History Literature / Wereworld

* EvilAlbino: Lord Frost the Werepanther.

* BigBad: King Leopold. [[spoiler:Later, his son Lucas and the other Catlords.]]

* FateWorseThanDeath: The Hawklords were banned from transforming for supporting Wergar even after his death. They also had their homeland handed over to the Crows. [[spoiler:Gryffin having his wings ''torn off'' may also count.]]
** Yes, he was a monster in life, but [[spoiler:Vankaskan having his spirit cannibalized by Vincent and having his knowledge/ magic drained by Hector must ''not'' have been a pleasant experience.]]

* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: Every werelord can (or can learn to) transform at will into a '''Huge''' animal. The type of animal is determined by the paternal line.

* Bittersweet Ending: [[spoiler: Whitley's death.]]

This is basically the premise of the first book of the series ''Rise of the Wolf''. It was generally well-received by critics in the UK with some claiming it to be as good if not better than ''[[Literature/InheritanceCycle Eragon]]''.

* HeelFaceTurn: Count Vega [[spoiler:sells out Wergar, but when Leopold refuses to give his realm back he sides with Drew.]]

* SequelHook: Every book ends with one.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Onyx may be a BloodKnight, but even he [[spoiler:found the slaughter caused by Lucas's Wyld Wolves to be disgusting.]]

* LastOfHisKind: Drew is the las Grey Werewolf.

* DamselInDistress: Gretchen. Though she does put up a fight, it is up to Drew and Hector to save her butt.

* FantasticRacism: Surprisingly there's not much racism between humans and Werelords, but on the other hand Bastian Werelords see themselves as superior to the Lyssian Therianthropes. Only High Lord Oba sees humans as nothing more than slaves. Vala sees humans and mammalian werelords as nothing but food.

* ALoadOfBull: Duke Brand the Werebull, while Stamm and Baron Overmeir are werebuffalos.

* EliteMooks: The Lionguard.

* Fingore: [[spoiler:Drew loses the little finger on his left hand to Vanmorten in Book 1. Trent accidentally cuts off his left hand's little and ring fingers in Book 4.]]

* MoralityPet: Casper is implied to be this to Count Vega, as the former was adopted by the latter after being orphaned (although Vega may have been behind this).

* SavageWolves:[[spoiler:The Wyld Wolves are seen by the Werelords as nothing more than rabid beasts and a mockery to true Therianthropes.]]

* {{Badass}}: Drew, Mack Ferran, Duke Bergan and pretty much every Werelord.

* ALoadofBull: Duke Brand the Werebull, while Stamm and Baron Overmeir are werebuffalos.

* HeavyHippo: General Gorgo the werehippo.

* HookHand: [[spoiler:Drew has his hand replaced with a trident blade after losing it. After the blade is rendered useless, he temporarily replaces it with a shield, before leaving the stump bare.]]

* {{Lycanthrope}}: Drew and Queen Amelie.

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent

* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Interesting example with Count Vega the Wereshark. Fought on Wergar's side against Leopold, but betrayed Wergar when he saw that they were losing. Leopold won, and Vega hoped he'd be able to get a cut of the victory spoils. Leopold then betrayed ''him'', saying that anyone who would sell out his leader for gold could just as easily do it again, not only refusing to give him anything, but also taking his homeland, the Cluster Isles, away from him.

* DistressedDamsel: Gretchen. Though she does put up a fight, it is up to Drew and Hector to save her butt.

''For the webcomic by Rann, see Webcomic/{{Wereworld}}''

* AchillesHeel: Werelords can heal from any injury that isn't inflicted by silver. Silver restraints will also withstand a Werelord's transformation, which means a restraint around one's neck or wrist will just strangle or pop you body apart if you transform while wearing them. [[spoiler:Drew, however, does manage to transform once with a restraint around his wrist, but ironically, this is when he needed to lose his hand.]] It comes as no surprise that Wergar outlawed the metal, although [[spoiler:the Lionguard still has access to it]].
* ActionGirl: Gretchen and [[spoiler:Whitley]].

* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Drew loses his left hand in Book 2 after losing his left little finger in Book 1]].

* BedsheetLadder: [[spoiler: Carver and Pick use one to escape from Hector]].
* BettyAndVeronica: Gretchen (Veronica) and [[spoiler:Whitley]] (Betty). Drew develops feelings for Gretchen but doesn't get the chance to tell her. [[spoiler:Nest of Serpents' ending implies that he chooses Whitley]].

* DeadlyDecadentCourt: What we see of Leopold's allies in court seems to fit the bill. Their actions at a banquet in the first book are not described charitably.

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Hector, after becoming DrunkOnTheDarkSide]].

* FateWorseThanDeath: The Hawklords were banned from transforming for supporting Wergar even after his death. They also had their homeland handed over to the Crows. [[spoiler:Gryffin having his wings ''torn off'' may also count]].
** Yes, he was a monster in life, but [[spoiler:Vankaskan having his spirit cannibalized by Vincent and having his knowledge/ magic drained by Hector must ''not'' have been a pleasant experience]].

* Fingore: [[spoiler:Drew loses the little finger on his left hand to Vanmorten in Book 1. Trent accidentally cuts off his left hand's little and ring fingers in Book 4]].

* HeelFaceTurn: Count Vega [[spoiler:sells out Wergar, but when Leopold refuses to give his realm back he sides with Drew.]]

* HookHand: [[spoiler:Drew has his hand replaced with a trident blade after losing it. After the blade is rendered useless, he temporarily replaces it with a shield, before leaving the stump bare]].

* RatedMForManly: For a Young Adult fantasy novel it is about as manly as it can get, a '''''Welcome''''' relief from {{Twilight}} and other books like it.
* RedRightHand: [[spoiler:Hector's "scar" from his botched communing eventually consumes his entire left arm, rendering it lifeless, but also making it immune to pain]].
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Baba Korga is introduced in Book 2, but Trent finds out in Book 3 that she died months ago; the current one is an imposter]].
* SamusIsAGirl: Drew's reaction to [[spoiler:Whitley]].

* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:Pretty much all of Leopold's allies turn on him at the end of Book 2. ''Even his son, who is the one to actually kill him.'']]
* SnowMeansDeath/ SnowMeansLove: Both Drew and [[spoiler:Trent]] make their last stands against the [[spoiler:Wyldermen]] during a snowfall. Both end their fights in the hands of a love interest. Possibly [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] as the snow turns to rain over the course of events.

* WrittenByTheWinners: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] regarding King Wergar. The current king, Leopold, trumpets on about Wergar's warmongering and is what Drew has grown up to be. Starngely enough, even his former friends have a mixed opinion about the ex-king, although the general picture of him is that he saw the world as white & black; if you weren't his friend, you were his enemy. However, he was beloved by his ''own'' subjects. The trope is [[PlayingWithATrope played with]] regarding [[spoiler:Count Vega]]. Hector briefly refers to the trope, before the man himself appears and proves that he really is a jerk. ''Then'' he starts helping Drew and remains on his
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Why [[spoiler:Onyx has Leopold killed]].