Triang Relations: Jehane, Ammar and Rodrigo.Perfect Poison: Averted with the poisoned arrow that hits Queen Ines.No Celebrities Were Harmed: Rodrigo Belmonte is based on El Cid.See the Cold-Blooded Torture example above, and take into account that (as we learn later in the book) he was completely aware of what would be done to him, but went on anyway to abide by his oath as a physician. While not happening 'on screen', Ishak ben Yonannon can arguingly count.Fantasy Counterpart Culture: The world is an analogue to Medieval Spain.Crystal Dragon Jesus: The Asharites are Muslims, the Jaddites are Christians, and the Kindath are Jews.Note that this was the king's way of showing mercy - had he given in to the priests' demands, Ishak would have been killed.

His eyes were taken for having seen her naked his tongue, so he would never describe her beauty to others.

Cold-Blooded Torture: Ishak ben Yonannon, Jehane's father, had his eyes and tongue cut out for saving the life of the king's concubine that is, in order to properly save her during childbirth, he had to see her naked.

Tropes used in The Lions of Al-Rassan include: There have been rumours of a film adaptation, which have as yet come to nothing. However, the shadow of war hangs heavy over them, and they know that soon they may see each other on opposite ends of the battlefield. A Love Triangle begins to develop between Jehane and the two men. In the service of the Ragosian king, they fight thieves, hired killers, and religious fanatics. The three meet in the city of Ragosa and soon become good friends. Meanwhile, in the Jaddite-controlled north, Captain Rodrigo Belmonte, the man used to collect tribute from the southern kingdoms, is ordered south to quell a feud with his rival Garcia de Rada, and to do reconnaissance on the Asharite kingdoms in preparation for war. The assassin Ammar ibn Khairan knocks off Almalik at the behest of the king's son, and is exiled. The Kindath physician, Jehane bet Ishak, inadvertedly keeps one of her patients from the execution, and is forced to flee. King Almalik of Cartada, the largest of the three Asharite kingdoms in Al-Rassan, has a number of his enemies slain in one afternoon.

Its world is based off the Spanish Reconquista. The Lions of Al-Rassan is a 1995 fantasy novel by Guy Gavriel Kay.

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