A Dirge for Prester John: Difference between revisions

* [[Plant Person]]: What everyone {{spoiler|even Thomas Didymus}} becomes after they die in Pentexore. The bodies of the dead are planted and become trees.

* [[Poor Communication Kills]]: John and his people have completely different ideas of what war is. He knows it means a lot of bloodshed (even if he naively also thinks of glory). His people think of the mating season of the cranes and pygmies.

* [[Public Domain Character]]: Prester John, John Mandeville

* [[Rashomon Style]]: Not present through the whole text, but events are sometimes told from different, and conflicting, points of view. Namely John and Hagia's narration.

* [[Wicked Stepmother]]: Averted. When Anglitora comes to meet John, Hagia practically [[Like a Son to Me|adopts her as her own]].

* [[Year Outside, Hour Inside]]: Time flows differently depending which side of the Rimal you're on. Which leads to John realizing that the world he knew is pretty much gone.

 

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