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''[[The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara]]'' is a three
The first book, ''Ilse Witch'' opens when a man washes up on a beach. He is revealed to be the only survivor of a voyage across the Blue Divide, and a member of the ruling Elven Elessedil family to boot. His memories reveal information about supposedly lost books of magic, and old world sciences. Seeing in this a way to benefit all the races, the Druid Walker strikes a deal with the current Elven King, and gathers a crew to sail across the Blue Divide and retrieve the books. The airship is the ''Jerle Shannara'', captained by Rover mercenary [[Born Lucky|Redden Alt Mer]] and his sister, [[Action Girl|Rue Meridan]], and the crew includes Panax the Dwarf, [[Warrior Prince|Highland Prince]] Quentin Leah and his cousin [[The Hero|Bek Rowe]], seer Ryer Ord Star, Elven Prince [[The Woobie|Ahren Elessedil]], enigmatic [[Shape Shifter]] Truls Rohk, and a complement of Elven Hunters under the command of former [[Praetorian Guard|Home Guard Captain]], [[Hero Secret Service|Ard Patrinell]].
The ship stops on three islands along the way, retrieving the keys that will allow them into the fortress of Castledown where the books are concealed, and battling threats like giant eels, living plants, and a haunted castle. Unfortunately, Walker's [[Arch Enemy]], the [[Broken Bird|Ilse Witch]], is in hot pursuit, aboard the Federation ship ''Black Moclips'', with a crew of bloodthirsty [[Lizard Folk|Mwellrets]] under the command of [[Complete Monster|Cree Bega]]. Determined to claim the books for herself and kill Walker for supposedly murdering her family, she dogs the protagonists every step of the way.
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Considerably darker, and on a much smaller scale than both ''[[The Sword of Shannara Trilogy]]'', and ''[[The Heritage of Shannara]]''. The character sheet can be found [[Shannara/Characters|here]]
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* [[Action Girl]]: Tamis, Rue Meridian
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* [[Anti-Hero]]: Truls Rohk is a [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type III or IV]].
* [[Badass]]: Walker, [[Born Lucky|Redden Alt Mer]], Ard Patrinell, Truls Rohk, Quentin Leah.
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* [[Bastard Understudy]]: The Ilse Witch to The Morgawr, and both of them know it. It forms a big part of the plot and their individual interactions.
* [[Big Bad]]: [[Dark Magical Girl|The Ilse Witch]], [[Knight Templar|Antrax]], and [[Complete Monster|The Morgawr]] all compete for this title, and each one is definitely the main antagonist of their respective novel. The Morgawr is closest in a story sense though.
** [[Big Bad Duumvirate]]: The Ilse Witch and The Morgawr, with both of them trying constantly to assert their authority upon the other.
** [[Big Bad Ensemble]]: The Ilse Witch wants [[Revenge]] on Walker. Antrax wants to fulfill its programming by protecting its knowledge from intruders. The Morgawr wants the books of magic and the ability to abuse his power limitlessly. Needless to say, they really get in one another's way at times.
** [[Big Bad Wannabe]]: The Ilse Witch, who just isn't up to the standards of Antrax and The Morgawr in power or ruthlessness. While undeniably dangerous, she's effectively sidelined in ''Antrax'', is a puppet of The Morgawr, and in {{spoiler|their final confrontation after her [[Heel Face Turn]], proves to be less than his match in combat}}.
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* [[Elite Mooks]]: The Mwellrets, especially when compared to [[Mooks|regular Federation infantry]].
* [[Empty Shell]]/[[Soulless Shell]]: The Morgawr's victims are left in this state.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: The Morgawr tends to cause this reaction in others. [[President Evil|Sen Dunsidan]] and [[Shell-Shocked Veteran|the turnkey]] are horrified by what they see him do, and even the Ilse Witch finds him repulsive. Cree Bega engenders a similar reaction in her.
* [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs]]: The Graak, the giant lizard monster that lives in the Crake rainforest, is somewhere between a dinosaur and a flightless dragon. And it doesn't make things better. [[Primal Fear|Oh no...]]
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: The turnkey in ''Morgawr''. "Everyone called him turnkey, as though that were more than name enough for a man who did what he did."
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* [[Magitek]]: Antrax's need for magical fuel to run its burnt out capacitors is the reason the entire story happens in the first place.
* [[Mercy Kill]]: Quentin Leah and Tamis spend most of ''Antrax'' trying to perform one for {{spoiler|Ard Patrinell}}, who has been transformed into one of Antrax's killing machines, despite remaining fully conscious and horrified by what he's doing.
* [[More Than Mind Control]]: How Antrax controls the wronks.
* [[Mutual Kill]]: {{spoiler|Tamis and the Ard Patrinell wronk}}.
* [[Offing the Offspring]]: After seeing what he had created, Truls Rohk's father killed his mother and tried to kill him.
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