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A quartet of fantasy novels by Gregory Keyes, consisting of ''The Briar King'' (2003), ''The Charnel Prince'' (2004), ''The Blood Knight'' (2006) and ''The Born Queen'' (2008).
[[The Dark Times|Two thousand years ago]] [[Hot Witch|Virgenya]] [[Lady of War|Dare]] overthrew the [[Eldritch Abomination|Skasloi]] overlords that had enslaved humanity. Her descendants rule the kingdom of Crotheny, until a traitorous plot to overthrow them leads to tragedy. The legendary Briar King has awakened from his slumber, heralding death. All is not as it seems and [[Rebellious Princess|Anne]] [[
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* [[Abusive Precursors]]: The Skasloi, though {{spoiler|they're a bit more complex than they first seem.}}
* [[Action Girl]]: {{spoiler|Lady Erren and Alis Berrye. Leshya as well.}}
* [[A God Am I]]: {{spoiler|Anne, especially in the last book.}}
** And {{spoiler|Stephen, when under the influence of [[Sorcerous Overlord|the Black Jester]].}}
* [[Ascend to
* [[Back
* [[Big Bad Ensemble]]: There are ''lots'' of villains in this series, mostly operating independently - the most notable are {{spoiler|the Church, Robert, the Black Jester, and to an extent Anne herself in the last book}}, but in the end the most dangerous villain is probably {{spoiler|the Kept}}.
* [[Berserker]]: Neil, full stop.
* [[The Chessmaster]]: {{spoiler|The Black Jester.}}
* [[Cool Sword]]: Feyswords in general; Draug in particular.
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: A few: z'Acatto, Duke Artwair, Sir Fail.
* [[Corrupt Church]]
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: Fastia. {{spoiler|Doesn't end well.}}
* [[Drunk
* [[The Determinator]]: Sir Neil in battle. Queen Muriele in pretty much everything else.
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: The Skasloi give off this vibe.
* [[Evil Prince]]: {{spoiler|Robert.}}
* [[Evil Sorcerer]]: The Black Jester. Also a [[Sorcerous Overlord]].
* [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]]: Eslen is [[The Colonial Period|Colonial America]] rather than the typical British analogue. The tribes of [[Grim Up North|Hansa]] possibly correspond to the Francs. Vitellio is [[
* [[Five-Man Band]]:
** [[The Hero]]: Anne, and/or Aspar.
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* [[Magic Is Evil]]: The general opinion by most, especially the Church. Although {{spoiler|not all magic is evil and the Church itself is using magic of the evil variety to create [[Super Soldier|holy warriors]].}}
* [[Multi Melee Master]]: Aspar.
* [[Musical Assassin]]: {{spoiler|The Black Jester was a master of this, so much so that the mixing of singing with instruments has been banned by the Church.}}
** And {{spoiler|Leoff, of course.}}
* [[My Nayme Is]]: There are a few names with "y"s thrown in, and several monster names do this as well.
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* [[Only Mostly Dead]]: {{spoiler|The Black Jester.}}
* [[Our Elves Are Different]]: The Sefry. {{spoiler|Especially once you find out that they were once the Skasloi.}}
* [[Our Zombies Are Different]]: {{spoiler|Robert and the "death knights".}}
* [[Prophecy Twist]]
* [[Rebellious Princess]]: Anne. {{spoiler|And maybe Brinna.}}
* [[Royal Brat]]: Anne starts out as this, but subverts it pretty soon.
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: Anne, especially {{spoiler|when she becomes Empress of Crotheny. She leads an attack on her treacherous uncle in the third book. And in the fourth, she personally leads the war against Hansa.}}
* [[Sealed Evil in
* [[Time Skip]]: Happens ''3 times'' during the first few pages of the first book.
* [[Took a Level
** He's also a [[Badass Bookworm]] and a [[Badass Preacher]].
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Neil's battle rage.
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