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Line 1: {{work}} {{workstub}} The Tenabran trilogy is a fantasy trilogy by [[Dave Luckett]], consisting of ''A Dark Winter'', ''A Dark Journey'', and ''A Dark Victory''. In the first book, rumours arise that the [[Evil Overlord]], defeated long ago, is returning. Things get worse from there. {{Needs More Info}} ~~=== This series provides examples of: ===~~ {{tropelist}} * [[~~Always Chaotic~~Exclusively Evil]]: Subverted. Goblins are thought to be, because they only time they've interacted significantly with humans was as the [[Evil Overlord]]'s mooks; it turns out that they're actually a peaceful and artistic people when left to themselves, but as a species they have a low resistance against telepathic domination that makes them really handy to anyone with mind-control powers and a sudden desire to field an army. * [[The Empire]]: The [[Big Bad]] is the Emperor. He isn't an [[Evil Overlord]], just a regular historically-plausible dictator; in the long run, much more dangerous. * [[Evil Overlord]]: Deconstructed. The author started writing it to explore questions like "Just what does the [[Evil Overlord]] get out of lurking in [[Mordor]] and trying to take of the world?" and "Where does he get the [[~~Always Chaotic~~Exclusively Evil]] cannon fodder from?" * [[Left -Justified Fantasy Map]]: There's a map, bordered with an ocean on the west, but the usual associations are inverted -- instead of having the [[Evil Overlord]] in the east, the heroes living in the west, and an Avalon-equivalent over the ocean, the heroes live in the east and the [[Evil Overlord]]'s heartland is over the ocean to the west. There are watchtowers all along the coast. * [[Magic Is Evil]]: A lot of people believe this. The [[Sorcerous Overlord]] probably had something to do with it, but it's also pointed out in ''A Dark Journey'' that magic is by definition unnatural: magic causes things to happen that go against the laws of nature, that's how you know it's magic. * [[Medieval European Fantasy]]: Written by somebody who's studied actual medieval history, not just read a lot of earlier [[Medieval European Fantasy]]. * [[Our Goblins Are ~~Different~~Wickeder]]: See above under [[~~Always Chaotic~~Exclusively Evil]]. When they're not being enslaved by the [[Sorcerous Overlord]], they're the closest thing this setting has to Our Elves. * [[Puppet State]]: In ''A Dark Winter'', the protagonist's homeland has become a puppet state of [[The Empire]]. A significant plot point concerns the revelation of how far another character is prepared to go secure its independence. * [[Sorcerous Overlord]]: The [[Evil Overlord]] is of this type. * [[Two -Part Trilogy]]: ''Winter'' was originally written as a standalone novel. ''Journey'' and ''Victory'' were plotted together after the publisher started thinking in trilogies, and form two parts of a single story. {{reflist}} [[Category:Fantasy Literature]] [[Category:Tenabran Trilogy]]▼ [[Category:Literature]] ▲[[Category:~~Tenabran Trilogy~~{{PAGENAME}}]]