History YMMV / TheChroniclesOfAncientDarkness

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids - Despite it mostly marketed as children's literature, there is a great deal of heavily described violence and gruesome images, as well as one or two important deaths in each book (also very gruesome and well-described). There is also some sensuality, especially in the final three books. [[spoiler:And Thiazzi's physical and psychological torture of Renn in ''Oath Breaker'']]

* HarsherInHindsight: In ''Soul Eater'', when Torak and Reno come upon the Walker again, he is distraught over having lost Narik, and Torak replaces Narik for him with a vole he grabs out of the snow. Skip forward to ''Ghost Hunter'', and Torak is replacing Narik again - [[spoiler: by being the second dead child the Walker retrieves.]]

* TearJerker: Plenty.
** Wolf and Torak having to separate at the end of ''Wolf Brother.''
** [[spoiler:Nef]] sacrificing herself to seal in the piece of the fire opal, with her last actions being [[spoiler:to send her beloved bat away, so it doesn't die with her, and for Torak to tell his father that her debt to him is paid.]]
** Torak forced to undergo [[spoiler:the outcast ritual, where he's treated as if he just died. And then he's forced to run for his life.]]
** [[spoiler:Bale's sudden death]] in ''Oath Breaker''.
** Most of Ghost Hunter.
*** When Eostra's owl attacks the wolves.
*** When Torak says goodbye to Renn and kisses her.
*** Later in the book when Renn is thinking of continuing her life after [[spoiler:Torak dies. He comes back to life,]] but when she realizes it, it's still a tear jerking part.
*** The last few, bittersweet pages.
*** The {{Reveal}} of the Walker and Narik's actual identities.

* NightmareFuel:
** Tokoroths! They are very young children stolen from their families, enclosed in a cave, fed only rotting bat meat. Their teeth, fingernail, and toenails are filed to a point. They are kept like that until they have forgotten even the face of their mother. Then a demon is trapped inside of them. They then do crazy-evil stuff, at the bid of their creator. [[spoiler:Renn is often said to have a "sharp-toothed grin", which is fine, until in ''Outcast'' Seshru reveals that she was preparing Renn to be a tokoroth, until Saeunn saved her as a baby...]] That just makes it darkly serious.
** Seshru, Thiazzi, and Eostra. The demon bear. Eostra's dogs, especially when they attack Renn. Eostra's owl.
** The non-consensual tattooing scene in ''Soul Eater''. Oddly rapey for a children's book.
** "[[spoiler:Your son died]]." AdultFear in its purest form.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments - a lot of things that [[FunnyAnimal Wolf]] does.

* FunnyMoments - a lot of things that [[FunnyAnimal Wolf]] does.

* FridgeBrilliance - After a huge forest fire in the fifth book, Renn is wandering around the burnt Forest aimlessly. She starts running when she sees green in the distance, finally seeing trees. When she gets there she sinks to her knees and thinks about how the Forest is eternal and nothing can conquer it. Looking at the world's current environmental situation, it was brilliant.
* FridgeLogic: Near the climax of the first book, Torak runs across a corpse and is very careful not to touch it, because it might anger the dead's spirit. Yet he shows precisely zero concern over lifting things from the man's body, i. e. looting the corpse. Er, what?
** Taking dead people's supplies is going to improve your own likelihood of survival if you need anything they have. A taboo against corpse-looting would probably backfire on a lot of people in their society, so it never developed.

** "[[Your son died]]." AdultFear in its purest form.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids - Despite it mostly marketed as children's literature, there is a great deal of heavily described violence and gruesome images, as well as one or two important deaths in each book (also very gruesome and well-described). There is also some sensuality, especially in the final three books. [[spoiler:And Thiazzi's physical and psychological torture of Renn in ''Oath Breaker'']]

* AdultFear -

*** Oh, Renn. To start with, [[spoiler:her mother is Seshru. Seshru only planned to use her as a tokoroth, at least before Saeunn intervened. Afterwards, Seshru didn't even bother to see if her daughter survived.]] She loses her father at an early age, and because of her talent for Magecraft, (which she is reluctant to use because [[spoiler:she inherited it from her mother]]) people avoid her. Her first real friends were Torak and Wolf.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Again, a lot. Specifically:
** When Torak helps Renn draw [[spoiler:Death Marks on Seshru]] in ''Outcast''.
** When Renn kisses Torak in ''Oath Breaker'' and when Torak kisses her in ''Ghost Hunter''. And ''a lot'' more.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The series is made from these. At least three in each book! And Renn and her archery and plain ol' badass-ery get quite a few. As does Torak [[spoiler:and his spirit walking]].

* CompleteMonster - Most of the Soul Eaters could be argued for, but Thiazzi is the stand-out.

* FridgeLogic: Near the climax of the first book, Torak runs across a corpse and is very careful not to touch it, because it might anger the dead's spirit. Yet he shows precisely zero concern over lifting things from the man's body, i. e. basically looting the corpse. Er, what?

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids - Despite it mostly marketed as children's literature, there is a great deal of heavily described violence and gruesome images, as well as one or two important deaths in each book (also very gruesome and well-described). There is also some sensuality, especially in the final three books. [[spoiler:And let's not forget Thiazzi's physical and psychological torture of Renn in ''Oath Breaker'']]

* Wolf and Torak having to separate at the end of ''Wolf Brother.''
* [[spoiler:Nef]] sacrificing herself to seal in the piece of the fire opal, with her last actions being [[spoiler:to send her beloved bat away, so it doesn't die with her, and for Torak to tell his father that her debt to him is paid.]]
* Torak forced to undergo [[spoiler:the outcast ritual, where he's treated as if he just died. And then he's forced to run for his life.]]
* [[spoiler:Bale's sudden death]] in ''Oath Breaker''.
* Most of Ghost Hunter.
** When Eostra's owl attacks the wolves.
** When Torak says goodbye to Renn and kisses her.
** Later in the book when Renn is thinking of continuing her life after [[spoiler:Torak dies. He comes back to life,]] but when she realizes it, it's still a tear jerking part.
** The last few, bittersweet pages.

* TearJerker - When Eostra's owl attacks the wolves in ''Ghost Hunter''. The scene in ''Ghost Hunter'' when Torak says goodbye to Renn and kisses her. Also, later in the book when Renn is thinking continuing her life after [[spoiler:Torak dies. But he comes back to life,]] but when she realizes that, it was also a tear jerking part. The last few pages of ''Ghost Hunter''. So, uh, most of ''Ghost Hunter''.

* {{Wangst}} - Various degrees with most of the main characters. Namely, Torak.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome- The series is made from these. At least three in each book! And Renn and her archery and plain ol' BadAss -ery get quite a few. As do Torak and his spirit walking.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming- Again, a lot. Specifically: When Torak helps Renn draw [[spoiler:Death Marks on Seshru]] in ''Outcast''. When Renn kisses Torak in ''Oath Breaker'' and when Torak kisses her in ''Ghost Hunter''. And ''a lot'' more.

* FridgeBrilliance - After a huge forest fire in the fifth book, Renn is wondering around the burnt Forest aimlessly. She starts running when she sees green in the distance, finally seeing trees. When she gets there she sinks to her knees and thinks about how the Forest is eternal and nothing can conquer it. Looking at the world's current environmental situation, it was brilliant.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids - Despite it mostly marketed as childrens literature, there is a great deal of heavily described violence and gruesome images, as well as one or two important deaths in each book (also, very gruesome and well-described). There is also a some sensuality, especially in the final three books. [[spoiler:And let's not forget Thiazzi's physical and psychological torture of Renn in ''Oath Breaker'']]

* {{Wangst}} - Various degrees with most of the main characters. Namely, Torak.

** Seshru, Thiazzi, and Eostra. The demon bear. Eostra's dogs, especially when they attack Renn. Eostra's owl. The tokoroths.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel - Tokoroths! They are very young children stolen from their families, enclosed in a cave, fed only rotting bat meat. Their teeth, fingernail, and toenails are filed to a point. They are kept like that until they have forgotten even the face of their mother. Then a demon is trapped inside of them. They then do crazy-evil stuff, at the bid of their creator. [[spoiler:Renn is often said to have a "sharp-toothed grin", which is fine, until in ''Outcast'' Seshru reveals that she was preparing Renn to be a tokoroth, until Saeunn saved her as a baby...]] That just makes it darkly serious.
* NightmareFuel - Seshru, Thiazzi, and Eostra. The demon bear. Eostra's dogs, especially when they attack Renn. Eostra's owl. The tokoroths.