The Heritage of Shannara
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The Heritage of Shannara is a four-book fantasy arc by Terry Brooks that continues the Shannara saga with a new generation of characters facing the resurgence of ancient magic and political turmoil in the Four Lands.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Druid of Shannara | 1 |
| The Heritage of Shannara canonical | 1 |
| The Scions of Shannara | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4666573 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Heritage of Shannara Context triple: [Shannara series, hasPart, The Heritage of Shannara]
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A.
The Wishsong of Shannara
The Wishsong of Shannara is a fantasy novel by Terry Brooks set in his Shannara universe, following siblings Brin and Jair Ohmsford as they confront a dark magic threatening their world.
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B.
The Elfstones of Shannara
The Elfstones of Shannara is a classic epic fantasy novel by Terry Brooks that follows a young hero’s quest to protect the Elven race from demonic forces using ancient magical stones.
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C.
The Sword of Shannara
The Sword of Shannara is a classic epic fantasy novel that launched Terry Brooks’s Shannara series, following a young hero’s quest to wield a magical sword against a dark warlock in a post-apocalyptic world.
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D.
Shannara series
The Shannara series is a popular epic fantasy book saga by Terry Brooks, set in a post-apocalyptic world where magic has replaced advanced technology.
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E.
Tehanu
Tehanu is a fantasy novel in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea series that revisits the archipelago through a more intimate, feminist lens, focusing on the lives of Tenar and a mysterious, traumatized child.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Heritage of Shannara Target entity description: The Heritage of Shannara is a four-book fantasy arc by Terry Brooks that continues the Shannara saga with a new generation of characters facing the resurgence of ancient magic and political turmoil in the Four Lands.
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A.
The Wishsong of Shannara
The Wishsong of Shannara is a fantasy novel by Terry Brooks set in his Shannara universe, following siblings Brin and Jair Ohmsford as they confront a dark magic threatening their world.
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B.
The Elfstones of Shannara
The Elfstones of Shannara is a classic epic fantasy novel by Terry Brooks that follows a young hero’s quest to protect the Elven race from demonic forces using ancient magical stones.
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C.
The Sword of Shannara
The Sword of Shannara is a classic epic fantasy novel that launched Terry Brooks’s Shannara series, following a young hero’s quest to wield a magical sword against a dark warlock in a post-apocalyptic world.
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D.
Shannara series
The Shannara series is a popular epic fantasy book saga by Terry Brooks, set in a post-apocalyptic world where magic has replaced advanced technology.
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E.
Tehanu
Tehanu is a fantasy novel in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea series that revisits the archipelago through a more intimate, feminist lens, focusing on the lives of Tenar and a mysterious, traumatized child.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book series
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fantasy novel series ⓘ |
| author | Terry Brooks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
legacy and destiny
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political turmoil ⓘ responsibility of power ⓘ resurgence of ancient magic ⓘ |
| chronologyWithinSeries |
set after The Wishsong of Shannara
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set generations after The Sword of Shannara ⓘ |
| containsElement |
political intrigue
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post-apocalyptic setting ⓘ prophecy ⓘ quest narrative ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| featuresCharacter |
Allanon
NERFINISHED
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Rimmer Dall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresGroup | The Shadowen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstBook | The Scions of Shannara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | The Original Shannara Trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fourthBook | The Talismans of Shannara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | high fantasy ⓘ |
| hasMagicSystem |
Druidic magic
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Ohmsford wishsong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubseriesOrder |
The Druid of Shannara is book 2
NERFINISHED
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The Elf Queen of Shannara is book 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ The Scions of Shannara is book 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ The Talismans of Shannara is book 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th century fantasy ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Coll Ohmsford
NERFINISHED
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Par Ohmsford NERFINISHED ⓘ Walker Boh NERFINISHED ⓘ Wren Elessedil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 4 ⓘ |
| partOf | Shannara series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Del Rey Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondBook | The Druid of Shannara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Four Lands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgenre | epic fantasy ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
adult readers
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young adult readers ⓘ |
| thirdBook | The Elf Queen of Shannara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Heritage of Shannara Description of subject: The Heritage of Shannara is a four-book fantasy arc by Terry Brooks that continues the Shannara saga with a new generation of characters facing the resurgence of ancient magic and political turmoil in the Four Lands.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Scions of Shannara
this entity surface form:
The Druid of Shannara