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* PetTheDog: Jalan refuses to sell the extremely valuable (diamond-encrusted platinium) locket of his mother's picture in spite of his crippling debts, [[BelievingTheirOwnLies going as far as to lie himself about its value]], because it's his only memento of his mother, but also because as a child he promised [[MoralityPet his great-uncle Garyus]] he'd always keep it safe.
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* AccidentalHero: Jalan's act of cowardice are often interpreted by others as acts of heroism, which he capitalizes off of. In a greater sense, he is known back home as the Hero of Aral Pass because of his actions during the battle there. Jalan recalls it as him running away from one battle, accidentally running straight into another, and then running and flailing wildly until it was all over. [[spoiler: It turns out, he really ''did'' do all the things people said he did at Aral Pass; he's a berserker, and has no memory of doing any actual fighting.]]
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* AccidentalHero: Jalan's act of cowardice are often interpreted by others as acts of heroism, which he capitalizes off of.on. In a greater sense, he is known back home as the Hero of Aral Pass because of his actions during the battle there. Jalan recalls it as him running away from one battle, accidentally running straight into another, and then running and flailing wildly until it was all over. [[spoiler: It turns out, he really ''did'' do all the things people said he did at Aral Pass; he's a berserker, and has no memory of doing any actual fighting.]]
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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: While Jalan would like to be a RichIdiotWithNoDayJob, the other members of the royal family actually do have jobs and are seen going about, managing the kingdom. The Red Queen herself maintains control of the military and charges into battle more than once, Garyus sees to the kingdom's finances and trade, one of Jalan's brothers is a general serving under his grandmother, and Jalan's other brother and his cousins all appear to contribute in some way.
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''The Red Queen's War'' is a fantasy trilogy by Mark Lawrence, the author of the ''[[Literature/ThePrinceOfThorns Broken Empire Trilogy]]''; the plots of both trilogies take place more or less concurrently.
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''The Red Queen's War'' is a fantasy trilogy by Mark Lawrence, Creator/MarkLawrence, the author of the ''[[Literature/ThePrinceOfThorns Broken Empire Trilogy]]''; the plots of both trilogies take place more or less concurrently.
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* MulticoloredHair: Edris Dean has a reverse SkunkStripe, in that his hair is mostly gray, with one striking blue-black strip.
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** Jalan nearly suffers this at the hands of Maeres Allus and his TortureTechnician, Cutter John. The incident traumatizes him so much that when the Wheel starts manifesting his worst fears, Cutter John is the one that stalks him through the IKOL facility.
* CursedWithAwesome: Jalan and Snorri are cursed with Light magic and Dark magic due to the Silent Sister's spell entangling the two. Snorri channels sinister forces during battle, and Jalan is able to heal humans and destroy undead. The two are also stuck with avatars of their respective magics, altered by their own perception, so Snorri is in constant mental battle against the demonic-spider/succubus Aslaug, and Jalan is stuck with a disapproving angel named Baraqel who is like every dull preacher Jalan ever had to listen to as a kid.
* CursedWithAwesome: Jalan and Snorri are cursed with Light magic and Dark magic due to the Silent Sister's spell entangling the two. Snorri channels sinister forces during battle, and Jalan is able to heal humans and destroy undead. The two are also stuck with avatars of their respective magics, altered by their own perception, so Snorri is in constant mental battle against the demonic-spider/succubus Aslaug, and Jalan is stuck with a disapproving angel named Baraqel who is like every dull preacher Jalan ever had to listen to as a kid.
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Garyus, Jalan's noble but infirmed great uncle sacrifices his health in order to grant the Silent Sister more power, once as a child to save their lives, and once again as an old man in his final act to defeat the Blue Lady.]]
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* AllGirlsLikePonies: Gender-inverted with Jalan. One of his redeeming qualities is his genuine love of horses, and his vocal distaste for when people mistreat their mounts. He makes a point to name every horse he rides through the trilogy, and jokes that [[LovableCoward he and horses get along so well because they both like to run away from danger]].
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* HiddenDepths: Taproot is the master of a circus who has an expansive knowledge of the gossip and goings on of the various nobility, mages, and other significant people in the world. He is also [[spoiler: a builder who has been locking himself into stasis on and off for the past thousand years, coming up for a few weeks-to-years each generation to see the goings on before returning to sleep.]]
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** Taproot is the master of a circus who has an expansive knowledge of the gossip and goings on of the various nobility, mages, and other significant people in the world. He is also [[spoiler: a builder who has been locking himself into stasis on and off for the past thousand years, coming up for a few weeks-to-years each generation to see the goings on before returning to sleep.]]
** Hennan is an eleven-or-twelve year old kid the group picks up while traveling north after his grandfather is killed. He is also [[spoiler: a direct descendant of Lotar Vale, the most powerful [[RealityWarper wrong-mage]] of his time, whose blood gives Hennan an immunity to many of the negative effects of the Wheel.]]
** Taproot is the master of a circus who has an expansive knowledge of the gossip and goings on of the various nobility, mages, and other significant people in the world. He is also [[spoiler: a builder who has been locking himself into stasis on and off for the past thousand years, coming up for a few weeks-to-years each generation to see the goings on before returning to sleep.]]
** Hennan is an eleven-or-twelve year old kid the group picks up while traveling north after his grandfather is killed. He is also [[spoiler: a direct descendant of Lotar Vale, the most powerful [[RealityWarper wrong-mage]] of his time, whose blood gives Hennan an immunity to many of the negative effects of the Wheel.]]
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* RealityWarper: Wong-mages who live near the Wheel of Osheim are able to bend reality to their will in ways that are impossible to do when away from the Wheel. However, proximity to the Wheel causes them to lose their minds.
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* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Wrong-mages need to be near the Wheel in order to perform their impossible magic. However, proximity to the Wheel drves them mad ''at best''.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Jalan starts off as a self-centered DirtyCoward who gladly sells Snorri into the [[GladiatorGames Blood Pits]] to pay off a portion of his debt. Over time, he develops a conscience (much to his despair) and begins to care about the people around him, transforming into more of a LovableCoward (though his selfishness remains).
* GladiatorGames: The Blood Pits are where Jalan loses a lot of his money gambling and where he initially sells Snorri into slavery.
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* HighDiveEscape: Jalan leaps out of windows to escape Alain DrVeere twice within the first fifty pages of the first book.
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* HiddenDepths: Taproot is the master of a circus who has an expansive knowledge of the gossip and goings on of the various nobility, mages, and other significant people in the world. He is also [[spoiler: a builder who has been locking himself into stasis on and off for the past thousand years, coming up for a few weeks-to-years each generation to see the goings on before returning to sleep.]]
* HighDiveEscape: Jalan leaps out of windows to escape AlainDrVeere DeVeere twice within the first fifty pages of the first book.
* HighDiveEscape: Jalan leaps out of windows to escape Alain
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* ReviveKillsZombie: In the first book, Jalan's light magic burns the undead, but heals Meegan.
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* ReviveKillsZombie: In the first book, Jalan's light magic burns the undead, but heals Meegan.humans.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: While Jalan would like to be a RichIdiotWithNoDayJob, the other members of the royal family actually do have jobs and are seen going about, managing the kingdom. The Red Queen herself maintains control of the military and charges into battle more than once, Garyus sees to the kingdom's finances and trade, one of Jalan's brothers is a general serving under his grandmother, and Jalan's other brother and his cousins all appear to contribute in some way.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: While Jalan would like to be a RichIdiotWithNoDayJob, the other members of the royal family actually do have jobs and are seen going about, managing the kingdom. The Red Queen herself maintains control of the military and charges into battle more than once, Garyus sees to the kingdom's finances and trade, one of Jalan's brothers is a general serving under his grandmother, and Jalan's other brother and his cousins all appear to contribute in some way.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Jalan's usual M.O. as a DirtyCoward. In particular, this is his reaction to finding out that the thirteen year old prince Jorg that Queen Sareth asked him to beat up is not a RoyalBrat, but the ridiculously tall, dangerous looking young man with a killer's eyes he saw in the tavern who had recently killed the king's champion and captain of the guard, Sir Galen.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Jalan's usual M.O. as a DirtyCoward. In particular, this is his reaction to finding out that the [[Literature/TheBrokenEmpireTrilogy thirteen year old prince Jorg Jorg]] that Queen Sareth asked him to beat up is not a RoyalBrat, but the ridiculously tall, dangerous looking young man with a killer's eyes he saw in the tavern who had recently killed the king's champion and captain of the guard, Sir Galen.
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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: [[spoiler: Brother Emmer is actually a woman named Emma and forces herself on Jalan. This is treated as hilarious by Snorri and the others in the tavern it happens.]]
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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: [[spoiler: Brother Emmer is actually a woman named Emma and forces herself on Jalan. This is treated as hilarious by Snorri and ]]
* DwindlingParty: As theothers in first book progresses, the tavern it happens.]]Qinns (Jalan's nickname for the five remaining brothers from a set of Octuplets) die off one by one, in order from the youngest to oldest.
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* LighterAndSofter: While there is plenty of action, this series features far less wanton gore, rape, and BodyHorror than the first trilogy, helped by the fact that the main characters are generally decent, good-hearted people (Snorri is heroic, Tuttugu is a cheerful and loyal friend, and Jalan [[LovableCoward isn't]] [[AccidentalHero a]] [[DamnedWithFaintPraise psychopathic murderer]]. )
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* LighterAndSofter: While there is plenty of action, this series features far less wanton gore, rape, and BodyHorror than the first trilogy, helped by the fact that the main characters are generally decent, good-hearted people (Snorri is heroic, Tuttugu is a cheerful and loyal friend, and Jalan [[LovableCoward isn't]] [[AccidentalHero a]] [[DamnedWithFaintPraise [[DamnedByFaintPraise psychopathic murderer]]. )
* MistakenForGay: Jalan spends the night with "Brother Emmer," who is really a woman named Emma (unbeknownst to the rest of Jorg's road brothers). This leads to Makin and Snorri assuring Jalan that [[NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat they aren't there to judge]].
* PowerIncontinence: Jalan in the first book has no idea how to control the light magic imparted to him by the Silent Sister's spell, which results in the magic triggering at seemingly random times without his knowledge.
* RetCon: Brother Emmer, who is mentioned only three times, in the last book of [[Literature/TheBrokenEmpireTrilogy original trilogy]], is revealed to actually be a woman named Emma.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Jalan's usual M.O. as a DirtyCoward. In particular, this is his reaction to finding out that the thirteen year old prince Jorg that Queen Sareth asked him to beat up is not a RoyalBrat, but the ridiculously tall, dangerous looking young man with a killer's eyes he saw in the tavern who had recently killed the king's champion and captain of the guard, Sir Galen.
-->Jalan: You’re going to tell me it wasn’t by poisoning his mead?
-->Snorri: Single combat.
-->Jalan (already heading down the hall) We’re leaving.
-->Jalan: You’re going to tell me it wasn’t by poisoning his mead?
-->Snorri: Single combat.
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* AccidentalHero: Jalan's act of cowardice are often interpreted by others as acts of heroism, which he capitalizes off of. In a greater sense, he is known back home as the Hero of Aral Pass because of his actions during the battle there. Jalan recalls it as him running away from one battle, accidentally running straight into another, and then running and flailing wildly until it was all over. [[spoiler: It turns out, he really ''did'' do all the things people said he did at Aral Pass; he's a berserker, and has no memory of doing any actual fighting.]]
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* BlackAndWhiteMorality: Baraquel and Aslaug are the respective avatars of light and dark. While Aslaug is more malleable in her ethics (as they are just a means to getting what she wants from her host), Baraquel is shown having a black and white mentality and is quick to denounce anything morally dubious. The two themselves are an embodiment of the good-versus-evil struggle, though [[spoiler: neither of them actually exist, as they and the sides they represent are actually figments of belief brought to life by the Builder's experiments]].
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* LighterAndSofter: While there is plenty of action, this series features far less wanton gore, rape, and BodyHorror than the first trilogy, helped by the fact that the main characters are generally decent, good-hearted people (Snorri is heroic, Tuttugu is a cheerful and loyal friend, and Jalan [[LovableCoward isn't]] [[AccidentalHero a]] [[DamnedWithFaintPraise psychopathic murderer]]. )
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* SelectiveObliviousness: Jalan's method for dealing with anything that may make him uncomfortable. He intentionally ignores bad news and will lie to himself so thoroughly that he'll forget it's a lie. Notably, he uses this against ''himself'' more than once, such as convincing himself that the (very valuable, jewel-encrusted platinum) locket with his mother's picture is monetarily worthless intentionally so that he won't be later tempted to sell it to pay off his gambling debts.
* SuperDrowningSkills: Jalan cannot swim, something that alternately amuses and bemuses the seafaring Snorri to no end.
* SuperDrowningSkills: Jalan cannot swim, something that alternately amuses and bemuses the seafaring Snorri to no end.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Snorri outlived his youngest daughter, Emy.
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* MulticoloredHair: Edris Dean has a reverse SkunkStripe, in that his hair is mostly gray, with one striking blue-black strip.
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* HighDiveEscape: Jalan leaps out of windows to escape Alain DrVeere twice within the first fifty pages of the first book.
* MercyKill: Snorri had to kil his small daughter Emy after she had been ravaged bu ghouls.
--> “Death was kind.” He drew a sharp breath. “But no father should have to give such a kindness to his child.”
--> “Death was kind.” He drew a sharp breath. “But no father should have to give such a kindness to his child.”
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Snorri outlived his youngest daughter, Emy.
* ReviveKillsZombie: In the first book, Jalan's light magic burns the undead, but heals Meegan.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Edris Dean would hurt ''unborn'' children to send their souls to hell and become super powerful undead monsters called the Unborn.
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* WouldHurtAChild: WouldHurtAChild:
** Edris Dean would hurt ''unborn'' children to send their souls to hell and become super powerful undead monsters called theUnborn. Unborn.
** PlayedForLaughs as Jalen recounts how a romantic fling at the Opera House was interrupted by the numerous serving children around the place, upon whom he sought revenge after.
-->It’s true that my foe outnumbered me, but I am the hero of Aral Pass, after all, and sometimes when Prince Jalan Kendeth is roused to anger it’s best to flee, whatever your number. If you’re eight.
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** PlayedForLaughs as Jalen recounts how a romantic fling at the Opera House was interrupted by the numerous serving children around the place, upon whom he sought revenge after.
-->It’s true that my foe outnumbered me, but I am the hero of Aral Pass, after all, and sometimes when Prince Jalan Kendeth is roused to anger it’s best to flee, whatever your number. If you’re eight.
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* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:All of Snorri's children are dead, although he spends some time being in denial about it. The death of the unborn is required to make an EliteZombie.]]
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* InfantImmortality: Averted. [[spoiler:All of Snorri's children are dead, although he spends some time being in denial about it. The death of the unborn is required to make an EliteZombie.]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: The Queen of Ancrath makes plans to sleep with Jalan so he'll attack or kill Prince Jorg. [[spoiler: Her attempts to touch his groin to start the process don't work because of her sister's earlier GroinAttack.]]
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* AGodAmI: The Lady Blue plans to speed the end of the world to gain godlike power and reshape it as ultimate god of the new world. [[spoiler: Edris Dean plans to hijack the plot.]]
** She also tries to convince Jalan to join in her plan, assuming someone like him would like to become godlike too. [[spoiler:She is wrong.]]
** She also tries to convince Jalan to join in her plan, assuming someone like him would like to become godlike too. [[spoiler:She is wrong.]]
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* GodhoodSeeker: The Lady Blue plans to speed the end of the world to gain godlike power and reshape it as ultimate god of the new world. [[spoiler:Edris Dean plans to hijack the plot.]] She also tries to convince Jalan to join in her plan, assuming someone like him would like to become godlike too. [[spoiler:She is wrong.]]
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** The Wheel of Osheim itself could be considered this. It's a machine the Builders made to give themselves power (i. e. magic), but they didn't foresee that the Wheel would keep on turning for the next millenium and that each use of its power would increase its turning until it threatened to destroy the whole world.
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** The Wheel of Osheim itself could be considered this. It's a machine the Builders made to [[spoiler:to give themselves power (i. e. magic), magic),]] but they didn't foresee that the Wheel would keep on turning for the next millenium and that each use of its power would increase speed up its turning until it threatened threatens to destroy the whole world.tear reality apart.
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* MacGuffin: [[CoolKey Loki's Key]].Key]] It opens any lock, and we mean ''any''.
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* OhCrap: Jalan's is fairly understated and drawn out, as he gains a better understanding of just how bad the situation is throughout the ''Prince of Fools,'' save when violence has broken out in his presence. [[spoiler:Jalan and the reader share a large one at the end of the novel. Snorri may use the key that can open any lock to open the door to death to find his wife and children.]]
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* OhCrap: Jalan's is fairly understated and drawn out, as he gains a better understanding of just how bad the situation is throughout the ''Prince of Fools,'' save when violence has broken out in his presence. [[spoiler:Jalan and the reader share a large one at the end of the first novel. Snorri may use the key that can open any lock to open the door to death to find his wife and children.]]
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* ResignedToTheCall: Most heroes would probably jump if asked to travel to the most notorious evil place known to man, ''climb in'' and confront whatever monsters may lie in wait, all in order to save the world. Jalan isn't a hero, thank you very much.
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* {{After the End}}: At first the world appears to be a classic medieval fantasy setting, although with fantasy elements thrown in. As the story goes on it becomes apparent that it's set in the far future. Our civilization reached new heights in the past before it destroyed itself, leaving behind a changed world of little technology, powerful magic and remnants of the [[{{Precursors}}Builders]], such as the Wheel of Osheim [[spoiler:which creates magic in the first place.]]
* AllMythsAreTrue: To an extent. The Builders created many A.I.s [[spoiler:which have since taken on the personalities of figures from humanity's collective memory, such as angels and gods like Loki]], and continue to exist in semi-real forms due to the magic that permeates this world.
* AllMythsAreTrue: To an extent. The Builders created many A.I.s [[spoiler:which have since taken on the personalities of figures from humanity's collective memory, such as angels and gods like Loki]], and continue to exist in semi-real forms due to the magic that permeates this world.
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* {{After the End}}: At first the world appears to be a classic medieval fantasy setting, although with fantasy elements thrown in. As the story goes on it becomes apparent that it's set in the far future. Our civilization reached new heights in the past before it destroyed itself, leaving behind a changed world of little technology, powerful magic and remnants of the [[{{Precursors}}Builders]], [[{{Precursors}} Builders]], such as the Wheel of Osheim [[spoiler:which creates magic in the first place.]]
* AllMythsAreTrue: To an extent. The Builders created many A.I.s [[spoiler:which have since taken on the personalities of figures from humanity's collective memory, such as angels and gods likeLoki]], Loki,]] and continue to exist in semi-real forms due to the magic that permeates this world.
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* DirtyCoward: Jalan, although his attempts at fleeing a dangerous situation often get mistaken for acts of heroism. (i. e.: attempting to run away from an undead abomination gets interpreted as him fetching a sword that was knocked out of a friend's hand, and the only weapon currently available. He just picked up the sword on the way.)
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* DirtyCoward: Jalan, although his attempts at fleeing a dangerous situation often get mistaken for acts of heroism. (i. e.: attempting Attempting to run away from an undead abomination gets interpreted as him fetching a sword that was knocked out of a friend's hand, and the only weapon currently available. He just picked up the sword on the way.)
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* {{After the End}}: At first the world appears to be a classic medieval fantasy setting, although with fantasy elements thrown in. As the story goes on it becomes apparent that it's set in the far future. Our civilization reached new heights in the past before it destroyed itself, leaving behind a changed world of little technology, powerful magic and remnants of the 'builders', [[{{Precursors}}Builders]], such as the Wheel of Osheim [[spoiler:which creates magic in the first place.]]
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* DirtyCoward: Jalan, although his attempts at fleeing a dangerous situation often get mistaken for acts of heroism. (ie: attempting to run away from an undead abomination gets interpreted as him fetching a sword that was knocked out of a friend's hand, and the only weapon currently available. He just picked up the sword on the way.)
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* DirtyCoward: Jalan, although his attempts at fleeing a dangerous situation often get mistaken for acts of heroism. (ie: (i. e.: attempting to run away from an undead abomination gets interpreted as him fetching a sword that was knocked out of a friend's hand, and the only weapon currently available. He just picked up the sword on the way.)
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* EldritchLocation: The Wheel of Osheim, the titular place in the third book, is this to Jalan and friends. It's really a piece of LostTechnology left behind by the builder scientists [[spoiler:that's responsible for magic existing in this world]]. Over the last millenium, the wheel has been turning faster and faster and is now threatening [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt to tear the entire world apart]] - and it's poor Jalan's mission to avert this fate.
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* EldritchLocation: The Wheel of Osheim, the titular place in the third book, is this to Jalan and friends. It's really a piece of LostTechnology left behind by the builder Builder scientists [[spoiler:that's responsible for magic existing in this world]]. Over the last millenium, the wheel has been turning faster and faster and is now threatening [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt to tear the entire world apart]] - and it's poor Jalan's mission to avert this fate.
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* FamedInStory: Snorri's a viking, so he comes from a culture that puts a lot of value on remembering and reciting stories. Snorri's also aware of how this can be manipulated as well. He reveals - and hides - important information about himself in this fashion. Jalan admits that Snorri's a fantastic story teller.
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* FamedInStory: Snorri's a viking, Viking, so he comes from a culture that puts a lot of value on remembering and reciting stories. Snorri's also aware of how this can be manipulated as well. He reveals - and hides - important information about himself in this fashion. Jalan admits that Snorri's a fantastic story teller.
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* OddCouple: Jalan - a cowardly and carefree prince - and Snorri - a vengeful warrior poet and viking. Quite a few characters remark on it.
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''The Red Queen's War'' is a fantasy trilogy by Mark Lawrence, the author of the ''[[Literature/ThePrinceOfThorns Broken Empire Trilogy]]''; the plots of both trilogies take place more or less concurrently. It is made up of ''Prince of Fools'' (June 2014), ''The Liar's Key'' (June 2015) and ''The Wheel of Osheim'' (June 2016).
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''The Red Queen's War'' consists of
* ''Prince of Fools'' (June2014), 2014)
* ''The Liar's Key'' (June2015) and 2015)
* ''The Wheel of Osheim'' (June2016).
2016)
''The Red Queen's War'' consists of
* ''Prince of Fools'' (June
* ''The Liar's Key'' (June
* ''The Wheel of Osheim'' (June
** She also tries to convince Jalan to join in her plan, assuming someone like him would like to become godlike too. [[spoiler:She is wrong.]]
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* AllMythsAreTrue: To an extent. The Builders created many A.I. which have since gone on to take on the personalities of Loki, angels, and other figures.
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* {{After the End}}: At first the world appears to be a classic medieval fantasy setting, although with fantasy elements thrown in. As the story goes on it becomes apparent that it's set in the far future. Our civilization reached new heights in the past before it destroyed itself, leaving behind a changed world of little technology, powerful magic and remnants of the 'builders', such as the Wheel of Osheim [[spoiler:which creates magic in the first place.]]
* AllMythsAreTrue: To an extent. The Builders created many A.I. which s [[spoiler:which have since gone on to take taken on the personalities of Loki, angels, figures from humanity's collective memory, such as angels and other figures.gods like Loki]], and continue to exist in semi-real forms due to the magic that permeates this world.
* AllMythsAreTrue: To an extent. The Builders created many A.I.
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* EldritchLocation: The Wheel of Osheim, the titular place in the third book, is this to Jalan and friends. It's really a piece of LostTechnology left behind by the builder scientists [[spoiler:that's responsible for magic existing in this world]]. Over the last millenium, the wheel has been turning faster and faster and is now threatening to tear the entire world apart - and it's poor Jalan's mission to avert this fate.
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* EldritchLocation: The Wheel of Osheim, the titular place in the third book, is this to Jalan and friends. It's really a piece of LostTechnology left behind by the builder scientists [[spoiler:that's responsible for magic existing in this world]]. Over the last millenium, the wheel has been turning faster and faster and is now threatening [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt to tear the entire world apart apart]] - and it's poor Jalan's mission to avert this fate.
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* FamedInStory: Snorri's a Viking, so he comes from a culture that puts a lot of value on remembering and reciting stories. Snorri's also aware of how this can be manipulated as well. He reveals - and hides - important information about himself in this fashion. Jalan admits that Snorri's a fantastic story teller.
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* EvilCounterpart: It is heavily implied that Jalan is the human counterpart of Loki, and/or has been influenced by Loki for a long time for the god's own ends. He is BornLucky, a CowardlyLion, a ConsummateLiar, and has [[TheTrickster trickster]] qualities. As such, ''The Liar's Key'' may refer to Jalan as well as Loki himself.
* FamedInStory: Snorri's aViking, viking, so he comes from a culture that puts a lot of value on remembering and reciting stories. Snorri's also aware of how this can be manipulated as well. He reveals - and hides - important information about himself in this fashion. Jalan admits that Snorri's a fantastic story teller.
* FamedInStory: Snorri's a
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* ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: Yeah, The Lady Blue is trying to wipe out Jalan's homeland, become a God, remake the world...but Edris Dean [[spoiler: murdered his mother, unborn sister, nearly killed him, tortured and killed his friend and has enslaved his dead sister's soul as an undead abomination. Even after the Lady Blue is dealt with, Jalan and Edris are ready to throw down thanks to Jalan's burning hatred for the man.]]
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* ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: Yeah, The the Lady Blue is trying to wipe out Jalan's homeland, become a God, remake the world...world ... but Edris Dean [[spoiler: murdered his mother, unborn sister, nearly killed him, tortured and killed his friend and has enslaved his dead sister's soul as an undead abomination. Even after the Lady Blue is dealt with, Jalan and Edris are ready to throw down thanks to Jalan's burning hatred for the man.]]
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* MeaningfulName: Snorri is doubtlessly named for Snorri Sturluson, author of the Prosaic Edda, who wrote down versions of the Nordic myths, such as those concerning Loki.
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* MeaningfulName: Snorri is doubtlessly named for Snorri Sturluson, author of the Prosaic Edda, who wrote down versions of the Nordic myths, Norse myths such as those concerning Loki.
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* OddCouple: Jalan - a cowardly and carefree prince - and Snorri - a vengeful warrior poet and viking. Quite a few characters remark on it.
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[[caption-width-right:313: A Prince, a Coward, a Fool, and our Hero.]]
''The Red Queen's War'' is a fantasy trilogy by Mark Lawrence, the author of [[Literature/ThePrinceOfThorns the Broken Empire trilogy]], to which it is a sequel. It is made up of ''Prince of Fools'' (June 2014), ''The Liar's Key'' (June 2015) and ''The Wheel of Osheim'' (June 2016).
''The Red Queen's War'' is a fantasy trilogy by Mark Lawrence, the author of [[Literature/ThePrinceOfThorns the Broken Empire trilogy]], to which it is a sequel. It is made up of ''Prince of Fools'' (June 2014), ''The Liar's Key'' (June 2015) and ''The Wheel of Osheim'' (June 2016).
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[[caption-width-right:313: A Prince, a Coward, a Fool, "Yes, I should grow up, and our Hero.]]
yes, I will, but there's time for that tomorrow. Today is for living."]]
->"I'm a liar and a cheat and a coward, but I will never, ever let a friend down. Unless of course not letting them down requires honesty, fair play, or bravery."
-->-- '''Jalan'''
''The Red Queen's War'' is a fantasy trilogy by Mark Lawrence, the author of[[Literature/ThePrinceOfThorns the ''[[Literature/ThePrinceOfThorns Broken Empire trilogy]], to which it is a sequel.Trilogy]]''; the plots of both trilogies take place more or less concurrently. It is made up of ''Prince of Fools'' (June 2014), ''The Liar's Key'' (June 2015) and ''The Wheel of Osheim'' (June 2016).
->"I'm a liar and a cheat and a coward, but I will never, ever let a friend down. Unless of course not letting them down requires honesty, fair play, or bravery."
-->-- '''Jalan'''
''The Red Queen's War'' is a fantasy trilogy by Mark Lawrence, the author of
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* ArtifactOfDoom: The Liar's Key and the door to the underworld.
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* ArtifactOfDoom: The Liar's Loki's Key and the door to the underworld.underworld.
** The Wheel of Osheim itself could be considered this. It's a machine the Builders made to give themselves power (i. e. magic), but they didn't foresee that the Wheel would keep on turning for the next millenium and that each use of its power would increase its turning until it threatened to destroy the whole world.
* BeneathTheMask: Jalan reveals - at least to the reader - that he is very aware of his shortcomings and that he indulges in self-deceit on a regular basis because it's the only way he knows how to survive.
** The Wheel of Osheim itself could be considered this. It's a machine the Builders made to give themselves power (i. e. magic), but they didn't foresee that the Wheel would keep on turning for the next millenium and that each use of its power would increase its turning until it threatened to destroy the whole world.
* BeneathTheMask: Jalan reveals - at least to the reader - that he is very aware of his shortcomings and that he indulges in self-deceit on a regular basis because it's the only way he knows how to survive.
* EldritchLocation: The Wheel of Osheim, the titular place in the third book, is this to Jalan and friends. It's really a piece of LostTechnology left behind by the builder scientists [[spoiler:that's responsible for magic existing in this world]]. Over the last millenium, the wheel has been turning faster and faster and is now threatening to tear the entire world apart - and it's poor Jalan's mission to avert this fate.
* MacGuffin: [[CoolKey Loki's Key]].
** ClingyMacGuffin
* MeaningfulName: Snorri is doubtlessly named for Snorri Sturluson, author of the Prosaic Edda, who wrote down versions of the Nordic myths, such as those concerning Loki.
** ClingyMacGuffin
* MeaningfulName: Snorri is doubtlessly named for Snorri Sturluson, author of the Prosaic Edda, who wrote down versions of the Nordic myths, such as those concerning Loki.
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* TheUndead: The main antagonist (so far) seems to be the Dead King, who's working on an undead army. Two kinds of undead appear in the books as well.
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* TheUndead: The main antagonist (so far) seems to be is the Dead King, who's working on an undead army. Two kinds of undead appear in the books as well.
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* YourCheatingHeart: The Queen of Ancrath makes plans to sleep with Jalan so he'll attack or kill Prince Jorg. [[spoiler: Her attempts to touch his groin to start the process doesn't work because of her sister's earlier GroinAttack.]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: The Queen of Ancrath makes plans to sleep with Jalan so he'll attack or kill Prince Jorg. [[spoiler: Her attempts to touch his groin to start the process doesn't don't work because of her sister's earlier GroinAttack.]]
* YourMindMakesItReal: This is what happens when you get nearer to the Wheel of Osheim - your fears start manifesting in reality.
* YourMindMakesItReal: This is what happens when you get nearer to the Wheel of Osheim - your fears start manifesting in reality.
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''The Red Queen's War'' is a fantasy trilogy by Mark Lawrence, the author of [[Literature/ThePrinceOfThorns the Broken Empire trilogy]], to which it is a sequel. It is made up of''Prince of Fools'' (June 2014), ''The Liar's Key'' (June 2015) and ''The Wheel of Osheim'' (June 2016).
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''The Red Queen's War'' is a fantasy trilogy by Mark Lawrence, the author of [[Literature/ThePrinceOfThorns the Broken Empire trilogy]], to which it is a sequel. It is made up of''Prince of ''Prince of Fools'' (June 2014), ''The Liar's Key'' (June 2015) and ''The Wheel of Osheim'' (June 2016).
