History Literature / DeptfordMice

* MasterOfDisguise: Bauchan of the Raith Sidhe.

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* SmallNameBigEgo: Master Oldnose

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%%* CoolOldLady: The Starwife in the original trilogy.

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, ''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.

* CharacterTitle: ''Thomas''

* ChekhovsGun: Audrey's mousebrass, the Anti-Cat Charm.

* {{Constellations}}: The firmament is a motif of the Starwife, as she is a celestial-themed monarch. There are decorations on the ceiling in her chamber that represent all the constellations, and she herself is also known as the Handmaiden of Orion (referring to the constellation Orion, the Hunter).

* CoolOldLady: The Starwife in the original trilogy.

* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:The Starwife]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: It's heavily implied Madame Akkikuyu spent her youth as a prostitute.

* TakeAThirdOption: In ''Thomas'', Neltemi chooses to [[HeroicSacrifice stab herself]] with Dahrem's poisoned blades when the latter tells Mulligan that if he doesn't hand over [[MacGuffin the ninth egg fragment]], he'll kill her. Neltemi knew that Mulligan would choose her life over the fragment, and in so doing would doom the world by enabling [[GodOfEvil Suruth Scarophion]]'s return.

* HairDecorations: Audrey wears a pink ribbon in her hair, tying it in such a way that "the top of her head look[s] as if it [is] sprouting".

* WizardsLiveLonger: The Starwives, magic-wielding monarchs, are given a much longer life span than ordinary creatures. For example, according to ''The Deptford Mice Almanack'', Ysabelle was on the throne for nearly three hundred years.

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* MonstrousCannibalism: Rats of Deptford have been known to eat each other. After [[spoiler:Jake]] emerges from the temple of the Raith Sidhe after his battle with [[spoiler:Fletch]], Audrey is sickened because it is clear to her that he feasted on his opponent's body.
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* HeroicAlbino: Oswald.

* 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. Worse, her death seems to serve no purpose other than to spur Jupiter to turn against his master.

* BadassPrincess: Ysabelle