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The Big Guy: Not his role in the group or story, but he often gets tagged with this stereotype due to being Northern. How sure do we need to be?’ Blurry through the bloody hair across her eyes she saw Orso’s lined face. ‘I hope you understand. My great-grandfather was a mercenary. A low-born fighting man, who seized power by the sharpness of his mind and sword together. I cannot allow another mercenary to seize power in Talins.’ If you’re fond of bloodless, turgid fantasy with characters as thin as newspaper and as boring as plaster saints, Joe Abercrombie is really going to ruin your day. A long career for this guy would be a gift to our genre. (Scott Lynch) Nicomo CoscaFamed soldier of fortune, often found without much at all. Introduced in The First Law. The Peter Principle: Shivers observes that Carpi is a good soldier but a poor leader. He was only given his position because Orso wanted Monza out of the way and that meant the Thousand Swords would need a new commander.
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Broken Pedestal: Gave Monza and Benna a home and taught her to fight and both of them to read. Then he turned into a neglectful drunkard. I'm a Humanitarian: And quite the gourmet, at that. He even carries around a nice array of spices for steaks and roasts, and loves liver pate. That’s you all over. One more season and Visserine will fall, and Rogont will surrender, and the League of Eight will be just a bad memory. Orso can crown himself King of Styria, and we can melt away and be forgotten.’ Evil Old Folks: By the time of Red Country, age has visibly caught up with him, and it has not made him kinder. Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: The responsible sibling, contrasting with his vain and cruel brother.
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And you the fearless Duke Benna?’ She laughed at that. ‘You stupid arse. You can scarcely govern your own bowels without my help. War’s a dark enough trade, I draw the line at politics. Orso crowned, then we retire.’ Pet the Dog: At the end of Red Country, when he finally decides to lay his feud with Logen to rest.
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Private Military Contractors: He served as a captain in the infamous Thousand Swords mercenary army and fought for Duke Orso during the Years of Blood. He became leader after helping assassinate the Murcatto siblings, but only briefly. Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Vitari leaves Monza's employ before her group makes it to Ospria, stating she'd rather take half pay and be alive than earn full pay and be dead after going into a war zone for a personal vendetta. Nice Guy: So nice that he sincerely apologizes to even Monza cannot bring herself to kill him. Unfortunately for him, Shivers has no such scruples. His books are classified under the grimdark fantasy subgrenre. Grimdark has its roots in the Warhammer 40k world where “in the grim darkness of the far future there is only WAR.” In fact, many readers and critics consider the author Joe Abercrombie the face of grimdark. The subgrene is also often called “scoundrel lit,” nuanced adult fiction,”“unheroic fantasy,” and even “dark fantasy.” Based on Joe’s view, this genre needs unheroic heroes, a cynical view of the world, and a blurring between good and evil, along with a stronger focus on characters rather than the world itself. Shelfie with Joe Abercrombie". Waterstones. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021 . Retrieved 21 January 2021– via YouTube.
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer 2008". Science Fiction Awards Database. Locus Science Fiction Foundation. 23 May 2014.
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