The 'normal'-sounding names are all given to characters spoofing familiar fairy-tale characters: Jack for Jack and the Beanstalk (where a married pair of giants have been repeatedly robbed by human men uniformly named Jack), Herman for Rumplestiltskin (who didn't want to keep people's children and changed his name so that it would be easier to remember or guess), and Rachel for Rapunzel (who let down her chair to people who somehow got the words mangled up). However there are some ordinary-named characters like Jack, Herman, and Rachel.

Aerith and Bob: Most characters have names like Cimorene and Mendanbar and Kazul and so on.

Action Mom: Sixteen years after Daystar is born, Cimorene still kicks wizard butt.

Action Girl: Cimorene, who's a skilled fencer as a teenager (though she needs some practice to get back into fighting form after a few years of being forbidden from doing so) and eventually matures into.Cimorene isn't happy when discussing this plan while Daystar is a baby, but she has no choice because her husband has been taken hostage.

Achievements in Ignorance: Invoked for Daystar in Talking to Dragons, since if he rescued the King of the Enchanted Forest knowing that the sword he carried would only work for a blood relative of the king, the wizards would be able to track him down.'Utensile Strength' - first published in Book of Enchantments (1996) set after Talking to Dragons.' The Sixty-Two Curses of Caliph Arenschadd' - first published in the anthology A Wizard's Dozen (1993) and reprinted in Book of Enchantments (1996).'The Princess, the Cat, and the Unicorn' - first published in the anthology The Unicorn Treasury (1988) and reprinted in Wrede's collection Book of Enchantments (1996).It was later expanded into Dealing With Dragons. 'The Improper Princess' - first published in the anthology Spaceships and Spells (1987).Talking to Dragons (1985 revised version 1993).Searching for Dragons (1991) (Published in the UK as Dragon Search).Dealing with Dragons (1990) ( Published in the UK as Dragonsbane).The fourth book (which was actually written first) concerns her son Daystar. The first three books in the series follow Cimorene's adventures. Her Fairy Godmother is no help, so she follows the advice of a talking frog and ends up offering her services to a dragon. Wrede which spoof and reconstruct Fairytale Motifs.Īs the first book begins, forthright and tomboyish Princess Cimorene decides that she is tired of being a princess and doesn't much like the prince her parents are pushing at her. The Enchanted Forest Chronicles is a series of humorous fantasy novels by Patricia C.

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