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Cleaning up this old thing. It would be better if I had read the books more recently. |
II could do better if I read the books again but... they're not exactly good. |
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This series provides examples of: |
This series provides examples of: |
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* [[Action Girl]]: Atara. |
* [[Action Girl]]: Atara. |
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* [[And Your Little Dog, Too]] |
* [[And Your Little Dog, Too]]: {{spoiler|Morjin, being a bad loser, takes it out on Valashu's family.}} |
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* [[Arch Enemy]]: Valashu and Morjin to each other |
* [[Arch Enemy]]: Valashu and Morjin to each other |
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* [[Author Tract]] |
* [[Author Tract]] |
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* [[Big Bad]]: Morjin. |
* [[Big Bad]]: Morjin. |
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* [[Black Magic]] |
* [[Black Magic]] |
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* [[Blind Seer]] |
* [[Blind Seer]] {{spoiler|Atara later on.}} |
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* [[Blind Weaponmaster]] {{spoiler|Atara becomes this after she gets blinded by Morjin. She is an archer, so her [[Blind Seer]] powers come in handy.}} |
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* [[Blind Weaponmaster]] |
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* [[The Chosen One]] |
* [[The Chosen One]] |
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* [[Colour-Coded for Your Convenience]] |
* [[Colour-Coded for Your Convenience]]: The gelstei crystals come in all the colors of the rainbow and then some. |
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* [[Cool Sword]]: The silver gelstei crystal. |
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* [[Cosmic Keystone]] |
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* [[Cosmic Keystone]]: The Lightstone. It looks like a golden chalice. Only one exists in the entire universe. |
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* [[Crystal Spires and Togas]] |
* [[Crystal Spires and Togas]]: In the [[Utopia|utopian]] past. |
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* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: The black gelstei crystals don't have to be used for evil. |
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* [[The Dark Side]] |
* [[The Dark Side]] |
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* [[Disney Death]] |
* [[Disney Death]] |
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* [[Either/Or Prophecy]] |
* [[Either/Or Prophecy]] |
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* [[The Empath]] |
* [[The Empath]]: Valashu. |
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* [[The Empire]] |
* [[The Empire]] Morjin's. |
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* [[Energy Absorption]] |
* [[Energy Absorption]]: The special power of the black gelstei crystals. |
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* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Morjin to Valashu. |
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Morjin to Valashu. |
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* [[Evil Overlord]]: Morjin. |
* [[Evil Overlord]]: Morjin. |
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* [[Evolutionary Levels]]: Human -> Valari (better human) -> Elijin (angel) -> Galadin (arch-angel) -> Ieldra |
* [[Evolutionary Levels]]: Human -> Valari (better human) -> Elijin (angel) -> Galadin (arch-angel) -> Ieldra |
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* [[Expy]] Kane ~ Kane from Karl Edward Wagner, Astors ~ [[Lord of the Rings|mallorns]]... |
* [[Expy]] Kane ~ Kane from Karl Edward Wagner, Astors ~ [[Lord of the Rings|mallorns]]... |
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* {{spoiler|[[Fallen Angel]]}}: Morjin. {{spoiler|Also Kane.}} |
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* [[The Gods Must Be Lazy]] |
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* [[Fantasy World Map]]: Features a strangely rectangular continent that fits nicely on a double-page spread. |
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* [[The Gods Must Be Lazy]]: The universe has numerous mighty beings of goodness and light - whole planetfuls of them - who should be able to save the day without much effort, but somehow don't, even when the fate of the ''entire universe'' is at stake. |
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* [[Healing Magic]]: The special power of the green gelstei. |
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* [[Hidden Elf Village]] |
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* [[Hot Amazon]]: Atara. |
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* [[Idiot Ball]] |
* [[Idiot Ball]] |
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* [[The Kingdom]] |
* [[The Kingdom]]: Mesh. |
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* [[Lost Colony]]: The planet in question was colonized by humans thousands of years ago. |
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* [[Lost Colony]] |
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* [[Lost Technology]] |
* [[Lost Technology]] |
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* [[Messianic Archetype]] |
* [[Messianic Archetype]] |
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* [[Not So Different]] |
* [[Not So Different]] |
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* [[Only One]]: {{spoiler|Subverted. The prophesied Maitreya turns to be not so irreplaceable after all, as in principle anyone can reach the required state of enlightenment.}} |
* [[Only One]]: {{spoiler|Subverted. The prophesied Maitreya turns to be not so irreplaceable after all, as in principle anyone can reach the required state of enlightenment.}} |
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* [[Religion of Evil]]: |
* [[Religion of Evil]]: A borderline case that claims to be [[Path of Inspiration|good]] but is very bad at hiding its evil. |
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* [[People Puppets]]: Ghuls. |
* [[People Puppets]]: Ghuls. |
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* [[Planet of the Apes Ending]]: It's not a spoiler because it doesn't matter. |
* [[Planet of the Apes Ending]]: It's not a spoiler because it doesn't matter. |
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* [[Screw Destiny]] |
* [[Screw Destiny]] |
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* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: Angra Mainyu. |
* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: Angra Mainyu. |
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* [[Sword of Plot Advancement]]: The silver gelstei crystal has the form of a sword. |
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* [[Take Over the World]]: Morjin's goal. |
* [[Take Over the World]]: Morjin's goal. |
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* [[Waif Prophet]] |
* [[Waif Prophet]] |