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The Worm Ouroboros

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The Worm Ouroboros	comment	A High Fantasy novel written by Eric Rücker Eddison in 1922, predating The Lord of the Rings by more than 30 years, The Worm Ouroboros presents a sort of transitional text between classic high romance and modern fantasy. The novel focuses on a long war between Witchland (under King Gorice) and Demonland (led by Lord Juss and his brothers) in a fictional version of the planet Mercury, inspired primarily by Norse sagas and Classical Mythology. A notable similarity to LOTR is that both novels feature a heroic quest (Juss and Brandoch Daha's quest to rescue Goldry Bluszco) against the backdrop of a protracted war.Despite drawing on similar sources as J. R. R. Tolkien's masterwork, Eddison's world contrasts strongly in tone and morality: it is a world of Chivalric Romance and proud warriorsnote with the notable exception of the scholarly Lord Gro who believe the best way to die is on the field of battle. War Is Glorious and without a constant struggle against a worthy foe the lives of heroes would become meaningless. Another difference between LOTR and The Worm Ouroboros is that Eddison's world is made largely ad hoc by mixing elements of various Mythologies (primarily Norse and ancient Greek, but also some Arabic and Arthurian) and assigning names almost randomly. This was the main complaint Tolkien had about the novel, but he praised it overall nevertheless, particularly its originality. As the man said: "The greatest and most convincing writer of invented worlds that I have read." Finally, although both LOTR and The Worm Ouroboros contain a number of poems, Tolkien's poems are his own creations, while Eddison's novel incorporated actual early modern poems (all properly credited).Note that the names "Demons", "Witches", "Imps", "Pixies" etc. do not have their traditional meaning. Rather, they are more like nations, and are able to interbreed. Basically, they're all either humans or Rubber-Forehead Aliens. This fact, together with some of the character's names, stem from the author's childhood. As an adult, he actually revived the heroes of his childhood stories and wrote an entire novel about them, and it seems he simply didn't have the heart to change their names, even if they sounded childish.The Worm Ouroboros is in the public domain. You can find the text online at Sacred Texts or Wikisource. Or listen to the audiobook.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_105f4bd9	type	Villain: Exit, Stage Left
The Worm Ouroboros / int_105f4bd9	comment	Villain: Exit, Stage Left: Sriva, in stark contrast to Prezmyra, is last seen begging for mercy from Goldry Bluszco.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_118bba4	type	NonindicativeTitle
The Worm Ouroboros / int_118bba4	comment	Non-Indicative Title: The eponymous Worm Ouroboros is not actually an entity in the book. It is, however, a important thematic motif associated with King Gorice and the ending.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_1206dd74	type	Victory Is Boring
The Worm Ouroboros / int_1206dd74	comment	Victory Is Boring: The protagonists win, but find nothing else interesting for them to do after their victory. They wish for the conflict to happen all over again, causing the entire thing to start over again. This is the purpose of the title, as the Ouroboros is a symbol of a snake or dragon eating its own tail, symbolizing cyclicality.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_1235f055	type	Dirty Coward
The Worm Ouroboros / int_1235f055	comment	Dirty Coward: Corsus betrays and poisons the other lords of Witchland, hoping to save his own skin when the Demons storm the citadel they're hiding in.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_12acfd9	type	ConflictingLoyalties
The Worm Ouroboros / int_12acfd9	comment	Conflicting Loyalties: Prince La Fireez has to choose between his vassal duties to King Gorice and his debt of honor to the Demons, who once saved his life.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_13646b1b	type	My Friends... and Zoidberg
The Worm Ouroboros / int_13646b1b	comment	My Friends... and Zoidberg: Played With when Juss swears the Witchland ambassador will not be harmed, and that his oath "hath never been forsworn, to Witch or other barbarian."
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_13d7a65e	type	The Artifact
The Worm Ouroboros / int_13d7a65e	comment	The Artifact: Apparently, the rather jarring names of the nations and the sometimes inconsistent and childish names of characters derive from the fact that Eddison's earliest drafts of the tale date to his early teens. He seemingly didn't have the heart to change them.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_1439161f	type	Heroic BSoD
The Worm Ouroboros / int_1439161f	comment	Heroic BSoD: Juss after the attempt to climb Zora. He's out of action for nearly a year.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_1495d0e6	type	Non Sequitur
The Worm Ouroboros / int_1495d0e6	comment	Non Sequitur: Corund's phrase "The devil damn me black as buttermilk" in chapter XI.note The reason being that it's a garbled echo of the line said by Macbeth that goes "The devil damn thee black, thou cream-faced loon!" (Act V, Scene iii).
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_17a606bd	type	Master Swordsman
The Worm Ouroboros / int_17a606bd	comment	Master Swordsman: Lord Brandoch Daha, who at age nineteen defeated Gorice X, then the greatest swordsman in the world.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_18ce8f1d	type	Full-Frontal Assault
The Worm Ouroboros / int_18ce8f1d	comment	Full-Frontal Assault: King Gorice XI and Lord Goldry Bluszco engage in their "wrastling" match while completely buck naked.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_192c6284	type	Enemies Equals Greatness
The Worm Ouroboros / int_192c6284	comment	Enemies Equals Greatness: The Demonland lords end up mourning their former enemies, acknowledging that with their triumph, they have nothing left to truly test themselves or prove their worth, and are left with either becoming farmers and shepherds, or hunting animals well beneath their skill. Hence why the gods grant their wish to resurrect their fallen foes and fight again.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_197b546a	type	Scarpia Ultimatum
The Worm Ouroboros / int_197b546a	comment	Scarpia Ultimatum: Corinius suggests to Mevrian marrying him would be in the interest of her conquered people. She doesn't buy it.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_1b5fa24a	type	The Brute
The Worm Ouroboros / int_1b5fa24a	comment	The Brute: The Witchland nobles Corund and Corsus are strong, loud and like to fight, but aren't exactly known for their intelligence. However, they differ in that Corund is generally honorable, while Corsus isn't.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_1b65dfad	type	The Cameo
The Worm Ouroboros / int_1b65dfad	comment	The Cameo: The mysterious, nameless old man that warns Spitfire before the Battle of Thremnir's Heugh is identifiable as Odin for those versed in Norse Mythology and legend.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_1b8c7503	type	The Exile
The Worm Ouroboros / int_1b8c7503	comment	The Exile: Lord Gro, banished from his native Goblinland for treason.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_1b8cef9c	type	The High Queen
The Worm Ouroboros / int_1b8cef9c	comment	The High Queen: Sophonisba. Prezmyra has the personality, and is crowned Queen of Impland later.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_1bca196d	type	Reluctant Warrior
The Worm Ouroboros / int_1bca196d	comment	Reluctant Warrior: Lord Gro and the Red Foliot. They stick out because all the other characters are Proud Warrior Race Guys
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_1c3423d6	type	The Quest
The Worm Ouroboros / int_1c3423d6	comment	The Quest: The two expeditions into Impland to rescue Goldry Bluszco.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_1c79ae8c	type	Those Two Guys
The Worm Ouroboros / int_1c79ae8c	comment	Those Two Guys: Intelligent, duplicitous Gro and badass Corund. Fritz Leiber credited them as one of the inspirations for Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_1d47dc06	type	Alternative Calendar
The Worm Ouroboros / int_1d47dc06	comment	Alternative Calendar: The timeline in the appendix uses Anno Carces Conditae dates, "in the year since the founding of Carcë".
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_1e4a1e0e	type	I Owe You My Life
The Worm Ouroboros / int_1e4a1e0e	comment	I Owe You My Life: Prince La Fireez to the Lords of Demonland.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_1f39b662	type	Discard and Draw
The Worm Ouroboros / int_1f39b662	comment	Discard and Draw: King Gorice's reincarnations seem to work like this, as he comes back to life each time with somewhat different abilities. Specifically, Gorice X was a Master Swordsman, Gorice XI was the World's Strongest Man and Gorice XII is a powerful Evil Sorcerer.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_1f6ec528	type	Would Not Shoot a Civilian
The Worm Ouroboros / int_1f6ec528	comment	Would Not Shoot a Civilian: The Demons. This, together with the fact that they always keep their word, is the main reason they come across as the good guys.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_20860a0e	type	Punch-Clock Villain
The Worm Ouroboros / int_20860a0e	comment	Punch-Clock Villain: Laxus, Admiral of Witchland. The Demons themselves acknowledge that he is an utterly decent guy, only he happens to serve the evil side. And he has an exemplary sense of duty. Corund's sons Heming and Cargo seem to be rather decent fellows, too.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_22071825	type	I'm a Humanitarian
The Worm Ouroboros / int_22071825	comment	I'm a Humanitarian: The Ghouls are supposedly cannibals.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_2260cfe3	type	Like Father, Like Son
The Worm Ouroboros / int_2260cfe3	comment	Like Father, Like Son: Corund's sons are brave and honourable. Corsus's sons, though we see very little of them, seem to be cruel and scheming like their father.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_22e6c07e	type	Pervert Dad
The Worm Ouroboros / int_22e6c07e	comment	Pervert Dad: Corsus comes across as this, especially when he sends his daughter to Go Seduce My Archnemesis.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_237cf529	type	UglyGuysHotDaughter
The Worm Ouroboros / int_237cf529	comment	The Ugly Guy's Hot Daughter: Lady Sriva, the beautiful daughter of old, fat and ugly Duke Corsus.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_24321e44	type	Only Sane Man
The Worm Ouroboros / int_24321e44	comment	Only Sane Man: Lord Gro can come across as this, as the only major character who isn't a Blood Knight to some degree. Most notably, he tries to convince the Demons to eliminate the worst Witchland leaders (Gorice, Corsus and Corinius) using trickery and negotiate peace with the honourable ones like Corund and his sons. They flatly refuse, thinking this dishonourable.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_27b83210	type	Hufflepuff House
The Worm Ouroboros / int_27b83210	comment	Hufflepuff House: The Goblins (with the exception of Lord Gro). We are informed that Goblinland is a major power on par with Demonland, but in the struggle for world domination against Witchland, they are effectively just extras sticking to the coattails of the Demons. And whenever King Gaslark tries to do something grandiose and heroic — like ambushing Carcë or conquering Impland — it backfires spectacularly.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_285b66d7	type	I'll Pretend I Didn't Hear That
The Worm Ouroboros / int_285b66d7	comment	I'll Pretend I Didn't Hear That: When Gro counsels that the Demons try treachery, Brandoch Daha responds with this.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_297ab1b9	type	Parental Abandonment
The Worm Ouroboros / int_297ab1b9	comment	Parental Abandonment: Although the Lords of Demonland all are in their early thirties at most, they apparently have no living parents — nor is there a single word dropped on what happened to their parents or who they were.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_2b6662b	type	Try to Fit That on a Business Card
The Worm Ouroboros / int_2b6662b	comment	Try to Fit That on a Business Card: The ambassador from Witchland says that he represents "Gorice XI, most glorious King of Witchland, Lord and great Duke of Buteny and Estremarine, Commander of Shulan, Thramnë, Mingos, and Permio, and High Warden of the Esamocian Marches, Great Duke of Trace, King Paramount of Beshtria and Nevria and Prince of Ar, Great Lord over the country of Ojedia, Maltraëny, and of Baltary and Toribia, and Lord of many other countries, most glorious and most great, whose power and glory is over all the world and whose name shall endure for all generations." The lords of Demonland, still stinging from Gorice's cowardly abandonment of them during the war against the Ghouls, are unimpressed.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_2bfb1856	type	Beard of Evil
The Worm Ouroboros / int_2bfb1856	comment	Beard of Evil: King Gorice has a sinister-looking goatee.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_2cd8db8c	type	FantasticSlur
The Worm Ouroboros / int_2cd8db8c	comment	Fantastic Slur: The Witches repeatedly liken the Red Foliot to a lobster behind his back.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_2f1596b1	type	Food Songs Are Funny
The Worm Ouroboros / int_2f1596b1	comment	Food Songs Are Funny: General Corund sings a "Roast Pork Song" which discourses about how pork is better than poultry and mutton.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_32da548d	type	Arch-Enemy
The Worm Ouroboros / int_32da548d	comment	Arch-Enemy: Corinius and Brandoch Daha to each other.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_38f5ed1a	type	Dragged Off to Hell
The Worm Ouroboros / int_38f5ed1a	comment	Dragged Off to Hell: Gorice, we must assume, after his last spell fails. Though the ending implies he'll come back.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_396e1c2a	type	Face Death with Dignity
The Worm Ouroboros / int_396e1c2a	comment	Face Death with Dignity: ...a large number of characters, due to Villainous Valor.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_3a967286	type	Handsome Lech
The Worm Ouroboros / int_3a967286	comment	Handsome Lech: Corinius. He's handsome and strong but his behaviour towards women is appalling.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_3bb487aa	type	King Bob the Nth
The Worm Ouroboros / int_3bb487aa	comment	King Bob the Nth: All the Kings of Witchland have been named Gorice, with the novel opening with the death of Gorice XI and ascension of Gorice XII. This is implied to be because all of them are actually the same Familial Body Snatcher.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_3ec27f76	type	Costume Porn
The Worm Ouroboros / int_3ec27f76	comment	Costume Porn: The outfits of significant characters get extensive description, with special attention given to the gemstones, precious metals, fabrics, and any unusual characteristics.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_4108312	type	Inexplicable Cultural Ties
The Worm Ouroboros / int_4108312	comment	Inexplicable Cultural Ties: The civilized nations of Mercury revere the Greek Pantheon. Also, in chapter V, King Gaslark wears a "kirtle of Tyrian purple".
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_41f45fa2	type	Inexplicably Awesome
The Worm Ouroboros / int_41f45fa2	comment	Inexplicably Awesome: King Gorice is an immortal sorcerer who has lived for centuries by reincarnating in a new body whenever he's killed. The origins and mechanics of this reincarnation are never really explained; when Lord Juss questions Queen Sophonisbia about it, all she can say is that the gods must permit it for their own purposes and that's all we ever get.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_42224ac2	type	The Good Kingdom
The Worm Ouroboros / int_42224ac2	comment	The Good Kingdom: Demonland, in contrast to Witchland. The Demons pride themselves on their freedom, and they all seem to serve their lords out of a sense of duty, while the Witches are shown to rule through fear and a rigid hierarchy. Furthermore, Demons treat their allies as equals, in contrast to the Witches, who treat them as vassals.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_434d893c	type	Funny Foreigner
The Worm Ouroboros / int_434d893c	comment	Funny Foreigner: The Imp prince Mivarsh Faz.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_437820dc	type	Villainous Crush
The Worm Ouroboros / int_437820dc	comment	Villainous Crush: Gro, Heming and Corinius fall for Mevrian. She's quite something! Unluckily for them all she's also vowed to Artemis. Recognizing the honorable character and intentions of Gro and Heming, Mevrian turns them down gently and with courtesy as opposed to her scornful rejection of the brutish Corinius.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_439e5a4f	type	Epic Catalog
The Worm Ouroboros / int_439e5a4f	comment	Epic Catalog: In chapter XXXI, the armies and their commanders before the Battle of Carcë are listed.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_43a045de	type	Dropped a Bridge on Him
The Worm Ouroboros / int_43a045de	comment	Dropped a Bridge on Him: The death of Lord Gro. For a major and probably the most complex character in the book, his abrupt death in the Battle of Carcë is treated very curtly and feels decidedly anticlimactic.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_446adf5f	type	Summoning Ritual
The Worm Ouroboros / int_446adf5f	comment	Summoning Ritual: Gorice XII, assisted by Gro, summons a supernatural entity to wreck the Demon fleet.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_44cdd259	type	War Is Glorious
The Worm Ouroboros / int_44cdd259	comment	War Is Glorious: The Demons love battle, so much that they wish their enemies back to life and start the whole cycle over again just to get someone to fight.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_45bc787c	type	Mundane Wish
The Worm Ouroboros / int_45bc787c	comment	Mundane Wish: When the Lady of Ishnain Nemartra grants Brandoch a wish, he — instead of making use of her semi-divine powers — wishes to sleep with her. Then he leaves her. No wonder she curses him.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_45f5c0d	type	Call a Pegasus a "Hippogriff"
The Worm Ouroboros / int_45f5c0d	comment	Call a Pegasus a "Hippogriff": The novel includes both Hippogriffs and "Mantichoras", and both may be somewhat different from what most modern readers would expect.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_4604fd4d	type	Worthy Opponent
The Worm Ouroboros / int_4604fd4d	comment	Worthy Opponent: How the Demons see the Witches, particularly Lord Corund. He returns the favour, and refuses to use trickery against the Demons despite Lord Gro's urgings.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_4832a3bb	type	Always Chaotic Evil
The Worm Ouroboros / int_4832a3bb	comment	Always Chaotic Evil: The Ghouls, according to the testimony of the civilized ("polite")note Where Witchland, Demonland, Goblinland and Pixieland are regarded as the major "polite" nations. Mercurians.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_49d59be9	type	Scenery Porn
The Worm Ouroboros / int_49d59be9	comment	Scenery Porn: The story frequently stops in order to describe the supernaturally beautiful scenery, both indoors and outdoors. The description of the Demon Lords' throne room is the most outrageous example, but there are others. The novel contains its share of Costume Porn as well.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_49fb5ccb	type	Combat Pragmatist
The Worm Ouroboros / int_49fb5ccb	comment	Combat Pragmatist: Gorice XI cheats in his wrestling match with Goldry Bluszco by ramming his fingers up his opponent's nose (it's nowhere near as funny as it might seem in context). Unfortunately for him, Bluszco is just flat-out a better wrestler and, being now sufficiently pissed off, he kills Gorice by slamming him headfirst into the ring.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_4b045a8a	type	Villainous Valour
The Worm Ouroboros / int_4b045a8a	comment	Villainous Valour: Displayed by the Witches in many instances.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_4c8d7e0b	type	Forgotten Framing Device
The Worm Ouroboros / int_4c8d7e0b	comment	Forgotten Framing Device: The novel begins with a man from Earth, Lessingham, who dreams his way to Mercury, where the bulk of the novel takes place. On Mercury, Lessingham can watch the locals but cannot be seen or interact with the environment. After observing a feast at the royal court of Demonland in chapter I, at the beginning of chapter II he finds himself transported to the Foliot Islands, where the wrestling match between Gorice and Goldry is about to take place, at which point he disappears from the narrative and is never mentioned again. The rest of the book is entirely about the adventures and intrigues of the nobles of Mercury.note Lessingham is, however, the hero of Eddison's later Zimiamvia trilogy, in which there are brief nods back to his experiences in this book
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_4e11940e	type	Mythical Motifs
The Worm Ouroboros / int_4e11940e	comment	Mythical Motifs: The symbol of Demonland is a Hippogriff. Ouroboros, among other things, is a symbol of King Gorice because he can reincarnate after death.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_500ecfb7	type	The Big Guy
The Worm Ouroboros / int_500ecfb7	comment	The Big Guy: Goldry Blusczo. While all the Lords of Demonland are supreme warriors, Goldry is the tallest and strongest. Corund is this to the Witches.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_50ed1af4	type	Our Demons Are Different
The Worm Ouroboros / int_50ed1af4	comment	Our Demons Are Different: To the point where they have nothing to do with any conventional depiction of demons. There is one brief and early mention of them possessing horns (or, perhaps, their helmets possessing them), but at best, their love of war, if anything, vaguely recalls the Asuras of Hinduism and Buddhism.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_51300dbf	type	Fat Bastard
The Worm Ouroboros / int_51300dbf	comment	Fat Bastard: Old and gluttonous Corsus. As it turns out, he still can be quite capable when needed.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_51c28ba3	type	Non-Action Big Bad
The Worm Ouroboros / int_51c28ba3	comment	Non-Action Big Bad: Gorice XII (sits back, gives orders, casts one spell to set the main plot in motion). Contrast with his predecessors Gorice XI (killed in a Combat by Champion wrestling match) and Gorice X (considered the best swordsman in the world; killed in a swordfight).
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_51ecf708	type	Self-Disposing Villain
The Worm Ouroboros / int_51ecf708	comment	Self-Disposing Villain: Gorice XII falls victim to his own spell.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_51f65a3e	type	Immortal Ruler
The Worm Ouroboros / int_51f65a3e	comment	Immortal Ruler: For unknown reasons, King Gorice of Witchland reincarnates upon death. In this way, he has ruled Witchland for at least three-hundred years in twelve incarnations.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_52b36340	type	What Measure Is a Mook?
The Worm Ouroboros / int_52b36340	comment	What Measure Is a Mook?: Heavy case. Both Witches and Demons worry little about the countless mooks that have to die for their war, including those of their own side.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_5313c266	type	Bookends
The Worm Ouroboros / int_5313c266	comment	Book Ends: The main storyline begins and ends with an envoy from Witchland arriving to Demonland. In addition, there's an attack on Carcë near the beginning and another one near the end of the book.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_53f5119f	type	The Dragon
The Worm Ouroboros / int_53f5119f	comment	The Dragon: Lord Corund takes the post over from Corsus, and the implication is that Corinius is next in line.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_556a4e20	type	The Empire
The Worm Ouroboros / int_556a4e20	comment	The Empire: Witchland and its dependencies.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_55ec42d7	type	Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe
The Worm Ouroboros / int_55ec42d7	comment	Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe: Masterfully averted. The book is written in perfect Jacobean English.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_56b8b4f1	type	Lean and Mean
The Worm Ouroboros / int_56b8b4f1	comment	Lean and Mean: Gorice XII. He's described as tall and thin, but with strong muscles.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_57b80b45	type	Fantastic Racism
The Worm Ouroboros / int_57b80b45	comment	Fantastic Racism: Because of their weaker physical build, Goblins are not regarded as worthy opponents on the battlefield by Witches and Pixies (and probably Demons too). Imps are regarded as primitive barbarians by the 'civilized' peoples of Mercury.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_57d43e40	type	Fantasy Counterpart Culture
The Worm Ouroboros / int_57d43e40	comment	Fantasy Counterpart Culture: Demonland bears a strong resemblance to medieval Norway. The towns and castles have English names, though.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_57dda60c	type	The Emperor
The Worm Ouroboros / int_57dda60c	comment	The Emperor: Despite not carrying the title, King Gorice embodies most aspects of this trope, including having lesser kings as vassals.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_58204b95	type	Magic Knight
The Worm Ouroboros / int_58204b95	comment	Magic Knight: King Gorice XII is a master sorcerer, and, although we never see him in a fight, is also described as physically very strong and imposing. Lord Juss is primarily a fighter, but can also use some magic. It's noted that the Demons consider magic an unseemly weapon for a warrior, and Juss also seems more cautious about the potential side-effects of powerful spells, and thus chiefly uses his abilities to ward off hostile spellcasting from others rather than to wield directly himself.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_58962105	type	White-and-Grey Morality
The Worm Ouroboros / int_58962105	comment	White-and-Grey Morality: Bear in mind that the morality on this world is different from our own, being more in line with that of medieval Norse warriors. The Witches come across as worse because they're trying to subjugate all the smaller nations. King Gorice and Lord Corinius come across as thoroughly evil (and Lord Corsus is not far behind), but the same cannot be said of the other Witchland nobles.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_5a963d1c	type	False Reassurance
The Worm Ouroboros / int_5a963d1c	comment	False Reassurance: Lady Sriva tells Corinius he will "find her chamber-door unlocked at midnight". And she keeps her promise. Only she isn't there.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_5ac34441	type	Call a Rabbit a "Smeerp"
The Worm Ouroboros / int_5ac34441	comment	Call a Rabbit a "Smeerp": "Martlet" is a heraldic term for the real-life bird known as swift. "Flittermouse" is an archaic name for bat.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_5c5ac0e2	type	Really 700 Years Old
The Worm Ouroboros / int_5c5ac0e2	comment	Really 700 Years Old: Queen Sophonisba, fosterling of the gods, forever seventeen years old. Actually around 230 years old at the time the events of the novel take place.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_5c91635a	type	Bare-Handed Blade Block
The Worm Ouroboros / int_5c91635a	comment	Barehanded Blade Block: At one point, Brandoch Daha catches a lance being thrust at him, unhorses the rider wielding it, and beheads him. Thus ends Corund's son Cargo.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_5f168ae3	type	I Kiss Your Foot
The Worm Ouroboros / int_5f168ae3	comment	I Kiss Your Foot: The story kicks off with the ambassador of Witchland bringing a message from Gorice XII: namely, that his "servants" in Demonland have not paid homage to him recently, so he bids them to present themselves to him, swear allegiance, and "kiss [his] toe" to demonstrate that he is the overlord of Demonland. Some of the lords of Demonland would have killed the ambassador right there for this grievous insult, but Juss knew the whole thing was a declaration of war, but that Gorice hoped the Demons would start it.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_5f60b45a	type	In Harm's Way
The Worm Ouroboros / int_5f60b45a	comment	In Harm's Way: The story ends with the triumph of the heroes and the defeat of their noble foes, after a long and ruinous war. The heroes are bored. So the gods bring back their foes that they might fight them.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_60b21fa3	type	The Lancer
The Worm Ouroboros / int_60b21fa3	comment	The Lancer: Brandoch to The Hero Juss.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_60e49895	type	The Leader
The Worm Ouroboros / int_60e49895	comment	The Leader: Juss. Although he is never given a title, he is de facto leader/king of Demonland.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_6136e02f	type	Brain Food
The Worm Ouroboros / int_6136e02f	comment	Brain Food: Mantichoras supposedly subsist on human brains.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_617f0563	type	Heelâ€“Face Turn
The Worm Ouroboros / int_617f0563	comment	Heel–Face Turn: Lord Gro. He goes on to do a Face–Heel Turn near the end of the story.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_61c683d2	type	We Have Reserves
The Worm Ouroboros / int_61c683d2	comment	We Have Reserves: The Witches treat the subjugated Imps as cannon fodder.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_63be4131	type	Pretty Boy
The Worm Ouroboros / int_63be4131	comment	Pretty Boy: Brandoch Daha, for want of a better word to describe him. As he's introduced (though like the rest of the lords he wears mustachios):
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_65163c3a	type	Evil Tower of Ominousness
The Worm Ouroboros / int_65163c3a	comment	Evil Tower of Ominousness: The Iron Tower in Carcë, lair of the sourcerous King Gorice of Witchland. Also a Mage Tower.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_66479d0	type	Our Ghosts Are Different
The Worm Ouroboros / int_66479d0	comment	Our Ghosts Are Different: The Foliots are named after an obscure type of poltergeist-like spirit. They don't really have anything in common with these beings, though.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_6682d6e4	type	Dying Moment of Awesome
The Worm Ouroboros / int_6682d6e4	comment	Dying Moment of Awesome: Corund walks to his bier while mortally wounded and sits there in full armor until he dies.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_680bb6b1	type	Hot-Blooded
The Worm Ouroboros / int_680bb6b1	comment	Hot-Blooded: Gaslark. It combines poorly with the below trope.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_683a25e6	type	Familial Body Snatcher
The Worm Ouroboros / int_683a25e6	comment	Familial Body Snatcher: King Gorice of Witchland is actually an immortal spirit that possesses its son every time a body dies.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_6977c45e	type	Purple Prose
The Worm Ouroboros / int_6977c45e	comment	Purple Prose: And how! The novel is written in a deliberately archaic style that can read as very overwrought to a modern audience.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_6b983bf7	type	Unstoppable Rage
The Worm Ouroboros / int_6b983bf7	comment	Unstoppable Rage: Goldry Bluszco is seized by berserk fury in the wrestling match.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
The Worm Ouroboros / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: Corsus is coarse, but Gallandus is gallant. No wonder they don't get along. Spitfire breathes fire (though, like the other non-human characteristics of the Demons, this is never referred to again after the start of the novel). Sophonisba shares her name with a Carthaginian noblewoman, who also committed suicide rather than letting herself be captured by a conquering army.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_6d332aea	type	Driven to Suicide
The Worm Ouroboros / int_6d332aea	comment	Driven to Suicide: Queen Prezmyra.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_6edc54d5	type	Here We Go Again!
The Worm Ouroboros / int_6edc54d5	comment	Here We Go Again!: The story begins and ends with the Witchland declaring war against the Demonland.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_7241785e	type	You Can't Fight Fate
The Worm Ouroboros / int_7241785e	comment	You Can't Fight Fate: As Mivarsh has to learn harshly.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_729c69f3	type	Politically Incorrect Villain
The Worm Ouroboros / int_729c69f3	comment	Politically Incorrect Villain: The Witches are considerably more dismissive of other peoples than the Demons. Fits especially on Corinius, who never misses out on an opportunity to show his disapproval of Gro, whom he likes to call "the Goblin". He is also an unabashed macho (See I Have You Now, My Pretty).
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_733f713f	type	HumanAlien
The Worm Ouroboros / int_733f713f	comment	Human Alien: If not for the narrator claiming the story occurs on Mercury, and that weird mention of the Demons' horns, it would be easy to believe that the characters were simply humans of fictional ethnicities.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_7360a6b6	type	Noble Demon
The Worm Ouroboros / int_7360a6b6	comment	Noble Demon: Mevrian praises Corund's sons for adhering to the code of chivalry despite being her enemies in the war. Corund himself has shades of this, too: he is crude and harsh, but generally honorable. He even spares the lives of all ordinary Demon soldiers the Witches capture after a siege that's very costly to his troops.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_7570a10c	type	Bond Villain Stupidity
The Worm Ouroboros / int_7570a10c	comment	Bond Villain Stupidity: When Juss and Brandoch Daha are captured in the failed surprise attack on Carcë, Gorice XII (instead of executing them at once) cannot resist the temptation to keep them alive to revel in their humiliation. This, of course, gives them opportunity to escape.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_76c30df4	type	Will Not Tell a Lie
The Worm Ouroboros / int_76c30df4	comment	Will Not Tell a Lie: Demons never lie, and detest those who do.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_76ecc890	type	Brave Scot
The Worm Ouroboros / int_76ecc890	comment	Brave Scot: Although Lord Brandoch Daha — mightiest swordsman in the world of Mercury — does not speak with a Scottish accent and has no other obvious Scottish traits, the motto inscribed above his castle's gate is surprisingly composed in (something that sounds like) Scots:
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_790b1e6	type	Nasty Party
The Worm Ouroboros / int_790b1e6	comment	Nasty Party: In a case of Offstage Villainy, the Witches thus get rid of the Princes of Impland.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_7ab81664	type	Kick Them While They Are Down
The Worm Ouroboros / int_7ab81664	comment	Kick Them While They Are Down: Witchland declares war on Demonland while the Demons have not yet rebuilt their fleet, which was heavily decimated in the war against the Ghouls.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_7bd88e4a	type	Slain in Their Sleep
The Worm Ouroboros / int_7bd88e4a	comment	Slain in Their Sleep: When Corsus believes his soldiers plan to mutiny and to put Gallandus in his place, he stabs Gallandus to death in his sleep.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_7c862b8a	type	Chronic Backstabbing Disorder
The Worm Ouroboros / int_7c862b8a	comment	Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Lord Gro. Less morally negative than the usual depiction, as this is strongly implied to be due to being the only person who doesn't think War Is Glorious in an entire world of Blood Knights.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_7cfeef98	type	Narrative Filigree
The Worm Ouroboros / int_7cfeef98	comment	Narrative Filigree: A lot.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_7de3aec2	type	What Does She See in Him?
The Worm Ouroboros / int_7de3aec2	comment	What Does She See in Him?: Just about everybody wonders why on Mercury the beauteous Prezmyra picked Corund of Witchland - at least a decade her senior and frequently compared to an ox in appearance - out of a score of suitors. She is clearly devoted to him to the point of committing suicide after he is killed.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_815556aa	type	Tome of Eldritch Lore
The Worm Ouroboros / int_815556aa	comment	Tome of Eldritch Lore: The grimoire of King Gorice of Witchland in E. R. Eddison's The Worm Ouroboros is used to harness the powers of Hell.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_86b21114	type	Badass Boast
The Worm Ouroboros / int_86b21114	comment	Badass Boast: Humility is not the strong (or weak) point of the heroes of Mercury, be they Demons or Witches. Brandoch Daha and the Gorices are especially prone to this. Prezmyra gets one of her own:
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_86f4f393	type	Stating the Simple Solution
The Worm Ouroboros / int_86f4f393	comment	Stating the Simple Solution: Corund advises Gorice to have the captured Demons executed on the spot. He won't listen.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_88799cf4	type	Badass Cape
The Worm Ouroboros / int_88799cf4	comment	Badass Cape: Corund wears a great wolfskin cloak, adding to his image of barbaric might.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_88e615a9	type	Lovable Traitor
The Worm Ouroboros / int_88e615a9	comment	Lovable Traitor: Lord Gro feels that any idiot can do well by being on the winning side but that true genius and sportsmanship lies in joining the losing side and helping them to become the winning side. So in the war between Witchland and Demonland he deserts whichever side is winning to help the losing side and does this several times throughout the novel. He is unhappy but not surprised at the sort of reputation this gives him.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_8967e17f	type	Back from the Dead
The Worm Ouroboros / int_8967e17f	comment	Back from the Dead: King Gorice. Eleven times, no less.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_8cb844c6	type	Mr. Exposition
The Worm Ouroboros / int_8cb844c6	comment	Mr. Exposition: The martlet.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_8ed5c6e4	type	Asshole Victim
The Worm Ouroboros / int_8ed5c6e4	comment	Asshole Victim: Corsus dies moments after he betrays and murders his fellow Witchland lords - along with his wife - in the vain hope of surviving by gaining the invading Demonland forces.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_8f0dc93c	type	Dangerous Forbidden Technique
The Worm Ouroboros / int_8f0dc93c	comment	Lord Juss is primarily a fighter, but can also use some magic. It's noted that the Demons consider magic an unseemly weapon for a warrior, and Juss also seems more cautious about the potential side-effects of powerful spells, and thus chiefly uses his abilities to ward off hostile spellcasting from others rather than to wield directly himself.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_90d44f44	type	Karmic Death
The Worm Ouroboros / int_90d44f44	comment	Karmic Death: Gorice XII falls victim to his own sorcery. After poisoning several other characters,Corsus dies when his plan to poison the other lords of Witchland backfires.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_9136471a	type	Our Goblins Are Different
The Worm Ouroboros / int_9136471a	comment	Our Goblins Are Different: Like the demons, they barely resemble their mythological counterparts, though Lord Gro at least has the physical ineptitude and backstabbing, trickster nature associated with goblins, despite being an apparently Human Alien.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_91c651a1	type	Guilt-Free Extermination War
The Worm Ouroboros / int_91c651a1	comment	Guilt-Free Extermination War: The "Holy War" that ended in the Ghouls' extinction. Lampshaded when Lord Gro tries to mine the genocide for anti-Demonland propaganda and is rebuked by the Red Foliot (the most peaceful and mild-mannered ruler in the book), who assures him that the extermination of the Ghouls was most certainly a praiseworthy heroic. As the Ghouls were cannibal sea-raiders, it can be inferred that they felt no different towards the other races of Mercury.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_9446f847	type	Death or Glory Attack
The Worm Ouroboros / int_9446f847	comment	Death or Glory Attack: Gorice XII's "Sending". While it is an extremely powerful spell, performing it is so difficult and dangerous that Gorice is reluctant to use it more than once.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_966da803	type	Defiant to the End
The Worm Ouroboros / int_966da803	comment	Defiant to the End: Corinius dies with a taunt and a sneer, refusing to drink the water that the Demons offer him.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_96d2ce42	type	In Vino Veritas
The Worm Ouroboros / int_96d2ce42	comment	In Vino Veritas: The drunken Corinius spills the secret of the Demons' captivity to Prince La Fireez despite heroic efforts at misdirection by the rest of the court.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
The Worm Ouroboros / int_970c790a	comment	Big Bad: King Gorice and his identically-named ancestors are the primary antagonists of the setting. In fact, it is the same King Gorice who keeps ressurecting.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_97522514	type	Heel–Face Revolving Door
The Worm Ouroboros / int_97522514	comment	Heel–Face Revolving Door: Lord Gro is an incredibly manipulative Magnificent Bastard with a soft spot for the underdog. Thus every time he pulls off a successful plan (and this happens frequently), he immediately goes and switches sides to support the people he just screwed over. This makes him by far the most awesome character in the book. Unfortunately, the stress of being the only non-Blood Knight in his world eventually gets to him, and he goes berserk and starts randomly killing people from both sides in the middle of a battle, leading to his death.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_982ad9e2	type	Egg MacGuffin
The Worm Ouroboros / int_982ad9e2	comment	Egg MacGuffin: The Hippogriff egg.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_997d5872	type	"Ass" in Ambassador
The Worm Ouroboros / int_997d5872	comment	"Ass" in Ambassador: The Witchland Ambassador in the first chapter. After delivering his message and being given a response, he could have said goodbye politely and left without further comment. Instead, he chooses to taunt the Demonland Lords.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_99ddfcec	type	Unwitting Instigator of Doom
The Worm Ouroboros / int_99ddfcec	comment	Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Corinius sets off the Poisoned Chalice Switcheroo debacle by suggesting they all swap cups while toasting.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_9abc3aec	type	Our Manticores Are Spinier
The Worm Ouroboros / int_9abc3aec	comment	Our Manticores Are Spinier: Mantichores (variously also spelled "mantycores" and "mantichoras") inhabit the high mountains of Impland "below the snow fields". They are given their usual appearance as similar to lions but bigger, of "dull red" colour, with "prickles" like a porcupine, a hideous-looking "man's face", "elephant ears", and huge teeth. Their name is (correctly) explained as meaning "man-eater", and they are said to be especially fond of human brains. Because of the mantichores, the inhabitants of Mercury consider it impossible to scale the mountains of Impland; when Lords Juss and Brandoch Daha nevertheless ascend Koshtra Pivrarcha, they are attacked by a mantichora, which however they manage to kill. Fortunately mantichores are solitary and repelled by the smell of mantichore blood, so after being soaked in the blood of the mantichore, Juss and Brandoch are no longer troubled by other mantichores.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_9b54d536	type	Evil Counterpart
The Worm Ouroboros / int_9b54d536	comment	Evil Counterpart: Corinius to Brandoch.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
The Worm Ouroboros / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: Many instances, sometimes lampshaded and sometimes not. For example, the King's wild eagle tearing out the eyes of the King's hound foreshadows the murder of Gallandus by Corsus.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_9e2c893	type	Black Magic
The Worm Ouroboros / int_9e2c893	comment	Black Magic: Gorice XII's area of expertise (and, it is mentioned, of the long-dead Gorice VII).
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_9fb2452d	type	Evil Is Not a Toy
The Worm Ouroboros / int_9fb2452d	comment	Evil Is Not a Toy: As Gorice XII is well aware.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_a0db7803	type	It's Personal
The Worm Ouroboros / int_a0db7803	comment	It's Personal: Between Brandoch Daha and Corinius.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_a0eeac39	type	Odd Name Out
The Worm Ouroboros / int_a0eeac39	comment	Odd Name Out: The top military command of Witchland consists of Corund, Corsus, Corinius and ... Laxus.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_a10f3840	comment	Heaven: The land of Zimiamvia, glimpsed by Juss and Brandoch Daha from Morna Moruna, is an earthly paradise for the people of Mercury, where the worthy go after death.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_a2492aff	type	Dogged Nice Guy
The Worm Ouroboros / int_a2492aff	comment	Dogged Nice Guy: Gro towards Mevrian.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_a679184b	type	Due to the Dead
The Worm Ouroboros / int_a679184b	comment	Due to the Dead: The victorious Demons have their dead enemies buried magnificently.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_a8217606	type	Sweet Polly Oliver
The Worm Ouroboros / int_a8217606	comment	Sweet Polly Oliver: Mevrian escapes Krothering disguised as one of Corund's sons.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_a859f080	type	Agent Peacock
The Worm Ouroboros / int_a859f080	comment	Agent Peacock: Lord Brandoch Daha is explicitly referred to as "delicate", his looks are described as "like a girl's", and he dresses extravagantly—- but he is also one of the best warriors and the best swordsman in the world of Mercury.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_a969c74a	type	Final Solution
The Worm Ouroboros / int_a969c74a	comment	Final Solution: Used against the cannibalistic Ghoul nation.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_ad44a161	type	Ouroboros
The Worm Ouroboros / int_ad44a161	comment	Ouroboros: King Gorice wears a ring with this symbol. But also the book is a story that is taken to be part of a wider conflict with an ill defined beginning or end which casts an interesting light on the heroics of the main characters. To reflect this they have the name and also the Book Ends of Here We Go Again!.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_af1894f1	type	Super-Power Meltdown
The Worm Ouroboros / int_af1894f1	comment	Superpower Meltdown: The end of Gorice XII.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_af3ea0e3	type	Faceâ€“Heel Turn
The Worm Ouroboros / int_af3ea0e3	comment	Face–Heel Turn: Lady Prezmyra goes from being somewhat sympathetic to the Demons to wishing ruin upon them, in large part due to her anger at how her brother's loyalty to the Demons is putting him at risk, and bringing their home kingdom closer to ruin. This escalates when La Fireez is reported dead during a sea battle between the Demons and Laxus.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_b1346878	type	Fate Worse than Death
The Worm Ouroboros / int_b1346878	comment	Fate Worse than Death: According to the grimoire, making a mistake in the "sending" ritual will not only mean death for the performer, but also his eternal damnation. Ouch.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_b1a3ce24	type	Horned Humanoid
The Worm Ouroboros / int_b1a3ce24	comment	Horned Humanoid: According to chapter I, the Demons have (small) horns. However, they are never again mentioned after chapter I. Whether other races have horns is unclear.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_b2909c4f	type	Predecessor Villain
The Worm Ouroboros / int_b2909c4f	comment	Predecessor Villain: The Ghouls were defeated at some point prior to the beginning of the novel, but the effects of their war against the rest of Mercury hang heavily over the plot.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_b2ad812d	type	So What Do We Do Now?
The Worm Ouroboros / int_b2ad812d	comment	So What Do We Do Now?: After the heroes' final victory, they are feasting in their hall, feeling melancholy over their inability to complete any more great deeds, when one of their powerful magical allies offers them a gift for helping her earlier. They wish for the villain and his henchmen to be resurrected so they can fight him again, rather than being bored, finding some other adventures, or turning on each other.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_b2cb7993	type	Brains and Brawn
The Worm Ouroboros / int_b2cb7993	comment	Brains and Brawn: Gro and Corund, while their friendship lasts.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_b4a6ae4c	type	Everyone Has Standards
The Worm Ouroboros / int_b4a6ae4c	comment	Everyone Has Standards: Corund's sons helping Mevrian escape from Corinius.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_b53077b3	type	Take That!
The Worm Ouroboros / int_b53077b3	comment	Take That!: As listening to the martlet rambling about the noble Demons and the accursed Witches, Lessingham thinks the little bird talks like a politician.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_b5b4b077	type	The Ace
The Worm Ouroboros / int_b5b4b077	comment	The Ace: Zeldornius gives Brandoch Daha and Spitfire gifts that will aid them in the future, but tells Juss he doesn't need them, because he's already the best.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_b7248073	type	My Country, Right or Wrong
The Worm Ouroboros / int_b7248073	comment	My Country, Right or Wrong: The more honorable Witchland nobles, such as Laxus and Corund and his sons, have this attitude.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_b7c53a22	type	Blood Knight
The Worm Ouroboros / int_b7c53a22	comment	Blood Knight: Most of the characters firmly believe that War Is Glorious and that their lives would be meaningless without it. Lord Gro and the Red Foliot are the only notable exceptions.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_b8dde2	type	Evil Overlord
The Worm Ouroboros / int_b8dde2	comment	Evil Overlord: King Gorice's aspiration in all his incarnations.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_b8f8de7d	type	Treasure Is Bigger in Fiction
The Worm Ouroboros / int_b8f8de7d	comment	Treasure Is Bigger in Fiction: Juss' palace at Galing takes the cake. Not only are the high seats of the Demons carved from single gemstones "of monstrous size", there's more: "(...) the capital of every one of the four-and-twenty pillars was hewn from a single precious stone (...) all hewn from faultless gems, thrice the bulk of a big man's body."
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_b9d334b2	type	Aerith and Bob
The Worm Ouroboros / int_b9d334b2	comment	Aerith and Bob: While some characters have names you'd expect in a fantasy novel (Corinius, Gorice etc.) others... not so much. Examples: Goldry Bluszco, Lady Prezmyra.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_b9f472b	type	Storming the Castle
The Worm Ouroboros / int_b9f472b	comment	Storming the Castle: The storming of Carcë.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_ba44639	type	Killed Offscreen
The Worm Ouroboros / int_ba44639	comment	Killed Offscreen: La Fireez and Laxus are killed in a naval battle that's not directly described. The former's death is revealed quite a bit later, and only mentioned in passing.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_bac26c8f	type	Serenade Your Lover
The Worm Ouroboros / int_bac26c8f	comment	Serenade Your Lover: Laxus for Sriva.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_bf1255fa	type	Really Gets Around
The Worm Ouroboros / int_bf1255fa	comment	Really Gets Around: Sriva, who at one point is justifiably worried because she has one boyfriend waiting in her room and another one singing ballads outside the window (and then traipses off to seduce another).
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_bf74d357	type	Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
The Worm Ouroboros / int_bf74d357	comment	Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Corund and Prezmyra. Just about everybody views their marriage as a misalliance yet Corund was Prezmyra's own free choice out of a score of suitors.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_bfad4265	type	I Have You Now, My Pretty
The Worm Ouroboros / int_bfad4265	comment	I Have You Now, My Pretty: Corinius to Mevrian. Only it turns out he doesn't, because even his own men find it disgusting.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_c0d598fe	type	Evil Gloating
The Worm Ouroboros / int_c0d598fe	comment	Evil Gloating: Gorice XII does this a lot. At one point, Gro mentions how hard it is to play yes-man to this sort of person.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_c2e295cd	type	Curse
The Worm Ouroboros / int_c2e295cd	comment	Curse: Zeldornius, Helteranius and Jalcanaius Fostus "ensorcelled" in Impland. The "weird" imposed on Brandoch by the Lady of Ishnain Nemartra.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_c3bdfbb9	type	Let's You and Him Fight
The Worm Ouroboros / int_c3bdfbb9	comment	Let's You and Him Fight: A core part of the background of the conflict. In theory, Witchland and Demonland were supposed to be united against the Always Chaotic Evil Ghouls during the Holy War. In practice, Witchland ditched Demonland to fight on their own at the last minute, forcing Demonland to take heavy casualties while leaving King Gorice's men high and dry. Once the war ended, and Demonland were barely recuperating, Gorice demands they swear fealty or face war, banking on their exhaustion to earn an easy victory.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_c3c3c608	type	Evil Former Friend
The Worm Ouroboros / int_c3c3c608	comment	Evil Former Friend: Lord Gro from King Gaslark's perspective.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_c3e4a2f0	type	Poisoned Chalice Switcheroo
The Worm Ouroboros / int_c3e4a2f0	comment	Poisoned Chalice Switcheroo: Backfires on Corsus.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_c4eff1b7	type	Sorcerous Overlord
The Worm Ouroboros / int_c4eff1b7	comment	Sorcerous Overlord: Gorice XII, though he seems to use his sorcery rather sparingly.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_c555059a	type	There Is Another
The Worm Ouroboros / int_c555059a	comment	There Is Another: It turns out the "last hippogriff egg" wasn't really the last one — there is another on the bottom of an icy-cold lake in Demonland.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_c5b47b36	type	Offscreen Moment of Awesome
The Worm Ouroboros / int_c5b47b36	comment	Offscreen Moment of Awesome: A number of battles are described by characters after the fact, but Brandoch Daha's retrieving the hippogriff egg from the frozen lake counts double, as no one else is there to watch him do it.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_c6c86cd	type	Collapsing Lair
The Worm Ouroboros / int_c6c86cd	comment	Collapsing Lair: The Iron Tower.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_c7f294da	type	Large and in Charge
The Worm Ouroboros / int_c7f294da	comment	Large and in Charge: The tallness of a character is a good indicator for the character's political power. Accordingly, Gorice is the tallest, Corund the second tallest of the whole cast.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_c8c8f92b	type	Stupid Neutral
The Worm Ouroboros / int_c8c8f92b	comment	Stupid Neutral: Lord Gro just can't help rooting for the underdog, which leads him to switch sides on a regular basis until in the final battle he starts attacking both sides at once.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_c8c968c3	type	The Alliance
The Worm Ouroboros / int_c8c968c3	comment	The Alliance: Demonland and Goblinland are allied in their struggle against Witchland and its dependencies. They are later joined by Impland and Pixieland.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_cc1bd54d	type	Non-Action Guy
The Worm Ouroboros / int_cc1bd54d	comment	Non-Action Guy: Gro relies on his wits rather than his sword; he turns out to be a worse fighter than Mevrian.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_d1f8448d	type	Born Winner
The Worm Ouroboros / int_d1f8448d	comment	Born Winner: The Lords of Demonland.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_d2d520f4	type	Our Ghouls Are Creepier
The Worm Ouroboros / int_d2d520f4	comment	Our Ghouls Are Creepier: They're extinct by the present of the novel, but based on characters' descriptions of them they seem to have been a species of bloodthirsty cannibals who regularly made war on the rest of Mercury and wielded some form of Black Magic (they're described as having "conjured the sun from the sky" at one point). Nobody seems terribly torn up that they're gone.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_d303e45e	type	Citadel City
The Worm Ouroboros / int_d303e45e	comment	Citadel City: Carcë, the heavily fortified capital of Witchland, is described both as a citadel and a city.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_d5b7a6e3	type	Denied Food as Punishment
The Worm Ouroboros / int_d5b7a6e3	comment	Denied Food as Punishment: Gorice XII, instead of having the captive Demons executed on the spot, tortures them by chaining them to a wall and serving them an opulent banquet just out of their reach. — Hardly surprising, this descent into Evil Gloating comes to bite him in the ass.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_d6b5f05f	type	Friendship Moment
The Worm Ouroboros / int_d6b5f05f	comment	Friendship Moment: When Corund, suspicious and annoyed at Gro, threatens to kill him, Gro offers him a sword to do it with. Gro later tells Prezmyra that she and her husband are his only real friends in Witchland.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_d842e380	type	Love Redeems
The Worm Ouroboros / int_d842e380	comment	Love Redeems: Gro's defection from Witchland is triggered by his crush on Mevrian. Of course his initial loyalty to Witchland seems to have been due to his crush on the beauteous Prezmyra. Apparently he's a 'love the girl you're with' type.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_d9c4365c	type	Reset Button
The Worm Ouroboros / int_d9c4365c	comment	Reset Button: Deliberately pushed at the end. The princes of Demonland, having triumphed over rival Witchland, nevertheless mourn the loss of their worthy enemies and the ending of their epic battles. Their companion the demi-goddess Sophonisba allows their entire world to be reset to just before the countries declare war, to the satisfaction of all involved, with the implication that this may keep happening for the rest of time.
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The Worm Ouroboros / int_dc791d50	type	Words Can Break My Bones
The Worm Ouroboros / int_dc791d50	comment	Words Can Break My Bones: Voarchadumia and Tripsarecopsem.
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