It's a fairly classic high fantasy trope, actually.
I don't know that it's on the tvtropes page, but I've seen it in oh..four or five different novel series and possibly one or two other sources.
And several times in fanfic, including a classic that is now sadly hard to reread.
I don't know that it's on the tvtropes page, but I've seen it in oh..four or five different novel series and possibly one or two other sources.
And several times in fanfic, including a classic that is now sadly hard to reread.