, he trains to be the best knight in all of Dorne.
*TookALevelInCynic: As their journey together grows on and the priestess becomes more and more secretive, Gwendis Blackmont's usual optimism fails her and she starts to become quite bitter about the ordeal. [[spoiler: Being tormented by the [[GodOfEvil Great Other]] makes things not any more easy for her.]]
*TortureCellar: The dungeons of Kingsgrave hold one, the home of Albin's freaks.
*TortureTechnician: Once again, the freaks, who are very skilled at torture.
*TragicMistake: Kortney's decision to run away with her lover Norano turns out to be one.
*TraumaCongaLine: As the prisoner and plaything of Albin Manwoody and his freaks, Missy's life is basically one huge TraumaCongaLine. [[spoiler: It all started when she, still back in her original identity as Kortney, was captured by Manwoody forces, alongside her lover Norano. Ever since, she has been tortured and broken into insanity, had to witness the death of her lover and was forced to accept the Missy persona.]] And her suffering doesn't show any signs of slowing down.
*TallDarkAndSnarky: Similarly, this trope applies to both, Jamison and Naemon as well.
*TapOnTheHead: Myke is knocked out in such a way during the fighting in Gravesend.
*TasteOfDefeat: After many parts of building himself up as the greatest king in all of Dorne, Albin Manwoody hits rock bottom when his armies are crushed by a Blackmont/Fowler coalition. He falls into a VillainousBreakdown, unable to fully comprehend what happened to him and his armies.
*TeethClenchedTeamwork:
**As a result of their marriage pact falling through, House Blackmont and Fowler stand against House Manwoody due to an EnemyMine situation and are not in a genuinely solid alliance. This is a source of great concern for Garrison Fowler, who has put a lot of hopes into such an alliance.
**Due to Nymeria threatening both of their kingdoms, the former enemies Lucifer Dryland and Vorian Dayne reluctantly go into an alliance against the Martell's. However, neither actually holds any fondness for the other, to say the least.
*ThickerThanWater: Blood ties are treated as very seriously in Dorne, so an alliance is usually expected to be sealed by a marriage pact. The failure of said pact threatens the stability of the entire alliance.
*ThoseTwoGuys: Lien and Ying Yu are introduced in that way.
*ThoseTwoBadGuys: The most prominent of the freaks, Tom the Animal and Larry the Kind.
*ThousandYearReign: The majority of the royal houses of Westeros have a very long history, often even longer than a mere thousand years. Nymeria's arrival shakes things up quite heavily for them.
*TookALevelInBadass: Jamison's goal is to take enough levels to be worthy of the love of his life, Isabella Fowler. For this goal, he trains to be the best knight in all of Dorne.
*TookALevelInCynic: As their journey together grows on and the priestess becomes more and more secretive, Gwendis Blackmont's usual optimism fails her and she starts to become quite bitter about the ordeal. [[spoiler: Being tormented by the [[GodOfEvil Great Other]] makes things not any more easy for her.]]
*TortureCellar: The dungeons of Kingsgrave hold one, the home of Albin's freaks.
*TortureTechnician: Once again, the freaks, who are very skilled at torture.
*TragicMistake: Kortney's decision to run away with her lover Norano turns out to be one.
*TraumaCongaLine: As the prisoner and plaything of Albin Manwoody and his freaks, Missy's life is basically one huge TraumaCongaLine. [[spoiler: It all started when she, still back in her original identity as Kortney, was captured by Manwoody forces, alongside her lover Norano. Ever since, she has been tortured and broken into insanity, had to witness the death of her lover and was forced to accept the Missy persona.]] And her suffering doesn't show any signs of slowing down.
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* TheSociopath:TheSociopath: Quite a number of freaks have this mindset, with Tom the Animal being the strongest contender. Unsurprisingly, their king, Albin Manwoody, is also the biggest sociopath in the story.
*SoftSpokenSadist: Mordekhai doesn't raise his voice in most situations, which only makes his unlimited acts of brutality all the more unsettling, as they are committed by someone who barely says a word.
*SoreLoser: Alistair Upton is genuinely pissed at Naemon for winning their duel and even tries dishonourable methods up to the outright attempt to wound or kill his opponent in their fight. He eventually calms down after being scolded by his mother.
*SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: Against her knowledge, Gwendis Blackmont serves as a spanner for the plans of Garrison Fowler. After having dragged her father's kingdom into a war against House Manwoody through a FalseFlagOperation, Garrison hopes to create a lasting bond between the two neighbouring kingdoms, first by offering his daughter Isabella to Benedict Blackmont's heir Naemon, then, after Benedict's refusal, by offering his thirdborn and only unmarried son Desmor as a husband for Gwendis. These plans are rendered moot when Gwendis runs away from Blackmont under the manipulations of the Dark Priestess Aisha. While Garrison still gained an ally in the war against House Manwoody, he failed to create the lasting and strong alliance he hoped for.]]
*SpareAMessenger: Several messengers actually, as the Manwoody soldiers that raid the villages at the borders of Blackmont spare about half of the population. [[spoiler: This is explained by them being part of a FalseFlagOperation under the command of Garrison Fowler. They want to spare as many messengers as possible to convince the Blackmont's that they are under attack by House Manwoody.]]
*SpellMyNameWithAThe: The Purple Ocelot.
*SpoiledBrat: Due to his arrogance and cockiness, Jamison can be this at his worst moments.
*TheSquire: Davos Dayne is eventually assigned as squire to his cousin Naemon.
*TheStarscream: House Toland takes the generally troublesome times in Dorne as a reason to declare their independence against their previous overlords, their head, Donovar, crowns himself king and declares war on House Martell.
*StayInTheKitchen: This mindset is kept by the more traditional Andals and characters like Gwendis, who are capable and cunning in their own right, suffer especially from this, whereas the Rhoynar hold views that encourage the equal treatment of men and women, such as their acceptance of female warriors and them being ruled by Princess Nymeria.
*StepfordSmiler: Gwendis uses this as part of her general SilkHidingSteel routine. She slowly loses the smile as she continues to be pushed from hardship to hardship.
*StockholmSyndrome: After being tortured into insanity and forced to forsake her former name, Missy is also forced to be Albin Manwoody's concubine, basically his bedslave, a position where she is raped constantly by him. Eventually, she starts to consider herself as his genuine lover, despite everything that happened.
*StraightForTheCommander: This is the way [[spoiler: Forovos Norvoshi]] manages to end the war between [[spoiler: House Martell and House Toland]], by assassinating [[spoiler: King Donovar Toland and the Toland general, Tylan Sager.]]
*StraightGay: Nealia is exclusively into other women, something that isn't quite obvious by her behaviour.
*StupidEvil: More often than not, Albin Manwoody's behaviour slips into this, such as him declaring war against four other kingdoms at once, falling for simple tricks and deceits and [[spoiler: abducting and torturing Kortney Caron, daughter of a neutral, but powerful lord for absolutely no reason beyond ForTheEvulz.]]
*SoftSpokenSadist: Mordekhai doesn't raise his voice in most situations, which only makes his unlimited acts of brutality all the more unsettling, as they are committed by someone who barely says a word.
*SoreLoser: Alistair Upton is genuinely pissed at Naemon for winning their duel and even tries dishonourable methods up to the outright attempt to wound or kill his opponent in their fight. He eventually calms down after being scolded by his mother.
*SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: Against her knowledge, Gwendis Blackmont serves as a spanner for the plans of Garrison Fowler. After having dragged her father's kingdom into a war against House Manwoody through a FalseFlagOperation, Garrison hopes to create a lasting bond between the two neighbouring kingdoms, first by offering his daughter Isabella to Benedict Blackmont's heir Naemon, then, after Benedict's refusal, by offering his thirdborn and only unmarried son Desmor as a husband for Gwendis. These plans are rendered moot when Gwendis runs away from Blackmont under the manipulations of the Dark Priestess Aisha. While Garrison still gained an ally in the war against House Manwoody, he failed to create the lasting and strong alliance he hoped for.]]
*SpareAMessenger: Several messengers actually, as the Manwoody soldiers that raid the villages at the borders of Blackmont spare about half of the population. [[spoiler: This is explained by them being part of a FalseFlagOperation under the command of Garrison Fowler. They want to spare as many messengers as possible to convince the Blackmont's that they are under attack by House Manwoody.]]
*SpellMyNameWithAThe: The Purple Ocelot.
*SpoiledBrat: Due to his arrogance and cockiness, Jamison can be this at his worst moments.
*TheSquire: Davos Dayne is eventually assigned as squire to his cousin Naemon.
*TheStarscream: House Toland takes the generally troublesome times in Dorne as a reason to declare their independence against their previous overlords, their head, Donovar, crowns himself king and declares war on House Martell.
*StayInTheKitchen: This mindset is kept by the more traditional Andals and characters like Gwendis, who are capable and cunning in their own right, suffer especially from this, whereas the Rhoynar hold views that encourage the equal treatment of men and women, such as their acceptance of female warriors and them being ruled by Princess Nymeria.
*StepfordSmiler: Gwendis uses this as part of her general SilkHidingSteel routine. She slowly loses the smile as she continues to be pushed from hardship to hardship.
*StockholmSyndrome: After being tortured into insanity and forced to forsake her former name, Missy is also forced to be Albin Manwoody's concubine, basically his bedslave, a position where she is raped constantly by him. Eventually, she starts to consider herself as his genuine lover, despite everything that happened.
*StraightForTheCommander: This is the way [[spoiler: Forovos Norvoshi]] manages to end the war between [[spoiler: House Martell and House Toland]], by assassinating [[spoiler: King Donovar Toland and the Toland general, Tylan Sager.]]
*StraightGay: Nealia is exclusively into other women, something that isn't quite obvious by her behaviour.
*StupidEvil: More often than not, Albin Manwoody's behaviour slips into this, such as him declaring war against four other kingdoms at once, falling for simple tricks and deceits and [[spoiler: abducting and torturing Kortney Caron, daughter of a neutral, but powerful lord for absolutely no reason beyond ForTheEvulz.]]
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**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 FacelessMan]].Man]].
**Jamison Dayne does not only resemble Jaime Lannister when it comes to his first name. Like Jaime, he is a famous swordsman, who takes great pride in his skill and takes his self-worth from it. Regarded as one of the best knights of his time, Jamison is highly arrogant and often insufferable towards others in conversation, something he seems to take delight in. Furthermore, he is in love with a woman he can't have and he has a brother who is not much of a fighter, but a cunning administrator instead.
**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
**Jamison Dayne does not only resemble Jaime Lannister when it comes to his first name. Like Jaime, he is a famous swordsman, who takes great pride in his skill and takes his self-worth from it. Regarded as one of the best knights of his time, Jamison is highly arrogant and often insufferable towards others in conversation, something he seems to take delight in. Furthermore, he is in love with a woman he can't have and he has a brother who is not much of a fighter, but a cunning administrator instead.
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**In case of Nymeria, it is a very thin amount of silk, due to her status as a warrior princess and determined ruler, but she can nonetheless pull out the charm if a situation requires it.
**Gwendis is a PoliticallyActivePrincess with high ambitions, yet she maintains a dignified, gentle aura throughout all this, using her pleasant appearance and good manners as a weapon to gain an advantage in political discussions.
*SiblingYinYang:
**Gwendis is a determined and ambitious young woman, who would love nothing more than to actually rule over her father's Kingdom of Blackmont, while Naemon, the actual heir, is laid-back and carefree, afraid of responsibilities and whose only desire is to live his life to the fullest.
**Malcolm Dayne is a calm, smart and pleasant young man, who is shaping up to be a great ruler with a clever mind and political cunning, if not a particularly skilled fighter, whereas his brother Jamison is a hot-headed and arrogant man who measures his worth in his fame and fighting ability and who is anything but pleasant in conversation.
*SlidingScaleOfContinuity: The story is currently somewhere in Level 4, having started about a year ago and receiving constant updates, but not being too overwhelming for new readers yet. It can be assumed that it is going to be in a full Level 5 in the near future though.
*SmugSnake: Albin considers himself the greatest king in all of Dorne, whereas he actually is not even nearly as powerful as he thinks he is and his overly ambitious plans come to bite him back in the ass soon enough. [[spoiler: His torture of Kortney Caron was also an incredibly dumb move, which he likely saw as quite well-thought, considering that it will potentially rile the Marcher Lords and the entire Stormlands against him.]]
*SnarkToSnarkCombat:
**During their shared council meetings, Gwendis and Lyla are constantly fighting one of these.
**Whenever Jamison meets someone who can shoot back at him, he finds himself in one.
*TheSociopath:
**Gwendis is a PoliticallyActivePrincess with high ambitions, yet she maintains a dignified, gentle aura throughout all this, using her pleasant appearance and good manners as a weapon to gain an advantage in political discussions.
*SiblingYinYang:
**Gwendis is a determined and ambitious young woman, who would love nothing more than to actually rule over her father's Kingdom of Blackmont, while Naemon, the actual heir, is laid-back and carefree, afraid of responsibilities and whose only desire is to live his life to the fullest.
**Malcolm Dayne is a calm, smart and pleasant young man, who is shaping up to be a great ruler with a clever mind and political cunning, if not a particularly skilled fighter, whereas his brother Jamison is a hot-headed and arrogant man who measures his worth in his fame and fighting ability and who is anything but pleasant in conversation.
*SlidingScaleOfContinuity: The story is currently somewhere in Level 4, having started about a year ago and receiving constant updates, but not being too overwhelming for new readers yet. It can be assumed that it is going to be in a full Level 5 in the near future though.
*SmugSnake: Albin considers himself the greatest king in all of Dorne, whereas he actually is not even nearly as powerful as he thinks he is and his overly ambitious plans come to bite him back in the ass soon enough. [[spoiler: His torture of Kortney Caron was also an incredibly dumb move, which he likely saw as quite well-thought, considering that it will potentially rile the Marcher Lords and the entire Stormlands against him.]]
*SnarkToSnarkCombat:
**During their shared council meetings, Gwendis and Lyla are constantly fighting one of these.
**Whenever Jamison meets someone who can shoot back at him, he finds himself in one.
*TheSociopath:
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*SacrificialLamb: The freaks, Matt the Mute and Ronny, are both just barely introduced when they get killed off, by the Purple Ocelot and Missy respectively. Their death happens so early in the story that it barely qualifies as a spoiler.
*SacrificalLion: On the contrary, [[spoiler: The Purple Ocelot, Septon Kevan and Donovar Toland]] are all established as important characters in the setting, but neither of them survives the first chapter.
*SadisticChoice: Due to the choice-heavy nature of the fic, the author does offer quite a number of these.
**Gwendis is trapped in a whole situation of these. After [[spoiler: leaving with Aisha, who had a murky vision that this would save her life, she is forced to decide between giving in to Aisha's god, who basically tries to force her into servitude, or to resist, both of which pose dangers to her physical and mental health, on top of angering Aisha or making herself a threat for Aisha's dangerous enemy. Almost every single of her choices ever since feature this.]]
**As Albin Manwoody's slave, Missy is part of the most dangerous storyline, surrounded by quite a number of clear antagonists. Therefore, many of her decisions pose unpredictable dangers for herself and others. [[spoiler: The most important example of this so far is the way she deals with Shana Sand, who had been captured by Albin's freaks. If she doesn't get involved, the girl will die. If she gets involved, she puts herself at danger and depending on how she decides to help her, drags others into this danger as well. This ends with the deaths of Shana and the Purple Ocelot.]]
**Though it is not quite ''as'' bad as the examples above, Nymeria's storyline shows how this trope is a constant in the day-to-day affairs of a ruler, especially in wartime, as she is forced to balance between showing strength and showing mercy, both of which pose risks regarding her support and public opinion about her.
*SamusIsAGirl: Raine Serviene is introduced as a boy, even if her true identity is quickly guessed by Myke.
*ScarsAreForever:
**As a result of her torture, Missy sports quite a number of notable scars all over her body.
**Raina receives a facial scar during her attempt to save Myke in Gravesend.
*ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Dallin Dalt and his troops retreat from a battle between Nymeria's forced and those of Efran Sand, a move that leaves Dianna at the mercy of Bjorn Harlaw.
*SecretRelationship: It is unknown how long the fling between Aisha and Trentan has been going on, but one thing that is for sure is that both are quite heavily embarrassed by Gwendis finding out about them.
*SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Mors Martell is a thoughtful and idealistic advisor to his wife, Princess Nymeria, whereas her general Varyn is a warrior with a harsh, pragmatic mindset to match.
*SexEqualsLove: Due to his youth, Trentan seems to fall for Aisha, who enters a physical relationship with him, even ignoring some glaring instances of her acting like the Great Other cultist she is and becoming highly protective of her.
*ShaggyDogStory: Kortney Caron's yearning to start a new life with her lover Norano is cut short when [[spoiler: They get captured just a few miles into Dorne, Norano gets tortured to death and she gets tortured into insanity, until she becomes Missy, Albin Manwoody's bedslave]].
*ShelteredAristocrat: Despite her yearning to improve the lot of the citizens of Blackmont, Gwendis has never truly experienced their suffering and has therefore no actual knowledge of them. Her actions are well-intentions and she is quite capable at administrating the Kingdom of Blackmont, but never had much of an experience outside of the castle walls. [[spoiler: Realizing how much worse a life on the road is comes as a huge shock for her when she leaves Blackmont alongside Aisha.]]
*ShroudedInMyth: The Great Other, being a demon god of old, is no longer worshipped in Westeros and generally little is known about him. Even his priestess, Aisha, is very reluctant to reveal information about him, indicating that she doesn't know much more.
*SilkHidingSteel:
*SacrificalLion: On the contrary, [[spoiler: The Purple Ocelot, Septon Kevan and Donovar Toland]] are all established as important characters in the setting, but neither of them survives the first chapter.
*SadisticChoice: Due to the choice-heavy nature of the fic, the author does offer quite a number of these.
**Gwendis is trapped in a whole situation of these. After [[spoiler: leaving with Aisha, who had a murky vision that this would save her life, she is forced to decide between giving in to Aisha's god, who basically tries to force her into servitude, or to resist, both of which pose dangers to her physical and mental health, on top of angering Aisha or making herself a threat for Aisha's dangerous enemy. Almost every single of her choices ever since feature this.]]
**As Albin Manwoody's slave, Missy is part of the most dangerous storyline, surrounded by quite a number of clear antagonists. Therefore, many of her decisions pose unpredictable dangers for herself and others. [[spoiler: The most important example of this so far is the way she deals with Shana Sand, who had been captured by Albin's freaks. If she doesn't get involved, the girl will die. If she gets involved, she puts herself at danger and depending on how she decides to help her, drags others into this danger as well. This ends with the deaths of Shana and the Purple Ocelot.]]
**Though it is not quite ''as'' bad as the examples above, Nymeria's storyline shows how this trope is a constant in the day-to-day affairs of a ruler, especially in wartime, as she is forced to balance between showing strength and showing mercy, both of which pose risks regarding her support and public opinion about her.
*SamusIsAGirl: Raine Serviene is introduced as a boy, even if her true identity is quickly guessed by Myke.
*ScarsAreForever:
**As a result of her torture, Missy sports quite a number of notable scars all over her body.
**Raina receives a facial scar during her attempt to save Myke in Gravesend.
*ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Dallin Dalt and his troops retreat from a battle between Nymeria's forced and those of Efran Sand, a move that leaves Dianna at the mercy of Bjorn Harlaw.
*SecretRelationship: It is unknown how long the fling between Aisha and Trentan has been going on, but one thing that is for sure is that both are quite heavily embarrassed by Gwendis finding out about them.
*SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Mors Martell is a thoughtful and idealistic advisor to his wife, Princess Nymeria, whereas her general Varyn is a warrior with a harsh, pragmatic mindset to match.
*SexEqualsLove: Due to his youth, Trentan seems to fall for Aisha, who enters a physical relationship with him, even ignoring some glaring instances of her acting like the Great Other cultist she is and becoming highly protective of her.
*ShaggyDogStory: Kortney Caron's yearning to start a new life with her lover Norano is cut short when [[spoiler: They get captured just a few miles into Dorne, Norano gets tortured to death and she gets tortured into insanity, until she becomes Missy, Albin Manwoody's bedslave]].
*ShelteredAristocrat: Despite her yearning to improve the lot of the citizens of Blackmont, Gwendis has never truly experienced their suffering and has therefore no actual knowledge of them. Her actions are well-intentions and she is quite capable at administrating the Kingdom of Blackmont, but never had much of an experience outside of the castle walls. [[spoiler: Realizing how much worse a life on the road is comes as a huge shock for her when she leaves Blackmont alongside Aisha.]]
*ShroudedInMyth: The Great Other, being a demon god of old, is no longer worshipped in Westeros and generally little is known about him. Even his priestess, Aisha, is very reluctant to reveal information about him, indicating that she doesn't know much more.
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*GoodIsNotSoft: Though Garrison Fowler is a caring father and thoughtful king, who wishes to protect his people, this does not mean that he can't be a ruthless politician, willing to KickTheDog if it keeps his people safe. Still, he doesn't feel good about the bad things he is forced to do.
* RantInducingSlight: Part of his PsychopathicManchild traits is that Albin Manwoody is very prone of doing this.
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*RedBaron: Jamison "The Sword of the Night" Dayne, Yorick "The Bloodroyal" Yronwood and Mordekhai "The Skeletal Knight" Crusher are all different shades of badass, which is reflected in their nicknames.
*{{Realpolitik}}: The political landscape in Dorne has heavy influences of this. Garrison Fowler is the undoubted master of this trope among the cast, even if he his [[GoodIsNotSoft not a bad man]].
*ReasonableAuthorityFigure:
**Nymeria Martell quickly proves herself to be a cunning and very reasonable ruler after establishing her rule as the rhoynish princess. This is already shown when she decides to leave the lost Rhoynar homelands instead of fighting a hopeless battle against the Valyrian dragonlords an she only continues with these policies after her landing in Dorne.
**Though her father is quite the opposite of this, Gwendis Blackmont is a very reasonable ruler whenever she is in charge of the small council and therefore the kingdom, with her thoughtful policies aiming at helping the poor smallfolk of the kingdom.
**Garrison Fowler's policies in the Kingdom of Skyreach might be a major case of GoodIsNotSoft, but the man is nonetheless a caring ruler, who has his subjects best interests at heart and the skill to back it up, setting him apart from quite a number of other kings.
*RedOniBlueOni:
**Nymeria's closest advisors are her husband Mors Martell and her general, Varyn. Mors is an idealistic and good-natured man, who cares for his subjects and wants to enforce passionate, understanding rules, whereas Varyn is a cold, pragmatic and harsh man, who encourages displays of strength.
**Jamison and his mentor Laroy have a classic dynamic, with Jamison being headstrong, passionate, very emotional and aggressive, whereas Laroy is calm, thoughtful and highly in favour of intelligent and well-planned decisions.
*RegentForLife: With Benedict Blackmont's priorities clearly not being the capable government of his
*RelationshipReveal: Aisha and Trentan are caught in the act by Gwendis.
*ReligionIsMagic: One of the most magical characters in the story, Aisha, gets her powers from her god, the Great Other, something that is explicitly explained. Her counterpart, Desirea, a priestess of R'hllor, is also capable of magical feats, as usual for followers of her god.
*ReligionOfEvil: Unlike the source material, the cult of R'hllor is portrayed more sympathetically, mostly due to the strong presence of their enemies, who are a genuine, straight example of this trope. The followers of the Great Other follow one of the few gods that are not morally ambiguous in the story, as he is a fullblown CardCarryingVillain. The two Great Other cultists shown in the story, Aisha and Mordekhai, are also all around terrible people (especially in Mordekhai's case) and among the more prominent villains.
*RescueThePrincess: This is the essence of Myke's [[TheQuest quest]] to find and save Kortney Caron.
*RoyalBlood: A large number of characters comes from one of the royal families of Dorne, including the majority of the Point-of-View characters, either as trueborn members of the royalty, or as [[HeroicBastard bastards]].
*RoyalBrat: Compared to his [[PsychopathicManchild more]] [[AxCrazy concerning]] [[TheCaligula tendencies]], this is one of Albin Manwoody's less prominent traits, but he still shows a childishly spoiled mindset whenever he sees something he wants.
*RoyallyScrewedUp: Some background information confirms that Albin Manwoody is
*RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething:
**The rulers of Dorne are, with the exception of [[OrcusOnHisThrone Benedict Blackmont and Yorick Yronwood]] actively working towards their goal, mostly through cunning political moves, or moves that are not so cunning. Nymeria is perhaps the most active example, due to her waging war against every other king in the setting.
**The Point-of-View characters that are part of the royalty are almost exclusively among the more active characters, with the sole exception of [[PrincessClassic Isabella Fowler]]. Even her {{Foil}} Gwendis ends up as a physically active Point-of-View.
*RuleOfSeven: During her conquest, Nymeria is opposed by seven kings: [[TheCaligula Albin Manwoody]], [[DarkIsNotEvil Benedict Blackmont]], [[KnightInShiningArmour Vorian Dayne]], [[LastOfHisKind Lucifer Dryland]], [[GeniusCripple Garrison Fowler]], [[OrcusOnHisThrone Yorick Yronwood]] and [[SixthRanger Donovar Toland]].
*RulingCouple: Nymeria Martell and her husband Mors rule over their subjects more or less jointly, even if Nymeria is the one who has more authority, mostly due to her being more capable than her husband. Mors nonetheless plays an active part as one of her most important advisors.
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*TheQuest: The most classic example of a quest in this story is Myke's mission to find and save Kortney Caron, the missing daughter of his liege lord and a girl that is like a daughter to himself.
*RapePillageAndBurn: Not only Efran's Ironborn sellswords indulge into this, but this seems to be a common modus operandi for his forces in general, as some troops of his are first introduced while doing such a thing to an innocent village.
*RantInducingSlight: Part of his PsychopathicManchild traits is that Albin Manwoody is very prone of doing this.
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*RapePillageAndBurn: Not only Efran's Ironborn sellswords indulge into this, but this seems to be a common modus operandi for his forces in general, as some troops of his are first introduced while doing such a thing to an innocent village.
*RantInducingSlight: Part of his PsychopathicManchild traits is that Albin Manwoody is very prone of doing this.
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*OnlyInItForTheMoney: A majority of Efran Sand's forces doesn't truly believe in his goal and is merely there for the coin he has promised to pay them.
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*PaperThinDisguise: Myke feels this way about Raina posing as a boy.
*ParentalAbandonment: A large number of characters has lost one of even both parents before the story starts.
*ParentalFavoritism: It's not much of a secret that Benedict favours his daughter, Gwendis, to the point where she is even allowed to lead the small council in his absence, despite being a woman, as well as to remain unmarried at the age of nineteen. [[StrongFamilyResemblance It probably helps that she is her mother's spitting image]]. Her brother Naemon meanwhile is on a very bad standing with their father, due to him more or less blaming Benedict for the death of their mother.
*ThePatriarch: Every house in Dorne has one, although Nymeria has plans of introducing equal primogeniture in the territories she conquered, naturally leading to the rise of several matriarchs instead.
*PeopleOfHairColour:
**Every member of House Blackmont has dark hair, which is quite fitting, considering their name.
**The Dayne's are famous for their platinum white hair and lilac eyes, with Jamison being the only one to avoid this, by having dark hair. Fittingly he is also the BlackSheep of his family.
*PerfectlyArrangedMarriage:
**The marriage between Nymeria and Mors was done out of political necessity, yet they are shown to love each other quite a lot regardless of that.
**Similarly, the marriage between Benedict Blackmont and Valaena Dayne was arranged to renew the friendship between the two houses and they ended up genuinely loving each other, to the point where Benedict never truly got over her death.
*PetTheDog:
**Considering that she [[UnreliableNarrator told the truth]] in the first place Aisha's desire to save Gwendis' life could count as that. Of course, it is [[ConsummateLiar Aisha]] we're talking about, so the truth is likely not as well-intentioned.
** Verro does not stop an older woman from attacking his companion Axel, in order to give her a chance to save her daughter, whom Axel intends to rape. While the woman dies in the attempt, she indeed manages to save her daughter and to go out on her own terms.
*PintsizedPowerhouse: Nealia is a bona fide ActionGirl, yet also a slim and petite young woman.
*PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: It seems that Mordekhai and Tom the Animal both take special pleasure in tormenting Missy because of her being a woman and not a man, whom they would likely just kill.
*PraetorianGuard:
**Nymeria eventually attains a number of royal guards, led by the accomplished warrior Farrah of Ghoyan Drohe.
**House Blackmont has, among others, Ser Kegan Drinkwater and Ser Thomos the Thunder.
*PragmaticVillainy: [[AmbiguouslyEvil If she is a villain at all]] Aisha certainly manages to be pragmatic enough to hide this and not to indulge into meaningless acts of petty cruelty.
*PrettyBoy: This generally applies to the Dayne's, who have Valyrian heritage and therefore share their pretty features. [[TallDarkAndHandsome Jamison]] is the only Dayne to avert this.
*PrincessClassic:
**Played absolutely straight with the sweet-natured and innocent Isabella Fowler.
**Both, Nymeria Martell and Gwendis Blackmont both subvert this. Nymeria is a [[WarriorPrince warrior princess]] and [[PrincessesRule ruler]] of her people, a great tactician and ambitious leader, whereas Gwendis is a shrewd and cunning PoliticallyActivePrincess, who uses her image as a PrincessClassic shamelessly for her advantage.
*PrivateMilitaryContractors: A majority of Efran Sand's forces consists of sellswords, who are OnlyInItForTheMoney. Dalia and her Wild Suns, as well as Tryden and his Company of the Rose, are also this in their work for the Kingdom of Brimstone.
*ProfessionalKiller: This is the profession of choice for Lyla Sand, Zereth and the Purple Ocelot.
*ProperlyParanoid: Eventually, it turns out that Benedict Blackmont was justified with his [[spoiler: distrust of the Fowler's and refusal to have Isabella in his halls, as her father Garrison is behind a FalseFlagOperation that dragge the Kingdom of Blackmont into a bloody war against House Manwoody]].
*ProudWarriorRaceGuy: As in the source material, the Dothraki and Ironborn qualify. In the story, they are represented by the pirate and warrior Verro, as well as the Ironborn raiders Bjorn and Hargan Harlaw, all three of which serve the bandit lord Efran Sand in his war against House Dalt.
*PsychopathicManchild: Albin Manwoody is not only a madman, he also has the emotional range of a child and therefore suffers from extreme mood swings and childish desires and ideas of the world, as well as a megalomanical streak.
*PunchClockVillain:
**Being OnlyInItForTheMoney, Zereth might not be a likable guy when not working for Albin Manwoody, but neither is he actively a villain.
**Verro and some of Efran Sand's other followers also qualify.
*PyrrhicVictory: The skirmish between Martell forces under Ser Yandry of Olivegrove and Toland forces under Tomas Toland end with a costly victory for House Martell, [[spoiler: which includes the loss of Ser Yandry, one of their most loyal commanders]].
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*PaperThinDisguise: Myke feels this way about Raina posing as a boy.
*ParentalAbandonment: A large number of characters has lost one of even both parents before the story starts.
*ParentalFavoritism: It's not much of a secret that Benedict favours his daughter, Gwendis, to the point where she is even allowed to lead the small council in his absence, despite being a woman, as well as to remain unmarried at the age of nineteen. [[StrongFamilyResemblance It probably helps that she is her mother's spitting image]]. Her brother Naemon meanwhile is on a very bad standing with their father, due to him more or less blaming Benedict for the death of their mother.
*ThePatriarch: Every house in Dorne has one, although Nymeria has plans of introducing equal primogeniture in the territories she conquered, naturally leading to the rise of several matriarchs instead.
*PeopleOfHairColour:
**Every member of House Blackmont has dark hair, which is quite fitting, considering their name.
**The Dayne's are famous for their platinum white hair and lilac eyes, with Jamison being the only one to avoid this, by having dark hair. Fittingly he is also the BlackSheep of his family.
*PerfectlyArrangedMarriage:
**The marriage between Nymeria and Mors was done out of political necessity, yet they are shown to love each other quite a lot regardless of that.
**Similarly, the marriage between Benedict Blackmont and Valaena Dayne was arranged to renew the friendship between the two houses and they ended up genuinely loving each other, to the point where Benedict never truly got over her death.
*PetTheDog:
**Considering that she [[UnreliableNarrator told the truth]] in the first place Aisha's desire to save Gwendis' life could count as that. Of course, it is [[ConsummateLiar Aisha]] we're talking about, so the truth is likely not as well-intentioned.
** Verro does not stop an older woman from attacking his companion Axel, in order to give her a chance to save her daughter, whom Axel intends to rape. While the woman dies in the attempt, she indeed manages to save her daughter and to go out on her own terms.
*PintsizedPowerhouse: Nealia is a bona fide ActionGirl, yet also a slim and petite young woman.
*PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: It seems that Mordekhai and Tom the Animal both take special pleasure in tormenting Missy because of her being a woman and not a man, whom they would likely just kill.
*PraetorianGuard:
**Nymeria eventually attains a number of royal guards, led by the accomplished warrior Farrah of Ghoyan Drohe.
**House Blackmont has, among others, Ser Kegan Drinkwater and Ser Thomos the Thunder.
*PragmaticVillainy: [[AmbiguouslyEvil If she is a villain at all]] Aisha certainly manages to be pragmatic enough to hide this and not to indulge into meaningless acts of petty cruelty.
*PrettyBoy: This generally applies to the Dayne's, who have Valyrian heritage and therefore share their pretty features. [[TallDarkAndHandsome Jamison]] is the only Dayne to avert this.
*PrincessClassic:
**Played absolutely straight with the sweet-natured and innocent Isabella Fowler.
**Both, Nymeria Martell and Gwendis Blackmont both subvert this. Nymeria is a [[WarriorPrince warrior princess]] and [[PrincessesRule ruler]] of her people, a great tactician and ambitious leader, whereas Gwendis is a shrewd and cunning PoliticallyActivePrincess, who uses her image as a PrincessClassic shamelessly for her advantage.
*PrivateMilitaryContractors: A majority of Efran Sand's forces consists of sellswords, who are OnlyInItForTheMoney. Dalia and her Wild Suns, as well as Tryden and his Company of the Rose, are also this in their work for the Kingdom of Brimstone.
*ProfessionalKiller: This is the profession of choice for Lyla Sand, Zereth and the Purple Ocelot.
*ProperlyParanoid: Eventually, it turns out that Benedict Blackmont was justified with his [[spoiler: distrust of the Fowler's and refusal to have Isabella in his halls, as her father Garrison is behind a FalseFlagOperation that dragge the Kingdom of Blackmont into a bloody war against House Manwoody]].
*ProudWarriorRaceGuy: As in the source material, the Dothraki and Ironborn qualify. In the story, they are represented by the pirate and warrior Verro, as well as the Ironborn raiders Bjorn and Hargan Harlaw, all three of which serve the bandit lord Efran Sand in his war against House Dalt.
*PsychopathicManchild: Albin Manwoody is not only a madman, he also has the emotional range of a child and therefore suffers from extreme mood swings and childish desires and ideas of the world, as well as a megalomanical streak.
*PunchClockVillain:
**Being OnlyInItForTheMoney, Zereth might not be a likable guy when not working for Albin Manwoody, but neither is he actively a villain.
**Verro and some of Efran Sand's other followers also qualify.
*PyrrhicVictory: The skirmish between Martell forces under Ser Yandry of Olivegrove and Toland forces under Tomas Toland end with a costly victory for House Martell, [[spoiler: which includes the loss of Ser Yandry, one of their most loyal commanders]].
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*ObligatoryWarCrimeScene: Myke's journey through the Kingdom of Blackmont shows the destruction the Manwoody invaders have caused, to show the reader just how dire the situation truly is.
*ObliviousAdoption: For a majority of his life, Emerson Allyrion had no idea that he is the truebonr son of is supposed uncle and therefore the rightful heir to House Allyrion of Godsgrace. Instead, he is raised as his uncle's bastard son.
*OccultBlueEyes: [[spoiler: The Great Other is displayed as having these.]]
*OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Ser Yandry's battle against the forces of Tomas Toland is a crushing victory for House Martell, yet we don't get to see much of it, due to the Point-of-View for this part, Tomas, being knocked out relatively early into the fight.
*OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler: The Purple Ocelot meets this fate at the hands of [[AssassinOutclassin Zereth]].]]
*OldMaster: Ser Laroy Ladybright, who is several decades older than Jamison and nonetheless skilled enough to hold his own in a fight alongside him against superior numbers of thugs.
*OldRetainer: Nymeria's general, Varyn, has served the Rhoynar loyally for decades. The same goes for the Dayne bannerman Laroy Ladybright and for Blackmont's Maester Mortin.
*OldSoldier: Myke is the quintessential example of this trope. Varyn and Laroy also qualify.
*OneSteveLimit: Amazingly in a cast of that size, no two characters have the same name.
*TheOneThatGotAway: Part of Jamison's huge crush towards Isabella comes from the fact that she is the one girl he could never have, due to her being actually of a higher social position than him.
*OnlyFriend: Generally, Trentan seems to be the only person even remotely on Aisha's side. Similarly, she is the only one who, at least according to him, treats him with respect and kindness, making his feelings for her far more understandable.
*OnlySaneEmployee:
**Occasionally, Gwendis shifts into this trope, when her policies are the only thing preventing the Kingdom of Blackmont from collapsing. Whenever her father overrules her authority, things usually turn to the worse.
**Mors Martell and Varyn both see themselves as this, especially when compared to each other.
*OpenSecret: Aisha never really states that she serves the Great Other as long as she stays in Blackmont, but doesn't really hide it either, with her talk about serving a dark god who claims to be the only true one.
*OvershadowedByAwesome: Malcolm Dayne has such a problem. He is TheWisePrince, but very much in the shadow of his father, who is TheGoodKing and [[HundredPercentAdorationRating absolutely loved by his people]]. Unlike his brother Jamison, he is not much of a fighter, gaining far less fame than him and therefore being less well-liked by the smallfolk. His paternal cousin, Naemon, also overshadows him by being almost as famous as Jamison as a knight.
*ObliviousAdoption: For a majority of his life, Emerson Allyrion had no idea that he is the truebonr son of is supposed uncle and therefore the rightful heir to House Allyrion of Godsgrace. Instead, he is raised as his uncle's bastard son.
*OccultBlueEyes: [[spoiler: The Great Other is displayed as having these.]]
*OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Ser Yandry's battle against the forces of Tomas Toland is a crushing victory for House Martell, yet we don't get to see much of it, due to the Point-of-View for this part, Tomas, being knocked out relatively early into the fight.
*OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler: The Purple Ocelot meets this fate at the hands of [[AssassinOutclassin Zereth]].]]
*OldMaster: Ser Laroy Ladybright, who is several decades older than Jamison and nonetheless skilled enough to hold his own in a fight alongside him against superior numbers of thugs.
*OldRetainer: Nymeria's general, Varyn, has served the Rhoynar loyally for decades. The same goes for the Dayne bannerman Laroy Ladybright and for Blackmont's Maester Mortin.
*OldSoldier: Myke is the quintessential example of this trope. Varyn and Laroy also qualify.
*OneSteveLimit: Amazingly in a cast of that size, no two characters have the same name.
*TheOneThatGotAway: Part of Jamison's huge crush towards Isabella comes from the fact that she is the one girl he could never have, due to her being actually of a higher social position than him.
*OnlyFriend: Generally, Trentan seems to be the only person even remotely on Aisha's side. Similarly, she is the only one who, at least according to him, treats him with respect and kindness, making his feelings for her far more understandable.
*OnlySaneEmployee:
**Occasionally, Gwendis shifts into this trope, when her policies are the only thing preventing the Kingdom of Blackmont from collapsing. Whenever her father overrules her authority, things usually turn to the worse.
**Mors Martell and Varyn both see themselves as this, especially when compared to each other.
*OpenSecret: Aisha never really states that she serves the Great Other as long as she stays in Blackmont, but doesn't really hide it either, with her talk about serving a dark god who claims to be the only true one.
*OvershadowedByAwesome: Malcolm Dayne has such a problem. He is TheWisePrince, but very much in the shadow of his father, who is TheGoodKing and [[HundredPercentAdorationRating absolutely loved by his people]]. Unlike his brother Jamison, he is not much of a fighter, gaining far less fame than him and therefore being less well-liked by the smallfolk. His paternal cousin, Naemon, also overshadows him by being almost as famous as Jamison as a knight.
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*NamedWeapons: House Dayne's ancestral sword, Dawn, as well as Jamison's personal sword, Darkness.
*NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Staying near characters nicknamed "The Dark Priestess", "The Animal" or "The Skeletal Knight" is generally a health danger for many characters, as expected by names like these.
*NecessarilyEvil: This is the justification [[spoiler: Garrison Fowler and Ser Russal use to justify their attack onto the Blackmont lands, to draw them into a war against House Manwoody]]. They both know it is an evil thing to do, but also know that it is the only chance their kingdom has at surviving.
*NiceGuy:
**Wylie, the CoolOldGuy who travels with Dianna is a very kind old man.
**Naemon Blackmont is one of the few Point-of-Views that apply, perhaps even the only one.
**Nymeria's husband, Mors Martell, is the TokenGoodTeammate of her inner circle, which in itself is already one of the more morally well-intentioned groups in the story.
*NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** [[spoiler: Garrison Fowler's FalseFlagOperation against House Blackmont was very much a case of NecessarilyEvil, yet at the same time, it ruined any chance he could have for a longer alliance with the Blackmont's. By making a marriage alliance with them, he accidentally triggered Gwendis' escape from Blackmont, ruining any possible marriage alliance and making Gwendis' situation really dire.]]
** [[spoiler: A posthumous example for Norano, Kortney's lover. By running away with his beloved, he only manages to get himself killed and her subjected to a FateWorseThanDeath as Mad Albin's bedslave and he also triggers the dangerous rescue mission of Myke and Joran.]]
*NiceToTheWaiter: Gwendis eventually starts to be more kind to the low thief Trentan.
*NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Ser Mordekhai Crusher, the Skeletal Knight.
*NobleFugitive:
**Nymeria and the entire surviving nobility of the Rhoynar is this after the destruction of their homelands.
**Raina Serviene, whose house was wiped out, now poses as the male knight Ser Rai.
**[[spoiler: To avoid an unwanted marriage which, according to [[UnreliableNarrator Aisha]] would eventually result in her death, Gwendis Blackmont decides to run away from Blackmont with her. She soon comes to regret her choice, but doesn't quite manage to muster the courage to surrender to her father's men who are out to bring her back, mostly out of fear that Aisha was saying the truth about her death.]]
*NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Mors Martell marrying Nymeria and giving her people a new home means that he is dragged into a war against the entire region and draws the contempt of several high-ranking nobles sworn to him.
*NoKillLikeOverkill: Missy's murder of Ronny is quite gruesome, as she stabs him way more often than necessary.
*NoNameGiven: The Purple Ocelot's true name is never mentioned in the story.
*NotSoDifferent: There are quite a number of similarities between Aisha and her R'hllor counterpart, Desirea, even if Desi is generally the less evil person.
*NumberTwo:
**Gwendis is this (at least inofficially) to her father, as the head of the council and the one who deals with the day-to-day business of her kingdom.
**Nymeria has her general, Varyn, who is the second-in-command of her military and one of her most trusted and loyal advisors.
**Dalia has her former lover, Mizro the Sharp, father of her daughter and second-in-command of her sellsword group, together wit Kazhor the Sarnori.
*NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Staying near characters nicknamed "The Dark Priestess", "The Animal" or "The Skeletal Knight" is generally a health danger for many characters, as expected by names like these.
*NecessarilyEvil: This is the justification [[spoiler: Garrison Fowler and Ser Russal use to justify their attack onto the Blackmont lands, to draw them into a war against House Manwoody]]. They both know it is an evil thing to do, but also know that it is the only chance their kingdom has at surviving.
*NiceGuy:
**Wylie, the CoolOldGuy who travels with Dianna is a very kind old man.
**Naemon Blackmont is one of the few Point-of-Views that apply, perhaps even the only one.
**Nymeria's husband, Mors Martell, is the TokenGoodTeammate of her inner circle, which in itself is already one of the more morally well-intentioned groups in the story.
*NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** [[spoiler: Garrison Fowler's FalseFlagOperation against House Blackmont was very much a case of NecessarilyEvil, yet at the same time, it ruined any chance he could have for a longer alliance with the Blackmont's. By making a marriage alliance with them, he accidentally triggered Gwendis' escape from Blackmont, ruining any possible marriage alliance and making Gwendis' situation really dire.]]
** [[spoiler: A posthumous example for Norano, Kortney's lover. By running away with his beloved, he only manages to get himself killed and her subjected to a FateWorseThanDeath as Mad Albin's bedslave and he also triggers the dangerous rescue mission of Myke and Joran.]]
*NiceToTheWaiter: Gwendis eventually starts to be more kind to the low thief Trentan.
*NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Ser Mordekhai Crusher, the Skeletal Knight.
*NobleFugitive:
**Nymeria and the entire surviving nobility of the Rhoynar is this after the destruction of their homelands.
**Raina Serviene, whose house was wiped out, now poses as the male knight Ser Rai.
**[[spoiler: To avoid an unwanted marriage which, according to [[UnreliableNarrator Aisha]] would eventually result in her death, Gwendis Blackmont decides to run away from Blackmont with her. She soon comes to regret her choice, but doesn't quite manage to muster the courage to surrender to her father's men who are out to bring her back, mostly out of fear that Aisha was saying the truth about her death.]]
*NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Mors Martell marrying Nymeria and giving her people a new home means that he is dragged into a war against the entire region and draws the contempt of several high-ranking nobles sworn to him.
*NoKillLikeOverkill: Missy's murder of Ronny is quite gruesome, as she stabs him way more often than necessary.
*NoNameGiven: The Purple Ocelot's true name is never mentioned in the story.
*NotSoDifferent: There are quite a number of similarities between Aisha and her R'hllor counterpart, Desirea, even if Desi is generally the less evil person.
*NumberTwo:
**Gwendis is this (at least inofficially) to her father, as the head of the council and the one who deals with the day-to-day business of her kingdom.
**Nymeria has her general, Varyn, who is the second-in-command of her military and one of her most trusted and loyal advisors.
**Dalia has her former lover, Mizro the Sharp, father of her daughter and second-in-command of her sellsword group, together wit Kazhor the Sarnori.
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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 Laroy manages to.
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* LovableCoward: As it turns out, Naemon is this. While he is brave when it comes to protecting others, he has such a strong dislike for serious fights to the death that he likes to avoid them whenever possible.
*LoveAtFirstSight: Between Jamison and Isabella.
*LoveAtFirstSight: Between Jamison and Isabella.
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*MachiavelliWasWrong: The fearsome and dark Benedict Blackmont only manages to inspire a peasant rebellion against him through his mismanagement of the kingdom, whereas his far more well-intentioned daughter Gwendis effectively kept the kingdom stable for her time as the head of the council.
*MadLove: Obviously, Albin the Mad's feelings for Missy, the girl he tortured into insanity.
*TheMagnificent: A very large number of characters have such a nickname. Some of the most prominent examples include Mizro the Sharp, Thomos the Thunder, Larry the Kind and Tom the Animal.
*MamaBear: Dalia's love for her daughter, Desirea is absolute and she is also a badass ActionGirl and therefore more than capable of giving in to her MamaBear tendencies.
*MasterSwordsman: Jamison's goal is to become the best fighter in all of Dorne and the sword is his weapon of choice. Considering his reputation, he is on a very good way to succeed at this goal.
*MauveShirt: [[spoiler: Septon Kevan, Donovar Toland, the Purple Ocelot and Ser Yandry all qualify.]]
*TheMentor: Ser Laroy Ladybright is Jamison's mentor and one of his best friends.
*MidSeasonTwist: Chapter 2 of 3 in Book 1 holds strong twists for quite a number of characters:
** Gwendis, waiting for herself to be married off to Skyreach is approached by Aisha, the Dark Priestess who, [[spoiler: offers her a way out of her miserable situation, by taking her with her when she leaves Blackmont. She claims that this course of action would save Gwendis' life. After a bit of consieration, Gwendis ultimately agrees to this, leaving Blackmont and changing her own fate for the better or the worse.]]
** Missy snaps back into her true identity as [[spoiler: Kortney Caron, revealing her as the girl Myke has been searching for all along, something the freaks learn about as well.]]
*MilesGloriosus: For all his bark, Albin Manwoody does cower relativly easy once his army is defeated, even genuinely considering surrendering to some of his enemies, revealing himself as quite a bit of a coward.
*MissingMom: Valaena Blackmont, mother to Gwendis and Naemon, has died ten years before the start of the story. The circumstances behind her death are quite mysterious and a source of speculation for the Blackmont children.
*TheMistress: Missy's role at the court of Kingsgrave comes down to this.
*MoodWhiplash: Whenever one of the more easy-going Point-of-Views follows directly before or after one of the more serious Point-of-Views, the result of almost always this.
*MoralityPet: Mors Martell serves as this to his wife, Nymeria, as the one to keep her in a morally more or less good line. This often leads him to clash with the far more pragmatic Varyn.
*MortonsFork: Due to the choice-based nature of the story, the readers are often forced to decide between one of two evils. This happens very commonly, especially in some of the more grey storylines.
*TheMourningAfter: Certain comments show that Benedict is still mourning his late wife, Valaena.
*MsFanservice: Though she is not a particularly passionate or lustful person, Aisha intentionally wears {{Stripperific}} attire to show that she is not ashamed of her well-proportioned body.
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*MachiavelliWasWrong: The fearsome and dark Benedict Blackmont only manages to inspire a peasant rebellion against him through his mismanagement of the kingdom, whereas his far more well-intentioned daughter Gwendis effectively kept the kingdom stable for her time as the head of the council.
*MadLove: Obviously, Albin the Mad's feelings for Missy, the girl he tortured into insanity.
*TheMagnificent: A very large number of characters have such a nickname. Some of the most prominent examples include Mizro the Sharp, Thomos the Thunder, Larry the Kind and Tom the Animal.
*MamaBear: Dalia's love for her daughter, Desirea is absolute and she is also a badass ActionGirl and therefore more than capable of giving in to her MamaBear tendencies.
*MasterSwordsman: Jamison's goal is to become the best fighter in all of Dorne and the sword is his weapon of choice. Considering his reputation, he is on a very good way to succeed at this goal.
*MauveShirt: [[spoiler: Septon Kevan, Donovar Toland, the Purple Ocelot and Ser Yandry all qualify.]]
*TheMentor: Ser Laroy Ladybright is Jamison's mentor and one of his best friends.
*MidSeasonTwist: Chapter 2 of 3 in Book 1 holds strong twists for quite a number of characters:
** Gwendis, waiting for herself to be married off to Skyreach is approached by Aisha, the Dark Priestess who, [[spoiler: offers her a way out of her miserable situation, by taking her with her when she leaves Blackmont. She claims that this course of action would save Gwendis' life. After a bit of consieration, Gwendis ultimately agrees to this, leaving Blackmont and changing her own fate for the better or the worse.]]
** Missy snaps back into her true identity as [[spoiler: Kortney Caron, revealing her as the girl Myke has been searching for all along, something the freaks learn about as well.]]
*MilesGloriosus: For all his bark, Albin Manwoody does cower relativly easy once his army is defeated, even genuinely considering surrendering to some of his enemies, revealing himself as quite a bit of a coward.
*MissingMom: Valaena Blackmont, mother to Gwendis and Naemon, has died ten years before the start of the story. The circumstances behind her death are quite mysterious and a source of speculation for the Blackmont children.
*TheMistress: Missy's role at the court of Kingsgrave comes down to this.
*MoodWhiplash: Whenever one of the more easy-going Point-of-Views follows directly before or after one of the more serious Point-of-Views, the result of almost always this.
*MoralityPet: Mors Martell serves as this to his wife, Nymeria, as the one to keep her in a morally more or less good line. This often leads him to clash with the far more pragmatic Varyn.
*MortonsFork: Due to the choice-based nature of the story, the readers are often forced to decide between one of two evils. This happens very commonly, especially in some of the more grey storylines.
*TheMourningAfter: Certain comments show that Benedict is still mourning his late wife, Valaena.
*MsFanservice: Though she is not a particularly passionate or lustful person, Aisha intentionally wears {{Stripperific}} attire to show that she is not ashamed of her well-proportioned body.
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** 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.
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** 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. Her god is also associated with literal darkness, the complete absence of light.
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**Vorian Dayne is known as a perfect knight, who takes his vows very seriously. He is known to be the best and most noble knight in all of Dorne and so far, almost everyone in the story has praised him for this.
**His nephew Naemon also shapes up to be this, having a very good concept not only of fighting, but also of the virtues a knight should follow, something he sees as even more important than martial skill.
*KnightTemplar: Aisha, who fully believes herself to do the right thing, is a lying, manipulative cheat, who drags Gwendis and Trentan into a dangerous war between her and followers of R'hllor and who sees following the orders of the Great Other to be a wonderful thing.
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**Vorian Dayne is known as a perfect knight, who takes his vows very seriously. He is known to be the best and most noble knight in all of Dorne and so far, almost everyone in the story has praised him for this.
**His nephew Naemon also shapes up to be this, having a very good concept not only of fighting, but also of the virtues a knight should follow, something he sees as even more important than martial skill.
*KnightTemplar: Aisha, who fully believes herself to do the right thing, is a lying, manipulative cheat, who drags Gwendis and Trentan into a dangerous war between her and followers of R'hllor and who sees following the orders of the Great Other to be a wonderful thing.
*KnowWhenToFoldEm: PlayedWith in case of Albin Manwoody, who at least somewhat considers surrendering to the Blackmont/Fowler alliancer after they crush their armies. He ultimately decides against this though.
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*LadyLooksLikeADude: Raina Serviene invokes this trope in her diguise as Ser Rai.
*LargeHam: Albin Manwoody just loves being a loud, larger-than-life guy, who suffers not only from megalomania, but also from a serious case of NoIndoorVoice, especially when agitated.
*LaResistance: The peasant rebels in Blackmont could arguably qualify, being a group of low farmers and general smallfolk who aim at bettering their conditions of living against their apathetic king Benedict Blackmont.
*LectureAsExposition: During her Histories&Lore part, a younger Gwendis Blackmont gives a spontaneous lecture to her brother Naemon about the origins of their house, when she realizes that he knows nearly nothing about it.
*LegendFadesToMyth: According to an implication from Aisha, several of the First Men in Dorne have apparently worshipped the Great Other, yet in the present-day Dorne, knowledge of the demon god has largely faded, with even the well-educated Gwendis not knowing much about him.
*LightIsNotGood: PlayedWith in case of Dalia and Desirea, who are not exactly bad people, but who follow the religion of R'hllor, which never quite manages to rid them of moral ambiguity.
*ALighterShadeOfGrey: A majority of the Point-of-View characters are flawed, yet ultimately good people. Arguably, Naemon qualifies as even more towards the lighter side, whereas Missy and Jamison are clearly grey characters and Tomas is a full-blown VillainProtagonist, yet the other Point-of-Views are all this trope to some extent.
*LightningBruiser: This is part of what makes Ser Mordekhai so dangerous.
*LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacaters: Halfway through Book 1, the story features far over a hundred named characters, most of them with their own distinctive personality traits and many more to be introduced.
*TheLostLenore: Benedict is clearly not yet over the death of his beloved wife, Valaena, who died about ten years before the story started. It even causes him to withdraw from his children and even from his kingdom largely.
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*LadyLooksLikeADude: Raina Serviene invokes this trope in her diguise as Ser Rai.
*LargeHam: Albin Manwoody just loves being a loud, larger-than-life guy, who suffers not only from megalomania, but also from a serious case of NoIndoorVoice, especially when agitated.
*LaResistance: The peasant rebels in Blackmont could arguably qualify, being a group of low farmers and general smallfolk who aim at bettering their conditions of living against their apathetic king Benedict Blackmont.
*LectureAsExposition: During her Histories&Lore part, a younger Gwendis Blackmont gives a spontaneous lecture to her brother Naemon about the origins of their house, when she realizes that he knows nearly nothing about it.
*LegendFadesToMyth: According to an implication from Aisha, several of the First Men in Dorne have apparently worshipped the Great Other, yet in the present-day Dorne, knowledge of the demon god has largely faded, with even the well-educated Gwendis not knowing much about him.
*LightIsNotGood: PlayedWith in case of Dalia and Desirea, who are not exactly bad people, but who follow the religion of R'hllor, which never quite manages to rid them of moral ambiguity.
*ALighterShadeOfGrey: A majority of the Point-of-View characters are flawed, yet ultimately good people. Arguably, Naemon qualifies as even more towards the lighter side, whereas Missy and Jamison are clearly grey characters and Tomas is a full-blown VillainProtagonist, yet the other Point-of-Views are all this trope to some extent.
*LightningBruiser: This is part of what makes Ser Mordekhai so dangerous.
*LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacaters: Halfway through Book 1, the story features far over a hundred named characters, most of them with their own distinctive personality traits and many more to be introduced.
*TheLostLenore: Benedict is clearly not yet over the death of his beloved wife, Valaena, who died about ten years before the story started. It even causes him to withdraw from his children and even from his kingdom largely.
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* 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.
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**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, butdoesn't.doesn't.
**Trentan follows Aisha loyally, but even he is shown to have some sort of a moral conscience, when he gts visibly uncomfortable whenever she does something involving her god.
**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
**Trentan follows Aisha loyally, but even he is shown to have some sort of a moral conscience, when he gts visibly uncomfortable whenever she does something involving her god.
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*{{Jerkass}}: Quite a number of characters, though some stick out even among them:
**Tom the Animal is a horrible person even for the standards of the freaks, Albin's personal torturers. He is [[EvilIsPetty petty]] and selfish, being by far the most openly and physically cruel towards Missy, save for his king. Whereas the other freaks have at least some minor moments in which they are less cruel towards Missy (though neither of them has enough for a PetTheDog moment), Tom is just acting in pure spiteful jerkishness just about all the time.
**Jamison can come across like this in his worst moments, though he mostly qualifies as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
**Alistair Upton, being Jamison's best friend, shares many of his more jerkish qualities and unlike his friend, we haven't quite seen another side of him so far. He is also more petty and aggressive than Jamison, although he still does not qualify as evil by any means.
*JerkassHasAPoint:
**This certainly applies any time Jamison is in the right with one of his statements, which, all things considered, does happen quite often.
**General Varyn is a harsh, unforgiving man and some of his traits can be seen as jerkish, yet he is a sharp-minded man who always gives rational and thoughtful, if utterly pragmatic advice.
*JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
**Jamison in his nicer moment is not quite the bad guy he appears to otherwise. Especially his genuine love for Isabella is a massive moment hinting at his heart of gold.
**Trentan is a rude and abrasive young man, who seems to hate Gwendis solely for her noble birth, ignoring the good she tried to do for the Kingdom of Blackmont. However, he is shown to have standards when he starts to hesitate to follow Aisha's orders.
*JumpedAtTheCall: Being a father figur for Kortney, it doesn't take much for Myke to take up on the mission to locate and save her from danger somewhere in Dorne.
*JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: As his war against the other kingdoms of the Red Mountains predictably grows worse, so does Albin Manwoody's sanity and he becomes [[VillainousBreakdown notably more unhinged]] when news of his army's defeat reaches his ears.
*JustFollowingOrders: This is [[spoiler: Ser Russal's]] justification for leading the [[spoiler: FalsFlagOperation into the Blackmont lands that ends with him murdering innocent peasants to lure the kingdom into an alliance with his against the perceived threat of the Manwoody army.]]
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*KangarooCourt: There is absolutely no justice to be expected in the utter travesty that is the court of Manwoody. Led by a violent madman, it is generally decided against the accused.
*KarmicDeath: Ronny is murdered by exactly the same woman whom he has brutally tortured for months before and this confrontation is provoked and initiated entirely by him.
*KickTheDog:
**Albin and his freaks are very fond of this trope, with Missy as the dog.
**Jamison's treatment of Emerson quickly crosses into this territory.
*KickTheSonOfABitch: Despite Ronny's brutal death, there is no doubt that the man deserved it.
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*{{Jerkass}}: Quite a number of characters, though some stick out even among them:
**Tom the Animal is a horrible person even for the standards of the freaks, Albin's personal torturers. He is [[EvilIsPetty petty]] and selfish, being by far the most openly and physically cruel towards Missy, save for his king. Whereas the other freaks have at least some minor moments in which they are less cruel towards Missy (though neither of them has enough for a PetTheDog moment), Tom is just acting in pure spiteful jerkishness just about all the time.
**Jamison can come across like this in his worst moments, though he mostly qualifies as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
**Alistair Upton, being Jamison's best friend, shares many of his more jerkish qualities and unlike his friend, we haven't quite seen another side of him so far. He is also more petty and aggressive than Jamison, although he still does not qualify as evil by any means.
*JerkassHasAPoint:
**This certainly applies any time Jamison is in the right with one of his statements, which, all things considered, does happen quite often.
**General Varyn is a harsh, unforgiving man and some of his traits can be seen as jerkish, yet he is a sharp-minded man who always gives rational and thoughtful, if utterly pragmatic advice.
*JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
**Jamison in his nicer moment is not quite the bad guy he appears to otherwise. Especially his genuine love for Isabella is a massive moment hinting at his heart of gold.
**Trentan is a rude and abrasive young man, who seems to hate Gwendis solely for her noble birth, ignoring the good she tried to do for the Kingdom of Blackmont. However, he is shown to have standards when he starts to hesitate to follow Aisha's orders.
*JumpedAtTheCall: Being a father figur for Kortney, it doesn't take much for Myke to take up on the mission to locate and save her from danger somewhere in Dorne.
*JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: As his war against the other kingdoms of the Red Mountains predictably grows worse, so does Albin Manwoody's sanity and he becomes [[VillainousBreakdown notably more unhinged]] when news of his army's defeat reaches his ears.
*JustFollowingOrders: This is [[spoiler: Ser Russal's]] justification for leading the [[spoiler: FalsFlagOperation into the Blackmont lands that ends with him murdering innocent peasants to lure the kingdom into an alliance with his against the perceived threat of the Manwoody army.]]
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*KangarooCourt: There is absolutely no justice to be expected in the utter travesty that is the court of Manwoody. Led by a violent madman, it is generally decided against the accused.
*KarmicDeath: Ronny is murdered by exactly the same woman whom he has brutally tortured for months before and this confrontation is provoked and initiated entirely by him.
*KickTheDog:
**Albin and his freaks are very fond of this trope, with Missy as the dog.
**Jamison's treatment of Emerson quickly crosses into this territory.
*KickTheSonOfABitch: Despite Ronny's brutal death, there is no doubt that the man deserved it.
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