History Literature / GreenRider

* AncientArtifact: Every one of the Rider Broaches is a thousand years old, and was worn by one of the original Riders in the war against Mornhavon. When Karigan states that her broach used to be the First Rider's, the general reaction was that one of Riders had to have had it.

* FantasyContraception: The Rider Broach keeps serving female Riders from getting pregnant, but [[DoubleStandard does not prevent male Riders from fathering children]].

* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin: F'ryan's message and magical Rider broach.

* TakeUpMySword: Or rather broach, although he does give her his sword, too.

* TheExpy: [[spoiler: Damian Frost and his wife, Lady]] are heavily reminiscent of Tom Bombadil and Goldberry.

* EpicFail: Karrigan's date at the start of Book 3. Gets ''really'' [[SheCleansUpNicely dressed up]] for a date with a representative of a foreign merchant house. And winds up in a sword fight. In a dress and corset. In the middle of a museum.

* PhantomThief: Impoverished nobleman Xandis Amberhill becomes the Raven Mask, using his wall-climbing and swordfighting skills, to restore his fortune.

* CutTheKnot: Rather than [[spoiler: play Intrigue with the shades of Amilton and Shawdell in order to escape the in-between place, Karigan destroys the board]].

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Timons Mirwell's getting Karigan suspended from Selium over a petty personal dispute caused her to not be present for his father's plot to murder the heirs for a number of rival heirs, and for her to cross paths with a dying F'ryan Cobblebay, setting in motion the events that would thwart the Mirwell's attempted treason later in the first book.

* FantasticRacism: Thanks to the atrocities committed by Mornhavon the Black, magic users became prejudiced against, so strongly that people are still suspicious of magic in the story's present day, ''a thousand years later''. This has caused problems, as while destroying or losing all the things that would allow the rise of a second Mornhavon, they also lost or destroyed things that would have helped them deal with the aftermath of the original, which is a very real problem now that the D'Yer wall has been breached.

** She finally attains level one status in ''Firebrand'', making her a rarity among Riders (Most Riders with swordmaster potential either spend so much time on the road that they never get the training time needed to reach their full potential, and most of the rest end up dying in the line of duty). The King is level 3. All the Black Shields are level 4.

* CliffHanger: Blackveil. Blackveil. [[spoiler: As the novel ends, Lord Amberhill is about to be confronted with an ancient spirit, Captain Mapstone faces the unpleasant task of informing Stevic G'ladheon that she sent his daughter on a nearly suicidal mission, and Lynx will soon return to Sacor City and reveal that at most there is only one other surivior of a mission with a 66% fatality rate (or higher.) All of these are blown away by Karigan's fate, whose last moments in the novel exemplify this trope. After shattering the looking mask, she finds herself enclosed in rectangular stone box she is unable to break out of. She has no idea where she is and, beginning to suffocate, she realizes she probably will never find out.]]

* OutOfCharacterAlert: [[spoiler:Why Lady Estora brings F'ryan's love letter back to Karigan and how the Karigan realizes it contains a coded message.]]

* EmbarassingMiddleName: Karigan [[spoiler:Helgadorf]] G'ladheon.

** She finally attains this status in ''Firebrand''.

* AlienCatnip: The Eletians loooove Master Gruntler's dark chocolate. It even is shown to have healing properties for their species in ''Blackveil'' and ''Mirror Sight''.

* AttemptedRape: Karigan is nearly raped by a mercenary, but a double fist to the groin and a good headbutt to the nose end those pretensions. Mel, an orphan raised by Captain Mapstone, is also nearly raped when Sacor city is invaded, but Karigan intervenes in time.

* CliffHanger: Blackveil. Blaclveil. [[spoiler: As the novel ends, Lord Amberhill is about to be confronted with an ancient spirit, Captain Mapstone faces the unpleasant task of informing Stevic G'ladheon that she sent his daughter on a nearly suicidal mission, and Lynx will soon return to Sacor City and reveal that at most there is only one other surivior of a mission with a 66% fatality rate (or higher.) All of these are blown away by Karigan's fate, whose last moments in the novel exemplify this trope. After shattering the looking mask, she finds herself enclosed in rectangular stone box she is unable to break out of. She has no idea where she is and, beginning to suffocate, she realizes she probably will never find out.]]

* DueToTheDead: Karigan learns of a ceremony the original Riders used to honor their dead while time traveling in the second book, and revives the tradition at the end of the book.

* ClingyMacGuffin: Amberhill returns a magic ring that once belonged to the last Sea King to the grave of its rightful owner. The next time he looks at his hand, its back on his finger.

* [[DontGoInTheWoods Don't Go in the Woods]]: Well, just one forest in particular. Blackveil forest had a nice big magic wall built to keep people from going there. Book 4 is centered on doing it anyway.
* {{Doorstopper}}: The first book is reasonably sized, but they get longer as the series goes on. Book 5 is 760 pages.

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: [[spoiler: Queen]] Estora, noted throughout Sacordia for her gorgeous golden locks, is one of the nicest characters in the series

* HeadOfGold,HeartOfGold: [[spoiler: Queen]] Estora, noted throughout Sacordia for her gorgeous golden locks, is one of the nicest characters in the series

* HeadOfGoldHeartOfGold: [[spoiler: Queen]] Estora, noted throughout Sacordia for her gorgeous golden locks, is one of the nicest characters in the series

* ExactWords: The book that describes how the D'Yer wall was built can only be read in [[TitleDrop the High King's Tomb]]. Which High King? [[spoiler: The ''current'' High King (Work on a King's tomb begins shortly after the coronation, so that it will be ready when the King needs it).]]

''Green Rider'' is both a series of SpeculativeFiction novels by Kristen Britain and the name of the first novel in the series. They follow the adventures of Karigan G'ladheon, one of the titular Green Riders. The Green Riders are a messenger service in the Kingdom of Sacoridia who are magically called to service by the winged horse brooches, which amplify and enable their special magical talents.

* [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace I Don't Like the Sound of That Place]]: Blackveil forest (a.k.a Kanmorhan Vane) just sounds like a nice, happy, fun place to visit, doesn't it?