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** Even most Gnomes in general aren't evil, coming closer to a very primitive [[Chaotic Neutral]], they just tend to serve the evil side becuase they are extremely superstitious and will follow anyone with enough magical power to make them do so. And the Stors (the above mentioned "good" settlement) is closer to [[Lawful Neutral]], as they are a community of healers that will treat any injured person that comes to them, no matter what, and refuse to take sides in any conflict.
* [[Angry Black Man]]: Panther in "Genesis", though his race is incidental to his attitude.
* [[Anti
* [[Anyone Can Die]]: Driven home in ''Wishsong'' with {{spoiler|the death of Allanon}}. Even if you survive your original series, chances are you won't make it through the sequel.
* [[Artifact Title]]: Half the books' titles don't have much to do with Jerle Shannara.
* [[Badass Family]]: The Ohmsfords, the Leahs, and the Elessedils have saved the world how many times now?
* [[Big Bad]]: One in each of the first three books and then one for each main series - the Warlock Lord in ''Sword'', Dagda Mor in ''Elfstones'', [[Tome of Eldritch Lore|The Ildatch]] in ''Wishsong''; [[The Heartless|the Shadowen]] led by Rimmer Dall in the Heritage series; [[Evil Sorcerer|the Morgawr]] in the Voayage of the Jerle Shannara trilogy, [[Demon Lords and Archdevils|Tael Riverine]] in the High Druid trilogy, and [[Hero Killer|Findo Gask]] in the Genesis trilogy.
* [[Big Creepy Crawlies]]: The Creepers and the unnamed monster from early in Sword. [[Hollywood Cyborg|Half machine]], half giant insect, all problem. The Wisteron in ''Elf Queen'' combines this with [[
* [[Big Good]]: Allanon in the classic series has many aspects of this.
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: A lot of the characters from the first book bear some resemblance to those from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. Brooks gets much better about not doing that in subsequent volumes, however.
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* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: The issue of ''[[Dragon]]'' that presented a ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' adaptation of the Shannara series was chock full of errors, such as Dwarves living underground, Flick Ohmsford listed as a half-elf, Padishar Creel having only one hand like his ancestor Panamon, and so on.
* [[The Dragon]]: Several. [[Psycho for Hire]] Pe Ell is probably the most archetypical, working as Rimmer Dall's favourite killer in the ''Heritage'' series.
** [[Co
** [[Dragon
** [[The Starscream]]: The Maw Grint to Uhl Belk in ''Druid of Shannara''.
* [[Dungeon Master]]: The Lady in the "Word/Void" and "Genesis" eras; the the King of the Silver River in the "Four Lands" era.
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* [[Great Big Book of Everything]]: Though not a single book, the Druid Histories tend to serve this function.
* [[Grim Up North]]: The Northland is originally the home of the evil Warlock Lord. Even after his defeat, the Northland may no longer radiate evil, but it's still exceptionally dangerous. With only the Trolls, outlawed Men, and a few Gnome tribes (as well as the half-Troll, half-Gnome Urdas) making their home there, it's not a place you'd like to live.
* [[Half
* [[The Heartless]]: Feeders in the "Genesis" era; the Shadowen in "Heritage".
* [[Here There Were Dragons]]: The first age of magic ended in apocalypse, with only the Elves surviving.
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* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Generally speaking, if something in one of Brooks' books is described as large it's also going to be very fast.
* [[Locked Out of the Loop]]: The Druids have a tendency towards doing this, including Walker Boh, who initially ''despised'' the Druids for it.
* [[Loners Are Freaks]]: [[Anti
* [[Long Running Book Series]]: By this point it's arguably a franchise.
* [[McGuffin]]: Loads of 'em. Expect each book/series to have a couple.
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* [[Mordor]]: The Skull Kingdom, Eldwist in ''Druid of Shannara''. The Shadowen tried to turn the entire Four Lands into this.
* [[Mutants]]: Ubiquitous in "Gensis of Shannara", though technically they'd be "mutates"--we learn that the first "Freaks" were born human but mutated into their new forms due to [[I Love Nuclear Power|exposure to radiation]], their changes getting passed on to their offspring. By the time of the "Four Lands" era, the Freaks have developed into the races of Dwarves, Gnomes, and Trolls.
* [[Non
* [[Our Demons Are Different]]: Two main groups of them. Those locked in the Forbidding (the capital D Demons) are evil [[The Fair Folk|fairies]]; those in the present day (the little d demons) are humans corrupted by the dark side. Both are implied to have been created or corrupted by the embodiment of pure evil, the Void. There's also the "demons" on Morrowindl, which are revealed to be another form of Shadowen.
** The Demons it should be noted come in a wise variety of types as well, encompassing [[Our Goblins Are Different|Goblins]], Imps, Furies, [[Our Ogres Are Different|Ogres]], and [[Our Dragons Are Different|Dragons]], as well as more generic Demons, and apparent singularities like The Dagda Mor, The Changeling, The Reaper, Tael Riverine, and The Moric.
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