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* FourHorsemen - The four Soul Eaters who serve as the primary antagonist of one of the books share their attributes:
** [[spoiler:Tenris]] is Disease. The disease caused by [[spoiler:his Tokoroth poisoning juniper berries]] is at the centre of ''Spirit Walker's'' plot.
** Seshru is Famine. Her magic dries up the lake and corrupts the creatures inside it ([[spoiler:only the latter is true]]), cutting off the main food source of the Otters.
** Thiazzi is War. He is the largest and strongest of the Soul Eaters, and the most physical threat. He starts a war within the Deep Forest, [[spoiler:then unifies both sides in war against the Open Forest.]]
** Eostra is Death. She has always been obsessed with the secrets of the dead. In her youth she resurrected a boy, and in the last book she summons the spirits of [[spoiler:the deceased Soul Eaters]].
** [[spoiler:Tenris]] is Disease. The disease caused by [[spoiler:his Tokoroth poisoning juniper berries]] is at the centre of ''Spirit Walker's'' plot.
** Seshru is Famine. Her magic dries up the lake and corrupts the creatures inside it ([[spoiler:only the latter is true]]), cutting off the main food source of the Otters.
** Thiazzi is War. He is the largest and strongest of the Soul Eaters, and the most physical threat. He starts a war within the Deep Forest, [[spoiler:then unifies both sides in war against the Open Forest.]]
** Eostra is Death. She has always been obsessed with the secrets of the dead. In her youth she resurrected a boy, and in the last book she summons the spirits of [[spoiler:the deceased Soul Eaters]].
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* HorsemenOfTheApocalypse: The four Soul Eaters who serve as the primary antagonist of one of the books share their attributes:
** [[spoiler:Tenris]] is Disease. The disease caused by [[spoiler:his Tokoroth poisoning juniper berries]] is at the centre of ''Spirit Walker's'' plot.
** Seshru is Famine. Her magic dries up the lake and corrupts the creatures inside it ([[spoiler:only the latter is true]]), cutting off the main food source of the Otters.
** Thiazzi is War. He is the largest and strongest of the Soul Eaters, and the most physical threat. He starts a war within the Deep Forest, [[spoiler:then unifies both sides in war against the Open Forest.]]
** Eostra is Death. She has always been obsessed with the secrets of the dead. In her youth she resurrected a boy, and in the last book she summons the spirits of [[spoiler:the deceased Soul Eaters]].
** [[spoiler:Tenris]] is Disease. The disease caused by [[spoiler:his Tokoroth poisoning juniper berries]] is at the centre of ''Spirit Walker's'' plot.
** Seshru is Famine. Her magic dries up the lake and corrupts the creatures inside it ([[spoiler:only the latter is true]]), cutting off the main food source of the Otters.
** Thiazzi is War. He is the largest and strongest of the Soul Eaters, and the most physical threat. He starts a war within the Deep Forest, [[spoiler:then unifies both sides in war against the Open Forest.]]
** Eostra is Death. She has always been obsessed with the secrets of the dead. In her youth she resurrected a boy, and in the last book she summons the spirits of [[spoiler:the deceased Soul Eaters]].
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* DisneyVillainDeath: Several characters — good or evil — meet their demise this way.
** In ''Wolf Brother'', the demon bear and Hord are engulfed by an avalanche.
** In ''Soul Eater'', [[spoiler:Nef]] deliberately jumps into a crevasse in order to [[spoiler:destroy the first Fire Opal fragment as atonement]].
** In ''Oath Breaker'', [[spoiler:Bale]] is thrown down the Crag by Thiazzi, while [[spoiler:Thiazzi himself falls from the top branch of a large oak when he's ignited]].
** In ''Ghost Hunter'', Eostra falls into a chasm created by the Hidden People [[spoiler:summoned by the Walker]]. [[spoiler:Torak falls along with her, but he gets better.]]
** In ''Wolf Brother'', the demon bear and Hord are engulfed by an avalanche.
** In ''Soul Eater'', [[spoiler:Nef]] deliberately jumps into a crevasse in order to [[spoiler:destroy the first Fire Opal fragment as atonement]].
** In ''Oath Breaker'', [[spoiler:Bale]] is thrown down the Crag by Thiazzi, while [[spoiler:Thiazzi himself falls from the top branch of a large oak when he's ignited]].
** In ''Ghost Hunter'', Eostra falls into a chasm created by the Hidden People [[spoiler:summoned by the Walker]]. [[spoiler:Torak falls along with her, but he gets better.]]
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* KnightOfCerebus: The mere mentioning of the demon bear is serious business. There's also [[Eostra]], the [[TheFaceless perpetually masked]] {{necromancer}} whom even all the other Soul Eaters fear instinctively.
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* KnightOfCerebus: The mere mentioning of the demon bear is serious business. There's also [[Eostra]], Eostra, the [[TheFaceless perpetually masked]] {{necromancer}} whom even all the other Soul Eaters fear instinctively.
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* KnightOfCerebus: The mere mentioning of the demon bear is serious business. There's also [[Eostra]], the [[TheFaceless perpetually masked]] {{necromancer}} whom even all the other Soul Eaters fear instinctively.
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* ADogNamedDog - Wolf. A wolf named Wolf.
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* ADogNamedDog - Wolf. A wolf named Wolf. Torak was recently orphaned when he named him, and presumably wasn't in a good state of mind to come up with something more imaginative.
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-->'''Seshru''': ''She [[spoiler:(Renn)]] is [[spoiler:my daughter]]!''
-->'''Seshru''': ''She [[spoiler:(Renn)]] is [[spoiler:my daughter]]!''
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** '''[[spoiler:Outcast]]''':
''Outcast'':
-->'''Seshru''':''She ''She'' [[spoiler:(Renn)]] is ''is [[spoiler:my daughter]]!''daughter]]''!
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** ''Outcast'': Seshru reveals Torak that [[spoiler:his best friend Renn is her daughter]] in order to alienate them from each other. She also reveals [[spoiler:Renn that she birthed her only so that she could make her infant a tokoroth, when Renn had been told that Seshru had intended to sacrifice her]].
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* WhamLine: Several throughout the series.
** ''Spirit Walker'':
-->'''Torak''': He was my father.
-->'''[[spoiler:Tenris]]''': He was [[spoiler:my brother]].
** '''[[spoiler:Outcast]]''':
-->'''Seshru''': ''She [[spoiler:(Renn)]] is [[spoiler:my daughter]]!''
** ''Spirit Walker'':
-->'''Torak''': He was my father.
-->'''[[spoiler:Tenris]]''': He was [[spoiler:my brother]].
** '''[[spoiler:Outcast]]''':
-->'''Seshru''': ''She [[spoiler:(Renn)]] is [[spoiler:my daughter]]!''
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* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead]] - Happens to a few characters in ''Ghost Hunter'', including Torak.
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* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead]] AwfulTruth: Several of these are found out throughout the series:
** ''Spirit Walker'': [[spoiler:Tenris, the Seal Mage who has acted kindly towards Torak for the entire book, reveals himself to be a Soul Eater who wants to kill him in order to gain his power as a spirit walker. He's also the one who created the plague and just to experiment it, used it to kill four Seals, including Bale's little brother. If that wasn't bad enough, he reveals himself to be the Soul Eater who created the demon bear that killed Torak's father in the previous book (which was precisely what the bear was created for). To further add insult to injury, he's also the brother of Torak's father and therefore Torak's [[EvilUncle uncle]]. In the last chapter of the book, Torak finds out from Fin-Kedinn that his father was killed by the Soul Eaters for being their former member.]]
* BackFromTheDead - Happens to a few characters in ''Ghost Hunter'', includingTorak.[[spoiler:Torak]].
** ''Spirit Walker'': [[spoiler:Tenris, the Seal Mage who has acted kindly towards Torak for the entire book, reveals himself to be a Soul Eater who wants to kill him in order to gain his power as a spirit walker. He's also the one who created the plague and just to experiment it, used it to kill four Seals, including Bale's little brother. If that wasn't bad enough, he reveals himself to be the Soul Eater who created the demon bear that killed Torak's father in the previous book (which was precisely what the bear was created for). To further add insult to injury, he's also the brother of Torak's father and therefore Torak's [[EvilUncle uncle]]. In the last chapter of the book, Torak finds out from Fin-Kedinn that his father was killed by the Soul Eaters for being their former member.]]
* BackFromTheDead - Happens to a few characters in ''Ghost Hunter'', including
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** In ''Wolf Brother'', when Fin-Kedinn tells Torak of the Soul Eaters for the first time, he describes each shortly, but deliberately leaves two of them without description. It ultimately turns out that those two Soul Eaters [[spoiler:were Torak's father and uncle, and childhood friends of Fin-Kedinn]].
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** In ''Wolf Brother'', when Fin-Kedinn tells Torak of the Soul Eaters for the first time, he describes each shortly, but deliberately leaves two of them without description. It ultimately turns out that those two Soul Eaters [[spoiler:were Torak's father and uncle, and childhood friends the Walker, the only members of Fin-Kedinn]].the group who didn't turn evil]].
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** In ''Wolf Brother'', when Fin-Kedinn tells Torak of the Soul Eaters for the first time, he describes each shortly, but deliberately leaves two of them without description. It ultimately turns out that those two Soul Eaters [[spoiler:were Torak's father and the Walker, the only members uncle, and childhood friends of the group who didn't turn evil]].Fin-Kedinn]].
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** This is set almost entirely in the Forest, and largely serves as an introduction to the characters, the world, and the clan system. It begins with Torak's father being killed by an enormous bear-demon. Torak, surviving without his father for the first time, finds and pretty much adopts an orphaned wolf cub, who he appropriately names Wolf. The rest of the book is about Torak's quest (with Wolf and Renn) to hunt down and slay the bear. [[spoiler:Soul Eater No.1, Torak's father the Wolf Mage, is killed. But we don't find out that he was a Soul Eater until... ''Soul Eater''.]]
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** This is set almost entirely in the Forest, and largely serves as an introduction to the characters, the world, and the clan system. It begins with Torak's father being killed by an enormous bear-demon. Torak, surviving without his father for the first time, finds and pretty much adopts an orphaned wolf cub, who he appropriately names Wolf. The rest of the book is about Torak's quest (with Wolf and Renn) to hunt down and slay the bear. [[spoiler:Soul Eater No.1, Torak's father the Wolf Mage, is killed. But we don't find out that he was a Soul Eater until... ''Soul Eater''.until the end of the next book.]]
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** In Wolf Brother, we have Wolf not returning anything Torak throws. [[spoiler: He finally decides to return something when Torak throws the Nanuak.]]
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* CallForward: When Bale first sees Torak's clan totem (a wolf skin) in ''Spirit Walker'', he thinks that a wolf must be a miserable creature. Torak responds that his tone would be different if he'd seen one living wolf. When Bale sees Wolf in the book's end, he's immediately humbled.
** In the same book, when saying farewells to Torak, Bale says that he might visit the Forest after all one day: there's been a wolf in a canoe, so why there couldn't be a seal in the Forest. This eventually happens in ''Outcast''.
** In the same book, when saying farewells to Torak, Bale says that he might visit the Forest after all one day: there's been a wolf in a canoe, so why there couldn't be a seal in the Forest. This eventually happens in ''Outcast''.
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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Torak faces the dangers of this trope when he seeks revenge against Thiazzi in ''Oath Breaker'' for [[spoiler:Bale's death]]. Fin-Kedinn lampshades it.
--> "Torak... You seek vengeance. But don't let it take over your spirit. Vengeance burns, Torak. It burns your heart. It makes the pain worse. Don't let that happen to you."
--> "Torak... You seek vengeance. But don't let it take over your spirit. Vengeance burns, Torak. It burns your heart. It makes the pain worse. Don't let that happen to you."
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* NoPeriodsPeriod - Averted. When Renn began menstruating in''Outcast'' a red bar was tattooed by the clan tattoo on her face.
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* NoPeriodsPeriod - Averted. When Renn began menstruating in''Outcast'' in ''Outcast'' a red bar was tattooed by the clan tattoo on her face.
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* DevelopmentHell - A movie with Ridley Scott as the producer has been talked about since 2004...
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* SecretTestOfCharacter: In ''Wolf Brother'', Fin-Kedinn decides to see if Torak can use his head after learning his father's identity. That's why he proclaims that the boy shall be killed, leading him to duel with Hord. He also leaves Torak under ''not'' heavy guard and allows him to retain Wolf.
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** In ''Soul Eater'', [[spoiler:Seshru's]] voice reminds Wolf of Renn's voice.
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** In ''Soul Eater'', [[spoiler:Seshru's]] voice reminds Wolf of Renn's voice.voice.
** In ''Soul Eater'', when Seshru mocks Nef for her protectiveness towards Torak from Thiazzi's bullying, claiming that she's always eager to act as a mother, the Bat Mage retorts by asking what does the Viper Mage know about motherhood. In ''Outcast'' it turns out that [[spoiler:Seshru abandoned her son Hord in order to join the Soul Eaters and later got herself pregnant with Renn only so that she could have her own Tokoroth]].
** In ''Soul Eater'', when Seshru mocks Nef for her protectiveness towards Torak from Thiazzi's bullying, claiming that she's always eager to act as a mother, the Bat Mage retorts by asking what does the Viper Mage know about motherhood. In ''Outcast'' it turns out that [[spoiler:Seshru abandoned her son Hord in order to join the Soul Eaters and later got herself pregnant with Renn only so that she could have her own Tokoroth]].
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** Seshru is Famine. Her magic dries up the lake and corrupts the creatures inside it, it ([[spoiler:only the latter is true]]), cutting off the main food source of the Otters.
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** [[spoiler:Tenris is Disease. The disease caused by his Tokoroth poisoning berries is at the centre of Spirit Walker's plot.]]
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** [[spoiler:Tenris [[spoiler:Tenris]] is Disease. The disease caused by his [[spoiler:his Tokoroth poisoning berries juniper berries]] is at the centre of Spirit Walker's ''Spirit Walker's'' plot.]]
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** Eostra is Death.
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** In ''Wolf Brother'', when Fin-Kedinn tells Torak of the Soul Eaters for the first time, he describes each shortly, but deliberately leaves two of them without description. It ultimately turns out that those two Soul Eaters [[spoiler:were Torak's father and the Walker, the only members of the group who didn't turn evil]].
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* RedHerring - [[spoiler:Torak's ability to spirit walk is this in the final book. He carries the root that allows him to do so all book long, until the final confrontation, where he spirit walks into Eostra herself... To absolutely no effect. Her will is far too strong for him to make her do anything, and he has a hard time escaping from her mind.]]
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* FourHorsemen - The four Soul Eaters who serve as the primary antagonist of one of the books share their attributes:
** [[spoiler:Tenris is Disease. The disease caused by his Tokoroth poisoning berries is at the centre of Spirit Walker's plot.]]
** Seshru is Famine. Her magic dries up the lake and corrupts the creatures inside it, cutting off the main food source of the Otters.
** Thiazzi is War. He is the largest and strongest of the Soul Eaters, and the most physical threat. He starts a war within the Deep Forest, [[spoiler:then unifies both sides in war against the Open Forest.]]
** Eostra is Death.
** [[spoiler:Tenris is Disease. The disease caused by his Tokoroth poisoning berries is at the centre of Spirit Walker's plot.]]
** Seshru is Famine. Her magic dries up the lake and corrupts the creatures inside it, cutting off the main food source of the Otters.
** Thiazzi is War. He is the largest and strongest of the Soul Eaters, and the most physical threat. He starts a war within the Deep Forest, [[spoiler:then unifies both sides in war against the Open Forest.]]
** Eostra is Death.
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A series of books by Britain-dwelling writer Michelle Paver. It is set in northern Europe--most likely Scandinavia--six thousand years ago and widely concerns the hunter-gatherer clans that live in the Forest, but specifically concerns Torak [[note]]Not related to the BigBad in TheBelgariad[[/note]] of Wolf Clan, as well as his wolf 'pack-brother' Wolf and his friend Renn of Raven Clan. The books follow the three companions as they stop a group of evil Mages (shamans) gone rogue, called Soul Eaters. The series takes place over approximately four years.
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A series of books by Britain-dwelling writer Michelle Paver. It is set in northern Europe--most likely Scandinavia--six thousand years ago and widely concerns the hunter-gatherer clans that live in the Forest, but specifically concerns Torak [[note]]Not related to the BigBad in TheBelgariad[[/note]] Literature/TheBelgariad[[/note]] of Wolf Clan, as well as his wolf 'pack-brother' Wolf and his friend Renn of Raven Clan. The books follow the three companions as they stop a group of evil Mages (shamans) gone rogue, called Soul Eaters. The series takes place over approximately four years.
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* BigBadassWolf - Well, naturally...
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Owl Be Damned is now Ominous Owl. Misusage and bad examples are being removed. This is \"creepy owl\" more than \"evil owl\"
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A series of books by Britain-dwelling writer Michelle Paver. It is set in northern Europe--most likely Scandinavia--six thousand years ago and widely concerns the hunter-gatherer clans that live in the Forest, but specifically concerns Torak [[hottip:*:Not [[note]]Not related to the BigBad in TheBelgariad]] TheBelgariad[[/note]] of Wolf Clan, as well as his wolf 'pack-brother' Wolf and his friend Renn of Raven Clan. The books follow the three companions as they stop a group of evil Mages (shamans) gone rogue, called Soul Eaters. The series takes place over approximately four years.
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** Mainly takes place in the High Mountains, with clans such as Mountain Hare, Rowan, Swan, and the mysterious Hidden People. It follows Torak's journey to confront [[spoiler:the final Soul Eater, Eostra]], after the latter spreads a mysterious disease and fear throughout the lands. [[spoiler:Soul Eater No.6, Eostra the Eagle Owl Mage, is killed... and Torak. [[hottip:*:Although he does [[BackFromTheDead get better.]] ]]
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** Mainly takes place in the High Mountains, with clans such as Mountain Hare, Rowan, Swan, and the mysterious Hidden People. It follows Torak's journey to confront [[spoiler:the final Soul Eater, Eostra]], after the latter spreads a mysterious disease and fear throughout the lands. [[spoiler:Soul Eater No.6, Eostra the Eagle Owl Mage, is killed... and Torak. [[hottip:*:Although [[note]]Although he does [[BackFromTheDead get better.]] ]][[/note]] ]]
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* BearsAreBadNews - In ''Wolf Brother'' and ''Soul Eater''.
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A series of books by Britain-dwelling writer Michelle Paver. It is set in northern Europe--most likely Scandinavia--six thousand years ago and widely concerns the hunter-gatherer clans that live in the Forest, but specifically concerns Torak [[hottip:*:Not related to the BigBad in TheBelgariad]] of Wolf Clan, as well as his wolf 'pack-brother' Wolf and his friend Renn of Raven Clan. The books follow the three companions as they stop a group of evil Mages (shamans) gone rogue, called Soul Eaters. The series takes place over approximately four years.
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A series of books by Britain-dwelling writer Michelle Paver. It is set in northern Europe--most likely Scandinavia--six thousand years ago and widely concerns the hunter-gatherer clans that live in the Forest, but specifically concerns Torak of Wolf Clan, as well as his wolf 'pack-brother' Wolf and his friend Renn of Raven Clan. The books follow the three companions as they stop a group of evil Mages (shamans) gone rogue, called Soul Eaters. The series takes place over approximately four years.
[[AC:There are six books, with the final one released in August 2009:]]
* ''Wolf Brother''
** This is set almost entirely in the Forest, and largely serves as an introduction to the characters, the world, and the clan system. It begins with Torak's father being killed by an enormous bear-demon. Torak, surviving without his father for the first time, finds and pretty much adopts an orphaned wolf cub, who he appropriately names Wolf. The rest of the book is about Torak's quest (with Wolf and Renn) to hunt down and slay the bear. [[spoiler:Soul Eater No.1, Torak's father the Wolf Mage, is killed. But we don't find out that he was a Soul Eater until... ''Soul Eater''.]]
* ''Spirit Walker''
** This one expands the world a little: in it, Torak heads out to find a cure for a plague. His journey takes him to the islands west of the Forest and introduces us to the Seal Clan, where he meets a Seal Clan boy called [[TheRival Bale]]. [[spoiler:Soul Eater No.2, Tenris the Seal Mage, is killed.]]
* ''Soul Eater''
** The world is expanded again. This time, Torak and Renn travel to the tundra north of the Forest to rescue Wolf, who is kidnapped by the Soul Eaters. We are introduced to the Ice Clans, particularly the White Fox Clan. [[spoiler:Soul Eater No.3, Nef the Bat Mage, is killed.]]
* ''Outcast''
** Unlike its predecessors, this one takes place entirely within the Forest and particularly around a lake called Lake Axehead. [[spoiler:Torak is thrown out of the Raven Clan for something that happened in ''Soul Eater''.]] We meet more clans, including the Boar and the Otter clan. [[spoiler:Soul Eater No.4, Seshru the Viper Mage--and [[LukeIAmYourFather Renn's mother]]--is killed.]]
* ''Oath Breaker''
** Takes place mostly within the Deep Forest, amongst the mysterious Deep Forest clans such as Auroch, Forest Horse, and Torak's mother's clan, the Red Deer. [[spoiler:Bale is killed by Soul Eater No.5, [[MeaningfulName Thiazzi]] the Oak Mage.]] Torak, Wolf, Renn and Raven Clan chief Fin-Kedinn set off to get revenge, heading deep into the dark heart of the Forest and running afoul of the clans that live there. Except the Red Deer, who are strictly pacifistic. [[spoiler:Soul Eater No.5, Thiazzi the Oak Mage, is killed.]]
* ''Ghost Hunter''
** Mainly takes place in the High Mountains, with clans such as Mountain Hare, Rowan, Swan, and the mysterious Hidden People. It follows Torak's journey to confront [[spoiler:the final Soul Eater, Eostra]], after the latter spreads a mysterious disease and fear throughout the lands. [[spoiler:Soul Eater No.6, Eostra the Eagle Owl Mage, is killed... and Torak. [[hottip:*:Although he does [[BackFromTheDead get better.]] ]]
Even if Stone Age-set adventures aren't your cup of tea, these are worth reading for the worldbuilding. Ms Paver has done a ''lot'' of research into the world she writes about.
Most of the the character tropes are on the character page.
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* AndTheAdventureContinues - ''Ghost Hunter'' ends with [[spoiler:Torak and Renn leaving the Clans to explore the unexplored parts of the Forest]].
* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead]] - Happens to a few characters in ''Ghost Hunter'', including Torak.
* BelligerentSexualTension - Oh god, Torak and Renn.
* BetaCouple - Wolf and Darkfur
* BettyAndVeronica - Gender flipped: Renn (Archie), Torak (Veronica), Bale (Betty)
* BerserkButton - Don't ever, ever, ever lie or keep things from Torak. Ever. And don't even think about hurting someone he loves.
** And DO NOT EVER think of damaging, breaking, maiming, buffeting or in any way hurting Renn's bow and quiver of arrows.
* BlackAndGrayMorality
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead - Bale is the blonde, Torak is the brunette, and Renn is the redhead. But none of them entirely fit the stereotypes--in the Forest, Bale's a bit of a klutz since he doesn't know how to manage, but at the Sea he goes so far as to be an InsufferableGenius. Torak is clever enough (more than clever enough when it comes to tracking, where he is a ScarilyCompetentTracker,) but he can be incredibly stupid and impulsive. Renn is definitely a FieryRedhead, but she's also the calm, practical and rational one.
* BigBadassWolf - Well, naturally...
* CannotSpitItOut - Torak in ''Ghost Hunter'', but it ends well.
* CharacterDevelopment
* ChekhovsGun: Fa's knife. While it's a beautifully-made thing, it's also unwieldy for a boy of Torak's age when he first gets it. [[spoiler:It holds a fragment of the fire opal.]]
* {{Chekhovs Gunman}}: [[spoiler:The Walker, a.k.a. the seventh Soul Eater, who was said to have died in the Great Fire.]]
* ComingOfAgeStory - Pretty much the point of ''Outcast''
* CreepyTwins - The Otter Mage(s). They're two children, a boy and a girl, but are considered and even called as one.
* DarkIsNotEvil - [[HeroicAlbino I'm]] [[IncrediblyLamePun sorry.]] Aside from that, the Raven Clan are pretty nice people on the whole.
* DeathByChildBirth - Torak seems to believe that his mother died this way, until ''Spirit Walker''. Renn claims that her mother died during her birth, [[spoiler:but she is lying]].
* DeathEqualsRedemption - [[spoiler:Nef.]]
* DeathOfTheHypotenuse
* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:Darkfur]] in ''Ghost Hunter''. Oh boy.
* DevelopmentHell - A movie with Ridley Scott as the producer has been talked about since 2004...
* ADogNamedDog - Wolf. A wolf named Wolf.
* DoomMagnet - Torak! And Dyrati accuses Renn of this. Renn denies it, but later wonders if it's true. And for a supporting character, Aki never seems to catch a break.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: In ''Soul Eater'', while in pursuit of Wolf, Torak dreams of a suffocating tree, the beat of leathery wings, creatures that slither beside him, and the ominous call of a bird. [[spoiler:He later meets the last Soul Eaters: Thiazzi the Oak Mage, Nef the Bat Mage, Seshru the Viper Mage, and Eostra, the Eagle Owl Mage.]]
** Renn, as a potential mage, gets this too. [[spoiler:She has a dream of Torak raising his axe to kill Wolf--but it doesn't come to pass because while he really intended to cut off the part of Wolf's tail that was infected, he couldn't bring himself to do it.]]
* DreamWeaver - Seshru. In ''Outcast'', she sends Torak a dream to meet her at a spring. At the time, he believes it was Renn who was in the dream, [[spoiler:hinting the resemblance between Renn and Seshru.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: With equal parts BittersweetEnding. [[spoiler:The Soul Eaters are defeated, but Torak finds himself unable to live with the clans after all that's happened. At least Renn goes with him, even though it means leaving her beloved uncle and Torak's foster father behind. And of course, Wolf, his mate, and their last-surviving cub go with them, along with Rip and Rek.]]
* EvenTheRatsWontTouchIt: The demon bear is so corrupted that scavengers avoid everything it kills.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt - In ''Outcast'' Seshru uses this to bait Renn into telling Torak that [[spoiler:Seshru is her mother]]. In the beginning of ''Ghost Hunter'', Fin-Kedinn does everything he can to keep Torak and Renn away from each other, because he know if they became mates that [[spoiler:they would leave the Raven Clan]]. It ends up happening, but he's alright with it. Later in the book, Dark asks Torak if he and Renn are mates, ''without even meeting her''.
* EverythingsWorseWithBears - In ''Wolf Brother'' and ''Soul Eater''.
* FaceHeelTurn - Hord. Also, Dyrati, kind of, although Renn could be right, maybe she's just a bitch.
* FatalAttractor - If Bale hadn't fallen for Renn, then he and Torak wouldn't have argued, Torak wouldn't have stormed away from Bale, and Bale wouldn't have been [[spoiler:murdered by Thiazzi]].
* FlatWorld - Though the series takes place in our world, it is set 6,000 years ago. Naturally, their beliefs are different, and it is suggested that they believe the Earthy is flat. In ''Soul Eater'', when Torak and Renn travel to the Far North, Renn is anxious that they might accidentally miss the end of the world.
--> It's the end of the world. What if we fall off?
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Some very subtle ones.
** When Torak puts the Death Marks on Fa, he only awkwardly manages to put the mark over his heart because of an old scar Fa had. [[spoiler:That's where he cut out the mark of the Soul Eaters, which Torak later forcibly receives in ''Soul Eater''.]]
** In ''Wolf Brother'', Fin-Kedinn pales when he notices Torak's medicine horn. [[spoiler:That's because it's his mother's, who Fin-Kedinn was in love with when he was younger.]]
** In ''Soul Eater'', [[spoiler:Seshru's]] voice reminds Wolf of Renn's voice.
** In ''Outcast'', the Otter Mage tells Bale that he needs to [[spoiler:use his time wisely. He dies in the next book.]]
* HatePlague - Lots of stuff, actually.
* HeelFaceTurn - [[spoiler:Nef at the end of ''Soul Eater'', and Aki at the end of ''Outcast''.]]
* HeroesWantRedheads - The only person other than Renn that Torak ever feels attracted to is Renn's ''mother''. Clearly, Torak is Rennsexual.
* HeroicBSOD - Renn gets this pretty bad in ''Ghost Hunter'' after [[spoiler:Torak dies]]. It ends quickly, however, when [[spoiler:he comes back to life]].
* InsufferableGenius - Bale, at least when he's in his homeland by the Sea; in the Forest he tries to be one in the beginning, but Renn quickly puts an end to that.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold - Torak, when he's not being [[{{Jerkass}} just a jerk]]
* LaughingMad - Torak [[spoiler:suffering from soul-sickness.]]
* LukeIAmYourFather - Double gender flipped, and averted because[[spoiler:Renn already knew that Seshru was her mother. Seshru and Torak didn't find out until ''Outcast'']] and, oh boy, there was hell to pay.
* NonHumanSidekick - Wolf, Rip, and Rek
* NoPeriodsPeriod - Averted. When Renn began menstruating in''Outcast'' a red bar was tattooed by the clan tattoo on her face.
* NoSocialSkills: Torak. This gets him in trouble with pretty much all the clans he stumbles into since he's completely unaware of their traditions, having been kept away from them his whole life.
* NowOrNeverKiss - Torak and Renn in ''Ghost Hunter''.
* OfficialCouple - Torak and Renn. Oh, the rage on the fan boards, when Bale told Torak that he was going to [[spoiler:ask Renn to be his mate]] in ''Oath Breaker''. It turned to delight when [[spoiler:he died horribly]]. Poor guy.
* OwlBeDamned - Only applies to eagle owls.
* PapaWolf - Wolf, of course. [[spoiler:When he becomes a papa.]]
* PowerTrio - Torak, Renn and Wolf. They get things done.
* ProphetEyes - The Otter Mage.
* TheReveal - At least one big one per book.
* TheRival - Bale. [[spoiler:Until he dies.]] Though, really, Torak forgave him super-fast.
* RunningGag - No one can stomach the mash that the Otter Clan makes. Except Bale.
* SlapSlapKiss - Torak and Renn. Twice.
* ShipSinking - Renn and Bale. Not too many fans were upset.
* TellMeAboutMyFather - Torak to Fin-Kedinn. In ''Oath Breaker'' he gender-flips it while talking to Durrain.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl - Torak, Bale, Renn in ''Spirit Walker'', ''Outcast'' and then a little in ''Oath Breaker''. It doesn't end well...
* TheUnreveal - Despite a fair bit of build-up, we never find out what Torak's father was called.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse - Aki, Sialot and Poi get the 'shadow sickness' in ''Ghost Hunter'', as part of Eostra's spell, and we never find out if they get better. Sialot and Poi are mentioned a few times through out the books, but the reader never meets them. Aki, however, is mentioned several times, but also appears a lot through out the books, and he is an important character in ''Outcast''.
* WorldOfHam - When the [[spoiler:four remaining]] Soul Eaters were gathered together is the third book... ''Soul Eater'', they were this trope. Except Nef.
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[[AC:There are six books, with the final one released in August 2009:]]
* ''Wolf Brother''
** This is set almost entirely in the Forest, and largely serves as an introduction to the characters, the world, and the clan system. It begins with Torak's father being killed by an enormous bear-demon. Torak, surviving without his father for the first time, finds and pretty much adopts an orphaned wolf cub, who he appropriately names Wolf. The rest of the book is about Torak's quest (with Wolf and Renn) to hunt down and slay the bear. [[spoiler:Soul Eater No.1, Torak's father the Wolf Mage, is killed. But we don't find out that he was a Soul Eater until... ''Soul Eater''.]]
* ''Spirit Walker''
** This one expands the world a little: in it, Torak heads out to find a cure for a plague. His journey takes him to the islands west of the Forest and introduces us to the Seal Clan, where he meets a Seal Clan boy called [[TheRival Bale]]. [[spoiler:Soul Eater No.2, Tenris the Seal Mage, is killed.]]
* ''Soul Eater''
** The world is expanded again. This time, Torak and Renn travel to the tundra north of the Forest to rescue Wolf, who is kidnapped by the Soul Eaters. We are introduced to the Ice Clans, particularly the White Fox Clan. [[spoiler:Soul Eater No.3, Nef the Bat Mage, is killed.]]
* ''Outcast''
** Unlike its predecessors, this one takes place entirely within the Forest and particularly around a lake called Lake Axehead. [[spoiler:Torak is thrown out of the Raven Clan for something that happened in ''Soul Eater''.]] We meet more clans, including the Boar and the Otter clan. [[spoiler:Soul Eater No.4, Seshru the Viper Mage--and [[LukeIAmYourFather Renn's mother]]--is killed.]]
* ''Oath Breaker''
** Takes place mostly within the Deep Forest, amongst the mysterious Deep Forest clans such as Auroch, Forest Horse, and Torak's mother's clan, the Red Deer. [[spoiler:Bale is killed by Soul Eater No.5, [[MeaningfulName Thiazzi]] the Oak Mage.]] Torak, Wolf, Renn and Raven Clan chief Fin-Kedinn set off to get revenge, heading deep into the dark heart of the Forest and running afoul of the clans that live there. Except the Red Deer, who are strictly pacifistic. [[spoiler:Soul Eater No.5, Thiazzi the Oak Mage, is killed.]]
* ''Ghost Hunter''
** Mainly takes place in the High Mountains, with clans such as Mountain Hare, Rowan, Swan, and the mysterious Hidden People. It follows Torak's journey to confront [[spoiler:the final Soul Eater, Eostra]], after the latter spreads a mysterious disease and fear throughout the lands. [[spoiler:Soul Eater No.6, Eostra the Eagle Owl Mage, is killed... and Torak. [[hottip:*:Although he does [[BackFromTheDead get better.]] ]]
Even if Stone Age-set adventures aren't your cup of tea, these are worth reading for the worldbuilding. Ms Paver has done a ''lot'' of research into the world she writes about.
Most of the the character tropes are on the character page.
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!!Examples:
* AndTheAdventureContinues - ''Ghost Hunter'' ends with [[spoiler:Torak and Renn leaving the Clans to explore the unexplored parts of the Forest]].
* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead]] - Happens to a few characters in ''Ghost Hunter'', including Torak.
* BelligerentSexualTension - Oh god, Torak and Renn.
* BetaCouple - Wolf and Darkfur
* BettyAndVeronica - Gender flipped: Renn (Archie), Torak (Veronica), Bale (Betty)
* BerserkButton - Don't ever, ever, ever lie or keep things from Torak. Ever. And don't even think about hurting someone he loves.
** And DO NOT EVER think of damaging, breaking, maiming, buffeting or in any way hurting Renn's bow and quiver of arrows.
* BlackAndGrayMorality
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead - Bale is the blonde, Torak is the brunette, and Renn is the redhead. But none of them entirely fit the stereotypes--in the Forest, Bale's a bit of a klutz since he doesn't know how to manage, but at the Sea he goes so far as to be an InsufferableGenius. Torak is clever enough (more than clever enough when it comes to tracking, where he is a ScarilyCompetentTracker,) but he can be incredibly stupid and impulsive. Renn is definitely a FieryRedhead, but she's also the calm, practical and rational one.
* BigBadassWolf - Well, naturally...
* CannotSpitItOut - Torak in ''Ghost Hunter'', but it ends well.
* CharacterDevelopment
* ChekhovsGun: Fa's knife. While it's a beautifully-made thing, it's also unwieldy for a boy of Torak's age when he first gets it. [[spoiler:It holds a fragment of the fire opal.]]
* {{Chekhovs Gunman}}: [[spoiler:The Walker, a.k.a. the seventh Soul Eater, who was said to have died in the Great Fire.]]
* ComingOfAgeStory - Pretty much the point of ''Outcast''
* CreepyTwins - The Otter Mage(s). They're two children, a boy and a girl, but are considered and even called as one.
* DarkIsNotEvil - [[HeroicAlbino I'm]] [[IncrediblyLamePun sorry.]] Aside from that, the Raven Clan are pretty nice people on the whole.
* DeathByChildBirth - Torak seems to believe that his mother died this way, until ''Spirit Walker''. Renn claims that her mother died during her birth, [[spoiler:but she is lying]].
* DeathEqualsRedemption - [[spoiler:Nef.]]
* DeathOfTheHypotenuse
* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:Darkfur]] in ''Ghost Hunter''. Oh boy.
* DevelopmentHell - A movie with Ridley Scott as the producer has been talked about since 2004...
* ADogNamedDog - Wolf. A wolf named Wolf.
* DoomMagnet - Torak! And Dyrati accuses Renn of this. Renn denies it, but later wonders if it's true. And for a supporting character, Aki never seems to catch a break.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: In ''Soul Eater'', while in pursuit of Wolf, Torak dreams of a suffocating tree, the beat of leathery wings, creatures that slither beside him, and the ominous call of a bird. [[spoiler:He later meets the last Soul Eaters: Thiazzi the Oak Mage, Nef the Bat Mage, Seshru the Viper Mage, and Eostra, the Eagle Owl Mage.]]
** Renn, as a potential mage, gets this too. [[spoiler:She has a dream of Torak raising his axe to kill Wolf--but it doesn't come to pass because while he really intended to cut off the part of Wolf's tail that was infected, he couldn't bring himself to do it.]]
* DreamWeaver - Seshru. In ''Outcast'', she sends Torak a dream to meet her at a spring. At the time, he believes it was Renn who was in the dream, [[spoiler:hinting the resemblance between Renn and Seshru.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: With equal parts BittersweetEnding. [[spoiler:The Soul Eaters are defeated, but Torak finds himself unable to live with the clans after all that's happened. At least Renn goes with him, even though it means leaving her beloved uncle and Torak's foster father behind. And of course, Wolf, his mate, and their last-surviving cub go with them, along with Rip and Rek.]]
* EvenTheRatsWontTouchIt: The demon bear is so corrupted that scavengers avoid everything it kills.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt - In ''Outcast'' Seshru uses this to bait Renn into telling Torak that [[spoiler:Seshru is her mother]]. In the beginning of ''Ghost Hunter'', Fin-Kedinn does everything he can to keep Torak and Renn away from each other, because he know if they became mates that [[spoiler:they would leave the Raven Clan]]. It ends up happening, but he's alright with it. Later in the book, Dark asks Torak if he and Renn are mates, ''without even meeting her''.
* EverythingsWorseWithBears - In ''Wolf Brother'' and ''Soul Eater''.
* FaceHeelTurn - Hord. Also, Dyrati, kind of, although Renn could be right, maybe she's just a bitch.
* FatalAttractor - If Bale hadn't fallen for Renn, then he and Torak wouldn't have argued, Torak wouldn't have stormed away from Bale, and Bale wouldn't have been [[spoiler:murdered by Thiazzi]].
* FlatWorld - Though the series takes place in our world, it is set 6,000 years ago. Naturally, their beliefs are different, and it is suggested that they believe the Earthy is flat. In ''Soul Eater'', when Torak and Renn travel to the Far North, Renn is anxious that they might accidentally miss the end of the world.
--> It's the end of the world. What if we fall off?
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Some very subtle ones.
** When Torak puts the Death Marks on Fa, he only awkwardly manages to put the mark over his heart because of an old scar Fa had. [[spoiler:That's where he cut out the mark of the Soul Eaters, which Torak later forcibly receives in ''Soul Eater''.]]
** In ''Wolf Brother'', Fin-Kedinn pales when he notices Torak's medicine horn. [[spoiler:That's because it's his mother's, who Fin-Kedinn was in love with when he was younger.]]
** In ''Soul Eater'', [[spoiler:Seshru's]] voice reminds Wolf of Renn's voice.
** In ''Outcast'', the Otter Mage tells Bale that he needs to [[spoiler:use his time wisely. He dies in the next book.]]
* HatePlague - Lots of stuff, actually.
* HeelFaceTurn - [[spoiler:Nef at the end of ''Soul Eater'', and Aki at the end of ''Outcast''.]]
* HeroesWantRedheads - The only person other than Renn that Torak ever feels attracted to is Renn's ''mother''. Clearly, Torak is Rennsexual.
* HeroicBSOD - Renn gets this pretty bad in ''Ghost Hunter'' after [[spoiler:Torak dies]]. It ends quickly, however, when [[spoiler:he comes back to life]].
* InsufferableGenius - Bale, at least when he's in his homeland by the Sea; in the Forest he tries to be one in the beginning, but Renn quickly puts an end to that.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold - Torak, when he's not being [[{{Jerkass}} just a jerk]]
* LaughingMad - Torak [[spoiler:suffering from soul-sickness.]]
* LukeIAmYourFather - Double gender flipped, and averted because[[spoiler:Renn already knew that Seshru was her mother. Seshru and Torak didn't find out until ''Outcast'']] and, oh boy, there was hell to pay.
* NonHumanSidekick - Wolf, Rip, and Rek
* NoPeriodsPeriod - Averted. When Renn began menstruating in''Outcast'' a red bar was tattooed by the clan tattoo on her face.
* NoSocialSkills: Torak. This gets him in trouble with pretty much all the clans he stumbles into since he's completely unaware of their traditions, having been kept away from them his whole life.
* NowOrNeverKiss - Torak and Renn in ''Ghost Hunter''.
* OfficialCouple - Torak and Renn. Oh, the rage on the fan boards, when Bale told Torak that he was going to [[spoiler:ask Renn to be his mate]] in ''Oath Breaker''. It turned to delight when [[spoiler:he died horribly]]. Poor guy.
* OwlBeDamned - Only applies to eagle owls.
* PapaWolf - Wolf, of course. [[spoiler:When he becomes a papa.]]
* PowerTrio - Torak, Renn and Wolf. They get things done.
* ProphetEyes - The Otter Mage.
* TheReveal - At least one big one per book.
* TheRival - Bale. [[spoiler:Until he dies.]] Though, really, Torak forgave him super-fast.
* RunningGag - No one can stomach the mash that the Otter Clan makes. Except Bale.
* SlapSlapKiss - Torak and Renn. Twice.
* ShipSinking - Renn and Bale. Not too many fans were upset.
* TellMeAboutMyFather - Torak to Fin-Kedinn. In ''Oath Breaker'' he gender-flips it while talking to Durrain.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl - Torak, Bale, Renn in ''Spirit Walker'', ''Outcast'' and then a little in ''Oath Breaker''. It doesn't end well...
* TheUnreveal - Despite a fair bit of build-up, we never find out what Torak's father was called.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse - Aki, Sialot and Poi get the 'shadow sickness' in ''Ghost Hunter'', as part of Eostra's spell, and we never find out if they get better. Sialot and Poi are mentioned a few times through out the books, but the reader never meets them. Aki, however, is mentioned several times, but also appears a lot through out the books, and he is an important character in ''Outcast''.
* WorldOfHam - When the [[spoiler:four remaining]] Soul Eaters were gathered together is the third book... ''Soul Eater'', they were this trope. Except Nef.
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