History Literature / GwendalavirUniverse

''L'Autre'' (''The Other'') : ''L'Autre'' is the third trilogy in the Gwendalavir Universe. It follows the adventure of Nathan, a boy who seems to inhumanely excel at every sport he plays, and Shaé, a girl who constantly has to battle with the "Thing", [[EnemyWithin an ravenous beast inside of her]] that thirsts for blood and forces her to turn into a killer hyena when it takes over. When Nathan's parents are assassinated, he discovers that he is part of several of the Seven Families, seven lineages of individuals with exceptional superhuman abilities[[labelnote:Note]]"Guides" can perceive possible futures, "Builders" can build and use doors to an alternate dimension, "Metamorphs" can [[ShapeShifter turn into animals]], "Healers" have [[HealingFactor exceptional healing abilites]], "Mnesics" have a whole mental encyclopedia at their disposal, "Scholastics" can [[InstantExpert learn instantly anything they see]], and "Cogists" have [[SuperStrength exceptional physical]] and [[SuperIntelligence mental]] abilities.[[/labelnote]], as his father was a Cogist and his mother a Mnesic. Around the same time, Shaé discovers that she herself is a Metamorph[[note]]And Builder, and Healer[[/note]]. Together, they'll set off on a quest to destroy [[EldritchAbomination The Other]], an evil entity that was [[AncientEvil sealed away centuries ago]].

''Le Pacte des Marchombres'' (''The Shadowalkers' Pact'') : ''Le Pacte'' is the fourth trilogy in the Gwendalavir Universe, and is a SpinOff of the first two trilogies. The first two books take place [[{{Prequel}} before the Ewilan trilogies]], whereas the third one takes place after. It centers around the character of Ellana, and tells the story of her childhood, and how she joined the guild of the Marchombres ("Shadowalkers"). As the story goes on, we see Ellana undergoing the intesive training of a Marchombre, under the tutelage of [[MentorArchetype her master Jilano]], but also attempting to fight against a guild of former, corrupted Marchombres : the Mercenaries of Chaos.

''Les Âmes Croisées'' (''The Crossed Souls'') : ''Les Âmes'' is the first book of the incomplete fifth and final trilogy in the Gwendalavir Universe. It tells the story of Nawel, [[RichBitch a pretentious and arrogant 17 year old girl]]. As part of the highest social class, she is destined to join one of nine casts, named Robes, that will determine her future role : Mage, Ruler, Priest, Healer, Magistrate, Scribe, Engineer, Historian, or Geographer. However, after [[MoralEventHorizon her arrogance causes two innocent deaths]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone she starts questioning herself and her choices]], and ends up deciding to join the mysterious tenth cast known as the Armours, whose duties involve protecting the people of the land against ancient dangers. Published posthumously, its ending seems to indicate that the rest of the trilogy [[WhatCouldHaveBeen would've tied every universe established in the previous trilogies together]].

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Chiam begins as a haughty jerkass, but has his heart in the right place and softens towards the party as time progresses.

* AnAxeToGrind: Bjorn's choice of weapon.

''La Quête d'Ewilan'' (''Ewilan's Quest'') : ''La Quête'' is the first trilogy in the Gwendalavir Universe. It tells the story of Camille, a young girl who accidentally discovers that she has the ability to travel to the AlternateUniverse of Gwendalavir. Accompanied by her best friend Salim, she learns that she actually comes from this world, that her real name is Ewilan, and that she posses an ability known as "[[MagicByANyOtherName Drawing]]" that allows her to [[RealityWarping create things from her imagination]]. It turns out that the guardians of this world, known as "Sentinels", have been imprisoned by evil creatures known as the Ts'Liches, leading the Empire defenseless ; Ewilan will thus go on a quest to free the Sentinels and defeat the Ts'Liches, with the help of not only Salim, but also many other allies encountered along the way.

''Les Mondes d'Ewilan'' (''Ewilan's Worlds'') : ''Les Mondes'' is the second trilogy in the Gwendalavir Universe, and is a direct sequel to the first one. Between the events of the first and second trilogy, Ewilan has been captured in our world by a SecretGovernmentWarehouse that's actually under the orders of Elea Ril'Morienval, a traitor to the Empire of Gwendalavir, and it's up to Salim to rescue her. Afterwards, they will discover that the dimension that drawers get their powers from, known as the "Imagination", is under the control of a demon referred to as the "[[EldritchAbomination Medusa]]", preventing anyone from drawing. The team from the first trilogy thus reunites, and goes on a new quest to destroy the demon and save Gwendalavir.

''L'Autre'' (''The Other'') : ''L'Autre'' is the third trilogy in the Gwendalavir Universe. It follows the adventure of Nathan, a boy who seems to inhumanely excel at every sport he plays, and Shaé, a girl who constantly has to battle with the "Thing", [[EnemyWithin an entity living inside of her]] that thirsts for blood and forces her to turn into a killer hyena when the thirst takes over. When Nathan's parents are assassinated, he discovers that he is part of several of the Seven Families, seven lineages of individuals with exceptional superhuman abilities[[labelnote:Note]]"Guides" can perceive possible futures, "Builders" can build and use doors to an alternate dimension, "Metamorphs" can [[ShapeShifter turn into animals]], "Healers" have [[HealingFactor exceptional healing abilites]], "Mnesics" have a whole mental encyclopedia at their disposal, "Scholiasts" can [[InstantExpert learn instantly anything they see]], and "Cogists" have [[SuperStrength exceptional physical]] and [[SuperIntelligence mental]] abilities.[[/labelnote]], as his father was a Cogist and his mother a Mnesic. Around the same time, Shaé discovers that she herself is a Metamorph. Together, they'll set off on a quest to destory [[EldritchAbomination The Other]], an evil entity that was [[AncientEvil sealed away centuries ago]].

''Les Âmes Croisées'' (''The Crossed Souls'') : ''Les Âmes'' is the first book of the incomplete fifth and final trilogy in the Gwendalavir Universe. It tells the story of Nawel, [[RichBitch a pretentious and arrogant 17 year old girl]]. As part of the highest social class, she is destined to join one of nine casts, named Robes, that will determine her future role : Mage, Ruler, Priest, Healer, Magistrate, Scribe, Engineer, Historian, or Geographer. However, after [[MoralEventHorizon her arrogance causes two innocent deaths]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone she starts questioning herself and her choices]], and ends up deciding to join the mysterious tenth casts known as the Armours, whose duties involve protecting the people of the land against ancient dangers. Published posthumously, its ending seems to indicate that the rest of the trilogy [[WhatCouldHaveBeen would've tied every universe established in the previous trilogies together]].

** From ''Les Mondes'': The Medusa is an ever-growing tentacled entity inhabiting the Imagination, preventing anyone from drawing and devouring anyone who entered the Imagination for too long. It was eventually revealed to be [[spoiler: an ancient evil god known as "Ahmour"]].

* RealityWarper: Characters with the ability to draw (Artists), such as Ewilan or Eryn, are this. However, drawings come with their own sets of rules that cannot easily be broken, such as drawings disappearing after a certain period of time unless they are specifically designed to remain (in which case they will retain their current form ''forever'', circumventing decay itself)
** WordOfGod is that Artists are descendants of the Builders from ''L'Autre'', implying that Shae and [[spoiler: Elio]] also have this ability.

* NotSoDifferent: Nawel realizes about two-thirds way through the book that the Glauques are just as human as she is.

The ''Gwendalavir Universe'' is a French FantasyLiterature series of books consisting of four trilogies ([[AuthorExistenceFailure plus an aborted fifth one]]) written by the late Pierre Bottero. All of these books take place in the eponymous world of Gwendalavir.

''Les Âmes Croisées'' (''The Crossed Souls'') : ''Les Âmes'' is the first book of the incomplete fifth and final trilogy in the Gwendalavir Universe. It tells the story of Nawel, [[RichBitch a pretentious and arrogant 17 year old girl]]. As part of the highest social class, she is destined to join one of nine casts, named Robes, that will determine her future role : Mage, Ruler, Priest, Healer, Magistrate, Scribe, Engineer, Historian, or Geographer. However, after [[spoiler:[[MoralEventHorizon her arrogance causes the death of a low social class woman and her child]]]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone she starts questioning herself and her choices]], and ends up deciding to join the mysterious tenth casts known as the Armours, whose duties involve protecting the people of the land against ancient dangers. Published posthumously, its ending seems to indicate that the rest of the trilogy [[WhatCouldHaveBeen would've tied every universe established in the previous trilogies together]].

!Tropes applying to the entire Gwendalavir Universe

-->'''Salvarode:''' You're an idiot.
-->'''Ellana:''' Coming from an expert, I'm touched.

* [[PigMan Pig Men]]: The Rais. They are sometimes even refered to as "pig people".

!Tropes applying to ''La Quête''

!Tropes applying to ''Les Mondes''

-->'''Salim:''' [...] Mind telling me why we're working ourselves to death hiking through this fucking piece of shit country even though you could get us to our destination in a blink of the eye?
-->'''Ewilan:''' Hiking through what?
-->'''Salim:''' Through this arid land where the inhospitable rocks assault my feet and exhaust my patience, isn't that what I said?

!Tropes applying to ''L'Autre''

!Tropes applying to ''Le Pacte''

* LiteralistSnarking: Ellana and Jilano have this exchange as a crook enter the inn they are staying at:
-->'''Crook:''' Piss off!
-->'''Ellana:''' Here's my counter offer. You shut up, leave this inn, and promise to never set foot in here again, and I won't break you into a thousand pieces.
-->'''Jilano:''' ''(from a table afar)'' It's a fool's bargain!
-->'''Ellana:''' ''(pretending to get mad)'' And why's that?
-->'''Jilano:''' Because even hitting hard, you'll break twelve of his bones at best. Let's say twenty because it's you. That's a far cry from the thousand pieces you claim.
-->'''Ellana:''' It's an expression. You shouldn't take it literally.
-->'''Jilano:''' Surely, but this good man might feel cheated.
-->'''Ellana:''' Fine. ''(turns back to the crook)'' Here's my new counter offer. You shut up, leave this inn, and promise to never set foot in here again, and I won't break you into ''twelve'' pieces. Maybe twenty because it's me.

!Tropes applying to ''Les Âmes''

* OurElvesAreBetter: Faels are AmbiguouslyBrown [[JerkAss arrogant]] archers who live away from human settlements.

* PortalDoor: [[spoiler: The temple contains one into the EldritchLocation that such joyous animals like the Kharx come from.]]

** [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]: Nathan was good enough at anything they taught him in school to be top of his class if he didn't disguise it. However, he trains with an old Martial Arts master later in the book. Despite paying extreme attention while the master teaches his [[Muggle normal]] students, and then receiving a private fencing session during which he demonstrates that he's far above the others, he openly admits to Shae that he's nowhere near the master's level, and doubts that he could ever approach it through a lifetime of training.

* ReallyGetsAround: Louha, again. While romantic or sexual relationships between Armours appear nonexistent, Nawel mentions that Louha "constantly references the sex she had in the past. And present !"

* TheSilentOne: "Ruhil-the-Silent".

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Bartélémy, Natan's Uncle,]] pulls one off in the second book when he realizes that his close family have gone MadWithPower, and joins the heroes' side. See FriendlySniper for his role in the third book.
* FriendlySniper: [[spoiler: Natan's uncle was secretely following Elio around the world in the third book, concealing his presence but gunning threats down form afar whenever necessary.]]
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Natan and his uncle's weapons of choice, unrealistically all-powerful.

** [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]: Natan was good enough at anything they taught him in school to be top of his class if he didn't disguise it. However, he trains with an old Martial Arts master later in the book. Despite paying extreme attention while the master teaches his [[Muggle normal]] students, and then receiving a private fencing session during which he demonstrates that he's far above the others, he openly admits to Shae that he's nowhere near the master's level, and doubts that he could ever approach it through a lifetime of training.

''L'Autre'' (''The Other'') : ''L'Autre'' is the third trilogy in the Gwendalavir Universe. It follows the adventure of Nathan, a boy who seems to inhumanely excel at every sport he plays, and Shaé, a girl who constantly has to battle with the "Thing", [[EnemyWithin an entity living inside of her]] that thirsts for blood and forces her to turn into a killer hyena when the thirst takes over. When Nathan's parents are assassinated, he discovers that he is part of two of the Seven Families, seven lineages of individuals with exceptional superhuman abilities[[labelnote:Note]]"Guides" can perceive possible futures, "Builders" can build and use doors to an alternate dimension, "Metamorphs" can [[ShapeShifter turn into animals]], "Healers" have [[HealingFactor exceptional healing abilites]], "Mnesics" have a whole mental encyclopedia at their disposal, "Scholiasts" can [[InstantExpert learn instantly anything they see]], and "Cogists" have [[SuperStrength exceptional physical abilities]].[[/labelnote]], as his father was a Cogist and his mother a Mnesic. Around the same time, Shaé discovers that she herself is a Metamorph. Together, they'll set off on a quest to destory [[EldritchAbomination The Other]], an evil entity that was [[AncientEvil sealed away centuries ago]].

The ''Gwendalavir Universe'' is a French FantasyLiterature series of books consisting of four trilogies ([[AuthorExistenceFailure plus an aborted fifth one]]) written by the now-deceased Pierre Bottero. All of these books take place in the eponymous world of Gwendalavir.

* TookALevelInBadass: Salim starts off as kind of immature and mostly useless, especially next to the powerful [[RealityWarper Reality-Warping]] Ewilan. However, after [[ShapeShifter discovering his ability to turn into a wolf]] and [[TrainingFromHell undergoing training with Ellana]], he becomes much more of a badass, to the point where he's the one saving Ewilan in the first volume of ''Les Mondes''. By the end of ''Le Pacte'', he's a fully accomplished Marchombre.

!!Tropes applying to the entire Gwendalavir Universe

!!Tropes applying to ''La Quête''

!!Tropes applying to ''Les Mondes''

!!Tropes applying to ''L'Autre''

!!Tropes applying to ''Le Pacte''

** She then ''[[ExactWords actually]]'' [[ExactWords starts breaking his bones one by one]] up to twelve (or twenty because it's her). She gets to five, but the crook flees as she announces that she should start over from three, as they aren't any bones present in the nose or the ear.

!!Tropes applying to ''Les Âmes''