History Literature / Raptor

* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: Thorn/Veleda hacks off all four of Strabo’s limbs and arranges them into a nauthing-stake to [[KickTheSonOfABitch taunt him]]. Amazingly, Strabo survives.]]

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Thorn does this quite often.
** Thorn kills [[spoiler:Brother Peter by setting the juika-bloth on him, tearing his head apart. Peter had previously raped Thorn.]]
** Thorn arranges the [[spoiler:poisonings of Jaeirus and Robeya. Jaeirus had attempted to rape “Juhiza” and killed Gudinand, and Robeya was complicit in her son’s misdeeds.]]
** Strabo [[spoiler:captures and repeatedly rapes Thorn’s female guise. Thorn chops off all four of Strabo’ limbs and leaves him to die.]]
** Thorn hands [[spoiler:Thor/Genovefa over to the Amazons to be enslaved, tortured, and killed. Thor/Genovefa had murdered Swanilda, stabbed Maghib, been unfaithful to Thorn, and generally acted vilely.]]

* ToxicDinosaur: The ''Utahraptor'' can inject poison with their claws. This occurs when the raptor leader, Blackback, pricks the chin of the protagonist, Zack, causing him to lose consciousness so that the raptors can cover Zack in a white substance that they regurgitate to keep him fresh and alive, yet trapped, in case they want to come back and devour him.

** One of the hideous Amazons is named Ghashang - “Pretty.” The headwoman of the Amazons, who won her position by killing all her competitors, is Modar Lubo - “Mother Love.”

* SilkHidingSteel: Amalamena is a beautiful, frail, demure princess. She is also highly educated, unafraid of battle or harsh travel, and helps Thorn personally negotiate with Emperor Zeno.
** Amalamena’s gorgeous handmaiden and cosmetician Swanilda is also tougher than she appears. She successfully [[spoiler:disguises herself as a man and travels alone to deliver important documents]], and when traveling with Thorn, she proves an adept hunter and camper.
* SuckOutThePoison: When Thorn is bitten by an adder, Thiuda cuts the flesh around the bite and allows the wounds to bleed, preventing the venom from circulating throughout Thorn’s body.

* TheLostLenore: Juhiza to Wyrd.
* TheMentor: Wyrd eventually becomes this to Thorn. Remarkably, the old man realizes something is unusual about his apprentice's gender, yet accepts Thorn wholly and asks no questions.
* TrialByCombat: [[spoiler:Gudinand and Jaeirus are allowed to settle their dispute through a public quarterstaff battle. It ends lethally and injustly.]]

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: The headwoman of the Walis-kari, or Amazons, rules because she is “the fiercest, most bloodthirsty, most merciless” and is “capable of killing any or all of the rest” of the tribe.

* SeldomSeenSpecies: Juika-bloth is a short-toed snake eagle, also known as a harrier-eagle.

* IllGirl: Amalamena is suffering from a painful form of cancer.

* RealityEnsues: Several examples.
** The [[spoiler:epileptic Gudinand]] fights the [[spoiler:dux's son Jaeirus]], and for a moment it seems that [[spoiler:Gudinand]] will win. Then [[spoiler:a seizure hits, and Jaeirus beats Gudinand to death]].
** Legends describe the Amazons as beautiful, lithe huntresses of the forest. When Veleda meets her first Amazon, she drily comments that storytellers should have realized that living in the elements, hunting and performing heavy labor, actually leaves women looking brutal and bestial.

* TrialByCombat: [[spoiler:Gudinand and Jaeirus are allowed to settle their dispute through a public quarterstaff battle. It ends lethally and injustly.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:Thor/Genovefa is repeatedly unfaithful to Thorn/Veleda. This infidelity is only one of the many things that drives Thorn/Veleda to destroy the other mannamavi.]]