History Literature / FoxCraft

* CatFight: In the second book, Isla hears Simmi and Tao talking about her behind her back, and uses her knowledge of Foxcraft to scare the daylights out of them. It doubles as a *Crowning Moment Of Awesome and Crowning Moment Of Funny.

* BlackAndGrayMorality: [[spoiler: The Mage is clearly evil, but The Taken are just normal foxes who have gotten their free will stripped away from them, leaving them mindless slaves. And, yes Haiki did betray Isla and the others, but only because he thought he could get his family back. It is also unknown why The Elder's aren't helping, as it is shown that they are ''very'' adept at Foxcraft.]]

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Isla's parents and Greatma? Yeah, dead. So are Siffrins family, Haiki's family, as well as Tao and Simmi's brothers, greatfa, and brother.

* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Isla has yet to be actually scarred, despite being in umerous fights. [[spoiler: Although the fight against the Taken may of have changed that]]

* AlasPoorVillain: Most of The Taken, save for those psychopaths, actually are just regular foxes who had their free will literally stripped from them. In the second book, it's even more tragic, as when Isla attempts to reason with them, and brings this up, one sadly murmurs "My . .. family?" Before attacking her again. [[spoiler:Also, Haiki. He wanted to find his family again, and The Mage promised he would bring him to them if he managed to get them to the elders.

* ForcedToWatch: [[spoiler: Siffrin has to watch in horror as The Taken kill Isla's entire family- save for her and Pirie. He doesn't tell her this, allowing her to believe their alive. When she finds out, she is ''pissed.'']]

* DyingAlone: [[spoiler: Simmi and Tao's litle brother Mox after The Taken invade their den.]]
* DwindlingParty: In book two, everyone [[spoiler: ends up going their separate ways. Haiki betrays Isla, and runs away with The Taken, Simmi and Tao decide to stay together practicing Foxcraft, Isla and Siffrin set off the Snowdlands, but end up getting separated. Isla is all alone.]]

* ActionGirl:Isla.[[spoiler:Despite only being a fox cub, she crossed the deathriver, learnt how to slimmer after a day from lessons from Siffrin, comes up with the idea to hide on the roof, leaps over a huge gap, survives when other roof collapses, makes her way out of the building with the caged foxes, free's the other animals, frightens off The Taken with her k'araking, and survives Karka.]] [[spoiler:And then in book two, she saves Haiki from drowning and outsmarts the Taken. Oh,and when she overheard Tao and Simmi talking about her behind her back, she decided to completely ''fuck them up'', in the funniest way possible.]]

* BirdsOfAFeather:[[spoiler: Isla, Haiki, Tao, Simmi and Siffrin all lost their families, so they stick together. Then Siffrin leaves and doesn't come back, after he promised to, sending the remainders out to find The Elders to find him. Haiki is revealed to be a traitor, so the Mage will show him where his family is, afterwards, Tao and Simmi leave, promising to work on their Foxcraft, Isla travels to the Snowlands, Siffrin tries to follow her,but they are seperated, so they're all basically alone.]]

* ButtMonkey: Haiki, poor fox. [[spoiler: He loses his family, can't even karakk, and it just keeps getting worse. He broke Isla's trust when he brought the Taken to the Elders on purpose.]]

Inbali Iserles is the author of Foxcraft, a series about a fox cub named Isla, who is trying to find her brother Pirie.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Haiki, who outsmarted a group of dogs

* ConstantlyCurious: Isla, who wants to know everything there is to know about Foxcraft

* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler: Isla has lost her home, parents, safety, comfort, and her brothers in a frozen tundra, yet she ''still'' keeps going.]]
* DiceRollDeath: Averted [[spoiler: Isla should of have died along with her family, but she snuck away to get berries.]]

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Haiki.]]

* AdultFear:[[spoiler:Having your entire family killed because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time, or your children were born different?]]
** Worse :[[spoiler: Imagine someone you love being brainwashed to not know you. This isn't fantasy. Terrorists have done this all the time.]]
* AffectionateNickname: Pirie calls Isla 'little fox' Isla calls him 'her idiot big brother.' It's a lot cuter than it sounds.

* CatsAreMean: Isla outright says this in the first book
* ChildrenForcedToKill: This can be assumed since [[spoiler: The Mage tried to steal Siffrin's will when he was a fox cub]]

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Haiki]]
* FireForgedFriends: Isla and Siffrin

* GoneHorriblyRight:[[spoiler: If Isla hadn't seen the rose scar on Siffrin's leg, she never would of have figured out he used to be a taken, and run away, got trapped, escaped and freed the wolf, who killed The Mage's Assassin. Yay?]]
* HappilyAdopted:[[spoiler: Jana adopts Siffrin when he was younger, after healing him from the Taken curse.]]
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler: Simmi and Tao want to be this]]

* IGaveMyWord: Siffrin promises that [[spoiler: he will take Isla,Haiki,Simmi and Tao to the Elders in three days. He doesn't. He has an excuse, but still.]]

* BigBad:[[spoiler: The Mage, as well as all the other taken]]

* BigDamnHeroes:[[spoiler: Isla scaring off The Taken at the end of book 1, Siffrin saving her and Tao and Simmi's family from coyotes, Isla again saving Haiki from drowning, there is quite a list]]
* BirdsOfAFeather:[[spoiler: Isla, Haiki,Tao,Simmi and Siffrin all lost their families, so they stick together. Then Siffrin leavs and doesn't come back, after he promised to, sending the remainders out to find The Elders to find him. Haiki is revealed to be a traitor, so The age will show him where his family is, afterwards, Tao and Simmi leave, promising to work on their Foxcraft, Isla travels to the Snowlands, Siffrin tries to follow her,but they are seperated, so they're all basically alone.]]

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Maybe not cray, but The Taken are brainwashed.]]

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Everyone get's one. Isla mimicking a bird, Pirie going invisible, their Greatma predicting the weather, [[spoiler: arka killing their parents]] Siffrin prancing around as a [[spoiler: dog]] and the wolf talking about true freedom. Then, in the second book, Haiki establishing himself as friendly,cheerful, but cunning, outsmarting a group of dogs. Simmi and Tao are very loyal to their brother Mox, defending him from Isla when they think she's being mean, and being wary of her. [[spoiler: And the elders, who are the masters in their respective art's and can talk without opening their muzzles.]]
* EvilSmellsBad: Isla describes [[spoiler: The Taken as smelling of Ash and death.]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: If Siffrin hadn't lied to Isla, then she wouldn't of have freaked out and ran away, gtting herself caught by no furs.]]
* NobodyPoops

* OppositesAttract: Haiki wants to stay with Isla, despite them being total opposites in more than a few things
* PapaWolf: If you mess with Isla, Pirie and Siffrin will ''end you.'' And vice versa.

* {{Shapeshifting}}: Though they call it wa'akkir, Siffrin, Jana, Karka and [[spoiler:The Mage]] Are all masters of this. [[spoiler: And later Isla, who learns it later]]

* UnstoppableRage: Isla when [[spoiler: Siffrin shapeshifts into her]]

* AfterActionHealingDrama: [[spoiler:Isla healing Siffrin in the second book after he fights a coyote. Then she passes out.]]
* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Most of The Taken, save for those psychopaths, actually are just regular foxes who had their free will literally stripped from them. In the second book, it's even more tragic, as when Isla attempts to reason with them, and brings this up, one sadly murmuers "My . .. family?" Before attacking her again]] [[spoiler:Also, Haiki. He wanted to find his family again, and The Mage promised he would bring him to them if he managed to get them to the elders. After Isla finds out he betrays them, he is never seen again]]

* AnyoneCanDie: Pretty much yeah. Then again, there is a much worse way to go down . . .

* TheAssimilator: [[spoiler:The Mage. He literally takes away your will,leaving you his slave. Oh, and he kills his own kind for fun]]

* DisabilityImmunity: [[spoiler: Haiki can't do Foxcraft, and it is hinted because he's a grey fox. However, Foxcraft doesn't work on him.]]
* DyingAlone: [[spoiler: Simmi and Tao's litle brother Mox after The Taken invade their den]]
* DwindlingParty: In book two, everyone [[spoiler: Ends up going their seperate ways. Haiki betrays Isla, and runs away with The Taken, Simmi and Tao decide to stay together practicing Foxcraft, Isla and Siffrin set off the Snowdlands, but end up getting seperated. Isla is all alone.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Isla's plan

* GenderFlip: Isla and Haiki. Isla is very skilled at Foxcraft, and is a much better hunter than Haiki [[spoiler: while Haiki can't do Foxcraft, but he can see through it]], he also has to hang back a lot, and couldn't lift a boulder. They're an inversion of ManlyMenCanHunt and FeminineWomenCanCook, respectively.
* GoneHorriblyRight:[[spoiler: If Isla hadn't seen the rose scar on Siffrin's leg, she never would of have figured out he used to be a taken, and run away, got trapped, escaped and freed the wolf, who killed The Mage's Assasin. Yay?]]
* GoodIsNotDumb: Haiki, despite popular belief

* HumansAreBastards: Yeah, we suck.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Isla's parents and Greatma? Yeah, dead. So are Siffrins family, Haiki's family, as well as Tao and Simmi's brothers, greatfa, and brother. Their parents were turned into Taken]]
* KillEmAll: [[spoiler: The Mage's basic plan. That or take their very will away]]

* LosingTheTeamSpirit: [[spoiler: Isla get's this after Haiki betrays them]]
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Isla and Haiki, though he isn't ''that'' feminine

* MindControlEyes: [[spoiler: What happens when you become a Taken?Your eyes rim red.]]

* MultigenerationalHousehold: It seems that most fox dens hold mothers and father, cubs, and greatmas, and greatpas, as well as aunts

* NonActionBigBad: [[spoiler: The Mage. He does take part in trying to catch Isla at the end of The Elders, but mainly he lets his brainwashed army and his assasins chase them down before that.]]

* Shapeshifting: Though they call it wa'akkir, Siffrin, Jana, Karka and [[spoiler:The Mage]] Are all masters of this. [[spoiler: And later Isla, who learns it later]]
* ShipTease: In the first book, it looked like Siffrin and Isla, though now it seems it's Isla and Haiki

* UnfazedEveryman: Haiki so much. He shows no fear when three huge dogs are standing in front of him, when Isla was panicking.[[spoiler: Such a shame he betrayed her]]

* Determinator: [[spoiler: Isla has lost her home, parents, safety, comfort, and her brothers in a frozen tundra, yet she ''still'' keeps going.]]

* BlackAndGrayMorality: [[spoiler: The Mage is clearly evil, but The Taken are just normal foxes who have gotten their free will stripped away from them, leaving them mindless slaves. And, yes Haiki did betray Isla and the others, but only because he thought he could get his family bac. It is also unknown why The Elder's aren't helping, as it is shown that they are ''very'' adept at Foxcraft.]]

Inbali Iserles is is the author of Foxcraft, a series about a fox cub named Isla, who is trying to find her brother Pirie.

* DwindlingParty: In book two, everyone [[spoilers: Ends up going their seperate ways. Haiki betrays Isla, and runs away with The Taken, Simmi and Tao decide to stay together practicing Foxcraft, Isla and Siffrin set off the Snowdlands, but end up getting seperated. Isla is all alone.]]

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Everyone get's one. Isla mimicking a bird, Pirie going invisible, their Greatma predicting the weather, [[spoiler: arka killing their parents]] Siffrin prancing around as a [[spoilers: dog]] and the wolf talking about true freedom. Then, in the second book, Haiki establishing himself as friendly,cheerful, but cunning, outsmarting a group of dogs. Simmi and Tao are very loyal to their brother Mox, defending him from Isla when they think she's being mean, and being wary of her. [[spoilers: And the elders, who are the masters in their respective art's and can talk without opening their muzzles.]]

* GenderFlip: Isla and Haiki. Isla is very skilled at Foxcraft, and is a much better hunter than Haiki [[spoiler: while Haiki can't do Foxcraft, but he can see through it, he also has to hang back a lot, and couldn't lift a boulder.They're an inversion of ManlyMenCanHunt and FeminineWomenCanCook, respectively.

* MindControlEyes: [[spoilers: What happens when you become a Taken?Your eyes rim red.]]

->''"Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor!"''

* AfterActionHealingDrama: [spoiler: Isla healing Siffrin in the second book after he fights a coyote. Then she passes out.]]
* AlasPoorVillain: [Spoiler: Most of The Taken, save for those psychopaths, actually are just regular foxes who had their free will literally stripped from them. In the second book, it's even more tragic, as when Isla attempts to reason with them, and brings this up, one sadly murmuers "My . .. family?" Before attacking her again]] [[Also, Haiki. He wanted to find his family again, and The Mage promised he would bring him to them if he managed to get them to the elders. After Isla finds out he betrays them, he is never seen again
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Tao, who is a dark furred fox, and is usually very easy going. [[Spoilers: Until The Taken kill her and her brother Simmi's greatfa, and siblings, and turn their parents into one of his slaves.]]

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: A story about animals being able to go invisible, shape shift and [[spoilers: Take away the free will of another creaure]]? Sure, why not?
* TheAssimilator: [[The Mage. He literally takes away your will,leaving you his slave. Oh, and he kills his own kind for fun]]

* BadDreams:[[Spoilers: Isla gets them, since she's connected to Pirie, and can see through his eyes. They vanish after book 2 though . .]

* BandOfBrothers: Isla,Haiki, Tao and Simmi [[ spoiler: All of them lost their families to The Taken, and they travel to The Elders together.]] [[Or at least they do before Haiki
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Isla accidently described herself as beautiful, and she is one of the most compassionate foxes around.

* DisabilityImmunity: [[spoiler: Haikin can't do foxcraft, and it is hinted because he's a grey fox. However, Foxcraft doesn't work on him.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Haikin]

* KilledOffForReal: [Isla's parents and Greatma? Yeah, dead. So are Siffrins family, Haiki's family, as well as Tao and Simmi's brothers, greatfa, and brother. Their parents were turned into Taken.]]

* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway:[[Spoiler:Haikin gets this, as he can't do foxcraf, but he can see through it, so it's more 'eyes' than 'heart']]

Inbali Iserles is is the author of Foxcraft, a series about a fox cub named Isla, who is trying to find her brother prire