History Literature / DeptfordMice

* TheFundamentalist: Isaac Nettle, who is very strict in his veneration of the Green Mouse.
* GenocideFromTheInside: Apparently what caused the ruin of the Fir Realm, one of the five royal houses of black squirrels. ''The Deptford Mice Almanack'' says that it was destroyed from within, but no further details are given.

* TheFundamentalist: Isaac Nettle

* DarkIsNotEvil: For the most part, black squirrels are firmly on the side of good and well-respected, regal creatures. The treacherous Morwenna is a subversion.

The next three books are known as the ''Deptford Histories'' and serve as prequel stories. These books include ''The Alchemist's Cat'' which tells the tale of a young boy who is held against his will by a sorcerer and a cat that would eventually gain great powers from being the sorcerer's familiar, ''The Oaken Throne'' which tells the tale of a bat and squirrel who must find a way to stop an evil cult while a war between their species rages on, and ''Thomas'' which tells the tale of a seafaring mouse who is hounded by a ReligionOfEvil known as the Scale.

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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The two characters in the series who manage to bring down [[GodOfEvil Gods of Evil]] are both [[TheHighQueen Starwives]] using the powers given to them as part of that position.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: The circular nests built by the fieldmice (technically Eurasian harvest mice) at the top of cornstalks seem like fanciful inventions of the author's imagination, right? Actually, they ''do'' make nests just like those in RealLife.

The main trilogies were followed by ''The Deptford Mice Almanack'', a collection of animal traditions and folklore written by an in-universe chronicler. In between the snippets of history are mentions of the characters' lives in the present day - and a series of strange and foreboding events.

The main trilogies were followed by ''The Deptford Mice Almanack'', a collection of animal traditions and folklore written by an in-universe chronicler. In between the snippets of history are mentions of the characters' lives in the present day - and a series of strange and foreboding events. It comes to a head when [[spoiler: the Great Oak containing the rat god Hobb's spirit is felled by a storm, and Audrey ousted as Starwife by mysterious black squirrels, one of whom bears an inexplicable resemblance to her fieldmouse "enemy" Alison Sedge.]]

The SequelHook has yet to be followed up on - instead, the 2000s saw the release of two ''Deptford Mouselets'' books, set apart from the main action. Each of them took place in the year before ''The Dark Portal''. The first, ''Fleabee's Fortune'', was about a [[TokenHeroicOrc token pacifist rat]], and the second, ''Whortle's Hope'', was about a fieldmouse from Fennywolde. There were to be two more entitled ''Ogmund's Gift'' and ''Twit's Progress''. The former was to introduce the prophet bats' unruly nephew who'd rather not have to deal with his growing magic, and the latter would describe Twit's journey from his home in Fennywolde to visit his cousin in Deptford. For some reason, neither of these have been published yet, though it has been nearly ten years since the publication of ''Whortle's Hope''. However, with Robin Jarvis lately returning to the worlds of his other classics, ''Literature/{{Hagwood}}'' and ''The Whitby Witches'' (the former having only one book with a cliffhanger that was unresolved for fourteen years), it is possible that the remaining ''Deptford Mouselets'' books and the grand finale of ''The Deptford Mice'' may finally see the light of day in the not too distant future.

* IllGirl: Gender-flipped with Oswald.

* SimSimSalabim: The Indian city of Hara is depicted in this way, with temples, humid jungles, an evil cult, and heroic mongooses.

* KillTheCutie: Dab from "The Alchymist's Cat", who's easily the most sweet-natured of Imelza's brood, ends up being killed by Spittle and stored in one of his specimen jars.

* AbusiveParents: Isaac Nettle beats his son Jenkin, whom he blames for the death of his wife, as she died giving birth to him. He also abuses him verbally, once even saying that he wished an owl would carry him off.

[[spoiler:These words no doubt come back to haunt him later when Jenkin really is killed and eaten by an owl.]]

* EnthrallingSiren: There are sirens in ''Thomas'' that are part mouse, part fish.

* AbusiveParents: Isaac Nettle beats his son Jenkin, whom he blames for the death of his wife, as she died giving birth to him. He also abuses him verbally, once even saying that he wished an owl would carry him off. [[spoiler:These words no doubt come back to haunt him later when Jenkin really is killed and eaten by an owl.]]

* NotSoDifferent: During his duel with Piccadilly, Morgan expresses an admiration for the mouse's bloodlust, saying he would have made a fine rat. This disgusts Piccadilly and causes him to snap out of the rage that blinded him to all else.