History Literature / Bravelands

** Resolute. [[spoiler: Resulote makes his debut in Code of Honor as a loyal member of Titanpride. He often bullied Fearless and Ruthless. However, he turns on Titan after the latter loses his sanity.]]

* CastsNoShadow: Gazelles who become marked for death by predators lose their shadow and their connection to Us.

* DeathOfAChild: Like the [[Literature/WarriorCats other]] [[Literature/SeekerBears three]] [[Literature/SurvivorDogs series]], there are some baby animals that end up dying. One example is [[spoiler:Sky's little cousin Moon, who ends up getting killed by Titan.]]

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: The first book isn't particularly graphic about its violence except for [[spoiler:Grub's]] death. He eats poisoned meat and ends up dying, foaming at the mouth, partway through.

* NamingCeremony: As in most Creator/ErinHunter works, this is used. Fearless' name was originally "Swiftcub" (which is apparently a generic name presumably related to his mother Swift). After several months of age and showing a certain attribute, cubs are given their "true" name. In the third arc, Hyenas are revealed to go trough a similar process. Tailgrabber was named “Cub” at birth. During a hunting trip, Cub was renamed Tailgrabber (In reference of grabbing the tail of the prey the clan was hunting). [[spoiler: After Tailgrabber was banished she adopts the name “Breathstealer”]]

* RoyalBrat: Fearless thinks that Ruthless is this, but the cub turns out to be grateful for Fearless saving him. Menace (The younger sister of Ruthless) However, is shown to have inherited her father’s cruelty. She enjoys antagonizing her elder brother for his perceived uselessness. She eventually reunites with her father in his newly formed Wolfpride. In the Curse of the Sandtounge Arc, Menace is revealed to have formed her own pride. In ''Blood on the Plains'' However, Menace begs Chase to return Terror (Whom she grew to care about) to his real family after Grandmother brainwashes and subsequently turns her pridemates against her and Terror.

** [[spoiler:Prance becomes the Great-Mother after Thorn dies. However her leadership (Which beings at the end of ''The Venom Spreads'') ends when the plot of the third and final book of the second arc is finished as Prance is forced to give up her life to save the Bravelands from Grandmother.]]

* StarCrossedLovers: The reason there are no forbidden relationships is because of a legend of baboon love gone wrong. Sunrise Crownleaf and Moonlight Deeproot (the lowest rank) become mates, but jealousy festered in the troop and fight breaks out between the different ranks. Sunrise is killed in the fight, and Moonlight dies of a broken heart. Thus, they forbid the inter-rank romances with their saying: "Moon and sun shall never be one."

* TyrantTakesTheHelm: After Grub's murder, [[spoiler:Stinger]] turns out to be quite the tyrant in ''Code of Honor''. The first thing he's done is [[spoiler:murder the Great Mother by setting up Stronghide to kill her]], and after that, he sets up his own brand of followers called "Strongbranches", officially disbanding the Council. He also ends up relocating his troop to a place with little food and less water, imprisoning critics who call out his kind of reign, and [[spoiler:having the Starleaf murdered.]]
* UptownGirl: Thorn (a lower-ranking male baboon) courts Berry (a high-ranking female baboon), and the two become a couple despite it being against the rules. Near the end of "Broken Pride", Thorn [[spoiler:breaks off his forbidden relationship with Berry to save her from Stinger if he turned on her for knowing that he murdered past troop leaders. They get back together in ''Shifting Shadows'', but they end up breaking up again after Thorn begins to doubt their relationship and leaves the troop to embrace his destiny as the Great Father]].
* UsedToBeASweetKid: In ''Code Of Honor'', Fearless ends up becoming a more cruel lion under Titan's reign, as opposed to the innocent and helpful lion cub he was in ''Broken Pride''.

* WhatWereYouThinking: Loyal asks Fearless this when growling that Fearless had made an oath he couldn't possibly keep.

** [[spoiler:Another example of this trope is Prance Herdless (A young female Gazelle). Moment before his death, Thorn pass the Great-Spirit on to Prance making her the next Great-Parent.]]
** [[spoiler:Following the death of Grandmother, Bramble succeeds his father as their troops Silverback after the latter dies.]]
** Echo, a buffalo calf is chosen by the Great-Spirit to succeed Bellow as leader.
* UnwittingPawn: ''By the end of Code of Honor ''[[spoiler: Fearless turns on Thorn when Stinger misleads the former into thinking that the latter had killed Bark and Grub Crownleaf as well Orchestrating The Great Mother’s death when in reality Stinger was at fault. In the next book However, Fearless realizes the error of his ways after discovering that Stinger was responsible for the death of one of his pridemates along with his ties to Titan.]]
* SneezeInterruption: ''In Shadows on the Mountain'', Seek unintendedly jeopardizes Chase's hunt when he sneezes which subsequently alerts a Bush Piglet Chase was trying to hunt.
* CainAndAbel:
** [[spoiler: Holler, (Bellow’s brother) is revealed to have wounded Bellow in attempt to succeeded the former as leader.]]
** Meance is shown to torment Ruthless in [[spoiler: ‘’The Spirit-Eaters’’]] and [[spoiler: ’’Oathkeeper’’]]. However, Ruthless still loves his sister despite their antagony.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood:
** In ''Blood and Bone'', [[spoiler: Stinger]] is shown to have trouble understanding the mindset of good characters on a few occasions. For example, [[spoiler: Stinger]] thought by killing [[spoiler: Snarl]] and subsequently passing it as an accident, [[spoiler: Fearless would be happy about it as he and Snarl argued a lot while the latter was alive]]. [[spoiler: Stinger]] was also shocked when his mate, [[spoiler: Pear]] expressed digest over his role in the demise of [[spoiler: Marula Crownleaf]].
** Another example of this trope is featured in ''Thunder on the Plains''. After [[spoiler: Holler]], wounds [[spoiler: Bellow]]. The former expected the Great-Sprit to choose him as leader despite breaking The Code. The Great-Spirit wouldn't appoint a Code Breaker in any position of power.

* NamingCeremony: As in most Creator/ErinHunter works, this is used. Fearless' name was originally "Swiftcub" (which is apparently a generic name presumably related to his mother Swift). After several months of age and showing a certain attribute, cubs are given their "true" name. In the third arc, Hyenas are revealed to go trough a similar process. Tailgrabber was named cub at birth. During a hunting trip, Cub was renamed Tailgrabber (In reference of grabbing the tail of the prey the clan was hunting). [[spoiler: After Tailgrabber was banished she adopts the name “Breathstealer”]]

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: In ''Blood and Bone'', [[spoiler: Stinger]] is shown to have trouble understanding the mindset of good characters on a few occasions. For example, [[spoiler: Stinger]] thought by killing [[spoiler: Snarl]] and subsequently passing it as an accident, [[spoiler: Fearless would be happy about it as he and Snarl argued a lot while the latter was alive]]. [[spoiler: Stinger]] was also shocked when his mate, [[spoiler: Pear]] expressed digest over his role in the demise of [[spoiler: Marula Crownleaf]].

* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler: Holler, (Bellow’s brother) is revealed to have wounded Bellow in attempt to succeeded the former as leader.]]

* RiteOfPassageNameChange: Lions are given one name at birth, but then earn a new name at some point in their cubhood.

* BrokenPedestal: Thorn is in complete disbelief that [[spoiler:Stinger, the friendly and charismatic leader he had always looked up to, had broken the Code by murdering both Bark Crownleaf and Grub]].

* NamingCeremony: As in most Creator/ErinHunter works, this is used. Fearless' name was originally "Swiftcub" (which is apparently a generic name presumably related to his mother Swift). After several months of age and showing a certain attribute, cubs are given their "true" name. In the third arc, Hyenas are revealed to go trough a similar process. Tailgrabber was named cub at birth. During a hunting trip, Cub was renamed Tailgrabber (In reference of grabbing the tail of the prey the clan was hunting). [[spoiler: After Tailgrabber was banished she adopted the name “Breathstealer”]]

* NamingCeremony: As in most Creator/ErinHunter works, this is used. Fearless' name was originally "Swiftcub" (which is apparently a generic name presumably related to his mother Swift). After several months of age and showing a certain attribute, cubs are given their "true" name.
* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Along with rogue animals, crocodiles usually never follow the Code. Sky even accuses them of [[spoiler:killing the Earth Mother]] when she sees one swimming nearby. It doesn't help that the crocodile is smirking while she accuses it.

* HiveMind: Us of the gazelles. The shared consciousness takes over when the herd needs guidance or protection.

* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:Both ''Broken Pride'' and ''Code of Honor'' end with Stinger taking a position of power, first as the leader of Brightforest Troop and then as the supposed Great Father to all the animals of the savanna.]]

-->'''Prance:'''I am Prance Herdless. My own shadow couldn't catch me, and neither will you!

* CainandAbel: [[spoiler: Holler, (Bellow’s brother) is revealed to have wounded Bellow in attempt to succeeded the former as leader.]]

* ''Broken Pride'' (June 2017)
* ''Code of Honor'' (February 2018)
* ''Blood and Bone'' (October 2018)
* ''Shifting Shadows'' (May 2019)
* ''The Spirit-Eaters'' (February 2020)
* ''Oathkeeper'' (September 2020)

* ''Shadows on the Mountain'' (May 2021)
* ''The Venom Spreads'' (February 2022)
* ''Blood on The Plains'' (October 2022)

* ''The Shattered Horn'' (May 2023)

* ArcWords: ''"Only kill to survive"'' and ''"Blood Pools on the Plains"''

* AnimalReligion: The Great Spirit rules all the animals except the lions. The elephant tribe's leader, the Great Mother, can channel it. In ''Blood on the Plains'', Hyenas are revealed to worship a deity called The Great Devourer .
* ArcWords: ''"Only kill to survive"'' and ''"Blood Pool's on the Plains"''

** Baboons are described as having claws a few times, which is not true; like other primates, they actually have nails, like humans. Their society is depicted as being entirely metrocratic. In real life Baboon societies are matriarchal and baby baboons inherit which ever rank their mother’s have at the time of their birth.

** Bull Elephants live in herds independent from the ones they’re born into. The same thing is true in real-life. However Bull elephants are usually depicted in the novels as living with their heard brothers for the rest of their lives. In reality, Bull elephants join Bachelor Herds once they’re too old to remain with their natal herd. Bull elephants leave their bachelor herds once they find a mate or reach a certain age and spend the rest of their lives as loners.

** Bull Elephants live in herds independent from the ones they’re born into. The same thing is true in real-life. However Bull elephants are usually depicted in the novels as living with their beard brothers for the rest of their lives. In reality, Bull elephants join Bachelor Herds once they’re too old to remain with their natal herd. Bull elephants leave their bachelor herds once they find a mate or reach a certain age and spend the rest of their lives as loners.

* TakingYouWithMe: When the cheetahs won't give Ruthless back due to a deal gone wrong, Fearless decides that, since he would be killed by Titan if he didn't return with his son, he'll take them down with him.
In ''Blood on the Plains'', Prance gives up her life by jumping and luring Grandmother into a river of lava.

* UnwittingPawn: ''By the end of Code of Honor ''
** [[spoiler:Fearless turns on Thorn when Stinger misleads the former into thinking that the latter had killed Bark
And Grub Crownleaf as well Orchestrating The Great Mother’s death when in reality Stinger was at fault. In the next book However, Fearless realizes the error of his ways after discovering that Stinger was responsible for the death of one of his pridemates along with his ties to Titan.]]