Cursor's Fury (2006) (edit title/settings)

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• Tavi: The hero; only person in the world with no fury-crafting abilities; resourceful and brave.
• Kitai: Female Marat, bonded with Tavi. Marat Ambassador to Alera.
• Amara: Cursor (secret agent), Countess, strong windcrafter, and Count Bernard's wife.
• Bernard: Count, Tavi's uncle, strong furycrafter.
• Isana: Citizen, Tavi's aunt, first woman steadholder, powerful watercrafter.
• Araris Valerian (aka Fade): Slave, powerful metalcrafter.
• Gaius Sextus: First Lord, incredibly strong furycrafter, Tavi's patron
• Antillar Maximus: Bastard son of Lord Antillus Raucous, Cursor, strong furycrafter. Tavi's friend.
• Ehren: Cursor and Tavi's friend.
• Crassus: Antillar Maximus half brother. Windcrafter.
• Marcus: Cursor
• Lady Antillus: Crassus' mother. Watercrafter.
• Nasaug: Second in command of the Cane.
• Sarl: Canim ritualist and leader.
• Rook: Kalarus' bloodcrow.
• Captain Cyril: Captain of the First Aleran.
• Kalarus: A High Lord of Alera, wants to rule.
• Masha: Add a description of this character.

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• “Bloody crows, Sextus. When I saw him in uniform, giving orders on the wall, I thought for a moment I'd gone senile. He could have been Septimus. The same look, the same style of command, the same...”

  Marcus

• “I'll manage. At least until something beyond my control goes horribly wrong and kills us all.”

  Tavi

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• Battles are fought in muddy fields, in burning towns, in treacherous forests, in unforgiving mountains, and on the blood-spattered stones of contested bridges, Tavi realized. But battles are won within the minds and hearts of the soldiers fighting them. No force was defeated in battle until it believed that it was defeated. No force could be victorious unless it believed it could be victorious.

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• “Got to die of something,” Giraldi observed. “Might as well put back a few pints while you wait to see what it is.”

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• “Wars and plans can’t coexist, sir. One of them kills the other.”

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• “I will imagine it when it is before me,” Kitai said firmly. “You beg fate to make your fears into reality, Aleran. But for the moment, they are only fears. They may come. If so, then face them and overcome them. Until then, pay them no mind. You have enough to think on.”

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• “It isn’t about being fair and equal. It’s about the difference between right and wrong.”

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• “Well. If life was simple and predictable, imagine how bored we’d all get.”

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• “I suggest you find an alternate shortsighted, egomaniacally ridiculous reason to blatantly, recklessly ignore an obvious threat to the Realm simply because you don’t wish it to exist. If you cannot restrain yourself from base slander, I will be pleased to meet you in juris macto and personally rip your forked tongue from your head.”

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• “Warriors fight. Legionares fight together. It isn’t about being the best swordsman. It’s about forming a whole that is stronger than the sum of the individuals in it.”

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• “Life isn’t certain or fair. That isn’t anyone’s fault. Even yours.”

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• For us, it isn’t enough to win, my lord. It isn’t enough to simply survive. I will not live in a realm where calculations of power supersede justice and law—regardless of how inconvenient that may be to the Crown.”

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Elinarch
• Ceres
• Calderon
• Alera Imperia
• Riva
• Cymnea
• Lorico
• Parcia

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Glossary edit see section history

• Cursor: Secret agent of the Crown.

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Academ's Fury, and followed by Captain's Fury.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Jim Butcher (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Steve Stone (Cover Artist)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PS3602.U85 C87 2006
• Dewey: 813.6 22

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Epic

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