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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn

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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	comment	Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn is a High Fantasy trilogynote or quartet; see note on To Green Angel Tower written by Tad Williams.The story is set on the mythical continent of Osten Ard, a fairly Standard Fantasy Setting in which humans are the dominant race after centuries of struggle against the elf-like Sithi, troll/dwarf/Inuit crossover Qanuc, and various other creatures. Beneath the surface, however, ancient magics are stirring as the undead Storm King nears the culmination of a 500-year long plan to return to power. The key to defeating the Storm King's plan involves three magical swords (the titular Memory, Sorrow and Thorn), which must be found and brought together if his threat is to be averted... or so it appears.The plot mainly follows young Seoman (Simon), an orphan and kitchen boy in the Hayholt, capital of Erkynland, who mopes around, avoids chores, and dreams of a heroic life. Of course, The Call Knows Where You Live, and he is rapidly embroiled in The Hero's Journey, which he finds out the hard way isn't as glamorous as the stories. Along the way, he befriends members of various races, rescues a Rebellious Princess, slays (pretty much) a dragon, searches for the three swords, fights in battles, is knighted, and finally embarks on a journey back to the Hayholt in a desperate bid to disrupt the Storm King's plan.There is also a rather spectacularly large number of secondary characters and plot lines, which are responsible for the size of the books. On the Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism, the story falls somewhere in the middle: Anyone Can Die, characters get Killed Off for Real with depressing regularity, and the main characters seem to be the focus of all the suffering that the author can imagine throwing at them. Yet what slim hope there is of victory may owe more to The Power of Love than strength of arms.In 2014, more than 20 years after finishing the trilogy, Williams announced that a Sequel Series is forthcoming. This new trilogy is collectively called The Last King of Osten Ard, and its first book was published in June 2017. An interquel novel, The Heart of What Was Lost, was released shortly before that. The prequel novel Brothers of the Wind, set long before the start of The Dragonbone Chair, was released in November 2021.Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn consists of: The Dragonbone Chair Stone of Farewell To Green Angel Towernote Due to its sheer size, released as two volumes in many marketsThe Last King of Osten Ard consists of: The Witchwood Crown Empire of Grass The Navigator's Children, which has been split into two volumes like the final installment of the first trilogy: Into the Narrowdark (released July 2022) and The Navigator's Children (release date still TBA)The character sheet for both series is here.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_10dcbe05	comment	Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: Rachel and Simon, for all the tension in their relationship, are in many ways mother and son. She attempts to avenge him when she believes him dead. When they reunite in the finale each is overjoyed to discover the other is alive, shedding Tears of Joy.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_11a74598	type	Became Their Own Antithesis
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_11a74598	comment	Became Their Own Antithesis: Ineluki evolved from a compassionate and knowledgeable prince who wanted to save his people to a desperate warrior seeking to stop humanity's onslaught, was maddened by his father's rejection of his choice of tactics, and died for his troubles. His hatred burned so strongly that he refused to pass into Unbeing and instead became an undead Omnicidal Maniac. And then Ineluki did this to Elias. Elias used to be a Boisterous Bruiser, but a good man who loved his wife and daughter. By the end of the trilogy he's a grim specter who has destroyed his kingdom in his pursuit first of the resurrection of his wife and finally the promise of immortality.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_11e55c12	type	Faustian Rebellion
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_11e55c12	comment	Faustian Rebellion: Subverted in that Pryrates is neither a good guy, nor is the power he gained from the Storm King enough to bind him.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_1235f055	type	Dirty Coward
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_1235f055	comment	Dirty Coward: The scoundrel monk, Cadrach. Considering what he's gone through, however, it's a miracle he's still (questionably) sane. Miriamele takes on the task of reforming him and is rewarded in the end.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_137f2d7	type	Card-Carrying Villain
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_137f2d7	comment	Card-Carrying Villain: While Pryrates has an ultimate goal that he's willing to sacrifice anything for, he seems to revel in being evil for evil's sake along the way, killing and torturing for no better reason than the enjoyment of terrifying people.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_13abce74	comment	Misanthrope Supreme: Pryrates.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_13da01c2	type	Spring Is Late
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_13da01c2	comment	Spring Is Late: And gets Binabik in big trouble with his people until they can be convinced that it's the Storm King's doing and not his betrayal of his shamanistic duties.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_1439161f	comment	The death of Queen Ebekah leads to Camaris’ Heroic BSoD because he believes that it is their sin that killed her - i.e. the birth of their child.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_1520ad7e	type	Jumping Off the Slippery Slope
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_1520ad7e	comment	Ineluki was said to have been a noble and wise prince before he went Jumping Off the Slippery Slope.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_153299b4	comment	And then Ineluki did this to Elias. Elias used to be a Boisterous Bruiser, but a good man who loved his wife and daughter. By the end of the trilogy he's a grim specter who has destroyed his kingdom in his pursuit first of the resurrection of his wife and finally the promise of immortality.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_15395adc	comment	The Mistress: Vorzheva to Josua, until they marry. Also definitely a Hot Consort.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_15756c9d	type	Where It All Began
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_15756c9d	comment	Where It All Began: The story both begins and ends at the Hayholt, Simon's home.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_15fc9fb	type	Our Elves Are Different
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_15fc9fb	comment	Our Elves Are Different: The Sithi are an ancient race of nigh-immortals that deliberately invoke both The Fair Folk and the Tolkien-esque elf stereotype. The split between the Sithi and Norns is effectively the split between Seelie and Unseelie, and even the benevolent Sithi are largely alien to mortals. While the remaining Sithi adopt the High Elf / Wood Elf archetype, the Norns go into Dark Elf territory, living mostly subterranean lives. Adding to their foreignness, there is some subtext implying that the voyage they took to reach Osten Ard may have been interstellar rather than oceanic.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_1667cb1	comment	Calvinball: The Sithi game of Shent, which has more rules than a human could hope to master in a lifetime. Aditu uses it to teach Simon both patience and strategy; both lessons come in handy later.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_17e530e1	type	Punctuation Shaker
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_17e530e1	comment	Punctuation Shaker: Sithi names are loaded with clicks, glottal stops and other difficult to pronounce phonemes, represented in text mainly by apostrophes.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_1ad4727a	comment	Theory Tunnelvision: One of Elias’ main motivations is his misunderstanding that his younger brother Josua wanted his throne. All Josua wants is some solitude and a good book.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_1badfbbb	comment	The Heavy: While Ineluki, the Storm King, and Utuk'ku, the Queen of the Norns, are the story's main villains, their powers are limited, forcing them to rely on their mortal followers to do most of their dirty work. King Elias' collusion with Pryrates and his subsequent pact with the Storm King precipitate most of the major events that occur in the story. What's more, his gross mismanagement of the kingship effectively ruins the realm that he’s supposed to be governing, allowing various corrupt nobles and monsters to run rampant with impunity. Elias is also responsible for sending out the various armies that hound the heroes during their travels. This essentially makes Ellias the most immediate threat despite his status as an Unwitting Pawn, so much so that many characters who're ignorant of the greater machinations at play actually think that he is the Big Bad. Pryrates is responsible for corrupting Elias and continues to serve as the Evil Chancellor well after Elias' descent into madness, routinely encouraging his king's worst habits while also going behind his back, plotting to turn Elias into a vessel for the Storm King’s spirit. Pryrates’ association with the Storm King and the powers that it grants him makes him the most dangerous of the human antagonists in terms of raw power. Because of this, he personally leads the charge against the heroes during some of the story’s darkest moments. Naturally, all of this earns Pryrates the personal enmity of the protagonists. He's also the most purely malevolent of the villains. For the first two books, the heroes are pursued by Ingen Jegger, Utuk’ku’s loyal huntsman. Jegger is a fearsome warrior who leads a pack of bloodhounds and a band of Black Rimmersmen, all of whom are fanatically devoted to the Norns of Stormpike. Jegger’s final role in the story is to lead the invasion of the Sithi’s home, where he personally kills Amerasu before he himself is killed by Simon.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_1bca196d	comment	Reluctant Warrior: Camaris, despite being the most fearsome human warrior in all of Osten Ard, hated killing and viewed every death at his hands as a sin. After being restored to his senses, he spends a great deal of time lecturing his allies that war is not a thing to be celebrated in and of itself, but only waged in dire need as a means to peace.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_1c08ee8f	type	Suicidal Cosmic Temper Tantrum
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_1c08ee8f	comment	Suicidal Cosmic Temper Tantrum: Utuk'ku’s primary motive.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_1c169242	type	The Order
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_1c169242	comment	The Order: The League of the Scroll - founded by Ealhstan Fiskerne about two hundred years ago, the group's goal is to accumulate wisdom which will help protect Osten Ard and its people. Arbitrary Headcount Limit: Never more than seven members. Dwindling Party: In the Storm King War the members die away quickly as Ookekuk, Doctor Morgenes, Jarnauga and Dinivan are murdered. Xorastra is already dead, Padreic is missing and Pryrates was expelled for obvious reasons. Faction Motto: "Podos orbiem, quil meminit" (shortened to "POQM") translating to "He who remembers can make the world anew" in Nabbanai. Field Promotion: For Binabik, Father Strangyeard and Tiamak to the ranks of members - because at this point there is no active member of the League left alive. Padreic and Pryrates not counting. Members are Reasonable Authority Figures that should abide to do good- if they don't, you'll easily have someone like Pryrates on your hands. Membership Token: The golden necklace with a scroll and quill pendant and the letters POQM on the back. Oh, No... Not Again!: In The Last King of Osten Ard Strangyeard died, Lady Faiera and Prince Josua have been missing for years, and the open positions have not been filled, thus leaving only Binabik and Tiamak alive and active. There's no master or leader.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_1df37537	type	Mutual Kill
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_1df37537	comment	Mutual Kill: The Norns defending Naglimund use the "pull yourself up the sword that's impaling you to kill your attacker" version.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_1e4a1e0e	type	I Owe You My Life
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_1e4a1e0e	comment	I Owe You My Life: The Sithi prince Jiriki owes a life debt to Simon after the latter rescues him from a human hunter. They trade this favor back and forth throughout the story.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_1e669b8e	type	Humanoid Aliens
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_1e669b8e	comment	Humanoid Aliens: The Sithi are strongly implied to be aliens from another planet, having crossed "the black ocean" to come to Osten Ard, a journey long enough that Amerasu is called "Ship-Born" because enough Sithi were born on the journey to merit the distinction (when the Sithi have few children due to their longevity).
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_1ee33a59	type	Sequel Series
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_1ee33a59	comment	In the Sequel Series, the titular Witchwood Crown, and the Armor of Ruyan Ve.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_1fb440a6	type	Voluntary Shapeshifting
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_1fb440a6	comment	Voluntary Shapeshifting: Geloë practices the Art in a manner akin to classic Druidism, shapeshifting into birds. Handled fairly realistically in that it does not affect her clothing. Also used by Pryrates, thanks to the Words of Changing. His choice of form is anything but natural, however.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_1fc8335e	type	Deal with the Devil
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_1fc8335e	comment	King Elias' collusion with Pryrates and his subsequent pact with the Storm King precipitate most of the major events that occur in the story. What's more, his gross mismanagement of the kingship effectively ruins the realm that he’s supposed to be governing, allowing various corrupt nobles and monsters to run rampant with impunity. Elias is also responsible for sending out the various armies that hound the heroes during their travels. This essentially makes Ellias the most immediate threat despite his status as an Unwitting Pawn, so much so that many characters who're ignorant of the greater machinations at play actually think that he is the Big Bad.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_216ff5ed	type	Moses in the Bulrushes
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_216ff5ed	comment	Moses in the Bulrushes: Simon, who turns out to be Saint Ealhstan Fiskerne's direct descendant, and therefore the legitimate heir to the throne.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_21a446a7	type	Winter Royal Lady
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_21a446a7	comment	Winter Royal Lady: Utuk'ku lives in an icy fortress hewn into a mountain in the frozen north. She wears a mask of stone and robes of white, and no mortal or immortal has seen her face for centuries.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_22b411b9	type	Thinking Tic
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_22b411b9	comment	Thinking Tic: When his mind wanders, Camaris stares at stuff - birds, smoke, flames. Runs In the Blood: Josua does so, too.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: Deornoth being called the "Prince's Right Hand" ends up fulfilling the prophecy by which Camaris would return to his senses. The White Arrow, given to Simon as a symbol of Jiriki's life-debt to him, is a powerful weapon in its own right, as it was made by the Sithi's greatest fletcher and is tipped with a fragment of an ancient stone used to access the Dream Road. It is used in the climax to kill the Storm King. Simon's dragon-blood scar runs deeper than appearances; the mingling of the dragon's blood with his own gives him a unique spiritual connection with Osten Ard, and grants him a crucial vision at the climax. The shackle Josua kept from his brother’s dungeon as a reminder of his hospitality saves his life in the end.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_22cfbf14	type	Answers to the Name of God
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_22cfbf14	comment	Answers to the Name of God: When Jiriki's sister shows up in a human war camp, one exclaims, "Blessed Elysia, Mother of our Ransomer!" She responds that her name is Aditu; it is unclear whether she is mocking them or genuinely ignorant of their culture.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_25101d1a	type	Post-Victory Collapse
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_25101d1a	comment	Post-Victory Collapse: Josua after killing Utvart - but honestly it was time for him to get a nap.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_257ff2e7	type	Maintain the Lie
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_257ff2e7	comment	Maintain the Lie: King Prester John, renowned throughout the land as the killer of a great dragon, dies of old age without ever revealing his secret: Ealhstan Fiskerne, the previous king, killed it, not him. John took credit for it and parlayed it into a kingship. This lie overshadows the entire plot and sets up The Reveal that Simon is the rightful heir. It's also why he persecuted the Sithi so much - he suspected them of knowing his secret (they did), and the resulting enmity causes the Sithi to wait until almost too late to intervene in the war.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_25e18c14	type	Haunted Castle
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_25e18c14	comment	Haunted Castle: Naglimund is already rather gloomy to start with - with its position at the edge of nowhere and the countless iron spikes surrounding it – but it receives a real upgrade to nightmarish once the forces of the Storm King capture it.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_270c1778	comment	Blood Magic: Pretty much the raison d'etre of the Storm King and his minions. Sorrow's hand-off to Elias is sealed by the blood sacrifice of a high noble, for example.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_27a047a6	type	Unto Us a Son and Daughter Are Born
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_27a047a6	comment	Unto Us a Son and Daughter Are Born: Vorzheva gives birth to Josua's children — twins Deornoth and Derra, who are bestowed with an And the Adventure Continues hook.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_2fd7200b	type	Dead Guy Junior
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_30849c3e	type	Ruling Couple
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_34dcfc96	type	Kick the Dog
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_35e4fe72	type	Fakin' MacGuffin
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_360bbf6c	type	Teasing from Behind the Language Barrier
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_38f3321	type	Compelling Voice
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_39441318	type	Horny Vikings
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_3946634e	type	The Smart Guy
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_3a1c2171	type	The Man Behind the Man
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_3b0479f2	type	You Shall Not Pass!
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_3b113b7	type	Character Development
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_3c700857	type	Guys Smash, Girls Shoot
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_3cb1d38d	type	Bad Boss
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_401fc6b9	type	Targeted Human Sacrifice
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: For many characters, but Count Eolair especially drives this one home. He unwillingly rules the shattered remains of Hernystir, has seen too many good friends to count die in pointless battle, and worst of all, Maegwin died a madwoman without ever requiting his love for her. Simon at least hopes to soften the latter blow by revealing that she was sane at the end of her life.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_42002878	type	I Am X, Son of Y
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_42002878	comment	I Am X, Son of Y: If you're not from Nabbanai nobility, you'd most likely have no surname. Hence you are "son/daughter of x" or "of place y".
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_45a177f1	type	Touched by Vorlons
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_45a177f1	comment	Touched by Vorlons: Very mild case, in that Simon's dragon scar gives him the ability to sense things he wouldn't otherwise be able to. This factors heavily in the climax. He also is mildly psychic and lives closer to the Dream Road than others. This is also invoked, to a degree, by Prince Josua, who is willing to make use of Simon's popularity and time with the Sithi as a way to bolster morale for the Battle at the Stone. Finally, this is invoked again at the end of the novel when Isgrimnur and others push Simon to take the throne, pointing out not only Simon's recently discovered heritage, but all the other crap he's gone through, saying of his heritage that "I'd be tempted to make it up if it weren't true." The fact is, that, with the exception of the Dragon's blood, none of his encounters have given him special abilities, he's just grown up.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_46e7492b	type	Comet of Doom
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_46e7492b	comment	Comet of Doom: The Conqueror Star, said to herald the rise and fall of kingdoms. It appeared over the death of Usires Aedon, the fall of Asu'a, and the end of King John's reign, and its final appearance plays a key role in the spell cast to summon Ineluki during the climax.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_4755314a	type	Magical Native American
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_4755314a	comment	Magical Native American: Binabik, sort of. More like a Magical Inuit, but the basic idea of the trope still applies. Tiamak is a variation in that he's gained a "modern" education but is still presumed to be a savage because of his race.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_485eb589	type	Sealed Evil in a Can
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_4920f624	type	Hidden Villain
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_4920f624	comment	Hidden Villain: Ineluki, for much of the first book.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_4a6e9fd9	type	Obnoxious In-Laws
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_4a6e9fd9	comment	Obnoxious In-Laws: There's no love lost between Fikolmij and his daughter’s lover / soon-to-be-husband Prince Josua.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_4a852458	type	Big Good
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_4a852458	comment	Big Good: In essence Prince Josua as the accepted leader of the forces opposing the Big Bad.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_4ac8b81f	type	Humans Are the Real Monsters
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_4ac8b81f	comment	Humans Are the Real Monsters: The justification for the Storm King's plan to destroy humanity.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_4bfcfa7c	type	Kansas City Shuffle
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_4bfcfa7c	comment	Kansas City Shuffle: The Storm King and Utuk'ku employ all the elements of misdirection at their command to prevent the heroes from figuring out how the Three Swords are actually supposed to be used. The war is a sham and a misdirect, the swords will not save the kingdom. In fact, the swords are objects of power that want to be destroyed, and their destruction will empower the Storm King's return.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_4c3f14e0	type	You Are Too Late
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_4c3f14e0	comment	You Are Too Late: Pointed out by several characters, and Cadrach in particular, is that the heroes' attempts to foil the Storm King's plan are in vain, because the exact path to his victory was laid out five hundred years ago and he has anticipated every possible outcome; it is all set in prophecy as immutable as the stars.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_4d2331fd	type	Silver Has Mystic Powers
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_4d2331fd	comment	Memory is the sword of Prester John and Saint Eahlstahn Fiskerne before him, a silver blade forged from the keel of the first Rimmer ship to come to Osten Ard and bearing the finger bone of blessed Usires on the hilt, it was forged by the Words of Power. It slew the dragon Shurakai.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_4f84cdef	type	Smug Snake
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_4f84cdef	comment	Smug Snake: Count Aspitis, which makes the moment when Miriamele makes paste out of his pretty face with an oar all the more satisfying.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_500ecfb7	type	The Big Guy
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_500ecfb7	comment	The Big Guy: Duke Isgrimnur is a hulking Rimmersman warrior; even in his declining years he is unmatched in battle. When he is forced to disguise himself as a monk, he is terrible at acting the part, but is so physically intimidating that nobody dares question him. Camaris is the largest and strongest human in Osten Ard. While living as a witless servant in Kwanitupul, he obliterates a local street gang that tries to assault Tiamak, and after his mind is restored (as well as in his past days of glory), he is so fearsome in battle that enemies flee or switch sides rather than face him.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_510619dd	type	Covert Group
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_510619dd	comment	Covert Group: The League of the Scroll is not per se a secret society but they're quite happy with little publicity - understandable as they're mission is to gain knowledge that will protect the realms of men and hence they are a nuisance to any forces opposing them. See The Order below.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_5148024	type	Locked into Strangeness
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_5148024	comment	Locked into Strangeness: A lock of Simon's hair is permanently turned white after being burned by the blood of a dragon; it results in him being called "Simon Snowlock".
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_527fc5fe	type	Gotta Catch Them All
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_527fc5fe	comment	Gotta Catch Them All: "Three Swords must come again." One of the Driving Questions of the story is how to get all three swords together, as the heroes have one, the villains have another, and the whereabouts of the third is unknown.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_5313c266	type	Bookends
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_5313c266	comment	Inverted with Cadrach in the end, when he summons the strength to hold up the stairs of Green Angel Tower long enough for Simon and Miriamele to escape its collapse.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_5345de5	type	Strange-Syntax Speaker
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_5345de5	comment	Strange-Syntax Speaker: Binabik is using progressive aspect even when he is meaning to express habitual or stative verbs.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_53c5f30e	type	Happy Ending Override
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_53c5f30e	comment	Happy Ending Override: For the Metessans. Brindalles is killed by the Norns, Seriddan succumbs to his wounds, both their wives soon die and the only offspring Pasevalles is left a poor orphan after another Baron claims the lands of Metessa as his own - all set-up for Pasevalles becoming The Chessmaster in the Sequel series. The whole sequel series of The Last King of Osten Ard in many ways. This derives more from the realism of the setting than anything else — Osten Ard is too fleshed-out to allow for permanent happy endings, and Simon and Miri ruling peacefully for decades was perhaps the best we could have hoped for.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_53f5119f	type	The Dragon
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_53f5119f	comment	The Dragon: Pryrates, to Elias. He tries to be this for the Storm King too, but, well... The Storm King has his own band of Dragons (though they're not unique enough to be a Quirky Miniboss Squad), in the form of the Red Hand. They were his companions in life and are now undead like him, though rather less powerful. Only one of them is named, as part of a ritual—the Duke of the Black Wind.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_553d8a44	type	King on His Deathbed
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_553d8a44	comment	King on His Deathbed: The last days of Prester John with the nobility rushing to Erchester to witness his passing and his sons presumably quarreling over the succession.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_55940b68	type	Doorstopper
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_55940b68	comment	Doorstopper: All the novels, but most especially the third, whose hardcover edition is over a thousand pages and had to be split into two separate novels for the paperback release — each of which is over 800 pages long.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_57b80b45	type	Fantastic Racism
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_57b80b45	comment	Fantastic Racism: Rimmersgarders and the Qanuc do not get along. There's also a very casual sort of racism towards the Wrannamen a.k.a. "little brown men" — by practically everybody.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_57d43e40	type	Fantasy Counterpart Culture
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_57d43e40	comment	Fantasy Counterpart Culture: Human and non-human lands are clear representatives of various cultures across history, but not necessarily European. Erkynland represents medieval England, with many names and customs very similar to Anglo-Saxon culture. The isle of Warinsten, the original home of Prester John has some elements of Hebrew culture. Hernystir is a stand-in for Celtic countries, specifically Ireland and Scotland, with them generally being mistrusted and sometimes ridiculed by Erkynlanders. Rimmersmen may seem to be based on Vikings, but interestingly enough, they are far more similar to post-christianization Scandinavia, with them largely abandoning their seafaring ways, and becoming the most fervent followers of the Crystal Dragon Jesus of the world. Duchies of Nabban and Perdruin represent Italian city-states, with Nabban being of special importance, seeing how it is the main seat of the Aedonite religion, and a former capital of a once-mighty empire, a la Rome. The Thritings-folk may seem to be based on central Asian steppe nomads, what with them living in wagons, but their names and implied connection to Erkynlanders makes them more similar to equestrian Germanic tribes such as Goths with some Hungary thrown in. The Wran and its inhabitants seem to be based on native Americans, with some Egyptian influence. The Qanuc are pretty obviously based on various Inuit tribes. Sithi and Norns both share the influence of Japanese culture; however, with the Norns it's a little more ambiguous.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_586db75d	type	My Girl Is Not a Slut
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_586db75d	comment	My Girl Is Not a Slut: Simon is utterly devastated to find out that Miriamele gave up her virginity to the Nabbanai noble who held her captive.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_5b47c8c7	comment	Magic Mirror: The Sithi employ a variety of magical artifacts to enter the Dream Road, mirrors being a favorite. Simon gets one from Jiriki and uses it to call for help on more than one occasion. It also ends up being a subverted Chekhov's Gun when Simon and Miriamele are trapped by the Storm King's cultists; rather than call for help, they shatter it in order to cut their bonds with the fragments.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_5c81a18b	type	I Am Not My Father
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_5c81a18b	comment	I Am Not My Father: Both Elias and Josua have issues of this. Elias doesn't want to as much as touch John's sword and this is before he got into his deal with Ineluki and might have been afraid of Bright-Nail. Josua is reluctant to seem like he was trying to copy his father - while he is in fact very much like his true father Camaris without knowing it. in fact said out loud by Josua, when Sangfugol tries to hand him the banner of King Prester John to ride into battle with. Josua hands it back, saying:
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_5eb92325	type	Declaration of Protection
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_5eb92325	comment	Declaration of Protection: Frustrated by Miriamele's refusal to reciprocate his affections, Simon instead declares that he will be her knight-protector, and abandons his duties to Josua in order to accompany her on her journey back to the Hayholt.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_5eecd64c	type	Oh, No... Not Again!
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_5eecd64c	comment	Oh, No... Not Again!: In The Last King of Osten Ard Strangyeard died, Lady Faiera and Prince Josua have been missing for years, and the open positions have not been filled, thus leaving only Binabik and Tiamak alive and active.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_60fa92ac	type	Names to Run Away from Really Fast
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_60fa92ac	comment	Names to Run Away from Really Fast: The Storm King. Sorrow.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_6131606c	type	Hitchhiker Heroes
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_6131606c	comment	Hitchhiker Heroes: Simon's encounters in the first book with the characters who become his friends and companions pretty much fit this trope to a tee, although it's subverted in Binabik's case when we find out that he was specifically told to look for Simon.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_614a4e11	type	Do You Want to Copulate?
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_614a4e11	comment	Do You Want to Copulate?: Vorzheva rather unsubtly walking up to Josua with a blanket in her arms to finally get her "wedding ride".
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_617f0563	type	Heelâ€“Face Turn
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_617f0563	comment	Heel–Face Turn: Baron Seriddan Metessis. He hopes he can lure Josua into admitting treason in front of witnesses - instead he is convinced to join the Prince's pursuit.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_63b12059	type	Villainous Friendship
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_63b12059	comment	Villainous Friendship: Elias and Guthwulf have a genuine camaraderie at the start of the series, but the dark paths that Elias goes down baffle and frighten the earl, leading him to fall out of favor and eventually get his soul destroyed by Sorrow. Pryrates and Elias have a grudging alliance, with Elias refusing to hear ill of the priest and making him his closest advisor. Pryrates, in turn, feigns friendship, having all along intended to betray his liege to the Storm King.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_6411dac8	type	BadassNormal
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_6411dac8	comment	Badass Normal: Camaris and King Prester John were the two greatest heroes of their age, dominating any field of battle they entered. Even decades later and after a Heroic BSoD, Camaris is still stronger than a half-dozen other men, which puts him about even with a Sithi warrior.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_6439de78	type	Heroic Sacrifice
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_6439de78	comment	Heroic Sacrifice: Cadrach, in the Collapsing Lair.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_663b22d9	type	Dying as Yourself
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_663b22d9	comment	Dying as Yourself: Elias comes to his senses at the very end, just before Miriamele kills him.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_6a157a14	type	Color-Coded Patrician
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_6a157a14	comment	Color-Coded Patrician: Elias and his retainers are usually dressed in green, Josua and his men in gray.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_6a1cbf28	type	Rebellious Princess
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_6a3bedce	type	Modesty Bedsheet
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_6a3bedce	comment	Modesty Bedsheet: After their Last-Minute Hookup, Miriamele steals the blanket from Simon after the two of them are woken unexpectedly by Josua.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_6a6760fa	type	The Power of Hate
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_6a6760fa	comment	The Power of Hate: A key ingredient of the summoning spell cast by Pryrates and Utuk'ku is the channeled fear and hatred of all the mortals in the world. Simon's revelation about Ineluki spoils the effect by leading him to reject hate in favor of forgiveness.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_6a696742	type	The Power of Love
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_6a696742	comment	The Power of Love: In the climax, Simon unravels the scheme to summon the Storm King by reacting to his evil with forgiveness. The latter Didn't See That Coming, and is weakened just enough for Miriamele to kill his physical host.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_6a79a4a4	type	MacGuffin Delivery Service
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_6a79a4a4	comment	MacGuffin Delivery Service: The entire three swords plot. Also, Cadrach, in the backstory, by delivering Du Svardenvyrd to Pryrates.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_6b6556ee	type	Mentor Occupational Hazard
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_6b6556ee	comment	Mentor Occupational Hazard: The Storm King's minions intentionally hunt down and destroy the members of the League of the Scroll and anyone else who might have enough knowledge to unravel the Evil Plan before it's complete.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_6ba906f	type	Berserker Tears
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_6ba906f	comment	Berserker Tears: After Amerasu's death, Simon goes into a berserker fury, not realizing that he's crying the whole time.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_6d2a892a	type	Everybody Is Single
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_6d2a892a	comment	Everybody Is Single: Despite the medieval setting, hardly anybody is married. It's easier to count those who are (Isgrimnur, Leobardis, Isorn, Seriddan, Brindalles, Lluth, Josua and Vorzheva later) than those who are not.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_704d7e91	type	No Ontological Inertia
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_704d7e91	comment	No Ontological Inertia: In addition to the aforementioned Green Angel Tower, there's a very plot-significant use of this trope in the three swords themselves (see the trope entry for details).
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_70c06a09	type	The Undead
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_70c06a09	comment	The Undead: Ineluki and his Red Hand.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_711714da	type	Opposites Attract
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_711714da	comment	Opposites Attract: Josua and Vorzheva have opposing characters, which constantly clash and lead to loads of bickering and hurt feelings. They love each other nonetheless.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_716c0b1b	type	And the Adventure Continues
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_716c0b1b	comment	And the Adventure Continues: Discussed by the characters when Aditu bestows a prophecy over Josua and Vorzheva's twins. Just because everyone's in the middle of a grand adventure doesn't mean there won't be more things happening in Osten Ard after it's over. And after over twenty years, the adventures did continue, with the Interquel The Heart of What Was Lost and the sequel series The Last King of Osten Ard.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_733e007a	type	Unwitting Pawn
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_733e007a	comment	Unwitting Pawn: Elias, especially as he goes into the whole thing hoping to bring his dead wife back to life, when that doesn't work out, decides to settle for a promise of immortality, and ends up playing host to an Omnicidal Maniac Eldritch Abomination. To his credit, he does repent at the end, but of course it's too late. Technically, the entire cast of protagonists are pawns. They fall right into the Storm King's trap despite a surfeit of clues, largely because his Kansas City Shuffle prevents them from ever really stopping to think about the situation.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_766de4dc	type	To Absent Friends
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_766de4dc	comment	To Absent Friends: In the last chapter of "To Green Angel Tower". At a celebration one year after the Storm King's end the survivors drink to those friends lost or absent.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_76c30df4	type	Will Not Tell a Lie
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_76c30df4	comment	Will Not Tell a Lie: The Sithi seem to have no grasp of the concept of lying in their culture. The Norns, on the other hand...
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_77e8d49d	type	Clingy MacGuffin
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_77e8d49d	comment	Clingy MacGuffin: The three swords - it's very hard to get rid of one if it doesn't want to be rid of you.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_780a078e	type	Self-Made Orphan
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_780a078e	comment	Self-Made Orphan: Miriamele, a particularly bitter moment because she goes to the final battle in the hopes of bringing her father back to his senses, but ends up having to kill him instead. Ineluki too, when he's Jumping Off the Slippery Slope in his backstory. Oh, and Benigaris, as part of his Face–Heel Turn.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_78255ad7	type	Passing the Torch
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_78255ad7	comment	Passing the Torch: One of the themes of the trilogy is the passing of one generation to the next. Camaris passes his pain to Josua, who learns to shed it. Eahlstahn passes his legend to Simon. One generation of the League of the Scroll passes to the next, with Jarnauga even passing his role directly to Strangyeard and Binabik succeeding his master both as Shaman and as a member of the League. Tiamak, by way of being a penpal, succeeds Morgenes.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_7a143509	type	Shell-Shocked Veteran
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_7a143509	comment	Shell-Shocked Veteran: Cadrach. Also, Camaris after being awakened.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_7ae40f90	type	Manly Facial Hair
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_7ae40f90	comment	Manly Facial Hair: Beards are an important element of the Rimmersgard culture. Isgrimnur, a powerful (if elderly) warrior, is enormously proud of his and is aghast when told he'll have to shave it for a covert mission.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_7bc90010	type	Hearing Voices
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_7bc90010	comment	Hearing Voices: Liable to happen to anyone wandering the bowels of Asu'a.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_7c020e46	type	One-Scene Wonder
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_7c020e46	comment	The Norn sorcerer Akhenabhi only appears in one scene in Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, though it's a fairly memorable one. He's a major player in The Heart of What Was Lost, where he is characterized as, in essence, the Norn version of Pryrates, and as he survives the novel is being set up for an equally expanded role in The Last King of Osten Ard.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_7d89315b	type	"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_7d89315b	comment	"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Played with. Deornoth gives one to Josua, which turns out to be more of a You Are Better Than You Think You Are speech.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_7fbb13bf	type	Unfriendly Fire
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_7fbb13bf	comment	Unfriendly Fire: Benigaris inherits the kingship of Nabban during the battle for Naglimund by stabbing his father in the back. This is also his Face–Heel Turn moment.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_7fbb2a3	type	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_7fbb2a3	comment	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Bringing the swords together because a prophecy told you that they are the only thing that can defeat the Storm King? Turns out not to be such a good idea.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_802d0b2d	type	Self-Proclaimed Liar
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_802d0b2d	comment	Self-Proclaimed Liar: Cadrach freely admits to Miriamele that he is a liar and would lie again. This isn't out of an attempt to deceive but because he has passed the Despair Event Horizon and believes the world doomed (by his own hand) no matter what he does.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_815556aa	type	Tome of Eldritch Lore
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_815556aa	comment	Tome of Eldritch Lore: Du Svardenvyrd (The Weird of the Swords), the book of the mad prophet Nisses, is essentially a guide book for summoning the Storm King, and merely reading it can drive one past the Despair Event Horizon.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_81706730	type	Emergency Impersonation
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_81706730	comment	Emergency Impersonation: The heroes' army uses Body Doubles for the final battle to hide the fact that Prince Josua and Camaris have both gone into the Hayholt via the tunnels, both for the enemy's benefit and to boost the morale of their troops. Although the ruse does work, it turns out to be irrelevant.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_81c72ad5	type	Vestigial Empire
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_81c72ad5	comment	Vestigial Empire: The Sithi once ruled all of Osten Ard, but it was a loose rulership befitting a race of immortals. The Black Rimmersmen conquered them with iron, leading to their decline and giving rise to Ineluki. Nabban was once a great empire, ruling most of the human kingdoms as the center of both political and spiritual power. Its influence waned over the centuries until it was itself conquered by King Prester John, though it remains the center of the Aedonite religion.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_8288929a	type	Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_8288929a	comment	Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: After Pryrates' attempted betrayal, the Storm King delivers on the Exact Words of his promise...
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_834420aa	type	BFS
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_834420aa	comment	Thorn is the sword of Camaris, an unsually large ebony blade with a hilt filigreed in gold. It was forged from the metal of a meteorite that fell to Osten Ard, requiring the Words of Power to shape it. It was used against the dragon Igjarjuk.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_83adb272	type	Crystal Dragon Jesus
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_83adb272	comment	Crystal Dragon Jesus: Averted with the religion of Usires Aedon, a clear Fantasy Counterpart Culture version of Christianity.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_8409a385	type	Exactly What It Says on the Tin
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_859ec5d8	type	The Fair Folk
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_863fac26	type	Jerk Jock
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_87456897	type	Unholy Holy Sword
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_8774fb47	type	Eldritch Abomination
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_8774fb47	comment	Eldritch Abomination: Ineluki and his closest followers defied death to become things of pure hatred.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_889cff96	type	Quirky Miniboss Squad
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_889cff96	comment	The Storm King has his own band of Dragons (though they're not unique enough to be a Quirky Miniboss Squad), in the form of the Red Hand. They were his companions in life and are now undead like him, though rather less powerful. Only one of them is named, as part of a ritual—the Duke of the Black Wind.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_89b8822f	type	Go Mad from the Revelation
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_89b8822f	comment	Go Mad from the Revelation: The monk and scholar Cadrach loses all hope after reading Du Svardenvyrd, and many minor characters go stark raving mad after being touched by the Storm King.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_8a4988bb	type	Mind Rape
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_8a817c2a	type	Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_8a817c2a	comment	Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: Inch is pure evil, but the capper for Jeremias' litany of his villainy not-so-delicately implies that Inch used him as a catamite. Utvart is claimed by Vorzheva to be a rapist - and a paedophile at that. Fikolmij (according to Derra and Hyara) seems to have tendencies towards this as well.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_8b6394c	type	These Are Things Man Was Not Meant to Know
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_8b6394c	comment	These Are Things Man Was Not Meant to Know: There is a lot of dark, dangerous knowledge in the world of Osten Ard. Those who delve too deep tend to Go Mad from the Revelation. Underlying it all is a concept called "Unbeing" which apparently makes you Deader than Dead. Ineluki is one of the greatest practitioners of these arts. Pryrates likes them, too. Cadrach discovering some in the pages of Du Svardenvyrd sent him over the Despair Event Horizon.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_8ea9eb54	type	Black Swords Are Better
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_8ea9eb54	comment	Black Swords Are Better: Thorn is midnight black thanks to its (apparent) extraterrestrial origins, and it is the most fearsome of the Three in direct combat.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_8f0dc93c	type	Dangerous Forbidden Technique
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_8f0dc93c	comment	Dangerous Forbidden Technique: Ineluki learned one of these, if not several, in his search for power. His use of one in an attempt to destroy the human armies invading Asu'a is what killed him. Pryrates picks up a few too, including the Words of Changing and the Words of Unmaking. They'd have worked fine if he hadn't tried to use them against the Storm King.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_906365a2	type	Demonic Possession
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_906365a2	comment	Demonic Possession: Unsealing the Storm King requires that his spirit have a physical host to inhabit. Guess who gets to be the lucky victim? Unwitting Pawn Elias.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_90d44f44	type	Karmic Death
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_90d44f44	comment	Karmic Death: Elias is killed by his own daughter's hand, after attempting to sell her into marriage and generally acting like a Jerkass to her. Also, Pryrates. And Inch, for that matter; see Hoist by His Own Petard.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_91172ed8	type	Misère Game
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_91172ed8	comment	Misère Game: Two Sithi once spent years trying to lose a game of Shent. It's considered one of the most beautiful games ever played.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_913c0a60	type	Named After the Injury
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_913c0a60	comment	Named After the Injury: Josua 'Lackhand', who lost his right hand in a skirmish.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_9245d989	type	Sinister Minister
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_9245d989	comment	Sinister Minister: Pryrates, of course. He does get defrocked about halfway through, but is beyond caring at that point anyway. He just uses Black Magic to exact some rather messy revenge.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_9400b3b5	type	Questionable Consent
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_9400b3b5	comment	Questionable Consent: Miriamele gives in to Aspitis when he comes to her bunk but she is vulnerable, drunk, and possibly drugged at the time.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_944eb8fb	type	All Deaths Final
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_944eb8fb	comment	All Deaths Final: Failing to accept this is what drives Elias into Pryrates' clutches.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_94922187	type	EvilIsCold
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_94922187	comment	Evil Is Cold: Cold, along with fear, are the Storm King's primary weapons.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_96144372	type	Aristocrats Are Evil
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_96144372	comment	Aristocrats Are Evil: Straight cases — King Elias (bad), Duke Isgrimnur (good). Aversions — Count Eolair (good). Duke Skali (bad). It goes all over the place, in fact; one of the major themes is that royal blood alone does not make a good person. Not only that, but the question is often raised as to what, exactly, constitutes "royal" blood.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_966f0c70	type	Enchanted Forest
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_966f0c70	comment	Enchanted Forest: Part of Aldheorte forest is protected by Sithi magic.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_9673d7f0	type	Orphan's Plot Trinket
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_9673d7f0	comment	Orphan's Plot Trinket: Simon's ring was given into the care of Dr. Morgenes by Simon's mother before she died; the writing on it contains the secret of his heritage.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_970c790a	comment	Big Bad: Ineluki and Utuk'ku, both in their own way.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_9712e10	type	Sword of Plot Advancement
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_9712e10	comment	Sword of Plot Advancement: The MacGuffin are three swords.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_97aaa7f3	type	In the Blood
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_97aaa7f3	comment	In the Blood: Characterization seems very strongly to pass from father to son in Osten Ard, even when the father in question never knew or raised his child. Elias' recklessness, Simon's heroism, Josua's introspection...
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_98a63dc6	type	Time Abyss
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_98a63dc6	comment	Time Abyss: Amerasu in particular, although several of the Sithi might qualify.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_9ba281f0	type	Knighting
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_9ba281f0	comment	Knighting: Simon is knighted by Prince Josua atop the Stone of Farewell as a reward for his bravery in recovering Thorn. The ceremony is preceded by a night of fasting and vigil, in keeping with Aedonite tradition.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_9bcd82c0	type	Took a Level in Badass
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_9bcd82c0	comment	Took a Level in Badass: Simon, who starts out a scullion and, with training and a bit lot of luck, manages to acquit himself quite well in battle.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_9c9115c1	type	ArcherArchetype
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_9c9115c1	comment	Archer Archetype: Miriamele's weapon of choice is the bow, which fits with her theme of independence. Some humor comes from the contrast between her archery skills and Simon's, who self-deprecatingly claims to be able to "hit a cow at ten paces." Her skill with the bow also comes in very handy in the climax.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_9d29321a	type	Can't Argue with Elves
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_9e1e14ea	type	Ambition Is Evil
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_9e1e14ea	comment	Ambition Is Evil: Pyrates is defined by his thirst for power and is the worst irredeemable villain in the series, which isn't even true of the Big Bad.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_9edbda07	type	Elite Mooks
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_9edbda07	comment	Elite Mooks: The Norns themselves, certainly in relation to human soldiers.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_9fb2452d	type	Evil Is Not a Toy
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_9fb2452d	comment	Evil Is Not a Toy, The Starscream: Pryrates hopes to use the power he was granted by the Storm King to control him and use him to rule the world. Unfortunately (for him), it doesn't work.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_a0ce7213	type	My Girl Back Home
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_a0ce7213	comment	My Girl Back Home: Sisquinanamook is betrothed to Binabik, and is not pleased that he went off adventuring for months when he was supposed to be back home conducting their tribe's spring rituals. After she relents and helps rescue him from execution, she decides to go along with the party to protect her investment.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_a148f27b	type	Living Legend
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_a148f27b	comment	Living Legend: Seoman Snowlock by the end, who travels the length and breadth of Osten Ard; discovers a lost blade of legend, slays a dragon, is a hero of the Battle of the Stone of Farewell, befriends the Sithi, is bound on a Wheel of Pain, defeats the Storm King, and is a descendant of the sainted Ealhstan Fiskerne. Aditu even has some fun adding to his legend to scare a girl Simon was kissing.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_a1ac1d57	type	I Will Fight No More Forever
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_a1ac1d57	comment	I Will Fight No More Forever: In the Interquel The Heart of What Was Lost, Isgrimnur is secretly relieved when the Norns collapse the entrance to Nakkiga, as it means the bloodshed can finally be over. Given a Call-Back in the sequel series, when a Sitha recalls Isgrimnur to demonstrate that mortals are more than bloodthirsty savages.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_a2e84479	type	Slowly Slipping Into Evil
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_a2e84479	comment	Slowly Slipping Into Evil: Ineluki's backstory is a tale of a wise and noble prince trying to save his people from darkness but beset by tragedy after tragedy, darkening his heart until all he can think of is hatred and revenge.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_a2e96d18	type	Just the First Citizen
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_a2e96d18	comment	There's no master or leader.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_a3c0d670	type	Evil Chancellor
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_a3c0d670	comment	Pryrates is responsible for corrupting Elias and continues to serve as the Evil Chancellor well after Elias' descent into madness, routinely encouraging his king's worst habits while also going behind his back, plotting to turn Elias into a vessel for the Storm King’s spirit. Pryrates’ association with the Storm King and the powers that it grants him makes him the most dangerous of the human antagonists in terms of raw power. Because of this, he personally leads the charge against the heroes during some of the story’s darkest moments. Naturally, all of this earns Pryrates the personal enmity of the protagonists. He's also the most purely malevolent of the villains.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_a56e3cba	type	Language Barrier
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_a56e3cba	comment	Language Barrier: Though High King Prester John established his native tongue Westerling as the main language in Osten Ard, many people (especially commoners) only speak the native language of their home area and at best some broken, heavily accented Westerling.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_a588c1cf	type	Cool Horse
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_a588c1cf	comment	Cool Horse: Sithi horses, which are bred for endurance, speed, and overall awesomeness. The Thrithings-men in general have some truly amazing horses as well, including Josua’s Vinyafod and Deornoth’s Vildalix.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_a6275bef	type	Cool Sword
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_a6275bef	comment	Cool Sword: Three of 'em, oddly enough.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_a65288e2	type	Ascended Extra
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_a65288e2	comment	Ascended Extra: Williams himself commented that he originally wrote Cadrach as a one-off character who would play no further part in the story after his (brief) initial appearance. Williams found the character he'd created intriguing and decided to bring Cadrach back, and he ends up being a fairly important player in the story. The Norn sorcerer Akhenabhi only appears in one scene in Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, though it's a fairly memorable one. He's a major player in The Heart of What Was Lost, where he is characterized as, in essence, the Norn version of Pryrates, and as he survives the novel is being set up for an equally expanded role in The Last King of Osten Ard.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_a6c69bd	type	MacGuffin
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_a6c69bd	comment	MacGuffin: The three swords, obviously. The horn Tituno/Cellian once owned by Ineluki and Hakatri, now by Camaris. Sithi Mirrors and the white arrow Simon receives from Jiriki. The golden necklaces and pendants (parchment and quill) of the seven members of the League of the Scroll - and the Fakin' MacGuffin i.e. the copy in silver and lesser detail Jarnulf owns for reasons yet unknown. In the Sequel Series, the titular Witchwood Crown, and the Armor of Ruyan Ve.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_a9de87d2	type	Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_ae373f3e	type	Membership Token
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_b06bbf4b	type	Be Careful What You Wish For
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_b0855ef3	type	No Historical Figures Were Harmed
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_b1346878	type	Fate Worse than Death
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_b1346878	comment	Fate Worse than Death: Whatever happened to Ineluki. Also for Prince Gwythinn of Hernystir who gets tortured and mutilated by Skali's men for no other reason than their enterntainment.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_b1a3ce24	type	Horned Humanoid
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_b1e8a3b3	type	Coming of Age Story
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_b1e8a3b3	comment	Coming of Age Story: Simon's, and to an extent, Miriamele's as well. Plus their grandson Morgan in The Last King of Osten Ard.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_b3462e22	type	The Man Behind the Monsters
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_b3462e22	comment	The Man Behind the Monsters: While the main protagonists are aware that the Storm King is behind all of the evil that's going on, most folks believe that King Elias is the Big Bad and thus that the Norns, Bukken, and Hunen attacking everyone are doing so at his bidding. Not so at all: they are "on loan" from the real Big Bad and fully plan to betray Elias once their plan is complete. A hint of this can be seen when Elias demands that a pair of Norns do his bidding; they obey only after he threatens to draw Sorrow on them.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_b6203862	type	Interquel
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_b6203862	comment	And after over twenty years, the adventures did continue, with the Interquel The Heart of What Was Lost and the sequel series The Last King of Osten Ard.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_b7c53a22	type	Blood Knight
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_b7e1dcc8	type	Empathic Weapon
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_b7e1dcc8	comment	Empathic Weapon: The three swords, in a creepy and subversive way. They have the ability to manipulate people around them to get where they want to go.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_b7fea698	type	Emotion Bomb
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_b7fea698	comment	Emotion Bomb: The Storm King and the Red Hand emanate an aura of fear sufficient to drive most mortals mad.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_b8878bff	type	Throne Made of X
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_b8878bff	comment	Throne Made of X: The Dragonbone Chair is made … well … of dragon bones.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_b8e3f20a	type	Demoted to Extra
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_b8e3f20a	comment	Demoted to Extra: Sludig is one of Simon's primary traveling companions and a major character in the second book; in the third, he's Put on a Bus for most of the story and doesn't get much face time when he does come back. He even lampshades it one point by complaining about being ignored.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_b8f0415	type	Dramatis Personae
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_b8f0415	comment	Dramatis Personae: Made necessary by the Loads And Loads Of Characters.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_b97c1d0b	type	Standard Hero Reward
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_b97c1d0b	comment	Standard Hero Reward: Justified. At the end, Miriamele is terrified that she will be handed off to some noble as a way to cement the stability of Erkynland after most of its nobility has died. She runs to Simon, desperate to escape with him, only to learn that Simon was secretly the heir to the throne all along; even if he weren't, the surviving nobles would have made up the story just so that there would be a unifying figure to take control. Thus, both of them win.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_b9c673a6	type	Market-Based Title
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_b9c673a6	comment	Market-Based Title: In Japan, the series is called いばらの秘剣 (The Secret Sword of Thorns.)
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_b9f472b	type	Storming the Castle
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_b9f472b	comment	Storming the Castle: The final battle at the Hayholt. Also at Naglimund, first by Elias’ troops without success, then by the army of the Storm King, and ultimately by the Sithi taking most of the castle back. The attacks by Fengbald's troops on the Sesuad’ra very much amount to this as well. The "Stone of Farewell" is not a castle as such, but a giant, lonesome hill with a lake and makeshift walls as fortifications around its base.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_ba44639	type	Killed Offscreen
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_ba44639	comment	Killed Offscreen: Happens to several characters including Deornoth, Gwythinn, Isorn, and Brindalles.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_babc974	type	Sadistic Choice
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_babc974	comment	Sadistic Choice: Die in the war against the Storm King et al., or survive and become king? - Both possibilities suck in the eyes of Prince Josua. Luckily he finds the chance to Take a Third Option by faking his own death and thereby to Abdicate the Throne.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_bb4b7f7c	type	Threshold Guardians
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_bb4b7f7c	comment	Threshold Guardians: Simon's hero's journey faces him against a number of trials of his resolve, the most significant of which is his decision to save a Sitha from a woodcutter's trap. This turns out to be Prince Jiriki; the White Arrow he gives Simon and the life debt it represents are critical to saving the world.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_bb5126ec	type	Prophecy Twist
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_bb5126ec	comment	Prophecy Twist: When following the words of an ancient prophecy, it's a good idea to check to see who it was written for... Also see Prophetic Fallacy.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_bb9e2f4a	type	Horseback Heroism
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_bb9e2f4a	comment	Horseback Heroism: Occuring several times - too many times to start counting them down.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_bc1865fb	type	Deader than Dead
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_bc1865fb	comment	Deader than Dead: What apparently happens to those touched by Unbeing.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_bd30d87c	type	They Call Him "Sword"
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_bd30d87c	comment	They Call Him "Sword": Count Streawe's knife-using goon becomes known as "Avi Stetto" (lit. "I have a knife") because of his fondness for threatening people with them.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_bdf2a460	type	Tragic Dream
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_bdf2a460	comment	Tragic Dream: Elias' desire to be reunited with his dead wife is behind all of the evil that he commits or becomes a participant in.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_be8416ea	type	Shrouded in Myth
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_be8416ea	comment	Shrouded in Myth: Camaris. Justified, as he really is pretty badass, even after a Heroic BSoD and living as a Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass for years.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_beb9a361	type	Anti-Hero
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_beb9a361	comment	Anti-Hero: Both Josua and his father are classic, Byronic anti-heroes. Each is in many ways The Ace, but are tormented and mopey.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_c0e634cd	type	Throat Light
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_c0e634cd	comment	Throat Light: A symptom of the Storm King's Demonic Possession: "Emberlight bloomed in his mouth."
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_c23525d4	type	Character Title
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_c23525d4	comment	Character Title: The three swords, which appear to have wills of their own, are the title of the trilogy. Thorn is the sword of Camaris, an unsually large ebony blade with a hilt filigreed in gold. It was forged from the metal of a meteorite that fell to Osten Ard, requiring the Words of Power to shape it. It was used against the dragon Igjarjuk. Memory is the sword of Prester John and Saint Eahlstahn Fiskerne before him, a silver blade forged from the keel of the first Rimmer ship to come to Osten Ard and bearing the finger bone of blessed Usires on the hilt, it was forged by the Words of Power. It slew the dragon Shurakai. Sorrow is the sword of Ineluki, who alongside his brother killed the dragon Hidohebhi and Elias, a mottled gray thing with a double hilt, it is an unholy melding of witchwood and the iron that kills it, forged by Ineluki using the Words of Power and quenched in his parents' blood in an effort to save his people from the in-flowing human tide.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_c2cedc1c	type	Big "NO!"
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_c2cedc1c	comment	Big "NO!": Isgrimnur is not happy when Josua makes him shave off his beard.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_ca7ec334	type	Two Lines, No Waiting
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_cc4b45f6	comment	Williams himself commented that he originally wrote Cadrach as a one-off character who would play no further part in the story after his (brief) initial appearance. Williams found the character he'd created intriguing and decided to bring Cadrach back, and he ends up being a fairly important player in the story.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_d10d5eb5	comment	Made of Indestructium: The three swords are indestructible. Only the Words of Unmaking can undo what was wrought with the Words of Making.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_d29a6629	comment	Death by Childbirth: Susannah with Simon. Queen Ebekah with Josua, leading to Camaris’ Survivor Guilt as he believes it was their sin that killed her.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_d397657d	comment	Hoist by His Own Petard: Inch gets his clothing caught in the waterworks he used as a torture device, ending in the textual equivalent of a Gory Discretion Shot.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_d3c6cf4f	type	Unwilling Suspension
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_d3c6cf4f	comment	Unwilling Suspension: Pryrates keeps Prince Josua Pinned to the Wall in his dungeon - for about 3 months.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_d42569b	comment	MacGuffin Title: The series is titled after the three swords that are the focus of the plot.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_d57f4a99	type	The Nothing After Death
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_d61c920b	type	Confess in Confidence
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_d62dd556	comment	For the Metessans. Brindalles is killed by the Norns, Seriddan succumbs to his wounds, both their wives soon die and the only offspring Pasevalles is left a poor orphan after another Baron claims the lands of Metessa as his own - all set-up for Pasevalles becoming The Chessmaster in the Sequel series.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_d67f0a23	type	Modest Royalty
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_d839c530	type	The Unfettered
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_d842e380	type	Love Redeems
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_d848560f	type	Unusual Euphemism
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_da3043c5	type	Fake Ultimate Hero
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_da3043c5	comment	Fake Ultimate Hero: King John Presbyter. He went into the Hayholt to kill the dragon that was inside, but when he arrived he found that it had already been killed by the previous king, Ealhstan Fiskerne, with the sword Minneyar; Ealhstan had died from his wounds. John takes Minneyar and hacks off one of the dragon's claws, and drags it out of the Hayholt to make it seem as if he had killed it.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_daa895e2	type	The Commies Made Me Do It
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_daa895e2	comment	The Commies Made Me Do It: The "traitorous" captive townsfolk at the battle of the Stone of Farewell.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_dae5c997	type	Action Girl
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_dae5c997	comment	Maegwin, daughter of King Lluth of Hernystir, also qualifies.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_db911ee	type	Field Promotion
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_db911ee	comment	Field Promotion: For Binabik, Father Strangyeard and Tiamak to the ranks of members - because at this point there is no active member of the League left alive. Padreic and Pryrates not counting.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_db912a80	type	The Good King
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_dca70c44	type	Reasonable Authority Figure
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_dca70c44	comment	Members are Reasonable Authority Figures that should abide to do good- if they don't, you'll easily have someone like Pryrates on your hands.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_dd082289	type	A Million Is a Statistic
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_dd082289	comment	A Million Is a Statistic: Well-understood by Williams; his Establishing Character Moment for Pryrates is not to slaughter dozens of people, but to literally Kick the Dog.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_dffd6a64	type	Glad-to-Be-Alive Sex
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_dffd6a64	comment	Glad-to-Be-Alive Sex: Technically, Simon and Miriamele, although it's a few days later after everyone's had a chance to rest a bit.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_e08f3fed	type	Chair Reveal
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_e08f3fed	comment	Chair Reveal: Simon stumbles on King Elias inside Hjeldin's tower, sitting in what he thinks is an empty chair.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_e1f942b6	type	Faction Motto
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_e1f942b6	comment	Faction Motto: "Podos orbiem, quil meminit" (shortened to "POQM") translating to "He who remembers can make the world anew" in Nabbanai.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_e21e21be	type	Red and Black and Evil All Over
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_e21e21be	comment	Red and Black and Evil All Over: Pryrates wears red robes with black trim, and is often referred to as "The Red Priest" or "The Red Wizard".
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_e2c4b927	type	Dub Name Change
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_e2c4b927	comment	Dub Name Change: In the german translation of the novels — for whatever reason — Vorzheva's name has been changed to "Vara".
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_e2ef7c20	type	No Man of Woman Born
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_e2ef7c20	comment	No Man of Woman Born: The trilogy's primary Unwitting Pawns (the heroes) fall into the role partially because they make an error of this type.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_e431c24c	type	Not Quite Dead
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_e431c24c	comment	Not Quite Dead: Prince Josua, after the Collapsing Lair. Also Camaris, from his Heroic BSoD backstory.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_eb5b71fe	comment	Clingy Jealous Girl: Vorzheva as well as Lady Faiera in The Last King of Osten Ard. Prince Josua seems to attract a certain kind of woman...
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_eb81c601	comment	Big Damn Heroes: A staple of the series. Binabik plays this role for Simon on too many occasions to list, Simon himself does it for Jiriki and Miriamele, and even Cadrach gets his moments.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_f4fd424c	comment	All Your Base Are Belong to Us: All of the good human kingdoms have been captured or subverted by the end of the first book; this is part of the villains' plan to keep any possible resistance off-balance and on the run.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_f672a508	comment	Phlebotinum Overload: Ineluki's attempt to cast a forbidden spell to destroy the human armies invading Asu'a backfired, killing him and his minions and casting them into the realms beyond death.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_f788b2c5	type	Love Makes You Evil
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_f97df10b	type	The World's Expert (on Getting Killed)
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_f97df10b	comment	The World's Expert (on Getting Killed): Amerasu is second in knowledge and power only to Utuk'ku, and is the only person who fully grasps her plan. However, when it comes time to demonstrate her knowledge to the protagonists, Utuk'ku silences Amerasu seemingly without effort, while Ingen Jegger finishes the job by killing her.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_fb3ac5b7	comment	Astrologer: Xannasavin in the court of Nabban does an astonishingly good job of predicting the future — it doesn't hurt that in this universe, astrology is entirely valid. Of course, the future he predicts ends up not being what Duke Benigaris wants to hear, which gets him thrown off a roof.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_fe374b99	comment	Gloomy Gray: Josua is associated with gray in many ways. He is habitually dressed in gray and chooses gray for his royal insignia, his tent, the clothes of his men, his standard …
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_fe964db5	type	Monster from Beyond the Veil
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_fe964db5	comment	Monster from Beyond the Veil: A variation — we learn that the Storm King was contacted accidentally by Pryrates while he was attempting to reach the spirit of Elias' dead wife.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / int_feaf12e8	comment	Survivor Guilt: The death of Queen Ebekah leads to Camaris’ Heroic BSoD because he believes that it is their sin that killed her - i.e. the birth of their child. Josua because he could not save Hylissa. Simon especially over Doctor Morgenes’ sacrifice.
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Hitchhiker Heroes / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Horned Humanoid / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	I Call It "Vera" / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	I Cannot Self-Terminate / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	I Owe You My Life / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Insufferable Imbecile / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Jumping Off the Slippery Slope / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Just Whistle / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Knighting / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Last-Minute Hookup / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Last Plan Standing / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Left-Justified Fantasy Map / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Living Legend / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Locked into Strangeness / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	MacGuffin Title / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Magic Meteor / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Magical Native American / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Maintain the Lie / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Medieval European Fantasy / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Miles to Go Before I Sleep / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Misanthrope Supreme / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Modest Royalty / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Modesty Bedsheet / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Monster from Beyond the Veil / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	More Despicable Minion / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Mutual Kill / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	My Girl Back Home / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	My Girl Is Not a Slut / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Named After the Injury / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Named Weapons / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Necromantic / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Our Elves Are Different / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Past Experience Nightmare / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Patricide / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	People Puppets / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Prophetic Fallacy / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Punctuation Shaker / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Questionable Consent / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Really Royalty Reveal / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Rebellious Princess / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Reluctant Warrior / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Self-Proclaimed Liar / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Short Teens, Tall Adults / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Shrouded in Myth / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Sinister Minister / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Slowly Slipping Into Evil / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Sparing the Aces / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Standard Fantasy Setting / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Standard Hero Reward / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Stealing the Credit / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Suicidal Cosmic Temper Tantrum / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Sympathy for the Devil / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Teens Are Short / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	The Commies Made Me Do It / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	The Dragonslayer / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	The Fair Folk / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	The Good Kingdom / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	The Greatest Story Never Told / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	The Lady's Favour / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	The Man Behind the Monsters / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	The Older Immortal / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	The Power of Hate / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	The Wise Prince / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	The World's Expert (on Getting Killed) / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	They Call Him "Sword" / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Threshold Guardians / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Throat Light / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Throne Made of X / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Tragic Dream / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Twang Hello / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Unfriendly Fire / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Unholy Holy Sword / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Unto Us a Son and Daughter Are Born / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Using You All Along / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Vicious Cycle / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Villainous BSoD / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Wandering Minstrel / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Watching Troy Burn / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	We Named the Monkey "Jack" / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Wrong Side All Along / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	You Are Too Late / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	You Do NOT Want to Know / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Your Mind Makes It Real / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Emergency Impersonation / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	Strange-Syntax Speaker / int_2442edf2
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn	hasFeature	The Chains of Commanding / int_2442edf2

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