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Lord Foul's Bane (Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever): 1 (The First Chronicles: Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever)

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Proud Warrior Race Guy: It is unclear whether there are any Haruchai in their own country who aren't fierce, highly trained hand-to-hand combatants who spurn even the most mundane of weapons except in the last extremity, but we don't meet any in The Land. Supporting Leader: Leads the armies of the Land against Fleshharrower in The Illearth War while Covenant and Elena quest for the Earthblood. As Long as There Is Evil: As long as Foul lives, the Ravers will be there with him. Or at least, that's the common belief. The Second and Last Chronicles show that Ravers can be destroyed, albeit with great difficulty and under very specific circumstances. Spawn of an ancient race called the Demondim, ur-viles are artificial beings of enigmatic purpose and great magical knowledge. In the First Chronicles, they're allies of Lord Foul and among his most terrible servants. In later series, they reshuffle their priorities. Ax-Crazy: They really, really enjoy torture and killing, to put it mildly, not to mention gloating about it. There's a reason they're called "Ravers", after all.

The Demondim are a now-extinct race spawned by the Viles. They had a semi-corporeal nature, and could only achieve physical presence by animating dead bodies. They were not originally wholly evil, but their inherent self-loathing was used by Lord Foul to gain their allegiance. They spawned two other races, the Waynhim and the ur-viles. The Hedonist: All Insequent are greedy for something. In the Ardent's case, that something is physical experience, particularly food. The Heart: Whether for his consistent good humor or good heart, Pitchwife is consistently the moral center of the Search. In 2009, James Nicoll said that Thomas Covenant would win a "special lifetime achievement award" for the "most unlikeable supposedly sympathetic protagonist". [5] Two Stonedownors born and raised under the effects of the Sunbane; Sunder is a Graveler (who can manipulate the energies of the Sunbane) and Hollian is an eh-Brand (who can predict its phases in advance). Though both are initially suspicious of Covenant and Linden, they're eventually persuaded that something is terribly wrong with the Land and form a resistance against the Clave. Oh, and they fall in love with each other, too.I first read Lord Foul's Bane when I was a teenager and I am now able to understand that I was simply not ready for it at that time in my life; my vocabulary did not stretch far enough and by overly focussing on Covenant I missed the most beautiful aspects of the book. But now, twenty years on, I have embarked on a complete series re-read and this time around I was able to enjoy and comprehend the book in a way I was previously unable to. This is not a book/series for the casual fantasy reader and I urge those who may initially struggle, to persevere, as the books contain moments of sheer magic and the characters and locations are amongst the best to be found in the genre. Big Bad Duumvirate: Arguably with Foul, since unlike most of the Despiser's dupes, Kastenessen's an Elohim and is too powerful to be treated as a minion — and his goal of destroying everything dovetails nicely with Foul's goal of breaking the Arch of Time. Co-Dragons: Though Samadhi is usually the most prominent at least until Nom gets at him, Word of God indicates this is coincidental. In the end, Moksha Jehannum takes home the gold as last Raver standing, and gets to be Foul's sole Dragon. Evil Gloating: He treats new heroes to the Land with magnificent monologues of exactly what he's done to hurt them, then explains how he'll continue to hurt them, predicting their breaking points. He hasn't been wrong yet.

Well-Intentioned Extremist: The organization as a whole claims (falsely) to be this. Certain individual members are, though.Sugar-and-Ice Personality: Linden is usually cool, professional, and somewhat brisk, having buried her sentimental side a long time ago. Only Covenant and Jeremiah can consistently bring it out in her.

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