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** Later also many people from Roswald and Grünwald – during the plague epidemic.
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* VictimizedBystander: The villagers who had the misfortune to live near Gottwald's Castle Tudl. Lots of them were killed by a dragon only because Gottwald tried to force Odette to marry him. The author focuses especially on a young village woman Mathilda and her infant son Erwin, who had a near escape from the beast.
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* RebelliousPrincess: A queen, actually. Anne marries her physician against the wishes of her cousins and the rest of the court. Later on we have a male version, namely Siegfried:
->'''Siegfried''': And I shall marry your daughter and live happily for forty years or so as heir apparent. It is much more fun than to rule, as I've already discovered!
->'''Siegfried''': And I shall marry your daughter and live happily for forty years or so as heir apparent. It is much more fun than to rule, as I've already discovered!
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* RebelPrince: Siegfried would rather lead a merry life of a prince than have a crown on his head! Also [[spoiler:Rothbart]] had had enough of kingship with Anne, so no more kingdoms for him.
* RebelliousPrincess: A queen, actually. Anne marries her physician against the wishes of her cousins and the rest of the court. Later on we have a male version, namely Siegfried:\n->'''Siegfried''': And I shall marry your daughter and live happily for forty years or so as heir apparent. It is much more fun than to rule, as I've already discovered!:
* RebelliousPrincess: A queen, actually. Anne marries her physician against the wishes of her cousins and the rest of the court.
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* GoodShepherd: Played straight with kindly and wise Abbot Orsino. He's even hinted to be a wonder-worker, when his prayers save the heroes and himself from a dragon.
** Averted with Brother Aloisio of the Inquisition, who's hard-hearted, merciless and suspected to be in league with Gottwald.
** Averted with Brother Aloisio of the Inquisition, who's hard-hearted, merciless and suspected to be in league with Gottwald.
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Every night Odette tries to convince Rothbart to break the spell. The result of it being him gradually falling in love with her and her own fascination of his wit, knowledge and mysterious past.
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Every night Odette tries to convince Rothbart to break the spell. The result of it being him gradually falling in love with her and her own fascination of his wit, knowledge and mysterious past.{{Mysterious Past}}.
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* MissingMom: Plenty of examples. Odile's mother dies when the girl is still in her cradle. Odette's mother dies when Odette is a toddler. Rothbart's mother dies when he's five.
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* TheJester: Siegfried's court joker Berk, "with smart and, as it is with most jesters, always sad eyes". He's famous for his witty aphorisms and is the first to see that Siegfried and Odette just don't match together.
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* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: Odette and Odile. Not perfectly identical, but extraordinarily similar. They turn out to be [[spoiler:second cousins, though]].
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* HeroicWannabe: '''Siegfried''': One could believe they have dragons here! Oh, if I could only see one and fight it…
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* SheepInSheepsClothing: Odile is gentle and nice! She loves her father! She quickly makes friends with Odette! Therefore, everyone suspects her of being a cunning witch. While in fact… she's gentle, nice, she loves her father and makes friends with Odette.
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* SheepInSheepsClothing: Odile is gentle and nice! She loves her father! She quickly makes friends with Odette! Therefore, everyone suspects her of being a cunning witch. While in fact… she's gentle, nice, she loves her father and makes friends with Odette.Odette.
* VillainHasAPoint: Today some Greenpeace-like organization would sue you for pointlessly hunting dozens of swans. Back then, it seemed quite legal to turn you into a swan for it…
* VillainHasAPoint: Today some Greenpeace-like organization would sue you for pointlessly hunting dozens of swans. Back then, it seemed quite legal to turn you into a swan for it…
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->'''Siegfried''': And I shall marry your daughter and live happily for forty years or so as heir apparent. It is much more fun than to rule, as I've already discovered!
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->'''Siegfried''': And I shall marry your daughter and live happily for forty years or so as heir apparent. It is much more fun than to rule, as I've already discovered!discovered!
* SheepInSheepsClothing: Odile is gentle and nice! She loves her father! She quickly makes friends with Odette! Therefore, everyone suspects her of being a cunning witch. While in fact… she's gentle, nice, she loves her father and makes friends with Odette.
* SheepInSheepsClothing: Odile is gentle and nice! She loves her father! She quickly makes friends with Odette! Therefore, everyone suspects her of being a cunning witch. While in fact… she's gentle, nice, she loves her father and makes friends with Odette.
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* GreenEyedMonster: It must have been very monstrous for Rothbart, since he sent his precious daughter to seduce his potential rival.
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* DaddysGirl: Odile, obviously. She rejects an opportunity to marry her beloved, because to marry him she must renounce her father. That is something, isn't it?
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* CreepyUncle: Well, Rothbart turns out to be [[spoiler:the widowed husband of Odette's and Siegfried's aunt. Which doesn't stop him from marrying Odette.]]
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* CreepyUncle: Well, Rothbart turns out to be [[spoiler:the widowed husband ClassicVillain: Gottwald. It's shown in the first chapters already. Odette secretly hates him, Siegfried secretly hates him, Odile is afraid of Odette's and Siegfried's aunt. Which doesn't stop him from marrying Odette.]]– because he's just that, a very villainous villain.
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* EvilUncle: Gottwald, who conspires to poison Siegfried, is the brother of Siegfried's mother.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: [[spoiler:Rothbart, who feels himself unworthy of Odette and hates the very thought of a king's crown, eventually gets both, while Count Gottwald Liemerich wants dark magical powers, Odette and the crown, and, being a villain, gets a battle-axe in his head.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: [[spoiler:Rothbart, who feels himself unworthy of Odette and hates the very thought of a king's crown, eventually gets both, while Count Gottwald Liemerich wants dark magical powers, Odette and the crown, and, being a villain, gets a battle-axe in his head. ]]
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* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: That's exactly what Count Gottwald Liemerich says to Odette. He's [[VillainousCrush surely fond of her]] and most certainly fond of her throne.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: [[spoiler:Rothbart, who feels himself unworthy of Odette and hates the very thought of a king's crown, eventually gets both, while Count Gottwald Liemerich wants dark magical powers, Odette and the crown, and, being a villain, gets a battle-axe in his head.
* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: That's exactly what Count GottwaldLiemerich says to Odette. He's [[VillainousCrush surely fond of her]] and most certainly fond of her throne.
* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: That's exactly what Count Gottwald
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:: '''Siegfried'''. And I shall marry your daughter and live happily for forty years or so as heir apparent. It is much more fun than to rule, as I've already discovered!
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'''Siegfried''': And I shall marry your daughter and live happily for forty years or so as heir apparent. It is much more fun than to rule, as I've already discovered!
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* PrinceCharmless: Siegfried, in the beginning at least. Likes a good drink, a pretty girl, thinks nothing of his future reign… "He was a joyous, careless fellow, who enjoyed himself twenty-four hours a day – because a day hasn't got more hours in it".
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* PrinceCharmless: Siegfried, in the beginning at least. Likes a good drink, a pretty girl, thinks nothing of his future reign… "He was a joyous, careless fellow, who enjoyed himself twenty-four hours a day – because a day hasn't got more hours in it".it".
* RebelliousPrincess: A queen, actually. Anne marries her physician against the wishes of her cousins and the rest of the court. Later on we have a male version, namely Siegfried:
'''Siegfried''': And I shall marry your daughter and live happily for forty years or so as heir apparent. It is much more fun than to rule, as I've already discovered!
* RebelliousPrincess: A queen, actually. Anne marries her physician against the wishes of her cousins and the rest of the court. Later on we have a male version, namely Siegfried:
'''Siegfried''': And I shall marry your daughter and live happily for forty years or so as heir apparent. It is much more fun than to rule, as I've already discovered!
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* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: That's exactly what Count Gottwald Liemerich says to Odette. He's [[VillainousCrush surely fond of her]] and most certainly fond of her throne.
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* PrinceCharmless: Siegfried, in the beginning at least. Likes a good drink, a pretty girl, thinks nothing of his future reign… "He was a joyous, careless fellow, who enjoyed himself twenty-four hours a day – because a day hasn't got more hours…"
* UnequalMarriage: Subverted. Seemed like it with Queen Anne and her husband, a common physician, [[spoiler:but the latter actually was the Prince of Naples]].
* UnequalMarriage: Subverted. Seemed like it with Queen Anne and her husband, a common physician, [[spoiler:but the latter actually was the Prince of Naples]].
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* MarryForLove: All the protagonists accept nothing else! Which doesn't look nice for Gottwald Liemerich, who hopes to unite Roswald and Grünwald through marrying Odette.
* PrinceCharmless: Siegfried, in the beginning at least. Likes a good drink, a pretty girl, thinks nothing of his future reign… "He was a joyous, careless fellow, who enjoyed himself twenty-four hours a day – because a day hasn't got morehours…"
* UnequalMarriage: Subverted. Seemed like it with Queen Anne and her husband, a common physician, [[spoiler:but the latter actually was the Prince of Naples]].hours in it".
* PrinceCharmless: Siegfried, in the beginning at least. Likes a good drink, a pretty girl, thinks nothing of his future reign… "He was a joyous, careless fellow, who enjoyed himself twenty-four hours a day – because a day hasn't got more
* UnequalMarriage: Subverted. Seemed like it with Queen Anne and her husband, a common physician, [[spoiler:but the latter actually was the Prince of Naples]].
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* ActionGirl: Both Odile and (to a lesser extent) Odette. Odile can even successfully pose as a man.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Rothbart, the evil wizard in the ballet, turns out to be just a broken, disillusioned and extremely unhappy man. Not to mention his daughter Odile, who is shown to be almost angelical.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Rothbart, the evil wizard in the ballet, turns out to be just a broken, disillusioned and extremely unhappy man. Not to mention his daughter Odile, who is shown to be almost angelical.
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* ActionGirl: Both Odile and (to a lesser extent) Odette. Odile can even successfully pose as Battling a man.
group of fierce soldiers? Turning yourself into a swan and fighting an angry raven and a dragon? No problem.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Rothbart, the evil wizard in the ballet, turns out to be just a broken, disillusioned and extremely unhappy man. Not to mention his daughter Odile, who is shown to be almostangelical.angelical in character.
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* DamselInDistress: Queen Anne of Schwanswald (almost incurably sick). Also later Mathilda (really needs a hand in getting rescued from a dragon).
* PrinceCharmless: Siegfried, in the beginning at least.
* PrinceCharmless: Siegfried, in the beginning at least.
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* DamselInDistress: Queen Anne of Schwanswald (almost incurably sick). Schwanswald, a beautiful young soft-hearted lady, falls horribly sick about sixteen years prior to the novel's events. That actually triggers the whole plot, as [[spoiler:Rothbart alone is able to cure her and it leads to their passionate affair and marriage]]. Also later Mathilda (really Mathilda, just as young and fragile, really needs a hand in getting rescued from a dragon).dragon.
* PrinceCharmless: Siegfried, in the beginning at least. Likes a good drink, a pretty girl, thinks nothing of his future reign… "He was a joyous, careless fellow, who enjoyed himself twenty-four hours a day – because a day hasn't got more hours…"
* UnequalMarriage: Subverted. Seemed like it with Queen Anne and her husband, a common physician, [[spoiler:but the latter actually was the Prince of Naples]].
* PrinceCharmless: Siegfried, in the beginning at least. Likes a good drink, a pretty girl, thinks nothing of his future reign… "He was a joyous, careless fellow, who enjoyed himself twenty-four hours a day – because a day hasn't got more hours…"
* UnequalMarriage: Subverted. Seemed like it with Queen Anne and her husband, a common physician, [[spoiler:but the latter actually was the Prince of Naples]].
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* DamselInDistress: Queen Anne of Schwanswald.
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* DamselInDistress: Queen Anne of Schwanswald.Schwanswald (almost incurably sick). Also later Mathilda (really needs a hand in getting rescued from a dragon).
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* ActionGirl: Both Odile and (to a lesser extent) Odette. Odile can even successfully pose as a man. Middle Ages, yeah right.
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* ActionGirl: Both Odile and (to a lesser extent) Odette. Odile can even successfully pose as a man. Middle Ages, yeah right.
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* CreepyUncle: Well, Rothbart turns out to be [[spoiler:the widowed husband of Odette's and Siegfried's aunt. Which doesn't stop him from marrying Odette.]]
* DamselInDistress: Queen Anne of Schwanswald.
* PrinceCharmless:SiegfriedSiegfried, in the beginning at least.
* DamselInDistress: Queen Anne of Schwanswald.
* PrinceCharmless:
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Not long afterwards, everyone of them is caught in a web of political intrigues. These start with the death of Siegfried's mother which leaves Grünwald's throne vacant.
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Not long afterwards, everyone of them is caught in a web of political intrigues. These start with the death of Siegfried's mother which leaves Grünwald's throne vacant.vacant.
!! '''The Sorcerer's Daughter''' contains examples of:
* ActionGirl: Both Odile and (to a lesser extent) Odette. Odile can even successfully pose as a man. Middle Ages, yeah right.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Rothbart, the evil wizard in the ballet, turns out to be just a broken, disillusioned and extremely unhappy man. Not to mention his daughter Odile, who is shown to be almost angelical.
* PrinceCharmless: Siegfried
!! '''The Sorcerer's Daughter''' contains examples of:
* ActionGirl: Both Odile and (to a lesser extent) Odette. Odile can even successfully pose as a man. Middle Ages, yeah right.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Rothbart, the evil wizard in the ballet, turns out to be just a broken, disillusioned and extremely unhappy man. Not to mention his daughter Odile, who is shown to be almost angelical.
* PrinceCharmless: Siegfried
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Not long afterwards, everyone of them is caught in a web of political intrigues. These start with the death of Siegfried's mother which leaves Grünwald's throne vacant.
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Not long afterwards, everyone of them is caught in a web of political intrigues. These start with the death of Siegfried's mother which leaves Grünwald's throne vacant.
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Anyway, the princess is still happy when her rather boyish and careless cousin Siegfried arrives to rescue her ''and'' restore her to the throne. Unexpectedly for everyone, she pardons the severely wounded Rothbart and his quiet devoted daughter Odile, whom she employs as a lady-in-waiting.
Not long afterwards, everyone of them is caught in a web of political intrigues.
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Anyway, the princess is still happy when her rather boyish and careless cousin Siegfried of Grünwald arrives to rescue her ''and'' restore her to the throne. Unexpectedly for everyone, she pardons the severely wounded Rothbart and his quiet devoted daughter Odile, whom she employs as a lady-in-waiting.
Not long afterwards, everyone of them is caught in a web of political intrigues. These start with the death of Siegfried's mother which leaves Grünwald's throne vacant.
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Anyway, the princess is still happy when her rather boyish and careless cousin Siegfried arrives to rescue her ''and'' restore her to the throne.
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The stern and strong-willed (and beautiful) Princess Odette Angeline begins her pretty successful reign in the land of Roswald after her parents' death. But one day she rather foolishly orders to kill most of the swans of the magical Swan Lake just for the fun of having dresses adorned with swan feathers. The lake's (self-appointed) guardian Rothbart the wizard, enraged, turns Odette and her thirty ladies-in-waiting into swans.
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The stern and strong-willed (and beautiful) Princess Odette Angeline begins her pretty successful reign in the land of Roswald after her parents' death. But one day she rather foolishly orders to kill most of the swans of the magical Swan Lake just for the fun of having dresses adorned with swan feathers. The lake's (self-appointed) guardian Rothbart the wizard, enraged, turns Odette and her thirty ladies-in-waiting into swans. They become humans during nighttime, though.
Every night Odette tries to convince Rothbart to break the spell. The result of it being him gradually falling in love with her and her own fascination of his wit, knowledge and mysterious past.
Every night Odette tries to convince Rothbart to break the spell. The result of it being him gradually falling in love with her and her own fascination of his wit, knowledge and mysterious past.
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'''The Sorcerer's Daughter''' is a Russian fantasy novel by Irina Izmailova, published in 2003. It is a retelling of {{Swan Lake}}.
The stern and strong-willed (and beautiful) Princess Odette Angeline begins her pretty successful reign in the land of Roswald after her parents' death. But one day she rather foolishly orders to kill most of the swans of the magical Swan Lake just for the fun of having dresses adorned with swan feathers. The lake's (self-appointed) guardian Rothbart the wizard, enraged, turns Odette and her thirty ladies-in-waiting into swans.
The stern and strong-willed (and beautiful) Princess Odette Angeline begins her pretty successful reign in the land of Roswald after her parents' death. But one day she rather foolishly orders to kill most of the swans of the magical Swan Lake just for the fun of having dresses adorned with swan feathers. The lake's (self-appointed) guardian Rothbart the wizard, enraged, turns Odette and her thirty ladies-in-waiting into swans.
