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kinslayer
n. (context rare mostly in fantasy fiction English) One who slays his or her own kin; a parricide.
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Kinslayer
Kinslayer may refer to:
- a person who commits parricide
- an epithet for Kenneth II of Scotland, in the Prophecy of Berchán
- Lews Therin Telamon, a character in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time novels who killed his entire family
- Fëanor, a major character in J.R.R. Tolkien's Silmarillion, who led the first slaying of Elves by Elves.
- The Kinslayer Wars, an event in the Dragonlance series of novels, leading to the division between the Silvanesti and the Qualinesti elves
- "The Kinslayer", a song by Nightwish from their album Wishmaster
- Kinslayer is a term given to various characters in A Song of Ice and Fire, both within the story, such as Theon Greyjoy who is believed to have murdered two of his foster-brothers Bran Stark and Rickon Stark, and historical, Jonos Arryn, who murdered his brother Ronnel Arryn, a series of epic fantasy novels by the American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin
- Kinslayer is a name of the book in Gotrek and Felix, series from Warhammer fantasy world
Usage examples of "kinslayer".
The banner of Lews Therin Telamon, Lews Therin Kinslayer, in the War of the Shadow.
This is not something people look forward to, both because the Prophecies say the Dragon Reborn will bring a new Breaking to the world and because Lews Therin Kinslayer, the Dragon, is a name to make men shudder, even more than three thousand years after his death.
And he cried: 'Wherefore should we that endured the Grinding Ice bear the name of kinslayers and traitors?