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* AsYouKnow: In the epilogue, Odette reminds Rothbart that Siegfried and Odile [[spoiler:got married on the same day as them]].
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* FairytaleWeddingDress: For each of the heroines [[spoiler:in the epilogue’s double wedding]]. Odette’s is [[PurpleIsPowerful purple]], Odile’s is [[VirginInAWhiteDress white]], and both are trimmed with [[GoldMakesEverythingShiny gold]].
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* PrincessesRule: Justified – Roswald and Grünwald are principalities, so in the beginning of the book they are ruled by Princesses Regnant Odette and Gertrude. [[spoiler:The trope is only played straight until the epilogue, when Odette becomes Queen of Naples and Roswald and Grünwald are united again into a kingdom anyway, making Odile Queen as well]].
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* VillainHasAPoint: Turning humans into swans certainly isn't nice, but neither is pointlessly killing dozens of swans.
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* VillainHasAPoint: VillainHasAPoint:
** Turning humans into swans certainly isn't nice, but neither is pointlessly killing dozens ofswans.swans.
** Gottwald tries to invoke it when he keeps saying that, right, Odette might detest him, but he is the best match available, their marriage would unite Roswald and Grünwald again, and if she wants what's best for her country, she shouldn't put her own feelings before her duty. [[spoiler:However, since he poisons Siegfried to inherit Grünwald's throne and unleashes a dragon on the neighboring villages to blackmail Odette, his arguments fall a bit flat]].
** Turning humans into swans certainly isn't nice, but neither is pointlessly killing dozens of
** Gottwald tries to invoke it when he keeps saying that, right, Odette might detest him, but he is the best match available, their marriage would unite Roswald and Grünwald again, and if she wants what's best for her country, she shouldn't put her own feelings before her duty. [[spoiler:However, since he poisons Siegfried to inherit Grünwald's throne and unleashes a dragon on the neighboring villages to blackmail Odette, his arguments fall a bit flat]].
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** When a spell is lifted, you’re on your way to a happy ending all right. Nevertheless, you can’t avoid being traumatized by what you’ve been through. Odette is lucky in that she, at least, is only cursed to change her physical form, and even that only during daylight, and she is very strong and resilient. [[spoiler:Gottwald’s servants, after being completely brainwashed into compliance, have huge problems readjusting to normal life, and many of them are amnesiac]].
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''The Sorcerer's Daughter'' is a Russian fantasy novel by Irina Izmailova, published in 2003. It is a retelling of ''Theatre/SwanLake''.
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''The Sorcerer's Daughter'' (Russian: Дочь чародея) is a Russian fantasy novel by Irina Izmailova, published in 2003. It is a retelling of ''Theatre/SwanLake''.
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* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler:A dragon]] must be grown for two hundred years inside [[spoiler:an ordinary viper’s egg]].
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* [[spoiler:Brother Aloisio]] gets turned into a bat, and two nights later an owl kills him.
* [[spoiler:Gottwald turns into a rat]] and attempts to escape from [[spoiler:Rothbart]]. He succeeds in that, but [[spoiler:a random soldier sees the transformation, panics and cuts Gottwald’s head with a battle-axe without even aiming properly]].
* [[spoiler:Gottwald turns into a rat]] and attempts to escape from [[spoiler:Rothbart]]. He succeeds in that, but [[spoiler:a random soldier sees the transformation, panics and cuts Gottwald’s head with a battle-axe without even aiming properly]].
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* GoodHurtsEvil: Mostly used in the sense of "Good Blocks Evil".
** Abbot Orsino is immune to any spells Rothbart tries to send at him and later [[spoiler:survives the dragon’s attack despite being right under the beast’s noses]].
** After Rothbart repents, [[spoiler:the curse left on him by his wizard mentor is lifted]].
** Abbot Orsino is immune to any spells Rothbart tries to send at him and later [[spoiler:survives the dragon’s attack despite being right under the beast’s noses]].
** After Rothbart repents, [[spoiler:the curse left on him by his wizard mentor is lifted]].
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* JustAKid: Prince Karl, Siegfried’s father, doesn’t take the then sixteen-year-old Odette seriously, probably thinking she will be like his cousin Anne. He goes to war with Roswald and suffers a crushing defeat.
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* HiddenInPlainSight: Rothbart fears for Odile, [[spoiler:since if her real identity is discovered (he thinks), she will become a pawn at best and be killed off at worst]]. So he asks Odette ([[spoiler:whom he initially believes capable of killing her potential rival for the throne]]) to admit her to court, where Odile quickly becomes everyone’s favorite.
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* SuccessionCrisis:
** After Queen Anne’s death, each of her cousins sees himself as the rightful heir. To avoid a civil war, they split the kingdom in two.
** The entire royal family dies [[spoiler:of plague in Naples]], and there is a serious danger of a huge war for the crown with rulers from both Europe and Asia. However, it is revealed that [[spoiler:the youngest prince, long vanished from the court, is alive]], so the crisis is resolved before things get out of hand.
** After Queen Anne’s death, each of her cousins sees himself as the rightful heir. To avoid a civil war, they split the kingdom in two.
** The entire royal family dies [[spoiler:of plague in Naples]], and there is a serious danger of a huge war for the crown with rulers from both Europe and Asia. However, it is revealed that [[spoiler:the youngest prince, long vanished from the court, is alive]], so the crisis is resolved before things get out of hand.
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* VillainHasAPoint: Turning humans into swans certainly isn't nice, but neither is pointlessly killing dozens of swans.swans.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Siegfried and Odette think they are in a standard fairytale and on their way to HappilyEverAfter marriage. However, as the glamour of the heroic rescue wears off, they realize their mistake pretty quickly.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Siegfried and Odette think they are in a standard fairytale and on their way to HappilyEverAfter marriage. However, as the glamour of the heroic rescue wears off, they realize their mistake pretty quickly.
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* HypnotizeThePrincess: Odette is savvy enough to be wary of the trope.
** When she is held captive at Swan Lake, at first she suspects she is attracted to Rothbart because of some magic of his (it’s not the case).
** She tells [[spoiler:Gottwald]] he can try to invoke the trope, but any spell he might bestow on her will be broken in church, and she will say no during the wedding ceremony anyway. She is also extremely careful with [[spoiler:what she eats in Castle Tudl, for fear of potions that might work that way]].
** When she is held captive at Swan Lake, at first she suspects she is attracted to Rothbart because of some magic of his (it’s not the case).
** She tells [[spoiler:Gottwald]] he can try to invoke the trope, but any spell he might bestow on her will be broken in church, and she will say no during the wedding ceremony anyway. She is also extremely careful with [[spoiler:what she eats in Castle Tudl, for fear of potions that might work that way]].
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* NeverFoundTheBody: Queen Anne’s baby and, only a short while later, Brother Aloisio disappear without a trace and are presumed dead. Some people believe that the inquisitor runs away after killing the little princess. [[spoiler:In fact, the girl is alive and well in her father’s care, and Aloisio gets turned into a bat]].
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* HealItWithFire: Rothbart’s leg is [[spoiler:nearly bitten off by the dragon]], and Odette has to cauterize the wounds with no instruments available except an arrow and a torch.
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* TheDyingWalk: [[spoiler:The last flight]] of the mortally wounded [[spoiler:dragon]], which takes it to the place where it was born.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath:
* [[spoiler:Brother Aloisio]] gets turned into a bat, and two nights later an owl kills him.
* [[spoiler:Gottwald turns into a rat]] and attempts to escape from [[spoiler:Rothbart]]. He succeeds in that, but [[spoiler:a random soldier sees the transformation, panics and cuts Gottwald’s head with a battle-axe without even aiming properly]].
* [[spoiler:Brother Aloisio]] gets turned into a bat, and two nights later an owl kills him.
* [[spoiler:Gottwald turns into a rat]] and attempts to escape from [[spoiler:Rothbart]]. He succeeds in that, but [[spoiler:a random soldier sees the transformation, panics and cuts Gottwald’s head with a battle-axe without even aiming properly]].
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* GoodShepherd:
** Played straight with the 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.
** Subverted with Brother Aloisio of the Inquisition, who's hard-hearted, merciless and suspected to be in league with Gottwald.
** Played straight with the 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.
** Subverted with Brother Aloisio of the Inquisition, who's hard-hearted, merciless and suspected to be in league with Gottwald.
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* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: In the backstory, in a single phrase. "The queen soon slipped into madness and died, after giving birth to a girl, the only heiress to the throne".
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* ArmorIsUseless: Rothbart and Siegfried are armored very lightly when they go [[spoiler:to rescue Odette from Gottwald]], since Rothbart realizes armor won’t help them against [[spoiler:magic]] and will only slow them down.
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* MomentKiller: Well, Rothbart and Odette had the time to declare their love without interruptions, but when they finally embrace – here comes Siegfried, spitting out cherry stones.
* MundaneSolution: Contrary to popular belief, Rothbart invokes it and very rarely uses magic.
* MundaneSolution: Contrary to popular belief, Rothbart invokes it and very rarely uses magic.
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* OpenSecret: By the middle of the book, everybody seems to know about Rothbart's feelings for Odette. Rothbart admits that even the fishes in the lake must be already aware of it.
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*** There is another aspect of the situation: [[spoiler:ravens]] are usually depicted as at least morally ambiguous if not outright villainous creatures, while [[spoiler:swans]] and everything associated with them are noble, peaceful and pure. However, it doesn't cancel the fact that [[spoiler:a swan has extremely strong wings, a sharp enough beak, and a very long neck which gives it a huge advantage over a raven]], so it's [[spoiler:Liemerich]] who gets utterly curb-stomped.
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* KingIncognito: Played UpToEleven. [[spoiler:Rothbart]] turns out to be [[spoiler:King Roberto]], who, in turn, [[spoiler:isn't a born commoner]] as everybody used to think, but [[spoiler:the prince of Naples]]. The first part, however, isn't so sudden, as Gertrude and Odette begin to suspect it before [[spoiler:Rothbart]] actually reveals it.
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* MomentKiller: Well, Rothbart and Odette had the time to declare their love without interruptions, but when they finally embrace – here comes Siegfried, spitting out cherry stones.
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* BadassBystander: A random soldier who doesn’t even get his name mentioned [[spoiler:kills Liemerich with a battle-axe without even thinking it through]].
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* BrainyBrunette: Odette, Odile and Rothbart all fit the trope.
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** [[spoiler:Turning into someone else is very cool and can allow you to frame an innocent party for your crimes]]. However, even if one doesn’t undergo a complete makeover, there are some subtle changes in one’s appearance that can occur anytime. That’s how Rothbart is able [[spoiler:to convince Odette’s highly suspicious courtiers that he hasn’t kidnapped Odette]]: he hasn’t shaved for two days, and it shows, [[spoiler:while the kidnapper in his guise has a clean-shaven face]].
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** Rothbart on Odile’s attempted sabotage of his plan: “She tried to be cold with the prince, too. She doesn’t know, the little fool, that this is exactly what arouses men the most…” says he to the face of IceQueen Odette.
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* FriendshipMoment: Rothbart and Siegfried share a hug before [[spoiler:the final battle with the dragon]].
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: [[spoiler:King Roberto and the princess whom everybody thought long dead are actually alive, and are, in fact, Rothbart and Odile]]! Hardly anyone even comments on the fact. Justified, since it's revealed when everyone is in panic because of [[spoiler:Odette's kidnapping by Gottwald]], and after it is dealt with, [[spoiler:the epidemic begins]].
** Averted with Siegfried, who learns it earlier than most and is properly shocked.
** Averted with Siegfried, who learns it earlier than most and is properly shocked.
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After four months, Siegfried, Odette's reckless and carefree second cousin and crown prince of the neighboring Grünwald, finds the lake and is enamored with Odette, vowing to rescue her. Rothbart deceives him by sending his daughter Odile, who looks amazingly similar to Odette, to the royal ball in Grünwald; however, the trick only makes Siegfried mad with anger, and the prince challenges Rothbart to single combat and defeats him, severely wounding his arm. The sorcerer loses his power, and the enchanted women are turned back. A happy ending, right?
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* BettyAndVeronicaSwitch: For [[spoiler:Siegfried]], there's the DamselInDistress and the HotWitch… or rather, a proud harsh princess he's dead scared of and a sweet and adorable young girl.
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* SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic: No spell can be cast if the wizard doesn't know how exactly it works and what exactly it will cause. [[spoiler:That's why, as Rothbart explains, Liemerich, while guilty of many things, hasn't played any part in bringing the plague on the country: the nature of the disease hasn't yet been fully studied]].
