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Ta-Kurnsaw remembered their father, Pucky-Shinwa, he spoke of Lolla-Wossiky, that he would be shaman, and Ta-Kumsaw would be war-leader.
He Don't Know Him 2010
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Because of this, I found many of the secondary characters far more interesting than Richius or Dyana, particularly Tharn and Voris, the war-leader from Lucel-Lor who first dubbed Richius as "The Jackal."
Reviews of fantasy and science fiction books Kristen 2009
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Because of this, I found many of the secondary characters far more interesting than Richius or Dyana, particularly Tharn and Voris, the war-leader from Lucel-Lor who first dubbed Richius as "The Jackal."
Archive 2009-01-01 Kristen 2009
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In a stunning confession, Australia's prime-minister-in-waiting, Peter Costello, a leading Committee member, stated that he was hoodwinked by Australia's own war-leader, John Howard for over a decade (see here and here) with a fake promise that Howard would step aside if Costello did not challenge him in 1994 and that he "should have listened to his wife Tanya Costello."
Sunil Chacko: G-7, G-14 and G-20: Yet Another Tardy Call 2008
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The first attempts to break down the "historical Arthur," who Ashley defines first as "the war-leader of the Britons at Badon Hill" and only second as "the guy who Geoffrey of Monmouth was talking about."
Kenneth Hite's Journal princeofcairo 2005
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We made a great step forward at Wejh; ibn Zaal, his cousin and a war-leader of the abu Tayi, arrived on the seventeenth of February, which was in all respects a fortunate day.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003
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"About a score, " Keighvin replied with the carefully impassive expression of a war-leader.
The Chrome Borne Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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"About a score," Keighvin replied with the carefully impassive expression of a war-leader.
Omnibus Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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"About a score, " Keighvin replied with the carefully impassive expression of a war-leader.
Born To Run Lackey, Mercedes 1992
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One name kept recurring over and over-not as a powerful war-leader among the elves, but as a lord who was always at the right place, at the right time, taking wizard after wizard by surprise.
The Elvenbane Lackey, Mercedes 1991
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