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* AnAxeToGrind: Falcon’s weapon of choice is a Mythorl axe.
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The Reign of Evil is a 2015 novel penned in the vein of Creator/JRRTolkien by upcoming writer Peter Curson.
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* OurGargoylesRock: They're winged demons that don't appear to be made of stone.
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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: A major reason behind [[spoiler:King Dosleum's]] downfall. He thinks that he'll be able to bring Hawk to his side despite having [[spoiler:brutally tortured and murdered his foster parents in front of him.]]
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* StupidEvil: King Dosleum is hopelessly incompetent for an EvilOverlord. He hopes to bring Hawk over to his side, but by killing [[spoiler:his foster parents]], he ensured that he would fail to corrupt him. In fact, he gave him that much more reason to work against him, and [[GenreBlindness simply trusts him to bend to his every whim]]. [[spoiler:And towards the end, he gives him the most powerful sword in Nidavia barring his own. [[TooDumbToLive Which Hawk uses to impale him in the final confrontation]].]]
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* StupidEvil: King Dosleum is hopelessly incompetent for an EvilOverlord. He hopes to bring Hawk over to his side, but by killing [[spoiler:his foster parents]], he ensured that he would fail to corrupt him. In fact, he gave him that much more reason to work against him, and [[GenreBlindness simply trusts him to bend to his every whim]]. [[spoiler:And towards [[spoiler: Towards the end, he gives him the most powerful sword in Nidavia barring his own. [[TooDumbToLive Which Hawk uses to impale him in the final confrontation]]. Furthermore, he turns against his own people, sending his legion of monsters to kill them all to remove all traces of humanity from Nidavia. He didn't seem to consider that they would retaliate.]]
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* PhysicalGod: [[spoiler:Dosleum is actually the physical incarnation of the God of Chaos.]]
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* StupidEvil: King Dosleum is hopelessly incompetent for an EvilOverlord. He hopes to bring Hawk over to his side, but by killing [[spoiler:his foster parents]], he ensured that he would fail to corrupt him. In fact, he gave him that much more reason to work against him, and [[GenreBlindness simply trusts him to bend to his every whim]]. [[spoiler:And towards the end, he gives him the most powerful sword in Nidavia barring his own. [[TooDumbToLive Which Hawk uses to impale him in the final confrontation]].]]
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* StupidEvil: King Dosleum is hopelessly incompetent for an EvilOverlord. He hopes to bring Hawk over to his side, but by killing [[spoiler:his foster parents]], he ensured that he would fail to corrupt him. In fact, he gave him that much more reason to work against him, and [[GenreBlindness simply trusts him to bend to his every whim]]. [[spoiler:And towards the end, he gives him the most powerful sword in Nidavia barring his own. [[TooDumbToLive Which Hawk uses to impale him in the final confrontation]].]]
* VampiricDraining: What Dosleum does to his [[spoiler:Dusk Riders when he realizes he's cornered.]]
* VampiricDraining: What Dosleum does to his [[spoiler:Dusk Riders when he realizes he's cornered.]]
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* BadBoss: King Dosleum at first appears to be an subversion, only scolding the Dusk Riders for failing to bring back both heirs, and even allowing Hawk to do whatever he wants (although the former case is more PragmaticVillainy, as he still needed them, while the latter is part of his attempts to groom Hawk into being his willing servant), [[spoiler:until he orders his legion of monsters to annihilate his human soldiers, and [[VampiricDraining siphons the life force]] from the resurrected Dusk Riders to fuel a spell.]]
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* BadBoss: King Dosleum at first appears to be an a subversion, only scolding the Dusk Riders for failing to bring back both heirs, and even allowing Hawk to do whatever he wants (although the former case is more PragmaticVillainy, as he still needed them, while the latter is part of his attempts to groom Hawk into being his willing servant), [[spoiler:until he orders his legion of monsters to annihilate his human soldiers, and [[VampiricDraining siphons the life force]] from the resurrected Dusk Riders to fuel a spell.]]
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* AntiArmor: Mythrol is the most effective metal to pierce the Dusk Riders' armor. Although Princess Nylia's warhammer, ''Kamaxia,'' is equally powerful, being sculpted from alien ore.
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* AntiArmor: Mythrol is the most effective metal to pierce the Dusk Riders' armor. Although Princess Nylia's warhammer, ''Kamaxia,'' is equally nearly as powerful, being sculpted from alien ore.
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* AngelUnaware: [[spoiler:Just like in The Lord Of The Rings, wizards are actually angels in service to the Goddess of Light.]]
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* AngelUnaware: [[spoiler:Just like in The ''The Lord Of The Rings, Rings,'' wizards are actually angels in service to the Goddess of Light.]]
* BadBoss: King Dosleum at first appears to be an subversion, only scolding the Dusk Riders for failing to bring back both heirs, and even allowing Hawk to do whatever he wants (although the former case is more PragmaticVillainy, as he still needed them, while the latter is part of his attempts to groom Hawk into being his willing servant), [[spoiler:until he orders his legion of monsters to annihilate his human soldiers, and [[VampiricDraining siphons the life force]] from the resurrected Dusk Riders to fuel a spell.]]
* BadBoss: King Dosleum at first appears to be an subversion, only scolding the Dusk Riders for failing to bring back both heirs, and even allowing Hawk to do whatever he wants (although the former case is more PragmaticVillainy, as he still needed them, while the latter is part of his attempts to groom Hawk into being his willing servant), [[spoiler:until he orders his legion of monsters to annihilate his human soldiers, and [[VampiricDraining siphons the life force]] from the resurrected Dusk Riders to fuel a spell.]]
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* HateSink: Royfix, king of Loknol. He's a greedy, elitist {{jerkass}} who cares for nothing but his own wealth and power, and for whatever reason, fears Angithril will try to usurp him. He even [[spoiler:[[AbusiveParents imprisons his own daughter]] for falling in love with Avnol.]]
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* HateSink: Royfix, king of Loknol. He's a greedy, elitist {{jerkass}} who cares for nothing but his own wealth and power, and for whatever reason, fears Angithril will try to usurp him. He even sinks to [[spoiler:[[AbusiveParents imprisons imprisoning his own daughter]] for falling in love with Avnol.]]
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* KillAllHumans: [[spoiler:Revealed to be King Dosleum's goal at the end. He intends to rule Nidavia as a kingdom of monsters, and orders his own soldier slain at the climax.]]
* RetiredBadass: Harth was once a skilled Penthlin soldier, and now works as a farmer with his wife, Madeline, all while protecting the heirs to the throne.
* RetiredBadass: Harth was once a skilled Penthlin soldier, and now works as a farmer with his wife, Madeline, all while protecting the heirs to the throne.
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* AntiArmor: Mythrol is the most effective metal to pierce the Dusk Riders' armor. Although Princess Nylia's warhammer, ''Kamaxia,'' is equally powerful, being sculpted from alien ore.
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* AngelUnaware: [[spoiler:Just like in The Lord Of The Rings, wizards are actually angels of the Goddess of Light.]]
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* AngelUnaware: [[spoiler:Just like in The Lord Of The Rings, wizards are actually angels of in service to the Goddess of Light.]]
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* FountainOfExpies: Being heavily inspired by Tolkien, this is inevitable. Argonal is obviously Gandalf; King Dosleum is Sauron ...
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* HeelFaceTurn: Avnol and Matt, the rogue Dosleum soldiers, join Hawk and Falcon at the beginning to atone for taking away their foster parents. [[spoiler:Later on, the entire Dosleum army has one when the King orders the monster to start picking them off.]]
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* HateSink: Royfix, king of Loknol. He's a greedy, elitist {{jerkass}} who cares for nothing but his own wealth and power, and for whatever reason, fears Angithril will try to usurp him. He even [[spoiler:[[AbusiveParents imprisons his own daughter]] for falling in love with Avnol.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: Avnol and Matt, the rogue Dosleum soldiers, join Hawk and Falcon at the beginning to atone for taking away their foster parents. [[spoiler:Later on, the entire Dosleum army has one when the King orders themonster monsters to start picking them off.]]
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* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Hawk proves to be absolutely incapable of falling prey to King Dosleum's attempts at grooming him.
* StarCrossedLovers: [[spoiler:Avnol, a rebel Loknol soldier, and Nylia, the princess of Loknol, become this.]]
* StarCrossedLovers: [[spoiler:Avnol, a rebel Loknol soldier, and Nylia, the princess of Loknol, become this.]]
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The Reign of Evil is a 2015 novel penned in the vein of Creator/JRRTolkien by upcoming writer Peter Curson.
Harth and Madeline live peacefully on their farm in the world of Nidavia, in the countryside of Penthlin, away from the violence growing in the Western Mountains. Until one day, a group of knights appear at their doorstep to give them an infant, the rightful heir to the throne of Penthlin. Shortly after, they are taken away by a battalion of soldiers from the warmongering nation of Dosleum. Their two sons, Hawk and Falcon, discover them missing, and are taken to the mountains by the leader of the knights, where the truth behind their pasts begins to unravel.
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!!Tropes found in The Reign of Evil include:
* AnAxeToGrind: Falcon’s weapon of choice is a Mythorl axe.
* AngelUnaware: [[spoiler:Just like in The Lord Of The Rings, wizards are actually angels of the Goddess of Light.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The King of Evil is slain, and peace has been made between Dosleum and the other nations, and Hawk, Falcon, and Eagle are now safe and have secured their rightful place as heirs to the throne. But Argonal and Angithril have to return to the Goddess, and many people have died in the war with Dosleum.]]
* FountainOfExpies: Being heavily inspired by Tolkien, this is inevitable. Argonal is obviously Gandalf; King Dosleum is Sauron ...
* GodOfEvil: The God of Chaos, [[spoiler:who is actually King Dosleum.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: Avnol and Matt, the rogue Dosleum soldiers, join Hawk and Falcon at the beginning to atone for taking away their foster parents. [[spoiler:Later on, the entire Dosleum army has one when the King orders the monster to start picking them off.]]
* HumanoidAbomination: The Dusk Riders are covered in armor, [[spoiler:but beneath the armor, there’s nothing but a dark mist.]]
* StupidEvil: King Dosleum is hopelessly incompetent for an EvilOverlord. He hopes to bring Hawk over to his side, but by killing [[spoiler:his foster parents]], he ensured that he would fail to corrupt him. In fact, he gave him that much more reason to work against him, and [[GenreBlindness simply trusts him to bend to his every whim]]. [[spoiler:And towards the end, he gives him the most powerful sword in Nidavia barring his own. [[TooDumbToLive Which Hawk uses to impale him in the final confrontation]].]]
The Reign of Evil is a 2015 novel penned in the vein of Creator/JRRTolkien by upcoming writer Peter Curson.
Harth and Madeline live peacefully on their farm in the world of Nidavia, in the countryside of Penthlin, away from the violence growing in the Western Mountains. Until one day, a group of knights appear at their doorstep to give them an infant, the rightful heir to the throne of Penthlin. Shortly after, they are taken away by a battalion of soldiers from the warmongering nation of Dosleum. Their two sons, Hawk and Falcon, discover them missing, and are taken to the mountains by the leader of the knights, where the truth behind their pasts begins to unravel.
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!!Tropes found in The Reign of Evil include:
* AnAxeToGrind: Falcon’s weapon of choice is a Mythorl axe.
* AngelUnaware: [[spoiler:Just like in The Lord Of The Rings, wizards are actually angels of the Goddess of Light.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The King of Evil is slain, and peace has been made between Dosleum and the other nations, and Hawk, Falcon, and Eagle are now safe and have secured their rightful place as heirs to the throne. But Argonal and Angithril have to return to the Goddess, and many people have died in the war with Dosleum.]]
* FountainOfExpies: Being heavily inspired by Tolkien, this is inevitable. Argonal is obviously Gandalf; King Dosleum is Sauron ...
* GodOfEvil: The God of Chaos, [[spoiler:who is actually King Dosleum.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: Avnol and Matt, the rogue Dosleum soldiers, join Hawk and Falcon at the beginning to atone for taking away their foster parents. [[spoiler:Later on, the entire Dosleum army has one when the King orders the monster to start picking them off.]]
* HumanoidAbomination: The Dusk Riders are covered in armor, [[spoiler:but beneath the armor, there’s nothing but a dark mist.]]
* StupidEvil: King Dosleum is hopelessly incompetent for an EvilOverlord. He hopes to bring Hawk over to his side, but by killing [[spoiler:his foster parents]], he ensured that he would fail to corrupt him. In fact, he gave him that much more reason to work against him, and [[GenreBlindness simply trusts him to bend to his every whim]]. [[spoiler:And towards the end, he gives him the most powerful sword in Nidavia barring his own. [[TooDumbToLive Which Hawk uses to impale him in the final confrontation]].]]
