History Literature / DragonKeeperChronicles

-->'''[[BiggerBad Pretender]]:''' "The ending has not yet been written."\\

%%* MixedAncestry: The Grawl.

The series consists of ''DragonSpell'', ''DragonQuest'', ''DragonKnight'', ''DragonFire'' and ''DragonLight''. As you may have guessed, [[ThemeNaming quite a lot of the characters are dragons]].

The series consists of ''Dragonspell'', ''Dragonquest'', ''Dragonknight'', ''Dragonfire'' and ''Dragonlight''. As you may have guessed, [[ThemeNaming quite a lot of the characters are dragons]].

* TheStarscream: Starting from book 2, [[EvilSorceror Wizard]] [[BigBad Risto]] to [[{{Satan}} Pretender]]. You get the feeling Burner Stox and Crim Copper would have become this to Wizard Risto, except that [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Wizard Fenworth]] [[spoiler: [[CurbStompBattle took]] Risto out]] a book or two too early.

* GentleGiant: Bruntstetter. And pretty-much every other urohm.

* CoolOldGuy: Fenworth and Libbretowit.

''The Dragon Keeper Chronicles'' is a Christian fantasy series concerning the life of the Dragon Keeper, Kale. The series is set in a world with several fantastic races, [[FiveRaces many of which fit fairly comfortably into certain stereotypes]].

* CallARabbitASmeerp: A bizarre variation involving fantasy creatures. See FiveRaces below. Also, Grawligs are clearly ogres, with a hint of troll. Oh, and {{God}} is called Wulder and {{Satan}} is called Pretender.

* EekAMouse: Discussed briefly in book 3.

* FiveRaces: There are at least elements of this trope present in the high races. O'rants ~ Humans, mariones ~ Dwarves, emerlindians ~ Elves, kimen ~ Fairies, doneels & tumanhofers ~ Gnomes/Hobbits.

* LightningBruiser: Regidor. The Meech Dragon. The first time anyone sees him fight... they realize how glad they are not to be his enemies. Kale: "He moves like a lizard." Bardon: "Agile like a lizard!" Toopka: "Don't say that: he might not like it!" Regidor is about seven feet tall, incredibly muscular, has a tail as a fifth limb, is an absolute genius who thinks faster than you ever could and could probably learn everything there is to know about fighting in a week, and [[BreathWeapon breathes fire]]. Oh, and he later learns to fly.
** He's also something like this as far as Magic-use is concerned: most wizards have one tallent; Regidor has them all.
* MadScientist: Crim Cropper.
* MagicAIsMagicA

* MixedAncestry: The Grawl.

* PluckyComicRelief: Doneels in general. Specifically:
** Dar starts off this way.
** Toopka.

* ShipperOnDeck: Toopka

--> [[BiggerBad Pretender]]: "The ending has not yet been written."
--> [[BigGood Paladin]]: "Oh, hasn't it?"
--> *Pretender vanishes.*

* WizardClassic: Wizard Fenworth fits this to a T. RobeAndWizardHat, MagicStaff, Uses Wizardry, [[EccentricMentor quite eccentric]], male, 72 centuries old...[[note]]according to him, but of course, he's at least a few millennia old, and his mind isn't what it used to be...[[/note]]
** Quite a few of the other Wizards fit this, too, to varying degrees. Even [[spoiler: Kale]], given long enough.

* BadassGrandpa: Fenworth. Though more like great-great-great[[Music/MCHammer ^e^mc^2]] grandpa.

* WizardClassic: Wizard Fenworth fits this to a T. RobeAndWizardHat, MagicStaff, [[CaptainObvious Uses Wizardry]], [[EccentricMentor quite eccentric]], male, 72 centuries old...[[note]]according to him, but of course, he's at least a few millennia old, and his mind isn't what it used to be...[[/note]]

* TheStarscream: Starting from book 2, [[EvilSorceror Wizard]] [[BigBad Risto]] to [[{{Satan}} Pretender]]. You get the feeling Burner Stox and Crim Copper would have become this to Wizard Risto, except that [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Wizard Fenworth]] [[spoiler: [[CurbStompBattle took]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Risto out]]]] a book or two too early.

A new series has begun that is set in the same world, but at a different place and time. This series follows the adventures of Tipper, a young Emerlindian girl. Three books have been published so far, ''Dragons of Chiril'' (previously titled ''The Vanishing Sculptor''). ''Dragons of the Valley'', and ''Dragons of The Watch''.

* VillainExitStageLeft: At the end of [[spoiler: both [=DragonKnight=] and spoiler: [=DragonFire=]]], Pretender has to pull this one.

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: {{Discussed}} in the case of the quiss. The heroes intitially have no moral problem with exterminating the quiss migrations precisely ''because'' quiss are non-sapient beasts and cannot be negotiated with. When they discover a strain of quiss modified to have sapience by a MadScientist villain, they specifically decree that ''those'' quiss are not to be wiped out without at least giving them the option of returning to the oceans. (Since most of the heroes are telepaths, they can tell if a quiss swarm contains any of the sapient kind before ordering it wiped out).
* WizardClassic: Wizard Fenworth fits this to a T. RobeAndWizardHat, MagicStaff, [[CaptainObvious Uses Wizardry]], [[EccentricMentor quite eccentric]], male, 72 centuries old...[[note]]according to him, but of course, he's at least a few millenia old, and his mind isn't what it used to be...[[/note]]

* BadassGrandpa: Fenworth. Though more like great-great-great[[MCHammer ^e^mc^2]] grandpa.

* TheObiWan: The good wizards all have elements of this.

* TheStarscream: Starting from book 2, [[EvilSorceror Wizard]] [[BigBad Risto]] to [[{{Satan}} Pretender]]. You get the feeling Burner Stox and Crim Copper would have become this to Wizard Risto, except that [[TheObiWan Wizard]] [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Fenworth]] [[spoiler: [[CurbStompBattle took]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Risto out]]]] a book or two too early.

* LightningBruiser: Regidor. The Meech Dragon. The first time anyone sees him fight... they realize how glad they are not to be his enemies. Kale: "He moves like a lizard." Bardon: "Agile like a lizard!" Toopka: "Don't say that: he might not like it!" To clarify why Regidor is so terrifying: he is about seven feet tall, incredibly muscular, has a tail as a fifth limb, is an absolute genius who thinks faster than you ever could and could probably learn everything there is to know about fighting in a week, and [[BreathWeapon breathes fire]]. Oh, and he later learns to fly.

* [[spoiler:BabiesEverAfter]]

* BiggerBad: [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Pretender]], aka Satan.

* EarnYourHappyEnding

* EccentricMentor: Fenworth

* HalfHumanHybrid: Bardon.

* YouWillBeAssimilated: Lord Ire, a being created by Pretender stealing a meech's body and 'absorbing' several others.

* WizardClassic: Wizard Fenworth fits this to a T. RobeAndWizardHat, MagicStaff, [[CaptainObvious Uses Wizardry]], [[EccentricMentor quite eccentric]], male, 72 centuries old...[[hottip:*:according to him, but of course, he's at least a few millenia old, and his mind isn't what it used to be...]]

* TimeSkip: Ye gods. The series covers twelve years. In five books. One year, then three years, then three years again, then five years...

A new series has begun that is set in the same world, but at a different place and time. This series follows the adventures of Tipper, a young Emerlindian girl. Two books have been published so far, ''The Vanishing Sculptor'' and ''Dragons of the Valley''.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Fenworth. "How do you do the water spell, again?" "Is it one part hydrogen to two parts oxygen?" And then he drowns all the enemies. Taken UpToEleven when he kills Wizard Risto, absentmindedly remarking "[[PreAssKickingOneLiner I've never liked him]], [[Framiliar Thorp]]." KillItWithFire Ensues.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Holt Hoddack