History Literature / FirekeeperSaga

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Firekeeper wears footgear as rarely as possible, and throws fits when told to put shoes on.

* AristocratsAreEvil: Averted; many of the aristocrats are portrayed sympathetically, while others are useless or, occasionally, really evil. The general impression is that aristocrats are ''people''.

%% * MoreThanMindControl: Lady Melina
%% * NonHumanSidekick:
%% ** Zig-zagged. Although Firekeeper has them (Blind Seer, Elation, and sometimes Bee Biter), she's basically the ''human'' sidekick to a gang of wolves. Also, the "sidekicks" in question have their own opinions and tend to do what they want, not what she wants.
%% ** Blind Seer is perhaps more accurately described as a [[spoiler: [[InterspeciesRomance Non Human]] LoveInterest]]

* AnimalTalk

* BloodMagic
* BrotherSisterIncest: One of the legends told of the Meddler is of him helping a pair of young lovers forbidden from being together by the boy's father. Going along with his tendency to not think things through and ignore consequences, it's revealed only after the pair run away together that they're half-siblings, the sister didn't know this, but the brother ''did''.

* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Averted.
* DeadpanSnarker: Elation is the most obvious.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: A trademark of the Meddler. At least in the fables that talk about him.

* ElectiveBrokenLanguage: Firekeeper usually speaks pidgin language because she believes proper grammar to be "unnesessary"; however, she can, and does, speak normally when she needs to make sure she is understood.
* EvilMatriarch: Lady Melina.
* FingerInTheMail: [[spoiler: Citrine's]] fingers, sent to [[spoiler: Lady Melinda]]. Her only reaction is to burn them.
* FunctionalMagic: Mostly involving blood. There's a ''reason'' that about half the countries we see hate it.

* HalfHumanHybrid [[spoiler:The Maimalodalum]]

* IntellectualAnimal: Every one of the Royal Beasts.
* KissingCousins: A lot of the marriages of Hawk Haven's noble class, but Elise and Jet are a major example.
* MixAndMatchCritters: [[spoiler:The Maimalodalum]]
* MoreThanMindControl: Lady Melina
* NonHumanSidekick: Sort of used, sort of inverted, sort of subverted. Although Firekeeper has them (Blind Seer, Elation, and sometimes Bee Biter), she's basically the ''human'' sidekick to a gang of wolves. Also, the "sidekicks" in question have their own opinions and tend to do what they want, not what she wants.
** Blind Seer is perhaps more accurately described as a [[spoiler: [[InterspeciesRomance Non Human]] LoveInterest]]
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Dragon of Despair is rather... strange.

* SapientSteed
* SpannerInTheWorks: Firekeeper, for the reasons listed in ImmuneToFate.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Firekeeper.
** After surviving the Burning Plague, [[spoiler:Derian]] gets a limited version of this.

* TalkingAnimal: The Royal Beasts, even if most people can't understand them.
** The Wise Beasts as well, and their co-existence with humans has offered at least rudimentary communication between them.
* ThemeNaming: All of Melina's children are named for precious stones.

* TricksterArchetype: The Meddler
* UnusualAnimalAlliance: Both Royal and Wise beasts have done this for the greater good throughout the books.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Virim, the man who [[spoiler:created the Burning Plague that wiped out the original spellcasters]].

* WildChild

* SuccessionCrisis: The entire first book centers around one. Firekeeper is brought to civilization because Earl Kestral believes that she is his niece, the king's granddaughter, and potential heir to the throne. [[spoiler:She isn't.]]

** Towards the end of the series, we learn that Tiniel was in love with Isende. Her relationship with Derien and other factors concerning her are a large part of what drive his actions in the sixth book.

* RagsToRiches: Not quite Rags, but Derien goes from a carter's son to royal counselor to diplomat to national leader in his own right.

** After surviving the Burning Plague, [[spoiler:Derien]] gets a limited version of this.

** Surnames among Hawk Haven's common folk are often taken from and indicative of their professions. In fact, Derien Carter becomes known as Derien Counselor once the king names him such.

* MixAndMatchCritters: [[spoiler:The Maimolodalu]]

* HalfHumanHybrid [[spoiler:The Maimolodalu]]

* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Virim

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Virim.

* BigBadassWolf: Lots of them.

* NonHumanSidekick: Sort of used, sort of inverted, sort of subverted. Although Firekeeper has them (Blind Seer, Elation, and sometimes Bee Biter), she's basically the ''human'' sidekick to a gang of wolves. Also, the "sidekicks" in question have there own opinions and tend to do what they want, not what she wants.

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Through_Wolfs_Eyes_cover_7690.jpg
%%[[caption-width:245:some caption text]]

!!! List of books:

The ''Literature/FirekeeperSaga'' by Jane Lindskold is a fantasy series based around a WildChild girl who was raised by wolves and brought back to human society. Where it would usually appear as your standard HighFantasy, the author has twisted the standard setting a ''lot'' and eliminated most of the WorldBuilding {{Non Sequitur}}s usually found in the genre.