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* LovingParentCruelParent: ld Mole, the father of the Mole twins and their younger sister Squirrel, is a brutal robber and domestic tyrant, while their mother Centipede (whom Old Mole forced to marry him) is gentle and nurturing. The Mole twins mostly take after their father, growing up to become cruel forest bandits, but thanks to their mother's influence, they [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes adopt two unicorn foals as familiars]] [[spoiler:and later make a HeelFaceTurn]]. With Squirrel, the trope is {{downplayed|Trope}}, since by the time she reaches her mid-teens, Old Mole has died and Centipede [[TookALevelInCynic has grown apathetic]], leaving Squirrel mostly to her own devices and [[WifeHusbandry the toxic influence]] of their servant Veri-Meri.

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* LovingParentCruelParent: ld Old Mole, the father of the Mole twins and their younger sister Squirrel, is a brutal robber and domestic tyrant, while their mother Centipede (whom Old Mole forced to marry him) is gentle and nurturing. The Mole twins mostly take after their father, growing up to become cruel forest bandits, but thanks to their mother's influence, they [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes adopt two unicorn foals as familiars]] [[spoiler:and later make a HeelFaceTurn]]. With Squirrel, the trope is {{downplayed|Trope}}, since by the time she reaches her mid-teens, Old Mole has died and Centipede [[TookALevelInCynic has grown apathetic]], leaving Squirrel mostly to her own devices and [[WifeHusbandry the toxic influence]] of their servant Veri-Meri.
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* LovingParentCruelParent: ld Mole, the father of the Mole twins and their younger sister Squirrel, is a brutal robber and domestic tyrant, while their mother Centipede (whom Old Mole forced to marry him) is gentle and nurturing. The Mole twins mostly take after their father, growing up to become cruel forest bandits, but thanks to their mother's influence, they [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes adopt two unicorn foals as familiars]] [[spoiler:and later make a HeelFaceTurn]]. With Squirrel, the trope is {{downplayed|Trope}}, since by the time she reaches her mid-teens, Old Mole has died and Centipede [[TookALevelInCynic has grown apathetic]], leaving Squirrel mostly to her own devices and [[WifeHusbandry the toxic influence]] of their servant Veri-Meri.
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* SoleSurvivor: Old Mole abducted Centipede while she was traveling with only a few guards, believing people will assume them to have fallen to the dangers of the journey. However, one guard survived to report the massacre.

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The (relatively) civilized country is ruled by Lord Radiculitis, poklons ("poklon" meaning "a deep bow" in Russian), his vassal lords who are constantly at odds with each other, and vkushetses ("vkushets" being a play on words in the original, originating from "zhrets", the word meaning a pagan priest. A rough English analogy would be using the word "strongar" because a "vicar" is weak), the Priests of Oblivion. Knowledge and education are forbidden and punishable by memory loss. Only the wisemen can know some things (and even they get regular memory wipes so that they wouldn’t know too much).

In the woods, there is a rebel group, based in the Shelter – those who seek to restore the former knowledge and experience of the Krinians. Both the Shelter and the feudals have a huge network of spies.

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The (relatively) civilized country is ruled by Lord Radiculitis, poklons ("poklon" meaning "a deep bow" in Russian), his vassal lords who are constantly at odds with each other, and vkushetses ("vkushets" being a play on words in the original, originating from "zhrets", the word meaning a pagan priest. A rough English analogy would be using the word "strongar" because a "vicar" is weak), the Priests of Oblivion. Knowledge and education are forbidden and punishable by memory loss. Only the wisemen can know some things (and even they get regular memory wipes so that they wouldn’t wouldn't know too much).

In the woods, there is a rebel group, based in the Shelter – those Shelter, who seek to restore the former knowledge and experience of the Krinians. Both the Shelter and the feudals have a huge network of spies.




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* YouAreWhatYouHate: At least two of the really clever and dangerous people [[spoiler:can read and write, which doesn't stop them from being the rememberers' bitter enemies]]. And it makes one wonder how many more of them there are.

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* YouAreWhatYouHate: At least two of the really clever and dangerous people [[spoiler:can read and write, which doesn't stop them from being the rememberers' bitter enemies]]. And it makes one wonder how many more of them there are.are.
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* FirstStepFixation: Pashka and a member of a local sapient bird species are trapped in an old abandoned kids' sanitarium. Pashka decides that they need to signal the people searching for them with a smoke column. There is a nearby medical office, so he decides that taking apart the microscope there and using the lens to start a fire is his best bet. The problem is, there are a few [[BearsAreBadNews rather vicious bears]] between him and the office. He manages to find an old piece of tech with which he scares away the bears, and is preparing to go and grab the microscope... but then the bird asks if the item itself might not be better for signaling the rescuers. [[spoiler:It's a fireworks launcher.]]
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* RewatchBonus: Everyone calls the feudal lords "poklons", but [[spoiler:Veri-Meri]] uses the word "baron" a couple of times. Later, it’s revealed he’s [[spoiler:much more well-read than he pretends to be]].

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* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Averted. Iria is an expert on martial arts, but even that doesn’t help her much if she’s vastly outnumbered by armed men with ranged weapons.



* RealityEnsues: Iria is an expert on martial arts, but even that doesn’t help her much if she’s vastly outnumbered by armed men with ranged weapons.
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* GodGuise: Gai-do, once refueled, passes easily enough for a mighty GiantSpaceFleaOutOfNowhere – enough to [[spoiler:scatter a couple of armies]].

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* GodGuise: Gai-do, once refueled, passes easily enough for a mighty GiantSpaceFleaOutOfNowhere DiabolusExNihilo – enough to [[spoiler:scatter a couple of armies]].

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