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'''Alistair''': Wait... [[Big "What?"|What]]?
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'''Alim''': This is probably the point where I explain your folly. But you know what? I am a sadistic demon hater. So I'll just say one thing.
'''Pride Demon''': ...
'''Alim''': You lose.
It is a relatively common occurrence for an original work or fanfic author to start on a tale that quickly or eventually proves to be too much to handle. Issues may arise in regards to the setting, the plot, the characters and everything else that a tale needs. If one were to disregard the cases when the whole project collapses upon itself because of either or more than the above, authors can still reach the conclusion that it would take too much time or too many words to pull off properly. In other cases, writers may just be swamped with work or other real life events and they end up having to give up on the project. As such, many stories never see the light of day, while others might get completed but fail to reach their true potential.
'''''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6072033/1/Dragon_age_The_Crown_of_Thorns Dragon Age: The Crown of Thorns]''''' is an example of a massive undertaking that did not meet such an unfortunate end.
This fanfic is what happened when a certain [https://web.archive.org/web/20120420203727/http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2410827/Karmic_Acumen fanfic author] took the massive plot of [[Dragon Age]]: Origins and mixed it with equally massive servings of [[Rule of Cool]], [[Rule of Funny]] and [[Rule of Drama]], making sure to provide a healthy dose of [[Character Development]] for everything to meld seamlessly into what is one of, if not the longest of [[Dragon Age]] fanfictions on the internet.
And the [[Hidden Depths]] of the characters have yet to be explored fully.
Alternatively, this story is what happens when you take a [[Hot Chick
The story is already longer than 60 chapters and passed the 700,000 words mark a while ago...and it's only about half-done.
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* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]: Raonar can turn any sword he currently uses into one, and he can even {{spoiler|cut from a distance.}} Alim can turn even other peoples' weapons into this.
* [[Action Hero]]: Alim and especially Faren (particularly when he's in Dark Wolf mode).
* [[Action Girl]]: Gwen and Kallian, of course, plus Leliana.
* [[A Father to His Men]]: The DN acts like this in the origin story and, later, when he assumes position as warden commander, although one could say it's more of a brother to his men, since he's not that old.
* [[A Glass in
* [[Angst Coma]]: The DN falls into one that lasts just about 12 hours when he {{spoiler|suddenly learns his father died and he thinks it's his fault.}}
* [[Ascended Extra]]: {{spoiler|Trian Aeducan}} is this hands down. {{spoiler|Gorim Saelac}} and {{spoiler|Frandlin Ivo}} also qualify.
* [[The Archer]]: Theron of course.
* [[Badass]]: The entire main cast, companions included, although the whole world of Dragon Age seems to have been given a [[Took a Level
* [[Badass Beard]]: {{spoiler|Raonar's long-dead lover invented the braided style for him. A lot of nobles, including Harrowmont and the assembly steward, shamelessly copied it afterwards.}}
* [[Badass Crew]]
** [[Cultured Badass]]: Being a prince, Raonar is, understandably, this.
*** Alistair also appears to be turning into this, {{spoiler|thanks to the tutoring he's been getting.}}
** [[Badass Longcoat]]: Alim becomes this {{spoiler|after they first get to Denerim}}.
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** [[Badass Adorable]]: The protagonist and Kallian Tabris imply that Faren qualifies as this. Granted, they do it mostly to tease him, but it holds truth anyway.
** [[Badass Damsel]]: Kallian, as Zevran was forced to learn.
** [[Took a Level
** [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: {{spoiler|Faren and Raonar during the proving, for a short while at least.}}
** [[Badass Boast]]: One would expect the protagonist to get these, but it looks like Faren {{spoiler|The Dark Wolf}} wins this.
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** {{spoiler|Raonar can go from just glowing eyes to shining white from his whole body, all the way to looking a lot like an ascended being from [[Stargate]], since that's what Honor more or less is. Unfortunately, the more power he uses, the more painful and likely to cripple him it gets.}}
** As a partial subversion, {{spoiler|Alim never used a battle aura, even though he's the most powerful of all characters in the story. He does sometimes get [[Dramatic Wind]] though.}}
* [[Battle in
* [[Berserk Button]]: For some, they are clearer than others.
** For Raonar: Desecrating either his mother's or dead girlfriend's memory does not end well. Likewise, don't pick on Faren or harm children. It is heavily implied that the Grey Wardens' near-inability to have children is something that he isn't very happy about. As such, he seems to go into [[Papa Wolf]] mode regardless of what child is being threatened/harmed, to the point where he {{spoiler|snaps at Isolde for leading to Connor's possession and, later, at Alim for being scarier than the demon itself when he entered the fade to slay it, thus almost traumatizing the kid.}}
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* [[Big Badass Wolf]]: Anor, the wolf who partners with Theron. He is {{spoiler|found wounded in the Korcari Wilds while the would-be wardens are looking for the treaties. They heal him.}} A couple of days later, he {{spoiler|saves their lives by gathering his pack and taking out some darkspawn stragglers that had followed them when they retreated from the hopeless Ostagar battle.}}
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: Raonar, the DN, develops this for Faren, the DC, especially after {{spoiler|being trapped in the Fade}}. That young Brosca {{spoiler|doesn't mind is a massive understatement}}.
* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: Again, Raonar is this for Faren. Also, recent chapters, as well as a [https://web.archive.org/web/20120420203833/http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6501419/1/Premeditated one-shot] by the same author reveal that {{spoiler|Trian was this to the DN when they were younger, before their falling out}}.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: At one point, Sten, of all people, {{spoiler|enters the DN's mindscape, via a spell Alim learned from the Spirit of Duty, and helps the exiled prince fight off the Archdemon's psychic attack that would have probably lobotomized him otherwise.}}
** Something similar happens several chapters later.
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** Faren also has one in chapter 4, when he {{spoiler|takes out the entire mercenary backup party sent to dispose of Trian}}. He even has a [[Chekhov's Gun|health potion for the DN]].
* [[Blatant Lies]]: Oh boy, does {{spoiler|Bhelen}} try to feed Faren bull_hit.
* [[Blessed
* [[Blood Brothers]]: Not really a pact, but Raonar and Faren are pretty much this. The former also has a similar bond with Sten.
* [[Blue Blood]]: Raonar, Gwen and Alistair.
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* [[Cosmic Plaything]]: Raonar feels this way but only gets annoyed when other people suffer because of it.
* [[Crapsack World|Crapsack Nation]]: May or may not become a [[Defied Trope]]. Orzammar seems to be the third kind {{spoiler|after the succession arc}}, ergo Immutable [[Crapsack World]]. However, the primary protagonist vehemently refuses to settle for anything less than type four/mutable, {{spoiler|[[Determinator|even when saddled with a stigmata-like skewered arm and heart that defies any sort of healing.]]}}
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* [[Crashing Dreams]]: Oh boy, Kallian.
* [[Crazy Prepared]]: Raonar. He takes everyone and everything he can think of into account, and then some. It's why they all {{spoiler|survived Ostagar}}, among other things. Alim has shades of this as well, although he doesn't need to bother since he knows the commander has things covered.
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** {{spoiler|"The Dark Wolf" versus Seweryn during the Grand Proving}}.
** {{spoiler|"Duran" against Wojech Ivo during the same event}}.
* [[Cursed
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Several of the main characters.
* [[Determinator]]: The DN was forced to become this by all the crap he's had to put up with. Sten seems to be this as well.
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* [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?]]: {{spoiler|In one of the earlier chapters, Raonar is about to die and he momentarily links minds with the Archdemon, at which point the dwarf basically tells it to go screw itself.}} It comes back to bite him and everyone else in the rear later. Hard.
* [[Death Faked for You]]: The major diverging plot point compared to Canon. {{spoiler|Raonar fakes Trian's death and paints himself the murderer on purpose. The eldest is none too pleased because it happens against his will, and so totally out of the blue (for him anyway) that he has no idea what the frak happened when he is confronted with the situation.}}
* [[Deal
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: Averted. Raonar and Faren {{spoiler|gain each other's trust by having a duel that the former starts out of the blue, right in the middle of Dust Town's slums. It is an aversion because they end up having too good a time and, after reading each other's hearts by exchanging blows, so to speak, they both collapse to the ground and start laughing their hearts out because of how great they're both feeling.}} All in front of Gorim too...
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Most of the characters feel that the DN protagonist lashes out at Isolde a bit too strongly, although, true enough, she did outright accuse him that he doesn't mind killing children. Nevertheless, he makes her cry and even {{spoiler|deliberately makes her think he is going to/did kill Connor.}} Fortunately, he'd only gone upstairs to give the kid a hug and a [[So Proud of You]], plus {{spoiler|talk to the demon possessing him face to face.}}
** When Connor {{spoiler|is finally exorcized,}} the DN gets quite angry at Alim's {{spoiler|impersonation of the Grim Reaper}} and, instead of congratulating him and whatnot, drags the mage over to give him a [[What the Hell, Hero?]] rant in private. Alim counters it by calling him out on how he reacted too harshly, showing off his own [[Guile Hero]] traits by perceiving one of Raonar's biggest regrets.
* [[Doomed
** {{spoiler|Trian survives ''and'' becomes a [[Wise Prince]].}}
** Played straight by {{spoiler|King Endrin, Cailan and Duncan.}} Still, {{spoiler|Cailan at least gets to have a death scene that could be seen as sad by some, while Duncan has a [[Dying Moment of Awesome]] that takes ''half a day''.}}
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* [[Dramatic Wind]]: Alim makes his own sometimes.
* [[Dual-Wielding]]: Faren uses two daggers, sometimes linking them with a 3 meter-long chain to use them as mid-range weapon. He also gets some hidden wrist blades.
* [[Dudley Do-Right Stops to Help]]: Played perfectly straight by Raonar. You'd think that a politician that spawns one gambit after another and who has the whole world on his shoulders would be a bit less eager to go into potentially deadly situations with just his dog as help. Turns out that {{spoiler|he doesn't think too hard on whether or not to totally go out of his way in the ''opposite direction'' (about a day's journey too) and check on Honnleath and if anyone was still alive there,}} even though {{spoiler|he'd finally seen the first human after roaming the Korcari Wilds for weeks, during which time he almost got killed several times, nearly dyed of starvation and refused a [[Deal
* [[Dying Moment of Awesome]]: Duncan, when he and the DN {{spoiler|get cornered in Ostagar. Not only does he haul the protagonist off the fortress's ledge and shield him with his body from the fall, smashing his back (and ending up paralyzed and with bad internal injuries) in the process but, later, after said dwarven noble carries him away from the battle (and Duncan had been telling him to leave him behind), Duncan pushes him out of the way of a blight wolf's sneak attack and takes it himself. And he ''still'' survives enough to tell him that ''only'' Grey Wardens ca kill Archdemons, although he doesn't manage to explain why and how it's done.}}
* [[Dynamic Entry]]: Faren {{spoiler|interrupts the [[No
* [[Easily Forgiven]]: {{spoiler|Trian.}} And he feels really bad about it because he thinks he doesn't deserve it.
* [[Eccentric Mentor]]: Maybe not old enough to qualify, but the DN makes a point of acting like this. He even {{spoiler|deliberately lets/encourages the other members of the party to think he's a kinslayer just so the shock of the later revelation can be strong enough to make them grow past the point where they assume so many erroneous things so easily.}} And he is perfectly honest the entire time.
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* [[Gambit Pileup]]: Orzammar is this, to a small extent, by nature. It gets more complicated...
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Quite a few people, especially Raonar, Alim and Faren, show shades of this.
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*** Made even better by the fact that {{spoiler|during the entire rant, Raonar is holding Uldred's head as if in Hamlet. [[Lampshade Hanging|The story itself even mocks it]] .}}
** When preparing to {{spoiler|face Uldred}}:
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** When commencing the above fight:
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** For the DN it's justified because of {{spoiler|all the books and stories he read while growing up.}}
* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: Raonar juxtaposes a backhand to a long and tight [[Cooldown Hug]] in order to snap Faren out of his [[Heroic BSOD]].
* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]
** {{spoiler|Raonar's eyes glow white when he draws upon magic.}}
** {{spoiler|Alim's eyes can go red or light blue, depending on whether he uses blood magic or a spell of true sight.}}
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* [[Good Is Not Dumb]]: The DN is a morally upright strategist in a [[Deadly Decadent Court]]. Stuff happens.
* [[Guile Hero]]: Raonar and Alim
* [[From a Certain Point of View]]: Raonar makes sure he can say this about ''every single statement he makes''.Ever. Anything he doesn't want to lie about is phrased as a question or hypothesys. It's what allows him to actually remain the arguably most honest and upfront of all characters in the story, even though he still manages to mislead and make people believe whatever he wants them to. Of course, it helps that the things he is willing to do {{spoiler|for the sake of others and his ideals,}} like his {{spoiler|[[Zero
* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: Raonar is a master of this. It's probably good for the world that he doesn't do it often and mostly with the goal of helping the one on the receiving end. Unfortunately, he sometimes goes too far.
* [[Heel Realization]]: {{spoiler|Trian}} has a very serious one. It takes weeks / months to sink in and pushes him into a depression that lasts nearly as long, to the point where he's unable to sleep unless he collapses from exhaustion, this being the reason why he begins to abuse his own body through frantic workout. And this is ''while'' {{spoiler|Gorim}} was trying to offer some emotional support. Eventually, he manages to get better when he {{spoiler|discovers his talent for sculpting}} but [[It Got Worse|crap hit the vents]] again soon after. Ironically enough, the {{spoiler|nearly fatal accident}} he sustained during this period ended up improving his mood, though {{spoiler|it really was mostly Gorim's doing (the mood lifting, not the accident).}} Quite the mother hen that one.
** {{spoiler|King Endrin Aeducan}} doesn't really need one, since he seems to know all along that the crap he's pulling is wrong, but he does it all anyway. Still, he only really laments it during his {{spoiler|deathbed scene, when he thinks Trian is a hallucination.}} He eventually does play it straight when he sees just ''how'' wrong he was when the fact {{spoiler|Trian is alive and right there, holding his hand,}} sinks in. Too bad he turned it all into an {{spoiler|excuse to die sooner instead of living, like his sons had respectively ordered / begged him to.}}
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: {{spoiler|Frandlin Ivo}} pulls one after getting a [[Hannibal Lecture]] ''and'' a [[You Are Better Than You Think You Are]] speech. He is currently a triple / quadruple agent, depending on whether or not readers see his ''own'' interests as separate from those of {{spoiler|his house, Orzammar at large, Bhelen and, of course, the dwarven noble protagonist.}}
* [[Heroic Self-Deprecation]]: Raonar does seem to have a small case of this, but it's more frustration at being proven right all the time, even in things he hopes he'd be wrong about.
** Faren plays this very straight though, not understanding {{spoiler|why Raonar sent him away so he could live while he stayed behind in Ostagar to try and help Duncan. He also doesn't understand why the prince bothered with a no good thug like him in the first place.}} Kallian only partially manages to help him get over it, and he does seem to be slowly growing out of it as he sees that people believe in him.
*** And then there's the nightmare...
** As in the game, Alistair thinks very little of himself and is wracked with guilt, though not as badly as in Canon.
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* [[Hilarity Ensues]]: This happens when you {{spoiler|tell Zevran to write a codex about poisons and their antidotes.}}
* [[Honesty Is the Best Policy]]: While he may phrase his words as questions and hypotheses when manipulating people, none of Raonar's actual statements were ever lies. This is why {{spoiler|he's so good at getting his way, since he doesn't have to worry about revealing anything because so-called enemies, particularly Orzammar nobles, always assume he's lying so they'll not realize the truth until it is too late for them.}}
* [[Hot
* [[Hot Chick
* [[Hurting Hero]]: In some measure, everyone in the main cast.
* [[I Know You Know I Know]]: Theron only ''slightly'' plays this for laughs in a recent chapter. The extent of the [[I Know You Know I Know]] has to be seen to be believed though.
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* [[It Got Worse]]: Even though what the main cast does never stops being awesome, things seem to be getting more and more complicated and, for Raonar at least, {{spoiler|bad enough that he's ''bled from his nose and eye sockets'' two times already.}}
** Looks like the most recent {{spoiler|psychic clash}} between the protagonist and the Archdemon concluded with the latter {{spoiler|becoming more self-aware and smarter,}} whatever that implies.
* [[Jerkass Facade]]: Averted. The DN reveals that he {{spoiler|did intend to use this tactic on Trian, in order to fool Bhelen}}, but ended up not needing to do it because the eldest prince managed to piss him off for real enough that he didn't need to act.
* [[Jerk
* [[Keeping Secrets Sucks]]: Raonar and Alim are revealed to {{spoiler|know more about the Blight, the Archdemon and Grey Wardens in general than everyone else.}} As such, they are probably under a lot more stress than the others, even setting aside the responsibilities of the first and second in command, respectively, that they have. Still, this may be an aversion because, as revealed by the latest chapters, they likely would just come out and tell what they are, or bluntly order the others not to ask questions, if said others did find out they were being kept in the dark. Oddly enough, everyone is so used to not being told everything by the commander that they don't bother with it, actually trusting him to know what he's doing.
** Of course, to this are added the secrets that the Grey Warden Order has to protect even at the cost of human lives, although no situation has arisen where this was necessary (and it's unlikely Raonar would fail to come up with a creative resolution).
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* [[Lotus Eater Machine]]: The dreams they are trapped in during the Circle Tower quest, naturally.
* [[Loyal Animal Companion]]: The two mabari war hounds and the wolf to their respective masters.
* [[Lying in
* [[Magnetic Hero]]: Apparently, the protagonist is a lot less enthused by it than one would expect, to the point where, in chapter 51, he actually {{spoiler|outright tells Alim that it scares him how strong a loyalty (and how fast) he can instill in others. The reason is that, despite his best efforts, he and the others end up in life and death situations where the other members of the group might choose to sacrifice their health or lives in his stead, for one reason or another.}} Made even more complicated by the fact that the protagonist appears to actually {{spoiler|put active effort into ''discouraging'' his potential close friends from becoming too devoted.}} It's one of the few things he fails at, and it bothers him. A lot.
* [[Messiah Creep]]: The protagonist {{spoiler|doesn't want to be king because he knows he'll be considered something on this level when he shows how things really are. The reason is because he wants Orzamamr to become '''less''' dependent on single figures and think for themselves.}}
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* [[Murder Is the Best Solution]]: Bhelen really seems to think killing everyone who gets in his way is the best solution, as he does in the game. This is probably the reason why the dwarven noble repeatedly calls him an idiot while having a higher opinion of Trian.
* [[My Friends and Zoidberg|My Enemies and Zoidberg]]
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* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: {{spoiler|Oh boy, Faren's Fade nightmare was him murdering the few people he cherished most. After Raonar backhands him out of his [[Heroic BSOD]], he lapses into a strong case of this before the motherload of all [[Bear Hug|bear hugs]] brings him out of it and makes him realize it was all [[All Just a Dream]]. This is followed by [[Tears of Joy]] and [[Took a Level
** {{spoiler|Trian also goes through this phase, eventually, but it lasts months and gets worst when he thinks his brother is dead. Fortunately, said brother shows up literally at his doorstep the very same instant he finished writing in his journal the apology he thought he'd never be able to give him in person.}}
** Endrin is something of a special case because {{spoiler|he knows full well what he's doing is wrong from the get go, but he still discards his second son because of wanting to prevent a so-called scandal. As if the firstborn being murdered by the second son wasn't already scandal enough.}}
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* [[Power Perversion Potential]]: Raonar alludes to this during a certain discussion with Alim about his blood magic.
* [[Rant-Inducing Slight]]: Morrigan manages to land one on the protagonist.
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* [[Razor Wind]]: The DN's ranged sword attacks could qualify as this, more or less.
* [[Recurring Dreams]]: Raonar's near death experiences involving his [[Shout
* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: Both played straight and averted by Faren and Raonar ''at the same time,'' whenever only the two of them are present, with the castless thug/criminal/rogue, oddly enough, being the sensitive one. Faren turns out to be ''very'' emotionally vulnerable after his Fade nightmare, so Raonar deliberately begins to exhibit more strength of character and equal doses of care and bluntness, even snarky humor, for the younger dwarf to draw upon. [[Big Brother Mentor]] indeed.
* [[Serial Escalation]]: The sheer length of the fanfic is one thing, but there never seems to be any shortage of new plot twists and ways to slam readers with another development involving {{spoiler|yet another scheme, possibly in regards to the Archdemon and the Fade.}}
* [[Shipper
* [[Shout
** At one point, {{spoiler|Raonar is having a [[Battle in
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** While in the Deep Roads, while fighting {{spoiler|Pride}}, Raonar channels focused magical energy into a "[[Naruto|palm-sized ball of energy, vaguely blueish, spiraling under his intent, compressed to the limit, this somehow only accelerating the movement.]]"
** Again, while in the Deep Roads, this exchange occurs:
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'''Shale''': "I beg your pardon?"<br />
'''Faren''': "[[The Lord of the Rings|I can't jump that far so I want you to toss me.]]"<br />
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* [[So Proud of You]]: {{spoiler|Faren gets one from the DN. The fact that the latter deliberately timed it to show up more or less out of left field made the effect all that more acute.}}
** {{spoiler|Connor Guerrin, Arl Eamon's and Isolde's son, also gets one.}}
* [[Sorting Algorithm of Weapon Effectiveness]]: Unlike the game, it is subverted at least as often as it is played straight.
** {{spoiler|The dwarven noble gets Maric's Blade, one of the mightiest weapons in Thedas, ''before'' leaving Ostagar}} and has had it ever since.
** Similarly, it is heavily implied that {{spoiler|Raonar's initial sword, which he had as early as the very first chapter, and the one that ends up in Melec's hands}}, is seriously badass, though no details have been given yet. The same goes for his set of armor.
** The dagger {{spoiler|gifted to the dwarven noble by the weapons merchant in the first chapter}}, and which {{spoiler|Faren got later that day}}, is not only infused with electricity enchantments, but it can even pierce cleanly through ''silverite massive armor'' without getting worn.
** Gwen started off with {{spoiler|a silverite greatsword and heavy armor of similar material}}. As if those weren't good enough, she got {{spoiler|Yusaris, the greatsword Dragon Slayer, and Sophia Dryden's massive Warden Commander armor soon after}}.
** Alistair gets {{spoiler|Duncan
* [[Spirit Advisor]]: {{spoiler|Honor might be an aversion, since he never really taught Raonar anything except the basics of controlling the unstable magical flow of the tear in the veil. The DN's moral and intellectual evolution has remained independent from the spirit's influence. In fact, this being Honor, he'll never really try to overstep his bounds. It would not be honorable after all.}}
* [[Stealth Mentor]]: As outright stated, {{spoiler|Raonar became this for Trian. It works [[Took a Level In Kindness|very]] [[Wise Prince|well]].}}
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** Oghren and Raonar exhibited the dwarven Stone Sense on one occasion.
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]:
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* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Isolde gets one.
** As does Bhelen, {{spoiler|ending with Raonar refusing to become a kinslayer and offering Bhelen a chance to kill him in front of the entire council.}}
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* [[The Stoic]]: Theron (mostly) and Sten.
* [[Take a Third Option]]: Or, in Raonar's case, '''make''' one.
* [[Third Option Adaptation]]: [[
* [[Tempting Fate]]: Raonar does this by accident in {{spoiler|chapter 23 and is called out on it by Faren later}}. He avoids doing it afterwards.
* [[Took a Level In Kindness]]: {{spoiler|Trian.}}
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* [[The White Prince]]: {{spoiler|Trian is this, at first.}}
* [[The Wise Prince]]: Raonar, obviously. Alistair also seems to be turning into this, as is {{spoiler|Trian.}}
* [[Wham! Line]]: Oh yeah, the protagonist did it.
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* [[World of Cardboard Speech]]: Faren actually ''subverts'' this when he {{spoiler|curbstomps the sloth demon that had been, in turn, curbstomping everyone else ''at once'' up to that point, including the protagonist and [[One-Man Army]] mage Alim Surana}}. He actually says that he ''doesn't'' need any motivation. Badassery stems from the fact that he gives the speech ''while'' [[Flash Step|flash-kicking/punching]] the demon's face/back/whatever. Repeatedly.
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* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: The DN does this all the time. Everything he does is probably part of a plan or backup ploy. Chapter 48 is entirely one of these.
* [[Xanatos Roulette]]: Raonar lampshades this trope during his [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] speech to Bhelen.
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* [[Xanatos Speed Chess]]: It was {{spoiler|started years prior the actual start of the story, between two certain people and is still in effect, although only one of them knows it.}}
* [[Zero
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