She's right, and ends up saving his claim to the Peninsula because of it. Becoming the Mask: Dianora worries that she's starting to fall for the man she swore to assassinate, Brandin.Author Appeal: Alienor and Devin's bondage scene comes out of nowhere and is so lovingly described that somebody just had to be throwing it in there for his own enjoyment.

And This Is For: 'In the name of my sons, I curse you forever.'.

However, he'll never be dissuaded from seeking revenge against those who have wronged him, no matter who (or what) it harms (or who actually wronged whom in the first place), and so for the good of the entire Peninsula, he's got to go.

Affably Evil/ Anti-Villain: Brandin is cultured, benevolent, an excellent ruler, and an all-around great guy.

0% Approval Rating: Nobody seems to approve of Alberico (whereas Brandin is actually quite a good ruler) but they're afraid to say so, with good reason.

but is that enough to erase his prior sins? He turns out to be a competent ruler, cultured, if arrogant, and likeable. In retaliation, he razed the area flat, and put a curse on it that no one outside Tigana would know of its name or history. We also see the viewpoint of Brandin, as well as Dianora, a concubine bent on assassinating him.ĭuring Brandin's conquest, his son was killed in the province of Tigana. The main focus of the story is on a group of rebels who seek to liberate the area, but must defeat both tyrants at the same time, lest one overrun the Peninsula. They have carved up the land between them, and hold it in an uneasy balance of power. Two foreign conquerors occupy the Peninsula: Brandin, king of Ygrath, and Alberico of Barbadior. It takes place in The Peninsula Of The Palm, which is in no way, shape, or form, medieval Italy. Tigana is a 1990 fantasy novel by Guy Gavriel Kay. PAGES WILL BE DELETED OTHERWISE IF THEY ARE MISSING BASIC MARKUP. DON'T MAKE PAGES MANUALLY UNLESS A TEMPLATE IS BROKEN, AND REPORT IT THAT IS THE CASE. THIS SHOULD BE WORKING NOW, REPORT ANY ISSUES TO Janna2000, SelfCloak or RRabbit42. The Trope workshop specific templates can then be removed and it will be regarded as a regular trope page after being moved to the Main namespace. All new trope pages will be made with the 'Trope Workshop' found on the 'Troper Tools' menu and worked on until they have at least three examples.Pages that don't do this will be subject to deletion, with or without explanation. All new pages should use the preloadable templates feature on the edit page to add the appropriate basic page markup. All images MUST now have proper attribution, those who neglect to assign at least the 'fair use' licensing to an image may have it deleted.Failure to do so may result in deletion of contributions and blocks of users who refuse to learn to do so. Before making a single edit, Tropedia EXPECTS our site policy and manual of style to be followed.

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