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A trilogy of urban fantasy novels by noted author [[Terry Brooks]], that deals with several recurring characters caught up in the ongoing war between The Word, which created all life, and The Void, which seeks to destroy it.
The Knights of the Word [[Walking the Earth|walk the earth]] performing missions for [[Dungeon Master|The Lady]], and each night they dream of what will happen if they fail. They are locked in a secret conflict with the demons of the void, once-human [[Shape Shifter|shape shifters]] dedicated to the destruction of all things.
The books are as follows:
* ''Running With The Demon''
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* [[After the End]]: Ross' dreams show him wandering through a post-apocalyptic future that is very much this trope.
** Which turned into reality by the time ''Genesis of Shannara'' books take place.
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* [[Asshole Victim]]: The boy who the demon kills in ''Running With The Demon''.
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: Nest and Hawk Freemark.
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: It's not an over-the-top example, but Nest's grandfather gets points for willingly attacking a bomb and gun-toting nutjob who'd been influenced by the demon.
** [[Hero-Killer|Findo Gask]] probably counts too, as does O'olish Amaneh, who is so [[Badass]] even Gask would rather not face him.
* [[Bad Future]]: Ross and the other Knights of the Word are working overtime to prevent one.
* [[Big Bad]]: The unnamed demon in the first book, {{spoiler|Stefanie}} in the second, and Findo Gask in the third.
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* [[Book Ends]]: The death of {{spoiler|Bennett Scott}} in "Angel Fire East" mirrors the near-fatal incident at the {{spoiler|beginning}} of "Running With the Demon".
* [[The Bully]]: Danny Abbott and the unnamed victim of the demon in ''Running With The Demon''.
* [[The Chosen One]]: {{spoiler|Hawk Freemark}}.
* [[The Corrupter]]: The demons, and in particular, ''the'' demon (of Running With The Demon) are this trope.
* [[Council of Angels]]: The Lady comes close.
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* [[God]]: The Word.
* [[Handicapped Badass]]: John Ross; justified, he acquired his limp as the price of his magic staff, and his [[Badass|bad assness]].
* [[The Heartless]]: The feeders, mindless living shadows that eat your emotions or drive you into a frenzy. The demons themselves are a borderline case.
* [[Hell Hound]]: {{spoiler|Stefanie}}, [[The Big Bad]] of ''Knight Of The Word'' has one of these are her true form.
* [[Hero of Another Story]]: O'olish Amaneh, one of the Lady's other servants, definitely gives off this vibe. It's not hard to imagine him out there contributing in ways that are every bit as important as those of Nest and Ross.
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* [[Ultimate Evil]]: The Void is less a character than it is raw [[Chaotic Evil]]. It seeks to eradicate all creation, reducing everything to the primordial state from whence it came.
* [[Urban Fantasy]]
* [[Villain Exit Stage Left]]: Gask gets this, but it's justified; Nest knows she can't beat him ''mano a mano'', so she tricks him into thinking the Gypsy Morph is gone and his mission has failed.
* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: Some of the demons can do this; the main villain in ''Knight Of The World'' is a good example.
** It's implied that all demons are actually capable of adopting any form they want, it's just for most of them it takes weeks for them create a new form, Knight's [[Big Bad]] was special in that it could change forms in mere minutes.
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