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* ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (novel)|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' has a pretty revelatory one towards the end. {{spoiler|Snape, whose [[Double Agent|loyalties]] were a matter of some debate, has his throat ripped out by [[Big Bad|Voldemort's]] pet snake Nagini, but lives just long enough to give Harry a jarful of memories that reveal Snape's back story, motive, status as [[The Atoner]], and also that [[The Chessmaster|Dumbledore's]] plan hinges on Harry [[Heroic Sacrifice|willingly giving himself up to Voldemort]].}} Ack. |
* ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (novel)|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' has a pretty revelatory one towards the end. {{spoiler|Snape, whose [[Double Agent|loyalties]] were a matter of some debate, has his throat ripped out by [[Big Bad|Voldemort's]] pet snake Nagini, but lives just long enough to give Harry a jarful of memories that reveal Snape's back story, motive, status as [[The Atoner]], and also that [[The Chessmaster|Dumbledore's]] plan hinges on Harry [[Heroic Sacrifice|willingly giving himself up to Voldemort]].}} Ack. |
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* One of [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]]'s Lythande stories begins with Lythande comforting a dying woman, and getting stuck with the task of returning a magical artifact to the woman's people. (She isn't very enthusiastic about this, but it [[Clingy MacGuffin|won't leave her alone until she does]]...) |
* One of [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]]'s Lythande stories begins with Lythande comforting a dying woman, and getting stuck with the task of returning a magical artifact to the woman's people. (She isn't very enthusiastic about this, but it [[Clingy MacGuffin|won't leave her alone until she does]]...) |
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* At the beginning of ''[[Wyrd Sisters]]'', the crown prince and crown of the recently murdered king are given to the three witches by a royal servant who dies just as he stumbles in. The witches try to get both off their hands ASAP. |
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{{quote|'''Magrat''' (shivering in the cold of the open moor): "What is there to be afraid of out here?" |
{{quote|'''Magrat''' (shivering in the cold of the open moor): "What is there to be afraid of out here?" |
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'''Granny''' (with considerable satisfaction): "Us." }} |
'''Granny''' (with considerable satisfaction): "Us." }} |
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