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The Heritage of Shannara
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The sequel to Terry Brooks's best-selling Sword of Shannara Trilogy, Heritage of Shannara is a quartet of novels that follows the Scions of the Elven House of Shannara as they attempt to save a world that's done its best to outlaw what they are.The series opens with Scions of Shannara. It's been three hundred years since the death of the Druid Allanon, and the Four Lands are barely recognizable. The Southland-based Federation has expanded to include most of the known world. The Elves have vanished, the Dwarves are enslaved, driven to the edge of extermination, and magic is outlawed. Worse yet, dark magical creatures known as The Shadowen have appeared, their very presence sickening the lands.Realising that something has to be done, Allanon's shade sends Cogline, a former Druid, to summon the Heirs of Shannara: Par, Coll, Walker, and Wren. He then hands each of them a charge: Par must recover the Sword of Shannara, Wren must find the Elves and convince them to return to the Four Lands, and Walker must bring back Paranor and the Druids. Most of the remainder of the book is spent with Par and Coll, and their friend Morgan Leah, who, with aid from Padishar Creel and the Free-Born, attempt to find the Sword.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })As the book closes, things are looking grim: a traitor enables the Federation to destroy the Free-Born, Coll is captured by First Seeker Rimmer Dall, who convinces Par that he has accidentally slain his brother, and Morgan's magic sword is shattered. Worst of all, Dall allows Par to escape with the Sword, which he cannot seem to activate, after revealing that the Federation is in fact under Shadowen control.In Druid of Shannara, we shift focus to Walker Boh, who after finally accepting the Call to Adventure, attempted to retrieve the Black Elfstone, needed to revive the Druids, only to be left half-dead from joint attacks by the Asphinx (a snake whose bite petrifies its victims) and Rimmer Dall's Shadowen. He is saved by Quickening, Elemental daughter of The King of the Silver River, who recruits Walker, Morgan Leah, and a Federation assassin named Pe Ell to help her retrieve the Black Elfstone from Uhl Belk the Stone King, a rival Big Bad. With assistance from a Tracker named Horner Dees, a tunesmith named Carisman, and a whole lot of luck, the group manages to dodge the Stone King's monsters, retrieve the Black Elfstone, fix Morgan's sword, and seal up Uhl Belk within his own domain, though at frightful cost to themselves.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })In Elf Queen of Shannara, Wren Ohmsford and her companion Garth make the journey to the island of Morrowindl to recover the Elves. They find the Elves besieged by so-called demons, later revealed to be Shadowen of the Elves' own, accidental creation. Wren discovers that she is not just an Ohmsford, but also the granddaughter of the Elf Queen, which, along with her use of the Elfstones, triggers an identity crisis that will nearly cripple her at a number of vital moments. Realising that Morrowindl will soon be destroyed, the Elves shrink their capital city down, allowing a party of nine men (including Wren) to try and transport their entire Race to the beach, where a Wing Rider will take them back to the mainland. They are successful, though only a few of them survive.The series comes to a conclusion in The Talismans of Shannara. Walker has become the first of the new Druids, Wren and the Elves are back and preparing for war with the Federation, and only Par has yet to fulfill his charge, by successfully using the Sword of Shannara. Nor will he, if Rimmer Dall has anything to say about it. Using a Brain Washed And Crazy Coll as bait, he captures Par and begins the torturous process of breaking down his mind, trying to convince him that he is a Shadowen, even as he dispatches the might of the Federation army and the deadliest of his Shadowen to harass and eliminate Walker and Wren. The race is one to see which fails first: the Shadowen? The Shannara heirs? Par Ohmsford's mind? Or perhaps our own...The character sheet can be found here | |
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Darker and Edgier | |
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Darker and Edgier: As compared to the original trilogy. | |
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Becoming the Costume | |
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Becoming the Costume: Arguably what happens to Coll when he puts on the Mirrorshroud, with some overlap with The Mind Is a Plaything of the Body. Rimmer Dall, Manipulative Bastard that he is, could even say that he told Coll this outright, since he claimed the cloak would "make him appear as a Shadowen". Problem is, he didn't mention it would do its job all too well. | |
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Domed Hometown | |
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Domed Hometown: The Elven capital of Arborlon in Elf Queen. It is surrounded by a magical dome called the Keel, which is meant to keep the so-called demons of Morrowindl out. | |
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Mistaken Identity | |
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Mistaken Identity: A Running Gag of the dramatic sort in Talismans, where characters continually rescue someone, thinking/hoping it is Par. First Morgan rescues Wren, then Damson and Matty rescue Coll. Although Wren wryly apologized for not being Par, neither rescuee is anything but grateful for the save. This is likely a Call-Back all the way to Sword, where both Menion and Flick rescued someone, thinking/hoping it was Shea, only for it to turn out to be Shirl and Eventine, respectively. | |
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Prophetic Fallacy | |
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Prophetic Fallacy: ...but always with a twist. If Walker hadn't figured this out before the end, and looked beyond the obvious interpretation, the third vision would have come true with his death, just as the Grimpond wanted. | |
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Verbal Tic | |
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Verbal Tic: Stresa has one of these. It is never stated if this is unique to him or true of all Splinterscats, but it may be worth noting that none of the Elves in Wren's party seem to find it odd. | |
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Hellish Horse | |
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Hellish Horse: The Horsemen's mounts: scaled, clawed and fanged monstrosities that nevertheless have an equestrian gait. | |
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Life-or-Limb Decision | |
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Life-or-Limb Decision: Walker Boh's arm is petrified, by the bite of the Asphinx and he has to smash it off to prevent the rest of his body from becoming petrified as well. | |
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LampshadeHanging | |
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Lampshade Hanging: In Druid Morgan constantly implies that he isn't supposed to be in the book, since he's part of the Par and Coll plot involving the Sword of Shannara and the Outlaws. He barely even knows Walker Boh, and the only thing he brings to the table is his broken magic sword. | |
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State Sec | |
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State Sec: The Seekers are the Secret Police of The Federation (actually The Empire), dedicated to tracking down political enemies and magic users. They also have their own elite military units, and hold the leashes of The Creepers, the most effective weapon in The Federation's arsenal. Throw in the massive clout that their leader, Rimmer Dall has, and it's easy enough to see why the Seekers are so feared. | |
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Spikes of Villainy | |
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Spikes of Villainy: War in Talismans. | |
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Psycho for Hire | |
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Psycho for Hire: Pe Ell of Druid of Shannara. He's a casual killer who became an assassin because he likes to look into people's eyes while they die. It's almost a religious thing for him. | |
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Tomato in the Mirror | |
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Tomato in the Mirror: Rimmer Dall goes beyond Not So Different and tries (with near success) to get Par to believe this | |
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The Smart Guy | |
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The Smart Guy: Morgan is the automatic go-to for plans and plots as the series progresses—this is first exemplified in Scions where he not only comes up with the idea of going to Padishar and the Free-born and is instrumental in the plans to get into the Pit, but he's the one to figure out Teel is The Mole. Walker could also be said to fulfill this role, though as Druid, Mentor, and all around badass this should be expected. In Druid, retired Tracker Horner Dees manages to be The Smart Guy to both Morgan and Walker, serving as their guide to Eldwist and the mountains. | |
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Psychopathic Manchild | |
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Psychopathic Manchild: Tib Arne, a teenaged Shadowen, who uses his childish and seemingly innocent appearance to trick others into trusting him. Note that the childishness isn't an act; when revealed as The Mole he's still remarkably puerile. | |
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Ragnarök Proofing | |
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Ragnarök Proofing: The Stone King's domain, Eldwist is the petrified remains of an Old World city (implied to be New York), with his abode being a large stadium located in the middle of the ruins. | |
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Blessed with Suck | |
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Blessed with Suck: All of the Ohmsford heirs, and Morgan as well. They have powerful magic that can help them slay Shadowen, sure. It also means that they're targets for every Shadowen out there, constantly have to be on the lookout in case they become addicted to it, and are in constant danger of passing out or mutating due to its overuse. | |
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Manipulative Bastard | |
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Manipulative Bastard: Dear God, Rimmer Dall. He messes with Coll and Par's heads so thoroughly that it's almost frightening, and seems to specialise in Break the Cutie. He drives them both towards the edge of fullblown insanity, leaving the brothers unsure of the difference between reality and fiction, and his default means of attack, in any situation, seems to be screwing with his opponents' mind. By the time he's done, neither the Ohmsfords nor the reader may be sure what to believe any more. | |
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Two Halves Make a Plot | |
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Two Halves Make a Plot: Played with. Damson Rhee breaks the Skree* "scry", the archaic divination term in half and gives one part of it to Par to help them find each other again, since its magic makes it act as something of a homing beacon, each half glowing brighter as they get closer together. Normally this would not be a trope example due to the lack of surprise or unwillingness (i.e. it's more of a Dismantled MacGuffin)...except for the fact Coll, under the spell of the Mirrorshroud, forcibly takes Par's half away with him. As a result, when Damson tries to use her half later, she and Matty end up being quite surprised when they're led to find Coll instead. Thanks to Par's magic imprinting on it, however, they're eventually able to come back and find him inside Southwatch, too. | |
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God Guise | |
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God Guise: The Urdas and their treatment of Carisman, complete with the equivalent of Torches and Pitchforks when he disobeys them and leaves their village with Walker's party. It doesn't end well. | |
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Break the Cutie | |
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Break the Cutie: Rimmer Dall attempts this on Par, and to a lesser degree, Coll. Wren, Walker, and Morgan endure what might be seen as a lighter version of this. | |
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Wham Line | |
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Wham Line: Whether it's the nightmarish possibilities inherent in it or the shock of such a revelation at all, it's hard to beat this line from Elf Queen when Wren learns the truth of her heritage. | |
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Our Demons Are Different | |
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Our Demons Are Different: The so-called "demons" of Morrowindl, which have no connection to the evil faerie beings locked up in the Forbidding (the capital "D" Demons) or the soulless once-men of The Word and the Void (the small "d" demons). They are magic creations of the Elves, gone mad, and evolved into monsters that somewhat resemble the Demons of the Forbidding, and are referred to as such. | |
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The Heartless | |
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The Heartless: The Shadowen are disembodied wraiths carrying a piece of the soul of the person they originally were. How much of the original remains is unknown; they might better be described as The Soulless. | |
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The Dragon | |
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The Dragon: Pe Ell, Federation assassin and Psycho for Hire, who appears in Druid, is probably the closest thing Rimmer Dall has to a Dragon. The Stone King has several candidates, including The Rake, The Maw Grint, and even The Koden. | |
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The Empire | |
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The Empire: The Southland Federation plays this role, having gone through an expansionist, imperialist phase. It has occupied the empty Westland, annexed Callahorn and the Eastland outright, and is looking to move into the Northland. | |
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Green Aesop | |
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Green Aesop: Brooks was already putting these in the original Shannara trilogy to some extent, but it really picks up here. The "demons" of Morrowindl, and the Shadowen, are both the result of people overusing the naturally existing magical energy of the earth. It's pretty clearly a metaphor for environmentalist concerns about resource overuse and depletion. Also, Uhl Belk's desire to turn the entire world to stone, and the stone city that he has made his home, could easily be inferred to be a metaphor for urban sprawl. | |
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Fantastic Racism | |
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Fantastic Racism: The Federation is Man-run and oriented, and hates Elves, Dwarves, Trolls, and anything else that isn't purely Man-blooded. While it's a recurring theme whenever the Federation appears, it's strongest expression is in this series. | |
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Genius Loci | |
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Genius Loci: Southwatch, a living organism designed to leech off the planet's magic for Shadowen use. The Stone King was more-or-less in the process of turning himself into one of these for Eldwist as well, fusing himself with the land. | |
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Fainting Seer | |
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Fainting Seer: Eowen Cerise has shades of this, since she always seems weak and near collapse after having a vision/dream. | |
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EnfanteTerrible | |
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Enfante Terrible: The little girl on Toffer Ridge, a Shadowen child who tried to possess Par by embracing him. "Hug me?". | |
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Savage Wolves | |
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Savage Wolves: The Gnawl, which tracked Par, Coll, Steff, Teel, and Morgan through the Wolfsktaag, and the werewolf creature that followed Wren and Garth throughout the Westland. Both are Shadowen spawn. | |
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Panthera Awesome | |
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Panthera Awesome: Rumour, Walker Boh and Cogline's moor cat, and a descendant of Whisper, from Wishsong. He's more than a match for most Shadowen. | |
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Heroic Sacrifice | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_6439de78 | comment |
Heroic Sacrifice: Quickening pulls one in Druid, allowing her magic to be unleashed in its rawest form, undoing all the damage the Stone King has wrought. Cogline pulls one in Talismans, helping Walker defeat the final Horseman, Death, as does Faun, when Wren is attacked by the Shadowen. | |
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1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_6439de78 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_6439de78 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_65163c3a | type |
Evil Tower of Ominousness | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_65163c3a | comment |
Evil Tower of Ominousness: Southwatch, the massive black granite monument built by the Federation to commemorate its victories. It's also the homebase for the Seekers and the centre of Shadowen activity in the Federation. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_65163c3a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_65163c3a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_65163c3a | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_67677940 | type |
Giant Flyer | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_67677940 | comment |
Giant Flyer: The Rocs (with special mention going to Tiger Ty's mount, Spirit) and the War Shrike, Gloon. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_67677940 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_67677940 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_67677940 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_6b2b3b59 | type |
The Reveal | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_6b2b3b59 | comment |
The Reveal: The Shadowen are Elves who rediscovered the old magic and found a way to transform into wraiths. On a lesser note the "demons" on Morrowindl are degenerated Elven clones, created from the failure of the same magic. To say the Elves royally screwed up, would be an understatement. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_6b2b3b59 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_6b2b3b59 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_6b2b3b59 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_6bda9a30 | type |
Meaningful Name | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_6bda9a30 | comment |
Meaningful Name: Rumor, Walker Boh's moor cat, is descended from the one who belonged to Cogline and Kimber in Wishsong...and his name was Whisper. To add to this is the very amusing in-story joke that "wherever Walker goes, Rumor follows him." | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_6bda9a30 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_6bda9a30 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_6bda9a30 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_6dd37459 | type |
It's Going Down | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_6dd37459 | comment |
It's Going Down: Southwatch which is incinerated when the heroes release the magic it was keeping captive. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_6dd37459 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_6dd37459 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_6dd37459 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_6de71c57 | type |
Disc-One Final Boss | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_6de71c57 | comment |
Disc-One Final Boss: Uhl Belk, a rival Big Bad, in Druid, and The Wisteron in Elf Queen. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_6de71c57 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_6de71c57 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_6de71c57 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_7286e96d | type |
Idiot Ball | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_7286e96d | comment |
Idiot Ball: As part of an extremely-unlikely plot to seduce Par to the Dark Side, Rimmer Dall lets him have The Sword of Shannara. (The real one; he doesn't even whip-up a fake, even though the characters themselves think the sword is fake for most of the series, since it doesn't do anything when they hold it.) Guess what ends up being the key to the Shadowen's destruction at the end? | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_7286e96d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_7286e96d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_7286e96d | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_77666408 | type |
Combat Tentacles | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_77666408 | comment |
Combat Tentacles: Each Creeper has several. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_77666408 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_77666408 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_77666408 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_77f47fea | type |
The Savage South | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_77f47fea | comment |
The Savage South: Toyed with. The Southland Federation prides itself on being the most civilised of the Four Lands, and on bringing that civilisation to the rest of the world. The end result of that pride, however, is the transformation of the Southland into a xenophobic dictatorial state, secretly controlled by the Shadowen, and bent on extending that dictatorship over the rest of the Four Lands. Needless to say, nobody in their right mind visits the Southland anymore, and the Eastland, Westland, and Northland all want the Federation out of their territories. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_77f47fea | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_77f47fea | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_77f47fea | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_7921ad77 | type |
Actually, I Am Him | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_7921ad77 | comment |
Actually, I Am Him: Matty Roh, thanks to Morgan jumping to conclusions at their first meeting. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_7921ad77 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_7921ad77 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_7921ad77 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_7d5324cf | type |
The Federation | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_7d5324cf | comment |
The Federation: As pointed out on the main page, this is subverted to Hell and gone. The Southland Federation is The Empire in a democratic disguise. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_7d5324cf | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_7d5324cf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_7d5324cf | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_830b0ac9 | type |
Final Battle | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_830b0ac9 | comment |
Final Battle: Wren, The Elves, The Trolls, and The Free-born fight a desperate battle in the Westland, while Walker, Morgan and co. storm Southwatch. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_830b0ac9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_830b0ac9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_830b0ac9 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_830f2f0e | type |
Police State | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_830f2f0e | comment |
Police State: The Federation is a tightly controlled police state, where magic is outlawed, the Dwarfs are enslaved, and the Seekers have the power to arrest anybody at any time on the slightest pretext. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_830f2f0e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_830f2f0e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_830f2f0e | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_85ca9dab | type |
Second Love | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_85ca9dab | comment |
Second Love: Matty Roh to Morgan, after Quickening's death. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_85ca9dab | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_85ca9dab | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_85ca9dab | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_8797239c | type |
Bait-and-Switch | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_8797239c | comment |
Bait-and-Switch: In the third book, Coll Ohmsford puts on the Mirrorshroud to escape Southwatch, only to be subverted by it into a Shadowen and go haring off to Tyrsis to hunt down his brother. Not two chapters later, Par is discovered in his safehouse by a mysterious figure in a black cloak. But the very next book reveals this to be, not Coll, but Padishar Creel. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_8797239c | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_8797239c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_8797239c | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_87e661e8 | type |
Absurdly Spacious Sewer | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_87e661e8 | comment |
Absurdly Spacious Sewer: Beneath Tyrsis. Justified because the city is so large and old, built upon a massive cliff face which has been hollowed out, and that they were in fact designed to allow the people an escape route should Tyrsis be about to fall in a siege. It's also a nice Continuity Nod, since these very escape routes and sewers were used by the traitor Stenmin to let the Warlock Lord's army into the city at the end of Sword. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_87e661e8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_87e661e8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_87e661e8 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_88472ef3 | type |
Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_88472ef3 | comment |
Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life: Morgan and to a lesser degree, Par and Coll were in this situation before the series began. Par Jumped at the Call and Coll follows him; Morgan and (following the loss of his arm and his friends) Walker remain this way for quite some time, throwing themselves into the quest for the Black Elfstone in a desperate attempt to find some meaning in what they've endured. Walker eventually finds it by the end of Druid; Morgan has to wait until Talismans before he finds his place. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_88472ef3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_88472ef3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_88472ef3 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_889cff96 | type |
Quirky Miniboss Squad | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_889cff96 | comment |
Quirky Miniboss Squad: The Four Horsemen are a very serious version that Rimmer Dall uses to harass Walker in Talismans. They manage to keep him trapped inside Paranor for almost half the book, and nearly kill him two or three times. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_889cff96 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_889cff96 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_889cff96 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_8b04eac7 | type |
Body Snatcher | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_8b04eac7 | comment |
Body Snatcher: The Shadowen. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_8b04eac7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_8b04eac7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_8b04eac7 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_8b682bd5 | type |
The Magic Comes Back | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_8b682bd5 | comment |
The Magic Comes Back: In The Scions of Shannara the magic is returning to the world 300 years after it had left the world in The Wishsong of Shannara. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_8b682bd5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_8b682bd5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_8b682bd5 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_8d718b9e | type |
Bears Are Bad News | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_8d718b9e | comment |
Bears Are Bad News: The Koden in Druid is a giant, blinded, magically mutated bear that serves as the guardian to the entrance of the Stone King's realm. It ultimately subverts this trope, letting the group pass unharmed in exchange for its freedom. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_8d718b9e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_8d718b9e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_8d718b9e | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_8dc5dee6 | type |
TheFourHorsemenOfTheApocalypse | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_8dc5dee6 | comment |
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Rimmer Dall sends four Shadowen named Famine, Pestilence, War, and Death to keep Walker Boh trapped inside Paranor in Talismans. Famine and Pestilence can spread their respective namesakes with a touch, War is a Spikes of Villainy weapons user, and Death is about what you'd expect: a Grim Reaper figure with a Sinister Scythe. All four are nearly indestructible, forcing Walker to use their own magic to destroy them. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_8dc5dee6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_8dc5dee6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_8dc5dee6 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_930a6e6a | type |
Cool-Down Hug | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_930a6e6a | comment |
Cool Down Hug: Performed by Damson Rhee on Par during the finale. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_930a6e6a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_930a6e6a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_930a6e6a | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_970c790a | type |
Big Bad | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_970c790a | comment |
Big Bad: The Shadowen, led by Rimmer Dall. Uhl Belk, the Stone King, is a rival Big Bad who appears in Druid. The King of the Silver River sends Quickening and her companions to head him off before he can achieve the same threat level as Dall and his cohorts. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_970c790a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_970c790a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_970c790a | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_993cf18f | type |
Not So Different | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_993cf18f | comment |
Not So Different: Rimmer Dall frequently uses this, on everyone from Par to Pe Ell. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_993cf18f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_993cf18f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_993cf18f | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_9ce36fc9 | type |
Heroes Act, Villains Hinder | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_9ce36fc9 | comment |
Heroes Act, Villains Hinder: Our heroes are on quests to gain the talismans they need to stop Rimmer Dall. All Rimmer Dall (as well as various Disc One Final Bosses like Uhl Belk and The Wisteron) need to do is prevent them from succeeding. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_9ce36fc9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_9ce36fc9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_9ce36fc9 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_9d12bbc1 | type |
Foreshadowing | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_9d12bbc1 | comment |
Foreshadowing: "You're dead, Garth." | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_9d12bbc1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_9d12bbc1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_9d12bbc1 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_9edbda07 | type |
Elite Mooks | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_9edbda07 | comment |
Elite Mooks: The Seekers can cut their way through normal troops with ease, but tend to go down easily when confronted by Wren, Walker, Morgan, or the power-maddened Par. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_9edbda07 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_9edbda07 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_9edbda07 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_9f63d4f1 | type |
Our Vampires Are Different | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_9f63d4f1 | comment |
Our Vampires Are Different: The Drakuls of Morrowindl: Disembodied wraiths that make themselves sound like people you trust, convince you to lower your defenses and then drain the life from you, transforming you into one of them. Fortunately they're only found on one area of the island. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_9f63d4f1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_9f63d4f1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_9f63d4f1 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_a122bf2f | type |
Blind Seer | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_a122bf2f | comment |
Blind Seer: The Addershag, in a particularly disturbing (and not exactly good) version. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_a122bf2f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_a122bf2f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_a122bf2f | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_a5fb0d24 | type |
Healing Factor | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_a5fb0d24 | comment |
Healing Factor: Many Shadowen can heal or are otherwise capable of Pulling Themselves Together after taking purely physical wounds. It usually takes magical attacks, or massive physical trauma to put them down permanently. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_a5fb0d24 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_a5fb0d24 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_a5fb0d24 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_a7b324e | type |
Handicapped Badass | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_a7b324e | comment |
Handicapped Badass: Walker's down an arm by the second book, and Garth, Wren's bodyguard and trainer, is deaf. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_a7b324e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_a7b324e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_a7b324e | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_a8af3e53 | type |
Secret Police | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_a8af3e53 | comment |
Secret Police: The Seekers, who are employed by the Federation to hunt down criminals, and magic users. Ironically, all of them are Shadowen. Might actually be State Sec given the ridiculous amount of influence and power they have, as well as their control of the Creepers. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_a8af3e53 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_a8af3e53 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_a8af3e53 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_a939a527 | type |
Red Eyes, Take Warning | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_a939a527 | comment |
Red Eyes, Take Warning: Red eyes are the usual tell for Shadowen, and they have them as both corporal beings and wraiths. The more powerful Shadowen can hide them in human form. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_a939a527 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_a939a527 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_a939a527 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_a969c74a | type |
Final Solution | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_a969c74a | comment |
Final Solution: In the backstory, the Federation waged a war of extermination against the Dwarves, reducing their population to ruins. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_a969c74a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_a969c74a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_a969c74a | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_ad1db87c | type |
Oh, Crap! | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_ad1db87c | comment |
Oh, Crap!: The revelation that Teel is a Shadowen. She was with the heroes practically from the beginning, and actually witnessed Allanon giving the scions their charges. Hence Rimmer Dall ends the first book with a significant advantage. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_ad1db87c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_ad1db87c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_ad1db87c | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_ae3d6438 | type |
Deadpan Snarker | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_ae3d6438 | comment |
Deadpan Snarker: While most characters can get the occasional snark in, Stresa is made of this. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_ae3d6438 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_ae3d6438 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_ae3d6438 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_af3ea0e3 | type |
Face–Heel Turn | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_af3ea0e3 | comment |
Face–Heel Turn: Gavilan Elessedil, who turns on Wren and steals the Ruhk Staff because he believes he better knows how to control and use the magic of the Loden. He pays for it, but thanks to his initial likability and how clearly desperate, young, and panicked he is, you can't help but feel sorry for him. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_af3ea0e3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_af3ea0e3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_af3ea0e3 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_b42e16fb | type |
Feathered Fiend | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_b42e16fb | comment |
Feathered Fiend: Gloon, Tib Arne's Shadowen possessed War Shrike. Capable of altering his size at will. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_b42e16fb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_b42e16fb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_b42e16fb | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_b53077b3 | type |
Take That! | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_b53077b3 | comment |
Take That!: Carisman, an expy of Tom Bombadil. A character who travels with our heroes for a while and often breaks into song. There are some small people who worship as a god, but he desires to be on his own. The small people get angry at being abandoned, they track him down, kill him, and take his head as a trophy. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_b53077b3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_b53077b3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_b53077b3 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_b58b4e3c | type |
Too Dumb to Live | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_b58b4e3c | comment |
Too Dumb to Live: Carisman. "I am the Urdas' king! They would never hurt me, they will welcome me back with open arms, and I can calm them and send them away..." | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_b58b4e3c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_b58b4e3c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_b58b4e3c | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_b5c56995 | type |
Corrupt the Cutie | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_b5c56995 | comment |
Corrupt the Cutie: Dall's plan for Par involves this, combined with the above-mentioned Break the Cutie. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_b5c56995 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_b5c56995 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_b5c56995 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_b731fa6e | type |
I Cannot Self-Terminate | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_b731fa6e | comment |
I Cannot Self-Terminate: Garth, after being poisoned by the Wisteron, requiring Wren to do the deed before he can become a Shadowen too. Considering how fond Brooks is of Expies, Generation Xerox, and His Story Repeats Itself, this may be intended as an echo of Helt's fate in Wishsong. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_b731fa6e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_b731fa6e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_b731fa6e | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_b8237752 | type |
HollywoodCyborg | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_b8237752 | comment |
Hollywood Cyborg: The Creepers, which are all at least half mechanical. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_b8237752 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_b8237752 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_b8237752 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_b9f472b | type |
Storming the Castle | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_b9f472b | comment |
Storming the Castle: The finale of Talismans has Walker, Morgan, Coll, Rumour, Matty Roh, and Damson Rhee storming Southwatch, the Federation fortress. The results are pretty spectacular. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_b9f472b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_b9f472b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_b9f472b | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_ba6baee1 | type |
High-Altitude Battle | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_ba6baee1 | comment |
High-Altitude Battle: Between Tiger Ty and Spirit on the one hand, and Gloon on the other. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_ba6baee1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_ba6baee1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_ba6baee1 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_be009bbc | type |
Alliterative Name | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_be009bbc | comment |
Alliterative Name: Tiger Ty. Doubles as an Awesome Mc Coolname. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_be009bbc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_be009bbc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_be009bbc | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_beb932ca | type |
Big Applesauce | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_beb932ca | comment |
Big Applesauce: It's hinted that Stone King Uhl Belk's lair, revealed to be the petrified remains of an Old World city, might be New York (although it could also be Chicago, with the Tiderace being Lake Michigan). | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_beb932ca | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_beb932ca | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_beb932ca | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_c15195f0 | type |
CharacterDeath | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_c15195f0 | comment |
Character Death: Hirehone, Steff, Teel, Carisman, Quickening, Pe Ell, Aurin Striate (The Owl), Ellenroh Elessedil, Eowen Cerise, Cort, Dal, Gavilan Elessedil, The Wisteron, Garth, Cogline, Tib Arne, Faun, Rimmer Dall. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_c15195f0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_c15195f0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_c15195f0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_c36cba70 | type |
Mooks | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_c36cba70 | comment |
Mooks: The Federation soldiers. Elite Mooks: The Seekers can cut their way through normal troops with ease, but tend to go down easily when confronted by Wren, Walker, Morgan, or the power-maddened Par. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_c36cba70 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_c36cba70 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_c36cba70 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_c435ec5d | type |
Aesop Amnesia | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_c435ec5d | comment |
Aesop Amnesia: The Elves in the backstory. They forgot about the results of their original abuse of magic namely the creation of the Shadowen, and went on to repeat said abuses, resulting in the "demons" of Morrowindl. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_c435ec5d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_c435ec5d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_c435ec5d | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_c46ca9fe | type |
SpoonyBard | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_c46ca9fe | comment |
Spoony Bard: Carisman is a "tunesmith", but while the reader sees various songs from him during Druid, they tend to vary greatly in effectiveness—he doesn't succeed in charming the Urdas, and his song to conceal them from the Koden would have led to their deaths had not Walker communed with it in time. He acts throughout the quest as a cross between The Load and The Heart, occasionally a Greek Chorus, and on very rare occasions he has a clever insight or aids as a distraction. But other than one moment when he succeeds in saving the party from a horde of rats with the sounds of a horde of cats, he's pretty much useless. Which is underscored when he gets himself killed in a completely ignominious, pointless, but undeniably tragic and sad Sacrificial Lamb manner. He does at least elicit a fair amount of sympathy from the reader, especially as he becomes more aware of just what he's gotten himself into and begins to despair. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_c46ca9fe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_c46ca9fe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_c46ca9fe | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_c6102eb0 | type |
Grand Theft Me | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_c6102eb0 | comment |
Grand Theft Me: The main ability of the Shadowen, making it incredibly hard for the heroes to trust anybody. They're especially attracted to those with stronger magic, making Par a prime target. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_c6102eb0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_c6102eb0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_c6102eb0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_c8a8c595 | type |
Retirony | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_c8a8c595 | comment |
Retirony: Retirement per se is not mentioned, but at one point during the exploration of Eldwist when it seems the party will never find Uhl Belk and escape, Carisman waxes eloquent about the Highlands of Leah after Morgan mentions them and says he wishes he could have stayed there; Morgan then offers to take him home with him after the quest is over, and he accepts. But of course this never happens, as he ends up dying thanks to the Urdas. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_c8a8c595 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_c8a8c595 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_c8a8c595 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_ca85e684 | type |
Power Trio | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_ca85e684 | comment |
Power Trio: Morgan, Damson, and Matty Roh form one in Talismans. Morgan is The Kirk, Damson The McCoy, and Matty is The Spock. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_ca85e684 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_ca85e684 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_ca85e684 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_cdfe12c3 | type |
Nothing Is Scarier | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_cdfe12c3 | comment |
Nothing Is Scarier: Some of the most disturbing, creepy, nightmare-inducing moments in the series come from the times when the characters are exploring dark, empty, lifeless, twisted places, constantly waiting for something to jump out at them but it never does. The sewers beneath Tyrsis act as this at several points for Par, particularly when he, Coll, and Damson are led by the Mole through the old palace of the Buckhannahs to enter the Pit for the last time, and some of Wren's exploration of Morrowindl partakes of this as well. But the biggest example in the series has to be the many chapters detailing the long, bleak days the company from Rampling Steep spends in Eldwist...the constant description of the lifeless stone, the cries of the seabirds and crashing of the ocean waves, the otherwise endless silence of the ruined city, the mist and shadows, how solitary and alone they are...and how they just keep finding nothing. The tension is so thick that the times when it suddenly explodes into horrific attacks from the Rake or the Maw Grint are almost welcome...but afterward the same silent nothingness always returns, and Brooks's language through the whole section is some of his best and most evocative ever. It gets to the point that the oppressiveness of the place weighs down upon the company until all of them, even Pe Ell and Quickening, seem on the verge of crossing the Despair Event Horizon, and while Walker suggests it is a function of the Stone King's magic and that the city itself is alive in a way and corrupting them, it's just as likely to be the simple result of constant exposure to so much changeless, empty nothingness. It's certainly very haunting and will stay with the reader for a long time. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_cdfe12c3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_cdfe12c3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_cdfe12c3 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_ce27dc3f | type |
Protagonist Title | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_ce27dc3f | comment |
Protagonist Title: Druid and Elf Queen are named for Walker Boh and Wren Ohmsford respectively. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_ce27dc3f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_ce27dc3f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_ce27dc3f | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_cedeae6a | type |
Wacky Wayside Tribe | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_cedeae6a | comment |
Wacky Wayside Tribe: Literally with the Urdas in Druid, though not particularly wacky. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_cedeae6a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_cedeae6a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_cedeae6a | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_cf5335c | type |
Energy Absorption | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_cf5335c | comment |
Energy Absorption: Southwatch feeds off of the magic in the Four Lands themselves, leaving them barren. The Shadowen have a more limited ability to drain lesser magics from their victims. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_cf5335c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_cf5335c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_cf5335c | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_d2c0e2ed | type |
Schmuck Bait | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_d2c0e2ed | comment |
Schmuck Bait: "Here, do you see this magical cloak? If you put it on it will let you appear as a Shadowen, thus fooling everyone in Southwatch. Why am I telling you this? Oh, just because I'm a Manipulative Bastard who likes taunting you with something you can't have—it's not because I'm trying to get you to steal it. Go ahead, try it on, it's perfectly harmless and I'll never know." | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_d2c0e2ed | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_d2c0e2ed | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_d2c0e2ed | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_d3a4af1e | type |
Sympathy for the Devil | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_d3a4af1e | comment |
Sympathy for the Devil: Wren feels a certain amount for Gavilan. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_d3a4af1e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_d3a4af1e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_d3a4af1e | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_d46ddfa2 | type |
CloudCuckooLander | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_d46ddfa2 | comment |
Cloud Cuckoolander: Carisman. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_d46ddfa2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_d46ddfa2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_d46ddfa2 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_dae5c997 | type |
Action Girl | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_dae5c997 | comment |
Action Girl: Wren Ohmsford, Matty Roh, and possibly Damson Rhee. Generally speaking, this series boasts a lot more physically active females than the original trilogy did. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_dae5c997 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_dae5c997 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_dae5c997 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_dd3272bb | type |
What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway? | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_dd3272bb | comment |
What Kind of Lame Power Is Truth: Subverted, while the Sword of Shannara still has only the lameish sounding power of "truth", it is the only way to break through all the deceits, lies, mind rape, and manipulations Rimmer Dall uses to try and turn Par into a Shadowen. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_dd3272bb | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_dd3272bb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_dd3272bb | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_dda12cb3 | type |
Cat Scare | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_dda12cb3 | comment |
Cat Scare: Morgan's first appearance in the series is covering himself in mud and jumping out in front of Par and Coll as a prank, at a point where the reader is expecting the "mud creature" to be a Shadowen. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_dda12cb3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_dda12cb3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_dda12cb3 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_deb39de3 | type |
Bad Future | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_deb39de3 | comment |
Bad Future: What the Shannara heirs are racing to prevent: a future where nothing grows, everything is dead, and people are just prey for the Shadowen. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_deb39de3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_deb39de3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_deb39de3 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_e431c24c | type |
Not Quite Dead | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_e431c24c | comment |
Not Quite Dead: Cogline and Rumor, thanks to the magical power of the Druid History that protects them from the Shadowen attack—at the cost of making them one with Paranor, unable to come fully back to the world of men until it does. However, in Cogline's case, this was merely delaying the inevitable: he gets Killed Off for Real in a Heroic Sacrifice saving Walker from the Four Horsemen. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_e431c24c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_e431c24c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_e431c24c | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_e67aff55 | type |
Is That What He Told You? | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_e67aff55 | comment |
Is That What They Told You?: Wren gets hit by this hard in Elf Queen—not only does she find out both her own grandmother and Eowen Cerise are keeping the truth from her about the origin of the demons and the full extent of the Elves' sins, something which first has to be revealed to her by Stresa of all people, but even Garth knew all along she was Ellenroh's granddaughter, and about Morrowindl and Eowen's prophecy, since her parents brought her to the Rovers and made him promise to care for her. It's no wonder she spends most of that book shifting from Rage Against the Mentor to Heroic BSoD to Roaring Rampage of Revenge. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_e67aff55 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_e67aff55 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_e67aff55 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_e70127 | type |
The Mole | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_e70127 | comment |
The Mole: Many, many examples, if only because of the nature of the Shadowen. Teel, Tib Arne and Gloon, and Pe Ell are among the nastiest. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_e70127 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_e70127 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_e70127 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_e91a2f04 | type |
Cloning Blues | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_e91a2f04 | comment |
Cloning Blues: The Elves on Morrowindl tried to clone an army via magic. The clones eventually degenerated into the "demons" that are the main threat in Elf Queen. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_e91a2f04 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_e91a2f04 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_e91a2f04 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_eabb8130 | type |
Swamps Are Evil | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_eabb8130 | comment |
Swamps Are Evil: Morrowindl has two— Eden's Murk, which is vast and impossible to find one's way in, and infested with Darters and various other "demons", and the In Ju, the lifeless bog where the Wisteron makes its home. Back in the Four Lands there's the Matted Brakes in the Westland (first featured in The Elfstones of Shannara) where Wren lures the Creepers to pit them against The Things. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_eabb8130 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_eabb8130 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_eabb8130 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_eaf83237 | type |
The Grotesque | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_eaf83237 | comment |
The Grotesque: The extremely sympathetic and pitiable Mole, who lives under Tyrsis' sewers. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_eaf83237 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_eaf83237 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_eaf83237 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_eb4086e3 | type |
Big Creepy-Crawlies | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_eb4086e3 | comment |
Big Creepy-Crawlies: Shadowen Creepers, which combine this with Hollywood Cyborg are essentially a gigantic cross between a worm, a cockroach and a crab, with Combat Tentacles, and metal plating. The Stone King keeps one (The Rake) as his watchdog. The Wisteron, the most dangerous of the "demons" on Morrowindl is also a good example, described as "half-spider, half-monkey, all monster". | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_eb4086e3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_eb4086e3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_eb4086e3 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_ed68bcc9 | type |
Dwindling Party | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_ed68bcc9 | comment |
Dwindling Party: Wren's party in Elf Queen. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_ed68bcc9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_ed68bcc9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_ed68bcc9 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_edada905 | type |
Garden of Evil | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_edada905 | comment |
Garden of Evil: Morrowindl, crossed with Hungry Jungle. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_edada905 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_edada905 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_edada905 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_eedee4d | type |
The Starscream | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_eedee4d | comment |
The Starscream: The Maw Grint. Originally an elemental created to serve the Stone King's will, it's now a giant, maddened worm who openly seeks to usurp Uhl Belk's power and is kept in check only by the power of the Black Elfstone. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_eedee4d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_eedee4d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_eedee4d | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_f3626b09 | type |
Mercy Kill | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_f3626b09 | comment |
Mercy Kill: Wren is forced to Mercy Kill Garth after he is infected by The Wisteron's venom. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_f3626b09 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_f3626b09 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_f3626b09 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_f5eda11 | type |
Mix-and-Match Critters | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_f5eda11 | comment |
Mix-and-Match Critters: Many of the creatures created by the Elves on Morrowindl, notably the Splinterscats, a cross between cat, porcupine, dog, and (mentally) human. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_f5eda11 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_f5eda11 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_f5eda11 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_f64a9cf7 | type |
EarnYourHappyEnding | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_f64a9cf7 | comment |
Earn Your Happy Ending: It ends pretty well, but God do they get tortured first. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_f64a9cf7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_f64a9cf7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_f64a9cf7 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_f9636192 | type |
Prophecies Are Always Right | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_f9636192 | comment |
Prophecies Are Always Right: Each of the visions the Grimpond gives Walker comes true. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_f9636192 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_f9636192 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_f9636192 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_fa7d3dfe | type |
Number Two | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_fa7d3dfe | comment |
Number Two: Chandos to Padishar. | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_fa7d3dfe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_fa7d3dfe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Heritage of Shannara | hasFeature |
The Heritage of Shannara / int_fa7d3dfe | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_fb9e2ffd | type |
Team Pet | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_fb9e2ffd | comment |
Team Pet: Faun to Wren, Rumor to Walker (although he acts more as a companion, protector, and loyal badass fighter). | |
| The Heritage of Shannara / int_fb9e2ffd | featureApplicability |
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Everything Trying to Kill You: Thanks to the Elves messing around with the magic of the earth to create new creatures and eventually copies of themselves that degenerated into demons, and the demons drawing on its magic further to sustain themselves, the island of Morrowindl eventually becomes this crossed with Hungry Jungle. | |
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