History Literature / FredTheVampireAccountant

** In the sixth book, ''Undeading Bells,'' [[spoiler:Quinn plants a silver-infused car bomb in Fred's car as a "wedding present." It almost kills Asha -- who has been a recurring supporting character for much of the series -- and Fred is forced to turn her. Thanks to a combination of the silver in the bomb, a vial of Sheriff Leeroy's blood and Fred's unique abilities, ends up as a vampire who not only shares his immunity to silver but has silver-infused claws and fangs. Both the Blood Council and the Agency have a renew interest in Fred and his clan after this.]]

* JokerImmunity: Quinn. So far, he has attacked agents twice, and has managed to flee both times, even though attacking agents is typically a death sentence. He also seems to have pissed off every major (and minor) player in the Parahuman world, including the Fey, who live in another dimension. So it's not entirely certain how he is still alive (well, not fully dead).

* LongTitle: The first book.

* Retcon: In the first book Fred says that silver doesn't hurt him, it just gives him a bad rash. In later books, silver does explicitly hurt to touch.

* TheFairFolk: The Fey are Parahumans, who exist in another dimension. There are many different kinds of Fey, but few of them ever come over to our world, as they like theirs better. The Agency has locked down all crossover points from our world to the Fey world. Only agents or someone escorted by an agent are allowed to pass. Unlike the other Parahumans, the Fey aren't hurt by silver. They are, however, hurt by iron, which isn't present in their world. They make sure that no one brings iron to their world. They are similar to dracolings in that they treat all agreements as SeriousBusiness, even something as private as a betrothal. Breaking off a betrothal requires one to jump through a ''lot'' of hoops, even if one has a valid reason for that (e.g. one's partner being a cheater).

** The opening of the seventh book, ''Out of House and Home'', severely shakes up the status quo as [[spoiler:Quinn, upset that his "wedding present" didn't kill anyone, uses magical attacks to burn down Charlotte Manor. Luckily, Charlotte's spirit is rescued thanks to the "travel model" Amy built for her -- but the actual house is gone, leaving the Clan of Fred homeless.]]

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: After Albert's death, his friend became distraught. Eventually, he discovered that he had latent magical abilities and learned to cast necromancy spells from his grandmother's spell book. He used the book to bring Albert back as a zombie. However, Albert's death and his newfound power made him think himself as someone above mere mortals. He organizes a {{LARP}} session for the purpose of performing a HumanSacrifice ritual, which will drain the souls of his victims and imbue him with even more power. [[spoiler:Fred and Krystal manages to stop him]].

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: It's common for the leader of all therians in an area to be an "alpha", the biggest and toughest of all therians. In Fred's town, this "alpha" is [[MeaningfulName Richard, a werelion]].

* AbsurdlySharpBlade: In the right hands, the Sword of the Unlikely Hero can cut through anything. At one point, Albert manages to slice a car in half without breaking a sweat (not that zombies sweat).

* HealingFactor: Many types of Parahumans have it to varying degrees. Vampire wounds, for example, heal pretty quickly, especially if they've recently ingested blood. This can be annoying if a vampire hasn't yet removed a blade from a wound, since the wound then has to be reopened in order to pull out the blade. [[spoiler:Arch is an UpToEleven example, as he can survive ''tons'' of damage to his body, with most of it healing in a matter of seconds. Even RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain only takes him out of action for about 10 seconds.]] It's stated that shapeshifters heal faster in their animal forms. This can also apply to humans ingesting vampire blood. Silver tends to inhibit healing in the vast majority of Parahumans.