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[temvald]

following jadelennox. i've tried to remove the straight giveaways (coined words, book titles, etc.).

identify the book from the statistically improbable phrases

1. puffball flame, blue crystal staff, mage whispered, mage hissed, strange golden eyes, hourglass eyes, big warrior, his moustaches, old magician, old mage, young mage, elven warriors
2. vesta horns, harp strap, starred sword, across the backlands, second most beautiful woman, unanswered riddle, you change shape, northern wastes, own harp
3. significant scientific breakthroughs, game fad, ability threshold, stats lab, funding forms, sensitivity exercise, marcel wave, radical red, information diffusion, interdepartmental communications, caffe latte
4. laval eyes, heartwood chamber, set our sails, bloody moon, vulture wings, his ring --ok, a hint here: how many authors would use a word like 'laval'?
5. onion knight, boom doom boom doom, bronze harpy, old maester, brown and covered with hair, his lord father, exile knight, wedding chalice, frog spear, earless man, ruby ford, serpentine steps, soldier pines, big wench, his longsword, lightning lord, mystery knight, sworn swords, his swordbelt, mine own blood, puff fish, gold cloaks, peace banner