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It may start off bit similar but as you progress you will see that Blade itself and rest of First law series is completely different beast.
I certainly has a different tone.
I don't really see any link between Bethod and Robert....Bethod is uniting the tribes to reclaim the north, hes a master strategist, warrior and bloody minded leader of men.Unless your confusing Bethod with High King Guslav of the union....who again is nothing really like robert as hes basically a very senile old man.
Marc wrote: "I don't really see any link between Bethod and Robert....Bethod is uniting the tribes to reclaim the north, hes a master strategist, warrior and bloody minded leader of men.Unless your confusing B..."
Sorry, my mistake, I was actually confusing Bethod with Guslav.
Well i don't see anything similar between those two either.I found northman from blade similar to wildlings and tyrion to glokta
I think theres a general troupe of Wildmen to the north in the majority of fantasy.
Marc wrote: "I think theres a general troupe of Wildmen to the north in the majority of fantasy."And also some exotic cities in the south similar to the arabs.
Marc wrote: "I think theres a general troupe of Wildmen to the north in the majority of fantasy."I can agree but like Mance,Bethod united divided clans(yet in a completly different way and for different purpose),both of them,i think,are first to do so etc.
I agree with you totally. The general troupe is that you have the savage threat to the north, the silent threat to the south and the threat exotic to the east.
Joe Abercrombies strength is that he takes standard troupes and subverts them and plays they against our expectations.
Marc wrote: "Joe Abercrombies strength is that he takes standard troupes and subverts them and plays they against our expectations."This is true and that is one of key reasons I love his books.
Marc wrote: "I agree with you totally. The general troupe is that you have the savage threat to the north, the silent threat to the south and the threat exotic to the east.
Joe Abercrombies strength is that he..."
I wondered If anybody did the "undiscovered american continent in the west"
Marc wrote: "The general troupe is that you have the savage threat to the north, the silent threat to the south and the threat exotic to the east..."The usual fantasy trope is a not-so-thinly veiled version of medieval Europe with Vikings to the North and Saracens to the South.
The usual fantasy troupe is a farm boy, a wise wizard, a bad-ass warrior and perhaps a femme fatale on a Quest to Save the World from the Dark Lord, with some dwarves thrown in for comic relief.
Mircea wrote: "I wondered If anybody did the "undiscovered american continent in the west" ..."
Tolkien had Valinor & Martin had Ulthos.
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The characters of King Bethod, Prince Ladisla and Prince Raynault, remind me of King Robert Baratheon, Renly and Stannis - A fat King hardly preocupied by matters of state, a jovial prince who enjoys good entertainment and fine clothes and another prince who is stoic.
Do you find any similarities between the characters of "A blade itself" and those from "Game of Thrones"?