History DarthWiki / BrotherWolf

** [[IncrediblyLamePun Shackle]][[{{Lampshaded}} ton]]. Yes, the clue is in the name, mentioned in the conversation Falls has with his nurse about Piech's own name [[spoiler:which is a little too close for the Salvat word for dog, ''pies'', for comfort]]. And no, it doesn't refer to his imprisonment in Ozzie.

* TheSoCalledCoward - Michal for most of the book, and in fact most of the preceding book. Botham even calls him out on it for not standing up to the authorities' bullying, and, more legitimately, for letting Kumarin take the flak. Woolf gets frustrated [[spoiler:even when beating him up for revealing his condition to the others]]. When he does snap, however, [[spoiler:he wins the game]]. He does it because he doesn't want to be considered insane.

* TheSoCalledCoward - Michal for most of the book, and in fact most of the preceding book. Botham even calls him out on it for not standing up to the authorities' bullying, and, more legitimately, for letting Kumarin take the flak. Woolf gets frustrated [[spoiler:even when beating him up for revealing his condition to the others]]. When he does snap, however, [[spoiler:he wins the game]].

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass - Russell when Seymour oversteps the mark. He is described as growing a spine, and does so throughout the book, so he can take on Seymour at the end.

* PapaWolf - although Woolf buys into the general assumption about Michal being schizophrenic and doesn't believe Michal could convince anyone about anything strange happening at Lowe Road, the rumours he could start could be enough to have himself sectioned. Through the mistreatment Seymour inflicts on his charge, Woolf acts to counter it in some ways in order to protect himself - and also out of loyalty and compassion to his "puppy". Even when Michal [[spoiler:accidently lets slip to Stevenson about Woolf's secret]] he stands up for him and helps [[spoiler:Andrew Russell]] to rescue him at the climax of the story. This contrasts significantly with the brutal bear-man Medvedev, [[spoiler:who bullies his nine-year-old daughter after the death of his wife, has a bit of a cavalier attitude towards his sons' upbringing and a misanthropic contempt of his better-paid neighbours and their children.

* PapaWolf - although Woolf buys into the general assumption about Michal being schizophrenic and doesn't believe Michal could convince anyone about anything strange happening at Lowe Road, the rumours he could start could be enough to have himself sectioned. Through the mistreatment Seymour inflicts on his charge, Woolf acts to counter it in some ways in order to protect himself - and also out of loyalty and compassion to his "puppy". Even when Michal [[spoiler:accidently lets slip to Stevenson about Woolf's secret]] he stands up for him and helps [[spoiler:Andrew Russell]] to rescue him at the climax of the story. This contrasts significantly with the brutal bear-man Medvedev.

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent / {{Shapeshifter}} - [[spoiler:Anyone with an animal name has it because they embody the spirit of that animal, and most of the time they can shapechange, though as it has become marked out as a criminal pathology and a public hazard, particularly in the cases of large predators such as bears and wolves, few people know they have the ability and fewer still dare to try it.]] Spontaneous transformation happens during rage or passion, which for large predatory animals, or even grumpy and vicious carnivores like owls and sparrowhawks, can have near-tragic consequences.

* BigBadassWolf - Woolf and Dobrovolsky both have trouble controlling their tempers. Woolf, living in a rougher, dirtier world openly fights with the paupers. Dobrovolsky has to learn - with the help of Trowes and Keaton, and the sensory deprivation "tranquilising" techniques used at Osbourne - to master his own fits of rage. Both lose or nearly lose their positions in society because of their openness about their conditions.

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent / {{Shapeshifter}} - [[spoiler:Anyone with an animal name has it because they embody the spirit of that animal, and most of the time they can shapechange, though as it has become marked out as a criminal pathology and a public hazard, particularly in the cases of large predators such as bears and wolves, few people know they have the ability and fewer still dare to try it.]]

* InsanityDefense - Medvedev is not transported for life for beating his children almost to death, because the defence is, essentially, on grounds of diminished responsibility. This is echoed with Silnov's case, where it is debated [[spoiler:but not officially imposed]] whether he is fit to stand trial and whether his sentence should be commuted to imprisonment in a lunatic asylum. [[spoiler:In the end he is driven mad by the exorcism and is last seen trying to break out of a padded cell at Osbourne House while the doctors there try to treat him.]]

* BerserkButton / BewareTheNiceOnes - Michal's [[spoiler:girlfriend left him]], his best friend and protector [[spoiler:has left the workhouse to get a job]], his other best friend [[spoiler:dies of heatstroke and lack of water]] - and then Yuri [[spoiler:makes that kind of proposition he can't refuse]]. No wonder Shargunov ended up with a broken nose.

* TheMourningAfter - Carrie is finding it difficult to get over Michal's "death" and Alyosha, due to marry her in the spring, is getting frustrated with it. Also [[spoiler:Michal after Tyne's death - he realises he was attracted to him and admits he is [[BiTheWay bisexual]].]]

* PapaWolf - although Woolf buys into the general assumption about Michal being schizophrenic and doesn't believe Michal could convince anyone about anything strange happening at Lowe Road, the rumours he could start could be enough to have himself sectioned. Through the mistreatment Seymour inflicts on his charge, Woolf acts to counter it in some ways in order to protect himself - and also out of loyalty and compassion to his "puppy". Even when Michal [[spoiler:accidently lets slip to Stevenson about Woolf's secret]] he stands up for him and helps [[spoiler:Andrew Russell]] to rescue him at the climax of the story.

** The illustrated magazine ''Zywe Obrazki'' (''Living Pictures'') shows a detailed engraving of Michal's sister. [[spoiler:A more lifelike picture of Michal than appeared in the Breston illustrateds appears in the Allemund paper ''Neue Welt'' in ''{{DarthWiki/Achava}}'' which does give some clue to his identity to the clergy in the eponymous city - about two years too late to be of much help to him.]]

* BreakTheCutie - in trying to break Michal, and in apparently succeeding, Seymour unwittingly sows the seeds of his own downfall.

* BewareTheNiceOnes - Michal's [[spoiler:girlfriend left him]], his best friend and protector [[spoiler:has left the workhouse to get a job]], his other best friend [[spoiler:dies of heatstroke and lack of water]] - and then Yuri [[spoiler:makes that kind of proposition he can't refuse]]. No wonder Shargunov ended up with a broken nose.

* BewareTheNiceOnes / BeserkButton - Michal's [[spoiler:girlfriend left him]], his best friend and protector [[spoiler:has left the workhouse to get a job]], his other best friend [[spoiler:dies of heatstroke and lack of water]] - and then Yuri [[spoiler:makes that kind of proposition he can't refuse]]. No wonder Shargunov ended up with a broken nose.

* {{Bishonen}} - Silnov. Cool it, ladies, he's gay.

* BigBadassWolf - Woolf and Dobrovolsky both have trouble controlling their tempers. Woolf, living in a rougher, dirtier world openly fights with the paupers. Dobrovolsky has to learn - with the help of Trowes and Keaton, and the sensory deprivation "tranquilising" techniques used at Osbourne - to master his own fits of rage. Both lose or nearly lose their positions in society because of their openness about their conditions.