History Literature / Bravelands

** [[spoiler:Also Thorn, a six-year old baboon, becomes Crownleaf of his troop and Great Father of Bravelands.]]

* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:Both ''Broken Pride'' and ''Code of Honor'' end with Stinger taking a position of power, first as the leader of Brightforest troop and then as the supposed Great Father to all the animals of the savanna.]]

* YouKilledMyFather: This is Fearless' main motivation for returning to his birth pride.

The second book, "Code of Honor", was published in early 2018. The third book, "Blood and Bone" will be published on October 2, 2018.

* ''Broken Pride''
* ''Code of Honor''
* ''Blood and Bone''

* ShortLivedLeadership: In the first book, Grub is dubbed TheLeader of Brightforest Troop after the previous leader is (supposedly) killed by a hyena. His rule as Crownleaf only lasts a few days at best, as a jealous Stinger Highleaf soon poisons his food. With Grub dead, Stinger is free to become the new Crownleaf.

* NamingCeremony: As in most Creator/ErinHunter works, this is used. Fearless' name was originally "Swiftcub".

* OhMyGods: "Sky and stone!",

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:The wise and friendly Stinger is revealed to be the murderer of Bark Crownleaf and poisons her successor Grub]] Also in the same book, [[spoiler:Great Mother is murdered.]]

* InfantImmortality: Like the [[Literature/WarriorCats other]] [[Literature/SeekerBears three]] [[Literature/SurvivorDogs series]], there are some baby animals that end up dying. One example is [[spoiler:Sky's little cousin Moon, who ends up getting killed by Titan.]]

* OhMyGods: "Sky and stone!"

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Stinger, the baboon who let Fearless be accepted in the troop, is friendly and popular with the other baboons because of his calm and level personality.[[spoiler:..that is, until he reveals that he killed the past two troop leaders.]]

A lion cub named Fearless' father, Gallant, is killed by a group of rival lions. Fearless ends up saved by an eagle and taken to a baboon colony. The baboons decide that he is a good omen and decide to keep him after Fearless saves them from hyenas. However, after a baboon is killed Fearless is kicked out of the colony. He returns to his pride, now ruled by Titan, and finds out that his blind mother is in danger of being kicked out. After Titan's son, Ruthless, is kidnapped by cheetahs, Fearless ends up getting Titan to allow his mother to stay in the pride in exchange for rescuing his son.

The two other main characters are an elephant named Sky, who can see prophecies due to being able to read animal bones, and a baboon named Thorn who is a low-class Deeproot baboon who wants to become a part of the Brightleaf caste. Thorn is in love with a female named Berry, but he can't court her until he moves up in his colony.

* AlphaBitch: Artful, Titan's favorite lioness, immediately gets Fearless's contempt for being snooty and blinding his mother forever.

* AnimalReligion: The Great Spirit rules all the animals except the lions. The elephant tribe's leader, the Great Mother, can channel her.

* BrokenPedestal: Thorn is in complete disbelief that [[spoiler:Stinger, the friendly and charismatic leader he had always looked up to, had broken the Code by murdering Bark Crownleaf and Grub]].

* HonorableElephant: Sky's elephant herd is said to be the most spiritual animals in the Bravelands, honoring the Great Mother (the matriarch of the herd). The elephants also love sharing stories and memories, and they all vote together on how to make a decision. They also have the ability to have visions from the bones they touch, whether it be another elephant or any other animal.

* InterspeciesAdoption: After a new lion takes over his pride, Fearless ends up getting adopted by a troop of baboons. It turns out that Stinger gets Fearless into the troop to [[spoiler:protect him if anyone found out about his crimes]], but other baboons have accepted Fearless regardless of any complaints.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After Nut nearly causes Mud to get killed by crocodiles and shows no concern at all, Fearless attacks him. But when he thinks he's injured the baboon too much, he feels ashamed from having attacked a member of the troop.

* StarCrossedLovers: The reason there are no forbidden relationships is because of a legend of baboon love gone wrong. Sunrise Crownleaf and Moonlight Deeproot (the lowest rank) become mates, but a fight breaks out between the different ranks. Sunrise is killed in the fight, and Moonlight dies of a broken heart. Thus, they forbid the inter-rank romances with their saying: "Sun and moon shall never be one."
* TakingYouWithMe: When the cheetahs won't give Ruthless back due to a deal gone wrong, Fearless decides that, since he would be killed by Titan if he didn't return with his son, he would have to take as many cheetahs as he can down with him.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Stinger loves eating scorpions, and in his words, "the faster, the better!". He even tears the tails off of any scorpion he eats to avoid the poison. Scorpions become a ChekhovsGun, allowing Thorn to discover who [[spoiler:Grub's murderer]] is.

* WoundedGazelleGambit: Towards the end of ''Code Of Honor'', [[spoiler:Stinger frames Thorn for orchestrating the murder of the Great Mother. When Thorn accuses Stinger of being the real perpetrator, Stinger retaliates by pretending to have been emotionally hurt by Thorn's attempts to stop him, and thus turns the other savanna animals against Thorn.]]

* WoundedGazelleGambit: Towards the end of ''Code Of Honor'', [[spoiler:Stinger frames Thorn for orchestrating the murder of the Great Mother. When Thorn attempts to accuse Stinger of being the real perpetrator, Stinger retaliates by pretending to have been emotionally hurt by Thorn's attempts to stop him, and thus turns the other savanna animals against Thorn.]]

* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:The end of ''Code of Honor'' has Stinger elect himself as the Great Father, having murdered the Great Mother and multiple other [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure more reasonable figures of power]] to get there. Sky has lost Moon to Titanpride's forces, the new Great Parent has still not been decided yet (even though Sky is tasked with hosting the Great Spirit until he/she arises anew), and Thorn is being run out of his tribe and the savanna and is about to be killed by Fearless, who is now blindly following Stinger's orders]].

* ManiacMonkeys: Monkeys are often a nuisance to the Brightforest baboons and will fight with them over territory.

* TyrantTakesTheHelm: After Grub's murder, [[spoiler:Stinger]] turns out to be quite the tyrant in ''Code of Honor''. The first thing he's done is [[spoiler:murder the Great Mother by setting up Stronghide to kill her]], and after that, he sets up his own brand of followers called "Strongbranches", officially disbanding the Council. He also ends up relocating his troop to a place with little food and less water, imprisoning critics who call out his kind of reign, and having the Starleaf murdered.

* WoundedGazelleGambit: Towards the end of ''Code Of Honor'', [[spoiler:Stinger frames Thorn for orchestrating the murder of the Great Mother. When Thorn attempts to accuse Stinger of being the real perpetrator, Stinger retaliates by pretending to have been emotionally hurt by Thorn's attempts to stop him, and thus turns the other savanna animals against him.]]

* InfantImmortality: Like the [[Literature/WarriorCats other]] [[Literature/SeekerBears three]] [[Literature/SurvivorDogs series]], there are some baby animals that end up dying. One example is Sky's little cousin Moon, who ends up getting killed by Titan.

* KidHero: Fearless is a lion cub who only recently received his new name.

* RhinoRampage: Rhinos are very grumpy and scorn the elephants for having the Great Mother as their matriarch.

The second book, "Code of Honor", will be published in early 2018.

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:The wise and friendly Stinger is revealed to be the murderer of Bark Crownleaf and poisons her successor Grub]].

The two other main characters are an elephant named Sky, who can see prophecies due to being able to read animal bones, and a baboon named Thorn who is a low-class Deeproot baboon who wants to become a part of the Brightleaf caste. Thorn is in love with a female named Berry however he can't court her until he moves up in his colony.

A lion cub named Fearless' father, Gallant, is killed by a group of rival lions. Fearless ends up saved by an eagle and taken to a baboon colony. The baboons decide that he is a good omen and decide to keep him after Fearless saves them from hyenas. However, after a baboon is killed Fearless is kicked out of the colony. He returns to his pride, now ruled by Titan, and finds out that his blind mother is in danger of being kicked out. After Titan's son, Ruthless, is kidnapped by hyenas, Fearless ends up getting Titan to allow his mother to stay in the pride in exchange for rescuing his son.

* BloodOath: Of sorts. When two lions make an oath, they have to scratch each other on the throat and swear to hold the bargain they make. Fearless does this and makes Titan promise that he'll let his mother live, and Titan

** There's also a sprinkling of ''Disney/TheLionKing'' in "Broken Pride": Fearless' father Gallant is murdered by another lion (like Mufasa being murdered by Scar, though Titan, Gallant's murderer, is not from Gallantpride), and Fearless runs away only to be adopted by another animal species (baboons, while Simba lived with a meerkat and warthog). Fearless even decides to return home and challenge Titan for killing Gallant (while Simba challenges Scar for ruining the kingdom).

* BrokenPedestal: Thorn is in complete disbelief that [[spoiler:Stinger had murdered Bark Crownleaf and Grub]].

* JerkassHasAPoint: Grub is aggressive toward Fearless, but since lions can eat baboons, he can be justified.

* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Along with rogue animals, crocodiles usually never follow the Code. Sky even accuses them of [[spoiler:killing the Earth Mother]]. It doesn't help that they're smirking the entire time she accuses them.

* ShoutOut: Thorn breaking off his secret relationship with Berry is similar to Lionblaze breaking his friendship with Heathertail in ''Literature/WarriorCats: Power Of Three''. It's rather downplayed since they're in the same troop rather than different Clans, but they're on opposite sides of the caste system.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Stinger loves eating scorpions. Scorpions become a ChekhovsGun, allowing Thorn to discover who [[spoiler:Grub's murderer]] is.

''Bravelands'' is an upcoming book series by Creator/ErinHunter starring African wildlife. It's more similar to ''Literature/SeekerBears'' than ''Literature/WarriorCats'' and ''Literature/SurvivorDogs'' in that it stars several species of animals together. The first book, ''Broken Pride'', comes out on June 6, 2017.

* AlphaBitch: Artful, Titan's favorite lioness, immediately gets Fearless's contempt for being snooty.

* EvenTheRatsWontTouchIt: Of a more spiritual example. The vultures in the Bravelands usually observe the carcass of a killed animal before eating it, to see if the animal was killed according to the Code or not. If so, then they eat. If not, however, the vultures won't eat it, instead taking its bones to the Great Mother to read.

* InterspeciesAdoption: After a new lion takes over his pride, Fearless ends up getting adopted by a troop of baboons.

* TheProphecy: Just like its three sister-series, prophecies are a focal point. Sky is able to tell prophecies by reading animal bones.

* EvenTheRatsWontTouchIt: Of a more spiritual example. The vultures in the Bravelands usually observe the carcass of a killed animal before eating it, to see if the animal was killed according to the Code or not. If not, the vultures won't eat it, instead taking its bones to the Great Mother to read.

* NamingCeremony: As in most Creator/ErinHunter works, this is used. Fearless' name was originally "Swiftcub".

''Bravelands'' is an upcoming book series by Creator/ErinHunter starring African wildlife. It's more similar to ''Literature/SeekerBears'' than ''Literature/WarriorCats'' and ''Literature/SurvivorDogs'' in that it stars several species of animals together. The first book ''Broken Pride'' comes out on June 6, 2017.

A lion cub named Fearless' father, Gallant, is killed by a group of rival lions. Fearless ends up saved by an eagle and taken to a baboon colony. The baboons decide that he is a good omen and decide to keep him after he saves them from hyenas. After a baboon is killed, Fearless is kicked out of the colony. He returns to his pride, now ruled by Titan, and finds out his blind mother is in danger of being kicked out. After Titan's son gets kidnapped by hyenas, Fearless ends up making an oath with Titan to rescue his son in exchange for his mother being allowed in the pride.

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