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* WorthyOpponent: How Bragon and the Rige see each other. The former being the latter's pupil, he's the only one who can rival him.
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* WorthyOpponent: WorthyOpponent:
** How Bragon and the Rige see each other. The former being the latter's pupil, he's the only one who can rival him.
** How Bragon and the Rige see each other. The former being the latter's pupil, he's the only one who can rival him.
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* ScaryStingingSwarm: the Ponges are an extremely short-lived species of insects that resemble [[WickedWasps]] in many aspects
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* ScaryStingingSwarm: the Ponges are an extremely short-lived a very short-lived, incredibly dangerous species of insects that resemble [[WickedWasps]] in many aspectsaspects, notably the fact that they lay their eggs in killed prey. They spend most of their life as an egg, but as soon as one is broken, the whole swarm hatches. They will then proceed to kill the nearest living animals by [[BodyHorror forcefully digging through their flesh]], lay their eggs in the carcass and die – all in a matter of ''seconds''.
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* TheCasanova: Javin in the prequel series was couldn't resist a pretty lady and got his fair share of trouble for it. Bragon himself, during his time as a prize fighter, revelled in sharing his groupies' bed, but he grew out of it.
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* LongLived: whatever the Rige' species is, their longevity is far superior to humans'.
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* LongLived: whatever Whatever the Rige' species is, their longevity is far superior to humans'. He was young Bragon's master, but was already a legendary warrior before Bragon's ''birth'' ; and by book 3 where they meet again, Bragon is already an old man, while the Rige doesn't seemed to have aged.
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* MaskingTheDerfomity: Bulrog was disfigured by a Borak's searing tongue and hides his horribly scarred face under a mask for most of the series.
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* MaskingTheDerfomity: MaskingTheDeformity: Bulrog was disfigured by a Borak's searing tongue and hides his horribly scarred face under a mask for most of the series.
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** The March of Froth Veils is a perpetually [[BubblegoopSwamp foggy swamp]], possibly salty.
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** The March of Froth Veils is a perpetually [[BubblegoopSwamp [[BubblegloopSwamp foggy swamp]], possibly salty.
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* {{Main}}/Precursors : the Ancient Gods of Akbar may or may not be aliens from another world. They roamed the world during the Ancient Times, but left the world eons ago. Cyclopean ruins that look nothing like Akbar's modern architecture are all that's left of them.
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* {{Main}}/Precursors {{Precursors}} : the Ancient Gods of Akbar may or may not be aliens from another world. They roamed the world during the Ancient Times, but left the world eons ago. Cyclopean ruins that look nothing like Akbar's modern architecture are all that's left of them.
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* Main/Revision: In the main series, the Rige is stated to be the one who forged the Reaper axe. In the prequel, we learn that he instead ordered it from an ordinary blacksmith, but he considers that by wielding it, he "forged it in [his] own way" nonetheless.
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* Main/Revision: RetiredBadass: The plot actually starts with Bragon, an old knight who spends his days reminiscing about his past exploits, coming out of his retirement to embark on the quest. He is himself very skeptical about his abilities, initially.
-->'''Bragon''': I am still Bragon… Bragon the Knight! Well… I was… because now… eh…
* {{Revision}}: In the main series, the Rige is stated to be the one who forged the Reaper axe. In the prequel, we learn that he instead ordered it from an ordinary blacksmith, but he considers that by wielding it, he "forged it in [his] own way" nonetheless.
-->'''Bragon''': I am still Bragon… Bragon the Knight! Well… I was… because now… eh…
* {{Revision}}: In the main series, the Rige is stated to be the one who forged the Reaper axe. In the prequel, we learn that he instead ordered it from an ordinary blacksmith, but he considers that by wielding it, he "forged it in [his] own way" nonetheless.
* ScaryStingingSwarm: the Ponges are an extremely short-lived species of insects that resemble [[WickedWasps]] in many aspects
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* TentacledHorror : Red Podes are giant cephalopods that live in swampy regions. They have numerous, venomous tentacles and are always treated as a very serious threat.
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* TheWomanizer: Javin in the prequel series was couldn't resist a pretty lady and got his fair share of trouble for it. Bragon himself, during his time as a prize fighter, revelled in sharing his groupies' bed, but he grew out of it.
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* AboveTheGods: [[spoiler: The Guardian of the Nest, who is also basically the Guardian of Time, has been around for much, much longer than the gods, and is able to kill one effortlessly. He states that even gods are nothing before time itself.]]
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* CosmicEgg: The eponymous Time Bird appears in the form of a black egg. In Akbar's creation myth, time was set in motion by the breaking of said egg.
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* HaveYouSeenMyGod: There were gods on Akbar, but all of them [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence "returned to the stars"]] eons ago, leaving cyclopean ruins. Only Ramor is left, sealed in his conch.
* HorseOfADifferentColor: The series has no horses whatsoever. Instead, the most common type of mount is a pterosaur-like flying animal called a lopvent. Ostrich-like flightless birds are also quite common.
* HorseOfADifferentColor: The series has no horses whatsoever. Instead, the most common type of mount is a pterosaur-like flying animal called a lopvent. Ostrich-like flightless birds are also quite common.
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* ReligionOfEvil: The Order of the Sign in the prequel is a cult that aims to precipitate Ramor's return in the hope that the ''explicitly very evil god'' will reward the people who brought him back.
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* TheAgeless: the Guardian of the Nest looks human, [[spoiler: but may very well exist since ''before'' the beginning of time itself.]]
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* FacialHorror: In book 4, we get to see Bulrog horribly burnt face – basically one giant scar, courtesy of a Borak's tongue.
** [[spoiler: Javin]] in the prequel was also attacked by a Borak and was disfigured before dying a painful death.
** [[spoiler: Javin]] in the prequel was also attacked by a Borak and was disfigured before dying a painful death.
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* LongLived: whatever the Rige' species is, their longevity is far superior to humans'.
* MaskingTheDerfomity: Bulrog was disfigured by a Borak's searing tongue and hides his horribly scarred face under a mask for most of the series.
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* MsFanservice: Pelisse wears a loose tunic that leaves her thighs bare, and with a lot of cleavage. She also visibly doesn't [[VaporWear bother with underwear]].
** Kiskill wears a tight loincloth and nothing else.
* NonHumanSidekick: Bragon gets one in the book two of the prequel. Pélisse' pet in the main series.
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* MsFanservice: Pelisse wears a loose tunic that leaves her thighs bare, bare and with shows a lot of cleavage. She also visibly doesn't [[VaporWear bother with underwear]].
underwear]], and occasionally makes use of her charms for distraction or persuasion.
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* NonHumanSidekick: Bragon gets one inthe book two of the prequel. Pélisse' pet in the main series. Bulrog may or may not be a non-human humanoid.
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* Main/Revision: In the main series, the Rige is stated to be the one who forged the Reaper axe. In the prequel, we learn that he instead ordered it from a an ordinary blacksmith, but he considers that by wielding it, he "forged it in [his] own way" nonetheless.
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* TricksterGod: Fol of Dol is a small imp-like character who's immune creature who normally rules over the Dol river, but may or may not be much more powerful. He approaches the heroes [[OnceAnEpisode once a book]] to conventional weapons,ask them a riddle, rewarding them if they find the answer and punishing them otherwise.
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** In the prequel, Revel (a fanatic) sees himself as the only warrior worthy of killing the Rige. [[spoiler: [[DelusionOfGrandeur He looses against Bragon
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* HatePlague: the Mad Fever turns infected people into lunatics who ''literally'' thirst for blood. They will spend the first few hours attacking anyone or anything if it can help them satisfy their craving, then die as the disease is incurable. As usual, it's transmitted through biting, though unusually the infected occasionally turn on each other.
* OurOrcsAreDifferent: Book four introduces us to the Jivrains, a mountain-dwelling people that evoke orcs and real-life tibetans equally. Although they initially look like the usual bloodthirsty orcs, they're only violent because of a Hate Plague and are normally a very pacifistic people.
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* TheWomanizer: Javin in the prequel series was couldn't resist a pretty lady and got his fair share of trouble for it. Bragon himself, during his time as a prize fighter, revelled in sharing his groupies' bed, but he grew out of it.
* TheWomanizer: Javin in the prequel series was couldn't resist a pretty lady and got his fair share of trouble for it. Bragon himself, during his time as a prize fighter, revelled in sharing his groupies' bed, but he grew out of it.
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* AntiClimax: In the final book of the main series. [[spoiler:Mara sucessfully absorbs Ramor's powers and claims she's become equal to a god… and is immediately offed by an arrow to the chest. An arrow shot by a living myth, though.]]
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* AnAxeToGrind: Bragon and his master, the Rige, both favour a heavy battle axe appropriately called the Reaper.
%%*AncientTomb: In The Temple of Oblivion in #2 of the main series.series is an ancient temple left by the gods, where the Jaisir people go to die.
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* PatchworkMap: Although we never actually see a detailed map of it, the Land of Seven Marches (the series' main setting) is composed of seven different lands that each have a single, specific type of biome.
** The March of Froth Veils is a perpetually [[BubblegoopSwamp foggy swamp]], possibly salty.
** One March is a [[ShiftingSandLand scorching desert]].
** The [[TheLostWoods Thousand Greens]] is one giant forest.
** The Shattered Lands is one immensely long canyon.
** The is a snowy mountain
** The Purpure Rocks is another mountainy region.
** The March of Froth Veils is a perpetually [[BubblegoopSwamp foggy swamp]], possibly salty.
** One March is a [[ShiftingSandLand scorching desert]].
** The [[TheLostWoods Thousand Greens]] is one giant forest.
** The Shattered Lands is one immensely long canyon.
** The is a snowy mountain
** The Purpure Rocks is another mountainy region.
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* AnAxeToGrind: Bragon and his master, the Rige, both favour a heavy battle axe appropriately called the Reaper.
* HunterOfMonsters: The Rige makes his entire life revolve around one single thing : hunting. And he's so good at it that he'll frequently take on incredibly dangerous beasts just to have a challenge.
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''La Quête de l'Oiseau du Temps'' (''The Quest for the Time Bird'') is an epic fantasy {{Franco Belgian Comic|s}} by Serge Le Tendre and [[Creator/RegisLoisel Régis Loisel]]. It consists of four books in the main series, plus five in the {{Prequel}} cycle.
In immemorial times, the evil god Ramor was [[SealedEvilInACan banished in a conch]]. However, as the witch-princess Mara finds out, Ramor is about to break free, and there is no time to renew the spell that binds it to the conch. She send her daughter Pelisse (Roxanna in the English translation) to find her old lover, the retired knight Bragon to retrieve both the conch and the egg of the time-bird, the latter allowing her to stop time so she can bind Ramor again.
The story revolves around ageing characters dealing with their past, and stepping down to find peace.
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!!These books provide examples of:
%%* ActionGirl: Pelisse
%%* {{Adventure}}
%%* AmbitionIsEvil: [[spoiler:Mara, in the main series.]]
* AnArmAndALeg: Bulrog has his arm chopped off in order to try and survive the mad fever.
* AnAxeToGrind: The most powerful warriors, Bragon and the Rige, use axes.
%%* AncientTomb: In #2 of the main series.
%%* ArtifactOfDoom: The book of Gods.
* ArtifactTitle: The second cycle is a prequel and thus has no quest for the Time-bird.
%%* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The Rige, Bragon, Mara and some other ones.
* BadassAdorable: Pelisse's adorable pet saves the day in #2 of the main series.
* BadassNormal: Bragon, Bulrog, the Rige, ...
* BigDamnHeroes: For example, the Rige in #3 of the prequel.
* BittersweetEnding: The main series' ending is more bitter than sweet.
* ChangedMyMindKid: In the prequel. Bragon and Javin quarrel over Bragon's infatuation with Mara, and Javin leaves, but comes back just in time to [[spoiler: [[TearJerker get killed]].]]
* CowardlySidekick: The Stranger, in the main series.
%%* {{Denouement}}: The main series has one.
%%* DeusExMachina: In fact, it is a ''god-killer'' ex machina.
* ExactTimeToFailure: Ramor will break free on the night of the next turning season.
%%* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Bulrog]]
* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Pelisse... distracts a crowd long enough to allow her, Bragon and the stranger to get away.
* InterspeciesRomance: Javin seems to have a preference for troll women. The first time he and Bragon (who ''doesn't'' prefer troll women) meet, Javin seduces a troll farm girl who was trying to get a reluctant Bragon in bed with her.
* LovableCoward: The "Stranger", before he TakesALevelInBadass and gets CharacterDevelopment in tome 4.
* MeaningfulName: Kiskill. By having sex she renounces her immortality and her powers.
%%* MsFanservice: Pelisse, and her mother Mara in the prequel.
* NonHumanSidekick: Bragon gets one in the book two of the prequel. Pélisse' pet in the main series.
%%* OldMaster: Bragon to Bulrog, the Rige to Bragon
* PrefersTheIllusion: In the ending, it turns out the ActionGirl was a kind of [[spoiler:holographic projection. The hero, who had been led to believe she was his daughter, prefers to keep the creature (and therefore his daughter) alive rather than face the fact that her mother manipulated and betrayed him.]]
* RecklessSidekick: Javin in the first book of the prequel is even more reckless than teenage Bragon. [[spoiler:It gets him killed]].
%%* SealedEvilInACan: Ramor
%%* SceneryPorn
%%* WorthyOpponent: How Bragon and the Rige see each other.
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''La Quête de l'Oiseau du Temps'' (''The Quest for the Time Bird'') is an epic fantasy {{Franco Belgian Comic|s}} by Serge Le Tendre and [[Creator/RegisLoisel Régis Loisel]]. It consists of four books in the main series, plus five in the {{Prequel}} cycle.
In immemorial times, the evil god Ramor was [[SealedEvilInACan banished in a conch]]. However, as the witch-princess Mara finds out, Ramor is about to break free, and there is no time to renew the spell that binds it to the conch. She send her daughter Pelisse (Roxanna in the English translation) to find her old lover, the retired knight Bragon to retrieve both the conch and the egg of the time-bird, the latter allowing her to stop time so she can bind Ramor again.
The story revolves around ageing characters dealing with their past, and stepping down to find peace.
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!!These books provide examples of:
%%* ActionGirl: Pelisse
%%* {{Adventure}}
%%* AmbitionIsEvil: [[spoiler:Mara, in the main series.]]
* AnArmAndALeg: Bulrog has his arm chopped off in order to try and survive the mad fever.
* AnAxeToGrind: The most powerful warriors, Bragon and the Rige, use axes.
%%* AncientTomb: In #2 of the main series.
%%* ArtifactOfDoom: The book of Gods.
* ArtifactTitle: The second cycle is a prequel and thus has no quest for the Time-bird.
%%* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The Rige, Bragon, Mara and some other ones.
* BadassAdorable: Pelisse's adorable pet saves the day in #2 of the main series.
* BadassNormal: Bragon, Bulrog, the Rige, ...
* BigDamnHeroes: For example, the Rige in #3 of the prequel.
* BittersweetEnding: The main series' ending is more bitter than sweet.
* ChangedMyMindKid: In the prequel. Bragon and Javin quarrel over Bragon's infatuation with Mara, and Javin leaves, but comes back just in time to [[spoiler: [[TearJerker get killed]].]]
* CowardlySidekick: The Stranger, in the main series.
%%* {{Denouement}}: The main series has one.
%%* DeusExMachina: In fact, it is a ''god-killer'' ex machina.
* ExactTimeToFailure: Ramor will break free on the night of the next turning season.
%%* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Bulrog]]
* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Pelisse... distracts a crowd long enough to allow her, Bragon and the stranger to get away.
* InterspeciesRomance: Javin seems to have a preference for troll women. The first time he and Bragon (who ''doesn't'' prefer troll women) meet, Javin seduces a troll farm girl who was trying to get a reluctant Bragon in bed with her.
* LovableCoward: The "Stranger", before he TakesALevelInBadass and gets CharacterDevelopment in tome 4.
* MeaningfulName: Kiskill. By having sex she renounces her immortality and her powers.
%%* MsFanservice: Pelisse, and her mother Mara in the prequel.
* NonHumanSidekick: Bragon gets one in the book two of the prequel. Pélisse' pet in the main series.
%%* OldMaster: Bragon to Bulrog, the Rige to Bragon
* PrefersTheIllusion: In the ending, it turns out the ActionGirl was a kind of [[spoiler:holographic projection. The hero, who had been led to believe she was his daughter, prefers to keep the creature (and therefore his daughter) alive rather than face the fact that her mother manipulated and betrayed him.]]
* RecklessSidekick: Javin in the first book of the prequel is even more reckless than teenage Bragon. [[spoiler:It gets him killed]].
%%* SealedEvilInACan: Ramor
%%* SceneryPorn
%%* WorthyOpponent: How Bragon and the Rige see each other.
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