Tress of the Emerald Sea (Literature)

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She spends her day collecting cups, which she talks about with her very boring friend Charlie the gardener, who is most certainly not secretly the duke's son. No one else cares for either of them, but they enjoy their time together.</p><p>One day, the duke declares that his son must travel the kingdom and be married. Charlie (who, lo and behold, turns out to be the duke's son after all) promises Tress that he will do everything in his power to bore every potential suitor to death until his father has no choice but to bring him back to the island to be with Tress. Unfortunately, the duke catches wind of this, and after the first few failures sends Charlie off to sail the Midnight Sea and woo the sorceress. When his ship disappears, he is immediately declared dead, a more suitable heir is named, and everyone is happy.</p><p>Months pass, and Tress realizes that truly, no one cares. No one liked Charlie, who was always boring and never fighting or getting soldiers killed like a real noble should. The new heir is much better at that. It's much easier to just let it be, to let things continue as they always have.</p><p>This, Tress realizes, means that she'll have to rescue Charlie herself. Her first mission is to leave a home she has never wanted to leave—an island that she is forbidden from ever escaping.</p><p><em>Tress of the Emerald Sea</em> is a novel of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheCosmere' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheCosmere' data-format='TGl0ZXJhdHVyZS9UaGVDb3NtZXJl'>The Cosmere</a></em> by <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/BrandonSanderson' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/BrandonSanderson' data-format='Q3JlYXRvci9CcmFuZG9uU2FuZGVyc29u'>Brandon Sanderson</a>, the first of his "secret projects" written during the Covid-19 pandemic.<hr data-format='——' /><h2>This novel provides examples of:</h2></p><p><ul ><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AbnormalAmmo' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AbnormalAmmo' data-format='QWJub3JtYWxBbW1v'>Abnormal Ammo</a>: Cannonballs are armed with spores and a charge of water to activate them, causing them to explode in a tangle of vines or some other debilitating substance.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AlienSea' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AlienSea' data-format='QWxpZW5TZWE='>Alien Sea</a>: The "seas" are massive reservoirs of colored pollen that rain down from the geostationary moons. Moisture causes the pollen to rapidly and violently grow, with the only thing that holds it back being salt and silver.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnimalCompanion' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnimalCompanion' data-format='QW5pbWFsQ29tcGFuaW9u'>Animal Companion</a>: Shortly after leaving, Tress meets a talking rat named Huck who teams up with her for the rest of her journey. <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > He's really <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ItWasWithYouAllAlong' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ItWasWithYouAllAlong' data-format='W1tJdFdhc1dpdGhZb3VBbGxBbG9uZyBDaGFybGllXV0='>Charlie</a> after being cursed.</span></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AssholeVictim' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AssholeVictim' data-format='QXNzaG9sZVZpY3RpbQ=='>Asshole Victim</a>: The crew of <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > the <em>Oot's Dream</em> are all covertly smugglers, and their captain is a lech. They鈥檙e also willing to enslave Huck because he鈥檚 a talking rat and to drug Tress bccause they believe she actually is a royal inspector. And they all end up dead as part of Crow's covert plan to turn her crew deadrunner. Despite this, the crew of the Crow's Song is troubled by their deaths since, while they didn't wish for their deaths, they recognize they were complicit in them. </span></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ATeamFiring' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ATeamFiring' data-format='QVRlYW1GaXJpbmc='>A-Team Firing</a>: Ann, for all her love of guns and cannons, can't shoot straight to save her life. She's more of a threat to the people <em>behind her</em> than in front. <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >It's revealed to stem from a mix of undiagnosed micropsia and her own failures weighing on her confidence</span>.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BeneficialDisease' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BeneficialDisease' data-format='QmVuZWZpY2lhbERpc2Vhc2U='>Beneficial Disease</a>: The aether parasite in Crow's blood is constantly leeching water from her body to send back to the prime aether on the moon, but it also uses its powers to protect her from other threats so that it can keep draining her.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheBigBoard' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheBigBoard' data-format='VGhlQmlnQm9hcmQ='>The Big Board</a>: The Sorceress has an incredibly detailed map of the planet on the floor of her tower. <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > She needs it to adapt Aon Dor to work so far from home.</span></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheBore' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheBore' data-format='VGhlQm9yZQ=='>The Bore</a>: Charlie is incredibly, unbelievably boring. His own servants, people explicitly hired to listen to him, usually find excuses to interrupt him so that they don't have to listen to his inane ramblings. Tress, of course, loves his stories, the way he makes up histories for the cups she shows him. When he has to marry a princess, he cranks this up until the knob falls off to make sure that no one will consider marrying him.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheBusCameBack' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheBusCameBack' data-format='VGhlQnVzQ2FtZUJhY2s='>The Bus Came Back</a>: <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Riina, a minor character from <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/MistbornSecretHistory' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/MistbornSecretHistory' data-format='TGl0ZXJhdHVyZS9NaXN0Ym9yblNlY3JldEhpc3Rvcnk='>Mistborn: Secret History</a></em>, returns after a seven-year real-world absence</span>.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CassandraTruth' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CassandraTruth' data-format='Q2Fzc2FuZHJhVHJ1dGg='>Cassandra Truth</a>: The officers become slowly convinced that Tress is actually a member of the (debatably real) King's Mask, a cabal of assassins working directly for the king. Since the King's Masks allegedly have to deny they're a member when asked, her attempts to persuade them otherwise only serve to convince them more.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChainOfHarm' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheChainOfHarm' data-format='VGhlQ2hhaW5PZkhhcm0='>The Chain of Harm</a>: Laggart's <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FreudianExcuse' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FreudianExcuse' data-format='RnJldWRpYW5FeGN1c2U='>Freudian Excuse</a> for his unpleasant behavior is <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >that it was all he knew growing up. Tress' kindness shocks him into trying to be better</span>.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChekhovsGun' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChekhovsGun' data-format='Q2hla2hvdnNHdW4='>Chekhov's Gun</a>:<ul ><li> The heavy pewter tankard that Charlie sends Tress from his journeys and that Tress takes with her when she leaves the Rock turns out to be very useful several times in the story.</li><li> Two midnight spores that Tress accidentally leaves on her work table when she rushes out of her cabin are later used by <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Captain Crow to spy on the mutineers.</span></li></ul></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChooseYourOwnReward' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChooseYourOwnReward' data-format='Q2hvb3NlWW91ck93blJld2FyZA=='>Choose Your Own Reward</a>: The dragon Xisis offers one major boon for anyone who can bring him a slave who is not afraid of the deadly spores that comprise his lair. When Captain Crow drags Tress to him, Tress convinces Xisis to take Crow instead, and so, she is granted the boon. As the only things that Tress wants are beyond Xisis' power, she asks instead for three small boons for her friends — a translation tablet for Fort, a pair of corrective glasses for Ann, and the location of Salay's long-missing father.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CondescendingCompassion' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CondescendingCompassion' data-format='Q29uZGVzY2VuZGluZ0NvbXBhc3Npb24='>Condescending Compassion</a>: The narrator makes a point of how <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Huck</span>'s "I didn't tell you to protect you" is basically a double whammy of "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ILied' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ILied' data-format='SUxpZWQ='>I Lied</a>" and "you can't be trusted to make your own decisions" all rolled into a single line that's supposed to seem noble.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ContinuityNod' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ContinuityNod' data-format='Q29udGludWl0eU5vZA=='>Continuity Nod</a>:<ul ><li> Charlie explains to Tress that a cup she got from a sailor was forged for an <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheStormlightArchive' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheStormlightArchive' data-format='W1tMaXRlcmF0dXJlL1RoZVN0b3JtbGlnaHRBcmNoaXZlIElyaWFsaV1d'>Iriali</a> nobleman — but then all Iriali suddenly disappeared from their island.</li><li> Tress mentions that Death has <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/WaxAndWayne' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/WaxAndWayne' data-format='W1tMaXRlcmF0dXJlL1dheEFuZFdheW5lIG5haWxzIGluIGhpcyBleWVzXV0='>nails in his eyes</a>.</li></ul></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CurseEscapeClause' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CurseEscapeClause' data-format='Q3Vyc2VFc2NhcGVDbGF1c2U='>Curse Escape Clause</a>: Apparently, all the Sorceress's curses include one purely out of sadism. She likes having her victims know that there <em>is</em> a way to break their curse and what it is, but takes care to make it either exceedingly difficult or profoundly horrifying.<ul ><li> Hoid's curse can be broken by returning him to the Sorceress's dwelling.</li><li> <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Charlie's curse requires that he bring the woman he loves to the Sorceress's dwelling, there to be cursed. Hoid manages to change it so that he can break the curse by bringing the woman he loves to <em>her</em> home, there to be <em>versed</em>.</span></li></ul></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DamselInDistress' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DamselInDistress' data-format='RGFtc2VsSW5EaXN0cmVzcw=='>Damsel in Distress</a>: Tress notes that it's a pretty common fate for the women of most stories and suspects she's doomed to become one. <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >She actually does get captured by the Sorceress at the end, but comes to realize that everyone needs help every once in a while, and having earned the love and respect of people who'll risk their life for yours is quite the accomplishment in and of itself. Also, she uses it as an opportunity to distract the Sorceress, giving her crew the opening they need to get Hoid into the tower.</span></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ADayInTheLimelight' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ADayInTheLimelight' data-format='QURheUluVGhlTGltZWxpZ2h0'>A Day in the Limelight</a>: Zigzagged. <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Hoid is part of the narrative to an unusual degree, but has been turned into a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Cloudcuckoolander' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Cloudcuckoolander' data-format='e3tDbG91ZGN1Y2tvb2xhbmRlcn19'>Cloudcuckoolander</a> by Riina's curse, which he let happen in order to finally gain the power of <span class='esc-seq' title='non-wikiword'>AonDor</span>, the magic of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/Elantris' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/Elantris' data-format='e3tMaXRlcmF0dXJlL0VsYW50cmlzfX0='>Elantris</a></em>. He is very much not himself during the events of the story, but back to normal by the time he narrates the tale.</span></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheDeadHaveNames' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheDeadHaveNames' data-format='VGhlRGVhZEhhdmVOYW1lcw=='>The Dead Have Names</a>: While all the unimportant sailors are labeled "Dougs" to not clog up the story, <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Hoid does give the name and history of a single Doug, Pakson, after he's killed by the Crimson Sea.</span> He also makes the point a few times that, in fact, they all had histories and personalities, with examples, and that he regrets not having the time to detail them all.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DealWithTheDevil' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DealWithTheDevil' data-format='RGVhbFdpdGhUaGVEZXZpbA=='>Deal with the Devil</a>: <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >It turns out that Hoid made one with Riina. He let her curse him into a blithering idiot, but if he ever broke the curse he would become an Elantrian.</span></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DisabilityAidLoss' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DisabilityAidLoss' data-format='RGlzYWJpbGl0eUFpZExvc3M='>Disability Aid Loss</a>: Fort is deaf and uses a Nalthian tablet to communicate - it translates everybody else's text to speech for him, and allows him to type what he'd like to say. Crow destroys it as punishment for plotting a mutiny, leaving him without a way to talk to others.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DramaPreservingHandicap' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DramaPreservingHandicap' data-format='RHJhbWFQcmVzZXJ2aW5nSGFuZGljYXA='>Drama-Preserving Handicap</a>: Hoid is one of the most powerful and cunning members of the Cosmere <em>and</em> knows where the Sorceress is located. Shame he spends the novel cursed into a blathering idiot instead of helping.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EstablishingCharacterMoment' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EstablishingCharacterMoment' data-format='RXN0YWJsaXNoaW5nQ2hhcmFjdGVyTW9tZW50'>Establishing Character Moment</a>: Crow leaves Tress to cling for her life to the side of her ship, only allows the crew to <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HopeSpot' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HopeSpot' data-format='W1tIb3BlU3BvdCBwdWxsIGhlciB1cF1d'>pull her up</a> after fifteen minutes, and then tries to order her thrown overboard anyway. <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Unsurprisingly, she doesn't get better.</span></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FantasyGunControl' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FantasyGunControl' data-format='RmFudGFzeUd1bkNvbnRyb2w='>Fantasy Gun Control</a>: <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Averted' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Averted' data-format='e3tBdmVydGVkfX0='>Averted</a>, guns have been invented on Tress's world and are used repeatedly throughout the story.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FantasticFirearms' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FantasticFirearms' data-format='RmFudGFzdGljRmlyZWFybXM='>Fantastic Firearms</a>: In place of black powder, firearms and cannons use zephyr spores, an abundant natural resource that explosively release air when exposed to water.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FightsLikeANormal' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FightsLikeANormal' data-format='RmlnaHRzTGlrZUFOb3JtYWw='>Fights Like a Normal</a>: Crow's symbiotic aether can act with incredible speed and power to protect her, but she suppresses it in a fight specifically to <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HopeCrusher' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HopeCrusher' data-format='W1tIb3BlQ3J1c2hlciBydWIgaGVyIGVuZW1pZXMmIzAzOTsgZmFjZXNdXQ=='>rub her enemies' faces</a> in how dangerous she is without any (overt) supernatural help.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse' data-format='RnJldWRpYW5FeGN1c2VJc05vRXhjdXNl'>Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse</a>: After learning that Captain Crow <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >is dying from a magic parasite and has weeks to live</span>, Tress starts to feel sorry for her. <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >But Captain Crow really is just a remorseless, bloodthirsty pirate who murders several people and is willing to sell another into slavery just to save her own life. Ultimately, Tress has no choice but to find a way to defeat her.</span></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Geas' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Geas' data-format='e3tHZWFzfX0='>Geas</a>: Hoid's narration uses this term to describe the Sorceress' enchantments. She gives specific conditions that the subject must meet in order for their curse to be broken, but they're magically prevented from talking about their curses so they can't <em>tell</em> people what needs to be done to free them.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GodOfTheMoon' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GodOfTheMoon' data-format='R29kT2ZUaGVNb29u'>God of the Moon</a>: People on Lumar worship the twelve moons as gods, which Hoid notes is understandable when they hover physics-defyingly low in the sky and rain magical spores down on the planet.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeelRealization' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeelRealization' data-format='SGVlbFJlYWxpemF0aW9u'>Heel Realization</a>: <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Laggart</span> has one when he comes to realize that Tress' kindness is just that: completely authentic kindness. Having spent his life thinking everyone everyone would get you if you didn't get them first, he's <em>horrified</em> to realize that maybe <em>he's</em> the only cruel one. <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >While he's still not perfect, the epilogue would confirm that he is improving.</span></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeroicSacrifice' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeroicSacrifice' data-format='SGVyb2ljU2FjcmlmaWNl'>Heroic Sacrifice</a>: Tress is ready for it several times, in order to protect the crew from Captain Crow and the Sorceress. The crew don't want to hear it.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Homage' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Homage' data-format='e3tIb21hZ2V9fQ=='>Homage</a>: Sanderson stated that the story was directly inspired by <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/ThePrincessBride' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/ThePrincessBride' data-format='RmlsbS9UaGVQcmluY2Vzc0JyaWRl'>The Princess Bride</a></em>, both in content and in light fairy-tale vibe.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HostileWeather' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HostileWeather' data-format='SG9zdGlsZVdlYXRoZXI='>Hostile Weather</a>: What makes the Crimson Sea so dangerous is the unpredictable storms that can activate the spores. <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >One storm nearly hits the ship <em>twice</em> and two more intersect right over the ship, which even Hoid <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LampshadeHanging' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LampshadeHanging' data-format='e3tsYW1wc2hhZGV8SGFuZ2luZ319cw=='>lampshades</a> as being hard to interpret as anything other than malevolent.</span></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HoistByHerOwnPetard' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HoistByHerOwnPetard' data-format='SG9pc3RCeUhlck93blBldGFyZA=='>Hoist by Her Own Petard</a>: Captain Crow plots to <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >sell Tress into slavery to a dragon in exchange for a magical cure for her terminal illness.</span> However, when she <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >drags Tress to Xisis, Tress tells him that she is the one selling Captain Crow to him as a slave. Crow tries to argue, but the dragon decides Crow would make a more useful servant and accepts Tress's offer.</span></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IControlMyMinionsThrough' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IControlMyMinionsThrough' data-format='SUNvbnRyb2xNeU1pbmlvbnNUaHJvdWdo'>I Control My Minions Through...</a>: Crow controls her crew through fear. Not only is she practically unkillable, she's genuinely terrifying even without her powers. She tricks the crew into becoming deadrunners, then frightens them under heel. <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Tress instead wins their loyalty much faster and firmer through kindness.</span></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ImprobableAimingSkills' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ImprobableAimingSkills' data-format='SW1wcm9iYWJsZUFpbWluZ1NraWxscw=='>Improbable Aiming Skills</a>: Not only can Crow pick people off a distant ship in a naval battle, she can do it with an archaic musket that doesn't shoot straight. The <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TimeAbyss' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TimeAbyss' data-format='VGltZUFieXNz'>Time Abyss</a> Hoid concedes that she's one of the best crack shots he's ever seen.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IncrediblyLameFun' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IncrediblyLameFun' data-format='SW5jcmVkaWJseUxhbWVGdW4='>Incredibly Lame Fun</a>: Tress collects cups. She was having enough fun with that, and then Charlie started making up stories about the cups. Everyone else on the island finds both of them insufferably boring.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ItWasWithYouAllAlong' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ItWasWithYouAllAlong' data-format='SXRXYXNXaXRoWW91QWxsQWxvbmc='>It Was with You All Along</a>: Hoid directly mentions this, noting that a lot of adventures could have been avoided if the heroine just checked to make sure she didn't already have what she was looking for.<ul ><li> Hoid keeps insisting that Tress already has everything she needs to defeat Captain Crow, even as Crow is <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >taking Tress to Xisis.</span> It turns out that what she needs to defeat Captain Crow is <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Captain Crow. When she takes Tress to trade to the Dragon, Tress simply trades <em>her</em> instead.</span></li><li> <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Huck the talking rat <em>is</em> Charlie after the Sorceress cursed him. Even if Tress had known this, she still would have had to go on her quest, but things would have been a lot easier if she knew the whole time.</span></li></ul></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KickTheDog' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KickTheDog' data-format='S2lja1RoZURvZw=='>Kick the Dog</a>: After seeing that she accidentally made Tress happy, Captain Crow kicks her in the stomach to make up for it.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KingIncognito' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KingIncognito' data-format='S2luZ0luY29nbml0bw=='>King Incognito</a>: Charlie claims to be a groundskeeper rather than the duke's son to get around his inter-class relationship with Tress. It's...<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ImplausibleDeniability' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ImplausibleDeniability' data-format='W1tJbXBsYXVzaWJsZURlbmlhYmlsaXR5IG5vdCBhIGdyZWF0IGRpc2d1aXNlXV0='>not a great disguise</a>, to the point that it's a running gag between them.<div class='indent'><strong>Charlie:</strong> Tress, I'm afraid I've lied to you. You see...I'm not the groundskeeper. I'm...um...the duke's son.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Tress:</strong> Amazing. <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SarcasmMode' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SarcasmMode' data-format='W1tTYXJjYXNtTW9kZSBXaG8gd291bGQgaGF2ZSB0aG91Z2h0IHRoYXQgQ2hhcmxpZSB0aGUgZ3JvdW5kc2tlZXBlciBhbmQgQ2hhcmxlcyB0aGUgZHVrZSYjMDM5O3MgaGVpciB3b3VsZCBiZSB0aGUgc2FtZSBwZXJzb24sIGNvbnNpZGVyaW5nIHRoZXkmIzAzOTtyZSB0aGUgc2FtZSBhZ2UsIGxvb2sgdGhlIHNhbWUsIGFuZCB3ZWFyIHRoZSBzYW1lIGNsb3RoaW5nP11d'>Who would have thought that Charlie the groundskeeper and Charles the duke's heir would be the same person, considering they're the same age, look the same, and wear the same clothing?</a></div></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KnowWhenToFoldEm' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KnowWhenToFoldEm' data-format='S25vd1doZW5Ub0ZvbGRFbQ=='>Know When to Fold 'Em</a>: <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Surrounded by guns and a newly-Elantrian Hoid, Riina decides to flee the planet as Tress demanded. Hoid notes that the ancient witch actually may have been able to win that fight, but one doesn't become an <strong>ancient</strong> witch by fighting unnecessary battles.</span></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LemonyNarrator' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LemonyNarrator' data-format='TGVtb255TmFycmF0b3I='>Lemony Narrator</a>: <em>Very</em> lemony and sarcastic. Fittingly, it's <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Hoid, the Cosmere's resident <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeadpanSnarker' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeadpanSnarker' data-format='RGVhZHBhblNuYXJrZXI='>Deadpan Snarker</a> supreme</span>. From the first five chapters alone:<div class='indent'> <strong><span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > Hoid</span></strong>: They were so good at being unique, they often did it together.</div><div class='indent'> <strong><span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > Hoid</span></strong>: There was a tree once, but it did the sensible thing and died 3 years back.</div><div class='indent'> <strong><span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > Hoid</span></strong>: He was six and a half feet tall and had a jaw so straight, it made other men question if they were</div><div class='indent'> <strong><span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > Hoid</span></strong>: It was delivered by <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > Hoid the cabin boy.</span> (Yes, that鈥檚 me. What tipped you off? Was it perhaps the name?)</div></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MaybeMagicMaybeMundane' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MaybeMagicMaybeMundane' data-format='TWF5YmVNYWdpY01heWJlTXVuZGFuZQ=='>Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane</a>: The weather in the Crimson Sea acts so bizarre that many believe it's controlled by an evil spirit that's intentional screwing with people for fun. Given that this is the <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HighFantasy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HighFantasy' data-format='SGlnaEZhbnRhc3k='>High Fantasy</a> Cosmere series, believing in a spirit that controls the weather is <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheStormlightArchive' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheStormlightArchive' data-format='W1t7e0xpdGVyYXR1cmUvVGhlU3Rvcm1saWdodEFyY2hpdmV9fSBjb21wbGV0ZWx5IHJhdGlvbmFsXV0='>completely rational</a>, but Hoid has made extensive study of the planet and hasn't found one. He <em>still</em> finds it hard to believe their travails were mere ill luck.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MageTower' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MageTower' data-format='TWFnZVRvd2Vy'>Mage Tower</a>: The <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvilSorcerer' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvilSorcerer' data-format='W1tFdmlsU29yY2VyZXIgU29yY2VyZXNzXV0='>Sorceress</a>' tower is built on an island in a deadly spore sea, walled with <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AntiMagic' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AntiMagic' data-format='QW50aU1hZ2lj'>Anti-Magic</a>, and contains incredibly advanced <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Magitek' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Magitek' data-format='e3tNYWdpdGVrfX0='>Magitek</a> inside. <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >It's the spaceship she used to travel to the planet, and she <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KnowWhenToFoldEm' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KnowWhenToFoldEm' data-format='W1tLbm93V2hlblRvRm9sZEVtIGxlYXZlcyBpbiBpdF1d'>leaves in it</a> when defeated.</span></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MinionManipulatedIntoVillainy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MinionManipulatedIntoVillainy' data-format='TWluaW9uTWFuaXB1bGF0ZWRJbnRvVmlsbGFpbnk='>Minion Manipulated into Villainy</a>: <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Crow's plan is to get her entire crew branded as 'Deadrunners' (pirates who sink ships, particularly hated by the authorities), so they can't abandon her once they discover her plan to sail to the Crimson Sea.</span></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MistakenForBadass' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MistakenForBadass' data-format='TWlzdGFrZW5Gb3JCYWRhc3M='>Mistaken for Badass</a>: Salay becomes convinced that Tress must be an undercover <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CloakAndDagger' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CloakAndDagger' data-format='W1tDbG9ha0FuZERhZ2dlciBLaW5nJiMwMzk7cyBNYXNrXV0='>King's Mask</a>.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MundaneMadeAwesome' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MundaneMadeAwesome' data-format='TXVuZGFuZU1hZGVBd2Vzb21l'>Mundane Made Awesome</a>: At one point Tress does something so amazing and majestic that Hoid spends several paragraphs building it up, describing it as more rare than bravery and heroism: <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >realizing that she doesn't have enough evidence to support her theory and deciding to gather more. As Hoid puts it, hundreds of stories would have ended sooner if the heroes had admitted they might be wrong.</span></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MundaneSolution' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MundaneSolution' data-format='TXVuZGFuZVNvbHV0aW9u'>Mundane Solution</a>: How does <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Xisis</span> cure Ann of her <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ATeamFiring' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ATeamFiring' data-format='W1tBVGVhbUZpcmluZyBhY2N1cmFjeSBpc3N1ZXNdXQ=='>accuracy issues</a>? Diagnose her with micropsia and give her prescription goggles.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MythologyGag' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MythologyGag' data-format='TXl0aG9sb2d5R2Fn'>Mythology Gag</a>:<ul ><li> Charlie manages to get out of a formal rich person party the same way <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheBandsOfMourning' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheBandsOfMourning' data-format='W1tMaXRlcmF0dXJlL1RoZUJhbmRzT2ZNb3VybmluZyBTdGVyaXNdXQ=='>Steris</a> did: intentionally vomit on the table.</li></ul></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NakedPeopleAreFunny' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NakedPeopleAreFunny' data-format='TmFrZWRQZW9wbGVBcmVGdW5ueQ=='>Naked People Are Funny</a>: In the epilogue, <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >a newly-transformed Charlie walks out on deck dresses only in his pirate hat. After so long in his cursed form, he'd forgotten that clothes were a thing</span>.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NobodyPoops' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NobodyPoops' data-format='Tm9ib2R5UG9vcHM='>Nobody Poops</a>: Averted. There's a story about a Tosher who has to go through the sewage of everyone in a castle and he even converses with the king while the latter is busy. Tress is mentioned to void her bowels twice as well.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoNameGiven' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoNameGiven' data-format='Tm9OYW1lR2l2ZW4='>No Name Given</a>: The Duke, the Duchess, the King, and the Princesses are all only ever referred to by their titles. The Sorceress is <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >mostly this, until Hoid name-drops her in the final chapter</span>.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NondescriptNastyNutritious' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NondescriptNastyNutritious' data-format='Tm9uZGVzY3JpcHROYXN0eU51dHJpdGlvdXM='>Nondescript, Nasty, Nutritious</a>: Verdant spore vines are edible in a pinch when fully grown — they're not nutritionally complete and are disparaged as "weeds", but they beat starving to death on the ocean.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThePardon' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThePardon' data-format='VGhlUGFyZG9u'>The Pardon</a>: Part of the reason Salay, Ann, and Fort help Tress is because the King's Mask could petition the king for a royal pardon for their piracy. Unfortunately for them, Tress isn't a member of the King's Mask. <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >The crew does ultimately earn a pardon and more for driving the Sorceress off Lumar.</span></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PerpetualFrowner' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PerpetualFrowner' data-format='UGVycGV0dWFsRnJvd25lcg=='>Perpetual Frowner</a>: The duke of the Rock is scowling almost all the time he is on page. Tress notes that she saw him smile only one time: during the punishment of a man who tried to escape the island. And even then, he showed far too many teeth.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PirateGirl' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PirateGirl' data-format='UGlyYXRlR2lybA=='>Pirate Girl</a>: Most of the female characters, even Tress eventually, but especially Captain Crow.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PunchClockVillain' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PunchClockVillain' data-format='UHVuY2hDbG9ja1ZpbGxhaW4='>Punch-Clock Villain</a>: The crew of the <em>Crow's Song</em> might be pirates, but they're pretty friendly aside from that. All but Crow and Laggart are even against killing and are fine with just taking a ransom fee.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PragmaticVillainy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PragmaticVillainy' data-format='UHJhZ21hdGljVmlsbGFpbnk='>Pragmatic Villainy</a>: Discussed. Most pirates try to avoid killing or sinking ships, because the authorities are comparatively lenient on theft.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ProudHunterRace' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ProudHunterRace' data-format='UHJvdWRIdW50ZXJSYWNl'>Proud Hunter Race</a>: A deconstructive parody with Fort's people. They once played the trope straight, but as the world grew more complicated, their society had to broaden the definition of "hunt" to include things like baking and wedding planning just to keep things running. Fort's "hunt" is for particularly good deals, and whenever he gets one he writes home so they can hang it on the wall.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RedShirt' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RedShirt' data-format='UmVkU2hpcnQ='>Red Shirt</a>: The narration lumps all the unimportant rating crew members together under the term "Doug". <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > Only one of them ends up dying, and its an event has a modest impact on both the characters and the narration</span></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RefugeInAudacity' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RefugeInAudacity' data-format='UmVmdWdlSW5BdWRhY2l0eQ=='>Refuge in Audacity</a>: Tress is surprisingly adept at this, when push comes to shove.<ul ><li> During her <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DarkestHour' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DarkestHour' data-format='RGFya2VzdEhvdXI='>Darkest Hour</a> when <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Crow was going to sell her into slavery to the dragon Xisis, Tress instead pretends that <em>she</em> actually came to sell <em>Crow</em>.</span> The <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >dragon</span> is so amused by the obvious bluff that he decides to hear her out.</li><li> After Tress watches <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Hoid become an Elantrian, she commands the blatantly powerful demigod to handle the Sorceress for her, on the grounds that he's still her cabin boy</span>.</li></ul></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RewatchBonus' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RewatchBonus' data-format='UmV3YXRjaEJvbnVz'>Rewatch Bonus</a>: A lot of Huck's stories make more sense when you know <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >that he's actually Charlie.</span><ul ><li> When Huck first meets Tress, he mentions that his usual strategy is to talk so much that his captors think he's not worth keeping. <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Exactly the strategy he used as Charlie.</span></li><li> Huck once knew a girl who was deaf but danced beautifully. <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >One of the princesses Charlie was supposed to marry was deaf</span>.</li><li> When Tress describes her island, Huck remarks that he came from a similar place. <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >They're the same island</span>.</li><li> Tress asks Huck if his family could talk like him, and he says yes. <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >He did not say that they were rats like him.</span> He also mentions that his family drove him out into the world before he was ready, which <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >is what happened to Charlie</span>.</li></ul></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShownTheirWork' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShownTheirWork' data-format='U2hvd25UaGVpcldvcms='>Shown Their Work</a>: As Hoid notes, the spore seas act like water seas due to the process of <a class='urllink' href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluidization'>fluidization,<img src="https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/external_link.gif" height="12" width="12" style="border:none;" /></a> a completely real phenomenon where air blown through a loose medium (typically sand, but in this case spores) makes it act like water. Massive vents beneath the seas blow out air almost constantly, stirring the spores and giving them water-like tides and currents.<div class='indent'><strong>Hoid:</strong> The science is really quite fascinating.</div></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SleazyPolitician' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SleazyPolitician' data-format='U2xlYXp5UG9saXRpY2lhbg=='>Sleazy Politician</a>: The Verdant King was complicit in the Duke's plot to <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >kill off Charlie by sending him to the Sorceress</span>. By the epilogue, <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >he's apparently claimed that he had faith in them all along</span>.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic' data-format='U3VmZmljaWVudGx5QW5hbHl6ZWRNYWdpYw=='>Sufficiently Analyzed Magic</a>: Fort's "Awakened tablet with Connection circuits" is blatantly some form of magically-created tablet computer, complete with predictive text. <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Riina takes this even further, creating full blown Investiture computers, AI, cameras, and even a rocket ship.</span></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StealthPun' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StealthPun' data-format='U3RlYWx0aFB1bg=='>Stealth Pun</a>: Tress collects cups, and one of her favorites has a butterfly on it. A <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/ThePrincessBride' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/ThePrincessBride' data-format='W1tMaXRlcmF0dXJlL1RoZVByaW5jZXNzQnJpZGUgYnV0dGVyZmx5IGN1cF1d'>butterfly cup</a>.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheThreeTrials' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheThreeTrials' data-format='VGhlVGhyZWVUcmlhbHM='>The Three Trials</a>: To win Charlie back from the Sorceress, Tress has to cross the deadly Midnight Sea, get past the indestructible <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GateGuardian' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GateGuardian' data-format='W1tHYXRlR3VhcmRpYW4gZ3VhcmRpYW5zXV0='>guardians</a> of her island, and find a way into her magic-proof sealed tower. <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Subverted: the Sorceress is a petty sadist who has no intention of honoring the "victory" of reaching her. Not to mention she has a secret fourth trial in the form of hidden shoals surrounding her island.</span></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThroughHisStomach' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThroughHisStomach' data-format='VGhyb3VnaEhpc1N0b21hY2g='>Through His Stomach</a>: Tress managed to win over the Dougs of the <em>Crow's Song</em> by helping Fort prepare one meal a day, plus dessert.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TongueTied' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TongueTied' data-format='VG9uZ3VlVGllZA=='>Tongue-Tied</a>: The Sorceress' <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Curse' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Curse' data-format='e3tDdXJzZX19cw=='>Curses</a> prevent the victims from telling others that they're cursed or what the <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CurseEscapeClause' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CurseEscapeClause' data-format='Q3Vyc2VFc2NhcGVDbGF1c2U='>Curse Escape Clause</a> is — if they try, they break down stuttering. <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Huck's caginess about his background is <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Foreshadowing' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Foreshadowing' data-format='e3tGb3Jlc2hhZG93aW5nfX0='>Foreshadowing</a>.</span></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ATragedyOfImpulsiveness' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ATragedyOfImpulsiveness' data-format='QVRyYWdlZHlPZkltcHVsc2l2ZW5lc3M='>A Tragedy of Impulsiveness</a>: Tress actually avoids this at every opportunity, carefully gathering information and planning her actions instead of jumping to conclusions. The narrator considers it one of the rarest traits for a story's hero.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TrappedInVillainy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TrappedInVillainy' data-format='VHJhcHBlZEluVmlsbGFpbnk='>Trapped in Villainy</a>: Crow's crew believe that the sinking of <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" ><em>Oot's Dream</em></span> marks them forever as deadrunners, meaning they have to survive through piracy alone and will be killed or executed if they ever falter. <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Crow <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Invokedtrope' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Invokedtrope' data-format='e3tpbnZva2VkfHRyb3BlfX0='>invoked</a> this to force them to obey her, and Tress ultimately <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DefiedTrope' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DefiedTrope' data-format='e3tkZWZpZXxkVHJvcGV9fXM='>defies</a> it by getting them pardoned.</span></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheUnreveal' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheUnreveal' data-format='VGhlVW5yZXZlYWw='>The Unreveal</a>: By the epilogue, <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >Hoid alters the terms of Charlie's curse so that it breaks when he writes Tress a poem. Hoid refuses to share what the poem was, saying it's only for Tress to know.</span></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnreliableNarrator' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnreliableNarrator' data-format='VW5yZWxpYWJsZU5hcnJhdG9y'>Unreliable Narrator</a>: Downplayed. While Hoid does relay the events more or less truthfully his sarcasm can slip in, such as the characters ALSO referring to the <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RedShirts' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RedShirts' data-format='W1tSZWRTaGlydHMgdW5pbXBvcnRhbnQgY3Jld21lbWJlcnNdXQ=='>unimportant crewmembers</a> as Dougs and claiming that everyone was impressed by nobles who got the most people killed.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UriahGambit' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UriahGambit' data-format='VXJpYWhHYW1iaXQ='>Uriah Gambit</a>: When Charlie makes too much of a nuisance of himself, he is sent to sail the Midnight Sea and attempt to woo the sorceress who lives there. He is declared dead basically the second his ship is out of sight. It technically works as the Sorceress does capture him, but she decides to hold him for ransom <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >and turn him into a rat</span> rather than kill him.</li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WeDoTheImpossible' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WeDoTheImpossible' data-format='V2VEb1RoZUltcG9zc2libGU='>We Do the Impossible</a>: In the epilogue, <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >the crew are now the only people who can reliablly sail the Crimson and the Midnight Seas. Access to the Seas beyond has made them very wealthy.</span></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheWorfEffect' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheWorfEffect' data-format='VGhlV29yZkVmZmVjdA=='>The Worf Effect</a>:<ul ><li> When Hoid shows up, he's been driven insane. Tress soon learns this is because the Sorceress cursed him. <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >This gets <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlayedWith' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlayedWith' data-format='UGxheWVkV2l0aA=='>Played With</a> though. It turns out Hoid <em>let</em> the Sorceress curse him as part of a bet. After his sanity is restored, he blocks another curse with his own spell. 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