...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

1215 statements
241 feature instances
143 referencing feature instances

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	type	TVTItem
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	label	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	page	TheChroniclesOfThomasCovenant
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	comment	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant is a fantasy series written by Stephen R. Donaldson that tends to lean far toward the cynical side of the Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism.Thomas Covenant, a bitter, divorced leper shunned by his community due to his illness, finds himself transported into a fantasy world called rather unintuitively "The Land" where the (good, nice, hospitable) people treat him as The Chosen One, tell him that the wedding ring he still hangs onto is a magical artifact of unparalleled power, and expect him to save the world. Covenant, however, refuses to play along, insisting that the fantasy world is All Just a Dream. It does not help that the highly competent main villain, Lord Foul, is usually several steps ahead of the good guys.At first, Covenant is convinced that he is imagining things. This does not really change, but he eventually decides that it is a dream he cares about. In the first three books, the author makes certain that the reader cannot decide whether or not it really IS a dream. The corruption of The Land could be a subconscious metaphor for Covenant's corruption by leprosy. It also seems suspicious that The Land is rather simplistically detailed for such a dark series — perhaps because it is just a dream and the dreamer is not a fantasy writer. Oh, and it starts when Covenant is hit by a car and falls unconscious. On the other hand, it is far more vivid, lengthy, and elaborate than any dream should/could be.The second trilogy more or less confirms that no, That Was Not a Dream, by adding another main character who joins Covenant. What the Land actually is, however, is left up to the reader.The series tends to have much more character-driven writing than other High Fantasy stories, and delves pretty deep into the psychology of its characters.Following the clear and unambiguous information on the dream question, the Chronicles have two own wikis, one serious, one not so much and a bit detached from reality.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	fetched	2024-02-18T04:14:19Z
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	parsed	2024-02-18T04:14:20Z
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	processingComment	Dropped link to Utopia: Not a Feature - ITEM
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	processingComment	Dropped link to YouKnowTheOne: Not a Feature - ITEM
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	isPartOf	DBTropes
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_12628662	type	The Call Knows Where You Live
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_12628662	comment	The Call Knows Where You Live: And it does not forget. Even when Covenant Answers the Call, it continues to abuse his loved ones just for the hell of it. The Call lets Covenant off the hook exactly once, for a short time, because he was trying to help a girl in the "real" world who was bitten by a rattlesnake. Except for that one time, though, the Call is a real bastard, even to Linden Avery, who, unlike Covenant, never refused the Call in the first place. In the second book, it's revealed that the Call knows your telephone number. In the Final Chronicles, the call shoots Jeremiah and Linden with bullets. The call is more of an asshole than Lord Foul!
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_12628662	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_12628662	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_12628662
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1713b00a	type	Your Head A-Splode
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1713b00a	comment	Your Head Asplode: The horrible death of Liand in Against All Things Ending.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1713b00a	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1713b00a	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1713b00a
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1869b4b1	type	Unreliable Narrator
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1869b4b1	comment	Unreliable Narrator: The first trilogy was mostly from Thomas' point of view, leaving the question open of whether The Land was a dream, a psychosis or real. The middle third of The Illearth War, however, was done from the the viewpoint of Hile Troy, answering the question.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1869b4b1	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1869b4b1	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1869b4b1
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1af921a3	type	Either/Or Prophecy
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1af921a3	comment	Either/Or Prophecy: The prophecy of the white gold wielder is one of these; "With one word of truth or treachery he will save or damn the Land." In the first Chronicles, he manages to do both at the same time.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1af921a3	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1af921a3	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1af921a3
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1b5c9c48	type	The Blank
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1b5c9c48	comment	The Blank: The Sandgorgons have no facial features.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1b5c9c48	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1b5c9c48	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1b5c9c48
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1c34e06b	type	Only the Chosen May Ride
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1c34e06b	comment	Only the Chosen May Ride: The Ranyhyn are horses with enhanced intelligence, speed and endurance. A person can go to the Plains of Ra where they live and offer himself to them. If a Ranyhyn considers that person to be worthy it will allow him to ride it. Played with with Tom. They all come when it's his turn, but it's quite obvious that the Ranyhyn hate and fear him so much they're literally foaming at the mouth. Tom sees this, and instead bargains with them that they'll come when he needs them.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1c34e06b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1c34e06b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1c34e06b
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1c5002bc	type	The Stoic
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1c5002bc	comment	The Stoic: The Haruchai, an entire race of them. Unusual in that their outward unflappability is simply a manifestation of their deeper passions. Vain in the Second Trilogy, who only speaks once in the series, as he's about to be merged with Findail to create a new Staff of Law.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1c5002bc	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1c5002bc	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1c5002bc
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1de5c038	type	Too Happy to Live
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1de5c038	comment	Too Happy to Live: Pondered by Covenant in Lord Foul's Bane. He believes that he had a lifetime's worth of laughter before he was diagnosed with leprosy.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1de5c038	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1de5c038	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1de5c038
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1e067a46	type	Obstructive Zealot
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1e067a46	comment	Obstructive Zealot: The Masters. All of them except Stave. Their conviction in stopping anyone from using Earthpower is born from good intentions, but still, it would have helped out things considerably if they'd just loosened up a little.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1e067a46	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1e067a46	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1e067a46
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1f80d7be	type	Wild Magic
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1f80d7be	comment	Wild Magic: Covenant's white gold wedding band is a source of powerful wild magic. The trick being figuring out how to use it without breaking the Arch of Time.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1f80d7be	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1f80d7be	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_1f80d7be
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2064626a	type	Villains Act, Heroes React
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2064626a	comment	Villains Act, Heroes React: Oh yeah, big time. It's one of the strengths of Foul's plans. Done rather well; Lord Foul is a Big Bad for the whole series but each chronicle, and sometimes each book, have their own villain. As the series progresses the villains evolved with the heroes.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2064626a	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2064626a	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2064626a
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_208c4494	type	With Great Power Comes Great Insanity
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_208c4494	comment	With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: Drool Rockworm, though as a Cavewight he was already pretty crazy by most peoples' standards. Also, carrying around a chunk of the Illearth Stone for an extended period of time is not advisable for your mental health.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_208c4494	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_208c4494	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_208c4494
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2164d2a1	type	Energy Beings
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2164d2a1	comment	Energy Beings: The Elohim and the Viles, the former as beings of pure Earthpower and the latter as embodiments of some stranger force, apparently what their descendants the ur-viles still make use of.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2164d2a1	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2164d2a1	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2164d2a1
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_21fd09a7	type	How Do I Shot Web?
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_21fd09a7	comment	How Do I Shot Web?: Covenant does not learn to control wild magic until the final book of the Second Chronicles.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_21fd09a7	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_21fd09a7	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_21fd09a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_24321e44	type	Only Sane Man
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_24321e44	comment	Only Sane Man: Hile Troy, who is a realist, but also knows that the Land is real because he was born blind and didn't have the concept of color til his sight was given to him by Earthpower. He essentially tells Tom to cut the crap and man up in the second book.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_24321e44	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_24321e44	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_24321e44
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_26beee71	type	Taught by Experience
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_26beee71	comment	Taught by Experience: The Giants from the homeland in the second trilogy are extremely awed by the wisdom that the Unhomed earned through their loss of home, and have a respect for Tom being dubbed "Giantfriend" by them.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_26beee71	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_26beee71	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_26beee71
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_270c1778	type	Blood Magic
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_270c1778	comment	Blood Magic: The Sunbane can be manipulated to produce various effects by shedding blood (your own or someone else's) Unfortunately, this also makes the Sunbane stronger.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_270c1778	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_270c1778	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_270c1778
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_275773bd	type	Curse Escape Clause
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_275773bd	comment	Curse Escape Clause: Kasreyn has to insert a "flaw" into every spell of his. Because of the nature of things, nothing truly perfect can exist. Any perfect spell would just fail. The implication is most spell casters are not good enough to manage perfection, so to them this does not matter. But Kasreyn has to insert flaws deliberately because he is just that good. This is why Kasreyn is after Covenant's ring. Kasreyn uses pure gold to cast his spells. Because white gold is an alloy and thus "impure", it satisfies the "flaw" requirement and Kasreyn could use it to create (effectively) perfect spells.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_275773bd	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_275773bd	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_275773bd
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_289008dc	type	Incorruptible Pure Pureness
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_289008dc	comment	Incorruptible Pure Pureness: Deconstructed in the first trilogy. It turns out that nothing and no one is completely uncorruptible, and being nearly so makes you incapable of living with or recovering from corruption when you do succumb to it. Learning to live with a certain amount of shame and inadequacy without letting it either drive you to all-out villainy or traumatise you into inaction turns out to be the key to victory for both Covenant and the Lords. This is why white gold is so powerful: white gold is gold alloyed with a white metal, providing the gold "imperfection".
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_289008dc	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_289008dc	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_289008dc
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_29292e6d	type	Walking the Earth
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_29292e6d	comment	Walking the Earth: This is like a hat for the Insequent.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_29292e6d	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_29292e6d	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_29292e6d
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_295087bf	type	Non-Indicative Name
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_295087bf	comment	Non-Indicative Name: The Humbled are three Masters who have been chosen to be maimed in the manner of Covenant, all the better to emulate and represent him. Becoming Humbled is regarded as a great honour, and the Humbled are if anything even more proud and stubborn than other Masters.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_295087bf	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_295087bf	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_295087bf
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2bc8bdeb	type	Speak of the Devil
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2bc8bdeb	comment	Speak of the Devil: The case with the Sandgorgons.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2bc8bdeb	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2bc8bdeb	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2bc8bdeb
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2bdae2ae	type	Awesome, but Impractical
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2bdae2ae	comment	Awesome, but Impractical: Drool turning the moon blood red is called out as being this, and in fact used to deduce that Drool still holds the Staff of Law and the Illearth Stone rather than having lost them to Foul. Sure, it's a really impressive way of giving the finger to the entire surface world at once, but that's all it is - if Foul had access to that kind of power, the heroes reason, he might do something similar eventually, but not before first doing something that actually inflicted practical harm on his enemies. Sure enough, in The Power That Preserves Foul has gotten his hands on the Staff and the Stone and is using them primarily to impose an Endless Winter that is allowing him to starve out Revelstone, and secondly to give the moon a more subtle green tint.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2bdae2ae	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2bdae2ae	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2bdae2ae
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2d7c66d3	type	The Stars Are Going Out
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2d7c66d3	comment	The Stars Are Going Out: This is what signals the end of the world in the final volume.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2d7c66d3	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2d7c66d3	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2d7c66d3
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2ec219ee	type	Butterfly of Doom
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2ec219ee	comment	Butterfly of Doom: Time travelers must be careful in order not to cause an end of the world by changing the past.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2ec219ee	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2ec219ee	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2ec219ee
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2f94135c	type	Thou Shalt Not Kill
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2f94135c	comment	Thou Shalt Not Kill: The Oath of the Land plays with the ideal of Thou Shalt Not Kill, and takes it further:
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2f94135c	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2f94135c	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_2f94135c
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_305b937d	type	Inverse Law of Utility and Lethality
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_305b937d	comment	Inverse Law of Utility and Lethality: Linden's healthsense starts like this but she learns to use it for good and evil.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_305b937d	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_305b937d	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_305b937d
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_313d7228	type	Previously onâ€¦
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_313d7228	comment	Previously onâ€¦: The What Has Gone Before prologues.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_313d7228	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_313d7228	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_313d7228
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_334e48a1	type	After the End
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_334e48a1	comment	After the End: The second trilogy takes place after the Land has become desolate for millennia owing to the corrupted earthpower of the Sunbane completely changing the environment every few days. The third trilogy, on the other hand, takes place mid-apocalypse.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_334e48a1	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_334e48a1	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_334e48a1
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_36c64123	type	Gentle Giant
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_36c64123	comment	Gentle Giant: Foamfollower is introduced as this.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_36c64123	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_36c64123	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_36c64123
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_37690091	type	Stable Time Loop
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_37690091	comment	Stable Time Loop: Done rather well in the third chronicles; the characters are even Genre Savvy about it.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_37690091	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_37690091	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_37690091
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_38119dcf	type	Not the Fall That Kills You
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_38119dcf	comment	Not the Fall That Kills Youâ€¦: Averted when Stave nearly falls to his death. Both Stave and two giants - who don't really catch him as much as absorb part of the shock - are severely injured.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_38119dcf	featureApplicability	-1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_38119dcf	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_38119dcf
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_38d02d44	type	Batman Gambit
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_38d02d44	comment	Batman Gambit: Covenant's plan at the end of White Gold Wielder only works because he knew that the first thing Foul would do with the white gold ring is attack him with it.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_38d02d44	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_38d02d44	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_38d02d44
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_3b5fcbb7	type	Artifact of Doom
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_3b5fcbb7	comment	Artifact of Doom: The Illearth Stone is basically a blob of solidified evil. Ordinary mortals exposed to it are invariably corrupted or driven mad, but in the hands of Lord Foul or the Ravers it becomes an Amplifier Artifact that greatly enhances their powers.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_3b5fcbb7	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_3b5fcbb7	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_3b5fcbb7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_3bebfcc0	type	Living Lie Detector
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_3bebfcc0	comment	Living Lie Detector: Throughout the books, when people have a direct connection to Earthpower they can see health, feel Law, and hear falsehood. Kinda trippy, but in a good way.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_3bebfcc0	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_3bebfcc0	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_3bebfcc0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_3c3f28a5	type	Blessed with Suck
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_3c3f28a5	comment	Blessed with Suck: Esmer, son of a Haruchai and one of the merwives, daughters of an Elohim and a mortal, can wield enormous power but he's always got to betray somebody.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_3c3f28a5	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_3c3f28a5	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_3c3f28a5
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_3c7d0418	type	Doom Magnet
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_3c7d0418	comment	Doom Magnet: Covenant may as well trail black cats, swarms of locusts, and hordes of plague rats everywhere he goes for all the good his presence does a town.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_3c7d0418	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_3c7d0418	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_3c7d0418
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_3f70415	type	Because Destiny Says So
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_3f70415	comment	Because Destiny Says So: Almost everyone TC meets expects great things from him due to ancient prophecies and such-like.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_3f70415	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_3f70415	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_3f70415
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4108bb3e	type	Doomed Hometown
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4108bb3e	comment	Doomed Hometown: Mithil Stonedown, Soaring Woodhelvenen to a lesser extent; still doomed but not a 'hometown' for the characters. It was more a place of refuge and respite on the road. But still doomed.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4108bb3e	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4108bb3e	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4108bb3e
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_42846e90	type	Elemental Powers
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_42846e90	comment	Elemental Powers: Stone and wood powers are prominent, but there are more.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_42846e90	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_42846e90	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_42846e90
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_434a6d40	type	Evil Sorcerer
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_434a6d40	comment	Kasreyn is the Evil Sorcerer mentioned above, who is played straight.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_434a6d40	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_434a6d40	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_434a6d40
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4378c556	type	Loose Canon
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4378c556	comment	Loose Canon: Gilden-Fire, a novella consisting of material cut from The Illearth war.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4378c556	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4378c556	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4378c556
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_43a36199	type	Warring Natures
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_43a36199	comment	Warring Natures: Esmer of The Third Chronicles of Thomas Covenant is the son of a Haruchai (a race of super-strong Lawful Neutral warriors) and a merwife (Chaotic Neutral siren-like creatures). Hybrid Vigor gave Esmer extraordinary access to Earthpower. And the conflict between his haruchai and merwife natures make him batshit insane and potentially as harmful as any of Lord Foul's minions.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_43a36199	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_43a36199	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_43a36199
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_44fc28e8	type	Honor Before Reason
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_44fc28e8	comment	Honor Before Reason: Linden points out to The Masters that they have neither the numbers nor the strength (not without Earthpower, which they can't use) to defeat Foul and staying their current course is basically suicide by degrees. Their response to Linden is basically, "...Shut up." The Haruchai in general embody this to the point of sadomasochism.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_44fc28e8	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_44fc28e8	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_44fc28e8
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4548e6d9	type	Innocent Bystander
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4548e6d9	comment	Innocent Bystander: Soaring Woodhelvenen, the whole town.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4548e6d9	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4548e6d9	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4548e6d9
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4832a3bb	type	Always Chaotic Evil
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4832a3bb	comment	Always Chaotic Evil: Several races at first, but the Last Chronicles subverts this by having them some of them turn good, and revealing that none of them were originally evil. Lord Foul on the other hand, definitely evil. With a capital E. Heck, with a capital V, I and L too. And the Ravers may actually be worse. In the second trilogy, Vain proves that ur-Viles were actually True Neutral, not evil.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4832a3bb	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4832a3bb	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4832a3bb
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_485eb589	type	Sealed Evil in a Can
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_485eb589	comment	The insane Elohim Kastenessen, Foul's partner in the third series, was forcibly converted into a can for some sealed evils and has spent the last ten thousand years or so suffering while containing them. Now he's out, completely Ax-Crazy, and determined to repay his pain on his people, with the rest of the world as collateral damage if necessary.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_485eb589	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_485eb589	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_485eb589
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_49880a1e	type	TrueName
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_49880a1e	comment	True Name: First, the Sandgorgons, who are summoned and proceed to break stuff in a big way whenever their names are uttered, and then more traditionally with the Insequent. If She Who Must Not Be Named ever remembers her own true name, it's stated that the entire continent will be shattered by her release.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_49880a1e	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_49880a1e	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_49880a1e
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4a2bac68	type	Fire Purifies
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4a2bac68	comment	Fire Purifies: The Giants use a kind of ritual fire called the caamora to purify their mind and soul. Giants are immune to damage from fire, but still feel pain equivalent to burning when exposed to flame; they use this pain to "burn" away guilt, anger, grief, and other extremes of harmful emotion. They've become psychologically dependent on the caamora, to the point where they will suffer mentally if they are unable to purge their pain in this fashion. Even the ghosts of the Giants of Seareach were unable to fully rest in peace for centuries until Covenant uses his ring to provide a caamora of mystic flame to ease the horror of their slaughter.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4a2bac68	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4a2bac68	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4a2bac68
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4b316d47	type	Break the Cutie
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4b316d47	comment	Break the Cutie: At the end of the penultimate volume, Jeremiah finally manages to free himself from a decade of being trapped inside his own head. He emerges happy and optimistic, eager to be a hero and use his cool new magical powers to save the world. Much of the last volume involves him getting a condensed version of the lesson Covenant and Linden have spent the whole series learning - It Sucks to Be the Chosen One.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4b316d47	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4b316d47	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4b316d47
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4ef92d0b	type	The Atoner
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4ef92d0b	comment	The Atoner: Vain, for the entire ur-vile race.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4ef92d0b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4ef92d0b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4ef92d0b
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4f84b27a	type	Suck Out the Poison
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4f84b27a	comment	Suck Out the Poison: Covenant does it in the first chronicles to a girl in the "real world". Linden does it in the Second Chronicles after TC gets attacked by Raver-Marid.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4f84b27a	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4f84b27a	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_4f84b27a
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_504a1991	type	Body Horror
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_504a1991	comment	Body Horror: Illearth soldiers, Sun Bane touched, Fertile Sun.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_504a1991	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_504a1991	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_504a1991
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_53f5119f	type	The Dragon
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_53f5119f	comment	The Dragon Gibbon na-Mhoram. Ravers in general.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_53f5119f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_53f5119f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_53f5119f
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_54fdbff5	type	The Eeyore
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_54fdbff5	comment	The Eeyore: In the first trilogy, Thomas Covenant is determined to be miserable no matter how wonderful a place he finds himself in, acting as though he expects things to go to hell any minute now. He's right in that the Sugar Apocalypse really is just around the corner, but, unlike the people around him, Covenant is unable to enjoy the good times while they last.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_54fdbff5	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_54fdbff5	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_54fdbff5
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_556a3059	type	The Empath
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_556a3059	comment	The Empath: A common power, but Linden in particular counts. In the first Chronicles everyone is pretty much one of these, being able to sense the emotions of other as well as the general health and rightness of the world around them.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_556a3059	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_556a3059	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_556a3059
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_558f5da6	type	Cryptic Conversation
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_558f5da6	comment	Cryptic Conversation: Numerous throughout the series. For example, Esmer often has to have these with Linden due to the conflicting nature of his obligations and lineages. Amok from the Second Chronicles is another great example.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_558f5da6	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_558f5da6	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_558f5da6
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_56698261	type	Our Time Travel Is Different
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_56698261	comment	Our Time Travel Is Different: To travel through time, one has to unceremoniously jab holes in the last "Law" still holding reality together.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_56698261	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_56698261	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_56698261
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_566f3ddd	type	Nature Spirit
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_566f3ddd	comment	Nature Spirit: The Forestals and the Wraiths; the Ranhyhn to a lesser degree.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_566f3ddd	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_566f3ddd	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_566f3ddd
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_575fd5e2	type	Dark Is Not Evil
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_575fd5e2	comment	Dark Is Not Evil: When Linden cures The Land with the new Staff of Law, she notes that even Pestilence has its own place in the natural order. Vain also qualifies. The waynhim in general — creepy-looking creations of the demondim, wielders of the same Black Magic as the ur-viles, and more-or-less a race of good Samaritans. By the Last Chronicles, the ur-viles have decided that their cousins maybe had the right idea.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_575fd5e2	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_575fd5e2	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_575fd5e2
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_5989e3b6	type	Enemy Mine
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_5989e3b6	comment	Enemy Mine: Linden has to accept help from Lord Foul himself at the start of The Runes of the Earth, since she'll neither save her son (like she wants) or bring about the end of the world (like he wants) if she's imprisoned by the Masters. Later in the series, Linden and Covenant manage to strike up an alliance with the lurker of Sarangrave, who is plenty evil but wants to survive and is willing to help save the world if that's the only way to ensure that he does.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_5989e3b6	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_5989e3b6	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_5989e3b6
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_59c3b4cd	type	Undead Author
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_59c3b4cd	comment	Undead Author: Discussed by Word of God; certain fans noted in the Gradual Interview that the story of Kevin, Foul, and the ritual of Desecration somehow got out, despite the fact that the only people present were Kevin (who died) and Foul (who isn't exactly on the Lords' dinner invite list). Donaldson noted that the Ravers probably spread the story on Foul's orders, since he found Kevin's Despair Event Horizon deeply fulfilling (and amusing) and wanted everyone to know about it.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_59c3b4cd	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_59c3b4cd	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_59c3b4cd
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_5ca80293	type	Pragmatic Villainy
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_5ca80293	comment	Later in the series, Linden and Covenant manage to strike up an alliance with the lurker of Sarangrave, who is plenty evil but wants to survive and is willing to help save the world if that's the only way to ensure that he does.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_5ca80293	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_5ca80293	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_5ca80293
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_5dfa0fde	type	Omniscient Morality License
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_5dfa0fde	comment	Omniscient Morality License: The Elohim think they have one and behave accordingly.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_5dfa0fde	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_5dfa0fde	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_5dfa0fde
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_603b77ec	type	Savage Wolves
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_603b77ec	comment	Savage Wolves: Kresh are vicious predators.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_603b77ec	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_603b77ec	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_603b77ec
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_606244c2	type	Parental Incest
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_606244c2	comment	Parental Incest: Elena and Covenant. Elena seduces Covenant almost as soon as he appears in the Land again. It's almost as though she's had a crush on her mysterious white-gold-wielding other-worldly father for awhile. Thomas eventually accepts her advances, though nothing is implied beyond that...
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_606244c2	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_606244c2	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_606244c2
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_60fa92ac	type	Names to Run Away from Really Fast
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_60fa92ac	comment	Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Lord Foul the Despiser. He's got a bunch of others, too. So, for that matter, do the Ravers.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_60fa92ac	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_60fa92ac	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_60fa92ac
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_61881f59	type	Demoted to Dragon
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_61881f59	comment	Demoted to Dragon: In their backstory, the Ravers were originally the Land's reigning Big Bad Triumvirate, until Lord Foul arrived and made them his lieutenants. Of course, since Foul was pretty much everything the Ravers had ever aspired to being, they were more than happy to oblige him.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_61881f59	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_61881f59	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_61881f59
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_62c365d5	type	Emotions vs. Stoicism
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_62c365d5	comment	Emotions vs. Stoicism: A major theme, particularly where Giants and haruchai are concerned, the former representing emotions and the latter stoicism.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_62c365d5	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_62c365d5	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_62c365d5
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_6439de78	type	Heroic Sacrifice
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_6439de78	comment	Heroic Sacrifice: There are a lot of these throughout the series; as an example, in the first chronicles on the Hirebrand of Revelstone throws himself into a magic trap to prevent High Lord Prothal from dying.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_6439de78	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_6439de78	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_6439de78
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_659ef759	type	Implacable Man
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_659ef759	comment	Implacable Man: Two of them: One as an inscrutable, passive follower, and one as a raw, violent force of nature.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_659ef759	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_659ef759	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_659ef759
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_66755d29	type	Author Avatar
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_66755d29	comment	Linden Avery is just full of this to the point of being an Author Avatar admonishing his own characters. However, due to Covenant being a self-absorbed Jerkass who think The Land is All Just a Dream, he gets it roughly every 20 pages in the first trilogy. Especially and deservedly after his rape of Lena.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_66755d29	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_66755d29	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_66755d29
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_67f26dcc	type	Planet of Hats
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_67f26dcc	comment	Planet of Hats: All the main races are rather hatty — the Land's humans are all all loving, the Giants are jovial but badass, the Ramen all love the Ranyhyn, the Insequent are wizards who Walk the Earth, the Elohim are incredibly arrogant and think they have an Omniscient Morality License, the Waynhim are The Atoner, the Cavewights are Axe-Crazy Mooks, the ur-viles are enigmatic sorcerers, and the Haruchai are stoic proud warriors. Of course, there are exceptions to all of these. Word of God notes that all the races, like the characters, were envisioned as archetypes; not all Giants (for example) are identical, but they do all draw on the same themes.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_67f26dcc	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_67f26dcc	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_67f26dcc
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_680bb6b1	type	Hot-Blooded
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_680bb6b1	comment	The Haruchai, an entire race of them. Unusual in that their outward unflappability is simply a manifestation of their deeper passions.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_680bb6b1	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_680bb6b1	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_680bb6b1
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_6977c45e	type	Purple Prose
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_6977c45e	comment	Purple Prose: Author Donaldson loves him some archaic adjectives. Just take this lovely (infamous) piece of English as an example. It doesn't often get worse, but it IS consistently around that level. It's deliberate, however, to contrast the Land and its denizens with the plain-speaking Tom (and later Linden and Hile.)
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_6977c45e	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_6977c45e	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_6977c45e
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: Thomas Covenant comes from the Biblical "Doubting Thomas" and the Old/New Covenant. Lord Foul the Despiser; doesn't get more meaningful than that. This is the Giants' naming convention, i.e. Saltheart Foamfollower. They do state their true names are unutterable in normal tongue. The Ravers have an interesting version of this, having two names each, their "origin" names, and their common names: turiya Herem, samÄ�dhi Sheol, and moksha Jehannum. The origin names are terms in Hinduism that refer to states of consciousness which are either a negation or release from normal existence; and the common names are Hebrew and Arabic words referring to shunning/excommunication, the land of the dead, and hell respectively. Donaldson has confirmed that the Ravers chose their "origin" names themselves, and they all chose names that suggest "enlightened" states of consciousness because they believed they had achieved a higher level of consciousness by becoming Lord Foul's servants. Elohim is a word for God in the Hebrew Old Testament, but the word is actually plural in the original language. Elohim in the Chronicles are beings of pure Earthpower, the closest things to gods in the setting aside from Foul and the Creator.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_6bda9a30	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_6bda9a30	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_6bda9a30
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_6c236fde	type	DidYouJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_6c236fde	comment	Did You Just Have Tea With Cthulhu: The Creator appears in "our" world as a homeless old man. Conversations with him end up as this.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_6c236fde	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_6c236fde	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_6c236fde
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_6f572188	type	Another Dimension
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_6f572188	comment	Another Dimension: The Land. Probably. Whatever it is, the second and third trilogies confirm indisputably that it exists outside of Covenant's head.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_6f572188	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_6f572188	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_6f572188
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7241785e	type	You Can't Fight Fate
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7241785e	comment	You Can't Fight Fate: One "law" of traveling between The Land and the "real world" is that you will leave The Land in exactly the same physical condition in which you enter it. If you, say, have a broken leg when you enter The Land and then it heals when you are inside, something will happen to cause that leg to break again when it's time to leave. This becomes a big problem for Covenant in the Second Chronicles, because his entrance into The Land (at the beginning of The Wounded Land) occurred shortly after his real-world body had been mortally wounded. Covenant knows what this implies, but Linden, who entered the Land while perfectly healthy, doesn't. In the Last Chronicles, Linden is in the same situation - having entered the land dying, she knows that one way or another she's there to stay. Each time Covenant enters The Land, Lord Foul tells Covenant a prophecy about his future. Lord Foul hasn't been wrong yet. Findail tries fighting the fate the other Elohim have chosen him for. He fails.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7241785e	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7241785e	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7241785e
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_733e007a	type	Unwitting Pawn
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_733e007a	comment	Drool Rockworm is a Cavewight from the first book, who thinks he can use the Staff of Law and the Illearth Stone to become one of these. In truth, they're both far more powerful than he is and almost literally eat him up. And he was just Foul's Unwitting Pawn anyway.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_733e007a	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_733e007a	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_733e007a
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_740f59b4	type	ColorCodedForYourConvenience
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_740f59b4	comment	Color-Coded for Your Convenience: Evil is red, black, or unnatural green; Good is blue, gold, brown, or natural green; The morally unaligned, inherently chaotic wild magic is described as white, silver or "argent" (Heraldic term for "silver".)
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_740f59b4	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_740f59b4	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_740f59b4
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7464705c	type	Arc Words
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7464705c	comment	Arc Words: In the second trilogy: "Did I not say she was well Chosen?"
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7464705c	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7464705c	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7464705c
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_76c30df4	type	Will Not Tell a Lie
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_76c30df4	comment	Will Not Tell a Lie: Lord Foul, though this is more about arrogance than honesty — he thinks he doesn't need to lie to win. The scary thing is, he's mostly right. note The sole limitation seems to be that by his very nature, Foul doesn't understand some of the very Truths that he forsees. It's absolutely correct that Covenant chose to turn over his ring at the climax of the Second Chronicles. But not for any reason that Foul discerned.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_76c30df4	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_76c30df4	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_76c30df4
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_77644ae3	type	Fantastic Fragility
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_77644ae3	comment	Fantastic Fragility: Wild magic can destroy the Arch of Time; Earthpower is not inherently bound by the Law, so unwise use of Earthpower can actually destroy natural laws.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_77644ae3	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_77644ae3	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_77644ae3
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_77694bed	type	Stock Evil Overlord Tactics
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_77694bed	comment	Stock Evil Overlord Tactics: Lord Foul has used most of the list at some time or other. The major exception is the time travel section since time travel works differently in this series.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_77694bed	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_77694bed	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_77694bed
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7881f335	type	Chekhov's Armoury
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7881f335	comment	Chekhov's Armoury: Covenant's Batman Gambit at the end of White Gold Wielder was founded on the breaking of the Law of Death four books earlier — itself caused by his crossing of the Moral Event Horizon in the book prior to that — and You Can't Fight Fate established five books earlier, with a dash of the You Are Not Ready that pervades the entire series. Not even Lord Foul, eternal Chessmaster, saw it coming.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7881f335	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7881f335	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7881f335
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7c862b8a	type	Chronic Backstabbing Disorder
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7c862b8a	comment	Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Esmer, quite literally. His ancestry left him with a conflicted nature; he literally can't help anyone without also having to do something to betray them at the same time (and vice versa).
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7c862b8a	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7c862b8a	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7c862b8a
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7d152a2d	type	Agent Mulder
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7d152a2d	comment	Agent Mulder: Hile Troy is perfectly happy to embrace the reality of the Land, not least because for the first time in his life he can see there. Hile was born blind, and therefore had no concept of sight, so it can't be a dream when he is able to see.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7d152a2d	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7d152a2d	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7d152a2d
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7d89315b	type	"The Reason You Suck" Speech
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7d89315b	comment	"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Linden gives one to each of Thomas' former ghost friends from the first trilogy. All of them vanish in shame, save Lord Mhoram, who smiles and says that what she said might have been hurtful, but were needed to be said, adding she was Well Chosen before vanishing.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7d89315b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7d89315b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7d89315b
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7e716d9f	type	Expansion Pack World
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7e716d9f	comment	Expansion Pack World: The second trilogy expanded the map from the first one quite significantly.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7e716d9f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7e716d9f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7e716d9f
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7e9a3d4f	type	Pure Magic Being
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7e9a3d4f	comment	Pure Magic Being: The Elohim in the second trilogy are Earthpower incarnate. Vain as well. He is described as absolutely perfect in every way. Even the one time he speaks, it is described as being perfectly modulated.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7e9a3d4f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7e9a3d4f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7e9a3d4f
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7ec94d53	type	Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7ec94d53	comment	Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: Many examples. High Lord Kevin was this. Elena Foul-wife also qualifies. The insane Elohim Kastenessen, Foul's partner in the third series, was forcibly converted into a can for some sealed evils and has spent the last ten thousand years or so suffering while containing them. Now he's out, completely Ax-Crazy, and determined to repay his pain on his people, with the rest of the world as collateral damage if necessary. There's even speculation in the third series that Foul might be one, driven on some level so deep even he doesn't realize it by sheer loathing and horror at being what he is. Topping them all is She Who Must Not Be Named, who is basically the deity of World-destroying Woobies. She was originally the Lover, a deity seduced and betrayed by the Despiser for the express purpose of tainting the concept of love. She got trapped in the Land like Foul, but the combination of his betrayal and being cut off from the universe She loved drove Her insane; while he carefully plans his malice, She simply lashes out at anyone or anything who gets too close.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7ec94d53	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7ec94d53	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7ec94d53
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7f152e56	type	Our Mermaids Are Different
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7f152e56	comment	Our Mermaids Are Different: The merewives are very different. Offspring of Kastenessen's power, they're chaotic ocean spirits who exist to lure sailors to their deaths in the manner of classic sirens. Esmer is half-merewife, half-haruchai.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7f152e56	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7f152e56	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7f152e56
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7fbb2a3	type	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7fbb2a3	comment	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Many of these, both in the story timeline, and in the history of the Land. Lord Foul's ability to alter the Law — the natural order, or the rules that control the way the universe works — is ultimately a result of Covenant destroying the Staff of Law. Similarly, Lord Foul and others are able to further taint the land and its people due to High Lord Elena breaking the Law of Death in the first trilogy, and Forestal Caer-Caveral breaking the Law of Life in the second. Linden's resurrection of Covenant in Fatal Revenant has an unintended side effect — it rouses the Worm of the World's End, which proceeds to start eating reality. Oops! The most profound example in the history of The Land is High Lord Kevin Landwaster's Ritual of Desecration; which almost completely destroyed the land in his attempt to destroy Lord Foul.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7fbb2a3	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7fbb2a3	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7fbb2a3
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7febc23b	type	Establishing Character Moment
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7febc23b	comment	Establishing Character Moment: Lots of these, Foul's speech at the beginning of the first book being perhaps the most obvious.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7febc23b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7febc23b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_7febc23b
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_806b07e7	type	Black Eyes of Evil
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_806b07e7	comment	Black Eyes of Evil: The Harrow has black eyes, and is the most vicious and self-serving of the Insequent.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_806b07e7	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_806b07e7	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_806b07e7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_80cd1f62	type	God of Evil
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_80cd1f62	comment	There's even speculation in the third series that Foul might be one, driven on some level so deep even he doesn't realize it by sheer loathing and horror at being what he is.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_80cd1f62	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_80cd1f62	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_80cd1f62
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_82a4fadc	type	Our Liches Are Different
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_82a4fadc	comment	The waynhim in general — creepy-looking creations of the demondim, wielders of the same Black Magic as the ur-viles, and more-or-less a race of good Samaritans. By the Last Chronicles, the ur-viles have decided that their cousins maybe had the right idea.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_82a4fadc	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_82a4fadc	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_82a4fadc
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_82a51bc7	type	Bad Moon Rising
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_82a51bc7	comment	Bad Moon Rising: Drool Rockworm's corruption of the moon from the first trilogy.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_82a51bc7	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_82a51bc7	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_82a51bc7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_82f05a5d	type	ConservationOfNinjitsu
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_82f05a5d	comment	Conservation of Ninjutsu: Inverted. The ur-viles (and waynhim) know how to combine the powers of individuals together, so that their individual threat level usually scales up the more of them there are, so long as a loremaster who knows the technique is present.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_82f05a5d	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_82f05a5d	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_82f05a5d
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8409a385	type	Exactly What It Says on the Tin
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8409a385	comment	Exactly What It Says on the Tin: You have three guesses as to what kind of guy Lord Foul the Despiser is. The first two don't count. Also, the vortex of trepidation. "What will it do?" "It will make us afraid!" Ravers. Their Glamour Failure issues mentioned below are a direct result of their gleefully psychotic nature.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8409a385	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8409a385	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8409a385
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8426d2ac	type	Inherently Funny Words
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8426d2ac	comment	Inherently Funny Words: C'mon, nowadays, you can't hear Nom's name and not think of "Nom, nom, nom!"
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8426d2ac	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8426d2ac	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8426d2ac
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_857d1626	type	Power Glows
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_857d1626	comment	Power Glows: Check, most of the time it's also Color-Coded for Your Convenience as well.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_857d1626	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_857d1626	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_857d1626
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_859ec5d8	type	The Fair Folk
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_859ec5d8	comment	The Fair Folk: The Elohim, in addition to being mind-numbingly incomprehensible and powerful, believe that everything happening in The Land is a reflection of their own inner problems, and adjust their arrogance accordingly.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_859ec5d8	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_859ec5d8	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_859ec5d8
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8658cd14	type	Agent Scully
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8658cd14	comment	Agent Scully: Linden Avery is a downplayed example. That she's been transported to another world is something she accepts fairly easily, but she refuses (for personal reasons) to acknowledge the existence of objective evil. Samadhi sets her straight.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8658cd14	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8658cd14	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8658cd14
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8774fb47	type	Eldritch Abomination
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8774fb47	comment	Eldritch Abomination: The Worm of World's end, a mindless creature that lives at the heart of the planet and could destroy it by the act of waking up. Trying to get it to wake up is often part of Lord Foul's scheming, particularly in The One Tree. Linden Avery the Chosen may have awoken it at the end of Fatal Revenant. Against All Things Ending reveals that the true source of Kevin's Dirt is She Who Must Not Be Named, a bane possibly equal in power to Foul or the Creator, who was once the cosmic embodiment of Love.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8774fb47	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8774fb47	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8774fb47
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_87b8f581	type	Refusal of the Call
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_87b8f581	comment	Refusal of the Call: Covenant manages to get away with it exactly once, when he successfully refuses to be summoned to The Land in order to save a little girl in his world. (The summoners, being Good Guys this time, call off the summoning when they see what's happening.) The other times he's summoned, Covenant doesn't have a choice, and once he's there, he's getting involved in the struggles of the people of The Land whether he likes it or not. Findail doesn't want to be part of the new Staff of Law.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_87b8f581	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_87b8f581	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_87b8f581
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_87bb6874	type	Villain with Good Publicity
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_87bb6874	comment	Villain with Good Publicity: The Clave have carefully crafted their public image to make people think they use their Blood Magic to protect the people of the Land from the Sunbane, and even most of their initiates don't know the real truth: that their leader is a Raver, and they're actually making the Sunbane worse and enforcing a dictatorial rule on the Land in the name of keeping it safe, all according to the designs of Lord Foul.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_87bb6874	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_87bb6874	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_87bb6874
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8878f3be	type	Badass Army
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8878f3be	comment	Badass Army: The Bloodguard. The haruchai in general are a Proud Warrior Race whose Hat is "exceptionally skilled martial artist", and the Bloodguard are the best of the haruchai. Cross them at your peril.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8878f3be	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8878f3be	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8878f3be
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_888b5b44	type	TheWorldTree
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_888b5b44	comment	The World Tree: The One Tree. One of its branches was used to make the first Staff of Law. It's dead.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_888b5b44	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_888b5b44	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_888b5b44
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_89631688	type	The Chosen One
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_89631688	comment	The Chosen One: Covenant has all the outward signs that the people of The Land expect to see from a legendary hero - he looks exactly like their ancient hero Berek Halfhand and wears a white gold wedding ring - but he acts nothing like anyone would expect a hero to act. Nevertheless, in spite of being the crappiest Chosen One ever, he was indeed chosen by The Creator of The Land and gets the job done in the end. In The Power that Preserves, after it's all over, The Creator tells Covenant that he was picked as the Chosen One specifically because he was nothing at all like the kind of person that would be normally be suited for the role; if the Creator had sent someone "heroic" to The Land, it would have broken the Arch of Time and destroyed The Land (see God's Hands Are Tied, below) but he still needed someone who could endure the worst Lord Foul could dish out without falling into the Despair Event Horizon. The best he could do was someone like Covenant, who had come to know despair and self-hatred in the real world and had learned to carry on in spite of them. Linden in the second trilogy is literally called "The Chosen". In the Second Chronicles, Findail is chosen by the other Elohim to accompany Linden and Covenant and eventually fulfill Vain's hidden purpose. Findail and the other Elohim know exactly what Vain's purpose is (to fuse with an Elohim to form a new Staff of Law), and he is utterly depressed at the fate he has been "chosen" for.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_89631688	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_89631688	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_89631688
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8967e17f	type	Back from the Dead
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8967e17f	comment	Back from the Dead: Becomes possible in the Second Chronicles, once both the Law of Life and the Law of Death are broken. Like many things in the series, it's a mixed blessing. Hollian in the Second Chronicles. The cave-wights in the Second Chronicles are trying to do this to Drool Rockworm. He would've come back wrong if they had succeeded. Covenant himself in the Last Chronicles.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8967e17f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8967e17f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8967e17f
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8a164766	type	Never Got to Say Goodbye
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8a164766	comment	Never Got to Say Goodbye: Linden sobs at the end of White Gold Wielder that she never got to say goodbye to Tom (or her father) after Tom's Heroic Sacrifice. Tom returns briefly as a ghost.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8a164766	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8a164766	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8a164766
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8a4988bb	type	Mind Rape
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8a4988bb	comment	Mind Rape: This plus Demonic Possession is the main shtick of the Ravers although Lord Foul does it occasionally. His brand of Mind Rape is usually more metaphorical; he likes to manipulate you into mind-raping yourself.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8a4988bb	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8a4988bb	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8a4988bb
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8be61ba9	type	Up the Real Rabbit Hole
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8be61ba9	comment	Up the Real Rabbit Hole: TC does this a lot in the first chronicles but he treats the Land with greater respect as the series progresses.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8be61ba9	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8be61ba9	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8be61ba9
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8c1ad82f	type	Proud Warrior Race Guy
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8c1ad82f	comment	Proud Warrior Race Guy: One of the defining traits of the Haruchai.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8c1ad82f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8c1ad82f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8c1ad82f
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8e11040f	type	Designated Hero
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8e11040f	comment	Designated Hero: Done deliberately. The people of The Land are in desperate need of a hero, and they tend to treat Covenant like one in spite of the way he actually acts. Indeed, one of the main thrusts of especially the first trilogy is exploring the idea of what happens when the Messianic Archetype is really a self-hating jerk and one-time rapist.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8e11040f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8e11040f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8e11040f
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8f37b	type	Medieval Stasis
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8f37b	comment	Medieval Stasis: And how! In the Second Chronicles, Covenant returns to the Land after four thousand years, and technology levels are essentially the same. It may be that the existence of magic and Lord Foul's machinations are responsible for the stasis. For example, in the backstory to the first chronicles, Lord Kevin was the wisest and most powerful Lord in history. He sealed his vast accumulated knowledge in seven Wards of Lore before committing the Ritual of Desecration with Foul, setting advancement back thousands of years. In the time between the first and second trilogies, most of Kevin's Lore was recovered, then lost again, and the Land was once again devastated by the Sunbane.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8f37b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8f37b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_8f37b
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_906365a2	type	Demonic Possession
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_906365a2	comment	Demonic Possession: The modus operandi of Ravers. Turned right back on one Raver when the free Sandgorgon Nom takes advantage of a Seareach Giant's Heroic Sacrifice to "rend" the immortal possessing spirit, literally shredding its spirit and learning the mind-speech of the Haruchai in the process. (Justifiable as said Raver has possessed a Haruchai on at least one occasion.) In the Second Chronicles, it turns out that Linden can do this as well. In the Last Chronicles, various powers can possess Anele depending on what he is standing on. As one of these powers is Lord Foul, "demonic" does not quite cover it.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_906365a2	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_906365a2	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_906365a2
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_90984c54	type	Glamour Failure
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_90984c54	comment	Glamour Failure: More than a couple supernatural beings are susceptible to this, but the most obvious is a person posessed by a Raver, who has a veritable laundry list of dead giveaways.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_90984c54	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_90984c54	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_90984c54
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_95a4c6df	type	Wild Card
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_95a4c6df	comment	Wild Card: The ur-viles, from the second trilogy on. Also Esmer, whose conflicted nature means that for everything he does, he must perform an equal and opposite act. Towards the end of Fatal Revenant, Linden is this in relation to the Elohim, Insequent and other major players in the Land. She's gained a ton of power but no one knows what she's going to do with it.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_95a4c6df	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_95a4c6df	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_95a4c6df
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_970c790a	comment	Big Bad: Lord Foul is the villain for the entire series; each book has lesser Arc Villains.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_970c790a	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_970c790a	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_970c790a
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_978a82e6	type	Big Bad Duumvirate
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_978a82e6	comment	Big Bad Duumvirate: In the Third Chronicles, Foul has teamed up with the renegade Elohim Kastenessen, the closest thing he can be said to have to an equal on the evil side of things. From his prior behavior, though, it's clear that the Despiser doesn't play well with others and indeed, he has Moksha Raver playing Treacherous Advisor to Kastenessen, keeping his rage focused on accomplishing things the Despiser wants to see happen.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_978a82e6	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_978a82e6	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_978a82e6
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_97d97c28	type	Revenge Before Reason
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_97d97c28	comment	Revenge Before Reason: After Lord Foul expends himself trying to kill Thomas, the latter later chuckles to Linden that Foul could have banished him easily, but instead focused on trying to incinerate him with white gold fire, which he was immune to.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_97d97c28	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_97d97c28	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_97d97c28
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_984ef9ef	type	"Not So Different" Remark
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_984ef9ef	comment	"Not So Different" Remark: Thomas defeats Lord Foul in White Gold Wielder when he realizes that Foul is the embodiment of his own self-disgust, in a sadomasochistic ying-yang relationship: Thomas is self-hate while Foul is hate.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_984ef9ef	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_984ef9ef	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_984ef9ef
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_991af300	type	Poke the Poodle
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_991af300	comment	Poke the Poodle: Drool uses the Staff of Law to do some pretty dramatic things, like change the color of the moon, to show off his power, but everything he does is basically cosmetic.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_991af300	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_991af300	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_991af300
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_9b73b497	type	The Only One Allowed to Defeat You
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_9b73b497	comment	The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: The Masters' attitude towards Foul. To the point where they bar the use of Earthpower, which they are incapable of using.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_9b73b497	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_9b73b497	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_9b73b497
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_9c1f758a	type	Kill It with Fire
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_9c1f758a	comment	Kill It with Fire: Comes in many different flavors and alignments. One example is a strong bit of Foreshadowing: "When he hit me with my own fire, he did me one thing I couldn't do for myself. He burned the venom away. After that, I was free."
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_9c1f758a	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_9c1f758a	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_9c1f758a
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_9d15f525	type	Made of Evil
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_9d15f525	comment	Made of Evil: The Illearth Stone is, more or less, a solidified chunk of raw malevolence. Lord Foul in a sense inverts it; Foul isn't made of evil so much as evil is made of him (what with him being the cosmic representation of Despite and all).
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_9d15f525	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_9d15f525	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_9d15f525
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_9d589fc3	type	Tension-Cutting Laughter
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_9d589fc3	comment	Tension-Cutting Laughter: The Giants believe strongly in this as an antidote to despair.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_9d589fc3	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_9d589fc3	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_9d589fc3
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_9d6427ec	type	Time Travel
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_9d6427ec	comment	Time Travel: Done in the third chronicles to great effect.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_9d6427ec	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_9d6427ec	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_9d6427ec
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_9e2c893	type	Black Magic
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_9e2c893	comment	Black Magic: The Illearth stone and the vitriol that Ur-viles use
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_9e2c893	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_9e2c893	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_9e2c893
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a24495b8	type	Attack of the Monster Appendage
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a24495b8	comment	Attack of the Monster Appendage: The lurker of Sarangrave is never seen in full. It just stays beneath the swamp and sticks out tentacles the size of tree trunks.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a24495b8	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a24495b8	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a24495b8
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a2cbad1	type	Half-Human Hybrid
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a2cbad1	comment	Half-Human Hybrid: Esmer is half-Haruchai half-merwife. The merwives themselves are half-human half-Elohim.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a2cbad1	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a2cbad1	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a2cbad1
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a2dd3c5	type	My Death Is Just the Beginning
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a2dd3c5	comment	My Death Is Just the Beginning: After Covenant gives Lord Foul his ring during the climax of White Gold Wielder, Lord Foul kills Covenant by incinerating him with wild magic. However, because the Law of Life has been broken, Covenant's spirit remains in The Land as a ghost, standing between Lord Foul and the Arch of Time. As a ghost, Covenant proves to be completely immune to the ring's wild magic; Lord Foul uses up so much of his own energy trying to use it to blast through Covenant's ghost that he ends up destroying himself. Covenant chuckles to Linden that Foul could have just dismissed him, but Foul was so obsessed with attacking him with the Ring he just ignored the simple effective solution.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a2dd3c5	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a2dd3c5	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a2dd3c5
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a3049ac6	type	The Chosen Zero
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a3049ac6	comment	Covenant has all the outward signs that the people of The Land expect to see from a legendary hero - he looks exactly like their ancient hero Berek Halfhand and wears a white gold wedding ring - but he acts nothing like anyone would expect a hero to act. Nevertheless, in spite of being the crappiest Chosen One ever, he was indeed chosen by The Creator of The Land and gets the job done in the end. In The Power that Preserves, after it's all over, The Creator tells Covenant that he was picked as the Chosen One specifically because he was nothing at all like the kind of person that would be normally be suited for the role; if the Creator had sent someone "heroic" to The Land, it would have broken the Arch of Time and destroyed The Land (see God's Hands Are Tied, below) but he still needed someone who could endure the worst Lord Foul could dish out without falling into the Despair Event Horizon. The best he could do was someone like Covenant, who had come to know despair and self-hatred in the real world and had learned to carry on in spite of them.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a3049ac6	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a3049ac6	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a3049ac6
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a32a1881	type	Supporting Leader
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a32a1881	comment	Supporting Leader: Both Hile Troy and Lord Mhoram.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a32a1881	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a32a1881	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a32a1881
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a588c1cf	type	Cool Horse
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a588c1cf	comment	Cool Horse: The Ranyhyn; these are horses that can hear someone whistling for them in the future.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a588c1cf	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a588c1cf	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a588c1cf
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a5a6d7b3	type	Mutants
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a5a6d7b3	comment	Mutants: The magically created sort. Foul can use the Illearth Stone to twist living things into monstrous shapes, and uses this ability to create expendable mooks for his armies. In the Second Chronicles, being exposed to the Sunbane at the exact moment the sun rises will (unless you're touching stone at the time or are not native to the Land) trigger random mutations and drive you insane.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a5a6d7b3	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a5a6d7b3	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a5a6d7b3
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a60f7120	type	Physical God
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a60f7120	comment	Physical God: Lord Foul, the Elohim, and possibly the Forestals.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a60f7120	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a60f7120	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a60f7120
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a62dca03	type	Year Inside, Hour Outside
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a62dca03	comment	Year Inside, Hour Outside: One day in the real world roughly translates into a year in the Land.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a62dca03	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a62dca03	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a62dca03
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a65288e2	type	Ascended Extra
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a65288e2	comment	Ascended Extra: Diassomer Mininderain and Kastenessen appear only as characters in (possibly inaccurate) legends in the Second Chronicles. They're both key figures in the Last Chronicles.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a65288e2	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a65288e2	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a65288e2
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a6b14ee1	type	Hollywood Tactics
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a6b14ee1	comment	Hollywood Tactics: Hile Troy's battle plan in the Illearth War.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a6b14ee1	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a6b14ee1	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a6b14ee1
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a7544a0f	type	Beneath the Earth
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a7544a0f	comment	Beneath the Earth: Most evil stuff comes from here; the Illearth Stone, the cavewights and ur-viles, the Lurker of the Sarangrave, but that changes as the series goes on. Eventually good things come from here too.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a7544a0f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a7544a0f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a7544a0f
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a75c8dc9	type	Left-Justified Fantasy Map
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a75c8dc9	comment	Left-Justified Fantasy Map: Averted with the Land.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a75c8dc9	featureApplicability	-1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a75c8dc9	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a75c8dc9
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a8a04f6f	type	And I Must Scream
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a8a04f6f	comment	And I Must Scream: Findail and Vain are fused to make the new Staff of Law. To be fair, Vain isn't one to scream, and he welcomes his fate. Played straight when possessed by Ravers. Linden is not only forced to watch the Raver control her, but the Raver loves to taunt her while possessing her.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a8a04f6f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a8a04f6f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a8a04f6f
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a939a527	type	Red Eyes, Take Warning
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a939a527	comment	Red Eyes, Take Warning: Normally all you can see of Lord Foul are his glowing yellow eyes, though it's implied he can take any shape he wants.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a939a527	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a939a527	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a939a527
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a95fc331	type	Mad God
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a95fc331	comment	Mad God: She Who Must Not Be Named and Kastenessen are a mad Big-G God and little-g god, respectively. Both of the Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds variety.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a95fc331	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a95fc331	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_a95fc331
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_aa2bd65c	type	Mordor
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_aa2bd65c	comment	Mordor: The Spoiled Plains and Shattered Hills around Lord Foul's home.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_aa2bd65c	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_aa2bd65c	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_aa2bd65c
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_aa7dc8ce	type	Luke Nounverber
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_aa7dc8ce	comment	Luke Nounverber: Figures of note in The Land's past tend to have this kind of name assigned to them, aka Kevin Landwaster. All Giant names, as well as the Giants names for Lord Foul and the Ravers, also work like this.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_aa7dc8ce	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_aa7dc8ce	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_aa7dc8ce
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_aa8d0ef0	type	Spell My Name with a "The"
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_aa8d0ef0	comment	Spell My Name with a "The": All of the Insequent are like this — the Vizard, the Ardent, the Harrow, the Mahdoubt, the Theomach.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_aa8d0ef0	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_aa8d0ef0	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_aa8d0ef0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ab62343b	type	Bee-Bee Gun
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ab62343b	comment	Bee-Bee Gun: In the second trilogy, on of the Raver-possessed Sunbane victims chucks a spider at Covenant; earlier a Raver had possessed a swarm of wasps and stung him half to death.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ab62343b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ab62343b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ab62343b
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ac6ea68c	type	Near-Villain Victory
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ac6ea68c	comment	Near-Villain Victory: The first chronicles have it close. The Second Chronicles has it even closer.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ac6ea68c	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ac6ea68c	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ac6ea68c
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ad94c7a0	type	Scars are Forever
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ad94c7a0	comment	Scars are Forever: Covenant lost two finger on his left hand, which helps sell the people of The Land that he's the Chosen One, since his disfigurement matches that of their most legendary hero.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ad94c7a0	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ad94c7a0	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ad94c7a0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_adb98918	type	All-Powerful Bystander
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_adb98918	comment	All-Powerful Bystander: The Creator, enforced due to the metaphysics of the setting. Lord Foul, the Creator's Evil Counterpart, is trapped in the Land, but the Creator can't help fight him directly because to do so he'd need to make a hole in the Arch of Time to enter - and a hole big enough for the Creator to get in would let Foul out, unleashing him on the wider universe. As a result, the Creator has to act through proxies.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_adb98918	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_adb98918	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_adb98918
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_adfd3165	type	For the Evulz
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_adfd3165	comment	For the Evulz: Lord Foul wants to destroy the world so he can escape from the Arch of Time, but it is pretty heavily implied that even if he did not have to escape, he would destroy the world anyway out of sheer sadism. The Last Chronicles hint that Foul himself might, so deep down that even he doesn't realize it, be driven by the despair of simply being what he is. The Ravers as well.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_adfd3165	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_adfd3165	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_adfd3165
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b01abe4f	type	Catchphrase
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b01abe4f	comment	Catchphrase: Covenant has many, including (in no particular order): "Hellfire!", "Don't touch me!", and "Nerves don't regenerate." During the first book, he often silently castigated himself with the phrase "Leper! Outcast! Unclean!"
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b01abe4f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b01abe4f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b01abe4f
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b06bbf4b	type	Be Careful What You Wish For
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b06bbf4b	comment	Be Careful What You Wish For: What happens to Lord Foul at the end of the second trilogy is deliciously ironic. Lord Foul's goal throughout the first two trilogies was to obtain Covenant's White Gold wedding ring, so he could use its power to destroy The Land and escape. At the end of the second trilogy, Covenant seeks out Lord Foul for a final confrontation, but, to the amazement of everyone watching, Covenant simply hands the ring over to Lord Foul — who immediately destroys himself trying to use it.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b06bbf4b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b06bbf4b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b06bbf4b
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b08b0f0e	type	Serpent of Immortality
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b08b0f0e	comment	Serpent of Immortality: The Worm of the World's End probably counts. It's apparently a gigantic serpent that forms the foundation of the world itself, and if it ever wakes up it'll be the end (probable reference to Jormungandr). Lucky there's no chance of that ever hap... oh, shit...
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b08b0f0e	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b08b0f0e	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b08b0f0e
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b0a0108d	type	All Up to You
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b0a0108d	comment	All Up to You: In the first trilogy, lots and lots of people tell TC this; he reacts poorly.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b0a0108d	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b0a0108d	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b0a0108d
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b1619b3c	type	Omnicidal Maniac
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b1619b3c	comment	Omnicidal Maniac: Lord Foul wants to destroy the Arch of Time in order to escape it, which would mean The End of the World as We Know It. Kastenessen is a more straightforward example — he just wants to set everything he can on fire.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b1619b3c	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b1619b3c	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b1619b3c
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b1dde8fd	type	Loophole Abuse
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b1dde8fd	comment	Loophole Abuse: In the Second Chronicles, Kasreyn's spell keeps the Sandgorgons magically imprisoned, with the loophole that if one's name is spoken, it will temporarily be freed to kill the speaker before returning to the prison. As a gambit to defeat Kasreyn and escape, Linden has Covenant summon Nom when she brings him out of his catatonic state. Kasreyn immediately buggers off and Nom arrives to kill Covenant. After Covenant fights it to a standstill with his wild magic, he points out that if Nom doesn't kill him, it doesn't have to return to the prison. Nom takes the hint.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b1dde8fd	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b1dde8fd	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b1dde8fd
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b33d17a0	type	Sickly Green Glow
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b33d17a0	comment	Sickly Green Glow: The Illearth Stone.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b33d17a0	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b33d17a0	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b33d17a0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b6064061	type	Power of Trust
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b6064061	comment	Power of Trust: The entire theme of the second trilogy. Linden has the power to use The Ring without disrupting the Arch of Time, while Thomas can't because of the venom in his body. Everyone, and we mean everyone, wants Linden to take the Ring from Thomas and just destroy Foul. Linden finally seizes the Ring from Thomas at the Grand Finale — but gives it back to Thomas to give to Foul, after he wordlessly asks with a look, "Do you trust me?" Turns out it was Thomas' Batman Gambit.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b6064061	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b6064061	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b6064061
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b77c5ecb	type	"End of the World" Special
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b77c5ecb	comment	"End of the World" Special: At the end of the Second Chronicles, Linden gets one of these due to both her role as The Empath and the fact that she's between the Land and our world.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b77c5ecb	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b77c5ecb	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b77c5ecb
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b85c06f2	type	Glowing Eyes of Doom
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b85c06f2	comment	Glowing Eyes of Doom: Lord Foul's have a penchant for appearing by themselves, in classic "formless evil" fashion. Stonewights are just crazy and evil.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b85c06f2	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b85c06f2	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b85c06f2
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b8dde2	type	Evil Overlord
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b8dde2	comment	You have three guesses as to what kind of guy Lord Foul the Despiser is. The first two don't count.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b8dde2	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b8dde2	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b8dde2
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b983a56b	type	Came Back Wrong
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b983a56b	comment	Came Back Wrong: Covenant in Against All Things Ending is revealed to have come back... slightly damaged. His rebuilt mortal body has leprosy again, and his mind is prone to crippling flashbacks due to his tenure within the Arch of Time. Naturally, this causes Linden no shortage of angst. Kevin Landwaster, hoo boy.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b983a56b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b983a56b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b983a56b
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b99c6367	type	The World Is Always Doomed
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b99c6367	comment	The World Is Always Doomed: Just about the only time anyone from our world gets summoned to the Land is when it's in peril.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b99c6367	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b99c6367	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b99c6367
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b9d334b2	type	Aerith and Bob
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b9d334b2	comment	Aerith and Bob: Mostly strange-sounding names, with a few ordinary ones mixed in. The ancient and revered High Lord Damelon Giantfriend is succeeded by High Lord Loric Vilesilencer, and he in turn by High Lord... Kevin. This is possibly a hint that others from this world have also been drawn into the Land.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b9d334b2	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b9d334b2	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_b9d334b2
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ba0e3912	type	Power Nullifier
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ba0e3912	comment	Power Nullifier: Esmer by his mere presence to Linden's use of wild magic.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ba0e3912	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ba0e3912	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ba0e3912
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_bb5126ec	type	Prophecy Twist
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_bb5126ec	comment	Prophecy Twist: Lord Foul makes all kinds of ominous prophecies that always come true, but never with the result that he expects.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_bb5126ec	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_bb5126ec	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_bb5126ec
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_bbb6c059	type	I Shall Taunt You
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_bbb6c059	comment	I Shall Taunt You: The Ravers love doing this, especially when they've possessed you. Not only do they force you to watch all the horrible things they're doing while controlling you, but mock you inside your own mind as they do it.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_bbb6c059	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_bbb6c059	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_bbb6c059
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_bbfaa837	type	Knight Templar
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_bbfaa837	comment	Knight Templar: The Masters made all of the right deductions and came to all of the wrong answers.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_bbfaa837	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_bbfaa837	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_bbfaa837
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_bce16d24	type	Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_bce16d24	comment	Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?: Averted — Foul can't just kill Covenant (and later, Linden) and take the ring or even just steal it. It has to be given to Foul of his/her free will in order to use its full power.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_bce16d24	featureApplicability	-1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_bce16d24	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_bce16d24
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_bcff3e56	type	The Last Title
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_bcff3e56	comment	The Last Title: The Last Dark.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_bcff3e56	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_bcff3e56	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_bcff3e56
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_beb9a361	type	Anti-Hero
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_beb9a361	comment	Anti-Hero: Thomas Covenant, starting out as a Classical Anti-Hero in our world becoming a Nominal Hero after his rape of Lena then settling down in the second trilogy as a Pragmatic Anti-Hero. Linden also starts as a Classical Anti-Hero and ends as a Pragmatic Anti-Hero. (see Analysis.Anti Hero for details on what these types mean.)
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_beb9a361	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_beb9a361	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_beb9a361
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c011cd29	type	Path of Inspiration
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c011cd29	comment	Path of Inspiration: The Clave and its Rede although it didn't start out that way.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c011cd29	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c011cd29	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c011cd29
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c0d598fe	type	Evil Gloating
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c0d598fe	comment	Evil Gloating: Lord Foul is very much into it, among others.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c0d598fe	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c0d598fe	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c0d598fe
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c295cb84	type	Evil Minions
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c295cb84	comment	Evil Minions: Cavewights for sure, ur-viles kinda.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c295cb84	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c295cb84	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c295cb84
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c32ff031	type	Xanatos Gambit
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c32ff031	comment	Xanatos Gambit: Lord Foul. You can fight him or you can refuse to fight him, avoid his traps or walk right into them, but no matter what you do, he wins.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c32ff031	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c32ff031	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c32ff031
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c67af1b0	type	Big Bad Wannabe
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c67af1b0	comment	Big Bad Wannabe: Drool Rockworm in the first book gets his hands on the Staff of Law and the Illearth Stone but can't control them. He turns to Lord Foul for help, and ends up thinking he's the Big Bad when really he's completely insane and dancing on Foul's strings.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c67af1b0	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c67af1b0	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c67af1b0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c6c86cd	type	Collapsing Lair
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c6c86cd	comment	Collapsing Lair: Foul's Creche is destroyed in Covenant's first confrontation with the Despiser.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c6c86cd	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c6c86cd	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c6c86cd
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c82e751f	type	Unspoken Plan Guarantee
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c82e751f	comment	Unspoken Plan Guarantee: Done a few times throughout the series, White Gold Wielder takes the cake though, since it's done in-universe as well. TC won't tell anyone what he plans to do with his ring when he gets to Lord Foul. Well, he admits he plans to give the ring to Foul. He just asks Linden to trust him.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c82e751f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c82e751f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_c82e751f
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_cc4b45f6	type	Word of God
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_cc4b45f6	comment	Donaldson himself has stated that the reason for his... eccentric vocabulary in the series is to convey a feeling of alienness, to better put the reader in the mindset of Covenant and Linden, both of whom frequently feel like the sheer otherworldliness of the Land is an active assault on their senses.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_cc4b45f6	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_cc4b45f6	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_cc4b45f6
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ccf6b1b0	type	Rock Monster
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ccf6b1b0	comment	Rock Monster: The Sandgorgons.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ccf6b1b0	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ccf6b1b0	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ccf6b1b0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_cda501da	type	Killed Off for Real
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_cda501da	comment	Killed Off for Real: Nom destroys a Raver, which can normally Body Surf. It states the Raver was "rent" and won't be coming back anymore.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_cda501da	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_cda501da	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_cda501da
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_cec7dac0	type	The Magocracy
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_cec7dac0	comment	The Magocracy: The Land in several eras, Brathairealm too although Kasreyn is an eminence grise rather than an outright ruler.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_cec7dac0	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_cec7dac0	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_cec7dac0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_cedeae6a	type	Wacky Wayside Tribe
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_cedeae6a	comment	Wacky Wayside Tribe: The Brathairealm section of The One Tree. While the sandgorgons do return later, most of the action feels very disconnected from the rest of the story.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_cedeae6a	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_cedeae6a	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_cedeae6a
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_cf1b706e	type	Flat-Earth Atheist
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_cf1b706e	comment	Flat-Earth Atheist: Keeping an iron grip on his survival disciplines is the number one priority for Tom. He feels he simply can't make any admissions to the "magic" that he keeps seeing, or it'd undermine his sense of reality and necessity.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_cf1b706e	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_cf1b706e	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_cf1b706e
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d39e327f	type	What the Hell, Hero?
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d39e327f	comment	What the Hell, Hero?: Linden Avery is just full of this to the point of being an Author Avatar admonishing his own characters. However, due to Covenant being a self-absorbed Jerkass who think The Land is All Just a Dream, he gets it roughly every 20 pages in the first trilogy. Especially and deservedly after his rape of Lena. Linden herself gets it at the start of Against All Things Ending when it was revealed that "Resurrect Covenant and let him figure things out" was the extent of her master plan.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d39e327f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d39e327f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d39e327f
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d53acc8a	type	You Are Not Ready
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d53acc8a	comment	You Are Not Ready: The danger of "unearned power" is a reoccurring plot point. Highlighted by Elena learning the Seventh Ward of Kevin's Lore before anyone had learned the Third Ward and beyond. She uses it to resurrect Kevin Landwaster, and things go about as bad as expected.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d53acc8a	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d53acc8a	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d53acc8a
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d5656fbe	type	The Unpronounceable
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d5656fbe	comment	The Unpronounceable: Giant names aren't exactly unpronounceable, but they're extremely long, and would take several days to say. So they go with Luke Nounverber as shorthand.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d5656fbe	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d5656fbe	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d5656fbe
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d581ba71	type	Comes Great Responsibility
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d581ba71	comment	Comes Great Responsibility: Covenant hates responsibility. Especially responsibility that doesn't exist.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d581ba71	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d581ba71	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d581ba71
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d5d976dd	type	I Have Many Names
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d5d976dd	comment	I Have Many Names: Lord Foul. Parodied in the first book, where Covenant asks Lord Foul what his name is: Lord Foul the Despiser, The Grey Slayer, Fangthane the Render, Satansheart Soulcrusher, Corruption, and A-Jeroth of the Seven Hells. After that list of names he then proceeds to hit Covenant with 'We are not so different, you and I...' Foul is not kidding, since Tom is given titles like The Unbeliever, Ringthane, Ringbearer, and so on. Heck, the Giants first dub him Giantfriend, then later Earthfriend. Tom isn't amused for the most part, not feeling worthy of those titles.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d5d976dd	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d5d976dd	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d5d976dd
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d60d12e4	type	Harbinger of Impending Doom
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d60d12e4	comment	Harbinger of Impending Doom: If a certain old man comes to you in "The Real World", look out. You're about to be teleported away to another world that is in deep, deep trouble.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d60d12e4	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d60d12e4	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d60d12e4
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d62dd556	type	The Chessmaster
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d62dd556	comment	The Chessmaster: Lord Foul, the Creator, the Elohim- pretty much every major power has some sort of long-term plan going.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d62dd556	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d62dd556	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d62dd556
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d72a4480	type	Romanticized Abuse
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d72a4480	comment	Romanticized Abuse: Played for Squick. In the second book, it's revealed that Lena never completely recovered from having been raped, and was no longer entirely sane, imagining herself as having been in a romantic relationship with her rapist, even though he is on another planet and does not reappear for decades. She does seem to recover her senses in the third book, once she discovers that their daughter is dead, and Covenant essentially let her die (and/or helped it happen).
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d72a4480	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d72a4480	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d72a4480
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d839c530	type	The Unfettered
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d839c530	comment	The Unfettered: The Unfettered are those who have trained as Lords but rejected the restrictions that actually becoming Lords would place upon them to pursue their own interests. They still serve the Land in their own ways, and many of them have powers the "real" Lords don't.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d839c530	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d839c530	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d839c530
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d9d2c40b	type	Amazon Brigade
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d9d2c40b	comment	Amazon Brigade: The Swordmainnir in The Last Chronicles are an all-female band of Giant warriors - an entirely natural thing for them, since Giants regard fighting as a feminine pursuit. Lostson Longwrath used to be The One Guy among them, but by the time of the story he's more like their patient or captive.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d9d2c40b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d9d2c40b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_d9d2c40b
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_dab6a3a8	type	Sugar Apocalypse
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_dab6a3a8	comment	Sugar Apocalypse: When The Legions of Hell attack Ghibli Hills, the result is not pretty.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_dab6a3a8	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_dab6a3a8	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_dab6a3a8
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_dbeee130	type	Pillar of Light
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_dbeee130	comment	Pillar of Light: At the end of the first trilogy.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_dbeee130	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_dbeee130	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_dbeee130
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_dc791d50	type	Words Can Break My Bones
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_dc791d50	comment	Words Can Break My Bones: The Old Lords learned seven words of power, but the New Lords had forgotten some of them.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_dc791d50	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_dc791d50	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_dc791d50
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_dda99fa8	type	Despair Event Horizon
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_dda99fa8	comment	Despair Event Horizon: High Lord Kevin steps over it in the Back Story. The same later happens to the Giants of Seareach and Trell. Linden yanking Covenant out of the Arc of Time counts as well. Lord Foul likes pushing people beyond this in general.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_dda99fa8	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_dda99fa8	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_dda99fa8
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ddbbcf6a	type	Idiosyncratic Cover Art
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ddbbcf6a	comment	Idiosyncratic Cover Art: See the picture at the top of the page.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ddbbcf6a	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ddbbcf6a	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ddbbcf6a
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_de9047ac	type	Gambit Pileup
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_de9047ac	comment	Gambit Pileup: Things get pretty convoluted in the Last Chronicles.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_de9047ac	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_de9047ac	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_de9047ac
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_dfe120e5	type	Functional Magic
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_dfe120e5	comment	Functional Magic: Earthpower is a combination of the theurgy, rule magic, and force magic. The facets of earth aren't quite sentient as we know it, but they do respond and cooperate when properly asked/manipulated.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_dfe120e5	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_dfe120e5	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_dfe120e5
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e13156e1	type	Mama Bear
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e13156e1	comment	Mama Bear: Linden Avery, in the third series, which is set off by her desire to rescue her adopted son from Roger and Foul.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e13156e1	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e13156e1	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e13156e1
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e19e68	type	Cruel Mercy
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e19e68	comment	Cruel Mercy: In The Illearth War, people are paying all of Thomas' bills so he has no reason to enter town. His lawyer calls it "black charity" and is thoroughly pissed.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e19e68	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e19e68	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e19e68
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e26f04b4	type	Last of His Kind
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e26f04b4	comment	Last of His Kind: Foamfollower becomes that in the first chronicles, on the Land's continent, at least.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e26f04b4	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e26f04b4	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e26f04b4
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e28f88b8	type	Last-Name Basis
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e28f88b8	comment	Last-Name Basis: No one (including the narration) calls Covenant by his first name except for Joan. Linden notes in the third series that even when she and Covenant were lovers, it never occurred to her to call him "Tom" or "Thomas" - "Covenant" always fit her perception of him too well for her to call him anything else. That said, in The Last Dark she does start calling him "Thomas" after they get married.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e28f88b8	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e28f88b8	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e28f88b8
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e294a0be	type	Our Souls Are Different
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e294a0be	comment	Our Souls Are Different: They are stars, apparently. Although that might just be part of the creation myth. At the end of Against All Things Ending and on into The Last Dark the stars start going out, each one apparently in response to the Worm eating one of the Elohim.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e294a0be	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e294a0be	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e294a0be
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e39638a1	type	Turncoat
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e39638a1	comment	Turn Coat: Esmer, whose very nature prevents him from ever offering any aid without simultaneously backstabbing someone.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e39638a1	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e39638a1	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e39638a1
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e3da6e6c	type	Deus Angst Machina
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e3da6e6c	comment	Deus Angst Machina: Even when Covenant tries to play along/do the right thing/just not hurt anyone something bad still happens. Sometimes it's his fault, sometimes it's not.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e3da6e6c	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e3da6e6c	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e3da6e6c
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e5411cdf	type	Cult
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e5411cdf	comment	Cult: A group of cavewights at the end of the second trilogy form one to try and bring Drool Rockworm back to life. There is also one in our world in the second trilogy that worships Foul which Joan joins
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e5411cdf	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e5411cdf	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e5411cdf
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e758e4d6	type	Ghibli Hills
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e758e4d6	comment	Ghibli Hills: Andelain, oh Andelain. The Land as a whole is a place of surreal beauty, but Andelain embodies it the most.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e758e4d6	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e758e4d6	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e758e4d6
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e8bb3043	type	Kill It with Water
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e8bb3043	comment	Kill It with Water: In-universe, this represents a profound violation of natural law, requiring some sort of eldritch catalyst to be possible in the first place. So it follows that the villains would be eager to make use of this trope with Illearth Stone in hand.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e8bb3043	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e8bb3043	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e8bb3043
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e9e35e8f	type	Exact Words
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e9e35e8f	comment	Exact Words: How Covenant frees Nom the Sandgorgon.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e9e35e8f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e9e35e8f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_e9e35e8f
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ea0f58c0	type	God's Hands Are Tied
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ea0f58c0	comment	God's Hands Are Tied: The Creator exists and is good, but he cannot get into the Land himself without letting Foul out. As a result, he works through agents like Covenant and Linden, and usually appears to them as an old man before they are transported to the Land except in the Last Chronicles.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ea0f58c0	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ea0f58c0	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ea0f58c0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ea85d6ea	type	All Just a Dream
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ea85d6ea	comment	All Just a Dream: In the first trilogy, Thomas Covenant is convinced "The Land" isn't real. At the end of it, Covenant decides that whether or not it's "real" doesn't matter; if it is a dream, then his dreaming it makes it real and something that's worth protecting. The Land's reality, or lack thereof, is no longer important in the second and third series. Donaldson removed an entire chapter from The Illearth War because it did not have Covenant present, thus proving the Land had a continuity of its own without him. It was released as part of an anthology of Donaldson short stories.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ea85d6ea	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ea85d6ea	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ea85d6ea
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_eaf83237	type	The Grotesque
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_eaf83237	comment	The Grotesque: Pitchwife is a painfully deformed giant who still manages to be irrepressible and charming.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_eaf83237	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_eaf83237	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_eaf83237
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_eb8ec7c8	type	Jerkass
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_eb8ec7c8	comment	Jerkass: Plenty of them, especially Roger Covenant in Fatal Revenant. Thomas also qualifies in the first trilogy.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_eb8ec7c8	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_eb8ec7c8	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_eb8ec7c8
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ed53e31f	type	Summon Everyman Hero
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ed53e31f	comment	Summon Everyman Hero: The Creator deliberately arranges for Covenant to be sent to the Land for this purpose in the first book. He gets the job done, eventually.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ed53e31f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ed53e31f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ed53e31f
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_edf8db61	type	Oh, My Gods!
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_edf8db61	comment	Oh, My Gods!: "Stone and sea!" is what the Giants use. "By the Seven" and "Melenkurion Abatha" from the Lords and peoples of the Land.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_edf8db61	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_edf8db61	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_edf8db61
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_eeb86ce6	type	Good Samaritan
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_eeb86ce6	comment	Good Samaritan: The Healer of Morinmoss. Her magic requires her to injure herself to heal others, but it's what she's dedicated her life to doing nonetheless.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_eeb86ce6	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_eeb86ce6	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_eeb86ce6
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ef0a5ce	type	Did You Just Scam Cthulhu?
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ef0a5ce	comment	Did You Just Scam Cthulhu?: Covenant in White Gold Wielder.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ef0a5ce	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ef0a5ce	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ef0a5ce
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f03c046	type	Abstract Apotheosis
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f03c046	comment	Abstract Apotheosis: The Sunbane takes nature and pushes it to its extreme. Green means wild, unrestrained growth, and so on. When Linden heals the world with the new Staff of Law, she notes even Pestilence is part of the natural order representing sickness and death.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f03c046	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f03c046	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f03c046
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f1d3f0c9	type	Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f1d3f0c9	comment	Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: The narrator. Donaldson will never say "silver" or "strength" when he can say "argent" or "puissance". The people of the Land speak this way as well, to contrast with Covenant and Linden's more familiar speech patterns. Donaldson uses "coign" where any other person would have "balcony". Kasreyn says to Covenant that he is uxorious; a claim that is meretricious. Indeed, the claim is quite mendacious (for one thing, Kasreyn is unmarried) — but what can one expect from a man who is wearing a carcanet? Donaldson himself has stated that the reason for his... eccentric vocabulary in the series is to convey a feeling of alienness, to better put the reader in the mindset of Covenant and Linden, both of whom frequently feel like the sheer otherworldliness of the Land is an active assault on their senses.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f1d3f0c9	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f1d3f0c9	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f1d3f0c9
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f2d51908	type	Evil Hand
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f2d51908	comment	Evil Hand: Evil Monster Appendage, actually. Turiya Herem tries to possess the lurker of Sarangrave, but the lurker is so huge and powerful that the Raver can't take it over all at once, but has to start at the tip of one tentacle and work its way inward. This allows Covenant to apply the obvious solution.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f2d51908	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f2d51908	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f2d51908
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f37c192	type	Wanton Cruelty to the Common Comma
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f37c192	comment	Wanton Cruelty to the Common Comma: One of the great unsolved mysteries of the Land is why the names of some peoples and creatures are italicized, while others are not. Why do Haruchai and Elohim exist alongside Ramen, Ranyhyn and Insequent? Why are the nemes the Ravers use for themselves (moksha, turiya, samadhi) never capitalized?
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f37c192	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f37c192	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f37c192
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f55e0154	type	True Neutral
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f55e0154	comment	In the second trilogy, Vain proves that ur-Viles were actually True Neutral, not evil.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f55e0154	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f55e0154	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f55e0154
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f672a508	type	Phlebotinum Overload
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f672a508	comment	Phlebotinum Overload: In AATE, the croyel blows up after consuming Earthpower from Jeremiah.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f672a508	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f672a508	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f672a508
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f6b7820b	type	Cosmic Keystone
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f6b7820b	comment	Cosmic Keystone: The Staff of Law, by its very existence, supports and upholds the Law — the natural order, the rules governing the Universe as a whole. When the Staff was destroyed, the Law was severely weakened, which enabled Lord Foul to remake the Law as he saw fit. White gold is specifically called "the keystone of the Arch of Time". Guess what Covenant's wedding ring is made of?
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f6b7820b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f6b7820b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f6b7820b
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f76b8969	type	Anthropomorphic Personification
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f76b8969	comment	Anthropomorphic Personification: Lord Foul and the Creator are either this for the Cosmos, or for aspects of Thomas Covenant's soul. The Last Chronicles reveals that one more also exists, She Who Must Not Be Named (formerly Love, before Foul betrayed her). The existence of a fourth being who opposes the Lover in the same way that the Despiser opposes the Creator is posited by Covenant — who terms said deity "Indifference" — but this is never confirmed, presumably because if Indifference does exist, her reaction to the events in the Land would be a resounding "meh". The Elohim are Earthpower incarnate, while Vain is Structure incarnate. This is how the Staff of Law is recreated in the second series.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f76b8969	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f76b8969	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_f76b8969
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_fb8e9cf4	type	Samaritan Syndrome
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_fb8e9cf4	comment	Samaritan Syndrome: Covenant finds out the hard way that this trope is in force.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_fb8e9cf4	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_fb8e9cf4	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_fb8e9cf4
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_fccd06b6	type	Beware the Nice Ones
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_fccd06b6	comment	Beware the Nice Ones: The Unhomed, Giants who were stranded from their homeland. They're exceedingly gentle, but look out if they get mad.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_fccd06b6	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_fccd06b6	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_fccd06b6
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_fd4f8299	type	Well-Intentioned Extremist
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_fd4f8299	comment	Well-Intentioned Extremist: Those members of the Clave who think they're moderating the Sunbane, rather than making it worse. Those in the know are straight Evil Sorcerers.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_fd4f8299	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_fd4f8299	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_fd4f8299
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_fdb6b8ad	type	The Magnificent
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_fdb6b8ad	comment	The Magnificent: Covenant is the Unbeliever and White-Gold Wielder. Covenant is, in fact, "Ringthane and White Gold Wielder, Ur-Lord Illender, Unbeliever and Prover of Life". Linden Avery is the Chosen and Sun Sage. In the Last Chronicles, she also gets to be Ringthane, since the Ramen call anyone who wields a white gold ring that.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_fdb6b8ad	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_fdb6b8ad	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_fdb6b8ad
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_fe6c146e	type	The Corrupter
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_fe6c146e	comment	The Corrupter: Lord Foul. It's one of his many names, even. He doesn't just like ruining things forever, he also loves doing it to people. High Lord Kevin and his Ritual of Desecration are his crowning achievements.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_fe6c146e	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_fe6c146e	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_fe6c146e
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ff7f34c5	type	Pet the Dog
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ff7f34c5	comment	Pet the Dog: One of the last things Linden does when healing the Earth is straighten out Pitchwife's spine so he can stand normally.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ff7f34c5	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ff7f34c5	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_ff7f34c5
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_name	type	ItemName
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_name	comment
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_name	featureApplicability	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_name	featureConfidence	1.0
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_name
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant / int_name	itemName	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Above Good and Evil / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	All-Powerful Bystander / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Allergic to Evil / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	As Long as There Is Evil / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	As Long as There Is One Man / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Ascetic Aesthetic / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Asleep for Days / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Bad Moon Rising / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Badass Arm-Fold / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Badass in Distress / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Bare-Fisted Monk / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Bizarre Seasons / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Black Magic / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Blind Seer / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Born of Magic / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Child by Rape / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Clingy MacGuffin / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Co-Dragons / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Complete Immortality / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Convection, Schmonvection / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Cosmic Keystone / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Creating Life Is Bad / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Creation Myth / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Creator's Oddball / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Curse Escape Clause / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Demonic Possession / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Detect Evil / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Detrimental Determination / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Deus Angst Machina / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Devil, but No God / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Disability Immunity / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Doom Magnet / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Downer Beginning / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Dying Dream / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Either/Or Prophecy / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Elemental Embodiment / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Emerald Power / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Emotions vs. Stoicism / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	"End of the World" Special / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Equivalent Exchange / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Everything's Better with Rainbows / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Evil Sorcerer / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Evil Tower of Ominousness / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Eyeless Face / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Failure Knight / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Fantastic Fallout / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Fantastic Fragility / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Fantastic Nuke / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Fantasy World Map / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Feel No Pain / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Fire Purifies / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Forbidden Chekhov's Gun / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Garden of Evil / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Genius Cripple / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Ghibli Hills / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Glamour Failure / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Glowing Eyes of Doom / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	God of Evil / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	God's Hands Are Tied / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Good Hurts Evil / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Hates Being Touched / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Healing Herb / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Hellfire / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Hellish Pupils / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Hero with an F in Good / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Idiosyncratic Cover Art / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Impossibly Delicious Food / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Inverse Law of Utility and Lethality / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	It Sucks to Be the Chosen One / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	It Was with You All Along / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Long-Running Book Series / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Loose Canon / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Luke Nounverber / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Mad God / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Made of Phlebotinum / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Magic by Any Other Name / int_f06707a7
Mixed Archetypes	seeAlso	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Most Writers Are Writers / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Mutants / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Nature Spirit / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Never Got to Say Goodbye / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	No Mouth / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Obstructive Zealot / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Only the Chosen May Ride / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Our Giants Are Bigger / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Our Liches Are Different / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Past Victim Showcase / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Path of Inspiration / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Planet of Hats / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Power Glows / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Prophecies Are Always Right / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Proud Scholar Race / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Punch! Punch! Punch! Uh Oh... / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Pure Magic Being / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Razor Apples / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Rest-and-Resupply Stop / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Resurrected for a Job / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Same-Sex Triplets / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Scars are Forever / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Sealed Evil in Another World / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Sealed Inside a Person-Shaped Can / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Serpent of Immortality / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	She Is the King / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Sickly Green Glow / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Sliding Scale of Silliness vs. Seriousness / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Suddenly Speaking / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Summon Everyman Hero / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Surprisingly Improved Sequel / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Technicolor Fire / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Anti-God / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Blank / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Call Knows Where You Live / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Chosen Zero / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Full Name Adventures / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Gods Must Be Lazy / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Last Title / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Magnificent / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Man Behind the Monsters / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Power of Hate / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Shut-In / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Siege / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The Stars Are Going Out / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	The World Is Just Awesome / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Tom the Dark Lord / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Turncoat / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Unwanted Revival / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Unwitting Pawn / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Used to Be a Sweet Kid / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Villains Never Lie / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Virile Stallion / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Wacky Wayside Tribe / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Wanton Cruelty to the Common Comma / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Warring Natures / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	White Magic / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Wild Magic / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Will Not Tell a Lie / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Words Can Break My Bones / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Year Inside, Hour Outside / int_f06707a7
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Yin-Yang Bomb / int_f06707a7
thechroniclesofthomascovenant	sameAs	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant	hasFeature	Too Happy to Live / int_f06707a7

Copyright of DBTropes.org wrapper 2009-2013 DFKI Knowledge Management. Imprint. - Thanks to Bakken&Baeck for hosting. Contact.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.