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The Ties That Bind is a series by Rob J. Hayes which was originally self-published but later re-published by Ragnarok Publications. The first book, The Heresy Within, was released in 2014. The sequel, The Color of Vengeance was released in January of 2015.Jezzet Vel'urn is a trained swordswoman, one who has rightfully earned the title Blademaster but knows there are often two ways of a fight for a woman like her. Sadly, too often it comes down to a combination thereof. In THE HERESY WITHIN Jezzet is chased into the Wild by a vengeful warlord until she finally makes it to the sovereign city-state of Chade. But instead of sanctuary, she finds only more opportunistic bastards waiting to turn her over to her enemies.Also figuring majorly in the story is Thanquil Darkheart, a sorcerer hunter called an Arbiter, tasked with hunting down and purging heretics for the Inquisition. Thanquil is given a task by the God Emperor of Sarth from which he has no escape. Lastly there's the brutal outlaw called the Black Thorn, best known perhaps for the killing of several Arbiters and possibly being one of the biggest names in the Wild for his proclivities. All three of their fates seem to be converging on the Free City of Chade and, before long, Jezzet, Thanquil, and the Black Thorn will have to confront each other as they find themselves facing heresies within. |
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Darker and Edgier |
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Darker and Edgier: A return to the ugly, brutal, and lawless Crapsack World roots of the genre. |
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Butch Lesbian |
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Butch Lesbian: Constance is accused of being one of these. It turns out to be semi-accurate. |
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Slave Liberation |
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Slave Liberation: One of these plays a role in the narrative. |
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Evil Versus Evil |
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Evil Versus Evil: Everyone in this world is one sort of scumbag or another. The heroes are just more likable than most. Black-and-Gray Morality: Jezzet and Thanquil are the nicest people in the setting. Even then, see below. |
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Not-So-Harmless Villain |
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Not-So-Harmless Villain: Swift used to be a member of the Blackthorn's gang and a lovable jokester. He's now the ruler of Chade, allied with an Evil Sorcerer, and offering up people (his own relations) for Human Sacrifice. |
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Deal with the Devil |
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Deal with the Devil: The Inquisition has made a literal one, albeit it's only a demon. |
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Punch-Clock Villain |
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Punch-Clock Villain: Haarin is hired by Swift to protect him, which is troubling given Swift is a Chronic Backstabbing Disorder Evil Is Petty Evil Overlord. |
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Crapsack World |
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Crapsack World: Slavery (sex and otherwise), warlordism, immense poverty, crazy religious fanatics, demons, murderous brigands around every corner, monsters, and a less than enlightened attitude to women. Conan the Barbarian or Elric should burn the place to the ground. Subverted by the fact this is actually a return to Sword and Sorcery's roots before the genre became Lighter and Softer. |
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She Cleans Up Nicely |
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She Cleans Up Nicely: Jezzet after being forced into a dress is the World's Most Beautiful Woman. This horrifies her. |
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The Dreaded |
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The Dreaded: The Inquisition is treated this way due to their reputation as religious fanatics with unlimited authority. It's deserved. Blackthorn portrays himself as this to the Inquisition. Thanquil reacts with caution but no real terror. |
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ReasonBeforeHonor |
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Reason Before Honor: Jezzet seems to be a decent enough person but will do whatever she has to in order to survive. |
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Ax-Crazy |
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Ax-Crazy: Jacob is this, being quite obviously nuts yet the Inquisition's most terrible murderer. |
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God Save Us from the Queen! |
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God Save Us from the Queen!: The Dragon Empress is a capricious seventeen year old with whimsical ideas about justice and absolute authority. |
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Even Evil Has Standards |
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Even Evil Has Standards: Subverted. The vast majority of people on this planet have no seeming ethical limit to their behavior. See Humans Are Bastards. |
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Arch-Enemy |
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Archenemy: Constance has become this for Jezzet. |
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Kick the Dog |
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Kick the Dog: All of the heroes get an opportunity to do this at one point or another during the book. Jezzet gets a retroactive one when she goes into a lengthy insult tirade against Constance and her sister. While said sister was no angel, despite her name, it turns out Constance has a legitimate reason for hating her. She later tries to have sex with Thanquil within minutes of him killing a young boy. Thanquil gets one when he kills a child to cover up the Inquisition's secrets. To be fair, he hates himself for doing it. |
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Burn the Witch! |
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Burn the Witch!: The Inquisition's standard M.O. |
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Just Eat Gilligan |
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Just Eat Gilligan: A lot of the Blackthorn's problems would be solved if he just murdered Green. Thankfully, H'ost's army takes care of the problem. |
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Sex Slave |
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Lady Emin D'roan used to be one of these but was made a Sex Slave. |
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Gentle Giant |
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Gentle Giant: Constance is one of these, or was, before Break the Cutie happened. |
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BreakingSpeech |
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Breaking Speech: Jezzet gives a horrible one to Constance. Revealing that Catherine never loved her, thought of her as a pathetic weakling, and used her horribly. Worse, Jezzet was perfectly justified in killing her. Constance refuses to believe it and ends up dying at Jezzet's hands. |
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Compelling Voice |
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Compelling Voice: Thanquil has one of these as always. It doesn't do him ANY good during this adventure. |
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Amazon Chaser |
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Amazon Chaser: Drake believes this to be the source of Jezzet's beauty. |
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Character Development |
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Character Development: The Blackthorn has become noticeably less sadistic and brutal. Likewise, Henry seems to be less Ax-Crazy. |
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Living Lie Detector |
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Living Lie Detector: All Inquisitors have this as one of their abilities. |
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Humans Are Bastards |
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Humans Are Bastards: Everyone in this setting is one kind of a son of a bitch or another. Even the street waifs. Especially the street waifs. |
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Son of a Whore |
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Son of a Whore: Swift's mother runs a brothel and his sister is its main attraction. |
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Evil Sorcerer |
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Evil Sorcerer: Inquisitor Kessick is trafficking with demons despite his previous profession and giving them the lives of one of Chade's formerly prominent bloodlines. |
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Killed to Uphold the Masquerade |
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Killed to Uphold the Masquerade: This will happen to anyone who finds out the Inquisition has a deal with a demon. |
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Honor Before Reason |
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Honor Before Reason: The Haarin seem to be the only people in the setting who put stock in this. Even they have limits it turns out. |
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Would Hurt a Child |
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Would Hurt a Child: Thanquil kills a young boy to cover up the secret of the Inquisition dealing with demons. He hates himself for it but doesn't hesitate. |
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Combat Pragmatist |
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Combat Pragmatist: The Blackthorn explains the best way to kill an Inquisitor is when he's sleeping. |
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Black Comedy Rape |
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Black Comedy Rape: Henry forces the half-conscious Anders to give her oral sex in exchange for another drink at her bar. Anders turns out to be far less drunk than he appeared. |
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Our Demons Are Different |
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Our Demons Are Different: Closer to Humanoid Abomination types than the traditional Devil variety. |
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We Used to Be Friends |
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We Used to Be Friends: Jezzet and Constance were once part of a Power Trio with her sister. The Blackthorn is afraid this is his and Jezzet's fate when she shows up with an Inquisitor. |
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Rape as Backstory |
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Rape as Backstory: Jezzet mentions this is one way she was coerced into killing Catherine. |
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The Dragon |
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comment |
The Dragon: Jacob serves as this to Inquisitor Kessick. Henry takes up the position as the Blackthorne's number 2# in the new crew. Which wouldn't qualify if not for the fact the Blackthorn is kind of evil. He gets better, though. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_53f5119f |
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| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_53f5119f |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_53f5119f |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_5539b84f |
type |
Corrupt Church |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_5539b84f |
comment |
Corrupt Church: What the Emperor suspects the Inquisition has become. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_5539b84f |
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| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_5539b84f |
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| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_5539b84f |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_57d43e40 |
type |
Fantasy Counterpart Culture |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_57d43e40 |
comment |
Fantasy Counterpart Culture: The Dragon Empire is one for Imperial China. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_57d43e40 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_57d43e40 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_57d43e40 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_581f6468 |
type |
Hero of Another Story |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_581f6468 |
comment |
Hero of Another Story: Lady Emin D'roan is this, but she's been Made a Slave. Worse, a Sex Slave. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_581f6468 |
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| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_581f6468 |
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| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_581f6468 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_5c5d0032 |
type |
Eyepatch of Power |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_5c5d0032 |
comment |
Eyepatch of Power: The Blackthorn gains one as a result of his battle with Kessick from last year. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_5c5d0032 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_5c5d0032 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_5c5d0032 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_60194b82 |
type |
Spanner in the Works |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_60194b82 |
comment |
Spanner in the Works: The sheer number of complicated Xanatos Gambits, ploys, counter-ploys, and politics destroyed through this book by the Blackthorn and Henry smashing through stuff defies description. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_60194b82 |
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| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_60194b82 |
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| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_60194b82 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_60fa92ac |
type |
Names to Run Away from Really Fast |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_60fa92ac |
comment |
Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Inquisitor Darkheart. Subverted by the fact he's the nicest Inquisitor in the world. He's still a brutal murderer, though. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_60fa92ac |
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| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_60fa92ac |
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| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_60fa92ac |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_617f0563 |
type |
Heel–Face Turn |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_617f0563 |
comment |
Heel–Face Turn: The Haarin joins the Blackthorn's gang after Swift's death. The Blackthorn, Henry, and the rest of his gang decide to become bounty hunters at the end. Employing their skills, now, to catch people like them. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_617f0563 |
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| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_617f0563 |
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| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_617f0563 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_64070096 |
type |
Cowardly Lion |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_64070096 |
comment |
Cowardly Lion: Thanquil regularly hunts monsters but plays the role of Non-Action Guy around the Blackthorn. Jezzet has elements of this despite being the second greatest swordsman in the world. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_64070096 |
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| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_64070096 |
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| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_64070096 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_64edb99c |
type |
Always Save the Girl |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_64edb99c |
comment |
Always Save the Girl: Subverted. To tragic results. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_64edb99c |
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-0.3 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_64edb99c |
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| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_64edb99c |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_6feaf27b |
type |
Scarily Competent Tracker |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_6feaf27b |
comment |
Scarily Competent Tracker: Jacob is able to follow any trail. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_6feaf27b |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_6feaf27b |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_6feaf27b |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_71598ac8 |
type |
Internal Affairs |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_71598ac8 |
comment |
Internal Affairs: Inquisitor Thanquil gets roped into this again as he is incorruptible. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_71598ac8 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_71598ac8 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_71598ac8 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_77063cd7 |
type |
Hooker with a Heart of Gold |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_77063cd7 |
comment |
Hooker with a Heart of Gold: Utterly and completely subverted with Rose. Who has her own mother killed to rile up Swift. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_77063cd7 |
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-0.3 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_77063cd7 |
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| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_77063cd7 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_771f6307 |
type |
Brother–Sister Incest |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_771f6307 |
comment |
Brother–Sister Incest: Constance is accused of being in a relationship with her dead sister. It turns out she wasn't her sister but her former slave owner. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_771f6307 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_771f6307 |
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| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_771f6307 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_7a19a69b |
type |
Not Quite the Right Thing |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_7a19a69b |
comment |
Not Quite the Right Thing: Jezzet rescues a bunch of women from sexual slavery. Then finds out it was actually an underground railroad leading them away from arranged marriages to brutal controlling partners. it's all a trick anyway. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_7a19a69b |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_7a19a69b |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_7c862b8a |
type |
Chronic Backstabbing Disorder |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_7c862b8a |
comment |
Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Everyone in the story suffers this with the possible exception of Inquisitor Darkheart. Green and Henry suffer this worst. Swift joins the ranks of this by The Color of Vengeance. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_7c862b8a |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_7c862b8a |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_7eebe99c |
type |
The Alcoholic |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_7eebe99c |
comment |
The Alcoholic: Anders spends much of the early part of the book wanting to be blackout drunk twenty-four seven. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_7eebe99c |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_7eebe99c |
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| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_7eebe99c |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_835f53f3 |
type |
Pals with Jesus |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_835f53f3 |
comment |
Pals with Jesus: Thanquil's relationship with the God Emperor. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_835f53f3 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_835f53f3 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_835f53f3 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_863fa679 |
type |
What Happened to the Mouse? |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_863fa679 |
comment |
What Happened to the Mouse?: The witch Thanquil has been chasing is never dealt with again after he's forced to leave her behind. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_863fa679 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_863fa679 |
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| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_863fa679 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_8767b1f3 |
type |
Black-and-Gray Morality |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_8767b1f3 |
comment |
Black-and-Gray Morality: Jezzet and Thanquil are the nicest people in the setting. Even then, see below. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_8767b1f3 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_8767b1f3 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_8767b1f3 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_87d70f73 |
type |
Reluctant Fanservice Girl |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_87d70f73 |
comment |
Reluctant Fanservice Girl: Jezzet's life would be far-far simpler if she wasn't a beautiful woman as well as a swordswoman. At least, in her opinion. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_87d70f73 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_87d70f73 |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_87d70f73 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_87e661e8 |
type |
Absurdly Spacious Sewer |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_87e661e8 |
comment |
Absurdly-Spacious Sewer: Invoked and mocked when the Blackthorn who thinks they should use this trope for a mission, only for Henry to point out the frontier city they're living on doesn't have one. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_87e661e8 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_87e661e8 |
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| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_87e661e8 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_898ff050 |
type |
Villain Protagonist |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_898ff050 |
comment |
Villain Protagonist: The Blackthorn is one of these. Jezzet and Inquisitor Darkheart have some standards. He...does not. He develops a few in The Color of Vengeance. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_898ff050 |
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| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_898ff050 |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_898ff050 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_8a817c2a |
type |
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_8a817c2a |
comment |
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: Not treated so in this Crapsack World but when it happens to Henry, nothing will stop her from ending him. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_8a817c2a |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_8a817c2a |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_8a817c2a |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_8f612013 |
type |
Token Good Teammate |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_8f612013 |
comment |
Token Good Teammate: Thanquil Darkheart appears to be this. He's not. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_8f612013 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_8f612013 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_8f612013 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_9620c3a1 |
type |
God-Emperor |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_9620c3a1 |
comment |
God-Emperor: The Inquisition, theoretically, answers to one. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_9620c3a1 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_9620c3a1 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_9620c3a1 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_970c790a |
type |
Big Bad |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_970c790a |
comment |
Big Bad: Inquisitor Kessick is one for this series. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_970c790a |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_970c790a |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_970c790a |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_973d4e8 |
type |
Loved I Not Honor More |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_973d4e8 |
comment |
Loved I Not Honor More: Thanquil is tempted repeatedly by women to abandon the Inquisition. It doesn't work because he loves Jezzet instead. Then he has to choose the Inquisition over her. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_973d4e8 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_973d4e8 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_973d4e8 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_97d97c28 |
type |
Revenge Before Reason |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_97d97c28 |
comment |
Revenge Before Reason: The Blackthorn refuses to let the fact the Inquisition and Swift are virtually untouchable get in the way of his revenge. Swift offers a fantastic fortune to the Blackthorn to let him get away with Rose and Henry for rape as well as murder, which is an offer only a monster would accept but something which most would in this world. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_97d97c28 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_97d97c28 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_97d97c28 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_99ddfcec |
type |
Unwitting Instigator of Doom |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_99ddfcec |
comment |
Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Henry becomes one of these when she begins a slave revolt. Swift, ironically, set the Blackthorn on him because of an enormous bounty he posted on the latter. Which he only did because he wanted to look like he'd turned against his old boss, believing said boss to be dead. This bounty, of course, makes the Blackthorn's life really-really difficult. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_99ddfcec |
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| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_99ddfcec |
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| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_99ddfcec |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_9ae0ead1 |
type |
Villains Out Shopping |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_9ae0ead1 |
comment |
Villains Out Shopping: Flipped with our heroes, who are all bad people, having a good time at Swift's mother's brothel. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_9ae0ead1 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_9ae0ead1 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_9ae0ead1 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_9b06e314 |
type |
Greater-Scope Villain |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_9b06e314 |
comment |
Greater-Scope Villain: We discover there's something worse than demons. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_9b06e314 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_9b06e314 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_9b06e314 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_9b695c40 |
type |
Sword and Sorcery |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_9b695c40 |
comment |
Sword and Sorcery: A fairly classical example of such, being a grim and gritty fantasy setting with a historical mash-up of cultures. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_9b695c40 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_9b695c40 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_9b695c40 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_9d27a8be |
type |
Army of Thieves and Whores |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_9d27a8be |
comment |
Army of Thieves and Whores: What every army seems to be made of. In particular, the Blackthorn's gang. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_9d27a8be |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_9d27a8be |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_9d27a8be |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_9fe35833 |
type |
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_9fe35833 |
comment |
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: The only redeeming feature of Token Evil Teammate (well, Token Evil-er) Swift. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_9fe35833 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_9fe35833 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_9fe35833 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_a5f998ea |
type |
Stockholm Syndrome |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_a5f998ea |
comment |
Stockholm Syndrome: Jezzet admits to suffering it (or its Sword and Sorcery equivalent) a couple of times, much to her shame and disgust. Constance developed this to her former slave owner, Catherine. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_a5f998ea |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_a5f998ea |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
hasFeature |
The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_a5f998ea |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_a7aef9ff |
type |
Obfuscating Stupidity |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_a7aef9ff |
comment |
Obfuscating Stupidity: Anders, once he's sobered up, seems to be much-much smarter than everyone else. And was probably never quite as drunk as he appeared. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_a7aef9ff |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_a7aef9ff |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_a7aef9ff |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_a8357dc2 |
type |
No Woman's Land |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_a8357dc2 |
comment |
No Woman's Land: Bizarrely, Jezzet finds the Crapsack World environment of her homeland better than the patriarchal one of the Dragon Age. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_a8357dc2 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_a8357dc2 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
hasFeature |
The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_a8357dc2 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_a922f8de |
type |
To Be Lawful or Good |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_a922f8de |
comment |
To Be Lawful or Good: Perin always choose law, even though his master via contract is evil. He gets over it. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_a922f8de |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_a922f8de |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
hasFeature |
The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_a922f8de |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_aa55cd25 |
type |
Brawn Hilda |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_aa55cd25 |
comment |
Brawn Hilda: Constance is one of these. Ironically, it turns out she's more of a Huge Schoolgirl. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_aa55cd25 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_aa55cd25 |
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1.0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_aa55cd25 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_ab2df806 |
type |
Red Baron |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_ab2df806 |
comment |
Red Baron: The Blackthorn is, obviously, this. His real name is the decidedly less impressive Betrim. Catherine, Constance's sister, was called The Bloody Angel. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_ab2df806 |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_ab2df806 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_ad806839 |
type |
Sexual Extortion |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_ad806839 |
comment |
Sexual Extortion: Jezzet is, unfortunately, frequently subject to this before she meets Thanquil. She beds men she doesn't want to fight, which is unfortunately happens a couple of times in the text. Thankfully, this practice comes to an end. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_ad806839 |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_ad806839 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_af3ea0e3 |
type |
Face–Heel Turn |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_af3ea0e3 |
comment |
Face–Heel Turn: Downplayed Trope as Swift was always a Villain Protagonist (starting as a rapist) but seemed to have some redeeming qualities. In fact, no, he was always a complete psychopath. Becoming rich and powerful has allowed him to become a much-much bigger threat to everyone around him. He also turns against the gang, especially its female members, without hesitation. He still loves his mother, though. |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_af3ea0e3 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_b0e81c37 |
type |
A Simple Plan |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_b0e81c37 |
comment |
A Simple Plan: Inquisitor Darkheart will assassinate three traitorous Inquisitors. What could go wrong? |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_b0e81c37 |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_b0e81c37 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_b2b2093c |
type |
Rape and Revenge |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_b2b2093c |
comment |
Rape and Revenge: Henry's plan for Swift is this. |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_b2b2093c |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_b408c009 |
type |
City of Adventure |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_b408c009 |
comment |
City of Adventure: Chade is one of these, being the source for all manner of crazy hijinks from our heroes. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_b408c009 |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_b408c009 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_b8dde2 |
type |
Evil Overlord |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_b8dde2 |
comment |
Evil Overlord: Both Swift and Lord Niles Brekovich play this role. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_b8dde2 |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_b8dde2 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_bbfaa837 |
type |
Knight Templar |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_bbfaa837 |
comment |
Knight Templar: Inquisitor Darkheart has faith in his God so when he says to murder people, he murders them. Inquisitor Kessick has the belief only an army of demons can stop the Dread Lords. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_bbfaa837 |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_bbfaa837 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_beb9a361 |
type |
Anti-Hero |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_beb9a361 |
comment |
Anti-Hero: Jezzet and Thanquil are this if you want to be generous. The Blackthorn is a straight-up Villain Protagonist. The Blackthorn softens considerably in The Color of Vengeance. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_beb9a361 |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_beb9a361 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_c15195f0 |
type |
CharacterDeath |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_c15195f0 |
comment |
Character Death: Jezzet Vel'urn dies during this book. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_c15195f0 |
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| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_c15195f0 |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_c15195f0 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_c32ff031 |
type |
Xanatos Gambit |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_c32ff031 |
comment |
Xanatos Gambit: A complicated one executed by Drake Morrass Gets the majority of the upper-class in the Dragon Empire murdered so the Empress can enact much-needed reforms. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_c32ff031 |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_c32ff031 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_c660bc15 |
type |
Fan Disservice |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_c660bc15 |
comment |
Fan Disservice: Jezzet is one of the world's most desirable women and routinely covered in-story in either crap or blood. The story seems to enjoy covering her in garbage which ruins her attractiveness. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_c660bc15 |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_c660bc15 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_c66cb5a9 |
type |
Human Sacrifice |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_c66cb5a9 |
comment |
Human Sacrifice: The fate of those people Swift gives to Inquisitor Kessick. |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_c66cb5a9 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_c89f0472 |
type |
Troperiffic |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_c89f0472 |
comment |
Troperiffic: Just look at this list! |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_c89f0472 |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_c89f0472 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_ca85e684 |
type |
Power Trio |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_ca85e684 |
comment |
Power Trio: Anders, Henry, and the Blackthorn. |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_ca85e684 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_cc1bd54d |
type |
Non-Action Guy |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_cc1bd54d |
comment |
Non-Action Guy: Anders fills the role this time around, being the fast-talking charmer to Henry's The Dragon to the Blackthorn's The Brute. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_cc1bd54d |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_cc1bd54d |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_cda501da |
type |
Killed Off for Real |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_cda501da |
comment |
Killed Off for Real: Bones, Swift, and Green all die in the Shade attack. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_cda501da |
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| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_cda501da |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_cda501da |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_d013cd12 |
type |
Lovable Rogue |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_d013cd12 |
comment |
Lovable Rogue: Drake Morrass is supposed to be one of these. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_d013cd12 |
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| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_d013cd12 |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_d013cd12 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_d39e327f |
type |
What the Hell, Hero? |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_d39e327f |
comment |
What the Hell, Hero?: An unusual example when Inquisitor Darkheart kills a little boy to protect the Inquisition's secrets only for Jezzet to witness the event, look like she's going to give him one of these, then shrug it off and come onto him. Then he gives her one of these. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_d39e327f |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_d39e327f |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_d52d28b6 |
type |
Hypocrite |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_d52d28b6 |
comment |
Hypocrite: The Inquisition hunts and kills all magic-users. Well, all magic-users except themselves. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_d52d28b6 |
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| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_d52d28b6 |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_d52d28b6 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_d5b3df2d |
type |
Dark Action Girl |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_d5b3df2d |
comment |
Dark Action Girl: Henry, despite having a boy's name, is both a woman and terrifying. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_d5b3df2d |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_d5b3df2d |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_d9d2c40b |
type |
Amazon Brigade |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_d9d2c40b |
comment |
Amazon Brigade: The Battle Angels are an army of women led by Constance. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_d9d2c40b |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_d9d2c40b |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_dae5c997 |
type |
Action Girl |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_dae5c997 |
comment |
Action Girl: Henry, already established in THW, takes a prominent role here. Lady Emin D'roan used to be one of these but was made a Sex Slave. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_dae5c997 |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_dae5c997 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_dca70c44 |
type |
Reasonable Authority Figure |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_dca70c44 |
comment |
Reasonable Authority Figure: Inquisitor Darkheart is probably the only one of these in the Inquisition. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_dca70c44 |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_dca70c44 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_e44a1a70 |
type |
Bounty Hunter |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_e44a1a70 |
comment |
Bounty Hunter: The Blackthorn has a lot of amateur thugs after him because of an absurdly high bounty placed on him by Swift. He later decides to become a professional one of these after he kills Swift. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_e44a1a70 |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_e44a1a70 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_e50987a9 |
type |
Reconstruction |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_e50987a9 |
comment |
Reconstruction: Of the Wretched Hive Humans Are Bastards free-booting Antihero Sword and Sorcery books which started the genre. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_e50987a9 |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_e50987a9 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_e95acf73 |
type |
Wooden Ships and Iron Men |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_e95acf73 |
comment |
Wooden Ships and Iron Men: This book has a lot of pirates in it. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_e95acf73 |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_e95acf73 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_ef0acc4a |
type |
GRIMDARK |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_ef0acc4a |
comment |
Grimdark: Advertises itself as such. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_ef0acc4a |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_ef0acc4a |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_f10d3363 |
type |
Distracted by the Sexy |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_f10d3363 |
comment |
Distracted by the Sexy: Jezzet causes this to happen without trying. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_f10d3363 |
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| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_f10d3363 |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_f10d3363 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_f16da697 |
type |
Undying Loyalty |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_f16da697 |
comment |
Undying Loyalty: The Haarin are supposed to have this for their clients to the point they commit suicide if they fail to proptect them. Pern decides Swift is such a monster he pulls a Heel–Face Turn. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_f16da697 |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_f16da697 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_f5a3e496 |
type |
Suspiciously Similar Substitute |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_f5a3e496 |
comment |
Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Anders and Henry take over much the same roles as Thanquil and Jezzet from the previous books, though Henry was an established character. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_f5a3e496 |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_f5a3e496 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_f9f2c33 |
type |
Running Gag |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_f9f2c33 |
comment |
Running Gag: Jezzet being forced to flee into a sewer in order to escape attackers. |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_f9f2c33 |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_f9f2c33 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_fb56b948 |
type |
My Sister Is Off-Limits |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_fb56b948 |
comment |
My Sister Is Off-Limits: Spectacularly averted with Swift who touts his prostitute sister's talents to the Blackthorn when he visits Swift's mother's brothel. |
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The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_fb56b948 |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_fe48cea2 |
type |
Lady of War |
| The Ties That Bind (Hayes) / int_fe48cea2 |
comment |
Lady of War: Constance is an unpleasant version of such. |
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