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* BashBrothers: Valdemar has this relationship with his two foster brothers, Absalon and Esbern, who grew up alongside him in the same household. In adulthood, Esbern is one of Valdemar's chief ministers and Absalon becomes the bishop.
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* BashBrothers: Valdemar has this relationship with his two foster brothers, Absalon and Esbern, who grew up alongside him in the same household.household and trained to fight alongside him. In adulthood, Esbern is one of Valdemar's chief ministers and Absalon becomes the bishop.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Valdemar first shows Sophie around the castle of Gavngaard, his wedding gift to her, he shows her the bathhouse and notes that the door on it tends to jam and not open properly because its wood often warps. [[spoiler:This is what leads to Tove's death; when Sophie slams the door, it stays trapped and leaves Tove locked in to die.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Valdemar first shows Sophie around the castle of Gavngaard, his wedding gift to her, he shows her the bathhouse and notes that gets annoyed when the door on jams. He asks the warden about it, who tells him that it tends to jam was working a few days ago and not open properly because its the wood often warps.must have warped. [[spoiler:This is what leads to Tove's death; when Sophie slams the door, it stays trapped and leaves Tove locked in to die.]]
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* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: In the ballad, King Valdemar and Queen Sophia's relationship is nothing but acrimonious, and he exiles her from their marriage bed forever in retaliation for her murder of Tove. In this novel, Valdemar and Sophie grow to love each other after their ArrangedMarriage despite their initial misgivings. [[spoiler:After Sophie accidentally kills Tove, Valdemar is furious and swears never to speak to her again like he did in the ballad, but he eventually reaches out to her and they reconcile.]]
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* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul:
** In the ballad, King Valdemar and Queen Sophia's relationship is nothing but acrimonious, and he exiles her from their marriage bed forever in retaliation for her murder of Tove. In this novel, Valdemar and Sophie grow to love each other after their ArrangedMarriage despite their initial misgivings. [[spoiler:After Sophie accidentally kills Tove, Valdemar is furious and swears never to speak to her again like he did in the ballad, but he eventually reaches out to her and they reconcile.]]]]
** The ballad only depicts Tove and Queen Sophia as rivals and nothing else. Here, they initially become friends for a while and Sophie regards Tove as her favorite lady-in-waiting until she sees Tove's son with Valdemar, which causes the end of their friendship.
** In the ballad, King Valdemar and Queen Sophia's relationship is nothing but acrimonious, and he exiles her from their marriage bed forever in retaliation for her murder of Tove. In this novel, Valdemar and Sophie grow to love each other after their ArrangedMarriage despite their initial misgivings. [[spoiler:After Sophie accidentally kills Tove, Valdemar is furious and swears never to speak to her again like he did in the ballad, but he eventually reaches out to her and they reconcile.
** The ballad only depicts Tove and Queen Sophia as rivals and nothing else. Here, they initially become friends for a while and Sophie regards Tove as her favorite lady-in-waiting until she sees Tove's son with Valdemar, which causes the end of their friendship.
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* RomanticRunnerUp: Unlike Tove, who gets to remain Valdemar's mistress even after he marries Sophie, Stig is forced into this role by default because Sophie's hand in marriage was always meant for Valdemar. Though Sophie initially reciprocates his feelings, she makes it clear to him they can never act on them because she's marrying the king, and he's deeply unhappy once the deal is sealed.
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* {{Deuteragonist}}: Tove is this to Sophie's protagonist, due to having a detailed backstory and getting nearly equal narrative focus. Notably, she is the only other character besides Sophie whose childhood is shown.
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* FreudianExcuse: Tove grew up in near poverty with an abusive mother who often slapped and shouted at her; her father abandoned her after she was born and never once bothered to see her, and a household servant she once trusted tried to molest her when she was eleven. This all made her desperate to get out of her miserable station and find security by any means necessary, which to her meant using all her charm to ensnare a powerful man like Valdemar.
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* FreudianExcuse: Tove grew up in near poverty with an abusive mother who often slapped and shouted at her; her father abandoned her after she was born and never once bothered to see her, and a household servant she once trusted tried to molest nearly molested her when she was eleven.eleven years old. This all made her desperate to get out of her miserable station and find security by any means necessary, which to her meant using all her charm to ensnare a powerful man like Valdemar.
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* TheGoodKing: Despite his flaws and hot-headedness, Valdemar is this. He sincerely cares for his people, takes his responsibilities seriously, and strives to reign well over Denmark after having fought for its rule.
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* TheGoodKing: Despite his flaws and hot-headedness, Valdemar is this. He sincerely cares for his people, takes his responsibilities seriously, and strives to reign rule well over Denmark after having fought for its rule.throne.
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: InUniverse. [[spoiler:Knud is killed in battle almost immediately after Sophie arrives in Denmark for the wedding, which was arranged specifically because Knud was her half-brother from her mother's first marriage and allied to her betrothed. Because of this, while Sophie is shocked and saddened at her half-brother's death, she reflects that she can't actually grieve for him because they never met before.]]
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: InUniverse. [[spoiler:Knud is killed in battle almost immediately after Sophie arrives in Denmark for the wedding, which was arranged specifically because Knud was her half-brother from her mother's first marriage and allied to her betrothed. Because of this, while Sophie is shocked and saddened at her half-brother's death, she reflects that she can't actually grieve for him because they never met before.]]
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* AdaptationExpansion: The original ballad the story is based on is only a couple stanzas long. The novel adds more depth by fleshing out Sophie and Tove's backstories and relationships with Valdemar, as well as adding the character of Stig as a second potential LoveInterest to Sophie to complicate the ballad's LoveTriangle between Sophie, Valdemar, and Tove.
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* AdaptationExpansion: The original ballad the story is based on the medieval Danish ballad "Valdemar and Tove", which is only a couple stanzas long. The novel adds more depth by fleshing out Sophie and Tove's backstories and relationships with Valdemar, as well as adding the character of Stig as a second potential LoveInterest love interest to Sophie to complicate the ballad's LoveTriangle between Sophie, Valdemar, and Tove.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: In the original ballad "Valdemar and Tove", Tove is characterized as little more than Valdemar's OneTrueLove and a saintly TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth murder victim of Queen Sophia. The novel portrays her as a catty and passive-aggressive GoldDigger (albeit a sympathetic one) who seduced Valdemar for the pragmatic reason of wanting to escape her miserable home life and spreads malicious gossip about the queen.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: In the original ballad "Valdemar and Tove", Tove is characterized as little more than Valdemar's OneTrueLove and a saintly TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth murder victim of Queen Sophia. The novel portrays her as a catty and passive-aggressive GoldDigger (albeit a sympathetic one) who seduced Valdemar for the pragmatic reason of wanting to escape her miserable home life and spreads malicious gossip about the queen.
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* {{Forgiveness}}: This is the focal point of Sophie's relationship with Valdemar. [[spoiler:In the end, Sophie is able to forgive Valdemar for keeping the truth of his relationship with Tove from her and putting Stig on trial for false adultery charges when he forgives her for accidentally killing Tove. By forgiving each other, they are implied to be able to have a loving marriage from then on.]]
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* AgeLift: The ballad featured Tove and Valdemar's son, Christopher, as a teenager or young adult. In the novel, he's a three-year-old boy.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Tove acts lively, charming, and pleasant to hide her bitter, spiteful streak and capacity for PassiveAggressiveKombat.
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* HotConsort: Sophie is noted to be beautiful several times, and becomes this to Valdemar when she marries him and is made his queen.
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* AdaptationExpansion: The original ballad the story is based on is only a couple stanzas long. The novel adds more depth by fleshing out Sophie and Tove's backstories and relationships with Valdemar, as well as adding the character of Stig as a second potential LoveInterest to Sophie to complicate the ballad's LoveTriangle between Sophie, Valdemar, and Tove.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the ballad, King Valdemar is a mere philanderer who shamelessly cheats on his wife with Tove. The novel gives his relationship with Tove more context by establishing that they were lovers for years before he married Sophie, and characterizes him as a fair and good king who genuinely falls in love with his new queen.
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* TheGoodKing: Despite his flaws and hot-headedness, Valdemar is this. He sincerely cares for his people, takes his responsibilities seriously, and strives to reign well over Denmark after having fought for its rule.
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* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: In the ballad, King Valdemar and Queen Sophia's relationship is nothing but acrimonious, and he exiles her from their marriage bed in retaliation for her murder of Tove. In this novel, Valdemar and Sophie grow to love each other after their ArrangedMarriage despite their initial misgivings. [[spoiler:After Sophie accidentally kills Tove, Valdemar is furious and swears never to speak to her again like he did in the ballad, but he eventually reaches out to her and they reconcile.]]
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* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: In the ballad, King Valdemar and Queen Sophia's relationship is nothing but acrimonious, and he exiles her from their marriage bed forever in retaliation for her murder of Tove. In this novel, Valdemar and Sophie grow to love each other after their ArrangedMarriage despite their initial misgivings. [[spoiler:After Sophie accidentally kills Tove, Valdemar is furious and swears never to speak to her again like he did in the ballad, but he eventually reaches out to her and they reconcile.]]
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* CanonForeigner: Stig Halvarsen has no equivalent in the original ballad "Valdemar and Tove", being a major supporting character who exists to add another complication to Sophie's relationship with Valdemar.
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* CanonForeigner: Stig Halvarsen has and Rolf Bjørnsen are major supporting characters with no equivalent equivalents in the original ballad "Valdemar and Tove", being a major supporting character who Tove". Stig exists to add another complication to Sophie's relationship with Valdemar.Valdemar; Rolf serves the purpose of causing drama that leads to the events in the ending.
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* ThisIsUnforgivable: [[spoiler:When Valdemar finds out about Tove's death and the role Sophie played in it, he calls Sophie an evil woman and swears never to speak to her again. It's only when his foster brother Esbern asks him to imagine himself in Sophie's situation--forced to leave home forever to marry a stranger and live in a foreign court, under the pressure of constant judgment and slander from strangers--and understand her behavior that he relents and reaches out to Sophie for possible reconciliation.]]
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* ThisIsUnforgivable: [[spoiler:When Valdemar finds out about Tove's death and the role Sophie played in it, he calls Sophie an evil woman and swears never to speak to her again. It's only when his foster brother Esbern asks him to imagine himself in Sophie's situation--forced to leave home forever to marry a stranger and live in a foreign court, under the pressure of constant judgment and slander from other strangers--and understand her behavior that he relents and reaches out to Sophie for possible reconciliation.]]
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* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: In the ballad, Valdemar and Sophia's relationship is nothing but acrimonious, and he exiles her from their marriage bed in retaliation for her murder of Tove. In this novel, Valdemar and Sophie grow to love each other after their ArrangedMarriage despite their initial misgivings. [[spoiler:After Sophie accidentally kills Tove, Valdemar is furious and swears never to speak to her again like he did in the ballad, but he eventually reaches out to her and they reconcile.]]
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* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: In the ballad, King Valdemar and Queen Sophia's relationship is nothing but acrimonious, and he exiles her from their marriage bed in retaliation for her murder of Tove. In this novel, Valdemar and Sophie grow to love each other after their ArrangedMarriage despite their initial misgivings. [[spoiler:After Sophie accidentally kills Tove, Valdemar is furious and swears never to speak to her again like he did in the ballad, but he eventually reaches out to her and they reconcile.]]
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* CanonForeigner: Stig Halvarsen has no equivalent in the original ballad "Valdemar and Tove", being a major supporting character who exists to add another complication to Sophie's relationship with Valdemar.
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* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: In the ballad, Valdemar and Sophia's relationship is nothing but acrimonious, and he exiles her from their marriage bed in retaliation for her murder of Tove. In this novel, Valdemar and Sophie grow to love each other after their ArrangedMarriage despite their initial misgivings. [[spoiler:After Sophie accidentally kills Tove, Valdemar is furious and swears never to speak to her again like he did in the ballad, but he eventually reaches out to her and they reconcile.]]
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* {{Deuteragonist}}: Tove is this to Sophie's protagonist, due to having her own backstory and getting nearly equal narrative focus. Notably, she is the only other character besides Sophie whose childhood is shown.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: In the original ballad "Valdemar and Tove", Tove is characterized as little more than Valdemar's OneTrueLove and a saintly TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth murder victim of Queen Sophia. The novel portrays her as a catty and passive-aggressive GoldDigger (albeit a sympathetic one) who seduced Valdemar for the pragmatic reason of wanting to escape her miserable home life and spreads malicious gossip about the queen.
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* {{Deuteragonist}}: Tove is this to Sophie's protagonist, due to having her own backstory and getting nearly equal narrative focus. Notably, she is the only other character besides Sophie whose childhood is shown.
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* MeanBoss: Sigrun is an overbearing bully toward her servants at Havørneskov and is impossible to please, due to her demands to be treated like a noblewoman. Because of this, her servants don't put more than the bare minimum of effort into their work because they know she'll find fault with them regardless of what they do.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Tove's mother, Sigrun, and her associated servants completely disappear and are never heard from again after the chapter showcasing Tove's backstory. In a similar vein, Sophie's uncle Oleg, aunt Gertrud, and cousin Yaropolk mostly vanish after she leaves for Denmark. [[spoiler:There's also no mention of what happened to Tove's son Christopher after her death, or who took care of him.]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Tove's mother, mother Sigrun, and along with her associated servants servants, completely disappear and are never heard from again after the chapter showcasing Tove's backstory. In a similar vein, Sophie's uncle Oleg, aunt Gertrud, and cousin Yaropolk mostly vanish after she leaves for Denmark. [[spoiler:There's also no mention of what happened to Tove's son Christopher after her death, or who took care of him.]]
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* FlowersOfFemininity: Sophie wears flowers in her hair twice, snowdrops the first time and a crown of daisies the second time, during the proxy wedding ceremonies for her engagement to Valdemar.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Knud, Sophie's half-brother and Valdemar's ally, is a minor character who barely appears [[spoiler:and is killed almost immediately after Sophie arrives in Denmark]], but his order for Valdemar to marry Sophie to affirm their alliance is what sets the entire plot in motion.
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* FlowersOfFemininity: Sophie wears flowers twice, snowdrops the first time and a crown of daisies the second time, during the proxy wedding ceremonies for her engagement to Valdemar.
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* OneSteveLimit: Averted. There are two different characters named Knud mentioned in the narrative, Sophie's half-brother and Valdemar's late father. Valdemar's surname as a result is Knudsen.
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* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: [[spoiler:No one dares mention any of Tove's faults again after her untimely death from being steamed alive in the bathhouse, with everyone focusing on how young and beautiful she was and mourning her because of that.]]
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* FlowersOfFemininity: Sophie wears flowers twice, snowdrops the first time and a crown of daisies the second time, during the proxy wedding ceremonies for her engagement to Valdemar.
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* MarriageBeforeRomance: Sophie and Valdemar are complete strangers when they get married, and agree on their wedding night to both do their best to love and care for each other from then on. After consummation their marriage, they genuinely fall in love and are devoted to each other for some time until Sophie finds out about his relationship with Tove.
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* MarriageBeforeRomance: Sophie and Valdemar are complete strangers when they get married, and agree on their wedding night to both do their best to love and care for each other from then on. After consummation consummating their marriage, they genuinely fall in love and are devoted to each other for some time until Sophie finds out about his relationship with Tove.
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* MarriageBeforeRomance: Sophie and Valdemar are complete strangers when they get married, and agree on their wedding night to both do their best to love and care for each other from then on. After consummation their marriage, they genuinely fall in love and are devoted to each other for some time until Sophie finds out about his relationship with Tove.
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* TrueBlueFemininity: For the first proxy wedding rite to symbolize her betrothal to Valdemar, Sophie wears a new blue gown with flowers embroidered on the sleeves to accentuate her femininity.
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* UnresolvedSexualTension: Discussed. Sophie and Stig develop a mutual attraction when he acts as Valdemar's proxy for their betrothal and escorts her to her wedding, and Sophie admits to him on the journey to Denmark that she has fallen for him. They agree to never act on their feelings for one another because of her engagement to Valdemar, but other people notice it and start insidious rumors about them having an affair.
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* UnresolvedSexualTension: Discussed. Sophie UptownGirl: A two-fold example. Tove is a peasant woman and the lover of King Valdemar; Stig develop is a mutual attraction common court messenger who falls for Princess Sophie. It's [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] in that it's precisely because of this social status gap that neither Tove nor Stig can marry the royals they love, and are forced aside when he acts as Valdemar's proxy for their betrothal and escorts her to her wedding, Valdemar and Sophie admits to him on the journey to Denmark that she has fallen for him. They agree to never act on their feelings for one another because of her engagement to Valdemar, but other people notice it and start insidious rumors about them having an affair. marry.
