History Literature / Mare

The [[TheFreakshow Circus]] is run by a petty crook called Caravaggio, only concerned with two things: making money and keeping the tax collectors at bay. But something tells the greedy man that it might pay off in the long run to let this dark and mysterious lad tag along, even though he keeps threatening to hand him over to the orphanhage.

Mare is a Norwegian children's horror triller picture book series by Ruben Eliassen of Literature/{{Phenomena}} fame, but not illustrated by him. It's completed with 3 books, like most [[Literature/{{Kire}} Norwegian]] {{Fantasy}} [[Literature/{{Halvgudene}} book]] [[Literature/TheRavenrings series]] [[Literature/{{Alvtegnet}} these]] [[Literature/DenSisteMagiker days]]. A film adaption is in the works, it's gonna be a StopMotion animation movie. How much it's going to cover is unknown, but seems like the whole trilogy. You can read more about it [[http://m.imdb.com/title/tt1942109/ here]].

* YouthfulFreckles: Rom and Rem.

* CoolHat: Mare is given a magical bowler hat by Esmeralda which changes size based on what the wearer wants, it belonged to a former performer called Houdini.

* VampireVannabe: [[spoiler:Mare accuses Vlad of being this, making him [[DrowningMySorrows drink away his sorrows]]. The truth is never told.]]

* {{Adorkable}}: [[spoiler:Vlad is very adorkable, mostly due to an abusive childhood]].

* CircusOfFear: To onlookers is the Circus freaky and surreal, although the preformers are fairly nice people. Although it's a subversion of the Circus Preformers are like Family cliché as [[spoiler:while they ''do'' care about each other are most doing their best to survive and mostly care about themselves]].
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: while not being a sequel are the characters very different from the characters in Phenomena. While there are some similarites are there no direct [[{{Expy}} expies]], unlike most new works turn out now.
* CoolHat: Mare is given a magical bowler hat by Esmeralda which changes size based on what the wearer wants, it belonged a former performer called Houdini.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Eliassen started writing it after the treasurer gave him a lot of taxes for no aparent reason. When he complained they claimed that while they were fixing it had he still to pay. So this is why it's about StupidEvil treasures.
* RedRightHand: while not [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold evil]] does Caravagio have a magical, yes you guessed right, right arm. It has many markings and the tax collectors are trying to take it from him as a payment for unpaid taxes over cerval years.
* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Rom and Rem has seemingly green eyes.

* AdaptationNameChange: both the title and name of the main character is gonna change. Mare is going to become Terry, and the movie is gonna be called The Dream Prince. This is probably to avoid English-speakers [[IThoughtItMeant mistaking it for meaning]] female horse.

** [[ConjoinedTwins The Conjoined Twins]]: Rem and Rom. They're connected by the shoulders.

* RedRightArm: while not [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold evil]] does Caravagio have a magical, yes you guessed right, right arm. It has many markings and the tax collectors are trying to take it from him as a payment for unpaid taxes over cerval years.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: what Esmeralda calls Caravagio.
* MeaningfulName: Mare got his name from the twins calling him ''a'' [[http://www.viking-mythology.com/darkelves.php mare]] due to everyone having nightmares about ''him'' the night they took him in.

* AdaptationNameChange: both the title and name of the main character is gonna change. Mare is going to become Terry, and the movie is gonna be called The Dream Prince. This is probably to avoid English-speakers [[IThoughtItMeant tmistaking it for meaning]] female horse.

* AdaptationNameChange: both the title and name of the main character is gonna change. Mare is gonna become Terry, and the movie is gonna be called The Dream Prince. This is probably to avoid English-speakers mistaking it for meaning female horse.

* YouthfulFrecles: Rom and Rem.

* RavenHairIvorySkin: Mare, Vald, and most of the major characters again due to the art style.

* BigBeautifulWoman: moreso in Eliassen's sketches.

Mare is a Norwegian children's horror triller picture book series by Ruben Eliassen of Literature/{{Phenomena}} fame, but not illustrated by him. It's completed with 3 books, like most [[Literature/{{Kire}} Norwegian]] {{Fantasy}} [[Literature/{{Halvgudene book]] [[Literature/TheRavenrings series]] [[Literature/{{Alvtegnet}} these]] [[Literature/DenSisteMagiker days]]. A film adaption is in the works, it's gonna be a StopMotion animation movie. How much it's going to cover is unknown, but seems like the whole trilogy. You can read more about it [[http://m.imdb.com/title/tt1942109/ here]].