History Literature / FangsOfFury

Time is not on your side. As you set off for your quest, the fourteen fortress walls surrounding Zamarra is constantly being threatened to be conquered by Ostragoth the Grim's forces. To highlight the urgency of your quest, you begin your journey with a cursed bracelet on your wrist; it will remind you every time a fortress wall is conquered, and when all fourteen walls have fallen, you die as well, because with Zamarra taken you are as good as dead anyways...

* AmazonBrigade: A band of female warriors riding Fangtigers are shown defeating an army of orcs and goblins. While they are not hostile, however they will request that you pay them for killing the forces of chaos.

* ArtifactOfDeath: You begin your quest wearing a cursed bracelet which glows every time a fortress wall is breached. When all fourteen walls have fallen, the bracelet will instant-kill you. [[spoiler:Subverted in the end though, if you succeed in your quest, the bracelet will release you and becomes instantly studded with gems and diamonds, a priceless reward for your victory.]]

* BigGood: Astragal the Wizard, a lawful sorcerer which will aid you in your quest. In this adventure Astragal and the Mage Order oversee defenses of the city of Zamarra, defending it from the evil army besieging it.
* CapeWings: An Elf is shown with a magical cape allowing flight, and you can claim the wings for yourselves later on in the quest.

** Fangtigers, which appeared in Luke Sharp's previous book, ''Literature/DaggersOfDarkness'', makes a comeback as pets of the AmazonBrigade.

* TheDragon: Jinxana, who is adequately titled as the "right hand of Jaxartes". Ostragoth is supposed to be this but he is TheGhost.
* DragonsUpTheYinYang: There's an illusion of a Chinese Dragon hovering above three Wazarri monks which provides guidance for your quest. [[spoiler:The illusion dissipates when the monks performs a HeroicSacrifice]].

* EvilLivingFlames: [[spoiler:Jaxartes very briefly becomes a pillar of fire with a face, as the flames from the Fangs of Fury destroys him]].

** The Dragon men uses this as their standard weapons.
** Kragaar have this weapon as well, as shown in the front cover.

** The standard weapons of Fire Demons throughout the ''Fighting Fantasy'' series, the one in this book use a Fire Sword to fight you.

* TheGhost: You hear right from the start about TheDreaded warlord [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Ostragoth the Grim]], who raised the most formidable army this side of Khul, who is TheDragon to the BigBad Jaxartes. Obviously he should have a big role and fight you in a tough BossBattle, right? Nah! You never see him, not even from afar, and he is barely mentioned. All in all, he is but a justification to why Jaxartes has this huge army at his beck and call, but considering that Jaxartes himself is seen directing them and intervening when your allies launch an assault, he might as well have never existed.
* HopelessBossFight: The two-headed serpent on the front cover cannot be fought normally, your best bet is to just run from it.

* IveComeTooFar: In the opening backstory you briefly re-consider your choice of undertaking this quest (which involves wearing a cursed bracelet that can kill you), but you pressed on anyway.

** Kragaar's pet serpent can breath fire, and it kills two garks by roasting them to a crisp.

** [[spoiler:The revived dragon sentinels will do this to '''EVERY'''. '''SINGLE'''. '''ENEMY'''. That's still alive in the ending of the quest]].
* KungFuWizard: Jaxartes' henchmen includes a number of wizards extremely capable of fighting, called Mage Warriors.

** The Stone-Skin Warrior, which is immune to your sword. You can defeat him by toppling him over and [[LiterallyShatteredLives smashing him into chunks]].

** [[spoiler:The dragon sentinels of Zamarra. They're invincible, indestructible and nigh-unstoppable living statues, and they utterly massacres the forces of evil invading Zamarra once you've restored their power]].

* MagicWand: You'll need to collect one of these, which gives you a bonus towards wizards, demons, and magic-based enemies.
* MindRape: The Inquisitor will do this to you. The mental assault is so damaging it might even kill you due to excessive STAMINA damage!
* MirrorMatch: The Inquisitor will attempt to test you by making you fight a mirror version of yourself whose stats are exactly the same as yours. Subverted that it isn't a fight to the death, if you lose you get your stats restored to normal immediately.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Helping an old lady gets you stuck in the bottom of a well, with a deadly horned devil. Even if you defeat the devil, you stand a chance to get trapped in there.

* RaceAgainstTheClock: You must complete your quest before the final fortress is breached...

* RedBaron: The ''Bonecrusher Battalion''. Possibly the most awesome name that can be bestowed to a millitary unit!

** Kragaar have a two-headed serpent pet which he can unleash on you.

** Jaxartes and his wolves also counts.
* SavageWolves: Jaxartes have two pet wolves which he can sic on you.

* SelfImmolation: Three Oriental-looking Wazarri monks will do this to themselves (By SpontaneousHumanCombustion) after healing your STAMINA and giving you guidance for your quest. Sadly there is no way you can save them, you're on your own when the scene ends.

** Averted with Astragal, Jaxartes, the Wazarri monks and warrior mages, though.

** If you save Kim-Ona from some orcs, not only does she help you with a vital clue, but you get 2 LUCK points immediately. But...
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: ... On the other hand, you can simply leave Kim-Ona on her own, and let some orcs take her away without suffering any LUCK penalty. [[WhatTheHellHero Shame on you if you choose this option!]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The mouse being Ostragoth the Grim, leader of the army of chaos besieging Zamarra. Its implied that [[spoiler:Ostragoth is destroyed with the rest of his forces when you made the dragon sentinels come to life and wipe out the invading army]], but it isn't explicitly confirmed.
* WingedHumanoid: The Dragonmen, which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. If you don't have a pair of Elven Wings you fight them with a slight SKILL penalty.
* ZergRush: Getting trapped in a room full of gremlins. While gremlins are pathetically weak enemies in other ''Fighting Fantasy'' gamebooks, given their sheer number in this situation your best hope is to just make a run for the exit on the other side.

[[caption-width-right:318:They should make a sequel to this story, called '''2 Fangs 2 Furious'''!!! Get it?... No? OK, fine, I'll see myself out.]]

* SoleSurvivor: A crying little girl named Kim-Ona is the lone survivor of an orc attack. Its best that you save her before the orcs comes back and abduct her, [[KarmicJackpot she will lead you to a valuable clue]] to repay the favour.

* SoleSurvivor: A [[CryingLittleKid crying little girl]] named Kim-Ona is the lone survivor of an orc attack. Its best that you save her before the orcs comes back and abduct her, [[KarmicJackpot she will lead you to a valuable clue]] to repay the favour.

Six massive stone dragon Sentinels guard the tiny kingdom of Zamarra. Perched on the top of its highest citadel, the dragons are the invincible, unstoppable guardians of Zamarra since the kingdom's inception, but the fire they breathe has been extinguished. Zamarra is under siege by Ostragoth the Grim, who is working with the sorcerer Jaxartes, whose army of orcs, garks and chaotic races threatens to destroy the twelve wizards of the Mage-Order and seize the fortress of Zamarra! The only hope of Zamarra is for a brave adventurer -- YOU -- to restore the fires of the dragon Sentinels, by re-igniting their flames in the dreaded pits known as the [[TitleDrop Fangs of Fury]].

* TheDragon: Jinxana, who is adequately titled as the "right hand of Jaxartes".

* WouldHurtAChild: If you ignore Kim-Ona and let the orcs take her away, you will discover that orcs are perfectly willing to follow this trope to a T. [[SarcasmMode Great job]], we [[ThisLoserIsYou hope]] [[EntitledBastard that]] [[DirtyCoward you]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk are]] [[ItsAllAboutMe perfectly]] [[PaperTiger happy]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero now]] [[UselessProtagonist that]] [[{{Jerkass}} you]] [[SuperLoser just]] [[FailureHero allowed]] a little girl to suffer a FateWorseThanDeath...

* CallBack:
** Fangtigers, which appeared in Luke Sharp's previous book, ''Literature/DaggersOfDarkness'', makes a comeback as pets of the AmazonBrigade.
** The lawful wizard Astragal from Luke Sharp's ''Literature/ChasmsOfMalice'' and ''Literature/DaggersOfDarkness'' returns as well, and plays a bigger role in this adventure.

* ContinuityNod: Once again, you risk encountering Fire Demons, enemies which previously appeared in ''Literature/TheForestOfDoom'' and ''Literature/TrialOfChampions''.

* WouldHurtAChild: If you ignore Kim-Ona and let the orcs take her away, you will discover that orcs are perfectly willing to follow this trope to a T. [[ThisLoserIsYou Hope]] [[DirtyCoward you're]] [[PaperTiger happy]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero now]] [[UselessProtagonist that]] [[{{Jerkass}} you]] [[SuperLoser just]] [[FailureHero allowed]] a little girl to suffer a FateWorseThanDeath...

** Fangtigers, which appeared in Luke Sharp's previous book, ''Literature/DaggersOfDarkness'', makes a comeback as pets of the AmazonianBrigade.

* ContinuityNod:
** Once again, you risk encountering Fire Demons, enemies which previously appeared in ''Literature/TheForestOfDoom'' and ''Literature/TrialOfChampions''.
** Fangtigers, which appeared in Luke Sharp's previous book, ''Literature/DaggersOfDarkness'', makes a comeback as well.

* ContinuityNod: Once again, you risk encountering Fire Demons, enemies which previously appeared in ''Literature/TheForestOfDoom'' and ''Literature/TrialOfChampions''.

* WouldHurtAChild: If you ignore Kim-Ona and let the orcs take her away, you will discover that orcs are perfectly willing to follow this trope to a T. Hope [[DirtyCoward you're happy]] now that [[UselessProtagonist you]] [[FailureHero allowed]] a little girl to suffer a FateWorseThanDeath...

* WouldHurtAChild: If you ignore Kim-Ona and let the orcs take her away, you will discover that orcs are perfectly willing to follow this trope to a T. Hope you're happy now that [[UselessProtagonist you]] [[FailureHero allowed]] a little girl to suffer a FateWorseThanDeath...

* SoleSurvivor: A [[CryingLittleKid crying little girl]] named Kim-Ona is the lone survivor of an orc attack. Its best that you save her before the orcs comes back and abduct her, [[VideoGameCaringPotential she will lead you to a valuable clue]] to repay the favour.

** If you save Kim-Ona from some orcs, not only does she help you with a vital clue, but you get 2 LUCK points immediately.

Time is not on your side. As you set off for your quest, the fourteen fortress walls surrounding Zamarra is constantly being threatened to be conquered by Ostragoth the Grim's forces. To remind you the urgency of your quest, you begin your journey with a cursed bracelet on your wrist; it will remind you every time a fortress wall is conquered, and when all fourteen walls have fallen, you die as well, because with Zamarra taken you are as good as dead anyways...

* {{Seers}}: Kim-Ona turns out to bee one of these, should you rescue her from the orcs or not.

Six massive stone dragon Sentinels guard the tiny kingdom of Zamarra. Perched on the top of its highest citadel, the dragons are the invincible, unstoppable guardians of Zamarra since the kingdom's inception, but the fire they breathe has been extinguished. Zamarra is under siege by Ostragoth the Grim, who is working with the sorcerer Jaxartes, whose army of orcs, garks and chaotic races threatens to destroy the twelve wizards of the Mage-Order and seize the fortress of Zamarra! The only hope of Zamarra is for a brave adventurer - YOU - to restore the fires of the dragon Sentinels, by re-igniting their flames in the dreaded pits known as the [[TitleDrop Fangs Of Fury]].

* ArtifactOfDoom: You begin your quest wearing a cursed bracelet which glows every time a fortress wall is breached. When all fourteen walls have fallen, the bracelet will instant-kill you. [[spoiler: Subverted in the end though, if you succeed in your quest, the bracelet will release you and becomes instantly studded with gems and diamonds, a priceless reward for your victory.]]

* CapeWings: An Elf is shown with one of these, and you can claim the wings for yourselves later on in the quest.
* CallBack: Once again, you risk encountering Fire Demons, enemies which previously appeared in ''Literature/TheForestOfDoom'' and ''Literature/TrialOfChampions''.

* CoDragons: Jinxana, who is adequately titled as the "right hand of Jaxartes".

* DragonsUpTheYinYang: There's an illusion of a Chinese Dragon hovering above three Wazarri monks which provides guidance for your quest. [[spoiler: The illusion dissipates when the monks performs a HeroicSacrifice]].

* EvilLivingFlames: [[spoiler: Jaxartes very briefly becomes a pillar of fire with a face, as the flames from the Fangs of Fury destroys him]].

* ItsAllUpstairsFromHere: Infiltrating Jaxarte's domain involves climbing up his tower, one level after another.

** [[spoiler: How you defeat Jaxartes in the end, turning the Fangs of Fury and its power on the evil sorcerer]].
** [[spoiler: The revived dragon sentinels will do this to '''EVERY'''. '''SINGLE'''. '''ENEMY'''. that's still alive in the ending of the quest]].

** [[spoiler: The dragon sentinels of Zamarra. They're invincible, indestructible and nigh-unstoppable living statues, and they utterly massacres the forces of evil invading Zamarra once you've restored their power]].

** FreeSamplePlotCoupon: You get 4 Black Cubes immediately in the backstory.

* TakeItToTheBridge: A band of orcs will attempt to block your way as you try to cross one. You get to roll a die to see how many orcs you'll need to fight while crossing.
* VideoGameCaringPotential
** If you help some locals kill 2 drunken orcs in a tavern, you get rewarded with 20 gold pieces. Easy money considering how weak the two orcs are!

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The mouse being Ostragoth the Grim, leader of the army of chaos besieging Zamarra. Its implied that [[spoiler: Ostragoth is destroyed with the rest of his forces when you made the dragon sentinels come to life and wipe out the invading army]], but it isn't explicitly confirmed.

* ZergRush: Getting trapped in a room full of gremlins. While gremlins are pathetically weak enemies in other ''Fighting Fantasy'' gamebooks, given their sheer number in this situation your best hope is to just make a run for the exit on the other side.

* PowerCrystal: Star Crystals, among the vital treasures you need to collect for your quest.

* AmazonBrigade: A band of female warriors riding Fangtigers are shown defeating an army of orcs and goblins. While they are not hostile, however they will request that you pay them for killing the forcces of chaos, whether you want to or not.