Alien Sky: Their world has two moons, Vidomni and Ilarion.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: 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.This work contains the following examples:

but is that enough to erase his prior sins? He turns out to be a competent ruler, cultured, if arrogant, and likable. 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, a Fantasy Counterpart Culture for medieval Italy. Tigana is a 1990 fantasy novel by Guy Gavriel Kay.

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