History Literature / Bravelands

* AnimalReligion: The Great Spirit rules all the animals except the lions. The elephant tribe's leader, the Great Mother, can channel it.
* ArcWords: ''"Only kill to survive"''.

[[spoiler:Prance becomes the Great-Mother after Thorn dies. However her leadership (Which beings at the end of ''The Venom Spreads'') ends when the plot of the third and final book of the second arc is finished as Prance is forced to give up her life to save the Bravelands from Grandmother.]]

** [[spoiler:Fearless turns on Thorn when Stinger misleads the former into thinking that the latter had killed Bark Crownleaf and Orchestrating The Great Mother’s death when in reality Stinger was at fault. In the next book However, Fearless realizes the error of his ways after discovering that Stinger was responsible for the death of one of his pridemates along with his ties to Titan.]]

* SneezeInteruption: ''In Shadows on the Mountain'', Seek unintendedly jeopardizes Chase's hunt when he sneezes which subsequently alerts a Bush Piglet Chase was trying to hunt.

** Menace, Artful's daughter, She goes on to form her own pride, Like her parents (Partcularly Titan) she was a code-breaker. As a cub Meance bullied her elder brother for his morals and as pride leader, she kidnapped several animals and subsequently used them as bait.

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

* 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 [[spoiler:jealous Stinger Highleaf]] soon poisons his food. With Grub dead, [[spoiler:Stinger is free to become the new Crownleaf]].

** [[spoier:Another example of this trope is Prance Herdless. Moment before his death, Thorn pass the Great-Spirit on to Prance making her the next Great-Parent.]]

** [[spoiler:One notable example is Nut. He is shown to be teasing others (Most notably Thorn and Mud) in Broken Pride. In Code of Honor however, Nut Allie’s with Thorn after the former reveals that Stinger was responsible for framing him. Nut even agrees to look after the Starleaf after Stinger orders a hit on her. Unfortunately, Nut is unable to protect her from the Stronbranches once they discover where he and the Starleaf are hiding. After Thorn flees from his troop, he and Nut choose Leopard forest as their next hideout. There, they discover that another Baboon Troop called Crookedtree lives there instead of being overrun by leopards. When Crookedtree troop holds the two hostage, Nut lies that Thorn was also a Highleaf back in their own troop in order the make things better for the latter as well. Following Stinger’s defeat, Nut is re-accepted into Brightforest Troop alongside Thorn.]]

* RoyalBrat: Fearless thinks that Ruthless is this, but the cub turns out to be grateful for Fearless saving him. Menace (The younger sister of Ruthless) However, is shown to have inherited her father’s cruelty. She enjoys antagonizing her elder brother for his perceived uselessness. She eventually reunites with her father in his newly formed Wolfpride.

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

** Bull Elephants live in herds independent from the ones they’re born into. The same thing is true in real-life. However Bull elephants are usually depicted in the novels as living with their beard brothers for the rest of their lives. In reality, Bull elephants join Bachelor Herds once they’re too old to remand with their natal herd. Bull elephants leave their bachelor herds once they find a mate or reach a certain age and spend the rest of their lives as loners.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Sky the elephant is the very first Erin Hunter protagonist who is completely herbivorous.

** Baboons are described as having claws a few times, which is not true; like other primates, they actually have nails, like humans.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Baboons are described as having claws a few times, which is not true; like other primates, they actually have nails, like humans.

* RoyalBrat: Fearless thinks that Ruthless is this, but the cub turns out to be grateful for Fearless saving him.

** [[spolier:Fearless turns on Thorn when Stinger misleads the former into thinking that the latter had killed Bark Crownleaf and Orchestrating The Great Mother’s death when in reality Stinger was at fault.]]

* ‘’The Venom Spreads’’ (February 2022)
* ‘’Blood on The Plains’’ (October 2022)

''Bravelands'' is the newest 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'', came out on June 6, 2017. The series is currently set to have six books in total.

A lion cub named Fearless' father, Gallant, is killed by a group of rival lions. Fearless runs away and ends up snatched by an eagle. He is rescued by a baboon who takes him to his colony. The baboons decide that he is a good omen and decide to keep him. However, after their leader is killed, Fearless is kicked out of the colony. He returns to his pride, now ruled by Titan, and finds out that his now blind mother is in danger of being kicked out. After Titan's son, Ruthless, is kidnapped by cheetahs, Fearless strikes a deal with 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 as well as being able to read animal bones, and a baboon named Thorn, a low-class Deeproot who wants to become a part of the Highleaf caste. Thorn is in love with a female named Berry, but he can't court her until he moves up in his colony.

The two other main characters are an elephant named Sky, who can see prophecies as well as 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 Highleaf caste. Thorn is in love with a female named Berry, but he can't court her until he moves up in his colony.

** 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 (Fearless is adopted by 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.

* BetterToDieThanToBeKilled: [[spoiler:Titan jumps off a cliff instead of letting himself be killed by Fearless, Ruthless, and Keen.]]

* 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 most of the other baboons in the troop have accepted Fearless regardless of any complaints.

* KingOfBeasts: Lions are like royalty in the Bravelands. They do not pay their respects to the Earth Mother, but they do follow the Code.
* ManiacMonkeys: Monkeys are often a nuisance to the Brightforest baboons and will fight with them over territory. [[spoiler:And within the troop itself, Stinger's followers are also vicious bullies who torment the other troop members out of pettiness, and Stinger himself is revealed to have orchestrated multiple murders, including that of the Great Mother, in pursuit of power.]]

* UptownGirl: Thorn (a lower-ranking male baboon) courts Berry (a high-ranking female baboon), and the two become a couple despite it being against the rules. Near the end of "Broken Pride", Thorn [[spoiler:breaks off his forbidden relationship with Berry to save her from Stinger if he turned on her for knowing that he murdered past troop leaders]].
* UsedToBeASweetKid: In ''Code Of Honor'', Fearless ends up becoming a more cruel lion under Titan's reign, as opposed to the innocent and helpful lion cub he was in ''Broken Pride''.

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

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: Sky the elephant is the very first Erin Hunter protagonist who is completely herbivorous.

* DownerEnding: [[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]].

* InterClassRomance: Thorn (a lower-ranking male baboon) courts Berry (a high-ranking female baboon), and the two become a couple despite it being against the rules. Near the end of "Broken Pride", Thorn [[spoiler:breaks off his forbidden relationship with Berry to save her from Stinger if he turned on her for knowing that he murdered past troop leaders]].

''Bravelands'' is the newest 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'', came out on June 6, 2017.

* ''Code of Honor'' (2018)

* {{Hypocrite}}: In ''Broken Pride'', [[spoiler:Stinger]] accuses the stubbornly traditional Grub of being a tyrant over the Brightforest baboons, wanting to be more open-minded to change. But in ''Code Of Honor'', he ends up becoming even more of a dictator and even more close-minded than what he accused Grub of being.