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The Reynard Cycle

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The Reynard Cycle	comment	The Reynard Cycle is a series of Low Fantasy adventure novels by David R. Witanowski based on the medieval Beast Fable Reynard the Fox, but featuring human beings rather than animals.Reynard begins the story as a Loveable Rogue who steals from the rich and...pockets the loot. All is well and good, but then he sets his sights on robbing the beautiful Countess Persephone with hilarious results, sometimes more realistically than the reader might initially expect.The tone of the series is deeply seated in Grey-and-Gray Morality, and occasionally borders on outright Horror whenever the more fantastical elements of the books rear their ugly heads, but in general it stays true to its Swashbuckler roots. You can expect at least one Duel to the Death per book.The entries in the series: Reynard the Fox (2011) The Baron of Maleperduys (2012) Defender of the Crown (2013) The Queen of Arcasia (2021)
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The Reynard Cycle / int_1237828f	type	Anyone Can Die
The Reynard Cycle / int_1237828f	comment	Anyone Can Die: Each book in the series has a fairly high body count, and anyone other than Reynard himself seems to be fair game. Being a Mauve Shirt or a Tagalong Kid seems to be an almost certain death sentence, and you're in trouble if you are a horse.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_12eee2cf	type	Heal It with Booze
The Reynard Cycle / int_12eee2cf	comment	Heal It with Booze: Hirsent must resort to this in The Baron of Maleperduys, due to having been separated from her surgical kit.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_13e693f4	type	Calling Your Bathroom Breaks
The Reynard Cycle / int_13e693f4	comment	Calling Your Bathroom Breaks: In The Baron of Maleperduys, Reynard and company find themselves trying to stay ahead of an advancing army, when a rainstorm begins to slow them. Sheltering briefly in a thicket, Reynard urges everyone to take food and drink, stating that they will press on as soon as he returns. When asked where he is going, Reynard replies: "To take a piss."
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The Reynard Cycle / int_14c791fb	type	Conflicting Loyalty
The Reynard Cycle / int_14c791fb	comment	Conflicting Loyalty: Defender of the Crown forces Isengrim to choose between his friendship with Reynard (who is rapidly approaching the Moral Event Horizon) and his own notions of right and wrong.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_153299b4	type	Boisterous Bruiser
The Reynard Cycle / int_153299b4	comment	Boisterous Bruiser: Bruin: Loud, often drunk, and described as a bear of a man. He's Dumb Muscle, but he's fun at parties. Just don't get him too drunk . . .
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The Reynard Cycle / int_177a6464	type	Genre Shift
The Reynard Cycle / int_177a6464	comment	Genre Shift: The series is a scathing deconstruction of both the Loveable Rogue trope, and the concept of the Standard Hero Reward, but you wouldn't know it from the first novel, which plays both tropes rather straight.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_187bddc1	type	Religion of Evil
The Reynard Cycle / int_187bddc1	comment	Religion of Evil: The Glyconese worship Hydra, a multi-headed dragon goddess that they believe will bring about the end of the world via deluge. They don't even think they'll be spared. The Hivans apparently worship the seven Demons that once ruled the world, and believe that one of them, The Dreamer, slumbers beneath their capital of Metnal. Ritual human sacrifices meant to awaken him/her/it are carried out by the royal family, who function as the high priests of the religion. Weirdly, the country is otherwise a fairly progressive place for the setting.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_18d15922	type	Title Drop
The Reynard Cycle / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop: The titles of the series all refer directly to Reynard, and all of them get significantly dropped close to the end of each novel.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_19da8a03	type	Incurable Cough of Death
The Reynard Cycle / int_19da8a03	comment	Incurable Cough of Death: The Red Death causes this, as well as Blood from the Mouth. The disease is so feared that sufferers of it in The Baron of Maleperduys are locked aboard prison barges and left to starve.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_1b44c21	type	GrayAndGreyMorality
The Reynard Cycle / int_1b44c21	comment	Gray-and-Grey Morality: The series draws the very clear distinction that behaving heroically doesn't always directly translate to behaving ethically or morally. It also portrays the majority of its villains as driven by understandable (occasionally even laudable) goals and motivations. That said, several uncomplicated villains help keep things fresh.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_1bb2c500	type	The Horde
The Reynard Cycle / int_1bb2c500	comment	The Horde: One of the many reasons that Vulp Vora is so dangerous is due to it being inhabited by the Chimera, who breed to the point where they must expel a portion of their population in this fashion. Their "neighbors" the Calvarians build their fortresses near choke points in order to defend themselves against these.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_1c3423d6	type	The Quest
The Reynard Cycle / int_1c3423d6	comment	The Quest: The voyage of the Quicksilver in Reynard the Fox is one of these. The object is a MacGuffin that may be alive.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_1c445e86	type	Poor Communication Kills
The Reynard Cycle / int_1c445e86	comment	Poor Communication Kills: A lot of tragedy could have been avoided if Persephone had only made it clearer to Reynard that though she finds him charming, she would never consider having a relationship with him.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_1c4adce1	type	The Siege
The Reynard Cycle / int_1c4adce1	comment	The Siege: The climax of The Baron of Maleperduys features a fairly spectacular one. Our heroes are hopelessly outnumbered and the bad guys have artillery in a world where castles are not built to withstand cannon fire. It ends when The Cavalry arrives, revealing that what had appeared to be a hopeless situation was actually a trap that Reynard set, using himself and his friends as living bait.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_1c5002bc	type	The Stoic
The Reynard Cycle / int_1c5002bc	comment	The Stoic: Isengrim is consistently described as being stony-faced, grim, and almost-supernaturally calm. He is very much the Blue Oni to Reynard's Red Oni. Tiecelin is another good example. He's The Quiet One.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_1d18887f	type	Pay Evil unto Evil
The Reynard Cycle / int_1d18887f	comment	Pay Evil unto Evil: In Reynard the Fox, Reynard reveals that when he young, he drugged his mother's pimp, along with his associates, barricaded the building they were in, and then burned them alive in a fire. His (comatose) mother was in there as well.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_1d47dc06	type	Alternative Calendar
The Reynard Cycle / int_1d47dc06	comment	Alternative Calendar: Though no dates are ever mentioned, months have names like Pearlmonth, Bloodmonth, Reaping, etc.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_1da5941e	type	The Quiet One
The Reynard Cycle / int_1da5941e	comment	Tiecelin is another good example. He's The Quiet One.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_1e1aa82a	type	Diabolus ex Machina
The Reynard Cycle / int_1e1aa82a	comment	Diabolus ex Machina: In Defender of the Crown, Reynard foils a conspiracy to kill the Queen by drugging her with a sleeping potion that causes her to appear as though she were dead. When the conspirators attempt their coup, he's waiting for them. Problem is, he inadvertently poisoned her, she's actually dead, and this information is revealed in a room full of witnesses who now need to be silenced. Some of whom are children.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_1e584efa	type	Cruel and Unusual Death
The Reynard Cycle / int_1e584efa	comment	Cruel and Unusual Death: Let's just say that the Chimera have the tendency to eat people while they are still alive. And some of them may rape you first.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_1e8f4221	type	Fingore
The Reynard Cycle / int_1e8f4221	comment	Fingore: The fingers of Reynard's left hand are broken during a fight with a Chimera in The Baron of Maleperduys. Later, a mercenary steps on said hand and twists his heel.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_1edfa2c7	type	Royals Who Actually Do Something
The Reynard Cycle / int_1edfa2c7	comment	Royals Who Actually Do Something: All of the male nobility are expected to be warriors, as well as serve as the judicial authority of their domains. When the men are off to war, or when a woman inherits a title due to not having any brothers, they are expected to serve in the second capacity, and act as military strategists if not participants.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_1ee7d1e5	type	A Taste of Defeat
The Reynard Cycle / int_1ee7d1e5	comment	A Taste of Defeat: Reynard is profoundly changed throughout The Baron of Maleperduys due to a series of major setbacks. Not only does he fail to convince Persephone to run off with him, he also ( loses his left hand due to infection.) Much of his former snark is gone by the end of the novel.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_1f14978d	type	Talking Animal
The Reynard Cycle / int_1f14978d	comment	Talking Animal: Tiecelin has a pet raven called Prophet that can speak. Though it only knows one word: "Doom."
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The Reynard Cycle / int_1fb440a6	type	Voluntary Shapeshifting
The Reynard Cycle / int_1fb440a6	comment	Voluntary Shapeshifting: The Fetch are shapeshifting assassins originally created by the Demons. In their natural form they look like featureless, translucent humanoids with colorful luminescent fluids inside of them. One of them infiltrates the Quicksilver during Reynard the Fox. It's unclear if there are others existent in the world, or if that one was the last of its kind.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_2139c878	type	Church Militant
The Reynard Cycle / int_2139c878	comment	Church Militant: The smith priests of Fenix the Firebird appear to engage in this. Besides the faith maintaining a monopoly on the production of the tools of war (weapons, armor, etc.), there are apparently "battle priests" present during the Battle of the Samara in The Baron of Maleperduys, wielding war hammers.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_21d41a5b	type	Praetorian Guard
The Reynard Cycle / int_21d41a5b	comment	Praetorian Guard: Duke Nobel's bodyguards, made up of the sons of the nobility. They look impressive, but in practice they're a collective Paper Tiger. Calvarian generals are guarded (and are spied upon) by a trio of Blood Guards, members of the Calvarian State Sec. Glim, the Glyconese ambassador, is escorted by the fanatical Myrmidons, who are so dead inside that they are completely willing to kill themselves or each other just to make a point. Reynard creates one to defend himself in between the events of The Baron of Maleperduys and Defender of the Crown.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_23015b1f	type	Magnificent Bastard
The Reynard Cycle / int_23015b1f	comment	Rukenaw initially finds Tybalt attractive because, as Reynard puts it, Tybalt is a magnificent bastard. He's not that kind, though.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_237404cc	type	Ironic Echo
The Reynard Cycle / int_237404cc	comment	Ironic Echo: After Isengrim defeats his lover Hirsent in a bloodless duel, Reynard asks him why he didn't let her win. "When you fight," he answers, "Fight to win." "Even against the ones you love?" Reynard asks. "Especially then," Isengrim replies. "For you will never know a more dangerous foe." Two books later Reynard and Isengrim duel to the death, and repeat the conversation.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_24fa0857	type	Line in the Sand
The Reynard Cycle / int_24fa0857	comment	Line in the Sand: Reynard does this twice during The Baron of Maleperduys. Given the tone of the series, it's difficult to tell whether or not he is being sincere.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_25a31943	type	Slave Mooks
The Reynard Cycle / int_25a31943	comment	Glycon, a theocracy that fields slave soldiers, bears some similarity to the Egyptian Mamluk Sultunate. With dragons.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_25b7257f	type	Red Right Hand
The Reynard Cycle / int_25b7257f	comment	Red Right Hand: Ghul, a tattooed, golden-skinned man with mismatched eyes. One is hazel, the other brown. Oh, and did we mention he's a Torture Technician?
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The Reynard Cycle / int_25e18c14	type	Haunted Castle
The Reynard Cycle / int_25e18c14	comment	Haunted Castle: The palace of Carduel has this reputation due to all the horrible things that happened there over the years: Mass poisonings, cannibalism both accidental and deliberate, people being entombed alive behind the walls, etc., etc. Even Madam Corte, a born skeptic, is convinced the place is haunted.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_269e82c1	type	Death of a Child
The Reynard Cycle / int_269e82c1	comment	Death of a Child: Very early on in The Reynard Cycle, when Persephone makes it clear that a famine in Engadlin has become so bad that people are resorting to eating their own babies. Later, we discover that Isengrim's first born son was killed at birth. Still later, King Lionel, an eight-year-old, is stabbed in the heart.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_26d0fa3b	type	Hot Skitty-on-Wailord Action
The Reynard Cycle / int_26d0fa3b	comment	Hot Skitty-on-Wailord Action: How the Chimera reproduce. Many of them appear to not be above kidnapping humans as unwilling lovers.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_26f924ef	type	Court Jester
The Reynard Cycle / int_26f924ef	comment	Court Jester: Duke Nobel's fool, Pierrot. He's an odd man, and speaks entirely in the form of Aesops.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_2764d432	type	Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
The Reynard Cycle / int_2764d432	comment	Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Persephone's cousin, Celia Corvino. In public she's gracious, thoughtful and kind (and is considered a great beauty to boot.) Privately, she's been plotting her cousin's death since she hit puberty.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_28b2f93a	type	Slavery Is a Special Kind of Evil
The Reynard Cycle / int_28b2f93a	comment	Slavery Is a Special Kind of Evil: In addition to being the home of a fanatical doomsday cult that worships dragons, brainwashes soldiers into becoming near automatons, and being world renowned for the skill of its assassins and torturers, Glycon tolerates and practices slavery. After zealotry, this practice is usually the second thing that someone will decry about the place. Before the whole dragon thing even.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_28cd01ca	type	Disappeared Dad
The Reynard Cycle / int_28cd01ca	comment	Disappeared Dad: Reynard's father abandoned him when he was very young. Later, he came down with a bad case of Missing Mom, leading to a full blown case of Parental Abandonment.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_295087bf	type	Non-Indicative Name
The Reynard Cycle / int_295087bf	comment	Non-Indicative Name: In The Baron of Maleperduys, a mercenary company called The Seventy Seven Shields turns out to be made up of one hundred and thirteen people.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_297ab1b9	type	Parental Abandonment
The Reynard Cycle / int_297ab1b9	comment	Parental Abandonment: Reynard has a Disappeared Dad and a Missing Mom.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_2a090d00	type	Lampshade Hanging
The Reynard Cycle / int_2a090d00	comment	By the end of the book, she is a literal Baroness.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_2a3006e5	type	State Sec
The Reynard Cycle / int_2a3006e5	comment	Calvarian generals are guarded (and are spied upon) by a trio of Blood Guards, members of the Calvarian State Sec.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_2ae29c0d	type	The Dreaded
The Reynard Cycle / int_2ae29c0d	comment	The Dreaded: The Calvarians are regularly described as being the terror of the North.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_2b14367f	type	Bring My Brown Pants
The Reynard Cycle / int_2b14367f	comment	Bring My Brown Pants: Chanticleer soils himself when he is put into a pit with two chimera.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_2bdae2ae	type	Awesome, but Impractical
The Reynard Cycle / int_2bdae2ae	comment	Awesome, but Impractical: The Muraille, a series of fortresses connected by a wall over a hundred miles long. It's been breached so many times that it's been completely abandoned.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_2c136406	type	Standard Royal Court
The Reynard Cycle / int_2c136406	comment	Standard Royal Court: The series features two of these combining into one, and all of the lingering resentment, bickering, and petty backstabbing one would come to expect from two factions of previously bitter enemies being forced to make nice. Passive-Aggressive Kombat is practically the default manner of speech there, with very few exceptions.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_2c1f1138	type	He Who Fights Monsters
The Reynard Cycle / int_2c1f1138	comment	He Who Fights Monsters: Played straight with Reynard
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The Reynard Cycle / int_2cbaa888	type	Empty Shell
The Reynard Cycle / int_2cbaa888	comment	Glim, the Glyconese ambassador, is escorted by the fanatical Myrmidons, who are so dead inside that they are completely willing to kill themselves or each other just to make a point.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_2cfee88	type	Everybody Hates Hades
The Reynard Cycle / int_2cfee88	comment	Everybody Hates Hades: Partially subverted. The lunar deity Wulf is a trickster figure, as well as a god of death, and he is admired for being cunning. One of his schemes even led to the creation of humanity, and people raise a toast to him whenever they sit down to a drink or a meal . . . But it's also believed that his motivation for doing so was so that he could inflict suffering on the human race in order to amuse himself, and that speaking his name draws his attention, so most people avoid mentioning him directly, calling him The Watcher.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_2d6f00e4	type	Psycho for Hire
The Reynard Cycle / int_2d6f00e4	comment	Psycho for Hire: Ghul, a Glyconese assassin and Torture Technician.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_2da5273e	type	Just Like Robin Hood
The Reynard Cycle / int_2da5273e	comment	Just Like Robin Hood: Subverted in that, while Reynard tends to rob from the rich, he rarely gives to the poor. When he does so, his motivation for doing so is usually to win the hearts and minds of the common people. His success in maintaining this image is why he is loved by the poor and generally despised by the nobility.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_2dae4381	type	My Master, Right or Wrong
The Reynard Cycle / int_2dae4381	comment	My Master, Right or Wrong: Isengrim is prone to this throughout Defender of the Crown. Eventually, he realizes that he can no longer go along with the program, and performs an abrupt Heelâ€“Face Turn.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_2dddd99d	type	False Flag Operation
The Reynard Cycle / int_2dddd99d	comment	False Flag Operation: In Defender of the Crown, Reynard captures the fortress of Kloss using this technique. It helps that all Calvarians wear uniforms, even the civilians.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_2e8441c9	type	The Bad Guy Wins
The Reynard Cycle / int_2e8441c9	comment	The Bad Guy Wins: Duke Nobel gets everything he wanted by the end of the first book.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_2f36d97	type	Older Than They Look
The Reynard Cycle / int_2f36d97	comment	Older Than They Look: Pierrot, Nobel's fool is this. When Isengrim refers to him as a young man, Persephone corrects him, letting him know that he is old enough to have been entertaining Nobel (who is at least in his 20s at the start of the series) since childhood.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_2ffb4a4d	type	The Nondescript
The Reynard Cycle / int_2ffb4a4d	comment	The Nondescript: Reynard is described as being extremely average looking when not in disguise. Basically, his face is a blank slate that can be molded into almost anything.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_30ef2781	type	The City Narrows
The Reynard Cycle / int_30ef2781	comment	The City Narrows: The Anthill, Calyx's slum quarter, is a perfect example.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_319cc4d7	type	Low Fantasy
The Reynard Cycle / int_319cc4d7	comment	Low Fantasy: Grey-and-Gray Morality? Check. Anti-Hero? Check. An almost complete lack of magic? Check. It would actually be easy to mistake the setting of the series for Europe of the mid-1400's if were not for the presence of a polytheistic religion, as well as the chimera, giants, sea monsters, etc.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_319e4a2f	type	Even Evil Has Standards
The Reynard Cycle / int_319e4a2f	comment	Even Evil Has Standards: The Calvarians will kill foreign men, women, and children en masse without compunction, but they abhor rape and torture. The fact that their propaganda depicts ALL foreigners as rapists and torturers (amongst other things) is a large part of why they see nothing wrong with wiping them out. For example, in The Baron of Maleperduys, Reynard and Hirsent discover the bodies of three Calvarian soldiers who were hanged by their own kind for the crime of raping a Southerner.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_31f9cec9	type	Critical Staffing Shortage
The Reynard Cycle / int_31f9cec9	comment	Critical Staffing Shortage: It's implied that this is why the Muraille, a string of fortresses connected by a wall a hundred miles long, is currently abandoned.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_331d9f32	type	Silent Snarker
The Reynard Cycle / int_331d9f32	comment	Silent Snarker: Pierrot, Nobel's fool, becomes one after Tybalt cuts out his tongue. He's able to have arguments with Arlequin without saying a word.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_33aa30e3	type	The Man They Couldn't Hang
The Reynard Cycle / int_33aa30e3	comment	The Man They Couldn't Hang: Reynard has this reputation due to a double being hanged in his place.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_347e35d6	type	Grim Up North
The Reynard Cycle / int_347e35d6	comment	Calvaria is latin for skull. The entire country tends to be rather grim.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_34dcfc96	type	Kick the Dog
The Reynard Cycle / int_34dcfc96	comment	Kick the Dog: Tybalt does this so much that it's one of his defining traits. In Defender of the Crown he is even described as stalking off, "Looking no doubt for a dog to kick."
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The Reynard Cycle / int_34e15b76	type	Kindhearted Cat Lover
The Reynard Cycle / int_34e15b76	comment	Kindhearted Cat Lover: Subverted by Tybalt, who is one of the few characters besides Tiecelin who is depicted as having a pet (it is, of course, a cat.) Later, this trope is played straight when Hermeline adopts the cat.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_364b9be6	type	Flipping the Bird
The Reynard Cycle / int_364b9be6	comment	Flipping the Bird: Arcasian characters (especially the rougher sort) are described "flashing their fingers" when perturbed. It's highly implied that they are making the V-sign.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_372bc105	type	Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism
The Reynard Cycle / int_372bc105	comment	Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism: We're leaning towards the cynical side here, folks. Seemingly to ram the point home, the first three entries in the series all feature the horrifying death of a young, idealistic, innocent character who finds out the hard way that life is really really unfair.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_37b5c1b0	type	Big Badass Battle Sequence
The Reynard Cycle / int_37b5c1b0	comment	Big Badass Battle Sequence: The Baron of Maleperduys features the Battle of the Samara and the siege of Maleperduys.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_37ddb0bf	type	Not a Mask
The Reynard Cycle / int_37ddb0bf	comment	Not a Mask: Reynard the Fox features a "masked" lotos merchant doing business in the ruins of Carcosa.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_38d02d44	type	Batman Gambit
The Reynard Cycle / int_38d02d44	comment	Trickster: Reynard is this in spades. He particularly enjoys Batman Gambits.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_39994bd9	type	Bazaar of the Bizarre
The Reynard Cycle / int_39994bd9	comment	Bazaar of the Bizarre: Reynard the Fox features one that appears to have fallen on hard times. Fighting there is punishable by death via robot.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_3ec27f76	type	Costume Porn
The Reynard Cycle / int_3ec27f76	comment	Costume Porn: Each entry in the series features at least one scene where what characters are wearing is described in lavish detail.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_3f28ec84	type	The Wall Around the World
The Reynard Cycle / int_3f28ec84	comment	The Wall Around the World: Deconstructed by the Muraille, a series of fortresses connected by a wall meant to serve as the eastern border of Arcasia. Unfortunately, the finished product was Awesome, but Impractical: It could never be fully manned, and has been breached so many times that the whole thing has been abandoned.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_3f45f1e6	type	Adaptational Heroism
The Reynard Cycle / int_3f45f1e6	comment	Adaptational Heroism: Reynard is far from a saint, but compared to the rapist that pisses on children's eyes until they become blind from the original Beast Fable, he is almost heroic.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_4023b8c8	type	First-Name Basis
The Reynard Cycle / int_4023b8c8	comment	First-Name Basis: This is played with throughout the series. For much of Reynard the Fox, Reynard and Isengrim refer to each other as Fox and Laruwa (Calvarian for "Master"), as their relationship is highly adversarial. In fact, Isengrim doesn't even know Reynard's real name. By the end of the novel, they drop the pretense altogether as a sign of genuine friendship. Reynard insists that his followers refrain from calling him Lord, or Baron, for much of The Baron of Maleperduys. During the novel's conclusion, he forces Tybalt to refer to him by his formal title as a sign of submission. In Defender of the Crown Reynard has been heaped with titles and honorifics, and its clear that only Isengrim, Hirsent, and Rukenaw are given leave to speak to him informally. He does make an exception for a priestess, however.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_40cbee83	type	Wretched Hive
The Reynard Cycle / int_40cbee83	comment	Wretched Hive: The Anthill, Calyx's slum quarter, is the size of a small city. The Calvarians, Isengrim in particular, tend to view all Southern cities this way.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_41914bb3	type	Blade Below the Shoulder
The Reynard Cycle / int_41914bb3	comment	Reynard favors a rapier called Cut-Throat as his primary (right-handed) weapon, and wields a parrying dagger with his left. After he loses his left hand, he fights with a Blade Below the Shoulder called Left-Hand.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_41a48472	type	Bat Out of Hell
The Reynard Cycle / int_41a48472	comment	Bat Out of Hell: Bats are generally considered to be creatures of The Watcher, the god of death, and are thus generally considered an ill omen. In The Baron of Maleperduys, Hermeline recalls that the castle of Maleperduys had to be cleared of a swarm of them before Reynard and companions could call it home.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_424c9a9b	type	Cold-Blooded Torture
The Reynard Cycle / int_424c9a9b	comment	Cold-Blooded Torture: Duke Nobel threatens to subject Hermeline to this in order to get Reynard to comply with him in Reynard the Fox. Given the severity of the crime (harming a priestess is a crime punishable by death no matter who you are), it's unclear whether or not he would have gone through with it. Ghul, a Glyconese Torture Technician, plans to make Reynard suffer very slowly before killing him.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_4484e50a	type	I Will Punish Your Friend for Your Failure
The Reynard Cycle / int_4484e50a	comment	I Will Punish Your Friend for Your Failure: Both Duke Nobel and Count Bricemer make it very clear that Hermeline will be killed if Reynard does not cooperate with them in Reynard the Fox. He mentally apologies to her when he comes to believe that the Quicksilver's mission will fail.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_44fc28e8	type	Honor Before Reason
The Reynard Cycle / int_44fc28e8	comment	Honor Before Reason: All Calvarians are extremely prone to this. One of their common sayings is, "Death before dishonor."
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The Reynard Cycle / int_454bda24	type	Ancestral Weapon
The Reynard Cycle / int_454bda24	comment	Ancestral Weapon: Thunderclap, a sword once held by the kings of Aquilia. It was supposedly unbreakable, but is now in thirteen pieces.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_470bff94	type	Eats Babies
The Reynard Cycle / int_470bff94	comment	Engadlin, the region directly between warring Arcas and Luxia, has had this done to it so many times that the regional character trait is swift capitulation and a disturbingly relaxed attitude regarding cannibalism due to enduring a hundred years of famine. Even when it's the Other Other White Meat.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_474a2a5e	type	Cultural Posturing
The Reynard Cycle / int_474a2a5e	comment	Cultural Posturing: In spite of the fact that Calvaria, his country of origin, is clearly The Empire, and is policed by an organization that murdered his infant son, Isengrim still can't help but point out the many ways that Calvarians are superior to the rest of the world. When asked if he misses the place, he says "no" in the Southern tongue, pauses, and then says "yes" in the Northern tongue.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_4782e60f	type	Jerk with a Heart of Jerk
The Reynard Cycle / int_4782e60f	comment	Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: Tybalt. Whenever he gets even remotely close to petting the dog, he finds another one to kick.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_478ae179	type	And Now You Must Marry Me
The Reynard Cycle / int_478ae179	comment	And Now You Must Marry Me: A major part of Duke Nobel's plan in the first book. It works.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_48d9e12d	type	Funetik Aksent
The Reynard Cycle / int_48d9e12d	comment	Funetik Aksent: The rougher characters tend to say "Yer" and "Ya" instead of "Yes" and "You", and at one point Hirsent calls a squirrel a sqirrl.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_4a32f262	type	Reassignment Backfire
The Reynard Cycle / int_4a32f262	comment	Reassignment Backfire: As described above, Nobel, feeling that much of his thunder is being (rightfully) stolen by Reynard, names him The Baron of Maleperduys, a place which is not only little more than a forest full of monstrous Chimera, it's also located behind enemy lines. Meant to be a meaningless title at best, and a very unsubtle insult at worst, he doesn't really expect Reynard to go there, let alone rule. Reynard promptly does so, and ends up becoming a war hero in The Baron of Maleperduys due to the actions he is forced to take in order to survive there.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_4b2c373	type	Impractically Fancy Outfit
The Reynard Cycle / int_4b2c373	comment	Impractically Fancy Outfit: Reynard orders Rukenaw to wear the Chainmail Bikini version of this in Defender of the Crown, in order to win over the . . . hearts of the male population of Calyx. She's relieved that the breastplate doesn't have actual nipples on it.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_4e6e9b64	type	A Child Shall Lead Them
The Reynard Cycle / int_4e6e9b64	comment	A Child Shall Lead Them: After the death of his father, Prince Lionel is named king at the ripe old age of three. He is murdered before he can turn ten. Next in line for the throne? A four-year-old-girl.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_4e70e128	type	Evil Stole My Faith
The Reynard Cycle / int_4e70e128	comment	Evil Stole My Faith: Isengrim explains that a horrific series of famines drove Calvaria to this trope. The country is now exclusively atheistic.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_4fbc0887	type	Beneath the Mask
The Reynard Cycle / int_4fbc0887	comment	Beneath the Mask: Reynard is generally a Deadpan Snarker, who likes to trade Witty Banter with his foes while engaging in dramatic swordplay. When he loses his cool however...
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The Reynard Cycle / int_500ecfb7	type	The Big Guy
The Reynard Cycle / int_500ecfb7	comment	Bruin, the team's Big Guy, wields an axe named Mauler.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_50c58a13	type	Exit, Pursued by a Bear
The Reynard Cycle / int_50c58a13	comment	Exit, Pursued by a Bear: This happens to an entire army in The Baron of Maleperduys, though replace "bear" with "terrifying wolf monsters." In Defender of the Crown, Acteon is dispatched by an enormous cat Chimera. And it was his Chimera. Given his name, he probably should have seen it coming.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_51d8f2e3	type	Not-So-Omniscient Council of Bickering
The Reynard Cycle / int_51d8f2e3	comment	Not-So-Omniscient Council of Bickering: The nobility of the series can't seem to get more than two of them into a room without this happening. Of the two major council meetings depicted so far, one third of the participants leave the proceedings dissatisfied. At one point, Reynard reflects that if the nobles could only put as much effort into fighting their enemies on the battlefield as they do with each other, they would be completely unstoppable. This is all justified by the fact that prior to the events of the first novel, a very long and very bloody civil war had been raging, and there is still a great deal of animosity between various factions and families.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_528e8166	type	High Priest
The Reynard Cycle / int_528e8166	comment	The majority of the priesthood of Fenix are smiths of one sort or another. Their High Priest carries a ceremonial hammer.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_52c6a4d	type	Last-Minute Baby Naming
The Reynard Cycle / int_52c6a4d	comment	Last-Minute Baby Naming: Pinsard is named shortly after birth, when he repeatedly pinches his father's skin (his name translates to "Pincher.") The act is justified by the fact that his mother had previously lost a child during childbirth, and she wanted to wait to see if her child would survive the pregnancy.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_54451d1	type	Fantastic Rank System
The Reynard Cycle / int_54451d1	comment	Fantastic Rank System: The Calvarian army: Each Regiment of ten thousand soldiers is commanded by a Latteowa, which we would consider a Colonel. Heafodcarls are equivalent to Captains of companies a hundred strong, assisted by a Lyftcarl, or Lieutenant. The role of sergeant is performed by a Prafost.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_55180ce	type	Snow Means Death
The Reynard Cycle / int_55180ce	comment	Snow Means Death: Wulf, the Watcher, the god of death, is also called the Winter King.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_5530e11b	type	Founder of the Kingdom
The Reynard Cycle / int_5530e11b	comment	Founder of the Kingdom: The Kingdom of Aquilia was named after a legendary hero with the same name. Calvaria was founded by the first member of its State Sec, Vanargand No-Father.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_5798bfbf	type	Reassigned to Antarctica
The Reynard Cycle / int_5798bfbf	comment	Reassigned to Antarctica: Reynard is named the Baron of Maleperduys at the end of the first book, an underpopulated fief that's mostly a forest with dangerous Chimera living in it. It's also basically behind enemy lines. The gesture was meant as an very unsubtle insult by Nobel, and no one actually expects him to go there, let alone rule. He does, leading to a fairly spectacular Reassignment Backfire in the next book.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_57d43e40	type	Fantasy Counterpart Culture
The Reynard Cycle / int_57d43e40	comment	Fantasy Counterpart Culture: There are several good examples: Arcasia is clearly inspired by France of the late Middle Ages, though it appears to be one that was built on top of an Expy of mythological Greece. The naming conventions reflect this (Count Bricemer is married to the Countess Pucelle, and their son's name is Acteon). Oddly, the people of Arcasia are generally depicted as being Ambiguously Brown, rather than Gallic. Calvaria is a feared northern country that appears to be a fairly even mixture of ancient Sparta, the Roman Empire, and Scandinavia. Needless to say, many of its citizens are Proud Warrior Race Guys (Gals as well.) It's worth mentioning that it is the only country depicted as being populated by caucasians. Solothurn is inspired by Slavic culture and mythology. Their Grand Prince, for example, is called Koschei the Deathless. Mandross, a neutral country protected by mountains with a reputation for providing mercenaries is an Expy of Switzerland. Glycon, a theocracy that fields slave soldiers, bears some similarity to the Egyptian Mamluk Sultunate. With dragons. Tyris is a distant tropical continent that is currently being colonized by the Glyconese, who are enslaving its tribal inhabitants and forcing them to labor in plantations and mines. Sound familiar?
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The Reynard Cycle / int_58d31a8b	type	Body Motifs
The Reynard Cycle / int_58d31a8b	comment	Body Motifs: Reynard loses his left hand during The Baron of Maleperduys. It is later replaced by a semi-functional iron hand, which often moves when Reynard is agitated or angry, seemingly against his will. He calls it his "ghost hand."
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The Reynard Cycle / int_58e43f17	type	Cats Are Mean
The Reynard Cycle / int_58e43f17	comment	Cats Are Mean: Tybalt (the self-styled Prince of Cats), is a selfish, callous, Jerkass.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_59605a46	type	Beast Fable
The Reynard Cycle / int_59605a46	comment	Beast Fable: The series is very clearly inspired by medieval folk stories of the same name: Reynard the Fox. Reynard's origin as a Fantastic Fox is lampshaded in his first appearance, though it's not hard to guess the origins of many of the other characters: Isengrim is a wolf, Tybalt a cat, Chanticleer a rooster, Nobel a lion, etc. etc.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_5bdcc85a	type	Disney Villain Death
The Reynard Cycle / int_5bdcc85a	comment	Disney Villain Death: Nobel falls prey to this in The Baron of Maleperduys.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_5ca80293	type	Pragmatic Villainy
The Reynard Cycle / int_5ca80293	comment	Pragmatic Villainy: Shortly after the attack on Dis, Drauglir had to stop his men from hanging Mosca, his Southern translator. He may consider the man to be less than a dog, but he was of the opinion that training another translator would take too much time.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_5dd0b462	type	Weather of War
The Reynard Cycle / int_5dd0b462	comment	Weather of War: In The Baron of Maleperduys, Bruin mentions that it is raining the same way that it did before a battle he fought in, reminiscing that the soggy terrain bogged down the heavy cavalry. He personally witnessed one of the chevalier (knight-equivalents) drown in a pool of water. Sure enough, soft ground and a swollen river play a big role during the Battle of the Samara.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_60b21fa3	type	The Lancer
The Reynard Cycle / int_60b21fa3	comment	The Lancer: Isengrim is this to Reynard.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_60f992e8	type	Florence Nightingale Effect
The Reynard Cycle / int_60f992e8	comment	Florence Nightingale Effect: Health care in Arcasia is provided primarily by the Priestesses of Sphinx, who also happen to be professional barbers and temple prostitutes. Having a sexual relationship with your doctor is not only encouraged, it's pretty much expected. Hermeline, one of Reynard's major love interests is one of these. Naturally, she's a Hooker with a Heart of Gold.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_6114a875	type	Lost Technology
The Reynard Cycle / int_6114a875	comment	Lost Technology: The crew of the Quicksilver encounter robots and electric lamps while in Carcosa. They interpret both to be the product of dark sorcery.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_61996785	type	Sacrificial Lamb
The Reynard Cycle / int_61996785	comment	Sacrificial Lamb: Maxon, Lord Chanticleer's steward and POV character of the first chapter of Reynard the Fox, suffers an offscreen death shortly after the conclusion of said chapter.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_6366f900	type	Old Soldier
The Reynard Cycle / int_6366f900	comment	Old Soldier: Grymbart, a mercenary with a wife in every major city, plays this straight. He's the first man on the Quicksilver to befriend Reynard.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_63be4131	type	Pretty Boy
The Reynard Cycle / int_63be4131	comment	Pretty Boy: Tantilis (a man who brought an entire kingdom down in flames) is described as being more beautiful than most women. Apparently, female actors are always hired to portray him during theatrical performances. Julien, Lord Laurent's son, is described as being one of these. He's still tough enough to be considered skilled in combat by Isengrim.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_643618e5	type	Replacement Goldfish
The Reynard Cycle / int_643618e5	comment	Replacement Goldfish: If he is to be believed, after the events of Defender of the Crown Reynard plans on replacing Persephone with her own daughter, Larissa.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_6654b17b	type	Facial Horror
The Reynard Cycle / int_6654b17b	comment	Facial Horror: Hartnet is an otherwise attractive young woman who had her nose cut off during wartime. She wears a veil (and later a helmet with a nose guard) to conceal it, but people are still unnerved by the sight of her.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_66dfe36a	type	Missing Mom
The Reynard Cycle / int_66dfe36a	comment	Missing Mom: Reynard has a bad case of this. ( She died.) Also, his father abandoned his family when he was even younger, making his background a full blown case of Parental Abandonment.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_68333a8b	type	Elite Army
The Reynard Cycle / int_68333a8b	comment	Elite Army: Each regiment of the Calvarian army functions this way. A force of about seven thousand of them crush an army over thirty thousand strong in The Baron of Maleperduys. By Defender of the Crown, Reynard has whipped his Army of Thieves and Whores into one capable of beating the Calvarians at their own game.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_6860368a	type	Mook Horror Show
The Reynard Cycle / int_6860368a	comment	Mook Horror Show: In The Baron of Maleperduys, a particularly likable Calvarian foot soldier wakes up after a battle, only to discover that he and many of his fellow mooks have been taken prisoner by Reynard, who is going to hang the majority of them, and then feed their corpses to Tiecelin's Shrikes.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_688afa6a	type	Evil Uncle
The Reynard Cycle / int_688afa6a	comment	Evil Uncle: Corvino, the Countess Persephone's uncle by marriage, is perceived to be this. Persephone herself believes that he was the source of the numerous attempts on her life over the years. Turns out, it was actually her cousin, Celia, who wanted her dead.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
The Reynard Cycle / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: Almost every character and location has one of these. They're very easy to spot if you are familiar with French, Latin, and Mythology in general. The etymology of Reynard's name, for instance, suggests that he is wise, clever, and resourceful. Which he is. Count Bricemer's son Acteon is named after a hunter from Greek Mythology who was turned into a stag and brought down by his own hounds. His family's emblem depicts a stag, and he meets a very similar fate. His sister is named Faline, which is a Shout-Out to Bambi. She is described as being doe-eyed. Calvaria is latin for skull. The entire country tends to be rather grim. Glycon, a theocracy that worships dragons, shares its name with the deity of a real life mystery cult that essentially worshipped a sock puppet. In this case, the dragons are real, but its very likely that they're not gods. Starting with Isengrim, the majority of the Calvarian characters have wolf names: Fenris, Garm, and Ulfdregil, etc. Unsurprisingly, Isengrim begins the series as a lone wolf. Much like her counterpart from Greek Mythology, Persephone is a captive who marries her captor.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_6c553873	type	Private Military Contractors
The Reynard Cycle / int_6c553873	comment	Private Military Contractors: Mercenaries abound, both in the form of professional companies who operate independently as well as government sponsored troops who get loaned out to countries in need of extra fighting men. In The Baron of Maleperduys, Reynard has Bruin recruit an entire army's worth of hired swords in order to combat the Calvarians.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_6d332aea	type	Driven to Suicide
The Reynard Cycle / int_6d332aea	comment	Driven to Suicide: The Calvarians are prone to this due to their being a Proud Warrior Race, who would rather die than live with the shame of failure. In The Baron of Maleperduys, over half of the Calvarian survivors of a battle that ended in defeat request permission to fall on their own swords. Their commanding officer turns them all down, but only because he can't afford to lose any more soldiers. Moire, the second mate of the Quicksilver, succumbs to this in Reynard the Fox when it dawns on her that she is pregnant with at least one Chimera child after having been subjected to a horrifying sexual assault at their hands.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_6eb88d3f	type	Elemental Eye Colors
The Reynard Cycle / int_6eb88d3f	comment	Elemental Eye Colors: Most Calvarians (including Isengrim and Hirsent) are depicted as having icy blue eyes.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_7098892d	type	Weapon-Based Characterization
The Reynard Cycle / int_7098892d	comment	Weapon-Based Characterization: Reynard favors a rapier called Cut-Throat as his primary (right-handed) weapon, and wields a parrying dagger with his left. After he loses his left hand, he fights with a Blade Below the Shoulder called Left-Hand. Isengrim wields his Absurdly Sharp Blade, Right-Hand. Hirsent wields a sword called Harrower. She thinks it's ridiculous that the weapon has a name. Tiecelin uses a bow, one of the only unnamed weapons of the protagonists in the series. Tybalt strongly favors throwing daggers, but he also wields a sword named Catspaw. Bruin, the team's Big Guy, wields an axe named Mauler. Grymbart is one of the few characters that fights with a sword and shield. Ghul, a Glyconese, is deadly with his pair of short swords. The Myrmidons of Glycon favor the same weapon pairing, implying that Ghul might have been a Myrmidon in training at some point. Rukenaw fights with a morning star called The Fairlimb, a nickname she shares with her weapon because of her shapely legs. Celia Corvino, and her henchman, the Baron Dendra, both favor poison. Stormbringer, the Demon King, wielded a "soul-crushing" blade called Thunderclap, which went on to become a part of the royal regalia of the kingdom of Aquilia. The Arcasians and Luxians seem to favor pikes, crossbows, and cavalry armed with lances when going to war, while their Calvarian adversaries wield javelins, sword and shield, and field superior archers as well as artillery.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_70dc3a86	type	Had to Be Sharp
The Reynard Cycle / int_70dc3a86	comment	Had to Be Sharp: A combination of brutal winters, recurrent famine, and the resultant decree that its citizens are only entitled to have half as many children as one has personally slain in combat has transformed the Calvarians into a Proud Warrior Race. Want to be the mother to a bouncing baby boy? Better become a Blood Knight . . .
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The Reynard Cycle / int_72217e12	type	Murder, Inc.
The Reynard Cycle / int_72217e12	comment	Murder, Inc.: The country of Glycon has a famed Assassins Guild. The majority of expatriates from their country are freelancers killing people for money.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_7280652a	type	Panicky Expectant Father
The Reynard Cycle / int_7280652a	comment	Panicky Expectant Father: Isengrim, normally calm to the point of seeming inhuman when facing down death, begins to sweat, leans against a wall for support, and finally indulges in a drink or three when Hirsent goes into labor during The Baron of Maleperduys.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_72a6bff0	type	Eloquent in My Native Tongue
The Reynard Cycle / int_72a6bff0	comment	Eloquent in My Native Tongue: Hirsent's poor mastery of the Southern language is portrayed this way. She lapses back into Calvarian several times in order to speak more eloquently.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_734632b0	type	Noble Bigot
The Reynard Cycle / int_734632b0	comment	Noble Bigot: Isengrim is consistently portrayed this way, even though he's rejected the society that made him what he is. Old habits die hard . . .
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The Reynard Cycle / int_74ef476c	type	Kneel Before Zod
The Reynard Cycle / int_74ef476c	comment	Kneel Before Zod: Played with. Early in Reynard the Fox, Reynard claims that he bows to no man, Duke Nobel in particular. When he is finally made to kneel before Nobel, however, he is delighted to do so, as he is being made a member of the nobility against Nobel's will.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_768ae1c9	type	Les Collaborateurs
The Reynard Cycle / int_768ae1c9	comment	Les Collaborateurs: Mosca is a Southerner who seems to willingly be serving the Calvarian general Drauglir in The Baron of Maleperduys. He's treated fairly well by his boss, even though he still calls him a "southern dog." A large number of these turn up when Drauglir offers a hundred thousand gold coins for Reynard's head. One of them is Tybalt.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_76d6c3df	type	I Don't Like the Sound of That Place
The Reynard Cycle / int_76d6c3df	comment	I Don't Like the Sound of That Place: The Gate of Tears, an artificial sea channel that has become the lair of a sea monster that is over two hundred years old. Even the Calvarians are scared of it.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_77063cd7	type	Hooker with a Heart of Gold
The Reynard Cycle / int_77063cd7	comment	Hooker with a Heart of Gold: Hermeline plays it straight.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_77aae115	type	Hated by All
The Reynard Cycle / int_77aae115	comment	Hated by All: The Calvarians are universally despised by every country they interact with, which is not surprising seeing as their normal method of dealing with other countries involves invading them and then wiping out the native population in order to replace them with "pure" Calvarian citizens. They are constantly forced to put down rebellions wherever they've gained a foothold. Glycon is also generally reviled, being a country of fanatical, dragon worshipping, slavers whose main export seems to be professional assassins and psychos for hire.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_790a1a93	type	Ineffectual Loner
The Reynard Cycle / int_790a1a93	comment	Starting with Isengrim, the majority of the Calvarian characters have wolf names: Fenris, Garm, and Ulfdregil, etc. Unsurprisingly, Isengrim begins the series as a lone wolf.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_792bb47a	type	Heroic Bastard
The Reynard Cycle / int_792bb47a	comment	Reynard is a Heroic Bastard who is also a heroic ''bastard'', as well as a Magnificent Bastard.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_79cf6c4e	type	Join or Die
The Reynard Cycle / int_79cf6c4e	comment	Join or Die: Count Bricemer makes this offer to the crew of the Quicksilver. Later, he reneges on the deal. Reynard himself offers this choice to his defeated enemies quite often. By ''Defender of the Crown' he's assembled a Praetorian Guard made up of Calvarians.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_7aa858c1	type	Consummate Liar
The Reynard Cycle / int_7aa858c1	comment	Consummate Liar: Reynard is a natural, which serves him well as a Master of Disguise. He often resorts to lying via omission when he can't tell a bold-faced lie.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_7aa989ea	type	Token Evil Teammate
The Reynard Cycle / int_7aa989ea	comment	Token Evil Teammate: Tybalt. Reynard's continued association with him in book three is a pretty big red flag that all is not well.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_7bd44eb9	type	Smart People Play Chess
The Reynard Cycle / int_7bd44eb9	comment	Smart People Play Chess: In The Baron of Maleperduys, Reynard and Isengrim competitively play Campraeden, a board game that resembles Risk. Reynard wins most of the time, in spite of Isengrim having played since childhood. As Reynard himself points out, this is because Isengrim tries to defend everything, and ends up defending nothing, while Reynard is willing to sacrifice his pieces for the ultimate victory . . . Information that ends up foreshadowing the later revelation that, in spite of their Red Oni, Blue Oni relationship with each other (with Reynard as the Red Oni, and Isengrim as the Blue), Reynard is actually the one with the cold, calculating mind, and Isengrim is the one ultimately ruled by his heart.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_7c6216f0	type	Fake Arm Disarm
The Reynard Cycle / int_7c6216f0	comment	Fake Arm Disarm: Reynard's Blade Below the Shoulder suffers this during the climax of Defender of the Crown.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_7e95adeb	type	High-Class Call Girl
The Reynard Cycle / int_7e95adeb	comment	High-Class Call Girl: Defender of the Crown features Precieuse, who is a temple prostitute and companion to the King. Even his mother approves.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_7eebe99c	type	The Alcoholic
The Reynard Cycle / int_7eebe99c	comment	The Alcoholic: Bruin has a drinking problem, and tends to turn into a Berserker when he's had too much. He drinks before battle to take advantage of this.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_7f152e56	type	Our Mermaids Are Different
The Reynard Cycle / int_7f152e56	comment	Our Mermaids Are Different: The Naga are aquatic Chimera who blend human features with that of fish, serpents, whales, etc., etc. Some of them are depicted as having the ability to charm men to their deaths by drowning, but most of them just want to eat you. In Reynard the Fox, the Gate of Tears is the lair of one that has grown larger than a war galley, and has its human features mixed with those of a serpent, a giant squid, and a sea lion respectively.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_80621707	type	Arranged Marriage
The Reynard Cycle / int_80621707	comment	Arranged Marriage: This is par for the course for the nobility. As a result of this, the Countess Persephone ends up marrying the man who (inadvertently) killed her father. The union is surprisingly civil.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_80ed8406	type	Captain Smooth and Sergeant Rough
The Reynard Cycle / int_80ed8406	comment	Captain Smooth and Sergeant Rough: Captain Roenel and his First Mate, Pelez, play this very straight.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_81c72ad5	type	Vestigial Empire
The Reynard Cycle / int_81c72ad5	comment	Vestigial Empire: The Kingdom of Aquilia has shrunk down to one third of its size, and isn't even called the Kingdom of Aquilia any more due to the fact that the remaining third split into two warring halves long before the events of the first novel. One of the antagonist's primary motivations is a desire to reunite the Kingdom, and restore the Empire.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_82a4fadc	type	Our Liches Are Different
The Reynard Cycle / int_82a4fadc	comment	Their Grand Prince, for example, is called Koschei the Deathless.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_8409a385	type	Exactly What It Says on the Tin
The Reynard Cycle / int_8409a385	comment	Given his name, he probably should have seen it coming.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_8411ab92	type	Red Oni, Blue Oni
The Reynard Cycle / int_8411ab92	comment	Red Oni, Blue Oni: Reynard and Isengrim respectively. Reynard is a thief with no respect for authority, is a borderline pyromaniac with a terrible temper (when unleashed), and favors the color red. Isengrim is from the icy north, is a stoic (being almost supernaturally calm, cool, and collected), and has bright blue eyes.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_85b5dc7	type	Never Bring a Knife to a Gun Fight
The Reynard Cycle / int_85b5dc7	comment	Never Bring a Knife to a Gun Fight: In this case, never bring massed cavalry to an artillery fight.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_86331fae	type	The Anti-God
The Reynard Cycle / int_86331fae	comment	The Anti-God: Hydra the Destroyer is this to Fenix the Firebird. Similarly, Wulf the Watcher to Sphinx the Lioness.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_86b21114	type	Badass Boast
The Reynard Cycle / int_86b21114	comment	Badass Boast:
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The Reynard Cycle / int_87bb6874	type	Villain with Good Publicity
The Reynard Cycle / int_87bb6874	comment	Aquilia, a kingdom that eventually splintered into several dozen countries after the last member of the royal family drowned at sea a thousand years prior to the beginning of the saga. They built some truly impressive structures using the technology of the Demons, but seemingly forgot how to use it as the years went by (either that, or the technology stopped working and they had no idea how to fix it.) Duke Nobel claims to be a direct descendant of the royal family, but it's unclear if this is just part of his public relations policy.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_87ede6fc	type	That Man Is Dead
The Reynard Cycle / int_87ede6fc	comment	That Man Is Dead: Isengrim invokes this, referring to his past life as one of the Blood-Guard.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_881b90be	type	Bling of War
The Reynard Cycle / int_881b90be	comment	Bling of War: The great lords of Arcasia are depicted as riding into battle wearing ornate armor that relies heavily on Animal Motifs. The Calvarians, being more practical, eschew this, though their uniforms are still described as being rather sharp.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_88c6e936	type	Masquerade Ball
The Reynard Cycle / int_88c6e936	comment	Masquerade Ball: The opening chapter of Reynard the Fox revolves around the titular character taking advantage of one of these in order to commit his latest heist. In a nod towards the series' origins all of the guests are dressed in costumes that resemble the animals of their heraldry (Lord Chanticleer, for instance, is dressed up as a bantam rooster.)
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The Reynard Cycle / int_8ad43dc9	type	Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
The Reynard Cycle / int_8ad43dc9	comment	Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: Who to send into the heart of Calvaria, the terror of the North, to retrieve the gem of Zosia? If Duke Nobel sends his own men, and the mission fails, he may inadvertently start a war he has no hope of winning. Hmmm. Better send in some expendables who have no clear tie to the Duke . . . Fortunately for Nobel, he happens to have an extremely capable group of Boxed Crooks on hand for the job.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_8b606a51	type	There Is No Kill Like Overkill
The Reynard Cycle / int_8b606a51	comment	There Is No Kill Like Overkill: In Reynard the Fox, a shapeshifter is slashed, stabbed, struck by an arrow, beheaded, and struck repeatedly by two of the crew before it finally dissolves. Captain Roenel insists on washing it off the deck, just to be sure.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_8c1ad82f	type	Proud Warrior Race Guy
The Reynard Cycle / int_8c1ad82f	comment	Proud Warrior Race Guy: The Calvarians, whose entire country is run like an armed camp. You have to have killed at least two people in personal combat in order to have more than one child there. In spite of that, they lean heavily towards being Proud Soldier Race Guys (and Gals).
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The Reynard Cycle / int_8c681acc	type	Third-Person Person
The Reynard Cycle / int_8c681acc	comment	Third-Person Person: Glim, the Glyconese ambassador, speaks this way in Defender of the Crown. He refers to himself as "This One."
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The Reynard Cycle / int_8cb1a369	type	Took a Level in Jerkass
The Reynard Cycle / int_8cb1a369	comment	Took a Level in Jerkass: Reynard is portrayed far less sympathetically as the series goes on, committing acts that rankle even his best friend. This is one of the main features of the series, seeing as it is a Deconstruction of the Loveable Rogue trope.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_8f9f71a8	type	Crazy Enough to Work
The Reynard Cycle / int_8f9f71a8	comment	Tybalt levels this at Reynard during one of climactic sequences of Reynard the Fox. Is he crazy, though? Well, crazy like a fox at the very least...
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The Reynard Cycle / int_8ff8d545	type	Kissing Cousins
The Reynard Cycle / int_8ff8d545	comment	Kissing Cousins: Two of the suggested brides for King Lionel are his cousins by his aunt. No one raises any objections over this.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_901dbf9a	type	Cliff Hanger
The Reynard Cycle / int_901dbf9a	comment	Cliffhanger: Most chapters end on this note, and each book in the series ends on a fairly big one.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_92286f7f	type	Precursors
The Reynard Cycle / int_92286f7f	comment	Precursors: Three major civilizations have come and gone by the time period of the novels (and possibly more if the fan theory that the series is set long After the End is ever confirmed.): The golden skinned Telchines, a matriarchal culture that coexisted with Giants. The castle of Maleperduys was built by them. Their rule came to an end rather abruptly due to . . . The Demons, who enslaved the world in seven days. They created the Chimera, built functional robots, and would have ruled for an eternity were it not for their apparent inability to get along with each other. A civil war (implied to be nuclear) weakened them to the point that the last of them was slain by the founder of the Kingdom of... Aquilia, a kingdom that eventually splintered into several dozen countries after the last member of the royal family drowned at sea a thousand years prior to the beginning of the saga. They built some truly impressive structures using the technology of the Demons, but seemingly forgot how to use it as the years went by (either that, or the technology stopped working and they had no idea how to fix it.) Duke Nobel claims to be a direct descendant of the royal family, but it's unclear if this is just part of his public relations policy.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_928ca2cc	type	You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
The Reynard Cycle / int_928ca2cc	comment	You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: This is how Count Bricemer intends to reward the crew of the Quicksilver once they've returned with the gem of Zosia in Reynard the Fox. Reynard is Genre Savvy enough to see this coming from a mile away.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_934c7e38	type	Paper Tiger
The Reynard Cycle / int_934c7e38	comment	Duke Nobel's bodyguards, made up of the sons of the nobility. They look impressive, but in practice they're a collective Paper Tiger.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_96144372	type	Aristocrats Are Evil
The Reynard Cycle / int_96144372	comment	Aristocrats Are Evil: Played fairly straight in Reynard the Fox, which features Duke Nobel and Count Bricemer as Reynard's enemies (and the Countess Persephone as the exception.)
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The Reynard Cycle / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
The Reynard Cycle / int_970c790a	comment	Big Bad: The Twist Ending at the end of the third book makes it obvious that Reynard has become this.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_976b0368	type	Invulnerable Horses
The Reynard Cycle / int_976b0368	comment	Invulnerable Horses: Averted many, many times, especially during mass battle scenes. To date there is only a single named horse that has managed to live through more than one book in the series, outliving even its owner.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_984ef9ef	type	"Not So Different" Remark
The Reynard Cycle / int_984ef9ef	comment	"Not So Different" Remark: Upon being told that the Calvarians committed a racially motivated genocide upon the people of Solothurn, Cointereau says that their entire race should be wiped from the world for doing such a thing. Isengrim, a Calvarian, points out the hypocrisy of the statement.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_9bca83eb	type	Death by Irony
The Reynard Cycle / int_9bca83eb	comment	Later, he is slain by a large cat chimera with a mane of snakes.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_9bcd82c0	type	Took a Level in Badass
The Reynard Cycle / int_9bcd82c0	comment	Took a Level in Badass: Reynard starts the series as a flashy duelist who's more thief than fighter. This becomes apparent after he duels Isengrim for the first time and gets his ass handed to him without landing a single blow. Years of training with Isengrim slowly transforms him into one of the deadliest duelists on the planet. Rukenaw is introduced as a peasant farm girl. One book later she's become a captain of men (well, women) who personally stove in an enemy general's skull with her morning star.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_9bee1a7f	type	Eldritch Location
The Reynard Cycle / int_9bee1a7f	comment	Eldritch Location: Vulp Vora, a land twisted and broken by ancient Demonic sorcery. Its cities rot beneath toxic jungles, wastelands burn with invisible fire, and mutants and monsters that defy easy description prowl in the shadows. It says a lot about the place that its best known functioning settlement is the haunted city of Carcosa. Needless to say, no one is keen on the prospect of traveling there.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_9cbf01d6	type	Stay in the Kitchen
The Reynard Cycle / int_9cbf01d6	comment	Stay in the Kitchen: This is played straight and inverted. The Arcasians have this attitude, but their enemies the Calvarians are a gender neutral meritocracy capable of fielding entire companies of female combatants. Then Reynard adopts the Calvarian model when building his Army of Thieves and Whores and ends up with one fifth of his own army being women, some of whom are later made Chevalier (Knights) for their efforts. This doesn't sit well with the more traditionally minded Arcasian nobility.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_9d27a8be	type	Army of Thieves and Whores
The Reynard Cycle / int_9d27a8be	comment	By Defender of the Crown, Reynard has whipped his Army of Thieves and Whores into one capable of beating the Calvarians at their own game.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_9d73f176	type	Wandering Minstrel
The Reynard Cycle / int_9d73f176	comment	Wandering Minstrel: All of the priests and priestesses of Wulf, the Watcher (who is the personification of death), are wandering minstrels of one variety or another. Their grim songs and stories tend to make most people uncomfortable, but they are highly respected, and are given food and shelter wherever they go. They are also occasionally hired by the wealthy to perform concerts, or perform theatrically. The mysterious disappearance of one who plays the fiddle opens Reynard the Fox.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_9e1548b4	type	Old Retainer
The Reynard Cycle / int_9e1548b4	comment	Old Retainer: Madam Corte, the Countess Persephone's cantankerous chaperone, is this. Naturally, Duke Nobel has a few of them himself. His steward is so old that he is blind.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_9ff2b000	type	The Consigliere
The Reynard Cycle / int_9ff2b000	comment	The Consigliere: Count Bricemer is this to Duke Nobel. He's got a far cooler head than his boss. Later, he serves Persephone in the same role.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_9ffbadef	type	Fantastic Naming Convention
The Reynard Cycle / int_9ffbadef	comment	Fantastic Naming Convention: Surprisingly for a series chock full of dueling clans, none of the Southern characters have family names. When a second name is applied (Celia Corvino, for instance), the intention is to differentiate the person from another family member with the same name, and is taken as shorthand for X, son or daughter of Y. So Celia Corvino would be known to be Celia, daughter of Corvino. Calvarians do have secondary names, but they only serve to tell you the order of their birth (Drauglir Seventhson) or whether they were an unwanted child (Isengrim No-Father). As Calvarians are only permitted to have half as many children as they have personally killed in battle, having the last name Fifteenthson is a pretty clear indication of someone's pedigree. The royal family of Solothurn do have a family name, Vargr, but it's really more of a title than a name, as it is an indication that the person is descended from Wargs.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_a0a005d1	type	Protagonist Journey to Villain
The Reynard Cycle / int_a0a005d1	comment	Protagonist Journey to Villain: Reynard begins the series as a Loveable Rogue. By the end of the third novel he has morphed into a full blown Big Bad. And he did it all for love.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_a201dad2	type	Passive-Aggressive Kombat
The Reynard Cycle / int_a201dad2	comment	Passive-Aggressive Kombat: This is so common amongst the nobility that it's practically their language. The females of one family wear it as their hat. Only the Countess Persephone seems to be above resorting to it.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_a2cbad1	type	Half-Human Hybrid
The Reynard Cycle / int_a2cbad1	comment	Half-Human Hybrid: All of the Chimera are this to one degree or another, though their ability to breed with anything can lead to creatures who are only human in that their great great grandparent had a human head.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_a4c37cbe	type	Mood Whiplash
The Reynard Cycle / int_a4c37cbe	comment	Mood Whiplash: The entire series hinges around this. Many readers are cheering for Reynard by the end of the first book. By the end of the third . . .
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The Reynard Cycle / int_a5f998ea	type	Stockholm Syndrome
The Reynard Cycle / int_a5f998ea	comment	Stockholm Syndrome: Though she doesn't exactly love him in the traditional sense, this trope explains how the Countess Persephone and Duke Nobel ended up in what would generally be considered a fairly healthy marriage. A captive of war, her original quarters in the palace were essentially a Gilded Cage. By The Baron of Maleperduys, she actually has to be reminded that he was the man who (indirectly) killed her father.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_a679184b	type	Due to the Dead
The Reynard Cycle / int_a679184b	comment	Due to the Dead: In Defender of the Crown, Reynard shows a defeated Calvarian army a measure of respect by laying their dead to rest according to their custom: The dead are laid out respectfully in concentric circles with their weapons planted in the dirt near their heads. Ironically, his own army sees this as a sign of deliberate disrespect, as the convention in the South is to burn the dead. Leaving corpses out in the open is something they only do to criminals. It's implied that Reynard knew the effect this would have, and is having his cake and eating it too. Later, he requests that Isengrim be treated in a similar fashion (in the same location no less), but one of his Graycloaks objects, because "a blood-guard should be laid to rest with his own sword", and Reynard was going to lay him to rest with the blade that killed him. Reynard refuses to comply, stating: "He was no blood-guard." It's implied that he meant this as a compliment.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_a6b14ee1	type	Hollywood Tactics
The Reynard Cycle / int_a6b14ee1	comment	Hollywood Tactics: This is often averted, especially in The Baron of Maleperduys, where an army is able to defeat an army three times its size due to the skilled use of formation, combined arms, terrain, and the superior morale of the men and women fighting. The one castle assault depicted in the novel is also justified in that the castle in question was a lightly defended ruin, and the army besieging it had access to cannons.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_a7850fbf	type	Only Known by Their Nickname
The Reynard Cycle / int_a7850fbf	comment	Only Known by Their Nickname: Even though the Calvarians snicker at the concept, and know Reynard's real name, they consistently call him "The Fox" when referring to him.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_a7aef9ff	type	Obfuscating Stupidity
The Reynard Cycle / int_a7aef9ff	comment	Obfuscating Stupidity: Reynard portrays Rovel (one of his aliases) as somewhat dim in order to seem less suspicious.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_a839608e	type	Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
The Reynard Cycle / int_a839608e	comment	Trapped Behind Enemy Lines: This happens to Reynard and Hirsent after a particularly disastrous battle in The Baron of Maleperduys. Somewhat ironically, they end up having to fight a group of mercenaries that were originally on their side.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_a9ea3c3c	type	Warrior Monk
The Reynard Cycle / int_a9ea3c3c	comment	Warrior Monk: The smith priests of Fenix field "battle priests", who are present during the Battle of the Samara in The Baron of Maleperduys. Naturally, they wield war hammers.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_aabe2fb	type	Deliberate Values Dissonance
The Reynard Cycle / int_aabe2fb	comment	Deliberate Values Dissonance: The priestesses of Sphinx, the Lioness, are the greatest healers in the land, and highly respected. They're also prostitutes, some of whom are as young as fourteen. One of them is given to a King as a gift in Defender of the Crown. The King in question is nine years old. It's implied that she'll become his personal mistress as soon as he hits puberty. His mother finds this a little odd, but quickly reflects that racking up some experience in bed might make his future Queen happy.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_ab1c1cca	type	Characters Dropping Like Flies
The Reynard Cycle / int_ab1c1cca	comment	Characters Dropping Like Flies: By the end of Defender of the Crown, all but five of the characters introduced in Reynard the Fox are dead.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_ab5eea65	type	Dramatic Irony
The Reynard Cycle / int_ab5eea65	comment	In Defender of the Crown, Acteon is dispatched by an enormous cat Chimera. And it was his Chimera. Given his name, he probably should have seen it coming.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_abc60c5d	type	Harmful to Minors
The Reynard Cycle / int_abc60c5d	comment	Harmful to Minors: Young Martin and Rukenaw witness the slaughter of their friends and family in The Baron of Maleperduys. Later, Martin's own violent death transforms Rukenaw into a Broken Bird. In Defender of the Crown, the Glyconese ambassador has one of the Myrmidons break a fellow slave's neck to make a point to an eight-year-old boy.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_abdf1659	type	Bodyguarding a Badass
The Reynard Cycle / int_abdf1659	comment	Bodyguarding a Badass: The Graycloaks that Reynard surrounds himself with in Defender of the Crown are no match for him. Whenever he is directly threatened, he tends to wave even their captain aside.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_ac69035c	type	Master Poisoner
The Reynard Cycle / int_ac69035c	comment	Master Poisoner: Reynard himself is the best example from the series, though he uses poison exclusively to knock people unconscious. Ghul, Chanticleer's primary assassin, is able to poison the entire crew of a ship for weeks without anyone knowing. Almost anyone it turns out . . . Baron Dendra studied abroad to become one of these. When Persephone is poisoned, his fellow conspirators assume it was his work. Barsine, one of Chanticleer's assassins, is this. She is apparently persuasive enough to get her victims to drink mysterious liquids knowingly.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_ac928039	type	Four-Star Badass
The Reynard Cycle / int_ac928039	comment	Four-Star Badass: Drauglir.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_ad0b6e63	type	Hammer of the Holy
The Reynard Cycle / int_ad0b6e63	comment	Hammer of the Holy: The smith priests of Fenix the Firebird appear to engage in this. Besides the faith maintaining a monopoly on the production of the tools of war (weapons, armor, etc.), there are apparently "battle priests" present during the Battle of the Samara in The Baron of Maleperduys. Naturally, they wield war hammers.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_ad94c7a0	type	Scars Are Forever
The Reynard Cycle / int_ad94c7a0	comment	Scars Are Forever: Reynard loses his left hand and his right eye during the course of his transition from Lovable Rogue to Big Bad. His metallic artificial limb complete with Blade Below the Shoulder is an early indication that he is acquiring a Red Right Hand. A Red Left Hand in his case.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
The Reynard Cycle / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Reynard snarks so much that he engages in Witty Banter even when he is fighting for his life. It generally annoys the heck out of his enemies. When he stops doing this it's usually a very bad sign.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_aeda9dd8	type	Private Tutor
The Reynard Cycle / int_aeda9dd8	comment	Private Tutor: Lionel has two: Alberich (who is a Private Teacher), and Precieuse (who is The Academic Coach.) He is quite smitten with Precieuse.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_b00115aa	type	Noble Fugitive
The Reynard Cycle / int_b00115aa	comment	Noble Fugitive: The crew of the Quicksilver assumes that Isengrim is one of these. ( He isn't.) In Defender of the Crown, the Princess Larissa becomes one after her mother and brother are murdered.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_b116ac06	type	Weapon of Mass Destruction
The Reynard Cycle / int_b116ac06	comment	Weapon of Mass Destruction: The reader is never explicitly told what weapons the Demons fought with during the civil war that ended their domination of the world, but given just how screwed up Vulp Vora (which used to be the heart of their empire) is currently, it's probable that they access to weapons equivalent to nuclear bombs. An entire desert of Vulp Vora has been blasted into glass.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_b11ac9f5	type	Abusive Parents
The Reynard Cycle / int_b11ac9f5	comment	Abusive Parents: Reynard began his life of crime in order to support his mother, a drug addict who beat him whenever he came home empty-handed.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_b1346878	type	Fate Worse than Death
The Reynard Cycle / int_b1346878	comment	Fate Worse than Death: Lady Moire commits suicide after being raped by a tribe of Chimera in Reynard the Fox. What finally sent her over the edge was the realization that she was pregnant with a Chimera child.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_b2f4114e	type	Heir Club for Men
The Reynard Cycle / int_b2f4114e	comment	Heir Club for Men: The nobility of Arcasia adhere to the Agnatic-Cognatic Succession model: Persephone is a Countess who inherited her title due to a lack of living brothers. The Telchines dynasties that preceded them were both matriarchies, and Glycon (a nation populated by the descendants of the Telchines) is ruled by a theocracy made up of priestesses.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_b408c009	type	City of Adventure
The Reynard Cycle / int_b408c009	comment	City of Adventure: Calyx, Reynard's hometown, is clearly one, even though most of Reynard's adventures there took place prior to the novels.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_b51128fa	type	Gilded Cage
The Reynard Cycle / int_b51128fa	comment	Gilded Cage: The Countess Persephone is held prisoner by Duke Nobel in Reynard the Fox, but has leave to wander the palace during the day, and is still treated like a member of the nobility. She is treated so well that Reynard is genuinely surprised to find that her windows are actually barred, and that the locks on her chambers are there to keep her in rather than to keep others out. Ironically, during Defender of the Crown, Reynard throws her back into one of these, and treats her worse than Nobel ever did.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_b5b4b077	type	The Ace
The Reynard Cycle / int_b5b4b077	comment	The Ace: Many, many examples. The crew of the Quicksilver in Reynard the Fox alone features folk who are all renowned for their excellence. Amongst the crew? The world's greatest archer, thief, strongman, swordsman, and psychopath.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_b77a6d82	type	Evil Is Deathly Cold
The Reynard Cycle / int_b77a6d82	comment	Evil Is Deathly Cold: Wulf, the god of death, is also called the Winter-King. The North and its inhabitants are considered inhumanly evil by many Southerners (and not without reason.)
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The Reynard Cycle / int_b869b5b1	type	Color Motif
The Reynard Cycle / int_b869b5b1	comment	Color Motif: In Arcasia, white is closely associated with death (it doesn't help that the moon looks like a giant skull.) This becomes especially apparent in Defender of the Crown, when the author himself begins to use the color as a form of foreshadowing.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_b8dde2	type	Evil Overlord
The Reynard Cycle / int_b8dde2	comment	Evil Overlord: Stormbringer, the Demon King. The plot of the first book revolves around the recovery of a living gem that he wore in his iron crown.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_b9f6cc0a	type	The Bluebeard
The Reynard Cycle / int_b9f6cc0a	comment	The Bluebeard: Gaspard, the reputably insane Count of Lorn has married, and suspiciously lost, three wives. This trope is one possible explanation for this. (The other is that the wives are being assassinated by the Count's younger brother, who wishes to inherit the family title.)
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The Reynard Cycle / int_b9fd7929	type	Morality Chain
The Reynard Cycle / int_b9fd7929	comment	Morality Chain: Persephone is this to Reynard. Which is ironic, given that the majority of the reprehensible things he does throughout the series are motivated by him wanting to possess her.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_ba6cf869	type	Rape, Pillage, and Burn
The Reynard Cycle / int_ba6cf869	comment	Rape, Pillage, and Burn: Pretty much every army in the series commits atrocities of this kind on a regular basis. Even Reynard's own. He knows about it, but shrugs it off with a War Is Hell attitude. Engadlin, the region directly between warring Arcas and Luxia, has had this done to it so many times that the regional character trait is swift capitulation and a disturbingly relaxed attitude regarding cannibalism due to enduring a hundred years of famine. Even when it's the Other Other White Meat. The Calvarian army does this as a matter of practice, though they omit the rape. Their culture views rape and torture as utterly vile, something you wouldn't even do to an enemy. So, the good news is: You won't be raped or tortured. The bad news? You will be massacred to the last man, woman, and child, and everything you ever cared about will be burned to the ground. Mainly because inferior architecture annoys the average Calvarian.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_bbfaa837	type	Knight Templar
The Reynard Cycle / int_bbfaa837	comment	Knight Templar: The Calvarians view all outsiders as inferior at best, and subhuman monsters at worst. (It doesn't help that some of them actually are subhuman monsters.) Subsequently, they see themselves as heroic warriors battling the forces of darkness, and don't bat an eye when slaughtering and/or enslaving foreigners. This ideology is enforced by the blood-guard, a State Sec whose function is to ferret out dissent and quash unlicensed breeding. Even high ranking Calvarian generals have one constantly looking over their shoulders.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_bc74ef27	type	Berserk Button
The Reynard Cycle / int_bc74ef27	comment	Berserk Button: Reynard clearly has one, and it appears to be tied to the guilt he feels due to not being able to protect his mother when he was young.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_bf72d5e8	type	The Spartan Way
The Reynard Cycle / int_bf72d5e8	comment	The Spartan Way: The blood-guards of Calvaria are trained this way. Only ten percent of the children selected to serve in the order survive the process.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_bf74d357	type	Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
The Reynard Cycle / int_bf74d357	comment	Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: The stout, elderly Count Dindevault and his lovely young wife, Belicent. This was the result of an arranged marriage. Their daughter, Soredamor, is an extremely beautiful The Ugly Guy's Hot Daughter.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_bf927e82	type	Non-Human Sidekick
The Reynard Cycle / int_bf927e82	comment	Non-Human Sidekick: Prophet, Tiecelin's talking raven in Reynard the Fox. "Doom!"
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The Reynard Cycle / int_c18c22e8	type	Colonel Kilgore
The Reynard Cycle / int_c18c22e8	comment	Colonel Kilgore: Just about every Calvarian officer depicted in the series is prone to this, but Drauglir is a particularly good example. Given that Calvarian society is essentially one large armed camp, this is not surprising. Ironically, the one Calvarian general who orders the torture of the civilian population in order to draw Reynard into a fight with him is depicted as being a man who would rather be home with his sweetheart, sipping tea.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_c2752110	type	In It for Life
The Reynard Cycle / int_c2752110	comment	In It for Life: When you become a Calvarian blood-guard, you are considered one until you are dead. Of course, you may die before you get that far.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_c39846a3	type	Pride
The Reynard Cycle / int_c39846a3	comment	Pride: Duke Nobel's ultimately fatal flaw. Given that his character was based on an anthropomorphic lion, this character trait is a Stealth Pun.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_c4842ab1	type	Appropriated Appellation
The Reynard Cycle / int_c4842ab1	comment	Appropriated Appellation: In Defender of the Crown, Rukenaw is called The Fairlimb, a name she shares with the morningstar she wields in battle. The origin of the nickname? A bad pick-up line. The guy was referring to her legs.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_c5385ad9	type	Horrible Judge of Character
The Reynard Cycle / int_c5385ad9	comment	Horrible Judge of Character: Given how completely blind she is to the villainy of both her cousin, and later, Reynard himself, Persephone is an excellent example of this.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_c5ec1882	type	Otherworldly and Sexually Ambiguous
The Reynard Cycle / int_c5ec1882	comment	Otherworldly and Sexually Ambiguous: In Carcosa, the robotic Lotos seller's voice is described as being neither male nor female.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
The Reynard Cycle / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: In Reynard the Fox, The Quicksilver passes through Carcosa, a Demon city on the shores of Lake Hali. At a Bazaar of the Bizarre there, members of the crew meet a thing in yellow with a mask for a face. The name of the river that nearly drowns both Reynard and Hirsent in The Baron of Maleperduys? The Samara. In Defender of the Crown, Reynard is introduced to a priestess named Precieuse. He comments: "That has a pretty ring to it."
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The Reynard Cycle / int_c772e7c5	type	Rags to Riches
The Reynard Cycle / int_c772e7c5	comment	Rags to Riches: Reynard started life as a street urchin, but became fantastically wealthy due to his superior mind. The money doesn't satisfy him, though. By the end of the third book, this is starting to become a case of From Nobody to Nightmare.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_c77ad743	type	Mentor Archetype
The Reynard Cycle / int_c77ad743	comment	Mentor Archetype: Reynard and Isengrim play this role to several characters throughout the series. Notably, Isengrim mentors Reynard, and vice versa.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_c9790040	type	Decadent Court
The Reynard Cycle / int_c9790040	comment	Decadent Court: Reynard views the court of King Lionel this way in Defender of the Crown, and not without reason.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_caf89e54	type	Taking You with Me
The Reynard Cycle / int_caf89e54	comment	Taking You with Me: As soon as Reynard's trap is sprung in The Baron of Maleperduys, dooming the combined Calvarian army, Drauglir immediately makes a bee-line for Reynard, hoping to kill him so that all of his soldiers deaths will not have been in vain.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_cc7fae30	type	Outside-Context Problem
The Reynard Cycle / int_cc7fae30	comment	Outside-Context Problem: If the backstory is to be believed, the Demons "fell from the heavens" and enslaved the entire world in seven days. And there were only seven of them.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_ce70175b	type	Sociopathic Soldier
The Reynard Cycle / int_ce70175b	comment	Sociopathic Soldier: Token Evil Teammate Tybalt leads an entire company of these in Defender of the Crown. Most of them are Jingos and Broken Soldiers (when asked why they are torturing captives, two of them explain that they witnessed their loved ones being slaughtered by the enemy and now it's payback time), but more than a few are outright Psychopaths.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_cf331024	type	Camp Follower
The Reynard Cycle / int_cf331024	comment	Camp Follower: Nobel's army in The Baron of Maleperduys is accompanied by several stripes of these. Some are the highly respected priestesses of Sphinx, while others are clearly sex slaves. The majority of them are run of the mill prostitutes.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_cfe19c39	type	Left-Handed Mirror
The Reynard Cycle / int_cfe19c39	comment	Left-Handed Mirror: Reynard and Isengrim's Red Oni, Blue Oni relationship with each other evokes this trope in the names of their weapons: Isengrim's sword is called Right-Hand, while Reynard's Blade Below the Shoulder is called Left-Hand.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_d08595d3	type	Broken Bird
The Reynard Cycle / int_d08595d3	comment	Young Martin and Rukenaw witness the slaughter of their friends and family in The Baron of Maleperduys. Later, Martin's own violent death transforms Rukenaw into a Broken Bird.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_d155515c	type	Thunderbolt Iron
The Reynard Cycle / int_d155515c	comment	Thunderbolt Iron: The Demon King's sword was made of this. Its name was Thunderclap.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_d2d520f4	type	Our Ghouls Are Creepier
The Reynard Cycle / int_d2d520f4	comment	Our Ghouls Are Creepier: The deep-men, who are cannibalistic albinos who live beneath the earth. Southerners call them ghouls. Even Isengrim is scared of them.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_d2ddb362	type	ReasonYouSuckSpeech
The Reynard Cycle / int_d2ddb362	comment	"Reason You Suck" Speech: This series features more than a few, and all of them are leveled at Reynard, usually once people wise up and realize that he's not as lovable a Lovable Rogue as people seem to think he is. Hermeline's are, by far, the most blistering.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_d308cbb0	type	Character Catchphrase
The Reynard Cycle / int_d308cbb0	comment	Character Catchphrase: "He/She/They had some skill," is Isengrim's. It usually refers to someone who he's just killed, and is meant as a genuine compliment. Tiecelin (and his pets): "Doom."
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The Reynard Cycle / int_d397657d	type	Hoist by His Own Petard
The Reynard Cycle / int_d397657d	comment	Hoist by His Own Petard: In The Baron of Maleperduys, Drauglir offers an enormous bounty for Reynard's head. Reynard responds by hiring an equally enormous army of mercenaries that ends up overwhelming Drauglir's army. He then pays them with said bounty.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_d4d8d831	type	Feuding Families
The Reynard Cycle / int_d4d8d831	comment	Feuding Families: Arcasia has been split into three separate countries for over a hundred years due to a conflict between the Dukes of Arcas and the Counts of Luxia. In Defender of the Crown it's revealed that the origin of the feud is over a thousand years old.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_d66cd0e6	type	Training from Hell
The Reynard Cycle / int_d66cd0e6	comment	Training from Hell: Both the Calvarian Blood-Guard and the Glyconese Myrmidons go through this in order to become walking talking murder machines. Only one out of every ten child recruits survives the Calvarian process.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_d7472e4f	type	Kicked Upstairs
The Reynard Cycle / int_d7472e4f	comment	Kicked Upstairs: Count Terrien is named Lord High Admiral after leading an entire army into disaster. His fleet, it turns out, is only thirty ships strong and doesn't participate in the war.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_d7ecbd57	type	You're Insane!
The Reynard Cycle / int_d7ecbd57	comment	You're Insane!: Tybalt levels this at Reynard during one of climactic sequences of Reynard the Fox. Is he crazy, though? Well, crazy like a fox at the very least... Later, in Defender of the Crown Isengrim does the same. Whether he is right or not is still up for debate.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_d88e125e	type	Our Dragons Are Different
The Reynard Cycle / int_d88e125e	comment	Our Dragons Are Different: Dragons are cold-blooded creatures who are only found near the equator. Only the females are winged, the males are referred to as drakes, and they are venomous rather than fire-breathing. The Glyconese worship them, and believe that the end of the world (by deluge) will be preceded by a mass slaughter carried out by dragons.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_d8e1b5a3	type	Soul Jar
The Reynard Cycle / int_d8e1b5a3	comment	Soul Jar: It's implied that the gem of Zosia may be one of these.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_d94f81a	type	The Sneaky Guy
The Reynard Cycle / int_d94f81a	comment	The Sneaky Guy: Reynard.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_d99d9918	type	The Captain
The Reynard Cycle / int_d99d9918	comment	The Captain: Roenel, captain of the Quicksilver. Call him anything other than "captain" at your own peril.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_d9d2c40b	type	Amazon Brigade
The Reynard Cycle / int_d9d2c40b	comment	Amazon Brigade: The Calvarians regularly field companies of these. By Defender of the Crown, a significant portion of Reynard's army is made up of women, with Rukenaw in command.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_da12bcfb	type	You Can't Go Home Again
The Reynard Cycle / int_da12bcfb	comment	You Can't Go Home Again: Isengrim is a Calvarian exile. Later, Hirsent joins him.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_da4f8f0	type	The Blacksmith
The Reynard Cycle / int_da4f8f0	comment	The Blacksmith: Isengrim. He explains that the blood-guard must forge their own swords before they are considered members of the order. The majority of the priesthood of Fenix are smiths of one sort or another. Their High Priest carries a ceremonial hammer.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_daa59ba1	type	Puppy Love
The Reynard Cycle / int_daa59ba1	comment	Puppy Love: Lionel has a very obvious crush on Precieuse, his personal doctor / hairdresser / future mistress. She's fourteen. He's eight.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_dae5c997	type	Action Girl
The Reynard Cycle / int_dae5c997	comment	Action Girl: Hirsent can kick some serious ass when necessary. In The Baron of Maleperduys, Rukenaw becomes one in training. By Defender of the Crown, she's become a full blown Dark Action Girl.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_daef39ee	type	Elaborate Underground Base
The Reynard Cycle / int_daef39ee	comment	Elaborate Underground Base: The Calvarians can construct entire functional cities underground. They do this due to the harsh weather of their homeland.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_db2f3581	type	All Girls Want Bad Boys
The Reynard Cycle / int_db2f3581	comment	All Girls Want Bad Boys: Women are drawn to Reynard for this reason. Rukenaw initially finds Tybalt attractive because, as Reynard puts it, Tybalt is a magnificent bastard. He's not that kind, though.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_db38d6ca	type	Torture Technician
The Reynard Cycle / int_db38d6ca	comment	Torture Technician: Ghul is introduced as being so good at Cold-Blooded Torture that his victims don't have a mark on them afterwards. Even though they're dead.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_dc6a260b	type	Try to Fit That on a Business Card
The Reynard Cycle / int_dc6a260b	comment	Try to Fit That on a Business Card: His Royal Highness, Lionel the First, King of Arcasia, Duke of Arcas, Lord of Calyx, and Protector of the Realm.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_dcbe8a6e	type	Chekhov's Gunman
The Reynard Cycle / int_dcbe8a6e	comment	Chekhov's Gunman: In Defender of the Crown, Reynard follows the trail of an assassin to the garden of a herbalist, where he meets with an assistant. It is later revealed that the herbalist is Hermeline, Reynard's scorned ex-lover, who uses the opportunity to sell Reynard poison rather than a sleeping drug. As a result, Reynard ends up accidentally killing the Queen.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_dd92bf66	type	Warrior Prince
The Reynard Cycle / int_dd92bf66	comment	Warrior Prince: Duke Nobel, who personally leads his men into battle throughout the series. We never see him fight on page, but the fact that he manages to survive the Battle of the Samara implies that he has at least Taken A Few Levels In badass.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_dd963bd3	type	Our Giants Are Bigger
The Reynard Cycle / int_dd963bd3	comment	The golden skinned Telchines, a matriarchal culture that coexisted with Giants. The castle of Maleperduys was built by them. Their rule came to an end rather abruptly due to . . .
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The Reynard Cycle / int_e0c00a95	type	Absurdly Sharp Blade
The Reynard Cycle / int_e0c00a95	comment	Isengrim wields his Absurdly Sharp Blade, Right-Hand.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_e13156e1	type	Mama Bear
The Reynard Cycle / int_e13156e1	comment	Mama Bear: Hirsent becomes one of these after giving birth to Pinsard. It's understandable, as she's already lost two children.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_e2ccee25	type	Animal Motifs
The Reynard Cycle / int_e2ccee25	comment	Animal Motifs: Given the initial source material, there's quite a lot of this present. Some of it is quite overt, especially when the primary cast of characters is concerned, though there are a few subtler instances of it as well. For instance, Duke Nobel's coat of arms depicts a white lion, his father's name is Leo, and he aspires to be the king. On the other hand, in spite of her being raven-haired, living in a figurative gilded cage, and hailing from a city with a raven as its symbol, it can still be easy to miss that the Countess Persephone is oft likened to a bird.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_e5421161	type	Expy
The Reynard Cycle / int_e5421161	comment	Mandross, a neutral country protected by mountains with a reputation for providing mercenaries is an Expy of Switzerland.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_e5507f60	type	Truce Zone
The Reynard Cycle / int_e5507f60	comment	Truce Zone: Reynard suggests turning the recently captured fortress of Kloss into one of these in order to facilitate trade between Arcasia and Calvaria in Defender of the Crown.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_e75a6a25	type	NamesToRunAwayFrom
The Reynard Cycle / int_e75a6a25	comment	Names to Run Away From: The Demons: The Ruiner, The Wanderer, Skindancer, The Hollow Maiden, Duskwalker, The Dreamer, and Stormbringer, The Demon King.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_e7b1cb24	type	Old Master
The Reynard Cycle / int_e7b1cb24	comment	Old Master: Isengrim has become one of these by Defender of the Crown. He wipes the floor with three skilled duelists who initially scoff at the idea of three men against one.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_e993a60f	type	Defensive Feint Trap
The Reynard Cycle / int_e993a60f	comment	Defensive Feint Trap: Drauglir crushes Nobel's numerically superior army with one of these in The Baron of Maleperduys. Faelas lures Reynard into one of these in Defender of the Crown. Unfortunately, Reynard saw it coming and he ends up riding into one himself.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_ea22de4b	type	Pet Monstrosity
The Reynard Cycle / int_ea22de4b	comment	Pet Monstrosity: Tiecelin's flock of Shrike Chimera. They're utterly loyal to him, and generally leave his allies be, but they are unsettling bird creatures with human faces, and they feed primarily on human corpses. Understandably, most people are uncomfortable around them.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_eb7a5313	type	Famous Ancestor
The Reynard Cycle / int_eb7a5313	comment	Famous Ancestor: Duke Nobel claims to be descended from Aquilia, the man who delivered the killing blow to Stormbringer, the Demon King. He considers this to be proof of his claim to the throne of Arcasia. Tartarin, Count Terrien's heir, will happily tell anyone he meets that he was named for his ancestor, Tartarin the Lionslayer. Both Rukenaw and Hirsent are bored to tears by this during a sea voyage. Later, he is slain by a large cat chimera with a mane of snakes.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_eba6a077	type	Cain and Abel
The Reynard Cycle / int_eba6a077	comment	Cain and Abel: Tybalt is said to have killed his own brother in order to claim the leadership of a band of outlaws.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_ed2bbf8a	type	You Are in Command Now
The Reynard Cycle / int_ed2bbf8a	comment	You Are in Command Now: When asked how he rose to his command, Thrym, a young Calvarian general in The Baron of Maleperduys, explains that he was the only senior officer left standing after a particularly vicious battle.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_ee302ebd	type	Barbarian Tribe
The Reynard Cycle / int_ee302ebd	comment	Tyris is a distant tropical continent that is currently being colonized by the Glyconese, who are enslaving its tribal inhabitants and forcing them to labor in plantations and mines. Sound familiar?
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The Reynard Cycle / int_ee7a60e9	type	One-Steve Limit
The Reynard Cycle / int_ee7a60e9	comment	One-Steve Limit: There is only one character, Celia Corvino, who shares a name with another person in the series, and that character is her grandmother, whom we never even meet.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_eec346de	type	Monument of Humiliation and Defeat
The Reynard Cycle / int_eec346de	comment	Monument of Humiliation and Defeat: The Calvarians build these in excess. The gem of Zosia is a part of one that depicts a Calvarian standing on a pile of dead Arcasians.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_eedee4d	type	The Starscream
The Reynard Cycle / int_eedee4d	comment	The Starscream: Tybalt, who plays the role of Commander Contrarian to Reynard while waiting for him to trip up so he can kick him while he's down. He's even managed to get away with it once.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_f1d6144a	type	War Is Hell
The Reynard Cycle / int_f1d6144a	comment	War Is Hell: Between a civil war that's thrown a third of the nation into a famine so bad that people are eating their own children, the general acceptance of rape and pillage as a byproduct of standing armies, and the realistic depiction of battle as being mentally scarring for pretty much all of the participants (much of Reynard's own character development in The Baron of Maleperduys revolves around this), it's safe to say that this trope is in effect.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_f23ad6de	type	Food Porn
The Reynard Cycle / int_f23ad6de	comment	Food Porn: One scene in Defender of the Crown plays this very straight, featuring a page long description of a royal banquet.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_f32dadad	type	Instant Messenger Pigeon
The Reynard Cycle / int_f32dadad	comment	Instant Messenger Pigeon: Count Bricemer receives at least one message this way during The Baron of Maleperduys. Reynard has a far more useful asset in Tiecelin's winged Chimera brood. Not only can they deliver letters, they can talk.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_f3626b09	type	Mercy Kill
The Reynard Cycle / int_f3626b09	comment	Mercy Kill: Reynard provided this to his own mother, after she lost her mind and was still being used as a prostitute. A lot of other people end up going with her.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_f36c4f98	type	Easily Forgiven
The Reynard Cycle / int_f36c4f98	comment	Easily Forgiven: Subverted in The Baron of Maleperduys. Reynard welcomes Tybalt back to the team, stating that the latter's betrayal was an integral part of his plan to defeat the enemy. He then goes on to tell Tybalt that if he even so much as suspects him of turning against him again, he will have him cut into pieces and fed to Tiecelin's Shrikes. In the next book, Tybalt is depicted as loyal, but absolutely terrified of Reynard.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_f3da74ff	type	Creepy Crows
The Reynard Cycle / int_f3da74ff	comment	Creepy Crows: Tiecelin's pet raven, Prophet, can talk, but only knows one word: "Doom!"
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The Reynard Cycle / int_f48540c7	type	King of Beasts
The Reynard Cycle / int_f48540c7	comment	King of Beasts: Duke Nobel's coat of arms depicts a white lion, his father's name is Leo, and he aspires to be the King. Later he has a son named Lionel.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_f55d739f	type	The Baroness
The Reynard Cycle / int_f55d739f	comment	The Baroness: Rukenaw has turned into one of these by Defender of the Crown. She's the Sexpot type. By the end of the book, she is a literal Baroness.
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The Reynard Cycle / int_f5e59782	type	A Real Man Is a Killer
The Reynard Cycle / int_f5e59782	comment	A Real Man Is a Killer: In the fierce northern country of Calvaria, this attitude has expanded to encompass women and well as men. You have to have killed at least two people in personal combat in order to have more than one child there. Always wanted to have a large family? Better become a Blood Knight . . .
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The Reynard Cycle / int_f5eda11	type	Mix-and-Match Critters
The Reynard Cycle / int_f5eda11	comment	Mix-and-Match Critters: The Chimera can breed with anything, and their offspring are a blend of the two creatures.
The Reynard Cycle / int_f5eda11	featureApplicability	1.0
The Reynard Cycle / int_f5eda11	featureConfidence	1.0
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	The Reynard Cycle / int_f5eda11
The Reynard Cycle / int_f722f635	type	Great Offscreen War
The Reynard Cycle / int_f722f635	comment	Great Offscreen War: At the outset of the series, there has been a civil war raging in Arcasia for over a hundred years. The Countess Persephone's father was slain in it, Duke Nobel proved his skill as a military commander during it, and Bruin, Tiecelin, and Grymbart fought in it, occasionally referencing battles, camp life, what the weather was like before an engagement, etc. The war drove an entire region to famine so extreme that its people had to resort to eating their own children, and yet its over before page one of Reynard the Fox. More cryptically, there are occasional references to "The Glyconese Rebellion", an ancient war in which dragons were involved.
The Reynard Cycle / int_f722f635	featureApplicability	1.0
The Reynard Cycle / int_f722f635	featureConfidence	1.0
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	The Reynard Cycle / int_f722f635
The Reynard Cycle / int_f788b2c5	type	Love Makes You Evil
The Reynard Cycle / int_f788b2c5	comment	Love Makes You Evil: Reynard's dogged pursuit of the Countess Persephone leads him to sacrifice the lives of several of his companions and murder enemies both real and imagined. When it all turns out to be for naught, things take a turn for the worse.
The Reynard Cycle / int_f788b2c5	featureApplicability	1.0
The Reynard Cycle / int_f788b2c5	featureConfidence	1.0
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	The Reynard Cycle / int_f788b2c5
The Reynard Cycle / int_f7bbca8c	type	Thwarted Coup de Grâce
The Reynard Cycle / int_f7bbca8c	comment	Thwarted Coup de GrÃ¢ce: At the end of The Baron of Maleperduys, Drauglir has Reynard down on the ground and is about to finish him off when Rukenaw and Martin barrel into him. Drauglir is unharmed, but he gets distracted enough that Reynard manages to regain his feet and stab him right between the eyes.
The Reynard Cycle / int_f7bbca8c	featureApplicability	1.0
The Reynard Cycle / int_f7bbca8c	featureConfidence	1.0
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	The Reynard Cycle / int_f7bbca8c
The Reynard Cycle / int_f8b3fa5d	type	Our Werewolves Are Different
The Reynard Cycle / int_f8b3fa5d	comment	Our Werewolves Are Different: The Wargs are Chimera who mix human features with that of canines in general, and wolves in especial. Of all of the Chimera, they are the most feared. They cannot infect you, but they can get you pregnant.
The Reynard Cycle / int_f8b3fa5d	featureApplicability	1.0
The Reynard Cycle / int_f8b3fa5d	featureConfidence	1.0
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	The Reynard Cycle / int_f8b3fa5d
The Reynard Cycle / int_faf5732b	type	I Call It "Vera"
The Reynard Cycle / int_faf5732b	comment	I Call It "Vera": Reynard calls his sword Cut-Throat. It ends up living up to the name.
The Reynard Cycle / int_faf5732b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Reynard Cycle / int_faf5732b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	The Reynard Cycle / int_faf5732b
The Reynard Cycle / int_fb3576b2	type	The Dog Bites Back
The Reynard Cycle / int_fb3576b2	comment	The Dog Bites Back: In this case, it's a partially-reptilian, two-headed dog the size of a RV. Good luck, Calvarian mooks!
The Reynard Cycle / int_fb3576b2	featureApplicability	1.0
The Reynard Cycle / int_fb3576b2	featureConfidence	1.0
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	The Reynard Cycle / int_fb3576b2
The Reynard Cycle / int_fd94c4ac	type	Theme Naming
The Reynard Cycle / int_fd94c4ac	comment	Theme Naming: Most characters have the names of fictional animals. In some cases the French or Latin word for the animal is used, making this a case of Bilingual Bonus for savvy readers.
The Reynard Cycle / int_fd94c4ac	featureApplicability	1.0
The Reynard Cycle / int_fd94c4ac	featureConfidence	1.0
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The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	A Real Man Is a Killer / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	A Taste of Defeat / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Absurdly Sharp Blade / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Alternative Calendar / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Ancestral Weapon / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	And Now You Must Marry Me / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Barbarian Tribe / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Bat Out of Hell / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Bazaar of the Bizarre / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Beneath the Mask / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Big Badass Battle Sequence / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Blade Below the Shoulder / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Bling of War / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Body Motifs / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Bodyguarding a Badass / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Bring My Brown Pants / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Calling Your Bathroom Breaks / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Camp Follower / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Captain Smooth and Sergeant Rough / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Cats Are Mean / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Characters Dropping Like Flies / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Church Militant / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	City of Adventure / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Cold-Blooded Torture / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Colonel Kilgore / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Color-Coded Castes / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Color Motif / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Colour-Coded for Your Convenience / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Conflicting Loyalty / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Consummate Liar / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Costume Porn / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Crazy Enough to Work / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Creepy Crows / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Critical Staffing Shortage / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Cultural Posturing / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Decadent Court / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Deconstructor Fleet / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Disney Villain Death / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Duel to the Death / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Elaborate Underground Base / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Elemental Eye Colors / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Elite Army / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Eloquent in My Native Tongue / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Enchanted Forest / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Everybody Hates Hades / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Evil Is Deathly Cold / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Evil Stole My Faith / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Exit, Pursued by a Bear / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Facial Horror / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Fake Arm Disarm / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Famous Ancestor / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Fantastic Naming Convention / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Fantastic Rank System / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Feuding Families / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Florence Nightingale Effect / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Food Porn / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Founder of the Kingdom / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Four-Star Badass / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Funetik Aksent / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Gilded Cage / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Great Offscreen War / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Grim Up North / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Had to Be Sharp / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Hammer of the Holy / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Harmful to Minors / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Haunted Castle / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Heal It with Booze / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Heir Club for Men / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Heroic Bastard / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	High-Class Call Girl / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Hooker with a Heart of Gold / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Hot Skitty-on-Wailord Action / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	I Call It "Vera" / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	I Don't Like the Sound of That Place / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	I Will Punish Your Friend for Your Failure / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Impractically Fancy Outfit / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	In It for Life / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Incurable Cough of Death / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Instant Messenger Pigeon / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Invulnerable Horses / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Jerk with a Heart of Jerk / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Join or Die / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Just Like Robin Hood / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Kindhearted Cat Lover / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	King of Beasts / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Kissing Cousins / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Last-Minute Baby Naming / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Left-Handed Mirror / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Les Collaborateurs / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Line in the Sand / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Lost Technology / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Low Fantasy / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Masquerade Ball / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Master Poisoner / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Mirth to Power / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Monument of Humiliation and Defeat / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Mook Horror Show / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Murder, Inc. / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	My Master, Right or Wrong / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Never Bring a Knife to a Gun Fight / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Noble Bigot / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Noble Fugitive / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Non-Human Sidekick / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Not a Mask / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Not-So-Omniscient Council of Bickering / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Obligatory War Crime Scene / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Old Retainer / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Otherworldly and Sexually Ambiguous / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Our Ghouls Are Creepier / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Outside-Genre Foe / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Panicky Expectant Father / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Passive-Aggressive Kombat / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Pet Monstrosity / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Pretty Boy / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Pride / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Private Tutor / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Psycho for Hire / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Puppy Love / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Rags to Riches / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Rape, Pillage, and Burn / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Reassignment Backfire / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Red Right Hand / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Religion of Evil / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Religious and Mythological Theme Naming / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Sacrificial Lamb / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Scars Are Forever / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Silent Snarker / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Slavery Is a Special Kind of Evil / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Smart People Play Chess / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Sociopathic Soldier / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Soul Jar / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Standard Royal Court / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Talking Animal / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	The Anti-God / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	The Baroness / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	The Blacksmith / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	The Bluebeard / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	The Captain / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	The City Narrows / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	The Consigliere / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	The Man They Couldn't Hang / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	The Nondescript / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	The Quest / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	The Quiet One / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	The Siege / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	The Trickster / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	The Wall Around the World / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Thunderbolt Iron / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Thwarted Coup de Grâce / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Token Evil Teammate / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Torture Technician / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Trapped Behind Enemy Lines / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Truce Zone / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Try to Fit That on a Business Card / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Ugly Guy, Hot Wife / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Wandering Minstrel / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	War Crime Subverts Heroism / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Warhawk / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Warrior Monk / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Weapon of Mass Destruction / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Weapon Specialization / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Weather of War / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	You Are in Command Now / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	Beast Fable / int_b50aa03f
The Reynard Cycle	hasFeature	The Horde / int_b50aa03f

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